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Evening star., 1942-12-20

tassel-trimmed. Also at luncheon,
and wearing one of the most
elaborate and beautiful Indian
silver necklaces, was Katherine
Cleveland A simple black dress
made the intricately designed
jewelry important
Looking very much like what the
well dressed business girl will
wear was dark-haired Vernona
Scott. Glimpsed at dinner, she
had chosen a well-tailored shirt
waist type dress of soft beige wool,
the perfect round the clock"
variety. Bettyjare Greer, WASH
ington's newest contribution to
Hollywood, looked smart in a
simple black frock and tiny yelled
hat the evening before she left
for the Coast. Harriet Sachs was
receiving compliments on her new
gold bracelet which fastens with
her initials, also tine initials of
husband Herbie, by the way.
Pert and vivacious Mrs. Leon
Henderson looked extremely we'll
in belted plaid sport coat the
other afternoon. She topped it
with one of the trimmed casual
hats in bright red. Mrs. Russell
Andrews, entertaining at buffet
supper in her charming little
house, wore a draped dress of
plum tone accented with a single
jewel, an amethyst pin at the
high, round neckline.
At the opening of 1.-THE Rus
sian People" Nine. Litvinoff
topped her gown with a short
sable jacket, the skins worked
vertically in the body horizon
tally around the edge. Mrs.
Lawrence Langner, eagerly watch
ing audience reaction" was a
symphony in soft purple tones.
A slim dinner gown and wool cape
was enhanced by a magnificent
orchid corsage Ill precisely the
same colors. Breath taking was
Mrs. Paul McNutt in a dinner
gown Of black velvet and full
length coat of snowy ermine.
Evening star., 1942-12-20
Hold Those
Needless!
BY the Master Gardener

DJ me W0Sfef Gafdenef
I've often thought that sweeper
company was overlooking a bet
by not devoting a cartoon series
to getting the Bissell out and
whisking up the Christmas tree
needles.
But it's too late now. Yes,
housewives, there is way to keep
trees from shedding, and it's no
dream, even If it does sound too
good to be true. And plant food
does the trick. The gardening
fraternity has known for years
what a good complete balanced
plant food will do for growing
trees, but only recently have we
known about the use of plant
food to prevent needle drop on
indoor Christmas trees.
Here's how to do it:
If you have a tree stand of the
type that uses water as ballast,
with the tree securely fastened
in the center and the trunk di-
rectly in the water, use a tea
spoonful of complete balanced
plant food to each quart Of water
in the container. The tree alb
: serbs nutrients from the solution
and continues growth tempo
rarily.
If you have no such container
you probably can't find one now
because Of priorities on metals,
but you can improvise a holder
in this manner: Use a 16-quart
bucket filled with gravel or
crushed stone. mixing one-fourth
pound Of a complete balanced
plant food with this material and
filling the pail with water within
2 inches from the top.
Plant food tablets may also be
used for this purpose. Use two
or three tablets to each quart OF
water used in the container.
Not only will this treatment
keep the needles from falling
and keep the tree greener, but
the tree will be less OF q fire
hazard.
I can't vouch for this fact, but
one experimenter said not only
did his tree hold its needles, but
the tree actually grew new ends
On the limbs.
Evening star., 1942-12-20

Handy in every kitchen is the
apron which can be quickly put
on. This bib-top style slips on
over the head and ties in place
at the waist-in mere jiffy! So,
it's the apron you want for heavy
duty. Make the same style, with
out the bib, in a sheer cotton as
a dressup style to wear when
you're entertaining the club or
serving a bridge supper!
Barbara Bell Pattern No.
1683-B is designed for sizes IA.
16, ls, 20; 40, AZ. Corresponding
bust measurements 80, "a, 36, SO,
10. a. Size 16 (34). with bib, re-
quires az yards 35-inch material;
without bib, IL yards.
You'll be delighted with the Win.
ter Fashion Book-it contains 50
Evening star., 1942-12-20
Attention, Please!
By MarFaref NoyeII


