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The Phoenix index., 1940-12-21

For all sorts of sparkling decora-
tions use glassips (cellophane
drinking straws). The method is
very simple and practically the
same for all. Glassips cut in the
required lengths are tipped with
hot sealing wax and tied tightly
with wire which makes them pop
up into sparkling round balls.
GLASSIP ANGEL Tip thlr-
ty-tix transparent gVassips with
green wax on one end gold on the
othe-. Fasten with wire two inches
from gold tips. Separate four elas-
gips for each arm and snip to mea-
sure three and one half inches.
tin with white. bend elbows :.
hold hands together with Scotch
tape. Festen one and one fourth
ircbes from first wire for waist.
Mount white seal on gold for face.
HAIR: Orange gummed dots.
FYFc. MOUTH: Blue and red dots.
WINGS: Eight seven inch green
glaSips fastened in middle. flat
tened and held side by side with
Scotch tape. Clip to shape. Tip with
white wax Hold to waist with wire.
PINE GARLANDS. These are as
fine and featherv as real pine. Cut
q fine inch strip of leaf green
crepe paper across the fold. Un-
fold and cut in eight inch long
pieces. Stretch each crepe piece
and fold in half three times. SLASH
as fine as possible in four inch
deep slashes. Roll uncut edge OF
crepe in each slashed piece and
raste end in place. BERRIES :.
Cut five inch square OF colored
cellophane. bring cellophane down
over a walnut. twist ends under
meath, fasten with spool wire to
form stem and wrap with one hall
inch wide strip of celloohane. Wrap
stems of from five to seven berries
together to form a bunch. Make
| garland by wrapping slasnec
lunches of creme and berries on a
medium weight wire. Use one 1nch
wide strip of crepe Tor Wrapping
MODERN ICY TREES They
look lust like cones of frosty ice
There is one for the table center
and tinv ones for each, place. Thev
are made of clear transparent Gel
lophane. First, make cone-shaoeo
foundations over which to work. :.
the large one is ten inches high
/ and ten inches in diameter. the
small one four inches high and two
inches in diameter. Place on sheet
of eellophane over the cone and
pull it down to the lower edge in
small gathers. Cover with mlX-
ture of two parts water to one
~a-t mucilage applied with a brush.
Now lay a second sheet of cello
nhane over the first and pull down
in the same way. Repeat with a
third and fourth layer of cello
phane. Trim off at the bottom.
Allow to dry thoroughly and re-
move from the foundation. Rein
force with a circle of wire wrapped
with silver tinsel ribbon Fasten to
the lower edge of the cone with
fine annealed wire. Stand the cone
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WooIs In Bright
CoIors ,SeasonabIe

ais beautifully. They are stream
lined in most cases, some with the
new hobble-top skirt, some in two
tones and all with. the exquisite
drapery that can be achieved with
soft woolens.
For the contrasts, raspberry and
blue, gold and cypress green, en-
erald and American beauty are ef-
fective combines. For less formal
occasions, the additions of jacket
in contrasting shade is attrac-
tive. Thin wool also teams we'll
with velveteen. A velveteen skirt
with contrasting wool bodice brings
together that dull and lustrous COM
bination that is 50 flattering to
every figure.
Wool also has replaced velvet and
to some extent for evening wraps,
and here full-length capes are al
most as popular as the coats.
Many of the capes are hooded with
contrasting shade lining the hood.
Heavier wool is used for these
garments and is warmly interlined.
White is a favorite, followed close
ly by flag blue, bright red, and
varied shades of green. One coat
of fir-green closes with bright red
frog fastenings in most attrac-
tive way. Seven-eighth length coats
of wool also are being use1, for
evening
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on the end of a fourteen inch stick
(o~ piece of firm wire) wrapped
with silver tinsel ribbon. Hold
the stick upright in two and one
half inch square block Of wood cov-
cred with crushed cellophane.
Decorate the tee with eummed
star seals in assorted bright colors.
CFLLOPHANE BELLS Work
over ready made bell of some
firm material. Crush cellophane
and shape over bell. Moisten the
surface of first layer with water
and press a second layer of cello
phare over first. Repeat for eight
layers. Let dry over night, then
cup bell from form bv Sitting down
sides and over top with razor
blade. Put two halves together with
Scotch tape. Pierce holes at top
and insert wire for hanging. Dec
orste with bows and berries. These
are lovely in red cellophane.
SNOWMAN -Tip both ends of
four hundred elassips with white
sealing wax Divide in groups in
one hundred and slip rubber bands
ever each GROUP. Now holding all
together, fasten with a double loop
of wire. Use two strands of wire
10 make loop. Make a second ball
in the same way, using two hun
dred four inch pieces glassips. Push
a ten piece No. is wire which has
been wrapped with white crepe pa
Der down into the middle of the
larger ball and then push the
smaller ball onto it so that the
two come together to form the
snowman. Cut features from card
board and cover with black wax.
Finish with a shiny black card
board hat, red ribbon scarf. and
pipe
Write a letter asking for the in
structions telling; you how to make
Reindeer, Favor, Christmas Wreath,
CLASSICS Balls, Holly Table, Elf,
Sparkling Crystal Tree, Candle
Angel, Artificial Fireplace, Duplex
Crepe Bells. Send now and you'll
receive these before holidays.
Dent forget the loose &c stamp.
Address: Arden H, Duane, 3507 So.
Parkway, Chicago, Ill: =
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President In Message
To Southeastern Women

