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The Phoenix index., 1941-05-17
By MARIE DOWNING

Must you be beautiful to hav%
romance?
Or, let's ask the question this
way; do beautiful women have
more romance than their less at
tractive sisters?
ta(lsWer that question yourself
And then read my answer l think
you will find it interesting.
/ asked many men which they
preferred, a beautiful woman or
one just about average in appear
ance. And, almost without eXcep-
ton, their reply was that extreme
beauty was not as important as
many Of us women believe it to
be. Rather, they Want their Wo-
men folks to be attractive. They
told me that any average woman
could gain an attractive appeal :
ance simply by taking care Of
herself, her hair, her complexion,
and her clothes!
Extreme beauty, it seems, means
extreme vanity. and NJ male
wants a yam W Jmar, because g. {
thinks too much about herself, ano
not enough about him But, # she
is attractive through a combina-
ton of interesting personality plus
adequate care OF self and appear
ance, she most likely will be an
enjoyable companion, thoughtful
of others and a hit more anxious
to please. ...
So, while men appreciate beauty
they prefer personality!
But let's digress minute. and
further explore this strange word,
beauty" 80 far we've used it as
meaning the ultimate in facial ap-
pearance. Yet, I think women can
be beautiful without having ex-
treme facial prettiness. Many time:
woman gains in beauty simply
i,flrough her kindliEess toward
others. Clean living, clean thinking
combine to give a woman special
type of beauty an internal
beauty which is ref ected in the
peace and love you find in heI
face, and in her smi le.
That is the type of beauty all CT
us should cultivate. Add to it the
desire to he neat and attractive
careful in our selection OF clothes
and in our treatment of our hair
and skin, and romance will come
to us in quantities equally as largs
as that enjoyed o, those fortunate
The Phoenix index., 1941-05-17

must be better prepared IN terms
Of her opportunity, profession or
skill and better prepared in terms
Of her general relation to life than
any other worker
In setting forth the problems o.
''WOmen in Vocations,' the young
feminist said that Negro women
must be continually conscious OF
social and labor legislation. that
they must scrap continuously for
better educational facilities in all
the fields in which they are IN
terested, that they must know more
about trade union organization and
continuously attempt to become
integrated within the trade union
movement. and that they must con-
tinuously search for socially mind
ed individuals, both white and col
ored, who will be- concerned with
these major objectives.
Pointing out that there IS no
easy way for a woman to accom-
plish her goal, Mrs. Hedgeman
said that 81 understand that there
is no Negro woman accountant cer-
titled in the whole of the United
States of America. | know num-
ber of young women who 9re in
terested IN the field, and also know
that as they move into business
situations they are going TO bf
con 'inualty confronted by an en-
ployer who wants from them steno-
graphic service, even though they
may have been hired with the eX-
press understanding that they
would be given an opportunity a
the books. The job is important sc
YOU can't refuse the stenographer
but your dream is also importan'
and the books are there.
"It NAV mean vou will have II
volunteer time after houre in orde
to get the opportunity that yo'
want and graduellv nova in unit
YOUR ability is reSnectnd and yo
ere gwen opportunity for more .
the actual business eXperienc" 10
With vc-I aro lookino - ma
be that you will have to save yer
carefullv for o@S;ti00a1 StUdr q
some cne of the laroe bushes
schools. IT NAV bn that Won wi
have to buv some of the advance
books and study by yourself for
The Phoenix index., 1941-05-17
STYLE FlRSTS
lNaAw4 q
SIMPLE APRON is
GAY; PRACTICAL

The hustle and hustle of modern
living doesn't leave much time for
changing your frock. But you Can
protect your good things by wear
ing an apron around the house.
Pattern 175, designed by Claire Til
den, will really be a joy to wear
it's so CHEEKY and becoming and
Well-fitting And with the Sewing
Guide for reference, it will. be a
simple matter to cut it out and to
stitch up its easy seams, even
though you may never have taken
a stitch before. Claire Tilden has
planned every detail of this style
for economy of time and effort. See
how the front panel curves out to
form one piece with the straps.
The back of the top is cut in
single piece too--a time-saving
dreSsmaking feature that also serves
to keep the straps up on your
shoulders where they belong. The
boW-tie at the hack waist makes
for neat, smooth fit. You may cut
the neckline in a square or squared
soft V shape. And do add carry-all
pockets, bows and either ric-rac or
ruftling for gay femininity. Order
Pattern ITS today-it's a style you
need. ..
Pattern ITS is cut in sizes, small
1896, medium 39-40. large AZ
A and extra large 46-4S. Small size
requires 2 SIS yards 35 inch fabric
and IA yards ruffling.
Send FIFTEEN CENTS 15c) in
coins for this pattern. WRITE
CLEARLY SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS
AND STYLE NUMBER.
Send orders to Scott Newspaper
Syndicate, Pattern Department, 210
Auburn Ave, Atlanta. Ga.
The Phoenix index., 1941-05-17

