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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-30

Inls Drzuu uew apron pattern
follows the comfortable, well-fltting
type that busy women have long
approved as the most satisfactory.
1t goes on over the head, stays put
on the shoulders, ties in the back,
and II you prefer, can be buttoned
at the back yoke to open out fiat
for ironing. 1t protects the top
as well as the skirt of your dress
the front as well as the back. And
then, to these fundamental virtues,
design No. 1883 adds just touch
of color contrast, in the yoke, Shout
der straps and gathered pockets, by
way of gay difference. For that
reason, if you make it up say, in
pink Powered percale or calico, or
in checked gingham, and trim with
plain pink chambray, it will look
particularly pretty for gifts.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1888
Is designed for sizes 80, "a, So, SO,
40, a and A. Size "a requires 81
yards Of 35-inch material and y
yard contrast: w yards binding.
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It seems to us there's little mat
ter to be cleared up-as long as
we're going to 60 on about fashions
for the stronger sex. 1t all hap
pened at a restaurant the other
evening. One Of the men present
said he thought he-men didn't fol-
low fashion news, on account 1t
made them feel foolish.
Well, the outcome was that a
simple explanation was finally
found. In the first place, most men
are following fashions whether
they know it or not, because the
new styles are in the stores and
they simply buy them without
thinking. And, If men tried to fol-
low every single fad they'd look
worse than foolish. But that
doesn't mean that some OF the new
est styles can't be adopted, provided
they suit the individual.
Whether the male knows that his
suit coats are y inch longer and
his hat brims Il inch wider or not,
he's still wearing them. In an un-
conscious sort Of way, Of course.
Don't get the idea we want you to
be a Beau Brummel in tweedS, but
have you ever listened to group
of women discuss current sensa-
ton? One of the first remarks ia
vorable) Is: "He really DRESSES!"
We have it on good authority.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-30
Dear Kay and Alden:

Dear Kay and Alden:
I'D like you to print this letter if
you can. I'm not good at saying
this kind of thing, and I don't want
to sound preacherish. But I've de-
cided to make try at showing kids
how they can prevent lot of dull
ness and disappointment that
shouldn't have place in anybody's
life.
Listen, fellow sufferers at good
old Whatever School. don't be so
stingy with your compliments! You
know how utterly boring things get
about 2 pm. Well, q number Of
times recently I've seen kids looking
lifeless and dull, and after the Pc
Rod I've gone up to them and said
some nice thing to them about their
clothes or their appearance, etc.
"And you should have seen how
much it meant to them! For good
ness sake, why don't we step on the
gas and make people happy once In
O while?
"You don't have to be sloppy or
gushing-just casual and sincere and
natural. Haven't you had an expe-
rience where something said to you
made you feel glad all day? Even
If you would 60 into a thing like
this just for your own gain, hope
you're not too blind to see that
you'd make yourself more popular
With everybody.
"As q way to make people happy.
and to make them like you, I cant
think Of anything more important
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the compliment Of wrapping the gift
in those shades. =.
Children like the gay, ""circusy"
papers and tags; the ones with a
Santa Claus motif; the candy cane
design we mentioned before, and a
CAV little number featuring carolers
on a brightly decorated music box.
If you prefer to use plain papers
for the youngsters gifts. you may
dress them up as much as you like
with stickers and seals and tags
that carry out all of the above
motifs.
There is no doubt about it that
a beautifully wrapped gift has a
glamour that even the finest present
lacks when packaged ANY old way"
Learning to wrap daintily and ar
tistically is not difficult-but it does
require some time and great deal
of care to do the job neatly and well.
It's worth every bit of the effort,
however, and both you and the re-
cipient will enjoy the results. Here
are a few suggestions to guide you
in wrapping gifts:
Place the paper so that the de-
sign shows up well on the front
and top of the package. Be careful
that the tie and bow do not "smoth-
err the design too much-place
them so that the paper is set oil
rather than covered up. Fold cor
ners sharply and neatly-never
have papers so long at the end OF a
package that they make unnecessary
bulk. Secure the ends with seals
before applying ties, so that you
will not have to hang on to them
to keep them from slipping while
the ribbons are being put on.
Most stores selling wrappings
have leaflets to be given you free,
which give simple directions for
tying fancy bows, making rosettes,
and so on. Often, too, if you make
your purchases before the Christ
mas rush starts, the girls in the
departments will be glad to show you
how to manage the more difficult
bows and ties.
This year, when there is so much
misery in the world, many of us
will prefer to give very inexpensive
and simple gifts, that more of our
money may go to the relief Of those
who are suffering. In this case,
it is more important than ever to
wrap those presents that we do
give in the most festive possible
way, and so send the full measure
of Christmas cheer with even the
least imposing token of remem-
brance!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-30

