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The Washington times., 1934-02-12
OFFICERS
SEEK To BAN
POLITICS
Prince Georges municipalities
Plan Divorce From
County Affairs

Concerted efforts to divorce the
numerous town elections in Prince
Georges county from county
politics appear imminent today
as sentiment grows toward the
revival of the Prince Georges
Municipal Association.
The association was almost res
directed from the dead by eight
mayors and a throng of other
town officials who met in River
dale last week and adopted a
protest against a years delay in
receiving about $4,000 from the
Maryland State Roads Commits
sion.
At the meeting, mayor after
mayor derided "the politicians"
Of both county and State and de-
clared that their towns would
not accept any more interference
in their affairs. They all spoke
in favor Of reviving the associa-
ton.
In view of their professed an.
tagoniSm, the IA town elections
that will dot the election season
this year are expected to take
nonpolitical lines, with political
heads lined up against the asso-
ciation's candidates.
A feature of such a campaign
would be the possible elimination
OF party candidates subjected to
political compromise in order to
get into office.
Town officials likewise believe
that such an election would re-
vtve municipal patriotism, since
the winning candidate would be
governed by local support and
The Washington times., 1934-02-12
Last Rites Are Held
For Vir0inin Pastor

WINCHESTER, Va, Feb. 12.-
Funeral services win be held here
tomorrow afternoon for the late
Rev. Sanford Roman Ludwig, "a,
retired minister Of the United
Brethren Church who died at his
home at Winchester Sunday.
The Rev. Nh. Ludwig had
served As years as pastor Of
many churches throughout Vir
ginia and West Virginia. Sur
viving are his widow, two daugh-
ters and two sons.
The Washington times., 1934-02-12

the ice-covered Potomac River
near the Old Aqueduct Bridge.
CoaSting on River Road near
the District Line, Pershing Chris.
tian, IS, colored, Of Kentwood,
Md, sustained a broken left leg.
Five In Crash
Five persons were injured, two
Of them seriously, when two auto
mobiles crashed head-on at Corbys
Hill near Rockville Pike yester-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gerald D. Bost, Of
Evening star., 1934-01-31

Elizabeth Guggenheim, Mrs. Beale r.
Howard, Mrs. Jacob Leander Loose,
Mrs. James r. Mann, Mrs. Rudolph
Max Kaufman. Mrs. c. Powell Min
negerode Mrs. Robert L. O'Brien, Miss
Roper, daughter Of the Secretary of
Commerce: Mrs. Alfred Pembroke
Thorn, Maj. and Mrs. George Oakley
Totten.
Boxes are being rapidly taken by we'll
known patrons of the arts in the Capt.
tai City, and tickets for the Bal Bo-
heme are likewise in great demand at
the clubhouse. 1t is planned by the
Bal Boheme Committee to place tickets
on sale to the public this week at the
leading hotels. Mrs Ridgely ChaDline,
assisted by a group of Arts Club men,
bers are in charge Of tickets for the
public. Mrs Theodore j. Pickett is
chairman of boxes for the Bal Boheme.
Subsistence Farms Is the topic for
the talk which Mrs. Roosevelt will give
at the third annual pam Hellenic lunch
con to be held at the Mayflower Hotel
February TO- Reservations for this lunch
con are being made daily with Mrs. Amos
Steele. 1869 Columbia road northwest,
treasurer Of the association. Only
members Of the sororities who are af11li-
ated with the National Pan Hellenic
Congress are eligible to attend This
restriction is necessary because Of the
large number of sorority women living
in Washington who are making reserva-
tions. These sororities are Fl Beta Phi.
Kappa Alpha Theta, Kappa Kappa
Gamma, Delta Gamma. Alpha Phi,
Gamma Phi Beta. Alpha Chi Omega,
Delta Delta Delta, Alpha XII Delta. Chi
Omega, Sigma Kappa, Alpha Omicron
Pi. Zeta Tau Alpha. Alpha Gamma
Delta. Alpha Delta Pi, Delta Zeta. Phi
Mu, Kappa Delta, Delta Phi Alpha,
Evening star., 1934-01-31

