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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-17

OH II1G IOSG1 I'LL
with Baker with speeches OF their
own will be Representative Rob
ert G. Allen CD, of Pennsyl-
vania, and DR.. Mordecai Ezekiel,
economic advisor to Agriculture
Secretary Wallace. The new local
reports 1t is gathering support
for a renewal of the MatoSott
union discrimination" case.
Resettlement Administration, in
the person of Gordon Barnes, has
drawn first blood in Wardman
Park Hotels Quest for Talent"
contest for the benefit of Govern
ment employees. Beginning Mon
day evening. the young RIA admin
istrative assistant will sing for one
week in the famed Metronome
Room.
Meanwhile, another addition
scheduled Thursday between 8 and
1890 p. m, has drawn Is entries,
and among them is the Whit
House staff, represented by Frank
Sanderson. Other talent to COM
pete will include employees of La
Dor, War, Navy, State and REA.
Bureau of Reclamation, July II
(By special dispatch)-If any one
on the west shore of Chesapeake
Bay wants any "figgering' done
today, let 'em head into Charley
Dey's weekend house party. For
the accounting division will be
down there en- masSe on a stag get
together. Swimming, boating and
general bachelor advertisements
will hold sway till Monday morn
ing. No gals allowed is the warn
ing issued.
If this bunch is not blistered by
the sun over the weekend they
expect to attend the entertainment
at the Potomac Boat Club, Mon
day evening, which is being held
for all Interior employees under the
auspices of N. F. F, E. Interior
branch.
Here's a fine opportunity for
somebody:
Robert F. Bauer, Internal Reeve.
nue., former college man and
teacher, seeks somebody interested
in accompanying him as soon as
mutually possible on a camping
trip in Virginia. lasting about a
week. They should have camp
equipment, and expenses will be
pared to the bone and mutually
shared. Bauer can be called after
p. m. at Decatur 6l75.
Some hold the opinion that the
Civil Service Commission isn't
any too strong in the matter of
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Warner Bros. Theaters

AMBAs SADOR - Sunday. Monday.
Tuesday and Wednesday: Marion Davies
and Robert Montgomery in Ever Since
Eve" Thursday and Friday: Robert
Montgomery and Rosalind Russell in
Might Must Fall" Saturday: Ann Soth-
ern & Gene Raymond in There Goes
My Girl" Secret Agent X-9 No. L."
APOLLO-Sunday. Monday and Tues
day: Robert Taylor and Barbara STAN
wyck in This Is Ny Affair" Wednes-
day and Thursday: Wallace Berry in
"Good Old Soak" Friday: Robert Mont
gomery and Rosalind Russell in Might
Must Fall" Saturday: George O'Bren
in Hollywood Cowboy" and Ralph Bel
Iamy and Ida Lupino in Lets Get Mar
ried," Popeye.
AvALON-Sunday and Monday: Rob
ert Taylor and Barbara Stanwyck in
This Is My Affair" Tuesday and
Wednesday: Harry Carey and Edwina
Booth in Trader Horn" Thursday:
Madge Evans in Thirteenth Chair Fri
day: Gene Raymond and Ann Sothern
in There Goes My Gill" Saturday:
Jed Prouty and Spring Byington in
Big Business" Secret Agent Xs No.
L." Popeye.
AVENUE GRAND-sunday and Mon
days Boris Karloff In might Key"
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ASHLEY-Sunday and Monday: Carole
Lombard and Fred MacMurray in Swing
High, swing Low" Tuesday and Wednes-
day. Enrol Flynn and Claude Rains
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COLONY-Sunday, Monday and Tues
day: Robert Taylor and Barbara STAN
wyck in This Is My Affair" Mickey
Ger Tracy. Gladys George and Franchot
Tone in They Gave Him Gun" Friday:
Victor Moore and Helen Broderick in
Meet the Missus" Saturday: Gene Ray
mond and Ann Sothern in There Goes
NV Girl" Popeye.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-17

