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Evening star., 1945-11-06

PARASITIC Paris winter clothes
are simply elegant. and ] mean
elegant. A year ago, II you wore
simple black and pearls here, you
looked like prewar. relic, as every
one was running around In bobby
socks and sweaters, or In snowy
#nouveau richie styles Of towering hats
and bulbous shoulders. There are
still heaps Of young clothes and gay
fashions, but the latest French
dressmaker collections are angled
primarily at sophisticated women.
Lelong was the first big house to|
show and started the season of on a
formal note by subtly draped black
afternoon frockS, dozens OF formal
evening gowns in rich fabrics and
simmer dinner ones often hand
somely embroidered. The NAME
quins had new, beautifully groomed
hairdos, nylon stockings and all the
accessories that made such a COM
plete fashion show Of the Paris open
ings prewar-gloves, jewelry, hand
bags This was true of all the big
houses. During the occupation, they
say, little real jewelry was displayed
because insurance companies de-
clined the risk of Goering or one Of
his pals taking fancy to it, but this
fall the Place Vendome jewellers
loaned gorgeous clips and earrings.
will tell you about the accessories
later, but want to get to the clothes
first.
You may have wide or a narrow
skirt, but if you want the Paris look
you must have tiny waist, big hips,
slim diaphragm and well-cut up
lift bra. In fact, the last Is so i'm
portant that one house, Jacques
Faith, had new pattern especially
designed for its mannequins. 1t has
no shoulder straps and is boned and
wired to stay in place-essential for
the seasons greatest sensatiOn-the
very low decolletage on both day and
evening gowns. Faiths collection
particularly featured this innovation
but there were a few afternoon
dresses with this new, very low neck
line in the collections of several
other houses, among them Lelong,
Maggy Rouff and some of the young
designers, bringing startled gasps
from the onlookers because women
haven't worn this sort of decollete
since the Directoire. If you look at
portraits of Nine. Recamier, or of
the English beauties painted by Sir
Joshua Reynolds. you will know what
mean, although the present Paris
inspiration is said to come from q
movie called Francois Villon,"
which is the latest talked-of French
film and costumed, beautifully, in
the styles of the late 18th century,
just about the time America was be-
ing discovered. Even when the
neckline is not squared out in this
daring cut. the bust is cleary defined
in most of the new Paris dresses.
And several houses showed boned
bodices for evening gowns, among
them a new one headed by a young
designer from a big house, Pierre
Balmain, for whom great things are
predicted. Balmain offers sumptu-
GUS formal gowns in the grand man
ner, cleancut in line, with enor-
mously full skirts of handsome bro
cades, joined to little boned bodices
which have no shoulder straps.
Evening star., 1945-11-06
Readers Clearing House

use 1t often ana 1t Is q great fayorlte
with the men folk.
Purchase a small bottle of sour
cream, thin with little sweet
cream or top of milk, for added
taste just few drops Of vinegar,
pinch Of salt and y teaspoon sugar.
Add generous shake of celery seed.
Not too many as 1t would be too
bitter.)
This dressing is excellent used on
potato salad, for those not liking
mayonnaise. Also delicious on Gu
cumbers but instead of celery seed
use caraway (dilD seed, only a
pinch; also chives added, cut fine,
improve all three dishes.
DREARY KITCHEN.
From Mrs. M. r., Takonsa Park. J
To Mrs. K. D. M. of Arlington: I,
too, had a dreary looking kitchen.
We purchased very good wall en-
amel in white then added chrome
orange oil color (obtainable in
tubes until we had beautiful
liC llISt lew vi QoIlCn
on the wall were frightening but
when finished and dried was differ
ent and pleasing. My walls were
entirely smooth plaster right to the
Dashboard. All my wood trim and
cupboards were done in white. My
stove was white, also the refrigera-
tor. My sink is royal blue; what I
mean is, the drainboards and back
are of linoleum. I did not use the
blue on the floor but a marble de-
sign with tan and terra Gotta and
squares Of orange and maroon
scattered. I have only one window,
also window in the door.
have blinds on the windows, so
instead of curtains 1 made pinch
pleated panels of royal blue organdy,
used drapery hooks on them to hang
on the blind cornices. These PAN
els were scalloped on the bottom
and bound with orange bias binding.
1 tackled a bow, made from the bind
ing in the center of the pinch-pleat-
ed top of each panel. My blinds
were white, so I painted the cor
nices royal blue and put a small
decal in the center. My kitchen
table is marble design top with
chrome legs, also royal blue leather
seats and backs. 1t really is a
pretty kitchen.
Evening star., 1945-11-06
'Shop>Happy'
By Dorothy Bihlman

