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Evening star., 1948-09-17
Col, Parker Will Ask
Red Feather Day Gifts
Of One Days Pay

washington area residents will
be asked by Chauncey @. Parker,
general chairman Of the 1o49 Com
munity Chest Federation campaign
to mark October Z Is Red Feather
Day" by giving at least days take
home pay ~ . contribution, It was
announced last night.
"By giving one days net income, !"
Col. Parker said, I'VE can each
truly serve the community on Red
Feather Day.
1.-THE basic, American concept Of
giving neighborly assistance through
the Community Chest is rooted in
our pioneer tradition Of neighbors
gathering at one spot to rebuild
in one day one family's home or
barn. That practice Of giving an
entire day to help one family, while
most effective years ago, cannot
be continued by 1,250,000 people In
the National Capital area.
Modern Expression.
However, we have the modern
expression of that tradition Of
Evening star., 1948-09-17

housewife could make 1t Z point to
stay home that day, to Be there
when . solicitor calls for her per-
sonal gift.
Plans are being completed for
several special activities on October
Z. date Of the formal opening of the
10th annual Red Feather Cam
paign, he said. The activities viii
be announced shortly.
Year-round work Of the USO and.
of 104 Community Chest agencies
during 1949 viii be financed by
proceeds of the campaign. The
disqualification fund of the Chest
Federation will receive some $780,
600 from the total goal amount, FOR
the assistance Of those in need Of
medical and hospital care which
they cannot afford without help
The Federation includes i've
Community Chests, of Alexandria.
Arlington, Fairfax, Montgomery
Evening star., 1948-09-17

$5,023 In his new rank, replaces
Capt. G. Quick, recently promoted
to battalion chief.
The same promotion list, ap-
proved by the city heads yesterday,
elevates Sergt. Herbert D. Grimsley
to the rank Of lieutenant, filling
the vacancy left BY 1t. Thompson.
Pvt. Ralph A. Brown Il promoted
to sergeant, replacing sergt. 'Grjms-
lev.
Evening star., 1948-09-17
Promotions Approved
For Fire Department

Fire Department 1t. Virgil M
Thompson will become . captain
effective October l, In series OF
promotions approved by the Com
missioners on recommendation OF
Fire Chief Clement Murphy.
1t. Thompson, who win receive
Evening star., 1948-09-17
Czechs Modernize Plants

. Czechoslovakia's Parliament viii
soon consider . five-year plan cali
ing for greater industrial production
through modernization Of present
industrial plants and equipment in
the country.
Evening star., 1948-09-17

lhelpfulness and Of community serv-
ice today in the Community Chest
Federations campaign. Every citi-
zen can and should do his full
share"
Col. Parker added 1t still Is pos
sible for everyone to devote an
entire day to serving the commun-
ity, by pledging himself to work
that day for the "other fellow" :"
He may do so by making a Red
Feather campaign pledge Of his
days take-home pay-one fifth Of
a weekly pay check or tenth Of
semi-monthly pay check, he ex-
planned.
1--WE know every gift will not be
received in one day, but we believe
it is good common sense to make
Red Feather Day a practical &C.
casion in terms of total community
welfare" he declared. If during
the campaign everyone of the 600,-
600 gainfully-employed people in
the metropolitan Washington area
would give at least one days take
home pay, our campaign would be
assured of success-even with the
goal of $4,566, ,790.
Practical and Important.
"The days take-home plan is
just that practical, and just that
important. That's why Red Feather
Day Is so important, too."
The campaign chairman said
every solicitor in every campaign
unit could work the entire day So
liciting contributions, and every
Evening star., 1948-09-17

and Prince Georges Counties, and
the United Community Services Of
washington.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-09-03

