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Evening star., 1941-12-06

I have a special reason for
wanting to describe the follow
ing situation: A senior at a
large university was invited into
town" to dine at the house Of a
leading hostess whom he didn't
know at all well. He and a
young woman present were the
only unmarried guests at din
ner of IA. When time came to
leave. the hostess asked him SO
that many others heard her, to
take Miss Unmarried home.
When telling of this later, he
said he felt that this suggestion
should have been up 10 him.
The girl knew most of the 9TH
erS very well and several lived
In her immediate neighborhood,
and it seemed to him probable
that they would gladly have
taken her home. AS it was, he
had to telephone for taxi and
drive two miles out of his way.
besides which he thought the
hostess placed both him and the
girl in an embarrassing position
by setting herself up as sort Of
match maker.
OF this last idea, I can say
mot likely" and of the custom,
I have heard Of it many times
as being usual in many locali-
ties. In fact, I know of two or
three cities where each unmar-
Evening star., 1941-12-06

retaries for their telephone tech
nioue instead of for their beauty,
as is popularly supposed! For an
employer the telephone is a very
important instrument. 1t serves
to sell him or what he is selling.
He does not wish customers or
clients to be received over it
ungraciously or to be rudely ques-
toned as to what do you want?'
He wishes them to be received as
graciously as if he were greeting
them personally in his offlce-he
desires a good impression" to be
radiated of his office and methods
of doing business.
Too many women talk over the
telephone as if they feared the
instrument was going to bite
them. They clip their speech,
shrill their voices in an effort to
talk loudly, and usually hang up
Evening star., 1941-12-06

@. I have spilled bottle Of ink
on the hardwood floor in my
room. Where the shellac on the
floor was unscarred, the ink did
not penetrate, due to my quick
use of a blotter, but there is one
spot as large as the palm of my
hand which has penetrated into
the wood and in spite of all my
securing refuses to come off. Is
there anything that will get the
ink out of the floor? I would
like to do this myself, as it was
my fault, and my landlady is SO
conSiderate I hate to add this
detail to her burdens.
A. Oxalic acid solution will
take care of this for you. Get
l ounce of powdered oxalic acid
at the drug store. Mix this with
one pint of not water. Apply this
solution to the ink spot with a
brush or cloth and let 1t stand
10 minutes. This may be re-
peated several times until the
spot disappears. Then wash it
up with weak ammonia water.
After this has dried for several
days, a good coat Of wax will
bring back some color into the
wood and finish the surface.
@. One of the girls IN our de-
partment is leaving to be mar
ried and a group of us would like
to present her with a gift. We
have collected about S25 for this
purpose, but are at loss as to
the type of presenU best suited to
her situation. She is marrying
man who travels and for some
time to come will not have place
of her own. Can you offer any
helpful suggestions?
A. A large fitted suitcase OF
durable leather would be excel
lent in this case. However. If
you find she has all the equip
ment necessary in this line we
would suggest such articles as a
handsome leather portfolio,
folding electric iron, or a clock
fitted into a leather case with
two front flaps for holding pic
lures.
@. What kind of suit can buy
for "all-purpose" wear? I want
something that may be worn to
Office in the morning, but which
will also look well for cocktail
or informal dinner engagements.
A. Choose a two-piece type in
a monotone, preferably one which
buttons up close under the chin.
You can wear this with casual
accessories and blouse for office;
dress it up with small, perky
hat and an appropriate bit Of
jewelry for other occasions.
Don't select too heavy or
Evening star., 1941-12-06
Lacy Filet Scarf Easy to Make
Rr Baroness Phantom

Very often We have requests for
runners of specific dimensions.
Women need scarfs to fit GER
tain pieces of furniture, This
classic pattern of rose clusters
IN filet crochet will fill all re-
ouirements. It can be heightened
or shortened. Besides, it Is the
type of design which lends itself
70 both bedroom and living room.
For delicate mesh. a fine mercer
lied cotton should be used. For
large pieces of furniture and
coarse mesh, use heavier cotton
with or without mercerized finish.
Every one more than appre-
ciates something that has been
made by loving hands, and for
this reason gifts YOU work your
self are more than welcome.
And even if you don't plan on
giving the scarf away-wouldn't
it add a lot of charm to that
furnished room that has become
your temporary home?
Pattern envelope contains one
filet-crochet diagram of easy
to-see dot-in square method;
also full directions.
Send Is cents for No. l495 to
Ne Needlework Editor of The
Evening Star.
Evening star., 1941-12-06
Quality Counts
The Fesper the Better Is Slogan
BY Helen Toef


