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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-04

that sweethearts, not wives make the best
voCalsts.
Lillian, for her part, lost faith in her voice
She descended TO the state of being an
orchestra wife" the musical equivalent of a
golf widow" This state, which meant Just
sitting around and doing nothing wouldn't
have been so bad If she could have done it
in one place.
But the band was always on the 60 and Of
course, there is nothing sillier, or more wear
ing, than travelling great distances in order
to do nothing.
In any case, this past Winter, Lillian gave
notice that she was thinking seriously Of
hitting a clinkor. She went back TO Palm
Beach with mama, while Ray went out TO
Chicago TO fill an engagement
Now. with her divorce in hand, she has
definitely hit it.
Any society girls who arc at the moment
contemplating marriage with a bandleader
should be grateful to her for having done so
for il means that the rule, predicting harmony
for all such unions. has now been made fool
proof by exception.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-04

Upper Lett, Lillian at Palm Beach
Party, and, Above, How She Looked
When She Became Nightclub
Singer. On Left, Ray Benson, the
Bandlcader, Who Turned His Sweet
heart Into "A Canary and Then
Turned the Canary Into an
Orchestra Wife,"
controlling his band in such a way
that it gave her the breaks.
Moreover, he managed to establish
himself as her singing coach, instead
Of Nine. Aida, with whom, Of course,
since she was now professionally COM
mitted to hot music, Lillian had little
in common.
People began to talk about their
romance. But the spotlight was at
least temporarily switched away from
them when mama, evidently despair
ing Of getting her daughter married
to her idea Of the right sort Of man,
up and married the right sort Of man
herself.
He was George B. Wagstaff, socially
impeccable New York and Palm
Beach broker.
Nine months after her mama had
wigwagged the proper direction, with
Mr. Wagstaff, Lillian and Ray set
their faces in the other direction and
eloped That was two and a half
years ago. 1t has taken her those
two and a half years to find out that
mama knew best, after all.
Whether or not the fact that her
marriage resulted in the exclusion Of
her name from the Social Register
had anything TO do with teaching her
this hard truth is debatable. There
are a couple Of other factors, which,
on the face Of it, seem more likely:
One Of these was her husbands
almost uneXampled refusal to pal
around with her hoity-toity friends.
For some reason he seemed to prefer
the company Of his own musicians.
He also hit her, Lillian charged, and
called her vile names"
But probably most important Of all
was the demise of her singing am
billions. This sad event seems to have
been brought on by both external and
internal pressure. While she was only
his sweetheart, Ray was eager enough
TO have her perform with his band;
after she became his wife. he showed
himself strangely reluctant about 1t.
Maybe there is an old tradition
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-04


maldcns spend most OF their waking
hours In nightcluhs anyway and since
such places are also the haunt Of
bandleaders, neither party has 90 do
any radical rcadjustng Both just 20
on living the way they did before
combining business and pleasure.
There are numerous classic OK
ampics among them the cases OF
Fredcrica Galiatin, descendant OF JEFF
Persons Secretary of tho Treasury
and batonccr Al Donahuc Buruice
Smthe the typewrItcr
heircss and Eddie lie Ba-
ron. Marjorie Oclrchs. who
died IN childbirth after
two-yoar idyll as tho VII.
OF pianist Eddy Duohir
and Martha Stephenson
who was a lot happier with
the late bandsman Ha'
AEemp, than with move
ctor Victor Mature h,r
second husband
And now as though 20
prove the rule comes tho
equally classic exception
Lillian Fcitncr the for
mer society sonEs'ress has spoiled
the general harmony by hitting
"cllnkcr' tswing tcrmtuology for
sour notcl in her marriage 20 band
leader Ray Benson She has just d.
vorccd him IN Palm Beach on grounds
of cruelty
Hers is one case whore the old
adago. Mama always knows best"
has proved It's worth
Lilans education was directed
toward one end. q socially profitable
marriage Her training was as spc-
cializcd as the training Of a thoroughbred
racehorsc
And when oh that dc luxe and very ox-
pensve training collapsed on the keyboard
OF Mr. Bcnsons hot piano; the feelings Of her
mama, Mrs. George WaEstan were compar-
able TO those which you might expect 20 find
in the breast Of Count Fleets owner, If that
wonder horse should All Of a sudden decide
that he wanted 10 pun milk wagon
Before reaching the age Of display Lillian
attended the fashionable Fcrma:a school, To-
Gated in Aiken S c. Mecca of the pink
coated fox-hunting set, than which there is
no smoother.
The atmosphere was excellent because
hunting was. after all TO be her career,
though the quarry in view was a husband
rather than fox
At Il she was considered sufficiently
bridal-wise to be turned loose at a bang-up
coming-out party in the socially hallowcd
River Club, Of River House, ~ Y.
But alas, poor LilIaus heart was not
really in her work. She had left it Chcr
hearD on deposit at Long Island night
club. where Ray Bensons band was playing.
1t should not be thought that Mrs Wag-
staff who was then the widowed Mrs QUEEN
tin Feitner, was wholly unaware OF the threat
ening catastrophe She knew her daughter
well
And the result Of this knowledge was an
edict, fatty forbddng not only Lillian but
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-04
Romonces Of Society
Girls and BondIeod-
ers Are Usually Hor-
monious. But Here Is
One That Has Struck
on upse++ine Sour
Note

