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Evening star., 1943-03-26
Bad to Ration Affection
Love and Attention Important Childs Well.Being
AS Is the Regular Allotment of Health. Giving Food

such as having ones best friend
often take all the sunshine out Of
the 8-year-olds day. The daily
routine of school, home and society
makes demands on a small child
that few adults remember At reg
ular intervals they should be i'm
pressed with the fact that whatever
happens they are safe and deeply
loved at home. Though they are
excellent little mind readers, their
intuition is not sufficient. They
should also be shown by words and
affectionate handling that they are
most important in their own
families.
If there is more than one child
in a family, it is a good idea to
separate them for special attention
now and then. Plan an occasion
when you take one child with you to
town and give him all your atten-
ton. Let him feel for that short
space of time that he is lord of all
he surveys. 1t will be good for his
sense of Importance and make you
close friends for many weeks There
will be bit of extra understanding
added to the usual mother and child
CompanionShip which is very help
full.
Young children are reassured by
their parents pat on the shoulder
or their arms around them. They
love to be rocked or to sit in your
lap" for story. Especially do they
love the anecdotes of their parents
escapades and adventures when they
were very young. In these rushed
| days, with all the serious business
atoot, parents are very likely not
to realize that many weeks slip by
without more than routine atten-
tion to the moppets
Many parents would never dream
of skipping the days orange Juice
or cod-liver Oil in their childrens s
lives. But they often fail to realize
! that they haven't given them an
hour of personal attention or a bft
of petting for months. Children
cannot thrive without the best per-
sonal care and feeding, which they
expect as part OF the days routine
But they look forward to their
ration of love and attention as they
! do to dessert after dinner
Very often it is the one thing that
is necessary to make everything
/ right with their world.
Evening star., 1943-03-26
Don't Marry Until You Look u pom
Matrimony as a Real Privilege

gent, cOmpanlOnaDle women who
will have the same interests that
you have, and you can have their
society without assuming their board
bills and shopping tickets.
Dear Dorothy Dix: know man
who is good and kind and a splendid
provider for his family. His table
literally groans under the good food,
yet his table manners are so hor-
rible that instead of enjoying meal
it is an ordeal to his wife and
children. He gulps his coffee. He
mops his plate. He chews with his
mouth wide open so you can hear
him in the next room
All of this mortifes his family
so they never invite q guest to
the house. His wife has corrected
him, not once, but hundred times.
until he himself says that it has
gotten almost unbearable. She has
appealed to his self-reSpect. the rep
utatlon OF his family. but all to no
avail. What can she do? DER.
AnsWer-I should say that the
best thing to do would be to let the
poor man alone and to stop badger
ing him about his table manners.
Probably he has been nagged about
them until he has got his back I'D,
and he is determined to eat as he
pleases, Just to show that he won It
be henpecked and chickenpecked.
Eating with his knife and sopping
Orc JS, y
and q proclamation of personal
liberty.
Therefore. if the wife will drop
her CRITICISMS and let her husband
think that she has given up the
hght, the chances are that he will
profit by some of the corrections
that he has heard a million times
and modify his faults at the table.
But If he doesn't, why not Just
accept the inevitable and try to
make the best Of the situation in
stead of getting morbid over it?
After all, bad table manners are
not capital sin. They may get
| on your nerves, but they don't break
, your heart. 1t isn't as bad to have
=" tiIAocoAic WIZ SOoJICo Ills loOu HS
1t is to have one who doesn't pro-
vide any food at all for his family
1t isn't as bad to have husband
who gulps his coffee as it is TO have
one VINO is always finding fault with
it and wondering why you can't
make decent cup. 1t isn't as bad
to have a husband whom you can
hear eat as it is to have one who
is buying eats for flappers. Don't
let your husbands manner of eat
ing wreck your home. Good man
ners ana good principles are more
| important than table etiquette.
But what lesson this story should
teach mothers about the impor-
tance OF teaching children how to
! eat properly, for We are judged by
our table manners.
Evening star., 1943-03-26

