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Evening star., 1943-12-15
As we lie propped among the Pill

As we lie propped among the pill
lows while the flu germs tight their
winter offensive along our back and
respiratory tract, we are reminded
that most Of US spend more time In
bed than we realize. Statisticians
will, In fact, tell you that you spend
q third Of your life in bed, although
we suspect that the you in question
is q statistician's dream girl who
does as she's told and gets her eight
hours sleep every night.
Be that as it may, well 60 along
with the slide rule boys to the point
of admitting that we spend good
part of our dives in our downy
couch. Furthermore, faced with a
fuelless winter, many woman has
said that she plans to do most Of
her reading and writing in the next
few months cozily among the pill
lows. Thus, worrying about your
Christmas shopping problems land
this is almost the last worrying
we're going to do on that problem
because we believe in shopping
earlyD-it occurred to us that you
could surprise and please almost any
lady on your list by sending her
something to beautify her bedside
manner.
Take sheets, for instance. Show
us the woman who wouldn't love
you these days for the gift OF even
one lovely percale sheet. Laundries
being what they are, even the best
stocked linen closet holds torn and
tattered bed linen. If she is on your
super" list, you'll monogram the
sheet-or sheets. That is truly the
Loving Touch.
If she hasn't comforter, surprise
her with one-in satin in q color
that goes with her boudoir decor.
And for de luxe extra, make her
a baby pillow to match. She'll thank
you for it countless times when she
needs pretty prop for her elbow
or back.
She'd never expect you to know
that she'd love a bedjacket, but you
can take our word for it. To our
warped way Of thinking, it is almost
impossible to live without a bed
jacket. Else-what can you slip on
your shoulders when you sit half
up, half-down wishing the little
bacteria would take their setting
up exercises anywhere but in your
throbbing head? What's more-flu
or no-a pretty jacket is useful as
reading or combing jacket. But
be sure you give one with plenty of
glamour making details. Warmth is
a good by-product-but it's the win
someness that really counts!
Along the same pretty y-making
lines, an unusual little gift-and one
any girl would appreciate-would be
a box Of hairbows in assorted bou-
Evening star., 1943-12-15

ity and energy, never get any,
where, and who at last get discour-
aged and qualify as members Of the
Down-and-Out Club. You are rails
ing daughter who will keep her
husbands nose to the grindstone
as long as he lives and who will bar
his way to success by her mountains
of bills.
The greatest fault in the Ameri-
can character is extravaganza, and
instead of trying to eradicate it in
their children the average father
and mother cultivate it. Go into any
house that you will, and you will
be shocked at the way the children
are taught to waste money.
All day long there is a never
ending appeal from Johnny and
Mamie and Susie for nickels and
dimes for the movies, or candy, or
chewing gum that the parents
grant. "We don't want our young
sters to be burdened when they are
little with having to always be
thinking about how far a dollar will
go, as we do. They will have to
worry about money soon enough"
say these parents in self excuse for
their folly.
They ignore the fact if you teach
children in their cradle to save their
pennies they will not have to worry
over the lack of dollar when they
are grown, for nothing is truer than
If we take care of our money when
we are young, our money will take
care OF us when we are old.
The boy who grows up with the
belief that money Is only made to
spend is foredoomed to poverty and
failure. No matter how much he
makes, it all goes for nothing. He
can never take advantage of op-
portunities that come his way, be-
cause opportunity has to be backed
by a bank account. If he gets sick
or loses his job, he becomes a bur-
den on other people. In his old age
he Is dependent on the charity of
others, and when he comes to die
he has nothing to show for his life
work. All because he never learned
to save when he was young.
No wife is more of a curse to her
husband than is the woman who is
wasteful and extravagant. She
makes of her husband a slave who
is sold into bondage to milliners and
dressmakers and grocers and butch
ers and, no matter how he strives,
he can make no headway against
her spending.
So many of these catastrophes
could be prevented if parents would
only teach their children habits Of
thrift when they are little. Nor is
this as difficult thing as it seems.
Foolish spending is simply a bad
habit, and it is just as easy to get
children interested in saving nickels
as 1t is in throwing them away, and
to make them feel that one of the
most exciting things in the world
Is to watch bank account grow.
Evening star., 1943-12-15

