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The Washington times., 1936-12-01
SENATORS LIKE
THEIR NAILS
MANICURED

Many years in the subter.
ranean passages Of the United
States Capitol have taught Maria
Elizabeth Verdi, beautician, a fun
damental truth-that men nova
days take better care Of their
nails than the fair sex.
Miss Verdi, the pretty miss who
runs the beauty parlor in the
basement of the Senate Office
Building, gives beauty treatment
to the legislators of the Upper
House of Congress- and it is they
who have taught her that the
masculine of the species is very
vain about his nails.
They Like ManicureS
The gentlemen of the Senate
like to have their nails mani
cured, says Miss Verdi. For the
most part, they prefer keeping
out Of the beauty parlor, with the
result that they get their mani
cures while being shaved or hav-
ing their hair cut in the barber
shop right next door.
outside of the Senators them
selves who call on Miss Verdi for
their manicures. her beauty par
lor is patronized chiefly by Secre-
tarieS and clerks (female). Says
Miss Verdi:
"SOme people think that the
girls on the Hill don't have
much work to do, that they
live a very leisurely life. 1t
burns me up whenever anybody
says that.
WORK LONG HOURS
"The girls up here work very
long hours, and it's usually
very difficult for them to get
time to go to beauty parlOrS
outside. They come down here
whenever they can grab a few
minutes for a shampoo or
manicure. Sometimes have
to keep open long after the
downtown beauty parlOrS close
up shop so / can take care OF
the girls who work late"
There is a barber shop in the
Capitol where Members of Con-
gress can get their ilaircuts and
shaves free, a shop operated by
the Capitol. Miss Verdi's beauty
parlor, however, is her own, with
her own equipment and opera
tors.
The shop was opened on the
petition of the girls at the Capitol
and a permit was given to Miss
Verdi to operate a beauty parlor.
The Washington times., 1936-12-01
The Human Side of the News
".Weather Has a Tremendous Determining
Effect on Pre-Natal COnditiOnsN
By Edwin C.. Hill

>ways responsive to meteorological
conditions, varying greatly &C
cording to location and time Of
the year.
Just why should weather critic
ally affect the human organism?
The medical climatologists have
greatly amplified the previous
thesis of merely psychological ef-
fects. They search more and
more into the magnetic currents
which range the earth; they turn
up evidence that human condi-
tioning and behaviour is some
how mysteriously affected by
these forces. But what causes,
and how do we explain, these
magnetic currents?
The scientists would like to
know. The Carnegie expedition
joins expeditions north and south
and plants its instruments as near
the poles as possible, seeking the
origins, the range, the meteS and
bounds of this strange Stimulant
or deterrent to human activity.
And, within the last few years,
they discover the coSmic rays, spec
tral batons in siderial depths, pac-
ing the human cavalcade, posi-
bly, of profound meaning in the
enigma of terrestrial magnetism.
So, if one puts it all together,
it is no great wrench to conceive
astrology as possibly a crude for
mutation of certain dimly appre-
hended truths; that the stars. or,
at any rate, the seasonal and dur
nal configuration of the heavens,
do affect human destiny and do
have something to do with the
energies and capacities Of each
individual.
CASUAL SEQUENCE
But not in any such fantastic
manner as the old astrologerS be-
lieved. The casual sequence Of ter
restial magnetism, possibly sider-
tally governed; of meteorology, OF
radiation and seasonal effects on
the human germ plasm has moth
ing to do with the fantastic mum
bo-jumbo of the old man with the
peaked cap, long beard and mys-
teriouS charts. Among the ancient
BabylonianS, astrology apparently
was confined, in it's beginnings, to
the fate Of kings.
Little is known Of its origin, but
in the Middle Ages and down into
the Renaissance it rose to great
prestige, and astrologerS have held
power in many great courts.
While its practitioners have
been mainly visionaries or quacks,
it must be rated as the mother
Of modern astronomy. The old
star-gazers did much important
work in their study of the heavens,
available for pioneer astronomers
of later years.
It was the Greek astrologer, Hip
parchus, who discovered the pro-
cession Of the equinoxes in 130 B.
c. Swift just about spoofed it off
the map by his devastating Pre-
dictions for Year 1708, by Isaac
Bickerstaff, Esq" but it hung on
Stubbornly and it is astonishing to
see how much space the predic-
tions of astrologers get in the
newspapers today.
A newspaperman Of my acquain-
tance amused himself several
years ago by checking up on the
prophecies of economists and of
astrologers just before the big
smash Of 1929. The astrologists
won in their percentage of accur-
ate forecasts.
Copyright, 1885, by King Features
Syndicate, Inc. }
The Washington times., 1936-12-01
"Abominable"
SZEKESFEHERVAR.

