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when 1 was getting ready for this
part. And Iscame across some gam
blers Id real life that made my bet
In the picture look safe and sane.
There was, for instance, the case
of two mllionaires sitting In their
New York club on dull and rainy,
day. Out of sheer boredom they
got to watching the raindrops trick
ling down the window panes.
"One Of these rich boys bet the
other that one raindrop would beat
another to the bottom of the win
dow. He bet $50 600 he lost.
So he paid the, so grand, and went
back 10 reading his newspaper"
Miss Goddard said she also came
across the wager made in 1902 by
Sir Mark, Skyes and q man named
Clark Gilbert. Gilbert bet Sykes
$500 that Napoleon would be as
sassinated within 100 days. With
Sykes. to pay Gilbert S. for each
day Napoleon lived beyond 100 days.
Napoleon lived until 1921, and Sykes
paid of for two years. In 1904,
however, after having given Gilbert
$2,210, he reneged. Gilbert let the
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THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c. Ais
Z TUESDAY,

rest accumulate for several years,
then sued Sykes for $1l,450.
The judge condemned the bet as
Immoral and impolitic," and Gil
bert was unable to collect.
Miss Goddard might also have
recalled the fate cf William Healy,
a Los Angeles resident who had to
stand still and let his neiehbor pelt
him with two dozen rotten eggs
when Hoover lost to Roosevelt in
1882. You don't catch actors max
ing bets like that about their pic
lures.
Evening star., 1948-01-20
Skins for Carmen
BY the Assoeioisd Pres.

HOLLYWOOD,
Carmen Miranda has a weakness
for matching ensembles. The den
OF her new home is decorated almost
entirely in tiger patterns, against a
background of jungle ferns and
tropical flowers.
To carry the motif a step farther,
her newest bathing suit Is a two
piece number made OF tiger skin,
naturally. *
Evening star., 1948-01-20
p aulette Discovers
Some Rare Waeers
by ms As.eeiaisd Press

HOLLYWOOD. !.
Paulette Goddard, in a forthcom-
ing nlm, is presented as a young
womaa with an unusual affinity. for
poker and roulette.
She loses $4,000 to a profession
al card shark in hazard" and then
puts UP her hand in marriage
againts the $4,000.
Maybe you think that was a
silly bet" Paulette observed, but I
did some reading about wagers
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bride OF DARKNESS" . melodrama
in two acts by Patricia ,TreadwelL NTH
Festival, directed by John Van Meter and
DR.. josephine McGarry callan, with set
tings by Don Gilman and James Waring.
At the University Theater.
THE CAST:
FeHpe-------------- SM Mc1uiIe
Stranger--.-- X. Emmet
Lisa Monroe e---J Janet Fehm
Howard Monroe----------B BiH Gallanan
Jim Fenley James D. Wartng
Arthur Fenley ----- Charles n. EoEers
Dr. Simonds Don Ewing
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Womon's World
Alter Goats, Dresses, Add
Boleros to Remain in Style
By Ertta Haley

IF YOU agree with Mark Twain
4 that "a woman is always better
dressed in fashion than out of it."
then you'll gradually be remodeling
your last seasons clothes to this
seasons modes.
Fashion experts claim that 1t will
take at least two years for the aver
age woman to replace her present
wardrobe with new clothes and the
''new look" This means that re-
making, remodeling and refurbish-
ing will be the order of the day for
some time to come.
Trot out the wardrobe problems in
your closet to see how they can be
handled. Imagination plus ingenu-
ity with needles and thread will do
wonders.
For instance, take the short-skirt-
ed, short-waisted problem. What
better way to solve it than to cut the
dress apart at the waist, insert a
wide strip of another nicely match
ing or contrasting material and add
a matching band at the hem? The
wide midriff inset will delineate the
tiny waist while the bottom band
adds graceful flare.
Use Inserted Bands
To Add Length
Many of your crepe dresses can
be made longer by bands in the
skirt. The skirt, if a rather full
type, can be cut apart and length
ened by adding faille or material
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Wide Range Gives Women
Chance to Be We'll Suited

