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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-03
sters and for oldsters, that await
the early shopper.

sters and for oldsters, that await
the early shopper.
Many desired items which
will be attainable only by those
who act upon Santa's special
1912 advice to brook no delay
may vanish from the market en-
tirely following the Christmas
season, or soon thereafter.
These are items made of the
strategic materials required by
our fighting forces, principally
metals and also many of wood.
The supply of the SO highly
priced for gift-giving electrical
appliances, for example, is sur
prisingly good, but nevertheless
definitely limited. There are ra-
dos, but don't wait too long to
shop for them.
USE LAYAWAY PLAN
jewelers. and furniture deal
ers urge gift shopper to use the
layaway plan Immediately for
wanted gifts from among those
they have in stock.
Most fortunately for the chill
dren-to whom after all, Christ
mas is most important-Toyland
is a veritable miracle-land in
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Santa Works Overtime 10 Stock His Giant Toy|and

things for the home, be they i'm
portant pieces of furniture, dec
crative objects or just small
gadgets which serve to make liv-
ing little more comfortable.
After all, those who will re-
main on the Home Front for the
duration will be spending more
time in the Home, and the one
who gives something to make
the home more comfortable,
more attractive, is giving a gift
of true Christmas cheer.
Emphasis in giving is on the
"long lasting" in a dozen differ
ent ways this year. Many of the
ways to give long lasting gifts
to everyone you love, yourself
included, really involves no ex-
ira expenditure of money at all.
SOME EXAMPLES
BY way of example, you will
be giving yourself and all men
who love freedom, a gift that is
important to Victory, if you:
Carry a bigger share of pack
ages. That will help have rubber
and tires for our fighting men.
Choose something warm to
wear for someone on your list,
for that will help save fuel.
Make your choice of gifts def
mite and final so there will be
no need for returning or ex-
changing them. This saves waste
in many ways.
Give what is probably the
most important gift of all, and
certainly a gift that will last not
only for the duration but one
that will come back to you and
yours with intereSt-give a War
Savings Bond.
Take your Christmas Shop
ping Change in War Savings
Stamps.
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Eyes Right,
Here How
TO Fix EN-

Those new winter whites and
pastels call loudly for eyes that
are bright and attractive. And
any woman can create the illu-
sion of that soft what big eyes"
look by skillful use of eye make
up.
You need five things - mas
cara, eyebrow pencil and brush,
eye-shadow, and, most impor-
tant, discretion.
Start with perfectly clean
lashes and brows. That means
cream and soap.
Use your eye-shadow first. 1t
makes the eyes look larger,
especially shallow-set eyes. APP
ply it very lightly with your
fingertip, and be sure the edges
are blended - otherwise, you
literally black out your eye
beauty.
FOLLOW THE OUTLINES
Brush and darken the brows.
Hold your pencil lightly, dark
ening light hairs where neces-
sary, very lightly, filling in
where brows are skinny. Follow
the natural outlines-a false
shape is tell-tale.
Mascara goes on very little at
time. Apply it with upward
motions. BY pressing upward as
you carefully cover each lash,
you can make them curl.
Narrow eyes are enhanced by
concentrating the mascara in the
center of the upper lid. Eyes can
be made to look longer by ap-
plying mascara only at the outer
corners of the upper lid.
Remember one rule above all
others: too much eye makeup is
much less effective than none
at all.
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AMERICAN GIRL for your
American girl. This big-eyed
model is dressed in full patriotic
regalia, red, white and blue. Her
hair is made of yarn she's
fully jointed SO she can stand
Or sit alone.
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which the ingenuity and the
foresight have combined to pro-
vide a wonderful opportunity to
make them the happiest genera
ton of youngsters in the land,
but here again the advice is
shop early.
The gift giving trend is strong
~ and most happily in the direc-
ton of wearables for everyone
men, women boys and girls -
with a dominant note of the
practical directing the selection.
LONG LASTING GIFTS
Fortunately, fashion, utilizing
its limitless ingenuity has seized
upon new materials and what is
available of traditional mater
ials, to convert the practical into
the beautiful and to make the
gift of wearables as full of GAL
ETY. as they are of usefulness.
This trend emphasizes the CIV
ing of long lasting gifts with
the quality of continuing to
say Merry Christmas to the
lucky recipient for weeks and
months and maybe years. The
trend includes the vastly in
creased attention being given to
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DOuble-Duty

