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Title: Woman's Home Journal
Creator: The National Federation of Women's Clubs of the Philippines.
Description: Official publication of THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF WOMEN’S CLUBS OF THE PHILIPPINES. Published monthly.
Issue Date: Volume XVII (No. 27) June 15, 1947
Publisher: National Federation of the Women's Clubs of the Philippines.
Year: 1947
Language: English
Subject: Women--Philippines--Periodicals.
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extracted text: FOR A PROSPEROUS AND PEACEFUL LIFE IN THE FUTURE - If the welfare of your children is your sole and foremost concern, it would be most advantageous to send them to a vocational school with a 13 years background in giving appropriate training to the youth of the country such as GALA FASHION ACADEMY which was founded in 1933 under the direction of Mrs. Ignacio T. Yamson. This school offers a thorough train ing in DRESSMAKING, TAILORING, NEEDLECRAFT, HAIR SCIENCE AND BEAUTY CULTURE, and free FLOWER MAKING. GALA BUSINESS INSTITUTE A branch of Gala Fashion Academy offering courses In TYPEWRITING, BUSINESS ENGLISH, STENOGRAPHY, BOOKKEEPING AND COMMERCIAL SCIENCE. New classes are opened weekly! Enroll your children now! Registra tion is open all hours. Mrs. IGNACIA T. YAMSON DIRECTRESS 634 ISABEL, SAMPALOC 1089 R. HIDALGO, QUIAPO MANILA WOMAN'S HOME JOURNAL (Official Organ of the National Federation of Women’s Clubs) • Board of Editors Trinidad Fernandez-Legarda Paz Policarpio-Mendez Geronima T. Pecson Enriqueta R. Benavides • Managing Editor Minerva G. Laudico • Associate Editors Paciencia Torre-Guzman Soledad H. Leynes • Advertising Manager F. A. Fuentecilla THIS FORTNIGHT’S ISSUE • By PACIENCIA TORRE-GUZMAN One of the rare photographs of Helen Beni tez adorns our cover this fortnight. It took some chasing to obtain lease of this one remain ing copy, permission to yank it off the family album having been given only after a promise on our part to guard the photograph with our life, and to return it unsmudged after the en gravers are through with it. It would not be amiss to register 'at this junc ture our suggestion backed with a plea to the effect that our leading men and women will please keep stacks of photographs handy for the press and hence spare the rare creatures the rather difficult ritual of making promises and—keeping them. In fainness, acknowledgement is made here that it was a privilege to go through the whole trouble over the photograph of the country’s youngest educator. It is said that a Town Hall meeting is a suc cess when the topics discussed there are there on discussed everywhere else. Basing our con clusion upon this, we feel safe in saying that the all-wo.men Town Hall meetings are meet ing with more success than the women anti cipated. The discussions that take place there are not only continued in as many homes as there are spectators and readers, but that these deliberations permeate the heart is evidenced by the growing strong public reaction these discussions evoke. Held at a strategic place and open to any one, the meetings are well attended by people who pour out from offices, shopping and gad ding about. It (Continued on page 32) IIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII iiiiiiiimiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiDiimjiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiim; VOL XVII No. 27 JUNE 15, 1947 lllilIlIllIlllillllinilliHiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiii What The Filipina Can Contribute To World Affairs .................................. Trinidad Fernandez-Legarda Helen Benitez The Hand That Rules The World Mario P. Chanco Soliloquy (Poem) .. A. A. Acuna Women of Siam ’Seems To Me Pia Mancia Do As I Tell You (Poem) Frances Frost Birthday Package (Short Story) Annie Wormser Exhibit “A” Melchor P. Aquino Book Review Pura S. Castrence The Filipina Voters Union Priscila Gonzales American Teachers Find Recognition (Philippines Please Copy) Women In The News Friends In America Fashions Household Notes Student Teachers Exchange League Of Women Voters Donita Ferguson Clubwomen’s Bulletin Board Silhouettes ., 4-5 6 8 7 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18-19 20-24 26 28 30 31 ................. . 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 (42 issues) P11.09. For foreign countries double these rates. What The Filipina Can Coj EVEN at this early stage, achievements may already be checked in favor of the all-women sessions of the Town Hall meet ing of which two have been acomplished and with great success. The first was devoted to hurling verbal flagellations into the teeth of the present public cor ruption of our government offi cials. The three speakers, Con gresswoman Remedios OzamisFortich, social-worker Josefa Ja ra-Martinez and Mrs. Bienvenido Gonzales, wife of the President of the University of the Philip pines, divided the topic evenly. Our lady solon dwelt on the proven worth and influence of the Filipino women over their men folk as borne out by history. Our Amazon of words Mrs. Mar tinez took the women to task for their share in the blame for the present sorry mess. Mrs. Gonza les dwelt at length on the solidity of family life as a potent factor towards peaceful, sane, whole some living. Mrs. Martinez’ topic started a ball of fire rolling. It grew num berless other topics which set the town talking for days. One question is still many a wife’s pet academic cud to chew. It is: If my husband were a corrupt government official what would I do? There are as many answers to this as there are wives. Mrs. Martinez gave a detailed exposi tion of her answers in the Evening News Saturday maga zine. Briefly, she said, “Well, if my husband were a corrupt gov ernment official, I guess that makes me the wife of a crook and there is nothing much I can do except to suffer the humiliation with him and help him turn over a new leaf. I would not wait for him to be ousted. I’d take him by the collar and say ‘Man, your usefulness is over. All wives of government officials should do their utmost to keep their hus bands from betraying their public trust.” Her anaylsis of the women’s share of the blame for much of the present government scandals is vitally worded thus: “The women have contributed to the present sorry mess. We have driven our men to be money-mad by our wrong standard of values. Wealth, luxury, lavish living, beauty of face rather than of THE ALL-WOMEN SESSIONS OF THE TOWN HALL MEETINGS ARE BEARING FRUITS FAR BEYOND EVERYBODY’S EXPECTATIONS. “WE MUST NEVER LET THE TOWN HALL DIE” said Mrs. Jo sefa Jara-Martinez who has sounded the call for social action. character... we think this is the life. Our mere approval of our husband coming with unexplain ed affluence—this alone is guilt...” The second all-women session had Mrs. Trinidad FernandezLegarda and Miss Helen Benitez speakers. Thier topic was: “What distinctive contribution can the Filipino woman give to world affairs?” Miss Benitez brought to bear her experiences at the International Conference of the Institute of Pacific Relations re cently as well as her contact with great women of other lands. She had quite a say. Her speech appears on the opposite page. Mrs. Legarda cites among other things the capabilities of the Fi lipino woman, the solidity of the Filipino home, the role she occu pies in the present scheme of things, and the influence she can wield in the present .day delibera tions as clear indications of what the Filipina can contribute to world affairs. Among the questions both speakers had to answer ranged from the ■ surplus property scandals and the Huk problem to GI wives and the appointment of women to the UNO. “What should a delegate leaving for an assignment abroad take along with her?” This question evoked a ripple of mirth which broke into healthy laughter when Miss Benitez, efficient and quick, answered, "She should take her mind with her.” Mrs. Legarda said this was an answer that could hardly be improved upon. But her experience taught her for one thing,, she gaid, a de legate should know the Philip pine National Anthem by heart, she should take along with her a small Filipino flag and last but not least a Filipino terno that is a Filipino terno, not one of these “newfangled” panuelo-less crea tions that looks more like a Ma rie Antoinette gown than a terno. On the equal distribution of wealth, a question brought up by Miss Cristeta Feria, a practicing attorney, Mrs. Legarda mention ed “free flow of trade”. This stimulation will redound to the welfare and comparative pros perity of everyone especially the masses. She also spoke of a strong middle class as necessary to this our growing Republic. By the time this comes out, the third all-women session of the Town Hall meeting will have taken place. The topic to be threshed out is “How Can The Women Help Bring Down The Current High Prices.” The in tellectual activation of the women as manifested in their zeal of at tendance at the Town Hall meet ing is very encouraging. Among themselves they discuss possible topics which the all-women Town Hall meeting might profitably take up. These proposed topics touch a world of ideas hitherto untapped thanks to a developing vocal feminine public. At the second all-women session of the Town Hall Meeting, Mrs. Trinidad Fernandez-Legarda (seated) and Miss Helen Benitez (at the mike) were <the speakers. Their toflic was: "What distinctive contribution can the Filipina make to world affairs?" PAGE 4 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAI ribute To World Affairs 1 believe ALL women can and should contribute to world affairs because it is precisely her. dif ference in make-up and outlook— the maternal instinct in her con trasted to the possessive and subsequent protective nature of man, the greater sensitiveness to affective stimulus of women con trasted to the pure use of reason and intellect by man—that makes women’s cooperation and contri bution indispensable in a world being made more livable and peaceful for both man and woman and their children. It has been said “woman sees life through her feelings, and emotionally reaches many a truth to which a man, working laboriously through the medium of his reason, re mains permanently blind.” I sup pose that is what we usually call the ‘Women’s intuition’ at work. I would encourage women’s par ticipation for those fields they are by nature ocncerned and in terested in. Individual women’s participation may be decided by their specific field of achieve ment. From this point of view, Filipino women have two kinds of distinctive contribution to make. The Filipino women in general on account of certain mass traits and cultural background and the individual Filipina who by virtue By HELENA Z. BENITEZ of her individual experience and achievement in some field of in terest has some distinct contri bution to offer to the world. There is something about rep resentative Filipino women, es pecially noticeable when they are with women of other lands, that always evokes commendation and favorable impression. I have come to the conclusion that it is not the monopoly of certain traits or experiences, for certainly, singly these same traits and ex periences are possessed by other women, but it is more the happy and fortunate combination of many of these factors in the Fi lipino woman that gives her a distinctive and enviable position. As she is, the Filipino woman has combined the Oriental strengths of family life, stoicism and patience with the Western ideas of material progress and Occidental culture. Given this advantage of being able to choose what is good out of the two cul tural impacts and at the same time understand her sisters brought up in either of the two systems, the Filipino woman was very fortunately blessed by Christianity with a soul. It is precisely this spirituality permeating her whole way of life that strengthens her and the family and home she is respon sible for. How many times have we heard wondering remarks from visitors to our shores of ‘how can you all suffer through all this devastation and horror and still calmly smile? Truly, how many of us have lost all our earthly possessions and even our kin and yet submerged our grief and emerged triumphant with our Faith and a greater understand ing of the Way of the Cross and Redemption. It is precisely this experience of Filipino women shown in this last war and also proved in previous wars that equips them with a distinct con tribution to make to a bitter de vastated world that is bravely trying to find a global way of life. To a world that is anixously trying to get together bound by an inspiring Charter, the Filipino woman could by her very real war experiences and yet admir able outlook on life strengthened by a deep spirituality be a good influence and distinctive contri bution. Another distinctive contribu tion, I think that both the Fi lipino men and women may be proud of, is the esteemed posi tion occupied by our women in the home and community. The extent to which our men have allowed our women to take charge of the household finances and even farm or business man agement has become a tradition in Philippine social life, and the Filipino women have for genera tions risen most successfully to this trust and notable example of mutual cooperation. Before a changed world that has definite ly written down in its United Nations Charter as one of its purposes: “to achieve Inter national cooperation in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and for funda mental freedoms all without dis tinction as to sex, and to be a center for harmonizing the actions of nations in the attainment of these common ends”, the Filipino women could readily be an ob ject lesson. I venture to make another ob servation and point out that one of the greatest merits of the Fi lipino woman in connection with the comparatively greater free(Continued on page 13) A mixed crowd of men and women in all walks of life jams the main hall of the Consolidated Building in Plaza Goiti to attend the Town Halt meetings every week. Above Mrs, Legarda is shown delivering her piece befpre a mammoth crowd only a portion of which was caught by the camera. Among 'the women leaders in the front row are: Mrs. Francisca T. Benitez, President of the PWU; Mrs. Paz Cuerpocruz, D?a. Mar ip Matias; Atty, Isabel Artacho-Ocampo; Mrs. Bengzon-Aquino and others. PAGE S JUNE 15, 1947 Short Story \ X / £r\ BACK of every man’s success or failure, so we have been told, there is a woman involved. His tory tells us of empires risen or crumbled, of brave deeds perform ed and proud men humbled—all because somewhere, in the backgropnd or the fore-front, a woman deigned exert her influence. Not long ago, the newspapers told how a prominent woman kV * & y * ■' 4i nJ II & ■ M Wf^'//U The boys brought out their ‘ (J precious rations of chocolates, ' I and their hearts . . . The girls (I and I listened, shyly dt first, || and then with growing con fl|7 dence. The First All-Women Town Hall Meeting Brings On An Animated Continuation In This True Story Which Happened During The Liberation leader took a feminine audience to task for what she claimed was their indirect responsibility in the breakdown of morals both in the home and in the government. Among other things, she said the tendency of certain women to live beyond their means was driving their husbands to crime; unful filled wishes for mansions, auto mobiles and other luxuries were, so she claimed, finding an evil out let in the form of swindles, graft and corruption. All these allegations were made with a directness and a liveliness of candour that was all the more surprising in view of the weight of the issues involved. Consider ing, however, the wave of scandals which at the time showed no signs of abatement, there was justifiable concern among those gathered when the speaker finish ed her tirade. It seemed hard to believe that a little "extra” to gratify some new whim or desire was behind all the hullabaloo, the deteriora tion of norms of conduct once held in esteem. To a considerable extent, the woman’s views were in perfect or der. But I can remember a time not long ago when a liberating army was groping its bloody way into burning Manila and there were none of the perplexing peace time ills that beset us now. There was only a warm camaraderie and kinship of spirit that had its roots in the hearts of women—our women. That kinship, that solidarity of purpose which few thought still existed, was actually never gone even during the war years. It had kept families and men toge ther preserving their courage and the will to resist the invader. It owned no positive quality but it was there all the time, giving strength to all those who needed it. I don’t think that spirit is dead. That’s why I am telling this lit tle story for whatever it is worth. It might restore faith to those who have lost it. NORTH of the Pasig river, the war seemed far away. It did not seem as though a scan hundred yards south of the his toric stream, people fought and died with incredible violence. But in the district of Paco where I lived, the voice of the war was PAGE 6 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL A. A. ACUNA TIME waits where men hurry on like grim spectres across the lawn soundless and shadowless where feet are mothwings beating muffled towards the flame, dream-shackled, fearing the dark. Speak, therefore, break the spell of silence: go with the chirping brooks, tell its many moods one from the other, play with cool night breezes as they sway lovely blossoms of May, let trilling words make music to the dawn Speak, therefore, let voice rule silence ' clamoring against indifference till the last glow of ember lives in memory of November. clearly audible. In the evenings, Japanese stragglers from the beleaguered Walled City crept along the mined, debris-strewn streets, try ing to steal through the American lines and thence to the mountains in the outskirts of Manila. Early one morning, I awoke to hear noises at the front gate. Fearing the worst, I picked up a piece of bamboo, shouted, “Who’s there?” and waited. ed me again. “We—we’d like some girls.” “I’m sorry,” I said. “You’ll have to go north of the river.” I felt him wince. “No, sir. I don’t mean that kind.” Shyly, as though unfolding some top secret he explained to me. When he ended I began to feel like two Japanese pesos. Close by our house there was a refugee camp packed with wound ed and homeless refugees. I sought out the matron, outlined my predicament and waited for her to laugh at me. It seemed so silly then. But the matron smiled at me. “Call them,” she said. "I’ll come back soon.” Minutes later, she returned with two girls. You couldn’t call them beautiful but they were charm ing and friendly. Introductions were made; all of us sat down on the shell-pocked lawn of the re fugee house and watched the star shells playing over the Walled City. A fitting background, I thought to myself, for the little drama about to unfold. THE boys brought out their precious rations of chocolates, and their hearts. The girls and I listened as they began to talk, shyly at first, and then with growing confidence. They talked about their homes, their families, the plans they had “after this blows over.” None of us hardly opened his mouth except to noct in assent or to venture a little question. Tommy came from a farming region whose name now escapes me. He was going in for me chanized farming when he got back home. “Nothing like farm life,” he as sented expansively. Mac was a bus driver before he went into the service. Now he fought with a flame-thrower. “I wasn’t drafted,” he stated mat ter-of-factly. “I volunteered. If it wasn’t for the killing, this wouldn’t be such a bad deal.” Mac wanted a drive-in and garage when it was all over. I cannot recall the name of the third person because he hardly spoke at all. But he must have been a thinker of some kind for he said, at the end of a long pause: “Plans. They look swell till you get to them.” Overhead, shells were swishing toward enemy positions in the Walled City. It was hard to be lieve that more were to die be fore it could be finally secured— perhaps among the three young men with us. They came from a distant corner of the globe but they spoke a language which we all understood. Time raced while we talked Across the Pasig, the barrage grew heavier, like the beating of metal drums. The three stood up and shook hands with me, saving their last for the girls. “Thanks,” Mac said. “Thanks. It’s been a long time since I spoke to a wbman. I—we want you to know we appreciate it very much.” I wanted to say “but they hardly talked at all,” but a look at their faces showed they meant exactly what Mac said. All at once I un derstood . Their jeep drove forward, paused at the corner and then disappeared toward Intramuros. The sky grew light orange toward the east. There followed a breathless in terval, with my heart in my mouth, and then the' joyous reply: “American soldiers! Can we come in?” I went out and unlatched the gate to three