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Evening star., 1938-07-19
An Unusual
Problem Is
Presented
BY EMILY POST.

DEAR MRS. POST: Would it be
possible, from the point OF view
of correctness, to announce the mar
riage of one of my daughters, which
took place several months ago and
had never been announced, on the
engraved announcements being sent
out soon to announce the marriage
Of another daughter? The second girl
is having small wedding at home
and we are therefore sending out many
announcements. While my husband
and do not approve Of the manner
in which our other daughter went
away and got married, we have no
objection at all to the marriage and
We would like to make some formal
announcement now that we have
been told about it.
Answer-While an announcement
of two weddings of different dates is
very unusual, there is no reason why
this may not be done. The wording
would be this:
Mr.. and Mrs. William Lane Jones
announce the marriage of their
daughters
Alice Margaret
to
Mr. Sherman Gould
on Saturday, the tenth of January
and
Mildred Marie
to
Mr.. Norman West
on Saturday, the twentieth OF July
One thousand ming hundred and
thirty-elsht
epe1ug0eld, Ohio.
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host and hostess. You'll want to
thank them also, and your Official"
breadand-butter letter should be
addressed to them.
It's easy enough to tell Bob and
Carol what swell week end you had
at their cottage. So, to avoid stiff
ness, why not pretend that you're
writing to them when you pen a note
to their mother and father? Don't
be afraid Of seeming too informal.
Being friendly and gay is a welcome
change from the stilted compositions
which fill the etiquette manuals. It's
clever to be different-making your
note an expression Of your own per-
sonality, rather than something to
drop in the waste basket as quickly
as possible
Tell your host and hostess all over
again how much you enjoyed the
club dance, and how many hot dogs
you consumed at the beach party,
and how proud you are Of your care
fully acquired tan.
Each note you write will be different,
OF course. but they'll make the same
big hit. Carol and Bob's mother
are sure to say, We'll, Marian GER
tainly had good time. Let's invite
her again SOON
WE SUGGEST that you address
your bread-and- letter to
both your host and hostess. Too
often the host is forgotten completely,
Evening star., 1938-07-19

right casual lines It is made with
a deep V-neck, short tailored sleeves
and q straight skirt, and has a wide
insert. like a cummerbund, at the
waistline to match the bolero. This
is practical design. especially for
summer travellers, because both the
bolero and the frock may be worn
separately.
Rustic linen is very smart, new
choice for this design in natural color
or white for the dress, and blazing
stripes for the bolero 1t will also
be smart in gingham, pique or sports
silk.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1888 Is
designed for sizes IL, IA, 16, 18 and
20. Corresponding bust measure
inents 80, 80. "a. 36 and 80. Size
IA t32) requires 3ss yards Of 35-inch
material for skirt and blouse; AZ
Evening star., 1938-07-19

doors which might be closed against
the dust.
REDS were primarily built for sleep
in those days, and as long as
they were comfortable it mattered
little where they were located. Some
times in warm corner beside the
kitchen fireplace. Again in long
hallway would be two or three, each
In its little curtained cubbyhole.
Often, if it was a real bedstead it
occupied the place of honor in the
middle Of the company room and was
always dressed in it's best curtains and
counterpane when the minister came
to call.
Tables were OF all sizes and shapes
but the one that We all know and
associate with the French has the
light, curved legs with scalloped apron.
and is without stretchers. Chairs were
very simple and utilitarian at first, but
later took on the curves Of comfort
and the cushions which were intro
ouced at court. Where those in the
cities were upholstered in satins and
velvets, those of the provinces and the
colonies used plaid homespun, hand
printed linen, cotton called "Toile de
Jouys,' or even the quilted petticoats,
famous as part of the wearing apparel
OF the ladies in some Of the provinces.
Il +
ATER in the days Of Louis XIV and
XVI, the styles OF the court at
Paris went too far toward daintiness
and fragility to be practical even for
use there and the trend began to
sweep to more robust forms. This
was not before the earlier period had
been overdone and elaborated to the
extent that it lost practically all form
and reason. Then the style definitely
changed from the "frilly' and the
rococco, to the chaste simplicity Of the
Empire and Directoire.
The changes did not come so rapidly
In the provinces, and, having found
good thing, they developed it and
made 1t more useful The years have
Hoe IllduBtu the pure, Ine nQeS, a2Q
have merely made the polish on the
old fruitwood pieces finer.
1t Is possible to purchase reproduc-
tions of French provincial furniture in
many Of the good furniture shops In
this country. They are particularly
useful in the small house or the house
in the country. They may be finished
in the natural wood or painted with
delightful decoration in color, similar
to those OF the Province Of Asace.
Some of them are heavier in design
with a comfortable Dutch appearance.
The Province of Burgundy used deep,
elaborate carving on heavy woods,
while Provence liked delicate Carving
in low relief.
White plaster walls, bright calico
curtains, open fires, and French pro-
vincial furniture make a most at
tractive home, one that costs a very
small amount and gives big returns
in charm and hospitable appearance.
Evening star., 1938-07-19

