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The Washington times., 1938-02-15
IUbAe IUA6

S rice is the principal food
"A for one.third of the worlds
population, is sold in every
country and found on the table
of rich as well as poor, there
are naturally many opinions on
the proper method of cooking it.
The question always to be
settled is-"To stir, or not to
stir" Strange to say, both
schools can turn out rice that IS
white and fluffy-every grain
a separate unit-which is the
way every dish of well-dreSsed
rice should appear when served.
There are two main points in
rice cookery which should never
be overlooked:
/. The rice must be properly
washed. This being a most i'm
portant part of rice cookery, the
rice must be washed, very care
fully in cold water, then washed
again, and then again, then
once more for luck.
2. Rice is best when cooked
In a thick metal pot. not a thin
one. In the old days there was
q special iron pot, round at the
bottom, that was kept especially
for rice cookery.
The Washington times., 1938-02-15
Home SerUlCe

DETTY's in a other about
ID that goodnight kiss. She
doesn't want to let on this is
her first big twosome.
But in another second she'll
regain her poise, say laughing
ly, mot tonight, jim" For she
knows boys like to date girls
they admire. And if she gives
Jim that kiss he seems to want
so badly, he'll think she'll KISS
any boy.
Practise the smooth friendly
manners that make boys proud
to take you out.
When a boy is shy about ask
ing to call, a clever girl invites
him to an informal party at her
house. BY inviting fewer girls
than boys she avoids any Sug"
gestion of pairing off.
Suppose there's a big formal
she's dying to attend. She IN
vites a boy who has taken her
out several times. She hands
him the tickets before they leave
her home, spares him embar-
raSsment by paying for little
extras in advance.
Feel sure of yourself by
knowing social customs that mat
ter. Our 32-page booklet gives
modern manners for dances,
movies, restaurants, automo-
biles.
Send 1Oc for your copy of
ETIQUETTE FOR YOUNG
MODERNS to Washington
Zines, Home Service, 635 Sixth
Ave, New York, N. Y. Be sure
to write plainly your NAME,
ADDRESS, and the NAME OF
booklet.
The Washington times., 1938-02-15
BeaMkY Cou<1AoG
By Donna Grace

60 many letters come in from girls
and women who are quite satisfied
with their figure; that is, all but the ex-
cess curve about the hips. 1t is the first
place that added weight accumulates and
there is nothing that makes our clothes
look smarter than a flat tummy and
slender hips.
There are some exercises that do re-
duce the hips, but they must be done
with regularity. 1t will do you no good
at all to go through them one or two
days and forget them, or skip them for
a day or two. You have plenty of time
between now and the summer, when
you come out in your new swim suit, to
trim yourself down to beautiful figure
so you can look attractive and we'll
proportioned.
Take yourself in hand and eliminate
all fat-producing foods until you lose as
much as you wish. There is plenty to
eat without those foods. My Ten-Day
Diet is wonderful to give you the right
start and in many cases it has eliminated
just the overweight that was necessary.
Try these exercises for the large hips:
l. Lay flat on your back on the floor,
raise to sitting position and try to put
all the muscle strain at the waistline.
Do this five times
2. Do the same exercise, but try to
touch the forehead to the knees each
time-five times.
3. In the same position on the floor,
The Washington times., 1938-02-15

you he's the finest lover in the
world"
ONE IN MILLION
Most women will agree with
me, I am sure, that Ted has a
wife in million in this girl who
is willing to support herself.
live in loneliness and greet her
husband with rapture after a
years unexplained absence.
No wonder that Unlocking
friends and neighbors disap-
prove strongly of the husband
who is too selfish to give up
tramping and adventure, vet
who coolly turns up on Decem.
ber "a in time for the turkey,
the Christmas tree and the wife
ly welcome.
Ted is a hopelessly bad ex.
ample for well-broken-in hus-
bands with good, sound domes-
tic habits and a balance in the
bank big enough to take care
of the monthly bills. entirely
diSapprove of him, myself. 1 ad-
wise all girls to beware of marry
ing men with an unSatiSfied
taste for wandering. And 1 ad-
wise all wives to be as firm if
a husband exhibits symptoms Of
wishing to throw UP the good
old job and hit the beckoning
trail.
You can't be both married
and single. If you're married
your partners interests are at
least as important as your own.
And one of the chief things not
to do to partner is to abandon
her. But if you have abandoned
her and appear again, do you
deserve anything better than
that she should close the door?
OF course YOU don't,
The Washington times., 1938-02-15

