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ROautv Counsel BIZ Donna Grace

comfortable chair to offer you.
Then sees that the shade is ad-
justed so the light will be right.
She is the ideal little hostess
who knows how to make even
the most timid one feel at ease
in her presence.
The dainty little Mary was
wearing a lovely gown in the
rich brown tone with gold jew
elry and the color was so love
ly with her bronze-gold hair
and brunette makeup. Her lip
stick and rouge was a rather
lively natural tone with just
enough blue to accent the clear
ness of her translucent skin.
Send for the "FGciGl Massage
Method" 1Uhich is free OF cIlGfAoe.
Please enclose a stamped, self
addressed enpelope for your
reply. Address Donna Grace
Beauty Editor OF this paper.
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Home SerVices
ParlOr Tricks
In Vogue
Again

Everybody's interested in
ntriloQAisAn. IT'S loads of
fun and q grand way to en-.
tertain.
How do you do it. you
ask? First, forget the old
propaganda that ventrilo-
quiSEn is stomach speak
ing" It isn't so!
Ventriloquism is just plain
ordinary speech. Plus a
voice trained to shift quickly
from one tone to another.
Plus practice in speaking
without moving lips.
It's easy enough to pro-
nounce the vowels a, e, i. o,
u without moving your lips.
Try them in front of a mir
ror. The difficult sounds
are b, m, p. Get around
them by saying "guy" for
boy, man" for man. "fretty"
for pretty. All you need is
practice.
Send 10c in coin for your
copy of SELFINSTRUC-
TON IN VENTRILOQUISM
AND DUMMY MAKING to
Washington Times. Hom Q
Service, 635 Sixth Ave-,
New York, N. Y. Be sure to
write plainly your NAME
ADDRESS, and the NAME
of booklet.
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plate. In this service, the deS-
Sert plate "a china plate or q
saueer-shaped plate) is placed
on a china plate. On the right
of the plate is placed the dessert
spoon; ON the left. the dessert
fork. After the dessert has been
eaten, a fruit plate with a fin
ger bowl on it is placed in ex"
change for the dessert and un-
der-plate. Usually a fruit knife
and fork are brought In on the
plate: or they may be supplied
to only those who take fruit.
The informal service is. the
one oftener used, the single Serv-
ice Of dessert plate and finger
bowl. The finger bowl is
brought in on the dessert plate.
The dessert silver is also brought
in on this plate.
Finger bowls should be less
than half filled, either with
cold or tepid water. Sometimes
a few small blossoms, sweetpeas
or one or two tiny roSe-budS or
violetS, are also put in the water.
But never, never a slice of lemon,
with it's implication of greasy
fingers!
It is important, too, for the
hostess to remember that fin
ger bowls should be placed with
certain courses at lunch or dip~
ner. for example, when corn
on-the-cob Is served. or art1-
chokeS.
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TIPS TO TYPISTS
Kit Is Insuranc

Against Looking Froacsy
An emergency kit in the desk
drawer is the business girls in.
surance against 5 o'clock frowsin-
ness. Its contents-soap. a clean
towel, manicure tools, and comb
do excellent service when
there isn't time to go home for
complete repairs before a din
ner date.
If privacy is possible. remove
your dress to include your neck,
arms, and arm pits in the clean
up. Scrub your finger nails.
Iather your face well. Fresh
makeup will look twice as
smooth If the skin it is applied
to has had more than a mere
surface sticking.
Clean stockings in reserve are
q godsend when a run develops
or mud Splashes deface the ones
you are wearing. A gay handker-
chief, freshly laundered and
wrapped in tissue for emer-
gencies, will finish off your 5
O'Clock grooming to perfection,
and make you feel festive in
your most prosaic working
clothes.
The Washington times., 1938-09-16
Mems Wear
BY AL TAYLOR

Color combinations seen about
town: Dark blue suit with dark
red stripe, white shirt, black and
red striped tie, blue and red
hanachief, and black shoes. >.
Bankers gray suit, pink shirt,
white starched collar, black knit
tie, dark red and white hand
kerchief and black shoes.
Light gray suit, azure blue
shirt, black and blue figured tie,
white handkerchief, and black
shoes.
Tan gabardine suit, green
shirt, brown and green striped
knit tie, dark green handker-
chief and brown suede shoes.
Style flash: At the Casa
Manana, Sammy Kaye, wearing
gray checked jacket, tan slacks.
blue striped shirt, gray tie and
brown handkerchief Rudy
Vallee on the Waldorf-Astoria
Starlight Roof, in rust brown
Jacket, cream colored flannel
trousers, cream shirt and dark
brown figured tie.
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"little season.
Pale gray paired with deep
gold in a striking ensemble; the
beaver-trimmed wool coat of the
former shade topping a gold
wool frock flashed down the
front with gathered fulness.
Gray and gold again, this time
in a debutante outfit consisting
of a gray REFER and a simple,
gold wool frock ddeal, too, for
college wear).
For dressier daytime occasions
there was a flared-skirted coat
in a new dark shade tagged
'Blueblood": the high-necked
dress Of this ensemble a "blue-
grass green" Particularly stun
ming was a plum jam" coat,
Sleeved and collared with nutria
and worn with a simple blue
berry" toned frock. And that
last outfit looks just as tasty as
it sounds!
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TALENTED actresses as well .

