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Woman's Home Journal

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Woman's Home Journal

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Official Publication of the National Federation of Women's Clubs of the Philippines

Issue Date

Volume XVII (Issue no. 18) January 31, 1947

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National Federation of Women's Clubs of the Philippines

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English

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Women's periodicals.

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Manila

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I Sjul)A£Jlil)Q Jjd kh& Saturday Evening News’ Jhi& 9a Jh& Sps&ial 9mm£ G£ The EVENING NEWS Which Comes Out Every Saturday Afteruoon There are two important reasons why provincial readers find the SATURDAY EVENING NEWS the best newspaper lor their money— It Has A Fourteen-Page News Section Which Gives Them The Latest Developments Along The Local And Foreign News Fronts and It Contains A Thirty-Two Page Magazine Section Which Features Four Pages Of Colored Comics, Fascinating Feature I Articles, Interesting Short Stories, Fashion Trends, And i Pictures and More Pictures. STUDENTS, BUSINESS MEN, FARMERS, PROFESSION- f ALS, AND HOUSEWIVES ARE SUBSCRIBING DAILY TO THE SATURDAY EDITION OF THE “EVENING NEWS.” For the relatively small amount of P9.C0 you can receive the SATURDAY EVENING NEWS for one year, fifty-two issues in all, anywhere in the Philippines. SUBSCRIBE NOW I Clip this coupon and mail it together with the necessary remittance. The Circulation Department EVENING NEWS, INC. RAMON ROCES BLDG. 1055 Soler. Manila Gentlemen: Please send the SATURDAY EVENING NEWS to ............................. -........... of ........................................................... for the period of .................................................................. payment of which is hereby enclosed in the amount of .................. ................................ ........................... as per (money order, cashier’s check, or cash by registered mail) ............................................ -........... .... effective immediately. NAME ADDRESS Subscription Rates: 1 Year.......... P9.00 Six Months............ P4.80 Three Months ..............P2.50 (Subscription Rates for the United States, Hawaii, and other countries double these rates.) JANUARY 31, 1947 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL (Official Organ of the National Federation of Women’s Clubs) Board of Editors Trinidad Fernandez-Legar.da Paz Poliearpio-Mcndez Geronima T. Pecson Enriqueta R. Benavides Managing Editor Minerva G. Laudico Associate Editor Paeieneia Torre-Guzman Advertising Manager F’. A. Fuentecilla THIS FORTNIGHT’S ISSUE <• MRS. NELLY MONTILLA - LOVINA, our cover matron for this fortnight is the wife of Primitivo Lovina, Chairman of the Finance-Re­ construction Corporation. Mrs. Lovina has been adjudged one of Manila’s Best Dressed for 1946. One need not see her everyday to know that she is well worth the title. Good grooming with these women who have made it second nature to always look their best is a religious rite. Seeing Mrs. Lovina perfectly groomed at a state affair, one can not imagine her not well groom­ ed at other times. Needless to say, she is one of the few truly beautiful women of the Philip­ pines. Bob Razon to whom we owe thanks fof taking a very satisfactory picture for our cover, declares that Mrs. Lovina is a natural, speaking of photographic personalities. The fashion pic­ tures in the double spread are likewise photo­ graphs by Bob. IT WAS like coming upon some treasure trove when we ran across this set of sketches of the Intramuros ruined churches. The Pacifican ran a little bit of history about them, as if fearing that something precious and rare was about to be lost. It took a foreign eye to see news in the rubble and debris of Intramuros churches. “THAT’S ALL 1 HOPE” is a very misleading title. It should be headlined: “Formula for quarrelsome couples”. J. P. McEvoy the great humorist has set forth here a saving grace for marital bickerings. The lord and master may be seething with rage when he can’t find any socks but when he words his curses like a China­ man trying to speak English, no wife can take him up seriously enough to start a quarrel. “Pretty damn seldom where my handkerchiefs Vol XVII No. 18 JANUARY 31, 1947 This Fortnight's Issue .................................................. 3 The B;rthmark ........ 4 Delfin Frrsnosa They Work, Too ........................................................... 6 P.I.-U.S. War Damage Commission ......................... 7 The Son ................................. 8 D. Paulo Dizon Re-Orientation in’ Woman’s Education .................... 10 Bienvenido Gonzalez Why Don’t Women Grow Up.................................... 11 Sylvia F. Porter Friends In America........................................................... 12 Dust Him Off ................................................................ 13 Wacky Wills ................................................-.................. 14 Richard Hyman Dancing Feet .................................................................... 15 Ruined Churches of Intramuros ................................ i6 Feminine Today ((Fashions) ....................... ............ 18-19 Silhouettes (Sketches by E. Vidal) ........................... 20 Nieves Baens del Rosario (Woman of the Month)....21 Money Well Spent ................................................ 22 Coconut Recipes............................................... 24 That’s All I Hope ........................................................... 25 J. P. McEvoy Club Women’s Bulletin Board.................................... 26 All For Love ...................................................... 31 Are You Always Tired .................................................. 32 'The “Woman’s Home Journal” is edited and published by the Women’s Publishers, Inc., at 1055 Soler, Ramon Roces Bldg., Manila, Philippines. Telephone: 8-64-23. Entered as second class matter at the Manila Post Office on July 10, 1946. Subscription Rates: 1 year (24 issues) P6.00; 6 months (12 issues) P3.00; 2 years (48 issues) P11.00. For foreign countries double these rates. Short Story Imprinted on the girl’s back •was the likeness of an arrow’s head. The sight of it was like a sharp stab into Lorenza’s heart. SHE could not remember very well because she was only five or six years old then and that was a long time ago. Vaguely she recalled, and this was immeasur­ ably deepened when she dreamed an almost identical dream many years later, that it was a sort of warning, a premonition of her death. She was frightened, ■ but because she was very young, she came to forget it very soon. Even the circumstances attendant to the dreaming of that dream quickly faded from her memory. She could only remember that she had been sick with fever, and when she had recovered somewhat, she was visited by the dream. She was in a deep pit and whether she was suspended in midair or not, she could not recall, but among other things, it seemed there was a voice which told of her death. The only detail which comparatively ling­ ered longest in her mind was the memory of a person’s back which bore a birthmark which resembled the head of an arrow. She knew without the shadow of doubt that that person would be her nemesis. It was some seven years later when she dreamed a rather simi­ lar dream. It would seem that her aged grandmother came to visit her. She was the old woman’s favorite and she had spent many happy days in her house. She was overjoyed to see her grand­ mother. But the strange thing about it was that the old woman liad been dead for some years past already. That was what crossed her thoughts immediately on waking up. Then she remembered that the old woman had told her to be on the lookout for a perThe BIRTH MARK son that had the mark of an ar­ row’s head on her back. Lorenza was a shy frail child. Her parents planned to send her to Manila to study because she was more than fairly bright. At the time she was still in the high school. She did not have many friends and she was lonely. She told her mother about her dream. But after the telling it did not seem very sharply etched to her any more. But there must really be something to it she thought because it had happened twice already. Her mother was troubled also, but rather in a vague sort of way. Fo^ what could they do? There was a popular belief that if one would say nine Our Fathers and nine Hail Marys every night for nine years he would be vouschafed a foreknowledge of his death. It would appear that the two dreams were of such stuff. They were whiffs of the Myste­ rious. Lorenza thought, But, God, why such morbidness? The years dulled the poignancy of the dream. It could even be said that the memory of the two dreams seldom, if ever, obtruded into her thoughts unbidden. She lost much of her shyness. She acquired more friends. Of course there was her schoolwork to think about moBtly. And also there were parties, picnics, dances, and other forms of enjoyment. She did not possess much beauty, but she was rather charming in her own naive way. She became a teacher. After graduating from the high school, she went to Manila to study. When she came back she was given an assignment in the town. It was a good life. She was able to savp money. Later on she hoped she would be able to help greatly in sending her two yodnger brothers to college. That had been the agreement she had with her old folks. Perhaps she could have gotten PAQE 4 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL married soon enough. Rut. what, with one thing and another she remained unwedded. The great­ est reason was that she was not yet entirely free. She consi­ dered it her obligation to see one, if not both, of her brothers through college. Thus she reached her twenty-fourth year. After that she did not get very often pro­ posed to. Four more years and she did not even have a beau. BUT it did not seem to matter much to her any more. She had become self-sufficient if nothing else. There were her charges that claimed much of her attention and affection. It was true that in the town there was not much in the way of recrea­ tion, but sometimes during sum­ mer she went to Manila. She even spent one summer in Baguio. She and some fellow-teachers did have one grand time. Then again one night she dreamed about the back with the mark of the arrow on it. It was just a very ordinary dream and had it not been for the arrowmark repeated thrice already, she would not have given much thought to it perhaps. In the dream it seemed she and her mother who had died some two years ago, were convers­ ing about the mark of the arrow. It closely paralleled a conversa­ tion they had had a long time ago. Her mother, it seemed, through her have lain I here. And again when she dreamt that night it was like the fulfilment of a very fond wish. She had to admit to herself that she had been waiting to dream such a dream again. Even though she knew that she would become mortally afraid again, yet it held a very strong fascination for her. It was like something that is said of the sight of a snake. And in a way it was a form of release also. She did not tell any one about it. Her mother was already dead. And also she had a feeling that she would appear ridiculous if she divulge the story of her dream to some of the people she knew. Thus she kept it to herself. But it was like a poison in her sys­ tem. She was even afraid that if she thought very much about it, it might drive her quietly insane. Who knows but some people thought her a little cranky al­ ready. The best thing then was to for­ get all about it: to occupy her mind with more healthy thoughts. Yet she knew that however well she might be able to banish it from her consciousness, still it would remain lurking in the deep dark­ nesses of her mind. All right then she would try to forget it. She wished fervently that the days would pass very quickly so that there would at least be months, then years, to thrust back the night ELECTRONIC "SUPER-EYE” POWERFUL HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY— The electronic “super-eye” being used here in food research is said to be nearly 100 times more po­ werful than the most efficient mi­ croscopes used in such work. This electron microscope enables food scientists to study cellular struc­ ture step by step in food proces­ sing, since most food cells become when she recalled the some days later. But no matter. She really had been surprisingly affected by the meeting. It puzz­ led her somewhat. Alberto was rather surprised at himself also. They met many times more. They came to love one another. It hardly mattered to her thaF he was a widower. He had one child, a girl, about eight years old then. But Alberto himself was still quite young. He was somewhere around thirty-five. He was big and strong and hale. Lorenza came to love him very deeply. And she told him and she vowed to herself that she would try her very best to take care of the child. She had even come to love the child already. Manuela was quite big for her age and she was exmeeting' during the vacation that was only a few months off. He said that it was all right with him. One day they had an outing. A walk into the country, then a dip in Panganiban beach, then home. Lorenza lovingly prepared the food they were to carry. It was just going to be like a little family affair. It. was a bright Sunday morn­ ing. After attending mass, they rode to the barrio in an automo­ bile. Then they had about a twokilometer hike. It was about ten o’clock when they got to the beach. There were not very many pick­ nickers that day. The beaclvnonetheless was one of the most famous outing places in the whole pro­ vince. The sea was excellent for swim­ ming. They had a wonderful time all along. Alberto was a romantic hero. And the schoolteacher was ecstatic in a way. She told herself she never had known what she had ,-been missing. Manuela added to the touch of gaiety. visible under it. What happens to food as it is processed and pack­ aged was described by an indus­ try spokesman as the “most im­ portant thing for food technolo­ gists to know”. The use of the electronic eye is expected to re­ sult in the improved taste, text­ ure and appearance of packaged foods. (USIS) THIS STORY SHOULD WAKE YOU UP IF YOU BELIEVE IN SUPERSTITIONS By Delfin Fresnosa actions more than any spoken word, warned her to beware of the person who had the birthmark that was shaped like the head of an arrow .imprinted on the back, for such a person would cause her her death. How, or when, or why, the dream did not elucidate. Her previous dreams did not hold any answer to such questions either. She had not known how almost completely she had almost for­ gotten her former dreams until that night.. Then she knew that deep in her subconscious it must she dreamed her third dream. Then one day the gloom that had so lately pervaded her life lift­ ed a bit. She met Alberto. He was a native of the town and they had known one another when they were still children. But he had lived for a very long time in Ma­ nila. At most, they had not seen each other for more than twenty years. Yet it would not seem suf­ ficient reason why they should greet one another so warmly. But it was true they were like lovers reunited. She blushed with shame tremely robust. She had a pretty face, intelligent eyes, and natural­ ly wavy hair. It was not difficult to fall in love with her. ■kJANUELA was not quick to reciprocate, but in the end, because the schoolteacher had spent the greater part of her life with children, she was able to win the affection of the child. Alber­ to was more than gladdened by the propitious way events were shaping. He proposed marriage. She said that it might as well be Then they had their lunch. It turned out excellently too. After that they lolled about a bit. Their plans called for another dip after­ wards, and then home. But before the day ended, the schoolteacher became suddenly upset. It was as if she had sud­ denly stared into the face of' Death. For at one time when Ma­ nuela was changing into dry clothes, Lorenza saw that imprinted on the small of the girl’s back was the likeness of an arrow’s head. The sight of it was like a sharp stab into her heart. But she could not divulge the full significance of the thing to her companions. And, thus, to her alone, it seemed as if instead of the three of them, ano­ ther had come as if borne by a puff of foul wind, to join their company. JANUARY Sle 1S47 PAGE t Jfoty (jJo/iJl, Joo, THESE ARE ONLY A HANDFUL OF THE SOCIETY GIRLS WHO KNOW WHAT WORK IS LIKE — Left to right: Bubut V aides - Nieto's Snackbar; Salad Hocson’s ice cream stand; Dely Rodriguez-Mendoza’s re­ freshment parlor. IT TAKES all sorts of people to make a world, otherwise society with a capital “S” would not have its own excuse for being. OnSmay even say that society folk deserve as much sympathy as that best­ owed on the great unwashed. If this statement opens a target, here's another that should release the flood-gates: Wealth and social position can be as much a curse as poverty and obscurity. Boredom can bring a kind of torture not unmatched by the throes of hunger and want. Moredom can kill a wo­ man, where hunger and poverty can drive a man to work. Now if that sounds like infiltra­ tion tactics into the land of sour grapes, let every one come to rea­ son and consider a few uncolored facts. The society girl knows, or has an inkling at least, that for every glittering spectacle she makes, she pays dearly in terms of disapproval from a down-to-earth, non-society public who may justly or unjustly have its reasons for in­ dicting society folks. For every fabulous party dress she orders whose cost is beyond rhyme or rea­ son even if it is within her means, she is well aware that she is ac­ cepting more inches of the figura­ tive rope she is supposed to hang herself with. And yet she does not do any­ thing about it, sneers the cynic. The victim smiles with all the grace at her command, mounts her high horse and makes it none of the cynic’s business whether she wants to do something about it or not. And that, as everybody knows is neither here nor there. An observant foreigner was spec­ tator at one scintillating society af­ fair this past Christmas season. She admired beyond words the ex­ pensive trappings of the glittering gals, but her heart sank when she learned authoritatively that those gowns will not be worn twice, be­ cause... oh well, just because. “Cultivate a garden, then, don’t just wear it on your back!” They may not wear one. dress twice, but the majority of the so­ ciety girls work, too. And they do not do it to assuage any body’s conscience including their own, but because they want to work. They may not admit it but it is clear that they have a lot of respect for people who sweat over fine jobs and are not trapped in a net of inadverten­ cies against the happy career of work. Off-hand, we can name some do­ zen society girls actually engaged in gainful occupation. There’s Bubut Valdez-Nieto, daughter-in-law of Col. Manuel Nieto, whose ab­ sence from a social function is al­ ways explained by her husband Nelin with the excuse that she is tied up at her shop. And “shop” means a soda-fountain, ice cream stand next door to the Far Eastern University. She has hordes of as­ sistants, but that does not keep Bubut from staying behind the coun­ ter heraelf when situation demands it. If that is not work, what else is. A few steps from this place is Dely’s eating nook. Dely Rodriguez-Mendoza dolls up for her workshop as for the drawing-room social. She stays behind the countre and quietly sees to everything. She still looks fit to pose for fashion pictures, as she did, not so many years ago, but she’d sooner talk about her snack bar and her baby. Another Magnolia stand that overflows with customers, what with San Beda, Mapa High and Holy Ghost students to cater to, is the green and white Magnolia stand managed by Salud Hocson. She took to bed after the holidays, no Chito Madrigal works al her father's (Don Vicente Madrigal) office. doubt from overwork. Nely Lacson-Gonzales is another busy girl with an ice-cream stand along Santa Mesa Boulevard. Lulu Reyes who, as a social wel­ fare worker, goes everybody^one better by being affiliated with countless welfare organizations, has her hands full what with also keeping office hours at the FEATI. It is quite a feat to plan glamorous gowns, visit the beautician or hair­ dresser and keep dates when one is tied to an office desk. The energy spent in planning how to cover everything — this alone is work! Speaking of secretarial work, there’s barrister Chito Madrigal (Continued on page 30) PAGE 6 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL US-PI JFar Damage Commission QUESTIONS and ANSWERS WE ARE INITIATING IN THIS ISSUE INFORMA­ TION BULLETINS IN QUES­ TION AND ANSWER FORM SO THAT POTENTIAL CLAIMANTS MAY BE GIVEN CORRECT IN­ FORMATION WITH REGARD TO THE WAR DAMAGE COM­ MISSION. Q.