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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-01
Fashion Dictionary

from 3 to 20 per cent Of silk
achieving different. textures
ann weights.
Chiffon-weight silk and wor-
sted mixture - An extremely
lightweight semisheer mixed
fabric
Silk and cotton mixtures-A
$3.50 blend Of pure silk with
cotton.
Silk sharkskin--A fine, tight
" woven silk suiting with nil
mute raised needlepoint effect
woven into fabric.
Bombazine-A fine-ribbed silk
lighter than alpaca. The name
is Victorian.
Silk serge-A medium-w weight
ribbed silk with q fine back
ground weave and firm. crisp
texture.
Peau de soie-A light, soft
silk with q faint rib.
Silk organza--A sheer, crisp
silk In plain colors or printed.
Silk gauze-An almost trans
parent, very light silk with
weave like cotton gauze.
+ Sari silk-A thin. sheer, wispy
Indian gauze silk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-01

The following are some of the
silk terms in current use and
what they mean:
DUPONT silk technical name
"duppion") General type of silk
woven with fibers of irregular
thickness caused by two silk
worms spinning one cocoon.
wild" silk-Narne given by
some designers to heavy silks
woven Of dupioAi yarns.
Pesante silk - Dupioni-woven
silks with heavy peasant" tex
lures.
Silk twill-A soft glossy silk
with a pronounced diagonal rib.
Surah shantung - Same as
silk twill. but punctuated with
thick-and-thin weave.
Sluhbed silk taffeta-A taffeta
weave with slight irregular
ridges woven into the silk.
Paperweight silk taffeta "A
fine closely woven fabric with
cracking, crisp textures literally
like that Of paper.
Yarn-dyed silk and worsted
mixtures - Silk blended with
wool in varying percentages
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-01
Problems Toduy
Selfish Man Will Never Make q Considerable Sutton

is blend of two congenial per-
sonalities, each eager to please
the other. When all the con-
ceSsions. all adjustments are up
to one Of the parties concerned.
the relationship is destroyed.
Your fine letter indicates you
are a person of intelligence
Don't waste your gifts on an I'M
appreciative male.
DEAR MISS NISSEN: I'm a
high-school sophomore. in love
with a college freshman. Almost
every time we go out. he tells me
not to get serious over him, since
we are both too young. I realize
that, but I'm unhappy if I
don't see him at least once a
week. Now it's been two weeks
since he called me. I know he
doesn't date other girls.
MARY C.
ANSWER: If you had any con-
ception Of the amount Of work
a serious college student has to
do, you would wonder how he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-01
Hospital Group
To Meet Tonioht

A meeting of the Women's
Auxiliary of Anderson Ortho-
pedic Hospital will be held at
8 o'clock tonight at the hospital
in Arlington.
Members will discuss arts and
crafts and their use as functional
activities for hospital patients.
Mrs. L. G. Whitney. Of the
Ashton Heights Women's Club
of Arlington. will participate in
the discussion.
Others taking part will in
clude: Mrs. Dick Stevens, visit
ing teacher who gives classroom
instruction to school age patients
under auspices of the State
board of education. and Miss
Iris Sanders, occupational Their
apist of the hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-01

pleasure. Dolores. to tell you your
beau will ultimately become the
considerate sutton, and husband,
you want; but alas, I'm afraid
you're stuck with a super type
of selfishness that grows worse
with time. Such a man can bring
no happiness to anyone: life
with him would be unadulterated
misery. This is strong judgment,
but true. Your friend has been
rejected by two women already
"a review of his first marriage
will almost certainly indicate
that he was the cause Of it's
failure).
That he was ever in love with
anyone, is doubtful. He felt at
traction. undoubtedly. but no
sensation that resembles devo-
ton. Don't continue TO have
your life spoiled by someone who
doesn't appreciate you at all.
Why go on trying to please a
person who is so palpably con-
cerned with himself? A happy
marriage, or a happy friendship,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-01
By Mufiel Nissen

