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The Washington times., 1937-10-25
Current Fashions for Tall Girls,
Says FISHING Musical Comedy Star

ished Miss Greenwood, advise
tall girls to learn perfect con-
troll of their hands and feet.
This is her most effective way
of banishing that superfluous
height. Tall girls must elm
mate the Newfoundland capers.
It's not for the tall 'girl to sit
down in a chair as though she
were dressed in riding breeches,
no matter what is her costume.
Once in control of her arms and
legs, self-consciousness will dis
appear, and Miss Too Tall may
begin to cash in on the height
she had deplored."
The Washington times., 1937-10-25
.BeauticianS Stress
Good Circulation
AS Beauty Factor

Beauty shops are stressing the
need of good circulation. They
say they have a better chance
to tone the fibers Of the face
and neck when blood streams
are busy. Some of the beauty
operators get the cash custom
ers to do calisthenics before
climbing into the facial chair.
A girl pays penalties if she
does not move around enough
to keep circulation ION the
wing" In winter she has cold
feet: all the year round her
hands are moist and cheeks pale.
The Washington times., 1937-10-25

magazine you care to pick up
and you'll see what I mean.
Dress, hair styles, shoes and ma
terials give the tall girl in the
smallest village the chance Of
making the best Of herself if
she will only apply what the
experts offer. It's fashionable to
be tall"
Miss Greenwood has learned
to adapt the seasons fashions to
her own best interests, which
she says give better results
than using current styles as
they come from their original
sources. She has learned that
a low waistline is an excellent
reducer, since it cuts the length
off the skirt and gives the i'm
preston of shorter legs, while
the same is true of a short skirt
that reveals ankles.
Tell your tall girls" said
Miss Greenwood, that they
should use patterned materials
rather than plain. The most
suitable patterns are block or
geometric design, in colorS Of
fairly strong contrasts. This
means that the length Of the
figure is cut in two, and one is
less conscious of its full length.
Horizontal stripes are quite
effective since they give the i'm
preston of width. Pastel shades
are much less effective as a re-
ducing agent, particularly in
plain materials"
above all things" admon-
The Washington times., 1937-10-25
Shades
Best Chosen
In North Room

When you choose a color for
room consider first the exposure,
whether north, south, east or
west. In exposure depends the
temperature" of the color you
choose. In a north room, for
example, where the light is cold,
it is dangerous to chose gray.
the "cool" shades of blue and
green or white. The rule is
against cold colors in general.
The reverse is naturally true,
too; in a room that Is flooded
with sunshine, be careful you
use yellows and shades Of red.
The Washington times., 1937-10-25
TOMATO JAM

Wash and dry the tomatoes
with a clean cloth and skin by
dipping them in boiling water
several times; it loosens the skin.
Cut them into quarters, put IN
a clean saucepan without any
water. Place on a very slow fire
and crush the tomatoes with 3
white enamel or wooden spoon.
Simmer till reduced to a pulp
(Which takes about two hours;
then rub through a sieve. Have
equal parts of sugar and tomato
pulp; to one quart tomato pulp
and one quart Of sugar add ten
tablespoons of brandy; put into
a clean saucepan and simmer on
"a slow fire till it is the consist
ency of jam. This is excellent
for layer cakes.
The Washington times., 1937-10-25
8edAtY Council

} joke and will be expected to
clown their way through life.
Mothers will say, 1.-THE best
is none too good for my chill
dren." They are right, children
should have the best you can
afford to give them, but you
must use some discrimination
about what the best really is. A
few days ago received an ap-
peal from a girl Of twenty to
help her to reduce. To use her
own words, she said, II will
never forgive my mother for let
ting me get so fat when I was
growing up. Every nice boy is
ashamed to take me out. I am
just heartbroken over the way I
look"
BETTER FOR DISCIPLINE
Every child is so much better
for having had the right dis
cipline at a very early age. Once
they are thoroughly trained to
abstain from the foods they
should not have, or an exceS-
sive amount of any food, they
are so much better off. It helps
to build a nice character as well
as an attractive body, and they
will take their places in life
with the same chance that any
child should have.
You can give any child a
good, safe diet-Such as I have
for reducing-so why don't you
begin at once? Send a stamped
selt-addressed envelope to Donna
Grace, Beauty Editor, and spec
ify whether it is a child you
wish to reduce.
The Washington times., 1937-10-25
Either
MethOd
Correct
By Mrs. Cornelius Beeckmdr

