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The Washington times., 1931-04-24
DEFECTIVE EYES
HANDICAP To
!. 24,000,900
National Survey Will Study
Effect Of Poor Vision in
Schools, Offices, Factories

Twenty-four million Americans
have defective eyesight. according
to best available figures, as the
new National Institute Of Health,
aided by the Eyesight ConServa.
ton Council Of America, today
prepared to make a national sur
vey on this important subject.
The institute will seek to deter.
mine the effect Of poor eyes on
school children, on office and fac
tory workers. and to work out
methods of conserving and Inn
proving a human faculty, defects
In which now account for heavy
economic and social losses.
$1,000 Industrial Blind
The council said:
"The number Of industrial
blind In the United States is
about $4,000, or 13.5 per cent Of
the total blind population.
"The eye is said to be in
vOlved in 1915 per cent Of all
permanently disabling accidents.
Industries are making SubStan.
tial progress toward protecting
their losses, but losses can be
further reduced by appropriate
preventive measures"
Praises Eye Council
Former Senator Joseph E.
Ransdell, of Louisiana, author of
the bill which created the health
institute as an extension Of the
Public Health Bureau, said that
the expanded service would en-
brace a careful survey of the eye
sight of the nation.
The Washington times., 1931-04-24
HOlUGrd y. Soprano
Heard at Dunbar

Miss Ethel Wise. lyric soprano,
and a student of the Howard
University Conservatory Of Music,
was heard in recital at Dunbar
High School yesterday. Miss Wise
b a graduate of Dunbar.
Prof. Roy TibbS of the univer-
sity was at the piano.
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scribe the occasion in any re-
spect except the contents OF
the discussion.
A Strange Man
Here was a man who had
decayed-looking green circle on
the front of his neck, from a
brass collar button, which he
was never to discard, even after
Rarick had sent him precious
ones, but to whom, on the other
hand, a blemish on the crystal
flesh of an art object was
something to cause his own
flesh to crawl upward.
Some five years after these
meetings between the two,
Gerkes fell i'll of a flaying
neuritis, and, tracing him to
the lair of his dwelling, Rarick
found him in a small room in
the high-Tp rear of a Twenty
third Street rooming house,
books stacked from floor to
ceiling, and exactly three per
sonal objects in evidence. A
wooden-backed hair brush, a
pocket comb and a tooth brush,
sharing the dresser top with an
assortment of Aztec arrow
heads, proof sheets of an article
on scarabs for the Encyclopedia
Britannica, a copy of Plato'S
"Phaedon," William Langland'S
''Pier Plowman" and a World
Almanac.
If Rarick had expected pro
test when he suggested the
move from these quarters to the
suite at the top of his home,
nothing of the sort happened.
With his imperviouSneSS to en-
vironment or even to the sense
of personal obligation, Gerkes
took up residence under his
friends roof. One had to live
somewhere. Money was some
thing you shared if you had
it, or you accepted if you had
not.
Within week the walls
which Jenny had recently had
done in yellow broctalle were
plastered with maps and the
furniture itself Uttered, as the
lodging-house room had been,
with the story of the dawn of
the human race as told by flint
head, ak and spear ittering up
the decorators idea of a perfect
example of a suite done in the
manner of the Second Empire.
Copyright, 1899, by Fannie Hurst.)
Distributed by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.
Does GerkeS' strange entrance
into the Rarick Home interfere
with Jenny'S social ESanS? Read
tOmOrrOw'S fine inStalment.
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CORRECT
MANNERS
MRS. Cornelius Beeckman-


