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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-05

powder, eyebrow pencil. eye
shadow, mascara. lipstick. lip
stick brush. toilet water or CO.
logne. perfume. atomizer q min
utes for makeup. including
fragrance; lubricating cream
(for use at night or while in
tub), hand and body lotion (for
legs. feet and body smoothness)
bobby, hair and safety pins, hair
curriers'. clothes brush. eye cream
(for women over 30), special
maSque for "toning" (for women
over 800. emery board, manicure
scissors, nail polish remover, nail
polish. undercoat, overcoat,
tweezers. shampoo. depilatory or
razor.
Note-Time budget does not
include weekly muSts Of sham
poo. pedicure. manicure. eye
brows. de-fuzzing and the like.
FOR THE DESK DRAWER.
Mouthwash. cologne, deodor-
ant. comb, brush, clothes brush.
cleansing lotion. freshener. It's
sues and cotton balls. foundation
lotion. lipstick, eye shadow. pen
Gil. mascara. emery board. or
angewood stick. polish remover,
nail polish, hand lotion, hair
spray, bobby. hair and safety
pins, solid cologne stick. Band
aids. aspirin. needle. thread.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-05
Proper I ooIs Are Needed
to Be. We'll Grooned

Good grooming IS d must fol
every woman but II Is particu-
larly important to the woman
who works. To be, wei groomed
is the first step in efficiency
and in spite Of q tight, time
schedule. the working woman
can achieve the reputation OF
being the best groomed in the
world If she has the proper tools
and a knowledge Of how to use
them daily.
This is the list Of require
ments for every well-groomed
woman. compiled by Miriam
Gibson French for her recent
speech before the Washington
Fashion Group on THE Gov
eminent Girl"
FOR THE HOME.
Bath room-To othbrush, den
thrice Il minute); for bath.
softener. soap. brush or wash
cloth g minutes: after bath
cologne or toilet water. bath
powder tdusting or talc). deo-
dorant Is minutes. includes dom
ming lingerie).
Dressing table - Hair brush
and comb g minutes. 10O
strokes: hair dressing. cleansing
cream or lotion q minutes)
freshener. cleansing tissues. cot
ton balls. makeup base, rouge
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-05
Guests Of Happy Hostess
More Likely to Enjoy Visit

a nervous breakdown. tense and
worried?
Your most important function
Is to have time to enjoy the
people you invited Il take it for
granted you liked them or you
would not have asked them
Other important functions are to
have time to watch out for the
shy person and TO see that your
guests meet one another. You
could display q lot of talent in
getting those people together
who will be congenial.
Let us take this idea a bit
further into deeper human re-
lationships. The radiant or hap
py person lifts the spirit of every
one with whom he or she comes,
in contact. Perhaps your best
contribution to the world is to
be a happy person. which means
a we'll integrated individual with
values at least somewhat
Strengthened out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-05
FOA Paying
Dividends,
Aide Says

The Foreign Operations Adj
ministration program yesterday
was described as "a take-home
package for peace" at a lunch
con meeting of Republican Ma
tional Committeewomen in the
Hotel Statler.
Mrs. Hiram c. Houghton, as
sistant director for Refugees and
Migration, FOA. told the wom-
en- FOA programs are paying dy-
manic dividends to the Ameri-
can people and added, "FOA
funds are seed money"
Mrs. Houghton was one of four
top Republican women ap-
pointees who addressed the
group.
The others were: Mrs. Alice
K. Leopold. director of the Wom-
ems Bureau, United States De-
partment of Labor; Mrs. Kath-
crime G. Howard. Deputy Admin
istrator of the Federal Civil De-
Tense Administration, and Mrs.
Stanley D. Pace, member Of the
War Claims Commission.
Two other scheduled speakers.
Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby. Secre-
tary of Health. Education and
Welfare, and Mrs. Ivy Baker
Priest, United States Treasurer.
were unable to attend.
Mrs. Houghton said FOA'S
military programs are part of a
free world insurance policy
against World War III.
The economic and technical
programs represent our part OF
a joint investment in mutual
prosperity" she continued
while other FOA activities
refugees, economic development,
control of strategic trade-are
fine dividends in the future of
freedom"
Mrs. Houghton said SIS million
has been saved in FOA in the
past year, while 1913 persons have
been let out due to overlapping
and duplication.
In the FOA Paris Office today
there is just half the personnel
they had before. she said, while
cutting down on the number
Of building guards has resulted
in saving of SIPS, 900.
Little savings bring about big
ones" Mrs. Houghton said, add
ing that FOA this year is using
10000 less paper clips and H.
600 less pencils.
She pointed out there has been
a drastic reduction in economic
aid to European countries be-
cause most of them now can
stand on their own feet.
Mrs. Leopold said she is i'm
pressed with the years of pa
tient and thoughtful work which
have gone into the strengthening
Of women's economic position.
Il have also been particularly
impressed with the influence of
cooperating women's organi-
zationS," she continued, mot
only on the national scene but
in the States where local groups
work with the Women's Bureau
on concrete projects to improve
Voman's position"
Mrs. Leopold stressed there is
today a great need for two kinds
of education one for the
woman herself to give her the
confidence she needs to be able
to advance in many fields. The
second area, she added. is the
educational job which needs 70
be done with the employer and
a rather large segment of the
masculine population. who in
some areas still cling to the
traditional idea that woman's
place is in the home"
Mrs. Howard said an adequate
program of civil defense is the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-05
To Hear Author

