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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-04

NEW YORK, Jan. 3.-Dear Kids,
this is a Broadway bedtime story
about teddy-bears. But your ma
and papas are welcome to
glance over your shoulders, if they
want to.
Did you ever stop to think of
the teddy-bear as something that
somebody invented? Or wonder
who invented it?
Well, about six weeks ago a man
named Theodore Bear died in Chi
cago. He was rs years old, and
was credited with being the man
who first thought up the teddy
bear.
But there are other claimants to
this honor. Two years ago there
died in New York a man named
Morris Michtom, who all his life
insisted that he was the one who
o. iginated and popularized the
teddy-bear. His sons, who inner
tied his toy business, persist in
this claim, and they will tell you
today, if you 60 out to their home,
or to any OF their three factories,
that Michtom pere was really the
daddy of the toy teddy-bear.
You will have to admit that the
version has its points. 1t
begins with a coal strike. This
was an important strike, and it
was settled finally by Theodore
Roosevelt, who was President of
the U. S. Teddy was so worn out
after his long parleys with the Of
f:cials and the miners that he went
off on a hunt to recuperate. He
went down the Mississippi, a d
near Smeeds, Miss, according to
historian Mark Sullivan, he bagged
a small bear.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-04

couldn't 60 ahead with your work
because you couldn't be heard"
Burlesque wasn't bad training,
either. Eddie Collins, who was
just getting under way as a movie
comic when he died, was our lat
est recruit from there. James Bar
ton, n Of the several Jeeter
Testers of Tobacco Road" now
in the movies, was a graduate.
Not long ago, on location for
Shepherd of the Hills" Barton
got rid of a souvenir" from his
%burlesque days-and without re-
greet.
It came to him in Baltimore, a
number of years ago. There was a
hotel fire, and Barton nearly lost
his life. He emerged with scars
and a phobia about fire.
His role in the picture required
him to enter a blazing cabin. Bar.
ton went through with it.
henry Runaway, the director,
commended his work. "You actu-
ally looked white under your
makeup" he commented.
II was" said Barton, and then
told of his old experience and the
marks it had left.
Should have told me, ,Jim,"
said Hathaway. I'D have had a
double for you"
Barton shook his head. "I'm glad
you didn't. I've known that some
day I'd have to have this fire
thing out. I've done it, and now
maybe l can sit down in front of
a fireplace and enjoy it
instead of getting the double lit
ters!" *
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-04
Holl Ywood Sights And Sounds
BY ROBIN COONS

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 3.-There's
nothing like it," said John Qualen.
Nothing like the training it gave.
After eight years of it, nothing in
Hollywood could ever feaze me-"
He was talking about chautau-
qua. You don't hear much of il
any more. Once a year, for 20 to
30 days, they still have it-like up
state New York, where this form
of show business had its origin.
But a lot of people you know had
training in it, people like Qualen
and Fritz Leiber and Edgar Ber-
gen and Marjorie Main.
when it died." said John Qua
len, Il went to New York and got
on the regular stage. Then 1 came
TO pictures - but there's never
been anything like chautauqua.
1T took an actor in front of all
kinds of audiences. One night
you'd be playing before a swanky
CLUB IN a city, the next night you'd
be In front Of a group of farmers.
You had to have something to an
peal to everybody. Which is what
the movies are looking for, too. , .
=
played in all kinds of thea
tiers, too, and in tents. We called
1t chautauqua in summer, but it
was 1yceum in winter. In Mt. View,
Ark.-that's Dick Powelrs home
rown-1 remember We played in
a gas-lit courthouse. Once in a
Montana mining town we were do
ing a play. They had gas lamps,
kind that had to be pumped
every so often. The janitor would
pump them in the middle of the
love scenes-never between the
acts. You couldn't stop and wait
for him to finish, because that
would make everybody look at
him instead Of the act-and you
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-04
HARDING's WAS SOMBRE

Probably the most sombre was that of War
rem G. Harding, when the usual inaugural
spirits were sobered by the presence of pitt
fully broken Woodrow Wilson.
For the most part, though, the inaugurals
have been gay, ~colorful affairs. President
Pierce's had the presence of a dozen brilliant
ly uniformed fire companies; Grants first
had the greatest military display the country
ever had seen; the first Roosevelt's the splen-
dor of bands of Indians with old Apache
Gernimo most PROMINENT, scores of cow
boys, smart companies of West Pointers, Puer-
to Ricans and Filipinos in native costumes.
There were $4,000 in the parade. Roosevelt
IT'S third won't be anything like that. The
note again is simplicity-but that won't keep
the crowds away. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-04
Bogdan Philoff
Visits Doctor In Vienna

