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The Washington times., 1931-09-07
Lightning Bolt Kills
Fisherman at Beach

Struck by a freak lightning
bolt just before a downpour of
rain, Walter F. Binnix, 40, a
Navy Yard machinist, of the HOO
block of Queens st. N. E., died
instantly on a pier at Chesapeake
Beach last night. Only a few
people witnessed the tragedy.
Binnix is survived by his widow,
GusSie; a daughter, Ethel: two
brothers, w. G. Binnix and e. r.
Binnix, and his father, B. F. Bin
nix, all Of this city. Binnix had
spent the summer months at his
cottage at Chesapeake Beach for
many years.
The Washington times., 1931-09-07
REV. R. BROOKS
BACK IN PULPIT.

The Rev. R. w. Brooks, pastor
of the Lincoln Temple Congrega-
tional Church. returned to the
pulpit yesterday after a months
vacation. The text of his morn
ing sermon was Living Danger
ously." In the evening the Chris
tian Endeavor Society presented
a literary program.
A sermon by the Rev. E. l..
Harrison, pastor of the Shiloh
Baptist Church featured the &C
tivitieS at the Zion Baptist
Church Of Southwest Washing
ton. In the evening the pastor,
the Rev. w. L. Washington,
preached. The Rev. William H.
Thomas, who has just returned
from his vacation, spoke at both
services at the Metropolitan Afri-
can Methodist Episcopal Church.
At the evening services the stew
ards of the church gave a pew
rally for the Old Folks Home.
The Rev. A. F.. ElmeS, pastor
Of the Peoples Congregational
Church preached at both services.
His morning text was "The Cross
Of Christ" and in the evening
he preached from the subject,
Prayer, Jesus Teaching and Ex-
ample" The Rev. Theodore Pc
ters was the guest speaker at
the Frindship Baptist Church.
The pastor, the Rev. H. r. Whit
ing is away on his vacation.
The Washington times., 1931-09-07
.L|NDYS ON VISIT
TOYOKOHANA

TOKYO. Sept. Z G.N.SO-Col.
and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh
paid a visit to Yokohama today.
They called upon the Governor
of the Province and the Mayor of
Yokohama, later viewing the
memorial erected in honor of the
victims of the disastrous earth
quake of 1923. They also visited
the American Consulate and the
plant of the Ford Motor Company.
1t was announced that the Lind
berghs would leave Tokyo on Sep
tember 10, going to Osaka and
Kobe for official receptions, and
starting for China on their home.
ward journey September Is. The
trip to China will be made by way
Of the Fukuoka prefecture and the
Goto Islands.
The Washington times., 1931-09-07
LEAGUE ISSUES
INVITATION To
MEXICO
Depression and Disarmament
Hold Center Of Stage As
Assembly Opens Session

Return Of prosperity and re-
duction of armaments held the
center of the stage as the as.
sembly convened for its annual
session.
An elaborate agenda has been
prepared to permit the assembly
to begin immediate inquiries into
the causes Of the present world
wide economic depression and
seek some means Of restoring nor
NAL prosperity.
To Talk Disarmament
While the aSsembly's economic
deliberations will be watched
with keen interest throughout the
world, the subject Of disarma
ment is also catalogued for de
tailed discussion. The body is
confronted with the task Of lay
ing definite plans for the gen
eral disarmament conferenc
scheduled to meet under its au
spices in February, 1882.
Spaniard in Chair
The assembly Is meeting un
der the presidency Of Alejandre
Lerroux, minister Of foreign at
fairs in the Spanish republican
government.
The session opened with elec
tion of officers. M. Titulescue
former Rumanian ambassador tc
Great Britain, was reelected
chairman, establishing a prece
dent as the only man ever chosen
for the post two consecutive
years. He received IS votes tc
81 for Count Apponyi, Of Hun
gary.
The Washington times., 1931-09-07
Communists Smash
Windows in BUDAPEST

BUDAPEST. Sept. Z QN.SO.
Twenty persons were injured when
police went into action to disperse
crowd of rioting Communists
staging an unemployment demon
stration.
The demonstrators went through
the streets smashing the windows
and invading restaurants with de.
mandS for food. Fifteen alleged
ringleaderS were arrested.
The Washington times., 1931-09-07
CONGRESS RULE
STILL REMAINS
IN DOUBT
Death Plays No Favorites,
But Claims a Democrats
and Also 4 Republicans
By GEORGE r. HOLMES

