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tive design cut cut Of the panel or
board.
These cut-outs must he very sim
pie since an elaborate design is
likely to get broken which. of
course, would spoil the effect. And
designs such as i crescent. clover
leaf, star, shield. dia,rond. tIlr,
acorn, star aud crescent. OF any con.
Ventional figure may be used.
Blinds not only add to the at.
tractiveness of house hut they
may be put TO practical use. On
hot summer days they may be kept
, closed, thus lowering the tempera.
ure within the house When the
home is to be left unoecupied the
! blinds may be closed and locked ON
;he inside.
! Compared to the degree to which
they improve the appearance of .
house. money spent for shutters Is
we'll invested. If your budget viii
not permit the addition of shutters
in the beginning, they may hc put
lon later.
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SHUTTERS AND
BLINDS GROW
IN POPULARITY

The growing popularity of shut
ters and blinds for ornamental pur-
poses has caused the architecture
profession to accept them as just
fled bit of trimming.
Modern standards require that
any style adopted in house shall
be carried out consistently, and
therefore the shutter with movable
lowers or stats, 50 familiar in the
so-called Victorian period, has not
been accepted for the modern home.
Instead the demand is for solid
panels or random with boards with
V-shaped joints, held together with
cross battens, with a small decora,
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Fair tonight and Tuesday but
cloudy tonight in extreme west
portion; no change in temperature
moderate northwest winds offshore
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FIRE WEATHER FORECAST

Fog ON coast, far with normal
temperature and humidity in the
interior; gentle variable winds be
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today after their wedding here Sun
day. The nuptials climaXed q year g
romance which eliminated in their
engagement last April. Miss Day
was attended by her sister, Marcel
inc Day, also an actress.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-07-07
Help For the Man Who Wants to Build
What You May e.,,,;;
Want to Know SNy
About Building

Questions addressed to this DO.
per .ciH be dnS9cered By the Archt.
tectS' Small House Service BareaU
OF the United States. Inc. Enclose
q stamped addressed enuelope
Owe laid hardwood floors
two months ago. They were
three-eighths OF an inch in
thickness. This floor was we'll
laid, we'll scraped and sanded
and finished with several coats
of varnish and wax, yet it has
been shrinking. Some cracks
are an eighth OF an inch wide.
What can be done without tear
ing the floor up? What is she
cause?
A-Such shrinkage would occur If
the flooring had been cut of Kim
too long or had been subject tc
Gampness. Some shrinkage is inev.
liable during the heating season
especially in very cold weather. Ii
you will humidity the air the cracks
may close appreciably. Thin f!cor.
ing is nothing like as satisfactory
as the thicker type, but this is not
likely to be the cause of the shrink
age. We recommend you have thS
floor layer inspect his work and, !.
necessary. remove and relay il.
Q-In a foundation Of vit,,i-
fled glazed tile, is it necessary
TO have the outside OF the joints
full of mortar? As my walls
are laid the Joint is fu!l and
smooth on the inside, but rough
and open on the outside. Is
this enough 10 keep water from
getting through the joint?
At is not It is particularly
necessary 20 have the outside Of the
joint filled and pointed up smooth
This is true OF any kind Of masonry
wall below grade.
Q-T wish to finish few
rooms in the attic and wish 10
have tham cool in hot weather.
What would be the most eflec-
tive insulation for these rooms?
Ave suggest you use a stand
ard form Of insulating wall beard
and strip the joints. This Viii
avoid necessity CT plastering.
O-I have 1ust moved into
new house that was succeed.
Il seems TO be full or fine
cracks and is pulled away from
the window frames. Can l hold
the contractor responsible for
this?
A-You can hold the contractor
provided you had a contract with
him calling for high grade stucco
with a definite specification. Or IN
the absence OF contract and spec
fication. if your work was done BY
a first class, reputable contractor
who takes pride in his WORK. II
the contractor has not yet oee:i
fully paid for his wock, we Suggest
YOU retain a portion of the con-
tract price until the stucco IS made
satisfactory.
O-The ceiling in our living
room has a large crack IN II
and some of the plaster IS loose.
We are told that it will have 10
be replastered entirely. Is there
any satisfactory method OF
finishing beside replasterins
with ali the dirt it makes! Is
there a covering we could use
that would held the ceiling on,
that would stay if the plaster
did not loosen entirely!
A-Replastering will make con
siderable mess, should be avoided J.
r.ossible. We suggest you remoV'
the leose plaster and apply gypsul,
wall board. This is a quick, cas-; IS
| and inexpensive way to make re
na;rs Cracked plaster Is sometime
covered with canvas, but this Is no mo
| a satisfactory method to use wheF
the plaster is loose.
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Questions addressed to this pa.
per aciN be dnSacered By the Archi.
tectS' Small House SsrUice BgreaU
OF the United States. Inc. Enclose
q stamped addressed envelope.
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coming moderate to fresh south
west at high attitudes.
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Intimately ,., eiro1.,
The exterior charming cottage type with finely
modelled walls roof and openings, carries us own
acommendation. .a
Construction: Wood frame, exterior finish stucco'
nigh siding in the gable ends, roof of shingles.
Designed for east south facing.
Lot size Approximately so feet without the PoreH'
co feet with the porch. -.
Complete working plans may be obtained lor @ triS
and ether designs shown in this SERIES For 1urIhe'
info n see EDITORS note.
The Washington times., 1930-01-18
NEW LASTS FOR OLD
By Herbert KGufm0,

