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Evening star., 1936-05-30
Special Dispatch to The star.

SPECIAL Dispatch to The otaf.
NEW YORK, May 3o.--Many new
and ingenious ideas for decorating the
cellar are being seen this Spring In
metropolitan suburban homes and
even In Manhattan, where there are
more OF the smaller type houses than
one would imagine. Dusty spaces,
once dedicated to coal and spiders,
are blosson,ing forth under the magic
Of cleanliness, partitions and paint a.
hobby rooms, gymnssiums, card and
ping pong rooms, ciotheries and chill
dren's play rooms.
Some Of these ideas are set forth
in an interesting exhibition of minia-
ture Easements constructed by STU
dents Of the New York School of Fine
and Applied Arts. Thirty.six Of these,
cleverly decorated, have Just been
shown to the New York public prior to
Q tour Of the principal cities Of the
country. Supplementing the tiny
rooms are before" photographs. door
plans Of actual Easements and budgets
Of renovation costs.
White or very light tinted walls are
favored most for the basement rooms
because they help to make them seem
bright and cheerful. For the trim,
such colors as electric" blue, lacquer
red and Spring green are effective.
Floors painted terra Gotta, gray, dark
green or brown are practical as well
as pleasing to the eye.
1t is really astonishing what trans
formations can be accomplished with q
little effort and ingenuity. One dusty
and unkempt cellar was turned into
q rainy day play room for children
with gaily painted sand box, a swing
and q small slide. Walls of bright
yellow brought artificial sunlight into
the interior.
Evening star., 1936-05-30
MINIMUM HOUSE
.PLANNEDBYE. H.A.
Living Room, Dining Room
and Kitchen Combined
in Single Space.

In the Federal Housing Admins
tration's Technical Bulletin No. 4, ON
principles Of planning small homes,
house A represents about the mini.
mum In accommodations consist
ent with decent living.
In pairing the house down to q
minimum, the relative Importance Of
the various functions Of living were
carefully weighed and listed In the
order Of their importance.
It was decided that the most essen
tial were the privacy and adequacy
Of sleeping accommodations. There
fore, the bed rooms were given first
consideration. They were designed
for the needs Of their occupants for
cross ventilation and closet room.
The bath room was 50 located that
access to 1t from the bed rooms was
through the small bed room hall
without passing through any other
room.
One Large Room Provided.
1t was decided that the functions
OF the living room, dining room and
kitchen could be combined into one
space without violating the essentials
Of decent living. Therefore, one COM
paratively large room was designed
for these purposes. It Is not the
Intention Of the Federal Housing Ad-
ministration to advocate this combi-
nation as desirable, but In seeking
the lowest cost 1t Is considered per-
misSible.
The plan is so laid out that, If
desired, a partition could be built cut
ting this space in two, with the living
room on the right and the combined
kitchen and dining area on the left.
Economies Studied.
Having decided upon the accom-
modations necessary, structural econ
omies were studied. The plain rec
tangular plan, with intermediate par
titions so placed as to allow standard
lengths Of lumber to be used with q
minimum Of extra framing reduces
waste to q minimum.
A variety Of exterior treatments are
possible by the use Of different mate
rials and by changing the direction
Of the ridge Of the roof, which may
run either from side to side or from
front to rear.
Evening star., 1936-05-30

This new cooker has a buffeteria at
tachment, which will keep cooked
food hot and tasty-an excellent
Sunday morning breakfast idea.
u X i
IF YOU haven't planned the doors
of your new house yet, consider
freproof wood. We have just learned
all about the process which makes
wood most infiamable Of building
materials, real fire barriers and smoke
stops. 1t seems foolish to use any
thing else, once you know about the
increased safety fire-retardant wood
can give.
Some years ago a fire broke out
in skyscraper apartment above the
Hudson River. The man trapped In
the room could not reach his door
to the corridor and took refuge from
the smoke In his bath room, which
had only a window to the outdoors.
The fire burned itself out. but never
touched the bath room. He learned
later that the wood of the door lead
ing to the bath room had been i'm
pregnated with chemicals, which made
it capable Of standing the one-hour-
in-hames test Of the Underwater s
Laboratories.
Wood is the most easily obtainable
and most generally admired material
for houses known to the modern
world: its one great defect has been
its combustibility. As early as the
fourth century, BIC, methods Of fire.
proofing wood were sought-Aeneas
recommended using vinegar. But now
by means Of a vacuum pressure i'm
pregnation process, you can make
wood fire-resistant, to the extent that
material so treated can, for some
time, withstand fire and prevent the
passage of smoke and fame.
OF course, it costs more than ordi-
nary wood, but safety never comes
cheap.
rs TT Spring-cleaning time In your
cellar? Have you taken a look at
your no-longer-in-use furnace? This
Is the season Of the year when you
should recondition your firebox, per-
haps even buy q new one. which will
save you money and headaches next
Winter.
Freboxes properly designed for
whatever type Of fire you have tn
your furnace often make the differ
ence between comfort and discomfort
in cold weather. The chamber should
be shape best suited to the flame.
Evening star., 1936-05-30

