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you know? Do you always make it a
point to go and talk to them during a
party, so that they may not feel too
left out of things? Are you meticulous
about making the calls that the older
generation considers important?
Do you look unmitigated bores
squarely in the eye and give them your
undivided attention, no matter how
fascinating the group is on the other
side of the room?
Do you keep quiet and let others
talk without horning-in impatiently,
to get your opinions across before the
air has ceased vibrating with the last
statement? Do you keep still as a
mouse at concerts, or do you lean over
to whisper excitedly about the over
dressed stranger who has just come
in? Are you always silent and at
tentive at the theater and at lectures?
Have you never been one Of group OF
women at their child'S school play
that chartered necessarily during the
juvenile performance?
A ND-think well-have you never
"a been guilty Of being late to a
luncheon or dinner? Have you never
said: "Oh, we'll, if she said S:15 she
really meant $50, SO quarter to .
will do?"
Don't you put your elbows on the
table, and curve your spine double,
and refuse dishes that are passed to
you If you don't like them, and. some
times, talk with your mouth full?
Do you bother to wait and see If your
hostess minds smoking before the
salad course? Are you always terribly
careful to tamp out your cigarette.
and not to get lipstick on the damaSk
napkins?
And have you never "cussed cuss"
when the phone rang once too often.
or the maid neglected to tell an un-
welcome caller you were not at home?
And have you never been guilty of
bullying some weaker pal into doing
a lot of your dirty work for you?
Have you always considered the feel
ings and welfare of those who work
in your home?
Maybe you rate perfect on this
queStionnaire. If you do, then take
out an insurance policy. for the good,
it is said, die young. But. more than
likely, you won't have to worry about
that!
Oh, yes, we've got to teach our chill
dren manners. And the teaching has
to be done over and over again to
become effective. But it wouldn't have
to be done over and over quite so
much If we only practiced what we
preached a little more. Precepts are
all right-but examples are q whole
lot betterl
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kSV OOK here, Kitty, brought
you down here to see Santa
Claus, not to take a bath!
- Stop washing yourself and
say something. I don't believe you
care what you get for Christmas. Do
you realize that it's just around the
corner? Let's 60 up and speak to
Santa Claus. No. OF course, he isn't
q mouse, silly. If he were, you wouldn't
get anywhere by making q meal Of
him. All rightl Just as you say. Wen
walk around first and look at the pres
ents, then we can speak to Santa Claus
afterward.
Come over here. How do you like
this nice bark-covered scratching post?
See? It has q catnip mouse attached
to the top Of it. think you should get
something like that. You'd rather use
the ironing board? No doubt! Look,
here's q scratching post that's fabric
coveredl Close your eyes and try it
out. You'd think you were clawing on
the best furniture In the house. Like
to have Santa bring you that? Fine!
Put 1t on your list. think it's good
idea myself.
Where are you going? Oil Catnip.
It's in that red ball? Don't scratch!
Let me see it. It opens this way so
that the insides can De filled up with
fresh catnip. Herei Take 1t, for good
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Cooking Hint.

When you are cooking rice, macaroni
or sphaghetti, they win not boil over
"the minute your back is turned" If
you wipe the saucepan down about ;
inches from the top with glycerine.
Celery tops when dried make good
fiavoring for soups and stews. Dry
thoroughly and put into glass jars;
store in dry place.
Sugar for fried cakes should be
dissolved in the milk to prevent cakes
from absorbing the grease while fry
ing. The temperature Of the fat must
also be right.
To warm over biscuits, mufins or
rolls, sprinkle lightly with water. place
pan containing them in o pan Of hot
water and put In oven . few minutes.
Evening star., 1936-12-19
MRS. THOMAS W. G.

