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Evening star., 1948-07-07
By Eleni

Women comprise a large percent
age of theater audiences. They
often envy the stars their screen
wardrobes and their ability to look
neat at all times and under the most
difficult conditions. Secretly, a
number of them resent the unruf-
fed appearances of those leading
ladies. Most women, though. just
relax and gaze on the screen fash
ions with great enjoyment
Whether it's Hedy La Mari her
self. or plain Diana Jones who re-
sides in Arlington, snaps have a
way of unsnapping, zippers unzip
and catch on to slips. To take care
of these 1T should never happen in
Hollywood" accidents, screen COM
panies hire the services of wardrobe
mistresses. Among their duties are
included such things as seeing that
seams don't pop, zippers stay tipped,
buttons get sewn on and that a dress
designed in 1900 doesn't get into
picture whose period screams Civil
War. In general, they see to it that
the fashion life on the set runs
smoothly along.
Having very briefly acquainted
you with that phase of "behind-the-
scenes" action. we'll dip little into
actual f1lm fashions. These have
a way. often, of being very extreme.
Women, however, are always in
trigued with them. They seem to
satisfy certain yearnings and de-
sires on their part. When film
fashions are truly lovely, the woman
seated in the audience takes great
pride in being able to judge them
as such. She identifies them as
exactly what I would choose"
When ugly fashions are flashed on
the screen she takes delight in be-
ing able to point out in just what
respect they are ugly. Her superior
fashion taste always seems to win
out, any way you look at it.
That movie stars can influence
the fashion and beauty business is
ably borne out a little better, per-
haps, in past years rather than with
present-day examples. Remember
the Clara Bow lip shape and the
late Jean Harlow's platinum blond
hair rage that swept the country?
Today the dust has settled some
what and bizarre fashion is no
longer the aim OF Hollywood's
fashion people.
Last September screen star.
Evening star., 1948-07-07
By Betty Miles

For humid hours spent IN any OF
the sundry modern versions of the
hammock, the editors of the wom-
ems magazines offer entertaining
reading in their July issues Alex
andria is in the spotlight this
month, as Richard Pratt. architec-
tural editor of the Ladies' Home
Journal tells with words and pic
lures of the beauty Of Holland House
and. Dulaney House. Built by
British sea captain in 1751, the for
mer is now owned by Mrs. Berenice
Fleming Holland. Dulaney House,
declared to be one of the choice ex-
amples of early American elegance,
is owned by Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
Joynt, who have restored the richly
carved interiors.
The Curtins of Watonga. Okla.
population 2,828, are introduced
in the How America Lives"
series in an article by Dorothy Cam
eron Disney. Married seven years
and the parents of two children, the
Curtins follow their respective pro-
fessions-Virginia Curtin is doc
tor, Gerald is newspaper owner.
Included are rules for the happy
wedding of the hot-tempered, by
Leslie B. Holman, MD.
Also in the same issue, Lyman
Bryson stresses the principles of life
time learning in do We Need Adult
Education?"
"Yes, there is Mrs. Kinsey,' says
McCall's in reply to the Peter Arno
cartoon. Mrs. Kinsey Is the mother
of four children Zone of whom died
in childhood, is enthusiastic about
hiking, and explodes when friends
ask her how it feels to be Million
aire now that Sexual Behavior in
the Human Male" is a best seller
Every nickel made, she claims, goes
into further research. McCall'S S
also decorates a factory-built house,
such as that located at New Hamp-
shire Avenue and Rock Creek Park
way NV The house in Washing
ton is l of so throughout the coun-
try. In End of a Boys Life" the
magazine traces the case history of
12-year-old Howard Lang, who killed
a 7-year-old playmate, and is des-
tined to serve % years in the
Illinois penitentiary.
HarperS Bazaar tells with words
and pictures of the things and peo-
pie that are the pride of the British
Isles, among them British exports,
British tailors and British movie
makers of the stature of Ralph Rich
ardson, Laurence Olivier and j.
Arthur Rank.
Vogue looks at New York through
the ewes of an anthronolngiSt. a most
Evening star., 1948-07-07
MIXING COLORS.
from Mrs. J. P, Washington.j