A HOT meal for the family
~ without stove!
~ Does "no-stove kitchen
4 \ sound impossible to you?
That all depends on how closely you
have been following the "no-stove''
movement.
For there's whole school of home
economists who are for replacing
stoves by special cooking equipment
designed to cook particular items on
the menu: Asparagus steamers, muffin
bakers and roasterS-all independently
run by electricity. During the hot
Summer, this revolutionary theory
seems quite desirable.
The latest gadget Is a roaster- and
baker in one. In can turn out the
Sunday chicken Drowned to a crisp,
make lamb stew, steam your vege-
tables, fry pancakes, or bake a pud-
ding. With this handy automatic
cooking utensl and a percolator, any
woman can prepare a complete meal.
Kitchen economists say every
woman will have half a dozen such
implements in the kitchen of the
future and the old-fashioned stove
as we know it-a heating unit for
everything we eat-won't be made.
The roaster-and-baker has the usual
advantage Of electrical cookery; you
can use half as much current and
the insulated cooking-tub, which Is
what it really Is, will stay hot enough
to keep up the cooking process It
won't heat up the kitchen, either, SO
it saves more money in not forcing
the refrigerator and electric fan to
work overtime.
Meat cooked in these waterless
utensils are said to shrink only half
as much as under ordinary heat and
there are, Of course, no greasy fumes.
Instead Of heating up the oven first,
as we old-fashioned cooks were taught
to do you put the meat into a cold
oven and cook with lower temperature.
It's the high temperature that sfrinks
meat.
You don't need any special place
to sit the roaster and an ordinary
wall plug such as that to which you
hitch your radio or bridge lamp will
supply the current. A red signal
light flashes on when the inside of
the roaster reaches the temperature
set on the thermostat, telling you to
stop wasting your money-the ovens
hot enough.
Evening star., 1936-05-30
PAINT SALES INCREASE
March Figure Is 1875 Pct. Above
That for Same Month in 1885.

Paint, varnish and lacquer sales
showed an increase Of 1875 per cent
for March, 1886, over the same month
q year ago, according to data reported
to the Bureau Of the Census by SIS
identical establishments.
The first three months Of 1886 ex-
ceeded the sales for the same period
a year ago by 78 per cent, for 1884
by 23.2 per cent and for 1888 by
1925 per cent. The trade sales Of
paint, varnish and lacquer for
March Of this year amounted to $685.
793, ,204, while industrial sales amount
ed to S24, 4,492,271, and unclassified
sales totaled $22,6sS,32
Evening star., 1936-05-30
Soaps Leave No Rings"

"Soapless soaps" which leave no
"rings" are now on the retail market.
They produce quick suds, even in cold.
hard water, Danish soap scum, rinse
instantly, are offered in two forms:
one for washing silks, woolens: one
for shampoos.
Evening star., 1936-05-30
FRESHENING CLOSETS

Closets and shelves may be fresh.
ened up with the use of wallpaper
or paint. Contrasting colors that will
emphasize the decorations of the room
may be effected.
Plain papers In closets Of rooms
with figured designs and fiowered
papers in rooms with plain walls are
particularly good. Small designs, of
course, should be used for shelves.
Rooms may be repapered under the
terms of the Federal Housing Ad-
ministration's modernization credit
Plan.
Evening star., 1936-05-30
MORE THAN FAD
Air-Conditioning Protects Mer-
chants Stock and Helps Health.

chants STOCK ana Helps dealtn.
The modern craze for r-condition-
ing Is more than just a fad. Perhaps
its importance and benefits have been
exaggerated in some directions, but
in some respects its advantages have
been only partially appreciated. For
example, for its use in stores only
the comfort of the customers has been
emphasized, and even that has been
more or less confined to the Summer
cooling phase Of air-conditioning.
But this is probably its least I'M
portant benefit. The all-year-round
cleansing of the air reduces the dust
that Is stirred up by the moving Of
the customers feet upon the floors
and. consequently, spares the stock
the necessity of catching it all as 1t
settles; the removal Of the soporiflc
effect Of bad air upon the employees
by the publication and humidiflcation
Of the air In Winter increases their
efficiency and hence their sales.
Evening star., 1936-04-07
Pie Is Important Topic Before
annual Meeting of U. S. Steel
Chairman Taylor Touches Off Subject
in Noting Passing of Veteran
Shareholder.

