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The Washington times., 1938-07-23
Shirley Does
Grand Job in
Latest Film

The darling Of the screen is
growing UP and growing UP into
q delightful young person with
remarkable dancing ability add
ed to her natural charm.
Little Miss Broadway" is q
perfect vehicle for the talents of
Miss Temple for it has a heart
break story, numerous songs,
two dance numbers and an ex.
cellent supporting cast.
AMUSING STORY
The story has to do with q
little orphan girl who was
adopted by q friend Of her IA
ther; this friend was manager
Of a hotel which harbored
vaudeville artists temporarily
out Of bookings; the plot is not
new but the treatment is fresh
and amusing.
The owner Of the hotel is q
sour.visaged woman who is an
noyed by the constant sounds
Of rehearSalS emanating from
the hotel: bands, dancers, sing
erS and acrobats do their turns
at all hours to keep fit. Threat
OF eviction for non-payment Of
rent is a trump card played by
the owner, but the smart little
orphan forestalls this action
and a lawsuit results in which
an understanding Judge asks
for evidence Of the merit Of the
various players, whose benefac-
tor happens to be a nephew Of
the hotel owner, q likeable lad
with a flair for dancing and a
true appreciation of the vaude-
vile artist. Evidence for the
judge is the actual production
Of a musical revue in which the
little girl is the star.
NEW DANCE PARTNER
There is a family amorous mo-
tif Of little or no consequence
for the spotlight is properly
turned on Miss Temple In a most
delightful dance number in
which she and George Murphy, a
dancer Of the top class, do q
fascinating routine which in
cludes a song titled I'VE Should
Be Together"
Supporting the star is Edna
May Oliver, Jane Darwell. Ply
liSS Brooks, Donald Meek, Jimmy
Durante. FL Brendel, Edward
Ellis and George Barber, with
the excellent Mr.. Murphy in fine
form, it is a pure delight to
watch the young Temple dane
ing with Mr. Murphy.
Added subjects include an
M-G-M historical ubj e c t,
Strange Glory" the story back
Of the Tennessee Plan which
turned the tide Of Civil War, q
short story Of magic titled 1.-THE
Magician's Daughter" and a
newsreel packed with national
interest and jumping from Cali
fornia to New York and back
again with President Roosevelt
and Howard Hughes, equally
prominent in the limelight.
It's an all around good show!
*. Y.
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But Paul Haakon's grace and
Suppleness, his exquisite rhythm,
his sense Of the dramatic in the
dance Is more than thrilling. It
is like q vision Of things to
come.
H1GHLIGHTS BILL
Haakon is the highlight Of the
new bill at Loew's Capitol, Of
which the screen feature is
Port Of Missing Men," a story
Of MarSeilles, with Wallace
Beery. Frank Morgan and
Maureen O'Sullivan.
The film story is thin but the
stars struggle valiantly and
manage to infuse a great deal
Of humor and pathos into q
story OF a young man who goes
to sea, leaving behind a broken
hearted father and q sweetheart
who discovers soon after she il
to have a baby.
But Frank Morgan is the
hero, a good, wholesome comedy
hero, who comes to the rescue
and saves the little girl from
disgrace.
When the wandering boy
comes home, there is q great
struggle in the heart Of Made
lon, played by Miss O'Sullivan,
as to whether to choose her
young love and father Of her
son or to remain with her re-
spectacle husband, played by
Frank Morgan. She chooses
duty-and who wouldn't in the
movies?
Wallace Beery is q grand
broken-hearted father, a new
type Of role for this Hollywood
veteran.
THE STAGE SHOW
Returning to Paul Haakon.
He does a Portuguese sailor on
his day off, then q classical
ballet number, finishing off with
a peppy dance from the Russian
RED Poppy"
Eunice Healey, also q ballet
dancer, adds beauty and grace
to the program with an exhibi-
ton Of ballet and toe tapping,
and the jeanette Hackett girls
form an attractive line.
Little Jackie Heller appeared
to be as popular as ever with
his singing. The dynamic little
radio and screen star puts on
a good show.
Little Jack was enthusiast.
cally received by the audience,
who apparently were glad to
see him back. They especially
liked his Flat Foot Floogie, 30
and at his suggestion for q
request number did "Stardust, I"
which, he said, was his favor
ite" song.
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spots Of the band from Old
Yazoo.
Attendance records at the
Crystal Pool continue to climb
with the thermometer. With the
fine facilities for bathing and
swimming available, heat haters
have no kick coming If they pass
up this chance to be cool as a
cucumber.
Glen Echo's picnic grounds
are now enjoying the peak Of
popularity, and there is no bet
ter place in the city to spend q
day, under the shady trees, with
an opportunity to watch the
fun and participate at will.
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GAY MUSICAL AT EARLE
Film Classic.
MonteCristo,'
Received

