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Evening star., 1938-03-20
Miss Elizabeth Burke
To Wed Mr.. Richard Emory.
kn AMI >r~e x~rr>y ~ nr--~>r,

MR.. AND MRS. JOHN W. BURKE
announce the engagement of
their daughter Elizabeth Atkinson to
Mr.! Richard Woollen Emory of Balti-
more. No date has been set for the
wedding.
Miss Burke attended the Potomac
School of this city, st. Tmothy's
School at Catonsville and spent year
abroad studying in Paris before max
ing her debut the winter of l932-33.
She is member Of the Washington
Junior League.
Mr.. Emory is the son of Mrs. Emory
Of Baltimore and the late Mai. Ger
man H. H. Emory. He graduated
from the Gilman Country School in
1881, from Harvard University in 1885
and at present is . member Of the
senior class at the School Of Law at
Harvard University, where he Is an
(Oontinued on Page D.6, Column -
Evening star., 1938-03-20
Mrs. Curtis Plans
Dinner Tuesday.

Mrs. Merriam Curtis will entertain
at dinner Tuesday evening, taking
her guests afterward to the musicale
which Mrs. Arthur H. Vandenburg
will give at the Sulgrave Club for her
husband, Senator Vandenberg. The
artist will be hts daughter, Miss Betty
VandenberT.
Evening star., 1938-03-20

The members of the committee Of
the Georgetown Garden Pilgrimage
include Mrs. Robert F. Whitehead.
chairman; Mrs. Robert Goodale, head
OF publicity; Mrs. Bernard Wyckoff,
who will take charge Of the sale of
tickets; Miss Dougal, who has been
appointed in charge Of the gate keep
ers, and Mrs. Worth Daniels, chair
man of the Tea Committee.
Georgetown to Enjoy
Informal Musicales.
Something new has cropped up this
year, something most appealing and
Continued on Page D-3, Column So
Evening star., 1938-03-20

= CONTINUED On Page D.6, Column I.
Evening star., 1938-03-20
.Nicaraguan Envoy
To Entertain.

The Minister Of Nicaragua and
Sonora de De Bayle have issued invita-.
tions to . reception at the Legation
Thursday. March 81, from 8 to I
O'Clock.
Evening star., 1938-03-20
Will Not Receive
This Afternoon.

Capt. and Mrs. Chester Wells have
gone to Norfolk, Va, for = few days
and therefore will not be at home
this afternoon. Next Sunday they will
receive during the late afternoon hours.
Evening star., 1938-03-20
Roberts Returning.

Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Wood Robert,
who are at present in Miami, will re-
turn to Washington Thursday. They
have been away from the Capital Tor
much Of the winter.
Evening star., 1938-03-20

The German Ambassador, Herr
Hans Dieckhoff, will be joined the
middle Of April by Frau Dieckhon,
who viii sail in . fortnight to return
here. Frau Dieckhod has been In
CONTINUED On Page Dec, Column 4)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-10-07
Barclay On Bridge

I club suit, that there was no danger
involved.
Declarer won the first trick with
the Q and played the diamond @ to
the A. The heart was led and when
the K was played by East, South
was relieved, as that left no guess
regarding the trump suit. The re-
naming outstanding heart was
drawn and was followed by the play
of the club K. the heart 10. heart
8, heart Z. heart 5 and diamond K.
East's discards, as well as the dis
card of the spade 2 by West, in
formed South that East was down
to his spade Il. He therefore gave
that trick to East, who was forced
to return a club.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-10-07

dealer: South. Both sides vul-
nerable.) ~sv t~
South bid 1-Heart on this deal,
North 3-Hearts, South 4-Hearts,
North 5-Clubs. South 5-Hearts and
North 6-Hearts. O ~ st
The spade 9 was led by West, the
5played from dummy. and, reading
South for the @, East decided to
duck the first round and allow the
Q to win. so that the K would not
set up. He felt, as he could stop the
CopYfights 1888, King
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-10-07
BIDE YOUR TIME

