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Evening star., 1943-04-23
Wife's Good, Hard Common Sense
Very Essential in Marriage

other one thing. And Heaven only
knows how many husbands take to
drink because of wives who, having
only one idea in their heads, harp
upon 1t as upon harp Of a thou
sand strings.
Every mother prays that her sons
will get good wives. She might bet
ter pray that her sons will marry
smart women, for whether a girl
makes a good wife or bad one de-
pends more upon her head than her
heart. Many and many a talented
mans career is wrecked by a fool
1sh little bird-brained woman who
adored him, but who was a handi-
cap he could never surmount.
ALI OF us have known brilliant
and ambitious young men, who had
shown 50 much promise that we pre- :
dicted splendid futures for them,
just peter out into nothingness.
They had always worked hard syet
they got nowhere. And we Won
dered why. Nine times out of ten
the answer would be that they
married pretty little dollbaby girls,
with just about as much sense as a
dollbaby.
Millions of silly women have pre-
vented their husbands from making
fortunes by always keeping them
broke with their extravaganza. They
never could be made to understand
the value of money and that hoard
ed pennies are the foundation on
which every fortune is built. Thou
sands OF wives kill their husbands
ambition by wet-blanketing their
every hope and plan, and by belit-
thing them until they lose faith in
their own ability and just throw up
their hands and quit struggling.
Thousands Of wives shut the door
OF opportunity in their husbands
faces by refusing to leave mother
and the girls and their bridge four
some to 60 with them to some place
where they would have better Jobs.
Worst of all. many a man has to
stand helplessly by and watch his
stupid wife ruin his children. She
is so foolishly fond of her offspring
that she spoils them to death: she
indulges their every whim and ca
price; she brings them up without
manners or morals, and when their
father tries to discipline them she
throws scenes and makes them be-
lieve that he is grinding tyrant
who wants to take all of the joy
out of life for them.
No woman who is intelligent is
hopeless. She may have a hundred
faults, but she can be reasoned with
and brought to see things from a
different point of view. She will
learn from experience, She will
gain philosophy as she grows older.
But nothing can be done with a
fool. She never learns. She never
changes.
So, boys, when you go acquiring,
don't put in all your time asking
Sally If she loves you. Investigate
her @.
Evening star., 1943-04-23

the walls in q light, soft shade and
the rug two or three shades deeper.
The blue is more effective by this
contrast. would suggest sheer white
ruffled curtains, white bedspread and
slipcovered chair and draperies of a
figured fabric. Various shades Of
blue on white or cream ground
would be nice, or you might use q
pattern on shell pink ground and
then accent with bright pink potted
geraniums in the window and few
pink accessories. Nothing makes blue
more blue than a few touches of
pink.
Dear Miss Novel;: I have an old.
fashioned kitchen which can be
made interesting only by the use Of
paint. wish to use blue paint on
drainboards, around the sink and on
my work counter. Is it possible to
get q paint or enamel that will not
show white marks where water
splashes on it?-H. c.
Answer-Yes. You may find a fine
quality enamel that has been manu-
factured for billboard use. Made to
withstand weather. it does very well
under all kitchen conditions. It
comes in very attractive middle
blue and in all other high colors.
This dries in about four hours, and
two coats of 1t will give you a very
good surface. After a week it will
have hardened to almost porcelain.
like strength.
Dear Miss NOVEL;: Is 1t possible to
freshen with paint the simulated
leather top on baby carriage which
has cracked and looks untidy?-
E. r. s.
Answer - Yes. Wipe over the
shade with turpentine to clean it
from all grease and then paint on
two coats of an enamel which is rec
commended by your paint dealer for
this purpose. You will probably find
that the paint surface will crack
again, but in the meantime the ap-
pearance OF the carriage will be i'm
proved considerably.
Evening star., 1943-04-23
By Peggy Roberts

