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Evening star., 1942-06-06

Mexico. country of great con-
trasts, stirs the creative imagina-
ton as no other spot on this
continent. 1t is not an idle
statement that every Mexican is
a poet and an orator at heart;
one is constantly reminded of the
fact. In their approach to life:
The happy smile for friend and
stranger, the flowers that bloom
everywhere (even boxcars used
by repairmen of the railroad
have window boxes filled with
blooming flowers, the melody Of
native songs, the color and beau
ty Of the national dress, the love
of verbosity-au signify a poetic
people.
One cannot separate the mod
ern and the old in Mexico today.
Not even in the dress of the
women, for in modern Mexico
City one passes on the street at
any hour a peasant in the cos
tune Of her province, an Indian
with brilliantly colored skirt and
shawl and a modern young wom-
an dressed in a costume imported
from the U. S. A.
Where the dress is modern 1t
is OF latest design. In fact, the
leading stores feature dresses
from such important houses as
Carnegie, Nettie Rosenstein, Mil
grim, Louise Barnes Gallagher
and others. The well-dressed
Mexican woman is as smartly
and carefully turned out as any
woman in the United States to-
day. She is discriminating in
her taste, likes the very best and
follows the French tradition Of
Evening star., 1942-06-06
Sure, Indoor Picnics Can Be Fun!
You Can Give Successful Party in Small Room
BY Margaref NoOeH

NOWeH
be cooler If you close the win
dows during the day and open
them only at night.
Tie the curtains at your win
dows back so that every bit Of
breeze may be enjoyed. If pos
sible, get two tiny electric fans
which may be placed at either
end of the room. These are not
expensive, move very silently
and placed on the floor in back
of table or other piece Of fur
nitre so that they are out of
the way are very effective in
keeping the air moving.
If you are inviting few friends
for Sunday night supper in
cramped quarters, instead Of fill
ing the room full Of chairs and
tables which will increase the
stuffy effect, push the few chairs
back against the wall and give
the guests cushions to sit on, on
the floor. In this way they will
get the benefit of the coolest tenn
perature the room affords and
you may present them with a
picnic supper, better than ever"
without ants, sand or mosquitoes
to spoil the fun.
If you must have table, just to
keep the food in focus, use your
bridge tables fiat on the floor
without extending the legs, or set
them up on a few books to lift
them just a few inches from the
floor. Use your most informal
equipment such as red checked
tablecloths, wooden salad bowls
and simple, colorful pottery. You
may make the whole affair won
derfully easy for yourself If you
unpack the food from real old
fashioned picnic basket and let
Evening star., 1942-06-06

wearing simply made dark clothes
for street and elaborate dress
for evening.
She likes beautiful hand-de-
failing, exquisite materials and
good lines in her clothes. Spec
tator sports clothes are her special
love and she chooses them for
their fine tailoring, for, unlike
her Northern cousin, she accom-
panies her husband to the coun-
try club, but seldom participates
in his sports. She sits decora-
lively on the side lines and joins
her husband for dinner at the
conclusion of his game.
Typical is the comment of one
young Mexican woman who with
her husband was showing me the
tennis club of which he is pres
ident. 1t had been his chief
interest for many years, her
Evening star., 1942-06-06
Mexico's Women Gifted with Flair for Dress
DARK and EAabmaAy Beautiful Go4ns for Eysing
ems for Evening

and the continued increase Of
Mexican students coming to the
United States. They feel a far
closer kinship to the United
States than they do to Europe,
they will tell you. This fact Is
apparent in the bright colors
one sees in sports things, GER
tainly far cry from the somber
colors usually associated with the
Catholic countries, and more like
California.
The American influence Is even
more apparent in the social be-
havior of Mexico's young women
today. They now go about with
out benefit Of chaperon, choose
careers instead of idleness, If it
helps the family budget and are
slowly forging a place for therl-
selves in the business life of the
country.
Evening star., 1942-06-06
WalkathOn
with APOLOGIES 10 "The Rare

