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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-24

While good figures and good
posture are not synonymous, one
cannot have a lovely figure with
careless posture. Look at the
stars of the stage and screen and
you will see that this is true. All
have regal postures which reflect
their varied personalities.
Paulette Goddard is like an ar.
row. and her irrepressible vitality
is shown in her posture. The ex.
quisite Dolores del Rios bearing
reflects her splendid health, all
the more priced because it has
been regained. JesSica Dragon
nette walks in the grand manner,
commanding attention with her
beautiful carriage. Katharine
Hepburn's confidence reveals
courage and determination.
An erect carriage can make q
good figure superb ana medlo-
ere figure attractive. No figure
needs to be durnpy or humdrum.
but the majority Of US plod along
without realizing that q beautiful
carriage can give us confidence
and poise and lift us out Of our
grooves.
Posture can have everything
wrong with it, from double chinS
to lordosis, but it Is amazing what
corrective exercise can do.
STOPPED shoulders are q common
defect, along with a depressed
chest and ,forward.thruSting head.
This fault can be corrected with
q magic wave Of the wand. Take
a light strong Stick-a broom
handle is excellent-and, grasping
either end, raise it high overhead,
then lower, back Of the shoulders.
Repeat from IL to IS counts.
An increase Of the curve in the
spinal lumbar section, called lordo-
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AS Thousands Starve!

Mack Gordon, fiImdOm's lead.
ing song writer with Harry
ReveD, may not be the cham
piOn fOOd-gOrger Of the country,
but he win do until a champion
comes along. Mack weighs 800
pounds, more or less. New
YOrk's candidate for eating
hOnOrs is Nathan Kramer, man.
aging director Of the Edison
Hotel, who weighs slightly less
than 800. Last week found both
Gordon and Kramer at the eros
singer Country Club, whereupOn
the idea struck Abe Lyman, who
was also there, to promote an
eating match. Book was taken,
the odds fayOring Gordon. Both
sat down to the contest. After
washing down his fourteenth
hot pastrOmi sandwich with his
seventh schooner Of beer, Cor
don hungriIy surveyed his hefty
opponent, Kramer (whO had by
this time disposed Of seven
cOrned-beef sandwiches and four
glasses Of milk and looked some
what exhausted), and chirped:
"We're wasting q lot Of time
here. Double the bet-and I'll
eat Kramef!"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-24

Tomorrow mag the air OF dun
geon bring"
The music Is a succession OF
fervent desire followed by sudden
indifference. Passing through
scenes Of enchantment, the fig
ure of desire finds only barren
despair. Finally, Don Juan re-
nounces his amorous interests in
the theme Of remuneration given
above. The theme is played by
four horns in unision In a mood
filled with pathoS.
at iDns a Dond'roNs Iopely storm
that drove me;
NoD tt is DER; and calm all round,
Gb0De me;
Sheer dead Is eUery Dtsh;; all
hopes o'erShroNded-
1t UGS perhaps flash from
heGUen descended,
Whose deadly stroke left me Nth
poDerS ended,
And all the Dorld. so bright be-
fore, o'ercIouded;
Yet perchGnce. mott Exhausted Is
the fuel:
And on the hearth the cold is
fiercely cruel"
The tone poem does not end
on the traditional triumphant eli
max. The end Of Don Juan Is in
dismal, dying harmonieS, a sigh Of
emptiness, an absence Of joy, a
death with no mourners.
The United States Army Band,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-24

ing, will give the following concert
tonight at the United States Capt.
tol at 1880 o'clock: March, Gate
City," (Weldon); overture, "Phe-
dre," (MaSsanet); cornet trio,
"Flirtations," (Clarke); fox troG,
II Like Bananas" CYachich); Sc
lection, Echoes from the Metro
politan Opera House." (Tobani) ;
Saxophone solo, "Valse Inspira.
tion," (Hazlett), played by Eugene
HoStetter; sketch, ITO q Water
Lily" (MacDowell) novelty, "Old
Mother Hubbard" (Polla); Selec-
ton from Bitter Sweet" (Cow.
ard); march, 1.-THE Southerner,
(Alexander.)
Have you a little composer In
your homer New York city Is
yearning for a civic song which
will embody its spirit and whatrnot
in musical form. Having a mayor,
Mr.. LaGuardia, who is the son Of
a band leader, Father Knicker-
booker appears to be a wee bit
enyious Of st. Louis Blues and
kitty from Kansas City" to say
nothing Of all the Dixie" songs.
In short, q prize Of 100000 is
offered for the best song to be
submitted by August 1. II you are
a whiz at lyrics, but couldn't COM
pose q tune to save your life, just
write Mrs. Henry Breckenridge,
Municipal Art Committee, 80
Rockefeller Plaza, New York city,
and she will match you up
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-24

Send q large self-addressed,
stamped envelope to Ida Jean
Kahn In care of this paper for
your set Of the General Exer-
ciSes to Keep You Trim, Slim
and Fit as q Fiddle"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-24
Who Trun Dat Brick?

