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will be in keeping with the spirit of
the occasion.
The several committees which will
have charge of the features to be pre-
sented during the evening will be
named within a few days. Honor guests,
patrons and patronesses, hostesses and
pages will be named from the several
Continued on Fifth Page)
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CONTINUED From Second Pagel
returned to their apartment in the
Broadmoor after spending Christmas in
Forest Hills, N Y, with their daughter,
Mrs. r. M McCune. and New Year in
Philadelphia with their son, Mr.. Robert
s. MaXam.
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Mr.. and Mrs. George Bowie Chapman
gave a dinner last night for Mr.. Fred
erick w Coleman, Minister Of the
United States to Denmark.
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CoIortuI Cotton
Pajanas
$l.65

Floral, Polka Dot,
and Striped Broadcloth
Sleeping pajamas . one and
two piece 1oraIs, polka
dots, or stripes with bands of
contrasting colors some
with gayly colored sashes
bright colors. wide
trousers!
So nice for young girls and
young matrOnsl They'll put
you into good spirits, they are
so gay!
GREY SHOPS
SECOND FLOOR.
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Continued on Fifth Page.)
The Washington times., 1932-11-21

Every now and then a mother
hears that her child has been
examined by the Binet test and
many a mother doesn't have a
very clear idea as to what this
really means.
The Binet test is a mental
test, and was designed to evalu-
ate intelligence. It was first
published in 1905 by two French
physicians, Drs. Binet and ST.
mon. They invented this Sc
ries of questions and perform
ances after examining several
thousand children and, although
the test has been changed sew
eral times since its first ap-
pearance and. other tests of
similar type have since been
invented, these later tests at
best are merely expansions and
notifications Of the original.
I dareSay we all realize how
difficult it is to determine
whether the rate of mental
development of any child is
normal, subnormal or above
normal. When we depend
upon our judgment alone, it is
natural enough that we should
ascribe to the child abilities
that it does not possess. For
every mother is inclined to
think that her own children
are developing at a rate faster
than average; that they are
precociouS. Prticularly is this
true when the judgment con-
Germs an only child, who is
invariably over-idealized.
Yet deluding ourselves with
fond hopes that have no real
basis in fact surely does the
child little good. Indeed, such
misguided opinions on the part
of parents, and particularly
teachers, may really cause the
child a lot of harm. So Binet
started out to find some sort
of objective scale by means Of
which the mentality of children
might be measured with a fair
degree of exactitude, and in
this he succeeded to a marked
degree.
Nowadays the measurement
of a child's mind and progress
need not be purely guess work.
We have the Binet and other
scales which we can use for
individual Interpretation, and
for comparison with other indi'
viduals. The best plan is not
to use only one scale, but to
The Washington times., 1932-11-21
When Manners
Are Correct
BY MRS. BEECKMAN
Tea Party
Dear Mrs. Beeckman:

Dear Mrs. Beeckman:
I am a young bride and
I am planning an afternoon
tea for some friends who have
not as yet been in my new
home. These women are be-
tween the ages Of 50 and so,
as they are really my mothers
friends.
l. Could you suggest some
form Of entertainment, as I
am not accustomed to enter.
tanning older people?
2 Would 1t be advisable to
invite them by telephone or
should I write a short note?
l..
What a nice daughter you
are, to plan this special party
for the friends Of your
mothers! It's q fine idea,
and I am sure that your
mother is delighted at your
gracious thoughtfulneSs.
l. There isn't any reason to
make any special plan for
special entertainment, for at
a a-party people love to chat
with one another, and espe-
cially people OF this age. OF
course, you could plan your
party as a bridge party, or as
a backgammon party, or some,
thing of this kind.
Have it a simple tea.party,
having your guests come in any
time between four to six. or
four to seven.
2. Don't invite these guests
by telephone, for you have
such a good opportunity of
writing q fragrant note" Of in
vitation. Something like this:
Dear Mrs. Allison,
I am asking a few Of
mothers friends to come to my
home to tea on Friday. the
first of December, and it would
make mother and me so happy
if you will come. Any time be-
tween four and seven. Do say
that you will come for want
especially to welcome you to
my new home.
Dearest love from us both.
Cordially,
The Washington times., 1932-11-21
WASHINGTON FASHIONS = BY Wilma oLdVNe