pride humbled into the dust; they
are forced to bear insult and neglect,
but they stand by the oath they
have sworn to be faithful unto
death. And that takes far more
bravery than 1t does to lead a charge
on the battlefield.
So do not think of yourself as
weakling because you stand and
fight instead of running away
Divorce is no badge Of courage
Rather 1t is a sign of cowardice.
1t is throwing up your hands and
quitting instead of seeing the thing
through and trying to wrest victory
out of defeat.
1t seems to me that you have
thought your problem over very
carefully and reached a very sane
conclusion. You have nothing to
gain by breaking up your home
and leaving your husband.
AS you say, you have his name,
your position in society, the COM
forts and luxuries that money buys,
and they are a very important fac
tor in a woman's happiness. These
would be jeopardized, if not lost, by
your getting divorce.
And you have common sense
enough to see that a decree abb
solute works no magic that auto
matically turns an unhappy woman
into one who is gay and cheerful,
and you know from your own OBJ
servation that the pathway of the
divorce is strewn with many a
thorn.
But the main thing with you is
that however unworthy your hus-
band is, you still love him. Like
Audrey you can say: "A poor thing,
but mine own" That being the
case, you are happier with him than
you would be without him.
Even in love, half a loaf is better
than no bread, as the old proverb
goes, and you are less torn with
anxieties and jealousies and aching
loneliness when you are with him
than you would be If you were
separated from him.
And-if this is a comfort to you
you may be very sure that your
husband still loves you in his way,
or else he would have asked you
for a divorce. He has never wanted
to marry any woman but you, or
else he would have done so. And
in the end he will come back to you.
DOROTHY DIX.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-30
1--WE Glamour Christmas Gifts by Lavish Use of Fancy Wrapping
War Imposes Special Duty
On American Children;
Opportunity to Serve
Extend Helping Hand to All
Those Youngsters Sent to Us
From Stricken Countries
BY ANGELO PATRI.

This the children of the United States 1t important
with humanity
your your country
well
Children the countries that by
all
take refuge land far the of
They coming to us for shelter and protection and hope your
them school, Smile at them kindly
whenever they it, without waiting to
asked Don't laugh at their Just remember that would
without friend who knew and understood Your dress
gentle
with them the kind
driving into Give these guests first place
school all about.
friendly
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Dorothy Dix Says 80
Wife Should Think Carefully
Before Asking Separation