with apologies 10 "The Bare
Joot Boy" By John Greenleat
Whfttier.)
Blessings on thee, little man,
Driver turned pedestrian!
With thy brand-new two-wheel
bike
And thy merry Smile hike;
With thy red face, redder still
Flushed by walking up a hill;
With the stop light on thy face,
Through thy hat brim's jaunty
grace,
From my heart I speak to you
1 was once driver, too!
Prince thou are-the pre-war
man
Extinct as a Republican.
Let the man with x card ride,
Well shod, trudging by the side.
Thou has peace which fees from
him
In the world of tube and rim
Outward happy, inward glum.
Blessings on thee, walking chum!
Oh, for driving's painless ease,
Tires that take you where you
please,
Skill that mocks the traffic rule.
knowledge learned in driving
school
or the traffic'S morning chase,
OF the precious parking space,
Burst of speed and then abate
Where the speed cop lies in wait;
How the streetcar clangs its bell,
How the edged-out drivers yell,
And the burning brakes do smell;
How the steering wheel is spun,
How the walkers have to run;
Where the side street hides a
cop,
Where you needn't make a stop,
Where the longest red lights
shine,
Where the bus darts out Of line;
OF the youngsters cunning way,
Master of his cabriolet,
And the most uneven keel
OF the woman at the wheell
For, eschewing gas-filled steeds,
Feet now answer all his needs;
Number mines of such as he
From priorities are free;
They will take him where they
can
Blessings on the walking mani
HELEN VOGT.
Evening star., 1942-06-06
Clothes Queries From Our Readers

to my figure. My age is 48."
The two-piece suit or dress that
is now fashionable, with medium
length jacket and slightly f1ared
skirt, should be good for you.
Avoid too-short jackets, or those
too long. They should end Just
at your hip width, for the best
effect. Avoid also a skirt that
is too straight in line, or narrow
enough to be tight over the
thighs. Gored skirts are prob
ably better than pleats for you.
Can I wear snood II my
hair is straight"
Whether your hair is straight
or curly, there are snoods that
you will find becoming-but more
important in deciding whether
or not TO wear a snood Is the
size OF your features. Usually
the small-featured person wears
a snood most becomingly.
Evening star., 1942-06-06
By Joan Gardner

young family spent their days
there on the courts and in the pool,
but it was only the third time
she had been inside the grounds.
The idea of participating had
never occurred to her. She pre-
ferred her home, her dogs and
her bridge, she said.
Though there has been COM
ment that the impact Of Eu-
rope upon Mexico has changed
the cloistered life the women
here have lived for many years,
they will quickly deny the
charge. During the last 10 years
there has been a great change,
they will tell you, but it is not
due to any influence from
Europe. Rather, they feel, it
is the expansion Of the American
point of view brought here by
the tourist, the moving pictures
Evening star., 1942-06-06

Entertaining may be taking
slightly more informal tone in
Washington these days, but the
urge to look ones best is no less
determined. Little" dinners, aft
ernoon teas and casual lunch
cons are becoming the rule, with
beautifully cut, very simple
dresses dominating the fashion
scene. Even in f1oor-length
gowns, the informal feeling pre-
walls, evidenced in the covered
up" look and achieved in dresses
with jackets or tiny sleeves.
Mrs. Kent Legare, one of the
famous best dressed group is as
practical as she is beautiful. The
other afternoon she appeared at
a tea wearing a stunning two
piece suit of black shantung,
with blouse of black net, with
bits of jet twinkling in the mesh.
Her hat was large, fiat straight
brimmed model of black straw,
and her gloves and purse were
also black. But the practical
aspect of this outStandingly
smart costume was disclosed
when Mrs. Legare conflded that
she had had f1oor-length skirt
made to 60 with it, so that 1t
became a smart dinner suit with
the jacket, or charming dinner
dress with the blouse when the
long skirt was worn. So don't
think you get rated a best
dressed" just by having plenty
of money to spend and a smart
couturiere to advise you!
Senhora de Martins, brilliant
wife OF Brazil's Ambassador, also
likes black for afternoon wear
and no wonder, it is so becoming
to her brunette beauty. Receiv-
ing a few friends for tea recently,
she wore a street-length frock
of severe black, made simply, but
cut with skill and perception. In
her black curls she tucked a tiny
black velvet bow. Her COL
league, Nine. de Cardenas, the
lovely blond wife of the Am
bassador from Spain, looks
charming in a navy-blue tailleur,
with a fetching sailor of burnt
straw color tiled on her golden
hair. . Mrs. Chip" Robert,
tea-ing with the John Ringing
Norths before an evening per-
formance of the circus, wore
pale-blue suit, trimmed in dusty
pink-and no hat, as usual, on
her blond head. Mrs. Car
rere Barbour is one of the f>W
women who look really well in
uniform; she wears hers almost
constantly.
Relaxing in a charming
Georgetown garden the other
evening was Theresa Bonney,
well-known foreign correspond
ent and photographer. Miss
Bonney is an advocate OF the
comfortable and popular snood-
hers in bright red worn with
a dark dress. Her hostess, Mrs.
Burt Perkins, also chose a SIM
pie street length frock In navy.
stressing once more Washing
tons trend to informal attire
for evening.
On her way to dinner was Mrs.
Russell Andrews, the center of
attraction in the maddest,
brightest fuchsia sailor tilted at
q jaunty angle over one eye. -.
Color continues to hold the spot
light as the town goes into crisp
clothes for summer. Dark
dresses almost invariably are
frightened with sparkling &C
cessories. Courtney owens,
for example, is starting a style
trend all her own. Seen
the other evening In q navy
Evening star., 1942-06-06

