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The Washington times., 1938-01-27
Lighter COlOringS
Gain in FAVOR in
Home Decorations

Backgrounds for blondes. Oh,
no-not the Goldilocks sort at
all-but the lovely blond furni-
ture that is making it possible
for us to fill our homes with q
new and youthful air as up-to-
the-minute as tomorrow's news
paper.
The introduction of this new
and lovely light furniture calls
for modern color treatments for
walls, ceilings md woodwork.
Even manufacturers Of rugs and
carpets are emphasizing a light
ening and heightening Of their
color palette. Clear and lighter
floor coverings will hold the
stage with rosy tones in evil
dence, and pastels with delicate
blues and green's, flesh, pale
eggshell, beige, honey and corn
in the lead. Ruddy blues will
merge into the deeper scale Of
rich clarets and burgundies.
Grey is steadily gaining favor
and green, though slightly less
popular than formerly, will ap-
pear in clear, soft shades.
DEEPER TONES
In line with the constantly
changing color preferences, the
trend toward blonde and
bleached woods is swinging from
the pale tints to focus on the
deeper wheat, natural, and
honey tones.
Although adaptable to any
type Of room, blond woods
have become exceptionally pop
ular for dining rooms. One Of
the larger decorating firms
used it on the walls, and chintz
draperies with tailored valanceS
were of cocoa-bzown figured
with green. The ruddy tones Of
the redwood were echoed in a
dull rose carpet and in the rose
sofa covering patterned with vel.
low figures.
HOW TO PREPARE
IF you wish to refurnish your
home in blond woods and yet
hesitate to discard your present
pieces, you may magically re-
store them to new beauty by
modern methods of finishing.
To prepare old pieces for blond
ing, the old surface coating is
removed with good varnish re-
mover. Next, 1t Is washed with
turpentine and then bleached
with oxal1c acid, which, IN turn,
should be washed off with
water. Instead Of oxalic acid,
you can purchase a cold bleach
already prepared. When the
surface of the wood has become
dry, a finish of white Shellac is
applied-if the grain Of the
wood is good, but if the grain is
not satisfactorily even and dark
patches are evident, it is wise to
use a filler tinted sufficiently to
neutralize the discoloratoins.
Follow this with a coat of flat
varnish, which may be waxed
when dry.
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would have any value at all the
next morning, since a military de-
cree might authorize an entirely
new issue to replace the previous
one. :,
Towards the end of 1916, sill
yer was restored to circulation.
The gold standard was reestab-
lished, but it was not until the
creation of the Bank of Mexico in
1925 that bills were again issued.
The bills, however, were gold
notes and were extremely rare.
Gold and silver continued in gen.
eral use until July rs, 1881. when
the price of silver crashed, pro-
voking a financial crisis. The
government then withdrew gold
coins from circulation and de-
VALIDATED for the first time the sill
yer content of the peso. Silver
notes were issued by the Bank OF
Mexico. They were declared legal
tender, but that did not help
much. The people wanted hard
money" :.
Peasants refused to sell their
products unless they were paid IN
silver.
In 1884, the United States be-
gan it's silver-purchasing program,
the the price Of the metal rose
steadily. On April 26, 1885, the
price Of silver in New York reach
ed 81 cents an ounce, making the
silver peso worth more for its
silver content than its monetary
value. The silver pesos then
were withdrawn from circulation
and for the first time in Mexican
history one-peso notes were rs
sued. In order to prevent melt
ing, or smuggling abroad, OF ao'
centavo and 20-centavo silver
pieces, the silver content of these
fractional coins was reduced.
Eventually the price of silver
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CAST OF CHARACTERS
BY MARION WHITE

