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|i/SPECiAL ARTICuA VjJSl THE LEADING \ Wartime Shopping in Naples By Doris Fleeson ( WNU Feature?Through special arrangement with Woman's Home Companion.) As a woman here in Naples and just back from the lighting front, I'm often reminded of the wisecrack that Americans are fighting the war tor souvenirs. Certainly the No. 1 occupation of the Fifth army men when off duty is shopping for gifts for their women back home. The rush to buy is tremendous, despite rising prices and the fact that goods are getting scarcer. The early birds, for instance, got silk stockings. Remember? Italy was a partner of Japan. Now the popu lar light shades are exhausted and the few stockings left come in dark dismally unflattering shades. Besides silk stockings, a run has been made on gloves and on coral, tortoiseshell and cameo jewelry. Back home now it ought to be easy to spot a girl with a Fifth army beau. It often seems to me that my most Important job here is to be shopping consultant for about a hundred thou sand men, all of whom need help. I am the girl who knows what's what?or that's what they tell me. My entrance into a shop, or my passing a street peddler, is the sig nal for all the soldiers present to rush me for advice: "Will my girl like this? Do you think this will fit mv mother?" Stockings were easy because I know they are welcome anywhere, and a quiz session with the soldier gave me a reasonable chance to guess the correct size. But I am forced to admit that the last woman I saw wearing a cameo was my grandmother, and I perspired trying to think up just what to say when a soldier held one of these ornate brooches in his hand and said hope fully: "Don't you think my girl would like this?" If the cameo was for his mother I didn't worry so much. I figured the mother would never admit that anything her son sent her was other than just what her heart desired. But I did want to guard against hav ing the gentleman disappointed by his girl friend's response. So I preached a strong anti-junk cam paign. Lots of Gaody Junk. But mountains of parcels poured out of Italy, and lots of junk must have been included. The boys tried hard. I can testify that they searched, bargained and debated for hours before they made up their "Bundles for America." Their self consciously pleased expressions as they sent the packages off were deeply touching. Mail means the world to them, and they were reply ing in kind. Mail ? any mail ? is the great event. Not so much what's in a let ter or a package?although that is important too, and any commander can tell which boys have whiners at home?just the getting of it is what counts. Home town newspapers are prized?the smaller the town the bet ter, News that has a personal touch is what's wanted, and characters in small town newspapers have become real, even to boys who never beard of the place in America. Besides being an inveterate shop per, the Fifth army lad off duty is an inveterate sightseer. The rains of Pompeii, the environs of Vesuvius and the famous Isle of Capri are overran. Pompeii's shattered mar Men have no impact foe the hoys who have seen endless numbers of bombed towns, bat stories about the antiquities still fascinate them. iwAfhoo n?n..U. .Ukt ?U. W.... nuvwrn pupuiai ugiu is Uic iiuj^c Caserta, the palace which Ferdinand IV built for his consort in the 18th century. Its magnificent staircase, throne room and opera house have survived both our bombs and the Germans', and therein the army Joes and the nurses happily bur lesque royalty. Speaking of royal palaces reminds me of my Naples apartment, which K share with Red Cross girls and whatever visiting tirewoman comes 'kkng?one night a dignified hospital Inspector, the next night two sloe eyed Italian dancers rff''"g hap pily over their soldier audiences' en thusiasm. I'm reminded because, as the old vaudeville Joke has it, cny apartment and the royal palace are so different?though compared ?with the front it is a palace indeed. FDIed With Equipment. 1 The rooms are piled high with bed rolls, helmets and canteens, but the beds are soft and sheeted and there |s a place to hang clothes. The main room Is regally spacious, mar jble-fioored and well ventilated?the ?ventilation. to be sure, owing to re seated bombings. ' A brisk walk ^to the main room Jap Equipment Captured in Burma - Colonel Lee, commander of an American-trained Chinese battalion (left) and Lient. Gen. Joseph Stilwell, wearing a Chinese cap, are shown examining weapons and equipment that was captured by Colonel Lee's men when they attacked and wiped ont strong Jap outposts in the Hawk ing valley Jungles, in northern Burma. Yankee Pitcher Gets Rubdown The New York Yankees have be inn their spring training at Atlantic City, N. J. Picture shows veteran Yankee pitcher, Atley Donald, getting a rnbdown as his teammates look on. Left to right are Gns Manch, Yankee trainer, administering massage to Atley's arm; Bad Metheny, and Donald and Oscar Grimes. Red Army Rolls on Towards Rumania iroi^Dp^feilM S ? S. R. . cherka^^^^4^l R^nu \t m^t'-^^u This map shows how the new Rossi an drive which ripped a 196-mile tap in the German lines south of the Dnieper bend, plaetnc some SN.N6 German troops in dancer of eaptnre or slaochter, may carry the Bed army to the border of Romania. From the north below the Pripet marshes, one spearhead strikes towards Rumania via Taraopoi while another strikes towards Lock. Wanna Lobster, Mister? This little Indiaa toy dived late the tea and returned with ttda lob ster, which to fraeionsly offers to Pvt. H. Fordy, of County Darnham, England. The village to which the little tortoaed lad Inton was re cently visited by ? British ooMiers, who teared the hahtog hamlet, hea i dredj el miles from anywhere, and were later entertained by the villagers. Battle-Weary Enemy Bag-eyed with battle-weariness, a German grenadier shoulders his light machine gun against the usual "New Order" background of fire and destruction. This photo was taken in Zhitomir, Russia. 