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Evening star., 1939-05-04
Dorothy Dix Says
You May Become an Old Maid if
Beau Hangs Around Too Long

apt to get. She sees on every hand
that the men who are really in love
and want their girls, somehow man
age to make enough money to marry
on. They override every obstacle in
their paths and don't give a hoot
what mother thinks or says.
Such being the case. you would
think that any girl with a grain of
practical sense IN her head would
call time on man who was just
stringing her along on little soft
talk that got nowhere. She would
know that If he really loved her and
wanted to marry her and intended
to marry her, he would hurry up the
marriage, not put it of indefinitely.
OF course, the man who lets girl
give him the best years Of her life
and then kisses and rides away is a
cad, but the girl has herself as well
as him to blame for the situation in
which she finds herself. She should
have looked after her own interests
and not let herself be victimized by a
selfish egotist. She should never
have let him segregate her from all
other men and take her out of the
matrimonial running.
DEAR DOROTHY DIX-Why are
unmarried women called spinsters?
I think it Is an awful insult not only
to unmarried women, but to all wom-
en- because it indicates that a woman
is not entitled to respect unless she
has q husband.
A FAIR THINKER.
Answer-You are entirely wrong In
thinking that spinster is a term Of
reproach when applied to a woman.
1t simply indicates that she is un-
married, as bachelor does to man
who has never taken unto himself a
wife. However, there is no use in
getting wrought up over the matter
as the appellation is rarely used now
except in legal documents.
In the past when marriage was
about the only gainful occupation
open to women, and also their card
of admission into society, it was OBJ
vious that every woman would marry
If she could. For one to remain un-
married was proof that she lacked
good looks and charm. Then to be
called an old maid or a spinster was
q term Of reproach. But not now
when girls marry or stay single as
they please, just as men do. and no
more is thought Of 1t In one case
than the other.
Evening star., 1939-05-04

DEAR DOROTHY DIX-John
and I went together for 10 years Just
about the time we expected to marry
the depression came. His business
grew steadily worse and he couldn't
take on marriage and more RESPONSE
bility. I helped all could by keep
ing him from spending money on me.
Instead Of taking me out to dine we
ate at my home. We never went to
play or even the movies. Yet he
managed to belong to his club and
buy the latest golf equipment for
golf was his hobby. And I encour-
aged him in 1t because I thought
he needed relaxation. Last year his
uncle died and left him some money.
With that we could have set up
housekeeping and had little money
in the bank, but he thought we had
better wait until things were better.
Six months ago I decided we should
either marry or part company. So
we parted. Now he is an eligible
bachelor with scores of invitations to
everywhere and I am on the shelf
with no dates. Is that my reward for
having been devoted and true and
unselflsh and patient?
DIXIE LEE.
Answer-Absolutely. And it is the
pay which many another woman
gets for her folly In letting a man
monopoliZe her who never sets the
wedding day and who hangs around
her until he drives all other men
away and then, when the freshness
Of her youth and beauty are gone,
Just fades out Of the picture, leaving
her fiat.
There Is nothing else In the world
more pathetic than the way women
fool themselves about love and refuse
to look sentimental situation in
the face Once a woman sets her
heart upon man she simply will not
believe that he does not care as
much for her as she does for him,
no matter how he treats her. Nor
can you convince her that he isn't
just dying to marry her, even If he
refuses to discuss anything pertain
ing to marriage and little home for
two. She will accept, and actually
believe, his flimsiest excuse for not
marrying, such as the state Of the
stock market or his mother not
wanting him to marry or what-have-
you.
Yet every woman knows that what
. man wants to do, he does; and
what he wants to have, he Is mighty
Evening star., 1939-05-04