Nothing has ever been made
that could rival the beauty and
elegance of a fur evening wrap.
Velvet is soft and lovely, and
Is very popular this year.
Metal is coming In again for
the smart occasional wrap, but
for q regal look. woman will
always prefer ermine. And as
there are many of us who
can't have an ermine wrap, the
designers and furriers have
obligingly made wraps of lapin
and bunny that are almost as
breath-taking in the whiteneSs
and lovelineSS. Of course fur
wraps in beige or brown are
often worn in the evening, but
they have not the flattering
quality that a white fur wrap
has. nor are they usually as
rich looking. And so most wo-
men prefer white. Lapin is the
popular fur this year, though
you still see quite a few bun.
nies.
Lapin the FavOrite
It's well to buy as good a
quality as you can if you're
going to buy a white fur wrap,
for the cheaper grades will shed
in spite of all you can do, and
that means that your escort is
likely to arrive at the dance or
the theater with a good bit of
fur on his coat or oyercoat,
which may prove embarrassing.
You can get lovely wraps from
$3.50 to $50. and they will un-
doubtedly stay in fashion for
several seasons, 50 you are sure
to get your moneys worth out
of them. Any length you want
is smart, from little waist
length jackets to full length
wraps that are gorgeous in
their luxury. Most types are
available in lapin or bunny,
though we've selected all our
wraps today in lapin, and in
medium prices.
Capes Are Newest
A popular style that we didn't
have room to sketch is the
straight military cape, waist
length. You've probably seen
them in the stores already. The
Swagger coat is fast becoming
a favorite too, and the one
sketched is $39.75. Beautiful for
a young gir' is the Elizabethan
The Washington times., 1932-11-21

A sense of security rose
within. She wondered, when
she had time to wonder, why
she, had been so afraid, why
she had not looked for happi-
ness earlier?
= Her summer spun itself into
Q rope Of shining hours which
was, presently, to hang her.
Joyce, watching the metamor-
., phosis, was convinced of the
SPELL. Her own life, her grand
mothers, went on as they al.
ways had. Only mother was
dlfferent. In this alteration,
which the child saw as beauti.
tul, worthy of worship, she and
grandmother had no part.
But grandmother remained,
solid and satisfying, forever
without change.
Loved Stray Animals
y Joyce devoted herself more
paSsionately than ever to her
stray, cats and lame dogs, to
grandmother and her unelastic
~con1panionship.
She was at a hero worship
ping stage. Her affection for
Louisa was substantial, rooted,
but she must love something
else. something light and warm,
young and beautiful. The new
mother might have served but
did not. She turned therefore
to an tmpaSsioned dreaming of
the father she had not known.
< She was a little acolyte at
his altar, the altar her grand.
mother, high priestesS of Sor-
The Washington times., 1932-11-21

row, served so unremittingly.
She questioned her mother.
Mother, you remember my
father. don't you?"
All, was she beginning to for
get? Elizabeth went red. went
white.
why, Joyce"
You never speak about him.
You never tell me anything.
Grandmother tells me-" replied
Joyce, reprovingly.
Dimming Memories
Elizabeth was silent. What
could she say whose memories
of her lover were dimming?
For two months she had been
in constant contact with Fred
Van Alstyne. Lennox had been
beautiful, Lennox had been
adored, Lennox had been
mourned-but Lennox was
dead.
Van Alstyne loved her. He
had not spoken. but she knew.
At first it was knowledge she
thrust from her. hiding her
eyes. Yet though she repudiated
it, it came to make a warmth
and q singing in her heart
so good, so precious, to be loved
again.
Yet as against those few
weeks of mindless bliss she had
had 10 years of bleak widow
hood. Now she was a woman,
now she was fallow for the ma
turer love. Now she trembled,
Continued on 2nd Comic Page
The Washington times., 1932-11-21

