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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-07-20
BEAUTY and ROMANCE
BY MARIE DOWNING

There are beauty and romance in
every woman's everyday doings! I'm
going to illustrate that by repeating to
you some Of the questions recently
asked of me by readers of "Beauty and
Romance" The answers are quite obvi-
Gus.
No woman can afford to be a carbon
copy of another woman. To make your
self different, would you:
Buy a jacket that is most unusual
even if it isn't fattering?
Wear black shoes with an otherwise
white outfit?
Fashion your hair tightly to your
mead when most are fluffing it?
Little Nervous Habits
Are you shoulder-strap grabber, a
table-drummer, or a bracelet-fddler?
Small nervous habits can be glamour
robbers.
When you have date to an impor-
ttant function with one man would you
break it to go with the 'hero of the
hour" If the hero suddenly asks youq
Are your around-the-house clothes
neat, clean and tidy !. the same as
your street clothesq
What is your social specialty7 Is it
dancing, card-playing, tennis, hostess,
beng good compartment If you
haven't one, get busy and develop one.
We all need one speciality, at least.
II you are with group and each
orders cocktail, but all you want is a
sort drink =. would you order a cock
tail or a soft drink?
Would you color your hair to return
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-07-20

and dance in gypsy print skirt
full at the waistline and swirling
a many-yard-round foor-length hem-
line. Wear with this the daintiest,
most appealingly feminine lace
trimmed, finely tucked sheer white
batiste blouse you can find in the
shops and behold-your most ye-
loved party frock!
Note how the fashion-wise maid
en- conferred in the picture carries
out the idea of gay print skirt
topped with contrast blouse. If
you feel the urge for a two-piece that
enters into the spirit of a joyous
summer afternoon, here is the an
swer. In this instance a soft
throated blouse of dull-surfaced
black silk crepe tops off a fared
short skirt of pink and black print.
The natural waistline is finished with
a sash of the print which ties at
the front, while a touch of the
same fabric relieves the neckline.
Her gay chapeau of pink straw
braid has rose and yelling trim.
Informality in dress is the key
note sounded throughout vacation
plots, more so than ever this sum-
mer. However, it is a formality
that is utterly sophisticated with a
view to achieving the picturesque.
Famous as a winter resort but
equally as popular with summer va
cationists Sun Valley is becoming a
mecca for fun-loving fashionables.
Here one sees outing apparel that
is the 'Flast world in chic and
charm. A noteworthy example of
the style that fiourishes out in this
rugged Idaho country is the perfect
ly charming costume to the right in
the group pictured. An exception
ally handsome rayon print in steel
head gray (takes its name from the
steel-head trout that abound in the
area) and challenger white fash
ions the graceful trousers. The
blouse is in chartreuse. 1t has an
attached hood lined with the gray
and white print which again empha-
sizes the outstanding Importance Of
hoods throughout the entire program
of fashion this summer.
released by Western Newspaper Union.l
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-07-20
MRS. FANNIE LONON
President Of Harriet Tubman House,
we'll known church and civic worker,

