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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-15

ity clinic" Of New York Hospital
Cornell University School Of Medi.
cine, were described by DR.. Hotch.
kiss. He said:
From Biblical times until the
present century the wife has
borne the burden Of blame for
failure to produce offspring.
It IL now generally agreed that
the husband bears the chief or
partial responsibility in APP
prOximately One-fOurth Of the
involuntary barren marriages,
and, accordingly, his examina-
ton is now regarded to be
equally important as that Of
his Wife"
CAUTION is URGED
While male defects may be
aO1-rontad mr. iYf0nr0uod IN cart q in
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-15
Mrs. Guggenheim
Improved After Fall

Mrs. M. Robert Guggenheim, so
cial leader of washington and New
York, was recovering today in an
Atlantic City (N.JJ hospital from
injuries suffered when she fell
from her horse Wednesday while
competing in a horse show.
Physicians reported Mrs. Gug-
genheim suffered a severe concus-
sion, but was recovering nicely.
Her request to leave the hospital
for further competition before the
horse show closed was refused.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-15
Passing Predicted
For Housing Bill
international News Service

Although not considered must"
legislation, Senator Wagner CD
of New York, today predicted
passage of his $876. 100000 hous-
ing bill at this session Of Con-
gresS, saying:
"The present Congress, which
has won q high niche in the
temple Of humanitarianism,
must not fall short on this
critical issue, and / feel GER
tain that before adjournment
the housing bill will be passed"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-15
CAUTION Is URGED

While male defects may be
or improved In certain
Evening star., 1936-12-02
I2O7-B

seersucker, or a dainty printed lawn.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. l207-B
is available for sizes "a. 36, SO. 40.
AZ. A, 46. 48 and so. Size 36 re-
quires Just AZ yards of 35-inch ma
terlal.
Every Barbara Bell patterns in
cludes an illustrated instruction guide
which is easy to understand
Send IS cents for the Fall Barbara
Bell Pattern Book. Make yourself
attractive. practical and becoming
clothes, selecting designs from the
Barbara Bell well-planned. easy-to-
make patterns. Interesting and ex-
elusive fashions for little children
and the difficult junior age; slenderiz-
ing, well-cut patterns for the mature
figure, afternoon dresses for the most
particular young women and matrons
and other patterns for special occa-
sions are all to be found in the Bar
bara Bell Pattern Book.
Evening star., 1936-12-02

1ne bureau says.
THE story Is a long one. roughly
told by drawing two lines from Mes
opotamia westward. One goes south,
across Arabia, Egypt, Northern Africa,
and over to Spain. That represents
the dates, which the Moors brought
with them between the seventh and
twelfth centuries.
THE other line, for the figs, passes
through Arabia. Syria, Asia Minor, the
islands of the Mediterranean, Greece,
Italy and so to Spain. From Spain
the two fruits were carried westward
by Spanish missionaries and estab-
lished in New World gardens wherever
the climate was hot and dry enough
for them to grow.
There they stayed in the gardens
for several centuries, little known out
side Mexico, Southern California and
few other places settled by the
Spaniards. although Colonial COM
merce later on brought imported figs
and dates to the Atlantic cities
French settlers in Louisiana, who had
known figs in Europe, introduced them
along the Gulf Coast.
1T WAS not until about 1890 that
scientists Of the United States
Department Of Agriculture began tc
consider the possibility Of establish
ing Smyrna figs as commercial crop
suited to the climate of Southeastern
California and similar areas. Growth
Of the industry was fairly slow, be-
cause it was some years before the
propagation of the fruit was fully
understood.
About the turn Of the century
plant scientists also saw the oppor-
tunity to grow the date palm in the
arid climate and alkaline soil Of the
Salton Basin Of the Colorado Desert
in Southeastern California, or the Salt
River Valley Of Arizona. The date
palm requires intense heat. excessive
dryness of the air. and absence of all
rainfall in the growing season.
Lets return to the lore of earlier
days. The ancient Assyrians grew
both dates and figs, and left the tale
Of how they did it on their clay tab
lets and wall sculptures. They seemed
to know the method of pollinating
dates much as it is practiced today.
Caravans bringing dates from peo-
pies in Western Sahara and the Bar
barry States worked an economic revo-
luton. The use of camels enabled
the inhabitants of the desert oases
to exchange their dates for wheat to
make bread. They also grew other
fruits-peaches. almonds, grapes,
olives-under the shade of the great
Evening star., 1936-12-02
Figs Dates Trace Their Descent From Honorable
Of Parents
Respected
When Full Response
bility for Decisions
Is Shouldered.
BY ANGELO PATRI.
"THE girls are all going to the game,

