davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1943-08-01
Etiquette in Wartime
BY Emily Post.

Among the changes to which
yesterdays parents are not TAX
Ing as kindly as they might, is
that OF not having any part in
their daughters engagement.
The present-day father with
yesterday" ideas who thinks that
Edith cannot possibly be engaged
to Henry because his permission
had not been asked, is likely to
feel very much as the father of
the girl who has written me.
I'm engaged. My flance has
just gone to training camp and
J. told my parents about the en-
gagement the day after he had
gone. Mother and Father are
both behaving very badly. Father
angry, and Mother crushed be-
cause Henry did not ask Father
for his permission. I am not
making this up, Mrs. Post. I ex-
plain this because I haven't
heard of such thing except in
books Of yesterday and I think it
would have made Henry feel
just as ridiculous as I would have
Evening star., 1943-08-01
Washington Wears

-. Another fashion plate among
the very younger set was curly
haired Linda Leavell, in straw
berry appliqued white linen.
The pros and cons OF short
or long dinner costumes still rage
In the fashion world. Both
lengths have their adherents
among the smsrtest women.
Sponsoring the graceful, floor
reaching skirt are such Style
settlers as Mrs. Warren Pierson,
whose gown Is of electric blue
crepe, and Mrs. Nathan Scott.
who chooses powder blue, slim
and trailing, set of with superb
diamond clip. On the other
side, we noted Mrs. John Morton
and Mrs. william StetMnius, who
looked chic and charming dining
in the garden of the 1925 F Street
Club the other evening In street.
length, but definitely formal
frocks. Mrs. Morton's black crepe
had black lace sleeves and
black tunic, and Mrs. Stettinius
wore a black and white print.
Both ladies perched tiny black
skull caps, frothing with yelling,
atop their curls.
Speaking OF prints, they have
never been in higher favor than
now. Lanier iMitchells black
afternoon dress Is printed with
tiny pink roses. Mrs. Hoyer
Millar, wife Of the Couixalor OF
the British Embassy. cfrnses
pastel flowers on a white ground.
>. Mrs. holland Hussey's black
and-yellow print was much ad-
mired at a cocktail party given
for Mrs. Hussey and her Army
husband just before their depar.
ture for the West. And Mrs,
F. Moran McConihe, one Of
Washington's real beauties, looka
cool as cucumber in slim frock
of white, printed with tiny black
flowers.
Lunching with friends in
popular restaurant, we glimpsea
the ALWAYS lovely Eyie Robert in
simple and severe brown linen,
with great cluster of pink roses
tucked at the back of her golden
hair. At another table was
chic and soignee Mrs. George
Holmes, just back from San
Francisco, looking urban and ex-
ceedingly smart all in black, with
huge black picture hat to COM
plete the fiattering effect.
Evening star., 1943-08-01
Health Aids
Complexion
By Patricia Lindsay

1t is wrong to consider facial
blemishes as an ailment to be
treated on the outside of the body
only. All acnes are caused by a
disturbed chemical functioning of
the body-the conditioning might
be caused by a food alergy, by
latent infection in the body such
as at the root of tooth, or by a
nervous digestive tract. Under
weight and overweight are also
common causes. Any skin which
is chronically blemished demands
the attention of physician
possibly a skin physician.
But local treatment Is neces-
sary also. One must keep the skin
meticulously clean, refrain from
using cosmetic creams or lotions
unless the skin is so dry it irri-
tates, and one should resort to
the use of medicated drying To-
ton or cream. There are several
very effective formulas on the
market. These prevent further
local infection and dry up the
tiny pimples and other eruptions
which usually annoy one.
OF course the sun is one of the
greatest sterilizers-it acts as a
powerful germicide on the facial
eruptions. That is why blemished
Evening star., 1943-08-01