Nv TEIEN society maidens marry band
~ leaders the results are PRACTICAL
w guaranteed 10 be harmonious
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-30
/. MCKINNEY ON BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

Here is the second hand that
Harry Fishbein and I discussed re-
Gently. The bids of one club, one
diamond and one heart are not
questioned. Over one heart, what
should North bid? Three diamonds?
Or one spade?
Fishbein says that one spade is
the better bid. Now South should
bid two clubs. North can show his
strength by bid of three diamonds.
This bidding should show that the
hands are misfit. Therefore, when
South bids three no trump, North
should pass.
The opening spade lead is won
by East with the king and the five
OF clubs is returned. South plays
the eight and West wins with the
ten. The king of clubs is led and
South must win with the ace. Now
the diamond-Fishbein says the best
play is to 60 up with the ace, but
ne has no objection to the queen
finesse. East wins and returns a
club, which West wins. West plays
diamond, and to finesse now
would be a bad play-West would
not give you free finesse if he held
the king. Go up with the ace and
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-30
= HONE 3;{s(S FORECAST =
WPB Comes Right To The Point
And Doubles Safety Pin Quota
BY BETTY MACDONALD
NEA Staff CorreSnOndent

Washington, July 30.-Ruling the
safety pin essential to civilian NOR
ale, WPB will soon order 100 per
cent step-up in production for the
third quarter.
Plants are now operating on a
production schedule as low as 35
per cent Of pre-war quotas.
Safety pins soon available to
civilians include the carded,
punched and er-the-counter lots.
Despite shortages, the government
so far has supplied all hospitals
with necessary amounts of pins.
TOMATO SURPLUS
Department of Agriculture spe-
cialists predict flood of tomatoes
on the market soon, augmented by
Victory Garden crops. In an unof-
fetal poll taken among Victory
Gardeners the most popular vege-
table crowns seems to be tomatoes,
which are now being mothered
along fondly by the gardeners for
home canning.
BOTHERED BY BEETLES?
Most suspicious of the Victory
Garden pests Is the Japanese beetle,
Department of Agriculture entomo-
1ogists claim, and he's also the most
difficult to control. The beetle seems
to have the idea that gardeners are
always trying to poison him, so he's
careful about his diet. About the
most effective way to keep him
down Is to spray plants with lime
dust. IT'S not too effective. but at
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-30
TABLE TALK
Root Vegetables Are Now in Season
From the State Nutrition COmmittee)

Carrots are versatile vegetable
in that they can be served both raw
and cooked. Small new carrots left
whole are nice addition to the
packed lunch. Shred them to use
in salads, mixed with any salad
green; in jellied vegetable salads,
or with cottage cheese. These new
carrots need only to be scrubbed
and cooked in a very small amount
of water They can be served with
parsley butter or in combination
with peas. For a change, quarter
carrots and young kohlrabi and
serve creamed.
In looking to the winter supply of
vegetables, small whole carrots are
very easily and satisfactorily can
ned Of course, winter carrots may
be stored for preservation. But now
while the market is we'll supplied
with summer carrots it is the wise
person who will take advantage.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-30
BY GAYNOR MADDOX
NEA Staff Writer