Dear Mrs. Beeckman:
Is it considered necessary to
send out engraved announce
ments, or can we merely send
personal notes? We are having
a small wedding with no guests,
only our attendants. DAN.
Engraved wedding announce
mentS are merely a convenience,
not at all a necessity. If we wish
to take this formal and easy
and convenient way to make the
announcement, engraved an
nouncements are correct. If, on
the other hand, we wish to write
the necessary number of gra-
cious little notes to tell our rela-
tives and friends the Great
News, this is most pleasant way
Of telling them. The notes are
less expensive, naturally, and
naturally, too, they have that
personal touch which is always
appealing and welcome. It's
convenience and ease and a GER
tain amount of expense on the
one hand, for the engraved an
nouncements; and, on the other
hand, time and not so much con-
venience and practically no ex-
pense, for the written notes.
MRS. Beeckndn 1UiH be glad
to GnSWer questions on Good
Manners submitted By reGderSD
The Washington times., 1937-10-25
The Boy Friend Hasn' t
The RIGHT Attitude

a marriage when there's some
occasion for it. One doesn't be-
gin to book passage for Reno
before the wedding bells have
even sounded.
The least you can ask Of a
would-be bridegroom is that he
take his marriage seriously.
There is little chance that your
marriage would turn out well If
you didn't in advance believe in
it and in each other-if you
didn't each feel convinced that
you are going to love each other
always and that, in fact, you
couldn't live without each other.
Your fears in regard to this
particular marriage seem to me
well-founded. I question the wis
dom of it very much.
The Washington times., 1937-10-25
By Bah Lincoln

Cheer up, tall girls! Charlotte
Greenwood says this is your hey.
day, and Charlotte knows, for
she is the tallest girl in musical
comedy and has spent her life
deciding what to do about her
height to make it an asset in
stead of a liability.
"The tall girl has the whole
world at her feet" said Miss
Greenwood yesterday to a group
of local friends who enjoyed tea
with her in her attractive suite
at the Hay-Adams House.
Look at any newspaper or
The Washington times., 1937-10-25
TIMBALE OF ANY KIND OF
LEFTOVER MEAT

Chop fine a pint and a half
of cold meat (not fat), and sea-
son with one tablespoon Of
lemon juice, one Of chopped
parsley, salt and pepper and
one-half cup Of fine bread
crumbs. Heat one cupful OF
stock with two tablespoons Of
butter. Add to the meat; at
last, break in two eggs. Mix
thoroughly and put into but
tered timbale or baking dish.
Place this in a pan Of warm
water and cover with a piece
Of buttered paper. Cook for al
most an hour. Turn out on q
warm dish and serve with o
bread sauce.
PUMPKIN PIE
Cut pumpkin into small
pieces and stew in a half pint
of water, and when soft, mash
with potato masher very fine;
let the water dry away, watch"
ing closely to prevent burning
or scorching; for each pie take
cup Of sugar, six tablespoons Of
pumpkin, half pint of rich milk
or cream, a little salt; stir well
together, and season with Gin
namon or nutmeg; bake with
under crust in a hot oven.
Some steam pumpkin instead OF
stewing it.
The Washington times., 1937-10-25
By Donna Grace

