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The voice of labor., 1941-10-09
CeIanese> Kelly Workers
Win New Agreements
Local 1874
Gets 10 Cents
Hour Raise

An nOuI NdlSc
Relations between Gel
aneSc Local 1871 and Gel
anc>c Corporation of Am
erica reached new heights
last week when 10000 Gel
ancSr workers, members
of the Cumberland Textile
Workers | Mon. ratified a
new agreement granting
ten cents an hour flat in
crease 10 every plant
worker.
The agreement, reached
after two months Of ncgo-
tiations in Cumberland
and in Washington. d. G..
before the L. S Concllla-
tlon Service, increased the
total yearly income Of Gel
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thdn AZ,loO. 900 and
STRENGTHENED the WOrkino
,o,, ,I,ol,.
80 "''0ei'''
between tnc company and
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-05

over his weekly pay check to his sol--giving him Q list of bills to be paid each week and of the money needed to be put aside out of each pay check to meet monthly bills.
 The boy took care of everything. He gave Mama her household and personal spending money. He paid the maid He paid for the groceries, laundry, cleaning, for the upkeep of the family car (which he used more than any member of the fam- ily). He even paid himself the al- lowance he had been kicking about being too small
 DAD GOT
 THE REST
 The plan was that Dad would get everything that was left over That, the son thought enviously would be . nice hunk.
 But he found out differently the first week. When he had paid all the bills and paid out the family aliowar ces, there was less for Por than Son had already drawn for his allowance.
 The story wasn't very different the next week--or the next. When the month was up, the Son had a new picture of his dad. Instead of see- Ing him as man who made a good salary but was tight with 1t, he saw him as a guy who worked hard to earn & good pay check--out oi which he received even less thar his high school aged son.
 HE NEVER
 KICKED AGAIN
 This Is a true story so 1t doesn end, with the Sons offering to takt a cut in his own allowance. Bu he never did kick again because
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-05
PAINFUL STIFF SHOULDER

PAINFUL STIFF SHOULDER
 Some day, old timers have been prophesying ever since I began teaching the absurdity of the Idea that rheumatism" explains what ails any one and that acid of any kind has anything to do with the ills called rheumatism, some day you will have rheumatism yourself and then you will understand"
 After all. a doctor doesn't learn much about an ailment by having 1t himself. Or, if he does learn any, thing that way, 1t doesn't make him much more sympathetic, I'm afraid. Take appendicitis, for instance. While never broke down and cried about its manifestations in any of my patients-as I have done on several occasions In regard to other afflictions, yes. I, old Hardboiled Brady--had always believed acute appendicitis must be 8 pretty palm ftil experience and the operation something of an ordeal. But shucks, 1t is nothing of the sort. Even the pain you have before you get the first dose of anoci-association to prepare you for operation isn't what I'd call pain: 1t is just a feel- ing of tension and degree of anx- iety and impatience for them to get on with the operation. At least that is how acute gangrenous ap- pendicitis feels, probably before rupture occurs. As for the rest of 3t, I found that such an operation is a rather pleasant way to spend ten days vacation.
 I would take such a view of it, of course, for ! know something about the hazards involved, and what you know you nevcer fear nearly as much as you fear what you don't know. The reason why the average laysnan fears anything in the line of surgery is mainly his ignorance of and his fanciful exag- geration of the actual hazards in- volved-the hazards of the operation as weighed against the hazards of the ailment or injury or condition If operation Is too long delayed or refused altogether. Incidentally, fear in itself is @ large factor in the damage done by any serious illness accident or operation.
 One thing l did learn from an experience with sllb.acromial bur- sitis ten years ago is that "agoniz- ing" pain is pain that makes one writhe; indeed, several times the pain from that shoulder made me cry, cry not because the pain itself was so severe, but from bafflement over my inability to find some posi- tion that would ease the discomfort enough to let me get some rest That pain too, was probably jus the feleing of tension in the in. fiamedbursa pad or sac.
 In some cases of painful stiff
 shoulder from bursitis the victin gets immediate relief from aspira , ton of even a few drops of blui, rof the bursa, and DTS. Alansol Weeks and G. D. Delprat reporte
 (Archives of Surgery, Aug, 40 obtained relief in many cases c shoulder bursitis by multiple inser tions of the aspirating needle i the bursa whether any fluid was s withdrawn or not. This treatlnen Is simple and any doctor can do
 under local or gas inhalation an Foot Trouble
 Brother has fallen arches, h believes, although x-ray reveal
 no misplaced bones-many special ! ists have failed to help--can hardl } on hands and knees when home walk, so painful crawls aroun
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-05

