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Evening star., 1938-03-05

Miss" is not prefixed to the name of
a girl until she is IA or IS years old.
The card should be engraved Miss
Dorothea Blank" not Miss Dot
Blank"
Send return envelope for the
leaflet, Manners in Public"
Evening star., 1938-03-05
Jolly Polly

A Little Chat on Etiquette
BY JOS. J. FRISCH.
E. K. S.-As rule, very young girls
do not have their own visiting cards.
Evening star., 1938-03-05
Patching Scratches.

Light scratches on furniture may
be remedied by rubbing them over
with boiled linseed oil, turpentine and
white vinegar mixed in equal propor-
tions. For deeper scratches use a
paste made of thick mucilage mixed
with coloring matter to blend with
the wood in question. For oak use
burnt umber and raw sienna; for ma
hogany, Venetian red; for walnut,
burnt lumber, and Vandyke brown.
Evening star., 1938-03-05

works, have the wrong idea about his
efficiency. His motions do seem jerky
and erratic. but he Is fully aware Of
what he wants and how to reach it.
He has no intention Of going hungry
and knows that insects lay millions Of
eggs in rows, masses. clusters and
singles. His eyes magnify the little
objects we cannot see with a lens,
and hundreds of eggs each day are
but part of his menu
This small edition of the nuthatch
group is very easy to identify and re-
member. The gray crown and top
coat and the white underparts, not
to mention the bobtail. are your guide.
In the mountains of Western North
America and Mexico, in the deep conf
Evening star., 1938-03-05
MONTGOMERY BUILDING
PERMITS TOTAL S462. SOS
Eastern Figure Is Set at S1S6. $40.
While Western Area
Is 8276.O25.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
SILVER SPRING, Md, March S.
Permits for construction valued at
$462.695 were issued in the metropoh-
tan area of Montgomery County for the
past month by the building inspectors
Office.
In the eastern suburban district A
permits were issued. Twenty-seven
were for dwellings valued at a total of
Sl32,6O0 and another for five stores
with an apartment over them costing
$47.300. The total of all construction
was $l86.670.
Permits for SO one-family dwellings
valued at S270,450 were issued in the
western district. The total Of permits
Evening star., 1938-03-05

for all construction was $276,025,
which included $l,400 for q small
lunchroom.
Ground was cleared this week for
the construction Of large shopping
and park center at the southeast cor
ner Of Georgia avenue and the Coles
vile road. The development will in
clude 10 stores and large theater.
Evening star., 1938-03-05
Sunroom Suggestions.

A color combination for q sunroom
includes walls of old rose subdued
with gray and a ceiling OF grayish
pink. Black woodwork trimmed with
green Is echoed in the coloring Of the
moor. which is painted black with a
border Of grayish green. Blue and
black draperies flank curtains Of
lemon yellow gauze. The cushions on
the black-painted furniture are Of
the same material as the draperies.
A lemon yellow shade tops a lamp
base Of old blue,
Evening star., 1938-03-05

PETER" SQUEAKED DANNY
MEADOW MOUSE.
ran from something. but it was Moth
ing needed to run from. Haven't
you ever run when there was no need
Of running?"
Danny was honest. Many times" ("
said he. What did you run from this
timer"
I happened to glance behind me
and saw a shadow stealing up close
to me. It startled me, and I didn't
wait Now see that it was merely
the shadow of that little cloud up
there. You see, I'm very easily
frightened. hate to admit it, but I
am. always have been. It seems
to me sometimes that I have spent
half my life running away from things,
or trying to. It is dreadful to be so
timid, but I can't help it."
7 know agreed Danny. I'm the
same way. All Mice are. But I'm
glad of it,"
Peter stared at Danny Meadow
Mouse Is If he never had seen him
before. What do you mean? Are
you crazy? Who ever heard Of any
one being glad that they were timid?
That's silly talk, Danny Meadow
Evening star., 1938-03-05

Venezuela Buyings Boats.
Venezuela is buying ships and motor
launches IN Britain.
The Washington times., 1938-08-15
lives, are no better than those
that they designate as criminals.
MARIE GUNDERSEN.
Import More Orientals?

