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Evening star., 1948-11-01
WhyGrow
Old?
By Josephine Lowman

There is no subject of greater in
terest to women, and sometimes to
men, than the condition of the hair! /!
Loss of hair and graying seem to
be of paramount Importance to those
who have either. Perhaps you hate
your graying locks or dislike the pat
tern Of badness which is developing.
There are as many misconceptions
about badness and graying as there
are about dieting. Actually, so far
as I have been able to discover, there
Is no sure cure for badness or for
graying hair, expect dyeing the lat
ter However, there are indications
and leads to be found in the great
amount of research which has been
done along these lines.
The man or woman who finds out
how to grow thick hair on a bald
head or how to turn silver hair back
to its natural color will become
famous and rich overnight.
Our hair is really an appendage OF
our skin, which is composed of sew
eral layers. The old hair, before
falling out, must deposit vital SUBJ
stance or strand before a new hair
can grow. If the hair on our head
now is incapable Of doing this, M
new hair will appear IN it's place.
Let me, however, give you some
hope. We all know that certain
nervous conditions, unusual states ir
the body such as pregnancy, or ILL.,
nesses are often followed by a tenn.
porary loss of hair. Therefore WI
have proof that general health ane
relaxation and lack Of strain dt
have happy influence on the hair.
It must also be remembered tina
there ere definite cases Of baldnes!
Evening star., 1948-11-01

with dash of cinnamon sprinkled
or top. SO servings. .u4. Z. ".
APPLESAUCE CAKE.
1 pound IA ounces brown sugar.
l pound shortening.
2 teaspoons salt.
4 eggs.
6 cups sweetened applesauce.
2 pounds cake flour.
2 teaspoons cinnamon.
l teaspoon nutmeg.
2 teaspoons cloves.
4 teaspoons soda.
2 cups nutmeats.
l pound raisins.
Cream shortening and sugar. Add
eggs and beat well. Add apple
sauce; sift together dry ingredients
and add. Add raisins and nut
meats. Bake / hour at 1926 degrees
F. in loaf, sheet pan, cups or cake
liners. Sprinkle with powdered
sugar. Frosting is not necessary.
SO servings.
APPLE MlNCEMEAI.
S pounds lean beef, chopped.
l pound suet, chopped.
6 pounds apples, chopped
3 pounds raisins.
2 pounds currants.
3 pounds brown sugar.
u gallon sweet cider.
l teaspoon salt. :
l pound sliced citron.
3 ounces candied lemon peel.
l lemon-juice and grated rind.
! orange-juice and grated rind.
/ tablespoon each cloves, allspice,
cinnamon.
! teaspoon nutmeg.
Boil cider and sugar to sirup. Add
other ingredients and cook slowly
for two hours. Seal tightly In ster-
ilized jars.
Evening star., 1948-11-01
School Days in Canada
Similar to Those in us.

method, this method has swept
across the elementary schools Of
Canada from coast to coast. The
children apply themselves to q
practical problem or enterprise
rather than practice training in
mental discipline per Sc. Social
studies are replacing the more
formal geography, history and civics,
English grammar Is not emphasized,
and more freedom Is found in the
classroom.
Versions of this method may be
spotted in many schools around the
globe today. Aimed at adjustment
to the world In which students live,
its success depends largely on the
ability of the teachers involved.
Education in Quebec Province Is
different from education in any
other part of the world because
there exists there a dual system OF
state public schools, based on reli-
gious beliefs. Quebec Is made up
predominantly Of Roman Catholics,
who outnumber the Protestants
there about 6 to /. In towns where
children of both faiths are present
in suf1icient numbers, schools for
both are erected. In general, the
Catholic schools are French speak
ing, the Protestant schools are Eng
lish speaking.
Interesting, too, is the right of
the minority in any community to
dissent from the majority and to
form their own school board and
schools when there Is a sufficient
number Of pupils involved to war.
rant 1t.
Quebec also has q number of near
trade schools teaching the arts and
crafts for which French Canadians
are noted. English is introduced
into French-speaking schools, and
vice versa, at an early age.
Alberta made history In recent
years with the consolidating and
modernizing Of its country schools,
resulting in schools as modern as
their urban counterparts. One fea-
ture of the new school buildings is
the placing of each classroom in a
separate wing of the school build
ing, with full windows on three sides
Of each wing.
In Ottawa's municipal pool, pub
lie school children are given in
struction in swimming. Music stu
dents study piano in Ottawa schools,
and interested pupils take lessons
after hours.
Only 2 or 8 per cent Of Canadian
children attend private schools. The
vast majority Of the children attend
the proyincially controlled public
schools. The 10000 Indian children
who live on Indian reservations
across Canada attend schools run by
the federal government.
Evening star., 1948-11-01
Bv Betty Miles

