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Watching ?Qv By DOROTHY SAWYER WNU rutuei. 'T'HE bank was cool and comfort able, and the morning < hum of business was progressing at a mod erate pace. The line at the Teller's window was as long as any line, and he was cortimencing to increase his activity. His hands moved faster, and he figured, repeating amounts aloud. A harassed expression flickered across his taciturn face, as if he were momentarily hard pressed. At the other side of his window was someone who missed none of this, whose slightly narrowed gaze betrayed his attention, and whose eyes frequently slid over, and rest ed on an armed guard, pacing up and down the length of the bank. Then, his eyes sullen, he looked squarely at the busy Teller, who seemed unconscious of his scrutiny. He shifted his weight, the woman standing next to him sighed, and he pulled himself erect. Timing. Timing. Everything was timing. The light from a window focused on some money in the Tell er's hands. The watcher looked out of the window beyond the execu tives' offices, and saw a thin, sal low man, hat over his eyes, lift his gaze from a book in his hands and peer into the bank. Could he see him waiting there listening, rigid, one in all the hundreds of those who were, presumably, attending to business? Now. His right hand strained toward his pocket. Someone in the waiting line dropped a book, and as she stooped to pick it up, the action brought her eyes around in the direction of that straining hand. The hand hesitated, relaxed, and patiently he settled down to wait ing. If Miriam looked at him, now, she would be proud. "Listen, pal," she said often, in her slangy way. A pretty girl smiled at him. He felt a faint disgust. What were they to him today? Furniture, decora tion, nothing more! "When you don't know what to do ?don't. That's the answer?don't. You will win in the long run. You will have everything you want, if you sit tight when the going is tough. Don't force the cards." Of course, she had never been really hungry, so hungry that all the world was swallowed up in hun ger. Hunger reminded him of the j key word, the word he would use | when the time came. The shining hands of the great clock on the wall moved, he noted. They moved slowly, but eventually they twitched. A pretty girl smiled at him. He felt a faint disgust. What were they to him today? Furniture, dec oration, nothing more. Some day, perhaps, when he'd had his way he would smile at one of these lush plums. Miriam called the good ones lush plums, but not for him today. Bah! The Teller's hands were magic hands; reaching, clutching, sorting, piling and passing out bills. Mostly bills, some change he noted, that shone, and sometimes rolled out to ward the edge of the ledge. His fingers twitched. "Not directly in the line, but of it, the watcher sensed the moment coming closer, and his hands opened I and shut, his jaw quivered very slightly, and was still. His shoulders were thrown back, and no one would have taken him for what he was?weak, really, and tired, and despairing. The woman next to him moved forward, and he moved too, jostling her by mistake, but her mind was on the bank pass book in her hand. Her turn at the Teller's window was coming. "Now. Now," he thought. He heard the man in front say, "Thank you" and saw him turn away from the window. Tne Teller relaxed a fraction, settling his money and papers into place. Outside the bank the thin man peered in again, at the orderly customers waiting in their quiet rows. Then, he vanished around the comer. The Teller straightened I one more pile. Now. . . . He leaned forward, one chubby I hand thrust through the bars, and grasped at the Teller's neat piles, as he leaned from his mother's B arms. "Lettuce," he crowed, "lettuce." Aunt Miriam, at the Teller's win dow, pushed him down, gently. ? "He's a lively little thief," 1 WOMAN'S WORLD Make Ready for Winter Now by Giving Windows New Drapery ^ ?rlla *J4a(ey IF YOU'RE one ol those clever 1 homemakers who change drapes in spring and fall to make the house either cool or warm during the seasons, then it's time you were 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 surprised how much help it is to have heavy 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 of 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 made 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. . 1 It you leant 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 Mnke lined draperies for your rooms. tor this in the sewing. A tuck may ye run across top or bottom on a ong 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 }f by lining or by facing at the top ind 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 four 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 cefore 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. 