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PAGE SIX --_ > >, SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 1947 BEAUTY FOR YOU -- Summer Is Tough on Bea ty By HELEN JAMESON " Every season brings its good-looks annoyances. In the summer time we're free of chapped complexions and noses reddened by frosty winds, but along come sunburn, freckles, stringy tresses and feet that run a high temperature, There is always something but the beauty war must go on. There is no peace. Sometimes a woman feels like retiring to some vast wilderness where she can grow old and homely and not care a heck. But what fun would she have? We ask you. Everybody knows the answer. ; For your sake, we hope that you are having the usual evening con- 'eérices with the cold cream jar. It is one way of saving yourself - agonizing hours of ' stewing about your complexion. And don't forget; the older you get the more cream need, as the skin dries out more or less with the years. Dry- ress es, wrinkles, tur- e whole host of birthday ers. ! By this time you've got all the tan you are likely to get, and it isn't too soon to endeavor to culti- vate the autumn face, which should be a few shades lighter. You can Help along this transition process by applying a mild bleach compos- ed of strained lemon juices and peroxide, equal parts. Apply at night with a pledget of cotton and let it dry on. No doubt you have gone hatless all summer, except those rare occasions when it appeared neces- sary to provide yourself with a cute little mess of ribbons and flowers, So, take a looksee at your hair. Has it become sunburned and crisp? Unless your wool is unusually oily. that is exactly what is lkely to hap- pen. The rays of the sun make the hair grow and keep the scalp heal- thier, but they often bleach the shafts. Brown hair goes red, blonde hair bronzy, white hair yellow. A lubricant, bf course, is the one solution; it will put that straw-like and mop in condition if applied faith- | yo! fully before each shampoo. Put it on the night before. Friction it into the scalp and rub it on the ends of Sometimes a woman feels like re. tiring to a wilderness, ® 9 your hair. There are many good preparations for this purpose that you will find at cosmetic counters. If you choose, mineral oil will serve. Have a rousing shampoo next morn- ing. Three soapings, three rinsing with a bath spray and a current of water strong enough to rattle your brains. How about your feet? Are they protesting with sharp twinges? Get comfortable shoex - nlenty long, outline of your feet. Use a foot powder freely, not only on your feet, but also inside your shoes. It is skin moisture that makes the toes and soles smart and burn; a pow- der absorbs the perspiration so. that chemical deposits will not torment u. But of all things cream your com- plexion; ' otherwise it may be pie- bald and mottled. Picnics Are Healthy Fun ~~ For All Family in Summer Moving out under the sky for summer eating always brings inter- est and excitement to the family and guests. The modern family does not have to confine its picnics . to those in favorite picnic spots away from home. Backyard pic- nics may be most intriguing. The picnic spread may be set out on a flowered cloth laid on the grass around a backyard fireplace, with everybody lending a hand in the food preparation. The coffee and perhaps the fresh corn may be started early and kept hot. The men can start broiling the frankfurters and have them ready to drop, sizzling hot, between toasted rolls, dressed with zesty mustard, crisp garden scallions or a tasty barbecue sauce. A bowl of relish, too, should be handy, con- sisting perhaps of sliced sweet on- ions, pickles, pimientos and olives. Generous servings of old-fash- ioned potato salad, garden fresh vegetables, radishes and cucumber sticks for finger-eating, are always welcome picnic foods. To top off the meal, crunchy cookies, fresh fruits and iced drinks are suggest- ed. Families who are fond of sum- mer outdoor eating can have a completely equipped outdoor "living room" in the yard. Intriguing equipment in the way of plenic ac- cessories may now be had for these "rooms": wrought iron toasting forks, potato tongs, barbecue mitts with fireproof padding, all sorts of chef's apparel, unusual dishes in pottery, wood, copper and alumi- num; novelty paper combinations, peasant linens are in good: supply. Picnics Away From Home Picnics away from home should be free from the responsibility of worry about the dishes which are taken. For that reason, families who frequently pienic away from home should equip themselves with a large picnic basket, plenty of pa- per serving equipment, and a ther- mos jug or bottle. Prult jars make convenient containers. The food may be prepared at home or it may be cooked