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MAUrar HINTS
Gossiping Adds
Years To Age
BY AUCIA HABT
NEA Staff Writer
Best arguments I ve heard to date
against the unlovely habit of gos
siping came from a make-up man
who says It etches on a face lines
which are aging. Hollywood's Wally
Wcstmorc marshals this evidence
to prove his point:
1. Vicious remarks are usually
accompanied by eye-narrowing
squints, which if allowed to become
habitual will leave deepseated lines
around the eyes.
2 Deraogatory remarks, he says,
usually drag down the muscles of
the mouth and eventually leave
their unpleasant stamp at the
corners.
« 3. Sarcasm brings every unbe
coming expression into play, which
after a time are indelibly stamped
on a countenance.
"Over a period of time,” says
Westmore, "these lines will become
so set. everybody who meets a gos
sip will be aware immediately of
her habit.
ADOPTION
Glenn Ford, at work with Bette
Davis in Warner Bros.’ "A Stolen
Life,” and his wife, Eleanor Powell,
have been notified their baby has
been officially adopted by the Army.
Fancy Dress For Flowers
BY ALAN WAYNE
Written for NEA Service
A novel arrangement can double
the pleasure of the pretty po3ies
you send to a sick friend or give
the final gala touch to the table
centerpriece you use for a special
occsion luncheon. With Just a little
ingenuity and a bit of patience you I
can fashion a setting for flowers that |
will live In the memory of your
friends long after the blossoms have
withered away.
Take, for instance, the flower
fancy shown to the left above. This
is not the stork that brought Junior,
but a "Special Delivery” bird I
dreamed up to bring flowers to the
mother of a just-arrived infant.
He will bring a smile as well as a
“DDT” KILLS MANY PESTS, DUT NEW DUST NOT READY
FOR DARDEN; KILLS MANY BENEFICIAL BUGS, TOO
HENRY L. PREE
Written for NEA Service
DDT is the new insecticide, un
known to the public in 1942, but
about which over 500 articles had
been published in 1944. DDT was
d 1 s c o v e red 70
years ago by an
obscure German
chemist, but not
used until a few
years ago by the
Swiss to combat a
potato pest. In
1 9 4 2, entomolo
gists at Orlando,
F1 a., laboratory
of the Bureau of
Entomology and
Plant Quarantine,
rediscovered DDT
in their search for
a substitute for I
pyrethrum and
rotenonc. The extremely favorable
results of the laboratory and field
tejt in 1943 caused DDT to become
a house-hold word to millions of
Americans who have never used it
nor even seen it. To our armed
forces abroad, and to the inhabi
tants in many foreign lands, it is a
familiar and necessary military pro
tection against insect-borne disease
and death, tl. S. Army Medical
II pits thwarted a typhus epidemic
is the Naples area by delouslng sev
eral millions of Italians with it.
Henry Free
Many wild claims have been made
for this chemical and it is natural
for farmers, gardeners and house
wives to want to use DDT now. Un
fortunately some of these claims
are untrue.
Enemy Of 30 Pest*
DDT Insecticides were found ex
perimentally to be definitely more
effective than those currently used
for control of some 30 pests that
attack field crops, man, livestock
and trees. Against 19 other Insects,
DDT In these tests were about equal
to those ordinarily used. Against
14 important destructive pests, in
cluding the boll weevil, they were
found to have litle or no effect.
The 30 pests against which ex
periments show DDT to be especial
ly toxic include the codling moth,
cabbage looper, cotton flea-hopper,
eastern tent cateripllar, elm bark
beetle, green-striped maple worm,
gypsy moth, horn flies on cattle,
Japanese beetle, Lygus and four
other sucking bugs, pine sawflies,
spruce bud-worm, mosquitoes, bed
bugs, three kinds of lice on man,
and house-flies and fleas in build
ings.
