The Wilmington morning star. [volume], August 18, 1943, FINAL EDITION, Page 5, Image 5

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She Listens
For Voices
Of The Yanks
ROCK ISLAND, 111. The Berlin
wave is a nightly voice in
I. home of Mrs. Dale West, who
■tracts names of American war
'loners from the broadcasts and
;"ps a post card to the families
involved.
Mrs West’s hobby, listening
/ the German, Italian, and Jap
® e broadcasts, and she does
" r best to get accurate transcrip
/is of any messages the prison
ers may have sent,
it's th* most satisfying hobby
ever had,” Mrs. West says.
‘•The parents are so very grate
Aimost all of them reply and
nme enclose a post card and ask
send good news to some
lr mother and father.’ It’s very
iittie trouble for me, but its nice
to have people write 'God bless
you.”’ ' ,
The hobby started quite by ac
cent during June when Mrs.
West's husband was “monkeying
...ith the radio,” a table model,
and happened to hear a woman
ho gave her name as “Midge”’
broadcasting from Berlin the
mes of American prisoners of
ivar together with messages from
ihem to the homefolks.
CLUB CLOCK
The East Wilmington Home
Demonstration club will hold
its recr-ational meeting with
Mrs. Charles F. Jones, in For
est Hills, on August 19, at 7 to
9 p. m.
A special meeting of Wil
mington Assembly No. 12, Or
der of Rainbow for Girls will
be held Wednesday evening at
6 o’clock in the dining hall
of the Masonic Temple. A light
supper will be served. Plans
for the all-day beach party will
| be made and the reports of the
I Carolina Grand Assembly will
be heard at this meeting.
An important called meet
ing is scheduled for Thursday
afternoon at 4 o’clock by
North Carolina Sorosis at the
clubhouse on North Third
street. Several new officers
will be voted on at this time
and business of importance
will be transacted. The execu
tive committee will meet at
3 o’clock in the clinic rooms.
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PERSONALS
Miss Isabelle Whitehurst left
Wednesday morning for her home
in Greenville. She will be mar
ried to Capt. Karl Davies on Sat
urday in Greenville.
* * *
Dellmer Seitter, Jr., has return
ed to the city after attending sum
mer school at Georgia Military
Academy at College Park. Ga.
* *• *
* * *
BIRTH ANNOUNCED
Cpl. and Mrs. Robert E. Vowell
^announce the birth of a son. Rob
jert Earl. 2nd. at Marion Sprunt
■nnex on August 11. Mrs. Vowell
■s the former Esther Pickett of
■eland.
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112 N. Second St.
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Beauty
G. I. HAIRCUT
UVKKSEAS B0B= Lura de Gezd esi^li^^^^Twacs
and Waves who must “roll their own.”
BY BETTY CLARKE
The new ‘ Overseas Bob,” a Wac
hairdo, is designed so that even
an African barber can trim it with
out spoiling its contour.
A hair style short enough to com
ply with Army regulations, it can
be arranged to suit every type.
The thin-faced girl can fluff her
hair out at the sides and the fuller
faced type can roll it neatly. In
any case there won’t be any un
tidy strands to muss up a jacket
collar. *
The nea close-to-the head look
conforms to the narrowness of
the current silhouette. Its casual
lines are designed so that a ser
I vice girl may learn to reset her
own hair and keep it good look
ing in any climate.
Styles in hairdos, however, are
not expected to be monotonous
because of the short-hair trend.
A variety of coiffures — pompa
dours, feather cuts and waves
will still be worn. But the hair
line at the sides should be brush
ed back in a clean and neat ar
rangement.
Invisible hairnets are an import
ant item in the wardrobe of the
service girl, especially for sea
travel and overseas duty. A dry
shampoo is a handy item to have
for those times when soap and
water are not available.
ANN STEVICK
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17. - Your
post-war make-up kit will prob
ably contain many a strange sub
stitute, and possibly at a smaller
cost, according to Department of
Commerce findings on the subject.
Gone for the duration are the
exoitc oils once in.pored from Eu
rope. The cosmetic industry is now
using such homely substitutes as
cotton seed, peanut and soybean
oils, and at a decrease in cost.
Castor oil which once gave your
lipstick that gloss and stability, has
gone to war, and is now used for
waterproofing military equipment,
and as the fluid in retractible land
ing gear.
Beeswax-, an American cosmetic
tradition since pioneer days, is
now being diverted to ointments,
rust preventives and other impor
tant industrial polishes.
A cheerful assurance from the
Department of Commerce indi
cates that there is enough talc to
keep noses from shining. The talc
used in cosmetics is not required
for war uses and face powders
have never required more than
5 percent of the entire production.
MILK FRONT
MIND YOUR MANNERS
Test your knowledge of correct
social usage by answering the
following questions, then checking
against the authoritative answers
below:
1. If you are on a party line
should you make a string of tele
phone calls, one right after the
other?
