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ppw"'! -Mia kwear Gives Fresh, Sparkling harm to Spring Suits, Coats Lights of New York W L. L. STtVtNSON By CfiERIE NICHOLAS d • I I".: : % a fashion-right approach to chic and charm for your Easter costume, try the lacy, crisp-white neckwear way. It will work like magic. The new jabots and animated cascades of sheer white, the smart detachable lace-trimmed and befrilled yokes, likewise the huge immaculately white sailor collars that stress the new loW-feut, deep-throated lines are performing miracles to adding "the touch that tells." You will find the neckwear quest one of high adventure this spring, for fashion is dramatizing the theme. Versatile lingerie touches, will carry your costume to dizzyheights of allure. There's big news in the revival of tSrtlly jabots this season, and history Is also repeating itself in the animated white fluttery cascades, the kind that will help "lift" any blouse, frock or jacketed tailleur right into spring. The sheer organdie and Val lace jabot which cascades flpom a tiny turnover organdie collar (pictured above to the left in •file group illustrated) is warranted ' to give springlike froth and freshness to any Easter costume. The iabot is attached to an organdie yestee, so it stays anchored and i|rves as a blouse. - A magic panel in embroidered org& ndie and lace (shown above to the right) may be depended upon to perform magic on any dress, be it x print or plain, smart navy, unerring black or a delectable pastel Shade. A clip attachment under the bpw adjusts to any neckline. Clip it on to your newest frock and presto! it will sparkle with lacy loveliness. Colored embroidery, especially cross stitch and petit point, is an important spring 1941 message for neckwear. The collar and cuff set below to the right in the group is one of the charming new versions. Rambler roses are embroidered on linen in red and black cross stitch. You will be seeing quantities of this type of embroidery as the season advances, for petit point, especially, is being featured on handkerchiefs, handbags, and in fact, quite generally throughout the mode. All dressed up and ready to go stepping in the Easter parade is the smartly clad maiden in the panel portrait to the left. For that freshout- of-a-band-box look, Evelyn Alden, American designer, has created a youthful redingote (redingotes are "tops" this spring) with a crisp lingerie bib attached to the neckline of the dress beneath. "Be sure to wear a fruit-laden hat with this ensemble, for fruit trimmings are tremendously important. A new trend, and one that is rich with possibilities, is the wide use of pleated white lingerie frillings in unique and dramatic ways. You can buy these pleatings by the yard at neckwear counters* Newly arrived navy or black suits and dresses are finished off at throat and wrist with generous rufflings done in the dandified Regency period manner. You can give your bolero frock or suit a fresh spring uplift by sewing in a white ruff that extends down the front edges of your bolero or even all the way round if you prefer. As most fashion-alert women are aware, the newest dresses are styled with yokes this spring. For a final swank accent, follow the outline of the yoke of your frock or your blouse with crisp white lingerie pleating. Many best shops are featuring this very new idea. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) Patriotic Emblems % &'• k' t' IK Low-Cut Necklines Tell v New Fashion Story There is a new movement in necklines that will be a dominating influence in blouses and dresses from nibw on. The collar opening continues down to form a low deep slender point. Some dresses have an extra little camisole device to wear on less formal occasions. The deep-throated effect is extremely flattering. To wear at the low point, stunning jewelry clips are being especially designed. These will tell a fascinating new fashion story. Patriotic emblems are proving an 'if '"Jj landless source of inspiration for decjorative motifs in costume design. i^Flags, stars, eagles, nautical insig- ^ ' 'inia seen in bright embroidery or in ftps? ^glittering colorful jewels. They lend f^-r-^enchantment to new fashions in endless ways. Here you see a stun- \ ning white rayon hi-hat turban and - matching scarf. This twosome is '•j,*' ' inexpensive, and at the same time W is good looking and decidedly practical. Thoroughly American in color and design, these decorative pieces give •wardrobes that pro-America look! Deep Pleated Flounces Popular on Navy Coats There is a very smart new-type coat being shown which is particularly striking in navy. The body line is fashioned after the