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Evening star., 1939-02-06

my DEAR MRS. CASWELL:
'T should appreciate very much
your telling me what are 'platinos,
what percentage of carbohydrate
they contain, and whether they
could be used in the diabetic diet,
as one gets so tired of the monotony
and yearns for something new
Cordially yours,
"E. M. L."
Please, II any of you know what
a "platino" is, will you write and tell
us? Having been stalled on the
matter right in the beginning, I am
at a loss as to where to turn for fur
Eher information, and the rest OF
the questions must, of course, re-
main unanswered until we can dis
cover the actual nature OF the
beast" I had a brilliant CD idea
thtat 1t might be plant or vegetable
similar to the Jerusalem artichoke
but can find no hint of this or any
other fact that might lead to identi-
fcation.
We Turn Sartorial
Adviser to Men.
Another letter in the mail bag calls
upon us to invade the realm of mas
culine fashions-which causes us to
have cold chills and shudders, be-
cause we are sure to get in wrong
with strong minded males who don't
think or believe as we do on the
subject.
A cautious reader writes:
will you be so kind as to print
an article on your 'Woman's Page
on the correct evening dress for
men? I am interested to know If
tails can be worn in the same places
and at the same times as a tuxedo.
ALSO If it is correct and proper
to wear a Homburg hat with tails,
or Is 1t necessary to wear a top
hat at all times with a full dress
suit (tails).
Thanking you for your kindness,
I am
Sincerely.
"A CONSTANT READER AND
SUBSCRIBER TO THE STAR" !"
well-let's draw a long breath,
, and take the plunge. And we're
backing up our own position with
that held by Mrs. Emily Post, just
In case you'd like to know!
Tails" are worn only to the most
formal after-dark functions. They
are appropriate for very formal
private and official dinners, for
evening weddings, for balls. and for
the opera. They may be seen In
restaurants or night clubs If the
wearer has previously attended an
Important function that evening.
They do not take the place of a
tuxedo" or dinner coat at informal
dinners or for casual night club
or restaurant dining, for theaters,
or for any occasion on which the
hostess instructs her guests to wear
BLACK tie"
The silk top hat is worn with
tails" to functions such as even
Ing weddings, important receptions,
or to the opera. The collapsible
opera hat is worn on other occa-
Evening star., 1939-02-06
Challenge Every Ones
Admiration

How can you achieve the dis
tinction that challenges admira-
ton?
Distinction means dressing In
some manner that distinguishes
you from the crowd-not looking
like freak, of course, but creating
style of your own, a mood, a
feeling that expresses certain
temperament.
Most of us cannot afford
custom made clothes.
But we can avoid uninspiring
garments and choose models with
little Imagination.
Evening star., 1939-02-06

gives ner LNe
snug effect Of a
t oa d under a
m u S h room, or
the r m a n .
nosed lady in a
peaked skull cap
t h at suggests
nothing so much
as an amiable
anteater.
We could go
on indefinitely,
80
Evening star., 1939-02-06

because it's so easy to get into and
iron.
Barbara Bell pattern No. 1923
is designed for sizes IA, 16, 10, 20,
40 and AZ. Corresponding bust
measurements 80, "a, SO, SO, 40 and
AZ. Size 16 (34 requires ~ yards
OF 35-inch material; 4 yards Of braid.
(Copyright, le3o.)
Evening star., 1939-02-06
What Is the
Perfect Fiqure?

We begin with the thing man
notices first of all-the figure.
Before we can decide how to
achieve the perfect figure, we must
decide what the perfect figure Is
Dolores del Rios well-turned body
was once voted the artists ideal.
From which we conclude the
modern goal is a figure as slen-
der as is humanity possible with
out actually barring ones bones.
ITO be eontisued.)
Evening star., 1939-02-06

business of the world Of beauty
marching hand In hand with the
world of fashion! If you will no.
tice, every new trend Of fashion
brings an equal amount Of the
same influence In cosmetics. If we
have romantic clothes, our make
up is subdued: If we are glamorous,
our beauty aids are just as sophisti-
Gated. But it's a helpful arrange
Evening star., 1939-02-06
Quarter Cuts

