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Evening star., 1944-08-07

RADIO O-PHONOGRAPHS-L number
Of new Ansley Dynaphone combination
Call Republic sa1a. KITTs, 1880 6 Gt st.
BAD kASh p9Ftsss battery GOOD
RADIO TUBEs: most all numbers and
parts for any replacement. speakers, sets.
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must sell Immediately. DI s4se after
RETkiGEeAroR, ice, brand new, 5o-lb
ATLAS APPLIANCE CO. Washneton's 5
Lareest Appliance House. 921 st, NV.
REFRiGERAToR, commercial: all size
compressors, frozed food cabinets; milk
eSHlsa repar %1 assf II Kinds of refrigeration
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saxopHoNEssemsr sRs RoS !s-S s1ar melody, recon g.
ditioned, S45; Holton. baritone. like new.
$3.50. Cali Republic 62l2 KITES. 1880
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VS. free service Terms. Guar. repairs s" on q
s1 mashine' ,aemsitchins buttons made
done a17F NV RE. 1900. RE 2aIi
SEWING MACHINES rented by the month,
a few for sale: allowance for old machine;
all makes repaired 1897 Conn. EN- 1914.
SHOES, ladies, 7l2-Sl7; good dresses, coats,
misc. clothing and household effects
Apt a. 5705 y. Washington blvd, Arling-
SHovELs, used shoyels, s1.25: used wheel
aEca1HeER fas afMeisfs CO Ssrdsn S0O' at stores
SLIP COVERS AND DRAPEs, expert work.
manship: delivered within days from
sTnn, sqttins wTSn5@s Go 5sgo, .,.
'oist hangers, tie irons, fireplace hampers,
msdlcine sdiG cabinets; lumber. DU. ,777s;.
springs, opens to double bed or two twin
Deds ATLAS, a21 9 st. NV, DI. 3737.
TENT. Palmetto or garden. perfect condi-
ton. $50; hand ice shaver, S35; several
tarpanlins PRoCTER, 224 seaton ct. q w.
ThOMBONES-kine, excellent condition,
Ae 80: Pan. American, gold lacquered
$3.50: Call Republic 6212. KITS,
1880 q at. (middle OF block).
Evening star., 1944-06-27
DorothyDixSay

DEAR MISS DIX: I am a young
woman with a 15-month-old baby
Every night as soon as my husband
has had his dinner he dresses UP
and steps out, leaving me to spend
the long evening, after the long
day, with the baby. AS he goes out
he says: "I1l be seeing you," and
that is the last glimpse I have of
him for the evening. I have told
him several times that I am tired
Of staying at home by myself, and
his answer is: We'll, you can 60,
too," but how can I 60 anywhere
when have no one with whom to
leave the baby?
Also, I am jealous Of the girl who
works with him and who pursues
him all the time. When I speak to
my husband about this he gets an
cry because he says I do not trust
him. We are SO young. I am only
% and he Is 26. And I love him
very much. What can I do?
HOPELESS.
Answer: When I get letters like
this-and get so many Of them
! think that maybe people shouldn't
marry until they get too old and
decrepit to want to run around.
For there is nothing the matter
with this couple except youth. They
Evening star., 1944-06-27
Etiquette in
Wartime
By Emily Post.

Mrs. X, who writes me today, Il
quite right in having assumed that
the conventional rule that q hostess
should wait no longer than 20 min
utes for a woman guest-applies
only to occasions when other guests
are kept waiting and their food
might be spoiled. IF this is so"-
her letter continues-"what is the
rule when the late-comer Is the
only guest?"
To this the answer is of course
that the family alone should wait
somewhat longer and then try to
find out whether the guest is on
her way or whether something has
prevented her coming or whether
she has forgotten the engagement
In other words, they should not
have dinner served until they have
found out--or been led to believe
that she Is not to be with them.
Dear Mrs. Post: At a family
meal served without benefit of a
maid, which is the proper direction
to pass the serving dishes?
Answer: There Is no definite rule
But unless there is some reason for
turning to the left, it is natural for
most people to pass things to the
right.
Evening star., 1944-06-27

