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Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-21

peIlCTy UIldC TRANSFORMED her IlOIlle'
how a mode of dignified charm
and comfort-from the Greenwich
Village rooming house it once was,
but she did direct the work. "A
dreary rooming house." she adds
frankly. You should have seen
it,
Some of the means of this trans
formation could be used in almost
any out t-of-date dwelling.
But don't" cautions Miss An
dersen, start tearing down parti-
tions and cutting into walls unless
it's absolutely necessary. Don't ov-
erlook the beauty of well-propor-
toned rooms and wall spaces. It's
worth all the time and trouble it
takes to work out plans that retain
these good features which SO many
old houses have"
To add closet space to the living
room of the Greenwich Village
house, cupboardS, reaching from the
floor to the ceiling, were built into
each of the corners of the room.
The old wall paper was scraped
away and walls and cupboards
painted the same shade of light
buff. The cupboards are incon-
spicuous and utilize space that 9TH
erWise would be wasted.
Shelves line section of the same
room. To save space further, a
large secretary was set against this
wall and the book shelves extend
ed over it. The effect is that of
built-in cabinet.
The real pride and joy of Miss
Andersen's home is the garden
reached through French windows
leading to a balcony and outside
stairway. The French windows bolt
but, for added security, there is a
Spanish gate of wrought iron. The
gate was purchased at second
hand store and provided with a
thoroughly modern lock. Just as
substantial as iron bars and much
more ornamental!
A kitchen with bay window is
another distinctive feature of the
house. 1t was added to make the
room larger and also lighter.
To save steps between kitchen and
dining room there is a small square
cupboard with doors opening into
either room. Inside stands tele-
phone-equally convenient whether
the listener is in the kitchen OF
dining room when the bell rings.
The garden, space 21 feet long
and varying from 6 to 10 feet il
width, boasts plot of grass, flag
stone walk, bench and variety
OF old-fashioned flowers - colum-
bine, jack-in- -the-pulpit, pansies
petunias, daisies, a honeysuckle
vine and even a dogwood tree. Miss
Andersen is proud of the dogwood
tree, thinks it is the only one il
New York City.
Next door, though, are neighbors
with a prouder boast. Last yeal
in their garden they raised six ears
of corn!
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-21

GIlc IillilS. E'IOSpeCJS are UIlSIll lOl
the manufacturers and decorators,
too, since wallpaper has reached
such vogue that, nationally, sales
have increased SO per cent in the
last three years.
A cheerful item for whoever holds
the family purse string is that wall
paper is now washable and light
fast, SO need not be replaced SO fire.
quently.
Papers Clean Easily
Soap and water is the recon-
mended cleansing agent for these
new papers, made by recently per-
fected methods. A truly washable
wallpaper not only takes a sudsing
without the slightest injury, but
actually becomes more water-resis-
tant as it grows older. It's because
the hardening and toughening of the
colors continues for a long while.
Washable wallpapers have inspir-
ed the designers to venture forth
with lighter and more delicately
tinted backgrounds. Many are white
with small or large, rather wide
spaced patterns in rich, bright hues.
The effect is to make a room that
definitely suggests sunlight, and
looks larger than it is.
Decorators stress the point that,
whether rooms are modern, colonial
or furnished in the newly fashion,
able Victorian manner, it is the wall
covering that establishes the back
ground and, hence, should be con-
sidered first.
Any Decorative Style
There are wallpapers on the mar
ket suitable for every conceivable
type of interior Early American
papers may be authentic copies of
those used in Colonial days Or
rather neutrality-suspicious. of such
designs. Plaids, horizontal stripes
and enormous leaf or flower pat
terms are particularly suited to mod
ern rooms. There are cassie, direc-
toire and eighteenth century pat
terms, to mention ony few.
Marine motifs are among the nov
cites, with yachts, racing shells, an
chorS and hawsers in decorative
arrangements.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-21
SILENT GRIP
FEATURED BY
GAREY-FREEMAN

Motorists who are interested in
riding on safe tires and at the same
time want to enjoy the economy
of long mileage without risking
life and limb on smooth worn tires
now may enjoy both features in
the new General Silent Grip" ac-
cording to Don Freeman of Carey
Freeman.
"The winding, twisting tread pat
tern of the General Silent-Grip has
countless angles to stop slipping and
sliding, either forward or sideways"
Freeman declared, whether on dry
or wet pavement"
Other new and old General fav-
orites are available at Carey Free
mans, Freeman states, included the
famous General Jumbo.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-21
Unusual MouIdings
Add Vivid Touch

