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Evening star., 1940-06-11

Dear Dorothy Dix-Do you think
1t better to marry a poor specimen
Of man than not marry at all?
A group Of us girls are wondering
about this. We see our friends
marrying men who drink, who won't
work, who are .philanderers, who
have bad dispositions, who can prom
Use a girl no security, and we would
like to know if they would be hap
pier married to such men than they
would be If they stayed single? Is
love enough to cover all of these
faults and make marriage sublime?
I. for instance, am in love with a
man who Is tightwad, who is
grouchy and hard to get along with,
is jealous and who runs around a
lot with other girls; yet he is smart,
has good manners and makes
money. Would be happy if mar
ried him with these outstanding
faults? Shall I give him up or go
on like the rest and take him?
MARIE
Answer-A very wise woman who
was twitted with being an old
maid once said that 1t was better to
be laughed at because you were not
married than not to be able to laugh
because you were married.
There is a world of wisdom wrap
ped up in this sage remark. Fer
while it is true that the luckiest
woman in the world is the one who
has good husband, the most un-
fortunate one in the world is the
one who has a bad husband.
So the old maid at least plays
safe. and if she misses the best gift
that God can bestow upon woman,
she escapes the greatest misery that
the devil can send one.
When I see, as I so often do,
girls who have good jobs that en-
able them to live in comfort, to
dress prettily, to go places and
have a nice congenial circle of
friends about them; girls who, as
We say, are sitting pretty, marry
drunkards, or shiftless ne'er-do-
wells, or jealous men, or men of
mean, cantankerous dispositions,
Of whom they are really afraid, it
seems to be that they are candi-
dates for a Home Of Feeble Minded
instead of the altar.
Evening star., 1940-06-11
Fathers Day Gifts Can Be Really Original
By FRANCESCA MCKINNEY.

BY FRANCESCA MCKINNEY.
OUR SCOUT SUGGESTS
Framed Chinese water colors on
silk make attractive and unusual
wedding presents. 80.
A pair of sparkling glass candle
sticks in the form of praying angels
should certainly be on your list of
gifts; ideal for the religious person.
Here is must" for the kitchen,
especially nowadays when most
bread comes already sliced. This
metal gadget will hold slice Of
bread and with the knife that ac-
companies the set you are able to
slice the one into two thin ones. .
Glass c0rnucopias that may be
used as a pair of vases in the din
ing room or living room make an
ideal gift for the bride. These
horns Of plenty" may be put on
their sides in the center of table,
with colorful fruits tumbling out
Their versatility makes them an
appreciated gift for years to come. .
Antique satinwood knife boxes
with lovely old patina will add a
great deal to your dining room if
one is placed on either end of your
SidebOard. ).
With fresh corn on the cob now
in the markets it is high time for
you to get individual glass dishes
shaped so an ear of corn just fits
them. This is very convenient, for
you can spin the corn around so that
1t will gather up all the melted but
ter that drips into the bottom OF the
dish. ..
Highball glasses decorated with
colorful pennants that usually are
strung on yachts for special occas-
sions make nice gift to the yachts
man. If you own any kind Of boat
you will surely want set. -.
Gay cigarette boxes in the shape
OF a drum majors hat will add a
bright touch to the summer cot
tage, for they may be had in royal
blue trimmed with red or scarlet
trimmed with black. -.
Old hand-painted china teapot
stands are useful as we'll as orna-
mental; an attractive small gift.
Several bands of white wire looped
to form a large circle dividing
at the bottom. so it will stand of
its own accord, holds eight small
highbau glasses painted in various
colored flowers: must" for porch
or garden gatherings.
For parties out on the farm where
roosters and chickens wander under
the pear and apple trees, be sure
to have pair of china salt and
peppers in the shape of your feath-
cred friends. If you prefer, get a
set Of the wooden ones resembling
the fruit that grows on your place.
II many Of your recipes call for
chopped nuts, by all means invest
in the new nut chopping gadget,
which consists Of glass jar with
colored metal grinder on top.
To give that professional touch
to your potatoes, carrots and many
other vegetables. use spiral slicer
to cut them with fancy edges.
An attractive jam dish for the
sunporch breakfast is fashioned of
glass with blond wooden top and
spoon. 80.
Evening star., 1940-06-11