CAST OF CHARACTERS
JOYCE MINER, heroine; she
hook an Easter Cruise.
DICK HAMILTON. hero; ne
bumped into the heroine.
ISOBEL. PORTER, traveller; she
sought a mate.
Yesterday: Mrs. O'Hara accuses
love. of cheating in a ships game
and Joyce can almost hear the
curious whispers behind her back
CHAPTER y
The rain stopped early on FIJI
day morning. and toward , O'Clock
IN the afternoon. when the km-
nrcsS sailed into the lovely haroof
pf Havana. the weather was per-
feet Moro Castle, n cleaning
white fortress, stood silhOuetted
against a cloudlesS sky OF oIue'
aud os the waves dashed uD
,o-,inst the rocks the sunlight
was caught in tiny rainbows IN
the spray. e.
Joyce stood at the rail with
Dick, fascinated bv the Old-world
picturc Of the castle. Strong ana
fearless. it stood guard over the
harl or. it's lighthouse beacon OF
Friendly welcome, its turrctcd'
shellScarred walls grim remind
er Of ugly days. -,
Come over to the other side
of the shin" he suggested. You
can see the Maine monument on
the Malecon, with q Cuban sol
der on guard 81 hours Of the
day"
i'Are we 50 popular down
here"
IL don't know about politics,
but the average Cuban still looks
npon the American as his fine big
brother. II was the SpaniSh-Amer-
lean war which gave the island ITS
indcncndcnce, you remember.
Dinner that evening was hur-
ried after. II was as if the pas
srngerS, still Smarting IT the dis
amendment in Nassau, were
PLAYING 4 game with the weather,
eager 10 set foot in Havana be-
fore another Of those tempestuOuS
southern SQUALLS beSet them.
At the doctors table. however,
Mrs. Porter set a leisurely pace.
.There is no need 20 hurry" she
explained a dozen times. The
cars will not start out before O.
Tonight Mrs. Porter was more
pleasantly agreeable than she had
been since the first morning IN
Bermuda. Even ISobel had aban-
doned her perpetual pout; this
evening she smiled as graciouSly
rs her mother. Nor could DIR.
Graz induce her 10 betray the
slightest dislike Of Havana. She
loved the citv, she insisted; she
loved the cruise: she loved every
one of the passengers. Everything
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we'll have one more drink and
join you"
Eyes, why don't you, Mrs
Porter" Dick encouraged, too.
"Adolph can return for u.s."
She hesitated, but only for an
instant. "All right, then" she
conceded. But only one more
drink :" -,
Dick laughed. "Only one" he
assured her.
But it was almost midnight be-
fore they drew up in front OF the
stadium, and the last game was
almost finished. Joyce glimpsed
q quick vision of 4 spot that was
L combination of tennis and hand
bali, where the players used Il
long, curved racket, strapped to
their wrists, and reminding one
of the tenacious claw of some
huge bird of prey. And then the
game was over.
Outside, Adolph waited to drive
them out To the famous Casino,
where fortunes were made and
lost on the spin of roulette
wheel.
INSIDE the Casino, Joyce knew
instantly that here was the spirit
of Cuba. Here were the beauti-
full women hse had dreamed of,
glamorous and dark-eyed, queen
" in their grace; here were the
proud and gallant men, the light
of conquest smoldering deep
within their eyes. Here they
came for their amusement, to win
or lose, it mattered not. Life was
an adventure, gay and reckless
and romantic!
Soon Mrs. Porter left to join
old friends, and lSobel was car
ried off by Il dark-eyed young
man who spoke Of meeting her on
previous trip.
THAT leaves us to seek our for
tune alone" Dick remarked hap
PLY. "Shall it be roulette, OF
does my lovely Senorita crave an
other Planters Punch. That's the
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his own pocket to her STACK. NJ
Then. quite astonishing, NO
81 won. Dick patted her shout
der in spirited approval as tht
croupicr swept the money toward
her. Wide-eyed, she stared at the
incredible pile. She'd won at least
four times the number she mao
started with!
Now, buoyed by her success,
she played eagerly. She could
lose lots Of chips now and still be
While she placed her bets, al
attention now to the numbers In
front of her, Mrs. Porter came NJ
quietly behind the crowd and
beckoned Dick. =,
ATS that MIR. O'Hara again,
she whispered tragically. Won
you help me, Richard, please"
> "Of course" He leaned ovel
Joyce's shoulder, murmuring 9
hasty excuse.
Joyce did not look up until aft
or the play. Then Mrs. Porter
was out of sight, but she did see
Dick disappear into the bar. She
felt a quick and unreasoning dis
appointment that he would leave
her, in a place like this, for an
other drink.
Perhaps it was half an hour
later, perhaps more, and her win
nings were increasing steadily
but Dick had not returned. Nov
even her success at roulette wa!
a bitter thing. Dick Hamilton
whom she had admired more thar
any other man she had eve1
known, was back there at TIT
I bar, drinking himself silly. Ant
lsobel Porter, most likely, wa
with him!
A moment later, her suspicious
+ were justified. One of the wait
crs from the bar came to the ia
bic and asked for her. In hi
broken English he tried to ex
plain:
Sorry. The senor,. he is-wha
you call sleeping. Too much
you know"
Yes, she knew. She rose. from
the table and cashed in her chips
DULY she watched the bills count
cd out to her. Two hundred od'
dollars! Well, sometimes it cos
more than that to discover wha
a man was like. -.
She picked up her things an
left the Casino. Adolph woul'
drive her back to the ship. If sh'
could not find him, there wer
other chauffeurs. Money did no
matter now!
Ito be continued)
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bar ;,
"I'n take roulette" She didn't
want to play roulette at all; she
hated TO risk her precious $22,
But neither did she want to spend
these bright moments in another
bar. >, 70,
"Good. Over this way" He
led her to the roulette table, al
ready overcrowdcd. But a gallant
Young man, with Il flash of white
teeth, offered Joyce his seat. And
while she was thanking. him, Dick
was buying great stacks of chips,
which he divided with her.
you're supposed to have a sys-
tenn" ne explained, standing be-
hind her, but ! can only tell You
my idea. Play the same numbers
over and over again; some time
during the course of an hour one
of them is bound to win"
So Joyce took his advice; she
picked numbers 3, - and 27,
Then, because Dick pointed out
that these were all odd numbers,
she put one more chip on the
"cycn" draw.
That's the girl. Keep going
that way" He placed his own
markers on numbers | and Z: then
scattered others in ways she did
not comprehend.
They played for many minutes
and Joyce watched the pile OF
chips dwindle slowly in front oil
her. 1t frightened her to see $40
$50, disappear in so futile fash
ion, and she thor"ht Of A""t
! Martha's frugal scrimping. But
when she tried to beg OFF, pIct
urged her on, adding chips from
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ICELAND WILL GET
HEAT FROM SPRINGS