A producer with long string
Of flopS to his credit was boast
ing in Sardi's about his new
show. when it opens, he
Dragged, people will have to
stand to see it."
"Sure," agreed a heckler, 81
hear they're playing Star
Spangled- Banner all through the
first act"
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B'way Observations!

(Arthuf Murray: The new
Popular Front Is experiencing
growing SPANS. LEO Refs
mani: What this country needs
Is . g0Od-fine scent cigar. :.
(Abe LYMAN: RTy friend was
thrown out Of medical school
so he took . job rs . soda
cIerk-and became q fizzician
after al. (EnOch Light: As
uncOncerned as . slot machine
%. Jules Levine): What the
country needs is more wreck
less drivers. ;. (JOe Reichn1an) y:
Theme song for Tommy Man
ville's ex.wives: "Cant Help
Leavin' That Mani"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-24

You Think Not!
Give a burlesque strip-tease
enough robe-and she'll lose hel
job!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-24

"Syzygy" in the English dictionary
which does not contain any Of the
five common vowels. ! only want
to ask you this question: why
fry, thy, sly, dry, fly?" And tell
you this: "Try, ply, by, my, wry,
cry" RAYMOND w. NEWLY.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-24

sis or swayback, is accompanied
BY a protruding abdomen and
rounded shoulders. An excellent
corrective exercise is taken while
sitting on the floor, knees straight,
buttockS against the wall. Fore
ing the small Of the back flat
against the wall Streamlines the
weakened abdominal muscles as
well as those Of the lumbar spine.
Lateral curvature Of the spine
may also be corrected with exer-
else, but these exercises must be
under the supervision Of an in
structor. If your posture is decid-
edly out Of line, it would pay you
to consult one Of these instructors
at a Y. w. C. A. gymnasium, or at
q figure salon.
First attempts to stand correctly
viii be firing, for it is much easier
to assume position for which the
muscles have been trained than to
re-educate these muscles. You
must first strengthen the weak
muscles. and in this connection
you will find the four Introductory
exercises in the General Set very
valuable.
BALANCED REDUCING MENU
QnanlrARNk
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-24
Out of An Envelope!

Mr.. Seymour Blauner suggests
rhythm" as another word besides
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Remuneration Theme From Don yuan" BY Richard Strauss
suggestion for using and preserving the daily music theme
teachers of music appreciation GdOe pupils clip and
paste fling NTH composers
top and file them IN alphabetical orderD
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LONELINESS Is Acquired
By Correct Posture
By IDA JEAN KAHN

Most of look beauty the pot Of gold the end Of
the rainbow and fail to possibilities LONELINESS
is made Of number of little things but the big thing is
posture
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-24

Critics John Anderson and
Robert Garland were attending Q
performance at q small rural play
house In Connecticut. The pro
duction was amateuriSh.
"T don't think" yawned Gar
land, "they should have con-
verted this. barn into q theater."
"They didn't" observed An
derson. They're just using it
to cure hamS!"
The Washington times., 1936-04-16
TOLL COMPANY
F|GHTSSTATE

HARPERs FERRY, W. Va.
April 1e.-Efforts Of Maryland's
state Roads Commission to pur-
chase the toll bridge franchise
here across the Potomac and con-
vert the old Baltimore and Ohio
railroad structure into o highway
span were blocked today by the
bridge company.
Since the toll bridge was swept
away by the floods early this
month, the State has advocated a
free bridge. The toll bridge COM
pany has declared the State offer
unsatisfactory" and plans an In
junction II the railroad bridge Is
converted.
The Washington times., 1936-04-16
COLONIAL IN N
PLANS READY

WILLIAMSBURG, Va, April 10.
With plans completed, ground will
be broken in the next few days
for q new hotel to be constructed
by the Restoration Corporation
which is restoring this old Colonial
Il.
town.
The hotel, to be built Of brick
and painted white, will be known
as the New Williamsburg Inn, and
will have accommodations for 1872
guests. It will be constructed 30
that an addition may be made at
any time.
Contracts call for the hotel to
be completed In the spring Of 1887.
The Washington times., 1936-04-16
COUNTY HOLDS
DEATH RECORD

