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evening we caught 80. We dis
tribute them around the neigh
borhood. Catfish are delicious
eating when you cook them
right, you know"
One fisherman, obviously a busy
business man, refused to give his
name because it might start some
talk around the office. I haven't
been there as much as I should
lately"
But" he added, as he cast,
''you can say I think there are
too many hand line fishermen
around here. A man can't get
elbow room to cast. It's shame,
/ think"
ENJOYS CASTING
Fifteen-year-old Jack Strickland,
of Silver Spring, Md, who rides
in on his bike every evening, said:
Il like to cast almost as well
as I do catching fish. But I'm
kinda hoping I'll get another
four and half pound bass like
I did last year. I use wounded
minnow almost all the time now.
That's what 1 caught that bass
with"
LIS. Reynolds, 1888 M st. N. W.,
thinks that fishing around Wash
ington now is better than he has
seen it for many years. He caught
a four-and-a-half-pound bass with
a white buShtail last week and his
wife caught a 1012-inch crappie.
THE LEGAL LIMITS
Frank Kohlbeck. TIT Seven.
tenth st. N. W., is diligently
circling the basin looking fer that
big one that got away from him
Saturday. 1T weighed all Of five
pounds, if it weighed an ounce, 81
he said.
James J. Davey, 228 F St. N. w.,
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BLADENsBURG ROAD

The Bladensburg Road Citizens
Association, meeting last night in
Church of Christ, voted unani-
mously to cooperate with the Co
lumbia Heights Business Mems AS
ISOLATION for the extension of the
Park Road bus line through Rock
Greek Park, connecting Wisconsin
Avenue and Bladensburg Road.
The group voted to apply for
membership in the Federation of
Citizens Associations, with William
F.. Ryan and N. M. Manning as
delegates. New members elected
were Robert Louden, Mabel Dor
man, Lewis w. Bennett, Joseph
M. Kimball, w. A. Lyons. w. C
Medley, and P. L. Edelstein.
F.. E. Scheer, president of North
east Conference of Citizens AS
sociations, spoke on the value OF
organized citizenry to the voteless
residents of the District.
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Teacher to Mark
18 Years of DUTY

Mrs. Grace Wormelle will cele-
brate her eighteenth year of teach
ing in the Woodbridge School with
recital in the Sherwood Presby.
terrain Sunday School tomorrow
night at 8 p. m.
The program will consist of
piano solos, readings, vocal selec-
tons, dialogues and plays in cos
tune.
Those participating will be Jean
Elchelberger. Ida 10 Grigg, Hazel
Lebert, Emily Jane Massenheimer,
Marcia Martin, Marjorie Peter
son, Virginia Lee Pettey, Martha
Shreve, Dorothy Rhine, Betty
Thompson, Marden Wilson and
Donald Wilson.
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STREET DANCE
is SET MONDAY

The seasons first public street
dance will be held Monday eve
ming at 9 o'clock on the EllipSe
roadway between Fifteenth and
Seventeenth SITS.
An orchestra from the WPA
music project will play, using the
Rambling Theater truck as a
stage.
National Capital Parks, spon-
soring the dances, will rope off
streets, provide flood lights and
make other arrangements.
Dances will be held through
September each Monday at 9 p. m.
at the same spot.
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Is Years Ago
In The Times
News in The Times of June I,
1879

News in The Times of June I,
1879
Members of the first District OF
Columbia Volunteer Infantry will
hold their annual reunion on June
IT, it was announced today. June
II is the anniversary of the sur
render of Santiago. M a j I
Clarence w. Sayer is chairman OF
the arrangements com m e.
which also includes Capt. Harry
Walsh and Sergeant R. L. Lamb.
X u u
Several new members wer e
elected to the Brookland Citizens
Association last night. They are
Major Richard Sylvester, the Rev
D. j. Bloodgood, H. C. Butler, A
Jeffrys, H. G.. Reed, P. M. Ander.
son and Stephen K. Booth.
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PENELOPE DANCE

