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Evening star., 1946-12-15
Saturday Sales
To Gift Buyers
May Be Record
Store Official Says
Christmas Shopping
Tuxed All Facilities

Thousands of Christmas shoppers
jammed and struggled around
counters of downtown stores yester-
day In what apparently was rec
ord-breaking Saturday for most
businesses.
Total sales during q feverish eight
hours will not be added until to-
morrow but, If the number OF Gus
toners is any criterion, then former
Christmas sales records will tumble.
The buying rush was on when the
stores opened at $50 and continued
through most of the day. Brisk
sales were reported In all depart
ments.
Last Saturday we thought we
had all the people we could ham
die, but today was worse" COM
mented the spokesman for one large
department store.
50-Year Record May Fall.
ut looks as though we will exceed
last Saturdays sales. and that was
the highest in SO years." he added.
An official Of another department
store said tremendous crowds
taxed every facility and added, 1--WE
couldn't handle any more"
This store also reported a record
volume Of sales q week earlier with
the possibility that it would be sur
passed by yesterdays business.
It was the same story at other
stores.
If any proof were needed that the
public was in gift-buying mood
yesterday, the mems and women's
clothing stores supplied the evi-
dence. Shops for men reported a
big increase in women shoppers,
while the women's stores noted the
reverse.
One large mems shop said nor
mally less than 20 per cent of its
customers were women, but that
now they make up about 95 per cent.
Spread of Shopping Urged.
An official of one store observed
it would be easier for all concerned
if more persons did not wait until
Saturdays to do their shopping, but
made purchases during the week.
Several stores reported customers
were increasingly price-conscious.
One official noted definite trend
away from higher-priced merchan-
disc"
Another ofhcial described custom
ers as being very quality-conscious. !"
Yesterdays crush in the stores came
as no surprise to merchants. Ira
ditionally the second Saturday be-
fore Christmas is the day when the
holiday buying reaches its peak.
From here on buy Is considered by
some retailers as being in the last
minute shopping category, with en-
phaSis on smaller gift items.
Evening star., 1946-12-15
Half Million Parcels in q Day
Mark Yule Mail Rush Sturt

both incoming and outgoing mail
which will increase in volume from
now till Christmas, Mr.. Burke said.
About 5000 more sacks OF mail
were posted in the first 13 days OF
December this year than last year,
according to Mr.. Burke. He said
this years total for December up
to midnight Friday was 602, ,000
sacks, so per cent of it parcels.
Today is the deadline for mailing
packages in insure delivery in
Washington Tore Christmas, Mr.
Burke said, 1l out-of- town deliv-
cry deadlines having passed days
ago.
Delivery Of yuletide mail viii be
faster and more efficient, he said,
II postal zone numbers are included
in addresses, valuables insured and
registered and first-class rates used
for cards to persons whose mail may
have to be forwarded.
Evening star., 1946-12-15
g. W. High School Plans
Concert Tomorrow

Eugene Bramwell, bass-baritone
will be guest soloist at the Christ
mas vesper concert at 8:15 pm. to-
morrow at George Washington High
School, Alexandria.
Free to the public, the concert i
being sponsored by the Alexandris
Optimist Club. In addition to 9
candlelight procession by the Girls
Glee Club, other organizations tax
ing part will be the cappella choir
Boys Glee Club, high school chorus
Madrigal Singers and the freshman
glee club. Jean Drischler, dramatic
soprano, also will sing.
Evening star., 1946-12-15
Snow Parking Ban
Goes Into Effect as
Repeal Is Urged

Efforts are being made, 1t was
learned last night, to rescind the
Districts snow parking ban which
went into effect at midnight.
Under the regulation, parking on
heavily travelled streets and avenues
is prohibited between 2 and 6 am.
from December Is to March Is. The
object is to have the streets cleared
of automobiles to permit removal OF
snow at night.
The Commissioners Traffic Ad-
visory Board at its monthly meet
ing tomorrow night is expected to
discuss the proposal to rescind the
regulation. Signs prohibiting the
parking, however, had been placed
in the last week and police began
enforcing the regulation at mid
night.
Traffic officials claim that, in the
80 days the regulation is in effect
less than Is days of snow is to be
expected in Washington. With the
lack of off street parking facilities.
they say the regulation works dis
tinct hardship on local automobile
owners.
Many streets on which parking Is
prohibited in the three months
notably Sixteenth street-are lined
with large apartment houses whose
tenants have no near parking space
except in front of the building
They are forced, it was pointed out,
to park many blocks from their
homes on streets where the parking
is not prohibited.
Traffic officials have been work.
ing on plan to have the signs re-
main, but enforced only when snow
is forecast. Then, newspapers and
radio stations would announce that
the parking regulation would be In
force that night.
The Police Department, however,
is against this plan.
Mai. Harvey G. Callahan, super
|intendent of police, said it would be
confusing to both police and car
owners. He said that il the signs
remain the police will enforce the
regulation. If one traffic signs can
be ignored, all can be ignored, he
sovc
Evening star., 1946-12-15
Christmas Purty Plunned

