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sidered outstanding. Even the most
inexpensive materials stress these
fashion notes, and all make up into
smart and attractive styles for
spring and summer.
Few Hints May
Be Helpful.
From Mrs. Mary Brooks Picken,
famous authority on sewing, come a
number of helpful suggestions that
should aid you in planning and Gre
ating new costume First Of all,
study the present trends and select
the silhouette most becoming to
your figure, age and activities.
Choose your pattern first, and then
adapt your color and fabric to it
not the other way around. Be very
sure that the fabric and style are
In complete harmony, otherwise the
entire effect will be completely
ruined.
In addition, Mrs. Picken suggests
that you divide the value of a dress,
for instance, into three distinct
parts, thus avoiding too much accent
on one part and too little on the rest.
Her formula goes like this: The
fabric represents one-third Of the
value; pattern, the style chosen and
the trimming are another third,
while cut, fit and workmanship COM
plete the plan. In this way, the
total should include equal amounts
for each feature, and you can easily
calculate the value of the outfit by
assuming that IS worth of material
will make SIS dress, $40 invest
ment in fabric will produce a $50
model and so on.
In the coming months, you'll be
wise to watch seersucker, which is
supposed to be the leading summer
fabric in the cotton division. An
other prospective big seller is shan
tung-and you can be sure that
there will be wide variety of both.
BY the way, if you're planning to
make summer evening gown, do
look at the splashy prints of this
season-they're most effective.
We were very interested the other
day to hear about a new idea in
knitting materials which should
prove very popular. 1t seems that
instead Of using wool for sweaters
and other items. you use very mar
row ribbon and special needles, and
they tell us that the results are
lovely. We haven't yet seen a fin
ished product, but it's not difficult
to imagine how lovely it could be.
The idea is just being introduced in
New York and should reach here
sometime in the near future, and,
unless we're very much mistaken,
there'll be great many women say
ing knit one, purl two" over several
yards of ribbon. 1t will be fun to
watch, anyway.
Speaking of hearing unusual
things, we were amazed at the story
of prominent woman now recover
ing from burns received when her
dress exploded the other evening!
Evening star., 1940-04-03
Answering
Readers
Queries
Name in Guest Book
Is Never Signed
With a Title
BY EMILY POST.

Never at the end of a letter, nor
on any occasion that can be classed
as personal, may you sign your name
with its title. And this rule GER
tainly includes the name you write
in a friends guest book. In other
words, you sign the book exactly
as you would sign a letter to this
same friend. But" questions Mrs.
Older, when my young hosts call
me Mrs. Older and never by my
first name, it hardly seems appropri-
ate fore me to sign their guest book
Mary Older"
Even in case such as this you
nevertheless sign Mary Older" just
as you would sign a note to this
same young hostess-or even to a
child! If you can imagine any case
when the person whose guest book
you sign wouldn't know who Mary
Older" is, you could sign your name
and then add In parentheses (Mrs.
John Older) underneath the sigma
ture.
Dear Mrs. Post: My engagement
has never been officially announced,
but I've been wearing my ring for
a long while and all my friends
know about it. For this reason I
think 1t might be superfluous to
give an engagement party. But I
would like to be able to ask my
friends to something before I get
married, because we are being mar
ried quietly and leaving Immediately
and will not be able to invite any one
to the ceremony. We don't even
want to tell people the date of the
marriage beforehand. What can
you suggest?
Answer-You might give a party
Ito celebrate your engagement"
Or, if you are going to make your
home elsewhere and not even COM
ing back after the wedding trip,
you might call 1t farewell party.
But if you are coming back to live
in the same town, or at least nearby,
think it might be better to wait
until after your wedding trip and
let your family give a belated re-
ception in honor OF your marriage.
Or you yourselves could give this If
your family can't. Or you might
have housewarming. (This latter
would be smaller and more informal
than the former)
| X X
Dear Mrs. Post: May lovely silver
candelabra be used as in-between
meal decoration, either on the side
board or on the dining table?
Answer-They should not be used
on the dining table, but they may
be left out on the sideboard. The
probable reason why people no
longer leave silver standing out on
sideboards is that households are
growing each year smaller and In
very few may much silver be kept
polished unless it is wrapped and put
away In alright protection against
| taxnish.
Evening star., 1940-04-03
BY BARBARA BELL.

