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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-20
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Defense Develops Bidders Suits
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY Americas Card Authority

Each year Mrs. Benjamin M,. Colder of Philadelphia, Pa., takes home one of the championship trophies from the southeastern sec tional tournament. This year she and her teammates, Charles J. Solomon, Charles H. Goren and Mrs. A. M. Sobel, successfully de- tended their title in the team event.
 Mrs. Colder is 8 player who is not afraid to tackle no trump con- tracts. Todays hand was well played by her in this championship.
 The opening lead was won by Mrs. Colder (North) with the queen Of clubs. Not liking to develop red suit, for then bad break would be disastrous, Mrs. Colder decided to give the defenders their spade tricks and await developments.
 A low spade lead to the jack brought the ace from West. A club return was ducked and the king won. East exited with club, on which South and West discarded diamonds.
 Next Mrs. Colder led diamond
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WOMAN,S REALM E
AHOY, THERE, SAILOR GIRL
Bill Pending in Congress Would Give the CoWtys Fair Sex
 Chance Join the Navy and Serve Uncle SamFOm Ashore

signs for the outfits are stin yelled in departmental secrecy.
 The old problem of regulation undies for the girls pops up again apropos of uniforms and clothes allowances. During World War I, the famous "yeomanettes" serv- ing in the navy got g $1O0 uniform allowance, enabling them to stock up with stays" or boomers &C., cording to taste.
 Today, if the WNAR's really follow the provisions applying to uniforms of regular male Naval ReServeS-as is 50 far stated in the bill-it would mean that aux Hilary officers, buying on g. $250 uniform allowance, would be responsible for their own panty and girdle buying.
 THE NAvY's MUM
 ON CLOTHES PROBLEM
 As to the enlisted ranks, 1t is not yet QecideQ whether 8 com- plete outfit will be issued to the girls-aS is now the case with the men--or whether 8 cash allow ance will be provided in the man. ner of the old yeomanettes. The Navy is mum on its solution-but is thought to be leaning toward a cash settlement.
 Indications are that most train- ing for the WNAR's will take place on some of the college campuses already used for train- ing navy men. Unless the classes are large enough to justify it. the girls may probably train right along beside the men. When they are ready for duty they will find individual quarters near the base in most cases, just like reg ular navy men do. If no normal housing is available, barracks will
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-20

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many cases of chronic winter cougA two grains of terpin hydrate, in causple, pill or elixir after food two or three times a day, seems to give considerable relief.
 Acid
 Child, age four, has too acid urine. Is it true that raisins help take acid out of urine? (Mrs. c. D.
 Answer -Raisins tend to prevent urine from being too acid. So do oranges, lemons, lemonade, grape- fruit, carrots, cabbage, beets, dried beans, Lima beans, caulifower, cel- cry, peaches, muSkmelonS, dried peas, potatoes and bananas.
 BiliOusnesS
 To settle argument, Is there physical ailment known as bilious ness? If so, kindly advise cause and effect. (G. w. M
 A1swer-No. That's just an irn- aginary oversupply, or maybe an imaginary showdown in secretion of bile. A childish explanation for whatever ails you.
 Copyright, 1942, John F. Dille Co.)
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? MODERN MENUS
These Recipes. Are Handy for Wedding Meals

or nine o'clock, you should serve a real breakfast, consisting of fruit cup, ham and eggs, toast and rolls, potatoes, coffee and tea and sec- tions of fruit as a sweet"
 That's advice of Margery Will son, etiquette and Sharm author ity. Here are some of her own re- cipes for the substantial wedding breakfast menu:
 As a main dish. she suggests ham with candied sweet potatoes and a tossed green salad. You might buy a pre-cooked ham, requiring only an hour to finish it.
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WHAT DO STATIsTICIANS KNOW AROuT FIGURES?