Helen is 80. She has been
married seven years. She is
strong, healthy intelligent, has
a good job and enjoys it. She
herself says she is mot in the
least pretty, in fact people think
I am not mans woman at ALL"
MY husband and I have
spent Christmas together" she
writes in a letter which has just
been received. I'VE had a
darling foolish Christmas tree.
I cooked a turkey in the kitchen
cite and we went out and
danced. was divinely happy.
HE WANDERS
"The point is that Ted didn't
come home till Christmas eve.
He had been away a year, and I
don't know where he had been.
We had no quarrel. It's just
that he's a Wanderer. But l
knew all that when I married
him. And I was so romantic
and so much in love, that IL
didn't seem to matter.
And to me it's enough, now
that we are together and that
Ted loves me. There is never
any other woman for him. That
I am sure of, and there could be
no other man for me.
But, Miss Fairfax, my friends
will barely speak to Ted. They
are in a rage against him and
they even say that if I had any
self-respect I wouldn't speak to
him myself. Women can't for
give such things, they say. What
do you think about it?.
GAS things stand, we are both
free. When Ted has money, he
sends it to me. When he wants
to come home, he knows that
I'm here waiting. And I assure
The Washington times., 1938-02-15
AdUice to LOUebru
By Beatrice Fairfax

Famous Authority Problems of Love and Marriage
Copyright Syndicate. tnc)
EFT me tell you about the most tolerant wife in the
IL world and the luckiest husband. l should like
to know what you would do-any of you wives
who may read this-f Mr.. x. were your husband
and if you yourself were in Helen's place.
The Washington times., 1938-02-15
Et1Quette and Manners
By MRS. CORNELIUS BEECKMAN
Dear Mrs. Beeckman:

Dear Mrs. Beeckman:
We are to have our baby christ
ened very soon, and I have not
decided whether to have the
christening at home or at church.
Will you please tell me, in de-
tail, just how to plan a christ
ening, whether in church or at
home, as do not ever remem-
Der attending such a function.
MOTHER.
Many faiths demand that a
child be baptized in church.
The christening may take place
directly after the regular church
service, or it may be at an hour
when only the invited guests are
present. The latter is preferred
by conservative people who
choose to have this kind of for
mality strictly private.
When the religious faith per-
mits a choice, most persons pre-
fer to have a home christening,
since this means that there will
be less of a strain on the mother
and child, and less formality
than at the church ceremony.
If you choose to have the pri-
vate church christening, all de-
tails must be arranged for in ad-
vance. There may be a few
flowers around the baptismal
font, or on the altar or pulpit.
Usually there is no music. At
the appointed hour the parents
and the guests gather and take
their places in the front pews.
When the clergyman enters, the
The Washington times., 1938-02-15
HAM CROQUETTES

Grind the ham through a fine
meat chopper. Saute two fine
minced onions in butter until
brown. Add flour to this, and
let this also get a golden color.
Then add the chopped ham and
stir together. 1t is advisable not
to have too much fat, or mix in
some bread crumbs to absorb the
fat. Add some chopped red and
green peppers, and season to
taste. When cold, shape into
croquettes. Turn in flour, beaten
egg, and bread crumbs, and fry
a nice brown. Serve with to-
mato or cream sauce.
PAPRIKA SCHNITZEL
Cut a veal steak about half
an inch thick. Mix salt and
paprika together and sprinkle
over the steak. Roll lightly in
flour. Heat butter in a frying
pan and add a teaspoon of pap
rika Until it becomes red; two
onions sliced fine, fry lightly
and add the meat; brown on
both sides. Gradually add a
small cup of sour cream, cover
the pan, cook slowly until meat
is tender, add a little water,
and serve.
CREAM MERINGUE
Beat the yolks Of eight eggs
and stir in one pint of milk, one
pint of cream, a quarter pound
of powdered sugar. Put into a
double-boiler and boil until the
consistency of boiled custard
has been attained. Flavor with
vanilla or almond extract to
your taste. Put in a baking dish
and set aside to cool; then beat
the whites Of the eggs to a stiff
froth, and stir into the whites
slowly six tablespoons Of powd-
cred sugar. Spread evenly over
the custard and set in a moder-
ate oven to bake until light
brown. Serve cold.
The Washington times., 1938-02-15