BY GEORGE r. HOLMES
The great mystery Of Washing.
ton has been for months and con-
tinues to be:
''WhO will control the Seventy
second COngress?"
There isn't any anSwer-yet.
Each time a member dies ap-
prehensive party leaders, Cabinet
officers, White House secretaries,
committee clerks, newspaper cor
respondents, all get out their pen
ellis and start figuring. They
cover reams of paper with their
figures, argue endleSsly and in
the end have little for their pains
except a collection of its, andS and
butts.
Death Moves Quickly
Usually before their calculations
are dry another member has gone
on to whatever Elysian fields are
reserved for departed Congress
men and the figuring has to be
done all over again. And so on,
ad infinitum.
An inscrutable Providence and
the cantakerouS notions OF per-
haps 20 members will ultimately
solve the puzzle Of control.
Guessing about the whims OF
fate is idle business. Guessing
about the whims Of a score Of
Congressmen where their ambi-
tions, their prejudices, their likes
and dislikes are concerned, is
even more idle.
Perhaps the most completely
unpredictable thing in Washing
ton today is this question Of con-
troll Of the new Congress.
AS developments occur, mem
bers die, the control shifts like
some erratic finger, pointing first
to the Republicans, then to the
Democrats.
Equality Is Maintained
When the Seventy-second Con-
greSS was elected last November,
the Republicans emerged with a
majority Of one in the Senate,
and two in the House.
Since the election there have
been eight deaths among the
House membership, but a whimsi-
cal Fate has maintained that
equal division, even in death. Four
Republicans and four Democrats
have died. The partisan lineup
thus remains as it was last No
vember. In the elections of this
coming November to fill the va
cancieS the expectation is that Re
publicanS will be elected to Repub-
lican vacancies, and Democrats
elected to Democratic vacancies.
The districts concerned figure that
way.
Thus the chances appear excel.
lent that when the roll is called in
the House next December Z the
lineup will be as it was when the
polls closed a year ago.
The Washington times., 1931-09-07
nEPARTuRES FROM NORMAL


Accumulated excess of temperature
since January 1. 1881. 42S.
Excess of temperature since Septem-
Der 1. 1881. %.
Accumulated deficiency of precipita-
ton since January /. 1881. 4.37.
Deficiency of precipitation since Sep
tember !. 1881, O.9S.
TIDE TABLES
Today-High tides, s:12 a. m. and
3:44 p. m; low tides, 1929 a. IN. and
1908 p. m.
Tomorrow-High tides, 4:14 a, m.
and 4:47 p. M; low tides, 11:22 a. m.
and 11:15 p. m.
THE SUN AND THE MOON
The sun rises today, 5:41 a. m. and
sets 6:31 p. m.
The sun rises Tuesday, SAP a. m.
and sets 6:29 p. m.
The moon sets today, S:4s p. m.
The moon rises Tuesday, 12:41 a. m.
and sets 4:33 p. m.
The Washington times., 1931-09-07
President Enjoying
D0y at RapidGH1

LURAY, Va. Sept. z QN.S0.-
President Hoover was enjoying
the holiday today resting at his
Rapidan River lodge.
DR.. Joel T. Boone. White House
physician, who is experimenting
the Presidents last summer .holi-
day, reports his health in excel
lent condition. but insists upon
complete relaxation. in prepara-
tion for the strenuous days ex'
pected at the Capital during the
fall and winter.
The Washington times., 1931-09-07
PR|SONERFLEE
FROM LORTON
Photo by International

Samuel r. Foltz, Is, escaped
early this morning from Lorton
Penitentiary, Lorton, Va, and is
being sought by armed guards
and bloodhounds. !
Foltz, on September 26. 1890.
was sentenced to 18 months for
forgery. He gave his Washington
address when arrested at 214
John Marshall Pl. N. w,
The Washington times., 1931-09-07
Weather Details
UNTIL p. NJ. TUESDAY

FORECAST UNTIL p. NJ. TUESDAY
For the District Of Columbia, fair and
continued cool tonight: Tuesday fair
and slightly warmer; gentle north,
shifting to east or southeast winds.
For Maryland, fair and continued cool
tonight; Tuesday fair and slightly
warmer: diminishing northwest and
north winds. becoming gentle variable
Tuesday.
For Virginia. fair tonight and Tues
day; slightly cooler in south portion to-
night: slightly warmer in north por-
tion Tuesday; moderate to fresh north
or northeast winds.
The Washington times., 1931-09-07
Stabbed by Wife, Man
In Critical Condition

Harry Repley, colored, S5, Of
$40 Florida Ave. N. W., is in a
critical condition in Providence
Hospital today after having been
stabbed in the chest by his wife,
Florence Repley, last night.
The wife, held by police on an
open charge pending the outcome
of her husbands injuries, said
that the stabbing was the out
growth Of a family quarrel"
The Washington times., 1931-09-07

