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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-29
Child
Question

Child's Question Editor:
Not so long ago I took my
little cousin, aged 4, to a wedding
with me. She seemed very much
impressed by the beautiful
dresses worn by the bride and
her attendants.
On the way out of the church
I asked her how she liked it.
She said, "All right, but I'll tell
you one thing. When I get mar
ried I'm going to be the only
bride at the wedding"
MISS BETTY BARNES,
1870 Meridian Pl., NV,
Washington, ID. G.
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Costumes All
interchangeable

All black, all white and combi-
nations Of the two have been en-
ployed expertly. To facilitate
matters in her travels, Mrs.
Keyes has worked out series OF
costumes which can interchange
and do double duty if necessary.
Remembered especially is a
black wool suit with collar and
revers of seal. With this she
wears a seal shake and a huge
seal muff. The muff has a purse
in it and the dress an infinitese-
NAL strip of seal edged in hand
worked silk down the front from
neck to hem. If she chooses
she can wear with this costume
one of her small widows bon
nets" which has a touch OF
white and ribbons under the
chin,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-29
Famous Writer
Has CLeUer Wardrobe

Speaking of the full-blown fig
ure, it is clever indeed what the
designers are able to do in the
matter of frightening lines, ap-
plying contrast for slimness ana
endless other tricks unknown to
the novitiate.
Mrs. Frances Parkinson Keyes.
famous writer and lecturer, has
a wardrobe for the present sea-
son which, it seems to me, IS the
ultimate in chic for the mot
slender" woman. Mrs. Reyes is
wearing mourning, which limits
variety in her costumes, yet her
dressmakers have so adroltly
capitalized on this circumstance
that she has as a result the most
slenderizing collection Of clothes
she has worn in years.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-29

delicate skins. For months we
bathed them in olive oil instead
of soap and water. In spite Of
that their skins became rough
and Scaly.
We tried a lot of ways to clear
this up, but it was no use. Fl
nally I decided it was sugar in
their diet that was causing the
trouble, and sure enough as soon
as we cut down on the sugar,
their skins cleared up and we
had no more trouble. 1t took us
some weeks to find out this
simple remedy. I hope our ex-
perience will save some mother
a similar one.
1t is very easy to see how par
ents may get into the habit of
giving a child this extra sugar.
Often it is given when the baby
cries. He stops when he gets it.
Soon he learns that all he has
to do is raise a howl to get some
OF that nice sweetened water.
He doesn't know it is had for
him. so he calls for more. Thus
1t Is up to the mother, if she has
started this practice to break
him of this habit at once.
1t is astounding how simple
sometimes are the remedies for
the ills of a child. Recently /
was called to a home to see a
baby that was nervous and
irritable in spite of the fact that
1t was getting proper diet. It
also had tendency to the con-
traction of colds. I spent some
little time on the case before
I found that the whole trouble
was the baby's irregular Sleep
ing habits. True. they put him
to bed at the proper time, but
they left his toys with him, and
they left the door into the room
open, so he wouldn't get lone
some"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-29

with unsymmetrical legs great
grief. This year the style he in
troduced is of greater impor-
lance than ever and picture play
ers with shapely limbs go so
far as to wear skirts that end
sixteen inches above the ground.
Less fortunate women wear
short skirts grimly, but wish
they would again shoot down to
the ankles.
There are many ways to min
imize legs which would deprive
a girl of the Miss America"
title but most important of all.
they should be neutralized.
Stockings should match the
shoes below and the skirt above
as closely as possible.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-29
Spaghetti
With Garlic
Tubbable TOu

Those grubby little animals
that baby refuses to part with.
no matter how much they have
been fingered and chewed and
dropped on the floor, need no
longer menace his health and
the peace of mind of his fond
parents. If the situation IS
tactfully handled his affections
can be transferred to a new
model Teddy bear with fresh
balsam inter:o- and a washable
terry cloth skin which can be
tipped off for a daily soap and
water washing and tipped right
on again.
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The reason for the first lack
was that she had five pounds
under the number required and
the reason for the second was
that neither family nor friends
approved her idea of a career.
So they wouldn't even give her
a reference. The only person
that did approve was her Aunt
Sally. Aunt Sally signed the
necessary papers certifying that
over a long period Of acquaint-
ance, she had observed her
neice in no overt act.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-29

peddler name
Stout W h o
"cut her pet
ticoatS round
about. " The
"her" refer
red to, as we
recall, was an
old lady who
went to mar
k e t. M r.
Stout was a
menace be-
cause he be-
gan a fash
ion W h i Oh
has caused
Ill - ~ nc
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-29
Hid Bureau
In Dark Corners

