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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-05
Good Taste Today

House meant unlimited hoSpltall-
ty. The great hostesses Of the
South kept open house. This
meant that their most intimate
friends were welcome to come to
meals or even to come and stay
for many days without further
invitation. In this present day,
open House" means house
opened for inspection. In Massa-
chusetts, where l own a very old
house, it has been one among
others opened on one day to the
public for the benefit of the hospi-
tai. Tickets are sold admitting
their holders to go through ten
houses My own house is always
completely open including cellar,
attic-even all closets, open
House" can mean the friendlier in
spectlon of the house of a bride
and groom or the new house of
anyone else. Usually this is called
a house warming The words
AT home" mean come to see us
on that particular afternoon or
evening" They hold no promise
of letting you go through the
house.
In its strictly correct meaning,
the term formal dinner" is un-
derstood by so few outside of
diplomatic and official circles, that
it often seems Of questionable
value to keep on explaining that
a formal dinner" is a dinner of
ceremony, and its details are def
nitely prescribed. There should
not be less than twelve guests, it
should be served by men. Qts SER
vice might be just as perfect
even more So-served by women,
but its rating would become in
formaD. To the person, there
fore, who asks: rs it possible to
/ give formal dinner with the
service of only one maid ?" the
answer is no not if you insist
on the word formal. OF course,
the answer is, you can give a
charming dinner (formality has no
lien on the quality of charm j.,
perfect in every respect-so why
not forget the stumbling block of
a really useless word?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-05
BY EMILY POST

I want to begin this column
today by thanking the reader who
has called my attention to the
puzzling mistake that occurred in
my daily article of a few weeks
ago. The 'puzzling' part of it was
that not only did l fail to notice
what 1 had written, but neither
Miss Kent nor other members of
my office noticed it either until
the arrival of this letter: Having
no time to read it that day, l put
away your article about the bride
in everyday dress which appeared
several weeks ago, until this
morning. I thoroughly approve of
your broadminded, sympathetic
point of view and of your helpful
suggestions, but / can't under
stand one detail: / have always
thought that the maid Tor matron)
of honor walked Immediately
ahead of the bride and her father
in the procession. In other words,
| thought the ushers came first;
then the bridesmaids: then the
maid of honor followed by the
flower girl if there was one), and
last but not least, the bride. But
in your article to which I refer,
the maid of honor walked at the
head of the bridesmaids. Has the
old order been changed, or can 1t
be that / have always been wrong
about this ,"
In answer to this reader, I have
already implied that she is en-
tirely right about the order of
the procession. How l ever wrote
"ushers, maid of honor, and then
/ the bridesmaids" ins I e a d OF
bridesmaids and then the maid
of honor" l can't explain. Except
that bridesmaids being the hither-
/ to tabu addition to the wedding
.
of bride not in white, l uncons-
ciously put them in the emphasiz-
ed position. Carefully then, the
correct order of the procession is:
first, ushers, two by two, then
bridesmaids. two by two, than
maid of honor, then flower girl
Cor ring bearer or both together)
and last the bride on her fathers
COR nearest reiative's) arm.
open HOUSE"
Dear Mrs. Post: Will you please
send us some more information
about an open House" type of
party?
Answer: The original and cor
/ rect meaning Of the term open
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-05
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. SERIAL STORY
Ticket to Hollywood
COPYRIGHT. 1870
NEA SERVICE. INC.

