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Evening star., 1946-12-29
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have a crop failure due either
to rain at the honey flow or
to a too-hot summer.
The ChamberseS use a va
cant lot behind their garage.
lent to them by it's owner. to
complete natures production
pattern-for they have a
farm which the bees aid
by pollinatiOn.
The lot produces food for
the table all the year round.
Cabbage, corn, tomatoes,
beans, celery, endive, figs, ap-
piles, peaches, berries of all
kinds-in fact, all things COM
mon to these parts and some
(such as peanuts) that aren't
are grown. 1t is not a scien-
tifiC adventure, but just IAN
old fashioned vegetable gar
den" says Mrs. Chambers.
who is a micro analytical
chemist in the Department of
Agriculture.
In a helter- -skelter fashion
the farm is jammed with
food. LAS soon as one crop
is grown we put another in."
Mrs. Chambers explains. And
a look at her storage cellar.
dug out by Mr.. Chambers
under the front stoop, indi-
Gates that their food bill must
be considerably lower than
that of the average city
dWeller.
Mr.. Chambers works his
miniature farm with a home
made tractor-plow. Built at
a cost of $45, it saves many
a back breaking hour. The
tractor was made from a
washing machine clutch and
reducing gear, a motorcycle
gear and chain. two old auto
mobile brake drums, a num-
ber of small iron lugs and a
one-cylinder gasoline engine
on a fashioned ploW- frame.
topped off by a coffee-can
muff1er.
1t has a ploW that cuts fur
rows 4 inches deep and 4
inches wide. The lugS bite
into the lumpy earth, and sew
eral pieces of board nailed
together, when switched on.
pound the soil into fertile
submission.
Mr.. Chambers also can use
the tractor to NOW his lawn.
Evening star., 1946-12-29

Backyard Apiary

all is peaceful. Whenever the
temperature drops into the
fifties and below the bees be-
come sluggish and mass to-
gether at the bottom of their
hive.
To induce his bees to come
out and pose for the accom-
panying picture Mr.. Cham
bers donned a protective hat
that yelled his face and neck,
and using a smoker "a small
bellows attached to a tincan
with a snout for smoke jets)
explored the hive. Taking off
the top of the hive and the
superS sections of honey
combs) he drew from the
bottom a brood nest, the &C
tual honey and egg-laying
heart of the hive.
On this SWarmed thousands
of workers, who care for the
queen, quite safe to- handle
in the smoke filled air. The
third of the three classes of
bees, the drOne. was not cvi-
dent, for he never sees winter.
He is pushed out of the hive
in early fall to die, his useful
ness ended after mating oc-
ours. Smoke, Mr.. Chambers
explained, makes the bees
hunt for the honey in the
hive. diverting them from any
outside human disturbance.
Evening star., 1946-12-29
By JOHN H. CORNWEIL

Y EH1ND A MODEST brick
home in the 28OO block
of Rittenhouse street NV. is
the garage apiary and half
acre farm" of Mr.. and Mrs.
Gayman Chambers.
A native of Ohio, Mr..
Chambers started keeping
bees in Columbus at the start
of the depression as a way to
make extra money and at
the same time have an inter
esting hobby. Now an admin
lStrative assistant with the
District Unemployment Com
pensation Board, he still car
rles on his hobby.
In Columbus, he recalls, he
kept bees only three blocks
from the Ohio State Uniyer-
sity campus, in the heart of
the city, without once dis
turbing a neighbor. None of
his present neighbors has
complained. either. he says,
for the secret is to learn
when to bother the bees and
when not to-"
To one side of his JAM
packed one-car garage are
three hives-one empty, one
with two colonies and one
lust right" with a single
colony. At this time of year
Evening star., 1946-12-29

His theory is that the bees
eat all the honey they can,
fearing their hive will be
destroyed and that they will
be forced to look for another.
This past year Mr.. Cham,
bers had only enough honey
for his own use and none for
sale. He usually averages Is
pounds to a colony. Once in
Ohio. when the flow was
heavy in the honey season,
he got % pounds from one
colony on four successive Sat-
urdays, a total of 112 pounds.
This year, however, he had
to help his bees by supple
menting their honey, stored
for winter use, with an OPA
allotment of 10 pounds of
sugar. Department of Agri-
culture officials explain that
a bee keeper may obtain up
to Is pounds of sugar per
colony, since pollination by
bees is so important to agri-
culture.
Bees sometimes need the
sugar to carry them through
the winter, since they, too,
Evening star., 1946-07-19