Stripe or ribbon-figured mahog-
any is produced by quarter-cutting
the log and the stripe is due to the
interviewer grain, typical Of mahos-
any and some other tropical woods.
Evening star., 1939-02-06
by Moreoretto Byers and consueIo KomhoIz
HOW CAN LOOK MY BEST?)


said you're looking rather
the like with has forgotten how
to give compliments, going about it?
to take stock of yourself in long mirror
admit shortcomings without finchng taking
comfortable that good cook the
o a heart is through his stomach
audience would
the police And that's good formula for sizing
yourself
Pretend calling police station report yourself
missing
your description yourself mentally. You wouldn't shade
weight describe hair blond
your police really
Evening star., 1939-02-06
7oman Page Mabox Brings Question That Proves Difficult Answer
February Now Introduces
Large Number of Most
Practical Cosmetics
New Cake Powder Compacts
Are Very Suitable Gifts;
English Items Popular
BY HELEN VOGT.

Even you didn't count such auspcou occasions as the birthdays
February month this the time
marks beginning spring NODES and they the Of
events bring to the newest in cosmetics.
is definitely conspiracy-and delightful one mean
Evening star., 1939-02-06
Designing Women "

perfect for a hen party or the
neckless lady whose cartwheel hat
Evening star., 1939-02-06
By BARBARA BELL,

oy DfA1NDAANA DLALs
It isn't often that you find house
dress that does favors to your figure
and has decided style of its own
but here is just such a house dress.
In fact, this design really deserves
to be made up in thin wool or
sports silk for street wear, as well
as In such housekeeping cottons as
percale, calico and gingham. This
dress has very tlattering line be-
cause the skirt flares, and the skirt
seams continue up into the bodice,
giving nice fullness to the bust. The
sash belt, tied in the front, enables
you to make the waistline as snug
as you please.
But never doubt that this is a
comfortable dress to work in. The
armholes are ample, the waistline
unhampering. And, Of course, every
body likes the button-front style
Evening star., 1939-02-06
Does Any Reader Know Just
What a 'Platino' May Be?
Department Is Puzzled
Request for Information Has
Prompted Extensive Search
But So Far All Is in Vain
By BETSY CASWELL.

appeal help those kind and always
provided
problem presented othersand which
department unable to answer!
amount
o;pfory iopro
Evening star., 1939-02-06

legs emerge in mock turtle fash
ion.
And you often meet the lady
in the black and white print whose
Plymouth Rock pattern Is quite
Evening star., 1939-02-06

a fortune in sill
yer fox billowing
about her ample
bosom, looking
for all the world
like a pouter
pigeon.
You are ia.
miliar, no doubt,
with the square,
chunky figure in
a plain cape
from which her
clanrf rms on6
Evening star., 1939-02-22
Notes From the Social Calendar Of Washington
News Notes of the Official
And Diplomatic Sets
In the Nations Capital
Mexican Ambassador and Wife
Give Reception in Honor
OF Chile's Consul at Nice

The Mexican Ambassador and Castillo
last evening informal reception
trial. Chilean Consul at Nice
Ambassador to Central America senota Asra is the
Chile
the headquarters of the Chilean Ambassador
located CAPACITY
with the League of Nations.
The n Washington
Representative Backney Michigan have their
daughter Miss Shirley Blackney visiting
their apartment at the Roosevelt Hotel
Legation Nine Eickhor were
the ranking guests at dinner last evening
entertained in honor his fance
at the shoreham Hotel his other including
Stroll city; Mrs william Har
rson George and Mr. John Philadelphia
DR. and Mrs Thomas j. Rice
Mrs Mark Lansbureh Mr. and Mrs Arthur M Hahn Mr.
Mr. Edward Foreman.
ChatedTaylor will entertain guests dinner this
home at 10 Observatory Circle
Commission and Mrs Henry F.
evening and
Guiford Jameson the
Other guests included Mr. and Mrs Arthur Thadn
Mrs Alan Maxwell
Communications
Mr. and Mrs Timothy Daley and Miss Mie Dempsey
John Dempsey.
Dempsey yesterday in
Fe N Mex and joined their parents at the shoreham
The euartermaster General of
apartment at 1869 Wyoming avenue.
U. N. in
chief the United
Morse for few days 1t Comdr and Mrs Morse have
from six-week motor trip to Florida
George
Solo, T. and their daughter Miss Nancy been
visiting Mrs Owens brotherin and Mr. Mrs Otney w.
their home Rongwood left Washington
to Norfolk Va Mrs Owen and her daughter will return to the Canal
Zone on the Chaumont sailing Nor1olK thlS week.
Evening star., 1939-02-22
Miss Anne McAdoo
And Mr.. Deford
To Wed April l