bearded, red-eyed GIs. They explained they had been given three hours’ leave from the fighting front in the Walled City, and... Here, the speech ended. It was dark still, but I could sense some thing not unlike embarrassment on their faces. The driver of the jeep, a tall, well-built American, prodded his companion. “Go on, Mac,” he said. “You tell him.” “Well,”, the one called Mac said. “Well....oh, go on. You tell him.” They argued for a short while. Then the one named Mac addressJUNE 15, 1947 PAGE 7 Women of Siam TOEING a small nation of only about eighteen million peo ple, we have a homogeneity which may not be very patent in larger nations. Still we too have the agelong divisions like classes and masses, and rural people and res idents of towns. But with us these are not permanent as we have no castes based on birth or profes sion. Formerly our kings used to create a large number of title holders every year and though the titles were not inherited, their constant presence in certain fam ilies threatened to leave a per manent nobility amongst us. But the creation of new title-holders was given up about ten years ago, and equality, our normal characteristic, has asserted itself once again. Again, we have even now a royal family but the dis tinctions of royalty too are tempo rary since the descendants of the king gradually lose them till at last, in the sixth generation, they automatically become commoners. So when I talk later "of the classes and the masses, country people and town people, please under stand that I talk only of condi tions which are purely temporary and are constantly fluctuating with the education, economic po sition and even the change of do micile. In Siam too the women of the masses belong to the same cate gories as those with which you are familiar in other countries. They are found among the toilers on land and seas in the rural dis tricts, among domestic servants and factory hands in the towns, and among artisans and small traders in both the towns and the country. Our women of the classes too belong to types fam iliar all over the world—gentle folk and people who follow the learned professions. These are our main social strata. But as these are not water-tight com partments and freely pass into one another, and change with edu cation and economic conditions, I shall say a few words on the edu cation of our women and the means of livelihood and the ca reers they adopt. The circumstances in which the masses are placed, especially in the remote parts of the country, require one to be something of a cultivator, veterinary, weaver, car penter, teacher, doctor and priest. For, every one has to do for one self almost everything—grow one’s livestock, weave and dye one’s cloth, build one’s house, eduThis memorandum was submitted to the Asian Re lations Conference in New Delhi, India, by the author. The author alone is responsible for state ments of fact or opinion in this paper. cate one’s children, cure one’s sickness and preside over one’s ceremonies. So among the masses the children receive most of their education at home. But they have to attend school too in compliance with the primary Education Act. So Siam is thickly studded with primary schools. The secondary schools are fewer, being found only in towns, and our universi ties are all, at present, housed in the capital alone. But they are all open to girls who naturally take what advantage they choose or can of them. A large num ber of girls marry but custom does not compel them to to do so, and much less does it require them to marry at an early age. So our girls are Mt free to pro secute their studies as long as they like. The curriculum of our schools is much the same as those followed in other countries, and our universities teach most of the familiar subjects of study—lan guages, sciences, law, medicine, Not only in Siam but also in Russia and in other parts of the world women do men’s work whenever their services are needed. In Russia, women help in the reconstruction of 'their country by working as masons and carpentiers. In the above picture they are shown laying bricks expertly. and fine arts, and every year we sent girls to study in universities abroad. Girls who have passed through scho'ls and universities naturally follow the professions for which they are suited by their educa tion. At present the majority of .he professional women are teach ers, doctors and nurses. Of late they have been entering govern ment service in large numbers in the minor administrative posts. There is also a number of women engaged in journalism, literary work, law and business. A few years ago a woman’s corps was added to the regular army but it has been abolished. But in Siam, as in other coun tries, the professional women are quite in the minority. For, the majority of Siamese women are manual workers. I have told you already that the nature of that work differs according to their do micile—mostly labour on the land in the rural areas, and domestic or factory work in the urban. Thus in the rural districts the women get up while it is still dark in order to prepare themselves to go to work in the fields and gar dens in time. The preparation con sists of cooking food and attend ing to children. If there are little babies, they have to put to sleep and left in the care of their elder sisters. In the fields the women help the men in ploughing, sowing or reaping and threshing according to the season, and then hurry home before dark to prepare the last meal of the day. While the grain is ripening the farmers have not much work. Still the women go out to fish in the canals and pools, and salt the catch for fu ture use. But the gardeners work hard all the year long, and so their women help them in digging, preparing the soil and taking care of the trees, and lastly, they have to take their products to sell at the markets too. Work on land as well as in fac tory or domestic work are not liked by women. So, both in towns and villages, they prefer to sell fruits, vegetables, fish and other articles of food. Formerly wom en monopolized all trade, and so the common Siamese word for merchant, had been ‘Mae Kha’ (women vendor). Later, when men came into the field, a new word ‘Pho Kha’ (man vendor), had to be invented for them. Thus it is with the help of the women that, everywhere, the working class families are able to make both ends meet. But even in the case of the ru ral women, whom I have describ ed in some detail, work alone does not constitute the whole life. There is play, the compliment of work, and the play is provided in Siam as elsewhere, by religion as well as customs and manners. PAGE 8 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL ‘Seems to me the Town Hall meetings really ‘‘want to make something out of it”, as far as the women are concerned. The women are being challenged “to strengthen the moral fibre of the country,” to point out what rclc they may play in this oneworld idea. Noted woman leaders have come out accepting chal lenge, Mrs. Josefa Jara Marti nez claiming that the Filipina woman, being pailly responsible for the weakened moral fibre ob taining in our country, it’s up to her to strengthen her own spiri tual stamina before she can do any effective influencing. Mrs. Legarda would have the wom an remember her role of home unifier, would remind her that she is always woman first and foremost. Did we not know these ladies, it would seem not only to me, but to many others, that they are talking their “fool mouths off.” Their opinions would go the way of all vague, hazy, im practical, unworkable opinions. Not Mrs. Martinez’ or Mrs. Legarda’s, however, both women being doers of the highest calibre. In a recent woman’s meeting, Mrs. Martinez would improve the labor situation here by mak ing the laborers help themselves in many ways. In other words, she would give them lessons in The religion of the majority of the Siamese is Budhism. Only small minorities of us are Christ ians or Moslems. Budhism being, as you know, a religion which is more than two thousand years old, and again being based on Hindu ism which is very much older, it has given rise to many observ ances which relieve the round of daily labour. All the year round there are pilgrimages, feasts in the temples, and rites and festivi ties connected with ploughing, reaping, etc. I cannot describe them with the limits of this paper. For the present it might be suf ficient for me to say that these observances being picturesque and rooted in religion, give us both aesthetic and spiritual satisfac tion. As I have said already, there are no very distinct divisions of labour among the rural popula tion, and so everyone has to be proficient, to some degree, in pro viding for one’s own needs. But some kinds of work, like building a house or celebrating festivities on a large scale are more than what a pair of hands can cope with. So neighbors are invited to help. This provides other op portunities for social intercourse and the cultivation of brotherly feeling among the people of the same locality which is not very apparent in the towns. 'S&amA Jjd Wla By PIA MANCIA self-help. We have deteriorated considerably during the last few years in spiritual stamina, she thought, and all we want to do is to ask, ask, ask. She would change all this by teaching the laborers to find means of adjust ing themselves to circumstances, not fighting the circumstances in order that they would get what they wanted one way or another. How would she do this? She would, in the first place, establish recreation centers, where the la borers might read, or amuse themselves during their off-ours. Instead of spending hteir leisure foolishly and even viciously in gambling dens, they might play ping-pong or some indoor game in their centers. These centers might eaen include reading rooms where the laborers would have access to the daily papers or magazines. Classes in adult edu cation might even be conducted. In the second place, she would have lectures teach the laborers the importance of cooperation and understanding between labor and Unfortunately, the festivities and customs of the people in the provinces, which seem to satisfy their social needs, do not suit the people of the urban area. For, to urge no weightier reasons, those festivities and customs have been planned for an agrarian po pulation and are timed to be ob served when the cultivators are resting after their work. Women of the towns who have leisure and wish to expand their orbit beyond their families and personal friends, have nothing else to do but join a couple of women’s clubs which are rather beyond the reach of the majority. There are as yet no opportunities for social service, since, in a small nation like ours, the government is very able to attend to that work by itself. Again, there is at present no need for concerted action among Siamese women as their condition is fairly good. For, they suffer from no disabilities, social, legal or economic, merely on account of their sex. They have equal rights and the fullest freedom of action. While thus the women of Siam have nothing much to complain of, they seek to make their lives fuller, richer and more beneficial, and therefore welcome a meeting like this in or der that we may all benefit by sharing one another’s experiences and ideals. the Filipino woman take active part in politics? If she does, what should be her stand ? What should be the qualifications of a woman-candidate ? Characteristi cally Filipino woman’s is the answer that financial adequacy should not be an important con sideration. Mrs. Ursula U. Clecapital, by presenting both sides to them in their honest light. Something might really be done, ‘seems to me. Something will be, if Mrs. Martinez is allowed to have a free hand in the “experiment.” Mrs. Legarda is not less cer tain of her ideas of improving and coordinating women’s work here. In a recent meeting of the Home Service Committee of the Philippine Red Cross, she and Mrs. Laudico, Director of Home Service, contrasted the efficient way “things are done” in the United States with the haphazard way we do them here. The reasons she posed were inter esting: the American woman is less touchy than the Filipino woman; she is more businesslike, less personal in her official rela tions, more direct in her actions. Mrs. Legarda, who would not have us imitate the Americans, would, however, have us learn from their fine points. The question recently propound ed apropos of woman’s coming to the forefront is this, should mente, idealistic as the best of university deans, came out with a glow and a challenge in her eyes and voice: “Let’s be differ ent from the new. Let’s not make money count at all. If a woman candidate is acceptable to the people they will elect her even if she does not spend freely.” She would put the people’s honesty to a test, would try them in the Emersonian way, for was it not Emerson who said: “Trust men and they will be true to you, treat them greatly and they will prove themselves great.” Mrs. Clemente’s candidate might lose, but she felt that the test would well worth the making. In the meantime Dra. Maria Lanzar-Carpio is going to be in the secretariat of the United Nations. So far our choice of woman-delegates to the interna tional bodies has been very feli citous, ‘seems to me. The Filipino woman is definite ly coming to her own these daysThat is, if coming to her own means being recognized and heard. 3. j j.tt yj FRANCES FROST You have been raised on oranges and milk and all the vitaminel the Lord provides; your limbis are straight; your skiln is soft as silk; and you have charming curly hair, besides. With codfish livers and with castile soap, you have been plied until you look delightful; you’re well supplied with charity and hope; your temper’s sunny if a trifle spiteful. And now, as you fare blithely forth to slaughter with those dark eyes some unsuspecting male, dissemble and be adamant, my daughter; let no man see you tremble and grow pale. I did not feed you prunes and carrot juice so some brash boy could break your heart in splinters; nor that you fall so hard, your wits jar loose, did I preen you summers and zipper you of winters. Your smile is gay; your nerves are B2 steady; remember your graceful backbone’s braced with cod; remember suspense makes love extremely heady... I leave the rest to gentlemen—and God. JUNE 15, 1947 PAGE 9 Jodie is a tall, charming girl, who will go to college ana be somebody... He jumped to his feet, took a step toward her. “Millie,” he said brokenly. “Millie.” She folded her arms. “You look okay to me,” she observed. “Good suit, like you always had. New shirt, tie. Shiny shoes. You don’t look so hard up to me.” His eyes searched her face a minute, then he dropped back into the chair. “I’m in a funny fix,” he said pleadingly. “I had to get people to give me rides here. I wanted to see you, ILDRED BURTON stood still and the kid.” in the doorway of her cot- “Sure,” said Millie. “You wanttage. She sniffed, listened. There ed to see me. You figure I’ll was the heavy sweetish smell of come across you can talk me into cigar smoke in the air, the sound it. But it’s like I wrote you, Joe. BIRTHDAY of someone moving about at the back of the house. He’s back, she thought. Sixteen years and now he’s back. She moved into the living room—a small cool woman in the neat black of a salesclerk. She open ed packages and another whose brown paper was rumpled from mailing. She stood erect. He’s back and I’m ready. I wish it had been a different night, but I’m ready. Small shoulders squared, she went swiftly to the kitchen. “Well, Joe,” she said to the man seated at the table. “I kind of expected you.” I’m not giving you another dime.” He looked down. “I don’t blame you for talking that way, Millie. I haven’t been much good to you. Seems like things look good, then just don’t ever work out.” He leaned forward, he went on more quickly. “But this time it’ll be different. I got a real job offer ed me. In New York. It’s a swell chance.” “So you need fifty bucks, which you already probably got in your pocket, on account of me being fool enough to leave it here instead of puttin’ it in the bank, like I was going to tomorrow, after Jodie saw it.” He laughed uneasily, his eyes drifting in a telltale glance to a squat little jug over the sink. “Well—it was kind of funny of me to remember, wasn’t it? Bus fare, Millie, and just enough to eat on till I get my first pay check. I’ll send it back right away, and more too—every week.” She took off her hat, dropped it onto the table; she smoothed back her neat dark hair. She leaned against the sink. “Put it back, Joe,” she said steadily, "or I call the police.” “Why, Millie! You wouldn’t do that!” “I’ll give you the score, Joe,” she said. “Show you where you stand. You’d ‘a’ been gone with the money before I got home, if you hadn’t been afraid I’d call in the police, not knowing it was you took it. Well, I been saving that money all summer: a dollar a week out of my pay; working extra on the books, helping, evenings in the July sales; Jose phine would go and stay with people’s children at nights, if there was a party or something. It’s for her entrance fees and her books. Josephine is going to colPAGE 10 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL lege this year, like all the nice young folks go.” “My, my,” he said. “Little Jodie a college girl.” HIT’S her chance,” Mildred I said. “She’ll know the best. She’s—lovely, Joe, a lovely girl. She’ll be somebody. Joe, we hold our heads up around here, I can tell you. She’ll graduate and be a teacher, a newspaperwoman. Something fine, Joe.” She paused and then, watching him, added softly, “Like We used to plan Joe, when she was just a baby.” When he looked up again, there w^re tears in his eyes. It was always a cinch for him to cry, she reflected coldly—and was I the simpleton to let it get me down! He said tremulously, “I always meant to send money for you and the kid, Millie. You been a wonderful mother, Millie. You’re-a wonderful woman—an angel.” “My wings aren’t sprouting yet,” she replied. “Now you just put that money back and ket out.” “You can raise it again, Millie,” he urged. “You’ve got a job and all. I’ll go away and not bother you—and I’ll send it back out of my pay right away, honest I will.” The gray of her eyes lightened to steel. “You’ve got your choice, Joe,” she said. “Put it back—or I call the police. And I’ll tell Jodie the truth. She doesn’t know about you, Joe. I kinda made it out that we just didn’t get along—no dis grace in that. Like you were—oh, kind of a dreamer, like you want ed big things, and I was more the careful kind----- ” “Why,” he interrupted eagerly, “that’s how it was.” “I told her,” she went on, un heeding, “that you—thought a lot of her. Every year I would send a package to some post office out West—I’d find a little town on the map and write to the postmaster. And it would coine back for Jodie with your name on it, like you had remembered her birthday—and she’d be happy.” Two tears rolled down the man’s soft cheeks. Big panty-waist, she thought coldly. “There’s her birthday package out in the front room this minute, Joe. You put the money back and I give her the package. If you don’t, she’ll know about the time you were in jail in Phoenix; and the poor girl who wrote me about her savings, and did I know where you were? And the college kid in Oregon ‘leaned’ you his car, and a couple other little incidents. Be cause you’re not going to get away with this, Joe Burton. You’re off my neck for life. Jodie’s old enough to know her father’s a dead beat .and a crook. Put the money back, or the only person in this whole world thinks good of you know the kind of man you really are. ” His face was ravaged, miserable. “My little Jodie,” he moaned. “My baby.” “And if Jodie knows,” she told him, “it won’t bother me a bit having you in jail. It won’t bother us—people respect us. It’ll just be your tough luck.” He said incredulously, “I can’t believe it’s you, Millie, talking like that. ” She sighed in irritation. “I know you can’t, but it’s true. I’m a good bit older than I used to be. And I’ve had a lot of work to do.” There was, from the front of the house, the sound of voices, a high sweet la’ugh. “There she is,” said Millie. “I’ll go meet her. Put the money back and get out, and she gets the present like it was from you. Put the money back—and your kid still loves you and respects you.” She gave one last scornful look at the figure at the table, then she turned and .walked ra pidly into the front room. The door flew open, a tall, tanned, charming girl swept in, swept her mother into a bear hug. “Mom—look at the loot.” She dis played her gifts. “A compact from Bob, sachets from Toots. This gorgeous hanky for my hair —that’s Jill; this lipstick. Aren’t they super?” ‘.