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The future outlook., 1947-10-11
MARINE CORPS
LEAGUE ORGANIZES

The Guilford County Detach-
ment Marine Corps League held
it's first melting of the Fall ses-
sion Monday night at $3.50 when
new officers were elected. They
are: John Scott, Commandant,
Greensboro; Ernest B. Miller,
Jr., Senior Vice Commandant;
William Morris, Jr., Vice Com
mandant; Norman Doggett, pay
master; William Graves, secre-
tary; Alonzo Dean, Judge Advo-
cate; William Graves, Adjutant;
Clarence Phillips, sergeant-at-
arms; George T. Gray, Jr., chief
of staff.
Members in good standing are
Truman Boone, Sedalia; Arthur
Leake, Reidsville, : and Joseph
The future outlook., 1947-10-11
CONTROLLING ASTHMA

Asthma is a disease of the
bronchial tubes, marked by diff
ficult breathing or shortness of
breath. The average case is mild,
but repeated attacks may damage
lung tissue permanently and
place strain on the heart. Every
one with this illness should get
medical advice early and follow
it faithfully.
There are several illnesses
which cause wheezy, difficult
breathing, so it is important,
first, to have an accurate dag
nosis by a doctor. Second, the
The future outlook., 1947-10-11

cannot be avoided, such as dust
and pollen in the air. In such
cases, the doctor tries to hypo-
sensitize the patient. Beginning
with injection of weak dilu-
tion of an extract of the sub
stance to which the patient is
allergic, the doctor gradually in
grasses the strength of the dose
until the patient is less sensitive
when exposed to the substance
and no longer reacts in an aller-
gic manner. Doctors are still do
ing research with these so-called
allergens and are learning more
every day about them.
People who diagnose and treat
themselves run great risks Of
unnecessary illness and possible
permanent harm. Most people
with asthma can lead comfort
able, useful lives if they will rely
upon the doctor. He can show the
patient how to avoid most at
tacks and how to relieve the oc-
casional one that might come on.
Asthma is too serious to leave
to the advice of friends and rela-
tives or to home remedies or any
medicine not prescribed by the
doctor who knows the case.
The future outlook., 1947-10-11
THE ADVENTURES
OF SAM SPADE"

A Hollywood "break" can open
the door of success to an actor,
or it can prove a strait jacket.
Very often the "break" comes by
an outstanding performance of
an out-of-the ordinary character.
The trick then is to avoid being
typed" as being effective only
in that specialized role.
One talented young actor who
got his Hollywood "break" re-
Gently is Howard Duff, who
plays Dashiell Hammett's hard
boiled Sam Spade on Sunday at
p. m. over WBIG-CBS. Duff
scored as a convict in his first
picture, Brute Force" He de-
scribes his role in his second
movie, the soon-to-be-released
"The Naked City" - as "sort of
a heel" 1t looked to Duff like he
was we'll on his way to being
typed" as a Hollywood tough
guy.
You an appreciate then, how
Howard welcomes his third film
assignment - as one of the war
I .
Call My Sons" the 1947 winner
of the New York critics prize as
the best play of the year. Oddly
enough, Duff plays soldier in
two of his three pictures-a role
Howard played in real life to the
tune of five years as radio cor
respondent in the Pacific.
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Norwood, Darlington.

Norwood, Darlington.
Prospective members: Alphon-
ia Walls, Sam Kilgore, William
Moore, Robert Westmoreland,
Weldon Judd, Raymond Black
well, Raleigh billiard, Edward
Smith, John Donnell, Frank
Graves, William Xershaw, John
M. Jenkins, and Larkins Smith.
The Guilford County Detach-
ment Marine Corps League is
sponsoring three busses to the
North Carolina State VS.. A. and
T. game in Durham December 6,
and to the Morgan State-A. and
T. game in Baltimore, November
II, respectively. For further in
formation, call George T. Gray,
Jr., telephone 1928.
The future outlook., 1947-10-11
EDUCATION

Mere knowledge is compare
lively worthless unless digested
into practical wisdom and COM
mon sense as applied to the af-
fairs of life.
-Tryon Edwards.
The future outlook., 1947-10-11

Genius is mainly an affair of
energy. - Matthew Arnold.
Evening star., 1947-11-20
Street Vacuum Cleaner
To Be Tested on Leaves

