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Evening star., 1942-05-01
ChildTaught
Good Table
Manners
Success Depends
Upon Previous
instruction
By Leffice Lee Street,

The business OF beginning to eat
with grown-ups is confusing Or
deal to some small people, while
others, accept the strange ways Of
big folks with placid good humor.
Much of g. child's attitude
toward eating with adults, his CO.
operation, effort to learn good man
ners and acceptance of q world
other than that which he has been
accustomed, depend upon hts previ-
GUS training. Mothers who have
been slip-shod about feeding their
children when they were babies and
tots, who have neglected to make
the meal time 4 happy, attractive,
dainty hour, or who. have impa-
tiently refused their youngsters the
chance to learn to feed themselves,
discover to their embarrassment
and chagrin that their little darlings
do not add to the pleasure and
peace Of the family meals.
1t Is unfair to expect youngster
to have tidy table manners, or to
be quietly well behaved II such ac-
ton has never been asked of him
before.
1t is also unfair to expect a little
child to eat neatly at all times.
Proper handling of spoons, forks
and knives is a difficult skill and
firing, too. The mother who scolds
and complains when accidents hap
pen Is only hindering her own
efforts to train her child. Impatience
and vexation can make a child
nervous and upset, which does not
facilitate good digestion, or it will
make him rebellious so that he
stubbornly refuses to try to eat
neatly, or he will enjoy the excite
ment he creates and will throw his
spoon on the floor and blow spinach
all over the place.
I think that the best method Of
teaching child good table manners
is, first, to realize that the mechanics
of eating are hard for chubby, little
fingers; second, that example is the
best teacher; third, that praise and
encouragement in a pleasant at
mosphere act as spur to the desire
to learn, and, fourth, that casual
indifference to premeditated naugh-
tiness is far better than coaxing
or scolding.
Instead of whisking little child
suddenly from his accustomed small
chair and pumping him, surprised
and bewildered, into a big chair
made high enough with telephone
books and pillows, I think that 1t
is happier to institute the change
gradually. A mother may begin by
allowing her young child to come to
the table as a special treat to eat
his dessert, and then for one meal
a day, and so on, until he is eventu-
ally a member of the regular family
| group.
Good table manners are not the
only thing the small child has to
learn when he joins the grown-ups.
He has to learn, too, that he must
accept the ways of a world other
than his own, he has to be good
sport about not whining for tastes
of food he sees the older children
and his mother and father eating
and he has to learn that here he
is not the center of the floor; others
have right to talk, too.
Evening star., 1942-05-01
Nj amer a rs
of the
Moment

II being the victim" in your
f1rst-aid class is wearing you down,
there's one very good way to ges
yourself out of a repeat performance.
It's this. Take the Job of being
victim very seriously, and play your
part graphically. AS you lie on the
floor awaiting treatment, groan
loudly. Scream if you like. Squirm,
as if in pain, and jump whenever
the first-aider touches your so-called
wound.
Then watch the effect.
The student treating you probably
will be either so frightened or so
confused at your behavior that
she will fail her test completely.
And no other student is going to
suggest that she undergo the same
danger.
1t ought to be sure fire.
OF course, I'm not encouraging
you to be unco-operative, you un-
derstand. Every one should play
victim once. But there's no reason
to get the assignment all the time.
If you don't want 1t. The class
should share and share alike.
JEAN.
Evening star., 1942-05-01

