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The Washington times., 1937-11-16

Speaki0S Of
GOVERNMENT
WORKERS

By J. EARLE MosER

comedy of 10000 errors
New Housing Authority the other day ordered 10000 copies
of application blanks for positions GPO To the horror
of those close Administrator Sau however it found
that the United States Housing Authority placed
above Department of Interior" Quickly the blanks
rushed back and Interiors byne" placed at the top It
feared that Secretary Ickes who isn't supposed to like
USHA anyway would get angry; but he didn't.
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Not So, Says Short

Rumors that Census is using
non-Civil Service people for tabu-
lation of Unemployment Census
are denied by oliver C. Short, Spe-
cial executive officer.
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Elsie Ret1res

Elsie E. Romero (COD, Agricul-
lures titian-haired live wire, has
retired as secretary official scorer
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R0n1speck on Hand

Little action during the special
session for employe interest other
than the reorganization bill is
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BulIetir. on GAO

Need for some reporting serv.
ice on GAO reorganization has be-
come apparent. .RumorS, flying
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Watch for "AnthOny" in this
space.
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and success is wholeheartedly
wished.
Milford chronicle., 1937-11-12

Full moon Novembes 18th.
Milford chronicle., 1937-11-12
REDDEN

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles II. Dono-
van and family called on MIR. and
Mrs. Milton Penuel and family on
Wednesday evening.
Ollie Daisey had the misfortune
to cut his foot last week while cut
ting wood.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rufus Rust enter
tanned company on Sunday.
The Ladies' Aid meeting was held
at the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
II. Donovan on Friday evening Nov.
5. was largely attended. Mr.. Como
way of Georgetown was the most
comical one and Mrs. Helen Isaacs
of Milford was the best one masked.
Amount cleared was about s14.00.
Sunday School Sunday afternoon
al o'clock. Harvey Penuel, supt.
Preaching at p. M. by Rev. Harold
Fordham. Everybody welcome.
Milford chronicle., 1937-11-12
SICK?

SEE YOUR CHIROPRACT0R
DR.. ANNA X. GREG0RIUS
204 East Front St, Milford, DEL
Milford chronicle., 1937-11-12
LAWS

The Laws Homemakers Club met
at the home of Mrs. A. NJ. Taylor on
November with their president,
Mrs. Uric Morris presiding. After
the business meeting an election of
officers was held with the following
results: Mrs. Thomas Chambers,
president; Mrs. Herman Kohland,
vice president; Mrs. Homer Hopkins,
secretary and treasurer; Mrs. Thos.
Robbins, health chairman and pub
licity; Miss Virginia Morris, recrea-
ticn. After this Mrs. Homer Hopkins
and Miss Virginia Morris gave a
demonstration on healthful sand
wiches for the lunch box. Refresh
ments were served by the hostess
and plans were made to hold a
Christmas party and turkey supper !
on December IA at the Community !
Milford chronicle., 1937-11-12
HARBESCN

The Harbeson-C Coolspring Ladies
Aids will selve chicken pot pie
supper at the Coolspring Commu-
nifty Hall next Thursday evening.
November 18th, starting at 500
O'Clock. The price of the supper
will be SOC. Don't fail to attend
and enjoy lovely meal, served so
reasonably.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Abbott and
son, Billy, Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Chat
tam, Mrs. Cantwell and daughter,
Louise. all of near Salisbury, Md,
spent Sunday with Rev. and Mrs.
]. P. George.
MIR. and Mrs. George w. Simpler
and Mr.. and Mrs. Alton Carey and
son, Joseph, spent the weekend
with Mr.. Simpler's sister, Mrs. Clara
Coleman at Atco, N. j.
Mrs. Ralph Moore. of Whining
ton, and Mrs. Gladys Wilson and
son, Miller, of Gravel Hill, visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Veasey on Sat
urday and on Sunday Mr.. and Mrs.
Veasey had as their guests. Mr.. and
Mrs. George Jester. of Glendale,
and Mrs. Sarah Veasey of Harbe-
son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Moore. of
Ocean View, visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Benjamin Chamberlain on Sunday.
MIR. and Mrs. Courtland Veasey are |
being congratulated upon the ar
rival of a baby boy, born at their |
home here on Monday, Nov. 1. This |
is Mr.. and Mrs. Veasey's third son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Pettyjohn
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Clifton.
Prettyman Brothers have pur-
chased a new 1888 Chevrolet truck.
Arthur Pettyjohn is seriously i'll
at this writing. Mrs. William Hick-
man is also on the sick list.
Mrs. Leta Warrington and Mrs.
Lloyd Rust spent Friday with Mrs.
Levin White in Georgetown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elwood Veasey and
laughter, Gail, and Mrs. Mildred
iorner. of Wilmington, visited Mr.. ,
md Mrs. G. Z. Veasey on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Hickman en-
ertained the following guests on
sunday. Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Rust ;
md daughter. of near MillsborO; ,
dr. and Mrs. Harry Hudson and ,
ir. and Mrs. Lloyd Rust, of Harbe-
on.
Work has been started on the new
,arage and workshop which W. /.
'ase is having erected adjoining
lis store and filling station here.
When the building is completed Mr..
'ase will be equipped to repair au-
omobiles and supply the needs of i
motorists.
Milford chronicle., 1937-11-12

