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The Washington times., 1931-12-26
Your Heath and Diet
By Logan Clendening, M. d.

My paper carries an account
from Berlin of a six-year-old
girl who gave a performance on
the piano which astoniShed
large audience. She played for
two hours intricate and exact
ing compositions of Bach.
Haydn, Beethoven, Chopin and
Weber.
It is a coincidence that this
month in a German medical
journal there is an elaborate
study of the psychology of child
geniuSeS.
One of the striking dis
closures is that all the children
delight in exhibiting their accom-
plishmentS. Most of them sup
port their parents. and there is
a tacit assumption on the part
of the public that the parents
are slave drivers who exact ex.
hausting performances from
their offspring. The actual con.
dition seems to be that the chill
dren can never get enough of
the labor they do so well.
The Washington times., 1931-12-26
Rhymins
Optimist
BY ALINE M1CHAELIS

by AL1NE M1CHAELlS
A Prayer
May I not weary at close of
day
This is always my dream
May I find such beauty in sun
sets ray
AS I knew in the dawning
gleam.
My spirits sword-may it still
be keen
To thrust the wrong aside:
MAJ its blade be stainless still,
as clean
AS in hours Of my youth and
pride.
May I not yield to a weak
regret
For the things that could
not be;
May I face the time when the
sun will set,
Still confident, tranquil, free.
May I not tire towards the
close Of day
This is always my prayer
old ships are gallant and old
trees gay,
So may I find dusk fair!
The Washington times., 1931-12-26
Last Word
In Style
TT IS NOT TOO EARLY to

TT IS NOT TOO EARLY to
think Of spring suits. One smart
shop is showing for early spring
or Southern wear, a lovely suit
in very pale pinky-beige with
collar, jacket border and cuffs
made of fox fur dyed to match
the suit exactly.
GET ABOUT, but be sure
that your travel coat Is the cor
rect thing. A new coat for
cruise or motor use is in bright
green wooden trimmed with
leopard fur. The collar is shaped
in notched outline in front and
the fur cuffs follow a curved
line. Detail scanning develops
wide armholes.
FOLLOW THE LINE of the
up-and-down brirn for chic. A
new hat with this type Of brim
faces the uplifted side with
orange and cerise velvet petals.
The hat is of brown velvet and
there is a brown veil embroid-
cred with tiny gold dots at the
border.
It is necessary to have at
least one smart brown hat. An
attractive model uses dark
brown hatter's plush for the
tam crown and has a bandeau
that ends with a large bow.
fashioned of bright green vel
vet. Nice with a brown and
green frock.
The Washington times., 1931-12-26
He Invented the
Barometer
By ARCHIBALD HENDERSON
Ph.D., Del, LID. Famous
Scientific Authority

Scientific Authority
Torricelli was one Of those
scientists, of whom the history
of science is full, who make
their names forever memorable
by a single discovery or inven-
ton of far-reaching and univer.
sal Importance.
EvangeliSta Torricelli was
born at Faenza, Italy, on Octo-
ber Is, 1908. He was reared by
his uncle, an enlightened and
obServant man, who, detecting
his genius, sent him to Rome
at the age of 10 to study under
Benedetto Castelli, the favorite
pupil Of Calico.
In 1643 Torricelli made some
important discoveries in regard
to the flow of liquids through
a small orifice. It was about
this time that he invented the
modern barometer.
In 1643 Torricelli and Viviani
together constructed their first
barometer.
The Washington times., 1931-12-26
A "High.Priced Dispute"

A h.Priced Dispute"
Dear Mrs. Beeckman:
Will you please settle a dis
pute between two friends by
telling me whether or not it is
correct, after having been in
troduced to a person. when
leaving to say, I'm very glad
to have met you."
I contend that this is proper
and my friend says it isn't.
This is a high priced dispuate so
we would appreciate your an
Swer.
I like that term-"high-priced
dispute" Well, since it is, I
am glad to tell you that you
are correct. This pleasant and
appreciate comment is a charm
ing and gracious thing to say,
for one individual to say to
another one. And what is
more, it is correct for a woman
to say to a man as it is for a
man to say to a woman. Now
what did you win?
A Thoughtful Gesture
Dear Mrs. Beeckman:
Will you please settle this
for us? a says it is the proper
thing-when a couple or party
leaves an overnight cabin
after spending the night-to
drive to the office and say they
are leaving, also that they
liked the place and would stop
there again if they happened
to be in that section.
B would like to know If this
The Washington times., 1931-12-26

