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Evening star., 1941-08-18
Manners
of the
Moment

3. P. writes me that women at
summer resorts are incurably rest
less. They bother him, he says.
On a boat ride he took the other
day he was the only man among
{ IL passengers and he claims he was
the only one who sat still and en-
joyed the ocean.
: It Just goes to show that all this
vitality the girls are urged by the
experts to work up isn't worth the
vitamins they put into it. Prob
ably all the II women on that boat
trip were trying to be vivacious for
the sake of B. P. himself. But he
would have loved them far more
dearly had they sat quietly beside
him in a deck chair and watched
the waves roll by.
It's point to remember. If you
don't feel like acting vivacious, don't.
Sit quietly and some one in the
crowd will say, There's girl after
ny own heart. JEAN.
Evening star., 1941-08-18
Beliefs the Contrary Man Is the Real Cngng Vine in Marriage
WidOWers More Affected
Than Widows When They
Lose Their Partners
Their Dependence on Security
Of Home Is Principal Reason
For Complete Breakdown
BY Dorothy Dir.

BY DOrOhv Dtt.
has done his wife
her from being old
should knees in gratitude
him supporting her although she may earn her board and keep
cooking washing ubbng and pnchng pennies
would become of the Little
the law classes wife
that this and that In
marriage cingng vines and not wives
investigating matter hnds
dependent upon marriage and
The husband undergoe
greater strain the wife dies than she does ne dies as proved
by
mentally and likely than bachelor
like they do concludes that
their than wives
10 on husbands.
shocking men, secret
along there isn't wife in the world VINO
Evening star., 1941-08-18

is most effective matched in ma
terial and color to the jumper. Let
blouses and sweaters underneath
provide the contrast.
Barbara Bell pattern No. 1450-B
is designed for sizes II, l3, IS, II
and 10. Corresponding bust meas
urements. 20, 81, 33, IS and 81. Size
l3 (3D jumper requires 3h yards
36-inch material; jacket, 2 yards.
If you are planning school sewing
now send Is cents for the fall and
winter Fashion Book. 1t offers pat
terms for party frocks, school dresses,
coats and accessories-in complete
size ranges.
Evening star., 1941-08-18

couldn't tell you that her husband
gets more and more helpless every
year they are married, until by the
time they have reached their silver
wedding day he can't find clean
shirt. or locate a pair OF socks, or
decide whether he wants roast beef
or boiled mutton for dinner.
One of the things that wives never
cease marveling over is how their
husbands ever appeared in public
decently clothed, or managed to get
ANYTHING to eat before they took
charge of them, and how man who
doesn't know enough to come in out
of the rain can be trusted to run a
bank or carry on q green grocery.
Perhaps few men ever stop to
think how dependent they are on
their wives. They just take 1t Tor
granted that their Marias will go on
making them comfortable, catering
to their appetites, taking care OF the
children, keeping the home hres
burning and the household machin-
erv running on oiled bearings. 1t is
only when they lose them that they
realize that it was a woman's hands
that held their little world together.
Tragic and terrible as it is for the
bread-winner of a family to die and
for a widow to be called upon to
keep her home going and support
her children, it is not as difficult a
problem as it is for a husband to
have to substitute for his wife and
be mother and father both to his
children.
Under the sun there is no such
forlorn and bewildered and des-
perate creature as the widower who
has to put hirelings in his wife's
place: who sees his children run
ming wild. neglected. ill-mannered
little hoodlums lacking a mothers
influence and restraint; whose
money is wasted by servants and
who comes home at night to an
untidy house and sloppy meals.
Much as the widow misses her hus-
band, the widower misses his wife
more.
DID blSllCS UCll biiob A@--
live longer than bachelors. This
makes husbands dependent on their
wives for their very lives. for it is
the wife's nagging about putting on
his rubbers, and muffling his = hroat,
and staying in bed when he has a
bad cold, and going to see the doctor
about that tired feeling that saves
many a man from an early grave.
And even when men have failed
to get their hearts desire in wife.
even when their wives have become
| dull and commonplace and tiresome
and are more a pain in the neck
than thrill in the heart, there is
something about marriage that un-
fits man for going it alone. He may
think he Graves to return to the
wild, but when he tries it he finds
he can't stand 1t. He has lost the
habit. He Is house-broken.
Evening star., 1941-08-18
By Josephine Lovman

