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The Washington times., 1938-03-24
Etiquette
and
Manners
By Mrs. Cornelius Beeckmar
Copyright. 1893. by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
R.S.V.P.

(SopyrlgnL, 1888. oy King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
R.S.V.P.
nEAR Mrs. Beeckman:
1. My husband and I have
have been invited to the we'd
ding Of one of his friends. Owing
to certain reasons, I cannot at
tend, but would it be proper
for my husband to go alone?
We do not know the girl at all.
but the boy is a very good
friend of my husbands.
2. The invitation says after
at (then the address," which
is the girls home address. If
my husband goes to the we'd
ding. could he go to the house.
too?
8. What do the initials RS.
v.p. mean at the bottom of an
invitation? READER.
/. Since there might be a pos
sibility Of your going to this
wedding, even at the last min
ute, advise you to accept the
invitation for the reception, for
yourself and your husband.
Then if you cannot go. your
husband may correctly go alone,
and explain that it was impos-
sible for you to come, giving the
reason or not, as you think ap-
propriate to the circumstances.
2. Perhaps you have in your
mind some definite reason why
you think it advisable that your
husband should not 60 to the
reception. If there is no special
reason against this, he may cor.
rectly go to the reception with
out you. On the other hand,
your absence would be less con-
spicuouS if your husband goes
only to the ceremony and not to
the reception.
3. R. S. v. p. stands for the
French words Repondez sill vous
plait. The English translation
| Is reply, II you please.
The Washington times., 1938-03-24
Friday Menu

pan and melt. Add the fish,
one tablespoon very finely
chopped parsley. salt and pep
per to taste. Cook slowly for
five minutes, then add two table
spoons cream. Let mixture boil
up once more, set back on stove
where it will keep warm. Beat
up four eggs with two table
spoons milk. Put one table
spoon butter in a large frying
pan and as soon as it becomes
hot add the egg mixture. Shake
hard over the heat until it be-
gins to thicken, then spread the
fish on it. Roll up the omelet.
turn out on hot platter and
serve. at once.
Cheese
Salad "
Crate two cups of cheese into.
a bowl, and one cup chicken
chopped rather coarse. For the
dressing rub the yolks of three
hard-boiled eggs into a smooth
paste. Add one teaspoon pow Z
dered mustard, one-half tea
spoon paprika. and salt to taste.
Add three tablespoons olive oil
gradually, and two tablespoons
lemon juice. Pour over cheese
and chicken and mix lightly.
Heap mixture on a pretty dish
and garnish with whites Of eggs
cut in circles, a few white
celery leaves and sprigs Of
parsley.
Strawberry
Butter Sauce
Cream a half cup Of butter
and add one cup and q half OF
powdered sugar. Crush one
cup of strawberries and strain
through a sieve. Add the Juice
to the creamed butter and
sugar, blending well. # not
stiff enough, add a little more
sugar. To be served with any
cold pudding.
The Washington times., 1938-03-24

Although in a quick perusal
of the book it is evident that
Fashion Is Spinach" deals ex-
clusively with the clothing in
dustry, it has a far wider ap-
plication.
It's well worth reading if for
no other reason than that you
like straightforward writing by
someone who knows what she's
talking about.
DISPATCHES from New York
~ stress the Importance of vel
vet in the mode. We are re-
minded that Marie Antoinette
and Madame Pompadour are
the inspiration for the present
rage for velvet accents. It is
from this source we have the
bows, the ribbons and the velvet
trimmings of all types that
are so popular this Spirng.
The tercentenary of the birth
of Louis XVI will be recalled in
France this spring, and unless
all plans go awry, many of the
famous fetes of his reign will be
reenacted. Maria Theresa en-
tered Paris in 1860. This will
probably have its effect on fall
fashion. and we will see a per-
petuation of a fad that will then
become a fashion.
EOR the first time in history
L French dressmakerS are
sponsoring fashion shades
in nail polish produced by
an American cosmetic manu-
facturer. Schiaparelli, fore
most Partisan fashion authority,
has approved tulip as a leading
polish shade for spring 1898.
Lanvin sponsors clover for wear
with her most dramatic gowns.
Wear clover with navy, gray,
green's" says Mile. Lanvin. 1T
is particularly exciting with the
seasons big four in costume
shades-the new rosy beiges,
grays, green's, perennial navy
good, too, with spring pinks and
violets, and for. an electric
color effect with dusty blues"
Schiaparelli suggests tulip
with the new pinks, chrome and
mustard yellow, leather browns,
dusty blue, hyacinth and purple.
It's grand, too, to brighten black
and navy. and add a stimulating
color note with prints.
The Washington times., 1938-03-24

toned I'd say she was modern
but ret.rned the things of solid
worth OF the past. That would
be my idea of a modern girl
not tne reckless, daring foolish
girl who sins IN the same old
fashioned manner her ancestors
sinned, only using newer
methods, and newer settings for
her display of weakness of char
acter.
Copyright. 1888, Esquire Features Inc.)
The Washington times., 1938-03-24
CoUer 1t
With Blending

