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than in an all-in-tone that is toe
short and too tight and which Gre
ates bulges of flesh at the top of
the figure and on thighs just below
the bottom of the garment.
Slips should be shortened from
the bottom - not hauled up by
shortening of shoulder straps
That is, unless straps need it.
Skirt bands should be tight
enough to keep the top of the
skirt sngly about the waistline
If the band slips dowkn to rest on
hipbones, hemline is more than
likely to sag.
KEEP SKIRTS
BELOW KNEES
Dresses - unless they fall into
the dirndl category-ought to fit
smoothly, but not snugly across
hips. Hemlines at the moment are
between Is and II inches from the
floor, depending on the shape of
your legs. There's the right length
for every figure, and it's smart
girl who decides which is right for
her.
incidentally, don't let the news
that skirts will get shorter and
shorter encourage you to shorten
your hemlines into your knee
caps show when you walk. Smart
women are not wearing their
dresses to their knees. Not yet.
Wait until they do before you
shorten yours to the point Of max
ing yourself conspicuous.
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inability to perceive from what
direction sound comes, say when
one among a group OF people
speaks to you or when some one on
the street yells Look out" Still
/ do not believe my labyrinthiae
(nerve or internal earl deafness
had anything to do with my little
bout, although in Meniere's syn
drome there is usually such deafness
in the corresponding ear and per-
silent tinnitus as well.
The great Prof. Charcot, famous
French neurologist, recommended
six grains of quinine, twice daily,
at meal-tme, for fifteen days, as
a remedy for Meniere's syndrome.
After the fifteen days course the
quinine should be discontinued for
eight days, and then another fifteen
days course taken. -Four or five
periods of such alternate or on-and-
off quinine treatment generally re-
suited in cure, in the experience of
Charcot. The head noises and the
vertigo may seem aggravated at
first, but this effect presently sub
sides and gratifying relief follows.
Convenient way to take six grains
of quinine twice daily for fifteen
days would be in the form of two
grain capsules Of quinine sulfate OF
two-grain tablets of quinine sui
phate-three capsules or three tabs
lets for each dose. The f1fteen-days
course would require 80 such tab
lets or capsules. :
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She wants to look both smart and
pretty, so she chooses the new
pompadour style hat, designed es-
pecially to go with the pOmpadOur
cOiffureS so fashionable right now.
This one is made of gold velvet
and gains a crisp look from its
brown taffeta bow.
a hat that makes her look more
glamorous, more lovely than she
looks without it." So it seems like
ly the hats women call amusing
and men call "crazy" will go right
on being designed.
The attractive designer does
feel, however, that hat designers
and couture designers will have
a better chance of getting together
on their ideas in the future than
they had in the past, and that as
result, Mrs. Americas bonnet and
Mrs. Americas couture will look
as though they were meant for each
other.
In her own fall collection, Sally
Victor proves how boundless is the
field of American influence. Some
of her hats were inspired by the
demure little bonnets of the early
day Mormon women. Some by the
high-crowned hats of the Mormon
men.
In the collection are hats with
dashing, upturned Rough Rider
brims. And on several of her hats
she has put gay feathers to as
challenging use as ever did the
American Indian
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CAROLINE CHATFIELD.
Ni.. AsS'~8 +
GAY KIDDIE STYLE
WITH SQUARE YOKE
PATTERN 973

What mother can resist the fun of
dressing up her small daughter n
pretty frocks? It's TWICE as en-
joyable If you make her clothes
yourself and Pattern 973, by
Claire Tilden, is perfect way to be-
gin. The accompanying Sew Chart
will show you just how to quickly
stitch up those panellel lines. You
might like the side panels, both
front and back, cut on basis. The
yokes follow the square shape of the
neckline with beguiling effect. Do
remember to add the tiny rounded
pockets for dainty touch. Stitch up
two versions of this small charmer:
one in a gay all-over print; the
other in darker fabric with just the
yokes and the brief pulled sleeves
in print contrast. Use crisp ruffles
of embroidery at the pocket tops and
the armhole seams-or have lace at
pockets, sleeves and neckline. You'll
get just as much pleasure from
this dress as your little girl
will get in wearing it!
Pattern 973 is cut in children's
sizes 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10. Size 6, dress
with contrast, requires g. yards
IS inch fabric, 3-8 yard contrast
and yard lace edging; other dress,
l ga yards IS inch fabric and ga
yard ruffling.
Send FIFTEEN CENTS (15c) in
coins for this pattern. WRITE
CLEARLY SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS
AND STYLE NUMBER.
Send orders to Waterbury Demo-
crat Pattern Department, 10 Fifth
Avenue, New York, N. Y.
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HOME SERVICE
Poor Manners At Table
Make For Unpopularity

