The Waterbury Democrat. [volume], April 11, 1945, Page TEN, Image 10

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Simple Clothes 'Most Chic*
Says ‘Best-Dressed’ Winner
•y CUUU COX
TnfiTl Press Staff Correspondent
CHICAGO, April 11—(UP)—Mrs. Leon Mandel believes the secret of
Saint well dressed lies not In what you wear but how you wear It.
She has proof that her theory pays dividends A gold medal has been
awarded her by the unsuperstitious Pashibn Academy In New York, which
has named her one of the world’s IS best-dressed women.
GWEN BARLOW: Sheds wines, j
BEAUTIES? HINTS
Hunching Sprouts
Unsightly Wings
BY ALICIA HART
NEA SUff Writer
‘ Wings”—those protruding shoul
der blades which are despoilers of
smooth round shoulders and often
brought on by hunching—can be
banished by tf simple exercise.
The beauty of itr—you merely
raise shoulders to ear level and
then roll them back and down—are
the double benefits you reap, says
radio's Gwen (“Crime Doctor")
Barlow, who is getting her shoulders
in shape for bareback fashions.
While the exercise is sloughing
wings off your shoulders, she says,
you'll find it also forcing you to
throw out your chest and thus im
proving curves.
. Another advantage is that you
can practice it often and any time
you choose. Gwen particularly rec
ommends taking it to rout kinks
from wour spine if you sit hunched
up over your week.
Public schools of Mexico City are
to have 250 additional teachers.
clothes suited to her type, but the
most important thing is the way the
clothes are worn,” Mrs. Mandel said,
in an interview.
"It doesn’t matter if a girl has
a limited wardrobe. It's up to her
whether she wants to wear bright
nail polish or no polish at all. Leg
makeup in place of stockings also
is a matter of taste.
"The important thing is the way
things are adapted to the individ
ual — grooming and neatness."
Won ’International’ Medal
Mrs. Mandel was wearing black
silk slacks with satin tuxedo stripes
down the legs, a white silk jersey
monogrammed blouse and black
high-heeled sandals. She wore
natural finger nail polish. Her toe
nails were painted bright red.
The wife of a Chicago depart
ment store executive. Mrs. Mandel
received the fashion award for
being "the best-dressed woman in
the international set."
”1 was born and reared in Cuba
and educated in Europe,” she said.
’My clothes are American, how
ever. I used to buy many things
in Paris, but since the war began,
my shopping has been restricted to
Chicago and New York.
"American designers are doing
a magnificent job. They are on as
high a level as the Parisienne de
signers or any others. Any Amer
ican girl now can be well dressed—
at any price.”
Mrs. Mandel said she spends as
much time in taking care of her
clothes and in grooming herself
as she does in shopping.
Wears Plain Colors
It doesn’t take any longer to
be well-dressed than it does to be
badly dressed,” she said. "A nice
dress isn't nice when it's wrinkled."
She believes simple, conservative,
comfortable clothes are "the most
chic for most women.” Dresses,
suits and evening gowns in plain
colors and straight lines make up
most of her wardrobe.
"Variety can be obtained by
changing accessories,” Mrs. Man
del added. "You always can add
an extravagant hat, but one should
never wear anything too spectacu
lar — the entire ensemble should
blend so that no one part of it is
noticed too much."
As for taking her husband's ad
vice in selecting clothes, Mrs. Man
del had only this to say:
"I listen to his comments, but it
is fortunate that he has good
taste.”
-WE, THE WOMEN
Women Must Face It: Their
Men Still Have War To Fight
By RUTH MILLETT
Congressmen In Washington are
being flooded with letters from
wives and mothers of servicemen
Vi Europe who think their men have
“done their part” and shouldn't
have to go on to
fight in t h e
Pacific when the
war in Europe is
finished.
N a t u r ally,'
these women—
now being told
that their men,
if they get
home at all af
ter V-E Day,
will only be
home on fur
lough and then
must leave to
fight a second
war — hate to
face such news.
If their men come through one
war alive, women dread the thought
of starting all over again to won
der and worry andi wait. But wo
men will just have to show the
Ruth Millett
same courage in seeing their men
go to war a second time that they
showed when they first left for
overseas. It will be harder th«
second time.
Now they know what waiting
and worrying mean. They know
how long and how lonesome a
day can be. They know what it is
to have as sole consolation the
thought, “He is safe—so far ”
DESPITE PROTESTS
But thousands of women are
going to have to face the worry
and the waiting a second time.
Their men are going to be needed
again. And women’s protests can’t
alter that fact.
It may seem that a man has
done his part — but it isn’t enough
so long as his country is still at
war and still needs his help.
Women will only make it hard
er for themselves and for their
men if they set their mind:
against their men going from Eu
rope to the Pacific.
The men will have to go—and
the women will have to wait,
Making a fuss about it won’t help
—or change the facts.
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Flavorful Asparagus In Season
unxm/iv lUAUL/VA
NEA Staff Writer
Asparagus, rich In minerals and
flavor. Is always a treat. But learn
to prepare and cook It the best
way.