nI hENOEAO Z n 1hls
THE girls are all going to the game,
Saturday, mother. Can I so7"
ITO the foot ball game? No. You
can't go. The doctor says it is bad
for you: too much excitement, and the
| cold and all"
'All the other girls are going, and
they're just the same as ! am. II
they don't take cold, and don't get
sick, why should I? There's nothing
the matter with me. I'm perfectly
healthy. Please let me CO."
Don't tease about it. The doctor
thinks it isn't good for you, and that
ought to be enough. You can do
something else on Saturday"
II don't want to do anything else.
I want to go to the game"
After Louise left the room her father
laid down his paper and asked, why
can't she go? I don't see anything
wrong with her health. What did DR..
Bacon say? haven't heard anything
about this. What's the matter?"
He really didn't say she shouldn't
go to the game. but he did say. last
Fall. that she should have quiet and
that excitment wasn't good for her.
] don't want her TO 60 because I don't
like the crowd and what they DO there.
I've heard that things aren't just what
they ought to be, and I don't want
| her mixed up with it. That's all"
Seems to me it would have been
better then to have said that right
/ out and not given the doctor as an
excuse. WELL"
| Just then Louise returned to the
room. Its all right, mother. called
up DR. Bacon, and he said could 90
! if you said so. He thought was in
good shape this year. I can go. can't
~"
Now Louise. I said No You had
no business to ask the doctor. 1t was
very bold of you. I'm sure that if
the doctor knew about it he would
say No. too"
"You said I had to stay home be-
cause the doctor said so. and he says
I can go so don't see"
You don't need to see, and don't
want to hear another word about it."
| 1t is not wise to lay the burden Of
/ disagreeable decision on any one
else's shoulders. No good ever comes
I ~ oo;IJro, eoo,, ho
idea and discount it. 1t is especially
unwise to use the doctors name in
/ vain. His word must carry authority
and exact obedience for safety's sake.
| Once that word has been weakened in
such a way the doctors advice, his
authority, his friendliness have been
/ rendered useless to the child, and only
renewed experiences over a length Of
/ time will restore the loss.
The same thing is true of the teach
er, the nurse and the close relative.
1t does not do to say. You'd better
not do it," Your Aunt won't like it."
Your teacher disapproves." Your
father will be very angry if you ask
even Children resent the interfer-
ence of outsiders in their personal
affairs. No matter how glad they are
to welcome their help in times Of
emergency they resent their assum-
ing authority when the decision is
against them. 1t is unfair to use
them that way. and unwise, because
it is likely to destroy their value to
/ the children.
The children will respect the au-
thority that assumes responsibility.
but they will not respect it when it
dodges responsibility.
Evening star., 1936-12-02

