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The Washington times., 1932-08-22
WILD DCARCO
-By FRANK BUCK

phant for his purpoSe-Whlch
was only giving the little girl
the credit due her, for she
proved a great find, working
Splendidly with the midgets.
It was a sad day in the
troupe when Mr.. Singer, some
years afterward, was forced to
the conclusion that Mitzi had
outgrown the midgetS and
would have to be disposed Of.
Buck Sells Mitzi
A year and a half after I sold
Mitzi I arrived in San Francisco
with another collection of ami
mails. I noticed by the papers
that Singers Midgets were play
ing at the old Orpheum The
ater and I thought it would be
amusing to run in and see the
elephant. I had heard of her
success on the stage and it
seemed only decent to drop in
and congratulate her.
I 'phoned the theater to find
out when the midgetS were due
to go on and arrived about 10
minutes in advance. I went
backstage and joined Mr..
Singer who was standing in
one of the wings, He greeted
me cordially and again I heard
Mitzi's praises sung.
During our whispered CONVEX
sation I chanced to look
straight ahead and saw Mitzi
standing in the opposite wing,
waiting to go on.
why, there's Mitzi now!"
I exclaimed in a louder tone
than I had any right using,
for a dramatic sketch was in
progress. Mitzi, at the men,
ton of her name, looked up
and came galloping over to-
ward me, crossing the stage
and almost bowling over the
leading lady, while the au-
dience broke out into as hearty
and prolonged a laugh as I've
ever heard in the theater. The
actress was furious, though 1
always throught her grateful,
for Mitzi came very close to
sending her into the arms of
the man whose coldness she
was lamenting when I arrived.
Alas, poor Mitzi! My latest
information is to the effect
that she was seen on Broadway
in the spring of 1881 acting
the role of sandwich man for
a motion picture. Across her
(Continued on I'd Comic PoRe)
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New WaIIpa per
Designs

A new wallpaper in stripes
of gray, white, silver and wine
color will at last give men
chance to have gay rooms with
out resorting to violets or
plaids. The gray, white and
silver stripes blend together
much as the colorS in tWeeds
or flannels do. But with
narrow maroon stripe for dash,
the effect is gay but dignified,
as most men believe themselves
to be.
With this background room
could be decorated entirely in
somber Colors with a gray rug,
neat white net curtains and a
deep maroon chair and bed
spread. Or one could liven it
up with chintz hangings in
maroon, gray, yellow and blue.
Silver fixtures, white pottery
bowls and yellow cushions
would tone up the room for
the man with decorative ideas.
Similar stripes come in sew
eral shades of green with silver.
There is one with dark and
light blue stripes combined
with white and another in yel-
lows and salmon. The last
two mentioned also have one
stripe in silver.
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Again we have a season that
is entirely favorable to mothers
as we'll as to daughters. Clothes,
with their, broken lines and
flattering jabotS, white touches
and wide shoulders, are be-
coming to the woman of larger
proportions as we'll as to her
simmer sister. Colors are right
for women of all ages, and
richness of fabric is returning,
a boon to everyone. But the
hats are the best Of all, for
they flatter in every turn and
line. Although some OF them
are as pert and young as a
debutante, others are smart and
sophisticated, suitable for
young matron, for a woman OF
later years, but almost none Of
them are typical "matron's"
hats.
Dignified but Young
How many of us have tried
to keep our mothers from wear
ing those "matron'S" hats!
How we've longed to see them
in younger and more becom-
ing shapes. But mothers have
insisted that they needed the
upward curve of the brim, the
heavier look to the top OF the
crown, to balance their fuller
faces or figures. But now we
have hats with some width in
the mode, that curve up in a
most flattering manner, hats
with some width or squareness
at the top yet young looking.
and hats again in some OF the
finer fabrics that are more IN
keeping with a woman's cos
tune.
Tilted Sailors
We've sketched some Of these
beautiful new shapes, but they
are a mere smattering OF the
many you can find. If they
don't look young, we miss our
bet, yet every one OF them IS
a modern version of the ma
irons" hat. The sailor is shall
low crowned, and the right
kind of a shallow crown has
charm for an older woman.
This particular sailor is tucked
all over, and is of brown felt,
or may be ordered in any colnr.
The bow that accents the tilt
is of brown and apricot angel
skin ribbon with a self stripe.
Hatter's Plush Again
The two smaller hats have
the requirements of many young
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Your Health and Diet
By Logan Clendening, M. D.

