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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-14
The Warm Hostess With q
Cold House
BY EMILY POST

Dear Mrs. Post: What should one
do when dining in a very cold
house I was having dinner with
4 friend whose circulation Is evil
IDENTIFY much better than mine and
who seemed blissfuily unconscious
Of the fact that was struggling
to keep my teeth from chattering.
She Il an extremely gentle and
courteous person and I was afraid
Of bringing up the subject OF her
cold house in fear of hurting her
feelings. What Is the perfect be-
havior under these conditions
Answer: II You 20 to this house
often and know that II is always
cold, then take something to the
table with you--a jacket or a cape
OF a scarf-to wrap yourself in.
II you've brought nothing with
you. the only thing you can do is
say. I've been feeling shivery all
day. I don't think I've got a cold
but hope you don't mind if get
my wrap"
Thin Wedding Dress In Winter?
Dear Mrs. Post: Are thin dress
materials just as good taste for
the bridesmaids dresses as the
heavier materials at wedding in
winter?
Answer: They can look very
pretty. but they have to have an
immense amount Of material in
them so as not to look skinny.
They should have trimmings or &C.
cessories to bring them into keep
ing with the winter season, such
as velvet sashes or velvet hats, or
an accent of fur or big muffs in
stead of flowers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-14
Answers TO Test Questions

Below are the answers to test
questions printed on the editorial
page:
l. A destroyer.
?. Palm Sunday.
5. Mocking bird.
4. Philadelphia Eagles.
S. June was named for Juno,
Goddess of Marriage.
s. He had none.
I. No.
s. He was retired by special act
Of congress as a full general.
9. Heinrich Himmler.
10 II is one Of the Danish
islands in the Baltic.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-14
DOCTORS FORMULA
RELIEVES AWFUL PAIN OF
n ( U R IT'S

Neuritis pains are often relieved
and inflamed nerves usually re-
spond quickly to the healing influ-
ence Of this widely used remedy.
Hundreds have written grateful
letters about happy results. One
bottle win convince you. Ask your
druggist for Eopa Tablets No. 70;
only 81. Money back II not sat
isfied. adv.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-14

Yesterday: Douglas pleads for q
chance to talk to Ara alone. when
Dawson arranges IL. Douglas shows
the girl a button from her dress.
found II In Benthorne's study.
We're you there" She admits she
early n the evening, long before he
was killed.
CHAPTER XII
Helen Benthorne led Dawson to-
ward the back stairs.
You asked how my father got
into the house, she said, pointing
to the doorway across the kitchen.
He came in there. met Jameson
In this hallway, and then came up
the stairs to the left. Jameson's
quarters open off the kitchen to
the right"
Dawson glanced backward for a
moment. On the other side Of the
swinging door he had Just passed
through was the dining room, and
beyond that the study. II man
hurried-ran--
He followed Mrs. Benthorne up
the stairs. Here Is the landing
where father paused to catch his
breath" Noting Dawson's quiz
zical look, she added. "Oh. yes.
Captain, l forgot to tell you.
talked to Father after he had seen
you. He told me all that he had
said" She hurried on, her black
gown swishing about her trim
ankles.
Dawson hesitated as he reached
the top of the stairs, eyed a small
door recessed in the wall. THE
clothes chute" Helen Benthorne
explained. "A most convenient
place to hide a gun"
I'D thought Of that already,
Mrs. Benthorne." Dawson smiled.
KRONE emptied it fully two hours
ago"
do you really think you'll find
that gun here in the house, Cap
tain ?" Helen Benthorne seemed
amused at the thought. II should
think you'd be searching the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-14

