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Evening star., 1942-03-13

tree is sawed into lumber. They can
be purchased for very little. Set
them up with q 1-inch air space
between each slab, cap them on the
top with a strip running the long
way, and you will have a neat,
natural-looking fence that will make
a good planting background.
Dear Miss NOVEL;: Is Is possible
to paint an old cement furnace room
floor and have the paint stay on2
How can the floor be cleaned suffi-
ciently to hold the paint? F. L. r.
Answer-If the floor is not damp.
there is no reason why it should not
take the paint. The floor can be
scrubbed several times to clean 1t.
but if possible try to get 1t clean by
successive brushings to take up
loose dust without using water.
Then use a paint made for cement
and plan on at least two coats
possibly three. The fact that this
is an old floor will make it more
likely to hold the paint, and the
main thing to watch for is any
dampness, which will make the paint
chip and peel.
Evening star., 1942-03-13

thinks that his wife should have no
ideas of her own whatever, no in
dividual tastes or thoughts or de-
sires. The wife is equally certain
her husband should enjoy the things
she enjoys, want to go wherever
she wants to 80, and share all her
pet peeves and prejudices. When
each tries to make the other over
nearer to their hearts desire trouble
begins. and the divorce court rings
up another customer.
AS a matter of fact, real love
does not demand that husband
and wife shall be one. 1t is big
enough and honest enough to rec
ognize that they are two and to
grant each the individual right to
be himself or herself, without mo-
lestation or going through the pain
full process of being made over to
fit anothers pattern of life. than
which nothing is more humiliating
or wearing on the nerves.
It is obvious to the meanest in
telligence that the continual argu-
ments and spats and fights that
make 50 many homes places OF
torment are the result OF nothing
but the determination Of husbands
and wives to force their opinions
on each other and to make the party
of the other part do their way.
There Is no principle at stake.
Neither one wants to do anything
that is wrong, or that will endanger
the stability of the family. 1t Is
lust that the husband is determined
to be THE ONE. and the wife Is
equally determined that she Will
be THE ONE who must be obeyed.
Why a man can't let his wife
belong to clubs if she enjoys them;
why he can't let her wear a do
funny hat If she thinks she looks
ravishing in one; why he can't let
her go to beauty shops and come
home dripping with red paint II 1t
makes her feel young and glamor-
GUS; why he can't let her make her
dinner off a gooey salad and a
chocolate eclair If she yearns for
them, why If conceding her these
privileges would make her happy
and contented, nobody knows.
Nor does anybody know why a
wife risks the chance Of sending her
husband of to the Other Woman
by always raising row about his
playing golf or going fishing, or
listening to the radio at night, or
having his horrid friends who
smoke vile pipes and scatter ashes
on the floor, come and sit up half
the night talking with him.
But they do. And the ironic thing
about 1t is that in trying to be one
they so often become two, because
about the time wife thinks she has
gotten her non-musical husband
Injured to symphony concerts and a
husband assumes the right to buy
his wife's clothes, the poor victims
of oneness rise up and chuck their
marriage certificates in the fire and
make q break for freedom.
The moral Of all which Is: 1t
can't be done. Husbands and wives
are separate individuals and we
have to take them that way, or
leave them. DOROTHY DIX.
Evening star., 1942-03-13
These Days It's Take Good Care of Wooer
Young Child
Lauds Her
Mother
| Considers Parent
One of the Best
And Jolliest
Bv Leffice Lee Street,

By Lsftice Lee Street,
Dear Mrs. STREET.: I want to write
you about my mother. I feel sorry
for Kids who haven't q mother like
ours. She is the best cook and
leaves things in the icebox. We
always have cookies, too, and we
are hungry when we come home
from school. I hope I can be a
good cook like her.
My mother whistles and sings
around the house. She Is lots Of
fun and we laugh lot. She is very
hard to beat at checkers, which Is
q very hard game, but I do win
sometimes.
I had measles and my mother
made everything seem better. She
is q good mother to have when you
are sick. She read to me and just
sat and was awful sick and I
almost died except for my mother.
When she comes in she yells "Hi!"
and the cat Fluff jumps on her
shoulder and our dog Jinx Jumps
and barks.
The best thing to do when she
gets mad Is to be quiet and to leave
her alone. She gets all right real
soon. Kids should remember this
about their mothers. 1t is better to
leave them alone when they are
mad.
My mother likes us to help her
and she tells people SO and she tells
them she is glad about us.
When we are bad she Is quiet and
does not whistle or sing and do
not like it when she Is quiet.
I can't help being bad sometimes.
I like dolls and have q lot and my
mother and me have made a lot Of
doll clothes.
I am writing so you will know
what a dear mother is like.
Please send me your laystte list,
we are going to have a baby and
am saving up for present. I get
10 cents every Saturday Thank
you, Mrs STREET.. Love, HELEN.
Answer-Helen, do thank you
for your nice letter. Your mother
will whistle and sing all day long
after she reads it. She is a lucky
mother to have girl like you You
| forgot to send your last name and
address. If you will do so I shall
! mail you the layette list right away.
Evening star., 1942-03-13
By Barbara Bell