In spite of the fact that the
first two weeks in September
have become, through the gen.
eral climatic metamorphosis Of
the last 10 yearS-whether this
is temporary or not-one of the
hottest periods of the year, it is
now customary most places to
open the schools during that
time.
On the grounds of health, COM
fort, efficiency, or scholarship,
this is a foolish, not to say
cruel, custom. 1t is a regular
thing in my community to close
the schools after the first few
days on account of the heat.
Why open them at all?
The only reason seems to be
that in some way the laws are
drawn up so that the teachers
get another full months pay,
even if the schools are closed
after being once opened, the
teachers pay is established.
Heaven knows, everybody wants
the teachers to be we'll paid, but
it doesn't seem absolutely neces-
sary to keep the children in the
ovens that schoolrooms are in
order to do so. It is easier to
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When Manners S
Are Correct
Bridge Party

Dear Mrs. Beeckman:
A friend Of mine was married
last June and went to Florida
to live. She is now visiting in
the old home town, and I am
planning an evening bridge
party in her honor, just some
of her old-time friends, to get
together and talk over old
times, and so forth.
I will have the usual prizes
that is, first, second and ConSo-
lation-and 1 am wondering II
it is proper, or necessary, to
give the guest of honor prize,
or gift.
AS the party is not in the
nature of a shower, I have been
wondering just what is the
proper thing to do, and I would
appreciate your advice. D.
For the hostess to provide a
prize" for the guest of honor
is entirely a matter of her
choice. In some communities
this is the custom, and in other
communities it is not. 1t isn't
necessary at all, but 1t Is proper
if YOU wish to do it.
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change the regulations than 1t
is the climate.
Adults find it hard enough to
concentrate on unfamiliar men,
tai work when cooped up in
room with several hundred of
their fellows. Children cannot
be expected to have as much
Self-control and concentration
as their elders. What children
learn under Schoolroom condi-
tionS the first part of Septem-
ber is not enough to influence
the sum total of the worlds
scholarship to any appreciable
extent.
On the physical side, the pos
sibility of some children having
heat stroke during the first
weeks in school has in expert
ence proved to be far from
theoretical. And the heat regu-
lating mechanism of the body
is such that once disturbed it
is liable to be disturbed over
and over again through the rest
Of the individuals life. People
who have once had sunstroke
and have recovered are very
sensitive to heat forever after
wards, and are under the ne
ceSsity of regulating their en-
tire lives with that possibility
in view. Why should our chill
dren be subjected to this dan
ger which involves the possibil-
ity of handicapping their fu-
ture?
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and down to a mere nothing in
front.
These hats are $3.50 apiece,
are of the superior quality that
many of us will return to this
year, after sad mistakes in try
ing to economic, and if you
can't find your color, the new
shop where they are shown will
order it for you in your head
size. The woman who has open
ed this shop is famous for re-
modelling, too, and will work
over your favorite hats for you.
For further fashion infOrma-
tiOn, or for the name of the
shop where you can find these
hats, write Miss Laville, inclOs-
ing self-addressed, stamped en-
velOpe, or call District $3.50, ex-
tension 199.
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matrons, but they are most de-
cidedly not old looking. The
big velvet bow that is pulled
through Sits in a brown felt
hat is the very essence of chic,
and the hat will be very very
flattering. There's a decided
upward tilt at the back, which
is a new French idea, but has
been worn by older women in
America for many years. Hat
ter's plush, a favorite in years
when fashions were more lavish,
is returning this season for
some of our loveliest hats. The
third hat is made of black
hatter's plush, with only a
rhinestone slip for ornament,
but with a world of style and
decorative quality in the way
it is draped, high in the back,
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Parents Don't Like Him Now
Dear Miss Fairfax:
I am 26 years old, and I am
in business for myself. I have
an automobile but very little
cash. I am deeply in love with
a girl who is my age and OF
good family. I have known her
people for two years, and they
have always liked me and
treated me as they do their
own son. Whenever I visit the
family of my girl friend, I take
them all to the theater or to
ride. But lately the girls
mother and father do not like
me as they used to, and do
not allow her to come to my
store. I know that the girl loves
me just the same, but 1 have
heard that her parents wish to
marry her to a doctor or an
attorney. I love this girl very
much. and will do anything to
win her. Please tell me what
to do. K.
Well, my dear young friend,
if the girl loves you, that's more
than half the battle, isn't it?
And the parents will have a
hard time in marrying the
young lady to an attorney or
doctor, particularly as there
seems to be no specific profes-
sional man in view. They just
think marriage Of that sort
would be desirable.
Just bide your time, continue
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CHAPTER Is