These pale blue Dummies all spring
much like the rabbit In
pair q bsbs pillow cases and sheet for his crib There
flower wreath motifs towels
bureau Halt the fun Of working these designs the
Pattern envelope
inches two designs II nches
chart. stitch illustration and full directions
Send II Department
Warrington Star, p. O Box l71 Station .. New York
Evening star., 1943-04-23
BY DR.. J. B. Warren

In severe colds the sinuses often
fill up with mucous which Is so
thick it does not drain out of the
sinus freely. However, by lying
down on right side the left sinus
in cheek bone drains, and lying on
left side right sinus drains. Lying
face downward enpties the sinuses
at upper back part OF nose. This is
the reason why rest in bed, aside
from resting the heart. is a good
method Of treating a cold,
Evening star., 1943-04-23
Bv Barbara Bell

Perfect warm weather fashion.
Two-piece with softly styled top and
neat pleated skirt. Note the In
genious set-in belt.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1791-B
designed for sizes IL, IA, is, 18 and
20. Corresponding bust measure
ments 80, 80, "a. 36 and SO. Size II
(32) requires, with short sleeves, Az
yards 39-inch material.
There's loads of fresh inspiration
for home sewing in our new Spring
Fashion Book-just of the press.
Send for q copy today, 1t costs only
Is cents. You may order q copy
with = 15-cent pattern for IS cents.
plus ! cent for postage.
For this attractive pattern send
Is cents, plus cent for postage,
in coins with your name, address,
pattern number and size wanted to
Barbara Bell, washington Star, Post
Once Box rs, Station Q, New York,
N. r.
Evening star., 1943-04-23
Heard Around Town
Fashion Notes About Our Men and Women in Uniform
John.Fredercs Makes Mad Millinery for Moppets

So far we've seen no official an.
nouncement about 1t, but something
slightly spectacular has happened
70 the Army within the past month
After months Of calling the uniform
coats "blouses," they have finally de-
eided to call them "coats"-which is
what they were all the time any
how.
A couple of Army wives we know
nnd this a little upsetting. They
say they never could see why the
darned things had to be called
blouses anyway, but as long as that
was the official name they spent
their time learning to call them by
the correct title. Now that they
have learned to call coat a blouse
they have to switch all around
again and call blouse a coat.
As for naval officers, word came
along, you know, that the slate gray
uniforms and accessories for sum-
uer were approved and might be
worn as soon as available. Therein,
however, lay the difficulty, because
licensed dealers of naval uniforms
admit that due to the length of
time necessary for manufacturing,
there will be no slate gray uniforms
and accessories available until late
summer or early fall. Compulsory
wearing date has not yet been an
nounced, but obviously 1t won't be
before summer, 1914.
incidentally, black braid and
black insignia which are to appear
On these uniforms will ultimately
mean that we girls may have more
colorless nail polish in summer. Or,
TO make it clear, naval officers won't
have to fitch all our colorless polish
10 paint over gold braid and keep 1t
from furnishing. It's just about the
only thing that works.
And while we're on the subject
Of uniforms, the WAVES are still
dreading the arrival of a Washing
ton summer. They vow they're 60
ing to melt away in those heavy
hats with the white covers, plus the
fact that constant cleaning makes
1t necessary for them to own at
least two at $18 apiece. The girls
are more unhappy than ever now
that the masculine officers have
emerged in comfortably cool "over-
Evening star., 1943-04-23

