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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-28
WOMAN,S REALM !
GIorifing Yourself
By Alicia Hart
NEA Service Staff writer


 Do you measure up to your new spring wardrobe2 Or, are your clothes so much more attractive than your face, figure, hair and hands that people who meet you for the first time remember your clothes but completely forget your name and what you looked like?
 If you didn't take reconditioning treatments any too seriously before buying spring clothes, this certainly Is the time to improve your appear arlce to the point where your clothes will be @ lovely setting for you. Here are short cuts worth considering =
 Skin which Is slightly rough and inclined to be excessively dry as a result of cold winter winds and dry, hot rooms will respond nicely to nightly creafnings. That is, if cream is applied every single night after cleansing, then nlassaged and patted in gently. Soap and water should be used only once a day (preferably at night). Cream may be used for morning and daytime cleansings.
 Dull, dry, lifeless looking hair will be vastly improved by nightly brush- ings and weekly hot oil treatments. Brushing is the great cure-all for all minor. hair problems.
 Skin which is grayish or, worse yet, distinctly sallow, will bloom again within a month If you walk two miles a day, do a few setting up exercises each inoring, and cor- rect your diet. That is, unless there is something organically wrong with you, in which case you ought to be under your family doc- tors care anyway. Vegetables, fresh and stewed fruits are wonderful for the complexion.
 There is no simple, eminently entertaining way to lose weight. but 1t certainly isn't impossible for any woman to lose a few pounds, reduce her measurements a few inches. If you eat less and exercise more, you'll soon weigh less. There are no two ways about 1t.
 In other words, it is possible to correct your major beauty defects within Q reasonable length of time. At least long before your new spring clothes even start to show signs of wear.
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pleasant for everyone when women are ornamental as well as useful.
 But what about the effect of such @ measure? If the. country now faces a difficult job in cutting down on relief-think what 1t would be like to tell a lot of women that they could no longer have perrna- nent waves, body messages, hair dyes, hair-dos, and manicures to which the government had accus- toned them.
 Once on the country's beauty rolls, there would be no getting them of.
 And don't say, "Well, once they learned the routine of beauty they could follow 1t themselves" You know that isn't true. Beauty has become as specialized as any other big business today. A stunning" woman nowadays spends good part of her time in beauty factories.
 And as if this weren't reason enough for calling the plan e charming, girlish day-dream, how could it ever be proven that the wo- mems beauty money was being spent "as deSignated"? With all the disagreement in the world over feminine beauty, the country's congressman would never be able to agree on whether the beauty appropriation was be- ing used wisely-or thrown away.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-28

