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Evening star., 1941-07-16

She can pick up a remnant and
make herself a frock that looks like
1t came out of specially shop. Or,
If she is rich. she knows how to
direct those who serve her and get
better results than the woman who
knows nothing about sewing and is
at the mercy of every poor filter.
The girl who goes into marriage
knowing how to cook, instead OF
having to learn how on her husband,
has taken out the best possible in
surance against divorce, for a we'll
fed husband is like any other we'll
fed animal-so good -natured a child
can handle him.
And, finally, little daughters. put
in some OF your vacation in getting
really acquainted with your parents
and making friends with them.
Heretofore they have thought of ycu
as their responsibility, and you
have thought of them as something
Providence provided for your COM
fort and convenience.
Try TO see them now as two human
beings who have sacrificed them-
selves to give you advantages and
good times, and try to make some
return to them by doing a little sac
rif1cing yourself.
DOROTHY DIX.
Evening star., 1941-07-16

bisulphide is very infammable and
must be used with due precautions.
Also find the point where the ants
are entering the house and spray
this thoroughly and as frequently rs
necessary with liquid insecticide.
Commercial ant traps with suit
able poison bait are available. The
best Of such traps provide two types
OF bait, one a poisoned sweet, the
other poisoned fat. This Is es-
sential because all household ants
are not attracted by sweets, which
explains why sweetened bats some
times fail. Traps with irremova BILE
tops are convenient and safe to use
and will generally eliminate these
bothersome insects in the course of
week or 10 days.
Don't be troubled II you use one
Well-recommended spray or poison
with apparently little result. 1t NAV
take some of all the weapons on
the list to accomplish your objective.
A good household spray should be
standard equipment, and bolster
that up with the bats. powders
and traps. Continue the spraying
and busting at intervals after the
pests have apparently disappeared
to discourage any courageous ant
that attempts to cross your thresn-
hold.
Evening star., 1941-07-16
Dorothy Dix Says go
Acquire Skill in Domestic Arts
During Your Vacation Time

These lines are addressed to the
million little Miss Americas whose
schools have closed and who are
enjoying . long vacation. Well,
now that the time has arrived about
which you have been dreaming so
long when you won't have to scram-
bic through breakfast to rush of to
school or worry over lessons. what
are you going to do about it? Are
you going to spend your vacation
badgering mother about sport
clothes, quarreling with father over
dates, and fighting with brother
over who shall have the use of the
family car? Are you going TO spend
most of your time guzzling fatten-
ing soft drinks and getting into
firtations with drugstore cowboys?
Are you going to loll around the
house all day in your pajamas,
looking so lazy and purposeless and
good for nothing that your parents
wonder why they ever bothered to
rear you? Are you going to double
mothers work, and deplete fathers
pocketbook, and besso peevish and
fretful and discontented because you
can't have everything that rich girls
have, that the whole family will
thank Heaven when your vacation
is over and you are not underfoot
any more?
The question is up to you. How
are you going to answer it? Are
you going to be a little ray of sun
shine around the house or are you
going to be a pest that will be worse
than siege OF smallpox?
My first suggestion is to take q
little time OF from painting your
fingernails and trying new hair
dos and put it in on getting ac-
quainted with yourself and making
some plans about life. Cut out the
idea that the shape of your nose
is ever going to make you a film
star, or that some millionaire is
going to marry you, and get down
TO brass tacks about things that are
within your range of possibilities.
Put In some of the time that Vol
waste during your vacation in wcn-
derlng what to do next, in going to
night school, or some technical
school, or getting a part-time Job
where you will get a grounding in
the career you intend to follow.
You plan to marry, Of course.
Every girl does. Whv not, then,
put In your vacation profitably in
acquiring skill in the domestic arts?
No matter what else . woman needs
to know In life, she needs to know
how to cook and sew. The poor girl
who is deft With a needle has 4
trade by which she can always sup
port herself.
Evening star., 1941-07-16
By Barbara Bell