screws in the door plates ana mt
the whole plate and door knob of.
Immerse these in a varnish re-
mover for about IS minutes and
then polish them with very fine
steel wool to remove the old paint
and soil. Then you may use brass
polish and q soft cloth and burnish
them up to their original condition.
If you try to do this on the door
frame it will scar your new paint to
such an extent that all your pre-
vious effort will have been in vain.
Though it may seem like a lot of
trouble to remove the plates, it will
be so easy to handle them that you
will save time in the end and have
most professional looking Job.
Dear Miss NOVEL;: I have four
lovely dining room chairs with
leather seats-or maybe they are
imitation leather, I don't know.
When guests arise after being seated
for some time their clothes cling to.
the leather. 1t is very embarrassing
Is there some solution that could be
used to remedy this? B. A.
AnSwer-ThiS is undoubtedly imi-
tation leather and either some solu-
ton such as oil has been used on
them and caused the composition
surface of the fabric to disintegrate
or Just "old age" may account for it.
The only thing you can do is to re-
move the old fabric and put on some
new simulated leather, which you
will find in various grades and
colors. I think you will also find
that the seats of your chairs slip
out after corner screws under the
seat are removed and it Is a very
simple process to replace the leather.
Dear Miss NOVEL;: I have several
pairs of rufned white maruuisette
curtains and bedspread to match.
I bought these because I felt thew
could be kept spick- nd-span by
Evening star., 1942-05-01
| |WhyGrow
odd?
By Josephine Loyman

Send questions you wish to see
answered in this column. Each
Friday will be given over to an
swers as space permits. Sign your
name to your question-only your
initials will be used.
l. DO exercises affect the bones
or just the flesh? don't see how
the figure can be changed unless
the bones are" Mrs. 8. w.
Answer. No, dear lady, we haven't
started working on the bones yet.
After all, you see, none d us would
be readily recognized by our friends,
with just skeletons on. While our
figures are somewhat dictated by
our honey structure, such as to
height and breadth, we really get
our silhouette from our tissues, which
IRE Largely muscular. :. Tod6Rs per-
feet figure depends on flowing
muscles for-its contour and we can
regulate those and their fatty de-
posits.
2. Il cannot afford to buy cold
creams. Is there some inexpensive
mixture I can make at home?"
A. G.
Answer. Yes. Mix cosmetic lano-
lin with olive oil until It goes on
the face easily and smoothly.
8. Does shaving make the hairs
on the legs come out coarser?"
Mrs. L. Y.
Answer. Scientific experiments
prove that this Is not true.
4, Does olive oil make hairs grow
on the face?"
Answer. No.
s. How can I reduce the calf
OF my leg, or is this impossible?"
Mrs. M. M.
Answer. The best exercise I know
is the one in which you lie on your
back on the floor Keep the left
knee stiff as you raise the leg up
ward. Now this is the important
part. As you lift the leg pull the
toes back toward the head, hard.
Feel the pull? Lower left leg and
do the same thing with the right.
Continue, alternating left and right.
6. II am bored. I can't help 1t.
I am in a rut of boredom. I'm
not interested in my friends. What
would you do?" Mrs. S. P.
Answer. would think that some
thing had gone wrong with my
health. imagine that your COM
plete disinterest in things and people
who once interested you is due to
a lowered state of physical health.
Have q physical check-up. Build
your energy to higher level Take
vitamin tablets. Get busy in some
of the civilian defense activities in
which your country needs you.
Physical disability is the only excuse
for boredom today.
Evening star., 1942-05-01

'OutStanolng, Is represented IN a
turquoise and black print afternoon
dress designed by Mark Mooring of
Bergdorf Goodman.
Among the most interesting ideas
is the clever manipulation of fabric
instead of using trimming. Well put
our money on this idea which Is
fine one and should increase the
excellence Of designing and the
quality of detail-that is, If all of the
manipulated fabric dresses are as
good as the black crepe afternoon
style designed by Herbert Sondheim.
Keeping within the yardage, this
model has skirt with 62-inch sweep
instead of 78-inch, and that deft
twisting and handling Of fabric at
the waistline and shoulders is, we
believe, forerunner Of a definite
trend.
In the wool category, Sophie
Gimbel has created a navy blue suit
OF wool alpaca with a narrow gored
skirt, very slim, and jacket whose
patch pockets are conspicuously alb
sent. The whole business uses only
3 yards Of 54-inch material. The
two-piece dress idea is done by Fox
Brownie In combination of black
and red with 2-inch hem, no cuffs
or revers and no bodice top to the
skirt.
What we're trying to say is that
these things don't look much dff-
ferent-not to us, anyway. It's
merely the slim silhouette once
again, the slender line with varia-
tions. Dorothy Anderson, executive
director of the New York Dress In
stitute, says. "Out of AZ years of
modern dress, 81 have been slim, and
that is the silhouette we have
today"
AS we've said before, all the
designers are relieved to find the
rulings so lenient and so unlikely to
restrict creative ability. Says Mary
Lewis, IF you give 3 yards Of ma
terial to II different designers, you
will get IL different results. You
can't freeze human endeavor and
human inventiveness, and the great
est discoveries have come from the
need for the solution of a specific
problem"
(Or, as we say in our set, necessity
Is still the mother of invention.)
: Yours for more crystal-gazing.
THE FASHION EDITOR.
Evening star., 1942-05-01
Special Wax
Depilatory
For Legs
Superhuous Hair
Removed Easily
By Treatment
By Patricia Lindsay

