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Evening star., 1942-02-09
Addressing
Letter to
Divorce
Using Mrs With
Christian Name
Social Tabu
By Emily Post

A reader today asks-and sem
sibly-What to do about addressing
a letter to a divorce when she calls
herself Mrs. Mary?" Il can't very
well presume to correct this
womans own use of her name, can
I? (Not even you would do that,
would youO"
To this my answer is. no. of
course not-unless were asked for
my opinion by Mrs Mary. OF course
If her name is in the Social Register
and she was Mary Jones before her
marriage TO John Smith, she will
be automatically entered as Mrs.
Jones Smith. And it would not be
impolite to write her name as listed
Otherwise, to make any change in
the name of another would be ex-
tremely ill-bred.
1t is true according to best taste)
that a lady should not be known
socially as Mrs. Mary. Mrs" fol-
lowed by lady's christian name is
a long established tabu of taste.
Dear Mrs. Post: We moved here
almost year ago and not one of
my husbands employers wives has
called on me. He is superintendent
of big plant here. In case like
mine, where I am the wife of the
boss" but the newcomer here, how
is the ice broken?
My husbands position is the top
one and the others may hesitate to
make the first move. but I don't
like to go calling on them, first. We
| are all people of one group despite
the difference in business status.
! Answer: I can understand how
| they might hesitate to make the
/ first move At the same time, your
own attitude is also understandable
| First of all, it seems to me that you
might have made individual friends
either through church or war work
certainly there will be many op-
portunities in the latter field from
! now on.
Whether your husband might tell
the men that you are lonely and
that it would be friendly on the part
| of their wives to go to see you-or
whether it might be a good idea
(or a bad one) for your husband
and you to give a party and to- in
vite the men and their wives is
something I can't help you decide
without knowing anything about
their point of view. In one commun-
ity it would break the ice; in an
other it would freeze it thickly!
Evening star., 1942-02-09

hungry complex that keeps her
weeping over her pitiful, being
starved-for affection condition, and
that makes her bewildered husband
wonder what ails her.
No woman who lacks a sense OF
humor should ever marry, for mar
riage is full of such a lot of things
over which one must either laugh
or cry and only those who can see
the funny side of family life get any
fun out of it, or are agreeable to
live with. 1t is the wife who can
nail on her face the smile that won't
come off when poverty and sickness
come in at the door, who braces her
husband up to do the very best that
is in him.
1t is the wife who finds something
amusing and tender and lovable in
her husbands little pecularities. and
who makes good story out of the
time when he came home Lit from
his class reunion, who stands the
wear and tear of marriage without
breaking under it, and who binds
her husband and children to her
with hoops of steel.
The woman who feels that she is
called upon to reform the world
should take it out on the world
instead of inflicting it on some poor
defenseless man who didn't know
that he needed to be made over until
his wife undertook the job.
The monopolistic woman who feels
that she acquired title to her hus-
band, body and soul. along with her
wedding ring, and that he has no
right to have any affections or in
terests outside of her should never
marry, because she makes a home
that is Jail and neither her hus-
band or her children ever love their
jailer.
Nor should the undomestic woman
ever marry, because making COM
Portable home is either bit of
Heaven or a taste of the other place
to a woman, according to whether
she Is allergic to pots and pans and
the cook book or not.
So there we are, and before a
girl says "yes" when the boy friend
pops the question she does well to
examine herself and decide how she
Is going to fit into the matrimonial
picture.
Evening star., 1942-02-09

q Wife'S business, and she cannot 90
it If she is careering around the
country lecturing, or giving concerts,
or off to Squedunk to bid on a con-
tract, or telephones not to keep din
ner waiting because she is entertain
ing a buyer from Oshkosh.
Nor does it makes for peace and
happiness in the home for the wife
to earn more money or be more
prominent in any way than the
husband. No man resents any insult
as fiercely as he does being called
Mr.. Mary Jones, and you will find
that when the gray mare is the
better nag that her teammate gen.
orally jumps the tracks.
The sentimentalist should never
marry. Marriage is always failure
to her because she demands the i'm
possible of it. She expects 1t to be
q perpetual petting party in which
everything will always be romance
and roses and her husband will
spend his time making love to her.
She expects a life in which there
will be no work, no worry, nor cook
ing dinners, nor dirty dishes in the
sink, and where her children will be
miraculously born with golden curls
tied with blue ribbon and wearing
embroidered white dresses.
And when she finds out that mar
rage is life sentence at hard labor,
with more bills than thrills in it,
and that her good, practical, kind
husband exhausted his visible supply
of love talk during courtship and
thereafter says it with beefsteaks
instead of flowers, why. she simply
can't take it. She develops a heart
Evening star., 1942-02-09
Charles ArmOur's
New Collection
Is Shown Here

