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Evening star., 1960-08-01
SEAMS
TO ME.
Altering Trouser Length
Is q Problem for Mother
BY PATRICIA SCOTT

Growing boys and changing
styles can certainly play hav-
oc with your budget If you
don't know how to shorten
or lengthen trousers.
You needn't be experienced
in sewing to make such alter
ations. In fact, you can do
1t II you've never done any
thing but simple mending
for your family.
Lengthening trousers with
cuffs: Rip open at lower edge
and spread trouser to its full
length. Whether trousers
have plain or French cuffs.
the first step is to measure
from the top crease on pant
leg the amount you want to
lengthen the trousers (flg. -.
Do this by marking with
chalk all around the trouser
leg. Then steam out the old
crease marks. Proceed to make
plain or French cuffs. If you
are lengthening the trouser
more than l., make q French
cuff; If I" or less, make a
plain cuff.
Plain cuff: Measure down
~" from first chalk line and
mark a second line around
trouser leg (fig. D. Mark a
third line 12" below second
line. Turn raw bottom edge
under so that it is on inside
Of pant leg, and pin first and
third lines together. Basic
and press. Form new cuff, by
folding along the line where
first and third lines are
basted together; baste to
hold cuff in place and press.
To finish raw edge turned
up on inside Of trouser, turn
cuff down again, baste and
machine stitch. Finish of
with a wear guard (see be-
low and tack cuff at the
sides.
French cuff: Measuring
from chalk line that is guide
for new length desired Gig. 81 ,
make two more lines, one
IA inches above and another
~ inches below (fig. -. Fold
under on center line and
baSte. Lay this fold against
the top line and baste. Fold
under at lower line. Basic and
press. Raw edge inside pants
leg should meet the top fold.
II higher, trim of excess fab
ric. Join these folds on inside
with hand running stitches
about u inch apart. Be care
full, Of course, not to sew
through outside Of finished
cuff. Put in wear guards (see
below. Press and tack cuff at
sides.
Shortening trousers: Rip
open at lower edge as above.
From top crease. indicating
original length. measure new
length to be shortened; mark
with chalk (fig. 81. Measuring
down from this new line,
draw three 49, more lines IA
inches apart. Trim of excess
fabric along fourth line (fig.
g.. Make a plain cuff as de-
scribed above.
Wear guards: These are
necessary to protect trouser
from rubbing against shoes.
Use heavy tape about % inch
wide. Turn down cuff; baste
Evening star., 1960-08-01

help in locating a good re-
f1nisher. Id like to have
three oak tables refinished
to walnut and don't know of
anyone in the area. There
are a number OF them listed
in the phone book but I'd
prefer someone who was
recommended as good"
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the house as pigeons will not
stay around the odor Of the
moth balls and it really did
work. They came and it
seemed as though they were
trying to clean the moth
balls out Of the spouting but.
of course, they had no sue
cess and we haven't had pig
cons on our roof or around
our house since then.
Try this and I surely hope
1t will be as successful for
you as it was for us.
\ y
SoiIfish
Mrs. D. B., Washington
I am considering buying a
Evening star., 1960-08-01
Refinishinq
Furniture
Mrs. c. K

Mrs. {. X.
Editors Note: Gould we pleose
hovs Mrs. c. KS fill name ond
oddress?l
I would appreciate some
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guard next to the fold that
will be new bottom edge of
trouser leg. Machine stitch
along both edges of tape.
Turn cuff back.
Miss Scott is hoppy to help
SEAMS TO ME readers with their
sewing problems. and with questions
on wordrebs and fashions. Hsw-
ever, beeouse 50 many ore seeking
her sssistenes, Miss Scott ssks
readers to pleoss limit their letters
to one question. Send your question
to Potrieio Scott in cor. Of The
Evening Stor. enclosing Q stsmped.
seIf-eddressed envelope far reply.
Copyright, 1860. Field Enterprises, Inc.
Evening star., 1960-08-01
Packing Neatly

To: Miss r. j., Washington
Mrs. M. MacM.. Washington
To keep wrinkles out of
your clothes while living in
and out of a suitcase, buy
sheets of tissue, scads OF
Evening star., 1960-08-01

them. Every time you fold a
dress. blouse, slacks. etc.,
slip tissue in and then fold.
The more tissue you use, the
better. Try not to press
clothes down hard. If neces-
sary. spread out and use more
suitcases. Don't put heavy
shoes. ETC.. on top of. the
clothes.
BY the way, slip some
sachet in with the things in
the suitcases. It'll smell good
and pep you up.
Evening star., 1960-08-01
Chinese Dishes

