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The Washington times., 1937-01-02
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~ WILMA LAvILLE
WILMA LAVILLE
Road to Beauty

Road to Beauty
THERE are many little
i things that the average
woman neglects, or that she
does not know, which will add
materially to her beauty.
Nearly all of us are thoroughly
aware that only a clean skin
can be healthy, and that make
up should be natural-such
things as that may be called
"first steps" But there are
so many other things which
have to be taken into account,
too. Having just read the
complete story as given out
by one of the most famous
experts on either side of the
Atlantic, I'm passing on a
few hints that are excellent,
and that are a little out OF
the ordinary.
EOR a good makeup, ne says
Il that the skin must be freshly
cleansed and properly prepared.
If you use a foundation, there are
several available, and it's most i'm
portant that you have the right
one for your skin. If you use
cream rouge, apply it before you
powder. If you use dry rouge,
powder first, then apply your
rouge. That's a rule many women
do not follow, and so they have
an artificial look. AS to where
to put your rouge, here's a new
rule that is easy to follow. Smile!
Then rouge the portion OF your
face thrown into relief by the
smile. Blend the rouge well into
the skin so that it fades out and
becomes part of the complexion
itself.
IN applying your powder, pat it
l. gently into the skin with an up
ward, outward movement, and re-
move the excess with a complexion
brush. Do not powder your eye
lids. Your lip rouge should match
your other rouge perfectly. To
apply it, start at the center and
blend toward the corners of the
lips, leaving no hard, sharp lines
to mar the soft lOvelinesS. Blend
eye shadow family into the eye.
lid, upward toward the brow. The
right shade makes your eyes look
larger, the color more brilliant.
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FaVOrite

The neW contest open this
week to Times readers is for
WGys of using oysters. Sir cash
prizes wM be given to readers
sending in tdUorite DdyS OF
using them. Any type of oyster
recipe is eligible for prize.
Our taUorite for today 1DdS
selected from recipes submitted
last week in the candy contest.
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Beauty
Exercise for
Form
BY DONNA GRACE

Coming home at midnight one
night last week our taxi stopped
for the lights, and in the still
ness of the hour we heard a
noise that sounded like some one
on roller skates.
1t kept coming closer and get
ting louder, and you will say fun
nier, when we tell you the skater
was a very round little lat
woman, and the most determined
and energetic little skater we
ever saw. She was going like the
wind and was a whole volume
all by herself. There was no
one else in sight, so it could not
be any kind of a race or even a
penalty for some lost wager.
We can't say what urge would
prompt a lone lady to indulge
in such midnight antics, but one
guess is she was trying to reduce
that funny little round figure OF
hers. and no one would know
how she did it either, for at the
rate she was going she may have
been miles from her own neigh
borhood.
It must be a lot of fun, and it
certainly takes a brave girl to
sally forth at such a time alone,
but there is nothing better than
the out of doors air when reduc-
ing. The oxygen we consume IN
such strenuous exercise will just
burn up the fat in the shortest
kind of time.
We are accustomed to seeing
persons of all ages roller skating
in the park during the day, and 1t
Is a fine sport for any one who
will take the trouble to learn to
enjoy it. 1t is a good normallzlng
exercise, too. as it is recommended
to build one up, and it will GER
tainly reduce all excess weight.
The little midnight lady should
oe. commended for her resolution
to be up and at it. 1t takes a little
of this kind of work to show re-
suits. A good walk in the open air
for a hour a day will be more sat
isfactory than several hours exer-
else in the house, so try to get out
as much as possible during these
nice brisk, frosty days and you will
be delighted with the slim hips
and sparkling eyes it will give you.
We have always observed the
persons who are inclined to out
of doors sports do not have char
acteristics such as inferiority COM
plexes or any peculiar traits but
are usually well balanced and de-
Hghtful companions.
When it is not possible to go out
as much as we would like, we
should make a practice of doing
our daily exercises with the window
open and in a Well-ventilated room.
The breathing should be done so
that the lungs are filled and
cleansed with fresh air. This
means the lungs must be filled so
the diaphragm pushes out the
waist line at the sides and the
abdomen. Chest breathing will
keep us alive, but it does not wash
and cleanse the body as does deep
breathing.
The normalizing exercises with
my illustrated directions will bring
all the muscles into play and keep
you vigorous and supple at the
same time. You may have this
chart without cost. Inclose a
stamped, self-addressed envelope
for your reply and address Donna
Grace, Beauty Editor of The Wash
ington Times.
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Head Scarf