fitted princess lines, to which a knee depth pleated flounce of the self fabric is se&med. You can get stunning costume suits that have these long coats, worn 0V« a matching one-piece dress.. Enchanting Blouses The new blouses are simply enchanting. They are frilled, tucked and lace-trimmed in fascinating profusion. Their feminine frou frou is distractingly pretty. On the Easter parade they will appear in endless procession, adding winsomencss tc the legions of navy suits and caped costume ensembles. This & That: Taxi Driver No. 38342 sings bits of grand opera as he drives about the streets of New York . . . There are still some faded orange perisphere and trylon World's fair route markers attached to posts on upper Broadway . . . The Times square trylon has disappeared . . \ But the perisphere remains . . . It is not a city information booth 7 . . Sign in a swank shop window: "Britain delivers the goods." . . . an^ a display of imported articles is proof . . . That veteran organ - grinder with the white handlebar mustadhe is again cranking out "La Marseilles" and other airs in the West Eighties and along Riverside drive . . . Kis music supports a wife and eight chil dren .... . As if I didn't have trouble enough keeping my mind off fishing in the summer. Jack Cann sends along a reprint of a story of huge muskies that have been caught almost within the shadows of Detroit skyscrapers. • * * Memories: Recently Billy Jones dropped dead on Broadway . . . His identity was established through a radio script found in his pocket . . . So my mind went back to that long ; past Friday night when May, Bill (then a little tad) and I journeyed all the way from Washington Heights down to 95 Broadway to hear the "Happiness Boys" broadcast ... It was our first visit to a New York radio studio and we were properly impressed . . . and what a thrill Bill got when Billy Jones drove us as far uptown as Madison Square Garden in his car . . . After that, we encountered the "Happiness Boys" a number of times . . . Thus a friendship through the years . . . Ernie Hare, the other half of that pioneer team, passed on a year ago last March . . . and how different is radio from that far off Friday night. Information: A lii>t of New York city residents, worth from $50,000 up, "keyed for those worth $100,000, $250,000, $500,0^3 and the millionaires," 29,448 names together with business and residential addresses, may be purchased for a mere $300 ... 6,000 "wealthy commuters," worth $50,000 and more, with the $100,000, $250,000, $500,000 and the millionaire classes indicated, costs $100 . . . Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester counties as well as nearby New Jersey and Connecticut are covered ... A list of rich Bangor, Maine, residents can be bought for $7.50 which is the same quotation --incidentally the lowest I could find --for Waterloo, Iowa, and Santa Monica, Calif. . . . Looked in vaig for a price for a list that would include my financial class. • * • Snickers: Sculptress Henriette Kaye now has two pieces of her work on exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York, heads of Garbo and Crawford . . . Miss Kaye, well known as an actress, was Orson WelleS' leading lady in two plays ... At present she is w o r k i n g on a W e l l e s h e a d . . . I t will be done in a peculiar rose shade known to the trade as "natural Virginia ham" . . . When munitions king, Fritz Mandl, was dancing with the Countess de Brissac at the Fairway Yacht club, Maestro del Campo, without giving his selection a thought, went into Jimmy Van Heusen's new song, "You're Dancing With Dynamite" . . . Frank Glazer', solo pianist with Sergei Kous Sevitzky'is Boston Symphony, wasn't lonely while he was Jacques de Wolf's guest at Cobb's Mill inn . . . On the grounds are two black rams named Toscanini and Rachmaninoff. • • • Literary Dep't.: Xavier Cugat, band leader, is writing his memoirs for spring publication . . . Elaine Bassett, magazine cover model, is doing a Simon & Schuster pamphlet on "How to Walk Properly" ... Mayer Davis, orchestra leader, is finishing his tome, "1 Played for Five Presidents," which his brother Uriel will publish . . . Hope Manning, soprano with the new Phil Baker revue, is doing six operatic lesson books for Gus Schirmer . . . Oscar Serlin, producer of "Life With Father," will publish it . . . Jane Froman is Esquiring her announcer-husband, Don Ross. * • • Short Story: Shirley Ross, songstress, who recently moved into town to be nearer her studio, was telling friends about her new home . . . "Really," she enthused, '.'it's an apartment without a flaw" . "Yeah?" doubted a hearer. "Then what do you walk on?" . , . and