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Evening star., 1941-05-01
Show to Aid
British Youth

Fantasia" the latest and much
heralded creation of Walt Disney,
will have its Washington premier as
a benefit for the children of Great
Britain. The Washington branch
of Young America Wants to Help is
to sponsor the premiere, and Mrs.
Lucius Wilmerding jr., local chair
man of this division of the British
War Relief Society, Inc, is chairman
of the benefit. The first showing
of the picture here will be Monday
eveliing, May II, at the National
Theater.
Washington has long anticipated
the film, described as Disney's most
revolutionary motion picture, which
features Leopold StokoWski and the
Philadelphia Orchestra. 1t is eX-
pecuec the opening will be brilliant
and gala occasion and will swell the
British War Relief fund consider
ably
Mrs. Kermit Roosevelt, national
chairman of Young America Wants
to Help, arrived from New York to
attend a tea this afternoon at Mrs.
Wilmerding's home. 1928 N street,
for members of the newly appointed
committee.
Young America Wants to Help was
organized recently by Mrs. Roosevelt
for the purpose of uniting the youth
of this country to give aid to the
ynuth of Great Britain, National
headquarters for the organization
are in New York City. Serving with
Mrs. Wilmerding on local Young
America S committee are Mrs. Robert
Woods Bliss, Justice William o.
Douglas, Mr. Coleman Jennings,
Mrs. James Clement Dunn, DR.. Hans
Kinder, Mrs. Walter Lippmann,
Rev. Albert Lucas. Mrs. Donald Hiss,
Mrs. Edward Burling, Mrs. George
Rublee, Mrs. L. Corrin Strong and
Mrs. David L. Wing.
Evening star., 1941-05-01
Hamiltons to Open
Garden for Benefit

The home and garden of Col
and Mrs, Charles S. Hamilton at
1871 Hillbrook lane, Spring VAL
ley, will be open Saturday after
noon from 8 until 6 o'clock for the
benefit of the mission fund of the
ST. Adams branch of the Woman's
Auxiliary.
Mrs. Albert w. Atwood will as
sist Mrs. Hamilton in receiving
and during the afternoon the fol-
lowing will preside at the tea
table: Mrs. James E. Freeman, Mrs
Charles T. Warner. Mrs. Noble c
Powell, Mrs. Theodore o. Wedel
Mrs. William M. Bradner, Mrs.
Raymond Wolven, Mrs. ElWood Seal
Mrs. w. Arthur Carr, Mrs. Coch-
ran Patrick, Mrs. James Hender-
son and Mrs. Clyde Brown.
Automobiles will meet the Massa
chusetts avenue buses at the cor
ner of Cathedral avenue and TunlaV
road NV.
Evening star., 1941-05-01
Y. w. G.. A. to Honor
New Members

New members of the Young
Womens Christian Association are
being invited to attend a morning
coffee party at II o'clock tomorrow at
the headquarters, Seventeenth and
K streets NV. The Membership
Committee, headed by Mrs. Ben
Temple Webster, will be hostesses.
The new members also have been
invited to hear a talk at pm. May
13 by Mrs. James McClintock on
Air Trip to South America With the
Red Cross"
Evening star., 1941-05-01
Mrs. Ethel J. Hess
Installed bv ZOnta

Mrs. Ethel j. Hess was installed as
president of the zonta Club of
Washington at its annual meeting
and dinner last night at the Dodge
Hotel Garden House. Others who
formally took Office were DR.. Frances
P. Marshall, vice president; Miss
Kathryn N. Fox, secretary, and Mrs.
Louise r. Stambaugh. Board mem
bers are Miss Eta Mai Russell,
Miss Sarah Carrick and Miss Mabel
Strider.
Of particular interest to the group
was the report of the Permanent
Work Committee showing the prog
ress of college students and gradu-
ates who have received loans.
A musical program was in charge
Of Miss Alice Ferrell
Evening star., 1941-05-01
Mothers to Meet

