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Evening star., 1953-09-08
Why
Old?
By Josephine Lowmon

A reader recently wrote,
MANY women from their mid
sos on have yellow tinged COM
plexions. Not all, Of course.
Some women have pink and
white compilations in their SOS
and later. This sallowness, how
ever, seems to be all too COM
mon. I wish you would write
a whole column about this and
explore every possibility"
OF course the SallowneSS OF
the neck and face is partly due
to the weathering process, al
though as the writer indicates,
many women seem to overcome
this. do believe that the worn-
en- who keep their fair skins
will usually be found in the
group which avoids suntanning
and uses lubricating creams reg
ularly. The skin becomes dried
out, like an old boot, as the
years pile UP unless measures
are taken to prevent it.
This appearance can also be
due to a sluggish liver. If there
Is no organic disease, exercise
is a great help in overcoming
this. One widely known doctor
gives the following exercise to
all Of his patients. 1t stirs up
the liver. You can take it while
in bed, before arising in the
morning and before going to
sleep at night. You simply lie
fiat on your back. Pull the abb
dominal muscles in hard, right
toward your backbone. Then
push them up as high as pos
sible. Continue pulling down and
pushing up. This exercise has
q pumping motion.
Circulation. general and local,
is also helpful. You can use one
of the circulation creams, take
neck and facial exercises as
well as general exercises. Use
a rough washcloth when you
wash your neck. Lying with your
feet and legs higher than your
hips increases circulation in the
face and neck.
Buttermilk has milk bleach
ing effect and can be applied
to the neck and face and al
lowed to dry several times a
week.
The suggestions I have al
ready given plus good condition
which comes from correct health
habits. enough sleep and the
correct food, will go a long way
toward improving the complex
ion.
If you would like to have my
leaflet No. Al, Skin Care" send
a stamped, self-addressed en-
velope with your request to Jo-
sephine Lowman in care of The
Evening Star.
Evening star., 1953-09-08
Problems Today
Nom Picks
Daughters
Friends
By MurieI Nissen


DEAR MISS NISSEN: My sis
ter is 18. I'm Is, and mother will
not let us have dates except with
the people she personally selects.
We aren't permitted to make our
own friends. We don't get along
too well with some of our
mothers choices, and feel quite
capable Of choosing our own
companions. MABEL o.
ANSWER: I agree with you.
Your mother should teach you
to be discriminating in friend
ships, rather than in debating
them for you. She certainly can't
expect you to get through life.
holding onto her hands and being
guided each step of the way.
Eventually you'll be on your own,
and If you haven't learned to
Judge people, you'll have a sorry
time. Naturally. girls of Is and
'18 are not infallible in their
judgment-but who is? You can,
however, be taught to use dis
cernment. When you do get the
right to choose friends, don't
abuse the trust. Show by your
selections that you have learned
discrimination.
DEAR MISS NISSEN: / fire.
quently hear mothers complain
because they never get their
work done. Well, I'm "a, have
been married nine years and.
have five children from / year to
8 years. do all my own work,
yet have plenty of time for fun
with the youngsters. My hus-
band is in the service, so we are
alone here in a four room house.
Many mothers, I think. worry
too much over their children. I
am teaching mine to depend on
themselves, and if they're out
Of my sight for q while I don't
get upset.
ANSWER: The problem Of
overanxiety is one that unques-
tionably retards many mothers
in their daily tasks. The woman
who has confidence in her own
training, or in her children's
self-suf1ciency, adds hours to
her day. However. the worry
habit is one that's practically in
durable. 1t carries a pesSimistic
view Of life, and nothing will
change a pessimist into an opti-
mist.
DEAR MISS NISSEN: am IS
and very much in love with a
19-year-old boy. He has asked
me to marry him, and my
parents have given their permis-
sion. Many Of my friends, how
ever. say I'm too young to marry.
Who is right? j. F.
ANSWER: This is one in
stance where friends have better
judgment than parents. If you
have any sense, you'll listen to
the friends. Despite q very few
isolated cases where a 15-year-
old has made a happy marriage.
the procedure certainly is not to
be recommended. The number of
failures is so overwhelming, and
the unhappineSs Of future years
so tragic. that I earnestly urge
you to wait another two years.
You'll be glad you did.
Evening star., 1953-09-08