A fine summer playmate" for your young hopeful is this spirited mode by Claire Tilden = Pattern 3O8! For the one style is easily converted into either an out-in-the- sun play frock or an all-day jumper outfit. The few simple pattern parts make light work of cutting and stitching. A useful as well as jaunty feature Is that buttoning that goes all down the back. It not only helps you dress an impatient, rest less little tot easily, but 1t also allows for speedy ironing in Q Hat spread piece --an important factor during the summer when clothes are apt to rumble and muss more read- fly. Doesn't crisp ruffling make a gay and pretty edging at the tront- scalloped top? The blouse may have short or long sleeves and . round simple neckline or a small, neat collar. Bingham would be perfect for the sun-dress, or try seersuckei that marvellous fabric that neednt be ironed. Then you might use chambray or pique for an attractive Jumper style. Keep the Sewing Guide right at your elbow to show you a! the shortcuts and this style VII be finished in e jiffy!
 Pattern 3Os Is cut in children't sizes 9, {, 6, 8, and 10. Size { requires 1 i-2 yards 35 inch fabrit and l Ia yards ruffling.
 Send FIFTEEN CENTS (15c) ir coins for this pattern. WRITE CLEARLY SIZE, NAME. AD' DRESS AND STYLE NUMBER. Send orders to Waterbury Dem. Ocrat, Pattern Department, 7t Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-05
Of Interest To Women

Have you 6 household problem to solve? Write your question clearly. sign your name and ad' dress, enclose . three cent postage stamp and mall to The Woman's Editor, Washington Service Bu- reau, The Democrat. 1918 l3tb
 Street, Washington. D. C.. tor (
 personal reply.
 O. What are essential furnish ings for a baby's room?
 A. Some of the essential item are: Screens to keep of draught' when the baby is being bathed; covered acceptable for soiled dia' pers and other clothing; Q chest O drawers or box for bedclothes bathtowels and wash cloths; room and bath thermometers; ba u aprons for mother, one of outint flannel and a protective rubber on' 10 go underneath: a couch, usefu when someone has to spend thu night with a sick baby; Q dressing table, high enough for mother tt reach conveniently, on which thu baby's powder and other toilet or ticles can be placed: and a com fortable chair in which to nurse thu baby.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-05
LEGS DYED FOR ECONOMY

SIX stockings are on the way out of government and commercial of- Aces in Wellington, New Zealand Bare legs are now quite common sight. Either through the applica. ton of the suns rays or a special dye an effect is produced which makes 1t difficult to detect the ab- sence of stockings Tt was once the rage to go without stockings fl summer because We thought bare legs fashionable" said an office girl "Now some of us cannot afford tt buy silk stockings"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-05
'tStar-Spangled Banner"
 Available for Framing

'"The Star Spangled Banner" was born of great American drama the defense of Fort McHenry in 1874.
 The terrible day and night of September 18th, thirty British men-of-war in Chesapeake Bay poured shot into the fort that de- tended Baltimore.
 And all that night Francis Scott Key, young American lawyer de- tained on one of the~ships, paced the deck in painful anxiety. Would the fort have to surrender? Was the flag still flying?
 As the bonbardment suddenly ceased at dawn, Key strained to see through the mist and, to his joy, the flag still wavedl
 Tears in his eyes he jotted down the first lines of the poem that is our national anthem.
 You may now have for fram- ing = in home or school or club "a beautiful replica of "The star-spangled Banner" in Kay,s own handwriting.
 It Is one of our set "rhree Great American Documents" which also includes a replica of the Gettysburg Address in Lincoln's writings and a copy of the Bill of Rights. All full size, printed in sepia on cream an- tique paper. Has leaflet giving his- tories of the documents.
 Send l0c in coin for your set of THREE GREAT AMERICAN DOCUMENTS to Waterbury Demo- crat Home Service, 635 Sixth Ave-, New York, N. Y. Be sure to write plainly your NAME, ADDRESS, and the NAME of the set. Carolyn Lee has been taught to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-05
Women Can Help Keep Food
 Prices From Increasing

be much smaller than last spring, but beef and lamb supplies may be slightly larger.
 FRUITS Citrus fruits and apples are ex- pected to be more abundant and lower in price than last spring.
 VEGETABLES
 Recent curtailment in marketings seems to be temporary, and the out- look is for fnuch more vegetables than q year ago.
 DAIRY PRODUCTS
 Record milk production the past few months indicates that supplies of dairy products probably will con- tinue to be larger than last spring.
 POULTRY
 Supplies are expected to decline seasonally through the spring months and to be smaller than a year ago.
 POTATOES
 New and old potatoes probably will be considerably more plentiful than last spring, but much small. CT sweet potato supplies are ex. pected.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-05


