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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-30

With true New England thrift,
they have found many ways to
live comfortably for less. They
watch their market orders. Their
emergency shelf is kept well
stocked by half-price vegetables
and fruits, purchased three for Is
or on bargain days at the grocer
les.
Living costs these three about
$120 per month. Their rent is $50.
This includes both rent on the
apartment and rent of furniture as
their apartment is Subleased.
Here are pages from their &C.
count book just as they gave them
to me. Operating expenses come to
$3.50 for the two weeks. This in
cludeS laundry and cleaning, sup
plies, gas, light, telephone, news
papers and new equipment.
The milk is delivered daily, but
cream is purchased through their
office at discount. Two pounds
of butter were used and eight
quarts of milk.
These smart girls are sharing
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-30
Beauty
How to Care
For Nails
BY HELEN FOLLETT

FingernailS should be without
flaws. Do we hear groanS from
the home girls who flourish dust
cloths and wipe up the kitchen
floor? Even so, their claws must
be in good condition.
Like the skin, fingernails are
impaired by CRIME. The texture is
changed, the lovely, transparent
appearance vanishes, and the nails
are clouded even after the most
thorough Scrubbing.
Protect your hands with gloves
cotton ones when busting, rub
Der ones when doing rough work
or using water. If you don't pro-
tect them, your hands will soon
look old.
Use a hand lotion freely all the
year round. At least once week
give yourself a brisk massage with
toilet lanoline or COCO butter.
Treat the fingers with an up and
down movement; do a rotary mo-
ton with the thumb over the back
of the hand. Work on the wrist
bones. Friction the lubricant into
the cuticle around the finger
nails.
No woman can afford to indulge
in the "blues." Emotional storms
and brooding sprees will wreck a
pretty face in no time.
What is the reason? Unpleas-
ant emotions have a bad effect
upon the functions of the body
They quicken the pulse, chill the
skin and slow up the processes of
digestion. Keep tranquil and the
physical machine goes on about
its business pretty well.
Many wrinkles are acquired by
unwise living. At the first sign Of
them, get out the massage cream,
use it every night and iron the
face with ice every morning.
HAVE YOU any beauty prob
lens? Let the Beauty Box Editor
help you solve them. Address all
inquiries regarding beauty to the
Editor of the Beauty Box, care of
The Washington Times. Be sure
to enclose an addressed, stamped
three centS) envelope for reply.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-30
Budget Helps Bachelor Girls Solve Vexng Problems
EtiquetteI
Hclose a Note
With Gift
MRs.CORNELTUs BEECKNIAN

OJNAASS'NO6GCNEAA OASGNGAVNAEAGN
Dear Mrs. Beeckman:
my niece is about to be mar
ried and we received an invita-
ton to the wedding and also to
the reception. Our son died just
about two months ago. We s$iIR
feel very much grieved, as he was
about to be married before he
passed away.
"Will you please let me know
whether it would be all right just
to send check and to send con-
gratulatiOnS, and not to attend?
We would not like to offend. How
should such a letter be wOrded?
ct"
I can deeply understand, and
am sure that your niece will
deeply understand, that you would
find it very difficult to attend
this wedding. Please don't force
yourself to go through this or-
deal
First you would have to &C.
knowledge the invitation. judge
that it is a formal invitation, and
so your answer would read:
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Hill
regret they are unable to accept
Mr.. and Mrs. brides parentS)'S
kind invitation for
Tuesday, the first Of August
You do not need to acknowls
edge the invitation to the church,
but the reception invitation must
be acknowledged, in the same form
in which it was worded.
Then, having made this. neceS'
Sary acknowledgment, you might
write your note to your niece, in
closing the check. Your note
might be Worded something like
this:
Dearest Dorothy:
II know that you and Tom and
your family will understand why
your uncle and 1 cannot come to
your marriage. our hearts are
still too heavy with sorrow. Please
know, dear girl, that we weuld
come If we could, and that We
want for you and Tom every hap
pineSS in the world.
eve are also going to ask for
your understanding instead Of
sending you q wedding present,
we are taking the privilege Of
sending you a check, to buy for
your new home something that
you wish. Will you do that for
us, and remember that whatever
you decide to buy will be sur.
rounded with our love and devO.
ton to you both?
eve hope to see you very soon
=. please come to see us whenever
you have a minute, will you? :.
Dearest love and every bless.
ing.
! "AFFECTIONATELY."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-30
FANORITE