felt and cork wedges. All, however,
should be wonderfully comfortable
If they're anything like the nfties
we gals have taken to our hearts.
Any man, young or old, will well
come really good luggage, especially
the Upper fastened bags which are
so roomy; evening sets consisting Of
tie, handkerchief and cummerbund;
the container, a chromium-p plated
smiling face whose winking eye Is
really place to drop old razor
blades. dad can use this for a
banko Another idea Is the out
side thermometer which Is cemented
to the window pane on the outside
facing in. No more running out
doors on cold mornings to convince
himself that it's as cold as the open
bedroom window said it was. Then,
there are always electric shavers,
especially the new and efficient dual
ones which are said to give an un-
believably fast performance. There's
an offer going on, too-an allow
ance on any old razor, doesn't mat
ter whether it works or not, is
applicable on certain types OF elec-
trio models. Every man can use
combination file and comb in a leath-
er case, or key ring that leaves no
mystery, for 1t Is decorated with
miniature house, office and auto
mobile. The corresponding KEYS 70
into each one, OF course. A stretchy
transparent material that looks al
most like cellophane makes belts,
braces, garters and watch straps
that are new and different.
Whether you stick to the conven-
tional or go in for the unusual.
there are many available gifts for
men. We don't advise you to buy
useless and unwanted gifts; YOU
must really know the likes and dis
OF the person you're remembering
IN order to make the best selection.
But we still think that a surprise
gift along with those socks that he
expected all the time would be fun!
p. S.-Don't forget masculine
beauty aids" Good soaps, after
shave lotions and tonics are some
thing that comparatively few
gentlemen will buy for themselves.
But they love 'em.
Evening star., 1940-06-11


gifts. Desk lighters come in a great
variety of prices. and the strike
lighters which produce match-like
fame may be had in almost any
style. Pocket lighters are interest
ing this season because they COM
bine utility and good looks. For
instance, a favorite is the f1ameless
type that lights simply by putting
the cigarette against it and putting.
Most unusual is the small one on a
leather strap which hangs from the
lapel in the manner of the lapel
watches that were and are still so
popular. Men who have an un-
happy faculty for losing lighters
will approve these.
Pipe smokers who have always
found lighters a plain nuisance"
can be calmed with a new style
which is combination for cigar
cite and pipe. Flip the lighter and
the flame is perfectly good for a
cigarette; wait moment and it
ignites a little Jet which shoots
the flame out the side and makes it
Just right for the fireside-and-slip-
per companion. Cigarette holders
said to do away with much OF the
nicotine have become very much
IN demand, and a good one is that
in which you insert tiny capsules to
eliminate 80 per cent Of the nico-
tine. The holder comes equipped
with about 10 capsule refills and
others can always be purchased
separately.
"The perfect host will welcome
some of the new cocktail gadgets.
F'rinstance, the chromium plated
bottle stopper has round top and
mouth which pours only certain
quantity at time, thus insuring
perfectly proportioned drinks. The
key to the city" is really a cork
screw and bottle opener combination,
and very smart. Those ice tongs
we mentioned earlier are good ones
they really hang onto a cube for
dear life.
What father will say to them,
We don't know, but you could really
surprise him with a pair of wedge
shoes for men! These are very
casual, sport types, some with a
leather wedge about one and one
quarter inches high, others with
Evening star., 1940-06-11
By BARBARA BELL.