The bright color that is some
times necessary for a pleasing
finish in the decoration or to re-
lieVe the monotony of room
whose walls are painted or papered
in neutral shades may be achieved
by the painting of flower pots
filled with vividly variegated pos
les above the molding. This ad-
dition creates a bright, cheerful
atmosphere and is particularly APP
propriate in a Summer home.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-21

Ducks, geese and penguins are
pictured on another group. So are
whales
The color range in all these pat
terms is wide. Dusty pink is a new
conner, particularly popular combin-
ed with gray, white or a very soft
blue. Greige is one of the most ia
vored backgrounds. Blue shades are
expected to be among the best SELL
ers, but if you prefer green, yellow
or brown you will find plenty from
which to choose.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-21

of this vitamin as does orange
juice"
The speaker pointed out that
contrary to the general belief, the
cooking of vegetables in an open
kettle does not destroy large por-
ton of vitamin c." Little loss is
found from this method of cook
ing, he said.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-21

vegetables contained as much as,
if not more, vitamin G than the
citrus fruits.
Peppers, horseradish, parsley,
turnip greens and spinach are more
powerful sources of this vitamin
than is orange juice" he said. Cab
bage, cress, peas, parsnips and tur-
nips have about the same amount
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-21
Vegetables Contain
Valuable Vitamin

Professor D. K Tressler of the N.
Y. State agricultural experiment
station made news for amateur
gardeners recently when he said
his experiments proved that many
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-21
Hand Rails at Stairs
May Preuent Injury

All stairs should have handrails.
Too often with stairs that descend
between walls the hand rail is
omitted. If such is the case in your
house, you had better install one
before someone falls and breaks a
leg. Such improvements can be
made with funds obtained under
the Modernization Credit Plan of
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-21
SETTING ESSENTIAL

The proper setting is essential
to complete the beauty of a house.
In planning house careful
thought must be given to the
grounds as we'll The result will
have more satisfactory we'll
balanced effect if the landscaping
can be worked out at the same
time the house is being built.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-21
FEW TOUCHES DO
WONDER OF GOOD

NEW YORK.-Have you old-tme house that needs
bringing to date? Miss Ste Andersen concert pianist
and Incidentally handy at carpentering herself, has
ideas the subject Practical IDEAS too because Miss
Andersen has tried them She didn't actually do the
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-21
DOORS LOSE HEAT

Cellar doors are sources of heat
losses generally overlooked. The
sloping doors are particularly bad
in this respect. Wherever they
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-21
Gayer Wallpaper
Adds Warmth
To Dull Homes

NEW YORK = Prospects bright-and growing
brghter-tha you'll have much gayer home after you've
picked out your wallpaper.
They're bright for the purchaser because that's the
trend in the newest designs Warm, cheerful tones
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-11-26
Capital News-Shorts

Washington, D. Ca special
board of army engineers has re-
ported 10 the War Department that
the Florida Ship Canal is Justified
in the public interest" They rec
ommend depth of 33 feet, width
of $50 feet and the expenditure OF
$157, 5S5 900 exclusive of the $5,4OO,-
OO3 q : any spent on the project :.
Secretary of Commerce Roper pre-
dicted a holiday business of $780,
100000 for retail stores, only 10
percent less than 1925 boom fig
ures Bureau of Labor Statistics
reported that the pay Of PWA
workers on both federal and non
federal projects averaged 77.6 cents
per hour, new monthly high point
Resettlement Administration
announced loans and grants of SILL
246,O75 to 315,749 drought-stricken
farm families in "a states.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-11-26
SENIOR PLAYERS MAKE
VERY GOOD SHOWING
BEFORE LARGE CROWD