The annual birthday dance of
the Daughters of Penelope will be
held tonight from 10 to l at the
Wardman Park. Miss Mary de
Vakos, chairman on arrangements,
is being assisted by Misses Marie
ZouraS, Dorothy Kallivas and
Rose Pappadeas. and Mrs. Alex
andra OrfanoS.
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Sons of Veterans
Plan Encampnent

The Department of Maryland,
Sons of Union Veterans, and their
auXiliarieS will hold their annua!
encampment at the Lord Balti-
more Hotel, in Baltimore, June ID
and Is. Groups from the District,
Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia
and Delaware will participate.
Mayor Jackson will welcome the
delegates at a dinner the evening
of June IA. Judge Allan Cleve-
land will speak. Several veterans
of the G. A. r. are expected to
attend,
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CAPT. SMITH TO SPEAK

Capt. Milton D. Smith, of the
Traffic Department, will speak
Wednesday evening at the meet
ing Of George Washington Post
No. of the American Legion at
its clubhouse, Seventeenth st. and
Rhode Island Ave. John Thomas
Taylor, legislative representative
Of the legion, will introduce Smith.
Commander Dull will preside.
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LEGION MEETINGS

Meetings of American Legion
Posts tonight will be George Wash
ington Post, Admiral Club; Sec
ond Division Post. New Colonial
Hotel; Cooley-McCullough Post:
Fort Stevens Post Drum and Bugle
Corps, Roosevelt High School.
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v. F. w. MEETINGS

Veterans of Foreign War meet
ings tomorrow night will be
Columbia Post No. 1888, 1926 Mass
achusetts Ave. N. W.; Defense
Post No. 1857, 2030 Rhode Island
Ave. N. E.; Washington Post No
1854, 100 L st. N. W.; Overseas
Military Band, National Guard
Armory.
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MASONIC MEETINGS

Masonic Lodge meetings SEIZED
uled for tonight include: National
No. IL. E. A.; Arminius, No. Is
M. M; Myron M. Parker. No. 81
E. A: King David, No. %, social.
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WORKERS FOR BLIND

The D. C. Association of Work
ers for the Blind will meet in tEe
Epiphany Parish Hall, 1917 G st,
N. W., June Is at 7:45 p. m. The
possibility of the organization'S
participation in civic affairs will
be discussed.
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Anglers in Glory
AS Bass Season
Opens at the Basin
big Ones" Fail
To ELUde d. C..
Fishermen
BY JAMES ]. CULLINANE

