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Evening star., 1937-10-28

welfare to think of as well as that
Of your mother. 1t seems to me IL
lar outWeighs an old woman's prefer
ence for living under the same roof
with you.
For, after all, you are not deserting
her, or really separating yourself from
her, or depriving her OF any service
that you can give her. You are only
taking sane precaution TO safeguard
your home by breaking through the
old tradition that parents should live
with their children when they are
old, no matter how uncongenial they
are, or how much happier they would
be if separated.
1t is folly to expect a dominating
old woman, who has bossed her hus-
band and her children and everybody
around her for 40 or so years, to turn
into a self-effacing guest when she
goes to live with her children. She
couldn't dc it If she wanted to. And
she wouldn't do 1t If she could, be-
cause she is incarnate egotism and
believes that her judgment is in
fallible and that wisdom will perish
with her. Hence, she never even
suspects that she isn't comforting a
favor upon her children and her in
laws and her grandchildren by up
setting their entire scheme of Life
and interfering with all their habits
and tastes.
The advent Of a tyrannicsl, med
ding mother into home means the
breaking up Of it in most cases and it
should be prevented wherever possible.
Evening star., 1937-10-28
Take Notice
OF OfWarning
Flashes
Bathroom Scales :
And Mirror Will
Tell the Tale.
BY ELSIE PIERCE.

on, YOUR critics can be your best
~ friends. too, depending upon how
you look at them. You can get to-
gether with them, have true party"
and If you are sensible enough to take
notice you can profit by what they
tell you. If you are open-minded
enough and study any warning flashes
you can see yourself as others see
you, through the eyes of these Sc
verest critics-your bathroom scales
and your mirrors.
The best way to know which way
your weight is going Is to get on the
scales every morning before break
fast is the best time and without any
clothes on the best way). If you are
underweight you should certainly
watch your weight: if you are just
right you cannot afford to go up or
down, and if you are overweight you
surely want to check any addition &. 4.
for the first 10 pounds seem to come
very easily and after that it be-
comes very hard to shed them
1t is more than standing joke, II
never weigh myself, so have nothing
to worry about" I've heard several
women say that. I've heard others
say, III get on the scale if you prom
ise not to look" Invariably these
women are afraid of that good friend
and severe critic. the weight scale.
And invariably they have some 20
pounds above or below the normal to
be afraid about.
The mirror is not quite as unpopu-
lar as its partner in our true party.
Every woman, we'll. practically every
woman, looks at it every day. But
We are not talking about the pocket
edition of the mirror or even the hand
mirror. We have reference to the full
length mirror, for only that type can
tell the truth, the whole truth and
nothing but the truth. It's the full
length mirror that can look you over
from head to toe, scrutinize every
detail of grooming, tell you whether
you look as we'll in the back as you
do in front, tell you whether you look
consistently lovely or whether you ap-
pear to have dressed in sections. The
full-length triple mirror is the most
perfect true-story teller of them all;
but the single mirror with the help of
the hand glass is good enough. If
you are particular about looking pretty
from head to heel, if you are meticu-
lous about little matters of grooming
as we'll as big matters, surround your
self with mirrors, even at the risk of
being called vain, and make at least
one of them a full-length looking
glass.
(Copyright, 1879
Evening star., 1937-10-28

Important
Child Must Learn
Value of Proper
Enumeration.
By ANGELO PATRI.