SomeS bureau or company that issues regular propaganda copy to newspapers recently spoke out of turn, 1t seems, telling the world that American women have become short and dumpy" from wrong iiv- ing-malnutrition, excess or refined food, especially refined sugar and starch, insufficient natural or pro- tective" food, neglect of daily exer- else, work, play, physical education, substituting girdleS, corsetS and tricks of dress for physical educa- ton and makeup for the beauty good health gives.
 For mere than generation measurements of college women have shown that the average height of young women is well above the average height of their mothers or grandmothers when they were of college age.
 So when I glanced over the bit of copy carrying the charge that American women were becoming short and dumpy" I merely mar veled at the strange ideas therein set forth. Aside from the college records of physical development of many thousands of women through many years, I wondered why the bureau or company sought to ham, mer women down. You never know what hidden motive there may be for all this free and unlimited "re- lease" copy.
 Now evidently the women have got in somebody's hair about the short and dumpy" charge. In some special release at will" copy week or two later comes the news that "Statisticians of the - com- pany have sprung to the defense of American women against the charge of being short and dumpy'." Then the gallant statisticians spill the beans as follows: While in general today's women may not have figures quite as attractive as the movie stars and professional models who are popularly held up aS>ideals of the sex -"
 I'm afraid the statisticians are too easily deceived by the tricks of photography. I have no head for figures but there's nothing serious ly wrong with m yeyes, and am in position to tell the world these blamorous movie stars are general ly disappointment when viewed through the naked eye.
 Heavein knows there are plenty of women who, in their own opin- ion, are too short and dumpy" and plenty who are "too tall and skin- n.y."
 The report that women were be- coming "short and dumpy" was based on measurements of 10000 women. They averaged 5 it. 3 1-6 inches in height. But the women were largely city dwellers, in low in- come families, hence likely to have poor nutrition, insufficient exposure to sunlight, insufficient open air play, exercise or work. Perhaps that accounts for the low stature. I'd waged a good deal that 8 fair cross section of the women of the United States would show an average height of not less than 65 inches at aged twenty which is the ideal of feminine beauty, provided not less than 130 pounds of firm but not too firm flesh goes wit it.
 Terpin Hydrate for Cough
 Saw your article about terpin hy- drate for cough, brought some for my husband, and after he took 1t for two days his cough left him and and he hasn't coughed since.
 (S. F0
 Also. my husband thanks you for your suggestion of terpin hydrate- it has brought great relief to his chronic bronchial cough.
 (Mrs. F. O.
 Answer-Thank you, Ma'ams. In
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-20
By MRS. GAYNOR MADDOX NEA Service Staff Writer

High noon is the best hour for the Spring wedding breakfast. It should be sit-down affair and reasonably substantial. For an even- ing wedding, where a substantial sit-down reception menus is re- quired, use the same food as you would for the high noon breakfast.
 However, for menu following a very early morning wedding-eight
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Gl0ufing Yourself
Bv AMelA HaEe
NEA Service staff Writer

| NEA SGfV1ce SGam WTlter
 Stiff, aching muscles can, do as much to ruin your disposition, and therefore your looks as missing breakfast or getting only half as much sleep as you need. And the war is putting the spotlight on na- tural-looking vitality-it is getting to be more and more @ fashion must" to hold your head up in a relaxed, queenly way which shows that you don't have to concentrate on good posture.
 Women are discovering, too, that there's no end of comfort in sound beauty routines. So, this is definitely the time to keep neck muscles lim- Der and strong. Here are some "quickie" exercises which will &C., complish that:
 Sit erect with shoulders square but not stiff. Relax neck and let head fall backward as far as pos- sible. Now place f1ngertips behind ears and lift head to upright posi- tion. Let the fingertips do the whole lifting job, and lift from just be- hind each ear. Relax and repeat five | times.
 Now try the exercise without using fingertips-just let the head drop back and lift it by using the muscles at the side of the neck, Keep the mouth closed. Repeat five times.
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 the young man won't be making enough support wife
 W the young folks themselves think everything gong to be married the day after graduation country an with fairly his neneshp There his wife will get joband year together. " v - Then the still they count on continuing the young doctor will go into service wife will go nome to her family and finish college at their told her they would put her through An war is over they will go on with their marriage
 ~ them It is as simple as that Old folks could find kinds With the pan could all But what all the folks they love- to marry and that they have wonderful ahead of
 So don't feel for them happy only confident courageous never lick then--can - "
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ference in the proportional size and wight of the brain. The weight of the brain, however, seems to be no indication of the intelligence of the individua, as experts have been un- able to find any relation between brain size and brain quality.
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They don't want any sympathy, figuring they sat around and felt sorry for themselves and blamed the old folks because they didn't have what they used to refer to security" But the war put an end to that period
 Today, young folks aren't especially worried and they aren't complaining They figure they have job to do before they get with their lives and their plans-but that doesn't keep them from making the plans.
 The attitude of this young couple is typical: The young man gets MD. in June, when his f1ancee finishes her second year of college THEY THINK IT'S DANDY
 The young man has years interneship ahead Of him before he into of the branches of the service An older person might think those young
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-20
TOMORROW.s MENU

