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The Washington times., 1932-11-16
WASHINGTON FASHIONS : By Wilma oviNe

Now that the formal season is
well launched, we begin to check
up on fashion prophecies, to
find out how many things that
started the season out really
made a mark. AS usual, we find
great variety, and. as usual, we
find that clothes are more con-
servative than they promised to
be. Reports from Paris say
that they are even more simple
and sleek there than they are
here. We adopted the most ex-
treme Of French fashions, and
developed our own from them.
Where their sleeves puff moder.
ately. ours take on huge puffs,
and where as they left a few
waistlines extremely high or put
a few down very low, we make
nearly all Of ours extreme, and
so give the effect Of a much
more eccentric season than they
10 ACROSS Ckle WaCer.
Lines Remain Slim
The most noticeable thing,
even to q casual observer, is
that only the chosen few are
wearing romantic, Victorian and
old-faShioned looking gowns.
That is a relief, as they look
well enough on a few, and If
we all adopted them the effect
might easily become grotesque.
It's true that we all borrow
details from those times, but
the lines and general effect
remain slim, sophisticated and
rather luxurious. Another prev.
alent fashion that seems to be
fading is the wearing of gowns
for evening with covered Shoul.
ders. They will soon be rele-
gated to semi-formal functions,
where they seem to belong. It's
true that most gowns have q
capelet or jacket separate, but
If they are meant to be formal,
they are entirely sleeveless and
quite low in the back when the
jacket is off.
High in Front
We've Sketched two particu-
larly smart formal gowns and
they show very new features.
One is Of black velvet, regal,
beautiful in line and entirely
formal with no back except the
rhinestone straps. but high in
the front, as the newest gowns
are. The very low placed
flounce on the skirt makes it
particularly graceful. The other
The Washington times., 1932-11-16

The players passed, and I
made an opening bid, fourth
hand, Of diamond. After that
contracting went briskly, as
follows: z, Heart; A, pass; Y,
2-Hearts: B, 3-Spades (for en-
phasiS); z, 4-Clubs; A, pass; Y,
4Hearts, ending bidding, w
were vulnerable. We were not
vulnerable. Which sometimes
makes a whale of a difference.
My partner made an opening
lead Of the j. of diamonds and
it held the trick. His lead of
the 10 of diamonds was ruffed
by z, who then took in four
added trump tricks, and five
club tricks. His ten tricks,
vulnerable, gave him score of
100 points below the line, and
500 points above the line, for
game when vulenarable. The
total score was $40 points.
or course, there would have
been no scores had I not
opened the bidding fourth
hand, but that is not the queS-
ton, as my hand fully met the
requirements for such an open
ing declaration. The real ques-
ton is whether my partner was
wrong in not supporting me.
My partners hand counted
21a assisting tricks for spades.
He not only held four of that
suit, but also he had one of the
high honors, making it improb-
able that we would lose a trump
trick. He also held two sup
The Washington times., 1932-11-16
The Rhymins
Optimist
By ALINE MICHAELIS
Your Thoughts


Think long Of the loveliest
thing you know,
Perhaps a smile on a dear
old face,
A dim,. still wood where the
violets grow
Or a little child's unconscious
grace,
Perhaps an hour from by
gone years,
An hour Of times rare sweets
distilled;
Or the stranger loveliness Of
tears
That flow when hopes have
been fulfilled.
Think much Of the happiest
thing you know,
Because, with that happiness
understood,
Your life will gain a share
in it's glow,
You will greet the days in
a joyous mood!
Think often of beauty and
strength and peace;
In the might of these thoughts
at last you will rise
To claim from all bondage q
sure eleaSe,
To know that Hfe's pattern
Is wholly wise!
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porting honors in the suit that
I had bid first.
Not only had I made a
fourth-hand opening bid, I also
had given partner a very ur-
gent invitation to support one
or the other of my suites, by
bidding 3-SpadeS over oppon-
ents 2-hearts. I'VE were not
vulnerable. Our opponents were
vulnerable. My opening bid
showed that I must hold three
defensive tricks, at least, which
meant that they could not hope
to go game at a five-bid, had
they dared make it. Going
down on trick, doubled, would
have cost us only 100 points.
Should Have Supported
There can be no reasonable
doubt but what my partner
should have supported me once,
by bidding 4-Spades over the op-
posing 4-Hearts, as long as he
dared not double the opposing
bid. Even had he held a certain
heart trick, with the support
held for my two declarations, he
should have assisted me once
before making a business double.
The chance of going game is
worth more than obtaining a
small penalty from a double.
Having once supported me he
could then double with pro-
priety.
Had my partner bid 4-SpadeS,
we would have gone game, scor-
ing 100 points below the line,
and 800 points above the line
for a game when not vulnerable.
Winning 420 points, instead Of
losing $40 points, would have
gained for us 1O4O, That might
make all the difference between
winning top score or bottom
score.
Had A bid 4-Spades, 1t is i'm
probable that our opponents
would have dared go five-odd.
Had they done so they would,
Of course, have been doubled,
going down 200 points, which
would have been a net saving to
'uS Of 800 points.
Copyright, 1882, King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1932-11-16
Quilting Vogue