—How are claimants to know details regarding the filing of their claims? A.—Wheh the claim forms are distributed they will be accompa­ nied by a Circular of General In­ formation which will give them major facts regarding the prepa­ ration and filing of their claims. Q.—Who may make war dam­ age claims under the Philippine Rehabilitation Act? A.—A qualified claimant must have been a citizen of the Philip­ pines or the United States on De­ cember 7, 1941, and continuously thereafter up to the time of fil­ ing his claim. The claimant also must have had an insurable in­ terest in the property lost or dam­ aged from December 7, 1941 up to and including the time of loss or damage. A non-citizen may qualify if he is a citizen of a country friendly to the United States provided his nation grants reciprocal war dam­ ages to citizens of the United States who reside in his own coun­ try but this non-citizen must also have been a resident of the Phil­ ippines for five years prior to De­ cember 7, 1941. » In addition, any person who served honorably in the armed forces of the Philippines or the United States between September 16, 1940 and August 14, 1945, or who performed honorably in the merchant marine, is considered qualified. Churches and religious organi­ zations may, of course, submit claims. Corporations, trusts, unincorpo­ rated associations, and other groups, may qualify provided they were organized according to the daws of the United States, one of its States, territories or posses­ sions, or according to the laws of the Philippines, provided that such associations, corporations, trusts, and the like are not own­ ed or controlled by enemy aliens or persons adjudged guilty by proper authority of collaborating with the enemy or of other- acts disloyal to the Philippines or the United States. Q.—Who are disqualified per­ sons? A.—Enemy aliens or persons adjudged guilty by proper author­ ity of collaborating with the ene­ my or of committing acts disloyal to the Philippines or the United States. Q.—Are any other persons dis­ qualified ? A.—The Commission is barred from paying compensation to any person who has been paid com­ pensation for damages by either the Philippine Government, the United States War Department or Navy Department, or other agen­ cies of the United States Govern­ ment. The Commission may not make payment in such cases even if these other agencies are only authorized to pay indemnity un­ less payment of such inde'mnity has been denied. Furthermore, individuals who were insured against war damage are not cov­ The United States PhilipI pine War Damage Commis­ sion recently announced the ! location of 11 branch offices I which it intends to open in * the provinces within the next I few months. | In Luzon, branch offices will be opened at TuguegaI rao, Vigan, Baguio, Lingai yen and Legaspi; in the Vi' sayas, at Iloilo, Cebu, and ! Tacloban; and in Mindanao at Zamboanga, Davao, and Cagayan. The Commission said that those cities were selected because of their geographic location and the area they i will he able to serve. Each office will be in charge of a branch manager. The size of the offices will vary, how­ ered either, except that the Com­ mission may approve claims for amounts over and above the cov­ erage given in their insurance policies. This provision remains in force regardless of whether any insurance settlement has been made. Q.—Is the United States Phil­ ippine War Damage Commission receiving claims now? A.—Definitely not. The Com­ mission must await the arrival from the United States of special claim forms which will be distri­ buted throughout the Philippines so as to be available free of charge to all claimants. It is ex­ pected that they will be distribut­ ed through the school system. After they have beeen distributed to major points throughout the Philippines, the Commission will make a public announcement of a date when it will be prepared to receive claims. No claims can be submitted until that date. Q.—When will that, date be an­ nounced ? A.—Probably within a few weeks. Q.—After the original date fixed in the public announcement of the Commission, how long will ever, with the location and will be based upon an esti­ mate of war damage in each area and hence the amount of work they will have to do. Branch offices will receive claims from claimants on and after March 1, the initial date when the Commission has announced it will be prepared to accept claims for war damage, and through the twelve - month period ending at midnight on Feb­ ruary 29, 1948. Branch office personnel will make a preliminary screening of the claims sub­ mitted to them and determine that they are properly sign­ ed and sworn to as well as make certain that necessary claimants have to file their claims ? A.—Twelve months from the original date. Q.—Where may claims be filed? A.—Claims may be filed at any of the branch offices which the Commission will establish in at least ten of the major cities of the Philippines, the main office of the Commission in Manila, or they may be mailed, provided they are mailed to the Manila office of the Commission. Q.—May claims for personal in­ jury, or loss of life or limb be sub­ mitted ? A.-—No, claims may be made only for tangible real and person­ al property. Claims may not be made for such items as jewelry, furs, money, bullion, antiques, pre­ cious stones, etc., unless such items constituted inventories for carrying on a trade or business within the Philippines. There are other exceptions, included in the law and mentioned in the Circu­ lar of General Information. Q.—How must the claimant have suffered loss or damage to his property to come under the (Continued on page 17) data concerning nationality and citizenship of claimants has been given, and that they have been prepared in the English language. The branch offices will then forward the claim to the Manila office of the Commission for in­ vestigation and considera­ tion. In many instances claims will be returned to the branch office which ac­ cepted them for appraisal and recommendation regard­ ing the amount to be ap­ proved by the Commission. The eleven branch offices will be under the immediate jurisdiction of Guillermo Go­ mez, Director of the Office of Field Operations of the Commission. JANUARY 31, 1947 Short Story the 507? By D. Paulo-Dizon WHAT SHOULD YOU DO WHEN YOUR OWN FLESH AND BLOOD WHO USED TO BE VERY CLOSE TO YOU SUDDEN­ LY BECOMES UNCOMMUNICATIVE, DISTANT? X¥THAT BOTHERS me, the s ▼ V Mother said, is his unusual t attitude. Why the sudden change ? t Why, he is so silent, so uncom- 1 municative. He seems lost to the world. 1 He is all right, the Father said, j There’s nothing abnormal about ; being silent nor about being un- j communicative. Nor about being seemingly lost to the world, either. I was a young man once and I : guess I worried my poor mother a lot too, in the same way as he is worrying you now. I am afraid something is real­ ly wrong with him, the Mother said. Don’t you think so? He is probably in love, the Fa­ ther said. So deeply in love. I hope that’s what’s wrong with him, the Mother said. What I am afraid of is that... is that he might be suffering from a horri­ ble sickness. You know, the kind that one is ashamed of. They must have led a wild life in the hills. Why, he even doesn’t even talk about it like the others who have returned do. said. He had never confided any­ thing to me. I suppose he will tell you. He used to be very close to you. You should be the one to ask him, the Mother said. You are the father. He will be less embar­ rassed to tell you if he is suffer­ ing from some kind of disease. The father, strangely enough, felt inwardly ill at ease with the mere thought of having to come face to face with his son and ask him pointblank the simple ques­ tion of what was wrong with him. The three long years that he had been separated now seemed to have become a solid wall between them, parents and son. The Fa­ ther wondered how he could break in on his son’s silence, which seemed so solid, so inviolable, so 1 impenetrable. He was afraid it 1 might embarrass him even to try ! to talk to him, his son, his own ’ flesh and blood. I ' No, the Father said. I don't 5 think it is necessary to ask him i what’s ailing him. He is big ’ enough to take care of himself, anyway. He probably just doesn’t like to That is not the proper attitude brag about his exploits, like the for a father to take toward his others do, the Father said. Son, is it?, said the mother. Please talk to him, the Mother pleaded. Find out what’s wrong with him, Oh, Lord, if I only knew what to do for him. He doesn’t even complain. When I was his age, the Fa­ ther said, I preferred to be let alone with my own problems. The affairs of the young are not for the old to meddle with, I suppose. You better ask him, the Father I am worried about him, the PAGE 8 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL Mother sighed. She looked as if she were about ready at any mo­ ment to succumb to sobs. Let him alone, the Father said. He is just confused with life, I guess. Or maybe he is deeply in love. his left. Now that he was very near her, when she could have em­ braced him and kissed him as she had been wishing to do, a kind of nervous embarrassment took pos­ session of her; she even failed to smile at him kindly, as she had in­ tended to do, when for a moment their eyes met. Presently they heard him, rather the unmistakable sound of his footsteps, coming up the stairs. His steps were slow and deliberate; there was a sound of sadness, of lostness, of unbelong­ ing, to his steps, the Mother, who the dining table, stopped talking, with much effort as possible. or The Father and were seated at unable to eat, and pretended to be as casual He, the son, now a young man of twenty years, walked silently past the table without so much as glancing at his mother nor at his father, and disappeared into his room. The son turned the plate in front of him upside up, and with­ out a word he started eating. He ate with his head bowed as in prayer, chewing the food slowly, pensively. Neither the Father nor the Mother could find a way of starting a conversation the young man, their own who had come back from the war a total stranger to them. It was exactly as if he was not their own any longer. with son, The Father had wanted to take the occasion of talking to his son now that he was within listening distance, but something about the way the Son chewed his food, , his bowed head, held the Father’s tongue stiff; he had cleared his throat in preparation to speak, the sound of which annoyed his love, wife, but failed to impress his son, who continued eating silently, un­ perturbed, unconcerned, rather He is sick, I tell you, the Moth- sadly. The Father drank all the er said. Don’t you think it is our water in his glass and stood up duty to find out and do something and left the table, about it ? If you don’t call that abnormal, something about his silence, the Mother said in a very low whisper, I don’t know what on earth it is. It is being so deeply in the Father said. I can’t do the finding-out part of it, the Father said. Go find out, and if something needs be done, you may count on me, to be sure. U.S. PAPERS CALL FOR REAPPRAISAL OF COMMERCIAL AVIATION were away. Why, you always seem as if you were dead. called his enemies. And as his mother talked to him from her side of the table, Markos remem­ right, bered the first mortal blow he had inflicted upon an enemy; he had thrust the entire length of his hunting knife deep into the back of the enemy, with all the hatred in the world, with all the strength hjs of his manhood; the enemy fell on his face, writhing and groaning in He the pool of his own blood. Markos see remembered how he stood over his victim watching him die like a worm, and then he remembered Why are you so silent, Markos ? the others he had killed. His hands trembled now and the look in his eyes went blank and he stopped chewing his food. Are you... are you all Markos, the Mother stuttered. Are yoil feeling, I mean, you are sick are you? He was not like this before he left for the hills, the Mother said. Oh, I wish I knew what’s wrong about him. The best thing that can be done about it, the Father said philoso­ phically, is to let him be until he gets over it. not Markos, the Son, shrugged shoulders coldly in answer to Mother’s hesitant solicitation, didn’t even raise his eyes to how flustered her face was. When it will be too late to do anything about it at all, is it?, the Mother covered her face with her hands. Then the son emerged silently from his room. He had changed into his house-clothing, and there was a lifeless look in his face. He sat at the vacant chair across the table from his father. . His moth­ er sat at the side of the table to I am a dead man, Mother, Mar­ kos said. He pulled himself up, rather mechanically, and drew away from the table, and then he strode silently into his room. After he had spoken and left the table and disappeared like a ghost into the room, the Mother could hardly believe she had heard the voice of her son. By this time he had finished eating. He had become almost ab­ stemious in his eating as in his talking. There was a time, the Mother remembered, when he ate like a vulture and filled the bath­ room with Crosby-imitation croon­ ing. That was before the time he, the Son, Markos, had seen so much of the shocking ugliness of death, of which there had been so much in the battlefields where he, himself, had inflicted death upon other human beings not very much unlike himself, who were What is the matter with you son? the Mother said, he voice beginning to tremble as if in ap­ prehension of the horrible. Then the Father, who had been listening from his room, came to join his wife. He knew now that his son was not just deeply in love. You heard him, didn’t you? the Mother said. He will get over it, the Father said. The Son sat erect, passively, They must have killed somehis eyes fiercely blank, his teeth thing in him, the Mother sobbed, tightly clenchced. Oh, how they hurt him so. They must have killed Their son walked silently past the table without so much as glanc­ ing at his mother nor at his father, and disappeared into his room. Please, the Mother pleaded. He will get over, it, the Father Please tell me. Are you sick? said. He is just deeply confused, Please, you can at least talk, can’t that’s all. you, Markos? You don’t even tell your father and me about Presently they heard him snorwhat happened to you while you ing in his room. JANUARY 31, 1947 PAGE 9 President Bienvenido M. Gonzalez of the State University Advocates RE-ORIENTATION tinguish between right and wrong. Their heroic resistance against destructive forces under the most adverse circumstances and against such overwhelming odds are posi­ tive indications of the virility of the race, and has rightly earned for this country the respect and admiration of the rest of the world. IN WOMEN'S EDUCATION I FEEL gTeatly honored in be­ ing asked to appear before you on the occasion of the twenty­ fifth anniversary of the National Federation of Women’s Clubs. iYdur quarter of a century of leadership in matters that concern the wellfare of your communities is known to us all. You have de­ dicated yourselves to a mission so noble that it is not at all strange that you were able to accomplish So much. Thus you may look back with a glow of satisfaction at this record of public service. But I should not dwell unduly on your past achievements least I give offense to that feeling of innate modesty so characteristic Of our women. I would state, however, that your splendid ac­ complishments these last twenty, 'five years are the best guarantee • for a fruitful future. This is a | most reassuring thought for the I future that stretches ahead is I long and uncertain and is replete with problems. It presents a challenge which we cannot ignore for our very survival as a people is at stake. We cannot afford to fail—we must not fail. These dif. ficult and trying times demand J that we give and give unstinted' ly the utmost that is in us. We have to be on our feet once more; . the • welfare of our race demands *it. The past few years of war, of cruelty and inhumanity have crippled us, almost knocked us ! out, Literally we have to reha; bilitate ourselves. The urgency > of the task cannot be ignored. When we speak of rehabilita­ tion we do not mean merely the ■ rebuilding of our shattered homes, the restoration of normal chanj nels of trade and economy, the preconstruction of our damaged public works. These are only the f physical aspects of the problem. • Equally important, nay more im­ portant, are moral and cultural ; rehabilitation. While the need , for the first is immediate, the imk plications of the latter are more [far reaching. While material re­ What’s wrong with our present system of education? UJ*. Presi­ dent Gonzalez says most of our institutions conduct their courses from a man’s point of view. Girls are educated in the same way as boys; girls are not adequately prepared for their role as future guardians of the home. habilitation is ever-present in our consciousness, for the unsightly ruins keep constantly reminding us of the need for it, not enough thought seems to be devoted to moral and cultural rehabilitation. That, however, does not pre­ sent the whole picture, for there has been a notable relaxation in our moral standards following prolonged hunger, privation and the repression. And grateful as we are and shall allways be for our physical liberation, we have to admit that from the moral standpoint we are not yet eman­ cipated. The war brought out many heroic and noble qualities of our people, but it also reveal­ ed many of their shortcomings. It placed a premium on insincer­ ity, double-dealing, and even fraud. In many cases it was on­ ly through such dubious means that survival could be- assured. Nor is this the worst of all. The policy of brutalization, torture, and mutual espionage systemati­ cally pursued by the invaders na­ turally led to the cheapening and debasing of human values. The air was laden with suspicion. One knew not whom he could trust. Ordinary politeness and the com­ mon decencies became suspect. Kindness in dealing with neigh­ bors was often fraught with peri­ lous consequences. In time even the sentitive became callous and indifferent to the sight of suffer­ ing and misery. Human life be­ came cheap. And the dignity of the human personality, which oc­ cupies such a dominant position in a democratic state, became in­ stances with the gratification of anti-social tendencies. Loyalty to one’s filiation demanded acts of sabotage and vandalism. We concede the necessity at the time but we cannot but regret the consequences that still linger. Now after over a year of libera­ tion the moral tone does not look so desperate. But only if we shut our eyes to the realities can we claim that the situation is as it should be. For traces of the de­ generacy of the occupation years are still with us. Opportunism, cupidity, and deceit still persist. There appears to be a growing tide of lawlessness too which is symptomatic of social unrest as well as of moral bankruptcy. Deliquency seems to go on uncheck­ ed. As a matter of fact the laxity of the times appear to en(Continued on page 23) WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL I should not want to be misunder­ stood. Fundamentally our peo­ ple are honest, law-abiding, up­ right. Their social and coopera, tive tendencies can be developed. They possess the ability to disPAGE 1ft IFAy Don’t Women GROW UP? By Sylvia F. Porter (Financial Editor, NEW YO RK POST) IT HAPPENED at a Town Hall meeting in New York a few months ago. I had just finished a speech designed to awaken the 1,000 women present to their re­ sponsibilities in a great, free na­ tion. I had quoted dozens of statis­ tics proving women’s astonishing economic power and potential in­ fluence. I had talked for an hour about America’s desperate need for informed, alert women voters and representatives. Now it was the question period. And from the back of the large hall came the first voice: “Miss Porter, are you mar­ ried?” The unexpectedness of the ques­ tion shocked us all into silence for an instant. Then, as the chuckles filled the room, I countered. “Why ask that?’’ “Because if you are," the woman retorted, “you would know that married women haven’t the time to keep up with all the news and be as active as you say in poli­ tics and community life. Running our homes and raising our chil­ dren keep us busy enough.” I spoiled the argument by an­ nouncing that I was married and the diplomatic chairman passed on quickly to another questioner. But I have never forgotten the inci­ dent for it emphasized a domin­ ant viewpoint among women that angers and frightens me. We women are complacent about our place in America, believing that all we need contribute to our nation are properly managed homes and children. We are irresponsible, believing that there’s always “someone alse” to choose and vote for the right representatives to Washington and the world’s capitals. If the wrong representatives do sneak up the ladder, we still blame it on “someone else.” We are mentally lazy, believ­ ing that it’s unnecessary and even rather unladylike to bother oui heads about political, social and economic problems. We are defaulting or—even worse — ignoring our great ind possibly last chance to mold a bet­ ter America and a better world. Surely the challenge is there! In the last quarter century, two horrible wars have been fought, millions ‘of innocent people have been slaughtered, pestilence and hunger and terror have swept over the globe, because the men in pow­ er permitted evil forces to arise and grow in nations. As mothers, wives, sisters and sweethearts we want to make certain that those forces are utterly destroyed and are never allowed to catch hold again. Surely the opportunities are all around us! For woman’s intelli­ gence matches man’s. The same educational sources open to men are available to us. The same newspapers, magazines, books and radio shows that reach our men may reach us. We have the vote. We have proved our ability to work side by side with any man. There are more opportunities for women in America than in any other land—but only if we rec­ ognize and take themActually, our power is so great, so inspiring, that I honestly and passionately believe that we can accomplish just about anything we set out to accomplish. But be­ fore we can achieve even minor advances, either as individuals or as women, we must think of what we want, decide we want it and act to get it. Then, and then only, will we be effective. American women control seven­ ty per cent of the nation’s wealth. But think for a moment. What power have you, as a woman, over the use of that wealth? Pitifully little, you’ll be forced to admit. We own forty per cent of Amer­ ica’s homes—a percentage so vast that it gives us working control over the home market. But what are we women doing to solve our desperate housing shortage ? What did we do during the war to pre­ vent soaring rents and what are we doing now to maintain rent ceilings ? We hold tens of millions of shares of stock, and in many cor­ porations we hold the controlling stock interest. But how many of us sit on the boards of directors of our corporations and help de­ cide price and wage policies ? How many of us even trouble to read the periodic reports sent to us by the companies we own? We are the dominant savers in America and sixty-five per cent of all the savings accounts in banks are in our names. But how many women occupy the top-notch positions in banks? How many of us even know what is happening in the institutions that hold .our savings ? We buy eighty to eighty-five per cent of all the goods sold in ELEANOR WILSON M'ADOO, throaty-voiced daughter of the late Presi­ dent Woodrow Wilson and second of the late. William McAdoo’s three wives, Is back in the news with her debut on a national network— talking to, for and about women. At 22. Eleanor Wilson was the 14th White House bride when she married McAdoo. 50-year-old widower with six children, one of them two years the bride’s senior and one her own age. Their wedding in the historic East Room, the most publicized social event of 1914 due to temporary parental ob­ jection over the age discrepancy, was a quiet affair due to the bride’s mother’s illness, and climaxed a courtship on the dance floor and tennis court. Mother of two children, Mrs. McAdoo left Washington, D. C., in 1934 for Los Angeles due to the climate’s effect on her health, and shortly thereafter was granted a divorce on an incom­ patibility charge. The next year McAdoo, at the age of 71. wed 26year-old Doris Cross, and his divorced wife obtained permission from the court to drop the name McAdoo. During the years of World War II, she worked for the treasury department promoting the sale of war bonds with “talk, talk, talk, talk, talk," she says. In addition to helping her country, she obtained a good background for her pres­ ent-day career—that of chairwoman on a nation-wide woman's club radio program. A 52-week contract (unusual in comparison to the traditional 13-week engagements) has brought Eleanor McAdoo, her radio name, to New York from California. (International') this country. But while we buy and wear the clothes, who manu­ factures the styles and thus, in effect, dictates them? While we purchase the food and furniture and gadgets, who directs the sup­ plies into the market, forms our desires ? We have had the privilege of voting for more than a quarter century. But how many women have we elected to Congress and positions of local authority? Of those we have elected, how many stand out as real leaders? I’ll wager that after you’ve mention­ ed a few spectacular characters, you’ll be fumbling for names. EACH statistic—and I could list many more—proves your tremendous importance in Amer­ ica, your basic strength, your su­ premacy. But each answer also in­ dicates the extent of women’s de­ fault. And if any of the figures surprise you, that too shows how (Continued on page 29) PAGE 11 JANUARY 31, 1947 Wherever Mrs. Legarda and Miss Evangelista visited they at­ tracted so much attention that in­ evitably the papers of the place ran pictures and full-length arti­ cles about them. The Greensboro Daily News published their picture when they got off the train and was wel­ comed by Mrs. M. 0. Board, pres­ ident of the Greensboro Woman’s Club. Greensboro was their first stop during a four-day tour of North Carolina. Follows a copy of what the paper wrote about their visit. FILIPINO CLUB OFFICIALS SPEAK TO GREEN BORO WOMAN’S CLUB (Greensboro Daily News, Greens­ boro, North Carolina) Mrs. Trinidad F. Legarda, pres­ ident of the Federation of Wom­ en’s Clubs and of the National Council of Women of the Philip­ pine Islands, wearing a stunning tailored grey suit, kelly green blouse, and tiny black hat trim­ med with grey ostrich plumes, gave a speech which appeal, ed to the emotions of the mem­ bers of Greensboro Women’s Club at their luncheon meeting yester­ day at the clubhouse. She was accompanied by Miss Mercedes Evangelista, secretary of the fed­ eration, who wore a similar suit, white blouse, and small black hat. Both talked .fluent English but with a touch of the Spanish in­ fluence. Both expressed apprecia­ tion for the hospitality shown them in North Carolina and the aid North Carolina clubwomen have given their rehabilitation. Mrs. M. 0. Board, local president, welcomed the visitors to the state, Greensboro having been their first stop in a four-day tour. Mrs. Legarda declared that it is difficult for American women to realize what it is to live in an occupied country devastated by a brutal enemy. Persons there liv­ ed and dreamed in a physical, mo­ ral, and social devastation, she said. All Philippine problems come under the head of rehabilita­ tion, Mrs. Legarda added, “for the Spanish gave us religion, the Americans gave us education, and the Japanese gave us starvation.” Her concluding remarks were: “I have nothing but love for all the women I have met in North Caro­ lina. 1 hope when you come to the Philippines you will look up the federation of clubwomen. We will be insulted if you don’t.” Miss Evangelista, who brought greetings from the 1,000,000 club­ women of the Philippines, noted the Philippine flag on display with the American flag and said she hoped that friendship will never cease between the two coun­ tries. She told how she was ar­ rested by the Japanese and made a military prisoner and after con­ finement of 22 days in an intern­ ment camp whei'e she was tortur­ ed and beaten was taken to a hos­ pital where she aided the ill pri­ soners of war. Miss Evangelista and other Philippine women smug­ gled food, medicine, and money to their own prisoners and to Amer­ ican prisoners. By smuggling items m their hair and in their skirt hems, the women were able to get to the camps where they FRIENDS IN AMERICA Picture taken at Winston-Salem, North Carolina during a tea-party given by the Women’s Club at the home of its president, Mrs. Ruth­ rock. Seated: Mrs. Bishopric and Miss Evangelista. Standing: Mrs. Legarda and Mrs. Ruthrock. hid the material in shrubbery and garbage cans. Then they sang songs to the prisoners to reveal the whereabouts of these supplies. The clubwomen mortgaged their clubhouse for 20,000 pesos and smuggled this money into the in­ ternment camps. The Japanese became angry, burned the club­ house, and executed the president. In conclusion Miss Evangelista added: “We wish to acknowledge the donations North Carolina wo­ men are giving their Manila sis­ ters. We hope you will come to sec us, although we may not be able to entertain you as lavishly as we have been entertained. We will welcome you into our ruined city, into our ruined Philippine Islands.” Mrs. Karl Bishopric of Spray, president of the North Ca­ rolina Federation of Women’s Clubs, introduced the speakers. Dr. F. K. Harder of the city health department, speaking on “Current Welfare Work,” stated that the number one problem in North Carolina is the building of hospitals. A movie, “Our Health Problems,” showed the function­ ing of the laws of sanitation. Dr. Harder was presented by the de­ partment of welfare, Mrs. H. B. Seawell, chairman. On each ta­ ble sprays of red berries entwin­ ed with ivy banked lamplighter’s lanterns holding red candles, re­ plica of the 1947 Christmas seal lanterns. Likewise the Winston-Salem (N.C.) Journal ran a picture of them during a luncheon given by the woman’s club where they were special guests. The picture showed Mrs. Legarda and Miss Evangelista with Mrs. Karl Bish­ opric, president of the North Ca­ rolina Federation of Women’s Clubs. Again we reprint the press release about this visit. PRESIDENT OF PHILIPPINE CLUB WOMEN THANKS N.C. CLUBS; ASKS CON­ TINUED INTEREST AND HELP (Winston-Salem (N.C.) Journal, Friday, November 22, 1946). “Ladies—sister club women— you do not know how for­ tunate you are to live in this beautiful country and my fervent prayer is that you will never know a country torn by war,” Mr. Tri­ nidad F. Legarda, president of the Federation of Women of the Philippines said yesterday. Mrs. Legarda and her executive secretary, Miss Mercedes Evange­ lista, spoke yesterday at a lun­ cheon meeting of the Woman’s Club. Her warm, twinkling brown eyes tilling with tears, Mrs. Le­ garda told of the plight of the children of the Philippines, of their lack of school facilities, of inflation and of the hardships her people had undergone. Mrs. Le­ garda and Miss Evangelista came to the United States to attend the International Assembly of women recently held in New York and was invited to speak to North Carolina club women by Mrs. Karl Bishopric, state federation pres­ ident. (Continued on page 29) PAGE 12 WOMAN S HOME JOURNAL DUST HIM OFF FOR MORE years than we care to have bruited about, we have been straining our eyes over tidy pieces of prose which instruct you how to get your man. We feel that the general female public has profited nicely. The setting of bear-traps has given way to subtler, less rasping methods. Frequently the male feels little or no pain on being lashed to the mast, and we have actual cases on file of men who read articles on How To Get Your Girl and then went out and campaigned until they got their girls. HE’S DEVOTED, HE’S DEPENDABLE, HE’S ON YOUR DOORSTEP. IF HE SAYS HE’LL CALL AT SIX, HE’S GN THE WIRE AT FIVE. WHO IS HE? THE BOY YOU DON’T WANT, OF COURSE! To remove an adhesive gentle­ man introduce him to another girl. All this is very refreshing and certainly shows a fine attitude on the part of the Adamant Sex. But it doesn’t go very far toward solving another problem close to the hearts of us ladies. Namely, how to get rid of a man. If there’s one unfortunate law of love that we hold to, it’s that the easiest boy in the world to attract is the one you are totally disinterested in attracting. And he certainly can hang on, come what may. The tenacity of the bulldog is as no­ thing when likened to the deter­ mination of a young man to secure the object of hia affections, no matter how strongly his object may object. If someone cuts in on him at a dance, he is bound to cut back as soon as it is decently pos­ sible, whereas if a really en­ chanting guy is cut in on he usual­ ly wanders off and isn’t seen again until he can be spotted cheek-tocheeking with a dazzling redhead. Ain’t it the truth? And equally, when you tell Creepy that you are sorry, but you are busy Sa­ turday night, he will question close­ ly to find out which of the next twenty-one succeeding evenings you have time for him. But not the Dreamboat! Oh, no... tell him in anguish you are busy Saturday night, but that you’d love to see him any other night, and he will mutter that he’ll give you a ring sometime... But let us stick with Creepy (whom we will call Fido since it sounds less ghoulish) for the nonce. And let us work out a way to make sure we are stuck with him for the last and final time. No, no, put down those crowbars, my friends, there must be a more sensitive way of coping. It occurred to us at one time that if certain methods were sure­ fire ways of acquiring a beau, the reverse of those methods should logically remove him. But some­ how things just don’t pay out that way... for example you are al­ ways being urged to curb your eagerness if you want Joe to care. But if you want Joe to go far, far away, it doesn’t always fol­ low that he will, if you act as if he were personally directing every waking thought. He is very like­ ly, instead, to take this encourage­ ment as encouragement, if you get what we mean. By the same token, you are instructed to look your well-groomed best in order to send a lad into spasms of poetry. But try messing yourself up a bit to dis­ courage him, and it is almost a sure thing that he is the one male in town who thinks you look de­ lightfully casual instead! The ar­ ticles also admonish you not to brag about the other gents you know, but if we know ovr Fido he will be utterly intrigued by the com­ petition and merely redouble his efforts. All this is on the negative side, of course, and what we really need are some constructive ideas. You can, of course, very easily make it clear to a boy that you don’t like him by telling him so, and em­ broider the theme further by ad­ ding that you wouldn’t go out with him if he were the last man in the world. This is conclusive, but bad policy. It is our firm belief that if you can avoid making an enemy, it is always best to do so. So why antagonize anyone who may some day pay you back by saying malicious things about you? Besides, why hurt anyone unnecessarily? You may think we are lying in our teeth, but it is true that young men are on the whole more sensitive about rebuffs than young women. All right, dearie, stop stall­ ing... what should one do to re­ move, painlessly, an adhesive gentleman ? An exceedingly simple method is to introduce -him to another girl. Give it a slice of thought... for instance, one of the things about Fido that defeats you is his bone-crushing seriousness. Well? Aren’t you always teasing Janie because she’s such a solemn little thing? Ten to one she’d be very much impressed with Fi­ do... and vice versa. Or if he’s prize punner, you might see that he meets the best of all possible audiences: Claire, who still hasn’t stopped giggling at that tired gig you pulled last Friday. Naturally, this bringing people together doesn’t always work. I*it fails, you can surely resort to the “Awfully sorry, but I’m busy for simply ages” routine. If this treatment is applied locally a few times it should discourage almost anyone. But there is a certain dog­ ged type who is merely spurred on by this, and who will light on a day three weeks hence when you can’t possibly be spoken for. Well, for our part he deserves a fairly rough deal, and we are tempted to suggest making the date and then breaking it at the very last minute with a feeble excuse, such as you’re so-o-o tired. Or your Aunt Mayhem is lonesome and you have to keep her company. He can’t last long under that sort of cross-fire, but if he does there seems nothing left but the Quaran­ tine sign over the front door. Sometimes tHis ^business gets serious, even painful. It well may be that you have been seeing a good deal of Fido for the past six or seven months. It may be that you once got quite steamed up over same, and wore his bas­ ketball letter on your jacket where everyone in school could see it. Well, the first fine careless rap­ ture is no more... and for your part you wish Fido would move (Continued on page 14) JANUARY 31, 1947 PAGE 13 WACKY WILLS By Richard Hyman EVERY PERSON IS LEGALLY ENTITLED TO DISPOSE OF HIS OR HER PROPERTY IN ANY WAY DESIRED. HERE WE CITE A FEW WILLS THAT MIGHT BE TERMED ON THE NONSENSICAL SIDE OF THE LEDGER. ^HE poet Heinrich Heine ordered his lawyer to make a will ■ giving all his property to his wife on condition that she remarry as soon as he died. “Because,” said Heinrich, “there will then be