Here Is . pretty dress for after
noon and all occasions when you
want to look your best. The style
feature Is q front fullness, cleverly
handled in q gathered effect at the
neckline and again in the skirt,
where gathered fullness is attached
to a pointed yoke. The dress may
also be made with seven-gore fared
skirt.
The shoulder yokes simplify the
problem of fitting the top Of this
dress with its unusual neckline and
short draped sleeves. The belt Is
at the natural waistline. We have
given q hint of fall in Pattern No.
1863 and If you want to make a
dress now which you will feel is new
and smart enough to wear through
out the coming fall and winter sea-
son, send for this pattern today.
Make this dress in soft cotton
crepes, rayons or silks. 1t is an ex-
cellent style for the gorgeousIy col
ored flowered patterns available in
silk and rayon crepes now, 1t Is
equally appropriate for polka dots
Of large or small size. Wear this
soft dress with q large hat.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1863
is in sizes IL. IA, is, 18 and 20. Cor
responding bust measurements 80.
81. "a, 36 and 30. Size IA (32 takes
~ yards 36-inch fabric. Pull d.
Evening star., 1941-07-16
That BOthersOme Budget
In Real Need of a Prop?
Here Are Some Ideas
Ways in Which Homemakers
Turn Abilities Into Cash
Explained by Reader
b. Ennice Welch Foster

EDITORS NOTE: Mrs Foster the typewriter her
budoet and sends Which should
Washington the eternal
money!
Evening star., 1941-07-16

game but to whom the mention OF
a Blackwood convention or = de-
mand bid was like speaking a dead
language. She gave supervised les
sons as the women played, preced-
ing each two-hour session with q
clear presentation of some one point
In the game. She encouraged groups
of four, and so did not have to play
herself. Later she started bridge
tournaments, which were q source
of income, too.
A pensioned teacher, missing her
work and income, started better
speech" class in her home. Women
too shy to go into other places such
as night schools came to her and
learned how to talk while on their
feet; the elementary rules Of pro-
cedure in clubs; and also how to
overcome the use of the double
negative and other impediments to
correct speech. She was happy and
felt herself a real benefactor to the
community, as, indeed, she was.
There are so many props that one
could tell of them endlessly, but the
nimble mind of the average woman
probably will find some way In
which she. too. can earn money at
home. Hard work? Yes, but so
are most things which bring flnan-
cial returns. Here's wishing you
luck!
Evening star., 1941-07-16


young woman put a sign In her
front window. Stitch in Time Shop.
and. although she made no large
sums. added appreciably to her slim
income Mending, darning, patch
ing. letting down or taking up dress
hens, altering curtains and some
garments were all jobs she could do
In odd moments for that army OF
other women who cant sew a
stitch" She had a fixed scale OF
prices for the work, and the few
dollars weekly which she earned in
that way meant the difference to
her between gnawing anxiety and q
comparative freedom from money
worries.
Because the lady Of the Stitch
IN Time Shop" patronlzed 1t by
leaving her own little boy there,
7 learned of the Leave Them With
Safety Plan" When her own two
cherubs were and 4. one young
mother thriftily decided that as
long as she had to stay at home
With them she'd look after other
folks children, too, charging for her
services.
She let II be known that for rs
sents an hour she would take care
of children between the ages of 2
and 6 at her own home every day
but Sunday and Monday. She
would keep them from 1890 until
$50 thus giving tired mamas q
long, free afternoon. A swing, slide
and sand box in the back yard
for her own little girls was in
valuable for keeping all of them
entertained outdoors, and her bright,
warm sun parlor made a fine play
room for other times. The children
always had a party at 4 o'clock,
when glass Of milk and two simple
cookies were served to each one.
At this time an invented game
called manners made serving
easier. The beSt-mannered child
received an extra cookie. So popu-
lar was her plan that when some
special adult event was taking place
at church or club reservations had
to be made ahead for the youngsters.
To her utter astonishment and joy,
she averaged $40 week profit dur
ing the winter months, her only
outlay having been a few small
chairs and some simple games and
books.
Another woman, an excellent
bridge player, found that there were
many women who Just loved" the
Evening star., 1941-07-16