discussion and review Of the corpora
tion's affairs. Tavior told of letter
he had received from a schoolboy IN
the State of Washington.
The letter was a request to the
steel chairman asking him to settle
a dispute At issue was the ques-
ton of whether the United States
Steel certificate of incorporation pro-
vided that at the annual meeting the
shareholders should be served with
pie.
Walters Bring Trays.
When the meeting was adjourned
at noon following Taylors review Of
the wear. a corps Of white coated
walters swept in from a neighboring
railroad terminal bearing the an
nual luncheon trays.
Seated at the luncheon board
with Chairman Taylor we're members
of the corporations "old guard" rep
resented by former President James
A. Farrell and William J. Filbert,
former chairman Of the Finance Com
mittee.
Also present as representatives of
the new blood moving to the fore
under Taylor's rehabilitation program
were William A. Irwin, president, and
Edward r. Stettinius. who recently
moved into the Craftsmanship Of the
Finance Committee on the retirement
Of Filbert.
Evening star., 1936-04-07

normal as well as surtaxes on income
from dividends. would drop s65S 000.-
600 additional into the Federal cash
till. Instead of the present s1,153, ,00o.-
600, Mcleod said they would pay
s1.s11 900, 900.
Thus the net additional yield from
these sources would be S5e1 900, 900.
The program also contemplates pro-
ducing 100000, 900 from a 90 per cent
WlndfalP' tax on professors who es-
capped payment Of A. A. A. processing
taxes, SS3,000,000 from temporary re-
tention of capital stock and excess
profits taxes and S25,000.O00 from a
22l2 per cent levy on corporation divi-
dends to foreigners.
Chairman Doughton said the COM
mlttee was sure to finish its hearings
To-Day and then start tomorrow draft
ing an actual bill behind closed doors.
Ihe Chamber of Commerce expected
to present four witnesses from its
Committee on Federal Revenue and
Expenditures. of which F. H. Clausen
OF Horizon, Wis, is chairman.
Although the chamber has men,
toned the program only in a guarded
manner, a spokesman for the organi-
zatlon, talking privately to reporters,
made it clear that its representatives
were not appearing to praise the plan.
Background of Measure.
Under questioning of Representative
TreadWay, Republican, of Massactu-
setts, Oliphant dipped into the back
ground of the new corporation tax
plan.
The A. A. A. invalidation and enact
nent OF the bonus bill, he said. threw
the budget so much out of line that it
became necessary to raise real money
from real people,
The only four sources of substantial
revenue, he said. are business profits,
wages and salaries, rent and interest.
Then he proceeded to eliminate each
OF them except the first.
When the Treasury learned that
business profits had mounted 40 to go
per cent and that taxes are being
avoided by retaining corporation
profits in reserves. he said. the search
for the source of new taxes was ended
Taking up In turn the principal OBJ
jections hurled at the tax program
the Treasury counsel argued that ii
would not hold back industrial growth
tend to turn investments from produc-
tive enterprise to tax-exempt securi.
ties, place too heavy a burden on small
Evening star., 1936-04-07

make a talking picture. A few years
later she returned to Broadway to
win new honors in "As Thousands
Cheer"
One of her "hit" scenes in the lat
ter show was her dancing act with
Clifton Webb, in which she imperson-
ated the former Barbara Hutton. A
half dozen gallant suitors dancer at
tendance as Marilyn twirled about the
stage and finally chose Webb, re-
splendent In uniform, as her sweet
heart.
Nor In real life did Marilyn Miller
want for suitors. There was a score
of them. Her first husband was the
late Frank Carter. who was killed in
an auto accident in 1920. Two years
later she became the wife of the late
Jack Pickford, motion picture actor
and brother Of Mary Pickford.
The Pickfords were divorced in 1927,
when the Versailles tribunal in Paris
awarded the dancer a decree. Pick
ford died in France in 1888.
Twice Miss Miller announced her
enga cement to marry different men,
Evening star., 1936-04-07
CHANGES IN AUTO
AGYEAR OPPOSED
Rudy and Tax Commission
to Seek Veto of Mary
land Bill.
Nv the Associated Presk.