Contributions and requests
must be accompanied by the
sender's full name and address.
We will withhold both and use
only initials. Please address
mail to the Readers Clearing
House, Woman's Page, The
Evening Star, Washington 4.
Views expressed in the Clear
ing House are not necessarily
those of The Star, and, as it is
obviously impossible for us to
test all recipes submitted, we
cannot assume responsibility
for them.
Please do not be impatient If
1t takes a few days for your
request or suggestion to appear.
The great number of letters
being received, together with
space restrictions, make it i'm
possible to keep up with the
daily mail. For the same rea-
sons, duplicate or similar reci-
pes cannot be printed.
Betsy CaS,oeH.
Evening star., 1943-12-15

drained Of all color I would sug-
gest colored paper covers. With
wise choice Of colors, the library
will be much more attractive,
both to read and to look at, and
making new paper covers will
take no more time than cleaning
bindings. I know Of no paint that
will not make the books stick to-
gether in the cases. Decorators
often use paper covers for a whole
library to tie it in with the color
scheme Nicest part Of it all is
that they may be changed read
lily. when soiled, or when you
change the color scheme.
Evening star., 1943-12-15
Dorothy Dix Saws:

Are you rearing your boy to be
spender? Are you teaching your
girl to be a waster? Are you bring
ing up your children to throw
money away and to think that the
only use for dollar is to blow it in
as quickly as possible? Are you in
culcating in your children no idea
Of economy, no habits of thrift?
If you are, you are blighting their
lives. You are handicapping their
futures. You are bringing up a man
who will be poor and in debt to the
end of his days. He will be one of
those men who, with plenty of abil-
Evening star., 1943-12-15

Peanut butter bread-2 cups flour,
1 teaspoons baking powder, l tea
Evening star., 1943-12-15
Readers Clearing House

whipped up at the last minute when
Christmas sweets run low. It is very
wholesome and quite economical. I
think our good friend. Mr.. J. w. c.,
will approve of it highly. I hope
he will write in his opinion of it.
X X X
Editors Note-Thanks, too, to
Mrs. L. A. B., C. D., Mrs. M. G.
and Mrs. M. E. Y, Washington,
and Mrs. P. c. McC., Kensington,
for their fudge recipes, ,Dhich tDe
cannot print at this time due to
lack of space.)
REMOVING WAX.
REQUESTED by Mrs. M. G. r..
Greenbelt.)
Will some one tell me how to re-
move paste wax from both asphalt
tile and wood floors? I wish to put
on coat of floor finish, but first
I must remove all traces of the wax.
CANDIED PINEAPPLE.
(Thanks to Mrs. w. L. O'D,
Washington.)
Each Christmas season I again
thank Hollands Magazine for a rec
ipe for candied pineapple published
five years ago.
Arrange slices of canned pineapple
on platter. Sprinkle generously
with sugar and set in an "out-of-
the-way" place, but not In the re-
frigerator. Sprinkle again each "a
hours until it will not absorb any
more. Takes about 10 days. I short
ened the time by putting sugar
under the slices as well.
HAWAIIAN CORNUCOPIAS.
Thanks to Mrs. L. P. F.,
Greenbelt.)
The Readers Clearing House is
certainly proving itself! This morn
ing I wished to make simple plain
cake for my family. I began jug
Cling recipes against my supply OF
sugar and shortening and finally I
thought Of my file of clippings from
the Clearing House. If the cake Is
half as good as the delicious aroma
that watts from the oven, I'm sure
we will be overjoyed with the result.
Here is my recipe for Hawaiian
Cornucopias": Sift together l cup
flour and u teaspoon cinnamon.
Cream II cup shortening; beat in
Il cup sugar, egg and cup honey.
Stir In flour. Drop from teaspoon
on creased baking sheet inches
apart. Bake in slow oven 600 de-
grees) for IL minutes, or until lightly
Drowned. Cool minute. Shape like
cones. Makes SO. These are deli
cious filled with crushed pineapple.
Evening star., 1943-12-15

Have you tried to find a new
lampshade recently? Even without
counting the cost, it's easier to do
things with the old ones. Why not
make over with gay embroidery
trimmings?
Send II cents (coin) for Pattern
No. 2043 to Needle Arts Dept,
Washington Star P. o. Box l72,
Station D, New York 3, ny
Evening star., 1943-12-15

