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The Washington times., 1932-09-09
MANY COURSES RI:
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At !. ". SCHOOL

Special courses for social de-
Velopment in expression, story
telling, social usage, helps for
the hostess, public speaking,
Shakespeare-Brownin modern
poets, modern American artists
and greeting card verse writing
by Florence T.. Marshall, are
offered this year at the Y. w.
c. A.
Along cultural lines an ex-
tenSiVe music program and two
courses in commercial art will
be held. MRS. Maria Won Vroo-
man, author and illustrator.
will teach textile and advertis-
ing design and a course in
juvenile story writing.
Foreign speaking girls and
women may take Americaniza.
ton classes which are free and
may be arranged at hours
suited to the students. Four
foreign angua ages will be
taught: French, German. TIA
liam and Spanish.
The Washington times., 1932-09-09

tion admits high school gradu-
ates to a two-year certificate
course of normal training for
elementary schools. The Jesse
Lawson School Of Social Service
is as yet among the things
hoped for. Value courses were
given gratis the past year by
instructors from the National
Catholic School of Social Serv-
ice. Funds are needed, how
ever, for an assured foundation
and a Salaried director. Never
was there a more pressing need
for such a school nor when
training for service Of this sort
could be more broadly utilized
for the common good.
The Washington times., 1932-09-09
Frances GuteliuS
Reopens Her
Studios

Frances Gutelius, widely
known pianist and teacher,
has reopened her studios on
New Hampshire Avenue. Her
activities as q highly spe-
cialized teacher Of young
people who aspire to artistic
proficiency include a con-
tinuation Of semi wee ekly
classes in Toy Symphony
playing at the Kalorama Day
School and a Normal Train
ing Class at the Washing
ton College Of Music, which
is open to candidates for de-
grees at the college as well
as other teachers Of piano.
The Washington times., 1932-09-09
FOREIGN SERVICE CLASS

The George Washington Uni.
versity school Of government,
in accord with WaShington's
expressed desire for study at
the National Capital in "the
principles Of politics and good
government" trains for mu.
nicipal, State and Federal pub.
lie service. The foreign serv-
ice branch Of the school of
government, formerly the
school Of jurisprudence and
diplomacy, was the first for.
eign service school in the
United States.
The Washington times., 1932-09-09
Western Maryland
Has Fine HiStOrU

The history of Western Mary.
land College, Westminster, Nd,
is one Of constant progress in
the educational field. Estab-
hshed September 8, 1867, in one
building with six professors and
73 students, it is today one of
the ranking colleges Of the
United States for men and
women.
The Washington times., 1932-09-09
MAHONY WILL
OPEN SCHOOL
FOR 18th. YEAR
Fine and Applied Arts InSti-
tuition Gives Courses in
Fundamentals Of Studies

The National School of Fine
and Applied Art, better known
as Felix Mahony Art School"
1747 Rhode Island Ave, will
begin its seventeenth year Oc-
tober l.
Felix Mahony, director and
Instructor, announces the Ma
tional School of Fine and Ap-
piled Art is the first art school
in Washington to establish in
its particular subjects courses
based on principles Of artistic
expression combined with tech
nical and professional prac'
ticeS.
GIVES FUNDAMENTALS
The courses, both day and
evening, are planned to give
the student thorough funda-
mentals, new ideas, broad
vision and fresh inspiration in
the professional fields, together
with their application.
, The commercial art course
has been greatly augmented
and modern thought carefully
introduced to meet the de-
mands of the business world.
Interior decoration, which in
cludes interior architecture,
will continue along the period
historical lines with modern
application for today's use. The
costume design and Illustration
course has been augmented by
actual execution in materials
Of designs made by the indi-
yidual students Of usual wear,
period and stage costumes in
correct color and line for spe-
cial lighting effects.
DYNAMIC SYMMETRY
There will be special classes
in color and dynamic symmetry
design for window display art
lists in which materials will be
used, Set-HpS for windows and
store displays and the use of
modern lighting in color for
The members Of the advisory
hoard will visit the school at
frequent intervals to lecture
and demonstrate particular
phases Of their respective arts
and criticize students work
and advise on their commercial
requirements.
The school this year is
StreSSing its eight months pro.
feSSional fundamental courses
to meet the demands of those
who cannot avail themselves Of
the three-year courses.
NOW is BEST TIME
Mr.. Mahony announces there
was never a time as now to
obtain education and profes-
Sional training. In time of
great industrial activity and
universal employment, every
person who devotes time to
learning must sacrifice that
amount of earning time. But
in a period when industrial
activities is low and employ
ment hard to obtain, time for
professional training is pre-
Sented to you.
1t is the one time when the
largest number of people have
the opportunity for, free educa-
tion-education whose process
does not encroach upon any
valuable working hours. We
are approaching the end Of
such an era. Those who take
advantage of free time offered
now will be ready for the
period Of prosperity when it
arrives.
Evening star., 1932-11-20
Canada's Liquor Trade
Declines $3O,OOO,OOO