which do not meet the standards
set by OPA are, in general, priced
about 10 per cent lower than
grade A. ..-
Such a regulation was brought
about because of women's COM
plants about the quality of rayon
hosiery offered them when nylon
went to war. You know that shiny,
stretchy, wrinkled hosiery that
tore at the touch was not uncom-
mon. The manufacturers were not
entirely to blame. for they we're
forced to turn quickly to the use of
rayon, about which they knew COM
paratively little Moreover, the sup
ply of rayon suitable for stockings
was critically short, and in many
cases the mills were forced to use
what yarn they could get-often an
unsuitable type for hosiery. The
result naturally was unserviceable
stockings, complaints from the wear
ers and a deplorable waste of man.
power and materials.
This year, however, thanks to the
improvements in construction and
the minimum standards set by OPA,
you will find longer wearing, better
looking rayons on the market. Be-
cause of these standards there will
be fewer loWer-quality stockings and
much more durability. Consequent
ly if all goes we'll there will be less
waste of your money and the man.
ufacturers'. The object of this rul-
ing is to make the greatest use of
the supplies of rayon now available
and to assure women that they will
get their moneys worth when they
purchase.
Great strides have been made by
the hosiery industry in the past few
months, and rayons are noticeably
better looking and better wearing
than they were in 1941. Whether
there will be changes made be-
tween now and April Is nobody
knows-but those are the plans at
the moment. Certainly every effort
is being made to protect todays
shopper. and every shopper in turn
might make the effort to buy sensi-
bly, and conservatively of the
things she needs.
Just this minute received is word
that OPA will begin conferences in
a few days with leaders of the
hosiery industry. 1t is possible that
changes will be made in the order
before it goes into effect, but our
usually well-informed sources say
that these changes probably will be
slight and that while the ruling on
rayon stockings will likely undergo
few amendments you can depend
upon the fact that a protective set
up for the purchaser will remain.
Naturally, we'll keep you posted.
Evening star., 1943-03-26
Bv Barbara Bell

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frock and you'll feel you can face
anything even unexpected
visitors.
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a., 46 and 48. Size 36 requires, with
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terial.
There's loads of fresh inspiration
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Send for copy today, it costs only
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For this attractive pattern send
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in coins with your name, address,
pattern number and size wanted to
Barbara Bell. Washington Star, Post
Office Box IS, Station O, New York,
Evening star., 1943-03-26
Bv Patricia Lindsay

Even though it is not good sense
to be too slim today what with all
the things we are called upon to do,
there still are great number of
overweights who would look better
and feel better If they dropped 10
pounds or more
And what could be a better ex-
cuse for cutting down ones food
consumption than the current food
rationing program? With spring
here one wants to be trim of figure,
light of step and clear Of mind. If
one is overweight, one cannot be
these things.
The best way to reduce, you
know, is to simply cut down on the
amount of food you eat. If you
eat and like starchy foods and
fatty foods then you must cut your
menus right in half, or you could be
more sensible and substitute vege-
tables and fruits for those fattening
foods.
Once a woman has made up her
mind to reduce she can lose pounds
Systematically. But she has got to
make up her mind. On Sunday, let
Evening star., 1943-03-26
By Dorothy Dix