Answer-1t depends upon the wife's
intelligence and discretion; upon what
kind of business or profession her hus-
band is engaged in and upon her hus-
bands attitue in the matter.
There are some women who have
good business heads, sound judgment,
an intuition that amounts almost to
genius and who know how to keep
their tongues silent whose husbands
can profitably conflde to them every
detail of their affairs Such a wife Is
far more responsible for her husbands
success than he is. There are other
women whose meddling in their hus-
bands business is always disastrous.
They have no instinct for money-mak-
ing. They stir up jealousies and break
up partnerships and they spoil every
pie into which they put their fingers.
If a man Is lawyer, a doctor, .
preacher, beauty specialist or en-
gagged in any business in which his
relations with his patrons are con-
fidential, his wife has no right to
know anything whatever about his
business. He knows other peoples
secrets and he has no right to tell
his wife about just what ails Mrs.
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until we are blue
in the face about
their good be-
havior when at.
tending the the
ater, and we tell
them repeatedly
that under no
c ir C u m stances
must they ever
keep any one
waiting at any
time-leaSt of all
q host or hostess.
We fuss about
( a BILE manners
U n TIL all the
Measure diSa D.
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was a carpenter many of the parts
Of his clocks were made of wood. After
he and his helpers had made up a
batch of clocks he would get on his
horse, tie the clocks to his saddle and
ride through the country selling them
to the New England farmers. They
cost $40 apiece, and their purchase
usually came after as much dickering
and trading as it takes to sell an au-
tomobile today.
AS the business proSpered, Terry
and his assistant, Seth Thomas, be-
gan making parts for their clocks by
machinery. This enabled them to
lower the price of their clocks and
thus began the development which is
Americas greatest contribution to
clock and watch making-the produc-
ton of good timepieces which every
one can afford to buy, through mass
production methods.
In Europe, parts of clocks and
by hand. One family would produce
certain part, and that only; it was
a craft which was handed down from
one generation to another. Manu-
facturers would buy these parts and
assemble them into watches. This is
still done to some extent in SwitZer.
land. In the United States the great
clock and watch factories, most Of
which are still in New England, pro-
duce thousands of units a day, ma
chine-made with scientific accuracy;
and they have brought their product
within reach of almost every ones
purse.
THIS, in brief, IS the story Of the
watch and the clock. Recent
developments have been along the line
of greater precision, without any basic
change in design. We have clocks
used in scientific institutions which
run true to a decimal fraction of o
second, and pocket watches which
never vary minute year. We have
electric clocks, which are mostly clocks
in which the impulse is transmitted
to the hands by electricity, or in which
an electric device is used to wind up
the weights or springs. There are
chromium plated clocks and platinum
watches; luminous dials, and severely
moderniStic cases instead of the old.
time elaborate ornament.
But fundamentally, watches and
clocks have not departed from the
principles developed by the old me-
dieval craftsmen. And good clocks
and watches are not just pieces of
mechanism, but jewels, as they have
always been-prized possessions and
valued gifts. There has been no
change in that, from the remote day
when the Caliph Haroun al-Rashid
presented the Emperor Charlemagne
with an ingenious water-clock, down
to today. when a girl thrills over q
wrist watch, Christmas present from
her sweetheart, or a young man
proudly displays the watch which Is
a gift from his family on his 2lst
birthday anniversary.
It's long story, that of our time
keepers-almost as long as that II
humanity itself. For time is always
with us and We are always going to
want some means of measuring it!
Editors note: This is the last
in series of articles on the his
f0rs, ~ rIocLS dnd sp1frboc
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which was q habit of watches up to
that time. The Swiss, who were
skilled in handicrafts, took naturally
duStry which flourishes to the present
day, notably in the cities Of Geneva
and Neuchatel
Thomas Tompion, 'the father of
English Matchmaking" who was the
leading matchmaker at the court Of
ing part of watches in a very indif-
ferent condition and left English
clocks and watches among the best
in the world, although great improve
mentS were made after his time. In
1704 Nicholas Facio, a Swiss doing
business in London, introduced jeweled
bearings into the mechanism. Jewels
are not put inside a watch for looks;
they are used as bearings because
they almost never wear out and be-
cause they reduce friction to mini
num- This lessened friction makes it
possible to use a smaller mechanism
and a weaker handspring.
In the eighteenth century, still
further improvements were made.
Watches became really reliable-and
very much thinner; in fact, the watch
as we know it is mainly an eighteenth
century development. George Graham
invented the dead-beat escapement,
which bellies its name by working very
well indeed. The marine chronometer,
an extremely accurate clock for use
on shipboard, was perfected by John
Harrison and some of its features
were soon incorporated into fine
watch movements.
WATCHMAKERS were by this time
w concentrating on precision rather
than on making their products fanci-
full and intricate; yet they would cut
loose occasionally and produce some
thing really astonishing. About 1900
William Hughes, a London watch
maker, produced musical watch
nearly inches in diameter. 1t had
carlton of six bells, which played a
tune at each hour On the face OF
the watch, above the dial, was a scene
depicting a bridge over a waterfall.
On the hour little figures passed over
the bridge, and twisted glass rods set
beneath it turned, giving the appear
ance Of falling water. This watch
was purchased by the Emperor of
China and was found in the Summer
palace at Pekin when European
troops sacked it after the Boxer Re-
bellion.
In America clocks and watches were
made during the Colonial period, and
some of the grandfather clocks pro-
duced at that time are still in ex-
iStence. But the industry really got
its start after the Revolution, and
Yankee ingenuity soon gave New
England a lead which it has main
tanned ever since. Simon Willard Of
Boston was one of the foremost of
these early craftsmen. His fine grand
father clocks stood in many prosper
GUS Massachusetts, home. He also in
troduced the banjo clock" which
was really a small pendulum clock
to be fastened on the wall-a type
which became popular at once and has
renamed so. Simon Willard's clocks
are eagerly sought after today by an
tique collectors
A MOTHER early American clock
maker Of note was a Connecticut
carpenter named Eli Terry. He made
clocks because to most people of that
day clock was a necessity, while a
watch was luxury; and because he
Evening star., 1936-12-19
Christmas Cards Go Modern.