Costumes Must Be Consistent
at the Wedding
DEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
am about to be married
and am having an afternoon
wedding, starting at 8 o'clock.
The groom and best man are
wearing afternoon suits. I am
having eight uSherS. Would it
be improper for these uShers to
wear tuxedo suits? wouldn't
like to put my uShers to the ex-
penSe Of getting afternoon
suits, as they will have their
own tuxedo suits. I.
I just can't solve this prob
lem, dear bride-to-be. Tuxedo
suits would be entirely inap-
propriate, and ridiculously in
appropriate with the groom
and best man in afternoon
suits. Just figure it out for
yourself the groom and
best man in formal day attire,
and the usherS in informal
evening attire. You can see
that this is most inconsistent.
Either your ushers will have
to provide themselves with ap-
propriate clothes for this for
NAL occasion, or your plans for
the wedding should change.
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and a little ridiculous in his
nightshirt; and he never for
got it.
III buy you the Ficke house,
Jenny"
During the last six months
of the six years the RariCks
had occupied the Ficke mansion
a man by the name Of DR..
Felix GerkeS had lived on the
top floor of the house. He
occupied two rooms and a green
bathroom with a frieze Of mer-
maids over the tub. His meals.
for the most part, were brought
to In and served on a card
table beside a window that
overlooked Central Park, which
separated him in a diagonal
from the Museum, where he
had spent twenty-one years in
the archaeological department.
He was also an IndianologiSt
of firSt-rank repute, a man who
had been frequently endowed
with honorary degrees in the
realms of scholarship and
science.
He was the author of numer-
ots brochures and pamphlets, a
textbook on geology that was
in general use throughout
American colleges, had written
three books on amuletS, pre-
ciouS stones and meteorites, and
was regarded as a foremost
living authority on religious
uses of stones among primitive
peoples.
Rarely Seen There
He was a lean, shabby fellow,
with a walruS-like muStache
and a conspicuously prominent
forehead, with thin Stringlets
of hair brushed sidewise across
what threatened to become a
bald horseshoe. His clothing,
so loosely it hung, seemed to
have no points Of contact with
his body.
The women Of the household,
even though weeks might pass
without their so much as en-
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pocket of an office with GerkeS
until museum attendants began
to turn off the lights and rattle
keys. Then Gerkes, who loved
talk, and who, deep in the midst
of a discourse on amber de-
posits in the Stone Age, had
found listener, clapped on his
ShapeleSs hat and walked nome
with Rarick across the twilit
park, depositing him at his door,
without so much as a glance up
at the pale Splendor of the IA
cade of the Ficke house, which
John Rarick had purchased by
sealed bid at sensational auc-
ton seven years before. That
meeting was the beginning of an
impeccable friendship between
these two.
A week later, Rarick invited
Gerkes to lunch at a downtown
business mems club: Gerkes
did not belong to the world of
men to whom lunch is a social
or business ritual. He either
took his off a lunch-stand in
the vicinity Of the Museum OF
cut slivers with a pocket knife
off the small loaf of American
cheese he kept in a desk draWcI
alone with a box of Swedish
biscuit.
His imperviousness to sur
roundingS was colossal. He
had once lunched with the
King of England over a matter
pertaining to the Jubilee jewels,
and was unable later to de-
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summer of our discomfort into
a thing of joy, and our fears
and tremorS into confidence,
when we breast the ocean or
face the evening deWS.
We thank thee for the new
long skirts which hide the run
in the stocking, and fall with
sweet beneficence upon the bony
ankle and the flattened arch
and the overstuffed calf, alike.
We thank thee for the return
of modeSty and the vogue of the
coatee, which covereth wom-
ans shame. Which concealeth
the angular arm of the debu-
tante and distinguished the
beefy arm of the dowager. Which
cloaketh the shoulder blade that
resembleth an epaulette, and
Screenethv the swordfish verte-
brae.
We thank thee for the sport
clothes, which have delivered us
from the curse Of the corset;
and which enable Cunarder to
simulate the lines of the canoe;
and the century plant to pass
for spring violet.
We thank thee for the Vanity
Case, which, like the gun of the
gangster, is always ready in case
of need; which repaireth the
days ravageS and restoreth the
glow to the face and the spirit.
We thank thee for the can
opener, which hath lightened
the burden of the housewife.
Yea, and for the electric iron
and the washing. machine; for
the reducing belt and the vacu-
um cleaner; for face-packS and
face-liftS, and chin-straps and
beauty creams; for bobbed hair
and braSSiereS and flattering
long earrings. Yea, verify, from
the bottom of our hearts, we
thank thee for all the miracles
of this, the Age of Miracles!
But, most Of ALL, we thank
thee for the innocence and naiv-
etc of MEN, who accept without
question the handmade beauty.
and know not the work of art
from the work of nature!
SELAH.
copyright, 1891, King Features
Syndicate, Incl
The Washington times., 1931-05-04
By Fannie Hurst
DIET AND HEALTH
BY DIR. Logan Clendening-