To prepare fresh asparagus:
Wash; pare the toughened outer
skin from the lower part of the
•talks, removing as far up and as
far Into the center of the stalks as
Is necessary to reach the tender
fibers. Cover these parings with
boiling salted water and simmer
10 minutes. Drain and use the wa
ter for soup stock or gravy.
To cook asparagus: Tie the pre
pared asparagus In little bunches
of 4 to 6 stalks. Stand upright in
narrow, tall boiler. Add boiling
salted water to come to within an
inch of the tips. Cook, covered
about 15 minutes, until tender; the
steam will cook the tips. Or place
the bunches upright in a pan of
'boiling salted water and cook 10
minutes; then lay the bunches flat
and finish cooking an additional
five minutes. Drain; saving the li
quid for sauce or for soup or gravy
base.
Asparagus With Herb Butter
Two pounds asparagus, cooked, 4
y ■ —
taDiespoons fortified margarine, 1
egg yolk, pinch of thyme, rosemary
and tarragon (pinch of each), le
mon juice, 1 tablespoon minced
parsley, salt, pepper.
Cream margarine with the egg
yolk. Add just a pinch of each of
the herbs. Mix well. Add the le
mon juice a drop or two at a time
and mix as you add, until mixture
Is fluffy and rich. Add the minced
parsley and the salt and pepper to
taste. Chill. Serve a spoonful
over each serving of the cooked,
hot asparagus.
TOMORROW'S MENU
BREAKFAST: Tomato Juice
with lemon slices, cornbread,
butter or fortified margarine, sy
rup, honey or jam, coffee, milk.
LUNCHEON: Creamed cod
fish with peas, baker’s enriched
hard rolls, cottage cheese
spread, stewed strawberries and
rhubarb, peanut cookies, tea,
milk.
DINNER: rioast stuffed
breast of veal or lamb, brown
gravy, parsley new potatoes,
asparagus with herb butter,
baker s rolls, prepared choco
late pudding, coffee, milk.
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yet in a twinkling, it
can be transformed
Into a soft, restful
double bed. See it
now.
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Third-Dimensional Sleeves
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By EFSIE KINARD
NEA SUIT Writer
New York—Because Chinese are
clever at expressing nonchalant ease
and finesse in costumes, their in
fluence is felt in such spring fash
ions as the wrapover dress, the loose,
straight jacket, the decorative coat
and now the Mei Ling, sleeve,
named for Madame Chiang Kai
shek.
The “Mei Ling,” which flows
from a third-dimensional arm
hole, in sign licant not because
here’s a sleeve cut in a new way,
but it helps to clinch the dolman
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Opening—♦ K. 11
BY WILLIAM E. McKENNEY
America’s Card Authority
(This is the third of six articles
on the smother play, the most dif
ficult play in bridge to recognize.)
In executing the smother play,
the most important thing is the
correct timing. That is why it is
very difficult to recognize this play,
as very often you lcce the timing
before you find out the pos
sibility of the play.
In today’s hand, the declarer
ruffs the second round of diamonds
and leads the jack of clubs, which
East of course refuses to win at
he does not want to create two en
tries for the declarer into Dummy.
Another club is led and East win6
this with the ace and returns a dia
mond which South ruffs.
A club is then led to dummy and
a trump finesse taken. South then
cashes the ace and a king of hearts
and leads a small heart. West is
forced to win and must now lead a
diamond or a club.
At this point dummy and East
hold three trump while the de
clarer has the ace and queen of
trumps and the six of hearts. What
ever West leads is trumped in dummy
and you can see East’s predica
ment. If he trumps low, dummy will
be ollowed to hold the king, declarer
will over trump with the ace.
So, once again East is smothered
out of his king. However, if the de
fense had been alert, they could
have defeated this hand, as I will
show you tomorrow.
FOR WARM DAYS
A favorite warm weather outfit
for tots Is an apron, panties and
perky bonnet, all to match. Simple
as ABC to make—our special for to
day.
Pattern No. 8853 1s designed for
sizes 1, 2, 3. 4, 5 and 6 years. Size 2
dress, requires 1 7-8 yards of 35 or
39-inch fabric; panties 1-2 yard;
bonnet, 1-2 yard; 3 yards rlc-rac tor
trimming.
For this pattern, send 20 cents, in
COINS, your name address, size de
sired and the PATTERN NUMBER
to Sue Burnett, Waterbury Demo
crat 1150 Sixth Avenue, New York
19. N. Y.
Ready now—the Spring Issue at
FASHION. Just M cents. A complete
guide In planning wardrobe needs
for tbs family.
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ized silhouette—free and easy ful
ness released above a hitched-up
belt and a slim skirt—which is
fast catching on.
Interpreted in a group of after
noon dresses and jacketed cos
tumes designed by Maurice Rent
ner — two of which are shown —
tbs blousy sleeve and the bare
neckline, also borrow from the
Chinese, typify a new kind of
high-styled simplicity.
