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The Coolidge examiner., 1935-01-18
Light Flashes Used to
Wake Up Lettuce Seeds

In the Department OF Agriculture
IL the end OF the rainbow. But no
pot OF gold. only n couple of small
wooden boxes. sesnented wlih glass
plates and filled with red brick dust.
wet with water and sown with let
tuce seeds
It's the seeds that matter. The
rainbow is merely an instrument OF
the departments ends Precisely.
{, isn't a rainbow. but quite IN
ethereal light spectrum thrown
upon a sheet OF white cardboard By
an arrangement o. lens. prism and
mirror.
Bot the colors are the same as
those that sometimes El0glfy an Au-
gust tnundershowcr-- red 20
violet. And with them the depart.
ulent has discovered how 70 wake
up lettuce seeds that have been
sleeping 80 long that previously they
were thought 20 be dead.
The discovery was sheer accident
the accident Of a girl. one of three
working AZ the same task IN the de
partments seed-;esting laboratory.
who liked 60 mix anecdotes and
laughter with her work 20 such an
extent. ~ least. as 20 make her a
BIZ slower than her sisters az put
ting lettuce seeds upon a sheet OF
wet Otter paper and covering them
gor determination. at later time.
of their ability 20 sprout.
II vas observed by the girls
supervisors that seeds prepared for
termination tests by the efilcient
pair who worked inteutly and With
purpose. usually failed 20 sprouL
while those handled hy their care
free sister invariably grew The
people ln the secd-iestiug lnbora-
tory we're pretty puzzled until con
xrcss entered the picture by cutting
down the appropriation for the bio
physical laboratories.
Congress. ~ course. didn't ex-
plain anything II merely made
necessary the transfer % Dr, Lewis
n. Film, from the blophysical divi-
sion. now known as the division OF
genetics and blophysics 20 the seed
investigation division. where there
is siil enough money to pay him
Doctor Flint dld the explaining.
lie put termination plates Of let
ture seeds IN various places about
the laboratory. including a refrlgcr-
ator with an electric light In IL
Nowhere did the seeds sprout 80
prollaeally as they did In the re-
frigeratur.
II was the light. Doctor Flint dis
covered that the girl who laughed
and worked more slowly than her
sisters had been exposing seeds 10
light. whereas her efficient sisters
covered them up too quickly. A
fash % light Is all a sleeping let
ince seed needs 20 snap IL back 10
llfe. Doctor Flint learned.
Furthermore. he discovered that
the components OF light affect seed
termination In exactly opposite
ways. Red. orange and light green
light stimulate termination. may
revive TO productivity a lettuce seed
The Coolidge examiner., 1935-01-18
TRUE GHOST
STORIES
By Famous People
CssyftEhs - Pzslis Ledger. lac.
WNU Service
By RITA wEIMAN

SNAN4Fs
oD TIA welman ls too strong
II mlnded 90 have ghost
story cautionei her husband.
Beg your pardon.- he added
Gone 20 think OF Il she does hare
Ehos; story. a very real one. She
has = knack % foresceing things
Tel about your voltage story
Rita"
simultaneously. the author, her
husband and / drew our chairs
closer 10 the fireplace. ahove which
burned dim lights from Chinese
furniture. Which she fav0rA
seven years ago. she began.
Il read an obscure notice 10 the
newspaper. about John Hubert %
Auburn. \. y. an electrician. re-
signing a. e1ecutioner at sing Sing,
because be was being osiraclzed
from society. Al the same time be
justified bis SOB. saying be was ouly
fulaUing bis work as a servant %
the state
4 thought this was a grand idea
for q story. I wrote q story about
an electrician. who was osiraciEsd
by bis family and friends. because
they found out be was serving as
an exccutioner and who eventually
Killed himself because of their ac-
tlons by seiring a hiEh-yoliage
electric wire. ] sold the story 10
a magazine.
a few months later the editor
called me 20 say that the owner o.
the magazine felt that my story
was a plea against capital punish
meni and that he DID not feel that
his magazine should take issue on
the subject. I should keep my
cheek. but the story would not Dc
published by them: could resell
q n I wished
4 lei the matter drift. although
I felt that wanted to see the story
published
zone morning. two years later.
my secretary handed me 4 paper.
Look she said with amaze
ment In her voice.
Joins IN death the 80 men he
slew. said the headlines John
Hubert. by suicide. answers the
question all who knew him asked
-TTasx \ rufofr.A that nv asn~v
had not been published would
always have been haunted By the
thought that Hubert had read my
story and brooded over Il. and bad
eventually committed suicide.
In view of the strange finale Of
events. the magazine then pub
1shed the story. and | rcioiced that
had been saved from that ghost
The Coolidge examiner., 1935-01-18
By PERCY CROSBY
cartconlst

