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Evening star., 1943-11-19
lNe1V Zealand
|Legatiom Party
EUeniug

The Charge d'Affaires of the New
Zealand Legation and Mrs. Geoffrey
S. Cox will be hosts this evening at
a reception at the Legation in honor
of two newly appointed officers who
will serve on the New Zealand Staff
Mission here, and to bid farewell to
the two officers whom they will re-
place.
This evenings hosts are serving in
that capacity on behalf of the Min
lister OF New Zealand and Mrs. Wal
ter Nash, as the Minister is being
detained on visit in his country be-
cause of the illness of the Prime
Minister of New Zealand.
The new arrivals are Air Com
modore James L. Findley, M. c., of
the Royal New Zealand Air Force,
who has been appointed to head the
New Zealand Joint Staff Mission,
and he will also be the representa-
tive of the Royal New Zealand Air
Force to the Combined Chiefs of
Staff in Washington.
Comdr. Bernard T. Giles of the
Royal New Zealand Volunteer Re-
serves is the other new arrival and
will be the naval representative on
the Joint STAFF Mission. He has been
member of the volunteer reserves
since 1888 and from 1910 to 1912 was
on duty in England, attached to the
Navy Signal School. From England
he went back to New Zealand and
he arrived here recently with Mrs.
Giles.
Commodore Findley will replace
Capt. John Seabrook, who has been
transferred to duty in New Zealand
Capt. and Mrs. Seabrook have been
making their home here at 1O8 Sum-
merfleld road in Chevy Chase.
Comdr. Giles will replace Comdr
Philip M. Green, who has been
transferred to duty in England
Comdr. and Mrs. Green made their
home at 1924 Van Ness street.
Commodore and Mrs. Findley and
Comdr. and Mrs. Giles together with
Capt. and Mrs. Seabrook and Comdr,
and Mrs. Green will be in the re-
ceiving line this evening with the
Charge d'Affaires and Mrs. Cox. The
reception will be from 6 to 8.
Assisting in the refreshment room
will be the wives of members of the
| New Zealand Legation staff
Evening star., 1943-11-19
Mary 10 Meade
Selects Date

Miss Mary 10 Meade, daughter
OF Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Frank C.
Meade, has selected Saturday, De-
cember II, as the date for her mar
riage to 1t. Robert Byers Kadel
U. S. A., son of Mrs. Benjamin c.
Kadel of Mclean, Va, and the late
Mr.. Kadel.
The evening ceremony will take
place in Fort Myer Chapel at 8
o'clock. Chaplain Thomas w. B
Magnan officiating. and will be fol-
lowed by reception for the we'd
ding party and the immediate fam
lilies at the home of the BRIDE
elects parents.
Miss Margaret Shearer, daughter
Of Col. and Mrs. A. M. Shearer, will
be Miss Meade's maid of honor and
only attendant, and Miss Mary
Tillman will come from Rochester
to attend the wedding and to sing
during the ceremony.
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Dinner Hostess

Mrs. Peter H. Firsht, wife of Mai
Firsht OF Virginia Highlands, Ar
lington, entertained at dinner Mon
day night in honor Of Maj. and Mrs.
I. Dan Waltz of South Arlington
Maj. Waltz, who has lately received
his commission, is home on a To-
day furlough. Other guests included
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard B. Blanchard
and their son, Mervin Blanchard; ;
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Goodrich,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ezra Hartman and
Miss Selma Schulze.
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Cadet Nurse C0rbs

A talk on the Cadet Nurse Corps
was presented by Miss Leona v,
Bowman, instructor In the dispens-
ary Visiting Nurse Service OF Johns
Hopkins Hospital, before students
of the Mount Vernon Seminary yes
terday.
Miss Bowman who represents the
National Nursing Council for War
Service and the Nurse Corps spoke
on the need of IS 900 student nurses
this year for the Army, Navy and
civilian health agencies. Recruits.
in the Corps, she explained, receive
free tuition, free maintenance, dis
tinctive uniforms, and monthly pay
during their period of training in
accredited schools of nursing. In
return, they guarantee service for
essential military or civilian nursing
needs for the duration.
Evening star., 1943-11-19
Federation Votes
.ObbOSitiON to
.McCayrau Bill
BY Gretchen Smith.

