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Experts Limited to Advice Which Aims to
Prevent Complications and Avoid Giving
Contaaion to Others.

EDITORS NOTE: During
the nert fen months the
great majority of readers of
The Star are going to catch
cold.
This is the common cold
season and public health
records Sho,u that Uery te1D
escape the malddy.
Odd as it seems, 1Uhile the
common cold is the most
widespread of all ailments.
medical science does not get
knoW just aDhat causes it.
But science has been
learning some Uery impor-
tant things about ho10 to
preUent its spread, ho1o to
aUOid complications and ho1D
to treat it once caught.
These facts, CLEANED from
the most authoritative
sources, among them the
United States Public Health
Service, are presented in the
accompanying article.
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the Capitol met with the same fate
September 3, 1920"
Standing on the north side of La
fayette Park, facing the White House,
no church has more dignified setting
than has st. Johns, called by some
Church of the Presidents. But, in the
early days. when the park it overlooked
was mudhole and few houses were
hereabout, and wild game could be shot
three blocks to the north in old Slash
Run and a square or two south of the
White House, it was simply called
Parson Hawley's Church, because the
Rev. William Hawley was its rector
for nearly 40 years from 1917.
In the early days the entrance was
on the H street side, and even the
interior was laid out differently. The
pews were not so costly in those days,
for We find an advertiser telling the
public: Il will sell upon accommodate
ing terms one of the best pews in the
north gallery of st. Johns Church, or
will exchange the same for a good
saddle horse"
But since Parson Hawley's day, 1t
has been remodeled and added to. 1t
was originally in the form Of a Greek
Cross, the equal transept perfectly
proportioned to the nave; and this
architectural feature may have been
retained. 1t was completed in No.
vember, 1916, the cornerstone having
been laid September l3, 1915. Ac-
cording to the late Judge Alexander B.
Hagner, the first entry in the record
book said:
May 10. 1916. At a meeting of
citizens, resident in the first and Sec
ond wards of the City of Washington,
1t was resolved that the following
named gentlemen be appointed trus-
tees to manage the secular affairs of
st. Johns Church until vestry can be
legally appointed. and to apply to the
next convention Of the Protestant
Episcopal Church for . division of the
Parish Of Washington; 10 as to attach
the first and second wards Of the city,
as they now exist, to the parish Of st.
Johns Church. viz: John Davidson,
Peter Hagner, James Thompson, John
P. Van Ness. John Tayloe, Thomas H.
GILES. Joseph H. Blake and Roger c.
Weightman'
"The next entry states that on July
Is, 1916, at meeting Of the members
OF the Protestant Episcopal Church.
residing in the first and second wards
pursuant to public notice by the board
of trustees, the following gentlemen,
were elected vestrymen of St. Johns
Church, to serve until Eastern Mon
day; viz: Thomas H. Gilliss, John
Tayloe, James Thompson, John Gra-
ham, Roger C. Weightman, Peter
Hagner, John P. Van Ness and James
Blake; and the same gentlemen con-
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Hall of Representatives, the Senate

Hall Of Representatives, the Senate
chamber, the old Supreme Court room
and the old lobbies, as well as the
ground plan of the two wings, were
Latrobe's work He also erected here
st. Johns Church. the Van Ness and
Brentwood mansions, the arched gate
Of the Navy Yard, and was conferred
with as to public buildings in many
parts Of the country. Remov-
ing to Baltimore he built the noted
Cathedral there and part of the
Commercial Exchange. His son, Henry
S. Latrobe. had been sent to New Or
leans to build the water works in 1911,
and died there in fs17. Following him
upon the same errand the architect of
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Latrobe, a Moravian clergyman Of
Huguenot descent, who figured as
superintendent Of the Moravian estab-
lishments in England and as an author
in the church. The architect came to
America in 1896, and two years later
had established himself in Philadel-
phia, where he did considerable de-
signing and building.
AS George Alfred Townsend has
said: 1T was Latrobe who designed
what Madison called the American
order Of architecture, using the cotton
blossom, the tobacco leaf and the In
dian corn, shaft and ear on his COL
umns and capitals. He made a per-
sonal visit to the Catoctin and London
hills to find quarries, and discovered
the breccia or blue mottled marble
which is used in the old Hall OF Rep
resentatives and in the corridors. The
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Every Person Faces Prospect of Having
atLeast One Cold in the Year, Largely
in Colder Months.

