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Evening star., 1940-02-29

Dear Miss Dix: My husband is in
the process OF working up in the
world, and it is just a matter of
short time now until his position
will involve our having many social
contacts. We have always been
bookish people and have been so
busy trying to get ahead that we
have had very little time for society,
and so feel very much out of things.
My husband is the kind of man who
could 60 anywhere, and If he could
not do the things that others were
doing he would make himself so in
teresting that nobody would care and
would rather listen to him talk. But
I am different proposition. I am
quiet and somewhat shy. So would
you advise me at my age, "a, to take
dancing lessons (since I will be asked
to danceO and to learn TO play
good game of bridge and tennis?
Another thing is clothes. My hus-
band contends that If you have an
interesting personality you don't
need to dress up, that people don't
like you for clothes. That may 60
for him, for people seem to like and
respect him in spite of his being
rather sloppy. But when I am
shabby it takes the last bit of pep
out Of me. My husband never gives
me any money and tells me to buy
myself a dress. Maybe he expects
me to pinch the grocery money, but
I would feel that was dishonest.
Surely my work in the house entities
me to buy things without stealing.
WIFE OF A GO-GETTER.
Answer-Perhaps you do not real
ize it, but you have come to the
most crucial point in your life, and
on the decision you make now rests
the whole future Of your marriage.
Your husband is on the up-and-up
and you can climb with him or you
can let him leave you at the bottom
of the ladder while he goes on alone
and you become one Of the forgotten
wives of successful, self-made men
of whom we never hear until we
read. in the papers that they have
been pensioned of and divorced to
make room for some glamorous
debutante more in keeping with their
new imported furniture.
So, to begin with, in spite of all
that your husband says to the con-
trary about the value of clothes, get
Evening star., 1940-02-29

Send for my eye-relaxing ex-
ercises, but be certain to inclose
self-addressed, stamped (3-cent)
envelope.
Evening star., 1940-02-29

If you have difficulty entertain
ing the boy who drops in un.
expectedly, you need our "Parlor
Date Pastimes" leafiet. It's yours
for . Scent stamp.
Evening star., 1940-02-29

BY BARONESS PIANTONr
distinguishes
you'll certainly want these graceful initials encirced by floral wreath
embroideing
does for decorative And think dozens
of these initials wish little cos initial
by 3A inches
obtain pattern 1880 inoea cents
Address Needle
work Editor Of The Evening Star
Evening star., 1940-02-29
You Might Put
Them to Work.

If q boy dropped in when we were
cleaning the house, we'd look on
him as mama from heaven, and
pounce on him with open delight.
We'd set him to pushing the vacuum
cleaner, and then make him dust
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-13
Women in War
AT the Rialto
Lone Wolf Meets A
Lady Shores Screen

Gripping and realistic war
scenes are enacted in Republics
women in War" which opens at
the Rialto theater.
The picture presents Elsie Janis
and Wendy Barrie As mother and
daughter. separated since the lat
ter's bahyhood by a dramatic Sc
quence Of events that reunited
them on a battlefield of the cur
rent war.
Wendy Barrie. as Pamela
Starr" goes to France as a nurse
to escape conviction which seems
imminent because an inadvertant
act Of hers resulted In the death
Of an officer. She Is under the
supervision Of Miss Janis. now
known as "O'Neil," a matron OF
nurses. Pamela. really o'Neil's
daughter. rebels at discipline and
cannot bend TO It. This results in
many clashes between mother and
daughter a. the tragic problem
unravels.
On the same new bill will be
seen The Lone Wolf Meets a
Lady" featuring Warren william
and Jean Muir.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-13
Democracy's Growth
Seen in Film Drama