Farmers are complaining they
can't get berry pickers: soon-if
they aren't already-theyll be
complaining they can't get har.
vest hands; there is an unSkilled-
labor shortage in country and
city alike because everybody's
on relief and won't risk the
sweat to earn an honest dollar.
There was a labor shortage in
California in the Cos because
men hired to help build the Cen
trail Pacific would desert for the
gold camps. So Charles Croker
experimental with Chinese la
Dor. He found the Chinese faith
full and tireless workers, so he
imported them by the boatload.
Croker solved his labor-short-
age problem neatly, and the
Chinese population he started
has done credit to this country.
How about opening up immigra"
ton again-and feeding relief
loafers on rice for a change?
A. SIN.
The Washington times., 1938-08-15
Your |. O..
BY SHIRLEY SPENCER

~ A01AASASAA M "AN~1S0D
This is a True and False quiz.
Score ten for each correct
checking. Time limit: Thirty
seconds for each question.
l. An earmark is an owners
mark Of Identification on an an
imal. T F
2. A moron is an imbecile. T
F
3. The Veterans Of Foreign
War. T F
4. The United States flag has
more red stripes than white.
T F.
S. Biweekly means occurring
once every two weeks. T F
6. Samuel insult was once Sec
rotary to Thomas A. Edison. T
F
7. A hexagon has five sides.
T F
8. An intelligence office is an
office where servants may be
hired. T F.
8. Daylight Saving Time was
advocated by Benjamin Frank
lin. T. F
10. Daylight Saving Time was
first adopted in the United
States. T F.
ANSWERS on Page III
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Mr.. AstOr's Yacht

F. D. R. returns to this coun-
try and the first thing he does
is to "call on Georgia to defeat
Senator George"-now I ask
you, one and all, is this the good
neighbor policy that he breaches
so loudly?
And, bye-the-bye, do any Of
you newspaper men know what
has become of his Good Friend"
Mr.. Vincent Aston and his yacht?
Please answer this last ques-
ton, for the benefit of the pub
lie, through your columns. Many
Of us would like to know, as
they seemed to be very close
friends ct one time.
4. SUBSCRIBER. .
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the sword and started to remove
the treasure. But as he was do
ing that young Grace came down
the shore and asked him how
come. 1t was a case Of love at
first sight for the English pi.
rate, and the same sort of tenn.
porary feeling a little later on
for the girl Of Clare Island.
CHE was a natural sea-rover
~ and under brakes tuition she
became one Of the greatest pi-
rates Of those piratical days. Her
fleet expanded from one ship,
presented to her by her lover, to
so powerful swift vessels. She
trod the deck of her flagship
like q man; she secured the seas
for prey, and she fearlessly led
boarding parties at the head Of
her wild islanders. Drake came
around then as often as he
could, but he had to do the bid
ding of another imperious
woman, Elizabeth. He never
married; for favored courtiers
who married almost always lost
the favor of the queen.
BY right Of seizure, Queen
Grace of Clare Island, as she
came to call herself on brakes
advice, became queen of all the
islands Of the west coast of Ire
land. She built a castle-fortress
on Clare, the ruins of which
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Vegetarian Replies

It is amazing to note the au-
dacity and total disregard for
truth revealed by writers such
as "Rebutter" who, in bliSSful
ignorance, do not hesitate to
plunge into discussion Of themes
about which they know nothing.
"Rebutter" accuses me Of for
getting "the inhuman fiends
who butchered a contented
COW" for the leather in my
shoes. or the monsters who
murdered a defenselesS pig for
the bacon devoured by me every
morning" I thought almost
every reader of my articles could
understand I am a vegetarian.
At the age Of IA, I burned of
my own accord a beaver skin
muff and a feather-and-ivory
fan that had been given me. as
well as kid gloves; and as soon
as possible, while still young, I
got rid of my leather shoes after
various attempts to get non
leather ones.
At a later time, was inter
eSted in reading some truly ex-
cellent advertisements from an
English vegetarian Shoe-store,
advertising vegetarian shoes and
The Washington times., 1938-08-15
"Nazi Flight Or,inous''