II you see swarm OF women
running, not walking, toward one
of our local stores, don't let it
frighten you. 1t won't be another
rumored shortage of hosiery, wool
ems or girdles: it will be a dash
down to see the exciting new collec-
ton of clothes by Charles Armour.
The clothes will be around for some
time, but Designer Armour is in
Washington only through Wednes-
day-hence the rush to see what
spring styles this talented fashion
setter has created for 1912, and
what he has to say about them.
F Because he believes that in these
days women want beauty without
ostentation, Mr.. Armour has used
much navy and brown, high lighted
with color and with lingerie touches,
ruffles, pleats and capelets. He
has brought out hand-painted but
tons, belts, borders and appliques
and has accented sleeves, frequently
by doing them in contrasting color,
and hemlines, often by using ap-
plique borders on them or by max
ing them scalloped in points.
Even though he feels that women
want to be gay and pretty. Mr..
Armour has placed no stress on
"dress-up" clothes in their flowing
form. Rather. his new and i'm
portant 1912 dinner dress" is street
length, but certainly in the gala
mood. 1t may take any one of sew
eral forms insofar as silhouette is
concerned, and may be interpreted
in anything from lace to sheer crepe
Mr.. Armour believes that die
tated fashions" are over, and that
women will demand clothes that
suit their individual needs. They
want styles that men will under
stand and love-gay and colorful,
feminine and flirtatious, and this
new collection is created to keep
them happy. H. V.
Evening star., 1942-02-09
Portable Home and Keeping Husband Happy Is Wes Job
Dried Beans
And Peas
Bv Edith NJ. Barber

By Edffh NJ. Bdr0er
What do you think they had for
supper?
Black-eyed peas and bread and
butter.
Ducks from the duck yard all In Q
flutter.
Picked oysters, too"
So goes the old song. A meal like
that would not pass muster these
days perhaps, especially II the black
eyed peas were in dried form. We
are more likely to use dried vegets-
bles such as peas, beans and lenti8
by themselves.
OF course, we are likely to use salt
pork or bacon with our baked beans
for which we use what are commonly
known as navy beans, although the
| ARMY Is accredited with having used
them Just as much in rations OF an
older day. Lima beans are also good
in baked form; in fact any dried
bean is good baked. In this part OF
the country we call red beans, kid
ney beans, although actually almost
all dried beans belong to the kidney
| bean family.
There is really no reason why
dried peas should not be baked as
are beans. We use them more gen.
orally for a foundation for hearty
soups, and sometimes for puree to
serve in place of potatoes. Dried
peas need not be soaked before cook
ing. The ham bone from the roast
should always be put to good use
for cooking with peas, beans and
lentils, to which it adds fine flavor
for the luncheon whole-meal soup.
BAKED LIMA BEANS.
Il pound diced salt pork.
a. cup sliced onions.
/ cup diced carrots.
3 cups boiled dried lima beans.
can az cups condensed tomato
soup.
l cup water.
Cook salt pork five minutes In
heavy frying pan, add onions and
carrots, and saute over medium heat
. five minutes. Add cooked, drained
lima beans, mix well, and place in
creased casserole. Add tomato soup
and water, cover, and bake in mod
crate oven $3.50 degrees F) about
three hours, until beans are tender.
Yield: About six servings.
PEA PUREE.
2 cups dried peas.
cups cold water.
IL teaspoons salt.
l teaspoon sugar
/ medium sized onion, sliced.
Il teaspoon pepper.
6 strips cooked bacon, or
Il cup butter.
Wash peas and cook with water,
salt, sugar and onion about 30 min
utes until peas are very tender. Stir
occasionally to prevent burning.
Force through coarse sieve, add pep
per and reheat, stirring during proc
ess. Serve garnished with bacon
or dress with melted butter. One
half cup of sour cream may replace
the bacon or butter. Yield: Six serv-
inCS
Evening star., 1942-02-09
More Tips for Youth
On How to Manage
Bothersome Finances
Establish Good Credit Rating
With Merchants and Learn
To Keep Behind Raises
By Kay Cald,OeH and Alden Harrison

y
working and handling his finances for the first
time should live within his income establish for
in his self improvement than about merely saving money
Those principles for sound financial
principle
fishing and management that's
something which can't start too
important your employer confidence your
avoiding gretable
practices appropatng stamps and pencils
soldering"
chiseng fellow employees failing to be puncuaa these
things give your integrity low rating.
which openly your poor
fellow employees
young
you'll probably wish establish
Evening star., 1942-02-09