OTTAWA, Ontario.-Canada's dis
titled liquor industry registered a de-
cline of 100000 in less than three
years, according to figures of the Fed
eral Bureau of Statistics. The value
of distilled liquor produced last year
was $13,055,97I, of which Sc 4oe .3e5
was produced in Quebec and s4,546, ,457
in Ontario
The distilled liquor industry expand
ed from production of s3,296,54 in
1922 to 43,752,4 ,420 in 1929, owing
partly to the modification of the pro-
hibition laws in Canada and also to
the fact that large part of its pro-
duction was exported directly or in
directly to the United States. Since
1880, however, owing to the general
depressed business conditions prevail
ing, the industry experienced consider
able recession
In 1881 there were % establish
ments reporting Of these did bot
Ting and l distilled wine spirits on
commission. These % establishments
OF sos, 1858 ,010, pay roll of 1922 per-
sons, who received $2,223,477 in salaries
and wages
Whiskies and other potable spirits
produced during the year and put in
bond for maturing totaled 4,954,123
gallons. with an inventory value of
$2,449, ,161, while whiskies and other
potable spirits bottled or shipped in
bulk totaled 3.504,42l gallons, valued
at $12,959, 1924.
Imports of distilled liquors in 1881
totaled 1.515,949 gallons, with a value
Of $24.807259. This is decrease Of
581, 1888 gallons over 1890. Exports
amounted to 2,562,29s gallons, valued
at $12,460,929, a decrease of 805 ,462
gallons as compared with 1880.
Copyright. 1897
Evening star., 1932-11-20

But no agency head to whom we
talked believed that jack l-trades
requirements would continue after the
crisis was over.
I'VE are STILL" said one employment
agency head, "in the age of Specializa-
ton. I believe that, to a continually
greater degree, succeeding generations
must look for work to big employers;
by that I mean to big corporations
rather to small firms run by individ-
uals. Business will be concentrated in
even larger units. Its pace and volume
will continue to enforce specialization" "
To what extent does appearance help
In getting job? In the answers to
that question lay material for volume
by o. Henry. Job placement, as agency
heads emphasized, involves a great deal
more than simply finding some one
qualified to do the work. The most
difflcult task faced by the agency is to
find out, and satisfy, the personal likes.
dislikes and sometimes idiosyncrasies
Of individual employers. Personalities
are not standardized as are bulbs and
lamp sockets; to fit two together in
anything but a routine task.
Ninety per cent of employers demand
good appearance" but good appear
ance" has a variety of meanings. In
one firm 1t means that an applicant
with red hair has big running start
over brunettes and blonds; the head
Of that firm believes that red-haired
people have more pep and energy.
probably he Is red-headed himselfD
Yet In getting Jobs with many other
firms glowing top Is an actual disad-
vantage. Here the idea is that red
headed people are fiery-tempered and
emotionally unstable.
With many companies Irishmen are
preferred. Others prefer other nation
alities. When a textile firm I have
in mind" said one agency head, asks
for a helper, we comb our files for a
Scotchman. When we get calls from a
certain conservative English company,
we look around for a tall slim man
with long features-the type, you know,
of the higher-class Britisher"
When calling for stenographic help
most employers righteously ask for a
wholesome girl. But how many
shades of "wholesomeness" there seem
to be! They range all the way from
that Of the man who frankly said, "Send
me stenographer easy to look at; I'm
only 28!" to the employer very rare)
whose secretary is chosen by his wife,
and who, therefore, when he says
wholesome" means very wholesome
indeed.
THE brokers'" one agency told us,
will stand for more decoration than
the bankers.
Makeup Not Desired.
whenever a girl comes in with too
much facial adornment we make her
go to the wash room and take some
OF It on. II she Is applying for a
position in a bank she had better take
1t all of. I think the reason for the
brokers being more favorable to make
up than the money kings is that they
Evening star., 1932-11-20
MONEY
BY BRUCE BARTON

