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Evening star., 1939-09-19

We're going to start it in a small
way ourselves, and we're hoping that
you can print something in your
column that will help us.
Il never realized how bad condi-
tions had got until this last summer.
At college. all our fraternity dances
are exclusively cut-in. That's not
so bad, because lot of the brothers
don't have dates, and there are
plenty O. stays. Thus all the girls
are pretty sure to have good time.
But my sister, who was fresh
man coed last year, has been telling
me that at the small school which
she attends, the dances are almost
a nightmare for all but small
group of very popular girls. These
bellies are simply rushed of their
feet all evening. They never dance
more than a dozen steps with one
partner. It's swell for them, but In
the meantime, all the other girls are
neglected.
This is partly the fellows fault
for not dancing with any but the
most popular girls. But if you have
ever had the experience Of being
stuck with one girl, while the
orchestra plays on and on and no
body comes to your rescue-or the
girl's-you can't blame them for not
dancing with any girl unless they're
sure somebody will cut before long.
my sister and I have gone to
lot of dances this past summer, and
we've found conditions even worse
here than they were at college. For
a dance to be success under this
system, there have to be twice as
many fellows as girls. AS a result,
a lot of men don't bother getting
date at all They save expenses,
and have a fine time dancing with
the girls the other men have
brought. Meanwhile lot Of swell
girls-good dancers included-sit at
home without dates.
The fellows are developing su-
perior attitude, and don't seem to
feel any responsibility about helping
the girls have a good time. And the
girls are getting more and more re-
sentful toward the men.
so here's what my sister and I
are going to do about it. I'm chair
man of my fraternitys social COM
mittee, and Sis is an officer OF her
class. I'm also my fraternitys dele
gate to our Interfraternity Council.
I'm going to do everything I can
to make every dance my fraternity
gives, program dance. Even at an
informal tea dance, I'm going to
insist that cut-ins be called by the
orchestra, and not oftener than every
third dance For all other numbers,
partners stick together throughout
the piece. The orchestra will be in
structed to make dances shorter
with limited encores.
1T will be tough at first, but
think I can swing the change in my
own fraternity. And I'm going to dc
all I can, through the 1nterfraternlty
Council, to get other houses to adopt
the same plan.
Meanwhile, my sister is going tt
try to do the same thing at hel
school. Since she's popular socially
as we'll as being class officer,
think she can attract a lot of support
to the cause
Now if influential men and wom-
en- from other colleges would just
try to do the same thing, I think
we could stop this cut-in business OF
get it back within bounds. under
stand that not so many years age
almost all dances were program af-
fairs, with an occasional tag dance
the same thing as our cut-ins. ]
don't know how we got so far away
Evening star., 1939-09-19
Dorothy Dix Says
To Avoid Friction With In.Laws
Have Your Own Little Home

DEAR MISS DIX-If I marry the
man to whom I am engaged and
whom I love dearly will have to
20 live with his mother and sister.
What chance of peace, happiness
and harmony will there be in such
an arrangement? The house is
large one. Would that make the
risk any less, provided the mother
in-law remains the autocrat OF the
family? I am a business girl and
expect to continue with my present
Job after marriage. That would
help. of course, but I am wondering
if any happiness could survive the
tense atmosphere which usually &C
companies this mixture OF in-laWs
in a home? Out of your long ex-
perience with such marriages can
you give me any tip? ALICE.
Answer-When young couple
get married it immeasurably in
creases their chances of making a
success of their marriage to be able
to set up their home and go to live
by themselves. The first years OF
marriage are a time of adjustment
and are fraught with many dangers.
Two strangers are getting acquainted
with each other and are finding
faults and flaws that neither sus-
pected that the other had con-
cealed about his or her person.
There are a million things to quar-
rel over and they find them every
one. If they are alone they fight
it out and it ends by the husband
calling himself brute and the bride
weeping on his breast and kisses
and reconciEations and no harm is
done. But if there are relatives
around cheering them on from the
sidelines, bidding the man not to
let his wife henpeck him and urging
the girl not to become a human
doormat, husbands and wives are
Evening star., 1939-09-19
By BARONESS PIANTONI.

