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The Washington times., 1930-08-23

citation and It's divisions will be
outlined. The vinoy Park Hotel
will be realtor headquarters dur.
ing the meetings. The meeting Of
the board of directors will take
place on January Is.
Doyle E. Carlton, governor of
Florida: Louis E. Hall. president
of the Florida Association of Real
Estate Boards: Paul 0. Meredith.
executive secretary of the Florida
Association Of Real Estate Boards.
and local boards throughout the
State Joined with tie st. Peters
burg realtors in extending hos
pitality to he national asSocia-
tion and urging that st. Peters
burg be chosen as the city for
the mid.winter meeting.
The Washington times., 1930-08-23
BUYING PO|NT IS
DISCUSSED

Information on the various
points to be considered in buying
a home will be compiled and
published for public use by a
special committee of the national
committee on wood utilization.
according to a recent announce
mnt by Robert P. Lamont, United
States Secretary of Commerce.
The publication will discuss the
planning, designing and construc-
ton of houses costing less than
$4,000.
Irving Hiett, Toledo, Ohio. past
president of the National Associa-
ton of Real Estate Boards, has
been named member Of the
subcommittee sponsoring the pub
lication,
The Washington times., 1930-08-23
BOARDS CHOOSE
FLORIDA CITY

The National Association OF
Real Estate Boards has accepted
the invitation of the st. Peters
burg, Fla, realty board to hold
it's next annual mid winter meet
ing in st. Petersburg. January Is,
16 and II are the dates set for
the sessions in the Sunshine
City" At this meeting all asso-
ciation officers for 1891 will be
indicted into office and 1881 pol
icies and programs for the aSSo-
The Washington times., 1930-08-23
Western Man Kills.
155-POund Doe
With AntIers

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. %
Q.N.S)-Leslie McClay, who
resides near San Jose, recently
shot and killed q l55-pound
blacktail doe that had antlers.
The deer had antlers is
inches in length with a 15-inch
spread and two points on each
side, according to q report
made to the State fish and
game commission officers by
J. L. Koppel. Santa Clara
county game warden.
The Washington times., 1930-08-23
FLOUer Carpets Seen
In Rome BY Tourists

One Of the most popular attrac-
tions for tourists in Europe this
year was the display Of floral
carpets at GenSano, near Rome,
Italy.
They stretched d for several
blocks along the main street.
Some had artistic designs and
others maps, pictures and letter
ing. The flowers were planted
by natives.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-13
HOME OWNING
PRIZE ESSAY
WON BY GIRL

Miss California Young student
IN the Girls high school of San
Francisco has just won the grand
prize of $500 awarded by the San
Francisco Real Estate Board for an
essay on the subject Of "why
Father and Mother Should Own Our
Home" The text of the winning
essay follows:
The successful raising of fom.
lily depends on environment; there
fore permanent home is absolutely
essential and will largely solve the
problem of Juvenile delinquency.
70 acquire this home definite
thrift and cooperation even from
the children arc necessary.
Hard-earned money thoue,.tless.
y squandered in extrava sanee can
be saved and if applied toward the
purchase of home, it will give in
finltely more satisfaction and con.
tentment and pay golden dividends
i IN happiness and joy.
Home ownership by the citizen
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-13
M> @d0O\ y
EM%z!E;!Nlk4N
Gl In, ,m M1'5s,kE
COST OF HOME
SHOULD RECEIVE
CAREFUL STUDY

The desire of home ownership is
strong In the hearts of all. 1t is par
'icularly strong in this favored
land, and the urge to have''a home
all our own is being increased al
most daily by a knowledge of what
our friends and neighbors are ac-
ccmplishing in home ownership.
In attaining home ownership most
families need some financial assist
anee. In many cases families who
set out to own their own homes find
financing one one of the most try
ing problems which they have to
overcome. The amount which must
Le borrowed in some cases is rela-
lively small, but more often it rep
resents large part of the outlay.
How much can We afford to pay
for home?
This question requires close study
by the family about to beginn home
owning.
The regular income of the family
is, naturally, the basis upon which
- determine the amount which may
be invested i'll home. AS general
rule it is safe to figure that a
family is justified in obligatins It
self for the purchase of home
where the combined price of the
house and lot shall not exceed two
and one-half times the assured an
nual income of the family. This
should be the maximum allowance
which can be made to assure the /
paving off of the total cost Of the I
property without years of stinting |
and hardship.
Payments on a home should not |
exceed one-third of the family in :
come, and proper allowance should
be made to care for interest pay
ments, installmcnts on loanss, re-
ncwals, repairs, taxes, special assess
ments, insurance, water tax aud va
rious accessories and improvements.
Whether it is best for a family
TO delay purchasing home for sew
eral years while saving additional
funds in order to increase the ini-
tIal payment on the property may
depend on the circumstances of the
particular case.
Where family moves into a city,
for example, it might save 800 or
s2n0 by deferring the purchase of
a home for two or three years, but
still decide, wisely, to 60 ahead with
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-13

