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La gaceta., 1939-04-19

Tome una dosis del TODD vegetal
y aromatico BLACK-DRAUGHT, por
simple direction, esta noche, y lie
limpiara sus intestinos suave y COM
pletamente. rs un t6nico laxante
intestinal y ayuda a impartir tono a
los musculos ociosos
La pr6xima vez que ell estrehimien
to lie avise, pruebe Ell BLACK
DRAUGHT.
La gaceta., 1939-04-19
CUmplednOS

Mahana cumplira su primer
ano en- la vida ell niho Alberto
Martin, hijo de nuestros estima-
dos amigos los esposos Alberto y
Estela Martin.
Los felices padres residen en-
ell 914 de la NOvena avenida. Pa
"a ellos nuestro saludo y para ell
bebito Iarga vida y la dicha a
que tiene derecho.
La gaceta., 1939-04-19
Ell BGRQuete

III DubqWeCO
Debemos aclarar que el ban
quote de los Optimistas, EN- no &.
nor del p~residente International
DR.. Fern Petty, de Los Angeles
Sc efectuara Ell microbes de la
semana que viene, abril %, en- lu
gar de esta semana.
Una Comisi6n presidida por ell
DR.. Ruben Moreno, teniente go
bernador del cuarto distrito, pre-
para Ell recibimiento.
Sera en- Ell Restaurant Colum
bia" que elegantemente Sc ador-
nara para la OCCASION.
va daremos otros detalles.
La gaceta., 1939-04-19
Dos Cartas

Dos CdrtGs
Hemos recibido dos amables
cartas del joven abogado c. c.
Vega jry p~residente de La Yer.
bena del Tabaco, en- las cualeS
nos agradece la cooperation que
dimos, de manera principals =
ma, a la pasada Verbena.
Una de las cartas es a nuestro
director como miembro de la Co.
mission Ejectuiva de cinco, que
asumi6 toda la responsabilidad
en- los dltimos momentos, y la
otra a ia Gaceta", por haber
La gaceta., 1939-04-19
OperadO

OpeTudO
Esta operado en- el sanatorit
del Centre Espanol, y en- Was de
restablecimiento, Ell estimado jo
ven Manuel Garcia, jr., hijo de
Don Manuel Garcia, uno de los
duenos del Restaurant Column
bia.
ALI Sc lie atiende con ell mayor
cuidado, por ell personal medlco
v las enfermeras.
Votos hacemos por su pronto
restablecimientO.
La gaceta., 1939-04-19
THE AWFUL PRICE YOU PAY FOR BENZ
NERVOUS
Check Below And See If You Have
ANY OF The Signs

Quivering nerves can make you old and
haggard looking, cranky and hard to live
VIII - keep you awake nights and rob
Don't let yourself Ego" like that. Start
taking good, reliable tonic-one made espO-
eiaAt lor 0opgsH. And could you ask for any
thing whose benefits have been better proved
than world-famous Lydia Z. P~inkham's
Vegetable Compound?
Let the wholesome herbs and roots of
Pinkham's Compound help Nature calm
your shrieking nerves, tone up your system,
End help lessen distress from female fune-
tional disorders.
Make . note NOW to get q bottle Of this
time-proven PinkhAm's Compound TODAY
Evening star., 1939-08-13
Prince Of Peace Cast
To Rehearse in New York

Players in the cast of THE Prince
Of Peace" story-drama by Minnie
Frost Rands, which is to be pre-
sented at the New York Worlds
Fair next week end, plan to leave
Washington Wednesday to rehearse
with New York members of the cast.
Mrs. Rands, author, director and
prologist. said rehearsals will be held
at the Temple of Religion at the
fair Thursday. Performances will
take place $3.50 pm. Friday and 7:3O
pm. Saturday at the Temple of Re
igion on the fair grounds.
Mrs. Rands, who is chairman of
drama of the District of Columbia
Federation of Women's Clubs, ex-
planned that her story-drama had
been selected for presentation be-
cause it ends on the keynote of the
fair, THE World of Tomorrow"
Her object. she explained, is to
describe the political, economic and
social times when Jesus was born
and to show His response to those
conditions.
The drama" she explained, 'is
an allegory in which Jesus repre-
sents all of the humanitarians of
today who are struggling against
tremendous odds to build a better
future for America and for the world.
Jesus and Herod are ideas symbol
izing the forces of good and evil,
altruism and sel1shness, in the
world today. Neither of them is
represented on the stage"
The cast will include 18 players,
some from this city and others from
the Riverside Church of New York.
The presentation is sponsored by the
District of Columbia Federation of
Womens Clubs and the National
Conference of Christians and Jews.
Evening star., 1939-08-13
beauvoir Will Become
Independent School

