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Evening star., 1940-10-16

makers. mere d SdIIlple.
QUESTION: have been told that
oranges lose their vitamin C few
minutes after they are cut and
squeezed for juice. Is this true?
ANSWER-Fortunately, orange
Juice does not lose its vitamin G
for some time after it is squeezed.
And oranges and orange juice rate
top-notch sources of this important
vitamin, especially during the win
ter, when other fresh fruits and
vegetables may be scarce. If you
put orange juice in covered con-
tainer and keep it in the refrig-
orator. there is little loss of vitamin
c until the second day.
QUESTION: During the winter I
buy canned vegetables rather than
fresh ones because they are cheaper
and it take less fuel to cook them.
Also I can't keep fresh vegetables on
hand very long. Now I am wonder
ing whether the canned vegetables
are as good for us as the fresh ones.
Do they furnish all the food values
we need?
ANSWER - Canned vegetables
have about the same food value
that fresh vegetables have after
they are cooked. But be sure to use
the liquid from your canned veg
etables. Serve it with the vegetables
or use it in making soups, stews
and gravies. This liquid contains
minerals and some vitamins, which
you won't want to waste if you're
trying to make your food money go
as far as possible. If you don't use
fresh vegetables your diet may be
low in vitamin c, so be sure to use
generous amounts of citrus fruits
or canned tomatoes.
It's always good plan also to
have some raw fruits or vegetables
IN your meals each day. They fur
nish vitamins, and they give you
variety in texture and flavor so
your meals are more interesting.
QUESTION: I've been trying to
plan our meals so they will have all
the food values we need. But I
can't get my husband to drink a
pint of milk a day, as the diet plans
recommend. know he needs the
milk for the calcium and other food
values it contains. Can you give
me any help?
ANSWER: The grown person who
won't drink milk Is q problem in
many households. And, as you say,
everybody needs the calcium of
milk for the upkeep of the teeth and
bony structure-even after they are
grown.
If you can't get your husband to
drink milk, why not use it in cook
ing so he will eat the milk without
realizing it? Cream soups, sauces,
scalloped dishes, custards and pud-
dings offer good ways to include
milk In the daily diet.
OF course American cheddar
cheese, the yellow kind that you
buy in slices, can also be a good
source of calcium for adults. About
az ounces, or q little over one
eighth pound, will give you about the
same amount of calcium as pint
Of duid milk. You may not be able
70 use cheese - the source Of cal.
Evening star., 1940-10-16

what has turned out to be we'll
accepted manner. One OF the best
looking of the latter seen recently
is a black crepe frock with low (but
not too low draped neckllne and
fullness in a front panel below the
shirred-in drawstring at the waist.
It's really SO smart looking and
deceptive that it could easily be
mistaken for one OF the accepted
fall styles for 1910.
Another drawstring type shown
is a black jacketed frock with perky
white collars and cuffs. This ties
in the back and relies upon fullness
in the cut of the dress and jacket
for "covering-up" purposes; the
drawstring Is used for "letting-out'
comfort.
Jacket frocks are still being
shown, but new ideas are to De
found in this division. too. It's
not unusual, for example, TO nno
we'll made black crepe frocks with
green. blue or even the new "bene-
dictine brown" used as contrast for
the Jacket. This combination,
strange as it may seem, cuts the
line and adds little more decep-
ton to the nice job already in
progress. It's too much to hope
that we can completely escape from
the "butcher-boy influence, for
there is still much of it to be
found. However, our personal opln-
ion is that it is the most obvious
Of the maternity styles. and conse-
Quently to be avoided; especially
when there are newer and much
more adroitly designed models to
be had for the asking.
Unusual decorative touches are
to be found on maternity frocks
too. For instance, one blue crepe
drawstring model has perky gold
colored arrow pins to lend interest
and in season when novelty
touches can make or break an
ensemble. we are happy to note that
they are included on these most
difficult" of all dresses.
Street clothes are, of course. the
primary necessity in maternity
styles. but don't forget that there
are also dinner gowns, slacks sets,
bathing suits for resort wear. jack
cts. skirts and almost every other
type of clothes imaginable. In
addition. special lingerie is available
in adjustable styles that will save
you money. Instead of replacing
slips and gowns because of split
seams and other difficulties, it's
much wiser to invest in a complete
set of maternity "undies." You
mustn't forget the proper found
ationS, either. and be sure to have
them correctly fitted and changed
according to your measurements.
This is also a year when pouchy
handbags, huge hunks of jewelry
and other smart and eye-catching
accessories are very much in favor
and all of them will help to mini
mize your figure faults and empha-
size the fact that you know your
fashions!
Evening star., 1940-10-16

