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The Washington times., 1938-09-17
Rx LESLIE GOULD

NEW YORK, Sept. II Q.N.SO.
The stock market suffered a fur
ther break today, with leaders
down 1 to more than 5 points at
their lows.
Selling reflected continued pes
simism over the critical European
situation and fears of weekend
developments.
TICKER LATE
Trading was at a heavy pace on
the decline, the high-speed ticker
running two minutes late shortly
after the opening. Sales in the
first hour amounted to 100000
shares.
Support was met midway
through the session, but volume
contracted on recovery efforts and
final quotations found most pivotal
Issues around the days bottoms.
Steels, motors. chemicals, cop
pers and bluechips were hardest
hit by the newest selling wave.
Philip Morris showed an ex.
treme decline of 51a points. while
Westinghouse Electric dropped
close to 4 points before meeting
support. Allied Chemical, Dupont,
u. S. Rubber and Crucible Steel
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afternoon and the radio will
also be tuned in to some OF the
bigger games for play.by-play
descriptions.
This will be a regular Satur-
day afternoon feature and Will
continue throughout the foot
ball season.
DOY KISER, the boy with the
~ golden ballad voice at the
Metronome Room, is still tops
in appeal.
Roy, accompanied by Frank
Meyer with the accordion, puts
the old umph in songs that are
frankly sentimental-and really
lovely.
Ernestine Gardner and Burr
McMullen, also at Wardman
Parks Metronome Room. duet
together in coy little ditty that
is charming.
IF YOU have ever fallen under
the spell Of the mysterious
strains of Song of India" you
should go to the Shoreham Ter
race.
Jeanne Goodner, a very clever
tap dancer, this week is giving
her Interpretation of the famous
opus. This little girl. who halls
from Chicago, has played with
Eddie Cantor at the Paramount
Theater and has also made
movie shorts.
Moran and Wiser, the hat
tossers, are still holding forth.
under conditions of much hilar-
ity.
YOU CAN LEARN 1T
Wanna learn the Lambeth
Walk?
Just truck down to the Pine
Grove on Mt. Vernon Boulevard
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country's largest chain of grocery
stores, the Great Atlantic & Pa
cific Tea Company.
It has inaugurated a nation
wide campaign to lay the facts
before the public. The high point
of it's initial statement is that
abolition of chain stores, through
confiscatory taxation, would en-
tail a serious hardship in millions
of families by forcing them to pay
more for necessities of life.
PAY HEAVY TAXES
Some of the facts and figures
adduced are interesting, even eye
opening:
The two principal owners,
George L. and John A. Hartford,
sons of the founder, pay over to
the Government in taxes 81 and
SO cents, respectively, OF each
dollar of their income.
They figure that, taking into
account inheritance taxes, only
six cents on the dollar of future
earnings would remain "aS a
motive for continued personal
service"
More important: There are 85,-
900 employees, fully 10 per cent
of whom have had more than
10 years service, whose present
employment, it is pointed out
would be terminated by annlhlla-
ton of the organization.
The A. g. P. claims that its EN-
nloves receive the highest
wages and have the shortest
working hours of any workers in
the grocery business, whether
chain store or individual grocer"
The company last year dlstrl-
L,,toI ~ ratoil $QQ1 700 non worth
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of food at a net profit of / per
cent, at prices averaging to 10
per cent lower than the prices of
the individual literally
millions of sales were made at
prices Is per cent lower This
saving of to Is cents on each
dollar is of vital Importance to
millions of families"
Approximately 80 per cent Of
the production of Americas S
100000 farm families is mark
eted through chain food stores
"at low prices" while 10 per
cent reach the public at higher
prices" Lower distribution costs.
it is pointed out, mean greater
demand for farm products.
CHAINS HIRE 100000
Approximately 100000 workers
are employed in the chain store
industry. The Patman bill, it is
claimed. would add almost an
other million to the unemployed,
wipe out 80 per cent of the dis
tributing machinery of our farm
ers, raise the cost of living of the
wage earners of the nation"
You have read and heard a
thousand times, production has
been carried to a high state of
efficiency. But not economical
distribution.
Why did chain stores find
foothold and attain present-day
proportions?
MORE FOR MONEY
The answer is that they must
have contrived to please many
millions of consumers by their
prices and their policies-that, in
short, increasing millions of in
dividuals and families became
convinced they could get more
for their money in chain stores.
Much criticism of chain stores
is voiced, particularly regarding
their alleged failure to play an
appropriate part in shoulderlng
local community responsibilities.
Nationwide airing of the whole
subject is most desirable before
Congress is asked to ring the
death-knell to a modern industry
which has won an important
place in all up-to-date countries
and which, according to the A.
& P.'s statement, contributes i'm
portantly to making it possible
for millions of families to make
ends meet.
copyright. 1898. by B. c. Forbes.)
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BLONDES HAVE BRAINS~
Daily Short Story
.Bv Edna Ferguson .