A bank cashier says that for several years he has taken before retiring one (trade name for 8 barbital compound) tablet and upon arising in the morning one and one-half tablets of benzidrine sulphate and at noon some more benzidrine sulphate, this being pre- scrihed, naively explains the reck- less cashier, by a doctor at the best advertised clinic for one of his friendsl ''rhese tablets benefit me" declares the cashier, "the ((barbital compound) by producing sleep and the benzedrine in my strenuous of- flee work"
 Yet the teller has faint misgiv- ings about his dope habit. He in quires what harmful results, if any, will occur from continued use of these drugs. Here is a favorable omen. Notwithstanding his addic- ton of several years, it may, still be possible for him to break away from the habit. He says that so far no alarming health impair ment has occurred, That is g less favorable omen. If the addict is not alarmed about his health he is less likely to make an earnest ef- fort to break the habit. I pondered the problem. Finally I wrote the teller 8 letter expressing the hope that 1t is not too late and giving some positive suggestions along that line. I hope 1t alarmed him just enough to send him a-running to his doctor. Certainly he needs the care of a good doctor right along if he wants to avert the in- exitable crack-up that comes to such drug addicts if they do not succumb to some simple intercur- rent illness.
 Besides the euphoria (sense of well being or buoyancy), freedom from consciousness of fatigue and in some instances noticeable loqua- city produced by benzedrine the drug also causes 'dryneSs of the mouth, loss of appetite, tremor of the hands and sweating and palpi- tation in many instances. On the whole, benzedrine is a drug to be used with caution and only by phy- sicians who are capable of recog- lnizing the harmful effects which may follow.
 As for the other dope the teller likes, neither mention its name nor say anything further than that I'd rather lie awake all night than take even a small dose of such dope. It is 8 dangerous weakness of the health ignorant laity = this readiness to resort to patent drugs not only for the relief or suppress sion of actual symptoms but too often for the questionable purpose of preventing such symptoms. When any individuals health be- comes SO impaired that he requires the frequent or habitual effect of some sense-deadening drug to keep him feeling good Cor not feel- ing fatigue, anxiety, worry or dis comfort), then he is in a danger ous state, not only in regard to addiction but also in regard to living.
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IIlC pCOp1C 4AS uses his temper on. His rageS give him temporary relief. He does not manufactures presupposed situa- tions. Jimmy may growl and grum- ble and kick things about, just to creat the impression that he is Q big shot.
 Not Exactly Bullies
 The bully-defense, yes, but many ill-tempered youngsters do not go far enough to be called bullies. They just irritate us with their cockle-burr covering. In the case of peevishness, It works about the same. A child may be peevish about an imaginary hurt as well as some thing that actually cuts under his pride. Personally prefer the "tem- per" type to the one who enjoys a hold-over or carries a sulky chip on his shoulder.
 We'll, something can be done about it, so that is one comfort, although any kind of rage or sulkiness is such a grand feeling to the child as well as to the adult that it is not an easy task to work the mir acle. Not all at once. It is, rather, matter of slow grating, or "bud- ding" as the horticulturists calls it..
 Build Up Confidence
 It begins with trying brand new experiences. Sometimes an entirely new environment will effect cure in disposition. Next comes the grati- flying hobby that boosts the child enormously in his own estimation. Nothing succeeds as we'll as success. Once he has established some con- viction of his worth in his OWN mind, he may lose his lack of faith. It will probably react in more pleasant conduct. Try praise for 8 change.
 It may encourage conceit, but let 1t do so. We all have to feel a hit rOncaitod nys Norop1o noYot nrs
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Of Interest
 To Women

Have you . household problem
 to solve? Write your question
 clearly, sign your name and ad.
 dress, enclose . three-cent post
 age stamp and mail to The
 Woman's Editor, Washington Ser-
 vice Bureau, The Democrat, 1913
 18th Street, Washington, D. C., for
 . personal reply.
 e. How are mushrooms dried?
 A. They should be peeled or cleaned and dried by placing them upon boards or drying racks, only one deep and exposing them to the sun and air. Beginning with the cap side down, they should be turned every day and must not be left out during the night, as they absorb moisture very rapidly. They may also be dried upon wooden trays in a warm room. When dried by either method until they feel dry to the touch, finish them in the oven and while brittle grind them into fine powder in 8 spice mill, or coffee mill. The powder should be placed at once in well-stoppered, dry bot ties, TO fruit jars and sealed, and the containers should be kept in q warm, dry place. Mushrooms that are wet can not be successfully dried The best are those which grow and are gathered dry. The mushrooms may also be dried in the manner described and used whole by soak ing them before they are cooked. In that form they have practically the same flavor as fresh ones, but are somewhat tough.
 e. What quantity of naphthalene flakes or fresh moth balls should kill all stages of clothes moths in an average size chest?
 A. About one pound, well dis- tributed among the garments.
 e. Is 1t necessary for young children to have sugar on their cereal?
 A. No.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-28