butter. Season with salt and
pepper. Return to oven and
bake until meat is done and po-
tatoeS. are brown.
FRUITED DATE-NUT DESSERT
u can date-nut bread.
u can whipping cream.
! tablespoon honey, or confec-
TONERS sugar.
IA cup fruit cocktail, or crushed
pineapple.
Cut date-nut bread lengthwise
to make two semicircles. Put
on a rack over a shallow pan Of
water and heat in oven. Whip
cream and fold in honey and
drained fruit. When bread is
warm put on serving plates and
top with whipped cream mixture.
JIFFY DISH.
/ 4-ounce can Cor jar) dried
beef.
tablespoons hour.
2 tablespoons fat.
l can condensed tomato soup.
l cup cooked egg noodles.
Cut dried beef into pieces, toss
lightly in flour and brown in fat.
Add soup and heat through.
Serve over hot noodles.
MARSHMALLOW FRUIT CUP.
l 8-ounce can apricot halves.
Fresh fruit.
CHARTERED marshmallows.
u cup orange juice.
Add cut fresh fruit (melon
balls, sliced bananas or whatever
you have on hand) and 4 to 6
quartered marShmallow halves
to the can Of apricot halves.
Stir in orange juice and chill
thoroughly before serving.
Evening star., 1953-09-08
Old-Foshioned Spice Cake

What is better than an old
fashioned spice cake? Both the
children and the grownups 60
for it.
Sift together three times 11a
cups of -four. l teaspoon cinna-
mon, "a teaspoon cloves and "a
teaspoon grated nutmeg. Cream
together "a cup butter and u
cup brown sugar. Beat 2 eggs
and combine them with the
Evening star., 1953-09-08

sugar and butter. then stir in
"a cup of molasses. Add just a
little Of the -four and mix well.
ADD ] teaspoon soda to " cup
of sour milk, mix we'll and add
alternately with the flour until
all is used. Turn into a creased
loaf pan and bake in a mod
crate oven for 80 minutes. You
may frost the cake or not, as
VnlI wish
Evening star., 1953-09-08
Dinners for a Two-Menber Family
BY Violet FouIkner

There comes a time in almost
every woman's life when she
must cook for Just two people.
Maybe you're a career gal,
sharing an apartment with a
colleague; maybe you're newly
married and setting UP house,
keeping for the first time; or
maybe you're in that group Of
older women who need re-
fresher course. If you're back
in the business Of cooking for
two after years Of preparing
meals for four or six or more.
you may need some help with
Small-scale recipes. It's even
possible some Of the men around
town who do their own cooking
may pick up an idea or two for
dining "a deux."
Whether you live in an apart
nent with a kitchen no bigger
than an diversified closet or in
a spacious rambler with an ultra
modern one, your dinners
needn't be dull. Look over our
two menus for today and see
how easy and thrifty they can
be. We've taken advantage OF
the wide variety Of foods avail
able In the Bounce or buffet"
size can. Besides being wonder
full time-savers (they're ready to
heat and Serve), this size can
serves two without waste =. :.
none of the inevitable left overs
that usually go along with cook
ing-for-two.
For nice color contrast in the
salad (meal-in-minutes menu),
score the cucumber with a fork.
then slice without peeling. Use
the S-ounce can of carrots and
peas: drain the liquid into a
pan and boil down to half. Add
vegetables and heat. Top with
a pat of butter and sprinkle with
chopped chives just before serV-
ing.
PLANKED DINNER.
Ground Beef Loaves
Mashed Potatoes
Broiled Tomato Halves
Glazed Onions
Fruited Date-Nut Dessert
Coffee
MEAL-IN-M1NUTES,
JIFFY DISH FOR TWO
Green m Cucumber Tossed Salad
Chived Carrots and Peas
Hot Garlic-Buttered
Pumpernickel
Marshmallow Fruit Cup
GingersnapS 1ceo lea
pLANKED MEAL FOR TWO.
Oak plank or cutting board.
% pound ground beef.
/ S-ounce can small whole
onions.
"a cup canned tomato sauce.
2 tablespoons Worcestershire
sauce.
2 large tomatoes.
"a cup buttered bread crumbs.
ia cups moist mashed pota-
toes.
2 tablespoons melted butter.
Salt and pepper.
Preheat plank in a moderate
oven $3.50 degrees F0. Brush
with salad oil if plank has not
been used before. Form ground
beef into two loaves and brown
quickly on both sides in frying
pan. Remove and put on hot
plank, scoring loaves on top. Ar
range drained onions around the
meat. Combine tomato and
worcestershire sauce; dribble
over onions and meat. Cut to-
matoes in half, put on plank and
top with crumbs. Make a bor-
der of mashed potatoes around
edCe nf nlank and brush with
Evening star., 1953-09-08