is the most practical demonstration
Of faith and pride in his own city
and the impelling incentive to work
enthusiastically for its progress and
development.
If for some reason you need Il
loan of money, then a home Of your
own is a guarantee of credit.
"'Who can fortell the possibilities
Of pioncr homes in suburban com.
munities where whole cities may rise
II few yearss'
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-13
Hints For
HOmebuilders

7 One of the surest methods to guard
against plaster cracks is to pay par
ticular attention to the foundat tion
and framing of the new home. The
next thing to watch is the lathing
of the house. Lath should be wet
when applied and not be allowed to
dry out before the plaster is ap-
Piled. Particular attention should be
paid to the spacing of the lath. If
they are placed to close together
there will not be sufficient "key'
to hold the plaster properly. All
angles should be well reinforced
with metal lath, and it is a good
plan to use metal lath over the en-
tire building.
The plaster should be high quality,
properly mixed and applied in suf
ficient thickness. And don't forget
that to be assured of good Job
Of plastering it is necessary to Sc
cure the services of good plasterer.
Good paint costs nothing,' says
an old Dutch proverb, and it is true
that the property investment IN
suerd by the use of good paint, and
.he costly repairs prevented by it,
are out of all proportion to the price |
paid for it.
Architecturally, as well as artis
tically, the outward opening case |
mcnt window has many advantages,
and is growing rapidly in favor. 1t !
is easily intaslled; it is weather-
proof; it swings open without 'nter- |,
Iering with interior furnishings or
draperies and it is easily operated.
Tine one bar to the more general use !
of outward opening easements has |
been the difficulty of proper screen
ing, on the inside.
Now, however, it is possible to in
stall roller screens on the inside of !
the easement, that roll up and down |
like roller shade. This type may /
be used with any kind Of opening. |
The simple mechanism is concealed !
in the head jamb, entirely out of |
sight. 'hc screen may be installed |
in 10 Hnutes and it requires no |
special framing detail.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-13
The Builders
Question Box

Q-Is it advisable to lay roll
roofing across the length of the roof,
or up and downi b. l..
A-The most satisfactory method
parallel with the sheathing boards.
In this way the nails are placed in
oIly two boards and the seasoning
and shrinking of the roof boards
has less effect upon the sheet Of
roofing. As the shsathing boards
usually run lengthwise with the roof,
by using the above method the
Continued on Page Three,
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-13

the funds available. For by going
ahead, it may save the expenses of
moving once or twice and, in ad-
dition, get established just so much
sooner in neighborhood that it
likes and enable the childrcA to
have continuous schooling at one
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-13

institution. There may be other good
reasons which will cause family
to pay some extra financing charges
N order to start home owning inn
mcdiately and not regret it for it
IS a fact that many families have
never been able to save money con
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-13
THE WEATHER

Unsettled weather with probably
occasional rain tonight or Tuesday;
temperature below normal; moderate
to fresh southerly winds.
Unsettled with rain west portion
tonight or Tuesday; temperature be-
low normal; increasing southerly
Wlrds on coast.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-13

istently until they started making
Llonthly payments to a building and
loan association on a home or their
own.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-09