Also, in high school you may
have found you could participate
in about IL extra curricular activi-
ties at one time. In college, you'll
find yourself faced with bigger jobs,
and you'll be more inclined to spe-
cilize. If journalism is your forte,
concentrate on it, and resist the
temptation to spread yourself out
thin over any number of activities.
Don't let yourself become too one
sided, of course-but a little wise
specialization is good thing. Get
ting into an activity on the ground
floor, and sticking to it, may mean
a really responsible post in same
when you're an upperclassman.
Each college has some clothes
habits peculiar to it, and it's some
times smart to refrain from stock
ing up completely on your wardrobe
until you're settled at school. You
may find that the date get-up you
thought simply out of this world
in a city might be regarded as a
little overdone in a less sophisti-
Gated school. And no matter how
much you love regarding yourself
as rugged individualist, you'll find
that you won't want to fly in the
face of campus clothes traditions.
And of course, it's nice to be re-
minded, as we were, that all of
the clothes a freshman has are new.
You've all heard of grinds, of
course, and have probably vowed to
never, never be one. You're smart.
We doubt that most of you are
in danger of that. But to those
who are-dates and friends are
plenty worth your valuable time,
and what's more, they're the part of
school you'll long remember.
II you've been babied to degree,
or just have a vague fear you may
be homesick, relax Twinges of
missing your family and friends
aren't anything to dread, even If
they become pretty severe OCCASION
ally. Begin by making friends, get
ting settled in your work, sizing
up the campus, fitting yourself into
the collegiate world. We remember
something our counselor told us
when we were very, very green
freshmen. She very wisely observed
that people are only homesick un-
til they've found something to re-
place the thing they've left behind
them. sAnd we know from exper-
ience-shs was right.
Evening star., 1946-07-19

shrink material for slip covers but
I have found it very simple to
shrink material in this manner
Immerse material unfolded in luke
warm water until thoroughly wet
squeeze out as much water as
possible and hang on line to harden
Then iron. In small town where
I lived, after material was ready
to iron, I would carry it to the
neighborhood steam laundry ano
they would run 1t through the
mangle while I waited.
DUTCH APPLE PIE?
From Mrs. S. E. D., Cherry Chase J
Here Is a request-Dutch apple
pie. Some 8 or 10 years ago I i1ae
some at an inn the other side oi
NeWburgh, N. Y.-Scheuplein's,
believe it was. We asked for, anc
received, recipe, but it was sc
sketchy I've never been able tt
figure out just how to make it do.
AS I remember it, I believe
Mcintosh apples were used. These
were steamed, after being cut ir
medium sized pieces. Then these
were put into ready-baked shell ane
a mixture poured over them. The
mixture is what stumped me, as the
cook said "One-third eggs (beater
till blended, one-third cream (pref.
erably sour and one-third sugar
with spices" Now, how do you figure
which will be the basis of the third.
After this mixture is added tn,
pie was put back into the oven ane
left just long enough to sort O.
melt It,
I've seen many recipes for Dutcf
apple pie, but none sounded al
though they would end up tn,
way this one did-which was "pur,
gorgeouS"i
Evening star., 1946-07-19

For the last year I have been trying
to break her of her crying fits, tan
trums and whimpering, all three of
which are brought on by a refusal.
For example, If she is outside she
wants in, and the minute she Is in
she wants out. If I give her milk
in a glass she will throw 1t across
the floor and scream for the bottle
(if she wants the glass and give
her the bottle, it's the same thing.
If she can't have the same bev-
erages the grownups have at the
table she stiffens out on the floor
and refuses to eat at all-and
screams at the top of her lungs.
This causes an argument between
my husband and me, as I usually
end up slapping her. I can't put
her in a separate room, because we
live in a trailer and there Is none.
For a reasonable trial period have
tried everything I have heard OF,
one at time, usually for a couple
of months, but nothing does any
good. I can't talk or reason with
her, as she just pulls away ana
screams above my voice, and after
a while 1 find myself yelling at her,
and SO it goes.
Two months ago, for financial
reasons, went to work. She be-
haves for the woman who cares for
her, to somewhat better degree, but
the minute she hits home it's the
same old thing. I can't afford to
send her to the country and she is
too little for a nursery, as she is not
yet 2, and last, but not least, I cam
not go to school for parents, as
have neither the time nor money,
as I have to do all my own house
work, which is not as easy as one
may think in a trailer!
If this problem were solved I
would be just about the happiest
person there could be, but If it isn't
I'm afraid that when she is a little
older she will walk all over us-I
don't want a future delinquent.
Also, I have tried reading baby
books, but they seem to contradict
each other sooner or lateri
Evening star., 1946-07-19
Report From New York