Dear Dorothy Dix: I am a man of
II and single, and until a few
months ago / intended to stay single
the balance of my life, but now I
have met girl who has attracted
me strangely. Maybe it is love-only
if it is, never thought that love
was like this. Just a companion
ableness. Then l found out that
she cared deeply for me, but that
she is engaged TO another man who
can give her all the luXuries that l
can't and never will be able to give
her.
Now, suddenly, 7 seem to care quite
terribly for her, but / can't decide
if it is because I really love her, or
because she belongs to some one else
that l want her Another angle is
my extreme selfshness that makes
me feel that 1 might chafe under
the restrictions that married life
naturally imposes. The girl has put
off her marriage for year so that
We might try to decide what is best
to do. Can you see any solution to
just going round in circles.
TOM D.
Answer-And my advice to you,
Tom, is to keep going any way that
doesn't lead to the altar, for evil
IDENTIFY you have only a platonic
affection for the girl, and that isn't
enough to marry on, especially when
you haven't anything to offer her
but love in exchange for all that
the other man can give her.
If you were overwhelmingly, pas
sionately in love with her that
would compensate for the fine estab-
llShment. the ease and luxury that
she would sacrifice for you. but when
she found out. as a woman is bound
to find out. that you only had a
lukeWarm liking for her, she would
feel that she had made a pretty bad
bargain and regret it.
Evidently you are not strongly
prediSposed toward matrimony, any
way. You have no coSmic urge
toward your own woman. your own
children. your own hearthstone. and
that type of man is not easily
domesticated. He always hears the
call of the wild and even the most
silken of marriage fetters gall him
So my advice to you is to stay
single until Old Dan Cupid hands
you a blow that will knock you out
for keeps. Wait until you find some
woman that you won't have TO de-
bate whether you love or not. You
will just know that you can't live
without her. Wait until you don't
dread the bondage of matrimony-
until you look upon it as a blessed
privilege.
In the meantime you will always
find plenty of women you will like
as we'll as you do this girl, intelli-
Evening star., 1943-03-26
Protection for the Shopper
OPA Rayon Hosiery Price Regulation, Effective April 15
Will Give Full Information on Easyto.Read Label

Unless Aunt Mathilde left you
eight pairs of nylons in her will
or you're sabotaging the war effort
by hunting out black markets, you're
going to wear rayon stockings for
the duration. Come summer you'll
probably try to get a deep tan or
go in for leg makeup, but when
the weather verges on the chilly
side you'll be buying rayons-and
buying them confidently, thanks to
OPA.
Effective April IS, the new rayon
hosiery price regulation will tell
you clearly just what you're get
ting for your money, and it's ex-
pected that this ruling will result
in the appearance on the counters
of longer-wearing stockings, with
ceiling prices for each quality grade.
The way it works is this: Stock
ings will be labeled grade A or
grade B and will show the ceiling
price, gauge or needle and the man
ufacturer's brand name or iden-
tifying OPA number. 1t will elm
mate guesswork and simplify hosiery
buying.
The labels are easy to read. Grade
A means pair of stockings designed
to guarantee longer wear; grade B
indicates that they do not meet
the standards and are priced lower.
Gauge in full-fashioned, or needle
in seamless, shows the tineness of
the stitch. In addition, short or
long lengths will be identified, and
special construction features, for
which price premiums are allowed,
must be indicated. These special
construction features. which make
for better wearing qualities, include
the "can't-run' or mesh, cotton
tops, cotton heel and sole and other
features. In addition, irregular
hosiery as we'll as seconds and
Evening star., 1943-03-26
What's NeW in TOun?
BY Dorothy Murray

Pretty and Practical >.
trim ankle deserves the "gorfcaon" your
other good features dress with thin silver
These bracelets appearance than those
eWery well made there little snaggng precious
hosiery You have
little tag as means of Identification in
Memo on MalachHe
Hand-hammered silver bracelets patterns
sizes boastng setting especially smart with
rocks Machlte
is mined like turquoise setting costume
eWey found to be satisfactory because
less of petrifd wood and will chip
stone Silver rings with this
also be found match complete ensemble
Efficient Entertaining -.
clear glass the candlevck natern
are just large enough to accommodate
dinner coffee The knobs the painted gold
luxurious charming Access
sore iquer and demitaSse quickly
minimum of confusion
No 'Globaloney
Place globe of the world table radio 50 that
you follow the broadcasts better
uatlon These globes styles
as in wide of prices but
illuminated variety Fitted with bulb plugged
IN Ike lamp and practical we'll
in frightening the
Gift for the Bride -.
The time you plan a wedding gift how about
choosing pair of napkin
handsome than those will last
lifetime this reason is seldom
duplicated the selection
that engraved them for
added smartness and individuality.
Conservation Chatter =.
The grosgran ribbon banding button
front sweaters often becomes
out If this Is problem, replace banding
already equipped with buttons The banding
chased by the yard in white green black
and there is strip for the buttonhole side, too!
Evening star., 1943-03-26
Bv Anna Chase