Our favOrite for today comes
from Mrs. J.,F. Kapsch, 436 Glebe
Rd., Alexandria, Va. It is one Of
six winners in last weeks FavOrite
Recipe Contest.
Try this cool lemon ice as q base
for cocktails. 1t is also delicious
with hOneydew melon and mixed
fruit cups.
LEMON ICE
"a cup sugar
pint of water
u cup of lemon juice
" teaspoon of salt
Cook the sugar and water slowly
for 10 minutes. Add to the lemon
juice and salt. Freeze.
Remove to chilled bowl and beat
until creamy. This should be done
quickly to prevent melting.
Return to refrigerator and
freeze without further agitating.
Our contest takes inspiration
from the culinary lore OF other
days and features Sour-n1ilk
cooking. In the recipe files OF
many households are dozens OF
delicious recipes made tlGUoTtul
and light Nth sour instead OF
StDeet milk. 1t is high time that
- he osaSHa
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-30
Styles

Straws show signs of becoming
important summer fabrics. One
smart shop is showing brief jackets
of braided, crinkly straw, lined
with macthing satin. They are Of
fered in various pastelS as well as
in white and black.
Decorations beautify some of
the incest gloves. A glove Of thin,
supple dark blue suede has dag
onal seams and alternating row
of red and white flower embroid-
cry.
Where it's cool the evening coat
Of supple white kid is an excellent
choice. A good selection is a
three-quarter length model with a
mandarin collar.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-30
Tough Cakes

When a cake is tough it may
be due to not enough shortening
or to overbeating the batter.
Other causes are too hot an oven
and too much sugar.
The oven temperature is very
important. Have the oven heated
far enough in advance so that
the heat is steady when the cake
is ready to be baked. Never
look at the cake until at least
10 minutes after it starts baking
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-30

The clean-stitched seam is merely
an elaboration Of this first basic
principle. The edges Of a plain
seam are pressed open, the raw
edges are turned down and
stitched down with a thread
which has been matched care
fully to the fabric both in size
and color. Another elaboration
is the bias-bound seam. which is
useful for materials which will
fray easily. Use No. 5 bias bind
ing, SlaShed through the center.
Stitch one edge to the plain seam
edge with a 1s-inch seam; turn
the free edge underneath, and add
a second row of stitching directly
on the edge of the binding.
FINE FRENCH SEAMS
For lingerie and dresses of
transparent material, you will do
well to use the French seam.
Make your seam with the raw
edges to the right side Of your
fabric, then trim the edges close
to the stitching line and press it
from the wrong side. Turn your
material and make a second row
of stitching from the wrong SIDE,
deep enough to cover all the raw
edges and leave no trace Of the
seam on the right side. Be sure
that for such dainty fabrics as
lingerie silks, you use a fine
needle and q No. 80 or sheer
fabric thread, so that it will not
puncture the material.
DECORATIVE SEAMS
Seams very often serve a deco
rative effect. There are many
kindS-the corded seam so fire.
quently used on slip covers; the
piped seam which makes use of
bias trim or contrasting material
cut on a Strue bias. This bias
material extends beyond the
stitched line slightly and is very
decorative.
There are three com m o n y
known decorative seams. The
Tapped seam accents the seam
line and is especially useful for
curved Jennings. Mark the seam
line with tailors tacks or chalk;
then turn the overlap edge along
the marking, basting it carefully.
(Since it is a curved line. be sure
to clip the edges Of the overlapped
part so that it will lie flat). Press
carefully along the basting line
and then stitch very close to the
overlap edge.
COMMISSIONING
Double-stitching is used for
lightweight woolens, and is very
simple. After pressing open a
plain seam, add, on the right side,
a row of stitching on either side
Of the joining. The flat-fell seam
is for tailored blouseS and shirts
and is made entirely on the right
side. Stitch a plain seam from
the right side, and trim one edge
to within " inch Of the stitching,
Then turn other edges over this,
turn in the raw edge, and stitch
it from the right side.
This is the fifth Of a series Of
IL articles on home sewing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-30
DOUBLE-sTITCHING
Travel Frock