SZEKESFEHERVAR, Hungary
G.N.SO-John Fekete, a tramp,
was sentenced to six years hard
labor for assaulting an old beg
gar, David Takacs, at a road
side. He tied up the old mans
hands and robbed him Of two
pengoes- about forty cents. The
Judge said it was the most abom-
Unable crime he ever dealt with.
The Washington times., 1936-12-01
Sdsscer 10 Speak
AtAuxiIiay Meet

CAPITOL HEIGHTS, Nd, Dec.
l.-Lansdale G. Sasscer, president
of the Maryland senate, will speak
before the sixteenth birthday Gel
ebration of the Ladies Auxiliary of
the Capitol Heights Volunteer Fire
Department in the fire house to-
night.
Those invited to attend are
John S. White. county delegate to
the State legislature: officers Of
the ladies' auxiliary Of the District
Of Columbia Fire Department: and
members Of the Capitol Heights
Department.
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III OIlG 4O1IlA VI
another, starting with the BABY
lonians. DR.. Petersen is not an
astrologer and doubtless would be
angry if you called him one, but at
any rate, he is the first man to
make a large-scale check, covering
many thousands of persons, on the
theory that your birthday has
something to do with your talents
your fortunes and your person
ality. He finds that it has.
From Who's Who and other
sources he lists the winners, the
stand-outs, the top dogs in this
mundane struggle, along with the
criminals and short-enders-25, 900
of them. If you we're born any
where between September and
March, your chances of keeping
out of Jail and out Of the red,
maybe becoming some kind OF
nabob are a whole lot better than
if you happened along in some
other months. So finds DR.. Peter
sen, professor of pathology and
bacteriology, after extended re-
searches which undertake to ex-
plain not only what happens but
why.
NEW SCIENCE
He notes the birth dates Of all
the Presidents of the United
States. Twenty six, including
Washington, jefferson, Madison,
Jackson, Lincoln, Wilson, T'heo-
dore and Franklin Roosevelt, all
stepped out on this lucky stone
which he stakes out on the calen-
dar. Predetermined folk are apt
to appear in the first half Of the
year. In all DR.. PeterSen's re-
searches and official reports,
there is no reference to astrology.
It is meteorology which gives the
clue to this curious cosmic assign
ment of talents or handicaps.
Weather has a tremendous de-
termining effect on prenatal con-
ditions. There is a stimulus or
lack of it in cerebral tissue, de-
pending upon air pressure, radia-
tion, or what not, as it may be
conditioned by wind and weather
and terrestrial magnetism. Science
always has been busy reducing
miracles to matter-of-fact knowl-
edge. When it finds a natural
cause at work, the miracle blows
up.
To primitive man, thunder and
lightning must have been quite
as mystifying and terrifying as
any of the tricks of the priests
and magi.
1t seems possible that DR.. Pet
erson has suggested an explana-
ton of the sometimes puzzling
accuracy of the ancient hocuS-
pocus which astrology indubitably
is to modern eyes. The subject
takes on interest in view of the
recent narration in this column
Of the experiment in a French
hospital, in which the scientists
clocked the spontaneous and syn
chronous yells of a flock of new.
born babies as winds from the
Arctic and the Sahara met at
the exact spot where the babies
happened to be.
1t is all part of the new science
OF medical climatology, and
scientists have been delving
feVeriShly into 1t for the last 10
years. Briefly. it concludes that
bodily metabolisms are in many
The Washington times., 1936-12-01
bad Influence"

MOHACS, Hungary GNSO-A
special school for gypsy children
has been set up here in order to
protert Hungarian children from
the bad influence" Of little gyp-
sizes.
The Washington times., 1936-12-01

nothing to do with its fuel value.
A cold chocolate matted milk is far
more heating, because Of its high
calorie value, than the cup Of hot
tea which imparts an immediate
feeling of warmth.
The cold chocolate matted milk
yields around 500 fuel calories; a
cup of tea with one lump Of sugar
contains 25 calories. The glow you
get from a hot beverage cannot be
changed into either energy or fat,
for the number Of calories a food
contains gauges its fuel value.
It is the insidious accumulation
of calorieS in cold weather that
makes the barrel waist and padded
hips which cannot be covered by
a fur coat when spring comes to
town!
BALANCED REDUCING MENU
Breakfast
The Washington times., 1936-12-01

Petersen, of the
University of
Illinois College
of M e d j cine,
concludes, after
elaborate re-
searches, that
your chances
of b e c o m i n G
either a genius
or a lunatic de-
pend on your
birth date.
Astrology has
b e en- goin
ouit a few
thousand years,
The Washington times., 1936-12-01

