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Evening star., 1941-12-31
Bv barbara Bell

Dp D"UWU DtH
A dirndl dress which is just like
older sister's-a style which every
little girl of 2 to 10 years will be
gloriously proud to wear-is present.
ed in Pattern No. 1528-B. Our de-
signer has copied the pet style OF the
season among junior girls faithfully
down to the last detail. The same
long torso top, dart fitted to achieve
a smooth, trim line through the
midriff-and topped with a quaint
round collar with even the ruf1e
edge which the older girls are wear
ing. The top buttons to the waist
line.
Then comes the dirndl skirt-full
and billowing and attached at the
important dropped waistline. The
Silhouette is perfect! You are in
sured perfect flt when you make
this frock for your own little girl
because of the adjustable side
sashes-tying in back they will pull
the frock smooth across the dia-
phragm.
This is a style to wear for school
Or parties-so make It In practical
washable cottons for school-ging-
Evening star., 1941-12-31
WhyGrow
Old?
BY Josephine Lowman
Old thni1phtS for the New Veal

Old thoughts Tor the New year!
Bodies devoid of mind are as
statues in the market place"
-Euripides.
"Rust of the mind Is the blight Of
the abilities" Seneca.
The vacuous face with perfect
features no longer is thought Of as
beautiful Our ideas of beauty in a
woman are less anemic and more
vital than they used to be. AS q
matter of fact, history is filled with
fascinating women who were not
beautiful at all according to the
more stereotyped ideas.
True beauty must be of the mind
and spirit as we'll as the body. Inner
vitality, dove of life, enthusiasm and
humor shine from the magnetic,
fascinating face Of today's lovely
woman. .Z
Ewes that reflect laughter, a
mouth that indicates sweetness and
tolerance, a head held high with
spirit, a symmetrical body which
moves with the grace of young
animal and skin and hair which
reflect a pure blood stream will
bring any woman the reputation
for beauty.
We leave school just at the time
when We are most capable of pro-
ductive thought, and we stop work
ing our minds hard. Through the
years they need the stretching that
long thoughts give them and the
contractions which hard mental
work brings, Just as muscles do.
So in our beauty treatment and
our desire for health we should look
to the condition of the mind and
spirit. as well as to the care of
the body.
Evening star., 1941-12-31
10th Century Colonial
Is Informal Furniture
In Spacious Interior
Modern Homes Offer Perfect
Background for the Lovely
Early American Pieces
By Marearef NoOeH

1t is fun to be IN at the beginning of period design
country and TO recognize
designation
informal
window openne
of modern architecture
No longer is it to stay 'in tiny
openings
because heating difficulties
into another there
lures modern living calico
decoration that impossible not washable
their
of living.
The sturdy comfortable Windsor
perfect IN this setting But being brought pmy
England grandmothe
ruthe around them make them a thing
looks right comfortable and convenient it is dobv so
Evening star., 1941-12-31
Dorothy Dix Says >~>
Appreciation Is Greatest Virtue
Husbands Exhibit in Home

Business Man and she needs diver
sion Just as much as he does.
Date your wife for party as often
as you can. Take her out TO eat
if it is only lunch wagon. Go with
her to the movies or to a friends
house to spend the evening without
being shanghaied. 1t will freshen
her up, like putting willing flower
in water.
Be fair with her about money. 1t
is the best cure there is for extrava-
gance. Many wife revenges her
self on a tightwad husband, who
never gives her a dollar of her own,
by buying recklessly on her charge
account. She knows there will be
row over the bills, anyway, and that
she might as well be hung for
sheep as a lamb. Make your wife
feel that whatever you have Is hers
as we'll as yours and she will be
careful Of it.
Talk to your wife. Women marry
for companionship, and it is no Won
der it sours them when they find
out that they got a stuffed shirt who
has no more conversation in him
than a store dummy. You were
entertaining and amusing enough
before marriage. Keep up your line
after marriage unless you want your
wife to get tired of you. e-
Help your wife with the house
keeping and the children. Don't
dump all Of the labor and re-
sponsibility Of running the house
and rearing the family on her.
Talk over her problems with her.
Show a real heart interest in the
parlor curtains. Plan menus to-
gether. Take the children of for
an outing some Sunday and give
your wife day off Marriage is a
partnership, and you haven't any
right to criticize your wife's house.
keeping and the children's man
ners if you have taken no part in
trying to improve them.
Oh, yes, husbands can help their
wives just as much as wives can
help their husbands. Try 1t and
see.
Dear Miss DIX am a young
bride of five months My husband
and I are very much in love, but
differ widely on religion. am un-
happy because I believe I am right
about my church and he is wrong
about his. He is 10 years my senior,
being 80 years Of age, while am
only 20. But we could be very happy
If it were not for this one thing. I
work for my own money and never
take anything from him except for
incidentals, and he never offers me
money, but would cheerfully go
without money forever If only he
could see my way about the churih.
We belong to different protestant
religions and that is what makes
trouble between us. What should I
do about it? MRS. L. D.
Answer-Quit nagging your hus-
band about his church. Let him
worship God according to the die
tates of his own conscience. The
Constitution guarantees him that
right, and even a wife should respect
it,
Evening star., 1941-12-31

