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The Washington times., 1929-07-20

cent cigars, or drinks bootleg, or
buys SIS suits, or joins clubs
with cheerful disregard of the
family budget.
know one ideally happily mar.
ried couple, who are forging
ahead by sheer force of clear
thinking and an orderly nome
budget. This wife is not penu.
rious, but is careful of the family
pocketbook. On a vacation trip
she votes for the hotel that is
comfortable but not extravagant.
She markets for her family and
serves inexpensive meals that are
inviting and nourishing.
She and the little girls are well
dressed. But they do not spend
on any one item, more than the
budget indicates should be spent.
She coaxes her husband to play
golf in order to keep fit and
amuses herself with reading and
a lecture course while she is
golf widow. Little wonder that
her husband is being taken into
the firm. Fully two-thirds of the
peace, prosperity and happiness Of
marriage depend on cheerful co
operation over the family budget,
with affection as the motive.
1t Is wise when first keeping
household accounts, to buy book
for the purpose. This will have
subdivisions for each month and
another for the yearly total and
a suitable allotment for each
item, such as cash savings, fuel,
etc. Then figure that about one
quarter of the income may 81
for rent or the monthly payments
on the home, from one-fith to one
eighth for food, little less for
clothes and so on.
Work 1t all out carefully. Even
though your accounts came out
wrong to the extent of a dollar or
two, you will be able to keep track
of your expenditures In a general
way and find where the leaks are.
Many a quarrel will be STAYED off
IL Mrs. Jim can prove to Jim's
satisfaction just why her weekly
$40 is always gone before the
week is over and that she does
not waste one cent.
Running the household Is bust.
ness and calls for business eff
cheney. Let your household desk
be a center, radiating orderly.
clear thinking. Then you will earn
your full share of your husbands g
success. and, incidentally, should
receive q definite, reasonable al.
loWance or salary in return for
yolIY. shara of the work
You cannot begin too early to
learn the budget system If you
look forward to wise, happy. con.
tented marriage.
"If only girl would spend an
evening at home now and then,
instead of meeting a fellow with
her hat on at the door ready to
go out and spend his money, he
might be able to get start at
saving for marriage" heard this
complaint. voiced by a young
man the other day. Is lack of
financial sanitay the reason
modern marriage is being post
poned in many cases until so late
In life that love and romance
lose their fresh bloom?
Learn the beauty of thrift and
economy, girls. Dress well but
not extravagantly. Help that
nice young man, by your tnflu-
ence and example, to start his
home-and-savings account, which
will enable you and him to marry
earlier and make a practical,
happy success of romance and
marriage.
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When Manners Are Correct
by Mrs. Cornelius Beeckman-

DEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
In sending wedding gift is
It proper to inclose ones personal
card with the gift? (The gift is
not being sent by me personally,
but in conjunction with d few
other friends.)
2. In replying to a wedding
invitation, should + just signify
my desire to be present and wish
the parties concerned happiness,
or Is there some other essential
point?
q. In attending church we'd
ding where there Is to be recep-
tion later, Is it proper to present
ones invitation together with his
or her own card? y. r
The visiting card of each sub
scriber" should be inclosed with
the gift. This is best form. If
not this, then 1t would be nice for
one of the givers to write note
of best wishes, and for the other
givers to sign their names.
2. Do you mean a formal, ems
graved invitation? If the invita-
ton is to the church ceremony
only THAT is, If 1t reads requests
the honor of your prasence"l, it
does not require an acknowledge
ment. But If it invites you also
to the reception, or to the we'd
ding breakfast, or luncheon or
any other festivity after the we'd
ding then you write a formal
acknowledgement of the INVITA-
ton. And no other form of an
swer Is correct! A formal invita-.
ton must he acknowledged with
an answer lin kind" never with
an informal answer.
The Washington times., 1929-07-20
By Beatrice Fairfax
A TaLkGtiUe
Lady Is
Quieted
By Lucy lowell


