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Evening star., 1943-05-28

equally unpatriotic to believe vhis-
pered reports OF proposed rationing.
pass them along and meantime
stock up on clothes that will
obviously look boarded when and
If fashions are restricted. So If
you hear more rumors, why not
make 1t part of your contribution
to the war effort to either squelch
them or at least not help them
along? Remember that If clothes
are controlled everybody will be in
the same boat.
Another thing that seems to be
fretting women is the report that
no more bobby pins will be made
for the duration. This, according
to the most authentic sources we
can contact, is not so. Bobby pins,
like so many other things. have
gone to war. That Is, the steel re-
quired for these gadgets now goes
INTO guns, planes, tanks and ships.
Only Is per cent of the 1941 bobby
pin production is made today.
But you can find bobby pins. If
your store is out of them today, ask
again tomorrow, for they receive
fresh shipments all the time. Sure.
they're scarce, but they're not ex-
tinct; so keep trying. And please
buy only one card, thus sharing the
limited amount with others whose
tresses may be just as unruly as
yours!
Evening star., 1943-05-28

to think Of hurting him" Or: Shall
I tell my husband that our hurried
wedding was mistake and that
do not love him, or shall &C on pre-
tending to care for him and wait
until after the duration to let him
know that I want a divorce so that
can marry my old sWeetheart?'
Now the writer's of these letters
are good, honest boys and girls They
have not Intentionally deceived
those to whom they are engaged or
married. Swept away by war hys-
terra and the need We all feel in
moments of stress for some one of
our very own to cling to, they truly
believed they were in love with Mary
or John. and it was only after time
and distance had given their feel
ings time to jell that they realize
that they had guessed wrong: that
they had diagnosed their heart
throbs incorrectly, and that what
they needed to cure them was a dose
of bicarbonate instead of an en-
gagement or wedding ring
To these bewildered youngsters.
torn between a sense of honor and
Evening star., 1943-05-28
Yes, Ma'am'
Readable
Volume

To take its place In the ranks
Of distinguished intimate war
books, such as "Dere Mable," THE
Better Ole" See Here, Private
Hargrove" and their counterparts,
comes the first personal account
OF a woman in our uniformed
services. Yes, Ma am" by Auxil-
iary Elizabeth r. Pollock, ar
ranged and edited by Ruth
Duhme, and illustrated by pen
and-ink drawings by Page Cary,
is a vivid and amusing compila-
tin of the private papers of one
OF the first WAAC privates.
Former Auxiliary Pollock is now
a third officer in the Women's
Army Auxiliary Corps, and is
therefore on the receiving end of
Yes, Ma am" But the account
of her experience as a private,
and the training, fun and friend
ships of the early days at Des
Mojnes makes interesting and
very delightful reading. AS one
notes the welding together into a
mighty unit OF the many indi-
vidual temperaments. tastes,
creeds and racial characteristics
brought togther from all over the
United States one is impressed
anew with the mighty purpose
and will to achieve displayed by
these women. While the general
atmosphere Of the book is light,
and on the humorous side, be-
meath this gloss one senses the
deadly seriousness Of the WAAC,
and is moved to admiration for its
spirit and its valuable part In win
ming this war.-B. C..
Evening star., 1943-05-28
BY Helen Voef

date. They range from big -brimmed
styles for summer dresses to CAV
little calots for dates and smart
casuals for suits. Among the four
War bond winning hats are two
especially outstanding: A white
pique pillbox with navy blue cone
on top designed to be worn far back
on the head and particularly pert
with pageboy hairdo, and a felt
novelty beret that looks like a foot
ball heros helmet and is also good
with long bob. There are in the
collection, however, any number
that will be right" with pompa-
dours as we'll as with glamour bobs
Rumor department: Well, here we
go. That clothing rationing scare
is on again, just because there was
some word from WPB that, as far as
anybody knew, rationing of apparel
Is not imminent. AS far as we
know, controlled distribution OF
clothing is not about to descend
upon us. But that is the un-
important part. The important
thing is that women stop needing
these unfounded rumors and re-
peating them. It's vital that they
make no attempt to hoard clothes
for boarding will only bring on
rationing as it is has done in other
cases.
Most women have co-operated
willingly and patriotically with gov.
ernmental requests. They wouldn't
buy steak from the black market
or keep hundred cans of un-
declared food in the basement. Yet
they don't seem to realize that it's
Evening star., 1943-05-28
Washington Fashions
College Girls Design Type of Hats They Hope to Find;
Those Clothes Ratoning Rumors Crop Up Once More