Glenn Blough, author Of juve-
nile fiction and science text
books. will address the Profess
sional Writers Club at 7:30 pm.
Monday at the YWCA. His sub
ject will be Books Wish I Had
Written"
The group will also hear Miss
Alice Keith. president of the Ma
tional Academy of Broadcasting.
discuss methods Of entering the
field of radio and television. and
Of selling freelance writing in
those fields.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-05
By Josephine Lowmon

AS a young woman before my
marriage. I stumbled onto a
theory. through sheer selfishness
I suppose, but a theory which in
more unself1sh application has
meaning in daily living which
makes up all of life. When I
had a dinner party. I always
placed the two most attractive
men lin my estimation on each
side Of me. I Quoted my con-
science with the thought that If
the hostess had a good time.
everyone else would.
That is not a bad idea! Re-
member it when you entertain.
Today few people have enough
service to entertain. except in
formally. Anyway, what fun can
the guests have if the host and
hostess are in the last stages Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-05

to get this job done on the dead
line. March 81. 1885," she stated.
Miss Bertha S. Adkins. as
sistant to the chairman of the
Republican National Committee,
presided at the luncheon which
was followed by a closed meet
ing Of the committeewomen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-05

RIGHT:
SILK-AND-WOOL, new light
weight %suiting, new capelet
shoulder, new mid way
sleeves! A many = occasion
suit in beaver or grey, 10 to Is.
$3.50
Evening star., 1954-12-12

Metropolitan Museum and an
tiques with Lord Duveen to
know how to buy. The Raps-
burg lace and the Louis Phil
npe wedding lace, both for
merly exhibited by the Metro
politan Museum. are part Of
her superb 18th Century lace
collection. The Mellon Gallery
has her painting by Natter
Of the daughter Of Louis XIV.
Her Russian collection, In
cluding tapestries. silver, por-
celain. Faberge Easter eggs.
church vestmentS and ikons. is
now the largest and most COM
prehensive in the country.
Some of it ornaments the re-
production OF a Russian dacha,
or house. Oh her estate here.
The Smithsonian will be the
richer one day for her historic
Indian collection. one of the
finest in the country.
Daily used on her dressing
table Is the gold dresser set
made by the City Of Paris for
the mother Of the last Czar.
In her bedroom is the exquisite
Kingwood desk that was made
for Marie Antoinette as q we'd
ding gift. She frequently wears
the French Queens marvellous.
pear-shaped diamond earrings
In their original settings which
were found in Marie Antoin-
cites pocket when she was
arrested at Varennes.
But any resemblance to the
selfish French Queen ends
there. Back in World War /.
the young Mrs. Close equipped
from top to toe base hospital
No. 8 at Savenay. France.
Feeds 1000 People
Throughout the depression.
for six continuous years from
1929 to 1885. Marjorie Davies
personally financed d Saliva
ton Army feeding station in
New York that fed up to 1000
people or more daily all the
food they could hold. 1t was
the only one where the entire
family could 60 and eat to-
gether. There were Christmas
parties, too, and presents for
the children whose thousands
Of signatures are scrawled on q
huge framed scroll that hangs
at Topridge. Mrs. Davies ran
the charitable venture by put
ting all her jewelry In the safe
and using the money 1t ordi-
narily cost to insure it.
At the same time she was
co-chairman under the able
Mrs. August Belmont Of the
Emergency Unem ploymsnt
Evening star., 1954-12-12

