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Evening star., 1938-08-30

but accept them in the spirit Of give
and take with which they were sent
to us. Then. If you'd like to help
make the world safe for smoother and
better dates, make up your own list
OF the little sins which irk you. II
they're good, and fair, we'll be glad
to include them In the next petty
crime column.
LADIES FIRST.
The maids who get around start the
ruckus. They feel they have good
reason to dislike
Young men who appear for dates
wearing shirts opened at the collar.
with a tie loosely dangling from the
collar.
Boorish boys who reprove girl pub
licly for wearing bright nail polish.
It's none of their business. anyway,
and it's bad manners to criticize some
one in public.
Uncombed hair. Just as most OF us
dislike crew haircuts, We also dislike
hair that looks as though rats had
nested in it. It's easy to carry a comb
and use 1t now and then.
Curious Carls who telephone us and
ask: What are you doing tonight?"
Answer: It's really none Of your busi-
ness. Be bold enough to tell us what
you'd like to do. That gives us a
chance to know what we'll be in for II
we accept the invitation, before COM
mitting ourselves.
Young men who insist on hanging
onto a girls arm when walking with
her on the street We're not entirely
helpless. so let us take the initiative
Rude Ralphs who enter a movie first
letting us string along behind as they
plunge through the lobby, and who
fail to ask us where we'd like to sit
when the usher is ready to find seats
Poor sports who hang UP angrily
when We have to refuse them a date
because OF previous enga cement.
Fellows who ridicule our tastes-re-
freshments, movie heroes and books
Perhaps You do think Robert TAYLOR
is sissy, but don't try to spoil our
fun If we like him.
Outdoor men who wear soiled slacks
and cords everywhere.
Long, boring discussions Of family
affairs
Idiots who prattle. When am J
going to see you again." That's mostly
up to them. They should make 9
suggestion.
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Do you know how much you
should weigh? If not send for my
weight table, which will tell you.
Send = self-addressed, stamped
(2-cent) envelope to me, care of
this paper.
(Copyright. 1881
Evening star., 1938-08-30

mands and a most individual way of
expression, We have come of age"
In our ideas of what house should
be in both beauty and efficiency and
We do not invest in non-essentials.
With whatever plans you make for
your house this fall allow your imagi-
nation and taste full play, and make
1t your own, designed to serve you and
your family and the life you lead.
For your Georgian house you will
Use formal furniture of mahogany
after the designs of Chippendale, Hep
plewhite or Sheraton. The elegance
of these designs demands sumptuous
background If the room is large one
OF the architectural papers with de-
sign like paneling combined with
stylized fruit or flowers is good. A
honey beige or pinkish grey shade will
show your furniture to advantage. If
the room Is small use plain painted
or papered walls in soft yellow, chalk
blue, cream or creamy pink. With
the monotone walls or the paneled
paper use great depth of color for your
draperies. Jewel tones. of garnet,
emerald. deep rich blue or turquoise at
the windows will give accent to the
whole room. Or you might use one
of the new glazed chintz in the sepia
tones with great Splashes Of colored
flowers. Upholstery fabrics should be
in softer tones of the drapery color
or in small all-over patterned fabrics
which blend with the wall color. Ac-
cessories should be very flne--in cryS-
tai, silver, gilt or marble. Floor cover
ing may be figured if the walls are
plain. and there are some delightful
patterned carpets this year, or plain
wall-to-wall carpeting if you use much
design at the windows and in up
holstery. This room should be COM
Portable in appearance though de-
signed for formal living and must be
correct at all times. It does not fit
in With the demands OF romping
strenuous family.
YOUR American modern room is
= especially designed for relaxation
and ease, shorter hours, more COM
fort and greater enjoyment. In this
room walls and draperies blend in
a smooth unbroken expanse Of soft,
restful shades. Gray seems to be
favorite this year, a pleasing warm
gray, beige is also good and then fol-
low all the pastel shades. Occasionally
these are enlivened by painting one
wall a distinct color to bring a glow
4. into the room that Is otherwise lack
ing Furniture is low, comfortable and
an integral part Of the design OF the
room It may be upholstered in
sumptuous fabrics. and with elaborate
accessories become most formal, or it
may be covered in rough-flnished
fabrics IN colorful stripes and plaids,
and Immediately fit into an informal
family background. Rich. unusual
colors-slightly grayed are blended
against this neutral background. Tur-
quoise blues and brick reds, soft greens
with clear yellow and the whole room
is given depth and accent by a lino-
leum floor which ties the room to-
gether in both color and design.
Flowers, books and personal things in
vivid color give the life and snap to
this room that is primarily restful
retreat from modern hustle.
II you have French furniture, or
italian or Spanish in any of the
provincial types there are whole series
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fishing to
Reduce
Give Yourself Time
And Be Persistent
In the Routine.
By PATRICIA LINDSAY.

