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The Washington times., 1931-08-01

One can never be exactly sure
what some one else will like.
Although believed I knew her
tastes quite well, I had a slight
feeling Of alarm now and then
as I surveyed my handiwork.
Tastes Are the Same
But my fears were entirely
diSsipated when, after our mar
r1age in New Jersey, I brought
her to our home. She was de-
lighted. And I considered that
a good omen, for it showed how
well our tastes coincided.
OF course, I bought only the
larger pieces of furniture. The
little knick-knacks, the feminine
touch which makes a place
home, I left to her.
The furnishings are not
elaborate, rather do they have
a comfortable, gay, but never
theleSs soothing air. Both Fay
and I are very susceptible to
surroundings, and fortunately
We respond in the same man.
ner to similar environments.
That, to my mind, is an i'm.
portant factor in establishing a
basis for true companionship.
Copyright. 1881. Famous Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
monday: Rudy VaIee will
tell why Fay's beauty and per-
Sonality captivated him, and de-
ScribeS. some incidents of their
rOmance.l
The Washington times., 1931-08-01
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I am very far from perfect.
And I have few qualities which
would make me a good hus-
band. But this article conveyed
the impression that I set my
self up as some sort of mighty,
perfect creature who would
deign to marry when he found
the perfect mate he deserved.
l felt like dropping through the
floor when I read it.
1t set me up in an entirely
wrong light.
Perfection Not Expected
Naturally I have always had
some idea of the kind of girl
I hoped to marry; but I was
not so foolish as to demand
perfection in any degree. And
I certainly never thought that
when I found the right girl it
would be merely a question Of
announcing myself and having
her fall at my feet.
On the contrary, I have al
ways felt that when I found
the girl I desired I would have
some difficulty in making her
believe me desirable. I certainly
have no illusions about my per-
sonality, or attractiveness. I
discovered long ago that mine
was the part of the aggreSsor.
Without being unduly modest
or ungrateful to nature, 1 be-
lieve I have not the handsomer
features that constitute natural
attraction.
So, long ago, I made up my
mind that when 1 did happen
to find the girl with whom I
thought I would be happy,
should have to make every ef-
fort to induce her to return my
love.
And with Fay I was certainly
the impetuous suitor from the
beginning. had to prove what
ever worth I had. And as her
work and ambitions brought
her in contact with more per-
sonable and attractive men than
I, it was no easy task I faced.
But with the persistent de-
termination which is my nature,
I started my campaign to win
her.
have always been accustom-
ed to working hard for what
1 ever finally got, but my am
bition has always lighted the
way over obstacles. From early
youth I have been accustomed
to throwing myself whole
heartedly into whatever task I
face.
Rudy's First Job
The first work I ever did, in
my fathers drugstore in West
brook, Me-, was not entirely to
my liking, but I never Shirked
any of it. When I left the
drugstore and went to work at
a motion picture theater for 81
a week, I threw myself into the
job with as much guSto as I did
when I went to Hollywood to
make a picture at $1,000 a
week.
And on through my career,
working at my music, earning
my own living and tuition at
the University of Maine and
at Yale, playing in a band in
London, seeking a job in New
York, after graduation from
Yale, making my way into
night club work and broadcast
ing-throughout my career,
even when things looked dark,
I have never lost my en-
thusiasm for the job in hand.
Although there have been many
obstacles in my path, I have
never considered my early life
The Washington times., 1931-08-01
c.. E.. Gapen Suffers
Sie0e of Mun1DS

Charles E. Gapen, chief of the
Department of Agriculture Press
Service, is home with the mumps.
just how he got them, or where.
he doesn't know, but got them he
did. Leo S. Richardson, his as
Sistant, who was on vacation in
the Pennsylvania knolls, was sum-
moned back week ahead of
time to care for the press CORE
Spondents in the emergency.
The Washington times., 1931-08-01
Departments Plan
Second Golf Meet

Another tournament is planned
for August 6 by the Department
Golf Association, and Federal en-
ployees who are golf enthusiasts,
even if they fan the air more
often than they hit the ball, are
invited to participate. A total
of 81 departmental golfers took
part in the last tournament at
Bannockburn Country Club.
The Washington times., 1931-08-01
MISS HOOKER HOME