Wide through the shoulders,
scooped in at the waist this attrac-
tive frock has just the right lines to
improve the figure of every little
girl of 4 to II years Chubby girls
and slim girls both are f1atteringly
fitted in this pleasing frock with
the three-button scalloped front!
Pattern No. 1439-B meets the
needs for a best" frock for spring
for your daughter or for prac-
tical school frock depending on
the materials you use. This design
is just as appropriate for gingham
or percale as it is for dotted swiss,
taf1eta or rayon prints. You'll find
yourself using this pattern often
when your growing daughters need
frocks of special charm.
This dress may be made as pref
Evening star., 1942-03-13
Manners
of the
Moment

When you show your new dress
to your best friend, and she starts
exclaiming about what she would
do to it to improve it, sometimes
you wish she weren't your best
friend. Its a beauty, darling" 4"
she'll say, and it would be just
perfect If you cut the sleeves OF
a couple of inches. and added some
thing stunning to the neckline. "
Then she'll go on to describe a
s17.5O necklace which would just
set the dress off perfectly, or a
s1095 belt she saw which would
bring out the color of your finger
nails.
Now really. Friends like that
don't deserve to be called friends.
When a girl has a new dress there
are only two ways in which a friend
has any right to greet it. Either
she must say, Take it back It's
terrible on you" Or else she must
say, It's lovely" There is no mid
die of f-the-road course which will
do the friendship any good at all
JEAN.
Evening star., 1942-03-13
Why Grow
Old?
By Josephine LoiCman

BY Josephine LOtCW0u
It's true that day dreaming can
become q vicious habit. 1t may turn
into a retreat from reality, thus rob-
bing one of the zest and beauty, the
pathoS, toughnesS and tang OF real
living! Like most good things Of life
it is beneficial when used with tenn
perance and discretion.
To dream of accomplishment and
never apply energy to its realization,
to dream of beauty and love but
never pay the price for them, leads
to Illustration and unhappiness. 1t
amounts to a kind of mental and
spiritual aneSthesia which Weakens
morale fiber, dulls the brain and
bogS the body down in fatigue.
However, in this day of brittle
reality, of plain talk. of factual
thinking, of compromise. of driving
ambition, Of stress and strain, it
seems to me that little day dream
ing could enrich most lives.
Too many of us forget the tall
dreams of youth, the wish Of spiri-
tual growth, the meaning of friend
ship and love. Our eyes no longer
become misty when we see a moon
drenched landscape, our natures lose
the fresh sheen of eagerness and we
hurry through life so fast that we
give graciousness only wistful nod
If we could day dream a little as
We go about our commonplace tasks,
knowing that the mountain finally
yields to climbing, that a little study
each day leads to accomplishment
that real love endures in spite of
misunderstanding and human weak
ness. that the quarters and dimes
saved today will give us the grand
trip later on and that people are
pretty fine underneath all the petty
quirks. we would be happier folks.
Evening star., 1942-03-13
Dorothy Dix Says >>>
Wife or Husband Who Demands
To Be Boss Ruins Marriage

Poets and noests have taught that the perfect one
which husband wife fused into personality TWO
that That
making think alike feel alike things
Evening star., 1942-03-13
Steam>P Pressing Garment
Can Be Done Efficiently
By Wise Housekeeper
Heavy Clothes Will Benefit
By Few Days Rest Cure
Between the Wearings
By Helen Voef

doesn't take flock Of statistics mathematical genius point
out that there's be available for the civilian population
Say that imports needs Say that
the
while
important
hand.
With this mind the of Economic United States
information
ing OF procedure that will assure the best possible
In the first wool garment looking we'll also
proong
them Whenever possible woolens
cure"dont them order that the
eliminate cloth
occasionally that kill moths and their
and larvae Don't leave wooens lying care around the
moths!
Remember catch tiny holes and thin places before they
all
frightening
Evening star., 1942-03-13
Did You Know?

