University of South Carolina Libraries
SEWING CIRCLE PATTERNS This War Isn’t So Mechanized— Animals Still Do Their Share "GAY GADGETS" Associated Newspapers—WNU Features. By NANCY PEPPER Sometimes the highly mechanized service of supply of the U. S. army finds it can do it better with animals. In Burma, for instance, Indian elephants, directed by native mahouts, handle lavge logs used in military construction. Here a big tusker pushes a log down the sloping bank to the river. The timbers are lashed together to form large rafts, which are floated down the Irrawaddy to Myitkyina. (Signal Corps Photo) LOOK SWEETER IN YOUR SWEATERS t Which side is winning in the siege of the sweaters? Will the Sloppy Joes stay in or will the fitted party take over? They’re voting on it in high schools, just as they went to the polls for Frank or Bing last year —and they’re getting nowhere in a hurry, just as they did in the battle of the baritones. We’re sticking our neck out, but we predict a landslide for the fitted party this spring. Here are some of the teen tricks that will make you look sweeter in your sweaters, whether they’re stream lined or teenlined. Three-Letter Gals—No, you don’t have to win them—you just embroid er your mono gram on your sweaters, if you want to look as smooth as a col lege junior. Over the left hip, on the left sleeve or right under the neckline at cen ter front are stra tegic spots for this identification, broider your initials in shiny col- For dating, em- Wise Parent Should Watch Child’s School Progress Carefully As report card time nears, your child is excited, tense—wondering Vid perhaps worrying about what it fill tell. How would you feel if you <new you, too, were going to be marked on that card? If the teacher’s opinion as to the kind of parent you are were record ed, would you rate an “A” or would you flunk? Here are a few simple rules for happier parents, teachers and chil dren, from Better Homes and Gar dens-magazine: 1. Uphold the teacher in whatever she does until you know absolutely that she is wrong. Investigate if necessary. Do not discuss the teach er’s questionable actions in front of the children. 2. Occasionally a visit to school is a necessity, but don’t barge in when ever the mood strikes you. In stead, send teacher a note or tele phone her (not during school hours) to find out the best time to come. If she expects you, she will be prepared and perhaps have sample papers of the child’s work to show you, and you will both gain more from the conference. ored sequins. You’ll be a dazzle doll! Down With Yonr Sleeves—Only an ickie and a cold cut pushes up her sweater sleeves anymore. You wear them down and sometimes you hold them in place with wide cuff brace lets. Genteel Jewelry—Where are the powder puff faces and the maca roni necklaces of yesteryear? Re member how you used to clutter up your sweaters with stuff and non sense? Now you wear a set of small silver animal pins or just some serv ice insignia pins (if you’re lucky); armfuls of silver bracelets and a short strand of pearls. The one pop ular exception to the wave of con servation is a fur lapel pin, such as that posy-smelling skunk, a jewel eyed horse or a floppy-eared dog With roly-poly eyes. GOOD TASTE How’s for more of our thrilling filling ideas for party sandwiches? Whether you’re giving a harpy hud dle or an honest-to-goodness boy and girl rat race, these are the slabs they’ll drool over and remember. Tropical Tempters — That’s our name for cream cheese sandwiches sprinkled with grated coconut. Bet you never thought of that droolsome combination. Funny Faces—Girls like daintv open-faced sandwiches, especially if you decorate them with edible fea tures. Use olive slices for eyes, pimiento for nose and red pepper strips for mouth. Peanut Butter Plus—There’s no end to the combinations you can dream up with peanut butter as a base. Try sprinkling raisins in pea nut butter sandwiches. Try spread ing bottled marshmallow goo over peanut butter. Try blending mayon naise with peanut butter. We hear that strong men melt after one taste. TRIXIE TEEN S/IVS- Gel your face out of that movie maza- zine. Chick, and bury