Pattern 2004 is obtainable
only in sizes 16. 10, 20, "a, 36,
SO, 40 and AZ. Size 16 requires
AZ yards Of 80 inch material.
Yardage for every size, and
simple, exact instructions are
given. No dreSsmaking expert
ence necessary to make this
model with our pattern.
Send Is cents, coin or stamps,
for each pattern, giving name,
The Washington times., 1931-09-07
SMOKER BURNED IN BED

Lew Martin, %, yesterday was
burned on his shoulders and arms
when clothing on his bed caught
afire from a lighted cigarette in
his home in the 14OO block Park
Road N. w. He was treated at
Casualty Hospital.
The Washington times., 1931-09-07

address, style, number and size
wanted. Send for fall fashion
book. Price, Is cents. Book
with pattern, rs cents. Address
Washington Times Pattern Bu-
reau, 243 w. Seventeenth St.,
New York CITY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-11

Room sizes, ox12 feet or
8Hx10K feet. You'll find these
rugs very attractive and service
able and greatly underpriced.
The Washington times., 1931-02-27
''MAKE BELIEVE 4 FasAstspptng By F

There are a great many peo-
pie, indeed a great many fam
lilies, who should go en- maSse
to Miss Katharine Cornells
play, "The Barretts of Win.
pole Street" If they do not
happen to be in New York or
any other city where it is play
ing, they should get the book
Of the play and read 1t.
recommend this as a method
of treatment. 1t is a very pleas
ant kind Of dose, I should say,
because the play is one of thrill
ing interest, and the mere sight
and sound Of Miss Cornell is a
kind of glory in itself.
A Chronic Invalid
"The Barretts Of Wimpole
Street" concerns itself with the
household of Edward Barrett,
the father of the poetess Eliza
beth Barrett, at the time when
Robert Browning proposed mar
riage to her. Miss Barrett had
always been supposed to be an
invalid. She spent most Of her
time on a couch in a Semi-dark-
The Washington times., 1931-02-27
ADVICE TO
LOVELORN
BY Beatrice Fairfax

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
I have been married three
months. I love my husband, or
at least 1 thought 1 did. But it
frightenS me to realize that I
do not understand him after
all. ALI his ways are so diff
ferent from those of my own
family. I can't make him over
or make myself over. So I am
utterly at sea. I beg you to ad-
wise me. PUZZLED BRIDE.
It's an old story, my dear
child. Don't let yourself feel
alarmed and lonely because you
and your husband have been
differently brought up, a fact
which should really make you
more interesting to each other.
Most young couples have to
spend a good share Of this first
year of marriage simply in get
ting used to each other. If you
honestly love your husband and,
If you do not make the mistake
of playing baby and running off
to weep on your mothers breast,
you will find that each day will
bring you and him closer to-
gether. A year from now, this
feeling that so disturbs you will
have entirely disappeared. I'm
sorry about it, but you must be
plucky!
The Washington times., 1931-02-27

say, I thought, what are they
planning?
She bade me good-by with
unusual fervor. She acted as
if she never expected to see me
again.
AS she started down the
steps, she turned, opened her
lips to speak, thought better
Of it, turned back again, and
was gone without another word.
1 didn't know what it was
all about, but I did know some
thing was up.
For some time I had had a
terrible dread of being sent
to Patton, the insane asylum
of Southern California.
Every once in a while, when
I was unusually unreasonable,
someone in the family would
warn me, and say:
alma, do be careful, or this
will all end in Patton"
When Dorothy Davenport said
good-by, in such a strange way,
1 knew in my inmOst heart
that someone was planning to
send me to Patton.
Just Drama
Long into the night. that
night, I lay awake, trying to
make up my mind, or what
was left of my mind, what to
do, where to turn, for help of
deliverance from my hopeless
slavery.
The Washington times., 1931-02-27
ALMA RUBENS' LIFE STORY