Your money makes money for
you every minute with U. S. Saw
ings Bonds on the Payroll Saw
ingS Plan.
Evening star., 1953-09-08
Potatoes

Leftover potatoes may be
eubed and heated in condensed
cream Of mushroom or chicken
soup thinned with q little milk.
Serve sprinkled with minced
chives or parsley.
Evening star., 1953-09-08

Fashion clipping
for autumn
A dashing short coat
that could we'll be the
plotting point for a
whole wardrobe in
Forstmann's grey, black
or turret taupe wool
with crisp rayon
taffeta lining, S9.95.
BEAUTIFUL COATS, THIRD FLoo
SECOND FLOOR AT SPRING VAIL
Evening star., 1953-09-04
This and That +.

insects have head, thorax and abdo-
men.
The spider, indoors or out, is deter
mined bug eater.
With his "take," and the enormous
one of the birds, it is a wonder any
insects are left. If it were not for
their numbers, indeed, there would
not be.
Modern outdoor spraying with vari-
Gus insecticides is not only hurtful to
the birds by providing them with poi
soned food, but in the end, If successful,
would practically wipe out all bird life.
Insects provide food for fishes and
various animals, in addition to forming
the baby food Of all bird life.
Among the animals. the bear is per-
haps the largest that eats insects; but
there are others, including the moles.
shrews. rats. mice. skunks, badgers, rae
coons and various snakes.
The spider, as an insect eater. will
keep a household clean, If allowed
to do so.
Mostly they are crushed with foot
or hand. .
This is too bad, for most Of them are
not in the least harmful, except fright
ening to the sensitive, Of course.
There is one tiny milk-white fellow
that loves to spend the winter in the
shade of lamp.
When the light is turned on, 1t will
Evening star., 1953-09-04
Reopproisinq Defense Problem

Concurrently with the new Joint Chiefs
of Staff making reStudy of American military
responsibilities both at home and abroad,
Supreme Allied Headquarters of the NATO is
reported engaged in one OF its periodic re-
examinations of its defense problems in Europe.
Events of recent months lend particular time
illness to both evaluatiohs.
The installation of new defense team in
Washington, the recaSting of the economic
planning for preparedness and the end of the
shooting war in Korea have introduced i'm
portant new elements in the military picture
here. Equally significant developments have
occurred or are impending abroad.
Aside from the change of regime in Soviet
Russia, the eventual effect of which is not yet
known, probably the most fundamental product
of time in Europe has been the realization that
the NATO preparedness goals set at Brussels in
1850 and in Lisbon in 1852 are beyond practical
reach. Failing thus far to make the European
Defense Community reality-with its factor
of IL West German diviSionS-the NATO group
is substantially short of the level necessary
today to field 100 divisions and II 900 modern
aircraft within three months of the opening
of general hoStilitieS, the target last set at
Lisbon. Many circumstances have contributed
to this shortcoming and neither fault-finding
nor alarm are necessarily justified. The his
toric French German rivalry is baSically re-
sponSible for delay on, the EDO, and 1t is
questionable whether this project ever will get
beyond the paper stage. The possibility Of de-
vising some alternative by which West Germany
can assume a share in the defense planning
must now await outcome of that country's
elections on Sunday.
Meanwhile, political instability in France
and Italy, the continuing demands upon the
French military resources in Indo-China and
economic troubles common to all of the West
European allies have played their part in re-
ducing the results of the collective effort. One
of the objectives Of re-examination at this
time, however is to determine what can be
done with the strength actually at hand or
assured in the near future. The Russian
capacity to mount an offensive and to main
tain it effectively across Western Europe has
a direct relationship, of course, on the defense
needs. Consequently, reappraisal of allied
strength must be accompanied by continuing
evaluation of Russian strength.
In this connection, reports of Russian
progress on nuclear and thermonuclear expert
mentS are pertinent considerations. Warfare
in which weapons of this type might come into
immediate use by both sides implies different
type of planning for every phase, from logiStics
to actual delivery of bombs and defense against
them.
The problems of defending the free world
are not static ones and their constant and
continuing review, such as is now under way,
is essential.
Evening star., 1953-09-04
Glad You Asked Thot'