will give you a fresh duster at all
times. Maybe you've already seen
them-they're appropriately re-
ferred to as broom sarongs."
THERE'S A NEW CARD GAME
combining fun with training in cor
rect speaking. The game includes 104
common but tricky words with dia-
critical marks. Two to 20 people
can play, but 1t is game definitely
restricted to persons of high school
age and over. as the words selected
are too difficult for children to
master.
PERSONALIZED MATCH FOLD
Err cases are very smart. These are
made of plastic material and are
unbreakable, which Is a nice feature.
They are also very inexpensive. The
cases come in a large assortment of
plain colors, or, if you prefer, you
can have q combination of two
shades. Your initials or name can
be printed across the front for deco
ration
Evening star., 1945-11-06

So ysvr baby can't help but get the right kind Of no-
ishment from Capp's Baby Foods.
And what variety your baby gets! Clapps offers the
worlds largest baby menu"-so your baby need never
get tired of eating the same foods.
And your bsbys to get the best possible supply Of
vtamins and mineras-for every one of Clapp's Baby
Foods is carefully pressure cooked!
Evening star., 1945-11-06


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must be accompanied by the
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We will withhold both and use
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mail to the Readers Clearing
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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., 1945-11-06

shoulders, m essay which may blos-
som into . general fashion by next
season.
Another trial balloon to keep in
mind for the future Is the higher
waistline. Mad Carpenter, Bruyere
and several others tossed OF two or
three models with waistlines as high
as they were worn in the Directoirs
period. A. K. p.
This Is the first of t1Do articles
on the Paris fashions. The Sec
ond tDiH appear t0nlosrop.1
Evening star., 1945-11-06
By Barbara Bell

A gay little date frock with fair
for lots of living. Lace trims the fiat
tering sweetheart neck, sleeves and
oversize pockets. A honey of q dress.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1910
comes in sizes IL, IA, l6. 18 and 20.
Size IA, short sleeves, requires 3A
yards of 35-inch material; 8 yards
lace for trimming.
For this pattern, send 20 cents, in
coins, your name, address, pattern
number and size wanted to Barbara
Bell, The Washington Star, F. o.
Box 90, Station G, New York 10,
N. Y.
Send today for your copy Of the
new Fall and Winter catalogue.
You'll find it q complete and de-
pendable guide in planning your
winter wardrobe. Price. 10 cents.
Evening star., 1945-11-06
DREAM HOUSE,

(Fron, Mrs. w. Fl. O.. Arlington
Here are few changes 1 would
make In my dream house.: Many
of these ideas are the result of hav-
ing small children in the house. ]
would have smooth-faced doors anC
a very short, plain Dashboard OF
about 2-3 inches in height, at least
the kickboard part of the Dashboard
would be natural wood. All door
facings would be absolutely plain
The kitchen would be large enough
for baby and his toys, also a place
for the family to eat breakfast and
lunch. The kitchen cabinets would
be metal for ease of cleaning. Be
sure to measure yourself to your
kitchen sink to see if 1t is high
enough. They usually are not. This
goes for wash tubs, also. The kitch-
en- should be on the sunny side of the
house If you spend as much time in
it as do most women. A screened
porch fairly close to the kitchen
makes delightful summer outdoor
eating.
Unless your particular lot calls for
a type home with dormer windows
think house with full attic is
cooler. Even with insulation in the
roof, there is too much roof space di-
rectly over the bedrooms and they
are bound to be quite warm. The
recessed windows do not seem to al
low as much air to enter the room as
the regular type window. The bath
room would have rounded corners
and either tile or linowall at least
S feet high all around. A small linen
closet in the bathroom is a fine
thing. If I had it to do over again,
I would not buy Venetian blinds.
The work Of caring for them far
outweighs their supposed advant-
ages. ! do not think they lend them
selves as well to all types of drap-
ing as do the conventional shades.
One disadvantage of the swinging
type of window is that in any rain
things either get soaked or they
have to be closed.
X X
SALAD DRESSING.
Evening star., 1945-11-06