it in some nice, fresh newspaper headlines for a change. II ae are you going to feel when your T. D & H comes back from his fighting stint and von don’t know Saipan from Singapore or Pearl Harbor from Paris? He’ll expect you to know something about this war he's won for you, so start headline hunting now. Keep a scrap book of newspaper clipping? to remind you of the big events leading up to V day: follow our boys on a map right into Berlin. There’s histors be ing made all eround you—and you don’t want to flunk out when the boys come home. Minuta Mata- Upa By OABRIELLB Tell Teacher About It. 3. If through your children, you learn of incidents going on in school that you feel should be curbed, con tact the teacher. She may be ig norant of the situation, but willing and able to control it when informed. 4. Study your child’s report card, particularly the comments by the teacher. The parent who is on the job attends the next P.-T. A. meet ing or plans to see the teacher at school to discuss the situation. Com bined home and school effort can usually bring Sally’s wandering mind back to the job or convince Joe that getting along with others is a necessary part of living. 5. When Nancy comes home with a tall tale, listen to her, but don’t fly into action before you know the whole story. Any teacher is glad to explain the incident if you don’t go to school with a chip on your shoul der. Remember, children tend to em broider events, but when faced di rectly with gross elaboration are likely to grin sheepishly and admit their wrong. That puts you in a very silly’position if you have rant ed and raved. Better go easy. Be ’All Dressed Up’. 6. When there is a school visiting day, be there, and go looking like a million dollars so your child will be proud to say, “That’s my Dad and Mom.” It boosts his value in the eyds of his classmates no end. Visiting days do serve a good pur pose in that you see your child in relation to others. You see the children with whom he spends many hours a day and the environment in which he lives during those hours. You will learn some of the newer teaching methods and you’ll be able to size up the teacher fairly well, allowing for her nervousness in be ing watched by a circle of critical parents. In the Philippines the carabao, or water buffalo, hauls the loads. This sturdy beast is carrying bundles of army clothing. His broad hoofs ■sre well adapted to the sloppy trails and mud roads of the islands. (Coast Guard Photo) Oxen pull small carts in mountainous Italy. Natives load rock for repairing roads for the U. S. Fifth army. (Signal Corps Photo) Big jars of cream save time and money. Beating up your face creams to a froth makes them i “lighter” and last longer. A table spoonful of cooking oil, beaten into half a pound of cream, gives it a real “beauty texture.” Ledger Syndicate.—WNU Features. It Looks Like Another Homer! Your child’s teacher needs your help but not your interference. She wants to be his friend and yours and to see him progress according to his ability. You may be sure she will do all in her power to further that progress. Help her! ■ Once again American farmers are expected to “knock one over the fence” as they struggle to meet crop goals for 1945. The War Food ad ministration is asking for a 9,000,- 000-acre increase in planting this year, for a total of 363,635,000 acres. Biggest increase over last year will be in flaxseed, up 64 per cent. Then comes sugar beets—a 49 per cent jump is being asked by WFA. Cover crop seed production must be boosted 42 per cent to supply urgent demands, particularly in the South. Farmers should go ahead with their plantings, confident that a fair return will be paid, WFA officials advise. Adequate protection for maintaining prices has been provi 1- ed by law, should any unforeserti decline develop in the markets. Highest Medal Goes To One-Man Army WITH THE 9TH ARMY.