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gical brothers across the South
Atlantic. They are the descen-
dants of African slaves taken
to Guiana in the 18th and 18th
centuries to work the sugar
plantations. Mistreated and
half starved, they finally revolt
ed, fled into the deep juagles
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-20

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-20
BRINGING EXTRA GUEST To
FORMAL PANTY
nv Emily rosr

FohASl FAHIf
Nearly all a as know very weli
that almost every stri or woman
looks forward vita certain
amount 81 dread q having 70 10
70 any formal party alone
especially when u = unlikely that
sns viii meet many 81 her ewn
friends Nevertheless. Mary smlsh
Who 10 herself almcst = stranger
70 Mrs Leader. can net pesslhly
ask v she may take friend ssth
her 20 the Leader party unless
,hs friend IA = dancing man and
the party dance II - Always
permissible Il telephone a hostess
and AJAX TO hiring an extra man
n 4 dance. IN fact. any ane who
knows Mrs Leader really well can
quite properly take an extra nan
or even two OF three without even
asking permission.
To ask u you may bring . man
Ia dinners-cspecisily AZ summer
resort whore men are scArce~-ss
usually answered with an snthuss.
astlc '-ycs'" And an invitation Ia
q tea or cocktail or Ksrtsn party
may always b asked for by Q
quest who would like 10 hiring
either = man or woman. nut an
invitation for an extra woman To
dinner or even . dance 10 rarely
asked for IN the second case and
never in the first
One who has . house guest de-
elinea dinner Invitation Tn
sorry We cant nenlah ainnh ia
staying with as" Hostess. then
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-20
Lofsst Wrinkle In
New Homes Revealed

SAN FRANt'1eC0 = WY
apartment IN Hally Court -
Frsnrisco's first iow.rent housing
project which has b~cn upenei
foe rent eaetslns the lAt>et n<ces-
ssty for nodsrn ilvsnx u n .
siit II ths YAH e th~ bathroom
FOR dropping eld razor shades.
Thsv fan setwe~n m walls
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-20

,harmlng. The other has been
be expected, sits around and
never goes anywhere.
may have her worries and lust
complaints, but she never voices
them. She likes other people and
manages to get along with every
one. Ny complaining friend has
never been in anyone's company
yet but what she has had some
thing unpleasant to say after they
had turned their backs. She seems
to feel better satisfied with her.
self by criticizing others than CIV
ing them the benefit of the doubt.
She was not especially bright as
a girl but she had enough INTEL
ltgence to make an interesting
woman of herself II she had not
been so mentally lazy. She never
takes the time to read a good book
and never reads anything in the
paper but the comic page.
A person can't help but make
comparisons when they see two
such utterly different women who
seemed to be pretty much on
par as girls. One is dull. stupid,
undressing and disagreeable.
The other is alert. intelligent,
agreeable and charming.
The stupid one is forever COM
plaining-bitter because people do
not TASK her anywhere" The
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-20
Good Taste Today

either says. I'm sefry'~ ard that
ends It. or ahs ssys. Won't you
bring Nra. Hank -
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Recipes

CHOCOLATE MINT WATERS
= cup shortening
= tsp. soda
cup cocoa
l tsp. baking powder
cup milk
tsp. salt
l cup sugar
egg. well beaten
= cups sifted -four
Combine shortening. soda. salt
and cocoa Blend. Add sugar.
cream thoroughly Add beaten egg
and mix well SIT, flour with hak.
Ing powder Add 10 first mixture,
alternately with milk. blending
thoroughly, Chill dough. Ron thin
on Toured board and cut with AZ
inch cookie cutter Place on gress-
ed baking sheets Bake in moder-
ate oven 6 10 minutes Makes
2is dozen. Use following AZ mint
filling:
MINT FILLING
cup cream or cyaported milk
u tsp. salt
u tsp. peppermint extract
2 cups siffed confectionery sugar
Blended together.
MRS. ANDREW MEDAK.
30oe So. 10th.
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Dear Mrs Pest ~ you con.
slider vary erssp hscea finger
feed
Answer Properly no not ~ a..
he. bit ~ cears< re-. At plenic
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Sen0B!1E[A9zzx.C!3H|CA6O

