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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-01

QUERIES from clients:
VI Q-Why are men always cr1ticizing women?
Why don't the men try TO improve themselves?
Amen don't criticize women much. Women
are the severest critics of women The most
scathing criticism of women in recent years was
the play. The Women" by Clare Boothe. There
may be something TO that idea of men trying to
improve themselves though. What do you sug-
gest7
CARA TERPENING. First woman in United
Estates TO become welder Mrs. Terpening
has been a welder for % years.
Rosalind Shaffer. Newspaperwoman. She
says female dogs make the most satisfactory pets
and are cleaner than male dogs. And make
better watchdogs.
don't believe that. though had female
combination police dog and chow who was very
smart. But not as smart as my present male
springer spaniel
rs SAID automobile tires are being stolen from
Il parked cars and those in private garages at
rate OF one every two hours. * tire thief III these
days is ghoul Even worse than horse thief
in the old days The sentences handed tire thieves
should be figured accordingly About 10 years at
hard labor would be right.
"Bill Robinson, the tap dancer can run 100
yards backwards" says contemporary. What's
difficult about that? l can run 100 yards back
ward too l know. because I tried il after read
the item aforementioned.
A RMY nurses are just honorary second lieu
think the soldiers should give them salute any
how.
Subscriber says she put the picture OF her
favorite film star. Spencer Tracy, up in her room
And that her husband didn't like the idea.
don't blame him.
He should put picture of Rita Hayworth up
In his room In retaliation. Furthermore, he
should 90 into daily raves about Rita. Don't
forget, gentlemen, for the solution Of your
domestic problems in practical way our horses
and women files are always at your service
S TO training q husband" writes
"A Chicago matron. cit all depends how
old he IL when you get him. Husbands from 81
to Is are easily trained and broken into domestic
harness.
'The most difficult to handle are men in their
thlrties who have been married before.
Breaking In man who has led 10 more years
of bachelor life Ii tougher than breaking In a
horse like the strawberry roam.
But IL can be done by q clever woman The
secret of keeping a husband Is to make him feel
he would be lost In fog without you. Clever
wives know how to do this, too"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-01

MIR JUSTICE FRANK MURPHY visited FDR
lv1 the other day The boss. they say asked
him II there was any place he'd be happier serv-
ing the country.
"Only," Murphy replied. ION the battlefield"
Now that two major steel firms have been in-
d1cted, charged with violating priorities-the big
mystery is: Who got the steel?
Who put the biackbell on Smith Dales act
for the new Keep En- Laughing show?
Lieut.. Jimmy Stewart has lost his slow-speak-
ing drawl. He sounds like army man now
Insiders are betting that Churchill visits Mos
COW next month.
THE u. S. Marines do not like the publicity
i calling them American Commands"
Veteran leathernecks point out that Y. S.
Marines were the first TO develop the technique
applied to Commandos-and they emphasize one
difference: Commands specialize in the hit-and-
run technique while the Marines specially is
hitting and staying!
There will soon be official Qualification.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-01

NOV it's the wife Of doctor who is supposed
~ TO be the one who bit Dorothy Thompson.
Lana Turner says all those romance items are
the bunk--that she's actually lonely!. Uh-huh
Special greeting to the Japanese on the recent
bombings of Japan: '"Hawaiif And weren't those
American bombs Hono-LULUS?"
THE U. S. Special Prosecutor handling the
l. seditious publication cases In washington is
waiting for the green light to demand Indictment
of an Eastern Congressman And Midwest
legislator is in the same stench-bomb.
The Bund leader revealed working on war
Job at Yonkers). was first exposed in this colyum
when he returned early in 1941 from working at
Goering's plane plant in Germany!
How come no naturalization proceedings
have been Instituted against Fritz Kuhn and the
other Bund racketeer chiefs? Newspapermen
such as sgd Boehm of the n T. Journal Amer.
can are ready and eager to give evidence against
THE second fiddle player in the pit at Keep
En- Laughing" is Max Hoffman. who directed
so many Ziegfeld hits.
scalpers are asking and getting $40 each for
tickets to Toscanini's afternoon epics.
Page 127 of the new book. Sound and Fury"
(by Francis Chase Jr., and published by Harper
and Brothers) is something to make the envious
choke.
Oona O'Neil the new glammer -whammer, has
Harry c. Cushin III. OF the Blue Book. Keeling.
Didn't Pelley consult with two Congress
men about his defense when he knew he was TO
be arrested?
THE Macarthur Cocktail at Rosons is designed
l. TO knock the He'll outta Hitler: One-thoid
Cointreau two-thoids brandy plus a dash of
grenadine NIT orange juice. Two of them are
guaranteed to make you think you're good-lookn'.
Albert Bergman of the Hurricane says his Is
better Mix and shake well one-thoid kognak,
one-sixth apricot brandy. one-sixth pernod what
ever that isD. one-sixth sweet cherry brandy.
one-sixth dubonnet. Says II is the most potent
eye-closer of them ALL
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-01

