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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-05
The Literary Guidepost

name being Laura and her dispo-
sition being so wonderful as al
most to be vicious. Laura spends
her time contemplating a blade OF
grass stuck in a blob of mud on
somebody's shoe, in searching for
the infinite in a sunbeam, a d
such like pursuits. She loves ev-
erybody, and at least understands
the old witch who bore her, a
waste of time if ever I knew one
Steve is the family genius, pre-
cocious brat who grows up to be
an actor resembling John Barry
more in his worst moments. Steve
loves to torture women, whom he
hates, and can only be managed
by Laura, upon whom he has a
fixation. Anda (nee Miranda) is a
featherbrain who marries most
improbably) an earl. Richard is
consumed wi h desire to be a his
torian and eventually is. But the
lot Of tham, for quite a spell, is
buried in poverty like the tradi-
tional fly in amber, and I for one
wish they never had got out.
Miss Myers could write well if
she would stop being high flown
and purplish. But before she does,
she must reconcile herself to prob
able people, and discover that chill
dren do not speak like Doctors OF
Philosophy with a screw loose.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-05
BY JOHN SELBY
"A WELL FULL OF LEAVES"
by Elizabeth Myers Morrow;

ny GuLdUCtu myers \NOTFOW,
$3.50.
Elizabeth Myers is, I believe, a
sister of the Powys boys, or re-
lated somehow to them. Her first
novel proves something, which is
that the British never let down the
relative of lit'ry man. Frank
Swinnerton is quoted on the jacket
of Miss Myers "A Well Flu of
Leaves'' as saying that she has
great talent and a remarkable
sense of words, supported by ex-
act and thrilling observation. FL
eanor Farjeon finds Elizabeth
Myers is exciting as a new come
T. Howard Spring declares "she
is an important writer and l.. A.
G.. Strong, a little more temper
ate, calls her ian original writer
Of the highest promise" Of the
lot. I vote with L. A. G.. Strong.
Miss Myers is writing of a Brit
ish family somewhere in the north
Of England. The mother is a sa-
distic old scud, the father is a
simpleton, and the four children
are probably the most unbelieva-
BILE brats in recent fiction. The
story is told by one of these. her
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-05
LEND-LEASE AID
REPORT SOUGHT

WASHINGTON, May 4-iRHThe
Senate appropriations committee
today directed government agen-
cies to give Congress complete and
regular reports on the volume of
reverse lend-lease from countries
receiving United States aid.
Meanwhile it was disclosed
President Roosevelt has ordered
the establishment of a central
government clearing house for as
sembling data on lend lease and
o n er financial transactions
abroad.
In letter to the committee the
President said he believed such
an agency would 'be of great
value in the development of the
comprehensive and consistent re-
ports on foreign transactions so
essential to the planning and
operations of our government in
the future"
The letter, dated April 7, direct
ed that the clearing house be
established by Leo T. Crowley,
foreign economic administrator,
within the FEC.
The committee made public a
report listing $3O,362, 687, 1862 of
lend-lease and other expenditures
abroad as against $2,129, Isl, 900
of reverse lend-lease aid.
Chairman Mcclellan (D-Tenn)
said after an executive session
of the committee that committee
investigators had encountered diff
ficulty in obtaining accurate data
On reciprocal aid from countries
receiving lend lease benefits.
1--WE are going to set up a sys-
tenn whereby the committee and
congress will get regular informa.
ton as to reverse lend-lease," he
said. "Our investigators found
that this was the most difficult
phase OF their investigation of our
expenditures abroad, and a system
Of accurate accounts appears to
be desirable.''
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-05

new York Is outrunning all contestants. The
probability is that he will be the COP. NOM
inee possibly on the first ballot.
The strange aspect Of this is that neither
Senator Byrd nor Governor Dewey has con.
scented to be a candidate. Both have dis.
avowed any inclination to run for the presi-
dency
It would be strange indeed if they were
drafted by their separate conventions d
forced unwillingly to seek an office neither
desired.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-05

ing her sister, Mrs. A. F. Bowen
in Raleigh this week.
Wilmington stages municipal
election tomorrow. Also it will be
determined at this time whether
Love Grove and Lakeside P k
are to remain in the city or re-
vert to the county. Voting from
8 am. until the sun sinks behind
the Brunswick Cypress swamps
will be for mayor, city attorney
and three councilmen.
The United States entry in ocean
flight burned in its hangar. Com
mander John T. Towers, in charge
of the expedition, declared the fire
was an accident. The flames en-
veloped the wings and spread to
those of the Nc-3 and NC-4 which
occupied the same hangar. Com
mander Towers announced h a
the start for New Foundland would
be made tomorrow, weather. per-
hitting, by the NC-2 very likely
and the NC-4 and possibly with
the NC-1.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-05
COMEDIAN TO WE'D

