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Other Editors Say

All because % young lady sought to relieve
her financial embarrassment, the town OF Man
haitian. kansas, has adopted an idea that should
at least have the consideration of all commum-
ties. particularly the smaller towns and cities
where the newcomer is left much to his or her
own resources to become acquainted and to find
a means of passing leisure hours.
Unable to find employment in her home town,
Alta Gaskill picked on the night club and air
liner idea of hostess as applied to city. She
converted the Manhattan civic organizations to
the plan and with the cooperation OF all, Is
serving to relieve the greatest handicap that
afflicts the small communities.
Her principal task is calling upon new resi-
dents to extend assistance and welcome but,
she also provides personal services for citizens
and organizations. -
Miss Gaskiu obtains from, new residents their
church club and lodge preferences or member
ship and informs local units. She outlines mu-
nicipal affairs to newcomers, assists them In
establishing their household and acquaints them
with entertainments available here.
All communities talk plans TO serve the pur-
pose Of the city hostess is serving, but the only
organizations that have made any success, and
that limited, has been the luncheon clubs.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-26

They are having a good deal of
trouble in Washington these days
about the proposed memorial to
Thomas jefferson.
Congress is all set to put some
So, ,000,0 900 of the peoples money in
TO the thing, but at that point
agreement ceases. Some people pro-
test that the chosen design looks
like a cross between the Parthenon
and big city railroad station: 9TH
ers that the Japanese cherry trees
will have to be torn down if it is
built; still others that undue favor
itism Was shown in the choice of
an architect.
And while the battle RACES AROUND
these issues, it would be most re-
freShing if someone should get up
in Congress and inquire why the
thing should be built at all.
Washington is knee-deep in men,
orials right now, and what 1t Will
look like when another half century
of memorial-building has passed is
a bit terrifying to think about. And
although Jefferson's is one of the
great names in American history,
it is still a question whether the
government has any call to put up
a trackless Grand Central Terminal
in his honor.
We have today a government that
is floating uneasily around on a
long unbalanced budget. 1t is try
ing desperately to save money
wherever it can. well, theoretically
it is, anyhow Why wouldn't this
$3,000,000 be a good item to start on?
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-26
MANY never
SUSPECT CAUSE
OF BACkACHES
This Old Treatment Often
Brings Happy Relief

Many sufferers relieve nagging backache
quickly. once they discover that the real cause
OF their trouble may be tired kidneys.
The kidneys are Nature $ chief way, OF taking
che excess acids and waste out Of the blood.
Most people pass about 3 pints day or about
3 pounds Of waste. -, II.
and burning shows there may be something
wrong with your kidneys or bladder.
An excess Of acids or posons in your blood.
when due TO functional kidney disorders, may
be the cause Of nagging backache, rheumatic
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ergy. getting up nights, swelling, pufhness
Don't waitl Ask your druggist for Doan 8
pills, used successfully by millions for over 40
wears. They give happy relief and will help the
is miles Of kidney tubes flush out poisonous
waste from your blood. Get Doans Pills.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-26

NEW YORK, April 26-Diary: Up
and ragged by my wife over my
pronunciation of Cincinnati and
Missouri and we almost had high
words. So afoot to sit with Lisle
Bell, the book critic. brought to
bed six months ago with a fractur-
ed leg, and he has composed a
wheel chair theme song Jaw, knits!'
A pleasantly thoughtful note
from the Postmaster General, and
Martha Dean came by and left a
bouquet for us. And talking to Ward
Morehouse whose newest play has
lust been produced with captivating
Peggy Wood as star, and I regard
him as one of the crack pamphlet
eers in America.
Dined at Belle Meunlere with tn ,
travelled Hattie Bell Johnston, en-
barking shortly for South Africa
and will see Sarah Millen and visit
the Holy Land after ten years. SO to
the Chatham to bestoW farewell
kiss on Kathleen Norris against
| Charles Ci. sailing away with her for
the London coronation.
4 4
At Dunhills Jermvn street shop
in London there is in glass case
the original pipe Sir Walter Raleigh
brought back from America, the
first in the old world 1t is crudely
made but highly ornamental When
Irving Berlin was in London some
time ago he offered $4,000 for the
pipe. For the moment they were
overwhelmed, as one of the early
Dunhill's paid only S375 for it. After
thinking it over several days, they
decided to keep the pipe and pre-
sent it eventually to the British
Museum or perhaps the Henry Ford
early American collection.
One of the surest ways TO laStln9
literary popularity it would seem
is To create a likeable fiction char
acter If the public goes for the
creation the market is almost neX-
haustible. They will want him again
and again. Some of the notable
examples are Montague Glass
Potash and Perlmutter, Octavus
Roy Cohens Florian Slappey
Tarkington's Penrod, Ring Lard
ner's You Know Me Al, H. c. Wit
wer's dumb prize fighter, Hugh
Wiley's Wildcat. Edna Ferber's Mrs.
McChesney, irwin Cobbs Judge
Priest, and, of course, Tugboat
Annie
Actors and actresses Of the stage
seem never able TO make their final
curtsey when Time has relegated
them to what should be a pleasant
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-26
Bruce Cation Says:>>
Why Should UneIe Sam Pay for Memorials?