VIENNA, Jan. 3-tR- Premier
Bogdan Philof of Bulgaria visited
Professor Hans Eppinger, a physi-
clan, today, and was told to re-
turn tomorrow.
(The German radio described DR..
Eppinger as a specialist in intern
al diseases.)
The premier had a quiet lunch
con at the Imperial hotel with q
number of Bulgarian friends.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-04

prophetic gifts we should be inclined to let
well enough alone. One prophecy as splendid
ly sustained as this is enough for any mans
lifetime and it might not turn out as well
again. Much as we would hate to deprive
ourselves Of Mr.. Snyder's gift, it might be
well for him to rest on his laurels and keep
a reputation which nothing could FURNISH any
brighter than it Is.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-04
= Washington Daybook
BY JACK STINNETT

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.-When President
Roosevelt on January 20 rolls up Pennsylvania
avenue from 1900, which is the White House,
to naught-naught, which is the capitol, he'll
be making history. He'll be the first man ever
to take that ride for the same purpose a third
time. But it'll be just another item in the in
augural history books, for inauguration day
has been putting interesting items into the
record from the very first.
When George Washington took the ride the
first time, his Pennsylvania avenue was a
twisted ribbon of mud from Mount Vernon to
the old Federal hall in New York City. 1t took
seven wearisome days to make the journey.
His Inauguration was weeks late. 1t was April
80 before those in charge got around to the
business in hand and the oath was admin
istered by r. R. Livingston, chancellor OF the
city of New York.
The President then went to the Senate cham
Der to make his inaugural address, setting a
cutom which it was presumed would continue
forever. But by 1917, when James Monroe
was inaugurated, the young nation already was
busting out of its traditional weskit and the
ceremonies came out in the open. There were
two reasons; one that the committee in charge
was afraid the new capitol building wasn't
strong enough to avoid collapse under the
weight Of the assembled multitude; the other
that the Senate and House had got into such a
row over the distribution of tickets that the
only out was to move into the great open
spaces where there would be room for more
tickets.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-04
Quotations

There is no liberty for all men unless all
are obedient. Frederick E. Crane, former
judge Of N. Y. Court of Appeals.
Santa Claus. What a man! For years I've
been paying all the bills and he gets all the
credit. Justice Frederick L. Hackenburg
Queens Special Sessions judge.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-04
= Fair Enouuh

The Star wishes its readers
to know that views and opin-
ions expressed in this article
are those Of the author and
may not always harmonic
with its position The Editor.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-04

Over-production of lard in 1889
and loss Of foreign markets has
given the United States a large
surplus.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-04
TOP o. THE MORNING

o God, our help in ages past,
Our hope for gears to come,
Our shelter from the stormy blast,
And our eternal home.
HYMN
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-04
DIED MONTH AFTERWARDS

William Henry Harrison Q841), the grizzled
old Indian warrior of SO mmer rode up
the avenue on his white charger in a raw wind
and stood hatless and without overcoat for
hours in the frigid weather while the ceremony
dragged out. A month later he was dead from
pneumonia. Ever since then, they have been
talking about taking the inaugural back in
doors, but nobody has figured out yet where
a building could be found big enough to pre-
vent another congressional smuggling match
over tickets.
Thomas Jefferson, the first president in
augurated in Washington, escorted by a COM
pany of Virginia riflemen, walked across the
stump-studded clearing from his boarding house
on New Jersey avenue to his Inauguration and
then it was over, walked back to his boarding
house, refusing to take up residence in 'that
half-finished executive mansion a mile away
there in the swamp"
With the exception of President. Roosevelt S
Inauguration four years ago, President Polk
in 1845 and Benjamin Harrison's in 1889 were
probably the wettest. Polk made his speech
Ito a sea of umbrellas and Harrison's tri-
umphal march was described as "a sodden,
rain-soaked parade through pools of water"
James Madison took his ride from his home
in Georgetown in clouds of choking dust kicked
up by two troops of cavalry that acted as his
escort.
Evening star., 1941-09-17
Tomorrow You'll Wear