Experiments have shown that
DDT insecticides are about equal to
other maaerials in effectiveness
against these 18 pests: corn ear
worm, diamondback moth, Euro
pean corn borer, cockroaches,
grape berry moth, grasshoppers,
imported cabbage worm, oriental
fruit moth, potato leafhopper, sil
verflsh, and the following stored pro
duct pests — cadelle, confused flour
beetle, granary weevil, Indian-meal
moth, lesser grain borer, red flour
beetle, rice weevil, and saw-toothd
grain beetle. In tests carried on thus
far DDT insecticides have shown
relativesly little or no effect against
these 14 common pests; boll weevil,
California red scale, cattle grubs,
all types of aphids, cotton leaf
worm, Florida red scale, Mexican
bean beetle, orchard mites, parla
toria scale, plum curculio, red spider
and sugarcane borer.
Pollinating Insects Hit, too
Unhappily DDT insecticides have
been found to kill honeybees and
other pollinating insects on which
many fruit and seed crops depend
for fertilization. Parasites and pre
dators which help to hold in check
many harmful pests are also des
troyed. A serious problem is how to
use DDT to kill injurious pests with
out too great decimation of insects
beneficial to man.
The war situation makes inadvis
able any prediction regarding avail
ability of DDT for civilian use. Even
if supplies were available, DDT in
sectcides could not be generally
recommended at this time.
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and make life more pleasant throughout.
In the kitchen a smart, exciting new Roper gas range,
along with other fine equipment, will give you a real
lift in preparing three meals a day.
Gas kitchens like that shown will be beautiful yet
Eradical. They’ll have their "head in the clouds” yet
eep their "feet on the ground.” Stop in and ask about
them now. Plan to have a new gas kitchen when they’re
available.
The Roper gas range at left is now being made in limited
quantities for those who can qualify to purchase new cooking
equipment. If you need a range, investigate now.
BUY AND HOLD WAR BONDS!
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basket of flowers to the bedside,
and the touch of originality will add
greatly to the appreciation with
which the gift will be received.
Should you attempt to make one
of these flower-bringing storks, try
to make it look like a real stork.
No matter how hard you try, the
result will probably be as goofy as
mine. When the one in the picture
above got entirely out of hand, I
added the ostrich feathers and top
knot to make him completely fanci
ful.
The body, neck and head are
formed of paper wrapped with wire
for stiffening, while the legs and
feet arc of stiff wire. Starting
at the head, wrap the whoie bird
with ribbon — pink for a girl, blue
for a boy—catching it here ’and
there with a stitch for security.
Then decorate to suit your fancy.
The flower basket should be
painted blue or pink to match the
bird, while the flowers should be
pastel in tone and harmonious in
colorings. Attach one of Mr.
Stork's legs to the basket with a
ribben, place a flower in his bill
and he’ll be ready to fly off to bear
your good wishes.
Now, supposing you were plan
ning a shower for your best friend.
The 1945 bride may miss out on
aluminum pots and a host of other
hard-to-find gadgets that once de
scended in showers on the pre-war
bride, but a pretty table will help
make up for the shortage of “loot''.
Tire table centerpiece, shown
above at right, is literally a shower
in itself, for real raindrops fall
squares of gauze under the rim of
the frilly parasol.
The mechanics of the arrange
ment consist only of decorating
the frame of a doll's parasol with
white net, and anchoring its handle
in a blob of medeling clay in the
bowl which I have filled with
bouvardia, W'hite gladioli and
French marigolds. Other White
flowers whffch will be in seasco
later on will be equally attractive.
The flower stems are held under
water by two metal flower holders
in the bottom of the bowl.
Pinned on the top of the parasol
are tiny nosegays of three sweet
heart roses .tied with loops of rib
bon. When arranging these nose
gays. plan to have one for each
guest, and pass them out at the tr.d
of the luncheon.
If fresh ice cubes are attached
to the parasol frame just as the
decoration gees on the table, the
rain will continue to fall for quite
a long time.