A veritable allegory of the
growth of the democratic spirit in
our nation century ago is said
to be seen in the life and career
OF Abraham Lincoln.
This is graphically revealed in
the Blue Mouse thesters current
offering, Abe Lincoln in Illinois"
adapted to the screen from the
Robert f. Sherwood Pulitzer prize
play, with Raymond Massey in the
title role.
Produced by Max Gordon and
II. NJ. Goetz. Abe Lincoln in ILL
nois" is hailed as the most sincere
and faithful portrayal of the Great
Emancipator from his early days
as a backwoodsman to the men,
orable occasion of his election to
the presidency. Sixty distinguished
players appear in the cast with
Massey. who won wide praise for
his superb work in the title role
of the stage hit.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-13
Promise Big Night at
Suiherland's Resort

Friday night, June II, promises
10 be 4 big night at Suthcrland's
Resort with Corky Corcoran's band
playing in the newly decorated
ballroom. huge beach bondfire
and free wieners and marshmal-
lows for those who attend this. the
first Of the Friday night dances.
Buzz highland, formerly Of Scan
dia Park and now manager Of the
Friday night dances, announces
everything in readiness for an eve
ming that will be long remembered.
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IT Had Ny Way" Due for Premiere the Roxy Thursda
SE,;il3!3
MI Ml. q.
"TOrrid Zone"


Maybe IL was a hangover from
a warm summer night, perhaps 1t
was the power OF suggestion l..
In any case, were you 10 ask me
what's in a name -, would be
obliged to answer plenty
Thus, you have my first i'm
preston Of "Torrid Zone the
new attraction which came to
the screen at the Roxy theater
yesterday with James Cagney.
Ann Sheridan and Pat O'Bricn
In the starring roles. Not only
do these three top-notchers
turn on the heat In q tropical
setting. but there are Andy
Devine, Helen Ninson. Jerome
Cowan and George Tobias to
steam things up when the ba-
mana plantation appears to be
cooling off a bit.
The story Is a combination OF
comedy and drama with the action
well sustained from start TO fin
ish. The romance Is of the definite
variety and at times matches the
OF its locale. Cagney is
seen in the role OF the great low
err but finds it difficult to con-
fine himself to one woman or
to any. for that matter. when
there are ship captains to toss
bandits to run down or
to be settled.
As screen fare, you will en-
JOY "Torrid Zone although
your reviewer doesn't recon-
mend II for the Mickey Mouse
club.
The other half of the new bill
offers you Can't Fool Your Wife"
a picture co-starring Lucille Ball
and James Ellison.
Notwithstanding the fact that
the plot Is familiar one, you will
get a number of laughs out of this
production. Both Miss Ball and
Ellison play their parts well and
the supporting players are capable.
Warm -. isn't it?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-13
Irish Cast Brings Comedy to Beverly

II the luck of the Irish had any,
thing to do with 1t, Walter Wan
gers Slightly Honorable" which
is now playing at the Beverly
theater should smash box-office
records from Hollywood to Tim
buctoo and back again.
Directed by 1rishman Tay Gar
nett, this comedy murder-mystery
has a cast that includes such sons
and daughters Of Erin as Pat
O'Brien. Broderick Crawford. Ruth
Terry, Douglas Fowley and John
Sheehan. Others featured in the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-13
FIRST SHOWING

