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home for the use
of neighborhood
children, but the
two rot h e RS,
c h II dishly un-
a W a re of the
lurking danger
of icy pavements
and spec d ing
traffic, launched
their new sled
down a hill on
an open street.
A S t h e S | e d
flashed d ow n
the hill. Joseph,
jr., t oil d h S
Evening star., 1944-01-18
Young Boy Dies
As Sled Hits Bus;
Brother Saved
Ice-Covered Streets
Cause of Several
Other Accidents

Sudden death struck at an S-year-
old boy last night as he reveled-
like thousands of other Washing
ton youngsters-in the swift flight
Evening star., 1944-01-18

IIlc CodSIlIlS aC-
cident was Thomas Harry Williams
8, of 1925 v street Sc. With his
brother, Joseph R., jr., 3, he joined
other children of the neighborhood,
making the most of their first
chance to try out their Christmas
sleds.
Safety Zone Nearby.
Police had roped off a steep hill
two blocks away from the Williams
Evening star., 1944-03-31

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Betsy CasweH.
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lie instead of a mere woman sit.

table instead of a mere woman sit
ting down to the breakfast table.
The only way in which a man can
get any cooperation from his wife
Is by making a friend of her; by
establishing a real companionship
with her; by not only talking to her
about the things in which he is
interested, but by taking an interest
in all of her hopes and plans and
trying to further them, If they are
worth while. Romance is bound to
die in the disillusioning light that
beats on the hearthstone. Thrills
and palpitations peter out. But the
husband and wife who enjoy each
others society and who never talk
out have an imperishable Joy in
their lives. The sweetest term In all
the lexicon Of love is friend hus-
band" or friend wife"
Every man would like to have his
wife regard him as an oracle. and
undoubtedly the happiest marriages
are those in which the wife begins
every sentence with John says" as
If that settled the matter. Every
woman would like to look up to her
husband if she could, but it is an
impossibility if she finds him mean
and narrow minded, with silly,
prejudiced opinions, who is despot
at home because he is nothing
abroad. Every woman puts her hus-
band on a pinnacle when she mar
ries him, but he has to keep himself
from falling off of it by his own
work.
Inasmuch as the success Of every
marriage depends upon the husband
and wife walking hand in hand, in
stead OF pulling apart, there must be
a leader. This should be the man,
because he has had more experience
with life than his bride has, but
many a husband fails to guide his
wife along the way he wants her to
go because he puts her back up by
arbitrarily forcing his opinions upon
her, instead of talking the trouble to
sell her his points of view, with a
liberal package of soft soap thrown
in for bonus.
Evening star., 1944-03-31
Future Furniture Fashions.

Gladys Miller. speaking before the
Washington Fashion Group recently,
gave them quite q bit tr think about.
Up to now the Fashion Group in
Washington has concentrated on ap-
parel and merchandising, but a few
emphatic remarks from Washing
tons own busiest interior decorator
gave them a new slant on the i'm
portance Of houses and furniture in
the fashion picture, which cannot be
put aside easily.
Washington has literally adopted
Gladys Miller in these last few
years. Though she calls Oregon her
home State and has lived, taught
interior decoration and written two
books in New York, she has turned
on all her ability and energy to fur
nish the Government girl dormitor-
les here, Is interior consultant for
Small Homes Guide, published In
Washington, and is now hard al
work furnishing the Blair Lee house
after redecorating 1t as guest house
for official visitors.
She has Travelled the length and
breadth of the United States. She
knows the housekeeping problems OF
the shipyard workers who live in
trailers, she has planned the in
teriors of the attractive low-cost
houses which are shelter for thou
Evening star., 1944-03-31
Pin Money Pickups

DOTS BEFORE YOUR EYES
Fine spring tonic for any winter
weary wardrobe is good-looking
blouse. One of the prettiest blouses Of
the season is a nickel-size polka dot
on washable shantung weave rayon.
Made with a dreamy low neckline
edged with f1attering frill, it's the
kind of blouse that will put dots
before his eyes in the incest kind
of way. You'll also like the SLIM
ming weskit front because a weskit
blouse makes a complete costume
when worn with skirt. In brown,
red or navy with white dots, it's a
blouse you can wear now with your
favorite spring suit or skirt, later
with summer whites, supplying a
refreshing bit Of fernininity to a
world of uniforms.
y
BACKLOG BEAUTY-Fresh as a
summer day is the two-piece seer
sucker suit sketched. It comes in
blue, brown, green or red with white
stripes and detachable white collars
and cuffs. The skirt has a pleated
front, a smooth, slimming gored
Evening star., 1944-03-31
By M0rearef NoyeH.

