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The Washington times., 1938-11-03
Autumn Fashions

Matilda is a football fan,
An eager, ardent devotee.
I'm sure that, if she were a
man,
She'd play or coach or referee.
She never misses any chance
To be in stadium or bowl,
The very sight of moleskin
pants
Brings joy to this fair damsel's
soul.
She knows the game from A to
Zed;
The rules are on her fingertips.
She takes the sporting page to
bed
And dreams of coming football
trips.
Matilda really loves the sport
Candid investigation shows.
But still I add in my report:
Matilda loves to sport fall
clothes.
SANDRO WOOD.
New York Post.
The Washington times., 1938-11-03
o6A1zd

N URING the war he was
~ liaison officer to an
English general.
1t was after that that he
started in dress design. 1884,
during the depths of the de-
preston, he created many in
expensive models that spread
style elegance to a much
wider clientele, at the same
time giving employment to
many more workers.
His heart is lost to: His
daughter, Nicole; his work,
his collections of porcelain,
"Filtra" cigarettes, yachting.
The Washington times., 1938-11-03
Tidbits
Of Interest
BY BAB LINCOLN

Styles are settling down to
what women really want to
wear. At the races yester-
day such a good-looking
brunette with sparkling eyes,
dressed all in black, with Per
sian lamb furs. She wore a
tiny pancake beret of shock
ing pink honeycombed taille
placed at just the right angle
on her sleek black head. Her
hair was up, but nary a curl
or a ringlet; all was a master
piece of shining, exquisitely
achieved coiffure.
At the Hour Glass Cock
tail room yesterday the girls
stood on the bar. They did,
really. Anne Kings fashion
show was in progress and all
our favorite models stepped
right up in front of the
sparkling glass bottles and
mirrors, turned demurely (to
avoid landing on their noses,
I suppose were helped neatly
down by a gallant attendant,
and proceeded to circle the
tables to the delight of all
assembled.
SEEN HERE AND THERE
Aunt Bessie" Merryman
trying on evening slippers in
a local department store, be-
moaning the fact that .
shoes looked so big. She has
the tiniest feet and match
less ankles.-Mrs. Emil Hurja
busy on Connecticut Avenue
in the very smartest tweeds
seen this fall. Green in a
heavenly shade, with a short
topcoat of a clan plaid in
red and green. Stunnig for
a piquant blonde.
The Washington times., 1938-11-03
Peggy Sage Local Visitor

It's a year to know your vim
tageS! And that doesn't mean
your sherries and your sparkling
burgundies, it means your colors
makeup in particular.
A famous color authority,
Miss Peggy Sage, is in Washing
ton today and advocates keying
makeup to the Vintage polish
on your nails. This new Vintage
shade, Miss Sage says, is espe-
cially blended so that it's easier
The Washington times., 1938-11-03

HEY call her Coco. Her
l. intimates alone use the
first name. Gabrielle. She
was the first to conceive
ideas that seem so natu-
raj to us now: The jersey
dress, knitted affairs, the
sweater, woolen ecru, scarfs.
Directly after the war she
sponsored the short skirt to
avoid waste of fabrics. Then
preached short hair. Today
she invents strawed night
coiffures. She was one of the
first dressmakers to sell per-
fumes and baubleS.
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Tried Again
To Sit DOGOn

She stood up, a bit on the
embarrassed side we might add,
readjuSted her hoops and made
a second Sit-down attempt. This
time she yanked up her skirt,
but she missed again, for the
whole bulk Of hoops and fabric
shot off at right angle and,
in the meantime, the Strapless
decolletage became a bit loose
and she began to pull up her
bodice.
At this point we became too
nervous to watch her one more
second, but this Well wager:
It'll be a long. long while be-
fore that miserable lady hears
the word hoops again without
some slight cringing.
The Washington times., 1938-11-03

to wear than ordinary purple
reds. The secret is that it con-
tains a great deal of rosy red
which is the most flattering Of
all colors.
Several grape and nur'"'i"h
tones aro -
tage," said Miss Sage, so that
you're s.,
it with any
purple costume you may wear.
Deep Vintage lipStick, rose
mauve powder, blue-red rouge.
The Washington times., 1938-11-03
Child
Question
Child's Question Editor:

Child'S Question Editor:
One day my 212-year-old
nephew was visiting me from
the country. He asked for sew
eral drinks of water. He was
very curious about the water
coming out of a spigot. (He
was used to getting drinks from
the spring.. After a while I
saw him touching the pipes.
Finally he came to me and said,
"Aunt Olive, would you get me
q drink please? I tried but I
can't squeeze any water out OF
those pipes"
Mrs. Charles L. Barrick,
Box 353,
ThurmOnt, Md.
The Washington times., 1938-11-03
Baked Oyster
SteSu in Casserole

Cut off the heart part Of two
dozen oysters. Bring to a bol!
one pint of milk. one pint OF
single cream, and pour into q
deep, buttered baking dish; add
one stalk of celery which has
been washed and tied together
with white thread, six rolled
saltine crackers, the oysters
and one tablespoon of butter.
Place the dish under the broller,
considerably away from the
flame, and allow it to form on
top a light brown crust. Break
the crust by turning it under.
stir, and allow another to form,
which stir under in it's turn.
Remove the celery. season with
salt and white pepper and serve
from the dish in which it has
been cooked.
The Washington times., 1938-11-03

DEITY believes that a
~ Christmas present should
make a good showing when un-
wrapped but she isn't particu-
larly concerned with the eff
cheney through the years. She
specifies the characteristics
which tend to make an iron ex-
penSive but she stipulates that
she isn't interested in paying
much for it. She asks for un-
scratchable metal. Tests show
that no metal is absolutely
scratch proof. Chrome-plated
steel is highly resistant to
scratches but is generally used
for decorative purposes and not
used freely in cheap irons.
Streamlining may token speed
and efficiency but it doesn't
make an iron push one bit more
easily. The automatic gadgets
are expensive items in iron con-
struction and it is likely that
one of these in a cheap iron
will not work efficiently for any
length of time.
The Washington times., 1938-11-03

pretty rank.
In fact, I Sus-
p ct tn a t
most Of you
who read this
will remem-
ber your own
struggles to
swallow tn e
oily, fishy,
pr e paration
which W a S
the only cod
liver oil we
knew.
So I have
t o un d / t
ml1nh easier
The Washington times., 1938-11-03
Quintutleb:
Quintublets:
Remedy Is
Good For
Parents
By ALLEN ROY DAFoE, MD
Personal physician to the
Dionne Quintuplets

Copyright. 1898, by King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
A LII my years as prac-
IA ticing physician I have
been a strong advocate of
cod-liver oil. But since I
have seen what it did for
the Dionne Quintuplets, I
am stronger for it than ever.
I am bringing this subject
up now because this is the
time parents should begin
giving this great food and
medicine to their children.
Yes, I'll go farther-it's the
time for them to start taking
it themselves!
The Washington times., 1938-11-03
Baked Lemon
Pudding

Cream one tablespoon of but
ter with three-quarters of a cup
Of sugar and gradually add two
tablespoons of sifted flour. After
well-mixed, add a cup of half
milk and cream, and the Juice
and grated peel of one lemon.
Beat we'll and, last fold in the
stiffly beaten whites of three
eggs. Pour into a baking or
Pyrex dish and bake in a mod
crate oven.
The Washington times., 1938-11-03
A GENTLEMAN, English
"A and French.

