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Evening star., 1946-03-05
Ouer the Back Fence
By Isabel Hacker

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the Senate committee investigating shortages
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mans shirt like iceberg has too much material submerged
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and ironed because of a smudge on the cufs9
home school the other bringing active
about feet long the you'd bring branch forh
We lots of kittens lost overnight.
but snake something else In school days all
sight of snake You can't nip scientific interest in the bud though
the snake the night costly hat back the 1t
biology
We understand he cute" and reptile enthusiast.
We to take apples favote teachers but
In nonscientifc age, thank goodness
when neighbo with oil shveng
something deeper
the furnace can't which makes him feel
oil pushing lever
shaking regulating banking
operation husbands few
This feeds masculine
Between and furnace, family
and understanding which have
regularly, just like the the
The
dgesng its reproachfuly
gotten the drafts all
We'll II you'd get oil burner"
This furnace would F.
1t would not 1t would go out Just the
We find something
when they not know they watched other
violent little kicking he
coat as he shouted Get of
He the windmi
adored him.
Evening star., 1946-03-05
WhyGrow
Old?
By Josephine LowmaA

This column has often emphasized
the fact that violent emotions and
fatigue may affect appetite, diges-
ton and assimilation.
1t has suggested that mealtime be
made period for pleasant con-
versation and that only happy sub
jects be allowed. When we are ex-
tremely worried, deeply disappoint-
ed, grieved or have difficult prob
lem on our minds, we are seldom
interested in food
When we are very excited, the
same thing may be true. Yet many
dinner tables provide hectic times
when family battles are fought out
with great vengeance and when
dreary subjects are discussed.
We might go even further and say
that physical surroundings and the
way our food looks and the way it
Is served also have an effect on di-
gestion and appetite. The more at
tractive the service the more likely
we are to relax and assume the
mood most helpful to best digestion.
Extreme fatigue may also be a
factor in poor nourishment, and
therefore in underweight.
In the book 1.-THE Psychology of
Diet and Nutrition" CIV. w. Norton
g. Coz, the authors say: Fatigue
in the eater is very important fac
tor which may operate at the psy-
Geological as well as the physiologi-
cal level. In itself fatigue may cause
number of conditions which make
assimilation difficult. The expendi-
ture of energy that brings on fatigue
causes a diminution of the blood
supply to the stomach and intestines
so that a tired person often reports
that the meal he has just eaten
feels like lead'-the food remains
undigested."
No doubt we would all profit by
a short period of complete rest be-
fore our meals, and if underweight
is a problem, this is a downright
necessity.
II you wish to have my leaflet No.
Al, valuable Hints for Women Who
Wish to Gain Weight" send a
stamped, self addressed envelope
with your request to Josephine Low
man in care of The Evening Star.
Evening star., 1946-03-05

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For this pattern, send 20 cents in
coins, your name, address, pattern
number and size wanted to Barbara
Bell, The Washington Star, Post
Once Box 80, Station G, New York
19, N. Y.
The new spring and summer pat
tern book is ready for you-32 pages
Of smart new styles. Includes a free
pattern for you. Price Is cents.
Evening star., 1946-03-05

Here's a girl ,cho's yise
to this, Right About, Face!"
business, come spring
AND, look ho,c it paid off
in her case! The very same
can happen to you if you
give your oiOn face a re-
decorating ,Oifh the nevest
of spring makenbs. Pay
attention to that sparkle in
your eye! Make your conn-
tenance count ,Oith a, nelc
foundation and Iibstick.
Belov, "betore"; at right
"atfer.'
Evening star., 1946-03-05
Readers Clearing House

the cookbook has enabled the two
of us to enjoy more delicious meals
and has proved to be most economi-
cal. My budget and I are very
grateful. If you decide to get the
book ask for the seventh edition,
1914, revised, published by Farrar &
Rinehart, Inc.
(Fron, Mrs. S. w., WaShington.)
To Mrs. F. F.. H. "Just For Two"
by Lily Haxworth Wallace is a very
good cookbook containing recipes
for two together with menus, mar
keting tips and other valuable in
formation.
CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS?
(From M. J. H., Alexandria, Va.)
Is there any sort of paint into
which lights for Christmas trees,
which have lost their color, can be
dipped to brighten them?
Evening star., 1946-03-05

