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Evening star., 1940-07-11
American Writer
Describes Tragedy
In French Bombing
Many Families Become
Separated and Misery
Prevails Everywhere
BY WILLIAM BIRD.

BILBAO, Spain, June 81 (N.A.
Ma, by AirmaiD Our story, like
that of the hundreds of other Amer
leans who took part in the hurried
exodus from France, is a succession
of air raid alarms and lombard
ments. We were bombed and ma
chine-gunned on the road from
Paris to Tours, then bombed out of
the latter, then attacked by air at
Royan when sleeping on the beach,
then bombed out of Bordeaux to-
gether with most of the French gov
eminent.
About 200 were killed that night
In Bordeaux, most of them within
quarter of mile of where we were
sleeping in a second-rate residen-
tial quarter where we had managed
to f1nd rooms in a private house.
The house across the street was de-
mollshed by a half-ton bomb and
another plowed up our back garden.
Our house was rocked by the con-
cussion so that the chandelier over
the bed in which 1 was sleeping with
Bob Casey of the Chicago News
crashed down.
Other Americans in the exodus,
some of whom had come all the way
from Belgium had even worse ex-
periences at Cambria, Rouen and
other cities, and many families be-
came separated through loss or de-
struction of cars in which some of
their members were travelling. Many
more have lost all their baggage and
others are without funds. having
brought nothing but French francs,
which are now valueleSs here.
HarbOr Full of Transports.
At st. Jean de Luz, where we ar
rived June 20, the harbor was full of
transports taking off the remnants
of the Polish Army for England. 1t
seemed impossible that we should
not be bombed during that opera
ton; possibly the presence in the
offing of British squadron with
anti-aircraft guns acted as a de-
terrent.
We found st. Jean full of Amer
leans, all frantically trying to get
French exit viSas, as we'll as Spanish
sary to return to Bayonne for these,
and the difficulty was increased by
the impossibility of buying gasoline
as well as by police on the roads who
would allow only those with special
passes to travel.
An official from the United States
Embassy in Madrid came to ST.
Jean on June % with the news that
he expected to be able to get Amer
leans across the bridge at Hendaye-
1run without Spanish visaS. With
many others, we went down to
Hendaye, but when we saw the mile
long procession of cars waiting in
double file to cross the bridge we
realized we should have to wait sew
eral days at least for our turn, so
returned to st. Jean.
News of Frances Collapse.
Meanwhile. at st. Jean, Biarritz,
Bayonne and other Basque Coast
towns the news spread that the
franc had collapsed on the inter-
national market and would soon be
valueless.
Immediately wild spending orgy
began, everybody endeavoring to eX-
change his money for tangible goods
jewelers. and furriers were quickly
sold out and put up their shutters.
Food and dry goods shops were
besieged. People who could get in
side the doors would grab all the
merchandise they could hold in their
srms-no matter what, even cloth
Evening star., 1940-07-11

te 9 product represents the highest quality merchondse
thot can be procured Thousands Of Washington Housewives who
are using 6 products ottes to their quality and uniformity
It you have not oeody tried 6 S. products remember thot
every item tho beos the label Internationally quoron-
teed and sold with the understanding that YOUR MONEY WILL Be
REFUNDED, IF NOT SATISFACTORY
Evening star., 1940-03-20
The Correct
Marking of
SllVerWare
Initials Are Upside
Down to Person
Who Is Seated
BY EMILY POST.

The following letter reminds me
somewhat of myself. 1t is said that
had been eating on some new
plates several times a week, for al
most two months when I wondered
why we had never used them before.
But this is the letter: II had never
noticed how silver was marked until
became engaged, and now I'm no.
ticing everything. The other day
at the table of bride noticed that
her silver was marked in such way
as to look upside down to me as I
sat in front of it. Inquired about
this later in a jewelry store and
they said this had always been the
proper way to mark fiat silver. Is
this true? If it is, will you please
explain why this is considered bet
ter than right side up?"
In answering this I have to say
gildO yOu d1C WAOllS, bOSduoC CIlC
bowl of the spoon, the prongs of the
fork and the blade of the knife are
the foot end of each and the
handles the head. If the initials
were put on the way you suggest, the
effect would be that of a figure with
a head on which the features of the
face we're upside down. If you are
a surrealist you may like this but
most people don't.
Dear Mrs. Post: In restaurant
does a hostess or her guest suggest
leaving?
Answer-1f they are going to a
theater or concert, ETC., the hostess
looks at her watch, or asks the time.
If some one else asks, "Is it time
to go?" she answers ut is," or else,
Not yet-it's only quarter past O."
Then later. II think we'd better be
going" When they are not going
anywhere afterward one of the
guests usually makes the move. But
there is no rule that the guests
must all 90 first as there is, of
course, In the hostess own house, or
anywhere except In q restaurant.
Evening star., 1940-03-20
Dorothy Dix Says
No Magic in Marriage Ceremony,
And No Hope of 1t Later On