diately to the rubbish container.
Be sure to place the cover on tho
container so that they are safe
from any careless spark from q
cigarette or other hazards.
Consider every aspect Of the
decorations you use. Do not
sacrifice safety of the family to
your desire for a beautiful effect.
Avoid fiammable decorations and
candlelight during the holiday
season.
America has done much to
make a safer and saner Fourth
Of July, but a safe and sane
Christmas is just as important.
To be truly effective. fire pre-
vention measures must be con-
tinued throughout the year. We
stress its Importance during the
holidays as tragedy in the midst
of JOY seems to be doubly heart
breaking.
Next to a safe and happy
Christmas make a New Year res
olution to remedy all your home
fire hazards. If the roof Is
flammable, cover 1t with a fire.
resistant material. Check the
heating and wiring systems for
defects and have them repaired.
Clean out the rubbish from all
parts of the house. Above all,
watch hot ashes from your coal
furnace, live cigarettes and
matches. Make your home as
safe from fire as you can. Even
with all your care there is still
a loophole for accidents.
Evening star., 1942-12-20

the cold weather ahead. Very
simple crochet stitches are used
for both cap and mittens so that
you can have the set ready the
day after you receive your pat
tern.
Pattern envelope contains COM
plete easy-to-read and easy-to-
follow directions for the above.
Send II cents (coin) for Pat
tern No. 1895 to Needle Arts De-
partment, Washington Star, p. o.
Box 172, Station D, New York,
N. Y.
Evening star., 1942-12-20

What II we were to lose our
holly?
Yet this beloved symbol of
color and Christmas cheer Is in
more danger of extinction than
any other of the country's native
trees.
Severe injury has been done to
the holly tree"-for that is what
holly is-by ruthless cutting. The
gas shortage is likely to mean
less depletion of the woods this
season, but in years past a gen.
eral uprooting of the red and
green woodland glory has gone
on.
Save the holly" has there
fore become a national slogan,
which can be put into practice in
two ways: Cd Conservation of the
remaining stock, CD planting OF
new growth. In this latter phase
all and sundry may have part.
American hollies can be grown
with success in almost all of the
Eastern States. Those who know
say that hardy Northern-grown
nursery stock should be selected
and lots of oak leaf mold and
plenty of water used.
Any householder can grow
holly for home use, even in a
small space. 1t makes the most
decorative of hedges and for the
dwarf varieties a place can be
reserved in the rockery.
Holly can begin life career as
a potted plant. From the jar
diniere in which it glows with
friendly crimson 1t can be trans
planted outdoors. and year after
year furnish a living tree with
an abundant supply of branches
for decoration.
When it comes to cutting, the
old adage that there's a right
way, a wrong way and a best
way, applies very definitely to
holly. Twigs should be cut from
the sides of the branches with
2 or 3 inches left to ensure re-
covery and continued growth.
To keep holly sprigs long time
In the house, treat them like
fresh flowers. Keep them in a
bowl or vase filled with fresh
water or wet sand, and see that
the stem butts are clipped. Holly
wreaths, too, will last much longer
If protected from freezing tenn
peratures or conditions that are
extremely drying.
Evening star., 1942-12-20
Individuality Will Count
Personal Touches Make Clothing Restrictions Less Painful

unthinking or out Of place. And
as time goes on, you'll be more
impressed with the sane and prac-
tical attitude Of those people
whose business it is to keep the
American woman the best and
most sensibly dressed woman in
the world.
The designers and manufacture
ers already are doing their part,
and from here on It's up to every
woman to help. Don't despair
because you can't have the plen-
tiful selection of clothes you knew
in pre-war times. Make the most
of what you have, be a little in
ventive and you'll be "set."
Evening star., 1942-12-20
By Helen Togt

uninteresting looking, or that
their appearance will be unima-
ginative and uniform. Fashions
OF the future should be more sig
nificant than ever, for the Amer
lean talent for inventiveness will
have a real chance at last.
Those members of the fashion
world" realize fully that "chichi'
and "frou-frou" no longer have
a place in the world, and they
are doing their best to bring the
true meaning of fashion" home
to women. Fashion, after all, is
way of life, a reflection of the
times. 1t need not be frivolous,
Evening star., 1942-12-20