"ele uSeu ny noUn nODle ana peasant
fllke. The standard of living was set
I'm Paris, and furniture making, like
all the arts and crafts, was modelled
upon the Paris style.
The furniture of the French
provinces, which has always found a
ready market in this country both in
the antique and the reproduction, was
rural Interpretation of the popular
period styles, and bore the same re-
lation to them that the American
Colonial did to the English period
design. 1t was purely peasant furni-
ture, made from native oak, walnut,
chestnut and pine, as well as the
popular fruitwood which, because it
was easily worked, allowed the cabi-
netmakerS to make many delightful
pieces with swiftness and ease.
AS with all peasant furniture, it was
fashioned to fill definite need and
was likely to be much more suited to
its environment than the stock in
trade pieces which we buy nowadays.
So in the French provinces where the
winters were cold, as in Picardy, beds
were built into the wall, and settles
with high backs that could be pulled
close to the fire and keep off the
drafts were popular. Brittany and
Normandy had light straw-seated
chairs with open ladder backs that
could be pulled about easily into the
coolest room in the house.
X \
THE furniture of the court Of
Louis XIV was an indication of
the magnifcence of his reign. Under
his patronage the palace of Versailles
wAs built. 1t was as though there
was an imaginary contest going on
which stimulated artists Of all the
world to make for him their most
priceless works Of art. Never before
or since have such lavish sums, or
infinite care, been directed toward the
beauty and establishment of furniture
and accessories. Gold and silver were
used for decorations and for exquisite
ormulu mountings.
Tortoise shell and enamel were
combined or inlaid into the most
precious woods to create chairs and
tables which seemed too fragile and
delicate for use. Miniatures on ivory
surrounded with precious stones might
be a medallion on milady's drawing
room table.
I grant you that this was not the
usual furnishing of house like yours
or mine-but it did have great and
far-reaching effect on furniture trends
and styles, and radically enlivened and
developed all the arts.
These trends at court reached even
the farmhouses in Brittany and infiu-
enced the homes of the French colo
nistS in our own South, New Orleans.
Some of the best-known pieces were
the armoires. or large household cup
boards, which may be recognized all
the way from the simplest designs to
models displaying elaborate baroque
carving, intricate paneling and deco
ration. Open dressers were popular
and also similar ones with cupboard
Evening star., 1938-07-19
.He second way that husbands
want their wives to treat them
Is as little tin gods. Every
Y man wants his Mifa to nut

man wants his wife to put
him upon a pedestal and to burn
incense before him. He wants her
to regard him as an oracle whose
words are pearls Of wisdom that she
gathers up and preserves.
In reality that is what every man
marries for, little as he may himself
realize it. When he picks out a girl
for wife 1t Is not for her beauty,
her intellect, her entertaining line,
her amiability nor her domesticty,
but for her ability to keep the joss
sticks alight and make him feel that
he is wise as Solomon, as much of
fascinstor as Clark Gable and as
big and strong as heavyweight
champion.
If women told men as many home
truths before marriage as they do
after marriage, weddings would be
as rare as earthquakes Why a man
should crave his wife's praise above
the plaudits Of the world, why it
should be necessary to him to shine
in her eyes, no matter how he looks
to other people: why he should be
more sensitive to her criticism than
any one else's blame, nobody knows
1t Is just one OF the things that are.
But whenever you see a man whose
wife thinks that he hung the moon,
and who begins every sentence with,
John says" as if that settled it.
you will find happy and contented
husband.
A ND, conversely, whenever you find
man who Is married to woman
who belittles him, who is always
correcting his grammar and his pro-
nunciation and throwing in his teeth
how much better other men succeed
than he does, you will find a bitter
and disgruntled husband, who, more
likely than not, is eating out of the
hand of some other woman who feeds
him angels food instead of dosing
him on gall and wormwood.
Men also have the head-of-the-
house complex. With young husbands
this is q positive mania They are
uneasy about their authority. Jealous
over it. They want their wives to
obey them. To ask their advise. To
consult them about everything they
do.
In reality they don't care a whoop
about what their wives really do.
Evening star., 1938-07-19
Roman.Striped
Evening Gowns.

