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Evening star., 1939-05-28
$50 Attend Quantico Party
In Miss Salzman's Honor
Engagement to 1t. Murray Announced;
Mrs. Plachta Entertains
For Miss Geieer
For Miss Geiger

QUANIICo, Va, May 27Lt Col and Mrs Omar Pfeier
Capt Otto Salman u S.
cocktail Officers
Capt Salmans daughter Miss Frances salzman
Murray U. S. M. C, Of Quantico announced
The wedding will Chapel
Mrs Roy S. Gege wife of Col Geiger, hostess at
and shower yesterday afternoon, honoring
Miss Joyce Geiger daughter of Col and Mrs
marriage to Robert Johnson
Church the Pachta
Thursday
Evening star., 1939-05-28

con at the club Thursday afternoon.
1t. and Mrs. William r. Campbell
have with them Miss Betty Fughum
Of Pensacola, Fla.
Maj. and Mrs. James D. Waller
will be hosts at a supper party to-
morrow evening as farewell cour-
tesy for 1t. Col. and Mrs. Ray A.
Robinson, who leave next week for
duty in Peiping, China.
Maj. and Mrs. Gerald c. Thomas
were hosts at a farewell supper party
yesterday evening for Maj. and Mrs.
Dudley S. Brown.
1t. Col. and Mrs. Emmett Belts
will entertain at cocktails at their
quarters tomorrow afternoon,
Evening star., 1939-05-28
On Honor Roll

Among the few cadets from the
Washington area placed on this
years honor roll at Virginia Military
Institute is Fourth Classman L. l..
Leech, son of 1t. Col Lloyd L. Leech,
U. S. M. c., and Mrs. Leech of South
Arlington Ridge road, Arlington, Va.
Evening star., 1939-05-28
Guests at Annapolis

Col. Richard D. Newman, U. S. A.,
and Mrs. Newman spent yesterday
in Annapolis and were guests at din
ner last evening of Mr.. John Groome
of Philadelphia, aboard his yacht.
Col. and Mrs. Newman were accom-
panied to Annapolis by Mrs. Roy
Henry Of Washington, who was also
4 member of the dinner party last
night.
Evening star., 1939-05-28
Visits West Point

Maj. Charles L. Mullins is spend
ing the week end at West Point Wis
iting his nephew, Cadet Charles
Mullins, 4th, of Nebraska, and at
tending the track meet at the Mil
itarv Academy
Evening star., 1939-05-28
Wedding Invitations

+ Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Edgar Sturdy
vim of Alexandria, Va, have issued
invitations for the marriage of their
daughter, Hilma Earle, to Mr.. Will
liam Hoover Swan, Sunday, June IL,
at o'clock in the Del Ray Methodist
Church.
Evening star., 1939-05-28
Visitors From South

Mrs. William Tate Bird of Shelby
vile, KY, and Mrs. Macdonald of
Louisville, will spend several days
with their cousins, Mr.. and Mrs.
Carl Webster Robinson in Greenwich
Forest.
Evening star., 1939-05-28
West Coast

1t. Royal L. Rutter, U. S. N, and
Mrs. Rutter have left for a visit on
the West Coast, and later they will
go to New Hampshire, where 1t.
Rutter has been transferred.
Evening star., 1939-05-28
Garden Party

Capt. David G.. Barr, U. S. A., and
Mrs. Barr will entertain Wednesday
afternoon at one of a series of small
cocktail parties they are giving in
the garden of their home at SOB
North Monroe street, Arlington, Va.
Evening star., 1939-05-28
Afternoon Party

Maj. John E. Grose, infantry, and
Capt. Thomas L. Sherburne, jr., aide
to Mai. Gen. John L. Dewitt, will
be hosts tomorrow afternoon from
S until 7 o'clock at the officers Club,
Army War College.
Evening star., 1939-05-28
Visiting Here

Mr. and Mrs. Delmar Evans Webb
of Miami are visiting the formers
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Lee
Webb, at their home in Allison street.
Evening star., 1939-05-28
Fort Myer Horse Show
Is Center of Interest for
Army and Navy Folk
Contingent in Capital Bids
Farewell to Those Leaving
And Greet Newcomers

Members Of the Navy contingent Washington are very
busy at this bidding
service Many are leaving Washington its
and distant stations while others coming
duties
This week end activities center the
which took place yesterday continues
being held at the Fort
Relief Society," welfare of the
widows and orphans the Regular Ay
who die in
1t Comdr. Carlisle
Go to West
1t among who have already
bade farewell to their friends
motor Coronado been transferred
Evening star., 1939-07-25
Look for Craftsmanship and Quality Materials Selecting
Curled Hair Filling Best
If Overstuffed Chairs
Are to Retain Shape
Good Interior Construction
Includes Strong Webbing,
Tempered Steel Springs
By MARGARET NOVEL;.