There are lot of fluffy even
ing gowns being worn, but there is
also the stunning sheath effect
that shows off the ideal shape.
An easy fit under the arms. hug
ging the waist line as if it loved its
smooth over the hips, following
the lines of the thighs. after
which it can go romping into
flounces. if it desires. Nc good
Tor Missus Hippy. Too revealing
She wants TO bawl like baby
when she sees these lovely crea-
3ionS.
ROLL HUMPS AWAY
She is out of luck, no matter
what style frock she selects. She
must roll those humps away.
She who is uniformly plump has
no difficult problem. If she stops
feeding her adipose tissue, that
lives and thrives on fats, @+veets
and starches, she can shuttle off
poundage. Tt is being done all the
time and with no i'll effects upon
the health. A restricted diet and
little exercise will remove six or
eight pounds a month: that's fast
enough, Localized developments
are something else. Exercise is the
The Phoenix index., 1941-05-17

lanta University. Since graduation
she has been instructor in Eng
lish at Miles Memorial College in
Birmingham.
Mr.. Robinson is the son of Mrs.
Jesse E. Robinson, Sr., and the
late DR.. j. j. Robinson, prominent
physician of Providence. He is a
graduate of Virginia Union Uni"
versty, the Atlanta University
School of Social Work and a MEM
Der of the Alpha Phi Alpha
Fraternity. AT present Mr.. Robin
son is an assistant junior specialist
in the Farm Security Administra-
ton in Washington, D. c. where
nc and his lovely young bride win
reside.
The Phoenix index., 1941-05-17

only means of exterminating the
insidious fat cells.
Exercise and you have fat wor-
ried. Keep OH exercising and it
will eventually do the vanishing
act. Don't get discouraged There
may be no change for a month Or
more; after that the expanded
areas will go into a state Of dis
solution.
TRY THIS ONE
Lie on the back on the floor,
hands straight at the sides. Lift
the right leg as high as ever you
can, straight up from the hip,
then roll to the left, stretching the
leg until you feel a hard pull on
the muscles of the hips. Six times
TO the right, six times to the left.
and Repeat. When tired, rest and
breathe deeply.
Candidates for sliIpmer figures
who have not exercised may not
lind it easy to buckle down to re-
ducing activities. Time will help
that. AS the muscles are strength
ened, as adipose paddings evapo-
rates. movements will be easier and
fatigue less
The Phoenix index., 1941-05-17

Mrs. Hedgeman. executive secre-
tary of the Brooklyn YWCA, vivid
Iy brought out the facts, future and
history of Negro women workers
in the United States and warned
the Hampton co-eds that. even
though " all women have serious
employment problems, Negro WON
en- carry the additional handicap
of colored with its attendant dis
elimination with regard to tr2inir2,
apprentice opportunities and job
opportunities"
She asserted that there is no
question hut that the Negro woman
The Phoenix index., 1941-05-17

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The Right Kind
OF RIGHTEOUSNESS

enough to be torn with perfect
beauty. think, too, that those OF
lis who must cultivate beauty will
find that romance will be even
more generous with us, and much
more permanent!
What are your beauty problems?
Write: Marie Downing, Larieuse
Beauty Bureau, 3509 Lindell Blvd,
ST. Louis, Mo-, and she will be glad
to answer them. Be sure to enclose
a self-addresSed. stamped envelope.
The Phoenix index., 1941-05-17

WORRIED. UNHAPPY? Com.
panionship, Money, Gambling,
Drinking, Employment. Help
Guaranteed. Send Csc Coin. DR..
Rodney, 3451 So. Michigan, Chi
cago, Illinois.
The Phoenix index., 1941-05-17
Too Much Sitting> NOT Enough
Walking Damaging To Hip Line
Buckle Down And
Get StreamIined
By HELEN JAMESON
distributed by King Features Syndicate, Inc.)

