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Milford chronicle., 1936-05-15
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VII StA9 gANNSlN.
ENCEPT the obituary column.
II nothing could be sadder than
the newspaper account of a gridlron
club dinner. Yet gridlrOn club din.
ners aim TO be satirically amusing
and frequently are.
Turning them out must be q ire
mendously hard job, because they
deal with the national political
scene, and any producer Of farces
will tell you you can't burlesque a
burlesque. In other words, you can't
be very funny on a subject which al
ready Is so much funnier than any
thing you can think of-and that's
what the fellows at Washington are
up against.
This business Of trying to be COM
ic is a serious business anyway es-
pecially since all comedy Is predi-
Gated on distress. A fat man fan
ing down makes Us laugh because
he suffers both in spirit and fiesh.
But If he is a pallbearer, say, at q
funeral and falls down on his own
high hat and maybe breaks up the
services-well. now then, you've got
something THAT'S really funny.
A definition Of comedy could be:
Tragedy standing on its head with
It's pants torn.
Headaches From EeonOmie Massiahs
"A Iberia, in Canada, produced
A an economic Messiah, a spout
ing John the Baptist Of the dispen-
sation, who came out Of the wilder
ness with q lovely device called a
social credit system" which, among
other pleasant things, guaranteed
every adult $25 a month for life.
So the voters overwhelmingly
elected him as premier and from all
over the dominion fiocked Ii thou
sands to share In the distribution.
Now they're busted; the budget is
a sieve; citizens are faced With
ruinous taxes-and nobody YET has
collected that twenty-five a month.
Industrial depression always
spawns Its self-anOinted saviors
who promise to restore prosperity
BY giving money they haven't GOT
to people who haven't earned IT,.
After q while. In spite Of human
folly. good times return.
ess
Folly Of = Parole System.
The perpetrators Of the kldnap-
4 ing case of a few months ago uD
10 the state Of Washington were
both chronic Offenders wha dasnifo.
The Washington times., 1936-11-07

W0NLY a healthy skin is beau,
" tiful," says one cosmetician,
who has created an entire new line
around that theory. It sounds
marvellous, though we haven't had
an opportunity to try it yet. Herbs,
picked in far away Switzerland,
are the basic ingredient, and have
rich, health-giving qualities. They
purify, smooth and soften the
skin. The preparations are de
signed for home use, and there are
no creams in the facial treatment.
There's an Herb Soap which is the
perfect night cleanser, they say.
Then there's an Herb Cleansing
Lotion and an Herb Cleansing Oil
for removing daytime makeup.
Herb Baume is used at night to
refine the skin, and Herb Sachet
Vapor Bath corrects all skin i'm
projections. Fine finishing creams
and rouge and powder come in
this line, too, so that you can have
the entire natural herb treatment.
Below you see a little sketch of
the Vapor Bath, which is said to
be marvellous for the skin. This
whole line and treatment is one
that should be investigated, so be
sure and go see for yourself.
The Washington times., 1936-11-07
Times Dali y Pattern
PATTERN 4211

The woman who "does things"
will find that this dashing shirt
waister is ideal for the early hours
of her busy day, and valuable
compliment catcher" when worn
of an afternoon You'll love the
way its trim chic may be enhanced
by colorful, yet inexpensive
fabric such as practical cotton.
tweed, wool or cotton Challis,
warm jersey, or rough crepe. Such
fun to make, is Pattern 4211, that
whether you're an experienced or
inexperienced "seamstreSS," the
simple patterns made doubly easy
by illustrated Step-by-step sewing
instructions! Long or short sleeves,
handy square pockets, full pleats.
neat yokes and jaunty Eton col
lar sum up its chic-While the
gayeSt of buttons fasten its bodice.
Pattern 4211 is available in sizes
IA, 16, 18, 20, 80, "a. SO, 38, 40
and AZ. Size 16 takes 212 yards
54-inch fabric.
Send FIFTEEN CENTS 15c) in
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p tablespoon of grated orange
rind
2-3 cup of milk
Juice of one orange
Sift the measured flour with
the baking powder, orange rlnd,
and salt. Cut in the butter. Add
the orange juice and milk. Roll
out on slightly floured board to
about p inch thickness. Cut
with a biscuit cutter. Dip loaf
sugar into orange juice and place
one-half a lump on each biscuit.
Bake in quick oven (425 degrees)
for Is minutes.
SOUTHERN CORN MUFFINS
2 eggs
l cup of corn meal
/ cup of white flour
6 teaspoons of baking powder
l teaspoon of salt
l cup of milk
l tablespoon of sugar
3 tablespoons of melted shorten
ing
Beat the eggs light. Add sugar.
Sift the flour, corn meal, baking
powder, and salt together. Add
to the egg mixture alternately
with the milk. Add melted butter.
Drop on a well creased muffin
or gem pan and bake in a hot
oven for 20 minutes at 400 degrees
The Washington times., 1936-11-07
MANNERS


