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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-28

Meeting, Conduit Road Citizens As
ISOLATION, Potomac Heights Community
Church, pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-28

Card party. Girls Friendly Society.
Masonic Hall, Eighth and F streets, 8 80
pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-28

Dance, Employees Of Washington
hotels, Arlington Hotel, $50 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-28

Birthday party Brightwood Chapter
o. e. s., Brightwood Ma5onic Temple,
8 pm.
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The right clothes for
a bright weekend!

ETS make holiday of it. Let's places things Let's
have the right clothes for the OCCASION And let's
that Saks has the knack of having the right thing Here you
find full eectonvaues that specialized outstanding
and the service that guarane delivery ample time
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-28

Meeting. Free Lance Club, Thorn
son Community Center, Twelfth and
streets, pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-28

Meeting, Pi Psi Chapter Of the Delta
Sigma Fraternity, 813 Hamilton street,
3 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-28

Meeting, Alpha Iota Kappa Fra
ternity, Hamilton Hotel, 8 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-28

Card party, Keane Council. Knights
Of Columbus, 915 Tenth street, 8 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-28

Carnival, Columbia Lodge Of Elks,
No. IS, 3ol Rhode Island avenue, 4 pm.
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Sakscrest Serge
With one pair Of the Blue
trousers and one pair Of
White or Striped Flannels.
Unquestionably Wash
ington's most favored
Blue Suit. Tailored of
fine Serge (or Un6n-
ished Worsted) = in
the smartest sin gle
and double breasted
models of the present
season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-28

Meeting. Board Of Managers Sons of
the American Revolution, Willard Hotel,
4:30 pm.
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WOfsted FLANNEL
With one pair Of the Ton
trousers and one pair of
White or Striped Flannels.
Tan comes into new
popularity and you
will see it at its best
in the superbly tai.
lored Sakscrest Tan
Worsted Flannel Suit.
Regular or patch
pockets. Sin gle or
double breasted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-28

WOrsted Flannel
With one pair OF the Grey
trousers and one pair of
White or Striped FEanneIs.
Flannel is a great fa-
vorite this season.
Here are easy.draping,
custom-type models in
beautiful, soft-textured
Sakscrest Gray Wor-
sted Flannel. Regular
or patch pockets.
Saks-Third Floor
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BY Logan Clendening, M. d. !


Much of the mystery which
seems to exist in patients
minds concerning the pro
nouncements of their physicians
would probably be dispelled if
they understood exactly how
the results were obtained.
Take, for instance. the ques-
ton of blood counting. The
physician has his laboratory as
SiStant stick your finger or your
ear with a needle and obtains a
drop of blood. This is sucked
up into a peculiar looking tube,
which the assistant carries into
the laboratory, and in the
course of time the physician
says:
Normal Blood Count
Your red cells are four mil
lion and your white cells five
thousand"
What does this mean? It
helps some that the doctor says
that is about normal" But
you sometimes wonder how &C.
curate such statements can be,
how much dependence can be
put on them What maneuvers
does the assistant go through
to obtain this knowledge?
The procedure is quite simple
and extremely accurate. The
principle depends on the fact
that a drop Of undiluted blood
is so crowded with cells that it
would be impossible to count
them under the microscope. The
method then is to dilute Cor
separate) the cells until you can
count them and then multiply
by the number of times you
have diluted them to get the
actual number of cells in an
actual drop.
The little. tubes into which
the blood is sucked for making
tllS CeSC are very accurately
calibrated SO that an extremely
minute amount of blood can be
measured off. After the blood
is drawn up into the tube, it is
diluted very accurately with an
other solution. AS there are
two kinds Of blood cells-the
red and the white-two differ
ent solutions are used to dilute
the two different blood speci-
mems obtained.
The first solution used for
counting the red cells is simply
salt solution. A one to two
hundred dilution is usually
made. Then a small drop of
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the Mode

