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Smyrna times., 1938-02-24
CAPITAL
NEWS BUDGET
Personal Items and Social
Mention About Dover Folks
and Their Doings
PARTIES OF THE WEEK

Dover, Feb pat a meeting of
Dover Garden Club held in the as
sembly room of the Presbyterian
Church here Friday the following
officers were elected: President,
Mrs. Henry Ridgely; vice-presi-
dent, Mrs. A. B. Richardson; re-
cording secretary, Mrs. G. E. Daw-
son; corresponding secretary, Mrs.
Stanley Worden; treasurer, Mrs.
w. w. Harrington. Saturday, May
was fixed as the annual Dover
Garden Day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles H Flem-
ing, accompanied by Miss Dorothy
Fryer of Wilmington, left Friday
for Woodstock, Va, for the week
end and attended the military ball
Saturday evening at Massanutten
Military Academy where the
Flemings' son, Mr. Charles H
Fleming, Jr., is a student.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Livingstone
and Miss Doris Herdman also mo-
tored to Woodstock Friday to at
tend the ball and attended festiv-
tiles at the military academy. Mrs.
Livingstone's son, Mr.. William Nc
Loughry, is a student at the
! school.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Hayes Wilson
entertained with one of series of
breakfast parties the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs Austin D. Smith
are New York City visitors over
the weekend.
Mrs. William S. Haman and Mrs
Alfred G. Hopkins were cohostess-
es to the members of the Ever
Ready Circle of the Kings Daugh-
ters on Monday evening at the
home of the former.
Miss Ethel Hartman, a student
at Martha Washington College,
Fredericksburg Va, spent the
weekend with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Benjamin F. Hartman of
Camden and has as her guests
Miss Winifred Dosch, Miss Mar
jorie Remus of New York City and
Miss Marie Marks of Asheville,
N. c.
DR.. and Mrs. A. G. Jost have had
as their guest for two weeks the
formers son, Mr.. Burt Jost of
Tinam6ns, Ontario. Another son,
Mr.. Victor Jost, has accepted po-
sition in Westminster, Md.
Miss Julia Jones has returned
home from a delightful sojourn in
Florida.
Mrs. Edward J. Scanlon was
hostess to a group of young people
Thursday, in honor of the sixth
birthday anniversary of her grand
son, Master Edward ]. Scanlon III.
The Rev. and Mrs. Benjamin F.
Thompson returned last week
from months visit with relatives
at Bee Ridge, Fla. Mr.. Thompson,
who was i'll prior to his departure,
Is much improved.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles T. Jack
son went to Baltimore Friday to
be the guests OF their cousins, DR..
and Mrs. Thomas Chambers, over
the weekend and attended the
North American Sports, Garden,
and Outdoor Life Show at the
Armory. which closed Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Lee Layton mo-
tored to Newtown, Pa, Sunday to
visit their daughter, Miss Pen
elope Layton, a student at George
School, who will celebrate her fif-
teenth birthday anniversary. An
other daughter, Miss Marian Gibbs
Layton, also is a student at the
school.
Mrs. Joseph S. Mcdaniel has
been spending some time in Phila-
delphia.
MIR. and Mrs. Thomas v. Keith
have left for st. Petersburg, Fla.
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been i'll, is able to be out.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alley Gonce and
sons, spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. George Burris.
Mrs. w. G. Roosevelt spent Mon
day in Smyrna.
At the sock social held in Scott
M. E. Church, February Is, S21.15
was realized for the Ladies Aid.
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BLACKBIRD
Items OF Personal ana Social In
tercst Cleaned From the Vicinity


terest Cleaned From the Vicinity
Blackbird, Feb. 24-Mr. and Mrs
Victor Kohl entertained recently
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Benedict of
New York, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Weigal and daughter and Mr.. and
Mrs. Victor Kohl of Middletown
and Mrs. G. Fred Heinold.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Mitchell
and Mrs. ]. w. Webber spent the
weekend at Lewes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond D. Pusey
who have been living at Blackbird
Station, viii move to Smyrna on
March 1st.
Mrs. William Spicer is on the
sick list.
Little Nellie Schafer, who has
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stakes in gambIln g.
