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Evening star., 1936-12-09
GILLIS SHOWS ANGER

NEWBURYPORT, Mass, December
9. .R.-Mayor Andrew j. (Bossy) Gill
lis stormed into City Hall here yester-
day and ripped two telephones out
of the wall when he learned j. M.
Toomey, janitor in the New England
Telephone Co. Building, had been
elected to the City Council.
Gillis had actively opposed Too
mey's campaign for councillor. The
mayor went so far as to declare he
would rip out all the telephones un-
less the telephone company removed
Tooney from the council at once.
The elections Of councillors yester-
day handed the mayor setback, as
only one candidate of the five he had
backed, Herbert w. Simmons, won
seat in the council.
Evening star., 1936-12-09

the high point Of November 7. Even
figure Is above that of last July.
Senator McCarran also expressed
the view today that the Government
should center its relief program on
unemployables, by cutting down the
volume of work projects as private
industry becomes better able to take
on the employables.
In urging a change in relief pro-
cedure. McCarran said he believed
| there has been some extravaganza
| in the past, but added:
Il do not say this in q critical
sense. because 1t was almost inevitable
| in view of the speedy action required
to extend relief to the needy during
the emergency period of the depres-
sion"
The Nevadan suggested that il Fed
eral relief were administered by
county authorities the Federal Gov
ernment could require reports to be
submitted to relief headquarters
through appropriate departments OF
the State governments.
The question of what form new re-
lief legislation should take is one OF
the main topics in the minds of men,
bers of Congress returning to the
Capital for the approaching session
Senator Thomas, Democrat. of Okla.
homa. for instance. made known hi,
belief recently that some permanent
plan should be devised under which
public works could be planned In ad'
vance and carried on as unemploy'
ment conditions from time to time re.
quire.
Senator Adams. Democrat, Of Colo
RADIO, who has Just returned from the
West, said that he still favors basine
the amount Of relief work on the needs
Of the individuals In each case. Ar
unskilled laborer with a large family
he said. should be given the oppor.
tunity to earn more than a skilled
worker with only one or two de.
pendents. He said he Is willing tt
have prevailing wage scales adhered
to, but pointed out more days of worl
SSAAA NC SANCh W IAEC tiidu VIII lIlt
larger number of dependents.
The effects Of the new corporation
tax on undistributed surpluses is an
other subject to which Senator Adam.
is giving serious consideration. He
said that, while this new feature OF
the revenue act Of last June is do
ing some good by causing companie,
to distribute these funds to stock
holders, he believes it will have q
tendency to retard expansion of in.
dustries by adding to plant equipment
The Colorado Senator tried to have
amendments adopted when the bill
was being drafted to exempt these
funds from the tax If used to pay
debts or purchase machinery.
Evening star., 1936-12-09
FEARING EVICTION.
:WOMAN KILLS SELF
=
Uaable to Meet Debt to District
: Landlord, She Inhales Illu.
minatinp Gas,

Fearing eviction from her two.room
fst for non-payment of rent, Mrs.
Nellie Marie White, a, ended her life
yesterday by inhaling Illuminating gas
insher kitchen at 616 A street southeast.
s'I have stood a lot" Mrs. White,
vile of Arthur White. an automobile
salesman. wrote In q farewell note.
nut when 1t comes to being evicted-
and not well, besides-it Is the last
stfaw."
Mrs. White was found when police,
responding to q call from Mrs. Caro-
line thompson. another occupant Of
Tho house. broke In the locked door
Of the kitchen. Mrs. Thompson sum-
Inoned the ofncers. she said. when she
roticed rags stuffed under the bottom
of.the door.
The note. according 70 Coroner A.
Mxaruder Macdonald. directed that
TIM body be cremated ana the ashes
st1awn ON the Potomac River. pr.
Aerrponaid issued Q esrtinests Of sui-
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Spain

