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The Washington times., 1936-02-10

Eight important points to con.
slider when designing . living.
room, helpful to those who are
building or remodeling, or to those
who want to change their present
houses, are emphasized by Ethel
B. Power, In the February House
Beautiful. Here they are:
Eight Points
If the room Is narrow and there
Is q fireplace in the long wall,
there should be q wall space di-
rectly opposite large enough to take
sofa and tables.
Furniture should not be placed
haphazardly. Important piece s
should be related both to each
other and to the background.
If maximum light and air are
desired, plan the house accord
ingly. Small windows heavily
draped may cut out so per cent Of
the light.
South and west exposures get
the most sun.
Doors on each side Of the fire
place make traffic lanes where
there should be seclusion. Too
many doors also defeat privacy.
Have window SillS below the eye
Of q person seated so that q full
view through the window can be
obtained.
Keep doors to two If possible and
have them at one end Of the
room. II privacy is most highly
desired the living room should be
q dead-end room.
A large opening opposite the
fireplace opens the heart Of the
room to callers.
COuches by Day
Modern bed-coucheS are equipped
with bookcases, shelves, drawers
and proper reading lights. They
are so workmanlike that they are
not, in q restricted sense, beds at
all, but rather coucheS. convertible
at nightfan into sleeping places.
The rooms in which they stand
can be used as libraries, living
rooms, play rooms, rooms-of-all-
work. Such a bed is as incidental
and matter-of-fact as a chair. It
is in its nature to be simple, in
conspicuous, with pillows or boil
sters piled orientally upon it.
All bed-coucheS should be built
around the very best box springs
and mattresses obtainable. The
original daybed was apt to be
skimpy in size and none too downy.
It was a place where you slept by
necessity, not choice. Now, ever
so many people sleep by choice
on studio couches, so buy . good
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spring and mattress. Then, as
you can afford it, build on the sort
Of frame you want. After all, the
frame is in the eye Of the beholder
but the mattress is in the small
Of your back. -
TabIing Trays
Turning trays into tables will
add, at moderate expense, to the
charm of your living room, says
House Beautiful. 5 They are grand,
when completed, for serving cof-
fee or drinks. You probably have
old trays that are gathering dust
on a top pantry shelf right now.
If you haven't, they are easy to
find in shops and a cabinet maker
will make them into tables.
Any large round tray is so inter
national that it may have a base
which is English, French, Ameri-
can or italian, even. Have the
base made detachable so that the
tray can be lifted off the base.
There's nothing better than a but
ler's tray for setting out cocktail
mixings or for serving coffee. If
you have one made into a table
be sure the base is affixed perma-
nently to the tray. Also, you can
have plstters Of turkey or roast
pig proportions mounted as table
trays.
The Washington times., 1936-02-10
Spring Mode
Forecast

Natural colors, coarse fabrics,
rough weaves-theSe are the
choice of the smartly gowned
woman for winter resort or to
herald spring.
Fashion, it would seem. has
gone back to the land" Fore
most among these styles is a
smart ensemble combining nat
ural linen with brown. The jacket
is trimmed with unpainted wooden
buttons as natural in color as
the coat fabric itself.
The brown linen is used for
skirt, Ascot scarf, jacket revers
and pocket flaps. A gay brown
hat trimmed with curled beige
feathers. and brown linen slip
pers stitched in beige are worn
with the suit.
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Removes Grease

