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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-06
SOFT FLATTERY IN
A JACKET.DRESS


The costume" look Is all-irnpor.
tant according TO early Spring fore
casts. And printed silk Jacket
dresses will be seen on the smartest
women. Claire Tilden offers use
full, attractive matron style In Pat.
tern 900. Make this outfit In ono Of
the new prints for O note OF color
under your winter coat and for
tasteful street wear In Spring. No
tice how long the jacket Is cut--a
new seasonal feature that's extreme
ly flattering. Two panels OF the
front skirt OF the dress give slim
w-the-waist lines, and softness
created by darling at the shoulders
and over the front waist seam give
above the-waist flattery. And you
might trim the pretty V-neck with O
stand-up frill OF ruffling and q self
fabric bow, or make q becoming COL
lar, perhaps In fresh contrast, sew
lace edging on the collar and sleeves
and add bows. The jacket may
have long or short sleeves. Here's O
style that will surely DO belle" OF
your wardrobel
Pattern 900 Is cut In women's sIz-
es 81, 80, 80, 40, AZ, A, 10, 40 and
30. Size 30, entire ensemble requires
B 3-8 yards 30 inch fabric and 2 Id
yards lace edging.
Send FIFTEEN CENTS (i6c) In
coins for this pattern. WRITN
CLEARLY SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS
AND STYLE NUMBER.
Send orders TO the Waterbury
Democrat Pattern Department.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-06

to do, II wish sometime someone
would name O committee without
putting me on IT, she says.
PRETTY
TRANSPARENT
In order to let you know that she
was ct the Big-wigs party last night,
she'll complain Of being oil tired out,
or sigh that she just doesn't see any
reason for such elaborate parties,
II you don't remark on her
beautiful new coat, youIl hear
what Is wrong with It.
drumble. 0rumhle. drumble. Brag,
Brag. Brag.
All Of US have 0 yen to do o
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-06
HOW 1T FEELS TO REDUCE
PHYsTOLOGICALLY

INA 0AOAONNAOAAfAS4
Plenty Of misguided folk know
how 1t feels to reduce by freak
dieting. The more determined ones
who do succeed In losing q few
pounds that way generally look
like the devil and feel like his
abode.
But here's how It feels to reduce
physiologically.
My dear Doctor Brady:
It is about time ! wrote to thank
you for the benefits I have received
from following your rules for re-
ducing.
For years I suffered from con-
slant tired feeling caused, as I now
realize, by carrying sixty pounds
surplus weight.
Ever since I started reducing ac-
cording to your rules / began to
feel like q new person. I now have
much more pep and my general
health has improved o great
You are a Joy and blessing to
millions you must have won
derful patience (M.CM.)
That closing comment pleases
me particularly, because so many
old sourpusses seem to think I have
neither patience nor human SYM
pathy.
The principal fault with most re-
duction diets followed by individ-
uals who are as fat In the head as
In the body Is that the restrictions
imposed still further deplete the
vitamin store In the body Of the
victim who, obviously, has been
worrying along for years on q Vita
min shortage, otherwise he or she
would not have grown so obese,
Obesity, 1t must be remembered, Is
maln,Itritiol.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-06
Clarifying
Yourself

NEA service Stau Wftter
Step number one In successful de-
velopment Of q more interesting
personality Is q real resolution 70
try to use the personal pronoun, T.,
great deal less in conversation.
It's no doubt sad, but more
than a little true, that ones own
experiences, thoughts and daily
doings are seldom very fascinat-
ing to others. Unless you have a
store Of amusing or unusual stor-
les about people you have met
and places you have been, only
your closest friends will be In
terested. And even close friends
don't want to hear too many sen
fences beginning with II said," or
IT did" or II think"
All Of this adds up to the fact
that the woman who Is deter
mined to develop q remarkable
personality must find something
to talk about. Something which
people she knows and people she
meets will like to hear.
This Just about excludes. con-
versatlons concerning her chill
dren, her method Of doing house,
work, her difficulties with her
relatives and her job-unless she
heppens to do o particularly in
teresting, II not actually exciting,
kind Of work Even then, she
had better stick to the broader
aspects Of the Job. and keep her
self out Of II.
Developing q great interest
In one thing and minor inter-
ests In O number Of others usually
Is the answer. The great interest
can be music, poetry, gardening
or whatever, but II she knows
much about IL and much about
people who have been and are at
present interested In 1t and what
they say regarding 1t, she'll have
something to talk about.
Having other interests besides
the big one will prevent her from
talking too much about It. And
they'll enable her to have some
thing conversationally in common
with almost anyone she meets.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-06
OF INTEREST TO WOMEN