DEAR MISS NISSEN: I have
been going for some time with a
divorced man, several years older
than myself. ! have grown to
love him, but he hurts me so
often that I don't know whether
I'll ever be truly happy with him.
He tells me things must always
be done his way; when we go
out, it's to places of his choice.
Occasionally, when my heart is
set on doing something special,
he'll give in, but then he sulks
all evening. If he has a problem
and I try to help him out, he &C
cuses me of running his life. Alb
solutely nothing I do pleases
him: there's always a qualifying
angle to his thanks. I know that
he has been in love with at least
one other girl. since his divorce,
but she married someone else.
Am I really the selfish and un-
reasonable person he claims
am? DOLORES C..
ANSWER: 1t would be such a
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gets any time to spend with
you. You say he lives on farm.
which undoubtedly adds the
further complication of extra
work when he gets home.
Furthermore, since he's a day
student, he must contend with
the long trip to and from school.
This is quite a formidable pro-
gram. Don't add to his diff
cultieS by being Sulky because
he doesn't call often enough. If
you want more attention, better
latch on to boys in your own
school. who are more readily
available and not quite so busy.
DEAR MISS NISSEN: My boy
friend has invited me to his
home, but requested that re-
frain from smoking while I'm
there. I think this is silly and
intend to go ahead and smoke
anyway. ELSA.
Answer: You believe in going
to extremes to create a bad
impression. While you have the
right to assert yourself. and do
as you like, it isn't always the
most tactful idea. If smoking
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-01
To Show Films

Two films will be shown at q
meeting of the Women's Army
Corps Veterans Association at
pm. tomorrow in the Sheraton
Park Hotel.
The films to be shown are en-
titled: Testimonies of the POWs
of the Korean War on Germ
Warfare" and Berlin. 1854"
The Berlin film shows the diff
ferences between East and West
Berlin as seen by a news reel
photographer.
All WAAC and WAC veterans
and WACs on duty are invited to
attend.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-01
Dinner Planned

A dinner meeting for members
of the Railway Business Wom-
ems Association will be given at
$50 pm. tomorrow in the
YWCA.
The program will include cleo
ton of delegates to the annual
convention and the selection Of
a nominating committee for
election of local officers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-01
Board Meetino

The Women's Board of the
George Washington University
Hospital will meet at II am.
Wednesday in the conference
room at the hospital.
Prior to the event, the Gift
Shop Committee will meet at
10 am. to discuss plans for their
gift shop.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-01

means more to you than pleas
ing your young man and his
family; by all means go ahead.
Write Muriel Nissen for free
leafiet DIS. Petty Tyrants." In all
cases. be sure to enclose stamped.
self-addressed envelope ana ssno re-
quest to her. in care Of the Womens
Department, The Evening star. wash
inRt0n a. d C
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-01

you'll see these starring in the show
>Soffe Honono Pride cotton imported from Switzerland
&c.. Pictured, left; yard
Fueeen1on Turno cotton in toIy :. TebiIzed for
tested creose-resstonce Center; yard los
Aner-rnI Bouloee shadow substance nyIon and
oeetote, exquisite for evening" 48". Pictured right;
yard 295
Moygoshel Irish linens, yard 2.95 and 4.95
Roboix Tulip Art eottons from Holland yard 1.95
Everfost Sotino cotton prints. 3d." yard 1.39
cohomo embroidered Feohern royon ar. yord 3.95
w L-Fobrc Corner 9th Floor
selection at Chevy Chase and Alexandra
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1954-05-15

Is-Moy IS, 1854
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1954-05-15
Travel in Crews

Most of these agents travel m
crews, supervised by tough, expert
enced bosses who know every trick
in the book. Recently, they've added
a new one that is designed to give
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1954-05-15
ProtectiVe Service
$l.O53 Paid For
20 Magazines

