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The Washington times., 1932-11-18


The ideal wife, like Dickens
Mrs. Harris, doesn't exist.
Equally imaginary is the god
like creature a girl dreams OF
marrying after the movie sheik
has done his bit on the silver
screen.
It may be a dark moment
for Henry when he discovers
that the cheek he likes to touch
is not innocent of cold cream,
in off hours. And it may be a
dark moment for Mabel when
she discovers that Henry Is not
as partial to shaving, now that
he is domeSticated. It may be
even a darker moment for
Henry when he becomes &C
quainted with some of the
things Mabel puts on the table.
The Zero Hour
At that zero hour, it would
. be unwise for Henry to recall
any culinary triumphs of
mother. If the principal din
ner dish is something with
which an ostrich wouldn't take
q chance, remember there is
the chain restaurant, or even
the drug store at the corner.
And don't bang the door or jam
on your hat when you go. out
to find them!
If Mabel is wise she will not
try to make any more dishes
"out Of her head" She'll join
a domestic science class. or in
vest in a good, reliable cook
book. There are plenty of them
to be had. BY this time, Henry
will have digested his first dose
of patience, he will have
learned that first lesson Of the
young husbands alphabet, i.e.,
that an angelic being often
better at eating a good dinner
than at preparing one.
Meantime, Mabel is likely to
have discovered that Henry is
not the perfect sheik she sup
pose him to be. His lovemaking
is as unlike John Gilbert's.
Ramon Navarro'S or Ronald
Colman'S as possible, or any
of the other gods of the screen
whose gesture of carrying all
before them gives you catch
in the throat.
Oh, why can't Henry be like
that? She even has moments
of wondering if he really loves
her, he seems so glad to have
an occasional evening out with
the boys.
Proud Of Her
But he is tremendously proud
of her, and of the flat, and the
salad and things from the deli
catesSen when he had his old
friends in for a Sociable game.
She's fibbed a little about the
delicateSsen things and pre-
tended she had made them SER
self-but she really is learning
how to do things. Take that
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Elder has, and Miss Howells."
Elizabeth shook her head.
Mrs. Sheldon remarked, pour
ing the tea, "Your mother has
had no training, Joyce"
"She could learn"
Hates Blood!
Mrs. Sheldon smiled, slightly.
Elizabeth said nothing, finger.
ing the paper again, distaste-
fully. Joyce thought-oh, she
hates blood. She tainted that
day 1 cut my hand-She isn't
like me and Granny.
Contempt for her mother
stirred in her heart. She turned
to her grandmother, demanded
abruptly, confidently, you go!"
Mrs. Sheldon answered, it
seemed regretfully.
I'm too old, my dear"
Her tone seemed to add, with
understanding-and you're too
young,
Joyce looked at her in amaze
ment. Old? Why, of course
she was old. But somehow it
had never before occurred to
the child.
Mrs. Sheldon rose.
Il am going down to the Red
Cross rooms. Would you care
to come with me, Joyce?"
"Oh, GRANNY"
The blue eyes shone. OF
course they wouldn't let her
help. but she could sit there
in that atmosphere of gauze
and unbleached muslin and
oakum. and watch. Perhaps, if
she were very good, they'd let
her do something, a very little.
Granny had shown her how to
make those little SpongeS. You
turned them inside out like q
glove.
After luncheon they set off
in the car, the two of them,
sitting there, straight backed,
absorbed in one another. Eliz-
abeth turned from the window.
After a time she went out
into the garden. She had been
permitted some freedom there.
She might give orders to the
gardener. might cut the flow
ers, might arrange them in
baskets and vases. Mrs. Shel.
don was pleased to allow her
daughter-in-law such small, un-
important, decorative duties.
Day in. day out. month and
year. Her own mother dead,
her sisters married and away,
Alice in the West with her uni
versity professor, Fanny in
South America with her engi-
neer.
No one belonged to her any
more.
She heard a car come up
Continued on End Comic Page
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against the diamond declara.
ton. allowing B to ruff, to re-
turn a club lead and ruff again.
Perfect bidding by ABB must re-
suit in winning four tricks
against rs diamond make. Ger,
tainly the bidding of ABB was
not good.
At one table ABB bid cor
rectly. AS a result they made
6-Spades, doubled and redou-
bled. The redouble was a dan
gerous declaration. as z might
have gone to diamonds.
The majority Of the tables
played the hand at 6-Diamonds.
doubled. The defense of ABB.
and the aStuteneSS with which z
played, determined results. At
the tables where B had failed to
show his clubs, the inyariabls
opening lead was the K of
spades. Dummy ruffed, then
led the 10 of diamonds.
through B. It made no differ
ence whether or not B covered
with his j. All opposing dia-
monds fell in three rounds Of
trumps.
Having won spade ruff and
picked up all opposing trumps,
the diamond declarer at the
different tables played hearts
in various ways. The normal
play of that suit was to go for
the drop. with nine cards of the
suit divided between declarer
and dummy. Where this nor
NAL play was followed the con-
tract was beaten either one or
two tricks, depending upon
whether A covered the 10 of
hearts with the queen.
One table won five-odd, and
another table made a grand
slam, by the way z and A
played their hearts. At both of
those tables z was lucky
enough to have an opening
lead Of spades made and ruffed
by dummy. Seven rounds of
trump followed at both tables.
Then the 10 of hearts was led.
At one table A did not cover
with his queen. A finesse of
the 10 won. and the 8 followed,
establishing that suit and Civ
ing the declarer the discards
he needed to win Is tricks. At
the other table the queen COW
cred the 10 of hearts, affording
2 only a discard of one spade,
so that ABB won two tricks.
Copyright. 1881 King Features
syAsicatA EWAN
The Washington times., 1932-11-18
The Rhymins
Optimist
By ALINE MICHELIS
Late Afternoon