the physically fit seem to get cold
almost as readily as the weak and
that the principal advantage in stay
ing 1T top form-in so far as the
cold problem is concerned-is to cur
tail its manifestations and uncom-
Portable consequences.
Indeed, the process of hardening"
little Johnny may be disastrous, for
by giving him cold baths and exposing
him to drafts you may lower his
resistance and give that nasty little
virus just the chance it's been looking
for. AS one medical man said. 1T
isn't the engineer and the fireman
in the cold. drafty cab who catch
cold. but those who ride in the dusty,
overheated coaches behind"
Here is practical hint: Avoid,
II possible, overwarm clothing and
overheated houses or Offices in winter.
Colds now. are believe to thrive when
you suddenly expose your overly warm
body to the sharply cooler atmosphere.
AlACACAOlC, VIC SdA CAul 4Al yOul CklOlCC
of fall and winter wearing apparel.
And here is something else that
should be done to avoid colds: Keep
away from folk who have colds, The
Public Health Service says that in
creased educational efforts are needed
for the segregation, even punishment,
OF infected persons who sneeze, cough
and spit while near others. To COM
NIT these acts without benefit Of a
shielding and disposab1e handkerchief
is reprehensible."
Furthermore, all eating utensils,
whether in public eating places or in
the home, should be thoroughly
sterilized.
How about vaccines as q cold pre-
ventive?
Health authorities are very cautious
in their comments, for the most part
contenting themselves with the state
ment that if your physician thinks "a
suitably prepared vaccine is helpful in
preventing the complications Of a COM
mon cold, the prophylactic may be
tried" The experts for the most part
~ IA only eauhoua, but ssspaeal
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the many important persons who have

the many important persons who have
attended diving services there.
Like nearly all early churches its
beginning was humble one, and it is
still not what one might call an edi-
flee. but its historic significance will
probably cause its preservation for
many years to come. for it Is just as
dear to the people of Washington as
Trinity Church is to the New Yorker
or Old South Church is to the resi-
dents Of Boston.
The building was erected from de-
signs by B. H. Latrobe, one OF the
early architects of the Capitol, who
was born in Yorkshire, England, May
l, 1867, the son of the Rev. Henry
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daughter Mary resided when she mar
ried Lord Curzon.
Another distinguished wedding in
st. Johns Church was that of Lillian
Pauncefote, daughter of Lord Paunce-
fote, British Ambassador, to Robert
Bromley, son of Sir Henry Bromley.
This event took place on February "a,
1900, and was one OF the most brilliant
affairs Of its kind to take place in this
church. Several of Chief Justice Full
ler's daughters were married there, as
was the daughter Of Maj. Gen. Nelson
A. Miles. But these events include
only q limited number of weddings
that have been solemnized in this
important church.
Not only Is Old ST. Johns noted for
the important weddings that have
taken place there, but also for the
prominence Of its congregation. and
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BvHerberf HOLander.
TIME open season for the common

"HE open season for the common
cold Is here, and you, in COM
mon with millions of your fell
low citizens, probably will catch
one Of the pesky critters before long
OF course you may be one Of the
fortunate folk who don't seem to get
the sniffles, but most of us can be
almost certain to have 'em sometime
or other during the next few months.
The plain, ordinary cold is the COM
monest Of paladies and at the same
time it Is the most battling. Every
year in the United States We harvest
q crop Of at least 0.00O,000 colds-one
for every man, woman and child in
the land and, even so, medical science
doesn't yet know what actually causes
you to have cold.
Colds are annoying, as everybody
knows. But they are lot more than
that. They represent an enormous
economic loss Of millions of dollars
annually, and they are. likewise, a
potent source Of more serious ailments
Because the common cold is the
most widespread of all diseases, the
United States Public Health Service
and q host of State and municipal
health agencies. as well as the medical
profession generally, all have been CIV
ing intensive study to it.
Despite all of this study, 1t must be
reported that science still does not
know what causes the common cold.
That is, 1t has identified no organism,
germ, or bacterium that gains access
to the body from the outside and then
proceeds to arouse the common cold.
Furthermore, medical science does not
designate any definate change or COM
bination of changes that may take
place within the body as capable of
setting up the cold.
RUT hold on just moment before
despairing entirely. Science has
been learning important things about
colds, and it is in position to make
come recommendations as to how to
prevent them and, once having caught
Q cold, how to make it as harmless As
possible.
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chicken -chested grind who Is reading
his Gibbon for q second time.
Now what does medical science
know about the cold?
Well, it does know that it is caused
by an ultra-tiny virus; that 1t is in
fectious, which means you can give it
to the person who sits across the desk
or table, and that the virus, whatever
it is, can be taken from cold victim
and given to somebody else. That
doesn't seem like a lot to know about
the cause of an ailment that every
Evening star., 1938-10-02

