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Evening star., 1942-05-09

make a charming play suit for
child, and old velvet curtains
frequently reappear as dresses.
When the clothes are wearable
and completed, they are put into
the bank" to be held in readi-
ness for any emergency.
At this point, Navy relief has
first call on Bundles for Amer
ica.' but many other charitable
organizations also are taking
advantage Of this arrangement.
The women who are leaders in
the movement are anxious to
get Washington's feminine popu-
lation interested in sewing and
mending in preparation for that
rainy day which may be ahead.
Clothes are being left at the
groups headquarters and also at
the District salvaging centers for
collection by the Bundles for
America workers, all OF WhOm
are volunteers.
When you do your spring
housecleaning don't forget to
take a look at those old trunks
in the attic. Probably you'll
find clothes that the family can't
use and Bundles for America"
will welcome them. Keep the
idea in mind when you put away
your winter clothes and bring
out the summer ones, too, and
don't be ashamed to hand over
very dilapidated garments. Good
ones are best. OF course. but far
from necessary.
Evening star., 1942-05-09
Now It's Bundles for America

That familiar figure known as
John @. Public is an old hand at
this salVaging business. He's
been saving newspapers and
toothpaste tubes and other es-
Sentials, anW now he's going TO
start saving clothes for the war
effort.
Any discarded attire that
John possesses can henceforth
be turned over TO an organization
called Bundles for America"
where 1t will be put into
clothes bank" at the Connecti-
cut avenue headquarters. 1t
doesn't matter whether johns S
contributions are in perfect
shape or not. for there is a
group OF energetic and practical
women who have volunteered TO
repair and remake any ancient
garment.
The Washington branch of this
movement went into operation
about a week ago and so far
has made amazing strides.
Fumigation Is being contributed
by a local firm in accordance
with Health Department rulings.
Then the clothes are distributed
to individuals and sewing groups
now being formed under the
direction of local parent-teacher
associations. Mending and re-
pairing is done on near-perfect
garments, but even the hope
less cases are not discarded. A
pair Of pa1amA trousers may
Evening star., 1942-05-09
By Marsaref N0peH.

II you feel that your heavy
mahogany tables look out of
place in the summer scene in
combination with the light
hot weather furniture, you might
make gay little slip covers for
them. A neat glazed chintz or
bright linen tailored cover will
blend your regular furniture into
the summer picture very we'll
Pick up" one of the colors in
your draperies or furniture slip
covers. Fit cover for the top
OF the table very carefully and
make ruffle or pleated valance
all around it. Bind this with a
bias tape in a contrasting shade.
This Is another way of saving
table tops and fine method of
disgusting table that may be
poor in design or out of key with
the rest of the room
There is a tiny table for every
imaginable use, and as they are
made from small bits of fine
wood which is not in demand
Evening star., 1942-05-09

these days the stores can offer a
large collection. There is no
reason why you should not have
good reading lamp at the
proper height when lamp tables
are made for that specific pur-
pose. A step-down table has a
compartment for the radio and
space on a lower step for books
and magazines, while the top is
large enough for a lamp and an
ash tray.
There are tables with sewing
compartments that are useful
and convenient beside the lady's
low armchair. And there is
even one that looks like a large
wooden chopping bowl on legs
which is perfect container for
large balls of yarn and heavy
knitting for the men in service.
Not only do these small tables
add to the convenience of every
day living but the fact that they
are so perfectly designed makes
them lifelong possessions.
Evening star., 1942-05-09
Fashions Are Fun
By Helen Vopf.

Give us the slightest encour-
agement and We will deliver an
hour-long chalk talk entitled
Fashions Are Fun" It's not a
question of defending the busi-
ness that gives US a weekly pay
envelope. We really believe that
fashions are fun, that they're
individual and exciting and vital
to the happiness of the feminine
portion of this upside down
world. What's more, we'll in
sist that there is endless in
genuity and plenty of charm in
the wardrobes of today, for al
though it's true that women fol-
low general fashion trend, it's
equally true that each Wearer
adapts a mode to her own per-
sonality.
It's this latter saving grace, of
course, that keeps us from look
ing like a few million objects
poured out of the same mold, and
it is this interpretative quality
that makes some women well
dressed and others not so chic.
Or, in plain words, II suits are
the vogue of the moment, each
woman will put her own stamp
on the suit she buys. She will
know that she's at her best in a
tailored type or a dressy one, as
the case may be. She'll choose
fussy accessories or starkly sim
pie ones, do unusual things with
jeWelry and handbags and shoes.
make the outfit fit the approved
fashion trend of the moment,
yet remain distinctly refec-
ton of her personality.
All of this, naturally. is the
reason that fashion writer's and
stylists and buyers can suggest
and approve certain basic trends,
but it's not possible for them to
say just what women will be
wearing in any given season.
And this is the most wonderful
and exciting part of fashion.
For instance, we can tell you
that cottons are going to be all
important this summer, but the
type you choose and the manner
in which you wear them will be
distinctly your own. You'll Sc
lect your favorite style and dress
it up with your favorite acces-
sorieS, and look, we hope, COM
pletely different from the woman
at the next table, even though
you're both following the same
general trend.
Accessories, as we have men
toned. are among the best ways
OF putting your personality into
your wardrobe. With styles some
what simplified. we'll be turning
more and more toward the first
floor accessories" to add snap
and dash to our clothes and you
Evening star., 1942-05-09
Silver Lining Department
War Will End Our Efforts to Keep Up With the Jonesee