Staff Sergt. Thomas H. Mcdonald,
military drill officer of st. Johns
College, will address the Mothers
Club of the school at its monthly
meeting at 1:30 pm. tomorrow in
the school auditorium. Mrs. Har-
old Sinton has arranged the pro-
gram and Mrs. B. A. McGinn is in
charge of entertainment.
Refreshments will be served by a
committee headed by Mrs. Ray
Gentleman
Evening star., 1941-05-01
d. A. r. Luncheon

The annual spring luncheon of
Monticello Chapter, Daughters of
the American Revolution, will be
held at 1:30 pm. Saturday at the
Parrot Tea Roo& with Mrs. Ed
ward c. Sasnett in charge of ar
rangements. A number of State
officers are expected to attend.
The Richard Arnold Chapter will
elect officers at a meeting Saturday
at 2::30 pm. at the Chapter House.
Evening star., 1941-04-30
Dorothy Dix Says >>>
Helping Girls Find Husbands
Is Every Mothers Duty

their daughters with their over
powering personalities.
In trying to help her daughters
get good husbands, however. mother
must use caution and tact. She
mustn't be like the supersalesmen
who tout their goods so loudly that
they make you suspicious of the
quality.
If a mother buttonholes every
man while she tells him what a
marvellous housekeeper Jane is and
how she loves to cook; or what an
angelic disposition Mary has: or
how sweet and affectionate Sadie
is; or how Carrie just dotes on
children and what wonderful
wife and mother she would be, it
lowers the girls dignity and makes
every one wonder why she is being
hawked about like a piece of poor
goods that no one wants, and why
her mother is SO anxious to get rid
of her. Also, when man sees
mother leading the chase after him
it speeds up his getaway.
Yet, in spite of all the difficulties
and drawbacks involved, mothers
can do a great deal to help their
daughters make good marriages.
And wise ones do. When you see a
particularly happy marriage, it is
nearly always the result of mother
having been on her job.
Evening star., 1941-04-30

cause she's never too busy to have
her shampoo and manicure, and
never too exhausted to remove her
makeup at night.
Her accessories are flaWleSs. Gloves
are clean and never ripped; hose
are perfect and seams are straight;
purse is the right color and the
right size, and if she's the tiny type,
she doesn't hide behind bag that
would do duty as a weekend kit.
Shes fuSSy about cleanliness and
wouldn't think of wearing lingerie or
stockings more than once without
laundering them. Because she has
learned to give one evening a week
to getting her wardrobe in shape,
she has clean dresses, well-brushed
hats, polished shoes and spick-and-
span collars and cuffs.
When this lady goes out, she's "in
place" Her slip doesn't show and
her heels are not runover and sad
ly in need of repair. What's more,
her feet don't hurt. The jewelry
she wears is appropriate and she
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nate rhinestone pin and earrings
with a tailored cotton dress Too,
she has learned the value of eX-
pert advice and has taken the trou-
BILE to learn how to apply makeup
and what colors to use. There has
been a pow-woW with hair Styl-
ist, so that her coiffure is suitable
as well as smart. Though it takes
will-power, our ideal woman knows
that exercise is necessary and takes
a little each day. She takes walk,
or perhaps does a simple exercise
routine. And she's wary of eat
ing between meals or of candy and
cake at any time.
This is the lady who likes smart
clothes and keeps in touch with the
latest fashions, but she's also aware
of that thing known as appropri-
ateness and would no more go to
the grocery store in Lilly Dache
hat than she would dig in the gar
den in a chiffon dress. She shops
intelligently because she plans in
advance, working out on pencil and
paper her color scheme and her
needs. Any good clothes are saved
from last year, but old, tired gar
ments are discarded, lest she be
tempted to put them on some time.
If she's a lady of leisure" she does
her shopping when the career girls
are not about. making them, her
self and the sales force far hap
pier.
Evening star., 1941-04-30

