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Smyrna times., 1946-11-28
BRIEF SMYRNA
LANDING NEWS
Budget of News and Person
als uleaned ADuul SD.yr-
IA fsiyer " nstrheS
CITIZENS MAKE VISITS

Smyrna Landing, Nov. 81 Mr.
and Mrs. CORTLAND Gaulke and hi:
mother, Mrs. Louis Gaulke spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Johr
Bailey at Marcus Hook.
Rev. Clarence Kresge and wife
of Dover and Mrs. Carl Hurd an6
daughter Betty Ann, of Clayton
were recent visitors of Mrs. Thorn
as Wrench.
Mr.. Harold Jackson visited his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Steve Jack
son on Monday.
Mr.. Andrew Davis and son Andy
of C1aymont, were Monday visitors
of his mother, Mrs. Emma Davis
They motored to Millington, Md,
and spent visit with his sister,
Mrs. Earl Scott.
Curtis Slaughter, grandson of
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Gaulke, is SER
iously i'll with pneumonia in hos
.pital in Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilmer Ford of
Dover, spent visit with her moth
er, Mrs. Thomas Wrench Saturday.
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BUREAU HOLDS
SOCIAL MEET
Foster Parents, Staff and Di.
rectOrs Meet In Dover
Church
MEDICAL PROGRAM

A social meeting for foster par
ents, members of the staff and
Board of Directors, sponsored by
the Children's Bureau of Delaware
was held November 81, at Peoples
Congregational Christian Church
in Dover. Speakers were: Mrs. Will
liam Henry, chairman. Mrs. Hen
ry is Vice-President of the Board
of Directors of the Children's Bu-
reau. DR.. Stanley Worden, who
spoke on the agency's medical pro-
gram and how foster parents con-
tribute to this program. Mrs. Jen-
ME Short, a foster mother, who
spoke of her experiences with chill
dren. Mr.. Robert Downs, member
of the Children's Bureau Board of
Directors who brought greetings
from the Board. Miss Ruth Weis-
enbarger, executive secretary of
the Children's Bureau, brought
greetings from the staff and pre-
sented certificates of award to
those parents who had served fost-
er children for period of ten
years or more. Mrs. Jennie Short
of Milford, has been foster moth
er with the Children's Bureau for
a period of "a years; Mrs. Orpha
Rosencrantz of Lewes has been a
foster mother for 10 years; and
Mrs. Liza Tucker of Greenwood a
faster mother for the Children's
Bureau for IL years and Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Bailey, Middletown,
have been foster parents for 10
years. Many foster parents from
this section were present. Board
members present were: Mrs. Will
liam Henry, Mrs. David Houston,
Mrs. Crawford H. Greenwalt, Miss
Mary Hynson and Mr.. Robert
Downs, all of Wilmington. Also,
the following staff members of the
Children's Bureau: Misses Ruth
Weisenbarger, Elizabeth Townsend,
Elizabeth Manchester, Elizabeth
Sloan, Mary Lee Schuster, Susan
Burns, Margaret ]. Rehrig, Edith
KerWien.
Smyrna times., 1946-11-28

THE SMYRNA TIMES, S1.50
Per Year, in Advance
Smyrna times., 1946-11-28

BLACKBIKD

items Of Personal ana Social In.
terest CLEANED Franz the Vicinity
Mr.. and Mrs. E. r. Pearson have
moved to Wilmington and Mr.. and
Mrs. Olson of Dover, have taken
the place they vacated.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hastings
have purchased home in Little
Creek and moved into it last week
Mrs. ]. w. Weber, Mrs. Ada
Reihm and Mrs. w. G. Roosevelt
were Wilmington visitors Tuesday
MIR. and Mrs. John Connor OF
Baltimore, are spending the
Thanksgiving holiday with Mrs. G.
G. Woodkeeper and Miss w. c.
Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Davidson of
Nassau and Mr.. Goodwin Garrison
of New Jersey are spending
Thanksgiving with Mr.. and Mrs. c.
Martin Mitchell.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Reed spent
Sunday in Wilmington with Mr..
and Mrs. William Ford.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. M. Bratton and
daughter and Mrs. w. G. Roosevelt
were Middletown visitors Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Royden Caulk,
Jr., and daughter Peggy, spent
Thanksgiving with Mr.. r. Caulk,
Sr.
Smyrna times., 1946-11-28
SOME TAYLOR'S
BRIDGE ITEMS
News of Community Interest
Cleaned From Around
Thoroughfare Neck
BUDGET OF PERSONALS

