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Evening star., 1940-02-10

purchase one of the non- -fiammable
mixtures tested for home use.
Gasoline works beautifully in your
car-and 1t was meant to be used
there. 1t is more dangerous than
dynamite in your house. If you use
any Of the dust-laying compounds
when you sweep the basement floor
find out If 1t is one of the safe"
ones. Many of these are nothing
but oil-soaked sawdust and a dust
painful dumped into a trash can
has burned down many a home.
There is always a safe way
take the time to find out what
makes it safe. As good household
ers, protect your investment in your
home and your family with proper
construction of your house and
proper training in the fire hazards
that may menace it. A large part
of home fires will be eliminated
and the dreaded casualties that 60
with them as soon as the adult
members Of the family become
aware of what might happen. Be
far-seeing and imaginative enough
now-rather than broken hearted
later.
Evening star., 1940-02-10
The Home Clinic
Easily Eliminated Fire Hazards
Have Taken Heavy Toll in Human Life

superheated air can reach a tenn
perature of 400 or 500 degrees. This
air Immediately passes upward
through all these avenues and no
one can breathe it and live. Within
10 minutes it may cause draperies
and woodwork on upper floors to
burst into fame spontaneously. In
this way the whole home may be
involved before the fire department
comes, and though they are amaz-
ingly capable, loss of life has oc-
Cured before they arrive.
If you knew how to prevent this
you would be very quick to take the
necessary precautions. In your new
house build your basement as a sepa-
rate unit, with walls and ceiling as
close to being completely fireproof
as possible In looking over your
present house see that the ceiling
of the basement is good metal lath
and cement plaster; see If there is
fire. stopping provided in your walls.
What sort of ventilation have you in
your basement and are the doors to
clothes chutes and ventilating sys-
TENS to the upper floors tight-fitting
and in good order? When you are
sure of all that, place fire detector
there "just in case" so that any in
crease of temperature would sound
an alarm loud enough to waken the
family.
Check over the flues and fireplace
chimneys in your house. Many fires
are caused by faulty flues or CHM
neys in which the mortar has dis
integrated. No good housekeeper
will permit trash to accumulate or
rubbish to await a better day" for
it's removal. That better day may
never come and in the meantime
it is dangerous.
Those same good-housekeeping'
traits may cause her to put away,
carefully and neatly. her dust cloths
and oil mops and cleaning fluids
in the kitchen closet. Oil absorbs
oxygen from the air which activity
raises the temperature of the oil
until it is hot enough to ignite
Keep these things in standard metal
containers, if you must keep them
If you are in the habit of keeping
cleaning fluid on hand, by all means
Evening star., 1940-02-10
By MARGARET NOVEL;.

Long, long ago, in the days when
homes were a simple structure,
erected mainly for shelter, they were
much safer to live in than they are
in this era, with its many mechanl-
cal labor saving devices and con-
veniences. In planning your new
home, or in going over your present
one with an eye to repairs in the
spring, check your house and garage
for potential danger to yourself and
your family.
Consider it not only from your
own capable adult standard, but
from the point of view of your own
or the neighbors' children, and that
of the elderly person who may share
your home with you or visit you
frequently. The mental misery after
an accident has happened in your
house is greater than the annoyance
and expense of making changes now.
The National Safety Council keeps
a close check on home accidents.
Reading the reports of its survey
brings one to the conclusion that
home is just about the most danger
GUS place for any of us; reading fur
ther shows that many of these acci-
dents might be avoided if house
holders were aware of their likeli-
hood. Statistics show that home
fires account for nearly two-thirds
of the annual loss of life through
five. which totals more than 10000
persons. Half of these victims are
children under 10 years of age.
There seems to be a lack of fire.
consciousness on the part of those
responsible for the safety of the
family, which results in carelessness
and tragedy.
Many of us have built our homes
without proper consideration and
understanding of the rapid spread
of fire We also remodel and add
on" to old houses without thought
for many of the regulations we would
be forced to observe in constructing
new house. Many of the deaths
from burns are caused by breathing
superheated air, though flames may
have been two floors away from the
victim.
More than half of the fires in
homes originate in the basement.
Many houses are built without fire
stopping" of the walls and partitions,
and in many cases no ventilation
has been provided for the removal
of dangerous gases from stairways,
clothes chutes, dumbwaiters and
other avenues which lead to the
upper floors of any building. Within
minutes of the origin of fire,
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First Aid
For the
|Aiing House
Bv ROGER B. WHITMAN.

