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Evening star., 1936-05-16
NDOW BOX SEASON BRINGS TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS
Femininity and Social
Grace Are No Handicaps
In the Business World
Mrs. Campbell Prichett Ably Demonstrates
That Efficiency and Charm May Go
Hand in Hand

around the city in demonstrating to
a newcomer.
Most of my friends are diplomatic
or Government people," Mrs. Prichett
says. They hear of people thinking
of buying a new car and let me know.
Each sale brings new prospects. It Is
a never-ending chain. very seldom
do cold canvassing, but when do 7
am always overcome by the kindliness
of individuals who might possibly be
inconvenienced by my telephone calls
or visits"
Automobile saleswomen are increas-
ing In number all over the United
States, according to Mrs. Prichett.
THE motor car world builds to
tates," she says. "As the purchasing
agent of the Nation the woman plays
a part in 10 per cent Of all cars
bought today, statistics show.
CIT has been found that the same
courtesy one extends TO a guest in
ones home is of value in presenting
automobiles. Women appreciate feel
ing free to examine a possible pur-
chase without haste and without
listening to explanations of mechanic
cal details they only pretend to UNDER
stand.
What is under the hood Is no
longer of primary Importance to the
|, demonstrator. The man knows that
stalled motors are rare today in most
well-cared-for cars. He decides
whether to buy $500 vehicle or a
81, 1000 one. His wife has the final
decision. She Is concerned with
beauty Of line and color and knows
If her younger children are likely to
open rear doors of four-door sedan
while the car is In motion. She adores
nick-nacks."
The company employing Natalie
Prichett featured ladies week" not
long ago. If the locale had not been
a show room discreetly embelished
with sleek roadsters, town cars and
Iimousines, 1t might have been late
afternoon in any Washington draw
ing room. Tea was served. A rose
was presented to all callers. Mrs.
Prichett presided with equal charm
at tea table and steering wheel. Her
customers moved about. exclaiming
over new package compartments.
trunk racks, upholstery and color COM
binations.
IF am asked about engines I call
one of our motor experts" Mrs.
| Prichett explains, for engines are as
mysterious to me as to other women" :"
Natalie Prichett's business career
does not interfere with her social life.
She manages both with the same
enthusiasm. Her Tuesday at homes.
about which a great deal has been
written in local society columns. are
a rendezvous for smart Washington.
| She knows every one, goes every
where, and sells automobiles.
Evening star., 1936-05-16
More About
|Proprieties
And Custom
Introducing Profes.
sional Friends
Shaking Hands.
BY EMILY POST.

DEAR MRS. POST: % We have
~ friends--a man and wife-who
are both practicing physicians. Will
you tell me, please, how they should
be properly introduced when together.
socially and professionally. co Also,
how is an envelope addressed to both
of them?
Answer-QD Professionally they are
introduced as DR.. John Smith and DR..
May Smith. Socially, this depends
upon whether the wife Is willing to
give UP her title and be known as Mrs.
or whether she prefers being DR.. In
the latter case you use the same form
as above. (2) You must be guided ex-
actly as I have explained in %.
Dear Mrs. Post: When should q man
remove his glove to shake hands with
another man? Or is it necessary to
remove it only before shaking hands
with woman?
Answer-I have never heard Of q
man removing his glove to shake
hands with another man.
X
| Dear Mrs. Post: (a) At q dance, If
a man cuts in on q girl when she Is
dancing with some one she likes very
much and with whom she would prefer
to keep on dancing. is there any way
she can refuse the second man without
being rude? (b) Also. don't you think
it old-fashioned for q girl to say,
| t,o
thanked her for having danced with
him?
Answer-(a) Not unless she and
the whole group to which she belongs
understands that q girls dancing with
her eyes closed means do not cut in on
usl (b) There is certainly nothing
old-fashioned about being polite.
- ~
Dear Mrs. Post: What can I say to q
man who persists in asking me to &c
out with him? don't want to be rude
but have no intention of going any.
where with him-ever.
Answer-There is nothing excepting
to tell him frankly. "No-never," which
is certainly not very polite. Or else
resign yourself to the fact that telling
him no Is to be part of your daily
routine-at least until he grows dis
couraged.
| y X
Dear Mrs Post: Is 1t necessary that
q gentleman hold an umbrella over q
lady when they are walking in the
rain? Isn't it perfectly proper that he
let her hold it herself when the UNI
brella is, of course. just big enough
for her?
Answer-I am afraid he must hold
the umbrella over her. If this reply
to this Is that the corner drips down
his neck, can only suggest that he
avoid this as best he can, since the
rule has always been that gentleman
never carries q lady's parasol. but he
always holds the umbrella over her
head.
tCopyrisht, 1850
Evening star., 1936-05-16
My Neighbor Says:

When cutting flowers In the
garden do not keep them in the
hand or lay in a dry receptacle.
but place them as soon rs cut
into q pail Of water; they will
keep fresher hours longer.
Scrubbing brushes will last
twice as long If they are given an
occasional wash in q strong solu-
tion Of salt and water and allowed
to dry in the open air.
II at all possible, vegetables
should be cooked in their skins
In order to avoid removing the
valuable mineral matter directly
under the skins.
Sugar, used wisely. is an I'M
portant source of energy to the
body. Plain white sugar is used
best with cereals and In the
preparation Of milk, eggs and
fruit desserts. Used thus, 1t
makes more palatable and deli
cious the foods that have greater
importance for body building.
while also adding to their energy
value.
tcopyright, 1850
Evening star., 1936-05-16
Select Plants According
To Location in Which
They Are to Be Placed
Colors May Be Chosen to Harmonize With
Surroundings, But Keep to Type Best
Suited to Your Needs.

Soil should be carefully chosen,
both for its richness and for its abil-
ity to hold large quantities of water.
A good potting soil may be obtained
from the florist or you can make one
yourself out of one part peat moss
or leaf mold, three parts loan and
one part sand or sifted coal ashes.
It Is also a good idea to mix some bal
anced plant food in with the soil when
filling the box. Allow inches without
soil at the top Of the box to facilitate
watering.
Now plant your flowers, give them q
feeding Of plant food once every six
weeks and remember to water them
generously. If they are to have much
sun it is better to water them at
night and take care that the earth
never becomes hard or baked. Cul-
tivate often with a small fork and
watch them carefully for insects.
AS FOR choosing the flowers, one
should bear in mind that location
will have a great deal to do with their
success and that plants should be Sc
lected that are best suited to the
place where they are to grow. For
instance, for a very sunny location
one might choose a combination Of
purple and white petunias with gold
en- dwarf French marigolds; dracena
with blue and pink petunias are
pretty, while nasturtiums and white
geraniums make colorful picture.
OF course, you have to take into
consideration the color scheme Of
your room, your house or the terrace
furniture and choose plants that will
bloom harmoniously, but stick to the
type that the dealer tells you will do
best in a sunny spot.
Fuchsias and begonias do well in a
shaded location and the combination
of begonias and English ivy is always
delicate and pretty. Some boxes seen
on a shady Washington terrace re-
Gently were filled with fuchsias, white
sweet alyssum and Heavenly Blue"
morning glories, which clambered all
over the trellis back of the white
boxes. With the white garden fur
niture and gay awning striped in the
fuchsia red and purple. the effect was
unusual and charming.
If you sit out on your porch or
terrace much in the evenings. dc
tuck a gardenia plant in a corner
somewhere. The perfume is ac-
centuated in the darkness and the air
becomes a veritable Paradise of scent.
1t seems a pity that there are so few
flowers suitable for window boxes
that have this same faculty Of pour
ing their sweetness onto the night
breeze, but perhaps some clever hor-
ticulturist will discover one for us
before we are too old to enjoy it.
Evening star., 1936-05-16
BY YESTA CUMMINGS.

