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Show LEHI FREE PRESS, LEIII, UTAH 'Do-It-Yours- Headdresses With the New Colored Nets elf WW ON THE -- m RUTH WYETPEARSJg) By CIIERIE NICHOLAS TN SWEDEN and Norway only per cent of the youths 18 years old or younger are reported unfit for war service. In Germany before the war the average was only 7 per cent. In the United States out of every 100,000 army prospects, 25,000 are turned back. '. This is a situation that must be corrected at the earliest possible date. The fact a major war is under way makes the correction even more necessary. The first point is this why should 25 per cent of our youth be unfit at 18 ym ; Released by Western Newspaper Union. fl STAFF Sergt. Joe Louis, of the world, champion made a couple of surprising revelations recently when he named an team for Stars and Stripes, servicemen's publication. First surprise came when he named Max Baer as the toughest op ponent he ever met. Second was his choice of Jim Braddock as possessor of the most potent right hand In explaining his selection of Baei as the toughest opponent, Joe said: "I pitched more strikes against Baer than I did against a half dozen ordinary opponents. Any other man $ " t we a it ' !rUSE ACTUAL-SIZ- E PATTERN TO CUT COOKIE BOX AKO CONNER SHELF Of s f & 11 ' i 1 Starting Too Late This physical development and physical improvement must begin at earlier school ages. There is no reason why kids of ten should not be taught at least to swim, run and jump. Between the ages of 12 and 16, they should not only be taught games, but in addition should be given better instruction and closer inspection. One or two leading teams are never enough. There should be as many teams as space will allow. Nurmi once told me that as a kid he had to jog to school, 12 miles away, and then walk or jog back, f "On a general average," he said, "I covered around 25 miles a day on foot. So did many other kids in our neighborhood." Strong, active legs are among the essentials and legs don't happen to thrive on lack of use. West Point and Annapolis have ideal athletio programs for everyone. Many colleges have good programs. Bat as a rule these programs start about four years late. ' Ty Cobb was a good ballplayer j at the age of 12 and his legs carried him through 24 years of rugged competition. Bobby Jones was playing golf at the age of eight arid his legs were a strong factor through his 12 major championships later on. Bob Feller was building up stout legs and a strong right arm when he was ten. Millions of kids get no such chance. But they should be given a far better chance than they have known in past years or know today. When 100,000 march up to an army base and 25,000 must turn back, no further argument is required. But big-leag- mere words are not going to help. Some vital and early action is needed today more than ever before. And action had been taken before, more than 2,000,000 additional fit fighters would now be in our army and navy. h College Football College football has now come to a crisis which must be met. This crisis concerns certain rule changes, notably the present kickoff nightmare, which must be met to help give the college game a fair break with the professional side. Any advancement among such lines has been blocked so far by Bill Bingham of Harvard, chairman of the rules committee, Dana Bible of Texas and others who have become stubborn and completely out of line with the wishes of the players, the public, and 95 per cent of the coaches. This latter group wants an early meeting that will clear up the muddled atmosphere and put college football back where it belongs. Lou Little, Columbia's able coach, and one of the smartest football men I ever knew, has been working desperately to have such a meeting. The Main Arguments The main arguments at hand, first of all, concern the present college kickoff rule. This made a joke and a travesty out of the game all last season. What happens tow the big crowd waits expectantly for the kick down the field and the run back which may go from 10 yards to a touchdown. But what takes place? The kickoff side promptly kicks out of boundii, giving the ball to the other team the 35 yard line. JTTf I -- ? Even if you do not have a jig saw or a coping saw to cut out the graceful curves of the shelf pieces, you may mark the design on a piece of plywood or other thin wood and have it cut at your nearest woodworking shop. As for the cookie box, it is all straight cuts f STENCIL PEASANT rl6URES AND LETTERING 7 Ft M M NOTE Mrs. Spsars has au actual site pattern for this prepared comer shell and cookie box; also a stencil patten, M U is a cookie jar that HEREmade at home from with complete color guide for the letterir.e and peasant figures; all on one large sheet which will be mailed for 15 cents which includes cost and postage. Ask lor Pat. tern 268 and write direct tc- - may odds and ends of wood stenciled with , I : - ... I - i.i gay peasant figures