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The Washington times., 1933-03-22
Dividend Is Sliced E
BU Detroit Edison

Detroit Edison Company has
reduced annual common stock
dividend from $6 to 81 with
declaration of 81, payable April
is to stock Of record March 81.
On March Z last directors de-
Ierred consideration of the divi-
Send due to the banking holiday
The Washington times., 1933-03-22
BANK CUTS DIVIDEND

Empire Trust Company has
pared it's quarterly dividend rate
today from 40 cents to Is cents,
payable April l to stock Of rec
ord March "a.
The Washington times., 1933-03-22
Insurance Statements

Insurance Statements
STATEMENT eE oE TIL TIE CONDITION
Scottish Union and National
Insurance Company
or tpSrd%m M. s BE8nch5 G5o~x
Code of Law for the District
of Columbia.
Total interest and rents. 8S3,5lS ~
Other income ...........'. 1'f55 IS
Total income ........ S,495,569 So
DISBURSEMENTS
WI holders for losses @ r. .S1.s7s.1S4
All other disbursements. 1,762,5OO 29
Total disbursements. zee. s.72s,GS5 O2
ASSETS
Mortgage loans on real .,,,,.,0
Bonds ana stocks ......... s,495,433 ~
Cash in comrany's office. 800 90
Deposits in banks ........s 338,941 ~
Agents balances ......... S34,S52 3S
accrued ................. ss,S241S
All other assets .......... 1888 n
Gross assets .... s,s84,131 "a
Deduct assets not admitted. 23S,S19 %
Total admitted assets. S.695,S12 % i
LIABILITIES
Net unpaid claims .......$ 452,3l6 90
Total unearned premiums. 3,S4S,413 -
Other liabilities ........... 1,601, 212 So
Sapfas SaFpias Pave over up all iia6ites
Total ............... s.ss5,s12 ~
NET PREMIUMS WRITTEN DURING
THE YEAR
Fir. ............;sH5;7Ss; y; !; SHsst HsStsss! q ssR4Ss4
Motor vehicles. 24S,793 g 1,765 4S
Earthquake .:.. 1877 80
Inland navigation
and transporta-
Tornado. a wind:
storm and cy-
sprinEier GI leakage 5,S4S7s is47
Riot. civil COM
motion, and ex-
plosion .;S:: 1z'SSSS 30 30 z" 90
$3,O4O,31s So S1,7OS 26
J. H. vREELAND.
J. H. MCCORMICK.
u. 8. Secretary.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 18th day Of February. 1888;
(SeaD GEORGE NJ. HOOK
Notary Publie.
The Washington times., 1933-03-22
$3,O4O,31s So 31,7O6 z

J. H. VREELAND,
u. S. Manager.
J. H. MCCORMICK.
u. 8. Secretary.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 18th day of February, 1898.
(Seal) GEORGE NJ. HOOK.
Notary Public.
The Washington times., 1933-03-22

HAMILTON N. W., 91s-3 large,
bright rms, private bath, glassed
porch; heat, gas. slsc. q phone.
Reas. GE. 1851.
Evening star., 1933-12-25
Conquering Contract
BY P. HAL SIMS