Dear Mrs. Beeckman:
"When a brothers boy friend is
leaving for college and stops for
few days at your home, what is
the proper way of writing him a
letter of appreciation for a box Of
candy he sent to mother?
my mother neither reads nor
writes, so have to do the writing.
1 want to write him a friendly let
ter, as he was very friendly while
staying with us.
"HOw should such a letter
start, and also what should the
ending be? How should 1 word
the sentence telling him that
am writing to thank him for
my mothers gift? IN"
Your note of thanks might be
Worded something like this:
Dear Bob:
"MOther has appointed me
her "ambaSsadreSs" to write to
The Washington times., 1936-11-07

DLASTIC Cream is the name
l. of a twenty-minute treat
ment. which is fairly new, and
should certainly be in your bag of
tricks for beauty. It's to be used be-
fore dressing for the evening.
Cleanse your face. apply Plastic
Cream and lie down and relax
for twenty minutes. While you
are resting it will whip up the
circulation, remove every trace
of waste material from the pores
and contract them to normal
size. 1t tones and tightens the
skin, erasing lines and wrinkles.
And it absorbs the dead sur
face cuticle of the skin, making
way for a new rose-petal COM
plexion. All of this because it is
based on a secret discovery by
which the most absorbent sub
stance known to science has
been converted into form that
can be used on the skin. For
permanent results. use it at night
too. 1t is SIS.
The Washington times., 1936-11-07
FaVOrite

Cranberries feature in this
weeks contest. Sir 1Uu1nerS WtLL
be chosen from cranberry recipes
sent in. These tUiH be published
and the persons sending them
1DiH each receive a cash prize
of one dollar each.
The wayS for using crdnberrteS
are increasing daily. They are
noD used not only for pie and
sauce but also in ices, salads, and
puddinqS. Send in your tdDortte
1Day to tir them. 1t may be your
recipe that will 1Din one OF the
prizes.
Our taUorite for today chosen
from recipes entered IN last
weeks contest.
ButterscOtch Upside Down Cake
l cup of brown sugar
"a cup of butter
l tablespoon of water
l cup of sliced Brazil nuts
l cup of flour
2 eggs
l cup of sugar
"a cup of hot water
l teaspoon of vanilla
~ teaspoons of baking powder
"a teaspoon, of salt
Mix the brown sugar, butter,
and water in saucepan, heat until
we'll blended. Pour this into the
cake pan. Sprinkle the nuts over
the mixture.
For the cake batter, beat the egg
yolks until light. Add the sugar.
Cream the butter. Add sugar
and egg yolks. Add the hot water
and flavoring. Stir in the flour
which has been sifted with the
soda, baking powder, and the salt.
Fold in the stiffly beaten egg
whites. Pour the batter into the
cake pan and bake so minutes in
oven set at $50 degrees. Serve with
whipped cream.
Rules for the contest: Write
on one side OF the paper only
and include your name and Gd-
dress under each recipe. As
many recipes as you 1DtSh may be
entered. Mail them to Miss Jean
Green, The Washington Times,
before n1idniqht, November z.
The Washington times., 1936-11-07
Styles

A loan from the fashions Of
Napoleonic days results in hand
some new fashions. Greed does a
Robespierre suit of black wool
with typical chopped-off tailcoat,
a high stand-up collar, and a vel
low and ulack striped satin waist
coat.
Don't forget that high style Is
the main requisite demanded from
your best hat. What about a
Spanish model in black velours,
fashioned on top like a Spanish
comb from which is draped, man
tilla like, a black chenille-dotted
veil. A cluster of deep red velvet
roses trims one side.
Cool days in the country will be
just right when you don new
suit made of heather mixture
tweed in brown and purple tones,
the jacket flocked with yellow.
The blouse, which has large saddle
stitching, is of chamois leather.
The Washington times., 1936-11-07
BY DONNA GRACE