can make over the other to suit his
or her taste after marriage. 1t can't
be done. Heredity, environment and
mothers influence have made a man
and woman what they are and 1t is
folly to try to change them.
That because a man is a model
son or girl devout daughter is a
sign that either will make a good
husband or wife. Ninety-nine times
out of a hundred it is the reverse,
for the man never cuts his mother's S
apron string and the girl always
thinks that her husband should be
perfectly delighted to work to sup
port her family.
That children always draw a hus-
band and wife closer together
Sometimes they do. Just as often
the first baby marks the beginning
of the alienation between husband
and wife. The woman becomes so
much absorbed in her children that
she has no interest in her husband,
and he either takes refuge in his
business or finds some other woman
to hold his hand while his wife Is
holding the baby.
Evening star., 1940-03-20
Never Shout
AtChild to
Get Truth
1t Only Makes Hin
Afraid to Tell
Real Story
BY ANGELO PATRI.

| Somehow the notion got abroad
that the child who could not look
one straight in the eyes when spoken
to, or when speaking to another, was
a guilty child, ready for punishment
That simply is not true. There are
children, and some grown people
who have not the power to stare
into the eyes of the one who hap
pens to address them. There is no
guilt concerned.
have known the most sincere
and honorable of children to be
unable to hold his eyes steadily
upon those looking at him. And
I have known the most thorough
going falsifler to stare boldly into
the eyes of his accuser and never
finch at the greatest of lies. He
had practiced it and found it worked
to his advantage.
Little children cannot stand the
force that grown people direct upon
them through their eyes. 1t is not
fair to use it on them. The person
who does not hesitate to direct the
full power of his eyes on an errine
child would think it inhuman to
strike him. The power he is strik-
ing him with through the glare of
his eyes is quite as painful and far
more distressing. 1t is equally hard
on the guiltless child. For that rea-
son no grown-up person ever should
be guilty of shouting at trembling
child, Look me in the eye, If you
can. and tell me that"
The best way to get a child to
tell the truth is to win his con-
fidence. If he is telling an untruth
it is because he is afraid to tell you
the real story. Fear has hold of
him and is directing him to hide If
you fix a cold, accusing stare upon
him and shout, Look me in the eye
and tell the truth" you are increas-
ing his fear of you. His body lenses
against the strain and he is helpless
in the clutches of his fear.
Go about it gently. Don't rage
and rave about the thing that has
happened. If you know the facts,
and are certain that the child is
guilty, say So without exhibitions
of Righteousness and wrath and
holiness unbounded. Tell him quiet
ly that he has done this. and that
he is in the wrong. and ask him
what he thinks about it. Your side
of the question is set. Give him a
chance to think, to gather his forces,
call on his intelligence, and see him
self in the wrong. Then he will
be ready to make what amends he
can.
Whenever you doubt a childs
candor. wait. Give him time to
tell his story. If you think that it
is not accurate, tell him to think
it over again, and make sure of
himself. Maybe he can find the
right answer. But don't make the
mistake of insisting he tell story
as you want it told. If you know
it, tell it to him, positively. Don t
asks questions to which you know
the answers. If you don't know
wait, and give him time. When
you have his confidence. you will
get the truth. Never mind about
his eyes.
Evening star., 1940-03-20

be finished in double quick time.
It's a grand pattern for beginners.
Send for it today and find out for
yourself. We can practically guar
antee it will be one of the most use
full you ever used.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1898
is designed for sizes "a, So, SO, 40, A
A, As and 48. Size So requires S
yards of 36-inch material without
nap; y yard contrasting; 1h yards
machine-made ruffling.
Send Is cents right this minute for
Barbara Bells New Fashion Book!
It's brilliant pattern parade Of the
best spring styles, in designs that
you can easily, thriftily make at
home. Everything you want-home
frocks. dressy clothes, sports outfits,
lingerie, adorable children's clothes.
Evening star., 1940-03-20