oI WAS born In a haunted house.
L related the comic artist. Per
cy Crosby.
The nrst gleam OF Consciousness
which | can remember In my life
was seeing n colored nanny under
the kitchen table. and hearing my
mother say that the nanny was a
ghost AL through my childhood |
can remember my mother complain
Ing 10 my father that our house
was haunted. until. when vas
three. we had 20 move from H.
Il can remember viyidly that first
experience-the only time I ever
saw the ghost II left an indelible
impression on my mind
Il had gone into the kitchen TO
get a cooky. Under the kitchen
table I saw a negro mammy a red
bandanna was tied tightly around
her head. her two hands we're on
the door. She seemed 10 be back
ing away from me. ! screamed In
fright az the strange sight and ran
10 my mother.
Mother grasped my hand. and
took me back TO the scene. The
woman was still crouching there.
Il saw my mother slap at her.
and her hand went right through
her head and struck the wall: and
the NANNY disappeared
Ghost. ghost,' screamed my
mother. l screamed also. not know
lng what the word meant
Mother called Witnesses who
agreed that there vas no sign or
hide or hair OF the nanny In the
room. was with her 10 testify
that she had been there. and that
when mother struck her she dlsap-
peared.
After that experience my moth.
er grew more nervous and tImld ::
but. Ike all small boys. the expert
ence only gave me more courage.
and more ideas for adventure. But
l have never found a ghost since
that time. No doubt since I was
born In a haunted house. III prob
ably die In one"
The Coolidge examiner., 1935-01-18

Automobile makers recommend this method of starting cold
weather except for with Try for quick
easy without danger of flooding by much choking
The Coolidge examiner., 1935-01-18

Bluebeli. Logan. Cherokee, Scots.
man. Sheriff Riugwood, Dashwood.
Frollcsome. Fancy Julie. Couples
bearing such antiphonal names as
Buckshot and Powder, Bugler and
Drummer. Nip and Tuck, are some.
times found; and there is an In
teresting instance ot bitch named
Music and her three pupples-Do. Re
and MI. The bestowaI OF such names
reflects certain whImsey on the
part OF the huntsman, but their prac-
tical use while hounds are working
In a covert or going TO or from
meet Is OF first importance.-Bal
more Evening sun.
The Coolidge examiner., 1935-01-18
By GRANDMOTHER CLARK

There are so many articles In the
home that require al edging that
needleworkers always want books
on the subject so they can refer 10
them when looking for a dainty mar
row edge for handkerchlefs or a
wide edge for spreads, scarfs. etc.
The Coolidge examiner., 1935-01-18
Horned Toads Bear Young

Snakes are not the only members
OF the reptillan family which give
birth 10 living young. A small
female horned toad captured by a
ranger naturalist In the Petrified
Forest National Monument. ArI-
zons. recently. surprised her captor
by giving birth TO 10 young toads
within three hours time: Is living
and one dead Within 30 to co sec
onds after seeing the light OF day
the horned toad youngsters we're on
their feet and sprinting around the
cage.
The Coolidge examiner., 1935-01-18
Snort. Ancient and Modern

Football. they fnd. was Invented
In medieval England. by soldiers
kicking a skull. In this en- gh,ened
age. Of course. the skull Is 10 lor or
detached. - Richmond TlmesDls
patch.
The Coolidge examiner., 1935-01-18
Scientists Find Fast Way
to Relieve a Cold
Ache and Discomfort Eased Almost Instantly No,o
hoTW
CORRECTIONS pteTuRHs"

The simple method pictured here is
the way many doctors now treat
colds and the aches and pains colds
bring with theml
II is recognized as a safe, sure,
QUICK way. For il will relieve an
ordinary cold almost as fast as you
caught il.
Ask your doctor about this. And
when you buy. be sure that you get
the real BAYER Aspirin Tablets.
They dissolve (disintegrate) almost
instantly. And thus work almost in
stantly when you take them. And
for gargle, Genuine Bayer Aspirin
Tablets disintegrate with speed and
completeness. leaving no irritating
particles or grittiness.
BAYER Aspirin prices have been
decisively reduced on all sizes. so
there's no point now in accepting
other than the real Bayer article you
want.
The Coolidge examiner., 1935-01-18

Eff your does instantly Special Winter Blend
Conoco Bronze Gasoline, it needs mechanical service.
The Coolidge examiner., 1935-01-18
Life's Tragedies

