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The Washington times., 1933-08-05
Wedding

Wedding Plans
Dear Mrs. Beeckman:
/. am to be married next
month and want to send out
invitations for the immediate
family to come to my home
after the wedding, and I also
want to know how to inform
my friends that they should
come up in the evening. I
will be married at 4 in the af-
ternoon.
2. Is it proper to wear lace,
and what accessories would go
with a lace dress? Should
the dress be ankle-length?
8. How should the brides
maid be dressed?
1. It would be charming for
you and your mother to call
on the members of the lmme-
diate family and by word Of
mouth invite them to come to
your home directly after the
ceremony. This gives this i'm
portant invitation the impor-
tant, gracious and personal air
that it should have.
If some of the family live
too far away to make these
personal visits impossible, notes
of invitation, preferably writ
ten by your mother, who is
the hostess Of all the festivi.
ties of the occasion, should be
sent.
Informal notes are the most
gracious form for the invita-
tions to the friends who are to
be bidden to come later in the
day. Your mother would word
them something like this:
Dear Mary,
Eleanor and Tom are to be
married on Tuesday, the first
of June, late in the afternoon,
and directly after the ceremony
we are asking "the families"
to our home to greet them.
But we are all anxious to
have their friends come in
the evening to greet them and
to say "au revoir" as they
leave for their honeymoon. We
The Washington times., 1933-08-05
Advice to the Love|orn
By Beatrice Fairfax

could teach you to love him,
but so many, many people have
hoped to teach love and failed.
You are among the fortunate
who do not have to worry over
a job or money. You tell me
you have q very comfortable al
lowance for spending. May I
suggest that if you Joined some
social agency for the relief OF
people in distress you would be
a lot happier.
The world Is full Of people
just now who do not know where
to look for their next meal, or
their next nights lodging. 1t
would ease your heartache, my
dear, if you would work among
these distressed people.
Pets Other Girls Before Her
Dear Miss Fairfax:
We are both in love and Is
years old. But whenever our
club gives an entertainment, he
will come and sit near me with
a strange girl he has Just
picked up, at the doorway,
very probably. He will sit with
his arms around her and act
like a kid of seventeen. He
seems very nervous when he is
with me, but when with these
picked-up girls he is entirely
different.
He has done this three times
now, and each time it was q
different girl. Twice I pre-
tended not to see, but the third
time he almost fell off his
chair trying to say Hello" to
me. When he takes me home
he tells me what q good kid I
am, besides telling me his fam
lily troubles.
He never tries any Of his
petting on mel wonder why.
Does he think more Of me,
and Is he afraid to try it, or
is he just stringing me along?
H.
The boy friend is just show
ing off, trying to make you
jealous. Probably you've seemed
to him a little too distant and
barricaded. and he has just
taken this method of showing
you how fascinating he can be
to someone else.
The Washington times., 1933-08-05
Plans LOveless Marriage

Plans LOveless Marriage
Here is a girl who is consid-
ering making a loveless match
because her parents have never
seemed really fond Of her. She
wonders If she is an adopted
child, or If there is some mys-
terry about her birth which &C
counts for their aloofness. A
part of her letter reads:
Dear Miss Fairfax:
From my earliest childhood
have borne the cross of feel
ing unwanted by my mother
and father. They give me
everything but love. We have
such a nice home, and a car.
and they buy me lovely clothes
but I have never kissed my
mother, except on the cheek,
and my father has never kissed
me more than two or three
times in my life.
My parents seem devoted to
each other, and when I go
where they are feel like an
intruder. TWO or three times
I have tried to speak to my
mother about this, but she just
gives me a cool little smile and
says, tits all Imagination" on
my part. I have done all I
can to make my parents love
me, but it seems impossible.
Please don't think me fool.
ish, Miss Fairfax, but I am one
of those creatures who must be
loved. I am only 10, but so
lonesome and unhappy. Among
my friends there is a man Of
36, a widower with one little
boy Of Z. He is anxious for me
to marry him. He knows the
situation in my home, and has
often spoken of my parents
attitude toward me.
He tells me he will try to
make up to me for all I have
missed in the way Of affection,
but while I respect this man
and would learn to care for his
little boy, I do not love him in
the least.
1 have spoken to my parents
of this offer of marriage and
they tell me to do as I like
to make my own decision.
thought perhaps, as you are a
stranger to me, that you would
give me a little impartial
advice, for which I thank you.
HELENA B.
If you were older, quite a bit
older, my dear, I should advise
you to marry the widower with
a little boy. But at 10, with all
the world before you, and the
chance Of an enchanting love
match undoubtedly awaiting
you, I could never find it on
my conscience to give you that
advise.
You know what it is to be
loveless in your present home.
How much worse it would be,
after an experience of this kind,
to go into a new home where
you brought no love with your
marriage! It would be piling
unhappineSS on unhappineSs,
tragedy on tragedy. And it
seems to me it would be unfair
to the man, too. He thinks he
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That Office Myth