2. Should you telephone your
friends at the hours when they
are least likely to be busy?
3. If you are connected with a
wrong number should you apolo
gize to the person answering, or
just hang up?
4. If you are not sure whether
or not an expression would of
fend another person should you
use it
5. Should you make a habit 01
borrowing money from the people
with whom you work?
What would you do if—
You are entertained by friends
of your hostess when you are a
house guest for a week—
(a) Thank the persons who en
tertain you at the time and then
do nothing more about it?
(b) After you return home write
a note to each person who enter
tained you?
ANSWERS
1. No. Allow a few minutes be
tween calls, so that the other
person on your line can have the
telephone if he needs it.
2. Yes.
3. It is courteous to apologize.
4. No.
5. No. When you must borrow,
be prompt in repaying it.
Better “What Would You Do”
solution—(b).
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Local Substitutes Take Place
Of Exotic Oils In Cosmetics
A plan for an equalized allocca
tion of the milk supply to various
areas is definitely in mind at the
Department of Agriculture, with
various details to be worked out
in order to assure the most es
sential consumers, such as moth
ers and children, first demand on
the supply.
ODDS AND ENDS
An accident may have cooked
up, literally, a new confection. Aft
er a dehydrating experiment at the
Agriculture Department’s Alabama
station, when the temperature went
beyond the required point, tasty
caramelized sweet potatoes result
ed. . . Those shiny pots and pans
the bride is so proud of are less
efficient than more homey ones
with a patina of tarnish, say home
economists of the Department of
Agriculture, so the disappearance
of scouring materials may be a
blessing after all. . . An estimated
rise in annual individual egg con
sumption of about 2 dozen eggs
per person, together with an ex
pected rise in egg production,
seems to make everything pretty
nice in the egg department.
Junior Sorosis Meet
Slated For Wednesday
With Mrs. L. F. Jones
There will be a meeting of North
Carolina Junior Sorosis Wednesday
evening at 8 o’clock at the home
of Mrs. L. Franklin Jones, 306
Northern boulevard. Sunset Park.
Members have been requested to
be present.
* * *
BIRTH ANNOUNCED
Mr. and Mrs. Grady M. Proctor
announce the birth of a son, Grady
Montgomery, Jr., August 15, at
Marion Sprunt annex.
BODY BASIC, campus style.
This bright student at Sarah
Lawrenence College in Bronx
ville, N. Y., wears one of the
season’s pets, a streamlined
classic in brown and white
checked wool, with Chinese
feeling in round neckline and
side stripes in brown gros
grain.
Chicago Judge
Says 17 Is A
'Dangerous Age'
BY RUTH MILLETT
“Seventeen is the dangerous age
now,” a Chicago judge declared
after having had 60 "kids” come
before him in one day.
ft is little won
der that the 17
year-olds are get
ting into trouble.
.Too many
mothers today
are deciding that
if their children
are in high
school they no
longer need a
mother.
And so they
push the home
resp onsibilities
off on the older
children and go
ttutn miueu
out and get tnemseives jods.
A high school teacher, who
makes it her business to find out
why youngsters who aren’t doing
well in school are falling down
in their studies, says that many
of them tell her there is never a
meal when the whole family eats
together.
There is no one in the house
in the afternoon, so the kids don’t
go right home from school. They
wander around on the downtown
streets, the girls often picking up
service men, the boys loafing
around taverns until dinner time.
Then they go home and “fix” a
meal for themselves.
That eaten, they’re out for the
evening. Home is an empty house
—so why stay at home?
These aren’t isolated cases. It
is a way of life that thousands of
families are living now. Mothers,
who never did like housework
are sliding out from under their
home duties because they feel no
one will criticize them if they
have jobs in war time.
CHILDREN NEED SECURITY
They ease their minds by say
ing, “Jane is old enough to look
after herself.” Or “In another
year or two Johnny will be in the
Army. They don’t need me.” Bu*
they do. They probably need the
security of real homes and inter
ested parents more than they
have ever needed them in thier
lives.
For the war and the uncertain
future has made them restless.
They see others adopting a “noth
ing matters” attitude. And if
there is no one guiding them, no
one interested in when they come
and go, no one looking out for
their health and happiness — they
are ready to accept the attitude,
too
Service Dances
For Week Changed
The dance scheduled by the 558th
Battalion, Battery D, of Fort Fish
er for August 19 has been moved
up until Wednesday evening due to
the cancellation of the Camp Davis
dance for Wednesday night. How
ever, this dance will be held at
the Woodrow Wilson hut at Fourth
and Princess street.
The Battalion dance at Fort Fish
er is still slated for Thursday eve
ning, August 19, at the recreation
hall at the fort.
Beauties* Hints
'Most Beautiful War Worker
Keens Trim Bv Walkincr Briskly
Hooper School
Pupils To Gel
Red Cross Awards
Junior Red Cross first aid cer
tificates have been received in the
Red Cross office for the following
students of the Seventh grade of
the William Hooper school.
