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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-06-07
TCHULA
Tuesday Club

Tuesday Club
Mrs. w. r. Huddleston entertained
members of her bridge club and adj
ditional guests at four tables Tues
day afternoon. The rooms were beau
tifully decorated with cut flowers
for the occasion and during the
games Mrs. Huddleston served coca
colas. Mrs. ]. L. Shields was award
ed high score prize, a double deck Of
cards. Mrs. w. G. Gwin won the
bingo prize, hi-jacs, Mrs. Marvin
Riggs won high guest score.
The hostess served a delicious
salad course late in the afternoon.
Janelle Tuberville and Mary Eliza
beth Tahir entertained their young
friends in the home of Mrs. Tuber-
vile Thursday evening. After enjoy
! ing games on the lawn and indoors
| the hostess served delicious lemon
ad, cookies and Ritz crackers.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-06-07

STRAYED or STOLEN: One jersey
bull weighing about $50 pounds
One white faced heller. Both sup
posed to have sales tags in ear.
Also one muley-headed dark
cream COW. Reward. Curtis How.
ard, Rt. /, Durant. 6-2tp
Evening star., 1945-01-16
(ThunkS to Mrs. r. S. r.,
WdShinoton.J


Here is suggestion for Mrs. j.
L. M, who is nearly frustrated" be-
cause of the toys and books that pile
up in the dining room:
My advice is to replan the dining
room, thinking of it mostly as
playroom. To do this, it is absolutely
necessary to have a place where
those books and games can be kept
Buy a set of open bookshelves for
this room, the bigger the better, so
that the toys and books can be kept
neat. The price Of such shelves, un-
finished, should be under $40, and
it will be well worth the investment.
as you will need such place for the
childrens things for many years.
Paint the shelves attractively, en-
courage the children to help keep
them in order, set doll or bright
toy on top, and such a piece of furnl-
ture will be real addition to your
room. If were you, I would, if nee
Evening star., 1945-01-16
The Young Idea

War has way Of confusing the
pattern Of ones life as thoroughly
as a rough hand scatters carefully
worked out jigsaw puzzle. In recent
years, many mothers of young chill
dren have found themselves faced
with the necessity of working, and
the difficult task sof finding proper
care for their children during the
hours that they, the mothers, must
be absent from the home The fu-
ture forecasts only growth of this
army of working mothers. To their
rescue comes the Foster Day Care
and Counselling- Association. Sup
ported by the Community War
Fund, it exists for the specific pur-
pose of finding adequate day care
in foster homes for the children of
mothers who must, of necessity, be
employed. This service is available
to all working mothers, and is not
confined to wives of servicemen or
war workers.
Let's follow Mrs. X. mother
who, because of reduced family in
come due to her husbands induc-
tion into the service, feels she can no
longer manage on his salary. Mrs.
x. calls the association, and makes
an appointment for an interview
with one Of the trained workers.
During the interview, the worker ex-
amines the problem closely, to de-
termine whether or not the financial
gain working will afford Mrs. x.
will offset the loss of companion
Evening star., 1945-01-16
By Betty Miles

ship with her child during the day.
In brief. the agency tries to dis
cover some method by which the
mother may avoid going to work and
may remain with her child. But, if
the situation indicates that working
is must" steps are taken to help
place the child wisely.
The worker tries to become ac-
quainted with the child as person
before definite advice is given. In
some cases, day nursery may be
the solution, and the worker has at
her fingertips information concern
ing all such agencies in the city, to
which she may refer the mother
Some children, however, are thrown
of balance emotionally by the
transition from individual atten-
ton to the frightening aspect of
being one child in strange and
populated new world. Also, children
under two years of age are con-
sidered too young for nursery care.
For these, and other. reasons, the
worker may feel that the child
would be happiest in foster home
while the mother is at work. There
Is no age limit on the children
placed in foster day homes; some
may go to the homes only for after
school care.
Let us assume that day care has
been recommended for Johnny, the
2-year-old son of Mrs. x. She is
placed in contact with a foster
mother who wishes to care for a
Evening star., 1945-01-16
By Evelyn Hayes

