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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-26
Juvenile Delinquency Traced
To Inadequate Home Guidance
By JOSEPHINE RANDALL
Superintendent, San Francisco Recreation Department

THE uncertainty which exists in
l. broken homes is, believe, re-
sponsible for much of the lack of
mental and emotional control in chill
dren.
Lack of respect of parents for
each other, quarreling, drunkenness,
divorce, death, ALL LEAVE THEIR
MARKS on the children.
The home influence is the MOST
IMPORTANT influence in the de-
velopment of the child, and where
understanding between the parents
and the child is lacking, where there
is lack of interest in the child's
health, education, recreation and re-
Ggious training, where unintelligent
methods of discipline are followed,
where there is too much freedom, too
much money and over-indulgence,
there will be found children STRUG-
CLING WITH UNCERTAINTY,
WITH NO RESPONSIBILITY AND
WITH LITTLE SELF-CONTROL.
AIN OF creative ACTIVITIES ana
IL responsibility for necessary work
in the home have been, in many
ways, great handicap to the chill
dren of today.
A small boy was observed this
summer working on a farm and was
asked how much money he made. He
very Indignantly replied
am not paid, this is my home"
HE HAD A KEEN SENSE OF
BELONGING AND A REAL IN
TEREST IN HIS HOME AND IN
HIS WORK.
That boy will never become de-
linquent. He will never destroy
wantonly because his home, for
which he has a real SENSE OF
RESPONSIBILITY is being created
constructively.
THE chief cause of juvenile de-
L linquency is, believe, the break
down of the home, due to the fact
that the. advancement in the spirit
ual, the creative and the social life
of the home has NOT BEEN ABLE
TO KEEP UP with the advancement
in the mechanical, economic and in
dustrial life of the home. Therefore,
the mechanical necessity for creative
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-26
MARCH OF EVENTS

touching and likabIe faith In the
peacefulness Of human nature
which nothing In the behavior
OF the recipients had ever war
ranted, and his attitude toward
the japanese, even up to the
moment Of Pearl Harbor. did
much more credit to his heart
than to his head"
OF course, this is not the de-
finitive book on Mr.. Roosevelt,
but II is a splendid, fearless and
not unfriendly study of the man
up to date. From the book L
get the impression that FDR's
character is pivoted on two psy-
Geological factors: the will-to-
power and an almost ruthless
egotism.
IN THE 1886 campaign the
L John l.. Lewis union raised
$500,000 for the New Deal cam
paign. When Lewis intimated
to President Roosevelt after the
latter's inauguration that there
was a "payoff" due, the Presi-
dent rightly gave Lewis the
quick brushoff.
Now we have Sidney Hillman
playing the same game. But
this time Sid and his crowd are
donating millions TO the New
Deal-fourth term campaign. II
Mr.. Roosevelt wins again, will
he also give Hillman the brush
off" instead of the "payoff?"
THE following written by John
Il Stuart Mill (1S06-l873) is
worth memorizing by all Ameri-
cans today who feel so cocksure
of our future as a free, individ-
ualistic democracy:
"A people may prefer free
government, but IL from indo-
lence or carelessness or coward
Ice or want Of public spirit they
are ii equal to the exertions
necessary for preserving IL; II
they will not fight for IL when IL
Is directly attacked; II they can
he deluded by the articles used
to cheat them out of Il; II by
momentary encouragement or
tmpOrary panic or . At of en-
thusiam for an individual, they
can be induced TO lay their liber-
ties at the feet even Of q great
man or trust him with powers
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-26

CLIMPSES of President Roo
~ sevelt from the book. What
Manner of Man ?" by Noel F.
Busch (Harper):
His charm: "Roose is
charm is not bear charm but
seal charm. Far from looking
bothered, he seems alert, Sc
cretive and refreshed. The seal,
trained or otherwise. always
looks quite capable of dealing
with any emergency, he seems
to enjoy captivity more than his
native habitat, If that is pos
sible. He can do anything re-
quired of him, whether il is
catching herring for his lunch
con, balance a ball on his fore
head or play the national an
them on a set of horns. Urbane
and indefatigable, the seal is
the all-around animal on land
or sea, indoors or out, winter
or summer. People who like the
seal-they are more numerous
than those who like the poor old
polar bear--do so not for rea-
sons of sympathy but from
sheer envy, which. repressed,
amounts to admiration.
His character: ION the whole.
ii appears that he is good but
not a very wise man, vain. cap
tious, over-confident, and warm
hearted, no more honest than
most, but friendlier than the
average, courageous, but at the
same time, all things considered,
so far as human beings can be
capable of such a thing, not
totally without a certain some
what meretricious grandeur"
TTiE Blind Salesman:
L Tn truth, Roosevelt was q
past master In selling the United
States public anything, and
before 1897, the public was In a
buying mood. Consequently, tho
most charitable excuse In Roose-
velts case Is that, conditioned 10
people Ms he was, no simply
did not find IL possible to accept
the logical hypothesis that other
people were conditioned 50 diff
ferently as Messrs. Hitler and
Mussolini. Certainly his atti-
tude toward these potentates In
the preshooting stages showed =
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-26
VIGOROUSLY PROMPT
Our Fourth Christmas
At War