at least one man to regret my death.” One timid soul left the bulk of his estate to strangers, giving his trousers with the observation that “she wore the pants while I was alive; she can continue to wear them after my death.” One lawyer left $10,000 to a local madhouse, declaring that it was simply an act of restitution to his clients. A sentimental lady directed in her will that tobacco should be planted dver her grave, and that the weed, nourished by her dust, might be smoked by her bereaved lovers. A Toronto lawyer left his stock in a brewery to a group of men who were rabid prohibitionists, and his stock in a race track to a number of men engaged in anti-gambling cru­ sades. A French will provided that a new cooking recipe should be pasted on the testator’s tomb each day. The will of a certain banker read in part: “To my wife I leave her her lover and the knowledge I wasn’t the fool she thought I was. To my son I leave the pleasure of earning a living. For twenty-five years he thought the pleasure was mine. He was mistaken. To my daughter I leave $100,000. She will need it. The only good piece of business her hus­ band ever did was to marry her. To my valet I leave the DUST HIM OFF (Continued from page 13) to Little America. You don’t know chest-full of hot coals, that’s her worry, not his. Don’t do it that way, boys. Go to your girl, tell her how you feel and let her know that by being a good sport about it she is earning your unending respect. And, incidentally, keep­ ing her own precious self-respect in the bargain. Before we all retire to the are­ na, there is one aspect of this struggle which is apt to sour one on the entire male-female rela­ tionship forever. This is when someone (usually mother’s closest chum) has a visitation from her nephew, Threepwood. The more she carols on about Threep’s manly qualities, the more a small inner voice tells you to throw a few things in a suitcase and leave on the milk train. Your fears are nearly always justified. For every nephew that turned out to be six foot tall.with a fine sense of hu­ mor, there have been six hundred that have looked to be a foot tall and with no sense at all. When you find yourself trapped in this man­ ner, it is bad policy to sulk and be disagreeable. Being a good sport has all sorts of farreaching bene­ fits, and we would suggest our ear­ lier brainstorm of introducing this creature to another girl. Have the gang over, if you can manage it, and invite plenty of females... there is always at least one girl around who will find golden quali­ ties in even the most deadly of drips. Next thing you know, you wind up being a Noble Character, and not a drop of blood spilled. Now it is true that the type of method we have been stumping for may take a little longer than the Route Direct, and there may be moments of murderous despera­ tion for the ax, the snippy man­ ner, the shove in the face. But ponder a moment, my friends, and reach, for the old Golden Rule instead. After all, if you do unto others, you are far less likely to be un­ done yourself. —Seventeen what you ever saw in him. It em­ barrasses you purple to think you told the girls about his eyelashes until they could repeat every word with you. But at this point you wouldn’t care if his eyelashes were fourteen-karat gold... you want only to be rid of him. And he, dear thing, is blissfully making plans for the summer. He still thinks you’re the most wonderful girl he ever saw. It isn’t his fault that his laugh irritates you, his manners that used to seem nice now give you the willies, his in­ vitations are a cause for jitters. You don’t want to hurt his feel­ ings, but you have to put a stop to the whole business... and quick­ ly. Well, you can be busy when he calls, you can be indifferent when you see him, and that will give him the general idea. But somehow that slow tapering off is less kind than honesty. There is nothing harder to take than not knowing how you stand, and al­ most would rather have the truth, even if it stings temporarily. And don’t ever confuse gentle, friend­ ly honesty with the kind of head­ long tactlessness that we warned against earlier. Our inclination is to have a talk with Fido and tell him that you think he’s a fine guy and you’ve enjoyed all the dates and fun you’ve had together, but that your feelings have changed. You hope you’ll always feel friend­ ly toward each other, but you are calling off future dates. He’ll probably want to know if it’s any­ thing he has done to make you angry and you can reassure him that he has been as nice as he could be, but there’s’ no explaining affections. It goes without saying that the gentlemen find themselves in the same spot, too. A boy has been madly attentive to some gal, and all of a sudden he finds he doesn’t like her anymore... or he likes someone else better. Anyway, if he’s cowardly about it, he just stops calling her up, and if she sits by the phone every evening with a clothes he has been stealing from me regularly for ten years, also the four coat he wore last winter while I was in Palm Beach. To my chauffeur I leave my cars. He almost ruined them and I want him to have the satisfaction of finishing the job. To my partner I leave the suggestion that he take some other clever man in with him at once if he expects to do any business.” A man bequeathed his effects to a poor man whom he intensely disliked, on condition that |ie always wore linen underclothes without any additional underclothing, the ten­ dency of linen underclothes to scratch being considered by the testator as a punishment. PAGE 14 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL People who love to dance, left to right: Mrs. Moran, Vice-President Quirino, Mr. Zobel, Mrs. Melencio, seen at a State Rigodon. DANCING FEET ■ If^ANCING is the best form U of exercise” should not be trite, even if it is made to sound an alibi by a panting congressman upon his being complimented af­ ter executing a round of smooth waltz or a flawless tango. We object further to the prosaic use of this statement to cover up for some middle-aged aficionados any extra-curricular activities on their part that savors of tripping the light fantastic. Why, we would like to know, should dancing be just for the young? Why should dancing be explained at all—even with the greying, balding gentry ? The sages of one university abroad may have been puzzled when they got one rather eyeopener for an answer to a sort of Gallop poll they gathered for purposes of research. The ques­ tion was: In you day-dreaming what did you wish most you were ? “A floor-show dancer!” This from a noted writer and author, who says that the answer came just like that, she didn’t have to turn over the question in her mind. As a dancer, she said^ she is tall and slim, instead of being squat from hunching too much at a typewriter. For her there’s no end to the world when she en­ visions herself floating along, weightless and carefree. And we can not blame her if she feels that the fact that she can keep time with other fellow beings while dancing at least proves that she is a rather nice, and harmonious human being, her sins notwith­ standing. Try complimenting a physician while he is mopping his face af­ ter doing a round of Waltz and when he tells you that dancing is the best form of exercise he means about the breathing exercise and the blood stimulation that can’t happen under happier circum­ stances. He’ll tell you further that “you can’t have cold feet while you are dancing nor can you be grouchy or moody, nor have room for worry when you are dan­ cing.” For what can really be comparable to that feeling of wishfulfilment as you whirl car­ ried away by rhythm. Of course you can always pierce this ballpen. Not every body can dance. That may be true, but it is backed by scientific findings that it is easier to dance well than to dance badly. Ask any Congress­ man, Cabinetman circa 1947 and he will tell you this is gospel truth. It is not so much being in the limelight that they are forced to learn to dance. It is that hav­ ing tried to dance well they found that it is hardly necessary to take lessons from experts. Were we to dig into files to compile, just for fair, pictures both published and unpublished of Manila State functions and social affairs, we would be faced with one interesting fact: The photo­ graphers hadn’t just been able to restrain themselves when it came to “shooting” couples dancing arm in arm. Singly or in masse, dancing couples seem to be def­ initely photographers’ meat. The President of the Philip­ pines, whether dancing with his lady or with his daughter, or with ladies of the officialdom has never escaped the camera’s range. The latest, taken on his birthday, shows him and his wife in rustic patadiong and barong tagalog traipsing it with all their heart. Ambassador and Mrs. McNutt could well fill an album to record their dancing proclivities. The V. P., the Cabinet as well as the rest of Manila’s officialdom are on record, as far as the photo­ graphers’ miscellany is concerned, as people who have dancing feet. Our personal record shows one Cabinetman becoming almost a a Fred Astaire in less than a month’s time. He may have been the one who first started out with apologies like “don’t mind my steps, they get haywire sometimes with inspiration”. To bring this bit of gab a little back, there was President Quezon who really did love to dance. His Tango was art pure and simple. Ex­ President Sergio Osmena is still the suave, polished waltzer. There was (may he rest in peace) Anahaw, Eusebio Reyes, of the Vanguardia, who combined journalism with dancing as the blue print of his life-long career. When peo­ ple remarked about his perennial air of well-being, he always loved to attribute it to his dancing. And there was no questioning that. Pre-war Rigodons always come to mind upon sight or mention of Mrs. Douglas McArthur. To our mind, there never was one who really truly enjoyed dancing the rigodon. In her face, in her gait, in her sparkle, you knew the Ri­ godon was life itself. Mrs. Claro M. Recto is another lady who can teach people to dance simply by looking at her dance. The ra­ diance in her face is not put on. Recently, at the asalto in Malacafian, her father performed an exhibition dance of the Cucaracha. With a lady from Samar, his team was obscurely announced as a “Samareno couple”. Age, attire became nil before the charms of that native dance rendered with feeling. Dancing is the best form of exercise—and more. Especially for the introverts, it should open the deeper reaches from which to draw unalloyed zest, happiness and what have you. JANUARY 31, 1947 PAGE 15 What was once a solid convent, important appendage to a RUINED CHURCHES of INTRAMUROS church, reduced to just a pock-marked facade with nothing be­ hind it but crumbled walls. TO MANY of us, Intramuros is just a ghost town now. Nothing, not even the memory of the grandeur of its churches can seem to draw us to visit its ruins. Nostalgia still lingers but very soon this, too, will fade when new edifices rise. To our mind, this would savor of disloyalty. To forget Intramuros so soon—especially its century­ churches which, though now gone, still are part of the history of a city, would be nothing short of ingratitude. William Grogett, Daily Pacifican Staff Writer, devoted one Sunday to a digression on the ruined churches of Intramuros, thereby putting down in black and white a visitor’s appreciation for something we are likely to take for granted. The sketches here were made by another Pacifican staff artist, Bob Adams who has faithfully recorded the ruins as is. Writing about these ruined churches, Grogett says: “In 1941 during the outbreak of war with Japan, Manila was declared an open city by Gen. MacArthur. But Japanese disregarded the declaration and bombed the city. They destroyed or carried to their home land many relics of old Manila, during their occupation of the city. The old fort of Santiago was used by the Japs as a political prison. It was the scene of Japanese atrocities in which over a thousand Filipinos were brutely murdered. DESTROYED BY SHELLS When the American troops landed on Luzon and advanced to­ wards Manila, the Japanese withdrew to the southern part of the city. Their principal strongholds were the port area and the walled city. The fighting for these areas was desperate. Much of the port area and most of the Walled city was destroyed in the fighting. No building escaped damage. Only one building in the walled city remeins anything like its original construction. That is the church of San Agustin. Of the many things that incluenced the growth of Manila, the church was perhaps the leading factor. This is easily seen in the many churches, abbeys, convents, and church school in Manila es­ pecially in the once proud walled city. Intramuros has often been called the Vatican of the Philippines. One does not enter the churches of this district without a distinct feeling of reverence.’' PAGE 16 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL The Cathedral or what was left of it as seen through the eyes of a very kind artist. For this and the rest of the sketches here, we'll just have to call it guessing game... They have been so mutilated, identification is out of the Question. (Courtesy, The Pacifican) US-PI WAR DAMAGE COMMISSION i Continued from page 7) provisions of the law? A.—The law specifically lists perils of war from which loss or damage must have resulted. It states that loss or destruction of or damage to property must have occurred after December 7, 1941 and before October 1, 1945 as a result of enemy attack; action taken by or at the request of the military, naval or air forces of the United States to prevent such property from coming into the possession of the enemy; action taken by enemy representatives, civil or military, or by the repre­ sentatives of any government co­ operating with the armed forces of the United States in opposing, resisting, or expelling the enemy from the Philippines; looting, pillage, or other lawlessness or disorder accompanying the col­ lapse of civil authority determined by the Commission to have re­ sulted from any of the other pe­ rils enumerated or from control by enemy forces. Q.—Why will claimants bg_re­ quired to file their claims on Spe­ cial forms? A.—Because in the disburse­ ment of the funds from its Treas­ ury, the United States Govern­ ment requires a strict accounting and also because the Commission must obtain full information from each ciaimant. If a special form were not used, it is obvious that many claimants would not give the necessary facts. Q.—What are the special forms known as? A.—The general claim form for the filing of private claims is United States Philippine War Damage Commission Claim Form No. 100. In addition, there is a supp’emental form known as Form 100.A. The latter form is to be used only when a claim is being made for an automobile or watercraft. When Form Number 100-A is used it must be appended to Form Number 100 as a part of -How many copies of the form must be submitted by the claimant? A.—The claimant must submit two copies of the claim form to the Commission. /Continued on page 34) January 31. 1947 PAGE 17 FEMININE TODAY Right; Mrs. Isabelita Barredo in a sequin whim of a terno. That’s not print, nor paint either. It’s sequins made to depict a painter’s dream of leaves in shades and shadows. Below: Chito Madrigal in a strapless, lopsided evening gown of shimmering silver. The corsage of self-material goes up askew to make amends for an otherwise, bare as bare left shoulder. SKY-BLUE for Susan Magalona Ledesma above. This panuelo-less scheme is so simple that one sees only the perfect fit of a sheath of blue and an alampay of snow-white blooms that cascade down to the draped folds of the skirt. NELLY MONTILLA-LOVINA, far right, in a black panuelo-less that defies description. Sleek, suave, regal but gracious, Mrs. Lovina makes a very apt winner of the title of one of Manila’s Five Best Dressed for 1946. (All Photos by BOB) SILHUETTES Everybody is dressing now, you may have heard, that is if you have not as yet been faced with the immediate need of owning an evening dress or two. Here are two suggestions: one with a low flare,and hack bustle, the other very dressy with a huge bow. Four short dresses in every conceivable mood: dressy, whimsical, casual, naive. These just about runs the gamut of styles, but let nothing disturb you. The designer didn’t mean you to wear all four. But surely, one of these dresses is yours. Decide which one will make you feel well and happy. PAGE 20 WOMAN'S HOME JOURNAL Woman of the Month: NIEVES BAENS DEL ROSARIO NIEVES BAENS DEL ROSA­ RIO was born in Orani of historic Bataan on July 24, 1902, the sixth child of the prominent and intel lectual Baens family of that town. Born poor and a lover of the poor, she has known labor from her childhood. She made her way through college as a self-support­ ing student. She was a second year law student when she en­ tered the government through the civil service on May 16, 1923, in the Bureau of Labor as a record clerk, with a salary of P40.00 a month. She pa^ed the regular first grade civil service examina­ tion in 1924 and was then pro­ moted to the position of legal re­ searcher. She organized the first Woman and Child Labor Section in the said bureau. She was valedictorian of the Orani Elementary School and salutatorian of the Bataan High School, Class 1922. Was ‘also the editor-in-chief of the high school paper. Taking the law course in four years, she passed the bar examinations immediately after her graduation in 1926. She was a well known debater, holding the distinction .of being the first wo­ man lawyer of Bataan. In 1929 she organized the Work­ men’s Compensation Division of the Bureau of Labor of which she was made the Chief, which posi­ tion she still holds up to the pre­ sent time. She is responsible for the amendments to the Workmen’s Compensation Law and for its suc­ cessful administration. She is a champion of the rights of the workingmen, and has never been afraid to err on the side of labor or lose her job in the defense of the poor, having dedicated the prime of her life to service and the lofty ideals of social justice. She is a vernacular writer of renown and won in the short story (Tagalog), in the first Common, wealth Literary Contest. She has written several articles both tn Tagalog and English on >Labor problems in the Philippines. Cor­ responding member of the Insti­ tute of National Language; and is acting president of the Women Lawyers Association. She is res­ ponsible for the opening for the first time of the free legal aid clinic of the Association. Her attitude towards capital and lnbor has always been justice and Chief, Workmen’s Compensation Division, and Field Supervisor of Public Defenders, Department of Labor. fairness to both parties and reso­ lution of all doubts in favor of the laborer. Mrs. del Rosario has an intense passion for the downtrodden work­ ingmen, and in all her many years as government worker in the department of labor, she has al­ ways directed her efforts toward alleviating their problems and securing more concessions for them in the factory and in the farm. As chief of the workmen’s com­ pensation division, and field su­ pervisor of public defenders, Mrs. del Rosario has come to know the cross currents of labor situation, its complex problems, its endless struggle for social amelioration, and the thousand and one trage­ dies of its countless homes; and all the more, she has developed her natural interest in the welfare of the masses of toilers. She is a woman of forthright decision. She handles labor cases justly and intelligently and with speed that is most important to the poor people of all activities of