groomed bob. This should not, how
ever, be the masculine bob of a few
years ago. 1t must be sufficiently long
to take a feminine style of hairdress-
ing, for whether it is question of
coiffures or gowns the one rule which
applies to all this seasons styles Is
that they must be feminine. We are
through trying to ape the stronger sex
and are going to dress as women.
Although both long and short hair
are in vogue, there are certain rules
that apply to the new coiffures. One
is that the hair should be pretty well
off the face and off the neck, with a
tendency toward being piled on the
head. Another style edict is that waves
must be wide; the swirl effect is par
ticularly favored.
For those who can wear rather Sc
we're style of hairdressing, the following
couture is very smart: Comb the hair
straight back from the brow, draw the
ends in a swirl effect to the left side,
where they may be fastened with a
barrette placed just back of the ear
the curled ends being allowed to come
out over the ear.
An attractive new couture for hair
parted in the center is made by draw
ing the hair rather sharply OF the
center of the forehead and arranging it
in wide waves encircling the head.
Finish with cluster of sculpture curls
at each ear. This is practical style,
as it may be adapted to almost any
length Of hair. When the hair Is long
and abundant, part of it may be ar
ranged in coils at the nape Of the neck.
Another smart new couture that illus
trateS the rule about keeping the hair
high on the head has a low side part.
The hair is MARCHED or finger waved,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-09
Everyday Psychology
BIZ DIR. JESSE W. sPRowLs.
Breaking Habits.

Some 40 years ago Prof. James of
Harvard University taught that the way
to break a habit was to keep from per-
forming it. This theory seemed so logi-
cal that it was universally accepted as
something sensible.
Now comes Prof. Dunlap of Johns
Hopkins University, who holds that the
performance OF a habit helps TO get 1t
out of your system.
Prof. Dunlap somehow acquired the
annoying habit of writing "hte" for
1.-The" on his typewriter. He began to
theorize about the situation. and came
to the conclusion that habit formation
involves other factors than mere repeti-
ton Just what these factors were he
could not then say.
At any rate, he put his tohery to the
test. He deliberately wrote "hte" sew
eral hunderd times, keeping in mind
that he was now practicing habit that
he wanted to get rid of. In the course
of time he found that the "hte" actually
began to disappear from his ordinary
typewriting.
Now, the Dunlap experiment actually
works, at least in some cases. 1t ap-
pears that, after all, what we call a
habit is somehow connected with reason.
In other words, habits are not alto
gether blind, altogether mechanical. If
you deliberately force your attention
upon the things that you do uninten-
tionaly Chabitually)s you can make and
remake your habits at will: that is, you
may do all this if you will spend the
necessary time and effort.
This new theory has not been tried
out extensively, but we seem to lose
our habits when we deliberately think
them over.
(Copyright, 1900
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-09
F5fnS %

Pictorial embroidery is in high favor.
It was decidedly out for at least one
generation, during which time it was
considered poor taste. Now it is ac-
claimed as beautifully picturesque. SO
do fashions fluctuate.
As a matter of fact, pictorial en-
broidery has its good and its poor uses.
It depends upon how it is employed
whether it indicates good taste or not.
During the periods when it is in vogue,
as now, is scope is widened interest
1ngly. During the eraS when it was
out of style it was never entirely abb
sent, for since the beginning of stitch
cry reproductions and mythical con-
ceptionS of landscapes and events have
been embroidered with excellency.
We have only to recall choice tapes
tries to glimpse pictorial embroidery at
its height. 1t is impossible to state
with any certainly just when pictorial
tapestries were first made, but they
were and have continued to be among
the most priced examples OF tlne
stitchery.
1t is when pictorial needlework has
classic elements, when it features the
beauty of stitchery so that the actual
craftsmanship is as worthy as the sub
ject and the subject deserves its needle
development that it can be pronounced
worth while to endure over a period
beyond its vogue.
At the present time there are numer-
Gus pieces of pictorial needlework that
deserve to be kept as heirlooms There
are also innumerable pieces that will
and should perish with the passing of
the fashion. 1t should be added also
that some of these latter stitchery pic
lures are smart. They fulfill their part
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-09
BEDTIME STORIES 81 Y. r sSseHss