‘Super,” Mildred said. “Run change your dress; I want you to fix the salad.” THE girl ran to the bedroom, singing. Mildred Burton went back to the kitchen. It was empty. And there was no money in the little jug. She went to the living room, stood by the telephone. “Mom, darling,” called Jodie from the bedroom, “did I get any more presents?” Mildred paused. Then she went to the drawer and took out the tissue-wrapped packages, the other package. “Here,” she said, as Jodie came back in her house dress. “Stockings! You lamb. And this dreamy fountain pen!” She stole a glance at her mother, then be gan, rather slowly, to unwrap the third package. “Lewiston,.Idaho,” she murmured. A frilly dainty doll. A doll whose ruffles con cealed a small bottle of expensive perfume. “La Nuit Bleu,” Jodie breathed in ecstasy. “The very kind I wanted.” Mildred squared her shoulders. “You’re seventeen today, Jodie,” she said. “There’s something I have to tell you. Your father----- ” I’d rather cut my tongue out, but I can’t keep giving him money. And I’ve got to get the fifty back. She’s old enough; oh, Jodie, sweetheart—She forced her eyes to the young face, the clear young eyes. “Your father----- ” she began again. “----- is kind of a drip?” Jodie observed calmly. “Doesn’t always behave very nice, in fact?” “Jodie!” Her heart, that had beat so steady all during the last hard half hour, jumped and fluttered in her breast. “You know?” “Sure,” said the girl. “I got onto it quite a while back. There was a letter I read by mistake. And once”—she broke off to In Government Post PROFESSOR Karin Kock became the first woman to hold a post in the Swedish Government when she was named Consultative Minister at a Council meeting held in the Royal Palace, Stockholm. (International) giggle easily—“well, you’re a smoothie, mom, dear, but my present from out West had been in the Bon-Ton window a couple of weeks. Mom----- ” j Mildred put out a cold shakfl^ hand. “Jodie—oh, did you mind?” Slow red crept up into the girl’s face. “For a while,” she said honestly. “For a while I wanted to hide. Then I got to thinking —and I figured it, after what you’d even given me a good idea of—of him—well, I figured I could be proud enough of the one real parent I had so it wouldn’t matter if I lost the made-up one. And I didn’t mind any more, not a bit.” Mildred turned away. Tears rolled down her cheeks, clean t^ars, easy healing tears. She went past the telephone—into the kitchen, where the odor of cigar smoke still lingered.. Fix it up with Old Man Stuber about working nights again, so’s he’ll lend me fifty dollars. A person nearly forty ought to go light on lunches. My shoes’ll last another couple of months easy— nobody sees ’em while I’m behind the counter. “You can have the fifty,” she told a ghost lingering by the kitchen table. “You’re poor, and you always will be, no matter how much you flimflam people out of. Me—I’m rich. I’m the richest woman in the world.” JUNE 15, 1947 PAGE 11 Exhibit ‘A’ The Combination Of Brains And Beauty That Miss Pacita De Los Reyes Is—That Is A Political Writer’s Subjective Argument For Women’s. Parti cipation In The Senate By MELCHOR P. AQUINO outlook on public affairs that is more progressive and realistic than that of most of the men on the national scene today. She com bines to a rare degree an innate passion for social justice with a practical knowledge of labor management relations. Wealthy by birth and in her own right, she has had to concern herself with the intimate aspects of labor-management relations that are beyond the ken of the ordinary observer. A practising attorney of demonstrable legal acumen, she has been counsel and executive for different corporate entities, notably the thorough going El Ahorro Insular, an old and respectable loan and build ing association. Her wide law practice has brought her in con tact with the hard facts of life— destitution, suffering, want, priARE THE WOMEN libertarian tramps ? Yes, they are in the sense that, after sailing the seven seas of national politics for years on end, they have not as yet made port. No, they are not libertarian tramps, considering' the fact that they have come into their own as a potent collective force in national affairs. They have given good account of their orientation and their capacity for public service. The question is often asked these days because of the agita tion for women’s participation in the coming senatorial contest. That same question has been put to us subjectively. Needless to say, it must also be answered subjectively. That the women are entitled to ampler participation in party po- _. . . litics, and in national affairs for vation, greed, and similar imperthat matter, cannot be gainsaid, fections of the present social Not a few, however, are order. Scores of people from difsceptical about the quality of ferent walks of life, who have the senatorial timber that the women plan to place on the block before the people next Novem ber. Here, again, we are inclined to disagree with the sceptics. Women who would do honor to is today the land’s highest deliberative of the body are not far to seek. Th:, are probably not as adept at the be an asset to the senate, devious ways of politics as their menfolk. This would be easy to understand. It was not long ago that they were Still, one could be rash in this their freedom, Attorney respect. For is not politics of the De \°s Reyes is preeminently feminine gender? Are not the qualified to lead them. As a legal vagaries of the electorate so dis- Practitioner tinctly ' • ..........................—*'"• women trait so tuition. worked with her and for her, at test to her liberal persuasion. When one considers the fact that progressive social legislation —particularly that which bears on labor-management relations— one of the pressing needs Philippines, one must They admit Miss De los Reyes would IN THE VITAL task of con.«..6 solidating the libertarian conenfranchised. Quests °f the women, and of furde los Reyes Atty. Pacita r and former law Anyhow, the instructor, she has acquired a compensating broad knowledge of family relatheir own—in- tions which should prove most rights that have to be refashion helpful in safeguarding and re- ed along modem lines. inforcing the civil rights of her As freedom in our society is for giving the sex. largely economic in character, participation in the se- Recognition of the conjugal these rights can easily determine married whether or not our womankind i consummation is really free. Just as long as wished—and yet there are laws in our statute books that militate against the feminine ? have one peculiarly There are a number of archaic laws involving the women’s civil IN OUR BRIEF women participation in the se- Recognition of the nate, we present Attorney Paci- property rights of a ta de los Reyes as Exhibit “A” woman is still a Endowed with fine qualities of devoutly to be x....... mind and of heart, she has an so remote and distant. enjoyment of her rights as a human being in a civilized society, just so long will the Filipino woman be a grotesque paradox: half-slave and half-free. There will always be men who will champion women’s rights in congress, but they could not possibly champion them with as much zeal and understanding as (Continued on page 29) PAGE 12 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL Anthology of Filipino Poetry Edited by Manuel A. Viray Reviewed by Pura SantillanCastrence Manuel A. Viray undertook an ambitious project when he brought out this anthology. A local critic said that Mr. Viray stuck his neck out, and in a, manner he was right. For an anthology is apt to be colored naturally by the editor’s likes or dislikes and there could not be a safe-enough cri terion which would be both com prehensive and exclusive. Mr. Viray, as fine a poet as he is, or because he is such a fine poet, could not possibly be totally ob jective in his judgments, sensibi lities (the Filipino is sensitive to a fault) would be hurt, and the rest could be easily imagined. But since this brave young man has so gallantly undertaken this task, let us see what he has done with it. Heart of the Island contains much chat is really fine poetry. But more than that it shows the young Filipino heart such as it has been affected by turmoils either eternal and elemental, or present and circumstantial. Here we have both the art-for-art’ssake poets, the Garcia Villas who would not have thg;\^rpader seek a message always iira poem; and the art-for-life’s-s^ke ones like Zulueta da Costa whqr would have the Filipino change his way of living, else Rizal could never rest peacefully in his grave. The poems vary from N. V. M. Gonzales’—depicting love of native land, to Oscar de Zuniga’s bold picturing of Jesus Christ’s passion for Magdalene; from Tarrosa Subido’s lovely, convention ally—architectured love son nets to Manuel A. Viray’s pre occupations about death to Gar cia Villa’s about God and immor tality. Reading the book is like thumb ing the pages of an intimate diary barring the soul of Filipino youth, showing the gripping turbulences in his heart; the problems he wants solved now, immediately, because, in his impatience, he cannot wait. Mr. Viray was wise in not in cluding too many poems of the experimental type which might confuse many readers with their unusual forms and their deli berate vagueness. In that res pect the Anthology may be said not to be truly representative, a fact, however, which, I feel, shows good judgment in the past of the editor, who, no doubt, was considering his readers’ tastes. Whatever the faults and flaws of Heart of the Islands, and doubtless there are many, it is a book which would give pleasure to any lover of poetry. And it is a book that invites promise in our young poets. WHAT THE FILIPINA CAN CONTRIBUTE TO WORLD AFFAIRS (Continued from page 5) dom and authority enjoyed by her later her community. It is from is that she has retained her sense this perspective that she must reof perspective. That is to say, gard >the now Internationally her activities have centered widened scope of her activities around the home, her family and and responsibilities if she wishes to continue rendering a distinct on problems affecting her major contribution to the world. Our interests will depend on how sucFilipino way of life which con- cessful and beneficial has her siders the family and home as own experience been in her own the units has been our source of home, community and country, strength. Because of this, the As far as general ability to parFilipino woman has fortunately ticipate, the Filipino woman has been spared other women’s ex- innate qualities and a natural perience—the tragedy of running adaptability to meet the challenge, out of the home into other spheres Furthermore, she has the. adof influence, clamoring for equal vantage of thinking and speaking rights in these new fields only to in two more or less international discover by neglect they lost languages—English and Spanish, their very own and most import- not to mention individual Filipino ant sphere of influence—the home, women’s command of French or The subsequent result of this si- another language. tuation is apparent in the break- The second kind of distinctive down of homes, increase in social contribution the Filipino woman welfare institutions, juvenile prb- can make is that of the indiviblemss, etc. prevalent in other dual Filipina. Irrespective of countries. . traits and experiences common to If the Filipino women are to all our women, there are some in make a distinctive contribution to our midst who regardless of world affairs, it must be precise- whether they are Filipinas or not ly in the strengthening of the fa- have by their very own exmily and home and the success- perience or achievement someful coordination of this respon- thing to contribute to world afsibility and field of activity with fairs. These women have in the her community, her country and exercise of their chosen prothe United World. Her participa- fessions or experiences in their tion in international discussions (Continued on page 27) BEST/ BABY*BEST/*ALL JUNE 15, 1947 PAGE 13 FOR many years Mrs. Sulpicia Bengzon-Aquino had been wondering why there are only a few of our women in the govern ment. “Why,” she asked herself, “why can’t we have more women in Congress, in Provincial Boards, in City and Municipal Councils? Why can’t we have women mayors, judges, fiscals?” Recently she read Mrs. Paz Policarpio Mendez’ account of the more advanced position of women in the Far East and she felt chagrined. But what broke the camel’s back, so to speak, was the report in a news release that in Japan seventeen (17) women were recently elected to the Diet. And the Japanese women have OFFICERS OF THE FILIPINA VOTERS’ UNION President : Mrs. Sulpicia Bengzon Aquino Vice-President: Mrs. Mercedes R. Vda. de Gonzales Executive Secretary & Press Relation Officer: Priscilla R. Gonzales Treasurer: Mrs. Mercedes R. Vda. de Gonzales HEADQUARTERS 743 San Diego, Sampaloc, Manila 520 Raon, Sta. Cruz, Manila Chapter of the Filipina Voters’ Union in Pangasinan and Cavite have these prominent ladies as Assistant Organizers and Group Leaders: PANGASINAN LingayenL1. Atty. Asuncion Sison Macaraeg 2. Mrs. Lilian Castillo 3. Mrs. Emma Posadas 4. Mrs. Eslawa Baltazar 5. Mrs. Nancy Sison 6. Mrs. Consolacion Mencias 7. Mrs. Enrique Braganza 8. Mrs. Consuelo Buenaventura 9. Mrs. Nieves Bengzon Cudala 10. Miss Nieves Uson 11. Dra. Guillerma Lopez 12. Dra. Pedencia Arcenue Alcala: 1. Atty. Concepcion Bugarin Buencamino 2. Dra. Ines Villarejo Aguilar: 1. Mrs. Lutgarda M. Abalos 2. Miss Natividad Maza CAVITE 1. Mrs. Concepcion Trias 2. Mrs. Elpidia Bonanza 3. Atty. Gloria Bautista 4. Dra. Patrocinio Bautista 5- Dra. Rizalina P. Poblete 6. Mrs. Dorotea Miranda 7. Mrs. Rosario Cosca 8. Mrs- Ana Palaypay 9. Mrs. Soledad Fernandez 10. Mrs. Acedora Victoria 11. Mrs. Anita Monzon Area 12. Mrs. Eduardo Gutierrez 13- Mrs. Leona Garduque 14. Mrs. Fortaleza Ramirez The FILIPINA VOTERS’ UNION By PRISCILLA R. GONZALES been granted suffrage only very recently. This was too' much for Mrs. Bengzon to take. “Why,” she thought, “this makes us the least advanced of the women in this civilized world!” So chagrined, furious, she sat in a corner and started thinking and taking stock of the situation. She looked over the map of the Phil ippines, thought of the women in the provinces, cities, t towns, barrios. Suddenly she jumped from her chair, walked about, muttering to herself: “That’s it, Why not make all women join up together and become one big, integrated organization ? Make all the women, members of this orga nization. Organize chapters in all cities, towns, provinces. Call on all women leaders to work toge ther and cooperate in the under taking. Make them conscious of the power that they can weild, the power that will elevate them to a better position, which will give them the much-desired voice e Mrs. Mercedes R. Vda. de Gonsales in the management of the govern ment. Why, with women there, grafters and swindlers would not have any chance to do their dirty work. There wouldn’t be a swind ler or a grafter at all. And the government will be put in order, will be more efficient, since women have a knack for putting things in order, and for efficiency. Hasn’t women been doing all right in the house? Well, here is one house that will be put in order— the government house. Yes, it is about time for women to take over and do some housecleaning!” All through the night Mrs. Aquino thought this over. The next day sho went, around and The founder of the FVU: Mrs. Sulpicia Bengzon Aquino looked up women she knew would appeal to the masses. She explain ed to them her ideas and they all wholeheartedly agreed with her and joined in as chapter leaders. Then Fate stepped in. One day Mrs. Aquino was in the City Hall looking up friends. A woman passed by and caught her atten tion. She was attracted to her, and she told herself that she must meet this woman. So she ap proached her, said: “I like you. You look like an organizer. Will you be one of us?” Mrs. Mercedes R. Vda. de Gon zales looked at her, liked her too, and agreed to work with her. So two days later they went to Ca vite, province of Mrs. Gonzales, and recruited chapter leaders. Prominent women there joined in, and it looks like Cavite will be the first province to be systema tically organized. And in recogni tion of her work, Mrs. Gonzales was elected vice-president of the Union. These two women have proved themselves to be a pair of atomic energy. They have been going around in the City and in the nearby provinces recruiting chap ter leaders. Right now they have pledged in chapter leaders in Ma nila, Pangasinan, Cavite, Zambales, Pasay, Paranaque, Cagayan, and Bataan. They are planning to go on tour of other provinces, recruiting leaders and organizing chapters, until all women who can vote have joined the Filipina Voters’ Union. The following are the general aims of this organization: (Continued on page 31) PAGE 14 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL Philippines, Please Copy At the press conference which was broadcast to mark the “One-Year-OfRoxas” Event, President Ma nuel A. Roxas, answering the question propounded by Philip Buencamino III as to whether the school teacher, the lowest paid government employee, today, is due for a better deal in wages at least under the present adminis tration, said: “I agree that the school teacher is very poorly paid. Since my inauguration, through the direct increase in salary and the approval' of a living bonus^ most of the school teachers today are receiving a minimum sa lary that is more than twice what they received before the war. The school teacher is about the most hard working, and about the fnost self-sacrificing of our public servants They are dis charging the most important responsibility of government and the future of our coun try depends a great deal upon them. I have a sincere sym pathy for their lot. “I intend to increase the salary of the school teachers as soon as we are finan cially able to do so. They deserve all these and more.” IN recent months, the average citizen of the United States has heard that his children’s teach ers have been underpaid, under qualified, and overworked. Through newspapers, magazines , forums and radio programs he has learn ed that their average weekly wage is $37; that one out of every se ven teachers holds an emergency or sub-standard license; that in many communities the teachers’ efficiencyl is impaired by a tooheavy classroom load plus many time-consuming extra-curricular activities. Americans have heard all this because civic, labor and education al organizations have launched a campaign to improve the status of the 860,000 teachers in the United States so as to enable them to continue teaching, and to attract annually at least 100,000 intelligent, rained and alert young men and women to alleviate the critical teacher shortages. Early in 1947, there were many hopeful signs of improvement un derway. Thirty-two of the 48 states reported plans for immedi ate specific action to raise teach ers* salaries. Seven bills to in crease pay or provide federal American Teachers Find Recognition grants to equalize educational op portunities in all American com munities were awaiting action in the national Congress. A number of cities and states had already made legislative provisions for salary increases during the prev ious year. Education agencies like the National' Education Associa tion or the American Federation of Teachers (affiliated with the American Federation of Labor) had published studies and recomvital importance and genuine in terest in the development of the youth of the United Staes. The Typical Average Teacher THE work of Miss Winifred O’Reilly, recently portrayed in Fortune magazine, is closely representative of teachers in thou, sands of small American cities. For the past 29 years, Miss O’ Reilly has taught in an elemen tary school in Waterbury, ConnecA typical American teacher, Winifred O'Reilly is underpaid and overworked, loves to teach, and is still single. mendations on existing education al problems. President Truman appointed a National Commission on Higher Education to make an extensive survey of the over-all situation in the schools. Reports in nationally circulated periodicals like Life and Fortune, in newspapers like the New York Times and in coastto-coast radio programs like “America’s Town Meeting of the Air” have provided data on the life of the American teacher to present a realistic picture of her ticut, an industrial town with a population of 100,000. Miss O’ Reilly’s salary has reached the ele mentary school maximum of $48 a week. The salary is low and Miss O’Reilly manages by living economically. She “does not own a car, spends no money on cigar ettes or liquor... with her nieces’ help does the cooking, cleaning, laundry and most of the painting and decorating.” But Miss O’Reilly loves to teach. She believes a pupil’s short comings are the result of lack of home advantages—proper clothing or food, peaceful family life, books and music. She considers encouragement the best of all methods: “The only eaching trick I have is to praise.” Her home life is fairly circums cribed by family duties and inter ests—the lives of brothers, sisters and nieces. She occasionally at tends the theatre or the motion pictures, reads books obtained from the public library. She hopes to go on teaching for another 20 years, until she is 70. The Minimum Essential Needs A recent survey, conducted by the New York Times showed salary as only one of a number of factors in the teaching field re quiring substantial correction. The Times advocates greater general support of the public schools, with a minimum of 5 per cent ($7,500,000,000) of the national income devoted to education, and a mini mum annual salary of $2,400 for all public school teachers. Similar minimums have been endorsed by the'American Federation of Teach ers and the National Education Association. These and other groups support, as essential im provements, firm tenure and re tirement laws, federal aid to edu cation and especially to rural schools to supplement the existing state and community funds, bet ter teachers training and recruit ment programs, freedom of teach ers from personal restrictions and general upgrading in professional standards. Like Winifred O’Reilly, most American teachers have been slow to complain, finding compensation in their congenial and socially use ful work. And for a long time the American community has’ taken this devotion for granted. Today, Americans are finding out that the patience and devotion have been ill-paid, and are eager to make amends. (USIS) JUNE 15, 1947 .FACE 15 (jiiomon in the TbuvA Women were very much in the news during the past three weeks. First, Town Hall Philippines started its all-women meeting last •May 21 with this timely topic for discussion: What can women do to strengthen the moral fiber of our public officials? All the speakers chosen to thresh out this question were women—Mrs. Bienvenido Gonzalez, wife of the U.P. presi dent, Congresswoman Remedios 0. Fortich and Mrs. Josefa Jara Martinez, for many years execu tive secretary of the YWCA and an outstading social worker in the Philippines. The panel of interro gators was composed of young women lawyers—Mrs. Corazon Ju liano Agrava, Angelina Belarmi no, Mrs. Virginia Oteysa de Guia, vice mayor of Baguio, and Jose fina Phodaca. 