so much better a reproduction
than we'll very often see.
UP the Aisle
When we saw this dress we
imagined it on a flower girl in
a wedding party. Can't you pic
ture 1t walking up a long
church aisle, followed by the
bridesmaids in Period gowns
with puffed sleeves, too? A
child was trying it on while We
were there-and how grown UP
she felt-in a dress the length
of mothers! She really looked
too quaint for words.
Bresaque, another French
couturier, designed this sweet
creation. It's all handmade,
too-and what workmanship in
volved in all the ruching that it
has, around the neck and skirt.
You'd expect to pay at least $25
for it and that's about the
price. It comes in sizes from
eight to fourteen.
For names Of shops where
you can find these frOcks,
write The Times Fashion De
partment, or call between 3 and
IL q. m. or 1 and 5 p. m.
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Orange-a famous French de-
Signer-and it costs just under
$40.
New RuffIes
The child up in the center
Of the picture is wearing
georgette frock. Ruffles-flLf-
fest Of detailS-are used in new
ways comprising very short
sleeves and godets in the skirt.
In a dainty dress like this, a
girl couldn't help losing any
awkwardness she might be
wont to have. And what mother
could resist it when the price is
only about $11?
A Period Revival
The little blind man" in the
game that's being played above,
has on a dress that is not only
a French copy, but one that has
real Period" influence. Haven't
you seen paintings of young
princesSes who lived in the last
century, wearing dresses that
were just like this - short,
puffed sleeves, fitted bodice
with a long, full skirt reaching
to the ankles? A lovely style
to bring back in fashion. And
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inability to lead a suit headed
by trick takers.
Against trump makes fourth
best cards may be led from suits
.headed by cards not higher
than the queen. The chief OBJ
ject of such leads is to inform
partner that you are leading
from a long suit; sometimes the
value of the card led conveys
valuable information to partner
concerning the number of the
suit held by the declarer and
what top cards he possesses.
A Lucky Winner
Against trump makes q de-
fender cannot expect TO win
more than two tricks in a solid
suit. In case his suit is not
solid he is lucky to win one
trick. With such restricted
chances of winning defensive
tricks senior must be as care
full not to assist the declarer
as Harry Lauder is supposed to
be about wasting his money.
Never blindly open a suit head
ed by either ace or king with
out the other high honor. Do
not blindly open tenace suit
(A-Q, KID. Wait for some.
other player to lead towards
your tenaceS and single high
honors. Blindly laying down
an ace more often than not
costs your side a trick. If you
lead an ace you will have worth
less cards played upon it, but
If you save your ace you prob
ably will kill high honor.
The above hints will enable
you to avoid most of the COM
mon errors of blind leads.
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When Manners
Are Correct
DEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:

DEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
/. When sending a thank-you
letter for wedding gifts, how
should the letter be written
by that I mean, should the
woman's name come first and
the mans second, like this:
Dear Eva and Earl" or should
the mans name come first and
the woman's name second,
Dear Earl and Eva?" The gift
was sent by Eva and Earl, but
the check was signed by Earl.
2. In answering the gift by
thank-you card, how should
the letter be signed? Should
the letter be signed Harold and
Helen, or Helen and Harold
and does it make any differ
ence who writes it? READER
/. In this note write the wo-
mans name first Dear Eva
and Earl. The fact that the
check was signed by Earl does
not affect this, since it is, OF
course, from both of them.
2. The bride-to-be writes the
thank you" notes for the we'd
ding presents, or, if they are
received after the wedding, the
wife writes these notes. She
signs them with her name only,
but in the body of the note
she naturally refers to her
fiance's, or her husbands (as
the case may be- appreciation,
too, of the thoughtfulness of
the. gift John and 1 are
so happy about your dear
thought of U.S." and so forth.
And you didn't mean that
you were to send thank you
card, did you? Don't send a
ready-made card a note OF
thanks is the thing to send.
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Shopping