One OF the most striking things
about the 1896 Christmas cards Is the
extent to which they have gone mod
ern." Not that you can expect to
see the bizarre, extravagant motifs
and fantastic cubes and triangles Of
the so-called modernistic designs that
formerly made q bid for favor, but
designs that are definitely keyed in
thought and feeling to the straight
forward simplicity Of ths new modern
school -
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PRECEPTS ARE GOOD BUT EXAMPLES ARE FAR BET
First Mass Production
Took Clocks and Watches
Out Of Luxury Glass
Basic Principles of Modern Timepieces
Much the Same as Those Devel-
Oped in 1900.
BY EUGENE GUILD.

THE leOOs the manufacture OF watches had passed from the lock
smiths toymakers a
wachmakers together
the
developed
then i
Evening star., 1936-12-19

pattern book. Make yourself at
tractive, practical and becoming
clothes, selecting designs from the
Barbara Bell wel1-planned. easy-to-
make patterns.
Evening star., 1936-12-19
In Teaching Children
It Is Well to Practice
That Which We Preach
Youngsters Cannot Be Expected to Keer
Up to Standard Without
Parental Assistance.
BY BETSY CASWELL.

Y the into children We
~ preach the principles Of department at them until their ears are
politely little friends tell them rise Immediately
md the when they them.
still older
sonsar talking or music
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TH1S pleasing coat model Is so
simple in line that there need
be no fears at all about sewing
- 1t, especially if you follow the
step-by-step instructions given in the
Barbara Bell sew chart. One-piece
raglan sleeves, one-piece back and
the two fronts, that's all there is to
the coat. The collar and facing are
easily put together by matching the
notches. Finish it of with six but
tons and there you are, with prac-
tical and stylish coat for your daugh-
teri For materials try tweed, hubby
woolen or, for little girls, velveteen.
Barbara Bell pattern No. 1964-B Is
available for sizes 6, 8, 10, IL, IA and
16. Size 10 requires two yards of 54-
inch material and little less for the
lining.
send Is cents for the Barbara Bell
Evening star., 1936-12-19

~ EAR MISS DIX: How much
should a wife know about her
husbands business? How
- persistent should she be in
seeking this information if her hus-
band does not seem to want her to
know of his affairs?
MRS. THOMAS w. G.
Evening star., 1936-12-19

Editors note: This is the last
in q series OF articles on the his
tory of clocks and matches.
Evening star., 1936-12-19

being played, or when some perform
ance Is being given. We lecture them
Evening star., 1936-12-19
BY MARY ALLEN HOOD.

Y OOK here, Kitty, I brought
you down here to see Santa
l Claus, not to take a bathl
The Washington times., 1936-04-13
C0L.R. D. BLACK
F0UND.DEAD;
PROBE ON

NEW YORK, April IS QN.S0.
An autopsy was to be performed
today on the body Of Col. Roger D.
Black, Of washington, D. c.. re-
tired Army engineer and execu-
tive Of Public Works Administra-
ton projects, who was found dead
under mysterious circumstances
yesterday in his room in the Hotel
Woodstock.
Col. Blacks body was found
lying on his bed, fully clothed, ex-
cept for shoes and collar A small
scratch on his left cheek and an
other scratch on the left hand
puzzled police, as did the fact that
his black Army regulation silk
necktie was wound and knotted
about his left wrist, although
there was no wound under the tie.
Acting Chief Medical Examiner
Gonzales refused to express an
opinion on the cause Of death,
pending the outcome Of the au-
topSy
The Washington times., 1936-04-13
Hearing Due Today
In Fatal SHOOTING