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the insurgent supply base at Campa-
mento de Retamares.
Scarcely had the IS Socialist bomb
ers settled down at Barajas Airport
when 70 insurgent planes appeared
out Of the clouds and loosed tons
Of explosives. in retaliation, on the
airport and the government positions
along the Manzanares River
Socialist batteries blazed away at
the Fascist lines throughout the early
morning.
Puzzled by Strategy.
Government commanders, an au-
thoritative' source said, frankly were
puzzled at Gen. Francisco Frances
insurgent strategy in failing to launch
the long-expected attack on Madrid.
Worried lest q trap were being
baited for them, the Socialist officers
ordered the continual bombardment
to forestall any insurgent maneuver.
All militia leaves were Cancelled,
and soldiers were ordered to report i'm
med1ately to their commands,
The government concentrated MI
available forces around the capital
and ordered the troops to stand un-
DER arms in readiness for the threat
ened "big push"
For days insurgent batteries and
planes have concentrated their fun
firing power on the government Iines
in what the Socialists believed was q
large-scale preparatory bombardment
for the attack.
The activity along the Madrid
front In the northwestern university
city spread over the entire battlefield
as the aerial and artillery engage
ments developed.
Government militiamen claimed de-
cisive advances In the Carabanchel
neiehborhood. capturing the former
civil guard barracks.
Insurgent aircraft rained their sssh
cans" on the Puente de Toledo Bridge,
and government bombers attached In.
sureent concentrations at Brunette and
along the Brunete- poxuelo high road.
Seven persons we're killed and %
wounded when FAsoist planes bombed
Alcala do Hsnares 10 the northeast,
while northwest Of The capital insurs-
snts trained their heavy batteries en-
ths eoveFnmsnt positions % N NJ.
sorisL
Ths famous n ns~lal Menss,syy,
% vss saiA hs1 - shsllsa aasstss
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Relief
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get back. although we are getting
to the point where we are scraping
the bucket and will run out of money
soon after the first of the year."
A deficiency appropriation bill is be-
lieved scheduled for presentation to
Congress early in the coming session.
with funds for the w. P. A. being q
major consideration.
Meanwhile, the administrator did
confirm the transfer of 25O,000 drought
relief workers from the w. P. A. to the
Resettlement Administration and ad-
mitted that close check Is being made
Of the general w. P. A. rolls, with a
view to cutting of some non-relief
and administrative workers and others
who have developed other sources Of
income.
Rolls Are Reduced.
On November %, Hopkins said. there
were 2,478,042 persons on w. p. A..
projects, q decrease of 104,510 from
Evening star., 1936-12-09
Building Collapse Kills 40.

LISBON, Portugal, December 9 Op).
Forty persons were killed and more
than 100 were injured-mostly women
and children-when the second floor
Of q school building collapsed on q
crowded Catholic society meeting at
Leiria last night.
Evening star., 1936-12-09
Converted Thieves Pay Victim.

SPARTANBURG, S. C. Cp).-Nine
years ago some one stole two tires and
tubes from Bramlett Reid's parked
automobile. This week two men came
to his home, apologized for the "bor-
rowing" said they had gotten re-
ligion' paid him S18.
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We talked of various things and
then came back to the subject of
economy. Jane said that one Of
her friends had asked if their elec-
trio bill wasn't very expensive and
had been forced to confess that
she did not know as electricity was
included in their rent. She knew
that they make complete use of
their electric appliances, however.
Just because she was curious,
she had called to find out prices.
They used their hot plate only in
the evening.
She found that if they paid the
highest rate it would cost 3.9
cents to cook for one hour on the
highest speed. On low the cost
would drop to cent. IF they were
in the next rate classification
which they probably would be
with their constant use of electri-
cal appliances, the cost would be
2.9 cents. A coffee percolator for
the average family would cost 25
cents a month to operate.
Tempting
This sounded rather reasonable
and since cooking was done only
for two, would not exceed their
budget. They did laughingly ad-
init that if they were paying the
electric bill they would be much
more careful in timing the cur
rent.
Here is a recipe that Mary had
found. It is certainly not meant
for them this weekend. Perhaps
she gave it to me so she wouldn't
be tempted:
l pound of T bone steak
l tablespoon of butter
/ tablespoon Of chopped green
onion tops
u cup of domestic red wine
Salt and pepper.
Saute the steak until well
Drowned on both sides. Season
with salt and pepper. Add the but
ter and chopped green onions.
Cook for five minutes. Add the
wine and cook for five more min
uteS. Serve the remaining juice as
a sauce over the steak.
Tomorrow we shall probably
hear more budget problems dis
cuSSed.
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Times Dali y Pattern
PATTERN 27o8