AS definitely a sign of the new
season as the first brave robin or
Aprirs traditional showers is the
parade of suits which invariably
marks the advent of spring There
something particularly crisp and
tempting in spring suit. No mat
ter what the color, silhouette, width
of skirt or length of jacket, suit
spells spring.
Black and navy blue are the
smartest and most practical colors,
with brown and soft neutrals like
gray and deep beige ranking as
most popular second choices.
Typical spring suit shades lead
off with the pastels in shades of
gray, honey beige, leaf green, palest
cocoa brown, a few orange tones,
light blues and some apple blossom
pinks. The last color usually is
cunningly combined with navy blue,
jacket of the pink and skirt of navy
blue.
Spring navy blue, as always, is 8
color parade alone.
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AHoeft STtpS JoT teHytH.
with peplum (of course you al
ways can add one or long jacket
which will cover the yoke).
Hemline troubles which are not
too severe as to require lots of
length can be solved by using a tape
applied to the hem. When there
isn't enough hem to let down, take
look at the waistband. It's likely
to be made on the fold of the ma
terial. Clip the stitches that hold
the inside to the skirt. open it and
press flat. You can face this
widened band with elasticized rib
bling or wide hem tape.
Cotton Dresses Are
Easy to Lengthen
If your closet holds many cottons,
these are easy to remodel as far
as lengthening goes. One of the
favorite tricks is to use four or
five-inch band of plain material and
add it to the bottom. For a charm
ing effect, applique the print of the
dress over the plain material. Then,
using zigzagger attachment on
your sewing machine, make sever
al rows of stitching, following the
Irregularities in the print. Hem the
material in the usual fashion.
When your closet skeleton is
plain cotton that shows your knees,
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II ERE'S clever summer wash
L L able that you can put together
in no time! It's cut all in one piece
with drawstring to snug in your
waistlinc. Youthful and charming
as can be-
Pattern No. 1913 is for sizes 70, "A. I6,
Is and 20. Size IA. yards of sc or 2y-inch.
The Spring and Summer issue of FAS-
ION offers wealth of sewing inspiration
for every home drcssmaker. Free knitting
directions md n free pattern printed in
side the book IS cents.
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Young Evangelist breaches,
SINGS and PLAYS Accordion

LOS ANGELES. - Little Marjoe
Gortner. three and one-half- year-old
preacher" is the talk Of Los An
geles evangelist circles.
The curly-haired son of the Rev.
and Mrs. Vernon Gortner, both Long
Beach evangelists. made his pulpit
debut at local downtown meeting
and since has given several SER
mons. followers say.
His average sermon lasts about
10 minutes. He also sings and ac-
companies himself on the accordion.
Marjoe's best sermon. say his
hackers, is THE Last Roundup" in
which he comes on singing. dressed
in cowboy suit, and concludes with
a short message on the general
theme.
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Of another type in strips for length.
Another wide band may be placed
at the hem.
There are several other remedies
II your headache is hemline trou-
BILE. One consists of cutting two
lengths of material from around the
waist. This may be replaced with
grosgrain ribbon and hidden with a
gaily colored rayon sash of swathed
cummerbund fashioned around the
waist. Take two strips of material,
seam them together and stitch these
to the bottom of the dress.
The joining may be concealed by
covering it with any one of a num-
Der of kinds of decorative tape,
braid or soutache. Or you may just
want to run rows of stitching around
the dress, evenly spaced above and
below the seam joining.
Another simple solution for skirt
problems is to drop your skirt from
two or three rows of grosgrain rib
bon stitched together and sewed on
top of the waistband. If you can
steal tab of material from under
meath the pocket or down a pleat,
stitch this over the grosgrain, right
in middle of the front, and make
the whole thing appear as part of
the original design.
Still another favorite trick is to
drop the skirt from yoke made of
another material This is eaSv In
do if the problem is a suit or dress
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New Clam Eating Champ
Downs l2Q in 10 Minutes

SEATTLE.-TheP Pacific Freestyle
Amateur Clam Eating Contest asso-
ciation-a serious-minded organiza-
ton with 1893 vice presidents and no
rank and file members-claims a
new world clam eating record of 100
devoured in 10 minutes.
The new champion hailed by the
association is Richard Watson, Seat
tie cab driver, who slammed down
a clam every five seconds during
the l0-minllte contest
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FEDERAL SUBSIDY PAYMENTS

