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Evening star., 1938-01-09
Civic Problemsy Civic Bodies
1T La,t-the Budget Revelation; Commissioner,
and the Board of Education; Proposed Recrea.
ton Group Opposed.
" the Commissioners.

pointed by the Commissioners.
These officials and their successors
in ONCE would constitute the board.
The citizens associations and
parent-teacher associations, as we'll
as the Community Center Council,
are expected to back the Board OF
Education In its stand against this
legislation. To those closest to the
schools there appears to be no ap-
parent sound reason for this plan.
The most extensive Fairgrounds
are the school grounds, scattered
all over the District and the only
indoor public recreation facilities
are in the school buildings. They
are a necessary part Of the public
school system and 1t appears to
many citizens that these spaces
should be under the exclusive con-
troll OF thesschools both for recrea-
ton and the courses In physical
training as well as for other pur-
poses.
The Municipal Playground De-
partment operates 81 municipal
Fairgrounds and supervises others
located on some of the school
grounds and public parks. Some of
these are open throughout the year
and others for shorter periods vary
Ing from two to eight months.
The National Capital Parks Office
operates recreation activities on
some Of the United States res
ervations and on playground and
recreation tracts purchased by the
District taxpayers money, but
with the title vested in the United
States. This is probably the only
place in the country where Uncle
Sam increases his national park
holdings by making the local tax
payers foot the bill.
The recreation facilities and all
leisure hour activities in the
schools which involve the use of
school buildings and grounds and
all other public use of such prop
erty Is under the Community
Center Department and are re-
garded as logically belonging to
that branch Of the school estab-
lishment
The consensus in the civic Or
CARNATIONS appears to favor
coordination of the recreation
system under the Board Of Edu-
cation rather than introduce
divided authority over the school
property. Some Of the activities
on the recreation grounds not
under the schools do a certain
amount Of teaching which, 1t is
claimed, should be under the
schools.
The cost Of the direction of the
recreation activities here is Of in
terest. The director Of the Com
munity Center Department receives
$500, the supervisor of municipal
Fairgrounds, $4,000; the superin-
tendent Of parks, $4,000, and the
co-ordinator of recreation is paid
$500.
Supporting the contention that
the modern trend is definitely
toward Board of Education control
OF recreation, opponents of the
proposal for the Board of Recrea-
ton submit figures Of interest.
In 1881 there were in the United
States 144 cities which had recrea-
ton set-ups under the Board of
Education. In 1887 1879 cities
have placed recreation under the
Board of Education. A correspond
ing decrease has taken place in
the number Of cities having rec
reation set-ups under other au-
thorities."
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With the Associations
Many Of Items Disposed Of in 1889 D. c. Budget
Acted Upon-Eighteen Meetings Scheduled
for the Week ahead.
HOW THEY STAND.

HOW THEY STAND.
Attitude Of District residents
on city-wide problems since the
start Of the fall season.
Increased Street Car Fares.
Opposed-18.
Favor-3.t
Business Privilege Tax.
Opposed-18.
Favor--1.
Free Admittance Of Nom Resident
Students to District Schools.
Opposed-l7.
Favor-0.
Use Of Old Tuberculosis Hospital
~ . Gallinger Adjunct.
Opposed-l1.
Favor-6.
Use Of Old Tuberculosis Hospital
~ IN Educational Center.
Favor-10.
Opposed-0.
Preservation Of Stephen Decatur
House.
Favor-10.
Opposed-0.
Re-establishment Of Office Of
Peoples Counsel.
Favor.
Opposed-0.
Local Residents for District Jobs.
Favor.
Opposed-0.
Diversion Of Gasoline Tax for
Other Purposes.
Opposed-4.
Favor-O.
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Nothing Short Of . Miracle
Will Give District Fair Taxation.