variably lined with pink Pale blue
and turquoise 60 well with it, and
for true importance. the accenting
colors should be used in large spots,
such as a solid pale pink chair
against brown rug. or pale tur-
quoise love seat in front of windows
with brown and turquoise draperies.
Don't be too closely restricted by
your chosen color scheme. Set up
the materials and furniture you
have assembled and keep to the
general plan, but do not permit
your room to fail because you are
afraid of color or are too timid to
deviate from the straight and mar
row" of the original plan. Very
often, as we have pointed out. the
deviations and exceptions enhance
the room.
For instance. pale blue and brown
will come to life when you place q
low bowl of tiny pink roses nearby:
yellow and gray will scintillate with
mint green, glow with coral color
and become cozy and personal when
combined with robins egg blue
Play your colors one against the
other. Have fun with them, change
constantly and surprise your friends
and family with new effects.
have a friend who has used
warm gray in her living room in
the same manner that you and
use our basic black dress. In other
words, she points up" her room at
each season of the year with colorful
flowers and accessories. Instead of
expensive heirlooms, she has a large
collection of bright vases and flower
containers and on her walks gathers
unusual leaves and foliage which
she arranges exquisitely in them.
Whenever a new accessory is pur-
chased, the color is repeated else
where in the room. and though her
accumulation of gifts and finds"
is extensive. all are of the inex-
pensive variety which belle their
price when presented in her indi-
vidual, skillful manner.
Evening star., 1940-10-16

room, while the deep green gives
necessary accent at the two win
dows. For a final touch. wonderful
old Victorian desk with an abun-
dance OF compartments and cubby-
holes takes up space along one whole
wall The added thought of a cop
per-red felt top on the writing sur
face gives depth to the mahogany
wood and offers another contrib
uting factor to the successful color
scheme.
In background colors gray is most
satisfactory but must be cleverly
accented or it has a tendency to
20 dead" On the other hand, II
handled with too much dash it loses
all its peaceful, restful quality
Fortunately gray and yellow is a
happy combination. so if your
house has gray woodwork, cheer up!
Yellow walls will do the trick. In
this case outter yellow (real farm
butter color used with clear lime
green draperies and dark brown
carpet will give the drab room i'm
portance. If the room is on the
cold side Of the house try turquoise
and coral against gray carpet
and yellow walls for delightful
warmth. There is no limit to the
possibilities with yellow, for it blends
well in almost any color scheme.
Brown also has new importance
this year. Though you may find
it called Brummel brown in regency
interiors, it is just as brown and
just as useful under any other
name. Excellent in combination
with yellow and gold tones, it is
often used for draperies or up
holstery against a pale yellow wall
In striped satins, brown may be
found in a light and dark shade COM
bined with soft green and can then
be hghtened with rich yellow as
deep as the centers of flowers. Pink
Is another tone delightful with
brown and reminds one of the days
when brown poke bonnets we're in
Evening star., 1940-10-16
By BARBARA BELL.