—The Congressional Medal of Honor was bestowed upon Sgt. Junior Spurrier, 22, Riggs, Ky., for his “one-man army” liberation of Achain in Lorraine last Novem ber. Spurrier, working through the town alone from house to house, killed 25 Germans and captured 20 more. TELEFACT Capture 954,377 Germans; U. S. 1st Army Takes Most PARIS. — German captives since D-Day last June total 954,377, with more than one-quarter taken by the United States 1st army, supreme headquarters disclosed recently. By armies, the prisoner tolls are: United States 1st, 251,231; United States 3rd, 187,458; United States 9th, 74,815; United States 7th, 93,- 107; Canadian 1st, 137,614; British 2nd, 104,336; French 1st, 85,824; by the FFI and others, 19,992. Jumper-Jacket for Sports, Street 1306 12-42 JumperJacket V ERSATILE and a well-loved style is the jumper-jacket. For sun-tanning, gardening and sports, wear the slim princess dress—the jaunty jacket makes an attractive outfit for street wear. Pattern No. 1308 is designed for sizes 12. 14. 18. 18. 20: 40 and 42. Size 14. dress, requires 23s yards of 39-inch fabric; M just^ The Effects “I just met your friend Phil Topper, and he had a pinched look.” “What was wrong?” “Oh, he was walking between two policemen.” Miracle “The old army discipline can sure work wonders with the women.’’ “How do you figure that?” “IPell, after my wife joined the WACs she wore the same hat for two years.” One-Sided A debate was overheard between some men as to whether it was cheaper to move or pay rent. Opinion being about equally divided, they referred the question to the oldest man they knew. “Is it cheaper to move or to pay rent. Bill?” Said Bill: “Well, mates, ye see I ain’t in a position to say. I’ve always moved.” jacket, short sleeves, 1% yards; 3',a yards ric rac to trim. 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. SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT. 530 South Wells St. Chicago Erffclose 25 cents in coins for each pattern desired. Pattern No Size Name... Address. Quite Obviously That Was the Wrong Question Two G.I.s on a day off were strolling along a suburban road outside London when they saw on a hillside a building which said over its archway “Hall of Re membrance”—the British phrase for crematorium. With usual G.I. curiosity, one of them went in to see what if was. Moments later, he came flying out. To the other’s question as to why the haste, the investigating G.I. replied: “Darned if I know. I walked in and there were a lot of people in black standing around a pit from which flames seemed to be coming. Some of them were weep ing. All I said before I got thrown out was: “ ‘Hi, folks, what’s cooking?’ ’* Gas on Stomach Reliiind In S nibrntM or daaMi nwm k«fc When excess stomach »cfd causes painful. !nsrff*s r sour stomach mad heartburn, ow-w- —”-7;* prescribe the fastest-acting medkdnes known fee- symptomatic relief — medlcinestike thoselnBeUy» Tablets. No laxative. Bell-ana brings comforUn n jiffy or doable tout money 1 to us. tte at all druggists. r bade oa return of bottla C0U6 M,N ® if apertt For cough and throe IitIwHum resett- lug from cold, or smofciug, ■Hirat <sse COUGH LOZENGES Really soothing because they're really medicated. Each F A F Cough Lozenge gives your throat a 15 minute soothing treatment that reaches all the way down.«. be low the gargle line. Only 10^ box. lA/ar (fronds Buy em KEEP fn place. Tame that tmniljr look. Add lustre. Keep YOUR hair wall groomed with u . . _ IforoUne Bair Tonic. Lain HAIK bottle 25c. Sold everywhere,. TIRED, ACHY MUSCLES NEED THIS UGHTMNG-FAST "HEAT TREATMENT"! Don t lat muscular aches and paint; sprains and strains get you down, just pat on Sloan's Liniment and feel this lightning- fa jt "heat treatment" penetrate inilanlly to bring you glorious ccmfort and reliefl , r FOR QUICK RELIEF FROM Tired Aching Muscles • Sprains Stiff Joints • Strains • Bruises WAat t/m HEED i* ^ SLOAN S LINIMENT Beyond the front lines high-explosive land mines lie hidden in the earth- waiting for the unwary foot soldier! Portable, battery-powered Mine Detec tors locate danger and help clear the way for tanks and infantry. War-win ning weapons and instruments use thousands of dry batteries every day—that’s why we’re short of them on the homefront. Burgess Battery Company, Freeport, III. Food Is A War Weapon — Use H Wisely! BURGESS BATTERIES IN THE NATION’S SERVICE BURGESS BATTERY COMPANY. FREEPORT, ILLINOIS