A carryover from the summer
is the head scarf. With black
tulle or lace, smart women wear q
black lace or tulle scarf, like a
peasants kerchief. Worn over
the head, it is tied beneath the
chin.
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Tailored Suit

A wise buy is a perfectly plain
tailored suit in fine black wooden.
This can be worn with luxurious
furs or with simple but colorful
scarfs and will always look good
under a fur coat or by itself.
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Beatrice Fairfax Says Marriages Depend on Love, Sen
Good husbands Product
OF Careful Tact,
Not Geography
Bv BEATRICE FAIRFAX

Famous Authority on Problems of Love and Marriage
Dear Miss Fairfax:
Zone of my friends tells that continental make
better husbands than Americans She says Americans
proac don't know how to make love- and take their wives
too much for granted. Is this true?
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while I've had very little eXpe-
rience with foreigners, I've under
stood they expect their wives to
have a marriage portion, and bring
to the new home a substantial sum
in the way of money. In what
countries are the best husbands
to be found?
AMERICAN WIFE"
Good and bad husbands flourish
in all climates. No country can
claim a monopoly of them. They're
not like those rose bushes adver
tised in florists catalogues, where
an adjacent star warns you not
to attempt to grow them in certain
degrees of longitude and latitude.
Husbands carry no warning
stars. They can be successfully
cultivated anywhere-also they
can be pruned, if it's done care
fully and with tact.
Doubtless, the Arctic Circle has
produced many an Eskimo on
whom the wives of less s-pampered
native ladies looked with envy, and
whispered as he passed their igloos,
Hes a grand one to bring home
the blubber"
And the nose-ringed gentleman
near the Equator may show devo-
ton to his wife by presenting her
with a necklace made from his
enemies teeth.
Good husbands, like bad, are not
a geographic speciality. The earth
is full of them, and they are born
rather than made. They are sus-
ceptible to cultivation and prun-
ing, as stated.
NO GRAND GESTURE
It's true that the average Ameri-
can husband does not expect his
wife to bring him a marriage por-
tion or "dot," as it is called on the
Continent.
We make fewer grand gestures
in this country than in Europe,
but we are decidedly a more ro-
mantle people.
The little talk a prospective
father-in-law has with his daugh"
ter's fiance about the amount Of
money the girl will bring to her
marriage is distinctly repugnant
to our way of thinking.
But on the Continent the
brides dover is expected. and no
one over there thinks any more
about it than they do here about
the girls family buying her trous-
Seau. Continental girls like the
idea.
They say it makes them feel
more independent in their hus-
bands homes, and it makes for
greater thrift, as wife is more
interested in saving money which
came originally from her own
family.
GREATER PHILANDERERS
European men are said to be
greater philanderers than Ameri-
cans, though, since the World
War, statistics indicate that the
sons of Uncle Sam seem to be do
ing their bit in the way Of extra
domestic love-making.
But the important difference is
that American women refuse
point-blank to regard philandering
with the complacency of the con-
tinental wife. Hence Reno.
Every marriage, whether Ameri-
can or continental, is an individual
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riddle to be solved, and whether
it fails or succeeds depends en-.
tirely on the amount of love, com
mon sense, intelligence and effort
put into it.
When people marry, unfortu-
nately they too often leave their
sense of humor outside the door.
And it was with the keenest in
terest that I saw in a recent press
dispatch that the University Of
Florida now has new course to
develop ones sense of humor.
The student is urged to see life
as a spectator at a comedy, and
to enjoy comic elements in situa-
tions and people without being
upset by them. And above all, to
recognize the comic element in
himself.
The Washington times., 1937-01-02
Old Custom Observed in
Twelfth Night Party
Strictly Modern
By JEAN GREEN

On the continent there old custom that makes grand
idea for modern party 1t is Twelfth Night party and is
observed the twelfth day after Christmas celebrated
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ANSWER TO JUST WORRIED"