Fund in New York and 1t was
their women's committee that
raised 81 million In four years
for the hard-hit white-collar
class.
II had training under Mrs.
Belmont that / wouldn't take
anything in the world for"
says Mrs. D. She made good
use Of that training. Last
month she raised $4,000 on
one benefit for the National
Symphony Orchestra-an un-
heard Of amount for WASH
ington. And the first time she
took over the Good Samaritan
Hospital Benefit in Palm
Beach she increased their
usual $50, ,000 profit to $1,000
Two Years in Russia
The Russian collection she
began during her stay in Mos
COW as the American AM
bassadress. She went there
soon after her marriage on
December Is, 1885. to Joseph
E. Davies, who was appointed
by President Roosevelt United
States Ambassador to the So
Wet Union. They occupied
the American Embassy in Mos
COW for two years, then were
ordered to Brussels, where Mr..
Davies served as Ambassador
to Belgium until 1910.
She popped up the party
scene in both places. especially
one evening in Brussels. She
had hired magician to help
break the formal ice, and with
sleight Of hand he removed the
French Ambassadors suspend
ers. The envoy's efforts to
keep his trousers from falling
down brought the house down,
protocol and all.
Then the woman who had
entertained more lavishly than
Washington had witnessed
came to the Nations Capital.
These were no longer opulent
days and extravagant parties
must needs always be played
down here because Of the Of
f1cial spotlight. So in the pa
latial Tregaron she introduced
a friendly gathering as whole
some ,as a church social and as
fresh as a prairie breeze. She
started informal round and
square" dances where hard
pressed Government officials
could doff their coats, swing
their partners. laugh away
their worries and get home by
1880. She herself is one Of
Evening star., 1954-12-12

the best ballroom dancers in
Washington. say partners. Of
all ages.
She's q combination Of
wholesomeness and worldli-
ness. femininity and efficiency.
freshness midst the ever fabu-
lous - that's Marjorie Post
Davies.
Merit ioeek:. The "cdue-
diDeller" hostesses.
Evening star., 1954-12-12
Marjorie Davies: The Word Is FobuIous
tcontinued from page D-3)

velopment with the board Of
managers.
In 1919 sie was divorced
from Edward Close. and the
following year married Ed
ward Hutton Of New York.
Three years later she gave
birth To her third daughter.
Nedenia. now Mrs. Stanley
Rumbough, jr.
During the ,20s she became
. hostess on q fabulous scale.
She was operating four huge
blishments-a home Id
New York. an estate in Roslyn,
Long Island; q palace In Palm
Beach, Mar-A-Lago, that was
designed and constructed with
the aid of European artisans,
and . camp, or. more prop
erly. q private village, In the
Adirondacks known as Top
ridge where 80 guests can be
sheltered individually and 40
employees look after their
needs.
In place Of the New York
house, she now has Tregaron
with its ~ acres here in wash
ington. And the 2O0-acre
Roslyn estate was sold TO Long
Island University q few years
ago. On this past November
20. the Tooth anniversary OF
her fathers birth, 1t became
the c. w. Post College .of
Liberal Arts.
Church to Get Estates
Both Mar-A-I4ago, which
she will open again next
winter. and Topridge have
been willed to a church organ
ization TO be used as rest
homes.
But back to the fantastic.
19l0s and '2Os when parties
frequently cost $4,000 or
$4,000. such as the Clarence
Mackay's party for the Prince
Of Wales. recalls Mrs. Davies.
Marjorie once commissioned
Charles Dillingham; to produce
a three-act comedy at one Of
her parties in Palm Beach,
and another year she hired
Barnuln and Bailey to put on
their circus for three days
one day for private partying,
two for charity.
Her love Of yachting de-
veloped after her marriage to
Mr.. Hutton. They went cruis-
ing on their honeymoon and
they later built the Hussar III
and the schooner Hussar. Then
in 1880 she built the Sea Cloud,
having poured over every detail
Of its blueprints for five years.
The results were sheer grace, 4
floating dream, o breathtaking
sight when under full sail.
There's no other ship like her.
The Sea Cloud
Over all $50 feet long, it's a
four masted square rugged
clipper with four diesel engines
Of $50 h.p. each. 1t has a hull
Of steel with extra thickness
and double bottom for safety.
It carries a crew Of 70 and it is
outf1tted like a seaborne man
sion.
There's an open coal fire.
place in its Georgian =paneled
living room, and Louis XVI
furniture in the owners bed
rooms. There are delicate
Dresden figurineS and china
table lamps and whole glass
cabinets of fine porcelain but
are all so securely nailed or
glued down as to remain un-
damaged In rough seas.
During the '20s, the Postum
company was growing into the
General Foods Corp. adding
Jello, Maxwell House Coffee,
Log Cabin products, He'll
mann's mayonnaise, etc.--in
all. so products. It was Mar
jorie Davies idea to add q
brand-new industry - Birds
eye frozen foods which caught
her imagination because 1t
made all foods available year
around.
Begins Collections
And as fast as General
Foods collected companies, its
important board member col
lected things. She studied
tapestries and textiles at the
Evening star., 1954-03-13