When reporter QueStloned treasury Sec
retary Humphrey last week about published
report that the administration will present a
sales tax to Congress this winter, he replied:
II am awfully glad you asked that"
This reply should not be taken to mean,
however, that Mr. Humphrey is glad to talk
about a sales tax, or that he is glad to have
newspapers specializing about the possibility
that such tax will be recommended. In fact,
there is basis for the belief that he is sick and
tired of talking about and hearing about a
sales tax.
The Secretarys irritation Ito which he
pleads guilty. Is understandable. The point he
has been trying to put across is that the Treas
ury faced with the loss of billions of dollars of
revenue from expiring taxes, is studying a
variety of ways of recouping this loss, or such
part of it as may be required to balance the
budget. One of these ways (Mr. Humphrey
says there are 40 in alb is to adopt sales
tax. This does not mean, however, that the
Treasury is committed to sales tax, or to any
other particular tax. What it will eventually
come up with in the nature of new tax recon-
mendations will be determined when the study
of this subject is completed and when there is
a sound basis for estimating the revenue re-
quirements
There are two main reasons why the Sec
retary does not react joyously to suggestions
that the administration is already committed
to sales tax. One is that it embarrasses the
Treasury's relations with the House Ways and
Means Committee, which must initiate tax
legislation. The other is that the mere sug-
gestion of a Federal sales tax almost auto
matically evokes violent and hostile emotional
response and if such a reaction has to be
faced Mr.. Humphrey would prefer to face it
after, and not before, decision on the point
has been reached.
With all this said, however, the fact re-
mains that Mr.. Humphreys surprise is little
surprising in itself. For better or worse, it is
news when the Secretary of the Treasury says:
Eyes, we are considering a sales tax" There
is more public interest in it than there is, for
instance, in the fact that the Treasury is also
considering depreciation allowances. And as
long as this is the case, any announcement that
the sales tax is under consideration is apt to
receive what Mr. Humphrey would regard as
disproportionate emphasis in the news.
The boy back from summer camp must be
readjusted to home life, says child psycholo-
gist Most Of them however, get back to normal
quickly enough, shedding such odd habits as
making their own BEDS
Perle Mesta says she told the Russians she
didn't like their system and they replied that
they didn't like ours And even as experienced
a hostess as Perle must have had trouble keep
ing the conversation going after that.
Evening star., 1953-09-04
Proqress in Fairfax

The redistricting of Fairfax County is
logical second step in the faSt-growing county'S
efforts to keep its governmental Setup abreast
of residential and commercial developments.
The first step, of course, was the change voted
in 1850 from the old rural-type system Of gov
ernment to the modernized county-executive
form. The transition has been made more eff
fective by the realignment of old magisterial
districts and the creation of new one, Mason.
One of the frequently voiced objections to
the county executive plan while it was under
consideration was the fact that the districts
were out of date, tending toward an unbalanced
Board of Supervisors insofar as equitable repre-
sentation was concerned. Advocates Of the
executive plan helped to win public approval
for it by promising to work diligently for a
redistricting program that would give the
densely populated sections more adequate
voice in county affairs This, admittedly, was
a controversial proposal, since 1t involved a
diminishing of the influence of rural districts
in county management.
1t is much to the credit of all concerned
Evening star., 1953-09-04
Who Gave the Clearance?

If it is true, as Senator Mccarthy claims,
that a woman who is 100 per cent Commu
mist" was cleared by the Army on loyalty
grounds and given access to data on troop
movements, it becomes matter of considerable
Importance to find out who cleared her, and
why.
The 1st Army colonel who refused to give
this information to the Mccarthy committee
appears to be on sound ground. The colonel
wrote the Senator that cit should be made as
clear as possible to the committee that the names
of individuals responsible for the granting or
withholding of loyalty or security clearances
will not be made available to the committee"
This language is unfortunate, for it carries
suggestion of arrogance. But the fact re-
mains that the colonel, under President Tru-
mans unrevoked executive order OF 1948,
probably could not divulge the information that
was sought.
1t does not follow, however, that there is
nothing any one can do. This latest Mccarthy
charge coming on the heels of the disclosure OF
the amazingly slack loyalty procedures in the
Government Printing Office, is bound to stir
misgiving. For the popular reaction will be
that what happened in the GPO could also
happen in the Army.
Some one should make it his business
forthwith to find out whether the woman in
question had, as Senator Mccarthy charges,
"a tremendous Communist record" and, if so
who cleared her and for what reason. And
this "some one" is the Secretary of the Army
Robert T. Stevens
Early in his administration, President
Eisenhower, with reference to congressional
investigating committees, said that the de-
termination as to the loyalty of executive en-
ployes was an executive responsibility, and he
asked, in effect, that his administration be
given chance to put its own house in order
This latest case. if Senator Mccarthy knows
b what he is talking about, would be good
place to begin.
Evening star., 1953-09-04
Good Place to Begin Cutting