A revival Of that epic film
production Of four years ago,
"The Count of Monte CriSto,"
is the feature attraction this
week at the Metropolitan.
The sizeable crowds at yester.
days afternoon first showing
attested that many moviegoers
are anxious to see again the
Dumas classic.
Probably there were some
thrilling for the first time to
Robert Donat as Edmond
Dantes, the sailor, torn from
his sweetheart and unjustly i'm
prisoned by the ruthlessnesS Of
three ambitious scoundrels, who
continue to rise to powerful
positions in France after Ma
poleon's exile. Dantes, after
two decades in a gloomy dun
geon, escapes, heir to the
vast knowledge, the wealth and
name Of a fellow prisoner, the
Able Faria. Along with gain
ing revenge, Dantes, also re-
gains the love Of his youth.
Donat is excellently supported
by ELISA Landi: Lawrence
Grant, Sidney Blackmer and
Raymond Walburn, cast as the
three villains, and Louis Cal.
hern and o. P. Heggie.
There are scenes too, particu-
larly the courtroom scene, where
Dantes dramatically exposes
the kings minister and wins
his own freedom, that will not
soon be forgotten.
A, D.
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Private Lives'Monday
At The Cross Roads

Possibly only the nimble brain
of a Noel Coward could con-
ceiVe of the situation in which
Amanda, Elyot, Sibyl and Victor
find themselves in the opening
scene of their Private Lives"
opening Monday night at the
Cross Roads Theater.
But one thing is certain and
that is that only Coward could
make the situation Of q former
husband and wife meeting each
other while both are on their
second honeymoon the gay, mad
and brilliant two hours enter.
tainment that his Private
Lives" Is on the stage.
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Holmes Band
Held Over

Glen Echo's Spanish Garden
Ballroom patrons have put the
stamp Of approval on another
popular orchestra and demanded
another weeks engagement for
Herbie Holmes, the Lad from
Mississippi.
Miss Nancy Hutson, the beau
tiful brunette songStress with
the Holmes outfit; Billie Reeves,
sax player, and the Three
Rhythm Rebels are all high
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Andy Devine,
Statesman