THE most persistent perennial
= optimist in the civic groups
IS not filled with hope of fair play
as our legislators, in whose selec-
ton we have no part, commence
consideration of ways and means
of financing the District by local
taxation. The Commissioners have
shown little regard for the recon-
mendations of the Federation of
Citizens Associations or the Wash
ington Board Of Trade or for the
report of the Citizens Advisory
Committee, which was substantially
in accord with the action of these
and other organizations, and Con-
gress will very likely do the same.
Those who have studied the Dis
trict's crazy quilt" of tax laws be-
lieve that the entire tax structure
should be revised on q scientific
basis. But many are reluctant to
suggest the substitution of any
new and more equitable form of
taxation for tax regarded as un-
fair. This fear Is based on the BIT
ter experience Of getting the new
tax and also retaining the old tax.
The plight of the District, in its
need for more tax revenue, has sew
eral causes. These in general are
as follows: /. Accumulated capi-
tai needs because Of the failure to
appropriate adequate funds over
long period of time; 2. Sharp reduc-
tion in the Federal share of the cost
while the expansion Of the Ma
tional Government in Washington
has increased the municipal bur-
dens; 3. Reduction of the Districts
taxable real estate areas through
extensive increases in the Govern
ment holdings for the erection of
public buildings and park exten-
sions; 5. Exemption from taxation
Of real estate owned by national
organizations and foreign govern
ments, and 6. The growth Of large
urban areas just beyond the taxa
ton jurisdiction Of the District
which have large populations using
the municipal facilities, including
the public schools.
As to what form Of taxation will
be adopted no one can guess, for
the wishes Of the taxpayers have
little weight. The preponderance
of local sentiment appears to favor
the general sales tax with certain
necessities exempted. Others oppose
the sales tax and support an income
tax on the theory that people would
then pay according to their ability
to pay. The difficulty with the
income tax Is that no one can con-
ceive Of the passage Of q local in
come tax by Congress without ex-
emptions which would let 60 SCOT
free many of those who to all in
tents and purposes are local people.
Members Of the Senate and House
and all Of the high-salaried people
of the Government would be sure
to be let out. The result would be
very hard on the strictly local peo-
pie with from modest to high in
comes.
The sales tax would be paid by all
spenders whether located here or
transient. From various actions
by neighborhood groups and by the
Federation of Citizens Associations
the general sales tax is favored.
Ali groups, whether favoring the
sales tax or not, appear to agree
that 1t would be sure to raise the
desired amount in . way easy to
collect.
There Is q growth Of sentiment in
favor Of the repeal or radical
change In the personal tax on In
tangibles. This q Q very burden
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By JESSE C. sUTER.

By JESSE C. SUTER.
~ ISCLOSURE Of the Dis
trict 1899 budget, as sent
to Congress by the Presi-
- dent, was the outstand-
ing civic event Of the last week.
Just why the District taxpayers
should not have been let In on the
secret earlier is something organ
ized civic Washington Is unable to
understand. Hearings actually be-
gan early in the week before the
District Subcommittee of the
House Committee on Appropria-
tions. From press reports it Is
indicated that the subcommittee
administered Q verbal spanking"
to the Public Utilities Commis-
sion for Its decision in the Capital
Transit Co. rate case. Threats to
penali1e the commission through
the reduction Of its already made
quate stan are reported to have
been made.
The House District Committee,
completely reorganized on the old
standing subcommittee basis, is
ready to begin work. The Subcom-
mittee on Public Utilities an
nounced that 1t will begin an in
quiry into the Capital Transit Co.
this week. Members of the COM
mission are to be the first witnesses
called. The inquiry is based on the
two bills Of Representative Dirk
sen OF Illinois to fix a maximum
street car and bus fare Of z cents
and to abolish one-man cars
The Fiscal Affairs Subcommittee
Of the House District Committee
is scheduled to begin hearings on
the subject of taxation with the
view to enactment Of a law to pro-
vide revenue to meet the Districts
growing budget deficit, which Is
caused chiefly through the failure
of the United States to meet its
just share.
The Commissioner were under
the instruction Of Congress to
conduct a survey OF the entire
tax structure and report their
findings to the present session.
Such survey was made by
committee OF local officials and
also by an advisory committee Of
citizens selected by the Commits
sioners. The work Of the Advisory
Committee met with rather gen.
eral citizen approval, but seemed
to have little weight with the COM
mittee of ofncials or the Commis-
sioners. The report Of the officials
was approved by the Commis-
sioners.
The report OF the officials was
approved by the Commissioners and
submitted to Congress. In civic
circles, 1t is regarded impractical
and entirely unsatisfactory to the
taxpayers and OF very doubtful
value In solving the taxation prob
lens.
The threat of important legis-
lation on the District appropria-
ton bill is expected to be the sub
ject of lively discussion for some
time to come. The sad experience
OF the red rider and other equally
annoying legislation through the
rider route has left such q bad
taste that the voteless and unrep-
resented people of the District will
nrotest viporouSlv
The promise Of substantial re-
duction in the local electric power
rates, it is reported, will give the
District the lowest in the country,
whether the current is supplied by
privately operated, municipality
operated or federally operated
plant.
The superintendent Of insur-
ance also holds out q hope that
there will be q sharp cut in the
fire insurance rates in the District.
This will be brought about as re-
suit of the work of rate expert
which Congress authorized in the
To tot
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some and confiscatory tax In many
instances. The low tax rate applied
on the market value Of securities
frequently amounts to ~ mush @
Is per cent Of the annual earnings.
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PIT. 4. appeals for Clothing
To Refill Student Aid Stock
Need for Women Who Can Se,v to Aid
in Repairing Garments Also
Cited by President.
BY MRS. WALTER b. FRY,