a wartime" product. AS many Of
the upholsterers are making
business of doing over prevar
upholstered pieces these days, I
would suggest that you get in
touch with a good one for advice
on your sofa. If it has springs,
1t is far superior to the ones
which may be bought now, and If
made over should give you 10
years of good service. You may
find that kapok or cotton was
used as filler, and the action
OF the springs has reduced the
filling to powder. The uphol-
sterers are finding many ways
these days TO-. turn out good
job, in spite Of the fact that
many Of their prewar supplies are
off the market.
-
I have just come back to WASH
tngton to live permanently and
have had bookcases built into my
living room, to house several
hundred books, which I love, and
which have been in storage. The
whole room was planned with the
idea that the books would be an
important part of the decoration.
On unpacking the books find
that the bindings look faded and
soiled. 1t may be that I had for
gotten how shoddy they looked,
but I think dampness and dust
has contributed to their condi-
ton, though they have not mold
ed. Is there any paint or cleaner
that I could use to make these
an interesting part of my decorat
ing scheme?-G. S.
Answer-Art gum eraser will
help to clean off soil, on the usual
binding. There are fine leather
restorers which will bring the
life back to good leather bind
ings. For the ones which seemed
Evening star., 1943-12-15
X X X X
HICKORY NUT CAKE.

(Requested By r. C. R., Washington
I enjoy the Readers Clearing
House so much. Can any of the
readers give me recipe for hickory
nut cake? My mother used to make
it when I was a child in Indiana.
Now I have some hickory nuts and
want to make one for Christmas,
but cannot find recipe for one.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-07
NIP AND TUCK RACE

Indications were that the race,
at least for the second justiceship.
might not be decided until after
the official canvass.
The new justices will be sworn
lin next Jan. l. Should Reid be
elected. his lower court vacancy
will be filled by Gov. Kelly.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-07
Dearborn Mayor
VetoesPdyR Raise

Six hundred and fifty Dearborn
city employees are without a set
salary schedule and living cost adj
-iiuStmeHt plan today, following veto
of the city'S new pay plan ordi-
nance by Mayor Orville L. Hub
bard.
Describing the new setup as
ambiguous. unconstitutional and
hurriedly adopted" the mayor said
the plan is unfair TO employees in
the lower pay brackets.
The plan, adopted by council
March 1S, would have gone into
effect as of April l, providing
living cost adjustments up to Ia
per cent of April l 10 June &c
wages for all employees earning
less than $1,000. and IA per cent
of the first $1,000 for those earn.
ing over $1,000.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-07
Victory
To Reid

When the results OF Mondays
election began TO stack up and
the name of Judge Neil r. Reid
'of Mt. Clemens, began to climb to
the top of the supreme court col
.umn, no one was more surprised
than the juriSt himself.
He confessed this today in dis
cussing his campaign for an Office
he had little hope of winning.
To begin with, Judge Reid isn't
much of a grandStand player. He's
"a quiet sort of man, who does
things in a quiet sort of way.
Months ago. he decided he'd like
to run for the supreme court and
mentioned it to some of his closest
friends. They liked the idea and
promised their support. Then he
sent out more than 100000 caros
10 his other friends and acquaint-
Iances, made about three speeches
and settled down to await results.
They were startling, even to the
judge. One satisfying result was
the vote cast for him in Macomb
County There, he polled 5,162,
with Emerson r. Boyles following
him with 1,572.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-07
LEADS BOYLES BY 500

Second was incumbent Bert D.
Chandler of Hudson, 170,449 votes.
Justice Emerson r. Boyles of
Charlotte, rapidly overcoming the
gap between him and Chandler,
trailed third by only 339 ballots.
The fourth candidate, Frank L.
McAvinchey % Flint. had polled
only 6S,409 votes with 1926 Of
i3 751 precincts counted.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-07
RommeI' S Air Cover
For Tunisia Exit Set

LONDON. April Z GNS)- The
German general staff has com
plotcd preparations 10 supply Mar
shall Rommel with an effective All
cover for evacuation OF his troops
from TmISla. the Daily Express
said today. quoting reports reach
ING Madrid
ANS news agency messages
agree, said the paper. that Rom
mel will try to cvacuate as many
Of his troops as possible when Al
led pressure becomes really
painful
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-07
TOellaiIS Give DOcfOr
His Clue To Cancer
By DOROTHY WILLIAMS

The condition of the toenails
today was cited as barometer 10
be watched in patients suspected
of having cancer.
Testimony 10 this effect was
read from the deposition of Dr..
Arturo GuZman Of Montevideo
Uruguay, booster Of the Koch
products for treatment OF cancer,
allergIeS and infections.
Labelling Of three Koch products
is the basis for the trial in prog
reSS before Federal Judge Ernest
A. O'Brien Of Or. William r. Koch
onetimc chemistry professor, and
his brother, Louis.
II make a study OF the toe
nails of patients who come 10
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-07
Gaming Device
Illegal to0Wn
Photo by Times SIAN PHOTOGRAPHIC