TVHE talkative lady has talked
! herself out Of the neighbor-
hood at last. Too bad. when she
meant so well and really liked
everybody 80 much, and when
everybody liked her--in the be-
ginning, at least.
I have written before about the
talkative lady. She Is the one
who would start out with Mrs.
Al, carefully cleaning up on what.
ever that young matron had to
say, or could be induced to say,
and then carrying her gleanings
along to Mrs. B, where she would
thresh out all that she had gotten
from Mrs. A.-searching for the
hint of Interior meanings, hidden
meanings, sinister meanings, any
thing not apparent on the surface
before applying her probe to
Mrs. B and then Juggling the whole
on to Mrs. C. There the process
was somewhat longer, since there
she would have to sift both Mrs.
AS and Mrs. BIS remarks before
she could begin to CLEAN anything
from Mrs. G to take along to
Mrs. d.
You can see that 1t was q
rather unwieldy load the talka.
tive lady carried by the time she
got to Mrs. g or to Mrs. II.
But she was equal to 1t, for she
devoted her entire day to the
task and cleaned up dangling ends
by telephone in the evening.
Now it is fact that the simpl-
est and best natured remarks in
the world change color and char.
acter when repeated several times,
and especially when repeated by
a professional gossipgorge; even
though that person be thoroughly
non-malicious.
after the talkative lady moved
into the neighborhood Mrs. A.
was amazed to find herself feel
ing slightly edge-wise toward Mrs.
c, and Mrs. b was on the verge
of an out-and-out coldness with
Mrs. d. And all sorts of little
things these neighbors never be-
fore had noticed about each other
were all too apparent and the
pleasant friendships they had EN-
joyed seemed to be shriveIing up
and vanishing.
Then one of them, being SEN
sible person, did some heavy
thinking. And as a result they
got together and came out of the
conference smiling at each other,
b but with CLINT In their eyes
when the talkative lady's name
was mentioned. And Immediately
thereafter the talkative lady found
she could not get one of them
to talk about anything at any
time. And she so loves to talk!
Well. as say. she has moved
from the neighborhood. Her hus.
band did not want to go, but she
insisted. despite the garden
planted in her back yard and the
peonies all in bloom around her
veranda.
Copyright. 1929, King Features
Syndicate. Incl
The Washington times., 1929-07-20
Don t Lauqh at Children s MisdemeanOrs

first and thought it was a good
joke. Then Dad got mad and
raised the roof. 1t was some
thing like the dog who barked
and wagged his tail at the same
time. You couldn't exactly figure
out which end to believe.
But the crux of the whole mat
ter lies in the fact that If it was
funny the first time it was just
exactly as funny the third! But
If, on the other hand, 1t was an
offense which might lead to seri-
Gus deyelcrment of gather dis.
honest way OF doing things, then
II was exceedingly serious the
first, second and third times, and
no matter how cute or ingenious
it may have seemed to the father
on the face of the thing. he
should have saved his amusement
until Jack was not present, and
explained to the youngster the
ethics OF the matter from the
start.
/ think a suggestion to Jack
that Mother would have to take
his Sunday school money and
give it to the teacher herself
would Immediately call forth all
the honor of the lad and he would
promise to deliver 1t all, and he
would keep his promise. He's
. that kind Of q little char, bless
hirni
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DO YOU KNOW
THAT

Give and Ten" stores have
made their appearance in Milan
and Rome, Italy. They have the
conventional red front and sell
the usual small articles, working
on the idea Of small profit and
quick turnover.
Although professional" gamb.
ling is prohibited in Belgium, the
treasury received nearly $4,000. 900
from gaming in the kingdom last
year. The government levies a
percentage on the stakes In pri.
vate gambling clubs.
In Russia many divorced couples
are still living in the same room.
Their quarters have been assign.
ed to them by the government,
and are as much the property OF
the woman as of the man.
The Washington times., 1929-07-20
By Constance Cameron

TT seems to be the perversity
\ of. human nature that makes
one person take great glee In
seeing someone elso go down for
the count" particularly when
that person has professed to a
little progress in some line or
ether. So, knowing that / am
intensely interested in discovering
why children do things, a friend
capered up to me for all the
world like a seven-year.old and
gloated, Now I've got one for
you!' Tell me the answer to this
cneT And I'm sure he added men.
tally: by golly I've got her now"
Well, maybe he had presented
problem that was a stickler ami
then again maybe not. It didn't
seem so intricate, but then, maybe
my answer wasn't the right an
swer. Here's the problem. 7
wonder what you will say about
1t.
The mans son 1--WE will call him
jack had been given 10 cents
each Sunday to put into the col
lection at Sunday school. One
The Washington times., 1929-07-20