Miss S. P, Washington
I would be most grateful
If some of you readers could
send me some good Chinese
or japanese recipes. I am
anxious to try them but do
not know where to start.
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know Of a store or stores
where I can buy food. jelly
and candy. etc. from Am
sterdam. Holland, I have a
friend from there who's hav-
ing a birthday soon and I'd
like to get her something
from her home. Thanks so
much.
Cocktail Party
G. c.. Washington
I would like to know the
size Of room necessary to
Evening star., 1960-08-01
Old Issue

E. Mace. Silver Spring
I am looking for a July
1949 issue of the National
Geographic Magazine. They
Evening star., 1960-08-01
READERS CLEARING HOUSE

are now out Of print and the
National Geographic Society
does not have any copies. I
would appreciate any infor-
nation as to where I might
find one.
Evening star., 1960-08-01
Rose Petal Jam

Mrs. E. c.. Alexandria
Here is the recipe request
ed for Rose Petal Jam.
Gather as many fresh
petals preferably after a
shower Of the pink and red
roses and to each pint of well
packed petals add l pint of
sugar. To 6 pints of leaves
or petals add l quart of dis
titled water. Heat over low
heat until melted. Let come
to a boil. Stir carefully and
boil about 25 minutes. Place
in small jars and seal.
n y
Amsterdam Jam
D. M. M, Washington
Does any reader Of RICH
Evening star., 1960-08-01

adequately accommodate a
cocktail party of a given
number of people. In one
article last spring, actual
figures were included. If any
RICH reader has any helpful
information of this type
would you send it to me
please?
Evening star., 1960-08-01
Getting Rid of Pigeons
Mrs. G. N. S.. Winchester. Va
To. Mrs A r & Wnshinnton

In to request about getting rid Of pigeons,
hope be of help We too have been troubled for
the past three The that Matched in
nests that had been made in the back slant of the each
season came back to nest had quite problem.
We told to put moth balls in the spoutng around
The Adak sun., 1960-12-12
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the heartless silence of an endless
and aimless world. Rather the: silence
around us is a small and pitt full stil H.
mess like the prompt stiffness in q
sick-room.. We are perhaps permi tied
tragedy a s sort of merci full comedy:
because the frantic energy Of divine
things would knock US down like dru-
|nkan forco. We can take our own tears
more lightly than We could the tremen-
Idous levities of the angels. So we
lsit perhaps in a starry chamber of
Isl lence, while the laughter of the
heavens is too loud for US to hear"
Joy, which was the small publicity
lot the pagan, is the gigantic secret
lot the Christian. And an 7 close thi
Ichaotlc volume open again that stra-
|n9e small book from which all Christi
|lanlty came; and I am again haunted by
Ia kind of confirma ion. The tremendous
figure which fills the Gospels towers
IN this respect, as in every other.
above all the thinkers who ever thought
themse Ives tall. His paths was ma tu-
ral, almost casual. The Stoics, anci-
ent and modern, were proud of conceal
ing their tears. He never concealed
His tears; He showed them plainly on
HIS open face at any daily sight, such
as the far sight of His native CITY.
Yet He concealed some thing. Solemn
supermen and imperial diplomatists are
proud of restra lining their anger. lie
never restrained His anger. He flunq
I urn1 ture down the steps of the Temple,
and asked men how they expected to es-
cape the damnation Of He'll. Yet he
res trained something. 7 say it wi tn
reverence; there was in that shatterinq
personality thread that must be CALL
ed shyness. There was some thinq that
lie hid from all men when He went w,
mountain to Pray. There was some thine !
mat He covered constantly by abrupt
silence or imperuous isolation. There
vas some one thing that was too great
The Adak sun., 1960-12-12
ADAK kOWItNG DERBY

= t.
FRA cropped in 3rd place from lst
place after being in the LIST place 4
are the Static Cha sers With ~ wins.
The Poems with II wins tied wi tn the
FRA for End place.. Playboys came up
from 9Th to 18th place over night. The
5lazers are in 5th place. The Pira ties
and mo Show" tie for 9th place and
as usual the "Old Timers" are on bot
tom.
wi the 6eS5y. rao o i is 81 poihfo
between the top and bottom teams.
Ihis weeks award winner for Hi oh
Series is Evitt wi tn $50. This weeks
High game honors also 90 to Evitt wi tn
222.
Hi Series honors 60 to h1oravits who
has had SIS, High Game honors also
goes to Moravits wi tn 228 and Hi oh
AVERAGE honors 60 to Chase wi tn rs. i
F "a Nc VS. |
Monday II December the Ladie s Aux
IL 5yyo will hold their monthly meeting
"Wednesday ID December viii be Gen.
f fo at ts3d30i 1900 All members are urged
Box lunch supper will be held on
Saturday December 18th. All Ladies'
offending, are requested to bring |
9 6ox Lunch prettied up for the event. |
bidder. The biddi1g will start at
1900. All members and ELIGIBLE Guest |
are urged to attend. Bingo will follow
the supper.~
Attention FRA Members. Two door
prizes have not been claimed. Please
contact Home Custodian no later than
Wednesday December 2lst.
The FRA Home will be closed "a Dec.
Christmas Eve. The home has had some
improvement, if you haven't seen them.
drop around and bring aneliqible quest
WI tn you. Eligible guests are, person
mel of the Navy and Marine Corps who
nave completed at least six years act
i've duty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-05-02