Jeweled bugs, straight from the Vic
torian era, to pin on your sleeve,
your glove or on any part of your
gown
Evening star., 1941-09-17

keep silence and a time to speak.
A time 10 love and a time to hate.
A time of war and time of peace"
Yet in all this talk about the i'm
portance of picking the psychology
cal moment in which to act. no one
says a single word about domestic
timing, but nowhere else in the
world is there such need for it as
in the home circle. For it isn't so
much what husbands and wives
and parents and children say and
do to each other that breaks up
families as it Is when they say it.
If you will recall. all of the
domestic fights in which you have
assisted, either as a cOmbatant or
an innocent bystander, you will
realize that bad timing was at the
bottom Of every one of them. Some
thing was said or done at the
wrong moment that precipitated the
conflict, which if done or said at
more auspicious hour would have
been regarded as mere pleasantly.
This is particularly true of hus-
bands and wives. Naturally, no man
and woman can live together in
the close intimacy OF marriage
without finding faults to criticize
in each other. but whether. when
they mention their little defects to
the partners of their bosoms. the
result is reformation or divorce de-
pends altogether upon their sense
of timing.
When man. for instance, has
pulled off a good deal and is feel
ing cheSty and full of prunes and
ego, he will say, 'All right, darling,
I'll be more careful. Sweet of you
TO remind me- when his wife tells
him that his table manners are
taboo in the etiquette book, or
warns him not to sing III public
or try to tell humorous stories. But
let her say exactly the same thing
TO him some day when business has
been bad and his nerves fretted to
fiddleStringS and he feels like a
worm, anyway, and his response
almost sends her back TO mother.
Same way with women. When a
woman is fresh from the beauty
shop, with new hair-do and the
latest thing in makeup and has
on a becoming gown, she listens
amiably while her husband tells
her about some stunning beauty he
has just seen. But when she has
a sick headache. or has been clean
ing house and has on sloppy wrap
per, she wants to tear his eyes out
if he even mentions a woman un-
der 80.
Every man knows from expe-
rience that how his wife takes bad
news depends on when he breaks
it to her, and that the things she
will raise ructions over at one time
she will laugh over at another
Every wife knows that only woman
who is looking for trouble shows
her husband her new hat or tells
him that mother is coming for a
nice long visit before he has had
his dinner.
Yet, knowing these things, hus-
bands and wives refuse to use the
safety clutch of timing in dealing
with each other.
Evening star., 1941-09-17
Dorothy Dix Says 80
Bad Domestic Timing at Bottom
Of Many Heartaches in Home

A great deal is said in these days
about the importance of timing.
We are told that the success of a
play, or a movie, or an opera, or a
dance sequence depends largely upon
its timing; that timing is vital
in a radio script; that it means
victory or defeat in a battle, and
so on and so on Even the Bible
stresses the Importance of timing,
for it says: To everything there
is a season, and a time to every
purpose under the heavens. A time
TO be born and time to die. A
time to kill and time to heal: a
time to break down and a time to
build up, a time TO weep and a
time to laugh; time 10 mourn and
time to dance; a time TO get
and time 10 lose; time to keep
and time'to cast away; a time to
rend and time to SOW; a time to
Evening star., 1941-09-17
Latest Word About
Weight Reduction

The Complete Weight Reducer," :"
recently published by Harvest House
of New York, is a diet and reducing
book that is really different" Its
author, c. j. Gerling, does not hesi-
tate to call a spade not only spade
but a steam shovel, when it comes
to digging up and debunking all
the so-called remedies for excess
avoirdupois foisted upon a gullible
public. Within the books pages you
may learn exactly how much value
you can place upon that wonder
full" system you've thought of spend
ing dollars and time on-and it is
a safe bet that Mr.. Gerling's little
work is going to cause a lot of dis
comfort to those who fatten their
pocketbookS on the blind trust of
those who wish to thin their figures.
For the intelligent dieter, how
ever, the book has plenty of helpful
information. There are tables and
tables and tables-every angle of the
overweight problem is discussed in
detail. You may work out your own
salvation from the suggestions
within the volume-and you will
learn to steer clear of the "quack-
cries" that won't do you any good
and may, all too probably, do you a
great deal of harm. B..
Evening star., 1941-09-17
| Why Grow
|Old?
BY Josephine Lo1cman