BLUE MOusE--Raymond Massey and
Mary Howard in Abe Lincoln In
illinois," 1890. $40. 6.55. 1910:
also Robert Armstrong and Jack
LARue IN Enemy Agent" ii:30.
2:40 5b6. e.io.
MUSIC BoN--1rene Dunno and Cary
Grant in MY Fayorite Wife" IL 80,
3:55. 7:o5. 1000. also Barbara Read
and Alan Mowbray in Curtain
Call" 1890. 2:35. $40. s:45.
RIALTO-wendy Barrie and Patric
Knowles In Women In War" III :35.
2:l5, 4:55. 7:30, 1918; also Warren
william and Jean Muir in THE
Lone Wolf Meets Lady" :o5. s.45.
gas. 900.
RIVIERA o'Brien and vir-
ginia Vale In Bullet Code" '05.
3:25. 5:s5 $40. 1890; also Con-
stones Moore and Frank Albert
son IN Framed" 1888. AIS. 4.35,
TOO. e:20.
Cagney and Ann Sheri
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uhu IN orr Il zone 20
400. TOO. 1000. also Lucille Ball
and James Ellison In You Cant
Fool Your Wife" 1850. 2:45. 5:45.
RETURN SHOWING
BEVERLY -- Burgess Meredith and
Betty Field In "of Mice and Men:
also Pat OBrien and Edward Arnold
In Slightly Honorable"
COMMUNITY McCrea and
Nancy Kelly In He Married His
Wife; also Edgar Bergen and
Charlie Mccarthy in Charlie Nc
Carthy. Detective"
KAY sTREET-Bing crosby and
Martha Raye In WAIKIKI We'd
ding; also Jean Hersholt and
Dorothy Lovett in Meet Dr..
Christian"
LAkEw OoD-vivien Leigh and
Charles LauRhton in Sidewalks OF
London" also Lynn Bari In Free.
Blonde and al"
PARK--Ann Sheridan and John Gar
field IN Castle On the Hudson,
also Edith Fellows and Clarence
kolb In Five Little Peppers at
Home"
FkoCToR-Spencer Tracy and Hedy
LAMAR In Il Take This Woman:
in City OF Chance"
Margaret SULLIVAN and
James Stewart in The Shop
Around the Corner. also The Old
South"
hEN--John Garfield and Ann Sheri-
dan In Castle On the Hudson:
also Ronald Reagan in Smashing
the Money Ring
SHELL - sierid Gurie and william
Lundiean In The Forgotten Wom-
an" also Marjorie Reynolds and
John Trent In stunt Pilot"
suNsET--Leslie Howard and InerId
Bergman In "Intermezzof; also
William Garean and Kent Taylor
in Three Sons
TEMPLE-Robert MONTGOMERY and
Reginald Owen in The Earl OF Chi
cago" also Jane Withers In High
School,"
q
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-13
Bing Crosby and Gloria Jean
Starring in Musical Comedy
Companion Picture Brings Bob Burns
In Hilarious "Alios The Deacon"

Two of Holywoods finest songbirds teamed in the
roles of Unversas IF Had My Way" which
comes to the Roxy theater Thursday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-13

It's not only the rug thot
Jone Withers is cutting up in
her lotest 10th CentuH-Fox
comedy. High School, Her
boy friend in the film now Of
the Temple theoter is Joe
Brown il
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-13

AZ CRA AsAAAk ~ NANF
and 12-yesr-old Gloria Jean. who
made her debut in The Under
Pup
The famous baritone and the
amazing young soprano sing three
duets in the picture. Meet the
Sun Halfway I Haven't Time to
Be a Millionaire, and "Pessimistic
Character"
Other song numbers in the
comedy-drama are If I Had My
Way a solo by Crosby. Little
Gray Home in the West" a solo
by Gloria, April Played the Fid-
die" by Bing and the Six Hits
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SCREEN CREDIT

Because the entire picture was
filmed on location. Albany. Ca,
will receive credit for Para
mounts The Biscuit Eater" the
story of boy and his dog laid
against the background of the
quail hunting in Georgia.
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NOW PLAYING At LOCAL THEArERs

dan in "Torrid Zone" i:05
400. TOO. 1000. also Lucille Ball
and James Ellison in You Cant
Fool Your Wife" IL so. 2 as. 5:45,
B.45,
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and a Miss. Ida" sung by the
famous vsudevillisn and minstrel
man. Eddie Leonard. and the old
time fsvorite, Rings on Ny
Fingers" sung by Blanche Ring,
renowned figure of vaudeville.
IF I Had My Way was pro-
dueed and directed by David But
Ter from a story by Butler. William
Conselman and James V. Kern.
George Robinson was the photog-
rapher and all musical sequences
were under the supervision Of
Charles Previn, director OF music
at Universal studios.
Bob Burns shares the screen in
Alias the Deacon"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-13

picture are Edward Arnold, Claire
Dodd Alan Dinehart, Phyllis
Brooks and Douglas Dumbrille.
On the same bill will be seen "Of
Mice and Men"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-13

