'CENTRAL, GIMME
FLIVVER 6-828!'
The auto to apto telephone la near
at hand. The American Telephone
and Telegraph company announces
that it will soon be in operation to
gether -with house to car and office
to car phone talks.
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From the walky-talky we progress
to the cabby-gabby.
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Alter the war, possibly before, an
automobile will have a telephone
number. The wife will put in a call
from the house and a buzzer on the
dashboard will buzz.
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Presto! The automobile becomes
part car, part house, part office and
part phone booth!
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But if the boss can get you by
phone that way it marks the end
of the automobile as a pleasure ve
hicle.
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One of the chief charms of an auto
has always been that you could get
away from it all. No matter what
nugni nappen, noDoay covua get you
on the phone and, after you had
pulled over Into a sidestreet, say?
"Sorry, I guess I have the wrong
number."
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Add the telephone call to the red
Ught, the detour sign, the motor
cycle cop and the federal ear tax,
and what have you got? Certainly
not added comfort.
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You are transforming the flivver
into a phone booth with tire trouble
and hot brakes.
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Complications will be many once
it becomes possible to link home
sweet home with the beach-wagon
and the imperial sedan by phone.
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We await the new exasperations
of "What auto are you calling?",
'"nut sedan is busy now," "The
flivver that called you has bung up,"
and "There's no such ear in the
book."
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It will mean one more automobile
gadget to be fixed, too.
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From now on you will never be
sure when something goes wrong
with the old bus whether to take it
to a garage or to the telephone com
pany.
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We'll take a motorcycle?and no
phone service!
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THE GENERAL'S AMBITION
("I'd like to come back here some
day and do some catfishing like in
the old days."?Genera] Eisenhow
er at Abilene.)
Jnst in rn again for raffish
In the haunts of boyhood days?
Just to watch the old cork bobbin'
Where the bl{ one often plays. ...
Far from wars and consultations
Far from the plot and counterplot
With no hard looks or suspicions
Anywhere aroond the spot. . . ?
Just to get op feelin' rested,
With no schedule for the morn,
And no problem to be handled
So no new wars will be born. . . .
Just to don a pair of jumpers
And a shirt the worse for wear.
With no stripes or bars or medals
And the day all free from care ...
Not a thought of lords and rulers?
Not a fast plane to be made
Net a word concerning Moscow,
London, Berlin or Belgrade. . . .
Not a paper up for signing?
No excitement and no glow
TILL IOC SEE THE WATER RIP
PLE
AND A BOBBIN' GO BELOW!
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Postwar Wonders
Auto makers are displaying the
new models. It is wonderful to be
able to get a peek at the handsome
new model you will have to go with
out for another year or two.
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Customer (after looking at a new
auto model)?Very pretty. What
year may I expect a demonstration?
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And ODT Chief Johnson says there
will not be enough new autos to
satisfy the demand for three full
years. We recommend Mr. John
son for the office of Administration
ox National Joy killers.
Mean Weather
Intermittent rain, I've learned.
Which forecasts tell about.
Is rain that stops when I go in
And starts when I come out.
Vigor out Dramatic Criticism
tohn Chapman thinks is might ha a good
thing if theater patrons lot themsehes go
the may baseball fans do, registering their
diapleasara mithosU restraint. Wa indorse
the idea.
a
4 careful impaction of the theater con
aincas as that not enough pop bottles are
thrown daring performances.
a a a
Barry Truman must feel pretty
peeved at the fellows who said, "Go
?bead and run lor the vice presiden
cy; it's quite an honor and it won't
take any time er worry."
Traditional Wedding Gowns
Are Demanded by Modern Brides
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
\XT EDDINGS galore! That's
'* what's happening now that
so many of our servicemen are re
turning to those they hold dear. The
season of the year no longer has
anything to do with the case. One
of the reactions to the war is that
weddings come up in any month. In
fact, they have become year-round
events.
This year with the return of thou
sands and thousands of eligi
bles, wedding bells will be ringing
more frequently than ever. Design
ers are outdoing themselves in
creating Just one lovely gown after
another for brides-to-be who want
to say "I do" in a wedding dress
that lives up to tradition.
Some of the dresses are in rich
satin, traditionally trained and lace
trimmed. Others are charmingly
fashioned with fitted basque waists
auu vciy IUJI s&uid ui aut_n aucex,
cloudlike fabrics as ninon, mous
seline de soie, net, marquisette or
organza. There are also combina
tions of lace and net, satin and net,
or chiffon and lace.