ON THE fourth Christmas of this
" long and painful war, no one is
merry, and yet the familiar greeting
of Merry Christmas" is heard-and
we wonder if we should say it.
BY all means, say Merry Christ
mas"
Let us not forget what Christmas
MEANS.
It is the occasion the Christian
world observes as the anniversary of
the birth of Jesus.
Do you recall what Zacharias said
the PURPOSE the mission of Jesus
was to be9
"To giUe light 10 them that SIT in
darkness and in the shadoW of death,
TO guide our feet into the way of
peace"
That is what Christmas means
a light shining in a place that is dark.
NOW, we are indeed in a place that
~ is dark.
Our beloved country is still fight
ing great war that has already
dragged through three terrible years.
Our precious sons are giving their
lives in this conflict.
There is no American community
without it's roll of honored dead.
There is hardly an American
home without heavy burden of
foreboding and dread.
But there is a light shining in this
dark place, making our way clear.
Why do we go on with such
struggle, when it costs so much in
bitterness and tragedy?
It is because we are able to SEE
the place ahead that is worth fight.
ing FOR. the place that is not dark,
the place in which life, according to
the gentleness and wisdom of Jesus,
is POSSIBLE.
That is what people mean when
they say: Merry Christmas.
They are looking down the long
corridor of the months and years of
war and tragedy, and of the duties
and ordeals attending them, and
keeping their faith in the way of life
that is gentle and wise and pledging
themselves to fulfillment of that
faith.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-26

THE cure for the conditions exist
l. ing today is, l believe, to be
found by working with the LITTLE
children, as small as possible, both
boys and girls-giving them re.
sponsibility in the home, the school
and in the recreation center,
SENSE OF BELONGING and a
creative interest in their work and
play, training them for our future
parents and for the development Of
our future homes.
Possibly our spiritual growth can
catch up with our mechanical growth
and provide happier lives as we'll as
easier living.
While our very young children
are being trained and are growing
up, we must continue in a BIGGER
AND BETTER WAY the many fine
things now being done.
TT WOULD be a splendid thing if a
Il parent education class could be
held in every district of the city
where parents could be given a
picture of the problems which con-
front the youth of today, especially
the problems of the youth in their
own districts, and advised as to the
proper methods of meeting these
pro blems-whefe they could be
GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS in the
proper, methods of discipline, and
where their INDIVIDUAL problems
could be considered.
Adequate school counseling and
guidance personnel and competent
trained recreation leaders are ex-
tremely important, but, as DR.. Her.
man Adler said:
There is nothing which can do
more toward giving a boy sense of
security than the feeling that he be-
longs to good gang, a good neigh
bOrhOOd, a good town and to great
nation"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-26

THE spirit of a Merry Christmas
Il is not spirit of forgetfulness of
duty or of abandonment to pleasure.
1t is the spirit we reflect when we
give strength to the weak and cour-
age to the faltering
1t is the spirit we express when
we are compassionate with the suf.
fering and bereaved, and tolerant of
those who differ with us in matters
of opinion or judgment.
1t is the spirit we possess when
we are charitable, sympathetic and
forgiving.
1t is the spirit of gratitude and
appreciation.
1t is the spirit of understanding
and humility.
1t is the spirit of reverence and
devotion.
1t is the spirit of love and affec.
ton.
These are the things we mean by
saying Merry Christmas" and en-.
nance by saying it.
And the wonderful thing about it
is that we always KNOW what is
meant by it.
7 EFT there be no constraint upon
IL the Christmas faith and hope and
inspiration in our hearts because our
country is at war.
The courage we need to get out
of this place that is so dark is not to
be derived from the darkness itself
but from the ETERNAL LIGHT of
gentleness and wisdom that was
made to shine into it by the mission
of Jesus two thousand years ago.
Let us not fail on this Christmas
Day to wish our loved ones happiness
and prosperity and peace.
Let us not fail to build and secure
within ourselves the great strength
of the gentle and wise way of life to
which we aspire.
Let us SAY Merry Christmas"
to those we love and respect, to those
we honor and cherish, to those for
whom we hope and pray-for it
means ALL of those wonderful and
beautiful things, and it's helpful and
kindly meaning is never lost upon
those who hear it or upon those who
are sustained in their own dark
places of danger by their LONGING
to hear it.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-26
BY Maj. Gen. David
Prescott Barrows