From Mrs. J. P, Washington !
Mrs. w. C. T, Mclean: I think
you can get book on mixing colors
at any store that sells artists sup /
plies. Most paint stores carry charts
for mixing the ordinary house paint
to obtain the desired shade, but
you can get any color you want
with the three primary colors, red, |
blue and yellow, with black and white
for toning them down. 1 believe
YOU can even obtain black by mix
ing these colors, but it is difficult
and messy. l studied art, or rather,
daubed, under the instruction OF a
teacher, and can do fairly good
Job on landscapes and still life and
fabric painting, but certainly am
not an artist. l do know little
about mixing colorS, though. or
course, red and yellow make orange,
red and blue make purple and blue
and yellow make green. You can
get various shadings by adding more
of one color than the other. A
little blue added to the green makes
blue-green, blue added to the purple
makes blue-violet, red added makes
red-violet. Any color added to Its
complement makes shade OF gray,
red and green, blue and orange, etc
I believe you can get brown oy
adding purple to red and green II
am not sure. I much prefer to let
some one else mix my colors, be-
cause I can squeeze bit more out
of the same tube, if I don't get
enough the first time, mix 1t with
white and get approximately the
shade I had before, but 1t is much
more difficult to mix another batch
II YOU are using the primary colors
to mix your paints. 1t is very SIM
ple to tint white paint the color
YOU want with the tubes of paint.
We had some painting done here
in the house last fall, and I wanted
the bathrooms pale peach. The
PAINTER didn't have anything to tint
the white paint. and if l hadn't
had tube of India red, and hadn't
known what color it would produce,
I have no idea what color they
would have turned out They said
it was Just exactly the color they
needed to do it with Il knew that
any way) and they mixed just the
right shade with it. l really can't
think of any more practical way to-
mix the colors you want. than to
study your paints until you know
inst what tint each one will pro-
duce. and learn which two or more
will make the tint you want, then
remember them, or write them III
vour notebook. Unless you want
to take a sample of something you
want matched to department
store here that has a machine to
mix them for you. I believe there
Is one here, perhaps more.
The truth is, I can duplicate al
most any color I want to, with the
tube paints. I even mixed enough
oil stain to finish a cabinet I was
staining. and no one can tell where
the ready mixed one stops and mine
begins. I don't mean to brag-
Just tell you how easy it really Is,
once you are familiar with your
colors and can visualize the one
you want.
There is color chart on sale
In artists supply stores, for about
$1.OO, that will show you all the
colors. but I don't know whether
or not it has any instructions for
mixing them.
Evening star., 1948-07-07
In the July Magazines

effective camera and American
poets. Articles on lobbying, the
opera addict, art, the track, the
technique of the interview and others
make for enjoyable and varied
reading.
House and Garden has things to
say about historic American houses,
too, among them the White House,
the buildings at Williamsburg, and
Kenmore, the home Of George WASH
ington'S sister. Also included Is data
on Williamsburg fabrics that have
been made available to the public.
Sunnyside. the home Of Washington
Irving in Tarrytown. N. Y, is treated
pictorially. and Nantucket note
book is included. illustrated with
interesting sketches.
Should You Have Children After
35?" asks Better Homes and Gar
dens. Author Lawrence Cation says
the picture Is full of hope, and even
of surprising facts" Arranging roses,
says this magazine. can also be a
matter of period pieces and of moods.
Three experts, with colored illustra-
tions, tell how roses may be arranged
in an Oriental, a traditional and a
modern manner. A shirt, contends
Jessie Prather, can be ironed in Ala
minutes-sitting down! With II il
lustrations, she proves her point.
American Home offers pictorial
proof of things for children and
adults to see at the seaShore, and
how to make undersea paperweights.
In Tea Pot Geography" the inter-
esting collection culled from points
all over the GLOBE by Cora Bristol
Nelson is spotlighted. Danton
Walker has remodeled a farmhouse,
and tells about it himself in this
issue.
]. D. Ratchff talks of teeth in the
Woman's Home Companion. ex-
planning the new f1uorine treatment
that cuts down tooth decay, he de-
clares, by 40 per cent. In the same
issue, Jim Bishop tells the world
dUOuI LID MdSSICs
And Howard Whitman points out in
wolf! Wolff" that the notable ro-
mantle. gentlemen of history were
several cuts above contemporary
CaSanovaS.
In Glamour, Hildegord Level in
The Language Of Gestures" tells Of
the things our hands reveal about
our personality and approach to
lie. The Beauty That Survives"
says Hector Bolitho. Is in woman's
voice and her grace, and cites as ex-
amples Lillian Gish, Anna Pavlova.
Ellen Terry. Eleanora Duse and
Queen Victoria. The authors Life
of Queen Victoria" will be published
this fall.
Evening star., 1948-07-07
TREATING WOOD.