% That as patriotic American
women We pray Tor PEACE; sup
port the National Defense Pro-
gram; and stand ready to defend
our country when needed. 90 That
we adhere strictly to b the three
original plapks in the platform OF
the organization, namely: 1nten-
sive Organization. Interracial Co
operation, and Constructive Citl-
zenship. 90 That we are in full ac-
cord with the program of the
National Association of Colored
Women, Inc. and its three major
projects viz: The Frederick Doug
lass Shrine, the Natl Scholar
ship Loan Fund. and National
Headquarters.
And now may we all put our
shoulders to the wheel to build
securely on the foundation laid by
the pioneers. Like them may our
loyalty and unselfishness bespeak
not only praise-but deep rooted
and abiding interest in the better
ment of our Community, State and
Nation. Without your assistance,
there will be no achievement, and
we will gladly accord each of You
no little share in whatever honor
and glory attend our united efforts
TO LIFE AS WE CLIMB"
With the compliments of the
season, 1 am
Mrs. j. f. johnson, president :, /.
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Beware OfGetting
Bad HoIiday-Itis

have a permanent wave before
Christmas. Thai nips half a day
out of the calendar. The wave
comes out frizzy and starched, the
wave set Icing too thick, and Ma
ma not only does not look like her
self but she looks unlike anybody
she has ever seen before, unless
it be Fiji Islander in the circus.
GO TO BEAUTY SHOP
Mama is in luck if Daddy does
not drag home some business
friends for dinner and the merry
evening The chances are he will.
Give 'em pot luck" he says over
the telephone. Just cook a little
more grub, that's all Fine! And
a single lamb chop ordered for
each member of he family.
If there's any time for extras,
dear Christmas shopper, steer
yourself into a beauty shop and
have the whole works. shampoo,
wave. facial, manicure and, if pos
sible, a body message. Nothing like
an overhauling of that kind to un-
tie nerve knots, to smooth the
troubled brow and to get the ION,
heck, what's the difference?' atti-
tude established.
Holidays finally come to an end,
and according to the lights of some
overworked wives and mothers. that
is the best thing about them.
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TO THE OFFICERS AND MEM
RERSHIP OF THE SOUTH
EASTERN FEDERATION OF
COLORED WOMEN'S CLUBS:

RERSHIP OF THE SOUTH
EASTERN FEDERATION OF
COLORED WOMEN'S CLUBS:
PRENTISS, Miss.-(SNS) - At
the Biennial Session held at TusKe-
kee Institute in July Of the current
year. YOU saw fit to elect me pres
ident in my absence, and much to
nv surprise. This late public ac-
knowledgement of an honor so sig
nal is not to be taken as lack OF
appreciation. But it came when all
nv time was filled with duties Incl
dent to the closing out of slX-year
term as president of the Mississippi
Federation OF Colored Women'S
Clubs
Now that this responsibility is
lifted and after prayerful copsidera-
ton. am accepting your election
rs call to sey"e In doing so 1
am not the least unmindful of my
limitations to measure up to your
standard; and would shrink
from so great task if 1 did not
feel sure of your cooperation and
unstinted support in the work that
is before us. With this encourage
ment, we come not to Iced in some
new program. but rather work
with you in the accomplishment OF
those ideals and objectives as set
forth in resolutions adopted at
Tuskegee:
The Phoenix index., 1940-12-21
By HELEN JAMESON :