Curves are fashionable Look at the ladies of the chorus
the theatre the and floor shows No skinny rails
among them Curves neat restrained precisely they
should be- Hips that high and wide most certainly
handsome Spread amdhp calls for too much dry goods
and too much chair And often happens that fat cells
land right there leaving the rest of the feminine anatomy
of normal proportions Too much sitting enough walk
ng does it. But who walks these days. Nobody who hop
into a
The Phoenix index., 1941-05-17
CAFFEY BELL
Miss Helen Bell To Wed
Mr.. J. Jerome Robinson
ATLANTA, Ga.-(SNS)-

ATLANTA, Ga--lSNSJ--
Ensting widespread interest here and in Rhode Island,
IS the announcement made today by President and Mrs. w.
A. Bell of Atlanta Ga and Birmingham, Aa of the forth
coming marriage of their elder daughter Miss Helen CAT
fey Bell to Mr.. j. Robinson, Jr, of Providence,
Rhode Island and Washington D. c. The marriage will take
home of the brides parents Westmoor Drive
the latter part of June.
The Phoenix index., 1941-05-17

On her maternal side Miss Bell
is the granddaughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Caffey Of Charleston,
S. c. Her paternal grandparents
are Mr.. and Mrs. Lutler Bell,
pioneer citizens of Elberton, Ga.
Miss Eleanor Bell is her only SIS
ter Mr.. William a. Bell. Jr. is her
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brother.
The bride-elect is one of At
ianta's most beautiful bellies and
enjoys wide popularity here and in
the East where she has been a
much feted visitor. She is a grad
uate of Spelman College and earn
ed the Masters degree from At
The Phoenix index., 1941-05-17
No Easy Way to Accomplish
Goal, Mrs. Hedgeman Asserts

HAMPTON INSTITUTE Va.-The problems that Ne
gro women must their many and varied vocatons,
were dramatically brought to the attention of women un
dergraduates Hampton Institute address by Mrs
Anna Arnold Hedgeman at the annual Womens Day BAN
Uuet in Cleveland Hall here Saturday.
The Phoenix index., 1941-05-17
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Evening star., 1941-05-09
Death Mask Woman Released
As Possessing Sound Mind
Margaret Russell
Plans No More
Visits to Congress

After four days in Gallinger Hos
pitfalls mental ward, Margaret Rus
sell. whose death mask interrupted
House debate on the lease-lend bill,
was ordered released from the hos
pital today on recommendation OF
the Commission on Mental Health.
The 34-year-old Vassar graduate,
who was taken into custody at Union
Station Saturday night and sent to
Gallinger Monday, was pronounced
'of sound mind" by the commission
after an informal examination at the
hospital
She had been arrested, police said,
when she ran away from her brother,
James Russell of Chicago. who had
taken her as far as the station. 1t
was said he wanted to take her home
with him.
No More Visits to Congress.
The Women's Bureau. where she
also had been taken after she ap-
peared in a death masks In the
crowded House gallery in February,
sent her to Gallinger Hospital. On
the earlier occasion she had been
sent back to her home in New Yor4.
Leaving the hospital this morning.
Miss Russell said her whole family
was "pro-war."
MY brother is going to go to war
and get killed" she told reporters.
She insisted that some one is
trying to get me out of Washing
ton but said that she didn't plan
to leave town. She said she would
make no more visits to Congress.
Miss Russell has been living with
an aunt in Hyattsville, Md, since
her return to Washington at Easter
time. Her first act on her return
was to attempt to distribute a lily
and an Easter message to each
member of the House.
Flowers Taken From Her.
On that excursion Capitol police
stopped her and took the flowers
to the guardroom. When Miss Rus
sell appealed to Kenneth Romney,
sergeant at arms of the House, she
was told there was a rule against
distributing literature, but allowed
her to send the lilies by messenger
boy.
Miss Russell, who describes her
self as a pamphleteer and free
lance peace crusader. first made
the acquaintance of Capitol police
when she rose during the least-lend
debate to scream Victory is mine!"
She was wearing a flowing black
robe and mask.
Evening star., 1941-05-09
Business Free Action
Gone, 0. p. N. Official Saws