Did you ever think how many of
the popular beliefs about marriage
are false? Here are few of the
common superstitions about the holy
estate which lead innumerable cred
ulous people to their doom:
That if boys and girls marry they
will grow up together with the same
tastes, interests and desires and be
truly two souls with but single
thought, two hearts that beat as one,
as the poet says. That miracle
doesn't happen once in a hundred
times. Nature, not association, set
ties how a child develops, and the
reason divorce courts are crowded
with young men and women is be-
cause when the kid husbands and
wives become adults they do not
have a single thing in common,
That two can live as cheaply as
one. They can't. Besides, you can't
count on there just being two to feed
and clothe. Generally there are three
or four or more. And you can't
economic on a baby.
That just love is enough to marry
on and that couple can be perfectly
happy billing and cooling and telling
each other how they adore each
other. After marriage people are
just as hungry as they were before.
That there is some magic in the
marriage ceremony that changes
the character of men and women;
that turns a rounder into pattern
of domesticity; that quenches the
thirst of a drunkard for liquor; that
energies lazy, shiftless, ne'er-do-
well into becoming a go-getter; that
cures virago of her temper; that
makes a clothes-mad girl prefer
basement bargains to French impor-
tations and that converts mammals
spoiled darling into an unselfish and
considerate wife Millions of people
still believe that bad actors will
settle down" after marriage into
good ones, but few, if any, have ever
seen it happen.
That either husband or wife
Evening star., 1940-03-20
Hints to the Gentlemen
On Important Subject
Of Easter Flowers
Early Spring Selection Good;
Changeable Jewelry New
And Different Offering
By HELEN VOGT.

couple gentlemen would crawl out behind
section a sugges
ton noticed there's little
Easter Sunday coming shortly and we'll weeks salary
against that girl foWers
You always detect the symptoms Of First she stops
repetition
finally about the color her outfit
So we'd getting
prevent noddng family
doghouse
Naturally you'll ideas the subject but always
onys" favote variety
don't already know 1enand it's to get second choice
You'll probably right
quality quantity
Next. lady plans
apologize help
oofn
Evening star., 1940-03-20

characterization and Utility
Considered in Selection
OF Appropriate Styles
Types for Every Period Room
Available to Homemakers;
Chinese Items Exquisite
BY MARGARET NOVEL;,

Your house without lamps would like setting
nghts Though the center light fixture
lights on the stage make possible adequately
certain definitely planned adds
and takes them
out of the ordinary, everyday class.
In selecting lamps keep mind
the to be used for its decorative value reading
for BOTH Consider whether
might console table
bed of the
could be paneled furnished in old pine
have American colonial all the 1850
1900 will reproductions
lamps made solid that several larger
the lamp showing They about detail
beautifully finished
solid with that might
candlesck
Federal
Evening star., 1940-03-20
BY BARBARA BELL.

knowing from experience that
you're always looking for a comfort
able, good-looking daytime dress,
and like the coat-fastened type best,
we designed pattern No. 1898 as
the basis of whole series of morn
ing frocks. Cut on princess lines
and comfortably beltless, it affords
complete freedom for action when
you're busy round the house. It's
pretty, too, because it has a frilled
collar at the deep V-neckline. In
fact. it's so pretty that you'll want
to repeat 1t in spun rayon or flat
crepe for street wear, after you've
tried 1t out in gingham or percale
for home.
As you notice from the diagram,
It's extremely easy to make and can
Evening star., 1940-03-20

Summer.
Three to five hours-Stock, zinnia,
sweetheart rose.
Six hours or more-Aster, mari
gold, bachelor button.
Fall.
Three TO five hours-Button
dahlia, African daisy, baby gar
denia.
Six hours or more-Straw flower,
pompon, cockscomb.
Winter.
Three to five hours-Ranunculu
sweetheart rose, baby gardenia.
Six hours or more-Straw flower,
carnation, baby orchid.
We think those are pretty good
ideas, and of course every florist
has loads more. Tell the lady to
wear her corsage flowers with heads
up-they look and last better. And
don't forget to include a nice per-
sonal card. It's a sad suggestion,
but otherwise she might not know
who's being so thoughtful
Evening star., 1940-03-20

