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The Washington times., 1937-09-14
Soviet Premier
Ousted by Party

LONDON, Sept. IA GN.S0.
Bella Isakeev, premier of the
Soviet Kirghiz Republic, and other
local leaders were expelled from
the communist party today,
according to an exchange tele-
graph dispatch from Moscow.
The group was accused of
ostensibly warning on anti-Soviet
nationaliStS while actually per-
mitting them to obtain important
positions.
The Washington times., 1937-09-14
Girl Claims Beau
Hit Her With Car

REVERE, Mass, S e p t. IA
1NS0.-They had a sweetheart's s
tiff and when he failed in an at
tempted reconciliation he became
enraged and ran her down with
his automobile.
Such was the story Miss Eunice
Murray, 19-year-old blonde, told
police today. Meanwhile, Alfred
Grasso pleaded not guilty to a
charge of assault with a danger
Gus weapon" Can automobile) on
the girl. He was held in $4,000
bail for a later hearing.
The Washington times., 1937-09-14

that woman" lacks in her life.
When these points have been de-
termined, Miss Brande suggests,
look around for friends who can
contribute to the better life" and
make some of the essentials self
contributory.
Change your perspective,
change your tone, reaSsign your
energy and time" Miss Brande
writes, land see a good life be-
gin to develop"
The Washington times., 1937-09-14
JUDGE DECLARES
STARS WEDDING.
in MEXICO 0. K.
Refuses to Part Brent
And Miss Worth

HOLLYWOOD. Sept. IA IN.S).
N erouS movie celebrities
breathed easier today because Of
a new legal precedent that Mexi-
can marriages performed in good
faith" are valid in California.
In making the decision, Su'
perior Judge C. E. Haas in Los
Angeles refused to annual the mar
riage of handsome George Brent
and blonde Constance Worth, for
mer Australian musical comedy
star who now is in pictures here.
JUDGES RULING
The actor asserted that the tie
should be severed because they
did not comply with requirements
of the Mexican marriage laws
when they eloped to Tia Juana
last May. In giving his decision
Judge Haas stated:
"It is apparent that Mr.. Brent
seeks to abate his marriage con-
tract on technical, non-essential
points required by Mexican law.
"Inasmuch as both parties
lived together and held forth
that they were husband and
wife, that was sufficient to es-
tablish their civil contract un-
der both Mexican and California
S"FORCE" MENTIONED
Miss Worth testified she de-
INJURED when Brent proposed an
elopement to Mexico, but acqui-
esced when he assured her the
union would be valid.
During the hearing the actor
vaguely mentioned force" in con.
nection with events preceding the
elopement, but was quickly shut
off by legal objections and the
matter never came up again.
The Washington times., 1937-09-14
Ward M. Barrick
New 'Y' Secretary

Ward M. Barrick, 20, Of Orange,
N. j., will be the new boys work
secretary of the Washington Y.
M. c. A., 1t was announced yester.
day by Leonard w. De Cast, gen.
eral secretary. He succeeds James
C. Ingram, who resigned several
months ago to become boys secre.
tary Of the Virginia State Y. M.
G. A.
The Washington times., 1937-09-14
BOred?---Y Need
A New Viewpoint

NEW YORK Sept. IA (I.N.S)-Women who are bored and
dissatisfied with life do not need change of surroundings but
rather change of viewpoint Dorothe Brande author of
wake Up and Live" advised today
The Washington times., 1937-09-14
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The Washington times., 1937-12-07
HOnneServ1Ce
mo. TWO

Pleased as punch! Tonight
Mary and Don show the world
they can dance.
They've a right to be proud.
Before they practiced with dia-
grams at home, their ballroom
blunders were the joke of their
crowd.
Now look how gayly they dip
and cross in a lovely tango.
Our diagrams show:
Mans part: !, Step to side on
left foot. 2, Cross right foot in
front OF left. Pause. 8, Un.
cross feet; step forward on left
foot. AND, place right foot for
ward to side Of left. 4, Close
left foot to right without put
ting weight on IL.
And the girls part: l, Step to
sioe on right. 2, Cross left in
frcnt of right, heel leading.
Pause. 8, Step directly back on
right. AND, place left foot back
to side of right. 4, Close right
to left, no weight.
You can teach yourself the
latest dance steps. Follow dia-
grams, step-by-step directions in
our S2-page booklet. Tango. fox
trot, waltz, rumba.
Send 10c for your copy Of
HOME COURSE IN NEW BALL
ROOM DANCES to Washington
Times, Home Service, 635 Sixth
Ave-, New York, N. Y. Be sure
to write plainly your NAME, AD
DRESS, and the NAME Of book
let, -
The Washington times., 1937-12-07
Fashions in
WaShlngtOn
By Bah Lincoln

