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Evening star., 1940-08-06

When join these exquisite motifs together before
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work Editor Of The Evening Star.
Evening star., 1940-08-06
Manners
Of the
NJ O m e n t

Some mothers I know fret because
they claim they can't seem to teach
their children how to be good hosts
and hostesses to other peoples
children.
They tell me that their children
are positively mean to guests a
year younger than they. And to
guests that are a year older they
act insipid. They don't seem to
have any spunk or personality.
OF course, don't claim to know
how you make people out of chill
dren. But I've had some experience
with immediate emergencies q.
and I've discovered that the promise
of an ice cream cone will work
wonders.
Perhaps it isn't ethical to bribe a
child. But I doubt if it's ethical to
force him to be nice to a child he
dosen't like, anyhow. So If it's a
matter of parents pride, and the
parents desire to impress another
parent, I'd say a slight bribe would
tide everyone over for an hour or
two.
OF course, If your principles are
sufficiently lofty, and you refuse
to bribe your children, then you'll
Just have to take the consequences.
You'll have to be willing to face a
break with the mother Of the un-
wanted child guest
TEAM
Evening star., 1940-08-06

neckline, the sweet blouse has frills
that ripple down the front and
frame your face like a calyx.
The tiny bow is final and de-
lightful touch Of coquetry. Polka dot
or printed silk, plain linen, spun
rayon, or thin wool are smart for
the skirt and bolero; dimity, fiat
crepe, organdy or linen for the
blouse.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1944-B
is designed for sizes II, 13, Is, II and
10. Corresponding bust measure
ments %, 81, 33, IS and 81. Size 13
(3D requires 425 yards of 39-inch
material without nap for suit; Ia
yards for blouse; ~ yards machine
ruffing to trim; IA yards ribbon.
Have you sent Is cents for your
fall and winter pattern book? It's
brimming over with smart fashions
and clever ideas for gifts to wear
and to use-more than 100 fascinat-
ing designs! Every one OF these
carefully planned. accurately cut
patterns is easy to make. Each Is
accompanied by step-by-step sew
chart to guide beginners.
Evening star., 1940-08-06

Mr.. Patri has prepared a leaf
let entitled Helpful Habits" In
which he tells parents how to set
and maintain good habits. Send
for it, addressing your request to
Mr.. Angelo Patri, care The Eve
ming Star. Inclose a self-ad-
dressed, stamped (3-cent) en-
velope.
Evening star., 1940-08-06
BY FRANCESCA MCKINNEY.

BY FRANCESCA MCKINNEY.
Keep picked beets in glass on
the shelf, to add an epicurean and
decorative note to any dinner
party. -.
Knitting boxes covered in gayly
colored cretonnes are more con-
venient than bags to carry your
knitting in. Smaller boxes make
ideal containers for needlework .
Instead of wrapping your shoes
in tissue paper for travelling, pack
them in shoe mittens. This method
eliminates all the trouble and con-
fusion of torn, crumpled paper, and
the search for a new supply when
repacking. :.
One of the new Lucite tie racks
shaped like an "S," with tiny prongs
protruding from each angle of the
letter, will keep large tie ward
robe in perfect order >.
If it is too hot to do much bak-
ing, and the family insists on hot
rolls, there's a place in town that
turns out panfuls of the real
homemade type that are delicious
For a change, you might choose
plain or sugar-covered cinnamon
Try making your own bathroom
rugs for fun and economy! Can
vases come in various shapes and
sizes, while the threads are avail
able in exquisite clear colors. You
may select your own color combi-
nation and set to work. These make
fine gifts, too. =.
A table bell in the form of a
hoop-skirted lady, in f1owered silk,
is attractive for the breakfast tray,
and very useful.
Three puppies looking over a
fence. done in plaster, make charm
Ing book ends for child's room.
The next time you plan a party
or picnic, and balk at the work
involved, order your sandwiches
made for you. This can be done
very reasonably, and the sand
wiches are delicious and varied.
And how grandmother would
love a loaf of homemade salt ris-
ing bread. ..
Evening star., 1940-08-06
Dorothy Dix Says go
Men Should Remember There Is
Romance in Even Small Gift