A good selection for a travel
frock is a model in very sheer navy
blue wooden with collar and plaS-
iron Of fine white pique. This is
attached to the bodice by a pique
belt and navy composition buttons,
making it easily detachable for
laundering.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-30

VIII get u Dy UcGoDer l.
eve have been engaged for four
years, and still we're afraid to at
tempt the great adventure on BOb'S
present salary, which is $22.5O a
week.
"Our love is too real to be sub
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-30

the responsibilities of apartment
living for the first time. Variety
and high calories are the high
notes of their plan. They hope to
gain a few additional pounds be-
fore the end of summer.
Here are their menus for the
week of July 10.
MONDAY
Cold Sliced Roast Lamb
left from Sunday
Mashed Potatoes
Dreamed Carrots and Peas
Grapefruit Salad
Canned Peach Halves
TUESDAY
Baked Macaroni and Cheese
Cold Sliced Ham
Cabbage Salad
Fresh Raspberries with Cream
Coffee and Tea
WEDNESDAY
Hamburg Patties
Baked Potatoes Buttered Carrots
Cream Cheese and Date Salad
Cream of Tapioca Pudding
THURSDAY
Macaroni and Tomato Sauce
Veal Outlet
Buttered Spinach
Fruit Salad
Chocolate Bananas
Friday
Baked Haddock
Baked Potatoes
Celery Stuffed with
Pimiento Cheese
Raspberries with Cream
SATURDAY
Club Sandwiches Consisting of
Sliced Tomatoes, Chicken
Cucumber, Lettuce and
MayonnaiSe
Black RaSpberrieS with Cream
SUNDAY
Fried Chicken
French Fried Potatoes
Hot Buttered Rolls
New Peas
Apple Pie
MARKET ORDER
Monday
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-30
Sleek and Shinino

Sleek and shining are the
smart black satin dresses seen
round town. A beauty has
collarleSs v neckline; a diamond
shaped pleated chiffon insert at
the waist, and a long double
panel sash of pleated black chit.
fon.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-30
Seams Both Practical
And Decorative
Are Used
Ry WILMA LAVILLE

-Four strong practical in every seamstres roper
tore and which one used depends largely the material
The single used for dresses where it is
important to have and unobtrusive possible
It is merely plain seam stitched deep enough to preclude
pulling out pressed and each edge overcast with
marcerizad sewing thread to prevent travelling.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-30
Beatrice Fairfax Advises
Worried B11de-tO-be
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX

Famous Authority Problems of Love and Marriage
Dear Miss Fairfax:
I'VE little disappointed that my fance did not get
promised raise But he has been assured faithfully that he
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-30
Demonstrate That Three
Can Run Apartment
On $3.50 Monthly
By JEAN GREEN

Can you eat 1887 for two weeks? That the grocery
bill of the three Government girls who have solved their end
ofthe month worries to extent by keeping budget
Evening star., 1937-04-26
REPRiEVE OF HIRSCH
NOW UP TO HITLER
American Officials in Berlin Plead
Doomed Youths Age at
Time of Crime.
TIE ASSociateo Press

BY tie Associated Press.
BERLIN, April 26-United States
Embassy officials today said the sole
hope Of saving 2l-year-old Helmuth
Hirsch from the headman's block for
a bomb plot against the life Of Adolf
Hitler or some other high Official lay
in the chance that Hitler himself
would ntercede because of Hirschs
youth
The American officials visited the
foreign Office at noon. They pleaded
that Hirsch, arrested in December,
was under age at the time. They sug-
gested he was misled by higher-ups.
Embassy spokesmen pointed out the
Americans could do nothing more
than place the humanitarian aspects
of the case before German officials.
They said Hirsch evidently had made
. full confession to an infraction Of
law which demands the death PEN
atty for any one planning to assassi-
nate high officer of tn. state.
American intercession for Hirsch,
who is Jewish, was based on his
American citizenship, since his grand
father was naturahzed in the United
States. His family lives in Praha,
Czechoslovakia.
Evening star., 1937-04-26
CONGRESS PARTY
CAUGHT |NST0RM
Mrs. May and Mrs. Lun-
deem Hurt as Winds Hit
River Boat.

