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Evening star., 1949-06-28
Dorothy Dix
Womon Is Foolish to Allow Husband
To Outqrow Her Intellectually

.alents In a napkin. They may
have q pretty Gift for rauxie or
Art and have spent years Of time
and thousands Of dollars develop
'rag II. but as soon rs they get mar
red they put away their easeas
and clamp the lid down on their
planes and tell you with al air
Of self-rtghtecusness that they
never paint or practice nov.
Many other women think tha,
their whole duty as wives con-
sssts IN being model housewives
and feeding their husbands. There
Is never q speek Of dust on their
floors. Their dinners are cooked
to perfection Their husbands
socks always darned and their
buttons on. and they feel that
having made Q man comfortable
he has no right TO expect anything
else Of them.
Still other women think that
because their husbands found
them pretty and attractive and
companionable ut 20 they win stili
and them that way at 20. even II
they have not added another idea
TO their repertoire In all that time.
All Of which Is . grievous mis-
take. Perhaps. In the old days
when women had few opportuni-
ties Of education and were kept
more or less In the background.
anyhow. men did not expect much
Of their wives except to be rood
cooks and rearers Of children. Per-
haps then 1t didn't matter so
much whether o mans wife was
dull or brilliant. provincial or up
to the minute. whether ahe was
diplomatic or brusoue.
But 1t does now. A mans wife
is an active factor In his saccess
or failure. Many q clever woman
who knows how to make friends
for her husband and who ID popu-
lar herself is his biggest asset. And
many q man Of talent and ability
never gets anywhere because he
Is pulled down by Q boresome
frumpy wife who Is tedious and
tiresome to talk to and whom
other women will not have at anv
price.
Evening star., 1949-06-28
Federation Asks Congress
To Act In Hawaii Strike

contrary to the federation's stand
ing rules to indorse the names OF
any individuals for specific jobs
Mrs. Wiley introduced the pro-
posal which was signed by q
majority Of the membership.
Speaking in support Of the &C.
ton. Mrs. Howard expressed the
opinion the federation should ap-
prove more appointments OF
qualified women to important jobs
She voiced regret that Mrs.
Perle Mesta's qualifications for
her new appointment ~ Ambas-
sador to Luxembourg had been
'minimized" % being lust q
successful hostess" Mrs. Howard
pointed out that Mrs. Mesta has
been an active member Of the
National Women's Party and a
proponent Of equal rights for
women.
Evening star., 1949-06-28

DEAR MISS DIX: ANY worth.
while man has ambitions toward
which he IL constantly working.
A success and advancement come
his wife must keep step with his
progress unless she is Q handi-
cap to him. A wife who kirr-
ply remains housekeepcr with
her mind entirely filled with fam
ily and household matter cannot
have any share In her husband 5
mental life II he has gone on
broadening his interests and I'm
proving himself. She Is more or
less In the position Of Q servant.
through her inability TO longer be
. companion to her husband. This
Is At the bottom Of much of the
domestic unhapptness we see about
Us and explains. II 1t does not
justify. much Of the philandertns
Of husbands who seek abroad from
other women the understanding
their wives cannot give them.
wish you would impress on girls
the necessity Of trying to keep Up
with their husbands intellectually.
A MAN.
Answer: There Is food for
thought for all young wives In
this mans letter. for it is only
too true that the reason that
many wives lose their husbands Is
because they did not keep up with
the procession and the men
marched on and left them behind.
A great many women feel that
marriage gives them the privilege
OF slumping Intellectually as well
as physically. and especially that
they have q right to do 80 after
the children come. Before mar
riage they read the new books and
the papers and magazines and
kept UP with what the world was
doing and were interesting COM
panions. After Junior Is born they
never read anything but the baby
book and their conversation from
then on the balance or their lives
Is confined to feeding formulas
and the cute thing Janey said and
what Mary and Sally and Tom
and Bob are doing.
Many women also regard mar
riage as a reason for burying their
Evening star., 1949-06-28
Won1en's
Clubs
industrial School
Teen-Aeers Helped
By Opti.Mrs. Club

