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The Answers

/. Plato.
2. Yes. The Union ship Kear-
sage sank the Confederate cruiser
Alabama in European waters off
Cherbourg, France.
3. Alaska.
4. He was assassinated.
5. 800 degrees.
6. The Caspian, which is 76O
miles long and varies between 100
and $50 miles wide. Its total area
is 10000 square miles.
7. Brazil
8. Thomas Paine.
9. Yes, they have been Chris
tians since shortly after the Cru
cifXion, when Matthew carried
the doctrine of Christ into that
country.
10. No. A barrel of compressed
air has more weight, therefore
has less buoyancy.
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Dqggone-Ditto the Big Deal

KANSAS CITY, MO.-It's a dog
gone shame but this, In reality, is
the way local realty deal went.
A Kansas City real estate sales
mans prospect was a dog-lover in
terested in a certain property be-
'ause it was in a quiet neighbor-
hood where lack Of traffic seemed
to assure safe place for his favor
lite dogs. Several dogs near his
home had been hit by motorists and
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The occupants of these plush sur
roundings, Of course, aren't just
any old hogs, nor are they just any
old purebred hogs. Only special
strains of certain breeds of pure
breds are admitted-strains that
the owners of the palace are devel-
oping to produce pork at lower
costs against the eventual day
when low prices again force farm
ers to begin squeezing every cent
out of their feed bills.
Mecca for Millionaires.
Once iourishing hostelry, Hotel
Colfax was built in 1877 and later
remodeled at an estimated cost of
between 100000 and 100000. It
lists on its yellowed hotel registers
the names of widely known and still
prominent families of the Middle
West.
Guests would arrive in high
wheeled horseless carriages
and linen busters, staying for
days and sometimes weeks to
battle in the healing mineral
waters bubbling from springs
scattered over the ground.
BY the time World War l came
along, however. the bathing public
seemed to have lost interest in the
hotels health-giving waters. Short
ly thereafter the government leased
the hotel as a veterans hospital at
a rental of S45.000 year. Huge
sums of money were expended in
remodeling the building to suit the
ideas of army officers. A turkish
bath costing $4,000 was torn out;
elaborate apartments were built for
the officers in charge. Officers par
ties were "the talk of the town"
Generally regarded as "white
elephant" the hospital within two
years became the subject of a con-
gressional investigation. At only
one time, it was learned, had there
been more than 100 patients in the
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he was anxious to move.
The salesman assured him that
any occasional automobile mean
dering in the new neighborhood
proceeded at a snail's pace.
"1t's DEAL" the prospect said.
Draw up the papers," Just then
squeal of brakes and dogs yelp
came from the street. Both men
ran out. There lay dead dog. The
deal was off.
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New Typewriter Eliminates
Chance of Spelling Errors

A recently patented electric
typewriter eliminates the posi-
bility of misspelling words, says
Golfers. Visible through slot is
a series of small wheels, each Of
which contains all characters and
revolves, spelling out one line Of
words at a time as the CORE
spending characters on the key
board are struck.
After the operator checks her
spelling, she presses a button
which causes the line to be typed
automatically on the paper while
she writes the next one.
Errors may be corrected indi-
vidually or by clearing all wheels
and retyping the whole line.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-09-12
Is Stripes in Keys Flag

The Star Spangled Banner that
Francis Scott Key watche d
Through the perilous fight" had
fifteen stripes. From 1895 to 1918
the American flag had fifteen al
ternating red and white stripes.
Two extra stripes stood for the
two newest states in the. Union,
Vermont and Kentucky, admitted
in 1891 and '92.
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GHDED PALACE
WNU Features.

COLFAX IOWA-Pgs in the paror? No. sir! AS any house.
wife will testify paror longer good enough for them
tcuary in view of prevailing pork They should reside
glded palace these days. And that's just what's happening
Pigs are living in pretentious palace.
Here at Cofax hogs housed in the old Coax
fashionable and famous watering place. of the Victorian
and now renamed the National Swine Palace.
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Neat and Trim
BUTTONS arranged strikingly
- on bodice and skirt lend an
air of Importance to this youthful,
versatile frock. 1t opens down the
back, has a choice of sleeve
lengths, is neat and trim.
Pattern No. 1909 comes In sizes -, IA,
16. 10 and 20. Size IA. Ala yards of 35-inch.
Evening star., 1947-12-14