which en- BIZ him TO subvert
their institutions; in all these
cases they are more or less unfit
for liberty. and though IL may
be for their good to have had IL
even for a short time, they are
unlikely to enjoy it."
4 LBERT JAY MOCK. perpet-
"A ual watchdog of the preda-
tory state. like his mentor,
Thomas Jefferson Whom he al
ways refers to as "Mr. Jeffer-
son." as though he had just left
him), writes every month for
the Economic Council Review Of
Books, a circular that would
not be allowed in Russia or
Germany. For instance:
up to IL years ago we had
q pretty fair imitation OF rep
resentative government and
something moro or less resem-
bling a free economy. Maybe IL
was nothing to brag about, but
we managed to rub along under
IL, and We even thought II had
a little edge on the systems pre-
vailing In other countries. Then
IL years ago we abolished all
that and went In for a state
planned economy under q re-
gime Of collectivist statism sd-
ministered automatically
through a bureaucracy with no
end Of delegated powers.
"You may call this regime
Communist, Fascist, National
Socialist, whichever You please,
they are merely so many diff
ferent trade names for the same
thing, which Is autocratic collec-
twist statism.
II have no objection TO col
lectivists, whether they call
themselves Fascist, Nazi or
Communist. In fact. 1 am in
favor Of them, according TO the
first article Of the Bill Of Rights.
Let them print, publish, belch
and gyrate all they want to as
long rs they don't infringe on
the equal rights Of others. But
when they take q Job under q
civil system and use IL tn
undermine that system, then To
me they aren't collectivists any
longer. They are plain damned
scoundreIs and ought to be
booted out"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-26

papers on time in any kind of
weather?
Why not ask people to pay
every week and always to have
correct change. The boys walk
enough 10 deliver them without
having 10 run to make change
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-26

tenn; tcJ The Centigrade Sys-
tenn.
6-Which Of these is the greater
ta) Bolivia; CD Brazil; Cc)
Peru?
ANSWERS on Opposite Page
Copyright 1914. BY King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-26
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

or to collect another day. A
little tip now and then wouldn't
hurt either.
Let's all give the newsboy a
lift. Let's all pay on time and
have correct change.
A.. A NEwsBoY's FRIEND.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-26
Brain Game

score 10 for each correct answer throurh
question q, 40 each for the remaining tao
qusstions Any score ss ~ higher b.
excellent
Name at least two plants
which are appropriate for
this date.
Largest atoll in the Pacific.
100 miles in circumference.
discovered on this day in
l117. Can you name IL?
3-True or false. The pancake
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-26
, TO THE EDITOR:

I NOTICE that you plead for
every one who needs help of
any kind in your paper. So
why not for the young boys
who try to always deliver the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-26
knowledge Test
BY DIR. sABINA CONNOLLY

Score 4 fuf each - the hfst ave anes-
tons, and for the last qurstton 80.
hrtliianii ia. bright. "a, average, o..
call
The female Of deer is ca
drake: tb) doe: (c) dolphin.
2-Rsdium was discovered by
Madame Curie in ca 1898
fb) 1898; Co 1908.
"a gourmet is an expert in
la) seamanShlp; fby food
tc) football.
Was the Colossus Of Rhodes
the statue OF iaJ Queen Vic
toris; 90 Apoilb; tc) Mer-
curry?
5--The system OF coGntine by
tens is called Ca the Talley
system; % the Decimal sys-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-26

activity and responsibility has been
removed and nothing has replaced it.
The community has not been able
to make the necessary adjustments
any more rapidly than have the
homes, and the children have been
left with little responsibility and no
creative work to do.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-26
Postal Workers Lose Again

the final hour of the closing session
and then found itself lacking a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-28