There is no denying the fact
that we have more trouble with
brittle nails during the last few
years than we ever had before.
The first thing we hear is the
polish is at fault, and some girls
go so far as to leave it off alto
gether. Merely leaving off the
polish is at fault, and some girls
brittleneSS. There must be some
oil or cream applied or the nails
will continue to be dry and brittle.
1t is true that the wearing Of
polish constantly without any
thing to lubricate the cuticle will
result in cracked, broken nails
with some persons. When you
know that your nails are the dry
type, you may use the polish just
as you always do, but you will
have to massage the nails fre-
quently with soothing oils.
We are content to put on polish
and never think how necessary
it is for the nail to breathe as
the rest of the skin does. The
manufacturer know that the pol
ish is merely part of our nail
makeup, just as powder is to the
face, and it should be removed
from time to time in the same
way we remove other makeup.
The best time to remove the
polish is the day before the mani
cure; then massage the nails and
the cuticle thoroughly with the
creams or oils that are prepared
especially for it. Some of them
are very nice and penetrating.
Then when the nails are in good
condition all you need do to keep
them that way is to use the creams
every night. There is no need for
an elaborate massage for the
nightly creaming. Just see that
the base of the nail and the cuticle
is we'll saturated, and it will be-
come sufficiently fabricated. With
this treatment you may wear your
polish every day with no injury
to the nail structure.
There are some lovely new
shades for the fall and winter,
such as shell, geranium, crimson,
flame, the real mandarin and Chi
nese red and, of course, the
natural.
There will always be the trick
shades for costume effects, and
for unusual or glamorous effects
for evening, but for general use
they are not in good taste. Never
file the nails below the point at
the side where the free edge be-
gins. Do not make them pointed.
An oval shape is prettier.
If you care to have my Mani
cure Method 1 will be glad to send
it to you. Enclose a stamped, self.
addressed envelope for your reply
and address Donna Grace, Beauty
Editor of The Washington Times.
The Washington times., 1936-11-07

you to tell you how much She
and the rest of our family en-
jOyed having you visit us, how
happy you made us by your
friendlineSS and kindness. And
she wants me to say THANK
you" to you, a very special thank
you, for your sweetness and gen
erOuS thOughtfulnesS in send
ing her the handsome and de-
liciOuS box of candy. She was
very much touched by your gal
liant thought. and really each
of us should write you note
of thanks, for Mother shared
the sweets with us.
eve all join in heartiest and
friendIieSt wishes that this year
at college will be full of happi-
ness and success for you. And
we are looking forward to having
you visit us again whenever it
is convenient to you. We've urged
John to bring you soon!
"FriendIieSt greetings from
Mother and the rest of The Al
lens. Most Sincerely"
The Washington times., 1936-11-07

ONE OF the best buys tDe'Ue found
" yet ON Christmas cards is a
group of so cards for 81, 1Oith your
name printed on. This includes the
enuelopeS, and there are about 20
STYLES to choose from, though you
get only one style in each group.
The assortment is so UGried that
you can find PLENTY OF cards to
cypress your oDn personality or
originality, and they are OF ertrG
good quality for this price.
The Washington times., 1936-11-07
m&2~, !,
y WILMA LAVILLE
WILMA LAVILLE
Special-Next Week

0peCld1-N6XL week
GONE very special things 60
~ ing on in town next week
special prices on cosmetics
and some entirely new things
offered. Heading our list is the
news that a special representa-
tive from one of the bigger and
better cosmetic firms will be in
town starting Monday, for a
week, and will be glad to
dia agnose your complexion
troubles or needs for you.
While she is here, you will get
a grand So kit with any pur-
chase worth So in her line. The
kit contains generous portions
of cleansing cream, skin fresh
ener, powder, rouge, lipstick,
smooth-skin oil, and a very spe-
cial dry skin mixture, which,
to quote, "is drop of Heaven
to the women suffering from
dry, thirsty skin" 1t is called
the 'Here Dwells Youth Kit,
and Miss Nichols is the name of
the consultant, who is quite an
authority on beauty problems,
so be sure not only to see her,
but to take advantage of the
splendid opportunity to get the
kit free with purchase.
The Washington times., 1936-11-07