"OF THY own mouth will judge
thee" That judgment is made
every day, and the first judgment is
passed, not on the wisdom of the
speech. but on its sound, its accent.
enunciation, rhythm. Socrates might
get hearing in time If his voice and
speech we're bad, but it would take
time and that might mean the loss of
opportunity, the passing of the crucial
moment.
A pleasing voice. clear and simple
language, are good introduction to
any society. They are essential for
hearing. The speaker whose voice is
harsh. whose words are slurred, ILL
chosen and spoken without charm has
an almost insurmountable obstacle in
his way.
Everybody cannot have a Caruso
tone. but most people can cultivate
the habit of clear speech. 1t is
matter Of hearing, study. practice.
The ear has to be trained to catch the
distinction of tone necessary to cor
rect pronunciation. The vocabulary
must be selected and learned. The
art of speech must be practiced daily,
hourly, In every situation where
speech is required.
The best time to learn good speech,
to master the intonation and phrasing
and rhythm that are the essential
qualities, is the period of infancy
roughly measured by the first six
years. 1t is at this time that Ian
guage instinct is at full tide. The
children are eager to talk. They learn
to talk by imitation and not by direct
instruction and drill. What is needed
is fine example of good speech for
the child to pattern by. The speech
of the family becomes the speech of
its members.
Yes, speech instruction in later
years, in school, in adult classes, will
help defects, but it rarely removes
them without trace. What the tongue
learns in those first years Stays That
is why the teachers of children in the
first grades of the kindergarten and
elementary grades should be subjected
to the speech test that would detect
any speech habit or defect that might
affect the speech of the children hear
ing it. would not ask for affected,
assumed speech that is an imitation
of some standard foreign to our Amer
ican tongue. I would ask for clear,
pleasant speech, easy to listen to, easy
to understand, right for children to
acquire.
1t is as important for children to
learn clear English speech as 1t is for
them to read it, and reading is the
basic study of the elementary grades,
the basis of all school education from
primary to college. In sections of
cities where foreign tongues prevail In
the homes more time should be given,
more Importance placed on the oral
English of the pupils. Arithmetic
tables can wait, but speech cannot,
for the time of its growth is short and
1t is set by the laws of nature.
1t Is difficult trying to eradicate
speech defects in children of high
school age, still more difflcult-well-
nigh impossible - in those of college
age. The place and the time is In the
first grades of the elementary schools.
(CopyriEht. 1879
Evening star., 1937-10-28

/ frock, the yoke-sleeves hang
\ simply to the elbow in soft
fullness and the back and front of
the frock are both cut in one piece
with darts to mark the waistline.
Note the diagram attached and see
just how easy this dress is to make.
1t is one which beginners in sewing
can make without any difficulty.
You'll enjoy this dress and have it
In your wardrobe over and over again
because it is designed for practical
comfort-there are no armhole seams
or wristbands to pull and stretch as
you go about your work.
The pattern includes long sleeves.
if you prefer them for the Winter.
And every pattern has a complete
step-by-step sew chart, showing you
exactly how to proceed.
Barbara Bell pattern No. 1402-B is
designed for sizes "a, 36, 3S. 40, AZ,
A and as. Size 36 requires as yards
of 39-inch material; with long sleeves
"A yards. Collar In contrast requires
" yards.
Send Is cents for the Barbara Bell
Fall and Winter Pattern Book. Make
yourself attractive, practical and be-
coming clothes, selecting designs from
the Barbara Bell planned, easy
to-make patterns. Interesting and
exclusive fashions for little children
Evening star., 1937-10-28

Appreciation
-
Of Kindness :.
Expressed
BY EMILY POST.

DEAR MRS. POST: DO you consider
it overpolite to write notes of ap-
probation to friends whom we see
every day and have verbally thanked
for kindnesses shown during the sefi-
GUS illness of our little girl-now hap
PLY recovered? 1 don't want to ap-
pear a stickler for form, and yet
want to do whatever would be the
incest way of showing the extent of
our gratitude.
Answer-It would sound to me very
unnecessary to write letters to those
whom you see constantly, and yet
there are occasions when very deep
appreciation is more easily said on
paper than by word of mouth. BY this
1 mean if some one showed you so
great a kindness that it is hard TO
express your thanks without emotion,
a note would perhaps solve the diff
Guilty. But for ordinary neighborly ex-
changes of kindness, notes in addition
to verbal thanks would be rather ab-
surd.
DEAR MRS. POST: How many din
ing chairs should be left standing
pushed in at the table between meals?
Is it good form to leave only two?
Answer-If the dining room is very
small and you live informally, yes
But in a formal house four is the
correct number.
Evening star., 1937-10-28

you want to go in for real elaboration.
you might drape your walls in wide
black cellophane, have white balloons
painted with ghostly faces, trailing
wispy robes of white cellophane clus-
tered about the ceiling, and put blue
deep powered bulbs in your
lighting fixtures. Drape the chairs in
white cheesecloth, the table in black
material and have your centerpiece
one big jack-o-lantern, lit from with
In. Using canned alcohol instead of
q candle will give blue flame that is
very effective.
AS far as your games are concerned,
there are all the old traditional Hal
1oween ones from which to choose.
And, of course. for the grown-ups,
there is always murder" if you want
to make the occasion the limit in
spookiness. Fortune telling by
masked member of the party is usually
Evening star., 1937-10-28