sands wherever the war emergency
has made labor demands. She has
also done many house where cost
and housekeeping are secondary to
beauty and comfort. She Is an ener-
getic, down-to-earth person of wide
training and experience and what
she has to say Of housing and fur
niture trends for the future should
carry weight.
VARIOUS members Of the Fashion
Group piled Miss Miller with ques-
tions on how soon we could expect
new furniture and new designs after
the war. She replied that she felt
we would have new models and new
equipment before we were ready or
able to purchase them. Family re-
adjustment, fighting men getting
back into private business and taxes
will reduce income to such an ex-
tent that even the most enticing
new furniture may fail to tempt us.
She feels that it will be several
years before the average buyer will
be financially ready for new homes
and new furniture.
Asked what kind of furniture the
men returning from the battle
fronts would want, her answer
seemed most realistic. She thinks
the men who have spent most of
their time in the British Isles would
undoubtedly come back more
stepped in tradition than ever. This
might also be true or the ones who
spend much time in Italy and the
older capitals Of Europe. But the
men who have lived on the African
desert would probably prefer the
simple, unaffected house with mod
ern-type functional furniture, light
natural wood surfaces and a spaci-
GUS feeling in both arrangement and
color. Those in the Pacific, especially
those penetrating into the islands,
China and Japan would come back
with strong feeling for modern.
But Miss Miller emphasized that
these at best could be general trends
and in the last analysis homes in
the future, as in the past, would
come right down to what each in
dividual liked and wanted.
Miss Miller, brought up the point
that people continue to buy the fur
niture with which they are familiar.
They do not readily change to new
pattern merely because 1t is offered.
Various sections of the country have
local tastes, which have little to do
with the climate, the family need
or the pocketbook, and seem to be
based primarily on the accepted
thing" or the tradition of the COM
munity.
In planning for the future, each
individual householder should base
all decision on what is right for his
own life and his own family. This
Is the only way that the home back
Evening star., 1944-03-31
VEGETABLE SALAD,
SOY FLOUR.
Thanks to Mrs. w. r. B.,
WdShinQton.)

Washington.
In reply to two requests: d) An
interesting vegetable salad. This is
our favorite of salads. 1t Is dis
tinctive in flavor, color and con-
sistency, quite different from the
cooked beet combinations.
Raw Beet Salad: Three raw un-
peeled beets, finely shredded; or 4
stalks of chopped celery, ! apple,
chopped; II cup chopped nut meats
and few ripe olives, sliced.
Mix and. add the dressing directly,
q little good salad or olive oil is
especially delectable, tablespoon or
so of sugar, q little salt and the
Juice of a lemon. This also makes
q wonderful nodded salad with
lemon gelatin.
(2) Suggestion for using soy -four.
have been baking with soy flour
for several years and like it very
much. It can be used in any bread
recipe, substituting for approx
mately 1-5 to 1-6 of the white flour.
Part white flour is needed for light
ness and gluten, but the small
quantity of soy gives the bread a
delicious nut-like flavor and extra
nutrition. I have not experimental
with soy grits, but have found all
of the soy products we have tried
very good, notably the soy butter
and salad oil. My only regret is
that these products have not been
more generally available, but have
to be sought out at small speciality
stores.
Evening star., 1944-03-31
By Evelyn Hayes.

