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Evening star., 1935-05-12

hospital attendants battled to break
down this prejudice against hospital
ization. 1t was finally decided that
the best possible method of eliminat-
ing this. fear from the public mind
was to throw open the hospitals for
general inspection by the public and
show the people just what was being
done.
The result was National Hospital
day, and the public was invited to
inspect the methods of handling pa
tients in these institutions. Slowly
but surely there was developed the
feeling among the people that the
clean, sanitary rooms, the availability
Of modern medical and surgical ap-
pliances, the constant attendance Of
skillful, trained nurses and physi-
clans gave the patient a much better
chance of recovery than would have
been possible in the patients own
home.
Today the hospital is the recog-
nized institution for the care of ILL
ness or injury among all classes of
people. The worth of these institu-
tions in life saving is increased uni
versally, and people in need Of medi-
cal or surgical care look forward to
entering hospital rather than
dreading 1t, as in the past.
In the nine Community Chest hos
pitals today all members of the stats
will be in attendance to take care
of the visitors. These hospitals are:
Children's Hospital, Columbia Hos
pital for Women, Emergency Hospital,
Episcopal Eye, Ear and Throat Hos
pital, Garfield Memorial Hospital,
Evening star., 1935-05-12
Grain Program Praised.

Estonia's government grain-purchas-
ing program is declared a success.
Evening star., 1935-05-12
HEAD OF v. M. |. ALUMNI
TO ADDRESS D. c. GROUP

John G. Hagan of Richmond, Va,
president Of the National Alumni
Association of the Virginia Military
Institute, will address the local chap
ter Wednesday at 8 pm. when an
informal smoker will be held at the
Army and Navy Club, to celebrate
the Battle of Newmarket.
Humphrey Daniel, secretary-treas-
urer Of the District association. will
show pictures of the recent re-enact-
ment of the famous Charlottesville
battle. In which the v. M. I. Corps
took the part Of "Stonewall" Jackson'S
men in the decisive flank movement
so much studied by military strate-
gists all over the world.
Representative Maury Maverick Of
Texas, former v. M. I. cadet, will also
be q guest. The c. g. P. Quarter
will sing.
The Arrangements Committee in
cludes j. Carroll NOEL. president; DR..
Llewelyn Powell, vice president; Mr..
Daniel, James Greene, Stuart B.
Marshall and G. Adams Howard.
Evening star., 1935-05-12

" pleased with "the first fast
thing" he ever put over"
l. Joe formerly was the editor
and publisher of the Daven-
port Gazette. mimeographed news.
paper he circulated among his neigh
bors in the Davenport Terrace Apart
ments at 4817 Thirty-sixth street. Now
he is promoter and publicist, because
IAN editor must keep before the
public"
Yesterday the 10-year- live wire
staged a baby show. He wasn't seek
ing the most perfect baby. nor the
most beautiful baby. and when it was
all over he had diplomatic method
of side-stepping any disgruntled con-
testant or partisan.
Il didn't pick EN-" he said. THE
judges picked EN-"
Little Tommy Virnelson, who will
be IL months old next Thursday, car
ried away first honcrs. Tommy was
at home before the crowd. He liked
the spotlight, and when he received
the gold-hned silver baby cup pre-
sented him as the champion" he
Immediately tipped it up for a drink
that wasn't there.
Parents Not Surprised.
Tommy is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Kelton S. Virnelson, of the Daven-
port Terrace, who knew all the time"
he would win.
But Tommy was pressed by some OF
the 30-odd other contestants, who
were paraded up the steps to where
young Mr.. Dunigan presided, using
hammer as a gavel. Each in turn
was perched upon table specially
placed for the occasion and decorated
in blue and pink paper streamers and
variety of toy balloons.
Jean Anne Driscoll, just 2, and re-
splendent in a fluffy, pleated yellow
Burnett, 10 months old, although too
i'll to parade out of doors, appeared at
a window behind the promoter and
carried away third place.
Jean Anne is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs Eugene J. Driscoll, and Billy
is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. John H.
Burnett, all residents of the apartment
where the Davenport Gazette was
once the leading paper.
Former Partner Rival
The fact that it is no longer "the
leading paper" is the real reason be-
hind the show Joe Dunigan formerly
had partner and the partner owned
the mimeograph machine on which
the Gazette was published.
But differences arose, and now Joe's
former partner is "the rival faction"
The mimeograph machine is in the
hands of its owner. The Gazette was
forced to suspend publication.
Joe, however. remained determined
that the paper shouldn't end and
searched the field for a method to
revive it. More difficulties arose until
Joe feared he and the Gazette might
be forgotten.
The baby contest was his first public
attempt at comeback.
It was nervous" he said when the
Evening star., 1935-05-12
9HOSP|TALS OPEN
TO PUBLIC TODAY
Chest Institutions Join in
National Observance.
instruction Provided.

