Evening Star Newspaper, January 30, 1942, Page 45

WOMEN’S FEATURES, THE EVEN NG STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1942 " WOMEN'S FEATURES. Tailored Suits and Dresses Still Best Choice for Most Defense Workers To Save Precious Fabrics, Women to Don Uniforms Only if Job Requires It Remember ‘Victory Fashions’ As a Term Which Describes Our Patriotic Clothes By Helen Vogt Six months 'ago, any one who said to this department, “Have you heard about Victory fashions?” would have been cheerfully attacked by said department with paste-jar, bookends or any other handy, heavy object. But that, as we have said, was six months ago, when the “V for Victory” slogan was being put to some mighty poor uses. Now when the term is applied, as it was so aptly the other day, we are likely to perk up our ears and ask to hear more, for fashions are going to undergo a change, not only because of increased emphasis on functional styles, but also becsuse many of our beloved fabrics and accessories are needed for the armed forces. Recently interviewed on the air by Meredith Smith, Mrs. Alice Perkins of Women's Wear Daily spoke logically and informatively about these “Victory fashions”—a term, we might add, for whose origin Mrs. Perkins deserves full credit. Fortunately, these fashions are not the extreme, useless sort of things that the name once might have implied. For example, manufacturers now are working on “victory foundation garments” which contain little or no elastic. There is no reason why efficient and practical garments cannot be made without using precious, much-needed rubber which could help us on to victory. Stockings come under the same heading. Rayon, cotton and silk and plain cotton ones are arriving in the stores now, many % of them good looking and all of them far more “patriotic” than either silk | or nylon. Also expected to come into its own is the use of unbleached muslin _for summer frocks, and there's even some talk of fabric con- servation through the revival of patchwork. As Mrs. Perkins points out, & beach coat or play dress of patchwork would be as smart as it would be patriotic. And why not? But most important of all is the problem of uniforms for women doing defense work. Except in cases | where women hold full-time, im- | portant jobs, it seems unnecessary | to put them into uniforms. Of course, where it is necessary for a | woman to be identified with her de- | fense job—as in a case where she works with great numbers of civilians | ~—uniforms are important and neces- | sary. However, the business of every | office worker going into uniform is | going to cut down on fabrics that might be put to better use in clothes | for soldiers and sailors and others in all branches of the service. So, if | you've found that you can't get a snappy defense office uniform or you | feel that you can't afford it, remem- ber that you're doing your duty by appearing at your work in a smart little suit or well-tailored dress, thus releasing the fabric for those who | really must have it. Latin American Dept.: Sorry we couldn't have been at a recent luncneon, where the new "mbleml of the Americas” pin was presented to Mrs. Roosevelt and other dis- | Why | Grow Old? By Josephine Lowman title — “Debunking My There are certain beliefs about health and reducing which are without foundation. Here are some of them. 1. That lemon juice taken after 8 heavy meal will lessen the fat- tening effect of said food. It has no effect at all. | 2. That vinegar taken daily will | reduce one. The only way this could act as a slimmer-downer is to affect the digestive system de- trimentally to the point of loss of appetite. This certainly is not to be recommended if you value your health. | 3. That it is hard on the heart | to sleep on the left side—Due to the | protection of the ribs and muscles, it makes no difference which side you sleep on. 4. There is a prevalent idea that | tinguished ladies. The pin, which is as symbolic as it is good looking, is an enameled gadget with the flags of the 21 republics waving above an inscription, “Amigos Siempre”— “Friends Forever,” to you. Royalties from the sales of these pins go directly into a scholarship fund for exchange students, and the lapel gadgets will be on sale in stores here and in South and Central America. Regret Dept.: Sorry, too, that we couldn't dash up to New York for the opening of the Latin American Fair at one of Manhattan's best known department stores. Here in some 60,000 square feet of space in | the store have been re-created build- ings, shops, houses and general at- mosphere from the Latin American countries, and here will be sold mer- | chandise typical of these “good neighbor” lands. The opening at which Mrs. Roosevelt was present, was, we understand, a gala affair. What with & special train to New York, orchids flown up from Vene- zuela and polite escorts to take the party from their hotel to the store, it couldn't avold the gala atmos- phere. But why, oh why, do we always have to be somewhere else? Among the women who really will find uniforms necessary for their part in civilian defense are the hospital aides, whose attire is a crisp, starched white apron over a blue and white For these ladies, who insist upon being as feminine as they are efficient, one firm has designed cologne and powder which almost matches the uniform. The products have a clean, crisp quality that's appealing without being ‘“overdone” or super- striped chambray dress. sophisticated. ' Dorothy Dix Says - - - | It Is Essential for Girls to Learn | How to Support If T could say