Really, words cannot express
the thought and feeling I re-
ceived when I read about the
nonstop flight from Germany;
they were supposed to have
gone right back, but found at
the last minute that they had
some engine trouble.
Please, for the good Of the
American people, keep your ears
and eyes open; don't be asleep
until it is too late, as you know
these Nazis. Not that one Of
them thinks for himself, only
what they are told they do.
They have a gun behind their
backs at every move. Outside OF
that, there are so many spies
here at the moment, why let
such dumb apes put one over
on us, and we fall for it. Get
them out of here as fast as
possible. 1 wouldn't trust them
within an arms length. They
love their mad-dog. For heavens
sake keep themselves there.
Wake up, America! And don't
trust everyone who happens
along. I don't wonder they call
us easy marks. Please let us
fool them and show them over
there that we are awake over
here.
I am writing to you because
I know you have an honest and
outstanding paper.
AN AMERICAN.
The Washington times., 1938-08-15

other nonanimal articles, such
as nonleather suitcases, pocket
books, etc.
Those who have no inclina-
ton to acquire humane habits,
would at least show somewhat
better sense if they would re-
frain from making untrue re-
marks about people of whom
they know nothing.
MY accuSer is sure I prefer
pasteurized milk. AS a strict
vegetarian I personally have
avoided the use of milk for many
years. Nevertheless, I have
bought it for some rescued cats
and dogs. If II show incon-
sistency" in buying milk for
such creatures 1 can say I have
shown as much consistency as
the circumstances would allow.
And I know of no one else
who has shown as much con-
sistency in true kindness.
My accuser says I would not
shirk for the thought of boiling
in oil a dangerous criminal
that had been annoying me. I
have from childhood suffered
on account of the cruelty per-
meating human society, and my
idea has been, and is, that if
humans would become aware of
their own sins and aspire to i'm
prove their own lives spiritually,
far better law and order would
prevail than could be brought
about through persecution.
Even persecution Of insects
by humans is sin. Reckless in
reference in the balance of ma.
ture by humans and reckless
disposal of garbage, ETC., are the
ignored causes of unnatural in
crease in insects, threatening
the existence of the human race,
regardless of persecution.
Those who, while making at
tacks on human vice, favor the
torture Of monkeys on the alb
surd pretext Of saving" human
The Washington times., 1938-08-15

North Beach and we were just
about to drive on a narrow
wooden bridge when we noticed
a car coming at us at terrific
speed. We put on the brakes
and swerved the car to the side
to escape entering the bridge.
The other driver also put on his
brakes just as he entered the
bridge but it was slippery and
the car came across and slid
into us. If we had entered the
bridge, both cars would have
crashed through"
X i X
William Bond, 726 Thirteenth
st. N. w., first lieutenant, Ma
rine Corps, retired:
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High Tariff "Comnaunisr1'

Why shouldn't the Republic
cans endorse the nominees for
Congress Of the Socialist-and-
Communist tainted American
Labor Party? For more than
seventy years the one great ma
tional Republican policy-high
tariff protection for manufactur"
ers-has been essentially com"
munistic. Like Communism, 1t
is based on the theory that it IS
a proper function Of government
to take the property or money
Of the millions of consumers and
give it to a favored class. This
is what Grover Cleveland called
the Communism Of pelf."
MUGWUMP.
The Washington times., 1938-08-15