Dear Editor:
am a stenographer and
secretary and I bitterly resent
the idea that every girl is
either in love with her boss
or he is forcing his attentions
on her. It is a wretched un-
truth. I know scores of Sec
retaries and they all think
as I do. Business men by
the thousands know nothing
Of their secretaries lives and
do not try to find out.
OF course any secretary must
be a friend of her employer in
the sense Of guarding his in
terests, but this is just part Of
the work. Busy men appreciate
the girl who is watchful al
ways Of their affairs, but this
doesn't mean a motion picture
situation" has to follow. It's
all nonsense.
I have been secretary to four
business men in the past Is
years and never once suffered
from attentions. And I'm a
good looking woman, too.
INDIGNANT.
Indignant:
You've been seeing too many
movies about "office wives"
There are isolated cases, of
course, Of bosses combining bust.
The Washington times., 1933-08-05
Second Day
Beauty Diet

Now you are ready to begin
the second day of the Twelve
Day Diet for Skin Beauty.
Don't be discouraged If you
fell slightly weak.
Your system is not used to
the all-liquid nourishment Of
fered on the first day of this
diet, and you naturally feel
the effects when you begin.
Today's menu is liquid, too, but
tomorrow you may have some
solids.
This diet has been recon-
mended by the leading Euro
pean beauty experts, but you
are warned again not to follow
it without soliciting the ap-
proval Of your physician.
Unless you are in perfect
physical condition, such strenu-
Gus training might have dis
astrouS effects.
The Washington times., 1933-08-05
Correct Manners
By Mrs. Cornelius Beeckman

hope that you and Joe can
and will come then, at, say,
about 8 o'clock. You will. 90.
won't you? We all want so
very much to have you with
us, and we hope the answer
will be Eyes"
Dearest greetings to you
both.
Cordially,
MARTHA ALLEN D1TMARS.
2. A lace dress. for the bride
dressed informally for an al
ternoon wedding, is a perfect
plan this season. The ankle
length dress is the loveliest
and most effective, I think. A
hat of one of the new very
soft straws (they are almost
as soft as material, you know
would be charming. Or a hat
of lace, stretched, with one
or two layers over it of very
fine horsehair, would be beauti-
full, too. And very bride-y! And
I'd like to have your slippers
dyed to match the exact shade
of your frock. But, if you pre-
fer, q harmonizing shade. For
an informal wedding you need
not wear gloves.
3. The bridesmaid might also
wear a lace dress, Of a shade
combining charmingly with
the shade Of your dress. Or.
if you prefer, she might wear
a dress Of soft crepe or chiffon
or soft satin.
The Washington times., 1933-08-05

arm just above the elbow at
night before retiring and allow
1t to remain there until morn
ing. If, after removing, the skin
shows no irritation, the prepara.
ton is not likely to be too
strong to use on your face and
neck. Should the skin show
irritation, the bleaching cream
may be mixed with cold cream.
Face Powder.
I want to stress some very
important points concerning
the use Of face powder during
the period that your skin is
undergoing the bleaching pro-
cess. See that your powder
matches your skin during this
time. Otherwise you will find
the carefully selected suntan
powder which you have been
using during the summer
months will begin to give your
skin a dirty appearance.
If you have any of the COM
plexion powder used before you
became tanned, mix it with the
suntan shade until you produce
the tone to match your skin,
and, as 1t grows lighter, add
more of the natural flesh
tone. The quickest method Of
getting the right shade is to
place some Of the suntan pow
der in an empty box and keep
adding a small amount of the
tone used before the tanning.
Put the cover on the box and
shake until well blended.
Requests for special informa-
ton regarding beauty prepara-
tions are answered privately.
Send a stamped. self-addressed
envelope to Lisa Dumont,
washington Times, 1877 H st.
N. w. If you have any beauty
problems which you would like
to submit to this column, they
will receive attention,
The Washington times., 1933-08-05