Miss Anne Preston McAdoo and
Mr.. Robert Bell Deford, jr., are COM
pleting plans for their wedding
which will take place Saturday aft
ernoon, April l. The ceremony will!
be performed in Christ Episcopal
Church at o'clock and will be fol-
lowed by reception at Knollwood
the country home of the brides
mother, Mrs. E. Mccormack Keith
in the Green Spring Valley.
Miss McAdoo is daughter of Mr.
Francis Huger McAdoo and grand
daughter of former Senator William
Gibbs McAdoo. Her brother, Mr.
Francis Huger McAdoo, jr., will be
married to Miss Cynthia Stowe
Heffron, daughter of Mrs. John
Heffron of Greenwich, Conn. and
the late Mr.. Heffron, the week be.
fore, Saturday, March Is. The we'd
ding will take place in Greenwich.
Evening star., 1939-02-22

Leaf was Miss Margaret Butle,
Pope, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
J. E. Pope of 3OlS Porter street NV
Mrs Howard S. Leroy left yes
terday for New Rochelle, N. Y, tr
be the guest of Mrs. Victor Hugo
and Mr.. Leroy left yesterday fol-
Grove Park Inn at Asheville. N. C
They both will return to the Shore.
ham early next week.
Mrs Charles N. Boulden of Balti-
more is in town for a lengthy stay
and is stopping. at the Wardmar
Park Hotel
Miss Elsie-Brooks Saunders, &C
companied by her sister. Mrs. Car
l.. Hofer. an active member of the
Oliver Wendell Holmes (Theta)
Chapter of Sigma Nu Phi, inter.
national legal fraternity, will leave
Saturday morning for fortnight {
visit as the house guests of thei.
great-aunt end great-uncle, Mr.. anc
Mrs Monroe Melton, at Pachuta
Clarke County, Miss.
Evening star., 1939-02-22

had about 80 guests and two boxes,
were thoroughly enjoying the affair.
Their guests included the Minister
OF Foreign Relations of Brazil Senior
Oswaldo Aranha, Senator David I.
Walsh, the Assistant Secretary
of War, Mr.. Louis johnson; Rear
Admiral and Mrs. Emory S. Land,
the Brazilian Naval Attache and
Nine. Refs, the retiring Fiscal
Assistant Secrtary of the Treas
ury and Mrs. Wayne Chatfield-
Taylor, Capt. and Mrs. l. C. Johnson
the Federal housing administrator,
Mr.. Stewart Mcdonald; the chair
man of the Civil Aeronautics Au-
thority and Mrs. Edward J. Noble,
Comdr. and Mrs. Harold J. Nelson,
the special assistant to the Secre-
tary of the Navy, Mr.. Louis Comp
ton, and Mrs. Compton; Comdr. and
Mrs. A. Loring Swasey, Comdr. and
Mrs. j. B. Noble, Mrs Henry l..
Roosevelt, the wife of the late As
sistant Secretary of the Navy; Mr.
and Mrs. Richard C. Morse, Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter White, Mrs Clara Muir
doch and Mr.. Douglas Johnson.
Other boXholders were Rear Ad-
miral and Mrs. William D. Leahy,
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Thomas
Hart, who entertained at dinner for
Miss Isabella Hart, their daughter,
before the dance; Rear Admiral and
| Mrs. David Sellers, Rear Admiral
and Mrs. S. C. Hooper, who also
were hosts before the affair, Rear
Admiral and Mrs. Frank H. Sadler,
Vice Admiral William L. Rodgers,
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Chester
Wells, Rear Admiral and Mrs Hutch
l. Cone. Rear Admiral and Mrs.
George Pettengill, Rear Admiral and
Mrs. Ralston Holmes, Rear Admiral
and Mrs. Harold Bowen, Rear Ad-
miral and Mrs. Henry Hough, Rear
Admiral and Mrs. A. C. Pickens,
Rear Admiral Homer R. Stanford,
Rear Admiral and Mrs. William H.
Bell, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Frank
H. Schofleld, Rear Admiral and Mrs.
j. o. Richardson. Rear Admiral and
Mrs. E. J. Marquart, Rear Admiral
and Mrs. L. A. Bostwick, Rear Ad-
miral and Mrs. S. NJ Robinson, Rear
Admiral and Mrs. Harry Bripser,
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Adolphus
Andrews and Rear Admiral and Mrs.
F.. B. Upham.
Dinner Parties Given
Preceding Affair.
Many dinner parties preceded the
affair, some of the many hosts be-
ing Comdr. and Mrs. Atherton Ma
condray. Mrs. Robert M. Griffin,
(See NAVY BALL, Page BAD
Evening star., 1939-02-22