American children and their Ca
madam cousins, comparing notes on
schools and studies, would probably
find q great deal In common. For
despite the French influence and
tte existence side by side of French
and English-speaking public schools
in Canada, the philosophy and pro-
grams Of the two countries are very
much alike.
A youngster who has had q chance
to observe both school systems at
first hand-and several other schools
In the course Of his IL years-is
Je6ery Meekins Of 5604 Sixteenth
street NV, whose fathers position
with the United States Government
has taken the Meekins family
around the world.
Jeffery was born in England, and
started school in South Africa. He
never spent more than q year in
any one school. From South Africa
he went to Cairo, and from there
to Canada. He finished the third
grade In Canada, then came to the
United States for the fourth grade,
and then moved to Sac Paulo, Bra
zil. Since Brazilian youngsters va
cation in the time of the year that
corresponds to our winter, he spent
from August to November in the
fifth grade, vacationed, and then
went into the sixth grade in Feb
ruary. Seventh grade found him
In Canada, and now he's in the
eighth grade, student at the Paul
Junior High School.
TITS kind of fun" Jeffery de-
clared, going to school all over
the world It helps, too, If one
has aspirations to be linguist. In
South Africa he had to learn
Afrikans, and he also picked up
some Zulu. In Cairo he was ex-
posed to French, and some Arabian.
He learned Portuguese in the
American school he attended in Sac
Paulo, and studied third grade
French at the English-speaking
Canadian school.
Jeffery, whose mother was born
in Canada, went to the Victoria
school in the small town of Brock
vile, Ontario, last year. Almost a
hundred years old, the school had
been built in 1855. Jeffery found
classes In Canada more formal, and
he had more subjects to study. The
students learned skating at school
there, and baseball, JefIery's
favorite sport, was q constant after
school activity.
Their program Of study, that in
cluded science involving birds, wild
life and flowers, arts and crafts and
current events and social studies
was based on the enterprise system.
Similar to the American project
Evening star., 1948-11-01

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 CasyeH
Evening star., 1948-11-01
By Peggy Roberts

OJ Cxky AUUcVSS
Add to the spirit of holiday en-
tertaining by embroidering gay
poinsettia and holly wreaths on
bridge sets, napkins, runners and
towels. Included in pattern are II
hot-iron transfers measuring from
2 inches square to 21a inches.
Pattern Envelope No. R-2754 in
cludes hot-iron transfers for IL de-
signs of holly wreath and poinsettia,
embroidery stitch Illustrations, ma
terial requirements and complete
directions.
To obtain this pattern send Is
cents In coins, giving pattern num-
ber, your name, address and zone
number, 10 Peggy Roberts, The
Washington Star, p. o. Box 100,
Station G, New York 10, N. Y.
Evening star., 1948-11-01

