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Evening star., 1942-05-27
Motorless Dates Are Fun
Lack of Cars Forces Youngsters
To Revise Ideas of Good Time

girls can construct one of their own
and get many good time out of
doing it. Suppose the completed
court is little rough-we're talking
about having fun. not winning the
Davis Cup! Badminton, deck and
paddle tennis, shuffleboard, croquet,
clock or miniature golf, horseshoes-
all these games can be enjoyed right
at home, with very little space or
equipment.
And the moon looks just about as
wonderful from hammock stretched
between the corner of the kitchen
and a clothes pole as it does from
a sport coupe parked by a river.
Maybe there's an old-fashioned
porch or lawn swing tucked away
in your basement or attic. Get it
out, and you'll discover why grandpa
and grandma managed to do all
right before automobiles were in
vented.
And walking-now, there's a ro-
mantle pastime. We grew up behind
a steering wheel, too, but, neverthe-
less, some of our most starry-eyed
dates were negotiated entirely on
foot. Walking home from Young
Peoples in the snow, ambling along
a certain river bank and plodding
along a certain beach on summer
nights-stop, we're breaking our
hearts!
You Ask-We Answer.
@. I used to have dates pretty
often, but now have them very
seldom. I know several boys well,
but none ever asks me for a date.
Can you help me? What can I do
to be popular like lots of my
friends? REGULAR READER.
A. We get letters like this every
week, and there's not much we can
do about them. Since you gave us
no name or address, We can't send
you any of the material we have
which might help you. You tell us
nothing about yourself, so we can't
make even an intelligent guess at
a possible cause of your lack of
popularity.
We hope that you, and all other
readers, will give us a little some
thing to work on when you write us
for help. We're awful smart, but
not smart enough to score a BULLS
eye when we can't even see the
target!
Evening star., 1942-05-27
California Salad
Full of Vitamins
Make your salad bowl Of fruit or

Make your salad bowl of fruit or
vegetables, but serve these delightful
sources of rich vitamin and mineral
values often this summer Make use
of a wide variety Of everyday in
gradients for your salad mixtures.
Top either vegetables or fruits with
rings and half rings cut from the
iron and vitamin-rich avocado.
You'll be adding considerable of the
splendid nutritive values that seem
naturally to belong to green vegeta-
bles and colorful fruits.
CALIFORNIA SALAD BOWL.
Avocados.
Lemon juice.
Salt.
Bananas.
Cubed orange.
French dressing.
Shredded salad greens.
Cut each avocado crosswise into
six rounds. Twist slightly to loosen
seed and separate rounds. Cut small
openings in centers of solid end
rounds. Pull skin from fruit and
sprinkle fruit with lemon juice and
salt. Cut half the rings into halves
crosswise, forming crescents. Dice
any leftover portions. Slice BAN
anas. Marinate bananas, diced avo-
cado and orange in French dressing.
Arrange shredded salad green's In a
salad bowl and cover with marinated
fruit mixture Top with avocados
rings and half circles. Serve French
dressing separately.
Two avocados are sufficient for
six salads.
Evening star., 1942-05-27

us wherever we may be. Heirloom
pewter or silver, the huge platter
that held the turkey over Thanks
giving at grandmother the teapot
that came around the Horn" in
the clipper ship days, though they
may change their habitat, are all a
part of the comfortable home that
we all love.
With walls painted as a back
ground for your household possess
sions and a floor which is smooth
and clean you are ready to turn
any four walls into your own castle.
The true need of a chair is that 1t
should seat you comfortably; If you
have any doubts. put a nice, fat
cushion in the seat, and make 1t a
definite part of your color scheme
A rug is used mainly to rest your
feet from contact with a harsh
floor, add to that color and tex
ture in keeping with the theme of
the room such as the thick, braided
one in the picture and you have
perfection. Having provided COM
Portable necessities you may then
indulge in whinsy and the display
of your decorated china, your pol
lished brass and silver, and other
treasures.
Plan the type Of house you can
take care of perfectly. If you are
maidless, remember that your time
for polishing and 'prettifying" is
limited and avoid the frills that
must be spotless to be impressive.
But don't hit the other extreme and
live in cherries and colorless barn
because you will not wash curtains
or polish silver. It's fashionable to
be a good housekeeper: it is even
smart to dress the part.
So don your percale dirndl, teach
the children to help, and build an
interior for your home that is easy
to live in, attractive enough to be
polite in, and the right setting for
the strenuous life you will be living
from now on.
Evening star., 1942-05-27
By Kay Caldwell and
Alden Harrison