Sport shirt, sports skirt, slacks
and shorts-why, you can make
practically your whole play outfit
with this one generous design. The
slacks and shorts are cut just alike,
you see-the difference is merely
one Of length! Make all three Cor
really FOUR pieces, and put them to-
gether as you like, and you'll be
well dressed for every sports oc-
casion, active or spectator, as well
Evening star., 1940-06-11
Cigarette and Pipe Lighter
Combination Excellent:
Lapel Types Are New
Belts and Braces Now Made
Of Transparent Material;
Wedges for Men Here
By HELEN YOGT.

II want to find ice ongs that really
anxious discover what do with old blades
Cause know all the
Of some of our
local
Naturally the inspiration is Fathers which
not rolling about
you unppared here Of the most and still
we could find around
buy slippers handkerchiefs
socks sweaters that's something different
add little originality
suggest
If Dads smoker there wonderful cigarette
you the whole pack and variety
OF feathers
cigarettes
to be monogrammed initials which
designed to hold them Most like
Lighters either the portable
Evening star., 1940-06-11
Cleaning Pewter

To clean pewter utensils rub
them with brass polish applied
on soft brush or cloth. Polish
with a soft cloth until shiny. If
the pewter is to be used for holding
foods wash 1t In hot water and soap
suds, rinse in boiling water and
wipe dry.
Evening star., 1940-06-11
And Your Clothes
Wear Longer, Too

It's . fact. Manhattan saves
you money by saving your
clothes-because there's no rub.
bing or scrubbing. The Net
Bags get the wear-your clothes
get the wash-and last longer
than when washed by any other
method.
Evening star., 1940-06-11
See For Yourself
Phone Manhattan

You'll get back the cleanest
clothes you've ever seen-9 lbs.
washed, all f1atwork ironed,
only 63t. (Or, for washing
alone, 9 lbs, only 39t). Phone
for q Manhattan routeman.
Evening star., 1940-06-11

ADVERTISEMENT.
Evening star., 1940-06-11
Manhattan Methods
Get Clothes Cleaner

Whites are whittier, colors
brighter, when Manhattan does
your washing. Your things are
sorted by types and colors-
then ~ashed sepa,dtsly in Net
Bags. Palm oil soap and rain.
soft water get out all the dirt.
Everything sparkles with fresh.
ness!
Evening star., 1940-06-11

Think Of it! You get Q Glib.
bundle usually 20 to so pieces)
washed-all sheets, tablecloths,
napkins and other fiat work
neatly ironed and folded-bath
towels fluff ff-dried-wearing ap.
parel returned in vor paper just
damp enough for easy ironing
all for 63t.
Evening star., 1940-02-29
Two Big Refunding
Issues Are Placed
On Market Today
Bethlehem and Kentucky
Utilities Offerings
Totol l31 Millions
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 29.-Capital
markets hummed with unprecedent-
ed activity today when Nationwide
syndicates offered publicly new
securities totaling $l3l 900 900 issued
by the Nations second largest steel
corporation and a well-known utility
system.
Ranking tops In the marketing
was new issue of Bethlehem Steel
Corp. bonds and debentures amount
ing to $l05 100000. This is the larg-
est single piece of financing UNDER
taken by an industrial corporation
under the Securities and Exchange
Act. The securities are in three
pieces: $3OOO0,O0O of per cent
bonds, due in 1860, to be sold at
SO and interest; $4,000 900 of 3A
per cent bonds, due in 1865, at 100
and interest, and $35 900 900 of serial
debentures maturing 1941 to 1850
at 100 and interest.
Kuhn, Loeb G Co.: Smith, Barney
g. Co., and Mellon Securities Corp.
headed the Nationwide list of firms
making the Offering
Another Offering was $4,000, 900
first mortgage per cent bonds Of
Kentucky Utilities Co. at 102 and
interest and s6,0OO000 sinking fund
Az per cent bonds of the same COM
pany at 1912 and interest. First
Boston Corp. headed the country
wide distributing group.
Proceeds to both companies from
sale of these bonds will be used for
refunding purposes.
Evening star., 1940-02-29
Individual Incomes
In January Hold
Above Year Ago
Drop From December
Levels Loid Partly
To industrial Log
BY the Associated Prets.