AStrology is bunk! Any sound
scientist will tell you that. There
fore, it is a bit startling when an
eminent scientist, DR.. William F.
The Washington times., 1936-12-01

Keep constant check on
yourself by observing the
food values listed in the "Ca-
lOrie Chart" leaflet. The
"Height-Age-Weight Chart"
will also prove of value. Both
of them are to be obtained
by sending q self-addressed,
stamped envelope to Miss Ida
Jean Kahn in care of The
Washington Times.
Copyright, 1885. by King Features
Syndicate, Inc
The Washington times., 1936-12-01
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CurtaH Winter Appetite
For Spring Showing
BY IDA JEAN KAHN

If you winter weight ganer you should curb your
caore before find yourself bursting of size eighteen
The Washington times., 1936-12-01

These requirements are calcu-
lated for the woman weighing $50
pounds. If you weigh less, you use
slightly fewer calories per hour in
these activities.
Select your winter menus with
an eye to your activity and your
weight, and don't overstock in fuel
just because it is cold weather.
Foods which are high in calories
are heating. But, remember, if
not needed as fuel they will be
stored as body fat!
The temperature of a food has
The Washington times., 1936-12-01

by regulating your fuel (calorie)
supply. In this age of steam heat
your activity determines the num-
Der of calories you need.
How many calories do you use?
Check up on yourself by the fol.
lowing activities:
ACTIVITY
Calorie
Requirement
Per hour
Light hOusewOrk ....... 1SO
Cooking for two people, sweep
ing rugs, bed-makinKO
Moderate hOusework. ........... 225
Cooking ironing scrubbinE,
Heavy housework ............... 25O.3OO
(ScrubbinE, washing, window
cleaning and other heavy work.)
Playing bridge ................ 95
sitting quietly ................ 80
sleeping .............. ............ %
Walking moderately fast ........ 21O
(Three and three-fOurths miles
per hOur)
The Washington times., 1936-12-01

ways responsive to meteorolog1ce
conditions. varying greatly a.
cording to location and time {
the year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-09
Kiwanis Golfers
 Defeat Rotary
 Club Team, 21-19

Winning the odd" match in sev- en seasons of play, the Kiwanis club golf team took Q 20.lo point victory and silver trophy with them at the completion of l8 holes of play against Rotarians yesterday over the Waterbury Country club course. Competition was keen in many cases, Richardson Bronson of the Rotary club and Bill Liboldt of Kiwanis. gaining low net scores of 00, Bronson winning the toss for the prize. Bert Richmond of ,Kiwanis had a low net 70 with Roy Mintie of Rotary right behind with a n and Rev. D. P. Gaines of Kiwanis finishing third with 72.
 Ed Fitzgerald's 200 yard wallOp won the driving contest with Ralph paines 90 butts for 18 holes on the putting green won top honor in that phase of competition, c. A. Manning finishing second with @ butts. Leon French of Kiwanis holed two birdies during play with Bill Libolt. Clyde Jennings. Ed Angevine. Dr. Hal Morrill, and Ed 6anderson getting one apiece. Summary:
 Bert Richmond, (K) e4-l4--70; Richard Bronson, (R) 0D-14-7S; William Llbolt, (K) o0-ib-T4; Roy Mintie, (R) 0i.2O-7l: Leon French. tIS) e1.i6-T0; c. A. Manning, tKl es-ie-75: H. e. Manning. fkl ea.i--o75: David Gaines, (K) 04-22-- 72; pr. Charles Larkin, (Nkl eS-ie-- Te: Clyde Jennings, tRl 9S-ls-7Is DF. H. E. Allen, (It) eo-22-54; Atty. Michael Blansfield, (RD eg-22-54: John Burrall. (K) e9.23-5s: pr. Joseph Collins. (K) os~29-5e: pr. Harold Merrill, (K) ee-2b-5s; Ed- ward Angevine. Rl oe-9o-1e; Frederick Deardslcy, (Ikl ee.ae-oi; 1; Levi Wilcox, (lg) io0.25-7s; Robs ert Leach. (R) i0o-13-13; Edward Eitzecfaid. (Ial ici~2s-1I; Edward sanaeraon. sID ioi.1t-gy; Stanley
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-09
KIPHUTH CLAIMS SWIMMERS ABLE
 JOBEATT THEJ LAPS
Final TryOuts For AZ Olympic Places at Rocky
 Point Pool This Week

