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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-02

leei. ana pencNe 1 Away
shall. that a nice home and famil.
are of more Importance than per
sonal appearance and a sugal
sweet personality. Vain. lazy WON
en- are the cause of more unhapp,
homes than anything else. and
for one refuse TO fan into theil
class. DISGUSTED.
Dear Disguised: Did you ever
stop 70 think that n woman can
and should've both attractive
and . good housekeeper at the
same time. Your letter implies
that this cannot be done.
However. there 10 q lot In your
letter with which ] agree. A
clean. comfortable home In ter
rsh,y Important To . family for.
after all, family life revolves
about the home. And I am sure
most everyone would agree with
what you have TO say about the
Importance Of taking proper
care Of the family.
There are . lot Of other things
N which . woman must become
proficient TO be n happy success
full wife and mother. But just
because she Ii . good house.
keeper and family manager h
no sign she must he sloppy and
unattractive. It's plain stupid
for Q woman to deliberately neg
Iect her personal appearance.
ITS the quickest way 10 lose her
husbands love.
No man wants 20 come home
In the evening after q hard days
work to An untidy bedragled
wife. II. instead Of her sloppy,
careless appearance she were to
take on . neat. fresh, sparkling
hook her husband might he made
- forget the cares Of the day
and everyone would he happier.
A. for . pleasing personality.
That b Of the greatest impor-
tance. For instance, nothing
can get on . husbands nerves
more than q continuous flow Of
chatter. particularly n II comes
n loud, harsh, disagrceable
tOnea-
IL all hollis down 10 the fact
that altogether too many women
seem to believe that ~ soon ~
they get their man" they can
ut down, neglecting both their
hooks and their personality. This
n q dreadful mistake and In re-
sponsibIe for the breaking up Of
many homes
Dear Miss Grey: In your answeI
b Mrs. L. N. H. I really think YOU
were 4 little hard on US motheri
Of grown children. / really hsv'
tried hard To get work and al
ways get the same old answer
Too old. have even tried to ge'
house work.
II isn't that I need to work. bu
! would like to use my spare tint
doing something useful to mysel
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-02
Believe Too Much Stress Laid
Upon Appearance, Personality
Feels That Care Of Home and Family Is Much
More important Than Charm; Why Not Both7
By CYNTHIA GREY

Dear Miss Grey: believe that altogether too much is
said about personality and appearances etc You'd think
that nothing else in life of the smallest Importance
am speaking in regards to married whose home life
isn't pleasant might be- Why blame their unhappi-
ness entirely their personality and appearance?
Don't think that their trouble lie in the fact
that they spending much time facas and
nent and not taking enough interest in the appear
of their homes Or perhaps they putting too much
thought developing" their personality and enough
on their family.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-02
Bv RUTH MILLETT

WITH the army taking thousands of young from
" their girls and parking them camps thousands Of sweet
things going have learn how write letters
that have what 1t takes to keep young interested
Most schools don't teach such And what with the
telephone readyade greeting kilograms at % cents per-
and greeting cards nickel the of letter writing ism
subject the young know much about.
girls talking Bill
something it-and occupation
they them you're proud Secretly he
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-02

think he deserves some respect
and admiration for what he's 60
ing through. So give II to him.
Don't tell Bill how well Tom.
with bad eyes, is doing in his
work. II you have to mention
Tom land why do you? p. hint
that you think it must be kind
Of tough on mans ego to be
turned down by the army.
Don't tell him all about last
nights party. and what a wonder
ful time you had-even though
you think you can make il all
right by saying. Il wish you could
have been here. Then IT would
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-02

Forget the eoo-your letter
may cotch him in O mood
thot's anything but romantic.
Tell him you miss him. That's
one thing everyone likes TO hear
And don't write more than two
or three pages. Make him wish
you'd written more.
And remember, your letters are
really important. More than one
girl has held onto her man through
the ability to put oomph into her
letters.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-02

The young don't know much
about the ort of Ietter-writine
but they'd better learn.
selves in the minds of the young
men who are house guests of
Uncle Sam.
Here are few pointers for the
girl who sits down to write a let
ter she hopes will be saved by a
young man in uniform:
If he is the romantic type
don't write on the typewriter.
II you're not sure about this point,
assume that ne is. Most unmarried
men are.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-02
TEST ANSWERS