ANSWER TO JUST WORRIED"
The young man who wrote to
this column and signed himself
Just Worried" must realize it's
impossible to print his letter. His
interest in the person named Is
likely to wreck his entire happi-
ness. My suggestion is that he
lose no time in consulting a physl-
clan.
Copyright, 1895. by King Features
Syndicate, Inc
The Washington times., 1937-01-02

ATOW for the treatment OF
Nv bl1ckheadS and large pores
t1Uo things Dhicb many Uon1en
huUe accepted because tn e y
thought there DGS nothing to be
done about them. But there Is.
Here's Whdt our famous gentle.
man says, "Atter cleansing and
toning your skin, use Pore WGSt'
and Pore Paste to correct this con-
dition. First SaturGte a damp pad
of cotton tDith Pore Wash and pat
for q teU minutes all oUer the al
tected area. After pGtting dry,
coUer the same area Dith Pore
Paste and leGUe on oUer night 1T
possible, or at least for 80 minutes
at any time during the day. Use
this treatment eUery other night.
alternating IUtth the corrective
cream for your type face"
A MOTHER excellent idea this
"A man has, is to have your pow
der and rouge blended for your
particular skin. Your face has an
individuality all its own. and pow
der that is blended for it will look
much better than any other. will
bring out all the lovely undertones
of beauty. Your formula is kept
on file, so that you can order it
at any time you wish. There's a
consultant in town, who can blend
it for you, and who can prescribe
for your special skin and hair
problems, too.
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Holiday Caramels

"a cup butter or butter substitute
"a cup light molasseS
IA cup water
l teaspoon vanilla
u cup almonds
112 cups brown sugar
"a cup condensed milk
2 squares chocolate
"a cup broken walnut meats
2 tablespoons raisins
Melt butter, add sugar. milk.
water and molasses. Heat to boil
ing point and boil about min
utes. Add chocolate, stir until it
melts. Boil a little longer. Re
move, add vanilla, nuts and raisinS.
Cool and cut in squares. Makes
about l pound.
Submitted by Mrs. Mary Wilson,
2809 Fifteenth st. N. w.
Rules for the contest Write
on one side of the paper only
and include your name and
address under each recipe. As
many recipes as you t0iSh may
be entered. Mail them to Miss
Jean Green, The Washington
Times, before midnight. jan
uGry 2.
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For names of stores showing
the items described here, call
District 1000, Extension 459.
during business hours, or write
Miss Laville at The Times, in
closing stamped, ,self-addressed
envelope.
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GREATER PHILANDERERs

But the important difference is
that American women refuse
point-blank to regard philandering
with the complacency of the con-
tinental wife. Hence Reno.
Every marriage, whether Ameri-
can or continental, is an individual
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-01-28
HISTORY IN THE X

Miss Hazel Brannon, editor of the Durant News-Mssi-
ssippis youngest editor-thus writes of Walter Scott Mer-
riwether of the Mississippi Sun at Charleston-the states old
est editor.
Skipper Merriwether- continues to be about the most
popular figure in the Mississippi Press Association He is
the only editor in Mississippi that we know of that has seen
over twenty years of active service on a large metropolitan
newspaper
But whether we speak of the states Oldest editor or the
commemorative youngest editor, let us take this opportunity
to remark that the newspapers of Mississippi, large and small,
old and young, are doing the lions share of work in writing
the history of Mississippi-histoy in the making. Not the his
tory of the long dead and buried past with all of its noble
and eloquent traditions, but the new Mississippi, leader of the
New South.
1t has been our privilege to contact with publicists in
many states; to see the workings of their minds; to know
their hopes and inmost thoughts. But in no state have we seen
such prodigious labors in behalf of a commonwealth as in
Mississippi among newspapermakers.
Mississippi has the greatest pubicists of any state iii the
union, bar none. You may point with pride to the fact that
you have this, that you have that; but where is that pride
that should be placed in your Mississippi newspaper
Our publications are not the largest and most influential;
their finances are not the greatest, by no means, But there is
not a more thoughtful, progressive and forwardlooking group
of publiciSts in the galaxy of states as in Mississippi.
Where there is no vision a people perish; but IN MlsslsS-
ippi there is both a vision and astounding things of progress;
and when our history is written, full credit will not 90 to
Franklin workers of the press who day by day are making
and shaping the history of the Magnolia State.
-Clarksdale Register
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CHAPTER vi

