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Evening star., 1938-09-07
Dorothy Dix Says
Ten. Year Contract Marriage
Fails to Consider Children.

brides and brideeroom's feet to ice
and makes their knees shake under
them 1T the altar As they suddenly
realize what they are letting them
selves in for. Undoubtedly it Is the
jail motive in marriage that makes
many men and women want to break
out of it, and the reason 80 many
husbands and wives tight like cats
and dogs is because they feel they
are tied together until death shall
them part.
Probably nothing else gets on the
nerves of husbands and wives so much
as the sense Of the awful hnality Of
marriage. They could stand almost
anything for a little while, but the
thought Of having to endure each
others faults that rub them raw as
long as they live drives them mad. The
man thinks: Have I got to look at
this eyesore for the next 40 years?
Have got to listen to her nagging un-
til I get so deaf can't hear anything?
The woman thinks: Is death the only
respite from having to watch John eat
his breakfast egg? Have got to hear
him tell over and over again . million
times what he said to the boss and the
boss said to him and about his golf
score until I perish Of boredom?
And then they either rush to the
divorce court, or settle down into q
marriage that IS sheer msrtyrdom. But
they could meet the situation with
philosophy II they knew there was a
time limit on their suf1erings and that
In . few years they would be freed
from their obnoxious partners.
But, and there Is always but" that
wakes US up in every pipe dream, what
about the by-products Of marriage?
The children. It is bad enough for
them to be the victims Of divorce as
they are now, but they would be a
thousand times worse of If they never
had any stable home and were just
thrown In with the trade when their
parents swapped partners every 10
years or 20. And that lets the trial
marriage out.
Evening star., 1938-09-07
Clean, Cool Sheets
Invite Tranquility.

ITO this day, when I climb between
clean sheets, smile"
This tribute to the luxury Of Inn
maculate bed linens comes from w. c.
Fields, well-known comedian who rose
from poverty and neglect in his youth
to the wealth and fame he now enjoys.
The tortures Of putting up with make
shift sleeping quarters and other dis
comforts are so fresh in his mind that
q clean, comfortable bed is still one
OF life's eternal satisfactions.
Even those Of us who are accus-
toned to good living know that there
Is nothing more gratefully soothing
! at the end Of the day than a bed
| with a comfortable spring and mat
tress, and cool, unrumpled, freshly
laundered pillow slips and sheets. On
summer nights, when some sort Of
light covering is called for, q third
sheet, instead Of an extra blanket,
fills the bill.
In stocking up on household linens
1t Is well, If one can, to allow six sheets
1-for every bed in the household. With
two on the bed, two in the wash, and
Two in the linen closet, there will be
little chance Of running short in emer-
gencies.
Evening star., 1938-09-07
Beating Child
|ACrue1 Act
OF Teacher
Failure to Learn
No Reason for
Whipping Him.
By ANGELO PATRI.

A FTER q lifetime OF discipline. Of
intensive desire to be tolerant
and patient and understanding Of
teachers problems and children's dif-
ficulties, after all these years Of teach
ing, I find I am not tolerant and !
am not patient with some Of the mis-
takes that are made in dealing with
school children. I am angered by the
beating OF school children. There Is
no excuse for 1t. A teacher should
never resort to such . practice and
nobody should ever expect him to do
such q thing.
A teachers work IS directed toward
developing what is best in child. We
all agree to that. But what Is best2
What do we want the good child, our
prize pupil, to develop? What sort OF
person is he to be? For me, and be-
cause of my long experience with
parents, it is fine character. We want
the children to cling to what Is true
honest, just and lovely. The spiritual
development Of the child Is the high
est aim Of the teacher.
The boy from the wrong side Of the
tracks goes to school. He knows little
about the standards of the school
His manners are bad. His habits are
not clean. His speech is crude. His
lessons are far from the standard
He finds himself sticking out in the
group like the proverbial sore thumb
He exaggerates himself to 4 size he
hopes will astonish the teacher and
the class and win him admiration
They are astonished, but he wins 4
beating and no admiration. Did
that help?
A little girl from . home that
is little more than q shelter-fathel
and mother working hard to gel
enough to house and feed and clothe
their family-fails in her tables. Fail.
repeatedly. The teacher gets no re.
ports signed, gets no help from home
She loses patience and thrashes th<
little girk What help there?
The head of a school feels himself
like general of an army. Associa.
tion with boys school, for years
and years, has made him feel all.
wise, all-powerful. One of the boy.
is disorderly in assembly and he call.
him out and makes an example Of
him by beating him into telplessness
To what end?
I can readily understand 4 teacher
who loses patience with child and
slaps him. The child understand
that, too. When they cool OF they
make mutual apologies, and that.
that. But when = teacher sets Out
to beat q child-that is different
There is no excuse for such dem.
onstration Of the teachers Ignorance
and helplessness. Force will not il
illuminate intelligence, and it is the
teachers primary function to dc
precisely that. .... j.
Beating child leaves hinf resent
ful, not repentant. Beating him be-
cause he fails to learn Is berbarity
A helpless child, perhaps one whose
mind is not sufficiently developed to
take the instruction offered, too i'm
mature, or too dull to understand,
is beaten. The cruelty Of 1t Is un-
speakable. No teacher worthy the
name is guilty Of IT. ~
The school authorities are respon-
sible for the iawss governing the
schools. This question Is their drst
problem.
Evening star., 1938-09-07