Have you q household pFoblem
70 solve? Write your question
clearly, sign your name and I'D.
dress, enclose n thrce-eent postage
stamp and mall 10 The Woman's
Editor, Washington Service Bu.
reau, The Democrat, 1913 18th
Street, Washington, d. @. for u
personal reply.
q, How often should hanging
baskets be Watered?
A. Actively growing plants may
DO Watered three or four times
weekly, but extremes OF water orc
to be avoided. One OF the chief
failures In hanging baskets ID The
result OF insufficient water,
@. Please give q recipe for egg
nog.
A. Twelve eggs, IA 10 . cups
Of sugar, / quart whipping cream,
2 quarts milk, ~ pintS OF brandy
2 ounces Jamaica rum, nutmeg
Beat yolks OF eggs with sugar; add
brandy, rum, milk and cream, poured
In slowly TO prevent eurdling. Add
beaten egg whites, stir and put
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-06

to do about Dor
othy. She's not
In : err ested In
an y I h Ing but
boys. There Is
always O crowd
OF them under
foot. And every
night she wants
TO 60 somewhere.
II II isn't O
dance It's On I'M
portant basket
ball game i'm
portant because
Bill or Bob or
Rom @ body or
other is on the
tAan1
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-06

to apportion your money. Includes
buying pointers, has ruled pages for
years entries.
Send l0c In coin for your c0py
Of HOW TO BUDGET AND BUY
FOR BETTER LIVING te the Wa
terbury Democrat Home Service, 0SD
Sixth Ave., New York, N. Y. BE sure
10 write plainly your NAME, AID.
DRESS, and the NAME Of booklet.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-06
- RAISING A FAMILY
Cruel Children Are Usually
Unaware They Hurt Others

imagined persecution. But you
won't be helping him by Shaming
him further.
One guard should be both pre-
ventive and curative. One Is to
try TO show our families that
other people are hurt far beyond
any intention. The other Is to try
10 help our more sensitive ones
aS best we may TO overlook Sights.
I think that "A" and 70" are
probably right. Il depends on the
child himself, Most children ore
O little cruel through impulse or
though lessneSs,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-06

Vitamin shortage, not ( o o d
shortage, accounts for the break
down In health suffered by many
misguided individuals from a per-
iod Of freak dieting. Vitamin Short
age, too, accounts for the let-down
which comes In the second week or
so of such ALPHABETICALLY adj
justed dieting and defeats the most
earnest intention Of the over
weight.
Please read again M. G. MS re-
marks In the second paragraph Of
the letter. "Feel like new per-
son." more pep" and general
health improved" That's as 1t
should be. A physiologically ad-
justed reduction regimen must
make you feel better, at least no
worse; 1t must increase your pep"
and tend to build up your health in
general. Incidentally e should
rather improve your appearance.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-06
Caroline
Chatfield
4 Daughter. Daughter All of Her Life.
Says Today


Yesterday grandmother who twnklng
smile imaginable And how the daughter and
fn-aw and the lovely grandchld2"
they In Florida they would DE
somewhere else. They are always on the 60"
having fun while they young?
I'm better of than friends who haven't
children had again wouldn't have child don't
see why any woman has child
and she Is old enough TO get married. some
from there out she thinks Of
netting but him and her old mother is forgotten"
No grandmother, daughter q daughter
take daughter rob
other her done Job Of rearing child
his mother till the what Of the sonnaw
Of daughters byhood and childhood adyhood
chidess friends haven't even the memories
what you the cruelty Of life
shoes?
defending want to gratitude to her.
sympathy understanding from outsiders
get none from the source we expected It,
mother a boy enough
advantage places business
by ready his aid he needs All
she Is looking forward the time when he will
daughter and precious grandchildren.
"But falls a selfish jealous Of every
in
extending courtesy courtesy
turn But how about her boy?
nifty at being separated his
be cruel to woman"
And so Yet mother
her OF her memories CAROLINE CHATFIELD
roblsms oi neen,
wrI Miss ch. !" ors 81 ~
aewSB"peE ~ w ~ " ~ " WYE
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-06

