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Evening star., 1940-02-25
Mrs. Powde'r!y, a..
Widow Of Pioneer
Labor Leader, Dies
Privute Funeral Rites
To Be Held Tomorrow
Afternoon at Home

Mrs. Emma Powderly, "a, widow
Of Terence Vincent Powderly, pioneer
labor leader and one-time commits
sioner general of immigration, died
yesterday at. her home, 3700 Fifth
street NV, after an illness Of sew
eral months.
Mr.. Powderly played an important
role in the organization of the old
Knights of Labor, forerunner of the
American Federation of Labor, and
headed the organization as general
master workman from 1879 to 1893.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. PoWderly were
natives of Carbondale, mining
town in the heart of the anthracite
coal region of Pennsylvania. They
early became interested in the plight
of miners, although he had planned
law career and she had taken up
the study of music.
They first came to Washington in
1897, the year President Mckinley
appointed Mr.. Powderly commits
sioner general of immigration. Their
home was long the hub of local
and national labor gatherings.
Among the friends and associates
OF the Powderlys was Mother
Jones, courageous friend of mill
hand and miner during the tur-
bulent early days of labor organiz-
ing, who lived at the Powderly home
many years.
The knights of Labor was alb
sorbed by the A. F. l.. in 1893, when
the Powderlys returned to Penn
sylvania, Mr.. Powderly re-entering
the practice of law in Scranton. He
continued as an attorney until
called to Washington by President
Mckinley. After retiring as COM
missioner general of immigration,
he held several legal posts with the
Department of Labor until his death
in 1924.
Funeral services for Mrs. Pow
derly will be held at pm. tomor-
row at the residence, with burial
in Rock Greek Cemetery. The serv-
ices are to be private.
She leaves a sister, Miss Daisy
Flckenscher of Washington. and
two brothers, Frank Fickenscher
of Washington, and Prof. Arthur
Fickenscher of the faculty of the
University of Richmond.
Evening star., 1940-02-25
John Joseph Swagart
Rites, Set tomorrow

Funeral services for John Joseph
Swagart, 54 years old, for 20 years
Washington grocer, will be held
tomorrow at $3.50 am. from the
home, "a. Randolph place, NV, fol-
lowed by requiem high mass at 9
am. from St. Martins Church and
burial in Mount Olivet Cemetery
Mr.. Swagart died Thursday after
an illness OF three mcnths. He IL
survived by his widow, two children
John M. and Dorothy Swagart; his
mother, Mrs. Mary Daniel; three
brothers, Fred, Harry and Charles
Swagart, and sister, Mrs. Mary
Graham, all of Washington.
Evening star., 1940-02-25
Miss Higgins Funeral
To Be Held Tomorrow

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md. Feb. 24-Fu-
neral services for Miss Josie Hig-
gins. longtime resident of Rockville
who died Friday after long illness
will take place here at 2:30 pm. to-
morrow from the funeral home OF
w. Reuben Pumphrey. The Rev
Herbert o. Cooper, pastor of the
Rockville Baptist Church. will OFF,
ciate and burial will be in Rockville
Union Cemetery.
Miss Higgins, who would have
been SO in May, was daughter o.
the late Hilleary Higgins.
Evening star., 1940-02-25
Col. A. H. GriswoId Dies;
"A. !. Ct. Executive
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 24.-Col. A. H.
Griswold, 60, senior vice president
and director Of the international
Telephone & Telegraph Co., died
today at New York Hospital after a
short illness.
He was g member of the French
Legion Of Honor. was cited by Gen.
Pershing for exceptionally meri-
torious service" and awarded the
Order Of the Purple Heart for his
work as director Of telephone and
telegraph services Of the American
Expeditionary Force in 1918. He
was in charge Of construction, in
stallation, operation and mainte-
nance Of all Signal Corps lines Of
the A. E. r. in Europe.
Z In 1920 Col. Griswold helped for
mulate A. T. & It's radio policy and
in the construction Of Station
WEAF, New York.
Evening star., 1940-02-25
Mercer Alumni to Hold
Dinner Friday Night

The Mercer University Alumni
Club of Washington will hold a din
ner in Wesley Hall, Seventeenth and
and K streets NV. at 7:30 pm. Fri
day. Senator George of Georgia, an
alumnus Of the university, will speak.
Among other alumni invited to
attend the meeting are Representa-
tives Cox, Tarver, Vinson and Gibbs,
all of Georgia. Linton M. Collins,
acting president of the club, viii be
POSTMASTER.
Evening star., 1940-02-25
1ratha