PARIS (P-Anong white evening
dresses ordered for the Fetes de Paris
is model in organdie, Roman striped
in pastel colors, chosen by Countess
Rene de Chambrum, the former Jose
Laval. White chiffon draped in back
with white satin and trimmed at the
decollette with bands of gold pail
lettes. has been selected by Nine.
Pierre Chaplin. Both models are from
Mainbocher.
Evening star., 1938-07-19

even though he's usually the one who
pays the entertainment bills Although
It's correct to write your hostess only,
It's clever as well as correct to include
the host in your letter also.
II your penmanship isn't Of the
best, why inflict an illegible scrawl
on your friends? Use typewriter,
single space, and a single sheet of
personal stationery. It's becoming
increasingly correct to use a type
writer for personal correspondence.
or course, you sign your name in ink.
Go over your letter carefully, making
sure that it reads smoothly. If your
spelling and grammar are bit shaky,
check them as well as you can before
sealing the envelope.
A good bread and butter letter
should be written Immediately after
your return from the visit. II you
put of writing it, there won't be any
bread-and-butter letter.
Remember-you had a good time!
Say so-even though you got sand
in your new hair-do. Even If the
mattress was as downy as cold rolled
steel. Even if the family puppy
happily altered your straw hat and
buried the remains in the back yard.
**
Further Fur
Come on over and have fun" is
a welcome invitation to all maids
and men. Here's a summer good
time suggestion for further fun.
Have you ever staged a water
carnival with the whole crowd taking
part in the many events and stunts?
Start the tournament OF splashes
of with swimming races. Then move
on to diving exhibitions and novelty
events. Have a relay race, dividing
the gang into two or three teams.
See how far you can swim In a
hustle and an old skirt-and the
bathing suits mother and dad wore
back in the Gay Nineties. Try to
swim carrying an umbrella and a
lighted candle-both at the same time.
Swimming is pastime which men
and maids can enjoy together in a
big way-and get a good tan and a
ravenous appetite while they're having
fun.
Get the whole gang into bathing
suits and start of real summer fun
with a big splash!
Evening star., 1938-07-19
Picnic Hints.

Don't peel potatoes for use in salads
until you have cooked and chilled
them. Then dice or cut them into
thin slices, using sharp knife. Don't
prepare salads with too much dress
ing. Carry an extra supply in 6 Jar
to be passed at the picnic.
Evening star., 1938-07-19

yards for bolero, tie belt and insert.
SEND IS CENTS FOR THE BAR
BARA BELL SPRING AND SUM-
MER FASHION PATTERN BOOK.
Make yourself attractive. selecting de-
signs from the Barbara Bell we'll
planned. eesy.to-make patterns.
(Copyrieht, 1889
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the home furnishings
especially on your
embroidered spring coors with
IL by 1872 inches.
transfer pattern
directions illustrations
vhat mate much will
this
postage
Editor Evening
Evening star., 1938-07-19
BY BARBARA BELL.

BY BARBARA BELL.
~ VERY report of fashions seen at
~ the races and country clubs
makes much of boleros and
- vivid colors in cottons and
boleros in stripes are considered ex-
tremely smart! The dress of the en-
semble shown today has exactly the
Evening star., 1938-07-19
vnca Type Of Furniture Lends Charm to Our Modern Rooms
'Bread>and>Butter Letter
Should Be Sent Promptly
Upon Arrival at Home
Courteous of Young Person
To Address Note to Host
AS Well as Hostess.

By JOAN FORTUNE NORTON HUGHES
YTTH vacations
\N with friends
most
Sincere appreciation promptly expressed, will
popular
Remember that you be their guest
Evening star., 1938-07-19
Elaborate Court Fashions
Seen in Time of Louis XIV
Followed With Restraint
Reproductions of Old Pieces
Being Used in This Country
With Delightful Effect.
BY MARGARET NOVEL;.