The present enthusiasm with
which women are taking up the
old art of quilt making has
been the inspiration for q
thread specially designed for
quilting. It is called, simply,
quilting thread and is made to
have extra strength and extra
smoothneSs Of finish, so that
it will pass smoothly and
rapidly through the thickness
of the material.
If you are unable to get this
special quilting thread use the
best six cord thread in No. 80
for the quilting, and No. SO for
piecing and applying. You will
find that in making any
thing Of as permanent value as
a quilt it always pays to use
the best Six-cord thread.
The Washington times., 1932-11-16
Two Cranberry
Recipes
"1O-Minute" Cranberry Sauce
(Stewed CranberrieS)

"1O-Minute" Cranberry Sauce
(Stewed Cranberries)
l pound or quart a cups)
cranberries.
2 cups water.
112 to 2 cups sugar.
Boil sugar and water to-
gether 5 minutes; add cranber-
ries and boil without stirring
Is minutes is usually sufficiently
until all the skins pop open. Re
move from the fire when the
popping stops, and allow the
sauce to remain in vessel undis-
turbed until cool.
Cranberry Juice Cocktail
4 cups cranberries.
4 cups water.
% cup granulated sugar.
Cook cranberries and water
until all the skins pop open
(about S minutes). Strain
through cheese cloth. Bring
the juice to boiling point, add
sugar and boil for 2 minutes.
Serve cold. For future use put
in sterilized bottles, well-corked
and sealed.
For large quantity use:
20 pounds cranberrieS.
5 gallons of water.
812 pounds sugar.
Cook as above,
The Washington times., 1932-11-16