When Eleanor Vance returned to
New York after the day and night
spent at the House in The Glen.
she brought with her the sense of
refreshment of body and mind born
of a new point of view
Eleanor, arriving in The lat. after
noon, entered her apartr. ent with
something of the newly awakened
curiosity of a stranger, instead of
the familiarity of the mistress who
had left it only tWenty-fcur hours
before. Yet the curiosity was very
natural for in that brief time she
had found an entirely new scale OF
comparison. AT The Glen she HAD
been welcomed to a home wherc
everything in its structure, furnish
ings ana customs had a life history.
This home made a background for
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SuiM!ssss

There was some question in
Washington last week whether
the INAUGURATION of Queenie or
that of Roosevelt was attracting
the most attention.
Don anvhodv, but the
whole Queenie affair ssh
Ia nh o"v stunt.
III got Mississippi on front pages
of the nation as a stronghold of
Democracy which ought not
to hu fodera' oNprouriations
for the next four years.
and i ~of Houoh White and
Billy Snider a chanro - toot the
old homo stato'~ J. = on two.
national broadcastir~ chains.
land it got the Advertising
Comrieeior eorr~ al publ
city CONTACTS tho ~ he trans
lated int ~ro 70 space
durinc MS.
..anC out of
O. = Assist
ant 7~+"r-C that the
next GUY Who calls 1a a nurse
maid to a iackass' Mn have his
income tax INVESTIGATED and his
mail service stopped. so there.
MisSissippi's best chance for
national ~ono~a+in 81 o~~;tiOn lies
with Alex Nisticos 94hor lung
ed On restau-
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are under water.
the buffet car.

1AN AAANA(A 'o
the buffet car.
The fellow who had our sympa-
thy was the one that had to ride
the cow-catcher to watch out
for floating houses and garages. :.
the best he could do was push "a
side a few trees.
he was also supposed to signal
to the engineer if the front
wheels ran into a place where
there wasn't any track any more
-. that was so the engineer
could put on brakes if he had any
brakes any more.
In Princeton, Kentucky, Cap
Hollister told local restauranteer
to fry him some chicken that
would tickle his palate, so the fell
low left some of the feathers on.
Cap made one mistake. he
took along a couple of army men
to watch out for the passengers,
when anybody should known he
needed navy men.
The Mississippi delegation had
to come back to Mississippi to
find dry ground. but there will
still be some Yankees who will
read about floods on the Ohio and
sigh "Those poor Mississippians.
The folks who need sympathy
now are the Kentuckians.. near
ly half the states 100 counties
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p V-COntinued