and quaint lettering. But that is not all. This old fashioned jar or box sits on an corner shelf brightly painted which may be cut out of thin wood and put together quickly with glue and brads. The combination of cookie box and shelf will lend in years? Here is one angle we have given the better part of our training and devel- Grsntland Bice opment to the few who need it least those better qualified to make up winning; football teams, track teams, basketball teams, baseball teams, etc. In this way the treat majority who need proper training most, get it least. The mass has been Wo badly overlooked in the concentrscion on those already fit to run, jump, swim, block end tackle. Having been with Comdr. Jack Dempsey at his coast guard post I can verify everything he Bays including his statement that over 50 per cent of the recruits that come in can't play any sort of game including the not too subtle act of chinning themselves. "Many of them," Jack .says, "can't even tell a left hand from a right when they first get in. The whole picture is far worse than most people know." jt ', terest to a corner in your kitchen or dinette and will be extreme, useful as well. S3"a a T" MRS. RL'TH WTETH SPEARS Sew York Bedford HttU Enclose Drawer 1 cents for Pattern No. 15 266. Name Address. be quilted leaf design around border is quilted in pale green thread. the picture. For this pretty-pretteffect Lilly Dache uses two nets in deep moss green. Ths one snoods the chignon. The other veils the front of the hair at one ride of the forehead. For highspot loveliness this famous designer uses a decor oi white flowexquisite ers. You will find this whimsical bit of headgear bewitching with either an afternoon or a cocktail dress. ' Another suggestion as illustrated below to the left takes two nets, the hair in back caught loosely in one and screened casually on top and over the ears with the other whicr. is appliqued to a band of maline. The maline is enhanced with flowers done in beauvais embroidery, but tiny cutout florals from chintz oi a scrap of any gay print materia! in your sewing box will do just as well. The net arrangement is finished with a narrow ribbon looped under the chignon and brought uj over the ears to tie in a tiny bow on top of the head. The exotic hat - like headdress shown to the right above starts witt two black nets. A lush red rose is tucked through the mesh of the fronl snood and backed with a flat bow ol grosgrain. This same gala decor is equally effective with the front nel coming just to the hairline rathei than veiling the eyes. Chinese red nets with red cherries work out beautifully in this same way. For the lovely headdress pictured below tc the right a net in turquoise captures the hair in the back and is brought to the front of the coiffure under a half circle. White blossoms, positioned toward the front of the head and dropping blossom by blossom past the eai lobes, achieve transcendent loveliness. in 1 ' iljijijuiuiJmJiLUJi mi lai mmi iff'iitfdif- wnufnr"-""- MAX BAER COMETHING new has been added to the summer fashion picture which is creating a big sensation. That "something new" is nothing more or less than hair and snood nets, but the secret of these amazing Dache nets is that they come in fascinating colors, such as tiger-lil- y pink, Chinese red, Chinese green, right carried the explosivencss turquoise, lavender and a host of Braddock's did, I never would have other lovely tones and tints. You been able to answer the bell after can get them in browns; blacks, the fifth round. Max landed his grays, and blonde shades also if you Sunday punches for 12 rounds be- wish. You can buy these nets in fine fore he could put me away. hair mesh and also firm snood mesh. That One Wallop By using the two together you can "Braddock hit me once in the first arrange a series of perfectly charmhat fantasies and round, and had he been able to ing Any woman who can follow up his advantage, this little hairdresses. boy might never have been the artfully pin a curl in her hair or tuck a bow in her coiffure to look champion of the world." on Lbuis "just right" can do wonders with June 22, 1937, that It was knocked out Jim Braddock in the these flattering glamour nets. So cheerio! Because of these mageighth round in Chicago for the ic nets, that dream of dreams among world title. as Billy Conn was named five times women who wistfully visualize in the mythical line-uConn, who many hats and hairdresses as they came exceedingly close to unseating have costumes, has actually come Joe at New York's Polo Grounds ia true. The best of it is that this new venture is within the 1941, figures to be the first chalof for the a limited means lenger to get a crack at the cham- nets are not at all budget, expensive. war. the following pionship The illustration gives a fair idea of Louis picked Conn as the smartest of all his opponents, the fastest, the perfectly charming things that the possessor of the most dangerous can be done