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Heartache In Store For Dad
Unless Wife Plans Tactful x
Reunion With The Children
By RUTH MILLETT
Marry a serviceman will return
from war a stranger to his own
child or children. That is a heart
breaking iact.
In her eager
ness to have
children
“Daddy,” w a
wives should
careful not
push or hurr
the children.
“Give the
time,” says Dr
Wilbur R.
well-known
chiatrist.
ing to push them
into a close
tionship before
they come to Millett
feel close to a returned father will
Dnly result ;n confusing the chil
dren and making the father feel
like an outsider.”
Children, in the absence of a
father, come to accept the mother
as the answer to all of their needs
and the sole dispenser of author
ity. They become used to turning
to* her alone when they are in
trouble, or need help, or w’ant
grown-up approval of their ac
tomplishments.
That becomes natural behavior
to the child and the mother
shouldn't try to undo it all at
once Rather, she should gradu
ally draw' the fattier into the pic
ture, as, for instance, getting him
to go up with her when she puts
the children 10 bed instead of
announcing on his first night
home: “Daddy will put you to
bed tonight.” For that sudden
change in routine is likely to re
sult hi childish antagonism or
tears that will make the father
leel that he is indeed an outsider
and that the mother has all of the
children's love.
Dr Miller points out that given
t little time children will natu
rally turn to their father and in
clude him in all of their plans and
cn'husiasms, as they see their
mother turning to him, instead of
managing everything alone as she
did while he was away.
He has a word of advice, too,
for the returning fathers. He
thinks that they should realize
that in their absence and in order
to keep the memory of them vivid
in the child’s mind, mothers have
build up the fathers as heroes
Because of that, he thinks it is
important that the fathers ’•go
on being heroes” to their small
sons and daughters when they
come home, even though they are
not inclined to want to be heroes
to the outside world. The small
boy nas been told what an import
ant part his Dad in playing in
winning the war will feel terribly
let down if his father, because he
is a modest man, shrugs off the
whole business.
So to help Joe £ind the kids get
off to a good start with each other
when Joe finally does come home,
remember these things: ‘‘Don’t
hurry the children in accepting
Daddy. Make Dad see he is a
hero to the kids and must not, be
cause of modesty, let them down.
And keep war talk that is for the
family within the family circle.”
• • •
Columbia Visitor
Wins High Prize
At Country Club
Mrs. William B. Yodd of Colum
bia, S. C., a visitor in the city was
winner of the high score award
yesterday at the weekly bridge
luncheon of the Cape Fear Coun
try club.
Luncheon was served at'1:30
o’clock to the following members
and their guests: Mrs. O. L. Hog
on. Mrs. Yodd, Mrs. J. B. Elliott,
of Columbia. Mrs. W. S. Weitz, of
Columbia, Mrs. E. J. DeCosta of
Columbia. Mrs. O. P. Lyman of o
lumbia. Mrs. A. B. Cheatham,
Mrs. D. H. Homes, Mrs. Claude
Efird, Mrs. Edward Ward, Mrs.
George Conant, Miss Octavia
Smith, Mrs. Leon Ftitrelle, Mrs.
John Knox Ward, Mrs. Heywood
Moore, Mrs. Eugene Edwards,
Mrs. Hugh McEachern, Mrs. D. H.
Earp, Miss Miriam McEachern.
Mrs. Leon Brodgen, Mrs. H. W.
Wells, Jr., Mrs. D. R. McEachern,
Mrs. Dudley Howell. Mrs. Frank
Flack, Mrs. T. B. Lilly, Mrs. W. L.
Beery, Jr., Mrs. James Rogers
Jr., Mrs. Gaius Diggs, Mrs. Cyrus
ohnston, Mrs. Ha! Love. Jr., Mrs.
J. Douglas Stone. Mrs. Elliott
O’Neal and Mrs. E. P. Godwin,
Jr.
* * *
BIRTH ANNOUNCED
The Rev. and Mrs. Walter B.
Freed announce the birth of a
daughter, Barbara Bittner on June
12, at Marion Sprunt annex.
BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS
-I
Blonde Shortage
Hits England
By DOROTHY ROE
AP Newsfeatures Writer
NEW YORK -■ Blondes are
scarce in England since the • ar.
but British girls have more nylons
than Americans do.