portant costumes sans jackets. High
ln-front, low-in-back is the new
line Of some of the skirts, and as
with any Carnegie skirt, good news
Tor most figures. Her blouses are a
story in themselves-made of Won
derful prints-in soft dressmaker
styles; when they're tailored, they're
tempered with feminine flattery.
Suddenly it dawns that the charm
OF Carnegie clothes lies in the fact
that she never forgets that the very
breath Of life to any woman is fiat
terry. and so she weaves the threads
OF f1attering femininity into any
costume she designs. She uses COL
ors that do wonderful things for
the skln-divine blues like her yio-
let-tinged shade, evening star, an
other subtle slaty blue set of by
discreet touches of brilliant Pana-
ma pink. Her flashes of color are
always flattering, never fragrant.
In the same way, her evening
clothes have glamour all their
own, varied in fabric and inSpira-
tion-but always with common de-
nominator Of flattering femininity.
They command attention with q
quiet air of dignity or by head-turn-
ing f1attery. Such is a romantic
white dinner gown with vestlike
fitted bodice of rich white Venise
lace drawn to tiny hustled fullness
over graceful crepe skirt. Also
white is lovely gown Of brilliants-
studded crepe with a new long
wasted bodice suggesting the beau
tiful Chatelaine of the troubadours.
This medieval feeling is apparent
in another new-looking sheath Of
Florentine yellow with short me-
dieval coat incrusted with gold. A
memory-maker is a lovely nostalgia
number called ''the Castle Walk
Evening star., 1945-01-16
A war wife saws:

"A wal WIG odyo.
Here is situation that burns
me up: At all the training and rec
reational centers, married men are
entertained exactly as if they were
single, and not an eyebrow is raised
IN their direction. But no efforts
are made to cheer up the war wife.
II She-haS any recreational outlet
Whatever, she must join one of the
wives clubs and be deprived even
OF the stimulating conversation of
men. just let her dare to look at
a man or dance with one or step
out with one, and up and down the
full length of Main street you can
hear the goSsips howl And if she
takes a job and works outside of
her home, she is accused of neglect
Ing her children. call this situa-
ton unfair, intolerable and lousy"
1t is quite true that the war wife,
whether she stays at home or fol-
lows her husband from camp to
camp, has a pretty thin time OF it,
and If she emerges from the expe-
rience without having acquired a
soured disposition and a bedraggled
reputation, she deserves to have
hero's medal pinned on her breast.
For her husband at the front has
fought no harder battle than she has
with loneliness and boredom, nor
been in any more danger from the
bullets of snipers than she has from
the tongues of the neighbors. Natu-
rally the chief sufferers are the
young and pretty brides, accustomed
to good times, who find themselves
relegated to the, society of mama
and papa and other women, with
no amusement except writing letters
to their husbands and knitting
sweaters.
These things make life drab
enough to the woman whose hus-
band Is overseas. but nobody knows
how to deal with the situation. A
mother can't go gadding around in
Evening star., 1945-01-16
First Lady Fashions

NEW YORK.-The headline to the
contrary Notwithstanding, this story
Is not about clothes for Mrs.
Roosevelt-but rather fashions de-
signed by Hattie Carnegie, the
hrSt lady among fashion designers.
Clothes by Carnegie" is a phrase
IN theater program calculated to
make any woman concentrate more
on the dresses than the drama at
hand because women have learned
that in such fashions there is drama
OF a very special kind.
AS we viewed Miss Carnegle's gilt
edged collection, we tried to analyze
what 1t is that makes her clothes
the ne plus ultra in what women
wear. When her pepper pot tweeds
open the show and people stop
chattering IN hushed admiration,
you notice that the mustard colored
wool is speckled, that the fitted
jacket with its three self buttons
would probably be becoming to you
because it doesn't take a lot of
wearing" and that the blouse is
dyed to match in new crepe that
has bit of a glisten about it.
A minute later you're admiring a
suit in fine gray flannel, comments
ing on the new cut of the jacket
with its show window" front, cut
wide enough to reveal the ruffled
front Of the brilliant green silk It's
sue shirtwaist beneath. A narrow
silver of belt in the green silk
runs through the loops of the
notched skirt to carry out the made
for -each-other look. A suit that's
new looking but-you think and
thank silently-eaSy to wear. Later
a portrait suit comes out-Victorian
charmer in black faille with tucked
n tapered figure-hugging jacket
that has high puffed shoulders and
elbow-length sleeves, a froth of
black lace rising out of the low cir
cular braided neckline.
Suits-and more suits are shown
for Miss Carnegie has a way with
suits. There are jackets of various
cuts. Some are snug little button
down-the-front affairs, others are
nipped in at the waist, faring
slightly below it. And there's always
her famous little drawstring jacket
that's SO easy to wear. Her skirts
are always news in the sense that
any true work of art is always worth
a story. They fit smoothly, but sub
tly giving a wonderfully sleeked hip
line, yet manage to have tucked or
gathered waistline detail that makes
any of her skirts and bIouses i'm
Evening star., 1945-01-16
Dorothy Dix Says

