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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-09

asks him, finally, If he's ever been
to Washington.
Loads of times he admits.
He tells her he has walked across
the Fourteenth Street Bridge from
Virginia because Id never been
across it with all the lights on"
She asks him where he's going
and he hesitates a moment before
he says Boston" He assures her
that he frequently travels alone. The
souvenir clerk whispers he's spent 81
in the shop.
You have to wait awhile for your
train" she suggests, why don't you
come over and talk to me?"
The boy goes willingly. They talk
then about Boy Scouts, about guns
and cowboys and pretty soon his
eyelids begin to oroop.
Perhaps you're little tired" she
says. Would you like a place to
stay overnight and then proceed
with your journey tomorrow"
He thinks that would be a pretty
good idea. She calls the Children's
Receiving Home. Then she suggests
to him that perhaps his mother
should be told he's staying the night
IN Washington. She hasn't got a
phone, he says.
Wren the worker comes from the
Receiving Home, he goes without
a mnTmur. Just as he leaves, how
ever, he turns back to the booth.
Il guess you know I ran away
from home" he says.
The worker checks the address
he's given her. His mother lives
far out in Virginia. In the morn
ing she will be called at the Gov
eminent department where she
works and the boy will be returned
TO her.
The night goes on. Marines drift
in to catch the train for Quantico.
A man asks for the city directory.
Another wants her to tell him what
county village in Mississippi is in.
AS the hands of the station clock
move the visitors at the booth are
more blurry-eyed. The scent of
alcohol is more frequent.
Boy Friend Skips.
A woman PAGES up and down in
evening clothes and finally ap-
proaches the booth.
MY boy friend is in there" she
says, pointing to the mems room.
1--WE waited for him a half hour
and haven't any money to go home
myself"
The worker summons a plain
clotheSman and he proceeds to
search. futilely. The hoy friend"
has skipped. The lady is loaned
cab fare to go home.
A man, his throat hoarse from
cigarettes, his face haggard, runs
up to the booth.
MY wife was supposed to come
back tonight. I've met every train
from New York and she isn't on
any of them. I've got a baby at
home to get back to. You've got to
help me-"
The worker gets busy again.
Chances are the mans wife will be
located. That's part of the nights
work, just seeing grandmothers
safely on trains, chaperoning con-
vent schoolgirls from train to cab.
sending children off to the farm,
offering protection and help to the
strangers within the city's gates
are all part Of the job of this Com
munity Chest agency.
After dawn, when the station be-
gins to come to life again, the
worker gets her last job. She puts
tomorrow's file in today's box.
"A quiet evening"" she tells the
Incoming worker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-09
Accountoncy School
Groups to Hold Dance

Columbus University's School of
Accountancy social season will open
with the first fall dance of the Alpha
Chi Epsilon Sorority and the Chi
Sigma Mu Fraternity tomorrow eve
ming at the Lee House.
Arrangements are under the CO.
craftsmanship of Miss Betty Gala
han, president of the sorority, and
George S. Mckenzie with the CO.,
operation of Miss Bertha Fidele,
Stuart Fitzhugh, president of the
fraternity, and Francis Cation, presi-.
dent of the senior class.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-09
D. {. Insurance
Unit Abolition
|sProposed
Kitchen Cabinet
Urges Transfer to
New Department

Abolition of the now separate de-
partment of insurance and a trans
fer of its functions to the proposed
new department of corporations was
proposed today by the commission
ers' Kitchen cabinet" in one further
change in the District reorganiza-
ton plan as drafted by Corporation
Counsel ElWood H. Seal.
Creation of the corporations de-
partment was proposed by the group
to handle matters pertaining to the
incorporation or chartering of firms
established or operating under Dis
trict incorporation laws. The group
felt that the two departments could
be merged advantageously. Provi-
sion would be made for the pos
slble development of necessary bu-
reaus within the corporations de-
partment, indicating that one for
the control and regulation of insur-
ance matters likely would be one of
these.
The proposed change would re-
duce the number of departments
from II to II.
Bar to Pass on Plan.
The District Bar Association at it's
next meeting Tuesday night at the
Mayf1ower is scheduled to pass upon
the proposal of the Commissioners
Kitchen cabinet for the abolition
of the Board of Tax appeals of the
District, as incorporated in the new
plan for reorganization of the mu-
nicipal government.
Seton Darr, president of the as
ISOLATION, has declared his personal
opposition to any proposal and has
called upon the associations Com
mittee on Taxation, headed by Will
liam E. Hayes. to have a recon-
mendation ready for the Tuesday
meeting. The committee is to meet
at 4 pm. tomorrow at the Univer-
sity Club.
Provisions for Appeals.
Under the proposal as developed
by Mr.. Seal, an assistant corpora
ton counsel would be designated to
consider appeals from assessments
and to make recommendations to
the Board of Commissioners, which
would act in the nature of a board
of tax appeals. Provision would be
made. of course, for an appeal to the
Court of Appeals.
Mr.. Darr argued that the present
Tax Appeals Board, of which 10 V.
Morgan is the sole member, was of
considerable value in that it offered
an impartial review to persons who
protest taxes. He said a lawyer was
not required in cases handled in
judicial but informal fashion before
this board and emphasized that
review was made by one other than
one of the administrative officers of
the District.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-09
PoHcewomen to Get
| Ruincouts and
Sweaters