THE road to purgatory is paved
with good intentions" Aunt Hat
said sententiously.
John Weston said, Don't worry,
Francie. Gusty will work out his
own salvation. Whatever his faults,
the boy is self-reliant. Now let's
have a bite of supper and go to
bed. Wen need an early start
to make Hollywood by day after
tomorrow"
But, Pops"
mo. Francine. I've made up
my mind"
In the coffee shop Francie tried
to force down some supper. but
each bite choked her. Her con-
ception of prison life had been de-
rived mainly from sensational
movies. She saw Gusty locked up
in dirty cell discovering that
she had taken the ticket. She saw
him, disillusioned and bitter,
launching himself upon career
of crime.
She simply had to do something.
And then it came to her in flash.
II she told Pops about taking the
ticket he might help Gusty.
Aunt Hat went to her room TO
write postcards. John Weston set
tied himself in the lobby with his
pipe. Francie sat by his side whis-
Ting up her courage. Pops would
be angry over what she'd done,
but for Gustys sake she forced
herself to confess.
He listened, taking slow, meas
ured puffs on his pipe. When she
had finished he said. I'm sorry
you did that, Francie.'
But, Pops. it was just as much
mine as his"
Perhaps. That hardly excuses
your behavior. Don't You see
what's going to happen? Gusty'
making this trip with the idea that
he will be reimbursed for broad
casting. Suppose he doesn't dis
cover the loss of his ticket until
the night OF the program Being
broke almost 1000 miles from
home is no picnic"
John Weston arose. knocked out
his pipe. He said brusquely, I'm
going over to the Jail, Francie
Take the key to my room and wait
for me there. / want to talk to
you.'
Francie moved restlessly about
the room. Her father had beer
gone only a few minutes. but il
seemed like hours. She looked
down into the street. A familiar
name flashed at her from the
marquee OF the local movie.
Jerry Finney. :. Francie hadn''
thought of him all day. And now
she was only a few hundred miles
from Jerry. She slid her fingers
into her pocket and felt the ticket
Like magnet it drew hei
thoughts away from Gusty, made
her almost forget that she carec
for him.
Everything was 20 terribly
mixed up. Jerry, Gusty - eacf
pulling her in different direction
Francie threw herself on the bed
her mind in a whirl.
John Weston returned muci
later. well. Francie, caught tbs
justice Of the peace at his home
finally talked him into letting
ME pay Gusty's fine in advance
1 left $40 with him, but he won
release Gusty until morning. WI
both agreed that night in lai
might cool the boy down. I didn'
see Gusty. but left word for hin
TO come 10 the hotel as soon a!
he was released"
Francie threw her arms arounC
his neck, kissed him. "Oh, Pops
that was swell of you"
Before Gusty comes. you'v'
Continued on Page 10. Column S
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-05
CINEMATIC BROTHERS

Two offspring of famous acting
fathers, Wallace Reid, jr., son of
the silent star, and Victor Kilian,
jr., son of the character actor of
stage and screen, team as brothers
in Gold Rush Maisie."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-05
CAST OF CHARACTERS
BY w. n. PEARS

CAST OF CHARACTERS
FRANCIE wESTON-A girl with
voice and ambition TO crash the
GUsTY GAIR-Garage mechanic
who can give out on trumpet,
JERRY FINNEY Movieland's
youngest glamour man.
YESTERDAY: Francie drives for
Gusty and they have delightful
day. AT dusk they reach the noun
tains. park on curve. Gusty is
lust about to kiss Francie when a
state trooper interrupts. lectures
Gusty for parking on a curve. Gusty
talks back and the trooper threatens
fine and night in jail.
CHAPTER VIII
Breathlessly Francie dashed into
the hotel. Her father and Aunt
Hat were seated in a lobby bril-
liant with Indian rugs and pot
terry. She told them about Gusty
in rush of words.
John Weston frowned. "Gusty's
becoming n problem. I'm sorry
the boy showed such poor judg-
ment. But perhaps this will be a
lesson to him."
"You-you mean you won't help
him ?" Francie gasped.
I'm not sure ought to. dear.
Mr.. Weston said. "Gusty's a guest
of this state. The officer was only
doing his duty. Gusty should learn
to obey the rules without squawk'
ing"
"Oh, Pops" France moaned
'he-he didn't mean TO lose his
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-05
TEST QUESTION ANSWERS