The Senior class play Calm
Yourself" which was givn in the
high school auditorium Tuesday
evening was well attended. The
cast was directed by Miss Kath-
crime Ponti and those taking part
did very well considering the limit
ed time which they had for prepar-
alton. Dean Nagley was exceptional
ly good as the bored husband and
father of his household; his high
strung wife was portrayed by
Joyce Elliott; Roger Jones was very
good as the romantic weekend
guest; Vivian Maddox was especial
ly good as the the social light look
ing after her husband, the social
tail-light, otherwise in the person
of Max Sloan.
Miss Betty Shaughnessy sang a
solo and gave tap dance between
acts of the play. Miss Ponti was
presented with gift by the Senior
class.
This is the first of the class
plays to be presented in the school
auditorium.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-11-26
TRADING JOBS

The navigator aid the chief en-.
ginear had an argument as to who
was the most Indispensable in op.
Grating the ship; whereupon the
navigator agreed to take a try
at the engineer officers job and
the engineer officer agreed to take
the bridge 4
After about half an hours run
ming. the ship stopped and the nav
igator crawled out of the engine
room hatch. His clothing was wet
from perspiration, and his fea-
lures were covered with grease
and CRIME.
Its no use," said the naviga-
tor. Il can't seem to make the
darned thing go again.
Certainly not said the CHIEF
engineer. We're aground. The
Shipmate. 800.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-11-26
SURE THING

A north country farmeT when
going to market, was noticed new
er to take ticket, but always to
pay at each end Of the journey.
One day the station master at
his end asked him his reaso- for
doing this.
''Well," said the farmer, "rn tell
We. Yen remember the bit o both
er I had with the railway COM
pany over my cow getting on the
lire. said then that the compa-
ny should never see another PEN
ny Of my money, and / know that
as long as We are at this end and
your brither Tamhas is at the 9TH
er they never will. Birmingham
Post.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-11-26
TO GET EVEN

why is your father so glad to
get city boarders?"
We'll, yo' see, one Of 'em sold
him the Empire building last win
ter"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-11-26
Secured Good Evidence

The magistrate fixed the police
man with an inquiring eye.
And what caused you to think
the prisoner was under the inf1u-
ence of drink" he asked.
Well, Your Honor. l found him
in Trafalgar square throwing his
walking-stick into fountain and
urging the lions on Nelson's Column
to 60 in and fetch j" STRAY Sto-
ries Magazine.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-11-26
Playing in Luck

Muriel-And you're sure you've
read through all the list Of sweep
winners?
Milicent-Every blessed one.
Muriel-and you mean to say
we haven't even got tiny conso-
lation prize?
Milicent-Not even teeny share
In one.
Muriel-I say, isn't it lucky !
didn't buy any tickets! Stray Sto-
ries Magazine.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-11-26
KNOWS HIS TASTES

Kid-Do you exchange goods that
amt wanted?
Druggist Certainly. We like to
please our customers.
Kid-Well, I've got fifteen cents
worth Of castor oil we bought here.
! want to exchange it for q choco-
late sundae.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-11-26
Even That Too Much

s.a Even That Too Much
i've just discovered that my
chauffeur is a nudist."
Did you give him the sack?"
Eyes, but he refuses to wear
it."-Stray Stories Magazine.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-11-26
Quite even

Maid-Tm sorry, but she said I
was to tell you that she is not at
home.
Caller-O, that's all right. Just
tell her that I'm glad I didn't call.
Stray Stories Magazine.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-11-26
Trust Him!

The manager of a movie was
interviewing an applicant for the
position Of attendant. After ask
ing the man several questions as to
his suitability for the job. he A.
na1ly demanded:
What would you do in case Of
fret"
~ TO-" said the man. don't wor-
~ about me; I'd soon get out"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-11-26

Percy is losing his memory.
It's been going on now for two
months"
$50 long as that? The poor boy
must have forgotten all he ever
knew by this time"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-11-26
Needed More Encouraxement

I'm afraid to propose to her."
.But doesn't she give you any
encouragement"
We'll she gives me q whisky
and soda every time I call, but,
hang it, one isn't enough. STRAY
Stories Magazine.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-11-26
Studied EnecI

when you were a boy did you
want to be a circus Clown"
Eyes," answered Senator SorRh-
UNI, land maybe ! had the right
idea" ~ ~
/ "But all clown does is to make
people laugh
He has the advantage over q
political orator in never doing 80
Internationally,
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-11-26
Cross Country TAXI Ride