begins. You've built a good founda-
ton for a successful party. Now
you're ready for fun.
4
Tip for Party-Gipers.
Another column on entertaining
easily and cieverly will appear soon.
New ideas and plans for original lar-
ties will be published often. But in
the meantime, If you're worried about
a special party problem or would like
to have our game leaflet, Fun for
All" write to us in came of this news
paper. Well be glad to help you.
When writing to the authors Of
this column, inclose Scent stamp
II you wish the game leaflet or .
personal reply.
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Evening star., 1938-09-07
. Hint to the Hostess.

The experienced hostess has her
entertainment SO carefully planned,
her advance preparations 50 complete,
that an hour before the guests start
ringing the doorbell she Is TRANQUILITY
lolling in the bathtub without q prob
lem on her mind.
After 10 minutes or 50 Of perfect
relaxation she soaps and scrubs until
her skin as fresh as the petals Of
flower. Not trace OF CRIME or
perspiration escapes. A cool splash
OF water, leisurely patting dry with
a clean bath towel, and undertakings
fresh from the pile in her dresser,
leave her rested, revived and ready
to dispense charming hospitality.
Evening star., 1938-09-07

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Evening star., 1938-09-07

History repeats ITSELF" they tell us,
"and we are getting back to the FASH
ions of 1860. What was becoming
then will be even more attractive
now" In plain and simple words,
oh, yeah? We are quite aware that
the bellies of that period wore yards
and yards of skirts-all nicely equipped
with hoops-and looked lovely in them.
The fashion grew to such an extent
during this Empire period that many
Of the gowns were 10 yards wide in
the skirt and reinforced with rolls Of
horsehair. Later, steel frames were
used for support or in many cases
six stiffened petticoats gave the neces-
sary width. The truth of the matter
i-or so the story goes-that Napo-
leon encouraged this type of dress to
stimulate trade. Such costumes re-
quired the use of elaborate materials
and costly fabrics was just so
much profit for Napoleon.
The hoopskirt era ran riot between
1880 and 1860-30 years of going
sidewise through doors, grabbing onto
both sides of the dress when descend
ing the stairs, and giving that appear
ance Of rolling along on skates No.
body we have ever seen wearing a
hoopskirt appears to be walking-they
glide.
So they're all very graceful and fiat
tering. Quite true. They are differ
ent, demure. and dainty. Also granted.
But what will happen to the girl of
1898, II the fad becomes really popu-
lar? Can she do the Big Apple or
Lambert Walk in a hoopskirt? For
that matter can she dance at all in
them? Will she be able to ride four
in q front seat? In fact, can she
even get in car with them? What
will happen when she sits at a two
by-four table in night club, tries
to get in telephone booth. or crowd
In front Of mirror in the powder
room? We can assure you we don't
know the answer.
X X
PERSONALLY, we like the hoopskirt
idea. 1t has many advantages.
For instance-it will disguise the
Evening star., 1938-09-07
Dust Cloths Spotless.