Dear Miss Dix: My husband is a
weakling and rotten at the core. He
is unfaithful to me, does not love
me, has no use for me except for
my services as a housekeeper and
my ministering to his comfort. He
loves, so far as he is capable, a girl
who is very sweet and fine and who
is alone in the world. And ] think
she loves him, too. But he Is too
much of coward to divorce me and
risk the censure which he would
receive. Why do I not take some
action? Well, do not wish to be a
divorced woman. I want man who
is my husband in the eyes of the
world, no matter how poor speci-
men of manhood I know him to be.
Although he has money enough to
support two households comfortably,
I do not wish to go through the in
convenience and uncertainty Of try
ing to collect alimony. And, shame
full as is the confession, I love him
on any terms. From the picture
which I have drawn, which is the
weaker character, he or I?
WRETCHED.
Answer certainly do not think
that you show any signs of weak
ness. Quite the reverse. for it takes
a great deal more strength to endure
an unhappy marriage than it does
Just to walk out on it. Some of the
most heroic figures in the world
are the wives who carry on, year
after year, through endless daily
misery of marriages that are fail
ures.
Their hearts are broken: their
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than to be enthusiastic about other
peoples possessions and about other
people themselves. Maybe you do
feel that way, but think how grand
and friendly it will make them feel
If you tell them so.
why don't you try it? If you'll
give it To-day trial, I'm willing to
bet that gradually you'll feel q lot
better, the kids you know will, too,
and they'll like you better. Don't
buy yourself into peoples favor by
sticky gushings, but just tell them
once in q while how nice they look,
or give them some other comph-
ment. You'll be surprised at the
results.
"A PERSON WHO HAS TRIED IT."
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terms with you and can talk to you
in your own language. Then you
can get together and tell one another
what is in your heart.
Don't feel superior to these chill
dren because you know your way
about and they don't. Many of
them will be able to dance rings
around you in lessons, games, and
usefulness generally. Some of them
may not be able to talk English
but they will be able to think in
their own language, and you want
them to think well of you and your
way Of life.
Some good day these children will
90 back to their home lands. Some
will 60 back to a life without those
they knew and loved. They will
have to start life among strangers,
make their way under hard condi-
tons. Let them carry with them
a lifelong memory of the sympathy,
affection and understanding that
you, the American children, shower
ed upon them when they came to
YOU sad and homeless.
If you do this you serve not only
the stricken children but your own
country, your own American way Of
life. You send out each of these
children as a missionary for the
American republic, the United States
of America. You strengthen the
hands of your people. You spread
throughout Europe the gospel Of de-
mocracy throughout Europe in way
that will count for generations to
come
Take this duty upon yourselves
and perform it as faithfully as you
would any major service to your
country, as soldiers of this democ-
racy. Show the world how children
reared IN a free land understand
the obligations of that freedom.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-30
BY FRANCES JONES.

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kind Of their interest,"
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provide unusual and dramatic
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of heather and gadio blooms the en par
heavy holder to keep the various ee
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floating
being discoveryve Just found
That nan lars in the manner
shown above You might squash glass bottles or battery jars
for looking effect Oh!when Christmas comes MI them
NTH BRIGHT shiny rec ornaments and bits Of Pima
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-30

gold papers, and copper-colored ones
are always popular. The gorgeous
"jewel" wrappings that are like the
rich beautiful tones of stained glass
make distinctive and unusual pack
ages. In others of the jeweled type,
the "jewels" are pasted on in strik-
ing formations, to resemble bells or
stars. Wood-grain papers seem espe-
cially appropriate for wrapping
mems gifts, and the masculine theme
can be carried out by proper selec-
ton of tags and seals. Using several
colors in plain papers to make
unusual wrappings has found favor
in recent years, and beautiful COM
binations and contrasts in shades
are thus worked out.
To make gifts seem even more
personal, there are the gold and
silver letters, that may be stuck
onto the surface of the wrappings
to act as a monogram, or to spell
out a Christmas greeting. II you
know the recipients favorite color
scheme, you might pay him or her
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-30
This Seasons Papers Are
More Striking Than Ever;
Ensembles Effective
Use Matching Tags and Seals
Or Select Contrasting Ones
To Add Interest to Package
BY BETSY CASWELL,
Woman's Editor.

Maybe you can remember back to the days when wrapping gift
packages Christmas time mostly matter white
ribbon seals
posettia
really beautiful with wide
red satin ribbon and "store-made" bows.
Nowadays beautiful within
dime" the department the swanky
staonean have vast supply ribbons seals tags
gofy simplest elaborate gifts Papers
seals ensembed like matching wappng and come packed
all prefer to
and like contrast bold effects or individual
there wealth of material from which may choose
oeer than they this Some are
strking prettsome chidh appealing
most attractive in the last group
the theme Silver
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-30
Herbs Used in
Various WAYS
In Cookery
Each Type Fills
A Special Need
In Flavorins
ANIMALS.

