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Evening star., 1939-04-21

coidures add to the appearance Of
the hat. A hat is a hat, and you're
straying from the subject when
you beat around the bush with
remarks on makeup and hair
styles. Remember that grandmother
never had these advantages and
she did all right.
when you got around to the
description of hairnets and hats I
fell of the chair in a fit. After
the family revived me I showed
them the article and then had to
60 around restoring them. Women
will do some funny things, but wear
ing nets adorned with buttercups
and Clipped mahogany is too much
for the average person to believe.
I won't tell you whether I'm a mis-
trusting male or a fool-proof fe-
male, but it doesn't matter! I still
don't believe it. Grandmother's net
at least had purpose; apparently
these are just short cut to the
BOBBY hatch.
Next time you get around to
defending things that have no de-
fence, count 10 and then write
about something that is non-con-
troversial. After all, 2-cent stamps
come high.
Yours for fewer fantastic fashions,
u. M. S."
Every man to his own opinion.
But we still stick to our story that
hats today are pretty plain in CON-
parison with those wild creations
of years ago. And to prove 1t, We
present the picture above, straight
out of the pages Of Harper's BE-
zaar, September 8, 1871, offerir::;
them as definite proof that mode. :.
millinery isn't funny at all, espo-
cially when you look at the thir. j;
that grandma wore.
Anybody else want to fght?!!
Evening star., 1939-04-21

WIN oeAAAA PoPSA cO CAAOV VAC AOA6AA
places will not show Next select
q good quality floor or deck paint.
The color will depend on the light
In the house and your color scheme.
The old ones were often blue green,
gray or light tan. Give the floor two
coats of this and allow it to dry
thoroughly. Take several thick
nesses of newspaper and thumb-tack
them up all around the room to pro-
ttct wall and woodwork from the
spatter. Get a stiff scrub brush,
dip it in the paint and then draw
o stick across the bristles so that
Is they snap into place the paint is
spattered over the surface. You
will have to practice bit with this
to get the desired even effect. When
1t is finished you should get an i'm
preston of soft all-over color and
not of messy, spotty floor. Three
colors for spatter are usually enough,
though you may use more if you
please. Lemon yellow, vermillion
and lavender on the green is nice.
Try your color scheme on a good
sized board first and set it up in
your room to see that you have
what you want. You may cover the
finished job with colorless lacquer
# you wish to protect the color from
wearing of in travel strips"
DEAR MISS NOVEL;:
Il am fixing up my house at the
beach and am interested to know
IL there is anything which I can
buy to cover the tops Of my tables.
I have used oilcloth so far. but am
not satisfied with it. I would rather
not use linoleum. Is there anything
else that would be practical, not
too expensive and suitable for the
beach with sand, damp air and
hard wear to be considered? l have
three tables about % by so inches.
MRS. F.. L. j.
Evening star., 1939-04-21

Imagine, then, her chagrin when
some insensate brute proposes to her
in the middle of the street when
they are dodging automobiles. He
puts just about as much romance
in asking for her heart and hand
Evening star., 1939-04-21

to look at, too, with slim, youthful
lines, bloused fullness in the back,
a crisp little collar and touches of
bright braid. In fact, since it's so
tailored and flattering, why not re-
peat it in street fabrics, as well as
having 1t in gingham, percale or
calico? Easy to make, too. The
pattern includes q step-by step sew
chart to guide beginners.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1923
is designed for sizes IA, 16, 10, 20,
40 and a. Corresponding bust meas
urements 80, "a, SO, 80, 40 and a.
Size 16 (34) requires 5 yards OF 35-
inch material, 4 yards of braid.
Send Is cents for Barbara Bells
Spring Pattern Book! Make your
own smart new frocks for street,
daytime and afternoon with these
simple, carefully planned designs!
It's chic, it's easy, it's economical to
sew your own. Each pattern in
cludes . step-by-step sew chart to
guide beginners.
(copyfisht, le3eJ
Evening star., 1939-04-21