Life is a spell 50 exquisite that
everything conspires to break 1t
Emily Dickinson.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-10-23
BID THESE HANDS

EMEMBER The Rule Of Ten:
An opening suit bid of two may be
made when the number of biddable
suits held, plus the number of lay
Down playing tricks equal 10. That
means that single biddable suit
should contain a minimum of 9 rea-
sonably certain playing tricks; that
two-suited hand should contain at
east 8 playing tricks; that a three
suter should have at least almost
sure playing tricks. The deal shown
gives South a three suter and lay
1OWn playing tricks. He must make
an opening bid Of 2-Spades The
question is how should subsequent
bidding go?
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-10-23
CONTRACT BRIDGE
wEvTTN FOA CENTRAL Pae1
BY (. Y. SHEPARD
FAMOUS DRpoe nAOma
FAMOUS DND0e 1EAQ1ea

Probably declarer Will make odd az
hearts, surrendering a single trick
in each red suit. showing the advan-
tage of having 4 rrumps in dummy.
Exchange the holdings of West and
North. Bidding will go: South. q
Spades; North. SSpades; South, T.
Hearts; North. 4-Spades. Bidding
should end there.
An opening lead Of heart. fol-
lowed by a second lead Of that suit
when West gains entry with his Ace
Of spades, will hold declarer to odd.
Any other opening lead may give de-
clarer a small slam.
Now try the most difficult task Of
all. Restore to him Vests original
original holdings. Try the bidding
again. South. 2-SpadeS: North Nc
Trumps; South, 3-EIearts; North,
either g. No Trumps or 4 Clubs; South,
4-DanlOnds. showing finally his
3-suiter; North, s. Diamonds Again
ending the bidding.
The extreme poverty Of dummy
will make so generous a contract as
5-Diamonds difficult OF fultillment
provided defenders play perfectly An
opening lead of either major suit
with perfect play by declarer. will
yield 5-odd. An opening trump lead
with perfect play by Geclarer. will
yield a small slam. but IN opening
lead of club should put the gam!
contract down trick
The chief interest Of the hand.
which appeared in a money game Is
that it is fairly representative of
what may be expected Of minimum
@-suiters. They have about 2 in 3
chances Of going game against per-
feet defense. Somewhat stronger
hands almost invariably. go game,
while somewhat weaker hands stand
less than even chances Of fulfilling
|ane contracts ,.a.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-10-23

North has a single quick trick. but
ne holds only spades, although
headed by the Ace. AS played at
present. I prefer a response Of 3No
Trumps. to 3-Spades. upon the rudi-
mentary no trump type of holding
Whether his partner bids 3-Spades
or No Trumps, South should bid
4-Hearts, at which point bidding
should end. South is not strong
:enoush to hope for slam. North is
too weak to expect such a. result
The Washington times., 1935-02-20
Babies Must Be Guarded Against Infection rom 'Coz
Cleanliness
Is Beauty
Basis
By JULIET SHELBY

scrubbing up to beauty is
taken seriously by Rosemary
Ames, intriguing Fox Film
star, who firmly believes
that skin cleanliness is the
secret of personal beauty.
And Rosemary Ames has a
beautifully fair skin that is
a lovely complement to her
light auburn hair.
Skin cleanliness, with her,
amounts almost to a mania.
Having INDUCED in every type
Of bath Of which she has ever
heard, she admitted to me that
the rice bath is her favorite.
She uses about one7half pound
Of rice to a tub of water and
she believes this is the origin
Of the So-called milk bath"
that so many beauties have
sworn by.
But rice alone is not suffic-
lent. She takes a bar of pure
soap and, making a rich lather,
applies it generously all over
her body. Then a bath brush
is used to thoroughly scrub her
Softened skin and to bring up
the blood circulation. No won.
der her skin sparkles with
health and glows with color!
Such a routine is bound to
keep her skin looking lovely
always.
Now about this business Of
scrubbing with a brush. Unless
your skin is unusually tender
or very much blemished, you
should use bath brush.
Have you ever watched the
dirt literally curl up and roll
out of your skin while you
were undergoing a Turkish
bath? Didn't it amaze you to
see how slack you had been
in your daily tubbings or show
erS?
It is true that unless you use
a good bath brush you do not
give your skin the cleansing it
needs, and those tiny skin cells
are deprived of exercise.
In choosing a brush see that
the bristleS are neither too soft
nor too hard. A very cheap bath
brush will not stand the strain
of continued use, for the bristles
soften quickly and come out;
sometimes the poor material is
injurious to your skin.
For a reasonable price you
can buy an excellent bath brush
that will last a long time and
give you very satisfactory SER
vice.
The particular brush that I
recommend, one which many
actresses use, is scientifically
The Washington times., 1935-02-20
Times Dali y Pattern
PATTERN 2191