Eastward shades are slantlng
longer.
On the meadows at our feet.
Now the need of rest is stronger
And the thought of rest is sweet
AS the day is growing older
Like a rose that slowly fades,
And the creeping shadows
bolder,
Mount above the quiet gladeS.
Slowly wanes the careless rap
ture
OF the heart like waning light,
And no longing can re-capture
Life's first ardor, youths de-
light:
But the joy of youth still fingers
AS remembered roses glow.
After Time has laid chill fingers
On the garden. Swathed in snow.
Though the paSt's triumphant
legionS
Now in silence must retreat,
Peace has touched these twi-
light regions
Where the thought Of rest is
sweet.
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CORRECT ETIQUETTE

come to your home to have sup
per with your family and you.
He and his family have shown
you such special hospitality that
that it would seem very un-
cordial of you if you too don't
make a gesture of hospitality.
And inviting friends to dine
with us, in our home, is the
height of honor and hospitality
that we can show them.
The Washington times., 1932-11-18

But it hadn't happened then,
he thought. Perhaps, after she
came back from England with
the child. He had called az the
house, had seen her drifting
silently about the great rooms.
q pale girl in a black frock.
She did not wear black now
and her clear pallOr was some
times family stained with
pink. But he always saw her, in
his heart, as that stricken, uIl-
complaining figure.
He'd loved Lennox Sheldon
now he loved Lennox Shell
don's young widow. He thought
Lennox would be q little glad,
If he knew.
Afraid Of Her
He had no belief In the
Ruth and Naomi legend. He
knew, he thought he knew, that
Elizabeth was afraid of her
mother-in-law. He thought he
could explain thAt-heI youth
when she had come to the
Sheldon household. hel years
of being dominated. her tragedy
her financial dependence. He
wanted to take her in his arms
and say, You need never be
afraid any more"
He wanted, dreadfully, to
teach her the ways of laugh
ter. 1t seemed to him that she
never laughed not really. He
wanted to AWAKEN her to life.
She was a statue. walking.
They had always been good
friends in a quiet sort of way.
Seven years - eight years -
and then suddenly it was 10
years and the Sheldons were
back in the hideous. comfortable
Connecticut house and people
were making speeches in the
town hall and working with the
Red Cross, and half a dozen
men from the summer colony
had vanished; some were driv-
ing ambulances and some were
flying with the r. 2. c.
Joyce bounded into her grand
mothers room.
IF I were grown up-and a
doctor-I could go to France!"
She had a private hospital in
the diSSuSed barn. There she
tended an assortment Of pa
tientS, broken-limbed dolls, stray
dogs, a sparrow with a hurt
wing. She had, at 10, the hands
Of the healer.
This was in 1916.
Elizabeth thought, pushing
the morning papers aside. /
can't get used to 1.-TWO years
all those boyS-killed-mang-
led-dying- t
why don't you go, Mother?"
Joyce asked her once.
''Where?"
ITO France, and nurse. Mrs.
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Secrets Of
Health
BY LOUIS z. BISCH, M. D., Pm. d.
Famous Authority ON health and
Psychology

BY LOUIS z. BISCH, M. D., Pm. d.
Famous Authority ON health and
Psychology
Too many Of us take citizen
ship altogether too lightly.
We have a way of criticizing
or even poking fun at the way
the government is run, yet all
the while we sit supinely ~
and do nothing of a construc-
tive nature to help make
change. We believe in
democracy and the privilege Of
voting and thus expressing our
opinion but often when voting
time comes we are careless,
forget to register in advance,
and so allow a great op-
portunity to slip by. AS re-
gard opinions, where great
problems of domestic and
international character are in
volved, we are llotoriously slack
in forming our own judgments,
and altogether too often we
are swayed by some soap
box orator or by the editorial
opinion expressed in our
favorite newspaper.
Surely, although citizenship
carries with it great privileges,
it also carries with it certain
duties which we must not side
track!
In the last analysis 1t Is the
citizens themselves who hold the
balance of power in any demo
cracy, but if the best thought OF
the nation does not express IT
self, then these same minds
must not complain when things
do not go according to their
liking.
AS citizens of these United
States we have received much
much more, probably. than citi-
zens in any other country. Be-
cause of this very fact, We owe
much to the community in
which we live, as well as to the
state and to the nation.
The greatest men Of our coun-
try have always appreciated
their citizenship responsibilities.
Among these may be mentioned
Washington, jefferson, Frank
lin, Adams. Webster, Lincoln,
Roosevelt, Wilson, Thomas Mel
son Page, Joseph Choate and
the like. Although we may not
be able to become such re-
nowned citizens as they, we can
at least develop our latent
powers and interests and become
better citizens than we actually
are.
Crowd-mindness is, Of course,
the bane of any large group.
To think like the majority, and
not to try and figure out con-
clusionS for on's self, is the easi-
est way. Unfortunately, many
of us are mentally lazy. To have
others do our thinking and even
act Tor us is a line OF leaSL re-
SiStance few can resist.
Yet this nation is at the
present time confronted with
tremendous problems. The
economic depression, prohibi.
tion. soldiers bonus, payment
of war debts, the difficulties
of the farmer. our stand on
world disarmament and our
ability to help preserve the
peace Of the world are out
standing issues. BY no means,
though, do they cover the en-
tire field of national interest.
Therefore it is the duty Of
every American to rouse him
self from what might be called
a sense Of false security and
optimism and to learn to think
clearly and straight,
The Washington times., 1932-11-18
Try These
Recipes

Bran Corn Bread With Bacon
2 eggs Cbeaten slightly
" cup sugar
u cup bran
/ cup corn meal
! cup milk
"a cup flour.
u teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
"a pound bacon (diced)
Combine eggs and sugar thor.
oughly; add all-bran, corn meal
and milk. Sift dry ingredients
together, add to first mixture
and pour into creased baking
dish (9x12 inches is a suitable
size to use). Sprinkle bacon
over top. Bake at 400 degrees
F. for 20 minutes, then slip
dish under broiler for about
three minutes to brown the
crust and to crisp the bacon.
Yield: 16 servings.
The Washington times., 1932-11-18

At one table the hands were
bid as follows: z, pass; A,
One Spade; Y, Two Hearts; B,
Three Spades; z, Five Dia-
monds: A, Five Spades; Y,
pass; B, pass; z, Six Diamonds:
A, double, hoping to drive Y
to Six Hearts, although Y had
refused to bid again: all pass,
but B vould have bid Six
Spades had not A doubled.
B fell down on his bidding,
or there would have been quite
different results. Over Us
Two Hearts, B should have
forced with Four Clubs. When
z bid his Five Diamonds.
either A or B would have Did
Five Spades. or. better yet, B
could have bid Five Hearts Ito
show greater support for his
partners declaration and no
heart losers), or B might even
have bid Six Spades. All ABB
could have lost was a diamond
trick, and not even that, un-
less the opening lead was a
diamond.
The interjection Of the club
declaration would have served a
most useful purpose. preSuming
z were rash enough to insist
uron playing the had at 7-Dia-
monds. Carrying A so high in
spades would have shown that
player that B was very long in
spades, making spades less de-
sirable to lead than clubs. Had
the heart bid been made by B it
would have caused A to make
an opening lead Of hearts
The Washington times., 1932-11-18
A Practical Hint

When dieting to cut down
tonnage, don't forget that you
are robbing your complexion
of the fats upon which it lives
and thriveS and has its being.
Give it plenty of cold cream as
a substitute, otherwise it will
starve to death, pay you out
with a crop of wrinkles.
The Washington times., 1932-11-18
Interesting Bridge Hands
By E. V. SHEPARD

Bidders Fail To Reason Well
If bidders. would reason more
directly than they do better
results would more often be OBJ
tanned. The interesting hand
given below appeared in a du
plicate game at the Bridge Club,
New York. All kinds Of re-
suits, except the best, were OBJ
tanned at different tables.
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The Washington times., 1932-11-18
How tOSfay Wed
NOTED LOVE AUTHORITY
GIVES ADVICE TO
NEWYWEDS
BY Beatrice Fairfax

