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The Phoenix index., 1941-10-25


Brighten up your busy hours
make this gay dirndl apron designed
by Claire Tilden for the modern
housewife! Pattern 462 is a we'll
balanced design-note how the bod
ice in front, with its pretty ruttle
trim, is cut in-one with its shoulder
straps, and how the back straps are
securely stitched to the waiStband
they won't slip off your shoulders
incidentally a sash ties in back to
give you a lovely slim waist! The
skirt is cut in three pieces and
gathered into the waiSt-hand just
like dirndl. Why not accentuate
the peasant effect by creating a
border on the skirt by row of ric-
rae, and repeat it at the waist and
around the pretty neckline? In that
case, of course, leaving off the ruff
ling on the bodice. With the Sewing
Guide to show to speed up sew
ing time, you could plan to make
both of these useful aprons ......
perhaps one in fresh polka dot
cotton, the other in a flower-garden
chintz! They make splendid Christ
mas or trousSeau gifts.
Pattern 4o2 is cut in sizes small
(32-34, medium 5000 and large
C40-42). Small size, view B, re-
quires 1-2 wards 35 inch fabric and
1-2 yards ric-rac; view A, 2 1-2
yards 35 inch fabric and l 3-4 yards
ruffling.
Send FIFTEEN CENTS 15c) in
coins for this pattern WRITE
CLEARLY SIZE, NAME, AD-
DRESS AND STYLE NUMBER.
Send orders to Pattern Depart
ment, Scott Newspaper Syndicate,
210 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Geor-
The Phoenix index., 1941-10-25
7lUo Children OF Negro
English Parents Get Aid

NEW YORK CITY-(SNS) - A
-mOnth-old colored baby boy
and a 12-year-old colored girl are
among the 4,00C British children
that the Foster Parents Plan for
War Children is caring for in Eng
land in it's "a children'S projects,
it was announced by Edna Blue,
executive chairman. American
headquarters of the Plan are at SIS
West And Street, New York City.
The children can be financially
adopted" through the Foster par
ents' Plan. Foster parents pay $15
per month for the support Of the
children. Case histories, and pho
tographs are sent to foster par
ents.
The children are John Frank
Barnes, 5-month-old British boy,
and Marie Jean Stanley, l2-year-
Old Dutch girl
The case histories of the chill
dren follow: John is a war baby
in the fullest sense. His father is
The Phoenix index., 1941-10-25

women which occupies the same
field as the YWCA although indie
pendent, returned this week from
Washington where she was in at
tendance upon the national ad-
visory committee meeting on WPA
Community service programs.
Miss Hunter contributed def
nitely to the gathering which
sought to fashion WPA service
programs to meet the widest needs
of the public in the field Of educa-
ton, recreation, library service and
the arts. Miss Hunter, nationally
known is active in civic ard well
fare activities in the community
and is likewise an important fac
tor in local Republican politics.
Phyllis Wheatley association here
carries on several WPA projects of
great community Importance.
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Foster Parents
Plan Makes No
Determination

in the army ana his whereabouts
are unknown. The mother has
been unable to care for her three
other children especially in war
time. She is a young colored wom-
an, born in England. Her parents
come from Jamaica.
"The child was brought to our
Nursery where he is safe and we'll
cared for. John is big and strong
and remarkably clever for his age.
He weighs more than Is pounds,
can sit up and makes a strong eff
fort to talk.
The case history of Marie j.
Stanley follows:
Marie was born in Holland but
The Phoenix index., 1941-10-25

The memorandum is concerned
with the seriousness of the shortage
of sheer hosiery and the available
ity of adequate substitutes for silk.
Special emphasis is placed on in
telligent hosiery selection and hos
iery care.
Negro women are urged to exer-
else skill and discrimination in
their purchase of hosiery. Especial
ly stressed under this heading is
the point that careful hose buying
takes time and planning. Unless
hose are the right size, the proper
length, we'll made and intelligently
selected, their wearing time is apt
to be short.
Addressing itself to the popular
question, "how serious is the short
age Of sheer hosiery going to be"
the memorandum states that this is
a question that only the figure can
answer.
However, it is pointed out, that
sheer hosiery can be made of ny
Ion, cotton, and rayon. Furthermore
by mixing rayon or cotton in the
manufacture of silk hose, limited
amount of silk can be spread.
The big question is the availa-
bility of all four fibers-silks, n.y.
Ion. rayon, and cotton-all essentl
al to national defense.
Thus, women should plan to
wear stockings as a part of an en-
semble on the basis of the other
clothing which they are wearing
and what they are doing, the mem
Orandum suggests.
The Phoenix index., 1941-10-25
WORLD OF
WOMEN
Shortages Likely
Consumers Told