Starvation! II the inside
story of that one-marriage-in-
six which ends in divorce were
known, starved emotions would
often be verdict. People marry,
and then expect love to be self
sustaining; but love Is no
orchid, to derive nourishment
from the air. Tried often and
found wanting is that theory.
Love is life's greatest ma
gician. When it's real, it turns
the long, hard road, over which
the forgotten r.:--.l and woman
must plod, into vistas Of Para
disc. It takes the sting out Of
poverty. It makes a mockery
Of wealth, when wealth is
absent.
A Deep Mystery
Live is a mystery no one
has ever fathomed. Poets, in
fine frenzieS, have stormed the
heavens trying to glimpse it
to bring down to earth some of
its rapture, for mortalS to
understand. It is the most
sought after Of all blessings,
but only too often the least
priced when possessed; the
most lamented. when it has
taken flight. Love is a will O.
the wisp-an unsolved riddle.
And so they marry in the
hope of making this greatest
of gifts permanent-and one
marriage in every six ends in
divorce.
The trouble is not with the
marriage, but with what people
make of it, once they've said
the II wills" They don't play
the game. They neglect the
things essential to make the
union a success. With no other
human relationship would they
take such chances, or treat it
with such utter disregard.
If you bought a house or a
farm, laid out a garden or set
up a business, you would try
to make of any Of these things
a good investment. You would
improve them, enhance their
natural beauties and possibili-
ties. But with marriage. all
idea of development seems
often to come to an end with
the honeymoon.
The trouble begins, probably,
before the ill-starred couple
ever meet. It begins in faulty
early training. Emotion is
trained out Of our boys, and
cultivated too intensively in
our girls. The average Ameri-
can man, like the Briton,
doesn't show what he feels.
Girls educated largely by nov
els and movies cultivate their
emotions too diligently.
Starved Emotions
Women wonder why these
dry-aS-dust men ever married
them, when they are so chary
of an affectionate word or ca
ress. Some women put their
starved emotions into causes,
uplift, the cultivation Of this
and that. Cats, dogs and par.
rots come in for a share, too,
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If there are no children. Some
throw their bonnetS over the
mill, as the proverb has it
then go after their bonnets.
Some just stay home and
wither.
Nor is this patient starving
all confined to women. Who
hasn't seen the man whose
eyes follow an indifferent wife
with the dumb fidelity of a
faithful dog? She may be
jazz-mad, cardinal, excitement
mad, or mad for the approval
and admiration Of someone
else-mad for anything but this
mans devotion.
Incompatibility is the verdict
usually Of the shattered mar.
riage, but back of discord Is
starvation. All those things
they should not have done,
and all those things they have
left undone, are like a noun
tain of misunderstanding be-
tween them.
Such little things, they were,
in the beginning, little acts of
thoughtfulness and neglect.
Failure to realize so many
things that, growing in leaps
and bounds, from mole-hills
have become mountains. Such
a stupid lack of understanding
all around-and the little blind
god of love has taken himself
off forever.
For when love goes, it goes
utterly. AS well try to kindle
a fire out of the cold, grey
ashes in the CRATE as to re-
kindle a love that is dead.
An Easy Task
Easy enough for men and
women to fall in love. Every
thing is on their side; nature,
which has her own purposes
in view; all the magic of two
human beings discovering that
they mean more than all the
world to each other; the
ecstacy of being in love; the
mystic riddle, that not even
the Sphinx could solve!
But how to keep this most
Incompatible of gifts - that's
the question. For while the
fire may not be rekindled from
cold ashes, a few live embers
will, with coaxing and tending.
burst again into a cheerful
blaze.
The saddest sight in the
. world are the women, and
sometimes men, one sees in
places like Reno. They have
started the divorce machinery
running. yet they are regretful.
While bringing charges, and
often horrible ones, they will
grow sentimental over the man
or women from whom they are
seeking a divorce.
Why, one wonders, did they
let love starve? Why didn't
they throw it a look, a word, a
caresS; remember an anniver-
sary; feign an interest in things
that meant so much to the
other partner, even if interest
didn't exist. Why? Why? Why?
Copyright, 1882, King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1932-11-16
Secrets Of
Health
By LOUIS E. BISCH, M. D., Phi. d,
Famous Authority on Health and
Psychology

By LOUIS E. BISCH, M. D., Phi. D,
Famous Authority on Health and
Psychology
Motion pictures have become
so exceedingly popular that the
industry itself is one Of the
largest in existence. There are
those who believe that movies
have done a great deal Of harm
to the spoken drama. and it
surely is a fact that road COM
panies no longer enjoy the popu.
larity they did years ago, while
in many communities actual hui
man beings no longer are seen
on the stage, but only silver
screen reproductions.
Yet to believe that pictures
are a rival Of the so-called legiti-
mate stage, and that they are
actually driving it to the wall
and into bankruptcy, seems
rather hasty and even far
fetched.
E1CUu1Co SAP4 COD NO44CAJB VI LOS.
edy, farce and melodrama in
one medium, while the regular
theater expresses them in an
other. In the former there are
possibilities, especially as to
range and variety of expression,
that cannot be equalled when
the actual acting time must ne
restricted to something like two
hours and expensive back
grounds painted for every
change of scene. Again, more
time can be given to work up a
script into its finest poSSinili-
ties in a Hollywood studio than
is possible when only four weeks
are allotted for preparation. the
rule among Legitimate" actors.
Lastly, with the advent Of the
talkies, the screen has profited
immeasurably by taking over
plays that already have had a
run, and by expanding them and
modifying them to suit their
own special motion picture
needs. .......
But what is a playgoer to exsi
pect from a play, anyway,
whether this be unfolded before
him in a cinema house or upon
the legitimate stage?
Surely the purpose of a play
in either medium is not merely
to pass the time in an in
teresting way. That there are
plays deliberately written for
such a purpose there can be
no question, but real drama
undoubtedly does much more
than that. It StirS the emo
tions. It takes us out of our.
selves and offers an escape
from reality. Often. indeed. a
play points a lesson or a moral,
or presents a point Of view. in
such a striking and forceful
manner that it changes the
very course Of our after lives.
The theater is a valuable
force in everyone's daily life,
and the person who shuns the
theaetr makes a great mistake.
Plays there are for every taste,
almost for every condition of
mind. The selection of these
is often as wise as the selec-
ton of a book. We can always
go into the library and find the
type Of thing we want between
board covers and on the printed
page. If it is only entertain
ment that we seek, surely we
can find it. If it is deeper
drama. that too can be sup
piled. And when we are able
to find the happy combination
Of drama plus entertainment,
then indeed there is a cause
for such rejoicing.
Remember, too, that we are
more deeply influenced by
plays, sketches and moving pic
lures that we see than we
might suppose. Impressions re.
corded on the mind through
the medium Of interest are al
ways telling.
The Washington times., 1932-11-16
VII en- Manners
Are Correct
By MRS. BEECKMAN
Introducing a Doctor