tracted by sets Of turkish towels
boxed to look like dolls" another
girl told me. II was SO intrigued
I bought a set for gift and after
I was home found out how simple
it would be to make some like them.
I wrote to the manufacturer OF the
towels to find where could buy the
little faces they had. and he courte-
ously and promptly replied, sending
me the name I needed and thank
ing me for calling on them.
II found a pattern for doll,
which I found simple and satisfac-
tory. stuffed the body, which I
made of unbleached cotton, and
mothers piece box furnished mate
rial for the clothes. Most Of them
wore snow suits, and were so soft,
cuddly and cute that every one
loves them for very little babies,
as even the faces are made Of can
vas and quite lifelike. One Of
the other girls bought patterns for
bunnies, too, and we work at 1t to-
gether.
Still another girl has new and
novel idea which she uses as an all
year round money maker. Her
friends save pound candy boxes
and shoe boxes for her. These are
covered in gay paper and filled with
little gifts, all wrapped separately,
for small boys and girls. The wrap
pings show which age and sex the
boxes are made for, and make grand
surprise presents at any time, "but
especially when the kids have to
stay in bed" An endless variety
of, toys and trinkets can be found
in the dime stores, and she is con-
scientious about investing almost
half of the box's cost in its con-
tents. The little ones sell for rs
cents, the bigger sizes for double
that, but they keep her busy and
supplied with spending money, too
(This Is the seDenth In a series
OF articles on hoD teen layers may
make extra pennies.)
Evening star., 1947-12-14
Wise. Words to Teem-Agers
On Building Up Future
By EIeni

Careers in and around fashion al
ways intrigue young girls. The
glamour that attends the work; the
lure of the big city, and the inde-
pendence Of the women who make
up the army" of career girls in
terest them.
But when you question many of
the young women holding down jobs
on magazines, newspapers, adver-
tising concerns, in manufacturing
flrms-inevitably they are all agreed
on one thing. A job is a job not
meant to be a takeof on Gertrude
Stein) and must be well done. The
well-done process has its fair share
OF humdrum routine, and its this
work is-fascinating but it really
gets-me oWn-at-times."
A very bright young career gal
was in town last week. A young
woman known to many in New York
for her captivating sketches of teen
ayers in their various daily situa-
tions ranging from puppy love (also
termed by them my first big love')
to the ingredients for a super plat
ter" party of Como, Benny Good
man, Vaughn Monroe and frankie. "
Laura Jean Allen is a free-lance
artist and another worker who cau-
tions young girls against overglam-
orizing fashion job. 1t is like any
other job-hard work!
Laura, as a free-lance artist, gets
quite a chance to exercise her ver-
satility. One assignment may come
from SEVENTEEN to do teen-age
illustrations for a feature story.
Another may come from big per-
fume house to do painting to be
used in conjunction with an adver-
tising program. Still another may
come from a manufacturing COM
pany such as the one that recently
assigned her to design a complete
line of teen-age compacts. The COM
pacts depict on them some scene
from typical teen-ager's day. A
telephone conversation high lights
one. Another one is prom scene
complete with date and bouffant
gown.
We asked Laura how she broke
into her field. And whether or not,
as the saying goes, "she knew some
one" When she left her home
near Philadelphia four years ago
to go to New York her friends there
were few and far between. After
much trotting to and from publish
Evening star., 1947-12-14
Teen Topics
By Sally

This will be a repeat performance.
by request.
Way back in the summer we
talked about formal invitations. But
now is party time, isn't it? From
December l on through the Christ
mas holidays. So it's good to get
it fresh in your minds, kids.
Suppose you get an engraved in
vitation from Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick
Allen Jones and their daughter, Miss
Elizabeth Amelia Jones, inviting you
to a dance.
Maybe Betty is your dearest pal.
Or she's the daughter of one of
Mons old school friends. Or Just
the bratty 15er next door. Which,
ever it is, you must answer like
this:
John Robert Morgan
accepts with pleasure
the kind invitation of
Mr.. and Mrs.
Frederick Allen Jones
Miss Elizabeth Amelia Jones
for Saturday evening
December the thirteenth
Or:
Miss Anne Marie Smith
regrets that she is unable
to accept :.
Remember: Use your best station
cry, your best writing, no abbrevia-
tions, no nicknames. And reply
promptly, please.
Evening star., 1947-12-14

ing houses to advertising agencies
with her portfolio containing sam
Piles of her art work-she finally
landed job. And, she claims, there's
never any worry about agency peo-
pie leading you on about your work.
They are quite frank about telling
you whether it is good or bad. After
two or three things are accepted
and published, well then, as she
nicely phrases it, "the SNOWFALL
starts rolling"
She warns young girls planning
to go to work in New York to have
good financial backing, real securi-
ty, before attempting to look for
work. Don't dabble at what you
consider your chosen field. That's
when experience comes into the pic
Evening star., 1947-12-14