Mr.. and Mrs. Munro Leaf of New
York announce the birth OF a son
February Is at Doctors Hospital in
New York. Mr.. and Mrs. Leaf both
are formerly of Washington. Mrs.
Evening star., 1939-02-22
BY the Way
Beth Blaine:

Mr. and Mrs James Lawrence Houghng
yesterday
Tor visit with Mr. and Mrs Wayne
very smart IN navy blue frock
Our goodookng hostess govr
with black crepe skirt and colorful
cnad included Admiral Mrs sapphire
and matching hat
Glover with Mr. and Mrs Hoye Miller Miller
with Of volets slim
staedt
crepe Persian lamb
Mrs William MacCracken Mrs Houghtengs
Alexander Grant beomngly blue
cooed hat Mr. formerly
Italian Embassy.
Latest news from the F. Moran McConihe
IN Hobe Sound that
the place and returning to Washington
month Nancy Letter Mary young Edgar
7oWards OF Philadelphia
vacation March g. The John Arthur Hinckeys
Nassau and Jamaica the end Of this month
Lon Page B-4)
Evening star., 1939-02-22
Miss Mitchell Bride
OF Mr. l. E. Jones

Miss Aurelia Quinby Mitchell of
200 Rhode Island avenue NE.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson
Howell Mitchell of Sherman Park,
Morristown, N. j., was married to
Mr.. Leonard Eldon James, son of
Mrs. Leonard w. James and the late
Mr.. James of Dendron, Va, at 4
o'clock Friday afternoon in St
Paul's Church, Rock Greek. The
ceremony was performed by the rec
tor, DR.. F. j. Bohanan. DR.. Henry
B. Steer played the organ.
The altar was decorated with
palms and white snapdragons. A
small reception for the immediate
families of the bride and bridegroom
followed at the home of the brides
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. T. How
ard Hanway.
The bride was given in marriage
by her father and attended by her
sister, Miss Margaret H. Mitchell
Mr.. Joseph Noyes James of Alexan-
dria, Va, was his brothers best man
and Mr.. Ernest w. Goodrich of
w d1lo III. SAIdA ACO
James, jr., of Appomattox, cousin
Of the bridegroom, were ushers.
The bride wore a street-length
dress of hyacinth blue with navy
blue accessories and carried an old
fashioned nosegay of pink roses,
pink sweet peas and lilies of the val
ley. The maid of honor wore a
dusty rose street-length dress with
navy accessories and carried a SINH
lar nosegay of yellow roses, pink
carnations and gardenias.
The bride, who has been attend
ing George Washington University,
is member of Kappa Delta Sorority
and of the Parsippanong Chapter,
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton. Mr.. James is graduate of
William and Mary College, where he
was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon
Fraternity. He received his IL. B.
degree from George Washington
University and is member of the
Virginia State bar.
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Continued on Page B-4 }
Evening star., 1939-02-22
Residential Social Notes
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry X. Hickey
And MIR. Remey Go to Miami