OF the elderly mldWeStern FARMER
who paid $1,053 for longtime sub
scriptions to more than 20 maya
zines. A pair of high-pressure sub
scription racketeers-a blonde with
a male companion-talked him into
it.
It's not very likely you will ever
be so gullible. A thousand dollars is
still lot of money to put out at any
one time.
But think of it this way: Equally
slick and unethica1 subscription ar
lists take that much and more out of
your community every year-maybe
SIS from you, 81 or So from neigh
Dor and so on right down the road.
Hard Luck Stories
If you want the magazines you
buy, it isn't so bad. But few of these
subscription racketeers try to sell
magazines. They've found it pays
better to sell hard-luck stories that
appeal to your sympathy and make
you reach for your checkbook while
you tumble with your handkerchief.
Appeals to your patriotism have
been favorite approaches of the sub
scription racketeers ever since World
War II. Now, it's I'm a Korean vet
eran" or, better yet, disabled Ko-
rean veteran A few may be. Most
aren't. And quite a few have dis
graced the country whose uniform
they never have worn by pleading
for undeserved sympathy or by in
sulting jeers: ''Is this what we get
for fighting and bleeding for you in
Korea?"
Most all these subscription racket
GERS are working for points and
they always need ''just few more
to become doctors, teachers, minis
tiers, nurses or nearly anything that
will appeal to you as worthwhile.
Actually, anytime the well-trained
point racketeer finds a community
badly in need of a trained profess
sional man, that is suddenly what he
is striving to be.
Appeal TO Sympathy
And it's easy for the slick agent
to combine the sympathy and point
appeals into a smooth, high-pressure,
brazen line. He's a disabled veteran
needing SO many points to become
eligible for CT loan or to get help
In starting business of his own.
Or she's teen-age girl needing
points to earn scholarship to get
through high school. Her father is
suffering from cancer and can't
work; she and her 11-year-old broth
er have to plant the cotton on her
parents southern farm.
Variations are unlimited. Most
insult your intelligence when they're
written down like this. Yet these
examples are approaches actually
used this year and last-and they
weren't intended to appeal to your
intelligence. They reached many
pocketbooks when they were told.
well-mixed with beseeching tone,
sobs and other embellishments.
And what does any of this have
to do with the magazine they want
you to buy?
Travel in Crews
Most of these agents travel IN
crews. supervised bv tough exneri
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-26
Driving Downtown Definitely a Luxury

Most people who drive down.
town instead of using street.
cars or buses do so because Of
the simple convenience Of
driving an automobile-with
little regard to cost.
This was brought out by a
check of 80 motorists, ques-
toned by The Star during the
last few days at various CEN
trail parking lots and garages.
Sixty-five per cent of the
motorists, shoppers and all
day parkers alike, listed con-
venience as the reason they
drive. Nearly all the rest said
they drive because they need
their cars in business. A few
said fatty they didn't like
buses. One woman conceded
she is "just lazy"
But the answers, for the
most part. added up to a view
that driving and off street
parking is a luxury they are
willing to pay for.
Less than half the motorists
said they had any interest in
the fringe parking. And they
hinged their interest on get
ting a service somewhat COM
parable in time to driving.
Here are typical comments:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-26
Prentiss Outlines
Solutions for City
Parking Problems

Washington is rallying all its
resources for a new try at
breaking the strangle-held of
downtown traffic congestion.
The pattern for the new eff
fort was laid down last week by
Engineer Commissioner Louis
w. Prentiss.
Why is such a program need
ed? Why is the city spurred
to tell people where they can
park, whether they should drive.
and whena
The answer is partly in figures.
Every weekday, 443.000 cars
cross downtown area boundaries.
About 117,000 of them stop and
park. More than so per cent
carry no occupants but drivers.
And most of them come at the
same times-in morning and
evening rush hours.
So what? People drive because
they want to. They know its
cheaper to ride buses and street.
cars. But that's the business of
the people who decide to drive.
Results of Their Decision.
Here are the results of their
decision-the ills the Prentiss
proposals want to correct:
The flood of cars, unchecked,
will cost taxpayers increasing
millions for new highways and
bridges. Money the city can't
afford to spend. Many projects
are needed only a few peak
hours a day. ...
People who want to go down.
town to shop are discouraged by
damned streets and few cheap,
convenient parking spaces.
Tourists-the city's second big
gest industry-can't move freely
to sightseeing places. And they
can't park near them.
The business man who has to
use his car downtown during the
day is up against it.
Bus and streetcar passengers
get to their destinations slower
and slower.
2 Main Goals Set.
To combat these ills, Gen.
Prentiss is shooting at two main
goals.
The first is to help the city
attract more downtown shop
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-26