Several designers are featuring
rhumba ruffles starting at the
waistline and extending to short full
trains. There is lots of back inter
est, too, either in skirt fullness or
in bustle bows. Peplums and apron
effects vary the skirt treatments in
front. Off-shoulder bodices and
bertha necklines add a picturesque
note to a number of dresses of the
heirloom type. The favored head
dress these days is the very full
fingertip veil of fine net or tulle,
falling from a little circlet or bon
net or pancake beret of fluted net.
The illustration herewith brings
you a preview of just such gowns as
you will see parading down the cen
ter aisles in endless procession, for
weddings are scheduled to take
place in record number this year.
Lovely beyond words is the very
youthful-looking bridal dress of
sheerest dotted net shown to the left
in the picture. In this bewitching lit
tle frock, so frilly and ruffly and
sheer, so refreshingly naive in its.
simplicity and girlish charm, not
only the groom but each and every
guest will have fallen in love
with this winsome bride. A muchly
beruffled bertha falls bewitchingly
over her shoulders. The simple
headdress she wears is of artfully
arranged plain net.
Traditional satin of choicest
weave fashions the stately gown
centered in the group. It carries out
formality to perfection. The fine
seed pearl embroidery that en
hances the bodice is also repeated
around the neck to encircle a
throat-high yoke of transparent net.
The very young bride or the bride
with the small "teen-timer" fimire
will go for the picturesque gown to
the right, made of an indescribably
fine net. The bodice pleating is set
on a flesh-colored yoke giving an en
chanting off-shoulder effect. The
pleatings on the skirt are applied
with exceeding grace to carry on
about the short and full train. This
portrait gown will be effective made
up of mousseline de soie or fine
ninon or soft and sheer voile.
For the bride who plans a mid
season wedding, a gown as effective
as the traditional white satin is fash
ioned of an all-over eyeleted white
cotton sheer. This could be easily
made by the bride-to-be who can
sew. Let the bodice be of the fitted
type, prettified with a sweetheart
neckline. Make the skirt gathered
slightly into the waistline but cut
on a circular movement that de
velops into a long train that will bil
low out behind with infinite grace
as the wedding cortege moves down
the aisle.
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Cotton Pique Suit
We are hearing so much about
suits that are made of de luxe cot
tons in dark colors as being top
fashion for summer and early au
tumn wear. Here is just such a
suit, and it is made of green and
white check pique. White pique
cuffs, collar facing and a novel but
ton-back jacket-edge treatment add
excitement. This stunning two
piece by Helen Morgan makes a
perfect going-away costume for the
midsummer or early fall bride.
Wide Brimmed Hats
With Sheer Frocks
That bulky look you see in many
of the lovely white summer dressy
hats is a myth. That is, they are
not clumsy or heavy in the least.
It's that they are lavished with bil
lowy masses of net and tulle and
veiling about their wide brims until
sometimes they look almost top
heavy, but really these airy-fairy
confections are light as a feather.
The hat of the moment to wear with
one's dressy summer prints and
pretty-pretty black sheer frocks is
the wide-brimmed black straw; the
wider the brim the smarter. An in
teresting feature about these black
beauties is that more often than not
the brims are made to look dressy
with fluted edges of lace or black net
or they may take on big ruchings of
black sheer. Sometimes the brims
themselves are a structure of va
pory black tulle and lace manipu- |
lated on a wire foundation. Be the
hat a simple straw, a fine Milan or
a muchly manipulated brim with
sheer lacy effect, the fact remains
that the large black hat is a fashion
favorite this summer.
Hats Styled for Up Hairdo
Come as Welcome News
Women who have been having dif
ficulty in fitting hats over the top
knot hairdo will welcome the news
that crownless hats are now being
made that book or snap around the
bun or the cluster of curls atop
milady's head. These can be ad
justed for a perfect fit. Sometimes a
tall ruche of black or white sheer
on the bat surrounds the topknot
giving every appearance of a crown
but the top is actually left open to
accommodate die hair arrange
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ROAD OF GERMANS WILL
BE A LONG AND HARD ONE
Germany U today not a nation. It
is but a disorganized mass of some
70,000,000 humans. It is without
law, other than the orders and edicts
of Allied military commanders;
without law enforcement other than
that of the G.I. Joes of the Allied
armies; without courts other than
those presided over by military offi
cers directly or indirectly.
Such is today, but what of tomor
row, of next year and other years
of the future?
Four armies, representing na
tions of radically differing ideologies,
occupy the four sections of Germany
into which she has been divided.
The only announced purpose of the
four nations is that of stamping out
the last vestige of Naziism. Pre
sumably each army will use its own
methods of accomplishing that pur
pose. Presumably each army will
introduce the ideologies of the na
tion it represents in the making over
of the German people. What the final
result will be, or when that result
will be accomplished, can be only a
guess.