The well-groomed, fore-Sighted
woman or girl gives as careful con-
sideration to her legs as she does to
her face. For what with designers
and priorities keeping skirts short
and hose sheer. legs are definitely
In the limelight.
Many readers write asking how
TO use q wax depilatory which Is
about the safest and most efncient
means Of removing superfluous hair
from the legs, even though 1t Is q
bit dimcult to do the first time.
The wax comes in the top OF q
small double boiler. The lower
part is filled with water which Is
allowed to boil long enough to
melt the wax. 1t Is then applied
to the leg in strips with a small
wooden spatula. In a few minutes
when the wax has dried enough one
end Of the strip is gripped between
thumb and first finger and yanked
of. Literally yanked, for by that
method there is no pain whatever.
A slow pulling would be a bit
painful.
When all strips are of the skin
Is smooth and not irritated. II
you desire, however, you may give
the leg a light massage with rich
cream which is a companion to the
wax set.
The wax is not discarded but put
right back in the little pan and
used over and over again. Once
you become expert in using the wax
on your legs you may remove super
dueus hair from your arms, under
arms or upper lip II there is any
which needs removing! AS there
Is no odor to the wax you may apply
1t any hour without scenting up
your bath or bedroom!
Providing . girl keeps her legs
smooth and lovely she need not worry
about . stocking shortage during
the summer months. Her legs can
be tanned by the sun, or tanned by
q leg stick any shade she desires.
This leg preparation does not come
OF on clothing once it dries. and
some smart gals draw with an eye
brow pencil . fine seam on the
back Of each leg! It takes pretty
close scrutinizing to determine
whether or not they are wearing
sheer hose!
Leaflet No. Is presents exer-
cises to keep you fit during hard
days. II you write for it address
Miss Lindsay, care of this paper,
and be sure to enclose a self
addressed envelope bearing
Scent stamp to cover postage
cost.
Evening star., 1942-05-01
Hors d'Oeuvres

Here's something new to serve at
your next buffet supper, or as hors
d'oeuvres. Screen Star Lucille Ball,
who told us this one, calls 'em sau-
sage sombreros. Buy piece Of ham
bologna. one fairly fat through the
middle. Cut it in thin slices, then
with q colored cocktail pick. pin
these edges together, so the sausage
circle points up" In the center to
look like q small hat. Put q stuffed
olive on either end Of the pick. Ar
range the sombreros in rows on a
tray. and you'll find they really do
look like hsks. each trimmed with
- ornamental hatpin.
Evening star., 1942-05-01

HON laundering, but I have found
that the starch makes the ruffles
stick to the iron and 1t Is all so an
noying that 1 have given it up. Is
there any way of making these look
crisp and neat without the use of
starch? What shall do with those
that are now stiff with starch and
unironed? 8. A. c.
Answer-Put them in the tub with
some soap and wash as much OF the
starch out as possible. Rinse them
carefully. Then dip them in a solu-
ton of cold water with about a cup
full of borax dissolved in 1t. Roll
them in turkish towels and iron
while wet. The borax will stiffen
them just enough and they will not
stick to the iron.
Evening star., 1942-05-01
Hair STYLES

