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The Washington times., 1938-03-08
Nervous Voices
Destroy Careers

NERVOUS. neglected and
strained voices are as deStruc-
tive to careers and homes as any
other factor. No matter how
efficient a secretary a girl is, if
her voice is irritating her
chances of success in the buSi-
mes world are endangered. For
this reason women should know
their vocal defects just as they
learn when they are too stout
or too thin. If women will de-
vote as much time to their
voices as to other remedial
measures, less even, their entire
personality can become some
thing new and charming"
The important thing, in Miss
Moore's opinion, is to listen to
oneself as one speaks. Do you
like the way your voice sounds?
The Washington times., 1938-03-08

Grubbs' fellow students took
fire. In eager, voluble groups,
they met and discussed the mat
ter. The superintendent's ac-
ton, they told each other, re-
flected unfairly on the coach,
on his fiancee and on the school
itself, whereas all three, in this
instance, were beyond criticism.
Was it a crime, then, to fall
in love? A crime to become en-
gagged? A crime to make the
happy fact known to their de-
lighted families and their ap-
plauding schoolmates, and to
make their rosy plans for a we'd
ding in the spring?
School work, the students
claimed, wasn't interfered with.
Mary was an excellent student,
Wynn a competent coach. And
what could set a better example
to the other students than this
innocent, honest, above-board
completely exemplary love story?
And anyway, could Wynn
help it if he was absolutely
nutty over a girl who was both
so sweet and so easy to look at
as Mary Grubbs? And could
Mary possibly have resisted
such a fine young lover?
Besides, love was a great
thing, wasn't it? Didn't love
have any rights?
Demanded
His Return
One morning, a few days
later, the high school building
was full of echoes, and only
echoes. Not a student in sight.
At the same time, Superintend-
ent Baxter received a letter.
"Give us back our coach,
it said in effect. And restore
his complete personal liberty.
This we demand. We don't mind
going to school. In fact, we like
it. But We'll stay out until
summer unless all interference
with Frank and Mary is COM
pletely stopped"
In such a case, could Love
fail to triumph? Could a hard
hearted county superintendent
do otherwise than wish he had
never been born?
The Washington times., 1938-03-08
MyCreed

I believe
fn gay little curtains
And flowers upon the sill
DandelionS a.nodding
From a grassy hill.
"A porch, bright and sunny,
Fireight's rosy glow
Shade of loved old trees,
Friendly books, in a row.
Little clock a-ticking
In its place upon the wall
Soft rain on window.pane
And robins mating call.
In all these I believe
For their unfailing power
TO fill for me the need
OF each succeeding hour.
Marguerite Gilbert.
The Washington times., 1938-03-08

ounces Of butter, six lemons.
and six eggs; put the sugar and
butter in a saucepan, CRATE the
yellow rind of lemons in, squeeze
the juice and strain it on the
sugar, place over the fire and
stir until it comes to a boil:
beat the eggs and stir into the
mixture, stirring all the time
until it thickens and the eggs
are thoroughly cooked. Take
this from the saucepan and
turn it into a bowl; when it is
cold, spread over one layer Of
cake and place another layer
on it, and so on until you have
four layers; then ice the cake
over with a plain boiled icing.
This lemon conserve, If put in
glass jars, with top on, can be
kept for several weeks.
The Washington times., 1938-03-08

Americans is the habit Of speak
ing in the throat. BY this I
mean that every consonant and
vowel is pronounced from the
vicinity of the Adams apple in
stead of letting the throat be
the passageway for speech.
"Diction should be limited to
the lips and tongue, and once
this habit is established you will
find the voice developing a muSi-
cal quality and resonance which
will be an asset to the most
beautiful and charming women"
saws Grace Moore.
The Washington times., 1938-03-08
Bow AdviSeS Girl
By George Antheil