The District Federation of Wom-
ems Clubs in resolution passed
yesterday voiced opposition to the
McCarran bill (Senate 1920 for an
elective local government for the
District. 1t reaf1irmed its support of
the Sumners-Capper joint resolu-
ton amending the Constitution by
giving Congress a new power in the
following manner: THE Congress
shall have power to provide that
there shall be in the Congress and
among the electors of President and
Vice President members elected by
the people Of the District constitut-
ing the seat of the Government OF
the United States in such numbers
and with such powers as the Con-
gress shall determine -"
1t was emphasized at the meeting
that the election of a board of seven
commissioners to govern the Dis
trict, as in the McCarran bill, would
in no way satisfy the demands OF
the District citizens for national
representation.
The Federation also went on rec
ord supporting Senate bill 1872 ia.
voring inclusion of qualified women
in United States delegations at any
postwar peace councils and voted
for organized effort to prejudice
public opinion to that end.
1t supported the bill proposed tc
legislate investigation of radio and
to specifically limit power of the
Federal Communications Commis.
sion.
The Federation indorsed the prin-
ciple Of the right of school teachers
to consider all time given to teach
ing as accruing for retirement pur-
poses in spite of any temporary
Withdrawals. 1t was voted to call It's
Endorsement to the attention of the
Education Committee of the Fedora
ton.
Announcement was made by Mrs
James H. Underwood, chairman o1
the department of Fine Arts of ar
exhibition of paintings by club mem.
bers now showing at the Smithson.
ian Institution. The exhibit is oper
daily to the public, with Mrs. Miles
G. Trowbridge in charge.
The Association for the Blind pre-
sented an exhibit of articles made by
the blind of the District at the meet
ing which was held at the Gilbert
246O Sixteenth street NV. Mrs
Arthur c. Watkins, the president
presided.
Evening star., 1943-11-19
aNme. Chu in 0led0

Nine Chu. wife of Maj. Gen. Chu
Shih-ming, Military Attache of the
Chinese Embassy, has been in To-
aedo, Ohio, for the past few days,
where she spoke Wednesday on the
Mar work being done by the women
pf China. Her talk was arranged
by the Young Women's Christian
Association.
{ Nine. Chu is vice president of the
International Organization of Young
Women's Christian Association.
Evening star., 1943-11-19
ChHdren's Home
ITO Hold Benefit

