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for-sure inflationary spiral. q.
The Federal Deposit Insurance
corporation has announced that
insured commercial and mutual
savings banks deposits in the ma
ton amount to $751; ,628, 200, 900
which is an increase of more than
SIG billion dollars since June
1945. incidentally, the FDI point
ed out that 'more than q months
have elapsed without any of the
80 million depositors in insured
banks having suffered a loss"
On the congressional election
front, both national committees
here in Washington are apparent
ly confident of winning control of
the house and senate. Here are
some figures which indicate how
close the battle may be. There
are total of 435 seats in the
house. Democrats now have 241
and Republicans 1913. Both par
ties agree there are 63 doubtful
districts in the nation which may
60 either way. Of these 90 dis
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tricts, ~ are Democratic and 81
are Republican and 80 of them are
in the large cities. The Demo
Gratis can lose % of the So doubt
full districts and still maintain
control, while the Republicans
must win Is. Insofar as states
are concerned most of the doubt
full districts are in Connecticut
and Missouri, the Presidents
home state. There are Z doubtful
districts in New York, Z in Penn
sylvania, S in Illinois, 5 in Ohio,
6 in California and the rest are
scattered through 20 states. Three
whole states are effected, the 6
Connecticut districts which COM
prise the entire state, and one
district each in Delaware and
Wyoming where each has only
one representative.
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The Everyday
Counselor
Rev. Herbert Spaugh, d. d.

We have heard much about
"'Ihe Little Black Book" during
these past days. It is supposed
30 be "a little book which many
people carry actually, or mental
~, in which they record instances
of courtesy and helpfulness, or
Tuoeness and indifference on the
part of those with whom they
have had business dealings. ]
have heard many a man say, 81
am going to use that book when
conditions become somewhere
near normal, and merchandise
somewhat more plentiful"
thought of all this the other
day when I was in a business
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-10-31

Joe Goodman, president Of
Healing Springs All club. has or
ganized a string band i'm his local
club that will be hard to- beat.
The members Of the band are:
Joe Goodman, master of, cere-
monies, Gwyn Baker, Clifford
Baker, Edwin Blackburn, Junior
Baker, and Greer Johnson.
These boys will furnish music
for their local meeting and for
the county All club meetings.
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In World War T there were 26R
million horses and mules in the
u. S. In 1910 there were 14h
million as compared with 1ls
million today. This IS the end
result of high farm wages and
high feed costs.
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5|lDEII[N|dIllZ2

Washington, D. C.-Efforts of
the administration to work to-
ward a balanced budget, and an
nouncement that for the first
time in many years receipts for
the first quarter of the present
fiscal year exceeded disburse-
ments, was a topic of favorable
discussion in Washington this
week.
While the maritime strike, the
unsuccessful attempts at solution
of the multifarious questions at
the Paris conference, ousting of
Secretary Wallace, probable re-
suits of the coming congressional
elections, all were claiming their
due share of attention, the fav-
orable position of the government
finances and the determined eff
fort of President Truman to
Withstand pressure to loosen the
government purse strings, topped
the list.
At the first of the year deficit
estimates for the Treasury De-
partment for this quarter totalled
$4,5O0,OO0,000 and President Tru-
man in August forecast. deficit,
for the year, of ST ,900,O00,00O. AS
a matter of fact, the receipts for
the first three months were $119,-
100000 more than the government
spent for the period. This does
not indicate, however, that there
will not be deficit for the year,
what with CT terminal pay, world
bank and monetary fund commit
ments and other things which will
cause expenditures to mount in
the coming quarter. However, the
deficit of $1,9OO,0O0,O0O is a ire
mendous come-doWn from the 81
billion dollar deficit of last year
than the 81 billion dollar deficit
for the 1915 fiscal year.
That some congressman and
senators do not like the Presi-
dents economy move in which, by
presidential order, he sharply
curtailed budget expenditures, is
indicated in his sharp refusal to
withdraw his curtailment of the
pork-barrel $5OO,OOO,OOO rivers
and harbors and flood control ap-
preparations, which he slashed ap-
proXimately two-thirds. No less
parsonage than Senator Mcclellan
of Tennessee, acting president of
the senate, sought to have the
president rescind his order, but
without avail. And as a result,
at a recent meeting of the rivers
an6 harbors committee, resolu-
tiorls were adopted criticizing the
President and asking him to re-
scild his order. Many members
of the congress favor a balanced
budget, but would like to balance
it at the expense of someone else's
pork barrel in some state other
than their own.
And on the subject of finances,
here are some figures which in
dictate the tremendous purchasing
power which is now in the coun-
try and which governmental fl
nancial experts declare if spent
for scarce goods will start a real
for a home and individual use.
It is most excellent prescription
| for making friends
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One, more Ashe county veteran.
Willard e. Perry. Of Lansing, who
served i'm the u. S. Army, has re-
ported to the local draft board
and. Isl officially discharged from
the service, it was announced this
week.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-10-31