BREAKFAST: Grapefruit and orange juice, shredded wheat, toast, coffee, milk.
 LUNCHEON: Scrambled eggs on enriched toast, romaine salad corp syrup cookies, tea, milk.
 DINNER: Lamb stew with spring vegetables, hot biscuits, green salad, chocolate pudding, coffee, milk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-20
Caroline Chatfield
sWhat You Coin to Do When the Worlds on Fire?"
Says Today
Title Registered. D. s. Patent once


 Talk about wild fire hasn't spread like 9 Thinking back va few different writers who made good of the globe tes e South Sea islands Hall in Tahiti Agnes Newton ~ of their much mail boat coming regularly in world All of them stressng the of white face was an event or marvellous All of them revelng in the peace ana quet o e md primitive quality of their lives
 We wondered at their emty seeking finding far filled with enduring the hadsh1ps which soften We maveed at their ability to live kh kn their own kind we waned them which they had taken with them wrestling there doctors learning to at adjusting to domestlcy bat seemed existence We ached for glad to bells civilization kept awake with boy would and the garbage would chug chug up our driveway
 They and we thought they getaway the things thought they would live out those peaceful buried the stiffness of their Little did they suspect that In lew snort years hiding their think that the wild fire would spread to raVage before ravged When read those DOCKS reckoning without our hosts Hitler 4ronto, ct a
 Those who didn't believe all of being bundle life will take from the in the those who sailed the far found There is sequed There's anywhere in wide world Those that aren't actually fighting are root ng while they cheer they fear
 Yes spread like wild fire We reminded of the stirring spiritual we have heard the negroes sing:
 What goin' to do when the worlds on fre2
 you want Gods bosom to be your pillow?
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-20

pACoANCK4V pAtSHRo w visit the United States soon. Name the nation.
 2. The United States and what 9ritisln dominion
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joint naval force in the south Pacific?
 3. Name the Philippine Island with the same name as that of U. s. gunboat which the Japs sunk "by mistake" long before Pearl Harbor.
 Answers on Back Page)
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Of Interest to Women

Have you a household problem to solve? Write your question clearly, sign your name and ad- dress, enclose 8 three-cent post age stamp and mail to The WOm- ans Editor, Washington Service Bureau, The Democrat, 1913 18th Street, Washington, D. C., for . personal reply.
 Q. Are more babies born each day in the world than there are persons who die?
 A. It is estimated that approxi- mately l50,OO0 persons are born every day and approximately lOO,- 900 die.
 O. To settle an old argument Does the brain of a man weigh more than that of woman, and is that an indication that men are naturally more intelligent than wo- men?
 A. The brain of the average white woman weight 1900 grams or AS ounces; while that of the average white man weight i450 grams or about 5i ounces. But taking into consideration the differences in height and weight of the male and the female, there is very little diff Then insert whole cloves. Take slices of pineapple (thin - cut the canned slices in halfl and stick these, with thin slices of red cheg- ries, on the ham with toothpicks Remembering to remove lateF).
 Put the ham back in the oven for about i've minutes, watching It carefully to make sure 1t doesn't burn. until t b glazed.
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THE WOMEN-- TIME OUT FOR WAR
The UncomPIoining Younger Generation
 Doesn't Need-or Wont-Any Sympathy
BY RUTH MILLETT

mddle-aged inclined the fered with their futures young o1knu nnnou
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TRY THIS FOR A FINISHING TOUCH

