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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-04
Proper Way
To Handle
Children
Impossible to Deal
With Youngsters
You Do Not Like
BY ANGELO PATRI.

Whenever an authority speaks on
the subject Of rearing children with
positive words, as one having COM
plete knowledge and understanding,
whisper to yourself, Sometimes"
Each child born into the world
seems to be speciality of the Gre
ator. No two ever seem to be alike,
to think alike, to see the same idea
in the same way, to behave in SINH
lar circumstances the same way
They may seem to do so at times,
but you can be sure that there is a
difference in their ways peculiar to
the individual. No law of life seems
to apply to them all equally, ex-
actly, entirely.
While this takes from parents and
teachers most of the feeling of Sc
curity they may feel in following
any pattern of training, it also gives
them hope and keeps them living in
a state of excitement about these
children in their care. When one
fails all is not lost. There may still
be another door open. When one
seems handicapped beyond repair
there is still hope, that Sometimes"
to lean upon. Faith sometimes
works miracles.
The characteristic quality of each
child is a secret. When one looks
at a roomful of little ones in their
first class In school they all seem 10
be alike-characterless. harmless,
promiseless. One has only to enter
that room and remain there for two
minutes to see that they are all
strong personalities with potenti-
alities that bewilder one. What to
do to get the best out of each one,
to strengthen his gifts and tone
down his faults battles the best
teacher. Nobody can even guess
what the future of each child is to
be. The best any one can do is to
follow the signs the child displays
and make the most of each phase of
his growth.
We can hold to certain principles
of teaching, remembering that each
child will vary in his Interpretation
of them and will need much under
standing and help. First, teach a
child to be clean, not finicky, but
wholesomely clean. Teach him to
be honest, honest with himself and
with other people. Each child
varies from the standard and every
child has to be held to it, for truth
is vision Of the spirit, and no man
yet has achieved it. Teach him to
work to high standard of work.
manship for the work of his hands
is the indication of the power and
| quality of his spirit. Teach him
to be friendly to all he meets for
this world is q lonely place at best,
each soul shut in its own walls and
q friendly word helps lift their
shadows. Don't expect perfection
for there is no such thing on this
earth. Teach him to keep looking
away from himself toward life, for
that is the road to health and hap
piness.
Above all, have faith in the chill
dren you rear and teach. Like them.
1t is impossible to get anywhere with
children you do not like and it is
equally impossible 70 do good work
when you have no faith in what you
are doing.
Any one dealing with children
| faces many discouragements. often
dincult problems, but when one I'M
derstands that each is o possibility
never before presented, that no law
applies to them al alike. one takes
I heart and eoes forward.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-04


cally enough, the most often shown.
Step-in styles seem to rank next in
the off-the-record survey we've been
conducting. These often employ
elasticized faille in GUNNER
bund" effect which makes them fit
snugly and. we hasten to add. COM
fortably. You'll find this elasticized
fsille being used only in those por-
lions OF the shoes where it is needed
for a snug fit, rather than being
employed Unfortunately and, too
frequently, with little thought as to
its comfort features. There are
some ties and a very few sandals,
but these must take back seat at
the moment, insofar as fashion in
terest Is involved.
Suede shoes are the undisputed
leaders, of course. Next come alli-
gators, usually in pumps and ties for
sports wear. Black leads in the color
field, with brown promising to show
a better than ordinary popularity,
thanks to the ever-increasing vogue
for sports clothes and the use of
greens and blues in other fashions.
There is some indication of wine,
but it Is comparatively small
Prominent in this general shoe
picture are certain outstanding de-
tails which you might watch for
when you go to buy. In the first
place, most of the pllrnps have bows
Of one sort or another-but don't
be frightened. They are not the
type that we privately refer to as
the "kiki variety" but are usually
Mnconspicuous fiat bows, often of the
suede or alligator in the same color
rs the shoe. Platforms are being
shown to some extent, but they are
moderate and unexaggerated. The
Use of light wood as trimming is
very much in evidence and provides
q striking contrast with black or
brown suede. You'll discover ridged
heels and bows" made of wood in
natural tones and they're very good
looking. Lucite heels, which look like
glass but are thoroughly hard wear
ing. are being featured in some of
the stores and may attain popu-
larity that they somehow missed at
their introduction. We've been
wearing lucite heels for some time
and find that women know prac-
tically nothing about them, even
though they seem to like them and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-04
Add Own Familiar Objects
To Standard Equipment
OF Boarding School
Use Easily Laundered Spreads
And Draperies Which Endure
Constant Very Hard Wear
BY MARGARET NOVEL;.