Up until a few months ago we
used to receive frequent letters from
fellows who felt that not owning
an automobile was terrific handi-
cap in their social contacts with
the fair sex.
Then rubber and gasoline got
scarce and those self-pitying epistles
abruptly ceased. So even the i'll
wind that waited the Japs over Pearl
Harbor must have done somebody a
little good! Motorless Romeos no
longer have any cause for crying
into their cokes, for their auto
owning rivals are rapidly becoming
confirmed pedestrians themselves.
From the standpoint of justice and
democracy, this is very fine stuff.
Nevertheless, it is going to force a
lot of young people to revise their
ideas of what constitutes an Al
date in the good old summertime
You aren't going to be able to hop
into the jalopy for a jaunt to the
lake or the ocean whenever you
crave swim. That's tough-but not
too tough. Survey your own locality
for swimming spots that can be
reached by bus or trolley, plus a
little good old-fashioned walking.
You can't be quite so casual as you
were last year about driving out to
some rural dance spot which has
caught your fancy. However, thou
sands of other dancers will be in
the same boat, which means that
there will be more places offering
such entertainment in or close to
town. And perhaps you'll discover
that a private lawn or porch dance
with radio or records. or a neigh
borhood block" party, can be just
about as much fun as any evening
at public dance spot.
incidentally, one of our readers
has discovered that the pine needles
in her back yard make a good
dancing surface. Better go scouting
for pine treeD
Picnics and doggie roasts used to
depend pretty much on automobiles,
but they don't have to. One of the
best corn roasts we've ever attended
was held in vacant lot within 20
feet of an apartment building.
If the tennis courts are far away,
an ambitious bunch of fellows and
Evening star., 1942-05-27
Why
Grow Old!
By Josebhine Lowman

It's wonderful how soon strict
routine for health and beauty will
show results. Proper diet, daily
exercise, enough sleep, good skin
care and new interests will begin
to give you their effects within a
couple of weeks time. Why not
take your vacation at home this
year to recondition yourself?
In two weeks you can lose five
or six pounds, build health, clear
your skin, and lose inches where
you need to the most. If women
only realized they can see some
difference in two weeks more of
them would become lovely. Once
encouraged by this improvement,
they would continue.
This summer you can benefit by
both sun and exercise. It's a good
idea to take your exercises on a
mattress pad in the back yard. The
neighbors may hang out Of the
windows the first day but people
soon become accustomed to anything.
It's easier to shed sedentary habits
and is more pleasant to exercise
outdoors.
After you exercise you can lie
in the sun and relax wonderfully.
This procedure, followed by a
shower, will make a new woman of
you.
This exercise Is fine for the legs
and torso. Place the hands fiat on
the pad, similar to the starting
position for sprinter Bend the
left leg under you and straighten
the right leg out in back of you.
Curl toes under so you can push
from them. Straighten the left
leg as you bend the right. This
is accomplished by a little Jump.
One leg straightens as the other
bends. Continue. Try to keep the
back level. Don't hump up. Stretch
out,
Evening star., 1942-05-27
Simple Living Amid Ones
Cherished Possessions
Happy Formula Today
Unpretentious Backgrounds
Assume New Importance
When Planned With Care
By Marearet NoweH

Living simply is dear to the heart of all matter
walk life social a
his will
the pleases
eat what the locality
handmade things that live for generations Now that getting
much difficult will
into our homes and out of the attic comfortable
little items that went out when elegance up
Jones" in.
Don't think for minute that living
dine
the children
down that Is unthnkbe right
keeping morale and at their proper level
laughter and good
leading a
Though this designed a picture
Evening star., 1942-05-27

probably could get used to it" and
others were hopelessly resigned to
any screwy fashion the ladies might
adopt.
However, it looks like there1l have
to be an educational program if we
gals really make up our minds to
go in for costume colors in nail
enamels. The gentlemen, it
seems, need a bit of training. AS
for us, we think with the right
clothes it's rather effective. That is,
it's conversation piece"-good for
those gala occasions and designed
for your ultra sophisticated mo-
ments. 1t has no place in an Office
and no reason for being except
as correctly used costume accent.
Editors note-It isn't monkeys
that are the "cwaziest pipple"-it's
style-mad women. Good gosh, gals,
don't you know there's war on?
Evening star., 1942-05-27
Before You Start Painting
Your Nails Bright Green
Heed Masculine Ideas
Gentlemen's Reaction Seems
To Be Primarily Negative,
With Few Exceptions
By Helen T0gf