Madeleine Hooker, of 1912
Twenty-firSt st. N. W., Washing
ton, was among the passengers
arriving from Havre on the S. S.
City of Baltimore. flagship of the
Baltimore Mail Line, which re-
turned to her home port of Balti-
more Thursday, completing her
maiden voyage to Europe and
back.
The Washington times., 1931-08-01
U. S. SEEKS ATTORNEYS

The Civil Service Commission
announces examinations for as
sistant attorney ($2,600), associate
attorney ($3,200), attorney
($3,8O0) and senior attorney
($4,60O), all in the veterans adj
niniStration.
The Washington times., 1931-08-01
DR.. MERRIAM HONORED

DR.. C. Hart Merriam, Associ-
ate in Zoology, U. S. National
Museum, has been awarded the
Roosevelt medal for distinguished
service in the advancement of
the study of natural history.
The Washington times., 1931-08-01

Don't look for For Rent" signs
consult the vacancies advertised
daily in the Rental Columns Of the
Classified Section.
Evening star., 1931-11-25

Tailored or Isce-irimmed SILK
Underwear for girls and junior
girls shown In a large assortment.
Dance Sets, Costume Slips, Panties.
Chemises, and Com inati IONS.
Each, Sl.95. illustrated are 9
few of the many styles
Other Silk Underwear to S3.95
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-12-17
Seek Lost Atlantis

To discover lost Atlantis Is the
mission for which 81. II. S. Challen-
ger is being QUILTED. A pencil will
automatically trace on scroll Of
moving paper the gradient Of the
ocean bed as the ship steers across
the area where submarine noun
tain is alleged to be, about $50 miles
north Of the Azores. A report made
to the admiralty in 1850 contains
chart showing a shallow patch Of 43
fathoms, surrounded like an island
by depths of 1000 fathoms and the
like. An attempt will be made to
definitely prove or disprove the re-
port.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-12-17
"Dew Of Death"

Lady Cynthia Mosley, wife of the
insurgent member Of the British par
lament and daughter of the late
Marquis Curzon, told an audience Of
young people at Coventry that the
next war will finish civilization"
She said that scientists have devel-
oped new chemical known as the
dew of death and that a teaspoonful
of this explosive dropped over city
would kill a million people. Enough
dew of death could be carried in a
ladys handbag to absolutely raze the
entire city Of London, so she says.
Chemical warfare experts derided
the idea.-Pathfinder Magazine.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-12-17
STEADY NERVE OF
MOUNTAIN GOATS
Not Easily Alarmed, and
Expert Climbers.

Long before Glacier park was
thought Of as park I watched an
old goat and her young kid on lit
tie shelf near the Sexton glacier on
the side of Going-to-the-Sun noun
tain. DR.. Vernon Bailey writes, in Ma
ture Magazine. The kid was lying
down and the mother standing close
against the sheer cliff at one side of
the great glacier front.
Suddenly mighty roar took my
attention from the bear track I was
following and fixed it on cloud Of
Ice spray rising from below the gla-
cier as tons of ice broke loose and
Numbered down the sides of the
mountain in roaring avalanche. 1t
shook the ground where was, half
a mile away, but the old goat, at
the very edge Of the ice-smoke, paid
no attention and the kid did not get
up. Who could but envy the even
temper of their nerves?
Mountain goats are good climbers,
strong and not afraid, but any ex-
perienced mountaineer can 60 where
they can. From below it often looks
Impossible, but I have followed many
Of their trails up cliffs that from be-
low looked like castle walls and al
ways found foot room and way to
get from shelf to shelf. The great
advantage of these high cliff shelves
to the goat is that no carnivore
tlares to attack them there.
They have many enemies, chief
among which are man, coyotes,
wolves, bears, wildcats and eagles.
In national parks, where man is now
the protector instead Of the Destroy
er of mountain goats, the prowling
coyote and the more powerful tim
Der wolf still get few when they
come down at night to feed in the
alpine meadows.
Grizzly bears have been found
feeding on goat carcasses at timber
line in early spring, but possibly
only as scavengers rather than kill
ers. Occasionally mountain lion and
Canada lynx tracks are found up
close to the goat Lodges, and it is
a fair assumption that these big cats
sometimes feast on the animals, as
they do on mountain sheep and deer
at lower levels.
OF necessity the goats must come
down from the high rocks, where
they spend the day, to feed at night
In the little green meadows, and
here lies their danger. Perhaps they
would stay in these meadows If not
alarmed, but at the first sign of an
enemy they rush to the cliffs and
are soon again on safe ground.
Eagles are known to kill, carry off
and eat the young kids before they
are large enough to defend them
selves, although the mother goats
are generally able to protect their
young against such attacks.
Low-browed and stolid as the
mother goat may appear, her watch
fulness, care and affection for her
young are just as evident as the
finer and more demonstrative mother
love in the higher types of the animal
kingdom.
TO see mother goat climbing the
steep chimney cracks of the Garden
wall above Iceberg lake, scrambling
across sliding talus, leaping from
shelf to shelf up what appeared to
be sheer cliff, and followed by a
wobbly-legged kid only week old,
has thrilled me with wonder and adj
miration.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-12-17
Brightness

