davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
La opinión., 1935-04-14

"En reserva"-y redacto tres modelos
de respuestas.
Completamente in6pico. Landrd tu-
vo que apurar ell ingenio para montar
su oficina galante hacienda pocos des-
embolsos. FL papel de cartas Sc 10
procuraba pidiendo muestras en- los
comercios. Las respuestas las llevaban
sus hiios. Sc agencio hasta seis docu-
mentaciones falsas, con las correspon-
dientes partidas de bautismo y carti-
las militares, y puso manos a la obra,
con una ~portentosa actividad. Concu-
rria d%iariamente a seis. siete y ocho
citas, concertadas todas en- las esta-
clones del Metro, en- los jardines pu-
blicos o al pie de algun monumental,
para ahorrarse gastos de convites. Lo
normal era que ~simultanease cuatro
idilios.
La opinión., 1935-04-14
Ell OCEANO DE LOS ANUNCIOS
POR PALABRAS

NADIA mas antipoda del Don Juan
que Landru. Tenia cuarenta y ocho
amos cuando instalo su fabrica de cri-
menes. Soy feo, calvo. desdentado;
puedo figurar sin desdoro en- la ga
leria de los horrores". escribia a una
de sus numerosas novias". iComo Sc
lie o%currio. a esa edad y con csc .ipo,
industrializar ell amor? Landru no te-
MIA ocupacion fila. nj ingreso seguro.
lie habian fracasado dos O tres nego-
clos. con los que esperaba enrique
cerse-un taller de bicicletas. una en-
presa de construcciones. una fabrica
de paraguas-; habia perdido los o
tres destinillos miseros. y viva de ex-
pedientes dificiles: estafillas de 1ui-
nientos frances a 10 sumo que lie lie
varon a la carcel seis o siete veces.
Para mantener a su familia-mujer y
cuatro hijos va mozos-. que vivian
~penosamente en- ell extrarradio de Pa
ris. Landru hizo 10 que tantos naufra-
gos de su laya: echarse a buscar una
tabla de salvation en- csc oceano mi
crosc6pico de los anuncios por pala-
bras.
Primero, sc dedic6 a pescar incau-
tos del sexo masculine. pero caian po-
cos y flacos. No picaba nadie en- los
anuncios en- que Landru ofrecia 'nte-
reses fabulosos a capitales ~mezquinos.
No lie daba resultado ell brindar en-
pleos e~splendidos a Gambia de n
fianza exigua. Acabo contentandose
con garantias en- especie.
"Ofrezco puesto de comisionista con
magnifica retribucion. lmprescindi-
bles informes y bicicleta". A este a
nuncio solo respondio un zagalon. pro-
vistO de referencias excelentes y de
una bicicleta en- buen uso. En- cuanto
sc lie present6. Landrd 10 envio. a pie,
a una comision imaginaria. Sc monte el
en- la bicicleta y ell ingenuo mancebo
sc qued6 sin empleo y sin maquina.
En- aquellos dias Sc declare la que
IRA europea; Paris Sc quedo sin hom-
bres ~jovenes y poblado por millares de
mujeres d~esoladas. Formidable psico-
logo Landru adivino en- seguida la ina
gotable fuente de ingresos que po-
drian proporcionarle aquellas circunS
tancias. Continue buceando en- ell mar
de los anuncios por palabras. pero Ii
mitando sus pesquisas al sexo feme-
nino: las senoras que pedian coloca-
cion; las que deseaban casarse. las
que solicitaban consoles para sus pc
quenos negocios..
Landru. barbudo. pequenito, vesti-
do con un atildamiento RADIO, tenia
un aire de empleadillo de POGO sueldo
para las gentes a~comodadas; ante las
viudas p~ensionistas y las cocineras re-
tiradas podia pasar por In senior. Ell,
que 10 saba. eligio este mundillo hui
milde para desenvolverse. Pero NADIA
de improvisaciones. nj de confiarse al
azar. Sistematizo su experienced y es-
tablecio una oficina. Publico un a
nuncio tentador: "Caballero formal,
cuarenta Y cinco amos, ingeniero. suel-
do cuatro mil frances, sin familia. De-
sea casarse sonora situacion analoga.
Escribir: lista correos, billete Banco
numero 1899.
La opinión., 1935-04-14
UNA OFICINA DEL AMOR