RUSHING AHEAD to try a dam
gerOus fnesse, which beats your
contract if it fails, Is not astute
bridge. Much sounder considera-
tons impel making other moves
first, if possible, and watching the
fall of the cards. It may develop
that the finesse is marked to lose,
but that squeeze or lead-throwing
play will spell success. If not, you
may still finesse.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-10-07

dealer: South. East-West vul-
nerablc.J -ar yfsf ~
What is .South's best play for
3-No Trump after the Lead of the
heart @? 81
Features Syndicate, ins.
The Washington times., 1938-02-01

Braving a serious and danger.
GUS menace, that of thousands OF
women scorned outright, Civil
Service Commission has an
nounced a Fourth District test for
Stenographers and typists, senior
and Junior grades for MEN
ONLY The commission says
the reason is that there are enough
such eligible women already, but
it's an open secret that many Of
ficials prefer male stenogs for al
legged greater efficienSy, ability to
concentrate on the work at hand,
and lack of need for lipsticking
and rouging every Is minutes or
SO :. So if there's a riot before
February II CLOSING date) at
916 g st. N. w., Fourth District
headquarters, you'll know what
happened.
The Washington times., 1938-02-01
Five Million Saved?

Examination Of committee report the Independent
Offices Appropriation Bill has yielded the astounding ntoma
tion that Veterans Administration during fiscal year
PoUNDED more than IS voted by the last Con-
gress This of means that the money hand
available had agreed and intended but
left idle.
Concurrently remembered that $4,000 attend
ants in Veterans Administration hospitals throughout
country, rs cent of them World War veterans
overturned at the rate of SIS to 72 hours weekly They
retirement because they removed from civil
service status several when difficulty encountered
obtaining applicants for their jobs Heavy deductions from
their salaries around $1,000 usually taken by Uncle Sam
for food and shelter compulsory if not needed)
While economy in Government to be supported at all
times would seem these economies could be made elsewhere
than at the of underpaid and overworked
the AFGE told when it sought ameiorate
attendants conditions that Veterans Administration did not
have the necessary funds.
With $600O0O tucked away in tidy savings fund agan
appropriated for wondered the at
the of paid attendants will be presented in order
that may credit economical and business
like handling Of available
The Washington times., 1938-02-01
In Strict Secrecy

Those 1Oho mail or phone
"netUS tips" about Gouern.
ment affairs or conditions
are frequently GUGrded free
theGter tickets. Their names,
of course, are kept strictly
confidential, and thus it is
advisable for those Dith
juicy information to adopt a
"pen name" for identiticG-
ton in case they min. Gen.
erGl items about folks in
the office" may also lDin,
and often G,DGrdS are made
merely as a goodwill gesture
from The Times.
(CAP) beside your name
or "pen name" entities you
to call at this desk for tDo
passes to Loew's Capitol,
noW shouting PARADISE
FOR THREE" Those Dith
(PAL) can head for the Pal.
ace, Which presents Joan
CrGtDford and Spencer Tracy
in "MANNEQUIN." while
(COLJ means ttoo passes to
see 1.-THE HURRICANE" at
the Columbia.
The Washington times., 1938-02-01
A L0dy's Opinion

Let's have weekly pay days
by all means! Perhaps, if that
should come to pass, Wash
ingtOn would assume the ap-
pearance of a normal city
instead Of looking like a
bOOm-tOwn on the three days
following pay day and a de-
serted village for the re-
mainder of the time. It's
much more fun to be broke
for only four days than II,
now isn't it?
Anyway, 1 believe it. would
be better to hang onto a
stray fifty cents for a few
days than it would to know
only too well it wouldn't last
anyway, so why not borrow
now instead of trying to hold
out until that far off pay
day? Elimination of the bOr-
rOw-bug which afflicts only
too many Government en-
plOyeS would 60 far toward
balancing the budget.-N. H.
(PAL)
X u
Our tally to date shows go
per cent favoring weekly pay
What's YOUR idea, pro
or con?
The Washington times., 1938-02-01
"ChiIdlike"

