HQQQQHrl WHEN CIVILIAN TRIPS BECOME NECESSARY WATCHING THE WAR TIME GUESTS as they sit about the spa cious lobby of a Los Angeles hotel one wonders who they are, where they came from, why they are there and what they are thinking about. An old lady, evidently of rural America, takes the chair beside me. She wants to be talkative to re lieve her homesickness, she explains. I find she is the widow of an Iowa small town banker. She came to California to say good-by to an 18 year-old grandson who had, two weeks before, sailed across the Pa cific as a member of a carrier's crew. "His father died three years ago, his mother five years ago, and he was my last 'chick'," she said. The grandmother had traveled to California in a day coach, as the only way she could get there, but did not feel able to return the same way. She could not secure a sleep er reservation for at least another two weeks. The days seemed ter ribly long. She wanted so much to be back ,ia her Iowa home, to sea her pet cat, to wear a kitchen apron and have; the company of her home town friends. That bit of conversation prompted another motherly soul to tell her sto ry. She was in Los Angeles await ing the arrival of a son, the youngest of four. "My baby," she said. He had been away four years. A cap tive of the Japs on Luzon. Now he was nnminp home, and she was ex pecting the arrival of his ship each day. Together they would go back to the farm in Minnesota, where his father and one brother were pro ducing food for the nation. Two other sons were in Germany in the army of occupation. A young man wearing a sailor suit, with his wife and a small boy of some two years, frequented the lobby. The young wife told me she came all the way from Pennsyl vania, so Jim, for the first time, could see his son. Jim had a 10 days' shore leave before his ship would again sail for the Jap infest ed waters of the Far East. When the 10 happy days were over she and the baby would return, as they came, by bus, to await the end of the war with the hope that Jim would return to them. r Such were but examples of those found in that spacious lob by. They were not vacationists; their trips were, to them, war ereated necessities. They had endured hardships of travel, the long waits for train accommo dations, the crowded hotel con ditions, the financial sacrifices, that they might, to some degree, satisfy the heart longings the war had brought to them. The war had inflicted cruelties other than those of the battle fronts. The people, most of them, in that hotel lobby had not been lured to Los Angeles by the California cli mate, or a mere desire to go places. War had brought them. War had made their trips necessary. ? ? ? INTEREST OF HOME ALWAYS PARAMOUNT THE INTEREST IN, and senti ment for, close to 100 per cent of the American people starts with the family and home, extends from there to take in the home town, the county, the state and the nation. Up to the time of World War I that sentiment and interest stopped at the national boundaries. We Amer icans saw in the aggression of the Hun in World War I a threat against those things in which we are direct ly interested, and we took a hand. Following that war a percentage of us believed we must extend our in terests to cover the world, but that percentage was not great enough to force the ratification of the League of Nations Covenant. A second ag gression on the part of the Hun was an even greater threat than the first. From it we have realized that, like it or not as we may, we must ex tend our interests to a world wide scope. We are not isolationists, nor are we internationalists to the extent of surrendering any part of our sov ereignty. We have to and we cannot safely stop at onr national Knnn^.rl*. If .... .? I. V..... protection for those things of importance to us. We are will-, ing to take a hand in world af fairs that we may play safe for oar more important interests, oar family and home, oar home town, county, state and nation. ? ? ? UNLESS JAPAN throws in the sponge in the near future the Jap heaven will be badly overcrowded. ? ? ? THE LATE Henry Cabot Lodge, then Republican senator from Mas sachusetts, is credited with the re jection of the League of Nations Covenant in 1920. He was the leader of the opposition, but he led more Democrats than Republicans. Few of us remember the vote that result ed in the rejection of that document. The feet is 28 Republicans and 21 Democrats voted to ratify, while only 12 Republicans and 23 Demo crats voted against ratification. A two-thtode vote was needed tor rati New Development in Poultry Buildings Asbestos and Mineral Wool Used Effectively Something new and modern in poultry house construction can be found on the Tenderex farms at Middletown, Ky. The farm was planned with the co-operation of the Stoker Poultry company. The decision to build durable buildings having long life View on Tenderex farm. with low maintenance, led to ex haustive and careful study and ex perimentation. The results found are of interest to farmers generally. Using Gothic-type house, prefabri cated