Mitzi, quickly sensing the sit
uation and seeing the oppor-
tunity for romp, was off be-
fore her assistant keeper, whom
she dragged after her, could
figure out what it was all
about. With an instructive feel
ing for genteel surroundings,
she headed down Chouringhi
Avenue, the Fifth Avenue, or
Michigan Boulevard, or what
you will, of Calcutta. Dodging
Charles and rickshas (there'S
plenty of such traffic in this
part of the town. she kept go
ing until she wound up in
front of Peleti's, the restaurant
made famous by Kipling. Un-
able to get in, she decided to
investigate the window, in
which there was most invit-
ing array of cakes and pas
tries. There she stood, in the
manner of a small boy, gazing
at a candy store display. Glass
was something new to Mitzi.
She kept running her trunk
against the window in an ef-
fort to reach the cakes, and
doubtless was considerably puz-
zled when she failed to get re-
suits.
That's how Lal found her
when, after his ablutions were
over, he returned to his post
near the hotel and, finding his
ward among the missing,
started a frantic search for
her. The gathering crowds
guided him in following the
little fugitive.
A Regular Demon
Lal was a regular demon in
handling natives that got in
his way. I can readily credit
his statement that he made
short work of the curious Hin
dus that crowded around to
see what was going on. just
as he was gathering up his
runaway, a young woman,
touched by the picture of the
baby elephant trying to reach
the cakes in the window, ad-
vanced with a bag of them
she had hurriedly purchased in
the restaurant. How could he,
poor humble Lal Behudar, re-
fuse a mem Sahib (Whlte
woman? 1t was all right
for Buck Sahbid to refuse such
a person, but one of his NaPs)
lowly station was hardly in a
position to pursue such a
course. He hoped that Buck
Sahib would not misunderstood
his conduct for he knew only
too we'll what pains in the
stomach resulted when little
elephants permitted themselves
the luxury of too many cakes.
Lal was happy when I
assured him that I understood
his position. Mitzi was little
the worse for her experience
and that was all that mat
tered.
A few days later I loaded the
little lady, along with my many
other animals, aboard the old
Santa Cruz which plies between
Calcutta and San Francisco.
Mr.. Singer, whose act was play
ing in st. Louis at the time,
had a representative on the
dock at San Francisco when we
arrived. This chap was great
ly pleased with the little
elephant. From the standpoint
of height she was ideal, stand
ing only three and a half feet
(only six inches taller than
Baby Boo. the smallest ele-
phant ever seen in America,
which I secured for a movie
company when it needed a
three-foot pachyderm). Her
disposition and general appear
ance were right too-just the
sort of creature designed to
make the ladies in the audience
chorus, Isn't she cute!" And
that, of course, was Mr.. Singers
aim. Subsequently this veteran
. Snowman ecstatically told me
that Mitzi was the perfect ele-
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Do You Know
That---

A high note is sustained by
the trimming on midseason
hats. A new model done in fine
Parma violet felt has a square,
shallow crown and narrow
scoopy brim brought we'll for
ward. The high trimming posed
at back is of matching gros-
grain ribbon with two tiny pur-
pie ostrich tips.
Taking a walk this autumn,
we'll meet many brown felt
hats. The felt will be of the
smoothest quality, almost like
antelope. This type felt is used
for a new cloche, the color is
dark brown and it is trimmed
at the side with a butterfly
made of brown and beige feath-
erS.
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The Rhymins
Optimist
BY ALINE MICHAELIS
When the Moon Rose