this is THE END. (Bell Syndicate--WNU 8ervttt4 TODAY'S HEALTH COLUMN Sclerotherapy * And Its Field ^Usefulness By DR. JAMES W. BARTON (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) AS YOU read new words in >• medicine, and particularly of the new kinds of specialists, you may wonder whether dividing the medical profession into so many different specialists is really of help tovpatients. As a matter of fact, there is so much that is new being discovered and tested in medicine, that no one man could be proficient in all this new knowledge and how to apply it. The family or general practitioner in these days can usually look after the majority of ailments, but be- K'< cause he keeps up to t - B B i - d a t e h e k n o w s , f o r his patients' sake, there are times when a specialist should be consulted. ' Perhaps the latest specialty is that of Sclerotherapy. "Sclero" means hardening and "therapy" means treatment, so sclerotherapy is treating various ailments by using hardening substances which harden or destroy the unwanted or imperfect tissues. This method of treatment was discredited years ago principally because of the fact that the hardening substances were at fault. Conditions Which Can Be Helped. Dr. H. I. Biegeleisen, in 6linical Medicine and Surgery, gives an outline of the various conditions of the body which can now be helped by the skillful surgeon or physician who has given sclerotherapy close study. These conditions are: "% 1. Disorders of the veins: varicose veins, varicocele, piles or hemorrhoids, vein tumors. / 2. Disorders of the arteries. Enlarged arteries such as aneurysms. 3. Cystic (bladder) enlargements: hydrocele, bursitis--bag of water at the joint--knee, elbow, shoulder. 4. Ruptures or hernias. . 5. Growth--warts. 6. Miscellaneous: fissures w Httle cuts, goiter, enlarged turbinates in nose, joints with too much motion. !!i*WRu S.rvlc.1 HARRIET Barton Shock Needs Prompt And Efficient Care - Reds Dim Lights MOSCOW.--The Moscow City Soviet ordered a reduction of electric heating and lighting during the winter. Pale Coats, Pale Furs Beige coats are taking unto them selves fur trimmings in delicate tones to match. £#«tes {foots of furs are chic Thank You, Waiter/ , As Desirable as Tip NEW' WILMINGTON, PA.--A polite "thank you" to a waiter is often as important to him as the tip left behind, a Westminster college psychologist believes. Franklin J. Shaw said it is poor taste and * poor psychology to fail to thank the waiter just because "the service is to be taken for granted." •' . ' -..Tp ' ONE of the sayings of yeafs ago, "The operation was a success but the patient died," is not used often now because it is so definitely known that the shock of operation, shock of any kind in fact, can bring one very close to death. In my student days we did not know much about shock tyut the treatment was to get the patient's head low, body warm, and give a stimulant of some kind. As time passed and more and more was learned of the damage done to the body by shock and its danger to life itself, new methods of treatment were gradually applied until today shock gets prompt and efficient treatment. One of the first of the newer treatments was the injection of fluids into the body to add pressure to the blood circulation so that it could be carried to all parts of the body in increased amounts. This tighteningup of the blood vessels causing shock, a condition found in Asiatic cholera for which sodium salts is used, led physicians to use these salts in shock cases with good results. Transfusions Beneficial. ,» Dr. John Scudder, department of surgery, Presbyterian hospital, New . York, states in Digest of Treatment* that even sodium salts and the use of oxygen to increase the amount of oxygen in the blood did not give complete results, as the rate at which the body processes worked still needed to be increased, the storage of sugar in the liver and muscles was still low, and the blood and tissues were still too near an acid condition for safety. It was then discovered that these three needs could be supplied by the juice or extract of the adrenal and pancreatic gland. Despite all these helps another step in fighting shock was found when transfusions of whole blood or the liquid part of the blood (plasma) were given. Blood transfusion, in addition to supplying plasma proteins (a food) and red blood cells, supplies certain other substances whose beneficial effects can be measured. • • • QUESTION BO* ^ Why Not Use Adobe? All over our great Southwest, the use of adobe for building purposes is widespread. It has been in general use ever since the days of the early Spanish settlers and, as a matter of fact, 80 per