'Ghost' Is Caught Their prowling? through the tree tops at night, which keep U. S. in fantrymen in state of tension, have earned for banana bears the name "ghosts of Bougainville." Specimen shown here Jumped from a tree onto a headquarters tent. ?m w a w ww ? w MacArtiiur rilot For the past two years, Lieut. Col. Henry C. Godman of Palo Alto, Calif., has been personal pilot to Gen. Doaylas MaeArthnr. Here the ISM graduate of Stanford university stands by "Bataan," personal plane of the Southwest Pacific command er-in-chief. Soldier Vote Bill The senate approved the aeldier vote compromise measure by ballot of 47-31. Senator Laeaa (111.), left, and Senator Green (R. I.), eo anthors af original measure, leek over compromise Mil. News/J|> the^Ni? By PaULMaLLOH^^ Released bj Western Newspaper Union. RELATIONS WITH ALLIES LACK 'SECURITY' WASHINGTON.?The visit of State Undersecretary Stettinius to London 1 is being played down because Mr. , Roosevelt said it would make no headlines. The official story is that he is go ing over to get acclimated at the British foreign office. But he is seeking more than a whiR of the climate in those hallowed halls, and if all the news about it were- given out, there might be plenty of head lines. There is no use pretending Anglo American-Russian relations are in a settled state. Russian external poli cies, the Polish, French Nationalist committee and Italian problems?all together representing practically the entire fundamental basis of world policy?are far from a common un derstanding. In fact, collectively, they are in such a state that a sound contention could be made that there is no Allied political policy today (as distinct from the military policy on which there seems to be unity). A disillusionment with Russia has developed in the state department here from Stettinius on down, ex cepting possibly only State Secretary Hull at the top. Observers from within have noticed that trend spreading apace with Russia's re peated steps to develop agreements with each individual nation in Europe (unilateral understandings) contrary to Hull's stand against sep arate alliances. Nevertheless, Hull's friends classi fy him as more hopeful than most of the others that the Russians are merely presenting alternatives to the world, first moving in one direction and then in the other, at one time pleasing us, and at another goad ing us. That these moves represent a threat and possibly a break is the more common view of other of ficials. Why Mr. Roosevelt and the Brit ish are giving one-third of the con quered Italian fleet to the Russians has not been thoroughly explained. No one has even hinted that we should get one-third of what the Rus sians conquer in this war to make matters even. Only explanation offered here is that the Reds have sacrificed great ly?one of the highest officials say ing privately the war would have ended in a stalemate, had not Rus sia wasted the German army. This seems to represent the official atti tude. The British, however, seem even more resentful of Moscow diplo macy, if not frightened by it. If Mr. Stettinius can make any prog ress toward solution of this complex tripartite relationship, he will not only get a headline, but a medal. <? <8> ? NEW VOTING TREND BECOMES DEFINITE The Republican defeat in the up per New York city congressional dis trict was probably a greater victory than the success in Colorado?and just as significant. The Republican candidate, Wil- , liam S. Bennett, was a mild, 73 year-old former congressman who j-an on the uninspiring platform of superior experience. (He had been in congress several times as far back as 1905.) The Democrats thought their man would have no trouble as their ma jority two years ago was two to one by a margin of 30,000 votes. But the Republicans got busy at the last moment and cut their defeat to an amazing 1,571 votes. TKa PnlnrarJn vioinra kn<l ?? *..v vuiui uuu Tivtvljr liau UCCU CA" pec ted for some weeks, but out there, the winning Republican was what would be called here an ultra conservative. He was hotly against the New Deal and a business man, an occupation which is supposed to make anyone a conservative. The trend disclosed in these two elections is now obviously and un deniably the trend of the entire coun try. The surprising extent of anti administration feeling in the con gressional by-elections first became conclusively apparent in Kentucky. But even before that a majority of Republican governors (28) had been elected in states aside from the Solid South. Outside of Washington, you might say this has become a Republican country. The question then is whether Mr. Roosevelt can beat back this tide. The Republican governors naturally have active political organizations in the most powerful states, something they have never had since 1932? and organizations