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The Washington times., 1938-12-06
Opening
Brings Out
Chic TOgS

Never has the smart set
turned out in greater numbers,
and what is more important,
quality, than it did for the
opening of the Sert Room of
the Waldorf-Astoria a few
nights ago. All the latest fash
ions could be observed and
praised.
Mrs. Perry Osborn enter
tanned in an expertly cut black
dress which was perfect to set
off her smooth hair-do. The
sable coat of her guest, Mrs.
George F. Baker, was the most
luxuriant thing that has ap-
peared in a long while. Mrs.
Charles Blackwell was lovely in
white and rhinestoneS. Lady
Harcourt was very English in
long-Sleeve black crepe.
Across the room, Rosemary
Warburton chose a black vel
vet off-the-shoulder dress with
a hoop skirt to entertain in.
Her guests, Mrs. Francis Brooks.
and Miss Diana Blythe, were
lovely in a blue fox waist
length coat. and brilliant red
topped dress, respectively.
Mrs. Sherman Jenney and
Mrs. Warren Pershing, both on
the same party, chose net. The
former Muriel Richards was
white and Mrs. Jenney's pow
der brown. Prince Serge Obo-
lensky's attention was divided
between two of the lovelies at
his party. Virginia French, sis
ter of Mrs. John Jacob Astor.
was in white chiffon and satin
and Mrs. Lewis TulliS wore blue
MORE.
The Washington times., 1938-12-06
Left Work
In Good Hands

The fact that Mrs. Sterling
was obliged presently to put the
whole project in Mrs. Murray'S
lap and sail blithely away to
Sweden, hindered progress not
at all. Leaving Mrs. Murray IN
charge was like leaving her Sec
ond self.
The original idea was to make
the houses as charming and at
tractive as possible, furnished
complete and then rent them to
eager customers.
1t developed, however, that
the need seemed to be for small
suites, rooms with bath and
quarters which had all the COM
forts of home and none OF the
cares. Bachelor officers, bach
elor women executives wanted
with great enthusiasm just what
these houses had to offer.
So. with all the elegance Of a
select club, with restaurant and
central switchboard the five
houses became unit under the
name of Belmont Gardens.
Rooms hung in silver satin,
with real fires blazing on the
hearths, rooms done in gay
cbintzes with potted flowers on
the window sills; rooms with
Chinese rugs and painted chests
looked like heaven to more
people than the houses could
possibly accommodate. Conse-
quent,y, a long list of names
waits patiently for the first
vacancy.
The Washington times., 1938-12-06
Has Managed
Multiple Interests

Looking back on it Mrs. Muir
ray doesn't see quite how she
did it in the months since last
June /. For besides getting the
houses going, she has managed
two separate furniture and in
terror decorating businesses for
Mrs. Sterling, has kept her eye
on all Mrs. Sterling's other
properties, besides being a good
wife and mother and occa-
sional hostess in her own home.
This all sounds extremely eff
cient for a girl who was brought
up in Colleton county, S. c.,
with riding to hounds her most
important pursuit.
The Washington times., 1938-12-06
On Time

Clocks are such urgent things!
They bind the will
Close in confinement to their
silly tick,
Counting persistent seconds
day by day,
Keeping us conscious of in
sistent Time,
OF work unfinished and Of lines
unSung,
Because we cannot make the
measure rhyme
Nor finish half the tasks we
have begun!
Why not proceed as children
do at play?
Unmindful of fleet-footed weeks,
nor flick
Creative passion month by
month, until
The 'reeping years shall sum-
mon all our powers
To sleep away more unrecorded
hours!
ANON.
The Washington times., 1938-12-06
Busiest Men
Escape Illusions

