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Evening star., 1947-09-30
WhyGrow
Old?
By Josephine Lowmam

We have believed that the mind,
as well as the muscles, must be
exercised In order to remain youth
ful. In the days of our education
we use our minds vigorously. Most
men must continue study along the
lines Of their career, and must think
intensely In order to launch 1t.
Then come the days when the
career Is well established and one
can rest on the oars q little. The
habit Of study is completely dropped
by many men as they move toward
middle age, and most women have
done this long before.
This seems too bad, because at
middle age. the mind Is best
equipped to CLEAN value from the
things we study. Also, q mind which
is not used to q great degree from
middle age on, Is almost certain to
deteriorate and to close In on itself.
Horizons and viewpoints narrow
and the whole great world of keen
interest Is limited to such = small
sphere!
OF course, the mental work which
is most valuable to US is that which
il vitalized by real interest. How
ever, 1t wouldn't hurt any Of Us to
take plain mental ssetting up exer-
cises" The drill and hard thinking
In the study of language or Of
mathematics is supposed to provide
splendid mental exercise, and the
mastery Of a new language opens
up whole new, colorful worlds to
one. However, the mental gym
nastics or the spiritual dividends
will fall fiat If this venture is en-
tered into In a dilettante spirit,
while hard work at it will bring the
results we really want from 1t.
Evening star., 1947-09-30

You are in good hands when you
60 to one of the newest of beauty
salons here in Washington. Good
and thoroughly trained hands. They
say that anything is easier once
the method Is learned, and the
method employed by this salon was
originated in 1888. As the years
have gone by the very latest in
chemistry and beauty culture have
been added to the basic beauty
system originated then.
Today, people trained by this
method are scattered throughout
the world. You'll find skilled salon
operators in England, Cuba, France,
Spain, Uruguay, Canada, and
throughout the United States. And
an interesting point to note is that
only graduates are allowed to give
treatments in the salon in which
they work.
Sixty years ago the main principle
behind this system was that beauty
comes from within. 1t is the same
today whether the salon is here or
in Europe. And on this principle q
Evening star., 1947-09-30

Top honors in the hobby
show at the Charles County
Fair went to Mrs. Edward B.
EdeIen Of BYontown, Nd,
whose entry of q set of 10
Ioose-Ieof volumes of reci-
pes and suggestions for
homenekine, Cleaned for
the most port from the
Reoders' Clearing House
and The Stor Womon's
Poee, got the judges nod.
Mrs. Edelen, who has
been collecting items for the
past 2h years, has filled
the scropbooks according to
topic. For exompIe, in the
book classified "House-
hold" she keeps clippings
on furniture and house.
cleaning, In another, items
devoted to child core ore
filed. Another contains
items on grooming and
clothing, and a fourth is
devoted to recipes and
household hints. She puts
the seroPbooks to work, she
declares, consulting them
constantly for recipes.
Servieeoble, too, ore clip
pings on stains when one
Of the children falls victim
to ink or glue.
Mrs. Edelen, however,
hos never written to the
Clearing House herself!
Before I'd get around to
sending in q reply to q
query" she explained, "I'd
see q siniIor answer sent
In by someone else" The
wife Of q former, Mrs. Ede-
len is the mother OF two
girls, oeed 3 and $. Before
her marriage she taught at
the SurrottsviIIe Elementary
School in Prince Georges
County. B. M.
Evening star., 1947-09-30
By Eleni

complete line of beauty service, a
whole line Of cosmetics have been
evolved. Fancy packaging of cos
metics often accounts for their high
prices. The line of cosmetics car
ried by the salons featuring the
special scalp and skin treatments
that we are talking about do not
fall into this category. They are
perfected and packaged at a mini
mum cost to you.
Lovely skin Is not an accident.
Usually the skinned damsel
has worked toward achieving that
enviable state for long. long time.
Now in this salon the not-so-
fortunates, who for years have been
neglecting the cleansing and stimu-
latlon of their faces, can go and get
a thorough overhaul. We don't
promise miracles, but we do say
that you will be given a very keen
analysis. Operators taught the best
scientific methods of caring for hair,
skin, hands and scalps attend to
you and your individual problems.
You relax in the quiet atmosphere
of the salon and the trained per-
sonnel takes over. Many customers
Evening star., 1947-09-30

fall asleep under this soothing treat
ment. In fact, Miss Margaret Tar
pey. who heads the salon here
claims that nerves play a very inn
portant role in skin and scalp dis
orders. And the tensions of today
demand that a woman get quite .
bit of relaxation to combat them.
From beginning to end whether
you want to have a manicure, q
wave set, a permanent. a scalp treat
ment, a haircut, rinse, your hair
dyed, skin treatments-you can be
assured that the operators trained
in this very good beauty method
will help you solve your beauty
problems adequately.
Evening star., 1947-09-30