Introducing a Doctor
Dear Mrs. Beeckman:
/. When one is introducing a
doctor to close friends, must
one repeat Doctor" before the
introduction?
2. Would this also apply If
ones husband were a doctor?
4 . F.
I. Yes, for in this case the
Doctor takes the place of Mister.
2. # one gave the name. In
family introductions often the
name is omitted. For instance,
MRS. Graham, this is my hus-
band" or MRS. Graham, may
I present my husband"
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uOOEs CuG TcIu6ulU6TGu d TOO
She dragged herself up the
steps and paused at the door
of the nursery. The nursery
had been LennoX's room. There
Joyce lay in her white crib,
kicking her bare, pink feet
her thumb was in her mouth,
incorrigibly. Mamma, putting
outdoor bonnets and and coats
away, Strengthened her strong
old back and smiled at the
girl in the doorway.
She's just as good as gold,
Miss Elizabeth. Come, see how
she'll laugh if you but speak
to her."
Elizabeth came. bent over the
crib. Wide, ignorant blue eyes
stared up into hers. She leaned
nearer; her hair slipping from
the pins fell, a straight yelling
of ashen gold. Joyce reached
up dominant, acquisitive hands
and pulled happily at the en-.
chanting fleece.
Mamma. how strong she isl"
"Yes-she's a handful" The
old nurse chuckled and came
to Elizabeth's side. $50 like
Master Lennox-so like. I re-
member the day"
TITS late, Mamma. I must
90"
Turns and FIees
Elizabeth turned, detached
her hair from the hurting little
fingers and left the room. She
fled along the hall as if pur-
sued by endless "reminiscences.
Curious, to recall that once
she had been avid to know what
Lennox had been like as a baby
how he had looked, how he
smiled, what antics had been
memorably his.
There. in the room she had
quilted. lay his daughter in her
crib. $50 like" If only -
thought Elizabeth. almost run
ning-if only she had looked
like me, I could endure it. If
she looked like me perhaps she
would let us go-She would
hate her too
There were steps on the
stairs. Elizabeth had reached
her room, she opened the door,
shut herself in.
Louisa entered the nursery.
did I hear Mrs. Sheldon in
here just now?"
eyes, man. she stopped by
for a moment"
Louisa bent over the crib.
The eyes so like his. the little
tunnel Of silky. dark hair, the
curly, pink mouth. smiling. She
picked the baby up in her arms,
gently, almost casually, and sat
down with her in a chair by
the window. Mamma looked at
her q moment-she could be-
lieve herself back. over 20 years.
She stole silently from the
room.
Louisa Sheldon regarded her
grandchild. The baby laughed
at her. Everything held laugh
ter for Joyce.
Not Like Mother
No, not a feature like the
mothers. All Sheldon. all Len
nox, search as she might.
Yet behind that rosy mask
Of infant flesh, deep in the
unawakened eyes, would not
Elizabeth wait. to surprise her?
How much had Elizabeth con-
tributed to this child? How
much?
It could be eradicated,
thought Louisa, watched for.
If she had loved the father,
her son, how painfully she loved
his child. His-his flesh and
blood. OF him. And yet not
altogether his; hers, too, child
of that pale traitreSs, whose
white skin and soft hands and
characterleSs mouth had robbed
Louisa'S son of honor and her
self, Louisa, of pride. If there
was a mission left to her in the
life she must live it was to guard
this child from her heritage, to
hold her close, so close and shel-
tered, so much her own, that
nothing could touch her.
Lennox had been her own.
She had lost him, for a little
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The Washington times., 1932-11-16