Andy Devine Is planning q
goodwill motor tour through
Northern California and Utah,
when he completes "Men With
Wings" The trip will be an
official one he will make as
mayor Of Van Nuys. Calf.
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DICK POWELL VICTIM
In this instance it Is Dick
Powell who does the grooming
and receives most Of the rib
bing.
He Is seen as q wandering
falsetto from FlatbuSh, who has
been unable to make the grade
In New York and Is on his way
to crash the gates Of Hollywood.
Because railroads have o
quaint custom of demanding
coin Of the realm in return for
tbs privilege Of conveying pas
sengers, Dick finds himself
elected unceremoniously at O
whiStle-stop somewhere in wy
Oming.
stymied by q steam engine, he
goes to work as an entertainer
on a dude ranch owned by Pr1s-
ella Lane.
It develops that a dude ranch
IS the last place in the world for
q person with his mental peculi-
arities-inasmuch as he has q
mortal dread Of animals. Gold
fish snap at him, squirrels Sneer
at him, and even canarieS are
enough to send him off into Q
fit Of the megrimS.
DICK Is EXPOSED
Pat OBrien, . theatrical
agent, Is sojourning at the
ranch and when he hears Dick
sing "Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride"
decides that something ought to
be done.
Accordingly. the crooner is re.
turned to Manhattan'S great in
doors and publicized from Times
Square to Columbus Circle as an
honest to. Zone Grey cow
puncher.
Pat OBrien assures one and
&ll his new discovery is the great
est thing In the singing line
since Jenny Lind and the big
geSt box-office draw since VIII
liam Jennings Bryan.
All goes well until a spurned
Suitor Of Priscilla Lanes arrives
from Wyoming. He yeIlS
"Phony!" Dick is exposed, and
Pat O'Brien sends out for . ton
Of aspirin.
How Dick is vindicated, how
he overcomeS his animal phobia,
and how he eventually wins
Priscilla Lane Is amusingly mar
rated in the films final Sc
quenceS.
LAKE PLACID ICE FOLLIES
Dick Whiting and Johnny
Mercer have written some
sprightly tunes for the picture,
and Dick Foran, Ann Sheridan,
Johnny Davis and Ronald Re-
gan perform ably IN supporting
roles.
The Lake Placid Ice Follies
are the stage attraction this
week and the dimensions Of the
stage rink undoubtedly handi.
capped the skaters at yester-
days performance.
A performance or two should
remedy this. however. and once
the skaters accustom themselves
to their limited surface every
thing should 60 off IS smooth
aS-ice.
The StapletonS did a series Of
tap dances that seemed to please
the paying customers no end
while Frank and Pete Trado
contributed their talents in PAN
tomime and were the recipients
Of yesterdays loudest volume Of
applause. r. ON.
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Jack'II Be There

Jack Benny arranged to get
Thursday off from ARTISTS and
Models Abroad" so that he'll be
on hand to move into his newly
completed home In Beverly Hills.
The Washington times., 1938-07-23
Betty and Jackie PLAY

Betty Cradle and Jackie Coo
gan taking in the sights at
Ocean City on a day off from
Campus Confessions. Among
other things, he stayed on the
roller coaster for 40 minutes.
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Laughs Abound in "Cowboy
From Brooklyn" EnIivened
By Sparkling New Songs

During the absence of AndreW r. Kelley Times
drama editor on UacatiOn, this space uUH be filled
by guest ccluvnniss from the Warrington
UOrld. Mondays column UiH Be contributed by
Frank La FaZcs, Of Warner Brothers.
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Perhaps it is the touch Of sadism in all of u.s. but any
rate be confessed that the chief audience virtue Of
"Cowboy From Brooklyn" at the Earle lies in the films
ability to provide laughs at the expense of those who
The Washington times., 1938-07-23
Paul Hookon's Dance Artistry
HighIights New Bill at Capitol;
Wallace Beery Star Of Film

The thrill of watching Paul Haakon dance is well worth the
memory of sitting through of vaudeville acts that
seemed to promise nothing for the future
The Washington times., 1938-11-29
A BARRIERS Lament

I have been reading in The
Times where the clerks may be
raised to $3.50 per week. It
seems someone always goes to
bat for the underpaid. Why
doesn't someone go to bat for
the poor sap, Chin-P oliSher, COM
monty known as a barber.
The writer of this article has
been batting around barber
shops from coast to coast. To
begin with, my dear friend, the
barber does not get any salary.
His regular wage is so per cent.
The average barber takes in
around $40 a week, he receives
$12 and the shop owner So. He
pays a SIS license fee. He has
to furnish all his own tools.
That comes to $50 a year, and
also 80 cents a week for white
coat. Some BARRIERS who have
worked in a shop for a long
time make more, but I am speak
ing Of the average barber.
The barber works Is hours a
day. Why not wage and hour
regulations for the BARRIERS?
A BARBER.
The Washington times., 1938-11-29
Cline for a Change"