FW Any Aype 0uo " OM~A
 Such a smart slip cover-of blue. figured yellow chintz, with seams bound in blue! And boosting, too. new style flounce, partly box Pleated, partly plain.
 Easy to make this cover, fit 1t to any style chair or sofa, when you work the simple pin-on way.
 Remove all cushions, then smooth the material down the front and over the seat, with material right side out for bound seams. Pin along sides, cut 1 1-2 inches outside pins for seams. Fit arms, sides and back separately.
 The cushions you can fit the same pin-on way or you can cut simple paper patterns for them. So cush. ions will slip easily in and out of covers, leave openings at backs and partly around sides as the diagram shows-and attach snap or slide fasteners.
 Best to haste, stitch up your GOV. CT before adding the flounce. Smart and new to place box pleats only at the center, each corner of your sofa. Measure pleats, fold back and stitch, as in diagram.
 You find complete directions and diagrams for stunning slip covers in our 32-page booklet. Explains
 f.- cutting, sewing finishing. Gives helpful pointers on color schemes, fabrics, trimmings. s9t
 Send 1Oc in coin for your copy of HOW TO MAKE SLIP COV- FRS to the Waterbury Democrat Home Service, 635 Sixth Ave-, New York, N. Y. Be sure to write plain- ly your NAME, ADDRESS, and the NAME of booklet.
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money on beau- tifying women, instead of river banks, highways and such.
 She seemed to think it would do a lot for the morale of the country if beau- ty aids were put in the hands of women now un- able to b u y them.
 We'll, there is nothing wrong with the pur- pose of the plan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-28
Caroline Chatfield Saps Today
Man's Destination and Rate of Travel Toward l,
 Determined by What's Above His Ears.
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x Determined by What's Above His Ears. Our daughter engaged young cruelty
  ton dependent others acesced request not accept his for but insists that while doesn't want to hurt she loves him and willing take what his wife We have reached the end of and take which viii ruin her e Will give frank opinion of the case DISTRACTED PARENTS ANSWER:
 Parents should you'd limit when you per- at of of opinion msnng the crippled think should show the sideration of her that she has shown of
 Perhaps sacrifices being good wife handicapped huband nevertheless other cheeruy happiness making them spirits species nothing Wfe than the opportunity to immolate themselves.
 Trite but ue 1t life with whom and how she shall live it. Since destination roe at which he travels toward determined making wise choice History ancient miraculous achievements crippled that daughter in her fanc the fire of ambition ability which you haven't seen? doubt representative his condition
  love for pants father mother then chd ultimate happiness feeling find believes will marriage unable to make her their viewpoint
 In America girl the right her parents should be thankful for it's fearful responsibility x with anothers heart CAROLINE CHATFIELD.
 LODESTAR: Love will a way-the way of aM unless there's the light of the spirit better
 N ,s of 'n,e:e; m render. % be chasSeIT e care fss
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Half the short tempers in the world are due t o sensitiveness, and Old Lady Sensitiveness | s none other than Inferiority with 8 veil over her face. |.
 I think I should study the cranky child very, very carefully. O n e thing is sure. He is often far more unhappy tn a n 4hn ~onyH1o hn
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-28
SUNDAYS MENU

BREAKFAST: Orange and pineapple juice. broiled Span- ish mackerel, creamed pota- toes. cornbread, jelly, coffee milk.
 DINNER: Minted grapefruit cup, chicken fricassee, baking powder biscuits. steamed rice. new peas, asparagus, drawn butter, strawberry s herbet, sponge cake, coffee, milk.
 SUPPER Sauteed Cheese sandwiches. fresh fruit salad, chocolate frosted sponge cake squares, tea, milk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-28
'Sensitiveness Is Just Inferiority In Disguise

we feel like failures. There is not much middle way in these queer minds of ours, no matter how much we deny it.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-28

dispel the darkness seemed to re- move his fear of it. A bed-iamp he could turn on would do as well, but small boys love flashlights. -- (NGrs. M. L. D.
 Answer = Thank you. Perhaps parents who try the scheme will re- port their experience for the bene- fit of all. z
 Copyright, 1889, John F. Djlle co.
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WE, THE WOMEN
Beauty Dole
 Idea Is Too Complicated TOWork Out.
BY RUTH MILLETT

The other day woman movie star-or her press agent-conceived the brilliant idea, and offered 1t to the government for what 1t was worth, of spending the country,s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-28

BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON
 If you are wondering why Jim- my has such 8 bad temper or why Phoebe is so peevish, mother, take their personality to pieces.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-28
ROMANCE AT SEA

A romance at sea that changes the course of two lives forms the plot of RKO Radios Love Affair" !" co-Starring Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-28
Latest Styles
HOze, To Keep WelJ
B DR. WILLIAM BRADY, M.n

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COED CoUNsELLoRs

To insure authenticity. real sor- ority girls from the University of Southern California served as tech- nical advisers on RKO Radios cole lege film, Sorority House." featur- ing Anne Shirley and James Ellison.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-28
STUDIES GREEK DRAMA

