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Show THE PROGRESSIVE OPINION Never pour water on burning fat; it spreads blaze. Extinguish blaze with flour. When melting chocolate, use a small round-bottome- d bowl and melt over hot water. Bowl may! be set in the top of teakettle or! double boiler. ... Red and yellow paints mixed to- - gether give you orange; red and! blue, purple; yellow and blue,! green. White paint added to any! of these colors.w.il.l lighten them, Water or food left in an alumi-- ! num pressure cooker pits the sur-face and makes it dark and roughj Earthworms are beneficial to the soil in which they live and no effort should be made to remove them. If considered troublesome, lime water will bring them to the surface. ... Rub up the nickel faucets with cleansing tissues every day. Such rubbing up will lighten the weekly cleanings. ... Try adding a few drops of lemon juice to rice the next time you cook it. It makes the rice beauti-fully white and keeps the grains whole. ... Keep linens white by packing them in an old pillow case which has been soaked in bluing until it is a deep in.di.go.. Gather clover blossoms this summer, dry them, and scatter about the linen closet to impart a delicate fragra.nc.e.. Green peppers used for salads are better if first parboiled. Boil the peppers for five minutes, pour off the water, then place the pep-pers in refrigerator until ready to use. ... Cleaning is hard on the hands, so equip yourself with extra rub-ber gloves and wear them every time you do this kind of work. Rub some cold cream under your nails before starting work you will be delighted to see how quickly you can clean your nails after a good bath. Gems of Thought T KNOW of no more encourag-in- g fact than the unquestion-able ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor. Thoreau. But whether on the scaffold high, Or in the battle's van, The fittest place where man can die Is where he dies jor man. MICHAEL . BARRY That which made her fairness much the fairer, was that it was but the fair ambassador of a fair mind. Sidney. When there is love in the heart there are rainbows in the eyes, which cover every black cloud with gorgeous hues. Beecher. By VIRGINIA VALE Released by Western Newspaper Union. ONE of the fifteen magazine now working in "Cover Girl," starring Rita Hayworth, will begin her real movie career with a complete wardrobe. The Cover Girls are contributing a dollar a week apiece for 13 weeks, to be set iside as a "career starter fund." rhe full amount $195 will be matched by the first star, making (390. The first Cover Girl who re-ceives a bona fide screen offer ,fter finishing her role at Columbia Kill win the entire amount, to be tpent on a wardrobe. Joan Leslie, with Fred Astaire in RKO Radio's "The Sky's the Limit," made her film debut five years ago as a child actress in their "Laddie"; she was Joan Erodel then. She moved right along, play- - V '.''--. i .A. ..Af..A, JOAN LESLIE lng opposite Gary Cooper in "Ser-geant York," and Jimmie Cagney in "Yankee Doodle Dandy." A year ago Astaire saw her dance and said: "One of these days she's going to be my partner!" Leslie Howard, young daughter oi a famous father, is all set to carry on a famous name. Remember how very good she was in her radio ap-pearances? She makes her film de-but with her father in "Spitfire." Another daughter of a famous par-ent, Mary Hayes, daughter of Helen, f makes her bow with her mother, ' this month, in a special Girl Scouts' radio program. Walter Brennan, Hollywood's only three-tim- e Academy Award winner, celebrates his 25th year as a film character actor while he's appeari-ng in Samuel Goldwyn's "North Star." And his youngest daughtel makes her debut, as his grand-daughter. Real French - Canadian troops make their film debut in the Com-mando raid sequence of the Merle Oberon-Bria- JUierne film, "First Comes Courage." We're told thai Commando tactics never befcre to the public are demonstrat ed by the n tank force whict performed for the cameras al Beecher Bay, Vancouver Island. B. C. It was looked on as excelleni combat training for the troops. Open house for servicemen ir Hollywood is a daily routine o: hospitality in the Harry Shermar studios; an average of 30 soldiers sailors and marines has been watch lng Albert