I could see the light of the hole
above, while before me it was
pitch dark. Something seemed
to be in my mouth so spit, and
I heard the spit hit what
sounded like water. Then I dis
covered to my horror that right
before me there was a shaft
about 100 feet deep with water
in the bottom"
\ X
Miss Eleanor Rinaldi, 1904
Saratoga Ave-, Silver Spring,
Md. Stenoprapher.
The Washington times., 1938-08-15
ROllln' Along
By W. A. S. Douglas

TEW Irshmen the fact that in the days of
Il England's Queen Elizabeth Ireland had a queen who
though she may not have had sound grip her subjects
Bess much gaudy and coorfu And yet
history ignores Queen Grace while still devong pages to
Henry the Eighth's red-haired daughter
Queen Graceor Granoulle they still call her in Con-
naught-was the daughter of Con OMaey, lord of the
Island of Clare small spot in the Atlantic off the coast of
Galway Con a simple man and his little island all
he wanted He died when Grace 18-a beautiful girl
whose hair as that of Bess the water.
go ., Ne' "L0 "ne" still stand today-an impressive
OH " " " "OAe we" pn"'e pile after the birth Of q
hnr-n At
The Washington times., 1938-08-15

miral, chased
a couple Of
Spanish gal
Icons along
the W e s t
coast Of Ire
land. TIL e y
sought sane
tuary in the
h a r Dor of
C | a r e but
Drake board
ed them, put
the crews to
The Washington times., 1938-08-15

spokesman if not its leader; and
the contention of the isolation party
is that Britain should keep utterly
and entirely aloof from the quar-
rels of the rest of the world.
The British Empire, these think
ers believe, can be practically self
contained, and it has no business
concerning itself with other ma
tons ambitions or intrigues. The
British people want no more wars
for as long a time as they can
foresee. The best way to avoid
wars, say the British isolationists,
is for Britain to make commit
ments to no other nation.
Prime Minister Neville Chamber
The Washington times., 1938-08-15

1923 I had typhoid fever and it
affected the hearing in my left
ear. Then there was the time
I fell from a 175-foot ladder
when I was working with my
father on a building. I landed
on my left-hand palm and my
hip, and didn't get a scratch"
y 4 II
Miss Grace Mangtin, 205 Four
tenth st. NV, business college
student.
The Washington times., 1938-08-15

Il was exploring
an abandoned coal
mine in Pennsyl-
vania with my
brother. He was
ahead and I was
following him. He
had climbed up to
a higher landing
through a hole and
The Washington times., 1938-08-15

well, I tripped
and fell on the
curbstone and rup-
tured my intes-
tines and devel-
oped perito n tits.
On top Of that I
got pneumonia. I
was in the hospital
three mon t h S,
The Washington times., 1938-08-15

Il was in a Labor
Day party of about
IL people and we
decided to go swim
ming in a creek in
the mountains of
West Virginia. I
couldn't swim very
well and I waded
into deeper water
The Washington times., 1938-08-15