them. I don't know what I should do
without them"
HUH" exclaimed Peter. "I don't see
what good they are"
That is because you don't know as
much as you might" Squeaked Star
nose. If you couldn't see any better
than I can-and you might just as well
say can't see at all-you would want
something to tell you about things.
Those little feelers around my nose do
Just that-they help me whole lot"
Your cousin, Miner, doesn't have
them, and he gets along all right" said
Peter
MY cousin. Miner, doesn't live the
way 1 do" replied Starnose. He
sticks more closely to his tunnels than
I do. Of course, stick pretty closely
to mine, but I do come out once in a
while. I like to run on the surface and
take a swim now and then. When !
find things which may be good to eat,
use those little fingers on my nose to
find out about them"
IT See," said Peter "Of course, you
know that no one else has q nose like
yours, so you must excuse me for think
ing it a funny nose. OF course, ought
to have known that it has use OF
some sort. Old Mother Nature doesn't
give people things unless there is some
use for them. suppose it is that nose
of yours that gives you your name"
Right you are, Peter Rabbit: right
you are" replied Starnose. We'll,
have gossiped long enough. and my
stomach is empty. must get some
thing to eat and must get it quickly
Excuse me, Peter, while I go look for
some worms"
Before Peter could open his mouth
to reply StarnoSe had begun to burroW
into the soft earth.
(Copyrigllt, 1880
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-09

The near-marital adventure Of Abra-
ham Lincoln and Mary owen was closer
to pure comedy than anything else.
In 1886 a woman of his acquaintance
who was leaving Springfield for visit
in Kentucky said to Lincoln: ABE,
you need a wife. I'm going to bring
yow back one from Kentucky-my
sister,"
Lincoln accepted the proposal. He
was seriously pleased with the project.
He had met the sister, Mary Owen
three years before, and thought he
intelligent and agreeable.
His reactions were somewhat differ
ent however, when Mary not long after
ward made her appearance in Spring.
field In the three years since he had
seen her she had become fat. 1t seemed
to Lincoln that she had been entirely
too willing to come to Springfield. Her
avoirdupois explained all. Lincoln told
himself: mo other man on earth
would have her"
He informed Mary'S sister: II will
take Mary for better or for worse, for /
make it point of honor and conscience
in all things to stick to my word"
Nevertheless, his heart was heavy. He
believed he would be held to his word.
He spent the ensuing months trying
more OF be valued than the person. "
Meantime he sought to ''procrastinate
the evil day" when he would have to
lead Mary to the altar.
He wrote her about his poverty and
the hardships their marriage might en-
tail upon Relationships (which may
be more serious than you now imagine"
He suggested his willingness to release
her IF such should be her wish"
It seems not to have occurred to him
that Miss owen might not wish to join
her life with his, But he was to have
an awakening. One day she wrote him
that she did not intend to marry him.
She had found him, she said deficient
in those little links which make up the
chain Of a woman'S happiness"
Lincoln was surprised to find himself
embarrassed. He wrote regarding this
denouement to a friend:
st was mortified, It seemed to me, in
q hundred different ways. My vanity
was deeply wounded by the reflection
that had so long been too stupid to
discover her intentions, and also that
she, whom I had taught myself to be-
lieve nobody else would have, had actu-
ally rejected me with all my fancied
greatness"
He wisely decided to ''try and outlive
it." The girls might make fools of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-09
MILADY BEAUTIFUL
BY LOIS LEEDS.

Over and over again am asked
(which is more in vogue-long or short
hair?" And over and over again tell
my readers that the choice is entirely
up to themselves, for both modes are in
style. In fact, direct from Paris comes
the answer to this question that long
hair and bobbed hair are on q par with
fashion experts. So cut the length Of
your hair to your own taste, keeping
in mind, however, that the shoulder
length belongs particularly to the
younger generation and that the older
woman is much more attractive II she
avoids the in-between length and wears
her hair either long enough to pin in a
coil or else in a fairly short, well
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-09