The briefer the figure, the cutter
the smock, and you just can't
imagine how cute your youngster
will look in this full and ripping
smock, pausing just about amid
hips, with the business like overall
showing down below! Of course,
the overall part Of Pattern No. 1947-
B is perfect for outdoor play during
warm weather-so comfortable and
unhampering! With or without
the smock, it's an extremely useful
design for children-and something
really new-a pattern we're espe-
cially proud of, and so you will be,
when you've made it up. That
won't take long, and it's very little
trouble. Even this simple pattern
includes q step-by-step sew chart.
Choose sturdy, tub-fast cottons
for this little outdoor outfit-denim,
gigham, percale or seersucker, with
the pointed pockets and turnover
collar to match or contrast. Three
Evening star., 1940-04-03
Dorothy Dix Says
Old Men Who Trade Their Wives
For Younger Ones Are Fools

q bargain. For Of all the unhappy
people in the world, none are so
hopelessly miserable as the old hus-
bands Of young wives with whom
they have not q single thought or
idea in common, and who, they
know only too well, married them
solely for their money.
Worse still, the old husband is
filled with self-contempt for having
been so easily gypped by a mere
girl. He who has held his own with
the shrewdest traders in the busi-
ness world; he whose eyes have seen
through the cleverest schemes of
those who sought to exploit him, has
been befooled by a little gold-digger
who has sold him the idea that he
was still a mere boy, far too young
for his wife, and that If only he was
married to her they would be two
merry, carefree children playing to-
gether.
How he ever could have fallen for
this pipe dream, how he ever could
have deceived himself into believing
that young girl would prefer a
man old enough to be her father
to one of her own age, he cannot
imagine. He only knows he believed
1t because he wanted to believe 1t.
And he curses himself for his folly
and his blindness.
For the awakening comes soon.
The little flare-up of youth that
made the man an easy victim for
any predatory good-looker is false
fire that soon burns out, and the
man wants to go back to domesticity
and be his age. He wants his own
fireside. the quiet and comforts of
a home and somebody to bear him
company. But this is not what the
young wife married him for. She
wants her fling. She wants night
clubs and parties and rushing about
from one place Of amusement to an
other, and the old husband soon
finds himself worn to frazzle, and
that his only part in the scheme of
things is to sit on the sidelines and
pay the bills while his wife plays
about with boys.
When they try to talk they bore
each other to tears, for they have
no common memories, no expe-
riences that they have shared to-
gether, no mutual friends, no similar
points of view, none of the ties that
bind. Then the old man thinks with
passionate regret of the wife whose
love for him had never faltered
through all the years. Who had
struggled and fought shoulder to
shoulder with him. Who had no
thought nor interest except in him,
and of the children whom he has
alienated from him by his treat
ment Of their mother. OF the old
friends who treat him with scarcely
yelled scorn. And he knows that he
has sold his birthright for q mess
Of pottage, and 1t is bitter in his
mouth. DOROTHY DIX.
Evening star., 1940-04-03

into the seams and are finished
around the bottom with deep cotton
fringe instead of the usual pleated
ruffle. All but the frilliest boudoir
chairs have straight rufnes, and they
are either smooth and fiat with box
pleats at the corners or have various
types of fiat pleating so that the
finished effect is neat and sleek.
Some of the chunky, straight-sided
chairs or sofas have a paneled
trimming to simulate molding.
Two shades of the same color bias
binding are stitched fiat in paneled
blocks, with fiat bow or appliqued
motif in the center of the panel.
Ric-rac, scallops and neat little
cotton braids are all good trimming
ideas as they will go in and out Of
the tub without i'll effect. Be sure
that all your trimmings are pre-
shrunk so that they will not buckle
as soon as they are washed.
You will find interesting new
materials in lovely colors. Stripes
give very nice effect, and stripes
combined with plain materials give
an individual, hand-tailored ap-
pearance that takes this years slip
covers entirely out of the class of
the old-fashioned summer dust
covers"
Evening star., 1940-04-03

1t seems that the lady is one of those
who are fortunate CD enough to
enjoy the luxury of imported clothes,
and the other evening donned a new
model recently brought from abroad.
Standing in front of the fireplace,
her gown suddenly burst into flames
from the heat of the fire, and with
out so much as single spark touch
ing it!
Upon further investigation and an
analysis of the remaining material,
it was discovered that the fabric
was largely composed of gun cotton
and that it had come from a nation
close to the belligerents of Europe.
This is the story as it was told to us,
and that's all we know about it;
certainly it seems to prove that
American fabrics may we'll be IA
vored for safety as well as other
virtues!
Evening star., 1940-04-03

When an elderly man swaps on old
wife for a new one, public sympathy
goes to the abandoned woman who
has borne her husband children and
toiled and scrimped to help him
make his fortune and who is ruth
lessly cast aside for fresher and
fairer face.
But, in reality, your pity should
70 to the man who makes 50 sorry
Evening star., 1940-04-03
Slip Covers Have Features Washaby
Best to Have Them Made
In Color Which May Be
Used Several Years
Upper Fastenings Obtainable
In Many Lengths and Tones;
Fringe Is a Popular Trim
BY MARGARET NOVEL;.