will have very delicious opel
peach pie.
Evening star., 1944-06-27

want change, excitement, fun, tc
dance and make merry, and they
can't do 1t without wrecking their
marriage and bringing tragedy
down upon not only their own
heads, but upon the little helpless
child they brought into the world
Doubtless 1t is q waste of breath
to tell the pleasure-loving young
husband how unjust and cruel he is
being to his girl wife to leave her
alone Of evenings while he goes
forth to amuse himself. In his
selnshness he does not consider her,
or have pity on her for the long,
dreary evenings she spends alone
with no company except her bitter
imaginings that picture him having
good times with other women.
Probably her suspicious are un-
grounded. He may still love her,
but his leaving her alone is . con-
crete fact. He can't get around
that, or evade the knowledge that 1t
Is his duty to stay with her and be
q companion to her and to try to
make her happy. And T hope he
will realize his responsibility before
he has killed her love for him by
his neglect.
What . pity. young people don't
wait to fall In love until they are
ready to settle doWnl
Evening star., 1944-06-27
Pig Knuckle
NeU Stvle

Figure . pigs knuckle for eaci,
person to be served. Clean 1t. blanch
1t and make 1t fairly glow with clean-
Illness. Then put 1t into stable
stew pan together with salt and pep-
per, chopped onions and . little
garlic. with just enough bouillon TO
cover.
Simmer until the knuckles are ten
der and the liquid somewhat re-
duced. adding . bit from time to
time II 1t dries out too fast. When
the meat is tender there should s.
about three cups Of good LIQUID. Re-
move the knuckles and strain the
gravy. Then add tomato sauce to
flavor. together with enough grated
cheese to give the desired creamy
thickness.
II there is any leftover brown
gravy, this Is good place to use
1t or, In lieu OF leftover gravy. =
spoonful OF meat extract will add
rest and snap. Check well for salt
and pepper, add some ground cloves
or cinnamon II you like that flavor
and add some squeezes OF lemon
juice II 1t seems to need Q Ntth
sharpening to At the family taste.
Evening star., 1944-06-27
Readers Clearing House

fact that they work hard all day"
and must have relaxation at night
when they come home" That's all
very well when the lady Of the
household has nothing to do beside
presiding over a well stated home,
supervising children actually cared
for by competent nurses, and being
driven about by a chauffeur. The
husbands work, usually, is the
source of these luxuries, and in
return for them, the wife should do
everything in her power to make his
hours at home pleasant and restful.
But such gift-bestowing husbands
are few and far between, and it is
the majority with which we have to
deal. The average woman runs a
house at full speed from early
morning until late at night, she
copes with children, marketing, ILL
ness, laundry, cooking and a dozen
other boring chores in relentless
procession. But she doesn't ask for
rest and relaxation" when eve
ming comes-she's too busy washing
dishes and putting youngsters to
bed, and picking up the family
mending.
In her way, she has had just as
rough day-sometimes rougher-
than her old man, and deserves a
break as much as he does. But be-
cause men for years have built up
the myth Of being overworked, the
silly performance Of giving him "his
comfort" is repeated and repeated.
Why shouldn't he pitch in and help?
He does household chores quick
enough and well enough the min
ute he gets into the armed forces
and he doesn't do any stalling,
either.
The legend that man cannot be
broken to domestic harness should
be scrapped along with the myth
that women are too frail and stupid
to do mems work-something that
this war has definitely proved false.
It's been clever propaganda job
that the men have done, to get out
of boring tasks, and the more women
pamper them in this hoax the longer
the rest of us will have to battle
for equality in the home.
Evening star., 1944-06-27
The Right Foot
By Evelyn HAYES.