DR.. Brown did not, of course,
mean that there were no excep-
tions to the rule. Thousands Of
men, like my correspondent.
are so busy living that they eS-
cape the illusions and deluSionS
of the fatal sos"
Attention! Ladies, who have
written me of their sorrow and
amazement in discovering excel
lent husbands stepping out at
50-have patience and more
patience. It's a troublesome pc
riod with them, like the teethlng
of their second summer. Wives
should accept it for what it is
lust a phase.
The Washington times., 1938-12-06
Child'S
Question

Child's Question Editor:
One day while I was sewing,
my little boy, three-yearSold,
was playing with my sewing
box. He picked up an empty
spool and said, Mama, this
amt got no dress on it."
MRS. B. E. SISSON,
QuanticO, Va.
The Washington times., 1938-12-06
5 3Quintuplets:
Found in
diet
BY ALLAN ROY DAFoE, MD
Personal Physician to the
Dionne Quintuplets
(Copyrght. 1885, by King Features
Syndicate. Inc)
WHAT OF VITAMINS?-
VITAMIN A

OUR study of vitamins,
" started yesterday. brings
us first. naturally enough. to
Nitamin \.
| have only to say this vita
min is essential to growth to
gain the interest of every
mother in the land. Now
there may be many ways of
giving your child this Vita
min A. What | do know is
that anyone whose diet con-
tains cream, milk, butter,
green or yellow vegetables,
needn't worry about Nitamin
A. Those simple articles of
diet take care of that worry
for them.
The Washington times., 1938-12-06
Perfun7ed Fir7qernails

HOLLYWOOD, Cal. - Holly
wood learns another feminine
subtlety from Ann Sheridan
who keeps her fingernailS well
groomed and fragrant by using
nail pencil moistened in her
favorite perfume.
The Washington times., 1938-12-06
Steamed
Bread Pudding

Scald one pint of milk, add
one cup Of breadcrumbs, one
tablespoon of butter and one
cup of sugar. Mix we'll and let it
stand until cool. Beat three
eggs lightly without separating
and add to the pudding with
one teaspoonful of vanilla and
a pinch of cinnamon. Turn into
a buttered pudding mold and
steam for one and a half hours.
If desired, fruit can be added to
the pudding, either raisinS or
currants, floured and added
with the eggs; or canned
peaches or cherries well-drained
from the syrup may be used.
The Washington times., 1938-12-06
Cdreers:
No Excess Work
For Good Manager
By Bah LINCOLN

TLARA BELL MURRAY will never again complain that
" running house is overwhelming chore Not that
she did complain but there times out In Shanghai
and Manila and in Havana, when her Navy officer
husband had to admit that keeping house not the
The Washington times., 1938-12-06
Advocate of
Cod LiUer Oil

know that cod-liver oil is
high in Vitamin A content. and
anyone who has been reading
these columns knows what
great advocate of it I am. But
/ have known people to let them
selves get run down, taking colds
as a result. Their next step was
to take large doses of this cod
liver oil in the belief that it
would supply the vitamin they
lacked.
All can say is it would be
much better for these people to
keep a balanced diet at all times.
If they are going to take cod
liver oil, they shouldn't wait
until they are sick before they
do it. Of course. I know there
are people who can't take dairy
products; the vegetables they eat
probably don't contain enough
of this vitamin. To these people,
capsules containing this vitamin
In other forms are valuable.
Before I finish with Vitamin
A I should add, for the benefit
of all in general and mothers in
particular, that it is very bene-
ficial to the eyes. preventing dis
eases which might affect the
sight of those precious organs.
Depletes Resistance
To Infection
Perhaps I ought to warn
mothers what happens when
there is a lack of Vitamin A in
the diet. First of all there is a
marked depletion in resistance
to infection of all kinds. Then
normal growth is lnterfered with,
and very often the victim is af-
flicted with a form of night
blindness.
hope no mother will become
alarmed at what I say and set
out to give her child an overdose
of the foods that contain this
vitamin. What I am striving to
point out is that the system can
only absorb so much of this as
we'll as its sister vitamins. ALI
that is needed is the same old
balanced diet I've been harp
ing on.
That is the reason parents
should see to it that their chill
dren learn to eat and relish vege-
tables like carrots, either cooked
or raw; spinach, lettuce, pump
kin-almost any of the vege-
tables.
The Washington times., 1938-12-06
Wednesday Menu