CUBS1DY, which is payment by the
government to a few at the ex-
pense OF many, was for many years
anathema in the halls of congress.
Unfortunately those years are over.
Since the days of the war congress
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continues to vote bill
lions in subsidies for
which the taxpayers
must dig into their
jeans at an average
expense to each FAM
lily of more than $500
a year. Possibly there
was an excuse for the
payment of subsidies
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Tailored FrOcks

a HANDSOMELY tailored shirt
"A waistcr that's pet style with
every well dressed woman. But
toned down the front, it will be
cool and comfortable to wear-a
JOY to lannder. Have cap or short
sct-in sleeves.
Pattern No. 1914 comes In sizes IA, 1e.
IS. %; 40. AZ. "A and &c. Size 16. yards Of
3g-iuch.
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take tip from grandmother's day
and use patchwork sewn around the
hem.
A plain dress may be cut apart at
two places across the skirt or at
both skirt and bustline, then insert
ed with bands of eyelet. Repeat the
touch Of eyelet at the neckline and
sleeves in a band.
Your remodeling will be simplicity
itself If you have a thermoplastic
dress "twin" to eliminate the guess
work in fitting. This dress form
double" of your own figure, which
may be nodded in about a half an
hour, actually cuts dress construc-
ton time in half and proves boon
in all sewing and remodeling prob
lens.
Remodel Your Navy
Wool Dress
Navy is again favorite color and
you can greet the season with one
that's remodeled from fall and win
ter. Why not consider cutting the
dress in two, making the top pert
short bolero and the bottom a skirt.
Lengthen in any of the ways already
mentioned. Then use the new suit
dress accompanied by the crispest
of white pique blouses.
When you've remodeled your
dresses, turn your thoughts to the
coat situation. Local sewing CEN
ter experts say that you can make
three quarter "shortie" out of your
last years coat. But the real trick
is to line the coat with the cheeriest
print you can find. Then stitch
a matching blouse for the gay en-
semble. Isn't that an idea-and es-
pecially if the lining of the coat looks
as though it wouldn't last another
season..
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CLUBS

The Altruistic Club gave away
a 1917 pound turkey in a drawing
given by the club at the home of
Mrs. Loyola Brown, 80 NE. Sac
ramento Street, Wednesday be-
fore Thanksgiving. Mrs. Rozella
Jackson held the lucky number
(163).
This club was organized by Mrs.
Marie Smith. 1t will be affiliated
with the Oregon Federation of
Colored Women, the Northwest
Regional and National Federation
of Colored Women. It's purpose:
to do art and research. Club col
ors purple and gold. Motto: To
Be, Rather Than Seem To Be.
Officers: Mesdames Ruth Left
ridge, president; Deborah Jones,
vice president; Loyola Brown,
secretary; Effie Ray, treasurer;
Erma Lee Scragg, chairman art
committee; Irene Jones, scholar
ship committee. Members: Mes
danes Zenora Nelson, Pauline
Barber, Cornellias Ferguson, Doris
J. Taylor, Fairy Belle Immersion.
Meetings: second and fourth
Wednesday of each month.
Fairy Belle Immersion,
Reporter.
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ments among the Southern white
Democrats are SO disappointed
over the election of President Tru-
man and so bitter on the civil
rights program that they may In
crease the ranks of the Republic
cans in the Southern states with
the hope of forcing the rest OF the
Democrats to fall In line with
Southern traditions on the race is-
sue and help, thus. TO defeat civil
rights for Negroes.
Most Of the white dailies favor
two-party system In the South.
but 1t took the New Deal and the
civil rights program to sound the
death knell of the one-party rult
in Dixie. But the South is facing
a dilemma on the race question
politically and otherwise. Since
the COP is angling for Negro
support, it will hardly follow a
course acceptable to the South.
Liberalism in the South is de-
veloping not according to party
lines. The people are changing
and the people make up the vot-
ers. Negroes abe joining the ranks
of voters and they will oppose
candidates not favorable to their
interests. Their fight, however.
Is not a lone race fight. They
will have the support of some
white voters.
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Negro Electrical Engineer
Appointed to REA Position

WASHINGTON -(ANP) - Jo-
sept F. Douglas, a 22-year-old air
force veteran who holds degree
in electrical engineering, has been
appointed to a position in the
rural identification administration
of the U. s. Department of Agri-
culture, Administrator Claude r.
Wickard announced this week.
The young veteran has been
assigned to the Washington office
where his duties are to help make
engineering studies in connection
with applications which are made
to REA for loans to finance
construction of generating and
transmission facilities for rural
areas.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-12-08