boiled with Grandma? She
- is coming to live with us and
I don't want to be dominated by her
and have her interfere with the way
raise my children and run my house.
1 can give Mother a nice, big, sunny
room all to herself and would like
to fix it up for light housekeeping for
her. Then she and 1 could get away
from one another part of the time, and
when the children get noisy she would
have a retreat. But she says mo-" she
is going to eat with us, pay part of
the bills and help me with my work.
Well, she will be managing things as
usual, and l will have to go out and
take a walk to keep from saying things
that 1 will cry over. don't want her
to do my work, and when Junior
doesn't eat his supper l don't want
to be wondering if ne is sick or if it
is just that Grandma has been stuff
ing him on candy and cakes. When
Susan gets her allowance spent We
want her to have TO wait until next
pay day instead of having Grandma
slip her money on the sly. II is our
family. We are responsible for it. If
these youngsters are spoiled We will
have 20 put up with them long after
Grandma is out of the picture. We all
love Grandma, and if she would only
let us be by ourselves little, and if
she would be little blind and deaf
about things that are not done her
way and give us a chance to bring
up the children without her interfer-
ence, we could enjoy having her with
us, and 1 really believe she herself
would be happier, but what can do?
I never yet got away with telling her
what to do.
DESPERATE DAUGHTER.
Answer:
Inasmuch as your mother seems to
have enough money to live on, I think
you should insist upon her setting up
her own little apartment, or going to
stay in some nice boarding house near
enough to you for her to visit back
and forth every day and for you to
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If she should need you.
No doubt she will be greatly offended
when you tell her that you do not
think it best for her to live with you,
and will accuse you of being a cruel
and heartless daughter not to want
your own mother with you all the
time. But, in reality, you are doing
the kindest possible thing for her
because you are saving her from that
most terrible of all fates-being an
unwanted guest-and from knowing
that she is the cause of friction in
your household.
/ WING apart and seeing each other
only when you want to see each
other, your mother will be able TO
keep her place of honor and respect
as the ma,riarch of the family, loved
and looked up to by you, your hus-
band and your children. Living to-
gether in such close contact that her
peculiarities, her bossiness and her
interference will rub you raw. she
will become a pest and a bore and
lose all of your affections.
In a case like yours, you have to
consider the good of the greatest
number. You have your husbands
and your children's happiness and
Evening star., 1937-10-28
Short Order Chowder.

Chowders may be made Of canned
soups to which leftover cooked meat,
fish or fowl have been added. One
cup of filler" should be added for
each cup of soup. Chicken blends with
asparagus or celery soup, veal is excel
lent with tomato or beef bouillon,
while beef Is especially suitable for
old-fashioned bean or pea soup.
Evening star., 1937-10-28
To Get the Best
Cough Medicine,
Mix It at Home
Saves Good Money, No Cooking.

! Sevee 5000 Money, No Cooking: J
:, This famous recipe is used BY mill
lions OF housewives, because there is no
other way to obtain such q dependable,
effective remedy for coughs that start
from colds. It's 50 easy to mix "a
child could do it.
From any druggist, get 2h ounces
OF Plnex, a concentrated compound OF
Norway Pine, famous for its effect on
throat and bronchial membranes.
Then make syrup by stirring two
cups OF granulated sugar and one cup
of water few moments, until dis
solved. It's no trouble at all and takes
but, a moment. No cooking needed.
Put the Pinex into pint bottle and
add your syrup. This gives you full
pint of cough remedy, far superior to
anything you could buy ready-made,
and you get four times as much for
your money. 1t never spoils, and is
very pleasant - children love 1t.
You'll be amazed by the way it takes
hold of severe coughs, giving you double
quick relief. 1t loosens. the phlegm.
soothes the inflamed membranes, and
helps clear the air passages. D
Money refunded il it doesn't ~
please you in every way. S
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Evening star., 1937-10-28