Delicious-Perfect eating apple
and wonderful for salads. t@5~
Baldwin-Eating raw. applesauce,
pie, .cobbler, apple betty.
Grimes Golden-Same as above.
COMMUNICATING raw or cooking.
Tart and crisp.
Rome Bcauty-Queen of baking
apples, excellent for pies.
Winesap-Excellent for every use,
fresh or cooked. Slightly tart and
very juicy.
Stayman-Splendid keeping apple,
tart and firm meated. Good
for all uses.
Many is the time you want a
recipe for school lunch
programs, church suppers, parent
teacher meetings or civic organiza-
tions. A recipe that is practical,
but tastes good, so here
are couple tailored to a large scale
and one for mincemeat to keep for
pies.
OATMEAL APPLE BETTY.
6 quarts d4A pounds) chopped
apples.
3 cups dark corn sirup.
2 cups hot water.
2 cups brown sugar.
2 quarts rolled oats.
2 cups butter or margarine.
Ia cups flour.
l tablespoon salt.
Place chopped apple in buttered
baking~ dishes. Combine corn sirup
and hot water and add. Mix but
ter, brown sugar, -four, salt and
rolled. oats until q crumbly consist
ency. Sprinkle over the apples
Bake at $50 degrees F. for As min
utes. Serve with whipped cream
Evening star., 1948-11-01
QUER Z!
From E. E. S., WASHINGTON }

I am anxious to know where can
obtain Acidophilus. q cultured milk,
which doctors used to prescribe for
rheumatism and for reduction of
weight. It used to be put up by a
local dairy, but they no longer pre-
pare it. I hope some one can put
me on the path to getting 1t. No
substitute.
Evening star., 1948-11-01
ANSWERS TO REQUEST.
LOBSTER NEWBURG?

(Fron, Mr.. E. d. r., Washington.J
I can answer some of the readers
questions from experience.
To. kill q mole-M. N. B., Chevy
Chase: Purchase one of the prong
type mole traps at any hardware
store. The secret in setting these
traps is first tamp the mole run
most used before setting trap-let
the prongs spring into the ground
two or three times before you finally
set plate for the intruder.
Painting zinc: If the reader who
asked this question a few days ago
will first 60 over the zinc article
with brush and cloth saturated
with vinegar a couple of times and
let dry before painting, her trouble
Is solved.
A few weeks ago a reader asked
about "Crown Imperial" It Is known
as Fritillaria, o bulb of the Lily
family. I advise against this par
ticular member because. of its OBJ
noxious odor.
If any person has a pet recipe for
Lobster Newburg," I'd be interested.
Evening star., 1948-11-01
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.

Information and requests sent
in by the tollotuing haze been
forwarded to those for tohom
they toere Intended:
Washington: Mrs. M. E. S., Mrs.
E. T., Mrs. P. e. j.. Mrs. e. D. O.,
Mrs. L. w. H., r. w., Mrs. G. r. s.,
jr; Mrs. G. L. b., Mrs. A. j. r.,
Mrs. w. M. j., Mrs. H. A., Mrs.
H. F. L., Mrs. A. G. H., Mrs. M.
e. NJ, Mrs. c. c., B. T. r., s. j.,
Mrs. v. T.. r.
Alexandria: Mrs. w. A. S., Mrs.
c. r. L. Arlington: Mrs. D. p. s.,
Mrs. G. r. D., L. p. Bethesda:
Mrs. G. X. Chevy Chase: Mrs.
r. ". c., Mrs. w. II. s. Fairfax:
Mrs. r. E. G. Falls Church: Mrs.
L. A. j. Fort Belvoir: r. A. p.
Hyattsville: Mrs. A. S., I. K.
Kensington: Mrs. M. r. G. Nc
Lean: J. H. Rogers Heights:
Mrs. w. L. B. Silver Spring: Mrs.
J. I. N, Mrs. A. Takoma Park:
Mrs. M. A.
Our thanks to these readers
tDhose contributions Were similar
to Others previously received:
Washington: M. e. R., G. B. T.,
Mrs. M. c., Mrs. L. T. Arlington:
Miss j. M. c., Mrs. T. NICK.
Burke: Miss M. L. Indian Head:
Mrs. M. E. @. Riverdale: Mrs.
Z. w. 8. Vienna: Mrs. w. O.
Evening star., 1948-11-01
TEA PROBLEM?

From Mrs. r. B. b., Falls Church.
Have any Of your kind readers
had any experience with making
tea in localities where the water
has q high mineral content? I
had such experience in Florida and
found that the tea turned very dark
shortly after it was made. Is there
q remedy for this? I have followed
the general rules one follows for
clear tea but they don't seem to
work with this water.
Evening star., 1948-11-01
WEAVING LECTURE.