MAKE spicy cakes, ginger
bread or devilsfood cakes serve
a double purpose. Bake them in
shallow square or oblong pans,
cut into squares, ice or sugar
some for use tomorrow and
serve the rest to warm for din
ner dessert with whipped cream
or lemon sauce. Orange sauce
would be good on devilsfood.
And here's a tip on flavoring:
Save skins of oranges and lem
ons, store in covered jar in re-
frigerator, and CRATE for flavor
ing sauces, cakes, and buildings.
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point at which the early shop
per is going to be the most sue
cessful gift shopper.
FOR EARLY SHOPPERS
There are electric razors, for
example, to be found in depart
ment stores and mems stores
and drug stores. Fitted cases are
available with safety razors, in
limited quantities. Even radio
sets can be found also if you
shop carefully, and watches -
try for the waterproof type -
also are there for the early gift
shopper.
There is an excellent selection
of luggage for the man, ranging
from the splendid new cases
which preserve clothes from
wrinkling down to the hand
some all leather overnight bags
now so useful to most men.
Pipes and tobacco pouches,
travel kits equipped with all the
essential toiletries, gag gifts
carved from useful soap hand
somely boxed, are among the
many things which to select gifts
with which to put the sparkle Of
and old fashioned Christmas in
to 1912 giving, which should and
must be basically practical to
make the man enjoy it most.
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Service-ability is the first
yardstick by which to measure
all things chosen as gifts for the
male, this Christmas, whether
they are intended for the man
in the Army, the Navy or the
Marine corps, or for the man
who is serving in a thousand
different ways on the home
front.
Good functional gifts are
wanted by the practical minded
man whose impulse is to direct
all other available funds into
the purchase of War Saving
Bonds and Stamps, to make sure
that the kind of Christmas we
know in America will never
vanish.
Quality becomes the second
yardstick by which to mea-
sure gifts for men this year,
because all of the gifts he re-
ceives are going to be put to
more intense use, and they
should be able to take it,"
and to last longer, SO that they
can keep on saying Merry
Christmas to him for many
days and months after the hol-
iday.
Finally, the ability of gifts
to lift the spirit of the male
to give him relaxation from
the added burdens of work
and care that is on his should
ers during these strenuous
times, to bring a broad grin of
happiness to his face, must
help guide the selection, and
sometimes light his smile can
be heightened. by adding an
inexpensive little trick gift to
the group of major ones that
you select for him.
The woman who is Christmas
shopping for man, this year -
and what woman is not-will let
his hobbies and his sentiments
and his masculine sense of val
ues, guide her choice to the ex-
clusion of her feminine sense, OF
the delicate and frilly.
Every analysis of the prob
lem of choosing gifts for the man
this year, points irretrievably to
something for him to wear
something to make him more
comfortable at work and during
leisure hours, and to one other
most important consideration: -
if he is in the armed forces: the
gift chosen should meet all reg
ulations of the service. Clerks
in store will guide you correctly
here.
EOBE FOR RELAXATION
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GoodFunctionalGiHs
WantedbySeruicemen

the traditional gift for Dad as
the chief stay-at-homer. Today
the robe ascends to a more ac-
tive role for its ability to give
fireside comfort after a hard day
at work. In rayon, flannel, velve-
teen or corduroy, there are new
priority satisfying, chill-beating
models. They really should be
accompanied as a gift with a
pair of warmly lined slippers of
moccasin type or ankle height to
make the unit complete.
The occasional sports jacket
and coat sweaters will be ex-
cellent choices for the man this
year with their practical useful
ness enhanced by dash of good
styling. There are more with
upper closing than you would
imagine and you can find them
in the style you want if you
shop early.
Yes, suits and overcoats and
hats must be included in the gift
giving category this year, along
with ties and pajamas and un-
derthings, and especially warm
hose. AS for ties, the woman can
shop with safety indeed for the
Christmas patterns this year are
definitely chosen for masculine
tastes, and there are gift certifi-
Gates plus a miniature topper to
help you give man a hat of his
own selection.
The accessory items so essen
tial to a mans happiness is the
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-03