The four-gore detailing gives to
pattern No. 1987-B a very slim and
nodded line. and the bra-top is
dart-fitted to provide a little re-
straint and uplift. Designed espe-
cially for womens sizes. design No.
1903 has darts for correct bust fit.
and slenderizing panels. Both can
be made with built-up shoulders or
ribbon straps, and both are easy
to do.
With the money you save by max
ing your own, you can buy the finest
quality fabrics for your slips. pure
dye satins and crepe, one or two
RUSTY taffetas.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1878
Evening star., 1940-10-16

is designed for sizes IA, 16, 18, 20;
40, AZ, A and 46. Corresponding bust
measurements 80, "a, 36, 38, 40, AZ,
"A and 46. Size 16 (34) requires 27s
yards of 39-inch material.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1960-B
is designed for sizes "a. 36, 38. 40.
AZ, a., as and 48. Size SO, built-up
shoulders, 37s yards of 39-inch ma
terial; low neck, 32s yards.
Just out! Be among the first to
enjoy it! Barbara Bells new FASH
ZION Book, with more than 100 new
designs. Send 15c for it now! Plan
your whole wardrobe this easy, bud
get-saving way, and revel in having
individual versions of new styles,
that you won't see elsewhere!
Evening star., 1940-10-16
Choose Laundry

Many women who do the bulk Of
their personal wash at home send
the household linens to a CONNER
cial laundry. Most modern laun-
dries use plenty of good soaps and
methods that are just as safe and
satisfactory as the washing we do
at home. Choose your laundry care
fully and you're not likely to have
reason for complaint.
Evening star., 1940-10-16
sWarn' or 'Co0l' Effect
Created by Combining
It With Other Tones
Gray, Brown and Pink Shades
Give an Unexpected Charm
When Used as Accents
By MARGARET NOVEL;.

Yellow the versatile of all the oo of the rainbow Of
the most fashionable shades fall
td-oong house as od so himself might If he permitted to
entirely possible play"
yellow in golden to light dull north and build
shine into it. Or used cool mony effect with rich
calm slightly sophisticated south
plan which
and
but deal of cool light floods in from the large
outside the floor deep walowan carpet in gold
color The wallpaper has design OF pine branches and cones on an
background the paper Dapers rch hunters with
valance wide otonmesh glass curtains of the gold
the the with studio
color deep chair done natural linen
color codng The and window the
loht land effect j over
Evening star., 1940-10-16
The Correct Thing

Early American furniture dates
from the earliest days of Colonial
New England and has always been
a favorite for the informal, hos
pitable house. The original pieces of
this period were made in maple, pine
or cherry, but reproductions are
often seen in mahogany as well.
Homespun. chintz, cretonnes and
crash are the fabrics to be used
with this period. Copies of old wall
paper in floral. print, leaf or scenic
designs are usually selected for the
wall, but can be most effective
when used in combination with
painted walls. Accessories which
give the desired simple touch are
rufded white curtains, candlewick
spreads, patchwork quilts, pewter
milk glass and brass.
Evening star., 1940-10-16
My Neiehbor Soys:

If you wish to keep cheese
fresh for some time. cover it
over with a thin coating Of
paraf1in. When ready to serve
remove the paraffln.
To improve the flavor of
stewed prunes, cook a slice of
lemon and a cinnamon stick
with them. A speck of salt
added to any fruit sauce helps
bring out the flavor.
Add peeled, quartered apples
when you roast lamb or veal.
The apples add delicious flavor
and give a soft topping to the
roast.
Evening star., 1940-10-16
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pattern comprises full information and Instructions also cutou
design.
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work Editor Of Ihs Evening Star.
Evening star., 1940-10-16
Homemakers' Questions
Queries of General Interest May
Prove Helpful to Others

of
Hon,emakers questions
families we'll
balanced meals
directed to the United States Government
Economics supply the
Evening star., 1940-10-16
Lunch Box Hint

Wrap lunch box sandwiches in
dividually in waxed paper to keep
them moist and flavor fresh. Pack
sandwiches near the top Of the box.
Evening star., 1940-02-07

prepared to meet this call, should it
come.
Scarcely less astonishing than our
failure to offer the young men in the
c. c. c. camps an opportunity to take
military training is the neglect of our
Government to make more of the Civil
ian Military Training Camps. Here is
a comparatively inexpensive method of
training civilians in circumstances thou
sands of men all over the country would
welcome as an opportunity to serve the
Nation and to improve themselves physi-
cally and mentally. cannot but believe
that an ill-advised but noisy pacifism
has frightened those responsible for ma
tional military policy into a course of
conduct good neither for the Nation as
whole nor the individual citizen. Let
the person who shouts "militarism"
shout on. No sane person can stand
apart and view mans behavior in Eu-
rope and Asia and still believe that such
concepts as right" Justice" moral
or intellectual integrity" or cries of
peace. peace!" exert any appreciable
influence on the conduct of certain
powers. Il
February S.
Evening star., 1940-02-07
Power Rate Cut