President D. c. Parent nd Teacher
oW that the New way
OF ourselves and decide what
months to benefit both
\ afhlaed
in
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Proposed Board Of Recreation
Would Cut School Board Powers,

HE proposal TO unity the rec
reation system of the District
through the creation of a Board
OF Recreation, which would be Fed
orally controlled, has met with
vigorous opposition of the Board
Education and from expressions
of some civic leaders will fare no
better with citizens generally. The
proposed board would have control
over all Of the school recreation
facilities of buildings and grounds,
municipal Fairgrounds and the
recreation centers operated under
the control of the Federal Govern
ment.
The incumbent officers who
would make up the Board of Rec
reation would be the following:
Frederic A. Delano, chairman Of
the National Capital Park and
Planning Commission; @. Marshall
F4nnan, superintendent of the
National Capital PARKS; District
Commissioner George E. Allen,
Frank w. Ballou, superintendent
OF schools, and q citizen to be ap-
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Board Of Education Powers
Sought by Commissioners.
"uNIIGu t,,rpcd dour n,

THOUGH turned down on sew
eral occasions, the Commis-
sioners persist in attempts to take
over any powers of the Board OF
Education they can. Heretofore
such attempts have been part Of
so-called plans for reorgani-
zation of the District government.
In the appropriation act for the
current fiscal year there was
rider carried in the Health De-
partment section as follows: PRO-
vided, that all buildings belonging
to the District of Columbia shall
be under the jurisdiction and con-
troll of the Commissioners of said
District" As it failed to include
the words "hearafter," as in the
case Of the red rider, it Is not re-
garded as permanent legislation
and no repeal Of the school organic
act. There also appears to be an
omission of the usual repeal clause
to the effect that the act repeals
"all acts or parts Of acts tncon-
sistent with the same"
The Commissioners, assuming
that they have power over the GUS
todial force in the schools, have
taken preliminary steps to have a
hand in the appointment of the
force. The board has declined to
recognize such authority and in
formed the Commissioners that the
rider must not be included in the
1899 appropriation act.
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~ ISCLOSURE Of the Dis
trict 1899 budget, as sent
to Congress by the Presi-
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MONDAY.
The bylaws were submitted by Mrs
Wallis Alves, chairman, to the execu-
tive board Tuesday, and will be pre-
sented for approval at the next regular
meeting.
Eliot Junior High.
Miss Ruth Fergeson's section GAS
will present play at the meeting
Tuesday at 8 pm. The school or
chestra will entertain, under the direci
ton of Keith johnson.
Brookland-Noyes.
The Executive Committee will meet
tomorrow at lis pm. in the Brook
land School.
Cranch- Tyler.
The children of the Cranch Schoo
will present a pageant under the direc.
ton of Miss M. Lindsay and Mrs. L
Leper, teachers, tomorrow at 2:30 pm
at Cranch School.
Miss E. Dugan will be hostess dur.
ing the social.
Gage.
Miss Grace Lind, supervising princi.
pal Of the fifth division, will be the
speaker at the meeting tomorrow eve.
ming. Entertainment and refresh.
ments will be provided by the fourth
grade mothers.
Eighty pairs of new stockings were
presented to the student aid room and
three baskets were provided for needy
families at Christmas.
Barnard.
The Executive Committee will meet
Tuesday at Z pm, followed by the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-22