Policewomen of Washington
will be allotted raincoats and
sweaters in the future instead
of tailored suits because of an
amendment to the police man
ual approved recently by the
District Commissioners.
Suits for the Woman's Police
Bureau were designed in 1881,
but few of them were worn, for
policewomen discovered that the
styles changed so rapidly that
the suits were soon out of date.
1t was decided by the Woman's
Bureau and Inspector w. G.
Stott, who is in charge of police
property, that the most sensible
solution to the problem was to
provide raincoats and sweaters,
whose styles change less rapidly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-09
Boy, &, Train Victim,
Dies After Operation

A 6-year-old Bethesda (Md0 boy
died last night in Georgetown Uni
versity Hospital of injuries received
q few hours earlier when he was
crushed beneath the wheels of a
freight train near his home.
The victim, Edwin A. Riley, jr.,
was climbing, with a young friend
on the train, which had halted mo-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-09

mentarily, when the cars suddenly
lurched forward, throwing young
Riley underneath.
His companion, Jonathan Ezekiel,
6, son of Mordecai Ezekiel, economic
adviser to the Agriculture Depart
ment, jumped clear as the train
moved. He ran from the River road
crossing, scene of the accident, to
summon the Bethesda Rescue Squad.
Edwin's legs were crushed by the
train wheels. He failed to rally
after Georgetown doctors had am
putated his left leg. The boys had
! been playing for some time near
the Baltimore g. Ohio tracks, and
when the freight stopped near
siding they decided to climb on, po-
lice said they were informed.
Edwin's father is connected with
the Post Office Department. The
Rileys live at 5514 Greenway drive,
Bethesda.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-09
Van Duzer to Speak

The Washingtonians Citizens As
ISOLATION will meet tonight at BIS
o'clock at the home of Mrs. William
Hessick, 1925 Thirty eighth street
NV. William A. Van Duzer, director
of vehicles and traffic for the Dis
trict, is scheduled to address the as
ISOLATION. Eta L. Taggart, president,
has announced.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-09
Census Workers to Dine

The area managers school of the
Census Bureau, which has been
training supervisors for the 1910
census, will hold dinner at Z o'clock
tonight at the Mayhower Hotel.
Speakers will include Assistant Sec
rotary of Commerce j. Monroe john
son,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-09
Band Concert

BY the United States Soldiers
Home Band Orchestra at Stanley
Hall at $50 pm. this afternoon,
John s. NJ. Zimmerman, bandmas-
ter: Anton Poirttner, assistant,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-09
Swiss Cos Rutions

Doctors, hospital, commercial
travellers and taxicab owners in
Switzerland are now permitted to
buy twice as much gasoline as
others.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-09
Traffic Record

The traffic record as revealed
at police headquarters for "a
hour period ending at 8 am.
today:
Fatalities, (pedestrian).
Accidents, 30.
Motorists injured, 4.
Motorists arrested, Alb.
Pedestrians injured, 4.
Pedestrians arrested for, vio-
lation of pedestrial control reg
ulations, l6.
Evening star., 1939-11-05
by
Emily Post
Avtkos ef "Etiqvstts: The eivs Beck
Of Seeioi Usoss." &c.

"oR long it seemed that the simple.
homely, tranquil aspects of life
d would always be looked upon. by
those who call themselves modern"
as dull and boring. What could be
duller to John junior or Mary younger
than spending their evenings at home
with the family? What could be sillier
than Mothers sentiment, which will
not let her discard the clumsy old arm
chair because it was Crandfather's?
Young Mary. engaged to George, has
had thoroughly fixed ideas about free
dom from sentiment and the need of
mutual independence. She has had no
intention of being a yes-wife like
Mother and letting George have every
thing his way.
But at the moment new trend is
plain and has been growing palmer
ever since the beginning of this world
menacing war. Emotion-squandering
is seemingly checked and the new i'm
pulse is to hoard happiness. Whether
this is temporary reflex of war news
on us. or whether it is the beginning of
permanent revaluation of what is
worth having in life, l don't know. l
do know, however, that letter after
letter sent me is now probing into the
question of how not to let marriage 60
on the rocks-of what can be done to
keep home secure.
The particular letter l want to
answer is one that may have been
written in jest - or perhaps it was
serious - in any case think its sug-
gestions will appeal to many of my
readers as much as they did to me- 1t
says:
Il wish, dear Mrs. Post. that you
would make set of practical direc-
Evening star., 1939-11-05
HERE'S WHY YOU SAY IT