When I was returning to the
city the other evening, I heard
a commotion ahead of me at
the depot and as I came through
the crowd, I saw a young girl
being carried to bench. Two
men carried her, while her
anxious mother patted the
weeping child. She fell down
stairs, they said.
I felt like saying, Poor little
girl" and did express such SYM
pathy, but somehow she couldn't
be classed as a little girl at all,
although she must have been
under ten. She was so large
and fat am sure she must
have weighed at least 100 to 140
pounds. Her size was much
more of a calamity than her
fall, and no doubt it was the
cause of her unbalanced awk-
ward step.
She was anything but attrac.
tive in her bulkiness, and I
:. thought how nice she would
look if she were not so fat. Her
features and skin were good and
her hair and eyes were lovely,
but her size made her ludicrous.
HANDICAPPED CHILDREN
Why will parents permit chill
dren to indulge in rich and fat
tening foods so they become al
most monstrosities? It may be
I am a little severe on the sub
ject of overweight, but I am so
sorry for children who are so
handicapped, they must either
be tormented or Stunned by
other children, or they are a
The Washington times., 1937-10-25

4 FRS. LLOYD MOORE (Eppes HaOeS Preston)
WI celebrated Washington beauty has been painted
by numerous artists ho hare been enchanted aVth her
delicate coLorg her nsome lovely face and enchant-
ing SMILE With soft broOn hair black brows and laShes
and deep blue eyes, Mrs. Moores is face to remember.
The Washington times., 1937-10-25
Total Loss

Suppose you were perfect
Without half a defect
What would ever do?
I'd have naught to complain
Could ever explain,
That it was really true?
JEWEL LEE EFT.
Send your order and 15c to
The Washington Times Pattern
Department, 243 West Seven
tenth st.. New York. N. z.
The Washington times., 1937-10-25
Skillet
and
Spoon
By SibiIlG Campbell

By SibillG Campbell ,
THE first part Of the week
l. is a good time to use left
over meat, and there are as
many ways to make a tooth
some dish as there are kinds
of meat in your ice-box. Most
people are not timid about
mixing various kinds Of
roasts and chops left over,
and the result is better than
if you had planned whether
to use pork or beef in the
largest portions with a gem
erous supply of chicken and
veal thrown in.
The Washington times., 1937-10-25
HOUSEHOLD HINTS

when cooking any green vege-
tables, add the smallest possible
pinch Of soda and its color will
remain in it's natural green
state. This adds much to its
serving attractiveness.
Thick, sour cream seasoned
with salt and pepper, beaten
until light, can be used as a
dressing for lettuce and vege-
table salad.
The Washington times., 1937-10-25
Housecoats

Practical housecoats are nice
for winter days. A nice model,
cut on slim lines with a flared,
full skirt is of thin black flannel,
with a collar and front panel of
aqua blue.
Washington Journal., 1937-06-04

9leinOdiemfnrt. Die @itpe aa.
tborine Samberger, geb. Giiger,
fonnte in t0rperli6er unO geiitiger
Stride ibren 90. @eburtstog feiern.
T~faffeubufem (Oberbopern). Bel
einen 8ran0 in Jeilenforit in Der
@eneinoe grnsgaoen fomen 3pei
Wl1O1en i'm Sitter bon Z unO 8 Sab.
rem ums 2eben.
giebersbrem. Sn forperIi6er uub
geiitiger Stride feierte Die oaieits
befannte uno beIiebte Barbara Set.
teIba9er ibren 80. @eburtstog. Die
SubiIarin nimmt nod regen 4nteiI
an ben @eihebniiien unierer -3eit.
8ieienbrOnn. 9iirgermeiiter &ein-
borN lit nod 25iGbriger 8Gtigfeit
i'm @~emeinOerot, Oobon lieben Sabre
ols giirgermeiiter, aus ieinem Amt
eeidieoen. Geinbaro purOe in Mu-
betrabt ieiner @eroienIte nm Die
@emeinOe gum gbrenbiirger er.
nonnt.
8laMen. Dor fur3em DurOen bier
elm eeuiiier 8reiB ois &of unO bic
@itpe Morgarete MideI nit SduB.
tpunben tot oufgefun6en. 9ie Eat
muB nod ben borliegenoen 4b.
fdieosbriefen BON BreiB I'M bei0er-
ieitieen gin6eritdnOnis beriibt NOR.
ben iein.
Washington Journal., 1937-06-04