Time was when a robe was
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-03

Emerging from behind the
scenes where he has been work
ing ardently in an effort to
make this the most cheerful, the
most successful Christmas Sea-
son in all history, Santa Claus
now reports in person for duty
on the Gift Giving Front by ap-
pearing in the balloon parade to-
morrow. Beginning Saturday,
Santa will sit on his throne in
the Board of Commerce where
children of all ages, accompa-
MED by parents or adults are in
vited to talk with him.
Old st. Nick arrives in town
tomorrow to take command
himself of a great corps of as
sistants whose joyful task it will
be to guide you to the solution
of every gift giving challenge OF
q most Unusual year.
AS you wend your way, be-
ginning tomorrow, through the
crowded aisles of stores that
glitter with the freshness of
their gift giving inspiration, you
will marvel at the ingenuity OF
the ruddy faced old gentlemen.
He has provided the means for
making everyone, regardless of
your budget, happy this Christ
mas.
MOST IMPORTANT SEASON
OF ALL
Hailing the Yuletide of 1912
as the most important Gift Civ
ing Season in all our history
when no one you love dare be
forgotten-Santa cautions all to
brook no delays in starting their
gift shopping. Tomorrow is not
too early.
The long hours of each day
that he has worked overtime in
preparation for this most impor-
tant of all Yuletide seasons also
Involved the job of making sure
that the men in our armed forces
Qyerseas were generously re-
membered by no later than No
vember LIST.
Now there yet remain the
boys-and also the girls in our
armed forces in camps and bar
racks on this side of the seas, to
whom we must pay visit with
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point at which the early shop
per is going to be the most sue
cessful gift shopper.
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POWDER PUFF GUARD

A lovely crystal powder jar
to grace her dressing table
stands out in the ranks of well
come Christmas gifts. One shows
a plastic guard in the cover
which protects the puff by keep
ing it out of the powder, to
make it last longer and keep
fresh and clean.
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KEPT ON A LEASH

Straying gloves need no long,
er be hazard to their owners
not if they have a glove guard
to protect them! The attractive
ornamentation of a favorite sim
ulated stone tops gold-plated
chain through which the gloves
are held securely to handbag or
muff.
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Santa Energies from Behind
Scenes in Balloon Parade
offieiel Holiday Season Opens
in Mocomb County on Fridoy

out fail in your behalf. These
are over and above and in addi-
ton to the little boys and the lit
tie girls-and all the folks at
home, on whose health and hap
piness our fighting men depend
for their support.
STARTS EARLIER THIS YEAR
Christmas arrived much ear
lier this year for the boys over
seas. Christmas really arrives to-
morrow, on the Home Front,
though December Is is still
weeks away. There is "a lot of
gift choosing and a lot of gift
mailing to be done.
And if mailing is required 1t
is especially important that gift
selections be made without de-
lay. With Uncle Sans transport
tation system taxed by the ur-
gencies of the times, and with
post office playing Santa's de-
livery man for those in the ser
vice, twice the normal time
should be allowed for postal de-
livery of gift packages.
This Christmas is a challenge
to every American, as it has
been a challenge successfully
met by Santa Claus. 1t challeng-
es every American to show how,
despite the war, the precious
tradition of the Yuletide flows
on with all its cheerful vigor. 1t
challenges us all to demonstrate
that the unparalleled American
capacity for bringing JOY to all
those who wish peace on earth"
and who have good will toward
men," flourishes more brilliant
ly than ever.
DOES HIS PART
Santa Claus has done his part.
Working overtime he has man.
aged to stock the stores with
vast assortments of gifts from
which to choose, despite the fact
that many basic materials re-
quired for manufacture of
Christmas gifts have gone off to
war along with many men.
The miracle of this Christmas
will be found in the selections of
precious things, practical things,
cheer inspiring things for young
Evening star., 1942-01-30
SMART i. SOPHISTICATED
BLACK RED CROSS
SHOES
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Your first shoes for spring must be block j.. . In
cleaning Golf or soft eobordne and they should
be Red Cross. with classic, feminine loveness oil
Of their own Come in, look over the many ottroc-
tive styles and choose those you like best spec
totors, dress ties and pumps all only $3.50.
Building tn. H.chs Co,
Evening star., 1942-07-15
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles E. Trdce,UeH.