thought; and curse not the rich in thy
bedchamber: for bird of the air shall
carry the voice, and that which hath
wings shall tell the matter"
he MADE his marx in the world."
In the days when the great majority
of people could neither read nor write
a man made his mark on documents
in the form of an TX" because he could
not sign his name. Today the phrase
means that the person being discussed
became successful in his ife's work.
dE's GETTING too co,,ceited. Wen
hare to take him down peg.'
Ships colors used to be raised or
lowered by means of pegs. To take the
colors down peg was to lessen the
degree of honor. Today the expression
means to belittle someone's ability or
to detract from his conceit.
GERALD CAMPLik
Evening star., 1939-11-05

with pride how good his work must be,
if the company is sending him to see
those important clients?
Then there are test questions on
plain good manners: Can you accept
your husband as he is? Or do you
constantly try to remake him? Do you
compare him with other men to his
detriment? Can he count on you no
matter when, or about what. to stand
with him - or at least never against
him? If he tells long g-familiar story
to group of new listeners, or sings
his favorite song. or shows his routine
Of card tricks. can you laugh with
pleasure. or look enraptured or mysti-
fled? 1t is unnecessary to ask any one
who cares about loyalty, dignity, taste
or common decency. whether it could
possibly be either fair or funny to
make comments belittling to her hus-
band. Wise-cracking rudeness may be
funny in a custard-pie comedy. but in
private life it is cheap and disloyal.
And here are questions on comrade-
ship. No matter how much you want
to go out on an evening when George
comes in looking very tired, can you
make him believe that staying home is
exactly what you'd planned to do? Do
you not only rejoice with him when
things 60 well. but encourage him
when they 60 wrong? Moreover. does
your encouragement show wise under
standing? Loving praise that is mis-
applied might content a moron or an
autocratic egotist. but it would leave
a man of sensibility in waste of lone
illness.
There are, of course. unending ques-
tions about what to do under upsetting
circumstances which result from in
dividual temperament. A very special
list should be made in connection with
jealousy. For example. if your hus-
band gets letter and puts it in his
pocket without showing it to you. are
you ready to think it is from a woman?
This is the wrong question. The right
one is what have you done (or not
done) that has given any woman en-
couragement to send him letters? 1t is
the seemingly neglected husband Gust
as it is the seemingly neglected wife)
who is looked upon as fair sport by
the ever predatory Fishers of mem
or women!
Therefore. put down this question:
Do you pay no attention to your
appearance for your husbands home
coming? Do you think no-matter-
-rumpled dress and hair-do is good
enough for George? Or do you prink
in the glass before he comes not
long, but long enough to see that you
don't look less than the best you can.
Perhaps all these questions may sug-
gest that think Mary alone is expect
ed to be perfect! can promise you
don't! Almost every question sug-
gested can be put in much the same
form to George. The next time he
thinks something she does is annoying,
or embarrassing, or belittling to his
pride. or hurting to his feelings, it will
do him no harm to put his grievance
in reverse, and ask himself if no
possible shortcoming can be checked
against his own behavior. In other
words. consideration for the rights and
feelings of others. which is the first
requirement of good manners, and is
essential to all smooth social contact,
is doubly essential on the private road
to happiness.
Released by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.
YOU SAY IT
Evening star., 1939-11-05

tions for being perfect wife. I'd like
list which can be studied and checked
like work schedule for housekeeping:
7:3O am. put the kettle on to boil:
7:3l 60 dress, 7:45 return to kitchen.
prepare breakfast; 500 call husband
Evening star., 1939-11-05
fred L~n~