The color and formality of
fall apparel do not lend them
selves becomingly to the ugly,
weather-beaten tone which the
skin assumes when vacation days
are over. That faded tan may
look we'll as long as white and
pastels are worn-but just put
on a dark dress and the effect is
most unattractive.
FreckIes and Tan
I have had a number of in
quiries from women about
bleaches for sun tan and
freckles, and before I give any
instruction about advisable
treatment in either case, there
Is q warning! Know the quail
1ty Of your skin before making
any applications whatsoever.
AS bleaches are usually irritat-
Ing, they are frequently not toll
Grated by a sensitive skin, and
of course, should not be used
when any irritated condition
exists.
I suggest that you apply the
cosmetic on the skin of your
The Washington times., 1933-08-05
The l2-Day Diet
For Skin Beauty
SECOND DAY

After your morning bath
drink two glasSfulS of hot
water, to which the juice of
one lemon and a speck Of
salt have been added.
One and one-half hours
after the bathing period,
take two teaSpoonfuls Of
milk Of magnesia in one
glassful Of cold water. And
one hour following the milk
Of magnesia take this mix.
ture:
y glass strained orange
juice.
y glass milk.
Combine orange juice and
milk, and stir.
The total liquid intake at
one time should be 8 ounces,
allowing about 4 ounces to
a half glass.
Following the orange juice
and milk combination, an
hour later drink one glassful
of water.
Alternate at one-hour in
tervals a glassful of the
orange Juice and milk COM
bination with one glassful Of
pure water. That is, each
hour take either the orange
juice and milk or the glass
full of water in rotation. This
alienation of liquids can
stop around 8 in the eve
ming. Omit the evening dose
of milk of magnesia.
Take a warm bath before
retiring, and again use par
ticular care in doing a thor
ough and excellent job on
the nightly routine Of
cleansing and nourishing the
skin Of your face.
The Washington times., 1933-08-05
Dr.. Bischs S Daily
Diet Hint

Olive oil is often used for
cooking instead of butter, lard.
etc. In France and Italy it Is
popular. In the United States
it is employed chiefly in salad
dressings. The best olive oil
is called virgin OIL" This
comes from olives gathered at
a certain stage of ripeness
when as much as so per cent
of the olive is composed Of oil.
Inferior grades are pressed
from the remaining pulp after
the first pressing.
Copyright, 1898, King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1933-08-05

1ncn pie.
Chocolate Ice Cream
2 cups milk
/ teaspoonful flour or corn
starch
/ cup sugar
! egg
2 teaspoonfuls vanilla
Few grains salt
2 to 4 squares cooking choco-
late
VI to u cup hot water
l quart thin cream
scald milk, reserving one'hslf
a cup. Add flour or corn starch
mixed with sugar and salt.
Cook IS or 30 minutes. Beat
egg, add reserved milk, combine
with hot mixture, and cook 3 to
S minutes longer. Malt choco-
late over hot water. Add hot
water and stir until smooth.
Add to ice cream mixture. Re-
move, strain and cool. Add
vanilla and cream. Freeze,
using 8 parts Of ice to / part
coarse freezing salt. If pre-.
ferred, omit flour and use 2
eggs or use 2 egg yolks instead
Of l egg. This amount makes
two quarts.
The Washington times., 1933-08-05
Helpful Hints for
Housewives

Rose geraniurn leaves will add
a wonderful flavor to crabapple
jelly.
Add machine oil to worn out
typewriter ribbons and it will
renew dried-out ink.
Add a few cloves to fat in
which the doughnuts are cook
ed. It gives a tasty flavor.
Wear canvas gloves when re.
moving cakes and pies from the
oven. They will save ugly hand
burns.
The Washington times., 1933-08-05
Strong Acids Which Irritate Skin
Should Be Avoided Says
Lisa Dumont
Lisa Dumont
By LISA DUMONT

How will you get rid of that sunburn? Now that
Is nearing close the woman who wishes to be well groomed
will turn her attention to this problem
Several months ago she eager to acquire golden
brown skin, but autumn approaches she has different
The Washington times., 1933-08-05