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, April 7.-Opposition
developed here today to a bill which
would change the time for purchasing
a motor vehicle license from Decem-
ber 81 yearly to March 81.
The bill was passed by the recent
Legislature and is now before Gov.
Nice. 1t will not become a law un-
less the Governor signs it.
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
Walter H. Rudy declined to discuss
the subject today but 1t is known that
he plans to oppose the measure. 1t
also was learned that the State Tax
Commission plans to ask the Gov
ernor to veto It.
The objectors contend that the
change would mean a considerable
loss in State revenue during the COM
ing year because motorists would be
able to use their 1886 tags for three
months longer than Is now the case.
Under the bill. the 1885 tags would
be valid until March 81, 1887.
The State Tax Commission, 1t Is
understood, opposes the bill on
grounds that it would slow up work
of local tax assessors In assessing
automobiles for the personal property
tax. The personal property tax books
are made up from the license issu-
ance records, and delaying the issu-
ance three months would delay the
assessors that long.
Evening star., 1936-04-07
CAPITAL OFFICES
FOR CHURCH SEEN
Reorganization of Protes-
tant Episcopal Work on Ma.
tionaI Basis Predicted.
by LANES WALDO FAWCETT.

BY JAMES WALDO tAWCETT.
Complete reorganization of the work
OF the Protestant Episcopal Church
on a national basis and with head
quarters in the Nations Capital is
forecast in a report filed yesterday
with the National Council of the
church by Right Rev. George Craig
Stewart, Bishop of Chicago, chair
man of a committee charged with
designing such a plan.
The National Council soon is to
meet in New York, and Bishop Stew
art will make formal presentation of
the details of his proposals at that
assembly.
Meanwhile, it is understood that
the committee favors the election of
o president of the National Council
whose duties would be distinct from
those of the presiding bishop and
have special concern for administra-
tive responsibilities and opportuni-
ties.
THE presiding bishop should be
the spiritual head of the church" !"
Bishop Stewart has declared He
should be relieved of responsibility
to his own diocese, elected for life
term and should have headquarters
in Washington, where he would have
q cathedral"
FavOrS Freeman in Post.
Bishop Stewart further announced
that he would favor the election of
Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop
of Washington, as head of the church
under the reorganized plan.
The suggestion for national correla-
ton of the church's work has been
discussed many years. 1t was con-
sidered at the General Convention at
Atlantic City in 1884. and is sched-
uled to be decided at the General
Convention to be held at Cincinnati
next year. A resolution adopted by
both the House of Bishops and the
House of Deputies at Atlantic City
requested the Diocese of Washington
to give sympathetic consideration" to
the proposal for the establishment of
national headquarters in the Capital.
Bishop Freeman this morning
declined to comment on Bishop
Stewart's report. Il have not seen
the text" he said, and therefore
cannot discuss it. But I can and will
say that believe reorganization is
needed, regardless of what city may
be chosen for headquarters or what
officers are selected for the work. The
whole matter is one with which the
entire church must deal It cannot
be decided by the National Council
alone
Advocated by Satterlee.
At Washington Cathedral Offices
1t was remembered that Right Rev.
Henry Yates Satterlee, first Bishop of
Washington, who died in 1908. had
advocated national headquarters here
as early as 1893. The late Charles
c. Glover was a proponent of the
idea.
Former Undersecretary of State
William R. Castle. only Washington
member of the National Council, ex-
planned that there is nothing very
radical in Bishop Stewards report.
Much of the reorganization he men,
tions already is in effect, and much
of the administrative work is being
done by Right Rev Philip Cook,
Bishop of Delaware, chairman of the
council"
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Taxes

Continued From First Psge)
any way to save say 81 600, 900 900 and
avoid taxation?"
II don't think I have any sugges-
tions for saving $1,000. 100000 Bell
replied.
Wouldn't it be possible under the
existing set-up?" Treadway pressed.
IT didn't say it would be impossible"
Bell insisted, "but I can't give you
offhand suggestions"
He testified that banks insured by
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
held 80 per cent of the United States
Government obligations on June 80.
1885.
When Treadway asked whether he
thought the banking system would be
imperiled If the value of these obliga-
tions fell off, Bell said he did not
think he could reply
With Republicans seeking informa-
ton on the public debt. Chairman
Doughton, Democrat, of North Caro-
lima, inserted in the record figures to
show that in the 1931-32-33 fiscal
years, the Government deficit aggre-
gated s7,124, 4,081, ,726.
Republicans then began asking the
budget head to submit figures on how
much had been spent by N. r. A. and
the Resettlement Administration and
on the number of employees and the
amount of salaries. Bell remarked that
1t would take him 10 days to prepare
all the material requested of him.
Just so long as you get it before
the election" interjected Representa-
tive Lewis. Democrat, of Maryland.
For the benefit Of the minority"
Vinson remarked, you might submit
the name Of the Republican nominee,
if any,
I'VE would be very much interested"
Treadway commented, with grin.
The committee next will invite
spokesmen from the Chamber of
Commerce of the United States to
voice their views.
Along with Arthur Kent, general
counsel of the Internal Revenue Bu-
reau, Henry Oliphant, Treasury coun-
sci, yesterday attacked arguments of
business men that the proposed grad
uated tax on corporation income, based
on portions of profits held in reserves,
wuld damage incorporated industry
seriously.
He opposed any major modification
OF the revenue plan to give q more
favored treatment to corporations
which must use definite amounts of
income to retire indebtedness.
A. S. Mcleod, treasury statistician,
cited oficial figures. They showed
that whereas corporations now pay
taxes of about 81, ,132, 900, 900 annually,
under the new plan they would pay an
estimated 81 .oe5 900 600, or s67 900 .oeo
less.
But stockholders, who would be re-
qutred under the new program to pay
Evening star., 1936-04-07