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two persons sounded unbelievable
hut &1a;c &c 1anxay fhory di6 az

two persons sounded unbelievable,
but this is how they did it:
They purchased the scrapple at
the grocery and had it sliced for
serving. They bought only half
a pound it sells for IA cents a
pound at their grocery. Their
mustard greens were very fresh
and tender. One and one-half
pounds were purchased (6 cents a
SounO and they seasoned them
with bacon drippingS.
Spring Greens
Instead of the fresh greens, an
other possibility even more quickly
prepared would be canned turnip
greens, also retailing at 8 cents
at their grocery. Fresh spinach
is slightly cheaper in price 3
pounds for 19c. Sweet potatoes
sell at 4 pounds for is cents, but
they purchased only two pounds
and then had enough left for a
second meal.
The scrapple, Mary informed
me, is really a Dutch dish, but
she liked it very much and had
it often at home. The South has
rather adopted it, it seems.
She said that usually it was
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both facials. Very nice, indeed.
However, they very contritely ad-
mitted that they were too broke
to make purchases.
In fact they were so broke that
they had every penny budgeted
until Wednesday. Lunches, gro
ceries, transportation claimed their
cash. Shows, concerts Or any ad-
ditional expenditures would create
an upset and mean borrowing from
their savings.
For tonight, they cenfided, there
was ano ther economy dinner
Iplanned-this time a Southern din
ner that pleased Mary very much:
Scrapple Mustard Greens
Boiled Sweet Potatoes
Bread and Butter
Sliced Bananas with Sugar
Coffee
The cost Of this dinner was ap-
proximately 30 cents. That for
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Hints
for
Waitress

You will simplify the routine
for your maid, if you write out
your rules for waiting on table in.
stead of giving verbal orders, ad.
viseS Bertha N. Baldwin, a success
full hostess. In April Good House
keeping she outlines the basic in.
Structions which she tacks UP in
her kitchen for a new or part
time waitress. Here they are:
Walk around table to right at
all times. Serve hostess first, then
continue around table.
Stand at left to place, remove
and offer dishes. In case Of bev.
erageS or dessert silver, however,
place at right.
When exchanging plates: Re
move plate with right hand, place
new one with left (Standing left
side). To remove salad course,
take salad plate with right hand,
bread-and-butter plate with left.
Until dessert course, always
place fresh plate (empty or filed
when removing used plate, so the
place is never empty.
When, offering platters or
dishes Of food, hold platter on
palm Of left hand, steady with
right. Offer side of platter that
is filled, so as to be near plate.
See that serving silver is toward
the one being served; rearrange If
necessary. Offer platter low
enough and close enough to make
serving easy.
Have service napkin folded in
square, on left hand like a tray
under all dishes (but not when
exchanging plates, removing salad
and butter plates, or carrying two
plateS).
Arrange serving silver on Serv-
ing dishes with fork at left, and
spoon or knife at right Gust as
individual places are arranged.
Fill water glasses three-quarterS
full. To refill do not lift from
the table. Use a napkin in the
left hand to catch drops from
pitcher.
Have everything ready for a
course before starting to serve it.
Serve hot food hot on hot
heated plates: serve cold food cold
on chilled dishes.
Move quietly and unobstru-
sively, or if you are uncertain, do
the thing that diSturbs a guest
least. A mistake made quietly is
seldom noticed.
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Beauty
to Care
For Hands
By DONNA GRACE