necessary responses to q rnarri-
age ceremony they will iron out
these various and sundry antag-
onisms-differences that in
some cases have been brewing
for a thousand years in the
hearts Of their ancestors.
Native Divorce Rate
1t is not, however, the people
newly come to our shores that
pile up this tragic average Of
divorce, but our own native peos
pie, clamoring for more freedom
and not knowing just what they
expect to get-people with too
much leisure on their hands, too
little brains in their heads, no
resources within themselves,
who expect life to be movie
stuff, their husbands to be
croonerS, their wives combina,
tioa cooks, laundresses and
Vamps.
The world has always had
such, but before we had radios,
telephones, newspapers and
movies they were more in the
background.
1t is people like these who
dramatic the divorce mills in
this country. They take it out
in doing spectacular things
kiss the pillars Of the court
house in which their divorce was
granted, throw their old we'd
ding rings in the river and cele.
brate the decree with Q
whoopee party. without realiz-
ing that they'll have to do these
things all over again in an.
other year or two. For it isn't
the man or woman they're d.
vorcing; they're trying to escape
from their own undiSciplined,
unthinking selves.
Children Become Menace
Children from such homes and
with such parents are a menace
to themselves. their associates
and the state. They are the
innocent victims of too easy and
too much divorcing; and no less
an authority than Dean Gauss,
Of Princeton University, has
characterized the child from a
home broken by divorce as q
Lone Wolf, unsocial, difficult to
handle in schools and colleges
On the other hand, 1t is from
homes where the old-fashioned
decencieS are respected that the
torchbearers Of the race have
come, hom"s such as the log
cabin where Lincoln's kindly
Stepmother saved the fat pine
logs that her gifted stepson
might read after his days work.
The lives of Woodrow Wilson,
Thomas Edison, Michael Pupin,
Mark Twain, who owed much
to his gifted and hard-working
mother: Charles Augustus Lind
bergh and hundreds of others
stand for the influence Of homes
that really were homes.
Copyright. 1882. King Features
Syndicate, 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1932-11-21
Mothers, Mix This
At Home for
a Bad Cough
eavea22. 81 Easy! No CoOkinR!

You'1l be pleasantly surprised when
you make up this simple home mix
ture and try it for distressing cough.
IT'S no trouble to mix, and costs but
q trife, yet it can be depended upon to
gsVe quick and lasting relief.
!; Make a syrup by stirring 2 cups Of
Eranulated sugar and one cup of water
TOR a few moments until dissolved. No
cooking needed. Get 2h ounces of
Pinex from any druggist, put it into
pint bottle, and fill up with your sugar
syrup. The pint thus made costs no
more than a small bottle of ready-madO
medicine, yet it is the most effective
remedy that money can buy. Keeps
perfectly and tastes fine.
This simple remedy has a remark
able three-fOld action. 1t soothes and
heals the infamed membranes, loosens
the germ-laden phlegm, and clears the
air passages. Thus 1t makes breathing
easy, and let's you get restful sleep.
Pinex is q compound of Norway
Pine, in concentrated form, famous as
q healing agent for throat membranes.
It is guaranteed to give prompt relief
or money refunded.
The Washington times., 1932-11-21

You may tell me that times
have changed; that the ideals
of fifty years ago are vastly
different from the exemptions
of today; that fifty years ago
marriage was woman's only
destiny. and she made the most
Of it. And I'll agree that there
Is much in what you say-but
it's not the whole story.
Men and women who came
from homes where divorce was
unknown, where people held to
duty, obligation and the de-
cencies of life, are the back.
bons Of this country today.
The JazZites may appear to
have stolen the show, but that's
only because they make more
noise.
Many Happy Homes
There are happy homes today
all over this country, just as
there were fifty years ago, and
ages before that; homes to
which they have grown finer
and more forbearing for their
children's sake. And this in.
herent law working through
the ages has given us the thing
we call civilization. 1t is proof
against depressionS. unemploy-
ment, human folly, Stiffness, too
many absurd laws on the
statute books and too little
sense of personal responsibility.
This law of inherent better
ment for our children's sake
holds good with normal men
and women. Even though we
must live in cubicles like Grated
eggs. eat strange and fearful
compounds perched on high
stools in drug stores, seek in
vain for satisfying spiritual re-
freshment. and accept with a
patience that is tragic the world
muddle into which we have got
ten ourselves-still that law
holds good.
In spite of this, marriage is
more of hazard today than it
was even a generation ago. One
marriage in every six goes on
the rocks in these United States.
The country is a melting pot,
and couples of different races,
religions, convictions, aspirations
and temperaments have a child
like belief that in making the
The Washington times., 1932-11-21
The Beauty
Box

There's no peace in the soul
nor can life be glamorouS when
toes twinge like sin and the Soles
of the feet smolder like a guilty
conscience. Give the little hoofs
a chance to carry on in comfort
by changing shoes two or three
times a day. by wearing stock
ings of more than ample size,
by bathing the feet in warm wa.
ter to which a teaspoonful Of
baking soda has been added.
Thin hosiery is more likely to
make for foot ease than socks
of heavy silk. Shoes that are
designed to conform to the con-
tour of the foot, supplying
strong support for the instep,
will cure the majority Of foot
ills, many of which are caused
by pressure or friction.
The Washington times., 1932-11-21
The Rhymin9
Optimist
BY ALINE MICHAELIS
Portrait