ANIMALS:
Anise-Leaves in salads or as q
garnish. Seed used for flavoring
bread, cake, cookies and candy.
Basil, Sweet-Especially desirable
for sauce for fish dishes. Leaves
are used.
Borage-Leaves and flowers give
unusual flavor to cold drinks Ex-
cellent garnish for salads.
Chervil-Leaves flavor salads and
soups.
Coriander-Seeds used in con-
fectionery. Seeds ripen in late July.
Pick before they drop of.
Cress, Curled-Leaves used in
salads and for garnishing.
Dill-Leaves, Towering tops and
seeds are used as condiment, es-
pecially in pickles.
Mustard. White London-Leaves
mixed with salads, seeds used to
flavor sauces.
Savory. Summer-Leaves used to
season soups, stews and string beans.
BIENNIALS:
Caraway-Leaves used for gar
nish and In salads. Seeds used to
flavor bread, cake, cookies, cheeses
and baked fruits, such as apples
Will not produce seed until second
year.
Fennel, Sweet-Tender stems used
like celery, eaten raw or in salads.
Leaves used to flavor sauces or
soups. Seeds used to favor candy.
Do not confuse sweet fennel with
Florence fennel.
Parsley-Leaves used as a con-
diment and garnish.
PERENNIALS
Angelica-Stems and leafstalks
used as salad
Balm, Lemon--Leafy tips flavor
drinks, such as iced tea. Dried
leaves used for tea.
Chives-Leaves used for f1avoring
soups, stews and salads.
Geranium, Rose-Leaves used to
flavor jellies and desserts.
Hyssop-Leaves used as a con-
diment.
Marjoram, Sweet-Leaves used
for seasoning and as garnish. Es-
pecially used in meat cookery.
Young tender leaves also used in
salads and to flavor soups.
Apple Mint-Leaves used to flavor
drinks.
Lemon Mint-Leaves used to
flavor drinks.
Peppermint-Leaves used to flavor
drinks or for mint jelly.
Spearmint-Leaves used to flavor
drinks, also for mint sauce. Chopped
leaves used to flavor new potatoes
and peas.
Rosemary-Leaves flavor soups
and meats. Where grown as an
annual start in house so as to have
plants large enough to use during
one seasons growth.
Rue-Leaves sometimes used for
flavoring, but not often liked, as
flavor very strong. Must be used
very. very sparingly.
Sage-Leaves are used as a con-
diment, especially for poultry stuff
ing. Pick leaves when about half
grown. Leaves have a better flavor
when freshly dried.
Savory, Winter-Leaves used to
flavor meat and vegetable dishes.
Flavor is less delicate than summer
savory and not considered as desir-
able.
Tansy-Leaves sometimes used in
buildings Also for seasoning ONE
lets and f1avoring doughnuts.
Thyme, Common-Dried leaves
used for seasoning, especially meats.
Fresh leaves used in salads.
Tarragon-Leaves and stem used
to season salads, vinegars, pickles
and mustard.
Thyme, Lemon or Citron-Leaves
used for seasoning candy and salads.
Watercress. Crisp-Leaves used to
flavor sandwiches and salads.
Watercress, Sweet-Leaves used
for salads.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-30
Baked BeetS

Have you ever tried baking beets?
This saves a lot of watching and
the beets have a fine flavor. Wash
the beets and trim, leaving an inch
stem on each to prevent bleeding.
Bake in moderate oven until soft
when tested with a fork. Peel of
the skins, slice the beets and season
with salt, pepper, dash of sugar
and butter. Reheat if necessary
over low heat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-30
Accepting the
Very Casual
Invitation
Decide Whether 1t
Is Really Meant
By the Hostess
By EMILY POST.

What to do when some one gives
you an indefinite invitation such
as Come in for lunch any day
only telephone beforehand to make
sure we will be at home!" is a ques-
ton that has no definite answer az
to whether it is just a polite remark
or whether it may be taken literally.
At least the only answer that I
can give is to decide upon the sim
cerity of the person who says it.
Perhaps you can feel sure that Jane
means it, whereas Lilly merely says
pleasant things. Your own attitude
as to what is meant will have to be
your guide. But if in doubt, don't
take it up. Or if you think Mrs.
New would like you to take her at
her word, you might call her and
ask if she would like to have you
lunch that day. If she is sorry but
on that particular day she will not
be at home, then wait until she in.
vites you definitely.
Dear Mrs. Post: How soon after
the death of his wife may a widower
be invited to have dinner with our
family?
Answer-So long as it is not to q
party, you may ask him whenever
you want to. But don't ask him as
you would under normal conditions.
That is, instead of saying, will you
dine with us tomorrow" you would
make 1t much easier for him to re-
fuse if he didn't want to go out by
asking, IF you'd like to come to
dinner tonight, we'd love to have
you'll"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-30