l. 1t assures the opening bidder that
even If he has shaded his primary
values down to two and one-half pri-
mary tricks, you believe the hand Is
safe at five-odd. Consequently, he is
called on to make a constructive rebid
If his hand contains one. In the event
that it does not fit your hand you will
sign of at f1ve-odd in the original suit,
and that contract will be SO per cent
safe. As you see, the leeway principle
made an even more shaded bid. as we
do with highly aggressive major suit
be IN the game contract which was
from the first the openers objective,
even had you held far less than this for
him
2. The hand must contain at least
one ace.
g.. The trump support must be such
as to make the suit solid or with at
most one conceivable loser, probably
only because finesse is lost in trumps.
The requirements are q.
Four Trumps Headed by Two of the
Top Four Honors
so that @ Jx x is the weakest four
card trump holding which permits the
triple raise. II you have five trumps,
they must be headed by the king or ace,
assuming that there is no second face
card in your trump holding. This re-
sponse instructs the opening bidder to
have no farther concern about any
weakness of his trump suit-you know
about it and tell him so, promising to
take care OF it yourself. His duty is now
to rebid solely on his outside values.
Be careful, therefore. not to give this
triple raise merely because your hand
is a trick stronger than needed for a.
double raise. You must have this
powerful high-card support IN trumps
otherwise do not tell your partner that
his trump suit needs no further con-
flrmation. With
sp. Qxxxx Di. Xxx
Hts. A K O Cl. K 10
you can bid only three spades in reply
to ar opening spade bid; you must do
your bidding later; you want the opener
to rebid his spades. Otherwise your
partner, with A 10 Xxx in spades, ace
of diamonds and ace. queen of clubs.
might rightly bid seven spades and have
no play for it, A holding justifying this
response of four spades would be
Its. Its AK CL q i0xx
CCopyrieht 1881
Mr.. Sims will answer all inquiries on CON-
tract that are addressed 10 this newspaper
with sen-addressed. stamped envelope.
Evening star., 1933-12-25
OUR CHILDREN
By ANGELO PATRI,
Kitchen Fun.

Kitchen Fun.
7 TOME is coming into its own
- these days and the children are
going to be the harpier for 1t.
In the evenings that are COM
ing the children will want
something to do. What shall we do
tonight?" is going to bother fathers and
mothers lot this Winter unless they
have thought ahead little and pro-
vided against the empty evenings.
The radio will not always serve
Dancing has its limitations. Games
kitchen comes in. The kitchen offers
amusement and interest that will carry
along for months and months. once the
fun begins. If you can let the children
cook and clean up there once a week,
they'll be delighted. And you'll breathe
that relieved sigh that comes of know
ing that for once they are safe and con-
tented and doing something worth
while.
All children like to make candy.
Sugar is cheap these days and this is
the season for nuts and apples. The
stoves are so safe and easy that the
IlIliuICll Ndll NC dbO"Co w doS SAtSAA
freely. Then why not teach them the
few necessary facts about managing the
stove and using the cook book and let
them go to it?
Candy Is good for children, provided
always that they use it temperately.
They have better chance of doing this
II they make it before they eat it. You
can't make a batch Of candy and eat 1t
all in the same night yourself. You can
have a couple of friends in, make the
candy, serve yourself and them some
light refreshment, which they help to
prepare and serve, and share the candy
among you. That serves as entertain
ment and treat at the same time.
It's great fun to prepare almonds, il
you're a beginner and not the routine
worn family cook It's fun to make
Iaisin and almond sandwiches, and the
fancy touches that can be given to the
combination will keep children happy
and busy for hours
How about popcorn balls? First there
is the fun of the popping Then the
excitement of boiling the sirup and
making the balls. Then comes the
wrapping Of them In gay papers tied
with gay colors. Everybody likes to eat
e popcorn ball; even the dieting fra
ternity will break rules at the first
sniff.
Candied apples are fine, too. And so
simple to make. It's not always easy
to get the skewers for them. but maybe
word to the butcher would help out
there. Apples and nuts for the holi-
days are Just the thing for kitchen
Parties.
Cookies come next. December is the
time for cookies. There are as many
kinds as there are tastes for them.
Children love them and they would ask
nothing better than to be allowed TO
make some these long. dark evenings.
Get good cook book. one that gives
long list OF goodies. and let the chill
dren have the kitchen. They may waste
little. but If you measure it against
what they might have wasted in some
ether occupation. you will not mind. In
fact, you'll be glad of it.
Copyright. 1889
Evening star., 1933-12-25