TALENTED actresses as well
l. as other clever women are
ageless. They are interested in
the people and happenings
about them and have neither
time, nor inclination, for the
apathetic brooding which is al
ways the first excuse for age.
There is no reason to asSo-
ciate Mary Pickford with age
only from her experience and
accomplishments. One feels she
has lived a little past the young
girl-age, but in appearance she
is still of the 'teen-age type.
We had tea with her in her
home one day last week. and
were so impressed with her
friendlineSS and lack Of affecta-
ton. She gets up and gives
one a hearty handshake while
she looks about for the most
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DENNY no doubt knows that
L mayonnaiSe is standard
lied product which contains so.
80 per cent oil; $40 per cent egg
yolkS; about II per cent vinegar
and l per cent salt, mustard and
other condiments. She recog-
nizes that the kind of oil used
gives it its characteristic flavor.
The more expensive the oil used
the higher price the product.
Mayonnaise is always uncooked
but the oil and vinegar preserve
the egg yolks so that the mix
ture will keep for long periods
of time without deterioration.
Penny knows that she should
use this rich dressing sparingly
on foods which are already high
in calorieS, and that in reducing
diets she should not use it unless
it is made with mineral oil.
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Sensational
Models ShoWn

If you really want to cause a
sartorial sensation at the cock
tail hour, better get yourself
into the red wood jacket-bit-
ter brown dress" outfit fea-
tured. The fitted jacket, what's
more, was banded down the
front and around the cuffs with
lustrous baum marten. An
other "stunner" was the "blue-
blood red ensemble" with the
long coat panelled down the
sleeves and front with dark
brown skunk.
In fact, we could keep up this
"color game" indefinitely, but
by now you've surely caught on
that it's doubles or nothing"
If you want to be on the chic
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Took Spangles
Out of Hollywood

Which all might sound a trifle
involved until you know that
Orry Kelly was the man who. a
decade ago, took the Spangles
out of Hollywood. Up to that
time, a cinemactress' idea of
Splendor was to be sheathed in
Sequins from head to toe.
"I vowed, when I arrived in
Hollywood, not to use bead or
a Spangle for six months, and I
did it," Mr.. Kelly declares.
That he developed new
glamour in simplicity has been
proven again and again in the
matchleSs wardrobes which he
designs for faVorites of stage
and screen.
Another American designer
who is a disciple Of simplicity is
Nine. Germaine Monteil, whose
collection viewed by this writer
last Saturday morning in her
salon in New York is a poem of
fluid lines and adroitly com.
bined color.
She Was
Ar Actress
Nine. Monteil was at one
time on the stage and came
back to dreSS-designing as her
first love. Although she has
spent much time in Paris and
is married to an attractive blond
Swedish gentleman, Guy Bjork-
man, she considers herself an
American designer in every
sense of the word.
"Au the world agrees now"
said Nine. Monteil, that clothes
for American women must coin
eide with the lives they live, so
I find pleasure in dramatizing
their tendency to simplicity and
StreamlineS."
Her new collection shows all
clinging evening gowns, often
using q striking shade of azalea
and a mustard yellow. Other
wise it is principally white and
black. Scarlet sashes as relief
on black dinner frockS, a ruby
mesh collar on a purple day
frock, a lack-hooded scarf worn
with a rose red evening gown
are high points remembered
from the Monteil collection.
I believe a local store will
show Monteil gowns this fall.
The Washington times., 1938-09-16

|OuestiOn

The other day Bobbie and his
father were riding in their car
when Bobbie saw a COW near the
road. He was told the COW had
horns and Bobbie said, do cows
blow their horns when going
around curves?"
Mrs. w. A. Booth, r. F. D..
No. 2. Halifax, Va,
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SO through
lazineSS. Boil
in 6 requires
as much care
as any other
branch. To
boil too fast
is a b a d
habit; for in
stance, y u
have q large
pot of water
with SO m e.
thing in it
boiling as fast
as posi- b l e.
You only sue
cend in max.
The Washington times., 1938-09-16
Dress Designers
Dress Designers
Hollywood
Agrees
With N. Y.
By BAB LINCOLN