our government. She has been known as a great disciplinarian, at home and in the office. A fe­ minine official, who goes to of­ fice in native dress, she has the strong will and the iron hand of a great commanding executive of modern public organization. Her office workers have observed her as an energetic worker, a fighter for the rights and cause that are of the men under her official ad­ ministration. Undoubtedly part of this trait has been developed in her profession as a lawyer, and in her very nature as a student of great determination, broad outlook and a debater with sharp, intel­ ligent repartees. RESOLUTION WHEREAS, the Canto Boys’ As­ sociation and the Laborite Party had been informed that His Ex. cellency, the President, will fill up the position of .the Director of Labor; WHEREAS, these associations have among its members a bril­ liant lawyer as well as a labor leader, scholar, social worker and a writer in the person of Mrs. NIEVES BAENS DEL ROSA­ RIO; WHEREAS, Mrs. DEL ROSA­ RIO has dedicated her whole life time to the cause of labor, serv­ ing the Bureau and Department of Labor for about 30 years, where she is now holding the important position of Chief of the Work­ men’s Compensation Division; WHEREAS, labor has gained much thru her successful adminis­ tration of the Workmen’s Compen­ sation Act by tempering the law with justice; WHEREAS, the Canto Boys and the Laborite Party will be hon­ ored to have one of its members as the Director of Labor; WHEREAS, the Government will be benefited to have an up­ right, just and talented Director of the Bureau of Labor in the person of MRS. DEL ROSARIO; NOW, THEREFORE, be it re­ solved, as it is hereby resolved, that the Canto Boys’ Association and the Laborite Party request His Excellency, the President of the Philippines, to appoint MRS. NIEVES BAENS DEL ROSARIO, Director of the Bureau of Labor, for the reasons above mentioned. Done in the City of Manila on this .... day of January, 1947. (Sgd.) ANTONIO ZACARIAS Secretary, Philippine Senate (Sgd.) ANTONIO D. PAGUIA President, National Labor Union (Sgd.) DOMINGO PONCE Labor Leader (Sgd.) ARTEMIO NABOR (Col.) Labor Leader (Sgd.) HUGO RETAGA President, National Workers’ Brotherhood (Sgd.) JOSE Ma. CO VACHA (Capt.) Labor Leader (Sgd.) TEODORO MOLO Secretary to the Senate President (Sgd.) PEDRO VELASCO (Dr.) (Sgd.) DEMETRIO ALIPIO (Sgd.) MIGUEL VILLAMAYOR " (Sgd.) DONATO JOAQUIN (Atty.) (Sgd.) URBANO CRESPO (Sgd.) FILOMENO PRUDON Labor Leader (Sgd.) PERFECTO ATAS President. Employees-Workers Union (Sgd.) PEDRO ESQUERAS (Capt.) Labor Leader (Sgd.) CRUZ VALENZUELA Labor Leader (Sgd.) JUAN R. TRINIDAD Labor Leader (Sgd) BEN F. RUIZ (Sgd.) Illegible (Sgd.) LAUREANO BRAVO (Sgd.) Illegible (Sgd.) J. ESTEBAN (Sgd.) JOSE P. TIMOG (Sgd) FRED F. RITZ (Sigd.) MIGUEL SALAZAR (Sgd.) ANICETO DE CASTRO (Sgd.) JUANITA ESTEBAN Auditor-General, Philippine Inter­ national Labor and Marine Union (Sgd.) MARIANO SALAZAR ( Sgd.) GENEROSO BOREGA (Sgd.) I. C. LUBIO (Sgd.) A. SALAZAR (Sgd.) Illegible PAGE 21 •’4NUARY 31, 1847 MONEY WELL SPENT TWENTY four thousand pesos is a lot of money. And to throw so much money into the refurbishing of a home now when quality things simply refuse to be available, is— well, a little bit unsound, you might say. Which is the reason we are running here pictures of the newly refurbished Gilmore home of Se­ nate President and Mrs. Avelino. Much money was spent for their new home but every centavo was made to count. For^proof, turn to the three photographs on this and the following pages. Wicker furniture of the very latest models, ample, thick cus­ hions with slip covers of bright print, draperies of gay hues, cera­ mic and plastic wall decors, vases, flowers galore and a jungle of green potted plants—all these were made much use of in the planning of this home which is- destined to provide the background for a lot of entertaining on the part of its owners. Yc) YZ> The living room of the Avelino home (above) is a study in red and royal blue—blue upholstery, blue draperies, and a thick red rug. Or­ nate mirrors reminiscent of pre­ war days hang on the walls, to rest on carved half tables fabulous with plastic flowers. A view into the dining room through an open but draped partition shows a set of narra table and chairs polished like mirrors. Beyond this is the kitchen, its tables made of mar­ ble, which according to Mrs. Ave­ lino was a pre-war board. The verandah (right) drips with hospitality. The chairs just beckon to the guests to plump into their softly cushioned comfort. A very ideal reading room, we thought. Solon guests, however, love to sip their cocktails there PAGE 22 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL woman may be as a professional potentialities can best be realized if she is not equal to her charge in the atmosphere of a' happy of managing a home and raising home life. It is contrary to the a family, she is looked upon— law of nature and unfair to the even by her peers—as a failure, great majority of women to chanWhy it should be so is not dif- nel their future away from the ficult to explain. So long as chil- home. Careers, if careers theredren are born and women will must be, are merely an accessory bear them the affairs of the home to the prime objective in their will aiways be women’s primary lives—the home. Naturally there conce.n, for it is human to value are exceptions but these excep. most what is costliest. The wo- tions merely prove the rule. These men themselves feel that their (Continued on page 28) The wide hall (above) on the first floor may not be photogenic* but it’s here where the real fun of going to an Avelino party rests. The bar is a very open proposition, the shining slippery floor a de­ finite temptation to dancing. The orchestra is generally assigned to the garden hard by. The garden surrounding the house is selfsufficient both as to flowers and vegetables. Fruits like pineapples, bananas, mangoes may form part of the garden’s yield in a few months. RE-ORIENTATION IN WOMEN'S EDUCATION (Continued from page 10) courage it. The problem then of moral re­ habilitation is pressing and in­ escapable. In magnitude and im­ portance it is second to none. But while it is of the utmost gravity, it should not apall us. It can be solved; it Will be solved. And in its solution the women of the Philippines are destined to play the decisive role. To those of us who have been impressed by the seriousness of the situation, this is a consoling thought. Your re­ cord of accomplishment brings faith and confidence in the dis­ position and the ability of our women to bring about the much needed moral regeneration. I am certain that this vital and sig­ nificant objective will enlist all the energy and enthusiasm at your command. Under such cir­ cumstances the fullfilment there­ of will not be long delayed. But it would be less than fair to you if no helping hand were extended to aid you in your ef­ forts. The educational institu­ tions, to cite an example, are and have always been your natural allies in your constructive labors. It is also their concern to improve the moral tone of the community. One way in which they may go about it now is by an increased emphasis on the women’s role as the mother and mistress of the home. For lately signs have not been lacking that the importance of the home as the vital social unit has not been properly stressed. Perhaps, you who have so successfully combined civic leadership with proper home management will agree with me that women’s education needs a re-orientation along that line in order that many more can be en­ listed in he gigantic task of moral reconstruction that confronts us. None of my statements should be construed as an attempt to dis­ courage women so inclined from pursuing the professions, even those which in the not so distant past were considered to be ex­ clusively for men. There is to be no turning back of the c’oek of educational progress. Brains are the main test of fitnes for a pro­ fession. That has been the policy of the University of the Philip­ pines. It will remain the policy. The other educational institutions look at the matter similarly. The results on the whole have vin­ dicated this policy. For it is not to be doubted that many excep­ tional women are a credit to the professions. But how many excep­ tional women have felt their life frustrated because they failed tp establish a home! I am sure you will agree with me that for the overwhelming majority of our women, their main interest in life lies not in a career but in the Her heart throbs with happiness because the man she loves is now hers forever and ever. And all because her complexion is so smooth, so soft, so caressable... thanks to Palmolive’s mild cleansing lather. You may profit by her experience, for Palmolive now offers a simple plan that brings a more beautiful skin to 2 out of 3 women. ■. The proved 14-day Palmolive plan. Each time you wash, work V\. up a thick, rich lather with Palmolive Soap and massage it onto \\ i your skin for one full minute. Now a quick rinse and pat dry. C\f\ Remember it takes only a minute, but it is that extra 60-second V'Al cleansing massage that brings to your skin the full beauti\ fying effect of Palmolive’s creamy lather. Palmolive offers proof! 1285 women and 36 doctors have tested Palmolive’s 60-second massage. Their reports prove conclusively that it can K bring lovelier complexions in just 14 days. Bathe daily with Palmolive. It JANUARY 31, 1947 PAGE 23 Recipes Coconut As Food cooking to prevent burning. When half done, remove from fire. Beat egg yolk slightly, add’ to buko mixture to soft ball stage. Remove from fire. Drop in paper candy cups, or greased cooking pan and bake until.light brown. Salt and pepper to taste 1/2 cup coconut milk 2 tablespoons bagoong 1 segment garlic, pounded 1 tablespoon pork, cut in pieces 1/4 cup pork stock Saute onion, garlic, pork, and bagoong; continue sauteeing until pork is brown. Add stock and boil. Add string beans and cook until tender. Add buko, coconut milk and boil. Season wi'.n salt and pepper and remove from fire. Serve lmt. COCONUT SAUSAGE 8 cups coconut, grated and finely chopped 1/2 cup calamansi juice 12 tablespoons glucose 3 cups ripe papaya, mashed 6 cups sugar Food coloring: red and green Mix all ingredients and cook in a copper vat. When half done, drop red and green food coloring to the mixture until meat color is obtained. Continue cooking until it reaches a consistency that will form to any desired shape. Place on a greased board and cool. Roll to long, smooth forms resembling hot dogs of about 1/2 inch in diameter and about 5 inches long. Wrap in cellophane; tie ends and hang overnight to harden. BUKO DESERT 3 cups buko, cut in squares 1 cup ubi, cut in cubes 1 cup gabi cut in cubes 1 cup saba cut in cubes 1 cup nangka cut in squares 1/2 cup tapioca pearls 1/2 teaspoon toasted anise seeds 2 cups thick cocount milk 10 cups thin coconut milk 3 cups sugar Boil tapioca, ubi, and gabi and thin coconut milk, stirring cons­ tantly. When half done, add saba and nangka. When all ingredients are tender, add sugar and buko. Boil 2 minutes and add anise be­ fore removing from fire. Serve, with thick coconut milk. BUKO ICE 3 cups buko (very soft) scraped ONE OF THE contribu­ tions to the national wel­ fare left us by the late Maria Orosa was her successful re­ search into the uses of the co­ conut as food. She was able to formulate hundreds of re­ cipes using the coconut. What’s more she tested them herself and made available to the public those recipes which worked. Some of the very successful ones are here for you to try and verify, if Vou can’t take our word for them. BUKO LUMPIA 2 Buko grated 1/4 cup shrimps, sliced 1/4 of a cabbage sliced fine 1/3 cup pork sliced 1/2 cup soy beans (cooked) A few sections garlic sliced 1/2 onion sliced fine Lumpia wrappers Saute garlic, o n i o n , pork, shrimps, soy beans, cabbage, ard Buko. Season with salt to taste. When done, wrap in lumpia wrap­ pers. Serve with lumpia sauce. BUKO OMELET 1 / 2 cup buko shredded 1/4 cup pork, ground 1 potato cut to small cubes 2 tablespoons lard 2 eggs 1 small onion, finely chopped, 1 section garlic, finely chopped Salt and pepper to taste Saute garlic, onion, and pork. Add buko and potato. Season with salt and pepper. Continue cook­ ing until done. Beat eggs; put in a frying pan in which lard has been heated and pour thjj cooked mixture over it. Continue frying, folding over the eggs. Fry on all ’ sides until brown. Serve hot. BUKO WITH BAGOONG 1 cup buko, cut in pieces 2 tablespoons coconut oil, or lard 1/2 cup string beans sliced in pieces 1/4 onion sliced with teaspoon 3’4 cups sugar 9 cups coconut water Mix all ingredients and freeze. BUKO —CONDUL PARADISE 1 cup buko, (malacanin) grated 1 tablespoon corn starch or flour 1/4 teaspoon vanilla or grated le­ mon peel, chopped fine 1 1/2 cups sugar 1 cup condol, chopped fine 1 cup coconut milk 1 egg yolk 1 cup evaporated milk Mix buko, condol, sugar, coconut and evaporated milk. Cook in a copper vat. Stir constantly while Stuffed, Turkey and Baked Fish are not above taking coconut stuffing. MASAPAN DE BUKO 1 cup ground buko 1 tablespoon wheat or cassava flour 3/4 cup sugar Mix buko and sugar and cook until thick. Add flour made to a thin paste by cooking it with water. Continue cooking until thick enough to be shaped into de­ sired forms. Bake in greased tin until light brown. MASAPAN DE BUKO No. 2 2 cups ground buko 1 cup milk ! 1/2 cup sugar FACE 24 WOMANS HOME ’9ERNAL 1 egg and continue cooking until the Mix buko, milk, sugar and egg mixture thickens. Form into balls, and cook until thick. Add flour Bake in a greased baking tin until made by cooking to a thin paste brown. Brush with butter when with a small amount of water, done. California Cooks ORANGES When you think of oranges, what do you think of—besides California? Does your mind run to a great big glass of vitamin C, or do you think of Crepes Suzettes or Wild Duck of Beignets D’Oranges? All of which is Brown for saying “Do you eat to live or live to eat?’’ If you live to eat, those vitamins creep in there willy-nilly. So drink your orange juice, if you like it, but try California’s golden fruit other ways, too. BRENTWOOD ORANGE PANCAKES Call them crepes, if you wish, but they’ll taste no better—they couldn’t. Beat four eggs until light, add a cup of milk, a table­ spoon of powdered sugar, a half teaspoon of salt, a cup of flour, a little grated orange zest, and, if you want ' them particularly ethereal, a little brandy — say a tablespoonful. Beat this mixture some more, till it’s smooth and thin as cream. Now heat your pan—(one about five inches or so across the bottom)—add a piece of butter or a reasonable facsi­ mile, give the pan a twist so that its bottom will be well covered with sizzling butter. Then— quickly — pour in a spoonful of batter, tipping the pan from side to back to front so that the mix­ ture will flow smoothly and very, very thinly over the pan. It takes practically no time to cook these crepes, for such they truly are, and when using them for this particular recipe you’ll not even need to turn them. I’ut the love­ ly delicate things brown side doWn on a clean cloth, spread them with orange marmalade which has had a dollop of Jamai­ ca rum added to it (this you can skip, but don’t). Roll them quick­ ly and arrange on an oven-proof dish and keep them hot in the oven until you’ve reached the end of your batter. Serve them warm, with great globs of gold sour cream as a sauce. And just in case you didn’t recognize the fact, the first part of it is the rule for as good a basic French pancake recipe as ever you’ll find (say I, modestly). Forget the sugar and orange zest, and use your crepes for hors d’oeuvres with smoked salmon, for luncheon with mushrooms, and... but this time we’re cooking with oranges... How would you go for an orange sauce for duck—one that may be served with either the wild or domesticated variety of that bird? Just why orange mar­ ries so well with duck I wouldn’t know, but they are as compatible as pie and cheese. OJAI ORANGE SAUCE FOR DUCK Slice the zest from a half an orange (the zest is, as who knows better than you, the very outside of the orange peel), and snip it into tiny slivers (your scissors will do it). Cover the slivers with water and simmer them for twelve minutes. Now squeeze a cup of orange juice, add a table­ spoonful of lemon juice, a cup of port wine and a cup and a quarter of rich but skimmed juices that have oozed from your roasting duck. Drain the slivers of orange peel, discarding the water, and add them to the other liquids. Re­ heat, taste—and this is where you come in—it may need salt. That momentous decision having been made, relax and enjoy'your re­ past. Back now to dessert, and this one I’m sharing for the very first time. I call it Pasadena Pie... PASADENA PIE Rich pie crust you’ll need— make it with a cup and a half of flour and a quarter cup each of butter and lard (use your own pet shortening if you wish, but don’t expect it to be as good). Add a quarter of a cup of blanched al­ monds that have been chopped fine, two-thirds of a teaspoon of salt, and that little bit of water that you’ll need to bind it. Roll (Continued on page 30) THAT’S ALL I HOPE ICAN remember when I was little how my mother used to go on about “the patience of a saint,” but it wasn’t until I grew up that I learned most saints were never married. So how could they possibly know anything about patience? Then I wondered why Mother never mentioned the patience of a father. Now there’s patience for you. Oh, yes, Mother was patient. But Father was patient about all the things Mother was patient about and in addition he was patient about Mother. Mother used to say, too, that a soft answer turneth away wrath, but I always thought Father’s system—a gay answer—was better. Later I discovered the best system of all, and I don’t mean no answer; for you don’t get anywhere in married life not having an answer. You only get accused of being an old sourpuss. No, the secret of a happy married life without quarrels is always to have an answer, but be sure it dosn’t make any sense. Nothing infurates a woman as much as to be cornered with Reason or—unforgivable sin—fenced in with Truth. It was a Chinese traveling in this country who evoked the magic formula which makes quarreling almost impossible for for my wife and me. One day, late for his train, he rushed over to the baggage room in Grand Central Station, threw his check on the counter, and demanded his bag. The attendant couldn’t find it. As precious minutes went by, the Chinese began jump­ ing up and down with inarticulate rage. Finally he couldn’t stand it any longer. His train was going—his bag was no-, where to be found—and he pounded the counter with his fist and yelled: “Pretty damn seldom where my bag go. She no fly. You no more fit run station than godsake. That’s all I hope!” Before hearing this, when anything of mine got mislaid around the house, which was every time my wife tidied up, I used to scream like a wounded banshee. But now I merely yell, “Pretty damn seldom where my paper go!” In the old days my wife used to come back snappily with, “If you put yor papers where they belong, you’d know where to find them I” —which is sheer nonsense, as any husband knows who has ever tried it. I found the only answer to such an unreasonable remark was, “You no more fit run house than godsake!”