Fruit muffinS also come in inf
mite variety. There are raiSin mut-
fins, banana mullins or apricot
muffinS. They are delicious hot
and also are popular toasted or
used for a sandwich in the lunch
on the morrow.
The simplest way to prepare the
cheese biscuit is to melt for each
biscuit one teaspoon of cheese and
butter. Pour this mixture on top
of the ordinary baking powder bis
cult. The cheese melts and pene-
trateS, giving flavor to the biscuit.
This simple trick presents hot
bread that has the impression OF
real culinary skill.
This recipe is worth the time
needed for it's preparation. The
hot cheese biscuits come to the
table in the shape Of golden brown
pin wheels.
CHEESE BISCUITS
2 cups of flour
4 teaspoons of baking powder
y teaspoon Of salt
% cup of milk
4 tablespoons Of butter
/ cup of grated cheese
Sift the measured flour with
the baking powder, salt. Sift again.
Cut in the shortening. Add the
milk all at once, stir in and beat
vigorously for 30 seconds. Turn
out Immediately on a slightly
floured board.
Roll into oblong sheets 1s-inch
thick. Brush with melted butter.
Spread the cheese evenly over
the dough. Sprinkle with salt and
paprika. Roll as a jelly roll. Cut
each strip into A-inch slices and
place the slices Ola a creased bak-
ing sheet. Bake in hot oven (425
degrees) for Is minutes.
HOT NUT BREAD
2 cups of flour
4 teaspoons of baking powder
y teaspoon of salt
4 tablespoons Of butter
l egg
1-3 cup of sugar
/ cup of pecan meats
l cup milk
Sift the measured flour with the
baking powder, sugar and salt.
Beat the egg. Add the milk and egg
to the dry ingredients. Add melted
butter. Beat for 80 seconds. Pour
into muffin tins filling about two
thirds full and bake for Is min
utes in a hot oven 400 degrees.
SWEET APRICOT MUFFINS
2 cups of flour
4 teaspoons of baking powder
y teaspoon of salt
% cup of milk
2 eggs
"a cup Of sugar
4 tablespoons of butter
IL dried apricot halves
4 tablespoons of brown sugar
2 tablespoons of butter
Soak the apricots in cold water
for 80 minutes. Sift the flour
with the dry ingredients. Cream
the butter and sugar. Add the
beaten eggs. Add the milk and
flour alternately. Stir only until
we'll mixed.
Place an apricot half in each
muffin tin. Sprinkle with brown
sugar and dots of butter. Drop
the batter by spoonfuls on the
apricots. Bake in hot oven (4O0
degrees) for 20 minutes.
ORANGE BISCUITS
2 cups of flour
4 teaspoons of baking powder
u teaspoon of salt
a +ohleSnoonS of h1Itter
The Washington times., 1936-11-07
OceIot Cape

A practical girl will like the
ensemble which sports a big. wide,
deep cape of ocelot. The cape is
lined in green to match the simple
green woolen dress.
The Washington times., 1936-11-07
FAINT HEART"

Dear Miss Fairfax:
Call me a coward il you like,
but / am quitting because l do
not care to fall more deeply in
love with a certain girl. Charm
ing, flirtatiOuS, beautiful-every-
one falls for her. And 1 do not
care to be just another scalp
dangling at her belt.
"At the present time, my feel
ing for her is a sort of agreeable
madness, but if 1 go on with the
adOring squad any farther than
1 have at present, goodness only
knows what would happen to me.
"Then have wild moments
thinking 1 shall run along with
the pack, and then say John!
be sensible, and let well enough
alone
GUST JOHN"
I shall have to quote the verse
I've quoted many times in this
column to young men who seem
to lack courage in matters of the
heart.
"He either fears his fate too
much,
Or his deserts are small,
That dares not put it to the
touch
To gain or lose it all.
The Washington times., 1936-11-07

.ightA We'll
FORGET
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX


Dear Miss Fairfax:
1--WE went together for two
years. / am 10, and she is two
years older. This summer she went
on her vacation for two months,
and when l saw her after she got
back, she acted very cool to me
and told me she was engaged to a
man in her home town.
81 tried to be a good sport and
act as il it meant nothing to me,
bade her gOOd-by and left her. AS
1 am really very much in love with
her, and hoped some day we would
be married, / am much disap-
pointed.
1--WE tried to forget by going to
dances, and being attentive to
other girls, but l just don't seem
to be able to take an interest in
them.
LONE WOLF"
You'll have to wait little
and see what time does for you.
my dear Lone Wolf. OF course,
everything looks blacker than
the pit at the moment, but keep
on going to dances and seeing
other girls, and after a while
you will begin to forget.
Nineteen is pretty young to
make up your mind about any
thing as important as marriage,
especially when the girl is older.
I shouldn't be surprised if you
wouldn't, in time, regard this
as a successful calamity.
The Washington times., 1936-11-07
New Kinds Just AS Easy
To Make AS Usual
Plain Biscuit
Bv JEAN GREEN

If members of your family appear bored with the usual
breakfast menu then try serving kind of hot bread
like cheese biscuits hot nut bread.
These hot breads really difficult to make than
the usual plain variety of baking powder biscuit But the
grated cheese and the nuts lend attraction to them They
add anneal to the dulest breakfast.
The Washington times., 1936-11-07

rOr names Of stores showing
the items described here. call
District 1000, Extension 459,
during business hours, or write
Miss LaviIIe at The Times. in
closing stamped. self-addreSsed
envelope.
The Washington times., 1936-11-07
EVIL TONGUES