BY Anna Chase
quite as satisfying to small child
as the knowledge that he is loved
and admired by his own family.
So often primary school children
have day when they don't want
to go to school, Usually they play
sick. but the only symptoms of
illness will be paleness, listlessness
and petulant disposition. All that
is really the matter is a wish for
little extra attention that day.
A morning in bed with breakfast
served on tray, little 'fussing
over" by parents and the conse-
quent feeling of Importance, will
have them smiling and up to par
in an hour or two.
Adults forget all too soon the diff
culties of child's world. Tragedies,
Evening star., 1943-03-26
Why Grow Old?
Question Box
Bp J0Sebhine L0,cmnn

BY Jose ebhine Louman
l. Can hair on the legs be bleached
by mixing certain amounts Of am
monia and peroxide? A friend said
that her cousin did this for so long
that the hair roots died and never
grew out again"
Answer-Mix six tablespoons Of
peroxide and one-half tablespoon
household ammonia. Apply to hair
on legs and arms. So far as I know
this does not kill the hair but only
bleaches it.
2. please give me an exercise for
reducing the arms, especially from
the elbow to the shoulder
AnsWer-Raise the arms sidewise
shoulder height. Turn the palms all
the way back SO that they are facing
the back of the room Keep the
arms shoulder height and the palms
facing back as you make circles with
the arms, elbows stiff. Pull back
hard
3. For the last year or so my hair
has been getting oily about week
after it has been washed. Previous
to this time I could let it go for five
Or six weeks and it would not be as
bad as it gets now. What can I do
to improve it?"
Answer-USe one of the tonics on
the market which are especially
planned for an oily scalp. Part the
hair at intervals of about an inch
and rub along the part Afterward
massage the scalp. The Oil ducts are
probably relaxed
q. please give me an exercise to
reduce the hips, especially just be-
low the WaiStlne. cannot wear a
thing that looks we'll on me because
I have a small Waistline and such
big hips"
AnSwer-Trv this Lie on the
floos on your back with your arms
stretched out on the floor above
your head. Raise both legs, keeping
the knees stiff, and point the toes
toward tie ceiling. Lower them and
continue, raising and lowering.
5. will YOU answer my question
in a FRIDAY column? What facial
exercise could l take to remove the
wrinkle on my cheek bone near my
eyes?"
AnsWer-This one will be bene-
fetal. First put on oily cream and
let it soal. into the face. Then do
this: Raise the muscles of the face
as though YOU were shifting some
thing in an exaggerated way. Lift
the muscles under the eyes as well
as those Of the nose. Hold a few
seconds ard relax. Repeat.
g. Have read and enjoyed your
column for so long now and have a
question. Since last summer l have
had brown spots on my forehead
and chin I thought when my tan
wore Off they'd be gone, but they
are not. Do YOU think this is my
diet? ! would see a doctor but it
seems foolish when l am in good
health
AnSwer-The pigmentation of an
individuals skin. the diectness of
the rays Of the sun and the severity
Of the exposure all seem to enter
into this. You may use lemon juice
as a bleach and they Will probably
dim in time. I do not believe that
this is a question Of diet although
vitamin deficiency may play part.
Evening star., 1943-03-26
How to Be a Hostess

Want to be a good USO hostess?
Then observe these suggestions from
a service man:
l. Don't be "nose-y" for military
information. If a serviceman brings
up discussion of his training or
military matters, change the sub
ject tactfully.
2. Don't accept a mans offer for
dinners, drinks or dates. He can't
afford to entertain you. If you wish
to entertain him at dinner in your
home, get permission from the USO
officials.
3. Don't insist that he dance or
play ping pong. Find out what
recreation he likes best and try to
entertain him with the facilities the
USO offers
Evening star., 1943-03-26
By Helen Toef

thirds will be marked and priced
accordingly. When stockings bear
the A label they have a number
of good features, including high
twist, which makes them more snag
resistant, and cotton toes which
wear longer.
The price ceilings as designated by
OPA will range from a maximum
of SLAB to low of II cents for
continuous-flament full-fashioned
rayon in grade A. For f1rst-quality
grade A seamless, the price will be
from maximum of 81 cents to a
low of % cents. Grade B stockings,
Evening star., 1943-03-26
Children need a helping of affec-