silk. piped with purple, and wore a
pretty bonnet of pansy color.
Mrs. Cleveland wore a dress of
greenish gray velvet with plaitings of
white satin, corsage bouquet of red
chrysanthemums and a white bonnet
Of plush with aigrettes. Mrs. Whitney
wore superb dress Of dark electric
green satin, trimmed with insertions
of black jetted lace over pink silk.
The vest was of pink silk, and the
green velvet bonnet had a cording of
Evening star., 1938-10-02
Life to Be Made Easier
By New Radio Gadgets
Luxury Devices Provide Ways
OF Doing Useful Things
By Remote Control.

neers attempted. in some mysterious
language 0ambda over two ri, etc.,
to convince the country's most impor.
tant manufacturers of radio sets and
electrical equipment and also persons
generally interested in radio and elec.
trical devices, that the "gadgets" not
only will tend to make life roster for
tired and timid citizens but that
they might even 60 so far as to bolster
employment. AS far as that's con.
cerned, they might have gone whole
hog and suggested that the gadgets
might affect every phase of social and
economic life in America. You know a
new industry is a new industry in
any mans country and, to all intents
and purposes, that is what the manu-
facture and sale Of gadgets could
amount to.
OF course, this low-power principle
can be put to many constructive uses.
Especially will it apply in safeguarding
against burglary and fire.
ERTAIN technical standards" to
govern the manufacture and sale
OF gadgets were the chief topic of
conversation at the conference. These
standards are intended to insure Mr..
Public against something that might
otherwise get him into trouble. You
know that the law says that anyone
found operating a radio transmitter
that transmits radio energy across
State border or interferes in any way
with interstate radio communication
is subject to $4,000 fine or two years
imprisonment or both. But with these
standards every one can have a gadbet
and at the same time stay out Of the
penitentiary.
When the F. c. c: says "gadget"
must be ''low-powered" it isn't kidding.
1t is claimed that the radiated power
of gadgets will be approximately one
billionth Of watt. They will be so
weak that their use will not interfere
in the least with your normal radio
reception. So weak, in fact, that they
will radiate less energy than the
"click" that may be heard in the loud
speaker when you turn on the light
at home or lift the telephone receiver.
However, just so they're strong enough
to give us lift when we're tired and
maybe . laugh when we're sad, who
caresf
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cloth, simply but elegantly made. Her
bonnet was gray. with a bunch Of
white in it, and it was supported at
the back with a diamond pin. the
gift of Mrs. Whitney. DR.. w. A.
Leonard performed the ceremony. as
sisted by the Rev. j. P. Franks of
Salem, who is an old friend of the
brides family and has known her
from childhood Mrs. Endicott was
attended by her son, Mr. William c.
Endicott, jr She was attired in steel
Evening star., 1938-10-02

one Of us has at least once = year
often more frequently-but for the
time being that will have to do.
What to do to prevent catching 4
cold?
ONCE upon a time-and that wasn't
very long ago, either-the doctors
said that body resistance" was an
effective defense against the cold.
Uncle Sans Public Health Service is
authority for the statement today that
Evening star., 1938-10-02
By Earl ". Farr, Jr.
THIS is to be year of "gadgets.