—which put her in her place until she learned to retort, “that’s all I hope!” —stopping all argument dead in its tracks. Ln the silly old days I used to moan, “Why don’t you fill out your check stubs properly? What is this $2.20, or $22, or $220? Why can’t you keep your balance straight?” Now I just say, “Pretty damn seldom where my money go. She no fly.” And I get just as far as I ever did—which was exactly nowhere. As for the children, we never quarrel any more about who is spoiling which, and the dreadful things we are doing to their future—as if we knew anything about it. One of us—it doesn’t matter who—merely looks at the of her and says in a resigned way, “you no more fit run children than godsake!” Which nobody can deny. W’ell, there it is. Pretty damn seldom where your happi­ ness go. She no fly. But if you don’t try this next time instead of quarreling you no more fit run marriage than god­ sake. That’s all I hope. —J. P. McEvoy BE SURE^TO GIVE THEM ... Standardized* Pd5teur/zed*Non - Fermenting RECOMMENDED BY LEADING FILIPINO AND AMERICAN PHYSICIANS JANUARY 31, 1947 PAGE 25 Mrs. Felipa L. Marquez, Sec­ retary of the Guinayangan Wo­ men’s Club, Quezon, reported that during the celebration of Mothers’ Day sponsored by the ParentTeachers Association of the town, the Board of Judges composed of Justice of the Peace Guillermo Eleazar as Chairman and with the following members: Mr. Aniceto Resuma, school supervisor, Mr. Cayetano Ingles, treasurer, Mayor Guillermo N. Garcia and Councilor Ladislao Molines, the outstanding mother of the town for 1946 was elected. The choice fell on Mrs. Concepcion M. Sa­ lumbides. She is the mother of the Justice of the Peace, Atty. Vicente M. Salumbides of Takawayan, Quezon; Mrs. Corazon Tayag, of Porac, Pampanga who is a holder of the BSHE degree; Mrs. Dolores Tayag, Ph.B. of Po­ rac, Pampanga; Miss Virginia M. Salumbides, BSHE and other children attending colleges and high schools. She is the widow of the late Faustino I. Salumbides one of the most successful busi­ nessmen of the town. At the re-organization of the Women’s Club in Santiago, Isa­ bela, Mrs. Adelina R. Bersamin was elected President. During the celebration of Parents Day the outstanding mother of the town was selected. She is Mrs. Obdulia Valino, a nurse and business­ woman. Mrs. Valino is 50 years old and has six well-brought up, disciplined children. The club does not have very much funds in its treasury. When the muni­ cipality requested the help of the club for the subsistence of some lepers who were kept in the Sani­ tary Division’s office before they were sent to Manila the club will­ ingly solicited voluntary contribu­ tions which were turned over to the Mayor for this purpose. In connection with the circular sent by Mrs. Henares, Acting President, regarding the fund campaign of the Philippine Red Cross, Mrs. Alejandra J. Balta­ zar, president of the Teresa Wo­ men’s Club, Rizal, wrote that the club rendered full assistance in the campaign which was conduct­ ed by the local municipal auxilia­ ry committee. The Red Cross campaign in the town was a suc­ cess as the full quota was cover­ ed before the close of the cam­ paign period. The Women’s Club was placed under the disposal of the local Red Cross Committee for whatever assistance was re­ quested of them. In connection with the selection of outstanding mother in the mu­ nicipality, Mrs. Simeona C. Fran­ cisco and Mrs. Eugenia V. Cruz were selected. A program in the public plaza was held in their honor. The Singalong Woman’s Club distributed Christmas gifts to about 200 indigent families in the district. Gifts in the form of clothing were given to the adults and toys to the children. These gifts were made available to the club through the National Federa­ tion of Women’s Clubs. A short program was prepared by the members of the club through the cooperation of the sisters of the Patronato de Lourdes, whose pu­ pils furnished two dance numbers. The Parish Priest of Singalong generously consented to the use of the church yard for this occa­ sion. The Committee for the af­ fair was composed of Mrs. Juana \ improved with Sulfathiazni.r effectiveness against eczema, S 1 ’ itches and most skin diseases J w been multiplied to the extent that today DHOBINOL has no and be convinced' q aL ! r METRO stores] S. Silverio who was Master o'f Ceremonies, Mrs. P. C. Cabrera, Chairman, Mrs. Carmen P. Dava, Mrs. Cenona M. Natividad, Mrs. Agueda C. Simbra, Mrs. Felipa de Isaac and Mrs. Tomasa Gonzales, members. Mrs. Encarnacion Lagarejos was selected as the most “Out­ standing Mother” of the Binangonan Women’s Club, Rizal. Mrs. Marina M. Pacis was selected as the “Ideal Mother”. The program, attended by a big crowd, was held at the municipal building. The secretary of the club, Mrs. Teodora Y. Arcilla, presented the “Out­ standing Mother” and Mrs. Isa­ bel Samson, supervising nurse of the puericulture center, presented the “Ideal Mother”. The Munici­ pal Mayor, Dr. Jose M. Pacis and Dr. Atilano Salvo were among the speakers of the occasion. * * * Contrary to previous reports received at the National Federa­ tion of Women’s Clubs that there is no women’s club existing in Nueva Ecija, Mrs. Aurea J. Dac­ quel, prewar president of the wo­ men’s club in Cuyapo, Nueva Ecipa, wrote to us that their club is still in existence as it was and under their auspices the pueri­ culture center is being operated. The other officers are: Mrs. Generosa del Prado, vice-president; Dr. Concordia Falcon, secretary; Mrs. Esperanza Aguinaldo, sub­ secretary; Dr. Eugenia Reus, treasurer; Mrs. Carmen Garcia, sub-treasurer, and members are Mrs. Gorgonia Pascual, Mrs. Ma­ nuela Garcia, Mrs. Rosario Jose, Mrs. Isidra Alberto, and Mrs. Hermogena Flores. ♦ ♦ * According to one of the reports sent by Mrs. Catalina A. Lopez, secretary of the Balaon Women’s Club, La Union, all the members attended classes of Home Nursing for a week under a special nurse, Miss .Elisa Bolante. Diplomas were awarded to those who at­ tended the classes. The Board of Directors are planning to trans­ late the instructions in home nur­ sing in the native dialect. Dur­ ing the Red Cross fund campaign, the president, Mrs. H. R. Welbon PAGE 26 WOMAN1S HOME JOURNAL was one of the members of the committee. According to Mrs. Teofila S. Punzalan, president of the 1’uericulture Center in Calapan, Mindo­ ro, the following is a brief report of their activities: “It has helped the local Health Personnel in reducing infant mor­ tality thru lectures given to mo­ thers on importance of pre-natal care, thru the creation of two po­ sitions of Pucrieulture Cooler Nurses to be able to attend to in­ fants and mothers in the Poblacion and in the barrios and thru free distribution of medicines, clothes, and other things. “The Club has helped the indi gents, fire victims and others in time of distress, by giving medic al aid, clothes, and food. “It had an active participation in all the campaigns of the Phil­ ippine Red Cross Chapters, both Municipal and Provincial. The Board of Directors of the Club had made available to the Red Cross a room of the Puericulture center building and all the neces­ sary pupils so that the Home Nursing Service Course can be carrier! out in this town. It had cooperated actively in the drive to raise funds for Disabled War Ve­ terans, widows, and orphans. On November 9, 1946, there was a Child Health Day celebration un­ der the auspices of the Pueri­ culture center and consisted of a short program and distribution of prizes to healthy babies and A-l pupils. Like last year, the child healtii day of this year promises "Las- but not least among its accomplishments for thV year 1946, is the preparation of U>e ap­ propriation and other important things Io be needed in the con­ struction of a Maternity Clinic building in Calapan which is ex­ pected to he finished before the end of the year. The other officers of the Outer are Mrs. Filomena C. Asi, secret­ ary; Mrs. Julieta ('. Duremdes, treasurer; and members of the board are Miss Trinidad San Agustin, Mrs. Adelaida Laurena, Mrs. Carmen Parol, Mrs. Marta Samaco, Mrs. Sol it a Gamboa, Mrs. Faustina Castillo, and Mrs. Nati­ vidad Lee. BOY, FIFTEEN, PUBLISHER OF OWN MAGAZINE NEW YORK—Bernard Krisher, 15 years old, is founder, publisher and editor of Picture Story, a monthly magazine. The third is­ sue of this magazine for teen-ag­ ers by a- teen-age staff will be published January 15. Born in Leipzig, Germany, Ber­ nard understood no English when he came to this country with his father and mother in 1941. In two years he mastered English and bought a mimeograph ma­ chine and started a monthly ma­ gazine. The magazine soon reach­ ed a circulation of 890 among his schoolmates. There was a month­ ly deficit, however, and last Feb­ ruary Bernard abandoned the magazine. Last fall he started the Picture Story. The magazine is pocket-size and illustrated. It is printed com­ mercially by photo-offset and costs five cents. The ages of the staff range from 14 to 16. Among the articles in the first issue was “Report From France”, by Bernard Kohn, 15, who recent­ ly returned from a three-month visit to France. Other features were a picture spread on Coney Island and an interview with Jack Carson, movie actor. The second issue of the maga­ zine contained a five-page article, “Behind the Scenes in Radio”, a cartoon page entitled “How To Become an Autograph Hound", and a story of the editor’s visit to a United Nations session. The next issue, Bernard said, will tell the magazine’s readers how a large metropolitan newspa­ per goes to press and how pseudo­ science comic strips got that, way and why they are called “comics.” The printing bill for 1,009 co­ pies of the next issue will be well over $100, Bernard said, and more subscribers are needed to meet the deficit. He can meet the salaries of the staff. They got 10 cents an article. A six-month mail subscription costs 40 cents. At present there are 250 subscribers. Don t be without eVEREADy Flashlight, and Batteries ★ MOST POWERFULL ★ LONG LASTING ★ ECONOMICAL ★ ALWAYS FRESH Always insist on EVEREADY [inclusive Distributors Pacific Merchandising Corporation Manila Cebu — Iloilo — Legaspi JANUARY 31, 1947 PAGE 27 RE-ORIENTATION IN WOMEN'S EDUCATION (Continued from page 23) home. This is but natural. The home must remain as the founda­ tion stone of our national organi­ zation and solidarity. The mo­ ther is the queen and mistress of the home. However brilliant a specially gifted individuals, as a group, are already taken care of, or are well able to look after themselves, and we shall not dwell further on them. Considering therefore the pri­ mary and priority of home affairs in a woman’s life, does it not seem unfortunate that in her education preferential attention is not de­ voted to it? Education rightly understood is a preparation for life. Does not education fail of its main purpose then in so far as women are concerned when not enough emphasis is paid to their future activities as guardians of the home? It is in that sense that I advocate a re-orientation in women’s education. Most of our institutions conduct their courses from a man’s point of view, or at least from an impersonal point of view. No effort should be spared in impressing upon the young women of today the serious­ ness oP their role as the future guardians of the home and the im­ pelling need of their being ade­ quately and thoroughly prepared for it. Only in that way can we be assured of continuity in the work of moral rehabilitation. How shall this re-orientation of woman’s education be brought about? The limited time at my disposal hardly gives me the op­ portunity to discuss this point at length but I shall endeavor to in­ dicate its broad outlines. The core of the idea is the elevation and popularization of the conception that the home with its attendant The H,ose> Ouivide The Feliee Aurora Almante Udarbe I stand quite by myself alone; Strangers admire me as they drink tea, In yonder house at center lawn, Praising my beauty not without pity. A butterfly lingers, alights on my petals. Attracted by such wondrous rare beauty. Spreads its wings, glides along portals. Seeks the rose inside not half as pretty. How painful are the might-have-beens, Unloved daughter of fate and destiny; To grow outside the forbidding fence, A rose of unusual beauty minus patrimony. problems is a worthwhile object of study of our best talents. The plan contemplates bringing to bear on this central idea such know­ ledge as will in the aggregate em­ body a course of study that is second to none in its educational value, and in the demand it makes on the intelligence and industry of the student. The conception of home-making shall be broadened and shall include not only a know­ ledge of foods, clothing, and housing, but also the promotion of family and social welfare over the long range. A progresive out­ look shall ever be maintained. Therefore such features of modem education as tend to bring about a well-rounded personality should be retained. Acquaintance with the relevant facts of the physical and the social world are necessary in life. She is to con­ tinue being instructed along those lines. Proficiency in the act of self-expression whether in the na­ tive dialects or in foreign tongues, as well as appreciation for what is well and finely written are valuable acquisitions for a mother to transmit to her children. Then, too, the Filipino woman has al­ ways been noted for her innate artistic sense in music as well as in the fine arts. The schools might well encourage her further in developing this desirable trait. Beauty in the home adds to its attraction. It makes it a more pleasant place to live in, precisely now that so many of our people have to be content with patchedup or makeshift structures. Mu­ sic readily dispels gloom. Both arts are proven morale-boosters. Health education is another sub­ ject to which increased attention may be paid. I am but repeating a commonplace when I say that the family leans heavily on the mother for the preservation of its health as well as for aid and re­ lief. Woman has invariably been relied upon to administer first aid. Preventive medicine is now the rule. The emphasis is in keep­ ing everybody in the family healthy and therefore inured to diseases rather than in adminis­ tering treatment after they have acquired an ailment. The mother here as in every matter affect­ ing the home bears the major res­ ponsibility. It is most unfair to hold her to strict accountability if beforehand she is not adequately instructed. I could go on to cite other subjects which in their pur­ suit will lend solidity and stability to the family—economics, socio­ logy, psychology, eugenics, physi­ cal culture, and others, but the foregoing will suffice to illustrate the general idea of the direction in which re-orientation in woman’s education shall take place. Wo­ man’s education shall not be lack­ ing either intensity or in variety. Neither shall she be isolated or deprived of contact with men. She will remain free to embark on a career, if she is so inclined. That is her right in a democratic form of life. But whether a career woman or not, there is one task she is not likely to forego, and most likely will not forego— that of having a family. Her basic education then should not ignore this outlook, rather it should dominate it. We are educators both—you and I—you in your respective homes and I and my kind in schools, col­ leges, and universities. In the importance and significance of our educational work, you have the edge over me and the other professional teachers and educa­ tors. This I say not to flatter you nor out of modesty but because it is the truth. You arrive first on the scene and your influence per­ sists long after the polish we apply in the schools has worn off. It is now becoming increasingly recognized that the most crucial years in the education of the young is in the first seven years of his life. During such a time you as mothers have exclusive control over him. You shape his character and his conduct. Traits he acquires during this formative period will likely persist through the years. Filipino mothers, on the whole, realiz etheir duty in educating their young, but do they know now sufficiently well? Can our educational system honestly answer the question in the affir­ mative whether or not our future mothers are being prepared for life? We offer facilities to our women to become first-rate doc­ tors, accomplished lawyers, de­ pendable druggists, and in gen­ eral to become able professionals. But are we doing all we can to­ wards preparing them for the more exacting role of motherhood ? Your generation has had to meet a difficult situation resulting from the increasing complexity of modem life. Should we not help the coming generations to better prepare themselves to meet their problems? What I wish to say is that we have been ignoring the special needs of womanhood—the training that will porperly ac­ quaint her with her most vital function in society. That really is a grievance of which she can righteously complain. Something can be done about it. Something should be done. And that implies a new orientation in woman’s edu­ cation. I would not want to tax your patience unduly. I think I have made clear my views on the ur­ gency of the questions of moral rehabilitation and the role of wo­ men to assure its proper accom­ plishment. As mothers and as civic leaders you yourselves must have pondered long and deeply on the question. May I repeat that what I am advocating is that in­ stead of passive acquiescence in what currently seems to be fashionable in a man-made world, there should be some serious and sustained effort towards a re­ orientation in women’s education that would fitly emphasize the traditional and constant role that a woman has in our scheme of values and in our way of life. Such a re-orientation, based as it is on sound principles, will endure. With patience and experience as guides, we shall learn to work out the details that will bring about the desired results. May I also add that perhaps at no time in our national life has the country ever been in need of talents, the energies and the skill of the women, as now. I know that the Federation of Women’s Clubs will not fail the country in its hour of need. You have served the coutry long and well. The kind of service which you have so gen­ erously and efficiently rendered in the past can speed the way to our national redemption and sur­ vival. I feel confident that your response ■will be all that it should be. Under such circumstances the Philippines can look toward the uncertain future with serenity and with fortitude. PAGE 28 WOMAN’S HOME JOUR^AD WHY DON'T WOMEN GROW UP? (Continued from, page 11) FRIENDS IN AMERICA (Continued from page 12) unaware we are of the wealth and power that have come into our hands througs generations of in­ heritance. I am not suggesting that wom­ en organize as a sex and attempt to take over the management of the United States! (Although con­ sidering the history of war, de­ pression and upheaval just in our lifetime, we couldn’t do a much w’orse job than the men have done.) I am suggesting, though, that we “grow up”—grow up to our opportunities and responsibil­ ities in the one great democracy left on earth. It is primarily our fault, for in­ stance, that America has been sickened by a huge war-born black market and is still in grave dan­ ger of runaway prices, of disas­ trous inflation. It takes two to make a black market, you know— the law-breaking seller and the sucker buyer. As the ruling buyers of food, we could have wiped out the black market and the threat of inflation at the start if we had refused to deal with the racket­ eers, had refused to pay their il­ legally high prices. But first each of us had to recognize that one black-market purchase added to a million other black-market pur­ chases meant a general breakdown of controls. Each of us had to un­ derstand that no amount of Gov­ ernment regulation could hold down the cost of living. That achievement depended on us, as individuals. Each of us had