The Silver Spring Business and
Professional Women's Club will hold
a Christmas party at 8 pm.
tomorrow in Jesup Blair Community
House. Members are requested to
bring a Christmas stocking for the
men in service hospitals, Mrs. Eliza
beth label, hospitality chairman,
announced
Evening star., 1946-12-15
Cafeteria Union
Offered 6 Cents
More an Hour
m
'EscuIutor' Clause
Ties Future Wages
To Cost of Living

Government Services, Inc, have
offered 5000 per diem workers In
Government cafeteriaS a wage IN
crease of 6 cents an hour plus an
"escalator" clause providing for In
creases or decreases in wages de"
pending on the cost Of living, a cor
poration spokesman said last night.
The offer was made to officials OF
the United Cafeteria and Restau-
rant Workers, Local All, at a con.
tract negotiation session late yester-
|day.
Union officials said they were pre-
pared to make "a blunt report" Of
the offer without recommendation"
to- membership meeting at 8 pm.
Tuesday in the Shiloh Baptist
Church, Ninth and P streets NV.
Oliver T. Palmer, business agent
] and chairman of the union Negotiate
ing Committee, said the Scent offer
results in an increase in take-home
pay of $197 and less a week" De-
|nial by the company of the unions
proposed welfare fund he termed
| CduCuS uloIC6dIu 1Ol tiiC liCo1ell 0AAA
welfare of its employees"
The union officials said they
would inform the company Wednes-
day morning of the action taken at
the Tuesday night meeting.
The "escalator" clause provides
that for every S per cent increase
in the cost of living after January
1, 1947, the workers would receive
a per cent wage increase. II the
cost of living decreases by S per
cent the wages would decrease by
3 per cent.
The union had asked a 20-cent-
lan-hour increase. The company.
which operates So cafeterias in
Government buildings, had offered
a 2-cent increase which the union
rejected.
The wage increase, If accepted by
the union, would be passed on to
Government workers who eat in the
cafeterias in the form of higher
prices for meals, the spokesman said.
He estimated the wage increase
would raise operating expenses $780,
600 year and said it was the "ab-
Isolutely final offer" of the company.
Union officials contend wage in
creases, when granted, should be
absorbed by the company.
Evening star., 1946-12-15
District OPA Releases
Is More Emp IoYes

Another 16 employees Of the Dis
trict OPA received dismissal notices
effective January Is, the agency dis
closed last night.
This leaves only 10 employees
Seven are, assigned to sugar ration
ing and three, headed by Edwin p
Slabaugh, are assigned to complet-
ing liquidating operations.
The local Office at 5601 Connect
cut avenue NV. has been closed
since December !, except for the
small staff on the. sugar program.
Evening star., 1946-12-15
.Immunization Drive
Against Loekjaw Peril
OPENS in District

An extensive campaign to urge
District parents to have their chill
dren inmunized against lockjaw
was launched last night by officials
of Children's Hospital.
AS a first step, the hospitals child
welfare clinic will inaugurate rou-
| tine injections of tetanus toxoid fol
youngsters by the first of the year
according to Dorothy Jaeger-Lee, II
charge of immunization at Chill
dren's.
The District of Columbia Health
Department also is making plans
to buy large amounts" of the tox-
old for use as a part of its immuni-
zation program in free public clin-
les, it was learned.
DR.. Hugh Davis, pediatrician at
Children's and the Health Depart
ment's Bureau of Maternal and
Child Welfare, pointed out, however,
that injection of the toxoid will de-
pend on requests from parents, and
urged them to recognize Importance
of the inlmunization.
Only immunization available at
the clinics at present, he added, is
against whooping cough, diphtheria
and smallpox. He said the new
shots" could be combined with
others and no additional trips for
injections would be necessary.
DR.. Joseph Wall, chief of medical
service at Children's, emphasized
that the toxoid injection results in
no strong or dangerous after-effect
reaction. Many parents, he said,
confuse the toxoid with the tetanus
anti-toxin, which is administered
after infections are discoyered-and
which often does have strong reac-
tions.
To eliminate use of the anti-toxin,
the hospital administers the toxoid
to allergy patients who often suffer
particular effects from the anti
toxin. Once the toxoid is given,
DR.. Wall explained, an additional
booster shot" of the toxoid is usual
Iy adequate even after infection sets
in
Evening star., 1946-12-15