WASHINGTON. D. C.-(SNS)-'"The Negro people Will
find there great many goods which they will have 70
do without the National Defense program gains IN mo-
mentum. ~ ny,
These ere the words last week. of Miss Frances H. Wll
ams Special Groups Consuant Consumer Division Oftce
of Price Administrations She referred to recent
the production of consumer goods brought about re
suit of priores and ALLEGATIONS for defense purposes I'M
posed by OPM and OPA.
The Phoenix index., 1941-10-25
X" 2-DRoPS GIVE HEAD COLDS
EAn\ THE AIR. USE As DIRECTED.
IMrsZ ZPEN ETRO SSss ssSSs
Many w O M EN-
get 2-way help!

CARDUI is a name you ought
to remember, if you suffer, from
only functional causes, in either
of two ways. G) from periodic
pain and discomfcrts. or (2) lack
of energy, strength and appetite.
If the first is your main trou-
bic, start three days before "your
time" and take CARDUI as di-
rected. If you need a tonic to
The Phoenix index., 1941-10-25
LEAVE FOR HOLLYWOOD

NEW YORK-After a SUCCESSFUL
series of personal appearances in
the East beginning last summer
and brought to a close with his
performance at Harlem's Apollo
Theatre tris week, Eddie "Roches-
ter" Anderson, the movie and radio
comic, and Mrs. Anderson took
leave of their many friends at the
Hotel Theresa Friday fer Holly
wood,
The Phoenix index., 1941-10-25

help stimulate the appetite, in
crease the flow of gastric juice
and thus improve digestion, and
build energy and strength, then
use it by the tonic directions.
For either purpose, CARDUI
has been giving women and girls
satisfactory results for 81 years.
as proved by it's record of popu-
laritv
The Phoenix index., 1941-10-25
Hosiery Economy
Is Defense Need

WASHINGTON, d. c. -(SNS)-Facts of interest to Ne,
pertaining to the relation of hosiery to natona
defense are contained in special memorandum issued this
week to the Negro by Miss Frances Williams Specla
Groups Consutant Consumer Division, Office of Price Ad
minstration Data for the memorandum obtained from
the research safs the various sections of the Consumer
Division.
The Phoenix index., 1941-10-25

They always use QUININE SCALP
COMPOUND. The hair aid which
helps to bring them the Long, Beau
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The Phoenix index., 1941-10-25
NEW AIR DRYER

A triple V-shaped basket sus'
pended over & receptacle for con-
densed moisture has been design
ed to be filled with calcium clcs.'ide
to dry the air in residence base
mentS
The Phoenix index., 1941-10-25
Jane Hunter Is
Now WPA
Adviser

CLEVELAND - (ANP) - Miss
Jane E. Hunter. executive secre-
tary of the Phyllis Wheatley asso-
citation, ar organization for young
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-07-27

claim of gin, you must build the hand
up. The easiest way to get sequence
is to save CLOSE" cards and reject
wide" cards. The seven and the nine
of spades, for example, are close cards;
the seven and the king are wide cards
In general, the only cards to save
are cards that actually touch each
other such as the seven and eight
OF the same suit. Then you sit tight
until either the six or the nine comes
along to give you a three-card Sc
quence The trouble with saving the
seven and the nine is that only one
card - the eight - will help YOU.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-07-27
Noted Bridge Expert