A new method Of cleaning fallen
leaves from the streets will be DEM
onstrated here Tuesday for the City
Refuse Division, it was announced
today.
The new machine Is Of the vacuum
type and Is mounted on a trailer
tractor. According to William A.
Xanten, superintendent OF the di-
vision, 1t would save manpower and
make a cleaner job Of cleaning up
the leaves.
Evening star., 1947-11-20

Interest in The Evening Stars
Second Annual Student Calendar
Art Contest is on the increase. with
seven more entrants registered in
the past few days.
Included among them Is Joseph
A. Fowler, 45o5 Fifth street NV,
who not only has registered but
already has submitted three COM
pleted oil paintings. He is student
in night school at Roosevelt High
School.
Others who have entered are
Evening star., 1947-11-20

Virginia, whether attending public
parochlal or private schools.
The only limitation is that the
student must have completed the
picture or pictures submitted prior
to reaching the age of 18 or before
graduating from high school.
The six pictures judged best will
bring awards of 500. Savings
Bonds to the artists, and the pic
lures themselves will be published
on The Evening Stars 1949 calendar.
During the public exhibition OF
the pictures submitted in the con-
test, the public will be given an
opportunity to vote. The popular
choice will win one of the awards,
The other five will be chosen by a
committee to be selected by The
Evening star., 1947-11-20
7 More Register for The Stars
Student Calendar Art Contest

Esther L. McCully Of Dunbar High
School, Jean Louise Hubbard Of
Alice Deal Junior High School, Mary
Grace Grieves of Bladensburg High
School, Emile B. Sherman of Mont
gomery Hills Junior High School
and John and Leon Christenbury of
Arlington, Va.
The contest is open to all Junior
and senior high school students in
Washington and the surrounding
Metropolitan Area of Maryland and
Evening star., 1947-11-20
U. 5. Sued for Six Million
For Wool Process Use
By the Associated Press

DR.. Leighton 3. Smith, a research
chemist with Lever Bros. Co., and
Charles E. Ruby of Boston are suing
the Government for $6,000,000 on
the grounds the Army used thei1
non-shrink process for wool without
permission or payment.
The suit was filed Tuesday in the
United States Court of Claims.
DR.. Smith ana Mr.. Ruby contend
they invented a process which keeps
wool from shrinking in 1924 and
Evening star., 1947-11-20

patented 1t In 1880. Then, they said.
the Army took it over without per-
mission.
The complaint says that on No
vember 10, 1945, 1t. Col. S. J. Ken
nedy told a Senate wool hearing
that the Army's Quartermaster De-
partment had developed the shrink
resistant process and claimed it was
saving the Government $1,500,000 a
month.
The plaintiffs said that on August
3, 1945. the Army tried to settle
their claims by paying Mr.. Ruby
$4,000 but this was rejected.
The earliest library of Oxford
University WAS in existence in 1897.
Evening star., 1947-11-20

Evening Star. with suitability for
calendar use being one of the stand
ards to be used in the judging.
The contest will close on April /,
1948. The two-week exhibition will
open on May l in the lobby of the
Commerce Department Building.
The pictures may be in any me-
dunn, so long as they are in color
and roughly in the proportion of 20
inches wide by 16 inches high.
Full particulars can be obtained
oy writing to Art Contest Editor,
Room 724, The Evening Star Build
ing.
Evening star., 1947-11-20

Young mallard ducks can swim a
third of a mile as soon as they leave
the nest.
Evening star., 1947-11-20

Prices effective Friday, NOV.
21, till close Of business
Saturday, NOV. "a, 1sF.
We reserve the right to
limit quantities. NO SALES
TO DEALERS.
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ad)tnnb5iuansisites &apitel