Decker and Claire Trevoi in "The Gunmaster." Sherman hai also opened his sound stages for par ties for men in uniform; the othei night 150 soldiers were invited to in formal festivities at the end of thi day's work. Jennifer Jones, who landed tht lead In "The Song of Bernadette,' Hearing completion, has joined the cast of "Since You Wen Away." Claudette Colbert playi the young mother; Shirley Templi and Jennifer are her daughters. Wendell Niles was unable to ge overseas passage with Bob Hope, s he stayed home to be c er on Johnny Mercer's Music Shop the 'summer replacement for Bob'i program. Mvlercer is going to double from his radio show to write Melro'i "Ziegfeld Follies." If those red and blue ration cou Pons have been bothering you, bi sure to see the latest Lum and Ab ner picture when it comes your way The famous Jot 'Em Down Store o Pine Ridge, Ark., is the scene of al sorts of mixups with the coupons sugar and coffee tickets, and Lun and Abner's duties as air raid war dens and ration board and tire in spectors as material. ODDS AND ENDS Jose hurbi'i niaking a film for Metro, in which ht Portrays himself . . . Louis Armstrong No. trumpet man, is the lnundry'i best friend used a dozen hundker i chiefs for mopping purposes ont morning recently, while recording foi 'lam Session" . . . Betty Hullon ha: played a girl who earns her own living every one of her pictures to date. . Lupe Velez had her first case o, 'tage fright when she had to handle very young baby in "Mexican Spitfire': Messed Event" the fact that the 6n6j could work only two minutes at a tinu . M all that saved her! Henny Youngman, comedian o e Kate Smith Hour, has turne lecturer. He recently gave a seriei f lectures on the technique of com fdy delivery before the Special Serv ics Staff of the U. S. Army ii New York. John Charles Thomas has turnei be8gar, with his golfing friends a, victims. A shortage of golf baR ca"ght him with only three old ones jnd of course new ones can't bi bo"ght. So he's been paging fellow fellers, asking for contribution. f SEWING CRCLJ9 1 Pretty Frock and Panties. CUCH a pretty picture a 2 to 6 year old in this darling frock with whirling skirt. There are panties to mat.ch.. . Pattern No. 8447 is in sizes 2, 3, 4. 5 and 6 years. Size 3 dress takes 2 yards material, panties yard. 8,i4 classified! DEPARTMENT PHOTO FINISHING BEAUTIFUL 4x6 PICTURES from 118 & 120 negatives. 3ftx4V& from aU smaller sizes, 32c EA. Rolls 8 exp. 30c 12 exp. 45c 16 exp. 60c 36 exp, SI. 25. Get price on enlarge, on portrait paper, copies made from old, new pict. OVERNITE SERVICE. PACIFIC PHOTO SERVICE P. O. Box 6G6-- SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. GUERNSEY HEIFERS HIGH GRADE GUERNSEY HEIFERS, under one year and yearlings past. Alsoi springer heifers. Special price on four.) FRED CHANDLER. CHARITON, IOWA.; FEATHERS WANTED FEATHERS WANTED, NEW OR OLD Ship or write to Sterling Feather Company, 909 N. Broadway, St. Louis, Missouri.! I A Perfect Fit. 'V'OU'VE no idea of the amount of expert designing that went into creating this slip and pantie set. The result? Perfect fit. Pattern No. 8404 is In sizes 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48 and 50. Size 36 slip and panties take 3 yards material. Due to an unusually large demand and current war conditions, slightly more time is required in filling orders for a few of the most popular pattern numbers. Send your order to: SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT. 149 New Montgomery Street San Francisco Calif. Enclose 20 cents in coins for each pattern desired. Pattern No Size Name Address fWlStJosepltf i kStTtT! aspirin CONSTIPATED? GET GENTLE RELIEF! If your constipation is due to lack of "bulk" in the diet, and you have normal intes-tines, why resort to powerful purgatives? They act princi-pally by prodding your in-testines into action or draw-ing water into them from other parts of your body I Try KELLOCG'S Instead of working on you, all-bra- n works chiefly on the contents of your colon helping you to easy, nat-ural elimination. all-bra- n is a tasty break-fast cereal. It's sold by all grocers. Eat it regularly, drink plenty of water and "Join the Regulars"! Made by Kellogg's in Battle Creek.J SNAPPY FACTS ABOUT fe) RUBBER Recapped tires will render satisfactory