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Imperial Valley press., 1937-09-09
THE STEP
TO COLLEGE

There's lot of mighty fine young men
and young ladies from Ell Centre and
the valley in general, leaving for college
about this time Watching this genera
ton in the making, their attitude toward
life and knowledge, one needs feel no
qualms as to the stuff of which this ma
ton is made.
They are a level eyed, level headed
group. If they didn't have some light
headed ideas they wouldn't be normal.
Most of them, thank goodness, have a
well marked sense of humor. Without it,
life is just twice as hard They should
nurture whatever each has in him or her,
for seeing the whimsical side of things.
Many, facing their first year away
from home, will get homesick. They must
learn to take it. Others view very serious
ly this step upward and outward. Far
too few reap all the riches available in
higher education. 1t takes the oldsters
to look back and say, my! What l
wouldn't give to have my chance all over
again" For all this back-sightedness,
the chances are that we would do exactly
as we did when we "had our chances"
The practice of men in their late thir-
ties and early forties returning to col
leges and universities for short snatches
at higher education is becoming more
and more popular. Old enough to realize
the advantages once overlooked and eval-
uate the benefits of book-learning and
theory, they are courageous enough to
reach out and make up for lost time. 1t
is never too late to learn.
Without doubt, many go to college who
should be out working. On the other hand,
there are many who cannot attend univer-
sites for economic reasons They should
not let that deter them from following
the paths of self-improvement. Many of
the best educated and smartest people
we know did not finish high school.
The departing undergraduates can
well be warned that there is lot more
to college than grades and classroom
standing. There are wide-open courses
in social contact. School activities often
may prove as valuable as the library.
How often do We find that middle-grade
students, in after life, prove much more
successful than the honor students and
Phi Beta Kappas. On the other hand,
look in the professions and in the record
of the presidents of this country, and
note the Phi Betas. There is no set rule.
College will not educate" these young
folks. 1t will reveal the opportunities
to educate themselves 1t will but give
them tools and raw materials with which
! to work later on, and, we hope, inculcate
in them the ability to play. Those who
know how to play at their jobs in the
economic world, often outrun, and almost
always are richer than, those who take
life as cruel taskmaster.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-09-09
Bruce Cation Says:>>
Wamakers Try New Brand of Whtewash

In the progressive world treatise
on war, the most elusive chapter
for the backbone observer is the
one entitled Propaganda" During
the world conflict, the United States
was flooded with tales of babies
pitched on bayonets, of mothers
beaten, forced into slavery or other
wise abused; of cathedrals and IL
braries wantonly destroyed.
When those stories often told in
pictures-were exposed, after the
peace treaties, as fakes, American
indignation knew no bounds. Never
again would the nation play fall
guy for such grewsome leg-pulling.
Then, came Italy's invasion of
Ethiopia, the Rebel crusade" in
Spain and the Japanese push in
north China. And the public rela-
tions counsel of the general staffs
began writing revisions and adden-
da to that chapter on propaganda.
They took off the rough edges,
changed to a smoother, more sooth-
ing pace, perfectly designed to take
in the very people who once pro-
tested loudly against any more
"atrocity stories.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-09-09

MuSsolini pioneered the new style
of wartime Misrepresentation in
depoSing that his Ethiopian war
was to liberate the slaves and ILL
terates writhing under Halle Sc
lassie's heel. But the crowning work
was the Rome reception arranged
for little groups of traitorous Ethio-
plan chiefs. Their brotherly well
come into the Empire was a mas
terpiece of subtle propaganda.
Both sides in the Spanish civil
war have followed II Duce's lead.
Best trick of the Rebels is to issue
dispatches describing mercy doles
for women and children in beSieg-
ed and captive towns. Allowed to
seep out in government communi-
cues are stories of air bombing or
shelling withheld from helpless
communities. Pictures have been
released to emphasize this spirit OF
overbearing kindness, this tender
compassion of steely men-at-arms.
Not to be outdone, the Japanese
now are wooing world sympathy
with the same finesse. What a
thrill of deep understanding is con-
veyed by a photograph of a bent
and aged Chinaman offering a Jap
anese invader a cup of hot tea
What deathless sentiment is i'm
parted by a view of innocent Chin
ese children fraternizing with griz-
zled japanese veterans (who have
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children back home).