Istacle in the way of the high
school graduate who wants to
enter college. Tuition rates
have gone up, and another
round is under way. 1t is not
uncommon to find tuition fees
above $1,000 a year. The
better-name mems and wom-
ems colleges are charging
$500. And this does not in
clude room and board.
It is estimated that an
nually 100000 bright high
school graduates, who should
be in college, never enter. Half
Iof these. statistics indicate,
lack motivation. But the other
half simply cannot pay the
high tuition rates and other
costs.
The Federal Government,
through its student loans, is
making a dent in the financial
problem and many colleges
have set aside scholarship
funds. But there are not
enough loans or scholarship
grants for all those who are
qualified and wish to go to
college.
Tomorrow: Why So Mony FoiIures?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-05-02

do through this short course Of
instruction without cost OF
obligation =. and in the privacy
of your own home.
As Catholic laymen, who treas
ure our Faith, we invite YOU Il
understand it and, we hope, to
share it.
Write today, giving your nam'
and address and stating that yo1
want the course of Catholic in
struction by mail. The book and
simple test sheets will be mailed
to you Immediately in a plair
wrapper, without any cost OF
obligation TO you. And nobod1
will call on you or urge yoI
to join the Catholic Church
Write TODAY. ASK FOB
INSTRUCTION COURSE-KC
or phone Randolph 3-894l. Bu
-please-apply only for yourself
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-05-02
Leukemiu Chapter
To Meet Thursday

The Greater Washington
Chapter of the Leukemia So
ciety, Inc, will hold a meeting
at 1880 p. m. Thursday at the
National Housing Center, 1925
L street N. w.
Certificates of appreciation
for assistance in fighting leuke-
mia disease will be presented
to Riggs National Bank. Ber-
nard j. Bradshaw, members of
the Apex Post Office Station
and Philip Milestone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-05-02
Learn The Truth About
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
By MoiI...Af No Cost!

You can easily investigate
Catholic faith and worship in
the privacy of your home.
Just send us your name and
address and advise that you
want TO know what the Catholic
Church really teaches what
Catholics really believe. We will
send you an interesting course
of instruction which is short, yet
complete.
We will send you a book ex.
planning Catholic faith and wor.
ship written in an easy.to.
understand form. There are six
test sheets which you can mark
and we will check and return
TO you. This will enable YOU
to determine how well you
understand the book. 1t will give
you quick and authentic answers
on any point you do not immedi.
ately understand.
There is no writing to do .
and nobody calls on you unless
you request it. Nobody knows,
in fact, that you are inquiring
into Catholic teaching. Thou
sands of people are taking the
course, and learning for the first
time wonderful truths about the
Church established by Christ
Himself.
We know that many people
would like to learn all about
the Catholic Church-but hest.
tate TO make personal inquiries.
This offer is made for the benefit
and convenience of such people,
so they may get authentic
Catholic information and study
it in the privacy of their own
homes.
You will find in this course
of instruction answers to the
questions which confuse nom
Catholics. You will discover that
Catholic belief and practice are
not what they are SO often mis-.
represented to be.
And If It is true that the
Catholic Church is Christ's
Church as we maintain :.
you owe it to yourself to get
the facts. This you can readily
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-05-02
Dr.. Olsen to Head
Civic Association

DR.. H. Lowell Olsen, of Der
wood. Md. has been elected
president of the Upper Rock
Creek Civil Association.
Others officers elected were
Harold v. Lauth, jr., vice pres
ident, and Mrs. jeanne Ban
field, secretary. Rufus H. Cald-
well was reelected treasurer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-05-02
Episcopal Diocese
Plans Convention