&tAS4 <A E9A4E " az at1oF caNAk
their daughters husband.
II would not hurt the average
in-law sponeer 70 read the story
Of one Dominick Lachucha who
almost died q short time ago be-
cause he preferred starving to ac-
ceptinE food he had not earned.
He was one Of those proud souls
who was determined 10 keep
charity out Of his life. and 20 when
he found himself out Of work.
rather than ask for help he went
hungry. For five days he could
not pay his way and for five days
he went without eating. He
might have starved II he hadn't
collapsed In the street and been
taken to q hospital where he was
10 weak to fight.
Now this man carried his pride
Too far. He probably realized that
when be woke up IN the hospital TO
find himself being fed and cared
for.
But In this age. when his kind
Of pride Is scarce. II Is a touching
story and one that should be
stressed because we have so
many ''spongers" with US all the
time not unfortunate people VINO
are daily looking for work. but
professional racketeers who figure
''let the other fellow provide" We
find these professionals in all
walks Of life--in families. In the
business world and In various or
CARNATIONS.
Certainly, young folks could
profit by Dominick's story II they
would temper pride with reason.
There are too many young people
today who would rather have their
parents accept charity than pro-
vide for them. There are too many
who don't mind moving in with the
old folks. claiming that marriage
Is their right, whether they can
support a marriage or not. In
such \ case marriage Is NOT .
right but an imposition.
To boil this argument down,
there are too many -chiselers" who
think the more you can get for
nothing the smarter you are.
Personally. l would hate to be
10 dumb figured that smart
way.
The country needs more OF the
81 won't take what I can't pay for
spirit. specially In the young.
r. X.
More for REX"
Dear Miss Grey: Rex" who Is
% diagusted with extravagant
women. u responsible for me
writin this letter and spending two
cents Of my husbands hard
earned money for stamp.
He says women do want to act
on a $3.50 basis. He thinks all
they do ID to run men into debt.
Wen. I. like many other women,
would rather live IN . garage that
was paid for than In q fine home
that was not being financed safely.
I wonder II this REX" Is As
perfect a. be would like to have
women b? I do all my own work.
everything, to save AZ much as !
can. wonder II REX" does?
20 to church. where l try to
learn love. tolerance. generosity
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-14
Identical TUins
Remain The Same

WATERFOWL, n. yellow
business men saw an uncommon
sight when James A. Common
visited by his brother. William c.,
of Santa Barbara, Cal Identical
twins who had not met in 20 years,
both wear similar glasses, are
equally bald and have no distingu-
ishing features.
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and patience. ] wonder II REX
does that
Rex" objected to his wife's rela-
tives. Like many others he feels
that when a man marries he WEEDS
only the girl Of his choice-not her
family. Wen. men and girls
might as well be reconciled that
when they marry. In a sense they
do marry relatives, too. SO look
your future in-laws over and IL
you see danger ahead. just side
step your choice and wait for
someone who viii present a better
family background.
wonder II Rex" steers clear
OF girls who 60 70 church and be-
lieve in the higher life? There are
many fine girls, too. who don't go.
They are the ones who can prove
their fineness IL they allow their
spiritual eyes TO be opened.
I would advise Rex" TO read
the Bible. II viii help him.
MOTHER.
Suspicious
Dear Miss Grey: I am troubled
and don't know what to do.
My husband has heart trouble
and yet he will not take care Of
himself. He works with a crowd
Of men who gather together each
night after work and go to a beer
parlor or club to have cocktails.
He seldom comes home sober and
I worry because I know his heart
viii not stand the strain he Is
putting on 1t. All the other men
he goes with are big husky fell
lows who can drink as much as
they want. have told them to
him and not ask him
to go with them, but they 60
ahead and ask him to join them
each day.
For my husbands sake should I
cali his employer and tell him
what these men who work with
my husband are doing to him ?
They don't care about my hus-
bands health or my feelings. All
they want Ia some cheap pleasure.
I feel that they are responsible for
my husbands weakened condition.
MRS. X.
Oh, no they are not. Any per-
son who Is mature Is the captain
OF his own soul. II Is foolish 10
think we can conscientiously
blame one adult for another
adults actions. You will gain
nothing by bothering your hus-
bands employer. for he, no
doubt. Is a man Of intelligence
who realizes that your husband
land you're husband only) Is re-
sponsible for the way he acts.
II you feel that these men can
help your husband. 60 TO them
and tell them frankly about his
condition and the way you feel
ask for their help-but don't,
by any means, bother the en-
ployer with tales that cast re-
Elections on other men. They
don't force your husband to so
with them against his will, you
know.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-14
THE BRIDEGROOM's FAMILY
IN MOURNING

Dear Mrs. Post: My son is
being married soon to girl who
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-14
Radio Again