A man went berserk under the
spreading Cherry Trees at the
Tidal Basin yesterday and hun
dreds of Washington's most
peaceful citizens watched him
with bitter jealousy cleaning in
their eyes.
"Eee-yow, you devil"
screamed the man as he twist
ed like a dervish on the sea-
wall, 1--WE got you now! Oh
boy, Oh baby, are you a
beauty"
The man danced with joy as his
victim gaSped its dying breath and
the peaceful citizens, their faces
set in stern lines, began softly
praying as they returned to their
tasks, that soon his cup OF happi-
ness would turn to gall and worm
wood when he looked at THEIR
victims.
BASS IN SEASON
1t was a commonplace scene be-
cause the big mouth bass fishing
season is now in full swing and
more than 1900 men, women and
children have obtained permits to
go mad with joy on the Tidal
Basin SeaWall.
J. Knowles Bishop, 20, of 1886
Rhode Island Avenue N. w., was
the man who was Frustrated with
happiness last evening.
I've been fishing for IS years
and I've never got a kick like
did landing this baby" said
Bishop as he proudly exhibited
three-and-a-half pound bass.
He caught the fish on a thin
$1.49 bamboo rod, baited with a
tandem spinner, yellow fly and
a split piece of pork rind.
WILLIE DOES ALL RIGHT
Three of them got away be-
fore I landed this one, but I
really think he was the biggest
of them ALL" said Bishop.
Further along the seawall, m
soft and shady spot, lolled
Willie Shaw, colore6, No. l fisher
man Of Logan Court Northwest.
"Is I fishing for bass? Lord,
man, I'm fishing for anything
that bites," exclaimed Willie
with a grin that dimmed the
radiance of the sun. Willie's
equipment consisted of branch
picked up or the way to the
Basin, a strand of Irvine, a cork
and a hook he wears in his
hatband wher it's not in use.
But he had an imposing string
of catfish, mullet and these here
little fish I disremember che
name Of"
TOUGH LUCK HERE
A short distance from Willie a
taciturn gentleman fished grimIy
and with splendid equipment.
mo-" he said CURLY, II have
not caught anything today. Sure
I've caught fish here before. All
the bass I could take. What
am I using? I don't know. Some
kind of plug. I'm trying to get
that bass that got away with
my underwater wobbler last
week. No, won't tell my name"
Mrs. Lewis Bowman, 1917 Tenth
st. N. W., knitted placidly on a
bench while her husband and
Lewis, jr., 212, fished from the sea-
wall. Junior was using a twig
without a line, but he seemed as
happy as his daddy.
Lewis, ST., caught four-pound
bass and a five-and-a-half-pound
carp Friday night, and he is well
satisfied with life.
CATFISH CHAMPIONS
The Cook family-Mr. Sheridan
Cook, Mrs. Cook, and May Rose,
8, their daughter-concentrate on
catfish and carp. They use crab
meat and soft dough.
I'VE catch 20 or 80 in an
evening"" said Mr.. Cook. Zone
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CATFISH CHAMPIONS

The Cook family-Mr. Sheridan
Cook, Mrs. Cook, and May Rose,
8, their daughter-concentrate on
catfish and carp. They use crab
meat and soft dough.
I'VE catch 20 or 80 in an
evening"" said Mr.. Cook. "One
Evening star., 1938-05-05
C0lOrs From the Beach
And Ocean Good Choice
For a Boys Room
Potted Plants May Be Used
To Decorate Iron Railing.
Other Queries Answered.
BY MARGARET NOVEL;.

EAR MISS NOVEL; have recently done some unpanted furniture
with varnish
match other furniture Can tell
give 1t a dull finish? MRS L. w. v, Silver Spring.
difficult to dull varnsh
to rub with the wood grain with fine
Evening star., 1938-05-05

By BARBARA BELL
T 7 ERE'S very new idea for the
casual type Of sports frock
that you depend on so much
a = during the summertime. The
shallow yoke, with plenty of fullness
Evening star., 1938-05-05
Fashion Kind
To OWOnnen
Forty
Don't Be Afraid to
Look Your Age
Nowadays.
By ELSIE PIERCE.
CAN'T remember a season whel

CAN'T remember season when
Fashion was so kind to the frankly
40 and so. Suddenly realizing that
youth has had its fling and full share
of attention long enough. the style
originators have turned their thoughts
and creative powers to the middle
aged woman.
A Fifth avenue, New York, store an
nounces the opening of a new fashion
floor dedicated to dressing the
woman" Furbelows are out, youthful
frippery taboo'd. The fashions to be
found here are simple and smart. with
q dignity and distinction becoming to
maturity.
Another employs as model an ell
derly gentlewoman who used to be the
stores customer until reverses made it
necessary for her to seek way to in
crease her income. Gray-haired,
rather slight of build, typical mother,
she holds her head proudly and models
clothes beautifully.
The upward trend is perfect for the
modern matron. Some think short
hair makes one look older. 1t does not.
It makes one look more dignified. and
short hair is therefore ideally suited
to the modern matron. A deep swirl
to one side, soft curls all around, a
soft pompadour effect above the fore
head and you have q charming coif-
fure. Besides, such coif1ure gives a
lift to the face. and that is always a
good thing as one approaches the 40th
birthday.
The upward trend also calls for
rouge brought up high, up and out
ward almost to the outer curve Of the
cheek and almost right up to the
Evening star., 1938-05-05