Mrs. James H. Black, Louisville,
KY, visiting her aunt, Mrs. Bessie
Charleston, for several weeks, has
enpoyed renewing friendships ac-
quired when she visited here IL
years ago. She was greatly sur
prised and made very happy to
meet Mrs. Ann Mason, Washing
ton, D. c., formerly of Louisville.
They met while attending the gala
party at Fraternal Hall honoring
Willard S. Townsend, Interna-
tional president of TVS, a dele
gate to National CLIO. Mrs. Ma
son, prominent with the CLIO, was
guest at the Multnomah hotel, to
which she invited Mrs. Black and
Mrs. Jack Martin as her luncheon
guests for a talk fest. Mrs. Mar
tin motored Mrs. Black to Seattle.
They visited the McCullochs and
Murrells. Returning. Mrs. Black
did her Christmas shopping in
Portland
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CUPID DARTS

The glow of white and pale blue
candles above palms was an effec-
tive background for the informal
double ring wedding ceremony
Sunday 8 pm, November %, of
Richard ]. Parker II, son of Mr..
and Mrs. r. ]. Parker, Portland,
and Jettie Mae Gooch, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. William Gooch,
Michigan City, Indiana. at Bethel
A. M. e. church. Rev. G. N. Aus
tin, Jr., read the marriage lines.
The bride, given in marriage by
Mr.. Oliver e. Smith (close friend
of her family, wore a beautiful
tailleur suit and carried an arm
bouquet of red roses. Her attend
ants, Rose Mary Lloyd, Mrs. Geo.
Golden. Mrs. Seth Hill and Jen-
nette O'Dell, all wore gray dress
maker suits. corsages of gardenia.
Sam Wilkerson was the groom's
best man. Ushers were: Seth Hill,
Theodore Burger and Charles
Gragg.
Prefacing the ceremony Robert
Herndon, Jr., sang Because" as
companied by Miss Rosa Marie
Brock, who also played the we'd
ding march.
A reception followed in the
church parlors where the $50
guests partook of the wedding
cake and punch. Many lovely gifts
were received.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-12-08
DR.. Bunche Asks UN
To Admit Israel

PARIS, = (ANP) = DIR. Ralph
]. Bunche, acting United States
mediator in Palestine, requested
the United Nations to admit the
new nation of Israeli to the orga-
nization. He also asked the UN
to request the Jews and Arabs
to confer with one another and
end the Palestine war.
Declaring it was passible that
the Arabs might be willing to
negotiate he said there was a
likelihood that the Palestine con-
fiict may be quickly dissolved
and reasonably settled"
Speaking before the political
committee of the General Assem-
bly,, he pleaded to the Arabs
representatives to act either
through the UN or directly with
the Israeli. If the UN, he added.
keeps the situation in check. war
in the Holy Land is not likely
to break out.
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cratic party.
Southern Negroes have for
some time been turning Demo-
Gratis. The average Negro coter
below the Mason and Dixon line
no longer feels obligated to sup
port the party of Abraham Lin
coin despite the party's historical
role in the emancipation move
ment. Conditions have changed
and parties have greatly changed.
Two forces have brought about
the change in allegiance of South
ern Negroes to the COP. One was
the victories of the NAACP in
fighting against lily-white Demo-
cratic primaries in the South and
the other was the liberal develop
ment in the Democratic party.
The greatest progress in the lib
eral development in the Demo-
cratic party was during the adj
ministration of President Roose-
yelt.
But Negro voters had begun to
sense the Importance of voting
the Democratic ticket some years
before Mr.. Roosevelt became
President. Negro voters in Dixie
over two decades ago began to
realize the Importance of local
and state elections and began to
put more value on their partici-
patton in these home elections in
contrast to the Reconstruction
custom of voting only during the
election years for President.
Negro voters in South Carolina,
Georgia, Virginia, North Carolina
and a few other Southern states
are currently devoted to support
of the Democratic party as mat
ter of expediency as their fore
fathers were to the Republican
party for expediency. Roosevelt
and Truman have greatly acceler-
ated the trend toward solid DEM
ocratic voting of Southern Negro
voters.
In Virginia Negro Democrats
are busily organizing to CONSOLE
date their gains and to win others
next year and especially when i'm
portant local, state and national
electeaions are held. A similar
program is developing in Georgia
and South aCrolina. Leaders are
expecting the movement for great
er Negro participation in politics
and civic affairs in the South to
spread to all the Southern states
before the next presidential cleo
ton.
Meanwhile, conservative ele-
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ZIG 5. E. 18th Phont East 1911
Mary NJ. Duncan Editor

