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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-10

The most popular skirts are short kits or box-pleated affairs that give the new slim, stream lined look to the figure. Hats of the hour are the pork pie, baseball bats and skull caps and little head-hugging models that sit behind pompadours.
 The voluminous wool cape with & hood to wear over slacks as well as evening dresses, is widely discussed. There are pockets-darge ones-on just everything. There are tweed suits decidedly in the backlog g-of- your-ward-robe" category. There are white raincoats that will make rainy days 8 pleasure.
 In spite of pinafores or wrap around jumpers, the college girls old love, the sweater and skirt en- semble, will march right along in the limelight to further honorable mentions. it's smarter to wear drab or neutral skirt and flamboyant sweater than 8 sweater in 8 sub- dued shade and bright skirt.
 Blouses-that is heavy silk shirts are almost as important as Swea- ters. Pure white and natural are better sellers than pastel and bright shades.
 BLACK VELVETEEN
 HAS MANY DATES"
 Among the "date" dresses, black velveteen is a leader. It's incest in modified swingskirted, slim bodiceS versions with collar and cuffs of white Irish crochet or silk pique.
 For the girl whose campus is in 8 cold climate, sheer wool dresses are chic. Whether they are of velve- teen, wool, silk or rayon crepe, the nicestS frocks in this category are simply cut, with restrained trim ming.
 For dinner dances and not-so- formal evenings, the jersey dinner dress with drawstring waistline is news. Low cut dresses are for big, important dances only. When in doubt as to the degree of formality of party, the college girl, like any other smart woman, would rather take 8 chance on being under dressed than over-dressed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-10

DC IOpS m Fartys ScnOO1 run
 Playing the guitar is a sure road to popularity in school activities, on parties or dates. And nowadays it's so easy to learnt Simple dia- grams show you in 8 jiffy how to play the chords used in accompany ing song.
 For the first measure of that old favorite Little Brown Jug" you use the D Major chord shown in our diagram. Above are the notes of the chord and below you're shown the way to play them on the guitar.
 The vertical lines represent the strings, the horizontal lines the frets or tiny metal bars crossing the fingerboard.
 Press the fingers of your left hand on the strings near the frets where you see the lingering 1, and 3. At the same time pluck the strings near the sound hole with your right hand, first playing the thumb (X in the lower part of the diagram) and then striking with the other fingers together. "Oa in- dicates an open string or one which you play with the right hand alone.
 Have the fun of playing the guitar! in our 32-page instruction book you'll find each part of the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-10

| sized. She actually suffers more than the girl who lands in a dormitory without any sorority connections. FINDS OWN LEVEL
 IN LARGE GROUP
 The girl who doesn't pledge a sorority becomes part of a large group-rather than part of a small closely-knit group that tends to be snobbish.
 In the large group she finds friends among girls who are inter- ested in the same things she is interested in. If she doesn't go over big with boys, or gets small recogni- ton in xtra-curricular activities, she needn't be apologetic or em- barrased about it,. For in a large group. every girl isn't expected to be Q bowling success.
 But the sorority girl who doesn't have many dates and doesn't land any campus offices to compensate for them, is made to feel pretty use- less.
 BUILDS UP FEELING
 or INFERIORITY
 Most of the girls in the house date c great deal. In comparison she is c dud. Most of them get themselves known on the campus. If she doesn't she is made to feel she isn't doing her part to make dear Alpha the best sorority on the campus.
 This feeling Of shame at not be-. Ing . social success often becomes extremely intense. The Dean Of Wo. men am aliptlng says that in one house at her college, girls who don't have dates Friday and Saturday nights co without theiF dinner
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-10
Household Hints
Helping Miss College To Major In SmartneSS
By MARIAN YOUNG