A GENTLEMAN, English
IA and French.
With Partisan ease he
wears clothes cut in London.
He likes soft collars and
flowing cravats. He likes
cigarettes - English, natu-
rally - bridge, and blooded
hounds.
Extremely superstitious.
To change his luck he left
a pure Eighteenth Century
villa at Neuilly for an ultra
modern apartment on the
Quai d'Orsay. Has also a
home in the French Midi.
The Washington times., 1938-11-03
Taste Formerly
Worst Imaginable

Cod-liver oil has always Suf-
fered from an unsavory reputa-
ton, largely because, before
chemists learned to refine it as
they have now, the taste was
The Washington times., 1938-11-03

A UDACIOUS is the word
"A for Jean Patou.
He it was who had the
courage to readjust the waist
line to its proper place when
it was dropping near the hips.
He has never married. His
sister (shown in the sketch
with him) is his most severe
and intimate critic; his
brother-in-law, Raymond Bar
bas, his pupil and most direct
collaboration. Both direct the
affairs of the house with
him.
Thanks to all three,
'1'esprit Patou" is more alive
today than ever.
The Washington times., 1938-11-03

MADAME DE POMBO is
M from Spain, artistic di-
rector of the house of Paquin.
At sweet 16 she came to Paris
and ordered her trousseau
chez Paquin. Now she is the
very soul of the same con-
Germ.
This winter she created 280
models for the collection.
She creates a dress like a
dance: by inspiration. Sew
eral of her models came to
her in a" dream. She places
no faith in "canvasses," but
works with the fabric itself,
deciding upon it first.
The Washington times., 1938-11-03
Skillet and Spoon:
Try Menu
AS Given
Tomorrow
Skillet and Spoon:
Bv s1B1LLA CAMPBELL

A STEW made from
n baked oysters will be
new to many readers. Lemon
pudding may be serve d
either cold or hot, according
to preference.
The Washington times., 1938-11-03
Penny Wise:

II Want to purchase an elec-
trio iron, tOeu made lOith 800
1000 1DGttGge. May see the
iron? notice By tests
that it rates high in efficiency
and is durable and economical
to operate"
DENNY has studied the tests
L which have been made on
electric irons and reported by
unbiased agencies. She does
not take the word of a pro-
ducer who claims his product is
the best of the market. Pro-
ducerS necessarily have the
faculty of being brazenly boast
full of their products and fire.
quently without foundation.
just like the mother of the
problem child Penny Speci-
fies the voltage which has been
reported as efficient. She
names as,well-made brand of
iron so that she is assured of
getting one that heats rapidly
and evenly. Most irons at
present have automatic controls
for heat, many of which work
very accurately and are durable
in well-made irons. She doesn't
mention weight, once criterion
for iron selection, as many of
the lighter irons have as great
efficiency as the heavy ones.
The Washington times., 1938-11-03
They Ask Nurse
For Their Doses

When I say they love oil. I'm
not exaggerating. It's a regular
routine morning and evening
with them. They take their bot
tie and spoon to the nurse so
she can pour it out for them.
They get a tablespoon Of it
twice daily, except in summer,
when we cut the dose to a tea
spoonful. Some authorities
claim that you don't need to
give this oil during summer
months, but we think it is bene-
ficial.
The real time for our Bottled
Sunshine is during the fall and
winter when in this northern eli
mate the sun doesn't shine as
strongly, and when little bodies
are covered with clothing that
keeps them from absorbing the
ultraviolet rays in the sunshine.
TOmOrrOw-MOre ON Cod-liver oil.
The Washington times., 1938-11-03
From Bridal Veil
GoREGoN.
G z7~+ rs<1
Professor Of Home Economics. University Of Idaho
PURCHASING AN ELECTRIC IRON
Betty LittIeWit:

II wdnt to give an electric
iron to a friend for Christmas.
/ don't DGnt to pay too much
but I'd like to haze it made OF
upscrGtchGble metal and
Stredmlined. Yes, tDGnt it to
haze heat control button on it.
too" r.~
The Washington times., 1938-11-03
Hoops Were
Bothersone