Rev. c. N. Austin. Jr.. in the pres
ence of few members Of the two
families and a small group of
close friends.
The living and dining rooms of
the spacious home were radiant
with candles and white chrysan-
themums. The demure bride, the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. J. r.
Mills, was given in marriage by
her father. She wore beautiful
blue crepe, and a shoulder cor
sage OF white roses and bouvar-
dia Her sister, Mrs. Carron Be
nard, Wishram. Wash. was her
only attendant. The groom's
overseas buddy, John Henry, Pas
adena, Calf. was his best man.
A delightful reception followed.
The brides table was gorgeously
appointed with lace, silver and
crystal The three TERED wedding
cake was augmented by other
delicacies.
The charming Mrs. Morton, Sr.,
and the gracious Mrs. Mills wore
dresses in pastel shades, and cor
sages of gardenia.
Assisting with the reception
were Mrs. Lula Gragg and Mrs.
Jennie Adams, sisters of Mrs.
Morton.
A large collection of lovely
gifts were received by the happy
couple who are at home to their
friends. 1888 Sc. Woodward st.
Returning from overseas, Mr..
Morton, Jr., after some months of
study and training, was appointed
state motor vehicle inspector; first
of such appointment to a race
man in Oregon. Mrs. Morton, Jr.,
is clerk stenographer for the state
welfare board.
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While compliments are being
passed out, flowers given, we all
prefer them while we live-we
think of the very fine gesture, the
appreciation tea, accorded Mrs.
Henrietta Marshall, artist, whose
needle work and paintings won
for Oregon many trophies at the
national conclave of Colored Wo-
mems Clubs, held in Seattle last
August and at Oregon State Fair,
Salem, last September.
The tea held at the Williams
Ave. YWCA was largely attended.
Many saw for the first time the
fine art done by Mrs. Marshall,
who is Fine Arts chairman for
Oregon Association of Colored
Women.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-12-08

Last week was National Flower
Week. Portland, noted for its
beautiful roses, is duly called the
City of Roses. Portland is noted
for many other flowers and shrubs
lin short, a year round garden
Of blooming plants.
The Rosebud Study Clubs
meeting on Wednesday of Ma
tional Flower week shared the
observance through the courtesy
and thoughtfulness of Mrs. Ruby
Maddox as she gave the following
tributes (clippings):
Since this is National Flower
Week it is fitting and proper
that we pay tribute to flowers.
Examine a flower closely and
you will find each perfect petal is
complete sermon. See the liv-
ing plant fade and pass and its
rebirth when the sleep-cycle is
complete. What surer evidence is
there of life eternal.
Flowers and romance go hand
in hand. Flowers and children
are cradle companions. Every
thing loving and lovable is asso-
ciated with flowers. Remember
your pleasant personal thoughts
this week as we all celebrate Ma
tional Flower Week.
The love songs of the world are
written around flowers. In every
language and in every heart they
are acclaimed. Therefore, let your
own heart brighten with its men,
cries as we give tribute to the
universal appeal of flowers.
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Thelma Johnson Street, artist, is
achieving greater acclaim by
leaps and bounds.
On her northwest tour she re-
Gently won the award for the mu-
rial contest at Olympia, Wash,
where the mural is on display. 1t
will soon be brought here.
Mrs. Street is in Portland this
week, having just returned from
her northwest tour, which includ-
ed Washington, Oregon and Brit
ish Columbia. She admits having
visited close to 200 grade, high
schools and colleges, teaching Wis
ual aid and social education.
She is flying down to Mexico
City on her honeymoon after her
marriage Sunday, December IL, at
Seattle, Wash, to Edgar Kline,
play writer. His films have been
produced and seen in Italy and
France. He is graduate of the
College of the City of New York;
did graduate work at Sorbonne,
Paris, and University of Wash
ington.
Mrs. Street is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. James Johnson, in
NE. Couch Street. She was reared
and schooled in Portland = has
travelled extensively - months
this year in Hawaii, giving art
programs in several hundred
schools.
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Mrs. Florence May, according
to information, is teaching in the
public school system OF New
York. where she and her husband
have made their home since they
were married here over four
years ago. Mrs. May told us when
she was here visiting her par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. J. N. Cantreli'
that she had finished the required
course passed the exams, and
was only waiting for her appoint
ment. She received it upon her ar
rival.