ONE good rule for overweishts to
follow is this-always leave the
table hungry. Not too hungry. but
wishing you could eat q second help
ing!
But there are other things to con-
slider, too. This problem of reducing
is a serious one. I for one. do not
advocate strenuous diets no matter
what your weight. I do recommend
exercise and cold showers.
Personally, wish you would 60 to a
reliable physician and get slimming
diet written out for you But If you
will not, and are in good health, then
can suggest certain foods for you to
eat and certain foods for you not to
eat. Here are general rules:
Overweights who wish to reduce
should eat from 1900 to 1900 calories
day depending upon size, age, ac-
tivity).
Two pounds loss of weight per week
is sufficient
Foods you may eat: SKINNED milk
or buttermilk, eggs, citrus fruits or to-
mato juice, raw vegetable and fruit
salads. cooked green vegetables, lean
meat or fish; some butter and speck
of sugar each day. Lemon juice every
day; from one to three lemons Stewed
fruits for desserts. Liver is allowed }
Coffee and tea without cream.
Foods you should not eat: Fatty
meats, cream, rich sauces or desserts;
hot breads or mullins; refined cereals;
alcohol. Butter in large quantities,
potatoes, rich milk, cheese, cakes or
pastries.
1t is possible to have appetizing
meals from this prescribed menu. II
you are hungry between meals, chew
a raw carrot or drink a cup of tea
without sugar.
As the cause for overweight is fire.
quently too little exercise and too much
to eat. daily exercise is most necessary
for refashioning your figure. Walking
or out-of-door games are very de-
sirable, as they not only stimulate
your blood ciculation (Which is good)
but they also tend to burn up energy
which otherwise would settle into ex-
cess weight.
Send for my leaflet Proper Meas
urements" and determine just where
you must reduce to have a good fig
ure Then write me for specific ex-
ercises which will help you reduce
where you need to most. I shall
gladly help you. (Be sure to send the
self-addressed, stamped (3-cent) en-
velope with your request)
Reducing drugs and methods which
assure rapid slimming should not be
considered. Lose your extra pounds
slowly and sanely. Remember your
daily duties require energy and you
must meet that need. Just give your
self time to reduce, and be persistent
in your routine, and before you ex-
pect it your figure will be vastly
improved!
Do you know how much you
should weigh? II not send for my
weight table, which will tell you.
Send = self-addressed, stamped
(3-cent) envelope to me, care of
this paper.
Copyright, 193S)
Evening star., 1938-08-30
EAR MISS DIX: About a year
ago l married a young man

N EAR MISS DIX: About year
ago married a young man
with whom I was very much
in love and who 1 thought
loved me, and We went to live in the
home that he had provided for many
years for his mother. Being a business
girl, and his mother still desiring to be
mistress of her sons home, kept my
position in order that she could be
in the home alone during the day.
This I thought would keep her from
feeling that I had taken her place.
Soon after We were married my hus-
band began to tell me he would
rather stay at home with his mother
than go places with me, and whenever
we went out he would first ask his
mothers permission. II she consented.
we went. If she objected we stayed
at home. At night he sits up couple
of hours after I go to bed to entertain
his mother He consults her about
everything, and openly says he loves
her better than any one else. 1 left
a good home, where I was happy, to
do my best to increase the happiness
In the home of the man I loved. 1t
seems that I have failed completely
and I am so miserably unhappy that
I do not know what to do Is there
any remedy for the situation? Will
my husband ever change? Could he
treat me like this if he really loved
me? LILLIAN,
Answer-Evidently your husband
has a fatal case of mother complex,
and there is no cure for that. AS
long as she lives he will always be
tied to his mothers apron strings and
you will never be able to cut them.
He will always think that Mother
knews best, that his first duty is to
Mother, that Mother is closer to him
than any other human being. and you
will always play second fiddle to her.
Evening star., 1938-08-30
BY BARBARA BELL.