one word more earn: Themselves | est than any other to teen-age girls, | | it would be to urge them while they are still in high school to decide on some trade or profession by which they can support themselves and to begin to prepare themselves for it. I would implore them not to think of their future in terms of romance and roses and millionaires who will marry them and bear them off to live in palaces, but as a hard proposi- tion which will be harder still if®- they are not fitted to grapple with it. T would like to make these little cuties realize that the best happi- ness insurance that any woman can take out is to be able to earn her | own bread and butter and cake, for it is only the woman who can stand on her own feet who is not crushed by the trials of life. The incompe- tent woman, the helpless woman goes down under misfortune and is ground into powder. So I would say to these girls: Daughter, if you want to be happy, if you want to be successful, get busy. Don’t waste any more time in vague yearnings after the whatness of the what. Get down to brass tacks and try to de- | cide what you really want to do in life and, more particularly, what | you have the ability to do. Then get going. Don't let chance decide your fate. Don't take up stenog- | raphy because Mary Jane is doing depend upon your skill. A poor cook gets a few dollars a week. A famous chef hundreds. Make up | your mind which you want to be. It is up to you. Prepare yourself for whatever | work you undertake as if you knew you were going to do it the balance of your life. The reason so many women fail in business is because | they regard their jobs as just a bridge between the schoolroom and the altar, so what's the use in both- ering to do a thing well that they | only expect to do a short time? But the catch in this is that you | never can tell about marriage. | Maybe you will get a husband who can’t support you. Maybe you won't get a husband at all. Maybe your | husband will fall ill and you will | have to be the breadwinner. Maybe he will die and leave you with a | By Dorothy Murray Hang in the powder room a triple shelf made of crescent shaped glass with a mirror back. This ar- ticle can be used to hold boxes of cleansing tissue, guest powder puffs and many other things. Disposable tissue dusters practical and economical. are They come in a cardboard box, are cedar | treated and as soft as silk. You will find them excellent for polish- ing furniture, silver, woodwork and even your automobile. A wire basket containing two bath towels, two guest towels and two washcloths is an ideal gift for the bride-to-be. Lovely velvet rib- bon in two contrasting colors is wound around the basket to make it a pretty offering as well. . . . In place of your present door bell button install one which lights | the house number and name plate, operates any bell or chime and con- sumes very little current. This ar- ticle is ideal for the homes of pro- | fessional people such as doctors and | dentists. . . A new fruit and vegetable slicer | on the floor. Teach Child Not to Be A Gossip Take Firm Stand When Tendency First Appears By Lettice Lee Streett Seven-year-old Sue came home from school & very sulky small miss. She pouted and drooped around the house until her mother asked, “What is the matter, child? Why don’t you go next door and play with Jane?” Sue switched her brief skirts and answered petulantly, “I won't play with Jane any more.” Her surprised mother asked, “Why?” “Oh, I don't know,” pouted Sue, “but Jane takes all my new paper dolls and she won't play the games we like at school and nobody likes | her any more and she copies the other kids’ ‘rithmetic pages and do you know what?” Sue’s mother's eyes snapped, but | she controlled herself and did not allow her irritation to creep into her tone. This is what she said to Sue: “If these things are true they are of no interest to me and they should not be to you. If Jane takes your paper dolls you should ask her to return them. Right over there on the sofa is & doll of Jane's, perhaps she thinks that you have taken it from her. “It is very unkind to repeat to| any one an unpleasant thing that some one else has sald. “If you cannot say nice things about your friends, do not say any- thing at all. “If you are going to be a tattle- tale the children at school will soon find out and then they will not play with you. “Whether you want to or not, I shall not allow you to play with Jane for a week, nor can you go to her birthday party.” Sue was so absolutely amazed that she did not start to ery for a moment or so. Then the storm burst, she protested that she was sorry, she begged to be allowed to g0 over to see Jane, but her mother remained adamant. Now I hear that this was the first and last attempt on Sue's part to be a tattle-tale. | By Barbara Bell On your calendar of midwinter sewing you surely have scheduled aprons—haven't you? And here is the pattern to use—for an apron of lasting action—an apron you’ll declare fills the bill perfectly! Pat- tern No. 1518-B doesn’t pretend to | TTake Confr Correct Trouble at the Source When Rain Seepage Is Serious | By Margaret Nowell We have a house which is just two years old. The Dear Miss Nowell: basement never has dried out properl. | sign in aprons—it does offer a tried =% Y = 1 9 Ad : || |and true construction f actor's VICE || | hict can be mighty attractive! You can obtain an unusually ‘slenderizing effect by making these straps, which continue as side panels and end as good-sized pockets. of contrasting material — then this Budget-Saving Menus