something comfortable and not
too formal for "at home" wear.
These newly created modes are
more highly styled than the
ordinary play clothes, yet less
than the dinner gown or hostess
robe. At any rate, the embry-
onic idea also is truly American
and most original.
When our good friend Alice
Burrows, associate editor of
Vogue, was in town last week,
these questions and many of the
answers arrived with the lunch
con entree. Because fashion
runs in cycle, many experts be-
lieve that We now are embark
ing on the upward swing, having
just completed one dizzy FASH
ion loop. In this new order"
they foresee more wearable, fiat
tering clothes, among them the
longer skirt. The new dipping
hemline, for example, is what
Miss Burrows calls an "eye
trainer" one of the first steps
in bringing down hemlines all
the way around. The calf
length and ballet-length skirts,
so widely discussed, are other
forerunners Of the trend, she
believes.
A peek into the spring pic
ture indicates that those lived
in" suits will be more popular
than ever. Huge prints, many of
them carried over from the re-
sort season, also will flourish,
and the new cOlOrS, at which
local fashion girls got a look,
seem really wonderful, with
watermelon pinks and bright blues
Cto replace the hard-to-get
navy among the offerings. Most
OF the fashion world has COM
plete faith in the ingenuity and
resourcefulness of manufacture
ers and designers. Dye problems
will be solved, perhaps by having
a little less wide range of colors,
perhaps by making them lighter
to conserve the necessary in
gradients. Synthetic stone jew
elry has been processed so beau
tifully that the stones now have
great fire and sparkle. and other
substituted items will be just as
effective.
But the main thing to remem-
ber as you hear more and more
about all the problems of fash
ion is that fine quality is most
important. You needn't buy
dresses priced at hundreds Of
dollars, but it's sound idea to
buy the most wearable, hattering
clothes you can find.
Evening star., 1941-12-06
Edited BY Betsy CaslceH

"tweedy" fabric if you wish to
wear it for all occasions. A we'll
fitted jacket. perhaps one with a
modified dolman sleeve, is a new
and excellent choice.
@. How important are party
calls" in Washington? Out where
I come from nobody ever thinks
about them-in fact, anybody
who went around leaving cards
after a party at her best friends
house would be thought definitely
queer" But some one told me
that such calls were absolutely
necessary here in the East.
A. Even here in Washington
you would not have to leave cards
after party at your best friends
house-if she were your contem-
porary and had no official posi-
tion. However, if you are invited
to dine at the home of a much
older woman, or one who is en-
tertaining in an official capacity,
you must leave cards within the
next three days-the very next
day is best. Dinners at en-
bassies or legations require cards
left the next day.
Evening star., 1941-12-06
Conveying Expensive
Guest Finds Hostess InCOnSiderafe
BY Emily Post.


ried man Is telephoned and told
to fetch the girl who Is to be his
dinner partner. He then calls
for her, is seated next to her at
table. and is also expected 10
see her home.
In other words. man and
girl who may perhaps not like
each other at all, or who Gas in
this instance) are total stran-
gers, are forced to spend a great
part of the evening tete-a-tete.
Not only this but it can easily
make John Senior afraid to ac-
cept an invitation for fear he
will be obliged TO fetch Miss
Unmarried from perhaps three
miles beyond the city limits and
to see her home again.
MY reason for answering this
Is that l receive letters through
out every winter season from
young men of very limited
means, telling me that they can't
afford to accept many invita-
tions because of the uncertain
ty as to whether the girl they
are told to call for lives at too
expensive distance. I hope, there
fore, that some of the hostesses
who have seen no fault in this
custom, perhaps may get a view
of a young mans side and de-
eide upon a more practical way
to bring young girls to their par
ties and send them home again.
Evening star., 1941-12-06