WHY GROW OLD has neglected
sweet young things in their early
teens for some time now. This may
be the reason for the recent influx
of letters from 15-year-olds asking
advice about this and that.
The most frequent inquiries are
about dieting for overweight and
pimp!es. Many young girls who are
chubby in their 18th, 14th and even
18th years and have a difficult time
locating a waistline. will outgrow
this tendency. A year or so later
may see them heightened into
curved slimnesS.
However, if your overweight is
more than chubbinesS there are
things you can do. Become inter-
ested in sports, live an outdoor life
and take figure -molding exercises.
You can leave off gravy, cream
sauces, soda fountain wonders, fried
foods, pastries, rich candies and
desserts. You can take orange or
tomato juice at the corner drugstore
and cut down on the amount of
bread you consume. You can also
decrease the size of your portions.
You must keep a quart Of milk in
your daily diet, retain your whole
grain cereals and eat fruit, vege-
tables and lean meat as well as SIM
pie desserts. If your overweight is
extreme and this plan doesn't aid
you then see physician.
The skin is oilier during adoleScent
years than it is at other times. For
this reason wash your face several
times a day with soap and water to
avoid pimples. Cutting out rich
foods also will help!
If you wish to have large
variety of suggestions which ap-
ply to your particular age, send
Scent, stamped, self addressed
envelope with your request for
my Ieafiet. POPULARITY, to
Josephine Lowman in care of The
Evening Star.
Evening star., 1941-09-17
Unusual Finishes to Blend
With Room Decorations
Help the Homemaker
Durable Lacquer Makes New
Types Easy to Keep Clean;
Tone Quality Excellent
By Marsaref NOaceH

The best time
all in the mood for learning
child should
for will be than interested small complete
The photograph
wall decoration well musical
Time when the baby grand took of the family living
upright with shiny black finish the offending
otherwise attractive But baby today be
picked well the
furnishings of house.
necessarily have to
daughter pursuing musical
which little hard the family after day. why not put
surroundings
peaceful atmosphere and the daily paccng will
of usually small only
chair guests madys
Evening star., 1941-09-17
Some Visitors
Are Entirely
Too Precise
Expect Too Much
Attention From
Their Hostess
By Emily Post

Few situations are more puZzllng
or Vexing to me than the hurt
feeling attitude displayed by sup
poSedly intimate friends, sometimes
even members of a family, who seem
to expect extraordinary attentions.
An example of what l mean is given
by a reader who writes: My brother
and his wife, her sister and her
sisters husband came to stay with us
from Friday TO Monday. We live in
the country on a lake. The weather
was beautiful. There was bathing,
sailing, clock golf, dozens Of mag
azines. phonograph, a radio and
plenty TO eat.
Sunday after lunch my brother
asked me to drive him over TO see
mother. who lives quite near US,
but almost never sees my 'brother.
I said of course I would. We asked
if any others wanted TO go with US,
but they didn't. We were gone less
than two hours, during which my
husband was with the others. l
have since been given to understand
that I was very rude i'll running
away. Was I, Mrs. Post? Such a
thing never occurred to mel
Nor could it possibly occur to any
one else" is the only answer | can
give under the circumstances you
describe, my dear Mrs. Hostess In
the first place, your reason for going
wes far better than any for staying.
In the second place, you asked them
to go with you, and in the third
place, your husband was home. Even
if your husband had gone away
somewhere, surely your SiSter-l in
law could have looked after her own
family for a short while. In other
words, what would having house
guests mean if one had to behave
for three days and evenings as
though one were for IS or 20 min
utes receiving formal afternoon
visitors!
Dear Mrs. Post-I am a nursery
governess and take care of two
children. We have been living in a
camp. but We eat our meals in the
neighborhood at a boarding house
run by very charming widow. The
surroundings are lovely and the
meals excellent. When We leave at
the end of this week l am wonder
ing whether it would be proper for
me to give this woman a gift and
some money to each of her two
servants-one for cooking our meals
and the other for waiting on table
Answer-If you have been alone
with the children, then yes, OF
course. But if your employers have
| also been taking their meals at
the boarding house, then they alone
are expected to give these gratuities
In this case nothing more than a
polite goodby with whatever words
of praise or thanks you feel like
giving would be expected of you
or be even proper.
So many requests have been
made for copies of my article on
details concerned with training
camps behavior of visitors and
presents for the mem that 1
have had it printed as a leaflet
and will be very glad to send II
to any one who sends me a self
addressed, three e-cent stamped
envelope in care of this paper.
Leaflets cannot be mailed un-
less self addressed envelope
bears correct amount of postage.
Evening star., 1941-09-17
Recently Offered Beauty
Aids Can Be Used Easily
With Great Success
Spray Deodorant Among
Products for Winter Use;
Nail Liquid Is Excellent
BY Helen TOgf