Children need helping of affec-
ton just as they need their daily
allotment of ,vitamins and calories
In addition to their daily rations," :"
every SO often they need an extra
dose Of love and attention. This
gives them emotional balance and
a sure sense of security in their
own little world.
Thinking over the day of the
average small person, most of us
find that it is a series of commands,
corrections, reprimands and scold-
ings. In comparison, the apprecia-
tfon, compliments and pats on the
back are low score, and are more
likely to come from friends and out
siders than from within the house
hold. Compliments are always well
come, but there is nothing that is
Evening star., 1943-03-26
Rough Foods Aid
Lazy Stomach

If you have lazy digestive sys-
tenn and you are unable or un-
willing to exercise. try to eat rough
foods every day-fruits, raw fruits
with skins, whole wheat cereals
oatmeal, cornmeal, whole wheat
Their roughage will stimulate the
organs to action. A little fat
butter bacon-for breakfast will
help empty the gall bladder and
prevent constipation.
Evening star., 1943-03-26
Type of Present
Suitable for
Gentleman
Can Send FI0zcers
But Practical
Gift Better
BY Emily Post

Even though it is not actually
improper, it is at the same time not
generally customary to send a man
flowers on his birthday. This is q
partial answer to the spokesman of
a group of neighborhood friends
who have been invited to a dinner
on a certain husbands birthday. IN
addition to which sshe asks. IF
flowers are not proper, what should
We take?"
Customarily a mans friends take
him something eatable. drinkabe or
smokable. On the other hand if
this particular man is known to be
a lover of flowers, then by all means
send flowers. Also. if instead of
having party given for him he
were celebrating his birthday in
bed, i'll. flowers would be a suitable
remembrance.
Dear Mrs. Post: AS an executive
secretary of this volunteer organiza-
tlon I sign my letters Mary c. Work
and have typed underneath in pa
rentheses MRS. John T. Work.
Some one tells me that profession
al woman or a woman in business
should not bring her husbands S
name into her office. In that case,
what should I call myself?
AnsWer-What your informant
says is quite true when it applies
to a woman in business or who has
any other professional career. But
as a volunteer for temporary nom
professional work, you keep your
social status and continue writing
your name as you have been doing.
Dear Mrs. Post: We're being mar
ried in small chapel and are try
ing to keep the wedding prepara-
tions all very simple. I'm wearing
white, however, and a wedding veil
and shall have two attendants. The
groom will have best man and
there have to be at least two ushers.
There IS some discussion about
what the men will wear. The groom
thinks cutaWay and striped trou-
sers; my mother holds out for plain
dark blue suits. She says the small
chapel and the simple preparations
make formal suits out of place.
Please tell us what you say. (No
servicemen taking part)
Answer-Since in your case the
typically present day mixture of
service uniforms and civilian dress
is not to be considered, I think you
should let the bridegroom choose
what he prefers. Your mother
would be right about the plain dark
business suits being in best taste il
some of the men of the bridal party
were wearing uniforms. The sim
plicity of the church has much less
bearing on the situation than the
formality of the congregation and
of your families-that is. if cutaway
coats have always been worn by
most men to weddings and even by
many to Sunday service they would
obviously be proper at your wedding.
Evening star., 1943-03-26
Scramble Them

For moist. soft scrambled eggs,
cook them in double boiler. 1t
takes little more time. but is
nice change from the dry scram-
bled eggs that usually come forth
from the frying pan.
Evening star., 1943-03-26
SPECIAL NOTICES.

l WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY
debts other than those contracted by my
self. w. c. EMBREY, 1906 S. Joyce ST,
Arlington, Va.
WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY
debts contra cted bv any one other than my
self. BEN H. BROWN, Jr., lO5 4lst St ne
)S"
HEREAFTER l WILL NOT BE RESPONSE
BILE for debts contracted by anv one other
Than myself. BERT J. MAURICE. 400
kearny st. ne
Evening star., 1943-03-26
Cork Works Best

When securing steel cutlery. use a
cork with your cleansing powder in
stead OF cloth. 1t will do a better
job.