Smyrna times., 1938-02-24
DOVER SCHOOL PUPIL FIGH'

Superintendent Virgil B. Wiley
Schools, Makes a Statement
Pupils of the Dover High Scho
have sent demand to the Dove
School Board to have their preser
superintendent of Dover eeho
retained. First indications tho
another school dispute W. w
alllizing developed when student
circulated petitions ard -
poles and trees wit
want Wiley" The board recently
appointed e. Hall Downes, nov
head of the Selbyville school. tc
succeed Mr.. Wiley who =.
superintendent for ten years. The
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days, because Of busy Monday ahead,
every one went home at a reasonable
hour-and blessed their host and
hostess next morning. The next party
was eagerly awaited and the guest
list grew and grew until the Sunday
evenings had to be discontinued Just
because the house wasn't big enough!
When you look at the "ingredients"
for these highly successful parties. you
wonder. Irish stew-reminiscent Of
Monday wash days to many-plain
baking powder biscuits, cheap cab
bage salad, unsweetened pancakes
rolled in orange-flavored sauce-a
tiny house. buffet service. entertain
ment by the guests themselves. What
was the magic that turned such
commonplace background into q
smart" and delightful party? Moth
ing in the world but the leaven Of
co-operation-the cooperation OF h,ls-
band and wife in making the thing
go"
They had carefully discussed every
prospective guest with each other, and,
with real thought, combined only those
groups that were definitely congenial.
They had pooled their ideas on the
menus, with the result that the mas.
culine fair was allowed full swing,
which gave the refreshments a new,
sturdy aspect that was most welcome
to palates jaded by surfeit OF dim
ner party" food They worked to-
gether serving their guests, so that
every one was attended to quickly and
easily; by their own gayety they in
fected the rest Of the party with the
same spirit, and literally laughed the
evening to success. But it was their
teamwork that did it-if one Of them
had let the other down In any in
stance very different atmosphere
would have prevailed.
The moral of all this little discourse
is that when husband and wife get
together on giving party, nine times
out Of ten 1t is guaranteed success.
The majority Of men, though they may
grumble about don't bother me" when
first approached, will really become
most interested and helpful in the end.
They are secretly f1attered by being
asked to voice their opinion-and Q
flattered man is always pleasant one.
The next time you set about enter
tanning mixed crowd, don't keep the
party to yourself. Let your other half
in on the fun, too-and watch your
evening shine!
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Beauty Flaws
That Can Be
Often Possible to
Transform Ones
Poor Points.
By ELSIE PIERCE.

YOU'VE heard it before. It's one
Of the fundamental rules OF
beauty lore: accent your good points
and forget the others-point up the
positive and the negative will be less
obvious. All that is fine. 50 far as it
goes. But We can take it step far
ther. We can also transform some OF
the poor and make 1t good"
One should have definite sense OF
values, an idea of the beauty faults
that can be corrected and those that
should be forgotten. Those in the
latter category are the beauty flaws
you can't do much about. For in
stance, = slight hump on the nose
can be overlooked. One can forget
about it, blissfully, beautifully. One
can, with clever use of makeup, Gre
ate such an optical illusion that others
forget about it, too. 1t can be cor
rected, Of course, by plastic surgery
If 1t is important enough to ones
happiness and il one can afford the
delicate operation-only an expert
should be trusted to do this work and
an experts fee cannot be cheap. But
one can easily go through life with
out being too self-conscious about 1t.
On the other hand, straight, stringy
hair carried around for more than q
few months after illness or sudden
shock is inexcusable.
A scar. burn, or birthmark can be
cleverly covered with . special prepa-
ration on the market for the purpose.
But blemishes that are caused by too
little water or too much fat and
sweets in the diet-they're something
else again. In other words, We should
not conceal what we can heal, we
should not cover up what we can cor
rect.
And there are some things we
should not give up without the pro-
verbal "try, try again." Every mod
ern woman, for example, should know
at least the fundamentals of make
up. Don't say, with q shrug of the
shoulder, Il just don't know how to
put on makeup; I can't get that lip
stick on straight; I can't blend the
rouge edges, they stick out like sore
thumbs" Practice and persistence
make for perfection. There are GER
tain good looks gains that every
| woman can master.
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Unfortunate
At Home
How to Deal With
Child Who Feels
He Isn't Loved.
BY Angelo PATR1.

-.
GOUNDS Of battle came from the
children's corner. Loud shouts
thumps, screams and sobs told the
listening air that Brother was on, the
rampage. Granny opened the door =
crack and peeked in.
Come on in, Granny" said Sister.
