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Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-03

After years of agitation, state
legislatures in various parts of the
country finally woke up and out
lawed breach of promise suits. Rec
ognizing that such suits are, in
most cases, merely polite form of
blackmail, and that money is no
balm for genuinely wounded
heart, they ruled that failure to go
through with a promise of mar
riage is not valid cause of action.
So far, so good. But a magazine
writer pointed out the other day
that only half of the job has been
done.
In NOSE states. for instance. it is
still a criminal offense for gentle
man to beguile lady into submis-
sion with false promises of mar
riage. If she cares to 60 into court
and plead tearfully that she sur
rendered her virtue TO become a
bride, a deceived lady can have a
man sent to prison.
And so. since one threat is about
as good as another for gold-digging
purposes, the old shakedoWn goes
on under another guiSe.
Now the shakedoWn part of it is
not really so very important, since
the man who sets up as Don Juan
is just asking for trouble, any
way. But. when you stop to think
about it, a law of this kind be-
speaks about as odd and insulting
an idea of American womanhood
as could possibly be devised.
For when we provide prison
terms for men who accomplish Sc
duction with promises of marriage,
we simply say that the average
woman is weak and WitleSs crea-
ture who cannot look out for her.
self. We assume. in the most un-
complimentary fashion possible, that
she loses her grip the moment a
oft-spoken and plausible chap cares
to talk glibly about engagement
rings and orange blossoms. We write
into law the theory that she can
say anything but no
A tremendous amount of bunk
has been written with this theory
as a base. Witness the novels. short
stories. and movies which ring the
changes on the theme of the poor.
helpless woman and the heartleSS
and deceiving man. Sometimes the
villain is the stenographer'S boss,
sometimes he is a gay young man
of wealth, and sometimes he is just
an ordinary heel but the basic
plot is always the same F.. luckless
woman. at the mercy of the first
unprincipled wretch who comes
along.
Could anything be further from
the facts? The ordinary American
girl is abundantly able to take
care of herself. thank you. She can
say mo" in six languages and make
it stick. She no moro needs the
criminal code to save her from the
gay deceiver than she needs gov
ernment bureau to tell her how t1
powder her nose. She stopped be-
lieving in Santa Claus at the age
of and she has had her eyes
open ever since.
All this is not frightfully import -
ant, probably. But since the modern
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-03
SUIT REVIYES
MAE VESTS
MARITAL ROW

LOS ANGELES, May 3. UP -
Whether Mae West, of the films,
ever was married to Frank Wallace
was question revived today by a
suit filed in superior court here.
Wallace, giving his address as
New York City, petitioned the Cali
fornia courts to help establish the
validity of the marriage he as
serted he contracted with the CLAM
orouS Mae before the days of her
screen trimuphs. He fixed The date
of the purported ceremony as April
II, 1911, and the place as Mil
waukee. He also asked the court to
define the rights of each party to
the alleged nuptialS.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-03
Editorials and Comment
MONDAY, MAY B. 1897
a on Sol
* FRANK WATANABE
AA2 BYE ed HOLDEN
WAS YOU BORN LATELY?
BY ed HOLDEN

Now a State law in N. Y. say you
must receiving SIS for your new baby.
If you willing to have quintriplets, just
mention own price There are a for
tune in it But law amt passed yet.
1t making no difference if your birth
are him, it. or she-in fack it are non-
sextarian law, republican babies includ-
ed. .
Those money are for doctor bills. If
can finding a SIS doctor. And not neces-
sity to revel on poverty. 1t are a baby
blanket policy, for richly & poorly. New
York are very happy to be democratic.
Let us adding death for SIS. Are not
birth AND death a public utility? Get
born in n Y. for rs dollars. Then come
to California and die for bne hundred!
Thank you please.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-03
The Grab Bag

One Minute Test
|. What are the three largest
cities in Great Britain?
2. What animal flies?
3. Who wrote ITO a Skylark"?
Hints OH Etiquette
After a wedding, it is essential
that the maid of honor, matron of
honor, best man, bridesmaids and
groomsmen call upon the brides
mother within three weeks.
Words of Wisdom
In these days we fight for ideas,
and newspapers are our fortresSeS.
H. Heine.
Today'S Horoscope
Most persons born today are of
conservative nature. Their heSi-
fancy to confide in others keeps
their circle of friends somewhat
circumscribed.
One-Minute Test Answers
/. London, Glasgow and Birm-
ingham all have more than a mil
lion inhabitants.
2. The bat.
3. Percy BysShe Shelley.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-03
DIR. KEYE WILL
GO TO COAST