YOUNG. BARTGIS HARRY. Suddenly.
on Thursday February -. 1910. BARTGIS
HARRY YOUNG. beloved husband Of Ger
trude Young and father Of Jeaa and Bar
bara Young.
Funeral services will be held at S12 Eye
st. ne. on Monday. February 26. at 1870
Church, where services will be held at 2
pm. Relatives and friends invited IT.
terment Fort Lincoln Cemetery Arrange
ments by the VIM II. Sardo Il Co. 25
Evening star., 1940-02-25

1910. Elk services at the Lee chapel. 4th
st. and. Mass. ave. ne. at pm. BY
Ne' HAROLD T. PEAsE Exalted Ruler.
Attest: w. s. SHELBY. Secretary.
TURNER. CHARLES r. Departed this
life Thursday February %, 1910, at the
CHARLES F. TURNER, husband Of Corrine
Turner. devoted father Of Louise Turner.
loving brother of Sophia E. Williams. He
also leaves a host of nieces and nephews
and MANY friends.
Funeral services Sunday, February 25. at
] 80 O'Clock. at Nokesville, Va. 25s
WASHINGTON. WILLIAM. Departed
this life Wednesday. February 21, 1910,
at his residence. S01 Delaware ave. s.w..
WILLIAM WASHINGTON. He leaves to
mourn their loss son. James Washing
ton. and host of other relatives and
friends Remains resting at the Barnes 4
Matthews funeral home, GA 4th st. s.w.
Funeral Monday February 20. at I pm.
from Zion Baptist Church. F st. between
ing Interment Arlington National Gem
etery. 20
WIEGAND, HENRY MARTIN. Suddenly.
on Saturday, February "a, 1910; At his res
TIN WIEGAND. beloved son Of Elizabeth
Tripp Wiegand and the late Martin Vie.
sand and brother Of Martin and Barbara
Wiesand
Evening star., 1940-02-25

Raymond v. lnoersoII Dies

NEW YORK, Feb. "a R.-Ray-
mond v. Ingersoll, six years borough
president of Brooklyn, died today in
Long Island College Hospital. Mr..
Ingersoll. former city magistrate,
managed Alfred E. Smiths cam
paign for Governor in 1924.
Evening star., 1940-02-25
First. Man Selected
In War Druft Dies
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 24.-Sidney
j. Dufuentes, SO, whose name was
drawn first in the United States
second World War draft, died yes
terday. He was a prominent cotton
broker.
Evening star., 1940-08-22
Dorothy Dix Says >>>
Mothers Should Not Meddle
With Children's Marriages

Dear Dorothy Dix: After sending
our son to high school and college
we set him up in business and for
two years he was very successful.
Then he fell in love with girl of
whom I did not approve. For, al
though she was fine girl and had
good education, I did not like her
family. So I broke up the match
by destroying the letters that she
wrote him so that he thought that
she had Tilted him. He loved the
girl very much and this seemed to
break him all up. He lost interest
in his business and began drinking
for the first time in his life. I know
he still loves the girl and she loves
him, and my husband says that I
should tell him of my deception and
let him make up with her; that 1t is
the only way to save him. Shall do
this, or shall I just trust to luck that
he will forget her? A MOTHER.
Answer-The only honorable
thing for you to do is to confess to
your son what you have done. No
doubt it will be a bitter thing for
you to have to destroy his ideal Of
his mother, but 1t is the best atone
ment that you can make for the
wrong you have done.
Do this at once, for in the state
of mind that he is in now, with his
faith in women broken by what he
believes Was the Saithlesauess Of the
Evening star., 1940-08-22

girl he loved, feeling that his life
is broken and that he has no real
interest and purpose in anything
any more, your son is liable, in his
drunken misery, to fall into the
clutches of some low woman who
will marry him and wreck him be-
yond all saving.
This same mail brings me letter
from another mother who has done
Just as you have. Broken of her
sons marriage to fine girl he loved
because she was poor, and she
wanted him to marry a rich girl of
her choosing. She carried her point
and now sees her son bitterly un-
happy, married to an unloved wife
who is a shrew and who makes his
life q hell on earth with her nagging
and tyrannies.
All of which goes to show how
careful mothers should be before
they meddle with their children's
love affairs. OF course, Mother al
ways thinks she knows best, and that
she is far more capable Of picking
out suitable mates for her children
than they are for themselves, but
this is not true. Tastes differ In love
as they do in everything else In life,
and the man or woman who would
suit Mother might be utterly dis
tasteful to her children.
Each heart knows its own needs
and Mother intermeddles with it at
her peril DOROTHY DIX.
Evening star., 1940-08-22

