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The Phoenix index., 1941-08-23

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defeat on the firing line.
MILITARY DISCIPLINE

One of the most important re-
quisites of combat forces, in action
is military discipline. Arms, NUM-
ton and other war supplies, are to
agreat extent, useless, without mill
tary discipline. Today, we have
more than a million men under
arms. From my own observation,
there exists laXity in military dis
cipline among these men. CoaXing,
babying and pampering these Sc
lecteeS, fails to bring out the firm
courageous and fighting indiviual
soldier that is required to go up
against a first class power. 1t is
not the quantity but rather the
quality of men to be trained over
a given period that counts. A disor-
ganized mob is partially successful
in certain parts of the United
States, due to the fact that there
is little or no organized resistance
This may not be true of a poten-
tian enemy. Combat forces of all
first class powers, today, are we'll
trained, well disciplined and ready
to die if need be, in defense of their
country. To the best of my know
ledge, the highest ambition of our
army (draftees) is an early return
to civil life. Such an army will
prove ineffective on the firing line.
A glorious retreat, a rear guard
action, organized retreat changed to
diSorganized rout and a wholesale
murder of our boys would be the
final results. We might just as
well send our boys to the combat
sector, armed with broom sticks and
brick bats, as to send them to the
combat zone without military dis
cipline. We may never trump
over JERRY" or any other first
class power untH military dis
cipline punctures deeply into our
military aspiration.
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THE CORE OF
OUR NATIONAL DEFENSE

The regular army or air uniteS
form the nucleus or more of our
national defense. 1t is too much to
expect such units, though trained,
to convert a bunch of hook worm
afflicted rats into united law abid-
ing individuals overnight. Respect
for law, unity and national dici-
pline should originate in civil life
and not on the firing line. Our re-
gular combat units are being ex-
panded by the infiltration of in
dividuals from civilian life. The
progress in military science de-
pends, to a great extent, upon the
quality of material (civiliam on
hand or to be obtained.
Instead of training such material
in the basic knowledge of modern
military science and security, much
time will be squandered in instill-
ing unity, discipline and common
decency to a bunch of hoodlums
whose highest ambition is, and has
been, to march at the head of a
mob
Material of this quality spells
defeat or "Diungirque" for any
army, including the German army.
In the first place, our geographical
location is inclined to cultivate iso-
lation which in turn breeds self
sufficiency, self aggrandisement, ar
sogance and a false position of Sc
curity. Such conditions may spell
The Phoenix index., 1941-08-23
MEETS IN CHICAGO

CHICAGO-(A N P)-The An
cient United knights and Daugh-
ters Of Africa, fraternal order
operating chiefly in the middle
west, closed a thIt'e-day session
held at the Good Shepherd Com
munity house here Saturday. Crit
tenden E. Clark of St. Louis was
reelected grand master; Mrs. Ida
Garner Of Chicago was elected ma
ticnal grand queen.
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BETWEEN THE LINES By Gordon Hancock

many parallels in history ancient
and modern. Certainly the French
revolution was bloody purge of
the bloodiest type. If Russia by
reason of its bloody purges becomes
a better place in which to live, his
tory will forgive her as other ma
tionS have been forgiven through
the centuries. The success of COM
,muniSm will be its eXoneration, be-
lieve it or not. Successful sinners"
have way of coming back in the
worlds estimation.
For seven weeks the armies of
Stain and Hitler have been locked
in death struggle in western Rus
Sia. Newspaper and radio commenta-
tors have predicted calamity for
the forces of Stain. They said that
it was traditional that the Rus
slams were not soldiers and could
not fight and would not if they
could because they were chatting
under the burden of communism.
The Russian morale they said would
not stand the strain of sustained
warfare. Moreover, Russia was not
prepared Stain has smoked his
pipe and had slept over his rights
and Russia therefore would be mere
ly pushover for the hordes of Hit
Ter.
GERMANS STOPPED
The possibilities of Negroes have
never been more rudely disparaged
than the possibilities of the Rus
slams against the Germans. Behold
these six weeks have seen the Rus
slams stop the German army as
completely as any could have wish
ed. It appears that the "Stalin
Line" has been pierced only in the
Smolensk sector and the German
armies that enter the breach are
seriously imperiled.
The world had heard much about
the MetaxaS Line in Greece, the
Mannerheim line in Finland, the
Maginot Line in France and Sieg-
The Phoenix index., 1941-08-23
HOUSING DIFFICULTIES
REVERSED