uno 10 tuaro ser So95eitstaa felt.
gelest. 8ie felt I6lief i9 in Der geadt
Dor oemlelben! Man iagt, oaB 2eute,
Die gebangt ooer entbauptet tperoen
louen, in Ser Iebten Na6t immer felt
lhlafen. Sd i6lief uno trGumte einen
1ebr lb0nen Sraum - einen mum,
oerbar liiBen Sraum. Sd iab einen
8arten bon Ser ihoniten, munniafal.
tighten 8lumen unb 5pii6en ben 8lu.
men i'm 8arten iab id) Gidaro, iab
lbn In all leiner 5Gonbeit, pie er
iiber Den oidten, griinen Galen auf
mid 5uIdritt. Sie Sonne mob einen
soloigen Strublenidein Inn iein
Saupt, uno i6 itredte ibm meme Ir.
me entgegen llno rief: sd fomme,
ld tomme!" ltno nit bieiem &uf er.
tpahte td - erpa6te als Neap Sc.
ltrange gum leeten Mal in meinem
2eben.
Seine 5reunoe paren 3u meiner
Soh5eit gelaoen. &ein 2aut ser ssreuy
De. feline @tltlif erflang in BEN 6iiIte,
rem, alten Gdumen. gs mar feline
3elt, 1i6 81 freuen; benn oas Saupt
Der SeItrange ndberte iid) i6neu lei-
ner lesten, bunfeln Stunoe. @ir
tublten uno tpuBten alle, oaB oieler
6eier lebr bulo cine ernitere, trauri.
sere folgen iolIte.
gtur Elm Snfel = Elm unperheira.
teter Sberlt - mar bon 2onoon aez
fommen, um 3euge meiner Sohseit
81 iein.
glf 1br NOR oie feitseieste stunoe.
Gollp, Jrau Smitb uno ielblt Marp,
oas Sausm1ohen, fanen in mein
tlelnes 3immer. Mlle tpollten bilfrei.
de Sano anlegen, Inn meinen feit[i-
den Sfmuf su boaenoen. Sd lieB
lie rubig gepdbren. @ie perIteinert
blldte it unpernanbt na6 meinem
gtlo i'm Spiegel. Sd trug elm iebr
elnfades tpeiBes Muiielinfleio, einen
peiBen Wantel uno einen Heinen ipei,
Ben 9nt: ib glid einem Sdneeal0d,
den; eben 10 i6on, 10 falt, 10 geflbl-
los mar id. Mein @eiidt seiste feine
Spur bon Sranen; meine grdnen
i1ienen uerfiegt 5u iein. Sf) par in
letter Seit oamit su oeribmenoeriIh
geDeien.
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iimmer tpteoer abriB. Mein 8erlobter
liprang enbIif) auf ging mebrmaIs
| i'm 3immer erregt auf uno ab, blieb
oann Dor mir ite9en un6 iagte NIT
einem getpiiien 8atbos in ieiner
Stimme: r@tnIt on mir niht iagert,
Seen, mos Dir an mir 10 ipibertpGrtig
| lit? 8ieaeiht laBt ii6 benz abbelfen."
S6refen erfaBte mid. SD iab i'm
8eiite einen Sdtparm gelbgieriger
Weni6en, Die meinen Bater beorob.
ten. uno ih uollte ieidtiinnig Die elm.
5ige rettenbe Sano tpesitoBen!
rSpreden sic feinen llniinnl
8ann iagte id), baB mir ettpas an
Sbnen mioerpdrtis pdre2 a0nnen
sic oenn nift Deriteben, baB es tti9t
10 leidt lit, iemanb an lieben, an oen
man ME 5upor gebadt bat? Sd min
periuden, Sic lieb gu getpinnen, uno
i6 peroe @ort balten. 8, id bite,
bdben Sic @eoulo nit mir!"
"9in i6 nidt se6uIoig eeipeIen2"
fragte er traurig. rltngeoulo Iiegt
niAt in meiner Hatur. SD ertparte
|nidt, 5u iden uno au ernten on oem
namlthen Gage; aber td tpeiB nidt,
pie es fommt, oaB i'd bir INNER noe.
niger Dilltommen 5u iein ideine."
Seine antport. Wein ibuloiges
Saupt ienfte iidb tiefer uno tiefer ouf
meine 8rltlt.
~@enn," fubr er gan5 rubig fort,
ober iein ebrlides 8eiibt oer5og iib
babel Dor innerer grregung, rtpenn
on fitblit, oaB gu mid ME ipirit lieb
gepinnen tonnen, baB ou mid nur
ouloen tannit, 10 iase es iett, 9ino.
Sd bin alt unb itarf genug, cine gnt-
taul6ung perDinoen 5u fonnen. ssn
oleIer @elt foun man nidt alles nod
WunIb baben, unb id tpeiB, oaB ih
nldt Der Wann bin, Die S6mGrmerei
zines Waohens 5u tpeden. Gs mare
beiler, on iagteIt mir iest sic 8abr.
belt, oa es nod 3eit lit, itatt baB mir
uns beioe nnler gan5es 2eben lang
eleno MAIDEN"
Sange uno na6oenfli6 bIidte id
ms 5euer, pabreno ith meine SGnoe
trampfbaft belpegten. SolIte id) i'm
belm @ort nebmen? Solte i6 oie
Stride abItreifen uno frei bon oan.
men seben? slber fonnte if Dem ae.
rlhtllhen Serfauf unierer Jamilien-
glitter entgegenieben 1lno meinen 8a.
ter totem? - geiemals! Sir i'm
batte i6 Dos Spfer besonnen, fir i'm
moute i6 es au6 pollenoen. 0urum
anttportete id entl6loiien: Stein, i9
bletbe bel Dem, mas i6 SSbnen friiber
gelagt babe. 2aiien Sic uns perIuden,
10 gut Die moglif nit einanoer su
leben. 8enn mir uns reoli6 bemiiben,
miro alles gut tperoen."
go ipra6 i6 in Der 8erapeiflunq
metnes Sersens. $ugo blidte mid un-
oerpon6t an, inuroe ounfelrot uno
Iagte aoeerHb: raN
"Senn on mid nur tpegen oes ct.
6armliden 8eloes beirateit ="
Sd unterbraf i'm Idnea: uspre.
9en ste nidt mebr oapon! SD min
Sbre 5rau tperoen uno ict gloube, mir
tperoen e6enIo gut nit einanoer aus.
tommen 1uie anoere 2eute."
aber innerlid) ieilf5te i6: sd
tuollte, id pdre tot!"
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MntH Wliirk hftrngptt