Taylor's Bridge, Nov. 27 = Mr..
and Mrs. John D. Steller and
daughter Martha, are spending the
winter in Florida.
Mrs. Nellie Carrow is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Pat McCartley and
Mr.. McCartley in Lewes.
MIR. and Mrs. William r. Alfree,
Sr., and daughter of Middletown
and Mr.. and Mrs. Lee w. David
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Delbert Steller.
Mrs. Fannie Francis is visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson A. David.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene ShockleJ
and daughters spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hamilton II
Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Gohl of At
Iantic City, N. j., spent the week.
end with Mr.. and Mrs. William
Francis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Latta o1
Marshallton, spent the weekend
with his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. ]. e
Iatta.
The Women's Society of Chris.
than Service will meet Friday night
in the Taylor's Bridge School
Those on the refreshment commit.
tee are Mrs. Daisy Donovan, Miss
Violette Jones, Mrs. Frank Boyer
and Mrs. Elmer David.
Smyrna times., 1946-11-28

Youth Fellowship. has named a
committee consisting of Esther
Williams and Edward Melvin in
charge of decoration and entertain
ment. Glenn Matthews will be
the toastmaster.
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CHOIR HOLDS BANQUET
Asbury Youth Choir To Hold Pre-
Christmas Banquet

The pre-Christmas banquet will
be enjoyed by members of the
Youth Choir of Asbury Methodist
Church Tuesday, Dec. 3 at 6:15
p. m. The banquet is an annual
affair given by the Willing Work
ers' Bible Class, of which Mrs.
William Nowland is president, in
recognition of the loyalty and SER
vice of the Youth Group. 1t will
be served by the Mothers Guild,
Mrs. Clifford Burge, chairman.
Nancy hamburger, president of the
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'4s, are sponsoring semi-formal
dance on Friday, Dec. 13 at the
Community Building, Milford. Mu-
sic will be furnished by Johnny
Short and his orchestra. Dancing
from 81. Tickets will be on sale
at the door.
Smyrna times., 1946-11-28

In 1850 one-eighth of the people
of the United States dwelt in cities
of 5000 or over. BY 1900 this
number had increased to nearly
one-third.
Smyrna times., 1946-11-28

Milford Dance December Is
The Student Nurses of the Mil
ford Memorial Hospital, class of
Evening star., 1946-04-03

when folded out straight, the IRON
ing OF the peplum is a cinch!
Next for you cotton collectors Is
one Of those dresses you can go
just about everywhere in. It's a
classic chambray, dressed up bit
to meet any occasion with grace.
Cherry and white stripes strike up
the color note. The sleeves are
long, ruffied into a cuff with a draw
string and bow. The collar is a
Peter Pan with matching string bow.
The skirt is softly gathered at the
front waist. Here's the dress that
the career girl emergeS in on a
warm summer morn, looking fresh
as that proverbial daisy What's
more. it's one of those pearl button
up the front dresses that every one
clamers for. This one has real char
acter.
For the fun of a picnic or a day
in the park there's a white cotton
dress, embroidered in scarlet or
bright green funny, prancing little
horses. The low round neckline is
edged in a ruffle of the material and
the full skirt is accented with a
bright sash of grosgrain ribbon
Very cool, very pretty. Bound to
be the sought-after cotton for the
girl with pretty young ideas.
Designers have shown up with a
collection Of cottons which they
term Dinner on the Terrace
dresses. For those of us who have
no terrace, but who are taken with
these wonderful fashions, We can
translate terrace dinner" to mean
! summer social gatherings. Either
Evening star., 1946-04-03

tiny round collar, the inset TERED
cuffs at the armhole, and the but
tons up the blouse front. It's cool
and collected simplicity that all of
us long for when the mercury starts
climbing.
Last, but not least, the most
charming thing we've seen done in
cotton! The dress is appropriately
called Sweet Girl Graduate" It's
a completely innocent looking crea-
ton of white. diagonally tucked ba-
tlste. The sleeves are none at all
and the neckline is shalloWly cut
out, both back and front. Spanning
the tiny waist above the full skirt
is narrow sash of turquoise blue
satin ribbon. This ties softly in a
bow, and it doesn't seem possible
that any one could resist pinning a
red, red rose at the waist. It's a
maybe for the little girl, certainly
for the little girl type, and but def
nltely dream dress with its Dres-
den French Sheperdess look
Evening star., 1946-04-03
'Shop>Talk'
By Dorothy BihImau