"You say you LOOK forward to bright
skies in the political sky?'
Practically speaking" said Senator
Sorghum, Il do"
'"The other day you intimated that
you expected some thunderstorms"
THAT'S correct, too. There's moth.
ing that Eliminates a political sky
more sharply than a few flashes of
oratorical lightning"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-12-17
VALUED REWARD

"You have labored faithfully in the
service of your country"
MY country" replied Senator Sor.
ghum, has rewarded my Efforts
What reward do you especially
value?"
IF you are speaking in purely
practical sense, don't know of any
thing | appreciate more than the spe-
clal parking facilities statesman en-
joys in Washington, D. c."
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-12-17
Fireplace Outside

One Kentucky home owner has re-
versed the usual procedure of having
a fireplace inside room. He has
built fireplace on the outside Of his
house. The old-fashioned fireplace In
It's new-fashioned setting is seen in
an outer wall, affording heat for an
open portico during early spring and
late autumn. Inside is modern
heating plant.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-12-17
NFNMMOTE2
m%l4lzEa
ILL., ANFORD's
Balsam of Myrrh
"Gold" /. Still There

1Ok0 40 StAAA AMSA0
All that glitters is not gold, p. e.
Morrison, interior decorator from
Philadelphia, visiting Reno, New, adj
mitted after abandoning all illusions
about prospecting, especially in old
wells. A metallic CLEAN at the bot
tom of dry shaft on the Birks
ranch west of Reno lured Morrison
to investigate. But when he had low
cred himself with rope to within
four feet Of the bottom, a chorus Of
Kisses and buzzes informed him he
was intruding on rattlesnake resi-
dence. His shouts for help brought
rescuers, including the fire depart
ment.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-12-17
EQUAL Division of Labor

Man Ito poor woman who has her
husband in wheelchair)- this,
poor woman-it must be very hard
work to push your husband about all
day.
Woman-Oh, we do it turn and turn
about push him in the mornings
and he pushes me in the afternoons
NeEelspalter, Zurich.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-12-17
Looking Forward

Joseph spent his vacation with a
great-aunt who showed the lad all Of
her keepsakes.
The lads sixth birthday was draw
ing near and member of the family
inquired what he wished most for a
gift.
"A mustache cup" he announced.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-12-17
Not Nice

For nearly an hour she had been
compelled to listen to the converse
ton of fatuous admirer.
II fell off my bicycle last week and
was Knocked senseless." he chuckled.
"When do you expect to get better?"
she asked quickly.-Border Cities
Star
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-12-17

Early pioneers d.In't mind the
weather much. They had too many
other things to worry about.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-12-17

One laughs at fewer things as he
grows older, but there are more that
deserves it.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-12-17
MercoIized Wax
Keeps Skin Young

Get and directed Fine PARTICLES of aged
skin peel off until all defects such pimples liver
spots and freokes disappear. Skin is then soft
and velvety Your face looks Mercol1ed
Wax brings out the hidden beauty of your skin. To
remove wrinkles use ounce Powdered Sn1olite
dissolved in pint witch hazel At drug stores.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-12-17
Sympathy

Employer-Just how would 1t affect
you, Smithers If we let you go?
Bookkeeper-I'd have to tend the
baby. sir, and wash dishes and scrub
the kitchen floor and
Employer-Say no more. I'll let
some single man go instead.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-12-17

Holding ones position in society
is something Of battle. At least,
one must be alert.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-12-17
Nothing Doing

"Sir. want your daughter for my
wife,"
Young man, you tell your wife she
can't have her."
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-12-17

Artlessness is at the head Of the
high-art class.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-12-17

Since the juror showed some signs
of distress the court very kindly
asked: MIR. Juror, are you able to
hear well?"
II ought to be, Jedge, Jest paid
$500 to have my ears fixed"
He was excused.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-12-17
1t Can Be Done

1t Can Be Done
"What lovely sunset. The sun
sinks lower anc lower"
"I.et it sink below par If 1t likes
have no share in it."
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-12-17
HAS HE EATEN 1T?

