WHO’S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
1 t I
By LEMUEL F. PARTON
NEW YORK—As America looks
to its air defenses, it finds, as
acting chief of the army air corps,
a pioneer technician in the adapta
tion of the air
Arnold Seema plane to war uses.
Well Qualifiedile is Brig. Gen. I
For Air Chief H H Arnold- as:
suming command
of the corps after the death of Maj.
Gen. Oscar Westover, in a plane
wreck.
Soon after the Wright brothers
had made their first few faltering
air jumps, young Lieutenant Arnold
was sent to Dayton, Ohio, not only
to learn to fly, but to make tech
nical studies of the possibilities of
aircraft for observation and fight
ing. He was among the earliest of
the army’s trained fliers, and, in
1912, won the Mackay medal for a
triangular flight, 30 miles to the leg,
from College Point, Md., over Wash
ington and Fort Meyer. In 1935, he
again won this trophy for his exploit
of the previous year in leading a
flight of 10 bombing planes from
Washington to Fairbanks, Alaska.
He has been an aggressive cham
pion of aerial defense, reprimanded
in 1926 for what was considered an
excess of zeal for air armament.
In 1917, he organized and command
ed the Panama Canal air defenses,
and was with the A. E. F. in France,
in the closing months of the World
war, on Inspection duty. He be
came assistant chief of the air corps
in January, 1936. His technical
studies have Included photography,
special means for topographical ob
servations, and aerial mass tactic,
as well as engineering problems of
flying.
He is 51 years old, a native of
Gladwyn, Pa., graduated from West
Point in 1907.
• • •
IN HIS Washington garden, Robert
* E. Bondy has some late-blooming
roses and chrysanthemums, which
are now in bud. The hurricane never
touched them. He
Clouda Have has had to turn
Silver Lining his back on his
In R. E. Bondy 8arden for a time.
as his world out
side of it became mostly chaos. As
national director of disaster relief
for the Red Cross, he’s been doing
a heroic work in New England. His
roses may be one kind of act of
God, but his business is mainly
with the other kind—Swinburne’s
“Forsaken Garden,” where “wild
waves and spent winds labor.”
He was a letter-man on the Uni
versity of Chicago baseball team and
a police reporter for a Chicago
newspaper. On the latter Job, he
had a ringside seat at man-made
disasters, but, in his later career,
took up with the more elemental
upsets and breakdowns.
For 19 years, he has organized
disaster relief for the Red Cross in
the Lake, Southern and Washington
divisions. He is one of our most
seasoned and efficient battlers
against all the ills and dangers that
come in the wake of flood, fire,
earthquake or any other widespread
ruin. He is a native of Minnesota,
In his early forties, his hair thinning
—and no wonder.
• • •
IN WASHINGTON. Congressman
Lucius N. Littauer of New York
used to beat even Uncle Joe Cannon
in the house poker games. And Just
g. , , , a little something
Salons Losses out of the kiMy is
Help Finance the $2,250,000 grad
Harvard Gift uate sch°o1 of pub‘
lie administration,
which he handed Harvard and
which recently opened. Mr. Lit
tauer is the widely known glove po
tentate of Gloversville. He is 79
years old, graduated from Harvard
59 years ago. His father, a German
immigrant, founded the family
glove factory. He has established
many benefactions for useful public
purposes, among them a gift of
$1,000,000 in 1929, to “bring about a
better understanding among all
mankind.” He provided $100,000 to
recondition his old boyhood swim
ming hole.
$ $ $
THE subject of totalitarian humor
Is brought up by President
James L. McConaughy, of Wesleyan
college. He says that's what's the
r. , 4 matter with the
r mas w nat iron men—no hu
The Dictator* mor. He finds hu
Lack—Humor 1moT the salt and
leaven which will
save democracy, it short-circuits
egoism and pulls down the stuffed
ahirts, and is kin to humility.
Doctor McConaughy, New York
born, Yale '09, has been president
of Wesleyan since 1925. He is a
modern, alert pedagogue, with a
broad social point of view and an
awareness of timely problems.
t) Consolidated News Features.
WNU Service.
Named for Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great died at Baby
lon in 323 B. C. after a reign of
about 13 years. His body was em
balmed and taken to Alexandria,
which city had been founded by him
and named in his honor.
Bloused Coat, Long Jackets
And Cape Suit Very Latest
By CHERIE N1 .HCLAS
TN SELECTING your fall and win
*■ ter apparel you can be as
“choosy” as you like, for the air is
rife with exciting new silhouettes,
new trends, new materials and new
details.
