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Evening star., 1939-01-31
ALONE Cure
For Winter
.DOldrunns
Cancel All Social
ENGAGEMENTS for
A Whole Week
BY PATRICIA LINDSAY.

Along about now the winter dol
drums usually grip women, and are
| quite likely to hang around until
the last of February or the middle
Of March! During this period
women are depressed to the point
of becoming i'll, and their unhappy
mood usually wrecks the morale of
the entire household!
| Lack of sunshine, long, arduous
hours spent on ones duties, little
exercise and very tickle weather all
conspire to bring on this depres-
sion. Men feel it, too, but they dis
charge it by saying, oh. it's just
the time of the year." But women
usually get into a slump they can
not rise above.
If you are depressed and the fu-
ture looks hopless. try a little in
telligent self-indulgence to Danish
the old hoodoo. Much can be done
by simply realizing that your energy
and health are below par and be-
cause you are worn out things look
black.
! Whether you are a housewife or
a career woman you must take a
week for rest. Not quit your job
or shirk your duties-no-but see
that 9 o'clock finds you in bed
every night after good hot, relax
ing bath and a fragrant cologne
patting. Have your mattress turn
ed each day and if you can afford
the luxury, make up your bed with
fresh linen daily.
You most likely need a good tonic
for month or six weeks. along
with your well-balanced diet. The
tonic will help you to relax and
you must give in to it. Cancel all
social engagements with the very
acceptable plea that you are re-
cuperating from the hard winter
months and by next week you will
be brighter guest Ignore the
family at night and creep into your
own room with all the reading or
sewing material needed to either
amuse you or to bring on slumber
During the day lie in the SUM-
shine, lightly clad, in well-heated
room. Spread a blanket on the
floor in patch of sun and drink
in every hot minute Of it! If it is
bleak week, use a sun lamp (bor-
row or rent one if you haven't one)
and take brief treatments beneath
it. Your body needs sun more than
anything.
This week is also a good time
to pay special attention to your hair,
skin and body. Go through all the
little groomings which give you
comfort, such as brushing and scalp
massage. two facialS, pedicure your
feet and manicure your nails. Do
1t all at home because I want you
to ''let down." and if you make even
a beauty salon appointment you
will use up energy. Next week go
and have a new permanent If you
need one, thorough body mas
sage or a turkish bath! But this
week just feel that you have shut
the entire world out of your life!
For once I will not urge you to
exercise! Just sleep and rest dur
ing your free hours. Next week
you will have the urge to exercise.
Then get out and walk, swim,
skate, run-depending upon the cli-
mate in which you are living! If
your allowance permits it, buy a
new spring hat, new dress or some
other personal adornment.
It's your week to be selfish and
I can wager that you will feel the
better woman for it. You'll have
many companions doing the same
thing, even though you may not
know them!
Evening star., 1939-01-31

Same way with the girl. She
doesn't criticize the boy friends
taste in dress, no matter how awful
she thinks it is. She listens to his
opinions as if an oracle were speak
Evening star., 1939-01-31

has a fitted waistline, cut up to
points in the front-makes the
figure look slim.
The deep V-neckline has a
lengthening effect. Emphasize its
flattery by wearing brilliant brooch
or clip-the new large kind-at the
point. And notice the graceful
line of the skirt, ripping to animated
fullness from narrow hips. Make
this dress of fine wool or rayon jer-
sey, fiat crepe or chiffon. It's .
Evening star., 1939-01-31
BY BARBARA BELL.

Here's one of those hard-to-ind
fashions of charming, wellbred sim
plicity that truly has a million
dollar look when you make it up
IN quality materials of your own
choosing. It's perfect fashion
for bridge and club wear. soft with
out being too dressy. And it has
beautifully slenderizing lines. With
a bodice gathered enough to create
becoming bust fullness, this design
Evening star., 1939-01-31

very easy design-accompanied, of
course, by detailed sew chart.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1679-B
is designed for sizes SO, 38, 40, AZ,
A, 46, 48, SO and So. Size 38 re-
quires S yards of 39-inch material.
with long sleeves.
Evening star., 1939-01-31
Dorothy Dix Says
'Spats' After Marriage Caused
BV Let.DOWn of Possession