rncongruous as 1t may seem to
one not possessed of a feminine
turn of mind, the fact remains
that when women start watching
their budgets, they also start
buying more expensive clothes.
Actually, it's easily explained,
to even the most skeptical mas
culine observer. 1t seems that
when women get the idea that
there may be difficulties about
clothes. that pennies are to be
watched and one dress made to
do the work of three, they real
i7e that quality must become the
watchword. A fine dress of good
material, with simple, wearable
lines. will come through" for
them for several seasons, where
as cheap frock, no matter how
attractive, when purchased, just
can't stand the pace for very
long,
This gradually increasing idea,
experts tell us, has been re-
sponsible for the impetus given
better clothes this year. Ever
since the first collections shown
In September, the accent has
been on quality, called from time
to time, elegance" or even lux
ury," although the latter term
is not quite true. However, Mrs.
America is shying off, more and
more, from the 'fads," the too
highly styled clothes that become
worthless after only few
months. She is taking, instead,
to better clothes that give her a
vell-groomed feeling, the sort OF
feeling that will continue for
more than a season.
American designers have helped
immeasurably. When they first
took up the fashion leadership
title abandoned by Paris, they
were uncertain. afraid to be too
original, not knowing exactly
where and how to start. At first,
there was great deal of hang
over" from the last Paris COL
lections, but now, most fash
ionists agree, the American de-
s1gner has proved himself a
person of vision. has succeeded
In creating vearable, attractive
clothes just right for the active
lives of American women.
Take the new softer shoulder
and sleeve-a typically American
style both comfortable and smart.
Or, take the brand-neW interest
in what is called -"formalized
plav clotheS"-a new feeling for
home fashions that seems to
arise from women's demand for
Evening star., 1941-12-06

shelves above will hold all the
necessities. A 3-way outlet for
your cooking equipment will be
sufficient. and you can train
yourself to turn out neat little
dinner with the same efficiency,
lack of fuss and dispatch that
you evidence when the boss calls
for a report with a must" on it.
Plan little dinners that can be
done AL in one" For this. the
tiny oven-proof ramikins will be
required. These also may pinch
hit" for soups of the kind you
toast in the oven with cheese on
top. The IS and 10" has every
thing you need in the way Of
cooking utensils, cutlery and
dishes, and very good looking
ones, too. If 2 or 3 of the other
girls in your house wish to COM
bine activities, you may eat hap
PLY and we'll on very little. You
can take turns planning the
meals, shopping for food and
cooking. or. if it works out bet
ter, each stick to her own forte.
A card table set for four. or q
buffet service will work out very
well. To save laundry. use glazed
paper or plastic place mats
which are most inexpensive and
may be used many times. Paper
napkins are also in order.
White cutlery with bright or
pastel colored handles, and salt
and pepper shakers to match are
most attractive. Dishes and
glassware may be as gay as April
for a nickel or a dime, and with
, all of this you still may save
money on the food budget. Tive
better and like it,"
If you want to "show of" q
bit, ask the boy friends in for a
buffet supper with the land
lady's permission of course). They
won't mind sitting on the floor
if YOU can turn out baked meat
loaf, stuffed potatoes, a green
salad and hot rolls and coffee.
The salad out of the chill" box,
the loaf, potatoes and rolls out
of the electric roaster-and the
guests might bring in ice cream
for dessert.
Evening star., 1941-12-06
Pageantry as Career
Take Look Back Stage With Producer

One OF the most interesting
people we've talked to in a long
time has one of the most un-
usual jobs we've heard Of in an
equal space Of time. She Is Miss
Edith Russell, who. with her hus-
band, H. r. Harrington, and a
staff of assistants, travels from
State to State building-pageants!
And, make no mistake, the way
they do it, it's real construc-
ton job to put one together.
Every bit of the work is done by
Miss Russell and Mr.. Harrington
and their aides, beginning with
the determination of the theme
and on to the actual construction
of the sets, designing Of costumes,
casting, rehearsals and ending
with the brilliant and spectacular
show.
But, first few words about
Miss Russell herself. She has
always had an interest in dra-
mates and worked in this field at
college. Later, while teaching
history in high school, she was
given extra time for dramatic
work and presented a pageant
there. She went to New York,
where she studied production
work and organized professional
stock company which she took to
Asheville, N. c. Miss RuSSell's
first civic pageant was introduced
in 1928 and since that time she
has devoted all Of her efforts to
this particular field of dramatics.
In its beginnings, Miss Russell's
staff consisted only of herself and
her husband, but it has grown to
such proportions that they now
use the services of dance direc-
tors, music directors, casting di-
rectors and SO forth.
Most of us give up when we are
confronted with the prospect OF
'bossing" some teen odd people
in any field. But not Miss Rus
sell. She begins her work when
she has to organize, supervise,
and direct the work of rounding
out a festival that may include
as many as 5000 persons. All of
her pageants don't use quite that
many, but don't think she can't
manage it with her ability to deal
with large groups of people!
In her work, Miss Russell has
put on pageants in all of the
Southeastern States as far West
as Oklahoma and as far North as
Maryland. Most of these page
ants are OF a historical or civic
Evening star., 1941-12-06
BY Margaret NoweH.