AVENUE GRAND-Sunday and Mon
days Boris Karloff in might Key"
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SCHUBERT. ELIZABETH A-On Friday.
July 10. 1887. at her residence. 21i1 *
Street Northwest ELIZABETH A. SCHU.
liam Uric Schubert,
Remains resting at the W. W Chambers
Company funeral home. Fourteenth ana
Chaplin Streets Northwest.
caster Pa ~ N@&
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-17

YORK-sunday aud Monday: Fred
Astaire and Ginger Rogers in shall We
Charlie Ruggies and Eieanore Whitney
in Turn Off the Moon" Thursday:
white Bondage" with Jean Muir and
Gordon Oliver. Friday: James Dunn and
Saturday: wallace Berry in Good Old
Soak"I "secret Agent X-a." No. 1.
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UPTOWN-sunday Monday and Tues
day: Claudette Colbert Melvyn Douglas
and Robert Young in I Met Him in
Paris" Wednesday and Thursday: Rob
Might Must Fall" Friday: Don Ameche
and Ann Sothern In Fifty Roads to
Town" Saturday: "Slim," with Pat
OBrien and Henry Fonda.
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Some hold the opinion that the
Civil Service Commission isn't
any too strong in the matter of
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CALVERT-sunday. Monday and Tues
day: Clark Gable and Myrna 10y in
"Parnell" Wednesday and Thursday:
Reulah Bondi and Victor Moore in
make Way For Tomorrow" Friday;
Harry Carey and Edwina Booth in
Grader Horn" Saturday: Jack Haley
and Patsy Kelly in Pick A Star" Pop
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-17

TIVOLI-Sunday. Monday, Teusday
and Wednesday: Clark Gable and Myrna
10y in "Parnell." Thursday and Friday:
Carole Lombard, Gary Cooper and Shir-
ley Temple in Now and Forever" satur-
day: Jack Haley and Patsy Kelly in
"Pick a Star"
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Jacob Baker, president Of the
new United Federal Workers of
America, makes his first public
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DEATHS

CARR, ARTHUR B.-on Friday. July ne,
B. CARR. beloved husband Of Edna "
Carr. Funeral services from W. W. Cham
bers Company Southeast Funeral Home
6i7 Eleventh ST, s. E., on Monday, July
10 at o :OO a. m. Relatives and friends
invited. Interment Arlington National
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In MEMQRIAM
DUNTON, DWIGHT C.-In loving remen9.
brance Of our dear son and grandson.
DWIGHT c. DUNToN. who passed away
six years ago, July Is. 1881.
Six years have passed since that sad dav
The one we loved was called away;
God took him home-t was His will
But in our hearts he iveth still.
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Chase comedy. tuesday and Wednesday:
Robert Taylor and Jean Harlow in Per
sonal Property" Thursday: George
Brent and Anita Louise in 1.-THE Go
Getter." Friday: Blazing Skies" with
Dick Foran. Saturday: Victor Moore and
Helen Broderick in meet the Missus
and Vinton Haworth and Helen Mack
in "You Can't Buy Luck" Popeye.
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PRINCESS - Sunday and NJ n y:
Dangerous Number" with R b r I
Young and Ann Sothern; also, Woman
Chases Man" with Miriam Hopkins
Francis; also Gambia ssador Bi1l." with
Will Rogers: cartoon: short subjects.
Saturday: Espionage" with Edmund
Lowe and MadEe Evans; also, Secret
Valley" with Richard Arlen; Chapter
Evening star., 1937-01-17
Young Napoleon
Forecast Career
In SnOav Battles