1t IS, as the saying goes, always
darkest just before the dawn-even
In the fashion world. Now you
take hats for college girls goodness
knows for seasons the college girls
wouldn't take them. They embarked
on program of hatlessness that
drove milliners to the brink OF dis
traction, and even when some head
covering was a must" they turned
sweater clad backs on orthodox
millinery and went in for kerchiefs
tied under the chin or compromised
with a sprig Of posies or velvet
bow in the hair.
But now, as a leading fashion
magazine adds with suitable apol-
ogies, something new has been
added" And that something new"
is a hat on the head of the coed.
Like most weighty problems, the
answer to why college girls didn't
wear hats was so simple that it was
almost overlooked. They didn't
wear them primarily because they
couldn't find any that were smart
looking without being ultra -sophis-
ticated, comfortable without being
doWdy. In word, they wanted
young hats for young people.
So, this same magazine, which is
practically a bible" for the young
set, conducted a contest for college
girls and asked them to design the
type of headgear they wanted. In
response came over 400 designs from
young ladies from Massachusetts, to
California. From these, 25 selected
as prize winners were made up by
such leading milliners as Florence
Reichman, Sally Victor. Lilly Dache,
Nine. Pauline and Helen CARMEL.
Furthermore, the hats have been
reproduced in quantity and are be-
ing sold at moderate prices to COL
lege students and young business
girls throughout the country.
In Washington, a leading store
will have a fashion promenade of
IS of these designs tomorrow. They
represent three types: Sport, suit and
Evening star., 1943-05-28
Novice Farm
Worker Will
Need Help
By 4 neeio Pafty

A girl of IA canrrA 80 to work on
q farm far away from home unless
she goes with some older person on
whom she depends for guidance and
leadership. A girl this age has not
lived long enough to understand
what happens all about her. That
understanding comes with the years.
If in her lack Of knowledge, she
made mistake, it might spoil her
whole life. So, to keep safe and
happy, she must go with a woman
who is known and trusted or stay
at home with her family and work
there. The same for the boy.
Talking about farm work there is
this to be said. Farm work is pro-
fession and trade that takes life
time to learning and another of
experience No child from a city
can go to farm and be useful all in
day. He would be more in the
way than not
For example: Picking beans looks
easy. Any child can do it. A boy
thought he could and went into our
garden and pulled up $50 feet of
beans in 10 minutes, running whole
crop of beans. You see he did not
understand how to pick beans. He
caught hold of the bean by the end
or the middle, and pulled and out
came the whole bean plant. If he
had waited until he was shown how
TO pick beans, this would not have
happened, but he thought anybody
could pick beans.
Another willing helper went into
the orchard to pick apples and with
every apple. he pulled the fruit
spur. He knew nothing about how
apples grew and what he was doing
would be called murder in any
orchard.
Caring for chickens is profession
that requires knowledge and skill
and hard work. You can't walk into
e chicken yard and command the
hen to lay and the chicks to grow.
You have to learn how not to smoth-
er chicks, how not to step on them,
how to feed and water them and
how to keep the whole flock clean
and healthy and you don't learn
that overnight.
What I am trying to tell these
hopeful children is that they must
stay at home where they know what
to do, or go to the farm under the
supervision of older and experienced
people.
Evening star., 1943-05-28
By Dorothy Dir

it over I know that she wouldn't suit
me at all and, anyway, have found
another girl who is just my ideal.
It's the real thing this time. How
can break off with the other girl
without hurting HERO
Or perhaps it is worse. 1t is the
man who married a strange girl on
the very eve of being sent overseas,
and who is desperately anxious to
know how to rid himself of an un-
loved and unWanted wife.
Oftener still, the letters are from
girls who, swept away by whirl-
wind courtship. got engaged to some
lad they hardly knew by sight, or
who succumbed to the glamour of a
war wedding and married the old
beau they had.refused a dozen times
and who. as soon as they woke up
from the hypnotism induced by gaz-
ing on brass buttons, realized what a
mistake they had made.
How can 1 write jim, who is may
be wounded and suffering in the
muck Of tropical swamp. that 1
don't love him and I want to break
my engagement to him? I can't bear
Evening star., 1943-05-28
Temporary Treatment
Application of Ammonia Followed by Wax Polishing
Hdes for Present, White Stains on Maple Table

