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GET EXPERT ADVICE

Dear Miss Fairfax:
"Is it proper for cousins to
marry? Since 1 have fallen head
over heels in love with my first
cousin, this question has worried
me considerably.
Several old wiSeacres In our
family have predicted dire things
if we should ever have any chill.
dren. Naturally, we both want
children, but hesitate about bring
ing into the world children who
might be afflicted.
"HESTTATING."
This question would better be
answered by your family physician
than by a layman. First cousins
do marry and have perfectly nor
NAL children. Again, many physical
handicaps have been ascribed to
the children Of such a union.
If the girl happens to be your
second cousin, it would seem to be
a safe risk. My advice to you, how.
ever, is to talk this out with your
doctor. This will also answer H. j.,
who is facing the same question.
Copyright, 1887. by King Features
Syndicate, Inc }
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GODPARENTS
Dear Mrs. Beeckman:

Dear Mrs. Beeckman:
81 am to have a baby soon, and
as our church requires chriSten-
ing at once, my mOtherin-law
says that it is proper for q woman
friend to suggest that she be god
mother, and for man friend to
suggest that he be godfather, but
1 think it is up to the parents
of the child to ask someone. Please
give me your opinion. &C."
You are right it is the par
ents who have the important
privilege of inviting a close friend
to be godfather, and a close
woman friend to be godmother.
It would be thoroughly out-of-
order and presuming for anyone,
no matter how close to the family,
to make the suggestion that he or
she be chosen for this significant
post of godparent.
Copyright, 1897, by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
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one young miss says she likes
the older college boys around the
age of % or 25, but when she is
with them she is always too self
conscious and is afraid her nat
ural conversation and small talk
is not interesting to these Older
men" She does not want them
to think she is so young and un-
sophisticated.
This is not surprising at all
There is always a period in every
girls when she longs to be grown
up and at ease with real grown
up boys, and to be told her youth
may be her greatest allure is not
much satisfaction to her. But
she can avoid all this Self-con-
seriousness if she will just be her
self and realize she does not have
to act or try to be the life of the
party.
Avoid Disputes
Young men dislike to be criti-
cized or contradicted, and no girl
should engage in arguments if
she would be popular. She will
not make unkind remarks about
any one, even a rival, and she
must be a good listener.
Be friendly and sympathetic
with the opinions of others. and
above all things, be cheerful. It
is the gay, small talk that in
terests the boys. They themselves
want to make all the learned
speeches, so let them.
They always like to talk of
their sports and hobbies, and it is
a good start in any conversation
to encourage and permit them to
talk about the things in which
they are interested
No girl can expect to be popular
who is not refined because good
manners are definitely back in
style.
The fundamentals of education,
boring as they may seem, must be
well mastered before one can hope
to be successful in the art self
expression. All of your various
subjects in school are necessary to
give one fine mental balance, and
the study of English literature and
other languages will assure a cul-
ture and sophiStication so desir-
able. The school plays and clubs
Will help to give one confidence
and poise so there will never be any
need to lack expression.
Just remember you will always
have something interesting to say
if you learned any subject thor.
oughly. 1t is the lack of conf
dence in our own ability that
causes embarrassment.
BashfulnesS itself is nothing but
a confession of inferiority. So
learn lot, and then your polite
small talk will be delightful and ir-
resiStible.
Clean and Neat
, Immaculate cleanliness and neat
ness will 60 long way in assur-
ing charm and popularity. and
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that is no hardship for any girl,
as every clever young girl is in,
nately dainty and likes to be neat
about herself and her clothes.
Do not use your makeup in pub
lie. One should finish all groom,
ing behind the scenes just as the
stage beauty does.
Clothes need not be expensive,
but they must be clean and with
out wrinkles. Press your gown
and sponge the dust or powder
spots before you hang it up.
This will do for our rules for
charm today, but you may write
for advice on any of your indi-
Ndual problems, and of course
your advice on beauty. Enclose a
stamped, Self-addreSsed large en-
velope for your reply and address
Donna Grace, Beauty Editor of
The Washington Times.
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NEW for your perfume a
~ pendant ball on a bracelet. The
ball unScreWS about the mid sec
ton, shouting q fluff OF cotton in.
side. Sdturdte the cotton 1Oith
your perfume, and you tCtu find
that it giUeS of Just enough fra
GRANGE for allure. One advantage
is that you do not haUe to put
perfume on your clothes, another
that you can change the fra.
or1rce as often as you change the
cotton. The bracelets are good
looking little double chain affairs,
and sell for Just S9c.
With Spring Pinks
THE world is in a pink haze, as
L far as spring fashions go,
and the pinks, whether they are
Just a bit of trimming on your
hat or a whole dress, call for new
nail polish and make-up-for they
have permeated the whole color
field. Currant Rose is the name
of new pinky rose polish which
will solve the problem nicely for
you. 1t goes we'll with thistle,
Gaugin pink, the blues Of spring,
and the purply tones. 1t is made
by a famous house, will not chip
or peel, and sells for only 25c a
bottle.
Blackhead Treatment
\ LII 1Oho haze blackheadS know
n that not only are they undt-
trGctiUe, but they tDiH ruin the
skin permanently it nllowed to re-
main in the face. A skin infected
1Oith them must be daily cleanSed,
stimulated, nouriShed and re-
fined. So Ue're suggesting a rou-
tine IOhich has been tolloWed by
many people, and has been sue.
CeSStul. 1t 1DGS originated BY one
of the better beauty specialists.
1t is this: First cleanse your skin
tOith liquid cleanser, or it the skin
is dry, Uith cleansing cream.
Then press q toWeL Urung out of
hot 1Odter oUer the face and leaDe
on till cool. Do this three times.
Now 1Oith pad of cotton, apply
the special blGckheGd lotion, rub
bing firmly tDitb q circular mo-
ton into the infected part of the
skin. 1t 1Dill diSSolve blackheddS
and impurities. After it has been
on for about fve minutes, repeat
the hot toWel applications. and
Ten1oUe the lotion With the last
toDel. NoD smooth on a generous
quantity OF skin ointment, and
gradually Uork out the now
looSened blacEheadS, 1Dith a soft
cloth or facial tissues covering the
first finger of each hand. After
all, pat on GStringent, double
strength.
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Styles