MARTINSBURG, w. va.
May 2 (APl.-The 83rd annual
convention Of the Episcopal
Diocese of West Virginia will
be held here May 10-II at
Trinity Church.
The day before, a special OBJ
Servance will honor the Rt,
Rev. Wilburn c. Campbell of
Charleston when he celebrates
the 10th anniversary of his
conservation as bishop of West
Virginia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-05-02
YMCA to Conduct
Course on Camping

The YMCA will offer a four
week course in family tent and
trailer camping beginning at
8 pm. Tuesday.
The course, which includes
sessions on equipment, cook
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-05-02

students increasing while the
schools rates Of expansion are
not rapid enough to meet the
tremendous needs.
This is the month when most
colleges notify their candidates
whether they have been &C.
cepted or rejected and a grow
ing number will be diSap-
pointed.
Top-ranking students may
not find the going rough, I'M
less they converge upon the Sc
lect list of name" colleges
such as Harvard, Princeton
Yale, Dartmouth, Columbia,
Brown, and the University of
Pennsylvania.
And large numbers of girls
seek out the big seven women's
institutions - Smith, Vassar,
Mount Holyoke, Bryn Mawr,
Wellesley, Pembroke and Rad
cliffe.
Many Eastern students have
placed geographic" barriers
around themselves. A New
York resident is willing to 60
as far west as Chicago, but be-
yond that, he frequently balks.
This attitude limits the OPP
portunities for many students
There are 1000 accredited
four-year institutions in this
country, and another 1000
good two-year colleges, tech
nical institutes or professional
schools. Many smaller colleges,
particularly in the Midwest or
in the South, have plenty of
facilities, even now.
Applicants Mount
mo one need stay out of a
college. if he really is deter
mined to get in" an admissions
director in an Eastern college
for men said. students must
get over the idea that there is
only one college for them, and
one only. Many of the smaller,
relatively unknown colleges are
doing a fine scholastic job to-
day."
Many colleges have five to 10
times as many applicants as
there are spaces available. For
example, Goucher College, Bal
timore, has received more than
LOO applications. Goucher, a
girls college, expects to admit
2l6 students for the fall class.
Franklin and Marshall COL
lege. in Lancaster. Pa, accept
ed 375 students out of $500
who applied. Five years ago
the college admitted 348 fresh
men. BY action of the board
of trustees, enrolment at
Franklin and Marshall has
been limited to 1900 men for
the past five years. The ques-
ton of expanding the college
to 1000 is now under consid-
Grafton.
Private colleges are prepared
to expand by about 40 per cent
during the next 10 years, but
the major growth among col
leges and universities will be
among public ones.
Ratio to Change
This trend is already APP
parent. Fifteen years ago the
ratio of college students be-
tween public and private in
situations was $3.50. This year
it is 60-40. with so per cent of
the students attending public
institutions. BY 1870, it is pre-
dicted, the ratio will be closer
to 1920.
There also Is financial OBJ
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ing. travelling and setting Up
camp, will be offered at 8 pm.
Tuesdays, May 5 through "a at
the Alexandria Branch, 81 West
Glebe road, Alexandria, Va,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-05-02

and at 8 pm. Thursdays. May
5 through 26 at the Silver
Spring Branch, Granville ave-
nue. and Colesville road. Silver
Spring, Md.
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get into college this year than
ever before. Everywhere COL
legeS have raised their admis-
sion requirements. The four
New York municipal colleges
Hunter, Queens. Brooklyn and
City-already have a cutoff
point of IS per cent. Few stu
dents who get a lower average
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-05-02
CRISIS ON THE CAMPUS
College Crowding
STILES Key Students
BY BENJAMIN FINE
North American Newspaper Alliance

NEW YoRK-The Nations colleges and universities face
0 major crisis.
During the last 20 they have increased their enroll
ment by $50 Within years present body
Of 3.5 million will pass million.
1t is difficult the average high student
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-05-02

than that have a chance of
admittance.
A survey Of 80 colleges and
universities shows the volume
of applications from qualified
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-05-02
SENATOR MORSE

SENATOR MORSE
]. Sponsored D. c. Primary Law
z. introduced legislation to help the uaed & infirm
3. Increased teacher salaries
Z. Sponsored Senate passed Home Rule Bill
: 5. Works to cIeun up the Potomac River !
8. Fights for relief of Junior Village
7. Sponsored legislation feeding 1000 hungry =
school children
8. Reduced D. C. tax burden by increasing Federal
payments by one million dollars
3. Believes in the dignity and human rights Of all
men irrespective of race or color 4
SENATOR MORSE VOLUNTEERED TO SERVE y
ON THE SENATE DISTRICT COMMITTEE IN
; ORDER TO HELP MAKE OUR CITY A BETTER :
PLACE TO WORK AND LIVE
Sponsored by Uptown Morse for President Club
]. NORMAN STONE-President
MRS. HERMAN GLOVER-Secretary
WOOLSEY ". HALL-Tredsurer
Vice Presidents
FEB SHARPE MRS. HUBERT BARNES
MRS. A. C. BERRY MRS HELEN SOLESE
MRS. KIRKLAND DAVIS MRS. ANITA GREEN =
VIRGINIA STACEY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-05-02