Como prevefa. lie llegaron centena-
res de ofertas. Las examine minucio-
samente, las classified en- diversas car
petas-"Para contestar inmediatamen-
te"; "Interesantes. pero sin datos on
cretos"; 'Indicios de fortuna; "Con-
venientes: capitalize; "Nada que ha-
Ger: sin fortuna; "Para archivar";
La opinión., 1935-04-14

matador de mujeres buscan la expli-
cacion de sus crimenes en- un erotis-
mo morboso. y presentan a Landr1
como un case p~atologico, cuando 9ra
un hombre perfectamente equilibrado.
un pequeno burgues metodico. que or
ganizaba sus ~asesinatos con IL frial-
dad de un industrial que estudia con-
cienzudamente los riesgos y los bene-
ficios de un negocio.
Hay criminales que solo conciben
10 grandioso. y Sc 10 juegan todo-el
hacerse mnonarios o ell morir en- la
guillotina-a una carta. Landru ha-
bia convertible ell arte de matar en-
%ciencia. Ell amor 10 utilizaba como ma
terra prima. Pretoria ell crimen trimes-
trail. con la impunidad garantizada y
un remordimiento mediocre. a la ha-
zana descomunal, que siempre LEILA
rastro.
La opinión., 1935-04-14
~DOSCIENTAS CUARENTA Y
CUATRO AMADAS

Ejercio Landru la industrial de la
estafa amorosa algo mas de cuatro a
nos: desde agosto de 1914 hasta mar
20 de 1919. En- este intervalo tuvo
relaciones con doscientas cuarenta y
tres mujeres; con doscientas cuarenta
y cuatro 81 sc incluye en- ell cuadro a
su esposa legitima. De elias. no mat6
mas que a diez; a una, con SUI hijo,
un muchacho de diez y siete amos. Es-
cogia a sus amadas entire las mujeres
de treinta y cinco a sesenta amos. So
10 por exception, aparece en- la lista
una joven de diez y nueve amos. PA
sion? Mas bien un capricho pasajero.
FL coloquio no Sc ~prolongo mas que
mes y medic. y la amante finalizo en-
ell horno crematorio de Gambais.
De las otras nueve sacrificadas, sic
tie eran viudas. una separada del ma
rido y otra s~oltera.
La opinión., 1935-04-14

lie propuso viyir juntos en- su "casti-
llo". en- realidad un chalet baratito,
que ell false Diard habia alquilado tres
dias antes en- Yernouillet, gracias a un
anticipo de su armada.
-Tengo un pequeno conflicto de
tesoreria-le explico ensenan lsie IN
fajo de letras y facturas-. TODD es
to 10 debia haber Colorado va.
A su nueva residenci&. no llevo Lam
dr1 mas que un maletin. Los muebles
de la sonora Cuchet fueron transpor-
tados al castillo. En- cuanto al hijo
de la viuda. pasaria los domingos con
su madre y su padrastro.
La opinión., 1935-04-14

va a pasar, pro
b~ablemente, a la Histo-
ria. como un Don Juan
sadico. al estilo de Bar
ba Azul o del mariscal
Giles de Rails. Todos los
biografos del infatigable
La opinión., 1935-04-14
Ell PRIMER CRIMEN

La primera victima fue Tulsa Gu
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Times Dali y Pattern
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the carnation boutonniere of
the Prince of Wales or vice
versa, it is a recognized style
fact that a carnation in green,
red or white is the flower Of
the season.
So if I tell you that you can
get a very dainty one free, al
ready scented with a rich car
nation fragrance, will you stir
yourself to go after it?
Down at your best cosmetic
counter they are selling a
French carnation perfume in
midget size, if you cannot
Splurge on the larger sizes, and
with every purchase of perfume
you receive a sporty red carna.
ton for your very own.
Both the flower and the fra
GRANGE so closely resemble the
genuine that you will go into
ecStaSies. And when you wear
it home, mother will probably
burst into tears over sweet
memories; nothing at all will
console her but a bottle Of the
same fragrance.
Lovely authenticated Jean
cite Macdonald, who, in
Naughty Marietta" nightin-
gales her way into your affec-
ton with her songs, adores the
scent of the carnation, which
so admirably suits her spicy
personality!
Do you think the original
Marietta struggled a bottle of
carnation fragance from France
to New Orleans? I shouldn't be
surprised. Any woman might!
If you want to know where
you can procure any article
mentioned in this c0lu m n,
phone The Washington Times,
District 1000, Extension 283,
between 9 a. m. and 5 p. m. daily
and up to 1 p. m. Saturdays.
Please do not write unless you
live outside of the city, in which
case enclose q stamped, self-ad.
dressed envelope.
Copyright, 1885. by King Features
Syndicate. 1nc.)
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Strenuous Job