vehement manner. If the boss sees
It, the writer was only fooling.
Anyway, in the name of fair play
and self-defense, we present the
epistle that has put us at least
temporarily in the doghouse. You're
welcome.
Dear Miss Vogt:
. There's just one question upper
most In my mind. Where do FASH
ion reporters think they get off?"
eds note: Here. We've had enough
already) Imagine calmly sitting
down and trying to convince a sup
posedly intelligent public that wom-
ems hats are not funny. Not funny?
They're hysterical." eds note: Ha,
ha)
If you fashion writer's didn't have
to work so hard to convince your
selves that styles are what they're
cracked up to be, you'd have time
to sit down and look at the thing
from an average persons point of
view. And then you'd change your
tune!
Il, too. went to look at the Easter
parade. The only difference is that
while you saw perhaps half a dozen
ridiculous hats, I lost track after
the first 10000. I'll 60 farther and
say didn't even see half a dozen
that weren't ridiculous. Maybe we
have a different sense of values,
maybe we don't laugh at the same
Jokes or like the same comedies,
but We should be able to agree on
something as apparently insane as
what you term modern millinery
THE only reason most people
make fun Of women's hats is be-
cause they naturally inspire ridi-
cule. If women would come down
to earth. then the cartoonists, radio
and movies would have no cause
for complaint. AS . matter of fact.
you might almost call 1t a crusade
to try and get the ladies to realize
what monkeys they are making
of themselves.
Frankly, I don't mean to be too
harsh. but when you start saying
that the hats today are an improve
ment over so years ago, I draw
the line. True. I don't actually
remember the bonnets of half a
century past, do you?" eds note
We thoroughly resent thatD But
I do recall pictures of my grand
mother In her quaint and conserva-
tive little bonnet edged in lace, and
I venture to say that nothing was
more appealing. I take exception
to the fact that makeup and new
Evening star., 1939-04-21
BY BARBARA BELL.

Brighten up your workaday hours
With two or three frocks like this.
It's 80 easy to slip on in the morn
ing, because it buttons all down the
front. Very comfortable you'll find
It to work in, too, because the waist
tne is unhampering and will never
catch you up short when you're
STOPPING or reaching. The arm
holes are ample.
This Is such . gay, pretty thing
Evening star., 1939-04-21
Spatter Floors Are Very Pleasing Solution for Country Typ
An Amateur May Attempt
The Job With a Little
Practice Beforehand
Sheets of Cork Are Suggested
AS Appropriate and Sturdy
Table Covers for Beach
BY MARGARET NOVEL;.

DEAR NOVEL;:
have codype country pine
which finished rubbed
which has now disappeared and the floor getting rough would
think they would be practical
MRS. D. c. r.
Answer
spater your
Evening star., 1939-04-21

Answer
Have you thought of sheets Of
cork? A builders supply house can
give you the information on it. It
may be glued right to the tops of
your tables-is resistant to every
kind of wear and tear and is the
last word in the proper decoration
at the beach, as that Is its native
habitat!
DEAR MISS NOWELL:
I have some very lovely pine
paneling in my dining room. 1t is
a light honey color and I am eager
to keep it that way. How can
keep it clean and prevent its turn
ing dark where hands are constant
ly touching it?
B. H.Y.
Keeping the surface waxed at
all times is the best protection you
can give it. 1t might be worth the
expense to get the attachment that
goes on your vacuum cleaner for
polishing wax, or to get a small hand
waxer. Then get the very best wax
you can buy and use 1t sparingly,
but often. Each waxing will make
the paneling more beautiful. Gaso-
line or benzene will clean finger
marks Off they are deeply
stained use very, very fine sand
paper to get through the surface.
Then wax again. Keep in mind that
the charm of paneling is not that
it should remain forever new but
that it grow old in mellow, grace
full manner.
DEAR MISS NOVEL;:
Workmen coming into my new
house have marked up my dining
room floor. I think it is the black
marks from composition soles or
heels as it looks like crayon. Can
you tell me any way that this may
be removed so that it will not show
after the floor is finished?
Answer
The floor may be scrubbed with
soap and water into which a small
amount of lye or other bleach has
been put. A little sandpaper worked
over the worst marks, If any remain
after the scrubbing, should remove
all trace.
Questions on household fur
nishings, interior decoration, etc.,
should be addressed to Margaret
NOVEL; at The Evening Star. The
answers will appear In this col
umn as quickly as space permits.
For personal replies or trade
names q stamped, self addressed
envelope should be inclosed.
Evening star., 1939-04-21

