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Evening star., 1943-03-02

Feeling Is Not
Necessary
Overcome Shyness
By Volunteering
Some Service
BY Patricia Lindsay

30 many, many girls write their
beauty editors about being shy. They
suffer from shyness. They let other
girls take their beaus through shy
ness. They pass up many good
opportunities for fun and success
because they are shy.
Well. right now Is the best time
In the world to conquer such a per-
sonality flaw. And 4 fiaw it is. No
one knows how to Judge shy per-
son. Shyness IL often mistaken for
snobbishness, haughtiness. indif1er-
ence. People do not warm up to
timid souls. and any one who is shy
knows that to be the truth.
Shy persons need to be drawn out
Of themselves. Sometimes others can
draw them out but In the majority
Of these personality cases the VIC
Tins must conquer themselves. They
can do this by forcing themselves to
do things which they would ordi-
narily shy away from. Instead OF
letting others monopolize 4 CONVEX
sation they can train themselves to
talk Interestingly and in a COM
manding tone OF voice. They can
Join = group Of war workers and
gradually become one Of them in
feeling and action.
In every neighborhood. in every
town, in every school, there are or
carnations to help the war effort.
These organizations need many
hands. They need the shy person
as well as the aggressive. And II one
has Job to do within a group, one
forgets oneself and shyness drops
automatically.
Yes, 1t is no time to be timid now
Self f-consciousness must be banished d
and consciousness Of the job to do
must dictate. And one has to seek
= Job. Others seek them. II you
are shy do not wait home until
some one asks for your help. Vol
unteer your help. Make a pretty
face, dress In your most tailored
clothes, or street clothes, and vol
unteer your services for. the Job for
which you are most suited.
I had \ shy friend. a very shy
friend, but she was patriotic and
she longed to do her part. So she
scrubbed her CAMERON spic and
span, tucked away all the games
and offered 1t for 4 surgical dress
ing class room. A friend nurse
volunteered to be the instructress
and neighbors from near and far
met In this room three times a week
doing their much-needed bit for
the Red Cross. That shy girl Is the
most loved hostess in the community
but she is no longer shy! So you
see. forgetting oneself, and getting
truly interested in others and in 4
worthy job, can do the trickl
Evening star., 1943-03-02

your own attitude toward them. AZ
a woman thinketn, 20 Is she. You
can sit down and brood over having
to live in crowded quarters. You can
pick flaws In the people who are
your enforced companions. You can
keep ever in mind the danger TO
which your husband or son IL ex-
posed In war until you become .
miserable, neurotic wreck.
Or you can be brave and cheerful,
glad you have roof over your head
and food to eat. You can make the
most of the good qualities Of those
with whom you have to live, and
trust God to bring your loved ones
home safe to you. and emerge from
all your trials stronger, wiser, bet
ter woman than you were before.
1t is up to you.
90 II you go back to live with your
parents. don't take out on them all
your nerves and anxiety and resent
ment at having your way of life
changed. Don't be peevish and fret.
ful and hard to get along with.
Don't be gloom.
1t Is hard on the old people to
have their routine broken up and
their ways Of life interfered with.
1t is = sacrifice for them to give up
the sunniest room to the baby and
to have their peace and quiet
destroyed by the noise of restless
youngsters. Unless they are WELL
of pay your share Of the food bills,
instead of taking the last cent that
father and mother have laid up for
their old age to feed your hungry
children. Show them In every way
how much you love them and ap.
preciate their kindness tn taking
you in
% Do as you would Be done By.
That is good rule to follow In war.
time or out of 1t.
Evening star., 1943-03-02
| |WhyGrow
Old?
Bv Josephine Lou,,non

~ Josephine LOn'1n0N
One Of tho most advantageous
fads . fatty" can add to her daily
routine Is the habit Of 4 few exer-
cises daily.
Exercise not only helps burn up
the fat but whittles down the bulges
and sends your weight where you
want 1t to go. When you try to
reduce by diet alone you are likely
to look haggard in the face and
thin through the neck while your
budges on the hips and stomach re-
main the same.
Weight reduction without exercise
may also leave you with a severe
case Of flabbiness which is more
unattractive than the overweight
was. Tissues must be toned as the
fat drops OF. Women should be
satisfied with gradual reduction. II
it is too rapid, flabbiness, especially
in the arms, may be apparent.
1t Is not necessary to spend hours
in physical exercise in order to
benefit by it. Twenty to 30 minutes
a day, with moments Of rest between
exercises. is sufficient from the
standpoint of ngure as we'll AZ
health. Begin slowly and work up
gradually TO 40 to 80 minutes. Be
sure that you are spending your
energy on truly valuable exercises
Here is one: Lie on your back
with your arms out at the side
shoulder height, legs straight. Raise
the legs with stiff knees. Hold the
feet close together as you make a
large circle With the legs. Keep
knees straight. Swing low to the
floor AZ you come toward 1t. Make
the circle as large as YOU can Swing
for . little while toward the LEFT
and then toward the right.
Evening star., 1943-03-02