Honorably discharged from serv-
ice. aluminium, which has often been
called "the metal of kings is re-
turning to civilian life in so many
different guises it is difficult to keep
up with its postwar roles. Scores of
the most newsworthy items will be
available in a few months, while
shipments of the more common
household articles are arriving al
most weekly. These shipments,
however, are very limited and it is
difficult to determine what articles
will be included until they arrive
and are put on display. One of our
local stores reported that a line.
almost as long as those for precious
nylons, was formed recently waiting
for a few pieces of aluminium ware
Today we are going to give you an
insight as to what to expect in the
not-too-far distant future.
Aluminium enters the nursery in
the form of baby bathinet which
has a number of streamlined fea-
Evening star., 1946-04-03
COttOnCOllecting
By Jane CLARK

Do you, too, live In Washington
all summer long? Then you know
about the value OF cotton collec-
ton when that old thermometer
starts its upward trek. Then you
know how every one here shouts
from the housetops the merits OF
crisp, soap-'n-water cottons. Then
you must be aware Of the fact that
this year cotton is pretty scare and
that cotton collecting calls for early
shopping. Right now is the time
to get on your mark, get set, GO
cotton collecting!
Are you with us?
First off, you are all set for a
suitish-looking cotton which will
cut a cute figure around town all
summer long and at the same time
wash in the time it takes to hum a
ditty. We found it! It's gingham
in a plaid check the colors of the
summer sun; yellow, tangerine ano
brown. The jacket buttons straight
up to the collarless neckline. with
covered buttons. The sleeves are
bracelet length. puffed at the crook
of the elbow with tucks caught uI
with bow tie. But the really big
feature Of this dress, lies in the pep
lum. The peplum is ballooned with
gathers. 1t is made from a fold OF
material which is gathered ano
fastened at the waist. The materia!
folds over and snaps back onto the
waist line, tying in a string bow al
the front. This makes for the
pufflest, perkiest peplum you eve,
viewed. And the beauty of it all
Evening star., 1946-04-03

as a guest or a hostess, you'd be
bound to be exclaimed over in the
exciting Clare Potter dress with it's
flared hand-painted cotton skirt.
The bodice and border at the hem
line of the skirt are of black silken
material. The shoulder is wide
enough to cover the width of the
shoulder, but there it stops short.
The neckline is low and squared with
tiny tucks at either corner. The
hand-screened print is something of
Ia surrealist's idea of summertime
(our guess. The skirts splashed
with great roses, small red birds.
water Wavelets of blue green. All in
all, the colors are the most
beautiful that an artist could con-
jure. This dress with collection
of chunky gold jewelry and black
sandals certainly amounts to CLAM
our on a summer evening.
incidentally, another of these
hand-painted dresses, bit simple
in design, is gray and white cotton
which takes on black satin for it's
Evening star., 1946-04-03
Defective Vision, Hearing

Glasses have settled down for the
term now and the teacher knows
who is doing well and who is failing.
II she is wise, and all teachers
should be wise, she will test the vi
sion and hearing of every child in the
room. If she does not know how to
do this, the eye specialist and the
ear specialist will soon teach her
how, and any have ever met do so
with great pleasure.
When child is found to be suffer
ing from a deficiency of sight or
hearing, the first thing to do is to
seat him in the most favorable posi-
ton in the room for seeing or hear
ing or both. All children who seem
to be having difficulty in mastering
any one subject, all who write poorly
all who stumble and miscall words
and halt in their reading, should be
most carefully tested and helped
There is always a cause for failures
in school subjects and it is impos-
sible to help the failing children un-
Evening star., 1946-04-03

child that he must have if he is to
get along at all. The special teacher,
trained for this work, is needed.
When special classes are formed
for defective hearing, defective vi
sion or other handicaps, the eff1icted
child should be permitted to spend
as long time as possible with the
class to which he belongs so that he
lives in the world of normal sight
and normal hearing people. It is in
that world he must spend his days
and it is for that world he should be
trained. Nothing not even lack of
sight or hearing, will discourage and
depress him so much as being kept
apart from other children.
There is no need for complete
segregation of children who are hard
of hearing or short of vision. Let the
other children help them and give
them the aid of skilled teacher and
they will do well. This is the time of
the school term to attend to them.
Evening star., 1946-04-03

the local front during the summer.
It's decorative enough for party
use and the legs are easily manipu-
lated merely by pushing a small
button.
An electric aluminium broiler de-
signed for table cooking, hors
d'oeuvres plate. ice container, plates,
coasters these can be obtained
now, and candlesticks will be avail
able for the hostess who likes to en-
tertain informally.
Getting out of the realm of house
hold objects, we just want to men
ton a few more interesting high
lights in the aluminium field that you
and the family can look forward to.
If you are lover of the great out
of-doors, boats of this material for
sailing, rowing or canoeing will be a
common sight before long on the
Potomac and Chesapeake In fact
there is a canoe on display at pres
ent in one of the boating equipment
stores. Last. but not least, Dad will
be able to eliminate the bugaboo of
heavy, hard-to-close garage doors
by installing doors made of this
lightweight, easy to manipulate
metal.
Evening star., 1946-04-03