A fortunate group Of teen-aae
girls at the Industrial Home
School has an opportunity for
self improvement as members Of
the Opti-Girls Club. thanks to
the generosity of time, effort and
money Of members Of the National
Capital Opti-Mrs. Club.
An average of 10 girls are
adopted" by the club each year
and, although the turnover at the
home is great, the members who
work with the girls feel . fine
sense Of accomplishment In the
help they can give them during
the short time Of their stay at the
school.
Each member of the committee
working at the school takes one
girl under her wing and becomes
the girls aunt" From then on
she does her best to help the girl
with her social and emotional
problems.
The girls are invited to the
home Of their "aunts," as the
workers are called by them, for.
dinner and are frequently taken
to the movies. Each aunt" does
her utmost to iron out the prob
lens Of her charge.
Chosen % members Of the Opti-
Girls Club for their scholarship
and citizenship. the girls have an
opportunity to meet members of
the Opti-Boys' Club. sponsored by
the Optimist Club Of Warrington
at frequent dances given by the
two adult groups.
Members Of the woman's organ
1zation donate clothes and candy
to the girls and have furnished
clubroom for them. The girls took
an active part in fixing the furni-
ture and painting the walls.
Freedom Of expression is offered
the girls in the art work directed
by the Opti- Club. Modelling
clay gives many a girl an outlet
for the problems that she cannot
voice. Other handicraft materials
donated by club members offer the
same outlet.
The girls are particularly fond
Of the records loaned by members
and book donations have built up
q substantial library for them.
Although the regular meetings
Of the Opti-Girls' Club, held on
the third Thursdays of every
month have been discontinued for
the summer. members are looking
forward TO all-day outings with
the Opti-Mrs. Club.
Mrs. Louis r. Bohraus Is the
general chairman Of the program
and among those who have
worked with her are Mrs. Edward
K. Inman, former president Of the
club; Mrs. Waldo j., Tastet and
Mrs. A. q. Mcdonald. Mrs. j.
Benton Webb Is the new president
of the organization.
Evening star., 1949-06-28
Medals Awarded

The Good Citizenship Medals OF
the Janet Montgomery Chapter OF
the Daughters of the American
Revolution have been awarded to
Chester Parker and Jean Carlin
Of the Richard Montgomery Senior
High School and to Charles Tank
ersley and Barbara Knoll Of the
Kensington Junior High School.
Evening star., 1949-06-28
Engagements Of Interest In CopitoI

Tia engagement q. MaN Aasas-
nssts Call 10 NJ william r
Rrsxht ns Chicago was Anncszncs<
Sunday ey her pareria NJ and
Mrs. Albert u, Can. as tire oele.
erataon os their sssh wedding an
n.vegsasy heA as ths ksnneS.r
Warren.
Miss Gail xas graduated IN iss7
from the School O. Speech O.
Northwestern University Mr.
Bright. who In the 500 al Mrs Rde
Bragweli o! Chieaso and The late
Mr.. Bright Also 10 . graduate @.
Northwestern University ard i,
associated with the accounting
arm Of Ernst a Ernst
The Wedding will take place In
81; Adams Chapel August 30,
Evening star., 1949-06-28

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Evening star., 1949-06-28

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Evening star., 1949-06-28

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haseassaa announce tsas sns Age
ment os taae1s daughter. ciaadss
Helene, 10 NJ John Essxs1
Clark. III. saa 81 M. and AEa
Evening star., 1949-06-28
Shellie NURSER

The wonderful disposobIe nurs-
ina bottle . kit with equip
ment for six bottles $6.95
Kit with equipment for three
bottles es--------S3.75
Roll of pIostic bottles, 100 a
ounce or IS 8-ounce 81
Evening star., 1949-03-31
Il Area War Dead
Returned From Pacific

