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 we would not freeze. We huddl- ed together as close as we could and tried to keep warm.
 Tt had turned very cold in the meantime, and ice had be- gun to form on the ocean. The third day we were fast in the ice and bowling blizzard was blowing. The people in the town of Solomon said it was one of the worst storms of the winter. A Jap froze to death on the trail that night near their town.
 We were not wishing for Pa mama hats, BVD's and duck trousers. Instead, we huddled more closely together and beat a devils tattoo with our teeth. The launch was ruined and would sink the minute it got loose from the ice that was hold ing it up. So we took the dory and fixed two ropes on each side and with men on the bow and stern, we started over the new formed ice for the shore.
 We could just see the top of Fourth of July mountain, back of Solomon, and we made for that point. AS far as the eye could see was ice, and the tide and wind had piled it up as high as houses in many places. The dory was heavy and the going slow as we did not want to break through and get wet Then one does not make fast time when pulling a big boat over the ice hummocks But we had started for shore and that was something.
 When I went aboard the ill., fated craft, l supposed she had some provisions aboard She had. One case of cream, two cases of fruit and 50 cents worth of hard tack. Among the freight was a barrel of bottled beer and a keg of Whiskey. I was taking about ten pounds of steak with me for my brother Jim We put the meat and hardtack in an oil can and with the aid of the torches cook ed it up and it tasted fine.
 Our water gave out and we opened the barrel of beer, but it had frozen and broken all the bottles but twenty. So, when we left for shore, we had cream, fruit and beer. Let me say right here that beer may be all right. and I guess it is. but I would have traded the Pabst Brewery and the whole fame of MilWauk- ee for two minutes with my head attached to the discharge pipe of McKucick's spring. We were not as strong or as ambitious as Well-fed men would have been still it was a game that had to be played to the end, and it was one in which to shirk meant you were not only untrue to yourself, but cheating your fellow men.
 we were not over Is or twen ty miles from shore, and the fact that we were 68 hours coming in will give you some idea of the going The first night after
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leaving the launch we laid down side by side with our coats over us to see if we could get a little rest and sleep. In a couple of hours the engineer awoke and he was all wet. The ice the dory was on had gradually sunk down and the dory leaked We were all more or less wet and after bail ing the boat out we started az ain.
 The ice in some places would hold us up and we would pull the boat over it; then we would find a place where it would not hold us up and we would shove the dory up on the ice and all walk forward and break it down and then repeat. This was very slow work. Then we would work in to where we could break the ice with the oars and we made better time. It seemed to us the tide was carrying us out as fast as we were working in
 We finally reached a place where the ice had broken up and had leads through it, then we could row some and we felt as if we were making good time.
 "The night before we got to the shore we could see lights fash ed from Topkuk Point, and we thought it but a few miles away. We were sure we could hear dogs barking-it was seals. Our spir- it's rose high and we worked harder than ever and daylight came to show us near the shore and we were all happy. But somehow, l don't know nor could anyone explain, we got in to a current that took us out miles before we noticed it. It was discouraging, but we soon struck lead thru the ice and made good progress. Then the lead closed and we were in slush ice Our stock of provisions was getting very low and we were nearly dead for sleep, and some tired. One of the men gave up. His hands were worn quite good deal and he was not used to hard work anyway. Kind of tough to see man give up that way, so we patted him on the back and talked to him like a Dutch Uncle. No use. We had to reverse >the dory, as the bow was all cut from the ice. We worked thru the slush ice and got into another good lead, and this took us near to shore. By this time we were getting weak and light-headed and our minds were not working very good. We would imagine all kinds of diff erent things I know I was row. ing, or thought I was, and I be- gan to feel warm and cozy.
 I'd see angels and cupids hov- ering over roast turkeys and well-laden tables, and the air was filled with music and per fume, and then someone kicked me and told me to row. I had gone to sleep, the worst thing that could happen to anyone. The seals would come up behind us and I never saw anything in my life that looked so big and ferocious as they did. I was af- raid they would attack the boat and tip us over and you know they are only three feet long and
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White House
Children

