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Evening star., 1949-11-04

ber was much smaller than had
been mentioned in previous re-
ports.
The Jewish statement said the
State Department was told yester-
day:
THE basic allegation is not that
the government OF Iraq has been
arresting Jews in violation of its
own laws, but that the laws
themselves are in violation of the
United Nations Charter, funda-
mental human rights and the gen.
orally accepted principles of civil
liberty"
Evening star., 1949-11-04

Wide-scale smuggling of contra
band merchandise into Colombia
has brought new and severe penal
measures, imposed in an effort to
halt such operations.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-07-16
Hamp's Band,
Nations Biggest
Money Maker

CHICAGO - Lionel Hampton not
only side-stepped the box office
crash which felled such name bands
as Stan Kenton, Cab Galloway,
Harry James, and Benny Goodman,
an August EBONY photo story
states, but the king of the vibes is
still being booked solid 81 weeks
every year at minimum theater
guarantee of $S500.00 plus attend,
ance percentages each and every
week.
In addition to being the only Ne
CROWNED orchestra in the nation,
Hamps orchestra is also the biggest
money maker, Negro or White, the
Ebony story entitled Lionel Hamp-
tons Million Dollar Band Business
declares. And the Hampton aggre-
CATION made up of 80 persons, is
setting new box office records evry'
where"
Despite the box office slump
which saw many big bands break
up, some going out of business en-
tlielN -- OlnSTS lolIllliS SiiiAh yum
binations. Ebony says that Hamp 5
band is going over bigger than ever.
LAS a business investment as
well as a musician, Lionel Hampton
is strictly solid" the feature states,
and continued:
He boasts broken house records
in thousands of cities including an
all-time high of $S5, 100000 collected
at the box office in n single week
at New Yorks Strand Theatre. A!
Detroit's fair ground. his band eN.
! tablished the nations attendance
record when more than twelve thou.
sand paid $3.50 admission each on
! one night.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-07-16
American Legion
Auxiliary Sponsors
Annual Silver Tea

The annual "Silver Tea" which is
sponsored by the Ladies' Auxiliary
of John Griffin Post No. 1875, Ameri'
can Legion. was held at the Youth
Center on last Sunday afternoon.
The following program was much
enjoyed by all;
Audience - Lift Every Voice
and Sing.
Invocation ~ Rev. ]. Brown.
Solo - Mr., Clifton.
Instrumental Solo $3.50 Mr.. Salvage
Reading -- Mr.. Joseph Clark,
Solo - Miss IneZ Armster
Address - Father Theodore Glib
son: Theme $500 THE Miss" Father
Gibson's highlights were the mis-
takes in the guidance of our youth
today. His address gave all food for
thought.
Solo - Mr.. c. c. Miller.
Instrumental Solo - Miss Geral-
dine Rocks.
Remarks Commander |. L,
Davis of John Griffin Post.
Solo Miss Moss.
Response - Mrs, Susan +, Harris
r. N.
Introduction -- Mrs. ELLA Boisfield
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-07-16
Davis Hurls Issue OF
Police Brutality Into
Campaign

NEW YORK - (ANPl-Council
man Benjamin J. Davis, only Ne
gro member of the New York coun'
Ill and currently a candidate on the
communist ticket last week hurled
the issue of police brutality against
Negroes into the election campaign
Davis laid the blame for numer-
Gus police killings and beatings at
the door of the O'Dwyer admins
tration and declared that he would
campaign on this question in order
10 bring the facts to the people.
Pointing to statistics and news
paper reports which verify a mount
ing toll of Negro victims of cops vio-
lence, he challenged the candidates
of all parties to write into their
platforms a program of action which
could serve To unite the community
ami tn labor movement and effect
4 change.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-07-16
Southern White
orotestants Drive
Negroes To Catholic
Church

CHICAGO - Christian Century 5
managing editor, Harold L. Fey,
says in August Negro Digest that
the catholic Church is cashing in on
the continued opposition of South
ern professionals to civil rights and
attracting more and more Negro
converts to Catholicism.
The Popes in Rome have cajoled
and commanded American Catholics
to convert American Negroes to
catholicism for over so years,
writes DR.. Fey in an article entitled
How The Catholic Church Hopes
To Win The Negro" He then in
sists, But for 60 years, the Catho-
lie Church was busy saving the mil
lions of Catholic immigrants to this
country for Catholicism" He adds:
But this phase is ended and now
the Catholic Church no longer has
any excuse for not doing as the
Pope has ordered it to do"
Or. Fey points out in the Digest
article. that in the past twelve
years there has been practically 100
per cent increase in every depart
ment of missionary endeavor by
Catholics among Negroes. This work
Includes over 500 priests, % re-
,.sious orders of men, y religious
rI!crs of nuns and more than 2,ooV
nuns who work on Negro CONVEX
, sion
only the shortage of Negro pIieSt
rrw holds up conversion according
to DR.. Fey. who insists that with
! Catholics constantly championinl
the Negroes fight for civil rights
! the catholic Church will soon start
! to gain more and more devout Ne
gro converts while Protestant
churches are making little if any
effort to gain increased Negro
membership.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-07-16