The really glamorous girl is lovely
from the top of her beautifully bur-
nished hair to the tips of her we'll
cared for toes. Too often women in
their beauty quest ignore their feet,
forgetting that such indolent beauty
measures will give you away. Your
toes are awful tell-tales. Lying on
the beach or running around the
lawn, nothing can more quickly de-
stroy the illusion of glamour than
uncared-for feet.
If you think that you can get away
with ill-kempt extremities and that
nobody will notice, you're wrong.
Somehow or other, heels and toes
have an unholy fascination for OBJ
serving eyes-perhaps because they
SO seldom come out into the open.
(Watch yourself next time scanning
your neighbor's tootSies on the
beachD We won't go so far as to
say that your feet can be beautiful.
We think very few feet can look
pretty. But we do say that they can
look well-groomed and that they
will respond to beauty treatments.
A once-weekly pedicure is just as
essential to the grooming of your
feet as regular manicures are to
your fingers. If you can afford oc-
casional professional pedicures, so
much the better. Buff you'd
rather put that money in War
Stamps, here is the how Of pro-
feSsional pedicure that you can do
very readily at home.
The first thing to do is to set up
q table or surface for your work
tools. Having things in order where
you can get at them Is half the
secret of doing either a manicure
or pedicure quickly and efficiently.
To start, soak your feet in warm
soapy water for few minutes. The
edge of the bathtub does nicely for
this while you can pass the time
with the evening paper. When
your feet feel relaxed, go to work
with pumice stone on pump bumps
and any other little callouses.
Next comes filing. Straight across
is the rule-and with an emery
board. Never, never cut your nails
or clip into corners: that leads
to trouble. For smoothness you
may then buff the surface of the
nails, stroking in one direction only.
This helps when you apply the pol
ish later on. Now-step No. 81
Working gently (and we mean gent
lyD around the edges of the nail,
remove the loose, dead cuticle with
q cotton-tipped orange stick which
has been dipped in cutticle remover,
and then scrub with soapy brush.
After you have dried the toes care
fully, push the cuticle back care.
fully with the towel as you dry.
Evening star., 1944-06-27

This Is q good daily beauty trick for
nails on both hands and feet.
Polish comes next-and you'll find
it easier at this point to put little
rolls of cotton between the toes to
hold them apart while you apply
the polish-lest you cover the toe
rather than the nail and give the
effect of just having stepped from
the operating table. On most toes
1t looks better if you cover the entire
nail, but you may have moons and
tips If you prefer. It's more trouble
we warn you.
When you're sure the nails are
dry, rub cream on your legs and
feet and massage it in. At this
stage of the game if you can enlist
the aid of a girl friend or sister to
do the massage while you relax, we
envy you. If not, just go to work
yourself, concentrating on the ball
of the foot, which is the chief IA
tigue spot.
Finally, dust all with a special
foot powder or deodorant powder,
making sure you get the nice stuff
between the toes to combat damp
ness, which, incidentally, is another
good daily procedure.
Evening star., 1944-06-27
Bv Barbara Bell

One of the high-style fashion
notes this summer Is to have your
handbag match either your dress
or a jacket.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1859 is
designed for sizes "a, So, 38, 40, AZ,
a, 46 and 48. Size SO, jacket, re-
quires 212 yards of 39-inch mate
rial; matching bag, "a yard; 20 yard
lining.
For this attractive pattern send
Is cents, plus l cent for postage,
In coins with your name, address,
pattern number and size wanted tt
Barbara Bell, The Washington Star
Post Office Box SO, Station G, New
York 10. N. Y.
Evening star., 1944-06-27

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 Cas,CeH.
Evening star., 1944-06-27
BOOK ON RECOMMENDATIONS?

0OOh YIN FRONUNClAI1ON
REQUESTED by Mrs. J. w.,
WGshinDton.)
Recently I read somewhere of a
book to aid young school children
in learning the pronunciations of
the most difficult words in a very
short time.
II any reader knows of any such
book, I'd appreciate an immediate
answer, as I am leaving the city
shortly.
USE FOR SOUR CREAM?
(ReQuested by Mrs. H. E. c.,
Arlington.)
I enjoy the Readers Clearing
House very much and have gained
some very helpful ideas and recipes
from 1t.
I frequently have sour cream on
hand and hate to throw 1t out II it
can be used. Is there way butter
can be made from it? Thank you
for suggestions.
CATCHING MICE:
SQUEAKY ROCKER?
Thanks to Mrs. B. X,
AleT1ndridJ
For Miss B. L., Washington: Try
using flour on the mouse trap. Just
sprinkle it over the bait holder
Simple, but generally effective.
Ton tall D. %>y~
the squeak out of an old wooder
rocker? 1t creaks and groans al
over when any one sits in 1t.
SEA FOAM;
WASHING CROCHETED
SPREAD?
(Thdnks to Mrs. M. W.,
Wdshington.)
Here is a recipe for sea foam
which I have always found excel
lent
Two cups sugar, "a cup corn sirup
| u cup water, l cup walnut meats,
egg whites, l teaspoon vanilla.
Boil first three ingredients unit
mixture forms hard ball wher
dropped into cold water.
Pour slowly into beaten whites
beating constantly with rotary eg,
beater. When it begins to stiffen
add vanilla and nuts, broken il
rather large chunks and drop from
tip of spoon on oiled paper.
Can any one tell me how to wasf
a hand-crocheted bedspread which
has been in my family for almos
two hundred years?
OPEN PEACH PIE.
(ThankS to Mrs. D. O'C.,
Washington
I would like to submit my recip
for an open peach pie to Mrs A. B
Washington.
Have the usual pie crust ready il
pan, sprinkle -four on it, then pee
peaches, cut in quarters, put a
many peaches in as you like. Ad,
sugar, cut small pieces of butte
over, put in oven and bake Whel
done, beat well two eggs and nttl
milk and put over peaches. Pu
back in oven for 10 minutes, and yo1
Evening star., 1944-06-27
MANPOWER AT HOME.
THANKS to Mrs. l.. E. V,
.Cil1,er .Cr,rinn