nowadays that are only to be en-
joyed during short space of time.
This may be tough on the news
seeker-but it certainly simplifles
housekeeping for the majority of
women. 1t is no longer difficult to
be sure that the family get their
proper quota of vitamins and so on,
with plenty of variation in the
menu; the alert shopper has only to
wander up and down an aisle or
two of some market to find dozen
or more ideas staring her in the
face. Back in the old days, when it
was all canned food or stored root
vegetables, things were apt to .be-
come mighty monotonous-but not
In this era of June in January"
Try Change in
Serving Food.
AS long as the foodstuffs them
selves do not change materially
from one week to another, it be-
hooves the housewife to serve the
old standbys in unusual ways, if she
wishes to whet the family's appetite
with something different" For in
stance, that succulent lamb that
might ordinarily be used for stew
or ground for Shepherds pie-why
not cut it in chunks and stick it on
skewers for lamb en- brochette"?
The meat is deliciously tasty when
done this way and serving it on the
skewers will provide a novel and
festive note
And then, what of spinach and
potatoes? They don't sound very
exciting just like that, do they? But
suppose you combined them in a
beautifully favored casserole-then
that would be something else en-
tirely!
This is the asparagus SeaSon-but
perhaps you are tired of it buttered
or creamed. Then serve it as salad,
either the chilled cooked tips with
mayonnaise on lettuce. or with a
sharp tangy sauce vinaigrette with
watercress. Or you might have it
hot, as separate course, with sauce
hollandaise. It's still asparagus
but so different!
Shad Needn't Be
The Same.
You like shad. probably, like every
other Washingtonian, and you are
bound to make the most of it dur
ing its season here. But, like quail,
shad served the same way too often
loses popularity in any households.
no matter how good it is. If the
family is tired of the roe lust plain"
don't forget about making it into
little balls, to be fried in deep fat,
as we suggested the other day. And
there is shad roe mousse that is
delicious for dinner parties. You
can stuff green peppers or tomatoes
with the roe. and bake them for a
nourishing and tasty fish course or
supper dish.
Evening star., 1939-05-04

AS for the shad itself-try stuffing
it with crab meat, or serving it with
shrimp or lobster sauce. 1t may
seem to be gliding the lily"-but it
does lend variety!
SUNDAY DINNER MENU.
Consomme Madrilene
Melba Toast RaW Carrot Sticks
Lamb en- Brochette
Spiced Grapes
Spinach Casserole Sauteed Eggplant
Buttered English Mullins
Asparagus Tip Salad
Prune Sou61e
Coffee
LAMB EN- BROCHETTE.
Choose a steak from the shoulder
or leg of lamb, and have it cut to
weigh about IL pounds, l2-inch
thick. (Of course, if you don't have
to consider cost too closely you can
have the butcher cut the kernels"
from frenched lamb rib chops for
you, and use those instead-but that
is pretty highfalutin'D Cut the
meat in 1-inch squares, and stick
them on the long steel skewers made
for the purpose. If you like you
may use just the lamb. or you may
alternate the pieces of lamb with
bits of bacon. or pineapple, or
mushrooms. Sprinkle with salt and
pepper, dip in melted butter to
which a little lemon juice has been
added, and broil under moderate
heat, turning often until done. Add
lemon juice and chopped watercress
to juices in the pan, and pour over
the meat just before serving on the
skeWers.
SPINACH CASSEROLE.
1 pound spinach.
6 potatoes.
3 eggs.
y cup butter.
Salt. pepper cayenne and celery
salt to taste. Clean spinach care
fully, drain and nlince fine. Pare
and crate the potatoes. Beat the
eggs well. and add them with the
uutlci, uielIeu, dIlu tIle SedSOIllngS,
to the potatoes. Put half of this
mixture in a buttered casserole.
Cover with the spinach, and top
with second half of potato mixture.
Bake in a moderate oven for about
one and one-quarter hours, until
the potatoes are done. Sprinkle
chopped parsley or grated cheese
on top before serving.
Evening star., 1939-05-04
White Mahoaany'

The so-called white mahogany
Is really prina vera, a hght-coloree
wood resembling mahogany in grain
but entirely unrelated to 1t. Prims
vera should not be confused with
blond mahogany, a ight-colorec
finish obtained by the use O,
bleacheS.
Evening star., 1939-05-04
Lining Coat

When refining a coat have the
lining and coat finished separately
at the lower hens. Loosely tack
together at the seams. The coat will
then hang better and the lining fit
more comfortably than If lining
and hem Of coat are sewed to-
gethss.
Evening star., 1939-05-04

Whether you use motif each towel or cover your hnen
tabecloth tnee
motifs you Will have outstanding creations Emoroder em IN tne
natural coo will thing III nnens
consisting of vegetables each
measuring from 3 inches.
The pattern transfer designs OF 10
motifs and complete directions wtn
much you will
TO obtain this pattern send No 1881 ana nciose 10 cents
stamps coin Address ofoes 70 the
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Evening star., 1939-05-04
Vary Your Regular Food Favores Appearance Manner Serv
Good Telephone Manners
Are An Asset to ANY One
And Are Easily Acquired
Courtesy and Consideration
For the Other Fellow Are
Important to Remember

