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Evening star., 1944-09-27
FOUR-YEAR-OLD.
(Thdnks to Mrs. M. A. H.,
WdsHinQton.

To Mrs. G. D., Falls Church
(problem in September l8 paper ::
You sound as though you have the
intelligence to train and raise your
child if you could just get on the
right track. I think the right track
is-more patience, more thought,
more love. hope you don't really
feel you are at your wits end, be-
cause I think your daughters dis
position will improve only If you
start using your wits more. This
Is your chosen profession and can
be the most fascinating in the
world II you give 1t the same care
and consideration you would an out
side Job.
You say your daughter is making
you nervous. Are you, perhaps,
making her nervous? 1t is vicious
circle, and you are the one to
break 1t. not your little girl, since
your maturity and years of expert
ance are able to back you up in these
trying times. You see, she is suffer-
ing the same mental and emotional
strain as yourself and needs your
help and love to get her through this
period.
l. Start tomorrow morning with a
smile. a song in your heart; be
cheerful! Look forward to a day
and series of days, of expert
menting-of discovering how much
more there is to your daughter and
to yourself than you thought.
2. When crying tantrums start,
keep on humming at your work, and
ignore them. If she is crying over
some real hurt, show her your love
and affection. When she WhineS.
reason with her. and let it go at
that. If she is to grow into a good
citizen. she must learn to give and
take. Don't shout; don't slap. Keep
calm. Be gentle, but firm!
8. Find time to play with her your
self. Make your housework interest,"
ing to her SO she will take pride in
helping you polish the silver or dust
the furniture or make the beds.
Even very young children will enjoy
pretending to help if the mother is
patient and makes it fun. The same
is true of eating and going to bed.
Don't force her to eat If you are
calm and happy she will soon decide
TO eat. See that she gets enough
attention at other times so that she
doesn't have to use this as means
TO gain it. My little girl loves to 90
to bed after a warm, Splashy bath, a
rough tumble on the bed bear
mug. maybe a bedtime story and a
goodnight kiss She feels loved and
secure, and has no trouble sleeping
Don't worry about that relieved
feeling! We all feel that way, fun
or no funD
tf Don't worry about forcing an
Ideal companionship Just let it
grow out of daily living.
(5' Be sure to get plenty of rest
yourself. so you can do this Job well
Seven O'Clock is a good time to get
up-Just get to bed earlier.
Is, Don't give up Decide what
measures YOU are going to take to
make YOUR home the happieSt a man
can come home to, and stick to them.
1t may take couple of weeks for
direct results TO show. Keep up an
outward sincere appearance Of
cheertulness and you'll soon feel it
inside, too. And no child can keep
on feeling sad, and fretful and ner-
vous in such loving and happy sur
roundingS. A nursery school? l
should say not! Not when you have
the intelligence and the time and
the heart to raise your child YOUR
SELF With Gods help, you can't
fail!
Evening star., 1944-09-27

Contributions and requests
must be accompanied by the
sender's full name and address.
We will withhold both and use
only initials. Please address
mail to the Readers Clearing
House. Woman's Page, The
Evening Star, washington 4.
Views expressed in the Clear
ing House are not necessarily
those of The Star, and as it is
obviously impossible for us to
test all recipes submitted, we
cannot assume responsibility
for them.
Betsy CasweH
Evening star., 1944-09-27
(ThankS to Mrs. E. S. ~.
WlShiuutOn

To Mrs. G. D., Falls Church: Your
daughter needs playmates her age
and since nursery school was un-
satisfactory, why not try a CO.
operative group with few of your
friends with girls near the same
age? One winter We had an ar
rangement where three girls took
turns being at the three homes in
the mornings, went home for lunch,
and maps.
If YOU have no friends close
enough TO do this conveniently. talk
10 your school principal for names OF
families III Your neighborhood with
pre-school age children or get in
ouch with some OF the Welfare
Evening star., 1944-09-27