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She urged the wives of government officials to set an example to other womPersistently mentioned as can didate for senator in the Nov ember elections is the widow of the late President Quezon. en by returning to a saner and simpler life, as this seems to 'her the only way to counteract the wave of corruption and moral de cadence that is engulfing the coun try today. Because of the success of this first all-women meeting, Town Hall Philippines again featured women as speakers and interroga tors at its next meeting. The topic for discussion was What distinct contribution can the Filipino (wom en make to world affairs? The opinions of the two speakers, NFWC president Mrs. Trinidad F. Legarda and Helen Benitez, on this subject are found elsewhere in this issue. Then the names of several na tionally known women kept crop ping up as probable candidates whenever the senatorial elections this Noyember were discussed. That of Mrs. Quezon, widow of the late President Quezon, has been persistently mentioned in the newspapers as leading the line up of senatorial candidates under consideration by majority leaders. It was even reported in some quar ters that a HUK delegation went to see Mrs. Quezon and urged her to run for senator as they believe order in Central Luzon. that she alone can effect peace and Other women mentioned as pro bable senatorial candidates are Mrs. Trinidad F. Legarda, Mrs. Josefa Jara Martinez, Mrs. Pura V. Kalaw and Atty. Pacita de los Reyes. Mrs. Narciso Ramos, wife of the minister counsellor of the Philip pine Embassy, addressed more than one thousand Camp Fire Girls attending the annual Grand Council Fire held last month at the Sylvan Theater at the Wash ington Monument. Mrs. Ramos, a former Girl Scout, also assisted in the distribution of awards. Twenty Filipino women and chil dren have requested the commis sioner of immigration to intercede for them in asking the United States Army for transportation to Japan. These Filipinos are either wives or children of Japanese na tionals who should be repatriated to Japan in view of the policy of the government to repatriate all enemy nationals. The commissioner advised these women to postpone their going to Japan due to the present food and housing shortages in that country. They were also told that many Filipino women married to Jap anese who have been repatriated to Japan are anxious to return to the Philippines. Mrs. Roberto Regala, wife of the Philippine Consul General for western section of the United States, was elected member of the board of directors of the YWCA of San Francisco. Mrs. Regala is said to be the first Filipino wom an ever to gain such an honor in American YWCA circles. Dr. Maria Lanzar Carpio, as sociate professor in political science and acting head of the political sciene department of U. P., is leaving early this month for the United States where she will take up her duties as politial affairs officer in the trustee ship division of the United Na tions Secretariat. She is the first Filipino woman to be offered a position in the UN headquarters at Lake Success. Dr. Lanzar Carpio is the first Filipino Barbour Scholar at Ann Arbor in Michigan, where she took her Ph. D (political science, ma jor in colonial administration). She had always been an honor stu dent — she was valedictorian of both the intermediate and high Dr. Maria Lanzar Carpio is the first Filipino woman to be of fered a position in the United Nations Secretariat. schools; she received her A. A. with distinction, her Ph. B. after 3 years instead of the usual 4, with honors, and her M. A., also with honors, from the U.P. where she was on an Ariston Bautista Scholarship. Very seldom in the limelight because of her retiring nature, Dr. Carpio is considered one of the most enlightened and advanced of present day Filipino women, and has successfully combined mar riage and career. She is the moth er of two boys, Victor and Anto nio. Her husband, Atty. Victorio Carpio, is with the People’s Court. * * * Sonia Rodolfo, 14 years old daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Agus tin Rodolfo of Manila, made the front page of the local newspaper when news dispatches from abroad reported that she won the second place in a national spelling bee in which school children from all over the United States competed. Sonya who represented the Chi cago Daily News was doing fine until she came to the word “mag goty” (which she spelled with two t’s) after 33 other contestants had bogged down on the same word. To qualify for the finals, the pretty Filipino girl had to defeat half a million pupils in the Chi cago public schools. Enrolled in the 8th grade, Sonya came to the United States in 1945 with her parents. Dr. Rodolfo is a research scientist in the University of Chi cago Medical School, while Mrs. Rodolfo was a newspaper woman in Manila before she came to America. For winning second prize, Son ya received a cash award of $300. First prize was won by Mattie Lou Pollard, also 14 years old, of Georgia. PAGE 16 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL Greetings To The Dele gates Of The Interna tional Convention Of Women, New York City, New York LOOKING across the vast Pa cific to that historic gather ing of distinguished women leaders from all parts of the world, I cannot help but take pride that that convention is women’s distinct contribution to their attempt for the further ance of what may be a lasting peace, the alleviation of misery and the focussing of men’s at tention to women’s cry for equality and justice. And from this young Republic of the Philippines, which was con ceived and made real by the great and magnanimous country of the United States of America, allow me the privilege to tell you in behalf of members of the Ma nila Woman’s Club briefly the Filipino women’s position in our national life. From the Spanish regime, through the 50 years of Amer ican tutelage, to the present, education is one thing that is never denied to a Filipina. She was thus allowed to think and to make her thoughts known to others. She knows what rights and privileges are denied her, but granted and enjoyed by her bro thers. Because she is vigilant and rebellious of these inequal ities, she was enfranchised on November 1936. That is a land mark in our history. At present Filipino women can vote on gen eral and special elections. Also she can be a candidate and qualify for public office in the same manner as our men. That grant was followed by progressive so cial legislations affecting the rights of women and placing them on almost the same level with our men. Prior to the outbreak of the war on December 8, 1941, the standard of living of the average Filipino home was higher than in many Oriental countries in the Far East. Unfortunate it is, that the three years of Japanese oc cupation in the Philippines, should reduce the majority of our homes into utmost misery. You have no doubt heard, and with great truth, that during those dark years, men, women and children in this country died of hunger, of never-healing tumors, and of torture. Hard though be her life, yet the Filipino women were as brave as her men, and she was with the resistance movement from the fall of Bataan until the return of General MacArthur. On July 4, 1946, as promised 10 years before, the United States of America gave our country, the Philippines, its liberty. Politically we are free. But the war had devastated the whole length and breadth of our land. Never be fore have we become more de pendent and anxious of external economic assistance than at pres ent. Very many of our people are sick and dying, because peace, with all its blessings, did not restore the good health of the masses which the wan had totally consumed. It will take a long time before we can repair our shattered national economy. And during that time, we cannot help but call and plead to the peoples of the world, especially to the American people, to see and realize the present lamentable condition of the Filipinos. And to you, distinguished ladies of this great convention, I humbly solicit whatever help your coun tries can give to rebuild our homes. We are loyal and grate ful people. The Philippines will never forget you helped her in her hour of distress. In closing, I fervently pray and hope that your convention be a great success. Concepcion Felix Rodriguez President Manila Woman’s Club, Philippines Friends in America From Miss Mercedes Evange lista, whose present address is 1767 Post Street, San Francisco, Calfiornia, we again received a lengthy letter about her latest activities. She is at present stay ing with Mr. and Mrs. Lorenzo Daquioag, a young Filipino cou ple from Laoag, Ilocos Norte. Mrs. Daquioag is the former Miss Aurora Madamba, a niece of the late Miss Enriqueta de Peralta, one of the most prominent pioneer club women in the Ilocos region. From Miss Evangelista’s letter we gathered that she is as usual very busy attending Club Meet ings and organizing Filipino Women’s Club. We quote here under part of her schedule: April 3—This is Holy Thurs day, but I have been scheduled by the California Federation to speak at a Tea Meeting of the South San Francisco Women’s Club; April 7—Dinner Meeting. Wives of Navy Officers Group, Oaklahoma, California; April 12—Tea in honor of Mrs. Legarda, sponsored by the Filipino Women’s Club of San Francisco, California; April 12—Farmers’ Club at Stockton, California; April 16—Dinner Meeting at San Jose, California, for election of the District Federation of Junior Women’s Club of San Francisco and County. I was with Mrs. Pender and Mrs. Newall, President of the State Federation of the Junior Women’s Club of California, and President of the District and County Federation of San Francisco respectively. As a result of my speech on this occa sion, I was invited to be the guest speaker of the Junior Women’s Club at their annual Convention on May 10th at the Whitecomb Hotel; April 24—I was the speaker of the St. James Mothers Guild. The St. James is a college run by the same Order running the La Salle College; April 26—I flew to Sacramen to to be the guest of honor of the Filipino Women’s Club of that City; May 10—I was the speaker of the Ismael Church Group and I have been requested to talk about Filipino mothers inasmuch as it was Mother’s Day. At night of the same date, I was inter viewed over KPO-NBC regarding Mother’s Day in the Philippines; May 11 and 12—Another speak ing engagement at Lake County. When Miss Evangelista is not on speaking schedule, she goes out to different welfare institu tions for observation work. JUNE 15, 1947 PAGE 17 lA/o/nan J This pageful of the latest-latest from abroad should be very helpful and relaxing to the fem mes forever in search of some thing nice to put on their backs STRIPES in yellow and black for the rayon surah evening dress at right which boasts ruffled bodice and cape sleeves and piping ties for the waist. The cape sleeves may be hoisted up, if preferred, to cover the shoulders. THE NEW LENGTH is featured in the short dance dress above right. Accordion pleats, stitched down to mould the bodice, are released into skirt fullness... a very apt treat ment for a black rayon faille frock. Narrow faille strings form the should er straps and sash. OFF-SHOULDER DRAPERY fea tures the other formal at far right. It is of snowflake-white pique eve ning dress, camisole-topped, and belt ed in gold kid. UNUSUAL PRINT of the iron balco nies, ornate doorways and vine-co lored trellises of New Orleans make the silk blouse, across right, worn with a violet wool suit. THE CASUAL dress you’d love to have is perched far across at right. Scroll work of red braid in yoke ef fect adds fashion charm to this linen dress with Peter Pan collar. The belt is of wide red webbing. (Courtesy USIS) Plastics Industry In The United States Develops New Products Plastic products are entering completed by the middle of 1947. every phase of American living Sales of plastics products in the as manufacturers are converting United States have grown from war-developed capacities to the $20,000,000 in 1936 to an estiproduction of civilian goods, mated $750,000,000 in 1946, and Homes and industries alike will are expected to reach the $1,000,be served by new developments 000,000 level within two or three and innovations" achieved in the years as shortages in the basic plastics field. Increased plant fa- materials from which plastics are cilities and a constant stream of manufactured and in production new discoveries in basic materials, equipment are eliminated, inventions and applications are significant of the advances made This tremendous expansion in by the plastics industry. American plastics industry has At one time considered merely been made Possible by the deve‘ as substitute materials with li- loPment of new raw materials and mited applications, the use of new uses for Pasties; the improve plastics has expanded far beyond ment of established plastics; the the prewar ashtrays, fountain development of new manufacturpens and novelties. Today some in& Processes; and the streamof the largest and most useful ap- lininS of Production methods, plications of plastics are pack- Many of the new Plastics were aging and insulation, and in developed during the war under a paints, varnishes and lacquers. cloak of secrecy wbich bas Plastics are used in component removed only recently. Other parts in such mass-produced Plastics are loSical developments items as refrigerators, automo- of Previously known and available biles, radio and television sets, materials which have found apIn the building industry, plastic Plications in new fields, purchases amount to $75,000,000 Plastic materials, because of annually. Increasingly important their usefulness and versatility, is the use of plasties for textile have become an important part of coatings. America’s peacetime industrial The long range'expansion pro- program. Manufacturers find gram in the manufacture of plas- plastics advantageous because of tics materials announced in their light weight, high resistance December, 1945, at a cost of to corrosion, acids and solvents, P125,000,000, is expected to be exceptional insulation properties, unlimited color range, strength and dimensional stability. Plas tics can be converted into finish ed goods without costly interme diate operations. Intricate shapes and fine tolerances are produced by molding rather than by ex pensive hand-labor processes. As color is inherent in plastics, no painting or enameling is needed. In synthetic fibers such as nylon and saran, finer and larger monofilaments with greater elas ticity, tensile strength, resistance to mildew, acids and extremes of weather have been developed. Plastics have proved superior as coatings for fabrics, proofing ma terials against weather, fire, acids, shrinkage, creasing and loss of color and glaze. Thermoplastics used during the war to supplement rubber used foi* wire insulation and raincoats New Developments in Equipment and Processes New developments in the fields of equipment and processes have contributed to progress in the manufacture of plastics. Larger and better injection-molding ma chines were produced in quantity during the war. The method of high-speed transfer-molding of thermosetting plastics was im proved. Electronic sewing ma chines, or heat sealers, effective in joining together two pieces of thermoplastic film were develop ed. In the American automotive field plastics used per car is ex pected to increase 300 percent as compared with prewar use. The building industry is another large potential user of plastics; some of the applications in this field include paints, varnishes, lacquers will continue in civilian use as they do not have rubber’s limita tion of color flammability or ad verse reaction to weather ex tremes. and papers. Electrical appliances, radio television and telephone equipment, packaging, insulation, toys, novelties, costume jewelry and raincoats afford a wider use of plastics. Among the newer plastics are the resins that are impregnated into paper, wood, cloth and other fillers which can be formed into large shapes and complicated forms by the process of lowpressure molding. Caskets, small boats, baby-strollers and luggage PLASTIC INDUSTRY.