! A card party and buffet supper
will be presented by the Washington
Chapter, National Home for Jewish
Children of Denver, at pm, No
vember 80, at the Thomas Circle
Club, 1926 Massachusetts avenue
NV. Proceeds will go to the Com
munity War Fund.
I Mrs. Harry Sirkas and Mrs. Jack
Gosson are co-chairmen in charge OF
arrangements.
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lace wore tailored suit OF gunmetal
a silver ornament on her lapel, ano
a small black hat matching her black
blouse. Sitting with Mrs. Wallace
was Mrs. Owen J. Roberts, wife Of
Associate Justice Roberts who was
in black, her bodice trimmed with
red. and a short fur jacket.
The State department was well
represented in the Under Secretary
of State, Mr. Edward r. Stettinius
jr., the Assistant Secretaries, Mr.
Adolf A. Berle, jr., and Mr.. Breck-
inridge Long. Mr.. George T. Sum-
merlin, chief of protocol sat on the
step in the diplomatic gallery and
Mr.. James Clement Dunn also chose
the step, though in the Executive
gallery. Mrs. Dunn was in black
with a short black martin jacket
They were accompanied by Their
daughter, Mrs. Alexander Lynde
Cochrane, jr., who is staying with
them for several more weeks while
Mr.. Cochrane is in training in the
Army Air Forces. Mrs. Cochrane
wore long mink coat over her black
frock which matched her small black
hat.
Mrs. Warren Delano Robbins also
sat in the executive gallery wear
ing a becoming tricorne hat and
frilly jabot on her severly plain
black dress.
The Attorney General and Mrs
Francis Biddle were among those
from the cabinet circle who were
present in the House yesterday the
latter wearing long sable coat over
her brown frock and small round
hat worn on the back of her head.
Mrs. Knox accompanied her hus-
band, the Secretary Of the Navy, and
was in black with lace about the
neck and throat.
His Britannia Majesty's Ambas-
sador, Viscount Halifax, looked over
the heads of many OF his colleagues,
being one of the tall members of
the corps. Viscountess Halifax has
not joined him from their home in
England, where she accompanied
him in the late summer The Po-
lish Ambassador, NJ Jan Ciechansw-
ski, also without his wife, as was
the new Nicaraguan Ambassador,
DR.. Don Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa
The Norwegian Ambassador and
Nine. Munthe de Morgenstierne
were there as were the Portuguese
Minister and Senhora de Bianchi
and the Minister of Iceland and
Mrs. Thor Thors.
Mrs. Robert H. Jackson, wife of
the associate justice who formerly
was attorney general, sat in the
Supreme Court gallery, wearing a
tailored suit of black and small
black hat.
Mrs. Gilbert M. Hitchcock, widow
of Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska,
was among those in the we'll filled
galleries, wearing very becoming
dark red hat with a black dress
and mink coat. Former Repre-
sentative Katharine Byron of Mary
land, who is the widow of Repre-
sentative William D. Byron Of
Hagerstown, wearing bright red
hat and a long mink coat, was
among the early arrivals at the
House.
Evening star., 1943-11-19
Egyptian ENJOY
And Wife Hosts

The Egyptian Minister and Nine.
Hassan were hosts at dinner last
evening, their guests including the
Chinese Ambassador and Nine. Wei,
the South African Minister and
Mrs. Ralph William Close, the Naval
Attache Of the Swedish Legation
and Nine. Angelin, former Austrian
Minister and Nine. Prochnik, for
mer Representative and Mrs. Joseph
E. Casey and Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Evening star., 1943-11-19
"a
By the Way
BETH BLAINE

We asked Mrs. Thomas Rich
ard Cowell how she organizes
her daily routine so that she
can be at the United Nations
Service Hotel for a midnight to
4 am. shift. Mrs. Cowell re-
piled that she simply cuts her
sleep shorter on the nights when
she is on duty, going to bed at
in the morning and getting up
at II. after ALL" she said, 1--WE
used to lose lot of sleep going
to parties before the war and
I find this a much more salts
factory reason for losing it."
Mrs. Cowell says that she is
so much interested in the splen-
did work the United Nations
Service Hotel is doing for the
comfort of transient servicemen
and their families that she has
volunteered to be on call at any
hour and for any needed job.
The hotel is the transformed
Capitol Park Hotel, just diagonal
to the Union Station at North
Capitol and E streets, and Of
fers every imaginable facility to
service people.
There are canteens and loung-
es for officers and others for
enlisted personnel. There are
floors Of hotel accommodations
reserved for officers, others for
enlisted men, and still others
for married officers and enlisted
men. There is also floor of
hotel rooms devoted to the use
of women in the armed forces.
The family floor has two nurs-
cries, one for babies, where
trained workers see to their feed
ing formulas, and another where
larger children are cared for.
For illness there Is an emerg-
ency room where patients are
made comfortable until the doc
tor or ambulance arrives and
Mrs. Cowell says that this, like
all the other facilities of the
hotel, has already proved its
worth.
Mrs. Cowell. in reply to our
questions, said that the United
Nations Service Hotel Is unique
in the United States and that
there is nothing stereotyped
about the service it offers the
armed forces. For example, the
sub basement boasts a laundry,
completely equipped with quick
drying machines, where travel
stained servicemen can wash and
iron their clothes while waiting
between trains. A skilled, volun-
tary chiropodist is always in at
tendance to soothe aching mill
tary feet, the job being taken in
turn by chiropodists Of the Dis
trict as voluntary war work. En-
tertainers often volunteer their
services, one of the most popular
recently being a young girl with
an accordion. And last, but far
from least, all the prices in the
hotel are very reasonable.
Although Mrs. Cowell owns and
runs a farm in Virginia, she feels
that because her son is board
ing at st. Paul's in New Hamp-
shire, she has more time than
most people to give to voluntary
work, so she is on constant call at
the United Nations Service Hotel
and is so fascinated by the work
that she is eager to be called
whenever duties are heaviest. II
Evening star., 1943-11-19
EnvOv Honor Guest

