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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-12
J. 6. G|LMARTIN KIWANIS GUEST
McLeland's Appointment
 as Union Troops Leader Prolonged War

"if 1t had not been for McLelland's $ appointment as leader of the Union troops, his inactivity on the battle field and his proneness fou pomp in parading, the war would have ended within six months instead of continuing for four years" asserted John c. Gilmartin, supervisor of the evening schools, in Q Lincoln day
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-12

by Doris Manson and Shirley Nc- 0uire: Powder My Nose by Laura seaver and Dorothy Miller; Am tiQues by John Degnan: What We Learned in Japan by Mildred Keracher; Tn Lantern Land by Vi- vian Mcclure: and Japanese Lulla- by by Elizabeth Seaver.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-12
Sympathetic Walk Out
 Here Held Improbable
Dressmakers in New York City May Stage Strike; Local Plant Experiencing "Slack PeriOd' Just Now

garment company relative to reports that the concern is not living up to its agreement made last summer when the employees of the plant went on strike.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-12

HOME AUGMENTATION AIDED Toledo (UPl--A new tImespaXs rlent plan for residential m0aetsl's zation and commercial installation projects has been announced bY
 Libbey- Owens Ford Glass Company
 manufacturers of flat glass.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-12
CHURCH STAGES
 OPERETTA HERE
Japanese Show to Be Given Tomorrow at St.
 PauI's M. E. Parish

"The Wing Wong Jar" a Japanese operetta, will be given tomorrow evening at 7:3O o'clock at St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal church under the auspices of the junior choir and directed by Mrs. Dwight Seaver and Mrs. McGee.
 The cast will include:
 Hazel Hollister ....... Doris Miller Hortense Hollister -. Laura Seaver
 (American College Girls) Amos Holliister Winthrop Curtis Professor Cram ..... John Degnan Iris Kato ........ Grace Murphy
 (Japanese 'StudenO Morning Glory ... Eleanor Phillips Wistaria Doris Manson Yum Yum ..... Ernest Hollenberg The chorus will include: Eleanor
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-12

Small retailers in Czechoslovakia are warning on single-price and chain stores.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-06-11
CITIZENS FIGHT
FOR ADEQUATE
LUMP SUM
BY A. J. DRISCOLL
Citizens Associations Editor

Voting unanimous Endorsement
of the action of the Senate con-
ference committee on the District
appropriation bill, for holding out
for its measure as approved by the
Budget Bureau. recommending a
Federal lump sum appropriation
of $5,700,000, the Rhode Island
Avenue Citizens Association, at
last nights meeting appealed to
every member of the House to
work for the passage Of the bill.
1t was pointed out, that should
the bill fail to pass, and con-
tinuing resolution be enacted,
many important items would be
lost for which civic groups have
earnestly sought.
To relieve traffic congestion on
Monroe Street, the association re.
quested the Public Utilities Com
ullSS1O11 W 41AAIlG NOo AdNC4 w OAAC
way.
The association on motion by w.
S. Torbert, renewed former pro-
test against one-man street cars,
and petitioned the utilities COM
mission to refuse an application
from the Capital Transit Company
for the purchase of second hand
cars to be converted into the
one-man type.
Resolutions were adopted favor
ing $4,000 for additional traffic
lights, and $3.50 for the traffic
department repair shop, to be in
cluded in the 1888 District esti-
mates now being prepared by the
Commissioners. Immediate in
stallation of a traffic light was
asked at Bladensburg Road and
Thirtieth Street Northeast.
The following new members
were elected: c. V. Woodward,
Carl B. Engle, Robert M. LoomiS,
G. B. Birrel, G. c. Greiner and A.
J. Fealy. The association ad-
journed until the second Wednes-
day in September The meeting
was held in the Woodbridge Branch
Library, with Clayton c. Marsh
presiding.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-06-11

WashabIes made up into the daintiest Of
nner frocks for street and sports wear. In st
dots, prints, nonotones with clever b.
trims and unusual sleeve notes. Lots OF
have tunics, PepIuns, capes or jackets. \
be amazed at the smart styling for such a
money. Sizes IL to 20 and SO to 81.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-06-11
REAL FAMILY PARTY

and family of Bristol; Mr.. and
Mrs. John w. jackson and family
of Herndon; Mrs. Lucy Mercer
and family Of Silver Spring, Md;
Mr.. and Mrs. Lucien T. Payne
and family of Purcellville; Mason
Milton and son of GAINESVILLE; Mr..
and Mrs. William Allison and son
of The Plains; Mr.. and Mrs. c. E.
Olinger of Marshall; Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward James and son of Gains
vile, and Mr.. and Mrs. C. K.
Brown and family of Hume, Va.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-06-11
Graduates Hear O'Brien