Old?
BY Josephine Lowman

1t seems to me that little busi-
nesses In the home have a special
significance in today's life. This Is
true not only because living costs
are rising, but also because so many
women have given up their war
time Jobs since the return Of their
husbands. Many Of these women
had never before worked outside
their own homes, nor had they ever
received their own individual pay
check before.
This has been heady experience
for most of them. They have found
their look at the outside world
stimulating. After talking to many
women in war plants I feel GER
tain that I am correct in saying
that the majority of these women
are going to miss being an indi-
vidual in their own right, and doing
JOB well and getting paid for
1t. To some the return home will
be discouraging. Much postwar do
mestic readjustment will have its
roots in the fact that Mary misses
her job, but Johnny wants her at
home.
II you have had hobby In the
past, look it over, because it may
have commercial adaptations. MANY
OF the women who have been most
successful in home businesses simply
used a little ingenuity in changing
their hobbies into paying jobs You
should alWaySsstart in a small way.
Perhaps your first venture will de-
pend on word-of mouth advertising
or you may wish to place a small
advertisement in your newspaper.
Later on, after you begin show
ing profits, you may wish to branch
out with more advertising or a tieup
with local store or concern. A
small, successful, beginning is so
much better than early over-exten-
sion, which may be discouraging.
The most successful businesses grow
naturally. Success breeds success
and popular demand should always
be the reason for expansion rather
than the wish to do things in a big
way.
Perhaps business of your own
in your own home may be the
answer to the loss of your war
time job, with its opportunity for
self-expression and the money it
brought.
If you wish to have my list Of
almost a hundred suggestions for
little businesses at home Sepd
stamped, self addressed envelope
with your request. for leafet No. So.
Ways to Make Money at Home"
to Josephine Lowman, in care Of
The Evening Star.
Evening star., 1946-04-03
By A ngeio Pafri

til we know why they are failing.
The cause discovered, the cure Is at
hand for most of them.
Once child is fitted with glasses
the teacher must make it her most
pressing duty to see that he wears
them. Once child is discovered to
have defective hearing, the teacher
keeps that child close to her, places
him in the care of a kindly, gentle,
earnest little soul who will see that
he gets every attention necessary
and more. Children get more out of
their association with other children
than most people think. A child can
teach child and with happier re-
suits under such circumstances than
the busy teacher can hope for
Children who have severe defects
of hearing and vision need special
instruction. That is essential. The
classroom teacher cannot give the
close attention to the handicapped
Evening star., 1946-04-03

Cotton collectors IFS the baIerina dress and isn't
it wonderfully feminine! Pink and ,che striped
has been used. Notice the beautifully drabed top that
forms the pretty sleeves and soft bosom line. What
blihe young fashion!
Here's your of 1916 classic cotton Dress.
Look at the beautifully tucked bosom and the high neck
line. It's of those Indispensable beautifully tailored
dresses that cotton collector includes in her
summer ,vardrobe.
Evening star., 1946-04-03
Emily Posts
Etiquette

One of the many details which
considered by itself makes the
word silly" seem applicable to the
entire subject of etiquette is de-
scribed in the following letter:
Some one just told me that jelly
should be put on bread or biscuits
with fork. I've never heard of
such nonsense but this person who
told me is very self-asSured in her
manners and I thought perhaps I
could be wrong. I wish you'd ex-
press yourself on this table rule and
explain the awkward procedure, in
the event the fork is used for Jelly,
of using the knife first to spread
butter and then the fork for jelly
The more I write about it, the sill
lier it seems"
The rule is not quite as silly as
that. When jelly or butter is spread
on bread, the knife is used. 1t is
only when jelly or other condiment
is put on meat or butter is put on
potato that the fork is used cor
rectly. I must admit, however, that
rules of this type do sometimes
make the subject of etiquette seem
very trif1ing. but so do:
"The little drops of water and little
grains of sand thaD
Make the mighty ocean and the
pleasant land"
Dear Mrs. Post: Is it incorrect
to serve cocktails with the wedding
cake at my wedding reception? We
are inviting only very few peo-
pie to our house and as the
house" is actually a very small
apartment, it is not possible to
provide much of a collation., which
mother feels will be unexpected
anyway inasmuch as the time will
be about 5 o'clock.
Answer-Of course you may serve
whatever you choose, but from the
point of view of best taste, cocktails
are very unsuitable choice. Cham
pagne is most correct. Otherwise
serve a fruit punch.
Evening star., 1946-04-03
COFFEE GROUNDS.
Bv Barbara Bell