There is a 6-year-old boy
in Northern Ohio who Is nor
NAL in height and weight for
his years. He weighs "a
pounds and is three and one
half feet tall. But he has
a heavy beard, speaks in a
deep bass voice, and smokes
large heavy cigars.
You might think this was
just an amusing curiosity. But
you wouldn't if you happened
to be the boys parents. 1t is
difficult to get him into school;
the presence of a bearded baSso
cigar smoker in the first grade
upsetS discipline. Equally does
the presence Of a 6-year-old boy
in the university cause objec-
ton.
Pineal Gland Responsible
That is one of the things the
ductleSs glands can do. In
this case, it seems to be the
pineal gland, which is found
in the skull growing from the
upper part of the brain. For a
= long time anatomists thought
he pineGl gland was the YES
tigial remains Of the third eye
If the lower vertebrates, found
in some reptiles and amphibi-
ans. But that concept has
been to a considerable extent
abandoned.
When it's secretion is in
creased as in the case Of the
Ohio lad, it stimulates to rapid
maturation of the individual,
bringing on the adult state st
a very precocious period.
Like another ductless gland,
the thymuS, it atrophies as age
The Washington times., 1931-05-04
ADVICE TO
LOVELORN
Beatrice Fairfax

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
I am % years old, have a
regular job and am steady
about it, too. I don't drink, or
gamble, and have a fair educa.
ton. I feel terribly lonesome
at times, and realized it more
than ever the other evening
when I read a letter in your col
umn signed Cinderella" I'd
just love to meet a girl like
that. A. s
You are not alone in wanting
to meet the girl who signed her
letter Cinderella; quite a num-
Der Of young men of varying de
greeS Of merit-good salaries,
homes of their own, athletic
champions and good sons and
brothers have written in to say
they've long been waiting for
Cinderella. Alas, you will not
be able to obtain Cinderella's ad.
dress through this column, be-
cause We do not give addresses
or introductions. But for the
consideration of girls who write
to ask if it's necessary to be wild
to be popular, let me say that
Cinderella-with at least
dozen letter proposals to her
CREDITS anything but wild.
She wrote that her people kept
a general store and that she
wasn't afraid to get her hands
dirty working. But when she
was dressed for party, no one
would believe she worked. She
was happy, enjoyed life, and
hoped the Prince" wouldn't de-
lay too long in finding her.
Well, here's hoping Cinderella
meets her Prince through
church, club, or mutual friends,
and that interested young men
will find like girls in the same
way.
The Washington times., 1931-05-04
YOUR RULING
STAR
BY William Shwader-
THE YEAR AHEAD
For Those Whose Birthday Is
NAV s,

For Those Whose Birthday Is
May S.
If May S is your birthday,
during the coming year you
may experience some changing
conditions. Business and fl
nance are favored and gain
is indicated through the use
of your mental faculties. Dis
appointments however, may
arise in personal matters and
Observation-Disclosures with friends.
Important dates: Avoid
quarrelS, undue excitement and
excesses Of all kinds from May
Z to II, July 16 to 16, August
6 to 8, IL to IA, September IL
to 81, October 4 to 8, February
2 to S. Watch your finances,
refrain from legal difficulties
from March l to IA 1882.
Good for general affairs from
May % to June 3, July 2 to
8, August 8 to IL. August 81
TO September z, September
10 8, % to IS. December IL to
l3. IS to 20. Contradictory
dates show two opposing in
fluenceS.
A child born May 5 will be
imaginative, artistic. fond of
literature and writing. He
should do well in any work or
profession where alertneSS and
adaptability are required.
Tendencies for May 6. Con-
tradictary vibrations are in
force during the year-offering
opportunities but warning
against overexpanAion or in
dulgence stimulating adventur-
Gus and enterpriSing ideas but
suggesting the need for caution
and balance,
The Washington times., 1931-05-04
The Marry-GO-ROund
BY Helen Rowland