Dear Miss NOVEL;: I have a
maple dinette set which is only
years old. For unknown reasons
white marks have appeared on the
surface OF the table, although I
keep a felt pad on it when it is in
use. I have used different kinds
of polish to try to restore the finish,
but without results. Do you know
of any method of removing these
stains? A. S.
Answer-These stains are usually
the result of either moisture or
heat. or both. There is a very
simple remedy which will restore
the color for the time being, but is
not a treatment to be used con-
tinually. You will eventually have
to, remove the finish on the
top of the table and rehnish
With one of the heat and water
proof lacquers. For the present
n1oisten a soft, clean cloth with
few drops of spirits of ammonia.
Pat the white stains gently until
they turn dark. Give the ammonia
10 minutes to evaporate and then
polish the table top with furniture
oil or wax. I would suggest that
you keep the surface waxed at all
times. This will remove the white
marks for the time being. 1t will
not prevent other marks from ap-
pearing.
Dear Miss Novel; I wonder if
you might have some suggestions
for freshening up fireplace. Our
Lying room has fireplace at the
end of the room and it is the first
thing you glance at coming in from
the hallway. The house is about 10
years old. We have recently painted
Ell the walls and everything looks
new except the fireplace, which is
made of brick with just a mantel
Of wood. 1t is rather tall and I was
wondering if it would be practical
I'd paint the bricks. H. M H.
'AnSWer-It is perfectly feasible
and practical to paint the bricks
around the fireplace. They may be
ions to match the woodwork. or, if
your walls are soft tint and you
Upuld prefer to repeat the wall
color. you will find that very at
tractive with the mantel to frame
1t. Many of the brick surfaces are
painted black. but as your fire
place opening is high I would avoid
black, for it will make the whole
opening more conspicuous. If you
decide to paint. size the bricks first.
then give them two coats of fiat
paint and finish with the same
enamel you have used for woodwork.
If YOU prefer to clean the bricks
you may scrub them with muriatic
acid Be very careful that this does
Evening star., 1943-05-28
)WhyGrowO |
|Question Box
By Josephine Lowman

l. Gould you tell me some way
that could refrain from eating such
as candy, cakes, etc? I am putting
on weight from not being able to
resist these things"
Answer-I do not know of any
easy way. You just have to make up
your mind. However, can promise
you this-it is all matter of habit
and you will soon lose your longing
for these deceivers. You might have
two pieces of hard candy (small
ones) after each meal and you can
have one teaspoonful of sugar in
your coffee. Watch out for fats,
cream, gravy, butter, oils, nuts,
salad dressing and rich desserts.
2. Can you tell me If a nose can
be Strengthened by plastic surgery?"
Answer-Yes, most successfully.
3. MY lips are fairly large and I
don't like them so large. Is there
anything that I could do for them?
hope you will have something for
me to do
Answer cannot tell you how to
change the shape of your lips but
makeup can make them look smaller.
If your lower lip is large exaggerate
your upper lip little and draw the
lipstick in on the lower one, or vice
versa. If both lips are large do not
extend the line of color from your
ipstick out quite as far as your
natural lips. Pull the line in. It is
wonderful how even q little differ
ence can make them look much
smaller.
4. Il have been doing exercises to
lose weight. Among them I did
knee pull consisting OF lying on
ones back and pulling knees up to
chest. Another was touching finger
tips to toes. After three weeks I
seemed to notice my stomach be-
coming hard and larger. Do these
exercises do this? If so, can you
suggest others?"
Answer-It is entirely possible that
the exercises mentioned did make
your stomach harder but I do not
think they could make it larger.
However, they are not so efficient as
some for reducing. Try this: Lie on
your back with your legs straight,
arms on the floor over head. Raise
both legs with knees stiff and at the
same time raise the arms. Touch
toes with fingers and lower arms and
| legs to the door.
Evening star., 1943-05-28
By Margaref No,ceH