N1AA0 ID W NC year VI SdQHeLS.
Furthermore, there is evi-
dence to indicate that a great
Il many of these gadgets will be
Included among what are known as
"low-power radio devices" One peek
in the nearest radio or music store a
few months hence probably will reveal
radio devices for everything from pow
dering the nose to moving the lawn.
Although they have received scant
publicity. hundreds of these little
radio luxury" whatsits recently have
appeared on the market and the pos
sibilities for more are practically in
finite. For example there might be
q tidy little thingamabob that will fit
easily into the glove compartment of
your automobile. 1t would include
q button which. when pushed, would
let the folks know that you are driving
up in front of the house because, by
pushing the button, you would ring
q bell inside. This could be a sign
for the wife to dash down and lug in
the groceries or perhaps just to unlock
the door. Anyway, the thing would
have its uses as far as everyday business
deliveries are concerned.
THEN, for people who whistle while
going through dimly lighted rooms
there might be another handy little
whatsit. BY pressing the same button
twice, you not only would announce
vour arrival to the wife and kiddies,
as the case might be, but, at the same
time, your garage doors would open
and your path be bathed in the re-
assuring glare of floodlights. On
dark night. what spook could endure
such notoriety?
All such little -lighteners
come under the heading of "low-power
radio frequency devices" In other
words, the small gadget that fits so
neatly into your glove compartment
Is nothing more than a miniature
radio station. Simply by manipulating
the instruments on its panel, you can
transmit your will" so as to speak,
to the bell in the house, the garage
doors or what have you.
At the conference that was held here
In Washington last week by the Federal
Communication Communion, ensi-
Evening star., 1938-02-27
Mr.. Goldwyn Remains Filndom's "Lone Wolf"