However, there are certain char
acteristic features that are outstand
ing and which may be regarded as
guiding posts along fashion’s high
way. Three significant trends are
shown in the illustration, namely
the coat that has a bloused top and
slenderized waistline, the long cape
suit or costume of stunning wool
that is gorgeously furred and the
suit with jacket that takes on longer
length.
The softly styled blouse coat that
is full above the waistline, and has
a narrow skirt and neat slender
waistline is the talk o’ town. Full
ness above a snugly belted waist
line makes a smart silhouette for
the black wool town coat shown to
the left in the picture. It is bloused
even more at the back than is here
shown, front view. Loose bracelet
length sleeves add fashion interest.
These coats glory in exquisite
woolens, the velvety surfaced such
as duvetyne being favored. Even
the latest fur coats are being styled
In small-waist semi-fitted lines, that
are being offset with full blouse
tops. These are developed in such
supple fabriclike furs as kldskins,
seal-type pelts, fine caracul and Per
sian lamb.
With the cloth coats so slenderiz
ing and ladylike in appearance,
huge muffs will be carried later on.
Then, too, an Interesting style angle
is the cloth dressmaker coat with
blouse top that has fur sleeves. The
dressy long coat that has a yoke of
sleek fur is also ultra chic.
Another smart fashion and one
that shows off this season’s rich and
beautiful wool weaves to perfection
is the long cape costume. A lux
urious full length tuxedo collar of
wolf embellishes the sweeping lines
of the unlined cape of the distin
guished wool costume centered in
the trio of wool fashions here shown.
The cape and the straight slender
skirt are of soft wool in a novel
weave In deep taupe color and the
softly tailored blouse is of sheer
wool in an open homespun fabric.
The cape theme plays up dramat
ically in a newcomer on the scene
—a full-length picturesque cape
made of richly colorful plaid wool.
The suit, which completes a stun
ning threesome, is tailored of mono
tone wool trimmed with plaid
matched to the cape.
Capes are very important in the
evening mode, some of them are
quite voluminous as they are de
signed to wear over full hoop-skirt
ed formal gowns. To vary the pro
gram some of the evening capes are
Use More Ribbons
In Late Fashions
When in doubt fasten it with rib
bon bows, which is exactly what de
signers are in a mood to do. It
is not only that fluttery bows in pro
fusion adorn the new fashions, but
ribbon is employed in every con
ceivable way, perhaps running
around row and row on party
frocks, or making a big corsage of
wide ribbon in lieu of lace jabot
or flower boutonniere.
Multi-color bands of ribbon trim
youthful felt hats. Bed-jackets are
made all of ribbon. Blouses have
bands of ribbon coming from sleeve
and underside seam that tie in bows
up and down the front opening.
Youthful princess dresses have lit
tle ribbon bows traveling from neck
to hem—-and the half of the ribbon
•tory has not yet been told.
three-quarter length done In black
velvet.
The big news in regard to jackets
is that they are longer and fre
quently double-breasted as you see
to the right in the picture. These
longish coats bespeak the last word
in swank. The model shown is a
new plum color wool with the
voguish longer jacket that tops a
panel pleated skirt. Which reminds
that unexpectedly pleats are con
tinuing in the fall and#winter mode
not only in groups and panels but
the all-around pleated skirt is con
sidered high style.
<P Western Newspaper Union.
Revive Hoopskirts
For Formal Wear
The new fashion program stages
Just one excitement after another.
Just to mention a few, there's the
revival of hoopskirts. Yes’m, real
ly and truly hoopskirts! To be sure
they are for formal wear only and
just to calm ypu down a bit we
don't mind adding that some of the
hoop contrivances are made detach
able, for they are to be worn
only with the new wide-skirted gala
night frocks.
There is the new high-on-top-head J
hair-do! Gaining right along though
many are loath to give up the youth
ful, practical bob, be it long or short
With the amazing new "doll hats”
high hairdress is correct answer.
Sleeves! Just watch them! Leg o’
mutton types, dolman styles, sleeves
that are strikingly in contrast to the
dress via embroidery and other or
namentation, full bishop sleeves,
bracelet length sleeves, wrist-length
fitted sleeves, short sleeves, fur ]
sleeves in your cloth coat and so !
on and so on.