into the rapidly boiling water, and
cook for about 25 minutes without
stirring. Place the cooked rice in a
strainer, and pour cups hot water
over it. Return it to the pan and
place, uncovered, over boiling water,
or place it in the oven, to reheat
and let the kernels dry. Stir lightly
with fork and season with a little
melted butter, salt, pepper and
paprika.
FROZEN FRUIT SALAD.
Cook egg yolks, 4 cup sugar,
"a cup cream, pinch of salt and
the juice of lemons until thick in
a double boiler. Stir constantly. Let
chill, and then add 6 slices canned
pineapple cut in pieces, 2 cups
canned cherries, stoned; 12-pound
seedless grapes, cup almonds,
planched and shredded: 1a-pound
marshmallows, cut in pieces, and
l cup cream, whipped. You may
substitute melon balls for the canned
cherries, if you wish) Place salad
in a mold and let 1t chill in the
refrigerator for "a hours-or, if you
wish, freeze it more quickly in the
freezing compartment. Serve it
plain, with whipped cream, or on
lettuce leaves with mayonnaise
dressing.
Evening star., 1940-08-22
Excellent
Exercises
ForHips
By PATRICIA LINDSAY.

The overweights are not the only
guilty ones when it comes to heavy
hips. Many women who are other
wise slender in their measurements
could be called "hippy." Broad hips
or rolling hips usually come from in
activity. Diet can keep the body
to normal weight but only exercise
can keep the body normally proper
toned! Girls and women who sit a
great deal during the days and
evenings should adopt an exercise
routine which would keep the hip
measurement under control.
1t has been said that the aver
age American woman sits two
thirds OF her day. That is alarm
ing. If you find yourself doing that,
take to inventing activity for your
self-walk upstairs instead of taking
an elevator, dance if only to the
radio by yourself, walk to and from
your home when you go on an er-
rand. stoop to pick up things which
are on the floor. Stoop through the
thighs by bending your knees in
stead Of bending your body from the
waist. Then go through the follow
ing routine without fail, every day
for one month. BY that time you
will want to get out and walk or to
be active in doing things instead OF
sitting the entire day.
Exercise /: Lie on right side with
right arm under head. Place left
hand in front of body to hold bal
ance. Pull right knee up to chest.
As you extend right knee downward,
pull left knee up to chest. Alternate
eight times. Turn on left side and
repeat exercise. Do this not more
than 80 times in all.
Exercise 2: Sitting position on
mat. Hands placed on mat just in
back of hips. Pull both knees up to
chest and swing knees from right
side to left side, touching floor on
each side If possible. Allow your
self to travel down the mat as you
swing. Rest after II times. Repeat
SO times in all.
Exercise 3: Lie on face. Grasp
right ankle with right hand. Ex-
tend left arm straight out over head.
Roll over on left side. Pull right
Evening star., 1940-08-22
Teach Child
Social Arts
Carefully
Way to Insure Good
Manners Before
Your Guests
By ANGELO PATRI.