IF YOU TAKE PRIDE in a clean
kitchen, then there is a certain
gadget on the market that should
be included among the 'musts" of
your equipment. This contraption
is trap for scraps. The sturdy
metal holder comes in two models,
screw-on door type, or style that
you can hang on a drawer. The
holder opens with the touch of a
finger, yet it keeps the disposal
moisture-proof bag tightly sealed
when not in use. There is even a
choice Of colors in this item. The
metal trap and 80 bags may be Sc
cured for a nominal cost.
BABY BOOTIES make excellent
shower gifts for they are sweet and
dainty in appearance and are not
on the expensive side of the ledger.
Practically all kinds are obtainable,
but If you are interested in this type
of gift be sure and see those pack
aged in transparent boxes and ac-
companied by sachets. A sachet is
placed in the top Of each bootie and
the scent they give of is pleasingly
fragrant. There are plenty of the
rayon silk variety In blue and pink,
but those cute plush ones that re-
semble bunny with ears and glass
ouoc vVpnrf offro ptiua
MALACHITE IS A STONE that
greatly resembles turquoise, even to
being mined like turquoise, but when
used as a setting for costume jewell
ry 1t is found to be more satisfac-
tory because it has the hardness Of
petrified wood and will not chip or
break as easily as the semi-precious
stone. These stones have been set to
best advantage in hand-hammered
silver bracelets in different patterns
and sizes and they are exceptionally
lovely. Silver rings with malachite
settings can also be found to match
the bracelets and complete smart
ensemble.
TRICKY COTTON DUST COv-
ERS for your brooms are gayly COL
|ored and invaluable for cleaning
walls, ceilings, holdings and "hard-
to-reach" corners. They are easily
attached; merely slide one over the
broom and fasten three strings.
Laundering them after each using
Evening star., 1945-11-06
RAW APPLE CAKE.

(From Mrs. T. G. w., Siluer Spring. J
One cup sugar, u cup shortening,
] egg, u cup nut meats, cup rail-
sins. 2 cups apples chopped fine, 2
cups four, 4 teaspoon salt, u tea
spoon cinnamon, teaspoon soda, u
teaspoon nutmeg.
Cream shortening and sugar and
add we'll beaten egg. Sift flour, salt
and spices together and add nuts and
raisi1iS and combine with creamed
mixture. Mix soda with apples and
add, Stirring we'll Juice of apples
provides liquid for this cake. Pour
batter in CREASED sheet pan. Bake
80 minutes in $50 degrees oven. Cut
in bars and roll in confectioner's
sugar. or sprinkle over top.
GRAPE GELATIN RECIPE.
(Frona Mrs. J. S. c., Washington
In reply to Mrs. r. P.'s, Alexan-
dria, request for grape gelatin
recipe, I send the following:
One and one-nalf cups of grape
Juice, y cup of cold water in which
has been soaked l tablespoon Of
granulated gelatin, y cup OF sugar
(more or less may be added accord
ing to sweetness of the juice), 2-inch
stick of cinnamon and some thin
shavings of lemon rind.
Bring to a good boil, remove from
heat and add juice of one lemon.
Allow to cool until it starts to
thicken. Then add ! cup of the
light malaga or dark California
grapes, which have been halved and
seeds removed. Chopped nuts may
be added also. Serve with whipped
cream or custard.
Fresh, pineapple or its juice will
not jell with gelatin. Some sort of
chemical reaction. I tried it! I do
not know how the canned pineapple
will act.
Evening star., 1945-11-06
SPICED SHRIMP?

