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The Washington times., 1937-10-14
CITIZENS VOICE
PLEA TO CURB
D. C. EXPENSES
Ask Commissioners to
Keep Figures Down
BY A. J. DRISCOLL
Citizens Associations Editor

An urgent appeal was made to
the District commissioners and to
Congress by the American Uni
versity Park Citizens Association,
to avoid increase in the annual
District supply bill when unanl-
nous endorsement was given
resolution introduced by Thomas
E. Lodge. asking the 1889 budget
be kept as low or lower than the
current figure.
The association commended et-
forts being made to provide free
lunches for needy school children.
PAVING is ASKED
In a resolution by Paul r. An
drews, the paving of Forty-sixth
Street from Massachusetts, Ave
nue. to River Road was urged as
priority consideration in the five
year District highway improve
ment plan.
On motion by F. S. Sanford, the
Capital Transit Company was re-
uuested to provide direct bus serV;,
ice to the woodrow wilson ana
Alice Deal high schools
A special feature of the meeting
was the presentation by Mr.. Lodge
of awards to winners in the ninth
annual garden contest.
L. T. Savage, a former president
of the association, received the
first prize. Other winners were
II, O. Raup, Mrs. Ora G. Visel, E.
S. Morgan, Ernest R. Taylor MIS-
oliver T. Carr, Paul E. Hadlck,
w. T. Belts, Rita w. Eppley ana
Marvin A. Boykin.
In the garden picture contest
Nancy Williams was awarded 1lrsC
prize with other awards going TO
Mrs, H. Ryman, Mrs. P. V.
Jacobs and Connie Jacobs.
Louis Gutenberg was a speaker
from the Community Chest.
The meeting was held in Hurst
Hall, American University.
SCHOOL PROBLEM
The Rhode Island Avenue Cltl'
xens Association, at last nights
meeting in Woodbridge. Branch Ii
brary, petitioned Congress for the
enactment of legislation that
would empower the Board OF Edu
cation to exclude nonresident chill
dren from receiving free tuition
in local public schools, except the
children of members Of Congress,
the diplomatic corps and the Army
and Navy.
Operation of Langdon recrea-
ton center on a year.round basis,
with the Woodbridge school
grounds on an eight-month period
was urged.
Following the refusal of the
Director of Traffic to grant a re-
quest for traffic light at Seventh
Street and Rhode Island Avenue
Northeast, a direct appeal for
funds for the installation will be
made to the Budget Bureau.
Secretary Wallace E. Perry was
directed to draft letter to the
Commissioners requesting informa-
ton as to why the two railroads
were delaying construction of a
bridge at Ninth and T Streets
Northeast.
It was voted to hold a public
meeting in Sherwood Sunday
School October q to devise ways
and means of extending covenants
with Henry Gilligan, former mem
ber of the Board of Education, as
speaker.
, New members admitted were
Carroll Killiam, K. S. Wood,
George B. Crook, C. E. Kissinger
and Joseph Patton.
Evening star., 1937-07-14

getting full value for her money,
offers the following pointers to bear
in mind when purchasing peaches:
Some shoppers may need to be
warned that the peach Is the gay
deceiver Of the fruit world. It may
wear a lovely red blush and yet be so
immature that it never will ripen but
will shrivel first.
"On the other hand it may seem
hard to pressure, yet be almost ready
to be eaten, for some varieties ripen
from the pit out. It's not the blush
nor the lack of blush-nor the hard
ness-that tells the tale It's the
background color. After the green Of
the ground color starts to break, as
orchardists say-after the white or the
yellow Of the mature fruit begins to
develop-then the peach is safe buy.
Before that it may shrivel before it
ripens.
"A PEACH Of fine quality should
have q fresh appearance and be
practically free of blemishes. One
with bruised spot will likely have
good deal of waste to it-more than
might be expected from size of the
soft spot on the surface. Underneath
large bruse is pretty sure to be .
soft, discolored area. 1t is almost
impossible to ship peaches without
some bruising. however. so that you
have to be philosophical about . little
Of it.
Another thing to beware Of IS the
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much as possible into a Few days. We
sat in air-conditioned salons on the
ump-teenth floor. that were suave,
neutral-toned and beautifully dec
Grated, with a lovely doorway as
setting for the mannequin as she
entered the room. Pads and pencils
were distributed to the audience. and
they took down numbers and prices
as we'll as notes for future references
But what did the designers show?
They showed the whole picture of
fashion for Autumn and Winter. They
showed silhouette of exquisite Slim
ness through the waist, with shoul-
ders slightly accented, high-molded
bust-line, skirts short and faring for
the most part, and hats narrow and
high. A silhouette with lots of verve
and snap to ia silhouette that
cries out to watch your waistline, not
eat too much on your vacation, and
exercise your back muscles so you
can hold yourself up straight and
tall
Both narrow and wide evening
frocks show shorter-at-front hem
lines In many cases Wide corset
girdles are used extensively, and often
they are in contrasting color and
material. There are lots of softly
gathered and shirred drapery through
out the collections. Sequins and en-
broideries are much used.
I EFT us start with a fashion break
fast-one that started at $3.50
for a person who had not changed
her watch to advanced time, for fear
of losing the train home! It was
really $50 to New Workers.
This was a lovely showing Of coats
Ind suits-the kind that you will be
wearing next Fall. Suits are varied,
but always youthful, with lots of short,
snug-fitting jackets with odd pockets
placed very high up near the shoul-
ders. and short f1aring skirts with un-
usual scanning. Skirts were IA or is
inches from the floor, and that means
for both flared and straight skirts,
for the straight skirt is shown, in
many instances, with three-quarter
straight coats. replacing, to some ex-
tent. the rippled swagger that has
been with us for so long.
Beautiful tweeds were shown in pure
Evening star., 1937-07-14
Manners
of the
Moment
WITH Summer moving along, the