The way to make your bedroom
n comfortable, freSh-looking place
is to do it up in summer wash
sbleS which can be safely tubbed
and freshened as soon as they be-
gin to wilt Whisk off the winter
bedspread and put on something
light and summery looking. You may
get washable rugs, too, in soft pas
tel tones.
New rugs and bedspreadS may
sound expensive, but a $40 bill will
purchase both of them for you, de-
signed to go together. Some are
done in that smart needletuft work
which looks handmade and lux
uriouS, but which can be safely
tubbed in your washing machine or
shipped to the laundry as often as
you wish and come home fresh as
daisy every time.
The designs of these needletuft
spreads are of gay summer flowers,
futtering ribbons and boWknotS, and
smart looking plaids. Rugs and
spreads often are of the same har-
monizing design. AS the floor and
the bed are the two most important
areas in a bedroom, this is an in
vestment in comfort which will not
strain any budget, and is good for
several years of hard use.
Curtains for the windows that
cannot hinder the gentleSt summer
breeze are an aid to the appearance
of GOODNESS, at least. Possibly it is
true that if you think you are
comfortable, you are, and maybe no
curtains at all are cooler than even
thin ones, but most of us imagine
that we are much cooler when the
sheerest ruff1ed drapery f1utters
than when there is nothing to give
the impression of the movement of
air. Straight sheer ninon or mar
uuisette curtains in white or pastels
which hang all the way to the floor
are nice, or the starched. ruff1ed
dotted swiss tied back at the half
sash will give that inviting freshly
laundered look to bedroom.
You vill-f1nd the shops burgeoning
with all sorts of suggestions for
carrying out your plans, and beyond
that are the small individual touches
that will give your rooms a cool
Evening star., 1941-04-30
Hip Reducing
Exercises
Offered
For Best Results
Half Hour Daily
Is Required
By Patricia Lindsay

According to the accepted stand
ards of beauty, womans hip meas
urement should be smaller than
her bust measurement. She may
be heavier than normal weight for
her build and height and age, but
her hips must be smaller than her
bustline.
If heavy hips are the bane of
your existence, I suggest that you
do exercises to reduce that meas
urement and exercise to improve
your posture. BY concentrating on
these you should be able to reduce
your hips rapidly. OF course, as
sumo that you will regulate your
menus when you determine to re-
duce
You must have a mental picture
of yourself as you would like to
be-svelte, agile, alert looking Then
work toward that vision. Hop out
of bed early each morning and de-
vote half hourto these exercises:
stand in good posture against
the wall if need be- with abdomen
in. chest high, shoulders back but
relaxed. Head must be back, too,
and do not feel stiff. Relax and
take the position again. Repeat
this II times.
2-Now place palms together
high over head, arms frame your
face. Now bend from side to side,
slowly at first, more rapidly later.
Relax when you feel a bit dizzy,
then proceed. Practice for three
minutes.
3-Lie on your back. Pull your
knees to your chest, clasp your
arms around them. and rock for
ward and backward on the fleShy
part of your buttocks at least 25
times. This also relaxes back
muscles. which you most likely
need! Release your knees and try
to take a summer-sault by swinging
your feet over your head. Three
times the first day, increase one
more each day.
Pull up your right knee, clasp
your hands about it to hold it
against your chest. The left leg
is on the floor, knee straight and
heel extended. Stretch, point your
toes, stretch, point your heels. Re-
peat 20 times, then reverse leg po-
sitions and repeat
5-Kneel down on the floor with
knees and heels together-upper
body erect. Bend back slowly with
arms outstretched in front of you,
until you are sitting on your heels.
Return to position slowly. Repeat
10 time first day and increase 2
times each day until you are doing
it 25 times.
Whew, you sigh. that should re-
duce me! Well warned you that
you must work to reduce, but re-
member that lovely vision you have
of yourself!
Evening star., 1941-04-30

