Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 June 1943 — Page 17

o WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 1943

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Drycleaning Business Is Hard Pressed;

You Can Help

Shops Improve Service

THE DRYCLEANING BUSINESS is up against it, and housewives are tearing their hair because their frocks aren't being returned as quickly as they were before the war. A recent advertisement in a LaCrosse, Wis., newspaper said, “The

drycleaning load fram civilians has

become so tremendous that, in spite

-of all our efforts to continue to render service, we are forced to ask the

+ public. to withhold all drycleaning until further notice.

“The situation has become SO]

critical that we do not even have room to store .the work coming in and still handle what is already on . hand.” The plant was working 24 hours a day. S80, having something cleaned is * not as easy as it used to be, what with shortages of materials and manpower. But the war is the very * reason why we should have our clothes cleaned properly and fre"quently, because it is so important

to save them.

How to get good cleahing service now is told in very practical hints by Virginia Ricklin in McCall's magazine for July. : #" ” 2

_ Help the Cleaner

“pake your clothes to the cleaner’s. Return to him the boxes and hangers that came with other work.

a time, never a single dress. Make a dated list to keep yourself for checking. This all saves tires, gasoline, telephone calls, clerical time for tagging and handling. “When you buy a garment, ask the salesperson or department head: ‘Can it be dry cleaned?’ Look: for informative labels that tell how to clean and care for your garment. Follow label instructions; you'll avoid disappointment and possible damage to a garment. “Have clothes cleaned as often as necessary. Don’t wait till dirt is ground in. Many of us think sending a new garment to the cleaner’s will destroy its newness. Frequent cleanings , prolong the wear and fresh appearance of a garment. * When a dress is badly soiled it needs several cleaning operations, which tend to weaken the fabric. ~Pon’t ask for rush service now.”

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. Check Clothes

“Before sending clothes to the _ cleaner’s, turn out all . pocksts, “brush them; brush out trouser cuffs. Go over garments carefully; mend open seams, and small rips or tears. Remember that most buttons are of plastic these days. To be sure they are neither lost nor broken, take them off. Snip off dress shields, flowers, ornamental pins and clips. . “If a dress must be lengthened after cleaning, rip out the hem before sending it. Attach a note to ‘the dress stating. that the dress is to be lengthened. The cleaner will then sponge out the mark of the former hemline, steam out the - crease and press it flat. “pin a note to a dress that has a stain telling what the stain is— ' food, perfume, ink, blood, grease or paint. There is a remover and © process for nearly every type of stain. If the cleaner knows what he is dealing with and does not have to experiment, you save his time and the risk of damage to the fabric and its color.” ” ” 2

Wear Woashables

“Delicate pastel gloves that can be dry-cleaned only should be worn only a couple of times. In cleaning very soiled gloves, some of the color is sure to be lost. Cleaning of leather and doeskin gloves is a leng process. Why not go in for washable _ fabric gloves for the duration? “Home spot cleaning must be done with utmost care. You run the risk of setting the spot, leaving an ugly ring or fading the color and ‘distorting the weave of the fabric. If you make a mess of it, the clean-

If you must send for his truck, always send several items at |

Woman's Viewpoint—

Women Should Attack Evils At Home First

By MRS. WALTER FERGUSON Times Special Writer HOW CAN WOMEN tackle major national problems of child care, juvenile delinquency and homefront morale? Mrs, John Whitehurst, president of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs, gives the right answer, I think. Begin in the home town. Appearing before the Minnesota convention a t Minneapolis, Whitehurst

need for com8 munity cleanups F first. This is common sense, Only we haven't cared much for common sense in the past. Like the bureaucrats, we preferred to take the complicated way. For years and years the simple, obvious things have been overlooked while millions of women toiled to set up vast organizational machinery, and threw out lifelines into faraway places. We longed to save and educate children, but didn’t bother with the waifs in our own neighborhoods. Youth must be served, we said, and homes preserved, while we failed to provide wholesome places of recreation for our own young people and gave liftle thought to the establishment of juvenile courts or family-relation centers needed so badly in every city and town. ” ” #

THE WAR HAS FORCED us back to fundamentals. After flights into ethereal regions weve hit earth with a bump. There's enough hard work to be done right here in the U. S. A. to keep us busy for quite a spell. Our own children present us with problems not easy to be solved. Our school systems are in a wyiess; our churches need encouragement and help; our political backyards must have a good sweeping; the dishes in our community kitchens are very, very dirty. The proper way to get rid of immorality, disease, filth and all other evils is to start working right where you are. Do now what your hands find to do, and if this means sticking in your home until your kids are safe—stick there. If it means looking after the neighborhood youngsters—do it. Our nation is made up of thousands of communities, anid ou? world is made up of scores of nations. To improve the whole, each little part must first be made clean, healthy and habitable.