search of pleasure with an infant
in her arms and a yearling clinging
to her skirts. Nor can she leave
them alone at home, with no one
to see that they don't set the house
on fire, or get smothered in their
crib.
Obviously it is impossible to miti-
gate these Women's lonesome eve
nings by bringing gay and enter
tanning people, who never heard of
them, to their houses to buck them
up. And if the wife does take mat
ters in her own hands and starts
out to hunt for pleasure, she does
it not only at the peril of her good
name, but also of her happiness.
For lonesome and bored woman,
fed up with her own society, is the
most vulnerable creature in the
world. She is starved for pleasure,
for flattery and for love-making,
and she is the easy prey for any
wolf who happens along.
Evening star., 1945-01-16
(ThGnkS to Mrs. F. G. S.,
WaShinqton.j

Answer to Mrs. j. L. M. Try clean
Ing with cleanser and steel wool. If
this does not work, try putting the
dishes IN pan of water with wash
Ing soda and let it boil slowly and
spots will all come off.
Evening star., 1945-01-16

child of that age, and who lives In
the same vicinity as Mrs. x. The
mother has the opportunity to talk
to the foster mother herself, and
to inspect the home In which the
child will spend his day.
The responsibility for placing her
child is left with Mrs. x. Arrange
ments as to the number of days a
week the child will spend in the
home, the number of hours in
each day, and the fee involved are
made between the mother and the
foster mother. The agency merely
acts as liaison agent.
Within the first two weeks after
the childs placement, the worker
goes to the home of the foster
mother and generally studies the
situation, with an eye to ironing
out any difficulties that may have
arisen.
The foster mother is selected
from women who make application
at the agency to do this work. She
is chosen on the basis of herself,
the atmosphere and standards of
her home, and her reasons for doing
this work. 1t is necessary that
she be warm, affectionate woman,
and one who realizes the value of
keeping the baby on his routine.
The worker who interviews the
prospective foster mother visits the
home and ascertains that it is suit
able from the standpoint of space
and equipment and that it meets
the requirements of the health de-
partment. The foster mother need
not be married, nor is there any
age limit.
There are 108 foster homes To-
Gated throughout the city. The
service is available to District res
idents and to mothers whose homes
are barely over the city limits.
The agency's staff is composed of
director, seven professional work
ers and three students. Located at
472 Indiana avenue NV, it is open
from $50 to $50 every day except
Saturday and from $50 to 1890
on Saturday. Special appointments
will be arranged for women who
cannot visit the agency during the
regular hours. Information may be
secured by calling District 1882.
Evening star., 1945-01-16

of filmy dark-blue organza with
low-dipping decolletage, waist-de-
fining draped sash and a graceful
skirt that falls into soft folds,
caught up on either side with a mere
suggestion of the peg-top. In con-
trast to this, the femme fatale of
the collection is a sculptured black
crepe that swathes one shoulder
and bares the other, it's sole touch
of color in the pink satin lined
drape at the hip. Every gown is so
infinitely becoming, so indisputably
feminine that a woman could easily
choose blindfold from this collec-
tion-provided, of course, she had
a big enough billfold.
Evening star., 1945-01-16
PECAN SHORTS;
BABY PROBLEM,
(ThGnks to Mrs. M. p. c.,
ArlinutOn.l