Truman Bradley, M-G-M actor, to prove theory that the ancient Grek drama was close to the screen- play of today, is adapting several of the classical comedies to modern film treatment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-28
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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I solved the problem of fear of the dark by giving my child a flashlight to keep under his pillow at night. The knowledge that he could himself
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o. Is 1t necessary for young children to have sugar on their cereal?
 A. No.
Evening star., 1939-03-18

OF a very few that held together
on coming down. Zog then was
young buck of 10, feudal leader
of 13 tribes and standard bearer of
a line of chieftains who had fought
Turkish domination for 500 years.
He had got some book learning in
a Turkish officers school, but he
had got better education on the
rocky trails and in the shadowed
caves Of his own mountains. When,
in 1921, he set out to make himself
his country's ruler, no one was
strong enough to stop him. He was
regent, then President and finally
King by his own decision.
Now he is a happily married man,
fond OF riding, swimming, hunting,
and smoker who probably makes a
profit all by himself for a couple Of
cigarette companies A thin, toothv
monarch, family mustached and
ramodish of carriage, he would like
to stay in his palace with his Mag
yar-American bride. born the
Countess Geraldine Apponyi. But,
II an invader does make him take
to the tall timber, he will! know how
to get along there. On his record.
too, ne will know how to get even.
Copyright, 1939J
Evening star., 1939-03-18
The Political Mill
Any Effort to Amend Neutrality Act
Likely to Meet Strong Opposition

Taylor Of Colorado, chairman of the
Appropriations Committee. This,
however, has not tended to reduce
opposition in the House toward the
Presidents continued demand for
the full $875, 900 900 for w. p. A.
which he originally sent to Congress
in January. There is a distinct
feeling Of resentment on the part
of the friends of Mr.. Woodrum.
Mr.. Woodrum is continuing his
fight for economy of Government
expenditure and is insisting that
the House Committee should make
q thorough inquiry into the use of
the billions of dollars which have
been appropriated by Congress for
relief. AS the matter now stands,
there is no checkup whatever by
Congress either on the demands for
appropriation. or on what is done
with the money after it is turned
over to the w. P. A. If the House
and Senate have the courage, they
may yet turn the spotlight of public
ity on the use Of relief money.
1t took several years before any
congressional committee inquired
into the use OF relief funds for DO
litical purposes. Not until the Vice
President last summer appointed a
Senate committee that could not be
told what to do by any of the more
influential New Dealers was such an
investigation made, and the results
were startling. despite all efforts to
gloss them over. If committees Of
the House and Senate would get
down to bedrock in the matter
OF expenditures by the w. p. A., The
country would have a clearer knoWl-
edge Of the relief situation.
Evening star., 1939-03-18
aIse-|mprisonment Suit
For $4,000 Filed

Edmond c. Fletcher, 373s Kan
aWha street NV, today had on file
IN District Court a $4,000 damage
suit, charging false imprisonment
and naming as defendants Presiding
Judge John P. Mcmahon of Police
Court, Assistant United States At
torney Karl Kindleberger, William
E. Foster, 101 Indiana avenue NV,
and Supt. Of the District Jail
Thomas M. Rives, 200 Nineteenth
street Sc.
Charged with unlawful entry into
a house here, Mr.. Fletcher was ac-
cused by the Home Owners Loan
Corp. He advised the court that
Mr.. Rives took him into custody
against his will and put him in
Jail and made him associate with
common criminals. There, accord
ing to his suit, he was detained
for so days, from January l6 to
March 6. without authority of law.
District Court was informed in
the suit that Police Court was
without authority in law to issue
the order of commitment in his
case. Mr.. Fletcher demanded a Jury
trial.
Evening star., 1939-03-18
U. S. Flag Presented
To School Club