4 CITY where Emily Posts book
~ on the correct way Of doing
~ things Is best seller year
u after year would naturally be
the habitat Of one of the first success
full automobile saleswoman In the
country.
Mrs. Campbell Prichett, who until
five years ago had encountered the
business world only through ordering
her wardrobe from Chanel or Worth,
now sells one Of the higher priced au-
tomobiles to all those Of the Nations
Capital, foreign and local, who demand
elegance In transportation at any lati-
tude, longitude or elevation.
Mrs. Prichett, who Is known as one
of Washington's beauties, has distin-
guished herself as a hostess in many
parts of the globe. She entertained in
her homes in New York, Paris, Califor-
mia and the Philippines with the same
charm she now brings to the workaday
world. After growing up in California
and attending the National Cathedral
School here, she made her debut on
the West Coast.
Six years ago she returned here to
make her home with her aunt, Mrs
Sydney Cloman. The stock market
crash had settled into the depression
She wanted job and had no business
training, but was not alarmed by the
fact that she did not typewrite or take
shorthand.
At that time a foresighted automo-
bile manufacturer was forming wom-
ans sales guild In key cities of the
United States, and the representative
was referred to Mrs. Prichett when she
came to Washington. by inquiring at
the Junior League. Mrs. Prichett was
made director of the local guild and
selected about 20 debutantes to assist
In arranging demonstrations.
livery one In the world falls into
one or the other of two cate.
gories." Mrs. Prichett says, lone
wolves or friendly puppies. I am 9
friendly puppy. When thinking oi
work. the job bringing me into daily
contact with lots of people sounded
most amusing. I have always loved
people Of all types and classes. Sit.
ting at q desk all day would have
driven me mad. But I love selling
motor cars"
When new embassy or legation
member arrives in Washington Mrs
Prichett places a car and chauffeu,
at his family's disposal for calling
just as one would do for a friend
In many cases they are friends, OF
friends Of her many acquaintance ir
the diplomatic set.
Nothing is too much trouble fol
Mrs. Prichett in displaying her cars
She regards it as fun. She may tax,
a prospective buyer to a horse show
letting the husband drive one wa,
and the wife the other, or include.
some of the loveliest spots in ane
Evening star., 1936-05-16
The Old Gardener Says:

It seems strange that the fleece
vine or silver lace vine. as 1t ,s
also called, should not be more
widely known. Perhaps garden
makers are afraid Of 1t because it
belongs to the knotweed family.
some members of which spread so
rapidly and are SO hard to get rid
Of that they become downright
pests. This vine-the catalogues
list 1t as Polygonum auberti-does
not offend in this respect. On the
contrary, it remains obediently
just where it is placed, at least
with It's roots. The vine spreads
itself over q trellis or q Summer
house In Q few years and produces
great quantities Of feecy white
flowers late In the Summer. The
fact that It blooms late Is one OF
its good points.
tcopyrisht. 1936)
Evening star., 1936-05-16

WeaLQer. ANXIOUS.
faced women dis
cuss feverishly
the merits of
geraniums versus
petunias, and the
struggle to OBJ
tain an original
and different"
floral arrange
ment that will
grow properly IN
a box is adding
to the silver
threads found on
the heads of
many Washing
Evening star., 1936-05-16
BrBARBARA BELL.

T HIS clever slip does grand job
Of molding your figure. The
gored seams and nodded tops
L at and fiatter.
You have q choice of the built-up
shoulder strap or q narrow one, and
the neckline Is cut low enough In back
to be worn with your lowest cut frock.
Seams are lock fitted to prevent any
bulking beneath your dress. This slip
Is within every ones reach at low cost,
just send for the pattern and use 1t as
many times rs you wish.
Barbara Bell pattern No. 1883 %
available IN sizes -. "a. 36. - 90. q
Evening star., 1936-05-16
BY BETSY CASWELL.