Wallace Berry was one of the
first fishermen to open trout sea-
son at Mammoth lakes. He flew
his catch back to Beverly Hills for
dinner the same night.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-12
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TODAY'S ANNIVERS ARIES

1663-Cotton Mather, most noted
of colonial New England dlvlnes,
Puritan clergyman and scholar, pro-
lific writer, born in Boston, Died
there, Feb. 13, 1928.
1746-Thaddeu kosciuSko, Pol
ish officer in the American RevOlu-
ton, devoted soldier under Wash
ngton, revolutionary leader against
the Russians, born in Poland. Died
n Switzerland, Oct. Is, 1917.
l79l-Peter Cooper, noted New
York inventor, manufacturer, civic
leader and philanthropist, born in
New York. Died April /. 1888.
1809-Abraham Lincoln, schoo!cd
in the log cabin, soldier, New pa
ZEN, III. postmaster, Springfield, Ill.
lawyer, state legislator, congress-
man, 10th and the War President,
BORN in Larue county, Ky. ASsassl-
mated, and died, April Is, 1868.
l813-BenSon j. Losing. wood
cngraver, author, editor, corn at
Beekman, N. Y. Died June 3,
1891.
l83l-Myra Bradwell Illinois
lawyer ana legal writer, rcIu$cd id
mission tC the bar because Oi her
cN at first, born Manchester, VT
Died Chicago, Feb. II, 1891
l83l-John MorriSCy, New York
gambler prize-fighteG, who ran for
congress TO annoy the god people
md was twice elected. uorn IN Ire
land. Died May /, 1878.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-12
TODAY IN HISTORY

lI333-Gen. Oglcthorpc and his
English colonistS settle in Georgia.
1837-Mob breaks into stores in
New York City in bread and Hour
riots.
l840-(lO0 years ago. The open
ing of the 35-mile long Fousatonic
Railroad in Connecticut Gully ccle-
grated.
lS50-The original manuscript Of
Washington's Farewell Address >
old at auction in Philadelphia for
,2,3OO.
1862-Largcst loan Of Civil War
,ra increased the public debt iron
- IS million in lG5, 20 , 5-'
billion.
4.,.--First Tissue feed fountain
pen patent granted Lewis Z. Water
man of New York.
1925-Mills Federal Arbitration
Bill signed by tie Pre.id"nt.
l936--Geneva puts blame on u.
5. Il the League Ol Nations oil sane
ions against Italy fails.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-12
ANSWERS.

|. During reconstruction, following
the end of the war in 1865, the Freed
mems Bureau had established total
of 43l schools with 439 teachers and
2O,227 pupils by July in 1869.
2. Marion Butler, of Clinton, Sarp-
son county Senator Butler was elect
ed in 1895 as a populiSt. He remained
in the senate until 1901 when he was
defeated by F. NJ. Simmons.
3. John R. Green, who lived at
Durham Station, now Durham, and
manufactured smoking tobacco in a
small way before the war During the
last few days of the war Durham
Station was neutral ground for men
OF both the Northern and Southern
armies, which were camped near the
place. Soldiers appropriated MIR
Green's stock of tobacco, which had
been manufactured for Southern SOL
iiera. Many filled pockets and pack
ages and soon left for homes in
Maine, Texas, and elsewhere. Soon
the station agent, postmaster and
others at Durham Station began re-
ceivng letters from many states ask
ing for more tobacco. Mr. Green took
advantage of the opportunity offered
ana began manufacturing Durham
Smoking Tobacco" adopting the Bull
Durham as trademark He died in
1869 and the business was bought
by w. T. Blackwell & Company.
4. in 1885 y an act of the legisla-
luts introduced by the late Dr. J. L.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-12
F arley Gives No
Definite Answers

