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The Washington times., 1938-08-08
STOCK MARKET.
WEAKENS after.
Orient FIGHTING
Opening Steadiness Of
Leaders Wiped Out
BY LESLIE GOULD

NEW YORK, Aug. 8 UN.S0
The stock market weakened today
after q firm tone at the start. Sell
ing inspired by the new Far East
ern clashes wiped out early steadi'
ness and brought losses running
to more than a point in leaders.
Trading was active at the start
There were numerous large blocks
on the tape running to 5000
shares in radio. Activity ouieteo
down during the later reaction.
PROFIT-TAKING
While the Russo-Japanese i'm
passe was the dominating influ'
ence, there was considerable
profit-taking In the market as
well, following the strength at the
close of the week when new highs
were established.
Some of the lligher-priced issues
displayed thin markets. Philip
Morris fell more than 2 points
and dupont more than a point
Allied Chemical ran up 2 at the
start and then lost most of this
STEEL STOCKS OFF
SteelS were sluggish from the
opening when prices were down
in the group. On the later reac,
ton, both Bethlehem and U. S.
Steel dropped more than a point
each.
Chrysler gave ground in the
auto section and was off over a
point at one time. General Motors
was firm,
The Washington times., 1938-08-08
The Award Lineup

HIGH ICE CREAM-JOe
Pauze, Treasury, has q slip
awaiting at this desk en-
titling to q quart of this tasty
commodity on presentation
at any High store, one Of
which is doing business at
62Ol Third st. ". w.
MOONLIGHT TRIP
Harry Motley, WPA, and
James o. LOughIin, AAA,
have two tickets each await
ing at the Potomac River
Line, Seventh and Water SITS.
s, w., from which the s. s.
Potomac sails nightly, S:45.
AIRPORT POOL-Aline
Last, Agriculture, has two
tickets awaiting at this desk
that allow q cooling dip at
this refreshing spot (where
the beauties gather), open 3
a. m. to II p. m.
MARLENE BEAUTY KIT
Mrs. Mabel Walden, Vets
Administration, is invited to
visit GOldenberg's cosmetics
counter and receive one OF
these Snappy, fast-selling
"naturals" for keeping In the
desk for face refreShment.
The Washington times., 1938-08-08
Speaking Of Government Workers
"BuJ. Earle MOser

the corner. L Jump back In time
save my life and a horn honks. E.
It's a bus making left-hand turn
%. I jump back again and another
honk. Another car. {. This time
I had time to look around and saw
another bus left-turning into my
path, so I jumped back again.
This took me to the car tracks
(half way back across the streeO
Then came my red light and q
street car started for me. i
jumped out of the way and
started again to my side amidst
a rush Of cars which then had the
green light. SO what? So every
driver of every car turned to bawl
me out as a dumb pedestrian. "
Home EcO-COn1ics
Gosh, J. E., those publishers
who sell those excellent 1O-cent
books through the five and dime
stores are going to get som e
more competition from Home Eco
nomics. Civil Service CommiS-
sion recently announced an ex-
animation for home economist at
So 800 and associate at $4,000. -.
You must be a college graduate,
according to the announcement,
but don't worry, If interested. :.
There is nothing in the announce,
ment indicating that you have to
know how to sew or cook. .AS a
matter of fact, Boss, II you had
eaten some of those cakes cooked
lin Home Economics by those
The Washington times., 1938-08-08