One OF the curious manias Of
women is wanting to know peo-
pie who do not want to know
them, and to run with those
whose pace they cannot keep.
Sometimes men also are afflict-
ed with the keep-up-with-the
Joneses neurosis that yearly sends
its thousands Of victims into the
bankruptcy courts, and sana-
toriums and the grave. That
no other malady known to med
ical science is so much to be
dreaded as this mental alteration
is not to be denied, for once its
infection takes hold of a house
hold its peace and contentment
and happiness are gone and
there is no health left in 1t.
And, in particular, it has the
power to change woman's
whole nature and rob her of her
last vestige of sanity. Many of
the tragedies among our friends
and acquaintances that shock
us and that we find so mysteri-
Gus, such as heart disease, sui
eide, defaulting with their en-
ployers' money are nothing ex-
cept an acute attack OF keeping
up with the Joneses.
Take the case of the AS, for
instance. Mr.. A. owned a pros
porous little grocery which en-
abled him to live comfortably
and put aside a little something
for rainy day every year.
They lived above the store and
on busy days Mama would come
down and help with the sales
and the older children would
assist with the deliveries, and
they were a happy and united
family because they were all
vitally interested in playing the
exciting game of building up a
small business into a big one in
which they all had a stake.
Then Mama got acquainted
with Mrs. Jones, who ordered
her groceries by telephone; who
played bridge in the afternoons
instead Of weighing out onions;
who bought her clothes at spe-
cialty shop instead of a bargain
basement, and who lived in a
house instead of over a store.
And Mama was never again the
same woman.
From being happy and con-
tented and jolly and full OF fun
she became peevish and fretful
and discontented. She quit laugh
ing and began complaining. From
encouraging and helping her hus-
band she began nagging him
about not making more money.
like Mr.. Jones did. And. above
all. she never ceased wailing
Evening star., 1942-05-09
D With the JOneses

for he was lying awake at night
wondering how he was going to
meet the bills that we're coming
due and his notes in the bank,
and the business wasn't going so
good as it was when he could give
it his full attention and when he
put so much personal interest and
enthusiasm in it that 1t made
people like to come to buy from
him
And Mama found out that hav-
ing caught up with Jones in the
matter of an address didn't end
the race. 1t called for more
speed. The baby had to have
handmade clothes like the Jones
infant had, and Mama had to
sit up half the night stitching
her poor eyes out to make them.
The children had to go to the
swanky school the Jones children
went to, and have the same sort
of sweaters and caps and shoes
and bicycles and skates that the
Jones children had, and Mama
had to have a near-mink coat
because Mrs. Jones had a real
one, and the first of every month
became as much of q horror a.
the crack of doom.
And they had to give cocktail
parties because the Joneses did,
though the family lived on bread
and water to pay for the liquor.
And Mama was lonesome because
she had given up all of her good
old friends, who knew and loved
her, to try to get in with Mrs.
Jones crowd who snooted her.
And many was the time when she
wished that she was leaning over
the back fence, when she went
to hang out the wash, talking to
Mrs. OFlarety next door, instead
of sitting alone in the drawing
room in which she never felt at
home.
And then at last the inevitable
end came. Mrs. A. on her shoe
string couldn't keep up with Mrs.
Jones and her wad. and with
health gone. happiness gone,
money gone. the children ruined
by having been reared in an at
mosphere of false standards and
pretense, she knew at last that
she was beaten.
Perhaps the silver lining to the
war cloud is going to be that
when we all have to give up ex-
travagant standards Of living and
be poor together. and when 1t Is
going to be fashionable to wear
our old clothes and live simply, it
will keep a lot of silly women
from wrecking themselves and
their families by trying to keep
No with the Joneses.
Evening star., 1942-05-09
Cutting Hair
Really Short
Takes Nerve