mustard. Return to frying pan.
add y cup Of milk.
Let this cook slowly until the
meat Is tender.
With this they served apple
rings made by coring unpeeled
apples and simmering slowly in
butter.
''We're having biscuits tonight
fOr. dinner made in the Stanley
Ovenette. You will get to see 1t
In operation" Mary added.
The ovenette has a heavy base
with q cooking unit, q polished
aluminium hood which keeps In all
the heat. They use it for such diff
ficult things as pies, biscuits, muf-
fins, cakes. I watched Mary as
she mixed UP the batter.
She Sifted first 3 cups Of flour,
4 teaspoons Of baking powder, "
teaspoon Of salt. Add " pint Of
sweet cream. The dough was then
very soft. She rolled it out inch
thick and cut into small biscuits.
The pans were well oiled and
sparingly floured and were baked
In the hot oven $500 degrees for
10 minutes.
The last recipe they gave me
was for wilted celery cabbage:
Cut the outer leaves from the
cabbages. Shred. Boil for 8
minutes in salted water. Drain.
po11r nyer fhis q haeNn vinegar
dressing. Make the dressing b.. fry
ing out 2 strips Of finely diced
bacon. Add u onion, tablespoon
Of sugar, 11a tablespoon Of vine
gar, and salt and pepper to taste.
Mary put the ironing board
away and Jane picked up the
napkins and place them carefully
in the top drawer Of the desk
(they use this for their linen.) -
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drew them shaped like q seven
with four shelves on the part
that went flat against the wall,
and only one on the extension
that came down along the day
bed.
81 think they will be Just
dandy, don't you? And besides
when we are here alone" she
looked at me, "If we are ever
here aIOne-Or even If there are
three of us you can use the end
table and we can have coffee and
we can set the cup down and
have our after-dinner coffee and
smoke our after-dinner cigarette
and read the evening paper.
Mary said:
81 suppose that James the but.
Ter will see that the maid clears
the table and does all the neceS-
Sary."
But here I interrupted:
"HOw did your party come out
yesterday afternOOn?"
ooh, Just grand. Jane let the
biscuits get q little too brown
but the ShOrtcake was good and
we ate every crumb. We are
having some Of the ham tonight.
You know we baked it yester-
day noon.
"The recipe tonight is some
thing new, isn't it," hoping to
get a description for you.
eyes, this is the first time we
tried it. My Aunt used to make
it q lot for us when we would
visit her. She made it from
smoked ham,"
I copied the recipe as she read
it. Here 1t is:
Brown the required slices Of
ham in the hot frying pan. Take
from fire, roll in flour which has
been well sprinkled with ground
The Washington times., 1936-02-10
Our Bachelor Girls Plan
Apartment Chances

Jane and Mary tovo girls ,cbo only recently came to
Washington to aVork for Uncle SGm had difficulty in find
ina satisfactory place to live their income They
sov living in ome-room apartment scith very small
itchenete They haze this equipped electrically ith Gp
ponces and gGdgets for making their culinary experiences
happy ones.
Over the sOee.ed they plan to have Valentine party
For Sunday they Uiu serve ham, rice tinted yeo'U.
GvGcado salad 1Oh French dressing and plain boiled cSGrd
vh chocolate sauce They using of the ham left
over from their chicken and ham short cake To go
avith the story:
BY JEAN GREEN
Saturday being half day. Mary and Jane went home early
They were they sad going do the family wash and clean
the apartment Doing the family wash meant washing nap
kins hankies and such.
Jane busting and rearrangng the books which had
the desk Mary ironing when went in at o'clock
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Lace Overdress

Gold lace was selected for an
overdreSS for a charming black
satin dinner frock. The underskirt
of black satin is cut along bias
lines with narrow shoulder straps
and q wide ruffle at tho hem. The
over dress Of the gold lace is
styled in coat fashion, with q high
tailored collar and fastens at neck
and waist with bows Of gold lame.
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/ large can Of tomatoes Cor its
equivalent in fresh tomatoes)
/ tablespoon butter
/ tablespoon flour
" onion, chopped fine
/ Sprig parsley
/ Sprig thyme
/ Glove
Salt, pepper. cayenne
Hot sauce ..
To the tomatoes add a lump of
butter, salt, pepper and the
chopped onion and cook slowly
erab1y. Strain. Melt q tablespoon
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Of butter in the frying pan. add
the parsley and thyme, minced,
and the Glove.
Add the strained tomatoes q lit
tie at a time, stirring constantly
until well blended and thick. If
fresh tomatoes are used, they
should be peeled, quartered and a
half cup Of water added before
cooking.
just before taking the tomatoes
off the fire, q dash Of tabaSco or
chill sauce Is added.
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Walled an irritated masculine
voice on the other end Of the lines
"TeIl me, Is il against the law to
propose marriage to q girl In this
city?"
Familiar with the law as any
policeman that was q new one to
Patrolman Marckinni.
mot that / know Of" he en-.
cOuraged the irritated one.
LOVERS PROTEST
Then, why In blazes IL 1t that
every time park my car and work
up enough courage to propose to
my girl, someone flashes . light In
the window and yellS, Move ont ,
the protesting voice ut the other
end Of the line inquired?
Patrolman Marckinni, having Q
heart, suggested the family living
room In the glow Of q roSe-Shaded
lamp, and that the young man
there drop on one knee to ask the
momentouS question.
Then the feminine voice, even
more irritated than the bass, an.
swered:
There is no Mving-rOOm, and
dropping on one knee is out Of the
question, because I board, and the
living-rOOm is full Of boarders. and
they never so out"
By this time every ounce Of
chivalry in the patrolman had
famed; he had an inspiration.
"The safest place for you
people to park IL right outside
Of police headquarters" he said.
''NO one win bother you there.
ANY officer viii think you came
to the station ON business"
Thanks" doomed the mascu.
line voice on the other end Of
the line, and rang off.
Later, the switchboard buzzed
again. The same patrolman
plugged in. The same bass voice
sputtered at the other end Of the
wire.
"YOur tip was fine" the voice
said. '"NO one bothered us. She
said yes and we're going to be
married In June. We'd like to
have you come to the wedding"
VALUABLE TIP
No telling how many marriages
have been prevented through q
lack Of privacy in which to ask the
question. In grand
mas day parlors had doors which
could be cloSed-craughtS being
offered as a reasonable excuse.
But with the advent Of por.
there's, "courting gentlemen" were
scared out of their wits, in terror
Of a possible practical joker lurk-
ing on the other side.
DO Portieres Promote Celib-
acy?" was the title Of a highly
amusing essay written about the
time that parlors unhinged their
folding doors and took to chenille.
How far was this change in house
hold decorations accountable for
Aunt James Illustrations?
Patrolman Marckinni s h o u Id
have q medal for his invaluable
it's absolutely safe for
any young man to pop the uues-
ton under the shelter of police
headquarters, in any town or
city.
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FaVOEiteS