The other night at the Plaza'S
Persian Room a small, rather
dumpy young woman certainly
the last type in the world to
wear hoops, anyhow arrived
with a great swaying, swiShing
movement, and made her way
to a table. Her tremendous skirt
wobbled from side to side. And,
before she arrived at her desti-
nation, she accidentally brushed
napkins off various tables as
she passed and, at one point,
had to wait while q waiter re-
moved a few chairs.
Finally she tried to sit down
and then her woes really began.
Apparently she hadn't learned
the art of gracefully taking a
Sedentary pose in this massive
affair, for, whoopS, my dear,
the front banged UP and hit her
in the face the minute she
sat on the chair.
The Washington times., 1938-11-03
NegU York Letter:
Couture
Doomed
Last
NesU York Letter:
By JOSEPHINE HUGHES

By JOSEPHINE HUGHES
THIS supposed revival of
l. fashions favored by our
grandmothers is all very
we'll, but at this stage of the
game we've come to realize
that many phases Of bygone
style sensations are definite.
1y mo go" in this modern
day. First and foremost, de-
spite all the fanfare and
shouting, this upward hair
business is a tremendous
flop.
No woman under the sun has
the slightest ambition to add
years to her looks and, no mat
ter what anyone says, that's
exactly what this Screwed-on'
top-of-the-head coiffure arrange
ment does to any female.
what's more, that goes for our
most exquisite sisters. Even
Brenda Frazier, a lovely Of 1S,
and Dorothy Paley, one Of May
fairs comeliest young matronS.
can't get away with this piled
up hair arrangement: which is
certainly proof conclusive that
the average woman is silly to
give this new coiffure fad .
second thought.
Furthermore, TO our way Of
thinking, the same theory holds
true for hoop skirts. We modern
gals haven't got what it takes
to be able to manage gracefully
those tremendous swinging
numbers, and we might just as
well face it before we make our
selves look any more ridiculous.
And when we say ridiculous,
we're not kidding.
The Washington times., 1938-11-03

to get children to take it by
calling it by another name that
fits it to a T-"Bottled Sun
shine" The Quints have had
their cod-liver oil daily since
they were two months old. It
has given them rosy cheeks,
strong bodies. happy hearts.
And they love their Bottled Sun
shine; they've had so much of
it we sometimes call them the
Sunshine Girls.
The Omaha guide., 1938-06-11
REP4TBLICAN CANDIDATES
GRID FOR ASSEMBLY SEAT

Los Angeles, June 8 (ANP)-
With the Negro Republicans OF the
city attempting to take on new
life. a surprising and unusual
mmber of men will seek the Re
publican nomination from the 62nd
Assembly district this year. Fred
Roberts who held it for IA years
until defeated by the present in
cumbent, Augustus Hawkins, will
not run again according to reports
but instead will run for U. >.
congressman frim the 18th dis
trict.
Among those who plan to take
place in a battle royal for the
nomination are A. Hartley Jones',
exalted ruler of the Golden West
Elks lodge and former secretary
of the Liberty Loan association;
Amos Black, we'll known politician;
Sturgeon J. Jones, assistant man
per of the Eastern Quitting Co.,
James Jones, president of Amerl-
can Advancement league: Carl
Johnson, musician, and W. Z.
Austin. real estate broker and
pilitician.
On the Democratic side no dan
gerous opposition has arisen as
vet. although it is rumored that
Samuel Baumann, Druggist, who
ran a good race in the last elet-
cion will again oppose Hawkins.
The Omaha guide., 1938-06-11