1t will be necessary, OF course,
to keep some foods cold, and ice
boxes being out of the question.
the next step is return to
pioneer days" with a cold box
you may rig up yourself, A wood
en- box II by IL by 16 inches will
be large enough. Knock the bot
tom out of the box and cover it
with wire netting. Place it on
your window sill with the netting
side toward the glass. Make a
cover for the box out of turkish
towel which may be gathered at
the top with a draw string and
extended to the base Of the box.
Place a fiat pan filled with water
on the top Of the box. Tabs from
the cloth cover should rest III
this pan so that the towel is kept
moist at all times by water seep-
ing by capillary action into the
covering. Keep the window raised
at least an inch, so that air blow
ing through the damp towel will
keep contents cool and fresh.
Evening star., 1941-12-06
Bv frankie Kuhn.


nature, while others are planned
to carry out the themes of con-
ventions and other meetings. For
example, some of the themes have
been cotton, paper, different
flowers and tobacco. In selecting
the theme for each pageant, the
work has only begun. After that
come days of planning, every bit
of which is original; historical
research, the drawing up of plans
and script for each particular
phase or scene of the festival,
outlining the music and dance
routines, designing and making
the costumes, preparing the sets,
and the final task of enlisting
local participants and arranging
and pushing forward their re-
hearsals. The rehearsals are pro-
Evening star., 1941-12-06
Watch Your Phone Manners!

As telephoning is fast growing
to be a major occupation in
America, it becomes imperative
that girls and women improve
their telephone manners and
speech. For it is a definite fact
that q woman'S charm and char
acter can be judged by listening
to her voice over the telephone.
How you answer the telephone,
the voice you use, and what you
say, quickly catalogue you-your
rating of Importance and the at
tention your telephoned message
receives depends entirely upon
you.
The best policy in answering
the telephone is to be courteous
even though the call may have
caught you at a very busy time,
or if 1t is from a person to whom
you do not care to speak. One
should be cordial but definite in
stead of rude and abrupt.
The friendly voice but efficient
manner rates highly with impor-
tant employers. I have known
businessmen to choose their sec
Evening star., 1941-12-06

portionate to the number Of par
ticipants since a show using sew
eral thousand people does not
need as many rehearsals as one
using only few hundred.
When a particularly large page
ant is planned for, casting
committee precedes the arrival OF
Miss Russell. With the assistance
of local civic groups and the In
terest of the people in taking part
in a festival planned solely for
their own State or town, cast
Is rapidly assembled and the pro-
ject can go into rehearsal as soon
as the directors arrive.
(This is the first in a series o.
t1Uo articles on Miss RusselFs dc-
tiuties. The second uiu appear
merit Ueek on this page.
Evening star., 1941-12-06

II you like to cook, there is
no reason why you should not
keep your hand in at the same
time you pursue a career in the
big city" Many rooming houses
in town will grant the privilege OF
electric cooking apparatus to be
plugged in, but be sure that the
landlady knows wnat you are
planning to do, and that you
have the proper type Of outlet to
handle the extra load Of cleo
tricity.
Evening star., 1941-12-06
Wide World Photo.

sweet as II the call were for you
from one of your best friends.
"One moment, please" you can
say. Il will see If she is here" Do
not make the person who is call
ing feel it is a great annoyance
for you to do so!
One other warning I want to
make may seem contrary TO all
have said above. But it is not.
Under no circumstances should
you drag out a telephone con-
versation if the other person in
dicates she or he would like to
terminate it, nor should you be
too friendly or too chatty over a
business phone. There is a pleas
ant degree Of friendliness which
all clerks or secretaries should
learn.
Evening star., 1941-12-06
BY Patricia Lindsay

much too abruptly-which leaves
the person who was on the other
end of the wire feeling either
annoyed or depressed. 1t is very
easy to talk over the telephone
if you will throw" your voice in
a middle tone. and enunciate
slowly and clearly. A good way TO
practice is to lie down on a bed,
relaxed. and speak to your friends
or when ordering. There is no
hurry-the connection viii last
until you hang up. Take your
time and let personality creep
into your voice. Pretend you are
an actress-putting over a good
scene!
When you answer the telephone
for another (either at home or at
business be just as cordial and
Evening star., 1941-12-06

