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Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-07
Bruce Cation in Washington
Dissects the News
Dunn primIy. He faVOrS it.

Dunn grimly. He favOrS 1t.
Up to 1920, Congress always obey
ed the Constitution and reappor-
toned every 10 years. But 1t did 1t
simply by increasing the number OF
congressman. To have done that IN
1920 would have created a House
of $40 memberS-too big
So since 1920 Congress has just
forgotten about the Constitution.
Even if the belated Vandenberg
proposal is acted on now, reappor-
tionment would not be effective
until 1944-the amendment gives
the states that long to do the nee
eSsary re-diStrictlng.
The direct primary is rapidly be-
coming dead letter.
Once praised as a great reform
that would let the rank and file
have a say on presidential candi-
dates instead of the party bosses,
the direct primary is sidetracked.
Not half dozen genuine preSi-
dental primary fights are in
sight in both parties.
In Wisconsin, voters get choice
between Dewey and Vandenberg; in
Illinois. Dewey is all alone and
there's Garner and a vague RoOSe-
welt entry; New York, Dewey and
Gannett; and New Jersey and Ohio
may have a choice. That's about all.
No state gives its voters pri-
mary ballot with the names of all
candidates. In Illinois, Democrats
may pick Roosevelt or Garner, but
what if they like McNutt or Hull?
That's too bad. But even that
choice is more than most states get.
The direct presidential primary
started in 1910 in Oregon. Twen-
ty-two states adopted it within
four years. Many have since re-
pealcd their laws, and today there
are presidential primaries in only
Is states.
Abuses of the old convention sys-
tenn brought the direct primary as
a reform. 1t is now plainly evolv-
ing into something else. But If
there is any move to reform the
primary system as it is at present,
you won't hear of it until this cam
paign is over
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-07

WASHINGTON. - The Constitu
tlOn says we take Il census TO find
out how many congressional seats
each state ought to have. 1t orders
Congress to reapportion seats after
each census.
But whatever interesting data
the coming census reveals, it prob
ably won't result in any reappor-
tiOnment.
Congress hates reappOrtiOnment.
Ii means that some members are
likely to vote themselves out of
jobs. Recognizing its own frailty,
il passed in 1929 law making
reappOrtiOnment automatic.
According to the present law the
President should have given Con-
greSS the census figures the first
week of last January. But the CEN
SuS isn't even started yet. That S
because the Lame Duck Amend
ment shifted dates around since the
law was passed
1t may make the law inOpera-
tive tlllo Jcdl. SOllSleoo Ildu Pioilly
of warming, of course. Last year
Senator Vandenberg got through
the Senate a bill to set the dates
right. But the House committee
tabled it. Early this winter Presi-
dent Roosevelt got Representative
Matthew Dunn of Pennsylvania to
bring the bill out again, but it's
still in committee, and the COM
mittee is unfavorable.
The bills chances are not rosy.
OF course the next Congress can
take the 1910 census figures and
rcappOrtion on that basis. "They
cOuld-but would they?" asks
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-07
TOday'S Horoscope

Sudden and unexpected obstacles
will besct the path of those who are
ob ,rrvins birthdays today. They
should not allow themselves to be
discouraged. however. as "all's well
that ends we'll" and the latter part
Of the year the troubles will disap-
pear and much good fortune will be
theirs A child born today will be
fond of mysteries. Such one will
be sccretive, eniqmatical intllitional,
and Very we'll suited to become a
lawyer or detective
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-07
81 ITO Feel Bright
Keep Bowels Riqht

You're not your best when elimination
IS slowed up. Temporary constipation
can get you down, make you feel
dull, sluggish. headachy. Stuart's Lax
atve Compound Tablets bring quick.
welcome relief. yet they're gentle as rain.
Children like them. too. Never harsh or
habit forming. No bad after-effects. Medi-
cal tests prove they actually help cor
rect chronic cases by encouraging "regu-
la,ity" You don't have to keep up full
dosage to get real Stuart results. Try them
today. Ask for genuine Stuart's Laxative
Compound at your druggist-only Csc or
soc.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-07
HAPPY RELIEF
FROM PAINFUL
BACKACHE