1t Is not pleasant to speak OF
tragedy in the midst of holiday
fun. Yet each season brings its
record of misery caused by care
lessness at home. Every year
hundreds of Christmas trees go
up in flames because some one
was thoughtless. Christmas
tree lights start fires, which make
a merry blaze in flammable dec
orations and piles of tissue paper
gift wrappings. Many of these
fires might have been prevented
if some one had been careful.
The National Fire Protection
Association lists three simple
rules for preventing fires at
Christmas time. The first Is to
use care in handling the tree
and other Christmas trimmings.
The second is to have the CHM
ney cleaned now, for with the
Yule log burning overtime dur
ing the holidays, faulty chimneys
can give off sparks that will ig-
mite flammable roofs. The third,
and very important, point, Is to
check the home for common,
year-'round hazards, such as
combustible roofs, a defective
heating or wiring equipment
and accumulations Of rubbish.
The National Fire Protection
Association also outlines a few
precautions for your tree. A
freshly cut tree. is no more of a
fire hazard than the shrubs
growing around your house. Once
it has been brought into the
house it starts to dry out, so it
is best to buy a fresh tree as
shortly before Christmas as pos
sible, and remove 1t soon AFTER
wards. 1t is a good plan to cut
off the base of the tree an inch
or two and place the tree in a
pan of water if you wish to keep
it longer. Add more water from
time to time to keep it fresh
and prevent the needles from
drying and falling.
Candles on the tree are ex-
treme hazards. It hardly seems
necessary to mention this, but
each year there are fires from
this cause. An open flame can
ignite an evergreen In a second.
the pitch in the needles burns
with increasing ferocity and
nothing short Of the fire depart
ment can prevent the house from
burning down. Candles elsewhere
in the house for decorative pur-
poses also are dangerous during
the excitement of the holidays.
Children romping about, guests
arriving and departing, causing
drafts through the Railways,
filmy hat wells and sheer party
clothes are all dangers wherever
an open candle flame is burning.
Colored electric lights are
safer for the tree. If they have
been in use for several years the
cords should be checked for worn
spots to prevent last-minute
short circuits.
The delightful custom OF the
family grouped about the fire.
place to open their gifts Is dear
to all Of US. BE SURE that
nothing can happen to spoil this
picture. Do not throw tissue
paper into the fireplace. It is
so light that it is carried fam
ing up the chimney and may set
the SCOT in the chimney or the
roof on fire. Place boxes or
waste baskets behind each per-
sons chair. See that all wrap
pings are carefully placed in
these, and remove them imme-
Evening star., 1942-12-20

This saucy cap is the last word
In millinery merrymaking. You
can walk out with a confident
air and a Tilt in your heart with
this gay hat perched on your
head and a pair of matching nit
tens on your hands. The cap is
crocheted in a bright-colored
yarn and topped with a red wool
fringed peak to resemble a cocks
comb. The crocheted mittens in
two colors to match the hat are a
warm and attractive necessity for
Evening star., 1942-12-20

many smart suggestions for styles
you can easily make at home.
Send for your copy today, it costs
only IS cents. Or, you may order
a copy with a 15-cent pattern
for Is cents, plus / cent for post
age.
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, Washington
Star, Post once Box IS. Station
o, New York, N. r.
Evening star., 1942-08-16

dVertiSenent
Evening star., 1942-08-16
FRIENDLY pickets Of the sky oooinst low

FRIENDLY pckets of the sky oeoinst low
swoopins or roiders. borroee bolIoons
hove proved their defense voIue in this wor
ond America is going to have os mony of
them as mass produc ton ponts con turn
out. eory TO get into loree scoIe production
Of the cobe tethered boIoons wos the Fire
stone Tire 6 Rubber Co., in whose Akron,
Ohio, pIont these pictures were mode The
balloon now being turned out there wos de-
signed ond perfected by the company at the
Governments request for q borroee boiIoon
to fly at attitudes above 5000 feet I'm
mense plont space is the first requirement
IN moking borroee bolIoons, ond while the
design hos been simpIifed to moss produc-
t'on requirements os much os possible, mok-
ing the boloons still requires much skilled
hond work for which there is no mochine
substitute.
Evening star., 1942-08-16

Buff'ne the fobric edges
preparatory to the oil i'm
portont cement'o9 opera
tions Here. four panels ore
buffed ot one time TO remove
oIum'num cooting that pro-
tects the balloon surfoce.
It's q delicate Job to clean
the edges without domoginq
them.
Evening star., 1942-08-16