DR.. John d, Keye is establishing
his practice in Beverly Hills, hav-
ing left the valley this week end to
open his office in the California
Bank Building in this city. Mrs.
Keye and their two sons will join
him the end of this week.
Dr. Keve has spent 10 years in
Imperial Valley, six in Holtville and
four in Ell Centre.
During his first two weeks in
Beverly Hills, DR.. Keye will be on
Naval Reserve duty, maintaining
his office, however, during that per
iod.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-03
DAVID HUTTON
WEEDS IN YUMA

YUMA, Ariz May 3. UP)-Coun-
ty officials admitted today-after
stoutly denying it for an entire day
that rotund David L. Hutton.
former husband of Evangelist Aimee
Semple Mcpherson, and Eva A.
Martin. SO, Pasadena piano teach
er, were married here early Sun
day.
At the same time, the Rev. E. c.
AcheSon, reported in Los Angeles
newspapers as the parson who mar
ried them. continued to deny he
performed the ceremony.
Hutton, 36. was on crutcheS as
result of a recent accident when he
and pretty, smartly- Mrs.
Martin applied for the marriage
license.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-03
UNCLE SANS INTEREST
IN SPANISH WARFARE

What seems to be almost certain i'm
pending victory for insurgent troops in
the Spanish so-called civil war gives
American citizens occasion to reflect
what may be the effect on their own
government of the European state of af-
faHs. The world as a whole has not
been fooled for several months by the
pretense that what is going on in Spain
today is civil war. Nothing is more
plain than that the conflict in Spain is
contest between rival political theories,
with several of the strongest European
nations on one side or the other.
The American who sits back with a
satisfied, Its no business of ours" is
thinking only specifically. He in not
considering the human factors behind
the Spanish outbreak.
1t most definitely is a thing in which
we should be interested, because the con-
flict between two forms of dictatorship
has submerged any hope of immediate
democracy in Spain. Regardless of which
side wins, another dictatorship will be
established there-and relationships are
jealous of all democracies, no matter
where.
Their jealousy is we'll grounded As
long as there remains democracy. where
every person has a voice in his govern
ment, where an individual can think for
himself and act for himself. just so
long will there be an abiding threat that
the democratic ideals of personal and
governmental freedom will gradually
take root among the peoples governed
by dictators The idea of freedom can
not live forever in one half of the world.
and remain buried forever in the other
half The idea of freedom is poison to
dictators Is it any wonder, then, that
they seek to bury it under an avalanche
of popular passion. class hatred and
fear born of nationaliSm?
Great Britain, where democracy paral-
lels that of the United States, has seen
the danger. The nations rearmament
program is one result. The British are
serving notice on the world that their
nation. for a while at least, must be
free of dictatorship. France, another
democratic nation, has known the dam
ger for years, but has been powerless
to stem its flow. France must depend
in large measure on Great Britain.
Britain, standing like a rock against
the flow of relationships that might
otherwise cover Europe, is furnishing
another reason for the bond of fellow
ship between herself and the United
States. AS long as one strong European
nation remains free, there is not the
grave danger that the United States
will become the next target If there
were no free nations in Europe, Uncle
Sam, would, indeed, be in precarious
situation.
Democracy is the best and at the
same time the most difficult form of
government in the world. Lethargy is
its greatest enemy-the lethargy of its
own people Once that is overcome, once
democratic peoples learn that they must
defend themselves against malicious for
ces then the democratic precepts cam
not help spreading gradually into every
nation in the world.
Dictators know this, and it is the rea-
son they oppose democracies: that
people will never be entirely satisfied
with one kind of ruler as long as is an
other people. in the world with greater
freedom under another kind of govern
ment.
pna al
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-03
Bruce Cation Says:~
Modern Girls Can Take Care of Themselves

woman has so clearly shown that
she can make her way in a mans
world and remain a pretty swell
sort of person, mightn't we get our
laws into line with the facts?
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-03