SAAANu Gil DetCk llOllltj.
Thus has the new propaganda
come into being. Knowing as well
as anyone that war can not be
supported by any stretch of reason,
the militarists have gone in for
homespun, heart-throb scenarios to
win sympathy abroad.
Anyone impelled by these crafty
devices to feel that even a warning
army has a soul, or that bloody
conquest is justifiable when its mo-
tiveS are honest and unselfish,
should call a halt and begin look
ing for the joker
After all, war is still war and in
its fury it sweeps men, women and
children alike to destruction In the
same way, propaganda is still pro-
paganda. 1t has changed only in
the brand of WhitaWash used to
conceal the despicable facts of mass
murder
Imperial Valley press., 1937-09-09
By O. O. Mcintyre

NEW YORK, Sept. g. UP)-Some-
how a couple of writers eXchang-
ing punches appeals TO the news
rooms. Perhaps because such fisti-
cuffs are SO rare and that scrib-
blers are associated with a certain
aestheticism. The most recent OF
the mixupS was that between Ernest
Hemingway and Max Eastman.
While there were only two or
three actual eyewitnesses the bars
and grills buzzed with a hundred
versions for the next ten days. Hem
ingway was knocked galleywest
across a desk with an upper cut,
Eastman was slapped with a book
and tainted and so on.
Hemingway made some crack
about hair on his chest and that
was duck-soup for the reporters
and paragraphers. No wonder he
sailed hastily for Spain the next
day. Anyway it proved again the
public will look upon a fist fight
between litterateurs as only hanky-
panky.
Sinclair Lewis and Theodore
Dresser had a go several years ago
at a dinner Ray Long gave at the
Metropolitan club. I have heard
at least a dozen eyewitness versions
The truth is nobody saw the scrap.
Dresser invited Lewis into a private
room and delivered a sharp smack
or so.
90
Then there is the believing, out
ragged fellow who roars into the
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immigration h "a S stopped.
Natural population growth is
slowing down. Free land has
disappeared. Economic nation
aliSm is closing economic op-
portunity in foreign trade.
1t seems perfectly clear to
me that we have two primary
detectives in the near future
Cd TO increase the national
income, and 90 to secure a
more equitable distribution of
it as it is produced from year
to year.
The present economic crisis
raises fundamental issues which
are forcing a political realign-
ment. It will bring a clean-cut
Imperial Valley press., 1937-09-09

nocent under the law until proven guilty;
yet thousands Of business men feel that
under the policies and sympathies of the
labor board and its agents they are con-
sidered guilty whenever complaint is
made against them until proven innocent.
And they do not feel that they have an
even chance, such as is afforded in court,
to prove their innocence. They approach
a labor board hearing with the belief
that they already have two strikes on
them"
The Press points out that here is a
situation which needs drastic and imme-
date correction.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-09-09

In making up their summaries of
1897, economists should not neglect
to mention that the bottom fell out
OF some Idaho farm land.
With the new Moscow sky
scraper, Russia expects the rural
tourist business to be looking up
shortly.
Germans are giving up their gold
Filings to the Fatherland. Hitler
needs them to repair the teeth in
his peace treaties.
VenturesOme lad trying his first
chew of tobacco usually finds he
has dealt himself the unkindest
cut of all.
A splendid example for hotheads
who fight it out on the spot are
tennis rivals who are willing to
take their claims to court
Imperial Valley press., 1937-09-09


maintaining the status quo at all costs, and
progreSSives who believe We must solve our prob
lens.
The last election gave clear mandate to
President Roosevelt and his supporters to press
forward and not turn back The vote in the
election was not a mere approval of what had
been done, but was a demand TO go further IN
attempt to meet these two major obJectlVeS.
The economic royaliStS have managed to
divide this Congress sufficiently TO obstruct the
fulfillment of the 1886 election pledges
One of two things is going to happen. Either
this mandate will be carried out by the admin
istration the people will forge political
instrumentality to accomplish their villas they
have done before. - &.'
In any great democracy there must be party
leadership and party responsibility. In 1886 the
Democratic party accepted the program OF the
New Deal and the leadership OF Franklin D.
Roosevelt.
The country will not long accept party labels
in lieu of party principles fuslome praise of
Franklin ID. Roosevelt, the man, in lieu of hon.
est and heartfelt devotion to the New Deal prn-
of which the majority party returned to
power.
The failure of this session of Congress to
achieve major objectves will not. be accepted by
the millions of progreSSiveS who voted for the
President in 1886 as final proof that the control
of Congress has been permanently captured by
combination of reactionaries in the Democratic
and Republican parties.
NEXT: Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Mas
sachusetts Young Guard Republican, outlines
the course his party must follow if it is to re-
gain power and gives his opinion of major New
Deal legislation.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-09-09
Where Do We Go
From Here2 .,,s..

