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Evening star., 1941-01-01
Our Sincere
Prayers Are
For Peace
Good Will of Men
Is Essential for
All Progress :.
BY ANGELO PATRI.

This is Wishing Day. l make a
good wish for you and you make
one for me and the great family of
America is bound in ties of good
will on this New Year Day. What
shall We wish for each other?
First, I am sure, in each heart
is the wish for peace on earth and
good will toward men. We want
peace. We wish for it, we pray for
it with all the fervor of our being.
We hope we may have it without
using the sword to win it, but if We
must, We will, and always with the
wish for the peace that is based on
the good will of mankind.
That good will is founded on
the character of the peoples Of the
earth. Morality is the spiritual
force that must and will control
the feeling and action of mankind
Truth must be honored; considera-
ton for the rights and feelings of
others must be a matter of course
throughout the world the sacred
IthingS-religion, freedom of the in
dividual, freedom of living in every
phase of eXiStence-must be cher
ished and maintained at whatever
cost. Only when these essentials are
preserved to all men can peace come
to earth and rest there. There can
be no peace when people distrust
one another. Morality is basic to the
confidence that begets good will.
Good will expresses itself in
gracious manners. There will be
no calling of harsh names, no acts
of violence, no roughshod trampling
of the beauty and grace of the spirits
of men. Courtesy will come back to
soften the words and gentle the
actions of men because there will be
only gentleness in their hearts
toward one another.
There will be health in us when
we dedicate ourselves to this peace.
A spirit at peace with itself is a
benediction upon the body. The
friction and tension of struggle are
unhealthy and bring illness, fatigue
and general unf1tness in their train
Peace in oneself is tonic to the whole
being, and there is nothing that so
stimulates healthy successful action
as that happy state of mind which
expresses the contented mind.
This, then, is my New Year
wish. Peace to you and to all
mankind through you. Choose to.
day the course that you mean to
follow through this year. Settle any
doubts that are in your mind and
clear the way for the forward march
you must make.
If you are worrying about what
may happen tomorrow, let 60
Worry kills the body, weakens the
spirit and destroys all chances OF
peace in yourself. If you can
mend the matter do so and forget
it; if you cannot mend 1t, never
mind it.
We have to deal only with the
present moments demands. If
we do that as well as we are able
and keep to that plan of doing,
we will be doing the best possible
for ourselves and others and we
can be at peace with ourselves.
We can leave the things that are
beyond our horizon to come along
| in their turn, certain that when
they do arrive we shall be able to
deal with them as we have been
able to deal with those that came
| to us in their time.
Peace to you, peace to us all; the
living, growing, doing peace OF the
released and dedicated spirit, this
new year.
Evening star., 1941-01-01
By BARBARA BELL.

II takes a slim young creature
with wasp-like waist to wear this
frock to best advantage-for juniors
it's truly an inspired style. Below
the shoulder yoke, and the waiStllne
in front, stitched pleats break into
f1attering fullness. This frock &C
cents the smallness of small waist,
makes you look nicely rounded over
the bosom and covers up your collar
bones with high reckline finished
with turnover collar. You'll love 1t
for college and runabout in wool
crepe, spun rayon, fiat crepe or tai
lored print-later on in colorful cot
tons
For the belt and to trim the COL
lar, choose black or sharply con-
trasting color, to match your gloves
and your casual hat. Detailed sew
chart with pattern.
Pattern No. 1241-B is designed for
sizes II, l3, Is, II and 19. Corre-
kponding bust measurements 70, 81,
Evening star., 1941-01-01

bags is better of than her pampered
sisters vino have grown weak wIlled
and weak in body. OF course there
is a limit 10 the physical labor a
woman can stand, but many Of Us
have never begun to tap the energy
we have waiting for use.
A wise prophet once Mortified a
world by loudly stating that war
would always be a necessity because
man grows weak and i'll when he
has nothing left to fight for. But
there is some truth in his statement
for too many luXurIes are Grip
ping, asS-consciousness is degrad-
ing and unused bodies grow un-
healthy. War is a challenge to
strength.
Instead OF cringing from the prob
lens Of our immediate economic
future women should welcome the
test thus offered them. They and
their children can grow stronger by
dong more and fretting less, and q
greater value VIII be placed on peace
If all must work to preserve the
freedom Of our country which has
softened lis through its goodness!
Evening star., 1941-01-01