scene as does black lingerie which
has experienced an almost phenom-
email return to favor.
Long, colored gloves, lace mantillas
and diversified evening bags have
been indicated for 1912 after-dark
wear in the frivolous vein. In the
more serious manner, well-tailored
slacks should be seen more and
more, particularly with so many
women doing active defense work
and taking first aid courses. Civil
ian defense uniforms soon to be
offered locally will leave their mark
on the world of fashion, as will
comfortable, convenient and easy
to-handle clothes of all types.
Nineteen-forty-two will find wom-
en- looking their most practical dur
ing the day, their most feminine in
the evening. At least, that's our
prediction!
Evening star., 1941-12-31

American QeSlgner-naVe DeeH cSpc-
cially popular and good.
Seized upon-and held flrmly-WaS
the Latin American influence IN
fashion, with turbans and gay col
ors. The Chinese influence, intro
duced with much fanfare and too
little real merchandise, is still
around and probably will grow more
important.
Nylon, initiated mid much excite
ment, has been . near-miracle IN
the hosiery world, to say nothing OF
Its adaptability in the corset and
girdle department. We had the
ow-famous stocking run" when q
shortage was threatened, and we
tried the liquid or cake-form leg
makeup and liked it-despite some
masculine disapproval, l94l found
colored hose in the picture, and
though still not widely accepted, it's
more than possible that they will
increase in popularity, particularly
for evening.
Hair got shorter-thanks in
some part to Carlo and the
war-and heels got lower-on shoes.
We mean. The 36-inch length fur
coat came in for an-purpose wear,
and fur accessories, such as hats
and muffs, have assumed importance
with untrimmed coats and suits.
The elegance predicted by New
York designers In their September
collections has gone on, with Jet
and sequins particularly rampant.
The Duchess of Windsor arrived
with her famous calots, and the use
of these beanie" caps has been a
fashion note ever since. Snoods and
cloche hats sneaked back in the
millinery picture, but got only fair
press notices.
Late in the year, Mrs. Public
started hearing about longer skirt
lengths, still in infancy, but coming
along. She also was introduced to
the dipping hemline and ballerina
length dress-both yet to prove
themselves generally. Winter white
seems firmly situated In the style
Evening star., 1941-12-31
American Designers Prove
Their Ability to Create
Very Wearable Attire
Style World Approves Longer
Skirts, Shorter Hair Styles;
Daytime Simplicity Best
By Helen Vosf

This the in the when the fashion department parks
ankles slips off its ooght earrings and
glasses of
months fashion world which hurled 1t
self into l94l still reeng from overdose OF Vnye leopard non
trends introduced In
stick around others already gone
and forgotten. ~
For instance the the patriotic
American flags all
serious patriotism everywhere the super
namboysnt flag waving has goneand with has dsa
the precious symbols OF democracy
the real test Of the designers any 10
beautifully slender Silhouette
was most important continue be- believe The slop
lived to
definite sotne shoulder lines
slit skirt and dresboh beloved OF the
Evening star., 1941-12-31
Use Of Egg Will Improve
Flavor of Hot Rolls

stand five minutes. Scald the milk,
dissolve in it the salt and remaining
sugar and cool until lukewarm. Beat
the egg and melt the shortening.
Measure cups sifted flour into mix
ing bowl, then add the softened
yeast and lukewarm milk mixture.
Beat until smooth. Add the egg and
shortening Qukewarm) and beat
again. Then stir in just enough
more flour until mixture is almost
too stiff to beat with mixing spoon.
Beat we'll Let rise in a warm place.
until just doubled. Turn it onto
Toured board. Shape as desired and
place in creased pans. Let rise in
warm place until doubled. Bake Is
to 20 minutes in a hot oven, 400 to
AIS degrees F.
Yield: 18 Parker House rolls cut
with 21a-inch cutter.
Evening star., 1941-12-31