garage full of automobiles, and a drum as big as a dish pan. And three armies of soldiers and a con- struction set that would put your eye out. And bicycle and sled and a-a-thingumjig to skip on, a scooter, that's it. And about five boxes of candy and forty eleven books, and-what's that, Bucky? Oh, yes, log cabin you take apart and put together, and horn that long" Uncle Bill spread his arms, and"
 Helen gathered her little boy in her arms and went toward the stairs. Bed time," she said. 'Now, don't begin to cry and fuss, Albert. As it is, you won't sleep a wink, thinking of the top shop Uncle Bill has been telling you about"
 When she came down again, she said, Bill, think it very foolish of you to fill that poor child's head with impossible notions. As it is, I can hardly make ends meet. Jim and I had expected to get him a few things, but the insurance comes due this month and the doctor has to have something, so we decided to make it a f1ve-and-ten Christmas Now you have gone and done it. The little fellow is expecting the earth and he'll be the saddest child in town. What are you going to get him?"
 Whatever you say, but I'm like
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-22

it regularly, as I have a nervous reaction later in the forenoon.
 (Ndrs. H. F. N. Answer-Perhaps the result is the normalizing of autonomic functions by the good cheer or well being cof- fee gives. Drugs have no effect on the control of the peristalsis. It is controlled entirely by the Gid dap!". and the Steady, there!" of Auerbach's and Meissner's plexuses of the sympathetic nervous system in the intestinal wall.
 Vitamin c
 Is citric acid made of real lemons and does it contain vitamin c. Is there any substitute for cevitamic acid, which is too expensive for me to take in large quantities.
 (Mrs. N. M Answer-It is commonly made from lime, lemon and bergamot juice. It is not vitamin O, and it contains no vitamin c (cevitamic acid, ascorbic acid). Commercial canned tomato juice is an excellent and cheap source of vtamin c in seasons or places where citrus fruits are not available.
 Copyright. 1888, John F. Dille Co)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-22
1klAUB z - ' VI Glorfing Yourself
By Alicia Hart
NEA Service Staff Writer

NEA Service Staff Writer
 You're so tired you just don't see how in the world you are going to be able to get through dinner. You wish you HAD done your Christ mas shopping last month when you first thought about it. And you just can't imagine how you can face ar1- other shopping scramble tomorrow.
 We'll, how about piling your pack ages in 8 corner and forget about Christmas for half an hour? Just half an hour. During which time you can have a hot bath, use cool ing foot lotion, then give yourself a quick facial, then put on some clean stockings and a lightweight dress.
 If you have time for a short nap as well, so much the better. But if you have to make a choice between a simple beauty routine and 20- minute nap, better take the former.
 Clean your face and neck and cover them with your richest night cream. Now get into the tub of warm water, close your eyes and try to relax completely for five minutes. Then give your tired shoulders and back and weary feet a good massage with your long, handled bath brush.
 Afterward, give yourself good rubdown with cologne or an after bath lotion, using it lavishly on your feet. Finish with bath powder Apply your make up, comb your hair, and dress. Christmas shopping doesn't seem so dreadful now, does it?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-22
RAISING A FAMILY By Olive Roberts Bafton Christmas Morning Bitter Disappointment to Child
 Led to Want Too Much
By Olive Roberts Ba iton

YOU. Mother had to have her new teeth and everything has piled up all at once. Maybe I could get him a tractor or something"
 Disappointment Certain
 '"That would be fine, but don't you see that he will be asking where the bicycle is? And the great armies of soldiers? He won't forget what you've said. I want to get him a sled, if can. But that's not sure, either. /"
 "Oh, don't worry. He'll be so tickled to get anything, he'll not miss the other things"
 "That's where everyone makes a mistake, Bill. I used to think that, too. Before I had Albert. Now know that little people are so much like grown ups, it isn't even funny. You can't promise them the earth and then give them a pebble. They'd be happy with so little if false pie lures weren't conjured up to dazzle them.
 ''Fortunately, there is enough time left for me to explain a few things. How Santa Claus has so many children to give to, he can't possibly carry too much for one child, and so on. But please don't keep it up this way. He is serious, even if you aren't. Next time do try to slice a piece off that drum and horn, and don't mention things like bicycles and fire departments. He will have a good Christmas, and l want him to be happy"
 Copyright, 1888, NEA Service, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-22