The workers. thousands OF Jnem
TO . colony, are actually infertile,
undeveloped females.
From the eggs, larvae or grubs
hatch. most of them becoming
workers after leaving the pupsl or
resting stage. At certain seasons.
depending on the species, winged
ants, males and females are pro-
duced. Then these kings" and
queens" swarm from the nest for q
nuptial flight. The males die after
mating. while the females found new
insect dynasties Of their own Queen
ants often live as long as 10 years;
matriarchs whose descendants num-
Der many millions during such an
unusually long lifetime.
Control measures vary with the
species. In general. poison bats are
considered best. II the pests raid
the kitchen in their ceaseless quest
for food, thorough and frequent
spraying which will kill large num-
bers Of the workers often sends the
colony elsewhere in search of secur-
ity. Treating the nests is likewise
advocated. Examine the sidewalk
or lawn around the house to find
the colony from which the tiny crea- =
lures are coming, and pour in some
liquid spray. Carbon bisulphide Is
used for severe cases. Punch holes
In the soil about the nest and pour
about \ tablespoon In each. Carbon
Evening star., 1941-07-16
Eliminate Ants by Using
A Variety Of Weapons;
Single Cure May Fail
Different Species Respond
To Different Type of Bait
IfPoison Is Considered
By Msrfaref NovsH

workers almost
scientific
~ Objectionable.
Each time, that being
remains that there
don't precautions get rid Of them
parties with
will bring Of in hour
ward got nicely finding sugar on your
the thief ant They attracted by kind Of food
perhaps
entirely matter Of fertility capacity
Evening star., 1941-07-16
Broken Home
Woe
ToChild
Loss of Sense of
Security Causes
Emotional Ills
Rr Leffice Lee Street,

A kindly woman has written me
pitiful letter asking how to help a
friend of hers who is the mother of
a little 10-year-old girl. Between
the lines of this letter the character
of the mother emerges with fright
ening clarity
She is vain, selfish and blindly
neglectful of her only child whom
she has recently sent to live with
the grandmother. The child of this
broken home is suffering a violent
rebellious reaction to the situation
and the grandmother cannot con-
troll her. On the rare occasions
when the mother visits the child
she upbraids and blames the grand
mother and abuses her little daugh-
ter. Now she turns to her friend
asking how to break the child of
her new bad habits.
No matter how wise the council
from her friend may be. it is as
words written on the sand to such
woman. If this mothers heart
and common sense do not tell her
that the fault is her own, no friend
can show her and she would only
turn away in offense If any one
tired
Unless this woman assumes her
duty as mother she will have
larger debt to pay than any doctors
bill could ever be. In later years
she will pay with lonely tears when
her daughter turns from her and
she may even hide her face in
shame at the behavior Of q wild,
rebellious girl.
The grandmother is already
elderly and she may not even be
here to try to give this child q sub
stitute for mothers warm interest
and friendship when she reaches
the hazardous teen age. Every girl
needs a home that welcomes her
young friends, she needs q mother
and father she can trust; two people
who lovingly guide her, without her
realizing it, away from undesirable
companions and habits.
These are the reasons why this
child has started to have tantrums,
why she is impertinent and refuses
to obey her grandmother.
This child will not be herself
again until her difficulties are re-
moved. The best cure is for her
mother to take her daughter back
into her own home where she be-
longs and to make her feel that
she is wanted by the one person she
really loves and needs.
We have prepared two useful
gifts for you: One Is a chart that
clearly shows the value Of foods
suitable for the average young
child and the other describes .
series Of well-tested exercises for
the entire body with hints on
how to gain your chiId's CO.
operation in performing them.
II you wish either or both Of
these. send for our CLASSIFIED
FOOD TABLES and THE I'M
PORTANCE OF CORRECT
POSTURE pamphlet, inclosinx =
Scent stamp with your request.
Print your name and address
clearly. and address orders to
the Woman's Department Of
The Evening 0taS.
Evening star., 1941-07-16

the
world budget that would
Well hundreds Of other
graduation dress
whatever the
needed and lots of these could not
reSouceful lot IS found out I
turning their unexpected gifts into cold
thought of might proh
good sell for there few
did with whom talked She
a bit
cookies crulers
could
hand
kitchen Her
coffee for breakfast
evening sell to folks their
made far1sh
sui weekly from those articles
rolls bread but
little better than nsighbors
will
without overhead and make nss
and ked her
nails planks
without pounding fingers
respectful
subject She lives u s. highway near
sells
little figures to interested
made the winter are sold during tne
turned Christmasward and
her entire output in OCTOBER as sne mas no way
to through the winter months
from the sale OF these She
their living happy and cheerful
a I knew.
Evening star., 1941-07-16
You Don't Have Be Diploma Winner Make Some Extra None
|Why-Grow
Old?
By Jossthiss Lorm an