Now let the head fall backward, and roll it slowly from side to side. Repeat five times--no more. Then let the head fall forward on chest, and roll toward the left shoulder, backward, right and around again, describing wide circle. Do this slowly, several times.
 For a really relaxing finish, sit on the floor with ankles together and hands clasped behind your back. Lift hands till shoulder blades are squeezed together. At the same time, let head fall back ward. Relax and repeat five times.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-20

and won the queen finese. Back came the spade, and the finesse of the eight forced the queen. Now nine tricks were established for the declarer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-20

Representatives recently limits navy women to shore duty. Navy officials say they don't contemplate any for eign assignment for women under the present circumstances
 Instead, the "sailor-gir" will be put to work at U. s. naval bases doing specialists jobs, like decod- ing, aerial photography or com- munication work of ali types, to release navy men for sea duty.
 NAVY WILL USE
 5000 LADY GOES
 Furthermore, these lady gobs will not replace or include navy civilian personnel supplied by Civil Service-such as clerks, or stenographers, except in special cases where highly placed sec retary might be doing very con- fidential work.
 Altogether, the Navy expects it will need somewhere around 5000 WNAR's to keep pace with the growing fleet, though the bill sets so limit. At their head will be woman lieutenant commander re- sponsible to ranking navy chiefs.
 Although the bill hasn't yet be- come law, the Navy is busily getting set for carrying out the enlistment, uniforming, and train ing of the women. They estimate it will take about 60 days after the legislative OK for them to get into action.
 Although the WNAR set-up takes women right in as members serving in the navy, while the the gals for service with the Army auxiliary merely enlists Army, the organizational differ ence is slight. There is closer equality of payrate and benefits between navy men and women and Army men and their auxili- aries, but the variations would probably not 'be a determining factor for recruits deciding which auxiliary to join.
 Chief navy advantage is psy- chological - in that the gals can really and truly feel they're blue jackets for sure. Naturally, navy blue will be the Navy Auxiliary uniform color-though actual de-
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This year many discover that make mighty pretty hats at home and that s fun to develop our millinery ouE whale of g0odo0king het Particulay fortunate girl crocheng skill little "love" of hats for less than tho pce es used to for
 The pbox blue and Is charmngy decorated vita of bright flowers and tiny red heaEt noicesg The Othera calOtk quchq cTocheted In three colors.
 crocheng instructions for both PMbox and calct 10 in COIN YOUR NAME end Ap DRESS the PATTERN NUMBER to Anne Cabot Ths Waer. seventh New York City, Enclose cent postage for each pattern ordered.
 My Album, about which 50 many ei you have inquired attractive 32page album Of the lovely desG you asked and adFedneedleWOk designs o a Hpeg eu the famyfor the Home and for ef The name of h b he "Anns cabot Album" Send ib eanta today feg yew copy
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Household Hints
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BY ELEANOR RAGSDALE NEA Service Staff Correspondent

2O-Saor girls the won't port
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Make 8 syrup of brown sugar, cider vinegar and ground, mixed cloves; pour this into about twen- ty knife-holes which you will have made in the ham. Then haste the whole ham with the mixture two or three times while 1t is in the oven.
 WATCH CAREFULLY
 TO AVOID BURNING
 Take the ham out, butter it all over with mustard and in turn pack brown sugar into the mustard,
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---~--s--A---- -4 . WAR QUIZ

| This flag with vertical red,
 ' white and red stripes flies over a Good Neighbor country whose
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be built for the girls-though in any case they vii be subject to supervision of a senior woman officer who is responsible to the base commander.
 To pay for this housing and their meals, the girls will receive regulation subsistence pay in ad- dition to the.r ordinary allot- ment. It's the same given any navy man not living on board ship or in barracks-and is figured as the average cost of living in that particular locality.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-20

spread like wild fire We are reminded of stirring heard the sing:
 What you gon to do when the worlds on fire?
 Don't you be pillow?
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-15
Many Friends Plan Parties
For Margaret Jean Cogsdi|I
BY FRANCES OVENS