From Mrs. C W.. NJ, SilDer SPRING.
To Mrs. E. L. W., Arlington: Boiled
linseed oil rubbed on your chair
several times should bring out the
grain in the wood. Following that,
the next day. apply a thin coat of
shellac, rubbing it off with cloth
as you work. Don't apply shellac
too thickly, and do only a small
part at a time, wiping before it
gets sticky,
Evening star., 1948-07-07
By Dorothy Bihlman

By Dorothy BihIman
For many years youngsters have
been putting on" plays for which
they charge the large sum of cent
and with the proceeds treat the
cast and audience to home made
refreshments. We can remember
way back when we thought our
selves a Sarah Bernhard, dressed
in mothers cast-off clothing. strut
ting across a stage" with curtain
that consisted of a string hung
across one end of the basement
on which was stretched a sheet.
But times have changed, and,
along with everything else, products
of the toy department have become
modernized. What we would have
given at that time for a stage such
as the one pictured! 1t is nicely
constructed of masonite board with
wood frames. is painted in shade
of dusty rose, and the stenclled
scrolls and pillars remind one of
Roman architecture. The curtain
is gray cotton which contrasts
nicely with the dusty rose, and
works on a pulley which completely
captivated one of the models. (She
said she would rather be stage
hand than the leading lady) This
contraption knocks down to q
Evening star., 1948-07-07
Readers Clearing House
Contributions and requests

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 1t
is obviously impossible for us
to test all recipes submitted, We
cannot assume responsibility for
them. Betss CaszOeH
Evening star., 1948-07-07
ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

Information and requests sent
in BY the tolloaoing haze been
forwarded to those for 1Dhon1
they Uere intended:
Washington-Mrs. F. u, A. C..
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Mrs. T. A. c., Mrs. H. NJ, Mrs.
H. B., E. H. H., Mrs. B. S., E. c.
D., Miss B. Y, Mrs. w. c., E. G..
S., Miss M. H., L. A. P.
AriingtOn-Mrs. B. c., Mrs. J..
o. c. Bethesda-R. w. Bladens-
burg-R. B. Y. Chevy Chase
Mrs. J. M. S. District Heights
C. T. G. Falls Chruch-Mrs. r.
C. T., E. C. M, w. P. c., Mrs. H.
D. L., Mrs. T. H. H. Hopewell-
A. w. Hyattsville-Mrs. A. B. X,
G. G. Lexington Park-Mrs. C..
M. H. Newington-Mrs. E. W..
Silver Spring-Mrs. G. L. Mel
Mrs. A. M. Takoma Park-Mrs.
T. K.
Evening star., 1948-07-07

PAINTING SLIP COVERS.
From Mrs. r. L. H., HenderSonDille,
N. c.
In answer to K. AS question OF
painting slip covers, I suggest that
she secure textile colors from any
good Washington art store and fol-
low the directions carefully. I have
painted draperies, cushion covers
and many other household articles
that have stood up well in washing
and even boiling. I have painted
blouses and children's dresses which
I think have held color after hard
Usage
Evening star., 1948-07-07
THANK YOU" NOTE:
COMMENT.
(From Mrs. H. E. B., McLedn.)