In trying to form sets, you save
any pair you happen to have. Com
mon sense tells you that it's easier to
get three jacks if you already have a
pair to start with.
So the best way to build up your
hand is to save pairs and sequences. -
and to discard impaired or wide"
cards. And when you have choice
between discards, get rid of the card
which counts more points. That re-
duces the total point-count of I'M
matched cards in your hand and cuts
your loss if your opponent knocks.
But don't forget that there's an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-07-27

other player across the table from you
- and that you'll probably stand a
better chance of beating him if instead
of concentrating solely IN building up
your own hand in the shortest possible
time, you take time off to throw a lit
tie broken glass in his path.
In other words, you can play
blocking game" You try to prevent
the other fellow from building up his
hand. And you can do this simply by
not throwing down cards which he
needs.
How do you know what he needs?
The clearest tip-of (outside of fast
peek comes when he picks up one of
your discards. If that card happens
to be, say, the five of hearts, you know
he wants either fives or low hearts So
if you hold or pick up another five or
low heart, you don't discard it - you
save it. so he won't get IT.
Unless you're playing against real
novice, you can be sure that any pick
from the discard pile completes set
of three or more matched cards No
experienced player picks up a discard
just as gamble, because speculative
pick seldom improves hand, it wastes
pick that might have been produc-
tive, and - worst of all - it warns
the enemy that you're interested in
certain cards. From then on you will
have to pick all matching cards from
the deck; your opponent will hold on
to any that he gets.
Even if the other fellow doesn't pick
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-07-27

easy. Put him to work. Play the game
three-handed, No special rules are
needed for that. You just pick in turn
until there's knock or gin. Then the
other two players can lay off on any
thing in sight.
What if you have two kibitzers? If
you're real gin bugs, you can pair off
and play two games of gin. You can
even call one player in the other game
your partner, winning or losing on
your combined score rather than sepa-
rately. Such partnership doesn't
amount to very much; it's still two
separate games.
But the best solution for taking care
of two kibitzers is to start a rubber
of bridge. It's still the best game for
four players, and it'll live through this
craze just as it has survived back
CANNON and the rest of them.
The End
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-07-27

- IN. or gin rummy. is the first
q card game in ten years to be-
~ come real craze. Some say
the Hollywood movie colony started
the ball rolling. but points as distant
as Boston and Dallas, Milwaukee
and Miami, New York and New
Orleans claim to have Graded Amer
ica's newest game boom.
But they're really all wrong, for the
game is far from new. I've played it
on and off ever since my hand was big
enough to hold ten cards - and my
father taught me the game.
1t has taken hold all over the coun-
try at this particular time because it
exactly fits the public temper of the
moment. To begin with, it's cinch
to learn. Practically everybody who
plays cards at all knows some form of
rummy. And a rummy player can
learn gin in thirty seconds fat. But if
you've never played cards at all. you
can learn the game in two minutes, be
an expert in FIVE! You can even stop
and listen to a news broadcast without
affecting the play in the slightest.
That must be why the game has
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-07-27

caught the public fancy. You can
relax completely while you play it,
and heaven knows these are times
when a way of relaxing is worth its
weight in gold.
The general idea of the game is to
match most OF all of your ten cards
into sets or sequences. If you've never
played gin or any other game of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-07-27

up any discards, you can usually tell
what he has - except at the beginning
of deal. Suppose two kings are dis
carded; that tells you that the enemy
isn't saving kings.
Get the idea? Look at your own
hand and study the discards - and
you can tell what the other fellow is
not saving. Then by elimination you
can make pretty good guess at what
he does hold And if you're still in
doubt. choose discard you are sure
he cannot use in preference to one that
he may be able to use
And that brings up the memory
feature of the game. According to the
original rules, only the last discard was
visible; the rest of the discard pile was
hidden by the top card. The player
who could remember all the discards
had an advantage. He knew what
cards were still available for his own
matching up, and he had better idea
of what his opponent was likely to
hold.
But the modern rules eliminate this
memory feature You're allowed to
look through the discards as often as
you like That's why it's possible to
look up from the game to talk with
friend or listen to the radio. You can
then go through the discards and
know just where you stood before the
interruption.
That's about all you need think
about when you play gin. The rest is
matter of reinements and percentage
plays. If you can stand. a bit of
expert" advice, here it is: Don't go
for gin (ten matched cards.. Go after
six or seven matched cards and knock
as soon as your unmatched cards
count ten or less.
One more problem may puzzle you:
what to do with the kibitzer. That's
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-07-27

rummy family take few minutes off
to read the rules They are printed on
Page 10. and there's nothing much to
them.
Now let's 60 If you're not dealt
a hand which is ready for knock or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-07-27
THIS WEEK MAGAZINE
a GAME Is REBORN