Portrait
Within the convent walls she
stays:
No worldly strife can mar her
days.
She dwells in glad oblivion
OF fame and power. lost or
won.
From morning prayer to YES
per bell
She rests secure that all is
well.
From vesper bell to morning
prayer.
Though all nights shadows
gather there.
No shade upon her spirit falls
Within those silent convent
In night, as in the day. she
knows
Who lives with God can fear
no foes.
She daily goes her tranquil
rounds,
And in her life no discord
sounds:
Yet, strangely, one is very sure,
Were she thrust out, must she
endure
The world, its din, its strife,
despair,
Her soul would walk, un-
troubled there!
The Washington times., 1932-11-21
Secrets Of Health
BY DR.. Louis A. Bisch


employ as many tests as pos
sible. Not only what the child
says is important but also how
the child goes about it. The
test, whatever it may be.
should always be interpreted
by one who is trained in such
psychological procedures.
It is unfortunate that per
sons inexperienced in giving
mental tests have frequently
done so, and therefore have
drawn false conclusions from
the child's actual performances.
A child thus wrongly diagnosed
profits nothing, and as a re-
suit the whole business of
mental testing, essentially valu-
able though it be, tends to
fall into undeserved disrepute.
Mental tests have their limi-
tationS of course, the same as
all other procedures where the
mind is concerned. They are
manifestly unfair as intelli-
gence measures OF blind, deaf,
dumb, or illiterate persons. For
such individuals other proceed
ures are available, sometimes
spoken of as performance
tests" because no language is
involved except giving direc-
tions, which may be written or
even transmitted in pantomime.
Performance tests usually con-
siSt of fitting irregular pieces
of wood into a frame. the same
to be completed within a speci-
fled time if the performance
is to be considered average.
The Binet test and all other
mental tests surely are valuable
adjuncts in finding out what
we can about the mind and
its subtle workings.
The Washington times., 1932-11-21
The Revised Laws


, On November /, for the first
time in the games history, the
same laws became effective
wherever contract bridge is
played. AS numberless men
and women have discovered,
. ability to play the game has
rbecome a business asset, as
well as a social necessity. AS
/ have graduated over 500
teachers and taught more than
1900 players in the last nine
years, 1 happen to know
whereof I write. Heads of
great industries have told me
that they expect men seeking
big contracts to play good
bridge. Employees in many
lines find they must learn the
game to progress. No individ.
ual with social aspirations dare
not play bridge-contract bridge
at that-and play it we'll. The
introduction of new laws offers
q golden opportunity to acquire
The Washington times., 1932-11-21
Interesting Bridge Hands
By E. V. SHEPARD

the game while everyone is pom
derinR the code. Never again
can one take up contract with
so little difference notable be-
tween his own game and that
of those who have played it
for some time.
For Auction Players
just a word for those who
have played only auction bridge,
then we will take up the new
code. In contract, players score
towards game only the number
of tricks both bid and made.
Small slams and grand slams
receive a bonus-huge ones, too
only when both bids are
made. Contract bridge is the
only card game expressing the
spirit of the times in speed.
thrills and rewards proportion
ate to the skill displayed. Game
is 100 points score below the line
for tricks bid and taken. A rub
ber ends when one side has won
two games. The winners Of the
rubber are the pair scoring the
greatest number of points total.
If you have been playing auC-
ton bridge, remember that an
average rubber at contract runs
about twice as great as an aver
age rubber at the old game.
The side winning a game
is termed Vulnerable" as pen
alties for going down count
double against it. The object
of this is to slow up bidding
for the vulnerable side, to
allow the other side a better
chance to even up the score.
AS the new code was devised
by players from Great Britain
and France, as well as those
here. several new terms appear
in the international code, now
played exclusively in America.
The chief novel terms are ex-
planned below.
The hand-The period ex-
tending from the cut for the
deal to the close of the play,
unless the contest otherwise
requires.
Gala term applicable to a
bid, a double, a redouble or
a pass.
The auction-The period dur
ing which players bid for the
contract.
Contract: The highest bid
made in the auction.
Quilted Trick: One that has
been gathered and turned by
a player on the side which has
won it. and from which that
players hand has been re-
moved.
Value Of Suits
Odd Trick: Each trick won
by a side in excess of six.
Although not stated clearly
IN the new code, suits rank in
value as follows; spades (high.
est; hearts; diamonds; clubs
Clowest). The major suits
(Spades and hearts, continue
to score 30 points per odd trick.
The minor suits diamonds and
clubS) continue to score 20
points per odd trick.
Note the change of scoring for
no-trump tricks: 80 points for
the first, third, fifth and
seventh odd tricks; 20 points
for the second, fourth and sixth
odd tricks.
Overtricks no longer score so
points undoubled. You now
score overtricks above the, line,
at their odd trick values only,
unless they are doubled. There
are no premiums for fulfilling
doubled or redoubled contracts.
Copyright, 1892 King FOaturNS
SyndieaE IRe.l
The Washington times., 1932-11-21
Handy Hints