PRETTY AND COOL
- 8857
14-42
So cool for summer—ar.d so easy
to make, you’ll want to run up sev
eral of these pretty house dressers.
This week’s ABC special.
Pattern No. 8857 is designed for
sizes 14, 16, 18, 20; 40 and 42. Size
16, requires 3 yards of 36 or 39-inch
material; 3ic-rac for trimming 3
yards.
For this pattern, send 20 cents, in
COINS your name, address, size de
sired, and the PATTERN NUM
BER to Sue Burnett, Waterbury
Democrat, 1150 Sixth Avenue, New
York 19, N. Y.
Ready now—the Spring issue of
FASHION. Just 15 cents. A complete
guide in planning wardrobe needs
for all the family.
INSIDE STUFF
Tlie so-beautiful blonde. Dolores
Moran, tried being athletic with
some of her co-workers in Warner
Bros.’ “Too Young to Know1’ and
broke off two fingernails (long) on
the ridges of an indoor baseball.
She’s now wearing "falsies.”
Silliest reason for becoming an
actor is sacrificed to Alan .Hale, the
“fighting Priest” in Warner Bros.'
“God Is My Co-Pilot." He went
into pictures because the studio was
MacKahan? Respectively, they are
the newspaper where he began his
career as an obituary writer. Mr.
Hale is extremely fond of eclairs.
Buy War Banda i Stamps
Women’s Views
Will Be Aired
At Conference
By ETHEL BOGARDUS
NEA Correspondent
San Francisco, April 2i — With
the blessing of the State Depart
ment and due process of protocol,
women are going to have their day
at the United Nations Conference.
They probably can't crash the sac
red purlieus of the War Memorial
Opera House, where sessions are be
ing held, but they are all set to
operate outside the "ring of secur
ity."
A "United Women's Conference”
Is tentatively set for May 5. Dele
gates themselves are not apt to be
speakers, since every word they ut
ter in public meeting must be pass
ed by Washington, "The Conference
will be over before the speeches could
be okayed," frankly admit Charles
Child and Louis Lancaster, advance
representatives of the State De
partment.
That, however, does not perclude
the possibility of a largish gather
ing in a smallish hall where com
mentators may lead discussions and
hold feminine opinion. A dozen or
ganizations of women are on the
line as both sponsors and under
writers.
Moving spirit of the United Wo
men's Conference is, appropriately
enough, Miss Catherine Sibley,
former associate of the late impres
sario Max Reinhardt. Miss Sibley
is a former Hollywood actress. An
early experimenter in television, she
is now a radio publicist and round
ed up the women to organize their
United Conference.
The Leagu e of Women Voters
is the only other group so far to
bask in the Conference spotlight.
The San Francisco center of the
league has won assent from the
only U. S. woman delegate. Dean
Virginia Gilderslecve of Barnard
College, to attend a luncheon in
her honor. The invtation was ex
tended by her old friend, former
Dean Lucy Ward Stebbins of the
University of California. Miss
Gildersleeve accepted on condi
tion that other educational and
civic organizations share in the
event, so the ladies are rallying
to that one, too.
The luncheon is planned for the
Mark Hopkins Hotel, center of State
Department activitcis at the Con
ference, and the date awaits the
1 'rasure of the Conference.
-WE, THE WOMEN
Household Problems Won’t
Stymie Returning Servicemen
BY RUTH MILLETT
O. I.'s at a camp in Prance who
heard a visiting general say that
powdered eggs. If properly prepared,
compared favor
ably Tilth fresh
eggs were skep
tical. The gen
eral, however,
whipped off his
blouse, put on
an apron and
proved his
point by prepar
ing a tasty dish
from the des
pised powdered
eggs.
This is a
hilt for us
women at
home that in
tlie future our
solemn verdicts.
Ruth Millett
about what can
and what can't be done in running
a house, are likely to meet with
some challenges from men who
know what they are talking about.
It certainly won't be safe to say
to a G. I. husband who complains
of the way his bed U made. “Well.
