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Evening star., 1939-08-01

liquid or paste finish is applied and
polished. The licensed operator has
the heavy equipment for this and is
bonded to live up to the specifca-
tions.
This floor will not scratch white
and is water and stain resistant.
Foot traffic will tend to polish rather
than to wear tracks and no further
rescraping is necessary as this sur
face may be redressed in the worn
spots without showing laps. This
finish becomes an integral part of
your floor, not just top dressing,
and will give you beautiful floor at
moderate cost for many years to
come. 1t is available in all wood
colorS: Natural, walnut light oak,
dark oak and golden oak. Also, it
may be secured in special shades
on request.
Cheaper and More
Durable Product.
There is also a new floor covering
similar to linoleum but costing much
less, which was offered to the public
last January and is proving very
successful. 1t is not substitute for
llnoleum but an entirely new prod
uct. 1t resembles inlaid linoleum,
costs little more than the cheapest
felt-base oil cloth but wears four to
six times as well. 1t is actually a
layer of tough fibrous cellulose. i'm
pregnated with resinous compounds
printed straight through to the back
In clear glowing colors and cemented
to waterproof base. Because it is
printed all the way through it does
not look worn until the fabric is
completely gone. Sanded and waxed
on the floor it is decorative and
extremely durable, and has the
beauty OF the most expensive limo
leum even though priced within the
reach of modest budgets.
Though this product has been on
the market only since January,
House Beautiful selected it for the
Brides House which opened in
June in New York, and the Ivory
Washable House" at Rockefeller
Center used it also. 1t comes in a
variety of good designs as we'll as
marbleized patterns and plain COL
ors. Decorative motifs may be
selected to be inlaid on plain
grounds, making it available for
recreation rooms, halls and dining
rooms.
If your living room floors need
redoing or the recreation room or
kitchen floor requires new cover
ing, be sure to get acquainted with
the latest products before you make
your selection. In this way you may
enjoy the newest discoveries in dura-
bility and efficiency for your own
home.
Evening star., 1939-08-01

If you have new house and new
fioors you are all ready to start
from scratch" If you have not
and you wish to have a floor that
Is good investment in long life
and excellent wearing quality you
must sand down your old floor so
that you have new surface on
which to work. May I suggest
that unless you love plenty of hard
work you contract this job, for it
demands heavy machinery, thorough
knowledge of woods and methods
and wide experience to give you
the best results.
Most of the shellac and varnish
floor coverings that we have used
for many generations rest on top
of the wood surface and, even
though protected with wax, con-
stantly become pitted by heel tacks,
wear thin on the travel strips and
chip where heavy furniture is
moved over them. They take con-
slant care to keep them from dark
ening and after the surface becomes
softened by wax they quickly alb
sorb dust and CRIME. They are
expensive in that it is not possible
to refinish the worn strips, but in
stead the whole surface must be
completely scraped and refinished.
New Floor Surface
Available for Home.
Many of us have admired the deep,
satiny surface of the polished floors
In restaurants, hospitals and large
auditoriums. Here thousands of peo-
pie walk daily, ease of cleaning is
a necessity and maintenance costs
and time out" must be reduced to
a minimum. This floor is now avail
able in your house and mine and,
though the first cost is more than
that of a good refinishing job, the
floor will last indefinitely with no
more care than daily mopping and
occasional waxing. In recent home
shown in New Jersey, 125,000 peo-
pie walked over floors treated with
this new surface in eight days, track
ing in clay and dirt from the sur
rounding grounds. A committee of
eight judges declared the results re-
markable as there were no scratches,
no worn spots, rescraping was un-
necessary and no one slipped,
though there were two rainy days
during the show.
The specifications for this floor de-
mand that they be sanded clean and
all shellac, varnish or other finish
removed. Then the floor is treated
with one or two coats of this new
finish, which penetrates deep into
the wood, sealing the surface. Each
coat should be given two hours to
dry and rubbed with steel wool to
remove surface surplus. Then a
Evening star., 1939-08-01
Ny Neighbor Says:

Two or three years are re-
quired to get an asparagus bed
into bearing, but when once
established it can be cropped
for a dozen years with but little
attention except to keep the
weeds down and apply manure.
Garden makers who own their
homes will find an asparagus
bed a real investment.
If your kitchen range has be-
come rusted during the sum-
mer, 60 over the surface with q
soft cloth dipped in vinegar.
If necessary apply a second
time.
Rub paraf1in on window ropes
If windows do not run up and
down easily.
Wash woolen stockings in
tepid water and white soap suds.
Rinse in clear water, wiring out
and hang in the air to dry
quickly. If treated In this way
they will not shrink.
Evening star., 1939-08-01
A Child Must
HeedOpinion
Of Others
Domineering Way
Should Always
Be Corrected
By ANGELO PATRI,

whats the matter now, Henry?
Why aren't you playing with the
other children?"
They went away and left me-"
What did you do this time?"
Il didn't do anything. Jackie got
mad at me because told him to
stand by the base and not keep
hopping all over the place. You
can't play ball if you hop all over.
So he got mad at me and went
home and the other fellows didn't
want to play any more"
We'll, it's too bad. Couldn't you
keep still and let Jackie play the
way he wanted to, and you do the
same for yourself? After all, you
can't be the whole team, you know.
That's why the boys don't want to
play with you"
Il don't want to be the whole
team. I only want the fellows to
play right"
Cant you see that you drive
yOul 1ilCliuS away Wy VI lllS W DOoS
them all the time?"
Il don't try to boss them, mother.
I only tell them what's right. Can't
you tell people what's right? For
goodness sake, you can't stand by
and see the game 60 to pieces just
because some fool player doesn't
know how to play"
Henry, I'm trying to show you
that you are being left alone be-
cause it is you who don't know how
to play. YOU"
me? Me not know how to play?
I'm the only one on the team that
knows the game. They always have
to ask me what's the rule when
they get into jam. If it wasn't
for me"
That's all right about knowing,
but why don't you wait until you
are asked? Then they would be
glad to have your opinion. But you
never do. You keep telling them
and making them wish you would
lay off and 60 home"
Il don't get it. I can play all
around any Of them and they know
it. I can't help it if Jackie gets
mad. He's terrible dud anyway"
Did you tell him that?"
Sure did. And he knows it's
true. what's more"
Henry. Do you know old man
Billick?"
"Yes, naturally. Haven't I seen
him every day of my hfe?"
You like him?"
Like him? Nobody likes him
except maybe his wife and himself.
And I guess she's got to like him."
You're going to be exactly like
old man Billick. He knows every
thing about everything and says
it right out in a very loud tone.
He lost every friend he ever had.
He lost his job every time he got
one. If it weren't for the little
money his father left him he would
be on the town. Nobody stops to
talk to him. People go out of their
way so as not to meet him. You're
fixing to take his place in this town,
sure as day. You know everything
about everything and shout it out
loud just the way he does Nobody
can stop you but yourself. Think
it over"
me? Old man Billick? Gee,
I'm going to be Mr.. Kennedy"
80? Then just take this to your
heart Mr.. Kennedy listens. He
might say, DO you think that
this is good idea?' Or, What
do you think of this?' But he never,
never says, You listen TO me- Think
it over"
Evening star., 1939-08-01

put in. Only seven easy steps in
your detailed sew chart.
The round-edged kimono sleeves
just cover the tops of your arms,
an effect that always looks better
than sleevelessness, and is equally
cool. Pleating or lace add fattery
to the neckline and sleeves. Make
this pretty dress of batiste, ging-
ham, linen or dotted Swiss, and
revel in it's comfort and charm.
It's a pattern you'll enjoy making
up time and again, in different ma
terials.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1754-B
is designed for sizes 80, "a, 36, SO,
40, AZ, A and 46. Size "a requires
3 yards of 35-inch material; 2ss
yards of ruffling or lace.
Send Is cents for Barbara Bells
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 a step-by-step sew chart to
guide beginners.
Evening star., 1939-08-01