That tea is the favorite beverage
of the Russians as well as of the
English? The Russians serve tea in
a glass and sweeten it with jam,
while the British drink tea from a
cup with cream or lemon
That the process of enriching
white bread with increased amounts
of two important B vitamins and
iron is the major new contribution
of the food industry to our national
defense program?
Evening star., 1942-03-13

from the same point of view. Their
training, desires and purposes in
life have made every man and
woman a separate entity long before
they meet those who become their
mates, and the theory that mar
riage is going to change them into
rubber stamps OF each other Is
absurd. Yet, I doubt If anything
is more responsible for what we
riage than the widespread belief
that the ideal union is one in which
husbands and wives are duplicates
who have the same thoughts and
tastes in everything from politics
to pie. Every bridegroom expects
his bride to be just the echo of
himself Every bride never sus-
picions but that her bridegroom
will be just a mirror in which she
will see all her prejudices and
opinions reflected. And when the
young husband discovers that the
gentle creature he married has ways
of her own that he can no more
change to match his own Jnan ne
could the shape of her nose or the
size of her mouth, he feels that he
has been gypped and that he has
missed getting his affinity.
Likewise, when the young wife
finds that her husbands opinions
are set in solid concrete and that
tbev ore not at all her views on
the subject, she walls out that she
has been deceived, taken in, bam-
boozled; that she is married to
man who isn't what she thought he
was, and that marriage doesn't
come up to what she expected of it.
Worse still, another catch in this
husband and wife should be-one
theory is that both of them want
to be THE ONE. The husband
Evening star., 1942-03-13
By Dorothy Murray


Place uncut glass stones in the
bottom of a flower bowl to hold "the
posies" in place. The packages of
stones range from very small ones
to quite large, and come in several
! colOrS. -.
Chinese tea caddies are very rare
these days, but several local stores
still have some in stock. Those
made of colored enamel are deco
rated with Chinese scenes and en-
bossed in gold. -.
English cigarette containers made
Of pottery have tops attractively
decorated with blacksmith and hunt
ing scenes. These containers, too
are becoming more scarce due to the
present world situation. -.
Serve "baby'S' food in a deep sec
tional dish designed especially to
eliminate much of the struggle"
mothers have at feeding time. o..
Burn a pine cone candle in the
kitchen to remove all traces of
cooking Odors. These give off a de-
lightful fragrance and really are in
expensive when you consider that
they can be used many times. ..
Purchase a jar of delicious maple
cream sauce to serve with pancakes
and waffles, use as cake icing or
sandwich filling. e.
Keep a supply of hpstick towels
In the guest powder room. They
come in small sizes, are attractively
decorated and eliminate the trouble
some lip rouge often smeared on
fine linen towels by thoughtless
ladies. -.
Unless the doctor says mo" give
the convalescent box of glazed nuts
and fruits. The attractive package is
wrapped in cellophane and tied with
ribbon, and the contents are tempt
ing and delicious. -.
Help pup" to sharpen his teeth
by giving him a hard rubber shoe
to gnaw on. 1t will keep him
amused and make him less inclined
to destroy the family's footwear. .
Musical book ends of bronze metal
in the form Of a man playing the
piano are handsome gift. There's
exceptionally fine detailing on these
accessories which really play little
tune. -.
So. you broke your favorite mix
ing bowl! But don't worry, you can
mend it yourself with cement made
especially for this purpose. China,
glass, wood, leather and fabrics also
can be repaired with this inexpen-
sive and long-lasting product. :.
The new metal bottle cap prevents
waste, keeps the beverage fresh
longer, is easy to apply and fits all
standard size bottles. Four of these
caps come on a card and are mex
pensive -.
At your next party serve the
potato chips, pretzels and popcorn
in special dishes. Purchase q set
consisting of one large bowl and
four smaller ones, each in a differ
ent, gay color. -.
Evening star., 1942-03-13