sash belt-and adjust it to give
yourself plenty of leeway for reach
ing, stretching, sweeping, dusting
and so on. This design is simple
to make and it really is necessary
to a busy day.
Checked gingham, fiowered per-
Gale, plain-colored chambray or
seersucker all look very attractive
made up like this, with braid and
buttons to match or contrast. You'll
enjoy following the pattern which
includes a sew chart.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1903
is designed in sizes II, IA, Is, 18, 20
and 40. Corresponding bust meas
urements 30, 80, "a, 36, 38 and 40
Size IA 1922 requires 3s yards Of
35-inch material without nap, az
yards edging.
It's ready-our new Fashion Book
-brimmins over with lovely new
clothes that you can make quickly
and easily, sewing your own. You
needn't be an expert needlewoman
The patterns are carefully simpli-
fed, and each includes a step-by-
step sew chart to guide beginners
Send Is cents for your order nowl
Evening star., 1941-04-30

effect. Painted metal or wire lamp
tables with glass tops help the
fragile, light feeling. A little white
wire shelf for small flower ar
rangements or plants is cooler
looking than a picture with a heavy
frame. Dresser covers may be
crisply laundered linen, or of glass
with flower patterned chintz under
meath it. Upholstered chairs slip
covered in tubbable fabrics are also
help, and the wicker or open frame
types are comfortable. If it is
possible, store the heavy ones for
summer.
Give yourself as much space as
possible and keep your room un-
cluttered with small pieces of fur
niture With the many small de-
tails of comfort neatly planned, you
may then turn on a fan placed on
the floor in one corner of your room
when the first humid days come, and
find your house cool retreat from
summer.
Evening star., 1941-04-30

ConCeding, as We do, that the
great majority of women are happi-
est and most prosperous when they
follow the ancient and honorable
profession of matrimony, why is it
not Just as much a mothers duty
TO help her daughters get good hus-
bands as it is a fathers duty to
help his sons to get a start in some
good business? Yet this patent
fact is generally ignored. Mothers
trust to luck to save their girls from
spinsterhood, but they do nothing
about it themselves, although they
know that nowhere else in the
world is the old adage about heaven
helping those who help themselves
so true as in getting husband.
And every girl needs the assistance
of her mother in this, for she is
young and ignorant and inexperi-
enced and does not know how to
bait her traps, still less how to lure
men into them. 1t is not by chance
that the Smith girl marries the
catch of the season while the Brown
girl is left hanging on the parent
tree Mary's mother lent her a
helping hand while Sally'S mother
left her to shift alone.
Many and varied are the ways
by which a mother can secure her
daughters popularity and thereby
her chances of making a good mar
riage. Possibly the most vital one
is by giving the girl good back
ground. Boys like to 60 to houses
where there is welcome on the door,
mat and where the atmosphere is
charged with friendliness and cheer
fulness. And they like girls peo-
pie to treat them as if they were
honored guests instead Of sneak
thieves who had come to steal the
silver. Whether boys know it or
not, they are always subconsciouSly
comparing every girl with her
mother and her home with the
kind of a home they would like to
have some day.
And if mother is sweet and gra-
cious and her home the jolliest and
most comfortable place they ever
go, they are mighty apt to pop
the question to daughter some night
when they are finishing off one of
mothers chocolate cakes. On the
other hand. many girl misses a
good husband because mother has
scared all of the eligible men away
and no boy had courage enough to
risk having her as mother-in-laW.
Mother can help Sally get good
husband by securing to her some
of the privacy in which alone loves
young dream can flower into a bona
fide proposal. No man is going to
feel sentimental with little brother
popping out from under the sofa
and little sister reciting through
her adenoids.
Nor is he going to mention we'd
ding rings with the whole family
sitting around listening to every
word he says. Many a girl is an
old maid because her mother didn't
have sense enough to shoe the
family back into the kitchen and
shut the door on them when Sally's
young man called.
And mother can help along the
good work by giving Sally chance
to strut her stuff when men are
around instead of grabbing the
center of the stage for herself. 1t
is perfectly amazing how many
mothers there are who simply kill
Evening star., 1941-04-30
By Baroness PianfOni