ing. She goes higilbroW if he is
literary, or Utter if he is addicted
to swing music. If he is golf fiend,
she walks miles around the links,
no matter how much her feet hurt
her. And one of the main reasons
he marries her is because she is
such a perfect little yes-yeser.
So there is practically nothing
for an engaged couple to quarrel
about. but after marriage when a
mans and womans habits, tastes,
opinions, points of view come in
contact every minute of the day,
there are million things to quar-
rel about, and most of them do it.
1t is a case of possession then,
and they feel that gives them the
right to speak right out in meeting
and say what they think. So they
throw prudence and reticence and
even common politeness out of the
window and go to the mat over
everything under the sun.
Another reason that husbands and
wives quarrel is because they get a
kick out of it. Domestic life gets
monotonous and dull and they pep
it up by having a regular knock
down and dragout fight, after which
they kiss and make up, and every
thing is serene until they feel the
need of .livening things up again.
The remedy for the domestic spat
is as simple as the cause thereof.
1t is just the use of a little of the
self control that they show in their
dealings with other people You
never saw a family quarrel that
either one couldn't have stopped
at its very beginning by the use
of particle of self-restraint or
diplomacy.
Copyright, 193a)
Evening star., 1939-01-31
Chie~dS Oetoil-

religious scruples forbid the repro
duction of animal forms, which are
the dominating character of the
Persian, Indian and Chinese tex
tiles. The field of the Ghiordes rug
is blue rather than red. and white
is used sparingly as pale yellow is
preferred. In the old pieces the
red gains intensity with time, mod
Evening star., 1939-01-31
Quality of Workmanship
Famous in the Ancient
Carpets Of Turkey
The Well Known Prayer Rugs
Are Symbols of the Finest
And Should Be Cherished
By MARGARET NOVEL;.

Trade between AMmor Smyrna and consantinope and the
18th
famous old Dutch and Flemish that period the
Turkey faithfully before generally known
Evening star., 1939-01-31

Dear Miss Dix-If you can answer
this question you will solve one of
the greatest mysteries of married
life. 1t is: Why do people quarrel
after they are married when they
got along perfectly harmoniously
before marriage? And is there any
remedy for the domestic spat?
OBSERVER.
Answer: That conundrum can be
answered in two words: Pursuit and
possession. Before marriage a man
and a woman get along together
without friction because each is in
pursuit of the other and they do and
say only things that will be pleasing
to the other. They watch their
steps and heed each others Keep
Off the Grass signs. They fall in
with each others plans They soft
pedal their criticisms. They do not
bring up controversial subjects.
The young man in love does not
tell his girl that She looks ike
figure of fun in that new dofunny
hat she has just bought. Instead
he tells her how pretty she looks
in it. He lets her drag him to SYM
phony concerts, no matter how
much he loathes them. He listens
respectfully to her views on politics
and never dreams of telling her that
she doesn't know what she is talking
about He goes with her to her
church and lets her pick out the
movies, and is just as pliable and
smooth to handle as a lump of
butter.
Same way with the girl She
doesn't criticize the boy friends
taste in dress, no matter how awful
l.. L
Evening star., 1939-01-31

scalops therefore giving
different designs This pairs of
large size powcases small will have enough LETT
scaops
cloths bidetob will be delighted
with linens having these scaloped edges
designs strip measuring % inches long, complete under
illustrated directions with color suggestions stitches used
aid also materials and how much will need
pattern cents in
postage Needle
Editor of Evening
Evening star., 1939-01-31

SlUIY anu UUL IldIluIuI OF COUTdR-
eous travellers were aware of its
great art treasures. In the records
of the early colonies in America, at
Massachusetts Bay and Maryland
and Virginia, it is often mentioned
in bequests and inventories that the
household contained one or more
Evening star., 1939-01-25

enormous expense to Danish the depres-
sion and to restore prosperity. 1t is not
fair to put the blame for this entirely
upon Mr.. Roosevelt. The fault is really
to be found in our schools, colleges and
universities, where the science of politi-
cal economy, the most important of all
the sciences in relation to human welfare,
has been allowed to die out.
The enigma of undeserved poverty of
large percentage Of the people during
period of marvellous development in
the capacity of the average man to pro-
duce wealth continues to challenge the
minds of most men simply because the
science of political economy has been
neglected. Sixty years ago this problem
was thoroughly analyzed by an American
philosopher and the right remedy for it
was then given to the world with ra-
tional and unanswerable conclusions.
Had Progress and Poverty" been pub
Hshed as the report of a committee
appointed by eminent statesmen or
college presidents, the principles therein
contained would have been put into
practice long ago, resulting in per-
manent prosperity replacing mysterious
depression. fortunately the truths made
plain by Henry George are being received
with increasing favor and must soon sue
ceed where fantastic experiments have
failed. HENRY WARE ALIEN
Wichita, Kans.
January II.
Evening star., 1939-01-25