By Josephine LOVman
Most people know more about the
moon than they do about their mus
cles. Muscles can be ikened to a
complicated system of rubber bands
which control our activities and
have a tremendous effect on our
figure, health and beauty.
The average person has about 31O
muscles on each side Of his body.
These vary greatly in size and are
composed of thousands Of muscle
fibers held together by connective
tissue and covered with a similar
sheath.
Muscles are attached from bone
to bone, and when we are awake, or
resting, they retain certain amount
of muscular tension, half way be-
tween contraction and complete re-
taxation. If one is cut at the end
it reacts like rubber band.
Our muscles act as hundreds OF
slaves who remain in a state of eter-
nal preparedness which enables
them to do our bidding at a mo-
ment's notice.
They haul us upstairs, and down.
hill; they make it possible for us
to smile. frown or jump from sud-
den danger. They scratch our backs
for us, eat for us, and run, dance
and jaywalk at our command.
Our muscles are an important
source of body heat. Remember
how hot you get when you exercise?
They also account for about 40 pei
cent of body weight. They are
wonderfully free from disease, the
only Widely-known one being trichi-
nosis, the parasite which sometimes
turks in pork which is too lightly
cooked.
However, they are susceptible &c
fatigue poisons, and they shrink and
become less supple with age.
One look at picture of man and
his muscles makes us women very
conscious of ours! They look as
though they could wreak terrible
vengeance on us for our neglect
We use most of our muscles each
day, but not so often nor SO strenu-
ously as Nature planned we should
Too many folks are growing soft
in body and health because they dc
not use their muscles enough. The
sedentary habits of civilization de-
tract from our body firmness and
stamina. Our body contour is, to a
great extent, dependent on our mus
culature. We can build a muscle up
with exercise, and we can keep II
supple by stretching.
The use of the body, with its beau.
tifully co-ordinated muscles, viii
speed up circulation, help rid us o.
toxic poisons, bring us grace anc
delay the shrinkage and aging o.
the muscles themselves. If vol
have neglected exercise in the pas
and wish to begin pampering YOU
muscles and your figure, be sure tt
Evening star., 1941-08-18
Bv Barbara Bell

Its to be another jumper year" )"
says every fashion prophet who
knows thing about school smart
ness. Pattern No. 1450-B sounds a
new note in jumpers-it has a
jacket. too. The jacket Is long
sleeved, waist length, collarless-of
a peasant feeling which keys it per-
fectly for the youthful. wide-skirted
jumper. The latter is cut with a
square neckline, low enough in front
and in back to allow great part
of pretty blouses or soft sweaters
to be clearly visible. The jacket
makes this outfit warm enough to
carry you right through the early
autumn, and the whole outfit is so
slim you can wear it under winter
coat easily. The jumper closes with
a placket in the side which may
be closed with snaps, hooks and
eyes, buttons or a upper.
Corduroy in bright vibrant colors
is the first choice of fabric for
this jumper and jacket. You viii
probably want to duplicate it, and
wool tweeds, gabardine, Scotch
plaids. flannel and velveteen are
other suitable materials. The jacket
Evening star., 1941-08-18
All Children
Like PicnicS
InSunner
City Youngsters
Need Outings to
Keep Healthy
By Letfice Lee STREET.

