Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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‘Adamless Eden’ Is This Hotel for Federal Workers Washington’s “Girls’ Town” is an “Adamless Kden,” a city within a city! This manless community is a gi gantic housing project for girls, sprawled over 109 acres in the very shadow of the mammoth Pentagon building in the nation’s capital. Offi cially it is known as Arlington Farms. Unofficially it is called Girls’ Town, the first “hotel” ever run ex clusively by civil service employees. Arlington Farms is a project of the Public Buildings administration of the Federal Works agency, and, though only opened in March, 1943, today has more than 11,000 “citi zens,” including 4,000 WAVES. The general manager is William J. Bis- sell, of the PBA, and he is the only man '.vho lives in Girls’ Town! He and his wife reside in the town’s only “penthouse,” atop the towering three-story city hall, overlooking the rest of the development. Because of projects like Girls’ Town, the acute housing conditions in Washington were drastically re duced. The citizens of this com munity come from every state and territory. Most of them work in the Pentagon building, a few minutes walk from home. Only requirements to live in Arlington Farms are that one must be a government employ ee; must earn a maximum of $1,800 a year; and be between the ages of 16 and 72. The average age is 20. Has Own Mayor. ' Girls’ Town can truthfully claim to be a complete civic entity. Its ten huge dormitories, named after states, each elect one member to the “city council,” which in turn elects one of its members as “may or.” The present “mayor” is 22-year old Lucy Alston, of Jackson, Miss., a clerk in the department of labor. Actually, these girls constitute the Arlington Farms’ recreation council, which checks and double-checks all activities on the premises, and is final authority on the grounds. The Scattered about the 109-acre “campns” of Girls’ Town are numerous “refreshment tables,” where the young women can eat ice cream and chat. Pictured are Pat McCloud, Lohrville, Iowa; Dorothy Hannah, Lincoln, Neb.; Jean Belehrad, Ames, Iowa; and Rosalie Beil, Bedford, Ind. Notice the comfortable-looking two-story buildings in the back ground, where the girls live. last “Court of Appeal” is Mr. Bis- sell himself, who is contacted daily by the council for official opinion. The system has worked admirably. All buildings in Girls’ Town are built of an asbestos composition in cluding ground corn husks, which is fire-resistant. Nevertheless, Girls’ Town has its own fire department, with one completely equipped fire truck! The ten dormitories, or resi dence halls, more like sorority houses, are resplendent with bright chintzes, modern, light-colored fur niture, and 3,000 paintings and sculp tured works donated by the fine arts section of the defunct WPA. Bot tom rent for a dormitory is $16.50 per month, but 97 per cent of the girls pay $24.50 monthly for the “de luxe suite.” A Dollar a Day to Eat. Food at Arlington Farms is an im portant item, and is carefully super vised by Mr. Bissell and his “gov erning body.” In a cafeteria seat- A peek into a “de luxe suite.” Phyllis Nord, Buhl, Minn., is powder ing her nose before going on a shopping tour, while Rosalie Bell tunes in *_ swing band. About 97 per cent of the girls live in the tastefully fur nished de luxe suites, but there are dormitory accommodations at a lower rental. What ta Da By PHYLLIS BELMONT Question: 1 have some rare old dessert spoons but never see these used in other homes. How may I use mine correctly? Answer: By all means use your dessert spoons. They may be used for cereals at breakfast, for soup at luncheon, except when you use bouil lon cups, when you must use bouil lon spoons. Use your dessert spoons for vari ous desserts such as chocolate pud ding, rice pudding or tapioca, but not for ice cream. Above all don’t let the spoons lie idle. Fine silver is a heritage to be proud of, and should be used constantly to retain its rare beauty. Use and polishing will keep it lovely always—it will not wear out. Ledger Syndicate.