ALEXANDRIA, Va, April IS.
Charged with fatally shooting her
husband at their home in the 100
block Of Queen st. here yesterday,
Winnie Howard, 40year-old col
ored woman will be given q pre-
liminary hearing in police court
today.
She told the police that she shot
the man, Ezekial Howard, 81, after
he had broken in the house with
intent to attack her. The couple
had been separated for sometime.
The Washington times., 1936-04-13
ROW OVER LIBRARY

erected in 1890, was to be
remodeled, the row started. Some
persons demanded that the build
ing be torn down and a modern
structure erected.
Others pointed to the historic
background and declared that the
building should be left intact. Of
ficials entered the dispute by say
ing that Q part Of the building
would have to be cut away to make
room for widening O street.
The Washington times., 1936-04-13

FREDERICK, Md, April 13.
Frederick not only has the money
for q memorial library but also q
fine civic row on its hands.
A 100000 trust fund to estab-
ish the library, left by the late
G. Burr Artz, has just come into
the hands Of the trustees and the
historic Frederick Academy, To-
Gated on Court Square, has been
decided to them for the library
building.
When it was announced the oil
The Washington times., 1936-04-13
Baseball Signals
Give Court RULINGS

KAHOKA, Mo-, April 10. - At
torney Wilfred Jones just couldn't
hear the rulings Of Judge Wal
ter A. Higbee when opposing
counsel made objections. The
Judge, thereupon, adopted the
baseball umpire'S signals for
Jones' benefit. He jerked his
thumb up and back In the "out''
signal for sustained" and spread
his palm down as safe" for "oVer-
ruled"
The Washington times., 1936-04-13
TO MARK
18TH YEAR

ALEXANDRIA, Va, April -.
Celebration Of its fifteenth ami
versary will be observed here to-
morrow evening by the Alexandria
Professional and Business Wom-
ems Club, with its annual meeting
and election Of officers featuring
the program.
Meeting in the George Mason
Hotel at z o'clock, the group will
hear reports on its activities dur
ing the past year and discuss plans
for the ensuing year.
The Washington times., 1936-04-13
Mexico SEXES 80
In Train Bombing

MEXICO CITY, April 13
U.NS0.-Thirty leaders Of the
Mexican workers organization
known as Crom were arrested to-
day on charges of completely in
the recent bombing Of a railway
train near Paso Del Macho. The
group are all heutenantS Of Luis
N. MoroneS, former cabinet mem
her expelled two days ago with
former President Gales.
The Washington times., 1936-04-13
1886 Farm Loans
Over $66,OOO,OOO

Federation Production Credit
Corporation loaned farmers over
500, 000, 900 during the first three
months Of this year. the Farm
Credit Administration announced
yesterday. This is an increase Of
20 per cent in dollar volume and
10 per cent in number Of loans
over the first quarter Of 1895.
The Washington times., 1936-04-13
Ny!ii!!ilEF9EY5O!5IF.tl
E3!f:tx:13f3s3

To aid IN restoring natural lustre
and q smooth softness to your hair,
there's nothing quite like a shampoo
the Cuticura way. Rub medicated
Cutieura Ointment into the sealp-leava
overnight Thea wash with rich, hthery
Cutieurn Soap and warm water. Rinse well.
Wonderfully effective, because Of Cutieura'a
emollient, soothing qualities. Removes
scales of dandruf and promotes hxuriant
hair growth. Buy Cutieura ct your drug.
Rist's today. Soap only 26e. Ointment 26c.
The Washington times., 1936-04-13
Engineers Meet

The Washington Chapter, Amer.
lean Society Of Engineers, will
meet in the empire room, Shore
ham Hotel, Wednesday ats p. m.
The Washington times., 1936-04-13

the wiskey meets the following requirements:
Every drop must be straight whkey least four years
in the wood ..<
Every drop be distilled in the United States stored
and rpened the United States and bottled under the u S.
Government supervision.
The Washington times., 1936-04-13

. Every drop must be 100 proof:
No other SUhiSkey in the
World has TO meet such q
raid set Of sEGWdGrEs.
But even among American bottled in
bond Whistles, there is a difference
for the quality of the whiskey as finally
bottled is determined first of all by the
skill and care with which it is distilled
and You can safely count on these
when. you see the National Distillers
emblem ON the label
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CHILDREN TO GET
DENTAL EXAMS
Free Tests to Be Feature of
Child Health May Day
Clinic.