Furniture slip covers becoming popular year and
seva reasons we are beginning demand that the
houses be washable upholstery problem
We enjoy changing the hot weather
ana sup covers give that smooth
side hot and sticky The
the tailoring OF covers important
putng expensive upholstered pieces of furniture
ana bringing out the lighter framed
and fabric investment in sp
substantial r ~
Don't think that covers and
nave them Mt your chairs properly for seldom
your chair may mt in the four specified
through constant makes wrinkles
should
make slip specially
you may make them yourself sewing
and have NICE patient disposition
precision professional effect in
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Accuracy Is
Extremely
Important
Will Teach Right
Way of Thinking
And Behavior
BY ANGELO PATRI.

III LAc O1Q SCHOOLS an example IN
arithmetic was not finished and
would not be marked correct until
it had been proven right by the
pupil. 1t was a good way to train
children to accuracy and I believe
it helped to train them to ways of
right thinking and behavior.
In the hurried modern school more
time is spent on testing for speed
than on working for accuracy. Ac-
curacy comes before speed. What's
the good in being fast to make a
mistake? There is yonly one right
answer in an arithmetic table. When
q child knows 1t thoroughly he will
give the answer speedily and when
he has given the answer a sufficient
number Of times correctly 1t will
become an automatic response, as
fast as 1t can come. The accuracy
must come first, however; then cor
rect practice brings speed. Speed
can wait.
In this hurry time, time that used
to be used in proving work had to
be sacrificed to speed drills, so the
value OF steady, leisured work and
the thoroughness that was produced
in the old process were lost. With
that loss went, I believe, something
valuable in character training.
I believe that skill in arithmetic
is not carried over to skill in Ian
guage or history. I believe that
pupils have different degrees of
power in different subjects and
that the difference of power remains
relative through the years of study.
But I as sincerely believe that the
attitude the pupil takes toward any
subject will affect his attitude
toward all. If, for example, he is
trained to be accurate, honest,
thorough, proving his work before
calling 1t finished, in arithmetic, in
all forms of mathematics, that at
titude of honesty, thoroughness and
rightness will carry over not only to
the other lessons, but into his whole
conduct.
I don't believe that you can keep
a child checking his work, search
ing for the right answer, keeping it
until he proves beyond doubt he is
right, without affecting his char
acter. He will be likely to be &C
curate and honest, to prove things
to be right or wrong before consid-
ering them settled. He will not be
likely to take answers at their face
value and he will be likely to exam
inc them and prove them before
accepting them.
I would rather the children in the
elementary grades worked slowly
and steadily toward accuracy, prov
ing their work as they went, than
that they popped out answers to
number combinations to the time
Of a stop watch. I would rather
they worked one problem, and
proved themselves In the right, than
they did a sheet of them without
checking them, without really know
ing whether they were right or
wrong until the teacher said so.
If the elementary schools took for
their motto, prove all things; hold
fast to that which is good be-
leve that not only would the char
acter of the school work improve,
but the characters of the children
would be greatly strengthened.
Evening star., 1940-04-03
Poultry Hints

Chickens may be scalded and then
picked, but turkeys, geese and ducks
should be picked dry. Ducks are
sometimes skinned. To remove duck
down pick the bird, then pour paraf-
I'm over the entire surface. When
It's slightly cool take hold of one
end and pull; the fuzz and pin
feathers will come of with the par
affin.
Evening star., 1940-04-03
Checks, Stripes and Plaids
Very Prominent in Dress
Fabrics Of All Types
Be Sure Pattern and Material
Will Combine Harmoniously
To Insure Best Effect
BY HELEN vOGT.

That oft repeated statement nobody makes their clothes these
days" certainly its becoming thing
lately,
noticed
looking
Apparently of all trying their hands at creating
distinctly individual
number designing contests in which American talent has
ideas
fabrics and the whole trend definitely
home dressmaking
of attractive of all
that seersucke pea
and thin woo Tie silks and aas often the
selections and the pleasing the whole idea
pds polka dots and all the other prints
Stripes the popular attraction
number of sizes and material
and appear ayons very often
Evening star., 1940-04-03

of four versions will be Joy to your
small daughter throughout the
summer.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1947-B
is designed for sizes 2, 3, 4, S and 6
years. Size 3 requires ~ yards of
35-inch material, with or without
nap in monotone.
Send Is cents right this minute
for Barbara Bells New Fashion
Book! It's brilliant pattern par
ade of the best spring styles.
Evening star., 1940-04-03
Simple Dish