Below are the answers to test
questions printed on the editorial
page;
l. when. in the course of hui
man events -. :"
2. Alaska.
8. Above.
4. Richard Llewellyn.
5. Ulster.
6. North. east south, west.
Z. Seventy-nine.
s. Lord Beaverbrook.
@ Abraham Lincoln.
10. A prince or chief in India.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-02
DON'T TELL HIM ABOUT
YOUR GOOD TINES

DON'T start out with too much
- enthusiasm. Dearest Bill" is
better than a lot of goo-because
your letter may catch your young
man in anything but a romantic
mood.
Start out talking about Bill.
Confine your talk about yourself
to the middle Of the letter, and
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-02
Greeting Cards No Substitute
For Product of Own Endeavors

II You Want 10 Hold Uncle Sans Young House
0uests Don't Tell Them About Your Good Times
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-02

the u. s. district attorneys office.
it was disclosed Tuesday by Frank
Hale.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-02

Lyle Lane. Jason Lee school, has
been announced state junior di-
vision winner in the National Unity
Essay contest. Jeanne Westerland,
Seattle, was named senior division
winner.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-02

Ralph Weimar was being kidded
q bit Tuesday after hunting for a
fallen traffic light at 9th and
Broadway. He realized later it was
April Fools day.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-06

Columbia Pictures newest musical fea.
lures Rosemary Lane upper leftl as
night club singer: the Three Stooees
upper right es iobless actors: Joan Mer-
riII and Rudy ValIee lower left as herself
and mon.about-town booking agent.
and Ann Miller as Miss Lanes maid. who
becomes Broadway stage success.
The film introduces seven new song hits.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-03
ABOUT THE HOUSE

do you get up at the crack of dawn
and bump about the house until you've
Weakened the whole household?
2-When your host greets you in the morn
ing with a did you sleep well ?" do you air
your complaints on rheumatism, insomnia,
chills and headaches?
5-oU you fUHgC for the morning paper
and take it into protective custody until
you've read it all?
4--Do you leave piles of discarded sports
clothes all over the house rs st as you fin
ished with them?
5Do you make yourself obnoxious by
peeking into every Granny of the house, then
suggest how it could have been really
attractive?
Do you give every one the filters by
jumping up every time your hostess comes in
the ROOM even when she's doing homework?
DO you leave your tennis racket and
golf clubs in the middle of the front hall
where every one is bound to trip head over
heels over them?
SDo you strew Sunday papers all over
the living room floor?
9-Do you snoop into the room that was
purposely closed as a catch all" and then
comment loudly on your discoveries?
l0-Do you make so much of the baby
that IT continues 10 demand attention two
weeks after You -hape-le ?
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-03
IN YOUR ROOM

do you strew your belongings around,
making the guest room look as if a hurricane
just struck?
2-Do you leave your wet bathing suit to
-dreeP- drip and finally drop on the floor
3Do you dump the sand out of your
shoes onto the floor, then hope to conceal it
under the rug?
do you spill white shoe cleaner all over
the floor and the window-sill?
5-When your hostess does her own house
work do you dash out early in the morning
leaving:
An unmade bed?
Clothes draped all over the furniture?
6-Do you teeter and balance your suitcase
precariously on a chair only 10 have IL fall
with resounding crash?
DO you strew your tooth-paste. powder,
soap and pins all over the clean bureau cover
making it look like a pawed-over bargain
counter?
s-Do you keep everyone awake by I'M
packing noisily and dropping coat hangers
and shoes on the floor?
9-When you 60 to bed do you roll the
spread up into a ball and fling it into the
corner?
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-03
WHEN YOU LEAVE

When your host politely hopes you'll
come again do you try To pin him down 10
a definite date?
2-Do you send out last minute S. q. S.
for the entire family 20 sit on the overstuffed
suitcase that you just CAN'T seem to close?
3 DO you send every one scurrying around
after boxes wrappings and string for things
which won't fit into your suitcase?
4-Do you sneak off without tipping the
maid?
5-Do you keep your host in suspense
about just when you are leaving, then spring
IT on him at the last minute?
6-Do you keep the entire household on
pins and needles specializing on whether or
not you'll catch your train?
DO you leave behind so many belong
ings that your host has to keep mailing them
back TO you all Summer?
S-Do you feel that just because you know
youf host so well you don't need to send him
a brcad-and- butter letter?
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-03
BY JUDITH 7, CHASE,
WeII.known OUR EIperf.