Settlement houses, boys clubs
and institutions supported by Com
mulaity Chest funds will observe the
Christmas season with series Of
entertainments for children of all
ages.
The Christmas Distribution Gen.
ter of the Council of Social
Agencies is receiving gifts of cash,
toys and other items from civic
groups and individuals to be dis
trihuted where they are considered
most needed 1Eany Chest agencies
vii b. beneflciaries,
Trees decorated by the children,
often with ornaments they have
made themselves and with green's
gathered by them, Will grace the
rooms where the parties viii be
held.
Many Events Scheduled.
Those scheduling Christmas enter
tainments during the school holiday
periods are:
Barney Neighborhood House =
Each age group will have its own
party. Government girls at Louisi-
ana Hall, Arlington Farms, will give
their fourth annual party for 100
boys and girls at Neighborhood
House at 8 pm. Saturday.
Boys Club of Washington =
Georgetown and Eastern branches
will have several Christmas parties.
A basket ball tournament at the
Eastern branch begins December rs
and the amateur boxing tournament
begins there Friday.
Friendship House-A full schedule
of entertainments including formal
dance for men and women over
18 years old from $3.50 to 1870 pm.
Tuesday. Servicemen. and vet
Grams are invited.
Georgetown Children's House A
Christmas bazaar of articles made
by children and their mothers at the
house from to 6 pm. tomorrow
Proceeds will go to the Pet and
Hobby Club of the house. A. chill
dren's community carol sing will be
held at pm. Wednesday at the
Rose Park Playground. Christmas
Evening star., 1946-12-15
Trude Federation to Meet

The Federation of Businessmen's
Associations will meet at 8:15 pm.
Wednesday in the board room of the
American Security and Trust Build
ing, Fifteenth street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue NV. Plans for the
coming year are to be discussed.
Evening star., 1946-12-15
New Citizens Unit Planned

Residents of the Hollywood-on-
the-Hill subdivision near Berwyn,
Md, will discuss formation OF a
citizens association at meeting
at 8 pm. Tuesday in Berwyn Ele-
mentary School.
Evening star., 1946-12-15

Is one Of the worst hazards we have,
Chief Woodyard declared.
In Arlington Hospital were John
n. Andrews, Z, and his brother,
George N. Andrews, "A, Of 2201 North
Lincoln street.
Evening star., 1946-12-15
Club to Give YuIe Pageant

The Kensnigton Junior High
School Boys and Girls Glee Clubs
will present the Christmas pageant,
20, Holy Night" at pm Tuesday.
Mrs. Helen Cooper is in charge of
the music and Miss Gertrude Gantz
is stage director.
Evening star., 1946-12-15
Post Office Announces Hours

The Bladensburg Post Ofhce VIII
be open weekdays from 7:30 am.
to pm, until Christmas eve, it was
announced by C. Howard Brown,
postmaster. Next Saturday the office
will be open from 7:30 am. to 10
pm, he said.
Evening star., 1946-12-15
chiIdrens Society to Meet

The District Of Columbia Society
for Crippled Children will hold Its
annual meeting at 5 pm. tomorrow
at the Chamber Of Commerce Build
ing, 1915 H street NV.
Evening star., 1946-12-15
Gurden Club to Elect

The Bethesda Community Garden
Club will elect officers at a meeting
in the Battery Park Club House at
1890 am. Wednesday.
Evening star., 1946-12-15

WWDC; Howard B. Hays and Will
lard L. Dougherty, WPIK; Leslie
G. Aries, Du Mont Television Co.,
and John e. Gaunt, National
Broadcasting Co,-TeleviSion.
Evening star., 1946-12-15
Do You Know That

Children's Hospital treats
many small children for paraly-
sis other than poliomyelitis
victims?
A summary of the progress
of the building fund campaign
follows.
Amount needed Isl 800, O00. 90
Contributed through
Tuesday - 1,142,O05.75
Received since
Wednesday 1,601 SO
To be raised -- 156,382. SO
Contributions should be sent
to the Children's Hospital New
Building Fund, Thirteenth and
" streets NV, Washington 8,
D G.
Evening star., 1946-05-15
How Manv
Right?
Bv AnqeI0 Patri

