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Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-05
Modernistic Building
Completed i'm 81 Centro
most modern struc-

perial Valleys most modern struc-
ture.
The building, which provides dis
play rooms for Preble's York Ice
Machine company as well as offices
for McClelland and Preble, was
constructed in record time. Work
began late in october.
The building is set back from
the street to provide adequate space
for a lawn and shrubs.
Each office is 10 feet by IA and
the display room in the same size.
The modernistic front makes the
new building one of the most in
teresting in the valley. A great
circular entrance is flanked by tall
panels composed of small squares of
plate glass embellished with squares
of crimson carrara glass.
The building. according to Mark
McClelland, who drew the plans,
is termite proof and fire proof as a
result of the monlithic type of
construction.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-05
PLANTING TREE
LIKE ERECTING
A MEMORIAL

A certain gentleman was so de-
voted to his college, of which he
was founder. that he wished to
gsmain in it forever When he
died. he directed that his body be
dissected in the presence of friends,
the skeleton padded, covered,
clothed. mounted. and kept some
where on the campus. For one hun
dred fifty years. the skeleton has
occupied one of the buildings.
It is not necessary for you to use
such a grotesqae plan of memorial
lizing your self. just plant tree
or shrub or help beautify El Centre
and you will be remembered by a
grateful posterity who will rise
up and call you blessed" for ages
to come
Join with your neighborhood
group in the contest to beautify
your home. lawn and garden.
Rules and entrance blanks may
be secured at the Chamber of Com
merce.
BEAUT1FICATION COMMITTEE
of the CHAMBER OF CON-
MERGE
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-05
BY MRS. WINSTON T. ANDERSON
Junior 10000 Club PresidenD

Our City Beautiful" is not only
challenge but privilege and an
opportunity to lay aside worn-out
and exhausted hobbies of the sum-
mer months.
Have you ever endeavoured to
impress your less fortunate friends
and relatives back east" by send
ing them a colored photo-view of
California homes, in a. setting Of
luxurious, green grass, relieved by
palm trees, the trunks of which
are aglow with colored climbing
vines and flowers, and completed
by a gagrden of multi-colored flow
ers in the parking?
Such an imposing scene has more
weight than a thousand words OF
description. Such momentary sub
tie acts on the part of the tourist
in this manner have been largely
responsible for California's fame as
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-05
Mrs. @. 6. Horne to
Urge Flowers at
Filling Stations

Mrs. o. G.. Horne, widely known
for her interest in flowers and
plants, has a unique manner in
which she is endeavoring to fur
ther the"Beautify Ell Centro" move
ment. She plans to visit and urge
every filling station to institute
flower boxes containing the color
full petunia, city flower.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-05

Mark McClelland and A. Y. Preble
today moved into their newly COM
pleted office building on Main street
near Imperial avenue in Ell Centre
as carpenters and masonry workers
put the finishing touches on I'M
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-05

ms, 220 Olive. nrs. Jones l91 Olive,
Emma Oviedo l6l Olive, Annie
Walker 1856 Brighton, E. D. Hay
wood 156 Brighton, Henrietta
Hughes l64 Brighton, Alice Hinton
i69 Brighton. Petra Castillo 201
Brighton. Johnny Moreno 203
Brighton, Mrs. Venable, 339 Holt.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-05
TO FACE TRIAL.

IMPERIAL Dec. Joe Maggie
viii face trial in Justice court here
Dec. on charge of battery
brought against him by Joe
Schwartz. He pleaded not guilty to
the charge.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-05
INTEREST RUNS HIGH
IN DRIVE TO MAKE
Ell CENTRO BEAUTIFUL

While teams of Judges from the Chamber of Commerce
Identification committee busy throughout the week
inspecting and photographing premises of entrants.
interest continued to high in the Beautify Ell Centro
contest The contest will be judged the basis of the
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-05
BIRD EATS TOO
MUCH ICE CREAM

ST. JOSEPH, Mo, Dec. 4 tUP)
Mrs. w. B. Mann's pet blue jay
died today after eating too much
ice cream on Thanksgiving Day.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-05
EXPERT REPAIRING