Sporty Grille says he's good
judge of horse flesh.
Innocent Thing-Mercy, Ethel do
you think the man has actually eaten
the flesh of horse?
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-12-17
R|SZy y. ! 7 v - ~
.YVlizds2uEs KaxatiDe lO7.uak

Want Woman Every Town.sel ST patented
Sewing Machine Presser Foot. Does work
attachments including hemstitching. pic
citing. Good pay. CALIFORNIA CO.. 831
9Th Ave. Los Angeles. California.
Evening star., 1931-12-24
KN0WLT0N AMES, SR.,
COMMITS SUICIDE.
Chicago Social Leader and Former
Newspaper Publisher Had Been
Near Breakdown.
BY the Associated Press.


CHICAGO. December 24.-Col. Knowl-
ton Ames, sr., SO, social leader, finan-
cier, former newspaper publisher and
chairman of the board Of Booth Fisher
les, shot and killed himself last night
in his automobile.
Members of the family said he had
OF business worries and that he had
been unable to sleep for a week.
Mrs. Walter W. Ross, wife of a PROM
inent attorney and sister of Col. Ames,
said that Mrs. AmeS had been hurriedly
summoned home last Monday night be-
cause of her husbands condition. Col.
Ames dined with the Ross family last
night and appeared, they said, to be in
a better frame of mind than in recent
weeks.
Attorney Ross said Col. Ames appar-
emily was troubled over financial mat
ters, most of them imaginary.
Ames was one of the greatest half
backs of his day, Coach Amos Alonzo
stagg OF the University Of Chicago said
today.
Stagg was an all-America end at
Yale when Ames performed as an all
American halfback at Princeton and the
two met often on the foot ball field Of
battle.
"Mr. Ames was one of the shiftiest
backs ever met" said the grand old
man of Chicago foot ball.
While Ames was famed for his ball
carrying, he also was fine punter."
Coach Stagg also recalled that he
engaged in several pitching duels with
An1es in the Yale-Princeton games of
1887 and 1888.
Evening star., 1931-12-24

Continued From First Page)
He had been detained at his office by
a mass of business and as soon as he
put his signature to the moratorium
ratification he hurried back to the
White House to join in the gayety
Peggy Ann and her brother. affec-
Hoover standing between them, re-
ceived each of the more than 200 lit
tie guests All the children came
laden with packages which, at the con-
CluSlon Of the party were packed and
shipped to poor children Most of the
gifts were sent to MorgantoWn, w Va,
where there are many destitute fami-
lies Of coal miners and why're the
Friends Committee has been doing
charitable work. Part of the presents,
however, were sent to destitute families
IN Washington, Several handsomely
trln, ned Christmas trees that we're
erected in the east room for yesterdays
party also we're sent away.
SUme Of the little guests brought sew
erai presents and others needed the
help of their parents, chaufeurs and
nurses to assist them in Juggling in the
blg packages,
One of the features of the gay affair
wss the presence of Mrs. Santa Claus
the role being taken by Mrs Julia
Williamson Of Philadelphia, Mrs,
Santa explained to the little ones how
it was necessary for her to come in
place of her husband who was busy
back at the North Pole completing ar
rangements for his great reindeer ride
tonight. She told the children all
about the North Pole and her wonder
ful husband. 1t was Mrs. Santa who
received the presents from the children
and placed them in piles to be packed
and sent away.
Toward the conclusion of the party
there was carol singing by a group of
Girl Scouts. some of whom carried
lighted English lanterns Mrs. Hoover
stood with these daintily uniformed
serenaders as they sang.
The Hoover grandchildren were up
and about early this morning intent
upon missing nothing and having all
the fun possible They had an early
breakfast with their grandfather and
later, when he went to his desk in the
executive Office, they accompanied him,
with Mrs. Hoover and their father and
mother. For nearly 20 minutes, the
happy family group sat talking in the
Presidents Office.
Each Christmas since occupying the
White House it has been the custom
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Hoover to give a poin-
setta plant to each attache and en-
ploye Of the White House. Peggy Ann
and her brother today were delegated
to distribute the flowers
Boris Kosta, the Presidents valet, as
sisted the youngsters in making the
distributions. Mrs. Hoover, during the
forenoon assisted in the Christmas
party Of the Central Union Mission and
later IN tie day assisted in a similar
party conducted by the Salvation Army.
Evening star., 1931-12-24
CHANG ASKED TO RETURN.
Former President Invited to Take Part
in Marking Deliberations.