Getting away from 1t all' has
certainly been hard to accomplish
this wartime summer, but deter
mined souls, who realize the value
of few hours of play and relax
alton in the open air, brave the
rigors of bus and street car to
get out into the open on Sum
days. And, as always, in and
about Washington, smart and
suitable costumes are the order
of the day.
Like q flash Of sunshine across
blue water was pretty Louise Dill
worth, summing beside a sparkling
pool In q ballet-skirted bathing
suit Of canary yellow. shirred
about the bodice. below the
crossed shoulder straps. Her cap
exactly matched. Barbara
Iselin and her handsome mother
chose duplicate suits Of shark
skin-in wide, vertical stripes
Mrs. Iselin's in navy and white,
and Barbara's pale blue and
white. :. Playing a fast and ex-
pert game of tennis was brunette
Mary Churchill, in classic white
pique, slimly fitted to a beltless
waistline Ale, L. u.l...
pique, but this time on the golf
links, Louise Claytor made a re-
freshing summertime picture.
Jeanne Brown rides early in
the morning these days, wearing
beautifully cut tan jodhpurs, well
polished boots, and a soft, white
silk shirt open at the neck. Her
long bob Is caught up into busi-
nesslike net. Walking her
dog, Patsy, through the park, Mrs.
William B. Mason looked smart
and cool the other day in a dusty
blue shantung frock, low-heeled
brown and white shoes, and a
broad brimmed brown and white
hat. Col. Freddy Warburg
plays tennis in shorts and a natty
white sweat shirt neatly mono
grammed in blue on the chest.
Picnicking on their front lawn,
out Virginia way, the Tom
Joneses, and their beguiling lit
tie daughters entertained their
friends. The two young Misses
Jones did a sister act in pima
fore frocks of ruff1ed red and
white gingham, over crisp white
blouses. Their, socks were white,
their shoes red ankle strap
Mary James," and the bows In
their hair of red and white check.
Evening star., 1943-08-01
The Suits the Thing for Fall!

7 "A good suit, like good wife, is
easy W live with. 1t becomes part
of YOU, part of your life. It's SIM
pie and matter of fact when you
wantsit to be, soft and charming
whenSou are, and can be as gala
as the most gala evening you
have on your calendar. In other
words, you never have to live up
to a suit, yet good suit will al
waysahve up to you.
Ofcourse, not all suits are such
good companions! Like some
friends, some suits are good for
only one mood. But they are not
the suits for this busy year. The
suit of the year is the suit that is
simple, wearable, versatile-an
all-day, very-day outfit that you
can wear from dawn to dark with
a change of accessories.
You'll find many of these good
versatile suits this fall. They all
have the new 1943 look-slim and
pared-to- the bone. However, suits
are straight up and down rather
than skin-tight. They're stripped
of unnecessary fabric-as well as
all the gee-gaws that detract from
really good lines. Jackets are
slim-looking, but not skinny"
relying on straight sleeves,
smooth shoulders, smaller collars
and Tevers for their lines. Mar
row shawl collars often replace
the classic notched lapel on the
smartest new suits. The waist
coat front, strategically placed
buttons, such as is shown in the
suit to the right, and deft shir-
rings are other slim making
tricks that f1atter the figure.
Jackets are often short this year.
and one of the newest is the
short boxy cutaway. Longer jac-
kets may be boxy, too, sometimes
with fur tuXedos for 1943 look.
A charming compromise on the
severe theme is the bloused top,
stark straight skirt which gives
the smooth effect OF a broader
top flowing into a Whitfield waist
line. With a set-in belt and slight
peplum, this is suit that is very
kind to the figure.
Pockets carry more than your
bus tokens this year. They carry
fashion news, too, and they're
part of the fun in fashion. Some
pockets are just bows with the
loops forming the pocket, while
others, like the one in the pic
ture, "sprout" cabbages (the ma
terial is whooshed into the shape
of cabbage). Beads, fur, con-
trasting fabric-all are used to
pretty the pockets on suits.
What about the skirts, are
they really stark-straight?" you
ask. Well, the average woman
will find them most attractive
and wearable, but If you tend to
be broad in the beam" pardon
our frankness), 1t would be a
good idea for you to start right
now whiting yourself into
shape. Going back to our meta
Evening star., 1943-08-01
this anfnm n!

skinned girls should take fire.
quent sun baths-beginning with
only 10 minutes a day and work
ing up to an hour or two. Once
their skin gets conditioned to the
sun they will not need any sun
tan lotion or cream. But unless
the sun baths are taken by de-
grees their faces will burn.
Usually two or three months of
direct sun treatment, with
watchful eye on diet and skin
cleanliness, are sufficient to clear
the skin. Tho next problem is to
keep 1t clear.
1t is also essential that a clean
face cloth and a clean towel be
used daily for any infection can
be carried back to the face by
using soiled towel.
Evening star., 1943-12-10
SOL Government Workers
Dropped Here in One Month