Prince Georges county, with Is
deaths, led the State Of Maryland
In traffic fatalities during the
first three months Of 1895, accord
ing to figures published by the
rotor Vehicle Commission.
Allegheny county was next with
eight deaths in six accidents. Six
counties Of the State had no
deaths during the three-month
period. They were: Caroline, Gar
rett, Kent, st. Mary'S, Somerset,
and Talbot.
The Prince Georges accident
death rate is considerably higher
this year than last when only 8
were recorded for the same period.
The total Of the, State is only 70
IS compared with SO for the same
time last year.
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Laboratory Is Set Up
FOH. Color. Stud y

GENEVA, N. Y.-Under supervi-
sion Of Prof. Forrest l.. Dimmick,
10 senior students OF experimental
psychology at Hobart College are
completing specifications, building
and setting up equipment in o new
laboratory for research into color
phenomena.
The room, occupying 800 square
feet Of floor space will have q sys-
tenn of indirect lighting to insure
shadowless illumination.
The ceiling will be painted .
blush white to facilitate a maxi
mum reflection of light, and the
side walls q neutral gr1y to elimi-
nate contrasting effects Of one
color upon another.
Among the pieces Of equipment,
upon which the professor and the
students have been working for
some time for operation, are three
colorimeters designed to duplicate
The Washington times., 1936-04-16

any given color or create new col
ors through combinations Of i'll
ters.
Besides use in graphically ex-
planning the exact colors in the
room itself. the colorimeters will
be employed In studying abnor-
malities such as color blindness.
Incidentally, Q color-blind stu
dent artist has painted a copy of
. chart showing the solar spec
tr1m in which reds and green's
are omitted or appear as blush
gray.
Other equipment for the labora.
tory will include spectrometers,
designed t. furnish the physical
aspects Of light in terms Of wave
length, in comparison with the
colorimeter, and instruments to
determine the characteristics of
color stimuli.
The Washington times., 1936-04-16
AT ALL LEADING STORES

7h6 Hseht Co. I
Woodward & IsshTop T
EGnnS 1
Idnsburgh's
The PulGiS Royal I
The GoldsnhsEs Co.
Georges RGdie
Edgar Morris Sales Co.
Julius L0nsbuTVh Furniture Go.
gGilsY Stores
Miller Furniture Co.
=. s. Hurris Co.
cGpit0l Ranss & Heating CO.
p00rlOss Furniture Co.
.. G. Dunno & Co.
Sun Radio & Service Corp
D. 4. coS & Co.
FHsG Bsall & Sharp Co.
Thompson Furniture Co.
Rudolph & West Co.
james E. ColliAewsr Co.
Star R0dio
Colony Radio Co.
PStweFth Hardware c..
CamOo Furniture Store
Hatehinson Furniture Go. Inc. I
Thompson Brothers. AnaeeStia. D. e.
The DGlY-HeppOE Co. Inc.
WGshingsen Gus Light Company
cOsEgOsewn Gas Light cempenY
The Washington times., 1936-12-01

I guess they sort of got me
then because now 1 make a
hobby of collecting them"
"How many? Let's see-I
have five. Boy, I've got one
1921 model 'hOpped up like a
racer. It's got a super-charger,
a cut-out, it's been clOcked at q
hundred and ten-it's q doll"
Beside the doll" which he says
he drives whenever he gets IAN
afternoon off to crank it and
push it," he has two large high
powered cars and two smaller
ones.
Worked In Field
He found time that summer to
work in the wheat fields and also
to take a job as second teller
in a bank. After he finished in
the bank he would NOW peoples
lawns. When he found time to
eat and sleep he didn't say.
He put the money he made in
the bank into his account. He
used what he made from the now
ing and painting to take him
down to Colorado Springs, where
his family were spending the
summer.
Only one thing marred his hap
piness at this time. Painting
the great curving tenders of
other peoples automobiles, tink-
ering with the fascinating gadgets
on the dashboards, there grew up
in him an overwhelming desire
to own a car. But how could he
do it on the money he made? He
dreamed of gliding majeStically
on rubber tires, of shifting the
purring motor into second.
Then as If he had read his
sons mind, for Robert didn't ask
for it, his father gave him his
first automobile.
(TO Be COntinued)
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70-PIECE DINING ROOM SUITE

Richly veneered in twotone walnut and other hardwoods
Consists Of Buffet Server Chna Extension table, Armchar
and five side Chairs Beautifully styled suite with all the
features Of suite selling much higher price, No Money
Down. Liberal Tradein allowance for your old furniture.
The Washington times., 1936-12-01
TAYLOR LURED BY CALL0F STAGE
WHILE STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL
BY LYDIA CALVERT
CHAPTER 8