Thanks to Mrs. L. E. V,
Siluer Spring.
To Mrs. J. L. NJ, Warrington, in
regard to the men in our homes:
1t has always infuriated me to
hear women say that men do moth
ing but hold down a job. I am q
wife, mother and grandmother and
have always done all of my own
work including the laundry and sew
ing. suppose at some. time we
have all thought or wished that our
husbands would or should do some
thing at home, but after all-mak-
ing living is his job and very
responsible one and often very diff
ficult. Many men labor hard, while
others work just as hard mentally
and I think they are entitled to
leisure and rest after they 60 home
Certainly not house work, unless the
woman is employed, then it is his
duty to help.
Where there Is a lawn and gar
den and no other help, most men
expect to care for them and enjoy
1t. A woman's RIGHTFUL share
of the work is keeping the home
and rearing their children without
always complaining about It,
DIDN'T SHE EXPECT TO WHEN
SHE MARRIED?
All the extras are of her own
making. Most work is done by
BUSY WOMEN, NOT PARASITES.
(Thanks to Mrs. V. O. T.,
Arlington)
In regard to the manpower- at
home situation, I feel must submit
my nickel's worth!
Too many men have traded on the
Evening star., 1944-06-27
MILDEW REMOVAL.
Thanks to Mrs. J. C.. X,
Alexandria,

Haven't seen any answers to the
readers request on how to remove
mildew from a shower curtain. I
read about it long time ago in the
Readers Clearing House and I re-
turn 1t herewith:
Wash your shower curtain Cor
window shower curtain) in as hot
soapy water as your hands can
stand. Swish 1t up and down in
the suds. After you feel 1t is clean,
put it in rinse water of the same
temperature. Next I'LL your tub
with the same type rinse water, but
put a measuring glass full of
chlorine bleach in 1t and let soak
about four hours, then rinse. I
found the mildew all gone, but If
yours is of longer standing, or a
larger amount, it may have to 20
back again, Don't give up. Press
when almost dry with not too hot
an iron, on the wrong side of MAJ
tertal. '7''.-' 80 e
Evening star., 1944-06-27

plete easy-to-read and easy-to-fol-
low directions for the above.
Our 60-page multicolored book of
Needle Arts, containing five free pat
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-10

Lou Meyer, my famous driver, walked in
one day and handed me an Invoice for a
new crankshaft for our Bowes Seal
Fast" Special. looked at the amount and
whistled: $842!
For a crankshaft, Lou?" said. why,
last week bought my wife new DeSoto
sports coupe-with not only crankshaft
but a body, motor, tires, wheels, uphol-
stery, pedals, gadgets galore. And the
whole works cost me only $780,"
Lou grinned. "Well, Bob, we only wanted
this one special crankshaft. And there's
only one way to make one crankshaft-
grind it and white it out by hand. That's
what we did, and it cost $842."
"Well," said, 81 only wanted one DeSoto
for my wife, and i got the whole car for
$500, crankshaft and all"
Sure" said Lou, land here's how TO fig
ure that out Somehow, somewhere, some
body made about a million other people
Udnt DeSoto, just like the DeSoto you
wanted for Mrs. Bowes."
He grinned again and walked out with my
okay for the $842 crankshaft.
/ sat there, thinking about America and
what Lou had said. Somehow, somewhere,
somebody had put into operation mott
waiting force that made million people
1cdnt-not need, but tOdnt-a DeSoto. That
rant was what brought the price down to
where a million people could buy
DeSoto. ! thought: Whoever made those
million other people want DeSoto cars,
certainly gave me and my wife break.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-10

