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The Washington times., 1932-05-18
Advice to the LoveIorn
By Beatrice Fairfax

price attached. That IS all palo
for.
IT learned how to buy grocer
les, good, wholesome food, and
we have plenty of it. The gro
cery bill seldom exceeds SIS a
deck and is usually below that
amount. Our monthly bills are
the gas, light, insurance and
milk. There is also my hus-
bands carfare to work.
"Of course, we have to live a
quiet life-a show about once a
week, attend church and have
some social life through that
source. We are happy, and as
long as we can get $40 a week
we can manage some way, espe-
cially with the present condi'
tions Of labor.
eve Are Happy"
"You mentioned if there
should be children. We have
friends, a young couple, with
a boy almost two years old,
who are also managing on the
same amount. They, too, pay
cheap rent. That baby is al
ways clothed neatly and clean
ly and is the picture of health
"a beautiful boy.
"Of course, wouldn't want
to live this way always. I want
better things, and will have
them when working conditions
improve. But now we are
happy, owing no one. And we
don't feel like financial wiz
ards, either. MARY B."
MY correspondent doesn't say
how they manage about clothes,
doctors bills, dentist, what the
amount of the insurance is, or
if there is a sum put by for
possible emergencies.
The Washington times., 1932-05-18
An Authority on Problems o.
Love and Marriage

An Authority on Problems Of
Love and Marriage
From Chicago, a lady writes
me a wonderful letter, in which
she tells how to keep the pot
boiling well and appetizingly on
$40 a week. I wish she had
gone a little more into detail,
as her methods would bring aid
and comfort to many a per-
plexed housewife at the present
time.
If there are other house
wives who manage to balance
the family budget on this sum,
won't they write in and take
the rest Of us into their con-
fidence? We'd all like to know
how it's done. Her letter reads:
"Dear Miss Fairfax-May I
comment on an answer you
gave the other day to a boy of
10, who wanted to marry on
$40 per week? You said it would
take a financial wizard to turn
the trick for two on that
amount. Well, my husband and
I, each %, have been living on
that amount all winter. We
were married a year ago. He
was working full time then, but
nearly all winter he has been
working only four days a week.
Managing Home
&Here is the way we manage:
We pay So a week rent for
three-room flat, furnishing part
of the coal for the furnace. We
secured the city for good Sec
ond-hand furniture with cheap
The Washington times., 1932-05-18

Stripes are as popular on the
beach as on the street this
year, SO we've sketched the
popular type of slacks in striped
cotton. They have a matching
wide-brimmed hat, and a ban
danna bandeau, or kerchief top,
so you can sun as much or as
little as you choose. They come
in all vivid colors, combined
with white. Then as many
people play active games on the
beach, or also want to sun their
legs, play suits with shorts are
coming into favor. The suit
Sketched is of seersucker, so
cool and easy to launder, and it
consists of sleeveless shirt and
shorts. You can also get sets
of slacks and big floopy hats
of seersucker. This suit is only
$1.95, which is the same price
as the other suit sketched. The
girl wears a crocheted halo,
which of course may be worn
other places besides the beach.
Smart Means Simple
Rather than make our pic
ture a jig-saw of stripes, we
sketched plain white toweling
robe. though they too come in
stripes, and an equally popular
robe is of seersucker in wider
stripes than the suit, and in
vivid colors. Robes of seer
sucker are $1.95, Of toweling
$2.95. Notice the new beach
footwear, a pair Of clogs with
thongs that initiate the popular
oL,;Ilia ond another sandal
The Washington times., 1932-05-18
CHAPTER 81