Youths with good educationS
can succeed in the world today de-
spite unsettled conditions, the
graduating class at the Landon
School for Boys, Edgemoor, Md,
was told last night by Robert Lin
coin O'Brien, chairman of the
United States Tariff Commission.
The audience heard O'Brien de-
clare that young men who are un-
dismayed by economic problems
of the world will be in charge of
social and industrial progress in
the future.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-06-11
Navy Asks For Bids
On Nine War Vessels

The Navy called on the Nations
private Shipyards yesterday to sub
nit bids for six deStroyers and
three submarines towards a fleet
of treaty strength in 1912.
At the same time the acting sec.
rotary, Admiral William S. Stand.
ley, asked the Government navy
yards to prepare estimates on an
equal number of destroyers and
SubmarineS-the combined Is YES
sells representing the departments
new building program for 1887.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-06-11
Washington Girls
Get Golden EdgIei

Five Washington Girl Scouts
will receive the Golden Eaglet
Badge from Mrs. Arson Phelps
Stokes today at 4 p. m. at Pierce
Hall. The badge is the highest
national award of the Girl Scouts
and is q reward for character,
physical and mental fitness, pre-
paredness for service and good
will. The girls are Janet Brown,
Troop 81; Carmen Ellington,
Troop 20; Martha Louis Hamil-
ton, Troop SO: Elizabeth Smith,
Troop %; and Florence Farwell,
Troop go.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-06-11

ARCOLA, Va, June 11.-Mr.
and Mrs. James H. Milton were
hosts at their home here to a fam
lily reunion which brought together
six children, % grandchildren and
one great-grandchild.
Included were Mrs. Millions
brothers, Russell r. Milton, of
Orlean, and Thaddeus B. Milton
of Rockville, Md; Mrs. Russell
Milton, Mrs. Thaddeus Milton and
son; Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil O'Bannon
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-06-11
Whitefront Show
Lists ManyCIasses

FALLS CHURCH, Va, June IL.
Twenty classes for ponies, saddle
horses and hunters will be held by
the fifth annual Whitefront Horse
Show here Saturday for the bene-
fit of the Whitefront Riding
School, near here. The show will
be held on the school grounds and
entry fee has been set at 81.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-06-11
Fridays
:}3 !! Bargains