arch construction, with the framing for the roof and wall com bined in one unit, not only was a saving made in original costs, but considerable saving was effected in future heating costs. The 33 houses on the Tenderex farms are all 24 by 30 feet, with the continuous arches anchored to a concrete foundation. Sheathing is of tongue and groove covered with thick butt asphalt shingles. These type shingles are easily moulded to the contour of any roof. Their gray tone offers harmonious contrast with the red hollow tile used in the end walls. Mineral wool was selected to insu late the interior wall, which is lined with asbestos board. To eliminate dampness, the floor consists of cinder fill and four inches of hollow tile, topped with 2V4 inches of concrete. An important factor in selecting asphalt shingles, concrete, hollow tile, mineral wool and asbestos board was the fire-resistant construction these materials provide. Postwar Machinery Pickup Baler This is an automatic self-feeding, self-tying baler with bale separation making it a one man operation job. Neatly formed and firm bales of sliced hay weighing 40 to 65 pounds can be turned out at the rate of three to five bales per minute. It is designed primarily for wind row pickup baling. The construction saves leaves and assures that all the hay is carried into the bale cham ber. It is a McCormick-Deering postwar improvement. Danger! Sheep Scab May Be on Way Back Will sheep scab stage another comeback?once more causing mil lions of dollars in losses, as it did a few years ago? Dr. Floyd Cross of the American Veterinary Medical association and government authorities report such a possibility. "The condition is present to an alarming extent in the Midwest," Dr. Cross reports. If sheep show loss of wool, forma tion of scabs on the skin, or a ten dency to rub against fences and pens, the condition should be called to the attention of a veterinarian. Through greatly diminished wool production, loss in body weight, gen eral unthriftiness and death, scabies play their toll. The scab is caused by a small mite, barely visible to the unaided eye, but can be brought under ef fective control. The only effective treatment is the external application of some medic inal agent that will kin the scab mites. This can be best accom plished by dipping, foUowed by isola tion. The dips recommended by the USDA are made from lime-sulfur or nicotine. Fumigation Practices Carbon disulphide is the most common fumigant used on the farm. It is a liquid that quickly evaporates into a heavier-than-air gas. Opera tors should avoid inhaling the va pors or spilling the liquid on cloth ing. Extreme caution must be taken against fire. Do not fumigate when the temper ature is below 60 degrees. It is best to start lata in the afternoon when the air is calm, ft will take 14 hours. Dirndl Skirt and Peasant Blouse Costume Delights Teen-Agers * ???? By CHERIE NICHOLAS ()F ALL the smart fashions for ^ young girls, nothing can eclipse the endearing charms, the witchery and the flattery of the picturesque dirndl-skirt and peasant blouse cos tumes which teen-agers take such delight in wearing. All through summer and midseason and on into the fall these gay little twosomes will stand at the top as the fashion ideal for girls. It seems as if these quaint peas ant costumes are prettier and more eye-thrilling than ever before. The skirts give play to unfettered imagi nation, for no matter how daring their colorfulness or their fabric, they have eye-appeal plus. The more they go a la Mexicano or bal lerino style the better. The blouses worn with them are of the lovely sweet-simplicity type that simply fascinate with their re freshingly naive and ingenue look. They have everything about them that makes a pretty girl look her prettiest. The lingerie types made of dainty white sheers with their low cut drawstring necklines, or with ribbon-threaded beading about the neck and the sprightly short puff sleeves, fascinate with their cunning ways. Often the peasant look is accented with trimmings of gay embroidered banding. Others of the sheerer type are exquisitely but very daintily lace trimmed. An adorable. peasant skirt and blouse by Ballerino of California is shown to the left in the illustration. High artistry is seen in the beauti fully styled black skirt with its brilliant band trimming, formed of braid together with tiny white fringe. Double rows of Irish lace add to. the witchery of this dainty sheer and lovtly fine batiste blouse. One of the many charms of this ex quisite model is that it can be worn either in the exciting off-the-shoul t der effect or be adjusted at will to a more conservative neckline. To make you look as cool as an ice-cream soda top your flower fresh print skirt with a white voile, cap-sleeve, U-neck blouse cut along the lines of a simplicity pattern, for the glory of these winsome peasant blouses is their dramatic simplicity. With her pretty-pretty print dirndl and peasant blouse costume, the dancing girl to the right wears that which is latest in footwear?authen tic ballet slippers. To further car ry out the ballerino spirit, draw your hair to the top o" your head either tying a ribbon about your coronet of curls or encircling it with a wreath of flowers, or a single large flower according to pref erence. In the twosome centered in the trio the order has been reversed, in that blouse is of print worn with a black skirt. However1, the sim plicity theme holds good, for the charm of these winsome blouses is that they be made as simply as pos _:ul _ nrn.? _ * ? i ? _ ?? ?