This Is not recommended for
storage of meats, as it Is not as
efficient as refrigeration, but it
will keep butter and eggs cool,
salad greens crisp, and vege-
tables moist for several days. Be
sure to remember to fill the pan
with water. The towel covering
should be wrung out in cold water
to start, and a good plan is to
make 2 covers so that they may
be laundered.
A folding screen in one corner
of your room may conceal your
Kitchen" A counter top with
shelves below q Q table With
Evening star., 1941-12-06
Come On, Tell Us All

II, as newcomers to Washington hare problems
that puzze along lines, the staff OF the WomnnS
Page ready and to help Just address question
to the WodnS Page OF The EUeHng Star w
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request. No Wil appear the column.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-06

ergined Focke-Wulf bombers
which raid British conveys.
Direct hits on docks at Bunker
que and Dieppe, France, and Os-
tend, Belgium.
Attacks on airdromes at Vannes
and other places" in occupied
France.
BY Day
A "successful sweep over north
ern France"
A new assault on the invasion
coast in the Calais region.
A commensurate, apparently by
fighter planes, on German bombers
attacking a British convoy in the
English Channel, in which three
German planes were reported
doWned in a Commute battle.
The heaviest of the RATS blows
apparently fell on Dusseldorf
German inland port, railway cen.
ter and industrial city on the
Rhine.
At the outset Of that attack last
night clouds shielded Dusseldorf,
the air ministry said, so the Brit.
ish chose alternative targets" in
the same neighborhood. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-06
NAILS MAKE RAID
ON LONDON AREA
Continued From Page One)

and inland, the Luftwaffe stabbed
at the capital in the early night
hours. Bombs crashed on London
and anti-aircraft guns filled tn e
sky with exploding shells.
The "all clear" sounded before
1890 o. m. (4:3O p. m. EST, how
ever.
Even before London's alert
sounded ground defenses, let go
with a thunderous barrage against
the raiders who unloaded their
bombs on one outlying rea Other
night attacks were in progress at
the same time on two east Anglican
towns.
The government announced that
daylight attacks were confined
chiefly to shipping off the east and
southeast coasts. Fighter planes
we're reported officially to have
sent two of the attackers plunging
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-06
S E A. LEHRSCHELL

Joseph A. Lehrscheil, of Green.
vile Sound, World War veteran and
member Of the American Legion, died
early Tuesday at his home here. He
was Al years old.
He is survived by his wife and
three daughters, Evelyn, Mary and
Bessie, all residing here, and four
sons, William and Roy Lehrschell,
Wilmington, and Fred and Robert
Lehrschell Of Fort Jackson, S. c.
Funeral services will be conducted
from the Yopp Funeral home this
morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock, with
interment following at the National
cemetery.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-06

been evolved in which Laval would
be president of the council of min.
listers and minister of the interior.
Laval, who was suddenly shorr
OF his duties as vice-premier and
foreign minister Dec. 10 in a dras.
tic shakeup by Petain, was said
to have created excitement in the
CABINET when his demands proved
more sweeping than had been an
ticipated.
Admiral Jean Darlan, navy min
lister, who went to Paris to nego-
tlate with Laval, opened the meet
ing with a request for the collec-
tive rexl&1atlon of the cabinet so
Petain might form an entirely new
government.
In the end, the ministers were
reported by official circles to have
rejected the demand, and decided
that Admiral Darlan must first re-
turn to Paris for negotiations with
Laval on the composition of a new,
cabinet.
Two others of a triumvirate who
with Laval would WELD most of
the power under Marshal Petain
in the reconstructed cabinet. it was
reported, would be Admiral Oar.
Ian, who would head the foreign
affairs and navy ministries, a n d
Cen. Charles Huntziger, who would
take over the ministry for youth
and remain head of the war minis.
try. a