—The housewife shown here demon strates how a plastic (vinyl butyral) covered davenport can be cleaned with a damp cloth. This invisible vinyl butyral covering is among the newest plastic developments in the United States. (USIS) PAGE 20 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL ment in excellent condition with out the use of ice or dry ice. The United States Navy’s me thod of moisture-proofing guns and other deck equipment on de commissioned warships by putting them in plastic cocoons has been adapted to peacetime industrial use. Several coats of liquid plas tic can be applied within a few minutes, making a tough and flexible covering which will with stand exposure to wind, rain, snow, sun, oil, water or gasoline for months. An additional coat ing of a Gilsonite-base roofing material guarantees protection for 50 years. Silica gel placed inside the cocoon absorbs any minute moisture. The covering does not coat the metal and can be stripped off easily by cutting with a sharp knife. Products ranging from ball bearings to locomotives, precision insrtuments. and gauges, machine tools and oil-field equipment are being protected while in storage or in transit by this method. The use of plastics in upholstery is not new. For 30 years or more simulated leather and rubbercoated fabrics have been used ex tensively, but the new vinyl up holstery has many advantages over the old ofrms. Because of its beauty, durability and ease of maintenance and handling, vinyl upholstery is used for do mestic furniture, passenger cars, taxi and truck paneling and seats, suitcases, golf bags, foot balls, camera cases, and deco rative surfaces in restaurants and theaters. These materials are stain and flame proof. ■ Plastic materials go back to 1830 when cellulose • nitrate was discovered. In 1868 the first practical celluloid was used for men’s collars. The second im portant plastic, casein, was pro duced in Germany in the 1890’s. In 1909 the development of bakelite> a phenol-formaldehyde resin, gave the American plastics indus try its most important stimulus. Since that time some 30 basic plastics which lend themselves to hundreds of formulations have been developed. Plastics can be made from almost anything. The chief sources for the chemist come from coal, air, water, lime and vegetable by-products. The production of plastics is actually three separate industries. One, where the chemist takes such common molecules as phenol, fomaldehyde, camphor, carbon and hydrocarbon combinations, proteins, cellulose, and urea and polymerizes them. The liquids, flakes or powders so produced are changed into consumer goods by molding, extruding, casting, la are among the products which are being successfully manu factured by low-pressure molding. Industrial and architectural designers are finding new appli cations for the transparent acrylic plastics which were used during the war for cockpit enclosures, navigators domes and bomber noses. Civilian uses of this plas tic include contact lenses, den tures, and specialized surgical instruments. Corrugated sheets of this plastic are used in trains and buses for baggage racks. New Uses Found Polyethylene, which was de veloped and used in large quan tities during the war for coaxial cables in radar and other highfrequency electronic applications, is expected to take over a sub stantial portion of the flexible, thin-sheeting field in civilian use. A potentilaly low-cast material, with high strength, relatively high softening point and resist ance to moisture, the use of polye thylene will range from wire and cable insulations to shower cur tains and tableware. Tumblers, ocasters and bowls molded of polyethylene will not ^>reak if dropped nor will they chip or creak under severe strain. The bowls can be used as containers for deep-freeze storage since they do not become brittle at freezing temperatures. Tumblers made of polyethelene plastics also mini mize sweating of cold drinks, tend to insulate against hot drinks, and resist alcohol and fruit acids. Soap and toothbrush boxes, ci garette cases and covered refrige rator dishes are made with polye thylene . Hitherto unattainable strength in proportion to weight was de veloped by glass-reinforced lowpressure laminates. Plastics as structural materials are used in the production of streamlined chairs, lightweight luggage, pre fabricated bathroom and kitchen units. A resomicol resin solved many difficulties in assembly gluing of wood veneers or resinbonded plywood parts by curing rapidly under nearly neutral con ditions. New resinous adhesives were found for binding meta'.s to themselves and to other mate rials. Use in Protective Packaging In packaging, plastics have scarcely begun to scratch the sur face. A recent test proved that fresh fish wrapped in packages lined with pliofilm will arrive at its destinations 24 hours or more distant from the point of ship minating or fabricating. airplanes, restaurants and theaters. From the second or tributary Plastics are used for machine industry come the plastic filaments parts; abrasive, electrical, mefiner than a spider’s webbing, chanical and chemical equipment; bristles stiffer than a hog’s brist- protection coatings; mechanical les, rubber and elastic substitutes, housing; radio and television parts; bearings for rolling out steel, automotive and refrigerator parts; substitutes for glass and bonding switchgears, cams, handles, knobs, material for abrassive. These The householder finds window plastics are sold to manufacturers screens, fluorescent ornaments, in tankcars, on spools, by the bot- high strength fish lines, phono tie, in chunks, rods and tubes, and graph records, nylon golf clubs, by the freightload. unbreakable tableware, raincoats, Part three is the manufacture shoes, wallpaper, curtains and of useful articles from raw plastic furniture upholstery, luggage, materials. Plastic application is and unbreakable tables and’chairs responsible for the luxurious decor among the new uses of plastics, in trains, automobiles, ocean liners, * * * DISTINGUISHED HANDS wear CUTEX, the most fashion able and widely-used Nail Polish in the world. 5 Made with a new formula in $ five new exciting shades in handsome novel M bottles. $ CUTEX is long-lasting. •. S does not chip...doesn’t crack...and gives your H hands that distinctive U look. Ask for it today... H and follow the Style! H CUTEX contains a new ■ compound wear ingredient ■ to make it the longest■ wearing polish Cutex • ||H ever had! CUTEX FOR LOVELIER NAILS . JUNE 15, 1947 PAGE 21 cipe for it—just your common sense and your taste. MAYONNAISE Take one strictly fresh egg and separate the yolk from the white. Place the yolk in a bowl (prefer ably one with a narrow bottom) and beat it. Add a few drops of olive oil and using a spoon, mix with a rotary motion. Do not add more oil until the first few drops of oil have been completely ab sorbed by the yolk. Repeat this operation until you have added from two to three tablespoons of oil. Play safe all the time before this—add just a few drops of oil at a time. Now you may add as much as 1 tablespoon of oil at a time, mixing $gg yolk and oil with a rotary motion. Should the mixture curdle, that is, the yolk and the oil separate, this is the only known remedy; take another egg yolk and add a little of the curdled mixture to this new yolk and beat. In other words, you There are certain recipes that every cook should master, that is, be able to prepare them without referring to a cookbook. Among these we think are the following: French Dressing, Mayonnaise, the three basic sauces—thin, me dium and thick, a good tomato sauce, cocoa or chocolate, and frit ter batter (that can be used either for fruits, vegetables, meat, or fish). Genuine olive oil is now avail able in most grocery stores. A friend of ours buys it from her drug store for she wants to be sure that what she gets is. not a substitute, like peanut or soy oil. Here is the basic recipe for French Dressing: FRENCH DRESSING 1/2 cup olive oil 1 teaspoon fine salt 1/2 teaspoon pepper 1/4 teaspoon sugar 1/4 cup vinegar (red wine vine gar, cider, lemon juice, or half vinegar and half lemon juice) Place all ingredients in small, covered bottle or glass jar with a tight cover and chill thoroughly. Just before serving, shake vi gorously for 1 or 2 minutes. If you have a refrigerator, you can make up a large amount and keep it on hand to use on salads (es pecially the green, leafy ones), as a seasoning, or for marinating meats and vegetables. To vary; shake a cut garlic clove with the dressing but remove it before serving, or season with garlic salt or powdered garlic. Or add a few drops of onion juice or 1 teaspoon finely chopped shallot. It is not difficult to memorize this recipe. Just remember that you use 1/2 as much acid (vine gar or lemon juice) as oil, and seasonings to your taste. Mayonnaise is more difficult to make but you do not need any re MASTER THESE start at the very beginning of the process, only you use the curdled mixture instead of the curdled mixture at a time. Do not hurry —th? secret of a smooth mayon naise is to incorporate all the oil first before adding more. After you have added all the oil (perhaps a cup) and the ma yonnaise (if you have been lucky so far) is already very thick, you can add a few drops of vinegar or lemon juice to thin it out and im part a sour taste to it, and the seasonings—salt, sugar, pepper. For fruit salads, you use more sugar, of course. Sounds simple, and it is, unless your mayonnaise curdles and you have to start all over again. But you know what to do in case this should happen. No bottled or commercial salad dressing can take the place of home-made, real mayonnaise, espeically on chicken salad. Until you have mastered the three recipes for thin, medium and thick white sauce, clip the following and paste them on your kitchen wall for ready reference. Making sauces by guess work is a waste of energy, for some time you get a very thick sauce when you want a thin one or vice versa. THIN WHITE SAUCE 1 tablespoon butter or lard 1 tablespoon flour 1 cup milk or liquid Salt and pepper to taste Melt butter or margarine or lard, blend in the flour, and gradually add the liquid. Cook over hot water, stirring constant ly, until thick. Season to taste. Cook for 5 minutes, stirring occa sionally. Makes 1 cup. When you want thin sauce, re'member that for every cup of li quid you use 1 tablespoon of flour and 1 tablespoon of lard or but ter. A smooth creamy texture should be your aim when making a sauce, and this is accomplished by thorough blending of fat and flour and gradually adding the liquid with constant stirring. If the pan is removed from .the heat while the cold liquid is added, the risk of lumping is lessened. However, when lumps do form, strain the sauce and force the lumps through the strainer, and return to the fire to continue cooking, stirring all the time. MEDIUM WHITE SAUCE 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons flour 1 cup milk Salt and pepper to taste Prepare as directed for thin white sauce above. THICK WHITE SAUCE 3 to 4 tablespoons flour 3 tablespoons butter 1 cup milk Salt and pepper to taste Prepare as directed for the two sauces above. Thick White Sauce is usually used for making croquettes and other dishes whose ingredients need “binding” together so that they can be formed into the des ired shapes. BROWN SAUCE 1/4 cup butter, margarine or drippings 2 tablespoons grated onion Small piece of bay leaf 4 whole cloves 4% tablespoons flour 2 cups meat stock or consoi Salt and pepper to taste Heat butter or drippings in a heavy skillet, add onion, bay leaf and cloves. Simmer over a low heat until browned. Add the flour, stirring until well blended. Cook, stirring constantly, over a a low heat until the flour browns. Remove from heat. Gradually stir in the stock. Season to taste and return to heat. Cook until thick and smooth, stirring cons tantly. Strain before serving. Here is a good. tomato sauce, sometimes also called Spanish Sauce; good for macaroni, fish (sarciado) or spaghetti: SPANISH SAUCE 2 tablespoons butter or bacon fat 2/3 cup finely chooped onion 2 tablespoons chopped green pepper 1/2 clove garlic 2-1/2 cups tomatoes, fresh stewed and skinned or can ned 1/4 cup chopped stuffed olives Small piece of bay leaf 6 whole cloves 1 tablespoon sugar Salt and pepper to taste Melt fat in a heavy skillet, add onion, green pepper and garlic. Simmer for 5 minutes and then remove garlic. Add the remaining ingredients and simmer over low heat for 30 minutes. Makes about 2 cups. FRITTER BATTER (Thin coating for larger pieces of food to be fried individually) 1 cup flour 1/2 teaspoon fine salt 1 tablespoon sugar (for fruit fritters only) 1 egg slightly beaten 1 cup milk 1 tablespoon shortening (butter or margarine) Sift flour, measure, and add salt and sugar; sift again. Com bine egg, milk and shortening. Pour into flour mixture and stir until smooth. Dip sea food, slices of fish, vegetable or fruit in the batter, and drop into deep, hot fat. Fry until well browned on all sides, turning the fritters as they rise to the surface. They may also be fried in a small quantity of fat in a skillet. Drain on absorbent paper. If a slightly thicker coating is desired, decrease the milk to 2/3 cup and add 1 teaspoon baking powder to the flour with the salt and sugar. For a more delicate and puffy coating increase the egg to 2—separate eggs and com bine beaten yolks with milk and PAGE 22 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL melted shortening and pour into flour mixture, beating until smooth; beat whites until stiff but not dry and fold into batter. FRITTER BATTER (For binding together chopped food or small pieces of food like Prepare for Second Helpings With These Fritter Recipes By BETSY NEWMAN DOES anyone make fritters now for home consumption? Fat is not as scarce as it was, so I think we’ll just serve fritters with our chops in today’s menu. Hl give you a basic Fritter Bat ter recipe, and then give you some variations in fillings. Almost any fruit may be used in a fritter, apples, peaches, bananas, raspber ries, in season, etc., cooked, cooled apricots drained of juice. Today’s Menu Pork Chops Fluffy Mashed Potatoes Apple or Banana Fritters Green Salad with One, Two, Three Salad Dressing Sliced Oranges Graham Crackers Coffee or Tea Fritter Batter % e. milk 2 tbsp, pow dered sugar for sweet 1% e. flour ’4, tsp. salt 2 tsp. baking powder _______ 1 egg fritters Sift dry ingredients, add egg, well beaten, and milk. The batter should be just thick enough to coat the article it is intended to cover. If H is too thin add more flour; if too thick, thin with a little more liquid. Apple Fritters 1 e. milk 1 tbsp, baking 2 eggs powder A Meal for Family or Guests 2 lbs. real steak Salt By BETSY NEWMAN “IT isn’t the work, it’s the wor ry about what to serve that makes the average housewife weary,” says an article I read recently. From the family meals to the din ner we’re planning to give some very special guests, we wonder what is best to serve—what will be enjoyed, what, if we’re con templating guests, they like and have no allergies or dislikes for. I’m going to suggest a menu that should have few dissenters among either the family or visiting friends. Today’s Menu Breaded Veal Baked Potatoes Frozen Green Peas Perfection Salad Hot Rolls or Muffins Lemon Cake Pie breaded Veal Rolled cracker crumbs 114e. milk legg veal into Individual Cut the __ ____________ pieces for serving, sprinkle wiftt •alt, score meat well. Beat the egg elightly, add milk, dip veal pieces first in rolled cracker crumbs, then corn and peas) 1-3/4 cups of flour 3 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teasopon salt 1 tablespoon sugar (for fruit and sugar, fritters only) 1 egg, slightly beaten 1 tsp. sugar Apples % tsp. salt 2 c. flour Add well-beaten egg. yolks 2 tbsp, sugar Fritter batter, as peg recipe ----- ---------------- Bor „---- to the milk, add sugar, then the flour mixed and sifted with baking powder and salt Fold in the stiffly beaten egg whites. Add sliced bout apples, being careful to cover them with the batter. Drop by spoonfuls into deep fat (360-370 F.) and fry 2 to 3 minutes. Serve plain with the pork chops, or with powdered sugar, if you like. Serves 6. Banana Fritters 6 bananas 3 tbsp.orange juice Peel bananas, cut each in two and split each half. Place pieces in a bowl with sugar and orange juice, and let them stand for 1 hour. Drain the bananas, dip in batter, and fry in deep fat (360370 F.) from 2 to 3 minutes. Serve plain or with powdered sugar. Serves 6. One, Two, Three Salad Dressing 1 tall can evap- 3 tbsp, sugar 1 tbsp, pre pared mustard orated milk 2 tbsp, vinegar or lemon juice Mix sugar, mustard and vinegar or lemon juice together, add milk gradually until well blended. Let stand until thickened. in milk mixture, then back in crumbs, and saute a nice brown in hot fat. Add a little water to the pan, cover and let simmer either on top of stove or in the oven, until tender, about 1 hour. Serves 4 to 6. Baked Potatoes Scrub potatoes well and remove bad spots. Dry and rub each potato with bacon fat, then bake as usual. The bacon fat gives the potato a nicd flavor as well as a crispy crust, so that the skin may be eaten, and valuable minerals pre served. Lemon Cake Pie 3 tbsp, butter 2 egg yolks 1 c. milk ___ 2 egg whites 2 tbsp, flour Mix sugar and flour together, add well beaten egg yolks and gradually add the milk and melted butter; next add lemon juice and grated rind. Cut and fold in the egg whites beaten until stiff. Pour into an unbaked pie shell and bake 15 min. at 450 F., then reduce the heat to 324 F. and bake another 30 min. % c. sugar 1 lemon, juice and grated rind 1 cup milk 1 tablespoon shortening Sift flour, measure, and sift again with baking powder, salt Combine beaten egg, milk and melted shortening. Pour into flour mixture and stir until just smooth. Add about 2 cups chopped vegetables, cooked or canned, or chopped fruit, welldrained, or 1-1/2 cups chopped cooked ham. Drop by spoonfuls into deep, hot fat and fry 3 to 5 minutes or until well browned on all sides. PHILADELPHIA—A newly-dis covered method of influencing heredity by irradiation with ultra violet rays has possibilities of changing the characteristics of animals and human beings, ac cording to research specialists meeting here for the 47th gen eral meeting of the Society of American Bacteriologists. They pointed out that irradiating cul tures, or food, on which bacteria are fed can indirectly cause genetic or hereditary mutations in bacteria affecting genes. They an nounced that experiments carried on at the University of Texas with staphylococcus (characteristic bac teria taken infections) chemicals in grown were tion with ultra-violet rays. from boils and skin showed that both which germs were changed by irradiaLeft-Over Lamb in a Hash By BETSY NEWMAN AT long last bananas are plenti ful again. Baby can have his and not deprive the rest of the family of their share, for there are gen erally enough for alL In the following menu, I’m sup posing you had roast lamb for last night’s dinner and giving you a recipe to take care of what is left over. Also I’m suggesting a new Betty dessert Today’s Menu Syrian Hash Fluffy Mashed Potatoes Avocado and Orange Salad Banana Rhubarb Betty Coffee Syrian Hash 2 c. chopped cooked lamb 2% c. cooked diced carrots 2 tbsp, minced onion Combine lamb, carrots, onion, salt, paprika and tomato soup; mix well. Heat oil in a skillet, spread hash evenly in pan and cook slowly until well browned. Slide onto a hot plate and serve with hot French Salad Dressing. Serves 4. % tsp salt Dash <>l paprika % c. condensed tomato soup 2 tbsp salad oil Foils Bank Bandit BECOMING suspicious when a male passenger, who had gone into a Beatrice, Nebraska, bank to "cash • check,” ordered her to drive him from town, Minnie Johnson, taxi driver, stopped her car and pulled her cab keys. Then she ran and so did the man who, when caught by town police gave the name of Wil liam Pemberton. He had $1,590 on him and was held on a charge of robbing the bank. (International) Avocado and Orange Salad 1 avocado Lettuce or 2 medium- other salad sized oranges greens Mayonnaise Peel, take out stone and dice or slice the avocado. Peel and dice or slice oranges. Blend the two and pile on individual salad plates on beds of greens; add a spoonful of mayonnaise to each plate. Serves 4. Banana Rhubarb Betty 2 firm ripe bananas 1% c. cut fresh rhubarb or 1 pkg. frozen cut rhubarb 14 c. finely cut dates 1 % tbsp, grated orange rind .% c. firmly packed brown sugar 2 tbsp, hot water 2 c. soft bread crumbs 8 tbsp, melted butter or ___ „____ Margarine Vi tsp. salt Peel bananas and cut Into inch slices. Combine bananas, rhu barb, dates, orange rind, sugar, salt and water. Mix together crumbs and melted butter and place alternate layers of buttered crumbs and fruit mixture into a well-buttered 114 quart baking dish, using crumbs for bottom and top layers. Cover and bake in a moderate oven (375 F.) about 40 min., or until rhubarb is tender. (J ncover and continue baking about 5 min. to brown the crumbs. Serves 6. JUNE 15, W4T PAGE 23 CHILD CARE Candy Sodas Ice Cream and Sundaes.