Do you remember Bernard Shaw telling of the perfect
wife and mother in one of his plays-Getting married. "
believe it was-and how the husband and children all
left home7
Perfect Wives and "Perfect Husbands" are. found
more often in epitaphs than in real e And fortunate for
the rest of u.s. ra human creatures that that this
The Washington times., 1932-11-18
Red Pepper jam

Red Pepper jam
IL largee red sweet peppers. :,
/ tablespoon salt.
pint vinegar.
8 cupfuls sugar.
Remove the seeds from the
peppers and put through a
chopper, using the medium
knife. Sprinkle with the salt
and let stand three or four
hours. Drain, put in a kettle
and add the vinegar and sugar.
Boil gently until the consistency
of jam-about one hour. Pour
into hot sterilized glasses and
cover with parafin. This makes
six glasses, and when cold, cover
glasses.
The Washington times., 1932-11-18
Three Women
"SKYSCRAPER" AUTHORS
NEW NOVEL OF
YOUNG REVOLT
RV Faith Baldwin
By Faith Baldwin
CHAPTER TwENTY-FoUR

Some els wondered; had been wondering for some
time Fred Van Alstyne He wondered, distressfuly
Would Elizabeth remarry7
When had he first fallen in love with his friends wdowH
He could have sadhe had forgotten that glimpse
of her. leaning from the carriage that brought her home
from the church 1t had pierced his heart authentic
CofL
The Washington times., 1932-11-18
An Invitation

Dear Mrs. Beeckman:
I have been going with a boy
for about eight months and I
have been to his cottage to
visit his parents. I would like
to know if it would be proper
to ask him to supper one eve
ming? PUZZLED.
by all means have your
mother invite this friend to
Imperial Valley press., 1932-04-12
COAST LEAGUE

Yesterdays Results
No games; teams travelling.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-04-12
Pacific Coast
League Scores

Coast league teams squared away
for the second weeks series today
with the cellar placed Missions
bidding for hero's honors of a
sort by taking on the champion
Seals.
Winner of six games in seven
from the Seattle Indians last
week. the San FranciscanS were
confident of another prosperous
week against the Reds. The Mis-
sions dropped six out Of seven to
Sacramento last week.
Another strictly home town SER
les will be played at Wrigley field
between the Los Angeles Angels
and Hollywood Stars. Hollywood
noSed out the Oaks last week and
is tied with Portland in second
place. The Seraphs in turn were
nosed out by the Beavers and arc
in third place with the Acorns.
In the only encounter between
two teams that won opening series,
Portland will travel to Sacramento
for a go at the Senators. 1t should
prove an interesting event, because
somebody is going to lose.
The Tribe moved across the bay
III hopes that it will have better
luck against the Oaks at Emery
vile than it had with the Seals in
San Francisco.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-04-12
CHR!STY MEETS
SKARDA HERE
FRIDAY NIGHT

Vic Christy, the boy-wonder of
the mat game, will clash with Rudy
Skarda, another young sensational
Los Angeles grappler, in the best
two out of three falls to a finish
wrestling battle scheduled for the
Ell Centro arena Friday.
This battle, one between the two
best of the Youngest heavyweight
grapplers in the country today tops
the second Of the regular semi
monthly wrestling programs being
promoted by the Imperial Valley
Athletic club.
Christy showed the fans of this
section a bit of his all around abil-
ity here two weeks ago when he
dumped Tex Wright in the special
event of the first mat program at
the arena. The youngster has
been the outstanding sensation of
the game during the past few
months.
Only a few weeks ago Christy
wrestled Ed Stranger" Lewis to a
draw in San Diego. The following
night he defeated Bonnie Muir in
a spectacular battle in Los Angeles.
Skarda is the same type of wrest-
Ter as Christy. He is 20 years old,
weighs 200 pounds, and like Chris
ty, is an expert with the body-scis-
sors. He is even more powerfully
built than Christy. There has al
ways been great rivalry between
this pair as they each broke into
the pro mat ranks about the same
time.
This is battle that is consider
ed good enough to top any wrest-
ling card in the country.
A strong supporting card has
been scheduled to proceed the fea-
ture battle.
Marciano Agrava, of Manila, the
only Filipino wrestler in the game
today, will clash with DR.. P. A.
Mullikin, worlds light heavyweight
champion, in the second bout of
this card.
Agrava is colorful, speedy and
clever grappler. He proved that in
Los Angeles some months ago when
he defeated Lloyd Kennedy, rated
as one Of the leading contenders
for the light heavyweight title, in
less than Is minutes.
Agrava has been wrestling in the
northern part of the state since
then. He only recently returned
south. He has spent weeks in
training in preparation for a cam
paign that he intends to wage in
an effort to win the wrestling title.
In the opener, Luis Mayo, light
heavyweight champion of Mexico
will clash with Tex Wright, the
rough and rugged 205 FOUNDER, who
gave Christy something to worry
about two weeks ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-04-12