Below are the answers 10 test
questions printed on the editorial
page:
/. Greek Orthodox.
2. Thirteen.
8. Mouth.
4. Felix.
5. Artie Shaw
6. 1t is a register of deaths,
obituary notice.
Z. Rome.
8. konrad Henlein.
9. Stephen Grover Cleveland.
10. Reno.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-05
Mother Presents Problem of Her
Right TO "Selfish" Vacation
Wants TO Get Away With Her Husband for Two
Weeks and Worries Because Family Is Critical
BY CYNTHIA GREY

Because most mothers only too willing to sacrifice
their pleasures and comfort in order everyone
in the family happy find families only ready impose
upon the little woman of the house
This all wrongunfar to the mother and wrong for the
family because it allows imposing members drift into
lazy habit of taking mother for granted
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-05
"OPEN HOISE'

Dear Mrs. Post; Will you please
send us some more information
about an open House" type of
party?
Answer: The original and cor
rect meaning Of the term open
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Evening star., 1940-11-22
Dorothy Dix Says >>>
Love Is Tricky and Symptoms
Often Are Unrecognized

don't know whether this con-
geniality, this happiness In being to-
gether. this desire to protect and
care for the other, is love or not.
The poor dears don't know that
they have a chronic case that will
only end in death.
1t Is only the very young who
believe that every passing fancy is
a great love, and it is only boys and
girls who never question how much
love 1t takes to make a marriage a
success.
I get hundreds of letters from
middle-aged men and women who
ask if warm friendship can be
a substitute for a romantic love.
They admire and respect each
other. They have mutual interests.
They enjoy being together. They
could save each other from lonely
old ages.
Yet because they are so sold on
the Hollywood Interpretation of love
as a long-drawn-out kissing con-
test they hesitate to get married.
They forget that there are many
kinds Of love and that our tastes
in love change with the years.
When we are mature calf love no
more appeals to us than do the
gooey ice cream sodas we relished
In our teens.
They also forget that every happy
marriage settles down into a glori-
fed friendship after the honeymoon
has set. The romance Is bound to
end. The glamour to fade. In the
fierce light that beats upon domes-
ITCHY a man and women see each
other as they are-sick, troubled,
tired, unshaven, with curl papers,
with tempers that fray at times:
nobody's idea of a fairy prince or
princess.
But they also see each other as
working, sacrificing. loving. comfort
ing: the one person of whom they
never tire, the one person who would
stand by them if all the world
turned against them. No man and
woman who have a friendship for
each other need be afraid to trust
it. 1t will not fail them.
Love is such q tricky thing and
has so many faces it is no wonder
that we do not always recognize it,
but there is one infallible test we
can apply when we are in doubt as
to our feelings.
If it makes us want to roll up
our sleeves and 60 to work to do
something for John or Mary, we've
got it. DOROTHY DIX.
Evening star., 1940-11-22
Faultfinding
At Table Is
Bad Taste
Seek Privacy When
Teaching a Child
Good Manners
BY ANGELO PATRI.