WASHINGTON, April l6. (UP)
Iceland plans to heat its homes
with hot water that bubbles from
the frigid soil.
The island kingdom lying just
below the Arctic Circle has no
fuels common to the Temperate
Zone and until recently had to
depend on peat for heating pur-
poses.
Now, however, the National
Geographic society reports that
civic leaders at Reykjavik, capital
which houses nearly one-third OF
the country's 10000 persons,
plan to harness the hot springs
to heat homes and office build
ings.
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dropped, and in Scptemse
the one-peSO were VII
from circulation and h ]
silver "cart-wheelS" C.-. \
Notes Of five pesos al !,
denominations rontiRatt 4
culation.
1t appeared for aV, |
Mexicans finally wOu! 4
accustomed to paper mo- |
ficials, however, realize.
inherent diStruSt Of p.sI
would manifest itself al
opportunity. For ltg !
when appropriation Of t.
dustry was decreased 81: q
in foreign exchange WERE
halted, the Bank Of Na
tened to place at thr ts.
the public its l35, OOO@i
in silver coins in eXchslE5
per notes, and 10 mint Z,
yer. This measure ads :
in maintaining public N.i
in the national currency &
dcvaluation of the ped I:
reach the low levels !! NIP
otherwise.
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Mexico MINIS
MUCH MUCH SILVER
peopIe There Have Always
Favored "Hard Money"
for Trading Is.
BY J. J.. ouEsADA
,...a Press Staff Correspondent