Quick and thrifty for a meal
pour can of plain baked beans into
a buttered, shallow baking dish.
Cover with sliced frankfurters and
a few minced onions. Slip into the
oven while the rest of the meal
preparations are taking place. In 20
minutes the dish will be done.
Evening star., 1940-04-03

the finished job.
Results Worth
Extra Cost.
If you have covers made, do not
try to save pennies by selecting
cheap and inferior fabric! Most of
the shops recommend -shrunk
material and also use tapes, snaps
and all findings that are washable,
will not shrink or run and will give
the same wear and satisfaction as
the covering material. Representa-
tives of the store will come to your
house for the planning and lifting
of your furniture or move the pieces
to the shop and return them to you
newly fitted. This is a time-taking
and difficult piece of work which
will be most unsatisfactory unless
it is done well, so before you invest
check on the ability of your work.
man and be willing to pay what it
costs for the type of work that you
will be proud of for several years to
come.
Slip cover fabrics should be light,
washable and cool. They need not
be so vivid or unusual that next
year you will not wish to use them
again. Plan summer color scheme
that may be varied without doing over
the whole room. and key your slip
covers to this. Thus, If you accent
lemon yellow this year, you may use
clear green next season with the
same coverings and merely varl-
alton in accessories.
If you plan to make your own
slip covers there are several ways
that you may get help. There are
styles at the pattern counters Of
the stores for the four or five
general types of chairs. You will,
of course have to pin this on your
chair and practically redesign it to
fit, but it will help you over those
first desperate moments when you
have no idea what to do first. After
some experience you will prefer to
fit your slip cover right on the
chair, pinning, marking and basting
on the wrong side of the material
so that when it is lifted off the chair
1t is ready for the sewing machine.
Your sewing machine is a great
help on this job, and an hour
spent at the shop for instruction
with attachments and other tricks
on it will be evident in the finished
slip covers.
Washable Trims
Important.
Here's a word about trimmings
and findings: For use on seams
that may be opened, there are zip
per- fastenings, hooks and eyes and
snaps which may be bought "by
the yard" These are great JOY as
they are placed at regular intervals
so that when they are snapped there
Is no bulging. They are set on
tapes that are washable, will not
shrink, will lie fiat, and come in a
variety of colors so you may get
one that blends with the color of
the material, If it does not actually
match. Zippers may be ordered in
various lengths at little shop in
town and the same shop will also
color them to match any material
you happen to have.
For finishing the seams there are
moss fringe, cotton tapes, various
bandings and covered cording. There
are fashions in slip covers, too,
and this year some of the most at
fractive onns have Yr1oss fringe set
Evening star., 1940-04-03
Sealing Bottles

To tightly fasten corks In bottles,
boil the. corks for five minutes to
soften them and then while hot
press them into the bottles. When
cool the seal will be perfect.
Evening star., 1940-03-30

land ave. ne; the Rev. John v
Franco. "A. M.cr.rlane 81. 1880 Ren.
st. NV nv: the the Rev. k Joseph ss n MOAN. s ails
Henry 8. Vance. 80. $40 Colorado ave
NV. and Esther II. Hall. 90. l41g
Parkwood pl. NV; the Rev. J. Herbert
siesfried Kilshelmer. 4b. aooe 4th st. ne,
St. NV; the Rev. Alfred Jacobs. '''
.nd d'neas po4oeh, n n Ma:sslm.n s1ssssla r:yf s
h425 Connecticut ave. NV; the Rev,
Charles D: German.
rrins ind and HGs:sa Hssn T. siSix s4s
sews;1 hewsTk st. NV; the Rev. Noble c.
Ralnh h i: Hushes. IS, 1890 Hayes St. ne,
h' St. NV: nalnf the Rev h' Mprr,; as ~ 9th
and Irene Sacks, 20. l45a Harvard st.
oeerse nx shs ksiisr afS 81 .nd Mst' M.r.aret
ths Rev Wlllsm Vi sGah o' siriei.T 1si st. NV;
JOSEPH .na Gstheail r Parker % IA 10th st. Sc.
18th St. Sc: the Rev I. A. LucEettt. '''
Paul Gellman, "a. 5025 sth st. NV. and
ReS Betty Hser. We,ner s,.s, 10 POI b st. ne. the
Herbert /. warner as. 4as Jefferson st.
Harrison st. NV; the Rev. Charles o.
S'a'ots ffsFf ss ss4 81 15s4 St
nc capitol st.; the Rev; J.; P. Gallaeher.
st. ne; l'Gs the Rev W. r suV'n, W Johnson i''0
RAYMOND C. Cooksey. ~. 1411 Buchanan
s.; nv. and Ramona L. Stewart 23.
waits w,tsa st; m11.r NV; tie tn Rey L. J; Wempe.
NV, and Dorothy b. Gray. "a, 43O3
jay ST. ne; the Rev. George W. Brent.
Evening star., 1940-03-30