Samuel Friedman, court re-
porter, 518 Monroe place, Falls
Church, drive because it's
more convenient. AS for
fringe lots. I'd use one in my
area if I found it as cheap {.
in relation to time moving
around the District.
Mrs. Max Freeman, house.
wife. 1908 South Ninth street.
Arlington only come in
once in a while, but I always
use pay lots when I do. It's
convenient. We're only Is
minutes from downtown Wash.
ington. Why should I use a
fringe lot? ~
Mrs. II. M. Burton, house,
wife. 5712 Nebraska avenue
N.W.-I might come down
more often II tparking) rates
were cheaper but I
wouldn't use a fringe lot. If
you use your car, why not
drive all the way.
Mrs. r. C. Carroll, 1885 Hol-
brook street Me- bought q
car to avoid using streetcars
and buses. / find commercial
lots more convenient to my
shopping.
Robert F. Cutting, 2407 Kir-
ston street, Hyattsville - I
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never use buses because I can
get around faster in the car
on business runs to town. But
fringe parking might be con-
venient for shopping.
Mrs. George Absher, 1901
Alabama avenue SCI am
usually in a hurry. I like to
hop out of my car, do my
shopping. hop back in and
drive home.
John Jongkindt, $40 North
Adams street, Rockville-My
wife and I usually do our
shopping in Rockville. When
we do come in here we just
pull into the lot closest to
where we want to shop. We
never use buses so fringe park
ing wouldn't interest us.
Mrs. E. b. Doyle, 1915 Tuck
erman street N.W.-I usually
60 to Silver Spring or Chevy
Chase where I don't have to
pay to park. I suppose I'd
come here more often if park
ing rates were cheaper, but
buses take too much time.
Ralph Katz, 1862 Randolph
street N.W.-I'm so used to
driving downtown I never use
buses or streetcars. Fringe
parking is too much trouble.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-26
District Leads Nation in New Types of OStreet Garages
The District leads the country.'

The District leads the country
in new types of off-street park
ing garages, and more innova-
tons here are on the way, c. T.
McGavin, executive director of
the National Parking Associa-
ton, said yesterday.
Nearly all the creative i'm
provements, Mr.. McGavin said,
were made possible only by city
officials agreement to modify
coming and other municipal
codes.
He credited this same climate
of cooperation between the city
and private enterprise" for the
fact that Washington also has
obtained of-street parking ia
cilities at a faster rate than any
other American city.
Here are some of the mote
worthy innovations" cited by
McGavin:
In the 1400 block Of K street
NV. the only fully-automatic
prostitution parking garage in
the world. It's construction re-
quired a number of regulatory
changes. One was to permit Is
floors of parking within the
110-foot building height limita-
ton,
The Cafritz Building, in the
1900 block of I street NV. first
Office building with a "park-at-
your desk" feature. In effect,
| the parking unit is a building
within a building. Until changes
were made. the building code
permitted no such structure.
A new type of ''skeletonized
steel structure in the 400
block of Pennsylvania avenue
NV, which required approval
of the Fine Arts Commission.
A new garage in the 1400
block of F street NV. which
leads directly to special regis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-26
Officials Are Hopeful
OF Further Increase
In Fringe LOT Use