Brother is being naughty"
That's too bad" said Grandma,
impersonally. looking out OF the win
dow and seeing Brother over her
shoulder.
"Yes. he is very naughty. I'm good. "
Here Brother almost burst with rage
and let out yell that would have
nade Comanche envious.
Indeed" said Granny, still gazing
far away. Indeed"
When Mother told him to pick up
his things he wouldn't do it. I did it
for him. So I'm allowed to set the
table. That's because I'm good I'm
always good and Brother is always
naughty. Isn't that funny, Granny"
"M-m-m." said Granny.
Brother stamped and howled, "You
are not so-good. You are not good
You're as mean as can be, that's what
you are"
Naughty Brother" said the sanity
Sister, smiling compassionately upon
him. Brother charged toward her,
head down.
There, there, Brother, I was just
coming for you. I've got something to
show you in my room. Something you
never saw in all your life before. You
come along and look" said Granny.
For an instant Brothers rage
struggled with his longing for solace
and support. Then he put his hand
in Granny's and went, still sobbing,
down the hall.
Il know you'll like him. He Is for
you. Your mother bought him for you
and sent me to bring you to look at
him. His name is Rowdy."
Granny, is it q dog? Is it mine?
A real live dog? 1t isn't for Sister, is
it?"
mo. Your mother bought him for
you. Here she is holding him for you.
Go hug them both"
Sister had been assuming holier-
than-thou attitude for some weeks
back. Mother had found it hard to
cope with, for goodness cannot be de-
MED, even when it is ostentatious and
bitter in its heart. Brother had begun
to feel that nobody loved him, that
he was alone to fight the world.
Mother and Father and Granny had
talked it over and the dog was their
solution. If we give him what he
wants so much. if he has some one
he knows loves him as Rowdy will do,
he can face things better. And Sister
won't have such an advantage over
him."
This attitude between brothers and
sisters is not uncommon. It Is present
among the younger ones and the
adolescents as well. One feels himself
favored, or the opposite, and proceeds
to even things up. Talking to the
good one does little good. We have to
convince the oppressed one that he
is Is free as any other child, and Is
beloved.
Many q child is surly, defiant and
disobedient because he feels that no
body loves him. To say that his atti-
tude does not invite love Is no solu-
ton. Love Is bestowed without meas
ure, without thought Of justice, and
! in deepest degree upon the one who
needs it most.
(Copyright. 1889
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feel we'll dressed and look as glamor-
GUS as movie star. Choose a pretty
rayon print for this dress. or il you
like swish" q smart rayon taf1eta.
The Barbara Bell Winter Pattern
Book contains more than a hundred
pretty patterns. Consult it for other
suggestions. Pattern Is complete with
instructions for making that even q
beginner can follow.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1445-B Is
designed for sizes IL, IA. is, 10 and
20. Corresponding bust measurements
80, 80, "a. SO and 3s. Size IA (32)
requires ~ yards Of 39-inch material
and % yard of 39-inch contrast for
collar and cuffs.
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 well-planned, easy
to-make patterns.
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wife Is 50 often q wet blanket who
takes all Of the starch out Of any
occasion. She may have picked out
the show or the movie herself, but
she blames it on her husband If she
doesn't like 1t, and doesn't UNDER
stand why he dragged her to see .
thing like that. The seats never please
her and she tells him that, of course,
he would always let somebody put
the worst on him. She spoils the
big moment of a play by demanding
to know If he thinks the baby has
got uncovered, or If the house has
caught on fire. If they 60 to a restau-
rant she spoils the treat by adding
up the bill and telling him they can't
afford 1t.
Just watch the ordinary couples at
any place of amusement and you will
notice that while the unmarried
women are working like coal-heavers
to entertain their dates and are at
least pretending to have . good time,
nine out Of ten of the wives are max
Ing no effort whatever to amuse their
husbands and are not Disgusting the
fact that they are bored stiff. Mighty
few men feel that 1t Is worth while
spending their money on . killjoy,
which may explain why SO many wives
are left at home when their husbands
feel the need Of little recreation.
Wives should be their husbands
press agents. This is for their own
good as we'll Is the husbands because,
little As women realize it, they write
their husbands price tags. Many q
wife ruins her husbands chances in his
business or profession by her whining
and complaining that, Of course, she
can't have new car because John
Just doesn't seem to know how to get
along and maks money. Or that no.
body sends for Tom whsn they set
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own plans and ideas for the party
that there isn't room for any one
else.