By Margaret No,veH
not splash on you or drip on a
painted surface as it will leave a
mark. Handle it cautiously as it is
poison.
Dear Miss NOVEL;: We have a
small bedroom, 8 by 10. with south
and east exposure, which we would
like to do over so that it could be
used as a guestroom, either for a
lady or a man. The furniture is
a nice brown-tone bought some
years ago. and consists of a bed,
dresser and mirror, Cogswell easy
chair, pewter lamp and hanging
bookshelf. I had thought of using
Evening star., 1943-05-28
Bv Barbara Bell

Almost tops in popularity is this
simple, we'll designed two -piecer with
useful dickey. Good summer long
fashion.
Barbara Bell Pattern No 1737-B,
designed for sizes IL, IA, 16. 18, 20;
40 and A. Corresponding bust meas
urements 30, 80, "a, 36, 3s, 40 and
AZ. Size IA (32) requires, with short
sleeves. 37s yards 39-inch material;
:. yard for dickey.
There's loads of fresh inspiration
for home sewing in our new spring
fashion book-just of the press
Send for copy today, it costs only
Is cents You may order a copy with
a 15-cent pattern for Is cents, plus
l cent for postage.
For this attractive pattern send Is
cents, plus l cent for postage, in
coins with your name, address, pat
tern number and size wanted to
Barbara Bell, Washington Star, Post
Office Box IS, Station o, New York
N Y
Evening star., 1943-05-28

self-preservation, I would like to
say that they should let no mistaken
feeling of kindness or pity keep them
from telling their sweethears or
their wives and husbands the truth.
No man or woman can do a cureler
thing than to keep alive a broken
dream in another's breast. or to
marry woman or man for whom
they have no affection. For it takes
love, and lot OF it, to stand the
wear and tear of marriage.
1t may hurt the soldier like a
stab in the back from the hand he
trusted, to find that his sweetheart
has ceased to love him, but in the
turmoil of war man does not have
time to dwell upon his emotions and
he will suffer less than he would if
he came back home expecting love
and found love dead, or given to
another.
Evening star., 1943-05-28
We Need Much More
Than Just Brains

The only difference between most
of the inmates of mental hospitals
and ourselves is that we are able to
get along with others and earn a
living. Inmates of mental institu-
tions have as much brains as we
have; in fact. they have more than
the average, but they cannot SEEM
ingly get along in the world. Learn
ing to give and take, remembering
the other fellows rights and expect
ing to receive your own helps us to
remain normal.
Evening star., 1943-05-28
Tasty Cake Frostind

Grape juice frosting Is delicious
and different. Put three table
spoons grape juice into a pint bowl.
then stir in one to one and a half
cups of confectioner's sugar till mix
ture is thick enough to spread on
your cake.
Evening star., 1943-05-28
ADVERTISEMENT.
FOR ITCHING OF
MINOR SKIN RAShES

get this kind of medicated powder often
recommended by many specialists If
diaper rash, heat rash, burn and itching OF
sunburn and mosquito bites. Get Mexsana
formerly Mexican Heat Powder. Costs but
a few cents. Ask for genuine Mexsana
Evening star., 1943-05-28

Waffle Hint
Waf1es should brown as soon as
they are poured into the iron, so
see that your iron is very hot.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-22
Aid For Tito

