PRIVATE PURKEY AT
SAN FRANCISCO
Dear Ed: Well I am out here at
the San Francisco world huddle on
"What is the Best Way for a World
to Stop Cutting Its Own Throat"
and all I can say is that if the boys
don't get together on it this time
they are crazier than was even sus
pected.
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I got one piece of advice for them
which I took from a piece of sheet
music. It is "Accentuate the posi
tive, minermize the negative and
don't mess with Mister-In-Between."
That should be the slogan here from
start to finish.
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A lot of people has got the idea
this is a peace conference, which is
gooney on account of yon can't
hold no peace conference until a
war is over and. the only people who
think this global shindig is over are
the ones who are too busy in dark
cellars raising mushrooms at home
to know what goes on outdoors.
This is Just a conference to keep the
fire from breaking out all over again
once it gets pot ont.
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It is suffering from overcrowd
ing, bad ventilation, mutual suspi
cions, long speeches and difficulty
getting pants back from the suit
pressers on time. There is more
jealousies than you would find at a
party thrown for Frankie Sinatra by
a bunch of bobby-sockers, and there
have even been a couple of good
fights in the halls and out behind
the . garage. But everybody here
knows just the same that they all
got to get together on an antisuicide
pact or spend the rest of their lives
trying to outguess jet bombs.
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Don't worry too much about the
Polish situation. This is a tough one
and it is too bad. But it can wait.
Letting it stymie this meeting is
just the same as if a lot of neigh
bors outside a burning village held
a emergency meeting to make plans
for bigger hydrants, but decided to
have a argument first over whether
one of the firemen fell off a ladder
or was pushed.
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The one need of the world after
this war is going to be a League
of Nations with gats instead of um
brellas. And it has got to have a
headquarters without no golf links
attached.
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So 1 don't think the pussyfooters,
rubber backbone boys, fixers and
fancy waltzers is going to get no
where at this meeting, even if I
admit some of 'em is getting a lot of
headlines.
This is a pretty screwy world but
I still think it is not 100 per cent
nuts yet.
*? As ever, Oscar.
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CIRCUS BACK HOME
Dear Hi: 'Member when the cir
cus used to come to our town; how
you got up at 4 a.m. and was
down at the railroad yards to see
them unload; begged for a chance
to carry water to the elephants
(sometimes brought a pail along
with you to show you meant busi
ness) in exchange for an admis
sion ticket; rushed home and gob
bled up (or down) your breakfast
so as to be downtown in time for
the parade; followed it up to the
grounds so as to see the "free show"
as soon as the procession got to the
"big top?" Then gulped down two or
more glasses of "red lemonade";
was one of the first to buy a ticket
of the fellow who always wore a silk
hat and held the bills between the
fingers of one hand while passing
out red tickets to the pushing crowd;
spent an hour in the animal tent;
looked for the octopus which the pos
ters had shown as attacking a four
masted schooner, its arms clutching
all the topmasts while sailors with
axes were trying to slay the mon
ster, and then found the object of
your search to be dead, dried up
and fastened to a frame only about
8 feet square?
Then get inside and set through
an hoar or so of thrills that gave
"yon the creeps np and down your
back; bought a bag of peanuts; lost
your heart to the girl in pink tights
performing on the most beautiful
black horse you ever hoped to see;
lamented the fact that you didn't
hare an extra dime so as to see
"the most stupendous, extra vs
gaexa the world has ever seen, to
be presented immediately after the
performance"? ?
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I'm in the throes of incipient nos
talgia. Even a steam calliope
couldn't break my dream.
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| Well, the big league baseball
magnates, after a winter spent
shivering for fear they might
name somebody to succeed Judge
Kenesaw Mountain Landis who
would be like Judge Landis, have
named Senator "Happy" Chand
ler to the job. He reminds them
of the judge, because he is so dif
ferent.
Maybe, after all, the Landis -
set-up was wrong. He should have
been called "Dimples" Landis.