Don't think moment that going be silly enough to start
that ageod whether dress
make other suit themselves However
weight
issues edict against big hats the little likely those
with dimensions when the best aerg
flaming the light his life will henceforth pastels that
plenty
AL Of this involved discussion leading thngte
department been conducting the The
other of that bright nail enamel and
sticking fngenaiand
this much discussed fashion trend only with
but with bright blue clear yellow appearing
beauty horizon So let's find out We ouevesnd the polish
could Our costume beige hat trimmed in
fngernas
Evening star., 1942-05-27


fed by three cups Of coffee and two
aspirins, we began asking, How do
you like it?" Below, we print the
answers.
Young lawyer: II like it-but then,
I have funny ideas about things"
Garage attendant: Say, it looks
pretty good"
Elevator starter: "You look like
your fingers got mashed in door!'
Advertising director: mol"
Advertising photographer No. l.:
"The pink or red at least blends with
the skin, but I can't see any excuse
for THAT. Maybe with green
evening dress and slippers; not for
daytime"
Photographer No. 2: "It reminds
me Of the Hottentots. CD You look
like you're on the war-path or
somethin'."
Photographer No. 3: "All I can
think of is that you got your hands
in some green paint"
Copy boy reluctantly: II don't
like it."
Older lawyer: at makes just as
much sense as that bright red stuff. "
Assistant drama editor: (Unprint-
able)
Reporter: "All want to know is
what time is your funeral?"
Sports writer: Il like 1t. No
kidding, it looks good"
News photographer: Reminds me
Of one Of those Buddha things {.
kinda like a green goddess"
Assistant picture editor: 1T might
be all right on st. Patrick's Day"
Sunday editor: Its an ensemble
thing, isn't it? I mean you can only
wear 1t with certain costumes. 1t
looks nice with the other green
you're wearing, but think of it with
pink dress!"
Cosmetic sales manager: Frankly,
I don't care for it-but at least it's
better than the bright red, which I
hate"
Assistant to managing editor:
That color has unpleasant asso-
Citations for me- AS a householder,
it reminds me Of painting the gar
den furniture, and once I smashed
a fingernail which turned approx
imately that color"
Reporter: at looks a little like
gangrene has set in"
Army officer: IF you wear bright
red, why not bright green?"
Drama editor: "I do not like it.
I stand pat. I never shall like it
and I shall devote my life to stamp
ing out green nail polish"
Well, there you have the report of
normal people and newspapermen.
Add to it a number Of indescribable
grimaces, winces and screams of
actual pain and it looks as though
the boys are definitely agin' it. OF
course, some did agree that they
Evening star., 1942-05-27

house, or mine, or a corner of a
museum or home of right now"
in Georgetown or Alexandria. There
IS a little bit of what all of us call
home in room like this. 1t could
be accomplished by an interested
housewife with a little ability with
a needle and a paint brush, or 10
could cost many thousands of dol
lars under the direction of an able
decorator who would need to search
out each piece of antique furniture
and direct each stroke on the paint
ed chests and chairs.
Houses grow and become interest
ing because of the lives that go on
within them. Though we change
our habitation often in these United
States we cherish all the small
treasures which recall happy me-
mories and they make a home for
Evening star., 1942-05-27
Pattern Prices
Lowered!