Plenty of monkey business
about the styles this winter! You
are practically Civil War If
you're not dripping with mon.
key fur
In the lobby of the Shorehsm
the other day were Nine. Per.
azic, wife Of the secretary Of the
Yugoslavian Legation (who just
left for Yugoslavia), Mrs. John
F. Dockweiler, wife of the Rep
resentative from California, and
Mrs. Leland F. Miller, wife Of
Major Miller, all swathed in this
shining exotic fur.
Nine. PerGsic WdS tDrGpped
in q tlGring, rippling coat of
monkey. Irene DockweiIer's
short jacket Just reached the
hips, and MGrgery Miller DGs
in a chubby coat of monkey.
Still true to fox skins, Mrs.
John Edmund Cammack alter.
mates a white fox cape with q
red fox on successive nights in
the blue room of the Shoreham.
A hip-length cape of ermine
was the choice of Mrs. B. Fritz
Smith at a dinner party in the
blue room, and on the same eve
ming Margarita Montero, Of Ha-
vana, wore her brand new silver
fox cape, the skins applied
lengthwise.
Mrs. Henry Flood Byrd,
1Dite of the Senator from Vir.
gi1liG, and her daughter, Mrs.
Harry Kern, jr., haze gray
squirrel coats Just alike, II nsy
, eyes do not deceiUe me. z,
Mrs. Torr, wife of Col. wynd-
ham Torr, military aGGache OF
the British Embassy, who lives
at the Shoreham, was seen dash
ing for her car in a cape of sa-
BILE, with sable adorning her
small, off-the-face hat. Mrs.
Torr is known for her chic cha
peauX.
Rose Mary Moore, one Of the
younger set residing at the
Shoreham, has a new chubby
waist-length coat of gray skunk,
and for evening wear she wears
9 bolero of white baby lamb
which she bought in Paris last
summer.
The Washington times., 1937-12-07
Skillet
and
Spoon
By. SibilIo Campbell

A DELICIOUS menu such
"A as the one listed is sure
to appeal to the family and is
one that will prove economi-
cal. Use either a leg or shoul-
der of lamb as the base for
your dinner with a tempting
caper sauce and the accom-
panying vegetables. The
meat can then be put in your
ice box and used later for
cold sandwiches or a light
supper. The sweet potato
surprise will prove a delight
full variation to your daily
menu list.
The Washington times., 1937-12-07

But now ana then the tables
are turned, and IN a way that
makes us open our eyes a little.
USEFUL HUSBAND
Take, for instance, the case Of
the Elwin Elmer Popes, of Los
Angeles. Mrs. Pope, a success
full school teacher, has very
little affinity for mops and egg
beaters. Mr.. Pope, so far as the
world of business is concerned,
may perhaps not too unkindly
be called a flop. He has, how
ever, a certain aptitude for the
domestic arts.
What more natural, then, that
the Popes should have decided
to reverse the usual roles, Mrs.
Pope going forth to work every
morning, Mr.. Pope conscien-
tiously sticking to the oven and
the sink. They have had no
children.
But recently, after six years
of marriage, Mrs. Pope wanted
a change. It wasn't that Mr..
Pope didn't keep the house
clean, or that he didn't serve
dinner on time. Can it be that
she discovered a longing, not to
be financially supported, but to
be dominated, treated rough"
accused of flirting with other
men, extravagantly petted and
brutally tyrannized over?
WHAT IDEA?
Did she dream of installing a
caveman in that too thoroughly
scrubbed and busted home?
It may be that even the most
competent and self-controlled
woman wage-earner has some
such notion, at times.
Anyway, Mrs. Pope applied for
a divorce and got it. Mr.. Pope,
homeless, workless, invoked the
law in his own behalf. He asked
for alimony. The law awarded
it. Twenty-Five dollars a month.
Both litigants are reported salts
fled.
Mrs. Pope would rather for
felt $25 monthly than continue
her drearily unromantic mar
riage. As matters now stand, she
is free to love and to be loved,
to sit on somebody's lap in the
evening and be told by some
new mate, In the classic huS-
bandly fashion, what she is to
do and what not to do.
AS for Mr.. Pope. even though
his present stipend is rather
meager, he prefers it to the un-
remitting toll of housework.
DESERVES ALIMONY
But whatever may lie behind
the smash-up of this marriage, I
think Mr.. Pope is entitled to his
alimony, don't you?
Trained to domestic labor,
unable to play with any profit
to himself what is considered a
The Washington times., 1937-12-07
Manners
By Mrs. Cornelius Beeckman

Oy GNESs NOTNSkG0S 0SSSRITU0Bg
Dear Mrs. Beeckman:
The minister who will baptize
me in the near future made me
a present of a very lovely book.
Should I write a note of thanks
and how should the note read?
READER.
Yes, would like to have you
write this kind and generous
minister a note of thanks for
this thoughtfulness, and you
might say:
Dear Mr.. Mansfield:
May please tell you hoD
happy and proud you made me
by your goodness to me and b!'
your generous thought in send.
ing me the fine book? Thank
you, most sincerely and deeply
for your triendlineSS and cour.
teSy. The book lDiU GlwGyS be
a precious possession. I haze
begun to read it, and haze found
it most interesting and Stimu.
Iattng, as of course it t0ould be
If you chose it. You tDere Uery
kind.
Friendliest greetings to you,
and again my deep appreciation.
Very sincerely yours.
mrs. 3eeckman 1UilL be glad
to GnSwer questions on good
manners submitted BY reGders.J
The Washington times., 1937-12-07
BOILED LEG OF LAMB
CAPER SAUCE

Select a leg or shoulder Of
lamb. Wipe with a damp cloth.
Place in kettle with water
enough to cover the meat. Add
two onions, three carrots, a few
pieces of celery, season with salt.
Cover the kettle we'll and boil
until tender. Make the caper
sauce as follows: Take three
tablespoons of butter, melt in
a saucepan; add two spoonfuls
of flour. Stir until it cooks a
few minutes. Add one and one
half cups of liquid in which the
lamb has been boiled. Season
well with salt and pepper.
Strain, then add two spoonfuls
of capers.
SWEET POTATO SURPRISE
Two cups riced sweet potatoes,
one egg, beaten, dash of pepper,
eight marshmallows, half a tea
spoon of salt, half a cup Of
crushed cornflakes or bran
flakes. Boil and peel potatoes,
put through ricer. When part
ly cool, add egg, salt and pepper.
If mixture is too dry, add a lit.
tie milk. Flour hands if neceS'
sary. Form in eight round balls
with marshmaIlow hidden in
side. Roll in flakes. Fry in
deep fat.
RICE WITH WATERCRESS
In salt water boil tender one
cup of rice. Drain and steam
for a few minutes more. Two
punches of watercress. wash and
dry thoroughly and break into
pieces. Fry in two tablespoons
of butter over slow fire. Season
with salt and pepper. Place
with rice in a buttered baking
dish in alternate layers, having
rice on the top. Sprinkle with
grated Swiss cheese and top with
bits of butter. Bake until light
brown.
CHRISTMAS STOLEN
Sift into a bowl five cups OF
flour and slowly stir in one
quart of lukewarm milk and
add two yeast cakes which have
been dissolved in cup OF warm
milk. Have the batter smooth
and set aside to rise. While
the dough is rising, blanch and
grind fine one-half pound OF
sweet and one-quarter pound OF
bitter almonds; clean one and
a half pounds of raisins and
dust with q little flour; cut up
fine one-quarter pound OF
citron. After the dough has
risen, stir in one pound OF
melted butter, one pound Of
sugar and five eggs. Then the
raisins, almonds and citron,
one-quarter cup Of brandy and
eight more cups Of sifted flour
to make a pretty stiff dough.
Knead Sit until it will not stick
to your hands. If necessary,
add a little more flour. Cut the
dough into two or three pieces;
it depends upon how many
STOLEN you wish to make. Shape
them nice and round and set
them in warm place and let
rise again. Butter a pan for
each cake, or if the baking tin
is large enough use it, but
plenty of room must be be-
tween each cake. Take each
cake and double Up the dough
so that it has the look Of turn
over rolls. Place on the baking
pan and let rise again. Bake
in a moderate oven. If the
cakes are large, bake about two
hours; if small, about one and
a half hours. When done, re-
move from the oven; brush at
once with melted butter and
Styaw with SiaRar.
The Washington times., 1937-12-07
Advice to Lovelorn
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX

Famous Authority Problems of Love and Marriage
@ HOULD divorced husband receive amony? They
~ sometimes do you know What do you think about it'll
You aimony isn't always racket Sometimes, it is true,
the demand for is prompted by passionate and perhaps
natural DESIRE the part of wronged wife, to get even
More often it's perfectly reasonable arrangement whereby
The Washington times., 1937-12-07
By DONNA GRACE

