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Evening star., 1943-07-31

into savings and loan associations
and cooperative banks, which In
stitutioas channel practically all Of
their funds to home lending in
peacetirne, is building up backlog
OF available monthly installment
credit at the lowest cost In history.
The committee made q conservative
estimate that the very first year the
war IS over these institutions will
have available for home lending, II
the demand materializes, at least
5000, 900, 900.
It was pointed out that 1000 ,000-
600 will probably provide sufdcient
financing for q million homes and
that this sum will unquestionably be
available from existing mortgage
lending sources. The savings and
loan leaders, meanwhile, are work
ing on adaptation Of their lending
plan to provide smaller down pay
ment financing for low-cost houses.
Contractors Available.
As to the availability of expert
enced and enterprising contractors
to start building as soon as the re-
strictions are lifted, the committee
pointed out that there were 1900
contractors in this country not more
than II years ago. Out of this group
OF businessmen, at least half can be
assumed to be alive now, large per-
centage OF them alert to their op-
portunity and willing to resume con-
struction with the financing which
savings and loan institutions and
other home lenders will have avail
able.
The Department of Commerce
census Of construction was the
source Of the figures. It also showed
that 43 per cent of the construction
establishments working in 1929 had
been formed in the first six years
after the World War, so that busi-
nessmen traditionally see the con-
struction opportunities opened up by
a return of peace and new estab-
hshments start operating in the
field. The plans already being made
by large companies to prefabricate
all or part of houses add a new en-
terprise factor to the postwar pros
pect besides the contractor group.
Immediate postwar availability of
sand, gravel, cement and other ma
terlals which do not have to be
turned out by factories now fooled
Tor war production is not a problem,
the committee said. Since the Gov
ernment's building program will un-
doubtedly have tapered of consider
ably before the war is won, the pros
poets for immediate availability OF
lumber for house building after the
war are considered bright.
Plant Reconversfon.
1t is suggested, however, that the
building materials industry busy
itself with some reviewing of the
prospects for immediate postwar re-
conversion of plants which turn out
plumbing and gas fittings, electrical
household appliances, heating and
ventllating equipment and other
necessary home fixtures in the man
ufacture OF which there has been a
great curtailment or stoppage for
the duration.
considering all the other factors
which will be set for private enter
prise to start an unprecedented
home-building program Immediately
after the war, we do not want to lose
the opportunity to strike while the
iron Is hot just because of no plan-
ming ahead to get the fixtures need
ed In new homes back onto the mar
ket," the committee stated
Evening star., 1943-07-31
Wagner Bill Indorsed

The National Association of Real
Estate Boards has indorsed the
neighborhood development bill of
Senator Wagner, Democrat, New
York. The congressional bill would
provide means through which
private enterprise could redevelop
cities during the postwar era.
Evening star., 1943-07-31
Home Building
Continued From Second Page.)

groups to determine the probab bility
OF the effective demand for million
homes a year, but that it accepted
the conclusion that maximum en-
ployment and high level of income
will be realities after the war. The
probability for effective demand is
strengthened, they emphasized, by
the increasing volume of money
which people are saving and which
can be used as down payments on
homes.
The increasing inflow of funds
Evening star., 1943-04-06
What's New In 7'0Wn?
By Dorothy Murray

Systematic Shopping -.
Now that food rationing Is general
IN pad containing shopping list help
purchasing probems Just hopped
cal FOODS with saving idea in mind
to spend the ration points that satisfying
both nutrition taste This little
meals stretch the will YOU and
your grocer. There so sheets with a carbon.
For 4 brH Shou,ers
What JOY 1t is to have slip
OH! It's very simple to attach the
Just thread open end of hook through eyelet
curtain slip rod and let hook position
They're made of plastic material
Guiding red green yellow and pink
More About Plasfics -
Speaking OF pasics, those that
fashioned washboard said
safer than the metal variety
danger OF nlcklng knucke
metallic taste from foods There different types
ing holes the article for sheddng
FnSf S1en OF Spring
For unexplained the car owners
get the urge to wash their
full day To perform this job with
handy wash glove This
efhcency for the large right
glove To keep hand and the equipped
wide protecting gauntlet You might
washing the kitchen floor woodwork performing
household chores.
Conserve Coffee -.
tWo-cup. model coffee
married couple The manufacturers
ration will great deal further
required for that Attractive comparatively
Evening star., 1943-04-06
More Ways to Stretch
That Precious Ration
By Edith NJ. Barber