You may not think your escort
would notice a little thing" like
your table manners. But make
slip or two and watch his opinion
of you go down!
A man is embarrassed to be seen
in smart places with a girl who holds
loaded fork in midair as she talks,
keeps her arms crudely propped on
the table.
But unless you're familiar with the
rules it's hard to know what to do.
Perhaps you wonder whether you
should drink from your bouillon cup
Yes, you may. Use spoon until the
broth is cool enough. But never break
crackers into your soup Croutons
or tiny bits of toast may be dropped
in whole.
What to do when a hostess offers
you dish you don't care for? Don't
speak of your dislike. Take a small
quantity and, if necessary, leave it
on your plate.
With etiquette to guide you even
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QUININE FOR MENTERE'S
DISEASE

Meniere's disease or syndrome
(syn-dro-me, accented on first syl-
lable), means group of symptoms
that occur together) is the name by
which we, recognize Characteristic
spells of dizziness of vertigo, accom-
panied in many cases with nausea
and vomiting, pallor, cold sweating,
sometimes headache, sometimes
nystagmus (rapid involuntary os-
cillation Of the eyeballs), sometimes
diarrhea.
Interesting syndrome. Had a
spell of its myself one morning not
long ago-due, believe, to arsenic
poisoning, from too much lead ar
semitic residue left on lettuce, cab
bage and other green salad vege-
tables from spraying in dry
time. Had just rolled my morning
somersaults-but don't try to make
me admit that had anything to do
with it-and was heading for, you
know, the other room, when,
whoops honestly it was worse
than any earthquake I have en-
countered. Had to lie flat, limbs
sprawled wide and hang onto the
floor to keep from falling off in
to space. The attack passed in a
few minutes. Only because I skip
ped breakfast, an unheard of thing
at our house-did my first wife
ring in doctor. Out of consider
alton for my status as patient we
did not discuss Meniere,s disease,
but that's my story and I'm going
to stick to it.
There is no mystery about Me-
niere's syndrome-let's not call it
disease, for in reality it is no
more a definite or specific disease
than is the familiar combination of
headache and malaise.
In some instances physicians be-
lieve Meniere's syndrome is due to
bleeding into the internal ear, the
semicircular canals. These semi
circular canals, two of which, in
each ear, are vertical and at right
angles to each other, one hori-
zontal, are the seat of the sense
of equilibrium and also of the
sense by which one perceives from
which direction sound comes.
Disturbance of the function of the
canals accounts for dizziness or YER
tigo.
I am totally deaf in the left ear,
presumably from injury in a fall
from tree when I was kid -
limb, birds nest, eggs and all. The
most annoying feature of my kind
Of deafness, next to the imbecile
who shouts at you, is precisely the
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Household Hints
BY MARIAN YOUNG
NEA Service STAFF CORRESPONDENT

ANAI<A 0CAN WV osNAAA WA CSNS0AAAAeAAu
New York.-When style-conscious
Mrs. America picks out her first fall
hats, she won't have any dif1culty
finding ones that are beautiful, orig
inal, and just right for her and for
her way Of life.
If she has been wondering what
bonnets will be like, now that Paris,
which influenced even the least ex-
pensive of our hats, is out Of the
fashion picture, she has the word
of American designers that they will
be as beautiful and daring as any,
thing she has ever worn. And, fur
thermore, they will be American to
the last Indian feather.
Sally Victor, nationally known
designer, is convinced American
designers can take over in this
emergency. But" she says, they
should not be regarded as 'emer-
gency designers Why, America
is full of designing talent. All we
need to do is to bring it to the
front.
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QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Arthritis