cent of all structures in Las Cruces, New Mexico are, at the present time, of 'dobe, or sun-dried brick. Some facts in favor of adobe construction are, (1) it is inexpensive, requiring very small cash outlay; (2) it can be used without hiring any skilled labor; (3) it lends itself well to certain attractive styles of architecture; (4) it affords effective insulation against both cold and heatbuildings of adobe brick are noticeably warmer in winter and cooler in summer than are those frame or stucco; and, (5) it is fire-resistant. The word "adobe," pronounced a-do-be, is a Spanish word meaning sun-dried brick, and is applied both to the bricks themselves and to the sticky clay loam from which they are commonly made. A general impression prevails that only this particular loam, peculiar to the Southwest, can be used for building, but this is not the fact: Most clayey loams are suitable for the manufacture of sun-dried brick. Very often the clay excavated from cellars is-> well suited to this purpose. A very heavy clay can not be used, since it cracks and warps when dried, and a very sandy soil will not hold together, but a good building material can be made by mixing the two. Perhaps the only way to tell in what proportion to mix the sand and clay is to form a brick and let it dry: If it cracks, you have too much clay; if it disintegrates, you have too much sand. Experimentation will result in the proper mixture. Although adobe bricks are fre* quently made without straw, it is advisable to add straw at the rate of about \Vz bales to 1,000 bricks. Since long straw is difficult to handle, some builders use chaff, horse manure or grass as a hinder. . PREPARING THE MATERIAL Mix only enough each day for that day's work. Pile the required amount in a layer, three inches or four inches deep, wet it well and "puddle" thoroughly, by the use of a mortar hoe. In many places the puddling is done by men, barefoot, trampling the mud. When the soil iis wet to a uniform consistency, Jthrow on straw or other binder, in a layer 1 Mi to 2 inches thick. Mix, adding enough water to make the mud thoroughly plastic, yet leaving it stiff enough to stand up when removed from the form. Q.--Recently I had a rftetatfttKSifi test made which revealed a basal metabolism of plus 13.35 oxygen utilized minus 15.8 litres per hour. Does this mean I have a goitre? Kindly suggest a diet for me. A.--A metabolism test of plus 13.5 is considered within normal limit? which are plus 15, down to minu 8f>. However, as you are near thi borderline, you should ask youj physician about rest and diet. FORMS FOR MOLDING The molding forms are made of lightweight, dressed lumber, the inside dimensions being those of the desired bricks. Small bricks (4 by 8 by 16 inches, weighing 28 pounds; 4 by 10 by 16 inches, weighing 35 pounds) are suitable for poultry houses and other small structures Larger sizes (5 by 12 by 16 inches, weighing 53 pounds; 5 by 10 by 20 inches, weighing 55 pounds) f used for dwellings. MOLDING AND CURING If a smooth sod is not available for use in molding, level a suitable site and cover with straw to lay the bricks on as they are removed from the molds. This is done to keep them from sticking to the ground. Press the mud into the form, taking care to fill all corners; smooth the top; then lift the form away, refill, and repeat. If the form does not clear from the mud easily, tap the sides of the mold to loosen it. In a few days, if the weather has been favorable, stand the bricks on edge to give equal exposure of the sides to the sun and allow them to dry for a week. When they are dry enough to handle, scrape off loose dirt and straw from the bottoms and pile them where they will be protected from rain. In about three weeks they will be ready for use. METHOD OF LAYING THE BRICK Adobe brick are laid in a manner similar to that used in laying ordinary brick. Mud without straw is used for mortar, or, for permanent structures, a mortar is used made of one part lime to three parts sand About a cubic foot of mortar used in laying 25 to 30 bricks in the size 4 by 10 by 16, and a crew of three men should place from 600 to 700 bricks in eight hours. For mot* tpeciSc information in tbit 6*ld ttnd five cent* to tbt Suprinteadtat ot Documents. W Mshington, D. C.. itUig foi Fmi mora' Bullttin 1720. * * * PRESERVING EGGS Eggs may be preserved either in water glass or lime water. Water glass is obtainable from drug stores and is mixed with nine parts of boiled water and poured in an earthenware receptacle or galvanized can. Fresh clean eggs, free from cracks, should be chosen for preserving. At least one inch of liquid should be kept above the top layer of eggs and the container should be kept tightl> covered. A limewater solution is made by slaking three pounds , of lime ia live gallons of watitv •, pit# Aviation's Future Linked With Tinj% Invisible Air Flint ' New York.