"Open house" will be held today at
the nine Community Chest hospitals
in observance Of National Hospital
day, which commentaries the birth
day Of Florence Nightingale. cele-
brated war nurse. Members Of each
of the hospitals will be In attendance
to show visitors through the building
and explain the various features Of
hospital work.
National Hospital day was inaugu-
rated to break down the old-time
superstition and fears regarding hos
pitals. Strange as 1t may seem to
the present generation, there was a
time, it is pointed out. when a hos
pital was the last resort and people
went there expecting to die. A large
percentage of them did.
For years physicians, nurses and
Evening star., 1935-05-12
PAMPHLET Of 1851
BY FAMED NURSE
Florence Nightingale Wrote
Cooking Directions for
"Virginia Army"
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Perhaps none of the thousands OF
American veterans who will observe
the i15th anniversary of the birth
of Florence Nightingale today know
that she once wrote a pamphlet just
for American soldiers.
When the Civil War broke out she
was the world authority on nursing
In hospitals, particularly in hospitals
at battle fronts. She had broken prece-
dent by taking Al women volunteer
nurses to the Crimean War In 1864.
The Civil War came, and on order
from the confederacy's surgeon gen.
eral Miss Nightingale dashed of her
directions for cooking for troops.
The pamphlet was published in Rich
mond during 1861 by j. w. Randolph.
Copy Carefully Preserved.
A copy Of it is carefully kept in a
special box in the rare book room at
the Library of Congress. v. Valta
Parma, the director, says the pamph-
let is so rare he has never seen 1t listed
In any rare book catalog.
The title page says the pamphlet
was prepared for the army OF Vir-
ginia.'
Miss Nightingale gives several reci-
pes in the beginning for such plain
soldier fare as "soyers Stew" Suet
dumplings, salt pork with mashed
beans, coffee and beef tea. Most of
her recipes are tor 100 men,"
The remainder Of the book is given
over to essays on taking food and
what food.
She showed a remarkable delicacy
and consideration in her directions
for the patient.
She urges nurses to deal gently with
q weak patient and advised a meticu-
Ious attention which would have re-
uuired the same sort of zeal which
made Miss Nightingale, herself, ia
nous.
Time for Solid Food.
"For the large majority of very
weak patients it is quite impossible to
take any solid food before II am, "
she wrote. They generally have
feverish nights and in the morning
QTy HlUutIlS. hIlu IL IllCy SOuIu CdG
with dry mouths it would be the worse
for them"
In such cases she counselS liquids
such as beef tea, arrowroot and wine,
or egg flips every hour until the pa
tient was revived enough to eat solids
Il am bound to say, she continued,
''that more patients are lost by want
of care in these momentous minutiae
in private nursing than in public
hospitals.
"The more alone an invalid can be
while taking food the better"
She has a directnes in giving her
advice that certainly must have been
foreign to many of the lady writer's
of her time.
After detailing several cases where
the routine invalid's food had proven
harmful she said, dryly, "the patients
stomach vas right, and the books
were wrong"
Hospitals must first of ALL" she
wrote, "be place which shall do the
sick no harm"
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Gen. Simonds to Speak.

Maj. Gen. George S. Simonds. dep
uty chief of staff, United States Army,
will be guest of honor and speaker
at a meeting of the Iowa State
Society Friday at 8:45 pm. in the
Willard Hotel. There will be dane
ing and games of cards at the
meeting.
Evening star., 1935-05-12
PROTESTS PHOTOGRAPHY

Father of ouintuplets Says An
nette Was Ill at Time.
NORTH BAY. Ontario, May II Op.
OLIVIA Dionne wired Premier Mitch
ell Hepburn and Minister OF Public
Welfare David Croll today protesting
that photographs of his quintuplet
daughters were taken Wednesday while
Annette was i'll.
An official statement from the Da-
foe Hospital said that Annette was
slightly upset Wednesday morning, but
that no pictures we're taken Of her and
she was isolated from the others.
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~ oOA ~ ~ wv
day at 8 pm.
Maj. and Mrs.
Noble are Amer
leans who have
spent IA years in
India and are at
present on their
homels md I u r
Tough. T h e S e
Salvation Army
officers have
charge Of Saliva
ton Army medi-
cal work In the
native State of
TrayancOre.
Evening star., 1935-05-12