ONE January afternoon in 1888,
score of boys were hard at work
in the yard Of military school at
Brienne, France, building large
snow fort. The general in command
was young Napoleon Bonaparte, then
IA years Of age.
He wore q military coat, trimmed
with red and bright with brass but
tons. and a vest Of blue, faced with
white. From time to time he drew
lines on the snow with q pointed
stick. Once or twice, when he found
a boy idling, he spoke to him sharply.
but for the most part he kept silent.
The afternoon drew to a close,
with the square fort finished. 1t
was by far the finest fortification the
boys OF the Brienne School had ever
built. It's walls were three feet thick,
and punctured here and there with
loopholes. Water was poured over
the tops and sides so that the ice might
form. Napoleon was at last satisfied.
The following afternoon the battle
to take the fort began. Napoleon
was in charge of the fort. The boys
divided into two squads, one trying
to storm the fortification from the
street. the other trying to hold 1t
against them. Young Napoleon was
far too clever for his enemies. He was
continually sending out a party of
skirmishers to attack his opponents in
the rear, or on the flanks; or again,
Turing them into direct assault upon
the rampant, and then leading his SOL
diers up and over the icy walls, he
would scatter the enemy.
Just before sunset Napoleon put
together rough skyrocket. A pile
of icy snowballs were placed in the
path OF the rocket. A loud explosion
followed, and snowballs began to
drop from the sky on the boys In the
street. There was no doubt now who
was the winner. Napoleon led forth
his victorious army to receive the
flag given by the school to the best
fighters.
Napoleon, in later life, followed
similar tactics. He was continually
surprising his enemies At 20 years
of age he was taking part in real
battles, often exhibiting more general
ship than the men he served under.
Napoleon Bonaparte is remembered
by France as the greatest general the
country ever produced.
Evening star., 1937-01-17
KAY'S CORNER
Paper Plants Make
Fine Gifts for Sick
Member of Crowd
By Katherine HOuiSOn.

WHEN one of the crowd is III and
w your allowance is used up. here's
an idea or two you can use instead Of
buying expensive cut flowers or plants.
know all of you can follow the
easy directions in the paper-fower
books the stationery stores carry, so
let's make some yellow jonquils with
green leaves and plant" them.
Get a tin loaf pan in the dime store
and enamel 1t a soft green or rich
brown. When it's dry, fill 1t with
earth and stick the wire stems Of the
flowers into it till you have pretty
window box Of bright yellow dow-
ers Tulips make a colorful showing
used this way, too, and you can get
the window box as large as You like
and plant as many flowers as you
have time to make.
If you don't want to bother with
painting the holder, buy a pottery
bowl, fill it with those pretty-colored
shells the stores sell and plant" pa
per narcissus sprays in 1t.
Or try a few stems Of bright-red
geraniums and their green leaves In a
flower pot you've enameled in cream
and see how bright and CHEEKY it
looks. You can add a silhouette de-
sign to the pot If you want some
thing special.
Any Of these plants" are guaran-
teed to cheer up sick room-or any
other room for that matter-and will
last much longer than real ones.
Evening star., 1937-01-17

Continued From Second Page)
get at least a glimpse Of the parade
or the ceremony.
A resume Of the recent inaugurals
furnishes many points Of interest. In
the first inaugural Of the twentieth
century William B. Mckinley rode to
Capitol Hill as his own successor. Amid
a downpour, Chief Justice Fuller ad-
ministered the oath, witnessed by
1000 persons. An inaugural ball was
held that night in the Pension Once.
In September OF that year Mckinley
was assassinated, and Roosevelt was
sworn in at Buffalo.
On March 4, 1905, President Theo-
dore Roosevelt enjoyed a clear and
mild day. He was escorted by q hollow
square of Rough Riders" to and from
the Capitol, where he was given the
oath by Chief Justice Fuller. The usual
ball was held at the Pension ONCE
and a display Of fireworks took place
that night.
THE severe snowstorm attending
Taft,s inaugural has already been
mentioned. With considerable difn-
Guilty a partial parade was held, but
Evening star., 1937-01-17
COTTONZAX SEATED