nad 10 give up the pretty little oun-'
galows that we were paying for on
the installment plan, or our self
running apartments and live In
trailers or shacks or 60 back to
mothers. or be herded like cattle
In lodging houses where We prac-
tically sit In each others laps and
where everything has been a welter
OF women and children, suitcases
and bundles and babies and pet dogs.
Now, no matter how fond We are
OF our fellow creatures. We like them
best at q distance, at intervals or In
relays, instead Of en- masse and con-
tinually. And no one can deny that
there are few experiences more try
Ing than having to live in close
proximity with strangers with whom
we have nothing In common, or even
with members of our own family
who get upon our nerves.
1t takes just as much cold pa
tience and nerve to listen to Mrs.
A. descant, day after day, about the
grandeur she has at home, or to
hold a sympathetic expression while
Mrs. B. recounts her symptoms and
describes all the details Of her oper-
ations as 1t does to trail a japanese
sniper through the jungle. It re-
quires just As high 4 morale not to
scream at the way Grandpa eats
and dribbles his food over his
clothes as it does to stand steady on
firing line.
But that is the situation that in
Vulnerable women are called upon
to meet at the present moment, and
how to do it without going batty
themselves and running other people
goofy becomes one of the wartime
problems
And, unfortunately. there Is no
ready-made answer for 1t, for Emily
Post hasn't had time to devise a
manual Of etiquette for human sar-
dimes that will work. But while We
are waiting for her to make some
authoritative ruling on the subject,
I would like to make a few sugges-
tions to the crowdees:
Cd Put up or shut up. If you don't
like your environment, get up and
leave. Don't add to the general dis
comfort with your whines about how
you are having to live. Army camps
and defense works are not being ad-
vertised as pleasure resorts. Quit
complaining. Grouching over hard
ships is like pressing on q boil.
Every time you do it you make 1t
sorer and harder to stand.
Brace up and be sport and take
whatever you have to bear on the
chin. Meet your trials with some
courage. The boys in the trenches
are not having any picnic either
Don't criticize those with whom you
have to live. They find your ways
just as peculiar and as hard to put
up with as you do theirs.
ca Make the best of your bargain
You didn't make the circumstances
in which you find yourself, but you
can change the circumstances by
Evening star., 1943-03-02
Children Should
Learn to Think
About Others
Poverty Of Spirit
Makes DelinQuenf
Youngsters
By Angelo Pnfri