the insurance expenses on the house
we built a few years ago, new furni-
ture, saving for college educations
for me and my younger sister, and
so forth.
would like the allowance to cover
all my clothes, cleaning expenses,
spending money, school supplies and
savings. I would appreciate it very
much if you could tell me just about
how much a month would cover
these things. D. F..
Any suggestions on allowances or
budgeting are, at best, only general
guides to be used as a starting point
in working out your individual
problem. Two young people might
live in the same block, attend the
same school and 60 in for the same
social activities. Yet one of them
might spend twice as much on
clothes and personal expenses as the
other.
The best way for you to work out
your allowance is to sit down with
your parents, or one of them, and
list as closely as possible all your
expenditures for these various items
for the past three months, six
months, or year. Figure out how
much your clothes have cost, what
your cleaning bills have been during
that period, how much you have
spent for school supplies and how
much you have needed for spend
ing money.
Add up the total, then divide by
the number of months covered. This
will give you your average monthly
expenses. Add in the amount you'd
like to save each month and you'll
have starting figure. This allow
ance will probably have to be re-
vised after more experience with it.
This is by far your best plan,
because the amount you decide
on will be your allowance rather
than general figure. And the
actual record of past expenses, put
down in black and white, will help
both you and your parents visualize
the whole problem.
Here We Present
Some Helpful Figures.
However, we can give you some
figures from other budgets which
may be helpful to you. A study
made by the Bureau of Home Eco
nomics, United States Department
OF Agriculture, covering seven differ
ent cities, lists clothing expenses
for girls between the ages of Is and
20, living at home. Where the
family income was between $4,000
and $4,000 per year these girls spent
an average of s108 a year for clothes.
Evening star., 1939-08-01

Kay Caldwell and Alden Harri-
son are ready to help you with
your problem-financial or other
wise. Address them in care of this
paper and inclose a Scent stamp.
Evening star., 1939-08-01

novelty, and that is always one
Of the best selling numbers in any
girls bag of tricks. Also, it will
save you from having to live down
the reputation of having been
flop. There will be no girl around to
say to any boy who looks interested
in you: "Oh. yes, Wilma Such
sweet girl, and so good. but some
how she never seems to make a hit
with the boys
And, believe me, daughter, that is
an advantage not to be despised,
for you know how boys are. They
are like sheep when it comes to
girls. They follow the leader and
where he goes they go in droves.
They want some other fellows o. e
on girl. Thus it happens that
Jane who has seven dates will have
seven more added to them. whereas
poor Jennie, who has only one, shall
have that taken from her.
But don't get discouraged. Never
say die. Never admit even to your
self that you are a failure with the
boys. Keep in the going and act
like success. Don't be silly enough
to lie about dates that you have
never had, but just keep your chin
up and look like you are accustomed
to having boys waiting in queue
to take you places.
You know when trade is bad you
have to drum up customers, and
that is as true in society as it is in
business. If the boys don't flock
around you of their own accord you
have to entice them into your parlor,
and this is best done by giving little
parties. Feed the brutes. A choco-
late cake and a pitcher of lemonade
has launched many girl out as a
belle.
So this summer don't sit idly on
your front porch with your father
and the preacher. Get busy. Your
neighborhood can't be entirely de-
void of the masculine persuasion, so
don't wait for them to happen to
think of you. You think of them
first and telephone them to come
over for game of tennis or croquet
or to play bridge or go swimming,
and when they are there refresh the
inner man. Stay him with cakes
and ale, so to speak, and he will
come again and bring his comrades
with him.
Maybe none of these chaps will be
particularly interesting or exciting,
but the main thing is they will
enable you to perfect your technique
in handling dates. You will learn
about men from each one of them
and you will acquire ease and poise
and the smooth way that makes a
girl popular. And so you may have
a pleasant and profitable season.
DOROTHY DIX.
Evening star., 1939-08-01
Minted Pears With Roasts

Minted pears with roast veal or
lamb-that's something! Simmer
canned pears in their juice to which
you have added few drops of green
coloring and third of cup of
granulated sugar for each two cups
of juice. Add an eighth of a tea
spoon of cinnamon and a quarter of
teaspoon of oil of peppermint.
After cooking 4 minutes, carefully
remove the pears and let them cool
on a platter.
Evening star., 1939-08-01