over a campfire. Some people like to cook all or part of a meal, while others merely seek a cbol spot for eating a home-prepared picnic lunch. Picnic Basket Lunch Basket lunches may be eaten in the home yard or at a favorite pic- nic spot. What could be more re- laxing than taking a scenic drive, stopping under a shady tree--may- be near a murmuring river--and eating a picnic lunch? - A large basket to pack the food in is an ideal way to carry the food but is not necessary. There are a great number of baskets in unus- ual weaves and colors which come equipped with plates, cutlery and . thermos jug. A packed lunch may rolls filled with tuna or chicken salad), deviled eggs, potato salad, whole tomatoes, dill pickles, sponge cake, fresh fruit and coffee or tea. Wrap each filled roll in waxed paper. Put eggs together in pairs and wrap each in a lettuce leaf held with a toothpick. The salad should be packed in. a paper carton. - Bake cake in loaf pan, Re- move to cool and replace in pan to frost and carry. For easy service any coffee in thermos jugs. Given herewith are a number of tasily prepared sandwich spreads, 1alads and easily prepared cakes to aelpt make the picnic an enjoyable ting. » BURNS » CREDIT JEWELLERS "Bluebird" Diamonds ' 32 King W.--Phone 389 Simple Cream Sandwich Spread One cup butter, 2 tablespoons prepared mustard, horseradish, cat- sup, Worcestershire sauce, scraped onion or garlic salt or powdered herbs or spices. Place butter in mix- ing bowl, warm to room .tempera- ture, cream until light and fluffy. Blend in favorite seasonings. Use a8 & plain sandwich filling or as a foundation for other fillings. Vegetable Sandwiches One-half cup simple cream spread, % cup medium fine-chop- ped carrots, young spinach, endive, pimiento, green pepper, watercress or parsley, Blend into the cream spread any one of a combination of the other ingredients. Use as a fill- ing or a foundation spread with sliced, cooked - meat, table-ready meats, cheese or any salad filling. Sandwiches One and one-half cups coarsely chopped meat, fish, fowl, cheese or eggs; J cup copked salad dressing, % cup chopped vegetables--celery or carrots, onion or green pepper (1 teaspoon mustard for egg salads and 2 tablespoons vinegar for fish salads). Spread each slice bread or bun lightly with simple cream spread, Add salad filling. Protein Rich One-fourth cup .cream spread, 1 cup finely chopped cooked or table- ready meat, liver, fish or shellfish, grated cheese, cottage cheese, chop- ped nuts or peanut butter. Add in- gredients desired as main spread. and blend with cream spread. Add additional seasonings, Sweet Sandwiches One-half cup"water cress butter spread, one-half cup sweetening-- molasses, honey, corn syrup, brown sugar, jelly, jam or preserves. Slow- ly heat sweetening. Blend into the soft butter with a rotary egg beat- er. For additional interest add nut- meg, cinnamon, ginger or allspice to taste. Other Sandwich Fillings Cottage cheese, minced onion, chopped, green pepper. Peanut but- ter and jelly or mashed bananas. Chopped celery or grated carrots, nuts, dressing. Chopped cooked meat, pickle, relish, chopped cook- ed egg, salad dressing. Mashed, stewed dried fruit, chopped nuts, chopped celery. Sliced.cooked meat or chicken, chopped celery and green pepper, salad dressing, Chop- ped, cooked bacon, peanut butter or cottage cheese. Finely chopped pickled beets, hard cooked eggs. Peanut butter, Swiss cheese, Picnic Potato Salad Diced cold potatoes, French dress- ing, chopped hard cooked eggs, on- ions, olives, pickles, celery, cucum- 'bers, capers, salt, paprika, cayenne, horseradish (optional) boiled salad dressing or, sour cream. Marinate cold diced petatoes well with French, Make moist as the salad absorbs a rgeat deal of liquid. Add chopped ingredients. Season well with salt, paprika, cayenne, and horseradish. Let stand an hour or longer. This salad tastes better the second day and makes an ideal picnic dish. Add the boiled dressing or sour cream just before serving. Vegetable Salad Put through a grinder in any de- sired amount: young spinach, car- rots, celery, cabbage, onions. Mois- ten mixture with Fenrch dessing. After tossing put in a few whole stuffed olives. keep cold take to c in a thermos jug. NEW LAUNDRY MARKS The use of fluorescent paint to mark laundry is becoming in- creasingly common 'in Britain. This paint is invisible but shines under ultra-violet light. When garments have been washed and ironed they are passed under an ultra-violet lamp which eauses the fluorescent pigment to glow and enables the sorters to do their | work, 7 A Physician Advises You By HERMAN N. BUNDESEN, M.D, DON'T NEGLECT A COLD ONCE a cold really has a hold on you, there does not seem to be much that can be done to get rid of it. 