fun than crossword puzzles, and makes
one feel a combination of woodsman
and Sherlock Holmes!
Freshly fallen snow tells stories
more plainly than sand, and one need
not be very learned student of
tracks to discover tragedy in the
trail Of some rabbit whose pretty
tracks make four marks in the snow,
two by two. Often the trail shows
greater distances between the pairs of
marks where the little cottontail took
longer and more terrified leaps. Then
suddenly it is merged with the marks
Of two large wings where hawk or
a snowy owl won the race.
Crows tracks are easy to identify.
The marks of their feet show knotty
bulges like corns which remind one
Of joints swollen by rheumatism. And
sometimes, near the tracks, are the
marks left by the first Tapping of the
crows wings as they rise into the air.
The skunk confesses his sentimental
love of walking at night by leaving
fresh tracks in the morning, clear-cut
and unmistakable. The muskrat's
trail shows his webbed hind feet and
the line Of his dragging tail. Mice
make dainty little marks quite like
those some dwarf rabbit might make.
Foxes leave neat. clean-cut tracks,
showing two toes with their claws il
'front.' A good woodsman knows
them from a dogs tracks because
they are less round and more sharply
outlined in the snow.
The deer leaves one of the most In
teresting Of all tracks, for instead Of
showing the marks of all four of his
feet the snow shows the prints Of only
two-and these incredibly small and
dainty for SO large an animal.
Without ever a slip, the deer places
his hind feet exactly where his fore
feet trod-and they fit perfectly into
the print when he walks or trots. 1t
is only when he leaps that all four Of
his feet make separate marks in the
snow, for then all four of his feet
strike the ground at once. Most Of
the time, however. the swift and
graceful deer is half off. half on the
earth, with only two feet touching at
time.
Evening star., 1937-01-17
Riddles

MISS M. VIRGINIA BAUGHMAN,
~ who calls herself "a riddle fan,
aged u.s." sends the Riddle Man .
nice little note, in which she says:
Here are a few riddles that MEM
ory has kept for me. Perhaps can
recall others sometime. In one Of
the schools I taught we had q riddle
conundrum period every Friday morn.
ing. It was q relaxing time for teacher
and pupils alike. and lots Of fun be-
sides. But my interest in riddles dates
back much further than that-to my
childhood days."
The riddles sent by Miss Baugh-
man are the first three below:
/. Why Is the Sahara Desert a good
place for picnics?
2. Why are there sandwiches there?
-. 3. What Is the difference between
. man with black hair and . bald
headed man?
4. Why Is q grocer picked to play
the bass drum in q band?-Pauline
Sorem.
S. What is the difference between a
man and glass of water?-Padget
Miller.
Evening star., 1937-01-17

the Pension Office inaugural ball and
the pyrotechnic display took place in
the evening.
On March 4. 1918, President-elect
Wilson enjoyed propitious weather.
His escort Of honor was comprised OF
students Of Princeton and some New
Jersey troops. Forty thousand march,
ers took part in the parade, but, fol-
lowing Wilson's wishes, the customary
ball was dispensed with.
As already mentioned, Wilson's sec
ond term was the fourth time that
March fell on Sunday. and he took
the oath of Office privately on the 4th
and publicly on the 5th. About 10000
saw the ceremony on the 5th. Amer
ica's entry into the World War was
regarded as inevitable, and elaborate
precautions were taken to safeguard
the President. Closely-formed lines of
fully armed troops guarded each side
Of Pennsylvania avenue, as the Presi-
dent and his wife drove to and from
the Capitol. Machine guns were placed
in Capitol Plaza and numbers Of armed
detectives mingled with the crowd.
Twenty-Five thousand marchers took
part in the 1917 parade, and women
participated in this event for the first
time in history. On account Of the
tenseness of impending war, no inaug-
ural ball took place.
On Friday, March 4, 1921, Warren
G. Harding was given the official pres
idential oath under . serene sky.
Chief Justice White off1ciated. Presi-
dent Harding died in San Francisco
and was succeeded by Vice President
Coolidge, who was at his fathers
farm in Plymouth, VT, at the time,
and was sworn in by his own father.
On his receiving the oath Of office
again In March, 1925, Chief Justice
Taft presided. and the Coolidge family
Bible was used. A simple ceremony
took place, and although a charity
ball" took place at the Mayfower.
the Coolidges did not attend, but were
represented by the Vice President.
Vast crowds attended the induction
into ofice of Herbert Hoover in
March, 1929, when Chief Justice Taft
presided. The usual parade was held,
and in- the evening charity BALI
was held at Washington Auditorium.
Estimates placed the crowd at u.s.
900 for the 1929 inaugural.
President Franklin D. Roosevelts
first administration was ushered in
amid an economic crisis. None the
less, a record crowd of at least 100000
turned out for the occasion. Seat
sales and other income were 50 good
that, after deducting expenses, the
Inaugural Committee turned a sum
of s60. 900 surplus over to the Dis
trict Community Chest for the poor
and needy. A parade was held in the
afternoon, and the traditional inaug-
ural ball was conducted in Washing
ton Auditorium in the evening.
Evening star., 1937-01-17