DR.. Maurice Hall, National In.
stitute of Health, an eminent pa.
raSitologist, in February Scientific
Monthly, defines a scientist as "a
person who is paid real money to
satisfy his childlike curiosity" J..
Henry Frank, printing division, In
ternal Revenue, has a flair for
writing Given a pencil and pa
per he reports fraternal news. and
other what notS It's Farmer
Ben Shaw now The chicken he
bought his daughter, Barbara
Ann, for a pet has laid her first
egg Miss Grace Reinsmith,
Loans and Currency, has been
called to her home in Pennsylva-
mia, due to the serious illness of
her father Here is our best wish
for a speedy and complete recov.
cry.
News Tin PrtRas A n fpATN
The Washington times., 1938-02-01
Speaking of
Government Workers
By j. EARLE MOSER
Circling the Triangle:

On top of the recent mass
firing at Railroad Retirement
Board, the deficiency bill be-
ing arranged on the Hill will
grant $5OO,0O0 to the agency
And grants it on recommen-
dation of the Budget Bureau,
blamed for the recent mass fir
ing!. . Senator Byrnes' new re-
organization bill provides a IL
month preferential list for
ousted employees, thus giving
first intimation that it is ex-
pected many will be ousted.
The purge of Interiors Under
secretary's office staff included
the axing of a young man
whose wife is a helpless invalid,
requiring constant treatment
and a trained nurse. He was
given no reason for his economic
execution, but told you're
through tomorrow" Zone days
notice. E. All Stitely checks
must be made good by the
banks concerned.
One week before he crashed
to death, Representative Ed
ward A. Kenney wrote New
Jersey State Society that he
was "looking forward" to be-
ing with them at their party
February Is :. An embezzle-
ment twice that Of the Stitely
putsch is being probed by U. S.
Sherlocks Federal Hous-
ing's preparation for a new
home drive, expected when
and if F. D. signs the new
housing bill, is held up :. E.
Reason is illness of Cynthia
Tweedy (Kentucky) and Rus
sell MacGuire (Louisiana),
well nigh indispensibles to
FHA's 13-strong press staff 80.
Welfare and Recreation Asso-
cations trustee-chairman says
he's very much opposed to the
CLIO and all it stands for.
The Washington times., 1938-02-01

A while back one clerk in AAA
bet another five to one that Louis
would beat Schmeling, the exact
bet being fifty guilders to ten. .
You know what happened
The loser avoided paying off de.
spite the sarcastic remarks of his
fellows Later the winner
started taking bets on the mum.
bers The other day 100 paid
off and the reneging Schmeling
bettor had a dime up The
numbers taker paid off four dol
lars and kept the other fifty, say
ing: Now, we're even" and
the battle is on again,
The Washington times., 1938-02-01
Delaware Bishop
I'll in Baltimore

NEW YORK, Feb. THE Rt.
Rev. Philip Cook, Bishop Of Della
ware and former president of the
National Council Of the Episcopal
Church, is critically i'll in Johns
Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, fol-
lowing an operation for a brain
tumor, it was announced today at
the national headquarters of the
church,
The Washington times., 1938-02-01
CGrliner to AdUise

Lewis Carliner, editor of UFWA's
Federal Organizer, was to speak
before the Federal Workers
Schools Trade Unions and Press
Relations" class today, S, 532
Seventeenth st. N. w. UntA
February % Civil Service will re-
ceive applications for agronomists
and Junior scientific aides (para-
sito1ogy) for Agriculture vacancies
{. Interiors first and second
floors now have a display of
carved walruS tuskS from Alaska,
and beadwork, blanket weaving
and baSketry done by Indians.
News Tin Prize: q. C. (COI1.
The Washington times., 1938-02-01