Peepins through the keyholss Of
history We find that people either
didn't bathe at all, or made q fetish
OF 1t.
In between that time snd this
came . dull period when . lady
simply dunked herself In ths near
est tub. bucket or shower, and with
little to-do, and no pleasure,
scrubbed herself ~ rapidly ~ pos
sible and then rot out. Today ve
again are making . ceremony Of ths
bath. We have our perfumes, soft
eners, salts, bubbles, and what not,
and We relax In the bath.
Isabella Of Spain took only two
baths In her hfe-ons when she vas
born, and the other when she mar
ried Ferdinand Elisabeth of Eng
and. boasted that she took Q bath
every month, whether she needed
1t or not!
Darius Of Persia would have him
self picked up, chair and all, In the
middle of feast, TO bs submerged
in 4 perfumed bath. The Roman
Emperor. Commodus, Is said 10 have
bathed seven times q day; and after
each bath his body was snointed
with oil Of almonds, violets, butter,
and capons' grease.
Marie Czetwertynoska, lady love
OF Alexander I of Russia, would
bathe only in Malaga wine.
So, regardless OF whether you
bathe in wine or water, with bub-
bles or without, in perfumed water
or unscented H2O, be sure to take
your bath as q time for relaxation.
This is trick which many modern
men and women employ in order tn
shake the fatigue of the day before
beginning the festivities Of the eve
ming.
Even when you are not going out,
q lazy bath before dinner will psv
dividends in increased endowment of
good food and better digestion and
dinner conversation.
Evening star., 1941-07-16
Ny Neighbor Soys:

If bubbles rise on hot jelly,
let it stand five minutes. then
carefully remove the bubbles
with a spoon dipped in warm
water.
Savory tomato sauce makes a
tasty covering for plain, ham
or corn omelets. Try serving
it for supper, luncheon or even
dinner.
Try cooking your jams and
buffers In the oven instead of
on top of the stove. You'll
avoid a lot of sputtering. Put
them in a wide kettle or earth
enware dish and bake them In a
moderately slow oven until
they're thick. They'll require
less watching than when cooked
on top the stove, but stir them
a few times with long-handled
wooden spoon.
Evening star., 1941-07-16
oabor Bdsr Photo.

rections for making are included on
the sew chart which comes with the
pattern.
Send Is cents for the new Bar
bara Bell Pattern Book, just Of the
press. Here is an advance review
of the smartest fashions for fall
for all ages and sizes. Dresses,
suits, coats. blouses. aprons. lingerie
and a host Of new ideas for chill
dren. .
Evening star., 1941-07-16
Soak Baking Bowls

Bowls which have had bread Or
other doughs in them will wash
more easily If they are soaked 8
minutes in cold water before put
into the regular dish water.
Evening star., 1941-07-16
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Evening star., 1941-07-16

BY BGfOneSS PfdnOn
motif rich distinctive Of
% inches in diameter and has add
calop border
unusually attractive background of dark woods.
flecrochet diagram OF
full directions
Editor
star.
Evening star., 1941-07-16

II you want the Ieabet, Your
Outer Coating send = Scent,
stamped, elf-addressed envelope
with your request to Josephine
Lowman in care Of The Evening
Star.
Evening star., 1941-11-02
Realities Of Unde War Emphasized by Sinking Destroyer Reuben james