Effective as of May II, The
Star is glad to announce that due
to economies made through rout.
ing the handling Of pattern orders
directly to New York, the price
to readers has been reduced to
IS cents, plus l 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 q leeible manner, and
inclose correct sum to facilitate
prompt delivery.
Evening star., 1942-05-27
Popular TwO>Piece Frock
For Summer Comfort
By Barbara Bell

-
Get yourself into this brisk young
two-piece outfit, cut like a suit, with
cardigan jacket top. an eight
gored, pencil-slim skirt and a neat
dickey collar, If you want to know
true comfort for summer! Pattern
No. 1615-B can be followed by the
least experienced dressmaker. You'll
find it a Joy to make in seersucker,
crisp gingham or slick chambray.
1t is stunning. too. for town in a
dark linen, set off with spick-and-
span dickey of white pique.
Tailored, neat and becoming, this
two-piece outfit Is sweeping the
country as one Of this seasons most
popular fashions for miss and ma
tron. Try it in your wardrobe, too,
in the wash materials you like best.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1615-B
is designed for sizes IL, IA, 16, 18, 20
and 40. Corresponding bust meas
urements 80, 80, "a, SO, 38 and 40.
Size IA (32) with short sleeves re-
quires AZ yards of 35-inch material;
fve-eighths yard contrast for dickey.
Choosing the patterns you want
to make for summer is fun-espe-
cially when you choose, at home,
from the Fashion Book, the COM
plete directory of pattern styles
which supplements this pattern
service! Fifteen cents per copy, and
a copy ordered with 15-cent pat
tern is rs cents plus / cent for
postage.
For this attractive pattern send
Is cents, plus 1 cent for postage,
in coins with your name, address,
pattern number and size wanted
to Barbara Bell, The Washington
Star, Post Office Box IS, Station
o, New York, N. Y.
Evening star., 1942-05-27
Sleeves

When ironing puffed sleeves, fold
the sleeve in halves, pulling apart
as 1t sticks. In this way you can
get down into the gathers at the
top. Iron 1t dry and you will have .
pretty pu6ed sleeve when It = done.
Evening star., 1942-05-27
Finger Marks

To remove finger marks around
q doorway, use a cloth dipped in
kerosene and then wipe with a cloth
wrung out of hot water.
Evening star., 1942-05-27
Cooking Time
FOrLiver
Is Short
Becomes Valuable
For a Quick Meal
By This Reason
Bv Edith NJ. Barber

Customs change in the food world.
Gone are the days when the butcher
put in large piece of calf's liver for
the cat with any type of meat order
There were always a few who liked
liver. When others began to eat it
because they had been convinced
that it made such contributions to
nutrition, many found to their sur
prise that they liked it, too. With
the demand prices scared and as
there is only one liver to calf, the
supply could not be increased.
AS this is veal season, we are
promised slight drop in the price
of this kind of liver. Adventurous
souls who have tried lamb and pig
liver, which are much cheaper, have
found that it is tender and almost as
good as calf's liver. Beef liver it
self is not to be scorned, especially
when it comes from yearling steer.
Then there are chicken liverS, which
today can be found by the pound in
many markets. They are less ex-
pensive than calf's liver and even
more tender and delicate in flavor.
The general rules for cooking liver
Of all types are the same and very
short cooking for all of them. Over
cooking toughens the meat and
spoils the flavor. For this reason
liver Is an excellent choice for the
quick meal.
LIVER WITH SOUR CREAM.
Have liver sliced u inch thick.
Wipe with cloth and remove skin
and tubes if dealer has not done so.
Dredge with seasoned flour Cook
In hot, well-greased frying pan about
five minutes, turning occasionally
until we'll Drowned. Add more fat as
needed. Add enough sour cream to
cover (allow one cup for Ia pounds
liver and cook over low heat until
cream is thoroughly heated. Sprinkle
with minced parsley.
CHICKEN LIVERS EN-
BROCHETTE.
Wash chicken livers and dry. If
nvers are large, cut in halves. Cut
bacon strips in one-inch pieces. Ar
range chicken livers and bacon al
ternately on metal skewers Arrange
in baking pan and bake in moder-
ately hot oven (400 degrees F) about
10 minutes, until bacon Is crisp.
Serve on the skewers. Allow two to
three chicken livers and one strip
bacon per serving.
Evening star., 1942-05-27
CHICKEN LIVERS EN-
BROCHETTE.
Home Protection

A fire extinguisher is essential In
every home and it should be kept in
working order.
Evening star., 1942-05-27
By Peggy Roberts


last of material use the
horse
stitched muslin
make colorful and cheerful quilt
member of Of these quilts on his bed and
every member will pitch in and help to make it.
Pattern envelope contains designs Tor each pac or pattern
also full directions f. =,
Arts
Washington Station D, New York, N z.
Evening star., 1942-05-27
Use Manhattan
Rug Cleaning
to bring back ALL hidden
color and beauty