--The future of aviation is linked with an invisible film of air only a few hundredths of an inch thick. So nearly perfect is the streamlining of modern airplanes that even the protruding heads of tiny rivets can cut miles an hour from the speed of a plane and greatly lower its flight performance. The crucial air film is known as the laminar boundary layer between the wing of a plane and the air through which it flies. If the air passes smoothly over the wing all is Well. If the air becomes turbulent air resistance is increased and speed and climbing ability are decreased. Great advances in knowledge of the behavior of this invisible air boundary have been made possible by studies in wind tunnels. But now it is becoming apparent that the day may be approaching when wind tunnel tests, alone, will not be the last word in aeronautical research. I Free Flight Study Needed. I ^Speaking at the first Wright brothers' Lecture of the Institute of Aeronatutical Sciences here, the British air expert, Prof. B. Melville Jones' of Cambridge university, pointed out that free flight study of real airplanes may soon supply the final check on research. Flight in smooth air free from small-scale turbulence is needed, he indicated, to disclose some of the parasitic air friction losses now being studied. A slight unsteadiness may persist in wind tunnels which produces effects differing from those of actual flight. Key point of investigations is a study of the so-called transition point where the smooth, laminar flow of air turns into the turbulent pattern. that robs planes of their performance. The transition point should occur as far back on the wing, away from the leading edge, as is possible. In free flight tests, Professor Jones disclosed, a thin layer of tinfoil only one flve-hundredths of an inch thick was sufficient to shift the transition, point forward and produce drag. 0 . Sunspots Affect v Life on the Earth ii- >."}V 5 m $ ' Jpj TOM FBENCjl (McClur* Syndicate--WNU Servtca.) "5 New York.--Did you know that the best vintage wines are from crops that grow in those years when sunspots are at a maximum? And that trees show their greatest growth in periods when the surface of the sun shows the greatest number of spots? Or that the Dow- Jones stock market averages follow a *curve which is very similar to curves based on sunspot numbers? These are only a few of the many remarkable, but unexplained coincidences between the activities of plant and animal life on earth and the appearance of those gigantic electro-magnetic disturbances on the sun which man calls sunspots. More and more scientists, and others, are probing sunspots and seeking to learn the relationship between their appearance and the multitudinous activities of earth-bound man. In his newest book, "Sunspots and Their Effect from the Human Point of View," (McGraw-Hill) Dr. Harlan True Stetson, astronomer and research associate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, summarizes the knowledge which science now has in its possession to analyze for the truth or falseness of speculation on this intriguing matter. i Dr. Stetson goes out on no limb to forecast, in so many words, a definite relationship. Rather he piles up, item by item, an imposing array of facts which offer a true challenge to those who are skeptical of the sunspot's bearing on terrestrial activity. Sunspots and their effect on human behavior, growing things, business, radio, sunlight, power, earth magnetism and even carrier pigeon flight, are presented. Eskimo Now Wants Steel and Sweater Washington.--Back from the far Canadian Arctic again, the missionary- botanist Pere Artheme Dutilly is sorting specimens in the laboratories of the Catholic university of America. He has brought l,20fl sheets of pressed plants, 1,000 insects, several scores of soil and mineral samples, and a large number of old-time weapons and tools of the Eskimos. The Eskimo people, Pere Dutilly reports, are changing fast, abandoning and even making fun of the finely wrought ivory harpoons, bone needles, etc., they formerly used, and substituting steel and other metals wherever they can. In their clothing as well the Eskimos are rapidly becoming "westernized." Older members of the family may still stick to the traditional fur parka, but the younger generation must have sweaters and even rubber-soled sneakers, at least for summer wear. Even in five years the amount of change has been notable, among the Kakimoe near