There are houses where mealtime
Is a nightmare because of the chill
drens table manners and the in
cessant faultfinding of their parents
"Susie, how many times am I to
tell you to close your mouth when
you eat?" For heavens sake, Rob-
ert, keep your fingers out Of your
plate. A pig in the trough has moth
ing on you" There. A perfectly
fresh tableclcth ruined. Leave the
table. You'll never learn"
Corrections such as these are not
going to teach children good table
manners, for they are examples of
the worst possible taste in behavior
at the table.
Children must be taught to eat
properly from the time they first
use spoon and cup until they
are prepared to sit at table with the
finest lady In the land. 1t is then
that they are taught gently and
persistently to keep lips closed when
chewing, to use spoon and fork and
knife correctly, to drink without
choking and swallow without gasp
ing. to keep their hands where they
belong and observe the conventions
of the wen-served table. If this
training is ignored until its lack
makes eating with the children q
trial of the soul, the children are
not to blame. But mealtime is not
the place for correction.
Take the unmannered young
person aside and tell him how his
lack of manners is annoying other
people. Tell him what this ignorance
Is going to cost him. Give him a
book on manners. Then have q
teacher give him lessons in table de-
pertinent, if necessary. Do anything
but pick on him at the table in the
presence of the family and friends
The dinner table is the one place
where the family comes together
during the day. 1t ought to be, IL
must be, an hour of peace, ease
gracious intercourse. The talk
should be light and laughter ought
to be frequent so that the food can
perform its duty of nourishing the
body in health and lifting the spirit
in strength and courage.
This Is easy to say but it is not
always easy to do. Some children
are fussy at mealtime; some use the
occasion to show off, and always tc
their disadvantage. Some of the
adolescent members of the family
take the oportunity the table offers
to indulge their egotism. Every fam
lily meets a problem at mealtime.
There Is no easy remedy, but a
good start can be made by laying
down one law: No faultfinding at
the table. That means that ever
when q child breaks the rule he is
not to be disciplined at the table
but later on when the correction
can be made in private. If this rule
is held from the beginning there
will be few occasions for outbursts
on either side.
Prepare the children for the table
conventions by starting their train
ing when they start eating. Don't
take them to the table before they
are able to sit still and use Their
spoons, forks and cups, easily. Dc
the training on the occasions ths,
offer personal privacy. Set the chill
dren the right example.
Evening star., 1940-11-22
Manners
of the
Moment

A hostess should never urge q
guest to perform. If she has q guest
who sings or plays or gives an imi-
tation Of Oscar Levant, it's all right
for her to ask the guest once to
perform for the party. But once is
enough.
If the guest says no, 1t usually
means that she doesn't want to per-
form before that group or at that
moment or in that place. And the
hostess should ask no questions, but
accept the guests decision. If the
guest is of the type who must be
coaxed into action, the chances are
that her performance is no good
anyhow.
A hostess who takes this attitude
will probably in the long run pro-
duce better performances at her
parties than most. People will know
that they are to be protected when
they sren't In the mood to play their
parlor trick. And yet they will know
that they'll be appreciated when
they are In the mood JEAN.
Evening star., 1940-11-22
That Turkeys Appearance Interesting Possb
Luxury Day
OF Beauty
At Home
Take Brief Siesta
Under Sun Lamp
If Possible
BY PATRICIA LINDSAY.

There is nothing quite 30 appre-
ciated by the majority Of women
than an entire day at q luxury
beauty salon being pampered to
death! For brief day land, indeed.
the hours do fly too quickly) you
feel like the queen of the earth with
uniformed girls dancing willing at
tendance upon you. II you are one
of the fortunates who can AFFORD
the cost of such a day, urge you
to indulge in the experience, for you
come out Of the salon walking on
clouds and very definitely beauty
quite unlike the wilted being who
dragged herself in!
But many of my readers are busy
housewives and business women
who cannot afford such a luxurious
existence. or maybe a salon is far
from you. To those I suggest a
day Of beautifying right In their
own home-even though 1t may be
interrupted now and then by a nee
essary dutyl
You begin with limbering and
stretching exercises to make every
muscle do your will. After 10 min
utes of this you are ready for a
bubbling, fragrant tub. Your cos
metic counter offers delightful
preparations for baths-effervescent,
herbal, bubbles, menthol, or just
plain fragrant oil or salts which
soften the water. For quarter Of
an hour you lie In your chosen
bath letting your body completely
relax. A face cleansing with cream
before you get in is a good idea. and
do pin up your hair so it will be in
curl at the end Of the day.
If doorbells and telephones will
permit it, take brief siesta, after
your Tubing, right in the sun
stretched on a sheet on the floor,
with single blanket over you. OF
course, II you have sun lamp use
that. You are pleasantly anointed
with good after-bath friction and
your skin is tingling from renewed
circulation. Make your mind q
blank and give yourself a true
beauty rest.
All this you may do in the after
noon, and, If you can afford the
time, snooze right up to near the
dinner hour
If your skin needs a good re.
conditioning, you could, of course,
give it thorough massage and tie 1t
up in mask before you sun bathe
Otherwise, give 1t "pick-me-up"
with creams and lotions when you
arise from your nap. The right
foundation for your skin does won
ders for blending makeup, and you
should shop until you find the shade
and consistency best suited to your
skin.
In salons your feet are beautifed,
too, and there Is no reason why
you cannot give them as good a
treatment at home with a rich lubri-
eating cream, q cooling foot lotion
and manicuring aids. Once they are
restored to beauty, 60 over your
fingernails. In fact, you could have
(while you were lolling in your
tub given your hands manicure.
When you do 1t doesn't matter, SO
long as you get them looking nice.
At last you are ready to brush
and comb your hair In a becoming
style and slip into a gown which
you adore. The final touch, for
which you have been grooming so
carefully, is perfume. Wear stimu-
lating, tantalizing scent which lifts
your spirits skyward as you spray it
over you.
After such glorious ritual you
should feel in a conquering mood,
well poised, and eager to test your
allurel
Evening star., 1940-11-22
No Halfway Measures