When the moon rose my loves
hand lay in mine;
I drew her closer in my fond
embrace.
All, never was there night so
near divine,
And never moonlight touched
so fair a face!
The world grew dim and very
far away;
We two alone were all In all,
that hour
When circumstance had lost its
wonted sway,
And time was Knocked, strip
ped bare of every power.
BY threats of life unmoVed and
unalarmed,
We saw our dreams fresh
flowered for us to clasp,
We knew no fear, against all
evil armed;
We knew no hope; our heaven
was in our grasp!
When the moon rose I held my
loved ones hand
And we two dwelt in an en-
chanted land.
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Advice to the Love|orn
BY Beatrice Fairfax

to be agreeable to the girls
parents, and when this myth
cal professional man fails to
appear, doubtless they'll be glad
to have you for a son-ln-laW.
Her Family Doesn't Like Him
Dear Miss Fairfax:
I am a young man OF 2O
and have been going with a girl
of 10 for the past two years. AS
her family has no use for me
we planned to run off and get
married and keep it a secret,
but we have changed our minds
now. We've decided to wait;
but she happens to be doing a
little cheating" and I've told
her it would mean our parting.
She still continues to cheat, so
now I'm undecided if I should
marry her, or part with her.
JERRY.
Cheating" is not a good
foundation on which to build
a happy marriage. do you think,
my dear Jerry? Love, con-
fidence, and respect are all
requisites for a life partnership.
And what do you mean by
"cheating?" Something serious,
or just a little flirting with
another boy? I find you young
people call both these things
Cheating" And as you're both
very young, and the girls family
doesn't approve of you, it would
be better not to consider marry
ing Just yet,
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"ALENTINE"
True Love or a Jazz-Mad
Career Is Her Problem


critically.
"Oh, yes, darling. You'll be
awfully pretty--I'm sure Of it,
Like you, Millie?"
mo, not me. More-I don't
know-more ariStocratic. But
you'll be pretty. Your freckles
will all go away and you'll fill
out, and. hold still. there's a
Speck of SCOT. -"
Hypnotic Glamour
Millie had a way of wettir2
the corner of scented hand
kerchief with moist red
tongue-cat wash, she called 1t,
Val preferred the rarer scrub
bings with soap and tepid
water at the washstand behind
the Chinese screen in their
room, but you couldn't really re
sent Miles washings, cat or
otherwise, because she talked Of
such interesting things while
she was washing.
Millie was one Of those rare
souls who successfully throw a
hypnotic glamour over life.
Neither death nor poverty had
been able to crush her. Oh. she
cried sometimes, of course.
Cried and called herself the
most unfortunate girl that ever
lived and hugged Val and told
her she didn't know what would
become of her, poor lamb.
Frightening the child almost
out Of her senses.
But the tears never lasted
long. Pretty soon she'd be poIlr-
ing eau de cologne on her hand
kerchief and telling Val to go
make a cup of tea for mother,
there's a good girl, and then
they'd get all dressed up and go
out somewhere especially nice.
Toward the last, when the ill.,
Surance money that had lasted
so long was almost gone, they
moved a great deal and ate
macaroni and cheese out of pa
per cartons marked palace
Delilacy store; Home Cooked
Foods a Specially" and had
condensed milk in their tea in
stead of cream.
But Val thought their room
was very nice as soon as il was
fixed up with Miles pictures
and sofa pillows and the Chinese
screen with the gold dragon on
it was placed in front of the
gas stove, waShstand corner that
Millie named "the bath room
kitchen" Millie had a way of
making things seem funny if
they couldn't be made to seem
nice.
To see the MacfarlaneS, Val
and Millie, emerge from the
Fillmore Street rooming house
any pleasant morning was to
behold two elegant visitors call
ing, perchance, to see about a
cook. Surely the pretty lady
and the stylish little girl
couldn't live there!
True. Walls pink broadcloth
coat was likely to cover wisp
of outgroWn organdie that
wouldn't stand another washing
and Miles smart tailor made
that fitted her lovely figure so
faultlessly had a lining that was
worn to ribbons.
But Walls extravagant eye
fishes, even at that early age,
focused attention on her small,
serious face and Millie was
clever at concocting little hats
out of odds and ends of ribbon
and lace. Millie liked hats,
Her own were always large and
expensive and there was always
a flattering fur pulled close to
her rosy cheek.
"The effect is there" she'd
tell Val, who was inclined, even
then, to point out loose buttons
and frayed Innings.
Miles Friends
The effect is there. You'd
have to admit that, as you saw
them sauntering down Market
Street, the pretty widow and
the serious, big-eyed child.
Leisurely looking in shop win
Continued on I'd Comic Pose)
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Do You KnoWo