NEW ALBANY, Ind.-ANP)-A
few weeks ago Negro citizens of this
city united to prevent condemna-
ton of their home-sites for q
white housing project. Tuesday a
group Of white citizens joined in
petitioning city authorities against
location of a project for Negroes in
a section predoninently occupied by
whites.
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For practice, an airplane flies
over the ocean, trailing 1000 feet
behind it a huge sleeve target of
unbleached canvas. Three inch
guns fire at this target.
The Phoenix index., 1941-08-23

An attachment for mechanical
pencils has Leen pattaned for
thin leads used by DRAFTS
men to draw fine lines.
produced in Brazillastyear194,
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CORINTH BAPTIST CHURCH

is having it's inaugural tomor-
row. Sunday, at o'clock. All
members are asked to be present,
Mrs. w. M. Phillips. pastor,
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ERROR UNCHALLENGED

One is almost disposed to believe
that as far as the movies are con-.
cerned, the Negro people, as a
group, get just about what they
deserve, since it cannot be denied
that they have, as a group, a
tremendous force which can tell
ingly be used to correct the error
of the movies ways. 1t is not that
the Negro people can do nothing
about the movies; it's just that
they have done nothing to rid them
of the daily insults heaped upon
them in the thousands of movie
palaces scattered throughout this
land.
Is it too much to suggest to
Negro newspapers and organiza-
tions that they take steps at once
to bring this matter of the treat
ment of Negro character to the
attention of the movie producers
and to demand that a new and
fairer conception of the Negro
people be employed?
REMEMBER IF YOU CAN
Something should be said while
we are on the subject of the large
number of Negroes, comparatively
speaking, one sees in movie prison
scenes. So obvious is the attempt
to emphasize the criminal element
among Negroes by showing them
in such large numbers in prison
scenes that one wonders why the
Negro citizens of this country
The Phoenix index., 1941-08-23

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SERVE PENN RR NEARLY
88 YEARS

F;HILADElLPHIA-(A N Pl-
Two employees of the Pennsylvania
railroad were retired last week
after serving nearly 80 years as
messengers William w Jackson.
IS, was retired after serving 80
years and six months in the ac-
counting department and was the
recipient of a travelling bag from
the other employees of his depart
ment.
Olive Oil is being used as a lub-
rfcsFnt for machinery in Algeria
instead of mineral oils.
An auxiliary loop antenna to
improve the reception of portable
radio sets have been invented.
Evening star., 1941-06-18

We have prepared a helpful
chart of average foods suitable
for young children which we
will mail to you upon request.
Just ask for our CLASSIFIED
FOOD TABLES, and inclose
Scent stamp. Print your name
and address clearly and direct
your request to the Woman's De-
partment of The Evening Star.
Evening star., 1941-06-18
Dorothy Dix Says 80
Why Man Expects Wife to Be Like
His Mother Is Great Mystery