lit? l saw it in the papers. But
shucks. I don't think they wer'
so clever"
The hell you don't. Maybe vol
think you could pull off, single
handed, a better job thar
The man caught himself, anc
his expression hardened, but SHE
/ seemed not to notice.
Not Slim Quattrocia, the big
night club man." she cried, pull
ing off her hat and shaking her
long gold bob excitedly. Gosh
if you work with guys like him ]
don't wonder But you're kid
ding! Quattrocia only works
With the big Shots" he fin.
iShed for her. as he relaxed once
more and ran a hand roughly
through the smooth floss of her
hair. so you don't think I'm
big enough for Slim? Why baby,
without me, he'd a flopped on
that Whitehouse job!"
mo kidding?" she gaSped
wincing uncomplainingly under
his careSs. And the hotel never
got wise? The suckers! How did
you ever do it?"
LATE SUSPICIOUS
He had almost finished explain
ing. with fulsome details, before he
suddenly broke off, suspicion once
more in his bloodshot eyes.
"S-a-a-y! You're mighty curious.
and excited, too! What's that per-
spiration doing on your upper
lip?"
She tried to back away, but he
leaped after her with sudden fury.
Who the hell are you, anyway?
Come on, speak up!"
He grabbed a slender arm and
twisted, but before her agonized
cry could be entirely muffled by a
brutal strangle hold, the door to
an adjoining suite flew open and
six men burst into the room. They
were big men with police depart
ment badges on their lapels and
they made snappy work of the
girls attacker.
Fingered by STOOL" he painted
bitterly, four minutes later as,
considerably mussed. he covered
in a hard-eyed circle.
mo, caught by a member of the
force, and a damned clever one" :"
the detective in charge corrected.
Her a dick?" the man NUT
tered, then, brokenly, "a brainy
blonde!"
Snap out of it, punk" the de-
tective ordered, "and listen fast.
We knew ever since the White
house job that you were no genu-
inc hotel dick, but we waited. It
was Quattrocia we were after.
I'VE knew you were just cheap
chiseler, a stooge with a tailored
front. doing the dirty work for
the mob. So we set our little trap
and you fell for it. Well, we'll be
lenient, if you'll pardon our little
interruption-and keep on talk
ing"
The prisoner glanced at the
square fists of the police officer
and shrugged.
"I'll talk" he muttered. Whats
the use. That gypsy put the In
dian sign on me all right, when
she said a bottled trip me. But
how was 1 to know she meant
a peroXide bottlep'
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WHERE TO GO:
WHERE no GO =
Gay Goings-On in Washington Night Clubs
Shdr-Zdd Opening
DrdWs ThrOng
Of SOCidliteS