lust as you transform
u yourself into the charae-
ter you play upon the stage,
so do you live up to the cos
tune you are wearing" says
Orry Kelly, famous designer
for cinema stars, and regu-
lar contributor to this page.
And" he continues, Gin the
same ratio must the designer an
ticipate the personality of the
individual to be dramatized by
the apparel created"
The Washington times., 1938-09-16
Skillet and Spoon
Exbert
ExbOundS
Rules
By sIBILLA CAMPBELL

BY S4b4LLA CAMPBELL
THE science and art Of
l. cooking may be divided
into 10 principal parts. The
rest is all fancy. These 10
parts are: Baking, boiling,
broiling, frying, mixing,
roasting, sauteing, season.
ing, simmering and stewing.
Tasting is an adjunct to all.
Baking-See that the oven is
properly heated. Some dishes
require more heat than others.
Boiling-This is really the
most abused branch of cooking.
Many good housewives and even
professional cooks boil things
that should be otherwise pre-
pared; maybe for being more
economical, but a good many do
The Washington times., 1938-09-16
Correct Thing - By Elinor Ames
ISA GIFT I'm ORDER?

~ D Y no.
t04nGry, al
though n o t
n &C essGry,
for the high
school boy
aUho is IN
vited to a
girl class
M q t e , s
birt h d a y
p a r t y to
bring a gift.
It's equally
CT to
send a gift,
h o ~ e o err,
and If q boy
hesltdtes to
BRING 1T, has
mother may
s e ] e C t q
present and
haze 1t sent
Il n h i S
ma m e) to
the girl. IAt
q chiId's s
birt h d a q
party gifts
are "in or
der" but as
t he young-
sters grOW
older, this
"gift habit
M a y b e
b r o k e n.
T h ere'S no
real reason
Why every
guest should
b r ! n q q
oift.)
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From Bridal Veil
toREGoNl
N1 z7~r ~se<
Penny Wise:
Professor o Home Economics, University Idaho

81 should like a half pint jar
OF mdyonndiSe. What type OF oil
is used in this brandt. Il haze
used it before and find it is sea-
Soned to suit mi taste and that
it keeps Uery 1UeH. / shall take
this one at 29c."
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ing much steam; it does not
cook any faster, the degree OF
heat being the same as If boil
ing slowly. If the object you
are cooking contains any flavor,
it will evaporate and nothing
can bring it back. Many flavors
will be spoiled and DESTROYED
by boiling, such as meats, coffee.
etc.
Broiling-AlWayS grease the
bars of the broiler.
Roasting and broiling are the
same thing; by either one. the
object in process of cooking
must be exposed to the heat on
one side and the other side to
the air. Any piece of meat pre-
pared in the oven we call roast
but in reality anything cooked
in the oven is baked and not
roasted at all. There is nearly
as much difference between
roasted and baked meat as there
is between broiled and fried
meat.
Frying-Frying requires care:
nothing will taste greasy II
dropped in fat which has been
properly heated.
Mixing-Pay attention to the
quantities given in the recipes.
Sauteing-I do not know any
word in the English language
corresponding to the French
word "saute". It is different
from frying. Sauteing requires
just enough fat or butter to pre-
vent it from scorching. To
saute requires at times a brisk
fire, and the quicker some foods
are cooked the better.
SeaSoning-It is not difficult,
but to season properly is quite
an important thing. OF course.
some dishes require high sea-
Soning while others are just the
contrary, but cook that mixes
the gravy or sauce with proper
seasonings is just about indis-
penSable.
Simmering-Simmering differs
from boiling. To simmer is to
boil as slowly and gently as pos
Sible.
Stewing-Have a moderate
even fire, as much as possible.
If the fire is too brisk, it will
cause much steam to evaporate,,
which lessons the flavor Of what
ever you are Stewing.
TaSting-ThiS is the most
delicate part of seasoning. In
this, only two Of the senses are
engaged; they are the senses Of
smelling and tasting and with
out them no one can cook prop
erly. To try a sauce or any.
thing we are preparing we can.
not trust our eyes, fingers, or
ears. First we smell and then
we taste. To the cooks, I would
say, do not season according to
your own taste if the person for
whom you cook, does not like it.
To The HouSekeepers And
Cooks-Follow these friendly
recommendations; they are in
the interest of us all. Waste
nothing however little it may
be, Make use of everything. Be
clean, careful and punctual.
But, most of all, do not waste
anything that is good and
uSable; so many things are
thrown away or wasted through
mere prejudice or ignorance.
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A HollYhock