No mother, it seems to me,
can carry a heavier burden Of
responsibility than that borne
by all of us for weeks and
months, as we worked and
watched and worried over the
Quintuplets Yvonne, Annette, &C.
cile, Emile and Marie Dionne.
First, we were trying desperate
1y to break all records, for there
is no recorded case of five babies
at birth continuing to draw the
breath Of life for more than a
few hours.
Second, we were dealing with
Seven-month children, always a
delicate and dangerous business,
in which the slightest slip means
catastrophe.
Keeping alive and flourishing
even one of these tiny creatures
means continuous warmth. han
ding reduced to a minimum
and an infinite gentlenesS, a
never-failing supply of mothers
milk which often a premature
baby's own mother cannot pro-
vide. And we had five such
fragile organisms on our hands
at once!
Nevertheless, the babies them
Selves-their tinines SIS, their
helpleSsneSs, their instinctively
plucky struggle to survive more
than made up to us, in sheer
satisfaction, for all our efforts.
And as they have grown older
and stronger, every step of
their progress has been Of in
tense interest to their nurses
and to myself. What do we
care how hard we work over
them? We get enjoyment out
OF these little girls!
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Carnat iOn Is
Popular
BY JULIET SHELBY

When you were a babe in
arms or perhaps just about
sprouting pigtails, your mother
or grandmother had on the
guest room bureau q carnation
Sachet, a can Of talcum powder,
and, if you were people Of
means, a bottle of carnation
toilet water or perfume! AL
this in the late nineties.
Now in 1885, in Hollywood
particularly, and in almost
every smart town generally, the
fashionable girls and women
are wearing carnations in the
lapels of their tailleurs and
spraying themselves with this
flowers delightfully."- spicy fra
GRANGE. The vogue for carna-
ton essence has returned with
a bang!
Whether the beautiful girls
Of the films were influenced by
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knitted shorts or briefs that
men are wearing this spring.
They are seen in all the stores,
and in answer to my inquiries,
the store people tell me that
they're popular with a good
many men, who come back for
more after they've tried them
out. Not to class beach wear
with underwear, we can't help
calling to your attention the
fact that we depend on cottons
almost entirely for everything
but actual bathing suits. Robes,
clogs, towels, nearly all the
small accessories for both men
and women are made of the
lowly fibre. Good sailing or
fishing clothes are best of it,
too. And so we close our weeks
tribute to cotton with the hope
that we will all use it more, and
with greater appreciation.
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Etiquette
His Paren is
Criticize
BY MRS.CORNELIUs BEECKMAN

By MRS. CORNELIUS BEECKMAN
Dear Mrs. Beeckman:
II am planning to have an
engagement reception. 1t was q
day after plans had been made
before 1 had an opportunity
Of calling up my fiance's par
ents. I was criticized by them
for not asking them If my plans
for a reception were agreeable
to them.
II contend that because I am
making the plans for the affair,
1t is not necessary to consult
them in the matter other than
to invite them.
"Please tell me whether /
was right in taking this atti-
tude. J."
agree with you that there
was no reason why your
fiance's mother and father
should have criticized you for
not consulting with them about
your reception. After all, you
did let them know at once.
However, if I were you, I'd
learn lesson from the fact
that they were so outspoken in
their reactions to your plans.
Apparently they are the kind
Of people who like to be con-
suited about things, and so, to
promote peace and good will,
you had better, in the future,
make a special point of talking
plans over with them.
It's very important, as you
know, to start things off on
the right foot when you are to
have such close relationships
with people, and it will take
only some wise forethought to
take them into your confidence
and thus keep them contented
and happy. 1t will be worth it!
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The First Smile