A Congressional Isrty OF 1877 ar
rived here this morning from Old
Point Comfort after wind and wave
buffeted their steamer in one of the
toughest passages in the memory of
veteran rivermen.
At least two women members of the
party were slightly injured when q
30-foot wave caught the steamer Dis
trict of Columbia broadside, swung
her far over and all but wrecked the
dining salon interior.
Virtually every table was overturned
while the Congressional party was at
dinner and small avalanche of dishes
was scattered about the dining room.
Mrs. Andrew J. May, wife of the
Representative from Kentucky, suf-
fered sprained wrist and chest
bruises when table overturned on
her. She was removed from the boat
in wheel chair this morning and
was considered not seriously injured.
Mrs. Ernest Lundeen, wife of the
Senator from Minnesota, was slightly
Evening star., 1937-04-26
TRIAL
AVOIDANCE SOUGHT
Representative Tells How
He Asked Charges Be
Dropped.

Representative Wilburn Cartwright
Democrat, of Oklahoma. called as q
character witness in District Court to-
day for Mrs. Mary Krieger, on trial
for blackmail conspiracy, testified un-
der cross-examination that he had
asked the district attorneys Office to
drop the case because of his interest
in Mrs. Krieger's family in Oklahoma
Cartwright, under further cross
examination, said he had told United
States Attorney Leslie c. Garnett he
had heard that Mrs. Krieger's repu-
tation was mot so good"
Mrs. Kriegef, charged with conspir-
ing with Samuel L. Frooks, New York
lawyer, to blackmail the late Carroll
Pierce, Alexandria banker, wept at the
counsel table as the legislator con-
cluded his testimony.
Knew Her as Little Girl.
Cartwright said he had known Mrs.
krieger as a little girl in Oklahoma
and had seen her a number of times
after she became a teacher He iden-
titled letter, introduced by the de-
fense, in which he told Frooks he had
known Mrs. Krieger nearly all her life
and that she had an excellent repu-
tation."
Under cross-examination, he said
the letter was written and signed by
his secretary ny direction.
He denied having told Garnett he
was afraid of Mrs. Krieger and that
he kept the door of his office open
when she visited him to get the letter
He said he asked Garnett to dismiss
the blackmail charges solely because
of his personal interest in Mrs. Krie-
gers relatives. He said Mrs. Krieger
| was not q constituent
Frooks was subjected to rigorous
(see BLACKMAI. Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1937-04-26
BY JOHN H. CLINE.

Acting again to safeguard the rights
of individuals, the Supreme Court to-
day set aside the conviction of Angelo
Herndon, colored Communist, who
had been sentenced to imprisonment
for from l8 to 20 years under 4 Geor-
gia statute for attempting to incite
insurrection"
The 5-to-4 opinion of the court was
delivered by Associate Justice Roberts,
with Justices Van Devanter, McReyn-
olds, Sutherland and Butler dissent
ing.
The decision reversed a ruling by
the Georgia Supreme Court upholding
statute which was passed in 1871,
during reconstruction days.
Declaring the rights of individuals
under the Constitution must be pro-
tected against improper application
of State laws, Justice Roberts said:
The statute, as construed and ap-
piled, amounts merely to a dragnet
which may enmesh any one who agi-
tates for a change of government
II a jury can be persuaded that he
ought to have foreseen his words
would have some effect in the future
conduct Of others. No reasonably
ascertainable standard of guilt is pre-
scribed. So vague and indeterminate
are the boundaries thus set to the
freedom Of speech and assembly that
the law necessarily violates the guar
antees of liberty embodied in the four
teenth amendment
Judgement Is Reversed.
The judgment is reversed and the
cause is remanded for further pro-
ceedings not inconsistent with this
opinion"
The dissenting justices held that the
Georgia statute, as construed and ap-
piled in this case, "prescribes q rea-
sonably definite and ascertainable
standard by which to determine the
guilt or innocence Of the accused and
does not encroach on his right Of free
dom Of speech or of assembly,
Herndon, an avowed Communist
contended the statute denied him the
freedom Of speech and right OF as
sembly guaranteed by the fourteenth
amendment and asserted it was too in
definite in its terms to afford a rea-
sonably ascertainable standard OF guilt
The case came to the Supreme
Court once before on different grounds
and was rejected for lack Of jurisdic-
ton.
Herndon was charged with attempt
ing to incite an insurrection by call
ing and attending public assemblies
and by making speeches for the pur-
pose of organizing and establishing
groups and combinations of white
and colored persons under the name
of the Communist Party of Atlanta fol
the purpose of uniting, combining
and conspiring to incite riots, and tc
embarrass and impede the orderly
processes Of the courts, and o1erinl
combined resistance to. and, by forcs
and violence, overthrowing and de-
feating, the authority Of the State.
Herndon admitted he joined thu
Communist party In Kentucky anc
later went to Atlanta as a paid or
ganizer for the party. When arrested
ICnn IIEPNDON paoe A-2)
Evening star., 1937-04-26
BY ]. RUSSELL YOUNG.