A holIyhock-taN-aAd warm
ly red
Stands beside the zinnia bed.
The rest of the garden Is
brown and dead
But the honyhocE holds 1tS
stately head
Above the fog Of fear and
dread,
7 wonder If it's divinely fed?
Eleanor Herfick,
The Washington times., 1938-09-16
Betty LittleWit:

II Udnt some mdyonndtSe.
oh, 29c for that small cdn?...
Why there is one that looks just
like it that is t,Dice the size and
costs less money. 1t is Just as
good?. Well, salad dressing is
aDhdt / 1Uant, they are all the
same to me and / can't afford
to pay so much Just for a nGn1e."
XXRONG again, Betty. Salad
w dressing is not just the
same. 1t is a cooked product
which contains much less oil
and egg yolk by percentage
and is held in emulsion by the
addition of cheaper substance
such as gelatin, cornstarch,
flour, condensed milk. Irish
moss or any one of a dozen
other like ingredients. 1t tastes
good and is wholesome but it is
not so rich a food as mayon-
naise. Each brand has its dis
tinctive flavor dependent upon
the amount and kind of condl'
ments and oils used.
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Manners and Etiquette
Rv MRS. CORNELIUS BEECKMAll
Dear Mrs. BeeckmanI

Dear Mrs. Beeckmanl
l. Will you kindly tell whether Is good taste at an
informal family dinner, for the waiter butler he
serving the dnner be dressed in tuxedo Although the
dinner will be quite elaborate the guests will be in after.
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Ne7o York Letter:
Double Color Costume
Features Style Review
Bv JOSEPHINE HUGHES

q TBTLE and unexpected tones got together IN fashion
~ review staged yesterday afternoon at the Ambassador
making this showing Of the most eyeappeang OF the
The Washington times., 1938-09-16
Exhibitor
Created Designs

One of the first original de-
signs shown was a perfect cock
tail suit; a black velvet outfit
with the short jacket lavishly
furred in silver fox. The man.
nequin sporting this costume
carried the most individual bag
that we've seen this season, a
huge knapsack affair of black
antelope.
A dream of intricate draping
was the black silk jersey dinner
frock that moulded the "figger"
dramatically, and the head OF
the mannequin was circled with
a crownless oval of white os-
trich feathers which curled into
tiny poufs across the back, a
sheer black veil adding that
final touch of glamour.
The Washington times., 1938-09-16
You Are Free
To Confide

One thing I like about this
column is that people who have
gone through experiences can
tell about them frankly. We
do not hide our heads under
the typewriter and pretend
there isn't this or that problem.
We want people to come in and
say what happened and after
ward how they adjusted their
lives. We know everyone has
to go on living after making
mistakes, after facing tragedies,
but most of the books don't tell
how this was done. The point
is-they did go on living so they
have something to tell us.
The Washington times., 1938-09-16
Boy Advises Girl
Letters
InUOIUe
AHAirS
By GEORGE ANTHEn

THE whole world, as usual,
l. seems to be suffering
from one ailment - heart
trouble. Ninety nine per
cent of the letters l receive
are about love. Folks have
been falling in love since
Eden and love is still as new
and mysterious as ever. So
today's clinic is on love and
the first patient is:
Dear Mr.. Antheil: I have
been going with a young lady
for four years. I have proposed
marriage to her, and she said
she wouldn't marry me II l
were the last man on earth!
I love her, and she says she
loves me. Tell me what to
do.-D. F. c."
Drop the young lady with a
hard and convincing thump.
It may jar some selfishneSS out
OF her and some consideration
into her. You have been a sap
playing the entertainer to a
young lady for four years. But
you can put a stop to that.
I would wager you that if you
dropped her she would be miss
ing you in no time-then you
could make her say what you
wished. Next!
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In Case
He Proposes

