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The Washington times., 1932-09-28

According to she latest
Vogue" there are two types of
suits, the suit practical and the
suit ornamental. If you're wise,
you will decide Just which you
should have, before you buy
either. They recommend for
mornings when you walk in the
park, or walk downtown for
shopping, maybe to the market,
or for your sports costume, a
suit of tweed, of heavy diagonal
wooden, or some other very
sturdy material, made up in
SportS-like manner. For your
afternoon hours, luncheon, an
afternoon of bridge, an informal
tea, there are cloth suits, or per
haps even a velvet suit, that is
much more formal. But if you
don't expect to be doing many
formal things this winter, you
won't need a suit of that type,
but should stick to the suit prac-
tical.
The Suit Practical
A favorite theme of the new
est suits is contrast of material,
though so far we've heard about
them more than we've seen them
here in Washington. Now nearly
all the stores are showing one
The Washington times., 1932-09-28
Your Health and Diet
By Logan Clendening, M. D.

40, who has to keep changing
glasses too frequently, and WHO
uses glasses stronger than the
age accounts for.
There are many different
forms of glaucoma, but they
all depend upon this increase
in pressure, due to the accumjl-
lation of fluid in the eye. Blood
and lymph keep pumping into
the eye every second, and if
there were no way to get rid of
it the eye-ball would burst. This
actually happens in some eyes
when the outer coat of the eye
ball has become weakened.
Acute glaucoma comes in at
tacks in which the eye is con.
gested and shows external signs
of disturbance. The attack
passes off in a few days, only
to recur. In simple glaucoma
the process is more gradual.
In either case treatment
should be instituted immedi-
ately in order to preserve Wis
ion. About IL per cent of all
blindness is caused by glau-
coma. Much of it can be pre-
vented by modern treatment.
The Washington times., 1932-09-28

or two, plaid skirt, or perhaps
skirt of a woolen in a big check,
with a plain color furleSs coat.
Or a combination like the suit
we've sketched, coat of oxford
wooden, and skirt of a black and
white diagonal wooden, the di-
agonal stripe so wide that it
looks like a striped fabric. The
coat is particularly good look
ing, with wide facing up the
front of the striped diagonal,
and sleeves with width at the
elbow in an unobtruSive point.
There's a scarf of the stripe, too.
Both materials are unbelievably
soft and lovely. The suit is
$29.50.
For Fall Football
The other suit sketched is al
ready fast becoming a favorite.
It was bought by many girls 60
ing to college, so will undoubt-
edly be seen in numbers at fall
football games. It's equally
good for street and other sports,
though, so will be seen in town,
too. It is of a rough-and-ready
tweed, but soft enough for COM
fort. The skirt is perfectly
plain, the coat swagger and
smart, with roomy pockets, and
a wide collar of raccoon that
stands we'll away from the face
in becoming manner. With it
you wear a sWeater-blouse, a
jersey jacket blouse, or one of
plaid silk, if you want to be
more dressed up. It's priced
$35 and comes in brown, green,
tan or red.
For further fashion infOrma-
tiOn, or for the name of the
store where you can find these
suits, write Miss LaviIIe encIOs-
ing Self-addreSSed, stamped
envelope, or call District $3.50,
extension 1879.
The Washington times., 1932-09-28
True Love or a Jazz-Mad
Career Is Her Problem