of delicious pride, it holds two of
restlessness, envy, doubt, humilia-
ton. Anyone who has had the
slightest taste of fame knows that.
Hollywood is more filed with dis
appointed lives than any other
place I know, except perhaps the
ranks of the forgotten writer's and
Broadway actors. Some have had
an exciting day, some will have it
after while, some never will.
Thousands feed hungrily upon long
remembered triumphs-the wonder
ful part in a 1922 play; the story
Munseys printed in 1918: the drama
that got $1,000 prize after World
War l.
OF course, any Woman's life has
its glorious moments. But, believe
me, they can be as intense over
Dads unexpected raise, the splen-
did new baby, Harry's school rec
ord or finding just the ideal sum-
mer camp as over Hollywood or
Broadway success.
Love Is the Secret.
For Marigold and Minnie, too,
the secret and the cure are the
same. Put love into your life, deep
love of children, home, husband,
garden, books, the blind children
at the asylum, the tennis courts at
the club.
Yes, but suppose you don't feel
love? Well, if you don't, it's your
own choice. Dig deep enough into
your job and the love will come.
Even if it isn't easy, make your
self put love into things and it will
come back, pressed down and run
ming over.
Put flowers on the dinner table
and start an amusing story or a
game when the family is gathered
there. Try a dozen mild little af-
fectionate gestures toward Tom.
He's tired tonight? How about the
Wilson affair at the office? Let's
sit out on the step after dinner,
Tom, there'll be moon. Isn't this
nice and restful, just by ourselves"
Take up language, Russian or
Spanish, and amuse the family with
new words. Or move from that city
fiat to the country and whitewash
fences, watch the personalities of
chickens, grow a profitable crop of
potatoes or sell the extra milk.
Write down 10 things that you
are going to do; 10 ridiculous and
unrelated things: Change my hair
do; buy camera; get a kitten;
move furniture around in your room;
turn the storeroom into a game
club and fill it with dominoes,
checkers, puzzles. pencils, pads;
study home nursing; learn to up
holster; sell candy to the women's
exchange
Years ago merchants from the
South seas used to come back with
all sorts of mixed treasures. Make
your life that sort of voyage. How
to start? Why by remembering
these words Seek and We shall
find Ask and We shall receive"
KNOCK and it shall be opened I'M
to you
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-09-03
New Way to Construct
An Old-F ashioned SWING

no YOU want to bring back
II happy moments you've long
since forgotten? For fun in the
sun or a pleasant place to spent a
quiet period of relaxation under
the stars, we recommend this
modernized version of an old
fashioned lawn swing. It's a hit
with grownups as well as children.
There's room for four in the form
fitting seats.
The lawn swing is easy to build. No
special tools or skill are required The
full size pattern offered below provides
all the information needed to buy the
materials. cut and assemble the swing.
All materials specified are stock size and
are now, readily available at most lum-
Der yards.
It's as easy as that. The pattern pro.
Vides a full size. printed paper outline of
each component part of the swing Trace
each piece on the lumber specified saw
and assemble. Wherever two pieces arc
joined. their exact location is shown on
the pattern. All bolt and screw holes arc
also shown. You'll have fun building this
swing and lots more fun using it,
Send soc for lawn swing pattern No
155 to Easi-Bild Pattern Co, Dept. W,
Pleasantville. N. Y
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-09-03
Women's World
Women,s World
Fresh Slipcovers Will Hide
Poor Points of Furniture
Ry G'Aa Haley

NO, YOU don't have to go out to
l Y buy new furniture when your
things begin to look weary. Slipcov-
ers will do amazing things to cover
the poor points or just give them a
fresh, new look
If you want to change the appear
ance of room and can't maneuver
the furniture just the way you would
like, the answer lies in slipcover-
ing it.
If you can't afford to redecorate
the room, you can add gay new COW
ers to the furniture and no one will
ever know what you've done, but
they probably will think you've gone
out and bought new furniture.
If you are living in a one-room
apartment and want to make it look
less like bedroom and more like
a living room, the trick is to make
it look like a studio simply by the
use of clever empowering.
If you really want to change the
room into something new and diff
ferent, be bold in your changes.
If you have lowered, houncy furni-
ture, tailor it, using good and true
solid colors as well as hubby, tex
tured fabrics that add real smart
ness and richness even to the SIM
plest. oldest furniture
Wall colorings do not necessarily
need to be changed. You'll find that
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-09-03
Recipe for Traffic Jam.

WAUKEGAN. lLL.-Want a new
recipe for traffic jam?
Take 300 cases of red raspber-
rles; IS cases of black raspberries;
Is cases of currants: so cases Of
dewberrles; Is bushels of apples,
Mix well and press with a ton
and a half truck.
That's what Wayne Hellenga of
Three Oaks. Mich. did. His truck,
loaded with the juicy ingredients.
overturned on highway Al north of
here There was plenty of traffic
jam but Hellenga was not hurt.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-09-03

For Sale: One of the best motels in Mon
tana. Attractive. Strictly modern s-unit
plus living quarters. At rear of motel is q
modern department house and garage. Ac-
ross the street corner is 4 Broom house
which gives US &c nightly rentals Income
from SIP to SIPS per night. Substantial
down payment. balance terms.
CfIoWN MOTEL G!endve, Montana
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-09-03
BAD DISPOSITION