; BY BARBARA BELL.
s"HIS princess, bel.less, simple
: little apron-frock is just as
: comfortable and unhampering
: u as it can bs, ior housework and
/. all daytime wear. Although the prin-
J cess cut makes it fit with such taper
waist slimness. this dress gives you
splenty of leevay for stretching and
Heaching. It's easy to do up. too,
fRf 1t buttons all down the front
and may be laid out nat on the
ironing board.
Evening star., 1938-08-30
suggestions That May Help You Work Out Your Decorating Plans
Girls Express Their Views
AS to What They Dislike
About Modern Young Men
Petty Grimes List Includes
Sloppy Dress and Rudeness
Among Other Pet Peeves.

By JOAN FORTUNE and NORTON HUGHES JONATHAN
YHAT
M dates, at parties the town.
v To hnd out to
people The first lists ago. but since
them adding to the record ~
Some candid
Evening star., 1938-08-30

The turnover collar and shaped
cuffs make this frock even prettier
especially when they are doubly
trimmed with ricrac braid.
Make yourself several useful and
becoming dresses over this new and
practical design-in percale, calico or
gingham. During the winter, you'll
enjoy having wool version-jersey
or challis.
Barbara Bell pattern No. l4s5.B
Is designed for sizes "a. SO, 30, 10, a.
A, 46 and 48. Size 50 requires ~
Evening star., 1938-08-30
Today There Is a Subtle
Snartness in Blending
Old and New Things
A Georgian Style Interior
Is Designed for Formal
Living at All Times.
By MARGARET NOVEL;.

REsu1NG that have had least glimpse Of the fall dis
- thatsconequenty sehng
ideas that all umbed In heap these suggestions help
decorating plans Generally speaking,
Evening star., 1938-07-27
Chinese War Relief
Benefit Attracts
Interest Here.

MISS YOEH E. WANG, daughter
of the Chinese Ambassador, DR..
Chengting T. Wang, has taken table
for the bridge and tea which will be
given tomorrow afternoon from 2 until
O'Clock at the Raleigh Hotel for
the benefit of the Chinese war relief
fund. Plans have been completed for
the worthy benefit and a number of
handsome prizes. donated by local
merchants, will be awarded during the
afternoon.
Mrs. Neitah King Chairman,
Assisted by Mrs. Walter Wyatt.
Mrs. Neitah King is chairman of
the benefit and Mrs. Walter Wyatt,
wife of the general counsel of the Fed
eral Reserve System, is vice chairman
Among the patronesses for the event
are Mrs. Thomas Cajigas, Mrs. Ed
mund S. Van Brunt, Mrs. Conselo
Seoane, Mrs. L. Edwin Sunderland,
Mrs. F. Mckenzie Dawson, Mrs. Ed
ward Walton, Miss Antoinette Rudolph
Mrs. Frederick Dawson Richardson,
Mrs. George c. Clarke, Mrs Owen
Hydrick, Mrs. A. Denny Lewis. Mrs
William K. Wimsatt, Mrs L. B. Norris,
Miss Emily Wagner, Miss Erma Will
son, Mrs. Robert Graham. Mrs. Carl
Peden, Mrs. Charles Council and Mrs.
Hal CroWell.
Evening star., 1938-07-27
Notes From the Social Calendar Of Washington and Its
BY theWay
Beth Blaine