In the black crepe afternoon
dress, right, you see a subtle style
made dramatic by means of line
and detail limited to white ac
cents of buttons, belt and saddle
stitching which outlines third-di
mensional armholes.
The beige basket weave wool,
left, owes its distinction to the
same easy silhouette. Here the
Mei Ling sleeve is etched lightly
with a welt seam, and dramatical
ly accented with checked Guate
malan cotton turn-back cutis.
TABLE HELPS AVOID WASTE IN PLANTING TO SUIT FAMILY NEEDS
Written far MEA Service
"Waste not, want not” U good
advice when planning your Victory
Garden. It la wasteful to prepare
a larger garden space than you will
be sure to plant and care for
properly. It is wasteful to
plant more of any
vegetable than
you are sure to
eat. And it is
wasteful to order
more seed than
you can use. The
wise gardener
first determines
what vegetables
he likes and
wants to grow
and then fits
them to his gar
den plot.
The accom
panying table,
compiled from
authoritative sources, is intended to
help you estimate the amount of
seed or number of plants needed to
produce the maximum harvest from
your garden. "Hie figures of quan
tities of yield are approximate, but
should help you prevent waste.
Table also indicates the seed or
plants "to purchase for a 100-foot
row (reduce to fit your require
ments) ; depth to sow seed, and dis
tances between plants after they
have been thinned out. or spacing
when setting out tomato, cabbage
and other plants started indoors
or in a frame.
When sowing seed bear in mind
that crowded plans will not de
velop well, 15 seeds (fewer for
beets and beans) is sufficient to
scow per foot of row. Time spent
m careful sowing is time saved
when thinning out rows.
STARLET A BEAUTY JUDGE
Beauties of Palm Springs, Calif,
will have to please the feminine
eye this year rather than the mas
culine—Diana Lewis has been chos
en judge of the famous annual
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4 ba.
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Here's How You'll Reap
Seed er Plants Depth to
for Plant
lit Pt. Seed
• 1 lb/ ’A hi.
1 ea. M h.
St plants 14 In.
>4 es. seed; St plants >4 In.
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Above chart predetermines yoar yield from specified amount of seed sown in riven area.
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beauty oontest staged by that des
ert resort’s Chamber of Commerce
May 13.
This is the first time the honor
has been given a woman and while
the M-G-M actress will be on the
Judge's stand her husband, screen
star William Powell, will be among
the spectators at the contest.
SINGER SHUFFLES NAMES
Singer Bob Haymes who has
signed a contract with Metro-Gold
ryn-Mayer studios has just had his
creen name changed to Bob Stan
on. Because of possible confusion
/ith his singer-brother Dick
faymes, both the studio and
taymes agreed upon the new desig
lation.
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70.
e believe that you, as a customer of the Connecticut Light and Power Company, will
be interested in knowing just what happened to the money you paid us for our services
last year. We sold more electricity in 1944 than ever before, due mostly to increased
wartime demands for electric power, but our total gas sales didn't quite equal those of 1943.
HERE’S WHAT WE RECEIVED DURING THE YEAR 1944
Our customers paid for gas, electricity and other services $28,995,487
We also received for interest on investments we own and
for rentals of property we own
96,950
MAKING OUR TOTAL RECEIPTS.~. $29,092,437
OUT OF THIS WE SPENT
For fuels, materials and supplies, for purchased gas and
electricity, and for miscellaneous expenses.
$10,874,180
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For wages to our employees. 4,750,362
For taxes paid to the Federal Government, to the State,
and to Towns and Municipalities. 4,036,225
(Our tax bill would have totaled 15,106,268 if it were
not for a special, nonrecurring tax reduction of
$1,070,043, applicable only to 1944, which resulted
from the retirement of Bonds during the year.)
For renting properties, paying interest on borrowed money
and other similar charges. 2,944,334
WE SET ASIDE
For future replacement of property and equipment. 2,633,703
MAKING A TOTAL OF.
(It has always been our policy to purchase services and
materials from Connecticut firms when available. In
1944 we spent $6,232,141 at home for state and local
taxes and for payrolls. In addition, we spent very sub
stantial amounts for materials made or sold in Con
necticut and used by the Company.)
WE HAD LEFT...u
Then as wages for the use of their money, we paid the
owners of the Company—the 25,691 holders of our com
mon and preferred stock.
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$25,238,804
$ 3,853,633
$ 3,690,331
(As in 1941, 1942 and 1943, the amount of money left
over at the end of 1944 after all expenses and the
dividends on the preferred stock were met, was not
sufficient to pay the usual amount to our 19,883 com
mon stockholders. The total dividends declared for
1944 were $2.53 a share, as compared with $3.00 a
share in the years prior to the war.)
FINALLY THERE REMAINED THE SMALL BALANCE OF. $ 163,302
(This was put into Surplus to meet such emergencies
as floods and hurricanes.)
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Wmt* Waste Electricity Jsut Because It's Cheap