I won't be here 10 check up on
you" he said. But of oourse
you've been around enough To take
care OF yourself. And u there IL
anything You want 10 know you
can always ask the travel agent. +"
Sheila smiled.
How taoifuily you're putting H.
Just because Father asked YOU to
drop In on m. now and then doesnt
mean that you need to feel any
responsibility"
She had expected him To reply
jokinsly but instead the slow pain
hul red ran from his chin 10 his
rugged forehead.
Il suppose you wouldn't believe
me II told YOU that changed all
my plans ju.t to be with you to-
night III have TO tase a plane
at the crack OF dawn tomorrow
But Jim darling. you shouldn't
have done that she cried Just
because you suspected that | would
be lonely
You were crying" he reminded
her.
Felt Low
But that was only for = few
minutes. / did feel terribly low
just before We locked You SEQ
everyone else seemed IN have some
one meeting them. And had Just
gotten a letter from Father saying
that he was married"
Il thought a. much" Jim said
sympatheticslly.
His blue eyes were 50 tender
sheila wanted 10 weep with self
pity then che reminded herself
that inssmuch as Jim had made
this sacrifice for her the least
Continued on rage IA. Column 81
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bright one does not have 10 COM
plain because she has taken sd.
vantage Of the good mind the
Creator gave her.
] repeat that few women have a
right 10 complain about their lack
of good times Nine times out 81
ten they have only themselve. to
blame.
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standing stlll-and, as can
mopes all the time because sh,
studied these two friends and
found 1t hard to believe that two
girls who seemed pretty much
alike ten years ago could be so
different now. One is still inter-
ested in improving her mind. She
keeps reading and studying She
is too busy to ever feel sorry for
herself and / am sure she would
not even If she had time to think
about herself too much.
Both of these girls married right
after graduation. The complaining
one has had three husbands and it
looks very much now as though
her third man is going the way of
the other two. She'll get another
divorce and he'll breathe sigh
of relief | am sure. She Is forever
whining. and fussing about some
thing. She nags her husband every
time he comes around and is for
ever moaning about money a
habit that makes me tired because
she has never known the need of
anything except contentment).
My other friend has her first and
only husband. She is one of the
most charming persons I know be-
cause she nuts effort and intelli
gence into her improvement. She
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-20
TEST QUESTION ANSWERS

Below are thr answers 10 test
questions printed on tho editorial
page:
/. Dominion OF Canada
2 Boise.
, The chemical sign OF water.
4 Winter.
5. Only by impeachment.
8. Mediterranean.
7. Bohemian Czech.
4 Newsps pefs. the press.
. Ethelbert Neyin.
10. Pare.
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Woman S allure to Improve Her Mind
Is TO Blame for Lack of Popularity
Reader Compares Two Friends and Proves Why One
Is Well Liked and The Other Avoided by People
BY CYNTHIA GREY

Dear Miss Grey: Some time ago entertained two old
school friends of mine and because they different
from the girls had known them to be- IT struck that
women who complain about their lack of popularity have
only themselves to blame
These girls came from wel-todo families and both were
good LOOKING youngsters Not ravng beauties but nice
enough looking to attract men and well dressed enough IN
be considered chic The only difference them now that
one interesting bright and charming The other hen
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Bleach

Dear Miss Grey: Should q
bleach be used on silk or wooden
goods NJ. r.
No. Bleach may be used in
removing stains from table lin
ems and garments made OF cot
ton or linen. IL colors are fast
but must not be used on silk,
rayon. wool or leather.
Evening star., 1940-05-28

precautions-perhaps including more
hostinties-may combine to do to
Soviet Russias food supplies next
winter. More and more, the Soviets
seem doomed to march close to the
hunger line or to slip across into
outright famine.
These conditions and these pros
poets cannot be reported In anything
like their full amplitude from inside
the Soviet Union because censor
ship has remained extremely severe
ever since the Red Army invaded
Finland. Censorship in Russia to-
day is still that of nation at war.
For the past two months this war
has not been on foreign soil: it is
another kind of battle inside the
home frontier, but it is nonetheless
composed Of certain elements of des-
peration.
It is difficult to forget the words
OF one authority who said to me, If
the Firms could have fought on for
another two months there might
well have occurred a major catas-
trophe inside the Soviet Union" The
danger Of such a catastrophe still
hovers like a hobgoblin over the
Kremlin and will certainly remain
there 50 long as the European War
contlnues-perhaps much longer.
Evening star., 1940-05-28
Berlin
Continued From First Page.)