starting
embroidered framed and hung in the pictures Jack and
Jill and OF Marsery Daw measure by inches the
beginning Of chlds picture book
her bed quilt beginning
more Mother Goose
of them made
pattern envelope contains
10 nch complete
tion with color suggestions and Illustrations materials
and much will need.
obtain this pattern send and inclose cents
stamps or coin to cover service and postage Address the Needle
Editor Of The Evening Star.
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Evening star., 1939-04-21
Blending Raisins

Raisins. dates, currants and figs
blend better with other ingredients
and are improved in flavor If they
are soaked minutes in q little boil
ing water. Two tablespoons Of
boiling water for each half cup OF
fruit is a good ratio.
Evening star., 1939-04-21
Ny Neiqhbor Suys:

Never apply plant food when
grass is wet. Do not put it on
the leaves or stalks of flowers
or vegetables, or in direct con-
tact with seed or the roots of
plants. Where water is avail
able thoroughly water the grass
or garden after feeding. Where
water Is not available brush
the plant food off the blades of
grass by running the back of a
rake, or a lightweight door mat,
over the lawn. This may also be
done by sweeping with a broom.
Powdered starch rubbed over
soiled spots on wall paper will
remove them.
(copyright, 1939.)
Evening star., 1939-04-21

One Of the secrets that no mar
ried woman ever tells Is how her
husband proposed to her. This is
not because it Is such a sacred men,
ory that she cannot bear to reveal
1t even to her own children, but be-
cause it was such blighting dis
appointment that 1t rankles in her
heart as long as she lives.
OF course, II a woman loves q
man and wants him, she grabs him
when he offers himself, no matter
how bunglingly he does 1t. But be-
tween the way he pops the question
and the way she would like 1t done
is the difference between having
ham sandwich thrust at you and
having a rare gift wrapped up in
cellophane and blue ribbon, and
wreathed with flowers presented to
you on a silver salver.
From the time young girl begins
having conscious thoughts she
dreams Of the great moment Of her
life when some romantic youth asks
her to be his. She pictures the big
event as taking place in some
flower r-bedecked and moonlit glade.
with music sobbing in the distance.
She hopes she will be wooed In
poetic and passionate language by
a combination of Clark Gable and
Robert Taylor, who will snatch her
to his manly breast and swear that
she must be his, or else he will end
it all in the river.
Evening star., 1939-04-21
Modern Millinery More
Fantastic Than Ever,
Says a Contributor
One Reader Takes Exception
To Those Ideas Expressed
On the Page Last Week
BY HELEN vOGT.

Being Of td nature this hiding under
the typewriter emerging only long collect pay
checks OF brought ourse
words the subject Of modern millinery advantages
Friday April H. isue0 ~ ~ ~
The result Of that (and anticipated it, was a letter
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-24
QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can you answer seven Of these
test questions Turn To the
womsns page for the answers.
l. On which continent is
French Guiana?
2. Which university did Byron
(Whizzerl White. professional
football player. attend?
3. For what news and feature
syndicate to the initials NEA.
stand
4. How is 1892 written in
Roman numerals?
3. What is tho correct pro-
nuncistion of the word medi-
ocre7
6. Did George Washington
sign the Declaration Of indie
pendence
Z. What are eattalos9
s. What is the General Land
Office OF the u. s.
9. How many survivors were
there Of the submarine Squalls
accident?
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Editor, The Times: Why is
crime on the increase Because
Bible study is forbidden in our
grade schools. Whoever passed
that law was an atheist.
1t is too late to teach Chris
tianity when our youth leaves
school. The devil by that time
has done his work. The average
youth is too wise.
What the church needs to do
is to forget about denomination
alism. What we need is more
B b e study, more men like
Gypsy Smith, Dwight Moody,
Billy Sunday and Aimee Nc
Pherson.
What the church should do is
to save souls, not commercialize
the church like they are doing
today. What we need are more
temperance leagues and fewer
pool halls.
If you wish to enjoy life. read
your Bible every day and live
according to Gods law.
FRANK BURNS,
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PULSE OF THE PUBLIC

families against the financial
losses Of the company? Il the
union going to see to IT that
these 500 or 900 families ara
fed? What are they going hum
erv to secure? Better wages!
Shorter hours? Anything fun
damental to the welfare of the
men? Mr.. Cochrane d O esn t
claim that these are the issues.
He wants a better union
agreement
grant the necessity of some
times using the strike weapon to
secure fundamental advantages
for employees, but I think Mr..
Cochrane and his associates have
a lot to answer for when they
ask 300 men TO lose a summers
employment and their families
10 go hungry to force the
company to sign an agreement
which gains only technical adj
vantages for the union heads.
y. r. JOHN SON.
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SATURDAY, JUNE "a. 1889


Conflicting planetary aspects
are strong today, according TO
astrology. The morning hours
are favorable TO individual en-
deavor and inimical to heredi-
tafy advantages.
This is date when there NAV
be movements or changes in the
plans of military organizations.
Training camps come under
lucky sway as do other groups
OF young men.
Secret negotiations are indi-
Gated in the stars which seem
to warn that Americans may be
outwitted in diplomatic parleys.
Much deception is forecast
among European dictators.
The evening should be fortu-
nate for women of all ages. The
stars encourage pleasant asso-
citation with men and hasty
eourtships. Love affairs will be
many through the summer.
This is a happy wedding day
with many a fair promise of love
and success. Those who plight
troth on this date should have
long partnership and a smooth
family life.
Anxiety for business men who
must wait over Sunday 10 feel
the financial pulse is indicated.
The wise will seek recreation in
outdoor sports.
Hotel proprietors and resort
business men should profit
comfortably under this config-
uration.
Persons whose birihdste II is
have the augury of q year Of
steady prosperity which may
incite both men and women to
extravaganza in living and en-
PERTAINING.
Children born on this day
should have poise and self-reli-
ance in high degree. These
subjects of Cancer are usually
extremely fortunate all through
life. They make many friends.
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They found a great black mon
ster, with shining brass trim
mings first locomotive the
Rigney children ever had seen.
Their eyes fairly popped with
amazement, and were they ex-
cited when the engineer asked
them if they didn't want a ride.
Though they were a bit scared,
they climbed up into the cab
and held their breath while the
locomotive went up and down
the track a few hundred feet.
They have had many interesting
experiences since but they never
will forget that ride on the
locomotive at Lakeview in the
summer of 1873.
That was a critical period in
the history of the Northern Pa
cifie railroad. The country was
in the grip of a money panic.
Construction funds were ex-
hausted. There was no money
to pay wages and the crew
threatened to quit. The situa-
ton was all the more serious be-
cause the company was obliged
to have the rails laid to tide
water by the middle of Deem
Der or forfeit its charter.
Work was suspended for
time and when 1t was resumed
the bets were two to one that
the job couldn't be finished in
time to save the charter. But
there were lot of poor guessers
in those days. A construction
man known as "Skookum"
Smith took charge of the gangs
when work was resumed. BY
pleading, caJoling. threatening
and driving. Smith inspired the
men to almost superhumsn eff
forts. On December Is. 1873.
the last rails were laid in front
of the freight and passenger ter
minus on the waterfront at the
foot of Pacific avenue nearly -
hours before the date fixed in
the charter.
Not long after that the Rigney
twins stood on the porch and
watched the first train from
Portland go chugging by.
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Falkland.
HOLDS STRIKE WEAPON
Is BEING MISITSED