—WNU Features. The Rambling Rhymster By LES PLETTNER ICE AND COAL Hans Johnson was a businessman— He dealt in ice and coal. It seemed that when the snow began. He started then to roll. All through the frigid winter days. He filled each vacant bin; Enveloped in a sooty haze— He shoveled it down in. He was as busy as a bee— As active as a cat. From dawn till late in evening he. ... Had neither stopped nor sat. But then with coming of the spring— With weather warm and nice— His business dropped like anything— He took to hauling ice. All through the sultry summer days He hauled it here and there. Beneath the sunshine’s burning rays . . . He climbed each step and stair. Said Hans, “In winter I haul coal. To keep the people warm— To do that is my aim and goal. In time of snow and storm. But when the summer days appear, I show I’m no darn fool. I switch to ice that’s cold and clear. And thus I keep things cool. So be the weather cold or hot . . . Coming or going by . . . I get ’em ... to my profit. . . What a businessman am I!” ing 2,000 a girl can eat three whole some, nutritious meals a day for only one dollar! Further, food preparation and servings are along modem, sanitary lines. Paper eating and drinking utensils, for example, are almost exclusively used in the many snack bars that dot the expansive commu nity, as well as in the huge cafe teria. Miss Norma L. Edwards of Al bany, N. Y., the dietitian in charge of feeding at Arlington Farms, main tains that “Thousands of sanitary paper cups, paper plates and paper souffle cups for salads and pud dings are used each week, and that the annual total reaches astronomi cal proportions.” Has Civic Center. Girls’ Town has its own civic cen ter, built around the administration building, or “city hall,” as the girls prefer to call it. A Washington de partment store has opened an im pressive branch in Arlington Farms, and its first job was querying all the residents via a questionnaire. Prices were gauged this way, and now the girls can purchase almost anything within their !• 'dgets. There are laundry rooms and a drug store in esch of the ten dor mitories. Navy chaplains preside at the only church, an inter-denomi national one. The local movie the ater is housed in the huge auditori um seating 1,200. Plays, too, are occasionally presented by the local theater group, and dances are fre quently held. Girls’ Town has, in fact, an all-girl band which almost invariably provides the dance rhythms at such affairs. There are beauty parlors and shops of every type, specially priced, appealing to girls. The “City” is especially proud of its modern infirmary, with 60 beds and complete medical and nursing facilities. Except for major ill nesses, the “hospital” staff can care for almost any contingency. There is no charge for hospital service. Believe it or not, there is even a "college” in this no-man’s land, and regular college credits are awarded to girls passing the night-school courses. The classes are held in the recreational building. As for sports, Girls’ Town has just about everything. There are bowling alleys, tennis-courts, minia ture golf courses, two basketball courts, soft ball diamonds, and grounds for badminton, shuffleboard, quoits and similar games. r Aiinuta Mala - Ujai By GABRIELLE It takes an extra minute to do a pretty powder job—but girls, it’s worth that minute! Pat on your pow der from the base of the throat up ward. Soft, gentle but firm pats. A powder brush will give a smooth finish. And to keep powder freshly fragrant, stir it up from the bot tom. Use a bone spatula or a spoon. And keep the lid fastened to keep the fragrance in and the dust out! Ledger Syndicate.—WNU Features. CHANGE OF CLIMATE "GAY GADGETS." Associated Newspapers—WNU Features. By NANCY PEPPER THREE CHEERS FOR THE BOYS We’re happy to report that the soda fountain erowd is doing its bit toward entertaining the boys both here and abroad. Here are three* popular teen projects that deserve special commendation in these col umns, if only to prove that teen tricks aren’t all stuff and nonsense. Join the TAGS—You know what "stags” are and you know what “bags” are, but how about TAGS? The letters stand for Teen-Ag« Group and the idea is to have a spe cial weekly party for servicemen under 20 years of age at the local USO with the Teen-Age Group act ing as hostesses and dancing part ners. Our first report of the TAGS comes from Newport, R. I. Why don’t you suggest a TAG evening to the directors of your local USO? News From Home—Lots of high schools are printing special news papers