Nadl0 Again
Dear Miss Grey: know just
how some women feel about the
radio question. I work hard all
day and don't have much time to
listen to the radio so naturally
like TO hear few programs I
really enjoy after dinner. 1t is
the only chance I get to sit down.
As I have a husband and two
grown sons you can see how i'm
possible II is for me TO listen to
the broadcasts enjoy. And it's
all on account of this war. They
race over TO the machine the mo-
ment one war news announcer
signs off and feverishly work the
dials until they get some other
commentator who has the same
news expressed In slightly dif-
ferent manner.
I am sick and tired of this war
and all accounts Of IL. 1t is in
teresting only because it makes us
stop and think of the wonderful
young manhood being sacrificed to
satisfy the bloody Hitlers and
Stains Of the world.
II il bad enough to know 1t is
going on. but to have to listen TO
1t morning, noon and night on the
radio Is too much. I. as a wife
and mother and housekeeper. say
deliver me" when the war news
commentator takes the air. I feel
that / am entitled to more pleasant
entertainment after a hard days
work. TIRED
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Evening star., 1939-10-18
Research Council Plans
Attack on Alcoholism

by tHe ASSOCIATED PreSS.
NEW YORK, Oct. ia co-ordi-
mated attack on alcoholism as
thorough as that launched by public
health agencies against tuberculosis
and cancer has been approved by the
Research Council on Problems of
Alcohol.
DR.. Karl M. Bowman. director of
psychiatry at Bellevue Hospital here
and chairman of the research coun-
ellis Executive Committee, announced
the campaign.
DR.. Bowman listed prejudice, fear
secrecy and ignorance as chief OBJ
stacles to the control of alcoholism
The ajority of people, he said, think
of alcoholism as criminal or moral
offense instead of a disease for which
the patient often is not responsible.
He said the campaign to discover
the causes of alcoholism and better
methods to prevent and treat II
would proceed along three fronts.
A s25,000 grant by the Carnegie
Corp. will be used to survey all
known data on the effects of alcohol
upon the individual. The American
Philosophical Society, DR.. Bowman
said, will finance study of the toxic
factors in alcoholism and the DAN
zian Foundation for Medical Re-
search similar study on the role OF
alcohol in liver cirrhosis.
Evening star., 1939-10-18
Collision Sends Two
to HospitoI

A collision between a streetcar
and an automobile at Fourteenth
and w streets NV. early today sent
two women to Freedmens Hospital.
Louise Cephas, II, colored, of War;
renton, Va, was seriously injured
and may have a fractured skull.
Julie Fowler, 33, colored, 1721 Eighth
street NV, was treated for minor
injuries.
The automobile, according to po-
lice, was proceeding east on w street,
driven by Raymond Parker, As, COL
ored, of Sewell, N. j. The streetcar
was going south on Fourteenth
street.
Jennie Reynolds, 43, colored. 1922
Eighth street NV, was in Gallinger
Hospital today with serious injuries
received when struck by an automo-
bile last night on Rhode Island ave-
nue. near Thirteenth street NE.
She was treated at Emergency Hos
pital for cuts and possible internal
injuries, then transferred to GAL
linger.
Evening star., 1939-10-18
MacLeish Winning His Spurs,

Flattering reports concerning the
activities and attitude of Archibald
MacLeish, the new Librarian of
Congress-, are already beginning to
echo from all directions in the two
great buildings on Capitol Hill which
constitute the worlds greatest store
house of books. Courteous, modest
and friendly in a simple, unaffected
way, the poet-lbrarian has quickly
made hit with the staff of the
institution. Although MacLeish has
been on duty barely two weeks, he
has managed to meet personally
all of the l,100 workers, who gather
the impression that, in addition to
a warm personality, the new boss
means what he says when he tells
them he wants their help and CO.
operation. You'll be told that his
utter lack of high hat" has had
stimulating effect on the morale of
the whole plant. DR.. MacLeish ap-
parently means to specialize in in
ter-American relations. Last week
he delivered notable panegyric on
the Importance of the Hispanic work
Of the library. Today and tomor-
row he is presiding over a confer
ence on inter- American relations
in the field of music. The con-
ference, called by the Secretary of
State, is designed to promote more
effective programs of cultural and
artistic interchange among the 81
Americas.
Evening star., 1939-10-18
Chandler and BarkIey
Reach Patronage Accord
By the Associated Press.