Have you forgotten how bright and cheerful your rugs
when newi Then you'll thrill the way they home
after Manhattan beauty treatment Back and front,
they'll be clean and freshly laundered linens.
All dust and dirt is removedeven the mbedded grit and
CRIME that rug fibre, rugs faster For
pete facts free estimate ask Manhattan
phone Dupont I'LL.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-03
Easter Gladness"

placer" Those questions were TO
remain unanswered for time. But
the promise he gave brought them
comfort; many times angels were to
deliver them and they were 10 prove
for themselves something Of Easter
glNdness"
Jesus disciples had to learn, aS all
must likewise do, that the aSeen-
sion Of Christ Jesus did not consist
of the one moment when he passed
from their sight. On ais ascending
thoughts they must learn 10 model
their own, In The spirit OF Truth
and Love, which the Christ express.
eS, there remains forever that which
prepares mems hearts for accept
nnee OF the kingdom Of God within,
for acknowledgment Of their place
In the Fathers house." This Is the
eternal benedietlon, II go to pre-
pare q place for you" Our feeog.
milton OF the meaning OF these
words gives, Us something OF the true
gladness OF Baster'-Tho Christian
Science Monitor.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-03
Personal

Among the Waterbury students
at ST, Joseph College, Hartford who
have arrived to spend the holiday
weekend are the Misses Mary Ray,
Virginia Neagle, Genevieve Rapas-
ka, Mary Blake, Doris Murphy,
Mary Brosnan and Grace Ahean.
Miss Aida Bloodgood, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs Alonzo T. Blood
good OF Middlebury, O sophomore at
Denison University, Granville, o.,
will spend the spring holidays with
her cousins, Mr.. and Mrs. Wooster
B. Field OF Columbus, Ohio.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard II. David
son OF Auhurndale, Mass, an
nounce the birth of daughter,
Marcia Jean, ct the Newton hos
pital, Newton, Mass. Mrs. Davidson
is the former Vivian Malta OF this
city. The child Is the granddaugh-
ter OF Mrs. Michael j, Malta Of
Boyden street, and Mr., and Mrs,
Raymond Davidson OF Oakyllle.
Corporal Rudolph Majewski OF
Boston Is spending q short furlough
with his parents, Mr.. ard Mrs,
Fabian Majewski OF Greenwood
avenue.
Miss Nancy Stettbacher, q stu
dent at the Lankennu School IN
Philadelphia, Is spending the spring
recess with her parents, Dr. and
Mrs II. J, Stettbaeher OF Revere
street.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-03
CRAIG TO ATTEND
CHEMICAL SCHOOL
Wildly High School Teach
err Given Leave OF ABB
sence for Two Weeks

Arthur D. Craig, wildly High
school faculty member, who has
been active In civilian defense Or
CARNATIONS here, has been granted
a two weeks leave OF absense by the
board OF education 10 attend q
federal chemical Warfare school at
Amherst college, Amherst, Mass.
The course which will start Monday
and will continue for two weeks Is
similar 10 the one attended by four
local men at Edgcwater Arsenal,
Md.
Mr.. Craig, q chemistry teacher,
has given many lectures on chemical
warfare and fire before air raid
wardens meetings. A substitute will
take his place at the air raid war
den school during his absence
Prof. Harold q. Dietrich OF Yale
university may be secured for some
OF the lectures, according TO On an
flouncement made by Chief Air
Raid Warden James J. Curtin.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-04-03

North knew that there might be
O slam, and bid four hearts 10 In
dicate that no held o two.suiter OF
very powerful pattern. But South
did not want 10 gamble on the club
situation, 80 he bid only four spades,
North could not bid higher, for lack
Of aces.
East oil this time had been re.
straining himself, but now he
thought the time had come 70 take
action. He bid Ave clubs with some
confidence that he would be
doubled. South passed, waving final
action TO his partner.
North now realized that South's
strength was not concentrated IN
clubs and Jumped 10 SIX spades. TO
EaSt's disgust, the contract was
made by ruffing the firSt club, then
establishing the diamond suit with
q couple Of ruffg and giving UP q
trick TO the ace Of clubs.
Strangely, at another table IN
the same duplicate game, North
and South reached four spades,
which was passed TO East, who re-
opened with five clubs, and again
North leaped 70 six spades. The
same opening lead and the same
play 70 make the contract followed.