Seattle, Wash.-When two elder
ly women stepped from a taxicab
at a local hotel, one of them asked
the driver the FIRE. Lets see," he
replied: from Brewster, N. p, to
Seattle is about 800 miles; let's
call it an even $1,000"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-11-26
Just This Once

:. Doctor-Your master Is decided
~ better. Thompson, but very ir-
ritable. He must hot be thwarted.
Butler-He expressed desire 70
wiring my neck, sir. 81
Doctor Wen-er-humor him.
Stray Stories Magazine.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-11-26

''Ye-es,'' hesitated the bride
groom, ''these cakes are pretty
good, but don't you think there
ought to be more"
your mother made Them" in
terrupted the bride, quickly.
of them?" ended he.-Guelph
Mercury.
Evening star., 1936-07-16
The Headlight Menace.

The most neglected feature in automo-
bile manufacture, as far as safety is con-
cerned, is the perfection of headlight
that will illuminate the road without
binding the vision of drivers approach
ing from the other direction. With all
their great improvements in the way Of
speed, comfort and efficient braking sys-
TENS, today's headlights are as danger
GUS, if not more 50, than they were fifteen
years ago. Proof of this is available on
any country road at night. Headlights
may be designed to throw strong beam
600 and more feet ahead. Yet the driver
Of such car, travelling at q moderate
rate of speed, will find himself totally
blinded for as much as one or two hun
dred feet at stretch by the headlights
Of half the cars he passes. This condi-
ton constitutes one of the grave hazards
of night driving, dangerous alike for
pedestrian and drivers.
Automobile manufacturers have been
experimenting with lights, but without
much success. As they leave the manu-
facturer, the adjustment Of the lights Is
Evening star., 1936-07-16

brought out in advance Of its scheduled
date, placed on initial sale at Yellow
stone National Park and expansively
advertised in compliment to Senator
Joseph C. O'Mahoney of Wyoming, for
merly the Postmaster Generals first
assistant, but at the moment candidate
for election to the upper branch of the
Federal Legislature. A similar local
effect was arranged at Green Bay, Wis,
when Mr.. Roosevelt spoke there on July
Z, 1884. There was repetition of the
ceremonies at Boulder Dam, September
30 1885, when the President dedicated
the unfinished greatest engineering
work of man."
More recently, however, Mr.. Farley has
appeared to have become increasingly
active in his stamp policy. Last week he
announced a commemorative for Susan
B. Anthony, and it is whispered that he
soon will order the printing of issues in
tribute to Frederic Douglass, the cele-
brated Negro orator, and to Mother
Seton, beloved founder OF the sisterhood
Of st. Joseph. Appeals had been filed
with him for all Of these acknowledge
ments Of eminence. But until the pres
ent campaign got started he was reluc-
tant to listen. Now the occasion calls for
more special printing to please special
interests and sentiments. The campaign
months of 1886 may be a record-breaking
period Of philatelic enterprise.
Evening star., 1936-07-16
Airship Safety.

Within few hours of the time the
Commerce Department completed prep
arations to release report by its Busi-
ness Advisory Council Committee on Air
Commerce Planning recommending a
vigorous rigid airship policy for the
United States, the sturdy German air
ship Hindenburg gave dramatic proof
of the merit Of the report by taking of
with 81 passengers in the face Of thun-
derstorms which had grounded air trans
port planes.
Departure of the Hindenburg was de-
layed a short time because airplanes
which were supposed to carry passengers
from New York to the Lakehurst Naval
Air Station were grounded. The passen-
gers were taken to Lakehurst in automo-
biles through the storms, climbed into
the Hindenburg and we're on their way,
with storms all around.
Asking that the United States subsidize
trans Atlantic airship transportation,
construct military airships, support a
commercial program legislatively and
financially and provide an Atlantic air.
ship terminal, the committee pointed out
that not single commercial airship pas
senger ever has been killed or injured
in lighter -than-air craft in this country
or abroad. All the catastrophes have
occurred to naval or military ships,
with the exception OF smash-ups on COM
mercial craft, when only the crews were
aboard, it was pointed out.
American indifference" it was pointed
out, appears to be due to lack of infor-
nation in the public mind, and, what
is more important. to overemphasis of
the misfortunes which have accompanied
the operations of military and naval
airships"
Evening star., 1936-07-16
STARS, MEN AND ATOMS
Notebook of Science Progress in Field,
Laboratory and Study.
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