Gold star Mother, made the presen-
tation to Mr.. walter Pinkston. the
director of the Negro Youth Center
Mrs. Susan f. Harris, R.N., intro
duced and presented the officers OF
the 10th District: Mrs. Perkham'
president and Mrs. Wilay, Sec'y'
After the program a lovely repast
was served by the ladies'.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-07-16
Beverage Dept.
Smashes Collection
Records

All collection records of the state
Beverage Department were smash
ed during the fiscal year just clos
ed with total revenue taken in by
the department amounting to $34.-
22S,1O1.S7, Beverage Lewis NJ. Schott
announced today.
OF this. $21.62S. 913S3 came from
the beverage division. while the Gig
arctic tax brought $12.51S, 1899 to
the state.
The fiscal year total topped the
previous fiscal years take by $47O,-
950.79. Schott said.
Only an increase of $641 $3.50 for
the first six months Of the present
administration as compared with the
first six months of last year made
the record possible Statistics show
that the department was running
well behind the previous years col.
lections when Beverage Direction
Schott was appointed To office by
Gov Fuller Warren.
The rise in Florida's beverage rev.
enue is directly contrary to the ma
tional average, according to figures
released by the u. s. Treasury De
partment. which estimated that
government income from Leverag,
taxes was rown approximately nine
per cent on a nationwide basis.
-~~--~-~----~=@----~~
Director Schott gave considerable
credit for the revenue producing
trend reversal to the new law en-
forcement policy Of the department,
with its emphasis on the elimination
of illegal mOonshine stills and bootl
Ieggers of untaxed whiskey.
Evening star., 1949-01-04
COLORED SUGAR;
pPORI EMSo


{ From Mrs. J. H. S.. Mt. Rainier.)
Colored Sugar. do know where il
can be bought, but it is quite easy
to make Just place the desired
amount of white, granulated sugar
in different saucers. Then put a
drop of vegetable food coloring in
each saucer, using as much coloring
as necessary to obtain the desired
shade. Use the coloring sparingly
at first because a little bit goes a
long way!
English Pork Pie-Perhaps Mrs
J. E. NJ would like the Canadian
pork pie, recipe for which is on
page so of the December issue of
McCall's magazine. This would still
be available on the stands or at
any branch library.
Perhaps some reader could help
me, new homemaker, with my
furniture care problems. How should
dark furniture be cared for? I have
heard of women who use wax on
the furniture and of those who feel
furniture polish is better. Should
the furniture be washed occasionally
and how? If wax, should it 5e
paste wax or liquid?
Also, 1 am concerned about food
bills. who isn't?> But my huS.
band feels that SOS monthly is
too much to spend on food for two
people. Could the readers help me
on this?
May I say that I enjoy The Stars
Women's Page, especially RICH
more than any other paper I have
ever seen. RICH is wonderful
idea!
Evening star., 1949-01-04
BLOCK PRINTING?
HELPFUL HINTS.

From Mrs. C. w. H., Arlington.)
In early preparation for NEXT
Christmas, will some one help me
with experienced advice only on
linoleum block printing of Christ
mas and other cards? The specific
questions I would like answered are
these:
What equipment is absolutely nee
essary? Is it better to buy materials
separately or in kits? What are
the tricks" of easy cutting and
evenly painted surfaces in print
ing? Is there a clearly written book
or pamphlet l may buy giving the
complete technique?
Any one having information on
the comparison of stencil technique
as against block printing would
also be of help. I'd like to start
early to test my ability, so will
eagerly await replies.
Now a couple of hints of my own
to submit:
Has any one else tried using the
iron-on tape on the underside of
mems shirt collars AFTER they
have been turned? Does a fine job
of reinforcing for more wear.
Some one wrote regarding only
one cake of red soap In a box of
steel wool pads. Has the reader
tried the brand in the red and green
box containing soap pads? I find
these satisfactory!
This is only my second letter to
RICH, but I'm thankful that other
readers write more often. It's a
splendid column-of help to any
and every onel
Evening star., 1949-01-04
SHISH KABOB;
HnAAnI IAInN