It's wise parent that understands the psychology OF people
well enough them
expenditure and little time decorating
daughter will during year away
considerably The belonging" which achieved familiar
objects such ones drapees and pictures will lend feeling
of security at the start of the
boarding school furnishes certain standard and
makes restrictions what Generations
should
have made necessary enforce rigid rules that the
ivory tan in floors medium dark and vanished
there will be windows and closet will
an upholstered chair possibly straight chair desk and lamp There
of schools Oldest
finest schools in the country stick the familiar
which
Others recognize value esthc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-04

wives come up against the realities
of marriage and find that instead
of it being a trip to the Islands of
the Blessed, it is life sentence at
hard labor, that even the best of
husbands are cantankerous and
hard to get along with, and that
children are oftener brats than
darlings.
The other reason why it is so
sad for otherwise Intelligent women
to cling to the superstition that they
are missing everything in life if they
miss getting a husband is that it
makes so many single women dis
satisfied with their lots and ready
to gamble all of their security and
comfort and peace on the 1,000-to-1
shot of winning the husband of their
imaginings in the matrimonial lot
terry.
They have good jobs, earning
good salaries, doing work in which
they are vitality interested. They
have their own homes, their own
latchkeys, their own pocketbooks
and are sitting pretty on top of the
world and would be perfectly con-
tented and happy if they were not
tormented by this vision of an idyllic
marriage in which they would be
lifted up to the pinnacle of human
bliss.
1t is a cheerful faith that shows
what hopeful creatures women are
and it keeps the wedding bells
ringing, but it would save lot of
trouble and regrets and divorce
If they would be little less opti-
mistic and more cautious, and in
vestigate a bit more into the sort
of matrimonial bargains they are
going into. DOROTHY DIX.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-04

would probably take we'll to the idea
If it were little more popular
as it soon may be.
Every season there's some new
item about which women ask ques-
lions and try to discover the real
facts. This season it's vinylite, the
new transparent plastic that looks
like cellophane and which Is being
widely heralded in New York and
doubtfully examined here. You'll
recall this flexible substance as the
stuff used for watch bands, suspen-
ders. belts and other odds and ends.
There are some shoes made entirely
Of the material and others which
use 1t as an accent in what are Of
ten startling effects. From what
we've been able to discover, and
the introduction has caused almost
as many discussions as a political
platform, here are the pros and cons
of vinylite to date:
Reasons for-It Is smart. high
styled and very new in the fashion
world-all sufficient reasons for its
acceptance.
Reasons against-There has been
some talk that it is irritating to the
skin, but the cases of irritation re-
gistered are extremely small in COM
parsion to the amount of vinylite
which has been sold. Some ques-
ton has been raised as to its &C
ceptance because an entire shoe of
the material would completely ex-
pose the foot or hose, thus eliminat-
ing any possible chance of getting
away with a darned or mended
stocking. This, however. seems
fairly unimportant. because. for the
most part, vinylite will be used for
accent, rather than in any Cinder-
ella glass-slipper effect. 1t Is also
argued that the product is only at
tractive in the clear transparent
shade and that the tinted tones
lose all their charm when they lose
their transparent feature and come
to look like patent leather. =
So, there are some of the argu.
ments which surround this new and
interesting product. Maybe it will
be just another within and quickly
discarded. On the other hand. per-
haps it will, like nylon, triumph
over all scoffers and scorners and
prove to be an important new shoe
material.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-04