 GaynOr Maddox written for the consumer housewife.
 BY MRS. GAYNOR MADDOX
 NEA Service Staff Writer
 William S. Knudsen director gen. eral, Office of Production Manage ment, says we are all in the army now. So we are, every man, woman and child in the United States. We know that certain commodity prices must go up because of the costs Of national defense. But we know also that some unpatriotic producers may try to take advantage of our pa- triotism and jump prices unreaso,- ably. Against such practices every woman who buys food for her family must be on guard.
 Harriet Elliott, consumer conmis- Sioner of the National Defense Ad- visory Commission, recently recom- mended that anticipated cost in- creases which have not yet mater ialized should not be made the basis for price advances; that when pric- es of new goods advance, inventories be averaged rather than marked up to the new level; that rigid adher- ence to the practice of traditional rates of mark-up should be discour- aged, unless 1t can be shown that costs have advanced by an equiva- lent amount.
 Looking at the national food pic- ture as q whole we get Q working idea of how food supplies for the next few months will run.
 MEATS
 Prices, particularly for pork, prob- ably will continue for the next few months at g higher level than last year. Pork supplies are expected te .1-ssas sat-sge4s--, he didn't have enough spending money.
 Maybe other fathers could bor- row tho idea. There's just one drawback to 1t. It Is likely to make the young men of the country wonder If Dads aren't giving theil families an awful lot for what they get in return.
 And if young men become tha skeptical, girls may have & little more trouble getting them to thu altar.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-05

to tio anything about the matter but complain to Mama.
 one father, who did figure out a scheme for teach ing his hig h . school age son where Q family pay check goes, has not been trou- bled since by com plaints about the size of the sons allowance.
 For q month that dad turned
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-05
| LEARN TO
 SET A WAVE

Most importantly, however, ask him to teach you how to set 8 wave and how to fasten the curriers' while the hair Is drying. He will be glad to do this. If he Is proud of the last permanent he gave you, he'll be more than glad to teach you some of the tricks of his trade.
 Sleep with an attractive mesh or chiffon scarf, tied turban-wise around your head. A hand-tied tur- ban to protect your waves and curls can be fiattering. And unless you wear something over your hair-do at night, you can't expect 1t to stay sleek and smooth,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-05
ToMoRRoW,s MENU

&ONAOHVaV~VV Y N@'1"
 BREAKFAST: Prunes in orange juice, cracked -wheat mufiins, bacon, coffee, milk.
 LUNCHEON: Cream of potato and onion soup, whole-wheat bread, jam turnovers, tea, milk.
 DINNER: Corned beef hash, poached egg, spinach, hard rolls, apple pie, coffee. milk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-05
You Never Really Know the Value of Money Until You're The One Who Pays--And Pays
By RUTH MILLET'T

"That boy doesn't have any idea of the value of money" fathers are always complaining about their high school and college-age sons.
 But few Dads take the trouble
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-05

taking shots for arthrits. (MrS. 2 RI
 Answer-Any doctor-that Is, an> doctor of medicine, who has exam ined your brother can form 6 morel intelligent opinon of what atls hirs than I can. Send ten cents an@ stamped envelope bearing your ad. dress. for booklet "Care of the Feet," and monograph on ArthritiG.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-05
Latest Styles
HO1C To Keeb WeH
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-05
Caroline Chatfield Says Today
Are Modern Girls Making Marriage Too Easy Fo h Men?
@mas RssauasssA .. q sssA emss
DEAR MISS crATTrELD:

DEAR MISS CHATFTEID:
 Our daughter of weny-sx with college and fine background point marrying youth of weny.one who joined his first at high school n the wged out and back again for two years and now thirty-five dollars He's irresponsible He has widowed mother who has the time when she would have his help
 One dismayng the affair that daughter When he here he gagged forgot her when he met daughter marriage for him. has bought the da
 set proposing to have him live with us after marriage she's already the provder.
 capable she not giving him the chance to prove It. He may turn out to the facts I've related don't you him opportunity to establish himself and show us that happy in spite the five a'neehee Al "eN "se' MOTHER
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-05
HOME CARE Z
 OF THE HAIR