= URNAMES as we'll as personal
names have been taken from
every conceivable object, trade,
~ place, attribute of character, sym
Dol, color, personal appearance OF
! their bearers, and a great many have
been adopted from daily customs and
methods of doing things. So it is with
the name Chew. 1t is the name of one
of the rivers in England. The River
Chew undoubtedly took its name from
the personal name of Ceawa - and
Ceawa was the old English name mean
ing to cheW-to eat.
The American Chews are traceable to
the Chews of Chewton. parish in
Somersetshire. England, There is also
village in Northern France, near Caen,
which is called CheuX-
The first representative of the name
in this country was John Chew Q590-
1860. who came from Chewton, Eng
land. to the Virginia Colony about 1920.
He at once became active in all the az
fairs of the struggling young colony,
representing Hog Island in the House
of Burgesses from 1623-l629 From 1912
to 1914 he was representative from York
County.
The coat of arms here shown was
Evening star., 1933-12-25

TT WAS Christmas morning. OF
course. the little people of the Green
Forest and the Old Orchard didn' t
j know this. for they know nothing
about holidays. They did know,
however that there was something in
the air this morning that gave them
feeling of great happiness. Perhaps
1t was the Christmas spirit. Anyway,
the feathered folk were in the best of
spirits as they few over to the feeding
shelf at one Of Farmer Browns win
dows. They were sure that this time
they would find that shelf spread with
good things.
But a great disappointment awaited
them. When they got there that shelf
was bare. Yes. sir, 1t was bare. There
wasn't so much as a single seed on it..
AS on the morning before, the window
was open and on table just inside was
spread the food they had been so sure
they would find on the shelf. More
over that table with its tempting
bounty was a wee bit farther from the
window than it had been the day
before
Such disappointment! Such a
dreadful disappointment! 1t put an
end to their happiness. Bitter unhap-
piness took its place. There in plain
sight we're temptingly displayed the
good things they were so hungry for,
yet they dared not go inside to get
them. They could only sit outside
longingly looking in.
As on the day before Tommy TT was was
snapped as he noted the detected loo looks ks
Of his nelghpors and heard their bitter
Tommy tit dte "What sh ails you folks this
beautiful morning? My. what a lot
it looks! Were you waiting for me?
It was nice of YOU, I am sure"
There was a fit, fit of his little wings
and the next instant he was on that
table In the very middle of the good
things. He hoped this way and hoped
that way, looking things over to take
his pick Of them. He picked up sun
flower seed and instead of flying out he
flew back to the back Of chair in the
room. dee, dee, dee! See me! See
mel" cried Tommy Tit, and calmly ate
the seed. Then he few back to the
table for O. taste Of suet and a bit Of
peanut meat.
All the time outside looking in we're
Yank Yank the Nuthatch. Sammy Jay.
Slaty the Junco, Dotty the Tree Spar
row, Linnet the Purple Finch and
others of his feathered neighbors, all
talking at once and flying about and
growing more and more excited. 1t was
bad enough to look in and see all those
good things spread where they did not
dare 60, but it was still worse to look in
and see some one else enjoying such
feast. = ''
They said Tommy Tit was crazy; that
he hadn't any sense at all; that he
Evening star., 1933-12-25
V Christmas Greetings


any one a merry Christmas. be he friend
or stranger, we are giving one of the
most perfect greetings, gay, radlant
and full OF good comradeship. In all
Christendom there is none comparable
to it. Like all precious things. it Is
rare On one day along OF the whole
365 days in the year can one consist
emily give the salutation. Merry
Christmas"
However, it is not with the greeting
that we need content ourselves. We
ea taes. IN All o down t through ea the months mt to
come, from December 25 of one year to
the corresponding date Of The next
wishful greeting to come true, especial
ly to those Of our own household Not
a day passes when we cannot add some
mite of merriment to bring cheer to
those We love. 1t may not be the ra-
diant merriment of the Merry Christ
mas" salutation. but it can have some
element of gladnesS, pleasantness and
happiness.
More often than not it will be apart
from words. 1t will, and should, chiefly
show itself in actions, although words
of cheer in themselves, when they come
from the heart, can tighten burdens.
Sometimes just smile can dispel un-
happiness. But the smile which can
do this is not of the mouth or the eyes.
nor the wreathing of the face in lines
of gayety. The smile which does ac
tually prove comforting and, in its own
way sorrow -dispelling. comes from the
heart. and bridges the distance from
one soul to the other with rays of COM
fort and heaven-sent cheer.
What a joyous thing it would be to
discover some ways of extending and
enlarging our Christmas mood down
through the coming year. so that our
very presence would promote comfort
and happiness. BY endeavoring to add
some element of gladness to the lives
of others. we ourselves could carry on"
this Christmas spirit, and then We, too,
would have happy New Year.
Evening star., 1933-12-25