The following plea is similar to
many We receive during the win
ter months:
'Why can't l have nice white
hands liks so many Of my girl
friends? / do everything can to
make them nice and use q lotion
after / wash, but they seem to
have little fine gray lines that
make them look dirty, no matter
what I do.
'Ts there some trick or secret
treatment they use? / am
ashamed to 90 anywhere where
my hands have to be seen. How
can / make them look white and
nice?"
So many girls and women have
this hand problem, and there is
no reason why they should not
have all the assistance we can
offer them. First, your general
health and diet will affect your
hands more than you realize.
Persons who are anemic and
nervous usually have Temperament.
tai hands. That is, they are likely
to show the effects Of poor cir
culation and lack Of nourishment.
Many Of them have little Slen-
der claws and they seem to shrivel
up and turn purple under the
least disturbance. They seem to
have SuperSenSitive reaction to
every little emotion, that may be
C0n1Oared IN h1lIShinC
Hand creams, lotions, messages
and night gloves will do a great
deal to refine the skin and stimu-
late circulation, but when the skin
is marked with little gray lines, it
means it is not really clean.
Soap and water will remove
the lines, If enough time is
given to good scrubbing and
soap massage. Use a mild soap
and let the hands soak until the
lines disappear. Dry skin needs
more care than the oily skin
when it comes to removing
stains. Everything seems to
make an almost indelible stain
even dust.
When the hands are thor
oughly clean, rinse with clear
water. Then push back the Gu
ticle with the towel. covering the
thumb nail. Apply your mas
sage cream at once, then the
hand lotion to give them a
smooth dry finish, and for pro-
lection pat them with the
powder puff. Powder will shield
the sensitive surface from the
usual CRIME and dust.
Never wear tight shoes or gar
ments that restrict the circula-
tion, or the hands will proclaim
the discomfort by turning red. A
brisk, daily walk viii help to nor
malize the whole system. It is al
ways advisable to see ones ply
sician when the usual treatments
do not help.
You may have my hand treat
ment without charge, If you will
enclose q stamped, self-addressed
envelope and address Dom .
Grace, beauty editor Of this paper.
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WaistlineH Hi6h

Things come high these days.
especially waists. Schiaparelli
ruthlessly yanks waistlines bosom
high, proud of the slim, long-legged
line it creates. Significantly diff
ferent is her black woolen Empira
coat, collarless, extremely high
waist emphasized by upward point
ing pockets, fastened by love-bird
buttons. This is shown with q
compellingly smart white pique
breton sailor, bright red gloves
and black kidSkin sabot sandals.
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New Scarfs

PARIS-Reversible fabrics
which have been prominently fea-
tured among the new materials
for spring and summer are al
ready gaining favor for scarves
Of wool or Of rayon mixtures.
To go with sprig tailleurs, Paris
dreSSmakerS are SponS ring
scarves of new fabrics from Col
combet showing a print on one
face and a smooth rayon peau
DANCE surface on the other.
Others have q fine clocky surface
in rayon, also printed, and are
pasted by a new process over a
plain rayon crepe face in con-
traSting color which Sh owS
through the clocky layer, produc-
ing a degrade or shaded effect.
Pasted fabrics with a plain rayon
face contrasting with a rayon taf-
feta surface, entirely shirred or
goffered, are favored by leading
millinerS for scarves to match
hats in the same fabric.
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Correct Manners
By MRS. CORNELIUS BEECKMl

My heart is full of gratitude to
you, dearest Mary, for your
goodness to me, and for the
glorious box Of beauty you sent
me while / was iii. When /
opened the box and saw those
beautiful spring flowers, they
seemed to me q symbol Of cheer
and hope. And right away I be-
gan to improve. So you see what
you did for me! Bless you and
thank you.
''DO give me the joy Of seeing
you soon, will you? Do drop in
whenever you find time, for ]
would so love to see you.
"AffectiOnateIy,"
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Such costume Is pictured on
this page today. There's news in
every item, in every line and fab
ric, we might say. You'll find
many men wearing suit, topcoat
and accessories Of this type for
business, for general daytime
wear, then closing up the office
and going out to Bowie, when the
horses come back, or to a track
meet or baseball game.
Starting with the suit, you'll
find many style points in it, from
it's weave which is the popular
herringbone, to the bias-cut horn
buttons. It has the side vents and
under arm fullness which are in
excellent favor, and make it dis
tinctly new, and definitely cor
rect.
Shorter TOpcOat
The new topcoat shown has
won instant recognition. 1t is in
a shorter length, with raglan
shoulders, fly front and has
peaked lapels. It is a favorite Of
royalty in Europe, and is already
gaining popularity with particu.
lar men in America.
Two things are important about
the hat shown, the fact that 1t is
a two-ounce hat, and the way it is
worn. This particular hat lends
itself well to the new deep snap,
which is recognized by gentlemen
sportsmen as the correct manner
of wearing a turned down brim
hat.
Hand Knitted Hose
Hand knitted Argyle hose are at
the top of the fashion picture,
when it comes to sports wear or
out of doors clothes, and so we've
shown one good example, though
Of course there are many color
combinations. This new combina'
ton tones in well with the tans,
browns and deep reds Of the rest
Of the costume.
A bias striped heather knitted
tie, with heathery reds, browns
and tans in it is worn to compile.
ment the textures and colors in the
ensemble. The button-down spread
collar shirt is at its best in a
brushed cotton twill, the pattern
a TatterSall check.
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Last night, as you remem-'
Der, Jane received a card from
a mysterious Miss Smith who
said that she would call later
in the evening.
Today I met Jane and Mary for
lunch and they explained the mys-
terry was solved. The Misses Smith
arrived at $3.50 and gave them
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made with cornmeaI and jelled in
oblong tins and sliced for frying,
but she had tasted it made with
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THANK-YOU NOTE