and. therefore, one of the most artistic,
if we accept usage as the basis of beauty.
From his little ears, and watchful
ewes, and his small mustaches, TO MS
great bushy tail bringing up the rear,
he is perfectly made for the life ne
leads
The violin, among musical instru-
ments, is supposed to be pracucany
perfect, without any lack Or possible
ity of real improvement.
This holds true for squirrels, among
the animals.
The cat is graceful, but is often lumpy
In appearance, or too thin.
The squirrel, on the other paw, Is
creature of infinite balance, as well as oil
zest; he roams with the greatest of ease
through trees and over roofs, and along
high-strung telephone wires
He goes where he pleases, at all seasons
of the year, only being stopped by deep
soft SHOWS. Then he keeps to the trees,
which he prefers, anyway.
The person in the poem knew his
squirrels.
He evidently made no effort to move.
even after the squirrel had patted his
hand.
Never pat a squirrel, no matter how
much he pats you!
This is the first rule, in feeding squir-
rels by hand. AS wild as nature, herself,
they are always looking for movement.
and the first move one makes, down
clamp those biting jaws.
A squirrel bite is deep, and very diff
cult to heal.
1t is even worse than burn. with the
same chance of infection, unless every
care is used afterward.
The thing to do is not to get squirrel
bite, in the first place. This may be
achieved. even if one feeds them by
hand by making absolutely no move of
hand or head after the food is offered.
No movement must be made until the
animal has withdrawn with his prize.
We realize, of course, that there are ex-
ceptions. Some persons, with long ia
miliarity with the species, are able to
move their hands freely while the rodents
| are on knee or shoulder.
| The rest of us had better beware.
| Many newcomers to Washington soon
meet the squirrel population, especially
at the lunch hour 1t is surprising how
many persons from small towns have no
first-hand acquaintance with squirrels.
| 1t is well for them to remember that
even the tamest park squirrels are still
children of nature, and their bite can go
as deep, and be as poisonous, as that of
any squirrel.
Most squirrels have f1eas, in summer
persons who find that feas from dogs
| and cats hop onto them, and bite them
into the bargain, had better keep at re-
spectful distance.
Surely Washington's squirrels are
among her best natural assets, and those
who feed and protect them are doing
their bit in real conservation.
Evening star., 1942-07-15
Unwise Proposal

The logic underlying Donald M
Nelson's vigorous opposition to the
plan of certain farm bloc Senators
to set up an independent agency to
sponsor the production of rubber
from farm products is both clear and
convincing.
AS pointed out by the War Produc-
ton Board chairman, the independ-
ent agency plan could result only in
division of authority and weaken
ing of control over the ALLEGATION Of
critical war materials.
The war is not going to be won,
nor is the rubber shortage going to
be overcome, by setting up two
agencies to do what should be the
work of one. If it be a fact that
grain alcohol as a source Of rubber
has been slighted-and there is no
convincing evidence to support such
an asSumption-then the Senate
subcommittee which is pushing the
independent agency plan would be
amply justified in seeking corrective
action within the War Production
Board. 1t is to be noted, however,
that Mr. Nelson has given unqualified
assurance that full consideration is
being given to the possibilities OF
using grain alcohol, and that he has
told the subcommittee that more
rubber would be produced from
Evening star., 1942-07-15

reflection on the Police Department
Who is to say whether the recapture Of
an escaped prisoner is to take SO min
utes or 80 hours?
That an auxiliary policeman effected
the recapture of the alleged sniper, in
my opinion, reflects great credit upon
our local police 1t gives point to some
thing that many OF us have known for
a long time-that our Police Depart
ment has fully accepted the auxiliary as
valuable asset to local law enforce
ment, and has trained its members both
in class and by precept to high degree
of efficiency. 1 think that Auxiliary
Policeman Goetzinger would be the first
to admit that the success he achieved
was due to this fine training
It is my considered judgment that our
law enforcement agencies have been do
ing an unusually fine job under onerous
conditions with which every Washing
tonian is familiar. I think our Police
Department merits praise rather than
censure. ARTHUR Markell.
Evening star., 1942-07-15
FOURTEENTH STREET.