IGHT now is the height OF the
window-box season. Seed and
II plant stores are doing q rush
i ing business, being crowded
with customers caught window
boxless by the sudden Summer
Evening star., 1936-05-16
Dorothy Dix Says
Learning to ''Pop the Question" to Man
Is a Problem to Most Girls.
IF COURSE, the least embarrass-

or COURSE, the least embarrass-
ing way for a girl to propose is
by letter. 1t is lots easier to slop over
on paper than it is when you are close
together. That saves the girls face
in case the man says no" but 1t
also gives him q better chance to de-
cline.
Also, 1t does away with the personal
touch, which is about nine-tenths Of
the game in marriage. With the girl
thousand miles away 1t is easy
enough to weigh her good qualities
and decide whether they are worth
giving up ones bachelor freedom for
them. But with a pretty girl within
easy arms reach telling you how she
loves you and how handsome and
wonderful you are and how she will
devote her whole life to making you
happy. it Is another proposition alto
gether.
And, Of course, the girl who pops
the question to man has to have her
little sales talk ready and be able to
convince him not only that he wants
to marry her. but also that he thought
Of it first. OF course, you can 60 as
far as you like with the sentimental
stuff. but you've got also to make him
believe that you are the only one who
understands him. that you can make
better bread than his mother and that
two can live cheaper than one.
But, above all, be careful In choosing
the psychological moment in which to
pop the question. Never do 1t in busi-
ness hours when he is chasing dollars
instead of danes. Or when he Is
hungry and is thinking of his stomach
instead Of his heart. Or when he has
Just had some piece of luck and i,
feeling so pulled up that he thinks he
could marry Greta Garbo If he wanted
to. Wait until some time when he IL
sitting across a table in your own
apartment. replete with home-cooket
food and filled with thoughts Of do
mesticity. Or wait until some time
when he Is down on his luck and want,
some woman's shoulder to cry on ant
some woman to baby him, and he will
| be yours for the taking.
Evening star., 1936-05-16

About the only tip that I can give
you is to tell you that when you pro-
pose to man 60 after him hammer
and tongs and make your meaning
clear. After a girl has prettied her
self up for man for years, listened
to him talk about himself and gone
to the places that he liked and she
loathed; after she has towed him
out into the moonlight on romantic
nights and after she has gushed over
little white bungalows and cute apart
ments and he hasn't gathered from
her conduct and conversation that she
Is In love with him and wants to marry
him. there Is no use in wasting finesse
upon him. You've got to come out
f1atfooted and ask him how about it.
Evening star., 1936-05-16

You can't expect to connect torehand you
hare canine interference matter perfect
footuork It'll take Mary Lou long time to explain that Jac
ho is all set to get the she misses The young adv In
front trying to receiue the ball atred In broUn
kneength cuotte Dress ch permits her to be acttue
sport suit Is made In newspaper print OF Oe and blue NTH
game than goJ-the balls haze more bounce IN them!
Evening star., 1936-05-16

Answer-I doubt that any one can
give you advice about how to pop the
question that will help any. because
the idea of q girl asking a man to
marry her is so new that women have
not had time to develop q technique
in handling the situation. Any wom-
an can tell you how to lure man
to the altar by indirect methods. but
when it comes to frankly asking one to
assume your board bill and shopping
ticket for ufe-well. that's got them
guessing.
Evening star., 1936-05-16
EAR MISS DIX: For q long
time I have been in love with
q man whom ! have every
4 l. -. k,,A

time have been in love with
man whom I have every
~ reason to believe loves me, but
for some reason he has never asked me
to marry him. Maybe he Is timid.
Maybe he thinks I won't be satisfied
to live on what he could give me.
Maybe he is one Of those men who
just let things rock along If they are
going fairly we'll and who is content
to let a pleasant relationship exist
as it is. But, anyway. want to know
where I stand. don't want to waste
my life in waiting on man whose
attentions are without intentions, so
I have made up my mind to pop the
question to him. But how shall do
it? What does a girl say when she
proposes? She can't just walk up
and ask for a wedding ring, like she
would a Job. Help me out.
LEAP YEAR GIRL.
Evening star., 1936-05-16

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Evening star., 1936-05-16
Cooks Corner
By MRS ALEXANDER GEORGE.
LIGHT SUPPER.