Brown-Your wife is very sys-
tematic woman, isn't shef
Sones-Yes. very. She works on
the theory that you can find what
ever you want when you don't want
II by looking where 1t wouldn't be
If you did want IL.
Milford chronicle., 1937-11-12

mer members, several of whom are
deceased. The gift" above mention
ed is the illumination of the memoir
ial window behind the pulpit in the
main auditorium. This window was
donated several years ago by the late
Mrs. Henry c. Wolcott in memory of
her husband and her daughter. In
til the recent repairs to the church
were made this window was not seen
at night. The Laws Church people
gave a donation to the repairs which
has been used to make the illumina-
tion possible. All friends ana for
mer members of Laws Church are
cordially invited to attend this SER
vice, as well as the general public.
Under the auspices of the Booster
and Ever Ready classes of the NJ. E.
Church school, Rev. Frank Herson,
D. D., of Milford, gave splendid adj
dress on his recent trip to Ireland
and England when he attended the
Coronation ceremony of King George
vi and Queen Elizabeth, before
large and appreciative audience on
Monday evening. Over one hundred
were in attendance.
The Harrington New Century Club
met in regular session on Tuesday
afternoon with the first vice presi-
dent. Mrs. Theodore H. Harrington.
presiding. After the usual short
business session, the following pro-
gram on "Armistice Day" was pre-
seDted by Mrs. T. H. Harrington,
Mrs. L. r. Beauchamp and Mrs. FL
mer Smith. II is quite a coincidence
that two members of the committee
are wives for World War veterans.
America" was sung by the club I
followed by two poems, I'm Flanders |
Field" read by Mrs. o. T. Roberts
and Lest We Forget" read by Mrs. |
}. e.. Messner.
Past Department Commander of
the American Legion, George d. Hill
of Dover, delivered fine address on
the National Convention of the Am
erican Legion in New York City in
September and the International
Convention of the same organization
held in Paris earlier in the year. MIR.
Hill attended both of these conven-
tions. Randall Knox. Jr., played a
trombone solo for the concluding
number on the program.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lorenzo T. Jones
spe mt the weekend with relatives in
Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Wix entertain
ed at dinner on Sunday the follow
ing guests, Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard
DuRoss and son Jimmie and Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert Jones and son Albert OF
Claymont and Mr.. and Mrs. J. B.
Adams of this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. F. Wilson and Mr..
and Mrs. J. c. Messner we're Phila-
lelphia visitors last week.
Fred Powell and daughter Chris
ine and Miss Jean Messner attend
I'd football game at Annapolis, on
r. D. Moore resigned as manager
rom the local A. and p. store soon
,r then accept a transfer to Bahi-
more. He has accepted a position
With the Maryland Motor Club.
Albert Karlick of White Plains. N.
T., spent a part of the past week
With former friends here.
Mrs. Minnie Doboy Of Allentown,
"a, has been the guest of her par
nts, Mr.. and Mrs. Morris p. Kich-
inc.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jehu Clifton of Will
nington have been recent guests OF
ir. and Mrs. william w. Sharp.
Mrs. Annie Howard of Springhill
arm. near Hebron, is spending tfis
leek with Mr.. and Mrs. Fred S.
'ailey.
Milford chronicle., 1937-11-12

The Mite Society of the Presbyter-
ian Church will hold chicken salad
and fried oyster supper, also ba-
zaar, on Wednesday, November IL.
Milford chronicle., 1937-11-12
SICK?

