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CORRECT
MANNERS
Mrs. Cornelius Beeckman-
Forks and Knives

Forks and KNIVES
TEAR MRS. BEEcKMAN:
~ Please tell me on which
side of the plate the napkin -
placed. Does ii follow the knife
and spoon on the right side9
q. Do you place the napkin on
the left side Of the plate at the
conclusion of the meal?
3. In the case OF a second
helping do you leave the knife
and fork on the plate while
passing II?
4. In the case Of a second cup
of tea or coffee. do you leave
the spoon on the saucer while
passing 1t?
5. When person on leaving
YOU says, "Goodby. ] arm glad
to have met you, how do YOU
respond? I thought that YOU
would say. Thank you. 4 am
also glad to have met YOU. Am
/ correct?
The above questions have been
puzzIing me. and il you can help
me. would SO deeply appreciate
it. "A.
TyHE napkin is usually placed
on the left Of the plate. with
the forks. to the left Of the forks
and parallel to them
q. Yes. the napkin r. usually
placed, as Ii. on the left Of the
plate when we have finished our
meal.
3. Yes. when you pass your
plate. for a second helpinE. you
leave your knife and fork on the
plate. And they should be placed
together. IN the center of the
plate. with the handles turned
slightly toward the right The
knife should not be left on the
rim or the pIate, for in this posi-
ton ii IA liable to be pushed of
the plate while Il ~ being passed
1t is an error to hold the knlIe
and fork while your plate II
being passed. and to lay them on
the tablecloth is careless and
unattractiye thing to do.
4. Yes.
6. You are correct. or. IL YOU
wish, you may change the glad
to happy, and say, Thank you,
/ am happy to have met YOU.
too. Or, THANK you. IT has
been 4 pleasure tn meet YOU, too.
Then 81 course. IL you wish 70
suggest more enthusiasm. YOU
NAV add. s hope that we shan
meet again soon, OF. nope
that I am to have the pleasure "a
meeting you again sometime.
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By L. Lamar Matthews

HENRY is out of job. The
II firm for which he has worked
since he left school closed it's
doors recently and that left Henry
without employment.
OF course, his mother Is wor-
ried about the matter-not only
because Henry needs his weekly
salary, but because he is SO
miserable when he is idle. lie
comes home at night. with that
beaten, sullen look in his eyes
that jobless men bring home.
His mother Knows by his express
sion that he has not met with
success, but she wants to hear
all about it.
"Any luck, SOM"
Henry shakes his head and goes
on to his room. She follows him
there.
did you see Se-and-so?" what
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Fashions Fads and Fancies
BY Mildred Ash

THE Tale of Two Tails but no
i heads tells the story Of the
very latest French fashion in
double fox scarfs. The two skins
are combined without their heads
but with both ends finished by a.
tail and two paws.
Going Fifty-Fifty, one of the
latest French versions of the tail
ored scarf is like a long Windsor
tie of taffeta, Of which half Is
navy: the other half is red. This
il tied in a bow, right under the
chin, the long ends hanging to the
waistline.
Where's There Smoke there Is
commonly supposed to be fire. In
this instance, where there's smok.
ing there is also an appropriate
style for the smoker. Many Wo-
men smoke, 1T not every woman
could becomingly wear the new
type Of evening gown, which com
bines a smoking Jacket of sequins
with a bouffant skirt of matching
tulle. Cut like a mans tuxedo,
such Jacket Is or an aIl-OVef de-
sign of large and small sequins
and is lined and edged with
georgette.
Saluting the Stars and Bars,
knitWear manufacturers seem to
be turning unduly patriotic. Stars
or broken bars form two Of the
latest motifs for zephyr and rayOn
slip-oVer sweaters. A whole firma-
ment of white stars blaze forth
from a blue ground of about the
same shade as the field of our
national flag
Paging Paisley, styIists simply
refuse to let this old fashioned type
Of esign and coloring1. so fash
ionable in the cashmere shawls of
our grandmother's day, return 10
ablivion. Its revival seems to be
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FOND OF u. S.
AUTHORS

NING GEORGE of England is
IN very fond of reading and is
an authority on naval history.
His personal collection of books
at Buckingham Palace numbers
about 5000. Among these there
are first editions of the works of
Emerson Longfellow and oliver
Wendell Holmes. lie also has
large library at Sandringham
containing $4,000 books, and also
the famous library at Windsor
Castle. one Of the largest in Flu
rope. containing more than 40.
900 books, as well as a large
number of valuable prints and
manuscripts.
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SAVES MILK
BOTTLES