The moment we were alone
Colt brought me to the body
and put his finger on the dead
mans throat.
There, Tony" he pointed
out, "is the deadly kiss of the
Durango"
And there indeed 1t was, a
tiny red vesicle, crimson over
the jugular vein.
And here" added Thatcher
Colt, bending beside the
sprawled figure, 'is the mes
Eenger Of death!"
He picked up the dead IT,
sect between his fingers-its
long feelers waved as my eX-
PEELED breath passed over them
In silence, Colt put the Mex.
lean scorpion into an envelope.
sealed and marked it and gave
1t into my keeping.
"Our work is cut ou5 for
u.s." continued the commits
sioner, but before I notify
Flynn and the rest, 1 want
to do some private sleuthing
and ask few questions with
out interruption. Has Mrs.
Baldwin regained conscious
nesS?"
1 found the pudgy little
widow sitting up on the edge
Of the easy-chair in the front
office, staring out blankly,
while Miss Simon talked to her
soothingly and rubbed her head
with some aromatic fluid.
AS always, in such investiga-
tions, my instincts revolted
against the work we now had
to do. This poor woman
should be surrounded with
sympathy and understanding,
strict privacy and loving mn-
istrations. But that was i'm
possible. In her own way, she
too was a victim-as in life,
who is not? She would want
to be alone but instead she
The Washington times., 1932-05-18

All the worlds going to play
on the beach this year, from
all indications. Nearly all the
world did last year, and from
the fact that people are buying
beach and bathing things much
earlier, it looks like the water
sports will be smarter and more
enjoyable than ever. Sailing,
bathing, beach games and just
plain lounging are amusements
that we are just beginning to
appreciate, and we are just
learning the last year or two
how to dress for them, and how
to look the part.
A Sailors Toys
First and foremost, all beach
things are simple and casual,
"workmanlike" they have often
been called. The day of un-
suitable silk pajamas and robes
has gone forever, and their
place has been taken by rough
and ready cottons, linens, and
woods. Beach equipment con-
sists of simple pajamas, q
lounging robe, and a bathing
suit and accessories if you're
going to swim. You can add
a big towel or rug to lie on if
you want, and a big roomy bag
to carry along makeup and
cigarettes, and there are many
clever toys and amusing novel
ties, which you can take or
leave, according to your whim.
We've sketched a few Of the
other attractive things you can
RinaI
The Washington times., 1932-05-18
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The Washington times., 1932-05-18
Correct Manners
Bv Mrs. Cornelius Beeckman

CosA GN4 ~ SSAAA@S.S
fairs. and titles should, there
fore, always be used on them.
The Combination Gard
DEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
To settle a much-diScusSed
topic, will you kindly answer
this question? Is it proper to
use the combination card.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Allen
Robinson :. for calling?
Reader.
Yes, it is correct to use this
double card for paying formal
calls. It is also, as you know,
sent with q wedding present.
with flowers as messengers OF
our sympathy to a funeral
and with flowers to a debut
ante's party.
The Washington times., 1932-05-18
Can w Beat Four Hearts?
Contract post mortems, If
conducted without unkind COM
ments, often yield valuable in
formation for use in future bid
ding or play. The hand below
shows such an instance.
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z made an opening bid OF
One Club. Having two stops to
that suit, A bid One No Trump.
Y passed. B bid TWO Hearts,
which A shifted back to Two No
Trumps. AS long as his voice
lasted B intended to keep out
bidding his partners no trumps,
so B bid Three Hearts. After
which A bid Four Hearts, end
ing contracting.
z made as good an opening
lead as any that he could select
when he led his Ace of Dia-
monds. Very properly, Y felt
that it would be dangerous to
give a come-in by playing his
Seven. Y knew that only the
Queen-Nine-T Three of Diamonds
were held by B and z jointly.
Inviting a second lead of that
suit might enable the declarer
to establish diamonds in dummy,
providing for later diScards of
losers from BIS hand. z pru-
dently played the Four of Dia-
monds, requesting z to lead an
other suit, but z ignored the
request; he led the Nine of Dia-
monds; dummy's Ten forced rs
King, and B trumped the trick.
Two leads of hearts picked up
all opposing trumps. A led back
and trumped dummy's lowest
diamond; Us Queen fell, leav-
ing the Jack-Eight in dummy
good for two tricks.
It was reasonably certain
that rs opening bid of one club
marked z with possession of the
king. B led his lone club; dunn
my's queen was finessed and
won; the ace of clubs was led,
enabling B to discard one
spade. Two more spades were
discarded upon dummy's two
good diamonds; then one spade
trick was given to w. B lost
only one diamond trick and one
spade trick on a hand that
could be held down to three
odd, which would have defeated
the contract for one trick, in
stead of allowing B to make one
overtrick. Who was to blame
for this costly mistake?
Go back to the first trick,
that z won with his ace of dia-
monds. Y asked his partner to
lead another suit. If z had led
either a trump or a club it is
probable that B would have
gone game, because, in either
event, the declarer need have
lost only two spade tricks and
one diamond trick, unless he
became careless.
Assuming that Y knew best,
when he requested z not to lead
another diamond, there ap-
peared only one method of de-
feating the contract. This must
be by leading spades. rs cue
was to lead his K of Spades,
followed by his 6. If B played
his 8 on the first trick, when
z led the 6 on the second
round of the suit, it would be
evident to Y that z must be
leading a doubleton, and that
z wanted to trump the third
round of spades. Grasping the
situation in spades. Y would
have won the second spade
trick with his Ace, and rs ruff
of a return lead of spades
would have enabled w to de-
feat the contract by one trick.
When only one way of ac-
complishing a purpose appears
to exist, try that way, no
matter how improbable it ap-
pears that the end you seek
can be attained.
Copyright. 1882. King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1932-05-18
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Recipes
Pineapple Fritters