No job is too small TO re-
celve PERSONAL attention and
efficient service. We have
built our business on this
basis and except 10 satisfy
you in every detail. Give us
a trial--you will be pleased.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-05

YOU haven't read ALL the NEWS
until you READ the ADS
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-05
MODERNIZATION

We arc proud Of our abili-
" to ccsign and install
new modern plumbing fix
lures at minimum cost.
Especially Installing extra
showers. laboratories in un-
used spaces.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-05
COMPLETE
PLUMBING
SERVICE
NEW FIXTURES

We can supply any tpye
of fixture desired in a wide
range of styles and prices
for your bathroom. kitchen
or laundry. Yard sprinkling
systems a specially.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-05

WHITMAN SEED COMPANY
Evening star., 1937-03-27

Stimulating swims in water so clear
that the sand at the bottom looks
deceptively near until one tries to
stand on it, only to discover 1t Is IL
or more feet deep
Lazy hours on the beach reading
letters from home about snowstorms
Gosh, I'm hot, let's 60 In for an
other swim
Driving about the clean, white
streets, where the only unpleasant
note IL furnished by the poor. thin
horses, COWS and goats that seek their
scanty nourishment from the grass
and weeds along the pavements-
Luncheons featuring marvellous hard
srahs, boiled lobster pink, with black
claws, the meat In which is unexcelled
In delicacy OF texture and flavor,
served cold with green mayonnaise
mixed with minced cucumber
The American dime store that has
everything in 1t but the kitchen stove
land maybe that, but whose sales
girls apparently have been selected for
their looks; try and get your man
out Of the place and you'll know I'm
right)-
The bewildering array of shops
under the arcades that hold tempta-
ton for tourists in the form of alli-
gator leather pieces, French and Span
Sh perfumes, baskets, hats, and 80
OH
Twelve new baby bottles for that
famous collection that has had me at
my wits end for the past year or
10
Seeing cigars made by hand In =
great factory, where the rows and
rows Of busy workmen are entertained
by . man sitting In . pulpit, who
reads the daily papers to them while
they roll the pungent leaves
Dancing under tall palms. beneath
starry skies, in the cool of the coun-
try; the beat Of the Cuban music
restless and unceasing in the back
ground
Clawless Southern lobster, 50 big
and firm that the meat may be cut
In fillets, served deliciously cold with
. sauce that the chef defied all my
attempts TO analyze-
Evening star., 1937-03-27
BY MARY ALLEN HOOD.

bI MAN AlLLEN
HERE are proper and improper
ways of shampooing canine.
If the right procedure is fol-
L lowed, Pups Is more comfort
able, and it would be safer to say
that he hates 1t less rather than he
likes it better. To his mind, water
exists for the sole purpose of drinking.
1t belong to the region of the in
terror.
Item Is to bring the bath to the
dog, not the dog to the bath. Bingo
and Pups are definitely against being
placed bodily in tub OF water.
There's something about it that they
dislike Maybe it's the suddenness Of
the situation. The best plan seems to
be TO deposit Pups in the tub, then
turn on the water. It's tust as wet,
but it gives him time to become recon-
ciled.
Dogs don't like cold showers. Hot
water has no appeal. II Pups must
thing to do is wet the dog. A thor
ough soaping should follow, head last
and eyes excluded, Pups must not be
mistaken for a pile of shirts or the
dinner dishes. Laundry soap has no
place in his life. Although his COM
plexion is seldom seen, it's there. 1t
calls for soft soap. Even Great Dane
has q right to bathe with CASTLE.
Another tender point is the inner
portion OF q dogs ears Water doesn't t
belong.
AL soap must be rinsed out ~ soon
Evening star., 1937-03-27