An unusual and very smart look
is achieved with this side-buttoned
daytime dress. The lines are flatter-
ing, the detail is excellent. Circle
your waist with narrow belt of the
same or contrasting fabric.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1865 is
designed for sizes u, II, l6. 1S, 20,
20 and ~. Size IA requires 3ss yards
Of IS or 39-inch material.
T For this pattern, send IS cents,
In coins. your name, address, pat
tern number and size wanted to
Barbara Bell, The Washington Star,
P. o. Box 80. Station G, New York
10. N. Y.
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z 2S o.
By Peggy Roberts

A beautifully designed panel that
will bring you many hours of pleas
IRE. Embroidered in soft shadings of
blue, rose and yellow on a cream
linen background, your handwork
will be admired by friends and
family alike Finished panel about
10 by IA inches.
Pattern envelope No. R2604, con-
tains hot-iron transfer for design,
color chart, stitch illustrations and
complete finishing instructions.
To obtain this pattern, send Is
cents in coins, giving pattern num-
Der. your name, address and zone
number 10 Peggy Roberts. The
Washington Star. P. o. Box 100,
Station q, New York 10, N. Y.
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Readers Clearing House

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 CasveH
Evening star., 1947-09-30
MARY OF THE AULD MOOR"

From A. M. S., Washington
For Mrs. r. C. W., Mount Rainier:
These are the words to Mary of
the Auld Moor" as recall them
from memory. There may be some
missing verses as it has been many
years since I have heard them from
mother:
Blew bitter across the Auld Moor;
wanderins home to her own fathers
TAKE nity % on me- me- I impiore
Or this ehild st my bosom v:ll die
From II ths MI, wind that blows across the
oh @bs why S,s leave nsv this fair spd e9, 9t.,
Doomed to roam without friends or home.
Oh. father take pity on me
But her father was deaf to her cries;
:, Not voice or . sound reached the door
How the watchdogs did bark and the wind
Blew bitter across the Auld Moor.
Oh. how must her father have felt
When he came to the door in the morn,
And found Mary dead; and her child
Was clasped TO its dead mothers form.
in frenzy he tore his gray hair
And on Mary he gazed at the doorra
For last night she had perished and died
From the winds that blew across the
hulQ hOOl
The father in grief pined away,
And tbs child TO the grave was soon
And no one lives to this day
For the cottage to ruin has zone.
a villager points out the spot
Where a willow weeps over the door.
Saying there's where Mary psrishsd and
From il. winds that blew across the
Auld Moor.
X Il
POEMS.
From Mrs. J. H., Dickerson.)
To Mrs. L. z. B., Washington. I
believe the author of the little poem
my Greed" is Samuel Walter Foss,
ls5s-l9l1, who also wrote "The
House by the Side Of the Road"
I am not in a position to check
on this but If L. E. B. will do so
! shall be glad to know If am cor
rect or otherwise.
X +
THANK YOUv NOTE.
from Mrs. J. c. G., Washington
I wish to express my appreciation
pnd thanks to those who so kindly
wrote in to the Clearing House Civ
ing me directions for assembling my
poinsettla tablecloth. Particularly
wish to thank Mrs. S., Mrs. K. j. c.,
Mrs. F.. w. H. and Mrs. M. T. S. for
their cards and letters
The Clearing House is wonderful
aid. I was amazed at the replies to
my letters. Thanks so much.
PAPER-DRAPE COMPLAINT.
(Front Mrs. r. r. R.,
Upper Murlboro.)
In the early spring purchased
two pairs of paper drapes which
were very colorful and which I
thought would be nice to use in the
Evening star., 1947-09-30

summer. The background was gray
with bright flowers.
About a month or six weeks after
they were up I noticed some stains
on the floor under the drapes. Upon
examining the drapes I found that
they were very damp, even when it
hadn't rained. and the dye from
the drapes had stained the hard
wood floor. I Immediately re-
moved the drapes, but so far have
been unable to get the stains off the
floor, which resembles black ink. I
have tried several cleansers on q
damp cloth and even used a cleanser
on steel wool, but the stains are still
there.
Could any one suggest how I
might get the stains off the floor
and restore 1t to its original finish?
Evening star., 1947-09-30
kEWhatS Coobin'