MEXICO CITY, April l6. (UP).
Resumption by the Bank Of M Ni,,;o,:
90 of large-scale, mintlng OF silver
Nc nesos to meet increasing, paper
Conversion demands recalled the
foet that Mexicans always have
nreferred "hard money ,.
No matter how good the stand
ing of paper currency may. BE-
the great majority Of Mexico's IN
bahifants would rather have silver
than naper-cven though the sill
vcr NAV not always be legal ten.
der, This has been demonstrated
ut various times when abnormal
conditions prevailed and silver
was withdrawn from circulation.
Such a preference is-due main
w TO the traditional use of silver
for money in a country which has
the worlds richest silver ore de-
posts.
The first monetary unit in Mex
leo was one ounce of silver.
Blocks under or above the weight
(peso in Spanish) were with
drawn from circulation. This
eventually led to adoption of the
"peso" as the monetary unit OF
all Spanish-American colonies. To
provide fractional coins, one
ounce blocks were divided into
eight pieces, or "pieces of eight.
( These fractional pieces were
known in Spanish as "reales"
(Royalsl because they generally
were used to pay the kings
/ share.
Throughout the Mexican reyolu-
tons of the 10Th century, silver
never was withdrawn from circu.
lation. 1t was not until Porfirio
! Diaz rose to power that Mexicans
really became acquainted with
fiat money. Diaz sought to de-
velop the nations resources and
, one of his first measures was the
adoption of the gold standard and
| the ISSUANCE Of paper notes. Soon
the country was flooded WITH
such money.
., The people had no confidence
in the paper money, however.
Poor natives seldom earned as
much as five pesos week-the
lowest denomination Of the bills.
Even when they did manage to
obtain more than five pesos, they
always asked for silver. Bank
notes, therefore, circulated chief
" among the maddle and upper
classes.
| During the revolutionary period
/ which followed Diaz's overthrow
in 1911, banks failed, their notes
became worthless and the peoples
distrust for the bills increased
From 1914 to 1916 all kinds OF
paper money without backing was
in circulation. Military command:
ers, governors, city councils and
even rebel chieftains issued their
own particular brand and declar'
ed it legal tender. Merchants is
sued token money. Small change
at that time became more valu'
able to the peasant than even
lOOO-peso bills, and consequently
all the "hard money" was hoard
ed. Small cardboard pieces were
printed to be used for making
change.
Nobody knew whether .pape,
money received one evening
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2AAc,H0S onesTss
Of HoAh7lPopE|

DLUNGING into Australian for.
eSts recently, scientists wer,
able for the first time to make ex.
taordinary pictures of mos
extraordinary little creature, IN,
lyrebird. And along with theil
films they brought back some ode
tales.
The famed Australian birc
turns out TO be u most talented
little fellow. Dark bl own usually
about the size OF the average do.
nestle fowl, he is an amazing
dancer. Moreover, g during hi.
dance and at other times as vel
he male bird sings his own rare
accompaniment Often ne may be
heard quarter of a mile.
But then the lyrehiri must hold
IS own good musical name, foi
ong ago the Australians so titled
he bird because Of the resem-
olance which its tail was consid-
cred 10 bear 10 the musical in
itruments of the ancients. 1T
ormS the perfect pattern of a
yre.
But the bird is poor producer.
,fhe male takes no part whatever
n domestic labors and the female
avs but one egg a year. Their
ut is entertainment and they are
accomplished minlicS, often accu-
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2a4te1 Auae
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copyriahs, 1888, NEA Service. Inc.