the Pc. Personality Quotient," a test of personality, and author of the new book, "The Rediscovery of Man."
 The book and all of Dr. Links ideas when you talk with him, are an about face from the personality books that claim you can learn how to get along with people by follow ing formula.
 Dr. Link contends, and with good proof, that the best way to learn to get along with people is to play with them. In the excitement of a tennis game or the exuberance of cutting figure on the ice, all self consciousness is forgotten, and @ person is completely himself.
 If you were to give Dr. Link a list of your activities he would tell you that the ones that demand physical exertion will do more for your personality than the others.
 Dancing is splendid" he says. Perhaps the best personality-de- veloper of all. Tennis and golf and hand-ball are excellent"
 But even bridge or any other sit-down game is far better for the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-22

No excuse for an unimagina- tive Christmas table in the year 1888 for this season count less new gadgets have been de- signed to give us decoration more unique than any that have gone before.
 Modern designers have a way with Christmas angels that makes them most beguiling and whim- sical table ornaments. Whole flocks of spun-glass birds are made to perch on today's fir-tree centerpiece. But most colorful and appealing of all is the new Santa Claus cut-out shown above rollicking, gnome-like fel- low twelve inches high, designed by We Elizabeth Cadie, illustrator of children's books.
 You can imagine how exciting the Christmas. table would be with a ring of these St. Nick's tromping around a little tree nestled in a pile of "snow" in the middle of your best table cloth. Or, if the table is the long refractory type, a process sion of Santas parading to and from your pine-cone centerpice.
 These cut-outs, by the way, may serve a double purpose. You can use them as greeting cards or inexpensive gifts for children as well as for decorating the tables, man. tel or window-ledge. They come in the form of beautiful book, with Clement Moore's famous "Visit from St. Nicholas" printed on the back . and there's the fun of cutting and pasting them before the Christ mas feast. The most surprising thing is that they stand on their own feet, without 8 back brace an exclu- sive feature unheard of before in the annals of cut-outS.
 This years crop of trees for table decorations seems the dizziest ever some fashioned in the manner of a clothes rack, with little holes cut out for candles, and shining star on top; others made of frizzled strips of cellophane! still others Cd4 tC0 OuU OA b4ONh WOC0 anu poAAAt ed, with holes and hooks for candles and the hanging of small gifts. Or the tree may be made merely of candle-drippings! One decorator in- tends to use her best lace cloth for the long dining table, with troop of white and gold angels, blowing long trumpets, marching toward these cone-shaped trees of melted candle-wax-the tips still burning.
 And here is a simple but most effective decoration: Have heap of Christmas favors for your center piece .. each one wrapped in gilt tering metal paper in one of the jewel colors-a rubyred, sapphire, amethyst, emerald, gold, silver |. all tied with gold or silver cord which runs out in the tantalizing queues toward the service plates. One tug :. and gay gadget comes rolling over to you.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-22
AIode:.rr, Menus
By MRS. GAYNOR MADDOX NEA Service Staff Writer

A few useful hints to hang on the kitchen Christmas tree.
 Ripe Olive and Salmon Toast (ServeS 4 to 6)
 One cup whole ripe olives, 1 one pound can red salmon, Ia cup may onnaiSe, 1-2 cup tomato sauce, toast ed buns or bread, onion rings.
 Cut olives from pits in large slices. Break salmon into medium sized pieces, removing bones. Place in top of double boiler and heat over water. Beat tomato sauce slowly into may onnaise. Add olives and stir. Blend with hot salmon and serve innme- diately over toasted bun halves. Top each with a small, thin slice of fresh onion.
 Substitute HOllandaise Sauce
 HollandaiSe sauce seems little uncertain to some cooks. Try this variation. It is much easier.
 Four tablespoons olive oil, 2 ta- blespoons flour, cup milk, l tea spoon salt, 1-2 teaspoon paprika, dash cayenne pepper, 3 tablespoons lemon juice, 2 egg yolks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-22
WE, THE WOMEN
WE THE WOMEN - Wife Who Takes Husband
 Dancing, Does Him a Favor

development of healthy, strong personality than getting all your fun from being looker-on or read ing books"
 So don't feel sorry for the man whose wife insists on his getting out few nights 8 week and play ing with friends. He's less likely to go stale and more apt to go ahead than the man whose every single leisure hour is spent getting away from it all."
 Copyright. 1888. NEA Service, Inc.)