To Remove Gum

Gum can be removed from clothing by chilling it with ice until hard.

unable to repair the damage you've done. Here's a home spot cleaning method, as described by a well-known dry cleaner: If the spot is sugary, place on a soft cloth; sponge, with clear water on the wrong * side, feathering the ‘edges. Dry thoroughly and press. For a grease spot, do the same, using non-inflammable

er’s job is doubly hard. Often he is|grease-removing cleaning fluid.”

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F. W. Hawkins And Bride on Wedding Trip

Couple Wed at Ambridge, Pa.

Times Special AMBRIDGE, Pa., June 30.— Mr. and Mrs. Francis Willard Hawkins are on a wedding trip to the Great Lakes following their marriage at 7:30 p. m. Friday in the First Pres-

byterian church here. Mrs. Hawkins was Miss Margaret Carolyn Lambie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Lambie, and Mr. Hawkins is the son of Mr. and

‘Mrs. Willard E. Hawkins, 1047 Eu-

gene st., Indianapolis. The double ring rite was read by Dr. W. W. McKinney before a background of summer flowers, candelabra and palms. Organ music was played by the bride’s uncle, Arthur G. Meinhardt, and Miss Estelle Hograffe sang “O Promise Me” and “Because.”

Wear Tulle Gowns

Miss Mary Alice Edwards was maid of honor and bridesmaids were Miss Betty Droz, Miss Carol Jean Rice and Mrs. Carolyn Dennerlein. They wore dresses of tulle in pastel shades and carried bouquets of summer flowers. The bride wore a bridal gown of white tulle with a sweetheart neckline, fitted bodice and long skirt. Her fingertip veil was stephanotis. She was given in marriage by her father. Samuel M. Lambie Jr. was best man and ushers were E. M. McMillan and D. C. Turner. A reception for 50 guests was held at the Lambie home following the service. The couple will be at home after Sunday in Ambridge.

Slenderizing

36-52

A frock like this can be counted on to make a woman look her best. Smart, flattering and definitely slenderizing. Pattern 8457 is in sizes 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50 and 52. Size 38 takes, with short sleeves, 41, yards 35-inch material, For this attractive pattern, send 16 cents in coins, with your name, address, pattern number and size to The Indianapolis + Times Pattern Service, 214 W. Maryland st, In-

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Beauties’ Hints—

VICKI LANE:

By ALICIA HART Times Special Writer

Are you putting your best foot forward these stockingless, barefooted days? > Those pump bumps, callouses and soft corns you accumulated over the winter, and have thought all along didn’t matter because they didn’t show, will certainly cause a lot of raised eyebrows when you go sun bathing this summer. To put them in shape, give them a good going over each day, as does shapely Vicki Lane, who is now appearing in “Presenting Lily Mars.” After your daily bath use a callous file to remove toughened skin and follow it with a cream massage. Don’t try te remove corns. It’s much safer to go to a chiropodist. The bumps on the backs of heels should be rubbed briskly with a good quality, rough bath towel, then softened with the same cream massage you gave the calloused area. And be certain when drying your feet to dry them completely, especially between the toes. Powdering them, too, is an excellent practice. Otherwise you may find yourself with a case of athlete’s foot. In cutting your nails, trim them straight across and leave the cuticle strictly alone. Finally, when your feet are once