N he RENAISSANCE which introduced interest art
desire Tor luxurious living all
developed social
hold equipment exquisite
p until the days OF Louis XIV when the
Evening star., 1938-07-19

Joan Fortune and Norton Hughes
Jonathan will be glad to suggest ideas
and games for summer good times.
If you have . special party problem.
write to them in care Of this news
paper.
(Copyright, 1889
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-30
TWO TEAMS TO WORK AGAINST
 COPPER CITY 5
First Local Valley League Game at Wilby Gym;
 Taylor to Referee

Ansonia high basketball team will be the attraction tonight against Crosby at the Wilby gym. To- nights game will be the first Naug- atuck Valley league game of the season, and will mark the first con- test in the race for the l938-39 pen- nant. Last year Naugatuck high won the title, but this is another year..
 What Ansonia will have to offer tonight is something of mystery, as the team has played but one game and that with its own Alumni. Ansonia teams of the past few sea- sons have been fast and without doubt will provide plenty of compe- tition tonight for Crisby. last year the teams broke even, Crosby taking the first by five points and losing the second by a basket.
 Coach Bill Schofeld will probably show two teams tonight against the Lavender. For several weeks he has had his squad drilled into two teams and scrimmaged them against each other. The contests have been ex- tremely close, with little to choose between the two. Tonight the start ing lineup will probably show Capt. Jim Day and Colby, guards; Verbyto center; French and MartonIie for- wards. Team B will stow McSherry and Roland guards; Brickel center: Luke and Acetura forwards. Capt. Day is the only regular from last year, although Verbyla, French, McSherry and Luke saw some ser- vice with the first team.
 George Taylor, former Crosby ath- letic director, will referee the game. A preliminary between the reserve squads of the respective schools will open festivities at 7:30. The varsity game will go on at 8:30 and danc- ing will follow,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-30
DUKE FANS ON COAST SEEKING
 10 POINT OFFER
Southern California Root CTS Give 5-2 Against
 Blue Devils
BY HENRY McLEMORE

NSAAASO~A
 Pasadena, Cal, Dec. 30 -i (UP0 Two train loads of Duke rooters came roaring into town today, just in time to hear the happy tiding that the skies will be blue and the sun bright when their blue devils march against the Southern Cali fornia Trojans in the Rose Bowl game Monday.
 The usually staid citizens of Dur ham, N. c. - 400, accompanied by two pairs of lace panties celebrated the good news briefly but enthusias- tically. Then they broks ranks and declared open season on all native sons who yet were offering odds of 2-5 or 10 points and taking the Tro- jans.
 Pleasing
 The favorable forecast was an- nounced by Dr. Irving Kirk of Call Tech, one of the worlds foremost authorities on the famed Southern California sunshine, liquid and otherwise. Dr. Krick agreed that anything can happen" but added: There would have to be quite a change in conditions to bring rain of any consequence"
 The prediction was greeted with huzzahs at the encampments of both Duke and USC, once the mes- senger boys managed to convince an imposing array of Strong-arm guards at both barracks that they really weren't enemy wolves in Western Union clothing. Neither coaches, Wallace Wade or Howard Jones, genuinely wanted wet field.
 Both squads turned out for their last workout of consequence under the warm sun. Guards stood night long vigil outside the two hotels, and more guards followed the play CTS to the practice fileds and dis couraged potential on-lookers with nasty looks and mutterings. Only light drills will be held tomorrow and on Sunday both coaches will permit their toil-worn youths to rest.
 Pass Plays?
 AS usual, both coaches were glum and had no startling developments to report. The Dukes, famed for Rock-of- Gibraltar stances on the gaol line and hard-hitting attack. spent most of a two-hour drill yes- terday tossing footballs around. It was their first concerted passing practice, and when news of it's leak ed out the citizens were mystified.
 The strongest point of the Tro- jan machine, defensively speaking is to disregard enemy passes. Oppo- nentS have managed to complete only 43 of IA throws in the past 10 games, which is 30 per cent. Most of the compilations were scored after the TrojanS had won the game any way.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-30
BETHLEHEM HOOP
 TITLE GO TONIGHT
Special to The Democrat)