Mrs. Fannie Lonon, the comelv
silver haired President of the Harriet
Tubman House is a living example of
what can be done by getting together
and holding what we have and then
building it into something better. Bal
tmore-boIn and educated she at an
early age was gaining experience in the
neighborhood service which was to be
her life work Her folks were in
charge of the Biddle Street Orphan
Asylum and she practically grew up
in that work. Early life in Baltimore
also included girls Neighborhood Club
meetings at her home and her very
active Sunday School work in st.
Mary's Episcopal Church
At quite an early age she went to
Philadelphia to live, then married and
moved to Boston. Her public work
here started in the Saturday Sewing
Club under Mrs. Gregreson of Beacon
Street.
In Boston also, the Damascus Social
Club, of which she is one of the three
original members now living, Mrs. But
Ter r. Wilson's knitting classes, and
several secret orders including Eastern
Star, Household of Ruth, and Court of
Calanthians all led up to the work she
is now doing as President of the Home
When Mrs. Cornelia Robinson sent
for Mrs. Lonon to "help out" at the
Tubman House little did she think the
helping would continue for three years
and will continue as Mrs. Lonon says
until the young girls can take the
reins."
The Tubman House and her church
work are her all-consuming interests
As a member of Charles St., A.M.E
Church, she has held many Offices in
Guiding trustee, and is still active in
Missionary Work there. She loves the
whole work in getting close to people
and in helping them where they need
help. With little thought of herself
and the great service she is doing her
aim is constantly to make the Tubman
House more useful to those whom she
meets, and she meets all kinds of people
and enjoys them all.
Through her foresight and guidance
the Harriet Tubman House has devel-
oped from just home for the enter
tainment of strange girls coming into
the city to one the scope Of whose pro
gram includes many clubs, a pre-nur-
sery school in winter and play yard in
summer with milk and crackers free
of charge all year round, Girl Scouts
Boy Scouts, Brownies, Story Telling
Groups, W.P.A. Choral and Music
classes, Mothers Club, and a newly.
organized Business Women's League
and sending children to camp and OF
picnics. Although the organization:
named were started in the House, un
der Mrs. Lonon, clubs already organ
lied are also allowed to enter.
The Tubman House is not endowed
though the Community Federation
helps. Yet through the dollar-a-yeal
memberships and the keen business
sense of Mrs. Lonon and her boarC
they are able to stick to the budget
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-07-20

w E WANT color! We want col
w or! That's the idea when it
comes to the spectacular prints for
play clothes now making beaches,
tennis courts, golf grounds and all
places of outdoor sports a scene of
mad, riotous, eye-thrilling color this
summer. So when you buy play
clothes don't stint on color whatever
you do. Especially in the matter of
gay cotton prints go as gypsy-like as
you please in choosing bizarre eff
fects.
1t is foregone' conclusion that
you will be wearing Stacks during
the active hours of a summer day.
The latest thing is to top your we'll
tailored Stacks with blouse made
of cotton or linen print that fairly
dazzles the eye with the daring of
its coloring and patterning. Just
such is the blouse that dramatizes
the Stacks costume to the left in the
Illustration. 1t is of vividly color
full cotton print that typically ex-
presses the mood that prints for play
clothes are in this summer.
A new vogue has sprung up this
season, one that is taking the young
set by storm. It's the skirt that
is made of print just as gypsylike
in color and motif as you can find.
And be assured you will have no
difficulty in getting these prints bold
in color and daring in patterning.
The prints mostly talked about and
featured for sportswear and casual
dress take their cue from the gay
cottons of native South Sea Islanders,
and from the garish picturesque cot
tons that make gypsy camp look
like one vast kaleidoscope.
However, do not for a moment
think that these fascinating cotton
prints keep within the confines of
beaches and Fairgrounds, country
highways and byways. Fact is
for party frock you will be doing
the fashion-wise thing if you dine
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-07-20
BEAUTY HINTS
Your Hands
By Nina Temple

Your Hands
Any woman can have lovely hands
if she will only take care of them.
The chief point of the matter is the
nails-they must be kept immaculate.
No matter how large or ungainly
hands may be they can be lovely
keep them immaculate.
Beautiful Eyebrows
Beautiful eyebrows do much to make
or mar the beauty of a woman's face.
Look yours over carefully and be sure
there is space between them, that
is, make sure they do not meet. But.
if they do, you can remedy this by
just plucking the hairs in the very
center above the nose, so that there
will be a space between. Eyebrows
that meet give the face a sinister as.
pect and no woman can afford to be so
handicapped.
Soft Corns
Who can be happy, amiable and
beautiful when his feet are painful
from soft corns between the toes. Get
rid of them quickly and then see how
soon the muscles relax, the face is re.
poseful and your mind is at rest. Just
do this. Use solution of cold cream
and common baking soda between the
toes, then insert a soft pad of lambs
wool or cotton.
Homemade Facial Pack
The next time you want to use a
home made pack try the following
mixture: Fullers earth and witch hazel
The witch hazel is powerful astrin.
gent and the Fullers earth clears and
bleaches. These ingredients can be
bought for a song in your nearest drug
store and you can look your prettiest
at very small cost in the twinkling
OF an eye. Try it.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-07-20
Black Dress With
Cay Shawl Is New