The makers OF fodern furniture 90
to much trouble and expense to repro
duce in the better. pieces as nearly as
possible the polish that makes antique
furniture such Joy to the owner. It
is up to you and your dust cloth to
keep and deepen that polish.
Take care then how and with what
you dust it. Rough dust cloths and
those that have become gritty through
ingrained dust and dirt particles can
do much to mar the shining surface Of
your new furniture. Choose cloths
with soft and pliable texture and
wash them thoroughly at least once q
week In hot water in which you have
stirred up generous amount of suds.
Besides the daily busting with q
clean soft cloth, occasional wiping with
cloth wrung out Of mild soapsuds
followed by . rundown with furniture
polish will preserve the soft sheen Of
your furniture through the years.
Evening star., 1938-09-07
Storing Matches.

Always store matches in q covered
tin box or pail-out Of reach Of small
children and away from heated pipes
or stoves. Be sure your matches are
extinsuished before you discard them.
Never light matches In closets, 70.
RACES or poorly-ventilated places.
Evening star., 1938-09-07
CLERGYMAN has devised

~ lo-year marriage that he be-
~ heves is the solution Of the
4 - divorce evil. He proposes that
marriages be made by civil contract
for stated periods, 10 years for the
initial term. With renewal Of the
contract at five-year intervals there
after at the pleasure Of both parties.
He contends that this arrange
ment viii tend to prevent the hasty
breakup Of marriages that are 30
common nowadays when husbands
and wives can call it . day and
quit whenever they lose their taste
for each other. Also, he thinks
that husbands and wives who have
lived together for the term agreed
upon in advance would have ad-
justed themselves to each other and
be likely to renew their contract,
even II they had not been particularly
happy together, on the principle that
it is better to endure the ills We have
than fy to those We know not of.
OF course, there Is nothing new in
the theory of the trial marriage.
Many optimists before this have toyed
with the dream Of marriage bonds
10 elastic that they could be taken
OF and put on at pleasure instead
Of being steel chain that Is riveted
on for keeps, but nobody has ever
been able to materialixe the vision
into . satisfactory working PROPOSE
ton. Marriage seems to be one of
the things that you have to stick to
and work at II you make . success
Of it. It Is nothing that you can pick
up when you are in the mood for It
and drop when you are tired Of 1t.
4
HOWEVER, let the facts in the case
= be what they may. no one can
deny that the idea Of the short-term
marriage Is full of allure, Is they say
in Hollywood. For one thing, 1t takes
away from marriage that cold and
clammy life sentence that turns every
Evening star., 1938-09-07


as bright morning. And it's
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The lines Of this design are basically
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distinctive style all its own! It's so
becoming that you'll want a strictly
street version dong sleeves, no pocket)
and a strictly home version (short
sleeves and pocket), both.
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Evening star., 1938-09-07
Success of Party Depends
On the Choice of Guests
And Careful Planning
Lavish Expenditure Will Not
Make an Uncongenial Group
Have a Really Good Time.

BY JOAN FORTUNE and NORTON HUGHES JONATHAN.
NY party If the
time for present the dea and that
nexpensvey-o little at
thin pocketbook popular
Spending Of
q
Evening star., 1938-09-07
Hoopskirts for Evening
Is Fashions Latest,
Strangest Whi1n
Comfort and Practicability
Questioned in the Matter
OfNew Formal Gowns.
Ry HELEN YOGT.

when Dame Fashion touch too far
high hardesses, gobs
that make somewhat reminiscent
lowers
Lambeth Walk
Evening star., 1938-09-07

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Evening star., 1938-09-07
BY BARBARA BELL,

/ES. this is decidedly dress for
. today, because there's such a
gay newness about it, welcome
The Washington times., 1938-05-06
Gilmore NUCENT
WINS PIN LEAD