BREAKFAST
Baked Apples
WheatieS
Fried Eggs Raisin Toast
Coffee Milk
LUNCHEON
Calves Brains
Lyonnaise Potatoes
Sliced Tomatoes
Green Salad
Fruit Jello and Cake
Coffee Tea Milk
DINNER
Broiled Beefsteak With
ParmeSan Cheese
Shoestring Potatoes
Creamed Onions
Butter Beans
Pineapple Salad
Steamed Bread Pudding
Coffee
The Washington times., 1938-12-06
BroiLed Beef Steak
With Pur1nesau Cheese

Broil a thick steak. When
done, remove from the broiler,
cover with melted butter and
sprinkle thickly with Parmesan
cheese. Return for a few Sec
onds to the hot oven, and serve
Immediately.
The Washington times., 1938-12-06
Studied
Interior Decorating

With a decided flare for the
arts, Mrs. Murray found time
when stationed in Philadelphia
in the first years of her mar
riage. to take up seriously the
study of interior decorating. 1t
was not until this past spring
that she had an opportunity to
try out her knowledge and tai
ents on a big scale.
At the home of mutual friends
she happened to meet Dorothy
Sterling, wife of the minister to
Sweden, Mrs. Sterling had five
houses on her hands, and
couldn't think what to do with
them. They all needed doing
over. so Mrs. Sterling who in
herits from her mother, Mrs.
John R. Williams a vast energy,
and executive ability, as we'll as
superb taste gathered in Mrs.
Murray as her assistant and they
went to work.
The Washington times., 1938-12-06
Fairfax:
SOS
.AgeIs
Phase
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX
Famous Authority ON Problems
OF Love and Marriage

~"~SAA
Famous Authority on Problems
Of Love and Marriage
Copyright, 1898, by King Faa+u-..
syndicate, Inc.)
NJ OF long ago this column
~ quoted DR.. W. B.
Brown, eminent English psy-
chologist, who had some
highly interesting things to
say about "men of So" which
he regards as their danger
Gus age.
DIR. Brown said that a gong
sounds in the lives of most
men of so and they realize
their day-dreams are over.
At the half-century mark,
SO men out Of 100 have
passed the point where it's
possible to start over again.
With this realization. the man
of so tries to recapture lois
youth in a set of illusions, some
times romantic, som tt m eS
pseudo-practical. The man who's
been tied to a desk wants to
farm. The staid trustee Of q
solid institution feels that Holly
wood has missed in him a great
star. The man Of so, according
to DR.. Brown, is really not ac-
countable for his actions.
Tells His OWn
Life Story
Naturally, dozens of people
wrote in about the vagaries Of
the men of 50-their wives, their
mothers, their cousins, their
aunts. But one man of so tells
his own life story:
Dear Miss Fairfax:
your column quotes DR..
Brown, English psychologist,
saying that 80 men out of 100
have passed the point where it's
possible to start over again.
Permit me to disagree. Or, at
least, give me the credit of being
the hundredth man.
cat so, I lost my wife, who left
me with two children, daugh-
ter of eight and a baby boy Of
one year. Previous to that, I
had been a white-collar man.
But I decided on a overall job
where 1 could be my own boss,
make more money, give more
time to my children.
During all that time I never
had any help. I was both
father and mother to the chill
dren-acted as cook, laundress,
nurse, especially nurse when
they were i'll. More than one
night I have sat up watching
them with a fever, and went to
work next day.
The Washington times., 1938-12-06
Skillet
And Spoon