Why is it, queries Marigold
Wilson, that some people are
Overlooking with cheerfulness.
gaiety and good humor yhile
others ive life Of dreadful
boredom. wondering about the
utility of everything. Some
Oomen regard life as big. hap.
Ply adventure; others tolerate it
as a necessary, dull routine.
Miss Norris explains that any
one whose life is dignifed and
useful cannot help reaping his
share Of happiness.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-09-03

Jackets are very young and cas-.
ual. They furnish vast wearing
pleasure for the small outlay which
they represent, not to mention
their fashion value. At left is
sketched a denim jacket whose
smart shirt lines are all the more
vivid for color contrast bands. At
the right is new idea in country
jackets of lightweight woods such
as houndstooth checks and glen
plaids. always in neutral, muted
colors that have that wear-with.
everything versatility.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-09-03
By KATHLEEN NORRIS

'" WIldI else you nave or
w know or do" demands
Marigold Wilson disconsolate-
ly, eff you haven't a good dispo-
sition? What gives one woman
a good disposition anyway and
gives another a horrible one like
mine? Pm better looking than
my sister, Pam; my husband
makes more money than hers;
my two children are pretty we'll
grown, her four are still very
small. Yet Pam is always inter
ested, always laughing, always
happy and I can't help being
bored, wondering whether it's
all worth while, fighting dread
full sense of being left out of
things, missing things.
Pam looks at me as if she
couldn't understand a word I say,
when try to express the way I
feel. Yet thousands of other wom-
en- experience the same feeling of
futility, of Illustration, of failure. In
a word, to my sister life is one con-
tinual adventure and to me, it's one
continual flop"
Well, of course, we all know that
mood as a mood. But when it be-
comes chronic, it is dangerous. 1t
is unfair to the children of the fam
lily, destructive to the wife and
mother who INDUCES it and su-
premely cruel to the man who is
Juggling along at a dull job and
vaguely aware that whatever he
does, Marigold isn't going to be
happy. Consequently, the atmos-
phere of home is one of gloom and
failure.
Several times, during the many
years when l have been writing
these articles, I have been ac-
cused of undue optimism. Only this
week received an angry letter
from a young woman in a Penn
sylvania suburb, who said among
other things:
II wish you would get tired of
telling us all that we can be sue
cessful, We can be rich and ia
nous. All we have to do, accord
ing to you, is put $40 in the bank
every week and serve our men ap-
petizing dinners made of cuts of
beef neck and turnips. Don't sou
know that SO women out of a 100
never are rich, famous or success
full? You make other women bit
ter when you talk that way
Many Are Unsatisfied.
Well, it never would occur to me
to make these statements, as quot
ed here, so Minnie Forster is mis-
quoting. But I know what she
means. She means that a great
many lives, like that CT Marigold
in the opening questions, are de-
feated and unsatisfied and that it
is nothing short of maddening to
be told by older and more for
tunate women that their failure is
not unavoidable.
What l have said repeatedly and
what I say again now is that there
is no life that may not be digni-
fed, useful and fulfilled. And when
you meet these conditions, you can
not escape happiness.
All success is not what it
seems. Sometimes it is the bit
terest sort of dead sea fruit. All
wealth is subject now to so
many taxes and Obliga tons, so
many irresistible appeals for
charity and general help, as not
to be wealth any longer in the
old sense.
AS for fame. it is a fruit with a
poisoned core. For every moment |
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seems to sink into the room better
and it consequently will look
smaller.
Satin striped fabrics are best
choice if you keep a very proper
home which is not disturbed except
by guests. With these fabrics, a
deep hemline fringe adds richness.
Vertical stripes add height to the
furniture while horizontal stripes
will make it appear wider.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-09-03
Heat Automatically Now

approximately IS per cent Of the
new houses built in the United
States in 1947 included automatic
heating equipment, according to a
survey by Minneapolis Honeywell
Regular company. Before the war
only about 10 per cent of all non
farm dwellings used automatic
controls.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-09-03