Business will have to adjust itself
to an entirely new condition during
the defense emergency, Douglas C.
Mackeachie, deputy director of the
division Of purchases of o. P. M,
has advised the Business Advisory
Council of the Commerce Depart
ment.
In past years business has been
operating under the shadow of sur
pluSes, he told the council, but
under the defense program it con-
Evening star., 1941-05-09
Keynes May Explain
forced Savings
To u. ). Officials
British Economist Due
In Capital Today for
Several Weeks Stoy

Prof. John Maynard Keynes, cele-
brated "unorthodox" British econ
omist who devised the British sys-
tenn of forced" defense savings, was
scheduled to reach Washington this
afternoon from New York. where he
arrived on the Atlantic Clipper yes
terday.
Mr.. Keynes, who is travelling with
his wife, the former Russian dancer,
Lydia Lopovoka, is said to plan q
stay here of several weeks. He may
talk informally with Treasury of1i-
cials about wartime financing and
with Government economists about
warding OF imitation.
Information on the exact char
acter of his mission was lacking
here, except for Mr.. Keynes own
statement at New York that he
would consult about some phases of
the lease lend program, the Associ-
ated Press reported.
However, that part of official
Washington which regards him as
an apostle of the spending theories
of the New Deal. was equally inter-
ested in the possibility that he may
be bringing some informal advice
on how America can handle its new
economic problem.
Forced Savings" His Idea.
Especially, officials want to ask
him about Britain's new plan OF
forced savings" which Mr.. Keynes
advocated from the beginning of the
war and which the British Treasury
adopted few weeks ago.
Under this plan, extra taxes were
levied on poor and rich alike, but
the tax payers were promised that
they would be credited with the
amount of the new tax in the Brit
ish postal savings system. and could
get the money back after the war is
over
Mr.. Keynes contended that this
would serve the triple purpose of
financing the war, removing surplus
purchasing power which might cause
imitation. and also give the people
a nest-egg for the difficult days of
reconstruction after the war.
A similar idea has been discussed
freely in administration circles and
was advocated openly by Jerome
Frank when he was chairman OF the
Securities Commission.
Balances Deficit Spending.
The savings plans, according to
the Keynes theory, is the logical
successor in boom times to deficit
spending in depression years. Along
the line of the Keynes depression
theory. the New Deal spent billions
for public works, relief and other
purposes in an effort to overcome
the depression.
Now, however, the defense pro-
gram has changed the problem. Un.
employment is diminishing rapidly.
business profits are growing and
economists worry about price and
credit imitation instead of unem-
ployment. Those in Washington
who followed Mr.. Keynes depression
theories are interested in how he
would handle the new situation.
Among those interested in Keynes
theories are President Roosevelt,
himself; Federal Reserve Chairman
Mariner S. Eccles, Lauchlin Currie.
economic advisor of the President,
and scores of others. Mr.. Eccles,
particularly, is regarded here as one
of the chief followers of the Keynes
theories.
Evening star., 1941-05-09
| Whew! It's 7O2!
lOHicer Sets Fire,
| Men Get HOLIDAY
ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
CAMP BLANDING, Fla, May 8.
LIT. Thomas Lyden, division sur
geon's Office executive. sat calmly
in his tent, smoking his pipe and
studying the umpires' manual.
Capt. Robert Eddy dropped in,
looked about and wiped his face.
1T is hot, isn't it?" 1t. Lyden
remarked.
We'll, now that you mention ii"
said the captain.
1t. Lyden got up, looked at his
thermometer. I'll say 1t is. Look!
Its 102"
The captain whistled. Il didn't
know 1t was that hot"
Both rushed out and gave orders
to their men to knock off for the
afternoon because of the heat.
The next time they do that, it's
q safe bet they'll check the lieu
tenants stove. His matches had
set fire to the incest bed of pine
cones you ever saw.
Evening star., 1941-05-09