LANSING, April THE mere
possession OF gambling equipment
even puHchbeard-is d viola
ton of the states antigambllng
laws, the supreme court ruled.
Wayne Lippcrt, Dearborn punch
board manufacturer. brought the
case 10 the supreme court after
he was arrested in 1871. founC
guilty and given a suspended sen.
.tence. He sought an opinion hold
ing his arrest illegal.
Only Justice Howard West
agreed with Lipperts interpreta.
ton Of the law West held the
ruling opinion was judicial leg.
iSlation' arguing the Legislature
intended 20 forbid use of punch
boards and not their possession.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-07
Sale OF Influence
With Denis Voided

LANSING, April IA verbal
contract in which Edward J. Ma
honey former state employe, was
alleged TO have sold his influence
with Democratic officials TO the
Lincoln Brick Company. was in
validated by the supreme court
today.
The opinion declared Mahoney
was hired by George Kruer, preSi-
dent of the company, for the pur-
pose of using his influence with
former Gov. Frank Murphy and
speaker of the House George
Schroeder TO obtain contracts for
the sale of brick being used in the
hospital building program.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-07
Chandler Trails
Reid; BoyIes
Closes Big Gap

The four-man race for two seats
on the supreme court bench was
far from settled today. incomplete
returns showing less than a 5000
vote margin between the first and
third candidates.
T. Circuit Judge Neil l.. Reid of
Nj. Clemens topped the four
aSpirantS with l74,9l2 votes.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-07

me-" Or. Guzman said. II have
discovered toenail peculiarities
among more than 80 per cent of
those who eventually developed
cancer.
Their toenailS are thickened
and often represent miniature
hoOfs, sometimes having small
holes which gave hOneycombed
effect"
Or. Guzman claimed Koch prod.
ucts were effective in treating q
number of cancer cases which
came TO him as hopeless. He sale
he believed the Koch products
were beneficial because of their
action on cancer generating
toxins"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-07
Two BuIIdozers
Used 10 Check
Blaze at Wayne

The drivers Of a pair Of bull
dOzcrs today were the heroes Of
a fire which Tor two hours threat
encd an Sll.OOO.O0O federal houS-
lng project for war workers near
Wayne
Using the "bulldozcrS." large
Catcrpnler tractors employed in
excavation and road building on
the project The two. Joe James
and Leon Bremen, coniaed the
blaze 10 the warehouse IN which II
originated.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-07
PRAISE FOR MEN

"The project would certainly
have been set back months. with
material ~ hard 10 replace" an
FILA official SAID. AS il is, We
can stay right on schedule. They
did n swell job"
II learned how TO do this
fighting forest fires" James, his
face Scorched, said simply.
"I'Se never been hotter in my
life" was the comment of Bren-
ncr. who. like James. repeatedly
drove his load OF earth directly
into the fire.
Origin OF the Ere, which broke
out early last night, was believed
10 have been an oVerheated stove
in a Waterman 5 shack near the
warehouse
Lost IN the blaze were tools for
500 men, plumbing. lighting units
and the like. Officials declined to
estimate the damage.
The project is designed TO pro-
vide 1900 housing units for work
erS at Willow Run and other near
by plant S.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-07
FLAMES CONFINED

Their efforts prevented the
flame, from spreading 20 large
piles OF wooden material for 1000
prc-cut homes stacked only a few
yards from the warehouse.
Alternately showing the materi-
ais away from the fire. which was
heinz WhlpDcd By a strong wind.
and pushing sand and damp earth
into the burning building. the two
succeeded in keeping the fire from
spreading.
BY The time fire engines con-
vcrged on the scene from nearby
Wayne, Dearborn. ROUuluS and
the Wayne County Airport, plus
an emergency OCD patrol truck,
there was nothing left for them TO
do except cNunguISh the emberS.
Both FILA officials and repre-
Sentatvcs of the HunkIn-Conkey
Construction Co, building the
project. SAID the work Of the men
prevented ineStimable damage.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-07
Safety Experts
Praise Women
War Workers

The housewives skill with small
toolS-trickS she learned at the
kitchen sink-may help reduce
accidents in war industries and
lead 10 innovations iR safety eHEt-
Ineering, Detroit safety experts be-
llieve.
Discussing design and use Of
hand tools IN a panel session OF
the Detroit Industrial Safety
Council at the Rackham Building
Hast night. four safety specialists
lagreed women in war plants are
the greatest force in safety con-
seriousness in industrial history.
HUMAN CARELESSNESS
Citing the element Of human
lcarelesSneSS involved in all under
ltakings, Clifford Tagg, educational
director of EX-Cell-O Corp. cred
Iited the "homelike orderhneSS" Of
women workers as another con-
ltributing factor in a recent steady
| decline in shop miShapS.
In addition. he said, the entry
OF women in Industry has resulted
in introduction of now safety de-
vices which are a definite asset 10
Iall workers.
Raymond D. Harvey safety di-
lrector of the Murray Corp, said
women'S skillful handling of small
1tooiS is welcomed by ait industries
because safety features cannot be
built into small equipment as read
lily as they can be incorporated in
larger machines.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-07
Apathy Voting
Blamed on War,
Lack Of Issues