Hours Of leisure at home are
rendered more charming since we
all have gone in for comfy and
pretty housecoats. A new model
is in fine satin-striped moire in
rose and silver, with basque bodice.
puffed sleeves, tie collar and very
full skirt.
Very supple are the new straws-
so supple. in fact. that they can
be used like braid. A charming
model is a turban of Milan straw
in cyclamen pink and black, the
straw used like big loops of braid,
interviewer, with loose ends in
back.
What a season for prints, is the
comment heard on every side. A
beauty for afternoon is of black
satin with a soft, loose lily-of-the-
valley cluster pattern. A bunch of
the flowers is thrust through the
sash girdle of the fabric. Sleeves
are short and puffed.
Be prepared for a beige spring
A typical spring outfit will consist
of a beige lightweight wool REFER
with pleated crepe dress in navy
blue or brown. Accessories come
to match.
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SIS it correct to personally write
ones name on Christmas cards, or
should the name be printed?
''Is it incorrect to add few lines
of good wishes on the Christmas
cards in ones own handwriting?
"When Christmas cards are sent
by a married woman, should she
sign the name of Mr.. and Mrs.
John williams on all their cards,
whether they are addressed to her
friends or his friends, or should
she sign only her name on the
cards to friends whom her huS-
band does not know"
"READER."
Yes, it is always correct to thank
for a courtesy :. and when man
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Beatrice Fairfax Says Man Is Foolish to Pledge His Love
SWANK IN EVERY SEAM OF THIS SPRING .FROCK


stitched the
skirt filled with ped mOuhne and the inevitable touch of white at the neck
and freshness the Ock that eternal youth
call 7000
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HeIs Victim
OF Siren s
Whin7s
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX

Famous AuthoTtty on Pro0enlS OF
LoUe and Marriage
That truth is stranger
than fiction" is an adage as
old as time. And here 3
further proof of it. A woman
married a certain man and
divorced him. Then she mar
ried another, but began to
yearn for her first husband.
Now there's nothing so un-
usual in that, but here's where
the amazing part Of the story
comes in. Husband No. 2 was
so devoted to this siren that all
he wanted was her happiness,
so he agreed to the divorce.
But the wife, as a safeguard
in case she should change her
mind with regard to him, ex.
acted a promise that he con.
tinue to remain single, awaiting
events.
MEETS GIRL
Dear Miss Fairfax:
'Tn the prime of life I've lost
out for the first time. Shortly
after 1 came West / met the
girl Of my dreams, and we were
married.
"She had been divorced and
was acting as manager in 3
rooming house or small hotel
owned by her ex-huSband. She
was running this very capably
for him, and he was living in
a State several hundred miles
distant.
Apparently she had been very
frank with me about this busl-
ness Of her first husband. When
he returned and / asked her If
she still cared for him, her an
Swer was an emphatic NO; that
If she had some other way Of
earning her living she would not
run this mans hotel for him.
And so we were married.
WRITES EX-HUSBAND
"After we had been married
about a month, she told me she
was going to write to her ex-huS-
band, first asking my permission
to do so.
"Then started up q brisk cor.
respOndence-letters, special de-
livery letters, air.mail letters, tele-
grams-and finally she left me
and went back to him.
"She wrote and told me she was
going to Nevada for q divorce, and
that she expected to remarry her
first husband.
"She said she would always
love me, as the most unselfiSh
person she had ever known, and
she wanted me to wait and see
how this reunion with her first
husband resulted. If it did not
turn out well, she said she wanted
to come back to me.
~ suppose you will think / am
q fool, but I'm so fond Of this
woman, and the influence she has
over me Is so complete, that I
have promised to remain single
and not pay any attention to any
other woman for a couple Of years,
until she sees how this arrange
ment with her first husband turns
out. I feel utterly 'sBAFFLED."
EXTREMELY FOOLISH
AS you've been entirely frank
with me, I'm going to be equally
so with you, and say that think
you've been foolish in the ex-
treme. To give your wife her
freedom and let her return to her
first husband was the sensible
thing to do.
There's no use trying to hold a
woman like that against her will,
especially as there were no chill
dren whose welfare had to be con-
sidered.
But to promise a lady with the
mentality of a humming bird, and
who, like one of these attractive
little creatures, takes her honey
casually, that you would remain
single awaiting her next move,
seems to me absurd.
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49,, t.; ''''',! !,
WILMA LAVlLLE
Have an Americana

WE wouldn't be treating
w our readers just right if
we didn t pass along the sug-
gestion of Arthur, of the
Raleigh, who told us about
"Amerciano. " It's a m t
soothing and mild aperitif
which is always ordered by
Americans travelling in Italy,
hence its name. 1t is a combi-
nation of Italian vermouth, bit
ters and >eltzer. with just the
right twist of lemon peel. 1t
is carnelian in color-that
smart shade for spring-and it
is spring-like in its effect,
grand as a light spring appe-
tizer.
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Always Correct to Give
Thanks for Courtesy
By MRS. CORNELIUS BEECKMAN

Dear Mrs. Beeckman:
When places the chair dinner table for lady
is it correct to say Thank you?
When sending Christmas cards. always sign my full
such Claire Williams all my cards. Should perhaps
only sign Claire the cards to my personal friends?
The Washington times., 1937-03-19
Beauty Expert Presents
Rules for Charm
Rv DONNA GRACE

This is another little talk with little group Of high
school girls who want to know what to do to be charming
and just how they should act with the boy friends.
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THERE'S a collection of unusu.
L ally good-looking figures, dedi-
Gated to modern homes, in a down
town store. They are very new,
and their lines are as simple as
the classic Greek sculpture.
They're alabaSter white, and as
you know, anything white is
smart these days. A pair on your
mantle or console will be stun
ming. We've Sketched a woman's
head which is just $3.50. An
amusing pair is a mama sheep
with her baby lamb, each with a
long giraffe-like neck. Mama has
doting look and the baby seems
surprised. Baby is $l95 and
mama $4.95. If you're not inter
eSted in animals, there's a ballet
dancer, and you may have her
full length, or have just a bust.
The variety is wide enough to sug-
geSt your own taste, and the
pieces are particularly good look,
ing. The prices range from 81
to 34.95.
For names of stores showing
the items described here, call
District 1000, Extension 459,
during business hours, or write
Miss Laville at The Times, en-
closing stamped, self addressed
envelope
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McGrOarty Retires
From Southern RR,