2eisnit. SIN benadborten Ben-
6isbain brad in Dem anmeien OeS
@auern &olbe elm groBeres S1a-
0enfeuer aus. gs berrl1te gum
@liid b0aiee @inOitiae, 10 oaB ein
1leberereifen 0es Seuers bonn 8obn-
baus auf Die anoeren @ebauoe uer-
binoert iDeroen fonnte. Die Gumi-
lie beg @ouern feierte eeraoe bic
&od3eit ibrer SoHter. Die Sod.
seitsgGIte iDaren in ben @aItbof gum
San3 gegangen. Surge 3eit nod
Der Miidfebr in 6as Soh5eitsbaus
bemerfte elm @ait, Der auf ben Sol
binausgetrcten mar, Die Glammen
aus benz Gahitubl oes 6adDerf-
bauIes i6logen. aae Anmeienoen
ma1ten lif iofort an bic 2oidarbei-
ten. Balo tparen audi bic Geuer.
tpebren BON @enoisbain uno Minf-
tpib sur Stelle. Sic fonnten es aber
niht berbin0ern, oaB Gas Dodge
idoB boaig ousbrannte. 9as Gro-
gel6oB purOe our9 Die 8aiiermnI.
fen Itarf in Mitleioenihaft ge6ogen.
0ie uriode oes 8ranoes miro oui
cine iaoobafte giie auriidsefibrt.
Washington Journal., 1937-06-04

1trpb0r. Ser @emein0eOiener
&nOreos aIbert fonnte nrf cine %.
iGbrige Gdtigfeit i'm DienIte Der
GemeinOe onriididouen. Ser SUI
btIor eenieBt in Deiteiten Rreiien
gr0Btes @nieben.
The Washington times., 1937-06-08
SCHOOL RULES
FOR SUMNER

washington summer schools will
open July and continue 80 days,
according to an announcement is
sued today by DR.. Frank w. Bal
lou, superintendent.
All registrations for elementary,
junior and senior high school
courses must be filed by June 23,
DR.. Ballou said, adding the follow
ing rules.
Elementary pupils expecting to
do seventh, eighth and ninth
grade work will be permitted to
take only two subjects and these
will be taken in Junior high sum.
rner school.
Junior high school classes will
be held at Mcfarland Junior High
School, Iowa Avenue and webster
Street Northwest, and at Stuart
Junior High, Fourth and e Streets
Northeast.
Glasses will be made up Of stu
dents who failed q semester in one
subject; students who have passed
the subject with q low mark and
are sent to summer school to re-
peat for strengthening purposes,
and students who plan to take an
advanced semester of a subject.
Senior. high school summer
classes will be held at Central
High, Thirteenth and Clifton
Streets Northwest.
The Washington times., 1937-06-08
GIVEN 7 YEARS
AS KlDNAPER

=. ALEXANDRIA. Va, June 8.
Convicted of a kidnapping charge,
Lewis Ebert Withers, Of Culpeper.
was sentenced to serve two years
in the Atlanta penitentiary by
Judge Robert N. Pollard in the
United States District Court here
yesterday. .
.Withers pleaded mot guilty" to
an indictment charging him with
kidnapping Leroy Hill, colored. a
Culpeper taxicab driver. but
waived q, Jury trial.
He was charged in the indict-
ment with forcing Hill at the point
Of . pistol to drive him from Clll-
peper to Hyattsville, Md, and re-
turn on May 81, 1886, without re-
munerating the driver.
The Washington times., 1937-06-08
Bogus Check PasseI'
Active i'm Capital

more than their banks-and find
out they are victimized in a man.
ner which permits of no redress.
In the case Of the $500 check,
the hotel called the scientific soci-
ety's secretary, who Ssid no such
scientist was registered; still the
hotel wanted to do the well-dressed,
handsome scientist" a favor; but
the secretary declared the man
was not known to any scientific
societies to which she had access:
in addition it was a San Francisco
check.
Washington police are now look.
ing for a variety of check.paSSers
who rarely 60 above the $3.50 cIaSs;
most Of them are in the petty cash
variety, but their constant drain
on the cash drawers of business
men and hotels is enough to make
a dent in the annual profits.
The Washington times., 1937-06-08
BY EARL GOODWIN