fints

A metal mold chills more
quickly than one Of enamel or
earthenware.
A little sugar added to cream
Iefore it is whipped prevents
the cream from curdling.
Do not fry anything unless
the fat is boiling. because it
makes the food heavy and sod
den,
The Washington times., 1931-12-26
Correct Manners
By Mrs. Cornelius Beeckman

is proper, or whether they
should just drive away without
saying anything.
READER.
AS judgment about this
seems to me the gracious one,
and am sure that the office
manager would be very happy
to have a guest make this
thoughtful and kind gesture.
And it would take such a little
minute!
The Washington times., 1931-12-26
Contract
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z. 2-Diamonds; A, 2-Hearts; Y,
2-No Trumps; B, Pass. With
out even one heart z could not
stand no-trumps, nor did he
wish to show clubs, so he bid
3-Diamonds. A showed his sec
ond suit by bidding 3-Spades.
Y passed, but B felt obliged to
shift to 4-HeartS. z ventured
5-Diamonds, and A doubled,
ending contracting.
The opening lead was the Q
of spades, because Y's no
trumps had shown two heart
tricks. The spade lead made
it hard work for the declarer
to fulfill his high contract. He
must gain at, least one entry
to dummy to enable him to
discard a losing spade upon
Y's Ace of hearts. He also
needed to lead clubs from
dummy, to obtain a fineSse.
2 won the opening lead with
his K. Then he led his Ace
of trumps, hoping for a favor
able division of trumps, and
found it. The lone K dropped
at the left. Many players
would have tried to coax out
the missing @ by leading the
j. but z figured that the
guarded @ at his right never
would be played upon his j,
thus leaving dummy open to
entry. z calculated that the
only certain method of gaining
entry to dummy. was to lead
his S of diamonds, overtake it
with US 7; if B refused to
play his @, entry would be
gained to dummy; in case B
decided to play his Q entry
could be had on the next lead,
by leading his 6 and overtak-
ing with US 8.
When z led his S and over
took with dummy'S 7, B won
with his @. and led back a
spade. z played his Ace, and
then he put dummy in by lead
ing his 6 of diamonds, and
overtaking with Y's 8. Laying
down dummy's Ace Of hearts,
2 discarded his losing spade.
He led back dummy's j of
clubs, and B covered with his
K. The Ace won the trick,
but another entrance into
dummy was impossible unless
clubs happened to be divided
80. In a vain hope that some
good might be accomplished, z
laid down his @ of clubs. When
A showed out of clubs, z had
to lose another trick. He led
his 4 and gave B a trick with
his 10 of clubs, but the dou.
bled contract of 5-Diamonds
was fulfilled without trouble.
Spectacular hands are inter-
esting, and ultimately one
should learn. how to recognize
them quickly and play them
correctly. But ability to cope
with the less talked about hold
lngS is more vital to success, be-
cause they are with you nearly
all the time. A hand like the
Following offers little of particu
lar interest at first sight. and
yet 1T gives considerable con-
cern othose who just dealt it.
The Washington times., 1931-12-26
Children Come First
Dear Miss Fairfax:

I married when I was 20, my
husband 81. I have now two
children, a boy and a girl, 10
and IL years of age. We were
both very happy at first in our
struggle for success. I helped
him willingly. He attained sue
cess and with it taste for an
other woman, married, en-
ployed by him. I accused him,
but he denied it constantly un-
til I was advised about this
from an outsider. He admitted
admiration for this individual
and that she loved him. He
let her 90, and I have forgiven
him, as I love my husband. But
at times I feel so depressed to
think Of the hundreds which
have been spent on this in
dividual when I sacrificed to
make ends meet. Can one trust
such a man? PERPLEXED.
It is easy to understand your
depression and perplexity when
The Washington times., 1931-12-26
Hard Luck Here
n Miss Fairfax:

Dear Miss Fairfax:
I am in love with a boy, and
I'd like to go out with him to
the movies sometimes, but my
parents insist on making me
stay home at night.
The boy is 81, has a job and
belongs to a fine family. I am
20 and receive a salary Of $40
per week, but I don't get cent
out of it. have to bring a cold
lunch to the office and eat it
there, while the other girls go
out and enjoy their meal. I
don't even get my carfare, and
have to walk such distances
that I'm tired all the time. I'm
certainly disgusted with home
and family. LOUISE.
AS you know, dear Louise, if
you read this column, not often
do I criticize a girls home or
her parents. In spite of mis-
takes they sometimes make,
they're really her best friends.
But I've got to make an eXcep-
ton in your case and sympathize
with you deeply. A girl should
have a part of her earnings for
carfare and other necessary
expenses. That's only common
justice. If you can't make your
parents see this, I'd deduct a
couple of dollars weekly and
turn over the rest. Doubtless
in these hard times, every
penny is needed at home, but
you shouldn't have to walk till
you're tired, and you should be
permitted to go out sometimes
with the nice young man. This
will answer Bon Lou, jean
nette, Fanny May and others.
The Washington times., 1931-12-26
Interesting and
Timely Facts

Five subway lines, totaling
SO miles in length, are to be
constructed in Buenos Aires,
Argentina.
About 81 per cent of residents
OF Switzerland have the use Of
electricity derived from water
power.
All foreigners residing in the
municipality Of Greater Shang.
hal, China, are being classified
in national groups. This is
being done in order to facili-
tate the disposal Of cases in
'volving foreigners.
The Washington times., 1931-12-26

her Santa Claus Her heart does colder
when she herself older She lavish of her
money her time When her money is bit thin, 'h"
This the Of Good Fary-who her best and
prettest foot forward for Christmas Gift!'
NEIL BRINKLEY
The Washington times., 1931-12-26
HIGH SPEED GIRL
A Sensational Novel Of
PIeasure-Mad Youth
What Has Happened Before


Laurel Oakes 49, thoroughly modern finds that she will be
SartOS g. blaS jaded
who infatuated with her. mOgene Gay invites her
to q moonlight party"
Laurel drives her deserted where
she finds q cOnvivial party.
Laurel wild for
Finding slashed the road and
rescued by a stranger.
(Now Go On With the story)
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-21
BASEB ALL
STAN DINGS
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Yesterdays Results
Boston, 13, Washington, 3.
Cleveland, 8; Detroit, 3.
New York, 5; Philadelphia, 4.
Chicago and st. Louis, rain.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-21
Marshall Again
Loses To Lewis

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April 81
W.P)-Ed (Strangler) Lewis won a
clearcut victory over Everett Mar
shall, blonde young giant from La
Jnnta. Colo, last night before the
largest crowd to attend local
wrestling match this season, esti-
mated at 10000.
Relying mainly on the deadlock
Lewis came back to take the second
and third falls with no undue diff
ficulty after Marshall had annexed
the first. The match was as good
as over after the second fall, as
Marshall was SO groggy at the end
OF 1t that he was unable TO rise
from the mat for several minutes
and Lewis had but to toy with
him two minutes and two seconds
before pinning him for the third
fall and victory.
Lewis weighed $50 pounds, Mar
shall 900.
Marshall was the aggressor be-
fore the first fall, rushing Lewis
about the ring and throwing him
out several times. After 38 minutes
and 80 seconds Marshall used a fly
ing mare to put his opponent
on the mat.
In the preliminaries. Jumping
Joe Savoldi. former Notre Dame
football star. threw Billy Burns
Portland. Ore, in IL minutes and
four seconds. The match was for
one fall. Count Ermak Harkovsky
Russia, grappled to a 80 minute
draw with Nick Velcoff, Los An
geles.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-21

the Reds their first three years.
The New York Giants and Bos-
ton Braves played the first double
header of the season, the Giants
winning the morning game 4 TO 3
and the Braves the afternoon con-
test, ! to O. Terry's triple followed
by a wild pitch scored the winning
Giant marker in the opener.
The second game was an old
fashioned hurting duel with Socks
Seibold besting Carl Hubbell. Bos-
ton made seven hits and New York
six. Spohrer's long fly with the
bases filled in the ninth brought
in the only tally of the contest.
Babe Is Hero
Jim Bottomley's sixth inning
home run provided st. Louis with
the winning margin in a 3 to
game with the Chicago Cubs Grimes
out-pitched Bob Smith and capped
the performance by striking out
Hack Wilson in the ninth.
Babe Ruth was the outstanding
here of Yesterdays play. His two
home runs, each with a man or
base, gave the New York Yankees
5 to 4 victory over Philadelphia
The Athletics got away to a four
run lead over Henry Johnson but
could do nothing with the offers OF
his successors, Vernon Gomez anc
Ed Wells. Earnshaw went the route
for the world champions.
The Boston Red Sox showed The
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-21
Girl Swimmer
Travels Fast

BOSTON, April 81. U.R)-Helene
Madison, l7-year -old mermaid from
Seattle. Wash, held ID world and
% American swimming records to-
day.
In an invitation meet here last
night she swan 100 yards in flat
60 seconds-a feat comparable, for
a woman, to a mans running 100
yards In 2-5 seconds. She set a
world record thereby.
Her second world record
performance of the evening was in
the 100 meter event which she won
in one minute 6ai seconds. upset.
ting the record hitherto held by Al
bina Osipowich at one minute Q AS
seconds.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-21
Prison Made Bags
Offered For Sale

San Quentin grain bags are now
available to grain growers of the
valley, according to Homer D. Rid
die, who is in charge of the sales
for the prison.
The bags are stored at the Impe-
rial Grain Growers in Brawley and
will be available for the present
grain season and also for the corn
season.
While there has been a shortage
Of the bags during recent years, the
recent addition and improvement of
machinery has enabled prisoners to
turn out two million more of the
commodity. The total number
manufactured this year reached
five and one-half millions.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-21
HARPER RETURNS
TO N0TRE DAME
IN new POSITION
BY GEORGE KIRKSEY
United Press Staff Correspondent


CHICAGO, April Il. U.P)-Notre
Dame has completed its organiza :
ton to carry on the work of the
late Knute X. Rockne with the ap-
pointment of Jesse C. Harper as di-
rector of athletics.
Harper. who was head football
coach at Notre Dame for five years
before Rockne succeeded him, will
take over his new duties May /. He
will do no coaching, but will su-
pervise the direction of all athle-
tics.
The coaching jobs will remain in
the hands of the men already select
ed: Football, Hartly (Hunk) Ander-
son, senior coach, and Jack Chevig-
ney, junior coach; basketball and
baseball, George E. Keogan; track,
John P. Nicholson.
Harper has not been in direct
contact with athletics since he re-
signed at Notre Dame in 1918, but
he always maintained a keen inter-
est in them.
During the last football season,
Rockne and Harper were perhaps
closer together than for a number
of years. Harper attended the No
ire Dame-Carnegie Tech football
game at South Bend as Rockne's
guest. Afterward he jokingly re-
marked:
"Knute, you make me look worse
every year"
It was Harper who first brought
the shift to Notre Dame when he
became head coach in 1913. He
learned the shift from A. A. Stagg
when he played halfback at the
University of Chicago. It was Har-
per who introduced the forward
pass into the game as real Of
fensive weapon.
Harper's first Notre Dame team.
with Rockne as captain and end
and Charles Dorais as quarterback
won the first major intersectional
victory for the west over the east
by defeating Army, 35 to l3, i'll
1918.
Had Good Record
Ill llNC ySuio 90 1OOtCoi OooSAA
Harper's teams won 33 games and
lost five. Army and Nebraska beat
the Irish twice and Yale once dur
ing Harper's regime.
When Harper retired he wanted
either Rockne or Dorais to succeed
him. The pair planned TO settle it
by tossing a coin, but Rockne mar
ried and Dorias gracefully withdrew
from the running.
Harper was graduated from Chi
cago in 1904 and was football coach
at Wabash college, Charlottesville
Ind, for three years before going
to Notre Dame.
Harper left Notre Dame in 1913
to take over his ranch interests at
Sitka, Kansas, near Wichita. and
less than 100 miles from where
Rockne met his death last month
in an airplsne accident.
It is understood that he will re-
ceive a salary of 5000, although
the Rev. Charles L. O'Donnell, pre-
sident of the university, did not
mention salary or term Of contract
In making the announcement.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-21
Pacific Coast
Training Camps
BY United Press

Coast league baseball clubs start
ed their third week of play today,
with the Sacramento Senators
alone at the top of the column. The
Portland Beavers and Los Angeles
are tied for second place. the Mis-
sion Reds, Oakland Oaks and Hol-
lywood Stars in third place, the
San Francisco Seals fourth and
Seattle Stars last.
This weeks series gave Portland
and Seattle their first games of the
season. The Hollywood Stars jour-
MED to Portland to play the Beav-
erS and the Mission Reds went to
Seattle for series with the In
dians.
The we'll rated Seals, whose per-
formarces thus far failed to live up
to preseason expectations. meet
the Senators in San Francisco.
The Oakland Oaks we're in Los
Angeles for series with the Angels
at Wrigley field.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-21
Hockey Season
Nearing Close

OAKLAND, Cal, April 81. up
The Oakland Sheiks and Oakland
Checkers will meet here tonight
in what may prove the deciding
game in the California ice hockey
league championship series.
The Sheiks are leading the series
two games to one, and need only a
third game to capture the pennant.
If the Checkers win tonight the
series will be tied and another game
will be necessary to decide the
championship.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-21
ROCKIES SHOW
HEAVY HITTING
in FIRST WEEK
by DIXON STEWART
United Press Staff Correspondent

NEW YORK, April 81. W.p)-
Three rockies were among the five
leading major league hitters at the
close of the first week of play III
the 1881 pennant campaigns. sta
tistics compiled today by the Unit
ed Press revealed.
The first week of competition
closed yesterday, with Joe Vosmik,
20-year-old Cleveland outfielder,
leading the batters with a percent
age of .636. Vosmik, whom the In
dians picked up from the Cleveland
sandlots, has hit safely Ia times
in his % trips to the plate. Includ-
cd among his hits are five doubles,
two triples. one home run and six
singles.
James Levy, shortstop for the ST.
Louis Browns, and Harvey Walker,
Detroit outfielder, are the other men
facing major league pitching for
the first time who finished among
the first five.
Levey. who was with Wichita Falls
last season, has an average OF 45O
for third place. He has been at bat
20 times and has nine hits to his
credit. His batting has been the fea-
ture Of the Browns play thus far.
Walker. who played with Evans
vile in the Three Eye League part
of last season. has a mark of .4444
for a tie for fourth and fifth place
with Oscar Melillo of the st. Louis
Browns. Walker has hit safely eight
times in l8 times at bat.
Charles Berry, Boston Red SoX
catcher, ranks second to Vosmik.
He is hitting for an average Of
500. He has been at bat II times
and has raped out nine hits.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-21
Malcewicz May
Wrestle Lewis

SAN FRANCISCO. April 81. W.R
Joe Malcewic2, the Utica Pam
ther," will meet Freddie Meyers,
Jewish heavyweight wrestler of
Chicago, in a finish match with a
possible title bout with Ed "Stran-
gler" Lewis as his reward for VIM
ming.
The bout was billed as one of a
series of elimination contests to Sc
lect a challenger for Lewis, who
recently took the heavyweight
crown from Ed Don George of Los
Angeles.
DR.. Karl Sarpolis, the Cleveland
chiropractor, who recently lost to
Malcewicz, will meet Barney Osto-
powicz OF Texas in another match.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-21
Jockeys Injured
In TanfOran Race

SAN BRUNO, Cal, April 81. W.p)
Two jockeys were under treatment
for severe cuts and bruises today as
the result of spills in which five
horses figured during the running
of a hurdle race at the Tanforan
track here.
Jockey Harry Woods was injured
when his mount, Kiauea, failed to
take the third hurdle. Jockey H. M.
Schultz fell heavily when his mount,
Dormired, failed to take the first
barrier.
Pal Jose. Buddy and Burley K.
also fell but their riders escaped
with minor scratches.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-21
TRIPLE TIE FOR
FIRST PLACE in
JUNIOR LEAGUE
BY LEO ii. PETERSON
United Press Staff Correspondent

NEW YORK, April 81. W.P)--The
1891 major league races entered
their second week today with Wash
ington, New York and Cleveland
tied for first place in the American
League, and st. Louis at the head
OF the National.
The opening week of competition
closed yesterday as Brooklyn and
Cincinnati won their first games OF
the season. The Robins won from
the Philadelphia Phillies. 10 to s.,
while the Reds defeated Pittsburgh,
Z to 5.
Joe Shaute, formerly with Cleve-
land, made his National League de-
but for the Robins and held the
Phillies to II scattered hits. Brook
lyn pounded four Philadelphia
moundsmen for Is hits.
Nick. Cullop's home run with two
on, two out and the score tied at
three all in the fifth inning, fea-
tured the Reds first victory of the
year. Two errors by Regan gave