BY the Associated Press.
The Commerce Department es-
timated yesterday that income pay
ments to individuals during January
totaled $6o5o, 10000 This was
$3.50 900 900 more than in January,
1899, but $4,000 900 less than In
December.
The drop from December was
attributed partly to a seasonal de-
cline in dividend payments and a
drop in industrial pay rolls because
of slackened production.
Compared with January, 1882
salaries and wages last month, ag-
gregating $3,70O 900 900, were per
cent larger. Dividend and interest
payments were estimated at $685.
600 900, compared with 81 ,514 .0OO, 900
in December. and $827, 900 900 in
January year ago.
The total of income payments to
individuals includes also rents and
relief payments. The department
reported that social security benefits
and relief payments in January
aggregated s237 900 900, compared
with $2l9 900 900 in December, and
s220, ,O00, 600 in January. 1899.
The estimated 81 ,0O0, 900 In
rent and royalty payments repre-
sented little change.
A report from the Labor Depart
ment said that factroy employment
decreased "a per cent between mid
December and mid-January. It was
the first recession in factory en-
ployment since last May.
Secretary Perkins said, however,
that the current employment index
was 102 per cent higher than a
year ago, and that the pa, roll in
dex was 17.2 per cent higher. She
estimated that 100000 more work
ers were engaged in -agricul-
tural occupations. in January, 1910,
than in January Of last year, de-
spite a greater-than-seasonal de-
cline Of 100000 workers in nom
agricultural employment between
December and January.
Evening star., 1940-02-29
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO. Feb 90 LP,.-United States
Department Of Agriculture1 1.-Salahle hogs.
$4,000: total. 10000: active: gener ally
$40 higher than Wednesdays average:
spots up more on medium weiRht and heavy
butchers; top. $50; bulg good and choice
2OO-24O pounds, 5.3O-55; 24O-27O pounds
5.10-35; most 270-320 pounds averages,
1905 Is; extreme weights down to 475;
good 4OO-55O pounds packing sows. 4l5-
so: tighter weights up to 4.65.
1000: strictly rood and choice sters and
but all others a 3 slow, steady e 25 lower:
above 10 O. 30 holding steady: top. 1855, paid
price iI;50: several loads 10: :75-ll:.5:
medium grades. 7.75-S.25; several loads
900 to 1.150 pounds short-feds selling at
S;15 and s.25; stock cattle scarce. steady:
choice heifers fully steady; best weighty
Colorados. O1.5O: light offerings 9.75;
cows scarce and steady: cutters 5.25 down:
Gamers. 4.75 down; practical top weighty
sausage bulls: 7.15: weighty fed beef bulls,
500; selected vealers to 1900.
Salable sheep. 5000: total, 11.500: late
Wednesday,: fat lambs active, strong to 10
higher: three doubles. s3 to 90 pounds.
Iowa fed range lambs, 1910; small pack
age natives. 1O.15; best handyweight fed
Western ewes. 5.65; today's trade: Very
slow; generally bidding 1928 lower on fed
lambs held around steady; most bids on
good to choice fat range lambs around
9.75-S5; holding best at 1000 and above
Evening star., 1940-02-29
Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK. Feb. go P.-A drop Of
more than l cent in the British pound
carried other major, foreign currencies
downward At fast clip in relation to the
sserlins fen "a. cents and the French
franc .0Ob Of . cent. The guilder lost
;Ot Of cent and the belsa .O2 OF . cent,
but the Swiss franc was UNCHANGED
Late rates follow Great Britain In dol
lars. others in cents):
Canada:
Official Canadian Control Board buying
rate for q. s. dollars. 1000: selling rate
11.OO. Open market rates. Montreal in
New York. SO. 1874: New York in Montreal
Europe.
Great Britain. demand 3.aoA: cables,
3.93h: 60-day bills, 391 u: 9O-day bills
$50.
Belgium. 1886; Denmark 1898: Fin
land. 1.75n; France. %; Germany, 4O.sO
Creme. Sensyolent ieaG; Hn,,Iv travel sHKneuosed
sos; Netherlands. 5314: Norway, Ia
2.35n.
Latin America:
Argentina (ofieiaD. 2a77: free. 23.4O:
Brazil tofnciaD, sos: free, $40: Mexico,
Far East:
Japan: 234s: Hons Kons, 24.4s: shane-
lRates in spot cables unless otherwise
tndtcatedl n Nominal.
Evening star., 1940-02-29
Virginia telephone Firm
Will Spend $4,000
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, Feb 0.-R. c.
McCann. who was reelected vice
president and general manager Of
the Chesapeake & Potomac Tele-
phone Co. at 4 meeting of the board
of directors here yesterday. said the
company would spend about $3l7 900
in Virginia this year for plant con-
struction and installation Of equip
ment.
Approximately 1000 will be
spent to provide relief for congested
cable and toll circuits between
Hampton and Newport News, Rich
mond and Harrisonburg and Rich
mond and Louisa.
Some $4,000 will be spent for
telegraph repeaters and associated
equipment to be used in connection
with q Statewide police teletype
system. Equipment will be installed
to provide teletypewriter service
from the switchboard at State police
headquarters to approximately 18
towns and three police radio sta
tions.
Appropriations also include about
$4,000 for the building Of q new
central ofdce to serve Mclean and
the surrounding area in Fairfax
County and about $4,000 for the
construction and replacement of
outside plant and modification of
telephone equipment in Alexandria.
The board today reelected Lloyd
B. Wilson as president.
Evening star., 1940-02-29
Curb Exchange Reports
Deficit Of $102,714
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 29-Indicative
of hard times in Wall Street" which
those in the financial community
have been complaining OF was the
annual financial report of the New
York Curb Exchange, made public
today.
The curb and its afhNates report
ed ending the year 1889 with net
operating loss Of s102,714 after de-
Quoting all charges, including $116,-
$50 for depreciation. This repre-
sented an actual cash gain of $13,666.
For the previous year net operat-
ing deficit amounted to $154,399.
Excess of assets over liabilities
at the 1889 year end Was $4,917.14l,
representing the net equity of $50
regular members. This net equity
totaled $5,019,835 at the previous
year end.
Evening star., 1940-02-29
Chicago Produce