Beauvoir, the National Cathedral
Elementary School, will open its
doors this fall as an independent
school.
The institution. formerly associ-
ated with the National Cathedral
School for Girls, became independ-
ent through action taken by the
Chapter of Washington Cathedral
at a recent meeting. In its new
status, however, Beauvoir will oper-
ate under the Cathedral Chapter.
The school includes all groups
Of children from Nursery School
through third grade.
Miss La Fetra's Nursery School,
which became an integral part of
the National Cathedral Elementary
School in 1898, will open its fall ses-
sion in its own building on the Beau
voir grounds. The Nursery School
will be under the direction of Miss
Margaret Noyes La Fetra. Miss
Ruth Miller Green is secretary of
the school.
The Boards of Trustees of the two
schools are made up of the mem
bers Of the Cathedral Chapter. The
School Committee is headed by
Bishop James E. Freeman, with the
Very Rev. DR.. Noble C. Powell chair
man. The other members of the
committee include Gen. John j.
Pershing, former Ambassador Alan
son B. Houghton, Corcoran Thorn,
Canon Anson Phelps Stokes, the
Rev. William Murray Bradner,
Robert v. Filming, William r.
Castle, Lloyd B. Wilson, Coleman
Jennings, Waldron Faulkner, n l..
Rust, jr.; John Gilbert Winant and
Walter B. Clarkson.
Evening star., 1939-08-13
Tribute Paid Work
OF 3 Neighborhood
Councils in Capital
Among Most Alert
Forces for Betterment,
Says New Secretary

Washingtons nine neighborhood
councils are among the most alert
and energetic forces for betterment
Of community social conditions. ac-
cording to Mrs. Grace G. Parr, new
ly-appointed secretary of the coun-
ellis.
Each neighborhood council
Mrs. Parr. TT takes heed of the
housing situation. 1t is concerned
about recreational facilities offered
children. 1t is alert to prevent or
wipe out conditions that endanger
the health and welfare of both chill
dren and adults
Mrs. Parr recently assumed the
duties of Mrs. Olive Swinney who
now is secretary of the Family Serv-
ice Committee of the Council of
Social Agencies. central planning or
ganization and Community Chest
affiliate
Councils Began in 1884.
The neighborhood councils be-
gan in 1884, and now comprise a
total membership of nearly 800,
volunteers drawn from churches,
schools, citizens associations, So
cial agencies, public agencies. such
as the Juvenile Court, and the
Police Department, as we'll as from
the ranks of unafliliated citizens.
Members are urged to bring up
subjects considered by the coun-
ellis at meetings of other neighbor-
hood organizations to which they
may belong, Mrs. Parr explained.
The effect is to consolidate opin-
Ion behind the proposals Of the
neighborhood councils" she said
In some instances, lacking an
agency to which reference could
properly be made councils have act
ed directly for the elimination of
anti-social influences, and for the
improvement of social resources. The
councils, however, are essentially CO.
ordinative bodies"
Accomplishments Listed.
Accomplishments during the past
year have included drafting of leg
islation to curb charity rackets,"
compilation of neighborhood so
cial inventories" organization of
Southeast and Park View Councils
and establishment of a Central Co.
ordinating Committee of Neighbor-
hood Councils, the chairman of
which also serves as a member of
the Board of Directors of the Coun-
Gil of Social Agencies.
Mrs. Parr offers an illustration
Of the projects which originate in
Neighborhood Councils:
A group of 20 colored mothers
from poor section of the city con-
Quoted rummage sale to raise
funds for the rent of building to
house center of home education
and management.
This venture may seem slight to
some" says Mrs. Parr, but it af-
fects the welfare of 20 families and
56 children, 80 of whom are under
IL years of age. 1t means a step
forward in insuring better nutri-
ton, cleaner homes, happier chill
dren and better citizens"
The plan had its inception within
the First Ward Neighborhood Coun-
Gil.
Evening star., 1939-08-13