shortly have occasion to ponder is the
international aftermath of insurgent
victory. Spain is the mother country
of most of Latin America. A Fascist
ruled peninsula may not find it diff
cult to cement sentimental racial ties
with the republics of this hemi-
sphere. Because 1t is logical to sup
pose that Franco cannot and will
not prove ungrateful to his German
and Italian allies, that outlook sug-
gests contingencies worthy of the
prompt and serious consideration Of
the Washington Government.
With the purely European effect Of
insurgent triumph, we, as a people,
have relatively little concern. If a
MISUNDERSTANDING "axis" were
to lead to an alteration of the Medi-
terranean status quo or to ~'re-
distribution" Of colonial territory
which would give the Fascist powers
air bases on the West African coast
or in the Canaries or Azores, an in
surgent-governed Spain might sud-
denly emerge as a factor demanding
drastically revised defense strategy
on Americas part.
Evening star., 1939-01-25

ter what rebuffs the administration
may hand out in other quarters.
There will be die-hards who will
keep their tongues in their cheeks
over the Hopkins appointment, who
more or less privately will contend
it is all 1910 "buildup," or a scheme
to avert criticism of w. P. A. by the
present Congress, or a prelude to
further oppression Of economic
royalty" despite the skepticism,
business can i'll afford to refuse Mr..
Hopkins proffered hand of friend
ship at time like this.
Evening star., 1939-01-25
Useless Organisms

The other day medical science ef-
fected a remarkable cure in the
strange case of a Kansas farmer with
an abnormal appetite. The victim
was obliged to eat daily large guam
titles of bacon and eggs, cereal, half
pint of cream, lots of roast beef,
mashed potatoes and gravy, five
other vegetables, plenty of butter,
three hamburgers, three pork chops,
half dozen oranges, numerous sand
wiches and several pieces of pie. Any
time he stopped eating for an hour
or so he would nearly collapse of
hunger. At the end of the fiscal year
he found that his food budget re-
quirements had left him no farm pro-
duce for sale, so he went to hos
pital, where he turned out to be
severe problem for the doctors and
an even tougher one for the culinary
staff. There, one school of medical
thought urged him to keep on eating
more and more; that in some mys-
terious fashion his strength and
consequently his earning power would
grow until he made so much money
that he could afford any appetite.
Closer examination, however, dis
closed the fact that there was too
much insulin in his blood. Insulin
is substance which burns up sugar,
which must be replaced by the con-
sumption of more food. The doctors
discovered useless and shapeless
growth called an adenoma, which
had somehow chiseled in unnoticed,
made itself at home, and released a
hungry horde of insulin molecules
constantly howline for more sugar.
Upon exposure, the adenoma quiv-
cred with indignation, protesting
loudly that its presence was vitally
necessary-but a hard-boiled investi-
eating committee ruthlessly cut it
out, and now the patient is back to
three normal meals a day.
To summarize briefly, it has been
shown that when a body becomes
afflicted with an organism whose sole
purpose is to burn up sugar, it Is
cheaper to remove it than to keep
on supplying sugar. The informa-
ton will come in handy soon for
voters who consider that it applies
not only to the human body but also
to the body polite In the latter
case the adenoma masquerades
under an alphabetical alias.
Evening star., 1939-01-25
THIS AND THAT
By Charles +. Trace1oeu.