This is the first Of three articles by
the educotion editor Of North Amer
icon Newspaper Alliance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-05-02

VOTE FOR
The MORSE
SLATE
TOMORROW

whose record of
achievement for the
people Of the District
OF Columbia remains
unsurpassed
Evening star., 1960-10-09

the seven weeks it took to get a well drilled. And
Marjorie insisted on making daily l56-mile round
trip to New York for bath. 1t got to be such
habit with her that the day after our well was
connected to the house she automatically drove in
to her mothers apartment to bathe.
They Te0Y got ssUns
The malice Nature held for us is even better
illustrated by incident that occurred couple Of
summers later. A swarm of bees took up residence
in caves. Having always liked honey, was
elated But Marjorie somehow couldn't see the
honey for the BEES particularly after she stung
the second time. ''The bees 60 or CO." she said.
"And that's final"
hired two professional beekeepers, who spoke
nothing but German, to remove the swarm Swathed
in mosquito netting and with smudge pots at the
ready, they hacked huge hole in the roof took
sniff, shouted something that began with ''Mein
Cott!'' and hastily drove off.
We'd been singled out by colony of sick bees,
an infected colony whose putrid honey was utterly
useless to man, beast beekeeper But sick they
were, those bees tenacious fighters. 1t took
exterminator three days to dslodge them, and then
he had resort to cyanide gas We received the battle
bulletins by telephone, in New York hotel room.
Afterwards, I, of course had to hire carpenter
to patch the roof And then Igot bill from the two
Mein- -Cotters for services rendered"
Evening star., 1960-10-09

And so the seasons rolled by. Sis rotted, roofs
leaked and plumbing collapsed. Once were
terrorized when an epidemic of rabies struck the
local foxes and they began biting anything and
everything. One even attacked my car as | was
driving into the garage. On another occasion,
sat huddled behind barred doors while armed vigi-
ante groups hunted irate bear AS it turned out,
it existed only in the mind Of lady who'd drunk
too deep of the grape. Then there the peren-
nialy frustrating fact that not single seed planted
ever sprouted Only the bills grew.
The final straw was our burlap wall-covering
Two nights after we'd had all the downstairs walls
'papered" with burlap, was awakened by mystify.
Evening star., 1960-10-09

ing noise Irushed downstairs and so help me, found
huge sheets of burap slowly peelng off all the walls
In the old days, someone finally thought to tell
me, they put some sort of gunk in plaster to keep
things from sticking to it. was also told there was
an application you could put on old plaster to draw
out the gunk 1t took four men four days to degunk
our walls, and the bill ran to four figures.
With this bill as weapon, Marjorie finally
budgeoned me into sitting down with her to study
the cost of running our Shangri-La. 1t was an eye
opening afternoon that ended with staggering to
my feet, screaming, "Why haven't you told me?
This place goes on the market tomorrow
ST, brood, WaiF!
1t did, but it was four long years before we were
able to sell the house and move back to Manhattan.
1t seems the market for heavily mortgaged white
elephants is limited Short of letting them go for
taxes, you just have to sit, brood and nope until
buyer as innocent as you once were comes along.
The lesson to be drawn from all this is obvious
I'm sure it's already dawned on you. But it took me
seven years to learn it. Since accident of birth
determines whether you're the apartment-house
type OF the country-house type, no man can elect
to be one or the other. So the rule-of-thumb for
anyone thinking of joining what sociologists call
the massive migration to suburbia' is simply this:
Make good and sure you're to the manor born -
before you buy one. - The End
Evening star., 1960-10-09
The legacy of an American child as made up

A country Of abundance to Iiue IN. Fst
creGt Americans of the past These leaders kmeaO tn
are 6ndependent-free to sOork and dream
This principle of independence has made Anaeri
continually, If the future is to bring
close-to-home example of what the principle OF nde-
pendence can accomplish is your electric service
It was developed by independent electric companies
successfully that puts the energy of 67 men to
work for every man. and child in America today
The independent companies-more than 300 of them
serve out of Often they work together inter-
connecting lines and pooling facilities to improve service
and keep the price low
These companies will double their supply of electric
AMERICAS INDEPENDENT