Are youF tires getting "up in
years.. If they need repair
ing, bring them to the G.. & III.
SERVICE STATION, of if
RheySe beyond repairing buy
ssew Kelly tires. Come in to
sec us, today. +
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-10-31

DIR. Walker b. Healy, pas
tor of. the First Presbyterian
church Of Hot Springs, Arkan-
sas, will be the speaker on
the Presbyterian hour Sunday
morning at $3.50 q. M, over
stations WWNC, WSOC,
WPTF and WSJS. His topic
will be Better Homes For a
Better World"
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for home and individual use.
1t is a most excellent prescription
for making friends.
Evening star., 1946-02-03
CHAMPION SHOW-STOPPER
Continued from tcge eight

Continued from tcge eight
Basil Garwood Lambert was born in In
diana So years ago. At seven he appeared in
minstrel shows, at nine he was boy juggler
and in his early teens he acted in stock
company. When he was II he became a wire
walker and trapeze artist with circus. later
a theater musician, playing the drums and
xylophone. He got so good at the latter
instrument that he was engaged by the
Cleveland Symphony Orchestra.
The First World War broke up that job,
and when he was discharged from the
Army he went into vaudeville as serious
xylophonist One day in Topeka, Kan. he
was playing on the same bill with magician.
During the Professors act, flock of the
magician's ducks got loose and waddled on
the stage in the middle of a beautiful solo.
The audience howled. Even after the
ducks were shooed back to their crate,
the audience howled, no matter what
the Professor did. After that, he de-
cided to make the act slapstick.
After ALL" said the Professor, you can't
expect to make a decent living out of.
xylophone if you play it right"
In recent years, the Professor has added
silent partner to his act. She is fetching
young person who makes brief appearance
Evening star., 1946-02-03

when the Professor is trying to prove that
he really can play the xylophone. AS he
swings into his virtuoso number with great
feeling, the lady secretly enters behind him
and dances in what is termed "scanty attire"
This brings tremendous cheers and whistling
from the gentlemen in the audience, and the
Professor is moved to tears of gratitude.
"You folks certainly appreciate fine
music!' he says. How would you like to
hear few more bars?"
Squizts Her Off Stage
lHERE is thunderous applause. The Pro-
fessor sweeps triumphantly into another
chorus, and then another and another -
until finally the lady dances too near him,
and he discovers the fraud. Whereupon, he
produces siphon bottle from beneath the
xylophone and drives her off the stage with
a strategically-aim squirt. On this pious
note, the act ends.
At the finish of each engagement the Pro-
fessor happily makes his way back to Los
Angeles, where he is greeted by Madam
Professor and their two teen-agers, Ronnie
and Michael. There he tends to his regular
business, sails his schooner, and swears that
he'll never sign another contract.
But he always does - which is okay with
the millions of us who have special love for
damfoolishness. The End
Evening star., 1946-02-03
q )u,z ,rn
A news question answer game