WITH Summer moving along the
question OF whether or not rural
communities can stand the shock Of
shorts on ladies comes up again.
Personally, we don't think it's
whether or not you wear shorts down
to Mr.. Browns General Store that
matters. It's how you act when you
wear them. On that point you must
be careful if you want to keep friend
ly with Mr.. Brown and the ladies of
the choir. So we have drawn up a
few rules.
/. Don't act as though you owned
the store or the town, just because
you are more daringly dressed than
any one else.
2. Don't act as though you had put
on your shorts especially for the
shopping expedition. Try to leave the
impression that the shorts were neces-
sary to the gardening you were doing
Just before you came shopping, or for
the picnic you are attending right
after you leave the store.
3. Don't get giggly about the store
or the things in it. You shouldn't,
anyhow, but If you're wearing shorts
you should be especially careful.
4. Don't get annoyed when people
stare at you. And don't get annoyed
when they don't, either.
There. that ought to pull you
Through. And II 1t doesn't, maybe
you'd better shop In a dress.
JEAN.
(Copyrieht, 1872
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vegetable dyes, with the plum purple
and light-blue combination a favorite.
Soft broWnish greens were combined
with touches Of brown Persian, used
in the form OF small collars. Out
standing in smartneSS. us usual, was
the black suit or coat of handsome
fabric An interesting combination
was black three-piece suit, following
the straight and narrow silhouette
that had short, tight-f1tting under
jacket of London tan, suggesting a
number of combinations of access
Sories.
The general silhouette in coats was
the full length princess line, very
definitely pinched-in at the waist and
flaring widely at the hem. Often the
scanning of the coat was outlined by
cording or other means to intensity
the slendernesS of the waistline. Col
lars were small, and IN these first
models fur was used sparingly. al
though some coats had fur borders in
the traditional Russian manner.
Coffee with delicious fat popovers
was served after this showing and
there was an enormous bowl Of fruit
balls on toothpicks.
A MOTHER collection showed day.
\ time dresses. Among the first
dark silks and woolens, you may have
pencil silhouette that is draped to
a deep v above corselet section, with
a skirt pulled snugly around the back
of the hips and allowed to fall in
swinging folds at the front. Or you
may have a tailored woolen frock with
short, f1ared skirt that has every ap-
pearance of being a suit, yet Is a
dress.
The lower waistline is seen in both
daytime and evening dresses. It Is
found in the long cuirass, corset fitted
bodices or wide corselets that serve as
girdles or are inset in frocks, often
of contrasting material
In formal gowns there are two gen.
eral silhouettes, the picturesque off,
shoulder decolletes with girdled waist
line and full skirt, often shorter at
the front; and in contrast, the slender
nodded gown of lame, tat1eta or velvet
which may be slashed deeply at the
front hemline and usually follows a
draped princess line with low formal
decollete.
Velvet will be very important in the
coming season. The Velvet Guild
staged an impressive showing in the
ball room Of New York hotel, and
there is another story that We will
have to save for another time. We will,
however, use photograph of one Of
the gowns shown. which is typical Of
the trend for next season, showing the
new heightened waistline with the
f1aring skirt In simple and practical
evening frock Of rich red velvet with
sparkling garnet cut buttons to catch
the light.
A WAITING US in the home town
was news that continental salon
for distinctive hair styling is open.
ing this week where an internationally
famous coifure artist, formerly of the
Palais Royale in Paris, will create
individual hair styles to suit each per.
son. He has already been demonstrat-
ing his talents for guests in the salon
for two days, and Is now ready to get
down to business and make appoint
ments. If you don't like your hair-do,
and want something different, this IS
your opportunity.
For Information concerning items
mentioned in this column, call Ma
tional 5000. extension 395, between 10
and IL am.
Evening star., 1937-07-14
Dorothy Dix Says
The Cheerful Succeed While Pessimists
Are Licked Before They Start