I hope he saw them, this hero Of the hour, the
gallant, smiling, energetie-lOOkng Italian General
Italo Balbo, who has taken the imma gination of
America by storm from the President down to the
most Obscure stenographer and her little brother!
Atlantic, a fleet of ships in THE AIR, is more
romantic than eighteenth century hi highwaymen and
Three Musketeer dues and eonquiSadores in glitter
ing mail on the Andes Mountains!
The writer emerged from a doctors offiee-of
The Washington times., 1933-08-05

applying NECd1S
Question: am anxious to
find out the correct way to ap-
ply cream, oil, or lotion to the
face. Can you help me?-Miss
L. M.
Answer: The skin should
never be unduly stretched, and
the Importance Of this must
be stressed when applying any
preparation, and especially
cleansing or corrective creams.
Take a generous amount OF
the cream on the finger tips
and pat it gently over the
skin, or allow the tips OF the
fingers to glide along the
muscles, without stretching the
skin, in an upward, outward
motion until the skin of the
face and throat is covered
with a thin film of the lubrl-
eating preparation.
If you hGUe any beauty
problems which you WOuld like
to submit to this column, please
address Lisa Dun1ont, Wash
inston Times, 1917 II St. N.
w., Washington. Send a
stamped, self-Gddressed snUe-
lope, please.
The Washington times., 1933-08-05

all place. ON a hot day-into the midst of the
moment before BalbO and his smiling cohorts went
triumphantIy up the canyon Of Broadway in a
snow.storm of torn paper that twinked like
against Trinity and the hot sky, and swirl of ticker
tape that streamed among the mounted police, the
army the marines, and the heroes.
And there found myself, "bravoing" with the
rest beside one of those many Italian families that
we of America are glad to have among Respect
able decently clad, hard-worling, patriotic, for with
The Washington times., 1933-08-05
Reducing Bust

NcuuCAHB DuSG
Question: Please tell me II
this mixture is suitable for re-
ducing the bust. To one pint
Of rubbing alcohol add two
ounces Of fine-Shaved camphor
gum. Let it stand until the
camphOr is thoroughly dissolved.
Then pat 1t on the places that
you wish to reduce.
Miss M. d.
Answer: The bust is a very
delicate part of the body. There
is danger of harming the glands
or Of bruising the tissues. There
fore, we usually advise that one
not attempt to reduce or build
UP that particular part. The
reducing lotion should do no
harm, but the massage or pat
ting might unless it is very skill
fully done,
The Washington times., 1933-08-05
Beauty Queries
and Answers
Wind Burn


Question: l enjoy spending a
great deal Of time on the sea-
shore and in a Sailboat, but my
reward past summers has been
q weather-beaten neck, and it
was certainly a dreadful sight.
Is there something I can do
while at the beach this season
to keep my neck looking well?
Miss E. r. E.
Answer: Yes, there surely is.
Use a massage cream every
other night; on alternate nights
apply a bleach made Of equal
parts of lemon juice and per-
oxide, one teaspoon of each will
be more sufficient for a single
treatment. I'd suggest that if
you are out in blow, or during
a rainstorm, and I know a real
ocean-going person like your
self enjoys even the turbulent
moods of the sea, you wear a
soft, woolly scarf about your
neck. 1t should be very soft,
since friction with anything
scratchy and rough, roughens
and discolors the neck.
The Washington times., 1933-08-05
Plastic Surgery

Plastic Surgery
Question: Is plastic surgery
the only means of reducing the
size o. ones nose? The bone
structure is not bad, but the
tissue and cartilage make the
nose appear wide and flabby.
Would an operation be too
risky? Mrs. b. j.
Answer: It's the only way I
know. However, massage by
someone who is expert might be
helpful. Creams and astringents
will get the skin of the nose
smooth and firm, but they can't
change the shape at all. No, an
operation is not dangerous.
The Washington times., 1933-08-05

cream and sprinkle with chopped
pecan meats. Makes one eight
inch pie.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-08-10
PAYROLLs VS.. TAXES

The time has arrived when the people.
--laboring man and capitalist-feel the
pinch of taxation with equal force. Take
the snecific case of the man with $10,-
600 invested, the widow with 500 invest
ed, or the laboring man with job in the
Pacific Gas and Electric Company of San
Francisco.
This company had its taxes raised by
the last California legislature, 81, $50 900.
Congress placed percent tax on the pro-
duction of electricity used for domestic and
commercial purposes which added another
million year. Congress also levied a
tax on the company's stock which amounted
to another 100000. On top of this Con
gress placed tax of percent on all divi-
dends to stockholders, which meant an
other million, and ordered the company
to deduct the percent before sending out
dividend checks. Leaving out the ST.
100000 to be collected from the stockhold-
ers, this company's total tax bill for year
will now exceed $lO,OO0,o00
Compare this sum with the wages and
salaries paid by the company for 1888,
which amount to SIS, 100000. For each
$3.50 paid in wages, the company must
pay ST to tax collectors-state, federal and
municipal
What becomes of savings, and earn
ings on the same, for thousands of stock
holders who have worked and shaved to
accumulate few dollars to put into indus
try for additional jobs for thousands of
laboring men, clerks, and other employees
of a company that has to pay out dollar
in taxes for each dollar and one-half of
wages and salaries?
Another five or ten years of proper
tionate tax increases and there will be no
money for jobs.
Think it over. When you break
private company with taxation, who will
furnish the revenue for government, which
the tax-exempt government-owned enter
prize now escapes?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-08-10
SERVICE STATIONS
SIGN TRADE CODE
TWELVE LEADING LOCAL ES.
TABLIsHMENTS JOIN IN
MOVEMENT