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true! What a frock for the next
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best date! Fetching ruffles on
tight basque and pretty skirt are
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charming! This lovely style in diff
ferent fabrics will do for formal or
informal occasions.
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is designed for sizes IL, IA, Is, l8 and
20. Size IA tthree-quarter sleeve
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terial, short sleeves, 81. yards. Self
ruftling requires i yard extra ma
terial and machine-made ruffling,
2 yards
For this pattern, send 20 cents,
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tern number and size wanted to Bar
bara Bell, The Washington Star,
Post ONCE Box 50. Station G, New
York l9, N. Y.
Evening star., 1944-09-27

agencies about having child In
your home.
Your daughter needs to be given
new interests and forget about her
wants. I wouldn't worry too much
about the desire for all the other
toys the other children have. She
is old enough to be put on an allow
ance of perhaps 5 cents week. We
started with a cent for each year
and a cent for each promotion in
school and it has worked satisfac-
torily. II you don't want to give
the allowance, you might try allow
ing SO much for something she
wants each month when the check
comes. Children are naturally mer-
cenarv and she is old enough to
realize money doesn't grow on trees,
without having to know the cost OF
everything.
(ThdnkS to Mr.. J. K. Wdshington,]
To Mrs. G. D., Falls Church: The
best advice in this case would be to
urge both the mother and her child
to see q professional psychiatrist,
specializing in child care. One thing
does seem evident. the mother has
been paying too much attention TO
the child The story suggests back
ground of Wrangling and arguing
to which the mother herself con-
tributes by not leaving off an argu-
ment OF contest of wills over every
possible subject-toys. shopping.
meals. maps, playing with other
children. and so forth. The child
will not learn self-control and deci-
sion except from the mother. Be-
cause of past habits, it will not be
easy to break up this pattern of
continuous wrangling. The mother
will have a good deal of trouble in
making a decision and leaving her
daughter alone. To do so, will re-
uuire patient advice and help in
the daily routine for at least a few
weeks.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
Our thanks to Mrs. c. J. s..
RiUerdale. Mrs. J. D. B., Ber,Oyn;
Mrs R. c.. Washington, tor their
letters. mhich 1re hope to print
as soon as space permits.
SPECIAL CLASSES.
Thanks to Miss d. J. D.,
Washington
I should be very pleased il you
could again publish the schedule of
special classes at the Webster School.
Tenth and H streets NV, which
are open TO the community.
The Clearing House readers made
Evening star., 1944-09-27
COOKIES FOR OVERSEAS.
fThdnkS to Mrs. E. L. s.,
Ber,Uyn, Md.


Ber,uyn, Md.l
I am sending a cookie recipe that
is perfect for making cookies for
overseas. 1t is quite old. l OBJ
tanned it from my mother-in- law
who in turn got it from her
mother -in-laW. They are called
ginger cakes" l pound lard,
pound sugar, quart dark molasses,
2 tablespoons cinnamon, 2 table
spoons nutmeg. tablespoons GIN
ger. y teaspoon soda dissolved in
y cup warm water. teaspoon
salt. enough -four for stiff dough.
Roll out. cut and bake
This recipe is very economical as
you can see The cookies are espe-
cially delicious If your serviceman
is a spice lover My husband can
finish a batch in no time at all
Evening star., 1944-09-27
SPECIAL NOTICES.

0TESIN6 INV IS6S.
PLAINFlELD ORCHARDS-Grimes Golden
Hec Delicious apples and sweet cider
please bring containers. Out Ga. ave.
MI to Glenmont. right 8 mi. on Route
!sS w ". MOORE, Sandy Spring, Nd
GAS WATER HEATERS-2o. 30. 40 gal
automatic; no cash needed: small monthly
payments: pa immediate installation. D. A
Evening star., 1944-09-27
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Readers Clearing House

up a large part Of these classes last
year. They said that they would
watch the Clearing House" for the
new fall schedule.
Prepare yourself against home
accidents. against the shortage OF
doctors and nurses, learn to sew!
Register this week. Call National
60OO, branch 1892, or start a class
next week.
Monday and Wednesday mornings,
10 to II, beginning october 2
First aid, Red Cross standard
course: instructor, Miss Donnally.
Hand-loom weaving. Mondays only;
instructor, Mrs. Miller.
Monday and Wednesday after
moons, l to 3, opening date to be an
nolnced lafer-'Food and nutrition
Red Cross standard course. This
register for it.
Tuesday and Thursday mornings,
10 to IL, beginning october 3
Home nursing. Red Cross standard
course; instructor, Miss Donnally
r. N.
| Tuesday and Thursday after
moons. to 3, beginning october 8
Clothes renovating and dressmak-
ing; instructor. Mrs. McElvain
George-Deen program. home eco
nomic department of the public
schools.
Friday afternoons, to 3, begin
ming October s. Red Cross knitting
and sewing; chairman, Miss DON
nally
Red Cross certificates are given
for the> satisfactory completion of
these courses.
Production "credit-hours" are
registered at the District Red Cross
headquarters.
NonresidentS of the District of
Columbia pay nominal fee.
THANK YOU NOTE.
mrs. r. NJ M, Washington
l would like to thank all the ladies
who SO kindly sent in replies to my
question regarding Russian tea.
After trying the various recipe:
I found the one submitted by Mrs
E. l.. D. of Arlington was just what
I wanted.
l have gained so much by read
ing the Clearing House. It's lots
of fun to exchange recipes and ideas
with so many neighborS.
u -
Evening star., 1944-12-15