win elections. Most Democratic authorities here privately concede that even if Mr. Roosevelt gets a fourth term, he probably will lose control of con gress. They are counting on his per sonality and their expectation that the war will be on. No sound bets could be made on that tor probably eight months yet If the war is still on, the people may start asking why it has not been ended sooner and may desire a change in its conduct. The old adage about not changing horses in midstream may waMtan as the stream grows wider. IMAGINARY CONVERSATIONS Honorable Japanese and Honorable Ancestor Jap ? Honorable ancestor, what goes onT Ancestor?It's got me puzzled, too. Jap?I always understood we were a master race. Ancestor?So did I. Could we both be wTong? Jap?That's what I was wonder ing! ? Ancestor?Will honorable descend ant kindly give complete picture to honorable ancestor? Jap?Don't be nervous. . Ancestor?If you can be nervous why can't I? Jap?I am not nervous. Ancestor?Come now, you can at least be on the level with an ances tor. ? Jip?I want yon to feel Just as confident about Japanese supremacy as I am. Ancestor (with a grimace)?That's what startles me. ? Jap?Everything's going my way. Ancestor?That's just a line from Oklahoma. You know better, don't you? Jap?What Oklahoma, the play or the ship? Ancestor?Both! Jap?I know better, but I had hoped you didn't. Ancestor?Sometimes I think I get a better picture of the whole war situation from the grave than you get | from where you are. Jap?I'm thinking seriously of joining you, just to prove you're ! rieht. i Ancestor?Whatever happened to ; that Japanese peace in the Amer \ ican White House? Jap?You aren't going to hold me to that, are you, grandpappy? j Ancestor ? Honorable descendant : should tell honorable ancestor when he is just kidding. ? Jap?We are doing fine. The American soldier doesn't know how to fight. The American sailor is a joke. The American airman Is no match for the Japanese airman. Ton know that, don't yon? Ancestor?Of course I do. Ton 1 know it and I know, but do the j Americans know it? Jap?Do you want an answer to that last question? Ancestor?No. I just got it. Jap?How? Ancestor?I heard about those Pa cific islands. Jap?That's a lot of Trnk! ? Ancestor ? Honorable ancestor must respectfully urge honorable de scendant that honorable prestige is at stake. Jap?You're telling me! Ancestor?Honorable ancestor be gins to fear he placed too much faith in honorable descendant. Jap ? And honorable descendant has same fear the other way around. Ancestor?Who started this super race idea, anyhow, you or I? Jap?You did. Ancestor?Nothing of the kind. It's all your idea. Jap?Nonsense. It comes down from you. ! Ancestor?It's entirely your the ory. (This goes on indefinitely. It ends in a tie.) ? ? ? Congress now talks of an income tax system under which all the bur densome business of filling out a crossword puzzle will be eliminated. But the number of public account ants and tax experts thrown out of work will create the greatest un employment crisis the country has ever known. ? ? ? Fritz Kreisler, who has always spurned the radio, has at last sur rendered and will go on the air soon. Radio has been trying to get him for years but he has just been fiddling around. ? ? ? We can't understand why some radio dance music program doesn't call itself "Syncopation Please." ? ? ? Radio Commentators Here's to Vandereook (Johnny)? His deep views are never in hock; His staff he intones In the very same tones My preaeher directs to his lock. ? Ray Gramm Swing Explains each thing With skin and force ... But why that horse? ? Old Gahe Heater Makes life sweeter Unless yon don't share His concern for yonr hair. ? ? ? Can Ten Remember? - Away hack when: Bartenders asked, "Do yon want Rye OR Scotch?" Botchers played pinochle only at night? The noise of coal delivery Jarred jt/ar nerves? Railroad blackboards used little chalk? Ton made a gift of a shoe that pinched? Taxis raced for hack-stand posi Itions? Banging ? a pipe brought heat? npHERE are two ways to mak, I x a slip cover. One is to pin I then cut the actual material right 1 on the chair; the other is to cut muslin or old sheets on the chair I and then use the pieces for a pat- I tern. Whichever method is used, fit I and pin the pieces smoothly but I do not stretch them. Allow H-inch | seams and a 4-inch tuck-in around I a spring seat. Notch the seams to show how they should be joined. 1 When fitting a pattern, mark each I piece with an arrow, as shown, to indicate which way the grain ed I the goods should run. I ? ? ? At the bottom of the sketch the patten pieces are shown pinned to the material If figured fabric is used, be sure to place the pattern pieces so that the design Is centered for the back and the seat of lie chair. NOTE?This illustration is from BOOK 1 which also contains working directions snd diagrams for other types ol slip coven and many illustrated Ideas for giving your house a fresh start this spring. Price of BOOK S is 15 cents. Address: MRS. RUTH WYETH SPEARS Bedlord Bills New yort Drawer II Enclose IS cents lor Book No. 1. Name Address fc?IAPEP? Soothe* cool, relieve ? ??nil rash?often pre URvU Tent " with Menana, nUalll the astringent medicated III1U11 powder. Get Meaua. Buried Erect So that they may face the day of resurrection on their feet, the dead of New Guinea are buried stand ing up. 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