LOS ANGELES, May 4. - (P) =
Phil Baker, film comedian and ra-
oio quiz program director, got his
marriage. license today preparatory
to marrying Miss Irmgrad Erik,
dancer. Monday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-05
SGT. Leroy BUTLER

Staff Sergeant Leroy c. Butler.
70, died in combat in Italy on Ap-
ril IL, according to notification re.
ceived by his parents, Mr.. =. and
Mrs. W. R. Smith, from the War
Department last night. In addition
to his parents, Sgt. Butler is sur
vived by two brothers, Cleve OF
Carolina Beach and Master Sgt. w.
E. Butler, Great Bend, Kan. A sis
ter, Mrs. William L. Byers, Ports
mouth, Va, also survives.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-05
Unwilling Candidates

Senator Byrd of Virginia continues to pick
UP convention delegates. If something should
happen to keep President Roosevelt out OF
the balloting--and that's some big 1.-THE Vir.
sinian might be the democratic nominee.
NSOn the republican side. Governor Dewey OF
80 va
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-05
KILLED IN COLLISION

DILLON, S. c., May 4--P--An,
drew Higgins, SO, was killed IN d
collision between his soft GRIN
delivery truck and a SeaooaI,
Air Line freight train near hsl'
today. Two companions, Roy Lahs,
18, and Herbert Cook, were "
iured
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-05
ANNUAL MEETING
RALEIGH. n

RALEIGH, May A. R The
Brewing Industry Foundations
North Carolina committee will hold
it's annual meeting here Nav 10.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-05
Fair Enough

tEdiotr's Note.-Ths Star and the News accept no
responsibility for the personal views Of Mr.. Peger,
and often disagree with them much many Of
his readers His articles the good purpose Of
making people think.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-05
MRS. AL SMITH

NEW YORK, May 4.-LP-Mrs.
Alfred E. Smith, IS, who preferred
to remain in the background while
her husband was in the political
as governor of New York
and presidential candidate in
1928, died unexpectedly today of
virus pneumonia.
The quiet, deeply religious Mrs.
Smith, who had been i'll five days,
was known for her devotion to her
home and family.
She made pilgrimage to Rome
IN 1925 and was received by Pope
Plus XII.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-05
Obituaries
d. M. TAYLOR

Funeral services for Dennie M.
Taylor who died at his home near
Pollocksville Monday were con.
Quoted Tuesday afternoon from the
Rheims Methodist Church. Inter
ment followed in the family lot OF
the Church cemetery.
Mrs. Taylor is survived by four
sisters, Mrs. C. A. Lord, Asheville,
Mrs. ]. H. Bum, Mrs. A. L. Matte,
Wilmington Mrs. ]. S. Hadnat, Pol
louisville and one brother, w. A.
Taylor, New Bern.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-05
B. S. BRONSON

Ben S. Bronson died at his home
ir. Tarboro Wednesday night. He is
survived by his wife, Mrs. Delka
Clark; formerly Of Wilmington.
Burial will be in the Calvary
Church yard Friday afternoon at
four o'clock.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-05
TOP OF THE MORNING

/ hold him great who for loves sake
Can give with generous earnest will
Yet he who takes for loves sweet sake,
I think hold more generous still.
LONGFELLOW.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-05
rs Years Ago
Today
(From the files
of the Star-News)
MAY 5, 1919

MAY 5, 1919
Miss Emma Woodward is visit.
ing her sister, Mrs. A. F. Bowen
in Raleigh this week.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-05

This year state need not hire press
agent to gain the front pages. All it'need
to do is hold one of those Crucial presi-
Dental preference primaries.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-05
Our Chief Aim