Starting the ,MRA ball rolling,
the Key West Service Station OPP
orators Association, composed of
the IL leading stations throughout
the city, met Monday night and
adopted a fair trade code in coop
Grafton with President Rooseveit'S
national industrial recovery pro-
gram.
The service stations have taken
the lead in carrying out the presi-
dents recovery plan. This is the
first line of business to come to-
gether and organize in order to
assist in unemployment and the
| fight against the depression. Local
leaders in the NRA movement are
confident that other lines of bust
ness will follow the pace set by
these service stations and organize
other trades in the not distant fu-
lure.
hC GSI CCiilSLt ~ bN SucihA6tCN
to Hugh Johnson, recovery admin
istrator, has been signed by all
patriotic Key West service sta
tions, all of which have pledged
to give 100 percent allegiance to
local and national codes and will
conduct their businesses along
lines suggested and adopted.
The code adopted went into eff
feet today with opening and clos
ing hours as follows: Open daily at
500 A. M; close daily at 700
p. M. The schedule calls for sta
tions to be open II hours per
week.
The new deal for service sta
tions has been endorsed by the IL
leading stations throughout the
city. Under this agreement prices
will be uniform in all stations in
| Key West, according to those in
| charge. Prices on work will be in
creased only as necessary to cor
respond with the additional ex-
pense incurred in carrying out the
! code.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-08-10
CASTING IN ON VICE

Somehow we never could quite follow
the idea that supposedly reformed crook
was the ideal character for soul-saving
activities, but many seem to think other
WISE
In a recent issue of Montgomery,
Ala, newspaper is an account of the for
mer career of an evangelist, one Rev. Per-
cente, whose principal stock in trade seems
to be his unsavory past record. The ar
ticle, doubtless inspired by the reverend
gentleman himself, gives a shameless and
rather boastful narrative of his former
sins.
1t declared that he has been a saloon
keeper, prize fighter, bootlegger, and
the operator of a gambling house. After
completing penitentiary sentence for
violating the prohibition laws, he got re-
ligion and entered the ministry
Now if the gentleman's reformation
is real and sincere, his past record should
not be held against him. But why should
he drag that record into print? The only
reasonable answer is that he is trying to
surround himself with a. cheap glamor, in
order to attract the attention of the moron
element which delights in clarifying past
and present criminals.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-08-10
TODAY'S WEATHER

is central this morning over Min
nesota. Scattered showers and
thunderstorms have occurred dur
ing the last % hours throughout
most OF Florida. on the middle
Gull coast and from eastern Mis-
souri, and Illinois eastward over
the Ohio valley. and in few wes-
tern localities. Temperatures
continue abnormally high through
out NEST of the plains and west
Gulf states, with maximum read
int!s of 100 degrees yesterday in
portions of central Texas and
Western Kansas, and seasonable
temperatures prevail from the
Mississippi valley eastward.
G. S. KENNEDY,
Official in Charge
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-08-10
EAT AND REDUCE

1t isn't necessary to starve ones self
in order to reduce weight, declares DR..
keryea, leading woman specialist of
New ork, who prescribes liberal diet for
her too heavy patients. This is her recon-
mendation for the days meals:
For breakfast. serving of fruit, one
egg plus the white of another egg, coffee
or tea without sugar For lunch, a large
serving of lean meat. fish or fowl may be
taken. or a small helping of either with a
glass of buttermilk or skinned milk, also
any vegetable that grows above the
ground For dinner a liberal portion of
lean meat again may be taken with pege-
tables and fruit, but no bread. using a
bread substitute if desired Before re-
tiring a half cup of orange juice is permis-
sable.
On such diet DIR. Kenyon asserts that
Is of her women patients reduced about
so pounds In Is weeks. while one lost -
and another lost a pounds in about nine
months
We do not guarantee this information,
but simply pass il along as il was given to
women's medical society at a recent
meeting.