It's knowing what under the that counts selecting
craftsmanship and quality of the hidden materials that
for durability.
Evening star., 1939-07-25
Letter Writing Is No Hard
Task if You Will Keep
Constantly About 1t
Use Acceptable Stationery
And Simplest Phrasing
Watch the Punctuation
BY KAY CALDWELL and ALDEN HARRISON,

T.
Betty hates to write letters friends she
likes
weeks until finally she eh.r
ashamed to write ALL fills explanations and
apologies r "'N
Yet in Betty alert gay and charming COM
Evening star., 1939-07-25

the play suit is gathered onto
round yoke, so that 1t fills you out
nicely at the top.
Made up in gingham, linen, pique
or sharkskin, and trimmed with
bright braid or bias fold, it will prove
one of your most useful and attrac-
tive outfits. Very easy to make.
Your pattern includes a step-by-step
sew chart.
Barbara Bell pattern No. 1755-B
is designed for sizes IL, IA, 16, 18
and 20. Corresponding bust meas
urements 80, 80, "a, SO and SO. Size
IA (32) requires SIS yards of 35-lnch
material; 10 yards of braid or bias
fold.
Send Is cents for Barbara Bell
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 in
cludes q step-by-step sew chart to
| guide beginners.
Evening star., 1939-07-25

capitalization. She won't underline
every other word and she'll use ex-
clamation points sparingly. She
may use dashes occasionally, but
she won't substitute them constantly
for commas or periods.
When she reaches the signing-off
point she won't fabricate some
elaborate excuse for quitting which
rings as false as counterfeit quar-
ter. It's obvious that she has to
stop sometime, so why say, We'll
guess I'll close now. because the
mouse has just caught fire and the
nremen are waiting to carry out my
desk"
Her signature will be preceded bv
Sincerely yours" which is always
safe. even though mild. Or she
may use such adverbs as "affec-
tionately' or lovingly depending
on the occasion and the person for
whom the letter is intended. Shed
better watch such closings as For
ever thine" and Yours until eter-
nlty' unless she has some verv
special knack of peering far into
the future.
Betty's letter will be signed sim
ply Betty" if the recipient is sure
to know which Betty it is, or Betty
Bliss" if she prefers IN take M
chances. She will not write Miss
Betty Bliss" A woman is consid-
cred to be miss unless her sigma
ture Is accompanied by proof to the
contrary, consisting of the words
Mrs. John H. Bliss in paren-
theses.
So now we have Betty pretty well
Strengthened out regarding the
form her letter should take. But we
still haven't been of much help to
her concerning its contents. Well
go into that in our next column.
giving Betty few pungent pointers
on how to keep friends and delight
people via the written word. Mean
while we'll have to leave Betty
sitting at her desk, chewing her pen
and. we blush to report, her finger
nails.
But don't Worry-We1l rescue her
on Thursday! Until then, look up
your own letters which are scream
ing to be answered, and prepare to
JOIN the party.
Evening star., 1939-07-25
Shapely Legs
Gained by
Exercise
Beautiful Contours
Not Attained by
Just Wishing
By PATRICIA LINDSAY.


I think it is a pretty safe bet to
say that the majority of women envy
the legs of Dietrich (who is in her
early 30s) and that the majority OF
man admire them! And none OF us is
being the least bit immoral for liking
shapely limbs! Rather we are prais-
ing the beauty of the human figure
and thus inspiring all the lazybones
to get busy and see just how beau
tiful they can make their own legs!
If you have thick legs and ankles,
and have had them during most OF
your life, your only hope for reshap-
ing is exercise, more exercise and
massage. Just wishing they were
slim, or hoping to slim them into
beautiful contours through dieting,
is silly. You must get busy and de-
termine to spend many hours in
whipping them into shape.
One leg and foot movement which
should take good 10 minutes OF
your day is this: Sit in straight
backed chair with your right leg
crossed over your left knee and
support yourself by holding onto
the chair where the seat joins the
back. Keeping your leg and foot
straight out in front of you, rotate
your foot 20 times to the right, then
20 times to the left. Your toes must
be pointed out. Then reverse legs
and repeat the exercise. Do this
Evening star., 1939-07-25