Our thanks for your practical and
understandable column. Husband
had arthritis for years, many treat-
ments with little result. Persuaded
him to take the vitamin D treatment
as you Suggesed. Benefit has been
almost unbelievable-whole weeks
go by without any sign of stiffness
or pain. Our doctor was much in
terested and urged us to keep on
with it. (K.M.W)
Answer-Thank you. Pamphlet
on Arthritis gives details of the
treatment. For copy send stamped
envelope bearing your address.
protected by John F. Ollie Co..
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"Of course, we always got a
lot from Paris. And I can't wait
for the day when we can go back
for inspiration again. For we can
always get more than we have at
hand.
"But inspiration is unlimited in
America itself. Here we have
mixture of all kinds of people.
We have a beautiful country with
an exciting history. We have
wonderful museums. With all
these to draw on, there is no rea-
son why we shouldn't make beau
tiful things.
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gives etiquette for formal and in
formal dinners, teas, buffet parties,
meals in restaurants, clubs. Tells
what silver to use, how to eat un-
usual foods.
Send 1Oc in coin for your copy Of
GOOD TABLE MANNERS to The
Waterbury Democrat Home Service,
635 Sixth Ave-, New York, N. Y. Be
suer to write plainly your NAME,
ADDRESS, and the NAME of book
LET
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lily. Then a beach party, with a
birthday cake presented by the
people of the town, a party to which
the local Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts
come in uniform and at which the
band of the Quentin Roosevelt Post
of the American Legion, named for
her son who was killed in the World
War, plays Happy Birthday to
YOU" After the cake is cut the
townsfolk gather around to shake
the hand of the charming Great Lady
and wish her we'll.
Once very active, Edith Kermit
Roosevelt now leads quiet life that
follows set, though leisurely, pat
tern.
She writes letters in the morn
ing (she doesn't like to talk on the
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The lady is the
widow of the 26th
president Of t h e
United States -
Theodore Roose-
welt.
T h ough S h e
lives alone in the
W i d e. po r C h e d
rambling house on
Sag a m ore Hill,
Oyster Bay, Long
Island, that once
served as the sum-
mer White House
the widow of T.
r. is not a lonely
~ l.
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minor mishaps won't upset your
poiSe. Should you get a bone or
fruit seed in your mouth you in
conspicuously drop it into your cup
ped hand. And, of course, you'll
never use your napkin as screen.
Be perfectly sure of yourself when
dining out. Our 3D. page booklet
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ARTISTIC IDENTIFICATION

Ae new trick for the preserve
closet uses natural color decals in
the shape of various fruits to iden-
tify home-canned products. They
are easy to apply and will make the
preserves look pretty professional.
Looking ahead a bit, several of
these decorated Jars, appropriately
packaged, would make a fine Christ
mas present.
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telephone) and in the afternoon
she walks in her garden or sits in
the sun remembering yesterday and
contemplating tomorrow. At night
she either sits and talks with some
member of her family who has had
dinner with her, or spends the
hours before bedtime reading the
books she feels will help her keep
up with the world.
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Clarifying
Yourself
NJ ARNaa HarA
BY Alicia Hart
NEA Service Staff Writer

NEA Service Staff Writer
The appearance of many an at
tractive girl is spoiled by badly cut,
poorly fitted clothes. And, very
often, the untidy effect is caused by
a sagging slip or bullying girdle
rather than by a dress or other out
er garment.
It really is better to wear no
girdle at all than one which has
lost its elasticity around the top
and so makes wrinkles across the
stomach and about waistlines.
NO GIRDLE is
BETTER THAN POOR ONE
A woman with a really large fig
ure would look better minus a
foundation garment of any kind
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In talent of which he well
bury marriage
It's with him. The his talent keeps his
inflated There little and the lit
tie boy in him to play and have fun There's always good
time girl offering him something exciting which he
hardly resist That's how philanderers born.
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HO1e TO Keep Well


Brndy
shoud ne
o.
this column reply 5e MADE
Chirawo
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quiet agreeable honest Industrious dependable
better partner matrimony
temptations him easy live
peace prosperity
contenment and security Four things which spell satisfaction
things longer glamour
able voltage.
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U. S. Says Happy Birthday"
To LADY Of Sycamore Hill"
By RUTH MILLETT