Once again the advantages result
ing to District residents and business
interests from the adoption in De-
cember, 1884, of sliding scale plan
for annual adjustment of rates of
the Potomac Electric Power Co. has
been demonstrated. The Public
Utilities Commission has issued an
order for another rate reduction, for
the sixteenth consecutive year. This
reduction in rates will mean a saving
of more than a half-million dollars
to District consumers.
There was an issue again this year
as to how the amount available for
rate reduction should be divided be-
tween residential and commercial
consumers of power Roughly, q per
cent was given to residential users
and the remainder to commercial
customers. This appears to be fair
division since the commission based
its action on the relative amounts of
current used by the respective clas-
sificationS.
More important, it seems, are the
facts that while power interests may
have had doubts in the beginning as
to the practically of the sliding
scale, the company has continued to
make considerable profits through all
the years of the plan; and the best
available evidence indicates that the
local commercial power plant has
provided rates that on the average
are lower than those in any other
large city in the country.
Washington, Of course, does not
Evening star., 1940-02-07
Answers Letter on
working Wives"
To the Editor of The Star.


1t seems that M. P. S. has had her
toes stepped on and in her letter to The
Star of January 26 she lashes back at
the complaining Johns who deem it
their mission in life to agitate in the
interest of eliminating married women
from competition with them"
All through her letter one is given the
impression that married women" are
the martyrs of the age. What does a
woman expect of life these days? Does
she not want some kind of home, no
matter how small, where she can raise
her young ones in the right atmosphere?
And where they can live clean and
healthful life, and give her something
to look forward to and be proud Of In
her future years?
do not begrudge women their right
to the true American ideals of equal
opportunity to ALL" but let them decide
on a career in the world or career in
the home. Each is an opportunity in
itself.
In closing might add that little
self-sacriflce on the part Of married
couples today might help eliminate the
necessity of the poor married women"
having to 60 to work, and it would, also,
have an equal effect in the training of
their children.
J. BURFoRD RoD1ER.
January 81.
Evening star., 1940-02-07
Proposes Military Training
FOr T.. e.. e.. Youths.

Proposes Military Training
For C. C. C. Youths.
To the Editor Of The Star:
When the history Of this period is
finally written, it will be recorded. that
its greatest contribution to character
building on a national scale was the
founding of the Civilian Conservation
Corps. Here the Nation puts its idle
youth to work at useful tasks, instructs
them in the simple truths of life, trains
them in work from which an honest liv-
ing may be derived when the service is
over, and here they learn impressively
that our country values the individual
so highly that 1t will spend much money
and effort to help make him the noblest
of living creatures, an honest man,
free, loving freedom, and knowing how
freedom must be used If it is to be pre-
served. Why does not the United States
Government give these fine young men
the opportunity to obtain military train
ing in these camps? There Is no sound
reason against 1t. If they want it, they
should have the chance. It would put
before them an educational opportunity
Of the greatest character building value.
If it is wise policy to require military
training in the land-grant colleges, it
would be wise at least to offer it in these
camps In case of war these young men
would be drafted, like others in the same
age group. and they should have the
opportunity the college man has Of being
Evening star., 1940-02-07
Civil Liberties

