Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 April 1942 — Page 13

MONDAY, APRIL 20, 1042 ___

Homemaking—

Proper Care Will Stretch Life Of Those Girdles and Corsets

SPEAKING OF very stretchy girdles which we may not have in the

future—what about the millions and millions we do have now?

will

they go the wasteful way of the past? In 1941 American women bought,

roughly, 3,000,000 dozen girdles, corsets, panties.

all-in-ones.

And 800,000 dozen

Corset industry spokesmen cite the figures and report that government officials now wrestling with rubber-allotments urge: Pamper those corsets, please, instead of hoarding.

How? Women who spend their lives making girdles, and later explaining to customers why the garment hasn't “worn as long as it should, list surprising do’s and don’t’s of corset conservation. That is, they list things you'd think everybody knew. For instance, that yank. Corsetferes call it “the great American gesture.” It is still the No. 1 cause of needless corset-casualties, I'm told, although doubtless the wearers realize that no girdle is built to take such punishment. The reason is that the gesture is practically instinctive—when the girdle doesn’t fit, the hand goes to the wrinkle or the short spot practically automatically, regardless of who's looking. : 5 oo = SO THE CORSETIERE'S first plea is: Have your girdle fitted correctly and thus avoid pulling, pushing, tearing it. Second: Don’t make a repair with a safety pin. Fasten a broken garter thus, temporarily, and you are very likely to forget it later. And the pin will rip the fabric. So sew the rent garment immediately. If you are uncertain about it, and possibly can take it back to the corsetiere, do that, and promptly. Three: Tub them. People in the trade aver that an astonishingly big number of women evidently doesn’t know that all modern foundation garments are made of pre-tested washable materials. Women who wouldn't dream of putting on a soiled glove, who'd know that oil would ruin a rubber bathing cap or shower curtain, will wear girdles till perspiration, body oils and dirt literally cut and dissolve both rub‘ber and fabric to pieces. So, wash them just as often as you do any other intimate apparel. Use tepid suds, rinse thoroughly, roll in a towel and squeeze. Never wring, never hang in sunlight or direct heat. Four: Give girdles both rest and exercise. The stuff is live—as you sorrowfully realize when it goes dead. Have at least two and wear them alternately. Wearing one endlessly, or wearing one extremely rarely, cuts the lifetime. = tJ =

IF YOU HAVE an evening foundation, and rarely dress formally now, wear this one occasionally under daytime frocks. Five: All around gentleness is important. Let the fitter show you how to get into a girdle properly, using the flat of your fingers instead of the ends, which can go through the fabric. Six: Remember that a self-re-specting girdle fits you when you sit or stand correctly—not when you slump. Sliding forward in a chair punishes the front of the garment, makes it very likely to go long before the rest of it is worn out. Check your performance score — not your knowledge, for we all know these things—on these half-dozen simple conservation points. And check it again six months hence. It’s definitely worthwhile.

Good Meals for Good Morale

BREAKFAST: Sliced oranges, toasted oatmeal bread, boiled eggs, coffee, milk. " LUNCHEON: Tulip tomatoes illed with shrimp, potato chips, hot siscuits, fruit cookies, tea, milk. DINNER: Left-over meat stew sith vegetables, mashed potatoes, proccoli with bread crumbs, lemon chiffon pie, coffee, milk. ” ” 5 Today's Recipe BROCCOLI WITH BUTTERED CRUMBS (Serves 4) Thirteen ounces frozen broccoli, 1 cup boiling water, salted, % cup soft bread crumbs, 3 tablespoons butter, % teaspoon lemon juice. Drop frozen broccoli into briskly boiling salted water, bring again to a boil, and beil 5 to 8 minutes, or until stalks are just tender. Drain and season with salt and pepper. Saute crumbs in butter until delicately browned. Add lemon juice. Sprinkle over broccoli and serve at once.

DEAR JANE JORDAN—We have been married six years and have one daughter six months old. We always have got along fine except for the fact that my husband drinks too much. He has his own business, we own our own home and have a nice car. He buys me anything I want and simply adores the baby. Every evening when he gets home, which may be any time from five to 10 p. m., he has been drinking and then there is an argument. I have begged him to quit this but it is impossible. I even have tried to persuade him to drink at home but the next evening it is the same thing over again. Possibly one night a week he will come in with nothing and then everything is fine and we have a pleasant evening. Perhaps after dinner I will suggest walking down to the corner tavern but he does not want to. Please give me some advice as soon as possible as this is slowly driving me insane. I love my husband very much and I feel sure he loves me but I positively can’t stand the present situation much longer. I will do anything to help. MARIAN. Answer — Your question is one which has stumped the experts over and over again. A man who feels that he cannot face the world without anaesthetizing himself regularly with alcohol constitutes a baffling problem. We may understand why he does it but what to do about it is much more complicated. I do not wish to be too discouraging. Drinkers have been cured. Sometimes they have quit by themselves because of some interior revolution. It is safe to say that no drinker ever quit before he was sick and tired of the results of drinking and wished to prevent his own destruction. The purely emotional plea from the distressed wife does nothing but aggravate the situation. In fact any upset, disapproval or disciplinary measures at home are immediately construed into an excuse to drink. Therefore the less you say the better. Many men feel the need of a drink before dinner. The strain of the day, the monotony of their work, the difficulty of dealing with others, creates a tension which a drink relieves. This habit does not become dangerous until it becomes uncontrolled and the drinker recognizes no stopping point. He drinks more and more in order to indulge in primitive and child-like states of mind which are denied him in the transaction of his business. The only thing you can do to help will be the hardest, since it requires that you withdraw your reproaches and let him work it out for himself. Whether or not it is wise for you to keep liquer in the house where he can get it without going to taverns, I do not know. Many times part of the charm of alcoholism is to drink with “the boys,” to return to an adolescent level and be out with the gang, free from the family which represents the responsibility which he seeks to shed for a few hours. If tears and reproaches lie in wait for him at home, he will drink more and stay away later. If home represents a place where he can relax, he may return earlier and oftener. To remain patient, neutral and uncritical under such circumstances requires heroic effort on the part of the wife who is obliged to run her home as if it contained an invalid. Accept the fact that your husband cannot stop drinking for your sake, no matter how ood his intentions. If he quits, it will be for his own sake because he himself wishes to meet life on. a more mature level. JANE JORDAN. t your in a will