'The best thing in this case seems to | be to forget about treating the cold and take care of yourself by going to bed and staying there until well, avoiding exposure, taking plenty of fluids, and eating a well-balanced diet. : When a cold 1&2 just Leginning, however, Dr, David Haler, of Ion. don, England, believes that the me- thod which he employs will succeed in staving it off at least in eight out of ten Ho Sila g a Col The symptoms of a beginning cold consist of dryness or roughness of the throat, some dryness of the nose, some slight burning in the up- per part of the throat, perhaps sore- ness of the eyes, and a heavy feeling in the head. When these symptoms occur, it is suggested that the patient at once be given a large dose of vitamin C, or ascurbic acid, by mouth. This is followed immediately by spraying into the nose and throat of a solu. tion of a substance called sodium sulphacetamide, and what is known as a wetting agent is also present in the solution wirich makes it easy for the material to penetrate into the lining membrarfes of the nose and throat. Every Three Hours This spraying is repeated every three hours for three or four tfeat- ments, The next day, a further aose of the vitamin C is given and the spraying of the nose 1s carried out once or twice. As a general rule, this suffices. Of course, treatment of this type must be given under a doctor's care. There are some objections to the re. peated use of sulfonamide prepara- tion such as the one mentioned. These are that the lining mem- branes may become sensitized or over-sensitive to the preparation, and that germs may become resis- tant to the action of the sulfona- mide preparations. However, Dr, Haler reports that he has treated several hundred pa- tients in the way described and nei. ther of these complications occurred. While the symptoms I describe are the common or unusual ones, they may vary to a great degree in different patients. Each patient of- ten learns to recognize the oncoming of a cold. ' Persons who suffer frequently from colds may find the method of prevention as described above worthwhile. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS B.M.: Is there any reason for alarm when a ten-year-old boy com- plains about a pain around the heart? Answer: I hardly believe that the condition is serious. However, in or- der to be sure, I would suggest that the heart be carefully examined by a physician to determine if there is any abnormal condition present. SPANISH SAUCE Spanish sauce is a favorite on omelettes and other dishes, such as spaghetti and macaroni. Here is a tested recipe: 2 tablespoons butter or fat, 2 tablespoons chopped onion, 1 chop- ped green pepper, 2 tablespoons flour, 1 teaspoon salt, dash cay- enne, dash pepper, 1 cup strained tomato juice or stewed tomatoes (not strained), 3 tablespoons boiled celery. Melt butter or fat, add onion and pepper and saute until onion is a delicate brown. Add flour, salt, cayenne and pepper and mix well. Add tomato and bring slowly to boiling point, stirring constantly. Add celery last of all. Serve with omelet, fish, boiled spagheiti. Ground meat--cooked beef, ham, etc.--may be added to this sauce if served with spaghetti. . So Pretty Smart tables are wearing embroi- dered cloths! And the prettiest de- sign to embroider on your cloth is this rose and lattice arrangement! Easy stitchery for this gay spread of flowers! Pattern 7252; transfer; 15 motifs 1% x 2 to 5% x 15 in. improved pattern -- visual with easy-to-see charts and photos, and complete directions -- makes needlework easy. Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS (25¢) in coing (stamps cannot be accepted) for this pattern. Print plainly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS, ATTERN NUMBER, Send your order to DAILY(TIMES GAZETTE Pattern Department, Oshawa, Pginning of the war. THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE GLAMORIZING -- Don't Be a Dreary Dresser By HELEN FOLLETT 1 Simplicity and good taste are the keynote of Actress Signe Hasso's wardrobe, LJ > GOOD laste In dress is what makes the lady of fashion, not the money that is invested in sartorial draperies. Of course, if you don't care what happens to the balance in the check book, that is a big help. But money alone never directed a woman to a frock, a coat or a hat that would prove chic and becom- ing. One must possess an apprecia- tion of line and color. One must know what is proper for the occa- sion. The crime of dowdiness is usually caused by over-dressing, by wearing a hat that is much too elegant and elaborate for the suit or by adding too many ornaments. There never was a season when simplicity of line was more pronounced and ac- cented. You can't go wrong if you wear a frock that depends upon lovely fabric and good cut