godmother takes the child in her
arms, and accompanied by the
other godparent and by the
child's parents goes forward to
the baptismal font. The details
of the ceremony then proceed
according to the ritual of the de-
nomination.
If the christening is to be at
home, there is a table covered
with a dainty white cloth and on
it a bowl partially filled with
warm water. This serves as the
font. AS the guests arrive the
parents receive them informally.
When all is ready the clergyman
takes his place beside the table
and the baby is brought in by
the godmother Cor by the baby'S
mother or father if there is no
godmother or godfatheD. The
ceremony takes place as at the
church.
The Washington times., 1938-02-15
Skillet
and
Spoon
By SibiIla Campbell

By Sibilla Campbell
TOMORROW'S menus in
- clude some good old
standbys, easy to prepare,
economical to make, and de-
licious to eat. You will find
the Paprika Schnitzel espe-
cially good as a different
way to fix veal.
The Washington times., 1938-02-15
Pride

''It is your pride, and not your
heart
That's hurt, my dear" the say
With tear-dimmed eyes I sadly
turn
My weary head away.
Call it "heart," or call it pride"
Or any other name,
It matters not-I only know
It hurts just the same!
MARI On KOPPEIL.
The Washington times., 1938-02-15

Washington Times staff Photograph
r IGHT REPTILE SKIN with brown suede and you
- have shoe in which to delight. Note the classic
tailored cut of the shoes pictured above we'll the
perfect balance of the moderate height walking heel
This heel seems more popular with the ority of
than the really flat heel. From Washington shop.
The Omaha guide., 1938-08-27
Doc
COMMON SENSE
600

A good substitute for the term "agricul-
tural marketing cooperation would be "com-
mon sense cooperation"
Cooperation is simply sound business prae-
tlce on the part OF the farmer. The growth and
progress of American industry was largely
the result of the application of the cooperative
principle. The growth of American agricul-
ture will be largely the result of the same fac
tor.
One farmer, standing alone can have no
voice IN determining markets, prices agricul-
tural policies or other vital matters. Ten thou
sand farmers, represented by an aggressive.
responsible organization, can stand on their
own feet and fight their W battles. That's
common sense operation"
The Omaha guide., 1938-08-27
TAX NIGHTMARE COMING

49, Thirteen months from now, according to
slide rule calculations of a government econo-
mist, the national debt of the federal govern
ment will be in excess of 43 billion dollars
double what it was five years ago. For the
fiscal year, 1889 beginning July |, next con-
gress has authorized the expenditure of 12.5
billions, 6 billion of which will be deficit fl
nanced."
Breaking this vast sum, it is, found that
during fiscal 1899 the federal government will
spend $1,O27, 397,250 a month "A $34, 246,575
every day; $l,426, $40 each hour; $23,78
every minute; or 1896 every secondl
The Omaha guide., 1938-08-27
Page Seven

SO what. Soak the rich, you sayY Accord
ing to the government economist (who got his
figures from a treasury report). only forty
three out of uhe 100000 in the United
St4tes had incomes if a million dollars or more
in 1887. Their aggregate income was Y million
dollars and if every penny was squeezed from
them it would barely meet the government ex-
penditures for 48 hours.
The Omaha guide., 1938-08-27
900
SAVED-$10,O 00, 600, 900

Everyone Is familiar with the legislative
eliminating in a law offered during the last
session OF congress which, if passed, would
have practically destroyed the industry. But
everyone is not familiar with the chains tre-
mendous economic contributions to the United
States.
A few figures tell the story wildly. Chain
stores pay $450,000,0 900 each year in rentals
to 100000 property owners. They pay $780,
100000 a year to newspapers, magazines and
printers for advertising, handbills and other
literature. They pay 1925, 000, 1000 annually
in city taxes alone. They buy S. 900, 600. 700
worth of products from United States manu-
facturers. And they pay ST. 200, 900, 900 a year
in wages.
So much for The landlord, the publisher.
the tax collector, the producer and the work.
er. What about the consumer
For tie country as a whole, reliable figures
on exactly how much the chains save conslrm-
ers are lacking. But an authoritative survey
recently conducted by the Real Estate Associa-
tion of the State of New York indicate that the
chain stores save the consumers of that state
alone $940, 100000 a year. New York accounts
for about ten per cent of the population of the
United states. As a result, if chains save con-
sumner III The other states as much as thew
save the conumers of New York, the total saw
ing reaches the gigantic sum of almost $l0.-
100000 a year.
This, then is the economic picture of the
chain store industry as it exists today. Its
beneficial influences are felt in every strata
OF our national life. The savings of mass dis
trlbutlon are responsible for raising the ay-
erage standard of living. 1t is incredible that
there are men holding responsible positions in
government who would destroy this industry
at an unimagined cost to workers. consul
mers, and to producers of all kinds.
The Omaha guide., 1938-08-27
ARE Y0U A LAMB?