MIR. WEBSTER says: "COlIector-One who collects
AVA or gathers together any special article COM
per." 1t doesn't tack any idea of judgment, fnesse
distinction, Hgh-handedness -mindedness to
the description Of the person who is collector" He
or she just rakes everything in Of any special kind
Like the little girl who stuffed brght-hued rags down
her little dress front
Then says: s"COnnOisseur-OHe wellsskilled IN any
art an adept in judgment, critic of any fine art"
Ah-h-h-hI What difference.
Most people, in choosing material things, emo
tional spiritual which tables and chairs
husbands beliefs, begin by collecting and end by
cOnnOsseur-ng. At first they gather in and think
The Washington times., 1929-07-20
ADVICE TO
LOVELORN
by Beatrice Fairfax

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
am young girl and I am in
terrible trouble.
For six years I have been en-
gagged to very handsome fellow
from out of town. Now he wants
me to marry him. In the mean
while. however, I have fallen in
love with a young man whom
met only two months ago.
permitted things to occur
that ] am sorry for now. / feel
that should tell this to my
fianeee before / marry him, as
there may be unpleasant con-
sequences after our marriage and
! do not wish to marry him under
false pretenses, Please tell me
what to do. A READER.
You have suggested the wise,
right thing to do, in your letter,
my dear. Be honest with ,-our
fiance-that much you owe him
and yourself. Tell him the truth.
Then marry the man you love, If
you still care for him and he
wishes to marry you. That will
be the solution OF your problem.
You can hardly expect to be
happy or make your .fiance happy
II you marry him, loving another.
If you cannot marry the man
you love, face the consequences
Of your terrible mistake alone,
courageously. Go to your clergy.
man or, IL that is impossible, to
the Salvation Army. They will do
what they can to see you through.
Then resolve you will not make
the same mistake again---and live
up to your resolutions!
Life still holds possibilities of
success and happiness-possibly,
) even successful romance-for you
il from now. on you keep to the
straight path, and do your best.
The Washington times., 1929-07-20

On the first page OF the double
sheeted letter, paper write:
Mr., and Mrs. Henry Dale Allen
accept with pleasure
Mr.. and Mrs. Brides Parents
kind invitation
for Tuesday. the first of July.
at half after four o'clock
8. No, the acceptance, as I have
indicated above. is enough. You'd
not have. to present your invita-.
ton or your visiting. card.
Restaurant Etiquette
DEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
1. When dining and dancing at
a hotel, inn, or restaurant, Is it
correct for the woman to check
her coat or wrap, or should she
slip 1t over the back of her chair?
2. In a small country eating
place where there is no host or
hostess. does the woman choose
and lead the way to the table
or does the man? e. A. b.
1t is better for her to slip her
wrap over the back of the chair.
2. Whenever there Is a question
of finding" places of this kind,
the gentleman precedes the lady
and finds the places.
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.
He and she have known each
other ever since they went to sun
day school together. But the heir
ess' mother made such violent
and emotional scene whea she
heard that Daughter wished to he'
come engaged to poor young man
that she nearly undid the effect OF
her recent face-lifting operation.
The heiress decided to race pow
erty for the sake of love, just as
her mother and dad had done ~
wears ago, when they began house
keeping on $22 a week-and were
happier than they have ever been
since. ;.
In these days Of high living. 1t
aeems difficult for any couple,
however thrifty, to live on $40
week. Can these two make a go"
Of their marriage? The heiress Is
aInspoiIed by her luxurious sur.
roundings and is sincerely in love.
Dick is reading law nights and
hopes within year to be men,
her of the bar, which Will mean
advancement at the office.
Although, she doesn't know
money values, and has never been
taught to keep house, both the
Newly Weds have high hopes and
what is equally important
common sense and a sense OF
humor! They can laugh together
at each others mistakes. They
have decided to live within Dicks
income. They are going to keep
accounts and budget and save
something-if only a dollar-each
week. 1 predict that the two,
relying upon themselves, will
make a success Of their mar
riage.
To be left alone, to work things
out on their own resources, with
out too much help from parents
and in-laws. is the kindest thing
that can happen to young
couple who marry rather young
and without financial resources.
A few years ago. two very young
folks Of wealthy and famous
families decided to marry. The
parents warned them they need
expect no financial help. So Jack
left college and went to work in
q, garage to support himself and
Betty. He even financed her
while she finished her college
course, while he attended college
at night himself. Both have their
degrees and are as happy and
harmonious as can be in their
marriage.
"It was hard to resist helping
them" admitted the mother Of the
young bride. "I longed to send
my daughter lovely, dainty table
linens-all sorts of gifts. But / let
her hem her own cotton table
runners, and we let them stand
on their own feet and work out
their own salvation. 1t has taught
them the value of money and has
really saved the marriage"
You probably do not remember
az far back as the bicycle tan.
dems, but I remember them well.
Both riders of a tandem were sup
posed to do their share of the
pedaling, but It sometimes seemed
to the rider in front as though
his partner in back was not doing
any of the work-was a dead
weight.
That Is the way a husband feels
when his wife refuses to cooper
ate with the home budget. She Is
o drug, preventing him from get
ting anywhere, financially. She
keeps his nose to the grindstone
by her careless extravaganza and
Wastefulness.
Wives sometimes complain to
me that it Is desperate uphill
work to run a home and try to
save when a husband smokes 25-
The Washington times., 1929-07-20