service if the tire carcass is in good con-dition, good workmanship is exercised, inflation rules are observed and speed is kept to 35 mph. Have your tires recapped at a reliable shop. Scientists have developed the fact that when a car is driven at 50 mph there Is a centrifugal force of two tons trying to poll the tires apart. That our standard of living is affected in many ways by the shortage of rubber will be appreciated when it is known that normally about 50,000 items were made with rubber. IN THE ARMY & wfTREGT1 they say: j CAMEL FULL V.. ttAKMy BAfW'' for shovel If FLAVOR AND EXTRA J f 11 MILDNESS J HIVE for discover UBSlS0BRWfor squad tent f """" f ) fl " j "CAMEL" for the favorite cigarette h f'tJ i - with men in the Army V y Jf' Jj '' pcffrttletfl Lh;v4 a - VK .'1 ' rmsrwTHE szrvce ,: f 423?' , V J The favorite cigarette with men 1 ' C?t 4 in the Army, Navy, Marines, and 5t $118' ' 1 it" V "S - J the Coast Guard is Camel. ",.. v1 t'?' i 3 (Based on actual sales records in - YU U Btl J Post Exchanges and Canteens.) SfV f FOR STEADY pleasure, j G A fj 3L A camels w,nI ILvfei " -- ' -.- . ......J S r-'- "" "V '" 1 msLSwmm'samq rpmmwmmLmii Pnext washday: PMBiMfca,8l I rV. I OH.' THESE OVERALLS! r whv.letme f HERE'S flOW! use one tablespoon of V (CH'f LOOK'd.w 1 KSwlO W-..AN- I MAKE 1 lircGSS,Pcr;I S ttELPkEEPl I rAULmssTAyai-amALrr- ui r. hC M AND &RIME I Overalls 1 Ys9lJ FOgEVER.' J dirt from cool water-th- en add one quart of ;j igK wash right oof I WJr4" ATiV WEAR longer f J$&eJ& Shn'U CPnjmi grinding I I boiuns water while sniwiN&t- - . i) faultless h V ftSVm I too so I ttif$$ feFli tsfllc lirMAVp fiP--S ijssSiSiS 00 jplllj ETj lJp :0mmAGgSM " Advertisement. Camels Suffer Heatstroke j Because the camels of North! Africa often surfer from heat-- ! stroke, the Allied Nations have, constructed a number Of "Camel Heatstroke Centers" in Algeria, Tunisia and Libya, where pros-- , trated animals may be treated. One Bit of Tough Detail That Smith Didn't Mind Two men worked side by side in .a War Production board office. They never spoke, but each watched the other. One man left work daily at four o'clock. The other toiled on till six or later. Some months passed. Then the harder-workin- g of the two ap-proached the other. "I beg your pardon," he said, "but do you mind telling me how you can clean up your work every day at four o'clock?" "Not at all," said the other man. "When I come to a tough piece of detail, I mark it, 'Refer to Mr. Smith.' I figure that, in a depart-ment as large as this, there is sure to be a Mr. Smith. And I must be right; those papers never come back." The harder worker started to re-move his coat. "Brother," he said, "prepare for action. I'm Mr. Smith." Lone Warrior Young Private Jones slunk on to the parade ground ten minutes late. The sergeant glared, then said, with icy sarcasm: "So you have decided to come on parade. We were afraid you nad signed a sep-arate peace!" Strategy Chloe hate that sailor. Zoe Why? I thought he was cute. Chloe wrote him he gave me a pain and to return my photograph, or Vd complain to the captain, and he sent back 15 and said to pick mine out be-cause he'd forgot what I looked like. Could Be "I'm something of a mind reader. I can tell at a glance just what a person is thinking of me." "But don't you find it embarrassing?" Point of View Two flies were strolling along the ceiling. Suddenly one of them paused. "You know," it remarked, "hu-man beings are very silly." The second fly shrugged. "People are silly?" it echoed. "How do you make that out?" The first fly tapped the ceiling with its foot. "Well, take a look," it chirped. "They spend good money building nice ceiling, and then they walk on the floor!" There was a man who com-plained he had lots of books but no bookcases. He'd never liked to borrow bookcases. Only Half of It Nervous Employer Thomas, I wish you wouldn't whistle at your work. Office Boy I ain't working, sir. I'm only whistling. Benefited Father When I was a boy I had only one suit of clothes and one pair of shoes a year. Son You ihave a much better time of it now that you are living with us, don't you, dad? A woman when launching her first ship was a little nervous. She turned to the shipyard manager, standing beside her, and asked: "How hard do I have to hit it to knock it into the water?" George Was Graciously Willing to Aid Illiterates Tired after a difficult day, the American congressman handed the menu to George, the colored waiter, and said: "Here, just bring me a good meal." He put a generous tip on his plate, and a good meal, indeed, a very good meal, was served in due time. When it was over the satisfied diner gave a large tip as a good-b-y gesture. The waiter's eyes grew big, then leaning over the chair of the solon, he said confidentially: "Thank you, sah, an' if you done got' any othah frien's what can't read, why you jes' send 'em to me, sah." Origin of "Two Bits' The term "two bits" was coined in San Francisco in days before mints were in existence and gold wire was chipped up for currency.; Mind's Sweetness Let thy mind's sweetness have its operation upon thy body, clothes, and habitation. Georga c Herbert. o- - p-- - c. - - C- - c- - ev-- c- - - - o- - r-- c. - c - o- -c c - o-- I ffJJ jJ' A quiz with answers offering j f information on various subjects ed by John Loudon McAdam, a Scottish engineer. 3. Abraham Lincoln was our tallest President, at six feet four1 inches. James Madison, five feet four inches, was the shortest. 4. Fourteen. 5. They are citizens of the Unit--' ed States. 6. Three Illinois, Kentucky and Missouri. 7. That type of hat was first worn at the Earl of Derby's race track. 8. An American buccaneer. 9. Do, first note in the musical scale; doe, a female deer, and dough, soft mass of moistened flour. 10. He was the last Dutch gover-nor of what is now New York. The Questions 1. What does chicanery mean? 2. Why are macadamized roads so called? 3. Who was the tallest President of the United States? Who was the shortest? 4. How many lines has a son-net? 5. What is the status of children born in this country of alien par-ents? 6. How many states meet where the Ohio and Mississippi rivers merge? 7. Why is a stiff hat called a derby? 8. Who was Jean Lafitte? 9. Give three words that are pronounced alike, are spelled dif-ferently and each has a different meaning. 10. Why is the name of Peter Stuyvesant remembered? The Answers 1. Trickery or sharp practice, especially in legal proceedings. 2. That type of road was invent- - Released by Western Newspaper Union. GOVERNMENT AND OUR ALLEGIANCE TO WHAT DO WE, as Americans, owe first allegiance? Is it the gov- ernment of the Pepublic, or to some one of the many organizations to which we belong? Is each one of us, or each group, to be a law unto our-selves, or are we to be governed by the choice of a majority of all of us? Shall each one of us, or each group, set up a code, a policy, and follow that, regardless of its effect on all of us? Government has encouraged and supported the organization of groups. That has been especially true in lar bor and agriculture. Government has encouraged and supported the rise of group leaders, the labor union and the agricultural organization leader. Government has listened to and heeded the wishes of these peo-ple in forming legislation and execu-tive decrees. These things have been done in the cause of what we have termed "social gains." As matter of protection, busi-ness and industry have organized other groups. There are groups of bankers, manufacturers, retailers and what have you. The result is that we have become a. nation of groups instead of a united whole as is needed, especially in time of war. Through the encouragement, or the forcing of group organizations by the government, we have erected a juggernaut that may destroy the government of the Republic. We have builded a monster that defies government. We have encouraged the erection of a to which members of groups give their first allegiance. When the workman lays down his tools .and walks out of the plant in defiance of the needs of the nation, he recognizes himself and his group as those to whom he owes first al-legiance. Should manufacturers demand the meeting of conditions if they are to continue the operation of their plants on war production, they would be displaying that first allegiance to the interests of their group. Should the farmers of America refuse to sow or to reap until their demands were met, they would be displaying allegiance to their group, rather than to the government of the nation. All this has been