Much advice is given to wives
about how to help their husbands.
Very little is ever said to husbands
about how to help their wives. Yet
marriage is an even more comph-
Gated and difficult job for women
than it is for men, and wives need
a helping hand from their mates
just as much as husbands do from
theirs. They rarely get 1t, however,
for most men live and die in the
firm belief that all that woman
needs to make her perfectly happy
is a wedding ring; that their own
wives have been blessed beyond their
deserts in getting them for hus-
bands, and that doing the cooking,
washing, ironing. mending, patching
and baby-tending for large family
is just a lightsome diversion. Prob
ably there isn't woman in the
world whose husband hasn't told her
that he wished he could have things
as easy as she does, and who hasn't
asked her what on earth she did
with her time. Naturally, believing
that his wife has got her hearts
desire and is leading a life of
Sybaritic ease, friend husband has
felt that she didn't need any assist
ance. But such is far from the
case. Every wife needs a crutch to
lean on, and when she is peevish
and fretful and complaining, nine
times out Of ten 1t is just the sos
call she is sending out to her hus-
band for help.
But, the husband will ask, how
can I help my wife? Well, first and
foremost, because that is the most
important thing in life to her, keep
on being lover. Don't expect her
to be enough of a mind reader to
know that she is the only woman in
the world to you and that you think
she is more beautiful than any
glamour girl If you never mention
the state of your affections to her
and she could not pry compli-
ment out of you with Jimmy. Put
your feelings into words, man. Tell
her so. A little jollying will make
her happy, and a happy wife is
good wife.
Show some appreciation OF all the
work and thought she puts into
making you comfortable. Don't COB
BILE down the good dinner she spent
hours preparing without a word of
praise. Don't fail to tell her what
a f1nancier she is when she does
unbelievable things with the budget.
Don't be chary of telling her what
a help she is to you. You have no
idea how it will pep up her morale.
The reason 50 many wives slack
down Is because they don't see any
sense In working themselves to death
for a husband who never notices
what they do.
Keep your wife contented by do
ing something actively to keep her
interested and amused. Don't as
sumo that she never wants to see
anything but the inside of her home,
and that she gets all the thrills she
wants out Of watching the baby
sleep. The Tired Housewife Is just
as real parsonage as the Tired
Evening star., 1941-12-31

4iS uiiol1CIICu SIlll lJIICIUy VI IL oil
IS its greatest appeal, but don't think
for minute this Just happens. ="
1t is carefully planned and the de-
tails watched with an avid eye that
is not as necessary when satiny sur
faces and decorated furniture take
the mind off essentials.
Wide exposed beams in a ceiling
are not left in their original state
just out of the mill, but have their
surfaces redressed by hand with an
ADJ. This is skilled labor and when
done correctly turns out a surface
that is uneven and modelled to the
touch but has never a splinter or
rough spot to mar its surface. Plas-
ter between the beams may be laid
on the best metal lath, but its final
coat is troweled on so that the
Evening star., 1941-12-31

finished job does not show the alb
solute precision and sharp angles
of modern plasterers' tools. Present
day equipment and materials are
handled to make a background
keyed to the furnishings.
This new household is unpreten-
tious and unassuming. 1t neither
puts up front" nor puts on An
act" 1t Is honest and true, based
on good bedrock kind of living.
More than anything else, 1t Is easy
to live In and Joy to care for.
This calls for no abject slavery to
antiques, to wobbly legs and delicate
surfaces that cannot be used except
on party occasions. Men, women and
children slip right into this back
ground and act as though they had
lived there all their lives. What
more perfect setting could one ask
for the busy days that are ahead of
all of us?
If you are just starting out. or
changing your way Of living into
something simpler and less demand
ing, this may be just what you are
seeking. A wide, comfortable house,
with nice stone and brick work ex-
posed. expertly hewn beams and fine
random width tongue and groove
boards, are used frankly for their
own intrinsic value as decoration is
the setting. Dressed up with cop
per, brass and fine china, either
antique or modern, and furnished
with a combination Of wide modern
sofas, comfortable fine wood tables
and chairs with all the gay color Of
calico, chintz and painted cup
boards, 1t is delight to behold.
You can be yourself In this type
Of house, your most gracious and
delightful self, and consequently at
tract your friends to your f1reside.
Evening star., 1941-12-31
New Period Design Most Important Development Decoration oda
Fricassee Of
Chicken Is
Popular
Plain Dumplings
Add Goodness
To Fine Dish

