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Colonel Spotswood and Lord
Botetourt among the Royal Gov
errors; Patrick Henry, whose fiery
Words helped kindle the Torch OF
Liberty; Peyton Randolph, later
President of the First Continental
Congress; George Wythe, Thomas
jefferson, Carter Braxton,. Benja-
min Harrison, four signers OF our
Decl aration of Independence;
George washington, Marquis de
Lafayette, Count de Rochamoeau,
whose Strategy and Soldering sue.
cessfully won the closing Battle OF
the Revolution so close to VIII
liamsburg that the Roar of Can
non could be distinctly heard. 1t
was the daily, serious Lives of Men
like these who made the Life OF
Colonial Williamsburg -. Royal
lists. Patriots, Diplomats, Soldiers,
Leaders of a new Nation who gave
the City its social Tempo"
Introduction to Reality
In the words above, you will find
the introduction to a small part Of
Colonial Williamsburg, which has
been faithfully reproduced for us
here in Washington. And they do
indeed inspire us to read further,
to investigate.
To get down to serious and local
facts, however, this all came about
because the many people who have
visited Colonial Williamsburg have
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NEIGHBORLY CALLS

Dear Mrs. Beeckman:
"We have moved into our new
home and some Of the neighbOrs
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Williamsburg Sends "A Treatise on the Value Colonial Decor
LOVeIOrn
Father Claims
Boys Wages
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX
written Exclusively for The
washington Times)

washington Times)
"Dear Miss Fairfax:
my wife's sister died In child
birth, and we took the boy when
he was . week old, and reared him
rs our own son.
"His father never came TO SEQ
him, or sent him . penny, or in
quired how he was getting on. He
married and has . family Of five
by his second wife.
They're down at the heel and
I'm sorry for the wife who has had
to help to support her family By
all sorts Of shabby drudgery.
"At times this man drinks 10
excess, and IL utterly. no good.
'rHiS son, whom We have reared,
Il . very promising boy, which Is
o good mark for environment
against heredity. The boy Is now
is, and has had one year ct .
local university. In addition 70 his
college work, he has . job which
pays him from $12 to SIS . week.
Ellis father, hearing about this.
IL trying to make claim for the
boys salary, and after nearly
eighteen years Of indifference, in
sists upon being regarded - . de.
voted parent. Has he any claim
against the boys WageS?S
It seems unlikely that O. fatheE.
such as you describe, should have
any claim on q sons wages. But
you had better take up the case
with the Legal Aid Bureeu. 1910
Vermont Ave.
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Shawl CaDe

Don't think that because the
days are warm you can fare forth
in a thin evening frock at night
with only a scrap of a wrap. A
beauty, in full length. is made of
faille taffeta tn a shawl cape en-.
tirely of double ruffles. The sill.
houette is very fitted.
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'vitationS and Announcements.
Acknowledging the Wedding Invi-
tation. Wedding Expenses. The
Difference Between a Formal and
Informal Wedding. The Wedding
Procession and Recessional. The
Groom's Clothes for the Informal
Wedding. The Groom'S Clothes
for a Formal Wedding. Gifts Ap-
propriate for the Bride to Give to
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Bandaqe Sandal

I Attractive steps are taken by
the foot that wears the new black
With-red bandage shoe. A good
model is a bandage sandal of black
patent with q red, hand-painted
border and red lining. The ribbon
toes are red. The shoe has an open
toe and open heel.
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CountnS Suit

Daring In its color scheme 70
Schiaparelli's country suit with
skirt Of rust red checked with
sage green, and jacket of sage
green flecked with rust red. The
fabric is tweed, and the Jacket
fastens with fox-head buttons and
has two slit pockets at the waist
level, above the patch pockets.
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MUST CHOOSE