Cherry cheese cake-a dessert SO
good that the whole family will pour
blessings on you the first time 1t
graces your table. The cheese cake
alone is a real treat, but when you
add the cherry topping 1t gives it
a wonderful flavor. Serve it soon.
CHERRY CHEESE CAKE.
Topping:
/ No. 2 can red tart pitted cherries
y cup sugar.
3 tablespoons cornstarch.
/ tablespoon butter.
Drain Juice from cherries. Heat
to boiling point. Combine sugar and
cornstarch; add enough cold water
to make a smooth pouring paste
Pour this gradually into the boiling
cherry juice. Cook about five min
utes, stirring constantly. Add cher
ries and butter. Place in double
boiler to keep warm if hot sauce is
desired.
Cheese Cake:
l cup fine zwieback or graham
cracker crumbs.
"a cup powdered sugar.
Il teaspoon cinnamon.
"a cup melted butter.
2 eggs.
Y cup sugar.
1s teaspoon salt.
/ tablespoon lemon juice.
! teaspoon grated lemon rind.
Z cup evaporated milk or cream.
l cup cottage cheese, pressed through
fine sieve.
2 tablespoons flour.
Combine the crumbs, powdered
sugar, cinnamon and butter. Press
mixture onto the sides and bottom
of a 9-inch pie pan. Beat the eggs
well, then add sugar, salt, lemon
juice and rind, cream, cottage cheese
and flour. Pour into lined pan
Bake in moderate oven $50 degrees
F. about one hour, or until center Is
set. Turn off heat and open oven
door. Let stand in oven one hour. OF
until cool. Serve topped with hot OF
cold cherry sauce. Serves six tc
eight.
Evening star., 1942-02-09

Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1548-B
is designed for sizes IL, IA, 16, 18
and 90 Corresponding bust meas
urements 80, 80, "a, SO and 38. Size
IA (32) requires 434 yards 35-inch
material; 17s yards rickrack.
Spend a few moments with the
new Fashion Book before you plan
spring sewing. There is no easier
way to select the patterns you need
for yourself and all Of your family.
Send Is cents for your copy today.
Evening star., 1942-02-09
Woman Who Has Career
Or Hates Domesticity
Should Not Marry
She Has No Gift for Wifehood
And Never Learns the Trick
Of Managing Her Partner
Bv Dorothy Dix

other discussed in this column various types OF men VINO
emperamenay unnt
only unhappy themselves in the soaned holy estate ous
Many
IN the same category intelligent and possessed
not their dish They
the trick Of managing
their marriages long drawn out
or trips to Reno
who should never marry are the career women
of divorces
they perfectly logical that feminine
Each separate job that taxes
strength that
supempose top OF the
cruel thing that
gifted woman spent thousands of dollars and years OF hard
with his but few have ever done sue
Making home and eating her hand is
Evening star., 1942-02-09
By Barbara Bell

A new style in house dresses-one
which emphasizes the natural
charms of the youthful f1gure-is
presented in Pattern No. 1548-B.
The slim waistline is accentuated
by the deep girdle-shaped belt and
curved bodice portions emphasize a
full bustine. The skirt, gathered on
at a dropped waistline has the new
bilowing fullness across the front.
In back, a straight line from neck
to hem is broken only by the perky
bow of the tied sash ends.
BY an adjustment Of the side
sashes- which hold the frock closed
this front may be reversed. Thus,
the dress offers double service. This
is such a gay, youthful style you will
want to make it in particularly
cheerful cotton-in a glazed chintz
perhaps. Or quaint calico, percale,
chambray or gingham with rickracE
braid as an effective trimming.
Evening star., 1942-02-09