Moore
Eope Est speaking
The Washington times., 1938-03-08

trock of distinction. Robins egg blue crepe has
a smart roO of pockets, on one side only. The
belt is blue and brolDn yarn. bGcEleSS prtn-
cess trocE of 1D7lite ShGrkSkin has its matching
boIePo Uith blue stars. A pink ctGnbrGy ten
The Washington times., 1938-03-08
AdUiCe to L0UeIOrn
RY Beatrice Foirfax

Famous Authority Problems of LoUe and Marriage
Copyright, International service)
IN high school at Dohan Aa the students recently went
on strike.
For shorter hours! Less work? More pay Fewer rules
The Washington times., 1938-03-08
YOUR
LUCKY
STAR
By WYNN

Financially strong till late
afternoon: Get in your best ef-
forts and then relax. Evening
Intellectually inaccurate and
emotionally tempting, so keep it
innocent. First Of two days for
taking care Of home and family
interests.
Laying a
Ghost
The old superstitious type of
so-called "astrology'' is probably
to blame for the ridiculous no
ton that opportunity knocks
but once at each mans door"
and that If he doesn't open to it
all is lost forever thenceforth.
Never was a less true statement
than that. It is based on wilful
distortions of knowledge by
those in the past who wanted
to keep the public ignorant.
Your Year
Ahead
Your year ahead, If born on
this date, could be mentally up
setting if you aren't moving
ahead; make wise changes,
welcome new ideas. Possible
gain through allies. Danger:
May 11-June a.; Sept. 2O-Nov.
18; Feb. 19-Apr. 16. 1899.
The Washington times., 1938-03-08
Famed Editor
Stresses Points
In NeU Modes

NEW YORK, March 7 GIN.
SO.-There's romance and al.
lure in every line Of the latest
wcmen's fashions, revealed Mrs.
Carmel Snow, editor of Har-
pers Bazaar, as the famous fash
ion authority returned aboard
the Queen Mary today from
five weeks in Paris.
Watch your coiffures, ladies,
because all the new hats are
small and divinely feminine"
Miss Snow found.
Hair was never more impor-
tant," the fashion expert said.
1T is brushed up. but not flat
tended to the head. Sometimes
curled fringes are featured, es-
pecially for the 1900 hats
For the romantic evening
dress, chanel ties our curls back
with a ribbon at the nape of
the neck, marquese fashion,
nothing in the world would be
more enduring or romantic than
the new halter evening dresses"
Thick SoIes
For EOeninR
In shoes, the new evening
mode is all for sandals, Miss
Snow said. "The evening san
dals have soles Seven-eighthS Of
an inch thick, contrasting with
the straps and material Of the
sandal itself. For day wear,
ox-blood kid shoes are perfect,
and you may watch later for the
beige pump or sandal"
During her visits to the fash
ion centers of the French capi-
tal, Miss Snow found that the
gloves which will grace milady'S
hand this season will be beige
or chamoiS color, or deep red,
almost ox-blood.
Those are the smarteSt
colors," the fashion expert dis
closed. "The chamoiS and beige
gloves in washable fabrics have
never before been in as good
colors or as Smartly cut as this
year."
The Washington times., 1938-03-08

Is it too highly pitched? Too
loud?
cooperate with you by letting
you know when you uncon-
sciously begin to talk in strid-
ent or penetrating tones. Try
reading aloud to yourself and to
The Washington times., 1938-03-08
Ways to Acquire
Better Diction

Make your friends and family
your family, and pay particular
attention to your diction. The
commonest speech fault among
The Washington times., 1938-08-05
Among Those Present.
MRS. ANsON PHELPS

MRS. ANSON PHELPS
AVA STOKES. Girl Scout Com.
missioner for the District of Co.
lumbia. wife of the Canon of
the Washington Cathedral. .
was born in New York City .
lived most Of her life in New
Haven, where her husband was
secretary Of Yale University from
1899 to 1921. has Travelled
around the world. WAS married
in 1908 and has three children,
the Rev. AnsOn Phelps Stokes,
jr., Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes.
I'd, and Olivia EglestOn Phelps
Stokes. came to WASHINGTON
Is years ago when husband be-
came associated with the cathe-
dral was recently appointed
to the advisory committee of
the New York 1899 Worlds
Fair. is president Of Child Wei.
fare Society of Children's Hos
pital and Is an enthusiastic
worker on the Women's Commit
tee Of the Washington Csthe.
dral.
The Washington times., 1938-08-05

sentative Of the National Capt.
tai, but has been given the
honor of conducting initiatory
ceremonies during this confer
ence. The class to be initiated
at this convention is composed
Of candidates presented by the
various chapters of Maryland,
District Of Columbia, Virginia
and West Virginia.
The .Ritualistic committee.
under the leadership of Past
Regent Mrs. Anna Wagner, met
last night in Moose Hall, 1414
st. N. W., to discuss purchase of
new uniform dresses for officers
and their escorts for this
occasion.
Color Scheme
Red, white and purple, the
color scheme appearing in the
Moose Emblem, will be carried
out in floor length dresses of
white organdie with full skirts
and short puff sleeves. Officers
will wear corsages of purple
violets and carry large purple
chiffon evening 'kerchiefs. Es-
cortS will be attired in similar
fashion. but their corSages will
be of red flowers with narrow
red ribbon StreamerS.
The Misses Elnora Shaw and
Myrtle Turpin were selected to
be Senior Regents escorts; Miss
Mildred Blume and Mrs. Sam
uel Miller, junior regents es-
corts; Mrs. Lawrence Richards
and Mrs. j. P. Mitchell, graduate
regents escorts, and Miss Irma
Baker and Mrs. Effie Hardy,
chaplain's escorts.
Rehedrse Thursday
Rehearsals of the initiation
ceremony were conducted at the
meeting and will be held every
Thursday evening during Au-
gust in an effort to perfect it's
rendition. Those taking part
were the officers. escorts and
Miss Margaret Mitchell and
Mrs. Anna Wagner, guides; Miss
Earle Mitchell, argus, and Mrs.
Alice McNulty.
Mrs. Wagner has served for
a number Of years as ritualiStic
chairman and has participated
in many other varied activities
of the chapter. She is a mem
ber of the Academy of Friend
ship and of the College of
Regents, the higher degrees of
the order.
The General William H. Beck
Circle, Ladies of the Grand
Army Of the Republic, will hold
picnic supper tomorrow in
Glen Echo Park.
The Washington times., 1938-08-05

Mrs. Anna Horn. president Of
Lincoln Corps, conducted a meet
ing of her group this week, at
which time an inspiring report
was given concerning the work
of the relief committee.
The Washington times., 1938-08-05
WON1ENS CLUB ACTIVITIES
Legion Leaders to Greet Auxiliary at Contention
Lincoln Women Sponsor Picnic

Members Of Lincoln Woman's
Relief Corps No. 6 are sponsor.
ing a picnic tomorrow afternoon
at Haines Point. Supper will be
served from 5 to $50. The Sons
The Washington times., 1938-08-05
Mrs. Dorothy B. Harper Pushes Plans
For Farley at Carlton
By MARY PADGETT

Columbia Department of the American Legion Auxiliary
and Mrs Ellen Louise Warren department secretary have
been spending long sessions in the local American Legion
headquarters in the Denrike Building making preparations
for the annual convention of the auxiliary which will take
place Friday and Saturday Of in the Carlton
The Washington times., 1938-08-05
Moose Women
Plan COnCLQUe

Columbia Chapter, Women of
the Moose. vii. participate in
the annual conclave Of the
Maryland and Border States
Moose Association to be held at
Annapolis Md. September 3, 4
and S. The local groups par.
ticipation has double signifi-
canoe, for not only is 1t repre-
The Washington times., 1938-08-05

of the Grand Army Of the Repub-
lie and Daughters of the G. A. r.
are also invited to attend, as
well as other members Of the
Relief CornS.
The Washington times., 1938-08-05

uOJel.
Mrs. Harper today announced
the first evenings program for
the convention, which will be
attended by some 200 delegates
from the 20 Washington units.
Registration will begin ct s
p. m. next Friday at the hotel.
in charge of Mrs. Edith Land.
voigt. Mrs. Marie Gorsuch will
be on hand to give members In
formation concerning the elab-
crate luncheon planned for Sat-
urday, August l3. Badges for
the delegates will be distributed
by Miss Irene Sheehan, and the
programs by Mrs. Mary Schaum'
leffle and Mrs. Alberta Lacy.
Reception Committee
p The reception committee will
consist of the Department VICE
president, Miss Minnie May
Hardy, Mrs. Catherine Water
and Mrs. Helen McCabe.
Beginning at tbs p. m, the
United States Marine Orchestra
will give a half-hour concert.
Mrs. Mary K. Killeen, national
committeewoman, will call the
convention to order. There will
be professional entrance, which
will have the department Off
GERS, past department presidents,
distinguished guests and Gold
Star Mothers in the line OF
march. Members of the junior
department Of the American
Legion Auxiliary, wearing satin
tailored gowns with blue capes
lined with gold, and blue caps,
will form an honor guard for
the professional. MRS. Blanche
Crory and Mrs. Ethel Clark are
making the arrangements for
this march,.
Open Convention
Mrs. Harper viii officially open
the convention, and the advanc-
ing Of the colors will take place,
with Mrs. Isabel Steinbraker and
Mrs. Helen Ware as the color
bearers. and Mrs. Emma War
rem and Mrs. Sarah Johns as
the color guards. Estelle Hunt
Dean. convention soloist, will
sing the Star Spangled Banner.
Distinguished leaders of the
American Legion who will bring
greetings are Department Com
3nander Thomas Mason, jr.; Ma
tional Committeeman Joseph j.
Mallory, Thomas M. Owen, jr.,
national historian; Chef de
Chemin, Ferdinand G.. Fraser,
Watson B. Miller, national direc-
tor of rehabilitation, and Grand
Chef de Care, 40 ct 8, John E.
McCabe.
Other speakers will be Ma
tional Committeewoman Mary
K. Killeen and Chapeau Depart
mental, 40 and 8, Helen M. Nc
Cabe, as well as other auxiliary
and Legion officers. DR.. Wini-
fred s. Overholser, superintend-
ent Of ST. Elizabeths Hospital, is
also on the program to speak.
The dedication of new depart
ment colors, in charge of Mrs.
Mary B. Corwin, will also take
place. Mrs. Harriet Hoffman,
national chairman of constitu-
tion and bylaws, is coming here
from Des Moines to participate
IN this ceremony. Also taking
part will be Mrs. Olive Smith
Carpenter, department chaplain.
A highlight of the convention
will be the election of officers
on Saturday. Two candidates are
up for president, Miss Lillian
Reagan, Of Henry C. Spengler
Unit, and Miss Minnie May
Hardy, of Treasury Unit.
The Washington times., 1938-08-05

The General William H. Beck
Circle, Ladies Of the Grand
Army Of the Republic, will hold
a picnic supper tomorrow in
Glen Echo Park.
Evening star., 1938-06-26

process. Levies on real estate are
beng relied on less and less.
The data from the States indicates
. growing trend since 1888 to compel
a budget balance by law each year.
The method generally adopted has
been to empower Governors or execu-
tive boards to trim expenditures to
fit income on 4 pay-as-you-go basis.
The national trend toward 4 bal
nnced budget reaches into the Federal
Government, where the deficit Is cut
from last years $2,S1l 900 900 to m
estimated 1850, ,000, 900 this week.
The special relief budget is also down
from 1886 .000, 900 last June 30 to
$2,200, ,000, 900 now.
Spending Effects Unknown.
But the last Congress. faced with
another business recession, departed
from the economixing example Of the
States and voted = $4,000, ,000. 600
lending spending program for the next
year. What the result will be on the
next budget depends largely on wheth-
er business will improve As result
Of the spending, Is President Roosevelt
expects, and thus increase revenues
and cut unemployment costs.
Except for their generally improved
condition, the State budgets vary
widely. Their individual positions
indicated by the condition Of the
general fund where State officials
cited that fund A. an index. are:
Alabama-Fiscal year ends Septesn.
Gee 16Dd8T, Ass, A-SJ
Evening star., 1938-06-26
Capital Factory Ships Arms
ToSpain-AlsO artificial Legs

A Washington factory Is shipping
arms to Spain.
But these arms are not rifles and
bullets. They are artificial arms with
human" hands, on their way to re-
place originals blown OF the bodies
Of soldiers in the Spanish civil war
Artificial legs are going with them. legs
which will pace the narrow streets of
San Sebastian and Valencia and per-
haps, If well adjusted, participate in q
tango.
Behind the strange cargoes stands
the mysterious figure OF senor Andres
Soriano.
senor Soriano is q wealthy resident
Of Manila, P. l., possessing estates in
Spain and France. To the Washing
ton arm Of J. Z. Hanger, Inc, he has
already paid $4,000 for his stock Of
legs and arms. That 10 all ofncials Of
the nrm know Of him. for he COM
municates through = New York agent
But the Spanish Embassy IS well
aware Of him.
HE Is well-known follower ot
Franco. operating principally in Ma.
nila." member of the diplomatic stan
said without hesitation yesterday.
The factory first heard OF him or
November II Of last year when the
New York agent wrote: "One of oul
friends, who Is in New York for few
days, desires to discuss . proposition
to furnish artificial limbs for casual.
ties in Spain. due to the present con-
hict."
, Two shipments have been sent, botf
a last Thursday, On the Ne de France
and the President Roosevelt. tn,
Evening star., 1938-06-26

Normandie will sail Wednesday with q
third. They will 60 to Hendaye,
France. before going through the Gus
toms lines into Spain.
At San Sebastian they will be taken
to the small shop Of Elmer c. Moore,
an employe Of the Hanger Co.. whom
Soriano transported to Europe month
ago. He has been working in the
hospitals, taking measurements Of
shattered bodies 50 that adjustment
Of new arms and legs may be done
quickly when they arrive early in
July.
Then the swarthy soldiers will march
on willow carved from the trees Of
upper New York, Ohio, Ontario and
Quebec.
Apart from the great number OF
cripples. Mr.. Moore writes that you
would never know that q war was
going on in Spain, as far as this city is
concerned. There Is plenty Of food
the people seem to be happy and well
dressed"
Whether half Of Spain will soon
be walking on Washington legs is still
unknown, but the factory here could
turn out 1000 . month very easily"
Senior Soriano, now near the Span
ish boundary in Saint-Jean-de-Lu Luz
France, has financed all purchases
with his own fortune, 1t Is understood,
but he has written that his private
agreement may develop into = larger
contract with the Spanish Nationalist
government"
II 70. "the contract Il very likely to
reach far beyond the volume" 1oriano
Evening star., 1938-06-26
MERIT RULE ORDER
|TS0LDACENC|ES
Exemption of F.B.I., Federal
Reserve Board and Many
Others May Be Ended.
BY ]. A. FOX.

Hundreds Of positions in old-line
agencies traditionally exempt from
civil service are subject to the terms
OF President Roosevelt's orders bring
Ing approximately 10000 places
under the competitive system, it de-
veloped yesterday as officials in the
Government studied the prospective
enects Of the sweeping reforms to be
naugurated February /.
Included under civil service sched-
uies A and B, which provide, re-
spectively. for employing personnel
without examination and by nom
competitive examination, this list en-
braces such well-known units as the
Federal Bureau of Investigation. the
reoeral Reserve Board and many
other groups and classes.
Ihese exempt schedules have been
set up through the years generally to
meet some specific personnel need
and just how far they will be re-
arranged will be determined only when
1t is done. The F. B. l., for example
except for fingerprint personnel-has
nxed its own standards for EMPLOY
ment, as have other ORGANIZATIONS
similarly situated, and there will in
many cases be efforts to maintain IN.
changed conditions. In all OF these
however, a survey and report within
W Gays was directed by the President.
and on the basis of this. he will de-
termlne their future status.
Status Of Attorneys.
Undoubtedly. many of the exemnt
POSITIONS Will continue to be-personal
secretaries and confidential cIeFks to
the heads Of establishments. for in.
stance--but there are other fro,,pfnrs
that readily lend themselves to the
competitive principle, such. for ex.
ample, as attorneys. who now are
found in both civil service and ex-
empt categories.
Along with the study of the schedule
A and B exemptions. the President
erected survey and report within
S0 days on all other classifications in
tended to be brought into civil service.
and personnel officers are convinced
that the three-month period will be
necessary to give an adequate idea Of
just what can be done, for manv
questions that must be answered will
arise as the new program is whipped
into shape
The calls that started pouring into
the Civil Service Commission Friday
afternoon when the Presidents orders
first became known continued yester-
day, as employees in the various agen-
cies sought to determine how they will
fare. Thousands are automatically
barred from civil service status be-
(see CIVIL SERVICE, Page A-lOD
Evening star., 1938-06-26
Dinner Burglar Suspect, 81,
Held With $4,000 in Gems

Between $4,000 and $5O,0 900 worth
OF jewelry, much of 1t believed stolen
from fashionable residences here, was
confiscated by Ardmore (Pa.) police
last night, District authorities said
when a 64-year-old man, suspected OF
being the "dinner-time burglar" active
in the Capital recently, was arrested
The prisoner, a telegram to Capt
Ira E. Keck, assistant detective chief
said, was driving an automobile with
Virginia tags. A check-up on the
license plates revealed they were listed
to an address that turned out to be m
Alexandria cemetery.
The "dinner-time burglar" who has
long eluded police Of the District and
a number Of States, was given his
pseudonym because he usually entered
homes via the second-story route
while the families were dining.
Capt. Keck said q diary" taken
from the prisoner listed eight or ten
prominent Washington persons. in.
Guiding two cabinet members, thought
to have been marked As future vic.
tums. The detective said the diary
contained the addresses OF these per.
sons and some personal data on them
Copies Of old Washington papers, In
which stories described the activitie,
OF the "dinner-time burglar" were
found In the automobile.
The "dinner-time burglar" has
preyed on homes here intermittent.
emily for the last two years. A Sec
ond-story man who operated similarly
has evaded capture after thieving sue.
cessfully during the rush season at
Florida and New England resorts.
Ardmore police, Capt Keck said
forwarded long descriptive List o1
Evening star., 1938-06-26

pieces OF jewelry, among them many
set with valuable diamonds and pearls,
which possibly were stolen here.
The list described . ring initiated
j. z. McC." It answered the de-
scription of ring stolen June Is from
the nome OF James E. Mcclure, l25
Chamberlin avenue, Kenwood, Md.
MI. Mcclure at that time reported he
was robbed Of jewelry valued ut $400
by thief who entered his home by
placing 4 ladder against . second
story window while the family was
eating dinner.
Others who recently have been VIC
timized in = like manner include
Representative Scott Lucas Of Illinois,
whose home ut $500 Broad Branch
road NV. was looted Of $3,525 in
jewelry last February 3! DR.. Paul
Putzki, 4524 Garfield street NV, who
told police he was robbed of $40 in
1ewelry October 23, 1887, and Edward
S. Pardoe. 3525 Rittenhouse street
NV. Capital Transit Co. automotive
engineer, who lost $4,71o to . burglar
December 18, 1896. None Of this
jewelry has ever been traced, police
said.
Capt. Keck said more complete
list Of the confiscated jewelry would
be sent here. Those who have been
robbed during the last two years will
be invited to inspect it and il they
believe any Of IT belongs to them they
viii be asked to 60 to Ardmore and
attempt to make positive identifica-
tion.
The prisoner, Capt. Keck said, gave
his name A. John H. Hite, Of no fixed
address. The detective said man
af that name has long police record
and several aliasos