7 do wish she was more like
your Margaret - interested In her
school work and In her musiel"
Another day the thing that 10
worrying her Is the way her new
dress (she names the expensive
shop has been copied oil over
town.
Or maybe her "trouble" Is
caused by oil the things she has
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-06
25c ASH TRAY AND HOLDER SETS
January Clearance Sale Price. -.

little harmless Dragging occasion.
ally. But let's not think the peo-
pie we know are dopes enough
not to see through our disguised
Boosting,
Let's just openly brag when we
feel like 1t, Few people resent
hearing, "The incest thing hap-
pened TO me today -"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-06
ether children suffer

AlliluEGdl " 1 v
likNly cruel be-
cause they have
not learned 10
spare feelings.
They have 10
live O while TO
know that their
own hurts are
dupl ic O ted In
o / h Q s Once
: h Q y discover
h o " 8 h q r p
words cut, rid.
icule strings or
neglect wounds,
I h Q y become
m re consider.
ate.
Today we are
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-06
HozC To Keep Well

css.ss sesnI.ina nsaI.a ~
disease angno.s o. atmea will BE answered ~ W nrsay
thla made
RRuonn eevtce MadlnWR hirnED ~
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-06

grated nutmeg over top. Serve very
cold,
q. How long will canned fish
Theoretically sealed, keopP
A. Indefinitely II stored In O
cool dry place.
(See our general Question and
Answer column on Page o.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-06
MEASURE ACCURATELY

To measure shortening aeeur-
ntely, I'LL the measuring cup with
water less the amount OF fat re-
CURED, then add the shortening
until tho cup ID full.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-06
Grurnble, Drag
Women Fool
Very Few
BY RUTH MILLETT

Whom do they think they're fool.
ing-the women who pretend TO
grumble all the while they brag?
You know the type. The woman
who says, IT lust don't know what
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-06

BIZ OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON
Are children cruel2:
A. Yes?
n, No?
@. Are they merely thoughtless?
d. do they deliberately make
other children suffer?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-06


much about physical cruelty aS the
more bitter wounds Of words and
acts. The crowd runs of and leaves
Johnny. They don't like Johnny
maybe, and he might learn TO be
O little more pleasant himself by
such treatment,
Nevertheless II Is cruel. A crowd
Ia usually more cruel than the In
dividual, aS well known; mass
bravado, or doing In company what
we lack courage TO do alone. But
not always.
Art calls 10 Andy, "Where'd you
get the seare-erow hat2" Andy
knows " was his brothers hat and
Is o size too large, but he doesn't
want 10 DO told about II. He does
one OF two things he goes home
and says no won't wear II again, or
he yoiis on the spot, "do on. I
wouldn't wear those dumb socks TO
O dog flght."
The latter way Is healthier. II
shows that Andy can give what
he gets; normal enough And II
also shows that no Is not 10 ter
ribly hurt that he can't remember
toot sweet TO put up battle. ]
have an aversion TO the othor-cheek
policy when II causes too many
tears.
DON'T SHAME
YOUNG "INTROVERT"
The child who Is wounded 10 the
very core OF his soul rs usually not
d fighter. He IA more likely 10
brood and cry and want 10 escape
from other people, and, eventually
the whole world How pitiful. This
a the sensitive, or,if you are not too
tired Of one word, the introvert type
Of child.
Ize cannot help II. Don't force
him. He will suffer o little oil
his life. And oil his life he will
possibiy look for deep motives and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-06

And so 1t Yet every mother has memories Life
her Of her memories. CAROLINE CHATF]
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-06

THE WOMEN;
Evening star., 1940-07-18
New Member of Melon Family Cross Between Casaba
Dorothy Dix Says 80
Stepfather's Attitude Affects
Success of Second Marriade

drive him into acting like q man
instead Of . selfish, spoiled boy.
! admit any such hopes are thin
diet on which to feed your starved
heart, but the only alternative Is
to leave your husband Snd 20 to
the child. And, rs you love him
20 much and he has other good
qualities, it is not q solution of
your difficulties that will bring you
much happiness.
Do not, for the childs sake, force
her as an unwelcome guest on your
husband. If you do you will blight
her life far more than you would
II you put her In q school or
an institution. Because he would
take out his spite on her in a thou.
sand little subtle cruelties and in.
suits that she and you would be
powerless to prevent.
A friend Of mine often tells me of
her cowed and miserable childhood
in the house Of q stepfather who
resented her presence. He never
spoke to her except to call her
that beggar brat"
At the table he would give her
the meanest and scantiest portions
Of food. He beat her for any little
childish fault. And she grew up
so frightened Of him that she would
hide in a closet when she knew he
was in the house and she never
dared laugh or speak where he
could hear her.
Your child is happy with her
grandparents. Let her stay with
them until such time as you can
provide a happy home for her.
Evening star., 1940-07-18