Don Hix ber, that Ben
jamin Franklin was self-taught
and did not go to school. What
can the Question Box tell me
about that?"
This theory might come from
the fact that Benjamin Franklin
attended school for only TWO
years, when he was 8 to 10 years
of age, but you must also remem-
ber that the public school facilities
and opportunities to attend were
not as free in his day. and YOU
are living in an age when educa-
tional advantages are open to
everyone.
The last one for tine day comes
from a member who asks: who
wrote the Message to GarcIa?"
President William Mckinley
wrote to the Cuban insurgent gen.
eral, Garcia, to inquire the extent
of assistance he would give to the
United States in the Spanish
American war.
MORE ADDITIONS
If you have any odd questions
you would like to submit to the
club Question Box" for an an
swer send it along to the "Old
Skipper" and we will do our best
to find it.
More additions will be held in
the studios of WJSV this week
end and the Skipper" is still
combing the lists for new and out
of the ordinary talent for the Sun
day afternoon broadcasts.
If you have not made applica-
ton. NOW is the time to do it,
for every youngster who has ap-
piled will be heard within the next
few weeks and many will find
their place in the spotlight on the
air. Until we meet tomorrow in
the columns of The Washington
Times ship ahoy.
THE OLD SKIPPER.
The Washington times., 1938-08-08

Pattern ALL is available in
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Write at once for the popular
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AND PATTERN TOGETHER
TWENTY-FIVE CENTS.
Send your order to The Wash
ington Times Pattern Depart
ment, 243 w. 18th st., New York,
N. Y,
The Washington times., 1938-08-08
Labor Backs loCher
For CommiSsioneI

John Locher, business agent OF
the Building Trades Council in
Washington and secretary of the
Central Labor Union, has been in
dorsed for District Commissioner
by the Sheet Metal Workers Union
Local No. 102.
Edward A. Sweeney introduced
a resolution indorsing Locher for
the Commissioners post to be
vacated in September by George
e. Allen.
"In all large cities" Sweeney
said, Tabor is represented in city
councils. There is no good reason
why it should not take its proper
place in the District of Columbia. -
The Washington times., 1938-08-08

sonnel Section Miss Warren
had been at the job only short
time because she replaced the girl
who passed away a few months
ago Some sort of tribute is
due State Secretary Hull, who
cracks the press in a recent article
for stories representing the For
eign Services personnel as per
sons of the bespatted and stuffed
shirt variety, whose most arduouS
work is collecting gossip at lunch
cons and cocktail parties or quar-
reling over questions of socia
precedence" Hull states Off
GERS and clerks in many tropiC
stations are more familiar with
bad living conditions and difficult
and trying tasks than with cock
tail parties.
The Washington times., 1938-08-08
"OLD SKIPPER"
ANSWERS SOME
READER QUERIES.
Why Mason-Dixon Line
Doesn't Go West
BY DON HIX

Heigh-ho, shipmates. This Is
Question Box" day and the "Old
Skipper" offers a few answers to
club members who have written
him for information. The first one
should be easy, for it is found
right in our own back yard.
Dear Skipper D.. Where does
the MaSo on-Dixon line run
through the West?"
The Washington times., 1938-08-08
Washington Stocks
SALES
A"EiHn HARH

SALES
AFTER CALL
City and ~edburban IS, $1,000
70, 81 ,000@73, $1,000@73, $1,000
@73, $1,000@73, $1,000@7S.
Potomac Electric IS pfd, IS
OILS.
Potomac Electric 55s pfd,
5@115.
Capital Transit Company,
6@7E.
Washington Railway and EIec.
trio As, $1,000 1871.
The Washington times., 1938-08-08
6,958, 900 Bale Drop
Facing Cotton Crop

G.N.S.) A United States cotton
crop of 11,988,00O bales was fore
cast today by the Crop Reporting
Board, based on condition as of
August |. If realized, this will be
6,959, 900 bales less than the 1887
crop and 1,213,0O0 bales less than
The Washington times., 1938-08-08

It DOESN'T.
The M a S o n
Dixon line eX.
tends only 244
miles west of
t h c Delaware
River, a nd is
t he boundary
lin e between
Maryland and
Pennsylvania.
FRANKLIN'S
SCHOOLING
IS ON cone
ce told
me-" writes
another mem.
The Washington times., 1938-08-08

