The Chicago star., September 14, 1946, Page 13, Image 13

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Seamier side of cosmetic industry
revealed through federal inspection
By KO MAINE STEARNS
SHE’S LOVELY!! She’s popular
with the boys! She uses hog feed
contaminated with filth and urine
stains. For that skin you love to
louch be sure to use cleansing
cream made with coal tar.
According to notice of judge
ment bulletins issued by the Fed
eral Security Agency of the Food
and Drug Administration the pro
vocative adds which catch mi
lady’s eye as she thumbs through
her favorite magazine overlook
this information.
* * *
For instance:
(1) APPROXIMATELY 12 0
unlabeled bags of oatmeal flour,
polluted by rodent pellets and
urine stains, were found to be
intended for the use of cosme
tics by Yardley of London, Inc.
(2) The Alexandra de Markoff
Cleansing Cream Co. pleaded
guilty to using adulterated coal
tar colors for their enticing “but
ter yellow” shades of Sudan I
and Sudan 11.
(3) On examination, “Presto
for Blackheads” was shown to be
composed of a mixture of ground
pumice and titanium dioxide.
(4) SORRY TO REPORT that
SLICK SLIP with non-slip
shoulder straps, Pattern 8952
eames in sizes 32 to 48. Send 25
cents in coin, your name, address,
pattern number to the Fashion
Editor, The Chicago Star, 166 W.
Washington St., Chicago, 111.
DINTY MOORE'S
Sandwich Shop
168 W. Washington
’‘For a Bite That’s Right'-
Chicago Laundry
& Dry Cleaning
COLUMBUS 1391 Wr do De Luxe finish
and bachelor bundles only. We also do
Da Luxe Cleaning Curtains A Spreads
washed and cleaned.
THE CHICAGO STAR, SEPTEMBER If,, 19^6
Olivo for Hair and Scalp consists
essentially of alchohol and cas
tor oil without a trace of olive
oil.
(5) Beware of the exciting and
coveted “imported perfumes.”
Perfumes alleged to be from Ha
waii by the Apicella in Oceanic
Import Co., are strictly a home
grown product and don’t smell
any differently from having
originated in New York.
After weighing the evidence,
this reporter predicts a trend
towards the tried and true* old
fashioned beauty preparations;
wholesome foods, fresh air, and
plenty of unaddlterated, non
polluted soap and water.
sense
dollars and
by BERNICE BRANDEIS
WHEN BUYING fluorescent
table or floor lamps, make sure
that the lamp has a device built
into it which will prevent inter
ference in your radio when the
lamp is lit. Fluorescent lights
without this device will cause a
hum or even a loud grinding
noise in your radio, even though
it’s in another room.
If possible, have them demon
strate that the lamp is so equip
ped. There should be no extra
charge for this device since it
costs the manufacturer only a
few pennies. Most reputable lamp
makers build them into their pro
ducts.
* * #
SINCE THE WAR the market
is flooded with men’s so-called
sport shirts which are not made
to the usual shirt sizes but are
designated simply as small, me
dium, and large. No sleeve lengths
are specified in this merchandise.
While the materials compare
favorably with any other type of
shirt, these indefinite sizes give
little satisfaction especially if
they have long sleeves There
doesn’t seem to be a standardized
dimension amongst all manufac
turers for the designations small,
medium, and large, and except in
a few instances the sleeves are
too short in the larger sizes.
One brand that seems to
have adenuate sleeve length
and shoulder width for the gen
eral size of the shirt, is “Mc-
Gregor.”
If they are available, it would
seem best for women who buy
their husbands’ shirts, to buy
those that have accurate collar
sizes and sleeve lengths marked.
General Rug &
Furniture Cleaners
Expert Cleaners of Oriental
and Domestic Rugs
4447-53 N. Kedzie Av., Ind. 2000
GRAND-SPAULDING
SERVICE STATION
N. W. Cor. Grand A Spaulding
Quaker State, Phillips ‘66’ VeedoJ.
General Auto Repairing
3300 W. Grand Ave. Cap 9778
JEWELRY AND GIFTS
JEROME JEWELERS
col. 4m. room ms - s so. wabash. dea. «J 2.