WEDNESDAY.
Kidney Ste,D Lima Beans
Whole Wheat Rolls
Cucumber and Watercress Salad
Persian Melon
Kidney Stew
beet kidney tablespoon fat
cup diced potato cold
to 2 onions egg yolk
teaspoon salt Chopued parslsv
1taoiespoon hour l Tablespoon lemon juics
Few drops
Split the kidneys into halves
and any TAT from the kidney wash into
cold water for hour Drain and bring TO
the boiling point drain with simmer
hour removing scum from surface forms Add potato
onions and continue snmeng until kidneys
hour in ALL Blend the with q with lite
water and thicken the with parsey lemon
JUICE ana Noesco sauce by "vi"
Evening star., 1947-09-30
FRUIT CAKE;
ELECTRIC STOVE?

ooIo IOIL oO L
From Mrs. w. J. M, Washington.
First Of all, I want to thank the
ladies who so kindly answered my
request for recipe for French apple
pie and for a hint on how to keep
omelettes from sticking to the pan.
Now it is my turn to offer a con-
tribution. To the lady who asked
for a recipe for fruit cake, here is
an old English recipe which is a
little different from most. It Is a
good family cake" and will keep
for week or so, but I do not know
any method of preserving it.
Fruit Cake: One pound flour, y
pound crushed lump sugar not too
finely crushed, u pound butter, /
pound sultanas. Il pound mixed
peel, eggs Well-beaten, y cup milk,
4 teaspoon soda, 2 teaspoons cream
of tartar.
Cream butter and add sugar.
Beat in eggs. Warm the milk and
dissolve the soda in it. Sift the
flour with the cream of tartar. Add
these alternately to the butter
sugar-egg mixture, beating smooth
after each addition. Stir in sultanas
and peel. Bake hours or more In
large tube or loaf pan, lined with
creased wax paper, first at $50 de-
grees, then after cake is "set" re-
duce to 800 degrees Keep over
night before slicing.
I have two requests to make. The
Evening star., 1947-09-30

the melon in several thicknesses OF
paper, as tightly as possible. Then
give the whole several coatings OF
paraffin or white shellac. Store
them in a cool, dry place.
I have kept watermelons and
csntaloupes this way until after
New Years. 1t is something with
which to surprise the visiting fire.
men" at Christmas dinner.
Evening star., 1947-09-30

1t looks like gold plotted pencil but inside something
hard manipulate This new lip shope" ideo solid
which ooir Of the
stpped and
achieve moothooe line worry spreo
onvo Hps
Evening star., 1947-09-30
KEEPING MELONS.

From r. r. C.. Washington.)
To the lady who wants to keep
melons until Christmas. Pour
melted paraf1in over the stem end
until 1t is thickly coated. Then wrap
Evening star., 1947-09-30
LOCATING PLANT.

From B. c., Washington
Mrs. C. A. W., Alexandria: I be-
lieve the plant you seek is not
ophitogon but ophiopogon. Suggest
you question Southern nurseries.
Fruitland Nurseries. Augusta, Ga,
have it. I have both in my front
yard.
Evening star., 1947-09-30
BEST SNOW SUITp
From Mrs. p. p, Arlington. J

From Mrs. p. p, Arftngton.)
In shopping for winter snow suit
for 2-year -old, what material is
most practical, and is it necessary to
buy one with wool lining? notice
the prices for the 100 per cent wool
lined garments are double that of a
cotton line one.
Evening star., 1947-08-11

See Our Eighth Street WI1doecs featuring
the Neqcest College and Career Girl
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They're Young They're Exciting. They're what you'll
want to'spce Your Fall Wardrobe.
Evening star., 1947-08-11

Rbbone fly front blouse Of wool jersey by "cr0 in white.
black or beige; sizes 10 to Is 1905
Forne plaid corduroy skirt by Co" black with red
beige; sizes 10 to Is
IN sIoos" wool jersey blouse. RoyoI blue
brown Sizes 10 to Is
"M soots wool skirt in whrF, fored style;
beige tweed sizes 10 to
COVER GIRL OUTFIT
C. Shirt of Hope skon sotin striped homboy ginger;
10 to le-------------------------- oo5
Ginger navy hip rounding, both
D. of wool Jersey kelly dark black red;
Mensweo wool fonne skirt grey beige gently fuled,
circular style; both by Mojestie; sizes 10 to 18oo5
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T. Dress-vp Botany ooo wool in red and purple; slim
woisted and full ked by sheo Lynn sizes 10 to IT, 1915
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Red beige, grey dark green sizes Il ls -------1495
"Kordoys" jersey blouse, navy. black sizes II
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Matching peoted wool jersey skirt no black grey sizes
"M soots" bo plaid wool joeket with ored beck, no with
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-07
NEW YORK COTTON