By sIBILLA CAMPBELL
THEESE with beefsteak
" may seem a bit far
fetched. When you have
tasted it, you'll repeat often.
The Washington times., 1938-12-06
From Bridal Veil

Professor Of Home Economics University idaho
PURCHASING PILLOW CASES
The Washington times., 1938-12-06

easiest end of a Navy detail.
Now, Mrs. Murray keeps five
big houses running elegantly,
and 80 people happy and well
fed.
The Washington times., 1938-12-06

THE primary advantage
L of the neW "hair-doS"
is the variety, (which makes
1t possible for the Wearer
to dress to her frock, her
mood, the occasion.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-12-01
Fleetwood High
School n ew S

Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Taylor OF
Bolivia, N. c., spent Thanksgiv-
ing in Fleetwood with their
daughters, Mrs. Myrtle Swan and
Miss Ruth Taylor.
Misses Beulah Osborne and Ed
wilma Lemly and Mrs. Gertrude
Vaught spent Saturday in Boone
Fleetwood boys and girls won
over West Jefferson last Wednes-
day. These were the most inter-
esting games of the year. Fleet
wood cheering squad has been
doing splendid work at the gam
eS.
Thanksgiving Day was OBJ
served in the school Thursday
when Rev. H. o. Huss conducted
chapel exercises. He made a
splendid talk on Thanksgiving.
The Home Economics depart
ment, under the supervision of
Mrs. Swan, prepared a delicious
chicken dinner.
In the afternoon the sixth and
seventh grade boys played bas-
ketball. The seventh grade boys
won by a small margin. The
eighth grade girls nlayed the
seventh grade girls and won.
The all-stars from Boone played
the all-stars of Fleetwood
Thanksgiving Day. The game
ended in a tie. The bad wealth
er prevented many patrons and
friends from attending the
Thanksgiving program at the
auditorium.
The plays were not given
Thanksgiving night due to the
bad weather. They will be given
Friday night, December 2, in the
Fleetwood auditorium.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-12-01
Soil Erosion Can
Be Controlled ByA
Proper Terracin
Good Water-Disposal System
Necessary. General Sur
vey First Needed.

A well-planned water disposal
system for farm land is essential
to the developing Of complete
erosion control program, accord
ing to w. D. Lee of the State Col
lege Extension Service and E. b
Garrett. state coordinator of the
Soil Conservation Service.
The first step consists of max
ing a general survey of the entire
farm, in which consideration is
given to topographic features,
slope and erosion conditions and
the individual farm requirements
based on available land and
proper land use policies. In the
Soil Conservation Districts be-
ing set up throughout the State,
the next step is a detailed survey,
from which a water disposal map
of the farm is prepared.
A copy Of the map is present
ed the farmer and it shows the
proposed location of terraces,
with length, direction of flow, and
drainage area indicated; the pro-
posed location of waterways and
disposal areas, with size and
planned treatment indicated; the
location of field boundaries, in
Guiding possible relocation of
fences; the location of existing
and proposed roads to provide
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-12-01
Over Z Million
In Unemployment
Payment M a d e

RaleiJa, Nov. 261-Through
Thanksgiving Day, the State I'm
employment Compensation Com
mission had collected $685.
667.83 in employer contributions
and U. S. Treasury interest, had
paid out to unemployed and par
tally unemployed worker ST.
744, OO8.64, and had balance in
in the benefit fund of $10,342,-
659.19, chairman Charles G. Pow
ell reports. OF the collections
SIT, 8O1, STOOL was in employer
contributions and 1924, 1882 was
earned in interest by the U. S.
Treasury balance to North Care
lina's credit.
The reserve at Thanksgiving
was about 100000 more than the
Commission had in the Treasury
when the first check was issued
late last January. AS indicated,
the collections and interests have
been larger since payments have
started than the payments to
qualified claimants, thus adding
to the reserve fund.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-12-01
Duke To Furnish
Current For All
Mutual REA Lines
Agreement Reached l. a t
Week Between REA Officials
And Duke Power Co.
WORK UNDER WAY