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Aug. 4.
Retirement of w. B. McGroarty,
industrial and commercial agent
here for the Southern Railway
for the last IL years, was an.
nounced yesterday.
With total of 81 years con-
tinuouS service, McGroarty was
the ranking traffic official Of the
company. During the World War
he was stationed in Washington
as secretary of the freight traffic
control committee of the National
Railroad Administration.
Since appointment to the post
here in 1925, McGroarty has been
prominently identified with the
commercial and industrial ad-
vancement of the city and for the
last 10 years has been a director
of the Chamber of Commerce. He
was also one of those to advocate
restoration of many of the famous
historic buildings here and was
active in that movement. He will
continue to live at his home here
in South Fairfax Street.
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lawyer LANDS
SHARK With ROD

His chest expanded a little
more than usual and his gait a
bit snapper, Harry Murray, at
torney, was back today from a
months fishing trip off Cape
Charles on the Atlantic Coast
He accomplished the task OF
landing 10foot, 800-pound
shark with rod and reel land a
dozen shots from a As caliber
automatic.)
With Carroll Ballard, of com.
pany which operates a fishing
fleet, Murray was out fishing in
a small boat. Putting into
Machipongo Inlet for fuel, the
two noted a school of shark :,
some of which we're sufficiently
bold to grab small strings Of
trout tied to the boat.
lows Skiff Half Mile
Against the protests of profes-
Sional fishermen, Murray de-
termined to try for one of the
big fellows with hook and line.
With Ballard manning the oars,
they set out and were rewarded
with an immediate strike on the
first cast of a 1,500-foot line.
The shark towed the skiff half a
mile at a speed of four miles an
hour out to sea, then turned and
headed toward the fishing fleet
riding at anchor.
Gathering on the wharf, spec
tators shouted and hurled any
thing that came to hand into
the water, succeeding in turning
the shark from the boat and
avoiding a cut line. After an
other half-mile squirt. the shark
turned for shoal water. Murray
succeeded in hauling in most of
the line, directed Ballard to
steer within three feet of the
monster and fired a rs bullet
back of the sharks head.
Boat Nearly Upset
With a tremendous sWipe and
lunge, the shark almost upset the
boat. throwing a geyser of water
into the air and revealing another
shark of similar proportions
nearby. The bullet had its eff
feet, firing the monster. After
several more runs toward the
fishing fleet, Murray succeeded
in getting close enough to fire
more shots into the fish.
Within a short time, it was
considered safe to gaff, and the
fish was hoisted to the wharf
with a crane.
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Today's Foreign Short-Wave Radio Schedule

PARIS, 2 p. M.-Concert. TPA3,
25.2 M. 11.88 meg.
TOKYO, 4:45 p. M.-Jazz songs.
JzJ, 25.4 m, 11.80 meg, or JzK,
1919 m, ISL meg.
ROME, 6 p. M.-News in Eng.
glish; folk songs; 1.-THE University
for Foreigners at Perugia," a talk.
FRO, 25.4 M, 11.81 meg.
MOSCOW, Z p. M.-Soviet life.
RAN, 31.2 M, 9.6 meg.
HUIZEN, Netherlands, I p. M
Happy program. Special broadcast
for America. PHI, 1853 m, 17.77
meg.
LONDON, 1910 p. M.-"Eleven-
Five P. NJ, August 4, 1914" a talk
by the Hon Harold Nicolson, C. M.
G., M. P, GSP, 1876 M, 1881 meg;
ESQ, 1877 M, 1918 meg; GSF,
1913 m, 1914 meg; esd, 25.5 m,
Ills meg.
CARACAS, S:45 p. M.-Equa-
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PRICE is 1O-TO-1
winner IN RACE.
FOR NOMINATION
Virginia Official Beats
Page, 96,932 to 1l,l3O