Here is a book about children
for children that is bound to prove
popular.
It is Frances Cavanah's volume
on Children of the White House,"
illustrated by Genevieve Foster.
It starts out with the stories Of
the First Presidents family and
brings the reader right up to the
stories about Sistie and Buzzie
Dali.
Johnny Smith, the grandson Of
John Adams, Mary DonelSon, Tad
Lincoln, Jesse Grant, and quentin
Roosevelt are just few of the IA
nous ones mentioned.
The book contains IS illustra-
tons and was written with a view
to catching the attention of boys
and girls between the ages of seven
and twelve.
("Children of the White House."
by Frances Cavanah, published by
Rand McNally & Coz
VOTE AMERIcAN-
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picks up and becomes an absorb
ing volume.
Fortunately, Mr.. Walpole pune
tuateS his scenes with telling
"Side-glances" of each character.
This enables the reader to un-
! derStand what went before and
his interest mounts accordingly.
The action, pure and simple, has
to do with a young woman who
SurrenderS her iIlegitimate child
to his paternal grandfather in
order to work for the good Of
the world. Ten years go by.
The woman becomes very GER
tain of herself. The boy grows to
his twelfth year and the kindly,
congenial old gentleman" becomes
obsessed with the idea Of making
a great man of his grandson. This,
of course, brings in that breath
from the Barretts of Wimpole
Street with the cutting off Of the
child from all contact with the
outside world
In Victorian days they would
have called "the kindly, congenial
old gentleman" tyrant. In more
modern times he would have been
known as another MuSSolin1.
Hitler had nothing on him.
His methods were ruthless,
hynotic and pretty nearly fool
proof. We say pretty nearly be-
cause they failed when the woman
who "was not meant to be a
mother" found an unexpected soft
spot in the spectacle of her son
being used to foster an old mans
egotism. Just how and when you
should discover for yourself. Wal
pole makes it tale worth read
ing.
GA Prayer For My Son." an en-
crossing novel by Hugh Walpole.
Published by Doubleday Doran.)
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Machia VeIl's
Conclusions

To quote Mussolini: "Machi
avelli'S doctrine is more living to-
day than it was four centuries
ago." Hence a handbook on
'Machiavelli and His Times" such
as Dutton has just published, u
destined for the public at large az
well as students Of Florentine his
tory.
AS a matter of fact some
people aver that to understand
"Machiavelli" is to understand
Ill Duce. Not, of course, that
MuSsolini is Machiavelli REIN
carnated but simply that the man
who influenced Savonarola and
Cesare Borgia in the days Of
the de MediciS when Columbus
was on the verge of discovering
America and Michael Angelo was
proSpering in the riches of the
Renaissance, has also impressed
his philosophy on modern Italy
and the man who rules his deS.
tiny today.
Machievelli drew his conclu-
sions from practical experience.
His ideals were independence and
freedom but in looking back and
summing up the events of his
life he felt that in order to OBJ
tain them man must sometimes
accept the pressure of circum-
stances.
He did not say that the end
justified the means. He "bade
men to consider what end" and
he appreciated the difficulty Of
adjusting the means.
He was, to quote D. ErSkine
Muir, "a highly intelligent, con.
Scientious civil servant, with the
background Of a happy home life,
and in no way foreshadowing the
posthumous fame which was to be
attached to his name"
So much for the man. Mr..
Muir feels that to know him you
must also know the men he knew.
You must dip into the politics OF
that day. Mr.. Muir makes .
friendly guide and steers q
straight course through history.
Look him up when you wish to DO
enlightened.
("Machiavelli and His Times" q
study Of a great philosopher, by D.
Erskine Muir. Published by Dut'
TOM
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Mr.. Clark was born in 1876,
started his meteoric career at the
age Of q and died in 1906, at the
age Of 80.
After attending high school
and the Worcester Polytechnic
Institute, Clark entered the
Massachusetts, Nautical Training
School in 1894. On the school
ship, he made a five-month
cruise, which took him to Paris
and London, returning from Cadiz
by way of Bermuda.
On this trip, he found the sub
ject matter for his illustrations
later of THE American Slave
Trade"
In December, having withdrawn
as a cadet in good standing, he
settled in New York. There he
studied under H. Siddons Now
bray, and while still student, he
did three illustrations for Kip
ling's short story LOOT" for Serb
ner's Magazine. Other work for
Scribner'S followed, and for four
years, he worked for them almost
exclusively.
During this period, he illus.
trated Kenneth Graham's Saga
of the Seas" for which he won a
silver medal at the Paris EXPOSE
ton in 1900.
In August, 1900, he went to
Paris with the idea of studying for
a year under Whistler. whom he
greatly admired. He failed to do
this, however, and returned to New
York in a couple of months. A
few years later he again visited
France, and returned to New York,
where he died.
Included in the Library Of Con-
gress collection of his original
drawings is some of his finest
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October List