BUIIERMlLk FAC1ALS.
(From E. w., CheUy Chase, Md
Would some one please tell me
how to cook spiced shrimp? I have
eaten them, and know part OF the
ingredients is bay leaf and allspice,
but couldn't make out the rest. Also,
how are shrimp cooked in beer, and
what is added-if anything else?
A little hint my grandmother
passed on to me is buttermilk ia
cials. Wash your face first, then ap-
ply buttermilk, allowing it to dry,
and rinse of with cold water. 1t
leaves your skin silky and soft and
also serves as an excellent powder
base.
Evening star., 1945-11-06
CORN MEAL ROLLS OR
MUFFINS.

from A. E. H., Washinoton.)
I am sending in my recipe tSr
corn meal rolls or mullins made With
yeast, to the several male chefs"
who asked for one. hope they will
try mine.
Corn Meal Rolls: One and x cups
corn meal, IN cups milk scalded, l
teaspoon salt, 2 tablespoons brown
sugar, tablespoons melted butter
or margarine, cake yeast, II cup
lukewarm water, eggs well beaten,
cups sifted flour.
Stir the corn meal very slowly into
the scaIded milk. Mix in salt, brown
sugar and melted butter or mar
garine. Cool to lukewarm. Dis
solve yeast in lukewarm water and
add to corn meal mixture. Add eggs
and flour, beat well. Fill we'll
creased muffin pans half full. Cover
and let rise in warm place, free from
draft, until light, about one hour.
Bake In moderate oven at 375 de-
srees F. about 80 minutes. Makes 20.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-14
Sudden End Of Jop War
Gives Program Stiff Test

these items for. . long time to
come.
The wars end means less ra-
tioning and less price control
soon, but not the end of either
Tire and gasoline rationing will
not last long, now that tremend-
Gus military demands have been
drastically lessened.
Rationing of meat, however,
may continue for some time be-
cause the supply falls 50 short
of what civilians want to buy.
Large amounts still will be need
ed to feed troops.
LEFT MANY CONTROLS
Price control will be lifted
from many items. At first the
items least important from the
standpoint of inflationary pres
sures will be freed. Such things
as automobiles, refrigerators,
vacuum cleaners, household ap-
planes and other hard goods
will come as the supply balances
with demand.
John w. Snyder, former st.
Louis ker and longtime
friend OF the president. holds
the key position in shifting from
war to peace production.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-14

A Director of the Office Ut
War Mobiliza ton and Recover.
sion, Snyder will direct the over.
all job. The War Production
Board (WPB) under his SUPER
vision, will play an important
role, however.
STAY ON JOB
Because WPB Il the only SOv.
eminent agency with wide ex-
perience in production n, the
President has directed Chairman
]. A. Krug and his staff to stay
on the Job to assist lin the
achievement Of an orderly transA.
tion."
The President himself has pro-
vided krug with . five-point
program for the transition. II
provides for the lifting of con-
trolls "as soon as they are no
longer needed" but for their
retention until they can be re-
moved without any threat to the
sterilization program.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-14
BY KARL r. BAUMAN
ny the Associated Press


Only time will tell whether
the sudden end of the japanese
war caught government planners
flat-footed on industrial recon-
version.
The planners themselves insist
ed they were ready with adequ-
ate machinery.
But regardless of the adequacy
of the planning, the impact on
the civilian economy Is bound to
be terrific.
Until japan quit, munitions re-
manned the biggest business in
this country. Now the task IS
TO shift civilian goods and fast
enough to avoid vast unemploy-
ment. As quickly as it can be
done, most war contracts will be
cancelled outright.
TOUGH RACE
Some consumer "hard goods"
which have been long scarce or
completely missing are due to
reach retail outlets in the fall.
Volume production had not been
expected until we'll into 1916.
Now all this will be speeded up,
but q long pent-up consumer de-
mand is expected to gObble up
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-14

Navy at IL and a cadet at Ia.
He had entered Osborne in the
previous year, and after fin
ishing AS top man of his term
at Keyham, saw active service
at sea a few months later as a
midshipman on Admiral Beat
tvs flagship, the Lion.
SHOVELED COAL
| chatted with Mountbatten in
Rangoon and at his Royal b.
tanical Gardens headquarters in
delightfully-cool Handy, situat-
ed in the hills of luxuriously-
tropical Ceylon, 20 miles from
the busy port of Colombo. l felt
so much at ease that it WASH t
long before we were at the first
name stage. His fellow officers
were shocked when l called him
Louie, but Mountbatten him
self was tickled pink and pre-
ferred informally all the way
through.
One of the men in our party
asked Mountbatten what a boy
of II could possibly do in the
Navy. Lord Louis recalled that
he had helped coal ship, among
other things.
British youngsters going into
the Navy at II and making a
career Of it is not the least rea-
son why the sun never sets on
the British Empire remarked
an American officer. Lord Louis
chuckled.
Mountbatten's thorough ess
and attention to detail is notable.
He wrote a book, Introduction
TO Polo, when he found him
self making little progress as
player. Writing under the name
OF Marco, he analysed every
stroke in geometrical designs
and with slow-motion still pho
tographs. He invented and pat
ented a stick. In writing a book
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-14
BY HARRY GRAYSON
NEA Staff Correspondent