BY HELEN JAMESON
Whoa there, woman! Stop a
minute. Pause in your tracks and
catch your breath. This Christmas
business is getting you down. You
Can Gee it in your eyes when you
look in the mirror; you are con-
scious that the telephone bells of
your nervous system are ringing;
you know it because the ginger
has gone out of your steps and
you want to crawl into a dark hole
and stay there until after New
Years day. Isn't it the truth?
Take it easy. Sow up. 1t will al
be the same a year hence, exactly
the same because next year you
will gel INTO :: u same fuss and d
furry. We are like that Christ
mas should be happy day fer
everybody, but by time mama gets
her shopping done, gifts wrappe
up, cooks a whale of a dinner for
a pack of relatives, and cleans up
the house next Gay, she is jill
about ready to ge carted off to a
psychopathic ward Without ques-
ton, mama gets the worth Of it
unless she has capable help in the
home and even then it is a tough
Job.
SERVES HER RIGHT
Mistakes occur. After sending
Aunt Emily a bed jacket, she re-
members she sent her one last
year. Well, what of it? Aunt Emily
l.ever likes what she gets, any,
way. Serves her right. After hav~
ing wrapped up toy airplane for
the bad little boy next door the
bib comes in and says he is sick
of them likes boats and tanks
better
A turkey is orde ed from that
wonderful poultry farm out in the
country and Daddy comes forth
with an exciting suggestion --Why
not have a goose? He hasn't eaten
goose in a dogs age. Or ducks.
He's keen about ducks. Why al
ways turkey?
Mama, of course, conjures up a
bright thought for herself; she'll
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Here How o Bedeck Your Home For Xmas
With Beautiful And inexpensive Material !
Practical Points
On A Yearly Task
By ARDEN H. DUANE for AMP

Now is the time to make your Christmas Flares!
And you'll find it lots and lots of real fun! ,
NV house is hustle and hustle the family is all
"agog' making Santas reindeer Christmas trees holly
sprays stars bells angels All these Christmas symbols are
appropriate and be made right at home with nexpe-
sive and beautiful materials
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THE KNOW ALLS
BY william Henry Huff

The person who knows everything
And always jumps ahead of you
To hear the blank and empty ring
Of his or her words-seldom true
Is Just make believe
The wiser persons hesitate 49,.
That they may know whereof they
speak;
They reason, think, yea contem
plate
For it is knowledge that they seek
And knowledge they receive.
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,By ARDEN III. DUANNE
For AMP