encouraged by government, catering to minority groups even in time of war. We have made the interest of the group paramount to the interest of the whole. We have created leaders of groups that believe themselves greater and stronger than the na-tional government as represented by the President of the United States. We have erected a juggernaut that may destroy us. TARIFF AND WORLD TRADE THE INGENUITY of Americans in applying machinery to the needs of production has made two jobs grow where only one or less grew before. It is machinery that has re-duced costs, made increased pur-chases possible, increased man-hou- r earnings, reduced working hours, provided more time for rec-reation and enjoyment of the things produced. That condition could not long con-tinue if our 40 hour a week produc-tion time and our high wages had to compete with, for example, Japan's 84 to 90 hour work week and her exceedingly low standard of wages. Our American purchasing power is approximately 50 per cent of that of the entire world. To throw our market wide open to the world must reduce our standard of living, with-out raising standards in other coun-tries. International free trade is not the. solution for world ills. An in-ternational tariff system that will force higher wage standards in backward countries would help. World tariffs based on production costs in exporting countries would do the job. CHILDREN AND RATIONING THE SOLUTION OF THE EAT-ING problem in these days of ra-tioning is to have a big family of small children. I was reminded of it when in a market trying to stretch the meat rationing points for two adiijts so they would cover the needs for butter, cheese, shortening, ba-con and other meats. Beside me was a man trying to find enough in the store to use all the points in his eight books. He had six children, no one of them over ten, and the youngest were twins of two months. I envied him a family for which he was allowed a surplus of food. Now is not the time to advocate birth control. FREE ENTERPRISE IF WE WANT TO CONTINUE the American system of free enterprise, we must give industry an opportu-nity to expand, and industry cannot do that under a tax system which confiscates all its earnings. MANY A VOLUNTEER in that land army of urbanites which is sup-posed to help harvest the summer and fall crops will have a greater appreciation of what food and its production mean after a few days in the fields. A SIGN IN A LOS ANGELES shop window says: "If you come in, be courteous to our employees. We have no difficulty in getting custom-ers That message might be ap-propriate for all in these war days There are too many people with too much money to spend, but store help is hard to get and hard to hold. WHEN YOU FIGURE WAR wage scales, do not forget that extra eight hours at time and a half in war in-dustry plants. That time and a half not help to prevent inflation. jdoes Ancient Fishing Methods Still Prevalent in Malta Precisely as did their forebears in biblical days, the inhabitants of the quaint fishing villages of Mar-s- a and Zurrico, on the island of Malta, in the Mediterranean, today follow the life of the fisherman for their livelihood. Many of the old fishing methods employed in the early days are in use today. The fishermen use a peculiar type of trap attached to their boat, instead of the nets com-monly employed. Fishermen of Malta are happy, now that the Allies dominate the Mediterranean. No longer do they have to fear the Axis aerial at-tacks to which they were subject-ed day after day before the rout of Rommel in Africa. This Modern Hen Creates Incubator of Her Own Among the interesting birds on Guadalcanal is the brush fowl, a dark-colore- d bird about the size of a bantam hen. Instead of set-ting on her eggs, this mother bird covers them with decaying vege-tation. The heat generated by the action of decomposition keeps the eggs at hatching temperature. The incubation period lasts around 50 days longer than for any other land bird. As a result, the young have the power of flight as soon as they are hatched. Hilled by Nazis Germany charges France, Nor-way, Belgium and the Netherlands a total of $53,000,000 a week for the maintenance of its armies of occupation; yet the actual cost is only $22,000,000 or about 42 per cent of this amount. J |