es fonnte 1riht iein. 11no in Er1.
men nno in Seuf5en flebte id gum
aamdhtigen, flebte INN GrbaItune
bieies tenern 2ebens. Mber bergebens
Sd tponte ben grauiamen 5dnitter
obweiien; id tpollte mid 5ipiihen i'm
unb meinen Bater tperfen; ieine er.
barmungsloie, nndhtige Genie ioIlte
mein 8Gterhen nidh treffen. Mber a9
Sier mar Die irnigite 2iebe madHos.
2angiam i9leint Der Eoo meinen,
8ater ndber unb ndber. unb Der Sag
lit nidt fern, 90 er ibn sana in ieine
@eipaIt befomn1t.
Iber an meinem @er5en nagt nod
Elm anoerer Sdmera. &tharo lit mir
untreu getporoen. ct, beiien Sell
nabme mid in bieien bitteren 5tun.
oen bdtte troiten fonnen: gfiharo bat
mid Dergeiien, bot mir ,tiht Elm elm.
5iges Wal geidrieben in oteIen emo.
loien, triiben Wonaten. @ie biele ga.
-ge baben feds Monate? = Md, uno
taglih boffte ib auf 1einen Brief unb
iebesmal tparb i6 entt1ui9t, uno im-
mer audte es idmer5li9 olir6 meirl
armes, 10 iebnli6 barrenbes &era!
Gas ifmeralihe 3uden bat nun anf.
gebort; ih enpfnnb es nur 10 lange,
als id nod boffte. slber bic Soft
nuns babe id iett gu @rabe getra.
gen. Satte man nit ibr bod auh mid
ielbit nit an neinem Shmer5 in Ser
grbe ShoB gebettet!
Sft batte ih ibm geibrieben. 3u-
erit 10 iponne. 1lrb liebebon, bann be-
iorgt 1no liebepoa, oarauf berlett uno
gefrdnft, aber intmer, in1mer nod
liebepoa. &ber oarna6 bate ib niht
mebr gei6rie6en 1Dar bod alles
erfolglos gelpeien! Die ber5libiten
8riefe batten mir feline 3eile BON ibm
gebradt. ga fabte mid bumpfe Ser
stpeiflung.
Goab iagte mir, baB iie mid ia Dor
ibm getparnt babe, uno baB i1 belIer
getan bdtte, auf iie au b0ren. Mber i'm
@onaen mar lie freunblib nit mir
unb iu1te mid au tr0lten, 10 gut Tie
fonnte. Sic itellte mir Dor, baB Die
2iebe eitel uno berg6nglih iei; oaB
i6 in Irml,t uno obne Stenung nibt
gliidli6 getporoen tpdre, rn6 iie riet
mir irnmer tpieber 5u Sir &ugo. un6
nun, liebe 2eier, berurteilt mid niht,
nennt mid niht ber5los nno per1noer-
lid, iDenn i6 euh iage, baB ih in
LETTER 3eit ben @eoanfen on cine &ei-
rat nit Cir Sugo niht mebr 10 melt
Deggewieien babe; ia, if trug mid
nit lauter Spferge6anfen, 0a6te an
SSpbigenia unb an Sapbtas Eohter.
0ieie iparen nur bereit seipeien, ibr
Seben su opfern; ib pollte Seureres,
id iDollte meme 2iebe gum Spfer
bringen.
Ser Goftor bate eeiagt, mein 8a-
ter tonne mebrere Wonate l1nger Ie-
ben, tpenn ieoe Gorge ibm ferngebal-
ten tpiiroe. unb mas NOR i1 ni1t fir
bieie fur5e 2ebensfriIt meines 81ter-
dens 5u tim bereit! So, Inn bieIen
Breis fonnte Sir Sugo mid faufen,
mennglei6 meine gan5e Seele an ie-
nem Mnbern bing
Sc itanb nit uns iebt ible6ter
oenn lie. Gin idredlider Mann par
BON 2on6on sefommen uno batte nn-
ier san5es Snoentar aufgeidrieben.
Wein 8ater ourfte iein gige1tum
nidt mebr berlaiien. sd boffe, iie
laiien i'm ungebinbert 5l1 @rabe ira.
gen." bahte id bitter. 9fe9nungen
regneten berein, uno mir ipuBten me.
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Gortiesuns)