We have this whole business of
memorials wrong-end to- most of
the time. A memorial is supposed
to stand for an outpouring of ad-
miration and love on the part of
the citizens. But a memorial built
by the government may stand for
none of those things; on the other
hand, it may simply mean that
someone in the administration has
pushed the idea through an obedient
Congress.
If we want a memorial to Jeffer-
son-if his fellow countrymen re-
we're his memory so much that they
would like to see it immortalized
in pillared marble along the banks
of the Potomac-Why not pass the
hat among the eager citizens and
raise the money that way?
A memorial financed in that
manner would mean something. 1t
would indicate that the AmericaN
people really thought enough OF
jefferson to dig down in their
pockets and put up the dough for
a tribute to him. 1t would be ac-
companied by publicity campaign
which might have the excellent ef-
feet of causing some of us 10 find
out what jefferson really stood for
and what his ideas about freedom
and democracy reall yWere.
Furthermore, it would relieve the
federal treasury of one more strain.
1t would be a step, if only small
one, in the direction of sane fed
eral financing
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-26

Thieves robbed Paul Whiteman OF
$4,000 worth of clothes. And it was
probably his best suit.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-26

BRINGING
ALL THE NEWS
TO IMPERIAL
VALLEY
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-26
BRITAIN PATHES HER
UfPLOMATIC FENCES

The declaration of Chancellor of the
Exchequer Chamberlain in the British
House of Commons that Britain stands
ready to reopen war debt negotiations
with the United States as soon as there
is hope of satisfactory settlement may
be regarded merely as another educa-
ton of the re-vitalized influence of the
British Lion in world diplomacy.
Americans who have observed the
situation see little chance that Britain
actually will pay the war debt to the
United States, any more than Germany
will pay it, but the chancellors declara-
ton at least proves that his nation re-
allies the need for friendship with the
Americas.
There is one great reason why Britain
cannot now pay the war debt. She Is
preparing for the next war-or to be
power for world peace. Events will de-
eide which. Americans, groaning under
the heaviest taxation in their history,
might consider this, then realize why
Britain will not pay her debt.
The British re-armament program,
calling for expenditure of $500, 100000
means a tax of 33 per cent on the aver
age British business man, and 25 per
cent on the income of the average Brit
ish laborer. The British taxpayers, and
therefore Britain, cannot afford TO re-
arm and to pay the war debt too. 1hey
prefer to re-arm.
Thieves robbed Paul Whiteman Of
$4,000 worth of clothes. And 1t was
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-26
Hints on Etiquette
Words of Wisdom

The public is wiser than the
wisest critic.-Bancroft.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-26
Today's Horoscope
One-Minute Test Answers
Whv Fear Motherhood =?