DOG days what they good
diet become
mad dogs but all fashionable
go with ther owners merely remain
Splinter the Robert to her
farm Maryland before sailed
setting
Timme bull Rehoboh-ng with his master Senator
Panama
committing
from Camden DEL Rehoboth
Virginia while Jack and Ann Marshall Gape
Peninsula.
Richardson's is forced to
content himself with keeping house" his
himself that
calf will be prepared for him! wellsuch OF
Senator Key Pttman
and quiet
Washington
A CHATTY letter Who is at
Springs in California tells of the amusing time she
Hollywood Hartman attending weekly
barbecue George
companion His wife, famous Allen
away Ihe two Burns children, Mrs Hartman
'chaming
de Jean 4yearod daughter comedians
championship
runneup'
Mr.. Hartman go up the San Bernardno
Mountains this
that they will be
brief visit with Mrs Harimans Andrews
JULIA many beloved Mddeburg
Cove Me- planting herb garden and exavang
archaeological past
tribe of Indians inhabited the Of
and relics of the first
JooJoo
quaint little herb garden her Middleburg
Evening star., 1938-07-27
Washingtonians
Sponsor Plays
At Bar Harbor.

VIsCoUNTEss D'ALTE, widow of
the former Portuguese Minister,
who was dean of Ministers at Wash
ington for some years before his death,
again1 at Bar Harbor for the season
She is among the sponsors for the
season arranged by the Surry Players
which will open Friday evening in the
Building Of Fine Arts on Mount Desert
Island. The opening presentation will
be benefit for the island Y. w. C. A.,
and the play to be presented is "Hedda
Gabber"
Mrs. Thomas Bell Sweeney is among
the other sponsors, who include Mrs
Reginald de Koven, who made her
home for several winters in Washing
ton: Mrs. Stanley NJ Rinehart, also
a former resident here; Mrs. Theodore
Marburg, who lived here during the
World War, and Mrs Walter Dam
rosch, who as Miss Margaret Blaine
was belle in Washington some years
ago.
Evening star., 1938-07-27
Bride.Elect Feted
At Many Parties.

Miss Platonia E. Papps, daughter of
Mrs. Charles K. Foss Of Washington
and Mr.. Ernest N. Papps of Detroit,
whose marriage to Mr. Peter P. Kaldes
OF Scranton, Pa, will take place Sum-
day evening in st. Sophia's Hellenic
Orthodox Church, will be the honor
guests this evening at a Deutsch
garden party, given by Miss Diane
Davis and Miss Adrienne Nicols.
Friday night the bride and BRIDE
groom elect will be dinner and re-
ception given by the brides mother
and Saturday evening Mr.. John Max
tos, assistant to the legal adviser of
the State Department, uncle of the
bride, will entertain in honor of his
niece and her fiance at buffet supper
and dance.
Evening star., 1938-07-27
Polo Matches Mecca
For Service Set
In Capital.

THE members Of the polo teams
taking part in the games of the
Southeastern Polo Circuit tournament
are being much entertained during the
tournament being played on the polo
field in West Potomac Park The field,
surrounded by a well-shaded drive
way, is the mecca for Army officers
and their wives, as we'll as many who
have an equal interest in the game.
Games are played each Wednesday at
4 o'clock and Sunday at 2 o'clock.
Col. and Mrs. Milliken
Hosts to Players Today.
Following the game this afternoon
Col. and Mrs John T. Milliken will
entertain the teams at tea in their
quarters at Fort Myer. Tomorrow,
after the game postponed from Sum-
day, the players will be guests at tea
of Capt. and Mrs. T. @. Donaldson in
their quarters at the fort on the
heights overlooking the Potomac River
and Washington. The name Of T. @.
Donaldson is very familiar to Wash
ington. where Capt. Donaldson's par
ents, Mrs. Donaldson and the late
Gen. T. @. Donaldson, were so popular
during the generals station here. Mrs
Donaldson. senior, now makes her
home in New York and only visits the
Capital occasionally, but her arrival is
a signal for a round of entertaining
in resident circles as well as in the
Army.
Evening star., 1938-07-27
Invitations Issued.

marriage of Miss Helen Throck Nor
ton, daughter of Mrs. James Throck
Morton of Arlington and the late Mr..
Throck Morton of Fauquier County.
Va. to DR. James Robert Shanklin of
Bluefeld, w. Va, August 10 in St.
Marys Episcopal Church on Glebe
road in Virginia. The ceremony will
be performed at o'clock in the eve
ming by the Rev John G. Sadtler.
retired, Of Falls Church, Va, and a
former rector of ST. Mary's Church,
assisted by the Rev. B. R. Roller OF
White Sulphur Springs. w. Va.
Evening star., 1938-07-27
Birth Announced.