Your Chic Jewelry May Now Be
Worn With Daytime Casuals
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
A NEW vogue is winging its way
into fashionland. It is that of
wearing honest-to-goodness jewelry
instead of novelty sportsy items with
your sweaters and casual daytime
frocks. Just because you are wear
ing a sweater is no reason why your
beloved pearl necklace has to be
reserved for dressier occasions. Ac
cording to the new way of thinking
it is perfectly style-correct to wear
your choicest strand with your new
chic sweater. Best dressers are do
ing just that this season and what's
more they are giving an extra fillip
to their daytime casuals with other
smart jewelry items outstanding
among which are the stunning new
chatelaines, which add so much to
the swank of onels costume.
There's a tremendous demand for
sweaters in neutrals, especially
subtle grays, also the fascinating
light beige and cereal tones. With
these, women who know their fash
ions are wearing perhaps a pearl
necklace with a pearl pin, worn like
a sorority emblem.
There is also a decided trend to
ward costumes carried out in mono
tone, such as the modish three-piece
consisting of a suit jacket and skirt
in neutral gray or beige or a new
off-white shade teamed with a pull
over sweater in the same identical
color. Carefully selected jewelry
completes an outfit of striking style
distinction. If you are aspiring to
something new and exclusive look
ing, here's your cue.
The illustration shows you the lat
est in jewelry for wear with your
casual clothes. Because there is
such startling news conveyed in the
picture below to the right we are
eager to tell you what it's all about.
See the gold hairpins she is wearfhg
in her hair? Well, they are news,
big news! Next time you go shop
ping saunter over and ask to see
the newest in gold hairpins to wear
in a braid atop your head or brushed
up pompadour or a low-coiled bun,
for all three are smart hairdos for
now and for summer-to-be. The
hairpins as worn here are topped
with concave flowers of gold which
reflect a cluster of small rubies in
the center. Matching earrings and
a gold snakechain necklace com
plete this stunning ensemble. Pretty
with her summer frock!
Above to the left the matched set
worn includes pin, barrette and ear
rings. The pin is an arrow and heart
designed In gold-plated sterling
silver. The hearts are concave re
flecting the color of the center
stones.
A clever way of wearing one of
the new chatelaines that are the talk
o' town this season is shown above
to the right. This double-strand
chatelaine or fourteen carat gold
snakechain has a clip at one end to
fasten to the dress and a ring at
the other for a gold heart-shaped pin
with an amethyst heart in the cen
ter. Loops and streamer ends, in a
ribbon effect, accent the fluted
heart. One important jewelry piece
like this will glorify even the sim
plest dress or suit.
Colorful and modish for summer
with a white wool and cotton knitted
sweater blouse are twisted strands
of real coral made into a necklace
and bracelet as shown below to the
left. The gold plated heart clasps
are studded with small turquoise
stones and the earrings are coral.
The high necklines and cardigan
jackets offer every encouragement
to wear pins and necklaces to soften
the sometimes severely simple lines.
You .will be wanting bracelets ga
lore to wear with the new brief cap
sleeves. Chatelaines are stunning
arranged about the new low-cut
square necklines and they are smart
with gabardine or spun rayon coat
dress classics.
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
Princess Jumper
This little princess jumper dress
is a pleasing change from the
usual two-piece or suspender-skirt
types Mothers will welcome the
simplicity of this pinafore-like
dress, for it only requires a mere
remnant of material to make, and :
when it comes to laundering
irons out so easily. For every day
wear make it of small patterned
. ayon print or a gay calico.
Double-Duty Cotton
Popular Style Theme
A theme that is being stressed
with increasing" enthusiasm is the
double-costumes that serve so read
ily for many-purpose wear. The
practicality, economy, color and de
sign rhythm that characterizes these
adjustable costumes make them in-,
dispensable in a summer wardrobe.
The combination that is a "prize
buy" consists of a play suit with
an extra skirt. It looks, very com
plete with its skirt for town and
general daytime wear. Worn with
out the skirt, it makes the play-suit
ideal. Another big idea in double
duty cottons and one which design
ers are playing up for all it is worth
this summer, is the bare-back sun
dress that has either a separate bo
lero or cape that can be easily
slipped on and off. In some in
stances girls are wearing with their
bare-back gingham sun dresses a
stole of matching gingham. Some
of the sun dresses are styled with
a view to being that attractive that
with the bolero removed they serve
charmingly for informal dance
frocks.