Keeps

DEAR JANE JORDAN-—I have just read Amran Scheinfeld’s article “The Husband Shortage,” in Collier's. The author says “there are men who remain single through choice or individual circumstances.” It seems that I am one of those who have remained single through circumstances. While in high school I did not have the time or the money to even take a girl to a. basketball game. I was graduated at the age of 16. My school companions were all older and more mature than myself, I associated with a group of boys who, like myself, were uninterested in girls. The principal reason for this was the fact that we did not earn enough to support families. I am now 24 and earn enough to stand on my own feet. All of the boys in the gang are now in servfce. I am a 4-F. Since the fellows are gone I am lonesome and want to make the acquaintance of girls but I know no girl whom I can ask for a date. How can I meet and become friends with some of the opposite sex. It seems strange that anyone should have to ask that question, but the answer is one I cannot get for myself. G. W. ” ” 2 Answer—The answer to that question is one which you must find for yourself, as no one can find your woman for you. It is important that you make friends with a lot of people and increase your contacts wherever possible. The more you circulate. the more apt you are to meet girls of your age. I do not doubt that the conditions of your boyhood contributed to your shyness where women are concerned, but I do not believe that those circumstances are the whole reason for the fact that you have reached the age of 24 without having made any women friends. It is more likely that you have used such circumstances as an excuse to aoid experiences which you feared. . After all, eight years have elapsed since you were 16. Other men under equally tough circumstances have made themselves® agreeable to women, have formed friendships and even married before the age of 24. The fact that you have not suggested a basic self-distrust, a lack of assurance, and perhaps an underlying fear of women which you may or may not recognize, I mention these things not to discourage you, but to make you aware of the reason for your plight so that you may help yourself more intelligently. Your letter in itself is an admission of a lack of initiative in the love problem. It is well that you have made up your mind to do something about your loneliness. The first step was to ask what could be done. Let the second be to strive to be more outgoing in your relations with all people. Take time out to make yourself pleasant to married couples. Men are scarce and you should have no trouble in getting invitations to people’s homes where you are most likely to meet women. Remember no one lives alone unless he wants to be alone. 2 : JANE J JORDAN.

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Put Your Best Foot Fi orward

her feet in condition.

again in perfect condition, never let a day pass without giving them this attention.

Nurse Enlists In Air Corps

Mrs. Virginia Gehring, a graduate of St. Vinceni’s hospital nurses’ training school, expects to enter the nurse corps, army air forces, in August. Mrs. Gehring, whose husband is serving with the air forces, is a member of one of. the Red Cross recruiting teams which are campaigning this § week to enroll § nurses for service § with the armed forces. Solicitation is being conducted among 615 nurses of the Indianapolis district who Mes Gehring have been classified as available and eligible by the supply and distribution committee of the state war nursing council. The district has 500 nurses as its 1943 goal.

Plastic Frames

No more metal picture frames for the duration. Instead, plastic will encase your favorite photos. You can get these in assorted colors, matching or harmonizing with colors of your rooms.

Legion Groups Plans Card Party July 13

The Big Four unit, American Legion auxiliary, will sponsor a card party July 13 at Veterans’ hospital. New officers of the unit are Mrs. Sallee Carelli, president; Mrs. N. R.

Kelley, vice president; Mrs. Frank Mumford, secretary; Mrs. Fred Meixner, treasurer; : Guill, chaplain; Mrs. Clyde Reed, sergeant-at-arms; Mrs. William’ F, Murnan and Mrs. Floyd Woolf, first and second executive officers, and Mrs. Frank Wettrik, historian.

There is no charge .

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED

Come and Learn the Latest Scientific Methods

Canning Demonstration

by Miss Margaret Murphy of the Kerr Glass Corp.

Thursday, Friday and Saturday

2:00 P. M.—Block's Auditorium—Sixth Floor

. « Please be prompt . word of this valuable information. Please bring your pencil

and pad ... you'll want to take notes.

lock: LS

. don’t" miss a

Mrs. Charles

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Broken lots and short lines from our June Events are now drastically reduced for this one-day clearance.

+% CHARGE PURCHASES made in this event will, of course, appear on your August 1st statement.

TOILETRIES

Street Floor

KOJENE DENTAL POWDER regularly. 19¢.............. ARMY KITS, regularly 3.98 ARMY KITS, regularly 79c, 39¢ COMPACTS, were

- (300) (20) A

(10) (300) (50) ARMY FIRST AID KITS, were

(500 Bars) SaISED SOAP, some up to 25¢ each bar 5¢

GIFT SHOP

Fourth Floor

COCKTAIL « ACCESSORIES, crystal .glass . with gold, bronze or copper mountings; nests of ash trays, coasters, bonbon baskets, etc,

] 89¢ ASH TRAYS, BOOK ENDS, designed by McClelland Barclay, verdigreen

solid bronze GREATLY REDUCED’

MANKER BOWLS, VASES, semi-por-celain, exquisite colors and shapes, were 2.00 to 15.00..... ..1.50 to 10.00

COSTUME JEWELRY

Street Floor———

(467) SUMMER JEWELRY, regularly 55¢, 2 for 1.00 (211) SUMMER JEWELRY, regularly 2.00.......... aes. 100 (33) SUMMER JEWELRY, regularly 3.00