One Of washington's leading
hotels really wanted to cash a
bad check for $500 last week
and was restrained only by the
suspicious Of young secretary
of a scientific organization hold
ing q convention here.
The police never got on to this
case because the check was not
cashed--but Detective Sergt. H.
a. Wanamaker, of the check
SQUAD" believes the check-passer
will try his game at some other
convention of scientists, doctors,
etc, of which there are several
scheduled throughout the United
states this summer.
Meanwhile, merchants every
where in the United States are the
victims of check paSSers, who arm
themselves with forged credentials.
Police today declared tens Of
thousands of dollars in actual
losses could be prevented If the
victims would ask their banks or
the police whenever a stranger
wants q check caShed or suggests
q switch Of stocks for something
that will advance in price in the
markets"
Generally the victims are
cheated because they rely on their
own judgment; if they happen to
be merchants they apparently
take a chance rather than lose the
small amount of business in
volved; If it is a case of q stock
Switch" they think they know
The Washington times., 1937-06-08
I LABOR BILLS
REPORTED
international News Services

A new railway retirement act.
an antichild labor w and q
new safety in air" act were IA
vorably reported yesterday by the
Senate Interstate Commerce
Cc lmittee.
The retirement act, sponsored
by Senator Wagner of New York,
would replace the one hold non
constitutional by the Supreme
Court. It would provide retire
ment pay at 65 or at so after
80 years service, with a mini
mum pay Of $40 a month.
The anti-child labor bill, intro.
duced by Senator Wheeler Cd
Of Montana, and Senator John
son ID Of Colorado, would pro
hibit shipment of child labor
goods in interstate commerce to
any State where sale of such
goods is prohibited locally.
The air transportation bin
would rlace all commercial air
lines under strict control
The Washington times., 1937-06-08
Roosevelt Visits ...
likes in Hospital

President Roosevelt took time
off after finishing his work in the
executive offices late yesterday to
visit Secretary Of Interior Harold
L. Ickes, who is in the Naval Hos
pital. Ickes is suffering from
a stomach ailment.
The Washington times., 1937-06-08
Driver ScaIded
In Bus Accident

Attempting to put water in a
boiling radiator of o bus he was
driving, Gilbert Brown, 30, Ar
lington, va, driver for the Capt.
tai Transit Company, was burned
on the face yesterday. The radi-
ator cap blew off in the 1900
block wisconsin Ave. N. w., and
boiled over in Browns face. He
was treated at Georgetown Hos
The Washington times., 1937-06-08

AMERICA needed 4 light, fast and
Il powerful stake truck to ell lO1
different uses-so Ford built it. A unit
that's truck when it comes to stam-
ina-yet it's commercial car in size,
maneuverability and economy. Espe-
!. cially designed on 112". wheeIbase
chassis, the load space is 80" long,
81" wide and 29H" high. The stake
sections are removable. The platform
Unprotected BY steel skid strips and a
steel rub-rail.
Asa platform OF stake truck, thissis
naturally 4 versatile unit. And its
adaptabiIity is further increased by
Ford 's.two V.s engine sizes.
The Washington times., 1937-06-08
FORD VS. TRUCKS ''''''' ':;::: ;* ;:;; :"
COMMERCIAL CARS --
ANY ONE OF THE AUTHORIZED FORD DEALERS:

LOGAN MOTOR CO.
iii 18th ST, N. W.
2O17 Virginia Ave. N. W. sod.
CARTER MOTOR co.
1I3 N. st. Asaph
Alexandria, We. -
PARKWAY MOTOR co., INC.
3O4O NJ st. n. ".
1880 Wisconsin Ave.
The Washington times., 1937-06-08

WAKEFIELD AIoroR CO.
2525. Sherman Ave. N. w.
1877 COnnectious Ave. n. w.
FRANK NJ. MCLAUGHLIN
31O3 Rhode Ialand Ave. N. Z.
CAPITOL MOTORS, INC.
215 Pennsylvanla Ave. 8. z.
041 Water st. 9. ".
The Washington times., 1937-06-08

TAKOMA MOTOR CO., INC
~ Carroll Ave.
TakOma Park, Nd.
9Th and Blair Rd. N. W.
WALSH MOTOR co.
5000 Ga. Ave.
. Silver Spring, Nd.
BILLHIMER q PALMER.
Z Spencer St.
6O14 Rhode Island Ave.
HyattSVills, Md.
The Washington times., 1937-06-08

CHERNER MOTOR co.
1881 Florida Ave. N. ".
Conn. Ave. and Nebraska
1612 14th st. N. W.
NORTHEAST MOTOR co.
eco BIadensbuFg Rd. N. z.
ARLINGTON MOTOR CO., INC.
ROsslyn, Va.
The Washington times., 1937-06-08

HANpLEY. MOTOR co.
$3.50 Georgia. Ave. NJ W.
HILL o TIBBITTs
IfIA Vermont Ave. NJ w
1923 L st. N. W
1890 14eh St N. W.
eTEUART MOTOR co.
sixth and New York Ave. n. ".
14th st. and r. l. Ave. n. E.
3Ed and H SITS. n. z.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-03-08
II TODAY y
TODAY'S ANNIVERSARIES

1799-Simon Cameron, Journey-man
printer, Pennsylvania newspaper pub
iisher-editor, U. S. senator, Lincoln S
first secretary of war, diplomat, sena-
tor again and succeeded by his son,
born in Lancaster Co., Pa. Died June
26, 1889.
18OO-Robert j. Breckenridge, Ken
lucky lawyer and legislator who be-
came noted Presbyterian clergyman
born near Lexington, Ky. Died Nov
q, 1871.
1804-Alvan Clark, Massachusetts
engraver and portrait painter who, at
40, with his son, turned to the making
of telescopes and to astronomy and
became famed in both. born at Ash
field, Mass Died at Cambridge, Mass,
AUG. 10. 1887.
1819-EGwin P. Whipple, noted Bos-
ton essayist and critic of his day,
born at Gloucester, Mass. Died June
16, 1886.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-03-08
TODAY,S YESTERDAYS

March 8. 165S-The first newspaper
advertisement was published, in the
Impartial Intelligencer, London. 1t
offered a reward for return of two
strayed or stolen horses.
rs Years ago Today-The Confeder-
ate man-of-war Virginia, once known
as Merrimac, a makeshift contrlved
out of a half-burned and sunken hulk,
destroyed the wooden frigates u. S.
S. Cumberland and u. S. S. Congress
in Hampton Roads, and proved the
day of wooden fighting ships was
over. For it was iron-clad, invulner-
able to cannon balls.
Next day, the new cOntraption OF
John Ericsson, the Monitor, a cheese
box on a raft" hurried into Hampton
Roads to protect the frigate Mime
sofa and do battle with the Virginia
In that historic 4-hour engagement
enormously known as the battle of the
Monitor and the Merrimac, neither
ship was able to do serious damage to
the other, and no lives were lost, but
the events of these two days caused
the London Times to declare that Eng
lands naval supremacy, as represent
ed by effective naval force, had van
ished overnight
Yet this latter battle that made the
navies of the world obsolete was
fought because the commander of the
Monitor disobeyed orders! He had
been ordered up the Potomac to pro
tect frightened Washington. Instead
he bought out the Virginia.