A tiny letter for a little girl
an invitation to a birthday par
ty! That's all a mother needs
to start her thinking-wonder-
ing what can my daughter
wear?" Last years dresses are
all outgrown-and besides, it's
such fun to buy her something
new. And that's just what lots
of mothers are doing at this
party-time of year!
A Rainbow of COIOrs-A
Variety Of Details.
We found this out by walking
through some children's dress
departments. So many women
there we're choosing party
dresses for their little tots, that
we fingered on to see what they
are like this season. We found
ourselves entranced! A rainbow
of pastel colorS-not only the
familiar pink5 and blues, but
nile green, peach and even
maize. And the sweetest styles
they're made in with puffed or
very brief sleeves. or else a cape
collar in their place. New and
charming details, too. are used,
such as scalloped tuckings, ruff
fled godets and applied bands
of ruching.
Fluffy fabrics like georgette
are so much the most becoming
to very little girls-though. Of
course, they look equally well on
bigger growing girls. But older
girls of eight and more also
look we'll in more grown-up fab
RIGS. such as taffeta, that a
younger child would look all
swallowed up in. And when a
girl has attained a bit of
height. she can even carry off
most gracefully, a dress that's
made of crepe.
Designed i'm Paris
That's what is used in the
dress of the little girl on the
left above. Here are the seal
loped tucks we mentioned, run
ming all over the collar and
the hips. And they're all done
by hand-in fact, the whole
dress is handmade. The mar:
row, braided belt fastening with
a round self-covered buckle, has
a slight hint of sophistication.
Grown-ups haven't a monop.
oily on French copies. you know.
Children'S dresses also are de-
signed abroad. then brought
over here and reproduced. In
Paris there's a group of cou-
turiers who specialize in them.
This dress is a copy Of Madame
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chivalrouS to pass the girl
along to another man-like a
box of chocolates or a pair of
theater tickets.
Nature is grand, Of cohse--
but she'd have to work over
time to beat a good beatty par
lour and white-henna pack.
The divorce-mills are kept
merrily humming by the people
who have mistaken love of con-
quest, love of novelty, or love
of diversion, for love of each
other.
Girls used to fall in love at
first sight, but were afraid to
kiss; nowadays, they kiss at
first sight, but are afraid to
fall in love.
One Of the greatest mysteries
of life, to many a modern wife,
is why the manufacturers go
right on m aking felt-lined
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houseslippers for men - who
never stay in the house long
enough to get cold feet.
It is as difficult to per-
suade an infatuated woman
that she is making q fool of
herself, as it is to convince an
intoxicated man that he is
making a spectacle of himself.
Bachelor Philosophy: Better
a stalled OK in a restaurant,
opposite a complacent woman,
than a dinner of canned spin
ach and a lecture Herewith.
Copyright, 1881. King Features
Syndicate, Incl
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Contract Bridge
''The Official System"
BY E. V. SHEPARD

Ability to make the opening
lead is the strongest weapon
possessed by the defenders.
Often the fate of a contract de-
pendS upon what senior leads.
If Junior has not bid, the player
at declarc-'s left must make a
blind lead. If fortunate enough
to hold high cards in sequence
he should lead the highest one,
except in one instance. Leading
against a trump make the ace
followed by the ling definitely
announces that the leader has
no more of that suit and Is
prepared to trump a return
lead. The king followed by the
ace states that he holds smaller
cards of the suit, but that he
does not hold the queen. If he
has A-K-Q, either with or with
out others, senior must lead the
king, followed by the queen.
The fact that he wins both
tricks is sufficient evidence that
he also has the ace.
Nom COmmittal Cards
Against trump makes the lead
of a queen denies holding either
ace or king; a jack lead denies
holding any one of the three
higher honors. Cards lower than
the jack are non-committal;
sometimes the 10 or any lower
card is led as the middle Of
three from Q-10-X, or a lower
card, like the 9, may come from
J-9-X; ordinarily a card like
10, oor some other that can not
be a fourth-best, is led as a
singleton, as the, top Of a dou-
bleton, or as to top of a treble
ton. Such leads merely show
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What Do You
Know?
Questions on Editorial Page

Questions on Editorial Page
AnSwerS to TodGy'S Test
/. Tanglewood Tales. 2. The
DeerSlayer. 3. The Secret Gar
den. 4. The Mayor of Caster.
bridge. S. Skeleton in Armor.
6. Quarantine. 7. Eleventh. 8.
Maize and meat seasoned with
tomato. 8. Charm. 10. Unusu-
ally large or great. II. Hawk.
II. Thomas Jefferson. 10. New
York. ID. Pricking indelible
patterns in the skin. IS. David.
Copyright, 1881. King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
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Household Hints

Warm milk, in which a little
shredded soap has been dis
solved, is excellent for cleaning
kid gloves. Apply with a pad of
soft cloth while the gloves are
on the hands, then remove and
leave to dry.
X X
Grease spots on suede shoes
will disappear If rubbed with q
clean rag dipped in glycerine.
The Washington times., 1931-10-27
Nobody Ever
Understands Me"