A Government Printing Office
girl bowler, Gilmore Nugent, today
held the Class B singles lead in
the Washington Women'S Duck
pin Association Tournament by
virtue of a 1853 set rolled last night
at Columbia, while the General
Land Office team representatives
were happy over the 1884 score
that gave them first place in the
Class E team event.
Another leader to pop up last
night was the Grotto Grill team
of Silver Spring that moved to
first place in Glass D with 1853.
Giving the G. P. o. bowler a
run for top honors of the night
was Vivian Nolan, member of
Swanee's Ladies' District League
team and ace maplespiller in the
Internal Revenue Loop, who
gained second place in Glass A
singles with 365. Annetta Mat
thew, of Rendezvous, runner-up
Ladies District League entry and
one of the leading feminine per-
formers in the recent national
tournament at Richmond, shot to
a prominent place in Class A
singles with 345.
With the tournament postponed
until next Monday night, girl
bowlers will turn their interest to
the Southern tournament at Nor
folk when an all-star team repre-
Senting Arcade-P Pontiac and com
posed of Lorraine GuIli, Betty
Dugan, Viola Bechtold, Anna Daut
and Georgia Hays seek team and
individual honors over the week
end.
A crack mems team, Bright Star
Liquor, will augment the bevy of
fair bowlers when such stars as
Ollie Pacini, Ed Blakeney, Perce
Wolfe, Bill KrausS, Joe Harrison
and Red Megaw strive to bring
home the bacon.
The Washington times., 1938-05-06
Release
Petition IntercedeS
For Won CrGI11nl

SAN FRANCISCO, May
G.N.SO. Charging the German
Nazi government with deliberate
slander" against Baron Gottfried
ven Cramm, famed tennis ace held
in Germany on morals charges,
noted sports figures of San Fran
cisco today demanded his immedi'
ate release.
Among signers of a petition
which declared Won Cramm was
innocent of the charges against
him and that the Nazi leaders
were hiding the real reason for his
imprisonment were Joe DiMaggio
Donald Bulge, William M. John
ston, Sidey Wood, jr. and sr.: Ed
ward G. Chandler, Sherman D
Lockwood, William Fuller, tennis
mentor of Helen Wills Moody and
Helen Jacobs; Frank KovacS, Jack
C. Smeltzer, Larry Dee, Jerry STRAIT
ford, Clinton L. Walker, Harold
wagner, DR.. j. Scott Quigley
George H. Hudson, Robert H
Brown, Howard P. Blethen, jr.,
John Muzio, Modesto B. and Ed.
ward C. Alloo.
He was to all of us an ideal
sportsman, a perfect gentleman,
decency personified. No country
could have wished for a finer rep.
reSentative-no sport for q more
creditable exponent" the petition
declared.
The Washington times., 1938-05-06
Local Officials
For Perry Match

Tom Mangan. and Bud Markey,
two of Washington's outstanding
tennis players, have accepted invl'
tations to officiate at the Ellis
worth Vines-Fred Perry profes
Sional matches to be held at
Ritchie Coliseum, University Of
Maryland, Monday night. Play
starts at $3.50 p. m.
Other local tennis lights who
will assist in handling the events
which will also see Berkley Bell
and Walter Senior in action, both
in singles and as doubles partners
with the two headliners, are: Bar
ney Welsh, Hugh Lynch, Larry
Phillips, Stan McCaskey, Gene
Herman, Bill Shreve, Tony La
tona, Ali and Nate Ritzenberg
Freddie Doyle, Alan Standby. John
Smith, Harold Shenkin and Harry
Goldsmith.
The Washington times., 1938-05-06
MATS, CHISOX
OPEN SERIES

Cont. from First Sports Page)
other, intended as a sacrifice, put
Almada on base as Harder threw
late to second base trying for a
force play.
Hogsett, stirred perhaps by the
throb Of an Indian drum pounded
by Chief Bull of the Blackfeet
nation, hit a double and a single
No white man has ever yet coaxed
the wild vibrations out of drum
that the Indian gets.
Johnny Stone whacked himself
on the foot with a foul ball, and
then stepped up and whacked a
home run into the corner in deep
est center field.
Bonura whaled out three hits
and drew a pass in his first four
trips to the plate. That was
something of a large day for the
Wd14OP441S 111OU S6CAC1s
Bonura attempted to steal sec
ond in the sixth. Pytlak shot him
down with the greatest of ease
There we're many who thought
that Zeke was just out for a morn
ing jog.
Case made a sweet catch on
Hale in the sixth that cut off al
least one run from the Injun
total.
The crowd cheered when Travis
unloaded' a triple to the center
field fence. A popular young
slugger is Cecil.
When Trosky batted in place Of
Pytlak in the seventh inning, the
wind blew directly across the fielc
into his face. That was all ir
favor Of Kohlman. However
Kohlman walked Trosky, and sc
the wind didn't matter.
The Washington times., 1938-05-06
Navy Sports
Program Is
Slack