As q wife, the cheerful woman Is
like the paragon Of the Scriptures, her
price is above rubies. Every man has
plenty of troubles and anxieties and
disbursements in his contact with
the outside world. If at night he
comes home to a wife who is also sunk
In woe, it drags him down into the
bottomless pit. But, If he has q wife
who is gay and cheerful, who can make
him laugh and forget his troubles, who
can f1ll him full Of hope from her own
overhowing optimism and who can
buck him up with her faith In him,
he can stand anything.
I doubt if any one Of the men who
committed suicide during the depres-
sion when they lost their fortunes had
cheerful wives. And I am sure that
many q man did kill himself because
he could not bear his wife's despair
added to his own.
THE best gift that God can give
children is cheerful mother,
because the one thing mother needs
more than anything else in the world
is funnybone. II she has that, she
can laugh of many situation out Of
which a tragedy can be made. She
can correct youngsters faults far more
ef1ectually with . joke than she can
by nagging. And she can keep her
children at home instead of wandering
the streets, because home is the gayest,
jolliest place they know.
1t is the cheerful people who sue
coed. The pessimists are licked before
they start. DOROTHY DIX.
Evening star., 1937-07-14

peach that shows signs Of brown rot,
arch enemy OF the peach orchard,
especially in the humid sections OF
the East and Southeast.
THE first sign Of brown rot Is a
tiny brown speck on the fruit. This
speck develops rapidly into q large
spot, beneath which the flesh is
deeply affected You get q peach
with small spot of this fungus
disease, and in a half day-if heat
and moisture are right-there may
not be any edible part left. The
disease spreads like wild fire, to curse
not only the growers but also the
shippers and the market men.
"Over-ripe, soft peaches are not
usually an economical buy at any
price, as they bruise so easily and
decay so rapidly. Small punctures
with gum oozing from them should
make one suspicious Of worm injury.
Your wormy peach Is usually softer
than the average sound one and
appears prematurely ripe.
"ERUIT has an important place in
almost every diet list worked
out by nutritionists. In Diets to Fit
the Family Income recently published
by the Bureau of Home Economics,
8 to 10 servings a week OF fruit are
recommended for liberal diet-and
these in addition to the daily serving
Of tomatoes or citrus fruit. For the
moderate-cost adequate diet, these
nutritionsts recommend one serving
daily Of fruit in addition to the citrus
fruit or tomatoes daily serving. And
for the minimum-cost adequate diet,
the recommendation is one serving
daily Of fruit or an additional vege-
table'-still supplementing the citrus
fruit or tomatoes.
Naturally, not all fruits are equally
valuable dietetically. Peaches, how
ever, have significant virtues beyond
their pleasing favor. They are a good
source Of vitamin c and q fair source
Of vitamin B. And the yellow-fieshed
peaches are excellent sources also Of
vitanin A.
"As to ways Of serving peaches, It's
hard to beat them raw. either with
or without cream. And. OF course.
that's the way to eat them to get the
full beneflt Of their Ntamin content"
Evening star., 1937-07-14

Growing
Children
Let Each Thread of
Strain Snap at the
Correct Time.
BY ANGELO PATRI.