@. I have removed old stain
from two antique mahogany chairs
with sandpaper and am ready
to reflnish. How can I get the beau
tiful color that distinguishes ma
hogany furniture? My wife wants
some brown shade rather than red
A. You can get the color with
oil stain, which comes in a wide
variety Of shades. Having made
your choice, apply the stain with
q brush to the bare wood and i'm
mediately wipe of with cheese
cloth. Keep repeating until you get
the depth of color that you want.
The longer the stain is allowed to
soak into the wood before wiping
the deeper the tone will be. Finish
with varnish or wax. If you want
further information on this f1nal
finish let me know.
Drying = Hairbrush.
A reader sends me the following:
"When drying a hairbrush always
put the bristles face down so that
water drains off and does not go
into the wood block that holds the
bristles. II you put the bristles
up. the block, especially in silver
hairbrush, does not dry out quickly,
resulting in a split block and loos-
ened bristles."
Rust Stain on Rug.
@. How can I remove rust stains
caused by metal casters from a
plain -colored gray rug?
A. The stain cannot be removed
completely without bleaching out
the color of the rug. You may be
able to wash out some of the
rust by wiping with a thick lather
of q mild soap. then wiping with
cloths dampened in clear water. If
the rug has a long, thick nap you
NAV be able to trim of some OF the
badly stained fibers. My own pref
erence would be for composition
fiber casters.
Cigarette Burn.
@. MY walnut table has a large
cigarette burn. What can I do to
take out the ugly black mark?
A. The black mark is charred
wood. Scrape all of this away with
razor blade. This will leave a
slight depression. but after refln-
ishing with wax or varnish ac-
cording to the finish of the rest OF
the table it will hardly be noticeable.
1t is good strategy to maintain at
least one ash tray on every table.
Coal Economy.
@. Small-size coal is so much
cheaper than stove size, which is the
size that I have always used in my
furnace, that I am considering
making the change. I am told that
small-size coal can be used success
fully in combination with a blower.
Is this correct?
A. There Is undoubted economy
in using small-size coal, provided
1t can be properly burned. Rice
and pea coal form so solid a
bed that ordinary chimney draft
will not go through it. When
blower is used the draft is strength
ened. Power required for the
blower is comparatively small SO
that cost of coal plus cost of current
should make a saving. A blower that
forces air into the ashpit and drives
it through the fire bed from under
meath can be a source of danger be-
cause the coal gas may not be thor
! oughly removed. A suction fan in
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the smoke pipe between the heater
and the chimney Is q much safer
arrangement and I recommend 1t.
This draws air through the fire bed
and danger from coal gas explosion
Is prevented.
Gluing Felt.
@. How can felt be applied to q
mahogany desk successfully? Glue
soaks through the material, tacks
and nailheads are out Of the ques-
ton. Also, why does leatherette dry
in ugly bulges when pasted, In spite
of desperate efforts at stretching it
fiat?
A. Rubber cement does not pene-
trate as deeply as the more liquid
types of glue. 1t is generally sold
through the stationery trades. Use
the rubber cement for pasting the
leatherette. Leatherette should not
be stretched. When pasting this
material, smooth it out by rubbing
with the palm Of the hand, and make
sure the entire sheet of leatherette
adheres to the surface. The areas
that do not stick are apt to bulge.
Floor Board Cracks.
@. We have an old farm. The
wide boards of the flooring are being
scraped. How can the large cracks
between them be filled before finish
ing?
A. The first move should be to nail
the old boards solidly to the beams,
preferably by "toe-nailing.' The
cracks can then be filled with strips
OF wood cut to fit and nailed. BY
this method swelling Of the boards
In damp weather will be checked and
the cracks will not reopen.
Sticking Windows.
@. Can you advise what to use for
the windows in our house that are
very hard to pull up and down?
A. Paraff1n rubbed in the grooves
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will ease up windows that move with
difficulty. If paint has worked In
and hardened between the edge Of a
sash and the bottom Of the groove,
this can be loosened by removing the
strip of molding that forms the
front edge Of the groove. With the
molding OIL, the hardened paint
can be cut of with a thin -bladed
knife. When a window is badly stuck
through tight fitting or distortion,
refltting by planning will be necessary
Termites.
@. We have recently bought a
house, and the tenants tell us it has
termites. How can the insects be
destroyed?
A. There is far more to be said
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Swedish Room Motif

The Swedish exhibit at the New
York Fair held many striking room
schemes. One in particular placed
the coral-colored upholstery of a
white ash sofa against grayish walls
There was a mahogany side table,
a mahogany chair with unique seat
of russet woven leather, and white
ash chair with seat of beige leather
The yellow Of the rug was echoed
in large painting by Sven Erixon
on the side wall
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about the control of termites than
can be covered III the space Of this
column. You can get information
from the United States Department
of Agriculture here and also from
your State Department of Agricul.
ture. Many Of the State universities
have investigated the subject, and
yours might also be able to advise
you.
Evening star., 1940-02-10

District automobile drivers last year
with experience ranging from six
months to Is years were involved in
81 fatal accidents as compared with
n involving drivers with from 16
to 30 years experience.
Evening star., 1940-02-10
Eqyptiuns First Surveyors

The science Of surveying orig
mated with the Egyptians. who
made this practical use of geometry
because of the advantages to be de-
rived from recovering the boundar-
les of estates obliterated by the
annual foundations of the Nile.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-21

| Robson, Billie Burke and Arthur
Preacher have other important
roles.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-21
Hepburn Calls
Role Perfect"
Rotes Holiday" as
Her Best Picture

MY role in Holiday is the per-
feet one" Katharine Hepburn told
co-star Cary Grant during shoot
ing of the film. now at the Riviera
theater. IT'S a combination OF
every role I've ever had. and it's
part I've always wanted to play"
In the Columbia film, Miss Hep
burn appears as Linda Seton.
young socialite who rebels against
the gods of wealth and stodginess
It's a role for which Miss Hep
burn understudied. during the sue
cessful stage play. but never got
chance to perform. It's the role
she used when she was screen
tested. It's the role she'd always
wanted to play More, LINDA has
all the usefulness, make-believe
and whimsy of 10 in Little Wom-
en- all the gypsy-like qualities OF
Bible in The Little Minister;
all the fire and flair for dramatics
OF the society girl who ran away
TO make good on Broadway, In
Stage Door. all the love Of beau
ty and romance of the music-lover
of Break of Hearts"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-21
Loretta Young's
Toes Protected

How much is it worth to keep
a feminine star from stubbing her
toe? Evidently plenty.
Columbia ordered four pairs Of
special shoes. the first of their
kind. for Loretta Young in He
Stayed for Breakfast" her cur
rent comedy with Melvyn Douglas,
at the Beverly theater.
Sending the order to st. Louis
manufacturer, Alexander Hall, the
director. told why.
when we went into night club
and dancing scenes I didn't want
Loretta to wear ordinary open
toe-shoes-too much chance OF get
ting hurt. They're the style, Of
course. but Bobby Kalloch de-
signed n model in which the toes
look open but are fully enclosed
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-21

Jeonette Macdonald CO.
stors today with Nelson Eddy
OF the Music Box theoter in
Noel Coword's operetto.
The stars sing eleven Of the
original Noel Coward songs, ar
ranged by Herbert Stothart. They
are: I'm See You Again, The
Call of Life" IF You Could Only
Come With Me. What Is Love ?"
'Tokay," Ladies of the Town" "
Love in Any Language" "Our
Little Cafe" "zigeuner." IF Love
Were All" and "Serenade in
Vienna"
". S. Van Dyke II, who direct
ed Miss Macdonald and Eddy in
Naughty Marietta" Rose Marie"
and "Sweethearts, also guided
Bitter Sweet" with Victor Sa-
vile, of The Citadel" and Good
bye, Mr.. Chips" fame, producing.
The screen play is by Lesser
Samuels.
Yesterdays Heroes" a football
story, will share the screen.
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Comedian Scores
In Screen Dance

Mischs Auer displays his terpsi-
ehorean ability along with his
comedy talents in Universals
Deanna Durhin picture. Spring
Parade. " now al the Ratio theater.
The lanky Russian is cast as a
village slicker who tines to cheat
the star out Of a goat BY means
Of a wager that he can perform
the czsrdss. wild peasant dance,
longer than can Deanna. She sc-
cepts the bet and. 10 Aisehs's sur
prise and modification. It Is he
who becomes exhausted
Both Deanna and Mischa were
taught the intricate. beautiful and
strenuous czardss pronounced
tshardsrsh) by Larry Ceballos,
dance director AT Universal stu
dos Both students proved apt
pupils.
Robert Cummings is seen as De
anna's leading man in the new
picture. which has in its support
ing cast such favorites as Henry
Stephenson. Butch and Buddy,
Anne Gwynne, Walter Catlett and
others.
Henry Roster was the director
and Joe Pasternak the producer
of this latest OF Deanna's pic
lures.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-21
NOW PLAYING At
LOCAL THEATERS

RoxY-Tyrons Power IN The Marx
Of Zorro" Il IS. / IS AS. esb
SIS. also London Can Take II.
J 80. s:<5. o.lo. ESQ. li=lo.
RIALTo-Desnns Durbin and Robot
Cummings n Spring Parade,
Il 80. as. 500. 7;4s. 10 80. also
Arthur Lake and Penny Singleton
IN Blonde Plays Cupid. Ito. s.o5.
c 30. Q so
MtsIC BOX - jeanette Macdonald
and Nelson Fddy IN eBittersweet.
I2.ss. ass es5 10 90. also Jean
Rogers and Robert Sterling in Yes
terdays Heroes" II IS. 2.45, SIS,
ss5.
RINIERA-Clsudetts c bert and
Melvin Douglas IN She Married
Her Boss" 1870 90, s 40, 1000.
also Katharine Hepburn and Cary
Grant IN Holiday" as. 5 90. 9 40
BILE NousI-Mg !.I,-, Loy and Ms Ne,
Hand" Ills. s2s. 735 io45; also
Mexican spitflre Out West" IL IS.
5:io. e.2o. $50.
RETURN SHOWING
BrNERLY-Loretts Young and Mel
vyn Douglas in He Stayed for
Breakfast also william Holden IN
Those We're the Days"
CaPITOIl-Bins Crosby and Gloria
Jean IN II ! Had NJ Way. also
Hugh Herbert and Dennis o'Keefe
La Conga Nights.
CoMMUNITY-Olivi De Havilland in
My Love Came Back" also Victor
Jory In Light OF Western Stars"
KAY STREET-In reveranee TO the
late Louis J. perunko. this theater
will be closed tonight
LAkENOOD-Bette Davis and Charles
Boyer in All This and Heaven
Too
PARK-Biny Lee In The Biscuit
Eater" also Victor Jory in Light
OF Western Stars"
PRoCToR-Greer Carson and Lsu-
renee Olivier in Pride and Preiu-
REALART-Walter Brennan and Fay
BANTER IN Maryland" techni-
color production.
REN-Olivia De HsvillRnd and JET
FREY Lynn in MY Love Came Back.
also Virginia Bruce in Flight
sHELL-wslter Pidgeon and Nat PEN
dleton in Phantom Raiders" also
Broderick Crawford and Peggy
Moran In 7 Can't Give You Any
thing But Love Baby"
81 NSET-In reverancs To the late
Louis j. Perunko. this theater will
be closed tonight.
TEMPLE-Ann Neagle IN Irene -
also Thomas Mitchell IN Swiss
Family Robinson"
LIBERTY. Puyallup-Anne Shirley in
Ann Of Windy Poplars." also Lana
Turner in We Who Are Young"
RIVIERA. sumner-Cary Grant. Mar
tina Scott and Sir Cedric Hardwickt
In The Towards OF Virginia"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-21
Irene" Role for Anna Neaqle at the Temple

an American-made film, Miss Nea-
gle exhibits her talents as a come
dienne and musical star In this
RkO Radio screen version Of the
famous play by James Montgom-
cry. now at the Temple theater.
Ray Midland, co-starring, and
Roland Young, Alan Marshal, May
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-21