"The Vallxyries," Inspired by Wig
neF's Great Musical Drama-The First
in o New Series Of Striking Paintings
by the Distinguished American Artist.
Andre, POrtraying the Themes of the
Opera. Don't Miss These Unique Front
PAGES in Full Color in The American
Weekly, the Magazine Distributed
With Next Sundays Herald Times.
The Washington times., 1938-08-08
Town's Tastiest

Original Velati Candy
Stores today will present one
pound boxes of their deli
ciOus chocolates or caramels,
on request, to:
Evelyn Blake, Vets Admin
iStratiOn.
Helen L. Mcconnell, Agrl.
culture.
Hay Caldwell, Labor.
Candy will be presented
at either store, 62O Ninth St.
N. w., or 6O9 Fourteenth st.
N. W..
The Washington times., 1938-08-08
Johnny FEDERAL'S MEMO

Johnny FEDERAL'S MEMO
Dear Boss:
Remember that item you had
some months ago about the way
numbers operators were getting
around the new law in Govern
ment agencies by not giving out
slips but trying to hire runners
who were trusted by their fellow
workers.. Well, it must have
worked out pretty good, because
it prevails all over town now. If
you know the bartender well
enough he will take your bet and
make a note of it but give you no
receipt. He'll give the number
and the money to the collector
The Washington times., 1938-08-08
Today IL, Films

WARNER BROTHERS
film schedule, for which you
may have received passes:
EARLE and AMBASSA.
DOR-HarOld Lloyd in "FrO-
feSSOr Beware" with Frances
LangfOrd in person on the
Earle stage. METROPOLI.
TAN-Clark Gable and Clau'
dette Colbert in "It Hap
pened One Night" UPTOWN
Loretta Young and Joel
McCrea In Three Blind
Mice" CALVERT, PENN
and TIVOLI-Freddie Bar.
thOlOmew and Mickey Rooney
In Lord jeff"
The Washington times., 1938-08-08
washington Times Staff Photo

the ten-year average from 1927.
The average yield for acre was
forecast at 217.9 pounds, which is
40 pounds less than the per acre
yield in 1887 but otherwi~e the
highest since 1898 when 223.1
pounds were produced.
The Washington times., 1938-08-08

ODen Moore Dent to "Jimmy'S"
on payday
Cause he oWed more than he
could pay.
But OUe71 Moore came back the
neTt day.
OUen Moore! j. F.
The Washington times., 1938-08-08
Death Strikes TGOice

Here's a sad item found in the
mail: Nellie Warren, Of the War
Department, died in a local hos
pital last week. and it's the second
death that has occurred in Per
The Washington times., 1938-08-08
Disarmament Program

~SSS@H H"NS@GSSSS SVS~
Jerry" called today, Boss
He said they've taken the pistol
away from the guard chief over at
st. Elizabeth's for some reason, al.
though the privates still carry
them, and says he's going to can
vass among employees for sufficient
pennies to buy q 10-cent replace
ment!
The Washington times., 1938-08-08

81, ,000-a-year gals, you would ap'
preciate that this is not an es'
sential for q job up there.
Evening star., 1938-02-18
New Fairy Tale Prints
The Latest Novelty
For Little Girls
Boxy Coat and Princess
Lines Are Both Good
For Spring Season.
BY MARGARET WARNER.

BY MARGARET WARNER.
continued
expects to reach climax tomorrow
OF all the local stores In balloon
distributed to all comers this week by clown
nother
everywhere Dwarfs
Evening star., 1938-02-18
Noted Collection
Sold at Auction.