THO prevent the disappearing OF
l. bottles Of milk, an inventor
In England has arranged a de-
vice on a door which automatical.
ly locks the container to the door
and places a metal shield over
the top OF the bottle. 1t can
only he released from the inside
Of the door. The device is placed
high up on the door out Of the
reach of children and cats. The
metal cap covering protects the
bottle from marauding birds.
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a lasting one, one OF the most re.
cent examples being :; smart hat
and muff set. A draped turban
and a small, melon-shaped muff
are made of an old Paisley shawl.
The muff is trimmed in bands of
fur to match the trimming on the
coat with which this little set is
worn,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-27
F am on Expert
Tells How to
Be Lovely
BY Maria Jeritza
Prilna Donna Of the Metropolitan
Opera Company. One of the
7 Most Beautiful Women
~ fha nav

N Most Beautiful Women
Of the Day
FASHIONS in beauty change
= from time to time. The help.
less prettiness SO admired in
Grandmother's young days, has
given way to the chic and ele-
gance of Miss 1928. But it is
safe to predict that there is one
requisite of beauty which will not
Change straight, slender, sup
pie back.
The lovely l1eroines Of Du
Maurier's novels, which set the
fashion for girls of the nineties,
were always described mad pic
tured as straight and flat of back.
The equally popular Gibson girl
was also slim and straight OF
spine. Aud q magazine story I
glanced at a moment ago. in this
months issue pictures its up-to-
date heroine in dance frock
which revealed her "sweetly mod
eled young shoulders and most OF
her straight, slim back" Yes. il
YOU hope to be a heroine, you
must keep your back at its
1ove1iest.
There is nothing quite so aging
as a. thick. stout back merging
into rounded shoulders. AS long
as you can keep your spine sup
pie and slender. and carry it with
straight, easy grace. you will
stand out as a person of interest
IL not distinction.
Daily exercise, daily baths and
sensible diet will dD much toward
building up a perfect back when
there is good health as a founda-
ton. 81
A woman who takes a bath
every day, whether it be tub,
sponge or shower, so long as it
ii thorough and cleansing, is
ninety-nine times out of one
hundred q woman of clear, clean
skin texture, free from black
heads, wlliteheads, goose pimples
and other disfiguring defects due
10 faulty elimination of the
pores. For the body throws off
much of its inpurity through the
skin pores. And when these be-
come blocked with dirt and
perspira ton, through lack of daily
bathing, an oily, biotched skin
Is sure to result I'm time. This
a true or the skin texture Of the
entire body, as well as that OF
the face.
Daily bathing will go far toward
making your back as white and
velvety as you would wish it to
be. A long-handled bath brush
or nail brush with handle,
should enable you to scrub your
back thoroughly. In drying your
back, in order to reach every por-
ton. grasp your Turkish towel
with one hand at each end, swing
it back Of you and pull it back
and forth over your back and
shoulders, up and down, until
your skin glows. When the skin
Is left damp after a bath. natur-
ally it bee m e s rough and
chapped.
If your back is too stout. avoid
road to slenderness. Avoid food
that is greasy or rich. Include in
each days meals one fresh cooked,
leafy vegetable. one salad with
French dressing, and fresh fruit.
Potatoes, white bread and sweets
of all kinds are fattening.
Miss Marie Antrim, of Kansas,
who was picked out among many
competitors as the perfect girl"
does her daily DOZEN You also
will have to exercise each day in
order to attain and retain per-
lection Of body, including a lovely
back.
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pound, which Gh0
said helped her
so much. So 4
bought q few bot
ties and tried II
out. 1t sure
helped me won
derfully. + felt
much better.
Ny work ~
no longer o.
dread to me. re i
hear OF any one
who ia fr0llhlad
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Timely Topics

A "saw.plow'' has been invented
that will plant and pillow field
at the same time. The farm i'm
plement is a cross between a cir
cular saw and a disk harrow.
With the aid of tiny compressed
air motors. pilotless wirelessly con-
trolled airplanes can be made to
perform stunts in the air and even
loon the loop,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-27
Hot Seats for Churches

cHT1PcH IN Hermsdorf Sesa is equipped with heating
system which enables visitor to heat his seat a mcn
AZ desired The tubes along the benches and every seat ha
regulating the heat
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-27
Congressional Club
Cook Book
By IZETTA JEWEL BROWN
MILLER,