/ Ambassador Vladimir Hurban of
yzechoslovakia and Nine. Hurban
Mere guests of honor at a buffet
auncheon given by DR.. Paul F.
Douglass at his home on the campus
pf the American University Thurs
day noon, following the planting of
four linden trees, representing the
-FOUR freedoms of student life.
Evening star., 1943-11-19

any proof OF the usefulness of
the hotel were needed, Mrs. Cow
ell had it the other day when she
gave lift in her car to a soldier
out In Virginia. Quite uncon-
scious Of her interest, he sang the
praises OF the service hotel dur
Ing the whole trip and finished
of with glowing word-picture
OF the entire establishment.
Evening star., 1943-11-19
Mr.. Br0wn Fefed

Miss Mildred Brown entertained
at a buffet supper last evening in
honor OF her father, Mr.. Herbert
Holcomb Brown. The occasion was
IN celebration of the Seth birthday
anniversary of Mr.. Brown. The
party was given at their home on
Columbia road and the guests were
close friends of Mr.. Brown, who is
better known as Daddy Brown.
Evening star., 1943-11-19
Lnl[s

Maj. Gen. and Mrs George F. Lull
have as their guest Mrs. Spahr, wife
of Col. Richard Rockefeller Spahr
(M. c., U. S. A., of Mechanicsburg
Pa. A number Of informal parties
have been given for Mrs. Spahr
during her visit in Washington. Col.
Spahr is on duty overseas.
Evening star., 1943-11-19
Mrs. Hull Present in Gallery
For Secretary$ Address
By Katharine Brooks.


The Under Secretary stettinius r
to shake
close of her husbands the
the the executive gallery
Mrs Stettnus not with him
until
well her Stettnius corday
tailored particularly
figure, orchid shoulder matched small
Sitting in the the executive gallery
Speaker
platform
Evening star., 1943-11-19
Mass Is Scheduled

The annual mass for deceased
members of Georgetown Visitation
Convent Alumnae Association will
be at 8 am. tomorrow in the Con-
vent Chapel. A breakfast will fol-
low the service.
Evening star., 1943-11-19
Meeting Planned

Progressive Women's Club will
sponsor concert and mass meeting
Tor the rescue Of Jews through the
underground movement at 8 pm,
Sunday in the Jewish Community
Center.
Evening star., 1943-07-02

spend your Fourth Of July In your
own backyard, here are 1 few help
full hints that will make the day
seem full Of holiday spirit and COM
fort as well. Pretend for one
thing that you're at the seashore,
do = bit Of sunbathing and lolling
and remember that Old Sol is every
bit as potent as ever he was at the
beach. So make good use of the
suntan oil. protect your eyes with
dark glasses and don't do silly things
like trying to read in strong SUM-
light.
There's no law that says you
can't go camera HAPPY, either; the
family looks just as picturesque in
sun suits on the grass as they do in
bathing suits on the sand. :.
Maybe you'll want to 60 back to
your childhood and turn the gar
den hose on each other. Or you
may be more conservative and
merely turn the lawn sprinkler up
few inches and dabble your feet in
1t. Nothing's better for cooling of
than having your tootsies in nice
cold water.
Make use of this day to give your
self beauty treatment. It might
be washing your hair and drying 1t
In the sun. going to work on the eye
brows or fngernails, or even getting
that tan We mentioned earlier
with plenty Of sun oil, please.
After you've spent a lazy, out
doorsy day. whip into a warm tub
full Of plenty Of fragrant bath salts.
put on your coolest pinafore and
do your hair little girl fashion with
bows or flowers or braids. You
won't object bit to having your
own tub or shower instead of the
crowded locker rooms Of a bathing
beach. :. Plan picnic supper, per-
haps, followed by an interlude of
having the gang in for cool drinks
and corny songs.
But most of all, take time and
effort to really plan your holiday at
home. Don't regiment it so that it
must run on schedule, but let every
member Of the family do just as he
likes, with an idea or two ready II
they show signs Of becoming restless
and bored. Have plenty Of cool
drinks, the Sunday papers and
enough equipment in the way Of
pillows, robes and what not to make
lounging in the back yard q plea
sure.
Just think of no dusty, hot auto
mobile trips, no crowded beaches,
sand in the lunch or the constant
problem of keeping an eye on the
kids who have tendency to drown
If left unobserved. Holiday At home?
Sheer bliss, we call it!
Evening star., 1943-07-02