The rationing of meat is not
likely to reduce the amount which
has been used in most households
during the last months when 1t has
seldom been possible to get amounts
more generous than what the ration
allows. During the first month of
rationing supplies may not be ade-
quate enough to allow us to pur-
chase our full quota We have
every reason to believe. however,
that after few weeks distribution
will improve and every one can
share alike.
Many housekeepers have been ex-
perimenting with making the meat
they have been able to get go a
long way. One of my friends writes
me that she has been practici -
in ways to stretch the amount which
she estimated she will be able to get
for her family of three. She says:
You might be interested in our
4-pound pot roast, which fed a guest
Tuesday night Wednesday night
we had vegetable soup from the
bone end I had cut off. Wednesday
night I ground the meat (both soup
and leftover pot roast. about 21la
cups. I used IL cups in hash, and
the next night put the other l cup
with noodles, leftover tomato soup
and cheese" She makes a comment
which I am sure all wives would
like to be able to duplicate: My
husband is so easily satisfied that
it isn't hard for me-"
My postscript to this is that she
is such good cook that any hus-
band would like the meals she
serves. I know, because I have
tasted a number of them at her
house in Battle Creek, Mich.
Now think that I shall have to
tell you what I got out OF a ham
hook of medium size. I had three
slices cut off at the market for
sauteeing. These are not very even,
as the bone is thick, but they are
tender and will cook nicely if turned
often. The remainder was boiled.
The liquor was used for split-pea
soup. The fat cake was taken off
of course. and saved for drippings.
From the meat remaining on the
bone got about cups of shredded
ham, which was used with a cream
sauce well favored with mustard.
The ham fat was used as a base
The fat from the skin was tried
out and from that and the fat from
the soup got over half a cup. Part
of this was used for frying and the
remainder was used as shortening
for biscuits upon which the creamed
ham was served.
The leftover ham could be COM
bined with noodles, cooked cereal, or
with seasoned bread crumbs which
should be sauteed in some of the
fat, or with rice. It could be used
for sandwiches for the lunch box.
If combined with peanut butter or
cheese, it could supply = sandwich
or two and still be stretched for use
In q main dish.
RICE WITH HAM.
q tablespoons ham fat.
cup r1ce.
Evening star., 1943-04-06
| Nail Biting
| Remedy
Given
By Patricia Lindsay

! You will not believe it until you
have tried them-but artificial nm
gernails will keep you from biting
your own nails!
Natalie Gibbs, an expert in the
/ art of making lifelike artificial
fingernails and placing them over
broken, injured or bitten nails, is
now plying her art at New York
beauty salon, and it is there I inter-
viewed her.
These artificial nails are custom
made of composition resembling
the natural nail. They are pliable.
waterproof, heatproof and are put
on with special adhesive. And they
stay put unless you catch your
nail with force.
The therapeutic value of these
coverings is more than is generally
supposed, I was informed Many
women who have lost fingernails
permanently through accident or
have deformed nails wear them
constantly and use their hands
with much greater poise than they
would otherwise. Miss Gibbs also
informed me that legion are the
nail-biters who have been broken
OF that unpleasant habit.
"How?" I inquired.
THE artificial nail is too tough to
tear with the teeth, and a girl hesi-
tates to bit it too hard for fear it
will come off and she will have to
rush to beauty parlor to have it
restored! Time and money being
considerations, the nail-biter re-
frains!" Miss Gibbs explained.
So there is good tip for YOU
who complain that you cannot
break yourself of the nail-biting
habit. Have yourself outfltted with
brand-new set of long, lovely
looking artificial fingernails and
make your friends cape with
wonder!
Poets and artists have long sought
to express beauty of the hands and
well-shaped nails. Palmists and
personnel managers make much out
OF the shape of the fingers and the
shape Of the nails. And it was sur
prising to me what knowledge a dis
corning manicurist could CLEAN
while manicuring my nails! 1t
seems as if our hands and nails are
KEYS to our characters
The active woman of today is
naturally exposed to nail accidents
and a broken or injured nail can
| ruin the appearance of the hand
and also the entire grooming effect
of the person. Every woman knows
that broken nail Immediately
makes hand seem frightfully
clumsy.
The day may come when we might
be able to adhesive on an artificial
nail at home and shape it to match
the rest of our nails. But for the
time being I would not recommend
that you try tit is a job for an
experienced artist and we'll worth
the fee charged!
Evening star., 1943-04-06

