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Show THE TIMES- - NEWS, NEPHI, UTAH PAGE SIX WOMAN'S WORLD Thursday, December 22, 1949 Set of Doll Clothes Trimmed With Tiny Lace Be Smart! Use These Short Cuts to Good Grooming By Ertta Haley SEASON for sparkle and glitter, a time for seeing old friends and meeting new ones, and TS THE i resting Holiday Dress prevent roughness and are out and have to make-up- . try to cleanse I MM p ,vr pf:1 ; While giving is the paramount attribute of Christmas, as it is generally observed, records show that giving is not really confined to any on season of the year. There are thousands of little acts of courtesy and greater acts of and giving that punctuate the entire year. For instance, there are the women who shared their ration coupons in the years before rationing was lifted in England . . . There's the quarter of a million Americans who contributed a penny each so that a tiny church in a Colorado community might have a church bell . . , The youngsters in Nunspeet, Holland, who shared the contents of their piggy bank with their financially embarrassed parents . . : The thoughtful transit company in Calgary that provides free rides for pensioners . . . The railway engineer who backed bis locomotive many miles to rescue a motorist be bod seen stranded in a blizzard. The graciousness of giving really knows no season when tbe human heart is touched. The holidays bring an air of festivity that is reflected in your accessories even for street and business. That is ene reason why the fashion for large shoe ornaments is gaining such ' ground. They add a dressed-u- p feeling with everyday suits and tailored wool dresses. Smooth leathers that are so popular in pumps for street and the more casual occasions, are appearing with many variants of self bows and intricate leather ornaments. On more formal leathers and fabrics you'll like the cut steel and bronze beaded buckles. Both buckles and bows often run to emphatic sizes. tf "' n...i,...:iV. , ;. W. .Wyywys-- M' RMft un Easy to Sew ADORABLE set of clothes and each item ia just one piece! So easy to sew, you'll make a whole new wardrobe in no time at all. Trim with tiny lace and bright ric rac. rpfl ... er, mother and son, the new talk at. table, the new tone of affection. And eventually 1950 will seem to you a year of opened doors, en larged vistas, multiplied interests. The world is in a very discour aging state. Every tiny unit, like your home and mine, that lifts itself even into the smallest services to the commonwealth at large. that solves its own problems, plans for the greater and wiser America of tommorow, is helping solve the world's great problems. Never was Pattern No. 8518 is for dolls In sizes 14. 18 and 20 inches. Consult pattern for requirements. IS. Don't wait send today for vour copy of the Fall and Winter 64 FASHION. of sewing information for every Eages dressmaker; free pattern printea Inside the book. 23 cents. SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT. 530 Sooth Wells St. Chlcac 1, III. Enclose 25 cents in coins for eacb pattern desired. Pattern No. HARK, THE HERALD ANGELS . . . Another thing that we Americans have good reason to be thankful for Is that our youngsters still can sing Christmas carols the way they want to without any dictatorial intervention. These angelic-lookin- g choir boys were photographed at the Church of the Heavenly rest in New York as they held a dress rehearsal for the Christmas season. there a new year that gave us all much about which to think, to plan, and to do. There is no man or woman in all America who could not make a constructive resolution for all the days of 1950. One man I know. could make his wife happy, and win back his two baby sons. Another woman and her name is legion would save her marriage if she would sit down and seriously discuss their financial situation with her husband, and abide by any plan that kept them solvent. Parents might make a resolution to take their growing children into a family partnership. Daughters might resolve upon a respectful, considerate attitude toward home rules made only for their owp pro so Address THE READER'S COURTROOM- - -- By ' 7$tatc cut fan ON CHRISTMAS May a Soprano Collect Damages Because Her Feelings are Hurt? A woman was hired to sing soprano in a church choir. After a few months, church officials decided that they didn't like her voice after all so they fired her. Since the woman's contract still had three months to go, they offered to pay her salary for the remaining period. But she wasn't satisfied CABINETS The safest way to insure against as water. This resulted In increased fire at Christmas time which might combustibility, needle discoloration originate from the Christmas tree and fall. is to keep the tree standing in Here's how to carry out the tree plain, ordinary water from the treatment suggested: time you get it home until you Select a tree cut as recently as tection. discard it after the holidays. Married men might reconsider That's the most practical, satis- possible.off Cut about an inch diagthe bottom of the trunk. the office danger presented by the factory and convenient method onally Stand tree at once in a conthe d new so found for hazfar stenographer. reducing fire ards and keeping tree needles from tainer of water, and keep the water level above the edges of the cut losing their color or dropping from during the entire time the tree is the tree. Tests show that keeping trees in the house. If the tree is not set at once, keep it standing in watstanding la water will prevent up er in a cool place. needles from drying out and beThis treatment does not make coming inflammable. They continue to appear fresh and green. the tree absolutely flame-prooso Shrouds Many As compared with tests of trees other cautions are necessary. Check Mystery chemithe wiring of lights and keep tinsel standing ia Abandoned Articles cals, it was found that trees so and other flammable material and NEW YORK Frederick G. Smith treated did not absorb the chemidecorations away from the sockets doesn't like mysteries, especially cals rapidly or ia as large amounts of the light bulbs on the tree. when they're wrapped in packages. rooms off In two big, shelf-lineTimes Square, he has hundreds of mysteries to solve. Each 'of them is from a public locker. He is district manager of the Know-Ho- w firm which operates thousands of A school for Santa Clauses? the parcel bins in New York's railroad, bus and subYes, there is one, and it's the only educational Institution of its kind in the world. way stations. Just how many are in use is a trade secret. Nationally, Graduates wear white wig and whiskers, red suit trimmed in white fur, wide white belt and black leather boots. public lockers garner an estimated 40 million dimes a year. It is the Santa Claus School at Albion, New Yerk. It gives credits' for deep, jovial laughter and twinkling, smiling eyes. At first Smith worried about boxes of bones that turned up in Fresh out of Santa Claus school, a graduate with honors in " the bins. Now he knows that the knows, among other things, how to remain throaty little skulls and skeletons do not kid glares and yells, "There ain't no Santa Claus," calm when mean murder. Usually they are and how to maintain diplomatic relations with a parent who thinks cat bones, which he dutifully reSanta Claus has given her tot the brushoff. turns to universities from which The school holds that to be a good Santa Claus. one has to almost believe he really is Santa Claus. they were borrowed by absent-mindeThe Santa Clauses are taught that when a fresh kid declares students. there isn't any Santa Claus to say: "I wouldn't be too sure of that, Police, secret service men and son I wouldn't be too sure, if t were you." FBI agents frequently call on him for information. "We help as much as we can, but we never give tips Held Favorita to the police." he emphasized. "If Caroline The Yule Log we did, we might as well sign the With Many at Christmas One of the favorite customs of death warrants of people who work A medieval Christmas toast alfor us." Christmas Eve in many sections ways accompanied the burning of About 5,000 locks are changed of the. world is the singing of carthe Yule log. It was: every day. If a locker isn't emptied ols. "This Yule log burns. It destroys 24 after hours of use. Its contents Th carols are sometimes called old hatreds and misunderstandings. are removed, the bin is sealed for "noels" because of the word .having Let your envies vanish and the three days, and the lock is changed originated la France and descendspirit of good fellowship reign subefore it Is put back Into service. ing from the Latin word meaning preme for this season and all Locks are switched from railroad a "cry f Joy at Christmas." Carthrough the year." to subway to bus stations, then out ols alse once meant round dancers But if you waat a Yule log in of the district. accompanied by gay songs. The the best Christmas tradition it One conspicuous unclaimed Item earliest collection of carols was should be of oak, ask, olive, apple is a typewriter with an extra-largof pine. published about 1521. carriage. Smith called the maker EPIPHANY EVE of the machine, and learned who bought it by tracing the serial number. The typewriter had been Bow in traded in, and there the trail grew cold. In almost a year, no one has Among the most interesting leg- lief thusly: "But what was anything comclaimed It. With other forgotten ends connected with Christmas is ne popular in Syria and is conpared to the feast of Epiphany, packages, it will be auctioned off nected with Epiphany eve. Accord-tn- g which we celebrated In commemat the end of 12 months. to this legend at twelve midoration of the baptism of Jesus In Almost any day you can find at least a half dozen forgotten portnight en that night the trees bow the River Jordan 12 days after able radios In the storeroom. There in adoration before tha Christ-chil- Christmas. 1 was taught to believe The night, which the Syrians and Joyously did believe that the are clothes racks lined with apis held to be rivers and fountains of the entire parel of every description End of tan "Lartat-al-Qadr- " the straw hat season brings an the "night of destiny." One writer world became suddenly holy about from that country describes the be sunset on Epiphany evt. avalanche of men's summer ' Are You Responsible For Damage Done By Your Cat? A man who owned a cat moved next door to a man who raised pigeons. As might be expected, trouble wasn't long In coming. One night the cat slipped into the neigh-bor'garage and slew no less than 13 plgeonsl The angry neighbor filed suit for the value of the birds. s with that. She also claimed dam- ages for embarrassment, saying that the affair had caused her "sickness of mind and mental agony. ' However, the court refused to grant any additional amount ol money. The judge said that such an injury was too vague to be evaluated in dollars and cents. A fisherman set up his nets near the shore of a large inland lake. Early the next morning, a man came along in a rowboat, scooped several dozen fish out of the nets, and went happily on his way. But somebody tattled and the man charging that the cat's owner was was arrested on a charge of theft. guilty of harboring a "vicious aniAt the trial, be claimed that fish mal." But the court turned down are "free for all" until actually the neighbor's claim. The judge hauled out of the water. But the said the cat wasn't "vicious," but court disagreed and found the man was merely "obeying the natural guilty. The judge said that fish Instinct of all cats." He added that belong to the first person who "cap- It was far more sensible to guard the pigeons than to lock up the catl tures" them. multi-divorce- whole social structure. Nobody likes poverty as poverty. But the word has very different values in America and in well, say, the westernmost reaches of China. And if what we call pov- erty demands anxious care, enforced simplicity, sacrifice, it also supplies opportunities for sharing, for service, and for family love, that wealthy persons almost inevitably miss. Express Love and Interest You don't have to change your life In this new year of 1950. Mat-tie- . You only have to change yourself to the point of expressing love and content and interest In everything you do. beautifying and enriching life in that Brooklyn flat, and the change will come of themselves Beverley will begin to look visits to her forward to weeK-enold home; she'll feel the change, the Increased interest between fath e Trees in Adoration of Christ Syria - ( f such as features graduated shelves for dishes of different sizes, tray slot and partitioned drawers. Build them yourself or save hours of a time with patterns 322 and carpenter's 323. Price 25c each. Send order to WORKSHOP PATTERN SERVICE Drawer 10 Bedfora Bills. New Vsrk. f, d ' Build Efficient Cabinets THESE easy - to - build kitchen cabinets have many special Poses Problems School Teaches Kringle . . make me hopping mod . . . write to me every year, that "the kingdom of heaven is within you," I am quoting the wisest voice ever heard in this world. In this little phrase lies the secret that can transform all our lives, and what better time than a new year to study it, and try to discover its mystical meaning? The truth hidden In those few words could bring content to the most feverishly wretched, fabud heiress lously rich, in the world, and it actually does account for the laughter and the courage and the confidence one finds sometimes in the very darkest arid poorest corners of our FLOOR. mtr dime-in-a-sl- A churchgoer and some friends were discussing their minister. "Why, he's just an old drunkard!" cried the man. When the minister heard about this, be sued the man for slander. At the trial, the man protested that "calling somebody a drunkard isn't so terrible" and that "a minister Isn't any better than anybody else anyhow." But the court held him liable, saying that a minister's good name is not something to trifle with. The judge pointed out that a reputation tor clean and upright living is vital. I CABINETS! PA22ERN 51 Educated Santas Will Bernard, LL.B. - WALL How are you doing on your Christmas gift list? you can take care of lots of people on that list d Sensitive Soprano Couldn't Collect - Handy Wall Cabinets Have Special Features i -- Size- Name ..." Locker Business p doll flN One Phrase Can Transform Life DON'T SEE HOW anyone can say 'Happy New Year' this year," writes an irate woman from Brooklyn. "I suppose you will give us all your usual advice about being good and we will be happy," continues Mattie Fields. "It's easy eonugh to advise about problems you never have had to face yourself. We women who lead dull and monotonous lives are' all to become good managers, be grateful for $3 dresses and cheap entertainment, love everyone and say our prayers and everything will come out right. "Jim is 47 and I am 38," the letter goes ' on. "He works in a leather plant, and I keep house in five rooms, with three outside windows. Our daughter, Beverley, 17, lives vyth two girl pals and works In a dress shop in New York. My son, 14, has an 8x9 bedroom; when Beverley is at. home she sleeps in the sitting room. "My husband served as a vetK.eep complexions glowing erinarian during the war; my i)iwy'y.mwfw.yiwii mother was with us then, and I ily to care as long as they are qualhad a job and made good money. ity merchandise and are not subWe invested this unfortunately, jected to abuse. and our circumstances were not Give Skin Care improved when the war ended. To Achieve Glow "I am not complaining," the letcare to even for skin It's sirnple finishes. ter "But when anyone when weather is harsh for the skin who happens to be successful and supplies its own elements for beaurich tells me that all of us could ty. Cleanliness, however. Is somego and do likewise, and attain is which essential. thing beauty and security in our lives, If water you use is hard, add the only thing it does to me is some water softener to wash basin make me hopping mad." before washing. This is especially "The Kingdom of Heaven beneficial for dry, sensitive skins. My dear Mattie, I say in answer, After washing, use cold cream on I don't blame you. Advice is althe skin, applying gently in upward and boir trim for the holidays. most always unpalatable, and the strokes, rinse and blot dry. The trend in make-ufor some wtnt to refresh easily. Epsom salts adviser always sounds smug. But time now has been naturalness. and starch make an excellent soft- when I tell you, or any one of the Use make-u- p sparingly, and merely ener for water if the skin is dry other thousands of women who to highlight the natural beauty and sensitive. which you have. If cheeks are pink, Apply dabs of baby oil to elbows, skip the rouge. Blend colors into knees and any other spots before lal INCHES KATHLEEN N ORRIS "T v KNOWS NO SEASON the skin before adding more. For a refreshing trick to remove "shine" from the face when your make-uhas lost its sparkle, retire to the powder room for quick repairs. Gently wipe the face and throat with a fluted cotton square. You'll be surprised how much dirt comes off. Enough make-u- p base and rouge remains to provide a foundation for a fresh application of powder. Don't rub the new powder on, but press it to the face with a clean cotton square. When you have wiped away the excess flecks, your face will look as smooth as silk again. Make Hair Manageable With These Tricks Weekly care will 'guarantee your hair looking right for all occasions, so don't neglect shampoo and set. The daily strokes with a good brush will give the hair a gloss that can be achieved in no other way. Wave set lotion used on a small stiff brush is excellent for training new short hair around and uneven hair line. ,BssWii sjwjl ONE-PIE- While you you'll want to be at your best though time Is limited. Are there short cuts and tricks you might employ that help to guarantee attractiveness? Yes, indeed. Many women who are charming are not standard beauties. One thing, you'll note about them, however, is their neatness and Innate cleanliness. They may have few clothes, but what they have looks well on them. These clothes, if you'll take a 'critical look, are also kept in the peak of condition. Most complexions can be Improved with regular daily care, as neglect will far too easily show in which grayness of color, make-u1 - i , detracts, or eruptions which will most at so the it or seems, pop up, inopportune occasions. ' ' Short hair offers little problem ' In the way of care. Curls last longer and the casual styles now so widely used make it possible for even those who know little about I aKJLt''1' is hair to keep their tresses in wonof hours benefit derful form without In fact, a brief at the mirror. brushing and combing are all that are required to keep the hair neat and attractive. Discard careless ways of clothing, Ton can look festive and decand you'll find it no trick at all to orative for the holidays in this be able to wear a dress time and black taffeta dress which is again with little attention. Does treated so effectively with black this involve time? No, it simply velvet. The picture neckline Is means you hang your clothes after trimmed with velvet scalloping removing them in place of throwand the graceful skirt shows ing them on chairs, brushing them two rows and a hem of the frequently, and a few minutes of same trim. carefully placed care In spot removal, etc. Accessories such as gloves, hats the skin, so there are no blotches. shoes and purses will respond read- - Wipe excess powder off after applying and don't try to rub it into the skin. Lip lines may be changed slightly, but don't try to give yourself an entirely different mouth just for the sake of variety or effect. Eyebrow lines are natural, too, and it's no longer smart to shave off the natural brows and use a cosmetic line in place of them. Pluck only enough to keep them neat. Little or no eye make-u- p during the day is indicated. Daily baths will keep the skin on the body relatively sweet and clean, and a quick shower will stand you in good stead when you p to chapping. with the greatest of ease and handsomely, too! Just check off the names of all your friends who smoke, either cigarettes or a pipe. In either case you have the gift that's just right in their eyes! For the cigarette smoker the gay Christmas carton of Camels contains 200 cool, mild, Camels. And for the pipe smoker or the man who likes his "mak in's" the pound tin of Prince Albert Smoking Tobacco gives hours and i hours of tongue-eas- y pipe joy. Both ' gifts are waiting for you ready-- I wrapped in colorful holiday dress. There's even built-ispace for your personal greeting. So, this season save yourself time and energy by giving mild, ' Camels and Mellow Prince Albert Adv. , Smoking Tobacco. 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