At closed meeting of its govern
Ing committees, the American Civil
Liberties Union has voted to exclude
from office or committee member
ship avowed defenders of totalitarian
relationships in any form-whether
Communistic, Fascist or Maitland
members of organizations with "ob-
vious anti-democratic objectives or
practices" The ban will not apply
to rank and file members of the
union.
Significantly or not, the action of
this group, which has set itself up as
watchdog of civil rights, comedies
with the resignation from its chair
manship of Rev. Dr. Harry F. Ward,
who was mentioned prominently in
the recent report of the Dies Com
mittee as head of the so-called
Communist front" group, the Amer
ican League for Peace and Democ-
racy. DR.. Ward has since resigned
from the league, which has an
nounced plans for disarmament,
due to need "for a different program
and type of organization"
While not questioning the right
under our democratic form of gov
ernment for any persons to "hold
and utter any opinions on political
or economic questions, the Civil Lib
critics Union has recognized the utter
inconsistency that results when any
OF its leaders or spokesmen pleads
with one breath for American free
dom of speech, of religion and of
press, and with the next breath for
support of alien totalitarian doc
trines diametrically opposed to such
democratic precepts. "Such a dual
position in these days, when issues
are far sharper and more profound" 4"
the union forthrightly pointed out,
makes it desirable that the Civil
Liberties Union make it's position
unmistakably clear"
A minority OF the organization op-
posed the exclusion resolution on the
ground that it will tend to "embroil
the union in the heated theological
battles going on all over the world"
But surely there is more likelihood of
such embodiment if persons holding
responsible positions in the union are
more concerned with defending for
eign ideologies than with preserving
American democratic principles.
Adhering to these principles, the
union properly will continue to de-
fend the rights of citizens of all DO
litical faiths-even the Communists
and Fascists who, curiously, never
hesitate to claim the protection of a
form of government which they hold
in contempt. The Civil Liberties
Union has added to its prestige by
acting to keep it's leadership thor
oughly American and democratic.
Evening star., 1940-02-07
THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. TraceuelL.

you. Speaking from yearly experience,
I would say that my nemesis is that little
fellow the wren who refuses to let me
NOW the lawn beneath his wren box.
May ask that you be little more
charitable toward the mockingbird and
little more accurate In your remarks
concerning its habits. This will be
greatly appreciated by the genuine ad-
mirers of this bird whose admiration is
based upon an intelligent study of It's
way of life.
Many readers of your column accept
as gospel truth every word you write
about birds and while you are usually
correct, 1t bothers the true bird students
to have your readers, or some of them,
hug to their breasts such inaccuracies
as from time to time appear in your
column concerning the mockingbird,
Americas finest songster.
Il will appreciate your comments on
this letter in your column SO that the
injustice done this fine bird may be
corrected. 1t is only fair that the other
side of the picture be presented to your
readers through the same medium your
half-truths appeared.
Sincerely yours, w. A. N"
X \ ~
Mr.. NJ, whose reputation as a bird
lover extends far beyond Chevy Chase,
has INDUCED in that favorite indoor
sport. setting up straw man and knock
ing him down.
Nobody, we feel safe in saying, has any
greater admiration for the mockingbird
than the writer of this column.
We simply refuse to argue the point
with Mr.. N. But when a reader asks a
question, We try to answer him to the
best of our ability.
II he wants to know how to keep a
tough mockingbird away, the answer is
not to put out the foods the bird likes.
That is, undoubtedly, the way to do it.
This advice only seems uncharitable,
for today thousands of persons are feed
ing the birds hereabouts, whereas only
few hundreds were doing so four years
ago when we started boosting this Won
derful recreation. Now the point Is
that hundreds of them, especially when
snow is on the ground, use bread, which
is exactly what the mocker likes, even
above raisins.
This means that no mockingbird is
going hungry.
Our correspondent remarks about the
birds food habits are quite true. 1t is
we'll to keep in mind that the soft
billed birds cannot eat what the men,
bers of the finch family, to which be-
longs the sparrows, do.
Mr.. N. has been very fortunate in his
Knockers. Last year this column carried
dozens of letters. scores of them, in
fact, from irate persons in all parts of
the city, castigating, lampooning, be-
rating, belittling, hurting imprecations
at, and in other ways asking how to get
relief from the "mockingbird problem, .
as they called it.
We say again, as we have said many
times, that birds are where and how you
find them.