With style sophisticates the black
dress is still favorite. The latest
is to add spice of color with a
gay fanciful shawl. It's a clever
way of making a stylish black dress
look more stylish, especially if you
add a hat to match the shawl.
Choose a colorful printed crepe or
vivid sheer wooden for these COM
panion pieces. 1t is a most excit-
ing fashion, be assured, full of high
drama, especially if you acquire
wearing the shawl in casual non
chalant manner-practice the art of
wearing these whimsical fringed tri-
angles before your mirror. Lots of
room for romance and coquetry in
wearing the new shawlsl
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-07-20

its youthful sheen and beauty, or do
nothing hoping that the lighter, grayer
streaks might add dignity to your APP
pearance?
Any Woman Can Be GlamOrOus
Any woman can be glamorous who
has a mind Of her own, a little conf
dence in herself and knows how to use
the right shade of cosmetics and pat
ronizes the right hairdresser.
Men always look twice at women who
know how to be women D.. who know
the value of daintiness, the art Of con-
versation, the outs and ms of everyday
social etiquette. Be different, yes. But
don't be too noticeably different! Be
gay. But don't be rowdyl Be indie
pendent. But don't be so independent
that you are a wallfowerl
And here is my final question: If
a new girl comes to town with ravish-
ingly different hair style should you
rush to have your hair styling copy
hers, or should you have your hair
dresser create a new style for you, or
should you temporarily at least con-
tinue with your present hair styleY
Think real hard and then do the latter
and no one can accuse you of being
copy-cat!
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-07-20
X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
HOUSEWIVES
TESTED RECIPES
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The following recipes were sent in
by Mrs. Annie Brown of Weston:
BANANA BREAD, 70 cup butter,
L cup sugar, 2 cups flour, 2 eggs. 2 tea
spoons baking powder, 1 cup crushed
bananas (three bananas).
Cream butter and sugar; add eggs
well beaten; sift -four and baking pow
der and add alternately crushed bana-
mas and -four. Bake one hour in moder-
ate oven, $50 degrees.
APRICOT DELIGHT-11a lb. dried
aprlcots, 3 tablespoons minute tapioca,
70 cup sugar, "a teaspoon salt.
Cook apricots until tender in 3 cups
water; strain off liquid; mash apricots
through sieve; add to strained liquid
enough water to make cups; add to
this the tapioca and salt and cook. Add
sugar, then add the apricots and chill.
Serve with cream, plain or whipped.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-07-20
Style Notes

Gypsy shoes of gay print are
worn.
Hoods adorn all sorts of cos
tunes.
Brown is the seasons big color
success.
Open mesh gloves are in fash
ion again.
White rayon jersey frocks are
in big demand.
There is wide call for prints
with gray grounds.
Print frocks with matching tur-
bans are fashion favorites.
It's smart to wear topcoats
with sleeves dangling over Shout
ders.
Large stitched black taffeta
hats are worn with summer
frocks.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-07-20

A true spirit of neighborliness per-
vades the district among mothers and
children alike, and several girls come
In for volunteer work so great is the
interest inspired by the President who
fills so many positions.
Mrs. Lonon's present ambition is to
have a Junior Board of Girls able to
take the responsibility and continue the
work. Security is what is wanted"
says this civic leader, Sand I hope that
God will spare me to see the work put
through, just let me live to see some
OF these younger girls carry on"
Gertrude E. Smith.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-07-20

A wee miss who knows her styles,
glories in this smart sun-back frock
of white pique with full button front
and trim of white eyelet embroidery
on the heartshaped top and pocket.
The same embroidery makes a
saucy decoration at the side of her
matching sunbonnet. And by the
way, speaking of pique, tiny girls
are wearing the cunningest suits
imaginable made of it. These have
pleated skirts and bolero jackets
and the most amusing little blouses
and fashioned of everything from
Bingham and seersucker to finest of
fine lace-trimmed batiste to wear
with them.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-07-20
Pocket Popularity
To Have Long Life