(From Mrs. c. B.. CheDy Chase.)
On November 6 at 1880 there will
be weaving lecture and exhibit by
Miss Berta Frey. This is the third
meeting for this season of the Po-
tomac Craftsmen, and will be held
In room 43 at the National Museum,
located at Tenth street and Consti-
tuition avenue NV. Visitors are
welcome, and those interested In
membership may get details ct this
meeting.
Evening star., 1948-11-01
TEXTILE PAINTING?
GARDENIA?

(From Mrs. c. T. A., Washington
Can some one please tell me why
my gardenia won't bloom? It's a
beautiful plant about Is inches tall,
very waxy and healthy looking
I've had 1t over a year. It's planted
in topSoil and some sand. ! keep
1t IN q west window where 1t gets
lots of sun.
Evening star., 1948-11-01


(Frons Mrs. J. L. w., Washington
Can any one tell me where can
get ounce preserves? I have tried
many stores in D. c., Maryland and
Virginia without success. I would
appreciate this information very
much.
Evening star., 1948-11-01
PLANTS OR BULBS7

(From Mrs. A. T. w., Washington
I am very much interested In Sc
curing some yellow or white English
or Siberian iris. I have the purple
but I understand there is yellow and
white. Also, If any one has any
extra bulbs. either spring bulbs or
lily bulbs, I would appreciate your
contracting me.
Evening star., 1948-02-28
Taxpayers Reminded to Watch
Exemptions in Filing Returns

son filing a return on those two
forms.
When you file on the 1040 ng
form, you subtract your total
exemptions from your total income
before applying the tax to what's
then left of that income. You have
to work out your tax on the long
form.
Servicemen's wives should remem-
ber:
The pay of enlisted men and nom
commissioned officers is tax-free. So
Those who had no other income don't
file a return.
If you're married to serviceman
who had no income but service pay,
you can claim $500 exemption for
him, if you're filing a return be-
cause you had income of $500 or
more of your own.
The first $500 pay of commits
stoned officer is tax-exempt, too. So
he doesn't have to file return ur-
less he had $4,000 or more in serv-
ice pay. For example:
Suppose he had $1,999.99 cents in
service pay. He doesn't file a re-
turn. Suppose he had $4,000 in serv-
ice pay. He must file a return on
that $500 over the tax-exempt first
81 500.
Suppose he had $1.999.99 in serv-
ice pay, plus 81 900 from an out
side source. That's a total of ST.
1929 over his tax-exempt first ST.
500. He must file a return on that
81, 1899.
Tomorrow: Deductions.)
Evening star., 1948-02-28
Your Income Tux
(Sirth in a Series.)
Rv &ha As.o~fo+.d pr~se