Edicate great skill IN cookery. Though many
lpeople seem TO think II does.
Hugh Herbert whimsical film comedian, has
cocker spaniel puppy. Hugh went on trip re-
GENTLY and the puppy refused to eat thing
twhile his master away.
Only thing Mr. Herbert can do is TO take the
|kNnp with him on trips hereafter
Sir Henry Irving took his dog on world tour.
( katherine Cornell takes her dogs with her every
where she goes
lstyXIE HAVE named our cat Durllng. after
wv you," writes Tulare, Cal. subscriber.
| That's fine. I'd rather have a cat named after
Ime than horse. When they name a horse
after you there is temptation TO bet on it.
IStill. FIVE horses named after living men have
won the Kentucky Derby. The last was Clyde
IVAN Dusen winner in 1929
"When YOU get dressed In the morning how
many buttons do YOU have to button?" is the
fquaint query of a Californian. who adds: 81 have
Ito button u buttons. I counted them this
morning"
That sounds like too many buttons 10 me
lonly had TO button IL buttons this morning But
then didn't put on a vest.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-01

Life is to be fortified BY many friendships,
$40 bue, and TO be loved,
ia the greatest Happiness Of existence.
Sidney Smith
(Said Hazlitt: TO be capable OF steady
friendship and lasting love- are the two greatest
proofs not only Of goodness of heart, but OF
strength of mind.
observed La Rochefoucauld: However rare
true love may be. it is still less rare than true
friendship.
y CHow many real friends have your Well, any
how, as the old toast has il: May the hinges of
friendship never rust. or the wings OF love lose
|a'feather"-EVD)
lsSnON'T forget Amelia Earhart and Elias
~ Howe, inventor Of the sewing machine.
ysera horn In july" saws q San FRANCISCAN.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-01

4 WI Shha 80
4 I won't forget
amelia. But may for
get Elias Howe. The
sewing machine was
his wife's idea. though
Eall the credit has been
IgNen 10 him. .
Nothing reveals a
cooks ability or the
lack OF il as the way
The or she prepares
sehicken. In general the
preparation or simple
dishes Is the best test
lot a good cook.
Because a cook can
Eprepare fancy dishes
with foreign names ii
doesn't necessarily in
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-01
QUESTIONS, ANSWERS

L. d. RI would like to
know what thyroid plus" means.
Answer-The phrase is con-
fusing. 1t probably means the
result of basal metabolism
test which was done to deter
mine the activity of the thyroid
and means that the thyroid is
active.
A. Els cataract caused by
the blood, and can il be removed
through blood absorption?
Answer-This question shows
very dangerous state of mind.
We do not know exactly the
cause OF cataract, but we do
know that there are no blood
changes. 1t always must be
treated as local disease. The
danger is that much previous
time will be wasted by the use
Of blood purifiers and possibly
vision of the eye will have de-
generated during this time so
that when removal of the cata-
ract is made. the vision is nearly
gone.
II. H.-Will you please explain
the term "neurasthenia"?
Answer - Literally, neuras-
thenia means tiredness of the
nerves. 1t was a name invented
to cover the fatigue of some Of
the neuroses, but il has been
found entirely inadequate and is
not employed any longer by
most members of the medical
profession. IL is notable that
the fatigue of the neuroses is
complained of most bitterly by
those who do not do any work.
M. P.-What are the symp-
toms of bronchial asthma?
Answer-Asthma is due to a
Spasm Of the muscles of the
bronchial tubes. which results in
difficult respiration, especially
in the expiration of the breath.
The symptoms are wheeling and
other noises in the chest and
difficulty In getting the breath.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-01

lat 27-yesr-old Sun
Valley ski tutor.
Bill Donovan. the
govt biggie, is mending
II the st. Regis, after
that accident.
When the Nays
newest shore duty order
goes through--only Of
fcers aged As or over
will be stationed In
Public Relations de-
pdrtments.
= Dept. Of Justi &c
Thurman Arnold's new
book, Democracy and
Free Enterprise" has
not been reviewed by
any N. Y. newspaper.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-01

THE 1t Comdr. Edw. OHares USN Che bagged
planes in minutes), anticipate a much
bigger thrill!
1t. Comdr. Gene Markey (USNR) has new
and more important assignment In the Pacific
sector.
\ Norma Shearers pals are sure she will marry
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-01
Progress
Made Curinq
Talk Defects
Attribute Different Kind.
TO Several Causes
By DIR. LOGAN CLENDENING