A glance about Hollywood reveals
trend toward more severe hair
styles, possibly part of the new move
toward shorter, smoother coiffures.
Lynn Bari really goes severe in a
new film, sweeping all her dark hair
straight up from the sides and
back, the ends tucked in on her
crown. Front hair is dressed in a
high, severe pompadour. Smart for
tall, slim brunettes.
Jane Wyman Is also wearing her
hair in a fairly severe coiffure.
She wears a dressmaker suit of
black wool, unrelieved by any color.
Hat is a modified sombrero, also
without trimming. Only color &C
cent is her blond hair, which is
brushed down smoothly all around,
turned under in a smooth, shining
roll.
Evening star., 1942-05-01
Museum of Costume Art
Offers Exhibit of New
patriotic Fashions
Casual Observer Should Find
Changes Hardly Apparent;
Slender Line Well Done
By Helen Yogi
NEW YORK CITY.

Dear Boss: CITY.
The hotel desk clerk looked pretty startled
into the future 1t all harmless
because really had looked
the Museum of Costume
display a fashions comply
W. p B. regulatonsth things
we'd like record right saying
different wouldn't notice it.
New Yoks leading designers extremely well done drastay
probably would em without thinking anything
trend simmer lines finally has arrived.
There eight models display,
Maxwell black dinner
pencil slim silhouette using the allotted
"smpy beautifully
sequins The silhouette which promises
Evening star., 1942-05-01
Ice Cream Stains

To remove Ice cream and other
grease stains from silk crepe, try
rubbing the stain briskly with a
piece Of ordinary face tissue crum-
pied. Stretch the material tight and
rub in all directions until stain dis
appears.
Evening star., 1942-05-01
Garlic Flavor

A faint garlic flavor often i'm
proves French mayonnaise or boiled
dressing used with vegetable, fish
and meat salads. Peel a Glove or
garlic, leave it 10 minutes in the
dressing and then remove.
Evening star., 1942-05-01
Washin6 Machine

Rub the outside Of washing ma
chine occasionally with Oil to keep
it from rusting. After using, make
sure that outside and inside of the
machine are we'll washed and dried.
Evening star., 1942-05-01
Revive Door Fixtures
Remove Brass Knobs and Plates
To Simplify Cleaning of Them
By Marsaref NoweH

Dear Miss Novel; We have painted woodwork but our dun ana
knobs fixtures dngier than looks too
vanished
tell them? We think they brass
them MR. AND MRS p
the
Evening star., 1942-05-01

And here they eeadng Interpretation
AHnot aeand
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for H-dresed dpomen % odradths of
Evening star., 1942-05-01
Tasty Dish

Use your favorite recipe for cream
puffs and fill them with softened
cream cheese. These are delicious
served with a crisp fruit salad on
Q warm night.
Evening star., 1942-05-01

II this period In q woman's life makes
you cranky, nervous, blue at times,
suffer weakness, dizziness, hot flashes,
distress Of 'irregularitiesh-
Try Lydia e. Ptnkham's Vegetable
Compound made especially for
.non1en - famous for helping relieve
distress due to this functional dis.
turbance. Taken regularly-Ptnkham's
Compound helps build up resistance
against annoying symptoms due to
this cause. Thousands upon Thousands
OF women report benefitl Follow label
directions. Worth tyytngl
Evening star., 1942-05-01
Beet Greens

Beet Greens
Try cooking beet green's with
bacon. After boiling, the bacon is
crisped in frying pan and served
with slices Of hard-boiled eggs as .
border around greens.
Evening star., 1942-05-01
H4S
By Peggy Roberts

,
For especially thoughtful gift the bride
dozen pillow slips embroidered with chubby angels She will appreciate
them all the she knows that embroidered them
needn't how Soft pastel add
these dainty and variety fascinating stitches add the
pleasure of working
Send Is for
Evening Star
Milford chronicle., 1942-07-03
RADIANT LIVING
LIKE AN OLD SEA CHEST
BY KEV. c. M. GRIFFETH
Pastor Methodist Church, cecilton, nd.