What every young wife should
realize is that her baby will be
0 continuously interesting show
almost from the hour he is born.
When he smiles at her for the
first time, when he waves his
first rattle, when he puts his
toe in his mouth, when he
creepS-Stands erect-walks, she
gets a separate and direct thrill.
Honor, love. sympathy, praise
will go to mothers on Mothers
Day. But I don't think the day
should pass without each young
mother being told how much
and how rightly the rest of the
world envieS her.
copyright. 1885. by King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
DR.. Allan Roy DafOe's own
column on Babies" will be con-
tinued Monday.
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t q i n OF WIN" A"'AAo
mems Isle shirts, in vests,
boomers Of panties Of various
types, and considered good
only for the active sports
woman. This year, however,
finer and more delicate cottons
are making their appearance.
Soon To Arrive
Again it starts in Paris. Dill
kusha and Kotchoubey are the
leading opponents of cotton
undies. They've made them
as daintily as silk, American
stores have imported and copied
them, so now they have a GER
tain fashion prestige.
So far TIRES been little
splash about them in Wash
ington, but all the wise people
in our local fashion world are
talking about them, more or
less in the watch them" man.
ner :. which really means
watch them.
For Men Too
In the meantime, until the
cottons really arrive in great
numbers, we will content our
selves with the many cunning
sports types that are already
here, that are we'll established
from both practical and fash
tonable points Of view.
You're probably familiar al
ready with the soft Isle or
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Babies Are Fun

There's altogether too much
Of the poor dear" attitude to-
ward the young woman who is
about to bring new life into
the world, or who is to be
found at home most of the
time because she holds a baby
in her arms and a 3-year-old
clings to her skirts.
I am not minimizing the pain
she annot escape-though
good medical attention makes
that much less hard to bear,
nowadays. I am not overlooking
her days Of work, and the nights
when she lies awake worrying
about the baby's sniffles and the
price Of Johnny's shoes.
The fact remains that babies
are fun. Having in the house
q round, soft little baby, with
his hair just beginning to grow
thick and his pink little mouth
purSed in a wondering 20" at
the world, is providing yourself
with better entertainment than
q radio or a car can give you.
A baby is a delight of which
his parents never have chance
to get tired, because there's
nothing in the least static or
monotonouS about him. He's
continually Sprouting in some
new place. For instance, that
first tooth. What a "kick," as
the young people say, we all got
in the quintuplets' nursery when
first Annette and then Yvonne-
they were almost tooth and
tooth-came through with that
little white pearl for which we
had been waiting so eagerly!
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The Rhynning
Optinnist
BY ALINE MICHAELIS
Fully BIeSt

BY ALINE MICHAELIS
Fully BIeSt
He is a child ana so he knows
The fullest fragrance Of the
rose;
Exempted from all earthly cares,
BY childhood'S glad estate, he
shares;
The mirth Of April thorough
fares.
He is a little child, fer him
Joy fills each hour to the brim:
No morrow's puzzle, yesterday
Already vague and far away,
The now alone for song and
play.
He is child, and so the one
Soul fully bleSt beneath the sun.
To him the brook most gaily
sings,
For him the redbird spreads its
wings,
For him the Sky's cloudIbanner
swingSl
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Dep1ores Habit of Some
Women to Poor Dear"
Young Mothers
By DR.. ALLAN ROY DAFoE

Physician to the Famous Dionne Quintuplets
If arranging Mothers Day celebration there
one final point which should insist making Somebody
1.-The ideal person. of would be the healthy good
looking happy maternal parent of several fine boys and
grswould be featured the program for talk about
the FUN of being mother.
In motherhood, in any worthwhile game you h ave
TO stick to the rules and you have to play your hardest
you want to get the most out Of what you re doing
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SHE'S FIVE YEARS OLDER
''Dear Miss Fairfax:


''Dear Miss Fairfax:
'I'm rs years old and have
fallen deeply in love with .
divorced woman, who has two
children and is five years older
than am. We would like to
get married, but she's afraid
that in a few years from now
she will look older than I, and
that 1 may step out on her.
"She does not look her age,
but people have been advising
her not to 90 through with our
marriage, and she has asked me
to think it over very carefully.
What do you think about it?
"CLYDE D."
If you've known this lady only
a little while, you may be more
infatuated than actually in
love. Why don't you put a
time limit on this affair, and
see how you feel six months
from now? AS far as your ages
are concerned, I have known
a good many happy marriages
where the wife is five years
older than the husband.
It's not so much a question
of age in a happy marriage, as
congeniality Of tastes.
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Taffeta Frocks