with basque tops, the dandy collar
and the popular full sleeve dress
and -jacket-look, resembling 3-piecers
embroidered pockets with a
stitched strap of material extending
up over the shoulder in a lovely
draped manner are signature note
in this collection His evening gowns
have sweeping skirts and much de-
colletage . big idea in his collec-
tion is the pantalette dress with the
pantalettes banded in luxury lace
and edged with jet.
Joseph Whitehead, famous de-
signer of lounge fashions, shows
Persian trousers, and black chif-
fon robe whose petal skirt is worn
over pajamas of black crepe {.
He, too, uses the Chantilly lace
which New York designers have
taken up since its return to the fash
ion scene Mr.. Whitehead has
designed blush pink wedding gown
in crepe that is draped in a manner
reminiscent of the ladies of the
French court A braid of tulle
with a veil of the same material
falls from the head to the knees to
complete this day of days" dress
He also combines wool and taf-
feta for very original bouffant and
new gown, not of the bare, but of
the covered-up type.
Foxbrownie's collection features
jackets with low waistlines and rip
Piles. =. Miss Brownie introduces
a new shade called winter peony and
a combination of fabrics, one shiny
type and the other a dull, which
rustles provocatively and which she
calls whispering Black" =. Bril-
liant colors high light this collection.
Halter backs and draped skirts for
evening also predominant d.
Cocktail dresses display low cut
bosoms or are covered up slightly
with sheer fronts of lace or net. &.
Sheer wool dresses with matching
coats make another group which
Miss Brownie does, with much at
tention toward making the waist
timer and the skirt fuller and more
feminine. i. . Suits are high lighted
with blouses that have also been de-
signed for wear with the costume.
The suit line is unusual as
throughout the whole collection you
will not find one set-in shoulder
The loose cuff and the straight
slit skirt are stressed.
Nine. Eta draws inspiration from
the game of chess-many of her
skirts feature the swag drapery seen
on some OF the chessmen in noted
collections Scooped necklines
Glitter Satin.
Evening star., 1946-07-19
WhyGrow
Old?
By Josephine Lowman

Tenseness, when translated into
nervousness, fatigue and irritability,
has broken up more homes, caused
more wrong decisions. put more lines
in feminine faces, lost more friends,
turned more hair gray and caused
more general grief than almost any
other factor in human happiness.
1t Is practically impossible to re-
main balanced emotionally when
you feel as though every nerve end
is getting permanent wave! This
tense feeling affects personality and
charm and mental reaction as well.
The very essence of charm Is poise,
graciousness, ease, relaxation, toler-
ance and unhurried humor. Hurry
ing, fretting, pushing, stewing, 60
ing at life with hammer and
tongs" attitude are often the results
of tenseness and nervous exhaustion
and also can cause them.
I believe that women, especially,
are subject to tenseness. This Is
true because we have SO many varied
demands on us. The woman who
runs home and takes care OF her
children, who copes with the butcher,
the bakery, the grocery, the laundry,
the dry cleaner and so forth, ad
infinitum, is never through with
responsibility and Is subjected to
constant, petty irritations and diff
culties, few of which are stimulating
or interesting. OF course, during war
years this has been especially true.
Any woman who drops tenseness
from her shoulders adds pounds of
charm and personality and years to
her life. Tenseness is killing con-
dition and 1t ruins enjoyment in
living. 1t Is said that so many wom-
en- spend most of their precious
energy on nonessentials and then
have none left for the poetry, In
spiration, and humor, in living.
Deep breathing exercises are good
refiexers. Stand erect with your
feet comfortably apart. Raise your
arms sideways, upward as you lift
your heels and rise high on your
toes. At the same time breathe in
deeply. Lower arms and heels to
the floor and exhale at the same
time. Continue this. being certain
to fill the lungs and stretch upwards
until you feel your muscles pull.
II you wish to have my exercises
for relaxing send stamped self
addressed envelope with your request
for leaflet No. "a, Exercises for
Relaxing" to Josephine Lowman in
care of The Evening Star.
Evening star., 1946-07-19
The Young Idea
By Betty and Helen