Dear MISS Falrtaxs
We've been married five years.
My husband Is 80 and I'm "a, and
we have . darling baby boy. MY
husband had very delicate health
when he was o child: cOnSe-
quentIy, he's very temperamentaN
and moody and has nervous
spells. His people have told me
these spells. are put on to get
sympathy.
when he has one, ] always
baby him, but they react on me,
so that I hardly know what I'm
doing. We have lived with my
people nearly all the time since
we've been married. He doesn't
like that and doesn't seem to
realize that IL we didn't live at
my home, we wouldn't live ut all.
debts, debts, debts, bills, bills,
bills accommodating. I'm sick Of
lodging down side streets to avoid
people to whom we owe money.
And yet / don't dare bring up
these things, for fear they'll bring
about another nervous spell. real
or acquired III
'T'm at MY witsSend. Have you
any suggestions?
'DEsPAIRLNG."
You seem to belong to the class
of which the Wonan's Bureau
says in q bulletin: Marriage Of
fers no economic security" When
this is the case, woman has to
think Of herself and her, child.
And you are more than fortunate
in having a family willing to help.
No doubt they would be glad 10
take care Of your baby while you
fit yourself for q job.
Your letter is well written and
intelligent, and to my way OF
thinking, there Is no reason why
you should not join the army OF
women breadwinners.
Make UP your mind as to q
choice Of vocation and turn oil
your energy toward making Q sue.
cess Of it. And good luck to you.,
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DIsCoURAGNG

Dear Miss Fairfax:
Everything seemed to be going
beautifully. We were head-Overs
heels In love, and our families
smiled on the match. Then, sud-
denly, his mother began to grow
cold. She said it was because We,
were Of different religions. He told
me privately that it was because
he helped out . good deal ct hOmes
and she didn't want TO lose her
hold ON his pay envelope.
II don't know what it was all
about, neither does he. But we
have tears, Mysteries, connections
an the time. I'm 10 and he's 23.
I'm perfectly willing to go over to
his church, or he IL willing to come
to mine. So It looks to me rs IL
it might be the pay envelope.
Il. M. K,nn
It seems to me that religion
can be left out Of the question
entirely, since each Of you Is so
tolerant about the others belief.
Il must be the pay envelope.
You haven't told me enough
about the family resources to
enable me to give YOU a, salts
factory answer.
If they're all dependent on this
boy and his salary, naturally
they're going to fight to keep it.
Put If there are other employed
members Of the clan, wouldn't II
be possible for him to say II
will contribute so much" or, II
he isn't able to do that, he might
take a firm stand and let other
members Of the family do their
part. >tas
It's pretty tough on young love,
I'll admit, when they have to
break engagements to help along
their families. This will also an.
SWer Lonesome"
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Authentic Reproductions
Are Now on Display
In WASHINGTON
By WILMA LAv1LLE

Williamsburg you have only roster the Names of famous Men
whose Personalities gave Charm to its social life whose
strong vivid Characters guided its political Denes and
it national Importance Not alone for the Pages Of History
that such opens you but for the intimate Gmpses
into Pantries Wardrobes and Relaxations.
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When Manners Are Correct By1r. Cornelius

have called on US. Please advise
me how long to wait before we
return these visits
"READER."
It is gracious, and very impor-
tant in these cases Of welcoming
a-new-neighbor calls, to return
these calls as soon as you posi-
bly, can. Within a week or 10 days,
il possible.
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lHer Attendants. The Groom's'
Gift to the Best Man and Ushers.
Duties of the Best man. Seating
the Wedding Guests. The Parents
Table, -
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BOYS, GIRLS WIN CASH PRIZES!
POpeye IL coming to town with an easy
contest and big parade. He'll tell you
how In TOmOrrOw's Washington Times
Read it,
Evening star., 1937-12-19

that as consequence Of such accelera-
ton the right to interest was gone.
A vigorous dissent was rendered by
the so-called conservative minority
Justices McReynolds. Sutherland and
Butler. Holding that the Government
was seeking to evade its responsibility to
pay the bonds (plus interest) in gold
coin Of the standard prevailing in 1917,
Justice McReynolds asserted it should
not be difficult to ascertain the invalidity
OF the call where men anxiously uphold
the doctrine that a contractual obliga-
tion remains binding upon the con-
science Of the sovereign and reverently
fix their gaze on the Eighth Command
ment."
To many laymen the reasoning Of the
minority will seem more in keeping with
the ordinary meaning given the words
found in the contract in question. But
the majority of the court, perhaps look
Ing to the good Of the greater number,
found constitutional sanction for the
course followed by the Government,
That, 1t is to be hoped, will end the con-
troversy, for 1t has been one not calcu-
lated to instill pride Of Government In
the mind Of the average citizen.
Evening star., 1937-12-19