/, bright colors In felts and fabrics.
Shapes follow the tried-and true
ones, but with variations to make
them distinctive. And trimmings in
clude flowers, ribbons used in new
ways, bits of feathers and even, in
some cases, q bit OF "grownup"
yelling.
So now even the tiniest girl can
have hat that is definitely her
own, individual and becoming.
Though these are more expensive
than most, they are not an extrav-
agance, for q well-chosen hat with
"oomph" can be worn with as many
different costumes as could last
years less imaginative classic.
Watch for news of a three day,
or rather Intervening, presenta-
ton for Government workers to
come along next month. This prom
ises not to be the usual "clinic"
but series of down to-earth dis
cussions and demonstrations of
fashion, beauty, jobs, health and as
sorted other matters of interest to
us on the home front. Well come
forth with full details-the why's
and wherefores-as soon as the 60
ahead signal Is given.
Evening star., 1943-04-23
By Helen Tosf

ny HCten y Oge
seas" caps which are lightweight
and jaunty. Wonder why the ladies
can't adopt them, too? Bet they'd
be immensely becoming.
Speaking of hats, but thiss time
the civilian variety, John and Fred
OF the famous john -Frederics COM
hination have made two recent con-
tributions to fashion columns. First,
we are told by a friend in New York.
the famous milliners sent their
dogs to war and issued press re-
lease to say SO. Then they came
forth with a new collection Of mad
bonnets-but this time for chill
dren. The headgear for moppets
receives as much care and dis
t1nctiye treatment as do hats for
their mothers or big sisters. Mr..
John, the designer, has turned away
from the wofnout classics" such as
children have worn for years. His
new creations are full of imaeina-
ton, yet wearable and in good taste.
Instead OF the usual natural, navy
or red straws with wide ribbon trim
mings, John -Fredericks produces
pastel straws, as well as paStels and
Evening star., 1943-04-23
Facts About Fish

Fresh fish isn't matter Of guess
work. Watch for these character
Gtics:
Gills should be red. Scales should
stick closely. Eyes should be bright
and bulging. Flesh must be free
from slime. elastic and firm to the
touch. In fact, when you touch the
nesh with your finger. the finger
Ghould leave no impression.
Evening star., 1943-04-23
By Dorothy Dir

One OF the curious things about
most men Is the low value they seem
to put upon feminine intelligence.
Apparently 1t ranks about quarter
of per cent In their estimation Of
the desirable qualities in a woman,
far below peaches-and-cream COM
plexion, and not to be spoken of in
the same class as willowy figure or
violet eyes.
The first question man always
asks about strange woman con-
Germs her looks. "Is she pretty?"
He never inquiries if she is clever, if
she Is well-educated, If she is an
amusing and entertaining con-
versationalist. He is not interested
In what's inside of her head, only in
Its outside adornment. Indeed, so
allergic are men to feminine brains
unless they are scrambled, that a
smart woman keeps hers under her
hat and never lets a man find out
how much she knows. Half the
women are nothing like as silly as
they pretend to be. Otherwise the
world would be peopled with morons.
Even in marriage men rarely seem
to take the mentality of the woman
they are proposing to spend the
balance of their lives with, into con-
sideration. Every day we see brilliant
men marrying little dim-wits;
learned men marrying girls who
have never read even whodunit
thriller; men who are shrewd, hard
realists about everything else espous-
ing cuties who never had a serious
thought about anything but clothes,
and who don't know whether the
Balkans are canned goods or a new
shade of lip stick.
Yet, although the man who picks
out wife for her intelligence is
almost as rare as white blackbird.
the amount of good, hard, horse
sense his wife has is the most i'm
portant thing in the world to every
man who marries. It determines
whether his marriage will be q sue
cess or failure; whether he will be
happy or miserable; what kind of
children he will have ahd how they
will turn out, whether at middle age
he will be sitting pretty on the sunny
side OF Easy Street, or hopelessly
stuck on Poverty Flat.
1t even, to large extent, deter
mines his morals, for being bored by
dumb wives sets more men to roam
ing In search Of women who can
understand them and who can talk
about something more entertaining
than the baby's formula and the
price of butchers meat, than any
Evening star., 1943-01-12
Charles {. Dobie Dies;
California Author