NEA service stan correspondent
New York = Congratulations from
all over the nation are pouring in
on "the Lady of Sycamore HILL" for
an active charming lady is 70 today.
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"And this falls collections are
proof that we can. American
women have never been offered
wider variety of hat styles from
which to choose. There is a hat
for every woman, for every mood,
and for every occasion"
HATS WON'T BECOME
UNITARIAN
Miss Victor does not believe hats
will become more unitarian now
that they are no longer influenced
by Paris. Her reason: "The aver
age woman doesn't care whether or
not a hat is utilitarian. She wants
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NUN NA1uCtb Olu 1dNy.
Never has she known the empti-
ness of life by the woman who brings
up houseful of healthy children,
and then sees them grow up and
move away.
For soon after her children were
grown, there were grandchildren
who loved the rambling white
house of Oyster Bay that has not
been changed since active, dynam-
ic Theodore Roosevelt filled it with
his restless personality. And when
they were grown-there were great
grandchildren, who also loved visit
ing their famous great-grandmoth-
er.
HER LIFE FOLLOWS
LEISURELY PATTERN
This 18th birthday is celebrated
as each of her recent birthdays have
been spent. Mrs. Roosevelt returns
from Mortlake Manor, her family
home in Brooklyn, Conn.,, where she
has been spending the summer, to
pass her birthday in the close circle
of family and friends.
There is a birthday luncheon and
dinner with members of her fam
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that running around asking
mind shows vaciatOr and
that can't make that mind
few pointers which
help clarity thoughts:
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Glamour formerly known ladyiers, when married fire.
quen become wife killers not with and pistols and poison bu
with hearbreak methods Accustomed paudts of the fa
biggest little wife glamour boy
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two also good job He's the happy type
handsome and gamOur
don't anything about his family
except him tell the truth.
know But adorable can't help
him.
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Which marry would be true or to
and live time hoping nothing would
happiness? wouldn't have believed 1t possible to
if hadn't had the experience
UNDECIDED.
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Caroline
Can Girl Love Two Men at the Same Time?
Says Today
DEAR MISS CHATFIELD:

DEAR MISS CHATFIELD:
Nobody able advice that will
problem resort think I'm in love with
boys agreeable dependable have found out
in five wears He good bit jealous He doesn
like for me anybody but him.
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WOMAN,S REALM =
Fall Hats, American AS An Indians
War Bonnet, Should Meet Every Mood

4
She wants to
look businesslike,
ct feminine,
even q little bit
daring, SO she
wears this DASH
ing fared OFF,
side hat Of green
with a bright red
antelope facing.
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CHIT" and "You Can't Fool Your wife.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-04

ADVERTISEMENT
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-04
Tar Heel Hole Borrowers Haze
Paid Back One-Fourth O Loans

More than $3.50 North Carolina
families, refinanced by the Home
Owners Loan corporation when
they faced the loss of their homes
through foreclosure only a few
years ago, today are clearly on their
way to debt-free home ownership, or
already have achieved that goal.
OF these borrowers, Hole State
Manager Thomas c. Abernethy re-
ported today, $50 nave paid in ST.
196,11O to cross off their debts in
full. Some 8,308 others either are
entirely current, less than three
months in arrears, or are meeting
all current bills and, in addition,
making regular monthly payments
to liquidate their a~rrearages.
1887 Adjusted Payers
"Still 1857 others are making ad-
justed payments sufficient to keep
their accounts active and we expect
the great majority to rehabiliate
themselves" said Mr.. Abernethy.
considering that the average bor-
rover was two years delinquent in
both principal and interest and be-
tween two and three years on taxes
when he was refinanced, the record
proves that what most Of u Dor
rowers needed was only a fair
chance - embodied in long-term
loans at a low interest rate - to
overcome the hardships the depres-
sion forced upon them"
In all, North Carolina borrowers
have paid back $~S,S17,931, or ap-
proximately 25.5 per cent of their
entire principal Indebtedness.
The other side of the picture-the
manner in which the Corporation is
liquidating the properties it has
been forced TO acquire and which
came to it through voluntary dead
or abandonment-also was given by
Mr.. Abernethy.
The Hole now owns BAL homes
has sold 1898, of which SIG were
in North Carolina and, in addition,
SOlu ldSL ySQ1s 441SoO A0A4ASS VI
sold for s3,O93, 209, about $83S,2OO
below their capitalized value-repre-
senting a book loss Of 1902 a home
in addition to selling costs, includ'
ing commissions Of $181, 304.
"But into that capitalized value
was written not only the unpaid ba-
lance of the mortgage loan, includ-
ing unpaid advances and interest,
but also delinquent taxes which may
amount to hundreds of dollars, fore
closure costs, and the costs Of re-
pair and reconditioning," said Mr..
Abernethy. "In olher words. the
cost Of leniency-of giving the Dor
rover a chance to pull through-is
represented in the book loss the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-04