', % s. s . .v s.,' .s n ' ~ ., com: ON:
Of the young associated with it spent several
interview with aggressive leader of the old school,
did you have money in your former company"
the first question.
Every cent I owned" the young man answered.
"Are you hroke?"
Broke and in debt"
Have you been diScOuraged?"
For few days, but not any more"
Good" said the old man. Now listen. would not have
any in important position in my company who has
not suffered financial loss in his youth Until that
has happened to man he is not really mature"
The young man says he has never forgotten that COM
of it he into has passed through
the present crisis with comparatively little hurt.
The wife of business leader in certain city went
into department store where she had been lavish
A clerk who had served her often called her
I'VE have some beautiful new things he said. Il want
to show them to you"
The answered Haven't you heard about us?
We have lost all money Then with wonderful smile,
she added 1T going to be the finest thing that ever
happened to children"
letter the photograph stock certificate in
the Toledo Illinois Railroad Co. He This certificate
issued mother July 12 1885, when the Wabash
first built 1t is Of course, absolutely worthless yet,
the receiver times than have fingers and toes,
and each time thousands of people have lost their savings
These incidents reminder that active individual
gets through life without having financial trouble
and that the experience Is often Salutary.
But they also acute reminder Of how bitter
the ineences and inustces of conduct of
until he has studied four in college, four
in medical school and been licensed by the State But
almost may open office and proceed to deal
with the savings of men and women
Yet the dissipation of peoples savings is tragedy second
only in cruelty to the destruction OF their lives
tcopyrisns iss2o
Evening star., 1932-11-20

like everything around them to be
and look-aiive and snappy, the Office
help as well as the ticker"
The conservatism of the big banks
Is evidenced in another way. Many
banks have been following the policy
of not hiring people who formerly made
much higher salaries. They believe
that such a situation makes for dis
content and impermanence. In normal
times bank people are seldom fired, ex-
cept for dishonesty. Bank authorities
hate changes in their personnel and
do everything they can to prevent them.
Height, it seems, is no factor in get
ting a job. except among filing clerks,
who must be tall. But slimneSs, espe-
cially in the case of women, is very
important. The person who spends her
surplus energy hauling around an un-
necessary load of flesh, the agents ex-
plain, will not have much left for her
job; also overweight is likely to be ac-
companied by loss of mental quickness
and elasticity.
The men and women who sit behind
the desks at employment agencies and
weave the threads of destiny for hun
dreds of their fellow men cannot help
being affected by the human drama
that passes ceaselessly before them. A
very shabby young man was an ap-
plicant at one of the bureaus. A skilled
specialist in his particular line, he had
had an unusual run of hard luck, and
had been out of work for some time.
A good position for which the appli-
cant was qualified was available, but the
man behind the desk knew that the
employer would not consider so shabby
a candidate.
so what do you think the agency
man did?" said this job seeker He
lent me his own suit and sat in the
furnace room while I applied for the
job. And this morning I received a
letter saying I had got it,"
Another question we asked the agen-
cies was: How much does a college
education count?"
"Ten years ago." they said, at did
not count nearly as much for either
sex as it does now. Today most en-
ployers realize its value There are still
a few men who don't want college girls,
but these are likely to be men who
have not gone to college themselves.
Usually the college man or woman has
a big advantage"
Jobs That Are Overcrowded.
What jobs, or professions, especially
among women, are the most overcrowd-
ed and which the least? Light was
thrown on this problem by several ex-
perts. Stenography, they said. is still
a woman's quickest entry to the busi-
ness world. Trained social workers are
as might be expected, in steady de-
lnand. Those hardest hit are statistical
clerks, who are, whenever possible, go
ing over to secretarial positions.
Under normal conditions" one
agency told us, I'VE could always place
any good college graduate who had
majored in mathematics. Now there is
simply nothing at all for this group"
Other vocations for women now
Evening star., 1932-11-20