as Mr.. Elliott pointedly states, ut has
been the long-established rule in the
Federal service that the functions Of
the agencies of the United States are
restricted to those activities authorized
by special or general enactments Of Con-
gress, and where an activity involves the
expenditure of money Of the United
States, the appropriation laws must make
the moneys available therefor, in no
uncertain terms, if such an activity Is
to be accepted as lawful"
In the present case the money spent
undoubtedly is water over the dam, and,
lacking a specific prohibition by Con-
gress there is no guarantee against addi-
tional disbursements. For, owing to the
status enjoyed by the H. o. L. c., the
opinion rendered by the Acting Con-
troller General can be viewed only as
advisory.
Instead Of limiting the powers of the
General Accounting Office, as pending
legislation proposes, this incident as
Senator McCarran emphasizes, demon
strates that tightening Of the safe
guards around expenditures is highly
desirable.
Evening star., 1937-12-19
'sSovereign Conscience"

The Supreme Court, in its recent
so-called gold" decision, apparently
has terminated the protracted and con-
fusing litigation arising out of the Gov
ernments action in devaluing the dollar.
While this latest decision did not bear
directly on the legality of paying a gov
ernmental obligation in devalued dollars,
it will serve undoubtedly further to
embitter those who feel they have been
the victims Of sharp practices on the
part Of the sovereign.
The present litigation arose after the
Supreme Court in 1885 had held the Gov
ernment could not be compelled to nay
its bonds in gold coin or in currency
equivalent to the value Of gold in 1917.
Following that decision, the Secretary
OF the Treasury issued a call for the re-
demption Of certain Liberty Bonds on
a'specifled date. The bonds authorized
this acceleration of the maturity date,
but the petitioning bondholders con-
tended the call was not valid, assuming
correctly that payment would be made
in devalued dollars. Asserting that an
invalid call was. legally, no call, they filed
suit to recover interest which they con-
tended accrued after the date Of call.
The majority Of the court held, how
ever. that the maturity Of the bonds had
been accelerated BY . valid cali, and
Evening star., 1937-12-19
The HI. o. L. C.. Case.

Without judging the merits or de-
Erability Of the, Home Owners Loan
Corporation medical plan, which has
been declared Illegal by Acting Controller
General Elliott, the most interesting fact
is that it was possible, because of the
lack of legislative controls, for Federal
agency to spend nearly $4,000 on a
project which could not have been con-
templated as a governmental function
when 1t was created.
In conformity with practice, not un-
usual, the H. o. L. G. was given what
amounted to blank check to conduct
operations at the time Of its establish
ment, and officials there fall back on
that fact in justifying the financing of
Group Health Association, Inc. With
equal logic, the H. o. L. G. might have
embarked on any other venture, although.
Evening star., 1937-12-19

country business stagnates and business
men and politicians squabble over the
question OF whether Government should
try to establish the controls that an alb
sence OF competition makes necessary.
Other nations could not afford the lux
ury OF such squabble over a question
that long ago was settled In nearly all Of
them.
What 1t all means, in the opinion of
the Governments best qualified observ-
ers, is this:
The world is breaking up into COM
partments. The old automatic controls
that formerly served to keep economic
machinery in balance now are either
gone or badly crippled. Throughout
most OF the rest Of the world, England
included, government has created ma
chinery to exercise the controls that once
were automatic.
But, in the United States where all of
the elements for prosperity and full en-
ployment exist, business and Govern
ment battle one another instead OF get
ting together to try to work out adjust
ments on q cooperative basis that would
permit full use of the Nations resources.
The japanese, in desperate search
for what this country already possesses,
bombed unit Of the United States Navy.
BY that act they showed how unreal
are the reasons for domestic squabbles
in the midst Of world where the United
States alone has any definite chance for
(copyrisht, 1879
Evening star., 1937-12-19