6p LPfHCe Lee OTeeH
AS much as we wish that We could,
not all of us can afford to send our
children to camps, to take them to
the seashore or the mountains, or
even to give them any change at
all. But we may console ourselves
by knowing that there is many a
happy, robust youngster who has
never enjoyed these advantages.
Summer is playtime, and CITY,
bound parents can make this warm
season seem like a true holiday If
they will take little trouble. Chill
dren adore any out-of- ordinary hap
@pening, however simple it is, and
they will gaily cooperate with any
plan that an imaginative parent
suggests.
Public swimming pools, parks,
rivers and the outskirts of cities are
ours to use. and welcome, If we
choose to exert ourselves to reach
them.
Parents who like to be with their
children can find great pleasure for
themselves in inexpensive excur-
sions. What could be more fun,
for example, than to paddle lazily
up the river in canoe to shady
spot on the shore for picnic lunch
or supper?
Picnics are exciting to children,
and cooking picnics" are the best
of all, They are not hard TO ac-
complish, and once you have tried
one you will see how easy it is. If
YOU make a list beforehand and go
equipped with a small bag of char
coal briQuetteS, handful OF kin
ding, wood, paper, matches, an IN
expensive outdoor broiler, frying
pan, knife, long handled spoon and
fork, paper plates and napkins, and
the food and seasonings you need,
YOU can soon concoct a royal re-
past.
= Try to avoid too many Starchy
things, such as sandwiches made OF
thick white bread, cookies and cakes,
when you have the children with
YOU. Plan the picnic menu so that
1t will include fruits and raw vege-
tables such as tomatoes, celery and
carrots, and make the sandwiches
.sout of thin whole wheat bread slices.
Children have a jolly time on a
picnic if they are not made to help
but are allowed to. That is the diff
ference! If the various chores are
presented to the children as prlvl-
leges, and there is spirit of COM
petition as to who will do his job
the best, then all the small hands
and feet present will be eager and
5 willing to fly to work.
Taking a walk through woods or
meadows affords an excellent oppor-
tunity for observing flowers, trees
and birds. You may buy little books
for children on these subjects that
supply the facts you may have for
gotten, and there are also many
nature tales and legends that pro-
vide appropriate outdoor reading.
:. There is exciting sport for active
small people to find on such jaunt,
such as wading, tree climbing and
children's games that require space
for running and hiding. Soft ball
and rubber horseshoe throwing dc
mot demand expensive equipment
and are fun for children and grown
ups alike.
Evening star., 1941-08-18
AcceptedWay
TOAnnOunce
The StOrk
Information Could
Be Added Across
Parents Cards
By Emily Post.

y y
A mother on-to-be says that her
husband intends to telephone and
telegraph their few nearest rela-
tives and friends as soon as the baby
arrives. However, they have a great
many other friends and relatives
to whom they would like to send
the news, but they cannot afford
so many kilograms or long-dis-
tance calls. My reader adds, The
little engraved card, tied with white
ribbon to our own visiting card,
sounds very expensive. Couldn't we
possibly write the information across
our own card? If you say yes,
what should the wording be?"
In answer TO this. you could per.
fectly we'll write, Our Baby Mary,
Cor Our Baby john arrived Au-
gust l7'-at least, I see no reason
why not! But 1 think that lack
ing the little card, and its white
bow, you would have to prefix the
name with Our baby" otherwise
how would they know who Mary
(or john might be?
Dear Mrs. Post: When one is in
vited to formal tea in honor Of
distinguished person, and having
had cup of tea, is ready to leave.
is 1t necessary, or even correct to
go down the receiving line second
time and say good-by? II often
happens that it is not possible to
go out except through the same
door?
Answer-1f you have to pass the
hostess and the guest of honor, and
they are not talking with any one
not even with each other-you would
naturally stop and say your thank
you, and good-by. But if they are
talking and not noticing you, and
you are leaving too soon to be polite,
you would leave without attracting
attention.
Dear Mrs. Post: You have not
| answered a letter wrote you some
time ago, asking, What is the
proper way to eat fresh, whole figs,
served at the tablet"
Answer-If you eat them dry, you
hold them in your fingers: if you
eat them with cream in a saucer,
you hold the fruit with your fork,
cut it with your spoon, and convey
it to your mouth with the spoon.
tHow else could you eat themD
If you have no fork you'll have to
cut carefully to keep the fruit from
chewing about and possibly skipping
out of the saucer.
Evening star., 1941-08-18
This Weeks
Preserving
| Recipes
By Betsy CaSweH

BY Betsy CdSveH
woman's Editor
PEAR CONSERVE.
4 quarts pears
51a cups sugar
2 tablespoons powdered ginger
l cup almonds
/ lemon
l small can shredded pineapple
Peel, core and dice pears. There
should be eight cups of the diced
fruit. Combine pears, sugar and
ginger and let stand for two hours
Boil rapidly for about Is minutes,
until fruit begins to clear. Chop
the lemon and add it with the pine
apple to the mixture Boil for 80
minutes, add the nut meats and
pour into hot sterilized glasses.
When cool cover with paraffln.
PEAR JAM.
IL pounds pears
8 pounds sugar
4 pound scraped green ginger
quart water
lines Qarge)
Peel and cut up the pears. Add
the Juice Of the lines and little
of their peel, grated. Add ginger,
sugar and water. Boil for one hour,
until very thick. Turn into sterilized
jars and seal.
PEAR MARMALADE.
pounds pears
3 oranges
2 lemons
6 pounds sugar
Wash the pears and remove cores.
Grind in meat grinder. Wash
oranges and lemons. and remove
seeds, then grind, rind and all.
Place all fruit in kettle, add the
sugar and stir well. Bring to a full
boil and continue cooking until
clear. Pour into hot, sterilized jars
and seal.
PEAR CHIPS.
pounds pears, sliced very thin
3lz pounds sugar
2 lemons
y slice crystalized ginger
cups water
Peel the pears and remove cores.
Slice paper thin. Make sirup of
the sugar and water. add the
lemons, sliced, and the ginger,
chopped. Add the pears and boil
gently for one hour. Pour into hot,
sterilized glasses and seal i'm
| mediately.
Evening star., 1941-08-18
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That Curfew Problem!
Readers Comment on Views
Expressed by Columnists
Bp Kay CaId,ceH and Alden Harrison