son, Drake deserted her-or, at
least, he never visited her again.
Queen Grace married Hugh
O'Flaherty, King Of Galway,
Mayo and Roscommon. She
then announced herself queen of
"All aught and the
Islands" O'Flaherty, a weak
man, had nothing to say in the
matter.
WEARS passed, and Grace, still
- a pirate and a queen, waxed
richer and richer. She was a
middle-aged woman at the time
the Spanish armada set out to
beat England to its knees.
Queen Elizabeth summoned her
sea captains, among them, Of
course, Sir Francis Drake, whom
she surprised when she asked
him suddenly what help could
be expected from his former
sweetheart.
Drake didn't give credit to his
queen for knowing as much as
she did. He managed to re-
ply that he was sure Queen
Grace would do all she could
as long as there was something
in it for her. And so a gra-
cious message was sent from one
queen to the other, asking the
Irishwoman to send her fleet
to Plymouth to help repel the
invader.
But by the time the messenger
arrived at Clare Island, the Ar
mazda had already been de-
feated, had fled across the top
of Scotland, and it's remnants
were being blown right into
Queen Grace's lap. She reaped
a richer haul than did any of
the othe:' pirates turned pa
triots. Elizabeth asked her to
come to England on a state
visit, but Grace refused while
Drake lived. After his death
in 1896 she agreed to come.
ELIZABETH received her as
- an equal and had her sit
beside her on the throne. Grace,
on arriving at the court, had
herself announced as Grace
O'Malley, Queen of all Ireland
and Of the islands of Achill,
Clare. Caher, Inisturk, 1nish-
dalla, IniShbofin, Inishark,
Brannock, Inishmore, Aran, In
ishman and Inishier."
Elizabeth knighted the Irish
queens son, making him Sir
Francis O'Malley.
Hes as homely as his father"
she told Grace.
$50 you knew" asked the
Irishwoman.
"Of course" answered the old
English queen. II would have
made him marry you, but
knew you were better off with.
out him."
And I wouldn't have had
him, if you'd made him." replied
Grace.
Copyright, 1888. by Washington
The Washington times., 1938-08-15

well, I've been
through the Span
ish-American a n d
the World Wars
and participated in
Is different cam
paigns during both
wars, so I guess I
had hundreds Of
narrow escapes. In
The Washington times., 1938-08-15

Last week I was
in an automobile
accident in which
one of the paSsen-
gers sustained a
broken leg, and it
is a miracle that
we we're not all
killed. We were re-
turning from
The Washington times., 1938-08-15

than I had been accustomed to
and the current took me off my
feet and pulled me under"
=
John Hansen, 514 Tulip Ave,
Takoma Park, Md, taxi driver;
The Washington times., 1938-08-15
Wise Words

Do as you would be done by
is the sureSL method that I
know of pleas1ng.-Lord Ches-
terrified.
But there is not, as they say.
any worse water than water
that SleepS.-Moliere,
The Washington times., 1938-08-15

lain is apparently sympathetic toward this point
of view though he is trying by high-powered diplo
macy to keep Europe from flying off its nut and plung
ing into In Chamberains studous avoidances
of any printed, signed and sealed alliances
mitments, one detect British official policy of
keeping hands out of Europe, and hope that some
day Britain can keep hands off Europe.
Well, that rather plays hob, British friends
phrase goes, with any hopes of may have had
for an American British alliance day.
If Britain goes isolationst, can
Depen0 on hardly expect Britain to make
noo7 exception of In emergency
O involving Canada and the United
States Britain would naturally come to Canada's
aid and thus indirectly to But any hope of
Americana British teup to provide for all emergencies
seems to be fading.
Which is to say that we'd better resign ourselves to
depending solely ourselves for defense. 1t
looks less and less if can't expect anything
than sympathy from any other nation in get into
a jam-snd can't think offhand of any nation but
England which would extend even sympathy.
We'd better just build and maintain the strongest
Navy in the world, which we have the money to do.
Speaking of emergencies may be building up
now, in a quarter where could expect help from
nobody if this emergency should come about Discus
sions are going on between
The Washington times., 1938-08-15

missed school for that entire
years term and missed out on a
lot of fun for a couple Of years
afterward. It was the latter
that nearly killed me-"
X X X
Miss Babette Click, 1920 Con-
necticut Ave. N. w., singer:
The Washington times., 1938-08-15
England's Isolation Party

m HERE is large, growing and influential faction
l. in Great Britain which favors absolute isolation
for Britain.
Lord Beaverbrook is the isolation party's foremost
The Washington times., 1938-08-15

wards and sidewise. We jumped
out just as it went over the en-
bankment. The car was COM
pletely demolished. Our quick
judgment to jump out saved
U.s."
The Washington times., 1938-08-15

Yes. My home
is in West Virginia.
One icy cold day I
was riding up a
hill and the road
was terribly slip
perry. Suddenly we
lost control Of the
car and it started
S kid ding back
The Washington times., 1938-08-15
Troffic Toll

The list Of traffic victims in
the District Of Columbia since
January /, 1888, is graphically
shown by the death watch.
The Washington times., 1938-08-15
TheInquiring
Photographer
The Washington Times in
vites you to submit timely
and interesting questions to
be used in this column.
THE QUESTION
What has been your narrow
est escape from death?