To aid IN every way the prosecution 81
the war to complete Victory.
Evening star., 1944-03-29
Dorothy Dix Says

plans we had made for a family
Christmas because of it. My wife is
a darn good sport about it and I
think that most wives are, but don't
people marry because they enjoy
going places together, having fun
together? And they should have
the privilege of doing that, instead
of having to spend their money
on office parties to which their wives
are not invited. These Office parties
hinder, not aid, the war effort, and
the truth should be known about
them.
Answer-If the Office party has
become an orgy, instead of merely
a get-together for an innocuous eve
ming of play of fellow workers, it is
certainly high time that the truth
was known, and that the employers
put an end to them. For surely the
men and women who have spent a
might in feasting and drinking and
petting are in no condition the next
day to do good or even safe work.
Neither the ethics of matrimony
nor the conventions of decent So
ciety sanction mixed parties which
la mans wife is not permitted to
attend and at which he is expected
to make himself agreeable to some
other mans WIFE, Such affairs make
wife jealous and resentful of the
money that is needed at home being
spent on such carousals.
Evening star., 1944-03-29

toppers are fashion news-and Won
derful go-with-everything fashions.
With a little imagination, the
most faded dress can bloom into
an exciting new costume. One Of
this springs favorite necklines is
the U-shaped portrait neckline-so
called because it's supposed to make
you pretty as a picture. All you'd
have to do would be to scoop out the
neckline of high-necked dress, run
ruff1e round it-or better yet, just
edge it with piping made from the
fabric you've scooped out. With an
unruff1ed U-neck, it's a good idea to
design dickey at the same time to
cover the open spaces and make it
more discreet than daring for day.
time. For example, if the dress is
navy blue, you might wear it with
sheer white dickey, contrast it
with the new lime shade or strike a
new note with stripes.
Polka dots are always a good
picker-upper for a tired dress. A
yoke and sleeves of polka dot crepes
would give new look to any dress
as would a reversible scarf which
you can drape hither and thither
One girl we know substituted a
polka dot MILDLY top for the worn
out part of plain navy dress and
it was most effective.
Sleeves can be subtracted, too, if
you're going in for fashion arith-
metic. If you want to be doubly
smart, you'll chop off the sleeves
when you scoop out the neckline of
last years print. The cap sleeve is
fashions new darling-and newest
when it's unpadded. However, if
your shoulders need building up,
don't sacrifice flattery to fashion. By
all means use padding if you need it.
And don't think of trying this style
unless your arms are slim.
Newest is the nudest of all
sleeves-where there's actually no
sleeve at all-but only the excuse of
an extended shoulder. This is
very new line and a good quick trick
for old-to-new transformations.
Evening star., 1944-03-29
Color
Cues

The wide bandeau on the smoothly
coiffed head was an outstanding
fashion note at the Sunday night
opening of The Doughgirls" at
the National Theater. AS colorful
quickie for those who like to go
from a walk in the park, and in
formal Sunday supper right to the
theater it seems to have caught
on" in Washington.
Mrs. Jay Carmody had little girl
look, with a white bandeau on her
dark curly hair, white gloves and
white lace accenting her black dress.
A very young blond in the audi
ence had a wide band of plaid
taffeta around her shining head
which exactly matched her taffeta
skirt. Another damoiselle used a
black velvet headband, and at
tached huge gold leaves and flowers
over each ear, which gave the effect
of oversize earrings. We go all
out for the bandeau-that neat little
fashion which is comfortable, sem
sible and most becoming on any
good-looking head.
Summer fashion was high lighted
by the smart slim, colorful suits
and dresses on-stage. Simple in out
line, worn with ease and assurance,
each one is a masterful work of
art in color. With flowers sup
plying the color cues, bright,
bright green suit was set off by
blouse of lilac, while the bright
yellow of early forsythia was played
against pussywillow gray, and the
lovely pinks and fuchsia were effec-
lively paired.
About time, we think, the gals
with less dough tried THE Dough-
girls" tricks with color in costume.
Evening star., 1944-03-29
Round About the House

curtains and accessories which are
washable. I would suggest a bright
calico or chintz for curtains, stool
slip covers and such. Then, If you
are handy with brush decorate the
front of your cupboards with gay
little patterns, in the color of the
curtains. Often you can copy the
fabric pattern, enlarge it, and find
it most effective for decorative
motif. The things you use in the
kitchen may be set out on shelves or
hung on hooks to be part of your
decoration. Colored pottery enam-
elware and utensils may be pretty
as we'll as useful. If you have a
sunny window fill it with plants,
and place rocker and a low table
in front of it. You will find this
comfortable for many kitchen tasks
and it certainly gives that honey
touch. There is no reason why a
Kitchen should not be furnished
with rugs, chairs and wall decora-
ton like the rest of the house, as
long as you are interested enough
to give it the spick and span care it
demands.
"IS 1t too late to start bulbs
for indoor use no1U2 I WouId like
some bo1Ols OF narctsSus and
tulips" Les.
You may certainly start them and
enjoy them, the fact that they will
blossom a bit later than the usual
spring bulbs will not make any diff
ference. Unless you wish to get
the tulips that are already started
in moss from the florists I would
suggest that you use the white and
yellow narcissus, as they bloom so
much quicker. Place the bulbs in
a bowl supported by small stones.
Bring the water up about a half
inch over the base of the bulb and
keep it at this level while the bulbs
repoSe in a dark closet until the
leaves are about 3 inches high and
the buds started to form. Then they
may be brought out into the light
to bloom.
Evening star., 1944-03-29