that's being bright.and-a minded. Humby at last
they begin to look into the texture and character the
inward meaning of the thing they want and when at
last they put cagey finger their choice, it Is
something to sit up nights Something to write
lire Of poetry about. Something to get
arged heart Something 10 wager your happiness
upon.
81 This light.minded little pic be upon any
beach, in any drawing rOOm along any village street,
in any peachcolored lighted tea and dance rendezvous
GlOrette with her assorted court with not have
able" among them! GlOrette the collector. Gloriete,
who is unhappy without numbers and not satisfied with
them when she has them except for the acid effect
The Washington times., 1929-07-20
NEW CULT IS
GROWING

A secret society known as the
Heavenly Gates is a strange
new cult spreading rapic,y Ia the
province OF Honan, China, and
causing uneasiness to the govern.
ment as well as to missionaries.
A stonecutter had vision that
a new leader would appear, god,
to be called the emperor of
Heaven" and with a seal which
he had found, and with which, he
declared he was able to perform
miracles, he impressed the people
and obtained many followers.
So rare Is the chinchilla that
there are few cloaks of this fur
to be found for sale in the whole
of Europe. One which was shown
recently was made from It's skins.
which took two years to procure.
The Washington times., 1929-07-20
USEFULDRUG
FROM SNAKE

Experiments conducted recently
at the New York Homeopathic
Medical College and Flower Hos.
pital show that the poison of. the
ser.de-lance, member OF the
rattlesnake family, may be estab-
lished as a useful drug. In minute
quantities the venom has been
found in treatments on animals
10 have an effect in restoring ir.
regular heart action to normal
The Washington times., 1929-07-20
ADVENTURES
OF RITZY
ROSALIE

Rosalie was permitted to land
the plane at the end of her flying
lesson today and her awkward
ness was rewarded by q bath
Of dust. She's going to have a
real hath now. She knows 1t
win be very refreshing to her
The Washington times., 1929-07-20

Write for . pattern Of to-
days style, writing very
clearly. and be sure to state
number and size of pattern.
Send coupon with rs cents
(stamps or cOin) TO Washing
ton Times Fashion Bureau,
25S Fifth Ave-. New York
city. Enclose Is cents ad.
ditiOnal if yOu wish a copy
of our latest hook of Fifth
Avenue Fashions.
The Washington times., 1929-07-20
Queer Doings

The provincial government OF
Ontario, Canada. is giving dollar
for dollar to the $4,000, 900 fund
raised by private subscription for
an Industrial research laboratory.
The Washington times., 1929-07-20

ther investigation proved that it
hadn't been so long before, that
Jack had enjoyed a chocolate bar.
Where did he get It? Well, he just
The Washington times., 1929-07-20

the spectacle has on the other girs-she HOPES And
Demura, with her ONE devOtee-a heart-waster for
looks with health youth that's not too young, splen-
did job character like Gibraltar, stability and fidelity,
one of the REAL men that there are quite few Of
in the world, who lucky enough to be blessed with
good looks along with the character Demura, ador-
ing and satisfied Demura slow to choose and quick
to decide. Hard to please. and quick to know. An
adept in choosing her companion her lover her hus-
band. critic who had rather have one fine thing
than an "oIla podrida" of nondescripts.
Gloriette is bound to have lot of useless things in
big collection Demura waits and is 'tchoosie,' and
doesn't have to throw away what she requires!
NELL BRINKLEY.
The Washington times., 1929-07-20