To hold a childs mistakes con-
Stantly before him is a good way to
keep him from faltering. Discour-
agement is brake on effort and a
blight on success. To get child to
want to do his best, and to enable
him to come closer to doing it, one
must encourage him.
Merited praise is the best tonic
imaginable and it is the easiest to
administer. It is always on hand.
There is one caution to be observed:
Be sure the praise is sincere and
honest. A child is quick to know
when he is being soft-soaped and,
though he may respond to it, at the
same time it deepens his sense Of
,inferiority. False praise is like a
narcotic, while honest praise is a
real tonic, and nourishing to the
spirit.
Sometimes it is not easy to find
something in child's work to praise.
When he hands in a list of words, 8
out of 10 mispelled, and his penman-
ship is something to daunt an ex-
pert, what is one to do? DR.. john
ston OF Vineland Training School,
on whom may the sun ever shine,
says, praise him for the two correct
ones. Say, Why Johnny, you have
two right today. That's fine start.
You'll have more right tomorrow
And mean it,"
That's the idea Find one point OF
rightness and praise it. If you can
not find anything in his work,
maybe you can find fine spot in his
character. Good boy! It was kind
of you to pick up Kitty's book for
her. We need kind people around
here. Don't we, children?"
The children will all smile and
say YES loudly, and everybody is
the happier; whereas, if we had
scolded Johnny for his awful work
everybody would have been de-
pressed, including Johnny. Calling
the attention of the other children
to the one good point in the failing
boy helped them, too, for they will
rally to Johnny's help.
Once in our school there was a
boy who seemed to live for the mis-
chief he could create. One day his
sorely tried teacher looked down at
his hands, lying loosely on his desk,
and said, There is something wrong,
Carlo. Hands as beautiful as yours
were meant to create something
better and lovelier than what you
are doing with them. 1t is sin to
misuse such hands There is not
another pair in this whole school
like them"
Carlo looked up sharply and
studied the teachers sad, loving
face and then regarded his hands.
Today he is serving his country as a
surgeon, one of the country's best.
Evening star., 1946-05-15

Bogs with million dollar look but, 10 and behold the
acquisition Of these boes doesn't coll for revision of your
budeet-que the contrary!
If you haven't heard all the focts on the new postcs
tho being used for handbags nows the time
you told PIostics have taken on the appearance
of the best Of fine Ieothers Golf eron patent leather and
Others Next wondrous truth about pIostos, they won't
crock crack. Temperatures, high low, flame
ITSELF just don't otter the complexion of plastic one bit
As for white and the light coIors appropriate for
wear these bags be kept os clean and fresh
the doy you buy them with simply sweep Of damp
cloth and bit Of mild soop With all these wonderful
qualities it's obvious thot plastic will be bowing again and
again in fashionable occessores-ond probably in myriad
of other forms that os yet even suspects.
Evening star., 1946-05-15

free OF moths. I find wrapping
them in newspaper and using plenty
of paradichloride of benzine crystals
(Which kills eggs, moths and larva)
satisfactory method. All articles
should be clean, if possible. If
the house has moths in it I would
seal the packages with tape as an
added precaution.
Here is recipe for Spanish
hamburg which some one might
like: Saute chopped pepper and
onion with chopped bacon or in
bacon fat. Add ground beef, salt
and pepper. Let simmer until meat
is cooked; add cooked macaroni
a can of mushroom soup, a pinch
OF celery seed. Let simmer to blend.
If more liquid is needed add a little
cream. 1t may be served thus or
as a casserole dish. I like mine
topped with bread crumbs and
Drowned in the oven. Rice may
be used instead of macaroni.
Can any one tell me how to frost
glass doors to a cupboard? 1t is
for a Sunday school room. Any
helpful ideas will be appreciated
l wonder, too, whether any one
can tell me how to make an
uncooked salad dressing using mar
garine?
i; i x x
APPLE CANDY?
From E. B. B., Washington)
I would like to secure a recipe for
apple candy.
NAVY APPLE PAN DOWDY.
(From Mrs. A. j. E., Ornard, Calf. J
Several weeks ago I wrote to my
home in Washington for a recipe
for Shoo-Fly Pie, as we have had
Shoo-Fly Pie in our home as far
back as I can remember.
The recipe, submitted by Mrs.
G. R., Arlington, Va, was sent to me.
At the end of the recipe she re-
quested recipe for Apple Pan
|DoWdy.
I am sending a recipe for Apple
Pan Dowdy that was taken from
the Navy Cook Book. The original
recipe was for 100 portions, but my
neighbor, who is a pay clerk in
the Commissionary Department Of
the United States Navy, very gen.
erously broke the recipe down to
fit the average family.
The Navy likes Apple Pan Dowdy
and I am sure every one else will
enjoy it also
Apple Pan DOwdy: One cup -four,
pinch salt, l teaspoon granulated
sugar, 4 teaspoon baking powder,
q tablespoons shortening, 3s cup
Evening star., 1946-05-15