to breakfast; and so on all the way to
bedtime directions about putting
the cat out and locking the doors. and
switching off the lights. Please print
your answer soon because this appeal
is real sos"
The best answer l can think of is
to make a sort of catechism for those
who think the permanence of happi-
ness worth working for.
suggest, then. that you give your
self thoughtfully honest answer to
these questions: Do you really listen
to everything your husband talks to
you about? II you are not interested,
do you try to be? On the other hand,
do you demand that he listen to every
thing you tell him with rapt attention?
When he comes home do you unload
upon him all of the trivial worries and
annoyances you have managed to COL
lect throughout the day?
Stop and think! Is his answer to
your greeting always sympathetic
Poor darling, I'm sorry! or is it
That's good!' In short. do you put
annoyances behind you and bring for
ward whatever you have been able to
gather of pleasantness? Or. if there is
no news to give him. do you greet him
TRANQUILITY. without any scratching to-
gether Of empty talk? Just let your
face show your happiness to see him
coming in through the door.
Again do you try to understand his
business problems because they in
terest him? Or are you concerned only
insofar as they apply to your comfort?
Again. if he has to 60 away on busi-
ness, do you make it doubly hard for
him by fearful complaints about how
lonely you are going to be, and how
unfair it is of his company to send him
away 80 often? Or will you exclaim
Evening star., 1939-11-05

SHE LET the cat out of the bag when
she said that"
Among the many things sold at fairs
in the good old days we're pigs. Dis
honest farmers, taking advantage of
the custom of carrying the animals to
market in sack, often substituted a
cat or other small creature for the pig.
If a buyer opened the sack to inspect
the contents he would "let the cat out
of the bag" and uncover the deception.
One who lets the cat out of the bal"
reveals a secret or a trick, often un-
willingly.
Evening star., 1939-11-05
LITTLE bird told me 50"

"a LITTLE O170 IOI0 me 50.
This is one of the very old idioms
that have come into the English Ian
guage from the Bible. In the twentieth
verse of the tenth chapter of Eccle-
siastes it appears in a form funda-
mentally the same as the present idiom:
Curse not the king, no not in thy
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-08
FANNIE HURST STORY
AT KAY STREET NOW

-Four Daughters. the Warner
Brothers perturbation Of = famous
story by Fannie Hurst Is now
showing AZ the Kay street
theater A moving tale II
four devoted sisters eho fan
In love with Tho same man.
the film has one II The most
unique casts In motion picture his
tory. Given stability Nv the
presence Of Nieh tried and true
Performers a. Claude Rains. May
Robson, Frank NcHugh ard ntes
Forsn. the cast Ia made remark.
able by couple of striking ctr
oums,snecs Priscilla, Rosemary
and Lola Lane are the featured
players. The fourth sister lncl.
dentsliy. Ia played BY Gale PAGE.
who fits beautifully into the Lane
ensemble. Jeffrey Lynn and John
Garfield are also cas-, In leading
Fnles
Jessie Matthews IN Sailing
Along" with Roland Young, Jack
Whiting and Barry Msckay il the
other feature on the Kay 81. pro-
gram,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-08
When Poisons Slow
KIDNEYS
and Irriiaie Bladd der
Flush Them Out
For 81 Cents

Go 10 your druggist TODAY and get
this safe. swift and harmless diuretic
and stimulant - ask for Gold Medal
HARLEM OIL Capsules and start at
once 10 flush kidneys OF waste matter
saturated with acids and poisons
That's quick and effective way 10
help bring about more healthy kid
nev activity and relieve that bladder
irritation with its scanty passage with
smarting and burning as well as rest
less nights.
Remember the kidneys often need
flushing as well as the bowels. and
some symptoms Of kidney weakness
may be getting up often during the
night-puffy eyes - backache-shift-
ing pains.
But De sure and get GOLD MEDAL
HARLEM OIL Capsules the original
and genuine right from Harlem in
Holland--the price is small t35 cents
the good results will fulfill your ex-
pectations adv
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-08
NOW PLAYING At
LOCAL ThEArERS
FIRST SHOWING