Quite a noise is being made by
the m any ruStling taffeta
frocks, suits and coats that we
are wearing this spring. A neat
little suit is of black taffeta
with basque jacket marked by
O row Of tiny self.covered out
tons down the center front. The
Jacket opens to show blouse of
white georgette with rows and
rows Of frilly lace down the
front. The same suit comes in
brown with pink blouse.
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three years it
has been not
only practl-
cal but con-
Sidered smart
a n d correct
for SIP or t S.
Women had
t o u n d out
that soft Isle
was marvel
ously cool,
a b S or b e Mt
and comfort
able.
So far we've
had an adap-
L -
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Spring Peas and Onions

der. Drain. Melt the butter and
cook the bacon in it, remove
bacon, Saute the onions in this
fat, add the peas, then add the
cream and bring to the boiling
point. Add the egg yolk which
has been slightly beaten. Sea-
son with salt and pepper.
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Suggestions on makeup Of
Pure WeStmore, fam Gus
makeup professional Of War
ner Brothers Hollywood
studio, entitled Little Ar.
tfficeS That Create Clam.
our" may be obtained by
sending your request to the
beauty editor Of this paper
and enclosing a stamped, ad.
dressed envelope.
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Pink Straw

If you must wear a bonnet,
then pick out a model that is
as beautiful as possible. A lovely
model is of pink Panama straw
with black velvet ruching under
the brim in front.
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for
The Home


II you use your salt, sugar
and flour sacks to make tea
towels, doilies, etc., you can
remove the lettering by rub
bling thoroughly with lard and
letting it stand overnight, then
boiling in Soapy water.
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3 tablespoons butter
/ slice diced bacon
2 cups shel1ed peas
2 small onions
"a cup cream
l yolk of egg
Salt and pepper.
Cover peas with boiling water,
cook until peas are almost ten
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Cotton Lingerie Vogue
Is Pr0phesied
BY WILMA LAV1LLE

Lingerie has to silk to It ''orginay
Of white laced nen decately trimmed according to the
dictionary But been out for many many years.
and had nothing but silk rayon celanese or some
such fiber Anything of cotton not lingerie but un-
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Beatrice Fairfax Declares
Gambling Virus Is
Hard to Cure
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX

Written Exclusively for The Washington Times
"Dear Miss Fairfax
when I married year ago, my fathers
wedding present splendid old Virginia farm of 365
acres for every day in the year. The farm had
beautiful old stone house. barn and outbldngs but
modern improvements whatever.
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experiments, If I could relieve
the suffering Of those afflicted
with this disease.
MISERABLE"
I am afraid uncongenial sur.
roundings have made you a
little morbid, and is any wom-
an, with a young daughters
welfare to consider, really free
to offer herself for medical ex-
Fermentation?
If it is your idea to seek for
getfulness by doing something
worth while. there are any mum.
Der Of social agencies in this
city which would be glad to
avail themselves Of your Serv
ices.
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Prevents LumDS

Prevents Jumps
To prevent cornstarch from
Jumping when mixing it with
milk or water in making pud.
dings, sauces, ETC., combine 1t
we'll with a little Of the sugar
in the recipe before adding any
liquid.
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Add Paraffin

Add P0raffin
Many good housekeepers like
to add a tablespoon Of paraffin
to the water when washing lin
oleum. This, they claim, not
only removed stains, but helps
to preserve the linoleum.
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Curried Mutton with Macaront
/ pound stewing / teaspoon salt
mutton 4 teaspoon pep
1 tablespoons fat per
/ cup hot water 2 cups bottled
n lb. maCaront milk or one cup
tablespoons flour evaporated milk
z tablespoons curry and one cup
powder water
Cut the mutton into small
pieces, then brown it in 2
tablespoons hot fat in a skillet.
Next add the hot water, cover
closely and simmer until tender.
Meanwhile cook the macaroni in
boiling sailed water until tender
and then drain. Next melt 2
tablespoons of fat in a sauce
pan, add the flour, curry
powder, salt and pepper and
blend thoroughly. Then add the
milk slowly, stirring constantly
and cook until smooth and
thickened. In a creased cas-
serole, arrange layer of cooked
macaroni, a layer Of mutton
and a layer of sauce. Repeat
until all is used. Cover and
bake in a moderate oven of
$50 degrees F. about one hour.
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