Many will be interested in the auc-
ton held recently in the West End
Of London to dispose OF the final por-
ton Of the vast library'of Clumber.
which was inherited by the Earl of
Lincoln from his uncle, the Duke of
Newcastle.
Among the many marvellous manu.
scripts was an ornate account Of the
ritual at the coronation of Richard II,
Also an illuminated register of the
Order Of the Garter which Edward
Wis garter king of arms Sir Gilbert
Dethick, lovingly compiled, contain.
ing the achievements OF arms of 81
knights of the order and displaying
143 emblazoned coats of arms and 507
escutcheons. In his ardor, Sir Gilbert
included many other famous KNIGHTS.
An outstanding treasure was a
French chronicle Of chivalry. executed
about 1470 for Rene d'Anjou, King Of
Jerusalem, to whom the title had de-
scended from the sanity Godfrey of
Bouillon. This is ablaze with arms
OF the Knights Of the Round Table,
Another manuscript was that of q
gentleman usher, John Norris, who, in
1850. set down the manner of his
duties. with "reminiscences of the cere-
monies attending Henry Wits welcome
to the Emperor Charles v at Canter-
bury; the christening of the monarch's
son, Edward vi; the funeral Of that
"verteows Pryncessa, Queen Jane,
mother to the Noble Prince Edward
Sixte," otherwise Jane Seymour,
Henry's third wife; and the mar
riage OF Queen Mary and Kyng
Philip"
Evening star., 1938-02-18
Especially
For Young
People
Greet All Children
Exactly as You Do
Grown Visitors.
-sketched in . Washinston shop.
Ry EMILY POST.

DEAR MRS. POST: Is it the host
ess' place to greet q child visitor
as she would the child's mother? And
when young people meet older people
on the street and in public places,
who Is supposed to speak first?
Answer: It is always best to greet
children exactly as though they were
grown visitors because this is the only
way in which they themselves acquire
the manners that they should have
when they in turn are grown. There
is no definite rule but the older per-
son usually speaks first. On the other
hand. the older person is always
pleased when q young person greets
her spontaneously. In fact, nothing
makes the latter more popular with
his (or herr parents friends.
nEAR MRS. POST: Not long ago
had six friends from out of
town to Sunday dinner When they
left, naturally all of them thanked
me and said they had had pleasant
day. Later, all except one wrote me
thanks The one who has not written
is socially perhaps the most informed
Of all and for this reason I wondered
If the notes Of thanks were necessary.
Answer: Although it is not neces-
sary to write a note of thanks for
a meal, as it would have been had
they spent the night, it is never i'm
proper to be polite This is perhaps
case where those who followed their
own natural instincts of courtesy were
more polite than those who followed
the precepts of etiquette. On the
other hand, if they had been friends
whom you were likely to see soon
again, such notes would have been
carrying politeness to an unnecessary
extreme.
\
DEAR MRS. POST: We've just re-
ceived an engraved invitation to
an at home" to which we are not
going to be able to 60. I expect to
send my Mr.. and Mrs card but shall
write regret or regrets" on it
In the lower corner?
Answer: Although, according to
etiquette, your cards alone are sup
posed to be sufficient, it would be
polite, think, to write on your card,
so sorry we are unable to be with
you" That is, it would be If you
know the host and hostess very well
or if you would really like to send 4
personal message. If you know them
very slightly, then merely send your
card.
+ X X X
NEAR MRS. POST: Before I came
- to this town my friends back
home gave a farewell party for me,
to which they brought all sorts of use
full but not expensive presents. I am
going back to pay my first visit. Do
you think, in view of what they did.
for me that I should take back pres
ents for every one?
b. Answer: Nobody would expect you
to bring presents to all the people
who gave the party. Remember that
what was one present to each Of
them might be half hundred to you,
and certainly they all realize this
perfectly.
(Copyright. 1889
Evening star., 1938-02-18
The Family
Problems
Of Child
They Weigh on His
Mind, Affecting
School Work.
BY ANGELO PATRI.