Hows telephone technique?
Mr.. Bells little invention thought
Telephones wonderful things be able
the fascinating details And there's thrill hearing
onys voice in between personal meetings.
the telephone
Evening star., 1939-05-04
Avoiding Menu Monotony'
Is Very Important Part Of
Any Housekeeper's Job
Modern. Systems of Storage
And Transportation Have
Eliminated the Seasons
BY BETSY CASWELL,
Woman's Editor,

Prowl would couldn't find anything particularly exciting
happens
Montana labor news., 1939-11-09
Slavery Of the People Under HitleriSm

Some of the notorious methods by which
Hitler's Nazi government imposes virtual
slavery on the German people were force
fully described by Gerhardt H.. Seger, for
mer member of the German Reichstag and
now representing the German Labor Dele
cation in the United States, in an address
before the annual convention of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor at Cincinnati.
According to Mr.. Seger, German citizens
are arrested and imprisoned without trial,
and strikes are outlawed, with Jail terms for
workers who take part in them.
I'VE have in Germany today" Mr.. Seger
said, IAN institution which, by a rather dis
guising term, is called Protective Custody
1t means, according to the law by which this
institution was ~inaugurated six years ago,
that anybody can be arrested any time and
kept in prison any length of time, without
having done anything, without any trial
without any charge, without any indictment,
without any legal or judicial procedure what
soever, if the secret police force or the die
tating Nazi Party officials suspects the per-
son involved, feels that he or she might do
something in the future which might be
dangerous to the state, to the dictatorship.
That means you are just taken away and you
can rot in any of these 81 concentration
camps throughout ~Germany-and that has
been the case with many trade union officials
of former times.
THAT means, of course, that the whole
population, including labor, is kept in con-
slant terror"
Pointing out that in Germany today the
ringing of the doorbell may mean the secret
police to take you away, you don't know
where, you don't know why, and you don't
know for how long," Mr.. Seger continued:
And SO on the basis of this general terror
a special terror was organized against what
was formerly organized labor. Let me de-
scribe for you the situation of labor in Ger
many today. Organizing a strike is punish
able with capital punishment. Participating
in a strike is punishable by at least ten years
in the penitentiary. It is punishable to bar
gain collectively. 1t is punishable with three
months in Jail if someone goes individually
to his employer and asks for a raise"
Montana labor news., 1939-11-09

while the provision for a national average
sharply raises incomes in the South. Wages
for unskilled in the rural South jump from
$26 to $35, while those in cities of over 1000
Jump from $40 to 5000. At the same time,
in New York City some skilled workers find
their wages reduced from so to 65 per cent.
Causes for discomfort are obvious. Fixing
wages by law is ~proverbially difficult. That
is one reason why American Labor has al
ways insisted upon collective bargaining as
the better method.
Workers have been forced on relief through
no fault of theirs. They want work. When
the government gives them employment it
assumes the role of employer. The govern
ment like any other employer should be re-
quired to recognize the right of employees
to membership in unions for the purpose Of
collective bargaining and their right to strike
in maintenance of their rights. Government
work should at least observe the standards
maintained in private industry as a principle
Of fair competition. This principle is essen
tial to the maintenance of private business
American FederationiSt.
Montana labor news., 1939-11-09
Wages for Those on Relief Rolls