Hot cakes and home made sausage
produce an aroma when being pre-
pared that reacts on the heavy sleep
er better than the ring Of any alarm
clock.
The Washington times., 1937-12-15

ATLANTIC CITY, n. J.
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eyes, said Mae, cutting those
wicked eyes around, and max
ing those gestures with the
arms, eyes, we need more good
men out here" She "eh-hehed."
The men roared. She was put
ting on a show, and they were
loving it. So was I!
What DO you like best, Miss
West? Well, for the sake of ex-
ample, first editions?"
She looked at me and batted
her eyes. ''No," she said with a
sort of soft laugh, ''I love per-
fumes, with a few little dia-
monds thrown in, of course.
Now I call these my winter
jewelry." She reached up and
fondled the huge diamond
looking earrings with the bright
red nailed fingers.
"You write all your plays
yourself, don't you?" I asked as
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Gay of my appointment with
her. I'd been told by the pub
i!city office that 1 had to let
them know what question l
would ask West as an icebreaker
for the interview.
With the agreed-upon ques-
tion on the tip of my tongue.
the publicity man and I proceed
to the stars famous white bun.
galow on the Major Studio lot.
We go in the back door, landing
Immediately in the kitchen
where we find a couple of col.
ored maids. They are just too,
too set up on themselves. But
then, they are used to their mis-
treSs being visited by kings and
queens, Transatlantic fhers. war
heroes. diplomats Cabinet Off
GERS. Cong SSGl en- (accom-
panied by wives), pfizefighters,
big butter-and-egg men and the
like. so 1 guess it is too much to
expect them to offer a chair.
I'm duly impressed, of course,
but the awe which the publicity
man works under is really anus
ing. He whispers, You wait
here. I'll see if Miss West is
ready" He tiptoeS through the
swinging door but returns mo-
ment later to say that there are
many others in the room, and
that it would be wiser if we came
back later.
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view when she was wise.crack-
ing with those men, she was
like an artist daShing off q deft
and amusing caricature. If she
had been serious. ] would have
thought her cheap, irexcusable.
AS it was, she was amusing,
cute, and very attractive.
I got UP to go. The men
moved out Of the room ahead Of
us. We shook hands. I winked
at her. She winked back, the
long artificial lashes tapping
over each other. Her wink said,
well, just between us girls,
how was the show put on?"
I didn't answer you then, Mae,
because it's difficult to answer
in a hurry something which you
know has been said, but which
you haven't actually heard.
But if you would really like
to know, here's the answer:
''Pretty darned good. I wish I
could do half as WELL"
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king they named all the furni.
ture over. He sort of got around,
didn't he?" Then she laughed
and made that "eh-heh" sound.
The men just doubled up.
We were discussing the vari-
Gus things that go to make up a
star. La West said, "A star usu-
ally has to be someone who looks
like no one else. What the peo-
pie want and demand is individ-
uality. And don't let anyone
tell you differently-in this
game an actress is only as good
as her. box-office attraction.
Won't Visit D. C.
She expects to make personal
appearances with every Days
a Holiday" the picture which
she has just completed. But
she doesn't think she'll get to
Washington. She will go to
Brooklyn - because she says,
"Can't slight the old home
town." She's held the box
office record each year that
she's had a picture at the Para
mount Theater in New York
which is something to boast
over.
We got on the subject of lead
ing men. said I understood
there was dearth of good lead
ing men.
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I watched the star. More and
more I had the feeling Of great
vitality around me. OF a smart
ness, a Shrewdness the extent
Of which / hadn't perceived at
first.
"All Of them," she answered.
"Have you ever read my book,
The Constant Sinner'?" I told
her I hadn't but would.
KnOuUs All AnsuUers
This gal who has taken a lot
Of the inhibitions out of sex
and made millions doing it
(now get me rightD, is one very
smart person. She's taken this
thing called sex and satirized
it. She knows all the answers,
and in her shows she sits back
and makes light, laughing, "eh-
heh" fun Of it, and of those who
take it and her portrayal Of it
seriously. All during my inter-
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was awful darned funny. She got
up and went over to the eight
foot dressing table, and put on a
touch of powder.
About S Feet 4
She's not very tall or big.
About S feet 4 inches, I'd say.
But well built. Oh, very well
built. Both front and back. You
know what she made me think
of standing there? Remember
the dimpled, plump little dolls
we've won at the seaside conceS-
sions? The cute, sexy little dolls
dressed in grass skirts? I just
wanted to take her home and sit
her up on the piano. OF course,
on second thought, that might
annoy mother-but dad would
love it, I'm sure!
She walked back and sat
down, answering questions as I
put them, with a laugh, in an
easy, mild manner. And in be.
tween times tossing out double
meaning remarks which invari-
ably entertained the men highly.
Plump 3-year-old, indeed! Well,
it was a good idea while 1t
lasted!
I asked her of what period
was the furniture in the other
room. She answered, "Oh, you
know. Louis Fourteenth-the
AN-rUr rTrwy
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Her ShOuO Beautiful