sounding process with the aid of two
press clothS-One of wool and the
other of linen or fine cotton. When
pressing the right side of the ma
terial, spread the wool press cloth
over the object to be pressed
dampen the second cloth with
warm water and put it over the
first, and then set the iron down
squarely on the top cloth, lifting 1t
and then setting it down again
Don't lean heavily on the iron.
After you've pressed all over the
cloth, lift the top two and beat out
the steam left in the wool, either
with the palm of your hand or with
a special clapper of Sanded wool
But don't press all the moisture
out of the wool if you wish to avoid
q "lifeless" look.
If the wool tends to be shiny
after pressing, or if it has an unusual
pattern in the weave, press it on
the wrong side. The procedure is
the same except that the wool press
cloth is put on the board first, then
the material, right side down, and
finally the cotton cloth on the wrong
side of the garment. Never let the
iron get hot enough to scorch the
press cloth.
As you we'll know, the elements are
not kind to wool, so if you get
garment soaked with rain or snow,
hang it up to dry in moderately
warm place, not near artificial heat.
Don't press it until thoroughly dry.
AS for stains, catch 'em while they're
fresh-and be careful what you use
to remove them, for strong acids
are harmful. In storing, remember
that the garment should be clean,
and, of course, free from moths,
and be sure that the container has
no cracks through which those
pesky, hungry insects can sneak.
Then add a few naphthalene fakes
lust to be on the safe side.
AS for cleaning, we can merely
Say select a reputable cleaner to
whom you can safely intrust these
w-more-than-ever precious gar
ments. Laundering is safe for some
knit garments, if you do it scien-
tifically, starting with the wise
method of drawing an outline of
the garment on a piece of paper
before the washing. Put the ma
terial into plenty of water and
dissolved soap of a neutral variety,
preferably a solution or a jelly.
Squeeze and work the garment in
the sudS without rubbing, wash in
q second suds and follow with two
rinses-all about the same tempera-
ture Squeeze out excess water, but
don't twist or wiring.
Dry your garment between two
bath towels, and pat to remove all
moisture possible. Spread the
sweater or suit on the paper upon
which you've drawn the outline and
pull it into shape. pinning where
necessary and turning the garment
occasionally.
If it looks as though it needs
BLOCKING" wait until it is almost
dry, cover with dry press cloth
and a dampened one, and just touch
warm iron to the top cloth until
moisture steams through the knitted
garment. Steam press as you do
other wool garments, remove the
cloths and let the knit goods remain
fat until dry.
Evening star., 1942-03-13
House Paint

House paint often peels when
paint is applied on wet woodwork
If wood is dry when painted and
afterward is wet from the back
paint may peel off. Distinguish be-
tween paint which comes off in small
chips and that which comes off in
long strips. The former may be
caused by inferior paint; the latter
indicates that the paint was good
but the foundation poor.
Evening star., 1942-03-13
Baked Bananas

Unripe bananas may be used for
baking. Peel bananas, leave whole
or cut in halves or quarters. Ar
range in shallow baking dish and
brush with melted butter. Bake in
moderately hot oven (375 degrees F.
10 to Is minutes, until soft. Serve
with broiled ham or chops.
Note-Bananas may be baked in
their skins If q lengthwise slit is
made in each. E. M. B.
Evening star., 1942-03-13