The first sprinkling of gray
hair can be covered nicely by
ever blending so one may go
on for years without the least
suggestion of gray, and this is
just what so many do.
The drab or brown shades
respond to the Egyptian henna
coloring. And while it is a lively,
flattering auburn or bronze
shade, one must know in ad-
vance. 1t is a distinctly different
shade of hair from your own
natural shade. Some women.
whoss natural shade is brown
or one of the light tones. may
prefer bleach. as this will tone
up with the gray. Again. this
will change your appearance.
Business women, or those In
the social or public life, are
The Washington times., 1938-03-24
Your
Star
By Wynn


One Of those days when we
can argue ourselves into justifi-
cation for what we think we
want; also one of those days
when what we think we want
Is something that will look
mighty funny next week when
we are looking back at it.
S0Ue Time
And Money
No astrologer, or any one else,
can tell by looking at your horo-
scope whether or not you are
married, guilty of a crime, a
successful author, or anything
else about your history. Don't
spend your money or your time
on occult shysters. the label of
whom is always their extrava-
CANT promises. But If you are
seeking real Self-knowledge, as
trology seriously studied will
give you much.
Your Year y
Ahead
Your year ahead till next
years celebration brings quiet or
confidential changes in money
matters involving friends and
subordinates: a year for max
ing amends for errors. Danger:
June 4; Ju'y IT; October 15-De-
cember IA, and from March 1s,
1889.
TOMORROW
Routine the morning: then
hold back on extraEagance.
The Washington times., 1938-03-24
BOy AdUiSeS Girl
By George Antheil
WHAT IS A MODERN GIRL?

WHAT is this person call the modern gir7 How does
w she differ from the girl the boys sneerngy call od-
fashoned?' Is girl modern because she ksses7 WE'LL
grandma kissed and could hardly say she modern
when she lived long ago. Is she modern because she drinks
and smokes and tells story about the travelling salesman
Well she been doing that since after the war; and the
word modern means present-not years ago.
The Washington times., 1938-03-24

smart to delay the day of gray
hair, just as long as they can,
and should adopt any means to
keep the haiI young looking.
This is where a good hairdresser
comes in. They will always
know the most becoming shade
for you and all good shops keep
a record of their work. o.
II you aDoNLd like to do the
IDorE at home, I tOiH be glad to
send you my method Which Is
the one / used in my Beauty
School. and similar TO the one
used in all the good salons.
Send for the method of "H1ir
Dye" "BIeGch" or "Egyptian
HenHd." Enclose q STAMPED,
Selt-GddreSSed enUelope for
each one you tDtSh and address
Donna Grace, Beauty Editor
OF this paper.
The Washington times., 1938-03-24
Skillet
and
Spoon
By SibiIIa Campbell

BY SGbILLd Cdr1p0eLt
TUE story Of cooking would
drop q fat chapter If it
weren't for the invention Of the
omelet I sing its praises con-
tinuously in this column, and
as long as there are eggs in the
world to make the omelets I'll
continue to sing.
For Fridays main dish. let's
make a fish omelet. It's a deli.
cate morsel and worth many
Friday repetitions. The cheese
salad is something for you to file
among your salads to use for
party occasions.
Fish
On1eLet
Skin six large smelts and
bone: cut with the roe into fine
pieces. Put one and q half
tablespoons of butter in a sauce
The Washington times., 1938-03-24
IF QshiOn in WdshinqtOn
By Bah Lincoln .