•* Jellies Jams Canned Fruits in Heavy Sirup Highly sweetened foods are un desirable in the diet. They quick ly satisfy appetite, take it away for better foods. They are also a piece of candy.” When you hold beleived to favor decay of the teeth. If a child likes his cereal and fruits without extra sugar by all means leave it off. If a thin sprinkling of sugar, preferably brown, or a few drops of honey or molasses make a big differ ence, let him have it without an argument. But be cheerfully firm going to change the unusual procedure and give mo thers a list of foods that young children should not eat, for, being fewer, they may be easier to re member, perhaps, than a long list of the right foods. Experiments conducted by Dr. Clara Davis who wanted to find out what children would eat if left to their own desires, with a variety of wholesome foods to choose from, showed that every baby, over a period of time, choose what any scientist would agree was a well-balanced diet. In other words, a mother can trust her child’s appetite (if it has not been spoiled by prejudices) to choose a wholesome diet if she serves him a reaosnable variety and balance of those natural, un refined foods which he himself en joys eating. A mother, therefore, need not worry about her child’s diet, pro vided she does not give him foods that are definitely bad for him. Fortunately, these are few and easy to remember. Here they are: What Young Children Should NOT Eat about not letting him pour it on thick. Jellies, jams, canned fruits, contain excessive amounts of sugar and it is best not to get into the habit of serving them to a child. If the child enjoys his bread and butter only when there is jam on it, put on just enough to flavor it. If occasionally it is convenient to give him canned peaches because the rest of the family is having them, pour off the syrup. It is better to avoid sweats be tween meals as much as possible, and to avoid candy regularly, even at the end of meals. Candy, par ticularly, is suspected of favoring tooth decay because it keeps the mouth syrup for some time. vitamins, roughage, or In other words, they feel Cookies Cakes Rich Crackers Pastries (pies, etc ) The main objection to these foods is that they are largely composed of refined starch, sugar, and fat. Being rich in calories, they quickly satisfy a child’s ap petite, but .give him practically no salts, protein. cheat hint by making him well fed when he is being partly starved, and by spoiling his ap petite for better foods. You don’t have to be suspicious of rich, re fined foods that you stop your child from eating cake at a birth day party. It’s the steady diet of such foods that deprives him of nutrition. But there’s no sense long run children wanted only a starting them at home when there reasonable amount of the sweeter is no need. foods. It is easy enough to keep young childen from the candy habit by not having it around the house, and to avoid sodas and candies by not buying them. It is more dif ficult in the case of the school age child who has found out all about these delights. The craving for sweets is often caused by parents. Children like sweets for one reason because tfieir hungry, growing bodies re cognize the extra calories in them. But it is not certain that unspoil ed children want a lot of them. A few small children actually dis like all sweet foods. Dr. Davis’ experiments showed that in the Dr. Spock thinks that much of the exaggerated craving for sweets is caused unwittingly by parents. A mother, trying to get her child to finish his vegetable, will say, ‘‘You can’t have your ice cream until you have finish ed your spinach,” or “If you eat up all your cereal, I’ll give you back on food (or a prize of any kind), it whets the desire. This has exactly the opposite effect from what the mother wants: the child gets to despise spinach and cereal, and to want ice cream and candy more and more. I’d say jokingly that the only safe way to bribe a child about food would Corn Polished or white rice Refined wheat Corn and rice are relatively low in vitamins and valuable proteins (even before they are refined), when compared to oats, rye, and whole wheat. And when any grain is refined, much of its vitamins, minerals, and roughage are re moved in the process. Therefore, the foods to serve less frequently are: refined (white) wheat cereals, white bread that is not enriched, macaroni, spaghetti, noodles, crac kers (aside from whole wheat and graham crackers), rice, com meal, corn ceerals, hominy. Then there are the desserts made from these grains: cornstarch, rice, ta pioca puddings. When rice is used as a substitute for potato, it is better to use the unpolished brown rice. Coffee and tea are not good drinks for children, because they take the place of milk and be cause they contain the stimulant caffein. Most children are stimu■ lated enough already. Flavoring a > child’s milk with a tablespoon of . coffee or tea may be justified if . he only likes it in that pretend grown-lp way. But in the case 1 of most children, it’s easier and be to say, “You can’t have your spinach until you’ve had your ice cream.” Seriously, though, never hold back on food until another is eaten. Let your child go on thinking that his plain foods are safer n7t to’geTstarte'd wftlTthese just as good as his sweet ones. beverages. FEEDING BETWEEN MEALS Most young children, and plenty of older ones, too, need a snack between meals. If it's the right kind of food, given at a sensible hour, presented in the right way, it shouldn’t interfere with meals or lead to feeding problems. Fruit juice, fruit, plain crackers, or bread work best in most cases. They are easily and quickly digested. Foods that contain considerable fat, such as chocolate, rich cake and cookies, milk, stay in the stomach longer and are therefore more apt to take away appetite for the next meal. Occa sionally, though, you see a child who never can eat very much at one meal and gets excessively hungry and tired before the next; he may thrive when given milk between meals. Its slow digestibility is what keeps him going, and he has a better appetite for the next meal because he’s not exhausted. For most children the snack is best given midway between meals,-or not closer than 1-1/2 hours before the next .one. Even here there are exceptions. There are children who receive juice in the middle of the morning but still get so hungry and cross before lunch is ready that they pick fights and refuse to eat. Getting a glass of orange or to mato juice the minute they get home, even though it is 20 minutes before lunch, improves their dispositions and their appetites. So you see that what and when to feed between meals is a matter of common sense and doing what suits the individual child. A few children do best with nothing at all. —Dr. Benjamin Spock.. PAGE 24 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL DISTAFF SIDE DISPUTE IN CHICAGO STRIKE BATTLING FURIOUSLY, two women roll on the ground outside the American Automatic Devices Company plant in Chicago as police and onlookers move in to break it up. The fray was one of a number of fights that started when some employees tried to go to work and strikers attempted to stop them. {International Soundphoto) EDUCATION NOTES (USIS) NEW YORK — United States teachers’ colleges and schools are devoting more time to the study of international affairs in an at tempt to train future teachers to understand the problems of world peace. A survey conducted by the American Association of Teach ers’ Colleges reported by the New York Times showed that virtually all institutions now conduct cours es on some phase of international understanding. The survey also found colleges have introduced special forums and assemblies co vering international education. The exchange of students and professors with other lands has also been increased. NEW YORK—New York City teachers have embarked on a pro gram to determine the most ef fective ways to utilize news papers and magazines in the stu dy of world affairs and current events. In the belief that it is important to understand vital current issues, several hundred teachers and school administrat ors met in the first of a series of discussions to prepare a master plan to serve as guide for the en tire New York school system. CHICAGO—Doctor James Bry ant Conant, president of Harvard University, has called for Ame rica to improve educational fa cilities of “its greatest-source of wealth”—the young people of the C BfLfOUS? Phillips’Milk of Mognesio acts quickly yet gently when you need an alkalizer. Distress disappears like magic. Phillips’sweetens the stom ach and tones up the entire digestive system. IN LIQUID AND TABLET FORM PHILLIPS'* MILK OF MAGNESIA nation. Doctor Conant called for federal aid to United States public schools, declaring that such aid can be provided schools and col leges without violating the prin ciple of state and local control of public education. He urged that the education of American pro fessional men be made a matter of national concern. Doctor Co nant called for a national pro fessional scholarship and fellow ship program for higher educa tion and said it is important to keep colleges open to outstanding talents from all economic levels. He also proposed the establish ment of a national science founda tion to help support research in universities. NEW YORK—The first two adult training centers in New York have proven so successful that plans are underway to open a third this fall. The adult train ing centers, operated by the board of education, hold night classes in 27 subjects. The first adult center, opened in the east New York last year, has a registration of 1,600. Tjie second center, opened last February in Queens, New York, has a registration of 2,160. The students’ ages range from 18 to 78 years. The subjects include language classes, instruc tion on current events with dis cussion groups, manual arts, painting, dressmaking and print ing. The popularity of the first two projects has led to a plan for a new center to be opened in the Bronx, New York, in the fall. Ul timately, it is hoped, centers will be opened in all New York areas. NEW YORK—Nearly 700 vete ran students began work this week in one of the nation’s most unusual schools, operated by the American theater wing. The school has been planned so stud ents can take jobs while they study. These jobs range from entertaining in night clubs to. membership in the New York City opera company. The instructors are professional entertainers, ac tors, musicians and vocalists of considerable repute, who teach in addition to regular jobs. Some teachers,' discovering talent in their students, have given them jobs in stage or musical produc tions. All students hope to achieve a rank in the entertain ment world. BALTIMORE—Marked success in the use of a new drug, known commercially as fibromosalicylaldehyde, in the treatment of chronic infections of the ear, has been reported here by research biologists. An important feature of the new drug is that it attacks fungus infections frequently asso ciated with such cases. PAGE 25 JUNE 15, 1947 WASHINGTON — The first Student-Teacher Exchange large-scale exchange of students Between US and EUROPE and teachers between the Unit ed States and Europe since the war began on June 6 with the sailing of the first of two ships especially allocated for this purpose. The exchange was ar ranged by the State Department’s division of international exchange of persons. The two vessels, the Marine Jumper and the Marine Tiger, each capable of carrying 925 pas sengers, will make four round trips this summer, taking about 7,000 students and teachers to Europe and bringing back Euro pean students and teachers who wish to study in the United HOLLYWOOD BEAUTY SECRETS By MAX FACTOR JR. (Famous Make-up Advisor to the The Screen Stars) DON’T WORRY YOUR BEAUTY AWAY Steady worrying will bring signs of haggardness to a woman’s face, and make her look older than she actually is. The writer does not mean to suggest, with any forced aura of cheerfulness, that worrying can be quickly and surely done away with merely by saying “I will not wor ry,” or anything of that sort. Worry is a stubborn ailment, and it Is difficult to get out of the ha bit of doing it once it has become established. WORTH TRYING But, purely for the sake of your good looks, overcoming the worry habit Is definitely worth attempt ing, and in most cases it can be finally achieved if the problem is approached intelligently and sin cerely. First of all, you should consider the fact that worry has no con structive value whatsoever. It alone can never remedy the condi tion which causes it. It is a point less waste of time. The habit of worrying can fre quently be overcome by doing nothing more than carefully ana lyzing and evaluating the subject which inspires anxiety. Ask your self if your worried-about prob lem is actually important enough to warrant the risking of health and good looks. Calmly, rather than hysterically, judge what the chances are of there being noth ing to worry about, after all. Many subjects of deep worry finally do dissolve into nothing, as most of us have at some time noticed and experienced. So before wasting your nervous energy worrying about something, try figuring out whether or not the problem war rants such anxiety. States. A Department spokes man noted that approximately three or four thousand U. S. citizens have already signed up for priority on the two ships. He added the largest group has ask ed to attend the University of Oslo, Norway, while others plan to visit France and England. The groups sailing will include students and teachers sponsored by the American Friends Service, TO STRIKE OR NOT TO STRIKE BE BUSY Psychologists point out that those who spend a great deal of time worrying are very frequently persons who have an insufficient number of Interests in life. Doing nothing and being interested in nothing, these experts declare, leave one with so much spare time that worry Is almost inevitably taken up as a time killer. Active, busy people are seldom worriers. With women being as appear ance and glamour conscious as they generally are, it may sensib ly be suggested that a thorough consideration of all of their many practices of beautification offers an admirable means of distracting themselves from sources of point less worry. Even those women who are not inclined toward hob bies or widespread social activities can usually manage to become ab sorbingly Interested in the perfect ing of their appearances. HOW ABOUT YOU? Some women may be inclined to discount this suggestion on the grounds that they are already ful ly cognizant of all the beautifying praotices, together with the im portance of these as they relate to our present day standards of living, and that they consequently feel that there is no need for any increase of interest or activity along these line?. Such an attitude as this may in very many cases be justified to a considerable degree. It is true that the feminine grooming prac tices, as generally to be seen to day, are much less in need of con structive attention than ever be fore. But, if they examine them selves with critical eyes, most women can find some procedure of grooming which can be brought to new heights of glamour. THAT IS THE QUESTION, to strike or not to strike for higher pay. De troit teachers, members of the AFL Federation of Teachers, cast their ballots to reach the decision so vital to them. A member of the staff at Northwestern High School, Katherine Doherty puts her ballot in the box and John Otten is shown standing by. (International Soundphoto) the World Conference of Christian Youth, the Girl Scouts, the World Federation of Education Assocaitions, the University of Minne sota Summer Project, the Har vard University Student Council, the Fontainebleu School and the Yale Department of Education. A number of international scien tific conferences will be made possible as a result of this pro ject, among them the Interna tional Congress of Microbiolo gists, and the Fifth Interna tional Congress of Pediatrics. . European students and teachers will be selected by U- S. missions and embassies. * Under the program, about 450 teachers of the World Federa tion of Education Associations will attend seminars in England, France, Denmark and Switzer land ... Later sailings will carry a de legation to the World Conference of Christian Youth in Oslo, students of the University of Minnesota for field studies in four European countries, and a delegation from the student coun cil of Harvard University to at tend the first post-war summer seminars at Salzburg, Austria. These groups will include a large number of former members of the U. S. armed service who are studying under the provisions of a special veteran’s legislation. The Marine Jumper will leave New York on June 6 and June 30, July 30 and August 26, and the Marine Tiger will leave on June 21, July 18, August 15 and September 12 (USIS) PAGE 2« WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL various governments and organi zations, not to mention the women in the secretariat staffs. Women in general will find in field of activity contributed di rectly to the community and would very well be contributors to a larger sphere. We have note worthy women doctors, scientist^, educators, artists, and other pro fessionals contributing to national progress daily. Women volunteer workers who decidedly outnumber the men volunteers are in cessantly contributing to the wel fare of the community and the nation. Such international vo lunteer organizations as the Red this hopeful tentative world govCross, Girl Scouts, church groups, ernment set-up under the UN vaetc. generally foster interna- rious fields of activities specitional meetings and exchanges of fically suitable to their excooperation. Professional so- periences and interest. Outside cieties also have organized inter- of the official committees and national headquarters and clear- advisory commissions of the UN, ing houses. In these, individual the General Assembly at the end Filipina delegates have made de- of its first session last Dec. 15 finite contributions. had extended the scope of its work to include close cooperation With the advent however of four specialized agencies— the UN, international participa- UNESCO, ILO (Int. Labor tion has been elevated from mere- Org.), FAO (Food & Agricultuly individual or associational ral Org.), and the ICA0 (lnt. patronage and sponsorship to Civil Aviation Org.); and the orofficial government responsibility. gani2ation of the World Health Thus by the will of 55 countries, Organization, WHO, the IRO (Int. including the Philippines, inter- Refugee Org.) and 1ECF (lnt. national cooperation and world Emergency Children’s Fund), projects have become the com- Also discUSsed by the General mitment and duty of the govern- Assembly was the acceptance of ment of these states. Also, f >1- non-political functions of the lowing Article I in the Chai ter, former League of Nations and its the UN last Nov. 11 unanimous- Secretariat. Of the thirteen actily adopted a resolution recorn- vities included, the following mending that all Member states would be of particular interest to WHAT THE FILIPINA CAN CONTRIBUTE TO WORLD AFFAIRS (Continued from vage 13) however of four specialized participa- UNESCO, ---i/.iwv an m^iuuv! ovaiua wouta De oi particular interest to , . . .. , .. that had not already done so women: Health Committee, Ad- can not I°E>cally be nat)ve in grant to women “equal political visory Committee of the Eastern C”/1!1.' ? PieJu >ce maj ia\e rights with men.” This attitude Bureau of the Health Organiza- lts/oots f/om thc, excesses i «• ... .. -__ and nvrr^mM nf wnmnn s nmanriand extremes of women’s emanci pation movements in other lands. Thc Filipino woman has happily always retained her perspective and womanliness. Even the sufe frage movement in the Philip pines was not accompanied by the feminine extremist in mannish clothes and closely cropped tresses. Our first leaders for suf frage are still among the most conservative and feminine looking women at gatherings today. Thc Filipino women merely requested for an extension of that conside ration and mutuality she has always enjoyed in her own home —this time a partnership in the election of her country’s leaders. Clearly, the way must be paved for the Philippines to continue In conclusion, therefore, the that, milestbne in social progress distinctive contribution of Filipi- it has achieved in a contradicno women to world affairs would tory Oriental setting, that of the be in the conservation and reve- high esteem and partnership enluation of our home and family joyed by Filipino women in their life as the unit of the nation and homes. Viewed in terms of the the expansion and increase of aims of the UN, the Philippines individual contributions from Fi- is a leader of the world. In conlipiricT^ women in other fields of section with such a signal disinterests, especially those closely trinction and so fortunate a leallied to women’s natural in- gacy, the Filipino women have and policy prevailing at the UN tion, Advisory Committee on has been very visibly reflected Traffic on Opium and Dangerous in the number of women partici- Drugs, Advisory Committee on pating—the only woman chair- Social Questions, Advisory Comman of a delegation is Mme. mittee and Experts on Slavery. Pandit of India; Mrs. Eleanor and the International Committee Roosevelt needs no introduction on Intellectual Cooperation. Of and her work as chairman of the the 25 publications to be contiHuman Rights Commission is a nued by the distinct contribution to the world; Mrs. Aase Lionaes, mem ber of the Norwegian delegation and rapporteur of the Third Com mittee (Social & Humanitarian) very ably reported on the recom mendation for UNRRA’s advisory social welfare function to be continued by the UN, General agreed to and allocated $670,000 for 1947 activities. Besides this, Mrs. Lionaes who at forty had already served her country in various capacities in connection with the Norwegian Labor Party’s Women’s movement, also worked hard for the final establishment by the UN of the International Emergency Children’s Fund. At tached to the UN are great num bers of women observers from UN the following would be of interest to women: Survey of National Nutrition Policies, Bulletin of Health Orga- C0 nizations, Chronicle of the Health Organizations, Summary of An nual Reports on Circulation of and Traffic in Obscence Publica tions, Summary of Annual Reand the ports on Traffic in Women and Assembly unanimously Children, and Annual Report on Child Welfare. terests. However, the Filipino woman can not achieve as much success in other fields of in terests unless our men and our government afford her the same cooperation and delegation of res ponsibility as has been so success fully worked out in Filipino homes. That same trust and spirit of partnership that has distinctively characterized our Filipino family needs to be ex tended by our men to the women if the nation wants to get the same satisfactory results in the wider spheres of national and in ternational life. corresponding responsibilities and traditions to uphold. They have their successful participation in the management of the home to their credit. And they should not allow themselves to be found wanting when it comes to a part nership in national and interna tional building.