In your issue Of November %
you printed drawings Of two
proposed buildings-Mellon Art
Gallery and Jefferson Memorial
of such similarity it required
neither architect nor drafts
man to recognize the jefferson
design as a copy Of the other.
The headline asked, Must
we have two alike?" I must be
expressing thoughts Of many
who, gradually awakened to
something amiSs, are asking,
do we have to have anything
we don't want?" and How
long can such Hitleristic domi-
nation prevail?"
I know full well that there
must be a directing head or
group but when those who have
been trusted with such tempo
rary power use it in opposition
to the expressed wishes of a
majority it IS time for a change
in conditions that permit a Sc
lected few to set themselves up,
even in such a minor affair as
the jefferson Memorial, as ar
bitrary enforcers Of their own
will.
If such affront to the intelli-
gence Of the people is successful
and encourages attempts at
greater and maybe more serious
matters, we of this country have
no right to criticize Italian sub
servience to Mussolini, or Ger
man indifference to the atroci-
ties Of Hitler.
In both countries success in
grabbing seemingly unimpor-
tant authority led step by step
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Offers Solution

In a recent Voice, "Justice"
dares Hitler to chase Jesus
Christ from the Church. When
I read the newspaper account of
the effort to remove the name
Of Jehovah from the Protestant
churches, as religion and justice
should be entwined, I wrote to
a prominent local divine, via the
Department of Justice, suggest
ing:
In order that Jehovah may
continue to be enShrouded
where he belongs, the Biblical
injunction, ''Prove all things by
not quenching the Spirit" as
Paul advised in First Thessal-
lonians, fifth chapter, verses 10,
20 and 81, be put into execu-
ton.
Truth something hoped for)
is no weapon to combat Hitler
with. It requires a resort to
fight" We are advise
Heaven helps them that helps
themselves" Prayer will get us
nowhere in this stress, it takes
action. JOSEPH s. EDGAR.
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shape for liStening-even to one
of Rev. Minker's sermons. And
along the same line of thought
I would want to know, were I Of
the neighborhood, what in hell
Minker means by loafing on the
job.
Sunday is his toughest day in
reverse ratio to the fact that
Sunday is or should be his
parishioners' easiest day. But
yet he would deny-and appar-
emily he has the full approval
or the sovereign State Of New
Hampshire-to ordinary folks
their Saturday night and Sum-
day morning gorges Of beans
solely and simply because he
cannot resist such gluttony
himself. Later on he finds it
bothers him when he has to talk,
while all that the people who
pay him are required to do is
listen.
MINKER, I take it, is a pep
AVA less person, beans or no
beans, very unlike the go-getter,
DR.. Robert erSon, who
preached in the Christian Tab
ernacre in Pueblo, Colorado, a
few years back and who claimed
to have actually visited Hell in
the interests Of his parishioners.
There's a journey that Rev.
Minker, his mind on baked
beans, would never have taken!
I still have by me one of DR..
Everson's old circulars which
came near to Turing me from q
roulette game one Sunday after
noon. I'm sorry now I did not
go!
WHERE AND WHAT Is
HE'LL"
Teachers have spoken O
great deal about Hell, but they
have never told us where He'll
is. About all most people know
about Hell is that it is down,
and very hot. There are some
evangelists who would like us
to believe that He'll is so damned
full of folks there is hardly
standing room.
Nov DR.. Everson will tell
you exactly how many persons
are in He'll at this moment. He
KNOWS. He also knows the
location and whether the devil
is in charge or not. DR.. Ever
son is in position to tell you
whether or not the fire burns
the meanness out of people or
if those among you who are
headed there must go on burn
ing forever.
INTENSELY INTERESTING.
NOT A DULL MOMENT"
Yes, I'm sorry I missed that
travelogue.
Copyright. 1888 by Washington
Herald-TimaaN
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Your I. O.
BY SHIRLEY SPENCER