Widow of the late Representative
William G. Brown West Virginia).
Potato Rolls
Two cups mashed potatoes.
Three eggs.
One-half cup butter and lard,
melted, equal quantities.
One teaspoon salt.
One tablespoon sugar.
Three-fourths cake yeast.
Mix all together, set away to
rise. When right, add flour 20
stiffen. When risen sufficiently,
bake in muffin pans, 20 minutes
in very hot oven. Use no
milk or water. Use about three
pieces to each muffin.
Copyright, 1928. by the Congressional
Club.
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ADVICE TO
LOVELORN
BY Beatrice Fairfax

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
IL This summer, while on my
vacation, I noticed q nice young
man. The minute saw him
wished to meet him. We did meet
and had several dates with him.
When / left we exchanged al
dresses.
Several weeks later ! sent him
a scenic postal card. But have
never heard from him.
Soon expect to go to the city
where he lives. Would 1t be
proper to call him up? / certain
" think he is an ideal man.
ANXIOUS.
IVES, my dear, call up your
friend provided you have his
home telephone number and invite
him to come to see you while you
are in the city.
Even though he has not written
you he has shown a certain
amount OF interest In you, which
would quite justify you in inviting
him to your home.
But be sure to be friendly and
bright. not sIushy and sentimental
in your attitude.
1t is obvious that his interest In
you is merely friendly. IT he does
not accept your invitation and
visit you during your stay in his
''home town" do not make further
overtures to friendship.
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AOVERTISEMENT
SICK WOMAN
SOON RECEIVERS
By Taking Lydia E. Pinkhalnss
Vegetable Compound

"A neighbor advised me to try
g.vdia n Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
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Deaf and Dumb Wedding

IT wedding Bartholomew Church. Dover England
"A recently bridegroom, the BRIDE the two bridesmaids
and the we're al dumb The
conducted in the deaf and dumb language.
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positive that nothing could happen them least of
tumble that the mischief reused in Dan and he
artfuly led them straight into his trap.
little this Dan Cupid and have to watch
him minute You're safe from his carefully thought
the watch lead
people path leads their ultimate happiness
presents opportunities falling
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LIDNG swiftly through the clear freshness of winters
the crystal ce which is spread like huge diamond
in ermine world, these dreamly
drifting chaperoned by Dan Cupds watchfu
when kerpunk! Down they tumbled All heap! And Dan
o side and laughed!
Why? WELL tripped Them that's why! And he
trapped They complacen of them
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Early Election
Bulletins

Continued from First Page.)
in ancient colonial type village
halls and school houses in the
F.. towns which numbered a pOpula.
ton Of about 50 each.
NEWTON, Mass, Nov. 6.-Ex-
cited while casting her ballot to-
day, Mrs. Ella NJ. Marshall. IS,
dropped dead at the polling place
Of Precinct /, Ward !. She had
Just been handed her ballot when
she collapsed.
NEW YORK, Nov. 6.-,IOhn ID.
Rockefeller, jr., and his wife voted
early. 1t was 7:3O when they ap-
peared at a school at 1872 West
Fifty.fifth ST., and they did not
have to wait TO vote.
ny International News Service
NEW YORK, Nov. 6.-'DOB't
know" said Mrs. Francis j. Quill
man, daughter Of Governor and
Mrs. Smith, when asked today
who would win the Presidency.
She and her husband east their
votes at public school No. 6.
Charles Evans Hughes and his
wife and daughter also voted at
this school. Hughes refused to
comment on the election.
CHICAGO, Nov. Collection Of
Gals estimated early today that
in the first two hours of voting
"a per cent OF the I,3S6,631 regis.
tered voters in Chicago had cast
their ballots. The early vote was
the greatest in the history Of Chi
cago, officials said.
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Virginia Vote In
100000 Gain Over
Figures of 1924
By international News servIe