While Rodney butcher, NEA-POst-
Press cOIunInist, is on UGcdtiOn, three
r0-adninistrati0n and three dnti-NeI0
Deal congressional leaders WiH take
his place. The fOiiOWing is one OF the
series.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-09-09
Postal Receipts
Above Last Year

FL Centro postal receipts reached
$4,129.73 during the month of Au-
gust, only $44.87 above the $4084 486
total for August last year.
Postmaster Frank Richmond said
vacationists are returning and an
ticipates a substantial increase in
the receipts for September.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-09-09

One Minute Test Answers
|. Approximately $4,000.
2. Common carrier.
3. Boston, Mass.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-09-09
BY SENATOR ROBERT NJ. LA TOILETTE
Written Exclusively for the Post and the Press
and NEA Service Inc.

Before we can decide where We go from here
We must take our bearings and determine Just
where We are.
In the throes of our greatest depression We
are becoming conscious for the first time OF
great changes which have already occurred and
are continuing to occur in the economic life OF
Imperial Valley press., 1937-09-09

ThingumbobS: II. G.. Wells keeps
a dictionary in every room of his
living quarters E. The close friends
of Jimmy Walker shorten it to
Jim" .. Prince Andrew of Greece
wears his monocle surf bathing . .. q.
Ward MorehouSe has visited every
city of 10000 or more in the United
States. Phil Simms was the first
American neWspaperman to sport a
White-lined Inverness evening cape
John Golden has never at
tended the first night of one of his
shows.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-09-09
The Grab Bag
Ore Minute Test

l. Approximately how m any
churches are there in the United
States?
2. What is the legal term for
transportation company?
3. What city in the United
States is nicknamed The HUB?
Imperial Valley press., 1937-09-09

If manufacturers heed the plea of mu-
sicians, musical instruments in the United
States will henceforth be Of uniform
standard pitch when they are marketed.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-09-09
New York Day by Day

illusioning. His successor was re-
garded as an odd choice, a graduate
manager of athletics at Cornell and
middle aged. But he substituted
for White two weeks and did such
an excellent job he was practically
drafted. Another star of The New
Yorker recently decided to go gypsy
ing and sailed for Europe to remain
a year. He is James c. Thurber,
who will contribute from his hide
away as the spirit moves.
Perhaps the wealthiest midget of
his time is the 24-year-old, so pound
John Roventi page boy on a cigaret
radio program and known to listen
ers as Johnny. Johnny was a bell
hop in a New York hotel when a
radio executive heard him paging
and selected him for a new pro-
gram. This was little more than
four years ago. Today Johnny has
bought and furnished a home for
his folks in Brooklyn, goes to a
Fifth avenue tailor for his clothes
and rides to broadcasts in an es-
peciallY built small car with a
chauffeur Since the collapse Of
vaudeville and the dWindling in
circuses things have not been rosy
for the strange little people" Most
have returned to Austria, where a
large number were born. They are
invariably proud and no matter
how low their estate will not accept
charity.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-09-09
TOdaY's HCrOscODe

Persons whose birthday occurs
today may be interested in philos-
ophy. OF serious nature, they miss
many small pleasures of life.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-09-09
Words Of Wisdom

A naughty air should always be
taken as an evidence of imposition.
Dignity is often a veil between US
and the real truth of things
Whipple.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-09-09

Since 1888 gangsters have stolen 2,047
firearms and 273,326 rounds of ammuni-
ton from national guard armories in the
u. S. according to government records.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-09-09
CLEAN FALSE TEETH
Get RID OF STAINS

New Easy Way-No Brushing
ctera-KIeen. amazing new discovery, re.
moves blaekest stains, tarnish. tartar Ike
magic. Just put false teeth or bridges in
glass of water and add Stera-Kleen powder
No messy brushing. Recommended by den.
ali druggists. Money back If not delighted.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-09-09
Hints on Etigue't.