And, good many times, this is a
big mistake. Lots of men have a real
flair for entertaining, and as menu
pickers they are usually tops"
\
| REMEMBER one young couple,
some years ago, when the Big
Depression was going strong. who re-
fused to give up entertaining just
because they didn't have the money
TO do 1t in the elaborate way they
had before. They only had one maid
and green at that-a tiny little house,
and decidedly restricted food budget.
But they gave some Of the best parties
OF the Winter-uSually Sunday night
informal suppers, featuring steaming
bowls Of Irish stew, with hot buttered
biscuits, big ones, split so that the
stew might be poured over them. and
cabbage salad or some similar home
ly but delicious dish. Desserts were
always the same-the only luxury
highlight in the menu-crepeS suzette,
prepared by the young host himself,
all diked out in chefs cap and
apron to add to the fun. The crepes
were done in two chafing dishes on
the dining room table, and went even
faster than the proverbial hot cakes.
There was always plenty of good
black coffee and other mild beverages
for those who wanted them.
One Of the guests was found to
have a talent for playing the piano;
another drew music from a saw
every one sang. or thought they could.
AS the rule Of the house was that no
parties lasted after midnight on Sum-
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tankards and flagons, cups, beakers,
porringers, platters and candlesticks.
Whale oil or camphine lamps were in
almost every household, and in all the
shops were basins and whole sets of
measures, from tiny 4-ounce ones up
to huge 5-quart size, made of the
metal. English, French, German and
Flemish pewter often became most
elaborate in an attempt to initiate
the more ornate silver designs, and
sometimes the natural pewter was
enameled or gilded In America it
retained its simple lines, and Is fam
Gus for its beautiful proportion, care
full workmanship. its deep surface
luster. Above all, it illustrates the
perfection of fitting the design to the
material which is shown by the early
artisans-today their great claim to
posterity.
There are many stories told of the
melting up of pewter for bullets In
the Revolutionary days. Much more
OF it was sold for Junk" when pewter
went out of fashion. Both of these
stories would have to be true to ac-
count for the fact that SO much of this
early ware has disappeared. Being
rare, most of the best pieces have
found their way into private or
museum collections. where they may
be seen and studied by all Of us. Many
Of you are lucky enough to have few
old pieces to add their soft silvery
luster to dim corner.
Some of the men who made pewter
were also coppersmiths or braziers. At
first they adhered 50 closely to the
forms and shapes imported from the
old country that it is difncult to dis
tinguish the American-made things.
Huge kettles, milk cans, pots and pans
were made OF copper. Out of brass
they made tenders, andirons and fire
tools, doorknockers, whale oil lamps,
candlesticks, hinges and locks. These
articles of copper and brass. as well
as the pewter pieces. were the back
bone of every household hundred
years ago. and though many Of them
are still useful, their greatest value
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ent is tin, combined with q large per-
centage of lead. Other metals were
sometimes used, mainly copper. In
England the laws of the Pewterers'
Guild regulated the composition Of
pewter very rigidly, and in America,
though there was no guild, the rules
were much the same There was a
Society of Pewterers' which flourished
in New York about 1880, but it is
thought that this organization was
more in the nature of better busi-
ness bureau" than guild for the regu-
lation OF manufacture.
Pewter was widely used in this
country until about 1925, when china
and brittania ware began to take its
place. 1t was made in limited guam
tity until about 1840. 1t has never
ceased being manufactured; though its
composition has changed, it's making
has never become lost art, and is now
being used by many of the best artisans
in reproductions Of the old patterns
and to carry out new and entirely mod
ern ideas.
"A IL sorts Of domestic articles were
made of pewter. There were
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tnat are truly good IN design. To do
this it is necessary to know something
of the background in which these arts
and crafts flourished. so that by true
understanding We may select carefully
the things that will become the heir
looms of tomorrow.
Few of us have the time, the in
clination, or the purse to make collec-
tions of antiques. That is business
for the feW-but every time we 60 to
any shop to make purchase for our
household, whether it is a linen dish
towel or a fine lace cloth, a silver tea
service or pewter porringer for
friends new baby, We are unconscious
ly calling upon generations of effort
and, by wise choice, contributing to
the good taste of posterity. So, for
the next few weeks in this column We
will make a brief study of the back
ground of the arts and crafts that con-
tribute so much to the charm of mod
ern homes.