This class was under the direc
tion of Miss Kathleen Lewis.
Betty Joyce Frazier, Nelva Pot
ter, Eddie Canfield, Josephine
Hammonds, Sadie Musselwhite,
Frances C'room. Hilda Sellers, Vir
ginia Dowdy, Shirley Horstkamp,
Joyce Horstkamp, Marguerite
Todd, Johnnie Warner, Myrtle Lee
Corbett, Tommy Batson, Edith Ann
Britt, Laura Williams, Martha
Brinson, Garney Fowler, Oliver
Skipper, Eula Ruth Carroll, Ger
ald Watkins, Keith Spivey, Harry
Lee Parker, Marie Jordan and
Billie Dare Merritt.
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ARRIVES IN U. S.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17— UP) —
Major General Eurico Gasper Du
tra, minister of war of Brazil, ar
rived by Army bomber today for
conferences on Brazil’s plans to
send troops overseas with United
Nations forces.
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TAFFY MILLER: Two miles a dav keeps fat away.
BY ALICIA BART
A one-mile walk after dinner and another milk walk some time
during the day streamlines the figure of Taffy Miller, Navy ack
ack shell inspector, who was named “Miss Stardust” and the most
beautiful war worker in the country.
“Of course, I’m careful not to eat more than two starchy foods at
a meal,” the perfect size-34 blond beauty told me when she stopped
in New York on her nation-wide bond-selling tour.
“And I make a habit of eating fresh or stewed fruit for desert
rather than pastry,” Taffy added. “But the best way to keep weight
down is to keep active, I believe.”
Instead of sitting home after a heavy meal, which is one sure way
of puttilg on weight, try taking a good brisk walk a half hour or so
after dinner, she suggests. It will not only keep you in trim, but
help yon to sleep better.
Notice that she says “brisk.” Sauntering may be more fun, but it
won’t slim you.
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Kitchen.
Tasty Cereals Have
Nutritive Value
BY GAYNOR MADDOX
More emphasis on cereals puts
Less worry about protein in the
family menus. There are countless
ways to use cereals in your meals
to the better nourishment and for.
more eating pleasure of all the
family.
One of tiie easiest ways to use
cereals in the diet is through in
creased consumption of bread. Get
the family into the habit of eating
2 slices with every meal. As much
as possible, use the whole grain
breads. Not only are they much
more valuable as food, but they
are richer in flavor.
Toasty Potato Puffs
(Serves 4)
Four medium sized potatoes, 2
tablespoons fortified margarine, 1-4
cup warm milk, 1-4 teaspoon salt,
1-8 teaspoon pepper, 1 egg, slightly
beaten; quick cooking oats.
Cook and mash potatoes. Add
margarine, milk and seasonings.
Beat until smooth and light. Shape
ipto balls with 2 spoons. Dip balls
in egg, then in quick oats. Dot
each ball with additional marga
rine. Bake in a shallow greased
pan in hot oven (450 degrees F.)
20 minutes or until brown.
Here’s use for victory garden
specials combined with protein
valuable oats.
Confetti Loaf
(Serves 4)
One cup cooked string beans,
cut small; 1 cup cooked carrots,
sliced; 1-4 pound bologna, diced;
1 1-2 cups quick cooking oats, 1
teaspoon salt, 1-8 teaspoon pepper,
1 cup vegetable water, 1 bouillon
cube.
Save liquid from drained vege
tables. Mix vegetables, bologna,
quick oats and seasonings. Dis
solve bouillon cube in 1 cup hot
vegetable liquid. Add to bologna
mixture and mix well. Bake in a
greased loaf pan in moderate oven
(350 degrees F.) 1-2 hour.
TOMORROW’S MENU
(Eat the Basic 7 Every Day)
BREAKFAST: Stewed black
berries, enriched com bread,
butter or fortified margarine,
honey or syrup, coffee, milk.
LUNCH: Confetti loaf, water*
cress sandwiches, apple sauce,
tea, milk.
DINNER: Round steak pat
ties, broiled tomatoes, toasty
potato puffs, bread, butter or
fortified margarine, green sal
ad, peach shortcake, coffee or
tea. milk.
Potatoes are one of the Bisle
Seven Foods.
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The one thousandth Liberty ship
was launched on May 25, 1943, at
New Orleans.
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Yes, even as this young man, we must
think of tossing aside our spades, leav
ing our Victory gardens for a few days,
and get him prepared for school. It isn’t
very far off now. And he’ll need a basic
wardrobe of practical, tough, colorful
clothes.
SLACK SUITS
In blue, tan and green, these tubbable slack
suits can laugh at dirt, they launder so well.
Sizes 6-12.
$2.48 and $3.95
SPORT SHIRTS
In yellow, blue, tan, or white these shirts
will go well as extras for the slacks of the
above suits or with any other odd shorts cr
slacks. He’ll need several. Sizes 8-20.
$1.19 and $1.39
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