date palms. In Egypt the date was
held in such esteem that they used
q single leaf Of the date palm as the
hierogiyph for . month, the whole
crown Of the tree for a year, because
they believed the tree put forth ex-
actly IL leaves each year. (The num-
ber varies from IL to 20, botanists
say)
WE STILL import quantities of
w dates, chiefly from Iraq. But
the volume of American-grown dates
has increased rapidly since the intro
duction of superior varieties. Califor-
mia sent 1888 tons to market in 1885
and Arizona grew a good supply.
THE culture of figs also goes far
back into the past, long before the re-
publics Of Greece and Rome existed
Homer mentions figs three times in
the Odyssey. Romulus and Remus were
supposed to have been nursed by the
historic wolf under fig tree. Aristotle
was one of the early writer's who un-
derStood fig propagation by caprifca-
ton. The wealthy Greeks priced figs
so much as luxury that they we're
called sykophants or fig eaters. Oater
this term was applied to spies, who
informed the authorities about the
unlawful expectation Of figs from
AttikaD Henry VIII and Queen Eliz-
abeth are both said to have had their
private supplies of this delectable fruit
brought from the Mediterranean.
Two distinct types of figs are grown
in the United States. The South At
lantic and Gulf States grow the Adri-
attic fig as garden tree. The delicious
fruit is eaten fresh. at home. Or sold
in local markets. These figs are high
ly perishable in a humid climate and
are not dried commercially in the Gulf
region. Some of them are taken to
small local canneries, and All club
girls in some of the Southern States
have made a reputation for canning
homegrown figs. Texas has a lew
commercial orchards and canneries.
"CALIFORNIA uses both the Smyrna
type figs and the Adriatic type for
drying. In 1885 some $4,000 tons of
dried figs were marketed. To the
scientist again goes the credit for
much Of the increase in this industry.
Investigators learned that the Smyrna
fig tree will not fruit unless the blos-
SONS on the female trees are fertilized
by pollen from a 'caprifig' tree. This
is a variety of fig tree which does not
bear edible fruit, but in such fruit as
it has there are always certain small
wasps. which carry pollen TO the fruit
ing species. So 1t was necessary not
only to establish caprifig trees near
fig orchards, but also to secure sup
ply of the little 'Blastophagla' wasps
in order to produce any fruit on the
Smyrna fig trees.
I'm our Western food habits We re-
gard both dates and figs as dessert ad-
juncts or confections. Nevertheless,
these fruits play their part. the Bu-
reau of Home Economies says, in fur
nishing US with iron and calcium, and
about 1,4o0 calories to the pound.
Domestic dates are more moist and
less sweet and sticky than those i'm
ported from the Orient, which makes
them more agreeable to eat in the
hand. Neither dates nor figs are par
ticularly useful as a source of vita
Minis. Dates contain some vitamin A
and are q fair source of vitamin B.
Figs have vitamins B and G in small
amounts"
Evening star., 1936-12-02
In WASHINGTON Shops.

high round neck is outlined with
pearls and the front fullness Is held
at the neckline with pearl and
rhinestone ornament. The angel
sleeves have a new look. They are
shirred at the shoulder for about 8
inches and then left to hang grace
fully to wrist length or longer.
Silk jersey is used for negligees
with much intricate drapery. This
material lends itself admirably to
this sort of treatment. Something
new and unusual is the dark taffeta
coat with interlaced rings of embossed
chenille in a contrast color. This
makes an effective housecoat that
keeps perky in spite of relaxed hours
and comfortable lounging positions.
Also among the silks are satin
figured crepes in pastels and lovely
group of quilted robes-quite the incest
We have seen in long time. They
come in dull finished silks, in soft
taffetas and satins. Some of these
are hand-quilted from the Kentucky
Mountains, and are beautiful examples
of craftsmanship. One pattern is
called the rose and bow, and another
Is a clever bias plaid. The detail work
on these garments is exquisite. The
most elaborate design is called "coro-
nation" and is a scroll pattern Of
much charm. In the machine-quilted
robes with soft almond greens and
rosewood shades are excellent color
choices.
Corduroys and chenilles from s6 are
interesting in wide range OF colors,
often being trimmed in . contrast
color. They are well liked by the
school and college girls as they are
cosy and warm to study in while burn
ing the midnight oil!
I OUNGING paJamas are also dear
to the heart of the college girl.
She likes them with bright green
velvet tunic jacket over black satin
trousers. When the jacket has double
pockets on one side, it is especially
| interesting.
Some of the lounging pajamas have
shorter jackets of lame or velveteen
like the one sketched above. This has
jacket of Soft purple over trousers
of American beauty red. The trousers
are much longer in the back than the
front, so that they sweep along the
floor like twin trains!
The central figure in the sketch
shows a stunning wine velvet hostess
| irf nANfArin0 In the
sleeves which are unusual in outline
with wide shoulders and heavily
corded from top to wrist. The back Is
equally interesting with narrow train
set in wedge-fashion about half way
to the floor.
And do give thought to bed jack
cts! They make the most acceptable
gifts of all, and have you seen the
ones made entirely Of maribou? Imag-
inc yourself inside one Of these cozy
warm little shoulder coverings OF
downy feathers. all propped among
your pillows when you are just sick
enough for an excuse to stay in bed!
If you like something more tailored
try q fitted jacket Of pastel blue nam
mel with collar and cuffs of satin
worked in trapunto, or again a flesh
pink velvet with much ecru lace. Then
there is the all white satin one that
looks like a blouse and Is all pleated
Breakfast in bed is not completely
perfect without q smart bed jacket.
For information concerning items
mentioned In this column call Ma
tional 5000. Extension 395. between
10 and II am.
Evening star., 1936-12-02
Etiquette
At School
And Home
Good Manners Are
Society's First
Password.
BY EMILY POST.