the surrender was unconditional"
Observers here believe the chance
for . strong French counterattack
to break the trap from the south
passed four or five days ago and saw
nothing to halt Germany's lightning
advance to the Channel.
Berlin was jubilant at news Of the
surrender. and men in the street
sang: I'VE Sail Against England"
However, there was no hint of
what the Germans intended to do
should they cut of the remainder Of
the trapped Allies. From Reims
they would be in position to drive
southwark across the line of COM
munications of the entire Maginot
Line and turn on Paris or make for
England.
King Leopold himself asked for
an armistice, said an announcement
Issued by the high command from
the headquarters of Fuehrer Hitler.
The announcement stated King
Leopold had accepted the German
Evening star., 1940-05-28

individual garden plots and potato
patches. Consequently, the govern
ment reduced quite drastically the
permissible dimensions Of such
plots. Even taxes on fruit trees
were introduced. I was told that the
tax on q few apple trees might
amount to as much as a few thou
sand rubles-or the equivalent Of 10
months wages for an average lab
orer in Soviet Russia. Even If this
tax should be half that amount, it
represents a crushing burden for the
Russian peasantry with such taxes
and with their garden plots cut to q
bare subsistence level. Peasant
sabotage against the regime has at
tanned serious proportions.
The abnormally late Russian
spring, the delayed sowing and the
stubbornly bitter rebellion among
the peasants on the collective farms,
all point to more and more hunger
inside the Soviet Union. They all
confess the fact that the Red Army
may yet have to fight with growing
famine behind its back. If the
Soviet should become involved In
war in the near future such hos
tilities could not fail to accentuate
the existing delay and reduction in
crops. Many believe it would prob
ably assure large-scale famine for
next winter.
Peasants Barred From Moscow.
In Moscow. you learn that the
dictatorship will not allow peasants
to enter the capital if they live
beyond a radius of some so miles
of the city. This restriction is de-
signed to keep thousands Of peas
ants from going to Moscow to buy
bread. Violators of this rule face
prison sentences of to 10 years.
Nevertheless, countless peasants
trudge through the woods and fields,
for 100 miles or more, to get into
Moscow to buy bread for their vii
lagos. Repeated incidents of this
kind, sworn to by unimpeachable
witnesses, illuminate sharply exist
ing conditions in the Russian
pIOVlllCcS.
Through the winter food queues
became so numerous and long in
Moscow that the authorities issued
another iron-clad decree. It pro-
hibited any line being formed until
Is minutes before the shops opened
for business. Hundreds of hungry
citizens then took to forming their
queues in nearby alleys or court
yards. When the 15-minute dead
line came they marched out en-
masse, a long line suddenly spring
ing out of nowhere. Often the po-
lice descended in lorries, stuffed
them with offenders and dumped
them 10 miles out of the city to
walk home and think things over
en- route.
If two bad harvests and the Fin
nish war were SUFFICIENT to create
such conditions in Moscow itself,
one wonders what the latest peasant
revolt, plus possible third success
sive poor harvest and plus the
strain of further prolonged military
Evening star., 1940-05-28

port trade Of the United States with
Canada is larger than with any
other nation.
2. Canada at war Is turning into
a huge manufacturing plant and
training center for the British Isles,
particularly in aviation.
3. There has been speculation as
to whether the British government,
If Britain were overrun by Germany
would transfer itself to Ottawa.
4. Some have speculated over the
possible transfer of the British fleet
to Canada If Britain is defeated in
Europe.
S. President Roosevelt on two oc-
casions has brought Canada clearly
within the Monroe Doctrine by
promising that the people of the
United States would not stand idly
by If any foreign empire threatened
to dominate Canadian soil.
Evening star., 1940-05-28
Americanism Is Answer
10 Fifth Column, Says Dies
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
JAMESTOWN, N. Y, May 2s.-
Adherence to the principles Of
American freedom is potent
weapon in fighting fifth column"
activities, says Representative Mar.
tin Dies, Democrat, of Texas, chair.
man Of the House Committee Inves.
tigating Iln-American Activities.
Mr.. Dies told Rotary Club audi.
ence last night mo arms can SUBJ
due America" as long as Americans
adhere to the principles Of demo-
cratic freedom. !
Taking as his theme Americans
must be free" he urged "strict en-
forcement of the laws we now have
without fear or favor-with addi-
donal legislation necessary-if we
are to deal with the fifth column
successfully"
TN all crises" he said, people
have turned to God for help. Amer
lea was born out Of that faith. Our
democracy rests on the principles
Of freedom, and If you people are
determined to adhere to those prin-
ciples, then no arms can subdus
America"
Evening star., 1940-05-28
STAR WASHINGTON D. c. TUESDAY MAY 2s 1910
Jay Pierrepont Moffot Named
u. S. Minister to Canada
Career Diplomat for
Two Decades Will
Succeed Cromwell
BY the Afsociated press