told her. 1t wasn't fair Of him
not to.
The chops hissed in the pan
and she jumped up to turn
them, whimpering a little as
she scorched her arm on the
oven door, and spattered hot
grease on her stockings.
The chops were dark brown
chips floating in fat when Joe
finally came-20 minutes late.
She served them sadly. It
didn't seem to matter whether
you tried or not. There was al
ways something to make every.
thing turn out a failure.
Prepared for Quiz
"The tomatoes are fine,
honey. May I have some
more?"
"Yes, do. That's one thing
about canned tomatoes, they're
so durable. Practically impos-
Sible to ruin them!"
She waited, nervous taut, for
him to finish his dinner.
why, Val, you aren't eating
a thing!"
I'm not hungry. Had some
cakes and things with Mrs.
Peacock this afternoon"
Perhaps that would remind
him of what he had told MIS-.
Peacock.
Mrs. Peacock is quite wor-
ried about you. She thinks I
don't feed you right"
Nonsense! She was just
teasing you-"
mo, she wasn't. She said
you were worrying, too"
do I look worried? Val!
Don't duck like that I want
to kiss you'll"
Joe, you've been telling her
things. Things you haven't
told me. Is that fair to me?"
"Oh, Val, please don't be
hurt! I just didn't want to
worry you"
1T does hurt me. It makes
me look silly. Besides, you
haven't told me yet"
"Oh, just home things-my
family"
What kind of things?"
"Oh-Elwyn quit school and
came home, for one thing. He
won't go back to public school
and he can't get a job and Ma
says he's up to mischief with a
fast crowd. She wrote to my
uncle. and he wrote back, de-
CONTINUED on I'd Comic Pose)
The Washington times., 1932-09-28
Returning the Call

Dear Mrs. Beeckman:
Kindly let me know the
broadest courtesy which may
be applied to one coming to
a new country estate section.
When socially prominent neigh
bors call in your absence and
leave their cards, is it going
too far to communicate with
them by writing or telephoning
in acknowledgment of their
cards, and would it be going
too far before they call again,
to make a visit yourself in the
absence of a formal introduc-
ton?
An Admiring Reader.
These kind visits-of-welcome
should be returned by your
going to the homes of each
neighbor who called on you,
and leaving your cards, in re-
turn compliment. The calls
should not be acknowledged by
writing or by telephoning but
by the leaving of cards.
Later. when several or many
calls have been made on you,
and you have become more a
part of the communicable, by
going to parties and so forth.
you might plan to have several
of these new friends to tea,
The Washington times., 1932-09-28

One of the functions of the
eyeball is to keep it's shape. Or
to put it another way, to keep
distended to the right size.
The eye is an optical instru-
Inent which, like all optical in
struments, depends for its USE
fulness on focusing rays of light
through a lens upon sensitive
surface. In order to do this
the chamber of any optical in
Strument must have certain
depth. The eyeball is the
chamber of the eye; it contains
q clear fluid and the tension
of this fluid is kept constant.
If the fluid in the eye dimin-
ishes the eye collapses like an
empty balloon. The vision is
gone. In like manner, if the
fluid increases the eyeball is
distended and the vision is i'm.
paired.
The amount of fluid in the
eye is kept at a definite level
and at a definite tension by a
very delicate mechanism. The
fluid in the anterior part of
the eye, between the lens and
the cornea, is derived not from
blood, but from lymph, and the
tension of this fluid is kept the
same by the action of lymph
vessels in the margin of the
pupil muscle, or iris.
When this mechanism is dis
turbed the fluid in the eyeball
is not drained away sufficiently
fast. The result is an increase
in pressure. The disease is
known as glaucoma.
Glaucoma is a fairly frequent
eye disease of middle age. It's
presence should always be con-
Sidered when a person over 40
begins to have dimneSs of vlS-
ion and pain in the eye, or
headache.
Indeed, it should always be
thought of in any person over
ADVERTISEMENT
The Washington times., 1932-09-28
The Rhymins
Optimist
BY ALINE MICHAELIS
City Night

City Night
Below me the city's clamor
OF traffic that throbs and
beats,
The din and honking and rattle,
The echoing roar Of the
streets.
look from my lofty window
Down into the thoroughfares,
Just glimpsing the restless cur.
rents
OF life that are flowing there.
And I think of the pulsing pas
sion
In eager hearts that go,
Each one intent on it's prob
lens
Down there in the streets be-
low.
Below mc the ceaseless clamor
Of a life that beats at the
bars,
But over my head through the
darkness
The glory and glow Of the
stars!
Sound dwindles and shrinks to
silence
At sight of that sapphire
arch!
How peace comes back to my
spirit
With the stars in their end.
less march!
The Washington times., 1932-09-28
Try This
Recipe
Corn Dumplings