local merchants. And unfortunately,
paving cash does nothing to estab-
lish credit in a place where you are
personally unknown. The only way
YOU can do that is by contracting
bills or debts, and then paying them
promptly.
A bank account will also help your
credit rating. At first you Will need
only a savings account, in which you
keep your emergency cash reserve.
Later, as your income increases, you
NAV find 1t convenient to open
checking account.
And speaking Of increased income,
here's a simple rule which, II you
follow it, will always keep you ahead
of the game financially. Suppose
you've been living on $40 week.
and YOU finally get that raise to $50
Your natural impulse Is to whoop
with glee, and Immediately use that
extra SIS to get all the things you've
been denying yourself on your small
er salary.
Don 90 IL! 1lLSOtdo Va ~ 4-'~A-c
your budget upward from $50 TO so,
raise it only to $3.50, and use the
other $3.50 for saving or investment.
Investment can mean self-improve-
ment-such as taking night school
course.) If you'll always let rises In
your standard of living lag behind
your increases in income, you II
avoid a whole host OF common n
nancial difficulties.
We've already told you how i'm
portant it is to have a cash reserve
to fall back on, even though It's
very small at first. Such reserve
in the bank or in Defense bonds
is invaluable from a practical stand
point, and it does a lot for your
morale. The fellow or girl with a
little money in the sock is bound to
be more confident and optimistic
than the young worker who barely
exists from one pay day to an
other.
We think that your first cash
savings beyond this reserve should
90 into life insurance. This is espe-
cially important for a young man
who is looking forward to getting
married. Premiums are low when
you are young, and If you will buy
straight life insurance in one OF
the best companies, you can get a
good start on creating future Sc
curity at surprisingly little expense.
AS for other investments, forget
them. The three soundest places
for a young person to put money
are a savings account or Defense
bonds, life insurance, and his own
self-improvement.
You Ask-We Answer.
@. I am going on my first date
formal. When my escort brings
me home is it customry to kiss him
good night? I do not like the idea,
but the other girls say you usually
submit after a formal Is this true?
ROSEMARY.
A. Sounds as though "the girls
might have regular union scale
of payment for dates. A parlor
parker rates one languorous look, a
neighborhood movie entities the boy
to clutch a paw briefly, an ordinary
dance with hamburgers afterward
merits an arm around shoulder
and a formal pays off with good
night kiss!
Seriously, the only justiflable rea-
son for kissing boy is that you
like him we'll enough to express
your feelings in that way. Paying
him for dates with kisses is cheap
and boys who expect it are mere
bargainers in romance. where bar
gaining has no place. Don't kiss the
boy unless you want to-and don't
be in too much of a hurry then!
To yoxr ora aypoaffnU-or fon-
Evening star., 1942-02-09
Leftover Tip

Leftover tip for unfrosted cake
slices: Spread lightly with jelly-a
tart kind preferred-and sprinkle
with cocoanut; toast until brown
and serve warm.
Evening star., 1942-02-09
Stuhne Bird

To hold the stuff1ng in a roasted
bird, sew up the openings, skewer
them together or slip the heel of a
loaf Of bread into the opening and
tie the legs close to the body.
Evening star., 1942-02-09
Glass Curtains

Glass curtains will look better If
ironed slightly damp. Sprinkle with
warm water and roll up tightly.
Wrap in towel for half an hour
or so.
Evening star., 1942-02-09
Tomorrow You'll Wear

suits In smaller plaids and checks
with softer details and cleverly cut
pockets, for both town and country.
short ballerina frocks for young
girls. In lace, tulle or prints, they
have a fresh. new look for both
formal and informal parties.
-"blackout" handbags, equipped
with f1ashlight and f1rst-aid kit.
There's room, too, for the usual
handbag fittings.
Evening star., 1942-02-09
Bluewater

When making bluewater, try add
ing a little common salt. This helps
to distribute the color evenly and
prevents the clothes from looking
streaked and patchy.
Evening star., 1942-02-09