—# NEW YORK—The resin de partment <6f a chemical company here has announced the develop ment of a new resin-treated papermakers’ felt which is ex pected to increase the production of newsprint, paper and paper board. By processing felts with a malamine compound of resin, the normal life of the paper makers’ felts has been sub stantially increased, ending the need for shutting down machines as often as formerly for the re placement of worn-out felts. Tests have shown that the new felts, in many cases, had double the normal increase in as high as have been riety of paper fine paper plants. Before Filipino women can ably contribute to world affairs, they must be given ample and sincere opportunities to work with their men in problems of their own communities and coun try. Judging from the traditional position and place of responsi bility occupied by the women in the Filipino family, any preju dice against the Filipino woman’s participation and cooperation in community and national problems life of felt, with the productivity running 15 per cent. Felts tested in a wide vamills including When Tired and Out-of-Sorts Common Sense Prescribes ENO Don’t lei dull, lopv feelings and sick headache due ti ex cess stomach acid overtake you any time during the day. Take a dash of ENO in a glass of water. It makes a sparkling, effers escent drink that is helpful when vov are fatigued by acid indigestion — unc< mtort • able from over eating—or in need of a laxa tive. Buy at your farmaoia. MAKES A SPARKLING EFlERVESCFNl OPINK JUNE 15, 1947 PAGE 27 The League of Women VOTERS When Election Day arrives ear ly in November every year, can didates for election and re-election know that their careers and re cords as public servants have had widespread publicity and that this may determine their political suc cess or failure. Although presi dential elections, which occur every four years, evoke the great est excitement, U. S. citizens go By DONITA FERGUSON WOMAN LEADER voting records, together with can didates’ biographies and answers to questionnaires (available to anyone), have swept some men into seats in Congress, and ended the political careers of others. Sometimes, the League cannot have completely replaced the old cloistered study groups are gain ing in effectiveness all over the country. Many thousands .more wo men and their husbands, who may be associate members without vot ing privileges, have joined the to the polls every year—to elect exercise as much influence as it .ranks of the League, governors, u ■*- -• senators, representa- ordinarily does in the cases of tives, state and local legislators, questionable candidates. This hapmayors and other public officials. pens wben officeholders keep their There are some candidates who niouths shut on matters of League are confident of election; others concern or when they come from spend uneasy pre-election weeks one tbe Upstates where there because among other things they are no ^oca’ Leagues. Nonetheless, are aware that the League of Wo- while the League grinds in a limmen Voters have let their consti- *ted &roove> it grinds thoroughly tuents know how they have voted —and any candidate who tangles on big issues. Wlth on issues such as decent local government or rent control, From local officers to presiden- stands a good chance of defeat, tial possibilities, candidates pay plenty of heed to what the League says about their political ambi tions. The average League woman is youthful to middle-aged, welldressed, not in the least “publicspirited” looking. Through its publications, the National League informs members and their neighbors on Congres sional doings. Broadsides are dis tributed door-to-door, at meetings vhile the League grinds in a limKnown and respected in political circles, the woman who guides the impersonal pressure group has managed to remain almost anony mous everyhere else. I She first became a national fiThe president, gure at the 1944 League convenAnna Strauss herself is typical: tion when, during a stormy battle a slender, 46-year-old, premature- over nominations, she w‘as sudly gray woman with an outdoors dcnly drafted as a candidate for look. the League’s Presidency. She won the post—but along with it, bit ter' . opposition. Among other Except on one count, Miss Strauss is indeed the prototvpe of a League leader. Most of her col- thi,1Ps’ the National Headquarters leagues are college graduates, but staff resigned in protest. When she is not—and her total lack of W"h:r:ot.--, intellectualism is a point people she found herself alone in the city chalk up in her favor. She is the in the office, alone in a friendly leader of a group which new Jf,b whose magnitude generates power far out of pro portion to its membership 62,000. This power stems from the fact that League members are well-inMiss Strauss got to Washington, of was staggering. She worked 16 hours a day, gradually acquired a devot ed staff. Today, the Washington office is efficient and closely knit. She lives in a two-room apartformed, purposely individuals and ment not far from her unadorned, when they take a stand they take bookish office near the White it because they are supported by House. She is hardly ever seen facts, not for reasons of partisan- save on a lecture platform or at a ship. The League was founded by Congressional hearing. The League, Suffrage Leader Carrie Chapman ]jke any organization whose efCatt and her co-workers in 1920 fectiveness is growing, has noisy to help women equip themselves to opposition. Miss Strauss has been use their newly won vote effec- questioned unmercifully at heartively. ings, but has never once lost her The League represents no poli- temper. tical party; it is unaffiliated with There is no doubt that Miss any political organization. It rep- Strauss has vastly increased the resents the ciizenry and is, in pur- number of informed voters. Conpose, an education body. tributions have doubled since her The League never endorses or election in 1944, publications have opposes any aspirant to public of- tripled. Membership is up 25 per fice. But its factual reports on cent and discussion groups, which I ’l'« feminine leaders of many eountrle.s, Joaeplilne Schaln repreaentH the typical American woman—enthn.slaatlc, energetic, and above nil, a tireless fighter for democracy and humanity. Miss Sclinln became the first woman to represent the United States nt n conference of the United Nations, when she was appointed n delegate to the Food and Agriculture Conference Springs, Virginia, in May. 11M3. She also attended the United Nations Conference on Interitational Organization at Snn Francisco in' 1045 ns an associate consultant representing thc National Federation of lluslness and Professional Women's Clubs. Until recently Miss Schaln was International Relations chair man for the Business and Professional Women’s Clubs, and at tended the meetings of the Security Council, the General As sembly, and the Economic and Social Council of the United Na tions In New York City as an accredited observer. She Is a popular lecturer on International affairs nnd has spoken before women's clubs and civic organizations in all purts of the United States. A dynamic woman, tail and handsome and with dark brows that present a striking contrast to her silvery white hair. Miss Schnin has spent more than 30 years working through various organizations for woman’s suffrnge, disarmament, permanent pence, nnd international organization. Her concern with International affairs dates back to grade school, and her interest carried on through college when she ob tained a Mnster’s degree in international law nt the Univer sity of Minnesota. In the summer of 1020 Miss Schnin attended the Institute of International Relations nt Geneva, and in 1037 she was awarded the degree of Doctor of Law by Smith College In recognition of her work in the field of International affairs. Miss Schain’s Interest in International problems is, how ever. by no means purely academic. While she wns in college she lived at n Minneapolis settlement house, nnd inter did, set tlement work for 14 years among the trans planted nationalities of New York City’s lower Fast Side district. Here she became convinced that it Is “possible to get people of different nation alities to work together.” She has given practical application to her convictions through her multifold activities as a mem ber of international organizations and as a delegate to Inter national conferences In all parts of the world. in 1030 Miss Schain represented the National Committee on the Cause and Cure of War in a deputation of women from many countries attending the London Naval Conference, and served as chairman of the committee from 1035 to 1041. The commit tee wns made up of representatives front II of the largest and most outstanding women’s organizations in thc United States and Included the National Young Women’s Christian Associa tion, the American Association of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs, the Women’s Trude Union Lengue, and the Lengue of Women Voters. In 1032 Miss Schnin wns one of two American women at tending an international meeting at Geneva for the purpose of organizing the Pence nnd Disarmament Committee of thc Women’s Internatlonnl Organizations. In 10.3d she nttended the Inter-American Conference nt Buenos Aires, nnd thc following year she participated in the Women’s Pan-Pacific Conference which was held nt Vancouver, British Columbia. CAMPAIGNED FOR WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE Miss Sehnln’s Interest In women’s suffrage dates back to 1015 when she went to New York City ns a representative of the Minneapolis group at a national suffrnge conference. In 1010 she campaigned for passage of the 10th Amendment which pro vided that no citizen should be denied the privilege of suffrage on the grounds of sex. This amendment wns ratified in 1020 and beenme a part of the United States Constitution. In 1033 she became a member of the board of the International Alliance of Women's Suffrage nnd Equal Citizenship, nnd In 1040 was chair man of the Executive Committee of the Women’s CenteimJni Congress held in New York City to celebrate the 100th anniver sary of the women’s suffrnge movement in the United States. Between attending conferences, giving lectures, and work ing up series of outlines and bibliographies on the international question for the “Independent Woman,” magazine of the Na tional Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs. Schaln has travelled extensively. She has made nine trips to Europe, two to the Nenr East, and one to South and Central Anierlcn. Her friends include lenders in women's organizations throughout the world. Vi PAGE 28 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL or along with League grocery and despartment store window dis plays. There are simple, realistic, objective, short summaries. About 60,000 people saw the League’s backround study of the Bretton Woods proposals, yet this pamphlet was inserted in the Con gressional Record as an example of how to educate the public on something as involved as a mon etary issue. The secret of the League’s pub lishing success is that its experts are within arm’s reach. National Headquarters has only to run through its membership list to find a suitable specialist for al most any publication. It has judg es, newspaper women, lawyers, educators, and legislators. When the League goes in for di rect action, it sends groups of representatives to legislative cen ters. Lawmakers in City Halls, State Capitals and Congress gen erally agree that its technique are as realistic and formidable as most of them would care to come up against. The League’s full mem bership work for their convictions, not for a pay check. Their method of operation is de termined by the personalities of individual lawmakers. One Con gressman reads all his mail and that therefore any letter gets his attention. Another Congressman is susceptible of long-distance phone calls from influential friends. Tel egrams and form letters leave a certain New York Representative cold—but if his constituents con vince him they want something, he will support them, however he may feel personally. He wrote the New York City League that al though he was against the Brit ish loan, he was going to vote for it because he had received a flood of thoughtful pro-loan letters, sti mulated by the League, from a vast cross-section of his constitu ency. Most of the issues calling for action in the 1946-47 League pro gram are international in scope. Among them are reciprocal trade, atomic-energy control, and famine relief—far cries from the weak and immature League efforts 25 years ago to sponsor the League of Nations. The League gets its inspiration from its Chief’s unflagging, self less way of life. Despite her pre occupation with women’s affairs, she gets along well with men. Last autumn she wrote from Quebec of a dinner given by Secretary of Agriculture Anderson during the United Nations Food and Agri culture Conference (which she Taken at the Lawyers’ Convention, Miss Pacita de los Reyes, Mrs. L. Fuentes and. Mrs. Corazon Juliano.Agrava, president oj the WILOCI. This organization of women lawyers Jias pledged, its support for Miss de los Reyes whether she desires it or not. EXHIBIT "A" (Continued from page 12) a woman. Especially a woman of the future. the calibre of Miss De los Reyes. This, to our mind, is an imMISS DE LOS REYES is old portant consideration. There is enough to interpret the past and absolutely no point to agitating young enough to connect it with for a new order when the men attended as a member of the U.S. delegation), “There were present thirty men and myself.” The Women’s Bureau has esti mated that there are 15,000,000 potential new voters among wom en. Of them one organizer says, “The job is not so much to get women to vote a particular way, but simply to get them to vote at all. If any group could do that, it would tap the major reservoirs of political power in the U.S.” Miss Strauss phrases it differ ently: “We have paid only lip service to the importance of the citizen. Our problem is how to reach effectively the millions of individ uals who must think and act upon the important issues of the day.” Queen Mary, Dowager Queen of England, celebrated her 80th birth day very quietly at Buckingham Palace last May 27. At her own request, no general official observ ance was arranged for the day be cause of the recent death of her son-in-law, the Earl of Harewood. The Duke of Windsor visited his mother the day before but he and his American-born duchess, Wal lis Simpson, who has never been received by Queen Mary, were not luncheon guests at the Palace. and women whom we have in mind for positions of leadership and responsibility in such an order are anything but new. Any seat the women may win in congress will be empty indeed if it will be occupied by one who is too old to give that body a new breath of life. A former Miss Philippines, a bar topnotcher, possessed of un usual warmth and charm, and endowed with varied talents, she should, have the political glamour of a Claire Booth-Luce. Such a rare combination of brains and pulchritude should be most helpful in reviving the lost lure of public service. However much we may avoid it, glamour is a “best-seller.” The fact that such a combination catches the popular imagination is borne out by the fact that Pacita de los Re yes is easily the most interesting and glamourous woman of this generation. Those who know that there is a widespread disaffection with congress, supposedly one of- the three coordinate branches of the government, should welcome her entry into the senate. Her rare gifts would help in bringing con gress back to the people. Now, whether she will run for the senate is another question. Its answer lies in her own judg ment—and, probably, in the suc cess of the valiant efforts of the WILOCI in laying the ground work for her candidacy. PAGE 29 JUNE 15, 1947 Members of the Bautista Woman’s Club. From Mrs. Beatriz G. Buyag, president of the Balbalan Wom an’s Club, Kalinga, Mt. Province we received the information that among the activities the club is undertaking are the giving of les sons on first aid to members who are illiterates, assisting in the treatment of patients that cannot go to the far-away hospital, dis cussion among the members of the proper care of children, giving aid and all other needed cooperation to the local Parent-Teacher Asso ciation. Early this year, the Mangaldan Woman's Club. Vangasinan elected their new officers. They are as follows: Mrs. Teodorica S. Vergara — President; Mrs. Magdalena Sun/ —Vice-President; Miss Isidora B. de Vera—Secretary; Miss Aurora Cera—Sub-Secretary; Miss Cata lina Biala—Treasurer; Miss Ma ria Vergara—Sub-Treasurer; Mrs. Soledad Cendena—Business Managcr; Miss Agueda de Guzman— Asst. Business Manager; Mrs. Felicisima E. Serafica—Adviser. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Mrs. Amelia Ocampo, Mrs. Amparo de Guzman; Mrs. Remedios Visperas, Mrs. Filomena Ventura, Mrs. Loreto Ferrer, Mrs. Estrella Biagtan, Mrs. Cendena, Mrs. Mauricia Gomez, Mrs. Librada Balles teros, Miss Romana Velasco and Miss Filomena Tamandong. The officers of the club were installed on Valentine’s Day when they also had a Valentine party. They are soo'.n planning to have a benefit in order to augment the funds of the club. The new officers of the Davao City Woman’s Club are: Mrs. Natividad I. Oboza—Pres ident; Mrs. Milagros M. Garcia— Vice-President; Miss Sofia Hizon —Secretary; Mrs. Violeta A. Abe lla—Asst. Secretary; Mrs. Cristi na J. Soberano—Treasurer; Mrs. Anita F. Lagrosa—Asst. Treasur er. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD Mrs. Odette Borgaily, Mrs. Remedios S. Pamintuan, Mrs. Gloria Guerrero, Mrs. Rosario P. Lan zas, Mrs. Patrocinio V. Quitain and Mrs. E. M. Valdez. The Tolosa Junior Woman’s Club, Tolosa, Ijevtc reported that the officers of thc club are: Miss Filotea T. Palana—Presi dent; Miss Ricarda V. Suyom — Vice-President; Miss Candida P. Raz—Secretary; Miss Remedios L. Pundavela—Treasurer; and Miss Soledad P. Tangpuz—Auditor. Officers, members of the board of directors and 'niembets of the Tolosa (Leyte) Woman’s Club. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD Miss Porferia Perez, Miss Cole ta Tiogon, Miss Primitiva Giado, Miss Sotera Zabala, Miss Isabel L. Palana, Miss Fidela Remandaban, Miss Leonarda Remandaban, Miss Bonifacia Abarca and Miss Remedios Pepito. The Singalong San Andres Sub division Woman’s Club honored Mrs. Legarda with a welcome par ty held at 1220 Gregorio del Pi lar street. The officers of this club are: Mrs. Rosario Roxas—President; Mrs. Felicidad Lopez—Vice-Presi dent; Mrs. Fely Tanco—Secretary; Mrs. M. Zablan—Asst. Secretary; Mrs. Sofia Semilla—Treasurer; Mrs. Teresa Salazar—Asst. Treas urer. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD Miss Felicidad Meneses, Mrs. Margarita Amante, Mrs. Trinidad Caro, Miss Nieves Mayuga, Miss Carmen Teodoro, Dr. Cecilia Abeto, Mrs. Nati Layos and Miss Ju lia Dalupan. * * * We are herewith reprinting a letter sent by Miss Katherine Bompas, Secretary of the Inter national Alliance of Women to Mrs. Lim whom she knew as the president of the NFWC: “I have been meaning to write you in the hope that something might reach you, for a very long time. But this summer our Al liance held its first Congress since the end of the War, in Interlaken, Switzerland, and that entailed so much hard work both before and after that I have hardly been able to get through. The last letter I had from you was in 1940, and how much and what dreadful events have hap pened since then. It would be very great personal pleasure to hear from you and to know that you are safe and well. I wonder if your Federation has survived and is now in full acitivity again ? Arid have you been able to publish your paper? I used to enjoy reading it so much. ONE of the resolutions adopt ed by the USAFFE Veterans of the Philippines at its firs national convention held in Ma nila on 20 April 1947, is a reso lution expressing gratitude to the National Federation of Women’s Clubs for services rendered to USAFFE Veterans. The resolu tion is as follows: WHEREAS, the National Fe deration of Women’s Clubs, cognizant of its responsibilities during the last crucial period of our country’s history, unflinching ly met the cruel realities of the PAGE 30 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL war j WHEREAS, the National Fede ration of Women’s Clubs, un daunted by Japanese brutalities towards Filipino and American prisoners of war, persistently gave aid in more ways than one to the USAFFE officers and men; WHEREAS, this shining exam ple of sacrifice and patriotism of our women served as our people’s hope to survive, resist and expel the enemy from these shores, and WHEREAS, the USAFFE Ve terans, although knowing that the services rendered to them by the National Federation of Women’s Clubs were devoid of selfishness, should neverthe less acknowledge publicly their debt of gratitude; Now, therefore, be it Resolved, as it is hereby re solved, by the USAFFE Veterans of the Philippines in National Convention assembled: To extend their gratitude to the members of the National Fed eration of Women’s Clubs for the meritorious aid, humanitarian work and exemplary service they rendered to the USAFFE Vete rans; Resolved further that a copy of this resolution be sent to the Headquarters of the National Fe deration of Women’s Clubs, Ma nila. In an impressive ceremony presided over by WILOCI Pres ident Corazon Juliano Agrava and before an audience of bril liant and outstanding women leaders, Congresswoman Remedios Ozamis Fortich was formally in ducted into the U. P. WOMEN LAWYERS’ CIRCLE as an adopt ed sister last May 11 at the re sidence of Wiloci Pacita de los Reyes. The resolution unanimousFILIPINA VOTERS UNION (Continued from page 14) 1. To support the candidacy of deserving women candidates irres pective of party affiliations. 