1T WAS ALMOST a Hollywood
L premiere at the Shar-Zad last
night.
Social luminarieS-instead of
Hollywood celebritieS-and also
just plain people not mentioned
in the social register had them
selves a gala time at the open
ing of the Carlton Hotel cocktail
dance room.
Exquisite gowns and the
much-talked-about upswing hair
dos were much in evidence for
the premiere to welcome back
Sande Williams and his orcheS-
ira.
The management announces
that Sande and his lads will not
only play for dancing every night,
but, beginning this afternoon.
will entertain in the Carlton
cocktail lounge between S and
Z p. m.
DUAL EVENT CARDED
A dual event comes off at the
Bamboo Gardens on Thursday.
In the first place, the occasion
for much celebration is the first
anniversary of the place, and
combined with this, the manage
ment will officially begin its fall
season.
This two-way event is the sig
nal for one of the finest revues
the Bamboo Gardens has ever
presented. The show will include
all Broadway talent-beautiful
girls. colorful costumes, singing,
dancing m everything.
Until Thursday Mary Jane
Browns nimble feet and a very
good show will continue to
please the customers.
There are no halfway meas
ureS in the way the Nlghtn-
gale does things.
Not one, but three young men
give way to song from the band
stand. They accompany Jimmy
Gandley's hot swing band.
MILKMAN'S MATINEE
Don't forget the milkman'S
matinee at the Casa Grande
tonight.
The last show begins at 2 a.
M, with the result that if you're
one who prefers the wee Sma'
hours, you'll wait for this show
and then dance afterwards.
There are two other shows.
one at 10 p. m. and the second
at midnight. George Kaye is
the Emcee, who leads the entire
show, sometimes indulging in
a bit of dancing or singing, and
always entertaining with his
constant stream of chatter.
Another featured performer
is Billy Dale, who gives dit-
ferent routine of dances at
each show.
i X
66VOU name it; we play it,"
l. That's the slogan adopted
by Jack TORY and his band,
who play to jitterbugs nightly
at Brinkley's. The band is very
accommodating to the custom
ers. They ask for the number
and the band plays off.
Included among Brinkley'S
features is Ken Richard, the
lad who recently won the best
drummer-in-the-city contest. Ken
not only drums, but sings for
the band.
START FOOTBALL SESSIONS
The Hi-Hat this afternoon in
augurates it's football sessions.
Scores of all leading games
will be announced during the
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BOTTLE FOREBODINGS

She got out a bottle of rye and
poured him a drink but he showed
it back.
Hate to turn down good stuff,
but I'm not drinking till the first.
Funny thing, bat a gypsy fortune
teller told me I'd get into trouble
because of bottle this month.
Well, until the month is over I'm
staying away from all bottles,
whether they hold rye, gin or
brandy" ~
coke" she laughed. "I1l drink
to our success alone then. But
that's logical. In our partnership
all you'll do is look the other way
III do all the work"
Work." the man Sneered.
'Iisten, little one. say the word
and we'll see a. lot of each other.
but not on business. Blondes
never have any brains. Just be-
cause you've pulled a few petty
sneak-thief jobs, don't think you
can manage a big-time haul. Why,
girl, that takes organization. 1t
took the slickest jewel mob in
town to get away with the-with
q recent big job"
"Oh, the Whitehouse robbery,
I'll bet. That was the big job
you spoke Of in your hotel, wasn't
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10 dIoCN ny q
g before the next
ii described as
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NSSAASA WV
fra n kly de-
signed to put
c h ain stores
out of buSi-
n e SS." 1t is
Sponso re d by
Rep r sentative
w r i G h t Pat
man of Texas.
What the Ad-
m mi Stration's
stand on it will
be has not yet
been revealed.
Public atten-
ton has been
directed to this
motter hV the
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orr ! TO 5 POINTS:
STOCKS DIP SHARPLY
IN WAVE OF SELLING

slumped three or more at one
time.
Included in the list of represen-
tative stocks to give up two or
more points were U. S. Steel,
Chrysler, Sear-Roebuck, American
Smelling, International Harvester,
Loew's, Santa Fe and Texas Corp.
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Doug Corrigan
Gets Home at Lasi

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Sept. IT,.
Ending his triumphal tour of the
nation, Douglas Corrigan was in
Sacramento today, the city where
he started his first transcontinen-
ta1 flight in 1928,
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Washington Stocks

SALES
Capital Transit Co.. 25@8, 100
8, 1908, 1908. 1908.
AFTER CALL
Washington Gas Light pfd., 200
100.
Potomac Electric 5R% pfd.,
1O@1141s.
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tells me that he is in love with
me. but he is married. He and
his wife are separated but not
divorced, and she"goes out with
other men. I see him occasion
ally, but I told him I could not
60 out with him, and he is ter
ribly blue about it. Have done
the right thing, or would it be all
right for me to go out with him
once in while? ALICE.
1t would be all right for you
to go out occasionally with this
young man, but if his intentions
are really serious he ought to
do something about the divorce
so he could be in a position to
pay you attention without max
ing the neighbors gossip. Don't
allow yourself to become too
deeply interested in this young
man till he is free.
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Narcissus and the,
Mirrors