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,veH
Evening star., 1946-05-15

The oH-white plastic bag displays the soft feminine
styling that is dominating the summer, 1916, fashion pic
ture Soft pleots held together in on shape at the
top with rings Of tortoise she'll. It's pretty ody-Iike
bogond remember, washes eosier even than do your
white summertime cotton gloves.
The black and white plastic bag pictured will come to
the did Of your accessory problem. It's been
designed specifically to team up with summers black and
white spectator Shoes Add to this duet pair Of black
and white stitched gloves and what could you ask
by way of oserboee Of accessories? The black patent
strip running through the middle Of this bog held at the
top by three tortoise she'll rings, but continues to form
ponner handle, cosy to swing from the The long
side Upper makes this costly accessible "cory-o."
-Jone Clark
Evening star., 1946-05-15
From Mrs. A. McF., Tdkonld
Park, M6,)

Park, Md
Mrs. M. R. B. asked for sugges-
tions as to how to overcome her g.
month-old daughters fear of her
playpen. Many children are fright
ened when first placed in playpens,
tailor tots, bathtubs, etc. This is
especially true when the new equip
ment is presented too abruptly, too
early, or a time when the child IS
hungry, tired or cross.
Both of my children are of a
timid nature and in helping them
overcome their small fears, have
learned not to force them to accept
any new situation when they are
frightened, or, in other words, not
to insist that they CRY it out"
This only adds to their insecurity
and aggravates their fear.
Since your baby, Mrs. M. R. B.,
has developed such a strong tear
of her playpen as to cry when taken
near it, I would suggest that you
remove the pen from her sight for
two weeks or a month, thus giving
her time to forget her unhappy ex-
perience with it to some extent. A
playpen isn't essential to her devel-
opment at this time. Later on, she
will have more stability in sitting
position and that may be just what
she needs to enjoy her pen.
Then, at a favorable moment, re-
introduce the playpen by degrees.
Let her play with her toys on the
pad alone for a few days. Two or
three pillows placed around her will
give her the arm support she now
high chair While holding her, and
talking softly to her, let her ex-
anime the pen from the outside. If
she cries for more than moment
and doesn't become interested, take
her away and repeat the process
later. The idea is to get her with
out tears into the playpen and alb
sorbed in the toys there. After she
has become accustomed to the pen,
the pillows can be removed to give
her more freedom.
x X x X
ANSWERS AND QUERIES.
from Mrs. F. D., Chepy Chase, Md.)
To Mrs. R. A. of Silver Spring: I
grew up in Kansas. We had such
violent storms-often the house
creaked, groaned and seemed to
take off," but we never had
storm which did any real harm.
Our dog used to be terrified of
storms. He would tear off screens
SO get in the house and under a
bed. I was almost as frightened
as he was. After I married I found
my husband liked storms; we used
to sit and watch them. I became
less afraid and even learned to ad-
mire them.
Your phone isn't properly
grounded if lightning runs in on
1t. I never use the phone during
a storm if I can avoid it because
wires often get down and become
crossed, too. There is so much noise
and static that 1t is difficult to hear
Il do not use the radio during
storms for the same reason.
Some time ago some one asked
how to store things to keep them
Evening star., 1946-05-15
Readers Clearing House

milk, II quarts apples sliced, II
cups brown sugar, u teaspoon Gin
namon, " teaspoon nutmeg. Mix
together thoroughly flour, salt,
sugar and baking powder. Cut in
shortening. Stir In milk. Mix to
biscuit dough consistency. Roll out
dough on Toured surface to a a
inch thickness. Line bun pan or
Ipie tin with dough. Mix together
brown sugar, cinnamon and nut
meg. Place layers of sliced apples
on the dough. Sprinkle with sugar
mixture. Place another layer of
dough on top. Bake at 400 degrees
Serve with hard sauce or lemon
sauce