A phenomena of the situation
is the request of the German
communists, that element of
the German people who suf
fered most from the wrath of
Hitler, and who would be ex
pected to accept Russian ideolo
gies. They ask for the establish
ment of a private enterprise
system with a profit motive.
That is American democracy,
not Russian communism. Will
they get that in the Russian-oc
eopied tone? Time, only, can
answer.
Today the commanders of those
Allied armies trust practically no
German in Germany. There are
none to whom they are willing to
pass uncontrolled civilian authority.
How many months or years will
pass before those G.l. Joes can be
relieved of their police posts? How
long before those army orders give
way to laws enacted by the German
people? How long before those Al
lied officers are replaced by civil
ian judges? Again time, only, can
answer.
For Germany the road to the
future will be long and hard. It
means a re-education of the peo
ple, starting particularly with
the small children. It means
the Implanting of new ideals, the
creation of a desire for a differ
ent way of life. It means the
obliteration of (he "might makes
right" theory, that has been a
basic principle of Germany.
With four different types of teach
ers, with-a curriculum fixed by four
differing ideologies, can a unified
Germany be the final result? Time,
only, can answer. In the meantime,
the G.I. Joes of four nations will
continue as the corner policeman.
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HIGH V. S. STANDARD OF
LIVING BENEFITS WORLD
To maintain our American
standard of living and increase that
standard as much as possible is the
greatest service this country can
render the peoples of the world. We
have established standards to which
other nations can, and do, aspire.
Our standard of living is based on
the income of our farmers and the
wage scale paid to our workers. To
force the American farmer and the
American worker into competition
in our home markets, which repre
sents 50 per cent of the markets of
the world, with the income and
wages of the low standard nations
would mean lowering the income of
our farmers and the wage scales of
our workers. It would reduce Ameri
ca's buying power, and, in the end,
result in lowering our standards
without helping any other nation.
Onr greater technical skin and
better machinery will not offset
the cheap wages of the Orient
and most European countries.
The world needs a standard to
strive for and America sets that
standard.
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"WHAT IS your farm worth?" I
asked an Iowa farmer acquaintance.
"That depends on what you place
value," he replied. "As an Invest
ment on which to pay dividends,
year in and year out, it is worth a
lot less than I could sell It for right
now. As a home for myself and
family; as representing a way of life
we enjoy, it is worth far more than
any om would offer, and it Is not on
the market." That farmer knew
idealistic values, and his farm paid
dividends on such values to himself
and his family. To them the pleas
ure of living, as they wish to live,
has a greater value than dollars.
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MANY A CASE of disposition is
diagnosed as nerves.
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PRESIDENT TRUMAN was right
in saying the representing of Ameri
ca in the council of UNCIO was the
most important post of American ap
pointive offices. As that represent
ative, the Hon. Edward R. Stettinius
becomes the voice of the nation in
world affairs, second only to the
President. It is a high honor that
carries with it a great responsibility.
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THE BEST INTERESTS of many
a community would be served by a
revival ef the old Massachusetts
ducking stool tor town gc stops. .
Farm Accident Costs
Continue to Mount
Most Losses Can Be
Prevented Entirely
By W. J. DRYDEN
Accidents to farmers, in a typical
year, lost double the amount of time
needed to produce the average an
nual wheat crop of the United
States. The economic loss from ac
cidents of all kinds occurring to
farm people is nearly a billion dol
lars per year. In a typical year:
17,200 farm people were killed.
4,500 were killed at agricultural
work.
1,500,000 rural residents were in
jured.
Of the 17,200 accidental deaths
among farm people, nearly half
were the result of accidents similar
to those in urban homes, due
to falls, burns, poisons, firearms
and drowning.
The greatest number of fatal acci
dents to farm workers occurred
Don't adjust moving belts.
while oiling, unclogging or adjusting
moving (arm machinery. Some
farmers were killed when tractors
tipped over, but, next to ma
chinery, the commonest acci
dents were caused by livestock?by
the startled horse or the bull that
everyone thought was tame.
Motor vehicle accidents not asso
ciated with farm work took the lives
of 3,700 rural people.
The week commencing July 22
has been designated by President
Truman as National Farm Safety
week.
Hunt Started for
Meatier Market Fowl
Major poultry associations, key
poultrymen and U.S.D.A. special
ists have undertaken an assign
ment from the A & P Food stores
to draw up specifications for an
ideal meat-type bird and to super
vise distribution of $8,000 in awards
which the company has posted.
The committee, headed by D. D.
