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The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-01
MODERN ETIQUETTE By Roberta Lee

@. When should the bride throw her bouquet to her bridesmaids?
 A. When she goes upstairs to change from her wedding gown to her going-away dress.
 Q. When a man asks girl for date" should he tell her what his plans are for the evening?
 A. Yes, it is proper to do so.
 Q. When does the cookery term au naturel mean, and how is it pro- nounced?
 A. It is French term meaning cooked simply" Pronounce o-na- tu-rel, as in no, a as in ask, u as in unit as in bell, principal accent on last syllable.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-01
DAILY LESSONS IN ENGLISH
 By W. l.. Gordon

Words Often Misused: Do not say, He allowed he would go,' or He allowed to pay it." Say, He intend ed to go,' and. He intended to pay it"
 Often Mispronounced: Gondola Pronounce gon-do-la, first o as in on, second as in obey, as in ask unstressed, accent first syllable, no. the second
 Often Misspelled: Allege; not alledge.
 Synonyms: Reply. response, re- tort, rejoinder, repartee, answer
 Word Study: Use a word three times and it is yours Let us in- crease our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word Factual; relating to, or containing, facts. Most of the news, written by newspaper men, was straightfor- ward and factual."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-01
ELLEN REPP LEAVES FOR NEW YORK AFTER
 SUCCESSFUL SUMMER

The Seattle Times of August 28 tells of Miss Ellen Repp's departure Monday for New York:
 When Miss Ellen Keep, contralto, leaves tomorrow for New York City after successful summer of con- certifying in her native Northwest, she will carry with her the manu- script of a new song, written espe- cially for her. It is Softly Falls the Snow music by Amy Worth Mrs. Harry I. Worth) of Seattle, and lyrics by Marietta Kennard Mrs. Hunter Kennard) of Tacoma.
 Mrs. Worth was inspired to set Mrs. Kennard's words to music for Miss Repp after hearing the con- tralto sing at Meany Hall
 "Sofly Falls the Snow" will ap- pear on Miss Repps program at Town Hall January 13.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-01
Horoscope "The stars incline
 but do not cOmpeP'
FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER ?. 1888

FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 2. 1888
 Again the stars presage fluctuat- ing good and bad luck for dwellers on the earth. According to astrology conflicting planetary aspects are active today.
 The early morning hours should be favorable to employment and to better feeling among workers.
 Older persons come under fortu- nate planetary conditions. Pension plans of various sorts will be pushed and the aged will benefit, especially in western states.
 Statesmen who study the philoso- phy of history will gain respectful hearings, but there will be slow &C., ceptance of their warnings regard ing international crises.
 Danger of fires is forecast through this month when in many places droughts have increased pos sibility of instantaneous combus- ton. Forest conflagrations will re- suit in serious losses.
 Fairs and expositions will draw large crowds to displays revealing agricultural and industrial develop ment.
 New fortunes will pile up before the end of the year. A few depres- sion victims will become sudden pos seSsors of wealth. Though tears and blood are shed by thousands, their sacrifice will bring wealth to per- sons in places of the Sun.
 The cost of living will increase in many American cities. Money will be spent lavishly for sports and re- creations.
 Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of year of success through lucky investments Both men and women will profit.
 Children born on this day prob ably will be inclined toward prac- tical points of view. These subjects of Virgo are independent and stub born.
 Hiram w. Johnson, United States Senator, was born on this day 1866. Others who have celebrated it as a birthday include Murat Halstead, editor, 1929 Eugene Field, journal ist and poet, 1850.
 Copyright. 1938)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-01
20 Years Ago
 From The Empire
SEPTEMBER 1. 1918