Mr.. and Mrs. James Kirkland an
nounce the birth of daughter at
Columbia Hospital yesterday. The
infant has been named Margaret
Kramer Kirkland. in honor of her
grandmothers, Mrs. Margaret E. Kirk
land and Mrs. Stephen E, Kramer,
widow of the late assistant superin-
tendent of public schools. The baby's
mother was formerly Miss Katherine
Kramer.
Evening star., 1938-07-27

Marion Blodgett and Miss Audrey
Blodgett, have opened their place
Camp Millgarth, near Whiteface Inn
N. Y, for the summer. Mr.. Blod-
gett, who makes his home in New
York, is son of Mrs. Delos A. Blod-
gett of Washington.
Mrs. Nathan c. Wyeth has been
joined at Hillcrest Cottage, her place
at Har Barbor. by her daughter, Mrs.
Herbert R. Stratford
DR.. and Mrs. Montgomery Blair, jr.,
are with Mrs. Wyeth and her daugh-
ter while spending the season at Bar
Harbor to be near DR.. Blair's uncle,
Maj. Gist Blair and Mrs. Blair.
Maj. and Mrs Blair closed their
famous old house on Pennsylvania
avenue facing the State Department,
some weeks ago and went to Bar
Harbor for the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs Albert H. Ney. with
their daughter. Miss Audrey Jean Ney
OF Woodley Park Towers, will leave
today for the West Coast. They will
be accompanied by Miss Helen Hirsch
OF New York and will visit the Yellow
Continued on Page B-40
Evening star., 1938-07-27
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarke
Give House Party.

Mr.. and Mrs. George c. Clarke
entertained at a house party over the
week end at their summer home at
Cape May, N j.. the guests including
the General Counsel for the Federal
Reserve System and Mrs. Walter Wy
att and their two daughters. the
Misses Laura Bell and Jane Wyatt;
Mrs. Neitah King, Mr.. James Smith,
Mr.. John Chappelear and Mr.. Jerry
Hausel, all of Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs A. Grand Foote Of
Philadelphia. who are spending the
summer at Cape May, entertained at a
Evening star., 1938-07-27
Residential Social Notes
Mrs. E. T. Stotesbury Opens Her
Summer Home in Maine.

\ 4 RS. EDWARD T. STOTES-
M BURY of Philadelphia has
opened her summer home,
a Wingwood House, at Bar
Harbor for the season. Mrs. Stotes-
bury. who as Mrs. Oliver Cromwell
lived in Washington some years ago,
arrived at the Maine resort the first
of this week After the death of Mr..
Cromwell she married the late Mr..
Stotesbury and since then has made
her home in Philadelphia and spent
the winters in Florida. with very oc-
casional visits in the Capital.
Mrs. Alex B. Legare and Mrs
Francis Bennett Poe are members of
the general committee for the annual
flower show of the Old York Garden
Club, which will be held at York
Harber, Me, next month. Mrs. Legare
and Mrs. Poe have been at their
summer homes there for some weeks
and are assisting in the completion of
plans for the flower show, which will
open August in the Town Hall at
York Harbor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Delos A. Blodgett, I'd,
with the formers daughters, Miss
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Mr.. and Mrs. Delos A. Blodgett, I'd,
with the formers daughters, Miss
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Continued on Page BAD
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The largest assortment Of each
individual fur CorocuI, Rae
coon, Fitch, Eastern Mink, Ernine,
Leopard, Leopard Cot, Beaver, Etc.
Evening star., 1938-07-27
Magann Engaged

Mr.. and Mrs. John Edward Magann
Of Amherst, Va, announce the en-
eagement of their daughter Gladys to
Mr.. George Gerard Stout of Erie. Pa,
Erie
The wedding will take place August
13 in Washington in the Holy Trinity
Church.
Evening star., 1938-07-27
Miss Haar Hostess.