.2niien Sic ilns elm ipenig in Den
8arten geben," BOT er; nber r,ein.
nein" entgegnete ih id)nen, .oas
@ras lit nnB".
rGas i1ienen Sic ooh eben ni1i
81 finoen, aIs Sic nit De 2nncp oraii.
BEN auf Der Ereppe iaBen."
SD bite, qudIen Sic mid niht,
erni6erte ih rrtgeouloig.
rMber ih tpollte Sbnen 10 germ et-
mas iagen," 6rdnste er, iih meiner
9ano berr11tigen6.
% nein, Inn @ottes tpiuen nibt!
Sd mag nihts b0ren."
uno ib ent3og linn i6nea meine
9nro. -
als mir nahbauie 5uriidfubren,
iagte Donp.
r&nt Sir Sngo bir be,ite einen
sfntras gena6t, Nea?"
.Nein!" entgegnete ih flir5. limb
tpenn er nur einen @ran Berltanb bat,
miro er es n lie tun.
Sedsnnbatpamsigites &apitel
Sd fiibrte in iener 3eit elm Gage.
bud. Sd f0nnte erd, rneine lieben
Jreunbe, genau er5dblen, mas id in
oen n1hiten feds Deonaten tot, ia
fait, mas ih oabte. Iber i6 fiirbte,
ielbit Die @ebul6igIten unter eufJ
fonnten babel eini6lafen, tDenn if
oas anes beribten tpoate. 9arum
min ih einen sroBen 5prung in mel.
ner @r5dblung MAIDEN, einen Sprung
bonn SUM- Biz gum 0e5ember. . graus
lame feds Monatel Sic baben mir
10 bieles eeraubt unb mir nidts ba.
gegen gegeben.
Sd itebe am SenIter meines Shlaf-
5intmers uno blide seoanfenlos BIN
aus. Gin beftiger @inoltoB fdbrt ba-
ber unb ntodte, 6aB meine i1Ieht
fhlieBenbe Sire in ben Mngeln fraht.
Die 6ele6a in meinen Blumentopfen
lit berborrt, ,,nb Die 8ogel in ben &1-
figen lino itun1rn. @obin ih blife:
Tim mid @inter, in mir @inter,
ltno mein Sera lit eingefroren."
Nibt nit gis llno 5hnee lit Der
@inter in oielem Sabr erihienen; er
Bot MIR Naiie ,ino Sdmus gebro1t.
6ie Wieien fin6 Elm eirt5iger GROCER
See unb Die Wege bo6enlos. SD ipen.
De meine 8Iide meg bon Der triiben,
grauen 2anbihaft brauBen uno ihaue
geoanfenIos in ben Spiegel. &ann
oies oasielbe runoe, friide, fr0blihe
@eiibt iein, bas i6 Dor feds Mona-
ten bier iab2 Die @angen ii16 bleid
un6 eingefalen; bunfle sdntten lie.
gen rnter ben groBen, blauen Musen,
Die 10 better un6 iorglos in @ottes
id0ne Welt 5u bliden pflegten; ite
iin6 tribe uno matt bonn bielen @ei-
men. Dos Saar lit nahl1iiig aufges
itedt, unb Die ebentals ibIanfe @e-
italt lit tpie gebrohen. @ns fann eine
iolhe 8eranoerung beipirft baben2
Wein 8ater lit franf, iterbenb. Balb,
balb miro @ott mein Iiebes 81ter-
den bon mir nebmen. Ser teure, alte
Wfann, NIT Dem bon friibeiter &ino-
belt mein 2eben aufs ssnnigite ber-
flo6ten mar, Der ioa mir genommen
tDeroen. Der Serr ruff Seinen Die-
ner 5u Sid.
s(nfanss fonnte id i'm nibf fal-
len, ben 8eoanfen an einen iolhen
Berluit es mar 3u bart, 5u bitter;
Evening star., 1947-12-21
Gold Wave and Snow
Bring Threat Of Death
To Needy in Shanghai.
By Reyes Beech
Foreign Correspondent Of The Stor and
the Chjcuoo Dolly News