their greatest works Of art. The worlds
noblest literature gathers from the
homely incidents Of a child's birth in q
place remote its richest beauty and color.
Wherever men and women and little
children gather this joyous Christmas
season, hearts glow with freshened Joy
and kindly impulses stir them to gen.
erous deeds.
There is no other period in the year
where love and kindly judgments have
such free and full expression as at
Christmastide. Age and youth alike feel
at this season the enkindling of desires
and aspirations that disclose the finer
qualities Cf their nature. Even old
Marley in Dickens immortal christmas
Carol experiences rebirths Of feeling
ana emergeS upon new day of kindlier
deeds and more generous action. During
the terrible days Of the World War the
guns paused in their deadly work and
those who had fought in bitter strife
gave themselves to fellowship and fra
ternal greetings.
On this latest Christmas Day the world
Is again experiencing unrest and the
kindly spirit of this season of good will
seems to be lacking. Despite this ominous
fact We pause again in our busy life to
hear the blessed message that was
heralded from Bethlehem, "On earth
peace. good will to men, The fulfill
ment OF this message seems long de-
layed, and yet this old world of ours has
moved far along the way toward kindlier
Judgments and better spirit of good
VIII. We have not approximated His
loeal who came to earth as the Prince
OF feace, but millions of His followers
throughout the world, zealously and with
unabated ardor, are pressing His claims.
When His truth prevails, fear will give
place to confidence, despair to hone hate
TO love and evil passions to brotherlv
Kindness. 1t is this that eases the bur-
dens OF life, dissipates its fear, ughtens
Its darkened pathway, filing it with re-
neWed hope and courage.
Evening star., 1937-12-19
A CHRISTMAS REELECTION
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN D. d. IL D. D. c. L.
BISHOP OF WASHINGTON.

As We read again the story Of the birth
Of Christ we fnd ourselves thrilled by
the circumstances that attended 1t. No
recorded event in the long history of the
ages can compare with it. The two signal
notes that marked this birth are Joy and
peace.
The incidents related in the second
chapter of st. Luke have a beauty and
an appeal that have fascinated and
called forth the reverent devotion Of
men for nineteen centuries. Upon this
idyilic story has been built the world
wide observance of q day that in its ex-
pressions Of love and generosity eXcels
every day in the calendar. It begins
with the commonplace statement: 1T
came to pass in those days that there
went out decree from Caesar Augustus
that all the world should be taxed" It
is striking coincidence that the birth
Of Christ should be thus related to a
tax imposed upon people by despotic
ruler, alien to their race. It was In
obedience to this royal decree that the
Holy Family came to Bethlehem.
The burden Of tax and It's unwilling
acceptance furnishes the prologue to the
birth Of Christ. To tighten and lift such
burdens was to be the high purpose of
His ministry. The abundant life was
to be His gift to men.
There follows In the narrative the story
of the search for resting place wherein
the Holy Child was to be born, for we
read that there was no room for them
in the inn" Mystif1ed shepherds listen
ing to angelic hosts, visiting wise men
coming from afar In search Of q new
King, wondering peasants and a mother
with her newborn babe, these constitute
the principal characters in this amazing
story Old as 1t is 1t continues to be the
inspiration of poet, musician and artist,
and to hold its place OF priority in the
hearts of men the world over. About 1t
Handel builds his oratorio Of the Mes
siah"; Raphael and the master painters
Evening star., 1937-12-19
"New Sweden"