Eleven Washington area serv-
icemen who lost their lives in
World War II have been returned
from New Guinea and the Philip
pines for reburial in this country,
the Army announced today.
The group was among 1,l47 war
dead who were returned aboard
the Army transport Sergt. Jack j
Pendleton.
The IL servicemen are listed
with their next of kin as follows:
Pvt. Lloyd Chapman, Joseph M
Chapman, Staunton. Va, T/5
Raymond v. Clark, Mary E. Clark
1911 Irving street NV; Pvt. Ned
M. Cottrell. Mrs. BERTHE R. Cot
trell, 1925 Central avenue NE;
Maj. Leigh A. Fuller. Alice B
Fuller, Annapolis. Md: 1st 1t
John A. Heard, Lille c. Heard
Arlington Farms. Arlington, Va
Also Pvt. Eugene Kinard, Mary
Kinard, 1109 Seventh street Sc;
1st 1t. Ralph c. Mann. jr.. Mrs
Ralph c. Mann, 1884 New Hamp-
shire avenue NV: 1t. Col. Win
field w. Scott. Mrs. Dorothy K
Scott, 2734 OrdWay street NV;
Pvt. John L. Sikken, Marion B.
Sikken, 1881 Twenty seventh
street N. E.; Pfc. Charlie j. Soules
Joseph G. Soules. Front Royal
Va, and Sergt. Edwin L. Vessels
Annie Ranks 1904 s street ny
Evening star., 1949-03-31
Most Refineries Increase
Price Of Cane Sugar
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Mar. 31.-Most of
the Nations refineries yesterday
increased the price of refined cane
sugar from 1885 cents a pound to
$40 cents.
The increase followed Mondays
advance of raw sugar prices to
$50 cents a pound, new high
for 1949 and the highest price
since last summer on sales to
operators.
The new price of refined sugar
will be the refiners price to whole
salers. manufacturers and large
chain retailers and is on a basis of
100-pound bulk bags, f. o. b. East,
Gulf and West Coast ports. A few
refners are boosting the price to
only cents.
The increased price was at
tributed to the fact that the Gov
eminent fixed the 1949 sugar quota
at 7,250000 short tons, while cur
rent estimates are that demand
will exceed that figure by sub
stantial amount.
Evening star., 1949-03-31
Astronomers to Meet

DR.. Fred L. Whipple of the Harr
ward College Observatory will dis
cuss meteors at a meeting of the
National Capital Astronomers at
BIS pm. Saturday in the Com
merce Department Auditorium.
Evening star., 1949-03-31
Electric Washers

Electric Washers
Orig. 1880 Norge Wrinser-
Wosher; Glib. eopocity, electric
droin pump-----114.95
I Orig. 1925 Norge Wrinser-
Woshe; Glib. copoeity, electric
droin pump------1o9.95
! Orig. 1885 ABc-o-Motie
WosheT lib. copoctiy. rinses
and spin dys---------1sS.95
I ORIG. 1925 Dexter Wrinser-
Wosher; Glib. eopoeity, electric
droin pump ------99.95
I Orig. 1895 Norge Wrinser-
Washer; Glib. eopoeity, electric
droin ump-----69.95
I Orig. 134.e5 Speed Queen
Wrinser-Woshsr; Glib. copoeity,
electric droin pump ---lo9.sS
Washers, 7th Floor,
The Hecht Co, Washington
Evening star., 1949-03-31

z Orig. so4.oo PhiIeo Projection Type TeIe-
visions, newspaper size picture, mahogany
veneered console --------------4 04.00
I Orig. sol. 90 TeIevision Console, lO-inch
picture tube, FM-AM RADIO automatic record
changer, mahogany veneers- 39o.95
] Orig. 35l.75 Bendix TobIe Model TeIe-
vision, lO-inch picture tube, push-button
tuning, table included 27l.25
Evening star., 1949-03-31
Cos Ranges