score III Tor eacn question.
l. How many toes has (a)
horse, CD COW.
2. Arrange these in order of
rank; (a) colonel, (b) major
general, Co brigadier general.
8. Lowell Mason is remem-
bered for (a) Mason-Dixon Line,
CD hymns, Co lodge organize
ton.
4. In the old post-coach days,
where did the position sit?
S. Your biceps are located in
Ca upper arm, CD lower arm.
6. A and B can do a piece Of
work together in IL days. If A
can do only three-fourthS as
much as B, how long would it
take each Of them to do the
work alone?
7. What part of Az is q?
8. If to a certain sum you add
is of itself and 1-6 of itself,
the sum will be 943. What is
the number.
9. A and B together do a piece
of work in seven days. Be can
do one-fourth of the same in
three and one-half days. How
long will it take each alone?
10. Find three consecutive
numbers whose sum is 141.
ANSWERS on Page 13)
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University:

tant a meal as any Of the 9th.
ers. I don't see why a person
should be better dressed at
other meals. A girl should take
the trouble to look just as nice
for members of her family as
she does for others. Also it
saves me time to be dressed be-
fore breakfast, because I have
my first class at 8 a. M"
X X X
Miss Hazel Sykes, 300 block
Seventeenth st. N. E., cashier:
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publicity bureau at Concord.
The material has been for
warded to me by a New Eng
land friend who thinks as I do
about baked beans:
THE lack of pastoral pep
which frequently marks the Sab
bath morning pulpit discourse
in New England is motivated by
the succulent baked bean, aided
and abetted by its traditional
allies, pork and brown bread.
This is the conclusion Of the
Rev. Ralph L. Minker, pastor Of
Baker Memorial Church in this
city.
G6TNHE Rev. Mr.. Minker Is
L streSsing the claim that
physical condition plays a large
part in ones devotional life.
He says:
much of the religious
apathy in country places is
attributed to the prevalent
habit of serving baked beans
for supper on Saturday night.
There are even a large number
of homes where these beans are
served up again Sunday for
breakfast. Now it is a well nigh
impossible task for a preacher
who has literally filled himself
to the throat with baked beans
to preach to a congregation
similarly sutherland accom-.
plish the full and appropriate
measure of spiritual result"
I would say offhand that a
bellyful of baked beans, salt
pork, and brown bread, washed
down with coffee, should put a
man or a woman into first-claSs
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WOrships From AfGr

What strange power made me
fall in love with a movie actress,
something as far away from me
as the moon from the earth?
Was it her beauty, which strikes
me like a tropical fever every
time I see her on the screen?
Was it her long hair, which
makes her look like a princess
of paradise? Or is it her voice.
sincere and infinitely thrilling?
Or am I Just under a spell?
Fantastic thought! Anyway, I
dream of her only to awake
into a cold world without her.
Oh, glamour, glamourl
ADORER.
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Predicts Victory