(4S) Children's White Fabric
Sandals - They're wa S h
able and that makes them
ideal for play shoes. EO~
Broken Sizes ...S%
(l5O Prs.) Leather Sole
SandaIS-Seconds. II you
can find your size you're
going to get a grand bar
gain. AZ
Originally Toe ......TTC
(ISO PrS.) Youths Tennis
ShoeS-Specially priced to
clear. Small sizes 30e
only. Originally 7sc ~
Goo Prs.) Women'S White
OxfordS-Ideal for beach;
street and sports wear.
Broken sizes and o.
styles. Originally 81. OF
(1OO) WOmen's Taffeta
Slips - Seconds Of better
quality garments. Lace
trimmed styles in white
and tearose. 90
Broken sizes 49,. %%
CAD CoutiI BraSSiereS-Long-
er line garments in flesh
only. Sizes 40 to A. TO-
Regularly CSC ... ~
(2OO) WOmen's UnionSuits
Seconds of higher priced
garments, in cotton knit
with loose or tight knee.
Sizes "a to 3 for ST
(5O) Children's RaincOatS-
Pure rubber coats in green,
blue, red, white and brown.
Broken sizes and color
ranges from 8 to IA. Origi-
nally sold To-
for 89c .......... ~
(3O) Girls Pastel Flannel
SkirtS-Broken sizes and
color assortments but
worth investigating as they
originally sold E0~
for $1.00 ..... ~
(5O) Girls Sweaters-All
wool slip-ons in light
shades. Slightly soiled.
Sizes 10 to IA. 40
Originally $l.0o -. DC
(5O) Girls BlOuseS-Slight-
ly soiled. Broken size and
color aSsOrtmentS, Sizes
{ ig al sl.OO .... 59c
(5O) Girls BlouseS Or
candies, percales and broad
cloths. Broken sizes and
colors. Sizes 8 to 40
IA Reduced to .... , @S
(2OO) Tots and Girls
DreSSeS-Plain and printed
sheers in broken sizes l to
IA Origi- 60.
nally $1.O0 ..... JIG
Girls Play Suits-Frinted
percales with pleated shorts
and sun back tops. Sizes
Z to IA. M
Special at .........TTS
(2OO) Tots DresSes-Per-
Gales and sheers, some with
panties to match. Broken
sizes. 20.
originally SOC .... NC
Mems and Boys swim
TrunkS-Wool mixtures
that means they'll fit well
in tho uTofnP
Reduced to ....... S1S
(3O) Boys Ape. Rugby
SuItS-In summer fabrics.
They sold originally for
$1.9o to $2.45. 90.
Sizes 3 to Z. ....... %]S
CAD Boys Shirts and
Shorts - Here are real
values. They sold ~
originally for 21c each TC
CAD Boys BrOadclOth Pa
jamas-Two-ptece styles in
good fabrics and col 60
ors. Sizes 10 to 16. O1C
(124 PrS.) Boys wash
Stacks - Shorts, Knockers
and Stacks in this group in
broken sizes 4 to IA. 40
Reduced to ...... - ~
Mems Shirts and Shorts
Pre-shrunk broa dclo t h
shorts in sizes 80 to "A with
elastic inserts. Combed
yarn athletic shirts in
sizes "a to e tor OK
Mems Braided Belrs-
White washable feathers
or braided cords. 2OA
Sizes 30 to AZ ..... > ~
Mems Summer HoSe-Ray-
ons and Isle mixtures in
pastels and plain colors-
and white. Sizes tx
10 to IL ......... ~
Mems Straw Hats - I'M
ported straws-and they're
real bargains, SO be early!
s &C. to 79s ......... 39c
Mems Wash Ties - Seer
suckers, Indian H a d
Madras, piques and other
summer fabrics in 10
color fast patterns. H%
Mems Union SuitS-Two
well-known ands of
nainsook unions. They're
perfects and irregulars of
better garments, o.
Sizes "a to IS .... ~
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-06-11
Garaeemen Booking

The Washington Garage nine is
booking games for afternoon and
Sundays with teams having dia-
monds. Call w. M. Sherwood, Met.
2010 or &c. 5797.
Evening star., 1936-11-21
Motivating
Powers OF
Hidden Self
Will to Do Must Be
Aroused in Child
Mind.
BY ANGELO PATRI.

WHEN a child fails to get along
y" in school or at home the first
thing we do now is to call In the doc
tor. The specialists go over him with
a searching eye. All the organs of his
body are tested. AS far as possible his
reactions, his bodily processes, his
physical being from head to heel Is
searched for possible causes OF made
quacy. Then the mental tests are
given. His mental power measured.
as far as is humanity possible.
After the tests are all made there
is an accounting. This and that shall
be done. This and that shall be
tried. The child is treated, his courses
in school adjusted, his family INSTRUCT
ed in the methods Of dealing with
him. Now what?
After the doctors are done there is
still something to be considered. A
something, mysterious, elusive, yet
powerful beyond all else in the per-
sonality of the child. This something
Is what we call by various names
because We cannot name it, never
having seen it. We call it The Self,
The Mind, The Spirit. according to
our way of thinking about it.
This mysterious force is the actual
being. No doctor, no teacher, no par
ent can reach it so as to do with it as
he will. Forever 1t eludes him. The
child knows this force intimately. 1t
Is he. himself, and he holds close
communion with it. To his Self he
whispers his hopes and his Self keeps
them sealed. To his Self he confides
his fears and that Self buries them in
its silence. To his Self he tells his
honest opinions and his Self accepts
them as they are given and holds
them in sacred trust. The child knows
the safety of the silence of his Self
and trusts it and it alone.
After the doctors have done their
best the child Is in charge. We can
direct, we can push and demand and
inspire, but the child alone can act to
help himself. The hardest part Of
the whole difficult process is getting
the child to will to act upon his
Self The problem is not what we
can do to him or for him but what
we can get him to do for himself If
he has a secret understanding with
his Self to keep on doing what he is
doing because it is a comfortable way
of doing, nothing will be changed
Only when we can inspire him to want
what We offer, to desire nightly to
be what we picture he might be, will
he pass the word to his Self and let
the good work begin.
How can we make our good ap-
peal to the struggling mistaken child
so that he will want 1t for his own?
Nobody knows the answer to that.
Each teacher, each parent knows that
it is possible occasionally to touch
the secret place that leads to the
hidden Self. Now one way, now an
other, the cropping effort is made
until success comes.
Too often we waste time in trying
to force our way to the Self of the
child. It is idle to try. Only the
child can do that and he does it
when his desire to be or to have
moves his Self to action. He must
Want and Will to act before he acts.
After the doctor the child's own self,
that mysterious, elusive. secret Self.
Evening star., 1936-11-21
Professional
and Social
ST lures
BY EMILY POST.
NEAR MRS. POST: Is it considered


DEAR MRS. POST: Is it considered
proper for a woman to sign q
social letter with only initials and
her surname? had thought this
form was confined strictly to business
usage.
Answer-Correctly. lady signs q
social note Mary Sims Jones" with
out prefix OF either Mrs" or Miss"
But when writing to some one who
may not know whether she is Mrs.
John Jones or Mrs. Arthur Jones. she
writes in parenthesis Mrs. John Henry
Jones'" On the other hand, she often
signs her name with initials when
writing to a business firm. either be-
meath or at the left of her signature.
or when writing to some one who
might be likely to call her by her first
name If she signed herself without the
tabu prefix Mrs"
|DEAR MRS. POST: My father Is
always called "Dr. Blank" by
virtue Of Phi. D. degree, under which
title he has written some well-known
books. However, when he and mother
order my wedding invitations, do you
think these should be engraved Mr..
and Mrs. rather than DR.. and Mrs? !?
Answer-Your wedding invitations
should be sent out by Mr.. and Mrs..
not DR.. and Mrs. The use of the title
DR." by one who holds PHI. D. degree
is never correct, according to best taste,
except on such occasions as are asso-
ciated with the subject Of his degree.
Other people call him doctor and give
him his title on letters addressed to
him.
tcopyrishs. 1850
Evening star., 1936-11-21
BY MARY ALLEN HOOD.

BY MARY ALLEN HOOD.
THEY have taken to the high
places. All of a sudden linen
i runners show marks Of paw
prints. One reaches in for a
comb and comes up with cat!
Dresser drawers are coming into
their own with the advent Of cooler
weather. To shut a dresser drawer
Is dangerous, even If 1t appears to be
empty. 1t seems that some dressing
tables, dressers and highboys are con-
structed with little half moons in
the middle of the back panel. Kitty
loves to crawl through. Once on the
other side of an open drawer there's
nothing to do but get piece of fish
and dangle it over pet Irish linen
handkerchiefs In an effort to coax
the feline within grabbing distance.
Upon extraction Kitty is put upon
the floor. the handkerchiefs in the
laundry and the dresser drawer closed.
once and for all. Half an hour later
Kitty has returned and a repeat per-
Torrance is In order.
Closet doors are causing more argu-
ment than usual. II it's shut, Kitty
caterwauls in stified manner and
comes out with an abused look. The
person who shut the door is labeled
a brute by the rest of the family.
Leaving the door open doesn't work,
because every one bumps into it. As
far as keeping Kitty out goes, that's
next to impossible.
There are numerous other places
that suddenly become full of cat; the
top Of the oven, the shelf over the
stove and the snug corner against q
tub Of warm water. The latter posi-
tion frequently results In scratched
lower extremities On the part Of the
Evening star., 1936-11-21

To make up for this lack Of reading
at home, schools must designate GER
tain books that have to be read as
part of the class requirements each
year; this, of course, is necessary from
an educational standpoint, but the
child who has not previously learned
to love books comes to regard them
as chore that must be got through
like an algebra lesson.
THAT is a pity, for the best part
of reading is the pleasure it gives.
Children should be read to until they
are able to absorb the printed pages
by themselves; they should be guided
in what they read for years-but the
material should not be rendered
sissy" All too soon they will have
to learn that the world is far from
sissy. and they might as well be alb
iously through the stories and classics
that they love. The jolt is less severe!
There is no better general education
in the world than a varied and inti-
mate acquaintance with good litera-
ture. History. ethics, economics,
psychology. English and countless
other forms of study are swallowed
in ugar-coated doses. And the back
ground thus absorbed will help the
child throughout all of his school and
college life.
Although he may have a preference
for collecting certain type of book.
make sure that his reading itself
really covers a wide field of subjects.
Explain to him why certain books
we're written-such as the works of
Dickens-that he may better feel the
underlying reason for the story. En-
courage him to come to you for pa
tient explanation of any word or para
graph that puzzles him. When a
book is finished, suggest to him, chat
tily, that he sketch for you its high
points, that you may privately see
for yourself how much he has cleaned
from the text. But never let this be
done as lesson.
Guide your children's reading by
doing more reading yourself. Get out
some of the dear old favorites and re-
fresh your memory. so that you may
discuss them brightly with the young
sters. Give them handsome books,
and encourage them to keep them
carefully. But don't shut them away
in locked bookcases, to become inani-
mate objects Of colored bindings that
are only ornamental Bring them to
life with understanding and enthu-
siasm-neither you nor your child
will ever regret it!
Evening star., 1936-11-21