Proper proportioning Of the
figure lines is evident in the
design of this new spring model
which is lovely for all daytime
occasions. Whether your figure
is we'll proportioned or not, it
will appear to be so in this.
Most ingenious is the side
draped collar, with fullness
starting at the opposite shoul-
der and terminating in the
flare held in place with but
tons or pin. Long or three
quarter sleeves may be used.
It is a dress that will look
lovely in print-and there are
marvellous color combinations
in the new ones-or in a triple
sheer material which will be
cool for all summer long.
Blues are tremendously popu-
lar now.
Pattern 2191 is available in
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~ and A. Size SO takes 45s
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Step-by-step sewing instructions
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The Washington times., 1935-02-20

take cold-but often coryza is
it's possessor's fault, not his mis-
fortune.
He has his cold because he
has committed some hygienic
offense-perhapS allowed him.
self to become chilled through
wearing improper clothing, per-
haps permitted his elimination
processes to become clogged.
He is careless, because he had
rather be that way, even at the
cost of colds physical discom-
fort. Once it has settled on
him, he is perfectly Indifferent
to how far he spreads the infec-
ton in office or public convey
ance or social intercourse.
Since so many people behave
like that, babies must be kept
away from the general public
Mothers, and all who care init
mately for babies, must also try
not to expose themselves to
infection.
Continued Tomorrow
Copyright 1895. by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1935-02-20

trimmed, but some are not. Some
have capes instead of jackets
or coats. Many are of the dress
and jacket or cape type, others
have a skirt and blouse. The
variety is almost limitless, and
the styles are legion.
Good Examples
Just to give you an idea OF
what you can find, here are
some that impressed me in the
stores downtown: A sheer gray
woolen dress with a waist length
matching cape edged with gray
astrakhan-ultra smart; a beige
dress and cape, the cape trim
med with summer ermine; q
simple brown coat and SKIRT
the hip-length coat with no
trimming but a brown ribbon
bow at the neckline; q navy
Princess Marina" suit with
flowered taffeta blouse and lin
ing-the lines too divine to
describe, and some Of these
suits are very inexpensive, too
The Washington times., 1935-02-20
Build Up Their. Strength,
Keep Them Away
From Crowds
By DIR. ALLAN ROY DAFo1

Physician to the Famous Donne Quintuplets
Our quinupets the moment of writing midway through
their first winter have not yet known what is to have
cold We gratefuand are also little proud we
do feel that the care which they received responsible
for their immunity would like to emphasize that many
mother could give her child better protection against colds
if she would make the effort intelligenty
In the first place. there is greatly mistaken idea that
cold is slight ament of particular Importance cold
on the contrary slight thing especially for baby
Some dav m realize this fact
The Washington times., 1935-02-20

you'll probably keep hangingS
and upholstery rather plain.
just how plain, you alone can
judge. Some people are hap
piest in a room that's lively in
pattern and color. But always
remember that you share a liv-
ingroom with the rest of your
family. and your guests, too.
What about the color of a
floor covering, you ask? Again,
the choice depends on your
other furnishings. Decorators
used to say that floor covering
should be darker than the walls.
This is still a safe rule to fol
low. But some of the most
charming modern rooms boast
light floors, light walls and gay
rugs.
Wouldn't you like to know
more about all this? Our book.
let on home decorating tells you
much more. 1t gives ideas on
now TO make a mouse charming;
how to know good furniture and
how to arrange it.
There are color charts for the
different rooms; suggestions for
making floors, walls and win
dows more attractive. And
much more besides. Many of
these hows and why's are shown
in photographs of rooms that
you can study and compare.
You really should have the guild
ance of our 36-page booklet, "An
Introduction to Decoration" To
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The Washington times., 1935-02-20