WAS rerfcct. thank you.
They could not know that her
mother had taken her severely to
task this afternoon.
Remember. lsobel, you ruined
everything in Bermuda with your
childish tantrum. Richard and
Miss Miner have been inseFara-
bic ever since"
So it was changed young lady
who came down to dinner, a
dainty, lovable creature, all pale
blue and gold and fragile as a
Dresden dol. Even Dicks eyes
lightened with a new appreciation,
and whatever the tantrum in Ber-
muda. he was finding 1t easy to
forget. ISobel was without doubt
the most beautiful girl on the En-
press. Joyce admitted to herself,
and with Quick despair she Won
derrd II Dick were realizing the
sama thing.
Here in Havana the Empress
was anchored nearer the dock
than il had been in bermuda, and
the ride across the harbOr was
short. They found car No. 81. as
stoned 10 them, where beaming
younm CubanO named Adolph Of
fercd himself as their chauffeur
o,,idn. Dick rot in with the girls
and Mrs. Porter. Neither the doc
TOR nor Mr.. Gregory planned to
ioin the party. and joyce won
derrd ah<entlv whether Mr.. Greg
ory had been successful in finding
another agreeable companion.
al suppose the first stop is Stop
nv .Toe's?" Dick asked merrily.
"Or course" Mrs. Porter's
voice lacked enthusiasm. That's
the first place every American
daShcS for. as soon as n boat
touches Havana. Unfortunately"
"Why unfortunately"
ut makes things so difficult
me, Richard. The drinks are
strong. and Americans must al
WAYS try new connections which
thnu cannot stand E"
Ad0lph drove eXpertly around
the narrow streets. where side
walks were no more than two feet
wide. where every corner was a
blind corner. But it did not mat
ter. he had q rood horn and he
endowed it. So apparently did
every other chauffeur in Havana.
The city was Il bedlam OF auto
horns.
At Sloppy Joe'S thew stopped,
and joyce stared in obvious dis
appointment. This place was
famed from New York TO Miami,
hut rxccnt for its size and its re-
frrShmrrtS. it looked for all the
world ike on orange drink stand
on broadway corner.
"What'll we have. JOyce?" Dick
| asked brightly, as they found a
, table.
ISohel answered for her. Lets
I'll have a Planters Punch,
Th"v'rn fine here"
So Joyce. too, cast in her lot,
end four Planters Punches came
! along. Now other groups from
/ the shin were arriving. and Stop
! ny Joe's faded into the familiar
! background of the ships smoking
room. 1t was easy to laugh and
! forget ones inhibitions and be-
come a part of this gay, tempes-
tiOus city.
All too soon Mrs. Porter urged
them on. It's after 10 o'clock,
and we should be at the Jai Alai
games q.
Is0bel frowned. "Oh, mother,
we don't want to sit there for
! hours. You run on along and
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BLACKBIRD IRKS POLICE

SIERRA MADRE, Cal. (UP).
Police Judge Tom Neale and
Chief of Police G. G. Mcmillan
have started a joint search for
blackbird which is pecking all the
paint off their new, shining cars.
When the two men are around the
blaekbird is not there, but when
they are not, the blackbird is.
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"Half-WaY"
HaeIRk-Half-sish,h. half

just about describe your condition.
Somehow you lack the Old-tius
energy and endurance; tho sp~rI
and sparkle You used to have.
But don't lie discouraged. Yer,
likely there is a deficiency in GER
tain food min. or min
erals, perhsps-~hieh your Doctor
will readily discover. And when you
have his prescription, we'll spPre-
ciate it if yeu viii bring 1t to thi'
store to be 6lied. Our stock Of food
concentrates 10 fresh and complete
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GIANT LIKES TROUT