 NEA Service Stan Correspondent
 New York There's enough real news in college shops these days to fill . fashion reporters notebook, with plenty of mentionable tidbitS left to put on the backs of envelopes she meant to take out of her purse but did not.
 Furthermore, practically all of the news makes sense. Clothes for co-eds are more exciting, interest ing and co1orful than ever before. BORROW JACKETS
 FROM BROTHER
 A leading item is the looser, longer suit jacket, borrowed from the men. In fact, 1t looks just like Brother Bills sport coat. There's also the loose, three-quarters, re- versible topcoat borrowed from the same source.
 The pinafore, with which sweaters as well as blouses may be worn, is the big noise in all college shops. The knee-length skirt, to be worn with the longer, cable-stitch socks shouts as loudly for attention.
 Dark blue chinchilla cloth reef CTS, cut like little boys coats, catch and hold the spotlight.
 The new color combination-beige and red - is wonderful when the beige is soft corduroy dress or suit and the red is 8 scarf or hat or sweater. Speaking of corduroy, in the space I have here, I couldn't begin to say how smart and prac- tical and right-for- campus think 1t is,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-10

cases Is not virtually worthless" even in the hands of one who has not seen fit to seek instruction in the difficult technique under Q tea cher who has had successful ex- perience with 1t.
 Too many doctors have attempted to use this and other modern meth ods without the formality of such instruction, and their bungling brings unmerited discredit on the method - which they hasten to blame as loudly as they can, to cover their failure.
 Consulting Watson's Hernia recognized standard textbook which is or should be in every good medical library, (seeond edition, 1888, Mosby, St. Louis) finds these statistics:
 Tn a total of 659 patients over fifty years of age operated on for indirect inguinal hernia at the Hospital there were ITO occurrences, or 25.8 per cent"
 Tn 6,027 operations by 34 sur. geonS there was recurrence of the hernia in 5.5S per cent of the cases"
 Tn l,485 hernia operations on 1,092 patients there were 25 opera tive deaths"
 The operation for hernia is not "xsctly hundred per cent cure. But let's be practical rather than sc.entific and admit the operation is not only necessary and advisable but the only method of treatment suitable for many cases of hernia: and that it succeeds in curing the hernia in the majority of cases.
 If I had hernia I'd choose injec- tion treatment. Along with it I'd follow suitable exercises to prevent hernia and aid in the cure. Tllese exercises will be described in a late CT talk about hernia, or you may send stamped addressed envelope for monograph on hernia"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-10
WOMAN,S REALM E
GIOning Yourself
By Alicia Hart
NEA Service Stan writer

NEA Service Stan Writer
 The new college girl style, knee- length skirts and long socks, calls for 8 new beauty routine -beautify- ing the knees.
 The job must be done If a girl is to find the style becoming. Other wise she'll bear a marked resem- blance to her kid sister, whose knobby knees have had hard wear during summer months.
 LEMON JUICE FOR BLEACHING Of course, if girls legs are very thin and her knees knohby, she has no business fooling around with the style at all. But if it is just 8 little attention that is needed-here is how to go about beautifying the knees:
 Use a good bleaching lotion until your knees are as white as your hands.
 Plain lemon juice will also do the bleaching trick. Softening can be accomplished by rubbing night cream onto the knees at the same time it is put on the face.
 The lotion you use on your hands is all right for knees, too. And 1t is probably the best way of keeping the knees looking nice-once they have been "reconditioned."
 For knee-beautifying isn't Q thing the college girl can accomplish in a couple of weeks and then forget. When the weather gets cold and blustery, she'll find her knees get. ting red and rough if she doesn't keep up the good work. It won't be much of 8 job, though, if she will remember to rub lotion into her knees whenever she rubs it on her hands. If she isn't willing to do that, she had better leave knee-length skirts and socks to Kid- Sister-wH1o isn't trying to impress college boys, anyway.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-10
CHURCH FESTIVAL
 TOOPEN TONIGHT