Unless you have thick, marvel ously healthy, easy -to-manage hair, better plan to roll up the ends and re-curl fine little wisps of hair near the face about the third day after the professional setting. Your hair probably will again require atten- tion on the fifth and sixth days. The seventh finds you back in the beauty shop, of course.
 For home care of the hair, get the type of equipment used by your coiffure expert. If possible, buy from him some of the curllers he uses to roll up the ends of your hair, and some of the lotion he uses for setting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-05

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-05
WOMAN,S REALM
AW8& GIorifing Yourself
MIA SerylCe stafR Writer
By Alicia Hart

With SO many tiny hats, half hats and hats that are nothing more than ribbon handeaux on the market, plus the fact that so many girls 20 hatless a great deal of the time, hair grooming routines be- come doubly important.
 This is no season to lay aside your brushes, stop having a sppe- cial scalp treatment at least once a month, or stop trying to learn more about arranging waves and curls between visits to the beau- tY shop.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-05
ANSWER:

ANSWER
 on the face admit that there's practically nothing match; beginning with the differ the unbalanced financial arrangements the future But who can tell
 husband she's set her heart upon won't happy? tell her that the bad beginning him of responsibility Will wreck hopes or having respect and rely upon? NoDody
 Chances are feelings for the lad bad mixture or effect to put show befor the public provide the home Tor h ana diamond to convince her public that she mas man three short months acquaintance he providing protecting and promising security to boy whose resofd tched to job wife for any length o time would only close her purse and put the young she would know a the eno o ~ 'c who loved whom and why.
 widespread epidemic of business women going husbands younger than I've had score of letters on tne sane We count for this Could be that the girls in their no them swiftly to take advantage Of the
 e known tendency of youths fall girls older than them- selves?
 Naturally mature of marrying wife until ne can suport her Naturally arrangement m weh ne the beneficiary his ance and his bride It's possible that t men are less possible that masculine pide mas been the extent that they are willing 10 nave M eir friends buy the preacher and hand over tne tickets to punched a naws tables we cant blame he s narents for being scared the consequences can we? Pa~sA'' -ON ~'o ~ - CAROLINE CHATF1ELD
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-05
Q MODERN MENUS

This fin another In . series of special Monday columns by Mrs. Gaynor Maddox written for the consumer housewife.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-05

Carolyn Lee has been taught to consider screen work as play.
Evening star., 1941-05-17
Choose Plants for
Window Box to
Suit Location

After a window box has been
built so that it is capable of drain
age and it is filled with rich soil
containing humus to retain mois-
ture. and has been enriched by the
incorporation of fertilizing elements,
the gardener is apt to become i'm
patient and want to get 1t planted.
The uppermost question in his mind
then is what plants to use
There Is no need to restrict choice
to geraniums and a few other stand
bys of late years. For sunny loca-
ton, petunias, sweet alyssum, French
marigolds, verbena, zinnia, stocks
and candytuft are all ideal sorts.
These demand sunny location as
do wandering Jew, coleus, vinca and
dusty miller-all foliage sorts.
For the window box TO stand in
partial shade, you may try pansy.
Towering tobacco and stocks. II
satisfied with splendid foliage, plant
the ivies, vincas, ferns, wandering
Jew and Japanese spurge. They
will be certain to thrive.
While we hardly expect the win
dow box to be success when it has
only dense shade, the ivies, ferns
and aspidistras are likely to succeed.
Great care will be needed in
watering these varieties while grow
ing in window boxes. They require
abundant moisture and should be
watered at least once and often
twice each day.
Evening star., 1941-05-17
Use Quick Growers to
Cover Bare Spots
In Rock Garden

Bare spots in a rock garden give
it moth-eaten appearance. These
spots often appear when 1t is too
late to do anything about it unless
We buy pot-grown plants for quick
effect. This is sometimes a costly
procedure, but rock gardeners can
find many quick temporary filters
among the large selection of seeds
now being offered.
A rapid grower from seed is the
wall rock cress (Arabis albida)
While it is a rapid grower it also
possesses many useful qualities.
This one does not need so much
restraint as some of the other rock
crosses. For growing in a particu-
larly large bare spot, try sedum
anglicum, which is one of the cas-
lest of all rock plants to grow from
seeds. Unlike most Of the sedums,
it does not grow so rapidly that it
needs to be torn out for chicken
greens.
For a tiny bare spot, the tufted
evening primrose, which grows only
8 or 4 inches high, or the caespi-
tosa form, is adequate. Both bear
beautiful howers-white when they
open and tinting toward pink or
rose as the flowers wane
A survey of the seeds available
will disclose many African and CAL
ifornian dwarfs. They are par.
ticularly useful in dry and sun
parched areas high up IN the rock
garden.
Evening star., 1941-05-17
Beautiful Belmont
Open for Flower
Show in June