RICHMOND, Nov. 6.-Virginia
voters ~trooped to the polls today
in one of the hardest fought presi-
Dental elections in history.
The resignation was approx
mately 100000 greater than the 1924
presidential vote in the State.
For the first time in years the
Republicans made a determined,
Statewide effort to capture Vir-
ginia's electoral votes for their
party's nominee.
While realizing this will have an
effect, Democratic leaders predicted
the State would go for Governor AL
Smith by a majority of at least
$4,000 to 10000. Republicans dis.
puted the claim, saying The Old Do
minion would smash it's party ties
and swing to Herbert Hoover.
Aside from the presidential race,
interest conferred in the 10 Congress
sional fights. One of the most
bitter was in the Second district in
Norfolk, where Representative Jo-
seph T. Deal, Smith adherent, is
being opposed by Menalcus Lank.
ford, Republican dry. The Anti
| Saloon League regards this as an
| out-and-out wet-and-dry fight.
In Bascom Slemp's old Ninth dis
trict, there is a sharp fight between
W. II. Rouse, Democrat, and joseph
&. Shaffer, Republican.
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Solid South Up
Early to Cast Vote
Nearing 5000, 900
~ InternationnI News seryice

ATLANTA, Ca, Nov. S. Beck
oned BY crisp and sunshiny weather,
the Solid South went to the polls
today, leaving behind its most
epochaI campaign since that for
white supremacy.
United we stand divided we fall
was the watchword of Democratic
leaders as they made q final plea to
the regulars to come out and vote.
They claimed every one Of the 10
States,
Although their claims were not so
big AZ the Democrats Ct. @. r. chief
tains expressed the belief they would
carry six Of the 10 solid States, and
saw possible victory I'm Louisiana
and Alabama No claims enanated
from South Carolina and Mississippi.
Yet there was one thing upon
which all were agreed. It was that
the Southland will register its big
gest vote In history. They pointed
to registration OF nearly 5000. 900,
well over twice the total vote of
1924. And weather conditions could
be no more suspicious.
More than usual interest was cent
cred on Florida, which also elects
a governor today, because OF the
fact the Democratic candidate, Doyle
Carlton, has thus far failed to con.
scede victory to the national ticket.
Both campaign headquarters in the
Sunshine State claimed big MAJORS
ties.
Attention also was riveted on North
Carolina. where the ground has been
fought inch by inch. The rugged vet.
|, eran of that state. Senator f. M.
Simmons, leader Of the anti-Smith
Democrats, forecast a Republican
victory of 10000 in the Iold North
State.
On the other hand, Josephus
Daniels, ex-cabinet member, thought
tarheelia safe for democracy.
Predictions Clash
Daniels issued a statement pre-
dieting the entire solid South would
remain In the Democratic column, but
Senator Simmons foresaW q. o. P.
landslides in North Carolina, Vir-
gina. Florida, the border States and
possibly Alabama, Texas and Georgia
Democratic stalwarts of Arkansas
expected the biggest Democrat ma
jority in the states history. At the
same time. Republican State head
quarters there forecast $1,000 Re-
publican majority in the home State
of the Democratic vice presidential
candidate.
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Vote If Dead Man
Puzzle to Court
III Illinois

CHICAGO. Nov. 6. peculiar
case has arisen in Jefferson
county, the first III the history
Of the county, where voter
leaving Mount Vernon, cast his
vote IN advance and then died
before Election Day.
Philip H. Karch. who died late
Friday in 4 ST. Louis hospital.
had voted before he left the city
to be operated on for cancer, and
the question has arisen, can the
vote Of 4 dead man be counted?
The best answer to the ques-
ton. according TO legal authority.
ii for the election officials to-
receive his ballot, As they cannot
refuse it, and have no right IN
such 4 case to pass on the Ques-
ton Of the legality OF the ballot
SO far as reported here such i
case has never been passed on
by the courts Of Illinois.
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VIRGINIA | A I I
VO ERS MAY Be
SHUT OUT
lcontinued from FIrst Pace

IOMLlHueu 1F0m FIRST Edsc1
other Arlington county precincts,
Mrs. Mcmahon said.
The heavy registration apparently
has resulted in such congestion at
the polls in Arlington County that
scores and even hundreds of voters.
standing an hour or more in line
before the sunset hour. may be shut
off from the chance to vote
In the face Of such conditions,
political excitement in the county
mounted to the breaking point. The
day at the polling places caused
a phantasma goria of rumors and
counter-rumors emanating from both
sides.
More excitement is in store to-
night when the votes are counted
Virginia is additionally part Of
the solid South" and nothing less
than political earthquake would
take 1t out OF the Democratic fold.
But 1t is said that today the Dem
ocratic ma jority in the old Domin-
ion setate will be cut down to a new
minimum and not a few persona
have predicted Republican major
ity. although this forecast Is dis
counted by seasoned observers.
Nowhere In the state is there
more tense situation than in Airing.
ton County. where a pronounced
movement OF anti-Smith. Hoover
Democrats have been organized, and
where it Is said the Ku Klux Khan
has been active. Throughout Virginia
both the wet issue and the religious
Issue have been used to compromise
Democratic prospects.
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Smith Leading, 2 to /,
AS Baltimore Starts
Piling Up Heavy Vote