Current fox the rural electric
lines in Ashe and Allegheny
counties, as we'll as those in Wau-
tauga and Caldwell counties, will
be furnished by the Duke Power
Company from the Duke sub-sta-
ton in Lenoir, Mr.. Messick, sup
erintendent of the Caldwell Mu-
tual Corporation, has announced.
This agreement between the
Duke Power and the officials OF
the REA coop was reached last
week after REA had started max
ing plans to build dam and gen.
crate it's own power if satisfac-
tory agreement with the Duke
concern could not be reached.
No statement was made, but it
is understood that the Northwest
Carolina Utilities, which serve
West Jefferson, Sparta and Blow
ing Rock, do not have sufficient
power to take care of the needs
in the four counties of the Cald-
we'll Mutual Corporation.
Harry Dewar, REA project en-
gineer and his crew of engineers
are now busy planning for the
principal transmission lines from
the Duke sub-station in Lenoir.
According to Mr.. Dewar, a
three-phase trunk line is to be
designed and built from Lenoir
through Blue Ridge township in
to Todd and on through to Bald
win, around West Jefferson and
into Allegheny county. Branch
lines are to be constructed so as
to serve the entire REA area.
Work was started this week on
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-12-01
Farm Questions
And Answ ers

QUESTION: Is it economical to
grind feed for my beef cattle?
ANSWER: Grinding feeds does
not increase the nutritive value
nor does it increase digestibility,
but corn and cob meal is safer
feed in the hands of an inexperi-
enced feeder than shelled corn.
The small hard-coated grains
such as rye, wheat and barley
should be ground or rolled. Corn
slower and other low grade rough
ages may we'll be shredded so the
inedible parts may be used for
bedding. If feed is ground be
sure that it is coarse as fine
grinding causes digestive disturb
ances and the fine ground feed
is also more liable to heat and
SPOIL in the bin.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-12-01

RopNoHno Engines, T c.
6 tors, Saw Mills,
Wood Working and Road Build
ing Machinery, Well Drilling Ma
chimes, Gasoline Engines, etc.-R.
p. JOHNSON, Wytheville, Va.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-12-01
Blue Ridge Parkway In Ashe
4 Allegheny Counties To Be
Officially Opened July LIST
Opening In Virginia Slightly
Earlier. New Maps To
Garry Great Road.

The date for the official open
ing of the so miles of the Blue
Ridge Parkway in North Carolina
that have already been practical
" completed, has been set for
July l, the National Park Ser
vice announced this week.
These so miles extend from the
state line, across the crest of the
mountains in Allegheny and Ashe
counties, to Deep Gap, near
Boone.
At slightly earlier date, the
completed section of the Park
way in Virginia, connecting up
with the North Carolina links and
making a total mileage of over
100 miles, will be opened offici-
ally.
Motorists from all parts of the
country will then be given an
opportunity to see a fine sample
of what the final roadway of the
500 miles of the great national
park-to-park highway will be
for its entire length.
No Opening Ceremonies
No elaborate opening cere-
monies will be planned for next
spring, but the official opening
will be widely announced and an
invitation extended to the tour
lists to drive over the road, Ma
tional Park Service officials
stated.
They said that next years is
sue of the various road maps
published by oil companies and
travel bureaus will show these
sections of the Parkway as being
open to traffic.
While this great Scenic high
way is not officially open now,
travel is permitted at the driv-
er's own risk. The initial sur
facing of the road in both states
has been virtually finished.
The official opening is being
delayed until next spring in or
der that a number of small items
of work may be finished before
the Parkway is considered safe.
Those include placement of traffic
and international signs, construc-
ton of log guard rail and walls
and painting of the Parkway CEN
terline stripe.
Also during the winter and
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-12-01
NJ EII
FARM
'-'- -"a .--.-----re~.
NEWS