ly and every time it rains, water runs down the walls and forms pools on the floor. I had hoped to use a water- | proof paint on the inside to prevent this but I understand from a con-| Based on Nutrition tractor that the waterproofing must correct? How will we go about this j Answer—The advice of the contractor undoubtedly is right. Leakage | as serious as this must be corrected - at the source, rather than on the| Washington is not complete at this|expert to understand the different | inside walls of the house. It will| be necessary to excavate down to the foundation line all around the house. The foundation walls are then waterproofed with a mixture which looks like thick tar, dmnlze| is installed to carry the water away from the foundation and then the dirt is backfilled. This is a trouble- some job but I am sure you will never enjoy a dry basement until this is done. Dear Miss Nowell: Do you think blue walls on a north and west living room will be too cold? I would like to get & rose rug to go What color could be used for wall paper in an adjoining room with a brown rug on the floor? T. 8 | lowest bid as long as you were as- | be done from the outside. =o' Included in Book This science of nutrition is a complicated matter. It takes ob? H. time. We will try to have all this | functions of proteins, carbohydrates, news for you within the next seven | fats, minerals and vitamins. The last days. The chemical retards fire,| mentioned have caught the fancy of rather than actually preventing it.' the public and we find conversation Materials may be charred and| sprinkled with references to them. blackened but they will not flame. | As important as they are, however, thought for the vitamins should not allow other food elements to be disregarded. Fortunately it is not necessary for Dear Miss Nowell: I have been getting estimates on some plumbing and remodeling in my house and am surprised to find that the esti- those who are not scientists to un- mates are almost a hundred dollars = derstand the technicalities of nutri- apart. That is, $100, $200, and $300, | tion. The subject can be and should from 3 different companies. Each |be interpreted by means of a com- of them $eems to have good reasons | prehension of the contributions for his price and I do not know just | which various foods make. Every one what to do. What would be the who selects meals, especially the accepted procedure in this case? | housekeeper who plans for her whole H. B. V. |family, should know what each food Answer—You would accept the| supplies. As an aid we can recommend highly an | Useful and Smart Apron ‘Fills the Bill’ Nicely | BARBARA BELL, Washington Star. Inclose 25 cents for Pattern No. 1518-B. Name offer any revolutionary new de-| Address (Wrap coins securely in paper.) apron will make an overplump waistline dwindle considerably! The apron is easily put on—it buttons with a single button in back—then is tied at the waist—stays firmly in place and meanwhile protects your entire frock. | With just & few yards of attrac- | tive cottons you can quickly make yourself not just an apron—you can have a supply which will last you | for a long time. Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1518-B is designed for sizes 14, 16, 18, 20, 40, 42 and 44. Corresponding bust measurements 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42 and 44. Size 16 (34), two-toned, re- quires 2!> yards 32-inch material, 3, yard contrast, 5 yards rick-rack braid to trim. Send 15 cents for the Fashion Book if you are looking for inspira- tion for spring sewing. It is brim- ming over with grand new ideas for all sizes from 1 to 52. certain foods do not mix, thus it houseful of little children to care causing abdomina] distress and nausea or indigestion.—If a food agrees with you by itself, it will agree with you in any combination. If you have an illness, don't at- tribute it to food mixture but to some internal condition in yourself Don’t go behind a counter just because Uncle Tom offers you & place as a saleswoman. Study your aptitudes and see what Nature cut you out for, and follow the wise old dame’s plan. The things you like to do are the limited. e surface of the slicer | - : :n;;n“zi‘ogzv;::g mAlnkde :::e};r:k:;x‘; | is fluted, which prevents the fruit maid finds a fat pocketboolgl good | O vegetables from sticking to- | is very handy, for there is no waste | or to food that was not as fresh as | straws which show which way the it should have been. | winds of success will blow for you. 5 That green apples give one a | Did you always stand at the head stomach ache.—The stomach is| of the spelling class? Then stenog- Just as capable of digesting a green raphy is your dish. Have you per- substitute for a poor husband. Naturally, daughter, you look for- ward to geting married and living happily ever afterward. Good! | Then begin in the schoolroom to | unfinished wood and metal. . . . A large collection of Chinese curios is on display in a local shop. The collection includes such ar- ticles as metal incense burners, study domestic science. Make your- wooden chop sticks. miniature can- apple as a ripe one, the main diffi- culty being that the tart, unpala- self a crackerjack cook. Learn how sonality and a glib line of talk? | Salesmanship is for you. Have you table flavor of green apples causes magic in your fingers and an eye us to chew them less than ripe ones. for color? Somebody is waiting to They must be mixed with saliva to | pay you big money as a milliner to juggle a budget. Beauty will fade, wit pall, but a man’s appetite never