to make the grade. American designers have been up and coming since the be- They have made good. Their slogan is "Keep it * simple, Give it style and beauty." The quest for the autumn ward- robe is on. Shops buzz like bee hives. Women hunting, searching, for dry goods. Some will tote home treasures in the way of frocks and accessories. Others will make grave mistakes, poor dears. They'll buy things that, some months.from now, they will hate with all their hearts. Too bad. They are emotional shop- pers, carried away by a bit of or- nament, a certain color and not considering the entire composition. There are women who were born to wear tailor-mades; there are women who never look well in them because their figures are not erect or snappy. There are fluffy girls who seem never to look like them- selves unless they have ruffles and fluff stuffs. Nice clothes are pure joy. They boost morale. They do something for one's soul. Wear dreary-looking duds and your spirits are trailing in the dust. Want Something for Supper? Try Either of These Dishes The homemaker who has spent the afternoon canning tomatoes or making pickles, as the summer heat lingers on, often wishes there were no hungry people com- ing home for supper, The situation is not improved by® the extry. guests who drop in half an hour before meal time. The homemaker may sit down to "a satisfying meal that attracts the eye and teases 'he taste and at the same time be as cool as the pro. verbial cucumber herself, if she does a little planning and prep- aration in the morning. The Home Economists of the Consumer Section, Dominion De- partment of. Agriculture, say that there are many ways to arrange this. A boiled ham or beef loaf, stored all ready to serve In the ice box o' cool cellar, and a large jar of salad dressing are first alds in any p eal emergency, for with greens from the garden for salad and fruit for dessert the meal is on the table, A hot dish stimulates the appe- tite and adds variety. This may be quickly served if some of the preparation is done ahead of time. Hard cooked eggs may be halved or sliced in a curry sauce or they may become "a la-King" in a plain cream sauce with bits of onion and sweet red peppers. Quartered tomatoes laid on hot buttered toast and covered with a hot cheese sauce make a new kind of rarebit, Here are two good supper dishes, one hot and one cold, VEGETABLE CHEESE CASSEROLE 1% cups milk, 1 cup stale bread crumbs, 1 cup grated cheddar cheese, 3 teaspoon salt, § tea- spoon pepper, 2 eggs well beaten. 12 slices vegetable marrow (1 medium marrow), 2 tablespoons chopped onion, Scald milk. Pour over stale bread crumbs, add cheese, salt and pepper, then add the well- beaten eggs. Arrange the vege- table marrow in a greased cas- serole. Sprinkle with chopped onion and pour the milk and cheese mixture over it. Set in a pan of warm water and oven poach in a moderate oven 350 degrees F., for 1 hour or until cheese mixture is frim. Six serv- ings. . This may be prepared in the morning and baked in time for supper, JELLIED VEAL IN GREEN 4 PEPPEI 3 2 to 2% Ibs. veal shank, 2 qts. vater, 1 teaspoon salt, } teaspoon -elery seed or few sprigs celery leaves, 1 small onion sliced, 1 mall carrot cut in half, Place veal, water, salt, celery eed, onion and carrot in kettle. Jover, and simmer until meat alls from the bones, about 1} to 2 hours, Dice meat--there should be about 2 cups, Strain stock and boil in an open kettle 10 to 15 minutes, or until flavor is con- centrated, i 2 tablespoons gelatine, # cup cold water, 2 cups veal stock, 2 tablespoons chopped sweet red pepper or pimiento, 2 cups chop- ped veal, 6 medium green pep- pers, ! «Soak gelatine in cold water. Add hot veal stock, set aside to cool, add chopped red pepper or pimi- ento and veal, Wash and remove seeds from peppers. Fill with meat mixture. Chill until firm. Cut in slices crosswise. Serve on lettuce. Six servings, Post-War Cleaner Housewife's Joy Chief among the features of a new type at vacuum cleaner is'the dirt ejector--a new method of dirt disposal, The suction end of the cylinder is detached by a conven- fent release, operated either by hand or by. foot. The cylinder then is turned on end over a newspaper, and a foot-operated lever is de- pressed and released a few times, shaking loose all dirt. The open end of the Cleaner lies flush with the floor, preventing the escape of dust. The model has two handles--one for carrying or storing in a horizon- tal positiog -- one for carrying or storing vertically. - The conveniently angled nozzle slot permits the clean- ing hose to be inserted without stooping, and an. automatic safety catch keeps the hose from pulling loose. The ' hose is detached by touching the release button with the tip of the toe. Located on top of the handle, the