warm water. Squeeze the suds
through the fabric gently and rinse
thoroughly In cool water. Roll up
In a soft, old turkish towel to ab-
sorb all moisture quickly. 1t Is .
good idea to watch closely the EN-
broidered motif on the back OF the
garment. Most Of the embroidery
threads on these kimonos have 4
tendency to run. Put 4 cushion
of folded facial tissues under and
over this embroidered area to ab-
sorb the moisture Immediately. II
the color runs it will probably run
into the tissue. Iron within an
hour, pressing on the wrong side
first. then turning and ironing the
damask side. Damask looks better
II it is not ironed with 4 too-hot
iron but is polished back and forth
with semi Ahot one.
Dear Miss Nowell-The only place
in my apartment where there Is
plenty Of sun is the bathroom. There
Is also a full-size window in this
room which Is bit unusual.
would like to fill this window with
the plants which my mother has
left in my care while she Is away.
Is there any reason why Towering
plants and ferns should not be
used in a bathroom? LIP.
Answer-I imagine with the
steam from your shower and the
moisture in the bath combined
with the sunshine you will be able
to give your plants 4 real green
house environment. Sounds like an
excellent idea to me As well as an
attractive one.
Evening star., 1943-07-02
Bv Barbara Bell

A button-front to do you proud
right through the summer. Slim
ming set-in belt and smart high
pockets.
Barbara Bell pattern No. 1888
designed for sizes IL, IA, 16, 18, 20,
40 and ~. Corresponding bust
measurements, 80, 80, "a. 36, 80, 40
and AZ. Size IA (32) requires 81
yards 39-inch material.
Ready now for your midseason
and fall sewing-a new Pattern Book
for fall! Contains IS new patterns
for practical wartime fashions; IS
cents per copy. You may order it
with a 15-cent pattern for Is cents,
plus l cent postage.
For this attractive pattern send IS
cents, plus ! cent for postage, in
coins, with your name. address, pat
tern number and size wanted, to
Barbara Bell, Washington Star. Post
ONCE Box IS, Station o, New York,
N. Y.
Evening star., 1943-07-02
OF Hats and HOLIDAYS