For shopping, for sports, both
active and spectator, for coun.
try wear, you can get unlimited
use out of tailored tweed or
rough wooden even out OF a
gabardine of smooth woolen suit.
Nothing can do as well for traV-
cling. Some of the smoother
materials, when tailored, may
take a ruffly blouse, and do tor
luncheons or for the tea hour.
For more formal luncheons'
for an afternoon of bridge, for
tea and cocktails not in your
own home, and for all the many
afternoon parties that take
place in busy Washington,
there are special suits this
year, just as lovely and just
as "dreSsed-up" as an afternoon
dress and coat.
Many Of these suits are fur
The Washington times., 1935-02-20

made of excellent materials. It
will do much to bring new
beauty to a tired skin. Scrub
gently at first and soon your
skin will be accustomed to the
bristles. Follow Rosemary Ames
method and use a rich soap
lather.
If you want to know where
you can procure any article
mentioned in this column, phone
The Washington Times, Dis
trict 1000, Extension 28S, be-
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and up to l p. m. on Satur-
days. Please do not write un-
less you live outside Of the
city, in which case inclOse a
stamped, SeIf-addresSed envelope.
The Washington times., 1935-02-20

what a lovely, friendly
room!" When you hear some
one being complimented like
this, chalk up a credit mark
for the floor covering-among
other things. For that-at
least as much as any other
single item of furniShing-can
make or mar a room.
Not that it need be expen-
sive. Have you ever noticed
how lovely simple hooked rugs
look in a room furnished with
Early American maple and gay
chintz? Nothing could possibly
be more appropriate.
But another type of room
the one Illustrated, for example
needs a plain center rug, to
make the room look larger, and
to harmonic with the other
furnishings. Don't you like
the little figured rug in front
of the sofa? Well, that was put
there to add pattern and color
to room that might otherwise
be too plain.
Speaking of figures-have you
ever found yourself in a room
just dizzy with figured rugs,
figured upholstery and figured
hangings? Such a room just
can't be reStful. Your rug can
easily give the plain color need
ed for contrast with figured
hangings and upholstery.
Or-if you've absolutely set
your heart on a patterned rug,
The Washington times., 1935-02-20
Mistaken Belief

I hope that the point Of view
about colds, particularly for
babies and young children, will
be changed in the future: that
colds, as we'll as measles and
mumps, will be dreaded and
avoided by intelligent fathers
and mothers.
AS I cannot emphasize too
often, a baby is born with very
little immunity against disease.
A baby's cold may lead to
severe bronchitis, or to chronic
running ear" A baby's cold
may end in pneumonia. A
succession of colds may make
an operation for adenoids
necessary.
Even if the cold remains SIM
ply a cold, it is distressing to
contemplate in an infant. The
poor little thing doesn't even
understand how to blow its
nose. When throat and chest
are sore it suffers pitifully as
only babies can, who have no
clear way to express their suf-
fering.
The Washington times., 1935-02-20

III SOCS CO 'SS
pieces, and you get a Sauce-but
if you drop it into hot sugar
syrup it takes up some of the
dissolved sugar, and the flesh
StiffenS just enough to hold the
fruit together during the cook
ing process.
New FIavOrS
AS to the sugar flavor, you can
develop it more by melting the
sugar. This is done by heating
the dry sugar until it turns into
a clear liquid known as BARLEY
sugar"
Heat this latter a little more,
and it will caramelize slightly,
with a new color and flavor all
its own. Cool this liquid, and
it becomes very brittle-aS when
you make peanut brittle, for ex-
ample.
When you cook sugar with
fruit or any other acid-cream
of tartar, for instance, you pro-
duce "invert sugar." The chemi-
cal action which takes place
breaks up the sucroSe into two
other sugars, known as dextroSe
and levulose. Dextrose is some
times called glucose, and levu-
lose is known as fruit sugar or
fructoSe.
Energy Value
Ordinary sugar when cooked
will crystalline unless you pre-
vent 1t. 1nvert sugar does not
The Washington times., 1935-02-20

The first winter weather res
olution, then, for every mother
during her baby's first winter,
is that she will do everything
humanity in her power to keep
her child cold-proof. There are
two general precautions she can
take. One of them is to avoid
infection.
The other, to which I shall
devote the next article of this
series, is to build up resistance.
Winter, perhaps more than
any other season, is the time to
keep babies away from crowds.
In nearly every assembly OF
people-in nearly every crowded
conveyance-there are one or
more coughers, Sneezers and
Snifflers at this season Of the
year.
Many people seem to a doctor
to be decidedly selfish and in
considerate in the insouciant
way in which they catch cold and
then go about as walking dis
pensaries of germs. ~There are
Cold-SuSceptibleS - people who
The Washington times., 1935-02-20

The chemical name for cane
sugar and beet sugar is Sucrose.
It is a carbohydrate. but it be-
haves differently from starch.
For one thing, sucrose dissolves
in cold water (as starch does
not), and still more easily in hot
water. You make use of this
fact when cleaning sticky pans