hair is non-absorbent, it remains
fresh and clean.
The frame of an upholstered chair,
even if it is completely concealed,
should be made of hardwood such
as birch, maple or ash. These will
hold tacks and glue firmly. All joints
should be doweled and those carry
ing the most strain need to be
strengthened by the addition of
corner blocks that are glued and
screwed. not nailed, to the frame.
Good chair construction calls for
strong webbing and tempered steel
springs. The best webbing is made
OF hemp and is 3z inches wide. 1t
IS laced closely across the bottom
of the chair and each band is pulled
taut and securely fastened to the
frame with four tacks. The springs
should be we'll tied to each other
and to the frame.
Between the springs and the
curled hair filling there should be
a burlap cover to prevent the filling
from working down into the springs.
A thin layer of cotton and a tailored
muslin cover serve to keep the filling
from coming through to the outside
upholstery.
Skeleton Chair
For Inspection.
Many of the shops which carry
better made furniture will have a
skeleton chair made up similar to
the one in the illustration so that
you may investigate the inner work.
ing of its construction. The build
ing of a good overstuffed chair is
quite a job and one which demands
skilled handwork This takes time
and is we'll worth what it costs. If
you are purchasing for long years
consider these things and plan to
invest reasonable amount for good
workmanship. There are many other
materials used for padding or stuff
flng chairs that cost much less, but
most of them, with only year or
two of wear, either deteriorate to
dust or mat up into wads which
give the chair lumpy appearance
as well as being most uncomfortable.
If you want an occasional chair for
a corner of bedroom that will have
little wear, and you do not care to
invest a great deal in it, you might
use one of cheaper construction and
feel perfectly satisfied with the re-
suits.
Insistance upon hardwood
frame, good springs and curled hair
filling, the experts agree. will insure
the homemaker a chair which not
only will be Immediately comforta-
BILE but which will stand the rigors
of hard use for many year. Despite
the wear and tear of moving day or
long distance transportation, it will
remain so that another generation
may say, They made good furniture
in grandmother day."
Evening star., 1939-07-25

But it does take patience, so do not
expect miracles in two weeks. Two
months will show great improve
ment, however.
If you can afford a professional
leg massage once or twice week, by
all means have it. Strong, trained
fingers know how to rub those Of
Tending measurements away and if
you will 60 through your exercises
each day besides, your legs will be
slimmed doubly quick.
But if your budget does not per-
NIT professional treatments, then
massage your own legs. Rest your
left foot on the edge of a chair while
you sit in another. Relax the
muscles of your leg. Then with a
bit of oil or cream on your hands
briskly stroke your leg first with the
left hand then with the right from
the back of your ankle up to the
back of your knee. Your massage
should be firm and brisk, but your
leg should be relaxed. Repeat with
other leg. Do this every day for two
months.
Evening star., 1939-07-25

whenever you sit in chair and have
few moments to spare 1t will slim
down the legs that are too fat
Another simple movement which
does wonders for the loyal is the up
and down scissors movement. You
lie on the floor with your hands be-
hind your neck. Raise your left leg
until 1t is pointing straight up in the
air, then as you lower it raise the left
leg which creates a scissors move
ment in maidair. For the first day
scissor" Is times and increase the
movement each day thereafter and
learn to do it briskly This exercise
not only helps to beautify your legs
and ankles, but it shapes your waist
and hips as well. 1t is an excellent
one to remember.
Two leaflets for leg exercise are
available if you will inclose a self
addressed envelope bearing a Scent
Limbs and Ankles"-and
Hip Exercises" Remember if you
f1atten your hips and thighs you will
at the same time shape your legs.
Evening star., 1939-07-25