President Roosevelt today warned
Government employees against par
ticipating in transactions concerning
stocks or bonds or OF commodities for
speculative purposes.
This was made known today in a
letter sent by the President last
Thursday to Harry B. Mitchell, presi-
dent Of the Civil Service Commission
In this letter, given out at the
White House today, the President
stated:
Il believe it to be a sound policy
Of the Government that no ofIlcer or
employe shall participate directly or
indirectly in any transaction concern
ing the purchase or sale OF corporate
Evening star., 1937-04-26

Opening a way to make available to
$4,000 shareholders Of the closed
Fidelity Building & Loan Association
IS per cent Of their funds probably
some time in June, the Federal Home
Loan Bank Board today granted .
charter to the new First Federal Saw
ings d Loan Association Of Washing
ton and accepted the resignation from
the temporary board of four men con-
stituting the Executive Committee OF
the closed establishment.
It was against the four that vigorous
objection was raised at . hearing last
week by the Federal board. The four,
whose letter of resignation was made
public by the board, are r. w. Bonnet,
Marcus Borchardk John l.. Fletcher
and H. J. Miller
Granting Of Tia charter paved the
Evening star., 1937-04-26
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt signed the
Guffey- -Vinson bill today, marking a
second Federal attempt to stabilize the
soft coal industry. The law becomes
effective June for four-year period.
The new law empowers an enlarged
National Bituminous Coal Commission
to prescribe minimum prices for coal,
promulgate q code of fair trade prac-
tices for producers and fine violators
1912 per cent of the sale price of
their coal at the mine.
The commission also may fix maxi
mum prices to protect consumers from
so-called runaway" markets.
Commission Nominated.
The President nominated for the
commission which the act created
c. F. Hosford, jr, Of Pennsylvania,
chairman; C. E. Smith of West Vir-
ginia, Percy Tetlow of Ohio, John C.
Lewis of Iowa, Thomas S. Raymond of
Kentucky, Pleas E. Greenlee of In
diana and Walter H. Maloney of Mis-
souri,.
John Carson of Michigan, who was
secretary to the late Senator Couzens
of that State, was nominated to be
consumers counsel Of the commission
Hosford, Smith, Tetlow and Maloney
were members of the five-n1an COM
mission which administered the origi-
nal bituminous coal act. George E.
Acret of Santa Monica, Calf, was the
fifth member Of that group.
In striking contrast to its predeces-
sor, the revamped measure encoun-
tered only perfunctory opposition or
its way through Congress. Botf
House and Senate committees ir
charge OF the legislation decided
against holding public hearings or
the measure and only q handful O.
operators were present when i
passed.
One coal man said opponents of th'
(See COAL. Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1937-04-26
Flood Delays
Harlan Probe
By La Toilette
Kentucky Witnesses
Are Held Up by
Trains.

"Rain-No Hearing" was the sign
hung out by the Senate Civil Liberties
Committee this morning Is food
delayed trains failed to show up with
the opposing team" sometimes known
Is the Bloody Harlans."
Warming up on preview Of bank
deposit slips Of High Sheriff Theodore
r. Middleton, who was supposedly on
one OF the missing trains, the COM
mittee first postponed its opening
from 10 to 11:20 then granted q SEC
ond delay to 2 O'Clock.
The committee itself was feeling the
effects of the weather as Senator
Thomas. Utah Democrat, remained in
Tlseclusion after stormy trip up TIL
Potomac with the week end congre4
sional cruise. y