TET's take a few quick glances at Americas
IL postwar future.
What needs what wants, what economic
forces, can be expected TO go to work.
Well, since history repeats itself, let's look at
the future through the eyes Of the past:
Robert M. Bowes, President of the Bowes
'Seal Fast" Corporation, is a patron of the
Indianapolis Speedway. His racing cars won
six firsts and two seconds in National Speed
Events in 1910 and 1871 and in both years
won the National AAA Championship. Mr..
Bowes recently told US this:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-10

Let's go further back than DeSoto to the be-
ginning of the automotive industry:
In 1904, Packard would have cost you 81, 900.
BY 1908, the price average of oil cars, with
some $4,000 bought, was 81. 100. And by 1889,
with nearly million cars bought in that one
year alone, the price average was down to $613.
Let's go back still further. In 1908 when
Henry Ford first offered Ford car for sale,
he asked $3.50 for it. By 1916, just before the
rising industrial costs of World War |, Ford
cost as little as 1865. And between 1909 and
1927, Is million families bought Model rs.
Let's go back some more.
From the 1910 $25-and-up seven-piece ladies
bathing costumes to the streamlined Jantzen
Of 1913 at $3.50 was only the beginning; the
price was down as low as $4.95 by 1871.
The Gillette Safety Razor of 1906 patterned
after the first hand-fled model of stamped
metal and clock-spring steel-cost $500.
Thirty years later, a Gillette Razor and Gill
lette Blue Blades stood you exactly 49e. j.,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-10
What Will Be Americas
Postwar Industry No. [?

The postwar Kotex Of 25 years back was al
most shocking item to order out loud from
n druggist-even at 65< box. Today, that box
Of Kotex costs an unembarrassed 22t-for a
tremendously improved, standardized, steril-
lied product.
Let's go back still further. Kodaks from $50
in 1883 to $3.50 in 1886. Box cameras from
So in 1883 to 81 in 1886. Tires from $25 in
1910, to SIS in 1925, TO $12 in 1936-with
mileage up from $500 to $4,000 to Is 900.
Soup from 25t in 1900 to 10f list price today.
More? From 1926 to 1871, vacuum cleaner
prices came down 1914 electric refrigerator
prices came down 54%; camera prices came
down 60Ps /; canned soups 29%, silk stockings
sou, electric irons 51%, toilet soaps 60%e,
table model radios 1917.
Want it in dollars-and- cents? Here goes:
In 1921, the price average Of electric refrig-
orators was $3.50 A 1899 model, infinitely
improved, cost but $169.
In 1922, the price average of washing ma
chimes was 1854. In 1889, it was 500.
In 1927, the price average of radio sets was
$125. In 1889, it was $31.
Thanks TO mass tCaats-not mere needs
annual car sales in America jumped from
$4,000 in 1908 to 2, $50, 600 in 1889. Only 5000
refrlgerators were turned out In 1921 ,90O,-
600 in 1899 Only 423, 900 washers were made
in 1922; /, 1928, 600 in 1889. In 1927, 1850 900
radios were produced; in 1889, alone, this
total had jumped to 100000.
But why keep on? There are enough Of such
case-histories to fill this publication several
times over. Enough 10 prove TO anybody open
to reason, that mass demand plus mass pro-
ductiOn creates lolOer and get LOlUer prices.
So that more and more are bought. So that
more and more jobs are created. So that mass
production can thus be stepped-up still higher
and prices can be kept in a constantly descend
ing spiral.
That's the American economy at Work.
All right all right. So mass production went
up. So prices came down. So people found out
about radios and Fords and cameras and all
the rest. So they started buying. So what?
Here is the answer to that.
Mass demand and mass production are only
tiCo-thirdS Of the component parts of the
American JeconOmy Without the third and
final component pdrt-brGnd 0dUertLSing-
mass demand and m%S production could merer
eUen get gong.
Regarding our national economy, our way Of
life as We know it, there are, up to now, two
common misconceptions:
First, that mass production, of itself, creates
mass demand.
Second, that mass demand, of itself, creates
mass consumption.
Let's dispel these misconceptions, once and
for all.
/. Mass production, as part of our job
making and income-makng machinery, is not
worth a plugged nickel without mass con-
sumption.