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The Washington times., 1936-12-25
LAWS TO CURB
MORTGAGE
RACKET
House Group Reveals
Ten Billions Lost
In Realty Graft
BY WILLIAM S. NEAL
International News Service

A two-edged legislative program
to halt a 10,000-million- dollar
mortgage racket" and safeguard
investors in the future will be pro-
posed by the special House com.
mittee which investigated bond
holders protective committees, it
was announced today.
The program includes;
/. A Federal law permitting
the Treasury to intervene in all
real estate mortgage reorganiza-
tions to safeguard rights Of in.
vestors.
2. A program of State legisla-
tion, supplementing the Federal
truth-in-securities act, to prevent
sale of real estate bond mort
cages on an unsound basis in the
future.
Investors Saved Millions.
Representative Claude Fuller
CD, of Arkansas, member of the
House investigating body, said:
"The long investigation con-
Quoted by the special House
Committee Is about completed
and there should be legislation.
The committee discovered q TO-
OOO-milliOn-dollar racket and by
its activities has saved investors
hundreds Of millions Of dollars.
The committee has proposed a
law under which cOnServatorS
would be named to reOrganiZe
properties in financial difficult
ties.
"The advantage Of the legisla-
ton is that experts at q fixed
salary would be substituted for
bondholders' protective commit
ties, many of which were Or
ganized simply to Swindle Sc
curity holders.
The States ought to enact
legislation to control mortgage
issues, and prevent sale of bonds
on inflated values. The Illinois
Democratic platform has de-
Clared for such legislation"
Rows With Judges
Fuller disclosed that the House
committee in many instances
clashed with Federal judges who
were allowing what the committee
believed to be exorbitant fees and
permitting reorganizations which
did not protect bondholders. Ex-
cessive fees. allowed in a real estate
bond mortgage reorganization was
one Of the factors in the impeach.
ment of Federal Judge Halsted l..
Ritter, Of Florida.
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Marrying Parson
Just Trails AIonq

CHICAGO, Dec. 25. - The
pastor stood in the bathtub, the
bride and the groom, Godmund
Johansen and Miss Erna Schultz,
were jammed between the refrig-
orator and stove, while the maid
Of honor and the best man stood
in the doorway. The occasion was
Chicago's first trailer marriage.
The Washington times., 1936-12-25
Dallas Police Hold
Villa Kin As R0bber

DALLAS, Tex, Dec. 25 GNs0'
A search since last May for Moses
Gonzales Villa, who is declared
to be one of Mexico's public
enemies" came to an end today
with the robber in the custody Of
Dallas police.
Villa, said to be distant rel
ative of the famous bandit chief,
was captured unarmed in the
bathroom Of his dingy upstairs
flat.
The Washington times., 1936-12-25
Petroleum Output
AT New Week S High

NEW YORK, Dec. 25.-Ameri
can Petroleum Institute yesterday
estimated crude oil production for
the week ended December 19 at
3,145,700 barrels daily, an in
crease Of 26,200 barrels over the
previous week and a new record
high.
The Washington times., 1936-12-25
F. D., Jr., Awaiting
Mother and FianCee

. BOSTON, Dec. IS UN.SO.
Philosophical about his enforced
confinement in hospital here,
Franklin D. Roosevelt, jr., son of
the President, today awaited the
arrival Of the two women who
love him most,
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|plans the clothes ensembles for her
attendants. so she plans the bou-
quetS which are expected to be part
of these ensembles.
However, sometimes the groom,
wishing to be especially courtly
and to make bow to his brides
attendants, asks for the privilege
of sending the bouquets to the
brides attendants. Then he and
the bride go together to the florist,
consult with him as to the plans
of the bride for these bouquets,
and the groom orders them accord
ing to these plans, and pays for
them.
At the same time he usually
orders the corsages for the brides
mother and for his own mother,
the boutonnieres for himself and
the best man and uSherS, and
sometimes for the brides father
and for his own father. Often,
too, at this time he conSults with
the bride as to what flowers she
wishes for her going away corsage
and orders it.
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Dear Mrs. Beeckman:


"The wedding of a friend Of
mine is to take place in hotel.
Besides the bride and groom. the
brides one attendant, and the
best man, there will be only few
guests at the wedding ceremony
and afterward at a gathering"
Will it be necessary to invite the
minister to stay? His wife never
accompanies the minister to we'd
dingS.
1--WE heard repeatedly that the
only expenses of the groom are:
the ring, the brides bouquet, the
license, and the minister's fee.
About year ago / read in your
column, in answer to an inquiry,
'The groom pays for the brides
maids bouquet" ] thought that
this was a miSprint until recently
when 1 read in a column on mems
fashions (?), and again in wO-
mans shopping column, that al
though the groom pays for the
flowers for her attendants, the
bride may choose them. Now who
is right? Certainly if the bride
wants a group of her friends as
attendants, it is her wedding pic
ture, and 1 think that any ex-
pense in connection with that
picture (Outside of clOthes) be-
longs to the brides family. Please,
Mrs. Beeckman. put me straight
on this. DOROTHY"
Under these circumstances it
really won't be necessary to invite
the minister to stay. He will, OF
course, stay to offer his best
wishes to the bride and his con-
gratulations to the groom, and to
chat a few minutes with the rela-
tives.
I wonder if you read "The
groom pays for the bridesmaids
bouquet" in my column? There is
no definite ruling about this, and
I have always taken great pains
to explain that there isn't. I uSu-
ally say first what you have so
well said in your neXt-to-the-laSt
sentence. that it is the bride or
her family who usually buy the
bouquets for the brides attend
ants, since these flowers are
planned to carry out the color
scheme of the wedding.
So usually the attendants flow
ers are ordered by the bride and
her family when the flowers are
ordered for the church and for the
house, as part of the floral decora-
| tive scheme. Just as thu bride
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After a nike OF this type you
can count on ravenouS appetite.
Food cooked over the open fire
always tastes good. Your menu
may only be WeinerS cooked en-
brochette campfire style, this is
on slender peeled branches of sap
lings) toasted marShmallowS, hot
coffee and plenty of buns, pickles
and fruit.
With the addition of a heavy
iron skillet and coffee pot, more
elaborate meals can be prepared.
For a breakfast hike, nothing
tastes quite so good as flapjacks.
The batter for these can be pre-
pared before starting fat included
for greaSing the pan, and jugs of
maple syrup and butter for serv-
ing over them.
Stews of various kinds are fav-
ored for the supper meals. These
can be prepared in the skillet.
Baked beans or spaghetti of the
canned variety take less time to
prepare. Be sure to provide Sut-
ficient quantities of relish or cat
sup or spiced fruit with such one
dish meals.
Here is a recipe for old-faSh-
Toned stew that takes about one
hour to cook. This time can be
shortened. however, by choosing
G. more tender cut of meat or
starting preparation before leav-
ing.
Old Fashioned Stew
2 pounds shank of beef
4 tablespoons of flour
small onions
small carrots
3 turnipS quartered
Salt
Pepper
Have the meat cut into 2 inch
cubes. Dredge it with flour and
brown in the skillet. Season with
salt and pepper. Cover with hot
water and cook slowly for As min
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Times Daily Pattern
PATTERN 4199

Three cheers for my new dress"
enthusiastically choruses the chic
Junior Miss with the pennant, and
after taking a look at Pattern 4199
we certainly agree with her! FASH
ion-wise school girls adore the
smart lines of this new silhouette
with it's flaring skirt and puffy
sleeves, and this bright model is
ever so easy to make, too. In fact
young daughter may make this gay
frock herself; it's that simple! See
the clever Jokes, interesting bodice
darts and nicely gored skirt. She'll
like several versions: one OF novelty
cotton with short sleeves, one OF
colorful wool challis, and one in
synthetic, or silk crepe.
Pattern 4199 is available in sizes
8, 10, IL, IA and 16. Size 10 takes
IA yards SO inch fabric. Illustrated
step-by-step sewing instructions in
cluded.
Send FIFTEEN CENTS (15c) in
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Address orders to The Washing
ton Times, Pattern Department.
243 w. 18th St., New York. n. 4.
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THANK-YOU NOTES
Dear Mrs. Beeckman:

Dear MIS-. beeCkM6n:
"WOuld you please tell me how
to word a thank-yOu note? How
long should it be? l have been
ill, in the hospital, and 1 would
now like to thank my friends for
their many kindneSSeS. MARY"
There isn't any rule about the
length of a thank-you letter
except that it shouldn't be
so short that it gives the impress
sion that we dash it off just to
get it off our minds. I think that
this is the real reason why cor
respondence cards lost their popu-
larity. People tried to write ade-
Quate notes of thanks on them
and they were so small that
they looked cramped and thor
oughly inadequate.
Here's a never-failing recipe for
a thank-you note: One part thanks
for the kindness of the thought,
and then add one part thanks for
the gift itself. Like this, for in
stance:
Dear Jane:
What a kind and thoughtful
friend you are. bless you for
your goodness to me while l was
in the hospital, and thank you,
deeply, for your generosity. The
white and yellow flowers that you
sent were especially lovely, so dell
cate, 90 refreshing, 80 cookbook
The Washington times., 1936-10-17
Crisp Clear October Days Lure Lovers of Outdoor Cook
LOVeIOrn
Tells Friends
First
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX

Famous Authority on Problems OF
LoUe and Marriage
Dear Miss Fairfax:
I'VE broke up some months ago,
because he drank too much. Then
l agreed to forget and forgive, just
because l loved him. We had a
date one night and he didn't show
up. l was peeved, still l fOrgave.
when l was on my vacation he,
with several other boys and girls,
agreed to come and see me. They
had cars, and the distance wasn't
far. l waited for them till 10
o'clock, and as they didn't come,
1 went for a walk with couple of
girls.
Later my friends told me that
he was through with me because
l wasn't at the cottage that night.
Instead of telling me he was
through he told my girl friends
and several other people besides,
which struck me as cowardly. He
also said he had another girl,
which l can hardly believe. He's
10 and I'm Is. Shall go out with
others? 3D."
At 10 you could hardly expect
a boy to be an accomplished man
of the world. And yet you would
hardly expect him to go round
telling the neighborhood he was
through" with a girl and had
replaced her with another, be-
fore he informed the girl herself
of these things.
If you waited till 10 o'clock,
you we're certainly free then to
do something else besides waiting
indefinitely. BY all means go out
with other boys. Meantime. the
young man may learn not to dis
cuss girl friends at length with
others.
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utes. Add the chopped vegetables
and cover. Continue cooking until
the vegetables are tender.
The preparation Of stew can be
simplified by choosing round steak,
and a can of vegetable soup with
meat. Then brown the meat, add
chopped onion, the can of soup
and simmer for about 20 minutes.
1t is delicious.
Camp Coffee
IL cups of coarsely ground coffee
10 cups of boiling water
/ pint of coffee cream
Put the coffee in two cheese
cloth bags but leave room for the
expansion of the coffee during
cookery. When ready to make,
put the coffee bags in the pot,
add boiling water and allow it to
come to the boil and boil three
minutes. Add the cream. Set in
a pan of hot water to keep it
from cooling. Let stand five min
uteS, then pour.
Apple Pancakes
y cup of flour
IL cups Of fine stale bread
crumbs
2 tablespoons of butter
2 eggs, well beaten
4 teaspoons of baking powder
~ cups of scalded milk
/ cup of diced apples
4 tablespoons Of sugar
u teaspoon Of salt
Add melted butter to the crumbs
and milk. Pour the scalded milk
over them and let soak until
crumbs are soft. Add the eggs.
Sift the flour, salt and baking
powder. Stir in the chopped
apples. Heat the frying pan thor
oughly, grease lightly, and cook
the pancakes first on one side and
then on the other. Serve as a
dessert. Prepared pancake flour
can be used for the batter if
desired.
These Scotch oatcakes should
be made at home and then toasted
over the open fire.
Sandy's FavOrite
/ cup Of oatmeal
IA teaspoon Of baking soda
tablespoon of butter or bacon
drippings
"a cup Of water
"a teaspoon of salt
Mix the salt with the oatmeal.
Pour two tablespoons of hot water
over the butter. Add soda. When
fat is melted add sufficient cold
water to make "a cup. Add to the
oatmeal. Turn out on Toured
board and knead firmly.
When smooth, roll with a roll
ing pin to u inch thickness. Cut
into cakes. Rub with oatmeal and
cook on the hot creased griddle
until the edges curl. Toast over
the fire.
BrOiIed Ham
1 pound of boiled ham
1 can of sliced pineapple
Rolls
Fry the ham in the skillet. Add
the pineapple slices. Fry on both
sides. Serve slices of ham and a
slice of pineapple between halves
of the buttered roll.
The Washington times., 1936-10-17
M
- WILMA LAVILLE
LAVILLE
Vitamin F Soap

MOT entirely brand-new-in
~ fact, it's been advertised
but If you didn t happen to read
the ad, then you will want to
know about vitamin F soap.
It's just recently been per-
fected, and it does wonders for
your skin. 1t seems that one of
the main reasons we have
trouble with dry skin, rough
ness, brittle nails, excessive
dandruff, and brittle hair is a
deficiency of certain vitamins
IN the system, especially vita
min F. By providing this vita
min to the skin, we can do much
to restore a natural condition.
This much has been known to
medical research for some time,
but the soap has just been de-
veloped. Every time you use
the soap, some of the valuable
vitamins seep through the skin,
and eventually get into the
system. They not only help to
correct the condition at hand,
but are of benefit to the general
structure as we'll, we hear. The
soap is said to stimulate tired
muscles, to take away that tired
feeling when you use it in
bath, and to make the skin
sparkle and tingle with life. 1t
has a rich, creamy lather which
is soft and smooth and delight
full. And it's not expensive
nine large cakes for 81.
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WHEN MANNERS, ARE CORRECT 7
By MRS. CORNELIUS BEECKMAN