THE ANSWERS
Mrs. Bonnie Tydings, 804 C
st. N. E., cashier:
The Washington times., 1938-08-15
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
nd addresses Of

the Editor should be limited 200 Names addresses
the will be omtte upon
The Washington times., 1938-08-15
JAPAN AND MEXICO

regarding possible Japanese business footholds
in the Mexican ports of Puerto Mexico the Gulf side
of Mexico and Salina Cruz on the Pacific side.
c11 M The two ports are just across the
CIOIeN OU narrowest part of Mexico from each
H. 1 other, down toward the peninsula of
W O"P Yucatan.
The present discussions pretty well covered up;
but is known that Japan and Mexico in times past have
talked the possibilities of running oil pipe lines out
to Mexico Pacific coast that Japan would have easy
to Mexican petroleum. 1t likely that these
latest discussions are on the same subject.
It's ironical situation all around-Cardenas, pre-
sumably steered by Trotzky, making Mexico Communist
fast may be, and at the time trying to sell
mperiast Japan oil stolen from Americans, English
men and Dutchmen while Stalinist Communists in the
United States cheer Cardenas
1t won't be funny if Japan gradually acquires naval
bases fuelng stations arplane bases all three
along Mexicos coasts Japan is in tough spot now,
fighting China and in angry and truce with
Russia; but it would be dangerous for to gamble
disaster to Japan before such disaster actually arrives
To repeat, this is knot which nobody is going to
help une-on which, indeed, plenty of people would
like to break couple of teeth We can depend
only ourselves to defend ourselves from any threat
which may be building up in Mexico.
The best preparation have for any and all
emergencies is the strongest navy in the world
(Fom the New York; Daily News)
The Washington times., 1938-08-15

regarding possible Japanese business foothods
in the Mexican ports of Puerto Mexico the Gulf side
Of Mexico, and Saina Cruz, on the Pacific side.
The Washington times., 1938-03-29
MUSICAL AND VARIETY

s:OO-JOHNNY PRESENTS - Th 3
Kenyon, writer and student of
witchcraft, whose unusual ex.
perience In Tibet will be drama
tiEed. Music by Russ MOrgan's
orchestra and group Of vOcalists
including Genevieve Rowe, Glenn
Cross and the Swing Fourteen.
The highlight number will be
Joseph, Joseph" .WRC
s:3O-AL JOLsON - Sour.faced Ned
Sparks, the dead.panned movie
comedian, brings his dry sense Of
huTnOr to JOlsOn's program, en-
Kaging in banter. with the NAM
Parkyakarkus. In addition there
will be songs In the unique man.
ner of both JOlsOn and Martha,
accompanied by Victor Young's
orchestra. ...,...'...''..'. WJSV
S:3O-IT CAN BE DONE-Linden L.
Perrine. whose Town Tours"
elaboration of an idea that visi-
tors to New York would like visits
to the homes of prominent people,
viewed by Edgar Guest. besides
the interview, Guest will offer
some new verses and PHILOSOPHERS.
Music by Frankie Masters or
chestra, with Marion Frances as
vocalist. ..'''.'''...'..'. ."MAL
9:OO-AL PEARCE'S GANG-Judy Gar
land, who was to have been the
guest solOist. has been called back
to Hollywood, and in her stead
Pearce will present Morton BOwe,
featured tenor of Charming Pol
locks Magazine of the Air."
heard on Sundays. Carl Hoff's
Ofchestra.. ...''...',..... .WJSV
9:0O-HORACE HEIDT-Madame Maria
Grever, composer of the suddenly