Although the good people of Sweden
recently gave the Governor of Pennsyl-
vania seventeen guns and royal honors
when his excellency of Harrisburg sailed
majestically into the harbor of Goteborg
on mission of Keystone good will, it is
the Government and citizens of the
whole United States who are planning in
June, 1888, to commemorate in befitting
style the New Sweden" Tercentenary.
Under the auspices of President Roose-
velt and by special act of Congress, the
Nation will celebrate the three hun
dredth anniversary of the founding of
New Sweden" by the original colony OF
permanent settlers in the Delaware River
Valley in 1638-only eighteen years after
the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth.
Most Americans, prone to think Of the
colonization of this continent exclusively
in terms of British, Dutch, French or
Spanish settlements, have forgotten
that hardy sons of Sweden, through
whose veins the blood of vikings coursed,
were among the earliest pioneers to
blaze the white mans trail on our shores.
They came only thirty-one years after
the first English roots were planted, at
jamestown in 1907.
1t is therefore eminently appropriate
that arrangements have been made to
mark suitably an event that played
so important role in the epic of Amer
lea. Sweden is joining enthusiastically
in the Tercentenary, thanks primarily, to
the initiative of her veteran envoy to the
United States, Mr.. Wollmar Bostrom,
who is completing his twelfth successive
year of effective service in Washington.
Wilmington, Del, original landing place
of the first arrivals, will be the scene of
the principal Tercentenary ceremonies
on June a. At President Roosevelt's
invitation, Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf
of Sweden and his consort, Crown Prin-
cess Louise, granddaughter of Queen
Victoria, who visited Washington in 1927
for the dedication Of the Ericsson me-
mortal, will reach the metropolis Of the
Diamond State aboard the Swedish
motor-liner Kungsholm and be escorted
up the Delaware River by a Swedish
man-of-war, probably the super modern
aircraft carrier Gotland. Accompanying
King Gustaf VS. heir will be delegation
of distinguished government officials and
leading Swedish private citizens. The
party will be welcomed by President
Roosevelt and other high Federal Of
ficials and later the Crown Prince and
Princess will visit at the White House.
An outstanding feature of the festivi-
ties at Wilmington will be the unveiling
of monument symbolical of the arrival
of S. S. Kalmar Nyckel, the little seven
teenth century frigate, which was the
Swedish Mayflower. Funds for the mon
ument, unique design in highly pol
ished black granite from the famous
Swedish quarries at Glimakra, were pro-
Wded by popular subscription in Sweden,
chiefly among the humber classes, from
whose loins sprang the several million
of sturdy Scandinavian sons and daugh-
ters who for three centuries have fruit
fully leavened American life and times
The Republic joins Fundamentally in the
notable anniversary and bespeaks for it
that complete measure of success which
so dramatic and significant a moment
in our national history deserves.
Evening star., 1937-12-19
Shooting Stars.
BY PH1LANDER JOHNSON.
Christmas Lights.

Christmas Lights.
The lights upon the Christmas tree
Bright rays of hope will send,
Enabling lad and lass to see
How future joys extend.
And in our more mature estate
We greet the gentle glow
That softly will illuminate
The paths Of long ago.
Although the cleaning gay and free
A tiny flame appears,
Each light upon the Christmas tree
Sends radiance through the years.
Evening star., 1937-12-19

A kidnap case or the equivalent goes
on complacently when a large sum Of
American money is taken abroad and
does not move the patriotic devotion Of
the many citizens concerned in the
fortunes foundation. It has been said
that money has no patriotism.
Evening star., 1937-12-19

We may expect something remarkable
in the way of happy New Year, con-
sidering the number of people who turn
over a new leaf and at the same time
announce that they have just begun to
fight.
Evening star., 1937-12-19

It has become the pleasant duty of
Postmaster General James A. Farley to
reappoint o. L. Phillips postmaster Of the
town Of Santa Claus, Indiana. Whatever
may happen, the Christmas spirit is still
secure in some parts of the country.
Evening star., 1937-12-19

One Of the great changes to be noted
in the calendar will be a reference to
the Japanese Emperor, whose situation,
once concealed by picturesque adjec-
tives, is now known to. and studied by.
the world.
Evening star., 1937-12-19
Big Apple Pie Dances.

From the Salem (Mass.) News.
Only fraction Of the American people
is likely to dance the big Apple" but
the entire country dances with Joy when
ever the big apple pie appears on the
table.