RIGHT now Is the time Of Yeor when
The greet American nomod-the Week.
end Guest is on the loose.
Sometimes he deseends without The
slightest warning. runs his host ragged
causes crises with the cook ond leoves
The house as II BIifzkries hod struck.
But sometimes he's such an asset
fhot he's invited beck again and again.
How do YOU rote as q guest?
Here ore the boners which eon
quickly turn q house guest into a house
pest-o questionable Of the hosts pet
peeves from The guests arrival until
the time he Ieoves. Answer eoeh ques-
tion honestly: o. Never; - Well.
hardly ever; - Occasionally; -
Often; Always. Then odd up your
totol score and turn 70 Poee -.
You'll soon see whether you rote
second invitation or whether the dou-
ble-borreIed shotgun is being oiled up
for your next visit!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-03

shine do you dash away from the table. skip
ping your hostess long-planned dessert
e-Are you habitually late for meals as
casually as If you were staying at a hotel?
DO you etch pictures, maps and plans
on your hostess best tablecloth with your
fngernail?
Sat breakfast do you chatter necessarily
about nothing when your hosts are interested
only in the morning coffee?
9-Do you ALWAYS want something else-
for breakfast other than what is in stock?
10-Do you sit glumly by while your hosts
vainly try TO turn the conversation your way?
Il DO you burn cigarette designs in your
hostess best tablecloths then cover them up
with your plate?
y DO you raid the ceboX
13-Do you say you should sec the Won
derful breakfasts they serve where I came
from?
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-03

II Do you tear
out clippings from
the newspaper be-
fore your host has
read IL?
u Do you bring
your heated politi-
cal views with you.
in citing family
e u m c n { s and
X n o c X q O W n
fights Z?
13-Do you fill
the house with
sand, sea shells
and souvenirs col
lecte d at the
beach ?
14-Do you leave
the screen doors
open inviting mo-
squitos. June bugs
and spiders inside ?
10 Do you
scratch matches:
u n d or the
tables?
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-03
IN THE BATHROOM

do you spend hours in the bathroom
while the whole household is lined up outside
the door waiting?
2-When you take a shower, do you inun-
date the whole bathroom floor?
3-Do you draw an the hot water, leaving
tepid baths for the rest of the family?
4-Do you leave the water tap running?
5-Do you leave your wash-cloth in a wet
bundle on the tub?
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-03

is-Do you drive your host crazy by for
getting where the newly planted grass lies
17-Do you leave large footprints in the
flower beds as souvenir Of your visit?
1S-Does your participation in sports con-
sist mainly Of standing on the sidelines and
throwing hints To those in action?
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-03

9-Do you make a
100-yard dash for the
choicest guest room be-
fore you know whether
it's intended for you?
10-Ten minutes after
your arrival do you con-
script the entire domes-
tic staff TO press and
repair your wardrobe ?
lido you get off to
a flying start by
promptly kicking and
chipping the paint off
the banisters with your
luggage?
12-Do you bring tall
stories of the city with
you, which none of your
friends could possibly
believe ?
13-Do you arrive we'll
fortified with an unlim-
tied supply of snapshots
of Junior, which you
haul out at the slightest
excuse
14-Do you give the
house the "once-over,"
ferreting out and COM
menting on:
Cracks in the ceiling?
Spots on the furnitur
Clipped china E?
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-03

q river Dy comfnan-
deering him TO show
you all the local
sights?
los your first
step in sightseeing 10
drive TO the local drug
store and make every
one wait while you
send postcards to all
your friends?
lido you play a
vigorous game OF ten
mis- while the heels of
your shoes are ripping
up the court?
12-Do you leave
borrowed:
Bathing caps 10
dry In the sun?
Tennis rae X ct
outdoors all night 4?
Sweaters strewn
over the lawn?
13-Do you make
every one miserable by
moaning, WHY didn't
/ bring my camera ?"
14-Do you march
into the house without
giving a thought to
the doormat?
15-In your eager
ness TO take advantage
Of the swimming. ten
mis-, golf and croquet
do you turn the whole
weekend into a hectic
sports marathon?
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-03
WHEN YOU ARRIVE

do you arrive couple Of hours earlier
than Ynu,re- expected catch your hest in
his pajamas?
2-Do you descend with your whole family
without warning liKta blitzlai~c tank attack?
3-Do you arrive with half your wardrobe
depending on your hosts generosity for the
rest?
As a visiting present do you bring:
Liquor when your hosts on the wagon?
Flowers when his garden is fun of
them?
-EaI!tiy When he-s-55- around the-Naist ?
5Do you bring many bags, bundles
and boxes that your host expects a six-months
visit?
6-Do you cart along an extra person be-
cause "one more wouldn't make any differ
ence"?
do you arrive loaded with a retinue of
dogs, cats and pets like circus train on its
Summer circuit?
S-Do you unload your car onto your hosts
front lawn, strewing your baggage over the
newly Dlanted prass2
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-03