Irene" one Of the best loved of
all American musical comedies,
has been brought TO the talking
screen for the first time as a stel-
lar vehicle for Anna Neagle. bril-
liant English star who recently
scored in Nurse Edith Cavell."
Marking her first comedy role in
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-21
Bitter Sweei"
AT Music Box
Je0nette Macdonald
Nelson Eddy Co-Stor

jeanette Macdonald and Nelson
Eddy appear for the second time
in Technicolor in Bitter Sweet. E"
pieturizs ton Of the Noel Coward
operetta, which opens today at
the Music Box thester. Their first
appearance in color was in Sweet
hearts" last year.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-21

Based on the exciting adventures
of a small group Of whites in the
African interior, the film boasts a
cast Of wellknown players includ-
ing Charles Bickford, James Craig,
Luli Deste and John Sutton.
Bickford portrays a courageous
American consul whose courage
and resourcefulness help to solve
mysterious murder and TO quell
native uprising. Craig and Miss
Deste share romantic honors, while
Sutton, Maurice Moscovitch, Paul
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Goes "P0lm Beach!

Ronald Colman will star in Palm Beach Limited, a
romantic comedy with American background, to be
made for RKO release by United Producers Corporation
recently formed company headed by William B. Hawks
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-21
DATE WITH LOMBARD

Although aImanacs, biographical
books and various other sources
give his birthday as october s,
Mitchell Lessen. directing Para
mounts II Wanted Wings" says
it's all one gigantic misprint and
that the dates really October 6,
same as Carole Lombards.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-21

Hurst. Abner Biberman and Ben
Carter have the chief supporting
roles
Highhghts of the film depict at
lacks by African natives on q rail-
way train and on the headquarters
Of copper mine. A series OF
spectacular dynamite explosions
repel the savages in the films
thrilling climax.
On the same new bill will be
stranger on the Third Floor"
starring Peter LORE.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-21
TANK SCENE

Clark Gable and Hedy Lamar
went through a grueling physical
experience in scenes showing them
crossing a river in Russian army
tank for "Comrade X"
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That's what we ordered"
The cost, including air mail de-
livery, was approximately s22 a
pair.
Evening star., 1940-10-23
Temple Center Mothers
WAGE War on Rats

Operating from base at the
Temple Baptist Church, Tenth and
N streets NV. a group of members
of the Temple Center Mothers Club
Yesterday carried vigorous cam
paign against rats in the nelghbor-
hood as far and as long as their
ammunition held out.
The mothers attacked the rodents
on Tenth and Eleventh streets be-
tween o and M streets by dlstrlb-
uting to the houses in those blocks
hamburger pellets poisoned with red
souill. which is deadly to rats but
harmless to mankind. The ammu-
milton was purchased out of small
club fund and distributed free.
Today, according to Mrs. Albert
Henderson, director of the center,
the mothers are awaiting results.
One casualty was reported soon.
The mothers expect to follow up
with another drive in two weeks
or So
Meanwhile, on the diplomatic
front. the District Congress OF Par
ents and Teachers has sent note
to the District Health Department
urging the department to enter the
conflict. Sources close to the de-
partment revealed that the sanitary
. inspection division is considering a
rodent control program to
strengthen the departments present
aid to the anti-rodent front.
Hitherto the assistance has been
mostly advice to property owners.
Evening star., 1940-10-23
Southwest Workers Get
Better Bus Service

In order to provide better service
for Federal workers in the new
Government buildings near the
Mall in Southwest Washington the
Public Utilities Commission yester-
day ordered the Capital Transit Co.
to establish additional bus stops in
the area, effective Sunday and to
continue for As days. The tenn
porary order was to meet needs
pending construction of new street
railway facilities.
The following bus stands. eStab-
lish with a temporary feeder week
day, rush-hour bus line, will be in
use between pm and midnight:
East side of Third street S.W.,
beginning 35 feet south of the south
curb of D street and extending
south 266 feet, to take care of seven
buses, and on the north of D street
S.W., beginning 35 feet west of the
west curb of Third street and ex-
tending west 100 feet, to provide
for five buSses.
The route of the temporary feeder
bus line will be north on Third
street from Virginia avenue to D
street, west on D street, north on
Fourth street and John Marshall
place, west on c street, north or
Sixth street. east on Indiana ave-
hue, south on Third street, west on
C street, south on John Marshall
place and Fourth street and east
on Virginia avenue to Third street.