I turn to pick up my bag. AS
I Straighten up I find myself
looking right into the face of the
great Mae West herself. She
has pushed open the door to say
something to one of the maids.
The publicity man steps around
to introduce us, and while the
gent is framing the wordy intro
duction we are giving each other
the once over. I am looking her
over only for professional rea.
SonS-not because I'm curious!
Oh, no! Not at all. I'm just
like you, and you, and you!
Now she is giving me the o. o.
because, I'm sure, it's part of
her awareneSS way.
At first glance she makes a
woman very aware of her. And
maybe I'm wrong, but I'll bet
that with a man she makes him
extremely aware of them both.
Her skin is utterly beautiful.
OF course she has makeup on,
but don't forget that I'm judging
her from the same distance you
are from the plate when eating
spaghetti!
The big gray eyes are framed
with artificial lashes so long
that if she bats her eyes a coupla
times, the kitchen door will slam
shut! Straight nose, pinched a
little at the end. A cupid'S
bow upper lip. A full lower lip
in a constant I'm just as lone
some as lonesome can be" pout.
But what tells the greatest
part of the story is what hap
pens when the blond Venus
smiles. The lips part across two
rows of the prettiest white teeth
I've ever seen. Her gray eyes,
having completed d rough sketch
of my personal and private life,
smile. And then comes that
nasal sound which is as much
Mae West as silence is Garbo,
profanity is Lombard, and Sears
is Roebuck,
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One of Her Best Props

The sound starts somewhere
in the plump ivory-white neck
and ends up midway between
the roof of the mouth and the
bridge of the nose. 1t isn't a
grunt, as you well know. Neither
is it a cough nor a choke. And
yet it does not resemble a sneeze,
Sniffle, snicker, or sniff. It
doesn't exactly say "Eh-heh."
And it can't be described as
'Uh-huh." It's a sound the mold
for which was broken when the
Lord or the Devil put it in Macs
bag Of tricks. It's a contempla-
tive sound. A sound which prob
ably made its start in life when
accompanied by warm, personal
feelings.
Now, of course, due to its
fame and fortune, the sound is
one of Macs best props, and is
brought in to use on all COM
paratively worth while occasions.
SO, with the top lip curled
back over the teeth, West sort
OF slants those wicked eyes and
makes the sound I've been try
ing to tell you about. Now, I've
heard it many times on the
screen, but to hear it from the
nose of the star herself is too
much. I start to laugh, not be-
cause I'm making fun of her,
but simply because she is so
darned cute.
She laughs, too, and then, with
a shrug, smile, and an insinu-
ating lift of the already highly
arched browS, asks me to please
come back later, for the place
in there (jerking her blond head
toward the other rooms) is "fulla
men"
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Uses Her Head Also

All right! Boys in one room,
girls in another! Here come the
bare facts about Mae West:
She's hotter-looking, walking
and talking than anyone I saw
In Hollywood-than anyone I've
ever seen! She's smart as a
whip, perhaps I might say after
watching her perambulate that
she uses her head as we'll as
her hips. Which, she would un-
dcubtedly add, is about as much
as you can expect from one gal.
While you're thinking h a t
one over, We'll go back to the
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Perfume Lingers On

After she goes, the white
swinging door closes with
rhythm it picked up from watch
ing the LADY of the house" walk
about if you get me. Well,
Mae is gone, but her enveloping,
exciting perfume fingers on and
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A~<r DMov1ELAND