as it has done its work. Pups wants
nothing to do with cold water In the
process He's right. 1t chills him,
delays drying and makes the soap
harder to get out. Warm water is the
thing all through the shampoo, then
a wringing out. That doesn't mean
a laundry wringer. Water can be
pressed out OF his coat by running
ones hand over his anatomy. A good
rub with towel makes him feel more
doggy, also makes shaking safe for
those nearby.
It's after the bath that things
happen to dogs OF the best family.
For an hour or so he's an open target
for a cold. Baths remove dandruff.
dead hair and traces OF Pups travels.
Much skin oil and heat Is lost in the
process. A member Of the human
species can dry quickly. Dogs can't!
They have a covering OF hair. Pups
personal heating system isn't up to
generating heat Is fast as his damp
| coat can take it OIL. Such being the
case, he must be in q warm climate
| for a couple OF hours afterwards. Keep
him out OF drafts. Floors are full Of
breezes. Give Pups the best chair
afterward and he'll forgive all con-
cerned.
Evening star., 1937-03-27
Mourning
Customs
For Men
BY EMILY POST,

DEAR MRS. POST: I have only
just returned from my mother s
funeral to my business in big city
several hundred miles from where
mother lived for many years, and
where I was brought up during the
earlier years of my life. Mother had
visited me here but was never known
personally by many of my friends.
I know that usual mourning customs
do not apply during business hours,
but outside of business will people
expect me to show any special signs
of mourning?
Answer-Very few men obey mourn
ing conventions further than putting
black bands on their left sleeves.
II I were you I would not go to any
big formal parties or balls, or frequent
night clubs, for six months. But
many less conservative people con-
slider only half that long adequate and
I would suggest that you be governed
by your own feeling and by the attitude
OF others whose respect you value
remembering of course that your be-
havior reflects in turn upon your own
respect for your mother. In any case,
however, no one would expect you
not to go to the houses Of your friends
informally.
Evening star., 1937-03-27


felt qualified to express himself on
the subject, for valid enough reason.
His sisters had not been allowed to
tight lace when young, and their
large, clumsy figures were alike \
source Of chagrin to themselves and
evaporation to their brother. He sup
ports his argument with the observa-
ton, Doctors seem to think that the
dangers Of tight lacing have been
much exaggerated. and as I know
many ladies with very slender waists
enjoy quite as good health as their
more strongly built sisters would
urge upon all who wish to have good
figures not to be deferred by alarm
lists from endeavoring gradually to
attain an elegant shape"
Another gentleman offered the sage
counsel that (the corset) has been
in use for seven or eight hundred
years, and now that its form and con-
struction have been 80 much modi-
fed and improved there need no
longer be an outcry against it. In
deed, outcry has for centuries failed
to affect 1t, though other articles of
dress have become in their turn obso-
lete-a clear proof that there is
something more than mere authority
Of fashion in its hold upon the fair
sex"
"A young baronet" puts in his plea
that ladies who possess that most
elegant attraction, q small waist
should not hide 1t completely by
shawls or loose paletots when in the
promenade or on the street"
THE other side of the case may be
considered as summed up by
Henry Southgate's diatribe against
stays and corsets. In 1877 he pub
lished in Edinburgh a large volume
OF Things Lady Would Like to
Know"-a compendium of miscellan-
eous information from cosmetic re-
cipes to hints on department and
condition in life. "Of all wicked
things" he declares, that Of wearing
too tight corsets is the most wicked
These instruments OF mischief
wither in the complexion the fresh
ness Of health and substitute for 1t
the sallowness of disease They
dapple the cheek with unsightly
blotches, blear the eyes, destroy the
teeth and tip the nose with
cranberry red!"
Like all gratuitous advice, that Of
fered sincerely enough by Mr. South
gate was ignored. Indeed, to insure
tighter lacing the French had intro
duced a corset in three sections, lacing
down both sides as well as in the back.
Times was not at premium in these
Evening star., 1937-03-27
Cooks Corner
BY MRS. ALEXANDER GEORGE.