power switch may be operated by foot or hand. It employs powerful .suction, yet it is quiet in operation, The high speed motor is mounted in rubber, and the efficient fan and air pass- age system is designed for smooth- ness and quietness. Also, this is a cleaner that covers its own tracks. Because the skids are mounted diag- onally to each other, the Cleaner slides easily over the carpet, leav- ing no track marks, Skids also serve as the cord reel. The plastic handles and metal cy- linder body are finished in two tones of brown. The Cleaner comes complete with a kit of cleaning tools, including mothimizer and sprayer. The compact kit is easy to store. It may be hung on a hook; or because of its flat base, it stands firmly on the floor. A clean tool is provided for practically ry cleaning need. For cleaning rugs, a special double ac- tion nozzle provides straight suc- tion for general use, with a bristle brush (for lint removal, etc.) brought into action by lowering the nozzle handle. Similar double- action is incorporated in the furni- ture brush. Other cleaning tools in- clude floor brush, dusting brush, and crevice tool. All tools are pro- vided with plastic or rubber bump- ers to prevent furniture marring. Cleaning tubes are plated steel. light, in weight ,and designed for long, hard use. Friction joints throughout the set provide firm fit with no loss of suction. BRITAIN AND THE EMPIRE Britajn has not yet made clear to the world her enormous achievements in the Empire , , . During the last 50 years Britain has made remarkable and rapid progress in its conduct of the Empire, and we need not apolo- gize for what we have done.-- Mr. A. Creech Jones, Solonia! Secretary to the Empire Summér When it begins to, stiffen Schoo] at Oxford, Movie Column By BOB THOMAS Canadian Press Staff Writer Hollywood, Aug. 20 (AP).--Break- fast-table chit-chat of the Mike Frankoviches (Binnie Barnes) will be broadcast coast-to-coast, this fall, the actress reports. T will be the first couple to sip coffee and break crullers before a United States-wide audience. ' Designed after the Mr.-and-Mrs. shows in New York, the program features Binnie and Mike in their Beverly Hills home commenting on the mews and discussing their day's work, He's a Republic serial pro- ducer and she's acting in "My Own True Love." They have been broad- casting locally for seven months. "The program has its hazards. Once a plumber made an appear- ance while on a repair call. And 80 far three maids have quit. Each was permitted a brief appearance to serve the eggs or toast, but they demanded bigger roles. One even wanted to sing. Binnie said no. Housing Note Frank Sinatra (and I promise this is the last Sinatra item for eight days) will play the Capitol Theatre in New York if he can stay in the theatre apartment which once belonged to the late Major Bowes. Frank wants to try for a real box-office record and figures is he 'has to travel to a hotel nightly he would stop off at night clubs and wouldn't be able to play as many shows. { Lizabeth Scott is eager. to play "House of Mist," a "Rebecca"-like South American story which Hal Wallis will make. Liz, who under- studied Tallulah Bankhead in "Skin of our Teeth," wants to do some.- thing dramatic on the screen . . . Kay Kyser and RKO are huddling and the ole professor may be on the screen again . , . Bogart and Sulaii pack Irom a oriise to San Francisco . . . Louls Hayward tells me his deal with Edward Small for a D'Artagnan film has cooled be- cause MGM is believed to control the "Three Musketeers" rights now . + » Xavier Cugat says he is adopt- ing pince-nez glasses because people don't take his seriously . . . Topics of the Town The Lana Turner-Tyrone Power romance, which continues warm . . . the anti-monopoly suit against Technicolor . . . "Body and Soul," the town's newest hit . . , how the British tax has especially hit U-I, which was geared to an Anglo- American market . . . the new Wil- liam Powell in "Life With Father" «+ + « the shutdown at Warners, first at a major studio in years , , "what ever happened to television?" « +» « Why did Deborah Kerr and Greer Garson sign long-term pacts at MGM in the same week? . , . how Margaret' Truman is stealing the Hollywood spotlight this week. Family Will Demand Repeat Performance MOLASSES.MINT ICE CREAM 2 cups cereal cream, 2 tea- spoons corn starch, 2 egg yolks, % cup molasses, § teaspoon salt, 2 egg whites, cup sugar, few drpos peppermint, Heat 13 cups cream in double boiler, mix corn starch with 3 cup cold cream, stir into hot cream ? land stir until mixture has thick- ened slightly pour ver well-beat- en egg yolks and return to double boiler and cook until mixture coats the spoon. Cool. Add molasses and salt. Beat egg whites until stiff, add sugar, beat ing constantly until well blended. Fold into cold molasses mixture; add peppermint, pour into ice tray. Freeze to a mush. Turn into a chilled bowl and beat until smooth, return to tray. Freeze until firm. Six servings, A Cheer-Leader. A super why to make your Public take notice! Sew Pattern 4723-- Y-quick! Clever, the way that button- ing whittles your waist, the soft unpressed pleats round out your hips. This pattern, easy to use, simple to sew, is tested for fit. Includes cemplete illustrated instructions. Pattern 4723 in Jr. Miss sizes 11, 13, 15, 17. Size 13, 3% yds. 39-in.; % yd. 35-in. contrast. Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS (25¢c) in coing (stamps cannot -be accepted) for this pattern. Print panty SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS, ATTERN NUMBER. Send your order to DAILY TIMES GAZETTE Patfern Department, Oshawa. .. WHAT SHOULD, I DO ABOUT -- 2 Introductions at Big Reception? By MRS. CORNELIUS BEECKMAN Dear Mrs. Beéckman: There will be very few guests at our wedding reception, but there will be about a hundred at the dinner reception. I have numerous paternal relatives, and most of them are not acquainted with the bridegroom's family, some not even with my mother's relatives. Also some friends will not know either one another or the relatives on both sides. When during the re- ception are these various intro- ductions to be made? Dinner will be served soon after our arrival at the hotel suite where the reception is to be held, so should most of the introductions be left until later, making only the ones of those who are to sit at the same table? I have attended receptions where no attempt was made to perform this introduction-duty, and I con- sider it qujte a breach of etiquette to let guests flounder around by themselves, or to remain with only their own group of friends. Don't you agree? Is a seating arrange- ment by place cards necessary, or should my father indicate in a general way where guests are to sit? Would you advise that we form a receiving-line at the re- ception? --P.C. Really it is not so much a breach of etiquette on the part of the hosts at a large reception like this not to make all introductions, as it it a lack of effort on the part of most guests to mingle with the other guests' and to make self- introductions when All guests should rea that they should make thepis other guests, sho remain aloof, people they k x 'S sn simnle proper and adféptable to say, "I'm Mrs. Anderson . , . Patricia's aunt, her father's sister, What a won- derful oocasion this is, /isn't it?" (Then the other. person" introduces himself or herself, they chat about the wedding . . . and the acquaint- anceship is delightfully on its way, without benefit of launching by the hosts.) But since not all guests have this social technique, you and your par- ents must make as many plans as possible to bring the guests to- gether. By all means have a re- celving-line, formed immediately on your arrival at the hotel suite; this will achieve many of the introduc- tions as well as the receiving-pro- cedure. By all means too have a definitely-planned seating-arrange- ment for the dinner, and have a place card at every place. Then afe ter the dinner the other introduce tions will be made . , . it might be a wise idea to ask several relatives, socially alert and aware, to help in making these introductions and to bring groups of guests together, FEATURING PLACE CARDS AS SOCIAL REASSURANCE Dear Mrs. Beeckman: Next season my husband and ate planning to give quite a few dinners at home, not strictly formal ones, but not really informal either. I like the "safe" feeling that place cards give, for the seat- ing-plan can be made beforehand and there isn't that desperate mo- ment when I wonder who is to sit where. Will it be correct for me to usé place cards at our small din- ners? Frances T, You would not use, or need to use, place cards at a dinner for six, because that would mean only four guests, and doubtless two of those. guests would be given places ¢ honor at your and your husband's right. This seating-arrangement is certainly easy to remember. Usually, too, place cards are not used for eight, but if is correct to use them for this number, if you wish to." Of- ten hostesses who, like you, find a comforting reassurance in having place cards, plan for even a small group of guests, original and charm- ing message-cards (the message having to do with the idea of the ith name attached) a corsage-flower for each woman and a small boutonniere for each man guest. CHARM CAN BE ACQUIRED - Of course it's true that some people were born charming . . . but it's just as true that many people, people who insist. on keep- ing themselves "aware", acquire large portions of charm by con- stantly observing and