In discussing ways and means of
making money in of hours one
pretty girl told me:
MY brother and I, he senior in
high and I a freshman, have started
our own business in the basement
of our home. We had little cards
printed which said 'Fix-It Shop for
Toys as well as giving our name,
address and hours the shop was
open. We distributed them all around
within several blocks of our house
when we were ready for business.
My brother always has had knack
for mending and repairing things,
and because we used to call him Mr..
Fix-It we named our shop that.
Il take care of all dolls that come
to have new wigs, eyes, or even old
parts made like new, and it's Won
derful how many children do break
their dolls because 1t keeps me very
busy. Dad staked us to $40, which
we are repaying, and we started with
but few supplies. I charge for new
wigs when an order is taken for one,
because that's the most expensive
part of the repair job, but I keep
eyes for dolls, twine, paste, glue and
other necessary material on two
shelves in my corner of the room.
Dick has all his equipment on the
other side, and we each have our
own table with a drawer, given us
by a neighbor who was glad to get
rid Of them, she said. I also keep
paint for the dolls cheeks and
other little touch-up jobs.
"Dick even repairs electric trains,
and does lots of doll carriages,
chairs, small tables and things. like
that. I don't stick~to the job quite
as closely as he does, but as we each
have our own cash drawer, that's
my loss, and we make it a point to
have one of us there during shop
hours. I think it's going to work
out fine, especially with the hoi-
days so near"
Mother and I were Christmas
shopping last year, when I was at
Evening star., 1947-12-14

ture. Laura feels that a person sin
cerely interested in art should
grasp every opportunity in high
school and college to go ahead. A
good art school is another wise
idea. But don't let everything be-
gin and end there. See what's being
done In your city's stores. Scan
fashion magazines closely. See what
they are accepting in the line of
art work. Keep at your study. Laura
still visits the Metropolitan Museum
Of Art, the Modern Art Museum
and the Fifty-seventh street art
galleries every chance she gets.
Evening star., 1947-12-14

Fitted Cowhide Makeup Cose 1000
cowhide-neosures Just ! lx8x5 inches. Has re-
movable troy fitted with bross-top bottles and
jars, and comb. Full mirror in Iid-woshobIe lining
throuQhout
Evening star., 1947-12-14
Beamed at 'Teen.Aeers
Beamed at Teen.Agers
Repairing Brings Nice Profits,
rs Do T1Vo Otber ToV Projects
By Ennice Foster

In discussing turkish towel
making money in of hours like dos anothe
pretty girl told me. intrigued
Evening star., 1947-08-03
By Quentin R. Mott

Two books treat of the pet
hobby of thousands in the rails
ing and identifying of gerani-
ums and begonias. "Geraniums
tpelargoniums)" by Helen Van
Pelt Wilson traces the story of
this hardy species some ESQ
years back into Europe. She
dates hybrids a century ago and
deals with double -f1owered vari-
cites with IS years of ascendancy.
Mrs. Wilson, garden editor of
the Philadelphia Record and
specialist and lecturer on gera-
NUNS, develops q high pitch of
enthusiasm about the subject
and illustrates her work with
colorprints and drawings by Nat
allie Harlan Davis.
Success on the Small Farm"
by Madyn s. Pearson. devotes
some 280 pages to all aspects of
to 10 acre farm on which the
occupant anticipates making a
comfortable living.
Evening star., 1947-08-03

Mr.. Pearson, who also wrote
Country Flavor" contends that
we have barely tapped the sur
face of the business Of providing
food direct from producer to
consumer. In years ahead, he
predicts. thousands of small acre
age farmers will realize profits
that were impossible before the
automobile era. by careful pro-
duction, attractive display and
judicious handling of farm
products.
His book is designed to cover
the economies involved in getting
$4,000 a year net income from 6
to 10 acres of arabic land. He
goes into the matter of small
dairy, poultry raising, truck gar
dening, the roadside stand and
selling-but not horses. You don't
have to feed a tractor during
months of idleness, he reminds
I the reader.
Garden Guide" the amateur
Evening star., 1947-08-03
LIMITED number Of
books dealing with hor-
ticultural pursuits went