Dear Sir:
This inclosed verse was inspired by
watching an old gentleman on the lawn
at the Washington Sanitarium. Each
day during the week that I spent there
I saw this little act put on.
Respectfully, M. F. H."
The verse inclosed follows:
MUTE THANKS.
Said little Jack Squirrel. with head on
one side,
II see my good friend over there;
1t looks like a nut which he holds in
his hand.
He always has plenty to spare.
Now this friend is a man whom love
and respect.
For he ever respects all of us;
But I'll tease him awhile, Ill not act
too glad,
III be lust mean little cuss."
Then little Jack Squirrel dropped down
on all fours.
He ran, then he stopped, then he ran;
He went this way and that way. eyes
still on the nut,
Till he grabbed from the hand of the
man.
One little front paw then he placed
unafraid
On the hand that offered the treat;
It seemed a caress, the best thanks he
could give,
Before he partook of his meat.
This poem, to speak in the vernacu-
lar is kind of nuts" but it Is cute,
at that.
This is because it does give, despite
lapse in rhyme and meter, true picture
of the squirrel
Many more polished effort might
lack the quality which makes the reader
see the kindly gentleman, hand ex-
tended, and the capering squirrel, and
that final act of rodent affection.
1t is about the only way squirrel
could give his thanks.
The touch of that small paw, with
its real fingers" would be reward
enough for any friend OF animals.
The toes of the squirrel are quite
finger-like. This is easily seen when
the creature sits on its launches and
handles nut on his front paws.
He really handles" it.
The fingers are long, and are used
Just as we use our fingers.
They are extremely sensitive. These
small forepaws' are more sensitive than
the hind paws, although all four are
marvellous mechanisms for the duties
which they must perform.
X
Part of the ability of the gray squirrel
to leap and caper through trees Is due
to the sensitive finger-like claws.
The squirrel impresses watchers al
one of the most complete OF all animals
Evening star., 1942-07-15
The Heart Is Made to
Wonder

Not Dhen the heart is glad nth It's
o1on singing
And laughter echoes through its
corridors,
But yhen Grim Sorroto sits upon the
doorstep
And firmly claims the phole OF 1t Is
hers. -.
o, tt is then the heart Is made to
1Uonder
Hou that to any btrd-throdt edn
belong
Such fountains OF an trridescent
rapture
That hurry forth and make World
OF song.
It's only phen the spacious loom OF
heapen
Is threaded NTH the darkling parp
of night
The ,ooof shines NTH a much more
radiant splendor
And makes for man t,utnkling
starry light
Life, giue me not all Joy. Because Of
tears,
Singing and stars toil shine more
doion the years.
ROSE MYRA PHILLIPS.
Evening star., 1942-07-15

ocean to America where sanctuary
had been offered him in Pennsyl-
vania and in Maryland. He walked
the deck of the ship at Plymouth
while the authorities in London made
up their minds. How much he still
was feared is evident from the stipu-
lation that he was not to be permit
ted to speak to any of the hundreds
OF curious persons who sought to
catch a glimpse of him in captivity
Long afterward it was discovered
that Bonaparte had written in a
school exercise book of his boyhood
the phrase: "St Helena, a little
island" 1t was to tiny dot in
the South Atlantic bearing that
name that he was ordered. The
voyage required two months. Gen.
eral Bertrand and Count Montholon
and their wives, General Gourgaud
and Count de Las Cases and several
servants went with the prisoner.
Admiral Cockburn was the keeper
until April of 1916, when Hudson
Lowe, whom the Emperor considered
hired assassin" took charge. A
farm called "Longwood" was the
designated residence of the exile.
There he languished, complaining of
the climate, the food and the refusal
of the British government to grant
him correspondence with his family.
His strength steadily waned under
the double burden of physical suffer-
ing and mental anguish, but up to
the last he persisted in the role Of
martyr which he had elected-his
ultimate defiance. When finally he
died, May S, 1921, cloak which he
had worn at Marengo was thrown
over his body as a symbol of his
victories.
The world currently Is afflicted by
one who fancies himself more fortu-
nate than Bonaparte, one who GER
tainly is more notably ruthless
practitioner of the art and the
science Of modern war. When he,
too, has been corrected, as he must
be If any approximation of civiliza-
tion is to flourish in this earth, what
shall be his lot?