eye is a product of at least half a
million years development. Through
all these years it has been called
upon to function outdoors in broad
daylight Suddenly, literally over
night, so far as the life Of mankind
is concerned, eyes are brought in
doors and expected to do eXacting
work IN relatively dim light. Light
ing engineers, realizing the strain
we are placing upon our eyes. in
vented a simple meter to measure
the intensity Of light. The unit used
to express light intensity is called
the foot candle. This is the amount
of illumination which a standard
size candle will cast upon surface
one foot away. This meter takes the
guessWork out of lighting problems.
We discover that on a sunny day
out of doors the meter measures
10000 foot candlepoWer, and that
in the interior of the average home
today the meter measures but five
foot candlepOWer. The difference
is so tremendous that it is little
Evening star., 1941-01-01

tor Of the gift certificates which
stores now issue during the Christ
mas season. Gloves being very eX-,
pensive, it meant much TO a woman
to be given money with which to
buy them.
The same held true of pins. which
at one time were in the class Of
luxury articles Although the sig
nihcance of the phrase has widened
so greatly pin money" was Just
that. OF course, there had been
pins of sort since way back. bat
up until the beginning Of the l800s
it took the labor Of l3 or IA different
persons to complete the little article,
which kept up the price.
Like other manufactured items,
pins came TO the American Colonies
from England, and we read that III
1775 the stern young Congress offered
premium Of 50 pounds for the first
25 dozen domestic pins. equal to
those Of the imported variety. PIpS
evolved through bone. wood and
silver, to metal. and while Catherine
Howard, one Of Henry WIS Queens,
is credited with introducing the brass
wire pin from France in 1540. it was
not till 1926 that it was manufac--
tured in England.
John Ireland Howe, a physician Of
New York City. invented a machine
for making perfect headed pins,
in 1881. A company was formed TO
work according to his patent and
after some years moved to Connec-
ticut. which is still said to be the
center of the industry in the United
States.
Evening star., 1941-01-01

wonder eye strain is an almost uni
verSal ailment.
The quality of light is as impor-
tant as the quantity. There should
be no sharp contrasts and no glare,
direct or reflected. Many of us
were brought up with the old-fash-
ioned student lamp which spot
lighted the white page of the book
We were reading and left the rest
of the room in darkness. The con-
trast between the glare of light re-
flected from the white sheet OF
paper and the outer darkness is
very fatiguing to the eye.
The retina of the eye is forced
to contract and expand continu-
ously to cope with this difference in
light intensity 1t is easy to see
why diffuSed light is more pleas
ing and restful This can best be
obtained by using several sources
of light; several lamps, a ceiling
fixture and wall brackets or built-in
lighting all in one room. The result
is a room filled with warm, lumin-
GUS glow, the elimination of the
sharp contracts which fatigue the
eyes and the pointing up of all the
beauty spots in the room.
Before planning the lighting of
any room, consider its use A liv-
ing room is usually a double -pur-
pose room. 1t is used to receive and
entertain guests and also as a place
for the various members of the
family to read. sew or write. When
planning the lighting, be sure that
there is adequate light for these
activities placed where it is most
natural and convenient for each
one to take place Make the
lighting flexible so that it can be
dim or brilliant. From the deco
rative angle it is important that
the general illumination be soft
and restful, though the depth Of
color in a fine painting may be
brought out with subtle indirect
lighting. Points of light from beau
tifully designed lamps, themselves
a work of art, also give accent to
the room.
The early darkness of this month
may call many things to your at
tention which you have not noticed
before. and which may easily be
remedied with the aid of a lighting
engineer.
Evening star., 1941-01-01
Salute to the Style-Sette15