~ the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. IA
noted California writer who special
lied in digging out bizarre and puzz-
ling tales Of the State where he was
born, died yesterday and left q mys-
terry Of his own for somebody else to
solve.
He was Charles Caldwell Dobie.
so, and the final conundrum OF his
line was: Where did Mrs. Dobie leave
the partly-finished manuscript he
hoped would be his literary MASTER
piece?
It was half-told tale Of Califor-
MAS Russian River Country, and It's
lying on q desk In Mr.. Dobie's Sc
cluded study somewhere in San
Francisco. But nobody knows where
the study is situated. not even his
brother, Clarence, who found him
unconscious and dying in their Green
street fiat.
Mr.. Dobie had fallen on the floor.
apparently because OF the recurrence
OF heart ailment.
The brother. q retired banker,
Evening star., 1943-01-12

necessarily West Pointers or auto
motive experts, per se. For example,
there IS 1t. Col. Robert ]. Icks, q tall,
pleasant man who shuns the lines
light. and who probably won't like
this reference to him. Col. Icks, It
develops, had . yen as q youngster
to play with toy tanks, with their
tactical uses and their war possible
tiles. When he grew up he became
an insurance executive In Wisconsin
and Minnesota. Today he has the
title Of chief Of the automotive
branch Of the proof division at
Aberdeen. He Is the head man Of
the tank testers and an expert In and
Of tanks. He knows his steel steeds.
He isn't chary about giving credit
to Brig. Gen. John K. Christmas, the
Army's chief technical man on tank
development and production. Long
years ago Gen. Christmas, then .
captain, was a leader In tom-tom
beating for the tanks. You know
what they've done. There were the
panzer divisions of the European
blitz. spearheaded by tanks: the
mechanical warfare In Egypt and
Libya, and so on. You get the idea
that the tank is here to stay
Col. Icks explains the various types
Of American tanks, with Illustrations
I'VE think they are pretty good" he
says. You get the main point. which
Is that II anything better in tanks
comes along America will turn it out.
And over all you get the idea that
If winning the war depends on tanks
the United States is pretty well
equipped.
But they should furnish uniment.
Evening star., 1943-01-12
Reporter Calls for Liniiment
As Tank Takes Him for Ride
Bucking Steel steed Proves Excellent Mudder
Tokes Aberdeen Obstacles in Its Stride

ment-siSe china closet, along with
such miscellaneous gadgets as q
neavy gun, lighter guns, ammuni-
uon, radio. some high-powered en-
gines and items such as hand rre-
nades, tommy guns and other stun
You 1eel Ike q beetle In an oyster
shell. s'e1
Ride Isn't So had.
Well, theride wasn't 50 bad. That
puckang baby splashed through the
Muo ana water tossing spray high.
VICE and handsome; went at an
obstacle hell-for- ather, surmounted
y, licked its lips ana looked around
ior more. Even the washboard lob
ana the sand pit didn't daunt this
roaring monster.
board in stride, with funny little
ana no one paid any attention. You
learned that you don't talk in tanks.
ior the reason that you can't talk
loud enough to be heard. Then YOU
got out and said, s'That wasn't
50 tough. Bring on the elephants !"
Inc elephant was q lighter tank.
using two motors similar to those
ol . nigh-priced automobile. You
begin to realize why automobiles
aren't being made any more, and
why IN Africa the tank is the
fashionable mode of transportation
We call this the liver condi-
TONER" the major explained. It
was just that. Where the big lob
took the obstacles and the wash
board IN stride, with funny little
!ounces, the light tank reared and
nucked, skidding all over the land
scape and giving your dentures a
thorough going over on the wash
poard. You come out of this neat
nttie high-speed tank with the idea
tnat life IN a tank isn't exactly like
tne padded comfort OF the Waldorf
The colonel grinned.
How did you like it?" he asked
You grinned back. The bruises were
only hurts at the time. Tomorrow
they'd be fnll-fiedged, grade-A aches.
Head Man Of Testers.
Tank men vol1 laor, No.. .&
Evening star., 1943-01-12
Wb Consu|tant Cites
Higher Priorities on
Construction Materials
Building Congress Is Told
Move Should Speed
New War Housing