She was promoted through
the ranks, from private to SER
geant, from sergeant to captain,
to succeed, as head of the bu-
reau, Nina Van Wrinkle. She
has a big gold badge and she
has a gun, but she doesn't carry
it very often:
She is active in almost all
civic enterprises, but her most
persistent activity is trying to
persuade the District Fathers
that the Women'S Bureau is en-
titled to a living. They have
had, for years, a way of tucking
the bureau away in any spare
corner unused offices,
apartment buildings, any place
at all. Now it is in old No. 2
precinct, which is inconvenient
for everybody, and she still
fights on, hoping that some day
she will have a roof that doesn't
leak and steps that aren't fall
ing down. ... -.. --.
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icing on Cake
Made Them I'LL

We have found that we have
to be very, very careful how
much sugar the quintuplets get
or they are upset completely.
One time they became i'll just
because they ate some icing off
O birthday cake.
Also in their case, due to their
premature birth, they had very
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-29
Popular POliceWOnlan
Started Out TO Fame
Sans Weight, Character
By BETTY NOVEL;

NM HEN Rhoda Millken went into the police business she
w couldn't make the weight and she couldn't find but
person who would testify her good character.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-29
Care Of chiIdren:
Care Of Children:
Too Much Sugar
Common Diet Fault
By ALLAN ROY DAFoE, MD.
rsonal Physician to the Dionne Quintuplets

Copyright Syndicate.
HAVE found in my quarter-century of practice that
mothers are all too careless about the balance of their
baby diet Of all the that made in this regard
think perhaps one of the most is feeding the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-29
Many to Testify
To Her Capabilities

Even thinner now than she
was when she first set out on a
career of public service, Captain
Milliken will find no trouble to-
day in finding character refer
enceS.
Men and women of long and
honorable civic history will tes-
tify that she is an honest, indus
trious, and bright worker for
the public good, and men and
women of long and dishonorable
police history will testify to the
same thing, and who should
know more about the honesty,
industry and intelligence of a
captain of police?
Rhoda Milliken set out to
school like any other Washing
ton school girl. She went to
public school and then she went
to private school finishing
schools, they were then, where
you learned more about which
fork to use than you did about
how to approach the criminal
clement. Then she went to
Barnard and the World War be-
gan and she went into the Navy.
At the end of the war, she
had determined that she wanted
a career of public service. She
looked about and saw no pub
lie service open to women except
in the newly organized Women'S
Bureau of the Metropolitan Po-
lice. She visited the police COM
missioner, announced that she
wanted to be a policewoman and
was laughed at, loudly.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-29

baby too much sugar.
Time and time again I have
had to step in and stop a
mother feeding her child sugar.
know too that this has been
the experience of other medical
men because they've told me.
Sugar Means
All Kinds
Now a certain amount of
sugar certainly is necessary for
your child. BY sugar, I mean
sugar in all its forms, honey,
syrups, and Starches. The lat
ter, as most of you know, is
transformed into sugar in the
body.
Lots of mothers I've known
put a pinch of sugar in the
baby's water to make the baby
drink more. I have seen them
put a little extra sWeetening in
the food also to coax the baby
to eat more. Well this pinch
of sugar here, and drop of syrup
adds up. Pretty soon the par
entS are wondering why it is
their child has a bad stomach.
or bad teeth, or kidney condi-
ton. All these are traceable to
an over supply of sugar.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-29
Skillet and Spoon:
TOOthS0me
To Taste
By sIBILLA CAMPBELL