distinct success. If you wish, of
course, you can pay professional to
come and entertain your guests.
X X X
EOR the very informal and rough
and-ready" party here are few
suggestions
Call it an apple frolic if you like
invitations similar to the following:
Anne and Charlie Adams invite YOU
to en- APPLE FROLIC
At 401 Central Avenue
On Saturday evening, Oct. 30th.
Come dressed as an apple and join
the fun.
The antics start at eight PUN
e PM)
Most of the activity may take place
in the kitchen, if 1t is large; dining
room, the game room, cellar or attic.
Start off with the favorite old apple
games, like bite the apple and duck
ing for the apple. Then follow up
with a spritely game of apple tenpins
or apple checkers.
APPLE TENPINS-Have 10 apples
all of the same appearance. Stick
three wooden skewers into each apple
to form a standing support for each
apple. Then set up the apples in
tenpin formation on the floor at the
end of the room, and see how many
can be knocked down by rolling a
soft rubber ball into their midst. A
player may roll three balls each turn,
and the score is kept the same as for
tenpins.
APPLE CHECKERS-Draw large
checkerboard. One player uses red
apples for his men," the other player
green apples. To designate king"
use paper rosettes on toothpicks stuck
in the top of the apple.
X X X
EOR further gayety have an apple
hunt and a fortune telling table.
APPLE SEED HUNT-Apple seeds
are put into small, fiat packets of
tissue paper and hidden in various
places. Each packet should contain
different number of seeds. When
the allotted time is up a prize goes
to the person who has found the most
seeds.
APPLES OF FATE-Place apples in
row on a table and tie to each
apple stem a small slip of paper con-
tanning a fortune. They should be
marked as follows:
Large Apple--------------Gcod LUCK
Small Apple Contentment
Yellow Apple-----------------M Money
Green Travel
Sweet Apple ple--------------Popularlty
Tart Apple Surprise
Refreshments for this type of party
might include cider served with big,
fat, raised doughnuts and taffy ap-
pies. Hamburgers in rolls with mus
tard or chilli sauce may be served also.
Serve the refreshments from
buffet table using as the center dec
Grafton q huge pumpkin jack-o-lan-
tern filled with rosy apples and multi
colored grapes.
Delicious taffy apples may be pre-
pared by the following tested recipe:
TAFFY APPLES.
l cup granulated sugar.
/ cup brown sugar.
skewers.
"a cup water.
II cup vinegar.
small, round, solid apples.
Cook granulated sugar. brown sugar,
water and vinegar together until when
dropped in cold water the taffy will
make cracking sound when pressed
together. Stick a wooden skewer in
each apple. dip into hot sirup. until
we'll covered Drain on buttered pan
or plate. This makes six medium
sized taffy apples.
Evening star., 1937-10-28
l402-B

and the difficult junior age; slenderiz-
ing, well-cut patterns for the matured
figure, afternoon dresses for the most
particular young women and matrons,
and other patterns for special occa-
sions are all to be found in the Bar
bara Bell Pattern Book.
tCopyright. 1879
Evening star., 1937-10-28

though it Uere hdlf-Uttted.
4 Ill you have to do is to introduce
some one as your aunt or your
mother, and some of your friends in
variably start treating her as though
she were half-witted. They act as
though your aunt or mother didn't
understand English without great
effort. And they are very apt to go
kittenish on her, as though she were
8 child who needed kidding along.
They carefully skirt around every in
teresting subject that comes up, too,
for fear the shock on the old lady
will be too great.
Maybe these people come from half
witted families themselves. But we
really don't think we do. And even
if we did, We don't think that
friends behavior should constantly
remind us of it.
We'd be much happier if our friends
would treat our older relatives as
though they we're human beings. They
might learn thing or two If they did
JEAN.
(Copyright. 1879
Evening star., 1937-10-28
My Neighbor Says:

A cheeseclotl1 bag filled with
bayberries rubbed over flatirons
will keep the iron smooth and
prevent Its sticking.
No matter how dry and hard
paint dropped on clothing may
be. If saturated with equal parts
= of ammonia and turpentine two
or three times, then washed in
soap suds, it will easily be
removed.
Fruit juices may be canned or
bottled when left over, without
sugar, and used as needed by
combining with gelatin or in
lemonade.
(copyright. 1es7J
Evening star., 1937-10-28

the walls; stuffed
black cats perch
ed h ere a n d
there, and maybe
a bat or two sus-
pended from the
c eilin g and
t h e res your
S c e cry COM
pletel M a t C h
your food to the
occasion, h a v e
games that ex-
press the spirit
of Halloween fun
and the party
Is onl
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Evening star., 1937-10-28
New Topping For Ham.