From Mrs. H. F., WdShinqton.)
To Mrs. d. A. P. of Washington
Shish Kabop is rot necessarily
Armenian. I have eaten it in Greek
and Arabian restaurants. We think
it is very enjoyable dish The
important thing to remember is to
marinate the meat for several hours
overnight or "a hours if possible
1t originally was made with cubes
of lamb, but now any meat can
be used in Kabob. One of the best
recipes is:
Cut lamb into cubes. Combine
= cup olive oil, juice of lemons
half Glove crushed garlic and a few
tablespoons onion pulp. Add a dash
each of dry mustard, black pepper
and salt. Marinate and then impale
on SkeWers alternating with small
cubes or pieces of raw onion green
pepper, and if you wish tomato
Broil This is an idea for barbe-
cue pit Don't be afraid to SINCE ii
around the edges.
Now I have a complaint. Sc
many readers write in for poems
and there is nothing bad in that
but so many, in fact almost all of
them are such familiar, Well-knoWn
poems that they can be found in
numerous volumes in Libraries or
even around the home, if people
would take the trouble to look for
them. Il Just seems a shame to
take up space that could be used
for information on something
valuable.
Evening star., 1949-01-04
Why Grow Old?

and double chins appear where all
was smooth smiling before!
Too much weight makes us feel
awkward, move awkwardly and
think older. Weight can make all
Of the difference between feeling
youthful and feeling older. Actu-
ally, overweight is an extra burden
to carry about and may lead to
fallen arches, backache, chronic
fatigue, slumping posture and even
more serious trouble.
The years will pile up in spite
of us, and no one of so can look
like a person of 20. But obesity,
whether it be five pounds or so,
handicap us in health and attrac-
tiveness and we do not have to keep
it.
This week I am offering my
yearly eight-weeks' self-improve-
ment marathon. This is your chance
to come to me with your problems
in beauty and figure, and I will
help you all 1 can.
Please send stamped, self
addressed envelope with your re-
quest for the marathon leaf1et. Ad-
dress Josephine Lowman in care Of
The Evening Star
Evening star., 1949-01-04
January, 1899

properly, said an authoritative (but
unnamed male in an article on the
art of crying. Among the intelli-
gence to be garnered from said ar
ticle was the fact that brunettes
cry better than blondes and look
more attractive doing so.
The world truffle crop Of 1889
was a failure. serious blow to
epicures everywhere.
Keep your mouth shut" was the
motto of the month. With flu,
pneumonia and colds sweeping the
country, there couldn't have been a
saner saying. 'Chills are the fire.
quent result of people talking and
laughing on returning home from
some evening entertainment" said
one warning piece. Face wells were
advised as a help in keeping women
silent. since most wearers auto
matically refrain from speech to
prevent moisture on the veil.
If whipped cream is wanted
quickly, advised a household hint,
chill the cream, half fill cold glass
fruit jar, fasten tightly an alright
cover, and shake vigorously. (Bet
it doesn't work.
Now that artificial ice is so large
ly used in the large cities. word
of warning from ye anciente fisher
man. Never put CLAIMS near arti-
fetal ice. If you do, they will be
dead in half an hour and totally
unfit for use" Well!
A clever mother discovered that
champagne baskets and small bab-
les were of a size and the fad for
combining the two swept the coun-
try. Any color would be suitable,
but the preference seemed to be for
white enamel baskets with white
padding. Tres chic the infant vino
was a champagne basket baby.
i January was the month women
bsgan to invade the Maine woods.
to1 the CONSERVATION Of guides and
hunters. Parties of feminine shoot
store Salesladies and
such-were padding furiously up
the Penobscot waters, stalking game
and chewing up Tor so irate Maine
woodsmen said all the spruce gum
in the state. To his chagrin, how
ever, man who had spent thous-
and dollars vainly hunting moose
was compelled to admit that his 49,
year-old niece downed a beauty on
her first days try at the sport!
With her first shot!
Evening star., 1949-01-04
By Josephine Lopman