Mrs. M. f. Gericke, Box
779, San Bernardino, Cal,
said: Before my first
child came ] was afraid
! could not go on, !
dreaded motherhood. My
mother advised DIR. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription as
a tonic and in no time my
appetite was better, ] be-
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-26

came stronger, my nerves were normal and /
had all the confidence in the world in my
ability 10 20 through the ordeal I'm sure
there is no tonic better fof prospective
notberz" Buy now of your druggist
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-26
Editorials and Comment
MONDAY APRIL &C. 1887
q on Sol
* CRANK WATANABE
NA2 YEp HOLDEN
NATIONAL IRRITATE
BY Ep HOLDEN

| wish know the primitive of taxes
SO | asking my friend Mr.. Kari Alta,
eXquisitate mathematical genie.
"Who paying all taxes most?"
(Which meaning, Federous, Stately or
Municifics?"
"All BOTH" | benude.
THAT are three saucers, business gent,
professionals, & salary"
Then | on clump No. 3, please telling
more | hark.
well, Federous taxes skid to Wash
ington without hesitate, same are using
for Govmt eXpensives," he pop.
But what are entitled Govmt eXpen-
sives?" | peep. ~
"9S% Govmt eXpensives is Govmt en-
ployed salary he perk.
"Do Govmt employments paying of
taxes?" | plOw.
"Oh then everything alright, if taxes
getting too elevated for me | shall JOIN
the Govmt to jobi'
"Oh then the tail shall be biting the
dog!' he holla THAT are not news!'
Thank you please.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-26
The Grab Bag
One-Minute Test

l. What British statesman re-
Gently announced his forthcoming
retirement?
2. OF what country is Travancore
part?
3. Who served as vice president
during President Washington's two
/ terms?
Hints on Etiquette
When leaving a home where one
has been a guest for several days,
ii is customary to tip the servants
unless the host advises against it.
Words of Wisdom
The public is wiser than the
WiSest critic.-Bancroft.
TOday's Horoscope
Many persons born today take an
active interest in politics. They pre-
fer public to private life.
One-Minute Test Answers
/. Prime Minister Stanley Bald
win.
2. India.
3. John Adams, Sr.
The Washington times., 1937-03-13
TIMES DAILY PATTERN
PATTERN 1929

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who doesn't wish to present a
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Large pockets are handy as can
be for holding extra "doodads,"
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The Washington times., 1937-03-13

\ WdS1l a.
my mother and sister cried
and begged me not to get married,
but l went ahead and did that
anyhow.
my wife had her own home,
and l went there to live with her
and her daughter. / had no job.
When we were married she said
that didn't matter, but after we
were married | sure had q job
playing errand boy.
"She has a very good business,
and 1 delivered al; her merchan-
disc besides doing a good deal Of
the hOusewOrk About two months
ago l was playing baseball on the
lot with some of my friends when
she bawled me out. Told me to
remember l was a married man
and not a kid.
"The other day l talked things
over with my mother, and she
said, while she would take no
steps herself in the matter Of a
divorce, l could always have a
home with her. My mother is a
buyer for a department store and
makes good money.
BOY HUSBAND"
The reason you and your wife
do not get aloTg together is that
she is a mature woman and you
are still a boy who has not had
your playtime out. Older women
have a way of becoming infatu-
ated with youth, sometimes mar
rying adolescerts and then taking
it out on them.
Your wife probably is angry with
herself for giving in to this weak
ness and would, no doubt, be as
glad to be free of the unsuitable
marriage as you are. Better dis
cuss legal separation with her be-
fore you return to your old home,
so as not to involve your mother
in alienation complications.
The Washington times., 1937-03-13

THERE'S a beautiful story in
l. Russian white violet per-
fume, for the flower is one of
the rarest, and its fragrance the
most elusive. White flowers
make their entrance at night,
and as they have no color to at
tract the bees and insects neces-
Sary for pollination, they must
have an exquisite fragrance. So
they give off their loveliest per-
fume at night. Reta Terrell, a
chemist who decided to create a
Russian white violet perfume
takes advantage of that fact,
and takes the essences of the
white violet at night. 1t is inn
prisoned under glass, for further
capture. And so the white violet
gives you a real evening perfume,
from a flower of the night. 1t
is so delicate that it is impos-
sible to describe, and as rare as
this little flower that grows so
sparsely in the deeply shaded
forests of Russian Georgia. The
perfume has just been introduced
in Washington this week, in a
lovely bottle with a few white
flowers at the neck of the bot
tie. 1t is in one store only, two
drains for SO, or SO for an ounce.
The Washington times., 1937-03-13
BEATS HIS WIFE
Dear Miss Fairfax:

"He seemed so different and
more interesting than the boys 1
had gone to high school and bust
ness college with, that / fell ter
ribly in love with him. had n
splendid secretarial job, and he
seemed different from the young
men in our office.
He proved to be different too,
for, within a few weeks of QUE
marriage, he beat me terribly. He's
foreigner, and says in his cOun-
try, even the ariStOcratS beat their
wives.
II had never known Of any
woman beaten by a man before,
and 1 was too ashamed to tell
my family.
This continued till just before
my baby was born, and both the
baby and 1 nearly lost our lives.
My mother heard about this and
chastised him before a group of
men, who would have been only
too glad to help out.
"My brother wants me to bring
the baby to his home and offers
to help me get a divorce, but his
wife doesn't like the idea and says:
No fights around me- My huS-
band has apolOgized and tried to
get me back, but says when he
gets angry he is unable to con-
troll himself.
young MOTHER"
When person is not able to
control himself" he is considered
abnormal over here, and the law
recognizes the quirk in his brain.
The nobility of his country may
blacken their wives eyes, but a
coronet Gf he happened to have
one) wouldn't save him from
good long sentence here, perhaps
even the whipping post.
AS your life is in danger. have
your brother take you to the
Domestic Relations Court, and in
spite of your Sister-in-laws atti-
tude, better remain under your
brothers roof until this gentle
The Washington times., 1937-03-13
Beauty
Skin Cleaner
And Bleach
BY DONNA GRACE

Making good use of the simple
things in our beauty treatments
will always bring satisfactory re-
suits if the methods are correct.
There are a number of women
who like the cucumber facial as a
skin cleanser and bleach, and it is
nice at any season of the year
for keeping the skin refined and
smooth.
To prepare the cucumber pack,
take the juice of one large or sew
eral small cucumbers so as to have
about a tablespoonful of the mix
ture. Mix this with one teaspoon
full of witch hazel and one table
spoonful of rose water and 10 drops
of bay rum. Then stir in enough
powdered magneSia to make a thin
paste. This is your pack.
The next step in the facial is
to cleanse the face thoroughly
with a cleansing cream or oil.
After two applications, wipe the
face to remove the cream and
spread the mixture all over the
face and neck and leave it on for
about five minutes.
To remove the pack, wiring a
small turkish towel out of very
hot water and wrap it about the
face with an opening at the nose
for air. When the towel begins to
cool. remove it and apply another
Then use it to remove the pack
The skin should be thoroughly
clean after the pack has been re-
moved, and to remove the moist
ure, pat it with a dry, smooth
cream according to the regular
facial movements.
When the massage Is finished,
remove the cream; then put few
cubes to cover the face. Squeeze
it out and press it over the face
and neck. Repeat this several
times and pat the face dry for
the makeup.
This is really a refreshing pack
and will benefit any skin. There
are a number of other ways to use
the cucumber in my instructions
for the Cucumber Facial. and you
may have this without charge,
also the Facial Massage Method.
if you wish. Enclose a stamped.
self-addresSed envelope for each
ouL - ILrose Dnnno Grana UaoUk NJ,
Editor of The Washington Times.
The Washington times., 1937-03-13
FaVOrite

Our favorite recipe for today
was sent in by Mrs. Robert Taylor,
2125 N. Military Road, Arlington,
Va. 1t was chosen as one of the
winners in last weeks contest for
faVorite rhubard recipes.
Rhubard ShOrtcake
2 cups of flour.
4 teaspoons of baking powder.
p teaspoon of salt.
2 tablespoons of sugar.
4 tablespoons of shortening.
l egg.
p cup of milk.
Sift together the flour, baking
powder, salt, and sugar. Add
shortening. mixing it in well with
fork. Beat the egg slightly in
measuring cup, add milk to make
"a cup. Add to first mixture.
Roll out about p inch thick,
making as nice round as posi-
BILE. Place on creased pan. Bake
in hot oven ATS degrees for about
II to Is minutes.
Filling
cups of baked rhubard sweet.
ened.
"a pound of maple sugar shaved.
Split shortcake while hot and
butter both cut sides. Put TO-
gether and cover top with rhu.
barb. Sprinkle with maple sugar.
Serves 8.
The current recipe contest is
to make available the tavorite
recipes OF our readers for using
eggs.
For Dinning recipes. The
Washington Times is awarding
sir cash prizes of one dollar
each. Ten recipes tUU be chosen
for Honorable Mention
Eggs are the traditional EdS.
ter dish. At present their price
is lou and they should be in
cluded frequently on menus.
They add a rich flavor to cakes,
pies, puddingS, and meat sub
StituteS.
II you haze a recipe that you
think should be shared NTH
other readers mail it to Miss
Jean Green. the FdUorite Re-
CipeS Contest Editor. before mid.
night Saturday, March 10.
The Washington times., 1937-03-13