AA III oA1 SAlo OiC" All 4ASLAlS out dllo
out went Mary's light with the rest.
Wow, ow," cried Mary. Il want
my light. Who put out my hght?"
"The Army put out your light
Everybody's light is out The sirens
are blowing. Don't you hear them?"
"Oh. Did the Army say my light
had to go out?"
Yes. it did. And the Army
means it,
oh" and Mary turned over and
went to sleep.
The following night mother lit no
light in Mary's room. After bidding
her good night" tucking in the
bed clothes. opening the window
she started to leave
My light, my light. You forgot
my light"
mo, didn't. You gave up your
light last night when the Army blew
it out. didn't you? You went to
sleep all right, too. You grew up
last night when you caught step
with the Army. Good night"
Once outside the bedroom, mother
stood still and listened, hoping
against hope that the lights were out
for good. Mary twisted about for
a few turns, muttered to herself
settled down and went to sleep. The
Army had won the battle.
Mary had outgrown her fear but
had held on to her light because
she wanted to feel powerful enough
to combat her mother; it was habit
that gave her comfort; the light
was good company: she liked it
But she was not really afraid. She
had outgroWn the fear and held on
to the satisfying habit When the
Army ordered the light out she
gave up.
Children who are afraid in the
dark, who cannot sleep because OF
fears, who beg for the light, should
have it. Don't make too much OF
a point of it. Now and then casually
point out that people do not sleep
we'll with lights burning. Night
time is dim, often dark, so that
people can rest we'll. SO the animals
can sleep restfully, and plants, too
That may help.
But one child may point out. hope
fully. as one did to me, that God
hangs the moon out so the little
animals won't be afraid in the
night If so, let him have his light
and say no more about it. Maybe
the Army will help us out, or he will
outgroW it.
Evening star., 1943-04-06

10 OWL GWO lllle uIcSSeS WHICH COulC
be worn tirelessly rather than 20
which soon lost their shape and
whose fabric looked shiny and
shoddy after short time
All this Is not news. It has been
said many times before and will be
said many times again. But it's
impossible to repeat too frequently
the Importance of simple clothes
and well-co- -ordinated accessories.
This season you will have better
than ever chance to be really smartly
dressed. Oh, you'll find plenty of
fussy, bow trimmed, lacy, beruftled
dresses and gaudy suits of poor ma
terial But if you're serious about
a duration wardrobe and determined
to be appropriately groomed, you'll
look for fine fabrics and good lines.
You may have to shop with more
care, looking long and hard at your
prospective purchase and deciding
whether you'll be happy with it next
season as we'll You may not find
quite the overbearing array of fash
ions. and you may complain that
there's nothing in the stores" But
there are good-looking clothes if
you have the patience to track them
down and the discrimination to
make your selection slowly and
surely. Manufacturers will continue
to turn out fine fashions as long
as they are able. Even though they
are, in many instances. also en-
gagged In active wal work, they are
not forgetting that some fine day
we'll enjoy a postwar period and
they want their regulations to stay
intact until that time.
Incidentally, report from New
Evening star., 1943-04-06
Use Spare
Time for
Beauty
By Josephine Lo,cman