when they supply timely decoration for
present interiors or natty accessories
for the costume.
Needlework pictures in color are in
the majority, but those in black and
white are equally smart. Black strands
on white linen are successfully en-
ployed for needle silhouetteS of people
and of scenes. The Stitchery must be
fine in these if they are creditable.
Outline stitch is a favorite. Satin stitch
and various other filling stitches are
sometimes introduced. The work
throughout must be fiat, not raised,
since the finished picture is generally
framed. A narrow black frame is ad-
vised.
When colors are introduced the va
riety of types of work is enormously
increased. Enlarged straight Gobelin
stitch is one of the most effective and
is rapidly done. 1t consists of straight
stitches worked in even, unbroken rows
across a piece of canvas. The evenneSS
of the rows supplies a pleasing rhythm
to the work. The rows must not vary
in height and must be continuous
across the embroidery. When de-
sign calls for a change of color in the
middle of wide stitch, finish one color
and begin another SO that the stitch
itself is divided without the width of
the row being interrupted.
In some pictures stitches are many,
thereby supplying opportunity for
brush effects. Flowers may be in but
tonhole stitch or French knots, or both;
woodwork would be straight; grass and
stones would be in stitches taking di-
rections to indicate angles, curves, etc.
These stitches are arbitrary and not
restricted.
Copyright, 1sso)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-09
BENNY
BY LEE PAPE.

Last mite after supper pop sneezed
twice at once, saying, zee gods bleeve
I'm catching q cold.
Now Willyum for mersey sakes I sip
pose you'll keep that up now till you
RELY think you have got a cold. ma
sed, and pop sed, I RELY think so now.
And he sneezed again, saying, There,
what did tell you?
0 hush, If everybody was like YOU
the werld would be one solid mass of
hospittles, ma sed. The Hewses wunt
us to go over and play little bridge
tonite. For goodness sakes come along
and give your mind change of sub
jock, she Sed.
Not for million dollers or any frac-
ton thereof, pop sed, 1 know enough
to stay out of the mite air when 1 have a
cold, he sed. But you haven't a cold,
that's Just the point. Well then lets go
around to the NarciSsiss and see Valen-
cha Vallence in her new tawking pic
ture, Ronnel Ronnell is Supporting her,
she Sed.
Well then she wont need my support,
pop Sed. My young microbes know
ing them to lot of bad company In a
room with a thousand strangers all
breething in my face, he sed.
Witch just then I remembered some
thing saying, G, pop, 1 forgot, Mr.
Lewis called up on the fone this after
noon and sed to tell you the poker
game was at his house tonite tnsted of
wherever 1t was Suppose to be next Sat-
tiday.
zee gods why dident you wait till
some day next munth to tell me to make
it even more of a serprize, pop sed. And
he hurry up started to get reddy to go
out, ma saying, Willyum Potts I thawt
you sed yoSs had cold.
And I'm doing my best to get rid of
it, that's just the point, pop sed. If
there's anything microbes hate its to stay
in the same room with seven men, all
blowing out tobacco smoke at once and
If microbes ever leave you to go into
another room, its q thousand to one
shot they'll never find you again, be-
cause science has recently discovered
that they are almost all neer sighted.
And he quick went out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-09
SUMMERTIME
BY ID. C. PEATTIE.

The hummingbird, when he comes
a-honey hunting In the honeysuckle Of
q warm June morning, Is one Of those
creatures in which it is impossible to
believe even when you see him. He
was there, he poised moment, a blur
Of wings beating the air, long bill and
longer tongue darting into the tubular
corollaS of the flowers, half-caught
glimpse of ruby throat and emerald
wings, and suddenly, with the incon-
sequence of children's thoughts, he has
moved away with that sudden and
strange jerky motion like something
going out OF focus in a picture. You
called to some one to come quickly, but
came he ever so quickly, the bird, like
shooting star, had always gone before.
The tiniest of all our birds, no larger,
indeed, than a very big sphinx moth,
which in habits and motions he greatly
resembles, invariably the hummingbird
gives me thrill each time see him
with the returning Summer days. In
California they have many species where
We have only one. In the tropics there
are hundreds of species, all confined to
the New World.
When 1 first saw the hummingbird
case in the Pan-American Building
let a loud cry of excitement. Any one
might be excused for doing the same.
| The exhibit there surpasses even the
| tropical butterflies, just as the butter
| flies surpass even the tropical orchids.
Indeed, some orchids are so intricately
constructed that only certain species
of hummingbird can pollinate them.
Even after all these jeweled dedazzle-
ments, I am no whit ashamed Of our
little ruby-throat. With his metallic
| green back and head, his wings and
| tail bronZy or brownish violet, his chin
VelYety black, the throat cleaning
ruby, rejecting prismatic colors from a
surface like FURNISHED metal, and whit
| iSh body, he is the most sprite-like liv-
ing thing in all our fauna