simply the hair on the upper lip. now
called the mustache.
Undoubtedly there Is Z certain re-
senlblance between the working end Of
whisk broom and the chin of an un-
shorn male Of the human species.
When whiskers are allowed to grow, as
was often the case during the Civil War
period, we have boards.
One today may wonder what made
them go in for whiskers widely in those
days.
Were they cultivated as evidences Of
manly vigor, or were men Of those days
just afraid Of old straight razors?
Our guess Is that the latter had q
great deal to do with 1t. A man had
three choices when he came Of age-to
permit his whiskers and mustache to
grow, to shave himself, or to 20 to q
barber.
Evidently many men disliked barber
shops in those days, Just as many do
today, and, besides. they did not like to
wait for "Next!"
They were afraid Of cutting themselves
with the ordinary straight razor.
So there wasn't anything left for the
average man, Army officer or whatnot,
except to let his whiskers grow.
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Trappers, explorers, miners, ranchers-
these and many more went in for whisk-
ers on large and flowing SCALE
Look at some of the photographs taken
during the Civil War and shortly there
after.
Many Of the chin and cheek adorn-
ments really were magnificent, giving
their owners certain solid, mature look.
They hid weak chins, for one thing,
and so sheltered many an inferiority
complex long before the phrase was in
vented.
1t was the cowpuncher, we believe, who
gave the real death blow to chin whisk-
ers and sideburns and the like.
He didn't want to look old and dig
nified.
And above all, he wasn't scairt of the
straight razor.
The safety razor came in just as the
real cowboys were going out. 1t made
America nation of smooth-faced men,
but the cowboy gets the real credit.
He just wouldn't stand for whiskers,
and nobody can blame him.
Stiff, stubbly whisk brooms ought to
go out In the trash, and long, flexible
ones take their place in every home
The humble, utilitarian whisk holds
its position today against all electrical
gadgets. When you want to wisk or
whisk wisp off your coat sleeve, MOTH
ing will do it quite so well asa whisk
broom.
Take tip from the Pullman porter
George, We believe-and have a whisk
which is long and flexible. kind particu-
larly to the back of the legs.
Evening star., 1939-01-25
Thomas R. AmIie

On the record thus far disclosed,
the only reason that suggests itself
for the appointment Of Thomas r..
Amlie to the Interstate Commerce
Commission is based on the philoso-
ply of Petroleum v. Nasby, to-wit:
II want a offs; I need a offs, a
offs wood suit me. Therefore, I
shood like to hev offs"
Mr.. Amlie, Wisconsin Progressive
who served something more than
three terms in the House, was re-
tired to private life by the electorate
in the last Wisconsin primary when
he sought the senatorial nomination
for the seat then held by Demo-
crat and now in Republican pos
session.
From the Nasby standpoint, this
made Mr.. Amlie entirely eligible for
appointive Office, but the doctrines
he has expounded tend to cast doubt
on the other qualifications of the
nominee for a place on the agency
which exercises wide regulatory pow
ers over twenty-five billion dollar
industry, the future of which is the
object of grave concern.
Mr.. Amlie is best remembered as a
co-sponsor of the industrial Expan-
sion Act" offered to the House a
year ago to solve basic economic
problems with which he felt the
New Deal had failed to cope. This
provided, first of all, for a central
planning agency to map production
as based on the needs of the people
and productive capacity of industry.
Manufacturers of key industries then
would be requested to step up output,
with a high processing tax the pen
atty for noncompliance. This, he
explained, was an effective means of
combating unemployment and in
creasing the national income.
"It seems to me that we shall in
evitably be forced to concentrate
power in the hands of the Federal
Government TO an extent tnaC we
have never considered necessary be-
FORE" Mr.. Amlie said.
AS an advocate of such principles,
the Amlie selection is surprising in
the light of other appointments
President Roosevelt has made to the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
Nor does it give much comfort to
those who have hoped for adoption
of friendlier attitude toward busi-
ness by the administration.
There already are indications that
the nomination will get long and
earnest scrutiny in the Senate. Mr..
Amlie, of course, is entitled to a
hearing. When the time comes for
that, those who have any interest in
the transportation industry will be
all ears.
Evening star., 1939-01-25
Horse and Cart