The last Of October the oxford
Press will publish the timely vol
ume, 1.-THE Spanish Tragedy" by
E, Allison Peers. Mr.. Peers is pro-
lessor of Spanish in the University
of Liverpool. He gathered his
facts first hand while in Madrid
and Barcelona.
The Book-of- the-Month's selec-
ton for october is E. P. O'Don-
nell's "Green Margins" published
by Houghton Mifflin. It is the
first novel of this native of New
orleans who has hitherto been
known only for his short stories.
"Jimgrim and Allah's Peace,
the title Of the latest from the
pen Of Talbot Mundy, published
by Appleton.C Century, is an excit-
ing tale of postwar Palestine, full
Of thrills and adventure.
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An nhig uing
Mystery

Jean Holton was dead broke or
she wouldn't have done it. For
two years she had carried around
her mothers Sletter to Seth Bas-
sett. It had been sealed. Jean
hadn't any idea what was in it.
And now she had sent it. OF course
she sent one of her own along
with 1t. And photograph.
1t had been such kind warm
answer from Seth. It had been
the warmth in his letter that had
made her come to Penberthy Is
land. But the warmth had fled.
Seth Bassett died while she was
on her way. What to do now?
What was that the bus driver had
said about her being the new hired
girl? 1t sounded ominous. It was
oninous.
Kathleen Moore Knight per.
ciptately shoves you into this sit.
uation at the opening of 1.-THE
Wheel That Turned" Then she
adds a couple Of murders and be.
fore you know it you are launched
on one of the most interesting
mystery stories Of your book-read.
ing career.
Unlike the modern trend, this
book is not filled with noisy oaths
and walking corpses. It's quiet
and deliberate in its eeriness.
The theme that will hold you is
the welfare Of the heroine, Jean
Holton. No matter that the end
ing is rather trite. You feel as
if you can put up with that as
long as Jeans safety is secure
and she has been cleared from
the entanglementS that seemed
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Current
Art

Smithsonian Institution
Exhibition Of etchings from the
Chicago Society, Of EtcherS.
Arts Club of Washington
Paintings by Roger Ritlase and
photographs by Cecil Davies, be-
ginning tomorrow.
Studio House
Exhibition of framed color repro
auctions Of old masters and mod
erns.
Corcoran Gallery Of Art
Special showing of portrait Of the
late DR.. William H. Wilmer, to be
shown indefinitely. Beginning to-
day., exhibitions Of drawings by
NicOlai CikOvsky and water cOlOrs
of Miss Edith HOyt.
Intimate Bookshop
Exhibition Of Autographs by Mabel
Dwight, ending Wednesday.
Library of Congress
Exhibition Of drawings BY Walter
Appleton Clark.
King-Smith Studio House
Exhibition Of photographs by
National Museum
International High School Art
Exhibition.
National School of Fine and
Applied Art
Exhibition of Living American
Art. beginning Monday.
Public Library
Paintings by kenneth Stubs.
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In speaking of his Cumberland
backdrop, Mr.. Walpole says "the
house is so old that you feel the
past in it more than the pres
ent." And the same mood
shadows the story.
Without their past the people
would be unimportant, like land
marks without histories. They
are merely a 12-year-old boy, a
woman who, in her own words,
felt she was mot meant to be
mother" a kindly. congenial
old gentleman and a stiff, un-
bending spinster-people you
might meet in any pages. It is
only when Walpole exposes their
core that "a Prayer For My Son"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-10-17
The Best
Sellers
FICTION