2. To encourage women to exer cise their right of suffrage. 3. To otherwise actively parti cipate in elections and in any other proceedings requiring the choice of the people through the ballot. 4. To work for the appointment of more women in the government. 5. To work for the passage of laws beneficial to women. 6. To actively participate in the SHARP DETAILS in these three sketches are worth storing in mind for future use: At left a clinging sheath and moulded ly adopting the woman solon was read by Wiloci Remedios Acosta Azurin, chairman, Membership Committee. After Mrs. Agrava discussion and consideration of lo cal and national problems and to suggest solution of the same. 7. To help in the forming of a strong militant and effective public opinion. , Mrs. Aquino hopes to organize all women before this November so that, at least, they will go to the polls and exercise their right of suffrage at the next elections. Mrs. Aquino realizes that the majority of our women voters need to be reminded, if not prodded, to vote, when election time comes. bodice and inspired neckline. Above is skirt drapery fashioned by high style sense, and a com pliment of a neckline that ties into a bow. At right: The peplum tunic that is hitched to one side to cascade into a giant bow that accents a nipped-in waist. De had fastened on Mrs. Fortich her WILOCI pin, Mrs. Paz Legaspi Bautista, Ninang of the Member ship Committee, swore in the newly-adopted sister WILOCI. Surprise of the afternoon was the impromptu, informal discussion which ensued the induction cere mony and resulting into an agree ment among the women leaders to consider putting up more women in Congress and boosting the appointment of more women in the various government depart ments. Mrs. Beatriz P. Ronqui llo/ President of the Women’s International League, started the ball rolling by suggesting Miss Pacitjj. de los Reyes as candidate for the Senate in the coming elections. Other laudable candi dates suggested were: Mrs. Auro ra A. Quezon, Mrs. Asuncion Pe rez, Mrs. Josefa J. Martinez, Judge Natividad A. Lopez, and Mrs. PuraV. Kalaw. Acting with great enthusiasm and marked collete neckline but tight short sleeves. spontaniety, the gathering unani mously elected Mrs. Josefa J. Martinez as head of a committee to make an intensive study and final recommendations on the matter. Miss Manuela Gay, Na tional President of the Catholic Women’s League, volunteered to make arrangements to have Mrs. J. J. Martinez speak before the National Council of Women on be half of the women leaders present at the WILOCI gathering. Among the distinguished guests of the WILOCI were: Miss Ma nuela- Gay, Dona Julia Vda. de Ortigas, Judge Natividad A. Lo pez, Mesdames Salud F. Unson, Asuncion A. Perez, Mercedes de Joya, Josefa J. Martinez,-Ursula U. Clemente, Filomena A. Barce lona, Paz Cuerpo-Cruz. Luisa -R. Lorenzo, Pura V. Kalaw, Beatriz P. Ronquillo, Magdalena U. de los Santos, Felisa L. Limjoco, Carmen Vda. de Borja, Reme dios 0. Fortich, Margarita G. JUNE 15, 1947 PAGE 31 Bulahan, Aurea J. del Carmen, Paciencia Torre-Guzman, Lulu Conde Rice, Herminia C. Claudio, G. Albert, C. A. Bartlett, Pacita de los Santos, and the Misses Es peranza Poblete, Baby Labrador, Leonor E. Pablo, Felina Reyes, Yolanda L. Limjoco, Remedios L. Limjoco, Aida R. Fausto, Fe R. Fausto, Dr, Rosario Agcaoili, and Augusta Roberts. THIS FORTNIGHT'S ISSUE (Continued from page 3) is not just plain curiosity that impels them either. They go to the meetings to hea< what cap acitated people have to say on a given subject, to compare notes with others, to profit from learn ed minds and to be part of an alive, active, kicking citizenry. This is what we read in the faces of those we meet every Town Hall meeting. It is imperative that the public be informed that the Town Hall meetings are functioning practi cally on scratch. The space, the facilities the Town Hall uses for its meetings are all donations. Lo renzo Bautista does all the foot work gratis et amore. Paul Anderson of the UNESCO secretariat now in Manila survey ing local mass media of educa tion and information suggests how to remedy the “precarious set-up” under which Town Hall Philip pines is presently conducting its meetings in Manila and in the provinces. He says that there should be a public corporation guided by a board of citizens. This corporation should operate under a government charter similar to that granted by the British Broad casting Corporation by the Eng lish government. Melchor P. Aquino, columnist city editor of the Evening News is the first man to overcome the dictates of an alter ego and open ly come out, for sweet politics’ sake, in favor of women and their rightful claim to a place in the deliberative body of the govern ment. His analytical article which he calls a subjective answer to a subjective question, is the product of meticulos observation, wide range of contact with people that matter, a grasp of the political situation and an unselfishness of a calibre quite alien in the male of the species who by hook or by crook must be lord of all he sur veys. Does Garlic have any food value? When dehidrated, does it have medicinal value? Because garlic is a strong flavoring and little is used, it adds' little or no nutritive valueWe know of no scientific basis for medicinal claims for garlic, garlic tablets of dehidrated gar lic. Does toasting bread destroy its calories? No. A slice of toast bread sup plies just as many calories and has the same effect on weight as a slice of untoasted bread. The advantages of toast bread in a re ducing diet is that it takes longer to chew and is more flavorful and can be eaten without a spread -. Does constant craving for raw Mario P. Chanco stopped writ ing for well nigh six months just to prove to himself at least that he is a writer. Writers, it is said, hate to write. Chanco just about made up his mind to hate writ ing when the first all-women Town Hall meeting jerked him to his feet. Result: The Hand That Rules The World on page 6. Atty. Priscila Gonzales impres Agaya beans boiled with- Hotel. The dish was introout ceremony is daily attract- duced recently by Col. Maing food lovers to the Manila nuel Nieto, manager of the THINGS TO KNOW (From (jood Housekeeping Bureau, onions indicate that my system lacks something onions supply? No. The body does not indicate need 'for certain foods by a pro nounced craving Undoubtedly you have developed so strong a liking for the flavor and texture of raw onions that food does not seem satisfying without them. This is a food habit you can break. Onions are valuable main ly because of the special flavor and interest they add to foods. A medium-size onion supplies about 30 calories and small amounts of vitamins and minerals. Bananas should not be kept in the refrigerator. Why? Nothing harmful to health occurs when bananas are kept in the refrigerator. They should be kept in a warm room because ses us as the active little woman who can sway votes by reason of her earnestness once she has ar rived at a conviction. Mrs. Bengzon-Aquino of whom she speaks in her article is a familiar figure in women gatherings. She is the sister-in-law of Fiscal Bengzon of Manila. The last time we met her at a Town Hall meeting she could not stop talking of the impressive Manila Hotel, to a group of gourments who declared the dish fit for a king. To cook the beans: Wash “agaya” beans in several changes of water. Drain, cover with fresh water and set to boil in a deep pan. Meanwhile, fry lightly in shortening pork chops, “tocino” and “chorizo.” Add meat to beans, cover tightly, and cook over moder ate fire. Make sure there is enough water in the bean pot to avoid scorching. Cook till done. If you like a touch of garlic, saute the boiled beans with crushed garlic in lard. A few minutes before serving, toss in some young spinach leaves. Season to taste. Va riations may consist of boiling dried beef or pork “tapa” with the beans and using young camote shoots or “alibabag” instead of spinach. The Manila Hotel version uses slivers of hard boiled egg, slices of chorizo, pork chops, pimiento for garnish. bananas are tropical fruit and do not ripen satisfactorily in a re frigerator. For full flavor and sweetness, they should be kept in a warm place until golden yellow and then, if you like them cold, placed in the refrigerator only long enough to chill. What is the correct way of re heating rollsl? Place rolls in a paper bag. Sprinkle bag with water then heat in moderately hot oven about 10 minutes. Or reheat rolls on top of double boiler for 15 mi nutes. Why should not the skin of sausages be pricked for cooking purposes? Never prick skin of sausages when broiling, sauteeing or bak ing. If you do some of the juices are lost. lineup of women whom we could boost for deserved places in the government. Our fashion double spread is a gift from the USIS. They seem to know just what we want and in appreciation, we made haste to run the fashion news first thing. The clothes presented, the wom en will agree, are an answer to a woman’s fashion praye^ PAGE 32 WOMAN’S HOME JOURNAL Tuberculosis Vaccine WASHINGTON — Tuberculosis vaccination, the effectiveness of which has long been in doubt, is now being tested in a long-range, controlled program by the United States Public Health Service at Columbus, Georgia. Public health service physicians operating in teams have tested for tuberculosis some 16,000 children in the 47 schools of Muscogee County, where Columbus is located. Those children who showed no immunity to the disease were vac cinated. After about six months, the health service physicians will return and repeat the tests. Those who again show no immunity will be vaccinated once more and the process will be repeated until im munity has been established. Then, for several years, these children will be watched and test ed and precise statistics will be collected. Over a long period of years, the United States Public Health Serv ice hopes to measure the varia tion of reaction to tuberculosis vaccine among people of varying races and ages. It hopesi to fix the size of the dose of the vaccine which should be given and hopes to establish the length of immun ity obtained from the vaccination. Also of extreme importance is the establishment |of dependable standards for the manufacture of the vaccine. Decisive support for the Geor gia tests came from a recent con ference on the BCG vaccine, con ducted by the Tuberculosis Con trol Division of the United States Public Health Service at Bethes da, Maryland, near Washington, D. C. Leading authorities on tubercu losis vaccination had recommend ed that the Tuberculosis Control Division set up a controlled study in a community with a population of 100,000 or more, “to determine the immediate and long-range re sults” of the ECG vaccination. Doctor Herman E. Hilleboe, re presenting the United States Pu blic Health Service, reviewed past experience with the vaccination. The development of a particular strain of bovine tubercle bacilli which had lost its virulence was announced in 1908 by Calmette and Guerin in Paris; 12 years lat er, they reported that this BCG (Bacillus of Calmette and Guerin) culture was harmless to man. Since the work of Calmette and Guerin, considerable interest has been shown throughout the world in the use of artificial immuniza tion for protection against tuber culosis. . Several million vaccinations have been performed since the first work with human beings was done by Calmette and Guerin in 1921, according to Doctor Hille boe. Although extensive vaccina tions have been carried out in Europe and South America, and careful studies undertaken in the United States, BCG vaccination has not been widely accepted in the United States. Doctor Joseph B. Aronson, of Philadelphia, rep orted to the conference on the BCG studies of the American In dian. He said that, at the age of 20, 100 per cent of the Indian po pulation has tuberculosis, in con trast to a lower per cent in co lored and much lower per cent in white population groups. He told of a study begun in 1935 of 3,000 persons, ages from one to 20 years, who were selected from a larger group on the basis of ne gative tuberculin reaction. These persons were given annual tuber culin tests and chest X-ray exam inations for six years and the results indicated that BCG vac cine reduced tuberculosis. This evidence, however, was not considered sufficient to recom mend general vaccination by all physicians in the country. The Public Health Service in its report of the conference said: “After a detailed review of the literature and the presentation of papers by members of the confer ence, it was concluded that BCG vaccination appears to confer in creased resistance to tuberculosis for the period covered in the stu dies. At present, however, in formation is incomplete as to the amount of this resistance or its duration. Furthermore, these stu dies as yet do not answer the question of the long-time effect of BCG vaccination on aging Antiberiberico Con Tiki-Tiki BOIE The tonic qualities of VINO ANTIBERIBERICO con TIKI TIKI BOIE increases the appetite, enriches the blood, and streng thens the whole body. VINO ANTI-BERIBERICO BOIE has been acclaimed the NUMBER ONE be verage for the expectant and nurs ing mother. It protects both mo ther and baby against BERI-BERI. Moreover, VINO ANTIBERIBERI CO BOIE is a very agreeable drink. BOTICA BOIE 25 Escolta Formula: Tiki-Tiki, 133 Gm.; Cacao 20 Gm.; Kola 10 Gm..; Quina 10 Gm.; Pirof. Hierro, 0.30 Gm. ; Vino & Alrom. c.s. para 1'000.; lA.lcohol (H&A& jctl I QUAUTy RACKED I • XpVERlOOyERRS/ B VINO members of the population.” The conference concluded, how ever, that “there have been no proven cases of progressive di sease from BCG vaccination in human beings.” Therefore, con tinued study by means of larger control groups was recommended. Also, it was recommended that conferences be held with repres entatives of European, South American, and Asian countries in order to work out plans for uni form methods of producing BCG vaccine, and to make comparison of the vaccine strains used in va rious countries of the world. ■“Cooperative planning of studies should also be undertaken,” the conference concluded. PAGE 33 JUNE 15, 1947 Hole of Philippines in Rotary International Told The Good Housekeeper Spends Minimum of Time at Chores By ELEANOR ROSS Iplying it with a hot iron. Small THE days of peace find many scatter rugs are placed at doorways, women continuing their voluntary P3e^ore s°fas aad favorite chairs to work with various organizations Pr°tect expensive wall-to-wall carboth neighborhood and national. |peting. We usually discover that the Children’s Rooms women who can give a few hours daily or weekly to such important duties are generally the women with well-run households. For usually the woman who knows how to run her house and family sensibly and smartly is the type of person who has learned how to budget her time and who tackles every task with a scientific approach. She makes use of the most efficient tools and equip ment and has worked out all sorts of clever short-cuts to housekeep ing. She manages to do at least one important household chore each week so that she never has to catch up on a iob with a frantic rush. Storing Winter Woolens When it is time to put away win.er woolens and such, out go the pieces on the line in the sunshine, after a thorough brushing and de spotting. The items that are due to go to the dry-cleaner are ready for his call. With a go -d moth spray used in the vacuum spray attach ment of her electric cleaner the woolens are well sprinkled, and then stored in sealed chests or bags. If the items are to be stored in a special storage closet, she seals the doors, tacking a felt strip around the door and plugging up the keyhole. There are no frayed rugs or carpets in her house. Carpet edges are protected from fraying by sewing on new binding tape or apHer children are taught to care for their rooms and their posses sions. Oil-cloth borders are tacked on or cemented on at crayon-scrib bling height in rooms dedicated to the small fry. When painted walls become dingy they get a good wash ing but since the good housekeeper dusts them frequently with vacuum cleaner attachment or with a broom covered with a soft cloth, they stay clean for quite a long time. Papered walls are kept immacu late by constant vigilance and prompt handling of spots and marks. A paste of Fuller’s Earth and carbon tetrachloride spread over the offending spot with a spatula is mighty effective. It is left on until dry and then brushed off with a soft brush. Fresh grease spots may be quickly removed by covering with a clean white blotter -and applying a warm iron. If wall -paper is washable, try a small cor ner first, then use a mild lukewarm suds and dry immediately, so as not to soak the paper. Coating the paper with a special lacquer will help to keep it clean longer. Our busy friend collects and files away data that helps her to be a better and more efficient house keeper. And she makes use of such information, keeping it where it is readily available, rather than spending time thumbing through magazines or newspapers fdr that special article or recipe. SAN FRANCISCO—Nearly 60 nations will be represented by over 12,000 delegates when Ro tary International meets in San Francisco on June 8. The fourday convention is expected to be the largest ever held by Rotary. The , theme of the meeting will be “living together in friendship and understanding.” Rotary International, a service organization of business and pro fessional men, had 318 Rotary clubs in nations other than the United States before the war. During the war 270 were termi nated, but of this number 177 have been reactivated including the Rotary organization in the Philippine Republic. The monthly Rotary magazine has related the story of how 30 Rotarians met in Manila for their first postwar meeting “'while smoke still hovered over the city.” The Christian Science Monitor reviewed the purposes of Rotary International calling attention to the Rotary motto, “Service above self. He profits most who serves best.” As examples of Rotarian service, the Monitor said: “To Ro tarians in India, for instance, service may mean adopting an underprivileged village and show ing it how to reconstruct itself “SOMEONE'S MISSING"—If someone can only find Muffins, Mitzi might live, according to her mistress, Mrs. Callie Schroeder of Culver City, Cal. For Mitzi, shown above, ignores all food and water, so broken-hearted is she over the loss of her daughter. into a better place for homes. Rotarians in a Canadian town have set up youth centers .... Community service to Rotarians in one Wisconsin town has meant the promoting of fire prevention. Service to many Rotary clubs also means student loans and re lief and reconstruction work in war-devastated lands.” Rotary has no restrictions as to membership, except that clubs are lffnited to one representative of each business or profession. At Rotary International conven tions, the Christian Science Mo nitor said, “These members of one vocation have a chance to talk shop together—a lawyer from Hongkong with lawyers from Rio de Janeiro, perhaps, Chicago and Timbuctoo. So with rice growers from Manila, Louisiana and California. . . . Prejudices melt with acquaintance and un derstanding.” At the international convention, the third to be held in San Fran cisco, the meetings will range from an international round table discussion to group assemblies discussing the individual aspects of Rotary work such as youth service and community planning. Delegates from individual coun tries will meet to discuss pro blems peculiar to their own locals. The convention will have even greater international flavor than usual, since the end of the war has revived interest in Rotary throughout the world. So many new clubs are being formed and so many old ones reactivated that Rotary headquarters in Chicago has to keep daily check to be sure its record is up to date. Practical ly all clubs that existed before the war have now been reformed, with the exception of clubs in Japan and Germany. The inter national view of Rotarians is also shown by the fact that 20 Rotarians were delegates to the United Nations General Assem bly, including Carlos P. Romulo of the Philippine Republic. In the United States, 17 governors and 616 state legislators are Ro tarians. Several members of the President’s cabinet are Rotarians President Truman himself is an honorary member. (USIS) PAGE 34 JUNE 15, 1947 ENLIVEN YOUR SKIN WITH by T