LOgetner. 1CS OBVIOUS Lnat you
can't interest Eddie If you never
have any contact with him-unless
you're one of those rare charmers
who simply bowl boys over by their
appearance.
So you must do a little investigat-
ing, in quiet and unobtrusive way,
to discover just what kind Of per-
son Eddie Is. Does he attend Chris
tlan Endeavor every Saturday night?
Does he love to swim? Is he con-
frmed jitterbug? Does he have
journalistic ambitions? Do you
know anybody. boy or girl, who is
well acquainted with him? Does he
habitually 60 anywhere you also
might 60, or do anything that you
also might do?
II you can discover some such
fact about him, then you've got a
start. From this point on, you must
move carefully. You must draw a
delicate line between pursuing him
and merely giving him an opportun-
ity to pursue you. It's quite all right
for Eddie to find out that you like
him, provided you show no DISPOSE
ton to do anything about it. He'll
be intrigued and flattered by your
interest, but he'll either think you're
cheap or a nuisance If you are OBJ
viously on his trail.
The safest course, therefore, is to
show less interest in Eddie, but more
interest in his interests. Many girl
has faithfully attended young
peoples society simply because some
boy she liked also attended. Hun
dreds Of misses have learned to
swim or to dance because those
activities were followed by young
men who appealed to them. Co-eds
have even submitted themselves to
the tortures of calculus or chemistry,
simply because these courses gave
them point of contact with some
boy whom they wished to know
better.
Evening star., 1940-07-18

nourishing food is available for even the most limited
budgets
-. Checking up on the market reports In other
cities. each week, discloses that New York Phila-
delpha and other northern communities very often
have the Jump on Washington in getting the first
sonal shipments OF various fruits and vegetables
even from the South. The cars and trucks seem to
whisk right by us, to offer their wares further along
the route-and because Of this We sometimes miss
out on the highest quality and the earliest crops This
Is hard to understandable apparently Washington is
not as fussy about its vites of the other
cities, and for this reason are not classed as
number one marketing town. Certain it is that top
fruit and fancy vegetables along with special cuts Of
client stuff is true, but 1t is not the really super"
Evening star., 1940-07-18

Once such q contact Is established,
It's up to you to make the most OF
it. Your attitude toward the boy
should be friendly, but not aggres-
sive. Try to let him get the impress
sion that you think he's q pretty
nice person, and that you would be
perfectly willing to know him better,
but that It's up to him to make the
first move.
Parties offer another chance to
further an acquaintance with q boy
whom you know only slightly. You
can invite him to a party Of your
own, provided the guest list is large
enough that your invitation to him
won't seem pointed. Or you can
have friend who knows him better
than you do, invite you both to q
smaller party. But in this case it
shouldn't be couples" affair. Don't
let him get the idea that you are
using q friend to pair him OF with
you.
AS for inviting such q boy to at
tend q Leap Year party as your
guest, such direct invitations are
poor strategy unless he has shown
very real interest in you. It's
seldom wise for q girl to extend
such an invitation to q boy who
hasn't already dated her.
Finally, it's wise for you to ex-
anime your own equipment and
see where it can be improved. You
want Eddie to like you: okay, but
why should he? Are you q likable
person? Do you have genuinely
worthwhile qualities to bring to such
friendship? What might you do
to make yourself more attractive
not only to Eddie, but to other fel-
lows-and girls-as well?
If you're earnestly and intelu-
gently trying to make yourself q
more likable person, you won't have
to worry about interesting the Ed
dies and Johnnies. They'll come to
you!
Evening star., 1940-07-18
ToMATO-CELERY SOUP.