This includes the Catherine Booth
Hospital at Nagercoil with seven
branch hospitals and complete
charge Of Cochin State Leper Hos
pital. This lecture will be open to
the public.
Evening star., 1935-05-12

The baby contest yesterday at
Davenport terrace. Left: Billy
Burnett, who took third prize from
his window. Because of illness he
could not mingle with the other
contestants. Right: Joe DUNCAN,
10-year-old editor" who ran the
contest, and Tommy Virmelson,
flrst-prize winner.
Star Staff Photo.
Evening star., 1935-05-12
MOVE TO RECALL MAYOR
OF MIAMI is LAUNCHED
Seven Charges Filed Against
Sewell-Petition Withdrawn
for New Signatures.

1OA 4NCW 9lS
BY the Associated Press.
MIAMI. Fla. May ia move
ment started here today designed to
effect the recall OF Mayor E. G. Sewell.
An affidavit, containing seven
charges against the mayor and asking
for the issuance of recall election Pc
titions, was filed and withdrawn on
disqualification of three Of the 81
signers. The affidavit is to be re-
turned after additional signatures are
obtained.
In the petition are included charges
that the mayor caused his own prop
erty to be benefited by 81 per cent
tax reduction; attempted to dictate
to and control the city managers
Office and various city department
Offices, and misinformed citizens con-
cerning the city's financial condition
when he was sponsoring a city sales
tax
Evening star., 1935-05-12
THE WEATHER

District of Columbia - Increasing
cloudiness, followed by light showers
beginning late this afternoon or to-
night; tomorrow occasional showers,
little change in temperature; gentle
easterly winds today becoming gentle
to moderately southerly tomorrow.
Maryland and Virginia-Increasing
cloudiness, followed by light showers
beginning this afternoon or tonight;
tomorrow occasional showers, little
change in temperature.
West Virginia-Showers this after
noon and this evening and tomorrow;
cooler tomorrow afternoon and night.
Rennrf Until 10 PM SATURDAY.
Evening star., 1935-05-12

George Washington University Hos
pital, Georgetown University Hospital,
National Homeopathic Hospital and
Providence Hospital.
Evening star., 1935-05-12
HOSPITAL WORK IN INDIA
TO BE DISCUSSED HERE
Maj. William A. Noble and Mrs.
Noble to Be Heard at Saliva
tion Army Temple.

Maj. William A. Noble, M. D.. with
Mrs. Noble, will lecture on Hospital
and Medical Work IN India" at the
Salvation Army Temple Building. 606
Evening star., 1935-05-12

show was over. "This is the first time
ever put over anything fast"
He acknowledged compliments that
came from all sides. The show was
declared a complete success. and Joe
showed his pleasure with broad smile
that acknowledged as well as words
that he thought so too.
The Washington times., 1935-07-03

newsstand was closing for the
day. Helen stayed with him in
his little booth and chatted uns
til he was ready to go. The
night elevator men came on.
The clock over the entrance
door pointed to seven; then Is
past seven. Helen was nervous
with uncertainty. If she went
to the library, he might come
here. He might, on the other
hand, be waiting there. Still,
she reasoned, eventually he
would come to look for her here.
What ought she to do? Per.
haps he had forgotten. His
glance that morning had been
so cold, so forbidding. No, that
was his business face, Helen de-
cided. He probably looked like
that at her so no one would SuS-
pect.
Seven-thirty and despair. Still
she waited. At Is minutes to
eight he burst in.
Gee, I'm so late" he apollo
gized contritely, "but honestly
I couldn't help it,"
"Oh, I'm so glad you camel"
Listen, I had to go up to
my sister, Irene's. It was i'm
portant and I couldn't get away;
I couldn't even get to a phone.
My sisters getting married.
I'll tell you all about it later.
Gee. you must be starved. I'm
terribly sorry" He steered her
out of the lobby. We'll get a
good quick dinner. I know a
place."
They were driving swiftly up
Fifth Avenue.
II knew you must have been
delayed"
But you knew I'd come" he
asserted fiercely.
"Oh, yes, I'd have waited"
His hand slipped into her lap
and found her hand. Gee,
you're a sweet kid" he said
earnestly.
The Washington times., 1935-07-03
CHAPTER vi