NlHE grandest travel cases we've
l. seen have just arrived in a
downtown store, and are priced
ST to $3.50, depending on how
elaborate they are, and how
much they will hold. We Sketched
one which is magnificent-with
handles to swing it over your
arm, of shiny black satin lined
with bright red rubberized ma
terial which will not crack, peel
or become sticky. 1t contains
three jars for creams, two bot
ties for lotions. and an eye cup
with a CO. 2r. Besides that are
pockets, and two "glida" purses,
one of which contains a wash
cloth, the other a tooth brush.
Add your tooth paste. your comb
and brush, and you can go on
an indefinite stay. You needn't
ever fear running your clothes
from grease or lotion spiIling,
for the whole thing zips up
tightly with "glida" closing.
those smart glides on a chain.
For names of stores showing
the items described here, call
District 1000, Extension 459.
during business hours, or write
Miss Laville at The Times, in.
closing stamped, Self-addressed
envelope.
The Washington times., 1937-03-13

II would also like to know how
many attendants would be re-
quired?
Il haven't a father. Would it be
correct to marry without someone
giving me away? 81"
Yes, this plan of having a small
chulc wedding, with only your
and your groom's family and close
friends present, and reception
for a wider list of guests, is
thoroughly correct.
For this small, intimate we'd
ding your groom would have his
best man, and you would probably
wish to have only one attendant, a
maid of honor or matron OF
honor. You will be correct too if
you wish to have no attendant.
There needn't be any uSherS, or,
if you think convenience would be
served by having usherS, there
might be two.
You should consult your min
lister about the question as to
whether your denomination re-
quires that someone present the
bride in marriage. You might. II
you wish. walk up the aisle alone,
or with your attendant, and then
The Washington times., 1937-03-13
GIRLS ATTRACT

Dear Miss Fairfax:
"FOr the past three months 1
have been living in an apartment
house and frequently meet two
sisters who have an apartment in
the same building.
"They always speak, in neigh
bOrly fashion, and my impression
of them is very good. I should like
to know them better. But 1 don't
want to appear as if were the
skirt-chasing, silly, flirtatiOus
type. "T. R."
Why not invite them both to
go with you to a movie some eve
ming? You live in the same house,
they speak. That would seem to
constitute an acquaintance.
Copyright 1884, by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1937-03-13

man is dealt with as wife-beater IS
all over the world should be.
INAUGURAL ROMANCE
Dear Miss Fairfax:
During the Inauguration l saw
a beautiful girl standing in the
pelGing rain with no umbrella.
This moved me to buy a wretched
cotton umbrella. at four times its
price, from one of the highway
men" who was selling them.
Il offered it to the girl and
she took my name and address so
she could return it to me. She
did return it with very courteous
note, but there was nothing
"cOme hither" about it.
II discovered that she is friend
of the cOngreSswOman from our
State, and Pm wondering If it
would be all right to ask the con-
greSswOman. to introduce us. 1
don't know the lady on the Hill,
but l voted for her."
"SMITTEN."
The first chapter of this ro-
nance, my dear Smitten, sounds
good deal to me like locking the
stable door after the horse has de-
parted" Not only did you rescue
the damSel in distress, pay heavily
for a poor umbrella to shelter her.
but she acknowledged these favors
by writing you a note.
1t seems to me that according
to all the canons of department,
you might be regarded as &C
quainted. Certainly the gods are
on your side by throwing in the
congresswoman, and as a constitu-
ent, lose no time in putting forth
your claim,