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. Hough 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. Long-Jacketed Suit j . For tailored smartness, here's a peen 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 easual hat of matching green and a sable searf. Fashion Forecast rne tnree-eyeiet oxiora ieaiurea 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 tor classes with this ides in mind, say the experts: Choose things which are easy to slip into, and not too much bother to kaep looking nice. ^oiars mat 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. firlvlmilflSfiffll i lUleaaed bv WHUra NmMWf Union. CLEAR CCI PRINCIPLES WOULD GIVE VOTERS REAL CHOICE IF THE WISHES of the American people are to be determined, wa need a new and more definite po litical alignment. As party names, Democrat and Republican have be come largely meaningless insofar as standing for principles and policies are concerned. It is no longer easy for many voters to distinguish be tween them. Presumably the Democratic party stands for what we liave known as the New Deal. A por tion of those elected on its ticket lean heavily to the left, with a strong tendency toward a more centralised government; en croachment on what has been considered the rights of the states; a government-planned economy?state socialism. Some portion of the senators and rep resentatives elected on the Re publican ticket Join that New Deal element of the Democrats. A considerable number of Demo cratic senators and representatives do not support New Deal policies. They are in the minority in the par ty, but with the assistance of the Republicans who are opposed to New Deal ideas and theories, the combination has been able to block much of the New Deal legislative program. There is no clear cut cleavage between the two parties. So long as such conditions continue the voter has no means of express ing his preference as to the kind of government he wants. He can vote only for candidates, not for principles. When a major ity of both parties expresses in definite terms the purposes and policies of the party we could get an accurate counting ef hands showing what a majority of the American people want. The choice must lie between a continuance of our free enterprise profit system; our local self gov ernment by states, counties and mu nicipalities; encouragement of our individual ambition as represented by our profit system; our freedom as individuals to plan and do for ourselves, or that form of state socialism that proposes a planned economy; government ownership or direction of much of industry; re sponsibility of government for the support of the individual; a central ized form of government, and other things that were the purposes of the New Deal. With such definite, clearly de fined policies proposed by each of the two parties the voter can express his choice of prin ciples, rather than, as now, only a choice as between candidates. Under such conditions the party that wins at the polls will have a definite mandate from a ma jority of the American people. ? ? ? INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM ENDS UNDER A BUREAUCRACY FREEDOM FOR THE INDIVID UAL, as we have known it in Amer ica, is compounded of many ingredi ents. Among these is the right to reside where we wish; the right to work at what most appeals; to say and do those things we wish to say and do insofar as they do not injure others; to plan and build for our selves as suits our fancy; to work or to play; to have what we may wish without depriving others of the same privilege. Under our kind of ireeaum eacn airecis rus own I lie 10 suit his desires. He Is limited only by his individual ability to achieve. We cannot have our American kind of freedom under a planned rule of bureaucracy. Under a bureau cratic rule servitude to the state is inevitable whether it be called state socialism, naziism, fascism, commu nism or any of the many forms of socialism that are based on the state's regulation of the ambition of the individual. We cannot have both state socialism and individual free dom. They do not work together. We must plan for ourselves or ac cept the planning of a bureaucrat. We cannot sow bureaucracy and reap freedom. ? ? ? THERE IS in America right now a demand for 10 to 13 million, or more, new automobiles. Manufac turers tell us the price will be 29 per cent higher than prewar; the car that sold at 9800 will now sell at 91,000. The difference, and more, is the increased cost of la bor. Despite that increase the cars will sell as rapidly as they can be produced, but the increased price demonstrates "what goes up must come down" somewhere. Wage in creases come down on the heads of all of us. We are the buying pub lic. We pay the wages. ? ? ? ON TWO RECENT OCCA SIONS Stalin has said that the interests ef the United State, and Rossis do net clash, hot that the interests ef Great Brit ain and Russia da clash. That clash, Stalin said, could lead te war between Rossis and Eng land. 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