They are very inexpensive, too
TeXtured fabric like coarse linen or
shantung is pulled taut over gold OF
pinkish paper to make a most at
tractive shade. lighted or unlighted
and it is ideally suited to the recre-
alton, study or living room.
Chinese Collections
Are Exquisite.
If you like Chinese things and
have a place in your house for col
orful cloisonne lamps, you will find
some very lovely ones in several
shops in town. I was amazed at the
prices and the quality, for these are
just as fine and as inexpensive as
any I had ever seen in the San
Francisco shops. They told me. too
it was likely that these were the last
we would see. 1t seems that mer-
chants are selling as fast as possible
at almost any price, for the old
China that produced these products
at this price may be no more.
Chinese accessories are beautiful in
almost any setting, and especially
so in the 18th century interior so
popular now. If you need some
lovely lamps, now is the time to
pick up an heirloom, or if you like
the small boxes, porcelains or bowls
on their teakwood stands, don't miss
these collections.
Warm weather comes quickly in
Washington and before you know it
heavy draperies, winter rugs and
pleated silk lamp shades are going
to seem stuffy. In your travels
through the shops pick up your new
summer household accessories as
you see them so that on the first
warm Sunday that comes along you
may drop the curtain on winter in
your house and ring it up again al
most Immediately on summer, high
lighted with new lamps and a fresh
outlook on living.
Evening star., 1940-03-20

lamps. very popular Is GI1e neaVy
brass pedestal type, with glass hur-
ricane shade and the crystal prism
pendants. Personally, I like the
graceful tall 1uted brass stem with
the crystal bowl and octagonal flower
shade. Another achievement of this
same manufacturer is a lamp which
sits politely on table, or may be
bent half way up, 'in the elbow" so
to speak, and pinned on the wall
beside bed or desk. These really
give you light where and when you
want 1t, and seems smart as we'll
as a practical idea. If you would be
Victorian there are reproductions of
the oil lamps of the 1880s, complete
down to the very last wick turner
and glass chimney. There are several
models in this group simple enough
for use in the log cabin or summer
camp as they seem to be inspired by
the hand lamps I have seen light,
house keepers use in New England.
Lamps Copied
To Perfection.
1t Is said that the man who de-
signs these lamps and owns the
small factory where they are made
spends a good bit of his time on
Cape Cod, and when he needs new
design for lamp just gees out to
one of the neighbors where he has
seen a good one and asks to borrow it
for a week or two. From this old
one he reproduces an exact copy,
which is offered to the public within
q month or so. Whether or not this
tale is true, the fact remains that the
lamps are good in design and work.
manship, and have nice, comfort
able, honey air about them.
There are some looking shades
this spring, also. Flower prints are
tops" in lamp shade fashions, and
in many cases these are used on
translucent material similar to thin
parchment. These are washable,
do not turn yellow and are ideal for
the damp summer days of our city.
Evening star., 1940-03-20
Olives Add Flavor

Try dressing up commonplace
casseroles of sea food, meat, eggs
or cheese with add, already
prepared chopped or sliced ripe
olives in seasoning proportions to
suit individual taste. The fruit
bestows a meaty chewiness and .
mushroomlike flavor.
Evening star., 1940-03-20
Lemon on Vegetables

Whether you eat spinach for duty
or pleasure, lemon juice makes the
eating more enjoyable. Other greens
and many vegetables are improved
by lemon juice. Here's a chance
to do bit of experimenting fol
yourself. See what lemon juice
does for each. You'll make many
pleasant discoveries.
Evening star., 1940-03-20