t a k eS pl a C e
THIS Thursday
. Mrs. Ruth
Vernier, secre-
tary, invites all
Michiganders to
meeting of the
Michigan Wash
ington De m o.
C "a tic CT u b
Thursday, 1900
r h o d e Island
N. W., to plan a
big future , en-
tertainment
She's in Treas
ury One of
The Washington times., 1938-02-01
Two AMERICAN
ARTISTS APPEAR
I'm CONCERT HERE
Mrs. Townsend Presents
Webster, Rubinof
BY WILLIAM NEWMAN

| Oy "AAAAAM NE w MAN
Mrs. Lawrence Townsend pre-
sented two American artists to
her exclusive audience at the May
flower yesterday morning-Bev.
eridge Webster, pianist of radio
fame, and Benno Rabinof, last
artist student of the eminent
Leopold Auer.
Mr.. Webster, who has gained re-
nown, first as a radio artist, later
as soloist with some Of the colln.
try's foremost symphony orches.
traS, began his address as ex-
ponent of the elusive art of Ravel
and ended it with a similarly ex-
pert tribute to Ravel's predeces-
sor, DebusSy. He represented the
former with the neglected but
grateful Prelude and Toccata. the
latter one of the most exciting
examples of modern piano tech.
nique produced in the first decade
of the century.
CHOPIN GROUP
He continued with a Chopin
group that offered the imposing
Fantasy in F. Minor as it's prin.
cipal number, and he ended with
three celebrated Debussy pieces
Gold Fish, The Submerged
Cathedral" and The Isle of JOY. "
This young man has developed
his technical command of the in
strument to point where it ceases
to be a consideration for the
listener and, let us hope, for the
performer also. Whatever he
wishes to do, either in the forth
right idiom of Chopin or in the
evaSive DebuSsy-Ravel impression.
ism, seems to lie Immediately
within his grasp.
He has learned all the tricks of
Illusion that the pianoforte can
project and knows how to employ
them with the indicated poetic
implication. A modern piano
technique is far more than a mat.
ter OF mere digital dexterity. It
includes command of the wide
range of color contrasts con-
trolled by the damper pedal and
by the subtle art of parallel
levels of contrasted tonal in
tensity" that Percy Granger dis
cusses SO Interestingly and so
often omits to practice. Within
this aura of suggested but un-
realized Sonorities Mr.. Webster
developed an address that proved
one Of the most fascinating acous-
tic experiences of the season.
WINS APPROVAL
Mr.. Rabinof has the tonal lus-
ter Of his school. It served him
to good purpose in his definition
of classic ideals as comprehended
in the Bivaldi Chaconne, dis
covered the glamour and the mys-
ticism Of SZymanowski's Nocturne
and Of Vecsey's impressionistic
piece, "The Wind"-an awesome
tudy in glissandi. Curiously
enough, it deserted him when it
came to a matter of true Viennese
"Schmalz" as recorded by Godow-
sky in brief piece entitled "Alt
Wien; but he recovered it in
the "Horra Staccato," one of the
Heifetz stunts transferred by that
eminent technician from the jazz
idiom.
His final number, the mel cor
piu," variations of Paganini made
the expected technical exhibition
at somewhat undue length. Like
Mr.. Webster he enjoyed the cor
dial approval of his listeners.
Tonight in the auditorium of
the Roosevelt High School, Doris
Humphries and Charles Weidman,
supported by their dance group,
will illustrate their phase of the
much-discussed American school
of dance. They will apear under
auspices of the Washington
Dance Association.
E0N IM NAIAAHI DHAITv
The Washington times., 1938-02-01
Girl Hurt in Crash
OvercOnes Coma

Knocked unconscious in an au-
tomobile crash a week ago, Miss
Dorothy LaRoe, IT, daughter of
Wilbur LaRoe, jr., District Parole
Board chairman, regained con-
sciousness last night for the first
time since the miShap. She recog-
nized her parents at Emergency
Hospital, where she is under treat
ment,
The Washington times., 1938-02-01
Camp Counselor
Course to Reopen

For the sixth consecutive year
George Washington University
will offer a 12-week training
course for camp counSelorS in CO.
operation with the Council of
Social Agencies. Glasses will meet
on Thursday from 7::30 to 9:30
p. m.
The Washington times., 1938-02-01
500 IN MIAMI REALTY

MIAMI, Fla. Feb. l GNS).
More than SEQ business firms are
engaged in real estate in the
Greater Miami area, according to
a recent survey. There is one firm
for every 400 of the year-round
residents in the resort center.
The Washington times., 1938-02-01
/. Medical Shortage

The acute shortage of doctors,
hospitals and general medical ia.
Icilities in many rural areas is
brought out in a bulletin on Hos.
pitfalls for Rural Communities, ~
published by Agriculture and made
up by the Bureau of Agricultural
Economics Blanche Halbert,
formerly Of the Bureau staff, is
the author.
The Washington times., 1938-02-01
Oppose
Roosevelt Critics
RY EARL GOODWIN

Washington newspaperdom stirred by the recent attacks
the Presidents press conference by Representative
Snel Republican floor leader Of the House, well by
criticism from the famous political columns Frank Kent
David Lawrence editor of the U News and by the
paper magazine Editor and Publisher.
The Washington times., 1938-02-01
Michigan Farley

No runs, no hits. ONE error:
The North Carolina Raleigh fete,
doomed here for last Thursday,
The Washington times., 1938-02-01

ment's clients for auto supplies is
the quantity named Flat Tire Com
pany Of Peoria 4. New York State
Society dances February IL, 10-1,
Shoreham, guest tickets available
at door To join, see Maurice
Sands, 40 Eleventh N. E., Ii.
2236, or at Room 5408, Interstate
Commerce.
The Washington times., 1938-02-01
Indian Lore

Johnny Federal says: II can
always tell when it's payday.
The cigarette butts on the cor
ridor floors are much longer"
The Washington times., 1938-02-01
Anti-Merit Charge

Charles Stengle, canny AFGE
leader. joins other critics of the
McKellar $4,000 salary proposal
with terse comment:
'The scheme would, If adopted
place every important position in
the Civil Service Commission ir
the spoils category. thereby con
trolling the entire Civil Service in
the interest of craftsmanship. II
would end any possibility Of a
career service in the Government
employ, since ability and con-
scientious service would be dis
tinctly secondary to influence in
the Senate. It would deprive
many public servants of oppor.
tunity for promotion except with
loss of their Civil Service status.
The amendment does except per
sons now in the employ of the
Government, but any person pro-
NOTED to a $4,000 position would
apparently come within its scope" I"
The Washington times., 1938-02-01
CHARGE DENIED

It is common knowledge among
White House reporters that the
only criticism Of these conferences
comes from men who do not at
tend them. If MesSrs. Kent and
Lawrence have ever attended a
White House press conference
under the, Roosevelt administra-
tion, it Is not recalled today by
the Oldest inhabitants of the
White House press room. These
reporters view the matter objec-
lively and not from any political
bias. Their sentiment is swayed
almost entirely by the ease or
difficulty with which news is
obtained from successive Presi-
dents. Their unanimous view is
that the Roosevelt press confer.
ence is d boon to newspapers.
The charge that the Presidents
blast against holding companies
was the result of a staged or
planted" question is vigorously
denied by several newspaper men,
who claim they had to dig at the
President for two or three success
sive conferences before they fl
nally got the statement that the
President was opposed to all hold
ing companies.
The Washington times., 1938-02-01
News Tip Prize: W. H. (CAP),
Liberty?

Asinine Answers: A boy selling
magazines approached a preoc
cupied clerk in Agriculture
"Lberty?" he asked With.
out looking up the clerk replied,
mo, give me DEATH"
The Washington times., 1938-02-01

David Lawrence, editor and
former White House reporter, Sug-
gested recently that the President
go back to the old-fashioned
method Of asking for written queS-
tions from newspaper men, rather
than the present open and free
conference wherein questions are
orally shot at the President.
PRESS OPPOSES PLAN
Frank Kent, columniSt. recently
charged that planted questions
were responsible for the Presidents
withholding company views. He
later Withdrew the charge.
A check Of reporters who cover
the White House daily discloses
they are unanimously opposed to
going back to the old Hoover and
Coolidge method of answering
only questions which had been
in advance. The main
reason is that the old written
question method produced Scant
news. One veteran White House
expressed it today:
I'VE had Is years of famine.
Then along comes Roosevelt and
makes news: why put the gag
on him just because some op-
position editor doesn't like what
he says"
The Washington times., 1938-02-01
NegO Bill Analysed


Analysis, revised Byrnes re-
organization bill:
Ousted employees placed on
preferential employment list for
one year Possible removal
of civil service administrator by
President eliminated g.. Determi-
nation Of availability of appro-
priationS left to Budget Bureau
Auditor General and assistant
to be appointed by Joint Con-
greSSional Committee instead of
President Corporations such
as Hole and iva subject to
audit Administrative audit
made optional at discretion of
Budget Bureau Powers
granted to auditor general and
General Auditing Office are to be
exercised for purpose of aiding
Congress in obtaining informa-
tion as a basis for legislation.
SuccOtash
One young audit clerk in AAA
recently had great joke In
checking a voucher for payment
to a farmer he found one of the
items to be "succotash" He
carried the voucher to many
clerks in order that they might
appreciate the joke of anyone
putting such a thing on a voucher,
succotaSh being. Of course, mix.
ture Of beans and corn Ina
gine his chagrin when he found
that "SuccotaSh" is also a term
used by Middle West farmers
when they plant certain crops in
rows.
The Washington times., 1938-02-01
For Men Only

News Tip Prize: A. H. F.
The Washington times., 1938-02-01
Gambling Feud

News Tip Prize: A. D. tPAL).
Evening star., 1938-11-20

necessary to write note But in
this case good-lookng die-stampcd
note paper is smarter On the other
hand, the doubled-over card is better
looking than paper with no marking.
In any case, the doubled-over card
is not suitable to leave on acquaini-
ances or friends or to send with gifts -
nor is it ever suitable for a man.
The age at which a girl and a boy
should have MIR and Miss engraved
on a visiting card is subject to two
rules: A girl should have Miss on her
card not later than her earliest teens,
and she may have it as child OF five
or six. A boy, on the other hand.
should NOT have Mr.. on his card
until he at least graduates from
preparatory school or high school.
One Of the most important rules in
Evening star., 1938-11-20
by Emily Post
THIS WEEK MAGAZINE

land scnsibIyl that the card is in
tended for every one in the family.
'P PC" written on the card stands
for the French words meaning "To
take leave" Personally | like 'To say
good d-bye" better.
The sizes of our visiting cards vary
according to lengths of names. but
woman's card is seldom longer than 3
inches or shorter than 2 ls inches. A
card about 2aa inches long by inches
high is the fashionable size for names
Of from fifteen to twenty letters.
Very short names look best on cards
that are nearly square. A very long
name looks better on an diversified
card rather than one that is. other
wise, necessarily twice as long as it is
high A MIR and Mrs. card is usually
quarter of an inch higher and longer
than the card woman chooses for
Mrs. alone. A mans card is narrower
IN shape - from about 22s to3i4 inches
long, and from l y to "a inches high.
All styles Of engraving are good
except those that are over ornate or
diversified. Plate marking is chiefly
suitable for wedding invitations and
announcements and their enclosures
The third person note of invitation,
is each year growing scarcer. The
modern hostess writes an abbreviated
message to fit on the face of her visit
ing card Thus, invitations to buffet
lunches or suppers, cocktail-teas,
bridge parties. even dances are sent to
all of us. and by most of US. on or
binary visiting cards. or on the cards
that fold over
These follower visiting cards, COM
mercially called 'informals. are now
definitely accepted by many whose
handwriting is diversified But for those
whose writing is very small, the fold
over card has little to recommend it for
conveying. say the following message:
Sat Dec. IL Buffet Supper 8 o'ck.
Please reply.
On follower card it would be