ing. I thoroughly enjoyed every
minute of their beauty. Thank
you, Jane dear.
Now I'm home, and feeling so
much better. And do hope that
you will be able, in your busy
days, to drop in to see me. How
I'd love it!
Deepest thanks, Jane, and
dearest love.
AffectiOnately,
The Washington times., 1936-10-17
Beauty
Make-Up for
Girls
BY DONNA GRACE

Dear Donna Grace: Nowadays
there are so many very young girls
from IL to II who use makeup
that 1 like to use it too. However,
1 realize that the very young girl
does not have to give her skin the
same kind of attention that an
older girl or woman needs. will
you tell me what the very young
girl should do for her skin, and
the makeup to use? x. Y. H."
Dear x. Y. I've are all well
aware of the fact that the very
young girl should have treat
ment and makeup of her own,
and have frequently devoted
columns to this subject. For your
benefit 1 am glad to repeat that
the basis of all skin beauty is
thorough cleanliness. 1 feel sure
you are one of these alert young
girls who will be very careful to
keep her skin nice and clean, but
when girl first begins to use
makeup, she may feel she can
make herself attractive by put
ting. on the makeup without first
cleansing the skin.
Soap and water is the ideal
cleanser for the young skin. Re
move the soap by thorough rims
ing with cold water; then if the
skin is chapped, use any good
cream or rub the surface gently
with almond oil. If your skin is
oily pat with an astringent or an
iced solution of boric acid. Your
makeup will be according to your
coloring, but the rule is to use
very little.
A powder, dry rouge and lipstick
is enough, unless you want to do
your eyes, too; then you will need
a mascara. The very young girl,
however, will usually look more
attractive without eye makeup. A
thin film of vaseline or your
cream over the eyelid will give it
a smart finish and will not look
artificial. Many of the screen stars
use only this eye makeup for day
time, and when the brows and
lasheS are rather dark, it is good
evening makeup, too.
Be careful in putting on your
lipstick. 1t should follow the con-
tour of the lips in nice clean
line; then fill it in until the lips
are all covered without any untidi-
ness. When you have done this,
place a tissue between the lips and
press on it. This will remove the
excess rouge. After that, powder
them lightly and use your tissue
again in the same way. The
powder will help to set the color
and keep it from rubbing. Cold
water has the same effect.
I assume you know how to apply
your powder. You pat it on with
the puff or piece of cotton: then
spread it smoothly over the face
and neck.
/ Powder or cake rouge may be
applied over the powder. Begin at
point on the cheeks under the
eyeball and brush or pat it towards
the temples. If you have round
face, blend the rouge slightly down
on the cheeks, but not below the
lobes of the ears.
For evening you may blend your
rouge up under the lower laShes so
there will be no space between the
eyes and the cheek rouge. This is
one of the effects practiced by the
grown-ups, but you may try it for
evening.
/ will be glad to send you my
Makeup Chart, Facial Massage
Method or any packs for the skin,
if you will inclose a stamped, self
addressed envelope for each and
address Donna Grace, Beauty Edi-
tor Of The Washington Times.
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FaVOrite

The neD tGUorite food contest
is for wGyS OF using cheese.
Other readers 1UiH be interested
in neW wGyS or carnations ,of
familiar methods OF using this
adaptable dairy food.
FOLLOWING is a 1Uinner in last
weeks contest. The Washing.
ton Times pays 81 for each 1Din-
ner published during the week.
The Washington times., 1936-10-17

Take up a collection of hats and
the chances are that you will find
many new berets. A nice model
is in navy blue velvet and is done
on triangular lines with navy blue
groSgrain ribbon making the band
and bow. The hat gives a soft
halo outline to the face.
The Washington times., 1936-10-17
VOTE AMERICANA
Rose Satin

Restful repose is made even
nicer by the new gowns. A charm
ing new nightie is of dusty rose
satin done in shirtwaist lines with
short, puffed sleeves. The high
neck bodice is matching sheer
with lace defining the open front
and high neckline.
The Washington times., 1936-10-17
Many Appetizing Dishes
Can Be Prepared
In Iron Skillet
Bv JEAN GREEN