A S a relief from the,
"A Thanksgiving bird diet,
why not try a beef-steak pie
for dinner tomorrow, with a
nice big dish Of spaghetti and
garlic for luncheon.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-29
Beefsteak
Pie

Cut one and a half pounds OF
lean tender beef into one-half
inch thick slices, and arrange in
a pie, leaving the center free
for the potatoes. Peel the po-
tatoes, and shape in small.
round balls. Sprinkle with q
tablespoon of finely chopped
onion, one of finely chopped
parsley, season with salt and
pepper and add sufficient good
stock to cover the meat. Cover
the plate with a good short pie
crust, press the edges down
firmly, moisten the crust slight
~, and make a few openings
with a fork in the center to
permit the steam to escape. Bake
in a slow oven.
Spaghetti
With Garlic
Boil the spaghetti and
drain well. In a frying pan,
put three to five tablespoons
full of good oil and three chop
ped cloves of garlic. Brown
slightly, add the spaghetti, and
season with salt and white pep
per; add one tablespoonful Of
chopped parsley; mix well. Let
simmer for 20 to IS minutes,
turning the spaghetti fire.
quently. The spaghetti should
absorb some of the oil.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-29
Hollywood
Parade
BY ORRY-KELLY
Famous Hollywood Stylist Writing For
International News Service
HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 20,

The most dastardly villain in
the Mother Goose book is that
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-29
Advice to LoveIorn
Mother
Trouble
TEAR MISS FAIRFAX :

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
~ l went with a certain
girl about a year ago, and for
three months her mother
made no objections. Then
all of a sudden she made a
big fuss, so we met on the
sly. Before I knew it, my
girl had written and told me
I mustn't visit her any more.
I was nearly distracted, and
tried to get in touch with her
by writing and phoning, but
never could get any satisfac-
tory answer. All she would
say was her mother objected.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-29
Tidbits for Readers:
Tidbits for Readers:
Christmas
Shippers
Busy
By Bah LINCOLN

WI E hear so much about
w timing" these days.
You can't beat the weather
man. If anything was ever
timed" better for Christmas
shopping than this cold snap,
| don't know what it could
be.
This morning, the scene in
the stores repeated the ex-
citement prevailing every
where yesterday. Purpose
full crowds of spenders
thronged the shopping Gen.
tiers. With the department
stores elegantly decorated,
the voice of Santa Claus
booming out at you in I'M
expected places, and chimes
and Kris Kringle ballads
tinkling over the frosty air,
we're so Christmas minded
we're about to burst.
Eat What
You Like
With everyone striving day
and night to acquire the sort of
figures you SIMPLY MUST
HAVE to meet the requirements
of fashion. it's heartening news
to hear what a real authority
has to say about it.
Yesterday in S. Kann Sons co.
I met Miss Juliette Chapeau'
who is stylist for Warner corsets.
Miss Chapeau says vt doesn't
matter a great deal if you've
been leaning too heavily on the
cream puff diet. She says the
main thing is to be properly
fitted in the right corset, and
since there's a corset for every
figure, I DO MEAN YOU.
All facetiousness aside, the
corset makers have really gone
to town this season with their
foundation garments and girdles
achieving in shaped panels and
insets of two-way stretch, a re-
suit you could scarcely acquire
with six months OF riding to
hounds.
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Left the Room
As I Entered

and I still love her, but I don't
know what has turned them
against me. A week ago her
young brother asked me over
to help him with something. I
went and the girl was sitting in
the library reading, but when
she saw me she left the room,
and returned soon after. I no
ticed she was wearing the en-
gagement ring I had given her,
although she is now going with
another boy. Have I any chance
of getting her back?
PAT.
Unless the young lady is still
in love with you, and is wearing
your ring in the hope her mother
will relent and consent to the
engagement again, it seems to
me rather questionable taste for
her to wear your ring and accept
attentions from other men.
Let's hope it's the former rea-
son. Remember that being true
to a girl will very often wear
away parental objections. AS
the brother asked you to the
house, perhaps they're beginning
to believe you're all right.
Riding With Pick-ups
Isn't Safe
Dear Miss Fairfax:
The other evening when my
girl friend and I were walking
home from high school-we
had stayed rather late on
account of a club meeting-a
car drew up alongside us and
the occupants asked us to take
a ride. It is not customary for
us to talk to men or boys we
don't know, but these two were
so polite and nice that we
stopped to talk for while.
They made a date" with us for
next week, but we are little
nervous about going. Is this
right for us to do? They really
live in our neighborhood, and
are known by some OF our
school friends.
QUESTIONING
I think it would be better
taste to wait until you know a
little more about these boys be-
fore you accept an invitation
to go motoring. Probably
they're as nice as you think
them to be, but you know the
papers are full of accounts OF
joy-riding which has ended
disastrously. Perhaps it is
just as well to make haste
slowly about such acquaint
anceS.
The Valley settler., 1938-06-17