DEAR MRS. POST: Will you please
~ tell me whether my son, who Is
IA, ought to continue to give up his
seat in the school bus to girls going
back and forth from high school? He
complained the other day that If he
has to continue this practise he Will
have to stand all Winter since the bus
Is too small to provide seats for every
one?
Answer-Since a school bus can
hardly be rated as a public convey
ance, I am afraid that as long as the
seating is inadequate to take care OF
every one, the boys will all have to
give up their seats to the girls stand
ing near then-and especially is this
true if they know the girls. This
seems very unfair, I know, but it
would really be demoralizing to his
social training were he to do other
wise. Even in a public bus man
who is a gentleman would not think
of remaining seated If the woman
standing in front Of him were some
one he knew.
4 X ~
DEAR MRS. POST: Is 1t necessary
to ask the friends with whom a
friend of mine Is visiting to go out
with us? I have always done this, but
this year things are different and I
haven't much money. However, I do
not want her criticized for my failure
to do something that would be very
difficult for me to do right now, but
which they may not appreciate.
Answer-Under practically all cir
oumstances one Is free to ask ones
friend and not the persons with whom
she happens to be staying, especially
II the latter are strangers.
nEAR MRS. POST: When I first
began working in this office sew
eral of the girls invited me to go to
lunch with them and tried to make
things pleasant for me. But now
don't seem to be able to get away
ever from them and I find that their
interests are not mine would rather
not lunch with them. but seem to be
getting deeper into the habit. What
ssn you suggest for me to do?
Answer - Since you cannot very
well tell them you do not want to sit
with them, the only thing can
think of to suggest is that you make
other engagements for yourself at
noon, at first occasionally and later
on habitually.
YEAR MRS. POST: Socially know
it is proper for young man
10 rise when women enter the room,
but does this apply equally when a
woman teacher enters the class room?
Answer-I the class is very small
The boys Cor young mem would ma
turally rise for a woman teacher, and
strictly speaking. also for man. But
In very big class where the pupils
are practically the audience and the
teacher Is lecturer who takes her
Cor his) place on platform, the stu
dents would remain seaed.
tCopyright. 1850
Evening star., 1936-12-02
A New Vegetable.

Most of us have tasted endive, that
delicious snow-crisp vegetable which
comes to this country from the out
skirts of Brussels. Most of us know its
delicate. family bitter flavor in salads,
either mixed with other green's or
alone with dressing. But few of us
know the cooked endive. a staple dish
in the French and Belgian household.
It may be boiled in slightly salted
water and served with drawn butter,
or 1t may be creamed, with touch of
lemon juice added to the white sauce.
Evening star., 1936-12-02
My Neighbor Says:

Plants grown indoors require a
certain length of time to rest each
season, usually two to four
months. During this time plants
should be given only enough
water to keep soil from getting
dry.
Wallpaper may be easily re-
moved If 1t is first wet with water
to which alum has been added.
Let dry before taking of and
use as much alum as water will
dissolve.
Save Juice left over when slices
have been served from a can Of
pineapple. Pour it over sugar.
covered apples in apple pie filling
before top crust has been added
and you will have a pie with a
delicious flavor.
Be careful not to overlook
broccoli as it will turn yellow and
become tough. Cut off most of
the green leaves and any Of the
stem that Is hard. Cover with
boiling water and let cook until
tender.
(Copyright, 1860
Evening star., 1936-12-02
.ogues in
Evening
Couture
Orous Orna-
ments Demand w ell
Groomed Hair.
BY ELSIE PIERCE.