BARONESS PIANTONI
especially resting
attractive pillow with hand and snack at
your your pillows atacvey embroidered with these
their sayings The delightful designs good
towels, pictures and box covers.
pattern send No 1888 enclose Is cents stamps
and Address orders to tho Needework
Editor Of The Evening Star.
Evening star., 1939-09-19


knowledge of how to care for your
silver will help.
Americas oldest silversmiths are
united in stating that few women
really know that the finish OF Ster-
ling silver is actually improved by
daily use and washing. Many think
of their sterling tableware as some
thing to be put away and brought
out only on state occasions. The
drudgery of polishing silver is made
less frequent if you will use your
sterling three times day.
Scratches Give
Lovely Sheen.
Following this startling advice
they say that washing in soapy wa
ter after every meal serves to pre-
vent tarnish. Even the millions OF
tiny, almost invisible, scratches 1t
will get create that deep blue
color that is so desirable and which
gives heirloom silver its gorgeous
sheen.
The best silversmiths also advo-
cate good quality polish when it
becomes necessary to apply one. Fol-
low this procedure when polishing
time comes: First, wash the silver
in very hot water to remove food
particles. And, incidentally, do not
throw the silver in the dlshpan.
Then apply the polish with SOFT
cloth or sponge. A small soft brush
is a great help in cleaning around
spouts and handles. Rinse the Sill
yer in hot water and dry with a
soft cloth or glass towel that is free
of lint. Of course, gilded tines as
well as bowls and interiors of cream
and sugars need not be polished.
The silversmithS give us still an
other suggestion that makes superb
sense, saying that if the size OF your
family does not necessltate daily
use of all of your fiat silver, rotate
the pieces in a systematic way so
that each takes on the same degree
of this lovely finish that is acquired
only by use. Don't use soda and
aluminium cleaners or household
cleaning powders. They are excel
lent in their place, but they are a
little too coarse tor f1ne Sterllng anu
tend to rub away monogramS and
the fine design of pattern. Also, do
not rub the soap directly on the
silver.
Certain Articles
TarniSh Silver.
Something else we never knew be-
fore is the warning: "All silver
should be stored somewhere apart
from matches, rubber, salt, eggs, gas,
vinegar, fruit juices and perfumes,
for each possesses furnishing ten
dencies."
There is on the market a mar
velous silver cloth which is actually
tarnish-preventing. 1t is impreg-
mated with millions of tiny particles
of nitrate of silver which draw the
furnishing agents to themselves and
Evening star., 1939-09-19

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Evening star., 1939-09-19
Simple Though Important
Care InsureS Desirable
Luster of HeirlOOms
Store Away From Items Which
Have furnishing Tendencies;
New Cloth Is Protection
BY MARGARET NOVEL;.

of just about unwrapping
the first fall entertaining If
thing unused silver of
of In either little
Evening star., 1939-09-19
Sterling Silver Actually Improved Daily Use and Wahn
Cut Out This Cutting In
Is the Plea of a Great
Many Young People
Dances of This Type Prevent
All But Very Popular Girls
From Enjoying Good Time


moderns
a
signs himself only
the cut-in, but plans to do something about
Coumniss
have decided it's high time campaign
Evening star., 1939-08-04
Alice Marble al Last
Drops Net Set, but
Snares Match
Pauline Betz Is First
This Season to Take
Skirmish From Ace
BY the Associated Press


EAST HAMPTON, N. Y, Aug. A.
Alice Marble finally has lost set
at tennis.
The blond California national and
Wimbledon champion had breezed
through every opponent this year
without so much as losing a set. So
when Pauline Betz, rising young Los
Angeles player. turned the trick
yesterday at the start of their quar-
ter-flnal match in the Maidstone
Club invitation tournament there
was considerable buzzing through
the stands.
Alice didn't let it get any farther
than that, however. After dropping
the first set, So, she came right
back to polish off the Coast youngs-
ter at 6-1, Ga and move into the
simifinals.
Miss Marble tangles with Dorothy
Workman of Los Angeles in today's
semif1nals, while Helen Jacobs faces
Mrs. Sarah Palfrey Fabyan.
All four also are in the doubles
semiflnals, Miss Marble and Mrs.
Fabyan as a team. Miss Workman
paired with Miss Bundy and Miss
Jacobs with Nine. Rene Matthew of
France.
Evening star., 1939-08-04
Ball Dropped 800 Fee
Leaves Player With
Shattered Jaws
Mitt Driven Into Face
As Sprinz Of Seals
Takes BIimp Toss
BY the Associated Press.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. Am
attempt to set record for catching
a baseball dropped from a great
height cost Joe Sprinz, veteran
catcher for the Pacific Coast League
San Francisco Seals, a compound
jaw fracture, the loss of eight teeth
and ragged lacerations of both lips.
At a celebration of baseball day
at the Golden Gate Exposition yes
terday five baseballs were dropped
800 feet from blimp cruising over
Treasure Island.
Four balls fell out of range
Sprinz circled under the fifth and
held his glove up. The ball struck
the glove with terrific force and the
glove smashed against his face. He
dropped to the ground in great pain
and failed to hang onto the baseball
Sprinz will be out of baseball a
month or more and must undergo
extensive treatment for the restora-
ton of his mouth and jaws.
THAT is the end of that kind of
stunt for my ballplayers.' said
Charley Graham. Seals president.
1t was estimated the ball was trav-
cling $50 miles an hour as it came
to earth.
The record catch of 758 feet was
from the top of Terminal Tower in
Cleveland.
Evening star., 1939-08-04
Graham, on BAT Spree
Hoists Baltimore
Up Loop Ladder
ErstwhiIe Cellar Club
Now Fights for Leod
Of Second Division
Bv the Associated Press.