4 parade through streets Of the East End section will mark the opening of the annual harvest feS- tival of the Church of sts. Peter and Paul tomorrow night. The fes- tival will be held on the parieh school grounds Wednesday, Taurs- day and Friday nights.
 The East End Community Club band will lead the parade tomorrow night, and will play at the grounds Thursday night and take part in ans other parade FridAy night.
 Booths ct the festival will be in charge Of the various parlah soclet. les, Including the M0th0Es' Club, Children of Mary end Holy Nams Society.
 Rev, Michael ?. Keatlng, paslos, is honorary chairman Of tho arrange. iEeIts committee.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-10
-WE, THE WOMEN Sorority Pin Is Never "A Label Of Social Success

rather than go downstairs in front of the men who are waiting for other girls. The date-less girls are ashamed to let the men see they haven't been invited out.
 So don't feel that your daughters happiness or unhappiness in college depends entirely on whether or not she receives a bid to 8 sorority. Sor- ority girls have their social problems, too.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-10

guitar fingerboard explained. De- scribes methods of playing and cor rect lingering. Gives diagrams and directions for chord accompani- ments; includes melody and guitar accompaniments for seven fsvorite songs.
 Send 10c in coin for your copy of EASY LESSONS IN GUITAR PLAYING to the Waterbury Demo- crat Home Service, 635 Sixth Ave-, New York, N. Y. Be sure to write plainly your NAME, ADDRESS, and the NAME of booklet,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-10

versailles has tC say on the sub- ject.
 This dean has f osu nd tn a t membership in a sorority doesn't lessen a girls social problems in the least.
 In fact, she says. the social- ly-slow girl who does join a sor- ority finds every one of her short
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-10
INTRUDER FREES CANARY

San Francisco - (U.P.) - Police are convinced 1t was an ex-convict who went through the optometry establishment of pr. Robert Atlkin. son. Nothing was stolen but the intruder had opened the cage of pr. Atklnson's pet canary and al- lowed the latter it's freedom. Only . man who had spent long years in prison bars would have thought or that, police reasoned.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-10

several hours before using). Cook vegetables.
 Scar meat on all sides in fat, using medium flame. Then return vegetables. Add seasoning, cover and reduce heat to very low. Cook on top of stove 20 minutes a pound for well done, 1T minutes a pound for medium. Do not add any water. The water on the vege- tables and in the meat will do all that for you in this efficient Dutch oven. Thicken gravy with flour and water paste. Serve with noo- dles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-10
Modern Menus
TOMORRoW's MENU

BREAKFAST: Baked apples, dry cereal, half-bran mullins, coffee, milk.
 LUNCHEON: Creamed eggs on toast, hard rolls, sliced oranges, nut cookies. tea, milk.
 DINNER: Tomato juice, pot roast, with onIons, carrots, pot atoes, peas and lima beans, noodles, lettuce and green pep per salad, lemon meringue pie coffee, milk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-10
RENO SPEEDY On LICENSES

Reno. NeV. (up)-,rhe Reno mar. rlaee license bureau on Q single Saturday Issued i0s licenses ln three hours, or one license in each minute and i3 seconds. ft takes . minute Co get the names, write them down, set the signature, but tho is secs ends extfa delayed the rhythm of romance.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-10
SCIENCE IS FUNNY THAT WAY

=
 I have been reading your column for years (writes a professional man). It was you who first informed me concerning the ambulant treat ment of hernia. A number of phys jeans had urged me to enter the hospital and nave the operation. Acting on your suggestion, I con- highly skilled and capable. believe my hernia is permanently cured and have not had the slightest interrup- tion of my everyday activities. It is now over two years since I finally discarded my truss and there has been no sign of any recurrence of the hernia. Therefore I was aston- ished by the article inclosed-I thought it might interest you toe.
 (H. B. S)
 The article is 8 one-column essay under a screaming four-column headline Injections for Hernia De- clared Worthless" by bright young man featured as Science Edit6r." :" according to the article a doctor working in a "clinic" had tried his hand at injection treatment of her. nia in "A cases and had not been very successful with it, so he decided the method was virtually worth- less" The doctor admitted, however, that the ambulant or injection treatment appeared to give Tasting relief" in two-thirds of the cases of "very simple indirect hernia"
 A plodding door-to-door doctor naturally has no proper compre- hension of the scientific aspects of the question, but still it does seem that a method e treatment which gives satisfactory results in two- thirds of even series of selected
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-10
Rolls and blood Pressure