builder; Cyril Y. Bow, 1917 S street
NV, designer; to erect one 1-story
brick and cinder block dwelling, l0l1
Irving street NE; to cost $1,000
Herbert Beck, 572l Fourteenth
street NV, owner; Curtis F. Greve
Co, 2sl9 Bellevue terrace NV,
builder: J. r. R. Harter, designer;
to erect one l-story cinder block
and porcelair restaurant. 4l2 Rhode
Island avenue NE: to cost $4,000.
Robert E. Cox. 3442 Highwood
drive Sc, owner, designer and build
er; to erect one 2-story brick and
frame dwelling. 342l Highwood drive
Sc; to cost $4,000
Mrs. Edna B. Maynor 26O5 Brent
wood road NE, owner: H. C. Maynor
Co., builder; W. Valentine, 1921
Eighteenth street NE. civil engi-
neer; to erect one 2-story brick
dwelling. 1925 Twentieth street NE:
to cost $500
Harry L. Stebbin, 1905 Thirtieth
street Sc, owner, designer and
builder: to erect one 2-story brick
and cinder block dwelling, 3lO0 Mas
sachusetts avenue Sc, to cost 81 900
Fifth Baptist Church, Six and a
Half and E streets S.W., owner; AL
lied Asphalt Products Co., 9l2 New
York avenue NV. builder: reroof
Six and Half and E streets S.W.;
to cost $4,000.
Evening star., 1940-03-30
Deaths Reported

John Q. Stewart, 81. Emergency Hospital.
Heroert Faulkner. 70. Emergency Hospital.
Joseph L. Crupper rs. 1878 st
Violette c. Roane -, st. Elizabeth's Hos
pital
olive Dye 20, 500 pahlia st.
BENJAMIN Bailey, II. 922 st. s.w.
EDWARD A. Sherman. 90. 41O3 Military I'd.
Matthias R, Easan So. 3i7 5th st. Sc.
Noaeft aospitsl Alexander 49, st, Elizabeths
John B Harrell jr. As, 1910 I st.
@M9riel @ Roberts. "a. Providence Hospital
Infant Stanley Cohen. 225 o st. s.W.
Eugene Curtis, s5. 2"O H st. ne
Lizzie Green. 73 1908 Florida ave. ne.
IhomaS Hamilton, e3, United States Sol
dierS Home '
Francis Dozier; 20 eae schotts court.
aury ann,a Moore T,, 81. Gallinser Hospital.
Ada smith, 5s. Freedmen's Hospital
ESsia EaHld un,nn. uLa,mlson. "a; II Montello ave
Howell Wilbert, ~ Gailinger Hospital.
Gainerlne Hill. p 1871 3rd st. sw.
WlLliam Gwynn. jr.. 49, 1873 Florida ave.
Mattie May Pickens, Il, Gallinger Hospit al.
Evening star., 1940-03-30
By LILLIAN COX ATHEY.


We are so used to thinking Of
the NAPLES as large trees of great
height that we are rather surprised
to learn that three members of the
maple family are dWarfs by COM
parison. These three are to be
found in thick forests of mixed
hardwoods. They are charming
little trees that seek the companion
ship of other friends of ours-the
ground hemlocks and the vibur-
NUNS. We must go deep into the
woods, where all is peace and quiet,
to find these modest naples, for
they seem to shrink from the noise
and turbulance of crowded high
ways.
OF this group the mountain maple
Is the one under discussion. Though
a lovely tree, it is not so colorful
as the two others-the striped and
dwarf. 1t is especially shrubby in
its inclinations and is rarely higher
than 30 feet, with maximum
trunk diameter of 6 to inches
This, as you can see, is indeed
small trunk girth for maple.
You will not be confused if YOU
Identify the mountain maple by
its bark, which is green and un-
striped, preventing you from mis-
taking this tree for it's striped
cousin.
The flowers are small and lovely
greenish-yellow with long and mar
row petals. They are clustered IN
racemes that stand proudly erect
In the axis of the fully opened
leaves.
The lobes of the leaves are pointed.
like tapers, and their margins are
outlined with large saw-teeth. The