Greetings to all the children Of fashion
Who 90 around creating clothes With a paSSic
Blessings on friend Gern1aine Monteu,
Wilson FOl1ar and Lilly Dache.
Here's cheer for Walter FloreH,
And tender thoughts for Henri Bendel
Solicitations to Mainbocher
And snappy greetings to Cartier.
Our best to Nicole de Paris
And also loue to Grand Duchess Marie
And may the ne1O year be lark
For Sally Victor and Karen Stark
years good 1OiShes for Carmel SnoU,
Some more for Palter de Liso
And may they set their usual PAGES,
Ika and Edna Woolman, the ChdseS.
Helen COOkndn-1UeU not spurn her
Won't skip Jessie Franklin Turner.
Florence Reichnlan, Delman, Creed
May your year be great indeed.
FOndeSt 1UiSheS to Elfredd
And to clever Tina LeSer
EUerythinq that's smart and ne1U
For Picard Renee Montague.
For Alice Hughes year that's chatty.
Luck to Carnegie, our Hattie.
Nettie ROSenStein, q pet,
Here's to you and KiUiette.
For Jane Derby, one large cheer,
And also one for H01Ddrd Greer.
And then happy, hearty hail
For chic John-Frederic, Zoe de Sale.
May you be happy pilgrim
In the style 1Dorld, Sally Milgrim.
Clarepotter, 10 Copeland, l. Miller and Son,
Here's a0ishing you glory all through''41.
TelUe months that 1oH turn out just perfectly s,0eu
For Suaue Valentino and Vera MarUeH
For Josef, La Vale and for Dorothy Shauer
Wen continue to be quite q booster and raver.
And to all of the many 1UelI-knoun others,
StyIe-settng sisters and fashion, -,DiSe brothers,
We can't rhyme your names, but Uish is sincere
For the happiest jolliest BRIGHTEST Ne1u Year!
--HELEN VOGT.
Evening star., 1941-01-01
Uh nnan 1agr ]hra a &rahra rry 1larry Nrm ar
Correct Lighting in Home
Must Provide Useful,
Decorative Aspects
Illumination Now Measured
By Engineers in Terms of
Modern Foot Candles
By MARGARET NOVEL;.

proper lighting home of its greatest decorative
February
% before the study fire for evenings
room, modern lighting i great aid
MANY putting lighting
little heed the remarkable
lighting past has developed rapidly We spend
after dark and their
scheme without thought we leave most of them in semi
Today every
many light conditioning
lnadeQuaey lighted rooms.
1t important to bear two factors in mind when planning the
lighting light for
comfort and then to that the light used to enhance the beauty
of your
fundamental facts help make realize the tremendous
place upon inadequate light human
Evening star., 1941-01-01
Gift Giving at New Years
Idea Which Flourished
In Medieval Times
Spectacular Offerings Were
Presented to Sovereisns;
Origin of Pin Money
BY GAEL RENFREW.

nowadays all
originally belonged the The
from the Romans
reaching exravagant proportions in medieval times
determining role this exchange Of
instance sought favor with landlords
of something like fat and subjects Of all aVly
to sovereign
England
February 1923 all listed
while the rolls public
touching Edward W. Bloody Mary" Elizabeth
Stuart
the occasion Elizabeth showered
scale The fnery well
subjects presented articles
like Elizabeth that
every roll by Queen
herself and by the officer
include of costly articles ornament
Evening star., 1941-01-01