II you prefer powder for cleaning your
teeth. use Pepsodent. 1t is safe and gentle
for even the children's teeth. it leaves
your smile bright and your breath sweet.
Evening star., 1939-08-13
BIG HIT SPICES

Choice Of whole Mustard
Seed. Mixed PicklinE Spices,
Ground Cloves, Ground ALL
spice. Ground CHM , m n,
Ground Nutmes. Ground Gin
ger. Celery Seed, Black Pepper.
and others.
Evening star., 1939-08-13

YOU ASKED FOR REPEAT SALE OF
THESE POPULAR PEANUTS, so we had
fresh supply made up, to offer at this special
price for Monday and Tuesday only The
peanuts are whole, freshly roasted No. quality
the crispy sugar-toasted jackets are hard
to beat for goodness. They're everybody's
favorite, and you will do we'll to buy several
pounds at this special priceI
Evening star., 1939-09-19
Blanket Edges

To keep the edges Of blankets
from fraying, try a crocheted edge
of contrasting color.
Evening star., 1939-09-19
Manners
of the
Moment

Some readers of books are really
very anti-social. I wouldn't want
to discourage them from reading.
Not that. But I do think that if
you are the kind of book reader who
cant put a book down until you
have finished it" you should be
careful where and when you read.
For example, it would be awfully
nice if you didn't choose to start a
detective story on Sunday after
noon when you have invited a few
friends to drop in. When the friends
do drop in you so obviously resent
their intrusion upon the murder
that it's rather embarrassing.
And it would be nice, too, if you
didn't bury yourself in a book on
the very evening when your hus-
band feels like talking to you. All
he can get out of you is series
of grunts, and then about three
hours later you close your book and
look up cheerfully at him and say,
What was chat you said?" It
discourages his conversational in
StinctS.
When people are gathered to-
gether it seems to me that there
should be a mutual understanding
that either every one reads or no
one reads. Maybe it's impossible.
But it would be nice. JEAN.
Evening star., 1939-09-19

from that plan, but I think we ought
to get back to it for the good Of
everybody concerned.
We'll certainly appreciate any
help you can give us in getting this
movement started through your COL
umn."
We think you've really got some
thing there, Barney S! And we'll bet
your letter will bring forth cries Of
joy and hope from fellows and girls
everywhere.
After all why should young people
allow this cut-in evil to ruin the
pleasure of the majority? Just be-
cause it has become such universal
custom is no reason for following
it like stupid sheep If you don't
want to.
We hope more chairmen of dance
committees, class officers and influ-
entail young people in colleges and
high schools will line up against
the cut-in. And we'd like to hear
how you feel about it. Do you echo
Barney SIS sentiments or do you
think there is another side to the
story?
We want to hear from you. Mean
while, until we encounter some very
convincing counter arguments we're
all for Barney and his courageous
crusade against the cut-in!
Evening star., 1939-09-19
Daintiness Essential
At Breakfast Table

The woman who always looks
pleasantly attractive at breakfast is
an inspiration. A wife who appears
hastily slung together sends her
man on his way to work with less
incentive to get ahead. Yet it's easy
to look delectably dainty in the
morning when only the simplest
effects in hairdos and dress and
cosmetic adornment are suitable.
A rousing shower with plenty of
soap and a clean towel for drying
leaves the skin fresh and the mind
gently stimulated. Clean underwear
and stockings contribute comfort for
the day. A light touch of makeup
after the face has been well-washed
gives most women confidence in the
morning and, of course, tousled hair
needs combing and brushing to
make it neat.
Wise women shun trailing house
gowns, at least before noontime, in
favor of trim, washable frocks that
are becoming and impeccably appro-
pirate both for leisurely breakfasting
and for brisk cleaning up afterwards.
A spotless one donned each morning
rounds off the impression OF ex-
quisite freshness that makes hus-
bands want to linger over breakfast
and hurry back home at night.
Evening star., 1939-09-19

thus prevent their reaching your
cherished silverware. You may buy
it by the yard, or made into bags,
rolls with zippers, draw-string bags
and even as the lining for chests.
1t is really a good fairy, for 1t costs
a modest sum, and will save valu-
able time and energy for you or
your servants.
1t is all very simple, this care
of your silver, but it is also most
important. Save these few rules
and keep them close to your silver
so that you or the ones who care
for it will be constantly reminded
that the best thing you can do for
your sterling silver is to keep it
constantly in use. Someday when
one of your granddaughter says,
And who is going to get your
silver tea service, Grandmama?"
you will be proud to pass it on, con-
tent that it has had not only
loving care but constant loving use.
Evening star., 1939-09-19

Standards
Beauty
Measurements. Are
Based on Survey
Of Movie Stars
By PATRICIA LINDSAY.