For your little angel, an adorable
draWstring dress with brief raglan
sleeves and full swinging skirt
Mother will like to make tit has
so few pattern pieces. Matching
panties. Use gay polka dot or all
over flower printed fabric.
Barbara Bell Pattern No 1481
comes in sizes /, 2, 3, 4, and 6
years. Size 2, dress, requires IA
yards of IS or 39-inch material
panties, q yard.
For this pattern, send 20 cents, in
coins, your name, address, pattern
number and size wanted to Barbara
Bell, The Washington Star. P. O
Box 80, Station G, New York 10
N. Y.
Evening star., 1946-04-03

Contributions and requests
must be accompanied by the
sender'S full name and address.
We will withhold both and use
only initials. Please address
mail to the Readers Clearing
House, Woman's Page, The
Evening Star, Washington 4.
Views expressed in the Clear
Ing House are not necessarily
those of The Star, and as it is
obviously impossible for us to
test all recipes submitted, we
cannot assume responsibility for
them.
Betsy CasweH.
Evening star., 1946-04-03

water, 2 gallons fruit, 4 gallon.
plain water, etc.
To Mrs. M. M, Culpeper, Va:
have made this for years. No SOU,
wine. Be sure to use pounds sugar
to gallon of juice. Elderberry wine
like grape, use very little or NJ
water.
ICING FOR EASTER EGGS?
From Mrs. M. B. H., Washington.
With Easter so near, I've beer
wondering if any one can tell me
how to make the kind of icing that
is the proper consistency for deco.
rating chocolate eggs. I've foune
some plain chocolate eggs which ]
should like to trim. 1 have a cake.
decorating set with the proper i'm.
plements, but wondered what re.
cipe would harden to a good, stiff
finish.
CURBING HELPFUL GUESTS.
(From Mrs. p. /. L., Washington. J
Mrs S. MS complaint about the
type Of guest who insists that the
dinner dishes must be washed, re-
gardless of the hostess own wishes
evokes a strong echo from me. As
for what to do, I can only suggest
the steps that I have taken per-
sonally.
Now that so many of us are with
out help, at almost any gathering
at least one woman will, in all
kindness. offer to help both in clear
ing the table and in washing dishes
So if, after I have politely declined
help, they show signs of insisting
I usually tell them what is a fact;
that much prefer to enjoy the
company of all my guests for the
whole evening rather than spend
part Of it with a few of them in
the kitchen. If, after this, 1 find
there's one guest (as sometimes
happens) who is gauche enough to
try to override me, it is possible to
indulge in white lie and announce
that my occasional helper is COM
ing in next morning, when she will
do the dishes.
If our guests always were we'll
bred it would, of course, be quite
unnecessary to explain why we do
not wish to do this or that in our
own houses, but unfortunately man
nerS seem to have reached an all
time low. so that sometimes one
patience is sorely tried.
No, won't suggest paper plates
but I will suggest a dishwasher
II you have a house. If, like me
you are an apartment dweller, you
are deprived of that necessity Il re-
fuse to call it a luxury until such
time as manufacturers will produce
a portable type similar to demon
stratlon models, which do not have
to be connected to the plumbing
1 have used a dishwasher and car
vouch for the splendid part it plays
in making life more pleasant.
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PIANO PRACTICE?
from Mrs. D. K. S., SilUer Spring. J
The RICH is wonderful. 1t make.
me feel that all the letters are writ:
ten to me and I surely do enjoy
reading my mail every evening.
have problem I would like te
have the mothers discuss. I have
boy 81a years old who has beer
taking piano lessons for a couple
Of months. He wants to practice
out will not let me help him. He
resents any suggestions I make.
believe he is self-conscious. know
he could make better progress ano
find his music easier if he woulo
let me help him. What shall / do:
| Should he learn to play in front