Alpha Delta Theta. Theta Upsilon. Beta
Sigma Omicron and Phi Omega Pi.
The George Washington University
Glee Clubs. under the direction of DR..
Robert Howe Harmon, accompanied by
Mrs. Grace Ruble Harmon, will give
program of songs Immediately following
the luncheon.
Mrs. Myron Taylor Of New York Is
at the Mayf1oWer accompanied by Mrs.
Boiling Lee and the Countess Colleredo-
Mansfield, the former Miss Nora Iselin
of New York. They will remain in
Washington for two or three days. Mr..
and Mrs. Taylor have maintained an
apartment at the Mayflower since the
formers appointment as member Of
the Federal Advisory Board of the
N. r. A.
The League Of Republican Women
announce a very interesting program
Continued on Fourth Page)
Evening star., 1934-01-31

Mr. Turner is a member of the Racquet
Club Of Washington.
His bride is a native of Pueblo. Colo
and attended the Gulliford Academy, a
small English school there, and later
the Milwaukee Downer College. and
from there went to the University of
Wisconsin. After her graduation she
was supervisor of music in the public
schools in Mineral Point. Wis. After
her marriage she lived in Louisville.
Evening star., 1934-01-31

KY. where she became deeply inter-
ested in golf being elected president
of the Women's Golf Association of
Kentucky and of the Falls Cities Golf
Association and a member of the eX-
ecutive board of the Women's Western
Golf Association for five years, resign
ing when she moved into the Eastern
district. Mr.. Turner's bride won the
Falls Cities golf championship while
living in Louisville and the champion
Evening star., 1934-01-31

ships at the. Louisville Country Club
and the Big Spring Golf Club. She
also is interested in music, having COM
posed number of the popular compo-
sitions heard frequently over the radio.
She moved to New York when her son.
Philip Ewald, jr, entered Groton School
at Groton, Mass.
Among the out of town guests were
Mr.. and Mrs. Nolan and Miss Dorothy
Cossard of Washington.
Mrs. Hull and Others
Sponsor Bal Boheme.
Official. diplomatic and residential
society is responding with alacrity to
the invitation to become patrons and
patronesses for the forthcoming Bal
Boheme of the Arts Club of Washing
ton, at the Hotel Willard, on Shrove
Tuesday, February 13, at 10 O'Clock.
Just as Shrove Tuesday is the high
point of the social season in Washing
ton, SO will the Bal Boheme be the high
point in the series of gorgeous and col
orful balls of the Winter here.
Recent additions to the list of patrons
and patronesses include Mrs. Cordell
Hull, Mrs. George w. Dern. wife of the
Secretary of War, with other ladies of
the cabinet. are expected to occupy a
box adjacent to that to be held for the
First Lady in the land. chief patroness
for this seasons Bal Boheme.
Other well known men and women
who are on this list are DR.. Leonide
Pitamic, Minister of Jugoslavia: Nine
Marc Peter. wife of the Minister of
Switzerland; Mrs. C. J. w. TORI, wife
OF the first secretary of the British en-
bassy; Assistant Secretary of War and
Mrs. Harry H. WoOdring and Senator
Arthur Capper
Also Miss Marv B Adams. Mrs. John
M. Biddle, Mrs. Guy DeSpard GOff, Miss
Evening star., 1934-01-31
SOCIETY
Continued From Second Page.)

Oliver Murdoch. Mrs. Roscoe c. Schulr-
mann and Miss Ann Powers OF Rlch-
mond
Evening star., 1934-01-31
Dram Perfumes

Special package Of this fsvorite
face powder. with perfume and
lipstick. AL shades.
Evening star., 1934-07-10
Conquering Contract
BY p. HAL SIMS.

be at least five cards in length. You
must also see some safety in your
hand when you bid major, not only
at the one level, but also at the two
level The reason is plain. When
you bid heart your partner can give
you only one-over-one in spades.
A one-over-one after a spade bid Is
impossible. Therefore you must be
prepared to have the bidding forced
up to two.
For that reason do not bid a four
card suit unless your hand has such
potential rebid values that you are
confident of being able to handle the
situation. no matter what your part
ner bids.
Example:
a-AA ( 99x 6IA1xx
Bid one spade.
When you have minor suit bid
third hand, bid and rebid 1t natur-
ally, as you would in first or second
hand position. Your rebid will tell
your partner that you have an actual
suit, for I am now using an artificial
minor suit bid third hand. to do away
with the necessity of opening on weak
major suits and to encourage one
Overcome.
There is one thing you can tell
your opponents when explaining this
bid Your partner is as much in the
dark about your hand as they are
You may have a tremendous hand
with a strong club suit, or you may
have a minimum opening, and be bid
ding the hand and not the suit. Nat
urally, he is going to be bit careful
on his responses, and not suddenly
| Jump to five clubs:
Because this bid may be made or
the weakest hands with which you
would open the bidding. it requires
very careful treatment. I will go into
its various ramifications and the re-
Sponses more fully tomorrow.
(Copyright. 1e34)
Evening star., 1934-07-10
Date Bars.

Beat three egg yolks, add one cup
full granulated sugar, and stir until
creamy. Mix one cupful of white
-four with one rounded teaspoonful oi
baking powder and pinch of salt
Add one cupful of chopped nuts and
one pound or one and a half pack
ages of dates to the egg and sugar
mixture. Beat three egg whites stiff
and add alternately with the fioul
mixture to the eggs and sugar, nuts
and dates. Bake in a well CREASED
pan g inches by IA inches) in a mod
crate oven for about 80 minutes
When cool, cut into bars and roll in
powdered sugar.
Evening star., 1934-07-10
rats
RY n. C. PEATTIE.

THE cuckoo in the cuckoo clocks is
an almost exact imitation of the
European bird. There is a distinct
thrill the first time you stand IN an
Old World forest in the Spring and
hear the cuckoo whistling, softly but
with great carrying power, his cheer
full "coo-koo," "coo-koo."
In the District we have two cuckoos,
vet neither of them pronounce the
well loved syllables. The bird that
both in sound and in spirit most
nearly initiates the European cuckoo
is our mourning dove, with his SOFT,
pensive, reiterated cry OF "ah-koo-
koo-koo-koo-koo" But dove, OF
course, is no cuckoo.
The commoner of our two native
cuckoos is the yellow-billed cuckoo,
who arrives about the 1St OF May ana
departs in early October. The cry OF
this bird, who even delights to fit
through the deeply leafy, shady streets
of washington during the heat of
the Summer, and fairly haunts the
midgey shadows along the old canal,
is a rafting "koo, koo, koo, kuk, kuk,
kuk-kuk-kuk. kh, kh, kh-" The song
begins boldly and slowly; as it speeds
UP, it also seems to run down, like
! an uncoiling spring, and trails away
in a gutteral whisper. The very spirit
of the still, dark, moist days Of Sum-
mer, Just before a rain, is this song.
The other. the black-billed species,
is a fairly common migrant In May,
| but a scarcer Summer visitant. This
| bird, called also raincrow, is still more
lover of gray, moist days. and his
| song is one of the strangest l know
He sounds to me rather like a knife
pressed to a wet, sloNly twirling,
rythmic, "chkuhr, khr, khr," and then
| is still.
When I steal through the cool
thickets, trying to come up again, he
fits silent and out of sight to some
point a hundred feet behind me.
Mockngly he begins his curious song
again. I go back, slapping at mos
quitoeS and trying not to crackle too
many twigs, and he circles around
behind me once more.
The infidelity in love, and the habit
of laying eggs in other birds nests is
trait of the European cuckoo. Our
species are mostly free of these vices.
But their nest-building is very in
adequate. Like the mourning dove,
| they are content with a mere fiat
platform. as has been well said:
1.-TWO sticks across
And little bit of moss,
And that will have to do, dooo, oooo!"
Evening star., 1934-07-10

upper parts are cinnamon bun. brown
iSh-black and buffy-white. In August,
when the young birds come down the
coast OF Alaska with their parents,
they have on the first full suit OF
clothes Their crowns are streaked
with "fucous" and brownish- black.
Their feathers have white edges. their
chins and throatS are white with
streaks Of hair brown" and their
wing coverts are well edged with =
border Of grayish- white. Another molt
takes place in the early Fall. They
are now dressed like their parents.
The food in Summer is insects,
usually flies and beetles. In the VIM
ter. when you see the surf birds in
company with their friends, the wan
dering tattlers and turnstones, fish Is
their only form of diet.
On the California coast, where the
surf birds may be seen in great num-
bers, they spend much OF their time
playing. Sometimes they stand still.
gazing into space, as II planning some
new prank to play upon each other.
1t is fun to watch them and to see
one OF them topple over or sit down
suddenly. When they feel they are
getting the losing end of the game,
of they fly, calling, "key-we-aah."
(Copyright. l934.)
Evening star., 1934-07-10
Little Benny.
BY LEE PAPE.

T WAS sitting on my front steps Sat
tiday afternoon waiting for some
thing to happen, and Puds Simkins
and Leroy Shooster came up, Puds
saying, We're going around to the
Little Grand TO see the new Kut Up
Komedy, go on in and find out If you
can go, why don't you9
Nobody's home except my father
ond he's asleep taking nap and II I
wake him up he'll be sure to say no
on account Of me waking him UP. I
said, and Leroy said, Maybe he amt
really asleep for real,
Sure he is. he's snoring, said. If
he was snoring loud he'd wake up by
himself to find out what was making
all the noise, but he's snoring easy
like a bee and that means he's no
where's neer waking up. II he woke
up naturel he mite give me money to
go. I said, and Puds said, Well how
about If we catch a lot of flies and
throw them in the room, there's MOTH
ing like flies for making people wake
up.
Nothing doing, that's his least
favorite way of being woke up. I
said, and Leroy Shooster said. Then
how about if you go in and we ring
the bell for you, and We keep on
ringing 1t till he wakes up.
G, that mite werk, / said. And
went in the house and the doorbell
started to ring without stopping as If
somebody had stuck pin In it, and
kept guard at the living room door
to see when pop would wake up, wich
he did so sudden I didn't have time
to duck out of site, and he yelled.
Isn't anybody ever going to anser
that bell? Yee gods what Is this, a
nitemare? What's the ideer of stand
ing there gawking in here when the
doorbell is ringing like a thousand
delirium trimmings? he said.
Yes sir. I meen was Just going,
pop, said. And I quick ran down
and made Puds take his finger of the
button, saying. He didn't wake up
very naturel you 2 better 90 on and
60 ahead.
Wich they did, me taking q little
wawk.
Evening star., 1934-07-10
Apron Ensemble Based on Dress and Halter
Combines Two Fabrics Which
Are Contrasting and Have
Affinity as Well.
Cut With Straight and Simple
Lines Which Produce Trim
and Neat Appearance.
BY BARBARA RELL.

NEW DEVELOPMENT IN the In
n teresting use Of halters as
IA neckline solution is observed IN
4 \ the decorative apron shown
protecting the spotiessiy white
frock In the sketch.
Tiais ensemble combines two fabrics
Of contrasting types, their affinity for
each other being Of so happy q ma
ture as to produce the effect Of
charming accident The dress Is OF
cotton br0adcloth and the apron ging-
ham with white ruffies. A little num-
ber such az this does its owner proud,
many times over, when. flushed with
some culinary success, she finds her
self able to slide out OF her apron
quickly and transport herself 70 the
family dinner table looking as fresh
as though she were a guest.
The dress OF this ensemble is an at
trsctive one cut with straight. simple
lines, curving in at the waistline 10
produce a trim. neat appearance.
The classic simplicity Of the style
relieves IL Of the house dress look,
making II adaptable for marketing
and local shopping Tropical white
is. OF course. Summers favorite. and
when It is used, the apron is usually
one that reflects the brilliancy of
foreign lands. Peasant prints are a
pleasing selection. and so are the
fashionable Mexican patterns that do
not show the soil. This ensemble
is becoming to all types of figures and
comes in q wide range of sizes.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. l37s-B is
designed In sizes 80 TO AZ and IA to
20. Size l6 (34) requires a. yards
Of 35-inch material, 2la yards Of con-
trast for apron.
Every Barbara Bell pattern includes
an illustrated instruction guide that
is easy TO follow.
Evening star., 1934-07-10
Dorothy Dix Says
Only Regret Follows Casting Aside OF
Faithful Old Wife for Young One,
Cries Man Who Tried It.

EAR DIX one the hundreds of old who
OF sane mind can do a thing beyond compe
- thousands Of others have done to our
through all the tough places with
She helped me get on my iset ano MAKE my fortune % & ro ~ @ y
thought good enough for me and
Plenty. WI
Answer II is true that misery company old
saws you knowing that there are plenty
other unhappy old in the same boat with you FOR swapping
bHghts o who in it.
exactly & the S same ovs story @ that w you 9 % @ ane who O endured
every hardship with them working harder
get start in the world doing without every ana n
shoulders which their husbands climbed to success twenty
thirty forty Of absolute & S0n & D @ % Cooking and ~ah
ing and scrubg babyendng of watching by cko OF work
and anxiety and hoping and planning OF living Just iOr
And then the goal won the fortune wes services
no longer inflated that he thinks himself
superior ashamed of her His money and position
him worth exploiting by the and young ana pretty
women him and tell him how young and handsome
ne and he falls for it like the verest sap
LIE DECIDES that he needs pretty wife to match his fine
him PsV he dSU her d and pnn e a tf o w the least
lawyers story 1t told to me every
day Not one sd Of IN us o9 mas seen hppe anu ' O
For girls do not marry men old enough their fathers for
young with him finds out before the bridal tour
is only thing she loves about him MS money and sne
begins collecting price which she sold herself His nrst wie
sd er for % h eTf T rst wife burnt at his young
him for the old fool that he Is and lets MIN see a' Sne
bored to tears by his fussy old ways
ND the man who thought he young for his old wife finds
N out deluded himself in believing
he was boy again earth more lonely more oron
more out of the picture the old husband young wife They
nothing common not taste not thought not memory
It the custom to pity the forsakes faithful
for pretty young girl but the one to be sorry % G & the %
pretty face him behind his back and whose every KISS mas
to be bought. ,. ,o.4, DONo1ni OA"
Evening star., 1934-07-10
Surf Bird.
Aphriva virKnta.

Aphrixa Virgata.
ITO HAVE an interesting name
gives one q good start. The
surf bird has a generic name,
II taken from two Greek words,
which mean sea foam and
live. As the bird lives by the sea most
Of the time, It Is most appropriate.
For q long time nothing was known
of the breeding habits or the number
OF young these birds reared each year.
In the Spring the migration is di-
rectly north along the coasts of both
continents. It's Summer home is in
the mountains of Central Alaska
Twice each year many surf birds make
this long trip.
The birds begin to don their we'd
ding garments in April and May. Some
OF the old Winter feathers are still on
when the birds reach their mating
grounds. In full nuptial plumage the
head and neck are grayish white.
Everywhere there are streaks or spots
Of black. On the crown Of the head
the color is rose cinnamon. The
feathers of the back are black in the
center outlined with white and tinged
with "pinkish cinnamon" The most
unusual feature of the plumage is the
scapularS. They have handsome
pattern Of the "pinkish cinnamon"
and black, with q narrow tip Cf white.
The breast and under parts are white,
having brownish-black creScentS. After
the wedding, the bright cinnamon COL
ors fade to pale buff and by July
are white.
1t seems strange that q bird who
loves the surf as these birds do, would
fly for such great distances TO estab-
liSh a home and bring UP children in
such a barren spot as is selected.
From 300 to 500 miles from salt water,
and instead of now living at sea level,
they are to be seen about 1000 feet
above it.
The place on which the nest is
made is lonesome, barren spot. No
attempt is made to build a nursery
worthy Of that name. A natural de-
preston in the ground is used. and
lined with few bits Of the grayish-
green lichenS TO be found close by.
The nest is almost bare and the
four eggs fill 1t completely They are
placed very close together, little ends
down. They are colored In various
reddish-brown shades and match well
the Surroundings.
Father Surf Bird does all the in
cubating. Sometimes the nursery Is
placed right close to the path of the
mountain sheep. The birds, in order
Evening star., 1934-07-10
The Third Hand Bid.
(COntinued)

(Continued)
~ EALER passes, second hand
passes. I am third hand, and
/ bid. Here is the informa-
~ ton my partner may gain
from my bid:
First. If ! bid one no trump it's
the same, sound no trump that !
would bid in dealer position. Three
and q half primary tricks; at least
queen-small In every suit-no single
tons, no worthless doubletonS. Since
/ have devoted so many articles TO q
discussion of no-trump bidding and
responses, I can dismiss the third
hand no trump lightly, confident that
you know all about it.
Second. If 1 bid a spade or a
heartfelt me interrupt myself min
ute. In the event that your partner
is reading these articles with you, be
sure to tell him not to become dis
couraged by this constant discussion
of border-line hands. You viii be
dealt just as many aces and kings in
third hand positions as you will in
flrst-hand poSition-unleSs you are
particularly adept with the cards
when dealing. He should give you
the normal responses, counting you
for the biggest possible hand, until
you put on the brakes by a sign-off
Therefore, if I bid major suit
third hand, ! may be Just short of a
two or three bid at one extreme: at
the other am guaranteeing my part
ner at least two defensive tricks for
the purpose of doubling by my third
hand major suit bid.
Example:
S.--A @ Jxx H-Q Jx
DIX 10 C.-XX
Bid one spade.
There is another factor to be con-
sidered when opening with a major
suit bid third hand. One definite
sign-of in my system is a rebid OF
the original suit. Therefore, If your
partner makes some response not to
your liking. you must be prepared to
sign of by rebidding your suit.
In other words, your major must
Evening star., 1934-07-10
How 1t Started
BY JEAN NEWTON.
IN COMMON speech today one fire.

IN COMMON speech today one fire.
quently hears the expression put
a flea in his ear" with the significance
Of starting a train Of thought, Of
giving the person a pointed idea. The
old form of the phrase is GO, go
away with a flea In ones ear,p the
implication to 60 away after an un-
expected rebuff or Disappointment
The old English dramatist, John
Fletcher, said in Loves Cure" He
went away with a flea in his ear"
But the author of the expression is
the great French satirist, Francois
Rabelais. who lived from 1495 to 1853.
1t is under date Of 1888, when his
great satire, "Pantagruel" was pub
lished and condemned by the Sorbonne,
that we find his authorship of Ito go
away with a flea In ones ear"
(Copyright. 1034)
Evening star., 1934-07-10
Czechs Must Use Radios.

II the owner Of radio receiving
set in Czechoslovakia does not renew
his listeners license at the end Of
each year he must. according 10 o
recent decree, surrender 1t to the
Post once Department, which viii
pay him O fair price.
Evening star., 1934-07-10
Cheese Dreams.

Slice one-fourth pound of American
cheese and place between two slices
of buttered bread, using one of white
bread and one of whole-wheat bread.
Cut each sandwich in halves. Beat
one egg and add half a cupful of
milk Dip the sandwiches in the
mixture and fry on both sides until
golden brown. This will make three
sandwiches.
Evening star., 1934-07-10
EGG Caviar In Aspic

Soak one tablespoonful of gela-
tin in one cupful of cold water for
five minutes; add the juice of one
lemon, and salt and paprika to taste
Add four chopped hard-boiled eggs
and one tablespoonful of caviar, Mix
and cool. Put in molds When ready
slice thin and serve on sliced tomatoes