Finding in mirrors cause for
Scorn,
He cursed them for their witch's
craft,
And sought
Within a forest pool
A truer image of himself.
Fearful lest the hope should fail,
NarcisSus n cared, with tiger
caution,
To where, untroubled in the blue,
The stately poplars on the bank
Conversed with poplars in the
pool.
When suddenly from its dim
depth,
He saw a little man appear
A little man with graying hair.
Thin-lipped,
And shabbily inept.
"You lie. you witch's Spawn!"
NarclSSus screamed,
And I will drown your soul so
deep,
You'll never worry me again"
With sun stream in his eyes,
He leapt.
The poplars in the water
SWooued;
And in the forest quietude
Re-echoed windy whir Of wings.
SOPHIE H1MMELh.
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HOnneServlCe

Lucky is the girl whose poise
insurance is a vivid vocabulary!
She's never tongue-tied-or a
conversational dead-weight who
complains, II can't just express
what 1 mean" The men who
date her know she'll gaily hold
her own in any group.
She's never boring. Instead
of overworked words like nice,
interesting, lovely, she choose
lively adjectives that appeal to
the five Senses-hard, cool pave
ment; tittering sparrow; spicy
fragrance; crisp, Savory bacon;
black, scurrying clouds.
And she doesn't make embar-
RAISING blunders. She knows
better than to say, "Oh, I was
so aggravated" when she means
exaSperated, or THE bride pro-
ceeded the bridesmaids" when
she means preceded.
Is your vocabulary large
enough for your conversational
needs? Is 1t colorful? Correct?
Check up on yourself with the
help of our valuable 32-page
booklet. Personality in words
and phrases. Good usage. Ac-
cepted slang. Word magic. Prac-
tical vocabulary exercises.
Send 10 cents for your copy of
How to Improve Your Vo-
cabulary" to The Washington
Times Homes Service, 635 Sixth
Ave-, New York. N. Y. Be sure
to write plainly your name, ad-
dress, and the name Of booklet.
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potatoes, one grated onion, sea-
son with salt and pepper, mix
with one egg. Roll the paste
out on a board and cut into
small strips. Fry in boiling lard
until light brown. Serve with a
butter sauce and garnish with
parsley and lemon.
Dreaded
Lamb Chops
Use French chops which have
been neatly trimmed. Put into
hot broiler and broil for about
eight minutes. Take from the
broiler, baste with butter, sea-
son with salt and pepper. Beat
the yolks of two eggs with three
tablespoons of cold water, dip
the chops in the eggs, then roll
in fine breadcrumbs ahd fry in
hot butter or lard. Serve with
a brown sauce.
Mocha
TOrte
Beat the yolks of four eggs
and add one cup of pulverized
sugar. Add one teaspoon of
mocha essence and the Stiffly
beaten whites of the eggs; then
carefully fold in cup of sifted
flour which has been mixed with
a teaspoon of baking powder.
Bake the cake in two layers. For
filling mix one-half pint of
whipped cream with few drops
of mocha essence and little
powdered sugar. Place between
the layers; dust the top with
powdered sugar.
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Fashion
IN
WaShlngt0.
BY BAB LINCOLN

ELIzABETH HAYES, famed
~ designer of women's clothes,
is coming to Washington this
weekend to be one Of the honor
guests at the Women's National
Press Club stunt party.
Miss Hawes has just written
a book to be off the press the
end of March, called Fashion
is Spinach" It's sure to be
amusing. A sense of humor runs
through everything Miss Hawes
does, and her amusing creations
appeal to women of like tenn
perament.
Her newest models, which she
paraded for the first time last
week, show her perennial use Of
stripes and the inevitable use
of the diamond inset which
makes clothes have such perfect
fullness in the right places.
Completely wearable among
the charmers in the collection
are: Dracula - Heavy cream m
white silk linen from Bianchini,
a button from Persia-the right
side of Skinner gunmetal satin
at the neck and the wrong side
of rust satin at the waistline.
Look Homeward, Angel-Ro-
dier prints damask crepe in
stripes of multicolored hearts.
Hawes fits it into the waist with
scarlet satin.
Zuleika Dobson-A waist band
that flatterS your middle and
full skirt to compliment your
hips and legs. The bodice is
of blue and yellow striped cot
ton from Damascus. The rest
of the dress is in soft dark blue
Rodier linen with a bit of vel.
low cowhide at the belt.
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Your Lucky Stdr
By WYNN