n EssMIsM chiefly recruits s followers from cowarda
cheats bungers, daCkers, wasters and constitution.
wreckers
you scuander your hours and your energies abuse yOur
liver prow with the owls neglect exercise crowd your system
with posons and ciners all your prospects will have
Idarkbrown taste.
You break faith betray trust and the profit
and loss account opportunity will finally enter your
her permanent snub list
goods and you're offering the employment obsolete
lines Of thought somebody who carries saIable stock
ideas for the same money will eventually be opening your
Analysis usually resolves bad luck into unreabity unam
bon under delivery When you begin conclude that the
worlds all wrong, its time to wonder you're all right
The weight OF evidence preponderanty against the chronic
wilmer the sOrehead the gutter and the snecure coddler
Everybody isn't making the grade but more folk are push
forward today than at given moment in human
lperience.
/ From year to year. failure finds fewer valid alibs
At suggestion Of the rednkwe we fast
incompetent practice and dvidenddeeating methods But
because we're abandoning sowpoke trades and replacing
inaccurate craftsmen with precer automat that doesn't pre-
cude any shoemaker from swapping old last new one
Invention far from limiting the earning capacity Of labor
provides ten higher paid substitution for each task
and occupation tossed to the scrap-heap
The classified telephone directory lists thousand businesses
that 1920 never heard of.
And the majority Of them under the management Of
people whom necessity and innovation compelled to readust
themselves to changed conditions
Balance Sheets impressed with the superior skill Of robots
kicked took and lunch buckets out of their fingers and
landed them in garages, filling stations motion picture
theaters radio shopor sent them a become electrical
bus owners and suburban developers.
The early Nineteenth Century visualzed indefinite bread
lines merely destituon muitudes of wagoners
and spnners, canal oamen and stagecOach drivers the
smoke Of Sphenson locomotive and the steam pouring from
Lancashires powered mills just shOrtsghtedness now
behods inevitable restriction Of employment in the introduction
Of many devices aiming staff curtament production
enlargement.
But the last thing in civilizations plans attain given
goals at the expense of general solvency and welfare
The next generation regularly discovers itself buster and
better compensated than the preceding.
An Industrious doing decenty habited wusing in
dvdual has yet complained Of adverse odds
democracy abolished social determinations and included
license to attempt anything and compete everywhere with
standard cradle equipment.
the Herber
The Washington times., 1930-01-18


they accurate. Nobody can deny their accuracy.
The Government Of the United States pours OUT millions
kaen from taxpayers in absolutely VAIN effort to enforce
prohibition.
Foreign countries Europe Canada Mexico the West Indies
pour IN flood Of whskey And ten times greater flood Of
bootleg liquor poured from hundreds Of thousands
stills.
These figures not exaggerated for the Government has
Eezed than hundred thousand such stills within short
Lime
Senator Borah tells President Hoover that the spending Of
millions millions by the Government in the effort to
force prohibition is "vain from top to bottom. :"
1t is ABSOLUTELY vain, regards prohibition enforce
ment highly successful in squandering public moneys
The liquor traffic that used pay hundreds of millions
year to the Government supplies funds greater to
build up cme promote debauchery bribery general
Enpton.
What the people going DO about it? NOTHING for
Che present, probably.
Prohibition is in the Constitution and will STAY there
Vosteadism is not in the Constitution the Vostead law
problems gradually solved by authorizing light and beer
penahzng whiskey treating the law treats dangerous
drugs clasng light beer and wine with tobacco which the
course recommended than hundred years ago BY
Thomas Jefferson writer Of the Declaration Independence
you forbade the tobacco as well as the use of NOR
phne and cocaine drug booteggrs would deal only in
They would handle tobacco which reveals itself when
used, by its smoke
people feel about prohibition the squandering Of money the
flooding Of our country with rotten and poisonous whskey
financing crime wave that grwg constantly bigger
Proh1b1tlonss industrious letter writer's They inun
date washington with letters demanding scter enforcement
OF law that cannot BE enforced.
And the Government has to think Of measures that
COULD be enforced and would produce TEMPERANCE IN
STEAD OF DRUNKENNESS AND CRIME.
The Washington times., 1930-01-18
THREE-MINUTE JOURNEYS
By Temple Manning