The reason why so many mothers
in-law and daughters-in-law fight
like traditional Kilkenny cats is be-
cause when the average young man
gets married he picks out for wife
a girl who is his mothers direct
antithesiS and sicks them on each
other. No wonder the fur flies. The
unknown and the different in femi-
ninity seem to have special allure
for men, so if mother is fat lady
her son is more than likely to fall
for a skinny f1apper. If mother is
a prosaic, practical woman, with her
two fiat feet planted firmly on the
solid ground, he picks out a wife
who is a dreamy and poetic maiden
whose head is in the stars. On the
contrary, if mother is neurotic and
temperamental, he chooses a bovine
mate who has not a single thrill
or yearn concealed about her per-
son. And then, having brought to-
gether these two women who haven't
a taste nor a habit nor an interest
nor a desire in common, he thruStS
them into each others arms and
beams upon them and expects them
to love each other and get along to-
gether in peace and amity. Natur-
ally, they don't. Irrespective OF the
jealousy the situation engenderS be-
tween two women who love the same
man and who both have claims
upon him, there is the antagonism
of opposites.
But the queer thing about it all
is that after a man goes deliberately
out and selects a wife as unlike his
mother as possible, after he marrles
her he expects her to be just like
mother. How he figures out that
this miracle is to be worked and this
transformation in personality ac-
compliShed goodness only knows.
He Just takes it for granted that
his wife will automatically become
an understudy of mother; that If
mother was a good cook, his wife
will be handy with the pots and
pans; that if mother was saving, mis-
wife will be a dime nurser; that if
| mother was broad-minded and toll
Grant and understanding, his wife
will drive with a light rein; that If
mother was bright and amusing, his
wife will be an entertaining con-
versationalist.
OF course, there is bitter awak-
ening when the poor dearS discover
that when they married women who
were not like their mothers they
stayed that way, and this disap-
pointment makes many a man un-
| Just to his wife.
1t makes him blind to her good
Evening star., 1941-06-18
Part Modern Helpful Versatt
Well>Designed Wall Piece
Serves Four Purposes
In Small Apartment
New Articles Answer Almost
Any Requirement and Need
Only Minimum of Space
By Margaret NOCeH

the fact that
It Is perfectly When several activities take
situation with
amazing facility O dignity
wall pictured called compact
with the addition of sofa chairs and lamp might be the complete
bachelor
cabinet dining unit The
leatherke fabric
buin pigeonholes writing equipment
placed hand provides
working arrangement.
section of the compact made Pdao wood which has
which especially
leather Padao wood also be finished
finish which
highly individual
The center cabinet portion unit
Evening star., 1941-06-18

qualities because they are not the
brand of virtues to which he is &C
customed. 1t makes him hard on
his wife's faults because they are
human shortcomings to which he is
not acclimated. Half of the criti-
cismS of their wives that men II axe
have no better foundation than that
Mother didn't do things that way.
In making his structures upon his
wife the husband doesn't go into The
merits of the case at all. If he
would really think about it intelli-
gently, he would know that wife
is her husbands show window who
advertiSes his success, and that 1t
booms his stock for her to make a
good appearance in public Also, he
would know that it is to husband S
advantage for his wife to go about
and make desirable social connec-
tionS.
But because mother was chained
to the cook stove and a slave to the
broom, the average man Is con-
vinced that a woman's home should
be her Jail and that his wife isn't
doing her duty, somehow when she
escapes it.
Evening star., 1941-06-18

WIIICII VIC VIC P4OVu4CU Gu III IIIC OII5IIId4
sketch, consists Of a four piece
checkered suit featuring blazer style
Jacket, Waistcoat, matching hat and
Evening star., 1941-06-18

veniently placed patch pockets, too.
Make Pattern No. 1412-B for your
self at once; wear it for all house
hold and garden parties, for in
formal hours all summer.
It's a frock for crisp cotton fab
RIGS: lawns, muslin, dimity or the
sturdier calico, percale, gingham or
broadcloth. It's style you might
make up in linen or shantung, too,
for street wear. Make it in dark
colors, trim it with white or pastel
rickrack.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1412-B
is designed for sizes 36, SO, 40, AZ, "A
As. 48, SO and So. Size SO requires
.514 yards 35-inch fabric, AZ yards
rickrack braid. A complete sew chart
giving step by-step directions for
cutting and sewing is included with
the pattern.
Starting your summer sewing?
Then send Is cents for our summer
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Evening star., 1941-06-18