tivity in his training quarters, the am
bilious jumper cuts a circular opening
almost through his gymnasium wall.
The lid-like door is closed for the time
being. This shows great foresight and
vision on the part of the prisoner of
the apartment, for he evidently knows,
in some way that his jaws in his next
experience will not be very strong, and
certainly not strong enough to cut
through the hard bean wall to freedom.
After the end of the third stage (chry-
salis). in which he sleeps for a while
in a silken wrapper, he will step out
Of his garment. work his way out Of the
door which he previously cut and look
upon the world about him
Th0NSandS and thousands Of these
beans go through their reducing stunts
yearly. only to step out moth without
the proper food on which to live. 1t
is for this reason that Uncle Sam per-
r1its them to roam all over his country
and ride with the mail. They are de-
pendent uoon the spurge grown In their
home country. and so the little visitors
will remain interesting but harmless
guests.
fCopyright, 1897
Evening star., 1933-12-25
Everyday Psychology
BY DR.. JESSE W. sPRoWLs.
The Commonplace.

The commonplace mental bafflements
which We all experience we're COM
mented upon long ago by philosophers
and poets.
Take this one. for example Suppose
you are on an automobile trip and stop
for the night in Columbus, Ohio. You
have never been In Columbus before.
You stroll about the city in the neigh
borhood of your hotel for a half hour
before retiring You fail to sleep with
a feeling that you have been there
before"
What happened was this: You saw
things that resembled things that you
had seen before in your native town.
You were in the habit Of paying no at
tention to such commonplaces. 1t was
only when you were out of the regular
drift of the commonplace that the COM
monplace attracted your attention.
Familiarity in unfamiliar setting chal-
lenged comparison and created the
feeling in question.
Plato noticed this In his Dialogues"
he says this common experience OF hav-
ing seen apparently new sights before
is evidence of reincarnation. the mem
ory of a life once lived, glimpse of
the souls ancient abode. That is, the
new sights represent something expert
enced in a previous life.
Plato was looking for proof of re-
incarnation. In matters pertaining to
psychology, you may find almost any
thing you are looking for.
(Copyright, 1880
Evening star., 1933-12-25

TABLE.
down on the window sill and tried to
screw up his courage. Once he flew In
almost to the table, then. in a panic.
turned and flew back to the sill while
Tommy Tit chuckled throatily.
At last door at the back Of the
room opened slowly and Farmer Browns
Boy slowly entered. Dee, dee. dee!"
cried Tommy Tit and flew out to the
nearest bush while all the other birds
flew farther away Farmer Browns
Boy advanced to the window and looked
out He received a noisy scolding from
all but Tommy Tit. Farmer Browns
Boy grinned. Some day you are all
going to come inside for your food and
like it," said he. If this were not
Christmas day I wouldn't put thing
outside for you. but it is Christmas. and
Christmas is meant for happiness. I
wouldn't be happy myself knowing you
all were unhappy"
So he took all those good things from
the table and spread them on the shelf.
Then he closed the window. A few
minutes later he appeared outside with
a little Christmas tree covered with
things that birds like. This he fastened
to one end Of the shelf. Merry Christ
mas!" he cried as he Withdrew. And q
merry Christmas Il was.
(Copyright. 1933)
Evening star., 1933-12-25
How 1t Started
BY JEAN NEWTON.
The "Gentle Craft"