love animal pictures and will keep occupied for long
offered with applique
designs horse lamb rabbit kitten pig and pup certainly will give
plenty while about
gay coor think of nothing
entertaining the And yet it's than toy
WOOL beautifully to keep the little fellow
decides there's nothing left to do but to go to sleep
approximately 5 inches each full information and nsuc-
tons.
ncloss cents Address orders to the Needle.
Editor Of The Evening Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-30
Two Readers
Give Their
Opinions
Adolescent Resents
Being Considered
Complex Case
BY KAY CALDWELL and
ALDEN HARRISON.

This is meant to be your column
and when you have something to
say we try to give you an opportunity
to say it. We think your opinions
and viewpoints are interesting to our
other readers, and particularly when
the viewpoints are as unusual as
those expressed in the two letters
which we are publishing today.
Dear Kay Caldwell and Alden
Harrison:
II am Ian adolescent, as psy-
biologists would put it. I am at the
age when mothers say sharply:
Elsie, do hold your shoulders back
And can't you do something about
those pimples on your face?'
I'm at the age when teacher adj
justS her glasses and says in a
sarcastic and superior tone, OF
course, you're at the age when you
know it ALL And when aunts and
uncles, when speaking about you,
say, 'Ah, yes. At the emotional
age A digest magazine says,
There's no liar like an adolescent
girl and child psychologists say that
adolescence is an unfathomed
mystery.
well, admit that we're bit
awkward and sometimes have gangly
legs and poor compilations. But we
are not complexities Of emotions and
falsehoods. I don't know any girl
who is madly in love with man
twice her age, or any boy who is
planning to run away from home,
or any young person who Is COM
pletely remote from and oblivious
to the rest Of the world.
Nor do we tell any more lies than
the average adult. But just be-
cause a few adolescents have done
silly things, the whole group Of
teen-agers is condemned.
Miss Caldwell and Mr.. Harrison,
you have been through this age and
you seem to understand our view
point better than other adults.
Won't you please explain to psy-
biologists, parents, teachers, rela-
tives, friends and 'other mistaken
adults that adolescents are just
nice, normal kids, developing into
men and women, and entirely I'M
aware of being complex human be-
ings and the despair OF psychol-
ogists.
IF you'll take our part and con-
vince other adults that this is true
you'll get a vote Of thanks from
every gangly, awkward youngster in
the u. s. A.
"AN ADOLEsCENT."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-30
Soap in a Bag

Tie small pieces Of soap In a
cotton bag for use when washing
underwear. The soap Is not wasted
and does not stick to the clothing
g soap In small pieces often does.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-30
Meat Substitute

Add few chopped, roasted pea
nuts to rice croquettes. Serve the
croquettes with a gravy sauce and
you have q meat substitute with
distinction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-01
BethIen Criticizes
Signing
OF Tri-Power Pact
Statesman Warns Country
Not to Believe Axis
Will Win War
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
BELGRADE, Nov. 30.-Diplomatic
dispatches from Hungary revealed
today how Count Stefan Bethlen,
Hungary's venerated statesman, told
the Foreign Affairs Committee OF
the Upper House of Parliament that
the Hungarian government should
not believe the axis powers would
win the European war. He severely
criticized Hungary's signing of the
tri-power pact.
The dispatches said Thor Eek
hart, former Hungarian delegate to
the League of Nations; Baron Pro-
nay, Hungarian statesman, and
other members Of the Upper and
Lower Houses also criticized the
signing of the pact in a session Of
the Foreign Affairs Committees Of
both Houses of Parliament.
The disclosure conceded with
other reports from Budapest that
the Hungarian Minister to Wash
ington, John Pelenyi, had resigned
because of axis pressure on his gov
eminent to find man more willing
to work for the axis in Washington.
Dispatches quoted Bethlen, former
Premier, as declaring that the gov
Anment should not believe in an
axis victory, as from day to day
there are contrary indications"
THE government acted very
rashly," Count Bethlen was quoted
as saying. mo one has the right to