No sooner does girl get her
hair all grown out to a good lush
length than she has to have it
cut short again. It's the way
of the world.
I'm rather pleased with the
return to short hair myself. I'm
awfully tired of that fuzzy feel
ing around my neck. But that
doesn't make the cutting process
any easier.
It's like an operation, or get
ting married. For the last few
moments before you 60 under the
shears you begin to wonder if
this isn't too drastic a step. You
remember the long months of
agony through which you lived
while you got your hair to its
current length. You remember
how pretty so-and-so thought 1t
was after it got long. You re-
member the dubious remarks all
your friends made last week when
you told them you thought you'd
have it cut off.
But don't let these thoughts
make you chicken-hearted. If
you turn chicken hearted, what
happens? You begin to tell the
haircutter not to get it too
short. And you stop him mid
way. The result of that sort Of
behavior is disastrous. You come
out neither long nor short.
If you're going to have It cut
short, close your eyes and give
the barber free rein. It's the only
way to manage II. JEAN.
Evening star., 1942-05-09

may be sure that the manufac-
turers will be waiting breath
lessly for the day. With this
idea In mind, the Bible of the
fashion trade, a paper called
Women,s Wear Daily, has thought
up some tricky innovations
which we believe are worthy of
becoming general knowledge.
They were originally suggested
as inspiration for new designing,
but there's no reason why you
can't be your own designer.
Try frilled jabot, long one,
running from the waistline half
way down the side of a simple
dinner gown. Make it of color
full material and sew tiny frill
of the same material to a comb
to be worn in your hair. Buy
ruff1ing of cotton or lace or any
fabric you like and edge a petit
coat with ito peep out from
under a street dress. Or use the
ruff1ing to form an apron effect
or to make cuffs. Take a hint
from the cellophane office cuffs"
we used to wear, but make yours
of polka dot fabric with a wide
sash to match. You can make a
gathered peplum of colorful print
material to use on a dark dress
and repeat the same fabric in the
cuffs of gloves and in a reversi-
BILE cap, plain on one side. print
on the other. A simple thing like
ruffle of black lace or even
white cotton net can be attached
to black velvet ribbon Ia yards
long What to do with it? Tie
it around the waistline of a sim
pie frock, drape it to form a fussy
little afternoon hat or use it TO
edge the low V neckline of a
daytime or dinner frock.
OF course, you'll be able to
think Of a dozen other ideas, but
that may give you a start.
Evening star., 1942-05-09
SnnarteSt
Ladies Are
Wearing
Washinston's Own
Fashion Show

At the beginning OF the season,
fashion writer's were screaming
about femininity. -. TITS color
full season, a dainty one in which
you will look your loveliest and
most appealing" they said-and
Washington women have taken
these words to heart. Bright
tones and pastels. frilly touches
and gay little hats have been
with us since Easter. and from all
indications will stay with us
straight through the summer
months.
For example, the vogue for
prints never has been stronger or
better interpreted. Mrs Josephine
CLAWS has a smart Jacket dress
In navy and white print with
the tiniest lace frill edging the
neckline. :. Mrs R 3. H. Lyon
also sports a new jacket frock
with black background and
dainty rosebud print Of pale pink
and green. q. Prints are good in
foor-length gowns for hostess
activities, too. Mrs. Oliver Kuhn.
acting as an assistant at a recent
engagement party, wore silk
jersey print with bright tones Of
red, green and yellow. :. Lovely
with her very dark hair and eyes.
At the same afternoon party,
Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor selected
a dainty floor length gown in
pale blue lace. one of the most
versatile and charming of after
noon dresses. q. In the evening
category, pastels are equally
popular. Dainty for dancing
is petite Anna Janusko's gown
with pale blue net skirt and en-
broidered bodice. She wore II
the other evening with a tiny
necklace of pale pink carna-
tions. -.
These very warm days have
brought forth some fashion-right
costumes that are cool and COM
Portable as we'll. Chatting on the
sidewalk in front of Mrs. Eldridge
Jordan's lovely Georgetown house
last Sunday, we glimpsed Mrs.
Henry Latrobe Roosevelt in frost
gray Hnen. topped by a huge
matching linen cartwheel hat
lovely with her gray hair; Mrs.
Robert Herrick, formerly well
known here as Peggy Pierce.
down for a visit from her present
home In Boston, gowned in severe
black. even to cobwebby black
stockings, and Mrs. Jordan her
self, in her customary black, but
this time without the two fresh
white carnations that she usually
wears tucked under her chin.
One of Mrs. Noyes Lewis new
frocks, Of sheer black, has a
fascinating overskirt shirred at
the hipline. pleated its full length.
and bordered with ruffies OF the
same material.
Mrs. Conway Hunt, rushing to
catch a train to spend a week
end in New York with her naval
aviator husband, topped of her
smart navy blue tailored frock
with perky hat and matching
bag of navy and white checks.
Her shoes were the giddy red
ones that are taking the fashion
world by storm. -.
Evening star., 1942-05-09
Small Tables Indispensable
There Is Type Designed for Every Possible Use