There IS still a market for con-
struction, including housing, but 1t
will be a controlled market until the
war is won. members of the WASH
ington Builders Congress yesterday
were told by Dwight L. Hoopingar-
ner, WPB construction division con-
sultation chief.
He brought an encouraging word
to local builders when he called their
attention to a higher materials
priority given by WPB, a blanket
preference rating of AA-3 from the
previous AA-4 classification. The
effect, he said, should be to speed
war housing construction here and
elsewhere. The builder, however, is
responsible for extending the new
rating to his suppliers, Mr.. Hoopin-
garner emphasized.
Effective for Several Types.
I'm cases where the uprating ap-
plies" Mr.. Hoopingarner said. at is
effective whether the war housing
Is publicly or privately financed,
whether 1t Is new construction or
conversion Of existing structures and
whether the type OF construction is
permanent or temporary"
In second provision announced
by WPB, all AA-4 ratings assigned
by preference orders of the Pig
series, covering essential constrtc-
tion projects, were raised to AA-3.
The speaker emphasized that
housing, even for war workers, must
be programmed in relation not only
to need but to resources.
Reminding Washington builders
that known materials and methods
not now available because Of the war
ehort will eventually become avail
able again" Mr.. Hoopingarner said
future construction goals must be
surveyed and postwar plans made
ready before peace comes.
Special Future Need.
The present reduction in Goyerc-
ment construction to make way (I'
war production" he continued, docs
not mean that such projects are to
be dropped permanently. On the
contrary, there will be q special need
for many such public works in the
period following the end Of the war
to help take up the shock Of revert
Ing to peacetime economy"
To accomplish that task, the
speaker asserted. we must maintain
our labor and management skills and
our industry organization for the
vast Job Of domestic and global re-
construction that lies ahead. Mean
while, necessities Of war must take
precedence over pursuits Of peace. !"
With President Leon Chatelain,
jr.. presiding, more than $50 Build
ing Congress members heard Mr..
Hoopingarner's address at the May
flower Hotel.
Evening star., 1943-01-12

said Mr.. Dobie had been working Ia
9 little ONCE 'somepiace In San
Francisco"
He didn't ever tell me where 1t
was. He was peculiar that way. He
wanted TO be alone. Clear away from
everybody. That's why he didn't
leave the address,"
Mr.. Dobie was the author 81 "A
Pageant. San Francisco Tales, San
Francisco's Chinatown" Blood Red
Dawn" and several other books and
scores Of stories published in top
flight magazines. He was q native OF
San Francisco.
Evening star., 1943-01-12
(Second Of Three Articlesy
BY WALTER McCALLUM.

Paraphrasing the old newspaper
pun, 'you meet such interesting
people," the same thing goes foT
Aberdeen, the big Army ordnance
proving ground north Of Baltimore
But you twist the phrase around to
say, "You meet such interesting
tanks" &
Not many civilians ever have met
a tank socially. Not many want to-
A tank is a lot of tons Of inanimate
metal, equipped with an unearthly
mentality for finding weak spots Ia
the enemy's armor, and the arma-
ment to destroy that enemy despite
his armor. A tank actually is q
land battleship, equipped to move
at varying rates of speed over any
country, over and around any OBJ
stacle, and to fire big and small
guns. Socially a tank isn't pre-
cisely the kind Of toy you would
dangle on your knee, but it is a
mighty handy weapon to have on
your side in a scrap.
Aberdeen has all types. The
colonel had a twinkle in his eye
when he said Eyes" to a request
for a ride in one of these bucking
steeds OF war. 1t didn't help when
the press relations major said: I'VE
have set CT signals here. Thumbs
up means give him the works. and
so on"
Obstacle Course.
AL the while we knew about the
obstacle course where tanks and
their passengers are given the works
or the mechanical equivalent of the
buns rush. It had fixed obstacles,
deep rivers of mud and water, a
washboard effect in solid concrete
and other things which would In
terest tank with ambition.
Came the business Of donning
eoveralls, the football type helmet
which is fashionable in the Armored
Force OF the Army of the United
States, the matter of squeezing q
size 40 frame into an aperture with
out benefit Of shoehorn, and then
finding q place to be comfortable.
We found out there isn't any such
thing as comfort In tank
A tank of this size carries a crew
Of five men, the driver and assistant
driver up front, the gunner, assist
ant gunner and crew chief, who also
is gunnery officer. They are fitted
into the equivalent of an apart
Evening star., 1943-01-12