Sunday Jack returned from Sun.
day school, happy and whistlins
and somehow with lips suspici-
cusly chocolately in color. Fur
The Washington times., 1929-07-20
Mulch Paper Increases Crops

BY the paper have been increased
per laid the ground between plants
the plants placed through holes made in the The
dark color attracts the solar heat. - ..a.. :.
The Washington times., 1929-07-20
THRIFT AND ROMANCE y
.WOrting to Make ENDS Meet
often Strengthens Lore
Says Authority
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX
Authority On problem. Of Love and Marriage


TyHEY are facing the world $40 week-the butter
andegg heiress and the law clerk.
- Until they married, two weeks ago, $40 week did
not cover her pin money-not nearyl
The Washington times., 1929-07-20

sense of smell as well as her
body for she has added a per-
funed oil to her bath. And only
two drops perfumes a whole tub
ful Of water! Much newer than
bathsaits too.
The Washington times., 1929-10-22
PRICE To SPEAK
At ALEXANDRIA
THAT'S WHAT I CALL

ALEXANDRIA, Va, OCT. "a
James H. Price, Democratic nominee
for Lieutenant Governor, will speak
here before the election November ..
according to local Democratic head.
quarters. The date will be an
nounced this week.
With but ten days in which to get
in absent voters ballots by mail.
both parties are checking their lists
to overlook no one. In spite OF DIR.
Browns TRADES against the absent
voters law, local registrars report
that the Republicans are as Jealous
as Democrats in securing votes by
mail. 1t is predicted by both sides
that 5000 votes will be cast and each
party is claiming the city by a ma
jority of 500, with impartial obe
servers favoring Pollard.
In police court today two colored
men, Dave Williams and William
Murray, charged with running num-
Der games," were dismissed and sew
eral minor traffic violators forfeited
collateral.
Plans for the trip to Winchester.
at which time $50 candidates will
be initiated, were made last night
by the Shrine club. The members
will make the trip Friday in auto.
mobiles.
A business session was the fea-
ture of the Rotary Club luncheon
today. A reception was rendered
the Rev. Hugh McFadden, of st.
Mary's Church, and the Rev. Pierce
Ellis, of thhe First Baptist Church.
The American Legion will give
cabaret entertainment in Armory
Hall the night before Armistice
Day. Mrs. Cameron Roberts and
Howard Arnold are the committee
in charge.
With the completion Of the re.
paving Of King Street, the city's
street program for the year is prac-
tically completed. Repairs will con-
stitute the work during the winter
and until. after the new territory is
added January 1.
Tentative plans for the policing
and fire protection of the annexed
Territory include the addition Of two
new men and the transfer Of the
No. 1 hook and ladder truck from
No. l engine house to the Potomac
fire house. A new police car will
also be purchased.
The new aerial truck Is on exhibit
ton at the International Fire Chief
Convention at Birmingham and will
be brought here for trial Novem-
ber |.
The Washington times., 1929-10-22
INQUEST HEARS
DREYFUS CASE

Continued from First Page)
They are Anna Leonard. and Ed
ward B. Wilson. They were at
tending the dance, according to the
police, and had gone to the balcony
to sit out.
Heard Body Hit Platform
They saw no one else on the bal
cony nor were they attracted by
any talking or sound until they
heard the body crash to the plat.
form below.
Members of Mrs. Dreyfus' family
have also been called as witnesses
today, including William and Frieda
Fisher, the brother and sister who
accompanied her and McBrien to
the dance, and two other sisters,
Mrs. Clarence T. Reinberger and
Mrs. Ernest knorr.
The family is expected to tell Of
the past life of Mrs. Dreyfus and Of
her friendship with McBrien, which
extended over several years.
Mrs. Dreyfus and her husband
were divorced about six years ago,
but since then Mrs. Dreyfus has
maintained her home in New York.
where McBrien also lives. Mrs.
Dreyfus had come to her parents
home here recently for visit.