Many Of those gnawing. nagging. painful
,ackaches people blame on colds or strains are
often caused by tired kidneys may be
relieved when treated in the right way.
The kidneys are Natures chief way of taking
excess acids and poisonous waste out of the
blood. They help most people pass about 3 plnts
a day.
If the IL miles of kidney tubes and filters
don't work we'll, poisonous waste matter stays
n the blood. These polsons may start nagglng
bnckaches, rheumatic pains, loss Of pep and
energy, getting up nigh hts, swelling, puiiness
under the eyes, headaches and dizziness Ere.
,urnt or scanty passages with smarting and
burning sometimes shows there is something
wrong With your Kidneys or bladder.
Don't watt Ask your druggist for Doan's
Pills, used successfully by millions for over At
years. They give happy relief and will help the
IL miles OF kidney tubes flush out poisonous
waste from your blood. Get Doans Pills.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-07
Grab Bag
Onc-Minutp Test

l. Why Is the yellow River that
color?
3. What city is the capital of
Bolivia?
3 III what state WAS President
Woodrow Wilson born"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-07
Photographs

England was the first country
to adopt postage stamps for letters.
in 1870 Brazil was the second, then
the United States in l847.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-07

II Is sad that the Irish sent bag-
pipes to Scotland as Joke, The
Scotch dld not see the Joke and
have played them ever since.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-07
Hints on Ftiuuettp

Cnc should not hold a piece of
bread or roll in the air while but =
trrln9 il at table Butter it on the
butter plate.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-07

In Japan only cars belonging tc
royalty may be painted maroon, as
this shade SymbolizeS the royal
family.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-07
Words of Wisdom

Inconsistency with past views or
conduct may be Il mark of increas-
inc knowledge and wisdom.
TrYOn Edwards
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-07
You re Telling Me-

\ champion Is admired by every
ou" say the man al tie next desk,
.u.e hc happens 10 be- "A champion
l-GtHad
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-07

E,cu i Hc lo5cs tEo war. Hitler
can rest on h.s laIrc.s Of having
made more people nervous than did
.ls other man IN history
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-07
thoughts for the Day

And herein do I exercise myself 10 have always a
conscience void Of offense toward COD ana toward
men-ActS = l6.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-07

Chess really is game Of war. one
player pittin4 his military tactics
against those of his opponent.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-07

Minute Test Answers
/. From dust from the Cobb dcs.
'rt and silt from the rivers of China
. La PaZ.
3. Virginia
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-07

The bureau of reclamation 70 the
United States department of interior
has been in existence for 81 years.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-07

MEMBER:
American Newspaper Pub
fishers Association. Nation
al Editorial Association.
California Newspaper Pub
fishers Association.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-07

Europe is SO Uttered up with
treaties that statesmen can't walk
around without getting their boots
all full of melted sealing wax.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-07

Bat would make nice pets when
tanned, says Dr.. Grover NJ. Allen
OF Harvard, but cannot be kept in
captivity long or they die.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-07

An 82-year-old woman got di-
vorcc from her husband, 81. because
She said he was jealous. She wants
to start life over anew.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-07

Jimmy Roosevelt files suit for
divorce. He has, at last, become a
real HOllyWOodian.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-07

An average Of 800 ncW songs are
copyrighted each wccE Modern man
mas mol De 81. powerful IN an
rcut ancestor. D5l 10 ia .'rouser
t...r.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-07

John Hamilton, national G.. o. P.
chairman, says he hopes Roosevelt
runs again. Republicans aren't
afraid of the ghosts of Maine and
Vermont.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-07
Barbs-

With the escape of the Countess -
a beautiful, blond Spy-the current
war is just about ready to be hand
ed over to the romantic story writ
erS.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-07

A. 'hc .am' H.. nr rrad a SCI
rh't.r Ifem 2lra .as. he earth
"otm IN i0 aaHus apparatus
We. tH'rr m.3 be- ONE sort of
rpmprl.a'.aa ;ar having 10 be- "a
Hp.u
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-07

HD.u
Itr,r really nothing funny
.Daf Cr'uog hIp. say Zadnk
D#Gb.api cen If the dictator
.9t .=r q might've from a como
-aY
I.r ,r' crop of sprng green's
.asr ...aaas made thclr appcar-
alice Ia'. are those raW-ncckcd
D9..r 90 the baseball training
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-07-13