SHANGHAI, Dec. 20-Visions of
Is white Christmas and a more
bounteous New Year may bring
cheer elsewhere, but for Shanghai
Chinese they portend starvation
and death.
Events of this pre- Christmas week
certify that bleak outlook.
Shanghai had its first snowfall of
the season Thursday. The ther-
mometer went down only to 81, but
the frigidity was enough to exact
heavy toll Of lives. BY early yes
terday 10 corpses-60 OF them chill
dren-had been picked up from the
streets, victims of the cold.
That figure was only half the
number of bodies found after last
years first cold spell, but the wealth.
er man-who promises white
Christmas - forecasts even colder
weather.
Fish Profits Enormous.
AS If nature itself were not cruel
enough, Shanghai's fish market
operators plan to wax rich against
| UNRRA efforts to increase catches
and lower prices.
New Year Day will be the signal
for the big squeeze play.
This cruel plot began when, at
the urgent request of the Chinese
movement, UNRRA sent out l26
modern fishing boats to help haul
in needed supplies of sea food. The
Shanghai fish market, which has
fattened off the fish scarcity, was
Mortified. To head off the UNRRA
fleet, the market operators promptly
put forward a fish-catch quota
calling for only five UNRRA vessels.
Officials Reject Proposal.
BY this yardstick the whole China
coast would need not more than 10
UNRRA boats, according to private
calculations. In light of the alb
normally high fish prices, UNRRA
officials said the markets offer was
quite unacceptable"
All the UNRRA fishing boats,
happily, are in operation-now.
But the Shanghai fish operators
have not given up hope. They know
that UNRRA's China office closes
up shop January l.
The weeks one bright note was
Mayor K. C. Wu's fabulous relief
party for needy residents. All
Shanghais Socialist trillonaires
were there, some on tickets that
cost S10O,0OO,0OO (Chinese). The
affair brought in $57OO0o,0 900, Chi
nese money.
Evening star., 1947-12-21
Paris Buyers Strike
Reduces Christmas
Sales 35Per Cent

PARIS, Dec. 20 (CDN.- Strike
plagued France is now chalking up
a Yuletide number on its walk-out
list.
Without political incentive, COM
pletely spontaneous, and supported
by all the Jeannes and the Jeans
who usually fill the shops at this
gifting season, this is a buyers
strike, and, it's nationwide.
But Paris, citadel of fashion and
haunt of the carefree spenders. is
probably hardest hit. Paris shops
are gloomy places in this season of
gayety. Christmas shopping has
dropped IS per cent. even since last
year. And this despite the fact
that goods on display have almost
reached prewar standards of excel
lence and French creative talent
has surpassed itself,
Window Shopping Prevails.
The windows along Rue St.
Honore and Rue Royale have their
prewar fascination once more and
are a universal drawing card as
usual, but the 1947 holiday shopping
is the window brand.
Famous stores have outdOne them
selves this year in providing the
newest in gloves, neckyear. jewelry;
small shops have mushroomed; {;
dressmakers like Robert Piguet,
Marcel Rochas and Schiaparelli have
added frivolities to their staid salons
and are brimming with gadgets and
novelties.
But salesgirls in little stores and
top-notch emporiums are equally
gloomy. There just aren't any Gus
tomels. All the Would-be buyer has
to DO is look at the price tag and
then in his purse.
Price Schedules Broken.
The government fixed prices hop
ing shopkeepers might be controlled
through fear of "the Inspector but
prices have constantly scared.
The shopkeepers have their own
explanations for bad business this
year. The rich foreigners won't
come here now due to money export
restrictions and fear of new strike
disorders, they say.
Then there's the window black
out" At pm, just when people
start out to shop, window lights
have to go out, because of the power
shortage. Nobody can see the beau
tiful goods they have to offer, the
merchants COMPLAIN.
Evening star., 1947-12-21

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