A large American flag was pre-
sented to the Junior American Citi-
zens' Club Of Wheatley School yes
terday afternoon by the Thomas
Stackhouse Society. N. S., Children
OF the American Revolution. Mrs.
James Henry Harper, State presi-
dent Of the c. A. r., and Mrs. Will
liam D. Leetch. State chairman of
the Daughters of the American
Revolution, spoke briefly during the
ceremonies.
DR.. Josephine Baird Bennett, sem
ior president Of the Thomas Stack
house Society, told of the organiza-
tons naming after a paternal an
cestor who came to America with
William Penn in 1852.
Josephine Digges, junior president
OF the society and a descendant of
William Digges, first Governor of
Virginia, presented the flag to Miss
Florence c. Mortimer, principal Of
Wheatley School. Members Of the
Junior American Citizens Club Of
fered a program entitled How Our
Country Grew"
Evening star., 1939-03-18

out and let and place
more virile policy l
all the Czechs and the sovaks like little Minister
time with his subjects Col an unbendne ai
tude when secretaries Of the
his legation and that
OF the embassy staff in Washington
Minister Prochnk Hrban told them polieyor politely
TO chase their tails because he Czecho-
Sovak without written superior
President Hacha of Czecho- -Sovakia. [
Hurbans action OF merely an inter-
esng since shows spirit which the
territory Of the former republic. ~
The Czechs have made colossal
independent nation Their mistake believe in the
sancy treaties the the
OF their allies For that their former President mostly
TO blame But as group people they probably among the most
democratic IN Europe The tragedy But
after all Czec Sovaks and Ruthnan days
before and have lost individuality their nationality
Hitler is going to have tough
not likely that trouble will
dazed by what has happened ten grasp u
import OF their tragedy But the Reich
1eW years when the passive resistance people
begins to make itself felt Political observers the annexa
tion formal republic the first
political blunder '0-
The disappearance Austria
by that other European countries Hitler in
the
Democratic Committee 1t suffer serious poi-
cal ~ T'
Heretofore these minor considered important
patronage pums ministershp Prague unless
the President got headstrong and
rated and $4,000
hadn nderv val,
Evening star., 1939-03-18
Glover Park Citizens
Told Of D. {. Plans

The Griftenhagen plan for re-
organizing the District government
and the Overton fiscal relations
formula were explained to the
Glover Park Citizens Association
last night by M. R. Walker, dele
gate to the Federation of Citizens
Associations. Action on the former
plan is contemplated at the next
meeting of the association after a
study by members.
The work done by the Police Boys
Clubs was explained and the asso-
citation voted to contribute to the
campaign. A representative of the
Y. M. c. A. showed a picture Of
Camp Let's.
H. o. Kephart, for many years
treasurer Of the association, was
presented with a fountain pen.
A st. Patrick's Day entertain
ment concluded the meeting with
Irish songs and midnight" lunch.
Five new members were inducted
into the association which met in
the Industrial Home School.
Evening star., 1939-03-18

ing for some time on regular sched-
ules over the South Atlantic to Eu-
rope. The Germans alone are op-
Grating more than IL per cent more
route miles in South America than
are United States carriers, he said.
German and Italian manufac-
turers have increased their air.
craft exports to South America
many fold, while our own have
gained but slightly, directly affect
ing our major export market.
1T is not alone the infiltration
of European airlines and aircraft
which should give us cause for
thought and action" Mr.. Mason
said. 1T is also the penetration
into Latin America of pilots and
technicians who are in reality un-
official but none the less effective
representatives of their govern
ments. Germany in particular
prides herself on the training in
diplomacy, languages and economic
and political philosophy which she
requires for persons going to Latin
America to accept such positions.
Determined to Meet Menace.
To meet the growing menace.
Mr.. Mason said, the Civil Aera-
nautics Authority lis determined
not only to foster our aviation
markets abroad but also to extend
and Improve our international air
lines"
Aids which will permit night flv-
ing between the United States and
South America are planned in the
near future and will be followed bv
changes in schedules and addi-
tions in frequencies which will give
better and faster service.
Corresponding improvements on
our route across the Pacific to China
are planned. Meetings with Ca
madam officials are planned soon
with a view to opening of service
between Seattle and Alaska. Prob
lens In the way of early air trans
port service to Europe are being
solved, he said.
1T is evident" Mr.. Mason said.
that the airplane today is having
tremendous effect on interna-
tional relations and consequently
upon the future welfare of human
ity. We arr all desirous of seeing
American aviation maintain world
leadership. In order to attain that
objective we rely upon the re-
search facilities and engineering
ability Of our country.
1T is basic that production of
ideas must precede production of
adequate airplanes. The one possi-
BILE cause for alarm is the fact that
America lags in aeronautical re-
search"