pom TT A c, Mich. Y
Rookie-policeman John u
the Pontiac police deI.,
who can smash doors v:
fists, lift go pounds Of l..
over his head, and who I'd!
wear an ovcrcoa, u
weather, complains that
pretty dull when you la
man and he comes along :
fight or nothing"
Experts are of the ora.
even a wooden ship ha
metal in il to enable Il W
conductor of a bolt Of "
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rately imitat-
J, ing many 9TH
!, ei b j / d 5 of
their habitat.
Wide faVoritc
in Australia.
the bird 5sls
pictured her e
on a l g. 3 z
A u : t l. allan
postage stamp.
Evening star., 1938-08-02
D. C. BOYS FLASHY
AT MARYLAND net
Four of Five in State Tourney
Score Victories in Early
Tennis Matches.

Special Dispatch to The Star
BALTIMORE, August 2.-Four
Washington players of the five orig
inally entered in the annual Maryland
State boys tennis championship re-
mained in action as third and fourth
round matches got under way here.
They are Maurice Cowen, top seeded
player: Chandler Brossard, j. Martin
and Tom Walden.
Frank Martin of Washington was
eliminated in flrst-round matches yes-
terday by Dick Schipp, Lemmoyne
Pa, 6-1, 60.
Cowen registered two victories yes-
terday, defeating Arnold Adler of Bal
timore, 6-l, 81. in the first round,
and Leonard Friedlander, Baltimore,
60. 60. in second round play. Bros
sard, ranking third, downed Stanford
Greenspon. Baltimore. 6-l, 60, and
Burton Braddock, Baltimore. 81,
60. IN his first and second round
matches.
J. Martin fought off A. Mealy, an
otner Baltimore entrant, to win a
hard first set. IS. and then took the
second set 81. Walden, seeded No.
IL IN the junior division, captured his
matches against two Baltimore op-
ponents, downing w. McKinnell, 60,
81. IN the first round, and Sidney
Levinson, Ga. 60, in the second
round.
Evening star., 1938-08-02

1t as cur1OSity-the smallest ever
seen thereabout. One of them who
harpoons every season swore to Wulf
that the smallest he ever took was
665 pounds and the largest was 1,100
pounds.
Competitors in the Inter-
national Tuna Angling Cup
matches at Liverpool later this
month will fish from Power
boats instead of dories as origi-
nally planned.
United States, British and Cuban
teams already have been entered. The
change in boats was made as a
safety measure in order to minimize
the danger of anglers getting lost.
Due to the great size OF the harbor
opening and dense fogs that descend
swiftly, several near fatalities have
occurred in the past.
Recent catches at Liverpool have
weighed between 400 and 900 pounds.
Fish at Rock Point.
Local news
G. T. Pottes. A. M. Battles and
c. NJ. Simmons Of Arlington, Va.
recently went to Rock Point, one of
the good fishing spots halfway down
the Potomac. They boated about 40
hardhead averaging pounds and
some large spot.
A. H. G. Mears of Wacha-
preague reports that croaker
are plentiful there now, but
that trout catches are limited.
He is expecting the usual good run
of fish in August.
Add local marlin catches-B. Moore,
R. P. Hazard and w. P. Cronin
landed three while fishing with Capt.
Talbut Bunting on the Cecil B. Murry
Preston and Alan Ferguson with Capt.
A. S. Merrill on the Aired landed
one. A. E. Fisher and c. H. Fleming
of Alexandria with Capt. Raymond
Savage on the Bob Joe landed one.
Condensed Fishing Reports.
conowinso Dam. Capt Paul sweieart-
Water now beginning to clear some; .
uncertain
Ocean City. Md, Capt. Red Hall
Marlin catches still exceptionally good
blues seem to have gone UP the coast
surf fishing good for trout and kingfish
ShadySide. Md, Capt. R. E. Lee
Catches last week only fair, due to rainy
weather: outlook good now.
Tilghman. Md. Capt. Randolph Har-
rison-Several large drum have been
outlook good.
Solomons Md. Capt Harry Woodburn
has been too bad for many