Civilian employment in the
executive branch of the Federal
Government dropped from s.
1926 on July 81 to 1892, lat on
August 81, a decrease of 1874 1853,
the Civil Service Commission
announced today.
The Washington m e + o politan
area employment numbered 274 $50,
a decline of SOIL employees since
July. The local peak figure of 287.-
244 was reached in February of this
year.
At the end of August, more than
50 per cent Of all civilian employees
IN the Washington area were on
the payrolls of the War Department.
Navy Department and other war
agencies. The current monthly total
of civilian employment in the Dis
trict area is slightly less than the
total recorded a year ago.
The biggest job slash was in the
War Department., which dropped
1928 workers from its rolls during
July. Veterans Administration cut
off 1885 employees. The next reduc-
tions were l,34l by the Office of
Price Administration and 1904 by
the War ManpoWer Commission
Evening star., 1943-12-10
Figures Indicate
This Winter Is
Colder Than Last

Button up your overcoat. its cold
er this year. Washingtonians, who
may be under the impression that
this winter has been warmer than
last, are referred to the official de-
gree day figures by Lester Scott,
head of the fuel Oil branch of the
Merchants and Manufacturers As
sociation
Last year 956 degree days had
been registered through December
8, This year there have been 1,O35
for the same period, 79 degree days
more, an increase of 8.3 per cent.
Until December l, the comparison
had been even greater, l943's degree
days exceeding those of 1912 by
1T, making it 248 per cent colder
for, the period, according to Mr..
In case you don't remember, a
degree day is registered when the
thermometer stays one degree be-
low IS degrees for "a hours. A
24-hour mean of so degrees would
register 5 degree days.
Evening star., 1943-12-10
Admiral B|andy Given
Medal by Secretary Knox

Secretary of the Navy Frank
Knox yesterday presented the Dis
tinguished Service Medal to Rear
Admiral w. H. B. Blandy, who is to
retire as chief of the Naval Bureau
of Ordnance to assume a command
in the Pacific.
The award was for exceptionally
meritorious and distinguished serv-
ice as chief of the Ordnance Bu-
reau. Admiral Blandy lives at 1880
Macomb street NV.
At the same time the Secretary
presented the Legion of Merit to
Capts. Howard E. Orem and Willard
A. Kits. Sd. Capt. Orem, who lives
at 334l Rittenhouse street NV, re-
ceived his award for meritorious
conduct as senior liaison officer be-
tween the United States and British
naval forces in Icelandic, British
and North Sea waters early in the
war. He is at present aide and flag
secretary to the commander in chief
of the Fleet.
The award to Capt Kits, who has
been nominated to be a rear ad-
miral. was for meritorious conduct
as commanding officer of a United
States battleship during the occupa-
ton of Attu in May of this year
He is on duty in the Bureau of Ord
nance here and resides at the West
chester Apartments, Thirty ninth
street and Cathedral avenue NV.
Evening star., 1943-12-10
Court Orders Candy Firm
To Restore Weight Of Bars
BY ;he Associated Press.

BY he Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, Dec. 1O.-Judge
Albert l.. Reeves of United States
District Court has granted an order
temporarily restraining the Curtis
Candy Co. Of Chicago from violat-
ing provisions of the general max
lmum price regulations.
The order came after the Office
of Price Administration asked in
an injunction suit that the firm be
required to restore the weight and
quality of its candy bars to stand
ards of March, 1912.
Jerome Walsh, OPA attorney. al
legged the company had reduced the
size of II types of candy bars. in
violation of the OPA regulation
that the price must be reduced if
size or quality is diminished.
In the complaint, the OPA asks
for judgement of S434,53O29 for the
Treasury.
Similar action has been filed
against Mars, Inc, also a Chicago
candy firm.
Evening star., 1943-12-10
Airlines Planning 10 Use
.C-54 in Postwar Service

The commercial version of the
military plane known as C-54 which
flew President Roosevelt to Casa
blanca, and former Ambassador
Joseph E. Davies around the world
will be available for service in pri-
vate transport after the war.
This was announced today by six
airlines which joined in state
ment: American, Eastern, Pan
American, Pan American Grace
United and Western.
Known in its commercial version
as DC-4. the plane which has been
tested in world-wid military opera
tions is expected to reduce present
long distance travel times by one
fourth, when it becomes available
for postwar travellers. Douglas Air
craft Co. joined the airlines in the
statement. The plane is powered
with four Pratt & Whitney engines
totaling 4,400 horsepower. has a
wing spread of 1T feet and will
carry so passengers plus mail and
express at cruising speed of 22O
miles an hour.
Evening star., 1943-12-10
Ex-ModeI Inspired to Join WAC
BY Her Days in Nozi Prison
Seret. Ruby Halliday Tells
Of Suffering in Poris
After German Occupation