Ingredients: One No. 2 can
crushed pineapple, 1 egg, u cup
milk, l cup flour, l teaspoon
baking powder, u teaspoon
salt.
Method: Drain the pineap-
pie. Make a batter of the other
ingredients. Stir the pineapple
into the batter and drop into
deep, boiling fat. Fry a deli
cate brown, and serve sprinkled
with sugar, or with syrup. For
apple, peach or other fruit frlt-
ters, follow the recipe for pine
apple fritters, substituting the
preferred fruit.
The Washington times., 1932-05-18
Visiting Gard
Dear Mrs. Beeckman:

Dear MIS-. beeCKIud1'
I am going to have calling
cards printed. I do not care
for my middle name, and there
fore I do not wish to have it
on my cards. I do not believe
on the other hand, that it is
good form to use just an initial.
Also should Miss precede my
name? M. q.
BY all means omit yourNmid-
die name, entirely, if you don't
like it. This is the best chance
to do, on your new visiting
cards. Don't use the initial.
There isn't any use of clinging
to a middle name that one
doesn't like. and the sooner
it is dropped, the happier one
win be!
Yes, be sure to use the Miss.
The Washington times., 1932-05-18

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The Washington times., 1932-05-18
The Rhymins
Optimist
By ALINE MICHAELIS
OF joys Most Sweet

Va OVJS NAVSS C"N~
How futile life would be
Had it not brought to me
Your hand, your smile;
Had it not given me this
One taste Of perfect bliss
A little while.
joys self is ever fleet
And this, of joys most sweet,
Can not remain.
Like rose that blooms to die
Like dawning in the sky,
We see it wane.
Yet this rare gift alone
Will for all griefs atone
That years may bring.
Nor can life futile be
Since it has brought to me
This perfect thing!
The Washington times., 1932-05-18
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The Washington times., 1932-05-18
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Evening star., 1932-02-17
Spite Wife 1,. % 1:,.,,:;

Dart Towers, hair mussed, eyes vacant
stumbling by, supported by the arms
Of the girl he danced with. The
bridegroom-elect had faded from con-
sciouSness and was laid out on the
cushioned window-seat Of the morning
room. No one missed him. Amy had
come in and was dancing too closely
with Richard Curtis, whose blonde
wife was asleep in q corner Of the
chesterfield. At the other end Stan
sat with Eunice. STAINS black hair was
rumpled. Two bright spots OF color
burned on his cheek bones. He looked
Even as Judy entered she saw him take
a glass from Eunice's lips, drink from
it, then crush his mouth down on the
mouth Of the girl for a long moment.
And at the same time Judy saw the
indistinct figure of Fred Wilson stand
ing on the dark veranda outside the
room watching them through tho OPEN
ed window.
Feverish and tiresome. But upstairs
Nick. Nick here In the house
And Nick loved her. .. ,
She lay awake, staring up wide eyed
in the dark later, thinking about IT..
So far the simple fact was enough.
She had thought Of no complications.
TNOIlc Oh tIic ICopCIlolDluI1cc ~ A1'oAfCA'
Nick loved her. That miracle was
enough.
Enough to lie here In this
room thinking about him. Recalling
that thrilling moment in the dark
when his eyes had plunged into her
own. To recall his voice: you know
that, don't you, Judy? Know I'm get
ting too fond Of you. :"
A shiver of pure happiness went over
her. oh, she loved him! Not with
the crazy, headlong passion she had
flung upon Stan-a young girls ro-
mantle love, which Is dazzled by its
own glamour more than by the man
himself. This was love for Nick-a
deep, glowing, steady love beside which
the other was will-o'-the-wisp {.
goblin fire, which dazzles but gives no
warmth.
Shed love Nick If he were disngured
and old and commonplace - only he
could never be commonplace. There
was fine simplicity about him which
Evening star., 1932-02-17
BR|TON "D|S[0YAL"
IN WAR DEAD AT g.
Sir Edgar Speyer, Once Privy
Councillor, Known as "Man
Without a Country"
~ the Associated Press.