leaf dining table large enough Tor
six people. This table may be pulled
out in front of the compact 10
accommodate places set for two, or
further still, to make room for four.
Completely detached and removed
to another part of the room, it may
be used for six people. 1t serves as
a card table or a buffet for large
gatherings.
The detail and finish on this
piece of wall furniture is extremely
good, with the large pulls especially
designed in antique brass and the
small pulls. interior and edges
minutely finished and polished. It's
a more than satisfactory decora-
ton and furnishing for the long
wall of any room where space Is
at a premium.
The chairs used at the table are
of bent wood, most comfortable TO
sit in and as light as feather to
move around In this ensemble they
serve as dining chairs, desk chair,
side and occasional models. If sec
tional sofas we're planned for this
room, it would be possible to create
innumerable combinations for COM
fort that would also make the room
seem continually new.
In a room of this type, which
depends on the plain surfaces OF
wall and the deep tones of polished
wood for its restful atmosphere,
upholstery fabric is bound to play
an important part. The emphatic
plaid of the small chairs contributes
a design interest in this room which
accents all its good points. The
soft stripe and monotone pattern
of the other pieces blend into the
small tones, holding their place
mainly because of their size.
Furnishing and decorating room,
an apartment or house comes right
down to essentials with this type of
handling. With the selection of one
piece of versatile furniture, the
whole room seems to take shape,
and with careful choice of draperieS
and other pieces of balanced furni-
ture the decorating problem is
neatly solved.
Evening star., 1941-06-18
Washington Youngster
Shows Definite Flair
For Fashion Design
High School Costume Created
By Ann Myers Takes Second
Place in National Contest
By Helen VOgt

Unless we've got signals crossed pretty little 17yearod Ann
Myers chance the profitable
dress designing She has long but she also has the
Myers
Original?
Next week Ann will go to New York receive her but that will
not be the of her design which chosen from
entered in this
throughout
and drops
the backs of high school girls unlike herself THAT like
the girl Ann used be until she from
High School recently)
The which the smiling
with flying colors required
school winning design
Evening star., 1941-06-18
Nj amer rs
of the
Nome en- t

If a girl isn't aWfully careful
about it, she may get her side OF
the wedding beautifully planned
and forget entirely about her bride
groom. He may turn up, for all
she knows, in his favorite crew
sweater and slacks.
A girl really shouldn't take such
chances.
She should consider what the
bridegroom shall wear early in the
game, so that she is quite sure he
knows what it's all about. She
probably ought to write it all down
and then go with him to see that
he buys COR rents his wedding out
fit according to the written instruc-
tions. CutaWay coat, dark gray
striped trousers (this is for the for
NAL wedding where she is all dolled
up with train and veil and it's all
being done in a church,, a black
Waistcoat or an all-White one for
summer, black tie -four
usually, white or gray gloves, high
silk hat and a stick.
If he refuses to go in for all this,
then a girl has to make compro-
misses. Probably her best compro-
mise is to have a summer wedding,
outdoors or in a small country
church, and let him wear his white
flannel trousers, a dark coat and
white shoes. But if she does. this,
she must simplify her own outfit
bit . some light summery fabric
and not quite so much veil
However she manages it, she d
better not forget her bridegroom.
He'll need some instruction. Most
men do. JEAN.
Evening star., 1941-06-18
Offer Service
To Family of
Deceased
By Emily Post