possibility of getting out where
the grass grows greener," 1t is
a wise girl who makes the effort
to do everything in her power
to make her room or apartment
cool and inviting for her own
relaxation after a strenuous day,
or for the pleasure Of her friends
when she can find time to enter
tain informally.
Soft light is one of the most
refreshing adjuncts to GOODNESS
which anyone can find. Keep
awnings down and shades drawn
during the day to keep the sun
out. If your room is on the
sunny side of the house it will
Evening star., 1942-06-06

what shall I wear for my sec
ond marriage, the middle of
July? The wedding will be in
my own home, at 4 pm. on Sat-
urday, I am slim and look well
in my clothes, am As. 1t will be
hot and I want to wear some
thing that will also do for 60
ing-away costume"
If you select a sheer dress
(rayon sheer is available at this
time) in a medium tone. neither
too dark nor too light; beige,
gray, medium blue or green, then
it will be both dressy enough for
Evening star., 1942-06-06

the wedding and qNet enough,
with dark accessories, to wear
away. The dress will also give
you good service later on. Get
your dressed-up effect with your
flowers and with a pretty hat,
which you can change later for
one more suitable TO travel.
X
'I am feet 21a inches tall,
weigh 125 pounds, and am not
high wasted, just the average.
My thighs are rather prominent.
Please tell me what cut of suit
dress would be most becoming
Evening star., 1942-06-06

We have all heard a lot about
playing in your own back yard"
this summer, but what if you
don't happen to have back
yard? Many thousands of the
boys and girls who have been
used to a garden at home in
which to relax late in the after
noon, and drink long, cool drinks
with their friends, are now a
part of the large civilian army in
Washington, and are living in
one room or a tiny apartment
"for the duration" What with
the heat of a first Washington
summer, the fact that everyone
is working overtime and the i'm
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18
InsuIafe Heat Plant

II the basement Of your home
n too warm you are wasting fuel
Jnsplstion of the heating plant is
aR9 tc3ution
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18
| Buy War Bonds

But how infer that I'm not behind the EFFORT
81 bonds regularly
And investment the world
today They dividends cash. future security and independence
match these handsome with other
investment available today.
But getting to bond purchases
AS of last Saturday only 73 Michigan factories and business
establishments eligible fly the bulseye flag which indicates
that employees of those establishments regularly invest 10 per cent
of their incomes in bonds.
There other and business establish
Michigan which NOT eligible fly the buleeye flag
Until EVERY American invests at least 10 per cent
Of MS earnings ID s5aas f7e. II ~1>ts'
sacrifice ALL, talk about backing the effort is
just much decetful prattle.
We still have business who insist business usual
We still have politicians who insist politics usual
insist pleasure usual
This atudemore insidious than fifth columns losing
the for tho United Nations.
But we're not losing the war; you insist.
How about the Dutch East Indies Guam! Wake? The Philip
Albania? Norway? Holland?
Belgium? France? Much of Russian
Gen. Brehon Somerel talking through brass
hat when he recently declared:
We've lost everything but Of cOmpacency!"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18
Good Design Essential
In Dwelling Conversion

The Importance Of good archi-
tectural design in the remodeling
or conversion of an older home is
as important as in new
home construction, it is the belief
of most builders.
Good design is also essential in
most modernization undertakings
since the faults of the house
undergoing modernization are fire.
quently traceable TO the lack OF
good design in the beginning.
For this reason, it is pointed out
by Federal Housing Administra-
ton officials, the advice of an
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18
Ice Boxes
Mechanical Refrieerators
Counted in State