In answering U. D. who really
should sign his name Nazi, I
shall answer his statement
about the Jews returning to
Palestine, in the following
manner.
The prosecuted have tried to
return but Mr.. Hitler started
such propaganda that the Arabs
who heretofore had no malice
have now taken this terrible per-
scouting manner. AS to the Jews
having all the wealth, he is misin-
formed as just taking our own
countryside steel 'ngs, copper
kings, automobile industrialists,
engineering firms, bank institu.
tons and numerous others are
controlled by Christians. In every
country where Jews have lived
they have contributed to the cul-
ture & those countries.
Our Jews of ancient days
wrote the Bible and taught the
world Christianity. Hoping this
person will see the light, and
that we will have no war over
any people. The Jews have with.
stood persecution and, I assure
you, in the name of civilization
will again come out ahead Of
Hitler. r, L. B.
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likes to have her children come
to the table properly dressed.
She has always fixed herself
nicely for breakfast and has
often remarked that a wife
should appear as attractive be-
fore her husband in the early
morning as in the evening"
X X
Mrs. Bertha Black, 900 block
Thirteenth st. N. W., waitress:
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for the office, because it saves
me time. At breakfast, I wear
lounging pajamas or a house
coat. 1 imagine most men are
sensitive about their wives ap-
pearance. Wives should con-
slider it necessary to be as
charming and attractive as pos
sible in the morning."
X 4
Miss Claire Aubry, 1000 Ca
thedral Ave-, senior at American
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Il certainly do. I
try to look as neat
at breakfast as at
any other time Of
the day. I like to
be com pl e t e l y
d r e Ssed. In my
opinion, p a j amas
or n e glig ees are
rather improper at
The Washington times., 1938-11-29

S e + ishly in
tent on doing
all possible
to stop it
brief the cam
paign h ere
with by copy.
ing, word for
W or d, a por-
ton Of the
N e W Hamp-
S hire Clip
sheet, issued
by the State
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Eyes. If a person
starts out the day
well grooned and
in good spirits it
usually has an in
fluence on the rest
of the day and
the work accom-
plished. Breakfast
is just as innpor-
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to me that wives should be par
ticularly interested in appear
ing pleasant-faced and neatly
clad before their husbands at
breakfast time. Besides, I en-
joy my breakfast more when I
am sure of my appearance"
X X
Mrs. Eleanor Roberts, HOO
block Morse st. N. E., insurance
clerk:
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better humor. People should
start out their day in a CHEEKY,
bright fashion. Also a husband
and wife should part happily in
the morning. A wife can put
her husband in a pleasant
frame of mind if she looks well
and is herself in good spirits"
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tire to wear at the breakfast
table. I always take the trou-
BILE to arrange my hair. I find
it is a good idea to start the
day looking as nice as possible"
X X X
Mrs. Elizabeth Kilby, 200
block North Bryan St., Airing
ton, Va, insurance clerk:
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every much. I
see no reason why
I should not look
as nice at break
fast as at the other
meals. 1 always feel
better and happier
if I take the time
to dress for break
fast. My mother
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ing been encouraged to love
said boy during a vacation out
of town, only to be left broken
hearted on returning to the city.
The trouble was, my dear girl,
that you were a very sweet girl
in the country, but how you
changed when you got back to
town! CITY VICTIM.
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II make it a
point to look my
best at the break
fast t BILE. OF
course, I'm rather
obliged to do so as
1 go to business.
However, I do wait
until after break
fast to get dressed
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st seldom wear
makeup at break
fast, but otherwise
1 am careful about
my appearance. I
always fix my hair
and I always ap-
pear at the break
fast table in street
clothes. It seems
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York Times, New York Daily Worker
and L'Humanite, French Communist
paper.
Premier Edouard Daladier, faced
with a possible economic collapse of
his country, has obtained wide
powers from the French Parlia-
ment, and has issued various belt
Tightening DEGREES.
He wants, not to abolish the 40
hour week law, but to stagger work
weeks so that productive machines
will work six days a week instead
of four no1odior nronocee to in
The Washington times., 1938-11-29
Rollin' Along
By W. A. s. Douglas

S ONE who numbers among his favorite dishes baked
"A beans with slice of fat pork astonished and dis
mayed the apparent campaign the part of
New England Methodist ministers do away with the dish
far possible and in particular drive it away from the
Saturday supper table and from Sunday mornings breakfast
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II always dress,
even to putting on
makeup. I want my
husband to see me
at my best at all
tim e S. When I
don't look well, he
reminds me. When
I am neat and we'll
groomed I am in a
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Wise Words

Great is the force Of habit; 1t
teaches us to bear labor and to
scorn injury and pain.-Cicero.