By the Afsociated Press.
Jay Pierrepont Mof7at, descendant
OF tho countryis first Secretary Of
State and one Of Secretary Hull's
key assistants, Is President Roose-
velt's choice for Minister to Canada.
At q moment when events in Eu-
rope were giving Canada q height
ened importance as q neighbor Of
the United States, Mr.. Roosevelt
nominated Mr.. Moffat yesterday to
succeed James H. r. Cromwell.
Mr.. Cromwell, whose pro-ally ut
terances while Minister at Ottawa
brought public rebuke from Secre-
tary Hull, resigned last week to
accept the Democratic nomination
for Senator from New Jersey.
Mr.. Mof1at. q career diplomat for
more than 20 years. has been chief
Of the State Departments European
Division since 1887. In that capacity
he accompanied Sumner Welles to
Europe few months ago on the
fact-finding mission for the Presi-
dent.
Sixth Generation Of Diplomats.
Mr.. Monat represents the sixth
generation Of his family to be in
the diplomatic service. His forebear,
John Jay, was Americas first Sec
retary Of State. His wife is the
daughter Of Joseph Drew, Ambas-
sador to Japan.
Born at Rye, N. Y, 43 years ago,
Mr.. Moffat attended Harvard Uni
versity. In 1917 he became private
secretary to the American Minister
at The Hague. Later assignments
took him to Warsaw during the
Bolshevik invasion, to Toxic during
the earthquake, to Turkey in time
to see the republic declared, to
Switzerland for the Disarmament
Conference, and to Australia.
Mr.. Moffatt's nomination was re-
ceived with satisfaction in the
Canadian capital last night. Par
ticular significance was attached to
the fact that he was a career
diplomat Of wide experience.
Canada in Vital Role.
The prime Importance Of Canada
to the United States is regarded by
informed observers as emphasized by
the following points:
i. Tho combined export and i'm
Evening star., 1940-05-28

f44G1zzA y li31ISS lI1Eii9 A2Gs=;
Repairing Renovizins Modernizins Home.
Things Are Different
Now
Time was when thought of rehabilitatine
the home was discouraging because Of
the lack of coordination. To make even
minor changes required bringing into
the work many different minds and
many men. That in the end meant more
or less of patch work job; and always
one of multiplied overheads.
Now the most elaborate renovizine or
undermining has become simple matter
through Eberly Plan organization
and efficiency. No long. drawn out
inconvenience; no burden upon the
purse. None of those things exist now
which once kept you from making your
home strictly modern.
Send for an Eberly Plan Supervisor.
He will plan WITH you and FOR you.
The work will ALL be done by Eberly
craftsmen. There will be only ONE
modest overhead and only ONE
responsibility ity-OURS.
And financing facilities, that are
convenient and confidential are at your
disposal.
k332y55a3l, Financing Plan D4.l
Evening star., 1940-05-28
Nozis Transfer Giroud
From Castle to Fort
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, May 28.-"Special IA
cilities" to captive British and
French officers will NOW cease"
German authorities announced to-
day, as a result Of reports that
German officers captured by the
Allies "are extremely badly treated"
The announcement said, THAI
French Gen. Henri Giraud, cap
tured in the battle of the Meuse,
heretofore accommodated in a cas-
tie, now has been transferred to a
fortress in Western Germany. He
will be given a French colonial SOL
dier instead Of q German for an
orderly.
"The future treatment of French
officers will depend on treatment Of
German officers who are prison.
ers of war in French hands," the
announcement concluded.
Evening star., 1940-05-28
Roosevelt's Defense
Program Hit by Gunnett