More than half of the homes In
Michigan have mechanical refrig-
orators, according to data from
the 1910 census of housing re-
leased Saturday by J. c. Capt. di-
rector of the bureau of the census,
department Of commerce.
The census figures also show
that more than nine-tenths Of all
dwelling units in the state had
electric lights and that about the
same proportion of the occupied
units had n radio.
Five-eighths Of the occupied
dwelling units had central heating
equipment. Coal or coke was the
most common fuel used for heating
the homes with central heating
systems.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18
Building Costs
Show Increase
Board Reports
Michigan Finances Homes
Costing $I4.535. 900.
Federal Agency Says

Although material costs In the
construction of standard six
room house remained stationary
during August. seven-tenths OF i
per cent increase in labor charges
pushed the overall cost up two
tenths of l per cent for the month,
the Federal Home Loan Bank ad-
reported Saturday.
In comparison with last March.
when price ceilings were estab-
tIshed on many building material
items, labor rates were up nearly
3 per cent while materials rose /
per cent. Both dealers prices for
materials and labor costs are now
nearly 8 per cent higher than in
August, 1941. Material costs are
PIP per cent above the average
month of 1853 while labor
charges have gone up 29.4 per cent
from the same base period.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18

Price controls have caused lev
cling off in wholesale prices of ma
terials, according 10 the United
States department of labor. The
combined index of prices for Au-
gust-123.2 as compared with the
l935-1939 base of 100-showed no
change for July and for the past
five months the index has re-
manned slightly below the March
level.
The board also reported Satur-
day that home financing in Michi-
gan cities and towns in August
totaled SD, 535. 900. Nonfarm mort
cages of $1,000 or less totaling
4. 1853 were recorded during the
month.
The dollar amount compares
with July recordings of SIS, us, 900
and with SIT, 900 recorded for
August last year.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18

architect is often valuable in con-
verting old houses.
Working with carefully
planned design, the property owner
can be assured that the outward
appearance conforms to basic con-
ceptions of good taste and that
the interior is best adapted to the
needs OF those who live in it.
FILA officials also remind prop
erty owners that structural limi'
-tatiOns may make impractical G
certain type of proposed remodel
ing. and knowledge of this before
hand is essential.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18
Do Job Well,
Redume Tells
. Local Realtors
Period Of Good
Business Forecast
for Property Managers

The property management
agent should do his job well or
not at all, Leonard p. Reaume
president OF Reaume * Silloway
Inc. last week told niembefs-e Oh
the brokers division of the De-
troit Real Estate Board.
"And II the agent doesn't take
tho same interest in a clients
property as he does his own, he
isn't good agent" Reaume
added.
Reaume forecast period OF
good business for local property
management experts.
Good Business Seen
"We're going through a~pe-
Rod of forced Disturbances he
said. $50 many persons who
formerly managed their own In
como properties or entrusted
the management of their prop
erty to some relative are now
going to have to turn to prop
erty management firms for as
sistance.
"Thfs Il true because of the
attendant problems of rent con-
troll, priorities and other phases
of wartime operation"
Reaume said he didn't think
that rent control was the worst
handicap confronting income prop
erty owners today.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18
What Does He Think

"Oh. but ratoning will stop all this"
That citizens of this nation whole
their
rationing wouldn't be
doing part" "Im the behind the
behind gun"
behind the minute before VIC
looking the behind him.
Doakes drafted his good job Not only does
but he
prospect willingly going back his
you suppose thinks. example when he reads
wildcat strike resultant of vital production
workers punished for violating no-Snone
rule?
suppose thinks example when he reads o
the unauthorized wakout of 700 Detroit workers because
disciplined melting fellow workers
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18
Q-Several Of the doors in my
house stick. What can be done
20 correct this?
S(udder Heads
Realtors Group