Passage of a District revenue bill,
fixing tax burden for the local COM
munity that may continue indefl-
nitely, without prescribing any fixed
obligation of the Federal Govern
ment toward its Capital City, would
be clear case of putting the cart
before the horse.
It Is reassuring, therefore, to find
Senator Overton, Democrat, of Loui-
siana very logically suggesting that
the amount of the Federal payment
should be determined before the tax
program is worked out finally.
With the District budget at the
present level of SAT, 100000 for the
coming year, continuation of the
$5,O0O,OO0 lump sum Federal pay
ment, would leave local residents
meeting nearly 80 per cent of the
total.
1t would be a vain hope to expect
the size of the budget to diminish
tn the immediate future. In fact,
statistics in the recent tax report
forecast a steady increase in total
revenue requirements for the next
eight fiscal years.
It is self-evident that if Congress
merely continues the present prac-
tice of making $5,00O,00O lump sum
payment from year to year, regard
less of an increasing total budget,
the Federal share will shrink stead
lily, in terms of percentage, to a new
low. And all added requirements will
be translated into constantly mount
ing local taxes, even though the Ma
tional Government probably will
continue to add to its area of tax
exempt land in the city.
Although Congress had not OBJ
served the fixed ratio of apportion-
ing the city's expenses at go per cent
from the District and 40 per cent
from the United States since 1925,
that ratio remained the substantive
law until repealed in the 1888 local
tax law. While that left the lump
sum as a temporary policy, deter
mined for one year at a time, last
years tax law also was a temporary,
stop-gap measure.
The Importance and value of Sen
ator Overton's suggestion grows out
of the fact that Congress now is
about to draft permanent local tax
program, one that presumably will
increase the local burden for a num-
ber Of years to come. The Senator
is on sound, reasonable ground,
therefore, in urging that Congress
first adopt some equally permanent
formula, or yardstick, for measuring
the national obligation.
In other words, the Senator from
Louisiana has properly put the horse
in front Of the cart.
Evening star., 1939-01-25
Believes Every One Should
Pay Income Taxes.

Pay Income Taxes.
There is no sound or valid reason
why State and Federal employees and
those holding tax-exempt securities
should not pay an income tax just as
others have to pay.
The Presidents special message to
Congress asking for legislation to effect
the collection OF the tax Is sound and
timely.
The effect Of tax exemptions, like many
other evils, has been to bring forth all
kinds Of ideas and isms that often tend
to undermine and destroy confidence in
our Government. Such condition the
people regard as indefensible.
This is just another of the many hon.
est and courageous efforts of our great
President to give all the people equal
opportunity and fair or square deal.
I do not find, as q rule, that Govern
ment employees question the justice of
the tax as applied to them, or all the
people allke. ROBERT ]. NOEL.
Evening star., 1939-01-25
Shooting Stors
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON
The RiDple

The Ripple.
Just little splash-that's all
When you let pebble fall
In the lake. The waters close
And In dignified repose
Picture back the hills and sun
Just as they have always done.
Everything seems as before;
Just a splash; and nothing more.
Mighty men and small ones, too,
Put on high, by fate, we view.
Shadows of forgetfulness
Soon surround them more or less.
Like the glistening waves they fade
Those slight ripples that they made
Recollection can recall
Just little splash-that's all.
Evening star., 1939-01-25

Wonder where Pullman porters get
their whisk brooms?
Such long, flexible whisks they are,
utterly unlike the stubby ones found III
homes, that it is a natural question.
All porters have the same brooms, and
this has been going on for many, many
years.
Every one who has ridden on q train
knows the capable feel Of those long
whisks, as they do a neat job on coats
and trousers.
II there ever is a busting Job worth Is
cents more-surely this is 1t.
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The curious thing is that you seldom
find such whisk broom in the home.
Usually the whisk found there is sti1Y
and utterly incapable Of delivering Q
proper brushing.
Cat and dog hairs, for instance, remain
stubbornly on the cloth.
The more you brush, the tighter they
cling.
Persons whose homes harbor these
curious animals know better way.
They pick 'em off, one by one 1t is a
tedious process, but it gets results.
The word "whisk" Is interesting,
According to the big word book, 1t is
from an old Scandinavian word meaning
WiSk, or Wisp.
Wisps Of things-that is what we brush
of with whisk, or whisk broom.
The dictionary gives six definitions for
80 simple word as "whisk."
One Is the act Of whisking-a quick
sweeping or brushing motion as of some
thing light. A sudden puff or Whit.
Two. small bunch Of grass, straw, or
hair, used for brushing. Number two
Is our humble whisk broom, of course
Three. small culinary instrument
made OF wire, for whipping or beating
eggs Chats the familiar egg beater.
Dictionary definitions are so naiveD
Four, a kind Of cape.
Five, a plane for trimming the chimes
Of cask. (You look up "chimes.')
Six. an impertinent fellow. The usage
Is obsolete, but the fellow is not.)
"Whisk broom" is given in the big
book simply as "a whisk," which see, it
continues There is too much which
see" in dictionaries.
One might think, off-hand, that the
word "whisk" comes from whisker, but
of course it does not, as we have seen.
But whisker is one who whisks-
right enough, including the porter.
And a whisker also is a hair, or the
collection Of hair on the cheeks and
chin, or either one. This usually is the
plural, whiskers, both as to word and
hairs.
Many years ago the whiskers were