Kitchenette cooks, send in your
idUorite recipes this meek. and
aDtn one of the prizes of 81 gtve1
By The Washington Times. they
aDiH be published nert IDeek in the
JGOorite recipe contest.
If you find it difficult to cook
for ttDo, look daily for the F1Uor.
tie. These recipes published nert
meek may give you some ideas.
TodGy's tDinner from last tDeeE's
contest for a FGvortte recipe for
sauce:
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Velvet Gardenias

Deep and dark are the long, ro-
mantle. full capeS of black velvet
seen about town on dress nights.
One lovely model sets off its inky
black by :. band of white velvet
gardenias that falls like q hood
in back.
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Mary said:
"NOw J.ne we don't know
whether" she set the iron down
and turned to me. Honestly she
just makes up our minds all the
time"
"But we are getting something
new," Jane said. I'VE are get
ting book shelves. The carpenter
that lives across the street, you
know that boy who tends the fur
naces?"
"YOu mean the furnace man, "
Mary said.
+ eyes, but still a carpenter. He
is going to build them around
the day bed. 1 mean not around
it but like this"
She got pencil and paper and
drew . little picture for me. She
The Washington times., 1936-02-10
MAPLE SAUCE

2 egg yolks
2-S cup hot maple syrup
" cup whipped cream
Pinch of salt
Beat the yolkS of the eggs we'll
and pour the hos syrup over them.
Cook in a double boiler until Of
the consistency of thin cuStard.
When cold add the salt and
whipped cream. Serve at once.
Submitted by Miss Florence
Moore, Upper Marlboro, Md.
The Washington times., 1936-02-10
COn7n7ends Officer Who
Advises Parking Near
Police Station
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX

Famous Authority Problems of Love and Marriage
Apparently it's true that "A the world loves lover"
week or so ago telephone switchboard of Cambridge
police station buzzed frantcay if murderer loose
in the immediate neighborhood.
Policeman Fred Marcknn pushed plug into place. snapped
the key and answered with authority.
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Please lDrite on one side OF the
pcper and be sure to include your
name and address unLer each
recipe. There is no limit on tt /,
number OF recipes that may be
submitted. Send them to Miss Jean
Green, The Washington Times,
1877 H st. N. w., before midnight
Saturday, February IS.
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Beauty
Nice Valentine
Gifts
Nv DONNA GRACE