Clara, aged 4, is the usual healthy
child who does what she Is told most
of the time, and for the remainder
acts innocent or dumb. In short, she
makes her father and mother show
her every now and then. Not that
she does anything dreadful but she
can be very troublesome, and she
often is. Lately she has decided to
perform before company. doing
things that she would not dream Of
doing when she is alone with her
father and mother.
There were two guests, elderly
people with decided notions as to
how children should be brought up,
and very decided opinions about how
the present generation Of children
are being disciplined. 1t was before
these two that Clara put on her
latest performance.
How do you do, dear?" said the
polite lady on the sofa.
"Tee-hee, tee-hee," giggled Clara,
twisting her legs about the piano
bench until she was hanging head
down on it. Il do as I please
Her mother drew a sharp breath
but controlled herself. Stand up
nicely, Clara. and say how do you do
to Mrs. Stately"
Clara swung herself onto the top
Of the bench, fiat on her front, heels
kicking and chanted, shrilly, some
meaningless jargon Of her own COM
position.
Clara" pleaded mother, putting
as much force into her tone as her
feeling for the dignity of her posi-
ton would allow. CLARA, sit up
properly. Behave yourself like a
nice little girl. Mrs. Stately will
think you have no manners and
won't like you"
Clara chanted louder, attempted
to stand on her head on the bench
fell head over heels with a resound-
ing crash and an exclamation of
pain and disgust that would have
done honor to the toughest little
tyke In the neighborhood.
The guests were aghast. Father
stood as if petrif1ed. Mother picked
up her daughter, showed her ahead
of her out Of the room and up to
her own place "You stay up here
for the rest Of the evening""
But want my supper I want
to sit at the table. I don't want to
stay by my own self" walled the
culprit.
Your supper will come on time.
Not a party supper. You will have
just plain supper as usual. And go
to bed on time, without story. We
are very displeased with you"
"All children show off" said Mrs.
Stately. Il remember that I tried
1t once and got a spanking right
before the company. That cured
me-"
Il don't think it would help with
Clara. haven't spanked her yet
and wouldn't want her to think
that this was worse behavior than
some other things she has done. I
think she will, understand that she
made mistake. She hates to be
alone"
All children like to shine before
the guests. Train them early how
to do their part so they won't try
1t on their own and make a mess
of it. Teach them what to do and
practice them in the doing and
they will do better. The social arts
have to be taught, and the earlier
the easier.
Evening star., 1940-08-22
Selling Chicken by the Piece Makes Fyers More Popu
Synonymous With Defense
Is the Good Health of
American Workingmen
Department of Agriculture's
Bureau of Home Economics
Offers Set of Diet Plans

By
Preparedness"
While
fense individual
boys and girls of this country healthy.
AS the wheels industry workngman
and his family becomes important than
health rests foundation nutrition
well l-planned diets.
The trained dietian energy protein
erals and vamns
meat bread milk other
planning wellbalanced
pockbook She that will
are attractive in appearance and pleasing in taste.
For these Bureau Home
Economics has worked
nuitionists
caoies estimated the
qremenS for minerals and vamnS Then their findings
and expressed them terms different kinds Of
Evening star., 1940-08-22

grain products are a good source Of
calories; and If they are the whole
grain cereals, they furnish some Of
the vitamins and minerals as we'll.
Other high calorie foods are sweets,
including desserts; also fats and
foods rich in fat.
The Bureau of Home Economics
diet plans have been put together
in a bulletin called Diets to Fit
the Family Income" You can get
a copy free by writing to the De-
partment of Agriculture in Wash
lngton. D. c. Simply ask for
Farmers Bulletin, No. 1857.
Evening star., 1940-08-22

leg backward. raising right hip very
high. Roll back on face Repeat
four times in rhythm. Then grasp
left ankle with left hand and re-
peat exercise four times. This is
strenuous at first; 60 at it slowly
and you will soon master it.
Exercise 4: Get down on hands
and knees. Swing right knee back
to chest, then extend right leg out
straight as high as you can in back
Of you with heel of foot pointing
instead Of toe pointing. Repeat four
times without placing knee on mat.
Rest. Repeat exercise with left leg
while resting on right knee. Do this
16 times in all.
Evening star., 1940-08-22