NCYCCA0A bO 4AC OCAUUCA0bD
 Bethlehem, Dec. 30.-Memorial hall will be overflowing with ex- cited fans tonight when the Beth- lehem Athletic club meets the Beth lehem Townies in basketball game. This should indeed be the battle of the century for there is intense rivalry between the two teams. The TownieS are out to avenge their de- feat of last year and it is rumored that they have been holding secret practices for several weeks and have developed a new play which they call the wild fire" play because of the speed with which it goes through the opposition. Manager Ray Stew ems has announced that he has an all~star lineup including the Gra- bow brothers, Ken Calderwood, for mer point getter with the Massa- chusetts National Guard; Rand, ace forward of last years club team; and George Finlay, star of many college and semi-pro games who will lay aside his ministerial robes for that evening and deliver points instead of the gospel.
 In the preliminary the Rethle- hem Athletic club girls meet the College All-Stars in a return game. The B. A. c. lassies eeked out a win in their first meeting but the 'll- Stars, now under the able coaching of George Finley, claim a sure vic- tory in their next game.
 Bob Palmer, Jr., of Oakville, who pleased the management and fans in his first appearance here, will be the referee.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-30
Aldrich And Lee Doubtful Starters In Sugar Bowl Go
BY TIED MALOY
United Press Staff Corresponden,

United Press Staff Correspondent
 New Orleans, Dec. 30 - (UP) - Sugar Bowl preliminaries headed down the home stretch today with fans certain of only one thing about the Texas Christian Carnegie Tech game Monday that 50,OOO fans will watch it.
 Coach Bill Kern of Cernegie and spokesmen for Leo (Dutch) Meyer, T. c. U. mentor, talked vaguely of "50-5O" and "even" chances of their teams, satisfying none but them selves with such talk.
 TCU's representative told Kern at his Bay St. Louis, Miss, camp that center Xii Aldrich had ''5O- 30" chance of being in the starting lineup. If his left eye continued to respond to treatments for an ulcer, they said the Skobs most likely would have an early opportunity to judge the All-American for them selves.
 Kern assured the Horned Frogs spokesman that he did not want to play any tea mwith one of its cogs missing. He added that his crack fullback, Jack Lee, stood just about that chance of starting. The coach was satisfied with his teams timing in a light session yesterday, and noticed that Lees old ankle injury did not appear to bother him.
 Not So Bad
 Meanwhile, Kern mentioned war fly that reserve Tony Laposki look ed all right in Lees position.
 Waffle IngallS, reserve Tech half back, still was snorting with asthma but he had not been considered for the opening lineup.
 Kern never has said how much passing the Scots will do January 2. There was little doubt that T. 0. U. would take to the air, with little All-American Davey O'Brien in the passing post.
 Some T. c. U. packers remember ed the Sugar Bowl game of January l, 1886. That year. Slingin' Sammy Baugh and All-American center Darrell Lester were brought here to throw Louisiana State University pasS-happy. Lester broke his collar bone in the first few plays and Baugh's talents were smeared by a loblolly of Gumbo mud. T. c. U. fin- ally won, 3-2.
 Clarence Alexander, 195-pound sophomore, with not more than two games experience, was in Aldrich's place yesterday when the Texans finished their final workout at Fort Worth.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-30
Ott To Captain
 Giants At $2O, 900

New York, Dec. 3O-WP)- Mel Ott, hard hitting outfielder, became captain of the New York Giants today and signed a contract calling for a report ed raise of 5000.
 He was the first Giant to sign.
 Ott agreed to terms yesterday in a telephone conversation with Giant president Horace StOneham from New Orleans. As captain Ott succeeds catcher Gus MancusO who recently was traded to the Chicago Cubs. It was understood Ott signed for $2O, ,OOO-$3,OO0 more than he re- ceived last season.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-30
ALLrTIME LOW FOR FOO TBALL DEATHS

Chicago, Dec. 30.-(UP)-DeathS resulting directly from football were at an all-time low during the past season, Dr. Floyd R. Eastwood of Purdue university told the Na- tional Football Coaches and the National Collegiate Athletic AsSo- citations today in his annual report.
 The report showed that there were 1T such fatalities during 1888, two less than the previous year and 16 fewer than the peak year of 1881. There also were 13 deaths result ing indirectly from football-heart failure, penuomnia and the like.
 Of the deaths. directly attribut- able to football, eight occurred in high school, four in sand lot, three in athletic club and two in college games. Last year there were no college fatalities. High schools, which had 13 deaths last year, showed the greatest improvement since records have been available.
 The gridiron mortality rate in 1898 represented drop of ASA per cent from the figure eight years ago. Compared with the 1881 fig ure, college fatalities this year were reduced 75 per cent, sand lot 60 per cent and high school B 1-3 per cent. There was no change in athletic club deaths.
 Eastwood attributed most of the reduction to better equipment, rules changes and more competent super vision.