Good old RummY. in new dress,
is taking the nation by Storm
by Oswald JacobY
Noted Bridge Expert
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-07-27

4 IN. or gin rummy. is the first
q card game in ten years to be-
come a real craze. Some say
Evening star., 1941-08-21
FIyinu School Closed

Following the death of two stu
dents in a plane crash, Brazil has
closed the flying school at Santo
Andre.
Evening star., 1941-08-21
England Hears New
Cries for Invasion
OF Continent
British Offensive Against
ItuIy Is Suggested
By London Editor
BY DREW MIDDLETON,

Associated Press War Correspondent.
LONDON, Aug. 2l.-Unofflcial
English, Polish and Norwegian stra-
tegists raised anew today their cries
for a British invasion of the con-
tinent as the only way to defeat
Germany.
British military leaders were
called on for all-out war against
the Nazis. Current r. A. F. bomb
ings of Germany and occupied ter
ritories were deemed insufficient by
these sources.
Frank Owen, editor of Lord
Beaverbrook's Evening Standard,
demanded "a second front and not
only in the air" in signed editorial.
Mr.. owen suggested British Of
fensive against Italy, long favored
by some military sources as the spot
where the Axis could be hit hardest.
Landing Attempts Urged.
MANY Polish and Norwegian mill
tary men have urged the British to
attempt landings at number OF
points along the European coastline
in an effort to find the weakest
point in German defenses.
Once a weak spot were found,
these men believe, enough British
and Allied forces could be landed
IN overcome local resistance to dig
in and open a new front. Most OF
these men believe r. A. F. bombings
have smashed German communlca-
tions and therefore the Germans
would find it difficult to concen-
trste enough troops to counter a
British invasion at any one point.
Favored particularly by Poles and
Norwegians is landing in Norway
north of Narvik. They offer three
reasons for such a landing:
1. Norwegian troops IN England
are said to be better equipped to
fight in that territory and they
could be helped by Scots and Poles
trained in mountain fighting.
Would Open Corridor.
2. Once landing had been made,
a corridor would be opened through
Finland to Murmansk, Soviet Rus
sia, cutting off the Finnish port OF
Petsamo. Over this corridor troops
and supplies could be moved to
bolster the Red armies in the north,
1t was said.
8. Norwegians at home have been
reported ready to rebel against the
Germans at the first sign of out
side help. The Germans would be
unable to concentrate large force
against the invaders in the north,
it was asserted, because it has been
repoited garrisons have to be main
taind now in every Norwegian ham,
let and town.
If the British have contemplated
an invasion of the French coast, I'M
offidal observers agree there have
been no signs of it in London.
Evening star., 1941-08-21
vi thy Officials Refuse
Visus to Americans
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LISBON, Portugal, Aug. 21.-
United States Legation officials an
noinced last night that the Vichy
goternment had refused to grant
viAs to about Is American consuls
ami clerks assigned to unoccupied
Frlnce, French Morocco and North
Africa.
The group consists of some of the
consular employees recently expelled
from German-occupied territory.
1t was reported authoritatively
here that Germany was bringing
pressure on the Vichy government
torefuse the visas because the United
States would not let expelled Axis
diplomats go to South America.
Evening star., 1941-08-21
Opposition May Cancel
Menzies' London Trip
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CANBERRA, Australia, Aug. 21-
Prime Minister Robert G. Menzies'
proposed trip to London apparently
was precluded today as the Labor
Party adopted a resolution of oppo-
sition.
The party said that in view of
the gravity of the war situation the
Prime Minister should remain in
Australia to direct the total war
effort"
Government parties had indorsed
the proposed visit, but observers said
the Labor Party's opposition prob
ably was sufficient to end the pro-
posal for the time being.
Evening star., 1941-10-16
Woodbridge Area Plans
Defense Mass Meefinu