AS production IS stepped up more work.
ing patterns ore being provided for the
more thon 1000 pieces that make up the
finished balloon Here pottern is BEING
cut for use in the stobiIizine fins one Of so
potterns used in this section of the balloon
alone
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-03-27
London
RECEPTION GIVEN FOR
REV, STRAIT, Bril-

RECEPTION GIVEN FOR
REV. STRAIT, BRIDE
London, Mich. Mar. 27--A reeep.
ton was held Friday evening for
Rev. and Mrs. Luren Strait at their
home near AIalis.
There we're over rs present from
Azalia and London communities.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Smell. their
son and daughter.in-law, Wyan.
dotte. were also present. Rev. A.
z. Robinson. AEalis. led in hymn
singing and Rev. Lorne Carter. Dun
dee. led in prayer. Mrs. Frances
Bird was called upon for several
recitations. Special music was
given by Rev. and Mrs. Strait. Mrs.
Celestine Hammond and Lee Bird
accompanied by Mrs. Carl Bruck.
ner az the organ. Many nne gifts
we're presented to the couple.
Light refreshments were served
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-03-27

$50 and continuing over the week
end. Rev. VOORHEES, will bring a
special young peoples message on
sunday evening.
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oMeIaI Reard 10 Moor

The Ohicial Board OF London
Church will meet Monday evening,
March 80, at the Cline home. The
last quarterly conference OF Lon.
don and Mooreyille charse will be
at London Church April is.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-03-27
QUARTERLY MEETING

Rev. l.. D. VOORHEES, will be the
speaker at the Free Methodist
Church for their quarterly meet.
ing beginning Friday evening at
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-03-27
Recovering From IIInes,

Andre Beck is slowly recovering
from his recent illness. Miss Az
hes Beck, Detroit, came Friday
night to help care for her father.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold Grause. Miss
Hildegarde Krause and Mrs. Brand
Detroit: Harold Houman. Fort
Knox, Ky, were Sunday evening
visitors at the Beck home.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-03-27
Young People to Meet

The Young Peoples Glasses and
the Alpha Glass OF London Church
will meet At the Clarence Cline
home tonight.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-03-27
In California

Edward L. ziolkowski, who en-.
listed IN airforce September / and
graduated from the school at shep,
hard Field, Tex, is now at Santa
Monica, Calf.
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W, s, C. A. Mat

The oakville W. S. c. 8. enter.
tanned the Milan Rotary Club mem
bers and their wives for supper
Tuesday evening, March "a. at Oak.
vile Church annex.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-03-27

Because we know that worn out mattress robs you
of precious rest we opening our new store with
GIGANTIC TRADE IN SALE. Bring in your old
mattress and we will deliver you brand new luxur-
ious mattress that will permit you to wake up re.
freshed after eight hours Sleep instead of tired out
from trying to find comfortable spot.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-03-27
Former Resident Dies

Former Resident Dies
Fred Deck, Morenci, a former
resident OF this community, passed
away last week at home OF his
brother in Toledo, o. Services
were held at Delta. O., Sunday. He
leaves his widow, Minnie Deck.
daughter Freda, and family, Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Miley and son.
Delta o.
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-01-08
United For Victory