Senator Chandler, Democrat, of
Kentucky announced today he and
his Kentucky colleague, Senator
Barkley, had reached IAN agreeable
understanding" on patronage mat
ters affecting their State.
He said there was no truth in re-
ports he had served IAN ultimatum''
on Senator Barkley to the effect
that he must be consulted on all
Kentucky patronage matters.
There was no ultimatum or any,
thing like it," Senator Chandler
said. There is no friction and
none is expected. We have reached
perfect understanding on patron
age matters and are getting along
fine"
Senators Barkley and Chandler
have been members of rival Demo-
cratic factions in Kentucky for years
and were opponents in the 1898 sena-
torlal primary. However, since Sena-
tor Chandler took his seat in the
Senate last week to fill the vacancy
caused by the death Of the late
Senator Logan they have been seen
together frequently.
Evening star., 1939-10-18
Homecroft Club Plans
YuIe Toy Campaign

Already at least one Washington
organization is planning to provide
needy children with Christmas toys
and presents.
1t is the Capital Homecraft Club,
q group of about 80 who have
banded together to pursue a wide
variety of handicraft hobbies. Some
restore toys, some do inlay work,
some make candlesticks and lamps
and some go in for such heavy OBJ
jects as mahogany corner cupboards.
The secretary Of the club, William
Howard Galbraith, at whose home,
34O8 Tenth street NE, the bi-weekly
meeting was held last night, said
today the members had spent a large
part of the evening planning
Christmas toy campaign. Last year
the club made 100 toys available to
Washington charitable organiza-
tions for distribution to needy
youngsters.
Evening star., 1939-10-18
No Sinkings by Air So Far.

With the naval and air war appar-
emily on ''in earnest now, what is
about to be said here may be stulti-
fled by events even before my copy
is in type. But to the hour of send
ing it to the printer, no air bombs
had in fact sent a Warship of any
fleet to the bottom of the sea. No
such losses occurred during the
World War. The circumstance that
the British cruisers Southampton
and Edinburgh, the destroyer Mo-
hawk and the training ship Iron
Duke were struck, but neither de-
stroyed nor put out of action. goes
far toward sustaining the conclusion
reached by Admiral Leahy - that
while destruction of a man-of-war
by air is possible, it is by no means
certain and attack is sure to be
accompanied by grave risk and
heavy losses to the assailants. That
is exactly what happened to the
German raiders in the Firth of
Evening star., 1939-10-18

brought to a quick conclusion. The
embargo question has been discussed
from every possible angle. No votes,
or only a negligible number, are
going to be changed in the Senate
by anything that may hereafter be
said.
The week and half remaining
before the 28th gives ample time
for full consideration of the pro-
poSal on which attention is now
centered-the wholly sensible pro-
posal to ease the bills restrictions on
American shipping. 1t goes without
saying that nothing will be done to
impair the strict prohibition against
the entrance of American ships into
zones of actual danger. There is no
indication that any of the sponsors
of the bill desire to weaken it in
this respect. If there is any such
desire it is held in check by the
knowledge that any proposal wear
ing even the color of an attempt to
break down essential safeguards
would provoke storm of opposition
and in all probability would kill the
bill-in the House If not in the
Senate.
Early Vote Hoped For.
Now that the evidence is all in,
the general character of amend
ments virtually agreed upon and the
alignment pro and con fixed beyond
the chance of any upset, an early
vote in the Senate is consumma-
ton devoutly to be wished. 1t is to
be wished not only in order that the
neutrality issue may be out of the
way as soon as possible so that the
country can give its attention again
to strictly domestic issues, but in
order that a bad show may be
taken off the boards before it gets
worse.
For what started out as a fine
show has sadly deteriorated. This
is what happens in nearly all the
protracted debates of the Senate.
At first, and occasionally thereafter,
the greatest deliberative body" in
the world lives up to its reputation:
as the show wears on day after day
the quality drops.
If seasonal analogy may be per-
mitted, the Senate stages high
grade performance. comparable to
the best efforts of the Websters and
the Clays and the other giants of
the past, so long as it's first-string
men are in action. When the
second-stringers go in and begin
messing around, perhaps clipping"
their opponents right and left and
throwing individualistic forward
passes, the performance tends to
become dull or dirty, and sometimes
both.
Lundeen's Demand.
Thus In the present debate, after
the excellent speeches of such men
as Senators Pittman. Borah. VAN
denberg, Clark of Missouri, we have
heard, for example, the demand Of
Senator Lundeen of Minnesota, that
We show our "red blood" by sending
our armed forces to grab from
France and Great Britain their pos
sessions in the West Indies. Now,
says the Senator, is the time to act.
We have heard Senator Reynolds
of North Carolina. in a brother act
with Lundeen, suggesting with heavy
sarcasm that we help Great Britain
and France" out of their debt to
us by arranging bargain day" and
taking over some of their terrific
ries-from Great Britain, such par
GELS as Trinidad. Bermuda, parts Of
Labrador and Newfoundland, and
perhaps Jamaica.
We have heard Senator Clark Of
Idaho excoriating England and
France as the "aggressors" in the
present war.
Yes, it's high time that the cur
tain should be rung down in the
Senate.
Evening star., 1939-10-18
Dancers Slayer to Die;
Glad to Get 1t Over
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 1S.-De Witt
Clinton Cook, 20, sentenced to die in
San Quentin's gas chamber for NOR
tally wounding Anya Sosoyeva,
former Follies dancer. told newspa-
permen Sure I'm glad to ge it over
with"
Convicted by a jury which made
the death penalty mandatory, Cook
was sentenced yesterday. He also
Evening star., 1939-10-18
Admiral Leahy'S Views,

