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'News Nuggets—
A former screen star, who made
a fortune, lists her youthful hus
band, on her income tax question
naire, as a dependent. . . . The only
Rolls-Royce in Saratoga belongs to
Mrs. Leo Best, of our Hotel Plaza.
. . . My item, that the Warner-Joan
Crawford contract is unsigned, was
verified to me. The reason: Joan
demands a clause that her every
picture be released within six
months. “Humoresque” is being
held back because the studio wants
it in competition for next year’s Os
car awards. . . Walter Florell, the
hat designer, won’t break through
his OPA ceiling—only $100. . . . The
Windsors check in at the Waldorf,
Oct. 1. . . . Jimmy Savo is seri
ously ill in a Los Angeles hospital.
. . . The much-sought Nijinsky is
reported in Vienna. . . . Lew Ayres
will be best man for Jennifer Holt
and Bill Blackwell, Sept. 25.
New York’s newest fabulous
party thrower is Dick Cowell. I
don’t remember seeing his
name in print before. He has a
Park Ave. home that—well, he
entertains 300 guests at one
time. And that’s almost night
ly. .. . He goes in for gold in a
big way — dishes, trappings,
even his personal toilet articles.
... One guest swiped his all
gold nailfile recently. . . . Please
return; no questions asked.
A Crisis Is Imminent in the domes
tic affairs of the John Jacob Astors.
. . . Virgo, the model, calling it all
a mistake after one week of mar
riage. . . . Midtown hotels are still
clearing out permanent guests;
some refuse to rent rooms that
can accommodate two as singles—
at less than the double rate. . . .
Platinum, up from $60 to $90 an
ounce, will go to $120, jewelers an
ticipate. . . . Swedish filmagnate
Gustav Walley is here to line up
acting talent. . . . Faith Dorn, How
ard Hughes’ movie protege, whose
name he spent a fortune to bally
hoo, will be billed in Preston Stur-
ges’ “Vendetta” as Faith Domergue.
. . . Col. Charles Lindbergh is oc
cupied with a new scientific experi
ment, nothing to do with aviation.
Beatrice Kay stops me to dab
her eyes with a hankie and say,
“I’m mourning for a dear
friend, who just went to his eter
nal rest—he got a political job
in Washington!”
John Boles, ex-screen star, has
come back—as a floorshow singer.
His click at the Arrowhead Inn
brought him a string of cabaret of
fers. . . . Lew Lehr, the comical
clown, bought the 68-acre Colonial
mansion of the late Col. E. R. Brad
ley at New'Canaan, Conn. . . . June
Havoc is in again for a plastic—
her third, or is it fourth? This one
is a dilly,*I hear—to remove rings
from under her eyes! . . . Three
months ago, James Barry, bariton-
ing at the Havana-Madrid, ran an
elevator in the Paramount Bldg. . . .
Bee Palmer, A1 Siegel’s first wife
and first star, after a 20-year chill,
came to him to say she would stand
by him in a»y threatened litigation.
. . . . The Tommy Farrells (he’s
Glenda’s actor son) have their final
decree.
Jerome Wildberg, producer,
has never tasted liquor in his
life. He had to make a phone-
call and had nothing smaller
than a $5 bill. He went into a
cheap groggery, ordered whisky
which he didn’t touch, handed
over the bill. As he waited
for the change, a lush put his
arm on his shoulder and
hoarsed: “You know, we’re a
couple o’ damned fools!” (And
with that he passed out.)
Sen. James Mead is in for a de
cisive trouncing by Gov. Tom Dewey
in his forthcoming race for gover
nor of New York. ... I raise my
former prediction of a 500,000 ma
jority to 600,000. . . . Ex-Gov. Her
bert Lehman, foremost contender
for the Democratic nomination to
Mead’s senate seat, can scarcely
overcome such a sweep, although
he is expected to run 200,000 to 250,-
000 ahead of Mead. . . . Gen. Hugh
A. Drum, apparently Dewey’s
choice, is an unknown in politics, a
regular army man, commissioned
by President McKinley wheh his fa
ther, a captain, was killed in the
Spanish-American war. ... As a
campaigner he has no record, and
it is difficult to predict what sort
of individual showing he will make.
Barbara Stanwyck and Bob Tay
lor have applied for passports, with
visas to Sweden. . . Anne Sothern’s
sister, Bonnie Lake will lead a 10-
singer ensemble. . . . Good for David
Brooks! He discarded his micro
phone at Cafe Society Uptown, and
is even more effective. . . . “Three
Broadway Girls,” a smutty current
contender, is Zoe Akins’ oldie, “The
Greeks Had a Word for It.” It was
a Goldwyn picture, with Ina Claire,
Joan Blondel! and Madge Evans in
leading roles.