room and shows every footprint
sweeping doesn't clean it; moppinp
with clear water removes dust but
IN time will also, I believe, remove
the color.
STORING WEDDING DRESS.
fFrom Mrs. M. P. D., Washinoton. J
have my cream color handmade
lace dress made 40 years ago. ]
put 1t In a box wrapped in blue
tissue and I air it once in a while,
IL Is just as fresh and the same
color as when wore it when was
married. I designed it myself.
X
ADJUSTING BLIND CORD.
(From Mr.. A. F. p, Arltngton.)
For the reader who asks ''how to
adjust cord on Venetian blinds
when one end becomes too short to
reach" You will find at the top,
behind the cornice that the cord
goes around, a cog. Lift the cord
up and keep pulling the long end
up and to the right, as the cog has
little points and will hold the rope.
When you have pulled about 2 feet
or SO, pull the short end down. ad-
just the cord around the cog again,
Hope this will help you.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
Information sent in bv the fol-
loiotng has been forwarded to the
Individuals for tDhonl it was in
tended:
Mrs. o. H. T., Chevy Chase,
Nd; Mrs. M. M. De j., Bethesda;
Mrs. E. D. R., Arlington; Mrs.
H. M. c., Mrs. N. B. S., Mrs. J. c.,
Mrs. J. E. M. M. A. S., Washing-
ton.
Our thanks to these readers.
tDhoSe contributions ,1ere similar
to Others previously receiued:
Mrs. J. r. H., Mrs, C. w. j..
Arlington; Mrs. w. r. H., Aler-
andrta;; Mrs. D. E. S., Takoma
Park Mrs. H. L. H., Mrs. F. J. D.,
Mrs. C. D. F., Miss C. F. M, A. c.,
Miss F. L., Mrs. W. E. c., Mrs.
T. c. W., Washington.
Evening star., 1946-03-05

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,oeH.
Evening star., 1946-03-05

(From Mrs. C. r. B., Washington. J
One cup mashed sweet potatoes, 2
eggs, l cup sugar, salt, flavoring to
taste, butter, 2 cups milk.
Mix hot mashed potatoes, sugar,
salt, large piece butter and yolks of
eggs well. Add milk, favoring Il
use vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg)
and lastly beaten whites of eggs.
Pour in crust and bake at 45O de-
grees for Is minutes, then 375 de-
greeS to finish.
Evening star., 1946-03-05
SUMMER RUG2

(From Mrs. r. p, WaShington.)
Can grass or summer" rug be
waxed or shellacked? Mine is ma
Evening star., 1946-03-05
POEMS OFFERED.
(From Miss r. p, Washington. }

(From Miss r. p, Washingtonj
Your section of The Star has Sc
many recipes for cakes and other
nice things-along with inquiries
about African violets-I am prompt
ed to send you the attached poems
/ hope you may find space to pre-
sent them to your readers.
THE FIRST VIOLET.
Pardon, little stranger.
cSHaye Have you lost your way?"
Gold and purple gayD
..oh. sir. you are kindly met
II must haYe tumbied out of bed
Last night in gaasgaaaSise., ,.pv ,o,,,s
SMALL THINGS.
When 4 man dies one thinks Of weishty
H. ss sea sh.ns:. be ss: e.: hi: :'9 Death ss viii Vii
In business. But /. woman dies and
The heart to tears with thought Of little
sprissed china that she loved. her feathery
Her fair for blue. the trouble she would
With seedlings. tcan there be recurring
Ana she not mere TO gaQy run OUTDOOR
And cut. white lilacs from the bush she
Her way d q cheering you with soft chair
And tea. And, more than all. the smile
small; ~ h.PpI sna.da thins'' But now that they
"nA' "A''er. nakAcE S p H. 'aa sHERswooD. Nv sds'
PIE FILLING.
from Mrs. J. A. w., Washington.)
enjoy your column very much
and have put various bits of in
formation garnered to good use. I
tried your prune cake recipe three
times and never failure. Once !
heaped leftover Ice cream on top of
1t Chomemade) and it was raved
over!
For a pie filling using very little
sugar use either vanilla, chocolate
or butterscotch pudding. To one
box add milk as per instructions, 2
egg yolks, 2 tablespoons sugar, speck
salt. Boil till thick and then make
a meringue with the two whites and
2 tablespoons sugar. Bake 20 min
utes in baked shell. Really good
and quick, too.
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by ELISABETH HOLDING /