and brought her Immediately to New
York.
She graced the chorus of the Shu-
bert Passing Shows" of 1914, 1915
and 1916. Next she appeared in zieg-
fields "Follies," and in 1920. when she
was %, blossomed into stardom as
Sally in the play of that name.
After Sally" came Peter Pan"
and Sunny" and in 1927 she re-
turned to ziegfeld's management in
"Rosalie," another hit. 1t was a senti-
mental reunion between star and pro-
ducer. When she terminated her con-
tract with the late Ziegfeld, she had
said she never again would work for
him, because he was getting a dis
proportionate profit from his shows.
But she signed a fve-year contract.
She appeared for him again in 1881
in Smiles" co-starred with Adele and
Fred Astaire.
Signed Movie Contract.
Marilyn Miller was one of the first
musical comedy stars before whom
Hollywood dangled appetizing bait. In
1929 she signed a $1O0. 900 contract to
Evening star., 1936-04-07

physician, DR.. Laurence A. White
more.
Husband at Bedside.
At Miss Miller's bedside when she
died were her husband. Chester
O'Brien, and two sisters, Mrs. Ruth
Sweeny and Mrs. Clair Montgomery.
A bulletin issued at the hospital
said Miss Miller's temperature rose to
lot degrees during the night and
shortly before she died was l08.
Marilyn Miller, at the height of her
career, was regarded by Broadway
showmen as the perfect musical COM
edy heroine. and the pattern of almost
all aspirants to similar careers. She
had loveliness. sweet singing voice,
a gift for piquant comedy and she
wes, more than anything else,
dancer of extraordinary skill and
grace.
Triumph in sally"
Her first great triumph was in
Sally" in which the late Florenz
ziegfeld raised her to stardom, after
her distinguished service in the Fol
lies" and in the famous shows on the
Ziegfeld roof.
Not only did Sally" elevate Miss
Miller to supreme position among
song -and-dance stars. but the play
itself established a model for later
musical plays-the sort that were TO
bring forth Adele Astaire, Mary
Eaton, Louise Groody and other stars
whose dancing was more important
than their other talents.
The success Of Sally" both on
Broadway and on the road, earned
for Miss Miller future identification
with the role.
At the termination Of that plays
run, she broke with Ziegfeld and went
under the management of the late
Charles Dillingham;. Her first pro-
duction was a musicalized production
Of Sir James NJ. Barrie's Peter Pan"
Starred in Sunny"
| Dances were incorporated into the
play for the star. and although she
won huge personal success, the play
itself was a failure.
1t was under Dillingham's manage
ment, however, that she had her
greatest success. This was Sunny"
in which she was co-starred with
the late Jack Donahue. 1t played
st the New Amsterdam, where Sally"
remained so long. She later appeared
in notion-picture version Of
Sunny"
She died less than two years after
her third marriage. On October l..
1884. she married Chester O'Brien,
a chorus man in her last starring
show, LAS Thousands Cheer" The
marriage took place at Harrison,
N. Y.
According to who's who in the
theater, she was born Mary Ellen
Reynolds in Evansville, Ind. Sep
tember /. 1898 Her first stage ap-
pearance was with her mother, Lyn
Reynolds and her stepfather. Caro-
Miller. August 20, 1908. at Lakeside
Park, Dayton, Ohio, as one of the
Columbian Trio.
Made European Tour.
Broadway did not see her for an
other decade. for Marilyn went abroad.
touring Europe for 10 years until she
appeared one night at the Lotus Club
in London. Lee Shubert saw her dance