AIS
No matter how restricted clothing
m1$be in the future, it seems likely
that the last thing to be rationed
willbe hats. At least, this has been
the experience in England. where
millinery still remains available
without coupons, and it seems log
lcal- to suppose that unless the man
power situation gets too acute the
salssl thing will hold here. After
all ,.bu can whip up piece of head
yeS nonsense out Of almost any
thh and you can take almost any
cujg nt mode and adapt 1t to your
owEpersonality.
An outstanding example of the
lat0E art is pretty Jessica Drago-
nette, who appears at the Sunset
Symphony at the Potomac Water
Gaia this very evening. In her own
words, Miss Dragonette is mad
about mad hats" but she molds her
hats to her own individuality with,
ut times, some striking results.
For example, she favors the pic
turesque hats with an idea in it
like@one red silk jersey felt-covered
Padre type inspired by the hats OF
the s~early Spanish missionaries in
tn. /. Southwest. OF course, the
padyes never thought Of the accom-
pap4ing snood that anchors Miss
DrGkpnette's adaptation. Another
ideE of hers IS genuine Persian
fez Embroidered in gold and worn
with cream -colored suits and soft
toned frockS. In winter she
wears q Daniel Boone hat-but with
the fur tails draped in the back, not
over one eye, as its originator did.
She has even been known to turn
antique Indian baskets upside down
to form chapeau!
The dainty artist feels that
woman should have many hats, for
there's nothing like change in mil
inesy to give you lift. And though
shehagrees that the statement "Oh,
] dknt recognize you with your hat
on''sts not always a compliment, she
also declares that 1t can be a real
tribute If you're wearing the mad
dest of mad and becoming head
gear.
Speaking of hats, John -Frederics
send word Of their fall showing on
July land if it lives up to those
In the past, 1t will be spectacular
Evening star., 1943-07-02
WhyGrowO
Question Box
sBv Josebhine Lowman

l."1 am a schoolgirl of Is and
have a very good figure which I
would hate to lose. Would you send
me . few exercises on how to keep
q good figure?"
Answer-You are certainly for
looking young woman. Good
for you! That's better than looking
back with regret. Here is one good
all-'round exercise: Bend both knees
up close to the stomach. Stretch legs
toward the ceiling and slowly lower
to floor. Now raise the trunk and try
to touch the toes with the finger
tips. Lower trunk Continue bending
knees. lowering legs and raising and
lowering trunk.
2. Can you tell me what to do
for double chin?"
Answer-First, try to change your
posture. Do not stick out your chin
or lift it. Neither should you tuck
1t back in your neck. Just keep it
level with the floor and then reach
up toward the ceiling with the top
of your head. Also, do this exercise
daily: Lower head back as far as you
can with comfort Now lift the head
and touch the chin to the chest.
Continue.
3. IN your articles you speak of
good figure" Just what is the def
milton of good figure? What would
the proportions be?"
AnsWer-This is hard to answer
because the bony structure OF the
body has much to do with it. For
average size, the waist should be
10 inches smaller than the hips and
the hips should not be more than
2 inches larger than the bust.
4. 1T seems to me complexion
brush increases the growth of hair
on my face Is this true?
Answer-I have never seen or
heard any evidence that this is so. I
imagine the two just happened to
coincide.
S. Il am only 16. The palm of my
hand is Just as hard in the winter
time as it can be and prespires in
the summer. hate to touch any one
for fear they will notice it."
AnsWer-In the winter before re-
firing rub hand cream or any good
cold cream into your hand and then
wear cotton gloves to bed. If you
actually have callous place soak
your hand in tepid water for some
time. Then use pumice stone
gently on the callous
Evening star., 1943-07-02
Shopping around
By Dorothy Murray

Strictly COrny -.
That delicious fresh vegetable hecob recently made
its the local market 'front.' it's time the housewife
table this product
those useful individual dishes might
of clear crystal American glass They plain design and
in the bottom practical attractive plastic holders
again eating pleasure
knife That's Neat -.
Very few fish markets have enough time help these days
to clean better kitchen equipment
will All the bill unusually blade
broad in width dark heavy OF
this knife pairing fruits vegetables
Milde1V Chaser -.
column a product
midew in the house. then another
has been called to attention expensive and
cialy you only occasionally
is supposed dampne from air. prevent mold mdew
and eliminate odors cake substance which
package exception removing
the top.
Food authorities have been urging people
tables not because they tasty vains
contain The best vegetables is salad
bowl with French Russian dressing
the chopping dicng might handy small
wooden bowl with sharp metal cutter You
dcng and mixing this bowl transfer to
. serving dish at the last minute.
Dainty Du04e Bags -.
Those "duie bag" compacts unusual Made Of
heavy khaki material they close by draw-strns Just like
their brothers hts snugy
the bottom and there's huge wonderful powder pa6 Make
novel gifS for girls In q out q untfogn