back and will team smartly with
other blouses in your wardrobe for
a cool summer combine. You can
wear 1t as is, with its own collar
and cuffs or sport 1t as a smart
summer suit with different dickeys
and blouses for variety. All praises
to seersucker-it needs only quick
once-over with a lukewarm iron to
keep it fresh.
y X
PETAL-PRETTY-Scarfs are one
of the little things that play such q
big part in this springs fashions
Some double as sashes, others do g
camouf1age as blouses; all stamp q
costume with originality. One oi
the most original of these neckline
notions is a petal ascot made of rich
rustling taffeta. At each end are
four petals which form flower-like
frill when you let it spill over the
collar of your spring suit, and it's
equally knockout worn at the neck
line Of a simple dark dress. In
colorful plaids and stunning stripes
this new petal ascot will encourage
an old dress or suit to blossom forth
as a new costume.
LIGHTWEIGHT LOVELY Line
forms to the right, girls-we've found
a featherweight pantie girdle that's
just what you've been looking for
You can bend, twist, turn with per-
feet ease because this little bit of
curve control fits as s.-~-">-''-'--s s'-'',
second skin. It's made of rayon jer-
sey that's heavy enough to give ade-
quate support to the crowd who used
to wear two-way stretches. No gad-
gets, hooks, eyes or anything else to
mar the smooth lines. You just pull
it ON and off in a iiffy. tDh IL like q
Evening star., 1944-03-31
Dorothy Dix Says

A man asks: What should be
the position OF the husband in the
homer" He should be friend, coun-
selor and guide. He should be
neither a steam-roller nor a door
mat. He should be the light OF the
house, not it's blackout.
And if you think it is easy to dc
this you have never been a married
man. For women are kittle-cattle
to deal with and every wife wants
her husband to be reinforced con-
crete to others, but mush in her
hands. She wants to rely on his
judgment, yet lead him around by
the nose. She wants him to work
hard and make plenty of money, but
not be too tired to take her out STEP
ping of an evening.
For a man to qualify for the role
OF Ideal Husband requires a diversity
Of talents that range all the way
from his being a Churchill to Bob
Hope, so it Is no wonder that so
many fall down on the job and that
so many others just throw up their
hands and quit and suffer themselves
to become that most abject of crea-
lures, the henpecked husband, or
else turn into domestic Hitlers.
Yet, In spite of its difficulties, any
man can establish himself as the
head of his household If he will ap-
proach the subject realistically in
stead Of traditionally. Let him for
get how grandpa treated grandma.
The days Of the tyrannical husband,
who ordered his wife about as If she
were a slave, are over. But definitely.
The modern wife has to be handled
as automatically as If she were a
delegate sitting down at q peace
Evening star., 1944-03-31

A dressy frock with the new col
larless neckline which stamps it as
being right in the parade of fashion
hits! Make it in soft rayon crepes
for spring dressup frock-in
flower-printed sheers for midsum-
mer afternoons.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1878 Is
designed for sizes 80, "a, SO, SO, 40, a
and A. Size "a, short sleeves, re-
quires 3N yards of 39-inch material.
For this attractive pattern send
Is cents, plus ! cent for postage, in
coins with your name, address, pat
tern number and size wanted to
Barbara Bell, Washington Star, Post
Once Box 90, Station G, New York
10, N. Y.
Evening star., 1944-03-31
VEGETABLE RECIPES.
(THGf1ES TO MTS. r. A. W.,
Washinoton.)

Since I have been a vegetarian for
30 years-ever since I was land
have not the variety in my diet that
the use of meats affords, feel I may
have some suggestions for cooking
vegetables that might be of interest
to some of your readers, as a change
from the usual creaming or butter
ing Of them. Also, my mother was
"the best cook in 20 counties" so
am submitting some Of her recipes
and few Of my own concoction.
Green beans and mushrooms,
creamed, are interesting and de-
licious. Cook beans separately
Saute the mushrooms in a large fry
ing pan. I use about v to " pound
Of mushrooms to a pound Of beans
I saute the mushrooms in 2 table
spoons butter and when Drowned
add 2 tablespoons flour, then grad
uually ! cup milk. Let thicken and
add beans and simmer 10 minutes
or until ready to serve.
Brussels sprouts, cooked with
grapes, white seedless, If available,
or red or white grapes, cut in half
and seeds removed, are delicious and
give sprouts a new flavor. When
tender, drain and add butter and
seasoning.
Yellow squash with onions fried
in bacon grease is an interesting
and tasty dish to which my Southern
husband initiated me. Squash is
peeled and sliced in u to Y inch
slices and put into large frying pan
in which a good amount of bacon
grease has been melted (this is a
'use for bacon grease" a recent
reader requeste6 Cut up onions
coarsely and spread over top of
squash, add about y to "a cup of
Evening star., 1944-03-31

/ ground can @fill the order" for each
individual and 1t Is the only way
that each person may influence the
furniture and architecture OF the
future ahd in a sound and effective
manner.
Evening star., 1944-03-31

FLOWERS FOR REMEMBER NCE
Instead of the traditional J aster
plant or corsage, send your ove a
bouquet of War Stamps on lpril 8
They're just as lovely as, ne real
thing-and lot more last .lg. And
she'll probably love you S. the more
for giving her this bit =. patriotism
all tied up with prett- ribbon. Re-
member-a War ST up bouquet will
blossom into v" ! Bond-and War
Bonds are or way of backing the
attack
Evening star., 1944-03-31
By Peggy Roberts.