"Mayan women are married at 16, and
have an average of IA children" In
America the a child would be the one
who ran out into the street.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-03

NEW YORK. May 3-Diary: A
cheerful telegram from W. c. Fields
that he is top gallant again and a
pleasantly from Matt Carney. Also
a season ball pass from Ford Frick.
So breakfaSting with Will Hays
against his offing for California and
looking at topcoat samples at Earl
Benham's. liking one suggesting a
belted rainbow.
At my desk and all the headlines
are of strife and I discussed with
my wife President John O'HaraS
invitation to visit Notre Dame Uni
verSity. also to pop in on the gang
at Cincinnati. see our little honey
moon walk-up in Newport. KY. and
have a few Of Minnie Scholl's de-
liciouS yum yums.
Mrs. Chester Geppert Marsh,
! talented lady of our school days, to
dinner and stay the night and We
had beaten round steak. And then
to sec the much talkedof play. "EX-
curSion." Afterward to Jules Glaen-
zer's party for Rodgers and Hart
and later stopped in a moment at
Conde Nasts reception for Glare
Boothe, Ilka Chase and Margalo
! Gilmore.
Many vast Long Island, West
chester and Jersey estates thrown on
the market are seen by prospective
buyers in the manner of the movie
world. Those interested visit the
projection room of a real estate
office and are shown on the screen
every nook and corner of the estates.
Approach with various close-upS of
the ground and landscapings. Also
a personally conducted tour through
every room in the house. In a few
moments the observer has a COM
prehensive size-up that would 9TH
erwise take an entire day.
The perfect composite or type OF
society girl as viewed in the news
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-03

cOlOrleSS, SGrdl9nU-1OrWdrQ, WltnOut
humour, charm or originality. A
painted, powdered society ROBOT.
Add 1887 hilarities: The dignified
j. P. Morgan in silk hat chasing
newspaper photographers with a
raised umbrella.
Streamline takes its name from
the shape of cake Of ice floating
down stream. II meltS into the
shape of a whale The falling rain
drop is really flattened by air re-
sistance and surface tensiOn-the
most mysterious force in physics.
hear they have built some rear
drive. whale shaped cars. most eff
ficient of all. but the public will
not have them yet. Auto engineers
have already figured out the exact
form of the Ultimate Car and also
the steps leading to it. AS fast as
competitor changes from No. 5
to No. 6, the company begins also
to manufacture No 6. The public
will not get the Ultimate for some
years.
I have become one of the in
creaSing fans for gentle little COM
ic strip called Little Miss Muffett
The drawings are charming and the
story. too l understand the artist
Fanny Cory. is putting her boy
through college with this strip. She
lives out in Montana. 1t is easy to
psychoanalyze drawings. They some
how reveal everything. One would
know before meeting him that BUD
Fisher loved the race track and Bob
Brinkerhoff liked children. Many
of Websters Casper Milquetoasts
suggests his own shyness. And Rube
Goldberg's Innings are indicative
of his high spirits away from the
drawing board. One somehow knew
that Tad would blurt some unuSua
slanginesS and he never failed,
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-03

It's not wise for an auto plant en-
ploye to make a date these days, as
hades hath no fury like girl stood up
by a Sit-doWner.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-03

The annual ram sale will be held
at the state fair grounds, Sacrament
to. May 27-28.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-03

Trade last wangling note: The
Boston goes to the kitchen door
every morning to stretch and yawn
but will not cross the sill until the
cook says, "Ah, there's that beauti-
full doggie"
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-03

The perfect composite or type of
society girl as viewed in the news
paper prints: Hard boiled, dead
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-03

Memory: Plunging the hand into
the cool cranberry barrel on hot
summer day at the village grocery.
England has more than a half
dozen variety hall turns performed
by Americans and extremely popu-
lar. yet not known on this side of
the ocean. Somewhat like Will Ma
honey, all went to England for a
short stay and remained OH and on
Among them are r. G.. Knowles,
who sings and tells stories; Eugene
Stratton, a blackface sentimental
singer and soft shoe dancer, and
George w Street in protean
sketch in which he takes the part
of two brothers-one clergyman
and the other ne'er-do-Well
Vaudeville is still quite alive in
England and on the Continent.
BagatelleS: Crosby Gaigc is con
sidered one of the best crack male
cooks in the theatrical zone +.
John Golden for the first time in
his producing career attended one
of his own openings this season. He
usually went to Miami on the eve
of production Friends say that
George S. Kaufman's secret ambi-
ton is to be an actor Gene
Markey is reputedly the most
sought-after scenario writer in Hol-
lyWood Lowe, famous London
caricaturist. thinks Lady Astor the
easiest of all women celebrities to
caricature.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-03
Copyright, 1887. NJ