adapting themselves to what pleases and in- terests other people. : (Mrs. Beeckman will be glad to' answer questions submitted by readers.) Executives, Housewives, Pupils Find Decoration Tones Calming' By MARTHA COLE Dallas, Tex.,--Take a grey-ey- ed blonde in a peach-colored dress sitting on a mahogany chair on a rose-beige carpet in an office with pinky-grey walls, and you've got ft, That's a soothing color scheme for the executive, says Carl Smed. ley, color expert for a paint com- pany. "Now take the case of the can- tankerous business executive who came to our office," Smedley of- fered. "When the wall of his of- fice were changed from an off- yellow color to a two-tone green, his disposition became as gentls as a lamb's. "The influence of color upon human lives is terrific." One lady Smedley told about had a putty colored kitchen, Along came the painters, left the.galls canary yellow, the lower cup- boards, stove and refrigerator white, the breakfast nook set and the ceiling delphinium blue, "That'lady wrote us--unsolici- ted," Smedley emphasized "that her husband's early morning grouch had disappeared." Shortage of teachers in your schools? Children have that apathetic attitude about the learn- ing business? The school Smedley and his co- horts painted had Wedgewood blue on the walls, sunny yellow on the window side and in the cloakroom. The blackboards weren't black at all. They were cream-colored and were written upon with royal blue chalk, It's all there, in Lakewood, Ohio. "Teacher told us he noticed a definite pickup of interest among the boys and in himself, too," Smedley said. "Maybe if we'd dress up the schools we'd get more teachers." Schools, and hospitals, too, are getting away from that institu- tional look, he said, Green is be- coming a favorite color for 'hospi. tal rooms, because it's restful and because its brings ii. that outdoor atmosphere, Factories, too, The machinery of an aeronautics plant in Cleve- land was painted a light ocean green, The working areas, parts the workers had to watch close- 193 were buff and the switch and control levers orange, Smedley came down to Dallas from a Cleveland paint company to tell the Texas Council eof Painting ard Decorating Contrac. tors of America meeting here that women were leading the parade in color, Take the family automobile. Back in 1927, he said, 65 per cant of all cars were painted black or dark blue. Today, black is run- A 4 ning third in popularity with pas. tel shades of blue and green in front. And the women are the ones who select the color of the family car, Washing machines and refri. gerators are making tentative and timid appearances in green, but white is still undispated fave orite, Blue was tried on a washe ing machine but it reminded the women too much of "blue Mon. days." "We've got to get rid of these color associations," Smedley dee clared. 75 Per Cent of Men Seek Youthful Wives i London (CP).--Leading psycholoe gists who seven months ago formed a non-profit making society to give advice on marriage say they are thinking of closing down because 75 per cent of male applicants "are neurotics and none will consider marrying women over 30." "Our existing organization is not big enough to deal adequately with these problems," said Mayo hd gate, Harley Street psycholo and co-founder of the Marriage Society. "In our experience--and we have had 20,000 applicants--a single woman in her 30's has scarcely a chance in a thousand of getting married in England today. "We have thousands aged to 35 on our books--attractive, healthy, intelligent women who would make ideal wives. But British men won't look at them. They all want girls in their 20's . . . one reason is they think women in their 30's are too old to bear children. Wingate sald many women dooms= ed to spinsterhood were '"begoming frustrated." Others were "going out and having promiscuous affairs." Younger girls, he added, refused to marry men in their 50's, "however much money they have." The psychologist said many of ~ these tendencies had their roots cent of the men have neurotic tendencies, and would need some psychological treatment before they were fit for marriage." i "While most of the women ape plicants are quite normal, 75 per unhappy childhood giving rise to a "feeling of inferiority -so that men become shy and awkward with women." "One hope of solving the situa- tion lles in our increasing corres- pondence with men in Canada, the United States; Australia, New Zea- land, South Africa and other Em- pire countries. Many are writing to us with a view to marriage... and they do not insist on «girls being under 30." We are official Representatives Iso arrange ordinary loans for buyers 2 and builders Jrofild: INSURANCE 8 Simcoe St. North Real Estate Brokers b) po I Ar MBE 75 ROS 0