From an Etching by Martin Lewis.
greatly overcrowded are those of IL
brarian, teacher and trained nurse
Long before the depression engulfed us
it was becoming obvious that too many
youth and soothe the Nations fevered
brow. In fact, DR.. May A. Burgess, di-
rector of the Grading Committee of
the American Nurses Association, has
said that in the last decade there has
been 81 per cent increase in the num-
Der OF trained nurses in this country,
although the general population has in
creased only 16 per cent.
Many of the people who besiege the
agencies cannot understand why jobs
are not Immediately forthcoming. I'm
all this big city," they say there must
be a job for me-" New York City pre-
sentS a particularly difficult problem to
the job seeker, because employers here
have the pick of the world. Mine times
out of ten," said one agent, when a
man or woman loses his position any
where In the United States, his first
idea is to come to New York, which is
SO large that 1t must be overfowing
with jobs"
That this is mistaken idea many
fortune seekers have found out, and in
the last three years have returned
whence they came.
Which Is fortunate; for though the
white-collar worker began last Summer
to take. heart once more, he still re-
tanned the memory of bitter years. His
sufferfngS have not been made into a
political issue, elike those of the farmer
and the factory worker, but they have
neen none the less acute.
Evening star., 1932-11-20
LOndOners Breathe Ton
Of SCOT During FOgs

LONDON.-While multitudes Of Lon
coners are acquiring a tan and filling
their lungs with ozone at the seaside,
Investigations into the nature of the
London particular" or ''pea-soup" fog,
which sets the metropolis choking and
spluttering every Winter, are being
made at the National Physical Labora-
tory at Teddington, near London.
In future fogs will be kept under close
observation with the aid of a portable
instrument that is being developed
there. and all the particulars of each
''vintage"-the amount of SCOT and
moisture that it contains-will be noted
down against it. The fog sleuths who
are on this job hope by such means
to obtain information as to how far
London fogs are controllable through a
reduction in atmospheric pollution.
It has been estimated by DR.. John
S. Owens. the well known expert on
fogs, that during the blackest and
thickest pea soupers" 240 tons of SCOT
are suspended over the 120 square miles
of the county of London.
DR.. Owens also has estimated that
the 100000 people who live in the
county of London breathe into their
lungs 90 pounds Of SCOT every "a hours,
while in a thick fog they inhale l.200
pounds Of 1t.
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Evening star., 1932-11-20

necessary to satisfy these inquisitors
was thus $21 900.
OF the woman members Lady Astor
headed the list with 95 oral and Is
nonoral questions. But 1t was not
long list, as only two other woman
members made use Of question hour.
The Duchess of Atholl and Miss
Eleanor Rathbone both put 26 questions
to Ministers.
Hardy Annuals.
One of the hardy ANIMALS of the
House of Commons is the demand of
the inarticulate backbenchers for speak
ing time But this time is dificult to
obtain so long as the big shots of all
parties continue the practice of orat-
ing 20, 80 and 40 minutes. When
Labor had more than $50 members, the
backbenchers of that party had far
fewer opportunities to speak than they
have today.
The real sufferers nowadays are the
Tory backbenchers because of the lop-
sidedly Tory complexion OF the House
of Commons. In period of eight
months many of them have had to be
content with an oratorical output which
would not fill three columns of a news
paper. while number Of the Clydeside
radicals on the Labor side of the cham
bsr have spoken to the extent Of at
least so columns, and few Of
them rs.
(CopyriEht. 1922
Evening star., 1932-11-20
Question Hour in House of Commons
Entails Expense Offsetting Economies