mentS, caskets studded with pre-
cious stones, necklaces, bracelets,
gowns, embroideries, mantles,
smocks, petticoats, looking glasses,
FANS" and many more items.
Nor was it only by the great Of
the realm that her majesty was re-
membered at this season. "Physi-
clans, apothecaries and others of
lower grade" down to the palace
"dustman." contributed their quota.
Elizabeth's silk-Woman, a certain
Mrs. Montague, presented her royal
mistress at New Year 1861 with a
pair of black silk knit stockings" ,"
little thinking Of what her action
would mean. "Thenceforth." We are
told, "the Queen never wore cloth
hose any more"-and before long
neither did any one else Up to
this time stockings had been made
OF yarn or worsted. coarse material
which necessitated soft footwear in
order not to press on the seams.
Silk stockings. however, prepared
the way for leather boots and shoes.
The era Of spectacular giving to
the sovereign seems to nave ceased
with Elizabeth. although it went on
to some degree before dying out
during the Commonwealth.
To the Scottish people and also in
France New Year Day even a few
years ago far eXcellhd Christmas in
importance, being the tilne when
most presents were given and re-
ceived.
Favorite New Year gifts of a by
gone day were gloves and pins.
Glove money" a sum earmarked for
the purchase Of gloves, is the ances-
Evening star., 1941-01-01

33. 35 and 81. Size 13 (3D requires
with short sleeves, 425 yards of 39-
inch material; long sleeves, 5 yards;
"a yard contrast.
It's ready-our new spring fashion
book-brimming over with lovely
new clothes that you can have, very
economically, by sewing your own
You needn't be an expert needle
woman. The patterns are carefully
sirnplifed and each includes a step
by-step sew chart to guide beginners
Send is cents for your order now!
Evening star., 1941-01-01
Garnish Tip

Do not overgarnish meat plat
ters. When a cut of meat, fowl or
fish needs serving and carving at
the table, the carver should have
elbow room and not be bothered by
too many frtllA
Evening star., 1941-05-04
Community Clubs

Chevy Chase Woman's Club-To-
morrow, II am, social section
business meeting; 8:15 pm, drama
section. Tuesday, l pm, French
section luncheon, 1917 Plymouth
street NV; entertainment pro-
gram. Wednesday, $50 am, ex-
ecutive board, ia Hesketh street.
Thursday, 10 am, nature section
to meet Chevy Chase Circle for
walk to Northwest Run via Sligo.
Marietta Park Women's Club-Tues-
day, 8 pm, with Mrs. Walter H. E.
Jaeger, SIG Whittier street NV.
Silver Spring Woman's Club-Wed-
nesday, 1890 pm, executive
board, Woodside Methodist Church,
Silver Spring, Md; 80 pm, an
nual meeting. election of officers,
Woodside Methodist Church, Sill
yer Spring, Md.
Woman's Club of Arlington-Tomor-
row. IL noon, luncheon, parish hail.
Arlington Methodist Church;
speaker, Ivan N Anderson, Now
Is the Time to Plan and Plant a
Fall Garden"
University Park Woman's Club-To-
morrow, 2 pm, with Mrs. Claude
Fletcher, 8 Lanhardt road, Uni
versity Park, Md; election of Of
ficerS.
Takoma Park Women's Club-Tues-
day, 1890 pm, luncheon. Town
Hall: speakers, Miss Frances
kirkpatrick, Nutrition, Its Re-
lation to HEALTH" music program;
election of oficers.
Evening star., 1941-05-04
d. G.. Pen Women
To List Winners of
Anderson Awards

winners in the annual contests for
the Isabel Anderson awards to mem
bers of the Washington Branch of
the League of American Pen Women
will be announced at a league meet
ing Tuesday at pm. in the studio
in the Grafton Hotel Prizes are
offered in the fields Of art, drama,
journalism, lectures, poetry. radio
and short story.
Additional prizes have been offered
by Clara Rosser Dennis. for a study
on markets, and by Ruth Norcross
Hoxie for loyalty to league
members"
Prize donors, the winners and the
contest judges will be guests of
honor. Mrs. H. Lyle Campbell, the
president, will be assisted in pre-
siding by Mrs. w. Harry King.
special activities chairman. and
Mrs. F. z. CLANCY, creative groups
chairman.
An all-member art exhibition,
comprising pictures, entered in the
contest, will be featured at the final
art tea of the season on Wednesday
from to pm. Mrs. George c.
Gaydash will be in charge and
guests of honor will include the
Judges Miss Susan B. Chase. Miss
Catherine Carter Crichter. Benson
B. Moore and Roger Ritasse.
Prize winning stories submitted in
the contest will be read at the final
meeting of the fiction group Friday
at pm. with Mrs. Eva Grant
Marshall presiding.
Evening star., 1941-05-04
Panel Will Discuss
Government at
Dinner Wednesday