WHILE children are often problems
to their parents, the parents are
often problems to their children. Hope
less problems. for what can a child do
with his parents. but take them as
they are and suffer them?
These problems are often acute.
They weigh upon the mind of a child
so that he cannot get his school work
done. They trouble his sleep so he gets
no rest. They fill his mind with sor-
row so that he cannot play He fails
on all sides unless he gets help with
his home problems.
Children do not talk about these
affairs until they are pressed. some
times forced to do so. They hide
them and refuse to acknowledge them,
even to themselves. A fine girl had
mother who drinks to excess. She
goes to school unfit for work and
gets bad marks, is scolded, put back.
What is the matter with you?"
Nothing" BY and by, under the
pressure Of school visitor, nurse,
teacher, clergyman, the story is laid
bare. She's my mother You don't
think I'm ashamed OF her, do you?
Why don't you mind your own busi-
nesS?"
A boy slows down in his work; pays
no attention in class; looks miseable
and becomes surly. What Is the
matter, SOM" Nothing" Investiga-
ton discloses broken home. Mother
has gone away. The father and son
have been left to get along as we'll
as they can, which Is not very well.
They both want to hide their trouble
What could the boy do without help?
A child drags herself along as
though dead tired. She Is pale and
cross and falls asleep in her class
What is the matter?" Nothing p"
We find that the. depression has cost
two brothers their homes and they
have returned to father and mother.
bringing their wives and children.
This tired child is tired because she
has to sleep on a board laid across
the bathtub. She has to sit on the
stairs to study because there is no
room anywhere else. The sisters-in-
law nag her to death. What is the
child to do?
Even children from well-to-do
homes have problem fathers and
mothers and relatives to face. An
overcritical parent or relative. an
overly ambitious father or mother
or family. q divided family, brothers
and sisters who are unfriendly, even
hostile. All this troubles the child
to desperation, for he Is helpless.
School is mother and father, clergy
man and physician, friend extraord-
mary to these children. It is to the
friendly teacher that the story is
finally poured out. And it is the
friendly teacher who stands by, ad-
vising, helping, encouraging and
guiding the stumbling child to the
place of his enduring strength.
The teacher cannot do this work
alone. There should be groups of
understanding men and women at
tached to the school whose business it
is to lend q hand to children in need
Of it. There Is shortage of spiritual
help for struggling children. Surely
there are plenty ready and willing to
render it. The school needs them.
The children with problem families
must have them.
(copyright. 1881
Evening star., 1938-02-18

She JUST taxes heT stockings oU
.sDhen she runs into hidfs.
0NE girl we know has solved the
problem of how to save her best
stockings when the boy friend sud-
denly takes a notion to take her on
q jaunt through the wilds.
She just takes them off and puts
them in her pocket.
The boy friend was bit startled
the first time she Gid it. He couldn't
quite figure out what she was up to.
He thought it bit cold for her to
60 wading. But now he has caught
on, and before he starts off on
cross-country hike he says to her,
I'VE may go through briars. You'd
better leave your stockings at home"
That's fair enough. 1t gives her
q chance to put on an old pair if
she wants to.
And that, of course, was what she
was aiming at. 1t used to be that
he would suggest nice little walk
along the road, and she'd get nicely
dressed up for it, SO that he could be
proud Of her if they passed the local
sheriff on the way. And then. with
out warning, or thought of runs, he'd
lead her into a field of barberry.
We think hers Is a good cure.
We're going to save our stockings
from now on, too. JEAN.
Copyright. 1889
Evening star., 1938-02-18

appeared as by magic on little dresses,
on scarfs and blouses and the cutest
little printed fabric handbags. Think
these little dwarfs have come to stay
for some time, and certainly lend
themselves to all sorts of decorative
uses.
There's the little printed rayon frock
sketched above, that any little girl
would love. Each one of the seven
dwarfs appears in the design and has
his name printed under the figure so
that there is no question as to who is
who. This is one of the most popular
OF the fairy tale prints and also comes
in scarfs and babushkas to wear on
the head. We counted eight different
printed fabric designs and probably
missed some. There is darling little
wedgeWood blue frock with outline
figures in white. with Peter Pan collar
edged with Irish lace. 1t is going to
be hard to satisfy the children with
out at least one of these prints.
Those who have seen the new coats
and suits for little girls and bigger
girls are full of enthusiasm about
them. Among these are several def
mite trends that indicate which way
the fashion wind will be blowing when
March comes clustering along.
Evening star., 1938-02-18
Interesting News.