By using meats low in ration
points, and extending them with
the vegetable protein of oats, you
can get a meal bursting with min
erals, vitamins and protein at low
est cost in points and money.
That's the advice of Mrs. Frances
Foley Cannon, director of the Bu-
reau of Consumers Service, New
York Citys Department of Mar
kets. Mrs. Cannon, who has raised
a stalwart family of her own, and
is very youthful grandmother,
now advises millions of other Wo-
men how to market and feed their
families economically and nutri-
tiously. She selects this cereal-using
recipe for your Sunday dinner.
Liver-Veal Cakes
(Serves 81
Thre- quarters pound pork liver,
ga pound ground veal, 2 table
spoons melted fat, l egg, beaten;
IA cup catsup, l teaspoon salt, IA
cup chopped onion, IA teaspoon
pepper, l teaspoon Worcestershire
sauce, 1 cup water, cup oatmeal
(using quick cooking or regular
oatmeaD.
Simmer pork liver in water S
minutes, drain and grind, combine
with all other ingredients, shape
into cakes, place in creased pan.
Bake in moderately hot oven
(375 degree F) for one hour. Serve
hot on macaroni or rice and top
with gravy or tomato sauce.
True Blue Sandwich Bread
makes two 8x4-inch 1oaves)
Three cups enriched flour, l tea
spoon salt, IL teaspoon baking soda
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Outstanding frock to give a wo-
man real qualification month after
month. Slenderizing and smart.
Pattern No. 8471 is in sizes 80,
"a, S. 33, 40, AZ, AZ and 46. Size
"a takes, with short sleeves, 1-8
yards 39-inch material, 1-2 yard
for vestee
For this attractive pattern, send
Is cents, plus l cent for postage,
in coins, with your name, address,
pattern number and size to Water
bury Democrat, Today's Pattern
Service, LOG 7th Avenue, New York
II. N. Y.
Does your summer wardrobe
ned first aid? Send for the sum-
mer issue of Fashion, our complete
pattern catalog and sewing guide,
which is just out. Shows over 100
new patterns, contains many help
full fashion suggestions. Csc per
copy.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-30
Buffet Platter

Assorted ready-to-serve meats
Stuffed celery or pickle slices
Radishes or picked beets
Large ripe olives
Large stuffed olives
Select meats of different colors.
Fill center of large platter with
equal amounts of ripe olives, stuffed
olives and radishes or picked beets,
forming one large mount with three
definite divisions. Make circle of
parsley sp"igs around the base OF
the center mount. Fold a large
round slice of meat in half, then
in quarters so that it will be shaped
like a piece of pie. Fasten the two
center folds together with a tooth
pick. Place ripe olive between
the two center pieces to form a
flower. Make nine flowers. Ar
range three rows of flowers to make
three spokes of wheel. Each row
should continue a division line OF
the center mound.
Place sticks of stuffed celery or
thin lengthwi slices of pickle along
both sides of flowers. Fill inter-
vening space with half circles OF
triangular cuts of light and dark
meat.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-30
Latest Styles
WACs Should Get Dependency
Allowance, Says Ruth Millett
WE THE PEOPLE

ents, and who takes on the respon.
sibility for helping to educate the
younger children in the family.
A survey of working women made
in one large city several years gao,
showed that the majority of women
who hold jobs contribute to the
support of someone besides them
selves.
There is another reason, besides
fairness, for thinking that it is a
mistake for Uncle Sam to decide
that dependency allowances won't
be available to the WACs and that
is this:
SPEED ENLISTMENTS
Recruiting for the WACs is slower
than it should be. If Sue Smith,
who has helped support her mother
and father for years by working in
her own home town, could sure of
a dependency allowance for her par
ents, wouldn't she be glad to Join
the WACs?
And the cities and small towns
are full of Sue Smiths - capable,
hard = working, conscientious girls
who have to plan theri lives in
such way that they can care for
one or more family dependents.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-30