Watch your exemptions in filing
your 1947 income tax returns.
For each exemption you deduct
$500 from your total income before
what's left is taxed.
You get $500 exemption for:
/. Yourself, always, whether
single or married.
2. Your wife, if she had no in
come of her own or is filing joint
return with you.
8. Each dependent.
When husband and wife file
separate returns, he claims his owrl
$500 exemption and she claims hers
If the husband had no income but
the wife is filing a return because
she did, she claims his $500 exemp-
ton, plus $500 for herself.
Dependent Defined.
A dependent is any close relative
of any age, who got more than half
his support from you in 1947 and
had less than $500 income OF his
own.
Can you claim as dependent a
person who had some income? Yes
but only if it was under $500. II 1t
was under $500 he doesn't have to
file a return. And
Even though he turned over to
you all of that less-than-S500 in
come. you don't have to report 1t
but can claim full $500 exemption
for him.
You can't claim as a dependent
anyone who had $500 or more in
come even though he received more
than half his support from you.
Any person with $500 or more in
come must file his own return and
take his own $500 exemption.
For example: you have two sons,
John and Joe, and it's costing you
several thousand dollars to put them
through school. In 1947 John had
s499 income and Joe had $500.
Claim Exemption.
You can claim John as depend
ent. He doesn't file a return. You
don't report his income in your re-
turn. But you claim a $500 exemp-
tion for him.
Not so with Joe. He had $500 in
come. He must file his own return
and claim his own $500 exemption.
You can't claim him as a. depend
ent, even though you contribute to
more than half his support.
You can claim these people as
dependents:
Your child or grandchild: STEP
child but not his children; a legally
adopted child; a brother, sister,
step-brother, step-sister; your par
ents, grandparents or other ances-
tors; your step-father, step-mother;
aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, all
related by blood; and your in-laws;
father -mother-sister brother son
-daughter-in-law.
You can claim as a dependent for
the full year child born to you as
late in 1947 as December 81.
What of a dependent who dies
during the year? You can claim
him for the full year If he died in
1947 as early as January l, 1947.
Example Offered.
For example: If child was born
to you on January i, 1947 or any
time up through December 81, 1947
and lived only few minutes and
then died, you can claim him as
dependent. You cannot claim as a
dependent stillborn child.
You don't do any arithmetic with
exemptions when you file a return
on form W., the Withholding state
ment, or the 1910 short form.
. The tax on both forms is figured
in a tax table. Just list your
exemptions on them. The table al
lows for each exemption Of the per-
Evening star., 1948-02-28
D. G. St. Dovid's Society
To Heur House Member

Representative Davis, Republican
Of Wisconsin, will address the st.
David's Society Of Washington at its
annual banquet and song festival
commemorating the patron saint OF
Wales, for whom the society is
named at Gas pm. Monday at the
Washington Club
A program including community
singing of Welsh hymns and q mixed
chorus of members has been arrang-
ed by William j. Hughes. The re-
ception committee !. includes Mrs.
Emile L. Eckloff, Mfs. William G.
Keat, Miss Katherine e. Williams
and Mrs. Albert j. Matthews.
Evening star., 1948-02-28

.%si eaa4Fg 1881 q kenyon ass Es t. ~
ave. NV. and Constance. Mandragos,
rdna L., = 'egs I'll. Lamont as st, nv ,s
ave. nwS and Imelda Rickher. "A. Bry-
Thomss NIXON. q. 1s1e r pl. Sc. and
wisH hfsls sssss sssssfer - 20 Ssas "a st n s.
and Mary Exline. II. 1415 Girard st.
Harry Kiegley, 80. Boiling Field, and
William Incl. n. Navy, and Nellie Leary,
kenneth B Demaree. % IS. coiiere f sfi Heights, Nd,
sna sna 80 Constance ms Hartman s5' Chevy
Ryland lsei Hail. Ma rs. 1905 18th st. Sc. and
Joyce Nicholson, 19, zoos 18th st..
Esssl Hs.ss hyss fe e. 81 81 St st.
Margaret segar, is. 4i4 9th st. s.w.
Charles Sewers, jr.. 81; AL 18th St, me-,
ana Ruth Shoup' 10, 1913 goth st.
and caliie coyinston, Fl. $40 D St.
wiIlje Pas PAGE, "a oaa and Dorothy Drakeford
William Scott "a. and Jean Holmes. n,
u both Of Fredericksburg, Va;
and Maresiis Difebo. sse, al Ills = 4th T. St. t.
James mes Ksm9,D. '99, jrs .s, $50 lota s.: ne.
Richard Rider. gs. pes Moines, Iowa, and
joan mnnd Lily; "a. Alexsndria w. nd
McDufhe sullivan. 81, 5049 Ayers pl. Sc,
and OzelIa Heatley, Is, 1915 e st. NV.
Evening star., 1948-02-28
Marriage License
Applications