Warmth of hearts and gracious
hospitality.
And tantalizing fragrance from
a bustling Kitchen!
And here is a Christmas dinner
have planned for your
family and my family.
A real feast that sou VIZ find
unexpectedly thrifty.
Christmas Fruit Cup
Stuffed Roast Turkey
Pecan Nut Strffing
Tangerine Gravy
Green Beans GaScon
Squash Puffs
Candid Vans
Crisped Green Salad
Celery Cranberry Sauce
Economy PUN Pudding
Nuts scoffee Ralsins
Christmas Fruit Cup: Two ba-
nanas, two cups Tokay grapes, one
half cup canned unsweetened pine
apple juice, one fourth cup sugar,
one and one half cups water. one
and one half cups canned cram
berry sauce, two teaspoons lemon
juice. few grains salt, one egg
white.
Slice bananas. Seed and halve
st.npes. Combine with pineapple
juice. Plae in Sherbert glasses; top
with cranberry ice made as fol-
lows: Bon sugar and water TO-
gether for one minute. Mash cram
Jerry sauce with fork; add sugar
syrup. Pass through sieve. Add
lemon juice salt. Pour into freez-
ing tray of automatic refrigerator;
freeze to mushy consistency. Beat
egg white stiff; beat in. Finish
freezing.
Pecan Nut Strffing: One quart
shelled and salted pecan nuts. Six
cups bread crumbs, one half cup
butter, melted, one fourth cup
cream, one teaspoon salt, few
grains pepper.
Mix bread crumbs with melted
butter, cream and seasoning. Stir
in nuts, chopped or whole. until in
gradients are thoroughly mixed
Makes enough Stuffing for eight Or
ten pound turkey.
Tangerine Gravy: Three table
spoons flour, three tablespoon fat
from drippings), one and one
half cups boiling water, one
fourth cup tangerine juice, one
teaspoon lemon juice, salt and
pepper, one half teaspoon sugar,
one tablespoon tangerine rind.
Brown flour in fat measured
from drippings in roasting pan
Stir until lsmooth. add water,
tangerine and lemon juice. Season
to taste with salt, pepper and SUI
gar. Shred tangerine rind; add.
Green Beans Gascon: One and
enc half pounds green beans, one
half pound mushrooms, one good
sized onion, three tablespoons but
ter or margarine or salad oil, salt
and pepper
Waih remove &lds and silver
beans. Cook fifteen to twenty min
utes until tender. Drain. Wash
and size mushrooms, mince on
Jon. Cook together in butter, mar
garine or salad oil eight to ten
minutes. Combine with beans: sea-
son with salt and pepper.
SQUASH PUFFS: One and one
half cups cooked or canned squash,
two egg yo1ks, two teaspoons sugar,
two tablespoons soft bread crumbs,
three fourth teaspoon salt, few
grams pepper, Zine Try bread
crumbs.
Drain squash, mash. Beat egg
yolks slightly; add with remaining
ingredients. Drop by spoonsful into
fine, dry bread crumbs roll into
balls. Fry in shallow Eat heaced to
375 degrees +. for one minute.
Economy Plum Pudding: One
nine ounce package dry mince-
meat, one half cup water, one
fourth cup strong coffee, two table
spoons butter or margarine, one
half cup brown sugar, firmly
| packed, two eggs, one and one half
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in the many years you have before
you. Little girls oN1 war out their
popularity before they are old
enough to enjoy themselves. This
is, perhaps what has happened
to you. Just forget about boys for
a year or SO and everything will
be all right.
Send your problems of everyday
life to SUE LEAF, SNS, 210. Au-
burn Avenue, NE, Atlanta, Ga. All
letters will be held confidential
and names withheld. NO PER-
, ,SONAL REPLIES.
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Send your original or favOrite
poem or prose to PEGGY'S
SCRAPBOOK, S. N. S., 21O Auburn
Avenue, N. E., Atlanta, Georgia
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Sue
Leaf
BY SUE: LEAF

By SUE: LEAF
Dear Miss Leaf:
/ have been married for eight
years. My husband was very nice
to me until three or four years
ago, when he began to abuse me.
At times, he is nice as he can be-;
then again, he curses me and
treats me so mean I can hardly
stay with him. 1 have tried to quit
him but I can't. I don't know
whether I love him that much or
why / can't leave him.
How can I get him to treat
me better?
After you have given eight years
of your life to a man, you don't
want to admit failure and You
stay on with him, Without him
you just don't know what you
would do. That is just the way
most women feel about those no
good men. When he comes in
nice, you forget all of the mean
things he has said and done and
love him for what he is.
My opinion is that he comes in
mean and hateful and saying bad
things to you because he does not
want you to ask him where he has
been and what he has been doing
until two o'clock in the morning or
later.
You want to stay with him, 1 am
sure, so don't nag him about what
he does. Just let him roll along for
awhile OH his own. Be nice to him
even when he abuses you and see
if your indifference to what he
does and says will not change him.
If kindness will not change him,
nothing WILL But give him a
chance.
Dear Miss Sue Leaf:
am fifteen years old ans very
much in love with boy who says
that he loves me. Lots Of boys used
to come to our house but they
stopped and we do not have much
company now. Will find any new
friends?
JANE.
You are much too young to be 81
worried about boys and I imagine
the boys feel that same way ant
are staying away until you are ole
enough to know what IL is al
about. They don't want to do any
cradle snatching, so wait until ".
have grown up. You ought TO have
school on your mind now, and tr,
to get an education. Other prob
lens will take care Of themselves
The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-08-23
AUGUST BUSCHMANN
 ENTHUSED 0VE PLANE
 TRAVEL TO ALASKA