FICTION
Gone with the Wind
Margaret Mitchell MacmiIIaR
Far Forest
Francis Brett Young ReynaS
File on Bolitho Blame
Dennis Wheatley Morrow
The Long Night
Andrew LytIe BobbO
Big Money
John Dos Passes HaFcOuF1
Enchanted Voyage
Robert Nathan KnOpg
N0NFICTION
Live Alone and Like It
Marjorie Hills Bobb0
American Doctors Odyssey
Victor Heiser Horton
Rich Land, Poor Land
Stuart Chase Whittlesev
Man the Unknown
Alexis CarreI Harp0
Jefferson in Power
Claude G. Bowers HOughtON
Inside Europe
John Gunther Hampers
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-10-17

work, such as the illustrations for
"A Lover of Music" and THE Light
that Failed Not" by Henry Van
Dyle, THE Fortunes of Oliver
Horn" by F. Hopkinson Smith,
Captain Macklin" by Richard
Harding Davis and Legends of
the City Of Mexico" by Thomas A.
Janvier.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-10-17
New Record

"Gone With the Wind" by Mar
garet Mitchell, is outselling any
book in the past 10 years, accord
ing to reports. In Palais Royals
lending library they have 500
copies and at least 100 copies .
day are borrowed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-10-17
Emmy Makes
Her Choice

"Glittering Heights" by Anne
Duffield, author Of Loves Mem
ory," is a drama drawn from life.
It tells about the choice Emmy
had to make between Max and
Adrian. One Signified the life OF
the high Alps, the other the
heights of wealth and ambition.
The romance is dedicated to
Emmy, whose story touched the
heart of the author so deeply that
she decided to put it on paper
that others may know it.
CGlittering Heights" by Anne
Duffield, published by ArcadiaJ
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destined to draw her to her death
and deSolation.
The characterization Of the
island detective, if you can call
him that, is refreshing. He is
slow in unfolding, but marvellous
in his upstate mannerisms. A
delightful tale.
C'The Wheel That Turned" by
Kathleen Moore Knight, pub
lished for the Crime Club, IncO
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VeW Book
Notes

Viking Press offers is books on
their list to be published between
now and Christmas. The list in
cludes works of three authors who
have been dead for five years or
more; one of them died 100 years
ago.
The list includes four novels,
two biographies, three books Of
current history, one of music, one
Of poetry, one Of popular science
and three classified as belle let
tres"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-10-17

Harper and Brothers published
the following October /:
mine Waxed Faces" by Francis
Bedding; THE Lost Wagon" by
Zane Grey; "Equestionnaire," by
Harry Disston; Calling Western
Union" by Genevieve Taggard,
and King Cole" by w. r. Bur
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A Prayer For My Son
By Hugh Walp0le

When Hugh Wapoe deals with history he generally nvents
his characters in the of Rogue Herres Neverthe
less there strong breath from the Barretts of Wmpoe
Street passing "A Prayer For My Son. which, strangely
enough is story of contemporary times.
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Noted Illustrators Work
Now on Exhibit

The work of Walter Appleton Clark welknown illustrator
of of the century, placed exhibition at the
Library of Congress Thursday.
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VOTE AMERICAN
The Washington times., 1936-03-11

health; and health comes first in
the underweight's figure problem.
If you thin ones set out after
health, ultimately you need not
worry about your weight. Instead
of aiming at a certain number of
pounds, make physical fitness per-
lection, for some are blessed with
a better heritage of health than
others. But it does mean as
healthy a body as each of us can
make for herself through health
full living.
With thin people. the more
calories you can take, the better.
However. this does not mean over.
eating. When you eat beyond
your digestive capacity-and that
is just what a lot of thin people
do-then the more you eat the
thinner you get!
Your problem is to get a lot
Of calories without overtaxing the
system. It can be done, but
calories must be tucked into the
menu at every opportunity. Also,
care should be taken to avoid too
many of the bulky foods which
lack nutritive value.
Above all. avoid foods which
are difficult to digest. A food
The Washington times., 1936-03-11
Etiquette
WEDDING GUEST

Dear Mrs. Beeckman:
81 have received an invitation
to a wedding and reception. I
should like to know the form of
reply to the reception invitation
and to whom it should be sent.
"The wedding is to be in a
church in the evening. What
type Of dress should I wear?
M"
take for granted that the
invitations to the ceremony and
reception are formal. You are
right that it is the invitation to
the reception that is to be an
swered. On your formal letter
paper, you write your acceptance
like this:
Miss Rachel Mills
accepts with pleasure
Mr.. and Mrs. Brides Parents) 5
kind invitation
to their daughters wedding
reception
on Tuesday, the tenth Of April
at five o'clock
at Four Home Place
The answer should be written
most punctiliously, and the lines
should be spaced as I have indi-
Gated above.
The acknowledgment should be
addressed to the person or persons
sponsoring the invitation, usually
the mother and father of the bride.
If it is a formal wedding (and
the formality of the invitation
gives you the clue to the fo11nality
Of the wedding) the women guests
wear formal evening dresses and
evening wraps. Hats are or not
worn according to the regulations
of the denomination Of the church
in which the wedding is held.
Usually hats are not worn. Or. If
a head-covering is required, some
times the woman guest wears
scarf of tulle over her head.
Copyright 1885 by King Features
Syndicate. 1nc.)
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Il NJ f n CITED
INNAVFRAUD

LOS ANGELES, March II
G.N.SO.-Charged with con-
spiracy to defraud the United
States Navy out of thousands Of
dollars, II men were under indict-
ment here today.
The indictments were returned
by the Federal grand jury after
a special session. They charge
the men with forming a closed
corporation whereby poultry bids
to the Navy we're boosted as mucn
as 100 per cent above prevailing
market prices.
Included among the defndants
are Edward K. Zuckerman, proml.
nent Los Angeles attorney; Peter
Riley. former chief petty officer
in the Navy, and several poultry
dealers.
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may be fattening, but you can
not gain weight on it if it upsets
your digestive processes.
Here are a few suggestions for
reinforcing the menu with cal
cries. Add cream sauce to cooked
vegetables; use olive oil or French
dressing on the raw vegetables;
add cream to mayonnaise. and
take whole milk and cream in
every available form. Begin your
increased diet with small Serv-
ings and gradually add to the
quantity.
The Weight-Gaining Menus are
all ready for you. However, re-
member that these menus are only
for thin people, with no organic
disturbances, who are able to fol-
low a normal diet Of high calorie
content.
1t is always wise for the under
weight to begin her weight-gaining
program with a visit to the family
physician. Ask him if you need to
build up your resistance with Vita
min A tablets, or with the new
Vitamin A. B, D. and G tablets.
Vitamin tablets are an aid to
higher vitality.
You may be eating all the food
you need but cannot gain weight
because of inadequate rest. Rest
is always an essential factor in
the underweight's program. When
ever possible, rest after meals and
get at least eight hours sleep
every night.
Yours for curves.
SUGGESTED WEIGHT-GATNING MENU
Breakfast
Orange Juice
Cooked Cereal with
Whole Milk and Cream
Bran Nut Muffins
Butter and Honey
Beverage
Luncheon
Bean Soup
Buttered Toast
Vegetable Salad
Cream Mayonnaise
Pumpkin Pie
Whipped Cream
$3.50 r. NJ.
Hot Chocolate
Dinner
Roast Lamb Mint Jelly
Creamed Potatoes Buttered Peas
Pineapple and Cream Cheese Salad
With Cream Dressing
Milk
Your Diettian.
IDA JEAN KAN.