When Congress in February, 1898,
had the Vinson billion dollar naval
expansion bill under consideration,
Admiral William D. Leahy, then
chief of naval operations, discussed
in detail before the House Committee
on Naval Affairs the ability of a
modern battleship to resist airplane
attack. Leahy held fast to our
Navy's theory that the bombing plane
has not and never can put the
battleship out of business He de-
clared unequivocally that "the mod
ern battleship is the best defense
against air attack at sea and the
most difficult problem that faces the
air arm of any belligerent." Our
ranking admiral went even further.
He said that the battleship is the
best means of attack against an
enemy force, including the air, and
continued:
A battleship can be sunk
by torpedoes, by armor-p piercing
shells, or by aerial bombs-under
conditions favorable to the at
tack and provided it is hit often
enough in the right places. The
battleship's defense against air
attack consists of the following:
First, the anti-aircraft batteries
Of the numerous cruisers, destroy
ers, and other battleships which
always accompany her, and over
which the attacking planes must
pass, second, its own powerful
anti-aircraft guns; third, its
maneuvering power, for expert
ence has proven the added diff
Guilty of bombing a ship maneuv-
ering radically at high speed;
fourth, its armor and watertight
subdivision, which are designed to
localize any damage received from
bombs exploding on deck or in
the water close to the side: fifth,
well-organized damage-control
party, trained and equipped to
cope with flooded compartments.
fires, ruptured steam lines, and
so forth. So it can be seen that
the destruction of such a ship by
aerial bombs, while possible, is
much more difficult than in any
other type of ship and will cer-
tainly be attended by terrific
losses among the attacking air
craft.
Evening star., 1939-10-18

sealed the day
the bombing air.
plane was per-
+ e C t e d. Even
Sailormen who
scofed at Mitch
ellis theory admit
their confidence
is shaken, though
not undermined,
by the week S
news from the
North Sea. Word
that German air.
craft succeeded
in making direct
hits on three
PritiSh 1x,orchir,c
Evening star., 1939-10-18

provision of the
pending neutral
ity bill he can
see no reason
why the final
tie in tn e
Senate cannot be
reached by the
e n d of mex t
week.
The Senator's S
S t a t e m e n t | S
gratifying. From
t he pub ii c. S
point Of view,
there Is every
reason why the
Iohoto cho,,IJ ho
Evening star., 1939-10-18

lying in the Firth of Forth, Scotland,
killing Is officers and men and in
juring 20 others, while a second
enemy air raid resulted in hits and
damage to the great training ship
Iron Duke, impels even the sturdiest
believer in the invulnerability of
the battleship to soft-pedal his cock
SureneSS a bit.
Evening star., 1939-10-18

sible particlpa-
ton in the Euro
pean war. That
S e n t i m e n t i S
u n a n i m ou S
against a en- t r y
into the war.
T he reasons
why each group
is against Amer
ica's becoming a
belligerent are
dlfferent a n d
o f t e n opposite
but the result is
the same. Thus
the position of