Here are a few of the smart things
the style experts are doing to blouses
this year. You can practically have
a new blouse for an old one.
Pattern envelope contains hot-iron
transfers for nine designs, about 2
inches; stitch illustrations and fun
directions.
Send II cents (coin) for Pattern
No. R2084 to The Washington Star
Needle Arts Department, p. o. Box
172, Station d, New York 3, N. Y.
Evening star., 1944-03-31

then and later was unable to get it
I now want to use it and wonder II
any of the readers of this column
have the directions.
X X X X
TO CLEAN FELT?
SPANISH COCOA CAKE.
Thanks to Mrs. M. A. Men,
Washtngton.)
Could some Of your Clearing
House readers tell me of something
to clean a light-colored pink felt
hat?
Am submitting recipe for Spanish
Cocoa Cake"
One cup sugar, 2 cups sifted cake
flour, tablespoons cocoa, n tea
spoon salt, teaspoons baking soda
"a cup shortening, egg yolks, tea
spoon vanilla, 1h cups thick sour
milk.
Sift flour, cocoa, salt and baking
soda together times. Cream short
ening with sugar, add egg yolks and
vanilla and beat thoroughly. Add
sifted dry ingredients and milk al
ternately in small amounts, beating
well after each addition. Pour into
creased layer cake pans and bake In
slow oven (325 degrees) As min
utes. It's very good. Use egg whites
for 7-minute frosting.
X X X
BABY JACKET?
REQUESTED by Mrs. J. r. s.,
Greenbelt)
Will some reader be able to tell
me where I can get instructions for
a baby jacket made in Lovers
Knots?
Evening star., 1944-03-31
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.

Our thanks to the tollowing
readers 1DIlo haze sent in ansUers
to requests for quilting and "tas-
cinator" patterns, aDhich haze
been forwarded to the original
inQuirers:
Miss G. o. v, Miss v. F. r.,
Mrs. L. G. p, Mrs. l.. B. M,
Mrs. H. G. M, Mrs. c. A. c.,
Washington: Mrs. c. E. L., Ar
lington; Mrs. H. M. w., Fairtar::
Mrs. C. G. F., Mrs. J. P. A., Be-
thesdn; Mrs. A. H., Mrs. r. o. M,
Rirerddle; Mrs. E. C. W., Mrs.
E. v. D. Chepy Chase, Md.
Also, tDe appreciate copies of
the Frogs at School, poem, sub
mitted By v. X. n, Fdirlington;;
Mrs. r. A. b., Alexandria; Mrs.
S. B.. III, Frederick.
Suggestions sent In. bg Mrs.
E. H. S., Arlington, and Mrs. W.
L. D, T1kond Park, Nd, ptll be
printed Gs soon a. space permits.
Evening star., 1944-03-31
SCRATCH ON MAHOGANY?
(Requested by Mrs. A. l.. M,
A-fs~-L->.

Perhaps one of your readers can
help me. I have a mahogany bed
which has q very deep scratch on
the headboard. Is there anything
I might put on it to help its ap-
pearance? I'd appreciate sugges-
tions very much.
Evening star., 1944-03-31
MILK STAINS.

MILK STAINS.
THANKS to Mrs. T. E. H,
McLeaa VaJ
Some asked about the removal of
milk stains. A leaf1et on stain re-
moval instructs, Wash in cold
water, then follow with hot water
and SOAP" But, for delicate ma
terial, by which it must mean non
washable, you sponge with cold
water and remove the grease with
gasoline. 1t seems to me that a
bottle of dry cleaner would do the
work just as well as gasoline. And,
if it leaves rings, you can remove
them by holding the article over the
steam from a tea kettle. after the
article has dried.
I have heard number of times
that moths will not attack clothes
to be stored away if they are
wrapped in newspaper, as the
moths don't like printers ink.
Have any of the readers found
this to be a successful moth deter
rent?
Evening star., 1944-03-31
MOUTH ORGAN?