There is something seriously wrong when
important legislation is jammed through
under stop-watch control and against the pro-
tests of those concerned. For seven years
unemployment rolls have not fallen below
7 millions of persons and the reserves of
those on relief have steadily diminished.
Employment in private industry and in jobs
that may be regarded as normal, is not avail
able. Our government has tried to meet the
problem by providing work for as many as
possible but we gave it the name of relief
work thereby creating opportunities for diff
culties. So long as the prevailing rate of
wages principle governed payments for such
employment, there was the least possible dis
turbance to prevailing standards in industry
and in geographic districts. Flexible prevail
ing rates and standards were geared with
private industries so as not to hinder recov-
cry or undermine labor standards unneces-
sarily.
The 1889 Relief Act, however, attempts to
fix wages on relief work by legislative fiat.
The law directed the Federal Board to fix a
monthly earning schedule for all persons en-
ployed on work projects financed by relief
funds which would not substantially alter
current national average" labor costs per
person of the Works Progress Administra-
ton. Each person employed is required to
work 100 hours per month for earnings equal
to the present national average for his CLASH
fication. Applying this formula the Works
Progress Administration fixed wages for its
two million two hundred thousand employees
(2,200,000). The formula fixes a national
wage with 5 wage classifcations varying by
3 geographic regions and 4 types Of counties.
The wage classifications are: skilled, inter
mediate, unskilled, technical and professional
labor. The three regions are roughly the
northeastern states; the central and western;
and the Old South. Types of counties vary
from those in which no town has a popula-
ton of 5000 to those in which the largest
city is over 100000.
Under the prevailing rate principle the
hours of work per individual were flexible,
though income earnings were restricted. This
formula preserved standards of payment.
Standards of determining income are one Of
the most valuable possessions workers have.
Undermining standards means destroying the
results of years of struggle and achievement.
1t undermines morale, for standards are the
achievement of life endeavor.
The new formula requires every worker to
work 1870 hours monthly with the result of
lowering wage standards in many localities,
Montana labor news., 1939-11-09
FEDERAL OLD-AGE AND
SURVIVORS,

@. Do the Federal Old-Age In
surance amendments make any
change in the method of calculating
benefits?
A. Benefits will now be figured
on the average monthly wage of a
worker instead of the total wages he
has earned.
@. Will the new method of figur-
ing benefits make any important
change in the procedure already
established by the Social Security
Board for the maintenance of wage
records?
A. No. Employers will continue to
send to the collector of internal reve-
nue. for their tax returns along with
the detailed statement of the wages
earned by each of their employees,
and the board will continue to re-
cord these earnings on the individual
ledger sheets of the millions of
workers for whom accounts are
established.
@. How is the average monthly
wage" determined?
A. An individuals total wages, in
jobs covered by the system up to
the quarter in which he died or be-
came entitled to receive his retire
ment benefit, is divided by the total
number of months from 1896 up to
that quarter, excluding any quarter
prior to the individuals 22nd birth
day in which he earned less than
Montana labor news., 1939-11-09
Committee Reports

Home Oil committee submitted a
written report stating that consid-
cradle progress had been made up
to-date and after considerable dis
cussion by motion of all delegates
present, the entire matter of the
Home Oil controversy was left in
the hands of the committee in
charge who will hold a meeting
Wednesday evening at 1880 at the
Assembly office at which time all
interested parties are invited to
appear before the committee.
Labor Day committee reported
and submitted a detailed report on
the Labor Day celebration which
showed the total receipts of 49, 89.4O
with expenditures at $5,230.64, leav-
ing a deficit of $41.24 with 5000
of outstanding collectible accounts.
This report was turned over to the
auditing committee.
Montana labor news., 1939-11-09

So, 100-or an average wage for the
2 years for which he has wage
credits, of $3.50 per month.
@. What is the new formula for
calculating monthly benefits?
A. The insured worker will re-
ceive as a basic benefit 40 per cent
of the first $50 of his average
monthly earnings in covered en-
ployment, plus 10 per cent of his
average wage over $50 and up to
$3.50 a month. He also will receive
ar additional l per cent of his basic
benefit for each year in which he
has earned at least 5000 in covered
employment.
Q. AS an example, suppose a man
has been receiving an average
monthly wage of $500 since the be-
ginning of 1887 and chooses to re-
tire when he reaches the age of 65
at the beginning of 1910. What would
his monthly benefit amount to?
A. He would receive $25.75 a
month-4O per cent of $50, or $780,;
plus 10 per cent of the remaining
$50, Or S.; plus 3 per cent of the
basic benefit of $25, or SIS, making
a total of $25.75.
@. Suppose this mar is married
and his wife is at least IS years of
age?
A. In that case, his wife would be
entitled to a benefit equal to one
half of her husbands benefit, or
$12.87, making a total monthly pay
ment to the old couple of 1882.
"a fourth installment in this
series of questions and answers will
follow.)
Montana labor news., 1939-11-09
INTERESTING news OF
CASCADE ASSEMBLY