_ siuie. ima iasmon-wise maiaen is also wearing ballet slippers which she finds are available at the stores in either black or bright red Girls who know their fashions are having lots of fun making their own peasant-inspired dirndls and simple blouses. Just the fact that it re quires so little material and so little time to run up the seams, turn up a hem and add a belt and presto! another dirndl, has caused these be coming little twosomes to become the mainstay among girls whose clothes budget is limited. These smart lassies buy up the most at tractive remnants imaginable of permanent glaze chintz or gay flow er print or spun rayon or any likable, material and they run up a dirndl in a jiffy. These enterprising an*Q-v teur sewers find too it's a good idea to lay in a quantity of bright ric ' rac, for it makes the perfect trim ming for dirndl-and-blouse play clothes. Released by Western Newspaper Union. For Beach and Swim i Now is the big moment for beach dresses and swim suits. Here is a beauty in way of a swim and beach ensemble, the material used is an everfast pre-shrunk waffle pique printed in horseshoe pattern. The bra and skirt are prettily ruffled for self-fabric ruffling is considered one of the smartest trimming features this season. For the swim suit as shown in the inset the printed pique has to be elasticised to be ready for Pastel Cottons for Back-to-School Wear Women who are fashion-wiae have come to know that pretty pastel cot tons are just as practical and as much-to-be-desired for little girls' back-to-school clothes as they were at the springtime of the year. Who wants to go to school on a hot Sep tember day in other than a cool and refreshing wash frock. If it be a bit cool in the morning children are wearing the cutest little toppers imaginable tailored of pastel wools. This year there's a definite move ment on in favor of pastel cottons for back-to-school wear. Even the beloved plaid ginghams have gone pastel, and they're ever so smart and pretty for little girl's frocks. The new light-colored cottons for school wear include pastel-ground plaids, also checks and clean-cut white stripes on pink or blue cham bray. Color Parade for Fall Features Plum, Ityby Red Among the new colors we'll be seeing much of in the near future comes a deep dark plum tone. A soft ruby red is also noted as one of the new colors of the year. White wine, the shade which got such a good start for spring, is featured again in the new collections. Gray continues to carry on with style prestige. Royal blue is a novelty shade that still appears in many top collections, usually contrasted with black. Chutney brown is a rich lively brown that is given an im portant place in the mode. Beige is a quality color that has a big future. It looks like the autumn will be richly colorful. \XfHEN Tommy Holmes of the * * Boston Braves passed Rogers Hornsby's consecutive hitting record of S3 games, the time seemed to be about right for your correspond ent to look up a few notable records that might last for genera tions. One of these is Joe DiMaggio's consecutive hitting record for both jeagues max loxaieo M contests. This took place in 1941. DiMaggio began col lecting base hits on May 15 and Anally ceased firing on the 16th of July. Any record can be beaten, but this will be a tough one to crack. There are two other almost GrantlandBice Pn?n">m targeis that may never be surpassed. One is Lou Gehrig's con secutive game record that carried on for a matter of 14 years and more than 2,000 contests. It will take a stronger combination of steel and concrete than we have ever seen so far in one human system to pass Lou Gehrig's mark. This must stand among the incredible features of sport. Lou began his long march in 1929 and finally came to the end of his career in 1939. The second untouch able mark belongs to Babe Ruth and his count of 60 home runs, piled up in 1927. There is another pretty fair hall player by the name of Tyros Ray mond Cobb wbo has to his credit a different set of figures that no one now living will ever see equaled. This record includes a lifetime total of 2,244 runs and 4,191 hits. Jimmy Fozx and Hank Greenberg almost caught up with Ruth's home run accumulation of 60 in a season, but no other ball player has even come close to Cobb's double mark. This same record also includes 892 stolen bases, well beyond Eddie Col lins' turn of 744. Cobb, Ruth and Gehrig, all Ameri can Leaguers, complete the trio that offers the toughest targets on the batting side of the game. And when vol I mention iVin ftaro oroaioct Kail players pi