This is the day of the Negro
boxers %ascendency to stardom
with all others forced into the
background of their fistc achieve
mGnts. Never before has the race
boasted four world champions at
the same time-and indications
are that dusky fists VIII soon rule
five of the eight boxing divisions
Exploits of Joe Louis, heavyweight
champion; John Henry Lewis,
light heavyweight king, and of
little Henry Armstrong, feather
and welterweight title holder, TO-
u tire world spotlight upon Ar
ramerica in a manner denied our
business men ard scholars.
Should Louis retain his title p
gainst Max Schmeling and Arm
strong whip Champion Lou Am
bers, it seems that Negro fighters
will rule professional boxing for
a good many years. Their sue
cess proves that whenever Ne
groes are permitted to compete on
equal terms with other races and
nationalities without the handicap
Of color, they + capable of best
inc or at least holding their own
with any other peoples. AMP
The Omaha guide., 1938-06-11
RKO TICKET GIRL MOT Gull
TY OF DISGRININ ALTON"
SAYS OHIO JURY
Local NAACP Vigilant in
Turner Case"

Columbus, Ohio, June 8 (By
Jesse Dickinson for ANP)-Doro-
thy Carr, RKO Palace Theater
Ticket Girl, was acquitted in
Munipal Court here last week.
She had been charged with a VIC
lation of the Ohio Civil Rights
Act (Section 1910, Ohio General
Code) which makes it a misde-
meanor for anybody to refuse pub
lie accommodation to anyone except
for reasons applicable alike to all
citizens regardless of race or
color.
Banner and Mrs. Inez Holmes went
to the Palace theater to see the
picture the rfshowing. Dir. Turner
rendered her money and was told
by the box office attenderJt "Your
race does not patronize this thea
ter. When Mrs. Turner asked
specifically if she would sell her
the tickets Miss Carr replied, mo
Tc sorry" Mrs. Turner then filed
an affidavit for the arrest of the
LlCkeL girl. Iie Cdoe Wdo CdilCu vi
three different occasions and each
time postponed. But after three
days of examination of the evil
dence the Jury. all white, retired
p.rd returned shortly with a YER
dict of Not Guilty.
The Columbus Branch of N. A.
A. c. P. asked that it be allowed
to r~eprestn Mrs. Turner's interest
and be associated with the prose-
cutor IN the case. This courtesy
was denied and "the NAACP of
Columbus ha. dto view events from
the sidelines just as any specta-
tor The case has proven to be
enc Of unusual interest because it
is first time within recent years
that the criminal side of the sta
tute has been invoked as a guar
antee of Civil Liberties.
When the verdict a read by
the foreman, Judge Wayne Fogle,
presiding, declared that the ver-
dict was contrary to the weight
of the evidence and a fragrant
abuse o f iustice-the worst he
had ever seens
The Omaha guide., 1938-06-11
1888 CLASS GIVES UNIQUE
GIFT TO SCHOOL

Supports Negro Business-Links
Grads to %lntitutions for 20 Years
Tuskegee, Ala, June II (ANP)
Breaking %precerents and combin-
ing a gift to their alma mater,
while supporting Z. program of
Negro business. the graduating
class Of Tuskegee Institute on
Commencement Day, May 26, 1888
presented to the president of Tusk-
egee Institute, Dr. Frederick d.
Patterson, a gift of $1,000 in in
surance planned on the 1D-year
edowment basis. One hundred and
four graduates participated in the
plan and this group is the first
graduating class of any Negro in
stitution to initiate ard support
such a plan.
Each of these persons was i'm
sured for 800 and presented the
insurance as a gift to Fuskegee
institute. Every individual has ass
umed the responsibility of paying
the premium from year TO year
which amounts to approx mately
SIS annually, or about 10 cents per
week. The contract is the standard
endowment policy with all non
forfeiture provisions beginning in
the third year. In addition, it car
ries double and triple Indemnity
features: or 1t pays twice the
face value Of h policy for aecid-
entail death; CD it pays three times
the face value of the policy in case
of academies death sustained while
on a common carrier, according to
the terms and conditions of the
policy; 90 accidental benefits are
given for certain losses without
reducing the face value of the
policy. These accidental death and
dismeberment indemnities are au-
tomaticaEy increased 10 per cent
annually for three years, accord
ne to the terms and conditions of
the policy.
The president of the class, Mr..
rift to Tuskegee Institute, stated
hat the elass knew of no better
method of expressing appreciation
Tor its Alma Mater in a tangible
way than through this gift en-
owmert plan. He stated that the
,ontracts were purposefy broken
Town to the small unit of 500
n order that the premium might
emain within the reach of all.
This gift endowment plan was
mderwrittee by the North Coro-
/ lina Mutal Life Insurance Com
oanv of Durham, North Corolina,
and the details of the proposition
wero supervised BY Manager NJ.
Nj. Scott and Special Agent Wiley
r. Daniels, both of the Mont
- AI.hnr,n aistrici
The Omaha guide., 1938-06-11
SENATORS URGED TO OPPOSE
ANY WAGE I"gFFERENT1ALS