For sale: One OF the best butcher shops
IN MiSsoula, business crossing to
5000 month. shop, fixtures and walk
IN cooler. with upstairs apartment good
house and double garage at rear Of iots
grocery stock and meat supply, all on
large lot soft. frontage. owner must
sell on doctors orders. A snap At $4,000
NoRDwICK REALTY
CAS- 8. +th St. W. Phone ss,s
Missoula, Montana
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Cafe For Sale. fully equipped with beer
license. rooms above. 4-year lease Rent
s45 forty-fve dollarsD per. Priced to sell.
Heart OF the Bitterroot Valley. Reason for
selling. Ill health.
Box eli 80. SteyensyilIe. Montana
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For Sale: -Four wheel double dual sxl4 fla,
potion nea stosk. rack. Also grain sides. al
kind Of work.
o. Ii. LoHR Box 8 Dell, Montana
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WANTED

Eor saie:. Recreation center ct Waller Mont.
Very good location in heart Of town, Lot.
building and business priced for quick salc
at s450o.
=. A. DALEY AGENCY
Cut Bank, Montana
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-09-03
Dining Room Chairs
Can Be Frightened


Few of US can afford a new dining
room set as often as we would like,
but empowering the chairs will save
them for many a year
The seat can be slipcovered, a
flounce added to hide the ungainly
legs at least partly. The back also
can be slipcovered with a piece that
simply slips over it.
If you like, the chair and back
cover can be made in one and tied
at the back The cover can be
tailored or frilly, the latter on the
edge, if you like Add draperies
either to match the chair covers or
to contrast with them, and your din
ing room will sport new look
Cotton quilting can also be used
to hide the frame of the chair, if
you really want to disguise it. This
can be cut from a paper or pur-
chased pattern; then pinned, fitted
to the chair and stitched. The Slip
cover then is made to fit over the
padding
Fabric chosen for dining room
chairs should be sturdy because this
furniture receives lot of use Ma
terials also should be washable, so
they can be freshened often without
going to the expense of cleaning If
you choose something bright and
gay, but still in good taste, the joy
of new slipcovers will last a long
time.
The main thing about the covers
is making them fit. Be eXactine
about measurements and fitting, and
use elastic bands or self fabric tie
backs, not only under the seat but
also at the back of the chairs so
they fit smoothly and wrinkle less
readily.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-09-03
Land of Lobsters

Nova Scotia is the worlds larg-
est producer of Holsters, and, re-
markably enough, its geographical
outline resembles lobster. It is
almost entirely surrounded by the
sea and has coast line more than
three times as long at. the entire
Pacific frontage of the United
States.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-09-03

For bedrooms, choose candy
striped fabrics or Powered types. If
the room is small, muted stripe
will be most in keeping, but large
rooms with few pieces of furniture
need large floral prints to give them
the necessary filling.
For rooms that are just in between
you can, of course, combine floral
covering with a plain seat, or
same type of thing can be followed
through in making Grapes.
Change Furniture Style
Through Coverings
If you are living in a one-room
apartment and do not have the de-
sired bedroom, you can use mat
tress on box springs for bed. To
make the room look less like a bed
room, however, the bed should have
slipcover rather than spread
For the bed, select a hubby or
tGXtured fabric in color that goes
we'll with the room. Inverted pleats
can be used on all corners, and a
tailored look should be the goal.
Make the cushions very thick to re-
duce the size of the bed and thus
achieve a sofa look.
If space is at a premium, uphol-
stored boxes can be covered in the
same fabric as the bed itself and
used for storing pillows, blankets
and other goods.
To give room really smooth
look. slipcovers must be carefully
measured and made. Zippers are
popular now that they are again
available because they make the
slipcovers easy to put on and the
final result will be smoothness.
The original shapes of chairs of
which you have tired can be
changed with clever empowering.
If, for example, you have a wing
chair, cover it with a gay plaid and
a solid toned seat to match one of
the darker colors in the plaid. This
will keep the chair from showing
dirt.
For bedrooms and sewing rooms,
wing chairs can be covered with
floral prints or candy stripes. If
you have household pets, it's wise
to make at least two sets of flounces
that Upper on and off so that the
flounce always will be neat and
clean.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-09-03

choosing well for the slipcovers actu-
ally will bring out different colors
in the walls for textures and colors
in slipcovers have a trick of doing
something to the walls themselves.
Select Covers
For Their Use
If you have growing children and
pets Astounding in the home, stoutly
woven duck or sturdy cotton striped
materials are best. They seem to
shed the dirt before it touches them,
they stand lots of wear and tear, and
always will look neat and casual.
Best of all, they are easy to keep
clean.
An old sofa bought years ago can
be made to look almost modern. It's
best to choose some of the textured
fabrics which are so popular right
now. If the sofa is little bit too
large to look attractive, select a
shade to match exactly the wall
coloring and you'll find the sofa
The Mississippi enterprise., 1948-07-17
Madison County
News

On Sunday, July II, a fine SER
vice was held at China Grove with
the pastor, Rev. E. Reed, delivering
an inspiring sermon and song ser
vice rendered by the China Grove
Choir, Mrs. Reed, pianist.
On Sunday, July 25, Rev. Syl-
vester Thomas will preach at China
Grove A.ME. Church. Mr.. and Mrs.
Boone of Roosevelt Street, Jackson,
will render q song service, accom-
panied by Mr.. and Mrs. Foster.
On Tuesday, July -, Mrs A. M.
Bullie visited in Jackson as the
house guest of her sister, Mrs. Mat
tie Jones. She enjoyed a tasty
breakfast in the home of Mrs. Jones.
Mrs. Bullie also listed the home
of Mrs. Beatrice McAlpin. 1401 Topp
St, who has been cry i'll. At this
writing she is much improved, how
ever. Another friend visited was
Mrs. Josie M Davis, 1419 Topp st.
Mrs. Annie Bell McAroy of Madi-
son spent the weekend listing in
the city as guest of her son, George
McElroy, South West Street.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1948-07-17

Mr.. Sam Terry was happy TO have
his daughter, Miss Samuel Terry O.
Chicago to visit him.
Miss Thelma Tinsey of Chicago
is now the house guest of her faith.
er, John Tinsey. She will visit other
relatives while here.
Mrs. Geneva Field Powell of De.
troit, is back home after month
stay in the home of her parents
Mr.. and Mrs Boyd FIELDS.
Mrs. Hattie Mae Fotner and Lizzie
Ann were Crystal Springs visitors
Oh Friday.
Miss Fad Terry was Jackson
visitor Monday.
Rev Willie Kendrics was guesJ
n the home of his mother. Mrs
Emma Kendrick, on Thursday
Mrs. Alice Lemon of New Or
leans is the house guest of her par.
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Luther Buckner
She will also visit other relatives
and friends in Terry and Jackson
while on her trip.
Mrs. Theal Robinson was a Jack
son visitor the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. L. Allen and
Young son, Billie, spent very
pleasant week in the home of his
mother, Mrs. Mary Thames.
Terry Gossip
Well, here we come with red hos
news about you cats and chicks, 50
AXE us in each week.
Well, we hear that Miss M. r.
Terry is SO in love with Mr.. Suffers
smith that she wouldn't take her
rip to Illinois.
Miss Ethel Mae Buckner, you had
better get you boy friend in Ter
~ instead of making love through
nail and pictures.
Albert Porter, is it true that you
are telling everybody that Miss
ciydia M. Griffen is the one and
only one.
Well, we hear that Miss Mary L.
Foster is planning to go to Detroit
The Mississippi enterprise., 1948-07-17
Summer School Al
Lincoln u, Good
And Inspiring

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.,-Varied,
inspiring and interesting have been
the several extra classroom activi-
ties that enrich the summer school
session programs at Lincoln Uni
versity lMoD For the SGT enrollees
mid-weekly movies are presented.
as well as weekly education depart
ment forums where topics of gene
fal interest to in-service teachers
are discussed. The latter program
IS arranged Off and directed by a
committee of teachers representing
cities, small towns and rural areas,
an dare held each Thursday an the
University study-recreation hall.
Recreational activities attract a
surprisingly large number of per-
sons. The summer sessions annual
picnic on July at local off-cam-
pus park featured barbecue and
closing with dancing and cards.
Book and instructional material
displays, lecture-recital offerings,
field trips and two dramatic pro-
ductiones have also been included
AS a special feature s of the II
members of the Mcneil choir of Los
Angeles appeared in recital June
20, singing folk songs, standard con-
The Mississippi enterprise., 1948-07-17

cert recital selections and spirituals
The group is under the direction OF
Albert Mcneil, visiting instructor
at Lincoln University for the past
two summers. who Mos Angeles is
supervisor of music it he public
schools.
The 567 students for whom these
events were planned are divided as
follows: 513 pursue courses in the
College of Arts and Sciences (51 o1
whom are in the intersession-es
pecially for those teachers having
to return to their work in JULY ;2a
in the graduate division and 81 in
the School of Law.
U. S. Maxwell is directo rof the
summer schools.