SEPTEMBER l, 1918
 c. Fenton Cramer, secretary to Gov. Thomas Riggs, and Mrs. Cra mer, were the parents of son and heir, the young man born in Wash ington, D. c.
 St. Ann's School was to begin the fall semester, and the pubic school was to open a few days later.
 United States Marshal J. M. Tan ner returned from a business trip in the south on the Jefferson, and was staying at the Gastineau Ho- tel.
 Miss Blanche Dyer, a teacher in the public school, returned on the Jefferson after spending her vaca- tion in the south.
 Mrs. J. A. Gilman was a pas senger through Juneau on the Jeff ferson. She was teacher of a na- tive school and was on her way to fIaines.
 Mrs. G. J. SwenSon moved from the Bishop Apartments to the Zyn- da Hotel.
 k. R. StiverS, of the Customs Ser vice, Department of the Governors office, and his family, took a win ter apartment at the Zynda.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-01
LOOK and LEARN
 By A. C. Gordon

l. What are the first and last books of the King James version of the Bible?
 2. Of what country is the kan garoo a native?
 3. Who was the creator of the great fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes?
 4. What is the meaning of the term "Casus belli"? 5. What is the capital city of Peru?
 ANSWERS l. Genesis and Revelation. 2. Australia. 3. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. 4. Cause of war. 5. Lima.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-01
Race Horse Buying

SYDNEY, N. s. w., Sept. 1. The man-in- -the-street in Australia may become racehorse owner if the proposal to form a company for the purchasing of racing stock is successful.
 A prospectus has been filed by a concern, which is to be called the Bloodstock Company of New South Wales. with a nominal capital of SlOO,OOO ito buy horses which will earn money Fifty thousand shares Will be offered for public subscrip- ton.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-01
MARTHA SOCIETY
 MEETING FRIDAY

Members of the Marta Society will hold their first meeting in prepara- tion for fall activities tomorrow af- ternoon at 1:30 o'clock in the form of a dessert-luncheon, in the par lors of the Northern Light Presby- terian Church.
 Hostesses for the afternoon will be Mrs. Madsen Streed, and Mrs. Sid Thompson.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-01

Queen Mary College, University of London. largely endowed by relatives of the Queen Mother, is being rebuilt and modernized, with new arts building to open Octo- Der 12
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-01

Interrupting his fishing to res- cue a girl from drowning, a 13- year-old boy went home, changed his clothes and was back with rod and line within half-an-hour, at Oxford England.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-01

Shirley Temple says that she started to keen dary but gave it up because it got too long That gh you near IS rom another motion picture actress who Kept diary too long, and listen to it read in court
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-01

The national annual gambling loss is estimated eo De seven billion dollars. Whatdya say we shoot for double or nothing?
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-01

Australia wants to increase it's population We nave some crooners and politicians we would gladly contribute,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-01
H A P P - R THD Y

The Empire ertendS congratula- lions and best toiShes today, their birthday anniuerSary, to the to,,o,o- ing:
 SEPTEMBER George Messerschmidt
 Al Noren
 Glenwald Kirkham
 Dean R. Johnson
 Ralph Merrill
 Harry J. Hansen
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-01

During the siege of Paris in 1871 there were GA balloons sent up with 9l passengers, 354 pigeons and 3,0OO,000 letters.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-01

Try the Empnr ciaSSI1ledS fol rSultS.
Evening star., 1938-08-13
Dorothy Dix Says
English Have an Excellent Law
Which Helps to Curb Divorces.

Mary loathed 1t, and that Mary was
al for symphony concerts while John
couldn't stand anything but Jazz,
ana 30 they Just thought 1t best to
part.
So the world Is full Of young men
and women In their twenties who
have already had two or three or more
husbands and wives apiece. and who
will doubtless 60 on adding to their
collection of ex-mates until they hob
BILE to the altar on crutches. II their
experiments in marriage had taught
these youngsters any wisdom; II they
had acquired any intuition in the
selecting Of their mates; II at last
they had found husbands ana wives
nearer to their hearts desirs than
the ones they have discarded, some
thing might be said in favor Of cafe
terra divorce, but such Il not the case.
Almost without exception you will
find these much-divoroed young people
disillusioned. dissatisfied, no better
suited with their last husband or
wife than they were with their first,
finding that tn swapping partners
they have only changed one set of
faults for another, no easier to be
borne.
No one can doubt that many and
many marriage that goes into the
discard would be saved If the dis
gruntled boy and girl who throw the
whole thing up because they have
discovered that they are married to
Evening star., 1938-08-13
GRACE LUTHERAN
SERVICES SET
Dr.. Lenski to Speak at
Morning Rites on Lessons
Learned

Services at Grace Lutheran Church
tomorrow at II am. will be conducted
by Dr. Gerhard E. Lenski, who is In
the city at this time arranging for
renovations and repairs to be made
on the church property at Sixteenth
and Varnum streets NV. DR.. Lenski
will preach on Lessons Learned
From Our Enemies" Charter Heslep,
tenor, will be the special soloist. The
male quartet, directed by Erich Mees,
will sing.
Services at the National Lutheran
Home for the Aged Sunday at 8 pm.
will be under the auspices Of this
church. Student william Althaus will
preach. Music will be under the di-
rection Of Mrs. Clayton Baus.
The pastor will speak at the sunset
service for young people conducted by
the Clarendon Lutheran Church at 6
pm. The Rev. George Grewenow is
the pastor. Members of local Luth-
eran leagues are being invited.
Evening star., 1938-08-13
STUDENT TO TALK
ATLUTHERAN RITE
Roland Renkel to Deliver Sermon
at Reformation Church
Tomorrow.

At the Lutheran Church OF the Ref
ormation tomorrow at $50 am. Ro-
land Renkel will speak on THE Sig
nificance OF Our Father" Mr.. Renkel
is son OF the congregation and a
second-year student at Gettysburg
Seminary The matin choir will sing
Now Is the Time to Go to Heaven"
is the subject Of the Rev. Ralph
William Loew. assistant pastor. at the
II o'clock service. The senior choir
will sing.
The young people will meet at Z
pm. The Rev. Reginald Dietz, as
sistant pastor of Luther Place Church.
will be the guest speaker. He will use
for his subject Worthy OF Life?"
The pastor. DR.. Oscar F. Black
welder, has left for q vacation.
Evening star., 1938-08-13
islanders Will Quit.

Life has become too hard for the
people Of the little Island Of Roam,
lying at the entrance to Kyle of
Tongue, off the coast of Scotland.
Encircled by steep cliffs and often
cut of from the mainland by fierce
storms. the island is as primitive
as it was hundreds of years ago. There
Is no church. no post Office. stores,
graveyard, rabbits. rats. mice or frogs.
It is impossible to land horses there.
50 the ground must be dug with a
spade. and there is no wheel traffic.
Their petition to the secretary for
Scotland. IN Glasgow, for new homes,
failing, the 2l remaining islanders
will abandon their homes and find
what they can.
Evening star., 1938-08-13

\oE Now GuBlSu o1VOtCe l9W COu.
tains one feature that we might
well copy. and that Is that It
u absolutely bars divorce for any
cause Whatever for three years after
marriage.
Three years may not seem . long
time to put up with husband or wife
for whom one has lost ones taste
IS compared with the thirty or forty
years that the mismater had to UNDER
90 In the days when a marriage was
a until-death-do-us-part proposition,
but IT will go long ways toward dis
couraging those repeaters who change
their mates as often as they do their
automobiles. Also 1t will cramp the
style Of those blithe spirits who marry
for adventure and because they will
try anything once. or because they
have had too many cocktails, or be-
cause everybody else Is doing 1t and
they know II they don't like it they
won't have to stick to 1t. They can
step around to the divorce court and
get their freedom back and encore
the wedding march as often Is they
like.
One Of the things that makes every
thinking person sick at heart Is the
number Of divorces among young
people. Every day we see fne young
boys and girls getting married with
every prospect Of living happily ever
afterward-as the fairybook stories
say-and yet 1t seems to us that we
have hardly got home and taken of
our wedding-guest garments until we
hear that they have parted and are
geeting divorce.
Il
WHATS the matter, we ask in .
W horrified whisper. Has John
been philandering or turned brute
and beaten Mary? Has Mary COM
mitted An objectionable sin? Oh.
no, Is the reply Not at all. John
Is splendid fellow and Mary Is the
sweetest girl in the world, and they
haven't even quarreled. They are
still the best Of friends, but they
found out that they didn't thrill each
other after marriage as they did before.
that John liked to play golf while
Evening star., 1938-08-13

Jubilant, yet dead tired, he re-
turned home to find Roberta awaiting
his arrival. It was past midnight
and Toms first act was to kiss his
wife and then sink gratefully into q
chair 1t was only now that he be-
gan to realize the complete state of
exhaustion into which he had worked
himself.
r OBERTA had not stirred from her
~ position before the fire. She
spoke without looking up. and there
was grim determination in her tones:
Tom, I'm sorry, but this is the end.
I've made up my mind to leave you.
You don't love me any more. You
treat me as II I were a piece Of fur
niture. I'm tired Of 1t. I've written
mother that I'm coming home. You
can arrange for the divorce. I'm sure
you'll find it much easier to get along
without me-" She paused and looked
across at Toms humped-up figure.
Tom. did you hear me?"
Tom reused himself and smiled
sheepishly. "Oh-say. I must have
dozed of. In bad shape, guess.
Sorry. Roberta. BY the way" he
reached into his pocket and pro-
duced q small package. Here's
little present for you. honey. You
see," he explained. Il got another
job today. Swell place and a great
outlook. with much better salary. I
guess from now on I can pay more
attention to my wife. You've been a
darn good sport about all this, Robby,
and you certainly deserve a lot of
credit"
He pulled her upon his lap and
placed the package in her hands.
Roberta's eyes were wide, wide with
shame and understanding.
"Tom-Tom-you're sure you were
asleep? Tom-I-"
She paused. Toms head was
nodding. She kissed him tenderly.
made sure that his eyes were closed
and then quickly reached inside her
blouse and produced the letter, ad-
dressed to her mother-which she
threw into the flames and happily
watched 1t burn.
(Copyright, 1881
Evening star., 1938-08-13

couldn't understand why Tom didnt
continue with his little niceties after
he lost his Job as assistant manager
of local chain store At first Tom
didn't mind, either. He was told that
it was only temporary layoff.
But as the weeks went by and the
store finally closed its doors entirely.
Tom became disturbed. He began to
look for another job. and discovered
them to be few and far between. In
something Of panic. he realized that
he had suddenly joined the army Of
unemployed.
1t was then that Roberta began to
notice that there we're no more boxes
Of candy and punches Of flowers. But,
like all good wives, she didn't COM
plain. Whereas Tom told her little
OF his business affairs. she realized
that his surplus must be running low
and economy had become . necessity.
Thus far she had . perfect and q
sympathetic understanding. But when
Tom came home one evening and for
got to kiss her, she felt hurt.
I'm sorry, honey" he apologized.
I'm worried about getting a job-or
about not getting one. I'm not my
self. Please forgive me-"
JOB or no job," Roberta returned
hotly. "a man should never forget to
kiss his wife. When he does they
might as we'll part company. 1t means
she's no longer help to him"
THAT was the beginning 1t grew
worse as time went on and no
job appeared. Tom not only forgot to
kiss Roberta on returning home. but
often he forgot to return home at all
that is until late In the evening.
Let it be said that the situation was
as much Toms fault as Roberta s..
He told her only part Of the problems
that confronted him And his mind
was too taken up with them to re-
alize the neglect he was showing his
wife.
It was not like Roberta to keep
harpins on the subject. Once she had
exploded. she withdrew into her shell
and made secret resolutions. She
would leave him, she told herself, un.
Evening star., 1938-08-13

ordinary human beings instead Of
pin-feathered angels. and that mar
riage means work and responsibility
instead Of Q petting party. were bound
together by . three-year contract that
neither could break.
DOROTHY DIX.
(Copyright. 1e3e)
Evening star., 1938-08-13
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
DR.. Pruden Will Deliver Last of
'Shepherd Psalm Sermons.

In the Fathers House" will be the
subject Of DR.. Edward Hughes Pruden
at the First Baptist Church tomorrow
morning. The Lords supper will be
observed. This will be the last In his
series Of sermons on The Shepherd
Psalm" In the evening he will speak
on "Life's Determining Factors"
On the remaining two Sundays Of
the month, when DR.. Pruden will be
absent on vacation. the pulpit will be
occupied by DR.. George d. Heaton Of
Lynchburg, Va. and the Rev. J. Maui.
rice Trimmer of Salem, Va.
Evening star., 1938-08-13
Doubts Methusaleh Age.

Dean 1nge, the gloomy dean" Of
England, has declared his doubts that
Methusaleh lived e69 years because,
he said, Il cannot believe that any
one could have endured 900 years Of
life with . library which must have
been very poorly furnished"
Evening star., 1938-08-13
less he mended his
ways. And pretty
ANN tn

less he mended his
ways. And pretty
soon, too.
hin gs had
reached this state
when, nine months
after Tom had
been laid OF, he
got q break-and q
Job. It was a good
Job, with much
promise for the
future. He spent
an entire afternoon
and evening with
the manager OF q
new chain store
that was opening
an establishment
in q nearby city.
And before the in
terview was ended
Tom signed . hve-
year contract at
almost double his
Y,raviniYa so1ar1,
Evening star., 1938-08-13
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Christian Science

CHURCHES OF CHRIST
SCIENTIST
Branches Of The Mother Church,
The First Church Of Christ
Scientist, Boston, Mass.
First Church Of Christ Scientist
Columbia Rd. and EucAd St.
Second Church of Christ Scientist
Ill st. NE.
Third Church Of Christ Scientist
18th and L SITS. NV.
Fourth Church Of Christ Scient;.t
18th and Meridian NV.
SUBJECT:
"S0Ul"
wsSsi|SR*S sSs&s5 *$SsAis'14i GS7a%G$ IN Srrr1so-
KTS55o 1875 An! A.soG54Hs y414sossU ssUxRay w:}sy
READING ROOMS
FIRST CHURCH-73O 18th St
NV. Hours 8 to 8 (except
VSAASoAoyo w dllO sun.
days and holidays, 2::3O to $500.
SECOND CHURCHILL c 81.
NE. Hours, IL to $3.50 pm
week days. 2:3O to $50 Sun
days and holidays.
THIRD CHURCH-Colorado
Bldg, 18th and G Sts. Hours
9 to 9 wednesdays, 9 to 1880,
and Sundays and holidays. q
to 81.
FOURTH CHURCH-Tivoli Bldg.
1913 14th st., 8 to 8 week DAYS:
Wednesdays, $50 to Z: SUN
days, 2:30 to $50 pm. Holi-
days. 2::30 to $50 pm.
All are welcome to attend our church
sertfces and Nse our reading rooms.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY
AAlsxasndfi.: Alex. E va. GecrEe Mason Hotel.
Wednesday Service, 8 PM.
Evening star., 1938-08-13
NEW HAPPINESS
TH Z recession

tn E recession
was indirectly
responsible for the
animosity which
more and more
came to exist be-
tween young Tom
Evans and his
pretty wife. Un-
fortunately. Ro-
berta Evans was
one who demanded
a lot of attention
from her husband.
And whereas she
responded in kind.
the situation kept
Tom on his toes
trying to remember
to bring home .
box Of candy on
Valentines Day,
flowers at Easter,
etc.
More unfOrtu.
nately. R O ber I q
Evening star., 1938-08-13

Injured Woman Calls Firemen.
LEXINGTON. Ky. R.-"Call the
dremen." screamed Mrs. W. H. Fields
and three companies Of hre-nghters
and . police cruiser responded.
They found Mrs. Field had caught
her hand In . clothes wringer.
Evening star., 1938-08-13
CANON TO SPEAK
At HOMECOMING
Rev. Raymond l. Wolven to
Be Heard Tomorrow at
Poplar Hill Church.

The Rev. Raymond L. Wolven,
canon of the National Cathedral, will
be the guest speaker at the annual
me-coming service at Poplar Hill
p E. Church. at Valley Lee, Md, to-
morrow at II am. The rector. the
Rev. Nelson MaConomy, will preside.
Evening star., 1938-08-13
jolly Polly
A Little Chat on Etiquette.

BY JOSEPH ]. FRISCH.
q. B.-If a man and woman have
arranged to meet at a restaurant, and
the woman arrives first, she does not
wait outside for him, but rather takes
seat inside near the door. If he
arrives first. he waits outside for her.
Evening star., 1938-08-13
Fairfax Methodist.

The Rev. R. Carl Maxwell. pastor
OF the Fairfax Methodist Circuit. will
preach on All for Christ and Christ
for All" tomorrow at $50 am at
Pender. II am, at Fairfax and 3:l5
pm. at Centreville.
Sunday school will be held at 10
o'clock tomorrow morning at Andrew
Chapel and Fairfax. at 1890 o'clock
at Pender and 2:l5 o'clock in the
afternoon at Centreville The Fairfax
Epworth League will meet at pm.
The Volunteer Glass Of the Fairfax
Church will meet at 8 pm. Monday.
Evening star., 1938-08-13
Marriage Failures Lag.

Engaged couples in England are
less fickle, according to reports OF
registrars of marriage. which show
that fewer weddings are being called
of than in recent years.
Evening star., 1938-08-13
Camp Meeting OPENS.

A Today meeting opens today at
the Dranesville Holiness Camp, 8
miles west Of Tysons Corner, Va, with
the Rev and Mrs. Karl B. Justice, the
Rev. Marion o. King and the Rev.
Charles G. johnson in charge.
Evening star., 1938-08-13
8rtrnhs

FRIENDS MEETING 1ORTHoDoX5
18th and Irving Streets NV.
A:m:-Meeting for Worship. All welcome,
Friends Meeting Of Washington.
Established 1030-2111 Florida Ave.)
Meeting for Worship First Day tSunoay,
at II am. Sunday School p:@6 am Al
interested are welcome. 'AA'
Evening star., 1938-08-13
Rev, Robertson's Topics.

The Rev. B. p Robertson. pastor OF
the Hyattsville (Md) First Baptist
Church. will speak on The Cure for
Care" at the morning services tomor-
row. He will choose as his text
'Come Unto Me- at the evening
services.
Evening star., 1938-08-13
DR.. DunfOrd to Speak.

Dr. Edward B. Dunford. counselor
Of the Anti-Saloon League. will speak
at the Riverdale Presbyterian Church
tomorrow at II am. in the absence Of
the Rev. W. Keith Gusts, pastor, who
Is on vacation.
On the two succeeding Sundays
Mark Smith and Gustavus Warf1eld
will conduct the services. They are
students for the ministry under care
Of the Washington City Presbytery.
Evening star., 1938-08-13
Two Sermons Set.

Two sermons Set.
The Rev. P. G. Helmintoller, tr..
pastor Of the Dulin Chapel Methodist
Episcopal Church South Of Falls
Church. Va. will speak on What the
World Expects of Christian" at II
am. tomorrow. He will speak on the
same theme at 8 pm. at the Merrifield
services.
Evening star., 1938-08-13
Rev. Brubaker'S Topics.

The Rev c. A. Brubaker, pastor Of
the Mount Zion-Cedar Grove Baptist
Church. will preach at 10 am. tomor-
row at Mount Zion and at 1880 am.
at Cedar Grove. His subject will be
"Dtvine Certainty" He will speak
at Travilah at $3.50 pm. on The Man
Who Played God'
Evening star., 1938-08-13

THE new English divorce law con-
tains one feature that we might
well copy. and that Is that It
4 absolutely bars divorce for any
cause whatever for three years after
marriage.