the shampoo soaps guaranteed not
to start the color. Use scrub brush
dipped into fluffy suds, scrub q small
area at a time using as little water
as possible, and wipe it dry with q
clean cloth. When one side Is
washed do the other the same way.
Be sure to keep the rug fat on the
floor to prevent buckling, and turn
it from time to time as it dries so
that it will dry evenly. This is the
best that can be done at home. The
rug cleaners can do more thorough
job for you with professional equip
ment.
Dear Miss NOVEL;: I have win
dows in my dining room that reach
nearly to the ceiling. Can you sug-
gest a simple way to dress them so
that they will not look so high?-
D. B.
Answer-Drop q valance--just q
deep rufle-from the top line Of the
window. If you wish, do the side
draperies as q series of deep rufnes
which will look like a TERED skirt,
thereby breaking the height Of the
window several times. This may be
done in simple calico or chintz to
give informal effect.
Dear Miss NOVEL;: Is there any
thing that may be done to a fire.
place to make 1t stop smoking? This
one looks perfectly workable, but the
smoke puffs out when a fire is
started. 1t is large fireplace and
is smoked in the back which looks
as though it had once been used
F. S. E.
Answer-It is possible that the
fiue in the chimney has been made
smaller at some time and the large
opening below is too much for the
small hue, thus causing the smoke
to puff out into the room. Try
placing q strip Of tin or similar ma
terial across the top of the opening
of the fireplace. Drop this about
or 10 inches, closing up part Of
the opening. Then try fire and
see If the smoke still puffs out. If
this cures the malady, you might
have two or three courses Of brick
set in to decrease the size Of the
opening. If this does not remedy
the situation, you will have to call
a fireplace expert for advice.
Dear Miss NOVEL;: Can you sug-
gest an inexpensive rustic fence that
will give privacy to a small garden?
1 admire the woven wood type of
fence, but cannot afford it at this
time. G. T.
Answer-A similar but inexpensive
one may be constructed with slabs
that come from the sawmill. These
are the outside strips with the bark
still on that are removed before the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-06-19
FIT COL. JUSTICE MURPHY

Only insiders at the War Depart ment know it, but Justice Frank Murphy offered to resign from the Supreme Court altogether if the Army would definitely give him combat service abroad.
 However, word came back, first that the Army could make no promises as to where any officer would serve; second that he was too valuable on the Supreme Court
 So Murphy will go back to the bench when the summer recess is ever. Most Supreme Court Justices spend this four months on Cape Cod or in the mountains, but Mur- phy has chafed at these idle sum- mer months.
 The Army, which has handed out Q lot of lush commissions to Holly wood moguls, offered him higher rank than lieutenant colonel, but he chose to be only one rank higher than when he left the last war as major. As result Murphy will be saluting men who were on his staff as governor of Michigan.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-06-19

We're glad to see that our government has fin- ally stopped quibbling about why we haven't got any more rubber than have, ard has set about to remedy the situation
 The first step is in action right now. Through out the entire United States as in Juneau patriotic citizens are combng the outof-way places for scrap rubber. We should get enough from this campaign to produce many millions of tons.
 The other step is in the production of synthetic rubber And we progressing in this direction also When the United States realized that rubber short age did exist our inventors popped up with more recipes for rubber than you could shake rubber boot at Most of them impractical but some of them not.
 The Truman Committee, which has been investi-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-06-19

eating the rubber shortage blamed everything from the careless use of tires by the army to cartel agree ment between American interests and Germans.
 While this was going on, the Standard Oil Com pany came out with announcement that it's sci entists have worked chemical process to produce raw materials for 144OoO0 tons of Buna-S and butyl synthetic rubber before 1943 This new process seems to mark the most important advance in the tech- nologv of synthetic rubber in 10 years.
 Right now the War Production Board has au- thorized the expenditure of S8O0000OO0 for the con- structon of plants in which 100000 tons of rubber will be synthetzed annually. Of these 100000 tons, 10000 will be Buna-S 6o0O0 butyl rubber derived from petroleum and 10000 neopi ene du Pont prod uct made from acetylene and chlorine.
 The 600OO tons of butyl rubber will come from some of the 34 plants licensed or owned by Standard Oil Company to go into operation between August, l942, and August, 1943.
 Two synthetic rubbers are involved. One is Buna- S. which consists of much butadiene and some stry- enc; the other is butyl rubber which consists of much isobutyene and a little butadiene.
 Butadene is an essential raw material which is much more difficult to produce than isobutylene and styrene and has been the botteneck in synthesizng rubber.
 Until recently, butane, refinery gas, was labor iousy converted into butylene and the butylene in turn into butadiene. More butvlene could be pro- duced only at the cost of aviation gasoline
 With the process not only is it possible to produce the butylene without additional plants, but in some cases with increase in the yield of gaso- line.
 What stands partly in the way of this new pro- cess is a controversy that the Government must settle On the general utility of BunaS there is no disagreement; on the merits of butyl rubber, the more easily produced opinion differs. There, is no doubt that buty rubber is somewhat better than re- claimed rubber now in enormous demand, and that it meets many requirements. What We need are specifications which will clearly indicate where the two rubbers may be used for beth civilian and mili- tary purposes.
 In the meantime the best thing Juneauites can do right now is to turn in all of the old rubber they can dig up.