NANKING, December "a (P-Chiefs
of the Kuamintang National party,
who are meeting here attempting to
form new Chinese government, today
telegraphed former President Chang
kai-Shek requesting that he return to
participate in the party deliberations
Chang, who resigned the presidency
last week, is living in retirement on his
farm at Fenghua, his birthplace, in
North Chekiang Province.
Fundamental changes in the Chinese
foreign policy especially as regards the
Manchuriar dispute, are contemplated
by party leaders meeting here to form a
new government group, their Spokes-
man said today.
He declined to furnish details of the
contemplated changes, but commenting
on the policy under Chang Kai-Shek.
he said, 1T placed unreserved conf
dence in the ability of the League of
Nations to solve the problem" This
statement inclined observers to believe
the new leaders may attempt a sitter
attitude toward Japan.
The garrison at Chinchow will re-
sist any japanese attempt to capturs
the CITY," the spokesman said. I'VE do
not pretend to hope that the Chinese
troops can make a successful stand at
Chinchow, but the morale of the Chi.
nese army and the opinion of the en-
tire nation will not tolerate any further
suggestion of a policy of non
resistance"
Evening star., 1931-12-24
BAND CONCERT.

BY the United States Soldiers Home
Band this evening, at Stanley Hall. at
$40 o'clock. John S. NJ. Zimmerman.
bandmaster; Anton Pointner, assistant.
March, "Semper Fidelis" always
Overture. "Herod" .......... Hadley
Christmas suite, Around the Christ
mas Tree" Tobani
From Heaven Was Sent to Earth" "
20 Come, Little Children"
"Cantique de Noel"
20 Faithful Pine
Praise to the Lord"
Sacred Night, Holy Night"
"Adestes Fidelis."
Tomorrow VIII Fe Christmas"
20 Sanctissin'a."
THE Clock Strikes the Hour of H."
The Passing Of the Old Year"
Finale, The Hour Of Parting"
The Sleighride and Return Home"
Gems aoI1 comic opera, THE Oolah,"
Locoq
Fox trot, "Have You Forgotten?" suesse
Waltz suite, Lure Of the Night"
5raham
Finale. THE Hour Of Parting,
spoliansky
1.-THE Star spangled Banner"
Evening star., 1931-12-24


indicated the Democrats in the Senate
"are going to aid us in holding down
appropriations"
He said he had written letter to
Harrison asking where the cuts coulo
be made. Harrison, in proposing the
reductions Tuesday, said the committee
should investigate where they coulo pest
be effected .
undertaken" Senator Borah said, is
to balance the budget. We never can
balance the budget unless we cut Fed
eral expenditures, and 1t Is all non
sense to say we cannot cut eXpehol-
lures. And I am in favor OF begin
ming by cutting every Federal salary
above $4,000 or $4,000 by 10 per cent;
Of course, we cannot reach the feoerai
judiciary"
Constitution Protects Judges.
There is a provision in the Consti-
tuition against reducing the salaries OF
Federal judges during their terms OF
office, and another provision against
changing the compensation OF a Presi-
dent during his term.
Senator Borah has not estimated the
probable saving from sucn salary
cutting program, put Lloica1ou tue
lief that the budget should not De pal
anced solely by increasing taxation.
While strongly voicing his own views
on the subject, Senator Borah did not
saw he would take the initiative in
proposing salary reductions.
Several Senators have said recently
they did not believe the Government
should set an example OF salary cutting
at this time.
when Congress In 1925 raised the
salaries Of its members, Cabinet officers,