If we could only learn to utilize
the lost moments in each day we
would probably become rich or IA
nous or beautiful
In fact, most of the folks we know
who accomplish a great deal practice
this art. Many Informed, cul-
tivated persons carry small editions
In their pockets to read when on a
bus, a subway or while waiting for
an appointment.
To certain extent the same thing
is true of figure control. A constant
stream of letters come to my office
asking If bowlegs can be improved
through exercise. While this is usu-
ally a fault in bony structure, yet
the muscles of your legs also have
much to do with it. In moment ]
will give you a second exercise for
this, but first I want to tell you
about the very best one I know.
This can be executed any time
when you are standing. Your best
friend will not know it. Whenever
you are standing at work or while
talking or waiting, pull the legs as
close together as possible and hold
them that way for few moments
Relax and repeat. This takes real
effort. Pull in at the calves and also
with the muscles of the upper leg
Try to make your legs touch all the
way. Form this habit and after about
year believe that you will notice
improvement.
Here is another exercise for bow
legs: Sit on the floor with Your legs
out in front of YOU. Lean back on
the hands (hands placed behind
you. Keep the knees straight as
you lift the hips from the floor and
rotate the legs outward as far as
you can, You should now have a
straight line from your shoulders to
your feet. Hold a few moments. Re-
turn hips and legs to floor. Con-
tinue.
If you wish to have my leaflet
which gives you many suggestions
for improving your figure during odd
moments, send 3-cent-stamped
self-addressed envelope, with your
request for Gymnastics While You
Wait to Josephine LoWman in care
of The Evening Star.
Evening star., 1943-04-06

York points out some of the specific
work that fashion firms are doing
in the war. There are many more
than those we'll mention, but this
should give you an idea: A firm
which makes powder puffs now also
makes an important accessory to
gas mask for the Chemical War;
fare Division. They continue to
make powder puffs, though fewer of
them. and these 60 to women in and
out of uniform and to some of our
flyers who use them for ear pads!
Handbag manufacturers are also
converted to war work. One manu-
facturer declares they are making
only enough civilian handbags to
keep III business; the rest of the
leather goes to the WAACS. Glove
makers. too, are turning to war work,
and almost all of these firms make
articles ranging from gas masks to
canvas kits for the armed forces.
Glamorizing girls is no longer the
job of one firm which made eyelash
curriers' and the like If you have
been unable to buy new "twissors"
you will know that it's because their
machines and metals now are used
for de-glamorizing Nazis and Japs.
Another manufacturer of manicure
implements is making surgical in
struments for the services and sug-
geSts that if the civilians nail i'm
plements become dull they sharpen
thn1o L i,,c of I,,1
Many coat and suit firms are de-
voting almost all of their time to
making uniforms for the armed
forces. And so it goes.
One Of the most important steps
was taken by a well-known shoe
firm, who discovered that the great
est contribution to the Government
they could make would be to pro-
duce parachutes This is the most
difficult job in needlework-and the
firm has so years of quality needle
work experience behind them. How
ever, machines used for making
shoes could not be used to make
parachutes. so the firm bought II
special machines and gave them to
a school of needle trades in New
York. The training of seamstresses
was begun and womanpower prob
lens solved and the shoe firms par
achute division is now turning out
much-needed equipment for Uncle
Sam.
So. keep all these things in mind
when you buy. Be grateful that
there are good-looking clothes, even
if there seem to be fewer for selec-
ton. Buy sensibly and conservatively
and do your part in fashions war
time effort.
Evening star., 1943-04-06

2 cups boiling water.
cup minced ham.
2 tablespoons prepared mustard,
2 tablespoons minced parsley
Heat fat in frying pan. add rice
and stir over low heat three minutes
Add water, bring to boiling point
cover and let simmer over low heat
about IS minutes. until rice is ten
der and water is absorbed. Add
ham and mustard and stir lightly
with fork until thoroughly mixed
with the rice and hot. Put in serv-
ing dish and sprinkle with parsley.
PEANUT BUTTER AND HAM
SANDWICH.
!. cup peanut butter.
tablespoons milk.
l tablespoon chilli sauce or tea
spoon prepared mustard.
Il cup minced ham.
Whole-Wheat bread.
Mix peanut butter with milk, ado
mustard and ham. and spread be.
tween slices of whole-wheat bread.
Evening star., 1943-04-06