Dear Dorothy Dix: Office parties
are becoming a real evil and should
be discouraged. They are carried
much too far, and there are toe
many Of them, and they are the
cause Of much hardship and unhap-
piness.
In the Office where I work, fol
instance, there were no less thar
six such parties during December
They were held at swank hotels ano
supper clubs, places my wife and
never felt we could afford. There
were dinners at $3.50 and So a plate
and drinks which the men of the
crowd were expected to pay for
sometimes amounting to SIS or $2(
or more per person. There was moi
only drinking and dancing but
plenty of necking going on, with the
parties never breaking up before
$3.50 or 4 am, and any one who
tried to be decent or to leave early
was called a piker.
1t cost me $87 for parties I had te
go to during December and my wife
| and I had to cut down on all the
Evening star., 1944-03-29

with it. Roll other portion of dough
4 inch thick and perforate with
fork.
Filling: Eight tart, juicy apples
l cup sugar, 4 teaspoon salt,
tablespoon flour, II teaspoon nut
meg, q cup seeded raisins.
Pare apples thin, core, cut into
eighths. Sift -four, salt, sugar anc
spices onto the apples and shake
until apples are covered with the
mixture. Place them on lower crust
in layers, sprinkling each layer
with raisins. Wet top edge O.
dough, put on top crust, press
edges together. Put in hot oven (47:
degrees) for 10 minutes, then lowe
heat to $50 degrees, bake one hour
Confectioner's Frosting: One cul
confectioner's sugar, l Tablespoon
butter (softened), IA tablespoon
warm top milk, II teaspoon vanilla
! Blend the ingredients thorough,
and spread on pie when cool
Evening star., 1944-03-29
Spring on the Make

In the past few years lots of
women have taken up sewing-and
for various reasons Some have
done 1t because they've found it
more economical and have pre-
ferred to make their own clothes
In order to put more money into
War Bonds. Others have sewed
because they craved good-quality
fabric which they couldn't always
find in ready-made clothes. There's
another group, too-the ones who
have just sent Mr.. Morgenthau a
ank-breaking check, and another to
the Red Cross. AS one of them said
to us the other day, "If I'm going to
have anything new this Easter, I'm
going to have to make it. I cer-
tainly haven't anything left to buy
1t with"
Whether you've been sewing be-
fore or not, it's a good idea to
check through what you have be-
fore you buy anything new and see
II you can't use a bit of makeover
magic on last years spring num-
bers. This is a good year to try it,
too, because subtraction is the rule
this year-and that makes it much
easier. That is, you subtract from
the length of skirts, jackets,
sleeves-and when you're through
the difference is New Look.
For example, subtract the collar
and a little length from an old suit
and you have a fashion, winning
cardigan. Or you can do a bit of
nlpplng as you snip to good advan-
tage. After you snip off the extra
Jacket length, nip in the waist
Then you can either make it into
a Waist-length mess jacket, sew the
extra material back on as a small
peplum, draw fullness to the back
for a new hustle effect or even make
tiny ruff1ed pockets-if the ma
ter1al is sheer enough. Of course
the bolero is one of the big little
jackets this spring and very useful,
too, in this climate-so you might
fashion a bolero out of a longer
coat.
If coat is your problem. YOU
can easily take an overworked sports
number and give it new zest Gn-
stead OF retiring it, by turning 1t
Evening star., 1944-03-29
By Marearef NoveH

finish for your natural-color rug.
AS the paint has an antimildew
quality and is preservative, it is
wise application for new rugs and
awnings also, lengthening their lives
by many years. You will find that
the deep colors go we'll over a faded
color and your deep green over faded
blue should be highly successful.
n \
"Ho,D can / make my kitchen
attractive and more honlelike and
still haze it easy to clean? 1t isn't
the most modern kitchen, but /
hate its imperSonal do,1dyneSS.
! haue some ability 10ith paint
brush and 1Dould like to haze your
suggestion on Dhat might be
DONE" D.B.F.
A fresh coat of paint on all paint
able surfaces will give you a work.
ing background. After that the sky
is the limit on what you may do
Keep in mind the practically OF
Evening star., 1944-03-29
RECIPES WANTED?
REQUESTED by Mrs. J. S. H.,
Wnebjn0f011