In digging for clans some time
ago, a mans shovel struck some
thing down in the sand. 1t felt like
heavy timber. His curiosity became
aroused. Hastily he dug away the
sand and to his great surprise he
soon unearthed an old sea chest.
AS soon as he could lift it out,
the excited digger broke the old
chest open. Before his bnlging eyes
there lay heaps of rotted bags from
which were pouring dull ancient
coins and jewels that sparkled in
the glare of the sunlight
Several centuries ago a similar
discovery was made. This, how
ever, was not that of an old sea
chest. 1t was merely an old book.
1t happened in a monastery. A
young monk found it, Cleaning off
the accumulated dust, he opened it
and began to read.
And as he read, his eyes began
to open wider and wider. He, real
lied that he had made a valuable
discovery. He had discovered the
truth for which his heart was crav-
ing.
That discovery became the turn
ing point in his career. 1t became
the turning point in the develop
ment of the Christian Church. 1t
even brought about a change in the
trend of the life of Europe.
Today you can purchase a copy
of this very same Book in the
Five and Ten" But it will be only
so much paper and ink until you
keep reading it with such earnest
ness that its truth begins to satu-
rate your every day thinking.
The wealth of Scriptural truth is
and possessed only by
those who dig for it by earnest
reading and deep meditation.
Begin reading the Bible today, for
like an old sea chest filled with
rare coins and sparkling jewels, it
Is filled with inestimable wealth.
No man is poor who knows his
Bible.
Milford chronicle., 1942-07-03
BLANCHARD'S STATION

Master Everett Isaacs has been
on the sick list for the past two
weeks with tonsilitis.
Homer Kratz, from Kennett
Square, spent the weekend here as
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. E. l..
Kratz and son.
Mrs. Lee Adams, of Cambridge,
Md, is spending some time here
with her brother and sister-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Johnson, who
are quite i'll.
Miss Pauline Adams, of Cam
bridge, is visiting her sister, Mrs.
Thurman Adams, for a few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Zott spent
Sunday in Atlantic City, N. ].
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Harmon and
son attended the Epworth Chill
dren's service Sunday evening. The
program was very nice.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Webb and
children, of Seaford, visited at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Tucker
and mother.
Miss Olive Orendorf is spending
her summer vacation here from
Selbyville with her mother and
nenhew.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Elwell called
on Mr. and Mrs. "A. T. White and
daughter, Sunday.
Milford chronicle., 1942-07-03
GREENWOOD