Potatoes on the market in
abundance" says the Department
of Agriculture. Remember last May
and early June when we went
through a potato famine?" Now
that they are again plentiful and
at a reasonable cost, we can for
get the substitutes we were forced
to use and enjoy new potatoes
cooked in a variety of ways, The
State Nutrition committee points
out that this root vegetable is one
of high nutritive value. Potatoes
have more than calories alone. Iron
phosphorus and vitamin G are three
essential nutrients that lie under
meath that brown jacket. 1t is i'm
portant however, the committee fur
Their states, to cook them with an
eye to conservation of these valua-
BILE vitamins and minerals.
New potatoes need only to be
thoroughly scrubbed and cooked in
fairly small amount of water
Potato skins need not be discarded
whether the potato as baked or
DOlleQ, especially when we realize
that so much of the food value is
beneath the skin. In addition to
serving boiled new potatoes with
butter and parsley, they are delicious
creamed, in potato salad, or baked,
When baking try rubbing the skins
with bacon fat before putting them
in the oven.
The Department of Agriculture in
forms us also that native carrots
are now in abundance in our mar
kets. The small summer punched
carrots are choice. This root vege-
table adds color and flavor to the
meal, as well as exceptionally high
quantities of vitamin A and a fair
amount of the B vitamins.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-30
XMAS CATCHES UP WITH
SUB COMMANDER

Chief Petty Officer A. K. Len
nox, technical adviser on Warner
Bros Destination Tokyo" who
served aboard the u S. sub that
sank 20 Jap ships in one patrol a
few months ago, was deluged with
packages when he arrived at the
studio
Turned out they were all Christ
mas presents from his family and
friends in UniontoWn, Penna. Mail
ed before last Christmas, they had
been forwarded from Pearl Harbor
to Sidney, from Sidney to New
Guinea, from New Guinea to Mel
bourne, from Melbourne to Midway,
from Midway to Los Angeles.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-30

least you teel you've done all you
could about this summer Nipponese
menace.
ODDS AND ENDS
WPB has OK'd production of ten
badly needed household articles in
GLIDING lunch boxes, baking pans,
metal pot scourers, flour sieves,
carpet sWeepers, food choppers, war
model can openers and ice picks,
vacuum bottles, and miners dinner
buckets With the canning sea-
son just around the calendar, the
War Food Administration has
speeded up distribution of pressure
Gamers in certain sections of the
country . The OCD recommends
use of sterile boric acid ointment
or petrolatum instead of fannie acid
jellies in first aid treatment of
burns Establishment of OPA
price ceilings on more than so
species of fresh salt water fish and
seafood caught along Atlantic and
Pacific coasts has brought reduc-
ton in retail prices.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-30

Ready and right" describes the
part ready-to-serve meats play for
the busy homemaker. They are
always ready at the market, and
once purchased, ready in the refrig-
orator on short notice.
More than once, drop-in-guest
have been served a tasty supper of
ready-to-serve meats purchased the
same afternoon at the store around
the corner. The different varieties
can be arranged attractively by con-
trasting colors and textures. They
make a platter any hostess would
be proud to serve.
For the family, too, ready-to-
serve meats make satisfying meal.
They are suitable for a light meal,
or for a more substantial one. They
taste as good for Sunday, night sup
per as they do in busy washday
meal
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-30
Cold Meats Aid
Career Wife or
w arti1ne Hostess
They Are Ready and
Right for Use on
Short Notice
YOUR FOOD-AND
NUTRITION

We are urged to plan to feed
our families as well as we can
at home. Often eating facilities
outside the home are mad
equate for the great demand
put upon them. Through the
educational program sponsored
by the government, American
women are being educated in
the essentials of nutrition.
Often the other members of the
family do not have the time nor
the opportunity to learn how to
select heir foods wisely. 1t is
up to the hOmemakers of
America to see that the meals
the family eats at home are as
complete and satisfying as pos
sible.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-30
By ALICIA HART
NEA Staff Writer

a while a
stockings them
find imitation hose full of imitation
Blond 1.-the Ruth Hughes international table
the lightly with
facial eradicates difference shading
However, anticipate real damage stockings either
tucking bottle liquid
for repairs
Incidentally in making up legs
hard
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-30
A 41,s&. QaA Kltchen H. A
1850 zsd-i11zaA 16df s sza@5EH
Cereal Users Save
On Money And Points