Jack Kirkland adapted the play from novel of the same name by Mary Lasswel1. It tells the adven- lures of trio of middle-aged women in the San Diego junkyard home of Mrs. Feeley, who has an adopted Chinese nephew" not much junk to sell, genuine nephew with the Navy, a tax prob lem to meet and 8 tremendous thirst.
 Into Mrs. Feeley's yard wanders Miss Tinkham, an erstwhile elocu- tion teacher from Ohio who is the artistic opposite of Mrs. Feeley, but otherwise a kindred soul, including a liking for beer. The third member of the group is Mrs. Rasmussen, who is unhappy living with her ab- stemious daughter and son-in-law and is visited into Mrs. Feeley's domicile to share the beer and cheer. The three become involved in trying to make match for nephew Feeley, get arrested for showing around the tax collector, spend the money that is to keep them out of jail and are behind the eight ball generally before the final curtain leaves them to recoup their fortunes with the cooperation of a sucker and a marked deck of cards.
 The play can best be described as mildly amusing. It is too uneven to be of top class and the characters have been clearly realized only in the three women. The rest are shadows. Jane Darwell of the mo- vies has the role of Mrs. Feeley and does handsomely for it and herself. A standout is Brenda Forbes, a youngish actress who specializes in eccentric roles, as Miss Tinkham. Kasia OrzaZewski is a fine Mrs. Ras- mussen. Others in the cast include Wil Hare, Ruth Gilbert, Janet Tyler and Wanda Sponder.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-28

Kay Brown and J. H. Del Bondio produced the play.
 THE troubles that accrue to three Marines when they share War Bond which carries the winning number for the first prize of beau tiful defense worker, provide the basic for the new musical comedy Jackpot" which Vinton Freedley has offered at considerable expense It is beautiful show, but the book concoted by Guy Bolton, Sidney Sheldon and Ben Roberts is much less than the gayest thing of its kind, and the music of Vernon Duke, with lyrics by Howard Dietz, is hardly inspired.
 Jerry Lester comes off with top comedy honors and works himself into a father keeping himself going. Benny Baker, in a comedy role, is less effective than he has been in previous productions. The romantic interest is in capable hands, those of Alan Jones and Nanette Fabray, who is the incest thing to look at you could want to find. Sings well, too. The distaff comedy is assigned to Mary Wickes and Betty Garrett, who do more than their share of work. Miss Gar rett, rather recent discovery, con- tinues to give great promise.
 The dances are the work of Lauretta Jefferson a n Charles Weidman, the latter contributing a first act finale ballet which satir- izes the current musical comedy vogue for the choreography of Agnes de Mile. It just misses being great number.
 Among the Duke-Dietz tunes that seem most likely to catch the public, fancy are "Sugarfoot' and One Track Mind"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-28
By WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY Americas Card Authority

Sometimes things happen at a bridge table that are so funny you just can't get angry about them. I played the hand shown today at the recent Onondaga Tournament at Syracuse, in the open pair event which was won by Mrs. R. s. Weekes and Truesdale Clark.
 I might sometimes bid the South hand, but being vulnerable, I elected to pass. Vests bid of one spade was quite an underbid, and I do not know why my partner did not overcau with two clubs. Some might even suggest that East should bid something with her holding. When she elected to pass, however, I could have had a top score on the board simply by passing. But I decided to bid two diamonds-and then things started to happen.
 Four Four hearts by my left hand opponent; five clubs by my partner; five spades by the little lady in the East position, who had passed on the first round! There was nothing I could do. West went to six spades, which my partner doubled. was grateful at least that he opened club; had he opened my diamond suit, the opponents would have made Seven-odd.
 I didn't feel good about this hand when the little lady who had passed one spade turned to me an dsaid. MT. Kenney, do you think I should have redoubled?" What do you think? Having passed one spade, should she have redoubled six?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-28


 down letter writing law to wives because he thought they needed to be told.
 He said that everywhere he went, soldiers showed him letters from their wives, and he soon noticed that the letters that satisfied the men themselves were the letters that said over and over again, T love you
 Probably the thing that happens to the letters of great many wives is that as time goes on and they hccome better adjusted to living alone, their letters become more and more impersonal.
 FIRST LETTERS A PATTERN
 They find out after time that they can get along fairly well by themselves, and that knowledge coupled with the fact that they try to make their letters cheerful, must often make them sound pretty cold.
 It seems to me that the safest way for woman to avoid having that happen to her letters is for her to keep 8 carbon copy of the letters she writes her husband the first month he is away from her.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-28
NUTRITION NEWS BY BEATRICE HALL
 Nutrition Directory Connecticut Dairy and Food
 Council, Hartford
Using Canned Vegetables