Showing under his opponent by
a majority of nearly 10 to l,
Lieutenant Governor James H.
Price, of Richmond, Va, today
was declared the Democratic NOM
inee for governor of the Old Do
minion. Democratic nomination
in Virginia is tantamount to cleo
ton and the silver-haired Rich
monder next January will succeed
Governor George C. Peery.
With complete returns tabu-
lated in 1928 of the States 1,704
precincts, Price led his opponent,
State Senator Vivian L. Page of
Norfolk with $685. votes to 1,13O
for Page.
In a much closer contest, State
Senator Saxon w. Holt, of NeW-
port News, member of the State
Senate for IS years and president
pro tenn of the body for the past
Is years, polled 1882 votes to
1886 for his opponent, State
Senator Robert w. Daniel, of
Brandon, in the race for the office
being vacated by Lieutenant Gov
ernor Price.
Staples Wins Race
In the third statewide race. that,
for attorney general, the in
cumbent, Abram P. Staples, of
Roanoke, Va, received 47,762 votes
to 28,039 for his opponent, John
Galleher, of Loudoun county,
founder and former president of
the Young Democratic Clubs of
Virginia.
Nearby Alexandria polled a
heavy vote in one of the most
spirited elections held there in
years, with IS local candidates on
the ticket in addition to the seven
State candidates.
Local contests in Alexandria re-
suited in incumbents in the offices
of clerk of the corporation court,
commemorative attorney, police
court judge, and representative
in the House of Delegates being re-
elected over their opponnts.
Elliott F. S2ffman, clerk, won
over Fred Petit by a vote Of 2,702
to 1885, and Commemorative At
torney Albert V. Bryan defeated
former Police Court Judge Will
liam S. Snow by a vote of more
than two to one, with the final
count giving Bryan 3,015 to Shows
1928.
Duncan Named Again
In the race for judge of police
court, Judge James Reese Duncan
showed under his opponent. Joel
Treger, with a vote of 6,640 to 754,
while Delegate Maurice D. Rosen-
berg retained his seat in the State
General Assembly by the narrow
margin Of less than 300 votes.
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LONDON, 9 p. M.-"Anita and
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fantasy. CSC, 16.8m., 1919 meg:
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SANTIAGO, Chile, 9:4OP. M
Dance music; concert by the
faculty of the Arts Museum.
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BERLIN, 9:45 P. MA concert
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VANCOUVER, 11:45 P. M
Earle Kelly, news commentator.
GIRO, 48.7 M, 6.15 meg; CJRX,
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TOKYO, 12:45 A. M.-"New
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LYNDHURST, Australia, 4:25
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TODAY's RADIO FEATURES

EARL GODWIN-TIMES RADIO NEWS
is HEARD DAILY EXCEPT
SUNDAY FROM $3.50 TO 9:45
A. NJ. OVER ......... WMAL
4:OO-147TH ANNIVERSARY OF U. S.
COAST GUARD-SpOrts events
and ceremonies in observance Of
the anniversary will be broad
east. Races, drills, and Coast
Guard demonstration rescue will
be featured. "capsize" drill
with the launching of a Coast
Guard rescue boat also will be
heard during the broadcast.
7:3O-The Coast Guard anniversary
will be observed over the N.B.C.
Blue network. Music by the
New London Coast Guard band
and brief address by Ad.
miral Russell r. Waesche will
feature the program. Admiral
Waesche will speak from the
new N.B.C. studios here in Wash.
ington and the Coast Guard band
will play from the N.B.C. Radio
City studios. ....,.,..... WMAL
PHIL SPITALSY and his all.girl singing
orchestra, heard over N.B.C. on
Monday nights. will make a two
weeks stage appearance at one
Of the theaters in New York city
starting today. Spitalny and
with the showing of AdOlph Zu-
kOr'S motion picture, Artists
and Models" starring Jack Benny,
Gail Patrick. Richard Arlen, Ida
RupinO Ben Blue. the Uacht
Club Boys. Andre KOstelanetz
and his orchestra with specialties
by Martha Raye and Connie Bos.
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RICHARD LEVY

Funeral services for Richard
Levy, four-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. S. Frank Levy, will be held
tomorrow, the hour to be an.
nounced later.
The child died yesterday in
Emergency Hospital a short time
after he was struck by an auto.
mobile while playing in front of
his home, 1929 Twenty-eighth st.
N. w.
Surviving him are his parents
and Q twin sister, Joan.
FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Aug.
Funeral services were held at
st. Anthony's Catholic Church at
King George Court House today
for John S. Dickinson, 70, mem
Der of family long prominent
in Eastern Virginia, who died in a
hospital here Monday after ar
illness of two weeks. Interment
was in the family cemetery at
"Marmion."
Mr.. Dickinson is survived by his
wife. Mrs. Lola Dickinson; a
daughter, Miss Stella Dickinson,
and two sisters, Mrs. Forrest Tay-
loe and Mrs. Ada Smith, all of
King George county.
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T,B. CLINIC DUE
IN ALEXANDRIA

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Aug. IA
tuberculosis clinic, conducted by
a specialist Of the State Health
Department with the cooperation
of the city health department and
local physicians, will be held at
the health department headquar-
tiers here all day Monday.