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Evening star., 1941-06-26

urious, they will be clean and COM
Portable
The hostess is pretty good per-
son for you to see as soon as pos
sible, even if you aren't staying
overnight. It's her job to look after
visitors, and to answer their ques-
tions. She'll tell you where you can
powder your nose and wash your
face, and this is valuable informa-
ton, because ladies' lounges aren't
exactly thick around an Army post.
The hostess also has list of good
rooms for visitors which are avail
able in nearby towns. It's good
idea for your doughboy to reserve
your room in advance, and it would
be a considerate gesture for him to
notify the hostess to be on the look
out for you. You'll naturally feel
better if, upon your arrival,
friendly, smiling hostess says, "Oh,
yes, Miss Smith-how do you do.
Pvt. Doughboy told me that you
were coming"
AS for clothes, a street or sports
outfit is your best bet. Of course,
you'll want to look as nice as pos
sible, and boys who have been exist
ing on diet of exclusively maScu-
line company will want you to be
feminine.
But remember that you may be
tramping over rough, muddy or
dusty ground, and that high heels,
open-toed shoes and frilly dresses,
will be both uncomfortable and in
appropriate. In some cases it might
be smart to take along an extra
pair of shoes. Thus you might wear
white shoes upon arrival, and for
dancing in the service club or going
into town for dinner, while keeping
in reserve a pair of stout sport
shoes for trudging across the parade
ground.
On many visitors days entertain
ment will have been arranged, per-
haps with a dance during the eve
ming. Street or sports clothes will
be all right for this affair, but If
you will have facilities for changing
clothes, you might take a long dress
with you if you prefer. But don't
go to extremes Leave that very
decollete number at home.
AS for food, you will probably eat
at the service club cafeteria unless
you and Johnny drive to a nearby
town. Sometimes arrangements can
be made for visitors to eat at a spe-
cial table in the mess hall, and now
and then camp will provide pic
mic lunches for visitors at outside
tables. Beverages and light refresh
ments are always available in the
service club.
In the near future we'll give you
some further hints on camp visit
ing, with particular reference to
your manners and the kind of con-
duct that will make you an ever
welcome guest.
Are you writing to a soldier?
If so, you need our new guide
to concOcting amusing letters.
It's called your Three Cents
WORTH and you can get it for
a nickel-which isn't as bad
bargain as 1t sounds. Address
Kay Caldwell and Alden Harri-
son, in care of this newspaper.
Evening star., 1941-06-26
Summer Is No Time
To Neglect Food

Satisfying and well-balanced meals
are just as important during hot
weather as in any other season.
Adults use as much energy in their
daily tasks and children play as
hard and grow as fast in summer
as in winter. Food supplies the
fuel and the building material and
we must have it in sufficient guam
tity and quality.
The homemaker's problem is COM
plicated by the fact that appetites
at this time of year are apt to go
on strike, and also that the task
Of cooking may become irksome.
For food which is dainty and ap-
petizing and yet substantial enough
to stick to the ribs" there's moth
ing superior to meat salads. These
attractive main dishes are always
popular for party fare and they are
just as suitable for family meal.
They are not hard to prepare.
The cooks task is made easier
when larger amount of meat is
cooked at one time with the inten-
ton of using portion of it later in
a salad. Or, if the meat Is cooked
especially for this purpose, it can
be cooked early in the day or at
any convenient time.
The meat is then cut into cubes,
ready to combine with the other in
gradients. To enhance its flavor, it
may be marinated in mixture of
oil and vinegar or prepared French
dressing.
A salad which combines a gen.
erous proportion of meat with veg
etables or fruit will provide many
food essentials. For the hot dish
on the menu cream soup is fine;
or a hot vegetable may be served
IN the casserole in which it is
baked.
Evening star., 1941-06-26
Bv Barbara Bell

Not since the Gibson girl era
has the blouse and skirt costume
been such a SUGGEST Now we have
it in every version, and Pattern
No. 14l7-B gives us one Of the
most popular. The blouse is
typical sports accessory-with con-
vertible collar, and turn-back cuffs
which may be fastened with novelty
cuff links or buttons. The skirt is
full gathered peasant type, made on
a straight waistband which fastens
at the side Either of these two
pieces may be worn with other cos
tumes-the blouse with suits, jump
ers, slackS, and the skirt with sweat
ers, jackets and other blouses.
1t is smart this year to make the
blouse of white silk crepe or white
rayon crepe. the skirt in a heavy
cotton, pastel-colored wool or linen.
Or you may follow the suggestion
Evening star., 1941-06-26
Best to Select the Regular
Visitors Day for Trip;
Give Advance Notice
Attractive Feminine Outfit
Without an Overabundance
Of Frills Is Best Choice
By Kay CaldweH and Alden Harrison


If brother an
you'll undoubtedly
that visit to be huge in 10
So gathered and
how to act such visit. These tips a
who recently MADE corporal from officers the War
in Washington from
bank them being the real Mccoy.
Make if
sisters and SWeetheaS usually soldier
but seldom
visitors
However in camps there another
the information advance
completely impossible a
when him
o
nothing the program scheduled have
explain the situation to his will
captain officers reasonable about
Evening star., 1941-06-26
Cheese Wames

Cheese waff1es topped with crisp
bacon are very satisfying for
quick supper or luncheon. Accom-
pany by crunchy salad, plenty
OF hot coffee and simple dessert.
Some like tomato sauce on the
waff1es before the bacon is added.
Evening star., 1941-06-26
Mrs. Mary
Incorrect
Usage
Husbands Name
Still Is Used
By Widow
By Emily Post

Before printing one of today's
letters, it seems necessary to repeat
that according to etiquette Mrs.
Mary" is socially speaking bad form.
When Mr.. John Smith marries Miss
Mary Jones, she becomes Mrs. John
Smith and socially the title Mrs
has no meaning whatsoever prefixed
to her own Christian name Mary.
The fact that correctly a widow in
private life keeps the name Mrs.
John Smith for so long as she re-
mains his widow, has prompted
Mrs. A to write me the following
letter: My sister, who is widow,
justifies keeping her husbands full
name by quoting you. l say that
II she remains Mrs. John Smith
then there is no way for others to
single her out as being a widow
and this may at times cause need
less distress to an innocent party.
For example, stranger who does
not know she is widow may in
some way refer to husband; might,
in fact, even invite Mrs. John Smith
to bring her husband to see them,
whereas if she were introduced as
Mrs. Mary it could be recognized
that she was a widow and no such
embarrassment could occur. Can
you see my point?"
Apart from the question of good
taste which really does taboo the
combination of Mrs. Mary" the
point you make might be helpful
if it were not that those who have
no instructive dislike of this taboo,
are almost as likely to speak of
woman as Mrs. Mary when her hus-
band is living. In fact, I can't
think Of any way to make the situa-
ton clear unless it would be to go
back to the days of Dickens and
call her Widow Smith" like the
Widow Boswell in "Pickwick Papers" Z"
In other words, I'm sorry, but I
really cannot agree that Mrs. Mary"
should ever be encouraged.
Dear Mrs. Post: I am taking
trip west and will stop off on the
way to visit half a dozen relatives
and friends-all of whom I haven't
seen for a number of years. Shall
I take presents for each with me,
or send something afterward? What
is customary?
Answer-Unless you have a def
mite idea of something you'd like
to take, I think it would be better
to wait until during your visit, when
you may happen to see things that
seem just right to give each one.
OF course, you can always take
candy. OF course, too, there is no
real requirement to give any pres
ents at all. The only actual re-
quirement is that you write letter
of thanks when you have returned
home-or gone elsewhere!
Mrs. Post is sorry she can no
longer answer personal letters.
She is glad. however, to have
many printed slips on a variety of
subjects to offer to her readers.
Today's slip is Names and Sig
natures" Be sure TO send s.
cent, stamped, self addressed en-
velope with your request to Mrs.
Post in care of The FyeninV Star
Evening star., 1941-06-26
Delicious Snack

For a satisfying and delicious be-
tween-meal snack serve tall glasses
of chocolate-favored drink topped
with ice cream. Grated semi-sWeet
chocolate makes an attractive gar
nish.
Evening star., 1941-06-26
By Baroness Phantom

Are rcking brains for different gift bride
one OF those people who likes bright ornamental
home Here set of three crocheted
make you smile with pleasure fortune
have them ready
Pattern envelope
directions
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-04

Der fuehrers general staff is
supposed to have advised against
a direct attack on Britain. They
have been incredibly cautious in
the past, and they are now. II
the attempted blitzkrieg should
fail. and result in the loss OF
1000, 900 men and be disastrous
another Marine. They urge A
policy of strangulation and de-
struction by plane and sub.
General Won Brauchitsch. on
the other hand. favors the gam
BILE and has worked out an elab-
crate plan for history's greatest
offensive. Which group of adj
visers eventually will win out
still is doubtful. Only few
days ago Hitler held a two-hour
conference with Won Brauchitsch.
indicating ID that the general
was making Roadway or f2)
that der fuehrer still remained
unconvinced
II In probable that Franklin
d. Roosevelt. rather than any OF
Killers military counsellors. will
make up der fuehrers mind
and in favor OF invasion. The
German dictator stands in great
awe OF Americas industrial
might. He may decide TO strike
before Uncle Sam can duplicate
his le17-1eiS performance.
Britain's mortal need for cargo
vessels may revolutionize the
American shipbuilding industry.
New construction plans may en-
able our shipyards to better
Hog Islands World war record
of two freighters a week
Under the proposed scheme,
the great yards on the Atlantic
and Pacific coasts will become
only vast assembly plants. The
engines. the plates and other
parts will be constructed in fac
tories throughout the country.
and rushed TO the coastal GEN.
tiers. New designs have elm
mated intricate and costly con-
struction types. The ships for
Britain will be hardly more than
floating boxes. thrown together
hurriedly. They will have top
speed of IL knots.
When our marine engineers
protested that such slow vessels
would become easy targets for
submarines. the British explain
ed that convoy protection rather
than speed would provide
maximum factor Of safety. Any
way. they added. their need is so
dire that they cannot afford to
be finicky.
Once again the British have
been forced TO copy Herr Hitler's
methods. His new "minnow T.
boats" are pan-German products.
The coming towers are punched
out in one section. the machin-
cry is built in another. the plates
are fabricated elsewhere. The
subs finally are assembled at
Hamburg or some other city on
the coast.
Henry L. Stimsons zeal for
national defense has made him
the No. ] victim Of the new
deals social and economic phil
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Un-Huddlinq the Government

Bitter the lessons being written in blood across
Europe today-and to him who will not learn them!
One of them to be this there is danger in too
great Capitalization. That is: if all your governmental
offices hudded in small all your steel works
hudded in another all auto and munitions plants IN
another all your bodybuilding facilities in another,
much greater the chance of single Gripping blow by
overwhelming bombing raid. That country is best
off whose productive facilities scattered that whole
series of successful blows might not necessarily cripple it.
The has conferred attention decentralization
New powder, plane and munitions plants being built
in remote places which had hitherto been without great
time when the tide of people fockng to the cities seems
to have reversed itself and for the first time the
figures show ar increase in the rural population.
But against this tide swims government The popu
laon of Washington has grown 36 per cent since $780,
of increase exceeded only by Miami and San Diego
1t has stopped its limits, and Arlington county
the Potomac in Virginia is the fastestgrowng county in
the United States Office buildings cannot be built fast
enough to hold the bullying bureaus rents skyrocket
has been proposed by Representative Everett
NJ Dirksen of Illinois. He has introduced into the house
resolution which would call for moving many government
bureaus bodily from Washington to other cities Even
allowing for Drksens probable direct interest in getting
of them for Chicago for his native Pekn district
maybe this is worth thinking about.
Drksen argues that 100000 600 was spent last year
by officials in travel from Washington to other places
where government business being done; that many
of the functions of government like social security rail-
road control of various kinds bureau housing and
home loan work. maritime controls, WPA, CCC, veterans
work. and agricultural aid could just efficiently and
perhaps economically be discharged in other parts
of the country
Does great concentration of the nations life blood
for safety pass through Washington New York? Chicago?
Detroit? Ought to begin thinking seriously of doing
something about it?
Eo.kI otr oA IF tho
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osophy. His behavior explains
why many GOP-ers want to read
him out of the party.
1t so happens that the rural
electrification administration is
F. d. RS favorite new deal
agency. He has enlisted II IN
the general movement to pre-
pare the country for war. Its
tie lines and Diesel engines are
prepared to keep factories and
towns supplied with power and
water in the event of break
down. They also can supply
similar services at cheap rates
to environments, forts and other
military centers. Few weeks ago
REA's availability for national
defense purposes was explained
in some detail to the elderly
secretary of war
As result. Herbert Hoover's
conservative secretary of state
the erstwhile member OF re-
dictionary New York law firm
an elder statesman of the COP
sent a memo to all corps area
commanders ordering them to
give the utmost cooperation To
the REA. He explained that
Mr.. Roosevelt's favorite expert
ment can undercut private
utility's rates. and cited specific
instances in which REA has
saved money for the army. In
short. Mr.. Stimson takes his
high hat off to a public enter
prise which his legal and politi-
cal colleagues regard as the en-
tering wedge for socialism in
the United States.
Wendell Wilkes diplomatic
mission is not his first or only
service on behalf of the new
deal. An unpublished letter
which he wrote TO Harry Stat
terry, rural identification admin
istrator, reveals the 1910 COP
candidate as reformed public
utility magnate.
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Communists do not advocate it.
The fact they openly and legal
ly place their candidates and
vote for them proves that. 1t
is also true that the Dictator
ship of the proletariat was
legally abolished in Russia
several years ago when the new
constitution went into effect.
There is no law to prevent
anyone voting or holding public
office regardless of political
opinions in Russia. At the last
election 90 percent of the adult
population voted, and many
non-Communists were elected.
Why not abolish the state
senate as Nebraska has done q?
1t is an unnecessary waste OF
money and acts continually as
a brake upon progressive legis-
lation. The late governor who
is certainly no radical advocat-
ed ito abolition in his opening
speech at the session of 1886.
The Canadian provinces which
correspond to our states have
had only one legislative body
for many years.
WEBSTER ROGERS,
Lakebay, Wash.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-04
QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can you answer seven OF
these ties; questions Turn
to woman's page for the an
swers.
/. Are there rail and highway
connections between continental
United States and Alaska
.. Did Columbus discover the
South American continent on
his first, second or third voy-
age.
5. Finish the nursery rhyme
Hey. diddle. diddle. the cat and
the fiddle. the COW jumped over
the moon: the dog laughed to
see such sport"
4. Are U. s. silver coins made
from pure silver or an alloy
S. Are there more or fewer
moonrises than sunrisee in
year?
6. The secretary's record Of
the proceedings of an organi-
cation IL called the?
:. Which President Of the
United States was affectionate-
" nicknamed The MAJOR"
s. Which Is now the correct
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-04
PULSE OF
THE PU BLIC
SYMPATHETIC ATTITUDE
NEEDED ON PENSIONS

Editor The Times: May 1
extend Mann Tilly's article
Jan. 10 by stating that foun-
dalton surveys have shown that
about 10 per cent of any given
group is anti-social mostly in
having regard for the rights of
others.
The problem of the investiga-
ton of old age pension needs
ia broad discernment: therefore.
each and every person selected
for such social work as old age
pensions should be compelled to
pass a very rigid examination in
ID practical psychology; 90
sociology mot socialism,; (30
When We Behave Like Human
Beings" (Dr. Dorsey; and (4)
complete unification of under
standing and Interpretation of
the pension law as of any given
date by each and every person
serving under the law.
Age and income and citizen
ship should be the sole deter
mining factors in granting old
age pensions. and whatever mo-
tivated lawmakers to put in
futher restrictions. shows the
meagerness of human thinking.
and a cheap desire to compl-
cate the issue.
The old age pension is a great
service and should not be mud
died by opinions. and should be
treated with greater respect by
all concerned. c. II. ANNIS.
1902 So. 5od Of
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-04
Mr.. FIXIT
He Fixes THINGS

To receive attention IN this eol-
unn letters must give name and
address OF writer Only Initials
viii be published when requested
Mr.. Flxit: Please give me the
names Of the senators who voted
against the 4. s. entering the
war In 1917. H. A. s.
Six voted against. So voted for
entry into the war and eight
failed 10 vote. The six who voted
against were Gronna. LaFollette.
Lane. Norris. Stone and varda-
man.
Navy: The other day you
asked about latest population
figures on Honolulu and the Ter
ritory OF Hawaii. Tacoma public
library furnished these prelimi-
nary 1910 census totals which
must be assumed as official I'M
til the final adjustments are
made: Honolulu. 17s. 1855 and the
territory. 423,3
MIR. Fixit: ! bought q place
with a small acreage some time
ago and the ground In covered
with heavy moss, especially In
among the trees (timber) where
u In shady. What kind Of moss
Ia this and does II have any
value: The trees are all the cone
type. ! would like 10 SOW either
some clover seed or alfalfa and
am wondering N all the moss has
10 he removed first and also u
the seed would grow.
SPANAWAY.
None OF the MOSES around
here are used In enough guam
tity to be valuable. To get rid
OF II, the best suggestion is dig
ging in lots OF fertilizer. Lime
Is not recommended, since an
alkaline coil will support lots of
moss. Glover and alfalfa would
not be likely to grow well under
the trees. Grass would be better
Fertilize and stir up the ground
well for the alfalfa. Removing
the moss should MT be ueces-
sary.
Mr.. Fixit: Will q certificate
Of baptism serve In place of a
birth certificate? A READER.
For many purposes. 1t will not
do. Where birth certificates are
generally required. 1t is to es-
tablish n persons age by the
most competent legal evidence.
A certificate of baptism is not
necessarily conclusive evidence
of a persons age.
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SnINH OF bdAANlls 1AAAAAA y n -
This foundation proved to he
the toughest. longest-lived con-
crete known "a the paving In
dustry. Samples have been
drilled out from time 10 time ~
the paving was cut for installa-
ton Of gas and water service.
These samples have been sent
by former city engineers To engi-
neers of other cities a. evidence
of what concrete should he II an
all-time job IL desired.
The six-inch foundation was
surfaced with bituminous rock
quarried at San Luis Obispo.
Calf. The first lot was sacked
and shipped here in sailing ves-
sells.
An amusing and expensive in
cident occurred in connection
with the Job. Gilmore, paving
company manager, had ordered
the asphalt shipped in sacks to
facilitate handling. When the
ship arrived Henry Hewitt, who
was noted for his thrift, in coll
orful and equally fore Bile
language, wanted To know why
the trouble and expense Of the
sacks No reason why the ship
ments couldn't be bulk like coal,
he said.
So, taking orders from his
boss, Gilmore ordered the rock
shipped in bulk on the schooner
Vine. Coming north. the vessel
ran into unusually warm wealth
er. The rock softened and then
"froze" into solid mass. When
the Vine reached Tacoma the en-
tire cargo had just about re-
verified to its original state and
had to be blasted out. The
blasting opened the seams of the
vessel and the repair bill was
500. All subsequent shipments
came in sacks.
The bituminous rock was
Cooked" at the company's plant
situated at 1880 Adams st. NOW
Commercel. the site of the Grif-
fin Fuel Co. It was delivered
hot" in horse-drawn dump carts
to Tacoma avenue, raked, rolled
with hand rollers and finished
with a steam roller.
Though various spots have
been resurfaced, largely due to
cutting the surface for install
lation of water mains, etc. the
concrete foundation remains as
solid as it was so years ago.
II is q tribute TO the thorough
ness with which the old-timers
did things. They applied an
adage common in the schools
two or three generations ago:
In all matters before beginning,
a diligent preparation should be
made"
They paid attention TO the
foundation of things first. They
did not try TO do things so quick
". either. They knew where
they were going, but were not
in too much of hurry to get
there. The difference a couple
of generations later is that we
are not quite sure where we are
going but are in hurry to
get there anyway.
~ sounded my horn but the
pedestrian kept right on
across the street and the next
thing 1 knew he was In front
of my car
That was the explanation OF
a Seattle mail carrier who ran
down and killed a pedestrian In
a clearly defined pedestrian lane
at a street intersection. Like a
lot of other drivers this mail
carrier exercised only one of his
reasonab BILE functions. He blew
his born but kept his foot on
the throttle.
The Seattle police court judge
held that pedestrian has as
much right at a street intersec-
ton as an automobile, and that
merely blowing a born was no
excuse. But the man was dead.
So what? The penalty was a
fine Of 500.
II the mail carrier had killed
a deer out of season the fine
would have been at least $3.50.