Slade, secretary. International Baby
Chick association, believes the pro
gram will crystallize thinking
among poultry breeders and hatch
erymen on a chicken with an abun
dance of "carvings." A broad
breasted chicken would mean mors
economical growth, more meat pet
pound of feed consumed, and more
profits to poultrymen. A prize at
$5,000 will be given to the poultry
man breeding the best bird at the
end of three years. Annual prog
ress awards will total $3,000.
Water for Chickens
In order that fresh water may
be provided ror tne
chickens and be
kept clean, the cov
er shown hi this
illustration la rec
ommended. It map
be need with water
basin or some term
of automatic water
Alfalfa Adds Nitrogen
When alfalfa is fed on the farm
where it is grown and the manure
is returned to the land, there would
be a large gain in nitrogen and the
phosphorus and potassium loss
would be greatly reduced.
At the University of Illinois, it was
observed that when a ton of hay is
sold, 87 pounds of nitrogen obtained
from the air goes with no gain
to the grower, but rather as a gain
to the buyer of the hay. By feeding
the alfalfa and using manure, this
loss is reduced.
Hormone sprays, or pre-harvest
fruit - drop inhibitors, containing
naphthalene acetic acid as the ac
tive Ingredient, were used both in
spray and dust form by many apple
and pear growers throughout the
country in 1M4.
Add Water to Tire#
There are no ill effects from Oil
ing tires completely with a water
solution of calcium chloride. Com
pletely Oiled tires have an advan
tage in that pressure is automatical
ly increased as the tires are over
loaded, thus avoiding the usual
necessity for adding more air and
using higher pressures in proportion
to heavier tire loads.
Resistance to bruising and pune
turss is not affected by the percent
age of liquid on.
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SEWING CIRCLE PATTERNS
Scallops Trim Junior Two-Piecer
Tot's Dress for School or Play
Two-Piece Frock
A SIMPLE and very pretty two
piece frock for juniors that j
will capture many an admiring ,
glance. Soft scallops make an ef
fective finish on the flgure-whit- <
tling jacket. A teen-age "must" j
for summer festivities.
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Pattern No. 1354 la designed tor sizes
11. 12. 13. 14. 16 and 18. Size 12 requires
3?i yards of 36-inch material for the en
semble.
MESslEMh
Grass stains on white materials
can often be removed by sponging
with ammonia and water.
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Clean wicker furniture by scrub
bing it with a stiff brush and warm
salt water. The salt keeps the
wicker from turning yellow.
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An electrie refrigerator can be
defrosted in a few minutes by this
method. Turn power off in refrig
erator, remove ice cube trays, fill
them with boiling water, and re
turn them to place. Leave refrig
erator door open during defrost
ing.
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When you are doing any paint
ing in the house, be sure to tie a
paper bag over each of the light
fixtures and any others on which
paint might drip. You will find
that it is much easier than to do
the necessary cleaning after
wards.
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Your little girl's dress can be
given a professional touch, quickly
and easily, if you use pretty hand
kerchiefs for trimming. Two,
which are alike, will be needed for
each dress. The handkerchiefs
may be edged with lace, embroid
ery or have colored hems. Perhaps
they have only embroidered cor
ners. Cut and use for collars,
cuffs and the little pocket tops.
They make a dainty and practical
finish.
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Resolve to go easy on the vac
uum cleaner motor by emptying
the dust bag after every use.
Shake out the loose dirt, tie the
bag inside out on the clothesline
and let the breeze do the job thor
oughly for you.
To save that last bit, of shorten
ing which clings to a jar contain
er, fill the jar with just-under-boil
ing water. By the time the water
is cold the shortening will have
risen to the top and returned to its
unmelted stage. Easily removed.
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When screws and bolts in imple
ments or iron become rusty, soak
them in gasoline for 30 minutes
and they will come out easily.
Puffed Sleeve Press
SHE'LL look as bright as a new
penny in this adorable little
iress with pert puffed si eased,
tound-yeke and full awmgingiakirt.
Make it for sohooLor?play-in,gay
:becks - or pdHMMlbts, and trim
vith bright ric rac.
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Pattern No. 1322 is designed far staee
t. 3, 4. 5 and ? years. Size 3 mqvdiw
l\k yards of 33-inch fabric; 3 yards sit
ac for trimming.
Due to an unusually large demand and
rurrent war condltkms. slightly more tiuif
s itqulied in filling orders for a few m
i?e most popular pattern numbers.
SKWINO CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT.
11M Sixth Are. New Yerk, N. T.
Enclose 29 cents In coins far seat
pattern desired.
Pattern No. Ttlsa
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