- - wv ~ S0 ~ w.
War, lack Of important issues,
and too many elections were the
reasons given today by Detroit
election officials for the apathy
of voters which brought the cost
soaring 10 more than S1.16 per
vote in Tuesdays voting.
Thomas ID. Lcadbetter, city
clerk, and Oakley r. Distin, dircc-
tor Of elections both have long
sought the elimination Of the
costly spring voting.
At Tuesdays election the five
workers in many of the city's
polling places had no more than
eight votes each 10 count when
the booths closed.
"This is obviously silly" Dis
tin pointed out
Approximately 1000 votes were
cast, al an estimated cost of $780,
600. DIStin said
SOUGHT BILL
"Many times we have sought
bill i'm the State Legislature
which would do away with the
spring election" Leadbetter and
DlSun explained.
"The Legislature is always
very polite and listens atten-
lively. However, the bill IL never
brought out of committee" Dis
tin said.
This il understandable, be
cause spring elections are much
more important in farm com
munities where they elect town
supervisors and the like" be
continued But the fact does
not solve our problem"
In a presidential year for both
the primary, where the vote IS
small. and for the election where
S. per cent of the voters goes 10
the polls, the cost per Vote Is less
than 50 cents. Distin estimated
But II j. only once every six
wears when both the recorders
and circuit Judges are running, |
that the spring election in De-
tr0it brings any great public /
part lei pat q H." Lcadbcttcr !
pointed out.
"If common pleas and state
supreme court Judges were 10 +
run az this same spring election.
il would br sensible and We
would get public participation"
VARIED BY WAR
Lcadbcttcr pointed out that war
worries and war interest over
Swallowed the election.
"But the basic reason il that
the ISSUES are Just not important
enough 10 bring the voters out.
We have far too many elections.
And people should not have Ia 20
To the polls just 10 fill "A few
minor Offices
Ballots are printed election work
crs arc called and booths are
moved and opened four times in
each odd year and twice m each
even year Z WAS pointed out
"Since May. 1882. the people
have been asked 10 march 10
the polls SO times" Leadbcttcr
said This il an absolute waste
of the taxpayers money when
the State Legislature could 20
easily combine many al these
elections"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-07

MRS. VAN RIPPER
Mrs. Temperance Van Ripper,
81, mother Of 13 children,
pictured on the job at DeSoto
Division Of Chrysler Corp,
where she doing war work
as a matron.- giving counsel
to some 300 women 10 whom
she is known as mon" One
of her sons is in officers
candidate school, others ex-
pect soon TO be called.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-07
POTENTIAL DYNAMITE

Hammers, screwdriverS and PHI
.erS, he pointed out, are potential
because their dangers
are undereStimated
J. f. Moore, safety director OF
the Cadillac Motor division Of
General Motors, and Harold Miller
safety engineer of Corporate Serv-
ices. also spoke.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-20
Two Daily
Quizzes
knowledge Test
By DR. sABtNt II. CONNOLLY

By DIR SABtNt II. CONNOLLY
is the name of a novel:
ta) About Lorna, by Black
more: tbl about Alice by
Harrington; ta) about Anna 10y
Tolstoy?
What is referred to: al 4
never saw in my life, felt more
certain that was doing right,
than do in signing this
paper: Cbl What God hath
wrought; lei open covenants
openly arrived al" ?
I-What is his profession: tal
Charles Mayo; (b) Clifford
Odets; (c) Yehudi Menuhin?
Name him: (a) Founder of the
first United States Boy Scout
Society: tbl the attorney gen
eral of the United States; (c)
the emperor Of Ethiopia.
1-Do YOU know how many: la
Islands in the Hawaiian archi'
pelago; OBJ people live in
Puerto Rico; tc) miles from
the Panama Canal are the Vlr.
GIN Islands?
What operate heroine: Ca
Shut herself in a tomb witt
her lover; CD jumped from the
roof of prison; Co rode into a
funeral pyrc?
ANSWERS on Opposite Page)
Copyright. 1913, by King Features