REFORE the war one Of the
most popular capitals in
Europe was Vienna. There
thousands Of Europeans, and a
goodly number Of Americans,
journeyed for periodic holidays,
Naturally the war has dimned,
somewhat, the effervescent gay.
ETY. Of this city, but still It re-
tains many Of its old character
astics. -,
Vienna always, has been and
still remains a vibrant city, a
city which must be reminiscent
Of the Strauss waltZes, the color
Of the HapSburg regime. with
all its pomp and ceremony,
lights, dancing, rich food and
heady wines. These were the
things Of which Vienna Of 20
years ago was made. Some Of
them remain. The people are
still highly emotional-and they
still love their food and wines.
Vienna is said to have been
the home Of the coffee house
(Kaffeehaus, It Is called there),
and one needs but to walk the
streets to believe it. There are
virtually thousands Of these
coffee houses, or cafes. Many
Of them have the tables on the
sidewalRS-weather and season
lnermitting-and tharR one may
The Washington times., 1930-01-18

} family continually mix? Can
you firmly, and SenSibly, refuse
to have anything more to do
with relation? Just try It'll At
once you are branded as a heart
less monster by the whole COM
munity. How could she treat
her poor dear sister sol" they
moan. 1t matters not that
sister is a First Class Cat, and
that they know it as well as you.
She Is YOUR SISTER
that settles it. Therefore, you
must endure each other and
present a united face to the
world.
And the Family Gathering is
quite as deadly as the Family
Row. Consider the hours and
hours spent in discussing such
vast matters as Hester's lum-
bago and Aliens fishing trip
and Rita'S new neckpiece and
little Johnny'S measles. Or in
hectoring Harry because he got
q Dodge instead Of q Chevy.
Outside, in the busy world,
there are books to be read,
causes to be promoted, interest
ing people to be met. But there
you sit with the Family, adviS-
ing Daisy about her dandruff!
Is not this q great way to pro
mote human progreSs2 Yes, it
is NOT!
AS for me, I decided long
since that relations are humans,
like other people, and that I
have a right to Love 'em or
Leave 'em, Just as I do other
acquaintances. just because
mama and papa have produced
brother or sister for me is no
reason why should have it
hung en- me for life. I have
met dozens Of people whom ]
like better than some Of my
blood kin AND I HAVE
EVERY REASON TO BELIEVE
THAT THIS IS THE ONE
POINT ON WHICH I AND
THE FAMILY ARE IN PER
Feet AGREEMENT! So why
bluff?
The Washington times., 1930-01-18
Senator Hastings on Congress
and the District

THERE is encouragement for Wasngtonians in the liberal
views of Senator Hastings Of Delaware toward this city
He feels that this is much National City that Amer
leans everywhere should be educated back any all
wise plans that promote continued Identification to an
attitude of fair and just Federal participation the
penditures necessary to develop such plans.
Senator Hastings thinks that trouble in Congress con-
cernng District affairs s cOwardy fear Of public opinion
back home and he suggests that Washngtonans teach the
Nation to take pride in making Washington greatest and
most beautiful city in the country and in the world
profound pride in Washington This is repeatedly shown
by the deep interest taken by national organizations at their
annual meetings. in advocating Congressional Iberaty to
this city
Men foremost in the activities Of the Nation are practically
unanimous in expressing feelings of to Washington
They discourage present day House policies of wanting their
Federal City made great through tax burdens upon
Washington people They want Uncle Sam just part
The Washington times., 1930-01-18
LISTEN WORLD!
Are Family Ties Sacred?
By Elsie Robinson

I'VE Just read a long letter
1 bewailing the fact that fam
lily ties are so quickly broken
in these rapid transit days.
Well, maybe I'm supposed to
sob in unison but, frankly, it
sounds like great news to me.
FROM A LOT OF RED HOT
OBSERVATION AND PER-
SONAL EXPERIENCE, I'M
CONVINCED THAT THE
SOONER MANY FAMILY
TIES ARE BROKEN, THE
BETTER FOR THEM AND
THEIR NEIGHBORS.
It's a beautiful theory, this
idea that families should hang
together, but in practice it is
accountable for more cussedness
than any other human institu-
ton. An appalling amount Of
bunk has been written about
the Sacred Family Circle, but
lots Of them are not more sacred
than a good cat fight, which
they closely resemble.
The mere fact of kinship
doesn't guarantee that you'll
have a taste or trait in common,
You're supposed to love your
brother and sister but actually
you may be just about as con-
genial as a dose of hives. The
grocer'S wife may understand
you far better than your own
mother and you may really have
far more admiration for the
butcher than your own father!
And yet, because we're related,
we feel that we must hang to-
. gether, though we bore and irri.
tate each other to the point of
tears.
Consider the doggoned fool
ishness of our attitude toward
family rows. If you and a mere
acquaintance consistently exas-
perate each other, you finally
get it out o. your systems in
one, grand brawl and thereafter
proceed to avoid each other.
That is normal, healthy human
behaviour. But suppose that
you and some member of your
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sit and sip his tea or coffee, or
stronger drinks If he prefers,
while the kaleidoscope parade
which is Vienna passes in end.
less review.
Another VienneSe institution
is the Prater-the Peoples
Park. In 1903 the first amuse-
ment park was opened in the
Prater and ever since that the
Coney Island" Of Vienna has
been an institution.
In the Prater are to be found
many Of the conventional
RmuSementS such as we have
In all our parks. There is a
Ferris wheel, games of all sorts,
conceSsionaries dispense frank
futer sandwiches, candy, bal.
looms and other accessories es.
sential to an outing. And then
there are other things dear to
the heart Of the Viennese.
One Of these is the marion.
ette theater. The marionette
theater? There is a whole
street full in the Prater. And
beer gardens! There gather
the young swains with their
sweetheartS, the hauSfraus
with their portly Spouses. There
they gather, under the romantic
influence Of the soft music and
the stars which seem TO twinkle
% brilliantly overhead.
The Washington times., 1930-01-18
Movies In Court Trials

Use Of movies testimony in trials are again in
- dicaed by their acceptance in Washington court
Films in civil quite easily be prepared and
may have extensive influence with juries
The main trouble at present is that rooms are not
equipped with paraphernaia for showing films
Movies would be wonderfully potent they could picture
Of the gangster crimes in big ciiesthe belchng of
machine guns sawed off shot guns and pistols and the falling
of victims.
Photographers have and courage and will chances
against the most desperate criminals just to get hot action
picture.
It almost certainty that films viii figure extensively
in criminal and civil of the future and that thew will
scientifically used by law enforcing agencies supplement
oral testimony
The Washington times., 1930-01-18
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
BY Dr.. Louis e. Bisch-.

DLASTIC surgery seems to be
= gaining headway. Nowadays
people are having q bumped or
crooked nose Strengthened, "face-
lifting" Is resorted to, ugly moles
are removed, even q deformed
figure due to surplus adiposity is
receiving the attention of some
doctors.
It Is a perfectly natural desire
for any man or woman to want
to appear as attractive as pos
Sible. We need not laugh at it.
Such a desire is not always
prompted by vanity.
The real, underneath motiva-
ton which leads persons to con.
suit the plastic surgeon is often
an overwhelming sense Of in.
feriority.
A person with q deformity
may not be ashamed of it, but
you may rest assured that he
wishes he were rid Of the de-
formity and looked normal.
We do not realize, really, how
much we stare at such people
and how often we comment upon
it to others.
Such handicapped individuals
are invariably representative.
They resent being pointed out
and talked about. Often, in
deed, they suffer acutely.
This feeling Of being differ.
ent" can develop into one Of the
worst mental tortures that exist.
It can make such an indi-
vidual Shun social contacts.
It can make him timid and
sometimes afraid. It develops
q sh|lt-in, Seclusive attitude.
There are cases where real and
definite resentment exists.
+ Persons with defective hear.
ing, for example, usually tend
to be sensitive about their
misfortune. Sometimes they
are suspicious because they
know they do not hear
everything that is said and
consequently suspect they are
being talked about. I mention
deafness because 1t is q condi-
ton all Of us are familiar with.
But in the same way, often
even to q greater degree, are
mental defects to be noted in
all other types Of physical de-
formity or blemiSheS or han
dicaps, no matter what their
nature may be.
We must be careful, there
fore, how we treat such peo-
pie. In virtually every in.
stance the individual himself
is not to blame.
Nowadays, however. he can
do q lot to remedy the handi-
cap-and he does.
Not only does he have the
face made more attractive, cor.
recting obvious defects with
the aid Of surgery, but super.
fluouS hair Is removed by the
skin specialist, misplaced and
ugly teeth are taken care Of
by the dentist, weak chinS are
treated by the orthodentist,
speech defects are cured by
the psychologist, foot anomalies
are improved by the ortho-
pedist-and so it goes.
OF course, all defects can,
not be corrected. and care
should be exercised In select
ing o SpecialiSt for the work.
The Washington times., 1930-01-18
THE MARRY
GO-ROUND
BY Helen Rowland

Keeping Up With Mother!
TFIE modern woman may be
= put on a diet, on an allow
ance, on a jury or a committee,
but never on the SHELF!
We may have lost our Santa
Claus, but that old goblin-the
fear Of being "shelved"-has
disappeared along with him.
The average girls problem is
not how to keep Mother up-to-
date, but how to keep her
DOWN!
II you tried to put Mother on
the shelf she would probably
swing right off 1t, with that
clever little bar-trick she learned
at the gym last week.
II you handed her a lace cap
and told her to go sit In a
corner and "Set an example,"
she would promptly toss the
cap over the windmill, and tell
you to be yourself! She may
have set q precedent or a fash
ion-or a pace-but If you
MUST have an example" go
look at Queen Mary.
# you handed her q pair
Of knitting needles and a ball
Of yarn she'd laugh, and tell
you to leave that to the younger
generation.
Yet, Mothers hands are never
idle. If they aren't busy with
a vibrator, a pack Of cards or
a club gavel, they are at the
wheel of the car or at the busi-
nees end Of a golf stick.
If you put Mothers feet on a
footstool and told her to keep
them there, you'd find that, at
the first wall Of a saxophone,
the first note Of the opera sea-
son or the first call of spring,
she'd be off and away!
Mother can't always be found
where you left her, nor when
you want her. She's almost as
hard to locate as Dad, nova
days-but she usually leaves
her telephone number on the
mantlepiece.
You cont "go home to
Mother" and take the baby,
when marriage disappoints you,
or your husband doesn't ap-
preciate you. For like as not,
you'll find the Old Homestead
dark and deserted, the key
under the mat, and nothing in
the icebox, but Mothers beauty
pack"
Mother MAY be out attend
ing a christening-the christen-
ing Of q new battleship, or q
new set Of bylaws for her latest
club. Or she may be sitting
up with the Sick"-nursing
along newborn political move
ment.
You can lay your head on
Mothers bosom and sob it all
out, but do be careful not to
crush her Shoulder-corsage, or
to scratch yourself on a COM
mittee pin. You can bring all
your troubles to Mothers knee,
but don't start a run im her
invisible silk StockingsI
The Washington times., 1930-01-18
This Industry Is Sound
THE old Keeley Institute, which languishe
Prohibition Helped It.

HE old Kelley Institute which langushed while has
taken lease of life. It reports banner year
u the number Of persons treated for alcoholism.
Additional wards have been found necessary
The percentage Of WOMEN patients has increased
This interesting information from Dwight Ill., where
he 1879 report OF the Institute has just been made public
In 1911 the report reveals 946 patients were treated
BY 1870 the number had dropped to 1876.
In 1928 it had risen to 7O3.
Last year it reached total Of 754
the end Of $780, at the present rate Of progress it
should be on pre-war basis.
1t rentorces the claim that prohibition helps business The
seey cure Tor example its last legs until the noble
experiment along give it renewed strength and vgor
AND has given new meaning to the equality of the
women are now asserting their newyacquired right
20 get drunk and stay drunk they TO- the as men,
The Washington times., 1930-01-18
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

The value Of architecture de-
pendS on two distinct charac.
ters: the one, the impression
it receives from human power;
the other. the image 1t bears
Of the natural creation.
-Ruskin.
Every person is responsible
for all the good within the
scope Of his abilities, and for
no more, and none can tell
whose sphere Is the largest.
Hamilton.