LONDON-In its efforts to effect
economies in every possible direction
the national Government has not over
looked Parliament itself But although
members salaries (nominally $4,000 a
year. have been Topped 10 per cent,
and S65,000 will be saved by the cut
ting down of the police establishment
in the lawmaking precincts and the
substitution of some civilian guards, the
cost of inquisitiveness on the part of
so many members does much to coun
teract any savings.
Question hour in the House of Com
mons, which has no counterpart in the
House of Representatives or most other
legislative bodies, has become the prin-
cipal field of operations for snipers,
hecklers, baiters and those who are per-
mitted little oratorical latitude by the
big shots of the government and oppo-
sition front benches. In counting up the
cost Of lawmsking it has been ascer-
tained that talk or oratory in the House
Of Commons is much cheaper than
question hour
Researches $40 Each.
A spate of words in Hansard, the
British equivalent of the Congressional
Record, does not cost the taxpayer any
considerable sum, certainly nothing to
be compared with the cost of most
question hours during the course of a
session. 1t is estimated that the re-
search necessary to provide replies to
the inquisitors amounts on the aver
age to fully $40 in each instance. The
replies in written answers to questions
frequently cost $25 to prepare.
The veteran questioners are to be
found on the Labor benches, and such
was the case when Labor itself was in
office because many of the backbench-
ers got so little opportunity TO air their
views in speeches.
LabOrite Hclds Record.
In the period November-July last
Ehe energetic Tom Williams, a Labor
member for Yorkshire, asked sos oral
and So written questions, thus heading
che list. But there were other Laborites,
who also figured largely in the speech
making, who were exceedingly busy in
question hour. James Maxton, leader
of the Leftwingers, and one Of the
ablest members Of the House, asked 275
oral questions, David Kirkwood $50 and
George Buchanan 236. In fact. 10
Ysborites were responsible for a total
cf 2,100 questions. At an average cost
ek $40 an answer the monetary, outlay
Evening star., 1932-11-20
China Continues Buying
Arms From Japanese

SHANGHAI.-The Chinese may boy
colt japanese cotton piece goods, silks,
machinery and beer, refusing to patro-
nize Japanese merchants or employ
Japanese in any capacity, but evidently
this nation wide movement does not af-
feet the Chinese governments pur-
chases Of ornaments from Japan.
This was recently indicated striking
ly when the Ming Hal, newest cruiser to
be added to China's tiny navy, arrived
in Shanghai from the japanese ship
yards at Kobe 1t cost the Chinese
government 100000 yen. making up
somewhat for losses to japanese mer-
chants estimated to exceed 10000 900
yen monthly, due to activities of anti
japanese boycott societies.
Moreover, two other cruisers are
being built In Japan for the, Chinese
navy.
tCopyright. 1eS2A
Evening star., 1932-11-20
China Seeks Folklore of
Its Past Dynasties

SHANGHAI, China.-Various munich
palities and provincial governments
have been requested by the ministry
of education to assist in compiling q
volume Of folklore and songs, as well
as anecdotes, concerning past Chinese
dynasties.
customs and the four seasonal festivals
are particularlyff
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The Nome nugget., 1932-03-19
BYRD FUR CLOTHING ORDER
 NEAR COMPLETION
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flying suit. together with mukluks and Lapp mittens, to F. Trubee Davison Assistant Secretary of War, to be tried out by the Army f1iers fer their cold weather fly ing. w. understand that the Army has found nothing as yet which is satisfactory to them for cold weather flying, and it is hoped that
 pais suit will fill the need
 Admiral Byrd has advised the Secretary of the Navy of the ad- vantases of fur clothing turned out by Northwestern Alaska, and the Lomen Commercial Company is now taking this matter up wit1 the Secretary. The Quartermaster Department of the Army has also sent proposals for bids into the
 Lomen Commercial Company, for fur clothing, and Sir Hubert Will kins is negotiating with them re- latiye tt an outfit for his next
 antarc,it expedition which is plan ned for the near future. It can readily be seen that Northwestern Alaska is coming into it's own as the best outftters in the world for cold weather clothing.
 Reindeer fur is recognized by those best qualified to judge as the war,oest material for its weight that is yet known to man. This quality is accounted for by rhe fact that the individual reindeer hair is tubular, containing several air chambers which provide perfect insulation against both heat and cold
 Witl Nome as the Headquarters of the reindeer industry, it is pre- dicted that within few years the manufacture of winter gar ments will be one of the major in dustries of Northwestern Alaska. The Lonen Commercial Company has many splendid contacts in the States. and many of it's activities have focused attention upon the resources Of this section of Al aska. Nome is fortunate in hav- ing among it's numerous enterpris- ing business concerns, one which seryes ae a Ophljcity comm it Q Q for Northwestern Alaska