fails. And “feed the brute” is still the best recipe ever given for be properly digested. (Authority— | Dr. August A. Thomen). | 6. That one can reduce by exces- | sive perspiration. You do lose tem- | will have to work just as hard and | porarily, due to loss of water, but' Yyou can gain it all back by drinking | | ference in your pay envelope will water, retaining a husband’s love. Also, being an expert cook and house- keeper gives a woman a trade by which she can always make a living if the necessity comes upon her. More women have made fortunes out of boarding houses than ever did in being movie stars or writing and dressmaker. | Choose your job to your liking | and then perfect yourself in it. You | Just as long hours for a small job | as you will for a big one. The dif- | best sellers. And finally, daughter, having a 80ood trade which you can cgash in on is the best protection you can | have if you are unfortunate enough to marry a brute. The helpless, de- pendent woman has to endure what- | ever treatment the man she is mar- | ried to accords her. Not so the woman who is self-supporting. She can put on her hat and walk out if her husband fails to treat her as politely as he would his secretary. Think over what I have written here, girls, and begin to plan your future life. It is not a day too soon, Patriotic Note NEW YORK (#).—The who made names for mem»fiz‘:'ex: the history of America are to be- w:w names in fashion, silk mill has issued its s color card, with each shade n:;u;g for an American woman famous in our history. Examples: You may soon be wearing a dress of “Poca- hong’n pink,” “Molly Pitcher yel- low,” “Virgis Dare gold,” “Clara Barton red,” “Betsy Ross blue” or “Martha Washington purple.” For Sweater Girls The wearing of sweaters usually limited to sportswear now extends into the evening hours. One man- ufacturer recommends a style of By Barcness Piantoni This pattern really offers the opportunity to make two sizes and two types of lace mats. The larger size, as you see it shown above, has an unusually pretty border crocheted around a starlike center. In size 20 cotton, it measures 14 inches in diameter. The star center alone, finished with a dainty picot edging, is considerably smaller and just about the right measurement for use on cake or bread piate. Pattern envelope contains complete easy-to-read and easy-to-follow directions for the above. Send 15 cents for pattern No. 1389 to the Neellework Editor of The Svening Star, very soft yarn in pastel colors. It's a bare midriff sweater, similar to| those you've seen with slacks and | shorts. Omelet When making an omelet, allow 3 eggs for two servings. Add 1 teaspoon cold water or milk, 3 teaspoon salt and dash of pepper for each egg. dle holders, wooden salad spoon and fork sets, cinnabar containers for cigarettes and many other items. All are inexpensive. . .. Key chains made of vinylite come in clear, brown and blue to match the smart-looking belts of the same material. . . . While they are still available, purchase a supply of lucite closet accessories. There are specially designed hangers for men’s suits, ladies’ coats and skirts, and ones for evening frocks. Also included in the assortment are hangers for fur neckpieces. These are par- ticularly nice as they eliminate the | damage of the scarf being cut. . . . | With the stock of aluminum uten- sils being practically exhausted the good old standby, enamelware, is coming back into its own. One of the attractive utensils seen recently | is a double boiler. It may be ob- | tained in blue and white, red and | white and black and white. . . . French baking shells in medium size are excellent to use when pre- paring deviled crabs. They are hard- wearing and are comparatively in- expensive. Delicious Apples Apples baked in pineapple juice are delicious. Peel and core the apples, cover them with juice and bake until soft. Time Saver If you wish to save time, dry scallops with a cloth, roll in meal and let them set in the refrigerator 'WHY THOUSANDS OF DOCTORS ORDERED THIS FOR CHILDRENS 8AD COUGHS (CAUSED BY COLDS) Pertussin —a famous herbal cough remedy — scientifically prepared not only promptly helps relieve coughing spells but also loosens sticky phlegm and makes it easier to raise. Pleasant tasting. Safe for both old and small children. RTUSSING youn, mxplwv-mi Answer—TI think a better arrange- ment would be the other way! around, with soft rose, plain walls | in the living room and the blue gether, and the gadget is made of | rug on the floor. In this way you will not get quite so much blue.| | Then use a figured, matching wall | | terior of my apartment? paper in rose shades in the adjoin- | ing room, which will be verv nice with the plain brown rug and vou may repeat the blue at the windows there. Dear Miss Nowell: Would you suggest some way to “pep up” some very dull cream-colored calsomined walls which form the complete in- R.C. A. Answer—Wall paper borders will help a lot. Also among the newest tricks are stenciled borders and swags. These are especially lovely where an over-door and over-win- dow design is incorporated with a narrow border which continues all around the doors and windows. “The sky is the limit” on what you | can do with this idea if you are| energetic. You may buy stencil pat- terns or design your own. Dear Miss Nowell: I have hear that there is a solution in whicl materials may be washed that will render them non-inflammable. Do | you know what the chemical is and if it may be purchased for home use? H.G. 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