AoOAo. Va tAACoC oACV RAdAAot WIG
homemaker can make out her mar
keting list, and plan her menus ac-
cordingly-knowing that the meals
will supply the family with all the
food values needed for good health.
These diet plans have the ad-
vantage of being very flexible. They
can be adjusted to suit any fam
ily-whether there are ten children,
or none. They take into considera-
ton the needs of growing chill
dren Of different ages, as well as
adults. And they also make special
provision for persons who are very
active, either at work or play.
The diet plans are also varied to
suit the amount Of money the FAM
lily can afford to spend for food.
Families with a limited amount Of
money find q useful guide in the
suggested minimum cost adequate
diet. And to solve the difficult
problems of families with very small
resources, there is also a restricted
diet for emergency use.
When families have an income
large enough to meet all their needs
comfortably, they can get the best
possible returns in health and nutri-
tion by using the liberal diet or
the moderate-cost adequate diet
These two diet plans allow for
plenty Of variety in the choice of
foods from day to day.
The aim of each diet plan is to
suggest to the family q variety of
foods that cover all the needs of
good nutrition. At each cost level
the need for protein, calories, min
erals and vitamins is taken care of.
Milk has a prominent place in
these diet plans because of its out
standing food values-calcium, vita
minis A and G, and protein. The
daily quota of a quart for children
and pint for adults may be in the
form of bottled milk, evaporated
milk. dry milk or cheese. When the
amount of money to be spent for
food is limited, the family may well
consider which form of milk Is
cheapest.
Eggs are important in all of the
diet plans, because they are an ex-
cellent source of protein and also
furnish some of the important vita
minis and minerals.
There is a generous allowance for
vegetables in each diet plan-espe-
cially tomatoes, yellow vegetables
and the green leafy ones. These,
like dairy products and eggs, pro-
vide some of the necessary vitamins
and minerals.
Fruits, both fresh and dried. are
another important item in all of the
diet plans. In order to get enough
vitamin c. there is special emphasis
on the citrus fruits and also on
tomatoes-although tomatoes are
commonly listed as a vegetable.
The body must have plenty of
protein for building and repairing
tissues So, in addition to milk and
eggs, the diet plans include meat,
fish. poultry and also some dried
legumes and nuts. OF course, all
of these protein foods also supply
some of the minerals and vitamins
that the body needs.
When the need for protein, vita
minis and minerals Is taken care
of, the rest of the money is used
for foods that will round out the
calories and furnish the energy
needed for work. Cereals and other
Evening star., 1940-08-22

This type of jacket-frock Is a
favorite with smart young Ameri-
cans. It's simple enough to wear to
the Office or the classroom every day,
yet it's gay and dashing, too. The
fitted lines of the jacket top, the
slim-hipped, flaring skirt both
pay compliments to your figure. You
can wear design No. 12l9-B on coat
less days as a suit and all winter
long as a frock.
Corduroy is a new material for
this type of jacket-frock as fall
comes on. Right now, wear 1t in silk
crepe, spun rayon or thin, soft wool.
It's easy to make.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1219-B
is designed for sizes IL, IA, Is, 18
Evening star., 1940-08-22
Answering
Readers
Queries
Ry EMILY POST.

Dear Mrs. Post: My little
Mary accidently caused a neigh
bord's child to cut herself at play.
The cut required stitches and that
required doctor. think the doc
tors bill is q hardship to the other
family, and I would like to pay it,
but I'm afraid to offer because I
might offend.
Answer: It should not offend the
other mother if you would 60 to her
and tell her how sorry you are, and
say further that since the accident
was your Mary's fault, you feel that
the doctors bill is at least your
obligation. 1t would be much bet
ter to say this to the mother than
to 60 between the doctor and the
child's mother.
X 4
Dear Mrs. Post: I have been
receiving treatments at hospital
by a young inferno and I really be-
lieve he has done me lasting good.
I have not felt so well in years.
This young doctor is going to join
a hospital in another city and soon
leaves here for good. I should like
very much to give him something
more than the thanks I have al
ready expressed. Could this be a
book, and if so, what book, or what
else do you suggest?
Answer-Thanking him again is
really showing appreciation enough.
There is no improperly in giving
him a book if you happen to know
of a certain book he wants. Other
wise, it is always risk to buy a
book because a book that does not
interest is a useless gift. An extra
clinical thermometer or a fountain
pen or a pencil would be about as
useful as anything you could choose
if you have made up your mind to
buy him something.
Evening star., 1940-08-22

1or WT1Ie now we just Jake up te aC0ua1
and recipes that seem best suited to our weekend
needs, and skip the reporting for the time being.
One favorite food that seems to endure as peren-
nial favorte, all through the summer and into the
fall, is fried chicken. Fresh chickens, and those
fresh in the markets. all ready for you to
cook and enjoy The now firmly established custom
of selling by the piece" makes fried chicken even
more practicable if your family is partial to only
the breast and second jont-then every one can be
satisfied with nobody bowling because they had to
eat back or drum stick for economic reasons!
Whether you buy whole chickens, or the cut-up
variety, here are suggestions that should help
YOU to make the best and fastest dish out OF your
purchase:
Small fryers 11a to 21a pounds, should be cut
Ives and larger should be djonted and cut up as
ok in two pieces the breast in two or three pieces