Qnick-Change Costumes
Boon to Business Girls
Career and business girls are on
the lookout for accessories that will
tune their practical office dress to
after-Bve occasion. There are loads
of pretty things that will do this
chief among which are the exqui
site dickeys and gilets made peplum
style and all you have to do is to
slip them over your dress and
with one at the new flower-wreath
hats you'll "look like a million."
Vegetable Oil Crop
Need* Continue High
Total Fat and Oil
Supplies Decrease
ROWERS of vegetable oil crops
^ are being urged by the War
Food administration to remember
pressing war needs for those oils
and to keep production at a high
level by meeting their acreage
goals.
Total oil crop acreage is substan
tially increased over 1944, although
most of the change comes from the
Canning Vegetable (Mia.
64 per cent step-up on flaxseed. The
peanut goal is down slightly, but
emphasis is being placed on increas
ing acre yield to offset the smaller
plantings. Final goal tor peanuts
picked and threshed is 3,230,000
acres.
Harvest of 10,757,000 acres of
soybeans is sought, and planting
ot the needed 5,000,000 acres of
flaxseed is already well under
way.
Demand for fats and oils is ex
pected to continue strong in 1945,
while the total available supply will
be considerably reduced. Pro
duction of some 9.8 billion pounds
from domestic materials is antici
pated, over 1 billion pounds less
than the 10.9 billion pounds pro
duced in 1944. Chief cause given is
lower lard production.
Domestic edible oils ? cottonseed,
soybean, com and peanut?may
reach a total production i00 to 200
million pounds more this year than
last, largely due to an increased
harvest of cottonseed from the 1944
crop.
Military demands for fats and
oils, including batter and lard, are
heavy, both for the expanded mili
tary program and for relief dis
tribution in areas under military
Jurisdiction.
Preliminary estimates made by
United States department of agri
culture experts indicate a domestic
disappearance of fat and oil prod
ucts in 1944 totalling more than 10.3
billion pounds (in terms of fat con
tent), for an increase of about 400
million pounds over 1943. Expanded
production of soap for the military,
with some increase for civilians, is
believed to have been the major fac
tor .
Domestic disappearance of cotton
seed oil declined 172 million pounds
last year, reflecting the reduction
in output, but the effect on supplies
of food fats was partly offset by an
Increase of 101 million pounds in the
use of soybean oil for this purpose.
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Agriculture
In the News
W. J. DEYDEN
White Oak
The oaks are amoag the most im
portant hardwood species in the
United States, due
to large quantity of
oak available and
its strength and
beauty. There are
SO different species
of oak, scattered
over nearly all
parts of the coun
try.
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white oaks generally lacks the red
dish tinge common in the red oaks.
It grows slowly, so Is not as profit
able for timber planting as red oak.
In planting, best results are ob
tained from acorns, instead of trans
planting the deep taproot young
trees. The tree is valuable for or
namental planting, furniture, floor
in*. motor vehicle parts, railrosd
cars, general millwork, boxes and
crates, caskets and coffins, ship and
boat building, agricultural imple
ments, railroad ties, fuel, cooperage
and mine timbers.
Hands Carry Mastitis
The streptococcic bacteria which
cause most cases of mastitis can be
carried on the milker's hands, da
spite the most thorough scrubbing
and disinfection, according to the
University of Wisconsin specialists.
The organisms were found oa
hands of milkers six to eight hours
after the last milking. Control Is
easier on milking machines. No bac
teria was found on bands of men
who used milking machines, doing
I only the stripping by hand
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SEWING CIRCLE PATTERNS
Jumper-Jacket for Summer Sports
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A SUMMER spectator sports
** outfit that will capture many
a compliment. The smoothly fit
ting jacket is edged in bright ric
rac to match the jaunty broad
shouldered jumper.
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Pattern No. 3797 la designed tor sizes
12. 14. 19. 18. 20; 40 and 42. Size 14. dress,
requires 3 yards of 34 or 30- tort material;
Jacket, abort sleeves. 1% yards.
French Like Snails
A food highly prized by the
French is snails. Parisians alone
consume about 2,000,000 pounds of
them a year. Snail farmers raise
them in special houses, where
they are fed cabbages and other
vegetables.
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Dim to an unusually large demand and
rurrent war conditions, slightly more time
? required In filling orders lor a lew of
be moat popular pattern numbers.
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secame and has remained the
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