The Thomases were married in
Washington January 2, 1926, and
have made their home in the Capt.
tai from time to time as Comdr.
Thomas was on duty here.
Their wedding was a much
talked-of social event. Mr.. Marye
was said to have given his daughter
present of $1,000,O00.
At one time they maintained a
home at 3508 Prospect avenue NV.
Recently Mrs. Thomas had spent
some time on her Navada ranch.
Mrs. George T. Marye, Mrs.
Thomas mother, lives at 1785
Massachusetts, avenue NV.
Evening star., 1941-05-09
Strict Curbs Asked
On |nsta||ment Sales
OF Automobiles
Reserve Boord Advises
Large Down Payments,
Less Time on BoIonce
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
The Federal Reserve Board dis
closed today it is prepared to curb
tnstalment selling of automobiles
and other consumer goods in order
to prevent imitation and to conserve
Industrial resources for the defense
program.
The board and staff of experts,
headed by DR.. Carl Parry, has made
q study of the problems of buying
on time" and are waiting for Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Price Admins
traitor Leon Henderson to authorize
them to seek congressional powers
10 regulate the business.
The proposed powers would permit
the board to say how much should
be paid down on articles and how
much time consumers should get to
pay of the remainder.
If the powers are voted. plans call
for applying them Immediately to
new and used car financing. Experts
believe that down payments should
be boosted above one-third of total
III llSC dllt tlidI lllC tllllC 1Ol
the balance should be cut from the
present average of 18 months to
about year.
Auto Plants Needed for Defense.
The automobile business was tick
etei for initial action, first because
it is responsible for about half of
the instalment financing in the
country, and secondly because auto
mobile plants, labor and materials
are needed for the defense pro-
gram.
Refrigerators, radios, furniture and
other expensive consumer items
would be next on the list, officials
said.
The experts view financing OF new
houses as the biggest problem after
automobiles, but said 1t might be
sidestepped. Although home con-
struction may compete with defense
for labor and materials, the experts
credit it with important social bene-
fits and note that in some areas the
defense program, itself, is respons-
ible for new housing demands.
Aggravates Business Cycles.
One official said he had long fav-
ored regulation of instalment credit
In order to minimize the ups and
downs Of business, but the defense
program has accentuated the need
for such controls.
Generally, he said. business fluctu-
stlonS are aggravated by the fact
that in good times average conSum-
ers are induced by liberal instalment
credit to buy more than they can
afford, and speed the boom. Then in
hard times. they are so loaded with
payments that they are unable to
contribute even normal amount of
purchasing power to stimulate cur
rent trade.
The board considers itself the log
ical agency for controlling install
ment credit because the activity
would fit in with its general credit
control activities in the monetary
and banking fields.
Evening star., 1941-05-09

fronts the shadow of scarcities, i'm.
mediate or potential.
The businessman free market to
buy materials, sell his products and
transport them is gone for the dura-
ton of the emergency, Mr.. Mac
keachie declared. Defense will get
first call on materials and civilian
trades will take what is left, he
explained.
Evening star., 1941-05-09
Mrs. Helen Marye Thomas
Obtains Reno Divorce

Mrs. Helen Marye Thomas, daugh-
ter of the late George T. Marye,
one-time Ambassador to Russia,
obtained q divorce yesterday in
Reno. New, from Comdr. William
D. Thomas. now on duty here in
the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics.
The Associated Press said the
divorce was granted on the grounds
OF three years separation. the
mother being given custody of their
daughter, Marye Bright Thomas.
Evening star., 1941-05-09
Russell Fuvors Convoys
If Britain Is Desperate
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
AUGUSTA, Ga, May e.-Senator
Russell, Democrat, of Georgia, ad-
ministration supporter and long
time advocate of aid to Great
Britain, declared yesterday the
British will have to be in desperate
condition before I'll ever vote for
conveys"
In a speech before a convention
Of Georgia county commissioners
Senator Russell called conveying the
most serious problem now before
Congress and said before vote for
conveys, want to know how much
shipping is being sunk"
Evening star., 1941-05-09
Heut DELAYS Film War

HOLLYWOOD, May 9 (P,.-The
Civil War was postponed yesterday
on account of the heat. Twentieth
Century Studio had hired 600 extras,
as Union and Confederate soldiers,
for movie battle scenes. Fearing
prostrations in expected 9O-degree
temperatures on its battlefield, the
studio Cancelled the call and the war.
Evening star., 1941-05-09
Job-Stretchinq Asked

The government of Switzerland
has appealed to all Swiss employers
to stretch jobs so as to give work
to the greatest possible number Of
men
Evening star., 1941-05-09
Cos Aids Autos

A producer gas fuel made from
wood pulp is expected to increase
the use of producer gas adapters
in automobiles of Sweden.
Evening star., 1941-05-09
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