Norman c. Scudder OF the
Lambrecht Realty Company last
week was elected chairman of the
property management division OF
the Detroit Real Estate Board.
Scudder succeeds Frank T. King.
the retiring president.
+. Earle Steele was elected vice.
chairman, and Robert J. Brooks
was named secretary-treasurer.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18
Opinions on War
Aired by Writer
Cites Somervell's Charge
Of Snug Competency

in Army of the United States the editor
N this section taking orders from boss this
~ column therefore a good-by-unil-victory
such 1t will air few personal opinions OF the
the conduct of nation engaged goba war wch can
spell o. 132000000 lberty-loving Americans.
discussion the real estate
building section Of newspaper?
Only this. If Adolf Hitler and company set up shop
warranty deed that home you've SCIENTIFICALLY
acquired won't be worth plugged nickel.
The title the apartment house the store
building in which you've invested LIES savings will
be equally vaueless
And the real estate and building profession, under
Adolf Hitlers order, would exist only long
deereed only under the rules he
them.
m doing all TO stop Hitler" the
American protests.
street
rolling by which occupied only
by the driver
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18
President Nominated

Nominated for the 1929 presi-
dency of the United States Savings
and Loan League. subject to bal
loting at the annual meeting In
Chicago, November 16, is Ralph III.
Cake, Portland Ore president for
the past 10 years of the SIG, O00.-
600 Equitable Savings and Loan
Association.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18
Get Right Tenant

He added that it was the man
agement firms responsibility 10
get not just a tenant for a build
ing but the right tenant"
THE biggest handicap we
must overcome today ~ the
= record of bad management rem
dered by some agent In the
past.' Reaunne declared.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18
Urges Removal
.0fBdn Against
Room Evictions
Atkinson Cites Change
in District Of Columbia
Rent Control Law

Amendment OF rent control reg
ulations To exempt the ordinary
renting one or two
rooms from the rigid OPA pro-
visions governing evictions, was
suggested Saturday by James r.
president of the Detroit
Real Estate Board, as a m owe
which would stimulate rental OF
vacant rooms in the Detroit area.
"Such an amendment to the
District of Columbia rent con-
troll act has recently been put
into effect to encourage house
holders to open their homes to
war workers." Atkinson said.
Cites LaD Change
"The amendment provides
that non-h0usekeeping furnished
accommodations located within
single dwelling unit occupied
by the lessor or his family, shall
be exempted from the provisions
regulating evictions.
"a considerable volume Of adj
ditionaI housing could be made
available In the Detroit area II
some way can be found to exc
tend to the country as a whole
a similar provision.
People would be much more
willing to open up their homes
-to-war- workers IL they-wereE
sure they would not be obligated
to continue the arrangement II
IL should prove detrimental 10
the family life or II family con-
diti0ns were to change"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18
High Humidity Helps
DKeep Dwelling Warm

The humidity which makes sum-
mer heat unbearable can help TO
conserve fuel in the winter. Main
tain as high a humidity as pos
sible without frost forming on the
windows and your home will be
more comfortable at lower tenn
peratJres,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18
q. and A.

Q-NOw that many metal
parts can't be replaced. want
10 guard my home against rust.
Can you give me advice for the
prevention Of this form of cor
rosIOne
A-Proper care Of metal parts Is
easy and inexpensive. and If pre-
ventive measures are taken in
time. corrosion can be stopped be-
fore any serious damage is done.
Roof cutters. for instance. should
be checked at least once year,
10 be sure that water isn't coll
lecting where loosened holding
straps may have changed the
pitch. II you find an accumula-
>fion of water, restore the correct
bitch at once. for standing water
causes fast and fatal corrosion. IL
there is only rust, remove ii with
coarse sandpaper, scrapefs, wire
brush, or an old scrubbing brush.
Next, cover all the exposed metal
with a mixture of red lead and
linseed oil. and brush IL on firmly
TO eliminate air that would inter-
fere with good adhesion. In addi-
ton, roof cutters should have a
thorough cleaning in late fail and
spring.
Q-Several of the doors in my
house stick. What can be done
20 correct this?
A--Possibly the screws Of tho
hinges are loose. If this is not
the case, maybe you can counter
sink the Ringers a little deeper in
the door and eleminate the stick
ing. Otherwise ii may be neces-
sary to plane the edges Of the
door.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18
Tells Wartime Duty

EFT was unfortunate that
- rents were set back 10 the April
u. 194I, date" he said, but
this Is war and many unfor-
tunate things viii happen.
81 have this one appeal It's
our wartime duty 10 do a good
Job and 10 do our share on the
home front"
Reaume told his colleagues thai
II was their duty 10 tine landlord
who retained them 10 help abatt
neighborhood nuisances, check ta>
assessments and insurance poll
cies, render prompt statements tc
the landlords, and 10 insure thf
proper operation of the building
being managed.