CHICAGO, Feb. 70 tn.-Poultry, live IS
trucks; steady; hens over 5 pounds, l5Hs;
sprinss 4 pounds up. Plymouth Rock. sl:
White Rock. 81: cApon, Z pounds up 90:
under pounds, 90: other prices un-
.eJSs ast!ss 7ss7as g. r:sh H. ss gsg
2z;, 80. 26h: 90 centralized carIots.
Ksss. %, ,14s Weak; fresh sraded. extra
i7# ssrs. u carren. nss resslpts 81 'si .0'.l'
shipments. 500; Idaho hussets arm. de-
mand moderte: Nebraska washed Triumphs.
hrm: demand moderate. fair quality,
steady; demand light: Northern steady. de.
quality; saeked per hundrsdWeisht. idaho
Russet Burbauks, N. 9. No. 1. few sale4
1852 90; Colorado Red MeC1ures, o. s. No,
1. 1.70; Bliss Triumphs, 90 per cent o. s.
No 1, unvaxhed. 1.50; Nebraska Bliss Tri-
umphs, s5 to 20 per cent o. s. No. /.
ES ,;. Jn1, Jun1,washedL. 1;5o: North Dskots Red
q: 9. No; l. 1.35; Early .ohfoe. o. g. No. /,
30; Wisconsin Katahdins D. 3. No. /.
1.45: new stock about steady. supplies liaht,
ida Bliss Triumphs, q. g. No. /, WaShed.
b,lshel crates. 1876.
Evening star., 1940-02-29
New York Produce