Have you that feeling of personal
attractiveness you once had? Moth
ing gives a woman such self-con-
fidence!
Or are you feeling older and de-
finitely unglamorous? Sometimes
life loses its excitement because of
mental depression, but women often
feel old simply because they have
gained weight.
1t certainly affects me that way!
Even If I did not have bathroom
scales, I would know when 1 have
gained. Suddenly my hair never
looks right. the clothes I liked so
we'll miraculously lose their punch
for me, and the hats I loved, look
silly. That means I have picked
up some weight. think most women
are affected in a similar way.
Too many pounds spoil your idea
Of yourself, and rightly so, because
nothing gives such an impression of
middle age as few extra pounds.
These affect not only your waist
line and hips and tummy but also
your face. Lovely facial contour is
lost in the blur of fatty deposits
Evening star., 1949-01-04
On Being Left Back

of backwardness cast upon him.
Otherwise the school is failing in its
one reason for existence-its service
to each child within its walls.
We always have had and always
will have children who can not take
every subject in the curriculum with
success or benefit 1t is the duty
OF the school authorities to so plan
and arrange the program that such
children get the full benefit of each
day in school.
The school program is more i'm
portant than the subjects it covers,
than any convenience to the ad-
ministration, than any saving of
taxes, because it is the basic influ-
ence in the pupils success or failure.
Study the program of the child who
is being threatened with being left
back and rearrange it to suit his
needs. Then he can't be left back"
Evening star., 1949-01-04
Readers Clearing House

Contributions and requests
must be accompanied by the
senders full name and address.
We will withhold both and use
only initials. Please address
mail to the Readers Clearing
House, Womans 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 CaslceU
Evening star., 1949-01-04
Nv R0rbnra Bah

A welcome addition to junior
wardrobe is this bewitching yoked
dress that combines two fabrics SO
handsomely. The skirt is full and
f1attering and can have a ruff1ed
edging at the bottom if you like
Barbara Bell pattern No. 1919 is
designed for sizes II, IL, 13, IA, 16
and 18. Size IL requires 312 yards
of 39-inch material; l yard eyelet.
For this pattern send Is cents in
coins, your name, address, pattern
number and size wanted to Barbara
Bell, The Washington Star, P. o.
Box 80, Station G, New York 49,
N. Y.
A new-bigger-fashion catalogue
for YOU. Tie latest issue of Stylist
contains so pages of smart styles,
easy sewing, practical sewing in
formation. Free pattern printed
inside the book, Is cents.
Evening star., 1949-01-04
FRENCH LACE COOKIES.

(Fron Mrs. ~ E. B., Washington
I am a visitor here from Bremen
ton, Washington, and have with me
some favorite recipes and have tried
this one and think it is good one
for Mrs j. H. L., Arlington.
French Lace COOkies-Bake at 325
degrees to 10 minutes. Combine
l cup sifted flour. l cup finely
chopped walnut meats, pour y can
corn sirup, light or dark; add a cup
margarine. a cup shortening, ~ cup
light brown sugar. place over direct
heat and bring to boiling point, re-
move from heat, add gradually flour
and nuts, drop rounded teaspoons
on creased baking sheet 3 inches
apart to allow for spreading. Bake
to 10 minutes until light brown.
Cool l minute Remove carefully
with spatula. If you want to, you
can shape some of them into cone
shapes while they are still warm.
Hope YOU like them.
Evening star., 1949-01-04
By A AngeIo Patri

A good school does not leave
pupils back during, or at the close
of. the school term. The pupil lives
with the children of his own age,
his play interests, his social under
standing. School is not just place
in which to learn school subjects,
like reading, writing and arith-
metic. 1t is a place where children
live a goodly portion of their days
and where that living should en-
rich their minds and inspire their
spirits to healthy growth and de-
velopment.
To know how to live with other
people, how to adjust to their ways
of working, playing and general
living is quite as important as to
know how to spell the words in the
list or how to add mixed numbers.
1t is far more important that a
chnds mind, and the attitude OF
mind that we term spiritual. should
be developed and cultivated than
that he should get high marks in
school subjects.
School subjects are important for
many reasons, but chief among them
is their service in developing right
thinking and right behavior in the
pupils. Every lesson given child
should be measured by its service in
that direction. What effect this will
have on the development of his
thinking power, of its quality, and
on his behavior should be the ques
ton ever uppermost in the teachers
mind. Will this child be kinder,
more useful, more intelligent in con-
duct? That should be the standard
of measurement of every course in
sthe curriculum.
When this is true, no child is left
back in the old familiar sense OF
that term because he is always just
where he fits best and where the
school can serve him best If he
cannot read as his companions do,
he is programmed in such fashion
that he gets the reading lesson his
peculiar state of development de-
mands. and without any reflection
Evening star., 1949-01-04
By Marearef Child