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Evening star., 1938-12-04
North-S AirmuiI
Proposal Is Pushed
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. "a committee
representing groups seeking to es-
tablish a new North-South airmail
service will meet here January IS to
consider briefs to file with the Civil
Aeronautics Authority.
Preliminary plans were discussed
at q meeting yesterday called by the
air board of the St. Louis Chamber
of Commerce. Postmaster w. Rufus
Jackson Of st. Louis was appointed
chairman Of the committee. He will
name the personnel of the group.
The committee seeks United States
support for projected service
through what was referred to as "a
blind spot of the Nations airmail
map" The service would run from
Minneapolis-St. Paul via Des Moines
to st. Louis and from here to Nash
vile, Tenn.
Representatives from Des Moines,
Ottumwa, Mason City, Iowa, Nash
vile, st. Paul and Rochester, Mimi,
attended the meeting.
The Mid-Continent Air Lines and
the Northwest Air Lines have filed
applications with the authority to
operate on the northern part of the
route. Eastern Air Lines and the
Central Missouri Air Lines have
applied for the st. Louis Nashville
line.
Evening star., 1938-12-04
Ethel Barrymore Says Age,
mot Youth Should Be Served

Il have no fears" she said, that
women will lose the position they
have won Of late. believe they will
hold their ground even under the
relationships. I don't see why the
issues Of conflicting governmental
doctrines should enter into the mat
ter at all. Women will have work
to do, based upon their new status,
regardless of the nature of the ruling
political philosophy"
Why Abandon the Old?"
Reference to recent innovations on
the stage prompted Miss Barrymore
to say, why break away from forms
when the old ones are good? One
OF the troubles with this country is
that it gets something good and then
wants to abandon it. Standard
things are tossed overheard with
too little thought.
LAS for the theater. the only thing
ever the matter with it has been
the public"
BE interested in everything" she
counseled all those desiring to keep
the fresh, challenging, modern view
point throughout life.
That has been her way, she said.
remarking that her tastes were suf-
ficlently diverse to range from a
liking for "mind-emptying' mystery
yarns to a devotion to heavy lit
erature. and to include an enthusi-
asm for most sports.
Evening star., 1938-12-04
Two Possible Seekers
Of Chicago kayora|ty
Talk Here for Hour
Ickes SmiIineIy Evodes
Reply to Queries on
Courtney PorIey
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Two possible Democratic candi.
dates for mayor Of Chicago-Secre.
tary of the Interior Ickes and
Thomas j. Courtney, States attor-
ney for Cook County-talked pri.
vately for more than an hour YES
terday in the Secretarys ofice.
Secretary Ickes, declining at first
to verify reports Of the conference.
said later he had talked with Mr..
Courtney for an hour and a half.
but insisted smilingly his visitor had
called merely Ito pay his respects"
The secretary's aides said Mr.
ickes, asked last week by numerous
individuals to run next year as a
liberal candidate for mayor, had
since received more than 300 tele-
grams from labor, radical and re-
form groups urging his candidacy.
Mr.. Courtney, said to have the
support of similar groups as a can
didate for mayor in opposition to
both the Kelly-Nash city Demo-
cratic organization and Gov. Henry
Horner's State organization. came
to Washington unannounced.
Despite the secretary's "pav his
respects explanation, friends of
both said Mr.. Courtney was here to
learn whether Mr.. Ickes, former
Bull Moose Republican and liberal
leader in Chicago, intended to be-
come a candidate If he did, thev
said, Mr.. Courtney would drop any
plans he had to run.
The States attorney could not be
found after the conference, and Sec
retary Ickes would not comment.
Close associates said they did not