We've just finished session with
a copy girl who's treking off to our
Alma Mater come this fall, and who
showered us with queries about what
Ia freshman should expect. She
suggested that since other teen
ayers were in the same boat, eager
to find out as much as they could
about college life, we might air our
views generally. Since we are neith-
er geniuses nor heiresses, we went
to only one college, received one
ALB. degree from same, and called
lit a day. Our generalizations are,
as a result, based on this, but we
think there may be something in it
fairly typical of all.
In the first place, from the time
you hit the campus, people will re-
fer to you as men and women" and
the truth of the matter Is, they
mean it. On the one hand, you'll
probably do Zany and childish
thing you thought you had actually
discarded in grammar school days
you might find yourself pushing
door bells, and playing on swings.
But on the other hand, you'll also
become aware that nobody knows
you are Mrs. Jones darling daugh-
ter, that you took all the honors in
high school and that you were voted
Miss Personality in Holly High. 1t
may come as a shock to you, but this
is also true-the gals and guys who
go to college are frequently the
leaders in their own high schools,
and they too have walked of with
numerous and sundry honors, and
they, too, were personality kids. In
brief, you're really on your own,
you're starting from scratch, and
the life you build for yourself at
school Is up to you.
You'll discover that your profess
sors are interested in your absorbing
something of what they have to say,
but that they will not stand over
your head with a club to see that
it Is absorbed. Your dads paying
for all of this, and if you want to
crawl through on the borderline that
is strictly up to you. AS a fresh
man, you may be more restricted in
your hours, which does do things to-
ward encouraging you to study. But
the actual regulating of your study
habits is your own affair, and you'll
be smart If you begin by making
them good habits.
Evening star., 1946-07-19

(From A. C. K, Washington
I have quite a few recipes which
are old and tried and if you would
be interested I will send them to
you. They include barbecue sauce
and relish, chop suey, hamburger
royale, chocolate pudding, fruit cake.
etc. Just give me an idea what you
would like to have and will write
it out.
Evening star., 1946-07-19

NEW YORK, July 19.-Virginia
Pope, fashion editor of the New
York Times, just recently returned
from Paris, while narrating for the
Nettie Rosensteins showing on
Tuesday night said, "It seems that
America is back on the gold stand
ard"
Judging from the plentiful use
Of gold thread, gold ornaments en-
broidered and embellished with
paillettes, pearls and other stones
on the suits and dresses seen at
the many showings this week, we
are tempted to agree with her. But
there is much more than just that
to the many collections viewed in
the last two days.
Nettie Rosenstein's showing, which
every season is rated by many of
the visiting editors to be THE one
not to be missed-again featured
many dresses done in black and
executed in the designers own
inimitable fashion. Much use of
drapery is evident and the colors
in her collection are noteworthy
"kingfsher blue" "f1amingo red,'
bachelors blue" 'paprika" and
forest green" are her names for
the brilliant shades incorporated in
her collection. Her hemlines bor-
der on the longer side and she
employs the draped and uneven
hem in her costumes this year
An unusual version of the latter
type hemline was shown in a lovely
dress that featured a skirt known
as the petal
There is much detail in the
Rosenstein models, from fan pleat-
ings on dresses to variations on the
seasonal "one" black dress. Varia-
tions such as a slit that gives g
peekaboo motif, and side interest
with buttons running from the
shoulder to the waist on the left
side of the dress, then being picked
up on the right side from the waist
to the hemline. Quite prominent in
Nine. Rosenstein's presentations
for the fall is a type of drapery re-
ferred to as the inter drape.
Shaped like a bishops miter, this
drapery falls almost to the floor
then comes back to form an inter-
esting skirt.
Laces are used lavishly, and, in
some cases where evening wear is
concerned, are combined with mar
quisette and satin. Her very high
necklines, says Nine. Rosenstein, are
designed especially for jewelry. Very
low cut necklines in theater dresses
and the open back are other features
to watch. A lovely coat in this col
lection has called on the period OF
the Crusaders for inspiration. In
the medieval MOOD, it Is of scarlet
and black, done in full flowing
Evening star., 1946-07-19
l54l
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Bv Barbara Bell