Free dental examination for chill.
dren is one of several featured May
day activities announced by DR.. Hugh
J. Davis, chairman Of the Child Health
May Day Clinic.
Under plans for the examination
reviewed by DR.. George F. Kane and
DR.. ]. F. Manley, children selected by
proper authorities will be taken In
volunteer cars to Georgetown Univer-
sity Hospital, where 100 operating
chairs have been reserved for the
periods from 10 to IL am. and l to
4 pm. A similar plan is to be In
effect at Howard University and at
several private offices, it was an
rounced by DR.. c. Thurston Ferebee
Of the Robert T. Freeman Dental
Society.
A survey Of pre-school children
with physical defects will be begun
soon, according to Mrs. Lucien Jor-
dan of the Parent Teacher Associa-
ton.
Athletic Contests.
Miss Sybil Baker, director of public
Fairgrounds, has announced prepare
ton Of an extensive schedule of May
day athletic contests and games for
boys and girls. Maypole dances and
indoor health plays and exercises are
included on this program of activi-
ties, which is to be under supervision
of playground directors.
One of a series Of health talks
sponsored in high schools by the Dis
trict tuberculosis Association will be
given on May day at Woodrow Wilson
High School. These meetings are to
continue throughout May, it was an
nounced.
Other Events Scheduled.
Among other activities scheduled
are the presentation Of basket OF
flowers to Mrs. Roosevelt by Wash
ington school children, public con-
ference on child social security by the
Council of Social Agencies, the an
nual dinner meeting Of the Social Hy-
giene Society and radio broadcast
of the days plans by the District Med
ical Society.
Other agencies participating in the
days activities are the Children's
Bureau, the Health Department., the
Child Welfare Department of Chill
dren's Hospital, the Instructive Visit
ing Nurse Society, the Washington
Heart Association, the Society for the
Prevention of Blindness, the Christ
Child Society, the Maryland-Virginia
Milk Producers Association. the Boy
and Girl Scouts, the Y. w. c. A. ano
the Y. M. c. A.
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MOVING, PACKING & STORAGE.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

ANDERSON VAN SERVICE. WOODWARD
Bldg Natl. 1870. Low rates ". Y. Boston
Chicago Fla ST. Louis. Local moving.
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WANTED-SALESMEN.

THE HEIGHT COMPANY
Requires the services of a
high-type sales representa-
tive for their oil burner and
gas range department. Abil-
ity more important than ex-
perience. Phone National
2357 after 10 am. Tuesday
for appointment with Mr..
Swongner.
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ATTENTION, MEN.
able men with b. Z 6. drivers permits. Sal
airy. $3.50 per week, plus commissions;
Possible earnings. $40 to $40 week: no
selling: Apply between and only. 1855
BY F ST. STORE, bookkeep-
ing machine operator who is
also a stenographer. Must be
experienced. Permanent posi-
ton; good salary; references.
Address Box 1926, Star
Office.
JEWELRY SALESMAN.
One who is interested in a
permanent first-class connec-
ton with a Washington
store. Address Box 449-G,
Star Office.
ASST. FLOOR MANAGER.
Permanent positions in a
local store for young men
who are forward-looking and
not afraid to work for a fu-
ture. State age. Address Box
450-G, Star Office.
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HELP-DOMESTIC.

COOK colored. and nrst-noor worker stay
nights. Apply 26O2 Conn. ave.
HOUSEMAN experienced. Must have driv-
ers license. also city reference. Phone
Adams 0S17.
GIRL. young white; must be experienced
for general housework; stay nights; good
salary. Phone Emerson 9271.
GIRL. colored for housework: stay. nights.
Apply 40 Surrey ST.. Somerset. Nd. Wis
consin 4111. Mrs. Greenberg.
MOTHERS HELPER two small children:
young. settled white girl; stay nights: small
salary. Apply between and pm. Mon
day. 1e1 18th st. Sc. Ant. 2.
SETTLED WOMAN. with reference. expert
enced in cooking: good laundress; sleep in;
$50 month. Wise. 1850. Bethesda. Mo.
WHITE GIRL wanted for general house
work; no Sunday cooking; sleep In; S2o
WHITE WOMAN competent. reliable. gem
place near Washington; good wages and
permanent position to satisfactory appli.
cant. Address Box 3sS-E, Star ONCE. 20s
WOMAN white. between 30 and 80; must
have pleasant disposition: housework cook
ing. look after sick wife: family OF two:
room. board. So week; good home. BIZ
X st. ne.
WOMAN colored. over %. first-class cook
and cleaner. no laundry; must stay nights:
SIS week; refs. Phone Georgia 6346
after $40.
WOMAN general housework; 2 children:
and 9: stay nights; upstairs room. 80
week. 410 E. Leland St, Chevy Chase. NC.
WHITE WOMAN
For general housework and cooking. Apply
to 1249 Oates st. ne.
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FARM AND GARDEN.

5 VIRGINIA work horses and mares
saddle horses l good big mule. Rea