29% SAVINGS TO READERS OF THE CHICAGO STAR
Open: Set » A. M.-4 P. M. Mon.: S:J* P. M.—7:39 P. M. Other even
by appointment.
WATCHES and SMALL RADIOS REPAIRED IN 1 WEEK.
.TERRY FOXMAN
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LASS WITH A DELICATE AIR
Replete in t
story book ijL
illustration X •* : -
that inspired
Us creation was
a powder blue ~
dotted Swiss
in the fashion §. jmg'
showing of Jt
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frocks over
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personality to
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Meet Irene Gaines, social worker
whose hobby is community problems
IF MRS. IRENE McCOY
GAINES were to walk into a
room and no one else showed up,
she could ‘hold, all by herself a
very adequate and representative
committee meeting of various
civic groups.
After a roll-call, Mrs. Gaines
would find present the presi
dent of the Chicago Council of
Negro Organizations, the coor
dinating agency for 190 civic,
professional, educational, in
dustrial and religious groups.
She would also check in the
secretaries of: 1. the Women’s
Joint Committee on Adequate
Housing; 2. the Citizen’s Schools
Committee; 3. the National Asso
ciation of Colored Women. And
don’t forget that the director of
teen age recreation at the Park
way Community House and a
valued member of the Interna
tiona] Workers Order would also
be attending the meeting.
* * *
THE AGENDA OF this mythi
cal all-Mrs. Gaines’ session would
cover such issues as restrictive
covenants, the anti-lynch and
anti-poll tax bills, protests
against violations of civil liber
ties, teen age recreation, housing
and the schools.
When the Chicago Star asked
Mrs. Gaines to take a bow in
recognition of all these activi
ties, the energetic woman re
sponded auickly. She dashed In
to the office, a trim, pretty,
graying lady who finds time to
STENCILS FOR
THE MIMEOGRAPH
MUNROE PAPER CO.
910 West Van Buren Street
Monroe 9758
dress attractively and Ftill be
in the firing line on so many
hot issues.
She -told us that she began her
"community” career as a social
j worker in the Cook County Bu
reau of Public Welfare, where
she has worked for 12 years.
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■
Irene McCoy Gaines
PERHAPS ONE of the prob
lems closest to her is as she puts
it “wholesome recreation for
teen age youngsters of the south
side.
“They live under such dread
ful housing conditions, there
isn’t any space for normal rec
reation and very few commu
nity resources to meet recrea
tional needs.”
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Young decisions
are step towards
.good judgement
by ANNE BRADLEY
Anne Bradley continues to
discuss how parents can aid in
developmg progressive out
looks in their children , in her
column this week.
GOOD JUDGMENT does not
grow out of a vacuum. A child
should be given the freedom to
make as many decisions as pos
sible—excepting those which ef
fect his health and. salety so
he may have successess and
learn from mistakes. He should
be stopped from what he is do
ing only when absolutely neces
sary.
In general the child should
be happy In his small world
and like it in order to want to
change it later. He will have n
good chance of liking his -world
if he can be himself in it with
out constant pressures of “do
this” and “do that.”
Rigid standards of behavior
manners, • cleanliness, quiet,
truthfulness—make life too hard
for children, causing them to feel
hostile, resentful or inadequate.
The adult from such a back
ground is apt to strike back at
his environment compulsively,
instead of through clear thinking
and cooperative action.
• » •
L I KI N G AND GETTING
ALONG with all kinds of people
starts when a child plays wilh
: the kids of his neighborhood He
should play with a group his
own age without adult imposed
prejudice. He will learn 'he most
own age with no adult-imposed
from his grouo if there is a m'ni
mnum of adult interference.
Children imitate their par
ents' attitudes toward work.
Let your children know you
think well of yourself in the
status of a worker whether
you work for a wage or do the
work at home. Let them see
you are proud of your ability
as a worker.
Speak of your union before
the children and tell them in a
simple way how unions improve
working conditions. Tell the chil
dren when you go to a meeting
and talk before them about what
happened there.
Specialists
in trade union
organizational
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printing co.
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