NEW YORK, Nov. G. up -
Cotton futures closed irregular
today following early steadiness,
with final prices Is cents a bale
higher to 30 lower. Traders as
cribed the late reaction partly to
technical reasons, following the
markets sharp advance on We'd
nesday.
Cotton futures turned irregu-
largly lower in late dealings on
profit taking and hedging which
found aggressive mill support
lacking.
Futures closed Is cents a bale
higher to 80 cents lower than pre-
vious close.
Z Open High Low Last
Dec 1886 1890 $3.50 1896 up 8
Nch 1926 1911 1890 1926 up 8
May 1898 1903 1914 1914 off 6
Jly 32.1O 32.33 32.04 32.O6 off 4
Oct 1915 1882 1890 1880 off S
Dec 1927 29.40 1927 1922 off 6
Middling spot 33.15N off 2
N-Nominal.
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@1MAPGAPET NICHOLS
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drag in the post-mortems now"
I'm glad you thought of us.
Ii | had known you remembered
us I'd have written you when
you were overseas"
He didn't answer. Alison look
ed at the bowl of chrysanthe-
NUNS and at the fire and at
the book of poetry Teresa had
been reading. When it seemed
an eternity had passed and he
still did not reply, she looked at
him.
He said "You make me sad
at my lost opportunities, Ali
son."
Another post-mortem. Shall
we forget it,"
He smiled a little. "The letters
l never got? Your thoughts writ
ten down, your feelings? And
you ask me to forget them?"
The rush of cold was Teresa
coming in. An unheard of thing.
Teresa coming home early. And
she was making an entrance:
Sleet cleaning on mink, face
radiant, red roses in her arm.
The miracle that love per-
forms in a woman's face.
II had to get out of that mad
house today" she declared, ct
saw these in a window and had
to bring home an ar1nful.
There's nothing like red roses
in December. Will you take
them to the kitchen, Alison? An
nette will put them in the silver
bowl. She does an awfully good
job with flowers"
Alison went to the kitchen
with the roses and left them.
Then she merely passed through
the living room.
"Where are you going?" Sam
asked.
"Oh. she studies in the after
noon' Teresa replied promptly.
She was standing before the
mirror lifting the absurd little
mink hat from her freshly done
hair. She looked at Sam through
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-07