(Fr0m Mrs. II. E. b., McLedn.J
My appreciation and thanks to
Miss R. L. w., Washington" I sent
to r. G. Barter, Youngstown, Ohio,
for four African violets-2 pink, 2
red-the plants arrived in splendid
condition and are growing nicely,
blooming since the day they were
received. I am so well pleased.
Also my thanks and appreciation
to Mrs. O. H. S., Arlington, for her
kindness. We sent for the booklet
Ranch and Suburban Homes,
which we received. 1t contains
many lovely homes, but these homes
aren't exactly what we are inter-
ested in, so perhaps some other
kind reader may know where we
can get a book of homes as one sees
in Florida and California.
To Mrs. NJ G., Washington and
several others who have written
about those long, stringy things that
grow out of your fern: Do not cut
or destroy these, as they are feeders
and necessary to your fern. The
more of these your fern has, the
better it will grow.
Once a week, add a little cold
black coffee to the water when you
water your fern. 1t is good for it.
Am glad we now have RICH In
Sunday Star.
SHISH KABOB;
SALAD BOWL?
From Mrs. E. B. r., Takoma Pdrk.)
Some time ago I saw a request
for recipe for shashlik or shish
kabob. Since I've never seen an
answer, I'll send along one.
Shashlik: Use 1-inch square
cubes of lamb cut from either the
leg or loin. Marinate in salt, pep
per and minced onion for several
hours. Run meat on metal skewers
and grill either on charcoal burn
er or under the flame of the broiler.
Serve with boiled rice and tomato
sauce.
Shish Kabob: Prepare meat the
same as for shashlik. However, al
ternate the meat on the skeWers
with mushrooms, small whole to-
matoes, slices of onion and bacon.
Salt and pepper before cooking.
Serve with rice.
I wonder whether any one could
tell me how to keep wooden salad
bowl from cracking. I had individ-
ual wooden salad bowls which
cracked apart, and two broke COM
pletely in two. They were not cheap
bowls. Now I am trying to find out
how to keep large bowl from doing
the same thing Thanks for all
the tips and helps from RICH.
LEMON SIRUP?
From Mrs. F. K. Washington.)
Could some kind RICH reader give
me a recipe for lemon syrup? My
husband says his mother used to
make up a pint of it twice a week
and store it in the refrigerator for
making instant lemonade without
the attendant muss and fuss. 1t
seems she used only lemon juice,
grated lemon rind and sugar, but
he cannot remember the proper
tions or the cooking time.
X
ARRANGING COLLECTION?
From Mrs. R. P. M, WaShington.)
| I am starting collection. Pos
sibly some one else has the same
hobby and can give me some sugges-
tions. 1t is church bulletins which
1 am receiving through friends and
acquaintances and the occasional
ones I receive when I visit some
where.
What I wish is ideas for compiling
or arranging them in the most In
teresting way as to State, locality
and denomination. know this can
develop into very extensive collec-
ton and l want to use an attractive
system. I am also seeking impor-
tart facts, If any. about each church
! to oop,ni1e with the hlllletinS
Evening star., 1948-07-07
DOG NANCE?

From Mrs. A. L. M, Washtngton.)
Can any one tell me anything
about dog mango? Our dog caught
this last summer and we had it
treated at a dog and cat hospital.
We cannot afford to do this every
year and as we love our dog very
much, we hesitate to dispose of him.
He is beginning to get this skin irri-
tation again and we are trying to
cure it before 1t goes too far and
the weather gets too hot. We've
tried the patented medicines, but to
no avail and wondered if any dog
lover has an old-fashioned remedy
we could try. We and our dog will
appreciate any suggestions.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-03-12
Banquet Given At
Starr School For
Basketball Group

A banquet was given at the
Starr School house on Monday
evening, March 8 by Mr.. a n d
Mrs. Charles Kester and Mr..
Mrs. Charles Lear for the basket
ball team members and others
who contributed towards their
successful seasons schedule.
Plates were lai for 35, with
Mrs. George Old Person and Mrs.
Gene Heavy Runner assisting in
serving.
Following t h e banquet Earl
Old Person acted as master of
ceremonies at two hours of en-
tertainment, the program includ-
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-03-12
Shelby Stockyards Co.
Sponsoring School
Competition Contests

The Shelby Stockyards Com
pany is sponsoring a series of
radio programs with the English
departments of the schools of
Conrad, Cut Bank. Browning,
Shelby. Oilmont, Chester, Sweet
Grass, Sunburst, Joplin and Val
Ter participants. The programs
will be given each week on Sat
urday at II a. M. commencing
March IL.
The programs will be Is min
utes in length and a suitable
award will be given the English
department OF the school judged
as having staged the best produc-
ton.
The purpose of the series of
programs is to encourage any
writing or acting talent which
might occur in this area. Pro-
grams must be original and may
deal with any subject suitable to
go over the air. Judges for this
contest will be announced at a
later date, as will a schedule of
dates for the competing schools.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-03-12
Radiation and Cancer

Great exposure Of the skin to
sun. especially among fair people,
makes for cancer risk. according to
the Public Affairs committee and
cancer societies. Sailors and farm
ers have more cancer on their faces
and necks and hands - the exposed
parts Of their body than other
people. White people who live in the
South have more Of this type of can.
Ger than those who live in the North.
Negroes have less of it than lighter
skinned people because their skin is
able to filter out more of the ultra
violet radiation of the sunlight.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-03-12
Hotels Making Rooms
Comfy For Guests

In preparation for this seasons
tourist accommodations, Brown
ing hostelries during the ] a t
month have been placing their
guest rooms in spic and span con-
dition. With the winter lull in
business causing room vacancies,
owners have taken advantage of
the situation by repainting and
revarnishing the interiors.
The institutions making h e
improvements include the Yegen
Hotel, owned and operated by
Miller & Harper. and the Davis
Hotel, owned and operated by
Mrs. Louise Davis.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-03-12