The smell of the backstage
which to an actor is as COMPEL
ing as the smell Of sawdust is to
the circus clown, "got" Robert
Taylor in high school.
Looking back now he can see
the strawS in the wind that were
invisible then. From the time he
took his first lead in school play
his life continued to touch the
theater without apparent plan
but inevitably time after time
until it had worn a path to Holly
wood down which he trod tri-
umphantly. He muses.:
'Tt'S a funny thing. Every
thing ] did seemed to lead to
1t. 1 always wound up in
some play. got into debates.
Music led me to radio. Even
up until it happened, though l
still thought I'd be doctor or
a lawyer. 1 guess we haven't
much control over those things"
CHOIR SINGER
AS class president in high
school, as singer in the church
choir, as master of ceremonies at
public functions, as soloist on
the cello, he was gathering ex-
perience that eventually would
make him movie timber.
He had plenty Of time for these
extra-curricular things because
study came easily to him. His
father cautioned him:
"DOn't be too sure of your
self, son. Study comes easily
to you, but there are other
things that we should know
that take lot of study that
you don't get in school"
Robert looked quizzical. His
father continued:
Human nature is the most
interesting study in which
man can engage himself-and
the hardest. Study people, son,
and you'll still have plenty to
learn when you're a hundred
years old. But you'll acquire
lot Of knowledge as you go
along"
HIS VACATIONS
Now that graduation time was
here and college days loomed.
Robert took these words to heart
and later in college, away from
home, he used them as guiding
principle.
But meantime came summers
at his parents cottage at Lake
Okaboja in Minnesota. Here he
forgot school and the response
bility Of the future and settled
down to steady playing. He learn
ed to dance. He swan and
romped with his friends on the
beach. He had grown to full
manhood though he was much
leaner than he is now. His face
was aesthetically thin, his hair
black and glossy and parted on
CAH0 o4uC Will 41ILu, OSGe1 AlICO
strokes of the comb.
A girl outranked him at gradua-
tion. But by now Bobs ideas
about the opposite sex were so
completely changed he was not
really disappointed. He was
proud to shake her hand. Stand
ing on the platform of the little
school auditorium with his moth
er and father smiling proudly up
at him from the front row he felt
that life had given him his full
share.
HONOR GRADUATE
He was a man. He was grad
uated with honor. His parents
were happy and we'll and he had
made them proud. What greater
riches could there be?
1t was summer time. Life was
very beautiful, but days of lazy
sunshine stretched ahead inter
mlnably. From June until Sep
tember seemed too long a time to
loaf. Bob said:
Il got a job painting cars.
The Washington times., 1936-02-07
1896 Cap. Transit
SpendingS Put
At S2,727,IOO

Capital Transit Company has
spent $5,O61, 900 in Improvements
since the merger Of the old Capt.
tai Traction and Washington
Railway & Electric companies on
December /, 1888, according to q
statement issued yesterday by
John H. Hanna, president.
To complete the program Of
bettermentS, he said, &2,727, 100
will be expended this year.
The largest item In the i'm
provements is $2,O67, 900 for 227
modern buses. This year S5 more
busseS viii be purchased for $3.50. !.
900. The principal requirements
this year will be &967 900 for re-
routing tracks and 100000 for
the track renewal program.
In November, 1888, the two old
companies were operating with
487 street cars and 152 busseS on
the streets, a total of 500 vehicles.
Capital Transit is now using 573
street cars and 1886 buses each
weekday, a total Of 9O0 vehicles.
The Washington times., 1936-02-07
CHRYSLER PAYS
81 DIVIDEND

Chrysler Corporation has de-
clared q dividend Of 81 a share,
compared with rs cents q share
three months ago. The latest pay
ment will be made March 81 to
stockholders of record March 13.
The company reports net profit,
including subsidiaries, for 1885
equivalent to $8.07 a share on the
stock against $2.19 a share in 1884.
Earnings after charges and Fed
eral taxes amounted to $34, ,975, ,818,
contrasted with $9,534, 1856 the pre-
vious year. For the final quarter
of the year net profit was $11,791.-
S33, or $2.74 q share, compared
with only $112,01O, or 2 cents a
share, in the same three months
the year before.
The dividend of rs cents q share
declared three months ago fol
lowed regular quarterly distribu-
tionS of Is cents each and extras
of the same amount in the two
previous quarters.
Directors did not indicate that
the current 81 dividend places the
stock on a 50 annual basis.
The Washington times., 1936-02-07
N. A. Aviation Shows
Loss for Past Year