Silk Cord Motifs
Dress Black Suit
For a smart black suit Marjorie
Dunton suggests elaborate silk cord
motifs wound over the front of the
jacket, sometimes stitched over
patches of short black persian lamb.
A much simpler way of dressing
up the suit is to put it over a barred
blouse of metalic cloth or over a
sophisticated blouse of black and
white striped satin.
Feature Brown in
New Combinations
Brightening the brown horizon for
fall are the deep rusts and hennas—
one, to be specific, being Jean Pa
tou’s new "Cornelian” shade. "Ta
bac,” launched earlier in the year,
continues popular along with sta
ble golden seal tones.
Combinations of brown and other
colors are a keynote of many a col
lection.
Sequin Scarf
A few gold sequins make a border
on a white organdie scarf, the
whole tied into a big bow to wear
scarf fashion around the neck of a
navy wool suit.
Touch of White
A generous bow of white water
marked taffeta ribbon perches on
the left lapel of a new black wool
crepe tailleur.
New Competition
Brown, for once, threatens to
compete with black in fall ward
robes.
Waists Go Down
Waists swing lower and lower,
often diDoine in back.
LINES...
Each of us has a place in
life's line, to do with what
we will. Are you making the
most of yours?
—By WINIFRED WILLARD—
TTE WASN’T much to look at—
“ short, squatty and a bit sinis
; ter. But he was something to re
member. It was St. Louis, the tick
et window of the Union station. I
rushed for tickets. Ominous line
ahead. Nothing to do but take my
place and wait my turn. Through
slow fifteen minutes, we had inched
along until I stood second from the
ticket agent. As the one ahead
took his change and stepped from
line, this other man slid in ahead
of me. “It is my turn,” I said.
Looking me full in the face, he
leered, "Well, what you going to I
do about it?”
I might have tried what the wom
an in Washington did one matinee
afternoon last winter. It was Christ
mas time. We were to see "Little
Women.” Our hearts were in the
proper state of sublimination for re
newing acquaintance with Beth and
Jo and Meg and Mother March. But
office furniture moving in and heavy
pedestrian traffic broke the box of
fice line. We stopped to see where
it really was, then stepped into what
we supposed was our proper place.
No sooner done than a miliant
woman hurtled herself at us—didn’t
we know we belonged at the end of
the line? Who did we think we were
to break in like that? Why didn’t
we stay at home until we knew
how to get into a line? Efforts to
explain our right intentions fell flat
in the face of her wrath. I wonder
whether this tirading woman has a
husband. If so, the Lord have
mercy on his soul!
Manners
We were all in a hurry to get
our letters one day last summer and
to be in our seats before the morn
ing symphony began. Eight ahead
of me was a man. Down the plaza,
up the steps we moved with the
measured pace of such a queue. My
eighth-ahead man was all right un
til at a distance he saw somebody
whom he wanted to see close range.
So, saying that he guessed his mail
could wait, he left his place in the
line. We brisked up, considerably
encouraged. He found his friend,
delivered his message, chatted with
.half a dozen others, then came
back to the letter line and as if by
.merit of right, stepped into his for
mer place. He knew better. He
showed the embarrassment that
goes with doing a trick like that
We were a well mannered group.
Nobody said a word. But who can
deny there was a heap o’ thinkin’?
Isn’t a line a section of life? Isn’t
a line a stage where we play our
parts, informally and often un
aware? And aren’t we revealing of
our inmost selves in the ways we
play? Have I more right to take
your place in the line of life than to
rifle your purse? Neither belongs
; to me.
Life Gives Us Much
One of the lovely things life gives
us, is a place, each for himself, to
I make what he may of It. Some peo
ple make beauty spots out of their
life places. Some let theirs stay
all dreary and bare, putting no plan,
'no thought, no work, no love into
them. Whatever my place is in
ilife’s line, it’s mine! And that is
,much! I decide by the way I han
dle it whether it shall be insignif
icant or something greatly to be de
sired.
Good fortune to somebody else
often devours us with envy. I had
two college mates like that. To this
day, they can’t endure to know that
anything fine and gracious has come
to anybody else. They want their
places in the line to be the best and
themselves to be the biggest Of
course they’re unhappy. Of course
they’re difficult. Of course they’re
lonely.
Box office, railroad ticket or mail
delivery waiting lines, have their
unwritten ethics to the end of an
even chance for everybody. The
line of life is not so simple. It often
gets tangled and twisted, sometimes
all but out of hand. But in it I
have my place. If yours is better,
I can take that as example and
standard by which to make mine
measure up. I can work hard and
be loyal and fair and faithful in my
own place. And I shall not break
the rule of the line by taking what
does not belong to me.