WHETHER the gay social season
means a single important party
or q round of gayeties, you simply
must have a special evening coiffure
for the special evenings.
Some two years ago, when We meekly
predicted the return of the pompa-
dour, we did so with more than a
little fear, mixed with little dare" "
Today the pompadour is the reigning
mode, versatile enough with its in
Vulnerable variations.
Now all those things getting into
women's hair-flowers, feathers, man
tillas, wells, fur pompons. combs. We
wonder to what heights we are to 60.
Can it be that we'll borrow from the
beauties of another day to the point
of wearing foot-high ships and things
in our hair before long? Again. with
a little fear, we say we hope not. be-
cause we think we've gone to dizzy
heights already.
Leaving our fears and our predic-
tions, let's see what we've actually
seen. Pompadours-lovely versions.
With combs or jewels in them. High
tufts of curls above the brow. sides
climbing. A steep, sleek, brushed-up
mountain of curis at the back. Rolls
generous ones, the popular center
part breaking into two generous horn
of-plenty rolls-Edwardian rolls. an
/ gel rolls.
Mantillas. A blond looking ravish-
ing in one of heavy black starcheo
lace. Did you think that only the
dark-eyed. dark-haired damsels coulc
wear them? Wells edged with fur
Lacquered fruits. flowers, birds
wreaths Of metal kid.
AL these gay. intriguing hairdresses
demand two things. The coiffure
itself must be glamorous enough,
fitting setting for the ornament. The
ornament, like the jewels a woman
wears on her hands or around hei
throat, should not outshine what they
embellish. That is why the couture
must be the last word. And the hair
itself must be in condition, alive with
high lights, luster, color.
Glamour tricks, gay little artifices
embellishments, they are all to be
used to enhance, never to conceal
Just as makeup is used to heighten
ones own coloring. It is mistake
| to feel that people will notice the hair
itself less If it Is ornamented. If any
thing. they will notice it more. So
make sure that the foundation is per-
lection itself before you embellish.
tCopyright, 1885,
Evening star., 1936-12-02
Dorothy Dix Says
Identical Ideas and Tastes Do Not AL
ways Make Couples Happy.

TT Is generally conceded that the
most important factor in making
marriage q success is for the hus-
i band and wife to be congenial.
With congeniality matrimony is a
grand, sweet song. Without it mar
riage is an anvil chorus.
This being the case, should men and
women pick out mates who are rubber
stamps of themselves, or merely select
wives and husbands who are in their
own class. with reasonably similar
tastes and habits and likes and dis
likes? In word, should husbands
and wives conform to the poets ideal
Of two souls with but q single thought,
or should they have plenty Of different
thoughts and interests that more or
less jibe?
A little group Of people were dis
cussing this matter the other day and
woman said: "Of course, husbands
and wives should be cut enough of Of
the same bolt of cloth more or less
to match if you don't look at them too
closely, but such thing as married
couple being utterly congenial and see
ing eye to eye on every subject and
having the same impulses and desires
is an impossibility. Nature put the
kibosh on that by making them Of diff
ferent sexes.
mo MATTER how much . husband
and wife love each other they
don't think alike: they don't have the
same point Of view; they haven't the
same tastes; they are not motivated
by the same impulses and, except in
rare cases, they don't really enjoy the
same things. A woman's idea, for in
stance, Of having grand time is to
60 shopping But when she drags her
husband along with her he wears the
expression Of . martyr. When a
woman lunches alone she nearly al
ways does it on some sort of q fiubdub
fancy salad and a whipped cream mess,
but q man orders roast beef medium
rare and potatoes.
Men like to make love to women, to
chatter to them about trifies and to
listen to women's little budget Of gos-
sip and family news, but when they
want to discuss serious subjects they
do it with other men. Same way with
women. When q woman wants to
have q heart-to-heart talk about the
new fashions, or baby foods. or how tc
cut down the cost Of the butchers
bill, she does It with another woman
who will have exactly the saras ~
actions that she has. and which ~
Evening star., 1936-12-02
Apples in the Lunch Box.

Lunches are more important than
We think. They should I'LL the need
between breakfast and dinner for
hungry children and for their fathers
on the job. Two things are needed
to make the lunch box interesting
plenty Of good food, Of course. and
then variety always. Apples should
be q standby In every lunch box
apples whole and apples cooked.