Mr., and Mrs. Harry K Hickey and
the latter'S brother-in- law, Mr.. John
T. Remey of New York., left Monday
evening for Miami, where they will
join Mrs. Remey. who made the trip
in her plane which she pilots herself
Mrs Remey will fly to Nassau and
return while her family is in Flor
ida.
Mrs. Hickey will return to Wash
ington the end of next week in time
to attend the annual stunt party
of the Women's National Press
Club.
Mrs. Edward Everett Gam, sister
of the late Vice President Charles
Curtis. was joined today by her
niece. Mrs. Webster Knight, I'd. If
Providence, R. l.. who will be her
guest for a short time.
Mrs. George. wife of Col. Charles
P. George, U. S. A., who has been
with her aunt, Mrs. Gam, for a
week. will go to West Point Friday
She will spend several days with her
son, Cadet Curtis George, who en-
tered the Military Academy in the
"plebe" class of this year. Mrs.
George is expected to return to
Washington Tuesday to be with
Mrs. Gam for a longer visit before
going to Fort Sam Houston, Tex,
to join Col. George.
Miss Anne George. daughter of
Col. and Mrs. George, who was with
her mother for a visit with Mrs
Gam, returned yesterday to her
studies at Hollins College in Vir-
ginia.
Miss Joan King, one of this sea-
sons debutantes; Miss Florence
Merrill and Miss Clara Sasscer en-
tertained over the week end Miss
Dudley Gregory, Miss Marjorie
Gould Lincoln and Miss Tinkie Os-
terman, who drove to Sweet Briar
Friday and returned Mondey eve
ming. Saturday evening they were
entertained at a dinner at Am
herst, Va, by their hostesses.
Mr.. and Mrs. Munro Leaf of New
York announce the birth OF a son
February Is at Doctors Hospital in
New York. Mr.. and Mrs. Leaf both
are formerly of Washington. Mrs.
Evening star., 1939-02-22
Success Crowns Colorful
Navy Relief Ball
In Sail Loft
Mrs. Pettengill, Mrs. Swanson,
Mrs. Edison and Mrs. Leahy
In Receiving Line
BY MONA DUGAS.

Colorful Picturesque! Delightful
like them could describe
which held evening the Sail
could signify only slightly the of the affair."
the
enlisted the Navy the ball efficiently
Of the Navy Relief Society," leadership
wife of the commandant Of the Navy
Mrs. Petengi headed the receiving striking
taeta with chiffon scarf which matched the camela
Mrs Swanson wife OF the Secretary the
which pale design
Mrs Charles Edon wife of the
black with silver bands around the skirt William
chief naval
color velvet gown and a corsage o gardenas
Evening star., 1939-02-22
Saturday Concert
For Children

Mrs. c. c. Cappel, Mrs. Mordecai
Ezekiel and Mrs. Gardner jackson
are among those who will take par
ties of children to the third of the
children's concerts next Saturday
given by the Musicians Committee
for Aid to Spanish Democracy.
Several hundred children have
been delighted with the concerts
held at Pierce Hall on alternate
Saturday afternoons.
Evening star., 1939-02-22
DR.. Cobb Returns

DR.. Stanwood Cobb returned yes
terday from Montreal, where he
went on a lecture tour.
DR.. w. J. S. Mitchell. head of the
department of psychiatry at McGill
University, entertained at dinner
in honor of Dr. Cobb during his
brief stay in Canada.
Evening star., 1939-02-22
Mr.. Farley Honored

The Postmaster General, Mr..
James A. Farley, who is spending
some time at Miami Beach. was the
honor guest at luncheon yesterday
of Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt, who
entertained at the Surf Club.
Evening star., 1939-02-22