Here is a girl who is eager to
get all set so she will know how
to answer a man-if he pro.
poses.
Dear Mr.. Antheil: I am in
love, at least that is what every.
one calls it. The man is five
years older than myself. But 1
act five years older than he and
he acts kind of kiddish. 1 have
always acted about 10 years
older than my real age, so do
you think the difference in ages
would matter if we got mar
ried? OF course, he is not beg
ging me to get married, and I
often think he is merely a close
friend. I have gone with him
three monthS.-Mickey."
The five years wouldn't make
q whale of a difference if you
really loved each ether. But the
boy doesn't sound as steamed
up as you do. Better watch out
or you will be nursing a grieving
heart. Go Slow You might
scare him away # he knows
about the questions you are
asking.
The Washington times., 1938-09-16

color side this season. And, in
case you're still in doubt, we
advise you to go shopping and
eye the envy green mink-trim-
med coat, paired with a knock
out red wood dress" That
combination ought to put ans
"style-conscious" damSel on the
tWo-tone standard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-10

justified in his refusal to allow Norman
Thomas to speak on Jersey soil. He may
have been without warrant in preventing
the invasion Of his territory by the two
Congressman who tried to go over there
to make public protest against this tyran-
nical action. But he is still Frank Hague,
the boss of Jersey City. He has the
community within the grip as . veritable
dictator. He holds his post on the DEM
ocratic National Committee by virtue Of
the will Of his party within the State.
He is boss" and he will brook no tres
pass upon his preserves. Doubtless these
considerations will govern in the response
which Mr.. Roosevelt will make to the
now protesting Congressman, who speaks
for another as well as for himself.
1t is all very remarkable. not to say
amusing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-10
JambOree in Jersey.

However the Jersey City incident, in
which Mayor Hague figured as a veri-
table Fuehrer in the custer of would-be
speaker from the jurisdiction over which
he Yields autocratic power, may finally
eventuate, the request made by Repre-
sentative O'Connell of Montana that
President Roosevelt take a hand in the
matter stands as one of the most re-
markable proposals that was ever adj
vanced in American politics. Greatly
ired by the treatment of himself and
congressional colleague, who essayed to
invade the Jersey territory to protest
against the custer Of preceding speaker
who had tried to barge into the arena
and had been forcibly elected, he has
written q letter to President Roosevelt
calling upon him, as head of the Demo-
cratic party. to demand the immediate
resignation of Frank Hague from the
vice craftsmanship of the Democratic
National Committee"
1t is hardly to be expected that this
request will be granted. New Jersey is
an important Democratic asset. Despite
the large margin of electoral votes which
tho present solidarity Of the party in
the East seemingly assures, the fourteen
units which the Garden State now casts
In the quadrennial elections are not to
be despised. And any interference with
the personnel Of the organization on the
part Of the titular head Of the party
would be serious risk to take. Mayor
Hague may have ben altogether un-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-10
Recognition Of personal trafic hazards

Recognition Of personal trafic hazards
is a practical thing.
What difference does 1t make about
the theoretical hazards. so widely dis
cussed. II there is some intimate quirk
which creates one solely for ones self?
Here is man, for instance, who is
careless about walking out between
parked cars.
He knows it, but doesn't stop to think
about it at the right time.
That Is what is meant by recognition
of the personal hazard.
Another pedestrian finds himself given
to thinking about something else when
he is walking along.
He recognizes the danger of this, in
traffic, but often does it, just the same
because he never stops to think about
it, in relation to himself, at the right
time.
One Washingtonian had to be bumped
three times, the last time rather severely,
before he stopped to think about it. We
understand he does so now.
stop to think"
1t Is good phrase. 1t means that one
literally stops and devotes himself to
the matter in hand.
In mind.
Traffic is the big single topic in the
street.
The thing to think about in modern
streets is the traffic. not the state Of the
Nation, except in relation thereto.
The state of ones self, however, is very
important at the time, and this whether
driving or walking.
1T Is not what some one else does but
what 1 do. that worries me in traffic"
Here is one place where worry is
mighty good thing.
Those who get run down are mainly
the non-Worrying type, or at least those
who weren't thinking about the right
thing at that precise time.
Here again youth has the advantage.
The young man whose mind and mus
cles are perfectly co-ordinated need
not worry in the least.
He just steps into the street, is not
AFRAID, keeps on going, stops, let's cars
Whizz within an inch Of his coat. adj
vances. is just as safe as in a rocking
chair.
Recognition of personal traffic hazards
means very little to him.
VAN ait OIOCl VI WHO may
never have possessed this priceless CO.
ordination in the first place, need to
substitute thinking in advance for it.
The only way to do this is to stop and
think.
If this were done more than it is.
evidently, there probably would be far
less people run down than there are.
After the list of peculiarly personal
hazards is drawn up beforehand, even
10 the extent OF setting down on. paper,
II necessary, the eXperimenter must COM
pei himself to think about his list at the
actual time when such thinking is
necessary.
What is the good of making q nice
personal list. and then forgetting all
about 1t while crossing town?
Even more necessary than trying to
discover ones own faults and failings
IN trafflc. Is the habit OF keeping them in
mind while on and in the street.
Notnlng will take the place of this.