(Thanks to Mrs. M. P. c.,
ArltngtonJ
I should like to thank Mrs. w. M.
L. G. for her recipe for honey balls"
which just reached me.
Here is one I used at Christmas
instead of the honey balls" They
disappeared fast.
Pecan shorts: One-half cup butter
or margarine, 4 cup sifted confec-
TONERS sugar, u teaspoon vanilla,
IL teaspoon cold water, l cup sifted
flour, cup small pecans,
Cream butter, add sugar, cream
until fluffy. Add vanilla, water,
flour to butter mixture and stir; add
nutmeats and mix thoroughly. Chill
in refrigerator for 2 hours. Shape
into small rectangular pieces (about
inch long and y inch high. Bake
in preheated 1925 degree) oven for
about 20 minutes. While still warm
roll cookies in confectioner's sugar.
In answer to Mrs. A. r. C.'s prob
lem about her baby, let me say that
[ don't really believe in advice "over
the fence" about babies, but since
her pediatrician couldn't help her
maybe my own experience can.
First, 10-month baby ought to
have more sleep, believe My baby
slept from 9 am, or shortly after,
until 10:30 am. or so in the morn
| ing and again in the afternoon from
pm. until 3 pm, never later. At
$50 pm. he went to bed and slept
Soundly for the night. At no time
have I ever let him get completely
exhausted unless it was absolutely
unavoidable. My baby is years and
9 months old and sleeps hours in
the early afternoon and goes to bed
at 7:30 pm. This is the same amount
of sleep Mrs c. provides for her To-
month-old baby. l am convinced
that well-rested baby is a happy
one. Every child differs, but it does
seem that an earlier retiring hour
would at least be worth a trial
The baby may also be hungry
Since she "eats like little pig" per-
haps she needs four meals even
though most children have three
at that age. Or perhaps she has
her supper around S pm. and then
works up an appetite again by pm.
I have never approved of sleeping
bags. Since Mrs. C. has given up
hers perhaps she pins the covers
down tightly, or in some way ham
pers freedom of movement. It's
better to keep the room a little warm
and allow plenty of freedom.
Last of all, let me say that separate
rooms are ideal when possible, for
both parents and baby. Each is
conscious of the other, no matter
how quiet. Even though our baby
was good sleeper, we noticed a diff
ference Immediately when we put
him in his own room.
Sorry to be so lengthy, but 1
sympathize with the lady. Oh, let
me add that a baby's only COM
nunication must be crying, laughing,
or contentment, and each indicates
his condition at the time. I have
never believed in crying it out, .
Evening star., 1945-01-16

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., 1945-01-16

Indicative of spring-a smart two
piecer with dickey to perk up your
wardrobe. You'll like its cookbook
ing, figure-fattering lines.
Barbara Bell Pattern No 1886 is
designed for sizes IL, IA, Is, 18, 20,
40 and AZ. Size IA, skirt and jacket,
requires 35s yards of 39-inch mate
rial for short sleeves, jabot and
dickey, 2 yards of IS or 80 inch
fabric
For this pattern, send 20 cents in
coins, your name, address, pattern
number and size wanted to Barbara
Bell, The Washington Star, Post
Office Box SO, Station G. New York
10, N. Y.
just off the press-the new spring
and summer catalogue. Fashions that
are brandnew-and suitable for all
the family. You'll want one of these
complete guides for home sewers.
Ten cents per copy.
Evening star., 1945-01-16

essary. discard or store elsewhere
any piece of dining room furniture
other than the table and chairs in
order to have these shelves. If you
are limited in space and yet must
have space in the dining room for
storing dishes, etc, you might con-
slider selling your sideboard or cup
board, and then getting two sets of
shelves. Put one on top of the other,
give the children the lower half for
their things, and use the upper half
for your dishes. In my opinion such
a piece of furniture will contribute
far more in personality and decora-
tive charm to your room than buf-
fet with a candleStick on each end.
Let's capitalize on our children and
the charm of their childish treasures
and possessions! I have many more
ideas on the details of how such a
room could be worked out mex
pensively, if Mrs. j. L. M. would like
to get in touch with me.
Evening star., 1945-01-16
BAKING DISHES:
TOY DISPOSAL.
Thanks. to Mrs. NJ. A. B.,
WuShtngton.)

Answering Mrs j. L. M. Washing
ton. After washing glass baking
dishes, remove brown spots with
either steel wool or any cleaning
abrasive. Thus far there have been
no scratches or breaks and my glass
baking dishes sparkle.
Re your childrens toys: had the
same problem and solved it by pur-
chasing an unpainted bookcase and
storing all my sons possessions. I
prefer the shelves to box, where to
get the toy the child wants and
which is always on the bottom,
everything must be removed.
Evening star., 1945-01-16
Readers Clearing House
and have found a reason for every
spell" in our house.
ALMOND COOKIES.