Most folks agree that you have to
more goodness than brown fricaSsee
with generous helpings of rich fla
vored chicken gravy, feather-h light
dumplings and peas, sweet, tender
and mellow. A meal, indeed, that is
square, simple, and best of all, in
expensive Try crisp rolls, tray OF
relishes, Brown Betty and a bever-
age for the complete menu.
For the chicken start with ive-
pound fowl (stewing hem, disjointed
to give drumSticks, 2 thighs, 3
breast pieces, Q back pieces, neck
and giblets. In markets where cut
up chicken Is available, you may
choose your favorite pieces.
Cook the dumplings over simmer
ing water or over the chicken after
the gravy is thickened and seasoned
TO taste.
Canned peas are recommended be-
cause they are inexpensive, popu-
lar vegetable and easy to use. Drain
the contents Of l or 2 cans and heat
peas in melted butter. Use the pea
stock as part Of the liquid in the
gravy.
FRICASSEE OF CHICKEN.
l fowl. cut up.
III teaspoons salt.
tablespoons fat.
4 tablespoons -four.
2 cups stock.
a cup cream.
"a teaspoon ginger.
Cook chicken gently tn safted
water to just cover. until tender,
IL to 2 hours. Drain thoroughly.
Flour lightly and brown in butter.
Place on hot serving platter while
gravy is being made. To prepare
gravy pour off excess fat in skillet,
leaving 3 tablespoons. Add -four and
stir until it bubbles. Add stock and
cream and stir until it thickens. Add
ginger and season to taste with salt
and pepper. Yield, six servings.
PLAIN DUMPLINGS.
2 cups sifted all-purpose -four.
4 teaspoons baking powder.
q teaspoon salt.
l egg beaten.
- to a cup milk
Sift dry ingredients into bowl.
Combine egg and milk and mix into
-four mixture. Do not mix thor
oughly, but leave rather rough. Drop
from spoon into sinmering salted
water Il teaspoon to a quart Cover.
steam about 10 minutes. Remove
promptly with wire whisk or skim
mer. Yield, IL 3-inch dumplings-
cooked size.
Evening star., 1941-12-31
Size

ham. percales or calico. Make 1t
in challis, taffeta or wool crepe for
parties.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1928
is designed for sizes 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10
years. Size requires 2A yards 35-
inch material. Collar and cuffs re-
quire u yard 35-inch contrasting
material and 2 yards edging.
Planning a new wardrobe? Look
for latest suggestions in our spring
fashion book, q catalogue Of latest
styles. Send Is cents for your copy
today.
Evening star., 1941-12-31
Gas Burners

Each little opening in gas burners
should burn a steady blue fame.
Have just enough flame to keep
liquids at boiling point. Boiling
LIQUIDS are no hotter when boiling
rapidly than when boiling slowly.
Evening star., 1941-12-31
0.PURPoSE
= MEDICINE

makes breathing difficult, put Spur.
pose Vicks Va-tro-nol up each nostril.
Va-tro-nol does 3 important things.
soothes irritation, 90 relieves tram
sient nasal congestion. It brings moro
comfort, makes breathing easier, thus
invites sleep ". = And remember, 1t helps
prevent many ~0
colds developing II ,-
used in time. Fol- TXS ~
low directions IN ~. -0A MAJ
folder. Val Jk0'WOk
Evening star., 1941-12-31
Removing Paint

Apply paint remover with brush.
When paint begins to curl remove
with putty knife. Remover takes
time and cannot be hurried.
Evening star., 1941-12-31
Buttonholes

Buttonholes made with a fine
crochet thread do not tear out as
easily as those made with ordinary
sewing thread and can be made
faster.
Evening star., 1941-12-31
Clean REFRIGERATOR

Use lukewarm water and borax to
wash out your refrigerator. This
keeps it sweet and clean. also, a
piece Of charcoal kept on one of the
shelves will absorb all odors.
Evening star., 1941-12-31
IF YOUR NOSE
CLOSES UP"
TONIGHT

Here's mighty
good news II
your nose "closes
I'm" f0nipht. and
Evening star., 1941-12-31
By Baroness Phantom

BY BarOneSS Pf0nfONf
making crocheted lace
which just takes Of everything This apurpoe design Is
suitable abecos bedspreads chair sets We
particularly handmade curtains
truly
directions for the above.
Send Needework Editor Of The Evening
Evening star., 1941-08-30
Funeral Services Held
For Col. John F. CIapham