There were January white sales
50 years ago just as today, although
the prices were slightly different,
what with 90-by-90 sheets selling for
80 cents
But the cost of winter clothes was
as much to be deplored then as now.
1t was not a hard matter to put
$500 in the velvet of a single cos
tune. And as for the cost of the
work!
To the city housewife forced to
pay from 27 to 30 cents pound
for COW butter, the announcement
that peanut butter at Is cents a
pound would soon be on the market
was most welcome. Formerly its use
had been restricted to sanitariums,
but in January, 1899, this more
healthful than cow butter" was
made available to the average house.
wife.
Pointers on cleaning that New
Years goose before roasting in
cluded the recommendation that a
special scrubbing brush be kept for
the purpose. That and hot soapsuds
were the recipe for clean goose.
Black velvet slippers with red
heels. long known in the Orient,
were the latest novelty to reach
America.
The problem of maneuvering
gracefully the new long skirts was
a serious one and called for a Spe-
cial womans page article. 1t was
felt that the best way to learn to
manage these street sweepers" was
to study yourself at length in the
mirror and there practice appropri-
ate gestures. for there was no hard
and fast rule by which to abide
Or to study a graceful woman and
observe her dexterity with skirts,
Some women observed The Star,
"can do nothing ungracefully. >
Which remark has a disheartening
converse.
The value of the cranberry as a
medicinal agent was recognized by
our American aborigines, who used
the berry to make poulticeS for
poison arrow wounds and the like.
But it was not until so years ago
that it was found also to be bene-
fetal eaten raw, as cure for in
digestion; boiled into a sirup and
drunk. to prevent grippe.
Very few women know how to cry
Evening star., 1949-01-04
MAGAZINE WANTED?
COMPOST HEAP.

From M. F. M, Washington.j
Can any one tell me where I can
get a copy of Readers Digest for
July, 1913?
To the lady who finds her COM
post unsanitary. Please learn the
proper method" Have had mine
directly at porch corner for years!
Write Department of Agriculture as
to how you should proceed and then
follow instructions
Evening star., 1949-01-04
By Elem
Fashion Editor

Cotton has come q long
way in the post eight years.
The styling of many cotton
frooks often surposses that
of much richer and costIier
members of the fobric fam
lily.
We coll the pictured
dresses "couture cottons"
because their designer,
Gertrude RothschiId, has
given them all the oouturier
touches seen in dresses Of
q much higher price range.
All are available in WASH
ineton in q variety of posteI
shades.
Evening star., 1949-01-04

Left: Mouve chombroy
with q sleeveless embroi-
dered eyelet top covered
with a matching stole. A
dress to take you resortine,
to q club dance, or q sum-
mer dinner porty. Right:
Iridescent cotton ploid is
fashioned into q redingote
with q wide tuxedo front.
1t is worn over q slim, bore
dress that buttons down the
front. The redineote en-
obIes the dress to be worn
into town. Center: Another
chombroy but in q two piece
skirt with q high rising ef-
feet is teamed with q short
sIeeved blouse with q ruff
fled bosom Of matching
broderie Ane|oise.
Evening star., 1949-01-04
HOUSTON.

From Mrs. M. C. N, Alexandria.
For Mrs. R. T. H., Alexandria:
lived in Houston until 18 months
ago. The climate is very much like
Alexandria 's-very humid with the
exception of the snow. Any winter
clothing that you are now wearing
will be suitable for their winter. The
summers of the two places are al
most identical.
The housing situation seems to be
easing up some However, rents are
still pretty high. The incest resi-
dental sections are the west end,
east and southeast sections and
south end. However. south end is
pretty much the society section. If
you intend to buy place, don't
think the prices are as high there
as they are here. However, practi-
cally all the homes are without
Easements, and that may account
for the difference.
Schools are pretty plentiful, par
ticularly the grade schools. They
are crowded, but that seems to be
Nation-w wide There are not as
many private schools in Houston as
in the East, but the public schools
do have a midterm, meaning that
any child 6 or 6 within six weeks
of the new term may enter at the
new term, which Is an improvement
over the East as far as I am con-
cerned.
Evening star., 1949-01-04
"THANK YOU" NOTE,

1Il111N1A I W 4NO II.
From Mrs. M. r. S., Washington J
Just a few lines to thank you and
the staff of the RICH for the wonder
full help and interest in my letter
regarding the puppet. Thanks to
you I have been able to find one and
have received several offers Of others.
1t certainly is nice to find so many
friends in need in the RICH!