old. He asked me how I was.
1 told him I was feeling well
and asked him to sit down in
the living room and 1 would
get dressed and come down
to see him.
When l sat down near him
in the living room, there was
something strange about him,
he did not meet my eyes as ne
had always done. He talked
kindly and quietly.
Finally he took a deep
breath, rose, and went to his
medicine case.
He took a bottle out OF his
case, found a glass on the ia
BILE, and poured out drink OF
a light brown liquid.
Here Alma" he said, "tske
a. little bit of this, it is very
fine, old Bourbon"
Drugged Liquor Offered
I knew that that liquor was
drugged, I knew it as If l
had seen the doctor put the
drug into it.
THANK you, doctor" I said.
st don't care for liquor at all"
All the time I kept thinking,
where is my mother, where
is my husband, they are
usually downstairs far ahead
of me. why are they keeping
out of the way now?"
The doctor walked to the
window and made a signal.
He turned around to me and
asked if he might use the tele-
phone. 1 told him yes, OF
course, and the minute he left
the room I ran to the front
door. It was a Dutch door,
divided into cross-wayS. The
upper half was open. Two
men stood there looking in.
What do you want, l
screamed, "you can't come in"
Take it easy lady," said one
VI GIlG 1k1C1ls VIC UAC 6OAA9 ~
take you to the hospital" /"
I saw a great bulge in one
of his pockets, it was a
straitjacket, 1 knew that. l
rushed to my room and locked
the door. 1 ran into my bath
room and locked the door.
There my eyes fell on a sharp
butcher knife lying on the
bathroom clothes horse, how 1t
got there 1 have no idea, but
there it was. I seized 1t, l
heard the door to my bed
room give and I knew that the
doctor, and the two men were
in the room. / put a little
bathroom chair under the knob
of the bathroom door. y have
a butcher knife here" said:
"try to open this door and I'll
kill myself"
>(To Be ContinuedO
The Washington times., 1931-02-27
By FAITH BALDWIN
DIET AND HEALTH
BY DR.. Logan Clendening.

ened room. She was alleged to
have something the matter with
her spine. She was guarded
against all shock, all excite
ment, all the incidents Of the
outside world.
This myth that she was un-
able to endure the experience
of life was fostered largely by
her father. He was q curious
sort of domestic tyrant, COM
mon enough, we'll meaning
enough, perhaps, and convinced
of his own rightness, but in
reality as cruel as if his heart
had been made of flint. Eliza
beth was constantly reminded
that she was too weak or Sickly
for ordinary activities, of the
dreadful consequences which
might follow breaking her i'm
prisonment.
Poisonous Atmosphere
She lived, as Chesterson says,
in that most poisonous and
degrading of all atmospheric
a medical atmosphere. thor
oughly agree with him. Every
one must know 20 or more
families who breathe such an
air-homes where medicine bot
ties litter the cupboardS, where
aloeS and aspirin are consumed
by the hogshead, and death and
disease Skulk about the furni-
ture. Medical man though /
am, / believe that for such peo-
pie the doctrine of our brothers.
the Christian Scientists, would
be a wholesome thing.
In the case of Elizabeth Bar
rett, the proof of the pudding
is known. She threw off the
miasm of her fathers house.
she left her couch and her
darkened room. and eloped with
Robert Browning. For 16 years
she lived a free and healthy
life, she bore him a child. Never
once in all those crowded years
was there any suggestion that
her "spine" was any worse than
anybody's else or that it was in
any way necessary for her
health to be confined to bed in
Wimpole Street.
The Washington times., 1931-02-27
THE BEAUTY
BOX

Do you know that warts don't
like castor Oil. AS soon as they
appear, dab the oil on every
day. Soon it is good-by wart.
Honest!
With all our labor saving de-
vices, housekeeping is no but
ton-preSsing business. Window
SillS must be busted, frying pans
secured. The problem of keep
ing finger nails looking like so
many pink rose petals is about
what it always was. An impor-
tant detail is to keep the cuticle
detached from the nail base. so
that rag-tags and bob-tailS won't
form and develop into hang
nails. Push the cuticle back
gently with . the towel after
washing the hands and every
night apply Oil OF cuticle cream.
Difficult for useful, busy hands
to be kept beautiful, but it nallEt
be done.
The Washington times., 1931-02-27
FASHIONS
F AN CIES

Right on top are hats with
with trimmings of fur. Very
new and lovely is a model with a
crown of black moleSkin with
pointed encruStationS Of lus-
trouS white satin. There is a
narrow scarf, too. that is quite
long and ties with a large bow.
Go out to dinner wearing one
of the new dinner frockS. Ideal
for this type Of function is a
frock of black chiffon with
bands of silver seQuins. The
long sleeves are slashed and
there is cluster of black and
white flowers at the waistline
in back.
There is always y cry for
handbags, no woman ever owns
too many of these useful and
beautiful accessories. For after
noon wear there is a round
pouch made of black antelope
with a large ornament and i'm
portant lift-lock developed in a
lace design in marcasite set
with onyx.
A Woody Look is to be found
wherever fashion foregatherS,
for frocks of fine wool lace are
becoming increasingly popular.
For afternoon wear there is a
frock of dark navy wool lace
very moulded and trailing to
the floor. There is decollete
back and the cowl line in front
is held by a fob of blue enamel
and brilliantS.
Old But Still Crisp is that
lovely material known as faille
which is just as liked today as
it was in grandma'S time. But
it is handled so cleverly now.
For instance, there is an eve
ming frock of silver dotted crisp
black faille with panniers over
each side of the skirt and
sparkling shoulder straps mark
ing a one-sided decolletage.
It's Smart to be Odd when
the oddity is smart. For in
stance, with a perfectly plain
untrimmed black satin evening
fIOCk, a woman wore gloves OF
gauntlet type Of knitted Silvec
thread that simulated perfectly
tAA chain mail Of RrmoA
The Washington times., 1931-02-27
WhenManners AreC Correct
BY Mrs. Cornelius Beeckman-
Party Plans