/ HER book Fashion Is Spinach" Elizabeth Hawes,
of the best-known and most successful American
designers of women Clothes tells the world that
the deformed thief Fashion, steals the real value out Of
what buy She suggests remedy and makes plea for
functional and durable merchandise
The Washington times., 1938-03-24
BedA1tY Co1A1AeG
DONNA GRACE

HAVE you ever presumed. by
~ way of consolation, to tell
a woman to rejoice over her
first gray hair? You probably
told her it was a mark Of dis
tinction and nothing could be
quite so flattering to her skin
as the soft, lovely gray!
Opinion
u-Aduised
You meant well, or you may
be one of the few who really
want to be gray. but that kind
of talk to the average woman is
a waste of time, and even dan
gerous. She is going right on
being all mad about the whole
thing: whatever it is that makes
hair turn gray. Worst Of all it
appears just when she's had
enough experience to wear
clothes with a smart flair and
enjoy herself
We wish we could tell you
how to keep the hair from turn
ing, but no one can do that. So,
there are just two things to do
about it: First, let it alone and
give it more attention than you
ever did before; then you will
have glistening, healthy gray
hair. The other is, to dye it.
And now we Never say dye"
"Tint" originated in our beauty
school some years ago and is
the polite name for all hair col
oring.
The Washington times., 1938-03-24
Want Recipe
Not Definition

Three girls wrote to us for a
good definition of modern
girl" 1 don't think they want a
definition but a recipe to follow
so their boy friends will call
them modern.
The three girls are up on their
dancing, can entertain their
friends, dress in the present
mode but are stung with mortiti"
cation because the boys say they
are "old-fashioned" because they
are temperate in their behaviour.
1t seems to me modern car
ries with it the meaning CT be-
ing up-to-date in improvement.
If a girl has not improved DuG
has deteriorated through care
less living I would not say she
was a modern product at all.
would say a girl was mod
ern if she took advantage Of all
the new improvements that
made life more interesting and
incidentally, added to her assets
of charm, health and lntelli-
gence.
I'd call her modern If she
knew what was advance infor-
nation in taking care Of her
beauty and health. would say
she was modern if she used
what manufacturers made for
her in the way of clothing new
styles, better lines, more COM
fort.
The Washington times., 1938-03-24

manentIy stitched in that they can't out at the
cleaners The precise white collar off for wash
ing. It's fashioned in crepe coguac of Celanese rayOn
and silk. 1t is Obtainable in navy and white and in black
and white. For the of the shop telephone Times
Fashion Editor Republic 1884, Br $780, between and 5.
The Washington times., 1938-03-24

1t seems to me we do a lot of
Injustice to a perfectly good
word when we apply it wrongly.
Maybe it is Just a handy handle
to apply when we don't want to
come right out and call a spade
q spade.
Instead of saying q girl is
modern why not say, Mary is
q drinker!" Or Susie is a popu-
lar peter and the boys 60 for
her" 1t takes the compliment
out of what we say when We
phrase it that way, doesn't it?
When we say she is modern
it sounds so praiseworthy.
Evening star., 1938-03-16
Man HELD FOR JURY
ON WHISKY CHARGE.
Accused Of Selling Liquor to
'Teen-Age Students of
D, C., School.

Charles Kelley, colored liquor store
porter. accused of selling whisky to
three 'teen-age students of the Lenox
Vocational School. was ordered held
under $500 bond pending jury trial
when he pleaded not guilty to charges
OF selling liquor without license. be-
fore Police Court Judge Hobart New
man today.
The three boys were held at the
Receiving Home for a Juvenile Court
hearing on charges of drunkenness
They were arrested yesterday by police
who were called to the school by Prin-
cipal Edward D. Reed. who reported
the boys were intoxicated in classes.
Assistant Corporation Counsel John
ODay said his Office had planned to
prosecute Kelley on a charge Of selling
whisky to minors, but found such a
charge was not possible because it can
apply only to those licensed to sell
whisky. and Kelley had no license.
Kelley, "a, of the 700 block of l.
street Sc, worked as a porter at a
liquor store in the 900 block of Eighth
street S.W. Mr.. O>Day said he had
collected money from the boys on the
street. gone into the store, put the
money in the cash register and taken
the liquor back out to the boys
Evening star., 1938-03-16
Trucks Seized
By Collector
FOrBuck Taxes