BATHING SUITS Oh, my, my /!
how the new bathing suits sculpt your
figure, especially the long torso ones.
Better roll out the exercise mat and
practise tummy in, chest high, etc.
Swim suits are being made of every
conceivable material There is an end
less variety of styles,-princess, shi1Ted,
fared, ballerina, open midriff. Stripes
are in the lead Real swimmers still
prefer form fitting wool suits, form
fitting to allow you to slip through the
water AcQuacade-style and wool to
ward off chills. -. A word to the wise
Is the skin on your arms, legs and
back ready for public life? Better get
in trim before you loll on the beach.
Remember when you are in the tub
Just scrub, scrub, scrub with a brush
(not too much at first if your skin is
sensitive) and afterward use your
favorite hand lotion on legs arms and
back giving special attention to elbows
and knees. A few such conditioning
treatments will make the little bumps
and discolorations disappear leaving
your skin smooth and satiny.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-07-13

WANT to keep cool and look
" fresher and crispier than ever
during the hot summer days? Then
put some linen costume on your
wardrobe list and on yourself For
a fresh viewpoint on warm wealth
er apparel and an immaculate ap-
pearance, pure Irish linen is I'M
doubtedly the perfect answer to the
annual summer problem.
That's what they do in the tropics,
they wear linen because the con-
struction of the flax fiber makes it
naturally cool And that's what
smart women and girls are doing
this summer, wearing linen during
the warm months, because it is cool
and imparts the well-groomed look
There are a number of details that
distinguish the better linens this
year There's embroidery, for in
stance, it takes the lead in the new
er linen trends, especially outlining
scallOped hens and along closings
worked with contrasting threads.
Linens with a scattered allover en-
broidered motif are also good look
ing. Sawtooth edgings make for
effectiveness in styling the new
linens, as we'll as scallops. Con-
trasting braided effects are also en-
pIoyed. Jacket dresses, princess
frocks and shirtwaist types are all
basic styles that are making linen
a Unjust" in every summer ward
robe.
The smartest selection you can
make is a suit of black or navy
linen. Very chic is the new dark
linen that is enhanced with white
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-07-13
This Is a Season
of Pretty Frocks
Dainty Materials and Cay
Colors Predominant.
By CHERIE NICHOLAS

This is one of those seasons when
fashions are feminine and pretty,
rather than mannish and severely
tailored. Even sports clothes take
on cunning details that bespeak the
trend toward prettiness and FEM
ininity.
AS to the summary little frocks
women adore for casual day wear
and the gowns for dress-up and par
ties, this season the sentiment is de-
cidedly toward prettiness that
comes through use of laces and
dainty materials, fine handiwork,
bright color and a thousand and one
fetching little caprices that bespeak
the mood for allure and femininity.
An outstanding sign of the times
is the profusion of dainty lace trim
mngs In evidence throughout sum-
mer dress collections. Even the
fashionable black and navy sheers
take on a lightsome mien in that
wee lace frills add notes of charm.
Among the fetching vagaries of fash
ion are the hosts of cunning orna-
mental lace pockets that are trim
ming gay print frocks this summer.
Nowadays, just to be pretty and
feminine, women are dressing in the
dainty muslins and dimities and
other alluring cottons and in ravish-
ing prints sweet in their simplicity.
Lavished on the dainty sheers, the
foWery voiles, the batistes, the
handkerchief linens and so on, one
sees beading and bows and Iaces
interspersed with wee pin tucks,
embroidery and endless other fine
needIework.
AS to accessories, they complete
the sum total of this summers fash
ion prettiness full to overlooking.
The { ~ little flower hats with their
whimsical wells that vie with the
new wide picture brims, the profu-
sion of fascinating snowy lingerie
neckwear items, the lacy frilly
blouses aided and abetted with the
intrigue of color and design that
marks the new bags, belts, shoes,
gloves, jeweIry-What a season is
this for flattering accessories!
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eyeleted collar and cuff sets with a
bit of white eyeleted petticoat re-
vealed at the front open skirt.
Often there is a combination in a
linen jacket dress such as a black
linen skirt with a maize linen jack
ct. Navy jacketed in dusky pink
is effective or dark green linen with
a red jacket.
Going to town you will be ever
so smartly costumed if you wear a
peacock blue wrinkle-resistant lin
en- suit such as the model to the
right in the group selects. The
white blouse is safely attached to
the skirt so it can't ride up. Red
stitching accents the blouse and the
color is repeated in the buttons that
trim the wide shoulders of the
jaunty bolero jacket Other colors
available in this voguish model are
pickle green, brown or all black or
white.
A lettuce leaf couldn't look any
crisper than the perky narrow
wasted topper-and- skirt costume of
pure Irish linen shown to the left in
the picture. The points in the saw
tooth trimming emphasize simple
clean-cut lines. Like the other lin
en- costumes here illustrated this is
one of those grand wrinkle-resistant
linens that does not have to be
pressed every day.
What a dashing little streamliner
is the costume conferred in the pic
ture! 1t is one of those stunning
fgure-hattering princess silhouettes
which is so popular this season.
The inspiring thing about this line
is, it is as becoming to the not-so-
slender as it is to the sylphlike fig
ure. The designer interprets the
scallop theme with decided artistry.
Thirty-two buttons march down the
front on linen scalloped dresses
available in a long list of colors.
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.l
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Sheer Black for
Both Hat and Gown