BY ANGELO PATRI.
THE time given to mothers to stay
with their children IS very short
at best. From the hour they are
born the children turn from home and
mother and face toward the unknown
and enhancing world that IS TO be
their battle-ground, their playground,
their workshop and their dwelling
place. AL . mother can do Is to 60
As far Is her child needs her and
cheerfully accept the idea that each
day sees . thread broken between them.
That each day sees an accession OF
power in the child, q lesser need Of
her. In that way children will grow
up strong In mind and body, and the
affection they have for their mothers
will increase Is their lives diverge.
As soon as . child feels he can do
something for himself he wants to
attempt 1t. Let me, let me-" he cries
frantically as he pushes away his
mothers ministering hands. Let him.
He may spill his food, break the cup,
put in the wrong button. but the fact
that he tried and succeeded in making
an attempt, Is sufficient for his need.
Let him make the effort, and encour-
age him to try again another day.
Don't insist that he Is too little or too
weak or too anything. Let him try II
it Is at all possible.
Boys and girls of . and 10, are half
way between infancy and adolescence.
They want their mothers help and
they want to help themselves 1T the
same time. They cry and then assert
themselves as powerful people, all in
the same breath. One has to 60 very
slowly and patiently with them and
try to lead them to self-help while
holding them within the limits OF their
power.
The worst time that mothers have
with children seems to be during their
adolescence. This is the time that the
children break the last threads that
hold them to mother and home. Often
they seem to turn from home and
parental guidance With positive dis
like. They become secretive. They
tell nothing Of their affairs to their
father and mother. They confide in
strangers, visit other homes in pref
erence to staying In their own. snap
iritably at their mothers when they
venture TO peak to them about their
personal concerns. This = hard for
parents, particularly for mothers, TO
bear, but 1t is stage Of growth. Once
over, the child returns to home and
family II nothing has happened to
make him feel bitter toward them.
This hard period can be made much
easier to bear If the mother has been
careful through all the years of their
association to let each successive
thread Of dependence snap at its
proper time. If child is weaned on
time, sent to sleep In his own bed in his
own room. on time, allowed to help
himself As his ability increases, on
time, there will not be . great up
heaval in their relationship. The way
to manage an adolescent boy or girl
Is the right way OF managing m infant
and . child Of 8 and . and 10. An
adolescent springs from the child who
was IN infant. Let 60 Of each thread
as 1t strains and snaps and the child
arrives ct self-support without heart
heeak "a athse dde.
coooeFisaA aoo9J
Evening star., 1937-07-14

ForLarge
Parties S
ITO Meet" Announces
That Aunt Is to Be
Guest of Honor.
Prom A. p.
BY EMILY POST.

Dx EMlA1 1OoA.
nEAR MRS. POST-1 am going to
give big party for my aunt when
she visits me later in the Summer.
This Is to ask about the invitations
in particular because really don't
know whether Ito meet Mrs. Jones" is
proper under the circumstances. This
same aunt visited me . year or 50 ago
and had most Of these people come In
At that time Ito meet" her, 50 perhaps
1t IS not proper to write that again.
Answer-"To meet" may mean liter
ally that your guests are to be intro
duced to her. On the other hand, you
can invite the sane people to meet
her at as many parties as you choose
to give for her, since the words Ito
meet" merely announce that she Is to
be guest of honor.
r \ 4
DEAR MRS. PosT-1 am giving .
party for very dear younger
fance will be in town At this time.
although he gets here so seldom that I
have never had the pleasure Of meet
ing him. Naturally he will be invited
to the dinner, but don't know whether
it would be nicer to include him as q
guest Of honor. too. Please write the
form of invitation for . visiting card
and how soon should these go out and
where at table should the girl and
her fiance be seated?
AnsWer-Yes, decidedly, would in
clude him. ITO meet Miss Mary
Bride and Mr.. John Groom" should
be written across the top of your
visiting card. This Is an occasion
when John and Mary would be seated
together, she at the right Of the host
and he at the right Of her.
YEAR MRS. POST-Neighbors are
soon to celebrate their fiftieth
wedding anniversary. and are expect
ing many people on that day. We have
been invited, but cannot afford to buy
anything suitable to give on . golden
anniversary, and I can't very well
send yellow flowers as you have sug-
gested before, since their garden Is
too beautiful even to describe, while
ours is scraggly. But every one tells
me do bake beautiful cakes. Keeping
this In mind, would you say that I
might bake big cake with yellow
icing and suitable inscription and send
It over 10 their house on that day from
our fanily7 I suppose they Will have
ordered sufficient cake for the party
and wondered about that.
Answer-First, 1t Is not really neces-
sary-unless you particularly want to
do so-to send anything. If you do,
I can't imagine = more welcome
present than just such cake, and the
fact that you have baked 1t should
make 1t an the more welcome. And
yet, since it Is probable that they
have ordered big yellow wedding
cake from q confectioner, would it
perhaps be better to send little yellow
cakes? At least you might find out
from some one in the family what
preparations they have made and mako
your cake. or cakes, accordingly.
Evening star., 1937-07-14