for the boys who have left school to join the armed forces. Usu ally the editorial staff of the regular school paper handles the job. Local gossip about the Soda Fountain Crowd and plenty of gags fill the columns. The paper is mailed out to the boys, whether they are in American training camps or already overseas. Just imagine how they enjoy hearing about the kids they left behind them! Get In The Scrap—And you can, too, by making scrap books for the servicemen in hospitals, the way lots of teen-age girls are doing. Give them plenty of pin-up photos, car toons and complete magazine seri als. Here’s something for your club or sorority to do the next time you get together. HEADS AND TAILS If you’re planning to make some novel lapel gadgets, consider these new ideas in animals and birds with long tails. They’re much newer than the funny faces you’ve been making in cork, powder puffs, walnuts and what have you. Our Feathered Friends — Cut pieces of felt or fabric in the shape of a parrot. Stuff well and sew neat ly together. Finish with long narrow strips of multi-color felt in fantail effect or make a realistic looking tail out of little multi-color feathers. Use se quins for eyes that really sparkle! Fur Fun — Fur tails make wonderful trimmings for lapel animals, especially little dogs of leather or oilcloth scraps. For real glamour, try white leather gadgets (the white leather from old kid or suede gloves) with ermine tails. For sports wear, black patent leather or oilcloth with brown fur tails. You will find fur tails at any trimming counter. Ransack the family scrap bags for pieces of fur. If the scraps are big enough, cut in shapes of animals and sew together to a piece of fabric of the same shape, with slight padding between. Scotties are particularly doggy. Use beads or buttons for eyes and nose, and out-of-this-world dog collars made of leather embroidered in beads. BOX CRAZIES We’re always talking about girls’ fad-shions. How’s for giving with the goo on boys’ drapes? We don’t say that any boy in his right mind and GI haircut would adopt all these fads, but we do guarantee that each one is an authentic teen trick for which the wolves howl. Coming or Going?—What copy cats those boys are! Just because the girls wear their cardigan sweat ers buttoned down the backs, the boys are wearing their loafer or foot ball jackets backside-front. Scarf Snatchers — The boys are still snatching hair bows from the girls and wearing them in their beanies or in their hair, but it’s even newer for a boy to wear girls’ babushkas as a scarf ar und his neck. Hot Feet—We’re referring to the socks the boys are wearing. Wow, what colors! And, it’s considered extra sharp to wear two different socks, one brighter than the other. BAG WITH A SAG A teen-age gal has strange ideas On fashions smooth and sporty. Her dresses may be size 14, Her sweaters are size 40! She calls a coke a “little Joe,” A car is a “Jalopy.” She calls her beau her “O.A.O.”— WE CALL HER SWEATERS “S L O P P X”! Heroes of Bataan Fight Will Get Special Ribbon LEYTE, PHILIPPINES. — The Philippine government announced it would issue two sets of service rib bons to the defenders of Corregidor and Bataan, and to the military per sonnel who fought for liberation of the islands. The ribbons for the heroes of Cor regidor and Bataan will have a red background with two small vertical blue stripes at each end and three white stars in the center. TELEFACT TOBACCO PRODUCTION.GOING UP 1943 1,399 MIUION IBS. 1944 1,416 MIUION IBS. Son of a Borrower Pays Up Old Debt HOLYOKE, MASS. — Thirty- three years ago Joseph Skinner loaned a mill hand $100 to pay his son’s college expenses. When the borrower died, Skinner thought no more about the money. Recently he received a letter fom his for mer employee’s son containing a thank you note—and a check for $100. There once was a farmer who lived right smack on the Russian- Polish border. He worried over it for years. “I’m a man without a country,” he would wail aloud. “I don’t know where I live.” Eventually, he paid a surveyor to size up the situation. “My friend,” the surveyor stated at length, “you live just inside Poland.” “Thank God!” the newly made Pole cried. “No more of those hor rible Russian winters.” OUT COLD! She—Did you get hurt badly while you were on the team? He—No, it was when the team was on me! Tough