IA AsS sAAsS W 5oAAAS
/. JUNGLE JUNK ). HoW fast does The
trobical jungle come back on o,sr abandoned
air bases in the South Pacific?
The jungle came back so fast at one New
Guinea air base that six months after the
base was abandoned, only one of the IL
landing strips remained visible.
A. d. S., Memphis, Tenn.
Z. NEW NAME -. What is the ne,c name
for the Amy ,oGlkie- -taikte?
Citizen radio. A. r., Lexington, Ky.
!. BROKEN TOKENS :. What use is
being made Of some Of the blue ration tokeDs9
One manufacturer bought 275 tons of
them at 81 a ton and is grinding them up as
filler for plastic trays.
4. HORSE TRADE Hor much Wds
uagered BY racing fans during 1915?
A total of ST ,3O6, Saba in the 18 states
where race tracks operate under mutuel
Evening star., 1946-02-03

betting. This was the greatest betting spree
in the history of horse racing.
s. HOUSE WARMING How many
houses could be heated with the fuel oil in the
boiler furnace of the carrier Franklin D.
Roosevelt, tn one day.?
300 one-family homes for year
6. POW EXODUS BY what date will
all enemy prisoners Of war be shipped ont Of
the United States?
By May l. There are now about 4lO,3O0
Italian and German prisoners either here or
en- route home
I. ZIG EXPANSION A 500.foot
American tanker grosos a foot in length while
taking on her cargo of oil. Why?
This expansion is caused by the heat of
the petroleum which is warmed to temper
atme of l25 degrees to facilitate pumping.
L. G. J., Kenosha, Wise
3. ANIMAL CENSUS What is the
estimated number of cats. dogs and horses tn
the u S.?
Cats - 25,OOO,O 600; dogs - 100000;
horses - 100000.
CONDUCTED M M-~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-02
Emily Posts
Etiquette

For this once, at the beginning Of
The new year. I'd like to omit the
answering of a readers letter and
present very exacting but none the
less accurate definition Of a gentle
man that have just come across in
an old scrapbook:
The true gentleman is the man
whose conduct proceeds from good
will and an acute sense of propriety
and whose self-control is equal to
all emergencies; who does not make
the poor man conscious of his pow
erty. the obscure man of his OBJ
scurity, or any man OF his inferiority
or deformity; who is himself humble
if necessity compels him to humble
another; who does not f1atter wealth,
cringe before power or boast of his
own possessions or achievements !;
who speaks with frankness, but al
ways with sincerity and sympathy,
and whose deed follows his word !;
who thinks of the rights and feelings
of others rather than of his own;
who appears well in any company
and who is at home, what he seems
to be Abroad man with whom
honor is sacred and virtue safe"
Dear Mrs. Post: How shall the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-02

Dear Miss Dix: I am a young
woman with a devoted husband and
a 1h-year -old son. For the last
three years my husband has been in
the service and while he was gone I
lived with my mother and father
who have been very good to me.
But now he has been discharged
from the service and has gone back
into his old business and he Is very
anxious for us to establish our own
home.
However, my mother and two
maiden aunts, who live with her,
have become fanatically devoted to
my baby, and when we talk about
leaving they almost 60 into mysteries
over it. My mother throws up to
me all that she has ever given me
in her life and says that it will kill
her if I take her grandson away
from her.
Since my husband has returned
our old friends have begun coming
to see US and it creates an embaras-
sing situation, for my father and
mother and my two aunts plank
themselves right down with our
company and monopolize the con-
versation, and naturally bore our
friends to tears. In my husbands
business it is necessary that I enter
tain lot for him, and this I cannot
do in my fathers house.
My husband naturally resents all
of this. He wants his own home
and to be free to do what he pleases
in it and not to have to give in to
the whims and prejudices Of four Ole
people. The situation is making
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-02
Dorothy Dix Says