thoughts ana personality woven
into the picture make it that much
more valuable.
Last year, just after school start
ed, a mother who had planned an
inexpensive and attractive room for
her daughter told me of her ex-
cellent ideas. The room she deco
rated was similar to the standard
one mentioned above, with one I'M
usually high window, cream walls
and a bed which was actually a
box spring and mattress on legs.
Her daughter was IS, active in
sports, and her only request was
that she wanted her room done in
blue. Not quite old enough to care
about the more frilly things. she
wanted it practical. attractive and
disable. The result of a year of
wear shows that 1t was all of these
things.
They selected a pair of good
woven bedspreads, reversible blue
and white with small leaf and
vine pattern and border. These
cost $295 each. One was used for
the bed, and the other, split, made
a pair of draperies and a deep
valance. using the scalloped border
for the finished edge. The deep
valance shortened the appearance
of the high window and repeated
the pattern on two sides of the
room. The small overstuffed chair
was covered with washable striped
material in rainbow colors of prim-
rose yellow, rose pink, blue, laven-
der and green. There were six big
cushions of the salie striped fabric
piled on the bed. The desk lamp
haa a primrose yellow shade, and
the blotters below were in the same
tone. A stand lamp was similarly
adorned.
Another clever trick they en-
ployed is worth mentioning. Around
the room, 1ust Q foot below the CELL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-04
It's Easy Put Your Best Foot Forward the Styles Featured for Fa
Black Suede Pump Favored
Shoe for Coming Season;
Alligator Also Is Good
Lower Heels Very Prominent
In Smart New Silhouettes;
Light Wood Accents Used
BY HELEN VOGT.

They can't win the argument about silly hats but the
fantng about the horrors Of wedges something
this years trend graceful feminine footwear There
definite trend heels though sold
for sports give struggle
transition mark
IN the form of increased feeling
popular due in small part the fact that the
just smart the highheeled models
and detailing gives pleasant discover that
shoe has low medium heel this need
substantial to be unneng Shaped
and there wedges
high and make about
fateng designs which ky
ticated.
out in in the fashion
toes in of the
heels in The Vshaped which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-04

ing, was a picture moulding, from
which all pictures must be hung.
Every one knows that visible pic
ture cord ruins the whole effect,
but there was lovely going-away
gift of set of old costume prints
which could make the whole room
if they were hung where the detail
could be studied and without the
obvious cord to mar their beauty.
After some thought the picture
cord was fastened to moulding
hook and dropped in the corners to
the desired height. A fat strip of
plywood painted to match the wall
was attached to the picture cord in
the corners, extending across the
wall space. The pictures were hung
on this strip with the aid Of fiat
picture hooks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-04

Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1888
is designed for sizes II, Is, Is, II
and 10. Corresponding bust meas
urements 40, 81, 50, IS and 81. Size
- CID requires ~ yards Of 54-inch
material for jacket; 21a for skirt and
Jacket trimming.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-04
Baking Mullins

Never fill muf1in pans more than
two thirds full to give space for
the batter to rise during the baking
period. This also applies to drop
cakes baked In mufin pans.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-08-20

to agree with it all to find it in
teresting. There are 126 pages Of
it and it's packed full of informa-
ton. The ex-Congressman's had a
deal of experience on Capitol Hill
and he's a close student.
Constitutional Committee Head
Sam Pettengill is present head Of
what's known as the NaIinna! Com
mittee to Uphold Constitutional Gov
eminent, nOn-partiSan or bi-par-
tisan set-up. Its original head was
Frank E. Gannett the New York
chain newspaper publisher, but Can
nett had to drop out, being an as
pirant for the Republican presiden-
tial nomination, which, as we all
know, he didn't get.
In concluding his booklet, Sam
asks, for the committee, Are we
licked?"
His answer (not expressed in quite
these Words) is. mo, not if we send
strong men to congress-"
Thlts the nub of it. It's why h
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Pettengill
Fights FDR
CONTINUED From Page One1