Does 81 900 in savings seem as
elusive as the rainbow's pot Of gold
to you? Then, think about these
facts: BY joining the Payroll Saw.
ings Plan where you work and al.
lotting just $3.50 week for United
States Savings Bonds, you will &C.
cumulate S1,440.S4 in 10 years. Mil.
lions Of my nieces md nephews are
learning from experience that they
can own an even greater amount
Of Savings Bonds through this par.
tial payment plan. In the event you
are self-emplOyed, automatic bond
buying Is available to you through
the Bo7d-A-MOnth Plan at your bank.
{. S. Treasury DrtGj tine NJ
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-03-12
First Flag Raising

First known military raising Of
the American flag. the emblem au-
thorized by the Continental congress
on June IA, TIT, as the nations Off
clal flag. occurred at Fort Schuyler.
N. Y, during the summer of that
year. The garrison there improvised
flag conforming to the pattern set
by congress, cutting up shirts to
form the white stripes, joining bits
OF scarlet cloth for red and cornpos-
ing the blue ground from a cloth
cloak belonging TO Capt. Abraham
SWarthout.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-03-12
Papa Does the Joh

The female OF the sea horse de-
posits her eggs in pouch carried
by the male, who carries the brood
until birth.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-03-12

ing stunts by the boys, songs and
stories and t al k by the older
men.
Evening star., 1948-01-04
A Short Story

DATHED in the glare of many foodlights.
Id Bolton the Great looked down upon the
crowd some seventy feet below him. He swung
easily upon the trapeze, not even breathing
quickly from the part of his act now past.
He wiped his hands on the cloth caught in
the side-rope. He even made the professional
grimace which passes for smile He felt
extraordinarily composed. To know that one
was going to die within five minutes or there
abouts was not - once you got used to it -
anything to be disturbed about But it was
odd how he was obsessed by the realization
that there wouldn't be any tomorrow. He was
foregoing all tomorrows for Nora - 50 that
she could have them, joyous and unashamed.
But the knowledge that everything stopped
tonight affected ones thinking curiously.
He saw the glitteringly bedizened fall
trapeze come numbering up to its place be-
tween the two tall poles an apparently i'm
possible distance away. He finished wiping
his hands, tucked the cloth away, and seemed
to lose his balance. There was gasp from the
more susceptible among the crowd. Bolton
the Great - hanging by one foot - grimaced
again at the people below. He seemed to be
laughing at them for thinking that he could
fall. Tomorrow they would tell that to each
other in fascinated horror. Yes they had
tomorrows Only he didn't, and for moment
he felt shrveled and small But he had only
to carry on for five minutes - four.
Down below, voice began, believing
through loudspeaker. 1t explained this feat
which was the close of the act. A doubly
daring. death-defying leap through space be-
meath the stars. Bolton the Great knew it to
its last adjective. He'd heard it every night
for weeks But this was the last night of his
engagement, and the barker made much OF
that
He swung easily, with the foodlights on
him, and looked out over the Park. Clear
tonight The Ferris wheel rolled in stately
fashion against the darkness of the lower Bay
He saw steamers lights, headed out to sea
The crawling. wormlike string of lighted win
dows which would be ferryboat. The PARK
seemed small below him but very noisy.
There were growing roars from the roller
coaster. interspersed with squealings at pre-
dictable moments. The carrousel pumped
squeaky music toward the sky. The shooting
galleries emitted unrhythnic spattering noises
But the dominant sound was people Fee
rasped upon concrete walks, making con
Evening star., 1948-04-27
Hebert Raps Budget Bureau
For 'Usurping' Powers
BY ths Assseiassd pssss

The Budget Bureau was accused
last night by. Representative Hebert,
Democrat, OF Louisiana of short
sighted vision and OF usurping DOW
ers Of Congress.
He said he plans to introduce leg
islation next year either to abolish
the bureau or spell out its limita- l.
tions.
Mr.. Heberts attack on the bureau
was In an address for broadcast over
Radio Station VINCE, New Orleans.
He said the bureau had ham
strung this country's preparedness
and voided its defenses.
. 1T 10 time that the power Of the
Government be exercised by the
elected representatives Of the peo-
pie, and not the unelected power
drunk little people in the bureau
Of the budget" Mr.. Hebert said.
Terming the bureau AN mcon-
trollable Frankenstein," Mr.. Hebert
said it repeatedly has thwarted the
aims Of the Army, the Navy and the
Air Corps and patriotic civilians
who believed in preparedness" and
has defied the Congress through
actions which have been inimical
to the best interests Of this coun-
try" both at home and abroad.