Helen said: 80 your sister
Irene is getting married. I'm so
glad!
Eyes, so am I. She's the only
one of the girls not married.
But she's making the best match.
She's awfully ambitious and
clever. She's really responsible
for our success. And she's
beautiful, too, don't you think
SOP"
"Oh, yes, very!"
"She's a wonder, that girl.
She's always said she'd make a
brilliant match and she is. She's
marrying into one of the best
families in New York. Real old
aristocrats. Maybe you heard
of them, the Terhunes. Dick
Terhune is his name"
mo, I never did; but then
I don't read the society news"
He was there tonight to
meet me. A mighty fine chap.
Splendid fellow. I liked him at
once"
They drove up to the restau-
rant. Once seated. Walter or
dered with dispatch. TIL It
settled, he picked up the threads
of the conversation again.
MY sister Irene is different
from the others. You know all
my sisters, don't you?"
"Oh, yes" Helen nodded.
Ito Be Continued
Copyright, 1895. by Julian Messner.
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distributed by King Features
Syndicate Incl
The Washington times., 1935-07-03

While Scud practised until his right arm was
useless from the violent exercise, Blackboard gave
him Instructions and demonstrated his skill by
sending boarding axes sailing aloft Just missing the
heads and feet Of working sailorA
The Washington times., 1935-07-03
tOdy'' = A Girls Struggle for Love and Home
Complications Rise When Bride
Learns She Has Married
Her Husbands Family
BIZ Beatrice Lubitz
WHAT HAS HAPPENED

Luxurious to the nth degree of commercial splendor
the establishments of the AnasasG Beauty Salons,
but dreary and unkempt the locker quarters of
the operators, cho dressed and madeup for business
in 1Vhite- 1Udshed bdrn-like rooms.
In one room, they rouged their cheeks and donned
their fresh, starched aOkite uniforms, the girls talked
talked chiefly about the Riley sisters oVo managed each
of the AnGstaSiG Salons and about Waiter Riley their
brother and the of the salons.
Among the operators aUho stood out from the
rest-Helen Schiller. She pretty, smart and gerry
ersonabe and took little part IN the gossip of the others.
One day, before the salon opened for business Helen
demonstrating dance steps that she had
the stage the night BEFORE. and Walter Riley ap
peared Her dancing booO to discipline but he
did not make his presence knoWn. Instead he backed
GaUay to enter little later, banging door. When he
appeared then all the girls at a0or and he avent
into the office of his sister, Stella ho managed the salon.
The Washington times., 1935-07-03

uGSUdy 1I1OE11111S Ill GA1C WdoA4-
room. The same hustle, the
same conversation.
What 'ju do las night?"
''Not a darn thing" said
Helen, her face over her knees
as she laced up the white OK
fords. ut was a terrible night,
wasn't it?"
There were the usual Tuesday
morning rdn of appointments.
Burr of the nail files, sizzle of
steam, smell of scorched hair
and swishing of water.
At about II O'Clock, as if at
tracted by a magnet, she sud-
denly looked up. Walter Riley
stood in the doorway. He caught
her glance. His face wore the
dark, nervous mask she knew so
well. She did not smile at him.
She simply looked once and
then swiftly dropped her eyes.
He saw that her expression
never changed. She went on
swiftly buffing her customers
nails. He was satisfied and re-
lieved. No one noticed. Every
one was busy. The hum of con-
versation mingled with the hum
and buzz of machinery. The
room was a beehive of industry.
Helen worked silently; struggled
desperately to cover up her sud-
den nervousness.
At $50 she rose, stretched her
neck. Shooting pains darted
under her eyes. The thin win
try sun had set and she could
see the sky outside was quite
dark. The girls were silent,
tagged, going about the tail-end
of the day with listless, auto
matte gestures. This lassitude,
however, would fall away as
soon as they were washed and
out of the hateful uniform, for
they were healthy young ami
mails and a stretch, a cat-wash,
fresh makeup, their own clothes
and they would be alive, buoy
ant again. Many had dates.
THAT guy I met las week. -"
He would be waiting. They
tripped out gaily enough.
Helen fingered over her dress
ing. She had had no word from
him all day. She promised she'd
60 with him to the theater-
or was it all a dream? He'd
probably be waiting downstairs
or should she go to the library
where she had met him >last
night?
Carefully she brushed her
best black chiffon dress and
slipped it over her head. Then
she put her uniform on again
and combed and set her long,
slightly waved ash blond hair.
She wore it simply in a big loop
at the back of her head and
just waved slightly over her
ears. Most of the girls frizzed
the inside of the hair over the
ears to achieve these high puffs
which completely covered the
ears. Some put in false wads
of hair; others frames of thin
buckram, on which the hair
was smoothly laid. These were
known as "cootie garages" Her
hair done, Helen powdered her
nose with pink powder and bit
her lips. She didn't rouge.
It was now $50. Except for
the cleaning women, there was
no one about. No sign of
Walter.
Shs put on her black hat,
lined with blue velvet, and her
dark blue coat with skunk COL
lar and cuffs; then, still I'M
certain, decided to wait for him
downstairs in the lobby. The
little old Jew who kept the
The Washington times., 1935-07-03
NOW READ ON