bS InS ASSOCldIeC HTeSS.
The Baltimore Orioles have
climbed out of the cellar to sixth
place in the International League
standings since July IA and now
are pressing the Newark Bears for
the top spot in the second division
A good deal of credit for the
Flock's sudden upward flight should
be given to Arthur w. Graham.
Art was obtained from Little Rock
of the Southern Association, where
he batted 243. Until July IA he
wasn't any great shakes with the
willow, hitting only .252, but for the
last three weeks he has been on 8
batting spree and has boosted his
average to 1903.
When Baltimore left the cellar
for greener pastures Graham hao
batted in % runs. His total now Is
So, and he has connected for seven
homers during his splurge.
Last night Art gave a typica
slugging performance to help the
Flock break even in twin bill with
Toronto. Baltimore won the opener
9-3, and lost the second game, 6-5.
Graham hit safely four times ir
seven trips to the plate and knocked
in six runs. He collected two homers
in the first game, one of which was
good for four runs.
Evening star., 1939-08-04
Mound Punch Used Up Against
Browns, Griff Streak Looks
Doomed as Chisox Visit

of fire. He gave up 13 hits in eight
innings, but it was combination
of the terrific humidity and the
short rest between performances
that robbed Joe of his usual effec-
tiveness AS it was, Krakky walked
only two hitterS and, in a strong
sense. he outpitched the Browns
pitchers while winning that 9-to-5
victory. While Messrs. Howard Mills,
Johnny Whitehead Roxie Lawson,
George Gill and Vernon Kennedy
relinquished only nine hits, they
also handed out eight bases on balls
and that cost the ball game.
What the Mats can hope for the
rest of the season is conjectural.
Despite their fine showing of late.
the fifth-place Tigers have kept
pace and, incidentally. their 1O-game
margin. Harris, obviously looking
ahead, shot the pitching works
against the Indians and Browns
and is letting the Chicago series
take care of itself. When the
Yankees follow the Sox into the
stadium there may be a different
story. Krakauskas is one hurler
who will be thrown against the
world champs, and Joe, as he is
pitching now, should be tough.
Fourth Starter Is Problem.
Nobody around the Nat headquar-
tiers is fooling himself as far as the
recent success of the club is con-
cerned. The team has been winning
because of pitching. Tony Giuliani,
who was to be X-rayed today for
possibly fractured finger; George
Case and Buddy Lewis are the only
three Mats who have been hitting.
The fielding. despite superb plays
yesterday by Bobby Estalella and
Jimmy Bloodworth. has been con-
sistently mediocre. The Mats have
been winning because they have
been getting an Unexpectedly great
brand of pitching.
1t doesn't figure to last. Kra-
kauskas, Chase and Leonard figure to
carry on, but Harris has to find
another. starter who is able to step
in and win a game now and then
At first he thought Carrasquel
would be the man. Now Alex is
extremely doubtful. 1t may be that
with plenty of rest-and he has re-
ceived some-Carrasquel may take
up where he left early in the year.
If so, the Mats may be tough.
In the meantime it is no star
studded outfit they are putting on
the field. The outfit is all turned
around, with Harris extremely
dubious over the hitting qualities
of Estalella and Bob Loane. In the
inf1eld Jimmy Vernon and Jimmy
Bloodworth hit we'll one day and
not at all the next. Giuliani, who
was hot. is out with a bad finger.
1t all boils down to pitching. If
three starters were enough, Bucky
would be all right. But three aren't
enough. Harris needs to find an
other starter, and until he does
there will be no sustained winning
streaks for the Washington club.
Evening star., 1939-08-04
Winning Stride
Regained With
16.Hit Attack
Di Mag Heads Charge
Thot QueI|s Tigers;
Cards Take Two
BY JUDSON BAILEY,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