The Executive Committee of The
Rhode Island Avenue Citizens As
sociation last night met to form
preliminary plans for civilian de-
tense mass meeting for the Greater
Woodbridge area to be held under the
joint auspices of the Rhode Island
avenue group. the Burroughs Citi-
zens' Association, National Gateway
Citizens Association, the Bunker
Hill Post of the American Legion
and the Follow Me Defense Post
of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
The meeting is scheduled for Octo-
Der 25 at Taft Junior High School.
The committee extended invita-
tions to the neighboring organiza-
tions to delegate special subcom-
mittees to attend a joint subcom-
mittee meeting at 8 pm. tomorrow
at 2035 Rhode Island avenue NE.
w. L. Howenstein was appointed
co-ordinator of the meeting. John
l.. Fowler presided over last nights
conclave.
Evening star., 1941-10-16
District W. P. A. Begins
Area Housing Survey

The District Work Projects Ad-
mlnlStration has begun new survey
OF dwelling facilities in the Wash.
ington Metropolitan Area at the re-
quest of the national defense hous-
ing co-ordinator. Ross Haworth. Dis
trict w. P. A. manager, announced
today. The field work is expected
to be completed in about two weeks
and the data will be turned over to
the Federal W. PA. for compilation.
The survey, said Mr.. Hawortf.
Will cover the District. Prince
Georges and Montgomery Counties
IN Maryland. and Arlington Coun-
ty and Alexandria in Virginia. The
study will show which sections of
suburban areas are most densely
populated and where housing pros
poets are best.
Because Of the immediate need for
local housing data. the workers will
not attempt to visit every dwelling
IN the city, but will use a sampling
system which has been employed
successfully in housing studies else.
where.
Evening star., 1941-10-16
Reform Federation
Also Protests Beer
AT Pop Concerts
Directors of Orchestra
Will Consider Matter
At Monday Meeting

Protests against sale of alcoholic
beverages at pop" concerts have
been received by the National SYM
phony Orchestra from the Inter-
national Reform Federation. it was
learned today. The orchestra's S
Board of Directors will take the
matter under consideration at its
first fall meeting next Monday.
The federat ton, with Offices at 1874
B street NE, wrote last Friday to
all the directors of the symphony
and 500 local ministers, educators
and civic leaders, protesting against
association of wines and beer with
symphony concerts.
The protest was withheld from
the press, according to Clinton N
Howard, general superintendent, out
of courtesy to the symphony. 1t
was released today after the same
protest was made yesterday at the
annual convention of the District of
Columbia Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union.
Regrets Mention of Protest.
I'VE are musical people" Mr..
Howard emphasized, "and do not
wish to harm the symphony" He
regretted. he said, that any mention
of protest against the sale of liquor
had been made before the board of
directors of the symphony had a
chance to express themselves Of
flclally on the matter.
j. P. Hayes. symphony manager,
had no statement to make beyond
indicating that the federation,s pro-
test had been received and ac-
knoWledged
"As manager of the symphony"
he said. Il will refer the matter to
the Board of Directors at their first
fall meeting Monday" The SYM
phony as well as the federation, Mr.
Hayes said, does not wish to make
"a controversy or issue" of the liquor
protest. ...
The protest mailed to 500 civic
leaders was repeated in an article
entitled symphony and Suds," "
printed in the federation's maga-
zine. Progress" for october and
mailed to 10000 persons.
Says Tone Is Lowered.
ut greatly lowers the tone and
standing Of the orchestra" the fed
GRAFTON protested, Ito have it asso-
ciated with the sale of alcoholic
liquors of any character. or used as
advertising medium to promote sale
of beer"
There are 5000 places in Wash
ington, according to the federation,
where liquor can be obtained. The
symphony should not be used as a
vehicle to promote beer garden" :"
the statement continued, and to en-
courage liquor consumption among
youth, which largely makes up it's
future patrons"
Sale of liquor at the concerts, it
was claimed, implies to Washing
ton parents the approval of such
sale by celebrated conductors" Dr.
Hans Kinder, symphony director, it
was pointed out. is an enploye of
the city and participates in musical
activities in the Washington schools.
The federation emphasized it's ''ex-
treme hesitation" at bringing the
matter to directors attention and
desire not to operate against success
of the concerts. 1t asked that the
board prohibit sale of liquor at fu-
ture concerts.