Most of them nave passed the en-
tire feminine sex of as just a
conundrum that they didn't even
try to guess.
Yet every mans happiness de-
pends upon his having, at least, a
working knowledge of his wife's
temper and temperament and being
able to guess which way the cat is
going to jump. You would think
that even a male moron would see
the Importance of that, but even
the highbrows don't. Not right
bright in 'em, is it?
Now take this matter Of gifts, for
instance, which causes men so much
bewilderment and women so many
tears. Men can't, for the life of
them, see why women put so much
stress on presents and why they
feel themselves so much ill-used
and neglected If friend husband
doesn't come across with some
souvenir of the occasion on birth
days and anniversaries.
Nor can they understand why an
opAACA WloC tlI ivy WOIlldu SOCS 1IlOO
Mysteries Of joy when her husband
brings home to her 50-cent box
Of candy, while she doesn't even say
thank you" for a SO steak.
To him gift is a gift, and if the
little woman gets the dinner ring,
or the evening gown, or the electric
refrigerator, he doesn't see why It
makes any difference to her whether
he gave her a check and told her
to go and buy whatever she wanted,
or surprised her with it.
But to a woman a gift isn't just
something out of the stores. 1t is
romance. 1t is sentiment, 1t is
the visible proof of her husbands S
thought of her, of his desire to
make her happy. And that is why
she gets a bigger kick out of his
bringing her home a bag of gum
drops than she does in having a
charge account in the largest con-
fectionery in town.
DOROTHY DIX.
Evening star., 1940-08-06


graduate. In some ways, he's worse
off, because he may have acquired
some expensive habits and tastes
while getting his college education.
He also may have built up an idea
that the world owes him job be-
cause he's been to college, and a
disdain for jobs he would willingly
take if he hadn't spent four years
on some university campus.
Nor will college diploma neces-
sarily increase your earning power,
although often it does. Yet the
average income of all doctors and
all lawyers in the country-most of
whom have received seven years
of higher education-is less than
that of many a skilled worker who
never attended college. In any COM
munity you can find dozens of men
who went to work after leaving high
school, and eventually acquired good
jobs, or businesses of their own.
Often they could buy and sell most
Of their neighbors with college
degrees.
A lot of young people continue
their educations because college
gives them social background and
something which they think of
vaguely as culture. The first is
a sound reason-with plenty of
exceptions. We know lots of COL
lege graduates whose social rating
is nothing to get excited about, and
whose culture is conspicuous only by
its absence. And we also know some
people who never saw the inside of
college classroom, but who rank
well socially, and who have ac-
quired genuine culture through we'll
directed reading.
Many girls go to college for the
perfectly legitimate purpose of find
ing possible husband. If you have
that idea in mind, consciously or
unconsciously, you'd better pick
your college carefully. For instance,
girls who attend Middle Western
co-educational universities do far
better in the misunderstanding line
than do co-eds at Eastern schools
or students at women's colleges.
So far we've probably seemed
pretty negative in our attitude to-
ward higher education. But we've
merely been trying to clear away
some of the false notions that may
be clouding your thinking. We be-
ieve that the one good reason for
spending the time and money that
four-year college course con-
sumes, is a serious desire to get an
education.
If you have that desire, then
we think you should make every
effort necessary to realize your
ambition. But if it's absent, if you
don't much care whether you ever
crack another textbook or not
we'd look with dubious eye on your
college plans.
Americas rapidly developing de-
Evening star., 1940-08-06

Dear Miss Dix-Is there any way
to let man know that even If
he can't give you the moon that
you would appreciate pinch Of
stardust? If woman loves man.
it isn't the amount of money he
spends on her that makes her
happy. 1t Is just some little act
of thoughtfulness, some sign he
makes that he is thinking Of her.
My fiance is a struggling student
who has to count his pennies care
fully, but because he can't send
me dozen long-stemmed roses
from the florist, he never gives me
a flower, but Id be thrilled to
death If some day he would bring
me a scent bunch of violets that
he had bought on the street. 1t
rather frightens me to face the
future with some one who will al
ways be regretful that he can't
give me the things he would like
to give me, and who entirely over
looks the little surprises that keep
romance alive and married life
from becoming humdrum and
Sordid. EDITH.
Answer-Whenever 7 am tempted
to bow down before the mighty
masculine intellect, as I am when
I behold a giant clipper spreading
its wings in the sky, or I hear
music coming out of the air from
nowhere, or when I contemplate
some vast business enterprise mott
vated by a single human brain,
I am shocked into a realization
that men are not so hot after all,
and get up and dust of my knees
when I see how stupid they are in
dealing with women.
For in all the millions of years
since the first woman was created
to be the companion of the first
man, men have devoted themselves
to the study Of every science and
art, but only a few of them have
ever given more than one lobe of
their brains to the study of women.
Evening star., 1940-08-06
Washable Gloves