Cranberry sauce is colorful and
tasty topping for baked, sliced ham.
Add one cup Of sauce to pound and
a half slice of ham after the ham has
baked for 80 minutes.
Evening star., 1937-10-28
inexpensive Decorations
Can Be as Effective
AS Costlier Type
Many Amusing Games Help
To Add to the Evenings
Quota of Enjoyment.
By BETSY CASWELI,.


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Evening star., 1937-10-28

. OI hUIUIIIII IGdV6S,
Japanese lanterns"
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Evening star., 1937-10-28
Informal Parties Best Celebrating Halloween Proper Spr
Dorothy Dix Says
Married Daughter Should Avoid
Having Mother Live With Her.

EAR MISS DIX-Will you tell
me how / can become hard
boiled with Grandma? She
is coming to live with us and
Evening star., 1937-10-28
Bx BARBARA BELL.

you will like the comfortable
Z lines of this easy-to-make
frock, the yoke-sleeves hang
Evening star., 1937-12-30
AUTO MEN LOOK
TO EXPORT SALES.
Further Expansion Abroad
May Bolster Volumes
in Coming Year.
Py the Associated Press.

~ ~sAs S>SoVSAaSC0 ISGSS
DETROIT, Dec. 30.-There is some
uncertainty whether the motor car
industry can market another 5000, 900
output next year, but II the factory
assemblies reach that figure again it
seems to be a safe conjecture that .
large part Of the volume will be
represented in further expansion of
the export business.
Barring some further alteration OF
the present tariff structure several
producers believe the long sought
1000, ,000-unit overseas distribution Of
American made automobiles could be
reached in 1898.
Indications are that the current
calendar year will see q l2-month
overseas distribution of cars made In
this country Of something like 900, 900
units. The American motor car in
dustry missed the 1000, ,O0O-unit mark
by just $500 cars in 1929. That was
before heavy tariff imposts were de-
cided upon in the various European
countries. compelling most American
producers to establish manufacturing
plants abroad.
The latest figures compiled by the
Automobile Manufacturer Associa-
tion show there are 1926 900 motor
vehicles registered throughout the
world and that 10 per cent of these
are in the United States. The figures
showed, incidentally that while the
population per vehicle in the United
States was As. outside this country 1t
was l6l per vehicle.
1t is on the basis Of such figures
that the motor car industry's execu-
tives place their conviction that much
Of the hoped for use expansion must
come in the foreign market.
Evening star., 1937-12-30
FOREIGN EXCHANGES.

NEW YORK: Dec; 80 o'-sellinr pres
sure on the French franc let up today
following a compromise, strike settlement
IN the French capitel. although 1t was re.
ported the official control intervened
ssporaaic.lly sp during fSreisn exchange deal
Changes in other European currencies
were narrow and tended downward in
The Frsnch franc vas unchsnsed, ss
pound sterling lost !. Of = cent and the
belga .0Oi- Of . cent.
dollars others in cents, Great britain: q.
4ao,is: France, demand, 3;3ah; cables,
Germany; free 1923: registered, si so;
s5.l1: Sweden. 25:77; Denmark, s2.sS;
unquoted; PORTUGAL, 4.b4; Greece. Q2A:
Poland. 1923; c.eehoslovskis; a.Sl =;
Yugoslavia. 2.35; Austria. 1s 9an: Hun
gary. 1920; Rumania. rs: ,Araentina.
s3.32n: Brazil free. 5,35n: TOXIC; % II
Shanghai, 90. .65; Hong Kong, 81 81; Mex
leo City, 81 80; Montreal in New York
90 .a9,.: New York in Montreal, 1O0.1Olt
Nominal.
Evening star., 1937-12-30
NEWSPR|NT RATE
RULING IS ISSUED
I. G. c. Authorizes Railroads to
Disregard Long-and.Short.
Haul Clause for Period.

Dy the Associated Press.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion gave railroads authority today to
disregard the long -and-s -short-haul
provision Of the Interstate Commerce
Act In fixing rates on newsprint paper
in carload lots from Donnacona, Que
bee. to Chicago during the navigation
period each year.
The commission authorized the rail-
roads to charge = rate not lower than
81 cents per 100 pounds from Donna
coma to Chicago and to maintain
higher rates to intermediate points,
during the period from May to No.
vember 80. The long-and-short-h haul
provision prohibits higher rates to in
termediate points without special au-
thorization.
The railroads sought relief from the
provision to enable them to meet
water competition during the season
OF open navigation, without reducing
rates to intermediate points not AZ
fected by such competition.