WOMAN'S WORLD
Make Ready for Winter Now by
Giving Windows New Drapery
^5^ C^rtta
JF YOU’RE one of those
clever
homemakers who change drapes
in spring and fall to make the
house* either cool or warm during
the seasons, then it’s time you wire
considering what draperies should
go on the windows for winter.
It may be that last year’s drapes
will give you another season of
wear; if not, make your selections
now with new fabrics coming out,
and do your window beauty treat
ments before cooler weather really
comes upon us.
The heavier fabrics should be
used for cooler weather, and it’s
preferable to have these draperies
lined. You’d be surpr ised how much
help it is to have hea-.-y draperies
which really can shut out drafts
from windows.
When making and choosing drap
eries for your home, play up sim
plicity as much as possible, both in
line and design. The textile and
weave of the fabric should be sim
ple, and of course the drapery treat
ment should be considered with the
room as a whole.
Study the room carefully and de
cide what would look best in it be
fore you do any purchasing or sew
ing. The lines ol the windows, the
size of room and windows, the color
of the room and its other furnish
ings will all give you a guide as to
what the drapery treatment should
be.
Skimpiness Is Worst
Drapery Fault
You’ve all seen draperies count
less numbers of times which look
as though they were mat^e from ma
terial that wasn’t half enough
for them. You also know the im
pression of skimpiness it. gives to
the room as well as to the occu
pants.
If you want to save heat . . .
Don’t make draperies unless you
can afford to have a luxurious full
ness to them. This is not quite as
true for bedrooms—especially grow
ing boys’ and girls’ rooms, but it
definitely applies to living and din
ing rooms.
Whether you gather the drapes
or have them hanging in precise and
tailored folds, make sure there is
enough material available for such
a purpose.
How shall you decide whether to
have full length draperies or win
dow sill length? You’ll find that
most windows require the full length
type unless the house has windows
far removed from the floor. In this
latter case, short drapes will look
better.
It’s not necessary to have drapes
dragging the floor to look nice and
to avoid skimpiness. In fact, you’ll
probably find that it makes for eas
ier cleaning if the drapes are about
an inch or so from the floor. Hem
lines, of course, must be just as pre
cise as possible to prevent the
drapes from looking sloppy and giv
ing the room a slightly askew ap
pearance.
Before you cut the drapes, look
over the fabric carefully so that you
know how the pattern should run
and whether you should have val
ances.
Steps in Cutting,
Sewing Drapes
If you have tested the fabric for
shrinkage or know that this par
ticular fabric which you are using
does shrink, make any allowance
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In WASHINGTON
By Walter Shead
WNW Correspondent
For tailored smartness, here’s
a green gabardine suit with ar
row-designated collar and pock
ets. Marguerite Chapman, now
appearing in Columbia’s “The
Walls Came Tumbling Down,”
wears accessories of pink and
white candy striped pique, a felt
casual hat of matching green and
a sable scarf.
for this in the sewing. A tuck may
be run across top or bottom on a
long stitch, or basted, to be let out
later. However, if there is just a
little shrinkage, shrink fabric be
fore sewing or make the drapes a
little longer or wider.
If you are slightly short on ma
terial, then this will be taken care
of by lining or by facing at the top
and the bottom.
Allow for a two-inch hemline at
the bottom and more at the top so
that there will be ample room for
hooks or rods.
The lining and interlining, if that
too is used, is basted to the drapery
material itself.
When you start sewing, sew the
top first, then the sides, always
sewing from the top down. Make
your stitches sure and even, mark
ing the lines with a chalk if you
are apt to get confused sewing on
so much material.
If you are making pleats at the
top, then measure carefully before
putting them in. You can’t get the
spaces too even, so use a ruler and
mark and pin generously.
If your drapery material is on
the light side, it may be necessary
to sew weights in to make the
drapes hang properly. Make sure
that this is done securely, and that
the weights are covered.
To finish the hem properly, let the
draperies hang for a day or so be
fore attempting to mark the hem
line. This will give the material a
chance to fall into the proper posi
tion and help the fabric straighten
itself out.' When this is done you
may mark the hem, baste and press
before stitching into place.
If you want to hide the drapery
and curtain fixtures, you may use
a valance of the same material as
the draperies, selecting whatever
style is best suited to the fabric, as
well as to your room.
Make lined draperies for your rooms.
Fabric Facts
Fibers that are smooth and
straight reflect light on their sur
faces and produce a lustrous ef
fect. This process is usually
called mercerization, and is used
often on cottons. Silk and rayon
have naturally lustrous fibers.
To deluster rayons, colorless
pigments are used in the spin
ning solution. This is used fre
quently in rayon stockings, and
prevents that shiny surface.
Rough surfaces on fabrics
catch dirt and hold dust more
easily than smooth-surfaced fab
rics. Smooth-surfaced fabrics,
however, will stain and spot
more readily. Consider these
points in selecting fabric for spe
cial uses.