One of the most serious weaknesses of the Allies
in the first World War their failure inability
to establish military High Command until the clos
ing months of the conflict That precedent already
has been dropped for the present struggle thanks to
the negotiations in Washington between President
Roosevelt and Mr. Churchill which resulted in joint
command in the Far East.
Not until March, 1918, nearly four years after
Austria and Serbia had begun the last and eleven
Allies unite their military command on the Western
Front under the leadership of Marshal Foch. During
all the previous MONTHS the Central Powers under the
typicaly efficient direction of the German general staff
and operating with the natural advantage of interior
lines of supply and transportation moved their forces
from front to front with perfect coordination and
maximum of speed and striking power.
Today; the common foe of the United States and
her Allies again is the efficient military machine of
Germany abetted by the forces Of equally ruthless
powers and stooges who have faithfully followed the
Nazi pattern Axis might has necessarily been built
around of swift efficiency since it must make up
by means of the surprise attack and socaled total
warfare what it lacks in the resources essential to
fighting prolonged war.
For the &c nations which signed the anti-Axis
pact in Washington to face such combination with
out any effort toward unity of military effort would
almost certainly the foolish dissipation of their
advantages in resources and manpower The Allies
must strike Hitler strikes, with all their strength
at one or few points at one time and with Tresist
BILE force.
Selection of Gen. Sir Archibald Wavel recognized
by our Allies and enemies alike the most brilliant
ant-AXs leader the war has yet produced, for the
supreme commander of all military forces in the Far
East was good start toward the type of Allied unity
which will make for Allied victory. With the pos
sble exception of Gen. Douglas Macarthur
who has his hands occupied in the Philippines there
could have been more apt choice Gen. Wavell
who met and defeated superior Axis forces in Africa
knows modern warfare and how to wage it success
fully which would make him the wanted whether
ne were Brton, American or Chinese.
It inevitably follows that the proper economic
arrangements be negotiated in order to supply this
leader the military naval and air supplies he needs to
stop and then defeat, the Japanese.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-01-08
BRIEFS By Baukhage

q A California woman attributes
her illness to television and other
radio signals (which permeate her
home and person" She has COM
planned to FEC about it. The COM
mission is sorry to learn of her ILL
ness, but says definitely that no
case has ever been brought to its
attention where such long-distance
emissions have any physical effect
on humans.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-01-08

glasses as the slim Jiuji Kasai.
member of the japanese diet. He
put his arms about me and called
me dear college-mate. It was
quite touching. And he produced a
real "Pooh-bah" bow as he present
ed delicate little fan to my wife.
Then he disappeared for a long
time and 1 didn't hear of him again
until he turned up in Washington
with shower of goodwill interviews
in the local papers. Just before his
willy colleague, Mr. Kurusu, ap-
peared on the scene to operate his
famous shoe-string play, Kasai hur-
ried back to Japan.
Kasai was a great student Of
America, of Theodore Roosevelt. He
was supposed to love America deep
ly. l have no doubt he admired us.
He certainly went to great lengths
to interpret this country to his own.
l have no means of knowing what he
really thought, but the point of this
story is an incident which seems so
utterly incredible that it is an excuse
for all misunderstanding of the
Japanese. 1t is simply too good to
be true and yet it is.
Kasai on his last visit, was call
ing at the house of mutual friend
in Washington who asked if he could
do anything to make Mr.. Kasai's
visit more valuable:
"Oh, yes" Kasai replied, with his
little eyes sparkling behind his
glasses, ''some time / should like to
have you take me about in your car
and point out some of your beautiful
bridges in the capital. You see, my
hobby is photography and / should
like to take pictures of them"
So far the beautiful bridges are
still here.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-01-08

office, across the lobby and into the
press room where the press asso-
Citations and the radio companies
have private telephone lines to their
local Offices. A little later an NBC
engineer had a microphone at
tached to one of our lines and 1 was
able to make the first news broad
cast ever sent from the White House.
From then on / hardly left my
chair, except for moments to relieve
my assistant and one Of the NBC
newsmen, who were keeping in touch
with the state department across
the street and later interviewing
members Of the cabinet and con-
gressional leaders at the front en-
trance of the White House.
The White House press room is
arranged to accommodate about a
dozen men who are regularly sta.
toned there. Within a few hours
after the first announcement Of the
Japanese attack it was damned
with so or more people-reporters,
radio men, messenger boys. The
noise was, so great, that the micro
phone had to be stepped down to
avoid catching the roar and confu-
sion, and / was forced to speak in
low voice-this gave the effect Of
suppressed excitement which was
greater than really felt, although
the events were exciting enough.
Outside the crowds were solemn,
quiet. The sidewalk Immediately in
front of the White House was roped
off and the side streets were closed.
The crowd edged as near as it could,
peering at the lighted windows
across the wide lawns. They could
see nothing, but they were satisfied
to watch. Only very late, as they
began to break up, did they begin
to sing. Their emotions needed an
outlet then.
watched America 60 to war seri.
ously, but not as had seen France
and Germany go-sadly, resentfully
and with a sullen and deadening
apathy.