 Is 1t wise for one with high blood pressure to do six somersaults each night and morning? (W. F. D. Arswer-Depends on what ails him. He had better be guided by niS physicians advice.
 Nerves" a Poor Alibi Can you give any suggestions to help overcome nerves2 That Is my chief handicap. If it were not fer my rotten nerves I might be-
 (E. S) Answer-It depends whether you are Class A or . Class B neurotic. If the former, there is hope. If you are B, have it your own way, but don't blame me for your choice. Send twenty-five cents coin and stamped envelope bearing your ad- dress, for booklet Nerves and Nu- trition."
 Protected by John F. Dille oo)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-10
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
 Rin6

Is there any food value or vita min content in the Yind of an orangep Does it contain anything harmful? Have been drinking or- ange juice made by grinding up the whole orange, Hind, pulp and all.
 (Mrs. M. I. E)
 Answer-It has practically no food value, some value as celluIose or residue which promotes good in- testinal digestion, perhaps some value in vitamins, nothing harmful in it, all right if the orange juice is satisfactory in taste.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-10
BY RUTH MILLETT

Mamas who are worried sick for fear their college-freshman daugh- ter won't get sorority bids may be interested in what the dean of wo- men of one of the large state uni-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-10
Caroline Chatfield
Boy Wishing to Sidestep Marriage Should Cling to
 The Safety That Is In Numbers.
Sqs To-day
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DEAR MISS CHATFTEID:
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-10
Ho1e, To Keeb We'll
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-10

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-10
THREE "ss" CAUSE DIVORCE

San Francisco = U.P0 - Mrs. Harrison Leppo won a divorce de- cree on the grounds of the three Ss". They were selfish, surly, sulky."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-10

ANSWER
 My advice don't let the girls stampede but stick story: namely that think going mistake where want with which
  further should exca yourself from the triangle by the size dating list Add Chummy Alice Bertha and play Ring with Unfortunately, position to do shoppine than girl After she reaches certain she's getting married than is finding the ideal self into believing that the partner and she's he's worth in the shop of shopping further, sets in consummate There's another difference between girl will well consider enough to him and doesn't want married her at her word however disappointed he doesn't love her and doesn't married believe him, won't take him up her mind to him. The disappointed love him. The disappointed girl mistake and sign the line
 CAROLINE CHATFIELD.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-10
BY MRS. GAYNOR MADDOX X NEA Service Staff Writer

The household kitchen is an in- duStrlal unit. The often repeated statement that industry must play its full part in our new national economy for defense means that not only every large industrial company but also every individual American kitchen must go on a 100 per cent efficiency basis.
 It is a wise homemaker who equips her kitchen with efficient pots and pans of metal before any possible increase in the defense needs for available metal runs up cost. The more an ingredient is needed the higher the price.
 Modern scientifically designed cooking utensils should be prac- tical for their purpose, durable and serve to conserve fuel. Among many new utensils on the fall market is a stainless steel copper clad Dutch oven. The copper base conducts heat evenly and quickly. With very little heat, this Dutch oven (for use on top of Stove) roastS meats and fowl: also, through the agency of moist heat, cooks tough cuts to tenderness with minimum fuel cost.
 The makers of this oven also produce a line of copper clad stainless steel saucepans and other utensils for efficient cooking. The steel makes the saucepans almost indegtructible and easy to keep clean. The copper increases the utensils utilization of heat. The handles, made Of Bakelite, have tho pistol grip which prevents dipping and twisting of the pan.
 MODERN POT ROAST
 lsefves c Co el
 Four to 5 lbs, top round. { large potatoes. ( large carrots, { large e1lons 1 lb, peas, 10, linae beans sfreeh 0f drled).
 Slice 2 of the onions, saut0 un- ~ lightly browned, in e little Neon fat 0f salt pork. Peel and quarter potatoes. hernpe carrots seas and lima henn6 lit dried peant sFe used, sock in water foF
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-10
CAROLINE CHATFIELD.