The argument that government-owned bu-
slness and privately owned business can exist
together IN harmony may sound well-but i'm
this practical world, it won't stand analysis.
when highly taxed private business is forced
to feed tax-exempt government business.
Every time govrnment goes into one busi-
ness 1t means that tomorrow government will
go into another business. The racapacity of
politicians is notorious. Give them inch and
they take a mile, until private property is
eliminated.
In story, the lion and the lamb should
lie side by side. In practice, the lion eats the
lamb. And that's exatly what government
business does to private business. We can have
q socialistic nation, or we can have a. nation
based on free enterprise. We cant have both.
The Omaha guide., 1938-08-27
DON'T TAKE IT FOR GRANTED
40

The average person takes railroad service
for granted because he hrs always been able
to get it when he wanted it. He can't con-
ceive that anything could happen to the rail
roads that would interfere with the service he
is used to.
He will use motor transportation over pub
licly built highways; he will use boat trans
portation favored with publicly butt and
maintained facilities he will use airplane
transportation that depends for terminal faci-
lities upon publicly built airports, and he will
enjoy the public highways in his private auto
mobile-bue, when storms block the roads;
when fogs stop the airplanes, and when inland
waterways and steamship lines are tied up, he
turns to the railroads for transportation as
naturally as he puts his window up at night
for ventilation.
The fact that the railroad existence is
threatened by livery known form of subsidized
and unregulated transportation never enters
his head. He overlooks the fact that, unlike
their competitors, tue FdllIoduo w ~ sIA1i6-
emily regulated in every phase of their activ-
ity, even to the management Of their propert-
les, that the only thing they are left free to do
without restriction, is to pay their enormous
tax bills to ely, county, state and federal gov
ernments.
The average citizen who runs a meat mar
-
ket. clothing store, sawmill or farm, would
throw up his hands in horror if it were sug-
gested that AZ state legislatures, our national
House of Representatives and United States
Senate. the Interstate Commission
and upwards of 48 state railroad or similar
regulatory bodies, were to take over the func-
lions of management of his business as they
have the railroads.&c. the prices he could
charge for his wares limit his profit, if he
was able to make any, to a starvation figure,
and prevent him from discontinuing unprof-
liable operations if he saw fit.
The Omaha guide., 1938-08-27
EDITORIALS
FOUNDATION STONE OF CREDIT

Today we hear much of credit extension
as vital in the economic 1cheme of things. In
te lignt of that some statistics found in a re-
cent address by Paul b. Sommers, retiring
president of the National Board of Fire Under
writer's are of exceptional interest.
The stock fire insurance industry carries
STA SIS, 1856 of its asses in cash most of which
is on deposit in bands. It has been conserva-
tivey estimated that each dollar ON deposit
which is reasonably certain to remain there
for a year or more, is the foundation of $40
in credit. On thus basis, che cast holdings OF
the fire insurance companies make possible
credit to the tune of $780, 88, 860-credit
which is constantly available to the productive
indus. ries of the nation and which creates
wealth, opportunities, purchasing power and
employment.
SO much for chat phase of the industry
direct contribution OF the credit facilities OF
the nation. OF still greater Importance Is the
fact that without fire insurance, credit as we
know could not exist. What bank or indlvldu-
al would carry a mortgage on a home, If there
were no insurance policy to indemnify hlm IN
case of its destruc, ion by fire? What manu-
facturer could extend credit to a merchant
il the stock Of goods was not Undermined
against loss9 Who could risk an investment
in ships, trucks, or any other form OF trans
portation Without a fire insurance policy to
stand between him and ruin2
Fire insurance is the very foundation
stone of credit. 1t performs a national eco
nomic service whose value cannot be exag-
gerated. To this extent, the great institu-
ton of fire insurance makes all industry and
all investment possible.
The Omaha guide., 1938-08-27
100
THE HEART OF THE RAILROAD
PROBLEM
PROBLEM