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Panhellenic

Head Named

Mrs. Thomas Cougill, Muncie, was elected president of the Indiana State Panhellenic association this week-end. Mrs. E. Gordon Hinshaw and Mrs. P. D. Burkhalter became first vice president and corresponding secretary. Holdover officers are Miss Margaret Mullendore, Anderson, second vice president; Mrs, L, F. Evans, Bloomington, recording secretary, and Mrs. R. B. Stewart, Lafayette, treasurer. Bloomington members will serve as hostesses for next year’s convention which is to be in Indianapolis.

Mrs. Ellis Lists Bridge Winners

Mrs. Dorothy Ellis, director of bridge activities at the Marott hotel, has announced winners in last week's events. A new class is being formed to meet on Wednesday nights. Recent winners in night games were Mr. and Mrs. Keith Johns, Ralph Ittenbach and Dr. Lyman R. Pearson, first; Robert Wood, Mesdames V. R. Rupp, E. W. Chaiile and Kathleen Abbett, second. Afternoon winners were Mesdames J. S. Shortle, B. M. Angell, Ryland Wolfe and A. W. McDanfels, first; Mesdames R. F. Banister, Claude Lett, C. C. Mathews and Harvey LeFevre, second.

Women Accountants Will Meet Tonight

An addresse on “Relation of the Outside Auditor to the Bookkeeper” will be given by H. G. Barden, assistant manager of the Indianapolis office of Ernst & Ernst, at the monthly meeting of the American Society of Women Accountants today. The meeting will be held in the Bamboo room of Hotel Washington at 7 p. m: Mrs. Marguérite McCoun, president, will preside and Mrs. Edith Lott, first vice president, will introduce the speaker.

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Convenes Here Tomorrow

Meetings of the board of managers of the Indiana Congress of Parents and Teachers this afternoon and tonight will precede the 31st annual convention of the organization which opens tomorrow in the Claypool hotel. Over 700 representatives of a near 75,000 membership are expected to attend the three-day sessions. One of the important items on the convention agenda is the election of a new president. The nominating committee has submitted the name of Mrs. Frederick A. Conkle of Noblesville. If nominations are not made from the floor, she will be elected to replace the retiring president, Mrs. James L. Murray. Other officers nominated include Mrs. Robert F. Shank, first vice president, and Mrs. B. H. Davis, Terre Haute, recording secretary. Other Officers will be held over. Two national officers of the congress will attend the conclave. They are Mrs. Logan G. Hughes, Indianapolis, vice president of region IV, and Mrs. J. W. Bingham, Palo Alto, Cal., vice president of region VIII Among the speakers will be Canon Bernard Iddings Bell of Providence, R. I; Dr. Clement T. Malan, state superintendent of public instruction; Dr. J. Raymond Schutz and Miss Lucille Jones, assistant professor of education at Evansville college. Reports, conferences and panel discussions will fill a large part of the agenda.

Sorority Hostess Mrs. E. A. Pearsall, 3601 Gladstone ave., will entertain Psi chapter of Alpha Omicron Alpha at 8 p. m. Wednesday.

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Phi Chi Nu Will Initiate 24

Twenty-four Butler university freshmen women who made a 25 scholastic average for the fall semester will be initiated into Phi Chi Nu, honorary for first year women, tomorrow from 3 to 5 p. m. at the Kappa Alpha Theta house. Miss Betty Power and Miss Ruth Enzo, are co-chairmen for the spread honoring the new members following the initiation ceremonies. Miss Jane Mottern, organizing president, announced the prospective membership list as follows: Misses Mary Lou Bennett, Mary Elizabeth Black, Gwendolyn Brock, Ione Colligan, Maxine Davis, Gretchen Edgards, Helen Griffith, Maryellen Hanley, Katherine Clyde Holder, Helen Jean Kennedy, Lucille Madinger and Mary Lucille Marshall. Others include Misses Iris Norton, Carolyn Pickering, Jeanne Ringle, Helen Siskel, Renate Smolenski, Betty Thome, Marilyn Wasson, Jean Weissman, Rachel Whelan, Jane Whipple, Barbara Young, and Dorothey Ziegler. 2 2 2

Eight Butler women were initiated into the campus Women’s Athletic association recently according to Misses Virginia Hartman, Jean Smelser and Jane Stratman, initiation committee. The ' new members include the Misses Martha Jane Goodlet, Jemima Fennimore, Alice Mahorney, Iris Norton, Alice Hinton, Betty Jo Robertson, Urte Smolenski, Betty Lou Schafer. A picnic is being planned for the campus student affiliate chapter of the American Chemical society, Sunday, May 3, at Forest Park, Noblesville, by Harvey Batts, Miss Melvena Kelch and Miss Judy Westervelt, arrangements committee. Miss Marlyn Brock, organization

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