Place frocks on perfumed
hangers, place sachet bags in
side of hat crowns. A few
drops of the favorite scent on
pieces of blotting paper will
keep gloves and handkerchiefs
Sweetly odorous. Make a satin
pad for the upper drawer of
the dresser, sprinkle the in
side portion with sachet. The
idea is to have the entire ward
robe scented, so that one
travels about in an aura OF
ones favorite perfume which
must, of course, be subtle and
enchanting, an enticing tickle
to the public nose.
The Washington times., 1932-11-21
Do You Know
That---

Those new red shades with
purple or brown casts that are
featured in Smtrt frocks are
not always favorable to the
makeup combination that has
become =. hal :. Lip tint and
cheek chalk must be friendly
to the color OF the dress. So
wear the new garment when
outfitting the cosmetic kit, en-
deavor to discover facia. hatik
that has a color relationship,
even If 1t is remote.
There's a new bath 80; that
isn't a salt at all, but a powder.
When you pour it into the
water 1t foamS i sizzles. Very
exciting.
The Washington times., 1932-11-21

Q stretch, by the use of a per,
} fectly harmless medicine called
Midol.
It acts in seven minutes. Relief
is complete. The pain is gone.
You are comfortable again. Midol
Is not a narcotic and offers no
interference with nature. All
druggists; ask simply for Midol.
The Washington times., 1932-11-21
How Do
Chorus Girls
Manage?

The theater knows
n o sick lis t."
Chorus girls Just
can't be absent" /"
Regardless of the
Time of Month, "
they must be on
time, on their toes,
and smiling. How
do they do it?
N a ture doesn't
spare them. They
are always smiling
and active because
they have learned
to stop all periodic
pain for hours at
The Washington times., 1932-11-21
How tOStay Wed
NOTED LOVE AUTHORITY
GIVES ADVICE TO
NEWLY\WEDS
Rv RAafReiON RAiRsfax
BY Beatrice Fairfax
Rule IO-Keep the Home Fires Burning

Sometimes in newspapers pictures of old people
who have celebrated their golden weddings and that half
century of love- and companonshp has given to their
faces quality which youth, with its flashing
"beauty of the dev" " does not have These old warriors
of life have found that greatest gift world of
The Washington times., 1932-11-21
Three Women
"SKYSCRAPER" AUTHORS
NEW NOVEL OF
YOUNG REVOLT
BY Faith Baldwin
BY Faith Baldwin
CHAPTER TWENTY-sIX

1t easier than Elizabeth anticipated Louisa said
nothing, beyond the time went on, meticulousy in
qurng her plans for the day. 1t if Louisa didn't
care-not atom. Elizabeth found she might 60 to all
1.-The dances she pleased might take golf lessons OF Fred
might watch him win the tennis singles
The Washington times., 1932-11-21
Try These
Recipes
Bran Date Bars

Bran Date Bars
8 eggs
l1a cups brown sugar
"a cup flour
"a teaspoon baking powder
y cup all-bran
cup nut meats (chopped
Y cup dates (cut fine)
Beat the eggs until light, add
the sugar and beat we'll. Add
the flour sifted with the bak.
ing powder. Add bran, nuts
and dates. Spread the mixture
in a layer one-half inch thick
in q creased shallow pan. Bake
in a moderate over (375 degrees
F. for about 20-30 minutes.
Remove from the oven and
while warm, cut into squares or
bars, Roll the pieces in pow.
dered sugar or serve as a pud.
ding with whipped cream. .
Yield: "a bars-1x3. y
Criss-C Cross Cranberry Pie
Pie crust.
4 cups cranberries.
III to 2 cups sugar.
2 tablespoons flour.
3 tablespoons water.
u teaspoon salt.
/ tablespoon melted butter.
Line a pie plate with pie crust.
Chop cranberries; mix with
other ingredients; and fill pas
try shell with this mixture.
place strips Of pie crust over the
top and bake in a moderate
over IS to 35 minutes.
The Washington times., 1932-11-21

Vivacious persons very interesting at first but
after few hours of them one feels quite weary.
The actress or the singer who intends to do big
sing very high loud note acts sings quietly
previous to this that it the greater and more
The Washington times., 1932-11-21

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