Invoking a new power provided in
the Revenue Act of 1887, Tax Collector
Chatham NJ. Towers today took pos
session of two trucks belonging to
the Langdon Mill & Lumber Co. to
force payment of delinquent personal
property taxes.
The trucks were seized by three
agents of the collector. who had been
deputized by the collector to act as
bailiffs. The vehicles were seized at
the Sheriff Motor Co. garage, 900
Rhode Island avenue NE.
This should be warning to other
delinquents, Mr. Towers said. I'VE
are going to use this weapon to force
tax payments"
The Langdon company, located at
2l50 Bryant street NE, was found by
Mr.. Towers to owe the District
s8,147.04 in taxes from the fiscal year
1882 through 1887, including penalties.
The trucks will be sold after being
advertised for week, unless the
owners pay the taxes and penalties
meanwhile.
Evening star., 1938-03-16
SCHULTZ TEBL0CKED
IN MOVE TO RUSH
ANTECR|ME BILL
Public Hearings Ordered on
Measure After Spirited
Debate.
PLAN IS TOO DRASTIC,
AUTHOR is INFORMED
Indiana Representative Proposes
Death Penalty for Second
Armed Hold-up.

Representative Schultz, Democrat,
OF Indiana. recent victim of s1old-up
near his home, was blocked by the
House District Committee today in
having favorable action taken imme-
dlately~on his drastic crime control
Dill that would send armed robbers to
the penitentiary .fer -life and to the
electric chair Tor the second offense.
After half hour of heated discus
sion, the measure was referred to the
Judiciary Subcommittee for public
hearings at the suggestion of Chair
man Palmisano, who declared he
would vigorously oppose any attempt
to railroad bills out of his commit
tee.
I'm sorry you weren't held up de-
clared Mr.. Schultz. IF you had been
you wouldn't try to block my bill"
Mr.. Schultz also declared there
had been very few" hold-ups on the
streets recently as a result of publicity
given his bill and insisted that imme-
diate action be taken.
Argue Bill Is Too Drastic.
Representative Hull. Progressive. of
Wisconsin, argued, however, that the
bill is too drastic and said he Is op-
posed to capital punishment.
These folks in the District have no
vote declared Mr.. Schultz. They
can't force the committee to act. In
the meantime We are condemning the
Police Department for a crime situa-
ton while we sit here and argue about
bill that would curb robbery"
Later Mr.. Schultz cited several cases
in which armed robbers had been
given light sentences and turned out
on the streets with a medal pinned
on them"
IF you can't trust the judges you
ought to put them out and get some
you can trust" remarked Chairman
Palmisano.
Kennedy Urges Hearings.
Representative Kennedy, Democrat,
Of Maryland joined the chairman in
urging that hearings be held on the
bill before it is reported. He sug-
gested that United States Attorney
David A. Pine be called as the frst
witness
While the committee dillydallies,"
said Mr.. Schultz. robbers are out on
the street doing their work. We may
be the cause of some innocent person
being shot,
The committee also delayed action
on bill designed to divorce amateur
boxing matches from control OF the
District Boxing Commission. This
measure recently was favorably re-
ported to the full committee by the
Judiciary Subcommittee which held
hearing on it.
Evening star., 1938-03-16
LEGISLATORS CASE
IS STUDIED BY SEAL
Corporation Counsel to Rule on
Whether House Member
Should Be Prosecuted.

Corporation Counsel Elwood H. Seal
has stepped in over the heads of his
assistants to reopen the question Of
whether Representative Claude v. Par
sons of Illinois should be prosecuted
on traffic charge, it was disclosed
today
Mr. Parsons was scheduled for trial
in Traffic Court today, after being
granted a continuance from March 3,
but at Mr. Seals request Judge John
P. Mcmahon yesterday postponed the
hearing again until April 6.
Mr.. Seal said he wanted this addi-
tional time to read a full transcript
of testimony at preliminary hearing
and decide for himself whether there
had been any violation of the law
in the accident involving Mr.. Parsons
Assistant Corporation Counsels
George Nelson and Matt Mahorner,
who conducted the preliminary hear
ing on February %, ruled then that
Mr.. Parsons own admission that he
drove away from the scene of an &C.
cident without leaving his name JUS
titled a charge of leaving after col
iding against him.
Albert D. Nesbit Of Cleveland, who
was driving an automobile owned by
his sister, Mrs. Margaret Ellis, 26O3
Connecticut avenue NV, when it
was in collision with Mr.. Parsons car
on February 10, was charged at the
same time with failing to give the
required signal as he pulled out from
the curb
Evening star., 1938-03-16
BALTIMORE WILL AID
D. C. CHERRY TRAFFIC

In preparation for the large influx
Of tourists during cherry blossom time,
Traffic Inspector William E. Holmes and
a representative of the American Auto
mobile Association were to visit Balti-
more today to discuss with officials
there highways which should be
marked as desirable routes to the
blossom area around the Tidal Basin.
The first conference on trafic plans
for the festival, the date of which can
not be set until the cherry tree buds
start swelling. was held yesterday. It
was attended by Maj. Ernest w.
Brown, superintendent Of police; In
spectors Holmes and L. I. H. Edwards,
Traffic Director William A. Van Duzer
and Washington I. Cleveland, director
of the District branch of the A. A. A.
Evening star., 1938-03-16
PRIVILEGE TAXES
DECLARED DEAD
Nichols Prediction Follows
Appeal of Taxpayers
to House Group.
BY JAMES E. CHINN.