If you are expectfng-or hop
ing fOr-an invitation to col
lege prom or house party, our
week Ends on the Campus"
leaflet will answer a lot of ques-
tions for you. It's yours for 5
cents stamps or coin) If you
write to Kay Caldwell and Alden
Harrison, in care of The Eve
ming Star.
Evening star., 1942-02-09
/749
By Baroness Phantom

bedspread is old
this pattern inexpensive
muslin embroidery cotton that left
other needlework will quaint and charming bed
little The girl
with flowers
plenty itchey pleasant
transfers for three designs
bolster; color chart stitch
illustrations full directions.
pattern 174s to the Ndewok Editor Of
Evening Star.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-02-07

that the Japanese are Japanese and
can't possibly win. For If color Is
used as term of disparagernent In
the radio gags: the japanese have
already been written off the losers
In the second case wholly because
they are Japanese.
This isn't the kind of mind that
will bring us through to victory in
the Pacific. And 1t should be re-
membered that while 1t Is desirable
to cultivate confidence In our own
arms and In final victory this does
not call for under estimating the
enemy either by calling him names
or questioning his fighting. We
must have the proper mind for the
fight before we can have the might
to win.
IN AGREEMENT
This department has noted with
interest the suggestion that James
Weldon JohnSon'S beautiful song,
Lift Every Voice and Sing' should
not be designated The Negro Ma
tional Anthem" for the reason that
we already have q national anthem
and need no special one for Ne
gro citizens.
This department Is In complete
agreement with the suggestion; but
wishes to point out that the song
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-02-07
BY GORDON B. HANCOCK

doubtful If Louis will ever face an
enemy on the battlefield He;
more valuable to the army In
capacities other than as a soldier
In the front line. But If he were
sent to the front line, he'd make a
great soldier. Joe Louis is a creldt
to his country!
NO MARK AGAINST HIM
"He left civilian life without
mark against him. He's conducted
himself in exemplary fashion, un-
less, one wants to bring up the spat
with his wife. But the airing of
matrimonial differences has come
to be common place. And anyway
Joe and mis- wife patched up their
quarrel short of the divorce courts.
It's been written time and again
that Joe has had the benefit of
unusually good advice that being
furnished by his managers, JOHN
Roxborough, Julian Black and Pro-
moter Mike Jacobs. They've
guarded him closely, watched his
actions and statements. Credit then,
with that, but remember it's a good
man who can take good advice.
Fighting is his trade and he has
learned his trade well and has
stuck to his last
Such sentiment is sign that the
Kingdom Is coming!
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-02-07
COMPLACENCY DANGEROUS
BETWEEN THE LINES
The Kingdom Coming

THE KINGDOM of God is COM
Ing in the earth. In spite of the
jibes and jeers Of skeptic and cynic,
1t is coming. Though long the years
we must work and watch and wait,
though tedious the tasks which must
yet be accomplished, though be-
clouded the horizon of our dark
some present, the Kingdom of God
Is coming. If poor mortals spent as
much time practicing the golden
rule as they spend debating wheth-
er or not the kingdom is coming,
1t would be appreciably fastened.
One of the great questions in this
connection is, do we know the
kingdom If we really see it COM
Ing? Most of us do not; for the
thing we are expecting is every
thing else but the kingdom That
longed for era of warlessness and
sinlessness are only aspects of the
kingdom. Through wars and rum
ors Of wars and through struggles
with sin, the kingdom Is always
coming. Character as we now know
it can only be achieved in some
contest with problems of one sort
or another. Were there no prob
lens there could be no character.
KINGDOM IS COMING
Why then do we reel before the
iron fact that problems of various
description rise like mountains to
oppose us and our feeble efforts?
What most men regard as the king
dom is kind of "oozy- WOODY" feel
ing that goes with doing nothing
q sheer succumbing to laziness eter-
nal. Considering what men have
done with their war and with their
peace, it is safe to say that they
have done less kingdom building
In times of peace. The Kingdom of
God is cominRi
Will this kingdom come through
the church or through the athletic
arena? will it be ushered in by Joe
Louis or Frank Buchanan of the
Oxford Movement? The answer Is,
It Is coming from everywhere and
from all directions. Hitherto we
have denied that aetheistic Russia
could hasten the kingdom coming
by defeating hypocritical Germany
The atheist who destroys a hypo-
critic helps to hasten the kingdom !.
The kind of kingdom therefore
that comes out of everything and
comes everywhere Is on its way.
| set out in this release to tell
how the kingdom cumes Through
the theatre. The following Is an
excerpt from the Times-Dispatct
morning paper Of Richmond. Va;
the former capitol Of the Confeder-
acy. It was written by yong
white man. sports writer. see IN
r. the coming Of the kingdom II Is
bv Chaur1cy burden and follows:
CREDIT TO COUNTRY
"There used to be pet express