Sliced Tomatoes, French Dressing
Shoesering Potatoes
Hot Rolls Butter Curls
Peach Cobbler, Hard Sauce
Coffee
SPECIAL CHICKEN SOUP. Z.
cups canned chicken broth.
eggs.
2 tablespoons lemon juice.
" teaspoon salt.
Pepper, paprika.
2 tablespoons sherry favoring.
If the broth contains rice strain it.
Bring slowly to a boil Beat the
eggs well and add the lemon juice to
them. Add salt and pepper and con-
tinue to beat until mixture is light
and frothy Gradually beat in the
boiling broth and add the sherry.
Pour into cups and serve at once.
This soup is equally good if chilled,
if the weather should be very warm.
SPRING SALMON SALAD RING.
4 tablespoons gelatin.
cup cold water.
/ cup cider vinegar.
l cup sugar.
teaspoons salt.
4 cups boiling water.
pound asparagus tips cooked or
canned.
pounds cooked or canned salmon.
2 cups celery diced.
l cup sweet pickles (choppe0.
2 teaspoons onion juice.
l teaspoon salt.
112 cups mayonnaise.
Dissolve gelatin in cold water. Add
vinegar, sugar and salt. Add boiling
water. Rinse ring mold in cold
water and pour one-half cup of the
gelatin mixture into the ring mold.
When it begins to thicken arrange
punches of asparagus tips in the ring
mold. Pour remaining gelatin into the
mold and chill thoroughly.
Combine faxed salmon, celery.
pickles, seasonings and mayonnaise,
mixing lightly to keep flakes of SAL
mon whole. Unmold ring mold on
platter lined with endive or lettuce
and fill center of mold with salmon
salad. Garnish with radish roses and
ripe olives.
PEACH COBBLER.
2 cups sliced canned peaches.
egg.
2-3 cup sugar.
Biscuit dough.
Beat the egg lightly, add the sugar
and the peaches. which have been well
drained. Pour the mixture into but
tered baking dish, dot with butter and
cover with crust made of your favor
ite baking powder biscuit dough. Press
edges of crust down on baking dish rim
and prick with fork to allow steam to
escape. Bake in a hot oven until
brown. Serve hot with hard sauce or,
If you prefer, with cream.
Evening star., 1938-05-05
Dorothy Dix Says
Reasons Why a Man Marries
Are Numerous and Varied.

own he might as well support and
educate theirs
A LSO. II women are not all Pa
tient Griseldas, many of them are
good company who keep their hus-
bands entertained and amused. And
1t takes a lot of sting out of nag
ging to know that 1t Is prompted by
love, and that at least to one human
being you are the most important
thing in the universe.
Likewise it may be pointed out that
the only people who are really free to
come and go as they please, with no
questions asked. are those whom no
body loves enough to care where
they 60 or whether they ever come
back. And while that Is personal lib
erty, 1t is also lonesomeness.
Furthermore, while it Is true that
blue ribbon at the church festival, 1t
is also true that these same women
feed their husbands souls on am
broSia.
AS a further argument in favor of
matrimony it may be added that wives
have many other virtues that justify
wedding rings. Love. for instance, that
sees when he has got paunchy and
nance when he has got paunchy and
bald-headed and triple -chinned. Loy-
atty that makes man know that If all
the rest of the world turns against
him she would still be standing at his
side. Willingness to work without
wages and think it privilege to do so.
Wives are also valuable as sick
nurses and come much cheaper. They
make fine press agents. They are good
social secretaries and are invaluable
in boosting q man up the ladder in
his career. And they are priceless as
alibis, for q man can always lay his
failure in business or his being q
drunkard and his mistakes generally
on his wife. And for these and many
other reasons men marry.
Evening star., 1938-05-05
Good Books
For Little
Culprits
Let Classics Wait
Their Turn With
Youngsters.
By ANGELO PATRI.
7 AGREE heartily with the pc