Charming, beautiful Belmont,
home of the former Secretary Of
War and Mrs. Patrick J. Hurley,
will be the scene of the Leesburg
Garden Clubs sixteenth annual
flower show to be held on Thursday,
June S, from 2 to 6 pm.
Considered one of the outstand-
ing events of the season, the dis
play has been carefully planned so
that each exhibit is appropriate to
the room in which it is displayed,
thus showing to equal advantage
the flowers and the house, also Of
particular interest. Belmont, which
is located on route 7, 80 miles west
of Washington, provides the per-
feet setting for the event, which
this year is for the benefit of the
vegetable garden and grounds OF
Loudoun County Hospital.
Miss Mary Metzger, president of
the club, has excellent assistance in
planning the display. Her COM
mittees are as follows: Chairman,
Miss Florence Manning; co-chair-
man, Mrs. Talbot Pierce; securing
judges and judges luncheon, Mrs.
Robert H. Fletcher, jr.; intercluo
competition. Mrs. T. M. Fendall;
supplies, Miss Ellen Metzger; ex-
hibitors' luncheon ito be held at
the home of Mrs. Robert S. Pick
ens), Mrs. Moncure Lyon; exhibit
of specimen flowers, Miss Eleanor
Chamberlin; tickets, Mrs. Harrison
Williams; entries. Mrs. Edwin Rust
and Mrs. Frank Saunders; refresh
ments, Mrs. Peyton Craighill; con-
tainers for specimen flowers, Mrs.
Harry Gibson.
Evening star., 1941-05-17
Bethesda Show Is
Scheduled June 4

The Bethesda Community Garden
Club announces that it's flower show
will be held on June 4, from 3 to
9 pm, at the Battery Park club
house. There will be no charge for
admission, and the public is urged
to attend.
Mrs. T. E. Beall is chairman Of
the show, with Mrs. H. L. Beall
acting as co-chairman. Mrs. c. D.
Curtiss is in charge of classification,
and other club members assisting
include Mrs. A. r. Golze, Mrs. j. M.
Riley, Mrs. r. P. Di Blasi, Mrs. r. E.
Strine, Miss Sue Thomas, Mrs.
Robert K. Coote, Mrs. H. r. Menzel,
Mrs. C. E. Doyle and Mrs. John
Dickinson.
The club is sponsoring the garden
tour, to be held for the benefit OF
Bundles for Britain, tomorrow after
noon, from 2 to 7 pm. In case OF
rain the tour will take place on
Monday.
Evening star., 1941-05-17
Rose Gardens Will
Be Open to Public

The extensive rose gardens Of DR..
and Mrs. Whitman Cross are to be
opened to the public Sunday after
noon, May Is, from 2 to s pm. for
the benefit of the Potomac Rose So
ciety. These beautiful gardens
which contain a great number OF
climbing roses, as well as hybrid
teas, are of unusual interest in that
they also have q great many of DR..
Cross seedlings. DR.. Cross Is the
originator of a number of new roses
recently introduced into commerce
including the Honorable Lady Lind
say, a husky pink; Chevy Chase,
mildew-resistant red rambler; Sun
tan, Nanjemoy. Daylight and Red
Boy are hybrid seas. Nanjemoy Is
q climbing hybrid tea.
Evening star., 1941-05-17

blooms, as that not only keeps the
plants looking nice but assures a
greater profusion of blooms. =
Scale insects and mealy bugs are
apt to attack ferns. The mature
bodies of the former make them
look like incrustations on the ferns.
while the latter look like specks OF
cotton on the foliage. Minute.
small, green, black and red insects
attack most house plants. and by
sucking the sap from the young
succulent tissue their feeding con-
siderably devitalizes or even kills
the plants if the infestation il
heavy. Spray preparations can be
purchased at all seed and garden
supply houses with which house
plants can be sprayed when the
presence of these insects Is first
noticed.
Indoor potted gardening is not a
lazy man's-or woman'S-job, as the
plants do require care and atteri-
ton If they are to give of their best
for our enjoyment and that of our
friends. The rewards to be reaped
though, far outweigh the slight bot
regular attention involved.