Three days and two nights in
Nazi concentration camp because
she had no passport after having
had her nose broken by German
soldier provided Sergt. Ruby Halla-
day with strong enough reasons for
joining the WACS when she finally
returned to the United States in
November. 1941.
But that wasn't all she suffered
at the hands of the Nazi invaders
Her apartment in Paris now is being
occupied by German captain and
his wife, and her fiance, a movie
producer in France, was put in
concentration camp. He finally es-
capped, she said, and it took him "a
days to make his way back to Nice
where his mother lived.
Describing herself as "an ambi-
tious girl from very small town in
Illinois," Sergt. Halliday went to
Paris in 1885 where she was dis
covered by the French designer, Jean
Patou. and became head model at
his salon, leaving there following the
death of the designer in 1886.
Joined Ambulance Corps.
When war was declared in 1899.
Sergt Halliday was at the French
Riviera where she had a small sup
per club near Cannes and cos
metics factory.
She first joined the Anglo Amer
ican Canteen. but that wasn't active
enough" she laughed. 1T was not
exciting, so I joilied the Ambulance
Corps at Scissors"
Her duty in this job was the
evacuation of refugees from occu-
pied France. including some Amer
leans, and even evacuees from the
Italian frontier.
I'VE evacuated everybody-from
old women to little babies. When
a raid came we had to leave the
ambulance and throw ourselves in
the bitches, praying that bomb
wouldn't hit the ambulance be-
cause we couldn't possibly have
moved all the babies from the car" "
she explained
The tall titian-haired sergeant
finally decided to return to the
United States because she felt she
wasn't as necessary as the food she
required
1T was so awful" she related
There just wasn't enough food to
go around. Why, it was nothing
for mN to go as long as five days
with nothing but tea and toast"
They resorted to black market
Evening star., 1943-12-10
Commissioners Issue
Accident Wurnino

The Commissioners yesterday is
sued proclamation urging the resi-
dents of Washington to join in the
campaign of the National Safety
Council to reduce the Christmas
accident toll.
The proclamation reminded citi-
zens that accidents slow down the
war effort and served "as Christmas
gifts to the enemy"
This Nation needs all its re-
Sources-men. material and time
to speed the victorious return of its
fighting men, and those resources
are being shamefully squandered by
accidents which have caused an
accident death toll on the home
front since Pearl Harbor three and
half times as large as the death
toll to Americans on the battle
front" the Commissioners declared.
Evening star., 1943-12-10
.70-Year-0|d Woman
Dies After Accident;
Police Investigating
Alexandra Man Reports
Collision Three Doys
After 1t Happened

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Roat, 70, OF
3l6 Maryland avenue NE, died in
Alexandria Hospital yesterday. She
was injured Monday when the auto
mobile in which she was a passenger
collided with Capital Transit
Streetcar at First street and Mary
land avenue NE, District police
learned last night.
An autopsy will be performed to-
day to determine if Mrs. Roat's
death was due to the traffic accident.
in which she suffered scalp cuts. an
injured right arm. shock and pos
slble conclusion, police said Pend
ing the autopsy, the case tentatively
was listed as the Districts 87th
traffic fatality of the year.
Tho accident and Mrs. Roat's
death were reported to police last
night by James Lloyd Kelly, jr., 43.
of 25l2 Duke street. Alexandria. Va.
He said he was operating the auto
mobile at the time of the collision.
Mr.. Kelley said his car. going west
on Maryland avenue. was struck on
the right fender by the streetcar.
which was southbound on First street
NE.
Mrs. Roat, whom he was taking to
his home as companion for his
mother. said she was not badly in
jured, MI Kelly told police. When
she appeared i'll a short time later.
however, he took her TO Alexandria
Hospital. he said.
The streetcar. police said. was
operated by George w. Wood. 30 of
$50 Fifteenth street Sc. Both he
and Mr.. Kelly were instructed to
appear at a coroner's inquest.
A 73-year-old colored man was in
jured this morning when struck bv
an automobile in the 1000 block of
Irving street NV. The victim, AL
fred Allen. 1904 Irving street. was
admitted to Garfield Hospital with
possible shoulder fracture. Police
said the car was driven by William
B. Simmons, 49, Of 1922 Ingleside
terrace NV.
Evening star., 1943-12-10
EpiscopaIian Leaders
Discuss Ways 10 Help
Single Girls Here
Ohio Deon Puts Question
Before Institute of
Community Service