Little tables placed right at
your elbow are among the most
comfortable bits of hot-weather
furniture. With a cool drink,
lamp and a new magazine. life
Is just about complete on the
days when the heat makes it
more pleasant Just not to move"
II you have a collection of
small tables that serve all your
needs it might be wise to protect
them from damp rings during the
summer months. II they have
moistureproof tops they will be
perfectly safe with merely their
usual waxing. But If they do not,
or II you would like to give them
a sleek, cool look for summer,
you may have clear glass tops
made for them or use one OF the
colored glasslike surfaces TO
match your summer color scheme.
The crystal cool surface OF plate
glass Is very pleasing, especially
II there are other glass acceSso-
ries in the form OF flower bowls,
large ash trays and lamps, and
II also will keep your table tops
looking nice many years longer.
When you slip-cover your
chairs for summer it is smart
idea to have matching colored
tops cut TO fit your tables. These
may be made of linoleum or, bet
ter yet. one Of the plastic or glass
surfaced boards that may be
purchased Select a matching or
contrasting color of your favorite
type Of surfaced board. make
paper patterns which exactly fit
your table tops and then have
the mats cut 10 size. 1t is amaz-
ing how these fat surfaces OF
light color will transform the
whole room so that 1t looks
entirely new in its summer garb.
II you are short" on small
pieces OF furniture and have
been wishing for some time that
YOU had those convenient little
chair side tables. this would be
the time TO invest in a collection
Of them. There are wrought
iron ones with shining, decorative
tile tops that are ideal for the
porch or living room and cost
very little. "One tile" tops are
Just large enough for an ash
tray and q cup of tea, two tiles"
are a bit larger and -four tiles
will hold your magazines or sew
ing basket and all the other
necessities as well. White wire
with . glass top is also inexpen-
xive and attractive and looks like
. bit Of froSssag on the lawn or
porch against = green back
ground.
Evening star., 1942-05-09
Pattern Prices
Lowered!

Effective rs Of May II, The
Star is glad to announce that due
to economies made through rout-
ins the handling Of pattern orders
directly to New York, the price
to readers has been reduced to IS
cents, plus 1-cent postage charge
for Barbara Bell patterns, and 10
cents, plus l-cent postage, for
Needlework patterns.
When ordering your patterns be
sure to print your name, full ad-
dress, number of pattern and size
wanted in a leaible manner, and
inclose correct sum to facilitate
prompt delivery.
Evening star., 1942-05-09
By Dorothy Dir

about having to live in a fiat in
stead of having a beautiful home.
Poor Mr.. Jones resisted as long
as he could and kept telling his
wife that they were darn lucky
that they were as we'll off as they
were, but in the end she wore him
down and he built a house that
cost about twice what he ex-
pected in new suburb near the
Joneses. BY the time Mama had
1t furnished by an interior deco
rator whom Mrs. Jones recon-
mended, they were in debt for the
first time in their lives.
Also, for the first time Mr..
Jones began to look old and tired.
Evening star., 1942-05-09
Reviewing
Books of
Interest
Two New Volumes
Are Discussed