LIGHT SUPPER.
Tutti- Fruit Salad
Cheese Circles
Sugar Cookies
Chocolate Frost
TUTTI-FRUTTI SALAD.
fSerped in BoDlt
! cup sliced 2 tablespoons
bananas chopped
/ tablespoon pimentos
lemon juice 70 cup French
u teaspoon salt dressing
"a cup sliced u cup salad
oranges dressing
II cup sliced
pineapple
Chill all ingredients, line shallow
bowl with shredded lettuce and arrange
layers fruit. sprinkle with lemon juice
and pimentos. Add French dressing
and top with salad dressing. Serve
Immediately.
A glass dish will show the salad
arranged In different colored layers
Evening star., 1936-05-16
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and a. Size "a requires yards Of
39-inch fabric.
Evening star., 1936-06-17
MISSING GIRL URGED
TO WRITE MOTHER
Gloria Carter, Is, Begged to Come
Home-Parents Offer
Reward,

The parents of 15-year-old Gloria
Elaine Carter of 8s1 Eighteenth street
today offered reward for information
leading to her return and renewed
their plea to the runaway girl to COM
.municate with them, as the mother is
dangerously i'll from worry.
Mr.. and Mrs. Weldon Carter, Wash
ington musicians and teachers, issued
an appeal for publication in hope that
Gloria might see it. They begged her
to come home or to communicate with
them so they could send her money
to reach her destination.
The parents believe Gloria, who dis
appeared June 4. may be hitch-hiking
West to visit relatives, or may have
found employment as a waitress OF
helper. They explained the girl had
threatened to do this when she felt she
had been overburdened with school
work and her music studies.
The girl is an accomplished mu-
sician. She has hazel eyes, an olive
complexion and is about feet 3 inches
tall, with unusually long, tapering
hands. Gloria had little or no money
with her when she ran away.
Evening star., 1936-06-17
SECOND OFFENsE SPEEDING.


William L. Green, 2715 Georgia ave-
nue.. SIS.
FIRST OFFENSE SPEEDING.
Robert H. Mosley, 811 M street, $40.
Evelyn johnson, 1905 Monroe street,
! SIS.
Chris T. Highfill, 1921 Newark street,
SIS.
Reardon S. Goode, 1905 c street
southwest, $40.
George L. Handy, 4245 Meade street
northeast, $40.
Preston l.. Dove, 1444 w street, $40.
Victor H. Olmsted, Maryland, IS.
Leilan S. La Fleur, 2115 r street, SIS.
Ted A. Coffey, 5l3o Connecticut
avenue, IS.
Wayne A. Miller. 5sls Thirteenth
street. SIS.
Jimmy M. zazanis, 445 G street, S..
Roland C. Diggs, ITO Thirteenth
| street northeast. SIS.
SUSPENDED DISTRICT PERMITS.
Joe Baker, 92S New York avenue,
Is days.
I
wood street northeast, 80 days.
Henry B. Fields, 1926 Sixth street,
80 days.
Charles M Fincham, 5000 Benning
road northeast. Is days.
Irving Helbling, S07 Emerson street,
80 days.
Douglas w. Henry, 1911 Wyoming
avenue, 80 days.
Edward S. Hurd, 1912 Holbrooke
street northeast. As days.
Abraham Jackson, 1911 bingham
place, 30 days.
Charles H. Jackson, 546 Twenty
third street northeast, 30 days.
Robert R. Jackson. 442O Sheriff.
road northeast, 80 days.
Earl K. Jones, 500 Eighth street
southwest IS days.
Robert F. Jones, SO H street. 80 days
Irving Kandill, 1889 First street, Is
days.
Edward B. Lockett. 1855 Thirty-sev-
enth street. revoked.
Paul R. Maith. 1905 Sixteenth street
southeast. Is days.
| ~ INaloIldIl, 1919 1WSllIy
second street, 80 days.
Diller G. Matthews. 1923 West Vir-
ginia avenue northeast, revoked.
Edward F. Polcen, 20l4 Summit
place northeast. Is days
Allard NJ. Sanders, 3O16 Tilden
street, 80 days.
Edward A. Raymond, 43O3 Ninth
street, Is days.
Agatino Restifo. 1871 New Hamp-
shire avenue, 30 days.
Edward A. Kicker. IT'S INLAND ter
race northeast, 80 days.
Henry G. Sanborne. 1915 Rhode Is
land avenue northeast, revoked
Maurice Shapiro. 1889 Upshur street,
revoked.
Peter S Roesle. 24ll Thirty-third
street southeast 80 days.
NONRESIDENT SUSPENSIONS.
William r. Gwynn, Clinton. Md, Is
days.
Thomas Howard, radio station, Ar
lington, 80 days.
James B. Poindexter, Alexandria,
Va, 80 days.
Evening star., 1936-06-17
DURHAM MONARCH CLUB
WINS SERVICE AWARD
Receives Community Trophy for
Obtaining Employment for
IS Orphans