with these colored nets left and the fighter with the best together with perhaps a lush rose here or a clever flower arrangeoffense and defense. ment there, or other flights of fancy In Joe's book, Lee Ramey was as expressed by the woman who his most courageous opponent; must depend on her own ingenuity Godoy was the most troubleto have a lovely hat. A particularly Bob Pastor the fastest some; ' 'y ourself ' ' and Johnny Paycheck his charming headdress is shown to the upper left Released by Western Newspaper Union. poorest opponent. He considers the hardest punch he ever took was a right landed by Meet. Al Delaney In a 1934 bout. Joe adTeen-Ag- e mitted it nearly cracked his jaw. On the reverse side, Louis claims Well, for one thing the teen gir the hardest punch he ever landed feels she just can t get along with was the one that knocked out Pauliout a bright topper. The swankiesl no Uzcudun in the fourth round in like an offi types are belted-iNew York. cer's coat. The young crowd likes th new sportsy, Smartest Fighter ging ham blouses that have a rancho ah More than one individual pointed about them to wear with theii out that Conn's smartness wasn't in slacks. They're keen on bolero cos evidence the night tumes. It's great fun ensembling the he almost removed bolero with different skirts and I Joe's crown. Boxing blouses. Teensters adore the new records show that frilly pinafore frocks with their gaj Conn got ahead of cutout appliques and their miles o: Louis in that fight. k trimming. They are alsc He had piled up a with the idea of dirnd intrigued comfortable lead in ' crash the eye with theii skirts that recThose points. Mexican colors. Jumpei bizarre also show ords that frocks are a "must" with the younf the Irishman beset and their newest rave is a slirr came cocky and g princess date dress tried to slug it out made of pastel or with the champion. Billy Conn smooth rayon gabardine. And that Conn was knocked out in the thirteenth round. Sleeveless Vogue Brings But Louis wasn't thinking of Conn's intelligence or his I.Q. He Demand for Bracelet5 was probably referring to his unBecause of the lew questioned ability to avoid punches vogue, jewelers report a "rush" foi and to move quickly, landing bracelets. If your heirloom jewel; punches through the smallest openinclude a few ornate bracelets in his defense. opponent's ings bring them out, for they are due foi Most smaller fighters are smarter a big revival. This' summer we wil (in that fashion) than their beefier be seeing bracelets worn in spec contemporaries. They know more tacular display. Some will be about all the angles of boxing than stones, others de the big fellows. "vJ signed after pieces SPORTS SHORTS Many silver bracelets will be won Fashion is going keen on print wrought in intricate chain designs. C Five million Americans play ensembles this season. The dressmaker touch featured in the C Flying Ebony in 1925 was the Boxy Jackets for Summer 1944 colleconly "field horse" to win the Ken- tion shines forth at its better-bes- t Little collarless jacket! tucky Derby. in the and of youth ir in neckline the softly spirit styled draped C Clark Griffith once had a chance of this navy and white flower rayon gabardines or tropical suit to buy Grover Cleveland Alexander bodice frock dress. A tiny peplum ing or a stunning new linen-lik- i for $700 but turned him down, con- print in the otherwise rayon are the big news for summer front contrasts sidering him too wild. and simple silhouette. A This type jacket is adaptable t( C. Detroit has not finished eighth in straight striking feature is that the hat and wear in town and country over lighi the American league in the last 43 the gloves are made of the same dresses. It has bracelet-lengyears and Minneapolis has not finas the dress, achieving an air sleeves, is collarless and in cardi ished eighth in the Anferican asso- print of for the entire costume. gan buttonless style. distinction ciation in the same period. would have lasted less than half a round, just as Schmeling did in our second fight." Most ring followers figured that Schmeling had the most dangerous right, for Max flattened Joe in 12 rounds In New York in 1936. But Louis merely remarked: "If Schmel-ing'- s You will obtain complete cutting pat. tern for Strawberry Quilt (Pattern No. 5397), quantities of materials specified, finishing directions and quilting directions. 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: y long-stemm- p. haw-thorn- Ar-tu- ro er, 149 New f5397.J No Name , Address Setting Big Ben Right When London's Big Ben or Westminster clock is fast or slow, the inaccuracy, which rarely exoeeds one fifth of a second, is soon corrected by the added or subtracted weight of a small coin which is placed on or removed from a tray fixed halfway down the pendulum. 700-pou- Strawberry Patch Quilt A "STRAWBERRY patch" quilt makes one of the loveliest quilts you've ever seen! 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