Subject to possible further ad-
juStments upon audit Of the books,
North American Aviation, Inc, re-
ported loss Of $18,416.95 for the
year 1885, after depreciation Of
1851, ,312.17, but before including
an accounted profit Of $33. .205 30
realized from the sale of secur.
ities. Including the latter, the
year 1885 showed a net profit Of
$14,7S8.25, according to j.. 81.
Kindelh ger, president.
The Washington times., 1936-02-07
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO. Feb. Z (I.N.s.).-HogB:
Receipts $4,000: Ice lower. HoidoveEs
heavies, S16@16.s5; mediums, $40 O6l0.4S;
lights. $io@10.45; light lights. Ss.Ss@
1925; packing sows. $s@s.4o; pigs. $50
CGttIe-Receipts, 5000; steady. Calves
500; steady. Beef steers: Good and
choice, $12@14; common and medium.
$7@12: yearling. Ss@1S. Butcher cat
tie: Heifers., $5@10; cows, $5@f; bulls.
$5@s.50; stocker steers, S5QS; stocker
cows and heifers, $4@7.
Sheep-Receipts 5000; steady. Med
FUN ana choice lambs, $1O@1O50; culls
and common, 95@s.5O; yearlings, $70
9.76; comRon and choice ewes, Ss.5e0
AIS: feedl lambs. $9@s.76.
The Washington times., 1936-02-07

This suggests that he may decide to declare that officially
the emergency" is If he makes that political move
he will have slower his spending make effort
toward balancing his budget and probably be less radical
in his reform schemes.
(Thnk how queer would seem to a New Dealer not to
have (the emergency to fall back uponD
Other signs the faint STRINGS in the Federal Reserve
Boards interest in credit control 1t significant that
Washington has sent out newspaper stories about the diff
cultes Of the silver buying and reassung
ments about gold exports. ..
In my opinion, all this is extremely dangerous Our great
danger lies false confidence and the just mentioned
calculated to produce just that.
The danger is that will believe that monetary
emergency exists We may to say that there will be
currency initiation" but only "cred initiation of "con
troed" Then will add Mr. Roosevelt has been
forced bow to the Supreme Court and that trying hold
the real Democrats the New Deal party he will
conservative.
But do forget this: The initiation been developing
all along has not been the odashoned greenback" type
cordn to which legaender irredeemable issued d
recty by the Treasury. Our danger all along lain
thing called credit initiation It has lain and still es in the
abuse of bank credit.
It began with huge open market operations which loaded
the banking system with Government bonds expanded
Then the dollar undervaued which gave the Treasury
big artificial paper profit and led influx of gold which
greatly Sweled the excess reserves of the banks
The syerbuying policy followed with Government
jecg greatly ovrvaued silver into the monetary
and issuing large amounts Of overvalued silver certificates
Above all Roosevelt Administration has prostuted the
banks by huge program of borrowing and spending which
DacK OF the Whole mess rms mas Deen done 1t cannot be
undone
The Treasury has issued its the banks has spent
its bank credits by drawing checks One result is the
paraeled volume of deposits" the books of the banks
which in the last analysis represent Government debt
There absolutely prospect balanced Federal budget
So futile to talk about "no currency initiation" Our
currency chiefly ered-Governmen credit debit Thus
initiation is currency initiation.
And futile to talk about "controlled initiation" There
is chance of controlling the credit (which our
Currency than there is in incpent boom ~ The
n hv fl at.
money who is all the dangerous because he
2) Money abnormay and artifcially easy
and will be kept SO, in order to Stimulate bank loans
(3) Bank loans of rozen" type being encouraged
Thus every apparently conservative step that breeds con
dence" merely facilitates currency initiation which dis
guised controlled credit nflation This is dan
than greenbacks just because is less obvious
Our great danger today false confidence and the New
The Washington times., 1936-02-07

The reason for this is found in the indi-
cations that so-called currency initiation "
is not so imminent The Patman greenback-
ers are talking big, and COughlin crates
about his Frazier-Lemke bill But they seem
to be losing ground
At the moment, Mr.. Roosevelt is holding
back. He has bowed to the Constitution by
virtually ordering Congress to repeal various
crop control laws, and he is belatedly check
up on the unused balances that have been
appropriated for various Federal credit
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HANEY &C; :; ;;: ';:i; 2 &; :;
Z
BY LEWIS HANEY

Professor Of Economics, New York University
As had anticipated the gold export movement seems to
easily checked and the dollar has rallied somewhat in