between type and intelligence of the
pattern of capillaries at the base of the
fngernails of which much has been
made by German psychologists. Alleged
relationships of temperament to such
things as fingerprintS, month of birth,
shape Of the shoulders, ETC., will be
tested.
Out of this study, the PSYCHOLOGISTS
expect, will come a significant body of
data on the development of the human
being as whole. Various aspects of
mental, personality and physical growth
have been carefully measured in the
past as entities. The Catholic Univer-
sity psychologists, however, believe that
conclusions from such results are apt to
be misleading since the individual grows
as a whole and not as a collection of
distinct characters. Changes in one
factor are apt to produce reaching
changes in other factors.
Already graduate students of the uni
verSity have made extensive surveys of
the development of boys in the homes
surrounding the university. Among the
hypothesis which they have established
are that there is little stable relationship
between degree of intelligence and rate
dt HLliCLl ulIcIcSLS HldIuTe. he ldCL6r
depends to large degree upon environ
mental influences and a boy may be
planning seriously his career in life
while his older brother still thinks only
of play.
The psychologists will keep a careful
watch for such curious manifestations
as eidetic imagry-the actual seeing"
of remembered objectS-which has been
associated with types. Much data has
been accumulated from previous studies
with boys which will be checked in this
much more pretentious research project.
In order to obtain a cohesive picture
OF the growth of the individual. all the
findings will be subjected to intensive
mathematical analysis to determine to
what extents the different elements of
growth are related between themselves.
Evening star., 1936-07-16
Calm Before Storm?

Prophecies we're persistent that BaS-
tile day in Paris this week would be
marked by outbreaks which might wreck
the Popular Front regime and pave the
way to longfeared revolutionary condt-
tions throughout France To the relief
of the government and the country at
large, the holiday, while marked by some
manifestations hostile to the Socialist
Communist cabinet. passed without note
worthy trouble. Instead of conflicts,
there were demonstrations in which rival
factions, bitterly divided by political
differences, united in exhibiting devo-
ton to France as the nations supreme
duty at this hour.
At a great outpouring of the govern
ments supporters-Socialists, Radical
Socialists and Communists-half mil
lion Frenchmen and Frenchwomen,
some chanting the "Marseillaise," others
singing the "Internationale," some wav-
ing the tricolor, others flying the red
flag, joined fervently in an oath Ito be
loyal to France, to find bread for the
toilers, work for youth and peace for the
world" Premier Blums appeal to the
governments adherents to guard against
"the danger of impatience and hasty
action" evoked an enthusiastic response,
as did his plea to labor to abandon
strikes and trust the authorities to
ameliorate conditions with minimum of
delay Violent interference with the
governments program of reform, M.
Blum warned, would unfailingly pro-
woke disorder" The Popular Front dem
onstrators warmly welcomed the pledge
of NJ Daladier, minister of defense and
chief Radical Socialist member Of the
Blum government, that the Popular
Front is determined to protect France
against the shadow of dictatorship"
Coincident with this impressive evi-
dence of popular confidence in the gov
ernment's endeavors to cope with indus
trial woes and political unrest, the
Rightist Nationalist elements, embracing
the Royalist and Fascist groups, else
where in Paris accorded thunderous
greeting to detachments of the French
army, parading before President Lebrun.
1t was widely feared that the military
display might lead to collisions with
Peoples Front marchers, but, except
for a minor melee on the Champs
Elysees, the day ended with anticipated
turmoil conspicuous by its absence.
Many authorities think that Bastille
day produced only that species of calm
which precedes storm, and by no means
denotes that France can now look for
ward to a period of indefinite quiet
as M. Blum pursues his assumed task
of giving the country a new deal. The
premier has every reason to expect un-
yielding opposition from the great indus
trialists who oppose his social reforms
and financial plans. The Rightists re-
main incorrigibly suspicious of govern
ment in which Communists hold the
balance of power. The working classes on
their part are loath to surrender the
strike, with accompanying occupation of
industrial properties, as a weapon for
enforcing their rights. But, as he con-
templates the thorny road which he has
still to travel, M Blum probably is en-
couraged by the bloodless history of the
Fourteenth of July to believe that his
problems. however grave, are not in
soluble.