Philatelic note: The one stamp
always sure to be worth the price
paid Is the War savings stamp.
Buy It now.
Evening star., 1943-01-12

Tank men, you learn, are no
Evening star., 1943-01-12
For. 32o (a,,d ,s,,GIer) Outdoors:
Indoors:

Tough Sturdy saek Hoshids take lot Of un
and give lot Of cononbe flexible Color buttons
close to the neck ond the chin protects the bocof
WE'LL 0ood pocket with good overlapping button front
mons iocket for nus work sese doys Sixes 36 Sr -
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-07

WANTED Girl for office in eStab-
lished firm, Must be permanent
Good working conditions and OPP
opportunity. Phone 10 during bus
mess hours Sill
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-07
TRANSPORTATION

ETRANSPORTATlON
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WANTED-Share ride TO San Diego
Saturday noon. Call 1l43 Satur-
day morning. 5-B
b-HELP WANTED
WANTED - BARMAN AT EBKS
CLUB, 631 MAIN. sill
WANTED Experienced beauty OPP
orator, $25 Wk guarantee and
commission. COS Olive, Tel. 143l.
Sill
6-HELP WANTED
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-07

HELP WANTED-Man for milk
house work. See Broadbeck, Quail
ity Dairy. 5-12
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-07
Special Notices

Personals. Special Notices
ELECTROLUX CLEANER
USERS
Have your Electrolux Cleaner
repaired by factory methods.
CALL ELECTROLUX CORP.
Phone 1042, Brawlcy
Sis
FOR RENT-Folding chairs by day
or week. See McManus, Office
Supply Co. 521 Main, Phone 20.
SO
a-kiELP WANIEn
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-07

FOR RENT or SALE-3 room house
with electricity and water, in
Heber. Inquire 483 Orange. 5-8
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-07

EXPERIENCED waitress wanted.
Good pay. Valley Drug Co. 5-1O
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-07

HELP WANTED at Valley Steam
Laundry, 331 Commercial, Phone
81. 5-10
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-07
33-TRUCKS. TRATLeRs

TWO FOUR WHEEL Trailers. one
with dual tires will carry up TO
four ton. PoSt-PreSs Box 420. sig
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-07

WANTED White woman or girl to
stay with small baby some nights
Phone 81 Las PalmaS Court. So
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-07

MAN FOR PARTS DEPT. Ad-
vancemcnt; permanent work to
right party. FAURE TRACTOR
& EQUIPT. CO. Ph. 620. SD
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-07

FOR RENT-Modern cabins, air
cooled. by week or month. Green
Lantern Auto Court, | mile east
ON Tloltville IIiway. 5-l4
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-07

DAIRY EQUIPMENT in good shape
Loader. side delivery dump rake,
mower, fresno, scraper, wagon
with rubber tires carry so bales.
light stacker, AL, y mi. east,
mi. north Mcloland. Rogers. 5-lO
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-07

FOR RENT-Fur. small rm. house
with cooler, 3 room house, 4 room
flat, elect box, cooler. Also 2
small Apis, Marie Land, 83l Main.
$40
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-07

= WANTED Men for work in
Essential Food Plant. Apply
SUNLAND DAIRY
1455 Main