Under D. C. la,Ds, couples must
apply for a marriage license on
one day, t0dit three tnlE days and
receiDe. the license on the fifth
day. Sundays and holidays are
counted the same as other days.
Evening star., 1948-07-19
Bonne File Nobs Mount Vernon
Crown as Matter of Routine

reserve hunter championship to Sky's
Image in workoff under saddle.
A popular victory was Mrs. WILL
lam T. Gary's Tom Tom paired with
william Gary's Jerry in the pair
event. The horses were ridden by
Jane Blount and Jack Lanham, re-
spectively. Avon Shockey's sensa-
tional 5-year-old jumper Red
Knight, with L. Stanley Jones in
the saddle, was winner of the scurry
and placed fourth in the knock
down w. c. Wars Hi
Jack had a good day winning the
go-as-you- please. placing in the
scurry and picking UP a fourth in
the wamup. r. L. Lewis Ranger
ridden by Slade Barnes was winner
of the crowded warmup event and
was third in the touch-and-out.
The two pony events were partic-
ularly well filled with Picken Ham
ilton's nationaly-known pony Red
Fox taking the blue in the pony
saddle event over the Graham sis
ters' Jill ridden by Gail. Laura Lee
Shreve's Chico and Jane Hoffmas-
ter's Juno who finished in that or
der. Winner of the pony jumpers was
Buddy Mayos Cardle Baby with
Red Fox second. Eileen Ledbetter's
Sonny Boy third and Chico fourth.
Evening star., 1948-07-19
Roanoke Net Meet
Won by Leavens
By the Associated Press

ROANOKE, Va, July 19.-First
seeded Don Leavens of Washington
trounced Maurice Fincher of Char
lotte, N. c., in straight sets to walk
off with the singles crown of the
annual Exchange Club invitational
tennis tournament here yesterday.
The notwithstanding southpaw
had little trouble in disposing of
Fincher, an unseeded dark horse,
who had displayed a f1ashy net game
to reach the final round, 6-4, 6-1,
81.
Leavens also teamed with Buddy
Adair, of Chevy Chase, Md, to cap
ture the doubles crown. The first
seeded pair defeated Ed Kilgus Of
Brockway, Pa. and Malcolm Fox of
Baltimore, in straight sets, 6-3, 60,
6-3.
The matches were played on the
Roanoke Country Club clay courts.
Evening star., 1948-07-19
Seeks Record
I'm Auto Jump

A spectacular leap for life" in
which he will attempt to beat his
own world record for the automo-
bile broad jump will be attempted
by Joie Chitwood Thursday night
when he presents his Circus of
Death" at the West Lanham Speed
way.
On Friday night Ed Dutch)
Schaefer, who swept three events
at Lanham last week end and who
has won seven successive events
while going undefeated there this
season, will headline another all
star midget automobile racing card
set for $50 o'clock.
Chitwood, "a, full -blooded Cher
okee Indian and nationally famed
big car racer, holds the present
world record of 86 feet II inches for
his speciality in which he leaps a
sedan into space as another car
attempts to pass directly under
meath.
No fewer than 81 stunt men and
daredevils alternately will race and
otherwise employ 100000 worth of
mechanical equipment while ap-
pearing with ChitWood's thrill show.
Two big name drivers to be Sc
|lected from Rex Records. Ted Tap
petit and Lloyd Christopher will be
included in Friday nights midget
auto racing lineup.
Evening star., 1948-07-19
.'Graw BETTING
Off 6H Million
By the Associated Press

HAVRE DE GRACE, Md, July 19.
There is no Joy at the Havre de
Grace horse race track today-at
least least not as a result Of the sea-
sons monetary returns.
Total wagering for the 11-day ses-
sion ended Saturday was only So
414,713, or a daily average of $685.
155. And adding the $9219,776
wagered in the 14-dav spring meet
ing makes only S15,S34, ,489 al
together or a drop of S6,649, ,342 from
last year.
The spring session was run in
competition with Garden State Park
of Camden, N. j., and ended with
the daily average wager 80 per cent
below a year ago. 1t was hoped that
the tracks first summer meeting in
its history would Offset the drop, but
it didn't work out that way.
The summer daily average was
lower than last spring. Competi-
ton from the new harness track at
Laurel may have been a part Of the
reason.
Havre De Grace officials are
hoping to avoid Garden State COM
petition next year. They have al
ready met with Garden State Of
ficials to try to work out schedule,
and if that fails they plan to appeal
to the New jersey tracks.