him very cross and irritable. What
shall I do? I cannot bear to hurt
my parents, nor can / bear to make
my husband unhappy by denying
him his own home, forcing him to
lead a life of suppression and injur-
ing his business prospects.
MRS. L. E. J.
Answer: There should not be any
conflict in your mind about your
conduct. When a woman marries,
her paramount obligation is to her
husband. There is biblical author
ity for that. The good book ex-
pressly states that a wife should
leave father and mother and cleave
unto her husband. Parents commit
a great sin when they try to nullify
what is law of nature, as we'll as
law Of God, by trying to keep their
children with them, instead of leav-
ing them free to 60 with their mates.
Being an intelligent woman, you
should look the situation squarely in
the face and recognize that you are
going to make a lot Of unhappiness
by yielding to a selfish old woman's
desire to keep the baby with her
For, If you do, you will certainly lose
your husband, who Is not going to
stay put in a home where he is bored
stiff by the enforced company Of old
people; where he has no personal
liberty and where he must doubt the
affection of q wife who puts her
parents above him.
Surely If you tell your father and
mother all Of this, you can make
them see the justice and the wisdom
Of letting you 60 to your old home.
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made Of this material also come in
all shapes and sizes and a wide
price range.
In place Of that third gold choker
Santa placed under your tree you
might get glass book ends. One
shop in town has an attractive pair
on display. Besides being used to
hold your books of the month in
place the set can double as flower
vases. Small air bubbles form an
all-over design on these otherwise
plain glass book ends. An attrac-
tive setting can be arranged If you
put year-around plants in each end
and have them separated by books
sporting gay-colored bindings.
If you approach dad at the right
moment he might consent to re-
place several of his too loud" ties
with pin-up lamp. This mex
pensive item can do duty in num-
Der of places. Use pair of lamps,
to highlight wall or flank table
and a single lamp can be used over
a bed, desk, or chair. 1t has a meta
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-02
Shop Talk
By Dorothy Bihlman

The holidays are all past and gone
so now we can settle down into the
usual routine of daily living. Our
minds the past week were filled
with what to wear to That Party or
what festive refreshments to serve
at our own. There just wasn't time
for thoughts of present exchanges.
Let's settle back in the easy chair
and cogitate right now. Aunt
Loueila gave us that divine bed
jacket, but we're swamped with
such articles. What is needed
most around our household is a
serving tray. The good old stand
bye, made Of wood, was put to so
much use when various members
of the family entertained the flu
that its company days are over
Perhaps some of you are in the
same boat, needing a new tray. The
plastic ones are exceptionally
pretty with designs carried out in
pastel colors. These fragile look
ing trays can be secured in oval, OBJ
long or square shapes. For more
durable tray we prefer one similar
to the illustration. These are made
of aluminium which we all know
is a hard-wearing metal. Trays
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-02
By Peggy Roberts

Handsome covers make you for
get how old your furniture is. So
quickly made, so bright and clean,
that you'll feel it time well spent.
Pattern envelope contains full d.
Yections for making covers for diff
ferent types Of furniture; construc-
ton drawings, diagrams and ma
terial suggestions.
Our 60-page multicolored book of
needle arts containing i've free pat
terms, and many other suggestions
for dressing up your home and your
self is now available. Send your
request for this book to the address
listed below, inclosing 20 cents
in coins to cover the cost and mall
ing charges.
Send Is cents (coin) for pattern
No. R1739A to Needle Arts Depart
ment, The Washington Star, Post
Office Box 172, Station D, New York
3. N. Y. Please include your postal
zone number.
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Hush Stuff
Bv EveIvn HAYES

tractive enough, but dated. SO she
had the sleeves removed, changed
the exaggerated shoulders and con-
verted it to one Of the new dropped
shoulder decolletages, adding q wide
fiat bertha of lace. Further to abet
the new look of the Infanta sill
houette, she extended the hip line
via padding. All admired - and
none suspected.
Where the bodice of o gown Is
completely unsuitable, the skirt may
still be salvaged to make an ef1ec-
tive dinner or dancing partner for
an evening blouse or sweater. This
Is particularly good II the fabric Is
taffeta, faille or one of the heavier
stand-alone fabrics. Or you might
substitute contrasting bodice Of
newer line for the one that wore out.
II a slim gown is what you have to
work with-either in the long or
short variety-try bias taffeta hip
swathing sash and tie it In jutting
hustle to give brand-new look.
Some Of these old gowns can also
be converted to tea gowns, the nice
custom of tea at having been re-
vived-perhapS through the insist
ence of those servicemen who had
been stationed in England and
learned to enjoy tea. However,
whether you serve tea or not, you
probably have need for the kind Of
feminine costume designated as q
tea gown. For these black satin and
velvet have always been favorites
and fluid rayon jersey lends itself.
too, to costumes with Towering pan
els and sleeves and feminine dra-
perry. We saw a beauty the other
day from which you might take
heart-and a hint. Acquamarine
lace over a swishing black taffeta
slip, with RUSTY sash of same, it was
both gracious and glamorous on
pretty brunei hostess who confided
to us that it was a 6-year old lace
evening gown to which she had
given new life by virtue of a black
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might be interested In . beverage
bar arrangement for the recreation
room. In past years we either had
to have a bar constructed Of wood,
or improvise one, using a table.
These modernistic bars are really
good looking. They are not too wide,
so can be used in any recreation
room. They are made Of colored
simulated leather and have an &C.
companying wall arrangement
equipped with several shelves on
which to keep glasses, etc. Two
high stools complete the set. Even
the cola" crowd would have fun
around this bar at their parties.
An electric table broiler would be
another good investment for your
Christmas check. 1t not only broils,
but bakes, cooks and even toasts.
It's comparatively inexpensive and
neat enough to grace any but a
formal table
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-02