BALTIMORE, Nov. 6.--A heavy
ballot was predicted for Baltimore
and vicinity today as brisk voting
marked the opening of the polls at
b a.. m.
Ideal weather prevails and both
parties declared that approxima tely
10000 Marylanders will have cast
their ballots when the polls close
at 6 O'Clock tonight.
A large number of women. some
carrying market baskets and lunch
baskets. appeared at the polls early
and voted.
Smith Now Leading
At . a. m. three hours after the
polls had opened, Is precincts in IL
scattered wards gave Smith an I'M
official total of 900 votes against
400 for Hoover.
Smith Is expected to poll large
majority in Baltimore, which Demo
cratic officials here claim will be
sufficient to carry the state, offset
ting the large number of votes that
Hoover Is certain to secure in tho
counties.
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HOOVER FA|N|IL !
VOTES, THEN
FROL|CS
lcontinued dom FIrat Pagel

Continued from First Pagel
Hoover home. Efficiency in the
household OF this man. celebrated
the world around for administrative
efficiency in large affairs. was
measured on this epochal day In
the Hoover chronology in the terms
OF children's laughter.
Five Hoover Votes
Five votes from San Juan Hill
await the tally clerks in the stan
ford Union precinct OF santa Clara
county tonight. In the old red
box with the ballots of Mr.. and
Mrs. Hoover will be found those OF
Herbert. jr.. OF his wife and the
first vote OF Allan Hoover. second
son who has only recently cele-
brated his twenty-first birthday.
Here. at his home within the
limits of Leland-Stanford University
campus, where he enrolled i'm 1891
as the first student in the newly
founded college. he will receive re-
turns on the presidential election
which may call him to the White
House.
But while workmen ripped and
pounded with hammer and saw in
stalling telegraph wires for the
news service, election returns extern
sions, Hoover walked in his flower
garden, lounged In his library with
books and memorials gathered
from the four corners OF the world,
resting as calmly as IL new shaft
had been sunk yesterday to pay
dirt in the antipodes.
Regardless of the political fore.
casts of his advisers that victory
Is assured, Hoover finds his security
today, according to his intimates.
in the knowledge that he has
builded this campaign strictly to
the blueprint he set down for him.
self in the beginning.
Victory in Defeat
IL the blue print does not work.
the fault Is with the engineer. he
believes. And in this case. II the
engineer Is wrong. patriotism makes
defeat the victory.
Here are the words Hoover him.
self used last night in his talk. to
the voters over nationwide radio
hook-up from his home:
This enormously enlarged interest
is evidence of the great depth of con.
viction and even anxiety of our
people over this momentous decision.
And, whatever that decision is, 1t
will be right. l believe in the will of
the majority. 1t represents the com.
mon will and conscience of our
people.
A direct appeal tolthe solid South
to abandon its traditional allegiance
IN the Democratic marty was the
Interpretation placed by political
observers today on Hoover's. utter
ances touching sectionalism.
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ARE BAFFLED.
BY PLETHORA Of
NEW ISSUES

might, was one of the most bitter In
the history of the State Democrats,
who have been in power for more
than 80 years, were split over their
Presidential nominee, Governor
Smith. and thousands of them will
cast their votes for Herbert Hoover,
Republican nominee, q strange thing
to happen in this normally Rock
ribbed Democratic State.
o. Max Gardner, Democratic Cub
ernatorial nominee. was accorded
one of the greatest ovations ever
seen in western North Carolina when
he closed his campaign at his home
city, Shelby, last hight.
Herbert Seawell, Republican CUB
ernatorial candidate. closed his speak
ing tour last night and is today rest.
ing at his home at Carthage.
Democratic, anti.Smith Democrats
and Republican headquarters were
all confident as To the outcome Of
the national ticket.