Poverty does not. In itself. breed
delinquents. When we speak Of
delinquents, We mean those young
people who commit serious of1enses
against the law, such As burglary,
arson, murder. A lack Of goods does
not cause that. And when We speak
Of poverty We mean that sort Of lack
little or no money, scarcity Of
material things Hosts Of fine peo-
pie were reared in the hard school Of
deprivation and many criminal
was reared In q comfortable home.
What causes young people to COM
nit crimes is the poverty Of the
spirit, q spiritual starvation and
We who, As q people. reared children
on that stinted ration must acknowl-
edge the error and make haste to
amend 1t. In home and school and
society.
Human beings are complex crea-
lures and the wisest Of men know
little about their inner beings. But
OF one thing, the dullest among
us are certain. man is q creature
of spirit and body. One part can
not thrive without the support Of
the other. II either is ignored both
suffer. We have in the last quarter
century rather neglected the spir-
itual growth OF our children. We
may as well confess 1t and set about
remedying the matter without quib-
bling.
Spirit must be nourished by spirit
ual experiences, experiences that
touch the self sharply enough to
force it to move over a bit, to
make room for the thought Of
some one else. experiences illumi-
mating enough to force the self to
see beyond It's fieshly limits to
where the souls life begins.
This means that we should begin
early to teach children to con-
slider other people a little, to feel
with them and for them, . little,
to look 1T the world and consider
its beauty and majesty, and to
think With the poet of old. what
Is man that thou are mindful of
him?
Reduced to the ordinary terms of
living We should remind even a little
child that sharing Is better than
boarding. No forcing OF the idea,
just a reminder, and a clear example
1t means, too. that we should
point out to q child that to cause
suffering in another is unlovely
and unworthy OF a fine SOUL This
cannot be imposed upon a child
but 1t can be reminded Of 1t when
he snatches his playmate's toys,
strikes or otherwise offends him
And the idea must be set within
him by clear and steadfast behavior
IN those he looks to for leadership.
All children should be taught
early to look to the sky and feel
its beauty, its infinite depth, and
It's glory. They should be helped
to see the hand of God at work
in the world about them and to
reverence that work and ally them
selves with it. This cannot be
poured into child by any force OF
goodwill but 1t can be instilled by
those who have lived long in the
abiding love Of goodness and mercy.
No lavish equipment is needed for
this teaching. Nothing more Is
needed than any spiritually mature
man or woman can furnish instantly.
upon need. All that Is required is q
seasoned, disciplined, dedicated soul
and the desire to help a child grow
up Is the Creator intended he should,
as . body in which lives q 1ine soul.
You can have that without money
and its value Is beyond rubles.
Evening star., 1943-03-02

eAAo1Sc VI AlALly kIB VINO want 70
save their precious. three pairs a
year for special occasions.
1t you return q pair OF rationed
thoes that your dealer can sell as
new and he accepts them for re-
fund, he must give you q War Ra-
ton stamp II plus a receipt Of re-
fund? Then you must surrender
both when you purchase another
pair Of shoes.
If YOU can prove that you will
suffer actual hardship unless you
can purchase another pair Of shoes
before the next distribution period,
you may apply to your local ration
board for a special shoe ration? But
you must prove that there's no
stamp In the family you can use,
that no employer or institution
furnishes you with shoes to fill your
need, that you have no more than
one pair Of shoes in wearable or
repsirable condition, and that the
shoes you desire are for occupationsl
or general wear and not merely for
personal appearance.
The top flve grades of shoe leather
are reserved for our armed forces
and that during the last six months
m 1912, about l out of every 10
pairs OF shoes made in America was
tor our fighting men?
Shipping difficulties and more
pressing space needs on ships will
make it impossible to rely on any
additional quantity of cattle hides
from abroad? And consequently the
present shortage of heavy sole leath-
ar cannot be made up by an in
crease in imports?
This shortage of heavy sole leather
cannot be made up by producing
more shoes with rubber soles-for
obvious reasons?
Manpower shortage is one of the
most serious reasons for the curtail-
d1ent OF shoes? Many Of the men
and women now employed in the
industry are new at their jobs and
cannot work fast enough to keep
up with civilian demands.
During 1942 the American people
bought more shoes than ever before
m their history?
When asked what was the most
important item in a soldiers equip
ment the Duke of Wellington re-
piled, "A good pair of shoes?". And
when asked what Is the next most
important item, he replied, Another
pair OF shoes to replace them?"
No child will go without needed
shoea-regardless Of how fast he
wears them out? If he needs a new
pair and his parents cannot use
their stamp It's to buy them, they
may apply to their local rationing
board for a shoe certificate.
In combat zones a soldier wears
cut one pair of shoes in two weeks?
And that every American soldier
who landed in North Africa was
equipped with one pair Of shoes on
his feet and two pairs in his bar
racks bag?
Evening star., 1943-03-02
Victory Cheese Sticks

Try these new victory cheese
sticks: Make up rich pie crust, roll
out thin and sprinkle with grated
cheese, press cheese down 50 that
it will stick into the dough. Cut
strips (using pastry cutter If you
have one), fold over v shape and
bake until well Drowned. Cooky
dough can BE- cut this same way.
Evening star., 1943-03-02
Pink Your Doilies

II you have pinking shears and
some odd bits OF flower-sprigged
lawns or voiles, you can make 4
cocktail party charming by pinkins
squares for plate doilies and match
ing napkins. Such gayety is mex
pensive, and after a few washinga
squares can be repinked. Use the
same techniques for dressing table
squares.
Evening star., 1943-03-02
Housekeepers
Use Leftovers
Attractively
Interesting Recipes
Are Presented bv
Wartime Cooks
By Edith NJ. Barber