GREAT FALLS-Communications
were received from the City Fedora
ton of Women's Clubs enclosing
numerous letters and resolutions
protesting the action of the school
board wherein children of Indian
blood would be in separate school
facilities in the new West Side
Community hall and asking that the
Assembly protest this action. On
motion which carried without oppo-
sition, the Assembly voted non-con-
%currence.
From Senator James E. Murray
stating that he would use his best
efforts to see that local labor would
be employed on the USHA project
in Great Falls. Placed on file.
From the American Federation of
Labor giving detailed reasons why
the International Typographical
Union delegates were not seated at
the seth annual convention. Placed
on file.
From the Stove Mounters' and
Porcelain Enamelers Union of Cleve-
land and Nashville, Tennessee, stat
ing that the Phillips & Buttorf Man
ufacturing Company of Nashville,
Tennessee, and the Dixie Stove Co.
of Cleveland, Tennessee, as still I'M
fair to their locals. Filed.
From the American Guild of
Variety Artists naming unfair carni-
walls and road attractions. On motion
a letter was ordered sent to all
lodges and civic organizations who
customarily sponsor carnival attrac-
tions.
From the Construction and Gen
eral Laborers Local 273 stating that
they would be willing to furnish
piekets for a period of two weeks
to picket Silver Gas stations. Re-
ferred to the Home Oil committee.
From Senator B. K. Wheeler
stating that on several occasions he
had taken up with department Off
Gals the proposal to put the food
stamp plan in effect in Great Falls.
Filed.
Montana labor news., 1939-11-09

$50, and employment after age 65
which occurred before 1899.
Q. What would be the average
monthly wage of a man who will
be 65 years old in January, 1947,
if he has been steadily employed
and has earned $1,000 a year for
10 years?
A. Forty quarters will have
elapsed between January l, 1887,
and the time this man reaches age
IS and retires, His wages for the
40 quarters total $4,000. His aver
age monthly wage will be $4,000
divided by 100 months, or 500.
@. Take the case of another
worker who is II in 1889. He earns
very little in 1899, getting | weeks
work in a month at $40 a week.
When he is IS, he gets a job at $12
a week and with only occasional
loss of employment keeps on work
ing in industry until he retires in
1888 at the age of So. What would
his average monthly wage be?
A. His total wages must first be
determined. This would include
everything he earned, beginning
with his very first job. When he
was working at the age of II, he
made less than $50 a quarter;
therefore, those quarters are not
counted in figuring the total num-
Der of months. Between the ages of
10 and SO, when he r%etires, 200
quarters would have elapsed. As
sumo that his wage record shows
that his wages total $4,000. This
figure, divided by 600 months, gives
an average wage of $120.
@. Take the case of a man who
became 65 in January, 1888. During
the preceding years he earned 500
a month. Since 1888 he has earned
$75 Q month. He plans to retire jan
uary !, 1910. What would his aver
age monthly wage be?
A. His wages for 1887 total 1900.
His wages for 1888 are not counted
since these are earnings after age
SIS and before 1899. His earnings in
1889 r 5000, making a total of
Montana labor news., 1939-11-09
Your Social Security

Editors note; This is the third in
a series of questions and answers on
the new amendments to the Fed
eral Social Security Act which vi
tally affect thousands of Montana
persons. They were prepared by
Manager Stewart J. Thomas of the
Social Security Boards Butte field
office, which serves this part of the
State.l
Montana labor news., 1939-11-09

Quantities of the booster plates
may be had at 221s cents each from
the Union Sign Speciality Shop, 1904
Eleventh Street, Altoona, Pa.
Montana labor news., 1939-11-09
NEWS

That versatile philatelist, Frank
lin D. Roosevelt, who has often
sketched designs for postage stamps,
plans to design a postoffice for Hyde
Park.
Which, we predict, will sell very
few of the So Harding and SIS
Coolidge stamps.
Montana labor news., 1939-11-09
Unfair List

Babe Ruth; Dicks Dairy; Guern-
Continued on Page ~
Montana labor news., 1939-11-09

If your organization does not meet
in time to consider the proposal on
copper, kindly take the matter up
with the officers of the executive
board for immediate action. This is
necessary for the welfare of the vast
majority of the workers in the city
of Great Falls. Address: Board of
Reciprocity, Washington, D. c., Eight
and E Street, Northwest.
Montana labor news., 1939-11-09

Home Oil committee meeting
Wednesday night at 1880 in AS
sembly office, room IA, Dunn block.
All interested parties requested to
appear before the committee at this
meeting.