wv NhSSS
I Orig 2lo.s5 Norge Ga,
Ronse; z broiIers, light, timer,
1885
I Orig. 1895 Moytos Cos
Ronse; divided top, dutch oven,
we'll cooker 204.95
I Orig. 1895 ReoI Host Cos
Ranse; center burners, large
Storage spoce-----89.95
I Orig. l2S's5 Florence Go.
Range, bur1er cover; used 5e.s5
! Orig. 1895 Toppon Cos
Ronse; divided top, gloss oven
door, automatic oven light,
1925
Orig. 1880 Mosie Chef Gas
Renss; divided top, light, timer.
1880
Appliances, 7th Floor.
The Hecht Co., Washington
Evening star., 1949-03-31

Orig. $4,000 TeIevison console, lO-nch
picture tube, FM-AM radio, automatic record
changer, mahogany veneers- 1895
! Orig. 386.75 RcA Table Model TeIevision,
lO-inch picture tube .o5
! Orig. 35l .s5 PhiIeo TobIe Model TeIevi.ion,
1O-inoh picture tube, mahogany veneered,
1885
All prices include ercise tar.
Teevsion, 7th Floor, The Hecht Co., Washington
Evening star., 1949-03-31

TREMENDOUS CLEARANCE!
SoiIed, Sheets and Cases
(Some Seconds!)
Some seconds with no flaws to affect the wear!
Some soiIed or mussed . easy to make new
looking by quick sudsine! All famous make
sheets that ordinarily sell for much, much more!
Medium weight and heavy weight musns to
choose from! Corded percoIes and siIken-
smooth eombed perooIes! Frostwhites and
pretty postes in the group. Check listing .
and rush in for yours
2el Orig. z.49 to 2.7o sheets-----2.1e
4lS Orig. 2.89 to 3.59 Sheets-----z.59
2z3 Orig. 3.79 to ATS Sheets--------3.29
III Orig. 4.79 to $50 Sheets--3.5o
20l Orig. 5oe to 6oe Coses--49e
1913 Orig. 75c to 95e Coses---69e
437 Orig. 99e to l.39 coses-----89e
Sheets Fifth Floor The Hecht Co., Washington;
Third Floor, Silver Spring
Evening star., 1949-05-09

cAarge, IL mas Sehstahtihe nfoNh'
become obvious that few men in
political life will accept respon-
sibility without authority.
Last week the Senate Armed
Services Committee tentatively
approved new legislation intended,
for the sake of unification of the
armed services, to give greater
powers to the Secretary of De-
fense than he now enjoys.
The proposed legislation would
put the Secretaries of Army, Navy
and Air in subordinate positions
not only to the Secretary of De-
fense but also to his undersecre-
tary and assistant secretaries.
lit is felt by some Of the men
who have been approached to
take the jobs held until last month
by Mr.. Sullivan and Mr.. Royal
that they would be only yes men
in truly unified defense depart
ment. The Secretary OF Defense,
or his deputies, in all likelihood
will consult them about matters
pertaining to their respective de-
partments, but their opinions will
carry no weight. particularly If
the Secretary Of Defense and his
aides are strong men with definite
ideas of their own.
Procedure Changed.
In the past the heads of the
three armed services have had
direct access to the President and
were members of his cabinet. This
is not true now. The secretaries
Evening star., 1949-05-09
Lucas Due Back on lob
Efforts Planned for Senate Action
On Administration Must Bills