In the eyes Of other people there
is no such thing as slightly soiled''
clothing. Your dress, collar, stockings
and gloves are either clean or not
clean.
If they are clean you stand much
more than $3.50 chance Of making
a good impression. II not, the odds
are against you every time.
It's foolish to risk making a bad
impression by leaving doubt about
the cleanliness Of a garment. There
is only one safe rule about clothing
Anything that is doubtful Is def
nitely too dirty to wear.
Evening star., 1940-11-22

Isn't it strange, considering that
love is the paramount interest OF
our lives and the thing we desire
most, that we know so little about
it? We don't know what love is.
We have no reliable recipe for win
ming 1t or keeping it. We don't
know how much love we should
have to marry on, nor what kind
nor quality. We don't know whether
it is more dangerous in youth or
age. We don't even know how to
tell with certainty whether we have
it or not. There are those who
contend that love is succession
of thrills, of going hot and cold an1
palpitating at the sound of foot
step. Others say that love Is a
calming draught that gives you a
sort of satisfied, I-have-found-
what-I've- been -looking-for feeling.
Some assert that jealousy is nee
essary part of love. Others that
love has to be founded on respect.
Some hold that you should not
count the cost of love. While others
believe that In love you should be
very sure you are getting your
moneys worth. and that before you
invest your all in 1t you should be
certain 1t is what you want and
that 1t Is all-wool and q yard wide
and won't run or shrink or fade in
the wash of marriage. With all
these conflicting opinions about love,
it is not surprising that SO many
people find difficulty in diagnosing
their symptoms and determining
whether that fluttery feeling in their
breasts when some particular he
or she Is about is the result Of a
sudden heart attack or too much
steak for dinner, and whether the
treatment indicated is wedding
or bicarbonate of soda.
Nor is 1t surprising that so many
men and women believe they have
contracted a mortal love-sickness
every time they run a temperature
over some charmer, but who find
that what ails them yields to the
absent treatment, and is completely
cured by marriage.
Nor, inasmuch as there are people
who have imaginary diseases and
other people who have fatal mala-
dies that they never even suspect
Is it strange that there are many
men ano women who are deeply
passionately in love without know
ing it. They do not have hectic
chills and fevers at the thought of
John or Mary. Their appetites are
unaffected.
They still take an interest in
their business and going to the
movies. They wouldn't think of
committing suicide If anything un-
toward happened to the man or
woman who, somehow, just rounds
out life for them and makes every
thing worth while.
And because they haven't the
symptoms of the grand passion, as
set down In novels and poems, they