Efforts of the Commissioners to cut all
excess fat from District budget estimates for
fiscal 1855 are highly commendable. While 1t
may be difficult for some departments to take
any heavy cutting without serious impairment
of essential functions, there comes to mind
one non-esSential item which could be-and
ought to be-amputated this year. This is the
Board of Education'S reiterated request for
100000 with which to launch an experiment in
educational televiSion.
Beguiled by the Federal Communications
Commissions announcement of the tentative
availability of an educational TV channel for
Washington, School Superintendent Corning
and the board last year lost little time in
grabbing at the opportunity to enter the new
f1eld-and to control it, Taking the play away
from group of private colleges and schools,
the board, with approval of the Commissioners,
asked Congress to appropriate $2950O0 for In
Stallation and equipment of District owned
and operated TV station and $104OOO for one
years operation of the station The request
was opposed by a committee representing
number of local colleges and non-public
schools, which are interested in educational
TV but which do not relish the idea of having
the programming under control of the Board
of Education. Congress, quite UNDERSTANDABLE,
refused to make any such appropriation.
Undaunted by this setback, the board once
more has included the item in its estimates for
the next fiscal year. This is surplus fat no
matter from what angle a budget economizer
may view it. 1t is an unnecessary expense,
especially when it is considered that private
institutions are willing to- reserve the new
channel and that they trying to work out
plans for private financing of a station and of
it's programming. The FEC is not likely to
withdraw the channel offer as long as there
is any prospect of it's use by either public or
private educational interests. It is hard to
believe that the Commissioners will repeat their
last years mistake of approving the plan for
putting the District government into pioneer
ing television venture on major scale. The
Board of Education has it's hands full trying
to run the school system. The idea of its
running publicly subsidized television station,
in addition is fantastic species of nonsense.
Evening star., 1953-09-04
By Charles E. TroceweN

run furiously here and there in its web,
or come down the single lifeline some
species throw out.
Often they are good examples OF color
identification with the chosen site, since
they tend to vary with the color OF the
shade, and thus often escape detection.
Indoor spiders usually do not spin
webs, but content themselves with long
lines or mass of f1lamentS in an upper
corner of the room. These are the
famous cobwebs of the tidy housekeep-
er's Nightmares. Actually, they do no
particular harm, and even satisfy the
tastes Of various animals, when found;
the house cat, for instance, likes moth
ing better than to nuzzle cobweb. 1t
must contain various mineral elements
lacking in the feline diet.
X X
The indoor spider, then with the
exception Of the notorious black widow
need not be feared when it comes inside.
If the widow decides to come in, she
will be found in the basement, eSpe-
cially near running water; but there is
another large black spider that is en-
tirely harmless. So the best thing to
do may be to get rid Of large black
spiders when they appear. but let the
lighter colored ones alone, especially the
little milky ones that sometimes ap-
pear in the bathroom and run over
ones toes, disconcerting but harmless
experience, and the spiders seem TO
enjoy it.
Evening star., 1953-09-04

This is the time Of year spiders begin
to come indoors for the winter season.
Just as long as they are not the in
famous black widow, they may be well
coined, for they help keep down smaller
insects.
Spiders. you see, are not insects, or
bugs"
They form a distinct group Of living
creatures related to but not being the
same as the true insects, the centipedeS,
the millipedes, crayf1sh, crabs, barna-
cles, horseshoe crabs.
All Of these arthropods, as they are
called, have jointed legs, but thereafter
they differ.
Spiders, as most persons know, have
four pairs of walking legs, whereas the
insects, including the true bugs, the
beetles, butterflies, bees, wasps, etc.,
have three pairs.
Spiders have no antennae, while in
Sects have one pair.
The arachnids, 10 which the spiders
belong, include ticks, mites, chiggerS.
scorpions, daddy long legs and others.
Spiders have two main body divisions
Insects have three.
This makes the spider, OF any sort,
unmistakable, wherever you see him.
Somehow, he looks more like man!
That head, and that body
Here we have human sort Of ar
rangement we understand. whereas the