Honesty is the best policy,
though it may not pay the larg.
est dividends.
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z held five quick tricks and
seven playing tricks, but he
had only two biddable four
card suits, limiting his opening
bid to 1-Spade. Y shifted to
2-Hearts. z bid 3-Diamonds.
Y counted five probable tricks
with diamonds trumpS, but he
also knew that trick counting
beyond 10 is none too precise,
and he held no high honors in
either of his partners suits.
Y bid just the limit at 5-Dia-
mondS.
BY discarding one of dunn
my's clubs on a good spade.
dummy was enabled to ruff
one club and one spade. A
trick was lost on the heart
finesse, and one diamond trick
was lost at the end, as 2 could
not ruff himself in, as he had
to do, and still pick up all
four of BIS trumpS. Just five
odd could be made, as z played
the hand. On Friday another
method of procedure will be
given.
Copyright. 1892. by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
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z made an opening bid of
One Club, which Y jumped to
Three Clubs. B bid Three
Spades. 2 forced by mention
ing a new suit, bidding Four
Diamonds. Y knew that he
could trust his partner to the
limit. US thoughts ran some
thing like this: He bids a suit
of which I hold five including
King, Queen, and Jack; then
my partner forces in another
and shorter suit, stating that a
sure game lies in one of the
two minor suits, although B
has made an intervening bid.
At clubs my hand is worth
fully five supporting tricks.
B and I are long in spades.
My partner must be very short
in that suit. He has top hon
ors in hearts and diamoEds
and a long club suit headed by
the Ace. There should be at
least d small slam at clubs.
Without hesitation Y bids Six
Clubs, ending contracting.
The play was simple, but
pretty. z ruffed the opening
lead of spades. He led one
round of trumps, dropping all
opposing clubs. z then led
three winning hearts, dropping
upon the last two leads of that
suit two of US diamonds, so
that no finesee needs be taken
when diamonds were led. The
first lead of diamonds was won
with the Ace. rs last three
diamonds were trumped by
dummy, while the declarer
trumped the three remaining
spades left in dummy. OF
course there was grand slam
made, but Y did well to bid
tho small slam
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CagtB tween He Dnarsof II |
the EhctcR Rea Modern Love
Contract
Bridge
By E. v. SHEPARD
Reliability a Great Asset

A partners reliability is one
of the greatest assets in either
business or bridge. Only wheE
partner can be trusted can you
do your best. 1t was a pleasure
to watch the accuracy with
which two partners in recent
game bid just enough, rubber
after rubber, as they happened
to draw together. Two Of the
hands that appeared are given
below.
Evening star., 1932-08-01
HOOVER AND FORD
WIN PRAISE OF DRYS
Chicagoland Assembly Pays Trib-
ute to President and
Auto Magnate.
BY the Associated Press.

by lEe ASSDCldbtu ASoS-
DES PLANES, Ill. August l. Presi-
dent Hoover and Henry Ford were COM
mended in resolutions adopted last
night at the closing session of the
Chicagoland Drys' Assembly-the Presi-
dent for prohibition law enforcement
and Ford for statements supporting
prohibition.
Charles R. Jones. executive vice presi-
dent of the American Business Mems
Prohibition Foundation and chairman
of the assembly in which 80 organiza
tions participated the past six days, is
sued a statement he said was repre-
sentative of the prohibitionis's attitude.
while the drys realize they must
continue to fight" the statement said,
facts brought out during the past
few days make two points apparent
namely, that the people will never
stand for repeal and that prohibition
has been a great blessing to the
country"