Where family income was over S., 900
the yearly average was $139.
But younger girls spent consid-
erably less. For the same income
groups clothing for girls from II
to Is years of age cost $50 and $65
a year, respectively. So you see
you are just at the age when it
begins to cost your parents more
to dress you!
We recently saw similar figures
for girls working in New York City.
These indicated that stenographer
earning $25 a week had to spend
about $22 so month for clothes. A
21-year-old girl employed in WASH
lngton, D. c., records a minimum
expenditure of S19890 a year for
clothes, or about $3.50 month.
But she really "skimps."
The Bureau of Home Economics
also has figures on the clothing costs
of young women employed in various
cities These show that the average
girl spends about 18 per cent of her
income on clothes. Girls earning
between ST 900 and $4,000 a year, for
example, have an average annual
clothing bill of s221.
Varying Amounts of
Spending Money.
Regarding your spending money,
we know high school students who
receive as little as so cents a week
for spending money, while others
get as much as SO. Boys generally
spend a little more than girls
which is natural enough, if they are
doing any dating. However, boys
clothes usually cost less per year
than do his sisters
With all these figures as sugges-
tions, and with the record of your
own past expenses. you and your
parents should be able to establish
an allowance for you which will be
fair to everybody. Once you are re-
ceiving that allowance, it will be
smart to live within it. That's one
of the best ways in the world to
make your family have confidence
in you and in your ability to handle
money.
Then. if special expense comes
along which your allowance simply
won't cover, you can 60 to your
father with real hope of getting
something extra without a battle
But if you're always going over your
allowance, you won't have much luck
when emergencies arise.
Kay Caldwell and Alden Harri-
son are ready to help you with
your problem-financial or other
wise. Address them in care of this
paper and inclose a Scent stamp.
Evening star., 1939-08-01
BY BARBARA BELL.

You want dress to wear around
the house on busy days, that's still
finished enough for home after
moons, too, and shopping trips in
hot weather? Then here you are.
The diagram shows you how quick
and easy it is to make-just two
pieces to cut out and put together.
Inside darts at the waistline make
the bodice prettily full over the bust,
and they take no time or skill to
Evening star., 1939-08-01
Dorothy Dix Says>>>
A Party at Home With Good Food
Makes Girl Popular With Boys

Dear Miss Dix: I am a coed at
college, and just finished my junior
year. So far I have had no dates
at all except for the house parties
where the girls invite the boys, and
1 am getting mighty sick of it. I
am goodlooking and not bad con-
versationalist, and it makes me feel
awful to look across the campus at
the boys dormitory and know that
there are plenty of boys over there
but not doing me any good And
now I am home to spend the sum-
mer sitting on my front porch, and
the only men that I will see for
three months will be my father and
the minister. AS everybody knows,
college is the best place there is to
get boy friend. but it hasn't worked
out with me. 1t is all right when
you are IA to say to be patient and
wait a while, but I am 20 and feel
as if my life is being wasted
WILMA, THE WALLFLOWER.
Answer-Well, Wilma, don't see
how any girl who writes as peppy a
letter as you do and who is as up
and coming has been overlooked by
the boys at her college. They must
be not only dumb, but also blind, not
to see what good bet you are. If
were you I wouldn't waste any
more time upon them. I'd change
my base of operations.
Try your luck next Fall at another
coed institution, where the boys
may have better PERCEPTION of a
good thing when they see it. That
will give you the advantage Of being
Evening star., 1939-08-01

whats the matter now, Henry?
Why aren't you playing with the
other children?"
Evening star., 1939-08-01
By BARONESS PIANTONI.