Upon His Defenseless host Like a blltl
On the outside of the fireplace?
On window panes?
16-Do you handle, finger and play with
little ornaments?
lido you plant fingerprints all over the
white woodwork?
1S-Do you snoop at the headings of your
hosts letters as they arrive in the mail?
19-Do you prop your dusty feet on your
hostess best sofa?
20-Do you show indifference at the fam
ilys prize possessions with "oh, we've got
lots of these at home?
21-Do you leave a trail of lights burning
in every room you leave?
22-Do you wake up the entire household
at a. m. so you can get out on the golf
course?
23-Do you annex your hosts:
Favorite cigarettes?
Car?
Best whiskey?
24-Do you bury yourself in an exciting
detective story or burning romance and
refuse to bulge for the rest of the weekend?
25-Do you order the maid around If
she were your own?
26-Do you drop cigarette ashes;
In the flower pots?
On the carpet?
In your coffee cup?
All over?
27-Do you use the place "a a free hotel
inviting your friends over serving them
drinks and urging them TO make themselves
at home?
28-Do you smuggle pile Of your own
clothes in with the family laundry?
29-Do you pry into all the closets?
BOO you make long distance calls, then
conveniently forget to pay for them?
-31=With the maid do
Gossip?
Try to sound out her opinions?
Ask how much she gets paid
Flirt?
32-Do you get in your hostess hair by
trailing her with cant I do something to
help?
33-Do you keep everyone waiting while
you change your clothes for every occasion?
34-Do you Utter unless you are being
entertained every minute?
35-Do you sleep all morning and upset
the household schedule?
36-Do you dog-ear rip and break the
backs of books?
37-Do you slam doors
3s-,Iust because you're visiting do you
relax and expect to he waited on hand and
foot?
39-Do you fill your case with cigarettes,
ION the house.?
40 DO you park your wet hghball glass
on the best tables. leaving a lasting souvenir
of your visit?
Ado you grouse because the quiet keeps
you awake?
42-When your hosts are used to retiring
early do you carry a long winded CONVEX
sation lasting half the night?
43-Do you bore the family to tears with
an endless parade OF dull card tricks?
ADO you throw wet blanket on elab-
crate plans of the evening by announcing that
you're going to bed
45-When your host asks your opinion on
entertainment do you refuse to make
decision and sidestep with "oh. you decide?
ADO you disrupt the discipline of your
hosts:
Servants?
Children?
Pets?
Ado you annex the novel your host is
reading and take it to bed with you?
AT MEALS
do you spend the entire first meal
explaining about:
What route you took?
Where you got lost
L. by American Weekly. Inc. Great Britain Rights Res
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-03
OUTDOORS

do you run your car in your hosts
driveway, lock IL, pocket the key then pro-
coed to sleep all morning?
2-Do you spend the entire weekend lying
at full length in the sun, refusing to bulge
an inch?
3-Do you pick your hostess prize petu-
Mas and dig up the newly laid-out plants?
4-Do you conscript everyone on hand to
pose for your candid camera antics?
5-Do you trampe the borders of the
carefully laid-out flower beds?
6-Do you refuse to join in any games be-
cause you're mot good enough?
do you promptly annex the best seat of
the car when you go for a drive?
S-Do you borrow your hosts car as nom
chalantly as If it were pair Of sneakers?
e-Do you turn your host into a taxi
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-03

The cute little
place you stopped for
lunch ?
How terrible the
roads were .?
2 - Do you feed
your hosts pets under
the table, leaving a
heap of crusts, chop
bones and crackers
which they don't want
either?
3 Just because
it's so nice Ito be nat
ural" do you appear
at meals:
In rolled shirt
sleeves?
In a damp bath
ing suit?
In scanty shorts ?
Covered with sun
oil?
4-Do you plead
with your host not TO
plan lunch for you,
then come sinking
hopefully back at 8
p. m. with a large
appetite ?
$ So that you
won't miss any sun
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-03