Are you one of those
nice middle-aged girls,
who for years has gone
placidly on developing
spare chinS without the
least thought of the
day which may now
have arrived for you?
1t comes gradually
and even stealthily, for
it is a time one would
ignore, and the change
from day to day is so
slight we do not REAL
ize what it is doing to
our appearance until we
meet some old friend
who knew us when we
were graceful and Slen.
der, and many of us
may discover it our
selves, too, if we will
just stop being indiffer-
ent about the first
signs of the Sagging
chin and puffinesS
about the lower part of
the face, as well as a
coarSer skin texture of
the neck.
No one wants to have
a crepey neck and fat
face, and we are always
so sorry for women who
neglect themselves in
this way. 1t can be
avoided if one will take
the time and treat
mentS. Even a long
S t a n d ing case Of
"Chins" can be cor
The Washington times., 1937-12-07

masculine part in the world, the
poor mans plight is precisely
that of many unframed women
who suddenly find themselves
husbandlesS.
Alimony, in such a case, iS
a mere matter of humanity for
the helpless, divorced husband
why not? , =.
The Washington times., 1937-12-07
BeAA>tY C01uAeG

rected. The home
woman who may have
been giving time to her
children and housework
has some excuse, but
she must not forget
that her appearance is
just as important as the
other interests.
First, you will have
to be sure you are not
adding more weight
than the shape of your
face calls for. That
means correct diet, then
the facial massage, ton
ing, strapping and es-
pecially the face and
neck exercises.
Do not attempt to use
a heavy massage on the
chin and neck unless
you are an expert and
know your muscles well,
and even then more
good will be derived
from a light, but
firm, stroke. The deli.
cate glands are part Of
the structure of the
neck and chin and they
must be treated gently.
Send for the Facial
Massage Method and
Face and Neck Erer-
ctSeS. Enclose a
stamped, Selt-GddreSSed
envelope for each and
address Donna Grace,
Beauty Editor OF this
paper.
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Voice of the People

gance when an officer Of the
Tenth Precinct lined several
Motorists up on Thirteenth
Street north of Park Road and
gave each a ticket for going
down a one-way street. These
motorists were innocently and
quietly travelling south (TEAr-
tenth is one way between 4
and 6 p. m. going north). This
ruling was made to take care
traffic during week days-and as
this occurred about 5:45 p. m.
Saturday with practically no
traffic going north, no harm
was being done and I am sure
not one Of the group realized
they were violating any traffic
regulations.
How much more gentlemanly
would it have been to have
driven up and cautioned these
motorists instead of lining them
up and sending them away
with tickets?
r. T. GOULD,
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Marry-GO-
Round
By HELEN ROWLAND

When you ask a happily mar"
ried pair which charm or virtue
they most admire in each other
it is amusing to see the look OF
blank bewilderment come into
their eyes.
They don't KNOW! They
haven't stopped to think OF it.
Is it his thoughtfulness, his gen.
crosby, his intelligence? Is it
her understanding, her sweet
ness, her sense of humor? They
are utterly vague and uncertain
about it.
But if you should ask either
of them what little failing they
find hardest to bear with IN
their respective spouses, they
wouldn't HAVE to stop and
think. They'd know right off
the bat And they wouldn't need
a Greek dictionary to find a
word for it.
What IS a good husband"
anyway? NOT a perfect hus'
band or an ideal husband, but
Just a regular run-of-the mine
GOOD husband-such as every
girl hopes to draw in the matri'
monial sweepstakes.
Newspapers a Id magazines
are constantly giving new form
ulae for selecting a husband a
new system for picking out a
wife, or a new recipe for making
a "go" of marriage. But a hus'
band is much like a cocktail
a mixture of several mgredi'
ents, and the only thing about
him of which you can be abso-
lutely sure is that you LIKE
him-or that you DON'T.
Oddly enough, a good huS'
band isn't always a good citi-
zen. And many a good citizen
who obeys the laws, observes all
the Commandments, pays his
debts and keeps his wedding
VOWS may be the most trying
and insufferable Of husbands.
Copyright, 1887. by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.l
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Lashes Traffic Police

The police OF most commun-
tiles have two problems to deal
with, crime and vice. However,
Washington police seem to have
overlooked the latter problem
and have made their major prob
lem that of passing out tickets
for minor traffic violations. It
seems that a very keen rivalry
exists as to the number each
man can pass out.
In no city have I seen such
ruthless lack Of judgment or
consideration for the rights OF
the motorists. Washington po-
lice seem to experience diabolical
pleasure in passing out tickets
for socalle d violations that
would call for a kindly warn"
ing or gruff bawling out in
other cities.
. I do not refer to speeding but
refer to such petty instances, as
arresting a young Negro for
parking a half minute in front Of
the Tivon Theater while permit
ting two young white children
to alight and attend the mat
ineee performance. It cost this
boy So and he earns $6 a week.
Again I saw a lady receive a
ticket for parking at Thirteenth
and G Streets at 9:28 a. M, the
officer gruffly told her to look
up at the sign which read $50
a. m. parking.
Such actions haraSs citizens
and do not tend to create that
spirit of respect toward our law
enforcing bodies.
To cap the climax Saturday
I witnessed the most ruthless,
rude, repulsive and overbearing
demonstration of insulting AFRO
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Wise Words