There's nothing like spanking
white gloves to give a woman that
enviable lady-of-quality look. AS
long as they are clean they adorn
smart hands and keep them from
becoming moist and uncomfortable.
This means having several pairs
so that fresh ones will always be
ready. If they are whisked through
abundant soapsuds and lukewarm
water after each days duty they
will wash in jiffy and wear re-
markably we'll.
After the first sudsing the gloves
should be turned inside out and put
through a second suds bath to make
sure that dirt and perspiration are
loosened and ready to be rinsed
away.
Evening star., 1940-08-06

round in suitable fabrics. Muffs will
accompany all types of costumes and
jewels especially designed for furs
are new.
Dolly Tree at M-G-M advocates
the use Of black with yellow, shorter
skirts, longer suit jackets, draped
lines for afternoon and evening,
and the return of the short, straight
bob!
Universals Vera West urges the
use of bright tangerine wool for
pan-Americanism, while Brunette
Renie at R-K-O looks for dolman
sleeves, kimono models for fall. TN
everything except classic sports" "
she declares, "the emphasis will be
on the bustline. Waists will be
small, necklines high and skirts will
be full, but not pleasantly with the
fullness coming from subtle cutting,
panels, impressed pleats. Lots of
jersey will be seen with high necks
and long sleeves for evening
And there you have the picture
from the Coast. It's an intriguing
one and shows, for the most part,
how the designers are evidently
working and thinking together. This
is important, for without it we can
never hope to compete with the
French couture which worked closely
and comparatively to make their
fashion leadership assured. The
Hollywood designers and those in
New York are perfectly capable of
turning out exquisite. important
designs in good taste, but it will be
a hard pull before anything near
perfection is achieved.
Remember that when you hear
what Hollywood is doing, you can
compare it in the same light that
you once took news from Paris. 1t
is not to be expected that most of
us will own an original Milo Ander-
son any more than most of us could
have owned an original Lanvin,
Patou or Lelong. Nevertheless, the
influence of these clothes will be
found in merchandise of every price
range and the styles incorporated
into the exclusive" models will be
equally as evident in those not quite
so remote.
Evening star., 1940-08-06

goOQ many lncneS, ne says. line
slim-lined skirt follows naturally
and I believe this is going to be a
welcome change from the f1ared
and full skirt so long popular. The
bouffant will continue for evening
wear, but the draped slim silhouette
Is going to pass it by. Simple,
tailored materials will be smart for
evening. The casual shirtwaist
frock, pet of every season, will have
a new blousy top. Simplicity, good
taste will rule the fashion scene in
days like these"
Edith Head Of Paramount feels
that clothes should be "chic. cheer
full, subtly conservative, but at no
time military" She, too, likes the
blousy look and slim skirt effect,
approves of capes and lumberjackets,
often fur-trimmed. A covered-up
look for evening is also heralded.
M. G. MS Adrian sees future
for white wool suits for winter,
often frightened by embroidery or a
combination of two fabrics and
colors. He expects the flngertip
jacket to lead, but anticipates the
return of the shorter length. A
slim short skirt will be good; brown
tinged in henna shades excellent;
draped gowns instead of little-9irl
bouffant dresses will appear. The
Swing" which has left dresses will
appear in back fared sport swaggers
over slim suits. Hats will be rather
large.
Skirts will go to 18 inches if the
wearer can take it, feels Travis
Banton of Goth Century Fox, and
will be cut with slight but far from
exaggerated flares.
Also at Warner Bros. Howard
Shoup feels that styles are return
ing to the 1914 era. THE hobble
skirt is modified with a slit, the
bloused bodice with slender skirt.
the peg-top, the fur stole and the
feather boa styled like a shawl"
At the same studio, Milo Ander-
son comments on the use of high
colors toned down, since no one
wants to look as drab as his thoughts
these days" He is against seasonal
colors, believing that If blue is your
shade you may wear 1t all year
Evening star., 1940-08-06
Hollywood Designers Predict Outstanding Fashion Influences
Slim Skirts Are Forecast
AS a Complete Change
From Swing Styles
Bloused Effect Also Favored;
Draped Models for Evening
Wear Seen as Important
By HELEN VOGT.