automobile that down by merely pulling lever
station the button
beauty industry felt
they have
smpifed living
They demand cosmetics which used
quickly efortleSsly and of course, effectively.
have led
cleansing saturated with
product called
Those
devoted wrestling with tightly
can be saved pressing bulb wng
odo on quickly surely.
the
both
overlooked the application
Evening star., 1941-09-17
Veal and Ham Pot Pie

2 pounds veal shoulder.
y pound smoked ham.
y cup finely sliced onion.
3 cups diced potatoes.
"A cup sliced celery
l tablespoon Worcestershire sauce,
Salt and pepper.
Pastry or baking powder biscuits,
Cut the meat into 1-inch cubes.
Roll in flour and brown in hot lard,
Put this, together with vegetables,
into buttered baking dish Season
with salt and pepper and Worcester
shire sauce. Cover and cook for one
hour in a slow oven 300 degrees F. -
Top with baking powder biscuits or
pastry crust and return TO mod
erately hot oven 400 degrees F.
until the top is baked.
Serve mixed vegetable salad.
stewed fruit for dessert and milk
as the beverage.
Evening star., 1941-09-17
Bv Barbara Bell

II you want to try the new dropped
vaistline in a dress which is de-
cidedly new and different send for
pattern No. 1465-B today and be
first to wear one of the season s most
talked-of fashions. Slender through
the waist, the bodice of this dress
extends in the new long line to
point Just at the top of the hips
where the skirt is attached. The
fattering soft fullness of the gath
cred treatment at the neckllne is
repeated in the group of gathers
which gives the skirt front fullnesS,
too.
You'll be mighty proud of yourself
when you finish this dress and yet,
in spite Of its expensive look it is
really easy to make. The smooth
yoke in front may be richly adorned
with jeweled buttons. You'll like
the way the dress may he adjusted
to your own figure with the side
sashes which tie in back
This is a smart, sophisticated dress
which you'll enjoy making in rich
Evening star., 1941-09-17

We mention it at this time, not only
because it's a new and interesting
item but also because too many
women neglect their deodorants and
nti-perSpirantS when cooler wealth.
er arrives-and that's a great mis-
take. Use this aid as faithfully in
the winter as in the summer and,
if you have a moment, put bottle
on friend husbands bathroom shelf.
It's ideal for men.
A while back. we mentioned the
demand for speed and efficiency
which has hit cosmetics, and 1t
occurs to us suddenly that another
new product is filling the bill along
this line. It's cOlorleSs liquid
brought out by one Of the best
known manufacturers of nail aids
and it really does all the things they
say it will
Here's the idea: This liquid is ap-
piled TO the nails after polish is put
on. while it's still wet. in fact. Be
lieve it or not, it cuts drying time
in just about half! We've been
using it for several weeks and have
found it wonderful when you want
to dry your nails in hurry-Which
means all the time. However, this
wonderful feature isn't all there
is TO it, The liquid used over your
polish gives it nice shiny look
and helps protect the manicure
chipping Is not eliminated. but it's
lesSened. Finally, put the liquid
under the tips OF your long nails.
1t will harden there and form a
protective coating, thus making the
nail thick and less likely to break
off. You can apply the coating a
couple OF times a week. if you like,
to keep your manicure looking fresh
and very much in shape. We're
definitely enthusiastic about this
one-and so is every one who has
used it.
Almost any beauty item is easier
to describe than a new lipstick
shade, but the fall season is going
I to see the introduction of some love-
ly new colors. so be on the lookout
| for them. Our favorite so far is
dramatic new makeup in a clear,
brilliant red that should go ex-
ceptionally well with the deep tones
and rich colors fashion is sponsoring
for autumn. The lpstick itself has
become a fayorfte among smart
women for it's of a fine, creamy
quality and comes in an over
sized case that looks very snap
py and sophisticated There are
other items in this color ensemble.
too. including cream and dry rouge,
as we'll as powder. mascara and eye
shadow to blend All are made
by firm which was first known for
its creation of lovely clothes, later
branching out into the beauty busi-
ness (And with great success, We
might addD