Shirts and shorts are now accept
ed for feminine attire on golf
courses.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-09-09

Christensen's Pharmacy. Phone
100-Free Delivery-594 Main.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-09-09

Memories FASTING things in the
scrap book with the white of an
egg in lieu of the more modern
library paste, and the pin-cu5hion
in the china slipper.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-09-09

news rooms to lick the editor. l
saw but one of the breed, peeping
out from my reserved seat under
the copy desk to which 1 hastily
slid when he arrived 1t was in
East Liverpool O, about 3 am. and
he had just come down from the
West Virginia mountains wild
Woolly and fun Of fleas. Our editor
was a sallow thin and bookish fell
low gazing upon the world through
enormously thick glasses. But had
plenty of red corpuscles. sHe per-
mitted the bully to shout awhile
until he passed. an epithet reflect
ing on the editors mother. Like q
wild cat he was at his throat,
scratching, kicking. biting and ut
tering a strange sound that sound
ed for all the world like a Squeal-
ing pig. They rolled down the
wooden stairs together and when
police came the editor was still
aStride, doing his stuff. The next
day he resigned as though ashamed
of his rage.
E. B. White, who affected a coy
ness while writing his sometimes
whimsical and sometimes atrobili-
Gus paragraphs for The New York
er, is about the only writer of his
time to give up a fairly good job
just to get away from it all and
think things over. He asked for a
years absence but his friends say
he will never go back. The world
for him is just too perfectly dis
Imperial Valley press., 1937-09-09
Thoughts for the Day

All are but parts of one stupendous whole,
Whose body Nature is, and God the soul-Pope
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BRINGING
ALL THE NEWu
70 IMPERIAL
r- VALLEY l
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maintaining the status quo at all costs, and
progressives who believe We must solve prob
lems
Evening star., 1937-12-15
Perfume Is
Good Gift
Choice
Shops Offer Variety
Of Frangrances for
Your Selection.
By ELSIE PIERCE.

THE incest compliment a man or
woman can pay q woman is per-
| fume. The grandest gift remains per-
fume. There is never any fear lest she
have 1t, because one cannot have too
many bottles of precious fragrance.
And in choosing the one perfume for
her one is no longer limited. For per-
fumes may be linked to mood, to time,
to type, to occasion, to costume. Fur
tnermore, whether your budget per-
mits very nominal or fabulous sum,
there's something on the perfume
counter to answer your needs. And
you may buy single dram flacon or
a whole perfume ensemble or ward
robe.
Originally planned for the bride and
her attendants. there is a perfume
bouquet ensemble with no less than
five flower perfumes. 1t would delight
the heart of any woman, bride of the
past, present or future.
Another perfume whose very name
suggests music Is o combination of
harmonious odors q symphony in
scent. The musical analogy is carried
out even to the copper-tinted label and
musical notes.
Another provocative perfume prom
ises to create different fragrance
with each individual skin it contacts.
A complicated chemical combination
Of preparations Is said to be response
bic for the perfumes chameleon like
quality.
If she is young and gay, if she thrills
readily at the thought Of pleasant ex-
periences to come, there is a perfume
that captures the very mood of Antici-
patton.
If she is brilliant young thing who
dares obey a spur-of-the moment i'm
pulse, II she is fearless Of danger, IL
she invites adventure, then give her a
perfume that by its very name and
essence fiatters the spirit Of the i'm
promptu.
II she loves the great outdoors give
her pungent perfume that Is spirited
and distinguished.
If she is fair and frail, floral per-
fumes should fiatter.
There Is such wealth, such a world
OF fragrance to choose from. 80 BY all
means, give perfume!
(copyrisht. 1e37J
Evening star., 1937-12-15
| Manners
of the
Moment


cigarettes for him.
A GIRL who smokes one cigarette
right after another, through q
luncheon engagement, should really
learn to carry her own. We've noticed
that her escort rather hates to have
his pack cleaned out for him entirely
by his lady friend Whether he likes
her smoking or not, he certainly
doesn't like the idea of contributing
all Of his cigarettes to her downfall
It's pretty hard, in this day and
age, for man to call girl down
for smoking too much-unless he's her
husband or her father So he is with
out recourse if she chooses to use up
his last smoke
That leaves it up to the girl to be
nice about it. II She must be a fire
engine, she should at least furnish her
own fuel. When he offers her the
first cigarette, she might take it, Just
to make things go smoothly. Then
after that, she could dig into her own
bag, inconspicuously, and use her own
supply. The only other way she can
keep from leaving very bad impress
sion upon her escort is to cut down
a bit, and refuse the offer of cigarette
every so often let's say every other
time. JEAN.
Copyright, 1872
Evening star., 1937-12-15