access to all points on the farm:
and the proposed location of 9th
er erosion control structures
such as contour burrows, diver
sion bitches, gully dams and
stock ponds. y.
To complete water disposal
plans, a schedule of operations is
worked out by the planning tech
nician and the farmer, showing
the order and the year in which
terraces and outlets in the vari-
Gus fields are to be construct
ed. Such factors as available Ia
Dor and equipment, volume OF
work, and the order in which this
work is to be done are taken into
consideration in preparing the
schedule.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-12-01
Surplus Products
Help Many During
Month OF October
There Were 1,119 Person In
Ashe Who Were Eligible To
Receive Commodities.

There were Lilo persons rep
resenting 205 families certified by
county welfare officials in Ashe
county as eligible for receipt of
surplus commodities during o.
tober, Arthur E. Langston, State
director of commodity distribu-
ton with the State Board of
Charities and Public Welfare, an
nounced this week.
Total number of persons certi-
fed in adjoining counties was as
follows: Alexander, 1882 persons
representing 376 families; Allie
ghany, 749 persons, representing
159 families; Avery, 1913 per-
sons, representing 213 families;
Mitchell, 4,183 persons, represent
ing 761 families; Caldwell, 1,64O
persons; Watauga, 1,136 persons
representing 223 families and in
Wilkes, 2,723 persons represent
ing 512 families.
A statewide total of $685. per-
sons comprising 36,632 families
were listed during the month as
eligible to receive the foodstuffs
through warehouses in the four
surplus commodity districts in
North Carolina. Three hundred
and eleven school lunch rooms
representing 20,124 persons were
on the certified list.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-12-01

the transmission line in the Blue
Ridge township and will be rush
ed to completion.
In the meantime, the contract
ors are making splendid head
way in the construction of the
branch lines in Watauga coun-
ty.
It is hoped that construction on
lines in Ashe county will be start
ed in the near future.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-12-01
GERTRUDE GRAYBEAL'S
THANKSGTVNG PLAY rs
GIVEN AT RIvERvIEW

Tuesday, Nov. "a, Riverview
high school presented ooh, To Be
Sure, a three-act Thanksgiving
play.
This play had a historical back
ground starring as chief charact-
ters: Priscilla Mullins-Ruth Stu
art; John Alden-Bill GRAPHICAL;
Miles Standish-Fred. Stuart;
Mary Mullins-June GRAPHICAL;
Alfred McHugh- Walbert Gray
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-12-01
THURSDAY DEcEl6BER /. 1898

beal. Other characters were Her
man Little, Helen Melvin, J. p.
McCory, Dala Graphical and VIII
ma jenkins. 80 s
Many persons noted and COM,
mented on the wonderful talent
displayed both by the writer Of
the play, Miss Gertrude Graybea
and those taking parts.
Miss GRAPHICAL is graduate of
A. S. T. c. and is now teaching
at the Little Laurel school.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-12-01

early spring months work will
60 forward in the landscaping of
the Parkway roadside. A good
deal of progress will likewise be
made on three of the recreational
parks, which will provide facili-
ties for picpicking, camping, hik-
ing and other sports. These are
Rocky Knob in Virginia, Cumber-
land Knob and the Bluffs in
North Carolina.
For the safety of motorists, this
winter the speed limit on these
completed sections of the Park
way is Is miles per hour. Com
mercial trucks are not allowed
on the road at any time.
No Hunting Allowed
No hunting is allowed on the
Parkway or in any of the Park
areas. People living along the
road have also been requested
to help prevent forest fires and
the cutting of timber.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-12-01
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank our many
friends for the kindness and smy-
pathy shown during the sickness
and death of our great grand
child, Harry Lee Miller
MR.. AND MRS. w. L. MILLER
AND FAMILY
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-12-01

Rev. and Mrs. w. J. Huneycutt
spent the Thanksgiving holidays
with their parents.