ToMATO-CELERY SOUP.
Wash and cut three cups celery,
with foliage, in small pieces. Peel
and dice one small onion. Cover
celery and onion with 3 cups water,
adding ; peppercorns and . small
bay leaf. Cook slowly for IS min
utes. Add cups stewed or canned
tomatoes, 2 tablespoons sugar and
~ teaspoons salt, cook altogether
for Is minutes more. Force the
mixture through . fine sieve. Blend
u cup butter with 1 tablespoons flour,
stir into the soup and simmer en-
tire mixture for 20 minutes. Serve
hot, or set to chill and serve ice
cold.
ROMAINE-PEPPERS SALAD.
Wash and dry the leaves of one
large head of romaine. Add to the
leaves ? tablespoons finely minced
green pepper, and l tablespoon
minced red pepper, 3 tablespoons
chopped green olives and table
spoon minced watercress. Serve
with French dressing made with a
little more mustard than usual.
BLUEBERRY DELIGHT.
Wash l quart large blueberries
and sprinkle them lightly with
sugar. Set them In bowl in refrig-
orator until wanted. Whip until
stiff l cup heavy cream. Beat 3
packages Of cream cheese with 2
tablespoons cream and a pinch of
salt until mixture is soft and smooth.
Fold the cheese into the whipped
cream, place ingredients in a mold
and chill thoroughly. Unmold and
heap with chilled, sweetened blue
berries or other berries in season.
Serve with cream and sugar If de-
sired.
Evening star., 1940-07-18
How Can Girl Meet Boy
Without Appearing to
Be in Pursuit of Him?
Discovering His Interests and
Adopting Them as Her Own Is
Least Obvious Procedure

party last week Eddie for the m time and
promptly launched bzkeg Adams apple Or perhaps
long casting wtu gances handsome Johnny K lives
unaware Of your existence
Eddie
interest and liking them would be extremely for fill
that
don't like be Which lands square the horns
dilemma right in the middle Of quandry!
This uncomfortable position but perhaps
thing
Eddie Johnny better without bold without
appearing in the unatracive a Pursuing Pauline
ALL stacked
against girl this matter Of improving acquaintance The boys
method direct denied
subtle, but equally effective methods.
which
Evening star., 1940-07-18

Of Church
Allegiance
Bride Usually Goes
To Her Husbands
After Marriage
ny EMILY POST.

When . girl who has always been
q member Of the church on Elm
street marries . man who is an
equally faithful member Of his own
church on River street, the question
Of which church shall be their
church from their wedding day on
Is something that no one else car,
possibly decide for them!
I can answer that the one who
cares most about continuing to be-
long to the accustomed church Is
apt to be the wife, and in this case
the husband goes to her church. On
the other hand, where both care
equally, the wife usually goes to the
husbands church. In many cases-
and perhaps this Is the best answer-
they agree to 60 to her church one
Sunday and to his the next Sunday
each continuing to belong to his
and her own church.
i + 4 +
DEAR MRS. POST: II the bride
Is served first at the bridal table ut
the wedding breakfast, who ID served
second - bridegroom or maid OF
honor?
Answer-The bridegroom is served
second. This is because the bride
and groom are together the guests
Of honor on this occasion. Ordi-
narily, OF course, the most important
man at table Is merely served In
turn, but ut the bridal table the
groom takes precedence over every
one but the bride.
Ak
DEAR MISS POST: I would like
to give q tea party on q Sunday aft
ernoon. I work during the week and
get home after 5 o'clock, usually too
tired to begin giving . party. ID
there any bad taste in giving q party
like this on q Sunday?
Answer-Few present-day COM
munities 1ind 1t improper to give q
very simple party on q Sunday aft
ernoon. If your particular com.
munity Is q very conservative one,
you Of course would be the best
Judge Of whether this would be ap-
proved.
DEAR MRS. POST: Ny fiance
comes here frequently to see me and
up to now has been staying at q
hotel. We invite him to meals only
I do think We should ask him to
stay in cur house since we have
plenty Of room. Can't mother be
wrong sometimes about such things?
Answer-If your mother is at home
(and perhaps your father, tool, to
chaperon you. there is absolutely NO
improperly in inviting him to stay
in your parents house. As q mat
ter Of fact, even when you were not
engaged to him, It would have been
proper to invite him.
Mrs. Post is sorry she can no
longer answer personal letters.
She ID glad, however, to have
many printed slips on . variety
Of subjects to offer to her readers.
Today's slip IL Outdoor Summer
Mannerx" Be sure to send .
3-cent stamped, SELF addressed
envelope with your request to
Mrs. Post in care Of The Evening
Star.