Across the country In straight line the ahplane flies there's
much excitement little settlement
that the of the fashion world
direction looking for style leadership
porariy out of the picture in this field
So go West young would find the fashion influences
that are to play havoc with salary this
wen known HOLLYWOOD designers have free hand with thought Of
involved they clothes the
much modification
public Unfortunately
Rosand Russell though Hollywood
the adaptations should be slightly less spectacular.
little doubt however that these adaptations will be made
that the fall productions of these designers will important role
the fashion picture And speaking that picture here's what the big
names" in Hollywood fashion have to about it:
At Warner Brothers Kelly American fabrics important
Evening star., 1940-08-06
Your College Diploma No
Passport to a Fine Job;
Other Chances Good
Desire for knowledge Is Only
Real Reason for Continuing
Higher Education Today

The percentage high school graduates who enter college
rising steadily during
the United
all graduates public college
So continued their educations institutions
contrast with college per
institutions in 1888.
AS result Of this trend of other factors lines
coegeraned employees ovecowded
certainly today-athough jobs
1910 graduates than
you're debating you go college
let the employment situation weigh making
lot of people continued school during
But actually they weren't avoiding the problem they
and spending lot of their hdearned
process
doubtful graduate
Evening star., 1940-08-06
BY BARBARA BELL.

This clever design puts together
three things that Juniors love and
look best ina jumper skirt, frilly
blouse and brief bolero! And that
makes it a bargain in fashion, if
ever there was one. Such charming
fashion, too! The jumper is cut on
a true princess line, very slim and
fitted at the waist, and the bolero
stops just at the right length to show
of that sl:nness. Cut high at the
Evening star., 1940-08-06