money to put ideas to work. For
these, the pay as you grow
service will enable them to enjoy
landscaping or complete gardens
on q convenient budget-plan for
which special bank financing
may be arranged. From sample
gardens ideas may be gained.
Feeding For Plants.
Set back from the main build
ing is a large pond which not
only is q landscaping attraction
but has been treated to serve
as a source for the liquid feeding
of the plants. Blue stone walks
lead from the terrace Of the
clubhouse to display areas where
may be seen the budget gardens
and other service facilities. A
check booth and planned
parking space is at either end
Of the display space.
The manager Of the gardens is
George A. Brown, whose father
was q horticulturiSt at Kew
Gardens, London. Following in
his fathers footsteps. he served
as head gardener for large pri-
vate estates in Virginia before
establishing his own landscaping
business. An old friend Of Mr..
Gustin. he gave up his Virginia
business to assist him in estab-
fishing this garden center.
During World War II. Mr..
GuStin served as a major with
the Army Engineers in the South
Evening star., 1954-03-13
Gustin Gardens Set to Open
March 20 in Bethesda Area

ter Red Cross Building. the Cen
eral Accounting ONCE and many
other sites. The new gardens
also will serve as headquarters
for the long established Gustin
Landscape and Tree Service. AS
a part of this service q complete
line of tree surgery equipment
and gardening implements will
be available.
Although some construction
work still remains to be done. the
plant shopping center is virtually
completed and ready for opera
ton next week end.
Home Atmosphere.
The land planning was done by
Thurmond Donovan and the
gardeners club and store was
designed by Architect Clifton B.
White. A>home atmosphere adds
to the attractiveness Of the in
terror, heightened by a corner
lounge with fireplace and garden
library. where customers may
browse.
All the construction work was
done by Coleman & Wood, Inc.
A special display greenhouse for
flowers and foliage plants. as
well as the plant museum are
not yet finished.
For shopping convenience, the
nursery has borrowed an idea
from food centers which is IA
miliar enough to the average
housewife. The customer can
follow unhurriedly behind a
smart self service cart and select
items for house or garden. Or. II
preferred. attendants will be on
hand to offer advise.
The "budget-gardens," how
ever. should have extra appeal
tc the new home owner or
apartment manager. who often
have the desire but not sufficient
Evening star., 1954-03-13

Gustin Gardens, an unusually
designed plant-shopping center
featuring budget gardens under
a. 'pay-as-your-grow" plan as
one of many varied services.
opens formally the week end
of March 20-2l in the Bethesda
area.
Planned for the convenience
of customers on either a self
selective basis or under the guid-
ance of experienced gardeners.
the nursery is the new head
quarters of one of the best
known specialists in the East.
The carefully handicapped site Of
more than three acres is Situ-
ated near the juncture Of Old
Georgetown road and Rockville
pike.
A gardeners clubhouse and
store Of attractive Williamsburg
design Is Offset by the special
facilities of the gardens. One Of
Evening star., 1954-03-13
Shepard
Continued From Page B-1.