Every homemaker realizes how useful home canned foods have been this year in the planning of her family meals. With point ra- tioning it would do difficult to plan well-founded meals if she did not have her own. It Is one way. to pro- vide the family with some of the protective foods a tlow cost. Canned fruits and vegetables contain practically the same food nutrients as fresh vegetables with the exception of vitamin c. That is if you use the liquid in the jar in some manner and do not drain it down the sink. Vitanlin c is ob- tained from raw vegetables and canned tomatoes, as well as raw fruits, especially citrus fruits. Re- member we must use twice the amount of tomatoes as of citrus fruits to supply the same amount of vitamin c.
 It is in this liquid that you will find some of the minerals and vita mins as you know some of them are water-soluble. So either drain it from the vegetables to be used in soups or cook it down first and then add the vegetables. Naturally they are well cooked and we don't want to cook them again any longer than necessary. However they must be boiled 10 minutes be- fore eaten. Even those such as green beans, which we like to use in salads, must be cooked ten min- utes and then chilled.
 Canned vegetables can be used ir salads, in combination with raw vegetables, or in gelatin salads. Ii one is limited in variety of canned vegetables to serve, sauces, spices ol herbs will add new flavors.
 By the way, do you find yourself using the family favorites anc ushing the others aside? If so, be- gin now to use those vegetables moi so well liked along with the fam. lily favorites. We don't want to holc any vegetables over another year Too, another year you can preserve more of the favorites and less o1 the others if by so doing you vii still have a balanced diet. We neec at least three vegetables a day One of these might be potato, one a green or yellow colored vegetabl and the third any of the other veg etables available.
 Here is a suggested recipe fol using green beans:
 Snap Beans And Tomatoes l r11odiIIYr1 cizo nY1fnS1 nhnY
 ped
 2 tablespoons butter or
 drippings.
 1-2 cups cooked or can
 ned tomatoes
 small bay leaf
 teaspoon sugar
 1-8 teaspoon pepper
 2 cups cooked, fresh snap
 beans or canned
 2 tablespoons flour
 2 tablespoons cold water
 l teaspoon salt
 Chop onion very fine. Cook ir butter, margarine or drippings unti brown. Add tomatoes, bay leaf sugar, salt, and pepper. Cover anc simmer 10 minutes. Remove bay leaf. Add snap beans. Mix four ano water to smooth paste. Add. Cook until thick, stirring constantly Serves 6. Variation: Snap beans Scallopeo with Tomatoes.
 Put in greased casserole, top witt IA cup buttered bread crumbs Bake 30 minutes in pre-heated 35( degree F. oven-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-28
Beauties Hints If Your MaidIess,
 Make Your Housework A Beauty Treatment
By ALICIA HART NEA Staff Writer

So your maid has left you? Then disguise household chores as beauty treatments and see how advantag- eous a disadvantage can be.
 A heat-fiushed face, for instance, gets a beauty treatment that's soft ening and suppling, if it's filmed beforehand with a rich tissue cream. Hands, cream-rubbed before they poke into steaming pots or go in and out of an oven, look pret- tier for their chores.
 Dishpan hands are bugaboo that you can shrug aside, if you'll sheathe them before the plunge with lotion that weaves protec- tive film. After the dishes are done, thoroughly dry and massage your hands with another round of cream.
 When nobody's around to de- ride, spread on a beauty mask and leave it on awhile to do its work while you do yours.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-28
WE, THE WOMEN
WE, THE WOMEN - Memo To War Wives: Tell Husband That You Miss Him

Then she can use them as pat tern for all her future letters. There is no constraint in those first let ters. Time, and the adjustment that comes with time, hadn't touched her reactions then.
 She missed her husband, and she wanted him to know it. She didn't try to hide her feelings. So they are good letters-the kind of letters man wants to get from the most important woman in his life.
 Used as a pattern for all future letters-they could be indispensable in bridging the gap caused by months or years of separation.