to appreciate that “cooperation” in­ cluded our family as well as our neighbor’s. But not enough of us under­ stood. Too many thought it smart to buy steaks, regardless of the price demanded. Too many moan­ ed over teacups about the scar­ city of butter or bacon or sugaiand then bought supplies illegaly. The black market didn’t have to happen in America—but we let it happen. It is partially our fault that our nation today is floundering for a true, strong foreign policy. I’ve never met a woman who wanted or condoned war and you prob­ ably have never met one either. Well, then! Let us see to it that the people who represent us real­ ize and reflect our viewpoints. Our vote is our most powerful weap­ on when we use it. If we do not help elect representatives who ful­ fill our will, we cannot blame “some else”—only ourselves. It is certainly our fault that in this year of 1946, virtually every State in the Union still has laws on its books belittling the posi­ tion of women and placing us in same category as a piece of lug­ gage. There is no reason why a woman can’t be employed in Texas unless her husband obtains court Four hundred dollars worth of office equipment for the Philip­ pines club house has been given by North Carolina club women; equipment which will include a mimeograph machine, two type­ writers and filing cabinets. Asked to Write Congressmen Mrs. Legarda also asked the club women to write to their con­ approval. There is no reason why even a woman’s clothes should be the property of her husband in South Carolina? There is no justi­ fication for the fact that the laws of every State favor the single woman or the widow over the mar­ ried woman. Does marriage make a girl less competent? The out­ dated laws are often laughable— but their existence testifies to our laziness. And it is finally our fault that women’s groups—from the local clubs to the .nationwide organiza­ tions—are known almost entirely for their “good works” and scarce­ ly at all for their intellectual and political leadership. Just the other day, I attended a meeting of gracious ladies interested in col­ lecting food and clothing for the impoverished children of France. For hours, over the teacups, we talked about how the money would be shipped, w'hat clothing would be requested. Suddenly, one lady asked, "Isn’t there a Government relief agency that should be consulted about this?” The meeting seemed to fall apart then, as one after the other tried to recall the name of the United Nations Relief & Rehabilitation Administration—or UNRRA, as it is familiarly called—which is the United Nations agency for bringing aid and relief to war-de­ vastated peoples. After several timidly admitted they had no idea how French relief would fit into UNRRA’s plans, the first lady was assigned to report on the facts at another meeting and the prog­ ram was temporarily shelved. THE kind ladies were right to think of supplementing the work of UNRRA, of course. But that initial fiasco was a sad com­ mentary upon the thoroughness of our knowledge, the gap between our hearts and our minds. gressmen in behalf of the G.I.’s of the Philippines who fought under General MacArthur, were a part of the American army but are not included in the G.I. Bill of Rights. The club house, which was used during the war as a center for ac­ tivities, was taken over by the Japanese and during the libera(Continued on page 33) At the San Francisco confer­ ence, where the representatives of the United Nations drew up the charter for a world organization, the United States delegation includled only one woman — Dean Virginia C. Gildersleeve of Bar­ nard College. At the first meeting of the new United Nations Or­ ganization in London early this year, the United States delegation included only one woman — Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt. At many other conferences on foreign and domes­ tic affairs that I have attended as a newspaper reporter, there hasn’t even been one woman del­ egate to speak not only as an American but also as a woman. Yet the decisions reached at these conferences determine what you and I <pay for food, for rent, for clothing—They decide our securi­ ty and happiness. I’ve often won­ dered of what value will be my well-managed home if that home is to be blown to bits in some future atomic conflict. And of what value will be our children if they are to live in constant fear and possibly be destroyed by economic or military war. Were we beaten-down, timid members of a slave sex, I could not, of course, “sound off” like this. But the American girl is far from the bondswoman of the old days. Let us, therefore, educate ourselves to what is happening around us and -use our educations to raise the standards of America and the world. Let’s elect men and women to Congress who truly re­ present us and support especially the women among us who are try­ ing to lead the world toward stab­ ility and peace. It is not necessary to be a “ca­ reer girl” to be alert and active! The girl who stays at home has an even better opoprtunity to read and listen, think and talk. And when she joins in community and national affairs, she’ll brighten up her own life as well as contrib­ ute to her nation. We are privileged to be living in the most critical period of all time, to be alive at the beginning of a new age. If we ignore the challenge, default on our respon­ sibilities, this age well may mark the end of civilization. But if we “grow up,” the future may be bril­ liant indeed. Waterman’s PAGE 29 JANUARY 31, 1947 THEY WORK, TOO (Continued from page 6) THIS FORTNIGHT'S ISSUE (Continued, from page 3/ who not only plays the harp but (dso pounds the typewriter at her father’s office. Virginia (Baby) Pamintuan, whom you generally Maxine Carmelo-Cacho runs a gift shop. CALIFORNIA COOKS ORANGES (Continued from page 25) jthe crust rather thin, brush it bvith melted butter, fold in quartKrs and put it in the refrigerator Ho ".rest while you’re preparing Eour filling. And here’s where iT fool you—it's apple, not oranges L—but wait. Four pounds of Pipipin apples, peeled and cut in [eighths are heaped into a baking wish about two inches deep. They rare then covered with a mixture [made by grating the rind of an [prange, adding an eighth of a pound of butter, a cup of sugar, [and the juice of half an orange. IMix this through the apples a bit, sand cover with your crust which Bias been rolled not too thin, and (•which has had a couple of holes fcut Out to fit with a very small fround cutter—and do the cutting ^before you put the crust on the rpie. Bake in a hot oven, 450°, for fifteen minutes, then reduce heat to 325° until the apples are completely tender. After the pie is removed from the oven, pour 3 [or 4 tablespoons of California [brand’ through the holes. Serve Araneta offices. Jenny Araneta, sister of Mrs. Yulo, keeps office for the J. Amado Araneta enterprises. J. Amado Araneta happens to be her brother. Claring Tan Kiang, one-time Carnival queen, is tussling with law books and keeping office hours besides at the Far Eastern Surety Co., where she holds the position of secretary-treasurer. Baby Labrador, who is always the goat when society programs de­ mand a hula number, keeps very ably a wholesale store downtown. “1 am cashier," shte pokes at her­ self. But she is more. She can outsell any veteran behind the counter. Pili Terren is only one of the many VSAC girls who all trod to office of mornings and back again after lunch. Nini Quezon makes a very able secretary to her mother, who is ('hairman of the Executive Com­ mittee of the Philippine Red Cross. She may be a peso-a-year worker, but speaking of work, Nini knows what it is like. # the pie at California temperature —not hot, not cold — and pass one of these three embellish­ ments: thick, thick cream (what am I saying?); whipped cream (the day will come!); or sour cream (which is best anyway). And now for a spectacular fin­ ish... SANTA ANITA ORANGE BRULOT Prepare as many very thinskinned oranges as you have guests; score the oranges around their "equators,” cutting only through the zest. With the handle of grandma’s coin silver spoon, or with a butter spreader loosen the skin from the equator to both the North and South poles, leav. ing the icecaps adhering to the oranges. Now turn back both halves of the skin so that they are inside out. What have you? A goblet with a peeled orange for the stem, and inverted orange skins for both bowl and base. Serve each guest with this Calif­ ornia cup, set upon a saucer and go. They no fly.” The wife can The former is at present connect­ stop all arguments dead on its ed with the Philippine Red Cross, track by retorting, “That’s all I and the latter has gone home to hope.” After all, anger passes, Gubat, Sorsogon to get his bearand the more nonsensical you are ings and maybe write a book, when you are violently angry, the better for everybody else concern- WE KEPT our promise to run ed. the pictures of the newly refur­ bished home of Senate President “DANCING FEET" may fall and Mrs. Jose Avelino on Gilmore flat on the ears of non-dancing Avenue. The photographs were people who eye those who love to taken at our instance by the May­ dance with suspicion. By the flower Studio, with Angel Lara same token people blessed with Villareal behind the. camera, dancing feet can never forgive —P.T.G. those who attribute nothing but vicarious pleasui-e to this most--------------------------------------------enjoyable form of exercise. “Re-Orientation in Women’s Education" is some very solid talk heard in many months. From the. President of the University of the Philippines to the National Fe­ deration of the Philippines, on its 25th anniversary, this piece makes a document. Pertinent questions and answers on the U.S.-Philippine War Dam­ age Commission you will find in these same pages with every is­ sue. They should clear your doubts and make easy whatever negotiations you intend to file be­ fore the committee. OUR FASHION gals this fortnight are here recorded in their unusual best. Susan Magalona-Ledesma is still abroad, but this blue and white attire is doubtless one of her favorites. Mrs. Lovina never looked better than in the black ensemble she wears, in justice to an inspired couturier. Chito Madrigal is at her loveliest in that silver strap­ less. Mrs. Barredo has ordered other lovelier gowns after this one she wears here. The one she wore for the Minuet should be re­ corded for posterity. OUR FICT1ONISTS are none other than good, old reliable D. Paulo Dizon and Delfin Fresnosa. accompanied with a spoon and with a lump of sugar in each “cup.” Pour a jigger of Califor­ nia brandy into each cup, set it aflame, and allow each delighted member of the party to spoon the flaming brandy over the inside of his orange goblet. When the last What Is Fashion? Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but fol­ lows religiously the new. Thoreau Fashion is what one wears oneself. What is unfashion­ able is What other people wear. Oscar Wilde No woman can look as well out of fashion as in it. Mark Twain A won ran would be in des­ pair if Nature had formed her as fashion makes her appear. Mdlle. de L’Espinane The secret of fashion is to surpri se and never to dis­ appoint. x Bulwer-Lytton BY ELAINE K. SEWELL beautiful blue flame dies down is time enough to sip of the golden orange cordial that you and your fellow alchemists have produced... or would you rather take your vitamin C in tablet form. —Helen Evans Brown. WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL ALL FOR LOVE HERE’S A MAN WHO IS WILLING TO SUFFER ALL THE INCONVENIENCES OF PRESENT-DAY TRAIN-TRAVEL JUST TO INDULGE HIS HOBBY WHAT with the loosening up in train travel, we got in touch with Ernest M. Frimbo, who is regarded as the most widely travelled rail fan in the country, and asked him how he and his fellow-fans had been faring during the difficult war years. We found him to be a tall, FRED ASTAIRE, after his 20th and last Hollywood picture, retires from a 41-year-old career that saw him become successively the No. 1 dancer of the U. S. stage and screen and one of the world s bestknown "hoofers.” Synonomous with polished perfection in the terpsichorean art. Fred began taking dancing lessons when he was five with his sister Adele, 18-months his senior. Two years later Fred and Adele had started in the vaudeville dance act that launched them on their sensational career, and a year later they were making a terrific hit in New York. The young Astaires served a nine-year apprenticeship on the three-a-day vaudeville circuits, and Fred was 17 when they made their bow on Broadway big time. Hit followed hit in New York, and papas and mamas about the country began naming their boy and girl twins after the popular dancing pair. The Astaires' reputation became international when they went to Lon­ don with some of the shows, but the dance team was broken up in 1932 when Adele married Lord Cavendish and remained in Ireland. Fred continued alone—winning new honors in the 32-week Broad­ way run of "Gay Divorce.” Then RKO signed him to make a picture, "Flying Down to Rio,” for which a girl named Ginger Rogers had been selected for his partner. On his first screen test some minor studio executive noted "Can't act. Slightly bald. Can dance a little.” It didn't mean a thing though, when fans saw the Astaire-Rogers combination. Both became box office stars through seven succeeding films until Ginger took to dramatic roles. Fred was bom May 10, 1899, in Omaha, Neb. Originally his name was Austerlitz. He mar­ ried a Boston socialite in July, 1933; has one son, Fred, Jr., 9, and a 3-year-old daughter. The Astaires live in Beverly Hills; vacation at an Aiken, S. C., estate. Fred creates all of his own dance routines, is an amateur pianist and has written four hit tunes. From now on he expects to enjoy his piano playing, golf, and stable of thorough­ breds. - (International) for Danville, Illinois. He arrived at Danville at 2:30 A.M. and walk­ ed down the street to the station of the Illinois Terminal Railway, a trolley company that once had sleepers and still has observa­ tion-dining cars. The first trolley left at 4:30 A.M. and Frimbo rode it as far as Decatur Junction, where, at 7:08 A.M., he boarded a trolley to Bloomington. He reachdistinguished-looking man, a lexi- though not as well as he once did. ed Bloomington at 8:42 A.M. and cographer by profession. He told “Last year I covered only about at 9:10 boarded the Alton Hum­ us that, while the war had forty-one thousand miles,” he said, mer for Chicago. He arrived in certainly made train travel less “whereas in 1941 I made over six- Chicago at 11:59 and made a comfortable than usual, most of ty-one thousand miles. Of course, quick run out to Cicero aboard his friends had continued to get I only travel weekends and during the “L”. He turned by a Chicago at the rate of twenty or thirty n1)’ vacation.” He eyed us defens- We«t Towns Railway Company thousand miles a year. He him- ively. “Most people think we’re trolley and then a Chicago Surself has done somewhat better, al- nuts,” he said. “I don’t know why. ^ace Lines trolley, reaching the If I rode around in a Buick all La Salle Street station at 2:57 weekend, no one would say a word. I’-M. and there engaging a bedFurthermore, the government roo,n •’» the Twentieth Century, doesn’t think we’re nuts. When “J always wear a gray Homburg the war started, the Army called "’hen I travel,” Frimbo told us, me down to Washington and gave "ai>d I’m taken for a troubled me a majority, so the knowledge businessman.” The Century left I’ve picked up wandering around Chicago at 3:30 P.M. Having the country must be worth some- been without sleep for thirty-nine thing.” hours, Frimbo went to bed early, Frimbo had just returned from reached New York at 9:30 A. a brisk three-day-weekend jaunt ”*• Tuesday and was al his desk '1 covered about twenty-eight hundred miles,” Frimbo tpld us. 1S ‘‘Three hundred and sixtv-six of m WaS new' That’s the important part to us fellows, rolling up new mileage and riding new lines. The New Albany-to-Louisville and Chi­ cago West Towns trolleys were riiinuu nau jum jeiurntMi num ......... . a brisk three-day-weekend jaunt f Tuesday and when we talked to him. He said P >£> **”’ it had been one day longer but no more devious than usual. It . struck us as being a classic of its kind. We asked him to give us his exact itinerary; we set it down here as a significant social docu­ ment, urging our students to bear in mind that the trip was under­ taken all for love. At eleven-thir- . ,----------------ty Friday night, Frimbo caught 1b"th f,nds' Natura'>y> a the B. & O. train bus at Rockefel- llke that takes advance planning, ler Center. This took him to Jer- The fact is> I,ve Kot a hundred and sey City, where he had reserved a /ifty such trips all'Tigured out; 1.32 A.M. it’11 take ”l<? t,nee -veais to &et He reached th|’°ugh them. People say, “What jjjs do you do while you’re on a train, to a especially now that they’re so rowded and uncomfortable?” I watch people in cars tied up in traffic jams on the highways, dragging along at three miles an hour.” lower berth on the 1:02 A.M. Washington express. L< ,,, Washington at 7:05 A.M. sleeper was ____... _ Washington-to-St. Louis train, the vr( Metropolitan Special which left at say, “Why, 1 just 7:55 A.M. He reached St. Louis at 7:40 Sunday morning. Draw­ ing a deep breath, he caught the 8:15 train for Evansville, Indiana, reached Evansville at 1:15 P.M., and there boarded the 1:55 local for Louisville. He reached Louis­ ville at 5:55 and, presumably with some regret, took a cab to New Albany, Indiana. “There’s an old trolley line between New Albany and Louisville,” he told us. “I like trolleys as well as trains, and they’re disappearing fast. I wanter to ride this one before some smelly bus takes its place.” Frimbo got the 6:30 trolley from New Albany, reentered Lou­ isville at 7:0.5, and departed for Indianapolis at 7:30. He ate, shaved and changed his shirt aboard the train, and disembark­ ed at 10:30. He enjoyed a trol. ley ride of six or seven miles around the city, got back to th? station at 12:12 Monday morning, and boarded a 12:15 A.M. train then attached (THE NEY YORKER) Mrs. Pura Villanueva Kalaw and Mrs. Paz Reyes Cucrpocruz representing the League of Wo­ men Voters of the Philippines, turned in the donation of the or­ ganization to the Quezon Memori­ al Fund to Secretary of the In­ terior Jose Zulueta last Tuesday, January 14. Among those who contributed to the fund were Mrs. Kalaw, Mrs. Cuerpocruz, Mesdames Flora A. Ylagan, Asuncion Perez, Evu Es­ trada Kalaw, Crispjna 'Malvar Meer, Consolacion I’orlas, Rosa Sevilla Alvero, Josefa Jara Marti­ nez, Belen Enrile Gutierrez, Con­ cepcion Maramba Henares, Paz Policarpio Mendez, Beatriz P. Ron­ quillo, Salud Fabella Unson, Sofia de Jaranilla, Emilia 0. Alzate, and Aida Hube. JANUARY 31, 1947 PAC-E 81 IGNORANCE is seldom bliss. Take the question of fatigue. Almost everyone is tired some of the time; some are tired all of the time, quite unnecessarily. If people knew the facts about fa­ tigue and acted on them, they would seldom, or never, be tired. It is actually the mistaken ideas people hold on this subject that permit them to become fatigued. Here are fourteen statements concerning fatigue, some true, some false. How many can you answer correctly? Why not put the facts to work to increase your energy and hence your success and happiness? Energy is more important than intelligence in achieving success. This statement is true. A superior intelligence coupled with low energy will accomplish little. A mediocre intelligence coupled with great energy will achieve far more. A superior in­ telligence coupled with great ener­ gy is genius. Energy is the dyna­ mo that puts all of whatever in­ telligence a person possesses to work. It is the one quality that all successful people have in com­ mon. It is the reason why the stu­ pid often succeed where the bril­ liant fail. Acorcding to Emerson it is energy that underlies all suc­ cess. He places it high above wis­ dom as a requisite and psycholo­ gists agree with him. Work is the cause of chronic fatigue. False. The fatigue brought on by a day’s hard physical work though acute, is wiped out by a night’s rest and cannot accumulate. The fatigue of which the sedentary worker complains is chronic and is not brought on by physical ef­ fort since he doesn’t make enough physical effort to tire him. Ab­ solutely 100 per cent of the fa­ tigue of the sedentary worker in good health is due to factors other than work. There is no such thing known to science as a person brought to a state of chronic fa­ tigue by work. Difficult work is more apt to cause fatigue than easy work. False. Boredom is the single greatest cause of fatigue. Work that does not use most of our abilities is monotonous and boring. Work that is beyond our abilities causes nervous strain. Both conditions bring on fatigue, but one can more easily step up one’s ability to meet a difficult task than reconcile one­ self to work that demands too lit­ tle ability. Rest is the cure for fatigue. False. No amount of rest will cure the fatigue of the sedentary worker, or any chronic fatigue. Since none of the toxins of true physiologi­ cal fatigue are in the system, no rest is needed to restore the chem­ ical balance. What is needed is a change of activity—more and dif­ ferent work perhaps, more plea­ surable exercise, new and more enjoyable social contacts. Lolling around provides no change, does not distract the mind, does not fill it with new interests. The body does not need rest, the mind needs change. Only impelling interest will give abundant energy. A gland disorder is a frequent cause of fatigue. False. It is a comparatively infrequent cause. An abnormal gland, such as a thyroid or adrenalin deficien­ cy, causes fatigability, but most human beings have standard equipment in this respect. There is no such thing as an especially de luxe set of glands filling one to bursting with energy. They are not a reservoir of energy and are no more a source of energy than the heart or the lungs. A person with gilt-edged glands may be very tired indeed, may be flat­ tened out, exhausted by emotion­ al strains. But something more than hormones is driving the per­ son who is a Human Dynamo. It is interest. Salt decreases acute physical fatigue. True. Hard labor or excessive heat causes the body to perspire free­ ly and thus throw off salt. Loss of salt induces fatigue. Replacing it relieves the fatigue. It is es­ sential, however, to know exactly what amounts should be taken. Most fatigue is imaginary. False. Fatigue is seldom imaginary. To say that chronic fatigue is not due to work, physical or mental, is not to say it is imaginary. There are other possible causes. The true and only causes of chro­ nic fatigue are psychological which is very different from ima­ ginary. Ideas and feelings are quite as real as housework. It is not the work we do but the emo­ tional factors connected with this work, the nervous tensions under which it is done, that make us tired. Among these are worry, in­ decision, boredom, a sense of in­ feriority, hurry, sex complexes, etc. You really are tired after a day’s work, but not because of the work. The fact is that you are tired because of the emotional fac­ tors involved. Energy is dependent upon good health. False. Some invalids have been among the greatest producers in the world. What drove them was not physical strength but emotional fervor. Stevenson, Darwin, Keats, Elizabeth Browning were sick most of their lives—yet look at the work they did! The fact that in spite of ill health they poured out such quantities'of work bear­ ing the hallmark of genius proves that they possessed extraordinary supplies of energy. Joseph Pulit­ zer, Clara Barton (founder of the American Red Cross), and Flor­ ence Nightingale were all invalids or frail, as are many lesser peo­ ple whose consuming interests drive them and fill their lives with accomplishment. Mental work causes fatigue. False.. Scientific investigations have proved that mental work cannot cause fatigue. The true measure of energy is the capacity to con­ tinue to work accurately and swiftly. All tests indicate that even after excessively long hours of mental work there is no lessen­ ing of this capacity. One day or one lifetime of hard mental work cannot produce fatigue. Less energy goes into a Shakespear­ ean sonnet than into a single blow by Joe Louis. The amount of ener­ gy used for mental processes of any sort is utterly negligible Tn comparison with the amount of energy used in hammering a tack. You can’t actually tire yourself with brain work. Benzedrine banishes fatigue. True. But it is a dangerous habitlorming drug, and exacts a high price for the temporary good it does. It should never be taken without a prescription from your doctor for this reason. Fatigue naturally accompanies old age. False. Energy in old age depends upon how much interest one continues to take in life and work. Energy is little dependent on physical strength, greatly dependent on emotional drive. In their old age (many great men produce work equal to that of their youth! Kant, Goethe, Victor Hugo and Rem­ brandt did some of their finest work in their seventies and eigh­ ties, Michaelangelo at ninety( Continued on page 34) PAGE 31 WOMAN’S HOME JOH*’ t FRIENDS IN AMERICA (Continued from page 29) For Better Understanding Among Peoples Lion was bombed, Mrs. Legarda said. Food and money were hid­ den for the soldiers and war pri­ soners by the women by conceal­ ing them in the rolls of their hair and the hems of their dresses. At one coffee shop which was takeen over by the Japanese, American prisoners were made to brush up the grounds and keep the shrub­ bery in order. The girls would conceal food and packages for the men, throw them under the shrubs and in the morning sing a ditty to the tune, “Good .morning, go around and pick it up.” The boys would sing in return, “Don’t wor­ ry I’ve got it, its in the garbage can.” Economic System Haywire In an occupied country as was the Philippines, the whole econo­ mic system went haywire. Infla­ tion is still rampant Mrs. Legarda said, with $60 for one “chicken egg,” $900 for a hen; $500 for coffee. A man earning $3 a day will have to spend $10 a day to Jive. Mrs. Legarda also asked that the clubwomen save their flour sacks for the babies of the Phil­ ippines and think of sending toys for next Christmas, since it is now too late for them to reach them for this year. Miss Evangelista thanked the women of North Carolina for their interest and for the office equipment which will be sent to the clubwomen. She made an im­ passioned plea for continued in­ terest and help. Mrs. Legarda was introduced by Mrs. Karl Bishopric, who told of the gift of the clubwomen of the state. The luncheon was preceded by a meeting of the Poetry Lovers’ Group. VISIT DUKE Prominent visitors at Duke Uni­ versity yesterday who were guests of Miss Fannie Mitchell, acting director of the appointments of­ fice at a luncheon in the Oak Room, included Mrs. Trinidad Le­ garda of Manila, president of the National Federation of Women’s Clubs and the National Council; Mrs. Carl Bishopric of Spray, president of the North Carolina Federation of Women’s Clubs and Miss Mercedes Evangelista of Ma­ nila, Dr. Alice M. Baldwin, dean of the Woman’s College of Duke University. Other guests' attend­ ing the luncheon included Miss Anne Garrard, assistant director of alumni affairs; Miss Louise Horner, secretary to Dr. Frank deVyver; Mrs. Lucile K. Boyden, acting director of Duke News Ser­ vice; and Mrs. Bishopric’s two sons, George and Carl, who are students at the university. Mrs. Legarda, Mrs. Bishopric and Miss Evangelista left in the afternoon for Raleigh , where they were guests last night of Mrs. J. W. Harrelson, president of State Col­ lege Women’s Club. They will continue to Goldsboro today to be dinner guests tonight of Mrs. S. B. McPheeters, w’ho established the Red Cross at Manila. The above write-up was the cap­ tion of a picture published in one of the papers of Durham, North Carolina (we are sorry they cu' iff the name). ENERGETIC MRS. LEGARDA HOLDS NINE OFFICES IN PHILIPPINES By Genevieve Reynolds (The Washington Post, Wednesday, December 18, 1946 Meet dynamic Mrs. Trinidad Fernandez Legarda of Manila. Upon her broad, erect shoulders she carries the responsibility of nine positions—all unremunerative in dollars or cents. The handsome president of the Philippine National Federation of Women’s Clubs also heads the Manila Symphony Society, Nation­ al Council of Women of the Phil­ ippines. Besides, she’s vice com­ missioner of the Girl Scouts Ad­ visory Council; member of the board of directors of the Catholic Women’s League; chairman, com­ mittee on special home services for war brides; on the board of directors of Women’s Club of Manila; member, Philippine Asso­ ciation of Women Writers, andon the board of editors of the Wo­ man’s Home Journal. Through her direction, women’s organizations in the Philippines will take on the task of wiping out juvenile delinquency plus helping the actual rebuilding and rehabilitation of school, civic, cul­ tural centers. At a Nepa party given in honor of the William Winters by Dr. and Mrs. Ramon Patemo at their home over the Christmas week, a representative group of women gathered to hear Mr. Winter talk on the one-world idea. His speech was impromptu, but a condensa­ tion is here given by Mrs. Winter, who is herself a writer, through a note she sent from Hongkong to Mrs. Adela Planas-Paterno, days after the party. “As for a condensation of Bill’s speech you can elaborate on the theme that in this atomic world all nationalistic banners must be destroyed and we should strive for the goal of world citizenship. Perhaps in that way we can achieve a better understanding between peoples. Women must keep that goal before them and since it seems that men have fail­ ed and made a mess of things, it is time women become more act­ ive and interested in world affairs and assume their rightful lead­ ership. That covers the main po­ ints, I believe.” According to Mrs. Paterno the purpose of the gathering was three-fold: “to boost our own and feel proud of ourselves as a na­ tion with its own beautiful cus­ toms and traditions; to show our gratitude to the American people through the Winters for all that America has done for us and to promote better understanding among all people. During the merienda native dishes were served and Filipino music played. Paterno’s “Flor de Manila” symbolic of our senti­ ment during the Spanish era and Tapales' “Stranger at the Gate” a modern composition were ably executed by Mrs. Evelina KalawKatigbak, soprano, and Miss Fer­ nandez, pianist. The Sucgang sisters, portraying the Filipino’s love for music, gave violin and piano selections. Mrs. Tripidad Legarda has had many honors bestowed upon her throughout an active career that included editing a magazine, so­ ciety editing on the Manila Times, serving as woman’s page editor of the Philippine Herald. Of all her numerous jobs, activities and hon­ ors, she claims that the job of be­ ing a beauty is the most difficult. Back in 1924 she was named “Queen of the Carnival” by the Bachelors’ Club. “This was an honor,” she says, “which I have since regretted and at the same time commended. To live up to the reputation of be­ ing a carnival beauty—and here she inserts a question mark—is a hard and difficult job with no letup. On the other hand, per­ haps it was this same difficult role which has given me a healthy interest in clothes and women’s progress in all lines of endeavor.” War, children and war’s after­ math have driven everything from her mind now except the rebuild­ ing of her homeland. And she’s eager to have cultural activities keep pace with economic recon­ struction in the islands. One of the Lgeardas’ children, Benito, Jr., is studying at George­ town University. Another, 14-yearold Carmen, iB a sophomore in the Holy Ghost School. • • • In Washington-this week, she told of her jaunt through the Mid­ dle West, South and North. She didn’t do a Cook’s tour but took time to visit farm and city homes as well as women’s clubs. “I feel humble around Ameri­ can women, they do so much,” she says. “Always they are alert to themselves. I must teach our Fil­ ipino women to ‘bugetize’ their time, too, for life is different in the islands now. “No longer is it considered un­ ladylike for a woman to do her own marketing and housework,” she continues. "Servants are ex­ pensive and not too plentiful. Nearly all our women are hold­ ing down several jobs.” Outwitting Jap invaders is one of her many accomplishments. As head of Manila’s Symphony Or­ chestra Society, she was asked by the Japanese to get the concerts going. With some quick thinking she stalled off the Japs by pre­ tending that all musical instru­ ments and scores had been de­ stroyed. Furthermore, she told them that the orchestra leader was in a prison camp and no one else could conduct. • • • JANUARY JI, 1947 PAGE SB US PI WAR DAMAGE COMMISSION < Continued from page 11) ARE YOU ALWAYS TIRED? (Continued from page 32) Q.—How must the claim be pre­ pared ? A.—The claim must be legibly written in the English language. Q.—How will the claimant know that his claim has been received by the Commission? A.—When the claimant submits his claim it must be accompanied by a self-addressed Claim Receipt Card. This card form is obtain­ able from any office of the Com­ mission and copies of it will be distributed with the claim form. In the event of failure to sub­ mit a self-addressed claim receipt card with the completed claim form, the Commission will not acknowledge receipt of the claim. If the claimant does submit a self-addressed claim receipt card with his claim, the card will be returned to him by the Commis­ sion by mail. It is imperative that the address on the card be legible and accurate. Q.—Is there any charge for the claim forms or the claim re­ ceipt card? A.—There is no charge for any of these documents. The Com­ mission will distribute them free and anyone who attempts to charge a fee for them is a rac­ keteer. Q.—After a claim has been sub­ mitted, when may the claimant expect adjudication of his claim ? A.—It is,estimated that approx­ imately one million private claims will be filed with the Commis­ sion. Every claim and every claimant must be carefully inves­ tigated so that the Commission can make certain that the claim is legitimate and that the claim­ ant is a qualified and deserving person. Obviously this work is going to require considerable time. Claimants should understand that the Commission cannot authorize the payment of the money of the United States without careful in­ vestigation. Q.—How much money is the Commission authorized to pay out for private claims? A.—The Philippine Rehabilita'tion Act by which the Commission was created contains an authori­ zation for P800,000,000 for the payment of private claims but out of this fund must also come the operating expenses of the Com­ mission. Q.—How much money is the Commission authorized to spend for public claims? A.—The law authorizes a fund of P240,000,000 for the restoration of public services and property. This fund is to be divided among several agencies of the United States Government, however. The Commission, therefore, will receive somewhat less than half of this amount. The remainder will be used for public health, restora tion of roads, and restoration of harbor and post facilities. Q.—Has the United States ever paid war damage claims before ? A.—The United States has nev­ er paid even its own citizens for war damage. eight, lei our own time Clemen­ ceau, Rodin, Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, Andrew Mellon, Connie Mack, Henry Ford, to mention but a few of the many examples, were all “old men” when they were doing hard important work. In­ terest is the power that drives the dynamo. Nervous breakdowns are caused by overwork. False. Here let us quote a few authori­ ties. Dr. Austin F. Riggs: “Hard work, plenty of it, whether phy­ sical or mental, nevei- in itself produced one Single case of ner­ vous exhaustion.” Dr. A. A. Brill: "No one suffers a nervous break­ down from overwork. These mala­ dies simply do not exist.” Dr. Paul Dubious: “Of all my nervous cases I never found one which could be traced to over­ work.” Dr. Ira Wile: "Unconditionally, there is no such thing as break­ down from overwork.” Satisfied ? If you feel tired you certainly are tired. False. Extensive scientific investiga­ tions in homes, offices, schools, factories, laboratories, all point to the conclusion that the feeling of fatigue and the fact of fatigue DEMOCRACY’S CHILDREN PRIMARILY, democracy is the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people, and that if we throw wide the doors of opportunity so that all boys and girls can bring out the best that is in them, we will get amazing results from unlikely sources. Shakespeare was the son of a bankrupt butcher and a woman who could not write her name. Beethoven was the son of a consumptive mother, her­ self daughter of a cook and a drunken father. Schubert was the son of a peasant father and a mother who had been in domestic service. Faraday, one of the greatest scientific experimenters of all time, was born over a stable, his father an invalid black­ smith and his mother a common drudge. Such facts as these underlie democracy. That’s why with all its discouraging blunders, we must everlastingly believe in it. —Rev. II. E. FOSDICK. (Coronet) are by no means the same thing. When people feel utterly exhaust­ ed they often still have it in them to force themselves to go on work­ ing as well and quickly as ever. Professor Thorndike says, “We can feel fatigued without being so. There is here a confusion be­ tween lack of desire and lack of ability to-work.” Fatigue is meas­ ured by what a man still has it in him to do, not by how he de­ sires to do it. Lifelong fatigue can be quickly cured. True. Among the recent achievements of a comparatively new science, psychiatry, is the conquest of fa­ tigue. Almost overnight one can change from a man weighed down by a weariness that flows like lead through his veins to one pul­ sating with vitality. Most people who are tired a little or a lot n£ed not be tired at all. They themselves hold the key to their own complete and permanent re­ lease from fatigue. With it they may open and draw upon a store­ house of energy. And not after years of building themselves up, not by severe disciplines, but ciuickly, easily, almost magically. To de this it is only necessary to learn and apply the principles (such simple, easy ones as those outlined above) of tapping our secret sources of energy, of put­ ting facts to work for us. The End PAGE 34 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL Sjub&£jubSL Jo J fab WOMAN'S HOME JOURNAL OCT TWO TDIES A MONTH! Good, Bad, or Indifferent Weather, You Will Receive This Monthly Of Progressive Women & Men As Soon As It Is Off The Press, Anywhere. ★ ★ ★ IF YOU ARE PLEASED WITH THIS ISSUE. OF WHICH WE HAVE NO DOUBTS, YOU WILL FIND MORE PLEASURE IN READING THE ISSUES TO COME. OUR EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTORS, TOP-FLIGHT WRITERS ALL OF THEM, ARE PREPARING MATERIALS THAT WILL GIVE YOU THE LATEST IN THOUGHT-PROVOKING ISSUES, THE BEST IN SHORT STORIES, AND UP-TO-THE-MINUTE NEWS AND FASHION PICS. * ☆ * And If Yon. 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