figures show. Sales costs appear in
the operating expenses of the corpo-
ration, paid out of it's own revenues.
They represent, for the most part,
commissions to private brokers who
handle our properties at set, mini
mum fees"
The home the Hole still owns,
capitalized at $1,471, 1923, according
to Mr.. Abernethy, have a present
estimated market value of $1,117,-
634.
Not Losing Money
But merely to say the corpora
ton is losing money in the amount
of loss it takes on its sales of homes
is like saying a business is losing
money because one department
shows a loss" said Mr.. Abernethy.
1.-THE Hole could hardly be expect
ed to sell foreclosed homes-many
of them run down and needing eX-
tensive repairs, all burdened with
unpaid taxes-at a profit. Every
mortgage institution loses money on
the sale of foreclosed homes, and
makes up for it on its good loans.
Each month the corporation sets
aside reserves, and it's losses. to.
gether with operating expenses, are
being met through the spread be
tween the interest it receives on its
loans and the lower interest it must
pay on it's bonds"
The Hole granted 12,442 loans in
North Carolina prior to the close OF
its lending period in June, 1886
amounting to $31, 1896. To give g
comparison on the performance Of
those in the rest of the country, Mr.,
North Carolina borrowers with
Abernethy offered the following
figures:
The Hole made more than a mil
lion loans, amounting to approx
mately $1,000, 900, 900, throughout the
nation. Borrowers have paid back
$500, 900, 900, OF 21.8 per cent of the
principal Indebtedness, while IS, 00C
borrowers have paid in $155, O00, 0OC
to cancel their debts in full. Some
$780, 01 borrowers / current, less
than three months in arrears, or IL
q~uidating their a~rrearages, while
1885, 15 others are making adjust
ed payments. The corporation has
sold 8O,824 homes to date-it now
is disposing of them at a rate OF
more than 1000 a month-and still
owns 1929, some 10,3S9 less than
were on its books six months ago.
Book losses on sales TO date have
averaged 1915. Foreclosures dropped
in November to 400, as compared
with 5000 foreclosures monthly in
the late summer and fall of 1886.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-04
BOARDS THANKED
FOR BOND ISSUE
County P.-T.A. Council Lauds
School Board, Thanks
Commission

The New Hanover County Coun-
Gil OF Parent-Teacher associations
has noted with qualification the
interest of the county commission
ers for the schools of the county
and voted to write the board a
letter of appreciation for the is
suance of the bonds, which has
made money available for repairs
and renovation of the schools. The
delayed action of the council came
at the meeting Friday, at the Isaac
Bear school, which had been sched-
uled for January 26, and post
poned on account of the illness of
the guest speaker.
The council highly praised the
members of the board Of education
for their keen interest and deep
concern for the safeguarding and
protection of school children and
IN the preservation of school prop.
erty. 1t was voted to send the
board of education a letter of ap-
probation for their untiring efforts
IN this matter and congratulating
them for securing the necessary
funds for immediate work on the
school buildings.
The corresponding secretary, Mrs.
Berenice S%tellings, was also author
lied to write a letter of thanks
to The Star-News for the fine pub
llclty given the Ruth Wick Everett
lectures and the address by DR..
Ralph Macdonald, which climaxed
the Parent-Teacher study course.
1t was reported that approximately
1,2OO attended the study course
and address.
Mrs. J. M. Newbold, summer
roundup chairman, reported the
annual summer roundup meeting
with Miss Colombia Munds, super
lntendent of county nurses, and
plans were made for health exam
nations of children entering school
next fall, to be held in March and
April.
Membership Chairman Mrs. E. A.
Stands reported 1879 members
with several associations not re-
porting in full. Mrs. Stands urged
a complete check of families rep
resented in school for prospective
members and stated that special