The movie-struck girl who meas
ures S feet S inches and tips the
scales between 113 and 118 pounds
has the best chance to reach screen
stardom-providing, of course, she
has both beauty and talent!
These measurements are based
on a survey which shows that the
greatest stars on the screen today
strike this successful average of
physical proportions. And to cor
roborate the figures the identical
height and weight average was
reached by seven young beauties
just signed by Paramount Studio,
who are to be launched towards
stardom in what Hollywood likes
to call its Golden Circle"
This uniformity of size reveals
at least one success secret in the
rapid climb to stardom of such big
names as Claudette Colbert, Joan
Crawford, jeanette Macdonald and
Dorothy Lamour. Hedy Lamar,
Paulette Goddard, Madeleine Car
roll and Barbara Stanwyck also
measure up to par. This list of top
Hollywood stars who are almost
alike in physical proportions swells
when we add Norma Shearer, Irene
Dunno, Bette Davis, Shirley Ross,
Martha Raye, Lana Turner, Ginger
Rogers, Loretta Young.
Carefully selected from every part
of the country in search for beauty
are the seven stars of tomorrow,
who are so similar in weight and
measurements that they are almost
identical! Blonds and brunettes are
apparently equally divided, so you
will not have to worry about the
color of your hair. Here they are!
Patricia Morrison, brunette, meas
ures feet S inches, weighs 118
pounds.
Janice Logan, blond, is 5 feet 5
inches, weighs 118 pounds.
Joyce Mathews, blond, is identical
in height, but tips the beam at 1T
pounds.
Muriel Angelus is another Of the
lucky girls S feet S, but weighing only
lib pounds.
Susan Hayward, comely redhead,
measures feet 4 inches and scales
lit pounds.
Evelyn Keyes, blond, also meas
ures feet inches and weighs 113
pounds.
The seventh is Ellen Drew, and as
she is on vacation her exact meas
urements could not be had, but you
may bet they fall within the
charmed figures!
If you are taller or shorter than
feet you cannot do thing about
it, excepting to wear high or low
heels.
If you are as young as the girls
mentioned above and you weigh
more than 120 pounds-you can do
lots about it!
Personally I believe, the comfort
able, healthy weight for that age
group (15 to 19), and that height, is
122 pounds.
If you are much overweight send
elf-addressed, stamped (3-cenD
envelope for my suggestions on how
to reduce. Tell me where you are
too diversified and I'll give you cor
rective exercises. Young girls should
exercise to slimness-not diet
strenuously. Write me care The
Evening Star.
Evening star., 1939-09-19
By BARBARA BELL.

Everybody loves the coat style
especially busy women who want
something easy to get into, to iron
and to work in round the house.
This one is just about the best
you've seen, because it buttons as
far as the waistline, is cut sharply
over to one side, with plenty of lap
around-thus saving the work OF
putting on buttons and making but
tonholes all the way down. A new
tdea-and isn't it clever?
Of course, the dress is very easy
to work in--the unbelted waistline,
for all it looks so slim, is completely
unhampering and the armholes are
comfortably deep. Make it of calico,
percale or gingham, and add frills
to the neckline and sleeves.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1790-B
is designed for sizes "a, SO, 38, 40,
AZ. A, 46 and 48. Sizes So requires
~ yards of 35-inch material with
out nap for short sleeves; 5A yards
Of 39-inch fabric with nap for long
sleeves, ga yards of braid.
Evening star., 1939-09-19
HOW TO "OPEN UP"
NOSE THAT CLOGS
AT BEDTIME

NOW MUCH BETTER you feel-how much
easier you breathe when you clear
your nose of transient congestion with
q few drops of Vicks Va-tro-noli It
helps pave the way to refreshing sleep.
RIGHT AWAY you feel it hit the spot
and spread film of comfort over your
irritated nasal membranes.
KEEP vA.TRo.NoL handy, ready for use
the moment your nose feels irritated,
dried out or clogged. Then the nasal
comfort you'll enjoy will make you
realize why Vicks Va-tro-nol is Amer
ica's most used nasal medication.
Evening star., 1939-09-19
Disciplining
Child for
His Sake
Moods and Wishes
Not Considered
By Parents
BY ANGELO PATRI.