6-Does your bathtub show high water
mark?
7-Do you hang your own laundry to dry
in the family bathroom?
S-Do you annex the family's towels
instead Of those set out for you?
Smyrna times., 1941-10-02
BRIEF ITEMS OF
THE PENINSULA
Brief News Items of People
We Know in and Around
Larger Peninsula Towns
FROM OUR EXCHANGES

The Eastern Shore of Maryland.
the Eastern Shore of Virginia, and
the State of Delaware will be rep
resented at the district conference
of directors and officers of the
Farm Loan Association at Easton
October 10. The all-day conference
was announced by Harry E. Hol-
singer of Ridgely, secretary of the
Easton group, which comprises
Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Tai
bot, and Dorchester Counties. Mr..
Holsinger has held this position
more than 20 years. The principal
speakers will be P. T. Shaw, Frank
Smyrna times., 1941-10-02

An endless of pistons the Chevrolet
ch line of who
piston specially designed scales No
carefully designed machned and inspected than the piston which the
direct impact OF the cylinder explosion Chevrolet
experience has produced Rgy
cosucon resultant operating and performance
Of the qest alor used in
Smyrna times., 1941-10-02
RIGHT FOOD FOR
GOOD HEALTH
Your Health and Vitality De-
pends on Proper Food
and Right Amount
BY CHARLOTTE SPENCER

The national interest in nutrition
is making it more than ever nee
essary that enthusiasm for health
full food be matched by good sense.
A little knowledge can still be a
very dangerous thing.
There are always unscrupulous
advertisers who do not hesitate to
mix fact with fiction and add CLAM
our to both in order to sell their
product. An example of such mis-
leading advertising was given re-
Gently by DR.. Helen Mitchell, Di-
rector of Nutrition for the Federal
Security Agency, addressing the
American Dietetic Association.
According to DR.. Mitchell the
following claims were made for one
food. 1t contained as much fat as
loaves of bread, as much protein
as / pound of butter, as much car
bohydrate as 2 1-2 pounds of
cheese, as many calories as 2
Smyrna times., 1941-10-02
BY DR. JAS K. HUNT, E. |. du Pont Nemous Company

Pont de Nemours G Company
found in the air, and hydrogen, the
lightest gas known.
Tireless research has demonstra-
ted that literally thousands of prod
ucts can be made from nitrogen,
hydrogen, and oxygen-in combina-
tion with one another, or with the
chemical elements and compounds
derived from some other of natures
raw materials.
Under pressures as high as 12,-
900 pounds per square inch, hydro
gen and nitrogen combine to form
ammonia. 1t, in turn, is used in
making variety of chemical prod
ucts. Ammonia plus air plus water
give nitric acid, essential to many
industrial activities. Oxygen, sulfur,
and water give the sulfuric acid
needed in oil refining, and by the
fertilizer and steel industries. Other
combinations of these chemical
building blocks enter into the
manufacture of dyes, fertilizers,
insecticides, automobile anti-freeze,
"Duco" nitrocellulose la cquers,
"Fabrikoid" pyroxylin-coated fab
RIGS, dynamite, smokeless powder
and synthetic rubber. Still other
combinations give perfumes rival
ing those from Araby, and drugs
for the prevention and cure of
disease, not to mention bristles
more durable than those from ORR
entail pigs or textile fibers stronger
and more elastic than natures own.
Smyrna times., 1941-10-02

punches of celery, as much calcium
as 2 oranges, as much phosphorus
as 1 egg and as much iron as A
quarts of milk. What was this
amazing health food? It was an
ordinary 5 cent bar of candy.
Yet this advertising about the
candy was not untruthful, it was
only misleading. Bread is not rich
in fat, butter contains practically
no protein, celery is very low in
calories and so on down the list.
Such ideas as eating only raw
foods, an all vegetarian diet or
only natural foods all have their
foundation in some facts, but these
facts have been emphasized and
other facts ignored by those who
follow any one of these too COM
mon fads.
Many people err just as far as
deciding for themselves which foods
they can and which they cannot
eat. A man may suffer from in
digestion and keep leaving out the
foods which he thinks cause his
discomfort until by an unbalanced
diet he makes his Indigestion
worse.
There are many places from
which you can get reliable infor-
nation about food: The United
States Bureau of Home Economics,
The United States Children's Bu-
reau, the Delaware Extension Ser
vice and the Delaware Board of
Health, the local library and good
women's magazines can all provide