trading posts. pARLTON THOMAS belonged to ^ ^ the most exclusive senior society at Parkleigh college. It was entitled the Order of Owls. It is, of course, a great thing to belong to this society. Membership in it means that you can wear the small enameled owl, not too conspicuously, of course, but where it \#}U show' when you take out your watyjj. Just one glimpse of that lit- Ue enameled pin--and the world is open to you. Carlton Thomas had been out at Parkleigh for ten years, and he hid found that his hard progress upward "f as a lawyer depended very little on his membership in the Owls. But one illusion of his undergraduate days remained to Carlton. He still felt that his being en Owl put - him up a peg or two with the girls, v So, in moments of enthusiastic though perhaps not wise feeling, Carlton had parted with several Owl pins. It had always been possible to get more at headquarters. One morning when Carlton was opening his mail in the bachelor apartment he shared with Steve Tompkins, another Owl from Parkleigh, he was surprised to see a communication from the fraternity headquarters. "I've got one, too," Steve said. "Read what it says." Carlton took Steve's advice. The notice said that according to a recent decision of the active Owls, no Owl could be allowed to give his pin to a girl unless he was engaged or married to her. The society felt that some Owls had been a little feckless about the matter, and, as headquarters had a record of the number of pins issued to each member, all outstanding pins must be accounted for. They must know that the pins had either been lost or were in proper hands. E "But," said Steve, "it's only some of those girl-crazy Johnnies they've been taking in lately who'd give their pins around promiscuously-- not old-timers, like us. If you've lost them, you've lost them." "Yes," muttered Carlton. "If you've lost them -- you've lost them." And he clutched at a special slip that had fallen from his envelope, a notification from headquarters that he must account for six pins he had applied for. After Steve left, Carlton listed his pins: "One that I wear. Two, I gave my sister to make Maud Dawson jealous by thinking perhaps Steve gave it to her. Three, I gave Maud V Dawson to get even with my sis- \ Ifr. Write for those two. " Four, I gave the little brunettSP in »-R8irte. Good as lost. Five, I gave Jane Tracy after I quarreled with Catherine Brown. Jane threw it away when she found Catherine's initials on the back. Good as lost. Six-- gave to that girl I met in New Hampshire. Can't think of her name. Must ask Steve." That evening Steve sat smoking , his pipe and reading while Carlton struggled over some mysterious letters. He looked up brightly, and - tried to talk nonchalantly "By the way, Steve," he said, "we had a good time up in New Hamp- - shire that year, didn't we?" "Sure," said Steve, "but why drag that in?" "Nice girls, there, too," said Carlton, doggedly sticking to his point. "By the way, what was the name of that little one, the one that was so pretty--Peggy something or other, wasn't it?" ' "A fine time to ask," said Steve, "after you rushed her a month and then came away and never gave her another thought." "Not so fast, young man. I did think about her a lot but not pbout h^r name. And it was just after we got back, as you'll remember, if you'll put what brains you've got on the matter, that I was sent abroad. But that's neither here nor "there. What's her name?" "Peggy Trent. They're staying at the Hotel Gordon here for the winter. The fact is, Carlton, the winter you were abroad I used to see a good deal of her. I hate to make you any more conceited than you are, but I thought that winter she tvas rather hurt at the way you befraved. Anyway, she didn't have much use for me--or anybody else." "Fact?" queried Carlton. "I must look her up. As I remember her, I thought she was pretty swell, but I"*" didn't think she was interested--" "Well, don't get all worked up over it," said Steve. "I saw her a couple of nights ago and she was wearing an Owl pin--guess one of the younger men has cut you out, old-timer." A few hours later Carlton found .Steve still reading in the same chair he l\p4;left him. , queried Steve, "did you put. whose Owl pin Peggy's wearing?" '.'Yes," said Carlton, his face beaming. "She isn't exactly engaged yet, but I think from several things she said this evening she wan t hold out long. And I can give you my word of honor he's seriously in love with her." "That's good," said Steve, yawning. "I'm going to turn in. But before I go, hadn't we better make our statements about our pins? I bet you haven't given the matter a thought since breakfast." V : 1 jp- *