Warwick, R. l., July g. (UP)-- Americas crack men swimmers, de- termined and At - according to Coach Robert H. J. (Bob) Kiphuth ito regain the Olympic champion ship from Japan, tuned up In Rocky Point pool today for their final try outs Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
 Kiphuth, veteran Olympic and Yale coach, predicted an orgy of record breaking in the Olympics aS he arrived with some 40 outstand- ing natators from every section of the country who had been working out under his direction in Yale's pool for two weeks. Swimming en- thusiasts who were expected to con- tribute substantially to the kitty for the Berlin trip by witnessing the tests were hopeful the record bust ing would begin here.
 Favorites among the more than 100 "water dogs" who seek 6 poS- sible maximum of 42 places on the Olympic squad include Peter Pick of New York, Charles Flachmann of Chicago, Jimmy Gilhula and Taylor Drysdale of Detroit, Ray Walters of Iowa, and Jack Medica of Washing. ton in the free.style sprints; Medi- ca, Ralph Flanagan of Miami, John Macionis of Yale, Ghilhula, and James c. Christy in the distance swims; Adolph Kiefer of Chicago and Drysdale in the backstroke; John Higgins of Providence and Charles Kasley, Jr, of Michigan in the breast stroke.
 The three-dAy program calls for trials in the i,600 and 100 meters free style swims Friday afternoon and finals Friday night; trials in the 400 meters free style and 100 meters back stroke Saturday after noon and finals Saturday night; trials in the 200 meters breast stroke and 200 meters free style Sunday morning and finals Sunday after. noon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-09
Tennis
 By Ray Mcleod
Toaslnr the Ball for service

Tossing the Ball for Service
 The height at which the ball should be tossed for service should never vary. Hardly any service can be hit with any amount of force unless the ball has been tossed to a height which will permit the server to utilize the full length Of his arm and racket.
 On the other hand, much of the power of the swing is lost if the ball has been tossed too high. This necessitates @ pause during the swing the server having to wait until the ball drops to a height at which it can be conveniently hit. Any pause whatsoever during 6 service stroke immediately cheeks the rythm and momentum of the swing, greatly lessening the power and effectiveness of the stroke.
 When you toss the ball up
 with your left hand, try and do
 so without bending your elbow.
 This will, with a little practice,
 place the bali in the same exact
 spot above your head and
 shoulders each time the toss Is
 made. At the top of the toss
 the ball should be at a point
 between your head and right
 shoulder. and about two feet
 above the extreme top of your
 reach.
 If you toss the ball tip with your left hand. the right arm and racket should start up at the same time. Start the right arm and racket up slowly behind the body to a point in back of your head and shoulders Here. without any pause, the racket (which Is gEipped loosely in the hand) Is permitted to drop. describ- ing c small circle behind your shoul- ders. As you complete this circular motion the spesd Of your swing ii increased. with the racket travelling upward and into the dropping ball The circle. or loop which the racket
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-09
McARTHUR FAVORED
 TO TAKE TITLE

With Q disadvantage of i7 balls to overcome, Vincent Dunlap will go into his second block of 100 points with Frank McArthur to- night at the Wooster parlors, with the city pocket-billiard champion ship hanging in the balance. Mc- Arthur holds a 10O-S3 lead over Dunlap the result of his play on Tuesday night.
 Jimmy Barber hung another de- feat on Danny Martin for third place, finishing in front 10 Sto S2 last night, which caused Martin to plan a summer course in pocket billiards under the expert tutelese of Furtive Frank Cobb, his one man cheering section.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-09
Important Dusty
 Loop Meeting

william E. Derwln, presldent oe the Industrial baseball league has called Q confab Of team managers Go be held Co. morrow night nt Che ofIloes oe Che park department At Q o'. elook. Important matters will Do discussed relative Co Che opening Oe the second round Of play and all teams are advised o Dc represented.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-09
Meaney's Buttons M eet Brooklyn Pros At "Quassy"

Maurice Meaney and the Water bury Patent Button CO, old timers soft ball team will oppose the Brooklyn Professional men in a con- test to be played tonight at Lake Quassapaug. The game listed tc get underway at 2 o'clock will show many of the best known players in the city. The Professionals have been the winners of IS games out of l6 starts and are given the pre- contest edge over their well, trained rivals.
 B0lstered
 Manager Meaney will toe the slab himself at the beginning of the con- test and he has refused to disclose the remainder of his lineup, leav. ing room for suspicion that the club will be much stronger than 1t has been in the past. Ed Butter milk" Lasky will be on the hillock for the Professional men with Char lie Dubbs on the receiving end. Manager John Jenusaitis will be ct lst base, Johnny Kopiczh, 2nd sack Tony zubras, shortstop; Captain pr, Walter Selens Srd base: Atty. Joe Holy Gross" Alishausky, roaming infielder; Atty. c. V. Balanda, Charley Lasky and Billy Kenausis in the outfield.
 Utility players announced today by manager JenusaitiS are Hank Kenausis, Stan 'Voketaitis, Jim Va- laitis, Johnny Kendall, Tommy Fen- ton, and Attorney Ed Bobbin.
 The contest will be handled by umpire H. P. Mcgrauskas, with the Middlebury coroner close by.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-09
BIC LEACUERS
 RESUME BATTLE
Tanks Look Like Winners Cards and Giants Tangle;
 Reds vs Bees