Tomorrow Jackie Martin
interviews ROsalind Russell,
who starred in "Craig's
Wife" Miss Russell is fast
becoming one of the leading
luminarieS of Hollywood.
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publicity man. He's wishing so
to follow Mae that 1 simply have
to think about poor old Ulysses
sailing past the Sirens Island as
their ravishing music makes him
tear at the binding ropes in a
vain effort to follow it.
Like Ulysses sailors, I have
wax in my ears, so say to the
man, Come on. Let's go see
Bing Crosby for a while"
think it will help him.
We went back later and we're
shown into the living room
where I waited while West
talked to her brother in her
dressing room. But the wait
gave me a chance to look
around. A thick, bluish-gray
rug covered the floor. On one
side was a little white piano.
Above it hung a large oil paint
ing called Sex" I believe you
boys would have found it most
interesting. The painter was
one of those artists who is me-
ticulous about detail. It is a
nude posed for by Miss West
when she had Diamond Lii" on
Broadway.
She is reclining in a more or
less relaxed fashion, but on her
blond curly head is placed a
huge black hat with four or
five black plumes. On one
wrist are some diamond brace
lets, and the small feet are en-
cased in black high-heeled Slip
perS with diamond buckles.
A fetching and effective out
fit, girls, but remember, hardly
one that can be worn outside a
frame!
Over in the corner is a nude
statue CT Miss West which would
make Venus de Milo stamp her
feet in fury, run away from the
Louvre and drown herself in the
Seine if she could ever see it!
About the room are two occa-
sional chairs in peach moire silk,
and two in cream-colorec satin.
A Settee and a love seat are in
white satin. There were four
men occupying part of the above
furniture while I waited. And
they all looked uncomfortable
and foolish. Looked like a man
feels when a woman he has re-
Spected and admired starts lisp
ing baby talk at him.
Mae Not "Modest"
Soon I was ushered into La
Vests dressing room. There she
sat in a tight white satin gown,
with two long globs of glass
hanging from her ear lobes, and
a huge blob of glass hanging
from her neck and resting on
her bosom. And girls, don't let
anyone fool YOU any longer.
The shape in the front, contrary
to rumor, is real.
AS you could guess from the
above description of the paint
ing, Mae amt overcome yet with
what some of us prigs call mod
esty," so the cut of Macs gown
really forced me to either close
my eyes or look the situation
over. AS I say, rumor is wrong.
And Mae is right. AS a matter
Cf fact, I guess we could say
she's perfect.
I had the question all ready:
Miss West, what do you think
Of women in politicS?"
The gal made a little gesture
with the right hand and put her
left hand up and back as if to
adjust the hair behind her left
ear. Then she said in surpris-
ingly mellow, if a bit nasal, tone:
"I think it's about time women
took a hand. Men have been
putting their foot in it long
enough. AS for my place in poll
tics, I guess I wouldn't turn
down an appointment as city
treasurer. That would be okeh.
"And as for building up the
organization, I guess I'd know
good party man when I'd see
him"
West looked over at the two
men with us. They thought she
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Editorial Art Director and
Special Writer of The
Washington Times


Washington Times
A LII right! You asked for
IA it! Now you re going
to get it. Ever since l re-
turned from Hollywood I've
been plagued with Did you
see Mae West? What's she
like? Now tell me everything
about her."
Every class, race, color,
shape has eagerly asked, and
avidly listened to a detailed
description of curves, lingo,
eyes, walk, and the sex ap-
peal. They We eaten it up.
One was a former profess
sor who surely is much too
old; a hi ghly educated
woman who used to be my
Sunday school teacher; a IT,
tied international b eauty
whose curiosity regarding
Mae West was not appeased
even with the most personal
Of details; taxi driver who
has five kids and q pair Of
bad eyes-and a raft Of the
incest, most cultured and
conventional people I know.
So what does this mean? All
right, I'll tell you!
You may be Washington's
most correct, feared and re-
vered dowager, but if you
haven't already sent the but
ler to fetch those stronger
glasses, I miss my guess!
And why is this, my doilie-
bonneted social mentor?
Why? Why, because this gal
Mae West has what it takes.
And for a woman, whether
II or 70, "what it takes" is
what it takes to make men
flock to her like prospectors
on to a new gold rush.
You Asked for 1t
Sure! I know this sounds
hard, brittle. Perhaps even a
little less than lady-like. But
who's interested in being
lady-like after the lesson you
all have given me? Well,
you asked for it. You re 60
ing to get it and like it! I'm
going to tell all, even though
/ had originally planned not
to write the story about Mae
West. I WASH t going to write
it for the simple reason that
l saw her only in her dress
ing room - where she was
dressed and primed to do
battle with the press.
What I had hoped for was
an opportunity to see and
talk to her at home when
mentally and physically she
had removed the stays. I
wanted to interview Mae
West the woman, not Mae
West the siren. But what the
heck! You don't want to
hear about her nanny and
pappy, and the pals she's
takin' care of, and about
wantin' kids. No! You want
to hear about her fascinatin'
walk and complicatin' talk.
All right! I'll give it to you,
but I like to take my time,
and We'll get around to that
later. No more champagne
right now, either.
Ever since the day when I
saw Mae West, listened to those
dcuble-meaning wisecracks she
bantered arouno at the men
present, I've been kept busy tell
ing men and women from the
West Coast, the East Coast and
the Gold Coast about the sexy
star. I'm tired of you-all getting
q vicariouS thrill from my de-
scription Of the gal who changed
six words Of the Kings English
into an invitation that even the
duke must understand. And
dent even get quarter for the
job.
Uses Her Head Also
All right! Boys in one room,
Evils In anOtherI Hero coroa tho
Evening star., 1937-10-28
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