AS soon as you hear that death
has occurred in the family of one
who is really a friend of yours
you should go to see her tor on
occasion HIM to see if you can be
of service. She Cor he) may not
see you, it is true, since many grief
stricken persons shrink from see
ing even their best friends at such
time. There should. of course,
be some one, a less near relation
or very intimate friend-yOu
yourself may be the one-who stays
in or near the front hall to see
visitors and take their messages.
At least I am sure it is very un-
usual to run into an experience
similar to this one told to me by
Mrs. B in her letter: The butler
upon answering the door informed
me that Mrs. A was seeing no one.
l asked if I might see Mr.. A for a
minute. He left me standing in the
front hall while he went to deliver
my message and returned to say
that no one could see me. l lett
the house feeling very much of an
intruder and wishing that 1 had
merely sent flowers and not gone
to the house myself"
In answer to Mrs. B, think the
butler handled the situation very
badly. If he had not been in
structed to tell all visitors that the
family was seeing no one, then
when he came back he should have
given you some reason why Mr.. A
could not see you at that time.
He might, for example. be sitting
with Mrs. A and, unable to leave
her. On the other hand, no one
should ever criticize anything that
happens in a house of mourning.
The situation is always strained,
and no one is quite accountable for
what he Cor she) unthinkingly does
Or SAWS
Evening star., 1941-06-18
| Why Grow
|Old?
By Josephine Lovman

A chain is only as strong as It's
weakest link. A country is only as
safe as its men and women are
courageous, determined and physi-
cally fit.
We always owe an obligation to
ourselves in matters of safeguarding
| health and building vitality, but ef-
forts at self Improvement now are
not only a personal obligation, but
a patriotic duty.
Food plays a potent part in any
individuals health. Let's plan de-
fenSe menus seriously. These
menus will give us vitamin protec-
ton and mineral security. Each
persons taste and physical makeup
are different, but the following
tenets will guide you in planning
protective meals.
It is more difficult to eat correctly
when every penny must be counted.
On very small budget it virtually
is impossible to buy great variety
of fresh fruits and vegetables. Here
are some things to remember when
you do your marketing.
Raw carrots and cabbage are
chock-full of vitamins and minerals.
You can't eat them too often. When
oranges are expensive you can sub
stitute canned tomatoes. Navy
beans and all lentils are valuable
foodstuffs. Some get whole grain
goods. Oatmeal is cheap.
The cheaper cuts of meats, If a
reliable brand, are just as healthful
as the more expensive cuts. You
have to cook the meat longer to
make it palatable.
Eat the Governments new vita
min rich bread as soon as it is on
the market.
Canned salmon is a health rich
food. Cheese is nourishing ano
recommended.
Don't leave milk off your diet. Use
at least a pint day. You shoulo
have at least four eggs a week. II
you can't buy pasteurized milk
bring raw milk to a boil, or use
poWdered or canned milk.
Do YOU exercise for the sake OF
your figure and your country?
If you want my group of exer-
cises which were planned espe-
cially for women and which will
keep you symmetrical, send j.
cent stamped, self addressed en-
veIope with your request to
Josephine Lowman in care Of
this newspaper.
Evening star., 1941-06-18

croheted luncheon set not great undertaking as 1t might
comprised different
much time complete The does are unusually DAINTY
individually lamps and
doiies IL
inches in diameter
directions the above
Evening star., 1941-06-18
By Barbara Bell

The dress shown today is new
style for women who wear sizes 36
to 50. Like the cardigan jacket, 1t
closes straight down the front, join
ing at deep V neckline. You can
see quickly how simply TINS frock
may be made. Here is extremely
good style for the larger figure, for
the lines are strictly plain; yet the
detailing of the rickrack braid, the
trimming of the bright buttons and
a belt to match will make this frock
anything but humdrum. Two con-
Evening star., 1941-06-18

cursion to Stoney Lake, ontario,
Canada, where she will be a junior
counsellor at Camp Ingelstane.
She's fascinated with the advertis-
ing business after spending a day
in the Washington store to which
she submitted her winning design.
Everybody is simply mad, espec-
tally the copywriters!" she says in a
strangely complimentary way.
BY the way, our mention of the
new book How to Be Fashion
Designer" by Gladys Shultz, pub
Hshed by Robert NJ. Mcbride & Co.,
must be brief, as is the time it takes
to read the slim volume. Suffice
to say that it's an intelligent COL
lection of inside information on the
designing business with good back
ground on most Of the big names"
currently rampant in that field.