steering boards. nailed to the center
Of the cross board as shown in the
sketch. A 12-inch handle-bar is nailed
to the top of the steering uprights to
make guiding easy. The runners
should be braced with small triangular
blocks, as shown in the front-view
sketch.
When you push on the snow with
your foot. your shoe will slip unless
1t Is provided with a pusher block.
made by driving a number of short
nails in a small block which is
fastened over the shoe with a skate
strap.
A snow scooter of this sort is easy
to ride, as the two rear runners pre-
vent it from toppling and the steer
ing upright arrangement is sturdy
enough to allow sharp turns when rid
ing down a hill or when turning from
q sidewalk into q driveway.
Evening star., 1937-01-17
By Ray J. Marian.

DROPELLED with the foot ex-
- actly in the same way as q
wheel scooter, this sled scooter
- will carry you over sleet-cov-
cred and snow-packed sidewalks at a
fast speed. Or you can stand on it
with both feet and coast down q long
hill as fast as on a sled. 1t is guided
by twisting on the handle bar, which
turns the front runners.
The construction is not difficult, as
the four runners, 2 inches wide by IL
inches long, are cut and shaped from
scrap lumber with a hand saw. The
rear runners are nailed to a 40-inch
center board. The front runners are
nailed to a 30-inch cross board, which
is held to the center board with a long
bolt
Thus the cross board can be turned
for guiding with the two upright
Evening star., 1937-01-17
Il Scrapbook Diary
Is Picture Record
Of Years A chviieS

THE idea of o scrap book diary is to
keep a picture record Of the years
doings. You can make it Of snap
shots of your personal and family af-
fairs, or your community. or pictures
of worldwide interest. Get loose
leaf book with separate covers (not q
bound book because you'll fnd 1t
will grow" very fast!
If you decide on q personal diary,
include pictures Of your friends. your
home, school, picnics, sports-all your
particular hobbies and interests.
For . community diary, use Pic
Evening star., 1937-01-17

lures Of the historic buildings and
special interest" spots around you.
holiday doings, parades. prominent
people-anything that has to do with
the life of the community. The news
paper Office will sometimes help by
giving you pictures from their files.
To give your diary worldwide
scope. follow the same procedure, US
ing pictures from magazines, travel
folders and advertising pamphlets, as
well as from your local paper. which
will carry such pictures as the first
streamlined trains and the China
Clipper Of 1886 interest. Things Of
this sort should be included in your
diary.
II you can combine all three, you'll
have the finest and most interesting
diary possible, and the most valuable.
It's a lot Of work, but If you keep it
Systematically, you'll have something
really valuable later on.
And don't forget that q short ex-
PLANTATION, clipped or typed and pasted
under each picture. will add a great
deal to both the interest and value Of
your book. no matter which type yeu
decide to keep.
Evening star., 1937-01-17
Aunt From India Is
Game That Causes
Plenty of Laughter