Editor, The Times: In The
Times, Mr.. Cochrane, secretary
of IVA local No. 8, which union
called a strike at the st. Paul
e. Tacoma Lumber Co. mill and
camps and put nearly 900 men
'on the street" attempts to an
swer my letter of protest and
defend the action taken by the
union heads. He states that the
union heads feel that they can
get a better agreement" with
the company by closing down
the operations during negotia-
tons.
! ask him how? Is Mr.. Coch-
rane going to employ the priva-
tons of the men and their
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ALCOHOL EDUCATION
NEEDED IN SCHOOLS

Editor. The Times: Most or
our prisoners have no business
being in jail. Education would
have saved them. Sums spent
for education are more than
repaid by the reduction in a
community's crime bill.
The daily cost of crime to the
L. s. is SAL 900 600. Education
costs only S6,25o00O. It costs
81 200 to find. prosecute and pun
ish the average criminal. A
high school education costs only
sl33 per year per pupil a junior
high school education. sir, and
elementary school only $50
year. Forty per cent of our
prisoners are under 81 years.
Our prison population increases
25 per cent a year, our college
population only S per cent.
Alcohol education would keep
lad out OF Jail. 1t is an essen
tial part of any schools curri-
culum and should have a place
in the rehabilitation of the
younger prisoners.
Ignorance of the law excuses
no man, nor does ignorance Of
the scientific laws of alcohol as
TO its effect upon the human
mind, body and character save
the drinker from the reactions.
The moral blame is largely on
society which puts alcoholic
liquors before him but neglects
TO educate youth about them.
Alcohol education must save
our children who are now grow
ing up. Total abstinence is the
only safe course.
MRS. REGIME BENNETT,
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dare to go too far in support
ing Britain. They are sure the
American people are not willing
to risk hostilities to pull Britain s
chestnuts out of the fire. With
out our backing. the British
position in the Orient is starkly
vulnerable.
That's why the japanese are
so polite to us these days, al
though they are well aware that
our financial and material as
sistance has been an enormous
help to Chang kai-Shek. Even
the reckless army leaders are
careful to avoid provocative in
cidents involving Americans.
II there is anything clear in
the muddy waters of interna-
tional relations, it is that Japan
doesn't want trouble with Uncle
Sam. That's realism-not sem
timent. For one thing, Japan
is dependent on the U. S. for
1880 of her vital gasoline and
oil supply. For another, an
Anglo-Ameriean naval blockade
might we'll complete her economic
strangulation.
President Roosevelt seems to
have his sharpest axe out for
Senator Arthur Vandenberg.
The latter, however, regards
FDR's attitude as r compliment,
for it indicates Roosevelt con-
siders the man from Michigan
to be the COPS most formidable
candidate for 1910.
The latest evidence of the
presidential prejudice was exhi-
bited at the White House dinner
to Their Britannia Majesties. In
presenting the senator to the
king. Roosevelt said, without the
trace Of a smile: your Majesty,
this is the man who thinks he is
going to succeed me in the presi-
dency." Then Roosevelt added
with a snap: But he isn't" So
intently was FDR thinking of
Vandenberg and 1910 that he
forgot to mention the senator's
name.
On another occasion, when the
president and the senator were
speakers on the same program,
Roosevelt invited Vsndenberg to
make try for the White House.
Il have black suit that l keep
for funerals. Arthur" said the
chief executive, land / will lend
1t 10 you on the day you make
the race"
Senator Key Pittman, who has
frequently titled with Harold
lekes. met a New Deal politician
at the Soviet embassy q few
nights ago.
Don't shake hands. Kew"
said the politieo. Il have poison
ivy When the senator asked
how come. the answer was: I've
been shaking hands with Ickes."
Then see your doctor, replied
Key grimly. You might have
blood poisoning. too"
That's what they think Of the
too. too srticulate secretary Of
he interior on Capitol Hill.