Four members Of Congress will
join four members of the National
League Of Women Voters in panel
discussion on Representative Gov
ernment," planned as a Wednesday
dinner feature of the leagues BIZ
ennial council, to be held Tuesday
through Thursday at the Washing
ton Hotel.
The discussion, which will center
ON The Relation of Congress to
the Executive Branch of the Gov
ernment" and The Relation of the
Congressman to His Constituents,
will be off the record
Speakers will include Senator
Hatch, Democrat, of New Mexico;
Senator Ball, Republican. of Min
nesota; Representative RamSpeck,
Democrat, of Georgia, and Repre-
sentative Crawford, Republican, of
Michigan.
League representatives on the
panel will be Mrs. Paul Eliel of
Stanford University, California, Sec
retary of the National League
board; Miss Ruth Ayres of New
York City, president of the New
York State League; Mrs Ralph w.
Rasmussen of Portland. Greg, pres
ident of the Oregon League, and
Miss Florence Harrison of New
London, Conn, government and its
operation chairman of the Connecti-
cut League.
Mrs. j. Hardin Smith, ir., of Kirk
wood. Mo, chairman of the National
Leagues department of government
and its operation, will act as moder-
ator. Miss Marguerite M. Wells is
National League president.
DR. Ralph Barton Perry. Harvard
University philosophy professor, au-
thor, magazine and newspaper con-
tributor, will address the council at
its closing luncheon. Thursday. DR..
Perry was secretary of the War De-
partment's Committee on Educa-
tion and Special Training with the
rank of major in the last war, was
Hyde lecturer in French universi-
ties in 1921 and 1922. and received
from France the Chevalier Legion
of Honor decoration in 1896. He
will discuss The. Art of Being
Democratic"
Attending the general council will
be the 14-member national board
and the president. one additional
representative and two visitors from
each State league.
Evening star., 1941-05-04
Civic and Study Clubs

Association of University
Women-Today, 8 pm, walk:
$50 pm, candlelight supper;
speaker, Mrs. Otto Torney Simon;
musical program by Jesse Nus
scar, Justine Jones and Lynette
Wells. Tomorrow, pm, tea:
musical program by Floreine Hur-
ley and Miss Edith B. Atley; 7:30
pm, music appreciation; 7:3O
pm, creative writing. Tuesday,
2 pm. and $50 pm, Spanish
study; 7;30 pm, gardening group.
Wednesday, pm, dinner: speak
er, Representative Frances p. Boil
ton. Thursday, II am, book re-
view; 2 pm. and $50 pm, Span
ish; 6 pm, Junior group music
supper. Friday, 7:30 pm, bridge.
Saturday, II noon, French con-
versation; 7:30 pm, sketching
group.
Women's City Club-Tomorrow,
pm, French study class; s pm,
French dinner; 7 pm, French
conversational class. Tuesday, II
am, French class; 1:30 pm,
Bridge; pm. current events;
pm, bridge. Wednesday, 8 pm,
election, business meeting. Fri
day, 1:30 pm, bridge.
Washington Club-Tuesday, II am,
tour of National Geological Park,
beginning at the lion house.
Excelsior Literary Club-Tuesday,
pm, luncheon meeting with Mrs.
Harvey Beaver, 4104 Harrison
street NV. Election of officers.
Evening star., 1941-05-04
A. A. Z. w. to Hold
Programs to Mark
Music Week :