Like an automobile going up a hill,
the New York Yankees always seem
able to shift into second gear and
roll right over their most forbidding
obstacles
After losing half a dozen games in
a row and getting lot Of people
excited in early July, the world
champions reeled off 13 victories in
their next IS games.
Yesterday they meshed their gears
again in a 16-hit attack on Detroit
to halt three-game skid and set
the Tigers back on their proper
perches. 1913
Joe Di Maggie led the old
fashioned Yankee uprising with two
home runs and a single, bringing in
five tallies. and had lot of help.
Bill Dickey and Red Rolfe hit
homers and Babe Dahlgren tripled
with the bases loaded. The home
runs brought the Yankee total to
95 for 95 games this season.
This assault, which shelved Buck
Newsom in less than five frames,
made it easy for Monte Pearson to
get his ninth victory even though
the veteran right-hander gave II
hits.
Red Sox Rout Indians.
The Boston Red SoX, Grimly
hanging within hollering distance
of the lead, had just as easy an
afternoon in scalping the Cleveland
Indians, 17-6. Cleveland contributed
six errors to help the Red Sox, who
got 10 hits. They needed help be-
cause their own pitchers gave up
IS safeties.
Following the same free-hitting
pattern, the Chicago White Sox
completed their series with the
Athletics on a 81 victory note ac-
complished by punching most OF
their blows and all their runs in
three middle innings.
In the National League the second
place st. Louis Cardinals extended
their current winning streak to five
games with double victory over the
battered Boston Bees, and picked up
a full notch on the Cincinnati Reds,
who, were rained out of their chance
at revenge on the New York Giants.
Lon Warneke went the route for
the first time since May 80 with an
Shit exhibit in the first game, which
Ducky Medwick and Enos Slaughter
helped him win 5-1. with a couple
of homers. Slaughter hit another
circuit blow with one on in the
eighth inning of the nightcap to
bring the Cards cruising from be-
hind to win 4-3 for Mort Cooper.
Dodgers Tie for Fifth.
The Brooklyn Dodgers climbed
into fifth-place tie with the Giants
by taking the deciding game of their
series at Pittsburgh, Al.
Tot Pressnell kept the Pirates in
check on Shit pitching and Rookie
Art Parks, assigned to the cleanup
spot. raped out a triple and two
singles to butcher Max Butcher,
making his first start for the Buccos.
The Chicago Cubs plastered an
other defeat on the Phillies, 9-6, to
give Bill Lee his 18th victory of the
year, although he had to be rescued
in the eighth when the tail-enderS
carved four runs off 7-run margin
his mates had given him.
Evening star., 1939-08-04
Stars Yesterday
Bv the Associated Press.

Be the Associated Press.
George Case, Washington-Hit
triple, double and single, stole
three bases and scored three runs
in victory over Browns.
Joe Di Maggie, Yankees-Hit
two home runs and a single,
batting in five runs in walloping
Tigers.
Lon Warneke and Enos
Slaughter, Cardinals - Former
pitched tight eight-hit game in
winning opener of double header
with Bees, while latter hit homer
in each game.
Art Parks, Dodgers - Given
cleanup job, rookie outfielder got
three hits, including triple, to
beat Pirates.
Bill Nicholson, Cubs-Had two
triples and single as Chicago
pounced on Phillies.
Joe Cronin, Red SoX-Got two
doubles, single and sacrifice to
bat in two runs and score twice
himself in trouncing Indians.
Minter Hayes and Mike fresh,
White Sox-Each got three hits
to drive in five of Chicago's nine
runs against Athletics.
Evening star., 1939-08-04
Anti Gambling Edict Causes Exodus From Saratoga
Ge Northwestern Three Red sox Have Edge Fe

Maj. Neyland of Tennessee named
Alabama the No. / team in the
South this fall. So did everybody
else, Frank.
You have old Jack Blackburn's
word for it-Lou Nova is going to
have both hands full with Tony
Galento. That appendicitis oper-
alton will cost Marion Turpie
MNaughton her chance at the
women's golf title this year. The
New York star was stricken the
day her father, George Turpie,
veteran New Orleans pro, arrived
to superintend her training. Billy
Conn will be fighting in his fifth
weight class against Gus Dorazio
at Philly August IA.
Not him. The Dodgers offered
to sign up one Metro Soski, a
southpaw rookie from the Penn
sylvania coal region. Did he Jump
at it? He did not. He said: "Ill
have to sleep on that one, gents"
Eastern League sports writer's
Evening star., 1939-08-04