New developments in the surface,
texture and fast color Of rayon fabrics
have made them an important di-
vision Of textiles for everyday use.
Using rayon yarns which are basically
washable, weavers and knitters have
perfected constructions to achieve a
wider variety Of practical rayon fab
RIGS than ever before-in fact, during
the first nine months of 1887 over
SOC, ,000. 900 yards Of washable rayon
fabrics were woven,
Evening star., 1938-02-18
My Neighbor Says:

Early spring planting is ad-
vised for fruit trees so that they
may get good start before hot
weather sets in.
Twine used in tying bundles
should always be dampened. 1t
will tie much tighter and will not
slip when knots are made.
Wallpaper may be easily re-
moved If it is first wet with
water to which alum has been
added. Let it dry before taking
OH the paper. Use as much
alum as the water will dissolve.
Do not throw away mushroom
stems. Boil them, drain of the
liquid in which they are cooked
and add 1t to the cream of mush-
room soup.
To make baked potatoes dry
and mealy, when they are tender
put a fork at least twice into
each potato to let the steam es-
cape.
(Copyright. 1881
Evening star., 1938-02-18
Charming House Frock
Make This Shirtwaist Model
In Several Pretty Prints.
BY BARBARA BELL.

TINE real economy in sewing
comes from making those SIM
i pie clothes that you wear
around the house. One good
pattern like the one above and two
or three pieces OF material and you
have 4 whole springs requirements.
Notice how simple this dress is to
make. The front and back are each
cut in one piece from shoulder to hem
with only darts to mark the waistline.
Soft roll collar and short sleeves COM
plete the shirtwaist lines that are the
charm Of this dress. Make it up In
pretty cotton print. If you are just
learning to sew, this is a good pattern
with which to gain headway. The
pattern includes complete and detailed
instructions.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 143l-B is
designed for sizes SO, 80, 40, a., A,
As. 48, so and So Size 80 REQUIRES
4'4 yards of IS or 80 inch material
plus 5s yard contrast for the collar.
Send Is cents for the Barbara Bell
Pattern Book. Make yourself at.
tractive, practical and becoming
clothes. selecting designs from the
Barbara Bell well-planned, easy-to-
make patterns
Evening star., 1938-02-18

COFT combined
in
such lovely outfits
complete
n
Of The Evening Star.
Evening star., 1938-02-18
ots Teens Fashions of Interest Young Washington This
Dorothy Dix Says
Girls Rush Into Marriage While
Boys Delay Trip to the Altar.

until they are in . position to take
care OF wife, but thousands Of them
are dragged into premature marriages
oy glrs who give no thought to the
morrow. how they shall be fed or
wherewithal shall they be clothed.
A ND after marriage there is the
same difference in the attitude
OF the sexes toward the holy estate.
Probably there are just as many dis
appointed, dkillusioned husbands NJ
there are wives, but it Is q rare thing
to hear a man complaining of his wife.
while wives favorite indoor amuse-
ment Is harping upon their husbands
faults. If q man doesn't like his wife
he waits to tell it to the Judge and
not to their acquaintance, but she
regales her friends with all his short
comings
Furthermore, If q man is unhappy
in his home life, If his wife proves
uncongenial and unsympathetic, he
does not let 1t wreck his whole life,
as so many women do if their mar
riages are failures. He does not dwell
on his misfortune until it blots out all
the sunshine Of the world. He finds
consolation in his business and his
ambition, and thinks that it is a pretty
good old world, even If his house Of
dreams has gone to smash.
And he seldom breaks up his home
OF his own accord. Many q man en-
dures patiently for q lifetime domestic
conditions that would have sent a
woman to Reno on the first train.
DOROTHY DIX.
(Copyright 1881