aircraft carriers December I. 1871.
Main headquarters will remain at
Pearl Harbor Last nights press
release pointed out, however, that
the capture of the Gilberts, Mar
shalls, Marianas. Ulithi and Palau
has pei 1nitted moving the center of
gravity of the ground, sea and air
forces, Pacific Ocean areas, far
westward" The forward area head
quarters would Improve the effec-
tiveness of control OF these forces
as their operations converge on
Japan"
American warships in Leyte Gulf,
supporting Gen. MacArthur's rein
vasion of the Philippines, are more
than 5000 miles from Pearl Harbor.
The big naval base which has been
under construction at Guam since
the recapture of that island last Au-
gust is $500 miles southwest of Pearl
Harbor.
In reporting during recent months
warship shellings of the Volcano Is
lands and carrier-based attacks on
Formosa and the Ryukyus, Admiral
Nimitz's communicates have covered
naval operations occurring as much
Evening star., 1944-12-15


maintained at the Tomb of the
Unknown Soldier?-M. E. F.
A. No time limit was set for the
military guard at the Tomb of the
Unknown Soldier. There is no in
tention of terminating the guard.
@. Why did Alexandra Dumas
title his story "The Three Musk
eteers" when there are four heroes
in the story?-F. D. K.
A. 1t is true that there are four
| leading characters in the book.
Three of the men are guardsmen,
and the fourth is, to use the phrase
of E. A. Baker, their redoubtable
and versatile Gascon comrade
ID'Artsgnan."
@. How many aircraft carriers
has the United States?-E. L. H.
A. According to the latest edition
of James Fighting Ships, more than
100 aircraft carriers are in service
with the United States Navy, with
many more" in various stages Of
construction.
@. What are the basic require
ments for steWardesses on planes OF
American Airlines, Inc.?-F. F..
A. The basic requirements are as
follows: Be between 81 and % years
old and unmarried, be between s.
feet 2 inches and S feet inches
in height, weigh not over 125
pounds, must not require constant
use of eyeglasses, have had two
years in an accredited college and
at least six months business ex-
perience.
Q. What is the death rate from
malaria in the Army?-M. S.
A The Surgeon General of the
Army recently announced that the
death rate from malaria is the
lowest in Army history. The over
all death rate is one hundreth of
l per cent.
@. What was the first Dutch vii
lage to be iberated?-L. D. M.
A. The first Dutch village lib
Grated in the present war is Walk
enswaard 1t is just over the border
from Belgium.
Q. Is every soldier required to
take special physical examination
before being sent overseas?-G. A. z.
A. The so-called overseas physical
examination is required of every
soldier in the Army of the United
States before he can be sent over
seas.
G. What are the duties of service
company in the Army?-R. G.
A. A service company is a unit
within an organization concerned
with its equipment utilities and
material. 1t may also provide sup
ply and baggage transport.
@. Is it known as yet what units
will make up the army of occupa-
ton in Europe after the war endS?-|
w. Y.
A. The War Department says that
no announcement has been made
concerning the composition of the
post-armistice army of occupation
of Germany. According to the text
of the War Departments plan, de-
mobilization of the Army certain
units of the Army also, of necessity,
will have to be retained in the
various theaters where action has
ceased In order to fulfill such oc-
cupation duties as are necessary"
Evening star., 1944-12-15
Nimitz 10 Establish
Base Nearer Japan
To Direct Fighting
,y the Associated Press.


PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUAR-
TIERS, Pearl Harbor, Dec. 15.-The
Pacific war has moved so far west
Of Pearl Harbor, its starting point,
that Admiral Chester w. Nimitz
soon will set up advanced head
quarters in forward area to con-
troll more effectively ground, sea
and air forces "as their operations
converge on Japan"
Whether Guam and Saipan were
uppermost among possible sites, as
unofficially reported, the admiral
would not say. Admiral Nimitz
commands the Pacific Fleet and
Pacific Ocean areas.
Significantly, his announcement
last night followed conferences
embracing China and the Aleutians
conferences suggesting new stra-
tegic moves impending against
Japan.
AT either Guam or Saipan, the
advanced feet, headquarters would
be closer to the Japanese homeland
than Japanese planes were to the
United States when they delivered
their attack on Pearl Harbor from
Evening star., 1944-12-15
TheGreatG GameofPolitics
Writer Gravely Doubts. Replacement
OF Miss Perkins Will Be Improvement

and the Messrs. Hillman and Muir
ray of the CIO can agree.
Mr.. Green, Mr.. Hillman and Mr.
Murray are much too important
and much too well paid to accept
this portfolio themselves. Think
ing the situation over. perhaps some
who have been clamoring for the
retirement of Miss Perkins may
change their minds. We could do
a lot worse-and probably will.
Evening star., 1944-12-15
Could Do Much Worse.

The idea that in any way he
would be an improvement on Miss
Perkins cannot seriously be enter
tanned. And if Mr. Tobin should
not be appointed, then the place is
expected to go to some labor stooge
upon whom Mr.. Green of the AFTl
Evening star., 1944-12-15

as 5,170 miles from Pearl Harbor
and as near as 400 miles OF Japan.
Admiral Nimitz, VINO emphatic
ally has stated the Allied offensive
must drive west to landings on the
coast of China, where the war will be
won, disclosed last night that Presi-
dent Roosevelt's special representa-
tive to China had conferred with
him at Pearl Harbor while en- route
to Washington. The representative,
Donald M. Nelson, has spent several
weeks in Chungking since the recall
OF Gen. Joseph w. Stilwell, talking
with Generalissimo Chang Kai-
shek.
Mr.. Nelson was in a position to give
Admiral Nimitz full picture of the
Chinese political and military situa-
tion.
Earlier this week Admiral Nimitz
Evening star., 1944-12-15

ana OUT OF The
a d ministration,
she has been the
target for jibes,
ieers and sneers.
In the last three
r o o sevelt cam
paigns she was
the one cabinet
m e mber singled
out for attack.
Now that Mr..
Roosevelt is re-
ported ready to
name a new
and male - Sec
retary acceptable
70 the CIO and
Evening star., 1944-12-15

disclosed he had held strategy con-
ference with Army and Navy COM
manders OF the Central Pacific and
Aleutian theaters. These confer
ences appeared on the surface to
deal with the Aleutians, but also
considered the long objective
Of Japan itself.
Evening star., 1944-12-15
Knights Plan Purty

Columbia Commandery No. 2,
knights Templar, will give q Christ
mas party for members and guests
at $50 o'clock tonight at the Ma
sonic Temple at Thirteenth street
and New York avenue NV.
Evening star., 1944-12-15
Answers to
Questions

reader can get the answer to any
question of fact by writing The Eve
ming Star Information Bureau, 316 l
street NE. Washington 2, d. C. Please
inclose cents for return postage.
Evening star., 1944-12-15
BY Frank X. Kent

For long time it has been the
custom among politicians and polit-
ical writer's to make fun of Secretary
OF Labor Frances Perkins. Both in
Evening star., 1944-12-15
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

@. How long will the guard be
maintained at the Tomb of the
Unknown Soldier?-M. E. F.
A No time limit was set for the
military guard at the Tomb of the
Unknown Soldier. There Is no in
tention of terminating the guard.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-30

w out much interest Then |
show them the phony kicker
The way their eyes bug out is worth
the admission price.
Look at me I tell 'em. I'm 81
years old. II l can run and dance
with one leg, why can't you
Gibson believes there are thousands
Of proSthetiCS In America who would
be happy TO demonstrate their pro
ficiency 10 amputees in Army and
Navy hospitals if the government
would call for their services, Many
-hdvC-I1Et- NItfA-febAffE1- he says
He hasn't confined his missionary
efforts 10 hospitals and institutions
Night clubs, he finds, are the best
spots to bolster soldiers sagging
morale. After a onelegged patient
has mastered few dance steps with
his new limb, Billy takes him and a
girl 10 night club.
Usually my guest watches for an
hour or So" Billy says. Hes scared
stiff because he's afraid he'll make a
spectacle Of himself. But finally he
agrees 10 try few steps. After that
just try 10 keep him quiet Hes
reborn"
Artificial limbs have been perfected
to an amazing degree. Plastic and
metal arms bend at the elbow and are
controlled by the back muscles. a
hand with a flexible thumb can pick
up small objects and can be replaced
with a hook for heavier work.
Light metal or plastic legs operate
with comparative ease, and spring
joints in the foot bond during the
stride, approximating the action of
the ankle and toes in a natural foot
Gibsons bunch is that this war will
result in $4,000 prosthcucs in our
armed forces. Some government off
Gals estimate as high as 100000. In
either case, an awful lot of cheer.
spreading and soul-hcaling will be
needed to rchabilitate the boys who
have left part of themselves abroad
THE AMERICAN WEEKLY
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-30
Billy Gibson Encourages Pros
thetics by Showing What Can
BE Done With the Artificial
Leg He's SpOrted Since the
Last War.
BY IRVING LEHRER