toners in their monthly bills urging
them to see the picture.
GETS used in the filming of pictures
~ frequently provoke more enthu-
siasm within the industry than they
do on the outside. This week a stage
at Warmers was the focal point for
the studios personnel In -Four Is
Crowd" hitherto known as ."All
Rights Reserved" Walter Connolly
portrays an eccentric millionaire. On
the set depicting his estate minia-
ture railway containing several thou
sand feet Of track with streamline
and regulation trains, terminals, sig
nal towers, bridges, powerhouses and
switches are erected. Connolly sat on
q platform before q control board and
manipulated the tiny system !. with
geniuses and glamour children crowd
ing around, seeking an opportunity to
play with the railway for just few
minutes.
The film gives promise of being one
Of the more engaging comedies Of the
season.. In addition to Connolly, the
cast boasts Enrol Flynn, Olivia de
Havilland, Rosalind Russell, Denn1e
Moore, Franklin Pangborn and Ed
ward McWade. Besides the human
actors and Connolly's penchant for
model railways, the tale will be fur
ther lightened by 10 Great Danes
which romp through the plot at most
inopportune moments. They are the
property Of Dr.. l. G. stansard, who
loaned them to the Warmers without
charge merely for the honor of hav-
-(seo .CHURCHI1l. Pa9o T.2.)
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geniuses, Goldwyn seems to be the
logical winner with Selznick as his
only serious competitor. Yet it is
doubtful that he will be singled out
and knowing how Hollywood works it
is believed that he does not expect
the honor
During the nine years of the acade-
my's voting, Goldwyn never has won
major award, his honors being
limited to two art direction awards
and in 1886 minor player in Come
and Get It" received an Oscar for q
supporting role. When he made
"Arrowsmith" and Street Scene" he
got as far as the nominations and his
failure to win created one of the
major disturbances in Hollywood that
year. The academy award being
tainted with the suspicion of politics
has lost caste to a degree. The Thai
berg Trophy is now the object of the
towns affections This week book
makers were giving odds that Gold
wyn would be disappointed again.
Although the screen makes a brave
pretense Of refusing to permit the
medium to be prostituted by adver-
tising, commercial enterprises can
find methods Of avoiding the ban.
The American Gas Association has
made unique tie-up with Hal Roach
for exploiting "Merrily We Live" In
consideration for the use Of gas appli-
ances in the picture and directing
attention to them, the association has
appropriated 100000 to advertise
the film. In addition to buying adver-
tising space. gas companies through.
out the Land viii cdrcllariss thar an.
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BvD0ugIaS ".
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLY WO)O.
TINE national campaign launched
by the Parent Teachers Asso-
ciation against double bills has
a Hollywood in somewhat Of a
quandary. Professionally the town de-
plores the double feature on the
grounds that it lowers the standard
of the screen. It also is known that
If the dual showing practice is
abandoned employment in Hollywood
will be decreased materially. At the
present time the only open advocate
of the PIT. A. campaign is Samuel
Goldwyn, who long has been a foe Of
both the double-bill evil and the prize
nights in theaters Goldwyn's attitude
is understandable, for he has con-
fined himself to the class Of product
that makes q single bill possible and
has declined to engage in the man
ufacture Of B pictures. To him aboli-
ton Of the second film would mean
a higher rental for his dramas.
Those within Hollywood who defend
the system regard it as a salvation in
many instances. The practice affords
them two highly beneficial escapes
from reality. A picture designed for
the A schedule frequently sours in the
making. After the metropolitan cen
tiers demonstrate that the film has no
box ONCE value, it Is impossible to
sell it to the crossroads, which provide
Hollywood with Its profits. Without
the double bills. every mistake made
By the industry would be q giaring one,
and while the loss a bad pictures to.
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ant compassion. You can hardly sit
through certain scenes of his and
watch his characters without under
standing why the reviewers continue
to be so hopeful about him.
WHY, then, does he remain to such
degree an unfulilled play
wright? Why do the admirable parts
of his plays fail to add up to satisfy
ing whole? Apparently there are
many reasons. Mr.. Ardrey, with his
great talent for individual characters.
episodes and bits of atmosphere. gives
every sign of devoting all of his at
tention to those individual parts of
his work, rather than to his concep-
ton of the play as an entity. He lacks
a sense of form. He never bothers
to think out his theme carefully and
then carry it out to its logical finish.
What interests him are his flashes of
insight and humor, his bits of charac-
ter observation, certain speeches and
phrases that possess pity and under
standing and q feeling for the essen
tial loneliness of mankind. shrewd
touches Of atmosphere that add color
and veracity to his picture. All of
these things make for admirable drama
and distinctive sense of life in the
theater, but they are not enough.
They are, in fact, merely the beginning
of a playwrights wisdom. They are
the tools with which he creates his
drama, rather than the drama itself.
Until Mr.. Ardrey can employ his
characters and his episodes for the
purpose of giving us work that has
sense of completeness and compul-
sion about it he will continue to disap-
point us.
I suspect, too, that one of his
qualities that can be among his great
virtues proves also to be his enemy
from time to time. That is his toler-
ance, which is a fine thing in social
companion, but dangerous thing in
a dramatist. With his sense of COM
passion he has way of seeing both
sides to such degree that a vague
sort of neutrality descends for the
time being upon his plays. This is
(See WATTS, Page F-2D
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remains, now that the Group Theater
has offered his Casey Jones' as its
second production Of the season. I
can still remember: from Star
Spangled." the ex-Texas League base
ball player, the best baseball player
ever created by any author save Ring
Lardner, and the convict who took a
leave of absence from the penitentiary
to execute bit Of personal venge-
ance. The frail but idealistic little
waitress; the romantic young boat
maker, the double crossing Irish ad-
venturer and the easy-going cement
workers from How to Get Tough
About It. are among the living char
acters of the present season. There
is the authentic breath of life in such
figures as the aging locomotive engi-
neer, the defiant young fireman, the
friendly division superintendent. the
ancient telegrapher and the Bible
reading mother of Casey Jones'" Yet
somehow the plays built about these
living people are incomplete and dis
satisfying.
Not only do individual characters
come to life in Mr.. Ardrey's dramas,
but so do individual episodes There
is a scene in the girls bedroom in
How to Get Tough About It," when
the faithless adventurer is leaving her,
that is poignant and memorable, and
another in which the hero, learning
at last how to be tough about things,
is selling a boat to the fleeing Irish
man that succeeds in being at the
same time dramatic and humorous.
Here are scenes that reveal the dis
tinctive touch of a playwright worth
bothering about The same thing is
indubitably true in such moments as
the love scene between the young
fireman and the engineers daughter,
or the shy embarrassment of the fire.
man and the engineer after the super
intendent has stopped their first fight
in Casey Jones'" Mr.. Ardrey has an
assured and instructive touch in the
creation of such episodes. To all his
work he brings a freshness of obser-
vation, a talent for true dialogue. a
feeling for authentic but unobtrusive
atmosphere and fine sense Of toler-