Party Plans
DEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
I am having a party-or
should say ''gathering"-and
should like to have you an
sWer a few questions in order
to settle arguments among
my girl friends.
l. Should the invitations be
written on cards or merely on
plain white letter paper?
2. In what form and just
how should they be worded?
8. Please tell me how my
mother should be introduced?
Shall call her into the parlor
as each guest arrives or after
they have all arrived? Must I
announce her name to each
one, or just once for all OF
them to hear? READER.
Either is correct, il the cor
respondence cards are of a size
to allow plenty of room for the
invitation. Plain white letter
paper is always excellent form,
and permits a better space and
more margin for the invitation.
And party" is. I think, always
a charming WOrd-better than
gathering.
2. The invitation should read
something like this:
DEAR ALICE:
will you come to my party?
I am asking some friends to
come to my home on Friday.
February the tWenty-fifth, and
you will make mother and me
happy if you will come. Please
say that you will and please
come in about eight o'clock.
"Best and dearest wishes
from us both.
Very affectionately yours"
8. Your mother should make
a special point to be ready to
receive your guests with you.
When the first guest arrives
she should be on hand to Tex
tend the welcoming hand OF
hospitality" and she should
stay to greet all the guests.
When you introduce the
guests to her say Mother, may
I present Mr.. Phillips?" or
Mother. this is Mr.. Harry
Phillips" or Mr.. Phillips, do
you know my mother?" or
Mother, Miss Clara Johnson"
The Washington times., 1931-02-27

cally i'll, he juSt-brooded. Only
a rich man can afford to brood!
thought Mary Lou.
After she had explored build
ings and roadways and beach
she cut off through a little path
in the woods and spent an en-
chanted hour wandering, get
ting lost, finding her way again.
The trees were bare, for the
most part, save for a few which
clung tenaciously to what was
left of their autumnal glory,
and of course the living ever
greens and cedars.
Continued Tomorrow
The Washington times., 1931-02-27

Toward daylight 1 fell into a
troubled sleep.
I dreamed Of the little
churchyard again, where my
little schoolmate and used to
go and put flowers on the
grave of little Alice May.
My hands were full of yellow
poppies, and blue lupin, but
when 1 stopped to lay them on
the green grass of the little
grave, they turned into snakes,
and writhed in my hands. I
woke screaming in terror.
1t was broad daylight, and
I had the feeling that someone
was looking into my window.
I jumped out of bed, threw a
dressing gown over my s. houl-
derS, and ran to the window,
just in time to see two men dart
into a hiding place behind a
bush in our garden.
1 knew it. I knew it the min
ute 1 saw them. They were
men, come to take me to Pat
ten!
Enter the Doctor
/ wouldn't go! I would
never go! I would kill myself
first. but how, where, when!
Just as I was racing my
brain for a plan, a knock came
at my door.
A doctor, who was also an
old friend, stood on the threSh-
The Washington times., 1931-02-27

a little impatience toward
TraVers Lorrime~ despite all
her pity for him. He had so
much, so much more, even,
than was necessary, and Ger
tainly more than enough to
win him back again to health
and happiness and to useful
ness as a citizen of the world.
Big Business
She wondered if Mrs. Lor-
rimer in her great anxiety for
him had not perhaps given in
to him too much. If he had
been a poor man he could not
have spent his days and months
The Washington times., 1931-02-27

and years as semi-invalid,
waited on hand and foot. He
would have had to earn a liv-
ing. Mrs. Lorrimer had told her
that there was a good deal of
business connected with her
late husbands very large estate.
His son was, thought Mary Lou,
certainly the person to take
over the management Of the
estate. He was old enough, she
continued muSing, a little iri-
tated. But he did nothing, per-
mitted the whole burden to fall
upon his mother and her hired
assistants! 1t was ridiculous,
she though; he wasn't organi-