"I hate to send a child to bed in
an unhappy mood, or off to school
In the morning in bad temper, but
what am I to do when that child
wants to do what I believe is not
good for him?"
Your duty, of course, and let the
moods wear themselves out. Chill
dren cannot rear themselves in SAN
ity and safety. That is why they
have parents and teachers, homes
and schools and the safeguards So
ciety places about its children and
youth. We have to hold fast to what
we believe is good for a child when
he does not know his own good. We
train him toward that end through
useful experiences, but train him
We must.
mo, no, Roger. 1t is your bed
time. Don't turn on the radio.
know, but that program is not the
right kind for boy on his way to
bed. No, say. Go right ahead to
bed"
Roger puts up a fight. He cries
loudly and beWails his hard fate.
Other boys can do this, SO why
can't he? He is the only boy so
badly treated in all this world. He
hopes that father or granny or
somebody will move to his help.
Nobody does, If the family know
their business, and he goes to bed
in temper.
That puts damper on the fam
lily spirit. Nobody enjoys hearing a
child lament his hard fate. His mis-
taken grief affects the whole fam
lily. 1t is rare household in WI ich
some one does not express a doubt
about the wisdom of this unhappy
end to a child's day. He'll forget
it. anyway, as soon as it is turned
of, and 60 to bed happy. Isn't it as
bad for him to go to bed like that
as to be scared by the radio pro-
gram?"
No, it isn't. He will learn by
experience valuable lesson that
he will apply all his life. When
his father and mother tell him
that he cannot have something he
wants because it will harm him.
he learns they mean it. That it
Is, in their opinion, as harmful on
Tuesday night as it was on Mon
day night, and they haven't changed
their minds about it. And he will
learn that his parents are strong
enough to stand up against his tears
and lamentations. That knowledge
is going to do him lot of good in
many ways for years and years to
come. And more He will learn
that his wishes, his pleasures, are
not the most important things in his
life, or in the lives of other people
That will keep him from making
serious mistakes later on, for which
when he is his mothers age. and ir
his fathers shoes, he will be most
grateful
We do not train children for to-
day, but for the days to come
We send them to bed on time sc
they may be strong twenty year!
from then. We feed them fruit
and vegetables and milk and egg.
and a little meat, not so that the,
can be strong today only, but thai
they will be healthy active mer
and women when they most neeo
to be- 1t is no fun for us to in.
sist upon these things against &
child's will, but it is often oul
duty, and we would be sadly neg.
ligent to fail the children.
There is a happy medium be
tween disregarding a child's hap
piness and giving him his owl
free will at all times Sensible
people understand that. Sometime
yes, sometimes no, depending on th'
child's best good always.
Evening star., 1939-09-19

anenated from each other and feuds
started that often end In the divorce
courts
Sometimes, however, the young
couple are compelled by circum-
stances to live with their in-laWs.
In that case it is far better to let
the mother-in-law be the queen bee
and for the daughter-in-law to re-
gard herself as just guest in the
house and take no part in its man
agement. Old women are set in
their ways and for a daughter-in-
law to interfere with them or try to
change them is simply to ask for
trouble. Also, all old people believe
themselves possessed of inspired
wisdom and that their ways and
tastes and opinions are the only ones
that are infallible.
OF course. the young have fair
conceit of themselves, too, and it
isn't easy for modern young woman
to subscribe to her mother laws
views, but doing so is virtually the
price of peace between them if they
have to dwell under the same roof.
In your particular case, Alice, the
problem of going to live with in
laws is endangered by there being
a sister-in-laW also. This doubles
the hazard you are taking and you
should be very certain that the man
you are going to marry is worth the
price.
But if you do marry him, stick to
your job. The more you are out of
the house the less danger there will
be of friction. And don't forget
that there are mothers-in-law and
daughters-in-law who live together
in peace and harmony and love and
enjoy each other. After all, you can
get along with any one If you are
willing to use enough self-control
and diplomacy.