NEW YORK. Feb 90 lP-Eggs. %. .s43:
weak. Mixed colors: Fancy to extra fancy.
21-22k; extras 20a4: storage packed firsts,
19as-20: graded hrsts. 1qa4; current re-
CENTS, ,1s-Is.; seconds. 1s-lsts; mediums.
1S-1sA: dtrties. No. 1. 1sA-h; averase
whites: Resale of premium marks. 24A-
27A: nearby and Midwestern premium
marks. 2224-24A: specials. 22A: standards,
20A-2lh,, Resale 9f nearby heavier me.
mediums. 201aa4.
Browns: Nearby fancy to extra fancy.
22h-23h. Nearby and Midwestern spe-
cials, 22A; standards, 2OA-21A: mediums.
2O-2Oh.
Butter. i 027 .62s. steady to firm.
Creamery: Higher than extra, 2s34-29 y:
2SA; seconds lS4-s7 26h-27h.
Cheese, 104.a67. irregular state. whole
milk flats. fresh, l6h-17h; other srades
unchanged
Dressed poultry arm; Frozen: Boxes.
Live poultry, by freieht tlrm. Fowls.
BY express irregular. Chickens. crosses,
90. Broilefs. crosses. 10-10h; Leshorns.
1920. Fowls. colored 81; Leghorns nearbys,
20: Southerns. 1919. Pullets Rocks
mediums, %; crosses, small. 20. Old roost-
erS. 13.
Evening star., 1940-02-29
Commonwealth Edison.

CHICAGO, Feb. 20 (P)-Common-
wealth Edison Co. and subsidiaries
reported consolidated net income for
1889 of $25,414,590, compared with
SIS. .701 ,625 for 1898.
Earnings last year were equal to
$2.43 a share on lO,47l,516 shares
outstanding, compared with s2.37 a
share on 8,3O1,370 shares outstand-
ing in 1893.
At the end of 1899, the report
pointed out, $S2 1882 300 of 3la per
cent debentures. convertible into
3,293,316 shares of Edison stock, re-
malned outstanding. On the basis
OF annual interest charges on debt
outstanding at December 81, 1899,
adjusted to reflect conversion of ali
debentures. 1889 earnings would
have been approximately $2.13 a
share on the 13,764,S32 shares of
stock which would then be outstand-
ing.
Total operating revenues last year
were s145. 5.873,S45. compared with
$139 .545,l75 in 1888, an increase of
As per cent. Electric revenues were
1872 per cent of the 1899 total and
gas revenues were 1912 per cent.
Evening star., 1940-02-29
Stone & Webster Nets
$1,024,O82 Profit
During 1899
TotoI Compares With
$76l, ,306 Recorded in
Preceding Period
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Feb. 29.-Stone &,
Webster, Inc. utility management
and investing concern, reported for
1899 consolidated net income of ST.
024,082, equal to 49 cents q capital
share. compared with $761, ,306, or
36 cents a share in 1898.
Lehigh Portland.
Lehigh Portland Cement Co., with
plants in a dozen States, reported
for 1899 net profit OF $2,257, ,221, equal
to $2.71 a share on the common
stock, compared with $704,033, or
63 cents a share in 1888.
Mesta Machine Co.
Mesta Machine Co., Pittsburgh,
reported for 1899 net earnings of
$2,715.427, equal to $2.71 a common
share, compared with $2,909,957 or
$2.9l q common share in 1898. I'm
filled orders at the end of 1899
amounted to $10,797,740, compared
with $7,S32,525 a year earlier.
Panhandle Eastern.
Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co.,
operating natural gas lines from
Texas to mid-Western States. re-
ported for 1899 consolidated net in
come of $4,373, ,399, compared with
$3,059 ,224 in 1888.