Chairman Nichols of the Fiscal At
fairs Subcommittee of the House
District Committee confidently pre-
dicted today there isn't a chance of
the discarded business privilege tax
being resurrected. for inclusion in the
1899 revenue bill
The subcommittee by definite ac-
ton has scrapped the business privi-
lege tax" he declared. Il am sure
the subcommittee will not consider
it again.
Representative Nichols made his
prediction after the Washington Tax
payers Association, in an eleventh.
hour move to block the subcommittee
plan, appealed to the subcommittee
to adopt the modified business privi-
lege tax proposed in its original bill.
Similar pleas also were made to
all other members of the District
Committee with the hope that if the
subcommittee refused to recommend
the business privilege tax the full
committee would override it when the
revenue bill comes before it for ratifi-
cation.
Working several hours a day in ex-
ecutive session. the subcommittee has
nearly completed its task of revising
the bill. Chairman Nichols said it
probably would be ready for consid-
Grafton of the full committee the
latter part of the week.
All details of the income tax plan
the cardinal feature of the bill-have
been worked out In conferences with
10 v. Morgan, assistant corporation
counsel and c. F. STAN of the Joint
Committee on Internal Revenue Leg
islation.
Il am sure the income tax plan as
now perfected" said Mr.. Nichols, will
give the District good income tax
law"
The subcommittee is now prepar-
ing q statistical table showing the
amount Of tax that would have been
paid under its plan by both individuals
and married couples in various salary
brackets. The rate would range from
per cent on taxable incomes of
$4,000 or more year to 10 per cent
on incomes of s50,00O or more.
Although the bill in final form will
be ready for the full committee be-
fore the end of the week, it will not
be considered until next Wednesday
An effort will be made to have it
favorably reported on that day, SO the
House can act on the measure on the
next District day. March 20.
Only one major item in the bill
remains for final decision of the SUBJ
committee-the amount of the real
estate tax rate in the coming fiscal
year. The original revenue measure
provided for continuation Of the ex-
isting SITS levy, but Mr.. Nichols has
held out hope it would be possible to
reduce the rate to $l60.
Evening star., 1938-03-16
RAISE FOR CUSTODIAL
EMPLOYEES SOUGHT

Substantial increases in pay for
custodial employees in the District pub
lie schools are provided in bill in
troduced late yesterday by Representa-
tive Curley, Democrat, of New York.
The proposed new pay scale would
range from a minimum of $1,000 a
year for coal paSsers to $3,400 for
engineer The scale now
ranges from $1,000 for coal passers
to $4,000 for engineers.
In each classification of cuntodial
workers the bill provides an annual
increase for five years above the en-
trance minimum.
The bill was referred to the House
District Committee for consideration.
Evening star., 1938-03-16
VETERANS UNIT GUARD
IS HELD ON 4 CHARGES
sullivan to Be Tried on Drunk
Driving, Assault and Fighting
Counts

John L. Sullivan, 26, guard ct the
Veterans Administration, accused OF
trying to whip three men after driv-
ing an automobile while intoxicated
yesterday. was held under bonds
totaling $1,000 for jury trials on four
charges when arraigned in Police
Court today.
Sullivan, no relation to the famous
ring champion, was charged with as
saulting Fred Cant of Fort Myer,
Va, and Policeman H. D. johnson
and Norman Gray, allegedly striking
the first two men and biting Officer
Gray.
The trouble started in an argument
after a collision of automobiles driven
by Sullivan and Mr.. Cant. The fight
with the police was said to have
occurred when the officers followed
Sullivan from the scene Of the COL
lision, ut Tenth and N streets NV,
to his home in the 1900 block Of
Fourth street S.W.
Police Court Judge Edward NJ.
Curran fixed bonds of $500 each in
the three assault cases, and Judge
John p. Mcmahon set bond of the
same amount on the charge Of driving
while intoxicated.