Very slender she looked even in
her heavy fur-trimmed coat very
lovely her golden-brown hair under
the close velvet hat. The drive had
given her the bright color of her
girlhood, but in spite Of all she had,
of the two children who returned
to meet her after their first burst
of enthusiasm at having arrived,
the moment that Elizabeth looked
into her daughter-in-law's eyes, she
saw therein an unhappiness that
Eleanor sought in vain to hide. A
hunger that money, luxury or mere
tack Of responsibility could not
satisfy but rather deepened.
AT last!" said Elizabeth, helping
Ira forward and scarcely trusting
herself to speak.
MAY l call you mother?" asked
Eleanor, holding out both hands. ut
is a word / have never before
spoken for myself"
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Christmas q 1918 II only eight days
aWay. Ira Vance and his wife are wait
NJ wistfnlIy for Q reply 70 their letter
1Bvittng their son. Emery. his wife. Flea.
~. and their children. Tommy. eight.
ed Bess, Eve. to the House In The Glen
~ Christmas. Emery. . seH.made ex-
seuttve In q big city. has not been home
n I've years. The elder Vance. made
n1rm by business reverseS and an acct
dent, works on inventions dismissed by
Emery a. toys" Vance says that Flea.
nor has Q hunger bred Of loneliness on
her face. The maid returns without .
Letter from Emery. Ira tells his wife to
write three special delivery letters. one
b Emery limiting that at last he has in
vented something successful. one to
Eleanor urging her TO come, and one to
little Tommy and Bess. Mrs. Vance's
first letter has lain unopened on EN-.
ery's desk, but Kitty Mack. his secre-
tary, brings it to his attention along with
another personal letter. He opens the
latter, finding 1t is from q boyhood
friend. Philip Knox. who says he is send
ing q friend. DR.. Amunde. to visit the
Vances' home at Christmas. Emery
Is annoyed. At lunch. he sees a news
item about the meeting of his COM
pany's directors, indicating there is
dissatisfaction with his management.
Then he overhears two Of the directors,
lunching nearby. discussing his one.man
dictatorial management disparagingly.
Back in the Office he reads his mothers
second letter. Absorbed in work he looks
up and sees q man standing opposite
him who says. IT am The Stranger sent
TO your gate" Vance Is surprised to find
he Is friendly to The Stranger. An in.
quiry is received concerning Hess. q
craftsman whom Vance had unjustly
discharged. He Eves an unfavorable
report on the man. The special delivery
letter from his mother arrives. Eleanor
phones, urging Vance to come home to
dinner; tells him to bring The Stranger
and discussing the letters from home,
He says he cannot leave the city. On the
way home Emery tells The Stranger
that he takes little stock in Christmas.
Greeting The Stranger. Eleanor finds
that he brings peace to e mind. Will
barrow. a young artist friend Of the fam.
lily, arrives. Eleanor and Emery learn
from the children hat their nurses
sister is i'll with scarlet lever. Since
there is danger Of exposure, The doctor
suggests that Tommy and Bess be sent
away for several weeks. Vance then de-
cides they viii 60 to the Glen. that
Eleanor will take the children the next
day and return to the city to 60 back
with him Christmas eve. Later there Is
a painful scene when Eleanor is forced
t. 60 to a party with barrow when
Emery refuses to go. At the House in
the Glen there is joyful expectation over
the arrival of the children. Eleanor and
the children are greeted warmly.
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in despair l turned to my old res
liable Webster which informed me
Iahat . helicon Is a deep toned brass
Wind instrument with a large cir.
eular tube that may be carried
around the body when marching.
Also that it is a mountain range
in Greece. But you don't play that!
A good job waits the man who
can play the helicon and wants to
see Panama. but he must furnish
his own helicon.
+ According to reports going the
rounds of New Deal inner circles
Henry Morgenthau. Jr., Secretary
of the Treasury, has become tho
Presidents closest adviser. Which
may tend to verify the belief that
the second Roosevelt administered
ton will lean more toward cons
s~ervatism than during its first
term.
-~--
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KEEPING MONEY AT HOME

Today, more than ever before, it is being generally rec
orgnized that the job of keeping home money in town is prim-
arily one that belongs to the merchants and business men and
that it is not to be undertaken in the same way that colleges
work up pep for football games. There is no use to assail a
fellow-townsman for trading somewhere else when there is a
distinct advantage to the family pocket-book in so doing. In
other words, trading being what it is, buyers are naturally
going to take the best bargains they can obtain and it is the
function of merchants to provide them with the best buys.
No town can successfully institute buying at home and
keep it going unless it possesses alert, industrious and capable
merchants, who are able to sell merchandise along modern
lines, giving customers the same advantages that can be OBJ.
tanned in other marts. Buying at home will not work if all
that it means is the sharing of dollars from unwary and unin-
telligent buyers.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-01-28
DAILY MIRACLES

The American people take good railroad service for
granted. They have been so long used to constant improve
ment in our basic transportation medium, that they have lost
sight of the fact that every day the lines perform a miracle
of the first magnitude.
For example, last year the two million freight cars
operated by American railroads travelled more than 10000,
100000 miles. Yet every minute of every day the location of
every one OF those cars is known and recorded by the rail
roads! That is an inconceivably intricate job. but it is ac-
~compGshed without trouble or excitement.
Other startling facts are easy to find in the story
of railroad operation. The rails haul a ton of freight a mile
for less than a cent! Out of every dollar they take in, As
cents goes to labor The school taxes they pay educate 1900
600 children a year. You are safer on a railroad train than
in your home!
Railroad efficiency doesn't need argumentative sup
port. 1T is a clear cut, undeniable fact. And the lines record
becomes all the more remarkable when it is considered that
they have not been able to earn even so modest a net profit
as 5ta per cent in any year since the war, and carry heavy
regulatory and legislative burdens that are not borne by their
competitors. The railroads provide one of the brightest chapt-
ers in the magnificent history of American industry.