though 1t cannot get action on
all Of it. Bills are coming up, for
example, TO afford Government
financing for the expansion Of
industry. as steel. A compromise
tax bill is being discussed which
would lift excise taxes and i'm
pose higher corporate. possibly
income. taxes for q net Of about
500, 900 900 to $4,000. 900 900.
The excise cut is designed to
stimulate buying and retard the
recession. Republicans have al
ready declared for 1t.
But Senator George. Finance
chairman. does not want 10 tackle
o tax bill until fall when the bad
news is all in. Senator Taft,
ranking Republican on Finance,
thinks they can tell the score
earlier, but will yield TO the
George timetable.
Tentative Must List.
The tentative must list includes
a labor bill. getting housing and
aid to education through the
House, a minimum wage increase.
the Atlantic Pact and military
aid. and another pitch on civil
rights about which little optimism
Is felt. The Senate has too big
stack Of appropriations which
could be backgrounds II the
economy drive materializes.
The President Is reported to
want q real effort put forth on
the health bill also about which
his leaders are pessimistic. eva
hackers think too that the Presi-
dent will give them q push.
influential Democrats add they
will not be surprised II the mill
tary aid bill we're postponed for
the sake of absolute assurance on
approval of the Pact. This is
Senator Vandenbers's real desire:
he believes the Pact commitment
by itself is sufficient for now.
Evening star., 1949-05-09
This Changing World
Two Cabinet Posts May Be Hard to Fill
Because Authority Has Been Cut Sharply

of the three defense branches re-
main In closest touch with their
chiefs of staff and other high
ranking heads Of the various de-
partments. and they continue TO
listen TO their problems and ideas
Of which should be done to i'm
prove national defense. But all
they can do about it Is take the
matter UP with the Secretary of
Defense. letting him make the
final decision, regardless Of what
they believe TO be the real in
terest OF the services they head.
Mr.. Johnson's decision. without
even consulting the Secretary Of
Navy. to cancel construction Of
the super carrier. which was ap-
proved last year by both Congress
and the President. Is typical of
the lack Of authority which vests
in the various service secretaries.
At the same time they bear the
same responsibilities toward their
various departments as they al
ways bore.
OF course. there are many men
in political life who would not
be bothered too much by the new
setup and would be willing to ac-
cept positions which carry with
them such honors as 19-gun sa-
lutes when they make official in
spections. Some also may hope
to get publicity which will be use
full later in running for governor
ships or other elective Offices.
Humiliation Is Cited.
Some competent men who have
been approached to fill vacancies
in the Army and Navy Depart
ments recall that Mr.. Sullivan re-
signed not because the plans to
build the super carrier were
junked, but because he was not
consulted before the Secretary
of Defense issued the order to
cease work on the vessel.
When his subordinates in the
Navy Department asked him why
all this happened he was COM
PEELED to reply that he knew
nothing about 1t. He thus was
placed in q humiliating position
which convinced him that he
could no longer remain at the
head Of the department and be
able to maintain his authority
over bis sllhordinates.
Evening star., 1949-05-09

taxes lot Out aeNss afA<~&
Of the horses. but not half as
much as 1t does out Of folks who
come 10 see them run. ! have
been 10 Churchill Downs on sun
day morning and the horses are
always up for breakfast. but not
so the people in Louisville. Rec
ords show that there hasn't been
q breakfast served In d Louisville
hotel the morning after q Derby
since 1918, which was Extermi-
nator's year. And the man who
ate this one was considered so
brave that the city seriously con-
sidered naming a park after him,
and probably would have done so
had 1t not been revealed that his
breakfast consisted Of two Aspi-
rims. sunny side up. jus OF black
coffee and an ice pack.
Nothing stirs until late morn
ing except the streetears and they
go about the streets yawning and
blinking their eyes. Even the
pickpocketS don't leave their
trtfndle beds until near noon.
When, the Derby visitors do
start getting about II Is q more
pathetic sight than when they are
not getting about They look as
II an army OF cats had dragged
them in.
Most OF them seem to have
more blood in their eyes than
they do in their veins. and II tears
at ones heart to watch these
beaten down jewellers trying 70
get their hotel bills straightened
out. struggling with luggage,
swapping and snarling about res
ervations on trains. planes. and
buses. and generally behaving
after the manner OF q fighter
brayely trying TO get of the floor.
Horse Players Story.
Talking about getting home
from q track. q horse player told
me q story the other day that
touched me very much.
A fellow at the track was told
by q tout to take In the first
race and save with S. He did. and
both 8 and s finished out Of the
money.
He looked up the tout and was
told not to worry-just to take
IL In the second and save with
4. The second was run. and
neither IL nor I got any Of 1t.
This went on for fiye more
Evening star., 1949-05-09