CHE'S a nervous wreck. All upset.
- Nobody understands me-, she
complains, what in the world
shall l do?"
If she only knew! If she would
only try Lydia E. Pinkham'S Vege-
table Compound. It's a wonderful
tonic. 1t regulates the system. Drives
those miserable blues away.
And during those trying tines
it's such relief such a comfort.
Try the new tablets. All drug
stores have them. just ask for them
by name and don't suffer unneceS.
Sarily.
The Washington times., 1931-10-27
The Marry-Go-
Round
By FAY KING
BY Helen Rowland
THESE MODERN LOVERS

The "single standard" h a S
been practically established in
everything, including p a ] an1as
and Smoking-cars.
When a mans fancy lightly
turns to thoughts of love- these
days, he promptly puts on the
emergency brake and throws 1t
into reverse.
Why Is it that, when a man is
fed up with a love-affair, he
feels that it is only polite and
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Your Health and Diet

the diluted blood is put on q
microscopic slide, This slide Is
especially made for the purpose
and is the most delicate part
of the apparatus.
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with corrective cream
prescribed by nurses

prescribed by nurses
"uow MUCH smoother and
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compliments! You'll get them the
Vrry Next morning after you've used
this quick-healing night cream.
Nurses first discovered this
quick way to clear and refine the
skin. And largely through their
recommendation, over 100000
women now keep their complex
ions radiantly fresh and lovely
with Noxzema Skin Cream.
Noxzem&is a triple action cream.
ItS soothing oils soften the skin
The Washington times., 1931-10-27
- I A - AuHoro" MQueto
'front.'
A Story Of the Aftermath
Or the World War
The Story Thus Far

Ernst schOOIbOy tells the postwar story Of
comrades who march home when peace made
Arriving their city, scatter to their homes
Ernst finds everything strange and puzzng changed world
friends the only link for him with reality. He
aes forth and looks Albert IrOsske and Willy HOmeyer The
three demonstration in the public
which the three join Speeches madebut the
ncOncIusivey The friends dlsgusd
walks alone to bed conscious suddenly Of the
Of his escape from the maeIstrOm Of
NOW Continue -
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The Washington times., 1931-07-18
GUNNERS HAVE
DAY At CAMP

Excellent work by members Of
Machine Gun Company H, Sec
ond Battalion of the Fifth Regi-
ment, encamped at Cascade. Md,
and an outstanding performance
on the pistol range by Private
Austin McCray. marked yester-
days activities at the camp. .
Twenty-seven out Of 20 men in
the company, which is com
manded by Capt. w. L. Kopp,
qualified as first or second class
gunners.
Almost eclipsing the perform
ance of the gunners, Private Nc
Cray in his first act''el practice
on any range, ran up total Of
80 in hits in preliminary prac-
tice. He will shoot for his rec
ord later in the week.
McCray's remarkable showing
is attributed by his officers to
indoor instruction by Second
Lieut.. -Iwin H. White, pistol ex-
per-
A trip to Gettysburg was on
the program for today. On Sun
day, Capt. William Page Dame
will conduct devotional exercises.
The unit will return to Balti-
more next Saturday.
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RAIL ENGINEER
FIGHTS FINE

Declaring that Private Elon
Turner, Of the Prince Georges
county police force, searched his
automobile with@lt a warrant,
Cloyd w. Gardiner, of Riverdale,
an engineer on the Pennsylvania
railroad, yesterday declared he
would appeal a IS. fine imposed
for driving past a stop sign by
Judge ]. Chew Sheriff. at Upper
Marlboro.
Gardiner was arrested on the
Grain Highway near MitchellS-
vile. According to GARDENERS
story, the policeman called him to
a halt and Immediately queS-
toned him as to the contents Of
a box on the rear seat. He de-
clared that the box was searched
as well as the tool-box under the
seat.
Private Turner, however, says
that every courtesy was exercised
in making the arrest. He halted
Gardiner after he had failed to
stop, he declared, and, after MOTTO
ing the box, decided that it was
a likely place to find liquor. No
liquor was found in the search.
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JUDGE DENIES
SUIT APPEAL