NEEDLEWORK ies Fourth Floor

NURSERY ENSEMBLES, gay colors to applique on unbleached muslin. Crib covers, pillows, pairs of towels, pairs of boxed pictures, pairs of toys to stuff. Were 39c to

FLOOR COVERINGS

Fifth Floor

EVERY ONE IS ALL-WOOL FACE

(8) WOOL THROW RUGS, 27x54-inch, were 1295........ 9.95

(1) BLUE TWO-TONE RUG, 9x9, slightly soiled, was 47.50.. ..29.95

(1) BLUE TWO-TONE RUNNER, 232 6.10, slightly soiled, was 11.50, 6.95

(1) ROSE TWO-TONE RUG, 9x18, slightly soiled, was 92.10 75.00

DAYTIME DRESSES

Fourth Floor ———

SPUN RAYON DRESSES, Were 498. .......0 ...coiivennien 3.00

ALL-OCCASION DRESSES, were 4.98 to 7.98 3.00 to 4.00

DRESSY DATE DRESSES, were 898 to 1058. ........... 6.98 and 8.98

Women’s HANDBAGS

Street Flooy————

FABRIC HANDBAGS, odds and ends, were 2.00 and 3.00 50¢c

FAILLE AND LEATHER HANDBAGS, originally 7.98 to $25

MATCHING BAG and GLOVE SETS in colored doeskin, bags originally $25 Gloves, originally 12. 50. .

CHILDREN’S WEAR

Third Floor (8) CHILDREN'S WASH DRESSES,

(21) CHILDREN'S WASH DRESSES: were 400...........5...0....

(11) CHILDREN’S WASH Eres 5.00 3.00

NOTIONS

Street Floor———-

(30) AUTO SEAT COVERS, split seat and split back style only, water repellent fiber with elastic bands to hold them in place, were 1.00 ‘each 25¢ Each (200) BUTTONS, plastics, metals, ete. Discontinued patterns...2¢ Each (100) WASTE BASKETS, paper board, good colors, nicely decorated, 3 sizes, reg. $1.......... 19¢ Each

STATIONERY

Street Floor =————

(150) BOX STATIONERY, 24 sheets, 24 envelopes, single or folded, white only 3 for 1.00 (15) WRITING CASES, complete with pencil and tablet, were 1.00, 25c (25) BOX BLACKOUT-+ CANDLES, were 75¢ dozen doz. 25¢ (15) V SNAPSHOT FRAMES, were 75¢ 10c

(50) BOX STATIONERY, odds and ends, various styles, were 59c to 00 14 Price

RECORDS AND PHONOGRAPHS

Fifth Floor

PORTABLE ELECTRIC PHONOGRAPH ELECTRIC RECORD PLAYERS to attach to your radio AUTO RADIOS, 5-tube with uy buttons 19.98 PHILCO AUTO RADIO,

SLEEP SHOP Fifth Floor

CARD TABLES, steel legs, 4 COlOTS.....i usunsanscate cies +30 SAMSON CARD TABLES, with ash trays, 6 suyles 3.50 FOLDING CHAIRS, all wood,

OUTDOOR COOK SHACK

Fifth Floor:

(2) REED TABLE, glass top, was 49.50 29.50 (2) WINE BARREL CHARCOAL GRILLS, were 24.50 . WOOD SALAD BOWLS, red or yellow, were 2.50... 125 .

CHINA AND GLASS Fifth Floor

(2) AFTER DINNER COFFEE SETS, American Haviland, 25-pc. service for 8, were 39.80 ves 2495 93-PC. DINNERWARE SETS, service for 12, Tiger Lily, were 29.98, 18.98 BOWLING TUMBLERS, 8-pc. sets, different design on each tumbler in gay colors, were 1.25 set, 39¢ Set

MEN'S FURNISHINGS

Street Floor

SPORT SHIRTS, mostly large sizes. Were 2.50 to 3.60 1.69 TERRY CLOTH ROBES, yellow, slightly soiled. Were 5.00....2.98 BROADCLOTH PAJAMAS, stripe patterns. Special .195 § RAYON SLACK SUITS, droken R sizes. Were 5.95 398 CABLE KNIT SWIM TRUNKS, § natural color. Were 4.00 2

(36) (10) (87) (27) R

(21)

Kitchen FURNITURE Fifth Floor

PORTABLE KEROSENE HEATERS

(1) MAPLE DINETTE SET, table aod 3 chairs only............ vers. 17.50

(2) METAL WALL CABINETS, enameled steel, 42x18 in.....14.50

(1) PORTANOOK DINERS, with benches

Many Other Items Not Listed Here!

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