You may be one Of those favored
girls who always receive a worth
while Valentine, so we think 1t Il
Q good time for you to talk q
little about the smart little per
fume and makeup gifts.
There are new little red, heart
shaped boxes fitted with from
one to three bottles Of exquisite
perfume.
Then there are the new hpsticks
and rouges as well as soothing
winter lotions, new nail polishes
for all occasions and the usual
smart boxeG of creams and pow
ders that are always so lovely to
have.
You will like the nice sachet
pads, too, that the stores and per.
fume houses are showing. They
are in the floral scents and come
in little colored satin pads to drop
in the lingerie drawers and hat
boxes as well as in the clothes
closets and among your furS.
QUESTIONS ANSWERED
Dear Donna Grace: My skin
Is soft to touch, but looks very
coarse. I am 20 years old and
can't afford expensive treat
ments, but I really wish to i'm
prove my appearance to stand .
better chance Of employment.
MRS. GREEN"
Dear Mrs. Green: Scrub your
face with tepid water and q
creamy lather Of soap. Then
rinse it thoroughly to remove
every trace Of the soap. Pat it
dry. then sponge it several times
q week with q lotion Of 4 ounces
Of boric acid, " teaspoonful Of
bicarbonate Of soda and 10 drops
Of oil Of lemon.
You really should have a cream
to sooth and refine the skin dur
ing the winter season.
"Dear Donna Grace: Can you
tell me II using peroxide with
my shampoo win tighten my
hair without bleaching it. II is
drab-IOOking, but ] do mot want
It to be nOticeably light.
"V. A. p"
Dear v.A.P.: Peroxide is q
bleach and will make your hair
lighter.
"Dear Donna Grace: About two
months ago my face broke out in
red blOtcheS like, and what eat
makes no difference and it itches.
I've tried everything I could think
Of and it don't seem to help. Can
you think Of anything to help me?
Thank you. "E. B. M"
Dear e. B. M: Send for my Milk
Facial-with your request enclose
Q stamped, self lf-addresSed envelope.
Miss Selma: Send for the Bust
Treatment and enclose a stamped,
Self-addreSSed envelope for your
reply.
You may have my Hair Bleach,
Hair Rinses, Milk Facial and
Facial Massage Method without
charge, If you will enclose .
stamped, self-addressed envelope
for, each and address Donna
Grace, Beauty Editor Of this pa
per.
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POintstoRemen1berW When
Planning Living Room
RY WILMA LAVILLE

The average living is called upon to lead double e
must be comfortable and honey enough for the intimacy Of
abundant hospitality formal entertaining TO serve
both purposes takes careful planning. 5aa.a.
The Washington times., 1936-02-10

Health
Common Colds
And Cures
BY LOGAN CLENDENING, M. D.

BY LOGAN CLENDENING, M. D.
The m m on cold-properly
named "common"-the most fire.
quent disease in the United
States, reaches the height Of it's
incidence in the middle of Feb
ruary.
The low point is about the
first Of July. There Is a little
rise in the number Of people who
have colds in August; this may
be because hay fever is confused
with a cold. Another low point
Is about September 2, but there
is a sharp rise at the end of
September.
october and November show no
special increase in the number Of
colds, but from December on
to February 10 the cases mount
steadily and then begin to de-
cline, so that by April 30 we are
back at the September 80 level.
Obviously that is why the dis
ease has been called a "cold";:
the high peak in February cores
ponds to the low peak in the
mean temperature in the United
States.
Time Lost
A number Of figures have been
put out to show the economic i'm
portance of colds. It is said that
among the 100000 people en-.
gagged in gainful occupations in
the United States, 10000, 900 work
ing days are lost on account of
the common cold-an average of
over two days apiece. This repre-
sents cost to industry of $3.50.
600, 900, according to statistics.
Whether 1t actually represents
that seems to me quite debatable.
How much money people spend
on doctors and cold remedies,
heaven only knows.
Well, all that makes the an
nouncement Of DR.. A. R. Dochez,
Of Columbia University, all the
more important. AS reported in
the press last fall, DR.. Dochez
has succeeded in iSolating the
virus of the common cold.
It is not true, as reported in
the press, that DR.. Dochez has pre-.
pared a vaccine against the cold
from this virus, although he said
hopefully that the way is open for
such work. So, for all practical
purposes, this year, We will have
to fall back upon the old.fash-
ioned remedies.
Tomorrow we will discuss the
recent researches into the virus
Of the common cold in relation
to the old-fashioned impressions
about IL. . t1
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A BAD RISK


''Dear Miss Fairfax:
He has told me more than
once that he Is no good, and I
shouldn't be bothered with him. I
never took that seriously until
lately, when I discovered he runs
about with other women.
Naturally, I told him. He
didn't deny 1t, and only said: Z
told you I'm no good He declares
he loves me and il not happy with
anyone else. He has talked Of
marriage, but as . husband I'm
afraid he'd be q bad risk.
do you think I should marry
him? "TORETTA." :"
I agree with you, my dear
Loretta. that as a husband he
would be a bad risk. He runs
around with other women, but
claims he is happy only with you.
Then why this running about? He
can't have very much in the way
Of a character, or he wouldn't
continue to do the thing that
makes him unhappy.
The Washington times., 1936-02-10
Creole Recipes