her pen in hand that she chokes up
and stalls. She is simply a victim
of mental writer's cramp. And she
has plenty of company among young
moderns of both sexes.
There's no black magic to being
good correspondent A famous
writer of fiction has said the most
important qualification of a success
full author is the ability to apply
the seat of the trousers steadily to
the chair in front of a typewriter
In other words, the ability to get
started, and keep at it.
That goes double for letter writing
The hardest thing about it is sitting
down at a desk with pen, paper and
purpose, and staying there until the
letter is written-in spite of alluring
magazines on the coffee table. split
tingly funny comedians on the radio
and overpoWering impulses to dash
down to the corner drug store for a
chocolate matted.
So let's sit Betty-or Bill, which is
just as hard, if not more so-doWn
at that desk and get letter started.
What can she do to make this a
good letter that anybody would be
glad to get, instead of sad effort
with no value whatever except as
additional revenue to the Post Office
Department?
Plain Stationery
Is the Best.
First of all. Betty can use accept
able stationery-white, cream or
one of the light pastel shades. She'll
avoid loud colofs and dizzy combi-
nations of paper and ink. She'll
write as legibly as possible, using a
typewriter for her more informal
letters if she prefers. She'll keep
her margins even and she'll num-
Der her pages and go from one to
the other in logical order. She won t
skip wildly about in some trick page
arrangement which can be followed
only with the aid of road map. a
compass and well-trained blood
hound.
Unless Betty has lived in the same
house all her life and is writing to
someone who knows exactly where
she is at the moment, she'll place
her full address in the upper right
hand corner Of the first page (The
lower left-hand corner of the final
page is equally correctD She'll also
include the date. Many's the friend
who has been annoyed no end be-
cause, when answering a letter, he
had no way of telling when it was
written.
Her salutation will read. Dear
Agnes" or Dear Eddie" not Dear
Friend" or Dear Friend Eddie" Of
course. she may say Dearest Eddie"
or Eddie. My Sweet" if that's the
way she feels about lucky Edward.
But she'll avoid such dubious super
latives unless she's very. very sure
that they are completely justified
and appropriate.
Paragraphs
Are Short.
Betty will keep her paragraphs
short and she'll remember the
simpler rules of punctuation and
Evening star., 1939-07-25

lOr Iun IN an duuOHODlle, Duu QrlV-
ing truck was too heavy work for
him.
And so on and on. During the
80 or 40 years in which I personally
knew him he never settled down to
any steady work that would make a
living All that he would ever do
was just odd jobs that he could do
when he felt like it. and leave un-
done when he wanted to loaf And
in the meantime he sponged upon
friends and relatives for his living
Maybe "Disgusted" thinks her
deadbeat's society is worth his board
and keep. Maybe. in spite of the
contempt that every woman has in
her soul for a lazy man, she still
loves him and feels that she would
rather work to take care of him
than to lie awake at night wonder
ing if maybe he was hungry or cold.
or out in the rain with nowhere to
CO. Maybe she is one of the women
who would rather have no-account
husband than no husband at all.
But in any event she will get a
lot of peace and rest in just settling
the matter with her own soul Get
rid of him or keep him, but quit
wearing herself out in the impos-
sible task of trying to put energy
and purpose into a fabby creature
who is charter member of the 1.
w. W.'s. Lots of husbands support
trifling wives. Maybe the time has
come for wives to support trif1ing
husbands. DOROTHY DIX.
Evening star., 1939-07-25


Joint and line as the work progressed
and you came very near knowing
before the job was finished just how
1t was done, what materials had
gone into it-and if there were any
weak spots you ordered them
strengthened before acceptance.
Nowadays chairs are turned out
by the millions from factories all
over the land. Occasionally there
is faulty one. Springs are tied
under high production pressure and
sometimes one slips by that is not
sufficiently tied, merely because of
the effort to keep up to a time rec
ord. These things you and do not
see and must try to discover Tor
ourselves by careful examination
before purchase.
This month and next there will be
furniture sales in all the shops, and
this Is an excellent time to get the
new chair or couch you have wanted.
Floors must be cleared for new fall
merchandise and prices are reduced.
The right kind of chair or furniture
Oh dIly hlIlu uOtS llOt ~ Oul VI ots lc,
and because colors may change and
patterns be only temporarily popu-
lar, the wise shopper will buy in
good basic colors or in the muslin
and have her pieces slip-covered or
upholstered in fabrics to fit in with
the color scheme of her house.
Hints for the
Purchaser.
Here are few hints for the home
maker who is planning the purchase
of a lounging chair. an important
and constantly used article of living
room furniture.
To a large extent the satisfaction
to be derived from an overstuffed
chair is determined by the filling.
Curled hair makes the most desira-
BILE filling because it is permanently
resilient and will not mat with years
of hard usage. A chair filled with
curled hair will retain its original
lines and comfort throughout a life
time of service. Moreover, because
Evening star., 1939-07-25

growing mooing chaeng barking beat
ing meowing guntng realistic animals this coverle
II hoton transfer designs 5 inches
illustrated directions with color
stitches used; what materials
much will need
Is
Address
Editor Of The Evening Star.
Evening star., 1939-07-25
By BARBARA BELL.