Job Myron—What does your uncle do for a living? Byron—He’s a tank tester. Myron—What’s that? Byron—They run tanks over him, and if the treads don’t break, they’re okay. Summer Furs City Boy—1 never could under stand why women wear furs in the summer. Farm Boy—Kindheartedness, I guess, it’s the time of year when the animals themselves don’t need ’em. Looking Ahead School Boy—What business do you expect to take up when you finish school? New Boy—Well, it looks as if I’d have to take 'up land, a shovelful at a time! Never Fails t Boy (la store)—Do you have any thing that will wake me early in the morning? Clerk—Yes, we have, but I’m sure his mother would refuse to part with him. Down on the Farm Hi—That certainly was a sure footed horse Mr. Crumm bought last week. Si—How did you find out so soon? Hi—He kicked me in the same place three times! In the Navy First Gob—What would be the first thing you’d do if you fell over board? Second—I don't know. What would you do first? First Gob—Land in water! Tight Fit Mr. Newlywed—This shirt is so tight I can hardly breathe. Mrs. Ditto—The shirt’s all right. You’ve just got your head through the buttonhole. NOTHING ON THE BALL CN Nit—Why can’t the Yankees play poker as well as baseball? Wit — Easy. Because all the “cards” are in St. Louis! Black Market Driver—What’s the charge for this battery? Mechanic—Six and a half volts. Driver—Here’s a buck. Slip in an extra volt and don’t tell any body. Distant Enchantment Bessie—Don’t you think that young widow is rather good looking? Tessie—In a way. Bessie—What kind of a way? Tessie—Away off! Do or Dye Myron—Your girl is a decided blonde, isn’t she? Byron—Yes, but she just decided last week. Correct! Lecturer (showing bin., pictures) —And now- where do you think this strange-looking bird comes from? Voice in the back—From an egg! Pan in the Navy Nit—What’s the difference be tween a ghost and a lame sailor? Wit—Easy! One’s a hobgoblin and the other is a gob hobblin’. Try the Weather! Tom—Have you any children? Dick—No. Why? Tom—That’s too bad. I was going to ask you how they were. School Daze Teacher—Who was the first man to fly over the North Pole? Smarty—Santa Claus! Modern Millinery Nell—Do you like my new hat? Belle—Shall I say “yes” or tell the truth? Forget It! Bill—Have you a good memory? Joe—Sure, I always remember faces I never saw before 1 SEWING CIRCLE PATTERNS Attractive All-Occasion Play Suit Play Sets for Brother and Sister Jerkin Suit I DEAL for any occasion, this 1 two-piece jerkin suit is tops with the teen-age crowd. The well-fitting jacket can be collar less, if you like, and is smart too with long or short sleeves. A change of blouses gives you many attractive costumes. • • • Pattern No. 8732 comes in sizes 11. 12, 13, 14, 16 and 18. Size 12, without sleeves, requires 3!i yards of 35 or 39-lnch ma terial: short sleeves, 3% yards. Girl and Boy Play Suits DLAY togs for boy or girl—little * tots will love this practical set made in corduroy with bright flow er applique. Sister’s dress has pert puffed sleeves—and she may have overalls just like brother’s Use pretty scraps for the applique. Pattern No. 8725 cornea in sizes 1. 2, S. 4 and 5 years. Size 2, dress, requires 114 yards of 35 or 39-inch material; panttss, ii yard; overalls, U4 yards. Send your order to: SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT. 53* South Wells St. ChicafO Enclose 25 cents in coins for each pattern desired. Pattern No Size Name f. .. Address Jolly Duck for Toy Or Lawn Ornament T HIS wheelbarrow is easy to make from scraps of lumber. The wheel is cut out of wood and held in place with a bolt. You may be able to salvage a metal wheel from some discarded toy. The ducks are cut out of plywood with a jig saw or by hand with a CUT-OUTS FOR WALLS OR LAWN )£ ORNAMENTS APPLIQUES SIDES OF WHEELSARROWII coping saw. They are then nailed to the sides of the wheelbarrow and the fun of painting and stenciling begins. You just trace the pattern on the wood and follow the color NOTE—Pattern 258 gives an actual-size cutting and painting pattern for the large wheelbarrow ducks and for smaller ducks to be used for lawn ornaments or applique designs. Large diagrams showing how to cut and assemble the wheelbarrow and a complete list of materials required are included. 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