feathers" too, much to adolescent EN-
seems to have come to stay-at least
Is far as my family is concerned!
The furry fruit Is, really, . favorite
with practically every one. So 1t Is
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good news that
this is appar-
emily going to
be one of the
biggest pea C h
years the country
has seen in some
time.
The Bureau of
Home Economics
of the United
States Depart
ment OF Agri-
culture, with its
policy OF educat-
ing the shopper
so that she may
ha acrl,rod Of
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T IS . curious thing that cheerful
ness has never been rated as q
feminine virtue, or even men,

TT is curious thing that cheerful
ness has never been rated as q
feminine virtue, or even men,
toned as an attraction. Sympathy,
tenderness. faithfulness and an al
most superhuman ability to love have
ever been held the qualities that most
adorn the sex Poets and novelists
have alike We'd in exploiting the
charms Of neurotic ladies who burst
into tears upon the slightest provoca-
ton.
Why It has been considered an
asset to a woman to be free weeper.
nobody knows, since in reality she is
. damp, moist. depressing body to
have around. Nevertheless, we have
al been victims to the theory that
there is something sweet and fine in
q woman being surrounded by an
aura Of gentle melancholy and never
getting over" griefs and that, on the
contrary, the woman who Is gay ana
fun-loving is probably no better than
she should be- Women always look
down their noses at other women
whose laughs are hung on . hair
trigger.
All of this is, Of course, tommyrot.
and 1t is time that we realized that
instead of cheerfulness being . sort
of excess baggage to woman, it is the
most important quality that she can
possibly possess. 1t is charm to
conjure with. It is the secret Of
popularity. It will do more to get her
= husband and keep him after she
gets him than either beauty or wit.
It will make her success in business
and, no matter where she goes, or
what she does, 1t will always be
prop and staff to lean upon.
IN A world that is full of trouble we
= all turn to cheerful people as the
flower turns to the sun. We crave the
companionship of those who can
tighten our gloom with their bright
ness, who can dispel our sadness by
their own high spirits, who can put
little Of their own Joy Of living into
US. This sad old earth must borrow
its mirth,' said Ella Wheeler Wilcox
long ago. It IS true for all of us. We
are all so poor in happiness that we
must borrow 1t from our fellow crea-
lures, and to no one are we more
indebted than we are to those women
who lend us from their store Of good
cheer.
There are no greater missionaries
than these cheerful women who 60
about di1using Light and gayety. No
matter what their own private dimcul-
ties may be, they never show it in
their faces. They never tell you q
hard luck story. They wear the smile
that won't come of1. They always
have something pleasant to say. some
funny story to tell, some Joke that
sends you chuckling on your way,
feeling that God is In His heaven and |
ais well with the world.
Evening star., 1937-07-14
BY BARBARA BELL.

T\HI6 wrap-around frock Is the
Joy of women who want to look
slender and keep comfortable
a about their housework. The
double breasted closing adds tailored
trimness and with the adjustable belt
assures complete comfort no matter
how much you bend and stretch about
your work. There's no seam to bind.
Even the armholes are cut full and the
sleeve is pleated 10 that you can keep
as comfortable Is possible. Make this
dress for yourself in percale, dimity,
gingham or muslin, for hot weather
comfort.
Barbara Bell pattern No. 135o-B is
designed for sizes 36, 50. 10, AZ, ~,
Is. ~, 50 and 50. SiSe - requires ~
yards q 3e-ineh material and y
Wgd C eeokaGttnG.
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Beads for Goodness.

NEW YORK "Snowball' bead
costume jewelry is smart new Sum-
mer accent. Necklaces. bracelets and
earclips are made of clusters Of COM
position beads finished with coat
ing resembling whitewash. They
make cool looking accessories to dark
frocks and are especially effective on
suntanned skins,
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Into the Future Viewed From New York Designers Shops
Fashion Experts Start
Early to Shape Trend
Of the Autumn Styles
The Pencil Silhouette Is Very Chic and
Equally Good Is the Wide-faring
Skirt
By MARGARET WARNER,

the news from Headquarters the most satisfactory
doing business, dashed
the designers openings
benefit Of those who buy might
il
despite trying to crowd
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attractive
buffet
pattern envelope contains complete
directions crochet
terial and how will need
Of Evening