Mary Frost Mabon, food and
wine editor Of prominent maga-
zine, has added to her literary
laurels by producing the "a B c
of Americas Wines" published
by Alfred A. Knopf OF New York.
This easy guide to the increas-
ingly popular American vintages
will be welcomed by wine lovers
who have long felt that too little
attention was paid the products
OF our native vines.
The book gives complete and
detailed description Of $50 wines.
with suggestions for their serv-
ice at your own table. A map Of
the wine-producing area along
the West Coast Is used as a
frontispiece, but the author
takes one all over the country
in search OF the best wines to
be found in various sections.
Thrown In for good measure are
some fine winters recipes for
special dishes, gathered at first
hand
Although many gourmets still
dispute the comparative virtues
of the wines of the United States
with those imported from other
parts of the world, 1t is becom-
Ing more and more evident that
we shall have to depend upon
our own vintages as time goes on.
1t Is. therefore, a very timely
service Miss Mabon has render
ed, to the wine growers and the
consumers alike.
To become more serioux, and
10 find the answer to . very vital
American problem Of today,
comes Dorothy sutherlands lat
est book, DO You Want to Be
a NHse?" published by Double
day, Doran e. Co., Inc, OF
Garden City, Long Island. Here
the melodrama Is taken out of
the nursing profession, but some
thing far more valuable Is added
the sincere and very serious
career that it really Is. An hon.
est and fortnight summary Of
the qualifications necessary to a
woman who chooses nursing as
her life work, 1t should save
nisfits from wasting training
years. and encourage those who
feel the hardships are as MOTH
ing compared with the glory OF
doing such a job Of aid and
comfort.
A final chapter on nursing In
wartime indicates the trend for
the next few years, and in an
appendix the author offers her
readers a comprehensive list of
the training schools in the
United States with a description
of their curriculums.
A book for the thoughtful
woman faced with choosing her
career.
One good that may come out
Of these tragic days of war will
be the placing Of a proper valu-
alton upon those things which We
Of the United States have been
too prone to take for granted.
In fact, often we ignored prod
ucts of our own fair lands to be-
stow our approval upon those
imported from other countries.
B. c.
Evening star., 1942-05-09

Because the Aossewitely posture leaves somsthna to
be desired Home Economist Kay Johnson makes
the sHSaesfions pictured this today. Doing the
rieh instead Of the wrone you 10 about yosr daily
1~tiss shosld help eliminate aching knses and acid
tongues When ironing for sxonbs stand nrh point
ing straight ahead. chest high and abdomen i instead Of
soachins ncih body completely of balance Same thing
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-06
Coming Events
MONDAY, APRIL 6

MACOMB CHAPTER Order DeMolay, at Masonic hall
at pm to attend installation of officers dance of
Acacia Chapter Detroit
BUSINESS Professional Womens Club potluck
home of Miss Meryl Huston, II Ferrin place, at $50
EASTER MONDAY dance at Uso Club on Broadway, at
PUBLIC CARD PARTY sponsored by BIN Senior Sserhood
in Olympia hotel, at pm.
YOUNG WOMEN'S Club in Masonic hail. at pm.
FORGET Me NOT Club of ST. Louis parish the home of
Mrs Roland Charbeneau Riverside drive at pm.
WORLD WIDE GUILD of Gilbert Memorial Baptist Church,
at the home of Mrs. William SchonSchack 298 Euclid
avenue, at 1880 pm.
WESTMINSTER LEAGUE, the o Stuart Green,
145 Lodewyck avenue, at 8 pm
CITIZENSHIP CLASS in Room g. Mount Clemens High school,
VIEW AUXILIARY Games party in Veterans hall at pm.
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MOUNT CLEMENS Society for the Hard of Hearing lip
reading class, in East Detroit High school, at 1880 pm.
HARRY OLLRICH POST, American Legion, in Legion club
TUESDAY, APRIL :
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Of Mrs Paul s. Hrt So Beeview avenue, at
SILVER LINING CIRCLE, covered-dish luncheon at the
Kings Daughters Home at p
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS board meeting the home
of Mrs Henry Reese, at 100 p.
FREE MOVIE sponsored by Red Cross Nutrition Class in
Mount Clemens High School auditorium, at 2l5
SAMARITAN CIRCLE, 48h birthday party at Kings Daugh
tiers Home at 1913 p; m
GAMES PARTY in St Marys gymnasium, sponsored by St
Peters Ushers' Club at $3.50 p. m.
EIGHT O'CLOCK CLUB, at the home of Margaret DeKierc at
DANCE in ST Louis Hall sponsored by St Louis Young
Ladies Sodaliy, at
RED CROSS NUTRITION CLASS, at the Methodist Church.
at 100
RED CROSS FIRST AID, Room 104, Mount Clemens High
School, at 1870 D.
CHEST CLINIC Kings Daughters Health Center, to
11:30 a. m.
CITIZENSHIP CLASS at Wilson school, 2 to p m.
LA La y ARBEIIERs in Barron Hall, at p M
GRACE CHURCH GUILD at parish house at
" F. w. Auxiliary, in Veterans hall at p
YOUNG woMEN'S EPISCOPAL LEAGUE dinner meeting
at the home of Mrs. Clarence Vernier, 143 Market
street, at $50
FREE LECTURE, Our Neighbors Mexicans" in
Clemens High school, sponsored by Mount Clemens
Teachers Club at 8 p