Between Christmas bills and i'm
pending income tax payments, most
Of US ind the month Of January
very bleak rs far as personal pur-
chases are concerned. And so, al
though We may feel that the bars
are down and that we're entitled to
shoot the works" for q few glamour
numbers to greet q returning love,
the wherewithal to do it Is too often
q minus quantity.
There's great inspiration-and
many an idea,-to be had from the
story Of Joy Ricardo, pretty young
English designer who managed to
continue her business during the
blitz in England by dint of using
clothes out of old trunks and such
scraps OF fabric as she could garner
from one source or another. From
her grandmother's nightgown, for
example, she created q charming
dinner blouse while the upholster-
er's fabric used in automobiles was
used to fashion 4 trim town suit
The seal lining of grandfather's
great coat she converted into q
handsome 1ur wrap with tightly
belted midrif inset of fabric-and
for the lining of this coat she used
material that had seen service as
blackout curtains in Gertrude Law
rence's Mayfair House. But, even
II you don't know Miss Lawrence
on such borrowing terms, you can
still do pretty well by rummaging
through what Is available.
There's scarcely a womans closet
that couldn't produce something
with possibilities of conversion. One
Of our attractive young friends, fol-
example, faced with several party
invitations-and fortified with toe
little cash-resurrected an old pre-
war velveteen evening gown. Cut
with sweetheart neckline, pun
shoulders, long sleeves and the volu.
minous skirt that was typical OF
an era when skirts could go to any
uyidth-and did-fho oou,, u,ar a.
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PORK CHOPS;
QUERIES.
From Mrs. M. F., Washington. }

ffrom Mrs. NJ. f., washington.
Pork Chops With Apple Stuffng-
Four rib or loin chops (I5 pounds =,
butter or margarine, u cup chopped
onions, q teaspoon salt, table
spoons sugar, Il cup raisins, III cups
chopped tart apples, quart soft
bread crumbs. Brown chops slowly
on both sides for ITO minutes. Add
enough butter to the chop drippings
to make Il cup. Cook the onions in
the fat until clear. Add onions,
seaSoningS, raiSinS, apples and a
cup water to the bread crumbs. Of
apples are very tart add one extra
spoonful of sugar. I try to drain
as much fat as possible of onions.
Place dressing mixture in fiat casse-
role. Cover with the chops. Bake COW
cred in 350-degree oven for about
one hour. Remove cover from casse-
role last 10 minutes to brown chops.
If possible, serve in same dish. This
is very attractive and different,
while simple to make.
May / remind you readers of the
dangers Of broiling or frying pork
because too-quick methods do not
always kill dangerous parasites?
I would appreciate a recipe for
butter rum sauce to be served with
mince pie, If any read could furnish
one.
Is it better to keep fruit cakes
wrapped in towels or In a tin box?
! would like to keep one until next
fall. I understand the flavor ripens.
Is this so?
From Mrs. J. H. ~, Arlington.)
In response to Mrs. A. j. F. of
Vienna, Va, for another way of
making pork chops, I would like to
pass on one Of my favorite dishes.
I place pork chops on top of seal
Hoped potatoes and place in the oven
to bake. 1t is. indeed, one way to-
bring all the "oh's and abs" from
the men in my family.
To prepare the scalloped potatoes,
I slice potatoes land I usually guess
at amount, then after greasingI
large pan or casserole I place alter