ANNAPOLIS, May 6.-With the
oarsmen and golfers resting, and
the baseball, tennis and rifle
teams contesting away from home,
there is a marked drop in the size
of the Navy's sport program to-
morrow.
Two important varsity contests
and five for the Junior teams make
up an interesting and varied card,
however.
Meeting Mt. Washington at Ia
crosse and Duke in field and track,
Navy has important matches in
lines in which it will meet the
Army later, and towards which all
other contests are aimed.
Navy, unbeaten in lacrosse, will
have a real test from the Noun
taineers, who for the most part
set the pace in the old Indian
game. The match with Duke will
give local supporters the first
chance of seeing their track team
in action.
PlebeS will meet Augusta Mill
tary Academy in baseball, Friends
School in lacrosse, Central High.
of Washington, on the rifle range,
and Episcopal High School, OF
Alexandria, on the tennis courts.
The Navy B squad nine also has
a game with st. Elizabeths Club,
of Baltimore.
Events at home are scheduled
to start as follows:
l:15 P. M.-Lacrosse. Pleves VS..
Friends School, of Baltimore.
1:45 P. M.-Baseball. Plebes vs. Au-
guSta Military Academy; B Squad
against st. Elizabeth's Club, of Balti-
more. Track, Varsity VS.. Duke; Plebes
VS. Tome School.
200 P. M.-Rifle. Plebes vs. Central
High School, of Washington.
2:30 P. M.-Tennis, Plebes VS.. Epis-
copaI High School.
300 P. M.-Lacrosse, Varsity vs.. Mt.
Washington
The Washington times., 1938-05-06
GREAT CHANCE
IS PASSED up
BY STAGEHAND
By KIRK MILLER

When Col. Maxwell Howard's
6tagehand was withdrawn from to-
morrow's Kentucky Derby because
Of temperature of 104.2, from the
minds of myriad racing fans van
ished fanciful picture which had
been taking color and tone since
the splendid winter campaign the
S-year-old staged at Santa Anita.
For Stagehand faced an oppor'
tunity for three-year-old greatness
that no thoroughbred before him
ever enjoyed.
The law of averages would indi
cate that not soon will another
horse approach the Derby, Freak
ness and Belmont with two such
outstanding achievements behind
him as Stagehand's victories in the
Santa Anita Derby and Santa
Anita Handicap.
There are many who were not
afraid to hope that Stagehand
would prove to be the dream horse
which would go ON to do some
thing never accomplished before
score victories in the Derby
Preakness and Belmont on top o1
those twin Santa Anita wins.
Stagehand looked good enough
In winning his two coast races to
become the Kentucky Derby IA
Vorite until his eleventh-hour
withdrawal and in that he beat
a field of more experienced horses
in the handicap, he stood to move
pretty well as he chose through
a strictly 3-year-old field.
1t all comes under the head of
the great gamble involved in
breeding and training horses for
the turf. Colonel Howard, as we'll
as Stagehand's trainer, Earle
Sande, know what racing heart
aches are, and their decision of
yesterday could not have been easy
to make.
There will always be a question
in their minds, as there will be
in that of much of the public,
whether Stagehand could have
duplicated the triple crown
achievement Of G a / liant Fox,
Omaha and War Admiral on top
of those two sterling performances
on the coast-had not that dread
fever interrupted as brilliant a
start as any 3-year-old of history
has flashed.
The Washington times., 1938-05-06
Athletes HOnOred
At Boys Club Fete

Sports awards will be made at
the banquet of the Central Branch,
Washington's Boys Club to be
held at their headquarters to-
night. Besides the athletes re-
ceiving awards, about $50 merl-
bers of the club are expected as
are baseball and football stars as
well as prominent local coaches.
Among the invited guests are
zeke Bonura and Angelo Giuliari
of the Washington Ball Club:
Dutch" Bergman and "Fod''
Cotton, of Catholic University;
Jack Ray, Central baseball coach;
Hardy Pearce, Central track
coach and Bruce Kessler, Teen
baseball coach.