s. B. McIlvain entertained at a
birthday dinner on Sunday In hon
or of his daughter, Pauline. Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Warrington and daugh-
ter June, Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Nc
Evaine, John McIlvaine, Mr.. and
Mrs. Hewitt Kincaid of Whining
ton, Mr.. and Mrs. Sewell McIlvaine
of fredericksburg. Mr.. and Mrs,
Quinten Terrell Of Glendale, Miss
Winnie Galloway, Edwin Wisseman,
Miss Elsie Wiley, Mr.. and Mrs.
George r. Wiley,
Frank Houseman of Philadelphia
spent the weekend with his sis
ter, Miss Katharyn Houseman.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Spanish of
Lewes. spent the weekend with
Mr.. Spanish's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence Spanish.
Mr.. Cook of New Haven, Conn,
spent the weekend with Norman
Collins.
Clarence Collins, Jr., of the Uni
ted States Army of New Jersey
spent several days last week with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Collins, Sr.
The Greenwood Vacation Bible
School will be held as usual this
year in the high school building,
July 1925. Sessions win be from
9 to IL each morning. A picnic out
ting will be held at the close of the
school The personnel of the joint
school this year is as follows:
Dean, Mrs. Charles Conoway; Sec
retary, Earle Schobe; treasurer,
Miss Charlotte Conaway; librarian,
Mrs. Elenore Anthony.
Other teachers and faculty: Mrs.
Christine. Miss Mahala Isaacs, Mrs.
J. L. Jones, Mrs. A. E. Knicely, Mrs.
Anna Tucker, Mrs. Lewis Stevens,
Mrs. Clarence Achletree, Miss Ma
bel Jones, Mrs. James Smith, Miss
Amelia Conaway, Miss Florence
Long, Mrs. r. o. Mai, Mrs. Nell
Lyons, Rev. A. E. Knicely and Rev.
]. L. Jones.
Efforts are being made at this
time to have the conference secre-
tary of Christian Education, DR..
Richard E. Green, to be in Green
wood to assist with the work of
this vacation school to make it a
success. Fifty-fiye children and
youths were enrolled last summer
and 1t is the goal to at least double
this year. Everyone is invited re-
gardless of church or Sunday
school membership.
Miss MaYme Houseman of Phil
adelphia, spent several days last
week with her sisaer, Miss Kath-
aryn Houseman.
The st. Johnstown Aid will be
by Mrs. Myrtle War
rington and Mrs. Ethel Galloway
1t the home of Mrs. Warrington,
On Thursday evening, July 9. Mem
bers and friends are cordially in
Tfted,
Milford chronicle., 1942-07-03
sELBYvMLE

The evening services at Salem
Methodist Church were discontin-
ued last Sunday evening for July
and August and, until the Sunday
evening following Labor Day. The
Sunday morning services will con-
tinue throughout the summer as
usual and at the usual time. Sun
day School at 1000 and preaching
at IL A. M.
The church guests last Sunday
morning were Elwood F. Nelson,
an attorney from Wilmington, his
son. and wife, Mr.. and Mrs. E.
Franklin Nelson, Jr., and his SON
in-law, R. C. O'Horo,, the husband
Of the former Miss Mary Nelson;
Mrs. Adah Law McCabe, from Mid
dletown, and her mother, Mrs. Lima
Law, from Bishopville, Nd, who
came from Fenwick Island; Mrs.
A. S. Griffith, from Camden, and a
friend from Maryland, who are
guests at the Methodist parsonage.
The pastor, Rev. w. j. Ennis,
B. D., read the first chapter of the
1 Corinthians in reference to all
gifts how excellent soever, are
worth nothing without charity, and
introduced Mrs. Nelson, Jr., as the
guest soloist, after which Mr.. Mel
son, Sr., was introduced as the
guest speaker. Mr.. Nelson said he
was happy to be here as he was
right back home in the town where
he was born. Mr.. Nelson, as presi-
dent of the board of trustees of the
Junior College at Dover, gave a
short but very interesting talk on
the subject, What Is Education?"
and What Is A Christian?" Mr..
Nelson's wife and daughter, who
are at Rehoboth Beach, were un-
able to come for the services.
Mr.. and Mrs. Preston c. Town
send have moved to Rehoboth for
the summer in a cottage belonging
to the formers sister, Mrs. Lyla
Savoy of Washington, D. c., who
with her family is spending the
summer at her home there.
Miss Janet Morris returned on
Sunday from a weeks stay with
her uncle and aunt, DR.. and Mrs.
W. Orville Daisey, in Fruitland,
Md, They came home with her for
a short while before visiting DR..
Daisey's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ferd S. Daisey in Frankford.
Janet's mother and sister, Mrs. R.
B. Morris, and Mrs. Rachel Town
send made a business trip to Will
mington on Thursday.
Dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
William A. Law and Miss Addie
Furman on Sunday last were the
formers aunt and cousin, Mrs.
Charles Law, of Bishopville, and
daughter, Mrs. Adah McCabe, of
Middletown. Mrs. McCabe is the
widow of the late Rev. Joshua Nc
Cabe, formerly of this locality, who
before his death was a prominent
young minister of the former Will
mington Conference.