I'd like to see you do a better Job."
He probably can and will — to
prove his point. a
The wail that this or that can’t
be done because the proper house
hold equipment is lacking • isn’t
likely to Impress the service man.
who has made satisfactory furni
ture out of crates.
CAN FEED AN ARMY
The announcement that “We'll
have to eat dinner out, as the
butcher forgot to send the roast."
will probably Just send a retarr.ed
serviceman to the pantry and
back with the challenge: “Why
you’ve got enough stuff out there to
feed an army.”
So wives of men. wlio have made
out under all kinds of challenging
circumstances, will have to be sure
of their ground before they set
themselves up as the final author
ity on what can and can’t be dcr.e
around a house.
If they aren’t, they are likely to
come in for a few lessons in how to
do a job the way it should be done.
BY GAYNOR MADDOX
NEA i iff Writer
The USO reports that our sol
diers enjoy trying the recipes of
other lanes. To help USO direc
tors plan United Nations festiv
ities, the Program Service Division
has Just issued a pamphlet which
Includes these easy recipes:
Egg Foo Yung
Chop onions, celery, water chest
nuts and meat 0r seafood. Com
bine this mixture with some well
beaten eggs. Pour some oil on a
well-heated frying pan, and drop
spoonfuls of this mixture in it.
Brown each side and remove to a
hot platter. Add Chinese sauce to
water with a small amount of
cornstarch; cook this mixture for
a few minutes. Pour sauce over
pancakes or place pancakes into
sauce and cook for a few minutes.
Chow Mein
Chow Mein is easily prepared by
cutting up Chinese cabbage or or
dinary cabbage, onions and bam
boo shoots. Cook slowly in water
and oil. Thicken gravy with corn
starch, and add finely cut-up meat.
I Pour this mixture over fried Chi
nese noodles Serve this witn
weak tea and Chinese rice cakes.
Blintzes
Make a thick pancake of equal
parts of flour and water or milk,
and allow an egg to each cup of
liquid, beaten, and poured into a
hot buttered frying pan. Drain off
liquid, and allow a very thin coat
ing to remain. Brown on both
sides. Then pile on top of one an
other until ready to serve. Then
fill the pancake with cottage
cheese, which has been put through
a strainer and to which is added
an egg. a little lemoi. juice, lemon
rind and sugar to taste. Place the
mixture in the center of each pan
cake and roll. Place blintzes in a
hot oven for a few minutes and
bake. These are served with cold
sour cream. ' ney may be pre
pared ahead of time and heated
before serving.
Tortilla
Mix white flour with cornmeal,
add water and bake on both sides
until well done and practically
stiff. This can be used in place
of bread.
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BY WILLIAM E. McKENNEY
America'* Card Authority
The name of Wilbur C. White
head will always live in bridge his
tory. In the early days of auction
bridge, Work and Whitehead wero
synonymous.
One of Whiteheads’s chief con
tributions to modem contract wad
his theory of quick tricks. He set
down a rule that an ace was one
quick trick, and a guarded king a
half trick. His rule then stated
that the probable tricks in any hand
were roughly double the number
of quick tricks.
Today's hand is one of the last
hands played by him before ho
sailed for a vacation in Europe
from which he never returned,
dying aboard ship in the summer
of 1931.
Of course modem bidding on this
hand would be different, but White
head got quite a kick out of getting
a top score on it when the opening
diamond lead gave him the chanco
to make six odd.
HOT
A temperature of 102 degrees did
not prevent Andrea King from
showing up at Warner Bros, for her
role in ‘ The Shadow of a Woman.’*
TOMORROW'S MENU
BREAK! AST: Canned
grapefruit juice, read-to-eat
cereal, French toast, honey,
coffee, milk.
LUNCHEON: Egg Foo Yung,
stewed strawberries. baker’s
sponge cake, tea, milk.
DINNER: Tomato juice, chill
con came, Mexican tortilla,
sliced oranges and bananas,
coffee, milk.
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