Ballroom Decorated
With Naval Symbols.
The guests were received at the
edge of the ballroom, which was
decorated with naval symbols in
colored electric lights on the walls,
and the ceiling was covered with
immense flags. At one end the
Navy and Marine Corps Bands alter
mated in entertaining the dancers,
while around the floor were the
reserved boxes.
From the ballroom the guests en-
tered upon other smaller rooms of
most delightful arrangement. Like
sidewalk cafe, the place had a
street setting, with awnings lowered
over individual tables, and realistic
street lights shining over all. Here
gypsy orchestra played music
which was most appropriate to the
setting, and charming flower girls
peddled their wares. Other lovely
young ladies wandered from table
to table with cigarettes, while still
others, dressed in traditional dairy
maid costumes, served milk to any
who desired it.
COlors in Decorations Vie
With Uniforms and Gowns.
Bright colors in the decorative
scheme We'd with those in the naval
uniforms and in the ladies gowns,
as we'll as in the costumes Of the
/ of tho
Among the cigarette girls, dairy
maids and flower girls were Mrs.
Robert C. Sutliff, Mrs. H. B. Jones,
Mrs. Robert C. Dixon, Miss Marjorie
Towers, Mrs. William G. Tomlinson,
Mrs. John P. Whitney. Miss Agnes
Magruder, Miss Sylvia Alexander,
Miss Mary Dora Thompson, Miss
! Mary Chase Howard Miss Elinor
Gudger, Miss Elise Hill, Miss Louisa
Popham, Miss Nancy Brereton, Miss
Alice Barry, Miss Patricia Griffen,
Miss Betty Fischer and Miss Anne
| Wilkinson.
The Navy contingent and all their
friends seemed to have attended the
ball, for every one could be found,
from the youngsters of the Navy jul
nior set to the veterans of the serv-
ice.
Diplomats, Officials
| Guests at Function.
! Boxes were filled with many
| prominent members of the official,
diplomatic and residential groups
and their guests. The Secretary OF
the Navy and Mrs. Swanson had as
their guests the Minister of Hungary
and Nine. Pelenyi. the Minister of
the Union of South Africa and Mrs
Close, Capt. and Mrs. Edgar Wood,
Capt. and Mrs. John R. Beardall,
Miss Martha Conley of Frederick,
Md, and Mrs Douglas Hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edison
Hosts to About Thirty.
The Assistant Secretary of the
! Navy and Mrs. Charles Edison, who
Evening star., 1939-02-22
Wallaces Entertain

The Secretary of Agriculture and
Mrs. Henry A. Wallace entertained
at dinner last night in their apart
ment at Wardman Park Hotel.
Evening star., 1939-12-23
Heurich Receives Gift
Al Party for Employees

Though playing host to employees
at their fourth annual Christmas
party, Christian Heurich, sr., 81
year-old head of the brewing COM
pany bearing his name, last night
was presented a diamond-studded
gold lapel pin in recognition of his
49 years service to the company.
Surrounded by more than half a
dozen grandchildren and accom-
panied by his wife, he watched a
variety of entertainment led by his
13-year-old granddaughter Corinne,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Christian
Heurich, jr.
The celebration was staged in the
Heurich Brewing Co. gymnasium.
Pin presentations were made to en-
ployes with 20 years or more service
by Christian Heurich, jr. These in
cluded William F. Dismer, 43 years;
William Robinson, 80; Chris Stoll,
%; r. H. Gangwisch, %; Harry
Davis, o.; Thomas Bailey, 81; j. N
r. King, 20; Thomas Shipman, 20;
George v. Curtis, 20, and Andrew
Cough, 20,
More than 800 members of EN-
ploye families attended the enter
tainment, and each of the children
was presented a gift. AS climax
several hundred balloons used to
decorate the gym at Twenty-sixth
and D streets NV. were released.
Evening star., 1939-12-23
Alexandra 10 Install
More Dial Telephones
By Staff Correspondent of The Star

By STAFF Correspondent of The Star
ALEXANDRIA, Va, Dec. 23.-In
preparation for additional dial
equipment to be placed in operation
about June l. 1910, the Board of Di-
rectors of the Chesapeake & Poto-
mac Telephone Co. of Virginia has
authorized an additional expendi-
ture of s160,O00 to augment pre-
vious $1,000000 allotment, it was
announced today by District Man.
ager John S. Dunn.
The larger amount has been spent
for the new building at Mount Ver-
non and Alexandria avenues and
to equip it with dial telephone ap-
paratus. Installation of dial phones
for all subscribers will begin early
in January and the change over to
the dial system will be made when
the midyear directory is published.
The dial service will be available
on both Temple and Alexandria ex-
changes and present numbers of
fewer than four digits or with let
ters affixed will be abolished.
The additional 100000 expendi-
ture was made necessary because of
increased business, Mr.. Dunn said.
About 5000 instruments are served
by the local exchanges.