get him the rest he needed was
to keep him incommunicado in q
hospital. his health has been the
topic for juicy rumor. Both
here and in Illinois, he has been
shuffied into various sinecures. in
cluding the Cabinet post Of Sec
retary of Commerce. Gov. Adlai
Stevenson has even been queried
by politicoes about whether he
would appoint himself TO the
Senate In Lucas place though he
has been Governor only five
months.
The point seems to be, as the
case Of former Defense Secretary
Forrestal also indicates. that
when public figures here are Ill,
it is better to be frank about 1t.
Whip Myers and other Democrats
got no direct word about Senator
Lucas and they were beginning
to be uneasy: their own investiga-
tions have satisfied them that
their worry was unjustified.
Nerve -Wracking Job.
The majority leader has q
nerve-racking Job these days
with his Southern splinter coales-
cling with Republicans on civil
rights, labor bill, taxes. etc. When
administration tactics misflre. he
gets blamed. sometimes unjustly.
1t was not. for example. his idea
to bull ahead with civil rights the
first thing In the session; he
wanted to get it on the calendar.
but lay 1t aside at intervals for
other matters. The President
changed that with unfortunate
results.
The White House plans to get
its major legislation drafted and
on the Hill before July. even
Evening star., 1949-05-09
Labor Bosses Defended
They Are Called as Vital to Capitalism
AS the Know How Leaders of Industry
rs of Industry

same sort Of leaders arose in busi-
ness and industry.
1t is q humanitarian thing to
provide for our people. But that
doesn't have to be considered at
all. 1t is q ilard-boiled necessity
Of economics. Just plain good busi-
ness. Big bosses" on the indus
trial management side, some of
whom complain SO about the Ga
bor BOSSES" should be thankful
that labor organization has come
along. as q great many Of them
are. It has done much for them,
as for all Of us. They are doing
nicely. We owe them much, too,
for their skill and "know-how." !"
But they didn't do 1t all themselves
and they can't keep it going them
selves. Some Of them seem to
think 50.
That appears to be the attitude,
too, of some in one of our great
political parties, the Republican
Party. Judging from what goes on
in Congress. If that attitude per-
sists. II the objective In labor
legislation continues to be to
punish" something called labor"
and some legendary Frankenstein
labor Bosses" 1t can be forecast
that the Republican Party never
will win another election and will
pass away.
That would be the tragedy Of
our times. For we need two
healthy political parties to check
on one another. That was the
way our great political democracy
has been built up, and that Is the
only way it can survive.
Evening star., 1949-05-09

raees. with ;as, - disastrous re-
sulfs
When The sagsih and lAs' race
came -. Tire scsxe paasvg. CO
FicaS.y q issastns soui. wsni back
10 The tout SILL n fo&ani Of IL
formation. the tout too asr &c
lake ard save with . or TREY
Went. and ! ard . wwre stat ess;
there running wlasn lase rexg es
iAe seld Was beng Gnssdaiec.
BETTER IL Rnst<d.
Busted nos. the saosNs p,Ayer
went back to sae tout With tear
IN his eyes
! live a hundred mlles sfun
here, he said. ard ! hAveus got
a dime ae.t. Tell me. hcw GO Sc,
hons77
Evening star., 1949-05-09

Present admin
istration plans
are to permit
adjournment by
the end of July
II at all pos
sible and bring
Congress b ack
for the unnn-
ished business
in the fall.
Because SEN
ator Lucas doc
tors decide d
that the best
way to pamper
his ulcer and