And finally-heres the most
important step-take the acquired
information down to your favorite
florist and let him give you the
benefit of his knowledge. Please
don't say, carelessly, to the lady,
Look, what kinda flowers do you
want? can't think of anything"
Or worse, Go down and pick out
what you want to wear in the
flower line" Honestly, you may not
believe it, but women still prefer
to be pleasantly surprised by a cor
sage that you picked out yourself
even if they could think of several
other flowers they'd have liked bet
ter. It's still the thought-and not
the gift.
An Early Easter
Affects Choice.
Just to prepare you for this ordeal
of selection, we stopped in the other
day to chat with a local florist on
this very same subject. He was full
of ideas about floral adornment, and
some of them may be just the answer
to your queries. First of all, Easter
is very early this year, so there will
be an excellent choice of early spring
flowers-and they do make up into
the loveliest corsages. Violets will
be excellent, and they are always
kinda romantic, if you know what
we mean. Corsages of spring flowers
mixed are nice and so are the offer
ings made up of tulips, for instance
or gladioh with tiny roses tucked
inside.
Another good idea, if you want
to get away from the always accept
able but slightly trite orchids, gar
denias and roses, are carnation cor
sages which make up beautifully and
hold up for hours on end. The baby
orchids in spray are another fine
choice-and slightly different.
While we were chatting with this
| florist, he showed us something that
we think is positively revolutionary
In fact, we were mighty i'm
pressed and very positive that il
| you want to be heralded as a man
with brains, this is short cut te
that goal. The idea is fresh flower
| jewelry. and the florist sells neck
laces, bracelets and bobby pins. All
have little metal clamps-there are
eight on the necklace-which hold
any fresh flowers firmly in place
The jewelry is of a new plastic,
transparent material, very good
looking and unbreakable. And If
you give a gift such as this, the
best girl can change the flowers with
the seasons-and always keep you
in mind while she's wearing it. The
idea is merely to clamp on sweet
heart roses, tiny orchids or any
other diminutive f1ower-and is the
effect something! These are going
to be a hit, for a number of them
have been sold already to women
who delight in wearing fragrant
beautiful and easily changeable
adornment.
Available Flowers
Are Listed.
If you treat your favorite girl to
one of these necklaces, bracelets OF
pins, here is list, by seasons, OF
some Of the flowers she can success
fully use. Be sure to clip it out and
save it for her:
Spring Flowers.
Last three to five hours-Narcis-
sus. yellow daisy, anemone.
Six hours or more-Carnation
bachelor button, baby orchid.
Evening star., 1940-03-20
My keiehbor Soys:

Add a teaspoon OF vinegar to
each cup of furniture polish to
increase it's brilliancy. Shoe
polishes may also be treated in
this manner.
Creamed cheese mixed with
chopped dates and nuts makes
a tasty topping for freshly baked
gingerbread or it can be used as
a filling for two layers of choco-
late or spice cake.
Shrimp appetizers usually are
popular on the buffet table.
Select firm uniform shrimps,
clean and chill. Arrange them
hanging" on a small bowl in
which is placed chilli sauce,
mayonnaise or any other relish.
Serve wood picks for spearing
the shrimps.
Evening star., 1940-03-20
MANHATTAN'S
Guaranteed
DRY CLEANING
Your Guarantee

Manhattan guarantees you
against any loss due to shrink
ing or fading. Every garment
is guaranteed to reach you
free of cleaning odors.
Evening star., 1940-03-20
Reasonably Priced

Women's plain dresses or mems
suits, only 75e -. correspond
ingly low prices on other gar
ments. Dress better save
money by calling a Manhattan
Routeman TODAY!
Evening star., 1940-03-20
Daily Collections

Also Special Weekend Service
collected Thursday, de-
livered Saturday. Phone for
q Manhattan Routeman now.
Evening star., 1940-03-20
No Extra Charge for
Minor Repairs

You can wear your garments at
once! Manhattan makes minor
repairs - replaces buttons and
snaps-at no extra cost.
Evening star., 1940-03-09
Greensboro College
Glee Club 10 Sinq
AT Asbury
DR.. Gould to Preach
At Evening Service
On Deed and Creed

At Francis Asbury Methodist
Church tomorrow at II am. the
Greensboro College Glee Club of
Greensboro, N. c.. under the direc-
tion OF Walter Vassar will give a
program.
At 8 pm. DR.. Robin Gould will
preach on Deed and Creed"
Howard D. Rees, secretary of the
Baptist Students Union of Mary
land and the District will be the
guest teacher of the Open Door
Glass for Young men at $50 am.
The young people. young adults
and intermediates will meet at GAS
pm, the young people and young
adults will hear a lecture on Com
parative Studies in Religion" by
Mrs. Mobola Ayorinde, native of
Nigeria, Africa.
On Monday evening the Board of
Christian Education will meet with
Mr. and Mrs. C.. w. Humphreys,
SOLO Wisconsin avenue NV. On
Tuesday at 2 pm. Circle No. / of
the Woman's Society in Christian
Service will meet with Mrs. Bessie
Newlin, 1855 Sixteenth street NV.
Also at pm. Tuesday, the Christian
Guild will meet with Mrs. Fulton,
o4l2 Fourth street NV.
On Thursday evening will be the
last session of the annual School of
Missions. DR.. Gould will conduct
the class on the text "Methodists
United for Action"