~
~ books dealing with hor-
~ ticultural pursuits went
- - to press this year, but
the objective was to assist the
thousands of home gardeners,
flower culturalists and fanciers
in creating better gardens. Con-
sequently, each volume makes a
substantial contribution to the
gardeners library.
Two encyclopedia volumes head
the list of references. THE
Gardeners Bug Book" by Gym
thia Westcott is a presentation
of a black list" of 1000 bugs
which poster the grower from
coast to coast. DR.. Westcott is
a consultant on garden problems,
has lectured extensively and has
attended personally to pest con-
troll in some gardens.
Tending to make the work q
more satisfactory reference is a
list Of 500 species of plants and
what is likely to attack them.
More than 100 color plates and
line drawings by Eva Melady
and Ellen Edmonson make it easy
to identify bugs and insects and
their various stages of meta
morphosis. I
Coming on the crest of a wave
Evening star., 1947-08-03
For The Home Gardener

of optimism concerning the use
of new chemicals for pest control,
the book also sets the reader
Alright on the dangers and eff
cacy of new solutions. A plant
doctors calendar, a list of ex-
perimental stations, photographic
reference and an essential CLOS
sary of terms complete the book.
A Valuable Handbook
And Practical Guide
The other is 1.-THE Encyclopedia
of Trees, Shrubs, Vines and
Lawns" by Albert E. Wilkinson,
written for The New Home Lii
brary series. 1t is a two-part
edition, the first being devoted
to alphabetical listing of better
known trees, shrubs and vines
and the second to instructions
for the care of Handicapped areas.
AS a handbook and practical
guide. it covers q wide latitude
Of subject matter.
Evening star., 1947-08-03

gardeners handbook is a new edi-
tion of the De La Mare garden
books in SIS pages. It has 800 il
Mstrations and deals with vege-
tables and flowers, grown both in
side and out-of-doors and at all
seasons.
Outstanding
Garden Literature
For pure enjoyment of her sub
ject and careful, authentic pres->
entation of its ramifications, Cora
Oneal's Gardens and Homes Of
Mexico" is an outstanding volume
In garden literature. It's appear
ance on the American market is
welcome. It reflects the botanic
splendor Of the Aztecs and pre-
sents historical data unearthed
by archeologists to establish that
an advanced civilization held
sway in Mexico long before the
Spanish influence was felt. Miss
Oneal cites discoveries to uphold
the theory that the outdoor patio
and garden arrangements ante
dated those Of Europe. There
are profuse illustrations Of or
ruins.
Evening star., 1947-08-03

!. Guides you in making up your mind
about architectural and decorating
styles.
z. Shows you how to evaluate property
in terms Of your own way Of living.
5. Assists you to make your home build.
ing plans expertly and completely.
4. Presents clear, simple instructions 50
that you can do things yourself =.
painting, paper hansins, repairing, etc.
s. illustrates the latest expert thinkins
on functional landscapine.
Evening star., 1947-05-25

1T WAS a proud morning in lO-year old
l. Doris's life. She had just baked her first
cake. To keep from burning her fingers when
she pulled it out of the oven, Doris wrapped
her apron around her hand. That was her
last conscious act.
The cloth ignited with fash and flames
spread instantly to her clothes. Screaming,
she was overcome by the gases which rose
from the blazing fabric. When her mother
ran into the kitchen a minute later, the child
was beyond help.
In wrapping her apron around her hand,
Doris did what thousands of housewives do
every day. The underlying cause of her death
was traced to the fabric in her apron. 1t was
so highly inf1ammable that it blazed in a
matter of seconds.
Champions of bill, now before Congress,
to make our garments more fame-resistant,
point out that in the U. S. such accidents cost
an uncounted number of lives every year.
And for every person killed by garment fires,
the National Safety Council says that from
four to 10 others are manned or dishgured.
Most of the victims are women and children.
Although no garment can be made en-
tirely fneproof, we can reduce the number of
such tragedies enormously. This can be done
in two ways - by enacting laws restricting
the sale of highly dangerous wearing apparel
and by educating the public, women in par
ticular, to the hazards of certain fabrics.
They Burn Fast
l HESE dangerous fabrics comprise only about
one-and-one- half per cent of the materials
used in the nations clothing, according to DR..
H. E. Hager, f1ammability expert of the
American Association of Textile Chemists and
Colorists But one or more garments made of
such fabrics, which ignite easily and burn at
furious speed, are found in almost every
home. They fall into three classes:
l. The shaggy, deeply mapped, brushed or
tufted cottons and rayons such as are used
in dressing gowns, house coats, bed jackets
and sweaters.
z. The very sheer and net fabrics in which
the threads are some distance apart. You find
them in party dresses, bridal costumes and
children's communion gowns.
;. Fabrics coated with infammable plas-
tics, such as pyroxylin, which are used in
making rainwear, shower curtains, aprons
and liners for babies cribs
In New York hospital recently, woman
who was convalescing after an operation was
victim of the first kind of fabric. When she
started to light cigarette, the head of the
match flew off and ignited her chenille dress
ing gown, burning her fatally before even
swift hospital aid could rescue her.
Evening star., 1947-05-25