A reader inquiries about the origin of
calling the trade Of shoemaking the
gentle craft
This time We, too, must resort to
legend and pass on the accepted history
of this Characterization; that is, that
it is derived from an old romance. in
which a prince of the name of Crispin is
made to follow, in honor Of his name
sake, st. Crispin. the trade Of shoemak-
ing. There is the story. too, that King
Edward w, in one Of his habitual dis
guises. once drank with party Of shoe
makers and toasted them. There is
reference to that incident in a play,
"George-a-Greene," dating 1899, as
follows:
Marry, because you have drunk with
the King.
And the King hath so graciously
pledged you.
You shall no more be called shoe
makers;
But you and yours, to the worlds end
Shall be called the trade Of the gentle
(CopyriEht, 1o33)
Evening star., 1933-12-25
DILL 1lVlL Ol lO1SllIO ". Burgess

would be trapped or something worse
would happen to him. To all this Tom
my Tit paid no attention at all, He
went right on eating his Christmas
breakfast and enjoying it. When he
had eaten all he could. instead of flying
out. he settled himself comfortably on
the edge of the table. calmly dressed
his feathers and actually looked as if
eXer- he didn't do thisPiust rested a
while.
The other birds grew quiet as they
sat about and watched expectantly
They didn't know what they expected to
happen. but they expected something.
When nothing did happen Yank Yank
the Nuthatch became holder. He few
Evening star., 1933-12-25

almost universal belief of women that the one thing you can
% @ M msoy @ @ Of ts @ tef ef the M oven aa
whom they settle down into being husbands in
stead of remaining impassoned lovers
Their idea of connubal bliss perpetual pettng party They think
ssy sOohs Sss eS RefsfHs
other they having their hands held and
At LEAST that is the of happy marriage presented
"A thousands Of wives who sob out letters their
a55 fni@ sa@ nsS5ss
the market IT. they '
Their husbands
back ;s si | as | on ihs @ % % TT It ,ss @ @ the usss$a = s s
work themselves death provide their wives with houses and
quantities
woman that he eS her and married her to poc and being by way o.
oms love o his wife than there or him 60 about any
sas rs q assS s :3 s s5 s $ssIs5 sa
than the husband who is a dumb lover
unfortunaes telling me her troubles She
5 s, in s: sssss s 1 Ts s
ss 2 i! s % other H
SHE right expression
ss m AND ike taking the sne to kfm 5
@ up os se n Sss'a o a puts s ks
as E to s47s s o THAT tt s5s ss ss sess
could stand them as the staple Of daily diet Feed with apples
0 3 M Of tRs d Solomon who was
THERE is moral other Of the wife with the
is
marriage another and that the tactics
other
is of
that all Of affection
the perjuries a which, ay, laughs.
tenabe husbands should always
marriage then they trying in commercial
s.: ss ss!ssss
vive their such they
MUCH women
" which husband and wife take each others love for granted
proved thousand tangible And the
they desire.
raion OF affection marriage but make
ending couhp would be like making nothing And
housewife knows
Evening star., 1933-12-25

n VOW I can wish you a Merry
Christmas! OF all the feast
days of the year, Christmas is
1 the one to which boys and girls
in our land look forward with
greatest pleasure. The same may be
said of most countries in Europe, though
not all of them. In few European
countries. the custom is to give presents
on December instead of December IS.
st. Nicholas, the original Santa
Claus" is supposed to have lived l6
centuries ago. and December 6 in the
death. During the Middle Ages, that
date was the common one Tor making
gifts; but the custom has been changed
to Christmas day in England. Germany.
Canada, the United States and many
other countries.
Notice that speak of making gifts. "
That is the true spirit of Christmas,
which is used to celebrate as the birth
of Jesus of Nazareth. The life of Jesus
was one of kindness and giving; and it
Is that spirit which brings the greatest
joy and delight to the human heart.
have not forgotten the days when
was a small boy and when looked for
ward to Christmas as time when
would "get" many presents. Perhaps
it is natural for small children to think
more of what they are going to receive
than of what they are going to give. At
least this is true: Children do not have
so much money as grown folks; and
even when they want to give presents
they may not have the funds to do so.
I have found great kindness IN boys
and girls. and think that 1t Is well for
this kindness to speak" more and more
as the years go by: There Is no age
when a complete change in life takes
place. We grow bit by bit. some times
swiftly. some times slowly. The old say
ing, "the child is father to the man"
means.
when a child grows into an adult.
he carries with him q great deal OF
what he was as q Child"
Evening star., 1933-12-25
My Neighbor Says:

In creaming butter and su-
gar for cake, add a small
quantity of hot milk and it will
cream more readily.
To wash a corset. take a good
stiff nail brush. dip it into hot
soap Suds made with faxed soap
and scrub the garment we'll. first
on one side and then on the
other, then rinse well Use the
bath room faucet and let the
water simply pour through the
meshes Of the corset, Then turn
it inside out, scrub all over again
and rinse. Now. onto a bath
towel and into the sun. unless it
is a delicate color. in which case
into the shade TO dry. Turn il
over when one side is dry and
then turn 1t again inside out
and let the inside dry well on
both sides Under no circum-
stances let the corset soak in
suds before washing it. You will
find that. handled like this. al
most every corset is washable.
Pour salad dressings into Jars
which have been rinsed out with
cold water. The dressing will
not stick to the sides.
To keep yolks of eggs put each
pletely with cold water. They
will keep for two or three days.
tCopyrisht. 1880
Evening star., 1933-12-25
Cream of Cheese Soup.

gcald one ouart Of milk With [,
tablespoonfuls each of onion and carr
mace. Melt One-fourth cupful Of blt-
ter with two tablespoonfuls of -four. Stir
ually to the hot milk while stirring con-
stantly Bring to a boiling point and
strain. Add one cupful of mild cheese
grated and stir until the cheese melts.
Season with salt and pepper and add
the yolks of two eggs beaten slightly
Serve with Croutons or thin toast.
Evening star., 1933-12-25
War Song Composer Dead.

Banks OF flowers and crowds Of ad-
mrers marked the funeral in East
Ham, England, recently of Maurice
Scott, composer of Take Me Back to
Dear Old Blighty." "Oh. It's a Lovely
War and many other songs. With his
brother, Bennett Scott. Maurice wrote
many other ditties which were popular
during the World War, He was So and
was writing songs until his last illness.
Evening star., 1933-12-25
WHO ARE YOU?
The Romance Of Your Name
BY RUBY HAsKINs ELLIS.

borne to this country by John Chew,
whose descendants are now found in
many States. The name of Chew has
been an important one in Pennsylvania.
Benjamin Chew was one Of the first
Chief Justices. The old Chew mansion
in Germantown. near Philadelphia. built
by Benjamin Chew in 1850, is still N
the possession of his descendants. 1t
was the scene Of the first break in the
American advance in the Revolutionary
War. A detachment of British troops
was quartered there before the famous
Battle of Germantown. In 1924 the
Chew house was the scene of a public
reception given in honor of Lafayette.
Copyright, 1889
Evening star., 1933-12-25
Special French Toast.

Whip two eggs lightly, and add halt
a teaspoonful of salt and one cupful
of the juice from canned pineapple.
Beat until well mixed, then dip stale
bread, sliced half an inch thick, in the
mixture. Fry some sliced bacon crisp
and remove to a hot platter, then fry
the bread in the bacon fat. and when
it is finished cook the halved, sliced
pineapple in the same fat. Serve the
bread hot with the pineapple-and-
bacon garnish.