ONE OF the liveliest spots
in this vicinity these days is
"Kathmar," the beautiful Or
chard Lake estate of Mr.. and
Mrs. Stuart Cogsdill. For ever
since pretty Margaret Jean. the
elder daughter of the house.
announced her engagement to
Lieut.. Gene Alexander White a
week ago all of the many
friends of the two families are
clamoring for a chance to give
parties for the popular young
pair,
The first Of these took place
at Oakland Hills Country Club
Saturday when Mrs. George f.
Quigley and Mrs. John c. Cal
houn gave a luncheon and linen
shower for Margaret Jean.
Pink roses and blue dolphin
ium decked the luncheon table.
Margaret Jeans becoming
gown was a brown and white
print and she wore a brown hat.
Mrs. Quigley wore turquoise
crepe with a white hat and Mrs.
Calhoun chose a green and
white print with a large rasp-
berry hat.
Among the guests were Mrs.
Cogsdill; Mrs. Eugene c. White,
the mother of the bridegroom
elect; Ruth White. Kay Cogsdill.
Mrs. Herman Koestlin, Mrs.
Waldso Turner, Mrs. L. o. Tur-
ner. Mrs. Otto Kern, Phyllis
Kennedy, Suzanne Bentley and
Lucille Miller.
On Tuesday Mrs. Sam Keller
has asked'a group of friends to
board her yacht and sail to the
Old Club for luncheon, all in
honor of Margaret Jean.
Wednesday evening Mrs. Eu-
gene White will be hostess at a
buffet supper in her home.
p Next Saturday Lou Miller,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward Miller Jr., will entertain
at tea and shower.
Mrs. Otto Kern will entertain
for Margaret Jean soon and
other parties will be listed as
fast as final arrangements can
be made for them.
The wedding date has not been
set but we hear it's near.
WITH HER wedding date no
farther away than Saturday
Eleanor Hanavan is dashing
madly from one party to an
other.
Patricia Pierce gave a lunch
con and shower for Eleanor
Saturday at Detroit Golf Club.
The large centerpiece of pink
and blue flowers broke up into
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-15

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-15

TWO BRIDGE luncheons in
one month is something Of a rec
ord for Pine Lake Country Club,
\ but the first, last Friday, was
very well attended, and the sec
ond, June "a. promises to be
equally popular with women
members.
Mrs. E. II. Brandt was chair
man at the former party and
among the ladies who invited
guests were Mrs. w. B, Craw-
ford, Mrs. Harry Vaughn, Mrs.
Ray Expert, Mrs. Barney liable.
Mrs. William Mccall. Mrs. John
Mills, Mrs. j. Lee VOORHEES,. Mrs.
d. j. Treble.
Mrs. Clarke +. Andrae will he
chairman of next weeks bridge
and she will be assisted by Mrs.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-15
Betty Chene Graduates With Honors

AS THE elimination of four of outstanding scholar
ship Betty Chene has been graduated with highest honor
from the Convent the Sacred Heart at Crosse Pone
Betty president and vaedictoran Of her class has
been awarded the Benzger scholarship in competition with
students of II other schools
The Benzger scholarship founded in 1929 in memory
OF Louis and Louise Benziger before has been
awarded to student Of the Crosse Ponte convent.
1t tuition board and and regular fees Of
resident student for four at swank Manhattanve
College.
Twice Betty has first place in the essay contests in
which many other schools competed
She is regular girl. modest and popular with her