So says Pat Kirkwood (herself a
brunette), London musical comedy
star who has arrived in America
to co-star with Van Johnson in a
super-colossal Hollywood product
ion.
Tlfe blonde shortage is caused bv
the disappearance of hair bleacu°s
from the market, explains the
sparkling Pat. The nylons are gifts
of American soldiers.
Pat’s first act on arriving in New
York was to go on a gleeful shop
ping spree. Chattering enthusiasti
cally of the wonders of American
shops, she said:
“It's simply marvelous, you
know, to be able to buy as many
dresses as you want without a ra
tion coupon. And the clothes fit so
well! And they’re so pretty, and
so inexpensive.
“Thank goodness, you don’t have
utility clothing here. That’s about
all you can get in England, now
and one does get tired of going
about in a sort of civilian uniform.’’
Another shortage which h r s
worried British girls, says Pat. is
lipsticks. She says:
“You can't get any good lipsticks
at all, really. The ones they do
PAT KIRKWOOD . . . Sight
seeing in Radio City.
have are simply horrid, spread all
over your face, sort of. I’ve bought
a lot of American lipsticks since
I arrived, too. I've been splurging
on all kinds of cosmetics, as a
matter of fact. They’re all so had
in England that it’s a treat to be
able to find things that really make
you look glamorous.”
There could be no criticism of
Miss Kirkwood's glamor, with or
without lipstick.
Known in London as ‘‘England's
first wartime star.” Pat won fame
on the British musical comedy
stage in four hit shows, all of war
time vintage. The first, ‘‘Black
Velve'.” ran IS months during the
early part of 1he war. The second.
“Lady Behave," ran ter: months.
Her next starring vehicle, “Top ol
the World,” opened with the blitz,
and closed foui days later when a
bomb struck the theater.
She is the first of Britain’s ex
change stars to reach this country,
and Hollywood has big plans for
her.
Pat, too, has big plans for Hol
lywood. She says:
“I’ve seen pictures of Holly
wood swimming pools, and those
beautiful beaches. It all sounds
like wonderland. And I'm a very
happy Alice, who has come out of
the rabbit hole of London air raid
shelters.”
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No Ration Stamp Required
By DOROTHY ROE
Associated Press Fashinon Editor
Along about this time of year
most of us are looking longingly
at window displays of summer
shoes and searching in vain for
an extra ration stamp.
This is a sad state of affairs, to
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cause it’s possible this year to find
unrationed fabric shoes that are
both smart and serviceable. They
come in a variety of styles in
gabardine, linen, meshes, hand
woven Guatemalan fabrics and
unlimited color range, including
white and black.
As to comfort—nothing is cool
er or more comfortable ori a hot
summer day than a fabric shoe
which allows the foot to breathe
Most fabric shoes do }not stretch,
and thus retain their original
shape longer, in many instances,
than leather shoes.
A number of unrationed fabric
shoes are being made with plat
form soles this summer, since
WPB restrictions have been lift
ed. This is good news for short
gals and for those who have dis
covered what a difference a plat
form can make in protecting the
feet from hot sidewalks in the
good old summertime.
There are low-heeled or wedgie
styles to wear with sports aiaihes
or slacks, there are medium heels
for walking and there are fanci
ful evening clogs to lend an exotic
touch to a summer dance outfit.
Fabric shoes are made in both
rationed and unrationed styles—
the latter are made with plastic
soles, which usually wear as long
or longer than leather.
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UNRATIONED FOOTNOTES: Fabric shoes solve the summer foot
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held on by a thong. Insets show evening platform sandal in brocad
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sling pump in Guatemalan fabric; anklet pump in gabardine.
Harvard Professor
Advocates Military
Training For Women
By JOSEPH NOLAN
(United Pi ess Starr Correspondent'
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 14.
Universal military training for wo
men was advocated tonight by
Earnest A. Hooton, famed Har
vard anthropologist, as the best
way of gratifying their desire to
wear the pants in the family.
“Rigorous physical conditioning
of females, together with practice
in the art of judo and in the use ol
firearms, might go far to restore
to the family an equilibrium ol
parental control,’’ Hooton said in
an interview’. “It might even re
sult in a matriarchate, or rule of
the mother—a most successful
form among certain warlike sav
ages.’’