COnLlnueQ from rage 0-1l
country ''in the belief that its
primary purpose was to avoid
war by providing a forum for
peaceful discussion of interna-
tional differences and their
settlements by negotiation. Our
people," the NAREB head added.
would never have supported the
United Nations If they had
understood that it was to bel
come an institution for seeking
social and economic change and
reform with respect to the in
ternal affairs of member ma
tiOnS."
Evening star., 1954-03-13

Pacific and African theaters.
In the Army he put his knowl-
edge of trees and plants to work
at directing the making Of
camouf1age. At the age Of 19
he had joined the Davey Tree
Co. in Westchester County. N. Y.
and after organizing its Cana
dian office, served as Washington
manager for the same company.
He established his own land
scaping company here in 1946
and holds membership in the
National Association of Garden
ers. the National Arboretum
Association and the National
Shade Tree Association.
Evening star., 1954-03-13

the mOSC IN
teresting fea-,
lures is a lath
house for new
in Productions
readily grown
in this area.
and Q museum
for collectors
items and rare
plants. It is
one of the
most complete
nurseries of its
kind in this
section.
H-.Ac
Evening star., 1954-03-13

- UE U11I N1d4
dens is said to be the realization
of a dream cherished for more
than 20 years by Ray Gustin. jr.,
whose artistic landscaping may
be seen at the United States
Soldiers Home, the District Chap
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-11
Washington Letter = By Robert Nelson ToYlor

alton OF parcel pOst-that you can
no longer mail a package exceeding
72 inches in length and girth, or
40 pounds in weight, between first
class post offices. In fact, you can
mail as much as 40 pounds only in
the first two zones, and no more
than 20 pounds beyond the second
zone.
Thus, because the biggest and
most profitable volume of parcel
post moved, heretofore, between
first class post offices, this is the
law that has barred from the mails
about $1OO,OOO,OOO in parcel post
fees a year.
And thus, this is the law that
brought and overall increase of
SO per cent in parcel post rates last
October, that has now doubled-and
In some cases tripIed-these
charges since 1850.
This is the law that has hurt
every American, except the special
interests who secured it's passage
over the Post Office Department
objections. 1t has penalized millions
OF farm families. But, most of all
1t has hurt Americas small mer-
chants-up and down both sides of
Main Street. They must pay more
70 ship goods to Out-Of-tOwn Gus
toners and to bning in goods from
their suppliers. Since they are sell
dom in position to buy full RR or
truck freight shipments of every
commodity they stock, they are at
the mercy of parcel post rates that
have been blown up two and three
times to Offset the loss of volume
due to the restrictive Public" Law
1879.
Or they can pay the Express
Trust still more, for even more
restricted service, since it was to
legislate more business for this
monopOlistic corporation (that is
wholly-owned by 81 railroads) that
Public" Law 1919 was passed. Yet
this very private law has worked
TOO we'll for it's sponsors, since they
have gained but a fifth of the busi-
ness lost by the post office. But the
tragedy IS that much of the differ
ence represents the strangulation
of small business across the nation.
There are bills before Congress
now, by which genuine parcel post
the fast, comprehensive, economi-
cal service we once knew-can be
returned to the Post Office Depart
ment, and Public" Law 1879 re-
pealed. These are S 1853. introduced
by Senator Kerr, and HR 1885, in
trOducod by Rep. BrOyhill. We men,
tion this fact in case you would
like to be able to mail packages of
reasonable size and weight at rea-
sonable cost and without restric-
tions from any of Americas 41.OOO
post offices for delivery by anv
other post office, and along $4,000
rural routes
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-11

hours per week. They claim five
times as much!
Now as to wages: On the wall of
a store adjoining my Wellesley
Office is a tin sign dated 1904 read
ing: THE BOSTON HERALD
PRICE ONE CENT. One of the
leading newspapers of New Eng
land, THE BOSTON HERALD now
sells for five cents. We EMPLOYERS
are distributed at the wages which
modern youth" ask: but are the
wages more than five times what
we paid high-schOOl graduates
fifty years ago?
What Is PaleOntoIOgy?
PaleOntology is the science of
ancient life. Recently, Doctor Bar
mum Brown, Curator Emeritus of
the American Museum of Natural
History, a leading paleonOlogist,
told me that the facts prove con-
clusively every normal generation
is abler than its predecessor. The
new generation may do things
which we Oldsters do not like; but
1t has other qualities which more
than offset our objections. This i'm
prOvement, he claims, is due to
many factOrs-One of which is the
better diet which each generation
has-mOre protein, more fruits and
vegetables, and especially a greater
variety of food.
When / attended high school, /
despised such subjects as Latin,
Greek and certain higher mathe-
matics. When / would tell. the
teacher that I would never use
these subjects, the teacher world