New York. June 4-Senators
who were named May 26 on a
committee to consider the wages
and hours bill were urged today in
a telegram from the National As
ISOLATION fer the Advancement of
Colored People to oppose any at
tempt in the conference commit
tee to impose geographical wage
differentiels.
The NAACP feels the geogra-
phical differential is only a thin
disguise for a racial differential.
The wages and hours bill, pass
ed by the House by an overwhelm-
ing vote, provided for a universal
minimum wage (at the beginning)
Of 25 cents an hour and a maxi
mum week of A hours. Later the
week was to be gradually reduced
to- forty hours and the minimum
hourly wage advance to 40 centsi
Southern representatives, in the
House sought in vain to have that
body adopt a lower wage scale for
the southern states. In the Senate
southerners pre- hoping in the con-
ference committee to have the
wages and hours bill amended so
as to provide that a federal COM
mittee or commission may be Civ
Ell the power to judge voTious
sections of the country and fix
wages accordingly.
The southern senators claim
wages in the South should be less
because living costs ere less. The
NAACP maintains that there is
no evidence to show that living
costs are less ip the South but
the fact is that the South has a
lower standard of living.
The Omaha guide., 1938-06-11
SOUTHERNAIRS MARX NINTH
YEAR ON THE AIR

New York. June 9, (By Al
White for ANP)-Nine years ago
on May %, at 4 O'Clock in the af-
terno0H over the radio station
WIZ, fuor young colored artists
made their initial bid for public
approval
Today after nirp years of the
closely associations, this group
stfA goes on, like Tounyson's
Brook, the word famous Souther-
naiIes.
Homer Smith tenor who has
thrilled millions in their mine years
Of etherizing tells the story:
"The four Of US were rehearsing
for q play scheduled to open on
Broadway. In the group were Lo-
we'll, whom I had known as 81
member Of the Knoxville college
quartet, when Z WIS singing with
the Wilberforee quartet. Thel
was Bill Edmonson, playing bits
AZ the Alhambra theater and Jay
Toney, who was giving up a iu-
crative JOB as window dresser to
go on the stage
Maybe it is for The best that
the show never hit Broadway. for
If 1t had, We would still be look
ing for something to do.
. How They Were Named $3.50
Well the boys would get to
gether during the evening after 3
hard days rehearsal and harmon
ize Just to forget the things that
were pressing us. And when the
chow flopped before hitting the
Big Apple, we stuck together,
thinking We had something good
and tried to get an addition on the
.adio.
THAT want so easy but when
we weLs dowl to see about it, we
were asked what kind of music
we sang And Itold the man, well
we just try q few Southern airs
md that was the beginning. Incl
deltally, that's how we got the
name.
On those days we We're using
Way ponw Upon the Swanee Ri
ver' as our theme song. and kept
il for seven years. Imagine how
many times we have surg that
number-and right now, if YOU
saw Swaneo River, I'm ready to
quit. But 10 had something.
"Wo kept our original group of
four intact until 1888, when we
added one of the finest pionists
and arrangers we could obtain in
the person of Clarence Jones. lm-