INGREDIENTS: Half cup
canned corn put through food
chopper, 2 cups flour. A table
spoons fat, 4 teaspoons baking
powder, u teaspoon salt. 12 to
% cup liquid which may be
either milk or water.
METHOD: Sift flour, baking
powder and salt together. Cut
in the shortening and add the
liquid slowly, stirring as little
as possible. Put on a lightly
floured board and roll to thick
ness of about a quarter of an
inch. Cut with a 3-inch biscuit
cutter. Season the corn pulp
to taste and put teaspoon of
the seasoned pulp on each bis
cult round. Bring up the edges
and pinch lightly together. Bake
in moderate oven 80 minutes
or until well Drowned. These
may be served with meat gravy
or a well seasoned cheese sauce.
The Washington times., 1932-09-28
By Hazel Livingston
Contact By E.V. Shepard

Declarer's Ace won the trick.
rs lone @ of diamonds fell.
Upon a return lead of de-
clarer'S good j of hearts, dunn.
my's lowest diamond was dis
carded. Then declarer spresS
his hand, claiming fulfillment
of his contract of five, having
lost only one heart trick anc
one spade trick.
Excellent Hands
The hands of ABB fitted re-
markably well, so we'll in fact
that five-odd could have been
won at diamonds, as we'll as at
spades. Whether B responded
to the informatory double with
clubs or diamonds did not mat
ter, but the chances of max
ing five-odd at a minor suit
bid, when the bidder holds
only three trumps, are small
indeed. However, such things
do happen sometimes. and three
card suits must be bid at
times.
One may ask: why didn't
A bid diamonds directly over
rs 1-Heart?" Had he done
so B could not have supported,
and A would have played the
hand at a low call, thereby
missing scoring game. 2 would
have been stupid to afford A
an opportunity to show both
diamonds and clubs, so that
B would have assisted. Often
an informatory double turns out
to be the only act that will
enable partners to do enough
bidding to discover their one
game-going make.
An informatory double indi-
Gates strength in three suits.
Often it happens that the
the doubler'S partner shows
his best suit. only to have the
doubler indicate that the choice
does not fit perfectly satisfy.
Then the doubler's partner may
show a second choice that may
exactly fit the doubler's hand,
and game may result. The
double encourages partner to
show very weak suits, whereas
he may fear to do so without
that preliminary double.
Copyright, 1882, King Features
syndicate, InC.)
The Washington times., 1932-09-28
for
LoveIorn
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX
An Authority on Problems Of
Love and Marriage

An Authority on Problems Of
Love and Marriage
Dear Miss Fairfax:
am young, attractive wo-
man, married almost a year,
and already my husband is
completely bored, terribly in
different. Do you think there
is anything that I can do to
change him, or would you sug-
geSt a divorce? OF course, any
woman can divorce her hus-
band; the trick is to hold him.
am working, helping him
through school, and I am won
dering seriously If it Is worth
all my efforts if the man sim.
ply has lost all his feelings for
me. Be kind enough to an
Swer. WEARY.
You're quite right-the trick
is to keep a husband, not to
divorce him, if he's at all
worth keeping. But this one
of yours impresses me as be-
ing bit spoiled. A wife can't
do much more for a man than
work to help him toward a bet
ter education - that should
bring gratitude and considera-
ton.
So it makes me wonder if
your doing so much hasn't
caused him to take things as a
matter Of course. I'm a great
believer in talking things out
peacefully and without bitter
ness,
The Washington times., 1932-09-28
CHAPTER 80