bow so that 1t makes every woman
who sees it green-eyed with envy.
Thousands Of women have brought
up families and laid up a compe-
tence for their old age by keeping
boarders. Others have made for
tunes in dressmaking and millinery
shops. And the women who can
set patch or make a darn so eX-
pertly that your worst enemy can't
detect it always have waiting lists a
mile long.
1t has always been true that
women succeeded best when they
stuck to their own line of work for
which they had an inherited apti-
tude, handed down to them from
countless generations of their grand
mothers. And this is a point of view
that I would like to urge upon the
many women who are now sitting
with empty, idle hands. wondering
what to do with themselves and the
time that is hanging so heavily on
their hands.
Their husbands have gone to the
war. God grant that they come
back to them. But they may be
among those who will never return,
or II they do come back they may be
crippled or nerve-shattered so that
they will never be able to work
again. These women realize that
they may have to support them
selves or perhaps be the breadwin-
ners for the family. They have no
special talents, no business training,
and their hearts turn to lead when
they try to visualize the future.
would urge these women to
quit thinking about being cinema
stars, or radio speakers, or writing
best-sellers. and 60 to work to fit
themselves to fill some of the inches
that are being left empty by the
women who have given up home
work for war work.
For. make no mistake about this,
the greatest change the war will
bring about is in our way of life.
1t will institute new order of domes-
ticitv. Thousands of women will be
needed to do mems work because
the men have perished in battle.
Thousands of other women will con-
tinue to do mems work because they
like the excitement of working in
groups and the big pay they can
earn. But there will still be children
to rear and families to be fed. and
this will open the door of oppor-
tunity to women who have a knack
with kids and who are good cooks.
Already manv forward looking
women are anticipating this new
field of labor and are establishing in
their own homes playrooms and
Fairgrounds in which they keep the
children interested and amused and
safe and in home environment
while their mothers are away run
ming riveting machines or helping
to make airplanes. And other
women are making good livings
serving good dinners of home cooked
food to the cookless families in their
vicinity.
In all probability the cook. as we
have known her. will soon become
as legendary figure as the Ameri-
can Indian. Already she is vanish
ing from our sight and mother is
having to substitute for her in the
kitchen. This isn't so bad for break
fast and lunch, which are more or
less sketchy meals. anyhow, and
subject to delicatessen influence. but
dinner is another story, and If
mother has to prepare that it means
goodbye to her playtime and slavery
to the gas range.
How this problem will be solved
1t would take a prophet to tell. but
my guess is that Mrs. Jones and her
home-cooked food is the answer
Get ready to be one Of her.
Evening star., 1943-04-06
Discerning Woman Makes
Career Of Domesticity
By Dorothy Dix

For years 1 have urged women to
make a profession of domesticity.
The great majority of the feminine
sex are predestined by nature to be
wives and mothers and home
makers, and to spend their lives
| cooking, sewing, patching, darning
and taking care of children: vet
most of them never take the trouble
to learn how to turn out a market
able job.
To begin with, they don't think
it worthwhile to prepare themselves
Tor 1t. No girl would undertake to
be a saleswoman if she couldn't do
simple sum in addition or sub
traction or multiplication Nor
would she aspire to be a secretary
II she couldn't make pothooks or
run a typewriter. But she plunges
boldly into home making, which is q
combination of all the other arts
and crafts, without the slightest
knowledge of how to run budget,
or cook meal, or set patch.
Worse still, she goes on blunder-
ingly performing the same daily
tasks for 30 or 40 years without ever
learning how to do them, or acquir-
ing any skill that will make her
know how her bread is going to turn
out, instead Of just hoping that it
will rise and not be a soggv mess
or that the dress she is making will
be pretty and not look like some
thing the cat brought in.
The average housewife never
thinks of domesticity being one of
the best paying trades that a woman
can follow and one by which she
can always make living if she has
made herself proficient in it; yet
such is the case. In hard times or
/ good times there is always de-
mand for their services. People
must eat They must have comfort
able rooms and good beds. They
must have clothes. And they will
wear path to the door of any
woman who knows how to juggle the
pots and pans and get superlative
! food out of them, or who can tie a