pair. as if her spirit warned her
that she was no match for this wo-
man. In every encounter she was
worsted; each time Aunt Emma
was able to convince her that she
was a fool.
They all sat down to that afro
ciouS dinner, and though the stout
Mr.. Plrvis looked rueful, neither
of them seemed surprised. They
were apparently at home here, and
accustomed to Aunt Emma's style
OF living; and they talked, without
conStraint, of Uncle Rufus.
lido you think there is any chance
of his seeing me tonight, Emma?'
asked, Mr.. Purvis. IF there is, Oh
course I'll wait as late as can"
II don't know" she said. ANY
how, he asked for you, and he
knows you're here"
poor Rufus!'' he said, with q
sigh.
well" said Doctor Coat, in his
comfortable and kindly way, ''he's
been through great many of these
attacks. And with Emma's splen-
did care, we'll hope that he'll come
through this one. There's really nc
need for me here. Although, oil
course, I quite understand how you
feel about it, Emma. If anything
should happen there'd be criticism
:. Yes :. quite SO -. If he can be
persuaded to make a will, he'll fee.
very much better. Set his house ir
order -. quite sol"
Then he turned to Diana.
II hear he's taken a great liking
to you" he said. ''Very nice, Tn
sure"
II don't know" said Di. 'I'm
afraid" a,t t'<7' ''.s' - =
I She's almost niorbidly self-dis.
trustfaI," saidiAa1it Emma, inter.
rupting.l Like herupoor mother
f Mr., Purvis and DOCTOR Coat both
looked at Di with a sort of sym,
tpathy.
h A silence fell.,f,ft, "a ss.. az
@I'm going to meet Mr.. Fennel a
nine o'clock" Di was thinking
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-28
CAMPAIGNING FOR PRIMARY

Campaigning in Monroe county for
the primaries to be held in May has not
flared into the open since early in January
and today there is more talk about the
race for state senator than for the house
of representatives.
But, judging from what The Citizen
has been told, at least two of the candi-
dates for the house are conducting a quiet
but an intense campaign.
So determined is the canvass it is like
ly to flare into the open at any time, as the
race for state senator from this district is
now flaring, for The Citizen has been in
formed that the three candidates in the
mainland part of the district are conduct
ing active campaigns.
Besides, Doc Lowe, of Tavernier, has
begun an active campaign in Monroe, and
has arranged to visit the mainland part
of his district. One of the mainland can
didates, Bob King, has been from one end
to the other in Monroe and has formally
announced in The Citizen.
The other two mainland candidates
have not yet been here during this cam
paign, but it is said that one of them short
ly will come to Key West, and, after can
wasting here, will make trip through the
lower and upper chains of keys.
None of the local candidates. has
been active, ESQ far "a The Citizen has
learned in taking votels to the courthouse
to register, as they we've takenStoseity hall
to qualify fofsthea CITY Election. 'spch activ-
ity is needed in The county also, and if it
does not occur then disqualified list in
Monroe will be the smallesAin many years.
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'I'm going to tell him every single
thing, and get his opinion. want
to know if I'm just a morbid idiot,
imagining things, or if there's any
reason for being-uneasy. He's an
outsider, he'll be unprejudiced."
Half-past eight. She was grow
ing restless and impatient, looking
down at her wrist watch under the
table.
Il UNIT EMMA had risen and
\ everyone rose too, and pro-
ceeded toward the lounge. Twenty
minutes to nine now.
Come, Diana!" said Aunt EN-
ma. ID
II think I'll go out--and get a
breath of fresh air" she said.
"Miles will go with YOU"
This was battle.
mo thanks" said Di. I'D rather
go alone"
She was aware that everyone
was listening; she was aware that
her wish to 60 out alone surprised
LIlSiIl OH. DuL Size was QSSpCldlG.
1t seemed to her a matter of vital
Importance that she should con-
quer, should go out openly and
| freely.
I'm sorry" said Aunt Emma,
composedly. But I can't permit it,
my dear. This is very lonely spot.
If you object to Miles conversa-
ton, he can walk behind you"
She was beaten. She could not
say before all these people, that
she was going out to meet man
like a servant wench" Uncle
Rufus had said. And what is more,
she did not need to tell Aunt En-
ma that. Aunt Emma knew al
ready. ,r't.d"f lfa ~
They all passed into the lounge
and sat down; all except Diana. I,ali
Il mill go!" she thought % And III
go openly, too" c,,srr,,,o = y :,
Di opened the front door and
stepped out. ' onS =
| (Fo be continued)p os-ii
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-28
JAPs LAUNCHED 5000 BALLOONS