The foot0ing recipe is from NeV Orleans lady sUho
Is famous for the decGcies her hospitality has long Of
torded her fortunate guests The Times sOiH print
of these recipes every day.
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SAUCE AUX TOMATOES
(Tomato Sauce)

delicious sauce for steak fish taken from plantation
cookbook of q previous generation:
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For the Home
TnexnAngive

inexpensive
Cottage cheese favored with
Roquefort cheese, onion Juice,
finely chopped onion sprouts or
pimento makes an inexpensive
filling for celery.
Removes Grease
Grease can be removed from an
iron by rubbing corn meal over
1t.
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QUESTIONS FROM READERS
A. II. N: "In q recent article
Of yours relating to gall bladder
trouble, you wrote Of the neces-
sity Of abStaining from greasy
and fatty foods by one afflicted
with this trouble. Is it injurious
to eat sugar and sweet foods
while suffering with this dis
Order?"
Answer: Sweet foods are harm.
less in gall bladder trouble.
II. F. c.: "Can You tell me
whether nose drops used often
affect the sinuses? We have
been using them as cold pre-
ventive with good results, but
have become alarmed after
hearing the above"
Answer: Nasal drops and nasal
douches seldom do any harm and
do not hurt the sinuSeS unless used
too StrenuouSly. An exception to
this is in the use Of silver salts, in
cluding argyrol, which, if used con-
tinuouSly over a long period of
time, may be absorbed and stain
the skin.
EDITORS NOTE: Six pamphlets
by DR.. Clendening can now be OBJ
tanned by sending 10 cents in coin,
for each, and a Self-addressed en-
velope stamped with a Scent stamp,
to DR.. Logan Clendening, in care
Of this paper. The pamphlets are:
Indigestion and Constipation"
Reducing and Gaining" Infant
Feeding" Instructions for the
Treatment Of Diabetes" ''Femin-
inc Hygiene" and The Care of the
Hair and Skin"
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VIC oAc ScUSAnS SOAneSAAnB AC"
something new" Jane sang as
The Washington times., 1936-02-10

You may have my Hair Bleach,
Hair Rinses, Milk Facial and
Facial Massage Method without
charge, If you will enclose .
stamped, self-addressed envelope
for, each and address Donna
Grace, Beauty Editor Of this pa
NAP.
The Washington times., 1936-02-10

Miss Selma: Send for the Bust
Treatment and enclose a stamped,
self f-addreSSed envelope for your
reply.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-02

doesn't work out tax bill down to the last comma
there are walls of complaint from those who recently
were protesting because Roosevelt did draft their
legislation for Them OF course, if he had told them
what kind of taxes he wanted, they would have said
that was an executive interference with Congress-
They complain furthermore that Roosevelt is putting
them on the spot in their reelection campaigns by
asking for taxes, as if he wasn't facing campaign
himself.
TINE real point now is Just this: After being
pounded for negectng the deficit Roosevelt is
trying to do something about it. He is trying to
move the government toward a payas-yougo basis.
Congress isn't anxious to vote these taxes. 1t
will hunt for reasons why it shouldn't Infationists
are warming up to help in the sabotage.
VIII business and critics of Administration def
cts be party to this sabotage? Or will they come
to Roosevelt's support and give him the public
timent he needs to put this bitter medicine down
the Congressional gullet?
Many railroads are critical of the ICES reduction
to a 2-cent passenger fare. They even less
happy IN the good old days of unregulated compet-
tion Five trunk lines competing for business,
at time hauling passengers between New York
and Chicago for dollar. One short Western road
carried freight and passengers free over 44-mie
stretch. In 1873 cattle were carried from Chicago
to New York for one dollar car. Those the
good old days-for the cattle
ID OBERT A. TAFT, of the late President WHO
N would be Ohios stalking horse candidate for the
Republican presidential nomination, has a case
against the New Deal He is trying to collect SLOT
from the government.
The case will be heard week from today before
the United States Court of Claims here. Taft as
president of the Dixie Terminal Co. of Cincinnati
decided he didn't like abrogaton of the gold clause
IN earlier government bonds. So he scrambled
around and bought himself $50 Liberty Bond
Taft appeared at the Treasury to collect in gold
The government offered to pay him the same kind of
money every one else uses but he held out for gold
unsuccessfulv.
The government says it is a frivolous suit and
that young men ought not be wasting the time of
PUBIC officials on such trivial matters Taft says
mes interested in the principle of the thing