A simple and very lovely two-piece
dress for teen-agers that buttons
down the back. The wide extended
shoulders call attention to a doll
like waist-note the interesting
bodice treatment.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1541 is
designed for sizes II, II, IS, IA, 1e
and lS. Size u, blouse, requires IL
yards of IS or SO inch material; skirt,
1ss yards.
For this pattern, send 25 cents, in
coins; your name, address, pattern
number and size wanted to Barbara
Bell, The Washington Star. P. O.
Box SO, Station G, New York 10, N. Y
Evening star., 1946-07-19
Bv Efeuf Sakes

manner. Use of black and white is
also stressed.
Hoods that are a part Of the
costume cover the head, or can fall
like a cowl, are new fall note
Many hat designers must feel that
ia cold winter will soon set in, for
head huggers," either in the helmet
style or the hood style, are great
favorites.
Pauline Trigere, with a signature
note of 14-karat buttons running in
and out of her collection, has stressed
elegance in Fabric and design
throughout. Flanged scanning, more
familiarly known as cartridge tuck
ing, defines the princesse silhouette
which is used to good effect. Trig-
ere features slim and flared skirts
and continues to show the deer
armhole sleeve; its new 1916 note is
an inverted pleat below the shoulders
to the elbow. Suits with matching
scarves are fall specials; one
particularly love1y tailored wool was
done in taupe with a lined scarf. The
basic black crepe by Trigere, carries
a lot OF weight when its simple lines
have interest added to them by the
addition of Sits at the top of the
dress. Not the French version, but
the modified American one thai
clings to modesty, yet holds a touch
of daring. Rich fabrics such a.
satin brocades, taffetas, anitra-(s
cashmere type of wooD, and velvet
are prominently featured.
Jersey rang the bell when a silk
jersey, two-toned gray dinner dress
which featured diagonal midrifl
drapery was shown Trigere use.
| high necklines in some of her dresses
and the Directoire dandy" CUP
collars a few coats. But most of hel
suit necklines are collarless. THE
better to show your lovely blouse
madame" she claims. Dress and coat
sets by Trrgere are wardrobe at.
fractions that have style plus sim.
plicity, which is the reason why they
are so popular.
Since space is limited and because
we want your fashion picture to be
nearly complete as we can report it
we'll give you some of the high lights
of the many other important show,
that are being featured during the
New YORK Dress Institutes pres
week.
Samuel Kass spotlights the elon.
gated and sleekly curved silhouette
. . long skirts are cut in circular
fashion with pack treatment to place
| fullness there tunic styles showr
mems wear worsteds featured
Evening star., 1946-07-19


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We will withhold both and use
only initials. Please address
mail to the Readers Clearing
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Views expressed in the Clear
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those of The Star, and as 1t is
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cannot assume responsibility for
them.
Betsy CaslveH
Evening star., 1946-07-19
Readers Clearing House

equal weight of sugar. Cook the
melon slowly in water to which has
been added coffee cup of vinegar
and ounces of ginger root. Cook
about an hour, then use the water
in which the melon has been cook
ing to make the syrup. Add the
sugar, cup of brown sugar to o1
white gives it a good color; add
lemons sliced, juice Of 2 lemons, {
pieces of stick cinnamon, same
amount of cloves. Cook until clear
COMMENT.
From Mrs. o. A. T., Cherry Chase }
To A. M. R, Falls Church: ]
heartily indorse your stand against
radio serials. I, too. have been on
private strike against their sicken-
ing mush for years.
TO SEASON IRON.
From Mrs. J. G., Mount Rainier
For Mrs. F. NJ, Washington: To
season Dutch ovens, iron frying
pans or pots: Grease them well,
using an unsalted fat; place them in
a hot oven 450 degrees for about &c
minutes. Scour them we'll with steel
wool Mine has been treated in this
way and has given excellent service