Anything so practical as the fash
ion for multiple pockets is destined
to have long life and a merry one.
For the schoolgirls, who never seem
to have enough of them, they are
being doubled and redoubled.
They're set in rows on bodices and
skirts, anywhere from two to six of
them, and occasionally, for good
measure, small change pockets are
sewn on top of bigger pockets.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-07-20
Sailor Collar Is
Influencing Style

You will find the sailor suit in
fiuencing the most tailored of town
fashions. A two-piece suit of spun
rayon that is embroidered with a
white four-leaf clover, has a deep
white pique sailor collar. When you
wear it as dress, you use the col
lar; when as a suit with a blouse,
you take it off.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-07-20
TWo-in-One Skirts
Practical Notion

Now you see it as a formal skirt
and now you see it as a practical
daytime skirt. A detachable founce
is the trick that works this magic.
The knee-deep ruffle is made to but
ton on or snap on and off in a jiffy.
These two-purpose skirts are selling
in leading stores.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-07-20
Long Silk Goats
In Navy or Black

You will find one of the new fash
ionable long softly tailored silk coats
either navy or black most happy
possession. They are ever so stylish
this summer worn with lingerie
collars and cuffs.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-07-20
Watch This Space For Style Hints
Planned For Your Figure

The 1910 DR.. FRED PALMER'S DREAM
BOOK contains FASHION HITS for ali
types of women. Send 10c today. Just
write to GALENoL CO., INC, Dept. B,
Box 264, ATLANTA GEORGTA
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-07-20
WISE SAYINGS

Half the battle of life is won when
you can find somebody to believe in
you.
You are no bigger than the things
that trouble you.
Civilization creaks along like an OK
cart r
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-07-20

What are your beauty problems
Write Marie DoUning, LGriease
Beauty Foundation, Room 521-
319 North Fourth St., st. Louis,
Mo-, and she a0iu be glad to anStce'
them. Be sure to enclose self
addressed stamped enveIope.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-07-20
HuRt'H Unrttpr
Edited By Edythe Moe Gordon

REWARD
I titled my garden in the spring.
Down midst the weeds I found
A plant that gasped for air and light
In hard unbroken ground.
l watched it DER with tender care,
Through heat till summers close.
When of my work I'd most despair
Lo then; there bloomed rose.
I titled the garden of the soul.
Watched good deeds rooted start.
When seemed my work most vain and
cold
There burst full bloom-a heart.
JOSHUA Fl. JONES, JR.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-05-25
METzGARs IN WASHINGTON

L. H. Metzgar, General Superin- tendent of the Alaska Juneau Min ing Company, accompanied by Mrs. Metzgar, have recently visited in Washington, D. O. During their so- journ in the states, the Metzgars have spent considerable time in Dow CT. Delaware, the birthplace of Mrs. Metzgar.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-05-25
IS GEARING
 FOR WAR
Civil Mobilization Decree Issued for General
 Conseription

ROME, May 25.-Geared for war with the entire resources subject to conscription under new civil mobilization order, Italy is ready the minute Premier Mussolini press es the button for a plunge into the European conflict as an ally of Germany.
 All signs indicate this move will not be long coming.
 Ominous indications topped the civil mobilization decree, one for additional classes of the army and naval reserves called to the colors and another the postponements of the sailings of three big transAt- lantic liners which might possibly serve as troopships. Intensified blackouts also indicated some thing" about to transpire.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-05-25
SAN FRANCISCO
 FAIR RE0pENED
 FOR 40 SEASON
TurnsfiIes Clicking MeniIY Indicating Attendance
 Will Be Large

SAN FRANCISCO, May 25.-The San Francisco World Fair reopened for the 1940 season today, and first indications were that crowds flock ing to Treasure Island by ferry, car and bus would exceed last years opening day total.
 In the first hour 11,000 persons passed through the turnstiles into the fairgrounds, nearly double the total in the first hour on last years opening day.
 As the exposition reopened, Presi- dent Roosevelt sent best wishes to the Federal Commissioner, George Creel. The President wrote: This fair takes place at one of the gate ways of the New World. It repre- sents the combined action of many countries and many men. It shows what civilization can be and what it ought to be. The thought that goes into the fair will be highly useful to the staff work of the new world we must presently build
 The President of the New York World Fair, Harvey Gibson, was a guest of the San Francisco Fair staff at Treasure Island. He re- turned visit which President Mar shall Dill of the Golden Gate show paid to the New York Fair on its opening day
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-05-25
Tanks, Motorized Infantry Streaming Through
 Smaii Neck
TO BE TRAPPED OR WIN ;.
 IS AIM OF GERMANS
French Air Force Making Lunges, Attacking with
 Aerial Cannon