Black magic still holds sway in
fashions realm. 1t is not only that
a big play is being made on black
sheers for afternoon gowns, but the
latest news is that with the stunning
suits of black rayon mesh and the
dresses of coal-black chiffon, mar
quisette and so on, milliners are
turning out stunning hats made of
all-over shirred or finely pleated
black tulle, lace or chiffon. These
black transparencies frame the face
most flatteringly and they are of
both off-face and sunshade brim
type.
You can get these ensembles up
as elegantly as you please with in
triguing touches of sheer black chan
tilly lace and cunning color accents
of pink or blue or bright red or you
can hold to the all-black idea, for
filmy black can be made to look
very young in the hands of an artist
designer.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-07-13
BEAUTY HINTS
Every Woman is Desirable
By Nina Temple


Every Woman is Desirable
Every woman is desirable and she
should act as though she were. As
long as she feels herself desirable she
will naturally take more care of her
appearance and not assume that down
trodden forsaken look that so many
women past forty assume. There is
something eternally beautiful about
Womanhood and the more this is real
lzed the more interesting life becomes.
No woman on earth should be cast
down and detected for she is always
desirable.
Wear but few COlOrs
The woman who selects a few very
becoming colors for her costume and
sticks to them, has the advantage of
the one who dresses in all the different
colors of the rainbow, for she can al
ways make her costume harmonious
with dress and hat and shoes and
gloves and also the purse harmonizing
IN the color scheme, she can change
from dress to dress and yet be perfect
each time. Take brown, buff and red
or any three colors that blend and get
everything to go with these colors. In
THIS way woman can have many
changes and every change a perfect
one, for nothing will clash. The wom-
an OF unlimited means, need no such
restriction but for the usual woman
this idea will mean much.
Oranges for Complexion
A woman who reached the age of 80
years and still retains her peach-like
complexion said that she thanked her
diet of orange juice for her beautiful
skin. She lived almost entirely upon
oranges, eating sometimes dozen a
day Suppose your experiment with
oranges, temporarily, and note the
effect upon your complexion.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-07-13

during the winter A powder too light
Tor your skin tone, streaked with heat
and perspiration, will give you a freak
lsh look. A softer shade of rouge and
llpstlck, too, is important to your sum-
mer makeup kit. Get shade that will
blend with your pastel dresses and the
darker tint of your skin.
Ii you do go out in the sun, YOU will
probably need to change the shade of
your makeup gradually as your skin
takes on darker tints. It is sometimes
wise, during this in-between period, to
have several boxes of powder in differ
ent shades which you can blend YOUR
self to get the shade you need at the
moment.
And don't forget to keep your hair
Immediately clean during the very hot
weather. Choose a hair dress that is
simple and easily re-arranged so that
you won't put off your shampoo too
long.
Your daily bath is of utmost impor-
lance these days. Plenty of soap and
water is more important than any num-
Der of beauty treatments and great
deal more satisfying. The secret of
summer beauty lies in looking clean
and NATURAL simple hair-do, care
fully blended, lightly applied makeup,
and lots and lots of water.
What are your beauty problems
Write Marie DoWnjng, LarieuSe
Beauty Foundation, Room 521-
3l9 North Fourth ST., St. Louis,
No., and she 'OiU be glad to answer
them. Be sure to enclose self
addressed stamped enUeJope.
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Style Notes

Of-face hats revive ponpadour
curls.
Bright red jacket with your
white frock!
Newest styling calls for side
drape front fastening.
Low heel comfort on smart
shoes is welcome footwear news.
Latest in accessory ensembles
is matching bag and belt made
of lace.
Pencil slim princess frocks
have full knee-deep flounces for
evening.
Wide brim buccaneer felts
turned abruptly off face are ever
so chic.
White accessories worn with
white dotted prints is leading
fashion.
Redingotes of white eyeleted
pique are worn over dark after
noon sheers.
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K Z < Z Z Z < x < \
HOUSEWIVES
TESTED RECIPES