Mrs. Solomon Says
Hear now, oh my Daughter,
the Women's Song Of Thanks
giving, which they chant i'll
their hearts, with hallelujahs.
We thank thee, oh Provi-
dence, for all the wonders and
miracles of this Age of Miracles,
which have rescued woman from
drudgery and boredom, ard
made all her paths fairer and
brighter.
We thank thee for many de-
vices and inventions; for sur
geons and beauticianS; for all
the charms which come in bot
ties and all the loveliness which
comes in boxes.
We thank thee for 80 shades
of face-powder, wherewith the
feminine countenance is trans
formed from the hue Of the
cucumber to the hue of lilies
and carnations; and that which
resembled a mad dream is glori-
fled to resemble the rose of
morning.
We thank thee for ROUGE,
which is Gods greatest gift to
woman; and for the lipstick,
which is the staff of love.
We thank thee for the Per
manent Wave, which turned the
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countering him, and then only
in hallway or on the rare oc-
casions when he dined with the
family, thought him repulSive,
and considered it disgusting of
Rarick to insist upon having
him there.
A curious bond existed be-
tween these two men. They had
first met when Rarick had been
directed to him for advice con-
cerning a contemplated pur-
chase, for his collection, of a
necklace of banded and varie-
gated agateS, onyx, carnelianS,
and sardS, attributed to the
first century, A. D.
Invited to Lunch
Rarick, who had just re-
turned from Atlanta, where he
had contracted for the annual
run-of-the- mill output of two
million cotton handkerchiefS Of
the three largest concerns in
the South, sat in the musty
little office of Gerkes, which
was laid out at the moment
with stone arrow-heads of a
Navajo collection, and let the
wisdom of this slow man flow
against ear-drums that were
still throbbing with the barter
for the delivery of the two mil
lion cotton squares that were
to be sold in eleven hundred
and eight stores at five cents
apiece.
The thirteenth richest man
in the world sat in that musty
The Washington times., 1931-05-04
By Anne Adams

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ObtainabIe only in sizes 16,
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EtructionS are given.
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cents. Address Washington
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W. 18th st., New York City.
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advances and probably com.
pletely disappears after the
thirtieth year. During this
process it becames converted
into sand or lime and can pe
seen as a shadow on an x-ray
plate. This shadow is seen in
certain patients who have ex
treme muscular weakness early
in life and leads to the conclu
sion that the early atrophy
If the gland is responsible for
the muscular changes.
The Washington times., 1931-05-04
FASHIONS
FANCIES

Garry it along and see that
it is smart. That advice con-
Germs your new spring hand
bag. Nice with a navy outfit
would be a bag of navy blue
fai1le, mounted on a bar top
of crystal banded with gold.
Let it rain if you have one
of the new suitcase umbrellas.
One of the newest models has
handle of white pigskin, the
same leather being used for
the case, which has a Upper
fastening.
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Tins famous story mas Deen
made into q talking picture by
Metro GOldwyn Mayer with
Marion Davies in the leading
FOle).
As mothers went, Jenny
would have stood impeccable
before any jury. She wanted
pasSionately for her young. She
was forever barring herself TO
his Scorn by asking In their
name. She was a doting, gloat-
ing mother, fierce for her off
spring, yet, withal, sweet with
them. Many a night through
she had sat unnecessarily. but
tireleSSly, be 81 de the bed Of
Avery, whose first years had
been precariouS ones. The
death Of two infants had gone
hard with her. Jennifer was
her doting, her waking, and her
sleeping thought.
Rarick, whose manner wss
not fortunate with his children
because he was seldom at ease
with them, could not have for
nnulated into words, except in
vague fashion to the effect that
she spoiled them, the stubborn
wall Of opposition which he
erected between himself and
Jenny's plans and dreams for
her children.
"It is as if you were jealous
Of them," she had barked at
him once, Historically, when he
was opposing an indoor roller
skating rink across the top of
the house.
No. No. No.
Drifting Away
Without his knowing how to
reach out q hand to stay them,
except in vague fumings and
consistent conServations, the
entire kingdom Of his household
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WHAT DO YOU
KNOW?