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-10
Of Interest To Women

Have you household problenn
 to solve? Write your question
 clearly, sign your name and ad.
 dress, enclose a three-cent pOstage
 stamp and mail to The Woman's
 Editor, Washington Service Bu-
 reau, The Democrat, 1913 18th
 Street, Washington, D. C., for personal reply.
 e. Please give a recipe for baked beans.
 A. To 4 cups of cooked beans, add 1 cup of maple syrup, # cup chin sauce or tomato catsup, few grains of pepper and 1 teaspoon of salt. Put this mixture into & baking dish and place IA pound of salt pork in the center and cover the beans with water. Bake slowly from three to four hours.
 e. How may I wash feather pil- lows?
 A. A washing machine is recom- mended. The water should be mod erately hot and should contain enough mild soap, either in flake or in jelly form, to make a thick studs which will not go down during washing. About fifteen or twenty minutes should be spent in the acc tual washing, depending on how soiled the articles are. Ordinary sized pillows must be put into the washing machine singly. Two or three rinses in clear water of the same temperature as that used for washing are necessary. It is irn- portant to keep the water at the same moderate temperature so as not to take the natural oil out of the featehrs. While the pilloys are drying, they should be shaken ire. quentiy and turned over to make them fluffy and to redistribute the filling.
 c. What causes mold or fermen- tation in preserved fruitsp
 A. It usually results from stor- age in c warm or damp place. The best paraffln seal and tin friction. top Id are not adequate protection unless the preserves arc kept cool and dry. fl moisture collects be. meath the pAraffin, it may break the seal and permit the entrance Of molds and yeast spores. ff the preserves must be stored In c warm oF Q moist atmosphere, on alrtlaht with rubber or c eoins position gaaket aheuld bo used. Other eeuees of spollaee are failure lo etorlllsHe the glasses and inpars ! sset eeailns with nnFagnn
Evening star., 1940-01-21
Carrier Pigeons Are Messengers of Peace and War

New York, with a cargo of football
pictures. A strong tail wind aided
him.
This newspapers pigeons helped
1t beat other papers in covering the
New England floods several years
ago. All telephone and telegraph
lines were down and all highways
into the Connecticut Valley were
blocked by high waters. But pigeons
carrying stories and pictures flew
from Hartford to New York, about
100 miles, in less than two hours.
Small fishing boats following the
currents far out at sea, on both the
Atlantic and Pacific Coasts, usually
carry no radios with which they can
summon aid in case of an emer-
gency or report encountering an
unusually large school of fish. But
many of the craft now carry
pigeons, which may be released to
carry messages home within . few
hours.
Probably the most unusual flight
ever made by a carrier pigeon was
from Elizabeth, N. j., to New York,
distance of 18 miles. Ten-year-
old Margaret Gillen, Ill in q hos
pital, wrote to the famous cartoon
ist, Jay Ding" Darling, and asked
him If he could get her . songbird
for pet, perhaps q goldfinch.
Darling was president of the Ma
tonal Wildlife Federation. He saw
chance for some publicity for Ma
tional Wildlife Week. He wrote
Margaret that he couldn't get her q
wild bird but would do the best he
could. Darling purchased . roller
canary at Union City. N. ]. It was
placed In q specially designed
aluminium cylinder, with its tiny
head protruding, and strapped to the
back Of q sturdy carrier pigeon
named Braddock. Then the bird
was freed.
Forty-two minutes after he took
of from Elizabeth, Braddock landed
at his cote on the roof OF . New
York City building. The canary,
which made the flight without get
ting the least bit airsick, was rushed
to the delighted Margaret.