Crisp clear October days giving lovers of outdoor cook
ing opportunity to enjoy picnic hikes Hiking out to
of the many interesting spots Washington providing
facilities for outdoor cooking invigorang The sight Of
bring rsthand appreciation of fascinating time of year.
The Washington times., 1936-10-17

WITH the coming of cold
w weather, many people suffer
with rough and sensitive skin. The
first crisp days of fall may be de-
lightful, but they do wreak havoc
with your complexion, if you're
the thin7Skinned type. So it's time
to talk about a Sensitive Skin
Cleanser which will help you
through these next few weeks, if
you will give it a trial. 1t does a
very thorough job of cleansing,
and at the same time it soothes
away irritation. It's pleasant to
use, and beneficial because it con-
tains oils which are not usually
used in cleansing creams. They
lubricate the skin, adding to it's
tone and elasticity. This cleanser
is for any type of sensitive skin.
While dry skin is usually more
sensitive than that which is nor
NAL or oily, the others may suffer,
too. We can't tell you all about
it in detail, so you must go down
town and see it for yourself. It
sells in two sizes, for $1.25 and
1925.
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/ will be glad to send you my
Makeup Chart, Facial Massage
Method or any packs for the skin,
if you will incloSe a stamped, self
addressed envelope for each and
address Donna Grace, Beauty Edi-
tor Of The Washington Times.
The Washington times., 1936-10-17
Time to Change

DERHAPS your friends haven't
L been frank enough to tell you
that your makeup is wrong. But
If you haven't changed since sum-
mer, there's a good chance that it
is. One trip to my favOrite beauty
cOnSuItant convinced me. / liked
my Sun-tan rouge, lipstick and
powder, and thought it would do
for autumn, when I'd be out of
doors lots. But she persuaded me
by showing me how much better
/ looked with a new cOlor-COral
Claret, it's called. I've noticed sew
eral people, since then, wearing
q deep tone which undoubtedly
looked we'll in summer, but with
the putting on of dark clothes and
coIOrs, the whole scheme is wrong.
So do look critically in your own
mirror, in good daylight. Be sure
you're not one of the many who
are mixing summer compilations
with winter clothes.
The Washington times., 1936-10-17

FUR ON KNITTED DRESSES is a new note this fall and
here is trimmed with barondu which used edgng
for the collar This twopece classic beloved of American
women, is made in duotone yarn giving twotone
shaded effect The blouse penk for the warmth of early
autumn days. and trimmed with antique gold hammered but
tons added color note For the of the store show
ing call District 7000 Extension 459 during business hours
write Miss Lave at The Times enclosing addressed
stamped envelope
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: :! s.

TT seems that at last the beauty
4 secrets OF the Egyptians are
ours. There's q modern cosmetic
firm that has dug them out, and
they are putting out cosmetics that
contain as nearly as possible the
same ingredients as the SGlDeS and
lotions that Cleopatra and Ne
tertiti uSed.. They sag that mod
ern science has added Uery little.
The most outstanding part of
Egyptians womenS beauty since
the dG1Un OF history has been their
eyes. Their secret tDaS the use of
Egyptian Kohl the most famous
and ancient of all cosmetics. NoW
there's a mascara using Kohl in
modern torm. It's called Isis, and
is made entirely By hand. 1t is
said that it 1Ual not smart, 1OiU
not run, and that it promotes the
oroDth of the laSheS. 1t comes in sic
coIorS, black, brotUn, dark green,
bIue.blGck, blue and violette, $3.50
q boz.
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Lemon Sponge

1 cup of sugar
2 heaping tablespoons of flour
Melted butter size of an egg
Pinch of salt
2 egg yolkS
/ large lemon Guice and grated
rind
l cup Of milk
2 egg whites beaten stiff.
Sift the flour and sugar to-
gether; add melted butter, salt,
and egg yolks. Beat to a cream.
Add lemon juice and grated rind
and milk. Beat thoroughly and
then fold in beaten egg whites.
Line a 9-inch pie plate with a
flaky crust, pour in your mixture
and bake in slow over until firm.
When cooked the delicious
lemon filling will be on the bot
tom and light sponge cake on top.
Submitted by Mrs. George E.
Hudson, Dupont Circle Apart
ment, 1345 Nineteenth st. N. w.
Rules of the contest: Write
on one side OF the paper only
and include your name and Gd-
dress under each recipe. As
many recipes as you lUiSh may
be entered. Mail them to Miss
Jean Green, The Washington
Times, before midnight, october
~
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For names Of stores showing
the items described here, call
District 1000. Extension 459.
during business hours, or write
Miss Laville at The Times, in
closing stamped, self-addreSSed
envelope.