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expressing
dghng needlewok shown
above have been looking The quaint figure worked
floral leaf border make picture which by inches
tire of gazing at it,
inches color and full
Send Is cents w Needlework Editor Of The Evening
Evening star., 1941-04-30
My Neighbor Suys:

When frying bacon do not
have more than two tablespoons
of fat left in the frying pan.
If more fat accumulates, pour
it off.
To keep cookies and cakes
moist and tasty, store in an air.
tight place such as a cake box
or stone jar as soon as they are
cool. Do not merely cover the
cake with cloth or waxed paper
and let stand for several hours.
Be sure to leave sufficient
space between the walls of the
refrigerator and between the
dishes on the shelves to allow
free circulation of cold air. 1t
is the continual circulation of
cold air through an electric re-
frigerator that preserves your
food.
Evening star., 1941-04-30
Additional Qualifications
For the Well Dressed
Woman Are Offered
How to Stay Out of Fashions
Hall of Shame Explained
More Completely Today
By Helen VOgt

unforeseen column that appeared this
week to hit the instances Tst
if
Women"or to niche the Fashion Hall of Shame
1t looks now though amplfcation is order.
The other letter from lady who ideas
weldressed
the previously presented ideas in reverse appears that there
qualifications which did
the other usually
calle
place wedessed experiments with
particular
thing with lines clothes and huees hats and
stick distinct all of the time
out must.
overlooks the details which
difference always metuousy clean
Evening star., 1941-04-30
Sandwich Treat

Here is grand toasted sandwich
treat: Cover hot toast with thin
slices of cheese, top with mush-
rooms. whole or sliced. and brush
them with melted butter. Season
lightly and broil or bake until well
Drowned. Serve at once with hot
beverage, tossed salad and simple
dessert.
Evening star., 1941-04-30

Our fictitious heroine likes novei-
ties, but she doesn't go hay-Wire.
wasting all her money on extreme
things that bore her in a week or
two. However, she does buy a bit
of costume jewelry or an amusing
compact now and then-just as a
conversation piece" She has dis
covered that a tricky lapel gadget
will often win you the reputation
for smartness, but that an over
abundance of same will do just the
opposite.
And if she does these things,
she'll not only stay we'll away from
the hall of Shame"-but she'll make
many fashion writer's think that
perhaps their lives are not wasted
after all.
Evening star., 1941-04-30
Unnecessary Objects Achieve Cool Comfortable Bedroom
Use Washable Bedspread
And a Matching Rug for
Charm at Small Cost
Sheer Curtains Give Airy Look
Without Hindering Breeze;
Individual Touches Help
By Marearef NOweH

weather descended all of sudden this
and caught of with but few plans made for cool
off bedrooms furnished
fashions
mpedmena gather
There the chill that
bring all of precious close and there is
about the suy May that helps all
absolute essentials cngng the GOODNESS metal the sheer
of washable materials
psychology might
applied your
weather the comfortable feel The cooerookng the
the cooler will feel Plenty
will help the weather
pleasant in which to relax will lift spirits when
home
Evening star., 1941-04-30
By Barbara Bell

Here's one of those very satisfying
everyday dresses that's decidedly
out of the ordinary in charm and
practicality. The lines are really as
good as those Of your favorite aft
err1oon dress. The skirt sweeps, from
a high, small waistline, to a flare
that insures working comfort and
looks pretty besides. You can draw
the waistline in as slim as you
please, by means of the back-tie
Evening star., 1941-04-30
Select GarniShes

Garnishes used on a hot platter
should be the kind that will not be
affected by heat. A wilted garnish
does not make an attractive dish.
Garnishes should be put in place the
very last thing, so do not select
those requiring much last-minute
arrangement.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-04-19
Mrs. OVERLY Feted
AT Surprise Shower