Miss Ella Fairfax Haar. daughter OF
Capt. and Mrs. Herbert Haar of Lor-
ton. Va. is entertaining at a house
party this week. her guests including
Miss Priscilla Lohr, Miss Patricia Lohr
and Miss Barbara Lohr, daughters of
Mr.. and Mrs Lennox Lohr of Tarry-
town on Hudson. N. Y. and Miss Mary
Martha Mills of Falls Church, Va.
Evening star., 1938-07-27

sailing party on their yacht, Suzanne
III, for the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarke. Mrs. Foote was formerly Miss
Suzanne Hanna of Philadelphia and
one of the most popular debutantes Of
her season,
Evening star., 1938-07-27
Mrs. Claude Swanson
Returns to Her Home
From Rapidan Camp
Minister of Colombia Has Gone
Home for 4OOth Anniversary
OF Bogota's Founding.

RS CLAUDE SWANSON
Nl into town yesterday from the
l gna and will be R TO
join the Secretary the or the end
Minister OF Colombia senor Don Miguel Pumarejo
MS nome South America
the 4o anniversary
Colombia He
then the Secretary of the legation
be Charge dAfares.
where they have
The Counselor of the Mexican Embassy
Will leave tomorrow by plane
vacation.
Counselor the
have been in Canada
Rear Admiral
Woody
Capt Townsend
Paris has taken the
for several
Mr. Joseph R. Sheehan
Commission family
fall
Park Hotel
Evening star., 1938-07-27

Mr.. and Mrs. D. I. Skidmore, who
are in the North for the midsummer,
arrived at the Mount Pleasant in
Breton Woods, N. H., the end of last
week for a vacation.
Evening star., 1938-10-18

Moreau and Livingston to do after
locking up their prisoners. They went
back to the park and drove one car
and had the other towed to the park
police property yard.
Then they traced the license tags
to learn that the stolen cars were
owned by Stanley Adams, 1901 Fiji
teenth street NV, and Jack Gersten,
17o0 block of Lanier place NV.
The officers went to the owners
homes, reused them from bed and
informed them their cars had been
stolen and recovered Both Mr.. STAN
ley and Mr.. Gersten were startled.
They had parked their machines near
their homes last night and had no
idea they weren't still there.
Both the cars had been stolen in
the same manner Officer Moreau said.
The ventilator windows we're jimmied
open and wires run ingeniously around
the switch so the cars could be started
without the keys.
The prisoners, both said to have
petty police records, denied stealing
the automobiles and told the officers
a stranger had hired them to change
the tires. But Oficer Moreau said he
and Officer Livingston hoped to clinch
their case with fingerprints taken
from the jimmied ventilator windows.
Anyway, this story should be more
interesting than nothing happened
hs chMckled.
Evening star., 1938-10-18
Young Lawyer Pleads Own Case
For 25 Minutes IN Police Court

Citing numerous appeal cases in
his own defense on minor traffic vio-
lation charge and even offering to re-
view decisions handed down in old
English law, James N. Heaney, youth
full attorney, who was admitted to the
bar less than'a year ago. held the wit
ness stand in Police Court today for
more than Is minutes before Judge
Hobart Newman took his personal
bond in the case.
The attorney, who has practiced law
since passing the bar examination last
December, was charged with parking
his car in a driveway between the
apartment house in which he lives, at
l725 New Hampshire avenue NV, and
the street.
Contending that the regulation was
mot clear even to persons conversant
with the law" Mr.. Heaney launched
into an argument that was as long as
one that might be given before the Su-
preme Court rather than the usual
brief one-minute plea but up by traf-
fic offender. Few of those in the court
room understood just what phrases In
the regulation Mr.. Heaney contended
were ambiguous, but the words public
parking" he asserted, were hardly
clear to the lsyman.