Memory: Plunging the hand into
the cool cranberry barrel on a hot
summer day at the village grocery.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-03
New York Day by Day
By O. O. Mcintyre

pan. bold, expressionless, confident,
colorless, straightforward. without
humour, charm or originality. A
painted, powdered society ROBOT.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-03

Add 1897 hilarities: The dignified
j. P. Morgan in silk hat chasing
newspaper photographers with a
raised umbrella
The Washington times., 1937-12-03

Our great buying power plus on advantageous mark
adds up to the most tremendous boys coat event in
Yedrs Over 800 fine winter coats ore included in this
single coat is marked to sdve you substantial sums Of
ddchton to huge purchase we have added fine ga
our own stocks to round out sizes Qnd tYpes
The students and young mems overcodt group fedtur
rdglnns bdlmocddns dnd doube-bredsted models. S.
terms and designs! Solid colors FdncY wedves Brow
d blue Chest sizes 81 to 38 for boys aged from l6 to
Evening star., 1937-02-17

West, of course, opened one of those
desperation pSychics, but North and
South, with the high cards, were not
much perturbed, and easily reached
the small slam in diamonds. Before
West opened the jack of hearts, a
kibitZer sitting in back of South said:
I'll bet there's seven in tie hand. 1
would certainly have tried for it more
strongly"
South won the opening lead with
dummy's king of hearts, laid down
the king Of diamonds, entered his
own hand with the ace of spades and
laid down the ace of diamonds When
West showed out, he now realized that
East had an original holding of five to
the jack-nine. Nevertheless, South
made his contract by continuing as
follows: He led low club to dummys
jack, cashed the king and queen of
spades. on which he discarded the
ace and another club; ruffed a spade
in his own hand, and now decided
that the safest way to enter dummy
was with heart lead (The reader will
note that if he tried to get into dummy
with a second club lead. it would have
cost him the hand) The reason for
his choice of a heart was that the
jack had been opened and that East
had failed to drop the queen. When
the ace of hearts held, declarer
played another heart, trumped in his
own hand with the eight and laid
down his last remaining club. East
ruffed and now had to lead diamond
up to declarer'S queen-ten.
Declarer now turned to the kibitZer
and said: How about that seven?"
whereupon the kibitzer replied: Il
stand by my remark. / would have
bid seven no-tEmp and made it." De-
clarer asked how and the kibitzer re-
piled:
Easy. You count IL top tricks
made up of three spades, two hearts,
three diamonds and four clubs. With
long cards in spades, hearts and dia-
monds and the distribution as it was,
the thirteenth trick is easily produced
by squeeze. Simply win the opening
heart lead in dummy. play over to
your ace of spades. return to dummy
with the king of diamonds, lay down
the king and queen of spades, dis
carding two diamonds from your own
hand, and now cash four club tricks,
ending in your own hand.
East will have had to make three
diScards on the clubs. His first will
have been his one remaining spade,
his second one of his diamonds and
his third discard of necessity will have
been one of his three hearts. Now
play the ace of diamonds. West will
let go heart, so will dummy. Now
play the queen of diamonds. West,
who will be unable to let the jack of
spades go, will have to discard another
heart, whereupon you will throw the
10 of spades from dummy and make
the last two tricks with the ace and
seven of hearts. stand by my origi-
nal remark
Copyright. 1879
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Natures Children
Hair-Cap Moss (Polytrichum commune)