SEATTLE, August 23 - August Buschmann, well known Alaska sal mon cannery and mining man has returned here after a fourteen day air tour of Alaska mining properties and salmon canneries enthusiastic over Alaska's all transportation fa- cilities.
 ''The Clipper service to Alaska from Seattle. linking up with excel lent local flying services in the Ter ritory is bound to contribute a great deal to the development of Alaska, " MT Buschmann declares.
 This air service now makes it possible for business executives or investors to personally inspect prop erty in which. they may be interested in an exceptionally short space of time. This fact alone is certain to lead to greater business interest in developing the resources of the Ter ritory," he reports
 MT Buschmann left Seattle on Monday morning, July 29 on the Al aska Clipper. After staying over night in Juneau on the way north he went to Fairbanks by local plane service and continued on to Anchor.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-08-23

age. Late Tuesday afternoon. he was inspecting mining properties in the Willow Creek district.
 Returning by plane. he visited a number Of salmon eauneries in Southeastern Alaska. He saw the smouldering ruins of the fire-des- troyed Port Althorp eannery from the air. Mr. Buschmann owned and operated this eaunery for many years.
 He also visited eanneries at Hood Bay. sitka. Hoonah. Wrange1 Wa terfall. Hidden Inlet. Union Bay. Wards Cove and Sunny Point.
 He reports that he spent several days at some of these eanneries and was back at his desk here in two weeks time
 By plane t is possible to do as much in one day as we used to do in a week in a gas boat" he said.
 Mr. Busehmann also pointed out that the fast mail service to and from Alaska is helpful in carrying out salmon canning and sales oper- ations
The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-08-23
CLINT ROWLEY WESTWARD

Clinton W. RoWleys a newspaper man of many years experience, went through Wrangell last Tuesday morning on the Columbia bound for Anchorage where he will locate per manently. He will be in charge of The Alaskan, an Anchorage weekly
 Clinton Rowley Is we'll known on the west coast in newspaper circles. He comes from the Seattle Post h. telligencer but before that spent many years on the Tacoma Ledger and after that worked in central America and Mexico for various pa pers. This is his second trip to Ala ka. Some years ago going into the Cassiar district with a well known writer for Field and Stream.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-08-23
GRIMBLE-SMITH
 NUPTIALS AT
 ST. PHILIPS CHURCH

One of the prettiest weddings that Wrangell has seen in a long time took place last Saturday evening. August r. at St Philips Episcopal church when Miss Dorothy Grimble became the bride Of J. Darwin Smith al a candle light ceremony.
 Preceding the ceremony Mrs. E. R. Sharnbroich played several organ selections and just before the en- trance of the bride. sang Because . and T Love You Truly accompan- jed by Mrs. Leth Meadows.
 To the stains of Lohengrin's we'd ding march, the bride. on the arm of Fred Hanford who gave her in marriage, entered preceded by petite little Joan Grimble, a sister. dressed in green ruffled taffeta carrying a basket of flowers. Next came the bridesmaid, Miss Susan Smith, a sister of the groom She was dressed in pink taffeta and wore a tiny, perk hat trimmed with sweet peas.
 The bride was lovely in white. Her long veil, edged in deep lace, was fitted to her head in coronet style and her shower bouquet was of sweet peas.
 Down the flower lined aisle the bridal party was met at the altar steps by the groom and his best man William H. Harrington. The marriage ceremony, with the VOWS spoken in the soft candle light before the flower banked altar was impressive. The Rev. Arnold Krone, pastor of St. Philips, read the wedding vows.
 Following the church service reception was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Van H. Fisk where more than a hundred friends drop dep by to extend their good wishes to the happy couple. Besides MT. and Mrs. Fisk and the bridal pair, others who received were Mrs. F. W. Grim ble and Mrs. ". V Tattersall mother and grandmother of the bride who came up from Prince Rupert for the occasion, and MT. and Mrs Fred Hanford.
 MI5. l. C. bJOISe duu MIR. A. w. H. Smith presided the first hour at the refreshment table with Mrs. B. Y. Grant and Mrs. J. T. MeBride during the second hour Mrs. Hill Harrington cut the wedding cake. Those who assisted in serving of the guests were Mrs. Finer 0t- teson, Mrs. Eilert Holbeck, Mrs. Tex Hethcock, Mrs. ". D. Grant and Mrs. s. D. Grant.
 MT. and Mrs. Smith, one of Wran- gell's most popular couples, have a host of friends in this town who rejoice that the future new home will be established here Mrs. Smith came north several weeks ago and has been a house guest of MT. and Mrs. Fred Hanford. She is a daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Grimble of Prince Rupert.
 MT. Smith is employed by the Bar rington Transportation m D y and is the son of MT. and Mrs. ". F. Smith of Langley, Washington.