softban players have not started
one of those softball-athon games
which are bobbing up all over
the country"
World series notes: They are
enlarging the upper left and right
field stands in Cincinnati. Gene
Tunney has been elected to the
executive board of the Boy
Scouts Federation of greater
New York. The holdovers at
Syracuse are so good it is doubtful
if even one of those blazing sophs
is able to crash Ossie Solem's first
string eleven. John Gooch, the
Pittsburgh coach, who gave
Johnny Wander Nicer his start at
Durham, N. c., will be in charge
of developing John Gee, new
Pirate southpaw from Syracuse.
The Red Sox are the only Ameri-
can League club with an edge on
Bob Feller.
Community haw. Coach Frank
Thomas says he had to lat1 when
Evening star., 1939-08-04
BY EDDIE BRIETZ,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

NEW YORK, Aug. 4.-Lou
Gehrig has picked up seven
pounds. One thing DR.. Lynn
Waldorf isn't telling around the
football coaching schools is that
his Northwestern Wildcats will be
three deep in all positions this
fall.
Saratoga visitors are checking
out in droves because of the anti
gambling edict. Saratoga Is the
spot where you can bet all you've
got on the hay burners, but not
dime on the galloping ivories.
Joe Medwick's mail address these
days is care of the Doghouse, st.
Louis, Mo. Detroit fans can start
learning how to pronounce the
name of Rachunok.
Today's guest star. Writ Gam
mon, Chattanooga (Tenn) Times:
add signs of sports sanity here:
Wrestling A losing ground and
Evening star., 1939-08-04

Armed with four-game winning
streak and healthy grip on sixth
place (goodnessD, the Nationals to-
day were to 60 out and meet the
Chicago White SoX in the opener of
a three-game series. Meeting the
White Sox is considerably easier for
the Nationals than beating them.
for the Sox, although generally
rated on par or even lower than
the Harrismen in the preseason
estimates, have won II of IA battles
with the Mats this year.
Inability to lick the White Sox
has cost the Washington firm much
in recent years. AS the Griffs go
into this current series they are
not in the best of shape. In trying
for clean sweep over the Browns,
following Joe Krakauskas' victory
over the Indians in a series finale
Manager Bucky Harris worked his
best pitchers to the utmost. He
pitched Krakky. Ken Chase, Dutch
Leonard and Krakky again-his Big
Three-in order to gain the four
game winning streak and now. as
the SoX invade, he must rely tenn
porarily on the secondstring gang.
That is why Alexandra Carrasquel
the South American. was going to
do the Washington pitching today.
At least, Alex was to start. 1t has
been a long time between drinks
for the elderly Venezuelan. The
last time Harris entrusted him with
starting assignment was on July
"A full month-and on that date
the Yankees blasted Alex and his
successors for an 11-to-1 victory.
Mats Getting Surprising Pitching.
No kidding about the Mats, most
of their success this year has been
due to pitching, of all things! The
club used to be known as a good
hitting and fielding outfit, but what
modest success the Harrismen have
enjoyed has been because of good
hurling.
Buddy Myer and Taft Wright are
below their batting averages OF last
year So is Cecil Travis. There is
no Zeke Bonura to pound over runs,
and there is no Al Simmons. A year
ago Sammy West was banging the
ball, but now Sans average is 281,
and President Clark Griffith and
Harris, in experimenting with
younger men. have come to the
conclusion that West. if given steady
employment, will better by plenty
the stick marks of the pretenders to
the centerfield throne.
The whole business narrows down
to approximately this: The Mats
are not as formidable defensively
and extensively as they were last
year and yet they are occupying the
same position in the league standing
without any material changes in
the personnel of the curving corps.
big Three" Did It.
Chief credit goes to Leonard,
Chase and Krakauskas. The latter,
in hanging up his fifth win in his
last six starts yesterday, was no ball
Evening star., 1939-08-04
Too Much Praise
Stops Arnovich
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Aug. 4-Doc Pro-
thro, manager of the Phillies.
said he had benched Morre
Arnovich, the National Leagues
leading hitter, to spare him from
his friends and to take the pres
sure off him.
There have been too many
presentations at the plate. too
many handshakes, too many
delegations telling him to bear
down for us today" Prothro con-
tinued.
Hes still the best hitter in the
league - (Arnovich's average
is .35D, but all this finally has
made him tighten up and go into
a tailspin on hitting. He went
q times with no hits, so I de-
cided to give him a rest. He'll
probably be back Saturday
against st. Louis"