fth>f shtNtN6
Blue NoIsE-BaSil RAtheone.
Bells Luzosi and Boris ksslaff
in son 81 Frsnkenstein. e IL 50.
&c SIS. SOS. II CO also
Charlie RuEsieS and Make
RoSen bloom IN HIS Wild
Nieht." AS AIS TIC &c
I,kEwoop-Erie Won sfro-
helm. Jean OTabin ard Pierre
Fresnay IN Grand niusien,
: so and 90.
NJsIC Ron - iuise Rainer
and Paulette Goddard n ORA
matte School " II IS 2 70 6 40
10 90. also Lev Ayres and
Lionel Barrymore IA YOUNG
Or kildare 30. is s 20
March 81 Time II 50 : so,
6:lS e3s
RIVIERA william Boyd and
GEORGE HAYES N The Prom
fiersmAn. Il 80 7s0s $50.
$50. 1913. also John Carroll
and KHy LinAker In I Am A
Criminal lass. $50. esio.
SIS
IRONY - Virginia Bruce and
Fredsic March IN There Goes
Ny Heart" lass. 400. 7so5,
1910. also Preston Foster and
Slim Summerville in ~up the
River" ii.S0. ass. S 40. S as.
RETURN SHOWING
BEyERLN-Ronald Colman and
Frances Dee In II Were
King" also Tom Brown and
Andy Dsvine in swing That
Cheer -"
>ITN-Bette Davis and
Enrol Flynn in The sisters.
also Gloria Stuart and Michael
Whalen in Time Out For
Murder
KAY STREEI-The Lane SIS
tiers and Claude Rains IN Four
DAUGHTERS also Jessie Mat
thews and Barry Mckay in
"Sailins Along
PARK Chester Morris in
Smashing The Raekets, also
Jack Oakie and Lucille Ball IN
The Affairs or Annaben.
PRoCToR-Edward 6 Robin
son and wendy Barrie IN i
Am The Law. also Ginger
hoktEs anu IAtA hotRaAt 49,
"Carefree -
REALART Joe penner and
Rav Sutton In I'm from The
City" also Barbara Stsnwyck
and Henry Fonda in The Mad
Miss Manton."
REN John Barrymore and
Mas1orie Weaver IN Hold That
COED also Jack Holt and
Maria Ralston IN Crime Takes
A Holiday"
SHEII-The Jones Family In
Love On A Budget John Ltel
in Missing Witnesses also
Andrea Leads and owen Davis
Jr. in 1T Could Happen TO
You"
SUNSET Barbara Stanwyck
and Henry Fonda in THE Mad
Miss Manton. also Joan Wood
bury and Gordon Jones in
Night Spot
TEMPLE - Robert Donat and
Rosalind Russell IN The Cita-
del" also Jane Bryan and Rom
aid Reagan in Girls on Prooa-
ton"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-08
Jos f. Brown
AtBlue Mouse
Flirting With Fate" and
The Storm" 70 Share
Thursday Opening

Flirting with Fate new Joe E
Brown starring picture, opens to-
morrow at the Blue Mouse theater.
Joe <. Brown. veteran stage and
screen comedian. plays the role Of
manager and star attraction Of a
vaudeville troupe touring South
America With him in the big cast
is Leo Garlic. the hest-loved bad
man of the screen in a character
ization which offers him every op-
portunity for display Of the tai
ents which have made him one Of
the top-ranking character players
in Hollywood.
Beverly Roberts has the feminine
lead opposite Brown. while wynne
Gibson is given another important
featured role. Steffi Duna, who
won fame through the short sub
Ject, La Cucaracha.' dances in
the picture. Others in the cast in
clude Charles Judels, Stanley
Fields. Leonid kinsky and Irene
Franklin.
Turning the spotlight on drama
IN the lives of wireless operators
aboard Merchant ships. Universars
THE Storm" will also open Thurs
day at the Blue Mouse.
Cast in characteristic roles for
the story which tells of conflict
and disaster at sea, are Charles
Bedford, Barton MacLane. Pres
ton Foster and Andy Devine. Tom
Brown and Nan Grey carry the
romantic interest.
Directed by Harold Young and
produced by Ken Goldsmith. The
Storm" depicts Bickford's efforts
to keep his young brother. Tom
Brown, from following his own
reckless mode of life on the sea.
A counterpart shows Bickford
striving for revenge against Mac
Lane, who has abandoned his
friend, Foster. to drown on a sink
ing ship.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-08
GeHAN TO ANNOUNCE
MODELS QUESTION BOX

Jerry Gehan, local radio an
nouncer. Is hack again as master
OF ceremonies each Thursday night
at Hamrick's Music Box theater
for the Models star Question box
program.
This popular program. which has
been n weekly feature at the Music
BOX theater for many months. has
been shifted 10 Thursday evening
instead Of Wednesday a. In the
past. with the interval from ft5
TO 500 p. m. as the time.
Five dollars In cash for the win.
ncrs. free theater tickets and many
other Turing prizes are in store
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-08
"EXIlED TO SHANGHAI"
AT SHELL THURSDAY

Republic has dabbled into the
realm of television in its recent
production. "EXiled TO Shanghai"
which is billed at the Shell theater
for Thursday. This fascinating
topic is developed in dramatic
fashion by Wallace Ford, June
Travis. Dean Jaeger, William
Blackwell. Arthur Lake. William
Harrigan, sgd Saylor, Sally Payne
and others.
Authentic scenes depicting the
training and achievements of the
trained dogs in the service of their
sightless masters provide interest
ing highlights in RkO Radios
Blind Alibi, the other attraction
which will star Richard Dix, with
Ace, the Wonder Dog" as his
guiding pet.