Here are some more wartime spe-
clals which friends of mine have
developed and which have become
family favorites. One of them comes
from st. Louis and Is an inexpensive
form of souffle with various leftover
foods as the main Ingredient NV
friend writes me that she uses the
basic recipe with any leftover vege-
table or meat, but usually adds
onion Juice In addition to salt and
pepper when a bland food is used.
Vegetables should be chopped or put
through sieve. Leftover meat,
finely chopped, or flaked fish can
also be used.
Another housekeeper writes me
that she has made leftover meat go
a long way and has kept the family
satisfied by using French toast as a
foundation for creamed leftover
meats. THE family likes the French
toast so much better than oven toast
and 1t does give an additional flavor
which Is important when the meat
Is little scant. OF course, often
add leftover vegetables or Will
sometimes stretch the meat by COM
bining with it sliced, boiled egg or
two. A few sprigs of parsley used
as a garnish will 60 q long way to
make dish Of this sort look attrac-
tive"
Appearance does have a good deal
to do with appetite appeal. Another
friend of mine tells me that she is
so glad that she has several good
looking casseroles. II try to use a
different one each time if I use a
casserole more than once a week"
She suggests lining the creased bak-
Ing dish with bread spread with
butter or margarine or with bacon
lat before a creamed mixture is
added. Baking in hot oven will
make the bread crisp and improves
both flavor and texture of a dish of
this sort"
SURPRISE SOUFFLE.
1la cups scalded milk.
cup soft breadcrumbs.
2 tablespoons butter or margarine.
2 eggs, separated.
teaspoon salt.
u teaspoon pepper.
" cup leftovers.'
Scald milk in double boiler. Add
crumbs, butter, well-beaten egg
yolks, salt and pepper. Cook over
hot water 5 minutes Add leftover
food and cook slowly until we'll heat
ed. stirring frequently. Fold in beat
en- egg whites. pour in a creased
baking dish Bake for Is minutes
IN q moderately hot oven (425 F.).
'Note: Fish, meat. grated cheese
or any vegetables might be used.
CREAMED MEAT ON FRENCH
TOAST.
3 tablespoons fat.
l sliced onion.
u cup sliced mushrooms.
y teaspoon salt.
y teaspoon pepper.
3 tablespoons -four.
cup milk.
l cup stock. or bcuillon cube dis
solved In cup boiling water.
l cup diced cooked vegetables.
l cup chopped cooked meat.
! teaspoon Worcestershire sauce.
Melt fat, add sliced onion and
mushrooms. and cook , minutes.
Stir in -four, salt and pepper, and
when well blended. add milk and
stock slowly, stirring constantly over
low heat until mixture thickens and
boils. Add meat, vegetables and
Worcestershire sauce. Yield: Six
servings.
Evening star., 1943-03-02
Today's War Homes
Those Left Behind Can Be Cheerful
And Brave in Crowded Quarters
By Dorothy Dix

One Of the horrors Of war from which great many q " ss nsns
compelled crowdedup people
we have been accustomed to homes In which vs could sxp
enough
which about without getting other peoples toes
1t reaue
that Of greatest world.
But that duration along with
the free automobiles butter being about
meat instead taking whatever We have
Evening star., 1943-03-02
Rayon Will Launder

Rayon garments Will launder
easily and keep nicely If carefully
handled. After laundering, shake
gently and hang over a clothes
line. Do not fasten with clothes
pins. Never wiring rayon garments
tightly.
Evening star., 1943-03-02
Spring Dessert

For an early spring dessert, try
rhubarb shortcake. Serve rosy rhu-
barb sauce over slightly hot biscuits
made with a bit Of sugar added to
the -four.
Evening star., 1943-03-02
DO You Know That. ?
Additional Information on Shoe
Rationing Clarifies Situation
By Helen Vorf

data on shoe rationns
know that: " 'e' - A''""'e' oo soo
Play shoes raoned wonderful
enS 70 stretch
.e us .nae they have exceptionally goed rope
e sn and topped models
snytn except afternoon evening hons
viewing the assortment OF heeess
types and others that these viii be the
Evening star., 1943-03-02
Stewed Fruit With
Dumplin6s