IT ISN'T the loss of an arm or ~
a leg that devastates a ser
y viceman. It's the chunk that's
shot out of his soul A doctor
can heal the stump Of vanished
limb. and an expert can replace
IL with something almost as good
-Btttth real wound is deep in
Sid@ 1t can be healed best by
someone who has been inoculated
with the same malady
That's why America really
needs 10000 Billy Gibsons
Billy Gibson has only one real
leg, but you'd never believe il
while you watched him do a buck
and wing or turn cartWheel
For a quarter of a century he
mas spent most of his time and
much of his money restoring
courage as well as limbs to many
OF those who have lost both.
They listen To me because I'm
one of them" Billy explains.
After they have watched me for
a while, they believe"
His one-man crusade against the
psychological manning of these am
puteeS has given a new life to hun
dreds of disconsolate cripples.
Americans have fought in only
limited number of major engage
ments, but already more than g, 500
men have been brought back home
minus one or more of their limbs.
Another new batch arrives each week
Their regeneration is fast becoming
one of the nations foremost problems.
The whole secret Is in getting 'em
early Billy Gibson says. GAS soon
as a guy comes out of the shock of
an amputation, he begins to think
about the future What the hells
the use? he figures. Tn going to
spend the rest of my life hobbling
around on crutcheS or having an
empty coat sleeve pinned to my chest.
Everybody's going to pity me. I'll be
taking charity, either from the gov.
rrnmcnt or from my relatives or
friends Why didn't 1 get my head
blown off out there, instead?"
That's when you got to reach EN-.
and the place to do it is in the field
hospitals. There ought to be some.
body around almost as soon as the
guy comes out Of the anaeSthetic.
showing him that the loss of an arm
81 -tCE, or both, FOR That matter,
isn't going 10 ruin his life. Once that
idea gets across, the rest Of the
battle IS comparatively easy.
But the doctor or the nurse can't
do the convincing. The fellow who's
lying there keeps thinking, Sure.
that's the old oil they're giving me.
Some more of that keep-'em-happy
20 April 10, 1914
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-30
You Wouldn't
Guess Lieut..
Dudley X.
Clark l.
Minus n Leg
As He Steps
Out With His
EianCee
WAVE Sara
FELTON,.

stuff. How do they know? Did any
of them ever have to get along with
out an arm or a leg"
There's only one way to make it
stick, and that's to let the guy see
how someone else in the same fix can
successfully get on in life"
If anybody ought TO know, it's
William Harrington Gibson. When
the last war started he was vaude-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-30

falteringIy around the ward and then
suddenly he pulled up a trouser leg
to display an artificial limb.
Il thought ii was a gag at first"
Billy recalls, "but he came over and
1 felt it, That was the clincher."
A new Billy Gibson was measured
the next day for a new leg. He
learned quickly. Before long he was
doing all his old dance routines and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-30

vile dancer. lie went
overseas with the Army
and lost his right leg in
the Argonne. He was
lying in Walter Reed
Hospital in Washington,
bordering the futility
of trying TO earn a liv-
ing with only one leg,
W h @ n { n g doctor
brought in a visitor.
The STRANGER Strode I'M
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-30

dOillB AlAcIIl wen.
He went back In
TO vaudeville and
then he entered
the business of
manufacturing ar
tificial limbs.
But he never
forgot the debt he
owed TO the one
legged visitor at
the h o s pi a l.
w h e n ever he
could get a way
for a few hours,
ne ufOppeu III at
an institution
which contained a
few prosthetics. as
science calls those
persons who need
requirements I or
missing members
81 give 'em a
couple OF songs
first and then go
into m Y dance
routine +" he says
They think I've
come there 10 en-
terrain them, and
they re always
grateful. / tell
them not TO worry
because they can
be fixed up Just as
good as new, and
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