During the past two years, more than 20
boys between the ages of three and eight
have died or were seriously injured because
they wore fuzzy and highly in1ammable
cowboy chaps.
The second group of fabrics causes almost
as many tragedies. At the University of Texas,
an l8-year-old coed burned to death when
her net evening gown brushed against light
ed candle at a sorority initiation.
1t was one of the No fabrics, those coated
with pyroxylin which caused little Doriss
death. In Ohio, a man was badly burned after
taking bath when the shower curtain came
in contact y,tn MS cigarette.
Safeguards
STEPS to make all garments fame resistant
are now being taken. California has enact
ed law which prohibits the sale of highly
inflammable garments. The garment industry
is considering adopting commercial stand
ard for safer clothing Most important of
all, the National Retail Dry Goods Asso-
ciation is backing the proposed national
legislation, which would prohibit the
sale in interstate commerce of highly
infiammable wearing apparel.
Under the terms of this measure, no gar
ments would be made of material which would
burn at speed of more than five linear inches
in six seconds. This would provide tremen-
dous safeguard. Some clothes now on the
market will burn five inches in two-tenths
of a second.
Meanwhile, the National Board of Fire
Underwriters suggests few simple precau-
tons by which everyone can protect himself
and his family:
!. Check over your wardrobe and note any
garments that are fire hazards,
z. Don't wear highly inhammable gar
ments near flames.
3. If you have glazed apron, raincoat or
shower curtain, be sure it is f1ame-retardant
before letting it come into close contact with
fame, sparks or intense heat.
4. Protect your garments and those OF =
your children from fire by dipping or spraying
each garment before it is ironed in sofu-
ton made of three quarts of water, seven
ounces of borax and three ounces of boric
acid.
S. If one of your garments catches fire,
don't run into the open. Tear off the garment
or smother the flames with woolen blanket
rug or coat. Clutch the blanket tightly
around your neck to keep the gases from
reaching your face.
You can make the fifth direction unneces-
sary by closely following the other four. The
best way to handle fire is to stop it before
if starts, The End
WOODBURY.
Evening star., 1947-04-11
Methodist Conference
Meets at Woodstock

WOODSTOCK, Va, April IL
The 81st annual session of the
Winchester District Conference of
the Methodist Church met in the
Woodstock Methodist Church yes.
terday with the Rev. D. N. Calvert
as host. The Rev. w. z. Thomas,
district superintendent, presided.
The principal address was given
by the Rev. H. Conrad Blackwell of
Harrisonburg. Other speakers in
cluded the Rev. G. /. McAllen of
Richmond of the Virginia Confer
ence Orphanage: the Rev. H. M.
Wilson Of the Asbury Home at
Gaithersburg, Md; the Rev. ]. C.
Murphy, Strasburg: the Rev. G. s.
Lightner, Berryville; Mrs. Catherine
Balthis, Strasburg; the Rev. Marvin
White, Shenandoah; the Rev. w. r.
Reed, Luray; DR.. ]. T. Hawkins,
Winchester; the Rev. John Teter.
Winchester, and DR.. N. M. Canter,
Harrisonburg. The Rev.. J. 8.
Gresham of Front Royal, opened
| the morning session.
Evening star., 1947-04-11
Three Employers Here Fined
On WAGE Law Violations

Three employers yesterday paio
a total of $205 in fines in Municipal
Court on charges of violating Dis
trict Minimum Wage Board regu-
lations, governing the working hours
of women employees.
Fined $50 by Judge Walter j
Casey was Georges Radio Co., with
main offices in the 800 block oi
r street NV. The board charged
women were employed more thar
eight hours a day, and more than
six consecutive hours without As
minute interval, and that time rec
ords were not kept showing meal
recess hours.
Charges of failure to keep pay
roll and time records for women
employees brought Sam Wah, opera
tor of the Sam Wah Laundry In
the 2400 block of Fourteenth street
NV, SIS in fines.
George Louie, operator of laun-
dry at 1403 Monroe street NV, was
fined $50 on charges of failure to
keep records of time worked by
women EMPLOYEES.