ON A rainy afternoon my aunt
from India" will cause enough
laughter to drown out the noise made
by the heaviest drops beating on the
windowpane.
To play this game every one gets
on his knees, forming a circle The
leader starts out by telling how his
aunt, who has been living in India.
has just come back and brought a
whole trunkful Of wonderful presents
Then the first player on the right
Of the leader asks: What did your
aunt bring you?"
"A beautiful peacock fan to fan
myself with" the leader replies, and
Immediately begins to fan himself.
Then every one around the circle re-
peats, in turn, the words and motions
of the leader.
When the sentence has passed all
around the circle and comes back to
the leader. he describes another pres
ent in the wonderful trunk. Yes"
he say, "and my aunt brought me a
rooster that goes like this" The
leader then stretches his neck and
crows like rooster. Around the cir
Gle goes this new gift from the aunt,
every one still tanning and trying to
crow at the same time. Very likely
some one will begin to laugh and lose
his balance. and any one who does is
put out of the game.
Perhaps the next gift is an ivory
hairbrush, and the effort to fan, crow,
and brush hair at the same time will
be too much for most of the players
and they will topple over.
So long as any player remains, the
gifts are described. OF course funny
gifts. such as donkeys that wag their
heads up and down, should be given,
so that the game will not drag out.
Evening star., 1937-01-17

Now We have a puzzle dealing with
some of the letters of the alphabet.
Can you identify each of the letters
described below?
l. The letter that sees clearly.
2. The letter that separates contin-
hents.
B. The letter that stings.
4. The letter that is a has-been.
S. The letter that the Chinaman
wears.
6. The letter that flies.
T. The letters that make soup.
8. The letter that is brewed.
Here's jumbled word square. First,
nnscramble the letters in each line to
spell a word Then rearrange the
lines to form perfect word square.
T o A L
r o S E
S A P 8
r A r S
CROSSWORD PUZZLE.
Evening star., 1937-01-17

shakes the glass. mixing the dice. As
he stops in front Of the spectator. he
asks him to look through the bottom
Of the glass and count the spots, keep
ing this number in mind.
The spectator has hardly had time
to count the spots when the performer
tells him the total, although he can't
possibly see 1t. The trick can be re-
peated any number Of times
Explanation: Now, here is a simple
one! To find the total number of
spots on the dice at the bottom of the
glass, Just add the top sides Of the
dice which you can see. and subtract
your total from 81 .. and there's the
total OF the bottom.
Evening star., 1937-01-17
Break Pencil With
A Paper Dollar and
DO the Impossible
By Thomas the MAGICIAN.

OUR trick this week Is entitled DO
ing the Impossible" and I sim
cerely believe that If you work it Just
as I'm going to describe it, the effect
will be most successful.
In reality, the method for perform
ing this mystery is so simple that you
may think it useless. but just give it
one try, and after that I'm sure you
will be convinced of its mystifying
qualities.
Effect: Borrowing q dollar bill (or
q bill Of large denomination) and q
pencil from some member Of the
audience, the magician asks some
other person to hold the pencil by
both ends, while he strikes it with the
bill. which is creased lengthwise.
Suddenly he makes an unusually
heavy stroke. and the pencil snaps
right in half! Yes, it is impossible
for piece of paper to break piece
Of woodruff it did !!
Explanation: The 'gimmick," or
method of performing this novelty
as 1t is known to magicians, lies in
the fact that the foref1nger is extended
in the last heavy stroke Thus the
finger in the crease of the bill strikes
the pencil and breaks it.
Mote: In doing this trick before
the audience. I would suggest that.
while it is possible to borrow a lead
pencil from one of your spectators,
you have your own pencil to break.
And, too, for this wholesale breaking
would suggest the penny variety"
pencil. so popular in dime stores
throughout the country.)