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Evening star., 1939-05-24
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1t seems to me that a girl who
expects a man to throw away a
partially smoked cigar just because
he decides to walk a couple of blocks
with her is asking a lot.
I know that it's supposed to be
the rule. A girl is supposed to look
askance at the cigar until the man
remembers his manners and tosses
it away.
But our modern man doesn't al
ways submit gracefully to this old
rule. He looks wistfully at the cigar
before he tosses it into the gutter
And usually his companionship for
the next two blocks is just not worth
having.
1t seems to me that the girl who
really wishes to keep her men
friends should learn to waive the
rule and to give the gentlemen she
walks with the freedom of their
smokes.
Of couse, if she prefers to give
the impression that she knows her
manners and sticks to them, she can
snub smoking gentlemen all she
wants to. I'm just saying that there
are times when girl must choose
between etiquette and friendship.
JEAN.
Evening star., 1939-05-24

a smart little sports frock. Add the
bolero. too, and you have suit
that will be charming for street
wear. The bolero, by the way, is
so nicely tailored that you can wear
it with other frocks, too.
Make this of chambray, gingham,
pique or calico, and trim it with
contrasting braid or binding.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1755-B
is designed for sizes IL, ID, 16, 18
and 20. Corresponding bust meas
urements, 80, 80, "a, SO and 3S. Size
IA 1927 requires SIS yards of 35-inch
material; ga yards of braid or bind
ing.
Send Is cents for Barbara Bells
Spring and Summer 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 includes step-by-step sew
chart to guide beginners.
Evening star., 1939-05-24

cant of all is that the fruit be heavy
for its size. Heavy fruit, even with
few surface blemishes, such as
scars, scratches and slight discolo-
rations, are much to be preferred
to those that are puffy, spongy and
light in weight.
Grapefruit should be firm and
springy to the touch Oranges should
have skin that's fine textured for
the variety. Decay in both oranges
and grapefruit often occurs as
soft discolored spot at the stem
end. Fruit that Is wilted, shrivelled
or leathery around the stem is like
ly to be old and therefore not so
good in flavor as fresher fruit.
Russet Color Not
Harmful.
Some oranges and grapefruit are
called 'russets' because of a red
dish brown or reddish-yellow dis
coloration. This russetting does not
penetrate the skin, and affects neith-
er the flavor nor the food value Of
the fruit.
Growers have learned that the
best place to store oranges and
grapefruit is on the tree After it
is picked, it is shipped to market
Immediately. The best place to
store oranges and grapefruit at home
is in cool. well-ventilated spot.
'Homemakers who like to squeeze
the breakfast orange juice the night
before needn't worry about loss in
vltamin c. In recent experiment.
conducted at the Bureau of Home
Economics, it was found that fresh
ly extracted orange juice, put in
loosely covered containers and stored
in refrigerator, lost no appreciable
amounts of aScorbic acid during the
first "a hours. After that there was
slight but gradual loss. Of course.
orange juice squeezed ahead of time
may lose some freshness in flavor.
"As for ways of using oranges and
grapefruit-they are welcome men,
bers Of many fruit cup and salad.
They're good in desserts and other
dishes stiffened with gelatin. Or
ange juice lends flavor to icings and
drop cookies. Both make something
special in the marmalade line"
Evening star., 1939-05-24
Home Games
Essential
To Child
If Possible Arrange
To Have Playroom
For Youngsters
By ANGELO PATRI,

ma, can we go over to Jacks
house?"
mo, of course not. Nobody wants
children about in the evening. Be-
sides, you have a home of your
own. Stay in it. That's what it's for
My goodness"
But there isn't anything to do
20, find something. Got your
homework done?"
II did it in school. And I even
did the algebra over to make sure
it was right. Betty's all done, too
Can't we go to Jacks? He asked
u.s."
Il won't have you going to the
neighbors' houses. Now just un-
derstand that"
But ma, we haven't anything to
do. We want to go to Jackie S
house and play games. We prom
ised him
You had no right to promise
anything of the kind. What games?''
"Ping-pong and dominoes and
parcheesi and checkers and thou
sand questions, and like that"
Have they all those games?"
More. The whole closet is full,
and the attic is their playroom and
it's all fixed up with lights and
tables and things. Can't we go?"
Does Jacks mother expect
you?"
Yes, I guess so. But I don't
know Jack always asks us and
we go whenever we can. We go
mostly afternoons.
We'll, I'll call up and ask If you
are expected"
After the children had raced off
with loud shouts of Joy their
mother and father looked at each
other with a question in their eyes.
1--WE should have provided those
things for them. I remember when
we were at home we used to play
games like those at night, and our
attic would make them a splendid
playroom.
ut sure would. I could line it
with plasterboard and paint 1t in
gay colors-'
And I could help, and so could
they. Wouldn't they be tickled?"
"It wouldn't cost much if we
did the work ourselves"
Lets plan it and see what we
can do right away. If they had a
real place to play in and things
to play with, they'd be as happy
here as in Jacks house. That is just
scheme his mother worked to get
other children in to play with hers.
Not so dumb, I'll say"
So the children got playroom
that they loved and they stayed
home oftener to play there and
Jack came over to play with them
once in while. Father and mother
felt, at the end of the year, that
nothing they had ever done for
the children had been so successful
as the playroom.
There are not enough playrooms
to 60 around, but every home has
a table and a shelf is easy to get
Games cost little. Save up the cost
of few movies and buy few good
games. They will last longer and
give more lasting pleasure. Ad-
ditions can be made to the game
library" from time to time, so that
a good collection is gathered by and
by. Games sharpen children's wits
teach cooperation, good sportsman
ship and some degree of skill. They
are we'll worth any trouble and
money they cost. And If there can
be a gameroom-so much the bet
ter.
Evening star., 1939-05-24

your husbands are just about as
companionable of an evening as
store dummy is not because they are
afraid to talk. Or maybe it is be-
cause you are unresponsive and
don't laugh at their jokes and see
the point of their stories. Or may
be it is because you don't even lend
them one ear and a half a lobe of
your brain and you interrupt them
in the midst of telling about how
they pulled off some big deal by
saying: "Oh, look at the kitten!
Isn't it cute?"
Or maybe it is the husband who
is the conversational Stacker who
fails to contribute his quota to the
domestic talkfest. 1t takes a wife
who is a perfect babbler to keep
on talking to a man who never says
anything but m-m-m-m when YOU
tell him the most thrilling things
about what the baby said and that
stunning frock you saw downtown.
Anyway, no matter who is to
blame, it is certain that we need
better conversation in the family
circle and more of it.
DOROTHY DIX.
Evening star., 1939-05-24
Designer of Grace

Samuel McIntire, a product of
Salem, Mass, in colonial days like
the Adam Bros. of England, was
most noted for his fame as an
architect and as a carver, and is
responsible for some pieces of furni-
ture gracefully and delicately exc
cuted. His favorite piece of furni-
ture was the sofa and several Of
these pieces, together with chairs
to match, are in the collection of
the Essex Institute of Salem.
Evening star., 1939-05-24

officially designated as surplus"
which Is pretty important in the
farming world, and means that
every one all along the line bends
over backwards to see that the
fruit is disposed of.
However. surplus is not a year
round state of affairs and there is
no reason to believe that all this
wealth of golden fruit is going to
continue to feature at the low prices
1t has been enjoying thus far. 1t is
wise housekeeper, therefore, who
gathers her roSebuds while she may,
and slaps patches of marmalade
together, and uses the citrus fruits
in every other way that she can.
Rich Source of
Vitamin c.
To get back to this vitamin G
problem. which has been emphasized
by the attention focused on oranges
and grapefruit. This is what the
bureau has to say about it:
"Nutritionally, citrus fruits get star
billing because they are rich natural
sources of aseorbic acid, more fami-
liarly known as vitamin C. Half
of medium sized grapefruit or one
large, juicy orange-in other words,
about four ounces or one-half cup
of grapefruit or orange juice-will
supply the daily need for this vita
min
There is a daily need of vitamin
c because the body can store very
little of it. And it has a special
function to perform in keeping
many of the body tissues healthy
Vitamin c is especially important
in maintaining sound, healthy gums.
| A diet somewhat low in it for long
| time brings about soreness of the
! joints and muscles, fatigue and loss
of appetite If there is a very Sc
rious deficiency of vitamin C scurvy
with its Well-knoWn symptoms re-
suits. Well-defned cases of scurvy
| are rare in this country, but border
line symptoms due to an made
quate supply Of this vitamin are all
too frequent.
That vitamin c is one in which
many American diets are low has
been shown in study of what
| city families have to eat, made re-
Gently by the Bureau of Home
! Economics. When DR.. Hazel K. Site
beling and her co-workers analyzed
the diets of families of workers in
43 representative cities in the United
States they found that about half of
the 1000 families studied were not
ance of vitamin G that nutrition
lists recommend today.
Regional Differences
Interesting.
In this study DR.. Stiebeling also
noted considerable regional differ
enceS in the amount of citrus fruit
eaten. Families in the Pacific Coast
cities ate more than those in any
other parts of the country-about
twice as much as those in the North
Atlantic cities, which ranked next
highest. Figures for the South At
lantic region, however. which, like
the Pacific region, is big citrus
producing section, were not in
cluded in this comparison.
Besides vitamin c, oranges and
grapefruit also contain some of the
other vitamins and small quantities
Of important minerals. If these
fruits are eaten in liberal amounts
they will make considerable con-
tributions to the vitamin B, vita
min G. and mineral needs of the
body.
Shoppers will look for about the
same signs of quality in both Or
| anges and grapefruit. Most signifi-
Evening star., 1939-05-24

party Inery. IN Ine past, we nave
become accustomed to seeing street.
length gowns worn for almost every
affair of this kind. Time was, we
realize, when long dresses were worn
on the least provocation, but fewer
and fewer are seen at teas, cocktail
parties and garden gatherings lately
Why this is. we don't know Maybe
the ladies just had more time on
their hands 70 get prettied up
few years ago, but at any rate, at
the drop of cocktail there they
were in their floor-length gowns.
Today, at even the most formal af-
fairs we are used to seeing shorter
dresses, a bit more ornate than the
average street wear.
However, this year the garden
party question is a real problem.
With the visit of English royalty,
Washington matrons are deep in
discussions of what to wear. Some
favor long frocks with large hats,
while others prefer to cling to what
Is generally accepted in the way
of street dresses. We have no doubt
that both will be worn. In all
probability there will be many
more long dresses worn this year
than is the past, for, as one stylist
puts it, I'VE don't see royalty often,
but when we do we're going to put
on everything we own!"
Long Dresses
Are Lovely.
We have never in the past-and
never expect to in the future-argued
the fact that long dresses are fiat
tering to almost every woman. We
do say firmly, however, that over
dressing is serious danger when
you wear floor length gowns in the
daytime, and we are backed up on
this point by well-known author
ity. Says the ruler of all things
concerning etiquette. These are the
occasions when elaborate day
dresses are appropriate. But if you
have very few clothes you may per-
fectly wear any sort of dress that
you look well in" And goes on to
explain, In fact, you need seldom
worry about your appearance be-
cause you are not as much dressed
Evening star., 1939-05-24
Sophisticated
Couture For
BrunetteS
Hollywood Expert
Cautions Blends
About New Fad
BY PATRICIA LINDSAY


Since the shorter hair cut Is gain
ing rapid popularity for the sum-
mer months, Wally Westmore, head
Of Paramount's makeup department,
wishes to caution blonds before they
adopt it.
According to Mr.. Westmore (and
you do not have to agree with himD
no blond who wants to increase or
maintain her allure, should wear her
hair shorter than shoulder length.
And it should be flowing.
A brunette, in his opinion. can
get by with sophisticated coiffure
which hugs the head. But such a
style is fatal to blond's beauty!
Its very simple if one stops to
think about it," Westmore explains.
Blond hair approaches the color of
the skin. So windblown or even
a betWeen-length bob, leaves little
contrast between the hair and the
complexion. A shoulder length bob
frames the face in a golden aura
and sets off the color of the lips and
the blue or brown of the eyes. It
makes a face kissable!
The brunette, on the contrary.
loses by such a frame. Her COM
plexion is darkened by the proximity
OF dark hair and does not have the
appeal it should. The brunette's
appeal Is enhanced by a more So
phisticated coiffure such as that
worn by Claudette Colbert. Dor
othy Lamour achieves tremendous
allure by bringing her long hair
away from her face to the back of
her head"
Then Miss Madeleine Carroll
speaks up about the new haircut
vogue. Il think the craziest thing
woman can do Is to change her
hairdress If 1t is becoming and suit
able to- her. She should dress her
hair in that style regardless of fads
and fashions. I see new coiffures
on other women and admire them
tremendously, but I never have the
urge to experiment with them on
my own head I feel the same way
about colors, too-every woman
should know which colors do most
for her skin, her eyes, her hair. And
she should be loyal to those!"
We all sooner or later get an urge
to change our coiffure with the
exception of Miss CARROLL. But if
you will take my advice you will
make the change gradually. If you
have been wearing long bob and
feel you want to adopt the briefer
one, which Is summers vogue, have
your hair thinned a bit and short
ened bit. Not too much. Then
ask your hairdresser to set it the
new way. See if you truly like il
and if you do have it shaped so il
will best set in that style Hair can
always be ut!-but it takes months
for it to grow back!
Do not go in for removing hair
at the base of the neck with wax
or with any other depilatory. Have
the uneven hair line clipped with
scissors. Clippers should never be
used. And depend upon the setting
to cover the line. If your hair grows
low on your neck you should have
your hair styled low-that is unless
you wear 1t very high and long. II
that is the case the back hair should
never be clipped, but brushed ur
daily and held in place with comb
hairpin or barret.
Evening star., 1939-05-24
Boxed Ham Slice With Hot
DeviIed Euos

Place IL inch thick center slice
of ham in a deep baking dish. Cover
with chilli sauce and sprinkle with
brown sugar. Bake in moderate
oven $3.50 degrees F. for about IL
hours or until ham is done. Reheat
deviled eggs in a buttered baking
dish for Is minutes. Serve hot
around ham slice.
Evening star., 1939-05-24
Here's an extremely useful vaca-

Here's an extremely useful vaca-
ton design, because it includes both
play suit and daytime dress. 1t cuts
down on the number of clothes you
have to pack up to take away, and
cuts down on your expenditure, too
The play suit is tiny-waisted with
a sleeveless top gathered onto a
round yoke. The shorts are f1aring
and beautifully fitted. With the
buttoned- around skirt, it becomes
Evening star., 1939-05-24
Either Length
May Be Worn.

Just bear in mind that either
street length or long dresses are
worn to garden parties. 1t is
"dressy" affair, to be sure, so don
your best bib and tucker. Use a lit
tie caution. however, in your Sc
lection of these clothes. Remember
that suitability and appropriate
ness are the two most important
qualifications, but after them comes
the requisite that says, BE sure
your outfit is becoming" If the
budget is to be considered, an adapt
able street-length frock in pastel
or print is lovely. If you go the
whole way and try to look like the
fascinating pictures of English gar
den parties then choose a we'll
made, becoming frock with flowing
lines. And happy gardening!
Evening star., 1939-05-24
Ny Neiehbor Says:

There is danger of garden
products crossing. This is par
ticularly true in the case of
melons. If one wants to keep
his variety true. he must choose
seeds from plants that have not
been grown near other varieties.
This applies likewise to corn.
Iced chocolate is a nourish-
ing as we'll as a refreshing
summer beverage. Add chop
ped ice to a thick, we'll favored
chocolate after it has been al
lowed to cool.
Evening star., 1939-05-24

Guiding Rules for Becoming
Coiffures" may help you deter
mine your new hair do. Inclose
self addressed envelope bear
ing a Scent stamp If you request
it. Address me care of this paper.
Evening star., 1939-05-24
Daily Supply Of Vitamin G
Essential to Health as
Body Can Store Little
Oranges and Grapefruit Are
Excellent Sources of This
Valuable Food Component
BY BETSY CASWELL,
Woman's Editor.

Don't look now but here's that wtamin
And of
United States Department of Agriculture.
Apparently this
ing statistics markets
the ennuu:
Evening star., 1939-05-24
etLengh Long Dresses Suitable for Local Garden Parties
Both Types Are Shown
In Washington Shops
During This Season
Flowing Dress Makes Lovely
Picture, but Quite Often 1t
Is Lacking in Real Style
By HELEN VOGT.

Before this season OF outdoor entertaining is over Mrs Ina Gadder
problem what parties
confront problem
something becoming
definite to
Evening star., 1939-05-24

as the others. The time to worry is
when you are too much dressed"
And who else would know better
than Mrs. Emily Post.
So much controversy has been
waged over the proper attire that
We Shopped around in several of
our local stores to see what was 60
ing on. We found full-length dresses
and picture hats in the majority,
but there are smart shops that are
featuring nothing but short dresses.
We even Sneaked in at fashion
luncheon the other day and found
that out of about u or Is dresses
only were street length. One shop
went into pink and purple dither
over the idea of flowing gowns.
Nothing but fluffy marquisettes
and nets" the stylist said. Printed
chiffons are big, and all are worn
with picture hats or turbans." At
the other extreme a Well-knoWn
store is going to advise street-iength
chiffons and dreSsy silks in prints
or pastels And so it goes, until it
looks as if fashionable attire for
garden parties depends upon your
individual likes and dislikes.
The only thing that worries us is
the type of long dress apt to be
chosen. Remember that great
many of them have nothing to their
credit except length, and it is oh!
so easy to choose something that is
lacking in chic. Long dresses are
lovely if they suit your type. but
too many are apt to be SO demure
and dainty that they lack smart
ness. This is just warning. Re-
member that if you buy long gar
den dress it can be just as full of
''umph' as your formals in a Slight
ly different way. And that brings
us to another point Don't buy a
low-cut, extremely decollete gown
for this occasion. Remember that
your full-length frocks for after
noon should be restricted to that
and not have to serve double duty as
an evening gown.
Evening star., 1939-05-24

Those adeves might easily
"gton sare" bar The graceful hat dull
ah foe and perfectly dessy
ens neckn The ensemble its simplicity
ice soda effect too often garden
Evening star., 1939-11-26
Grounded YurnuII FIouted,
4 Men Thrown Into Surf

The loss of both anchors was be-
lieved to have been responsible for
the grounding Of the Yarnall.
Anchored in a heavy sea during a
moderate northeaster. the Yarnall
began to drift toward the shore A
second anchor was played out, but
the drift continued until the de-
stroyer became firmly lodged in the
sand.
Both anchors were lost, a reliable
source adding that apparently the
steam was down in the engines and
the vessel was unable to stop its
shoreward drift until too late. No
official reason for the grounding has
been given, pending an investiga-
ton.
The Coast Guard responded to
the sos calls from the destroyer
and the destroyer Gilmer, Navy tugs
Kewaden and Massasoit and two
wooden tugs were sent from the
naval base. Early efforts to dis
lodge the helpless ship were unsuc-
cessful, due to falling tide, and it
was decided to tighten the ship and
the successful attempt was made at
high tide.
In tightening the destroyer, 90
900 gallons of oil aboard were trans
ferred to an oil barge, sent from the
naval base
Evening star., 1939-11-26
Army Bombers Due
Back From Brazil Today

Seven Army bombing planes re-
turning from a 12,000-mile flight
to Rio de Janeiro, are scheduled
to reach Washington at. 4:30 pm.
today.
Gen. George c. Marshall, chief
of staff, and other high ranking
military leaders were planning to
be on hand to welcome the flyers
and 10 Brazilian Army officers who
accompanied them on the return
trip, when the planes reach Boil
ing Field.
The Brazilian officers will visit
certain installations and activities"
of the Army during their visit to this
country, the War Department said
State Department representatives
and members of the Brazilian EN-
bassy will be in the party greeting
the returning flyers and their pas
sengers.
The planes few to Rio de Janeiro
to participate in the celebration OBJ
serving the. 50th anniversary of the
Brazilian republic,
Evening star., 1939-11-26
BY the Associated Press.
picture on page A-6.J

BY the Associated Press.
NORFOLK, Va, Nov. 25.-The
grounded United States destroyer
Yarnall was f1oated tonight. capsiz-
ing one of its own small boats as it
swung with the wind
Two of the occupants were
reSuced by boat from the destroyer
Decatur. The other two were found
later in the surf by Coast Guard
crew and carried in an unconscious
condition to the Naval Hospital in
Portsmouth. They had been at first
reported drowned.
They were listed as Barechamp,
fireman. second class, and Laqua.
seaman, first class.
The men rescued by the crew from
the Decatur were K. J. Thomas and
r. A. Kitty, seamen, first class.
The Yarnall, a commissioned
vessel assigned to Norfolk as a unit
of the Atlantic squadron, drifted
aground in shallow waters of Lynn
haven inlet after sending out SOS
calls about $3.50 am today.
Floating operations were directed
tonight from the U. S. S. Texas,
flagship of the squadron and were
completed at $50 pm. The Yarnall
proceeded in tow.
Evening star., 1939-11-26

in the mythical Southern Con-
ference title. Clemson beat Fur
man, 1913, while Duke found
North Carolina State easy, 28-O.
Missouri. meanwhile, won the
Big Six championship, handing
Kansas a neat 300 lacing.
Both Texas A. and M. and Ohio
State backed into sectional
titles. The Aggies were idle but
clinched the Southwest crown
when Southern Methodist routed
Baylor, 21-0.
Ohio State surrendered to
Tom Harmon and Michigan,
2l-14, in brilliant duel at Ann
Arbor but took the Big Ten
championship when Iowa's
Hawkeyes were held to TT
draw by Northwestern.
Yale's unpredictable forces
took advantage of Harvard er-
rors and trounced Harvard, 20-7,
while Penn State upset Pitt for
the first time in 20 years, 100.
Princeton, beaten only by Cor
nell, routed the Navy, $50.
(Fuu Details in Sportsa Section