be interrupted, to write down
what you would consider ideal
conditions under which to pro-
ceed to the goals which you have
presumably set for yourself. Re-
member my suggestion that you
plan 10 years ahead. Did you do
it? Did you try? If not, do so
now-it is OF great help. And
then list your ideal environ
ment.
Your Year
Ahead f.
Your year ahead looks stimu-
lating and profitable, if you eel
ebrate today; come to new deci-
sions till April 4. Best times to
collect May 24-July 8; January
4-March 2, 1889. Danger: May
1-June IL; September 9-Novem-
ber 7; and from February Z,
1899,
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Skillet
and
Spoon
By SibiIIo Campbell

By SibilIa Campbell
TOMORROW is Ash Wednes-
l. day so the menus made out
are to take care of your obliga-
tions on that day. During
Lent your meals can be planned
to consider the possible diet
abstinences in your family.
Fish
FritterS
Pick a quantity of any kind
of cold cooked fish from the
bones and mash fine. Add an
equal part of boiled and mashed
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A strong set of vibrations for
putting yourself and your prop
osition ahead several notches; go
after what you know you de-
serve-and be willing to put
things to the test to find out,
if not sure. Hold emotions in
evening.
Suppose you take time today,
when you are sure you will not
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BodAkY Cot<1AoG
By Douno Grace

ONE of the old wiseacres,
" who took a keen pleasure
In telling US the sad things
about ourselves. said: All
women would be more attrac-
tive than they are, if they would
not apologize for their looks"
He thinks we do it to call at
tention to our good points, but
that, he warns, is not the way it
should be done.
Be sure you are beautiful.
Cultivate a superior feeling
about yourself. and never, never,
admit of any imperfectlon.
When you are smart enough to
believe in your own charms,
everyone else will think as you
do, and you are beautiful.
Matter
OF Pride
Comforting. isn't it? And
true, too, so far as we need
care. 1t just means when we
have the pride to make the
most of ourselves we will be
good looking.
You know, when we are keep
ing the skin nice and clear and
the hair clean and soft with
good shampoos, and lots Of
brushing, we are never plain.
Then the hands play an i'm
portant part in our looks; and
even if you are a home girl
and do the numerous things
about the house that tend to
make the skin dry and cracked
and the nails Clipped, you can
do something to prevent those
things from marring your nice
hand beauty.
Protect
Your Hands
You will wear rubber gloves
when you must have your hands
in water and strong soap, or even
the kind that is not hard on the
skin. Sensitive hands, you know,
must be protected against too
much soaking in any kind of
soap and water. You will always
wear a pair of loose cotton
gloves while dusting, or any such
work about the house or garden.
Always wash the hands we'll
with plenty of creamy soapy
lather and warm water every
day, but remove the soap with
clear water, then use a lotion
or cream to soothe the skin.
Now if you need lots of in.
Spir1tion to keep yourself ike
this, let me help you. Send for
the Manicure Treatment, FG-
cidl Massage, and Treatment for
Tired Hair, and anything you
may need to be the beautiful
girl you knolD you are. There
is no charge for any of these
treatments, but please enclose
a stamped, Selt.addreSSed en-
UeLope for each one you Utst.
Address Donna Grace, Beauty
Editor of this paper.
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BOY ADVISES GIRL
BY GEORGE ANTHEIL

EpR1cE TAG" happiness has claimed many wife
L a victim. worried husband sees it in his
wife aftermath of the hectic depression days.
Starved for luxuries period OF years. she is eat
ing" too heartily wthat new Jumps have appeared in
the family purse Do you recognize the symptoms of
The Washington times., 1938-03-01
Snake Belt

The only touch of color on a
black frock is a wide nelt of
light snakeSkin, but it is ever so
smart. The frock is of dull black
sheer woolen with huge tabs at
the throat, and a pleated skirt.
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Has BolerO

Get going on a cruise and take
along smart spectator sports
things for wear while on shore
excursions. A nice model is in
maize crepe with pleated skirt
and shirred bolero.