After Mrs. Peacock was gone
she went back to the davenport
and sat there, hands folded in
her lap, looking around the awk-
ward, uncomfortable room. A
mess, that was what it was.
And she hadn't been able to fix
1t. And now Joe was getting
sick from her cooking, and
worrying, keeping things from
Slow tears trickled through
her fingers.
That's it, stupid! Sit there
and cry and let Joe come home
and find her, with no dinner
ready as usual!
She jumped up. upsetting the
spindly-legged tabouret, beside
the davenport. A wedding pres
ent Bohemian glass bowl shat
tered into a hundred pieces.
"Damn!"
But she whistled a little as
she swept up the wreckage and
banged ice-box and oven doors
capably in the kitchen. Dinner
was going to be ready on time
for once. That was SOME
THING.
It looked pretty good. too.
Canned tomatoes and fried po-
tatoes and chops. That ought
to be nourishing. And bananas
and cream and ladyfingers for
dessert.
Another Failure
What could be keeping Joe?
He ALWAYS got home early,
and this night, with everything
ready, of course he'd have to be
late.
It wasn't fair of him not to
tell her what was going on. He
was always so Secretive about
his mothers letters-not that
she cared what Mrs. Carey had
to say. Her letters even looked
like her. Squeezed into envelopes
too small for her. so that they
bulged and strained at the
seams. It took Joe ages to read
them. He read every word pa
tiently, then set them aside with
q little frown, or a sigh. He
never said what was in them.
But she could well imagine. Com.
plants. Gossip. Demands for
money. If anything really seri'
GUS had come up he should have
The Washington times., 1932-09-28

2 made an opening bid of
One Heart. A made an in
formatory double. Y passed.
AS B's only four-card suit had
been adversely bid, he had to
bid either his clubs of his
diamonds, although neither of
those two suits contained more
than three cards. Thinking
that it would make it easiest
for his partner to shift, B bid
Two Clubs. Not particularly
fearing a minor suit response,
and rather expecting that A
might shift to spades, 2 passed.
A bid Three Diamond, to force
another declaration from his
partner. B bid Four Diamonds.
Thinking that B must hold at
least four clubs, A bid Five
Clubs upon his own four
trumps. The contract was not
doubled.
The opening lead was the K
of hearts. Dummy'S Ace won
the trick, and US lone fell.
The declarer took three rounds
of trumps. He was lucky
enough to find the six oppoS-
ing trumps evenly divided be-
tween his opponents, so that
dummy was left with one long
trump. Dummy's 10 of hearts
went to rs Q. Y discarded
the 9 of spades. to request z
to lead that suit. z led his
Ace of spades. Dummy'S only
spade fell. Y completed the
echo, by dropping the 4. 2 led
a low spade. Dummy ruffed
with it's club. The 8 of hearts
won the next trick. The 2 Of
diamond was led from dummy.
The Washington times., 1932-09-28

Wash this 2.minute way:
l. One teaspoon of Lux for
each pair of stockings.
2. Add lukewarm water,
squeeze suds through stock
ings, rinse we'll.
Don't use too.warm water-this
fades color. With Lux you use
lukewarm water. No hot water
needed.
Don't rub with cake soap. 1t
ruins elasticity. With Lux
there's no rubbing! Even stub
born spots come out perfectly
if you press a few dry Lux dia-
monds into the dampened spot.
Avoid ordinary soaps - cakes,
powders, chips. These often
The Washington times., 1932-09-28
Fashion Fads and
Fancies

You will like the new eve
ming ensembles done in fine
broadcloth. A new autumn
model done in black broad
cloth has an interesting dol
man. The back is of the
broadcloth, while the front is
of white ermine. Two small
ruffles Of the broadcloth accen-
tuate each shoulder.
Simply sublime is a new
bag just out of it's wrappings.
1t is an evening model in black
satin and the fastening is a fob
composed Of carved crystal,
jade, onyx and brilliants. The
fob can also be detached and
worn on the lapel of a suit.
The Washington times., 1932-09-28
The Girls Umbrella

The Girls Umbrella
Dear Mrs. Beeckman:
My girl friend tells me that
it is impolite of me not to
carry her umbrella when we
are coming back from any
where and it is not raining.
Am 7 impolite not carrying it?
I feel that it is not becoming.
A. C.
agree with you and you
have said it well. that it is
mot becoming" I see no rea-
son why the girl should not
carry her own umbrella.
The Washington times., 1932-09-28
On the Avenue

Along the sidewalks autumn
shoes are already making
an appearance. A smart new
shoe is a high heeled OK
ford of black suede with di-
agonal bands of white stitched
black patent arranged in inter.
eSting WAYS.
The Washington times., 1932-09-28

ever experience a twinge of
periodic pain.
Harmless as it is, Midol tablet
blocks all possibility of periodic
pain for hours at stretch. 1t
isn't a narcotic. But it acts in
seven minutes. Just ask the
druggist for Midol.
The Washington times., 1932-09-28
The Monogram
Dear Mrs. Beeckman:

Is it correct to use the initial
of your first name on handker.
chiefs and monogrammed sta
tionery? I prefer doing this,
but the correctness of it has
been questioned by some of my
friends. E. C,
If you use only one initial
it is usually the initial of your
first name. But the better form
is to use your two or three
initials, either as initials, or de-
signed into a monogram.
The Washington times., 1932-09-28
How Does a
Woman Champion
Manage?

w o m en- h a M
pions cannot have
"off days" Day
after day of prac-
tice and play, and
matches that per-
NIT no postpone
mentS. Then how
do they manage
during these try
ing times when
other women are
sunk with pain? Z?
They meet these
periodic emergen-
cieS with Midol,
a nd they don't
The Washington times., 1932-09-28
The Lux Way
to make stockings last tEvice as long

contain harmful alkali, which
robs silk of its life, weakens
threads, fades colors. Lux has
no harmful alkali. Anything
safe in water alone is safe in Lux.
The Washington times., 1932-09-28
Correct Manners
BY Mrs. Cornelius Beeckman

and then arrange to have them
dine at your home.
The Washington times., 1932-09-28
Responding With Three Cards

Unless the doubler's partner
expects to defeat the oppos-
ing contract for more than can
be made from bidding, he must
respond to an informatory
doubler's partner ordinarily
should respond with a declara-
ton of his suit. In case he
holds no stops to the adverse
suit he may be obliged to bid
a suit Of only three cards, as
shown in the hand given below.
The Washington times., 1932-10-27

8 p. m, Garnet-PatterSon Cen
ter, Tenth and u SITS.
Halloween Masquerade Dance
Sponsored by William H. Lodge,
No. 8, Shepherds Of Bethlehem,
$50 p. M, Masonic Temple,
Twelfth and Monroe Sts. N. E.
Miss Elaine Middlekauff, 8 p. M,
Mt. Pleasant branch Of the Pub
lie Library, Sixteenth and La
mont Sts.
Fraternal Day Parade-Spon-
sored by the George Washington
Bicentennial Commission, 1880 p.
m. up Pennsylvania Avenue and
Constitution Avenue, starting from
Peace Monument.
Anniversary Celebration-Talk
by the Rev. r. w. Brooks, p:
M, Asbury Methodist Episcopal
Church, Eleventh and K SITS. n. W.
Radio Audition-Sponsored by
the Washington Board OF Trade,
8 D. M, in the studios OF WRC'
National Press Building.
Meeting-American Association
of Engineers, washington Chap
ter. 8 o. M, Kennedy-Warren.
Industrial Exposition-Washing'
ton Auditorium, 2 to $40 p. m.
and Z to II p. m.
The Washington times., 1932-10-27

Dinner-Meeting-Board of Gov.
ernors, $50 m, University
Club.
Meeting-Carital Kiwanis Dis
trict Club, 8 p. M, dance, 8 p. m,
Mayflower Hotel.
Convention - America, Social
Hygiene Association, al day,
Washington HOTEL.
Meeting-Women's division of
the Ho ver-Curtis Club, noon, at
the National Capital Republican
Club on Scott Circle.
Dinner-St. Thomas Chapter
{: the Brotherhood of st. Andrew,
Z D. M, st. Thomas Parish Hall,
l7OO block of Church st. N. w.
Dance-Chevy Chase Woman's
Club, 9 p. m, Eossdhu Castle
Club.
Fair - Mt. Pleasant Chapter,
Order of the Eastern Star. 8 p. m,
in their hall, Fourteenth and
Kenyon SITS. N w.
Dance-Sponsored by washing
ton Lodge, No. Is, B. P. o. Elks,
9 p. M. Elks H )me, 900 block H
st. N. w.
Dance-Gaelic-American Club,
9 o. M, the Play House.
Meeting-Drama Club, 8 p. M,
Southeast Center, Seventh and
c SITS.
Meeting-Amphion Glee Club,
The Washington times., 1932-10-27
HALLOWEEN DANCE