Dy the Associated Press.
BERLIN, February 17.-Sir Edgar
epeyer, former privy councillor Of Great
Britain, who resigned his post at the
beginning Of the World War in 1914
after he was charged with disloyalty,
died last night at clinic here.
He was SO years old. He arrived in
Berlin a few weeks ago and appeared
In excellent spirits. He underwent an
operation for nasal trouble and seemed
to be recovering, but he grew worse
during the past week due to hem
orrhage.
The body will be cremated here. Mrs.
Speyer was expected to arrive here from
New York today.
British newspapers accused him of
being pro-German in 1915 and he re-
signed, afterward going to the United
States to live.
He was prominent figure in British
financial circles and was chairman of
the London Underground Electric Rail
way Co., which operates the equivalent
Of New Yorks subway system.
He arrived in New York in June,
1915. A short time later he was Or
dered by the lord chief justice to show
authority for a claim to membership in
the Privy Council and a hearing was
begun in November of that year.
1t was decided he was entitled to
his seat, but the matter was taken up
again in 1921 and his British naturali-
zation was revoked, resulting in his
being called "a man without country"
Evening star., 1932-02-17

loved Nick, too. It was somehow Ike
being with him to be with the old
The shrewd old eyes flashed to the
girls face and read there more than
Judy guessed. Madame's heart sank.
This was serious! This would take
managing! Her boy must not be
hurt.
Thus, Madame's thoughts while she
chatted smoothly of other matters
and carefully avoided all reference to
Nick.
But Amy had no such scruples. Her
eyes, too. were keen, keen as her
grandmother's and by no means so
kind. There was q distressing scene
at dinner Q couple Of days after this.
Said Amy. with q little sneering
laugh well, one blessing about
marrying Billy. I'll get out Of this
house! I won't have to stand the
humiliation of having my allowance
doled out by Nick Carter each month!
It would be worth marrying China
thumb"
STAINS face darkened. as it always
did when any mention was made of his
half-brother. "The d. tightwad!
He turned down that offer of Hayes
& O'Connor for me to buy in the firm.
The chance Of lifetime gone for the
sake Of a little money"
You'll have to get by on the inter-
est of the estate!" mimicked Amy In
what was intended to be Nick's voice.
II won't have you eating into your
principal!"
Eating into the principal!" exploded
Vera. Its my belief that there is no
principal! I thoroughly believe he's
been specializing and lost the money.
That's why he's so tight about our not
spending the principal! Mother, ]
think you're an idiot not to have the
thing investigatedp'
But what can do?" fluttered Mrs.
Evening star., 1932-02-17