Every minute of had been perfect She laughed silently
she recalled bits Of their conversation And she had been
afraid funny clever and amusing But the
thrilling part of all that he asked her go out with him
again tomorrow night She sfled persistent little voice
within her that kept saying when will end? What does
he want of you? and gave herself up entirely to rosy
ecsta luxurious dreams until they too lost in sleep
The Washington times., 1935-07-03

So he was training Scud in throwing knives axes
and hatchets sport in which Blackboard was peer
less in all the seas. plank target with a rough
sketch Of Governor johnson Of South Carolina was
fastened to the mast.
Evening star., 1935-06-08

Of labors battles set him more or.
less apart from the men who depended
more on theory. But his going out,
nevertheless, viii be remarked upon
as noting a change in the processes
Of . Government of which, less than
q year ago. he was one Of the GEN.
tral figures. There are indications
that greater dependence win be placed
in the veterans on Capitol Hill In the
craftsmanship Of laws and policies.
and less on the fertile brains Of the
recruits who joined up in March. 1898.
The Presidents letter to MY Dear
Donald" accepting his resignation, is
tribute from the leader to one Of
his staunch soldiers which is as de-
served as it is sincere. Richberg was
a good soldier. And more than one
good soldier has left the front line
on Q stretcher.
Evening star., 1935-06-08

food may influence both the rate of
growth and the length Of life"
Why the sluggishness Of office
workers after the MONDAY meal?
After lunch, 1t has been determined
in many experiments, there Is a de-
cided drop in the curve of mental
activity which persists for an hour or
so. It is due, says DR.. Donald A..
Laird, psychologist of Colgate Uni
versity, to a brain anemia" due to
shifting of the blood supply from the
brain to the digestive organs following
a hearty noon-day meal.
DR.. Laird's experiments we're per-
formed on eight healthy young men.
all used to mental work. For a Pc
riod Of four weeks, six days each week,
they ate their noon meals in the lab
oratory. On half the days they were
given o generous meal and on the
others a much lighter one, but suffi-
cient to satisfy their hunger. The light
meals left the blood supply relatively
unshifted. They then were tested with
mental arithmetic problems, feats of
memory. etc. A decidedly higher eff
cheney was found after the light meals.
The difference was most marked in
ability to concentrate attention. After
the heavy meals, says DR.. Laird, the
subjects were vastly more distractible
or f1ighty in consequence of the anemic
condition of the brain. They showed
more stability and fiMty after the light
meals, when the brain circulation was
less impaired.
Evening star., 1935-06-08
The Districts Need for
Larger Health Funds

To the Editor Of The Star.
It was a pleasure 20 note your edi-
torial urging a reasoned increase in
funds for the Health Department.
For too long have the Districts health
budget estimates been based on the
opportunistic query, How much can
We get?" rather than On the sound.
constructive foundation of How
much is needed for an adequate
health program?"
Many scientific demonstrations In
various States and communities have
proved that public health Is purchas-
able, but the District has been mig
gardly in this regard. Washington
cannot have q modern public health
set-up while this policy of chiseled
appropriations prevails. Sound stand
ards call for the provision of from
sl.50 to 50 per capita for the Health
Department: and even the most de-
voted and efficient of administrators
can't make IS cents per capita (the
present approximate local allocation)
cover the Districts vital health pro-
lection needs.
In normal economic eras the pres
ent appropriation would be insufi-
cient, but now it is tragic. With
many persons forced through destitu-
ton to seek free advice and treat
ment in public clinics. these facilities
are overburdened with their peak
loads of suffering humanity. For ex-
ample, the Health Department social
hygiene clinic. which cared for an
average OF TOO patient visits weekly
in 1929. Is now confronted with more
than 1,400 weekly patient visits. And
In treating these unfortunate men.
women and children. the clinics are
not only relieving individual sufferers,
but are protecting you me and the
rest of the public from dangerous,
communicable diseases.
Washington can reduce her dis
gracefully high rates OF disease and
infant mortality steadily and con-
sistently by giving the new health
ofiicer suficient funds with which to
work. The Health Department budget
is not the source from which to pinch
pennies when human welfare and
lives are at stake.
RAY H. EVERETT.