on by keeping close tab on her and
using magnifying glass. She has
some very clever tricks up her sleeve
and only by using your lens and
visiting her when time permits can
| you discover them.
If the hair-cap mas selected a peat
bog for her home, she will reach a
height Of IL inches. Otherwise her
average height will be inches.
In the Winter she is a mass of
briStiy stems and the mat looks green
ish-brown. Moses are plants without
flowers. They develop spores instead
OF seeds and when the spores are ripe
they are sifted out of the most clever
contrivances you can imagine. These
spores are as fine as dust and can be
carried miles upon the breeze
In the early Spring the per part
OF the stem will be thickly studded
with sharp pointed narrow green
leaves. In early June the four-angled
capsules. clad in a silk hair coat will
sway from glossy mahogany stem.
Visit the hair-cap on a hot windy
day, later on in the season, when her
leaves are developed There is tiny
little groove down the center of each
pretty leaf, along the. edges are wee
sharp teeth. The leaf holds fast to
the base of the glossy brown stem
You would think the leaves were only
thick threads, at first glance. but they
have rolled themselves tight to hold
in what moisture they have and they
have gone into huddle to await a
much needed rain. AS soon as it
does appear. they separate from each
other by Strengthening back at right
angles to the stem, and quickly curve
their tips toward the earth 1t is
such a precise automatic movement
as to be almost machine-like
When the spores are ripe the small
Evening star., 1937-02-17

lid that fits on the top of the capsule
falls of. Now use your magnifying
glass and see what an intricate gadget
the capsule is. There is row of the
tiniest sharp teeth around the edge
which fit into an inner rim. When
the spores are ready to float away
the capsule tiltS over and the spores
sift through the openings between the
81 teeth! Should there come rain,
just when everything is all set for the
spores to leave home. the teeth swell
with the moisture and keep all the
seed babieS indoorsi
(Copyright. 1879
Evening star., 1937-02-17

every day. perhaps you have noticed
them, maybe not. Ask yourself. They
grow along the fences, atop the old
stone walls, over the sagging roofs,
at the base of trees, on the knolls
close to the woodland edges, over
rocks, on old logs, stumps and even in
brooks!
They are the humble little green
children that apparently are lust
there" to most of us, but they are
marvellously made and play ar impor-
tant part in the scheme of things.
Those We find in the woods are a
deeper and more cushiony species.
AS you walk over an exquisite carpet
Of green velvet. have you ever dreamed
that they hold moisture and keep the
air cool?
AS the hair-cap is among the largest
Of these MOSES and so easy to find, her
life story can be followed from now
Evening star., 1937-02-17
GADSBY'S TAVERN VISIT
is ARRANGED FOR D. A. R.
Day at Famous Hostelry Will
Feature Weeks Festivities
of Group.

OF Group.
A day in Gadsby's Tavern will
be a feature OF the weeks festivities
of the Daughters Of the American
Revolution in honor Of George wash
ington birthday anniversary.
The group has been invited to the
old hostelry, once favorite stopping
place of stage coaches travelling the
Kings highway, by Mrs. Robert M.
Reece of the Board of Governors OF
Gadsby's, Jones Cox Of the Alexan-
dria American Legion and Mrs. c. A.
Swami Sinclair, chairman of the Vir-
ginia State Committee on Gadsby's.
Mrs. Lee r. Pennington, State his
torian of the District D. A. R., Is in
charge of arrangements.
Evening star., 1937-02-17

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BANK ON THIS WARDROBE

right
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might doublebreasted and
and still the black foot and head pieces
from his his black wool tie
solid color pick yoursel his shirt
double fold French variety with gold
would probably promoted cashier
Il he
Evening star., 1937-02-17
Winning Contract
BY THE FOUR ACES.
Kibitzer Was Right.

n 4 OST bridge players would ap-
mn ply the old rule that children
should be seen and not heard
\ to kibitzerS, with the further
provision that they not be seen either.
However, in recent bridge game a
kibitzer actually did start a very in
teresting discussion.
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North-South vulnerable.
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Evening star., 1937-02-17
BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY.

Y TOW many moses do you really
IL know well? Here is one of
the ls.igest, known also as
Il IA the pigeon wheat moss, and
one of the prettiest to look for in Feb
ruary. You would be surprised to
know how many of these charming
green children you have residing in
Your neighborhood. You pass them
Evening star., 1937-02-17
Bedtime Stories

BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.
Be not too venturesome. lest YOU
Some foolish thing may try to do.
Little Joe Otter