Wool fabrics dye well and
evenly, too. The ease with which
a fiber absorbs dye has a bear
ing upon the appearance and du
rability of a fabric.
Chrome dyes are used often on
wool to give it increased fast
ness to light and washing.
The three-eyelet oxford featured
by some should be very popular
with the smart and mature business
woman. It’s an elegant looking
shoe.
Girls who go to school ought to
buy clothes for classes with this
idea in mind, say the experts:
Choose things which are easy to slip
into, and not too much bother to
keep looking nice.
Colors that capture attention:
bright red, kelly green and royal
blue. They’re also warm, cheerful
colors for cool weather.
Another memo to mothers: see
that your daughter has plenty of
sweaters if she attends school. They
really are less expensive than
dresses and can be combined with
skirts to give her many different
outfits.
WNU Washington Bureau,
1616 Eye St., N. W.
• Federal Funds Will Aid
Building of Hospitals
TF YOU live in one of the more
* than 1,000 counties in the nation
in which there is no hospital, or
where there is no adequate hospital,
there is a chance, if you and your
fellow citizens get together on the
proposition, to get a new hospital at
reduced rates—with the federal gov
ernment paying a third of the cost.
For President Truman h*« signed
the Hill-Burton bill, the national
hospital construction act which sets
up a potential total of $1,125,000,000
for a five-year hospital construction
program. But do not get excited
and rush down here to Washington
in the belief that one of these hos
pitals can be picked out of a hat.
No Funds Available Now
Only 3 million dollars of this
fund, of which the government’s
share is 375 million dollars at the
rate of 75 million dollars a year for
five years, has been made avail
able by the 79th congress. This con
gress was a cautious congress. It
considered, and probably rightly,
that before any of this money
should be made available, surveys
should be made to determine how
many governmental units could or
would put up the necessrry two-
thirds cash to build a hospital. This
survey, they opined, would take no
more than 3 million dolars. So
that much money is available for
use of the local units of government.
It will be up to the 80th congress,
which convenes January 3 of next
year, to put up the money called
for in the new law. So it will be
some time next year before the
money is made available. Prob
ably building construction costs are
too high now, anyway.
Sponsors for local hospitals, un
der the bill, may be states, cities,
counties, towns or other public gov
ernmental agencies, or private non
profit hospitals. States will share
in the federal grants in aid on the
basis of their needs, which will be
ascertained through the ratio their
per capita income bears to the na
tional average. Other factors deter
mining the amount apportioned to
each state will be population and
value of products.
May Not Benefit Country
So whether this will favor those
rural counties where hospitals are
so badly needed, or whether it will
work to the advantage of the more
populous urban communities will
depend largely upon responsibility
placed in tlie hands of a non-gov
ernmental advisory council. This
council is different, however. Most
public health services fuch as nurs
ing, cancer, tuberculosis and other
activities are presided over by an
advisory council, but they are ad
visory only. The council in the hos
pital act has the veto power, not
only over some actions of the sur-
ggbn-general, who will administer
the law, but likely over some state
action. President Truman doesn’t
like this feature of the act and said
so when he signed it.
At any rate, in counties where
there is need and desire for a hos
pital, the first action is to determine
how much money the local commu
nity can raise. A showing that the
hospital can be maintained after
construction is also necessary. When
this information is forthcoming, the
next stop is to go to your state
health office and ask for inclusion
in the state program—and the state,
if it approves, then makes the ap
plication and showing to the sur
geon-general of the Public Health
service.
Dr. Hoge Will Rule
Actual administration in the sur
geon-general’s office will be in the
hands of Dr. Vane Hoge, who has
been with the Public Health service
for 18 years. Dr. Hoge is a native
of Waynesburg, Pa., and a graduate
of Jefferson Medical school in Phila
delphia.
Dr. Hoge has had several years
experience in clinical work and in
research, and for 10 years has spe
cialized in hospital administration,
and so has an excellent background
as administrator of the new act.
While his office expects much in
creased activity in hospital construc
tion as a result of the federal grant
of $1 for $2 of local money, he de
clared that there was no basis for
estimate on the number of new hos
pitals or additions which may be
constructed as a result.
He advised local communities not
to wait for the state health agency
to come around to visit govern
mental units wanting a new hospital
but urged them to get busy them
selves, determine their needs, their
potential power to raise the neces
sary amount for construction and
maintenance, and then to go to the
state agency themselves.
While President Truman declared
that the construction of hospitals
and related facilities, such as health
centers, was excellent, he said it
was only the first step in the five-
point national health program.
SERVICE
EDITOR'S NOTE: This newspapers
through special arrangement with thel
Washington Bureau of Western Newspal
per Union at 1616 Eye Street, N. W+
, Washington, D. C., is able to bring read^
ers this weekly column on problems of }
the veteran and serviceman and his fam-\
ily. Questions may be addressed to thei
afrove Bureau and they will be answered^
paper regularly.