LOS ANGELES, April IL. - The
Tulsa Oilers, Oklahoma ice hockey
team, were to arrive in Los An
Imperial Valley press., 1932-04-12
Junior Chamber
Meets Tomorrow

Members of the FL Centre Junior
Chamber of Commerce will meet
at the Barbara Worth hotel at
$50 tomorrow morning to discuss
in a round table conference the
current problems of the organi-
Zation.
President Clarence Smith SAID
today no program has been ar
ranged. neither speaking nor en-
tertainment. Members of the or
ganization will be privileged 70
bring up for discussion any proc
lens they believe deserving of at
tention.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-04-12
MAJOR LEAGUES
TO PRY OFF Lid
FOR ANNUAL RACE
BY GEORGE KIRKSEY
United Press Staff Correspondent

CHICAGO, April IL. = The game
Abner Doubleday originated as
"One Old Cat in Cooperstown, N.
Y, SO years ago focused the ma
tion's attention today on something
else besides its troubles and woes.
It's baseball's opening day again,
and some 100000 fans headed for
the ball park in eight major league
cities and a million or more from
coast to coast eagerly awaited the
first returns of runs, hits and er-
rors.
With the balance Of power more
evenly distributed in the National
League and the invincibility of the
Philadelphia Athletics shattered by
the st. Louis Cardinals in the last
world series, there is every indi-
cation that last years two runaway
races will not be repeated.
The Athletics won the 1881 PEN
nant by 13h games and will be af-
ter their fourth straight pennant
and new American League rec
ord. The Cardinals finished 13
games in front last year and will
be after their third consecutive
pennant.
AS a prelude TO the grand OPEN
ing, President Hoover threw out
the first ball yesterday at Wash
ington, where the Senators defeat
ed the Boston Red Sox, 10, in 10
innings.
There won't be any crowd to
rival last years 10000 gathering at
Yankee stadium, but with fair
weather about 10000 will see the
four National League games ano
about 10000 the quartet of Ameri-
can League contests. Brooklyn will
draw the days biggest crowd which
may exceed $4,000.
Game Changing
With definite indications of a
swing back to pitching, speed and
inside baseball, the 1882 season may
witness further decline in home
runs and long distance hitting
Major league managers, with few
exceptions, have built their teams
for more speed and less power
The New York Yankees, with
baseball's two greatest sluggers
Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, will
continue to exemplify power, but
even this team will attempt to keer
pace with the changing technique
The Yanks will balance their power
with two dashing rookie infielders
Frank Crosetti and Jack Saltgav-
er, and the fleet Benny Chapman.
The fate of the world champion
st. Louis Cardinals is decidedly
uncertain as an aftermath of the
bold traing in of Charles (Chick)
Hafey, National League batting
champion and Burleigh Grimes
one of the teams three best pitch
ers last year, and the disposal of
other players since the 1881 sea-
son.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-04-12
Champion Booed
At Exhibition

TORONTO, Ont, April IL. W,P&-
Max Schmeling, worlds heavy
weight champion, was on his way
to Virginia today after a poor
showing here in the opening per-
tormance of his exhibition tour.
Thirty-five hundred fans booed
the champion when he climbed
from the ring after three slow, un-
interesting rounds with sparring
partners. His exhibition was far
inferior to Jack Dempsey's sizzling
performance here two weeks ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-04-12

been through a siege of influenza
and then having suffered brok-
en- thumb, but he processes to be
in fine shape.
Garcia has made five starts since
coming to this country, and has
finished three of his opponents.
He is regarded as sure poison to
southpaws.
Should Corbett win tonight, he
will be practically sure of a bout
in San Francisco with Jackie Fields
next June.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-04-12
Marshall-Pesek
Bout No Contest


KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April 10.
U.RrEverett Marshall, La Junta,
Colo, and John Pesek, Nebraska
farmer, must meet again to de-
eide which one is going to join the
army of worlds heavyweight
wrestling champions.
The two wrestled here last night
but the match was declared mo
contest" when. after winning a
fall apiece, they fell from the ring
and carried Referee Walter Bates
out with them and he was unable
to continue.
The winner was to have been
awarded recognition by the Mid
west Athletic association as worlds
champion.