On Thursday afternoon Mrs. Mar
hall OVERLY, zee Miss Evelyn Har-
is, a recent bride, was honored at
4 miscellaneous shower.
The shower proved to be d sun
Prise to Mrs. overly, who with other
members of her Missionary Society
met in the home of Mrs. Ruth Green
way for their monthly meeting. Fol-
owing the meeting, little Patsy Moss
presented the honoree with a large
basket filled with an assortment OF
'ovely and useful gifts.
The hostess assisted by Mrs. Hill
man Moss served a dainty plate to
he following members: Mrs. Mar
hall OVERLY, honoree, Mrs. r. l..
2eaNis. Mrs. II. c. Harris, Mrs. W.
\. Ball. Mrs. Alma Parrot, Miss
Julia SatterWhite, Miss Juanlla
GreenWay, Mrs. M. D. GrecnWay,
Mrs. r. M. Boyd, Mrs. |. D. Hart,
Mrs. |. W. Mutt, Miss Cynthia Glow
er, Mrs. B. w. Thomas. Mrs. d. F.
Hart, and little Patsy Moss.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-04-19
PATTERN 4644

Little sister will look like her own
tavorite story-bCok princess in Pat
tern 9699. Marian Martin has de-
signed it with many novel. interest
ing details-the pointed side-front
bodice sections 49,. the front skirt
panel that continues right up in a
narrowed panel to the very neck ...
the zigzag back Waist-seam. Take
Iour choice of three sleeve styles:
long and full, short and puffed or
)rief and flared. If you want a
party style, let the sleeves and the
bodice back and side-front sections
be Of lovely lace-edged contrast ac-
cented by tiny bows. For a more
everyday version, have a collar and
ric-rac trim. Panties or boomers
are included.
Pattern 9699 may be ordered only
n children's sizes 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10.
Size 6 dress with ruffle sleeve, re-
quires | 3-8 yards IS inch fabric, So
yard contrast and 4 3-8 yards lace
dying; other frock, ! l8 yards 35
nch, 81 yard contrast.
Send FIFTEEN CENTS IN coins for
his MARIAN MARTIN pattern. Be
ure to write plainly your SIZE.
1AME, ADDRESS, and STYLE
LUMBER.
Send your order to Daily Dispatch,
2ttern Department, Z32 w. 18th ST.,
eW York. N. Y
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-04-19
Playground News

The Queen Esther cluD is planning
to nave d white elephant sale III
the near future at the community
hOu . at South Henderson. This c,lD
is Trying to make money TO finance
Its camping trip this summer.
The community club met Tuesday
Plans We're discussed lUI IL,
Su......~. program. DeliciOu, F2luc.n-
mcnts OF sandwiches, couNirs. ana
iced tea We're served.
One baseball team has been or
ganlzed for the younger ooys. Games
are held each afternoon around +
o'clock.
Ed Hamlet has had his mcn clean
ing and putting the city park IN shup"
this week, and plans are gong for
ward TO open the park 10 the puDilc
May the LIST.
A new tennis court has been built
at the South Henderson playground
during the week.
Day camping has been discussed
Tor the city park during the summer.
All girls and boys interested in this
are asked to notify the Recreation
office on William street.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-04-19
SOLACE

lAt,cr q Black Night OF Stormlng
Remember this OF the wind
# has no voice, nc hate;
you hear the Spruccs bending from
their roots,
COMPLAINING branch by branch;
You hear the sea,
pulled up from valleys into moun-
talnS,
And mountains pushed against the
shore,
Until they split among the rocks,
To pour
And roar in chasms.
Even the winter grasses have then
smooth. dull whispering
Beneath the winds hard hand;
RecmcDcr this,
lYou know it we'll already
The wind ha, neither voice nor hate
The fields VIII lie tomorrow
Quite unchanged;
The sun will shine,
And, gazing all about, you'll happily
acknowledge
That barriers make the noises o.
disaster.
Martha Banning Thomas.