New York, July 9-(UP)-Play in the major leagues gets back under way today after three day sus- pension for the all-star game.
 The season is nearly half gone with the New York Yankees mak- ing @ runaway of the American league while the St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs fight for first place in the national.
 Eastern American league clubs are entertaining their western rivals while the western National teams are being invaded by their eastern opponents.
 The Yankees, leading the Ameri- can by 10 games, open their home stand against the Cleveland Indians, now occupying fifth place. The St. Louis Browns and the Philadelphia Athletics begin their cellar series with the Browns only half a game out of seventh. Chicago's White Sox invade Fenway Park at Boston to tackle the Red Sox and the second place Detroit Tigers engage the Washington Senators.
 In the National the leading Car dinals have good. chance to inc crease their one-game margin over the Cubs against the New York Giants who have melted down tc fifth place. The Cubs should have push-over in the Brooklyn Dodg- CTS who apparently are bent or breaking the league record fol games lost in one season. They play double header today.
 The fast-stepping Cincinnati Reds entertain the Boston Bees who have won eight of their II encounterl against the Reds this year. Int Pittsburgh Pirates play host tC Jimmy Wilson's Philadelphia Phil lies who are not doing much better than the Dodgers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-09
HARD TO FIGURE

Even more whimsical and unpre. dictable than 6 golf championship is the grand American handicap which will feature the S7th grand American tournament. world series of trapshootinng, at vandaiia field, Dayton, Ohio. August 24 to 2s. NO winner has ever repeated m the ahndicap. It has been won by a I0- year-old man, a preacher shooting in his first tournament, q l4-lear- old boy, an unemployed electrician' q novice railroad conductor, and on rare occasions by q really famoui shooter. The one big surprise that awaits followers of the sport is Tor a woman to win it. The women shoot right along with the men n the handicap. The girl who is con- sidered to have the best chance of winning the grand" some day z Mrs. L,ela Hall, comely Missouri champion from East Lynne.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-09
TWENTIETH CENTURY
 CLUB WORKOUT

With Vic Willis, Crosby high school track star of 1882 anxious to feel the cinders beneath his feet again, Henry Koch and Charley Chamberlain will have keen help in the field events in which the Twentieth Century club has a part. Tonyi Delmonaco has called work out for ail members and anyone interested which will take place to- night at T:30 o'clock at Hamilton park. Meets with the New Haven Harriers, Bristol and Naugatuck teams are "in the works"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-09
B. DRILL

Manager Rudy BeTcier. after a prolonged huddle with his Brook lyn A. C.. board of strategy has called 70 ?. m. until dark" base- ball drill for his lads tomorrow night on the first diamond at Ham ilton park with all men to be in uniform ready to go at the appoint- cd hour. The 3. 4. c. combine will meet the Tribunes tn a city amateur league game Sunday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-09
FULTON JUNIORS IN
 TO4 VICTORY

The Fulton Jrs. beat the Meteors i2.4 in baseball game played at Fulton park yesterday afternoon, The winners collected five runs In the opening chapter and took things rather easy from that point on. The score by innings:
 Fulton Jrs. =. .503 BIO x-l2 8 Meteors ...... .Ol2 100 O. 6 3
 Lynch, McSherry and Brickel J Margolis; Joynes, Kinch and Holmes. Umpire, Grout.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-09
EYELETS WIN

Scoring . run in the final inning, the Eyelet Room defeated the Screw and Rivet department in Q scovill leageu baseball game played at Hamilton park last night. Platt hit
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-09
THOMPSON HURLS
 PERFECT GAME

Perfect pitching by Johnny Thompson, who did not allow . hit or run in his fifth straight win of the season, brought the Nationals . 60 shutout victory over the Arrows in 6 Hamilton park senior game yesterday. Graham and Shaw hit well for the winners, the latter's single in the fifth inningfi scoring two runs while Mazzarella mada great catch of Kiely's hit in the fourth. Summary: