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Evening star., 1940-01-03
Dorothy Dix Says >>>
Father Can Do More Than Mother
When Giving Advice to Daughter

herself, and I haven't the slightest
idea of.what she knows and doesn't
know about this dangerous business
of being woman.
Yet when I try to have one OF
those intimate mother-and -daugh-
ter talks that are so highly recon-
mended by people who have never
had any children I can't get any
where. She just freezes up"
Why not let George do it?" sug-
gested. why not get her father to
talk to Susie? Most women entirely
ignore their husbands as a moral
influence in their children's lives.
yet in reality father is far more
potent mentor than mother is. The
youngsters will listen to father when
he talks to them about the perils
of this wicked old world because
they think that he speaks from ex-
perience and knows what he is talk
ing about, but they turn deaf ear
to mother because they think she is
just preaching goody-goody ser
mons about matters Of which she is
ignorant.
And father can do a lot more
than mother in helping Susie to go
with the right sort of boys. For he
can make discreet inquiries among
other men and find out which lads
are clean and decent and which
rotters, which ones are to be trusted
and which to be avoided, while
mother has no way of separating
the sheep from the goats. I know
a father who, when his young
daughter is starting out to party at
night, gives her little admonition
with his good-by kiss. You are
looking lovely, darling he says
Have a grand time, but don't for
get your mother and are trusting
Evening star., 1940-01-03


lets from the same source. The new
volumes are entitled Judging Fabric
Quality" and Cotton Shirts for Men
and Boys"-and both are chock full
Of information for the consumer.
Bess Viemont Morrison, assistant
home economics specialist, is the
author of the former booklet, which
includes data on many phases Of
fabric selection. First, she takes
up the identification of materials
such as cotton, linen, silk, woolens,
rayon and synthetics, discussing
weaves and fibers and Offering
countless helpful tests to discover
the finest quality in each material.
Helpful, too, are the pictured illus
trations of good and bad fabrics,
showing the cause Of inferior prod
uctS.
Other Features
Are Discussed.
To us, however, the most instruc-
tive part of the booklet deals with
color fastness, shrinkage control and
special finishes. These issues have
been widely discussed of late, and
are particularly important to the
consumer if he is to get good value
for the money he spends. Although
labels are placed on some materials,
there are still a great many facts
to be known. Take for instance the
problem of colorfastness. once a
fabric is dyed" Miss Morrison ex-
plains. nothing can be done to set
the color. The common household
practice of soaking in solution OF
salt, vinegar or sugar of lead is USE
less and a waste of time
In judging shrinkage the con-
sumner must rely upon the label,
which often states the amount OF
shrinkage to be expected from the
material. However, while this label
Is not always compulsory, it has
come to be common practice with
many manufacturers.
The last section of the booklet
deals with certain finishes, such as
those said to retain a crisp, fresh
look in warm weather; crease and
crush resistant fabrics and those
which are water and moisture re-
pellent. Others include moth-pro-
lection features, mildew preventa-
tives, fire-proofing and linen-like
finishes, and each is discussed for
effectiveness and satisfaction.
How to select mems shirts for
quality and long-wearing possibili-
ties is aptly explained in the Sec
ond booklet by Margaret Smith,
junior home economics specialist
Choosing the best fabrics, inspecting
details of design and workmanship
and paying close attention to sizes
and markings are all part of the
shoppers duty and this pamphlet is
valuable to every homemaker and
prospective purchaser. Both of the
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you wish or can afford it to be
but out of the group of books men,
toned above you will he able to
select one or two that seem best to
fill your needs, and to form the
nucleus for the great epicurean COLI
lection you hope. in time, to ac-
quire.
KITCHENNETTE EQUIPMENT
LIST.
electric toaster.
percolator electric or plain).
2 small saucepans with covers.
l small frying pan.
double boiler.
small roasting pan.
l small colander.
l egg beater.
l cheese crater.
2 strainers-1 fine, / coarse.
l egg poacher.
l bread board.
! bread knife.
l small glass baking dish with cover.
l wooden salad bowl, fork and spoon.
l corkscrew.
l can opener.
l large fork.
2 large mixing spoons.
l carving set.
! ice pick.
l tea kettle
l bottle opener.
l measuring cup.
l measuring spoon set.
/ oven thermometer.
l dish mop.
l soap shaker.
/ sink refuse container.
Nest of to canisters, in colors, for
flour, sugar, etc.
l soap dish.
! sink brush.
Set of icebox containers.
! covered garbage pail, with waxed
paper bags as reflllers.
! trash basket.
/ small enameled-top table.
l lettuce bag.
/ fruit-juice extractor
2 small fruit and vegetable knives.
Salt and pepper shakers.
4 dish cloths.
4 dish towels.
small and large plates.
soup cups and saucers.
4 after-dinner coffee cups and
saucers.
4 bread and butter plates.
tea cups and saucers.
cereal or berry saucers.
small platters.
/ glass bowl, for desserts.
/ large glass pitcher.
/ sugar bowl and cream pitcher.
tea pot.
small vegetable dishes.
6 large tumblers and 6 small tum.
blers.
Evening star., 1940-01-03

II am facing a problem that I
suppose every mother of girls con-
fronts and I don't know how to
solve it," said woman to me the
other day. MY Susie has suddenly,
it seems to me, passed from little
girlhood into adolescence. Yester-
day she was asking for a new doll
and today she is demanding a for
mal-and be sure it is long and wide
in the skirt, mamma scorn-
ing boys she has become boy crazy
"She used not to care about her
appearance, but now she spends
hours matching her lipstick, her
rouge and her fingernail polish and
doing her hair up into fantastic
coiffures. Our house is cluttered
up with hobbledehoy schoolboys who
keep the radio going at full blast
and jitterbug all over our best rugs.
Susie spends virtually all of the
time when she is at home alone,
calling up the newest boy friend on
the telephone and saying: Is that
you? Oh, how wonderful! Are you
sure-really, truly sure?' and such
like drivel. Then some lad in a
jallopy, covered with slogans and
youthful wisecracks, drives up and
honks his horn. She runs out, with
the expression on her face of one
obo,,t IN ho trapSla tod to Clory and
jumps in beside him and away they
60.
my heart turns to ice in my
bosom, for while I know the boys
parents and that they are nice peo-
pie and that he is a nice boy, !
don't know him. And more particu-
larly, I don't know Susie. I don't
know how she is going to react to
this new situation in which she finds
Evening star., 1940-01-03

better. we DOW TO ner SuggeStlOn, a
for what the well-dressed kitchen
should boast. Well take up the
linen closet another day-very
soon!
Incidentally one of the questions
which comes to us more frequently
than most is the request for the
name of a good cook book. This is
really very basic need, as any one
who has ever tried to take up cook
ing with no previous experience will
know to her sorrow. So we're also
giving you a list of volumes that
will be helpful in the kitchen
library.
AMERICAS COOK BOOK" I"
compiled by the Home Institute of
the New York Herald Tribune, is a
fine, reliable volume of recipes and
household management; quantities
are usually given for four to six per-
sons. An excellent, al-around cook
book.
THE BOSTON COOKING
SCHOOL COOK BOOK" by F. NJ.
Farmer. One of the oldest, most
reliable and clearest of any of
the general cook books. Does
not, however, feature recipes in
small quantities, nor many inter-
esting sectional dishes other than
those from New England.
THE JOY OF COOKING" by
Irma S. Rembauer. A marvellous COL
lection of recipes, both usual and un-
usual. Cleverly presented and easy
to follow.
"STREAMLINED COOKING by
the same author, is devoted to meals
for two. and will prove a boon to
the bride who plans to prepare all
the meals in tiny kitchenette This
volume includes many recipes and
suggestions for using canned and
prepared foods. which are wonder
fully helpful.
"DELECTABLE DINNERS" by
| Anna J. Peterson and Eena Wilson
Badenoch, is truly a gem 1t won't
aid you about breakfasts and
lunches, but it's unusual dinner
menu charts and excellent recipes
will do more to help you follow the
food specials in advertisements and
make the most out of your budget
than any other volume I've SEEN
THE KITCHENETTE COOK
BOOK" by Ruth Taylor, is another
for two" handbook that is both
original and easy to follow.
LIVING FOR TWO" by Enid
Wells is a complete guide. pnilo-
| sopher and friend to the brand new
housekeeper-it is almost house.
hold encyclopedia answering all
domestic questions even to the re-
moval of spots
There are, of course, almost as
many other cookbooks as there are
stars in the sky. Every day new ones
appear on my desk for review
There are plenty that specialize in
certain subjects, from herbs to max
ing candy professionally; there are
party" books, books of all-Ameri-
| can recipes. and books of interna-
tional culinary interest. Your kitch-
! en- library may be as extensive as
Evening star., 1940-01-03
Zippered Flowers

PARIS (P.-Flowers conceal zip
per closings. A geranium 'front.'
ing the neck of a black dress splits
in the middle when the upper petal
is pulled. A bunch Of violets at
the waist of an afternoon frock
opens up in the same way. This is
Nolyneux's way of adding decor
ative touch to practical feature,
and the flowers combine silk en-
broidery with colored paillettes.
Evening star., 1940-01-03

II you want to have really small
wasted figure, wear this charming
dress, which adapts the extremely
smart infanta silhouette to informal
daytime usefulness. The bodice is
fitted in like those you see in por-
traits of lovely 18th century ladies'
and the long-waisted line is ex-
tremely new and important. You
can make it with tailored collar,
as well as with the square collarless
neckline, and the sleeves straight
or scallop-edged.
Evening star., 1940-01-03
Dressed Weight Figures

Dressed weight" in a fowl, when
buying it at the store, means the
weight of the fowl, picked but not
drawn and with the head and feet
on. This is the weight needed to
calculate the cooking time and num-
Der Of servings.
Evening star., 1940-01-03
January Brides>to>Be Ask
List Of Basic Equipment
Needed for Kitchenette
Various Cook Books to Guide
Them Through First Meals
Also Are Catalogued
By BETSY CASWELL,
Woman's Editor.

telephone call the Office the other lady
wanted thought brides only married
published kitchen
spring. weddings
and that thought printed
We suggestion, today q
Evening star., 1940-01-03

BARONESS PIANTONI
butterfly beautiful you'll hate
after It's done You'll just want to look at But won't be
it. cloth lovely this worthy of becoming
heirloom skill with the crochet hook will be established by
enterpecefor which you'll find
to 20 inch depending the cotton
pattern No. 1902 and ncoe IS cents in
postage Address orders to the Needle
Editor Of The Evening Star.
Evening star., 1940-01-03
Helpful New Booklets Give Suggestions for Correct Selection of Fabric
Data About Colorfastness,
Shrinkage Control and
Special Finish Given
Rules for Buying Mems Shirts
Complete and Instructive;
Nylon Hosiery Explained
By HELEN YOGT.

education plenty is
unresing head the last few days
fabrics old and about the best Judge
quality variability of materials than hoped know
of this information bow grateful acknowledgment
Economics United Agriculture
have booklets
Evening star., 1940-02-21
Operu Will Be Given
For School Children

Members of the Prince Georges
County Art Guild will sponsor a
special presentation Of the opera
"Hansel and Gretel" for school chill
dren at 1880 pm. Friday at the
Ritchie Coliseum, College Park, Md,
The opera will be the first of a
series of dramatic productions to be
presented. Nicholas Orem, superin-
tendent of schools, has announced
that all children wishing to attend
will be excused from classes.
Mrs. Rudolph S. Allen is presi-
dent of the guild. Other officials
include Fred Rhem, first vice presi-
dent; Mrs. George B. Merrick, Sec
ond vice president; j. w. Miller,
principal of Hyattsville High School,
third vice president; L. B. Rowland,
principal of Laurel High School,
treasurer, and Mrs. Harry L. Hart,
secretary.
Committee chairmen include Miss
Honor Keane, tickets; Reese Sewell,
auditorium, and Mrs. Jerome Cow
den, hospitality.
Evening star., 1940-02-21
Program to Disclose
Wuys to Improve Home

United States Commissioner OF
Education John w. Studebaker an
nounced today the beginning of a
Nationwide program of information
to the public on how housing serv-
ices of local savings and loan asso-
Citations, banks, private industries
and Government agencies may help
them improve their homes.
The program will include radio
broadcasts, printed bulletins and ex-
hibits. It will begin about the last
week in March.
Evening star., 1940-02-21

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Evening star., 1940-02-21

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Evening star., 1940-02-21
THE EVENING WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY
CAPITALS RADIO PROGRAM
WEDNESDAYS PROGRAM u FEBRUARY y, 1910.

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Evening star., 1940-05-10

to attack Germany and had &C.
tually declared war.
Although the attention Of the
Belgian Minister for Foreign
Affairs has on more than one
occasion been, earnestly directed
by Germany towards this atti-
tude, nothing has changed In the
least.
On the contrary. the Belgian
Minister for Defense recently
made . statement In Belgium
tantamount to admission that
the general stats Of Belgium,
France and Britain had come to
an agreement on all measures
necessary for concerted action
against Germany. II in spite of
this Belgium and Holland still
persist In making q pretevt Of q
policy Of independence and neu-
trality this cannot tighten these
tndubitable facts which must be
regarded as anything but an at
tempt at deception Is to the real
intentions Of Belgian and Dutch
policy.
In view Of this state Of af-
fairs, the German government
can no longer doubt that Belgium
and Holland are determined not
only to tolerate the impending
Anglo-French attack, but sup
port 1t In every direction and that
agreements reached between the
general stats Of the two coun-
tries and those Of Britain and
France can serve only this pur-
pose. The objection advanced by
Belgium and Holland, that this
development does not conform
with their intentions and that,
in consequence of their help
lessness before Britain and
France, they were simply being
forced to adopt this attitude,
cannot be accepted as valid.
In any case, as far as Germany
is concerned, 1t has no bearing
on the situation.
The struggle for life and death
was thrust on the German people
hy Britain and France, and the
Evening star., 1940-05-10
Allies Warn Germany They Will Bomb Civilians If Nazis Begin

the formation Of 4 power1ess fed
Grafton Of individual German
states.
Measures taken by the Belgian
government and the Dutch gov
ernment in the military sphere
make the position even clearer.
They provide incontrovertible
proof Of the true intentions Of
the policy pursued by Belgium
and Holland.
They are, IN marked contrast
to all declarations made by the
Belgian government and the
Dutch government to the effect
that they would, with all their
power and in every direction, op-
pose any attempt to make use Of
their sovereign territory for the
passage Of troops or as ! base for
operations on land, at sea or in
the air.
Charges Belgium Promises
Were Not Fulfilled.
Thus Belgium. to give an ex-
ample, has exclusively fortified
itself. Facing France no fortifi-
cations Of any kind have been
built. The repeated urgent rep
resentations Of the German gov
ernment were, it's true, answered
each time by the Belgian govern
ment with assurances that care
would be taken to put an end to
this state Of affairs, which oper-
ates against Germany only. In
actual fact, however, nothing was
ever done and all promises in this
direction remained unfulfilled.
On the contrary, Belgium up to
this very moment continued ex-
clusively and unabatingly to per-
feet her fortifications. Her Dutch
coast represents an equally open
and unguarded means of entry
for the British Air Force. The
German government has fur
nished the Dutch government, by
q series Of communications, with
proof of the violation of the
Dutch neutrality by the British
aircraft.
Since the outbreak Of the war.
British airmen have been appear
ing almost daily over German
territory coming from Holland.
There are l27 cases in which
British military aircraft has
crossed over Dutch territory. It
has been proved indisputably In
every detail, the Dutch govern
ment being duly notified.
In reality, however, the num-
Der Is far greater, being many
times the number Of cases noti-
fed. In all these additional cases
there Is likewise no doubt that
the British planes were involved.
Evening star., 1940-05-10
French Take Stand
Similar to British

PARIS, May 10 (R.-The French
government announced today its tn
tention Of replying with air bonn
bardments on other than military
objectives If the Germans bomb such
targets.
The announcement said such bonn
bardments would break the accord
of September /, 1899, sponsored by
President Roosevelt.
The French government PRO
claims publicly that it reserved, and
does reserve, the right of recourse
to any action which it would con-
slider appropriate in case of bonn
bardment by the enemy of civil
populations in France, Britain or
the countries aided by France" the
announcement said.
The French pointed out they had
assured Mr.. Roosevelt that orders
had been given the air force pro-
hibiting bombardment of civil pop
ulations and limiting bombardments
to military objeetiyes.' ga !
The air force nov, however, Is to
await action by the erent. the an
nouncement said. %
Evening star., 1940-05-10
Suspected Bank Robber
CAUGHT After 6-Year Hunt

The capture of Clyde Hamilton
limerick, sought by the Federal
Bureau Of Investigation for nearly
six years on a charge of bank rob-
berry, was announced today by +. B. I.
Director. j. Edgar Hoover.
limerick, who is wanted in con-
nection with the robbery of banks
In Kansas City, Mo-, and Burling-
ton, VT, was captured in Chicago
last night, Mr.. Hoover said. F. B. I.
agents, took limerick into custody
In an apartment house on Chicago S
South Side, the F. B. I. head added,
and he was apprehended without re-
sistance.
According to Mr.. Hoover, MINI
erick has been indicted by a Federal
grand jury at Burlington on a charge
Of robbing the Caledonia National
Bank on June 4, 1894. He will be
arraigned before a United States
commissioner in Chicago looking
toward removal to Vermont.
limerick, Mr.. Hoover's announce
ment said, also is wanted in Kansas
City in connection With the $45, 900
robbery Of the Interstate National
Bank there on December 10, 1890.
Evening star., 1940-05-10

In q large number Of cases In
which Dutch territory has been
flown over and the fact that the
Dutch government took no ef-
fective measures Of any kind
against this action prove without
q shadow Of doubt that the Brit
ish air force has systematically
been using Dutch sovereign ter
ritory as q base for operations
against Germany with the knowl-
edge and consent Of the Dutch
government.
Concentration Of Troops
Along Frontiers Cited.
Still more striking proof Of the
real attitude Of Belgium and
Holland Is, however, the concen-
tration Of the entire modified
Belgian and Dutch troops which
Is directed solely against Ger
many. While at the beginning Of
September, 1889, Belgium and
Holland had their troops distrib-
uted fairly evenly along their
frontiers, some time later and az
collaboration between the Bel
gian and Dutch general stats and
those Of Britain and France in
tensified, the western frontiers Of
these countries were completely
denuded OF troops and the entire
Belgian and Dutch forces con-
centrated against Germany on
the eastern frontiers Of these two
countries.
This massing Of Belgian and
Dutch troops on the German
frontier took place at q time
when Germany had concentrated
no troops on her Belgian-Dutch
frontiers, but when Great Britain
and France, on the contrary, had
assembled strong mechanized
attacking forces on the Franco
Belgian frontier.
In other words, at q time when
the neutrality in the West ap-
peared more and more menaced
by the attitude Of Great Britain
and France and by q massing Of
British and French troops, and
when Belgium and Holland would
consequently have had every rea-
son to strengthen their protective
measures here, they withdrew
their own troops from the en-
dangered western frontier where
no German troops at all were
stationed.
It was not until that moment
that Germany adopted her
counter measures and now also
passed her troops on Belgian and
Dutch frontiers. However, the
Belgian and Dutch general stats
by these sudden measures, quite
Evening star., 1940-05-10

The Reich government for q
long time has known of the main
aim of British and French war
policy. It consists Of the expan-
sion of war to other countries
and the misuse of their peoples as
auxiliary mercenary troops by
England and France. The last
attempt in this direction was q
plan to occupy Scandinavia with
the aid of Norway in order to
establish new front there
against Germany.
This attempt was frustrated
at the zero hour through Ger
many's interference. Germany
gave the world public documen-
tary proof of that.
Immediately after the failure
of the British and French action
in Scandinavia, England and
France resumed their policies for
the expansion in other directions.
Thus, during the flight-like re-
treat of the British troops from
Norway the English Prime Min
lister announced that England,
because Of the changed situation,
!. Waklaow in a position to transferss \
the main force of her fleet to the
Mediterranean and the English
and French units were already on
the way to Alexandria.
Less of Prestige
Following Defeat. .-
The Mediterranean now be-
came the center of the Anglo
French war propaganda. Partly
this was intended to conceal the
defeat in Scandinavia and the
great loss Of prestige thereby suf-
fered from their own people and
: from the world, and partly to
make it appear as if the Balkans
now had been selected as the
next theater of war against
Germany.
In reality, however, the osten-
sible shifting of Anglo French
war policy to the Mediterranean
served an entirely different pur-
pose: 1t was nothing other than
a large-scale maneuver to divert
attention in order to deceive Ger
many as to the actual scene of
the next Anglo-French attack.
. For some time it has been :
realized by the German govern
ment that the true object of
Britain and France is this: A
carefully prepared and now i'm
minent attack on Germany in
the West with the view to ad-
vancing toward the Ruhr district
across Belgian and Dutch ter
ritory.
Germany has recognized and re-
spected the integrity of Belgium
and Holland on the natural sup
position that the two countries
would preserve the strictest neu-