THANk-YOU NOTE
Dear Mrs, BeeCkman:
During my recent illness / re-
ceived flowers from q number Of
friends. Please tell me what kind
of note I should write to my
friends thanking them for the
flowers. JEANE."
Here is the usual type of note
that may be written to thank close
friends for flowers sent during an
illness:
Dear Mary:
Gas always, yOu'r re the
thoughtful friend, and as always
you plan just the perfect gift.
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for their trol1cSome lack OF rel
Death wrote finish to the ca.
reer Of a young man-his name a
symbol of aristocracy and wealth
for a prankish marriage he
made 10 years ago.
Tearing along country road
he was thumbed by a girl and
took her home. There he found
her sister even more to his taste.
He married her, then it developed
she was the daughter of colored
cab driver. These bare facts were
as nothing to the testimony
brought out in the annulment suit
which followed.
FALSE ALARMS
Pulling 20 false fire alarms on a
bitter cold night seemed the grand
est of lark to two boys, 18-year.
old students Of this city.
At break-neck speed they tore
about the city from one fire box
to another, turning in false
alarms. Firemen, following these
phantom signals, left the National
Capital with its lives, homes, pub
lie buildings and archives almost
wholly unprotected, while the boys
had their fun.
EH0olI1y coy,oaoao fhoraSc al
ways a SOMEONE-noticed the
hilariouSly merry youngsters
turning in an alarm and took
the number Of their car.
Tremendous political influence
was brought to bear and saved
the practical jokers from the
long jail sentence that another
boy-one with no political in
fluence-Served for the same Of
fense a few years ago.
The thing that really stung
the youngsters into something
like q realization of how their
little joke struck the rest Of the
community was-taking away
their pacifiers!
INDEFINITELY REVOKED"
was the decision Of the Traffic
Court on their drivers licenses.
Their attorney was requested to
turn the permits in at the near
est police station the next day.
Oueer-no one seemed to think
that turning in 20 fire alarms in
one evening was at all funny!
And gone are the pacifiers Of
adolescence-their cars.
BRIEF ROMANCE
And there was the case of Jane.
She was bored with it an-mink
coat, teas, shows, dances-So she
eloped with the family chauffeur.
The only thing that could be
brought against him in James
suit for annulment-for she got
as tired of him as of the mink
coat and the teaS-was that he
was a great hand at building air
castles.
He described some very splen-
did ones in Winston.Salem, his
home town. But when Jane ar
rived there, the splendors were
nil. Like Columbus, the young
man came from plain but hon
est parents"
Jane, peeved, wanted the mar.
riage annulled, but the Judge
didn't think lack Of quarterings
on the young mans coat-of-armS
was sufficient reason for divorce.
So Jane is still married.
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Our Bachelor Girls Must Watch Expenses

the Federal Government They Utng
in O. apartment Dith small kitchenete
All their equipment electrical and since both time and
premium they inexpensive quickly
that tasty dterent" the usual
reStdur0nt fare,