District officials will look hope
fully tomorrow for another in
crease in patronage at the city's
pilot fringe parking lot on the
Anacostia side of the South Cap
itol Street Bridge.
For the first seven days, use
Of the lot increased steadily.
From 149 cars and 100 passengers
on the September IS opening day,
the number grew to 312 cars and
AS riders last Wednesday.
But the volume dipped slightly
to 289 cars and 1872 riders on
Thursday. and to 278 cars and
Ss7 riders Friday.
{ 30-Day Trial Period.
Parking on the lot is free. For
a 30-day trial period, the Capital
Transit Co. also is providing free
bus service from the rush hour
lot to downtown Washington and
back.
Success Of the Anacostia ex-
pertinent will largely determine
whether plans are carried out
for opening lots in Northwest
Washington. Eventually, city
officials would also like to slim
ulate fringe parking for Virgin
ians.
But the Anacostia lot was Sc
lected as an ideal location. If
it doesn't pan out, neither the
city nor Capital Transit expects
to rush in anywhere else.
Basic Idea Proven.
Capital Transit officials
pointed out, meanwhile, that the
basic idea of fringe parking has
been operating successfully here
for years.
A classic example is the
Chevy Chase Circle area. Hun
dreds of Marylanders drive there
every morning. park their cars
and board buses. Other motor
lists drive further into town and
park near fast buslines. In Vir-
ginia, drivers follow similar pat
terms at such centers as Shir-
lington and Parkfairfax.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-26
Business Leaders Hail Efforts
To Ease Traffic Congestion

What do the businessmen
most involved think about Dis
trict Engineer Commissioner
Louis w. Prentiss' broadened eff
forts to ease traffic congestion?
Without exception, several
checked by The Star yesterday
strongly Endorsed his goals. With
a few exceptions, they were en-
thusiastic about the chances for
success.
Comments included:
Herbert j. Rich, president,
Merchants and Manufacturers
Association think he Is on the
right. track. The public doesn't
realize the number Of parking
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-26
Garage Leaders See
Limited Expansion
lin 0H-Street Lots

Washington's parking industry,
already feeling the pinch of
competition. is looking for only
a Limited expansion" in new
off-street lots and garages. lead
ers said yesterday. :
L. B. Doggett, jr., president
of both the Washington and
National Parking Associations,
said operators of the downtown
park-for-pay spots feel current
demands have been met except
for some specific locations.
Only a few years ago there
was a drastic shortage of off
street space. BY this summer.
operators reported serious drops
in business. Most blamed them
on the industry's lightninglike
expansion.
Location Means Everything.
Why. then, do city officials
predict continuing increases in
of-street parking? Why are
several big new parking projects
in active planning stages?
The main reason, Mr.. Doggett
said, is that the precise loca-
| ton of garage can mean every
thing in his business. The diff
ference between block, or even
half block, can mean the differ
ence between profits and trouble.
The hackers of expensive prof.
ects being planned, Mr.. Doggett
said, obviously feel they have
"the magic spot" that will draw
patrons.
This public demand for park
ing space at the precise spot they
want also partly explains sharp
price differences at various ga
RACES. Within a four block area
just off Pennsylvania avenue
NV, for example. one garage
gets 81 and another gets So for
similar all-day parking periods.
AS long as motorists are willing
to pay these differences, in
vestors are willing to buy into
higher land-value areas on the
chance Of accommodating them.
Capacity at Peak Hours.
No count is available on the
occupancy use of lots and ga
RACES, but Mr.. Doggett said 1t
Is only between the peak hours
of 1880 am. and 2 pm. that
many lots are near capacity.
One operator in the heart of
the shopping district said his
garage hits "a 90 to SO per cent
occupancy" around noon on most
weekdays. But the volume is of
to about 40 per cent Of capacity
before noon and less than that in
the late afternoon, he said.
AS the business has moved
more from "a sellers to a buyers
Market" Mr.. Doggett said, more
and more operators are begin
ming to think in terms Of indi-
vidualized service.
In some cities, he said, compe-
tition has driven some operators
to give away balloons and lolli-
pops as gimmicks to attract
motorists with children.
Things haven't got to that
stage here. But operators are
turning their eyes to the posi-
bilities just as gasoline stations
did at their stage Of development
a quarter Of a century ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-26

hours would help us. Present
traffic peaks slow buses down
and put too many on the road
at once. And we need fringe
parking in Virginia.
L. b. Doggett, jr. president,
Washington Parking Association
The fringe parking program is
going to take careful handling
to be successful. Most all Gen.
Prentiss' proposals would help
us.
lie Verne Johnson, District di-
rector, American Automobile As
sociation--I think the general is
right about the need for a
change in driving habits. But he
Just isn't going to get it because
you can't force people to stop
driving when they want to. I
think In 40 years more people.
not less, will be driving their
own cars.