REQUESTED by L. L., Washington
would like to know If some of
your readers of the Clearing House
could tell me where I could get a
couple Of mouth organs. My son
who Is overseas has asked for them
twice in his letters. I have tried
all over Washington, with no luck.
He said he was at an isolated camp
and wanted them to pass away the
lonely hours. Will appreciate 1t If
some one can help me.
Evening star., 1944-03-31
CYCIAMEN PLANTS?

(ReQuested by Mrs. E. q. H.,
Washington.)
Will some one please write about
the care of cyclamen plants? I
have beautiful one that has fin
ished blooming. I believe there is
q rest period and the bulbs may be
held over and started. next fall.
think your column Is priceless.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1944-01-01
Smith-Connally
awBoomerangs
journal Admits
Has Not Helped In Prevent
ing Strikes, Wall Street
Publication Says

NEW YORK - Wall Street has
taken time out to add up the score
on half-year's operation of its little
favorite, the Smith-Connally law.
In critical analysis of the laws
first six months, 'The Wall Street
Journal" says that the law clash
Toned by Congress in an anti-labor
mood is paradoxically turning out
to be more useful than restrictive
to labor unions 1t adds:
There has been an increase in the
number of strikes rather than a de-
crease. Minority labor groups foment
strikes and unrest, making it more
difficult for majority groups to main
tain union discipline"
In the first five months, the rec
ord shows, 557 strike notices wer
filed with the NLRB. Of these, 1872
were Withdrawn before the 3O-day
waiting period had elapsed. Of 81
cases in which strike votes were
taken, only 10 opposed a walkout.
Continued on Page Three)
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1944-01-01
2,415 Plants
AndEmpIOyes
Are HOnOred
Good Labor Relations, High
Production Standards
Praised By Pres. Green

WASHINGTON, ID. C..
This is the most encouraging
and constructive labor news
story of the war!
The astonishing total of
S, 664,O 900 workers, employed
in 2,4l5 war plants, have re-
ceived Army and Navy ''E''
awards for excellence of pro-
ductiOn since Pearl HarbOr.
This was announced by the
American Federation of Labor
which obtained the official figures
from the War and Navy Depart
ments.
1t is the first time that the mill
tary authorities have permitted
the release of figures on the
aggregate number of workers re-
ceiving the 'E" buttons. Hitherto
announcements on "E" awards
have been restricted to the num-
Der of plants, without disclosing
the number of workers who share
in the awards.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1944-01-01
Tax Bill Changes
Northumberland,
'MorgenthauSays
Refrigeration Amend
ments Open Way To
Truly Extortionate
Profits"

WASHINCTON-Lacing into the
Senate Finance Committees meagre
tax bill, Secretary of Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr., said this
week that amendments to the re-
negotiation law written into the bill
''hOld the seeds of national scam
DALI
''The Treasury would be better
off with no tax bill-but on that
basis we would be awfully bad off, )"
Morgenthau said, referring to the
inadequate 1924, ZOO, 900 revenue
provided for by the bill, instead of
the $lO,5OO,OOO,OOO asked by him.
Morgenthau turned his biggest guns
on committee amendments to the re-
negotiation law, through which the
government has recovered SIS billion
from war contracts. Under the aegis
of Sen. Walter F. George (D.-Ga.),
who was plugging away for outright
repeal of the law, the committee
passed a series of amendments virtu-
ally wiping renegotiation off the
states.
Under the amendments, all con-
tracts and subcOntracts for ''stand-
ard commercial articles" construc-
ton contracts, let under competitive
bidding, and contracts involving less
than 100000 year would be ex-
empt. House action has already ex-
empted agricultural and dairy pro-
ducts.
Another amendment would Sc;
up central price adjustment board
to rule on whether a contractors
profits are excessive, to give due
consideration to his federal taxes
and cost of plant reconversiOn. Still
another would allow contractors to
appeal to the courts, involving the
government i'm endless litigation
and preventing it from getting its
money back for years to come.
The amendments, Morgenthau said,
"open the way to truly extortionate
profits. l predict that if they are en-
acted into law they will come back to
plague not only the Congress but the
Continued on Page Three)