Since it's impossible to say any
thing complimentary about the
Clearing House that hasn't been
said many times, I won't try to pay
it an original compliment. May I
just repeat every housewives senti-
ment, its wonderful"
I know some one of the many who
read the Clearing House will have
two recipes that I've been looking
for a long time. First, a recipe for
those big spicy, soft molasses ginger
cookies. My mother used to make
them, and I know they contained
molasses and ginger, and I think,
but I'm not sure, they also contained
sour cream. 1 know it was an old
time recipe, because I have tried
many that are available in present
cookbooks without success.
Another recipe that I seem to have
lost was one for sour cream fudge
cake that 1 had originally clipped
from box of cake flour. 1t took
a cup of thick sour cream, and was
really delicious, rich and tender, and
red-breWn, also like mahogany. You
could bake it in a tube pan, or in
layersSor a loaf pan. l.. don tie.
member whether. It took cocoa or
chocolate. n -=a
1 also would like to know what
makes my meringues sort of weep
from the bottom. They taste good,
but the weep" spoils them.
May I say word about the lux
ury recipes" that have been under
discussion? I find that with my
curtailed rations, I am only able to
make a cake or other rich dessert
once in very great while. I there
fore feel that since I have them Sc
seldom, I am justified in using a
rich recipe. I'd rather have a really
super" dessert once in a while than
a series of daily desserts my family
would eat only out of a sense of
duty, or something. Not that many
excellent economy recipes have not
come out of it all And my family
won't eat eggs, either, SO have to
get them into them somehow.
Evening star., 1944-03-29
(ThdnkS to Miss X. D. B.,

w uSfttfLyLOH.I
Cooked salad dressing without
either Oil or cream; excellent fol
vegetable or meat salads.
Heat together in a double boile,
cup of water, % cup vinegar and
2 tablespoons Cor "a stick butter
Meanwhile, beat yolks of 2 eggs and
another whole egg and stir into
this a cup sugar. Blend 2 table
spoons of flour, 2 teaspoons of dry
mustard, teaspoon salt. Stir this
into l cup of cold water and ado
to the eggs and sugar. Then sti,
this all gradually into the hot
water, vinegar and butter in double
boiler. Cook until desired consist
ency is reached.
Editors note: We Uish to
thank Mrs. J. E. w. and Miss D.
V. L. OF Washington, Mrs. J. C. B.,
Arlington, and Mrs. E. A. D.,
Rockville, for their recipes on
cooked salad dressing, Which
1Dere Sin,ilar.)
oLD-rAOd1ONED IRISH STEW
Thanks to Mrs. T. A. B.,
ArlingtonJ
Mrs. S. B. B. requested recipe fol
old-fashioned Irish stew. The ma.
tionality of the following is ques-
tionable, but it certainly is a favorite
with my family.
To serve four: IL pounds stew
meat Qess may be used. Season
we'll with salt, pepper, onion ano
garlic salt, after cutting the meat
in small (about l inch) pieces. Flou,
generously and brown we'll in hot
bacon grease. Transfer to heavy
oven pot and cover with water
which has first been poured into
browning skillet to remove and pre-
serve fat and juices. Season mix
ture again to taste, with salt, pepper
and onion salt. A small dried onion
may be added, If available. Cover
and bake in 1926 to $50 oven until
done. About Is minutes before re-
moving, add diced cooked carrots
and potatoes, fresh tomato cut
In small pieces and any other left.
Evening star., 1944-03-29
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Betsy CaSWeH.
Evening star., 1944-03-29
FRENCH APPLE PIE.
(ThankS to Mrs. M. T. ~,
WdShinUtOn

Kindly accept my recipe for
French apple pie as requested by
Mrs. D. c. D., Washington. I en-
joy your Readers Clearing House
column of recipes. Cooking is my
hobby. I have found few unusual
recipes, tried them out and found
them very good. Thank you fol-
same.
French apple pie: Two cups flour
4 teaspoon salt, q cup shortening
2 egg yolks, l tablespoon lemon
juice, tablespoons ice water.
Sift dry ingredients together, cut
in shortening, mix unbeaten egg
yolks and lemon juice with ice wa
ter. Add to first mixture, cutting
into soft dough. Toss onto slightly
Toured board. Divide into two por.
tions, rolling one portion to Il inch
thickness and lining a 9-inch par