Copyright—WNU Service.
Area of Sahara Desert
The Sahara desert has an area of
approximately 3,500,000 square
miles. A portion was under water at
one time, most likely in the Creta- j
ceous period, but some of the sur
face was later elevated so that wa- !
ter remained only in some lakes
near the coast of the Mediterranean.
The belief in the marine origin of
its vast quantity of sand has been !
supplanted by the theory that rock
and soil disintegration occurred dur
j ing the great Ice age, at which time
the desert lay in a warm, moist cli
mate. The recession of the ice
brought about changed meteorolog
ical conditions which caused the
winds to become dry and the soil to
lose its moisture. Without this
moisture it was impossible for vege
tation to survive and the entire
area became barren.
WHAT to EAT and WHY,
'S>
C. Houston Goudiss Discusses Significance
of Fruits and Vegetables; Tells the
H Truth About Canned Foods
By C. HOUSTON GOUDISS
GENERATION ago, except in mid-summer, fruits were
a luxury that only appeared, with nuts, at the end of a
festive meal, and vegetables, except for the root crops, had
no regular place in the daily diet. But when scientists estab
lished the importance of mineral salts in human nutrition,
these two groups of foods assumed a position of commanding
importance, because next to
milk and eggs, they are the chief
conveyors of minerals from the
soil to man.
With the discovery of vitamins
they achieved new distinction,
because in their content of these
vital substances, they rank with
milk and eggs as “protective”
foods.
Food* That Safeguard Health
In addition to providing nutri
ents that are indispensable for
buoyant health and
normal growth,
they possess anoth
er important vir
tue: the indigesti
ble cellulose or
bulk yielded by the
fibrous framework
of the leaves,
stems and fruits of
plants, has a natu
ral laxative value
which helps to in
sure normal elimi
nation. And finally, they are ex
tremely useful in helping to main
tain the acid-base balance of the
body, for all vegetables and most
fruits yield an alkaline-ash fol
lowing digestion.
Green Vegetables for Iron
Fruits and vegetables supply
varying amounts of practically ev
ery mineral element the body re
quires.
They do not compare with milk
as a source of calcium, but sub
stantial amounts of this bone-and
tooth-building substance are to be
found in leaf and stem vegetables,
carrots, oranges, figs and straw
berries. Moreover, investigations
have demonstrated that calcium
from vegetables is well utilized by
adults.
Green vegetables, in general,
are outstanding as a source of
iron. And it has been further es
tablished that their iron is better
absorbed and becomes more com
pletely available for nutrition than
iron from some other sources.
Some fruits are also valued for
their iron content, the more nota
ble including oranges; tomatoes,
which are botanically a fruit,
though they are classed as a vege
table; strawberries, blackberries,
raspberries and huckleberries;
and dried figs, dates and prunes.
Vegetables for Vitamin A
We usually think of milk and
other dairy products as our most
important sources of vitamin A.
But recently, it has been deter
mined that the thin green leaves
of vegetables are also outstanding
in this respect. Weight for weight,
when fresh, escarole is more than
five times as rich as butter. Young
green peas and green string beans
are also a good source of this vita
min as are tomatoes, carrots, and
sweet potatoes.
Sources of Vitamin C
Vitamin C, which is essential for
maintaining the health of teeth
and gums and for preventing the
degeneration of muscle fibers
generally, is obtained almost en
tirely from fruits and vegetables.
The principal sources of this vita
min are the citrus fruits; raw and
canned tomatoes and canned to
mato juice; strawberries; raw
carrots, onions and yellow tur
nips.
As this vitamin is easily de
stroyed by heat in the presence
of oxygen, the amount present
in any fruit or vegetable is great
ly reduced by the average home
cooking methods. On the other
hand, this and other vitamins, as
well as minerals, are usually well
retained in commercially canned
fruits and vegetables.
What About Canned Foods?
I frequently receive letters from
readers who question the merits
of canned foods. They ask wheth
er it is true that canned foods are
devoid of vitamins; whether
canned foods are wholesome for
y .. 1 1
children; whether or not canned
foods may spoil on the grocer’s
shelves; and if it is dangerous to
eat foods that have stood in the
can for a few minutes after be
ing opened.
To discount the value of modern
canned foods is to display a lack
of knowledge as to how these foods
are harvested, prepared and
packed. And the failure to use
them may result in depriving your
family of essential minerals and
vitamins.