put him apart from other men. She
loved Nick for his kindness-his in
stinctive generoSity-his honesty. :,
Oh, why try to analyze it-she loved
him because he was Nick! Because
he was her man. Because she wanted
to belong to him.
Lying there in the dark, feeling her
heart pounding with excitement, feel
ing the blood coursing through her
body, tingling for happiness, Judy was
glad she had this room TO herself.
She couldn't have lain beside Stan and
thought of Nick. Not because Of stan
but because of the thought Of
Nick. Nothing sordid o. sneaking or
unworthy should be connected With
him.
But she did not feel married to Stan.
She was q girl, lying In the daYb alone,
And as she gave herself up to her
golden dreams Judy was aware of DARK
troubles and complications crouchine
beyond the radius Of her thought
sorrows and bitterness, crouched to
pounce. She refused to consider them.
Time enough! Time enough! Moth
ing mattered now but the memory Of
the scented night and the memory Of
Nick's tall figure holding her close.
My dearest! My darling! It had taken
much emotion to wiring that from
Nick. And he was here, under this
same roof, thinking Of her! She would
see him tomorrow!
But there was where Judy was mis-
taken. When she went doWnstairs the
following morning 1t was to learn from
Keegan, the chauffeur, that Nick had
already left. He had driven Mr.. Car
ter to the airport early that morning,
Keegan explained. oh, very early,
shortly after sunrise.
For a moment Judy stood staring at
him, frozen with the disappointment.
She was not aware Of her surround
ings, Of Keegan standing there before
her, Of Pom and Wing Lee, his helper,
cleaning up the Wild wreck Of the
rooms caused by last nights storm.
Nick gone. Without q word. The
disappointment was crushing. Then a
thought came, making her heart throb
wildly. Nick had run away-because
he did not dare remain near her.
She went up to Nine. Carter's do
main q little later that day. Madame
Evening star., 1932-02-17
CHAPTER LII.

~ NE other -, noticed ti;s,'!. that that new
Amy, passing through ths
~ the hall to the kitchen Il
order Pom to serve more drinks
had seen Judy ascending the Stair
When the girl returned to the crowd
on the lower floor, Amy glided over
to her, her green chiffon dress flutter-
ing away from the long, elegant lines
of her body. Under the crisp flaxen
waves of her hair her eyes were hard
like blue ice.
Clever Judy! Playing the game
aren't you'll"
what game, Amy?" Judy's gray
blue eyes watchful Distrustful.
Amy laughed until every pointed lit
tie tooth glistened. She was a little
edged with the champagne she had
drunk Moreover. her spite goaded her
on. Amy had never forgiven Judy for
gaining Madame's favor. Now the girl
was linked in her mind with the jeal-
ousy and hatred Of Nick.
"Oh, stop playing the innocent coun-
try girl, Judy! You know tricks none
Very deep! I've always done you the
credit Of thinking that even though
mother and Vera persisted in being
fooled"
The gray-blue eyes were stormily
dark. Judy was breathing rapidly.
Next to Eunice Wilson, she disliked
this sister of Stan above all lockwood.
Just exactly what does that mean,
Amy's high pitched laugh rang out,
insulting, mirthless. "Oh keep it up
if you like! But I must tell you how
you've improved You were washout
in the early part of this evening, but
now you're wonderful! Cheeks flushed!
Eyes bright! You look positively
happy, my child. What can have hap
pened to make you so happy? You
usually 60 about the place like . wet
smack"
Judy swallowed and felt her face go
cold with anger. She wanted to strike
that mocking face. She clinched her
fists to hold them down at her side.
You're insulting" she said in low
voice which shook with anger. But
you're drunk, so I'm going to overlook
1t. Only-stay out OF my way, do you
Judy forced herself to walk by. dis
regarding the haunting smile which she
knew followed her into the other room.
The engagement party was couple
of hours and many drinks ahead of
where she had left it. Couples dancing
closely in the amber glow Of the lamps.
Evening star., 1932-02-17

know We tried to break 1t. :"
"Yes," put in Amy, land why
couldn't we? Because the Judge was
prejudiced, that's why!"
/ "It's my belief" said Stan, scowling,
that Nick bribed the Judge to decide
In his favor"
Hot blood seething within Judy. Her
hands were clenched until the nails
bit the palms. She was shaken by the
molten anger within her. Cowards
Liars! Defling Nick-Nick. thou
sand times too good for them!
Don't you think" her voice shook,
that you're all being rather contemp-
tible! Nick's explained that the value
of the estate isn't what 1t used to be!
All that land on the ocean shore-and
the railroad that failed. And 1t costs
more to live nowadays. And If you
all dipped into the principal it would
be gone in no time. :" She stop
ped with q gasp.
They were looking at her with as
tonished displeasure.
Amy recovered first. Spoke with
false sweetness. "Oh. Well, of
course, darling, we all know you're
very partial to Nick"
Tomorrow-F1re and Straw.
Evening star., 1932-02-17
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