Method of Paying Off
Insurance Compensation
There has been considerable con-,
fusion as to the method of payment;
of insurance. The original law pro-,
vided that the insurance policy
would not be paid in one lump sum. 1
The amendment approved on Au
gust 1, 1946, however, gives the bene
ficiary the privilege to elect within
two years the refund life income
settlement in which event an ap
propriate adjustment will be made
to take into account the payments
already drawn by the beneficiary. I
It is the duty of the Veterans’,
administration to notify benefici
aries who are eligible for this privi
lege by registered mail some time
before August 1, 1947.
Those who are eligible should
study all plans carefully. While the
'lump sum payment may seem ad^
visable at the time, future needs,
imust be considered. In many caseS|
jit will be to the beneficiary’s benefit
!to receive the monthly payments,!
'for from three to twenty years.
I This is a matter that should be
; handled by each individual accord-,
’ing to his needs. The local Redj
teross will be glad to go mto the va-J
jrious plans. Before determining,
which method of payment to accept,!
it would be well to consult the Redi
Cross as well as banker or other!
:party who is well informed on the!
'various merits of each plan.
Questions and Answers
! Q. I am a widow. My son wasj
'killed in action December 2, 1943. At!
that time he was married. Now his!
wife has remarried and I want to
know il she can receive his pension.
If she cannot, please let me know if
I can and just how can I get in
touch with the right person?—Mrs.
M. I. K., Baltimore, Md.
A. Your son’s wife forfeited her
widow’s pension when she remar
ried. But even though she had
not remarried and was receiving!
the pension, if you are a dependent!
parent you are entitled to a pension'
of $54 per month. Suggest you con-'
tact the Veterans’ administration ofJ
fice at 1315 St. Paul Street, Balti-j
more and give them all the details.:
Q. I have a son in the service.
He has served over 15 months in
the army. I have sent in my forms
and all of the children’s birth cer
tificates and still haven’t received
any family allowances. Can you
help me in this?—Mrs. E. C., Lind
say, Okla. !
A. Suggest you write your son and
ask him to see his commanding of
ficer about his allotments. Also
write to the Office of Dependency
Claims, War Department, Newark
2, N. J., giving all details.
Q. My son has served six months
in the Navy reserve and is now
getting discharged. I have been
told that according to the new draft
bill anyone who has had six months
of service will not be drafted in the
army. Is this true?—Mrs. E., S.,
New Lenox, III.
A. Yes, any person of draft age
who has served in either branch
of the armed services for six
months, or who has seen overseas
duty, is not eligible for redraft un
der selective service.
Q. I have been advised that since
I was a member of the regular
army and completed two full enlist
ments (sis years) I should be en
titled to three years re-enlistment
bonus. I enlisted October 2, 1939,
and was discharged November 17,
1945. I would appreciate informa
tion where I should make applica
tion for this bonus, if I am entitled
to it.—P. W. W., Denver, Colo.'
A. The army says that if all the
period you served was honorable
service and only if you had re-en
listed prior to February 15, 1946,
you would be entitled to re-enlist
ment bonus.
Q. I am a veteran. I have
been discharged nine months now.
We are expecting a child in Decem
ber. Is my wife entitled to get
maternity care from the govern
ment as it was during the war?—A
veteran, Okauchee, Wis.
A. No.
Q. H the government pays a vet
eran so much a month for farming,
will it be deducted from any future
bonus he might receive? — C. W. X.,
Chatham, Va.
A. No.
Q. I have a friend who is aboard
the USS Doyle (DSM-34) and I
would like some information about
where the ship is at the present
time.—B. M. W., Joliet, IU.
A. The Navy Department says
that the USS Doyle is at San Fran
cisco as of August 15, 1946.
Q. Has Company H.S. 2807 Engi
neers G.S. Battalion, AFO 246 ar
rived in the United States'. Can
you tell me when it will arrive?—
K. J. B., Rocky Mount, N. C.
A. The Navy says that the 2807th
Engineers are at Guam and there is
no word on when they v ill arrive.
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Multiple Births
A recent study of the 141,467
multiple births in the United States
between 1939 and 1943 shows that
Negro families, compared with
white families, produced propor
tionately 25 peY cent more twins,
62 per cent more triplets and 600
per cent more quadruplets.
It’s crochet that has many uses. Large
doilv measures i9 inches in No. 30 cotton.
Pattern 7488 has directions lor two doilies;;
stitches.
Due to an unusually large demand and
current conditions, siightly more time is
required in filling orders for a few of the
most popular pattern numbers.
Send your order to:
Sewing Circle Needleeraft Dept.
564 w. Randolph St. Chicago 80, HL
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