I 3 teaspoons baking powder, 2 eggs,
IL cup sugar, IL cup old-fashion-
ed molasses 3-4 cup milk, 3 table,
spoons shortening, melted; IL cup
cultivated blueberries, IL cup
broken nut meats.
Sift together flour, salt, baking
soda and baking powder. Set
aside until needed. Beat eggs until
light and fluffy Add sugar gradu-
ally. Add old-fashioned molasses
and beat well. Stir in milk and
sifted dry ingredients, alternately,
about 1-3 of each at time. Add
the melted shortening and mix we'll.
Add the berries, folding them into
the batter without crushing. and
the nut meats. Bake in we'll greased
loaf pans, in moderate oven Csc
degrees F) about hour.
SUNDAYS MENU
Eat the Basic Every Day.
BREAKFAST: Orange juice,
scrambled eggs with tomatoes,
wholeWheat toast, butter or
fortified margarine, jelly, cof-
fee, milk.
DINNER Victory garden
vegetable soup, liver-veal cakes,
Brown rice or macaroni, corn
on cob. enriched bread, butter
or fortified margarine, stewed
cherries and peaches, sponge
cake, tea, milk.
SUPPER: Cream of corn
soup in cups, crackers. mixed
vegetable salad, BURBERRY sand
wich bread, butter or fortified
margarine, fruit bowl, tea.
milk
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-30

A WAC who has
the same rank as
a first lieutenant
in the mems army
will be called a
first lieute n a n t,
and not a second
officer" as in the
past.
But there is one
thing the WACs
don't g-e t t h a t
S o ! d iers in the
mems army are
entitled to a n d
that is allowances
for dependents.
TIL i - ~
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-30
JAMES BAND STARTS

Facing one of the heaviest must
cal schedules on record, Harry
James and his band tkked off three
numbers for the Red Shelton COM
edy, MI Co-ed." as their initial
chore on the Metro G oldwyn- Mayer
tunefest The boys recorded James
own Trumpet Blues, Johnny
Green's You Take the High Note,
I'll Take the Low Note" and the
familiar ballad, IT Cried For You"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-30
RUSSELL GLEASON CAST

Russell Gleason has been cast in
Meet the People," at Metro Gold
wyn-Mayer. starring Lucille Ball
with Dick Powell, Virginia O'Brien
and Bert Lair. Charles Reisner is
directing. Gleason was seen re-
Gently in Right About Face, -
Thousands Cheer and others.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-30
ANSWER:

ANSWER:
Sister, perfect the ffy-ftty
marriage Fifty fifty all the husband
the wife mother
The father
night bottle
that of the big nnation
Right there
little diversion with
the baby demands her attention demand that
Or she which
fun must be hfty-hfy you
One thing that's hard a is how
good she's been her job she
loyalty
to wome
death at home her duty
gether Fun in
We have
We said
make herself her attractive
Keep herself position
We have said that when the wife
preclude fifty fifty he
his foot slip
eXpedfent thing
provide at home the seeking
demonstrate him that namely
We not unmindu of poverty
We forgetting
which tends to take the the
eno that she's got to put up fifty before
Ne a paragon OF VIE CAROLINE CHATF1EID.
Problems
personally
eot
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-30
Perfection Salad

! IL tablespoons gelatin
1-2 cup cold water
ID cup white vinegar
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 cups boiling water
IL cup sugar
l teaspoon salt
l cup finely shredded cabbage
2 cups finely diced celery
2 finely diced pimientos
Soak gelatin in cold water for
minutes. Add vinegar, lemon juice
boiling water, sugar and salt. Cook
until mixture begins to thicken
Add remaining ingredients. Pour
into ring mold. Unmold and serve
as center of ready-to-serve meat
platter.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-30
BY RUTH MILLETT

The WAACs are going to gain
lot by becoming WACs. There will
be no restriction on size of the
women's Army. The women will get
the same pensions as male soldiers.
They can send their mail free"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-30
Household Hints
CAROLINE
CHATFIELD
Says Today
Observations on the Fifty-Fifty Marriage
Title Registered U. S. Patent Off
DEAR MISS CHATF1ELD:

should fifty fifty proposition Reading
the
pedestal peace happi-
attain 1t.
with children and they make off with
their with the
responsibility which should much theirs the wives they
willing do than her yet
a should
responsibility while wife
children
well as the dance?
the family had the of that has been wasted
husbands family could
needn't The little girl
a
workers anybody husbands?
just right.
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seem quite practical since it is a
well-known fact that in the average
family it is the unmarried daughter
rather than son-Who bears most
Of the burden of dependents par