Judge Walter T. Mccarthy. in
the Arlington circuit court, yes
terday refused to allow an appeal
from the findings of board Of
appraisers appointed by him in
the Van Every condemnation suit.
The appeal was taken from
the findings of the board after
the board had allowed Mrs. Vir-
ginia Van Every, of Clarendon,
Va, $1,000 for four and a half
acres Of land used in construct
ing the Lee Boulevard.
The State highway department
was represented by the firm of
Barbour, Keith and McCandlish,
of Fairfax, while Mrs. Van Every
was represented by Emery N.
Hosmer, Arlington attorney.
The appeal was taken on the
grounds that the commissioners
had not followed the instructions
of the court in making their
appraisal and had considered evi-
dence which was not before
them.
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| JA|LED,2DRAW
S135 IN FINES
IN MARLBORO
Charles DiggS, Already on
Parole, Given 6 Months
Sentence on New 0ffenSe

Charged with assault and bat
terry upon Charles Simmons, col
ored, of Upper Marlboro, Charles
Diggs, also of Upper Marlboro,
was sentenced to six months in
the House of Correction by Judge
J. Chew Sheriff, in police. court
at Upper. Marlboro, yesterday.
1t is expected that Diggs' parole,
won two months ago, will be an
nulled.
Diggs, according to the story
told in court, fired one shot from
a revolver at Simmons, inflicting
a slight head wound. His pre-
vious sentence of IL months had
been imposed for striking man
with a crank handle.
James Young, colored. was
fined total of $35 on charges
of hurting missiles at automobiles
and disorderly conduct filed by
Miss Helen Thorne, of Clinton.
According to Miss Thorne, the
man had been annoying her for
some time Young will be given
mental examination next week.
Charged with drunken driving
after an accident on the Grain
Highway, near Upper Marlboro,
Aaron Wilson, colored, was fined
$100 by Judge Sheriff. Three
person, all colored, were injured
in the crash,
The Washington times., 1931-07-18
BIC RAINS HELP
LAUREL THIRST
Photo by International

The heavy rains which have
deluged nearby Maryland during
the past month have saved the
citizens of Laurel, Md, from q
water shortage, according to
Mayor j. H. Fetty.
Mayor Fetty said the condition
would have been somewhat SINH
lar to that experienced by the
Laurelites last summer when the
streams were dried.
Construction work involving
$500 on the town water plant
has just been completed, accord
ing to Mr.. Fetty, with a new
settling basin installed. Further
improvement at a cost of $4,000
will include installation of ap-
paratus for feeding chemicals
into the water.
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FINE ASSESSED
D. c. MAN IN
RUM CASE
Walter CatIin Held Guilty in
Upper Marlboro; Two Others
Tried, One Gets AcquittaI

After duplicating two other
persons, Walter F. Catlin, 2907
Seventh st. S. E., was fined $50
on a charge of illegal possession
of liquor by Judge j. Chew Sher-
iff in police court at Upper
Marlboro, yesterday.
Catlin was arrested several
weeks ago by Deputy Sheriff
Frank Prince, and, according to
Prince, had one gallon Of whls-
ky in his possession. Catlin i'm.
plicated Lee Soper, colored, OF
Fort Washington, and the trial
was postponed.
James Proctor, colored, also OF
Fort Washington, was dragged
into the case by Catlin. The case
against Proctor was dismissed
when it was proved that he was
not at the house at the time OF
Catlin's visit. Soper was also
fined $50.
Charged with illegal possession
of one case of whisky, William
F. Boswell, a farmer Of Bald
Eagle, was also fined $50 by Judge
Sheriff. Boswell was raided by
Prince Georges county police, and
told the court that the whisky
had been in his possession but 10
minutes,
The Washington times., 1931-07-18
Alexandria Truck
To Parade As Unit

The fire department Of Alex
andria, Va, will parade in the
winchester convention Of the
State Firemen's Association in
August as a unit rather than in
separate companies, it was an
nounced last night.
Parading as a unit, however,
will deprive the department of
it's eligibility for prizes as q
ruling has been adopted prohibit
ing the larger cities from using
several companies in unit against
the single companies Of the
smaller towns,