DINNER SERVING THREE OR
FOUR.
Veal Outlet and Pineapple
Buttered Potatoes
Mashed Turnips
Bread Plum Jam
Head Lettuce French Dressing
Pear Sauce Caramel Cake
Coffee
VEAL OUTLET AND PINEAPPLE.
/ pound veal ! tablespoon
outlet butter
u cup -four 2 tablespoons
1 tablespoons fat brown sugar
or suet II cup boiling
Y cup crushed water
pineapple
Have the outlet cut about half an
inch thick. Sprinkle well with -four
and brown quickly in the fat which
has been melted in a frying pan.
Carefully spread with the pineapple,
butter and sugar. Cover and cook Is
minutes over a moderate fire. Add
the water and cook slowly about 80
minutes or until the veal is very
tender when tested with a fork.
FRENCH DRESSING.
I teaspoon salt "a teaspoon dry
! teaspoon paprika mustard
/ teaspoon celery 2 teaspoons
seed sugar
teaspoon onion 70 cup vinegar
juice % cup salad oil
Mix the ingredients in small bowl
or bottle. Chill.
CARAMEL CAKE.
with Mashed Potatoes.)
u cup butter "a teaspoon salt
IL cups dark l teaspoon
brown sugar vanilla
egg yolks cup mashed
u cup milk potatoes (warm)
teaspoons 2 teaspoons baking
cinnamon powder
l teaspoon cloves 2 cups -four
u teaspoon 4 egg white, beaten
nutmeg u cup nuts
Cream the butter and sugar. Add
the yolks and beat 2 minutes. Add
the milk, spices, salt, vanilla and
potatoes. Beat 2 minutes. Add rest
OF the ingredients and mix lightly.
Pour into loaf pan and bake As
minutes in moderately slow oven.
(The cake may be covered with white
or caramel frosting It will also re-
main moist as long as q week II prop
erly stored)
Evening star., 1937-03-27

Child Will
Not tWhine
But Should He Start
After an Illness 1t Is
Fault of Parents.
BY ANGELO PATRI.

IF YOU have child who Is forever
L whining about this and that, he L
either too hot or too cold, too feeble
to work, afraid OF the wind and shun-
ming the sunshine, take time to think
over his ways. How did he get that
way? Why isn't he happy-go-lucky
ready for anything, like the husxy
younRster down the road?
"Oh, he had 50 many childish ILL
nesses. First, he had whooping cough
and he nearly died of it: then ne had
measles, and just as he was getting
over them he got the chicken pox
and then he had to have his tonsils
out-always something. We just had
to watch every movement he made
Such = delicate child"
That was truly unfortunate, but did
you try always to keep him thinking
away from his troubles toward some
thing brighter and healthier? Did you
keep him thinking about how fine II
was going to be for him to be well
and strong and out playing with the
other boys? Or did you keep saying
"Now, remember, your stomach can't
stand too much. Don't eat that ap-
pie. Don't eat that extra potato. No
no, wait until I fix that banana fol-
you to eat"
Did you say. "No. you'd better not
20 out to play with those children
They're very rough, and you've been
sick such a lot that you can't do SC
much. Better lie down on the couch
and I'll read to you" Did you say
Its too bad, but can't let you go to
Aunt Lily for the holidays. You
wouldn't get your cereal cooked the
way I cook it. And Aunt Lily doesn't
know how to measure your spinach
You have to be so careful about your
food, you know. You don't want to be
sick"
That treatment centers the child's
mind upon himself What he eats
what he does, what other people dc
for him are OF the first Importance.
The life of the household and that
OF the community, as far as it can be
controlled, moves about him. His
feet must be kept dry, his stomach
must be coddled, his temperature must
be considered before anybody or any
thing else. The result Is that We have
an unhappy, whining, selfish child.
No fault OF his, but certainly the fault
OF those who kept calling his atten-
ton to his deficiencies, to his weak
nesses and overlooking his strength
and his hope completely.
When a child is Ill. he must have
attention and care. But there IS q
way to give that care and attention
without making him feel permanently
helpless. We can keep holding out
the promise of health, play, fun, hearty
living even as we administer the med
icine that is going to help him ar
rive at the promised place. We can
keep encouraging him to do what he
can as we'll as he Is able even while
he is incapacitated for doing many
things. We can keep him hoping.
If we hold out perfect health to the
ailing child, as reward for effort
made toward it, If we keep showing
him how to get the better of his
condition. keep him struggling to get
out of it, instead of fastening it
upon him, we will do more for him
than we do when we accent his weak
nesses and his temporary needs. We
need not cultivate invalidBm.
Copyright, 1879
Evening star., 1937-03-27