AnsWeTs To TOday's Test
Questions On Editorial Page
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8. 40 degrees and 48 minutes N,
4. Any wind exceeding certain
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little temperature change. 6.
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Q. State park. 10. Hippocrates.
IL. Princess Marie Jose, of Bel
gium. IL. William H. Taft. 13.
Mahatma Gandhi. IA. Gold
Star. Is. 100000.
Copyright. 1891. King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
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The Washington times., 1931-05-04
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The Washington times., 1931-05-04
Whit Has Happened So Far
NOu' Go On With the Story
By Fannie Hurst

Ovels have her place among the foremost Of
modern wrfteSSO
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This famous story has been
made into q talking picture by
Metro GOIdwyn. Mayer wi tn
Marion Davies in the leading
FOle).
Milford chronicle., 1931-04-17
MILLVILLE

We are having beautiful weather
at present.
Mrs. Brasure is visiting Mrs. llOr-
ace Evans for few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. John McGcc spent
Sunday with Mrs. McGcc's daughter,
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Richards at Sal
isbury.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac p. West and
family were the uests of Mr. and
Mrs. John A. Linsle of Frankford on
Sunday.
A delightful party was given to
Isaac West on Friday night by his
wife, Mrs. West and assisted by Mr..
and Mrs. Clinton Watson of Frank
ford. It was Mr.. Vests birthday.
Those present were Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Steele, Mr.. and Mrs. Russell
Jones, Mr.. and Mrs. James Hum
mer, Mr.. and Mrs. Manean Hick-
man, Mr.. and Mrs. Gardner Thomas,
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Townsend, Mr..
and Mrs. ROLAND West, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Walter and Mr. and Mrs.
Clinton Watson. At Il late hour they
were invited to the doning room
where an abundance of refreshments
were served. They departed wishing
Mr.. West much joy and happiness.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Walter visited
his mother over the weekend,
Miss Marie Bunting spent Friday
with her mother, Mrs. Archie Ev-
ans.
our pastor. Rev. {. w. BranCord has
been returned to us for the fifth year.
Preaching this Sunday morning. Every
body welcome.
We are sorry TO report Master san
ford Noble still on the sick list.
Lord Baltimore Juniors defeated the
DaESboro Juniors in Il baseball game
last Friday II to G.
Mrs. Isaac West surprised her hus-
band last week by inviting quite a Few
of their friends in for the evening. the
occasion being Mir. Vests birthday. At
Il late hour refreshments were served.
William r. Steele of Dagsboro and
Virginia Eva LiOne of Ocean View were
married on Friday evening. April 10 by
Rev. c. c. Dcrrckson at his home
Miss Lizzie Quillcn is visiting in
Philadelphia.
Mrs. Clara T. West, Mrs. Lula c.
Lynch and Mr.. and Mrs. G. II. Town
send mOtorcd to CriStlcld, Md, sun
day to attend conference.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Nelson were in
MillsbOrO on Tuesday.
Paul West is stilI on the sick list.
Mr.. and Mrs. William s;ctman of
spent the Weekend here
with Mrs. Vests father, james West
and their son. West Sctman. Mr.. and
Mrs Gene West of New Jersey are al |
so spending = few days with them.
Rev. and Mrs C. G. DcrriClIson en-
tcrtaincd Mrs. William Wilkins and
of Milford. Mrs. Mary Baker, |
mother of Mrs. DcrrcksOn, and her
sister. Mrs. Fred Parkhurst, of Days |
bOrO.
Miss Doris Layton Of this town who !
is a student of Frank ford High School. |
accompanied hor class to Washington |
d. C.. last week.
Rufus Daiscy was the dinner guest |
on Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. John G. |
l'urmGn.
Milford chronicle., 1931-04-17
LONG NECK

Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd McGoe and chI-
dren of Milton We're callers here on
Friday.
Norman Draper of Bridgcville spent
Wednesday Mt his cOttagc.
Mrs. G. Il. Lingo and Mrs Chas. l..
Phillips spent Wednesday i'm Dover.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. e. Jones o. Mid
way were callers here on Monday.
Mrs. Lille Warrington of Lcwes is
spending Il few days with Frank Par
sons and family
Mrs. Ward 'McGcc spent Monday eve
ming with Mrs. C. E. Lingo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carry Massey and son
spent Sunday evening with Alr. and
Mrs c. If. Lingo.
Mr.. and Mrs. n w. Prettyman and
daughters Of Stockley spent Sunday
with a. L.. Joseph and family.
Miss Edna Parsons spent Sunday
evening at the conference at Crisfleld,
Md. sAf..-
e. G. Lingo was "A caller in George
town on Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Anna Steen of DagsbOro spent
Saturday evening and Sunday with her
daughter. Mrs G. Z. Lingo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam West Of Lewes
We're callers with Frank Parsons on
Sunday afternoon.