Have blank walls? can
embroider little this cheerful
and birds the pe keep
o mischief.
pattern envelope design by
complete illustrated
chart and Illustration Of stitches used needles
and what material and how much will need
To obtain this pattern send for 1909 and
stamps service and Address Needle
work Editor Of The Evening Star.
Evening star., 1939-08-01
Clothes Allowance Fine
Way for Young People
To Practice Finance
Decide Upon Amount Necessary
By Listing Your Expenses
OF the Preceding Year

BY CALDWELL HARRISON.
Dear Miss Caldwell
am regular reader
l am writing hopes that
My parents have decided the
Ioupe we cannot the
high school My father fairly salary
Evening star., 1939-08-01
Properly Refnished Floors Will Have Excellent Qualities of Dat
Highly Polished Surfaces
Available Through New
Process by Experts
Product Similar to Linoleum
Costs Little More Than Oil
Cloth and Is More Lasting
By MARGARET NOVEL;

Just before your large rugs back storage
consider nshlng floors
kinds of floors
difficult specific directions
have had lately However
musts sealing has proved highly
Evening star., 1939-01-02
Peace in Labor

In her warning to the leaders of
American labor that they must cease
intruding their standing differences
into the picture Of employer en-
ploye relationships, Secretary Perkins
points out with truthfulness and
effect that such conduct not only
places employers In an unjustifiable
position but seriously endangers the
good will of the public toward labor.
While there are many and cogent
, reasons why labor should be sin
cerely concerned over such embar-
raSSment to employers, there are
even more far-reaching causes for
them to be concerned over the good
will of the general public.
For this public, while removed in
large part from direct participation
in the differences between labor and
management, does not long remain
outside the effects Of protracted
deadlocks in industry. And though
its very size and lack of self-organiza-
ton leaves it slow to make it's deeper
feelings known, this public does rep
resent the balance of power, locally
or nationally, politically or otherwise.
Battling within itself to the COM
parative exclusion of other inter-
estS, labor created a condition in
Oregon, for instance, which precipi-
tated positive loss of public good
will and an attendant curtailment of
labor's rights. 1t is not necessary to
look with approval upon the action
OF the Oregon voters in order to un-
derstand it and point out to the
battling leaders of labor what they
must already know, that the blame is
largely their own.
Let them, therefore, not dismiss
lightly this portent and the counsel
OF Secretary Perkins that labor lead
ership should apply its will toward
internal peace rather than perpetual
ton of destructive differences.
Evening star., 1939-01-02
Prince Georges Prosecutor

An attorney as we'll known in
Washington as in Maryland next
week will be sworn in as States At
torney Of Prince Georges County.
He is H. Winship Wheatley, jr.,
thirty-year-old son of a former presi-
dent of the District of Columbia Bar
Association. He appears to be we'll
qualified for the post. Although
native of Washington, he has lived
in Prince Georges since childhood.
Ever since he has been of age he has
taken an active part in politics and
in recent years he also has been
active in the practice of law.
Soon after he was admitted to the
District and Maryland bars he be-
came corporation counsel of his home
town. Hyattsville, and held that post
continuously until elected States At
torney. His ability and enterprise
attracted the attention of party lead
ers and State Senate President
Lansdale G. Sasscer selected him as
his executive secretary in 1895. AS a
result he has had a first-hand view
of lawmaking at Annapolis for the
past four years.
He also has served as president of
the County Democratic Club, the
county N R. A. Committee, the county
Red Cross roll call and as member
of the county welfare board.
Mr.. Wheatley has long cherished
an ambition to be prosecutor, and
says he regards his new position as
Evening star., 1939-01-02
ruthlessly sabotaged in the last

ruthlessly sabotaged in the last
half year.
His parting from England and the
post which he had held for fourteen
years as the envoy Of the Central
European republic was touched with
pathos. In his farewell message to
the British people, who had come to
esteem him highly, he said:
If what we have done at Munich
and are doing since is a real prepara-
ton for permanent peace, I am glad
and proud that my country was the
first one to make the great sacrifice.
If not-may God have mercy on our
souls"
Like his father, whose memory was
revered by his countrymen until the
shadow of the swastika fell athwart
their land, Jan Masaryk is an
apostle of democracy, and it was a
cruel fate which put him in the key
diplomatic post during events which
eliminated in the sacrifice of his
homeland.
His lectures in this country will
be heard with real sympathy for
that reason. It is possible he will be
able to shed little more light on
the behind-the-scenes maneuvering
which led to the Munich peace. In
that way he may serve democracy
by stiffening the backs of people who
still believe it is the only just form of
government.