Several programs will be given at
the clubhouse of the American AS
sociation of University Women in
observance of music week.
A supper tonight will be the OPEN
Ing event with talk on Jenny Lind
by Mrs. Otto Torney Simon. Selec-
tons associated with Jenny Lind
will be sung by Justine Jones and
Lynette Wells. The program also
will include several songs by Jesse
Nussear, lyric tenor
A tea tomorrow will be followed
bv a program which will feature
Miss Edith B. Atley, local pianist,
and Miss Floreine Hurley, contralto.
Mrs. Edward H. Horton will be
hostess.
Representative Bolton of Ohio will
be guest of honor and speaker at a
dinner wednesday night. discussing
her experiences as a member of
Congress. Miss nellie L. Ingels,
chairman of economic and legal
status of women, will introduce the
speaker.
The mixers group will make a
tour of the Botanical Gardens this
afternoon under the leadership of
DR.. Anna Ketcham, followed by a
picnic supper. The Junior group
will hold a picnic in Rock Greek
Park Saturday afternoon under the
leadership of Margaret Cook and
Margaret Johnson.
Evening star., 1941-05-04
Future Meetings of Women's Clubs Announced

Womans National Democratic Club
Tomorrow. Ills am, "Informa-
tion Hour" speaker, Adolph A.
Berle, jr., Assistant Secretary of
State, Can the United States
Compete Economically Against
Germany and a Nazi-Dominated
Europe?" Luncheon.
Woman's Club of Sixteenth Street
Highlands-Wednesday, 2 pm,
with Mrs. Pierre M. Bealer, 1927
Longfellow street NV.
Phyllis Lyman Colony of New Eng
land Women-Tuesday, 1890 pm,
with Mrs. william H. Wagner, 81
Drummond avenue, Chevy Chase,
Md, installation of officers.
League of American Pen Women.
District branch-Tuesday, 8 pm,
Prize Award Party" Grafton
Hotel. Wednesday, to s pm,
celebrity tea. Friday, 8 pm, f1c-
ton group.
League of American Pen Women,
Chevy Chase branch-Today, $50
pm, with Mrs. Donna May
Mountford. 5so3 Connecticut ave-
nue. NV, supper for newly elected
officers; honor guests. Senator
George Radcliffe and Mrs. Kathe-
rine Byron.
Washington Alumnae Chapter, Delta
Gamma-Tuesday, with Miss
Helen Dyer, Tflden Gardens; elec-
ton of officers.
Women's Guild of Central Union
Mission-Friday, 6 pm, dinner
and business, Y. w. C. A.; speaker,
Emily Newell Blair, Effect of
National Defense Effort on Status
of American Women"
Pioneer Women for Palestine. Goldie
Meyerson Group-Today, 8 to II
pm, Tel Aviv Bazaar, Jewish
Community Center.
women's Alliance of Al-Souls'
Church-Friday, II am, Sixteenth
and Harvard streets NV: speaker.
the Rev. Paul Yinger, Mark
Twain"
Society of Free Lance Writer'S
Thursday, 8:15 pm, Shoreham
Hotel.
washington wonan's League Of
Gettysburg Collags-TuesdAy, II
Evening star., 1941-05-04
Adas Israel Group
To Hear COlumnist

Constantine Brown. columnist on
foreign affairs for The Star, will
speak at meeting of the Adas Israel
Sisterhood at Sixth and I streets
NV. tomorrow at pm.
The meeting will be Mothers S
Day celebration and following the
address the past presidents will be
presented by Mrs. Abraham Nathan
son, program chairman. with cor
Sages in tribute for their services as
past mothers" of the sisterhood.
The opening prayer will be offered
by Mrs. Leon Tashof, past president,
and Mrs Morton Steinberg will en-
tertain with several readings on
Mothers DaV
Evening star., 1941-05-04
W.C.T.U. Unit Plans
Luncheon Tuesday

The annual birthday anniversary
luncheon of the North Star w. c.
T. U. will be held Tuesday at 1880
pm. at the Hamline Methodist
Church, followed by business
meeting and membership drive. D.
Stuart Patterson will be the guest
speaker and a music program will
be presented, arranged by Mrs.
Robin Gould.
Hostesses will include Mrs. Thomas
Law. Mrs. Harry Claflin, Mrs. G. B.
Douglass. Mrs. George r. Wilhelm,
Mrs. Hugh Brewster, Mrs. J. S. BOYD
and Mrs Chesteen Smith.