that. A considerable number of them
have bolted the Democratic party
and arc plugging for Wendell Will
.kie. Ex-Congressman Pettenglll re-
fuses to bolt He's going to work like
fury against Roosevelt, but he isn't
going to campaign for Wendell.
It's a political commonplace that a
lot of elections are decided, not by
the voters preference for the WIN
ming candidate but by their hostility
to his opponent. This seems to be en-
Congressman Pettengill's complex.
but I think he has it better thought
out than the average voter has.
Stands by His Party
The eX-congressman is a novelty
in part because, while an outstand-
ing anti-RooSevelt D-democrat, he
isn't a D-democratic bolter. He pro-
poses to stay inside his party, re-
gardless of his objection to its pre-
sent candidate and the latter's me-
thods of going after his detectives.
D-democratic leaders in some of
the southern states are puzzled as tn
the boiling proposition. I notice it
in Virginia. There are notabilities
there who oppose Rooseveltianism
vigorously. but if they bolt they're
afraid they'll lose a good bit Of their
D-democratic representation in con-
gress.
They're anxious to eat their cake
that is. to defeat F. D. R. But they
want to have it, to-said cake, in the
latter classification. ""irT i''"t nc
r1anv legislators in Washington as
they've ever had. EX-Congressman
Pettengill may or may not prove to
have done sometime toward solving
their problem for them.
Writes Book
He's done his best. in anv event.
He's written a book for their guild
ance. He calls it "Smoke Screen" His
thesis is that no "sudden coup-d-etat"
will snrinq t0talita"ianiSm IN JIG
that. if it's done at all, it will be done
"under smoke screen of laudable
detectives"
That's why the books called
"Smoke Screen" A few of its sub
titles are, "Karl MarX--Tmmierant."
"Socialism Through the Back Door,
"Taxation Sucks the Eggs" "The
Blight of Bureaucracy" "The New
DeSpotism," and Balance Sheet
our 4O-odd billion indebtedness
That gives an idea of the little
volumes contents. One doesn't have
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-08-20
Closs's Column

A Eve Year Old Miss From Mass,
composed the following poem
when was sent in by an amused
reader:
Order in the court;
Judge is eating beans.
Hltler's in the bathtub,
Sinking summereerS!
David Cort, in Life (Aug. 10, l940)
says:
Democracy is like health, :. it is
the absence OF pam and sickness. 1t
only becomes something when pain
comes and a man remembers how
pleasant it was not to be in pain.
"Naziism, Fasclsm, and Commun-
ism (though they have 4 new lingo)
are the rule of the many by tine few
for the supposed good of the masses.
Most men who ever. lived have
lived under tyrant .. (buD there
have been democracies that died ...
it did not pay those men of long ago
responsibility lay as heavily on the
men who did nothing as on those
who did (either) good or i'll.
(The American people felD into
the marvellous European BOBBY
Trap" the fake" fight between Com
munism and Fascism. Both sides oe-
cided that half their fellyN men were
so wrong -. in their political ideas
that they did not deserve to live. The
class war (felD on nation that has
only one class, the great American
Middle Class. And finally the BOBBY
trap was sprung -. (the Communists
and NaZiS allied) and the Americans
came to 4 grinding halt in the mid
die Of their argument, looked at the
hollow words coming out OF their
mouths and telt sick.
Mr.. Cort then asks what it is that
we are defnding. He answers that we
are defending our oW. right to
change our own mind.
We presume to make a slight ad-
dition to Mr.. Cort's fine article ...
and it is this: a teacher at Peace Col
lege taught us that health is that
condition which enables one to live
most ana serve DeSI.
Democracy, too, could be said to
be that state of affairs where every
person in it can live most as we'll as
serve best.
Spectators who felt tired in SYM
patty for the long distance swim
mers at the water festival would
have been SURPRISED to know what
the swimmers wanted to do after the
meet was over....
They wanted to go to the surf and
swim some more.
And that night when Mr.. Stapleton
asked the Goldsboro swimming team
if they didn't want to go to the dance,
they said mo .. or at least not Tor
long they would rather go SWIM
ming again.
Then there was the young lady
who went to the skating rink accom-
panied by a young man who was
nicknamed Sonny.
The young lady stopped to repair
her skate =. stood up, still looking
down at her skate and said, Come
on Sonny, let's co."
They skated merrily around for a
while. until the young lady saw a
young man grinning at her from the
sidelincs =. it was Sonny. She was
startled into the realization that her
skating companion could not be twins
and turned to discover looking down
at her the pleased face of gigantic
stranger completely outfitted with
gold teeth.
And she had called him, "SonHy"..
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-08-20

A debonair salute to autumn-in
la frock for career girls, collegiatcs
land busy young wives. There's
smooth figure-flattery; plus fashion
news in Pattern 1906, by Marian
Martin. The tapered bodice planels
ARE high points Of Interestingly
form one piece with the shapely
|Waist-girdle, and they're cut on a
cross-grain. Although the neckline
may be V-shaped, you'll probably
prefer the becoming touch Of neat
Irounded collar. If you choose short
sleeves, trim them with decorative
tabs, perhaps to match collar of
gay contrast. Try pebbly crepe or
a soft wool fabric-and let the Sew
ing Instructor guide your needle!
Pattern 9506 may be ordered only
in misses and women'S sizes IA, Is,
Is, 20, 80, "a, SO, 38, 40 and AZ. Size
i16 requires 3 1-8 yards IS inch fabric
and IA yard contrast.
Send fifteen Genus IN coins for
each Marian Martin pattern. Thirty
cents (3Ocl for both. Be sure to
write plainly Tour size. 72ne- 3D.
dress, and style number.
Send your order 10 HENDERSON
Daily Dispatch. Pattern Department
232 W. 18Th Street. New E'n"il. N
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Capital Gossip
BY HENRY AVERILL
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
I'm the Sir Walter Hotel,

Raleigh, Aug. 20.-1n Forsyth
county there is developing a poll
teal situation probably unique IN
the states history.
The big industrialists up that way
the Hanes and some of the tobacco
crowd-have definitely deserted
Roosevelt and the New Deal and have
pledged their support to Willkie. On
the other hand, the local Democratic
ticket Representatives, county COM
missioners, etc. was backed-eVcn
sponsored by that same group.
So now hundreds Of New Deal
Democrats are organizing unofficial
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-08-20
In New York
Annual Picnic For
Church Wednesday

The First OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
church and Sunday school will have
their annual picnic Wednesday after
noon at the Oxford Recreational
Park. All who can 90 are asked to
meet at the church at , O'clock, and
those who have room to carry others
are requested to come by the church
at that hour.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-08-20
Nelson Philatheas
In Class Meeting

The Nelson Philathea class of the
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES church held
its regular monthly meeting Monday
evening at the home of Mrs. T. A.
Parks. with Mrs. Jack Parks as joint
hostess. During the business hour,
there was discussion of a hut, after
which the hostess served delicious
refreshments.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-08-20

Tit-for-Tat clubs with the avoWed in
tention of voting for Roosevelt and
the local Republican ticket. This in
order to get even with the big boys.
"They won't support our national
ticket, so we won't back their local
ticket" is the way they put it,
A story about salt getting on rural
electric lines in OnSloW and thereby
causing shorts and blown out fuses
isn't in it with the one Dudley Bag
ley, Rural Identification head, tells
about the Davie county Woodpecker
who blew out every fuse on 100 miles
Of the line in Davie county.
It seems that negligent contrac-
tor put a ground wire and a high
tension line on the same side of a
pole; the Woodpecker landing on it
came in contact with both to make
circuit; the juice burned the birds
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-08-20

Those who care for one thing more
than another, who have no enthuS-
iasm, who are liStiesS dI:i indifferent,
and who cannot be conceived as
rising to any height of sclf-devotion
and Observation-Disclosures are proper
ly the poor and povcrty-strickcn OF
mankind.