1t is now revealed that the Japanese
released 5000 paper balloons in a cam
paign of retaliation against the United
States and that 191, with rubberized-
silk devices and 80 fragments of other
balloons were found at various spots in
this country, Canada, Alaska, Mexico and
the Pacific Ocean area.
The balloons carried nothing except
bombs and incepdiary agents. according.
to high-ranking, Japanese Army officers
who insisted that there nevefv wassssny. iIl-
tention to use them to carry poison gas to
this country. p, 4 RIElf sEEhMs
The Japanese~d some~experi
work in December 1913, and made final
tests in the first quarter of 1914. They be-
gan releasing balloons in November of
that year, with the biggest number turned
loose in March, 1916, when 5000 were re-
leased. Some of them carried radio trans
mitters, from which the Japanese ex-
pected to learn of air currents and of the
distances travelled by the balloons.
The net result of the campaign was
the-killing of six persons in Oregon, where
q picnic crowd came upon and exploded
a bomb and lone or two small ground
fires" Thirty-two bombs or bomb frag-
ments were found on the North American
Continent and there were 407 reports of
the sighting of one or more of the balloons.
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Chapter 11
AZ kevsfea Z. {, 81

Chapter IL
DACK in her own room, with the
II light turned on and the door
locked, she tried to think coolly.
"Of course, they may have just
moved Uncle Rufus into another
ROOM" she said to herself.
Then suddenly she rebelled.
sNo!" she thought. "It's cow
ardly and contemplate to 60 on
this way, making up explanations
for everything, pretending there
can't be anything wrong. Suppose
there is, and I'm just letting it 60
on? ought to make sure. I've got
to see Uncle Rufus with my own
eyes"
There was knock at her door,
"See here!" said Aunt Emma.
"Will you be good enough to come
down to dinner at once? Doctor
Coat and Mr.. Purvis are hungry.
"Then I'm sorry for them" said
Di, and opened the door. AUNT
Emma" she said, where's Uncle
Rufus? I went to his room, and he
wasn't there?"
Nevertheless, he is in his room,
said Aunt Emma. perhaps with
your customary ineptitude you
went to the wrong room. It's not
likely that he's gone out for a
walk"
I'D like to see him"
Unfortunately, he wouldn't like
to see you. He never wants to see
anyone but Wren in the course OF
these attacks. Tomorrow. when
he's better, you can see him. And
III the meantime, why not come
downstairs and tell Doctor Coat
and Mr.. PufViS' your suspicious? A
doctor and a lawyer-you douldn'
ask for anything better3iIt 1TeW Il
g There was something in the old,
erIs woman's cold inSolence, some.
thing in her voice, her look, thai
was beginning to tell heavily upor
Di. She resented it, yet in her re.
sentiment there was sort of des-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-28
Who Knows?
!. answers On PAGE a
What is "Zerlate"?

/. What is "Zerlate"?
2. What does the word, gen.
ocide, used in connection with
Nazi war criminals, mean?
3. Who is the newly appoint
ed Sterilization Director?
4. What per cent of the Soviet
Unions population are members
of the Communist party?
5. In what language was the
New Testament originally writ
ten?
6, When and by what nation,
in modern history, was military
CONSUMPTION first introduced?
Z. What is the Fifth Free
DOM"
8. What is Stains real name?
9. Who said, There is nc
right to strike against the public
safety by anybody, anywhere,
any time
10. What is ''Pakistan"?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-28
socIAE REVOLUTION

never miss the4Water WF tne wei runs
drys' @Ss ~ - %sassaS
j. Thomas Scott, editor and publisher
Of the Chatham, New Jersey, Press, by the
same token, points out that we never real
ize how much we depend on modern con-
veniences and services until they are
stopped by strikes, nor how the labor sit
uatiOn today lis not mass revolt by un-
derpaid workers but a social revolu-
ton, in which a we'll organized political
group is using a minority of the working
men and women to capture the reins of
government and enforce upon us for
eign theology, colectivist at best, but frank
ly cOmmunistic, as an ultimate goal.
Money in the pay envelope is not the
only issue at stake The strikes are called
TO get power, political power, primarily,
and fgSpP long range point of MfNRHl
oursfuthEa hinges upon the outcomel E!l.s1
Mr. scott might nave added that Amera'
lean Ideals never included the right of "a,
MINORITY to deny any man the PRIVILEGE Of
working or the privilege of joining aora not
Joining any specified organizaf ion.2 Ops.
preston by minorities brings mott only lkds
revolutions, but looking back through
theEpages of history, bloody revolution as
well. There is stilT time to control ithebsit44
uation, but there is no time to waste. ,rss.-, >
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-28
Your Horoscope