column in which answered some
dealing with the cuew hour for Is
discussing problem being first
the party you'll
first is from Mrs E. T, who says:
think answer to Marcia evadng very
Evening star., 1941-08-18

without seeming to be acting very
babyish.
IF they had the courage to sug-
gest to their dates that it was about
time to leave, they'd probably find
the boys more than willing. Boys
have curfews, too, you know! I
usually say something about my
beauty sleep or not liking our milk
man. It's much easier to use a
flip remark than to blame it on a
strict father.
incidentally, at all the parties
I've ever given, everybody arrived
within about 10 minutes of the spe-
Gifted time. We don't believe in
being 'fashionably late'-it just gives
us less time for our party"
Now that, Patricia, is what we
call an intelligent, constructive and
helpful comment on the late-hour
problem. Many thanks!
Evening star., 1941-08-18

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U.S.. Air Raid Danger Small
Observer Scouts Fear Thot Home Defense
Setup Indicates Death From the Skies

care that no hostile bases are es-
Iceland.
Cannot Stop Bombers.
But suppose a Nazi bomber did
get near enough to drop few bombs
on Boston or New York. Have we
enough anti-aircraft gun batteries
to cut them off? No In spite of
anti-aircraft gun batteries, balloon
barrages and fighter planes, German
bombers still get through to Britain
for night attacks, and British
bombers over Germany.
The basis Of our policy Is to make
the most Of our geographic position
and our distances. It's first consid-
Grafton is anti-aircraft guns for our
warships, the Panama Canal all
our overseas bases, the striking force
OF our Army and any possible ex-
posed home powder and munitions
plant.
Our experts propose to make our
first line Of defense one OF striking
offensive power beyond our shores,
because we and Canada together
can-and Britain cannot, until she
has vastly overwhelming plane pow
er over Germany.
The fighter plane remains the best
answer to bombers. London Of
ficially reports, for example, that
Of the "a planes brought down last
Wednesday night and Thursday
morning, 20 we're by fighters, three
by anti-alrcraft gunflre, and one by
balloon barrage. Our overseas
bases will be protected by anti
aircraft and coast defense batteries.
naval patrols and swift winged
fighters.
Should an enemy attempt to
establish any bases on the soil of
our southern neighbors within strik-
ing distance, our bombers will smash
them. and beyond that our Navy
will sink any supply ships to support
these bases. For it takes lot OF
time and material to prepare a war
plane base with proper runways and
underground tanks and other nee
essary installations.
Diversion Strategy.
And should a German plane be
able to drop a few bombs on one
of our East Coast cities or throw a
few shells ashore from a commerce
raider, which would not have one
chance in hundred Of escaping our
naval patrols, the object would be
to divert an expenditure of man
power and material from outlying
defense to local defense. The casu-
alties would probably be less than
in a single days automobile toll
| throughout the country.
Then why these volunteer home
defense organizations? II they are
soundly conceived and we'll done,
| they will be ready for any emer-
gency with the same pre-visionary
preparation against air attack that
the British organized, ready to stiff
fen the spirits of the timid. not to
say the panicky, by showing the
enemy that when he tries to throw
a scare into us, he will only steel
us to back up our armed services.
who would hit him first at the very
/ sources of his blows.
Evening star., 1941-05-10

participating would their desires
conquest divide
an
foreign
ships including German ownership from on
chances however that if Hitler does not
actual behgerent he will
transfer
British The further step of cnvoyng merchant vessels 10
where Navy Will take
During the last
neutral American merchant
country the and its right to
Unrestricted submarine warfare
something those Today that kind warfare has become
he
The policy adopted country of aid Britain
appopaes 100000 for such aid
that America not willing to go the
The ship bill is Just