For its efforts in obtaining employ
ment for IS orphans in this years
graduating class, the Monarch Club
Of Durham. N. c., was awarded the
National Monarch Clubs community
service award in the closing session Of
the organizations two-day convention
last night at the Willard Hotel.
In business sessions yesterday the
convention voted approval for further
extension of aid to youth il procuring
employment after the high school age.
A statement was read from Syracuse
University in which the school stated
its willingness to cooperate in pro-
viding scholarships in political econ
omy for students wishing to enter Gov
ernment service.
More than 200 members and their
wives attended the convention, which
closed with banquet and dance. The
delegates represented 81 clubs in eight
Eastern States and the District.
Evening star., 1936-06-17
~ TRAFFIC Pa
81 CONVICTIONS 4Az

Harry Pressman, Philadelphia, Pa,
30 days.
Isidore Roseman, Philadelphia. Pa,
Is days.
William H. Russell. Landover, Md.
80 days.
Richard w. Stubblefield, Oxon Hill,
Md. 80 days.
George w. Thompson, Kensington,
Md, revoked.
Herbert Warren, Baltimore, Nd, Is
days.
Paul D. White, Alexandria, Va, Is
days.
Evening star., 1936-06-17
SIMS FACES OPERATION

BOSTON (P).-Rear Admiral Will
liam 9. Sims. n, retired, who COM
manded American naval operations in
European waters during the World
War, is in the Deaconess Hospital and
may undergo a minor operation. Mrs.
Sims said today She did not disclose
the nature of the veteran naval off,
GERS ailment.
Evening star., 1936-06-17
GORDON'S CLASS
OF I'll GRADUATED
Majority of Pupils to Enter
Western in FaIl-Maurer
Speaks.

Gordon Junior High School this
afternoon graduated 2l1 boys and
girls at annual commencement exer-
cises, most of whom will enter West
ern High School this Fall.
DR.. Robert E. Maurer. member of
the Board of Education and formerly
a teacher and principal in the public
school system. presided and presented
the diplomas.
Members of the class were:
Evening star., 1936-06-17
n .Q8

Three more days and this
greatest of shirt sales be-
comes past history! And
what an impressive history!
But the point is you'll have
to wait another full year for
the next S. S. S.! NOW,
within the next three days,
get yourself an armful of
tn csc custom featured
shirts and load that other
arm up for Dad!
Main Floor-The Hecht Co.
The Washington times., 1936-06-25

bia. other leading States rank in
the following order: New Jersey,
North Carolina, Illinois,
The Washington times., 1936-06-25

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