By the Associated Press.
PORTLAND, Oreg., May 2S.-Frank
Gannett, Republican presidential
aspirant, last night called President
Roosevelt's preparedness message to
Congress and his Sunday "fireside
chat" Outrageous promotion of hys-
teria."
He told Oregon Republicans the
Nation should not trust the defense
program to a President who by July
will have spent $67 900 ,00o, 900 in the
war against depression and has
failed to win It,"
America was in mo danger Of at
tack and not likely to be for a long,
long time. We are not at war, ana,
under right leadership, we need not
Evening star., 1940-05-28
demand Of unconditional capitula-

demand Of unconditional capitula-
tion."
Opposed by Government.
Later q second announcement was
issued stating that the Belgian
King had reached his decision
against the wishes Of the majority
Of his government, which is sitting
In Paris. The Belgian government
was charged with being chiefly re-
sponsible for the catastrophe" and
it was said 1t still seemed inclined
to obey orders Of "English-French
employers"
Authorized quarters said the Allies
made an air raid on Dusseldorf last
night. No information was available
Immediately on the extent of the
damage. The raid was described,
however, as nothing new"
1T happens practically every
night" in the border region, a
spokesman said.
Evening star., 1940-05-28
BY LELAND STOWE.

the normal course OF soviet agrlcul-
ture has been considerably dislo-
Gated already by strictly internal
causes. On the eve of June more
than half of the Ukranian bread
basket remains unsown or unplowed.
Hundreds and probably thousands
of tractors are reported immobilized
due to lack of spare parts and as
many more tractors have not budged
because fuel has not yet reached
them. A great many collective farm
villages which depend upon tractor
stations are still extremely short OF
gasoline.
Passive Resistance to Taxes.
Finally. there is the peasants
passive resistance to the new system
Of taxes and the quotas imposed by
the Kremlin last autumn. This Is
described by observers as Stains
latest squeeze" In part, last years
bad crop was caused by the peas
ants refusal to cultivate all the
available lands in order to avoid in
creased levies. Moscow retorted in
this fashion: 1t shifted the taxes,
or the states share of crops pro-
duced, from the amount actually
cultivated to all the land in the col
lective farms, even including
wooded acres which could not pos
sibly produce food supplies. Natur-
ally, this raised the quota on acre
age to levels which were often i'm
possible and frequently destroyed all
incentive for the peasants.
In many districts the peasants
are retaiating by refusing to sow
more than small portion of their
collective farms. This land rebel
lion is said to be widespread and ac-
centuating.
The discomfort among Russian
peasants was further heightened by
another squeeze measure last au-
tumn. Moscow decided the peas
ants were getting more than their
own food requirements out Of their
Evening star., 1940-05-28

|, Renovizine Modernizins Homes
Evening star., 1940-05-28
George Lumuze Dies

PHILADELPHIA, May % (P.-
George Lamaze, So. nationally
known chef and executive vice pres
ident of the Warwick Hotel, died
yesterday of heart ailment. He
was native of Rhiems, France.
Evening star., 1940-05-28

High OfficioI Tests Boxing
Brazil's Minister of Agriculture
personally tested the baking Of bread
with mixed flour and was pleased
with the results. -
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-12-19
TWENTY YEARS AGo-I920

The sale of stock in the Benton
Franklin inter-county bridge COM
pany had begun during the week
with $4,000 being raised within two
days time.
Two dozen partridges were to be
received by the Benton county game
commission. These birds were to be
shipped from Old Mexico.
L. A. Tweedt had announced his
candidacy for the office of director
of the Columbia Irrigation District
to succeed L. E. johnson.
E. o. Keene was elected president
of the Highland Improvement club;
w. F. Sonderman, vice-president; L.
H. Burgess, treasurer and G. L. Bur-
ris and F. N. Giles, trustees.
Little Jack Swayze celebrated his
third birthday Sunday. His guests
were Ruth, Ethel, Johnny and Grace
Dickinson.
A crowd of Horse Heaven people
enjoyed q. masquerade dance at Ply
mouth. Costume prizes were receiv-
ed by Mrs. Wilmot GravenSlund and
Mrs. Lewis of Horse Heaven, MIR.
Mottinger and Joseph Doyle.
The First National Bank was put
ting on special campaign to teach
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CHRISTMAS CARDS

We choose greeting cards with
out wondering just how long folks
have been following this custom at
Christmas. The average citizen to-
day receives at least IL cards at
Christmas and New Years and the
total number mailed is in the bill
lion.
Charles Dickens gave the Incentive
with his christmas Carol" and an
amateur artist; using some of Dick
ems characters as subjects, made
personal greeting cars around 1850.
This started the vogue. The early
cards were all signed by hand and
then, as today, many folks had
writer's cramps during the holidays.
Today there are many who prefer to
have their name printed or engraved
upon their Christmas cards, which
saves in strength though perhaps
lacks in the personal touch. With
the sentimental wording changing
so drastically on the greeting cards
from year to year, you never can be
sure what the envelope will contain
until you open it. =