The Rutland, Vermont, Herald goes right
straight to the heart of the railroad problems
when it says; IF The government would SIM
pity its contracts with the railroads, relax the
rigors and construction of regulation, equalize
or reduce taxation, permit reasonable rates
for first class service, and, so far a possible,
and standards, it would have done all that any
public agency couIl do toward amending O
very difficult situation
The railroads ask no favors, no special
privileges. They simply ask that they be treat
ed exactly as are other agencies of transpor-
iation-and they be permittd to operate on a
sound business basis.
So far this year railroad income has been
about eighty per cent under 1887. The rate of
return, figured on an annual basis, has been
approximately one half of one per cent of the
industry gigantic investment. In other words
the railroads as a whole are earning next to
nothin.. Some lines are not even making g.
nough to pay their taxes much less their bond
interest. And a great many are experiencing
serious operating losses which, unless checked
must soon result in additional receiverships.
There is the usual camouflage talk about
scaling down the industry s capital structure,
consolidating lines, and similar palliatives. But
facts show the fallacy of sudh proposals in the
present crisis. First and foremost, the indus
try must be given an adequate rate structure.
Second, it must be permitted TO further reduce
operating costs where possible. Third, it must
be given equality of legislative treaiment with
its competitors. Then, and only then, can a
real start be made toward solving the problem
and toward an industry which is response
bic, direct or indirectly for millions of jobs,
for billions in purchasing power, for hundred
Of millions Of taxes, and for the existence of
scores of other industries which supply it with
services and materials.
The Omaha guide., 1938-08-27
THE UNCONSCIOUS" ARsoNIsT


The crime OF arson is universally condem-
ned. The deliberate setting OF lire can haye
no justification in any case, and the person
committing it is properly given severe punish
ment when apprehended.
1t would be a fine thing for the country
il some of that condemnation were extended
to the man who causes fire because of his own
ignorance, carelessness or stupidity. For the
grim harvest reaped by the unconscious ar
sonist" is definitely greater and more a frail
excuse indeed when lives and property are de-
stroyed.
Certainly the man who carelessly discards
smoking materials in dry woods that are ready
to explode into flame at the touch of a spark
is deserving OF little public sympathy. Neither
is the man who want only permits hazards to
exist on his property and endangers the pro-
perty OF everyone else in the community.
In some European countries, notably
France, the law provides that if a fire starts
on ~anyone's property through the fault or
negligence Of the owner, he is financially re-
sponsible for the damage to other property.
There small chance OF passing such a law
here-but the principle it represents is worth
thinking about. Most of the hazards that cause
fire can be easily eliminated. And the argu-
ment that many Of us lon recognize hazards
when We see them, isn't valid. Ignorance of
fro dangers, lige ignorance of the law, should
not constitute an excuse.
Are you an unconscious arsonistR" Its
easy to say "no'-but can you be certain
that's the right answer?
The Omaha guide., 1938-08-27
NO INDUSTRY HAS DONE MORE

Most of the talk about the high cost of
electricity" comes from political sources. AND
it would seem reasonable to suggest to politi-
clans that they take a look at the cost OF their
own business government.
During 1887 according to Frank E. Fowle
past president of the Western Society OF En-
gineers, the nations total bill for electric pow
er service was So 100000, 600. But that isn't a
drop in the bucket to what the federal govern
ment alone, aside from o,her units of govern
ment. collects annually. What taxes consumed
about II per cent more than the combined cost
of rail power and telephone service for the
nation. Where the average total taxes per ia
mily run to about $3.50 a year, the average
domestic power bill comes to around $50. in
GLIDING exorbitant taxes
Furthermore, while the cost of govern
ment has scared toward the financial STRATA
sphere in late years, the cost OF electricity
in spite of a general upward trend in price
levels, and in spite of materially increased Ia
Dor. tax and material costs-haS gone steadily
downward. In 1887 large industrial power and
light users paid % per cent less for a given
amount of electricity than in 1886 small INDUS
trial power and light paid "a per cent less
and the householders, benefiting from the
largest reductions of all, paid 81 percent less.
Pages of SIMILAR ~statitics could be cited.
And they all lead to but one conclusion that
no industry cheap political claptrap to the
contrary, has done more to improve ITS