Col John F. Clapham, who died
yesterday at Walter Reed Hospital,
was buried today in Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery. following services
at Fort Myer gate, with full military
hOnorS.
Col. Clapham, a native of New
York, served in the Army as an en-
listed man from 1898 to 1901, when
he accepted a commission as a sec
ond lieutenant of infantry. He
served in the Inspector Generals s
Department from 1920 to 1922 and
later in the Adjutant Generals
Office. He was made a colonel in
1888 and retired last October.
Honorary pallbearers named were
Mai. Gen. Peter c. Harris, Brig. Gen.
J. A. Ulio, Brig. Gen. w. C. Rose,
Col. ]. T. Conrad, Col. T. H. Lowe
and Col Paul T. Hayne
Col. Clapham made his home In
Plattsburg, N. Y.
Evening star., 1941-08-30
Norwoy's Ships of Freedom
Sailors Are Guests of Envoy
40 Officers and Men Tour Washington,
With Lips Sealed on Ferryine Aid to Britain

of roses and left them at Lincoln's
feet. Men with swastikas on their
arms tried to break it up and peo-
pie were hurt.
From there they went to Pook's
Hill to see for themselves the stone
house in Bethesda where Crown
Princess Martha finds peace and
quiet until things settle down. After
that there was the Legation, an ap-
petizer with Mr. Morgenstierne and
then dinner in The Evening Star
cafeteria as guests of the paper.
Lips Sealed.
1t is no easy thing TO talk to
these Norwegians-that is to talk
pointedly. They need no censors.
Somebody has impressed them with
the importance of their mission
and their lips are sealed.
Ask something about their trips
over and the stock reply is Nice
town you've got here" Their officers
loosened up a bit. One of them
went so far as to say he'd been 60
ing back and forth for a year and
hadn't seen sign of war yet. An
other said the English Channel was
mot bad at all now. 1t seems that
the Stukas aren't as much in evil
dence as they were earlier in the
war and the sea lanes near Britain
are not so dangerous as before. But
that's all
Norway Is fighting for its inde-
pendence and these men are doing
their share. They undoubtedly
know lot of good stories but they
aren't talking One of them
was friendlier than most. but still
didn't have much to say. He waved
goodbye. Two fingers aloft form
ing what could be taken for Moth
ing other than a V.
Evening star., 1941-08-30
29th Division Groups
Weigh Resolutions
10 War
Association Delegates
To Elect Officers at
Session Tomorrow

Delegates to the 29th Division As
sociation Convention in the Willard
Hotel today settled down to the
business of committee meetings pre-
paratory to the election OF officers
and adoption of resolutions tomor-
row.
Resolutions are expected to be
offered on national and interna-
tional affairs as they pertain to the
war. Several delegates expressed
the opinion at least one resolution
concerning Army morale would be
brought before the committee or
presented on the convention floor.
The convention got under way last
night at reunion party for which
the Willard ballroom was renamed
the Cafe Chinstrap, According to
Goth Division tradition its World
War commander, Maj. Gen. Charles
G. Morton, insisted his men wear
their chinstraps at the regulation
military angle, and thus in his honor
the veterans renamed the scene of
their party.
Following a sightseeing tour to
Mount Vernon at 2 o'clock today the
convention was to be opened form
ally with greetings from District
Commissioner Mason and Maj. Gen
P. G. Harris, retired, wartime ad-
jutant general. This was to be fol-
lowed by a National Executive Com
mittee meeting.
The banquet tonight will De ad-
dressed by Chairman Reynolds of
the Senate Military Affairs Com
mittee; Senator Tydings, Democrat
of Maryland and former Gov. Har-
old Hoffman of New Jersey.
The program tomorrow begins
with memorial services at the Tomb
of the Unknown Soldier and at the
grave of Gen Morton in Arlington
National Cemetery. At 2 pm. the
election of officers and adoption OF
resolutions will be held. The days
activities will conclude with a gen.
eral get-together at the Veterans
Club.
Evening star., 1941-08-30
Meade Troops Will Start
Field Problems tuesday

By the Associated Press.
FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md,
Aug. 30.-After their Labor Day
holiday, officers and men Of the 29th
Infantry Division will take to the
field for the first time as a unit
Tuesday afternoon.
They will remain at bivouac
area outside the Fort Meade reser-
vation Tuesday and Wednesday. de-
voting the period to field problems
in preparation for two months Of
maneuvers in North Carolina this
fall.
Returning to the division area
Thursday, they will be reviewed the
following day by Undersecretary Of
War Robert p. Patterson.
Another three-day maneuver pc
riod will be held the following week.
The division goes to the A. p. Hill
Military Reservation in Caroline
County, Va, September Is. Two
weeks later it will proceed to Wades-
boro, N. c., for corps and army man
euvers lasting until December.