all time, Cobb and Ruth draw most of the votes although Hahs Wagner still has a stout follow ing that refuses to be shaken loose. Mel Ott is the most redoubtable of the National League record holders at bat?and Mel is still under way and increasing his lead. Mel sets a record of some sort every time he gets another hit or steps into another home run?insofar as the National League is concerned. Stand-Out Pitchers Walter Johnson, another American Leaguer, is the pitcher that stands out as the main all-time target to knock over. But for all that even Old Barney isn't so far in front of Cy Young. In fact, looking a trifle deeper into the matter, Young's mark may outlive all others. It con sists largely of these figures?games pitched?906, games won?510. When you figure that Walter Johnson is in second place, 97 winning games away at 413, you get a better idea of Cy's miraculous contribution to the art of piling up victories. One of Johnson's top marks is the count of 54 consecutive scoreless innings, compiled in 1913. That means something better than six straight shutouts. For a eareer ran Johnson also sets up two other tar gets with 3,497 strikeouts and 113 shntouts, 33 beyond Grover Alexand er's total. But Old Pete must be drawn into this select society with the pitching he offered in 1910. That season, working in Philadelphia's bandbox ball park, where a looping fly was ukuaIIv a hnmpr Alp*and#?r turnaH in 16 shutouts?more shutouts in one season than most pitchers can call winning games. The two marks o 1 IS consecutive victories established by Tim Keefe and Rube Marquard of the Giants, form another elusive target that many have fired at through the years in vain. There was no record ever set that can't be broken. But those referred to in these brief dispatches are something more than records. They are landmarks. Even peering into the future, what batter is there to pile up 4,191 base hits? Or what pitcher can ever hope to win 516 games? Or what iron man can out last Gehrig's 14 seasons of consecu tive play? These are the three toughest of them all to shatter or drive away from the record pages. For all three call not only tor ex tremc skill but also for the amaz ing stamina that few ever possess. Eisenhoiver, Ball Player Dear Grant?I Just checked over an old Reach Guide, 1910, and found this concerning a player by the name of Wilaon, General Eisenhow er'! alias while playing with Abilene in the Central Kansas League, sea son of 1909. A. S.B. Errors F.A 29 20 31 .941 A.B. Runs Hits B.A. P.O 218 43 S3 .288 461 Michael E. Bash, noshing, N. T Curly-Headed Dolly In a Cute Pinafore "TpHE lucky little "mother" of this curly-headed rag doll will be the envy of her playmates. Dolly's plump arms and legs are movable. ? ? ? This cute 15-lnch rag doll has embrold> ercd features, yarn curls. Easy to make. Pattern 7077 has pattern, directions for doll, clothes. 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. Send your order to: Sewing Circle NeedDecraft Dept. IS Eighth Ave. New York Enclose 16 cents ftn; Pattern No Name Address HOUSEHOLD mm So that job can ice what is on the back row of each canned-goods shelf, have fitted in stair-step shelves that raise each row of jars about two inches higher than the previous one. The number of steps depends upon the width and height of the original shelves. ??? To lengthen the life of baby's rubber panties wash them in thick, mild suds, rinse well and dust them with talcum powder. This should be done each time they are taken off. When washing windows polish them with crumpled newspapers. You'll be delighted with results and resolve to use this method hereafter. ?o? Since the heat is most even in the center of the average oven, that is the best place for a cake while it is baking. ??makeIII At Iwme-JUy Sever-D?4kw??Seeefe1 , S ? No ke wvtlafa ? Me weUap-Ni ? I wKl ppiaq _ ecorcbe^^ ^fc^reeo ^Eoo^r^^* lrv?iip?e?ive-20 recipe* k eeAHMW ? Pleoco teed tfck od for free WMa?B> I pie offer, er boy yoer p*?b ' LonDonociw Breed Heweiede Ice Creee _sjftbjuz?b | 1 ?MAPPY^FACT^Tj > O0A& . | wiia f Tboa wKidi wtrt Intro Jacad to too public tijhtMW mowltii Harbor, to woka* Iho malkm to nocofwry or mass praaiaai cv ?ynth?rtc rvbbor, wrcrcrvdrrfr^br * - . _ ? ,.. _.a ? f i - * - _.iWi ?Ounrro yroa or wirrina ^^otob In sywdwbc rvbbor by I.P.G?Mb Tbo Jopa art rvpartad fl? booo rrvm#^ tbo prasHa fiv aiaklai rob bar aat of al toi oof of ootorol rob bar. Ono of tbo I org otf tbo rvpdriapa ovoraaea, oporotod by too (M> none# Tbo Rapob Ciog oay to Holy, term oot 534 rapubad orf racappad tboa por doy. PB99I |kblto| oxdvMTi i^r ^j Wf??TIIW1.?fll.?ti. ' 7M MS a. to (CWT>; 9:19 a. to (STO Qgf k SUNDAY . : 9:19 a. o. (CVT); Mia. to (ZVO A _ tor fyolb CiS If off? _ - *r > l^Guaranteed i Good Housekeeping I " We give this mol to no one?tfse product hat to ooro i,"1 ?oyi Good Hoviekeeping Mogoiine regarding ?Wo| famous seal, look for H on every Gabber Girl podtogo. f Snap, Crackle, ftp / t IKeDocfi Bice Kriepfce equml the whole ripe grain In^nearly all the gcotecttre sfBESB ^Mwwlw Ath? folw ? tyflm ? |