A Halloween dance will be
held by Epiphany Church. For
estville, tonight, in the Wood
mems Hall.
The Washington times., 1932-10-27
Manor Club Officers
To Be Dined TOniqht

A dinner and reception in
honor of officers Of the Manor
Club, near Ncrbeck, Md, will be
held at the club tonight, it was
announced.
The program is to be presented
by Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Bowie, Miss
Mary O'Donoghue, George O'Con.
nor, Miss Evelyn Thomaidies, Mr.,
and Mrs. Edward c. Steele, Matt
Horn, George Wilson and Walter
r. McCallum,
The Washington times., 1932-10-27
.F|LMLAND DULL
To MAE WEST

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, Oct. 27
G.N.S0 Mae West, staggering,
well-curved blonde trouper, today
wavered between Broadway and
Hollywood. She said:
"At least they can't raid
movies. But there isn't any
thing to do nights in Holly
wood. This wild life heard
about before / got here-why, 1t
doesn't exist.
"An 1 do nights in Holly
wood is go to prize fights.
There's no Harlem or Village
here"
Mae, the Diamond Liz of the
stage, is here to have her fling
before the cameras, and they're
talking about big things for her
But Mae can't make up her
mind whether to "go Hollywood
in a big way, divide her time
between here and New York, or
renounce the films and go back
to the stage-and more raids.
The Washington times., 1932-10-27
HOOVER MAKES
. THREAT Of BIC
U.s., NAVY

Americas annual celebration ot
Navy Day" was lifted from the
rounds of prosaic functions to
day by a warning to Europe by
President Hoover that the United
States would build its Navy tc
the equal of the most powerful
in the world unless internationa
disarmament efforts prove fruit
full.
Reports Arms Progress
In spite of his warning, the
President pointed out that Admin
istration efforts toward decreased
armaments "are making prog
Tess."
Mr.. Hoover said:
81 take the occasion of Navy
Day to remind the nation that
the national defense is the first
and most solemn obligation
placed upon the Federal Govern
Hnent by the Constitution. Our
people have ever been lovers OF
peace, and they have consistent
ly pursued a policy designed to
preserve national rights by
peaceful negotiations wherever
possible, rather than by resort
to arms.
"This Administration has
spared no reasonable effort to
bring about an agreement OF all
nations upon a reduction OF
arms, upon the ratio agreed
upon at the London naval con-
ference. Our patience in these
negotiations has never fOr q
moment jeOpardized the safety
of the United States. These ef-
forts are making progress.
Sees Threat To U. S.
"If these efforts finally fail,
we shall be compelled by rea-
son of the disturbed conditions
prevailing throughout the world,
and the necessity of protecting
American commerce to build
our Navy to the full strength
provided in the London agree
ment, equal to that of the most
powerful in the world.
"T need scarcely suggest the
vast expenditures that would
be involved by that necessity,
or the blow that it would deal
to one of the most cherished
aspirations of our people"
The Washington times., 1932-10-27
Commerce Workers
Must PGy Transport

Commerce Department en-
ployes stationed in foreign coun-
tries and who desire to spend
their payless furlough in the
United States must pay their
own travelling expenses as well as
those of their relatives who ac-
company them, Comptroller Gen
eral McCarl ruled yesterday.
Replying to an inquiry by Sec
retary of Commerce Chaplin, the
Comptroller General said the
Government will not pay the
expenses of any employe except
when the latter is travelling on
official business. Travelling to
take a payless vacation at home
does not constitute official bus
mess, he said.
The Washington times., 1932-10-27
What's Doing in Capital Today

Meeting-Alpha Kappa Sigma
8 p. m, Willal \ Hotel.
Meeting-C a t h olic Evidence
Guild, 8 p. m. TIL N st. N. w.
Book ReviewS-MisS L. Elaine
Middlekauff, of the central library
advisory staff, sos p. m, audi
torium of he Mt. Pleasant branch
of the Public Library.
Benefit Halloween Dance-East
Gate Chapter, o. 4. S.. 9 p. M,
East Gate Temple, Rhode Island
and Mills Avenues Northwest.