Springfield, H., Feb. 12.-(AP)---
Postmaster General James A. Farley
wouldn't say yes" but didn't say
no" when reporters asked him
whether he was an active candidate
for the Democratic presidential
nomination.
Here for a Lincoln day speech,
Farley was asked about the letter
nc wrote authorizing Massachusetts
Democratic leaders to file a slate Of
national convention dele gate S
pledged to his support.
The message will have to speak
for ITSELF" Farley said. 81 have
no comment on it."
Asked if President Roosevelt had
given him the green light" to come
out rs candidate, Farley answered.:
Il haven't anything to say on
mat"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-12
Sales Tax T ak

Careful references to the sales
tax platforms and statements OF the
six candidates for governor IN this
wears Democratic primary show the
extent to which this levy on sales
transaction has rooted itself into the
tax structure of North Carolina.
First imposed in 1888 as depres-
sion emergency, with the promise
that it would be eliminated when
the crisis had passed, the tax stuck
and has successfully resisted all Ell
forts to remove 1t.
Only one OF the six aspirantS 1or
the gubernatorIal nomination has
anything like paramounted the
problem of Tightening the burden,
and he promises no immediate out
right repeal. AS offensive as 1t IS,
the nuisance is no longer the burn
ING campaign issue it has been IN
other wears since its enactment, and
particularly in the 1886 fight Tor
the governorship.
While we were opposed to the
sales tax when it was enacted, ana
still have no relish for it, the TACT
is the State has gone into so many
new fields of SIMULTANEOUSLY or
otherwise the we'll being OF the
people, that the money had to be
found somewhere Talk Of getting
the money where the money is ana
of bleeding the rich to get cash 10
do all these things being demanded
from the State is largely tommyrot,
While there are quite a number Oh
well-to-do citizens in North Caro-
Ina, there are few that could class
as being immensely rich.
The SlueSt way to get rid Oh
the sales tax is for the State to
top spending so much money, ana
10 withdraw from some OF Its
paternalistic activities in fostering
and financing and providing this,
that and the other thing it has not
done in former times. Instead OF
that, however, each campaign year
finds minority groups haraSslng cam
didates by putting them on the spot
in favor of appropriating for their
pet schemes and interests. And so
long as that is kept up. there will
be no repeal of the sales tax, nor
any other levy of consequence that
now takes money from the pockets
of citizens, both rich and poor.
You can argue sales tax all you
like. but until and unless there IS
Il considerably larger measure OF
prosperity than we have had since
the 1888 enactment, or unless a
sizeable part of the present spend
ing set-up is abolished, you are
going to have it with you. Cam
paign orators who seek the favor
of the electorate by rash promises
on this subject either have no
intention of making good or else
don't know what they are talking
about. or are not sufficiently ia
miliar with things as they are in
the State government.
Votes that are cast in the hope
of relief on one end Of the issue
and of keeping the services-shal
we say luxuries?-on the other end
will find in the end that they have
missed the mark. Nothing is to be
gained by trying to fool ourselves
in any such manner.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-12
ELECTRIC BROODERs POPULAR

College Station, Raleigh, Feb. 12-
Electric brooders are rapidly being
accepted by North Carolina poultry
raiscrs as the most economical and
efficient method of chick production,
says D. E. Jones, rural identification
specialist Of the State College Ex-
tension Service. Returning from a
field trip, Jones said he helped start
electric brooder demonstrations on
a number Of farms.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-12
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS

Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth.
daughter OF the late President
Roosevelt and widow Of the late
Speaker, born Sc years ago.
Henry F. Grady of California,
Assistant Secretary OF State, WASH
ington, D. c., born in San Fran
cisco, So years ago.
John L. Lewis, labor leader, born
II Lucas, Iowa. 60 years ago.
Dr.. James H. Kimball of New
York City, noted meteorologiSt Of
the U. S. Weather Bureau, born in
Detroit, sc years ago.
DR.. Jesse F. Williams. noted
Teachers College, New York City,
physical educator, E0rn at KintoA.
Ohio, "a wears ago.
Prof. Fred A. Shannon of the
Kansas State College Of Agriculture,
noted historian, born at Sedalia,
Mo-, At years ago.
William FaverSham, old time ac-
tor, born in England, y years ago.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-12
What Do You
Know About
North Carolina?
I8y FRED Fl. MAY

|. How many schools were estab-
liShcd in North Carolina by the
FreCdmen'S Bureau?
2. Who succeeded Senator Mat
Ransom as United States senator
from North Carolina?
3. Who is said to have originated
the Bull Durham tobacco?
4. When were Walkathon contests
abolished in North Carolina?
5. When was it proposed that North
Carolina and Virginia Withdraw from
the Union and set up their own gov
crnment?
6. What was the cost of calico cloth
for dress in 1865?
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-12
May Affect Vance

One OF the jobs already cut out
by law for the 1911 General Assem-
oily is that OF reapportiOning repre-
sentation in the legislature on the
basis OF the 1870 census. That body,
however. is mere OF less law unto
itself and is amendable only to the
courts and then only in certain cir
cumStanceS.
The State Constitution preScrioes
fifty members u the Senate and
100 in the house ot Representatives.
II is mandatory that each county
now numbering an even l0O-Shall
have at least one member OF the
lower branch OF the assembly, with
the other twenty distributed among
the most populOuS counties. The
counties are grouped into districts
Tor senatorial representation, with
the divisions containing as near the
same population as possible.
1t has been something like
twenty years since there was an
appOrtionment for legislative men,
berShip, the duty having been re-
peatedly Sidc-Stepped by successive
assemblies since the 1880 enumera-
tion-a violation of the Constitution,
but d Violation by common consent.
Several yeas ago a serious at
tempt at reapportiOnment appeared
in the making. but disputes and
chickering's ana the probable loss of
representation by some localities
became so acute that the effort was
abandoned and has not been under
taken since. Certain counties in the
east stood to lose and some in the
Piedmont to gain by the shifts if
alignmentS were to be made accord
ing to density Of the population, and
those on the prospective losing side
were able to MUSTER sufficient
strength to forcStalI any action.
Whether there will be a new
apportionment in 1871 will, OF
course, depend upon the mood of
the new General Assembly. If the
composite bodies wish to set up
new districts according to the man.
date Of the Constitution, it will be
done; if they do not, that will be
the end Of it for the session.
1t is more likely, however, that
a serious effort will be made at a
re-shuffling on the basis OF the new
census, and if it is there is better
than an even chance that Vance
will be one of the counties to suf-
Ter in its representation in the
Senate.
Population increases have not
been as rapid in this Immediate
section, or in the eastern part of
the State as d whole, as in the Pied
mont and western areas. That might
mean that Vance would be placed
in a senatorial grouping of three
counties instead of two, as at pres
ent, with the right to name the
senator only every six years instead
of four as now, in the district that
consists of Vance and Warren. Or.
this county might be grouped with
three counties with two senator's
each biennium, depending on the
direction in which the geographical
alignment reached.
What will happen, if indeed any
thing does, will be impossible to de-
termine short of the co1vening of
the legislature. But is is matter
that responsible citizens of the
county should not overlook, and to
which due consideration should be
given before il is too late
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-12
THE RAIN.

Pitter, patter falls the rain,
On the streets and window pane.
Softly, softly it hits the ground,
Makes a stream and runs around.
Flowers lift their heads and say,
Thank you for this rain today
God feeds the flowers in every way:
Rain makes them beautiful for us
today.
GLADYS Tillotson,
Age II, Junior High