/NOLLEGE girls. particularly,
1 adore this comfortable loung-
ing pajama - cut princess
fashion without belt and
closing with long upper at front.
Note the wide swing of the trousers,
almost like skirt, and the two
convenient patch pockets. This pat
tern can be used for lounging or
sleeping pajaYna pattern-you can
govern its character by the material
you choose. The design Is as trim as
Q dress-note the short, puffed sleeves
and the slim shaping at the waistline.
For lounging, choose one Of the new
heavy satins or challis prints-for
sleeping, pongee or cotton print.
For other designs of this character,
see the Barbara Bell Winter Pattern
Book. It contains 80 pages of practi-
cal sewing helps, designs for all ages.
Barbara Bell pattern No. 1428-B Is
designed for sizes IL, II, 16, 18 and 20.
Corresponding bust measurements 80,
90, "a, 36 and 38. Size IA (32) re-
quires 3 yards Of 54-inch material
AND 21-inch length upper for front
closing.
Send Is cents for the Barbara Bell
Fall and Winter Pattern Book. Make
yourself attractive, practical and be-
coming clothes, selecting designs from
the Barbara Bell, well-planned, easy
to-make patterns. Interesting and
exclusive fashions for little children
and the difficult junior age, slenderi1-
ing well-cut patterns for the mature
ngure; afternoon dresses for the most
particular young women and matrons,
Evening star., 1937-12-15

tOWu LOT d llCtle "Trip, you Will be lnterf
such an important part of these OUT
ings. You probably won't have to 60
Tar to wear your ski and skating
clothes, so let's talk about them first.
After the first of the year there will
be weekly sport trains to carry Jolly
crowds to the mountains of Penn
sylvania, where we are hoping that
the hills will be beautifully white and
all the lakes and ponds obligingly
frozen over to compensate for last
winters disappointments. Or you may
be dashing off to New York almost
any day, and if so you can wear your
new costume skating on the lovely
pond in Rockefeller Center to the
tune of enhancing Bavarian music.
The weather doesn't make much diff
ference there, for they keep it frozen
to a ct" and swept of clean as
whistle; it's as much fun for the
spectators leaning over the balcony
as for the skaters themselves!
Black velveteen with short cir
cular skirt that swings out gracefully
As the skater cuts figure Lights" or
does waltz with her partner, is prob
ably the biggest choice. These skirts
are frequently lined with bright red
to make prettier picture on the ice,
and may be matched with red socks.
Cap and gloves are usually white.
Some of the new lighter blues make
lovely skating costumes with all-white
accessories. including white skating
shoes. For the more conservative
skater or the beginner who does not
wish to attract so much attention the
dark plaid or plain pleated skirt of
medium length is suggested, with
bright colored sweater and cap. With
temperatures lowering around the
freezing mark here in washington we
might have an early opportunity Of
Evening star., 1937-12-15
Dorothy Dix Says
A "Pat on the Back" and Regular
Allowance Will Work Wonders.

eat hundred good dinners without a
comment, but raise ructions II on the
hundred and first there Is Q little too
much salt in the soup.
-
livery man knows that after 4 hard
days work ne needs change and
diversion. TO get away from his work.
shop and see and do something differ
ent that will pep him up and make
him forget his worries. So well Is this
recognized that a whole cycle of
amusements have been devised for the
Tired Business Man. But when Friend
Wife complains Of the monotony OF
housework and says that she feels that
II she can't get out Of the house and
away from the children for an hour or
50 she will scream, it is another story.
Her husband Is shocked and thinks
there Is something unnatural about
her. Sunday afternoon with the little
darlings gives him an acute attack of
nervous prostration, but he can't see
why any woman would want any
amusement gayer than fixing the
babys bottle and pulling Johnny out
OF Susie's hair and answering the eter.
nl cry Of M7o-t-h-e-r
Strangest Of all is the way men look
on philandering. They can't forgive
1t In their wives and they can't see
why their wives should make any
bother about it when they sidesteu
Their hearts are broken when the
wives they trusted betray them. Their
souls are scared with jealousy over the
Other Man. They sound the depths OF
humiliation when their names are
dragged in the mud and people pity
them. But they think it is Just sillv
for woman not to be able to take her
husbands affairs as lightly as he does,
and keep on loving him and being
ready to take him back when he gets
too old TO be pettycoat-chaser anv
longer. Funny, isn't it?
DOROTHY DIX,
(Copyrisht. Ledger syndicateJ