The stomach is not to blame when
child is finicky about food. Nor is
every sluggish girl or boy constipated.
Instead of of medicine, give a
little pure fig syrup. You'll see a change
in twenty-four hoursI In a couple Of
weeks, your youngster will have the
appetite of young animall
It's true, mothers, for it's Nature.
California fig syrup is bottled health
for the little ones.
The Washington times., 1932-11-16
Three Women
"SKYSCRAPER" AUTHORS
NEW NOVEL OF
YOUNG REVOLT
BY Faith Baldwin
By Faith Baldwin
CHAPTER %

Elizabeth turned and out of the library. It
odd thing about that She remembered that
Christmas tree had stood there the hearth
Candles had burned it, silver star had guided the
prng wings of angel made of She remembered the
tree she could almost it now she turned back at the
door. She remembered room upstairs dark room.
The Washington times., 1932-11-16
How tOStay Wed
NOTED LOVE AUTHORITY
GIVES ADVICE TO
NEWLYWEDS
BY Beatrice Fairfax
.By Beatrice Fairfax
Don't Let LOUe StGrUe

Love living thing Like any other living thing, love
starves if it ism nourshed and cultivated.
You wouldn't let your house fall into utter disrepar
you had the wherewithal prevent it. Why let
thing infinitely precious than bricks and mortar die
The Washington times., 1932-11-16
IMPORTANT

II you wdnt to get real results, get the
real California fig syrup. DO not
accept any bottle which does not san
CALIFORNIA fig syrup. 4
The Washington times., 1932-11-16
Interesting Bridge Hands
By E. V. SHEPA
Should Partner Have Helped

Should Partner Have Helped
Me?
The following deal appeared
recently in a duplicate game, at
the Contract Bridge Club. I
was B, and the bidding went as
shown below.
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Evening star., 1932-07-27
Welcome Signs of Revival,

While a total Of 2,76o workers added
to the pay rolls, as reported In a
number Of items printed In yesterdays
Star, does not constitute a material
percentage Of those now idle in this
country, it Is nevertheless O welcome
sign OF reviving industry. These items
are as follows: At Hazelton, Pa, $50
silk operators; Ftchburg, Mass. 250
worsted workers; at Richmond, Va, in
two plants, 1875 new names on the
pay rolls of tobacco factories; In
the same city $50 rayon workers; at
Gardner, Mass, ITS stove operatives; at
Fort Worth, Tex, $50 clothing makers,
and at Greensburg, Pa. 100 coal
miners. This Is q fairly wide distribu-
ton geographically and also In respect
to industries.
Additions to the pay rolls OF textile
and clothing factories have lately been
conspicuous in the reports Of renewed
Industrial activities. For many months
manufacturers Ia this line have been
operating on short time. II at all. The
result Is that stocks in both material
and finished products have been very
greatly depleted The other day It wa
Evening star., 1932-07-27

was inevitable. No one can reasonably
expect TO continue to enjoy the right to
5 per cent interest when the national
credit 1lsttfles O much lower rate ana
the country Is strong enough to over
come any difficulties attendant on a
conversion operation. If holders are
called upon to make sacrifice, they
will be quick to recognize that there Is
no section Of the community from which
sacrifices have not been asked in this
time Of trouble-sacrifices which are
being resolutely borne.
The successful conversion Of the war
loan, now assured, viii not merely re-
suit in a great saving in State expen-
diture, the exchequer points out-the
loan is SO vast that the gain will be in
the neighborhood Of thirty million
pounds a year, or about the equivalent
of the war debt annuity John Bull Is
now paying Uncle Sam. 1t will also
pave the way for lower interest rates.
Thus British industry will be enabled
more easily to obtain capital, employ
more people and produce more goods
as British trade conditions improve.
"Britons never, never, never will be
slaves" runs an ancient British theme
song-either slaves to a conqueror, or,
as current events indicate, slaves to un-
bearable economic conditions, If by dint
of heroic effort on their own part such
serfdom can be thrown of. The two
billion pound war loan conversion
scheme is praiseworthy evidence of
Britons' power and will to surmount
their governmental vicissitudes, no mat
ter what the cost.