Among the simplest, everyday ar
ticles in early American homes were
the pewter utensils which were used
for the service of food and drink.
With them we will begin the series.
\ X X
DEWTER was widely used in all Sec
tions of this country from 1850 to
1900 At first, 1t was crudely made
by unskilled persons, from molds i'm
ported from Europe. AS the demand
grew, pewterers' shops sprang up in the
principal cities. Boston was the earl
lest city to have large trade in pew
ter, and New York quickly became
close second. However. two Of the best
known workers, Boardman and DAN
forth, lived at Hartford, Conn. Balti-
more and Philadelphia workers were
we'll known, too Brothers or some-
times whole families carried on the
work in their own shops and when the
father or the eldest died the business
was handed down to the next in line.
Both individual workers and shops had
their own distinguishing mark or
"touch." A great deal is known about
eome Of these but in several instances
the creators of few exceptionally fine
pieces are almost unknown.
Pewter is an alloy; its chief ingredi-
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Anchovy Canapes.

Cut sandwich bread in oblongs and
circles. Toast and spread with
anchovy butter. Lay narrow strips
Of anchovy hlets and pimentos on top
Of toast, alternating one with the
other, either In lines or circles, de.
pending on shApo e toast.
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Dorothy Dix Says
A Woman Must Be Many Women
In Order to Succeed as Wife.

r. VERY wife should be her hus-
~ bands playmate. The people
Of whom We are most fond,
- those whom we enjoy most and
who are most necessary to us are
those who add to our; pleasure; who
make life gayer for us and who keep
us popped up and amused. This is
a tip that, all wives would be wise
to take.
Unfortunately, few women feel that
entertaining their husbands Is q part
of their wifely duties, and that Is
why so many men put on their hats
as soon as they have had their dinner
and fare forth in search Of some
livelier diversion than they find at
their own firesides. For the tired
business man is no myth. He IS q
real person whose days work leaves
his nerves fretted to fiddle strings
and he Graves something to relieve
the tension, something to make him
laugh and forget his troubles.
But he seldom finds this at home.
His wife meets him at the door with
a budget of bad news. The rent is
due. The coal is out. Goodness
knows how they are to eat If meat
goes any higher. The baby broke his
pet pipe. The teacher has written
q note about how Johnny is falling
behind in his studies. Aunt Sally
is coming for . long visit. And 30
on and on. Doubtless it Is all true
and the wife has had her hard day
also, but it Is the result, and not the
formula, we are considering, and no
one will contend that any man can
pass an agreeable evening listening
to his wife Groom the blues.
k4x
WOMEN are always complaining
that their husbands won't take
them stepping out Of evenings, but
tia 1nAao4 k1AV Aonx Il k~an,,s> $h>
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IN tne morning,
that they may be
alone with their
plans and gen.
eral activities.
They don't even
bother to discuss
the food with
their masculine
teammates and
are barely civil
to them about
letting them In
on the guest list.
They don't do
this to be mean.
They are iuSt so
absorbed in their
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sick. Many woman, Just because
she enjoys being pitied and posing as
martyr, gets her husband the repu-
tation of being a libertine or q drunk
ard, when all that he has done is to
be polite to an old school friend or
drink cocktail.
4 \ II
MANY man is advertised into sue
cess by his wifes discreet brag-
ging. Half the time the reason we
think Mr.. Jones such a grand man
and DR.. Smith such q great doctor is
because their wives have told us 80.
Finally, every wife should be q
mother to her husband. No man ever
entirely grows up. Always somewhere
there is the little boy in him that
wants his wife to treat him just As
his mother did. No matter how great
and famous he Is, or how many other
men he rules, he wants his wife to
make fuss over him, chuck him
under the chin, talk baby talk to him
and tell him he il mothers itsy, bitsy
boy and the boolfulest fing in the
world.
He may have his chest covered with
medals for bravery, but he wants his
wife to hold his hand and think he l.
going to die every time he IS sick. He
wants his wife to understand that
every little boy has to play hooky
every now and then, and when he
does he wants her to treat him as
mother did-spank him and kiss him
and forget al about 1t. Every woman
has to be many women to be . good
wife. DOROTHY DIX.
(CopSrisht, 1850
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Pretty Afternoon Model
The Shirring on This Dress Gives
The Bodice Well.Fitted Look.
BY BARBARA BELL,

HEN best the
M this
will brighten
spring garden a o.
you would Shng
the bodice