There are available in cans to
day, 46 varieties of vegetables, 33
kinds of fruit, and 10 different
juices, besides soups, numerous
specialties and several kinds of
fish. Every one of these presents
a healthful and nutritious food in a
form that is often superior to the
same foods cooked at home. That
is partly because of the methods
employed and partly because
canned foods are processed at the
peak of their flavor and freshness.
A Superlative Canned Food
An outstanding example is
canned salmon which has been
called by one of America’s lead
ing food experts, “the cheapest
and most nutritious animal food
that can be had for children over
six.”
Very little fresh salmon finds its
way into our markets and even
then it may be far from “fresh”
after a considerable journey
packed in ice. On the other hand,
salmon canneries have been estab
lished in close proximity to the
waters from which salmon are
taken, so that only a few hours
elapse between the time the fish
are removed from the water and
AROUNDj
»he HOUSE!
Items of Interest
to the Housewife
See to Your Lighting.—The type
of lighting used can change the
entire effect of a room at night.
* * *
A Few Extra Winks.—If you are
loath to get up in the mornings,
you would be wise to prepare for
breakfast just as many things as
possible the night before.
Crochet Doilies for
Every-Day Pleasure
Indulge your love of luxury with
these lovely doilies. Whether it’s
your buffet or your luncheon table
that you want to dress up, this pat
tern will do it effectively. The
three sizes (15 by 28, 12Vi and
5^ inches in string) are most
practical and lend themselves to
many uses. Use a finer cotton
for smaller doilies. Pattern 5998
contains instructions for making
the doilies; an illustration of them
and of stitches; photograph of
doily; materials needed.
To obtain this pattern, send 15
cents in stamps or coins (coins
preferred) to The Sewing Circle,
Household Arts Dept., 259 W. 14th
Street, New York, N. Y.
Kitchen Trash Basket.—Don’t
buy a straw or wooden trash bas
ket for kitchen uses. Buy one
made of metal, so that it can be
washed and kept sanitary. Meat
papers, cartons and other contain
ers of food are so apt to spill some
of the remains of their contents
into the basket, and unless the
basket can be washed, roaches
and mice are bound to be at
tracted.
* * *
Children’s Garments. — Chil- 4
dren’s clothing that is too heavy
or improperly balanced may cause
rounded or sloping shoulders, say
child guidance experts.
Uniform Sized Fruit.—If fruit is
preserved either whole or cut into
pieces, each one should be uni
form in size, so they cook in the
same length of time and look better
in the jars or cans.
* * *
Breaking in New Shoes.—Sprin
kle talcum powder into the new
shoes. They will seem more com
fortable when worn for the first
time.
X
the moment their rich nourish
ment is sealed in cans.
Similarly the fruits and vege
tables designed for canning are al
lowed to mature on tree or vine.
This means that they develop
maximum flavor and vitamin con
tent. Then they are picked, rushed
to nearby canneries and hermeti
cally sealed in cans. The sealed
cans are then cooked at high heat
so as to destroy any bacteria
which might be present. Because
they are protected from the air
during the cooking process, and
because the cooking liquors are
sealed in the cans, they retain a
maximum amount of minerals and
vitamins. It is because canned
foods are so definitely superior in .
this respect that physicians en
couraged the canning of strained
fruits and vegetables for infants
and young children.
• - ■■ ■ - ■
Fallacies Disproved
Canned foods will keep indefi
nitely without spoilage, as long as
nothing occurs to make the can
leak. It is not necessary to re
move canned food from the con
tainer as soon as the tin is opened,
though many homemakers often
do so because the food presents a
more attractive appearance in a
dish or bowl. A hissing sound
when opening does not mean that
the contents of a can are spoiled,
but rather that there was a vac
uum in the can, which the air is
rushing in to fill.
Thus canned fruits and vegeta- 1
bles are not only “as good as”
fresh ones, but are often superior
in food values. Every homemaker
should see to it that she uses both
liberally in the diet of every mem
ber of her family, as a means of
providing liberal amounts of min
erals and vitamins.
Questions Answered
Mrs. A. B. M.—There is not the
slightest reason why a normal per
son should not drink coffee after
middle age unless the beverage
has been expressly forbidden by a
doctor. On the contrary, many peo
ple find both coffee and tea ex
tremely comforting in their later
years. W
©—WNU—C. Houston Goudiss—1938—33.
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