fense plans are going to open
thousands of opportunities to young
people who have only high school
educations. Specialized training will
be offered to you near your own
home-vocational training which
will be very valuable to you in
years to come. The Nation will
probably need the services of every
capable young man and woman In
the country before the present
emergency Is over. So it's no longer
choice between going to college
and loafing.
College offers wonderful oppor-
tunities to the boy or girl who is
interested in studying-whose mind
is thirsty for additional knowledge
of some particular field and of
the world in general. If you're
that kind of boy or girl, by all
means, go! If you're not, we think
that both you and society in gen.
eral will be better off if you stay
home.
Our Facts for Freshmen"
leaflet gives young people just
entering college dozens of valu-
able tips, on everything from
clothes to fraternities. Get 1t
by sending 5 cents Stamps or
coin) to Kay Caldwell and Alden
Harrison, In care of this news
paper.
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ocratic, far more so than his ira
ducers, he has heard himself called
all the undemocratic names in the
book.
If, for instance, I make a pic
ture intimating that we could make
our systeo. work more effectively"
he says, y accused of everything
all the VI o being against CAPT.
taism. i rle of the big studios,
backed. of Course by the powerful
banking institutions, makes the
same kind of picture, it N quite all
right. One of the best things, I
think, that has happened 20 the
industry was the production Of
Grapes of Wrath zanuck, goth
Century Fox and the backing banks
could do that. I could not have.
THE only ones who can be safely
independent, therefore, are the
great studios, to whom the word as
generally used does not apply"
y v X X
Wanger, who will be in Washing
ton for several days, is convinced
the movies can be an indispensable
agency of help in awakening Amer
lea from the apathy which has held
it since the World War.
You can't preserve the Ameri-
can tradition merely by passing
$4,000, 100000 defense bill and a
CONSUMPTION act" he told his Varie-
ty audience. That can be done
only by defining the American ira
dition and making it the most i'm
portant thing in the individuals
life. The radio can do much, but
it is limited in its influence to the
homes of those who have radio sets.
The press can do much, but 1t also
is circumscribed. The movies can
do more than either if they can
be freed from the accusation of
propaganda every time they are
written around an idea"
y x
Bulletin board: East Lynne" will
require a third week at the Road
side to dispose of the public inter-
est in it. The third week will
be the one beginning Monday. :.
Eileen Ritter, Earle's sing-a-solg
girl, fully recovered from that ap-
pendectomy, will be back at her
microphone Friday. The songs,
incidentally, will be Dixie in flavor,
a sound idea in view of the screen
attraction, THE Towards of Vir-
ginia." June Forrest, Earle's
vocal star from Friday to next
Thursday, will arrive here tomor-
row. It's to make an appear
ance on the Dreams Come True"
program. Station WRC.
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to be low because of the long-range
camera. hope the boys are well
insured!
A brief peep into the "Kitty
Foyle" set at R-K-O finds Dennis
Morgan making love to- Ginger
Rogers via the dictaphone In his
Office. Ginger's hair is still fairly
dark-though not black as in
Lucky Partners" 1t is now the
color Of Loretta Young's. This was
as far as Ginger would go to tighten
her locks.
Il have some lovely love scenes
with Ginger" gloats Dennis Morgan.
Here's how he sums up Miss Rogers:
"She knows what she's about. No
wavering like so many of the others
in Hollywood"
The picture is still minus one
leading man, but Morgan jeers al
the theory of a shortage of Holly
wood males. 81 know 20 men who'd
be good for the part-if they got
the chance" he tells me. ANY man
can get contract. That's easy
They'll sign you up at the drop OF
request No, the hard thing is
getting some pictures to do. Sue
cess in Hollywood" he concludes, sis
just question of luck" Morgan is
80 years old, but looks younger, is
married, has two Small children
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q chip on his shoulder for any one
IN the group which classes all idea
pictures as propaganda. Using MI.
smith Goes to Washington" as
ease in point, he struck out with a
defense of Frank Capra'S MIN
hero as a Senator who at least was
not like Rush Holt and Robert Rey-
nolds." (Seated at his right, and
the recipient of a courteous bow
from the speaker, was Senator
Hanry F. Ashurst, who introduced
Wanger at the Variety meetlngO
Z Little patience has Wanger, too,
With the attitude of those in the
movie business that the public now
needs "escapist" entertainment. The
attitude that calls for such films,
he says, is precisely the one that
makes victory simple for tyranny.
sUnwittingly," he declares, people
Who encourage the notion that there
IS room for no other kind of pic
ture are serving as kind of fifth
columnist.'
y For a parallel, Wanger cited the
case of Japans puppet State, Man
Ghukuo.
9 There" he says, "the japanese
are encouraging the sale of dope to
the natives, thus to enable them to
Awe the illusion of the good life.
.Escapist movies, as formula, serve
the same purpose here"
X X X x
= The producer whose Foreign Cor
respondent" is currently one of the
most talked of films in the country,
IS convinced that America needs to
fedefine many of its standard terms.
K One of them is independent" as
applied specifically to motion pic
lure producers. AS an independent
and the producer of pictures which
Suggest thinking to an audience
1as they provide entertainment to
!that audience. Wanger knows all
s1he accusations which fall to the
lot of such pioneers. Fiercely dem
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and q cold that descended on him
at the beginning of the picture.
\ n -
Linda Darnell is working hard
the day I visited her at goth Gen.
tury-Fox. In the morning she is
the sweetheart Of Tyrone Power in
THE Californian" In the after
noon she is married to Henry Fonda
in Chad Hanna" Linda is bearing
up nicely under the strain of being
loved by two such gorgeous men.
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outside the hospital room. But in
stead of waiting for trial, Freddie
grabs Won Stroheim and with him
plunges to death from a seven-story
window.
II suppose you'll do that scene
yourself?" I ask Mr.. March, with
a straight face. Not for million
dollars" says Freddie fervently.
Come here, and I'll show you how
high the jump is" He takes me
outside. The jump will start from
the top of the sound stage. Two
stunt men will make the leap for
$500 each per leap. They will fall
into a thin, but strong (they hope,
net near the ground. The net has
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Keith's When the Daltons
Rode" life and times of some we'll
known bandits: II: so am, 1:50. $50,
$50, 7:50 and $50 pm. March of
Time: 1880 am, 1870, $50. $50,
7:30 and $50 pm.
CapitoI-"Captain Caution" adj
venture on the high seas: II am,
las, 4:30, 7:05 and 9:55 pm. Stage
shows: 1910, 3:25, $40 and 1855
pm.
Metropolitan-"They Drive by
Night" and find excitement hauling
produce: Ills am, lao, 3:25. $50,
TAO and Gas pm.
Columbia-"I Love You Again"