] cup ma&neQ potatoes.
cup sifted flour. ..
u teaspoon salt.
u cup melted shortening.
egg, slightly beaten
Combine mashed potatoes, flour
salt, shortening and slightly beaten
sgg, and mix well. Drop dough from
teaspoon on top Of hot stewed fruit
and clook slowly, uncovered, about
H minutes. Yield: servings.
Evening star., 1943-03-02
By Perry Roberts

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directions
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Evening star., 1943-03-02
HowLongShould
Childre', Sleep?
8v R. J. B. Warren

Sleep is a great energy builder.
II Is ike getting the battery Of your
ear recharged. The battery must be
taken out of your car; no energy
must be given out while it Is being
recharged. Sleep should not be In
berrupted,
Evening star., 1943-03-02

UoeaHSo WookoN01 from Lack
Of Iron due . "Aonthiy lossss~
You girls who suffer from simple anenia
or who lose % much during monthly
periods that you feel tired. weak,
dragged out"-due to low hlood iron.
Start today-try Lydia Ptnkham's
fABLErs-one Of the greatest blood.i
tonics you can buy to help build up
red blood to give moro strength and
to promote . more robust bloodstream
in such cases.
Taken as directed-Pinkham's Tab.
lets are ono Of the pery best
and quickest home ways to get &
precious iron into the blood. A&S
Just try them for at least 80 .EW.
days - then see II you, too, NJ
don't remarkably benefit, Fol. =
lov label directions. =
Evening star., 1943-03-02
Beware Coughs
from common colds
That Hang On

Creomulsion relieves promptly be.
cause It goes right to the seat Of the
trouble to help loosen and expel
germ laden ph1eem, and aid nature
to soothe and heal raw, tender, in
famed bronchial mucous mem
branes. Tell your druggist to sell you
Z bottle Of Creomulsion with the un-
derstanding you must like the way It
quickly allays the cough or you are
to have your money back.
CIRCUMCISION
eos covahs. Chest colds, Bronchitis
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-07
Rents Frozen at Depression Level

THE Price Control Act does that rents to be
frozen at depression levels with little increases while
most other items be granted tremendous increases
Yet that the result in Detroit and there indications
the part OPA make change That why the
conterd that the mandatory decyes Congress have not
been followed and that the standard provided for the admins
traitor I'm the has been dregarded There imitation
Detroit is marked imitation In most every
thing else" Langs stated.
Believing that the machinery of rent control is too
pick Langs reports that in Flint control is working
satisfactorily without any director and without any
registrations red tape. city ordinance permits local
forcement of rent control fair basis Complaints
brought before the municipal and impartial hearing
held Local realtors supply the with dnterested and
competent apprasals The court exercises discretion Land
lords and tenants satisfied and rents not nhaona
Serious consideration should be given the Flint plan pat
for solving the control problem the report adds
1T Is predicted that rent control may continue
through indefinite postwar period when the dangers of
imitation will be greater than during the That added
why rent control should be placed fair and flexible
basis possible.
ut should be clearly understood that the property
not condemnng all the regulations all Of the
Of OPA. tremendous task undertaken In field and
OPA employees have worked hard and conseutiousy
only natural that mistakes should have been made but it
hoped that of them corrected concludes Langs
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-07
Handled by FILA

Applications for preference
ratings on private remodeling
or conversion projects are re-
ceived and processed by the
field offices Of the FILA, on
behalf Of the WPB, which is
sues all preference rating
orders.
The higher preference rat
ings now available for private
war housing conversions will
represent an important aid to
private builders and property
owners in securing materials
necessary for the completion
of such projects, Ferguson
pointed out.
Rep. Harris Ellsworth Of
Oregon has introduced legis-
lation amending price control
laws so as to permit the rails
ing of rent ceilings in defense
areas where the landlord can
show that the maximum is
less than a fair and reason
able rent"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-07
Statistics
Monthly Report on Building
Permits for January

A total OF 258 families will be
accommodated upon completion of
residential buildings for which
permits were issued in January,
1913. For the month of January,
1912. ABS families were provided
and 353 in December, 1912, Joseph
p Wolff, commissioner of build
ing and safety engineering, re-
ported Saturday.
Temporary housing permits IS
sued for the duration of the ma
tional emergency included: Dwell
ings providing rooming house &C.
commodations-14 permits, facili-
ties for as persons. Stores con-
verted into dwellings-19 permits,
accommodations for Is families.
Dwellings converted into nurser-
ies-Five permits, accommodations
for SO children.