bather during the scramble for pos
session of the bath mat.
Kitty is searching for warm places.
Heat goes up. The floor is apt to be
rather drafty. Nominally, it's Kitty's
level OF existance. Cats and dogs don't
like drafts. Furthermore, they're
liable to catch cold If forced to sleep
on a drafty floor Making the win
dows tight will help eliminate some
OF the cold air. Most hardware stores
carry caulking, the kind that Is placed
in the seams of q boat to make it
water-tight. Some of the same placed
around drafty window will do won
ders toward keeping breezes from
blowing in the wrong places.
Since it's a proven fact that where
ever there's heat there's Kitty, the
best thing to do is arrange the heat
where Kitty should be. Place a chair
near a radiator. It'll quickly be
adopted. A cat basket, raised from
the floor is very good thing to have,
If Kitty will use it. Half the time
she'll turn up her nose and climb
lIllO UOA Va AAuCA lCcc dINtOCIdtlC
appearance. Whatever Is slept in or
on should be raised from the floor.
If there's an open fireplace be sure
that the basket or box Is placed out
of the range Of flying Goals or sparks.
Kitty wants to be warm but "enough's
enough"
If in spite of everything Kitty still
perches on top of bookcases and
wanders in and out among cut glass;
don't scare her down. Coax bit and
let her take her own time. It may
seem like slow death but it's better.
The front of Kitty knows what her
hind feet are doing. Therell seldom
II ever, be any breakage. But sudden
noise or excitement Is fatal!
Evening star., 1936-11-21
OF LIFE LEARNED THROUGH GOOD LITERATURE
Manners
of the
Moment

OUR man friends are beginning to
~ complain about hats again. It's
not only. that these new hats look
silly, they tell us (you can always
count on them for thinking a new
hat Is silly until it has become so old
that you simply have to have an
other), but they are nuisance.
Well, We found that in some in
stances they were right. What with
feathers and towering crowns, matt
nees and movies have become quite
unbearable. Most women seem to
think that they still have close-fitting
little berets on their heads and are
perfectly content to keep their hats
on and mar the view for all comers.
We don't blame them for not want
ing to 60 through the agony OF re-
adjusting some of these new head
pieces in the dark. But still, In the
interests of humanity we must plead
for the removal of all hats in tneaters.
It's only fair. JEAN.
Evening star., 1936-11-21

every country in the world son, beau
tiful editions of books on wild animals
and trains-he is nothing if not ver-
satile-and as for me! Well, sup
pose, in my job. it should be cook
books-but it isn't. 1t is illustrated
editions of books on dogs. Occasion
ally, few other animals do creep in.
but primarily the collection contains
dogs of every description-from the
bluest blooded bull terrier to that en-
gaging canine atom SO delightfully."-
described by Dorothy Parker as the
living souvenir of a mother who could
never say no the mongrel puppy.
1T ALL started, I suppose. when I
was very little, and Grandfather
used to read to me every evening after
supper-and for hours on rainy days.
He had a remarkable understanding
of the childish mind, and relished
feeding 1t on the mama of literature.
His selection of subjects would raise
the hair of some of the educators of
today, am afraid-especially of those
who believe that fantasy, horror, sor-
row and the grotesque have no place
In the library Of the juvenile reader.
However, I can't see that it hurt
any of us. really. We all developed
vivid imaginations that perhaps have
bothered us at times-but certainly
our perceptions were made keener,
and our ability to understand this
troublous world was increased ire
mendously. A sense OF pity and a
sense of humor were both developed
and we learned the importance of
values. and cause and effect. in a big
way.
Nowadays. so few people seem to
have time to read to their children.
Because Of this. the children do not
get the right attitude toward books.