Even discounting their Amazon
ian potentialities, women between
18 and 20 would derive considerable
benefit from the physical training
program, according to the 57-year
old professor.
"It would improve their physi
ques and general beauty by teach
ing them proper posture and a
graceful gait in sensible shoes.”
he explained. ' “Besides by di
vesting them of excess and peculi
arly localized fatty deposits, it
would enable them to wear pants
without creating a repellent specta
cle. Dressing all women in uni
form would finally convince men
that in truth ‘women are all alike,’
and that consequently there is no
hurry about grabbing any one of
(hem for a life partner. Innumer
able replicas will always be forth
coming.”
There are other arguments, too,
in favor of training women, Hooton
maintanis.
"To one in daily peril from hit
and-run baby carriage pushers,”
he said, “i seems clear that many
young and recless females have
precipitately entered into matri
mony with men of the armed ser
vices. Partly it has been because
of the glamor of uniforms. Partly
because of the dependency allow
ances. But mainly it has been be
cause they have nothing else to do.
“Now if all these girls were put
into uniform themselves they would
get rid quickly of illusions about
brass buttons and gold braid. They
would need no dependency allow
ances—except for 4-F husbands—
and they could be employed use
fully in the armed services in K. P.
duty and in other tasks that would
ultimately contribute to their value
as wives and mothers.”
Hooton conceded that women
wouldn’t be much help as combat
troops, but ventured the opinion
that hormones might remedy that
situation. He’s covinced that mili
tary training never would ‘regiment
the mind’ of the famale.
“The underlying purpose of all
my arguments.” he said, ‘‘is to
check the prodigal breeding that
is going on and to prevent the
infinitude of divorces broken homes
and abandoned children that will
presently be upon us. In preserv
ing the American nation we are in
a fair way of busting up the Ameri
can family.”
-V
PERSONALS
Mrs. A. M Wilson. 3rd, and
young son, of Wilmington are
visiting in Pinehurst, Ga., after a
three week’s visit to her brother
and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
C. Mac Johnston at Jacksonville,
Fla. They expect to return to the
city the first part of July.
* * •
Mrs. Katherine Johnston has re
turned to her home here from
Jacksonville, Fla., where she
^visited her son and daughter-in
law. Mr. and Mrs. C. Mac John
ston, and with relatives in De
land. Fla.
BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS
U. S. To Take
Postwar Lead
In Science
By DELAIDE KERR
AP Newsfeatures Writer
The United States has a great
chance to lead the postwar world
in medicine and achieve the great
est national good health it ever
has had, says Dr. Florence Sabin
one of America’s most noted
scientists.
Dr. Sabin tM.D.i who now lives
in Denver, has just received the
Trudeau Medal of the National
Tuberculosis Association, given
annually for “meritorious con
tribution to the cause, treatment
or prevention of tuberculosis.” In
New York to receive the medal
Dr. Sabin said:
“At one time Germany was the
greatest leader in medicine. She
lost that leadership completely un
der Hitler. The United States now
has a wonderful opportunity to take
first place. Naturally we have to
work for that place because Eng
land, France, Russia. Norway and
some other countries have able
men too.
“The war has taught us that
health is a national asset and so it
now has become an.oustanding ob
jective. In the postwar world medi
cine. science, government and the
people will be making a drive to
ward health that is greater than
ever before and may W'ell give this I
country the greatest national good j
health it has ever had.”
Dr. Sabin, now 73. is called by ■
some members of her profession J
“the greatest woman scientist in j
the United States.” She is gentle, ;
white-haired and pink-cheeked, j
Her modesty is proverbial, and she -
,
(Continued on Page Eight)
“Old Rose Ball”
Slated At USO
Saturday Night
This Saturday evening the Se
cond and Orange USO will enter
tain with an “Old Rose Ball” un
der the sponsorship of the Victory
Belles club. The event will also be
in honor of Fathers with D. M,
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Darden, chairman of the Sec a
and Orange USO operating ^
as the honored “Dad" o! th '
ning. ' ae ev'e
Prizes will be awarded Wjnn
m the various contests plani‘-f'
the entertainment. The punch K°f
will be decorated to represent "
aid fashioned rose bower -i3'
Betty Burns and her group i*
in charge of arrangerne. ts.' '
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