days and 1t was the custom Of ladies
to do their lacing. or have 1t done for
them, in several stretches. They took
little rests In between, having . maid
pull the laces still tighter or doing this
for themselves.
In the latter half Of the nineteenth
century the British corset trade
reached million pounds sterling and
accounted for more than half the
worlds supply Of whalebone, as well rs
large quantities of oxhorn, ebonite,
gutta percha and similar queer sound
ing stuffs. No less than 36,00O,0OO
yards Of material went into the max
ing Of corsets. Even the brass for
the eyelet holes was no small item, and
the silk laces could have been meas.
ured in miles.
AN internationally famous name
was that Of Thompson g. Co. Of
New York makers Of the glove-f1tting
corset" AS early as 1867 they adver-
tised conspicuously in Harpers Ba.
zaar. Their immense manufactures
in England, America and on the con.
tinent turned out incredible mum.
bers" OF these garments. Sixteen to
% inches was the popular range Of
sizes-a marked contrast to today's
standard.
It was about 1922 that corsets suf.
fered their first fall from favor in
untold centuries The arbiters Of
fashion, affected by the general mania
for change, decided to set up new
standard for the female figure. Those
Of us who lived through hip-line waists
and knee-length skirts still shudder at
the memory. The vogue wore itself
out in about 10 years, but even that
was too long. The Punishment Of the
awful boyish form was the occasion
for general rejoicing.
Yet women had to be wary OF well
coming the return of the prodigal-
figure-too warmly. After a decade
Of sloppiness there could not be too
great demand for construction at
first Each succeeding season. how
ever, has seen today's net and elastic
foundations fitting tighter and the
dictum for Spring, 1887, is decidedly
more nipped-in appearance around the
waist.
The napper figure has gone with
the wind" that blew away the last
traces of postwar fever. Emphasiz-
ing slender curving grace, but not in
sisting on any 13-inch standard OF
measurement, the present mode seems
to have achieved that most desirable
of all objective-a balance between
two extremes.
Evening star., 1937-03-27

The sudden, violent rains that
descend without warning, as though
the heavens were hurting tons Of
water at the ground
Click OF the balls, In the middle Of
a swift jai alai game, where the in
credible accuracy and grace Of the
players leave one open-mouthed with
astonishment-
An all-night contretemps with
Mamma, Papa and several junior heas
brought home from said game, all of
the insects being stimulated by the
players activities to equal speed and
endurance
Watching the enormous number OF
cruise-tourists in the various night
clubs and restaurants being herded in
groups from one show spot to an
other by conductors who bawl their
orders for moving on during lulls in
the dance music
Races In the warm blue afternoon,
at the beautiful Jockey Club track,
with the colored silks flashing In the
sun As the horses round the curve into
the home stretch
Dreamy days, thSt begin late with
breakfast out Of doors surrounded by
roses in full bloom, and end-also
hte-under sapphire skies and bril-
liant starr
The complete relaxation that comes
from having nothing special to do and
all the time In the world to do It
in
Letters from home that indicate We
are not even missed, thank good
The fear of looking at the scales
after the frst few days OF over
eating
The final scramble to buy presents
for those at home, put of, OF course,
until the very last moment
The packing Of all the extra things
in trunks that were too full in the
first place
The biting remarks about putting
powerful cigars in with feminine silk
underwear
The farewell party that practically
makes leaving out Of the question:
The doleful trip to the boat, the
sad good-bys, the marvellous spray Of
gardenias to sweeten the moment, the
discovery that all the details Of de-
parture, such IS declarations, check
ing baggage, ETC., have been over
looked, the hurry and scurry to right
the wrong, and the frantic scrambling
up the gangplank just as it is about
to be cast of
The jewel-uke beauty Of two great
cruise ships lying, fully lighted At
anchor in the harbor-
The majesty Of Morro Castle In
the beam Of the searchlight-
The farewell glimpse of the Male
con, studded with lamps, and curv-
ing. apparently into infinity-
And the rush of waves rs the boat
rounds the great fort, and feels the
swell OF the open sea beneath her
northern-pointed bow.