"Dear Miss Fairfax:
"My husband seems to idOlize
our twO-mOnths-old baby and me;
yet something is wrong. Several
people have told me that he isn't
true to me. I've tried not to be-
lieve them, and still he acts SO
differently toward me than he did
when we were first married.
my parents thought we were
too young to marry, as he was only
18 and 1 II, but / have never re-
gretted it. 1 love him dearly. And
still, this suspense is driving me
crazy.
"He goes out after he eats his
supper, and sometimes never tells
me where he is going. He denies
being with another girl when 1 &C
cuse him of it. Do you think he
is treating his baby boy and me
fairly? DOUBTFUL"
A young mother with a two
months-old baby, particularly if
she is nursing him, should have
peace of mind, or it is more than
likely her anxiety will react on
the child. But very young
husband does not realize this, or
he would not endanger the health,
mental and physical, of his wife
and child.
You tell me your husband
idolizes you and the baby. Con
centrate on this, and do not listen
to the idle gossip Of neighbors.
If you investigated your hus-
bands absence, you would prob
ably discover he does nothing
worse than play cards or a game
of pool.
The Washington times., 1936-11-07
GOOD ADVICE
r Miss Fairfax.

engaged TO leu was GNc nappAcSG
girl in the world, but now / be-
Iieve am the most miserable. Dis
cipIine and more discipline, for a
whole year, and I'm beginning to
rebel.
"If 1 want to go to certain
movie, Ted insists on going to
another. If 1 want to call on some
friends, we must stay home. Father
gave me a piano as an engagement
present, and Ted wants me to re-
turn it, saying piano is necessary
only for a concert pianist. When
1 told this to father, saying that
Ted suggested my selling the
piano, father thought it would be
wiser if l broke the engagement
rather than be utterly wretched
for life.
"When told my fiance this he
said that discipline is good for
everyone. But why should one
partner in a marriage be diSci-
plined and not the other? I'm be-
ginning to agree with father. Yet,
when 1 think of breaking my en-
gagement I'm very unhappy, be-
cause Ted has many good points.
lola"
If you're convinced you're really
in love with this young man, tell
him the time has now come for
you to hand out the discipline,
and let him have it good and
plenty. Hold the check rein on
him, as he has held it on you. But
it's extremely doubtful if you
could continue to hold it after
marriage You'd better weigh your
fathers advice carefully.
The Washington times., 1936-11-07

If you care to have my Mani
cure Method 1 will be glad to send
it to you. Enclose a stamped, self
addressed envelope for your reply
and address Donna Grace, Beauty
Editor of The Washington Times.
The Washington times., 1936-12-10
THOMAS URGES
MEMORIAL IN
ANAC0ST|A

Selection Of q site for the
Thomas jefferson Memorial at
the junction Of East Capitol Street
and the AnacoStia River Is fav-
ored by Senator Elbert D. Thomas
(D0, Of Utah.
Senator Thomas, who is a mem
Der Of the commission formed to
decide upon the design and To-
cation of the memorial, stated to-
day that so far the commission
had under consideration at least
six sites.
They include the AnacostiA
site. which he favors; the Tidal
Basin, a site on Sixteenth Street
extended, Lincoln Park, a site di-
rectly across the mall from the
Archives Building and site half
way between and on a direct line
with the Capitol and the Wash
ington Monument.
In expressing his preference for
the Anacostia site, Senator
Thomas said:
"If you are going to develop
Washington as q greater and
grander city, you should extend
1t In the places not touched upon
before"
He explained that the land In
the area he favored would be the
cheapest to secure but, far above
that, would be the fact that the
city would then be developed along
its grand axis which extends
from the Lincoln Memorial at
the Potomac River along the line
Of the Washington Memorial, the
White House directly to the Ana
costa River.
The Washington times., 1936-12-10
SPAIN REVOLT,
!. SCRIBE E'ST0P|C

Spain in peace and in revolution
: will be described to members of
the National Geographic Society
at Constitution Hall tomorrow
night by Robert Neville, New York
newspaperman who spent many
{ vacations in that country.
Neville was in Seville when the
revolution broke out last July. He
remained in the city, watching de-
velopmentS until lit got too hot"
for him, so he left for Granada.
He was enjoying his stay in the
famous old Spanish city until six
attendants at his hotel were killed
in the lobby by flying fragments
of aerial bombs aimed at the city.
Then he sought safety by taking
q German plane to, Gibraltar
where he boarded the U. S. S. Okla
homa.
The lecture will be illustrated
with motion pictures, many of
them giving the latest portrayal
OF what is happening in the war
torn country. - s>r.