I AGREE heartily with the people
who want to give books to children
who are in trouble with the police.
They ought to have good books. Just
two points rise in this question-the
ability Of such children to read the
books given them and their ability to
profit by the reading. It Is not always
possible for children who get into the
hands of the police to do either.
The first idea Of the conscientious
people in charge of these children is to
give them a classic-"Treasure Island"
tom Sawyer" Captains Courage
ous," Three Years Before the Mast, u
"Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Lit
tie Women" Life of Madame Curie. "
Fine. None better. But
Children who get into trouble with
society are rarely of high intelligence.
Rarely do such children read for mean
ing. Many of them read for words,
as they are called on in class. Read
ing books for pleasure or for informa-
ton is not their habit, because it is not
within their power. Some of them
A0ASAG NC OduSAlt, 1lAolly VI OllSul SdAA-
not learn reading of that kind.
In any case, the effort Is worth trial
A library ought to be in every place
where children are held under the
power of the courts. What sort of
books are going to make the collection?
I hope others besides the classics.
There should be plenty of picture
books. Never mind the grade or age
for which these books were published.
Get the picture books, and the more
color the better. Animals, people and
animals in action, ships, boats, planes,
all sorts of machines, fairy tale pic
lures, all kinds of pictures, and, highly
necessary, mail order catalogues that
have plenty of illustrations.
These children begin reading with
pictures. To the pictures we add short
bits of information, like captions in
large print. That is the next step in
reading. Add story books, plenty of pic
lures and wide spaces, lots of white on
the page and very simple story set
down in short sentences. Feed out
story books, and don't worry about
their not being approved by the lead
ing authorities. Be satisfied If the
books are written in good English, tell
good story and interest the reading
child. A taste for good reading IS like
any other human accomplishment. q
matter of time and experience and
training. Mostly experience.
I like books that are full Of action
for the boys.
For the girls there are the fairy
tales and such books as Anne Of
Green Cables and Anne Alive" Let
the classics wait their time. "Alice in
Wonderland" so often prescribed fol
girls, is not, in my opinion or expert
ence, a child's book. It is an adults
book.
If some good music records and q
phonograph could be put in this library
it would help great deal. Music heals
purifies and inspires, and that is what
we need to have done with our chill.
dren, wherever they are. Which lead.
me to say that this way Of reading 4
fine for all children. Following II
might prevent trouble and lead to goot
taste in reading. Once such taste Il
established, the child is as safe as it L
humanity possible to have him.
Evening star., 1938-05-05

below. makes pattern No. 1522-B very
becoming to women who ordinarily
cannot wear tailored frock; it's prac-
tically everybody's dress. Puf sleeves
give the necessary shoulder width
that smartness demands, the skirt
flares gently from slim hipline.
Linen, champray, gingham, shan
tung or sharkskin are good choices
for a dress of this kind when YOU
make it for summer wear. No. 1522-B
is one of those satisfying patterns that
adapts itself to every season.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1923 is
designed for sizes IA, Is, 18, 20, 40 and
~. Corresponding bust measurements,
80. "a, Sc, 80, 40 and AZ. Size 1e (34)
requires ~ yards of 35-inch material,
plus " yard contrast for collar and
cuffs and 1N yards Of braid to trim.
tcopyrisH. 193s)
Evening star., 1938-05-05