HANDY, Ceylon - No mat
ter where Tokyo turned, there
was trouble.
In Southeast Asia, for in
stance, Admiral Lord Louis
Francis Albert Victor Nicholas
Mountbatten definitely spelled
trouble TO the Japs. He had one
consuming ambition for a long
time - TO recapture Singapore
and avenge the most humiliat-
ing defeat in British history.
Handsome Lord Louis, As, six
feet, one-and-a-haH inches tall,
weighs in at 100 and resembles
the late baseball immortal, Lou
Gehrig, in build and facial char
acteristics. He is as much like
an American az any English
man | have ever met
The great grandson Of Queen
Victoria has lively humor, and
uses such American expressions
as lousy He has visited the
United States on two or three
occasions, and spent some time
in Beverly Hills with his friend,
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. He spoke
of Don the Beachcomber's place
in Hollywood, and seemed pleas
ed to hear that the IaSt-timeA we
heard of the originator Of the
Zombie (only one to person.
He was Mai. Don Beachcomber,
in charge of the United States
Army rest camp in Venice. Italy.
Admiral Lord NOuntbatten
had to have a couple of destroy
ers shot out from under him to
shake the Titled Playboy tag at
tached to him while he was the
boon companion of his second
cousin, the Prince of Wales.
When the Prince became King
Edward VIII, Lord Louis be-
came his aide-de-camp.
Mountbatten - "Dickie" TO
intimates since his Cambridge
days will have a cocktail or
two and is better than a green
hand in the Scotch and soda de-
partment. He is charming host.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-14
Russians Find Onions
Useful for HeaIino

CAMDEN, N. Y. W.D - Rus
sian h e m s & s, experimenting
with onion vapors, have found
that bactericidal properties Of
the vapor can be used to heal
infected wounds. according to
Edward F. Holman, chemist OF
the Campbell Soup Co. here.
Holman also said chemists
have learned that ruth. found in
the blossoms and leaves Of buck
wheat, can fortify blood capi!-
'aries against rupture.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-14
Firm Ambition to Avenge Singapore
Kept Lord M0untbatten Chasing Japs
No Matter Where Tokyo Turned English Commando Chief
Was There with Hard Hitting Blows Harass the Enemy

eats rapidly like he does every
thing else. While he has played
spot OF polo and stroked his
Whaler's crew TO victory, he is
by and large non athletic, al
though his appearance bellies it
He has played only two rounds
Of golf in as many years. The
truth is that since the outbreak
of war he has had 10 time table
simple recreation.
LIKES UNIFORMS
Mountbatten has more uni
forms than Fatty Goering own
ed and wears them much better.
Like most able military leaders.
he is a Snowman, and in that
capacity a quick-change artist.
Flying from one front or base
TO another in commercial YER
sion Of a British bomber, his
man sees that he Is rugged for
the OCCdSlOfl,
II it is Burma, for example,
JeeVes sees that the master, is
dressed on the rough side in
campaign outfit. Perhaps the
next stop is Trincomalee, the
important naval base on China
Bay in the northeastern part of
Ceylon. Here the youngest SUI
preme commander in the his
tory of modern warfare energies
in navy blue or white with five
long rows of campaign ribbons
and wings on his chest.
The versatile Mountbatten fol-
lowed in the footsteps Of an il
lustrious father as a naval or
ganizer and innovator. Young
Mountbatten was old enough TO
see and understand when his
dad, Admiral Prince Louis of
Battenburg, First Sea Lord of
the Admiralty at the outbreak
of World War I. modified the
fleet with such speed that any
possibility of a surprise attack
by the German fleet was fore
stalled.
Indeed. the boy destined TO be
come a Supreme Allied Com
mander at 43 took part in his
fathers test mobilization. For