I know that the multitude
walk in darkness. I would put
into each mans hand a lantern,
to guide him; and not have him
set out upon his journey de-
pending for illumination on
abortive flashes of lightning or
the coruscations of transitory
Observation-Disclosures.
Exercise and temperance can
preserve something of our early
strength even in old age
Cicero.
It is impossible to imagine
anything which better becomes
a ruler than mercy.-Seneca.
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people a n d
they should
be allowed to
park on them
W 18th much
greater con.
venience than
the city offers
a t present.
OF urs e
some regula-
lions a r e
necessary, but
W h Y n o t
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Two Ships for One

NNE of the great books of all time "The Influ-
Oence of Sea Power History" by Admiral
Mahan This book demonstrated how, through all the
years, the country that had the
Britnins Blockade greatest power on the could
Wo1 World Wnr exercise, in the long run, the
greatest pressure on any other
country with which it was at war In the last war, it
was undoubtedly Britains blockade Of Germany from
the sea that won for the Allies by cutting off all
Materials food and other essentials to the prosecution
of a war.
In the present in the Far East the Japanese
army has begun to exercise pressure in an intelligent
way on China 1t used an extremely unntelIigent way
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ery bombers, etc. from other countries. This leaves
China only one way to get supplies of war-from
Russia, overland through outer Mongolia. This
caravan route does not permit the delivery Of a
very copious supply of materials. The TransSiberian
Railroad be used only part way, because the Japs
control Manchukuo, which lies a buffer between
Siberia and the area controlled by Chang Kai-shek
The Chinese who have no navy worth speaking Of have
replied to this Japanese blockade by sinking boats in
the principal rivers which are navigable from the sea-
three in the YangtzeKiang, which cut off Marking
from the ocean; each in the Min River to protect
Foochow, and the Pearl River to protect Canton.
This strikes pretty poor kind of defense, but
it emphasizes the old point of superior power
The Chinese admit their inefficiency when they
defend their rivers by sinking
RiUer BIOckadeS their own gunboats in them,
Not Veru Efficient instead of sinking the enemy
boats that go up them They
evidently haven't much confidence in their land art
lery air bombs. Of course, China has made pretty
woeful showing in these two branches of Defense but
the foot soldiers seem to be doing all right.
The effectiveness OF the Japanese blockade, as OPP
posed to the Chinese blockade is distressing
but might as we'll face the facts If this war in Asia
turns out indeed to be world
American British war, the American British con-
Blockade Possible troll of the sea could be used
against Japan, just as such con-
troll is being applied by Japan against China small
scale The joint American and British fleets could set
up blockade reaching from Singapore to Australia to
Hawaii to the Aleutians. Such blockade would shut
off from Japan all her supplies from either of the
Americas from Europe and Australia. She is already
shut off from Asiatc supplies by her with China.
The moral Of this Japanese blockade of China is very
clear. 1t is plain that we should have bigger Navy
and better Navy-double the size of Japan's. We
should drill consantly-keep exercising our Navy and
keep it in training Otherwise we may discover to our
surprise and CONSERVATION that are next on the list
of Japans intended victims because like China we are
unprepared
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at first; by send
ing parties Of ma
rines a S h ore to
fight the infantry
"a mistake ia
pan h as m a d e
twice in Chi n a
within the last six
years - but it is
now taking the in
telligent way. ia
pan has got the
W h ole coast Of
China blockaded,
and is going to
prevent t h e in
gress of war NUM-
tons heavy ar
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e n o u 8 n
streets where
parking is al
lowed. T h e
city should
h a We down.
town munich
al parking
10 is free of
charge to any
person W h o
has to drive
his ar to
work, the cost
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g r e a Z many
businesses If
people found
it e a 81 e r to
park d o W n .
town. P rk-
in g lot costs
also Ike p
many persons
fro m t h e
d o W n t o wn
area. The So
luton to the
terrible park
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c o n C e rning
parking that
people hardly
know what is
expected of
them. T h e
parking laws
S h Id be
m a d e uni
form a n d
then strictly
enforced. AS
it is we have a
city loaded