lightly, so that it dulls the varnish but
does not bite into the wood. Then wax
it and rub 1t to satiny finish rather
than CLASSY one. 1 would suggest
that you use hereafter walnut stain
that does not contain varnish. Then
shellac the piece and rub it down with
sandpaper and wax. That will give
you the dull finish to match your other
pieces.
nEAR MISS NOVEL;: I was in
terested in your suggestion for
summer table service of knives, forks
and spoons for use out of doors I
bought some several years ago and We
were unable to use them because they
had definite metallic taste. Can you
tell me if it is possible to get some that
do not have this drawback?
MRS. A. C. L., Bethesda, Md.
Answer: Yes. I saw some in
shop in Washington just last week and
asked the same question. was in
formed that If they were dipped In
either pewter or chromium there was
no metallic taste, and the wearing
qualities were excellent.
\ X X X
NEAR MISS NOVEL;: Can you
suggest a color scheme for
little boys room that is not the usual
nautical red, white and blue? My son
loves the beach and boats, but should
prefer q softer color scheme.
MRS. E. N. R.,
Friendship Heights, Md.
Answer-Why not take your color
scheme from the beach itself? A
warm golden sand color for walls,
cool watery blue-green, ocean color
for floors and curtains, with spots of
clear white and bright vermillion to
liven it up. With sailing ship pic
lures and goldfish bowl on the win
dow sill your little boy should feel
surrounded by the thing he loves best.
NEAR MISS NOVEL;: I am fixing
- up an old farmhouse out in
Maryland for q summer place and
would like to paper some of the walls.
The house was built in 1850 and I
am told that there was no wall paper
made at that time Is this so, and
can you suggest what might do to
the walls?
MRS. c. N W., Chevy Chase.
Answer-There was very little wall
paper used in this country before 1900,
and it would have been unlikely to
find it in farmhouse as it was very
expensive and used generally in the
more formal town houses. However,
there are delightful handblocked papers
that will fit into your house just as
perfectly as thought they had been
made for it and would give you the
effect that think you want. Many
country houses Of the era Of yours
had stenciled walls. A surface similar
to calsomine was used to finish the
wall and then decorated In the form
| Of dado or in panels with a simple
conventionalized stencil design that
was most attractive. You will find
Evening star., 1938-05-05

routine will prove a real lifeSaver.
All this was going through my head
this morning while touring the local
markets and food supply stores. Har-
assed myself by what to feed my vo-
racious family for the rest of the
week, it suddenly struck me how
many thousands of women were also
racklng their brains and counting
their pennies to provide something
new and yet stay within the budget
I thought back over all the years of
meal-planning I have done-and it
seems as If had been at it since the
cradle, almost! It's no wonder we
housewives go stale on our Job when
we have to be at it every single day
OF the year! So give mother a break
next Sunday and let her out of the
kitchen for once!
The menu selected is easy for an
amateur to prepare. as most of its in
gradients may be bought ready-made.
And if mother refuses to yield the
fort to the other members of the
family then she won't have very
AiAS1l w Oh UsSlC Will llclSS1l, WlllCll
u some help, anyway!
X X X
INCIDENTALLY. there is little
change in the market scsne this
week. Beef and veal continue low,
lamb Is fractionally higher in some
places, but holds its last weeks price
in others. Broilers and fryers are fine,
fish is plentiful and inexpensive, and
for those Of you who want something
a little out of the ordinary there are
frog legs-nice, big ones-at a reason
able price. Produce shows little va
ration: few cantaloupes are in, but
sherries continue few and far be-
tween. Berries are good, and as
paragus at its peak. Nice big leeks
and spring onions suggest themselves
tor soups, salads and on toast as q
luncheon dish.
SUNDAY DINNER MENU.
Special Chicken Soup
Toasted Crackers Olipes
Salmon Salad Ring
Evening star., 1938-05-05

under-eye area. Keep the rouge away
from the expression lines. but keep it
high. This. too, gives the face a lift,
making one look younger.
The forward-sweeping hats are per-
feet for the modern matron and
mother. Tricornes with a bit of veil
Ing and soft plumes or flowers seem
ito personify mellow maturity.
Muted pastel shades, jacket frocks,
bias-cut lace evening gowns, lingerie
touches, jeweled clips ). all these are
stylish, smart and frankly for the mod
ern matron. So, mother, do make the
most Of the opportunities fashion Of
fers-keep yourself looking impeccably
groomed. Don't be afraid to look your
age. praHiding you are aging gra-
ciously. =
tCopyright. 1885,