sion for German troops to pass through
Turkey for an assault on Syria, Iraq.
Iran or the Russian Caucasus. Instead
of impressing the Turks with movies OF
German strength, Hitler is showing them
the real thing.
Turkey is bound ultimately to figure
largely in any German plans for conduct
of the fight after the
German prospective move into the
Stroteov Caucasus. Some envision
a struggle by the Axis
this winter with the British on a front
stretching from Iran to Libya. For the
present, according to one unnamed Brit
ish military informant, the Germans
have three present aims before an Iran
Libyan front would materialize:
/. To cut of Sevastopol with the hope
of making it possible for German armies
to operate along the eastern shore OF
the Black Sea during the winter.
2. To seize the Russian oil fields near
Krasnodar, which are about equal in
production to Rumania's better known
Ploesti area.
3. To cut the supply lines for American
and British materials from Iran through
the Caucasus to Russia. AS yet, no de-
liveries of military equipment have been
made to the Red armies by this route,
although some non-military supplies
have gone over it.
The Germans, in the British estima-
ton, depend on Japan to close Vladi-
vostok (the Russian Pacific port to
American supplies for the U. S. S. r.
Goods for Russia supposedly enter that
country via Vladivostok, Iran and Arch
angel or Murmansk. Ice soon will
hamper trade with Archangel, and
German bomb last week tore up part
of the railroad connecting Moscow with
Murmansk.
Japan, according to unconfrmed news
reaching England, engaged in border
fight with Russian troops
Jopon in Siberia last week. The
Waivers story said the Japanese
withdrew, leaving some
guns behind them. The japanese policy
has become one of smokescreen, as the
government issues contradictory state
ments of aims and desires. 1t is a
striking fact that statement frequently
indicates wish for amicable relations
with the United States. When the Ger
mans get past Rostov, Japan might give
some sign of belligerency.
One country already is satisfied with
the Russian war-Rumania. According
to an Associated Press correspondent
with the Rumanian Army in Tiraspol,
Occupied Russia, the Rumanians regard
their territorial ambitions satisfied with
an advance to the Bug River. from so
to 100 miles beyond their 1889 frontier
at the Dniester.
For the present the whole emphasis
of the war is in Russia. Whatever hap
pens elsewhere hampers Germany in
| its Russian task. There are said to be
| 10000 guerillas fighting in Yugoslavia
In France the reprisal executions Of 100
Frenchmen have been postponed. Brit
ish planes last week bombed Germen
and German-held centers. But t
focus is on Russia. The war there pr
ceeds as it has been proceeding
! Russian armies withdraw slowly and
| fierce battle, with great cost in men
equipment to the Axis.
Evening star., 1941-11-02
MR.. WALLACE IS BUSIEST VICE PRESIDENT
Three Large Jobs, Anything but sinecure Now

climbed into them. There we're rumo.s
later denied-that the dinners he gave
and attended as part of his job as Vice
President broke the health Of Garrett
A. Hobart.
Vice President Garner made clean
break with this practice Neither he nor
Mrs Garner cared for social affairs and
they fatty refused to fall in line with
the dining-out custom This left the
new Vice President and Mrs. Wallace
free to make their own choice. They
adhered last winter to schedule of two
nights out a week.
So far as the future of the vice presi-
dency is concerned, Wallace feels that
what man does in that job depends
entirely upon the man. upon what his
background, his experience and aptitudes
fit him for. This largely has been true
throughout American history.
During his early years in the vice
lative general for the President. Many
of the New Deal laws were placed upon
the statutes as a result of his work. His
long experience, his many friendships on
Capitol Hill fitted him especially for
this work. He could portray the mind
of Congress to the President
Knows Cabinet Problems.
Wallace comes from the cabinet. His
long association with its members, his
present attendance at its meetings, his
close official link with the President, put
him in an excellent position to act as
a mediator. He is of the cabinet and not
n it. lust as he Is OF the Senate and not
in it.
History holds three chief instances OF
particularly close association between
Presidents and their Vice Presidents.
The first was that of Andrew jackson
and Martin Van Buren whom jackson
elevated into the succession. Next came
James K. Polk and George M. Dallas.
President Polk gave Dallas some of the
PENNSYLVANIA patronage. He also con-
suited him on his message, on the Ore
gon boundary question, on many other
problems.
First Assistant President"
Closest of all, perhaps, was the asso-
citation of President Mckinley and Vice
President Hobart. They met first during
the campaign. Hobart lived near the
White House. visited there often. His
wife helped Mrs. Mckinley, woman OF
frail health, entertain. Vice President
Hobart kept President Mckinley in close
touch with the Senate, did all sorts OF
jobs for him.
Their relationship was so close that
Hobart was often referred to as the as
sistant President, phrase which has
crept out again with reference to Wal
lace and his new layer of responsibilities.
Wallace, himself, doesn't think OF 1t that
way.
Its purely job of helping the Presi-
dent as much as possible, of helping IN
some small way to tighten the load he is
carrying in this emergency" Mr.. Wal
lace says.