PARIS, May 25.-German heavy tanks and motorized infantry streamed seaward tonight through a 20-mile neck near their salient in an all or nothing gamble against desperate French attempts to slice the salient and turn the tables of entrapment on the Nazis.
 Truck -borne infantry and lum- bering big tanks were followed by trucks and lighter blitzkrieg units of motorcycles, machine gunners and armored cars.
 The Germans are said to be run ming a risk of disaster as complete as that facing the Allied Armies trapped in Flanders unless the Nazis can consolidate their corri- dor position sufficiently to prevent an Allied break through their lines from the north of Somme.
 The French air force also lunged against the moving armored col umns, attacking them with aerial cannon, as well as bombs and ma- chine guns.
 The military expert of Le Temps, Paris newspaper, said the plane borne cannon are good weapons against tanks. He wrote The use of aviation to destroy tanks has long been sought by France. That success is now obtained"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-05-25
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF
 UNITED STATES STARTS
 NEW DEALS OF HIS OWN
By JACK sTINNETT

WASHINGTON, May z5. = The newest deal in Washington is over at the Department of Justice. It was born back in January and it's papa is Bob Jackson, who frs t paced the justice corridors then as Attorney General of the United States.
 Typical of the newest deal. is an occurrence which took place the other day at a staff confer ence. The one time country law yer who now is the nations No. l attorney, was presiding. An of ficial asked what was to be done about employees putting their feet on the desks.
 If you are going to have a rule against putting feet on the desks, " answered Jackson, it certainly will cramp my style.k
 Another perturbed and jumpy official once asked the Attorney General if he didn't think there should be rule against employees reading newspapers. That quizzi- cal smile which Jackson uses where other men might use anger
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-05-25
Germans, Allies Battling on Streets of French
 Seaport
FOUR CHANNEL CITIES
 ARE SPELLED BY NAzIS
Heights of VimY Ridge Re- ported Taken by
 Reich

BERLIN, May 25.-The German and Allied forces are fighting Tn the streets of Calais, French sea- port, where the straits of Dover leave only 22 miles of water between the port and England.
 Hitler's dive bombers this forenoon started a rain of destruction on four channel ports where the British are attempting to land endorsements and break the trap around the AL lied armies.
 The diving bombers have shelled and dropped huge explosives on the harbors of Dieppe and Dunkerque in France and Ostend and Blank enberghe in Belgium, the last port the famed sea resort.
 The High Command declare the Reich forces have reduced the Flanders battlefield by two thirds during the past 48 hours and pre- dicted the encompassed Allied forc- es will be wiped out within few days tl
 The heights of Vmy Ridge, where the Canadians fought the major World War battle, have been taken by the Nazis forces.
 The communique says: "The Heights of Vimy have been captured This is an important hillside" ," south of Sedan on the Germans southern bulge.
 Aerial successes are also claimed by the Reich forces.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-05-25
THREE SERIOUS FIRES
 OF MYSTERIOUS ORIGIN
 BREAK OUT IN DAWSON

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, May B. A special from the Dawson News says the Dawson News Building, stock and plant were seriously damaged Thursday night following mysterious explosion in the rear of the building.
 Peters Jewelry store, two blocks from the Dawson News Building, was badly damaged by a fire which started in the rear of the building at 5 o'clock Friday tyes- terday) morning.
 Wednesday night. fire starting in the rear Of the Orpheum Theatre, destroyed the theatre, Yukonia Ho- tel, Jimmy Oglow's and Ernest Schinks' stores and badly dam aged Grace Wyness' ladies wear store, Jack Houdeman's barber shop and Arcade Cafe. all adjoining.
 All three fires were Tn widely separated parts of Dawson and all of mysterious origin.