Ways and means of helping single
girls in Washington solve theil
problems were uncer discussion
today by Episcopalian leaders at
their Institute on the Church's
Christian Community Service" at
the Church of the Epiphany.
The girl question and need for
the church to do something about
it was one Of several recommended
tions laid before the institute in a
report by distinguished church
leader who had surveyed the situa-
ton here He is the Rev. DR.. Joseph
F. Fletcher, of Cincinnati, dean of
the Graduate School of Applied Re-
ligion.
Offers Recommendations.
Among his recommendations were
a woman case worker to help the
girls, and clergyman to be the
executive director for the so-called
Episcopal Church Mission" which
is in charge of the social welfare
program of the faith here.
Problems of girls were to be dis
cussed at luncheon by Miss Edith
Balmford, national secretary of the
Church Mission of Help" This
mission, it was explained by the Rev.
Peyton r. Williams, chairman of the
department of Christian Social Re-
lations of Washington Diocese, has
many local societies operating
throughout the various dioceses of
the country, to advise young women
and adolescent youths.
In reorganization of the well
fare work here, however, the Rev
Mr.. Williams indicated early today
Washington Diocesan oficialss. in
stead of setting up a new society
feel inclined rather to enlarge the
episcopal Church Mission" here
to help solve the girl problem. For
this purpose woman case worker
probably will be chosen. he pre-
dicted.
Expansion of the work of the
Episcopal City Mission recently
was approved by a special conven-
ton of Washington Diocese. which
authorized an additional $4,000 to
be spent in the program.
Other Speakers Today.
Other speakers at today's sessions
will include Charles P. Taft of the
State Department, who will dis
cuss Christian Community Service
at pm. tonight.
On this afternoons program will
be the Rev. Almon R. Pepper. ex-
ecutive secretary of the Depart
ment of Christian Social Relations
OF the National Council of the
Church; the Rev. Francis McPeek
director of the Department of So
cial Welfare of the Washington
F e d Grafton of Churches: Dr.
Fletcher and the Rev. Charles w
Sheerin. rector of Epiphany.
Among findings by DR.. Fletcher
in his survey of Washington were
that the Episcopal Church main
tains % per cent of all private in
stitutions for the care of the aged
and children and cares for II per
cent of all such individuals in the
city. He recommended closer CO.
operation among these institutions
and with other agencies in the
Council of Social Agencies.
Evening star., 1943-12-10

Arrangements have been made to
collect tin cans tooay at Eaton
School, Thirty fourth and Lowell
streets NV. and Oyster School,
TWenty-ninth and Calvert streets
NV. after piles of the scrap,
brought by pupils from their homes,
have been heaped up at the schools
for several months.
School officials said pleas for help
to the District of Columbia Salvage
Committee had gone unheeded while
the mounds of tin continued to
grow. At the committees office
it was said that no provisions had
been made to include schools in
the general scrap collection plan
for the city.
Horace Walker. executive secre-
tary OF the Salvage Committee,
was confined to his home yester-
clay because of illness, but at his
office it was said no provision had
been made to collect tin cans from
schools because trucks were not
available 1t was said that schools
Evening star., 1943-12-10
". & 0. D. Requests
Hearing Continuance
BY The Associated Press.

BY The Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Dec. 10.-A break
down in newly acquired equipment
resulted in the Washington & Old
Dominion Railway requesting a con-
tinuance yesterday of arguments on
the general subject of passenger
service.
The State Corporation Commits
sion took the request under advise
ment and indicated that definite
date for argument might be set
today.
The railway company stated that
1t had made an effort to obtain ad-
ditional equipment. but only one
extra car had been secured. This
car, on its second trial run, broke
down and repair parts have not
been obtained so far.
Mrs. Nellie O. Fletcher. Pleasant
View, who has led the fight for res
toration and expansion Of passen-
ger service on the line, appeared
before the commission to object to
a further continuance. She is
seeking extension of service be-
tween RoSslyn and Purcellville.
Evening star., 1943-12-10

The number of full-time women
employees in salaried and wage
groups on August 81 was 964,220. a
decrease of 23.903 during the month.
The ratio of women employees to
total full-time employment was 36
per cent for all agencies combined,
Al per cent in the War Department,
25 per cent in the Navy Department
IS per cent in emergency war es-
adjustments. and % per cent in all
other agencies combined.
A further breakdown OF Federal
in the continenta al
United States shows that while the
number Of women employees rose
from 960,501 in June to 965 .220 in
August, male employment dropped
during the same period from 1905,
865 to 1,7l9082. Induction into mill
tary service was held partly &C
countable for the drop in male Fed
eral employment
Analyses of September. October
and November employment are
being eagerly awaited by members
of Congress and private executives.
to determine if the retrcnchment
policy is being maintained or is of
a temporary nature.