This one easy design enables you
to make, quickly and inexpensively,
three of the most important items
in your vacation wardrobe. 1t in
cludes flaring play suit, sepa-
rate, circular skirt that transforms
the play suit into daytime dress,
and a tailored bolero (smart to wear
with other things, too) that makes
1t into a smart little suit. They are
all very becoming. The bodice of
Evening star., 1939-07-25
Revivine a Rug

If the summer porch rug looks
rather forlorn, give it a good scrub
bing, then. when dry, coat of
porch paint. After two days spread
with clear floor varnish and you
have a rug which will probably give
you another years wear at small
cost.
Evening star., 1939-07-25

for fun in an automobile, but driv-
ing a truck was too heavy work for
him.
Evening star., 1939-07-25
Ny Neighbor Soys:

Pansies often fail in mid
summer but can be kept in a
thrifty condition until autumn
if fed with liquid manure after
the 1st of July and a part of
each plant cut away to en-
courage new growth. 1t is a
good plan to remove a little of
the leaf growth when gather
ing the blossoms.
Sliced bananas baked with
canned or fresh apricots make
a tasty combination. Serve
them warm or cold, plain or
topped with whipped cream.
Add a dash of ice cream.
Evening star., 1939-07-25
Dorothy Dix Says
Trying to Put Energy Into Lazy
Man Is Waste of Good Time

Dear Miss Dix: What can be
done with big. healthy man who
just likes to fuss around. but who
will not work regularly at anything
that brings in pay envelope? He
has wasted years on commission jobs
that do not even make him a liv-
ing and he won't look for anything
better When I say anything to
him about it he flies into rage.
The result is that I have worked
every day for years to support the
family and on week ends I have to
do the housework and laundry, as
I do not make enough to hire some
one to do it. When Sunday evening
comes I am too tired to cook fine
dinners for his friends. as he would
like me to do Besides, I can't af-
ford it, and he never has the money
to pay for the food. DISGUSTED.
Answer once heard an old man
describe a husband like yours in an
epigram that I have always thought
very witty. He said, speaking of a
youth we knew: 1T isn't that John
is lazy. he just has an aversion to
being usefully employed"
The young man in question was
simply bubbling over with energy
when it came to amusing himself.
He could walk for miles on a hunt,
but he couldn't walk three blocks to
do an errand. He would sit for days
with endless patience winding fish,
ing rod, but he wouldn't spend an
hour chasing down job. Several
times he drove across the continent
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well padded. round and square styles.
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Unfinished Chairs Z for

solid. well made chairs for kitchen or
bedroom use. Windsor style, unfin-
ished. smoothly sanded and ready to
paint
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Good assortment of new. colorfnl
black. tile and marble patterns. Floor
covering for any room. Rich enameled.
glossy surface.
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Metal Wood Basket for 4

Ornamental hammered antique finish.
Splendid for fireplace use. strong
metal handle and feet. Dollar Day
special.
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12-l6-or 20 gauge extra range shells
with high brass cup, instantaneous
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prefer.
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Your choice of irons. sandwich ts..ter.
bread teast-r, psrcoistor and heating
pad. Electric cord with zach.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-10-12
JUNEAU HARRIS
 MONUMENT WILL 4 BE SET UP HERE
Pioneers Plan Also to Put Markers on Graves of
 City's Founders

Bronze markers for the graves of Joe Juneau and Richard Harris and a monument to mark the spot where the two landed when they discovered what is now the City of Juneau, are to be erected by the local Igloo of the Pioneers of Alaska, Charles w. Carter an- nounced today Vu Aetl
 The markers are now on display in the windows of the Alaska Elec- tric Light and Power Company.
 The monument will be placed at Eighth and E Streets, near the Memorial Presbyterian Church.
 To help defray the cost of erect ing the monument and markers, the Pioneers will sponsor an en- tertainlnent at the Coliseum Thea Ire next "Wednesday evening
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-10-12
JAMES R00SEvELT
 QUITS HIGH RANK
 IN MARINE CORPS

l. WASHINGTON, Oct. 12.-Presi- dent Roosevelt's son James has re- signed his commission as Lieuten- ant-Colonel in the Marine Corps Reserves.
 , Navy officials said that the Presidents eldest son had asked to be reduced to the rank of Cap tain ......
 James Roosevelt was commis- stoned a Lieutenant Colonel in the Marine Corps while acting as a Presidential Secretary. SeRera months ago he left his White House post to take a position as a Holly wood movie executive. James re- quested the reduction on the grounds that he was unqualified by age and experience to hold the higher commission