believe Mr.. Ickes had any present
intention of becoming a candidate,
but that his decision might be in
f1uenced by the numerous kilograms
he is receiving.
Yesterdays messages included one
saying the House of Representa-
tives of the Chicago Teachers Un-
ion' had indorsed the Ickes candi-
dacy.
The Secretary's aides suggested
that Mr.. Ickes, who likes a practical
joke. might be pulling the leg" of
Mayor Edward j. Kelly and kid
ding Chicago newspaper which
opposed him.
The Secretary told his last press
conference he had IAN open mind"
on the question, adding that Chi
cago was his first love" in politics,
but that he had a pretty interest
ing job in Washington.
He said being mayor of Chicago
was tremendous job and one of
the biggest public responsibilities
in the United States.
Evening star., 1938-12-04
Work 10 Start Soon
On Hert|y Process
Newsprint Plant
Financing Completed
For 5000. 900
Concern in 1exos
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LUFKIN, Tex, Dec. 3.-E. L.
Kurth, president of the Southland
Paper Mills. Inc. announced today
construction would be started early
next year on q 5000 900 newsprint
paper plant here.
Mr.. Kurth said financing was
complete, contracts let and within a
year the new plant would be con-
verting southern pine into $4,000
tons Of newsprint annually. This is
only about 2 per cent Of United
States imports.
Southern newspaper publishers
subscribed to $429 900 in stock and
contracted to absorb the plants en-
tire output for five years at prices
paid Canadian mills.
Process Discovered by Herty.
Lower freight costs and cheaper
raw products would have enabled
the Texas plant to undersell Ca
madam mills. The publishers, how
ever, agreed to pay Canadian prices
to insure profitable operation of the
Texas plant.
The process to be used was discov-
cred by the late DR.. Charles Holmes
Herty, famous Savannah chemist.
Although no newsprint has been
processed from southern pine on
commercial scale, DR.. Herty made
in his laboratories hundreds of tons
of newsprint which was used sue
cessfully by various newspapers.
Five-Year Struggle.
Lufkin was selected for the plant
site because within a 50-mile radius
there are $500 900 acres of growing
southern pine. This supply will re-
produce itself every IS years, where
as Canadian spruce requires so
years.
The sum of 50, ,425, 900 was obtained
from the R. F. c., to be repaid in
10 years, starting one year after the
plant is completed. The Southland
Co. financed the balance.
Behind the bare figures of financ-
ing is flve-year struggle to con-
vince timid money and overcome
opposition from Northern capital,
said James G. Stahlman, publisher
of the Nashville Banner and chair
man of the Southern Newspaper
Publishers Association Committee.
Evening star., 1938-12-04
Selznick Denies Role
OF ScurIett Is Filled
BY the Associated Press.

ny tne Associated tTeSS.
HOLLYWOOD, Calf, Dec. 3.-No
actress has been selected yet to play
the role of Scarlett O'Hara in the
film version of Gone With the
Wind David o. Selznick, president
OF Selznick International Pictures,
said today with an air of fatigue.
Commenting on a New York re-
port that Paulette Goddard had been
chosen, Seyznick said:
When Scarlet O'Hara is cast,
which hopefully will be within the
next two or three weeks, Selznick
International will give an announce
ment to the entire press and with
out delay.
\ "Paulette Goddard has not been
set for the role. She is one of sew
eral remaining candidates under
consideration"
Evening star., 1938-12-04
Two Towns Schedule
Tree Celebrations

Two Southern Maryland COM
munities today announced plans
for town Christmas tree celebra-
tions. The first will be held on
December IA at Chesapeake Beach.
Mrs. Roland Ripperger will be in
charge. A Yule pageant will also
be given In the ballroom there.
The La Plata Community Club
will stage its tree celebration on
December 18. Mrs. Frank Martin,
assisted by Mrs. Bernard Gwynn
and Mrs. Harry Hawkins, Is In
charge.