and have found reason for every
spell" in our house.
y X X
ALMOND COOKIES.
THANKS to Mrs. D. A. S.,
Washington.)
l have very good recipe for al
mond cookies chung yum bang) .
Blend together tablespoons short
ening with 2 tablespoons peanut
butter. Add 2 teaspoons almond ex-
tract. Beat egg and add to mix
ture. Gradually add cup -four and
u teaspoon salt. Add " cup sugar
and mix well Then add / table
spoon of milk and knead to a smooth
cough. Roll out Il Inch thick on
lightly Toured board and cut with
round cutter az inches diameter.
Place on ungreased baking sheet.
Next place an almond (blanched) in
center OF each cookie. Makes 18.
Bake in moderate oven 1926 degrees
Fahrenheit for 20 minutes)
Y X X
FADED SUMMER RUG.
HYDRATOR HINT.
(ReQueSted by Mrs. w. M F,
SilUer Spring.
have asked this before, but hope
by now some one can help me. What
to do with good summer rug that is
badly soiled and has been cleaned
several times with no good results?
What kind of paint and how to
apply 1t II that Is what's to be
done?
Has any one ever tried lining the
hydrator with thick layer of wax
paper before putting in vegetables?
1t certainly makes for a cleaner
and tidier looking hydrator and easy
to clean.
Editors note: Thanks so much for
your personal message, Mrs. F.. The
same to you!
BLOOD SAUSAGE OR "BOUDIN.
(ThankS to Miss H. L. B.,
WGShington)
Some time ago a reader of RICH
inquired about a recipe on blood
sausage or "boudin" as the French
people call it. I am inclosing such
recipe hoping that it may be helpful.
Blood sausage or "b0udin"-Four
quarts blood, 134 quarts milk, 2
onions Qarge), "a tablespoon pepper,
"A teaspoon ginger, "a teaspoon
cloves, IL teaspoons cinnamon, /
pound ground fresh pork, pound
leaf lard.
Strain blood, add milk, spices and
chopped onions, fresh pork and the
leaf lard. Mix and pour in tins.
Bake IS minutes (250 degrees F.)
or to custardlike consistency.
Evening star., 1945-01-16
PAINTING TABLE PADS.

(ThankS to Mrs. c. M. G.,
Washington
I would like to tell the lady that
asked about painting heat-resistant
table pads that my husband painted
ours about two months ago. He
used brown heat-resistant enamel
and gave them two coats. We are
very pleased with them, and wish
her luck with hers.
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elimination Of any kind to
needy and destitute men, wom-
en- and children in the war-dev-
astated countries.
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That is interpreted to mean
% that the Washington talks
at least cleared the air and at
most produced nglo-American
counter-proposals and (2) that
Molotov was reporting to Stain,
the only one who ranks him in
Moscow, and asking fresh in
structions.
Immediately before Stettinius
emplaned for the west last night
the foreign secretaries met
again. The presence of T. "
Soong, foreign minister OF
China, strongly indicated it was
limited to conference arrange
ments. The four sponsoring
powers already have worked
out machinery for running the
conference, through the chair
m n h ip of Stettinius and
through the usual committee
machinery.
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Traitor
Continued from Page I

In short the whole story of
events Immediately leading up
to the fall af France and the
record-most of which has not
been disclosed-of what occurr-
ed thereafter will be given to
the world.
Moreover it is known that the
prosecution will attempt to
prove that Petain was in COM
munication with the Germans
even before the war. That part
of the dossier is being kept Sc
cret.
After the fall of France It
was repeatedly asserted that
Petain, who in 1880 served as
Ambassador extraordinary to
Spain, was an intimate of a for
mer German Ambassador to
Madrid.
On this point, especially, the
French are anxious to hear his
own testimony.
TRIPLE REASONS
The trial by proxy, legal in
stitution in France, was prepar-
ed and scheduled for hearing for
three main reasons:
/. 1t is the browning effort in
long and somber process of
"purging" French collaborators,
a majority of whom said they
merely took orders from Pc
tain.
2. 1t is designed to dispel be-
lief that Petain was "a confus-
ed but honest old man who
made a mistake"
3. Decision Of the French gov
eminent to prove to the world
and especially the United States
that France was betrayed by a
small clique of which Petain
was the chief-not that the
French nation as such quit in
the face of the German attack.
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February he was sent back to
the Colorado Springs military
hospital where he was discharg-
ed on April 5.
AGENCIES COOPERATE
The frantic wife of the miss
ing soldier has requested sher.
ifs, officers, state police, the
Red Cross and military authori.
ties to cooperate in the search
for him. He is described as be-
ing five feet, IL inches in height.
weighing about 100 pounds and
having dark brown hair and
brown eyes. So far as is krewn
he is still in uniform. Mrs.
Kunold has requested that any
one knowing of his whereabouts
contact her here. Her telephone
is 1887.
Mrs. Kunold fears that he may
have had a lapse of memory and
may be wandering around with
out funds, unable to locate his