Sally and some strange voice
tells you that Sally doesn't live
there any more, hasn't in fact,
lived there for three years. So
you call Peg and she asks you
to come around and meet her
husband and baby. The baby
walks and talks. He's a big kid.
And Joe has moved away and
Steve got it at Two Jima and
you can't find anything TO say
to Charley"
"And so you're made consci-
Gus of time all over again."
"Four years of it. But over
there you seem to get the mis-
taken idea that life at home has
been static that people have
stayed where you left them like
your books and your old stamp
collection. And all the time
you've been having too much
time they haven't had enough
to do all the living they've had
to do"
''This time last year I'd have
given anything in the world if
I could have said that"
"You will before long"
"No doubt. This is no gripe.
I'm not sore because I don't
know anybody any more and 1
have to get started all over. I'm
glad that life didn't stop here
and that many of my old friends
crowded in a lot of living in
those years. Where I was in
termed life had stopped: time
stood still for those people. Time
and hope" After a moment he
said, ''But if you'd like to hear
! a grippe, I have one"
/ ''Does it have to do with
French perfume?"
He laughed dryly. eyes, sort
of. Why?"
She told him what he had said
the night she danced with him.
| Walking slowly. his hands in
his pockets, he said, zone day
was standing in the heart of
a wrecked city. Nothing but dev-
astation. You can't conceive. OF
it or what it does to you unless
you've seen it. Debris, disfigure-
ment, rubble. And a few people
natives, thin hungry shadows
poking among the ruins looking
for something to burn to keep
from freezing to death. I Just
happened to remember a letter
from a girl here. l opened it
and read it right there Bring
me a bottle of Perfume she
wrote. It's much cheaper over
there. She wanted a bottle
of perfume but the women of
Europe wanted wood and bread.
Nothing was cheap over there
except life.''
TO BE CONTINUED
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, the mirror. "I'm sure it won't
disturb her if we have some
music. Suzy adores music, you
know. Oh, you don't know now
good it is to come home!"
Music Music filling the
house, seeping into every cor
ner, creeping under the door
Of Alison's room, ringing in her
ears. She couldn't concentr ate.
She could only listen to that sub
tie music. Even when she put
her hands against her ears she
could still hear it. Music, ex-
pressing Teresa's feelings, her
passion and her triumph.
Nor was this all. Later, feel
ing herself shrink inside her
dress, she must go down and
have dinner with them.
She did not see Teresa and
Suzy leave for Sans farm on
Christmas morning. For Philip
came in for her the night before
Christmas Eve and didn't take
her back until four days later.
There was another guest in the
house, Tim Cassard. His mother
had flown to California to spend
l the holiday with her second son
who was III an Army hospital.
Tim was still detached and
seemingly bored, his dark blue
eyes slowly moving. He was like
"a spectator at a football game
sitting high in the bleachers but
seeing and absorbing like a
sponge every play on the field
below. And he was alone. Even
in a great crowd he would have
had an expression of loneliness.
On Christmas Eve in the
afternoon Alison found him
walking far from the house over
the hard snow.
'What brings you out?" he ask
ed.
81 wanted TO walk, too"
EDNA is making the final
plans for the party tomorrow
night and Philip had to 60 into
town. If you'd rather I didn't
walk with you. :"
He laughed low in his throat.
'No. Definitely no. You're SEN
sitive to other peoples moods,
aren't your"
"You don't want people,"
They had begun to walk when
he said, ''When you're a prison.
er you have so much time.
There were quite number in
my contingent, pilots who'd
had to bail out over enemy terri
| tory. And then you wait and wait
:. and wait some more and
eat lousy food and feel your
bones freezing and wait
some more. And because you
have so much time you begin to
do everything slowly so you can
use up time. One of the fellows
made a set of playing cards
with odd bits of cardboard he
could pick up. He took infinite
pains with them and they were
right down to the deuce-be-
cause that was another way
of using up time. And you look
at a house or a tree so long
and carefully that you know it
down to the last minute detail"
1.-THE Russians came. And
then you think that when you
get home everything will be the
same" He turned and looked
at her and smiled slowly. $50
YOU 20 to the telephone and call
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CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX

CHAPTER IWENIY-SlA
They we're both still standing,
Cam with his hands still behind
HIM, the glow still in his face,
his ewes dark and warm and
bright.
~ haven't told you, have l."
bs said, "that I'd planned to
come up to Vermont 70 see you
and your mother after I saw
cpzv and got a few things
straightened out at home. Ycu
sort of beat me to it. Now Pm
sorry I didn't head straight for
Vermont after my ship docked.
Or would you rather I didn't
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-30
Special Program for Servicemen
Marks ColOred Services Tomorrow

A special program for the ben
eft of servicemen by the Cor
nish Chapel, A.M.E. Zion Church
will feature tomorrow's colored
church services.
The program, to be given at
1880 p. M, will consist of a
choir selection, solo by Miss Julia
Allen, duet by the Misses Mary
Jackson and Emma Allen, read
ing by Miss Vina Mae Curry,
solo by Miss Mercedes Hannibal,
instrumental by Theodore Sands,
reading by Miss Jackson, selec-
ton by female quartet, solo by
Miss Wonderlee Duncombe, read
ing by Mrs. Grace Butter, instru-
mental by Miss Floretta Higgs
and remarks on "The Word of
God, Compared to Light" by
Rev. c. c. Higgs.
Rev. Higgs will preach on
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-30
Watson Amends
Plea In Matter OF
Everglades Park
(By Associated Pressl

TALLAHASSEE, Aug. 3d.
Circuit Judge Hugh M. Taylor,
took under advisement yester-
day Attorney General j. Tom
Watson's amended plea to nullify
transfer of 1880 acres of depart
ment of education land to trus-
tees of the internal Improvement
fund.
The land, which the board of
education snapped for equal
acreage elsewhere in the state,
later was transferred to the fed
eral government to become part
of the national park.
Assistant Attorney General
Sumpter Leitner, representing
Watson, said the, two state agen-
cies should have advertised their
intentions before trading the land
so that the public could have an
opportunity to bid on the land.
The lack of such advertisement,
he contended, was a violation of
law.
However, Julius Parker, repre-
senting both the Improvement
board and the board of education,
said the state would not have ac-
cepted any offer for the land and
said the trade was equivalent to
taking an article from one hand
and putting it in another.