Here is an analytical nature
The mind is versatile and impress
sionable, which sometimes may
turn to discomfort, partly due tc
a tendency to distrust. The laws
of nature are perplexing, and yoa
sometimes, do not seem able to
grasp their meaning. Therefore
YOU become too wary.
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DOLLAR .4LL.AtAR VERSUS T: REAL p "


7oa There is a difference between dollar.
ipsopee4 forx workers andg Srealpl income
WRicR. reflects purchasing power after adj
15ustment for increases in the cost.Uf living
fi The United States News, has made, a.
calculation, after taking into CONS defatioh
zinereasesaa .noW.es re commended s-+fe auto.
workers, and compares the income, both.
Sfuaa and real, of several groups Here
is what it reports
Auto workers, who earned $1,711 in
1880 made $2s74st Sin 4 945. and will make
So 800 on the@new scale nowadeemeds GER
tain. This, however, is dollar income. After
adjustments for the cost of living the
real income was $1,711 in 1889, $2,011
in 1916 and will be $1,977 in the coming
twelve months.
Unorganized workers, represented by
one in retail trade, had an average income
of only S1,101 in 1889, 81 ,468 in 1915 and
may get no substantial raise now. If living
costs go up, as expected, the real income
of this worker will be reduced to 81 ,021 in
actual buying power this year.
y Farmers as distinguished from farm
well ~above~tne~ -v4fm449 9~ands the
figure, is expected to be stable ; il, 4 946,,
leaving him aareal" income of IS 1858, or
Iuabout@ peFs~eent~ betteFmthanzinaal93 $685.
These. figures, we note, should be taken
with the understanding that the farmer
has not enjoyed income parity with other
economic groups in the past.
Go1o hn
average 81, 4O8 in 1889, got $1,786 in 1916
and are expected to receive about the
same in 1916. The real income, however,
was off on account of increased cost of
living.
A Junior executive, who received
$4,000 in 1889, probably is getting $3.50
now but in purchasing power, after weigh
ing increases in taxes and cost of living, is
now getting real income, measured in
purchasing opwer, of about 1864.
A senior executive, with salary of
$4,000 in 1889 may be getting today
around $11,500 but this represents only,
$1,000 in real income and is subject to
an additional decline if living costs in
crease. k1asf6S745 Is
These examples tend to show what is
happening to the various income groups
as the organized workers profit from their
political power. The same can be said,
to an extent, about farmers. It cannot be
said about the unorganized workers and
the fixed income groups. The statistics
use the 1889 income as a basis and trans
late present dollar-income into purchasing
power comparable with, and in terms of
the 1889 incomes.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-28
MANY MANUSCRIPTS

NEW YORK.-Leonardo Da
Vinci at his death left 5000
pages of unpublished manuscript
containing ancient, medieval
philosophy, studies of the tides,
geology. and astronomy, mathe-
mates, sketch of a flying ma
chine and many other subjects.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-28

Nothing is more erroneous than to be-
lieve that titular leaders speak for the
rank and file of those belonging to the
organization.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-28
MAD MANY LINES.

BOSTON.-Leosardo Dsvinci
was a painter, sculptor; archi-
tect, engineer, musian, atom
list, inventor, stage design and
moral philosopher.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-28

There is nothing new under the sun,
nor can there ever be, for as soon as that
which was unknown yesterday becomes
known, it is not new anymore.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-28

There is an old saying that, t.Grati-
tude is lively appreciation of favors to
come. In other words, the past is quickly
forgotten.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-28

When public issues are settled solely
upon the basis of the probable effect upon
voters the solution is apt to be wrong
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-28

War veterans to get 1873 new
hospitals in thirty-nine States.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-28

Minorities, enjoying freedom, have
responsibilities, no less important than
those of majorities.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-28

When real estate becomes active,
taxes are paid actively. s.a1-