1t is confusing 10 large elements of the
British and American populations to learn
that the major part of their nations war aid
is to go to the Partisans unde: Tito in Yugo-
slavla while the forces of General Mihalovc
are left to shift for themselves, though both
Mihailovic, not Tito who imnobiliZed up to
twenty-five divisions of Hltlerite troops whose
presence on the Russian front would have
greatly helped the Germans ir their drive
for Caucasian oil
The fact that Tito is affiliated with the
Russians and Mihailovir with King Peter does
not provide a satisfactory explanation and
suggests that politics rather than the war is
the stronger influence in determining the Brit
ish and American decision
However this may be. it seems that thrust
in force against the Germans is on the Allies
schedule; and it may be inquired how sue
cessful a campaign in Yugoslavia can be
without free use of TIE Adrlatic for the trans
port of Allied forces from Africa and how
the Adriatic be made safe for this oper-
alton with Germans occupying strategic out
posts such as Crete and the DoGecanese is
lands
The Germans are fully cognzant of their
Importance, as was proved in the first place
when they drove the British out of Crete in
one of the costliest single engagements of
the war, and secondly when they retook the
three Dodcanese bases which the British es-
tablished but manned only with token fc-ces
AS long as the Germans hold these strategic
bastions any attempt to invade the Balkans
must be exceedingly costly and the outcome
extremely doubtful for the Allies
With the Italian campaign moving at a
snail's pace, it is not to be expected that a
trans driatic landing could be successfully
launched from Italy's shores any time soon
1t is impossible to dissociate thrust in
Yugoslavia from general Balkan campaign.
The Germans are too strongly entrenched in
Greece, Bulgaria, Ruman;a and Hungary, to
justify attack except with unlimited troops,
air and naval protection and tremendous SUD.
ply deliveries
II this is in the Allies program, then the
logical approach would seem to be through
Turkey. While the Turks are sympathetic
with the Allied nations there is strong be-
lief among competent observers that the An
kara government is not prepared to open its
frontiers for Allied troop and supply move
ments lest the Germans, who have strong
forces along the Turko-Bulgarian border come
in first.
All things considered and despite the dis
cussion of help for Ito who is Stains man,
it does not seem PROBABLE that the Allies can
bring heavy pressure to bear on the enemy
IN Yugoslavia unless they planning an
actual second front in the Balkans
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-22

year 1943 amounted to $1,000, 600, 900. Til a t
means that in a single year, the interest
charge which the United States government
must meet has increased by $1,000 900 0O0-
and the end is not yet IN sight.
1T was not until 1912 mat receipts from
individual income tax payments aggregated
S., 000, 600. In other words the entire in
come-tax payments by individuals in the Unit
ed States in 1912 would be required to nav
the interest that is now accommodating in one
year upon our national deo1
This comparison Clearly delneates the diff
ficulties that are involved IN a mere denend-
ence upon national deficit spending to finance
postwar reorganization. It IS surely not srf-
ficient to say that public spending alone can
meet the need because we shall owe the debt
to Ourselves When at the present low rate
Of interest we are carrying an annual interest
charge which is greater than the normal an
nual revenues of the government through the
greater part of our national existence"
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-22
Daily Prayer
FOR OUR BOYS

We have not many words or
adequate speech to voice the pray
ers of our hearts that ascend
ceaselessly to Thee. o Almighty
Father, in behalf of our men in
service. We lift up dumb hands
OF entreaty; and Thou understand
est, for Thine is a Fathers heart
Do for our sons and brothers and
husbands and sweethearis all that
our love can desire and that Thy
love can devise. Thou kncwest how
dear they are to us; and we know
that they are dear to Thee. Keep
them safe in body, if it be Thy
will; and safeguard them in their
souls. May no tinge of shame
come to their cheeks Or horo es
because of their conduct. Make
them brave in battle: we thank
Thee for the heroism they have
already shown. Keep brightly
burning in their hearts the fire
of patriotism, and a realizatio of
the true nature Ct the Cause they
serve. Hasten the day of victory,
and of their return to us; that we
may together praise Thee, the
Lord God of Hosts, Defender of
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-22
Appeal To Restaurant Help

Most of Wlmingtons restaurant proprietors
have declared intention to keep their places
open all day on Christmas as public service.
They recognize a duty to the large number
of residents who have no housekeeping facil-
ties and are wholly dependent upon them for
meals. They also remember the thousands OF
persons, both residents and visitors, who went
hungry last Christmas whs) most public eat
ing places were closed anG more would have
gone without food but for the Army, which
sent field kitchens to the city
1t now appears that they may be prevented
rom carrying out their purpose by refusal
Of employees to work. One restaurant keeper
announced yesterday that two OF his workers
had already quit and the rest OF his staff said
they would not work on Christmas
1t is fair to believe that his experience is
shared by other restaurateurs. If it is, the
people of Wilmington who cannot prepare
meals for themselves face lean and hungry
Christmas
What can be done to impress restaurant
workers with full understanding OF their obi
cation is not clear. They are free, independent
and twenty-one They cannot be compelled
to work But consideration Of the suffering
they will be accountable for if they do not
ought in all reason to bring them out in force
1T might help if the restaurant proprietors
announced they would give all employees who
work on Christmas a bonus or at least an
extra day off with full pay If they do work,
it will involve a sacrifice for them, which
deserves more than a handshake.