~
PLAIN CAKE
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
p cup butter
l cup sugar
3 eggs
"a cup milk
p teaspoon lemon extract
Sift flour and baking power to-
gether. Cream butter and sugar grad
ually until fluffy. Add egg yolks and
beat; then flour alternately with the
milk. Add beaten egg whites. Add
tiavOring. Beat we'll Bake in moder-
ate oven 25 to 80 minutes.
The following two recipes were sub
mitted by Mrs. Louisa Smith of Au-
burn St. Roxbury.
GINGER BREAD
a cup butter
p cup sugar
egg
Il cup molasses with 1 level teaspoon
soda in it
4 teaspoon each of ginger and CHINA
mon
l cup flour
Cream butter, sugar and egg. Add
molasses with soda, ginger anr CHINA
mon; then the flour. Last add p cup
Of boiling water. Bake in moderate
oven.
SWEET ROLLS
2 eggs
"a cup sugar
2 tablespoons melted butter
l teaspoon salt
l cup warm milk
2 yeast cakes
313 cups flour
Mix eggs, sugar, butter and salt,
add warm milk, dissolve yeast cakes
IN little warm water and add to the
mixture, then the flour. Kneed until
mixture is smooth, raise hr. Shape
in small biscuits and let rise until
light, bake in a hot oven.
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BEAUTY and ROMANCE
BY MARIE nOWNTTNO

When the temperature is near the
hundred mark it is difficult to concen-
trate on anything more strenuous than
our next trip to the water fountain.
and we are inclined to slap our lipstick
on haphazardly, dust our faces with
rouge and powder and hope that per-
spiration won't wipe out our work too
soon. As a result, too often we look
worse after one of these brief sessions
before the mirror than we did before
apply Make-Up SparmgIy
The wise woman will apply her
makeup carefully and sparingly dur
ing the summer months. The texture
of the ipstick is frequently affected
by the heat and comes off more readily
on the mouth. Powder, if applied too
heavily, will cake when the first drops
OF perspiration appear giving a flour
and water paste effect Rouge unless
precaution is taken, will smear and
stand out in great blobs on the cheeks.
1t IS better to use no makeup at all
than to use it carelessly these hot DAYS.
Cleanliness, as l stated in my last
column, is the first requisite of beauty
Wash your face frequently during the
summer. Never apply new makeup
over the old splotchy powder. Take a
few extra minutes with soap and water
and then start all over again.
Blend Cosmetics to Sbin Tone
Remember that whether you are actu-
ally burned from going out in the sun
or not, your face takes on a darker hue
in summer from the heat and glare.
Don't attempt to use the same shades
of makeup that YOU have been using
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-07-13
Dresses That Tub
Is Style Message

No matter how formal or high
brow the occasion the new cottons
and other washables are living up
to the event in high style this sea-
son. The smart thing to do whether
you dine, dance, go to garden par
ties is to wear a frock that tubs.
You will find that the designers are
making up cottons and linens, seer
suckers, piques, organizes, handker-
chief linens, fine batistes sharkskin
weaves and on through the vast list.
with as much finesse and swank as
one usually associates with rich silks
and satins and such.
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Amazing color combinations are
taking place this summer. Rain
bow effects are especially quoted in
fashion reports, which means if you
have the gift to do it artistically
you can use as many colors as you
like together in your costume. For
the linen dress pictured, the design
er chooses artichoke green for the
collarless top. The full skirt is done
in panels that alternate artichoke
green, cerise and beige. A woven
straw belt that repeats the colors
finishes the natural waistline.
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Slrn1t Arnltnn
NV EUGENTAA

COSMETICS Several cosmetic
houses are featuring a line of summer
cosmetics which call for just brief
routine. How heavenly for those who
would rather not be beautiful than to be
bothered in hot weather with all the
llgamarole of creams and lotions. Have
you ever tried using complexion
brush, one of those little round ones
made of cancels hair? Filene's base
ment sells good ones for 80 cents. Using
The brush and a bland soap IAN herbal
cleansing soap is best, they say), you
lather your face and neck all over then
rinse in tepid water Blot your face
dry. Dash on cold water as a Freshmen.
Now you are ready for light founda-