THERE are many different
L kinds of speech defects and
they may be due to several dif-
ferent causes.
Within the last 30 years a
number Of physicians and clinics
have taken this up as a speciality
and are able to make great i'm
provements in the condition.
One group of causes consists
of organic defects. Sometimes
this is deafness or partial deaf
ness. sometimes dental defects.
cleft palate, etc.
These are perhaps the east
est of all to improve because
there is such a definite method
OF approach indicated.
Every one knows the peculiar,
monotonous tone of speech Of
the person who has been deaf
since childhood. and yet II Is
astonishing how often parents
and teachers both fail to recog-
nize a moderate amount Of deaf
ness sufficient to produce this
form Of speech.
In childhood a great deal OF
this can be corrected by the
teaching Of lip reading. to which
the child is more responsive
than the adult.
THE correction Of dental de-
Il fects is perhaps the most
hopeful Of all methods of curing
abnormal speech.
OF course, after the dental
defect is corrected, the child has
to be re-educated In correct
phonation.
Nowadays cleft palate brings
quite a high percentage of sue
cessful results In the hands of q
skilled plastic surgeon.
The second large group of
speech defects are known as
functional. In these there is
either imperfect perception or
control Of the processes Of utter
ance in spite Of normal organs of
speech.
Some Of these are delayed
speech, falling, lisping, repeating
the same word and aphasia.
Aphasia, of course in older
people. Is due to organic disease
Of the brain.
In children, with whom we
are concerned in this article, il
is usually due to lack of atten-
ton.
In the several other forms Of
speech defect listed, such as
falling. repeating. there may be
some lack of mental develop
ment at the root of the trouble.
IN OTHER cases, especially as
Il in lisping. the origin is likely
to-be imitation. -------------
There are few regular func-
tons which we perform which
are so easily influenced by imi-
ton as speech.
The third group OF speech dis
orders is usually considered
psychogenic.
The principal example of this
is stammering. In nearly all
the clinics for speech re-educa-
ton and correction, the treat.
ment consists of a mental study
OF the patient plus patient re-
education. The form of re-
education differs considerably in
different clinics.
In this country one of the per-
manent ideas is TO teach the
s m erer to give up his
monotonous tone and sing his
sentences.
In England they depend a
great deal upon exercises and
relaxation.
Another popular idea about
stammering is that il was due
to changing from natural left
handedness to right-handedness
and when the patient is allowed
to 60 back to using the hand
that he wishes to stammering is
improved.
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Evening star., 1942-10-11

lieved in printers ink, as their advertise
ment in the National Intelligencer of
November "a, 1900, will bear witness, and
which reads: Conrad and McMunn have
opened houses Of entertainment in the
range Of buildings formerly occupied by
Mr.. Law, about 200 PAGES from the
Capitol in New Jersey avenue, leading
from thence to the Eastern Branch.
They are spacious and convenient, one
of which is designed for stage passengers
and travellers. the other for the accom-
modat;on of boarders. There is stabling
sufficient for 20 horses They hope to
merit public patronage"
In the same journal, four days later,
Mr. Jefferson's arrival in the city Is an
nounced, as we'll as his stopping place:
Last evening arrived in Washington
Thomas jefferson, Vice President of the
United States, and took UP his residence
in Messrs Conrad and McMunn's apart
ments."
Election of Thomas Jefferson
Not only did Mr. Jefferson stop here
upon his arrival in the city, but he re-
manned during the time the House was
voting him into the White House over
Aaron Burr, who had tied him in the
Evening star., 1942-10-11

political world and have disappointed
the long and deep-laid plans of poll
ticians, so much do great events depend
on trivial accidents.
This out-of -the-way house to which
Mr.. Law removed was separated from
the most inhabited part of the city by
old fields and waste grounds broken up
by deep gulleys or ravines over which
there was occasionally a passable road.
'The election of President by Congress
was then pending; one vote given or
withheld would decide the question be-
tween Mr.. Jefferson and Mr.. Burr. Mr..
Bayard from Delaware held that vote.
He with other influential and leading
members went to a ball given by Mr..
Law The night was dark and rainy,
and on their attempt to return home,
the coachman lost his way, and until
daybreak was driving about this waste
and broken ground and If not overturned
into the deep gullies was momentarily
in danger of being SO, an accident which
would most probably have cost some of
the gentlemen their lives, and as it so
happened that the company in the coach
consisted of Mr.. Bayard and three other
members OF Congress who had q leading
and decisive influence in this official
Evening star., 1942-10-11

electoral vote by receiving 73 votes, the
same as received by Jefferson; Adams,
the incumbent receiving but IS.
In this connection, Mrs Samuel Har-
rison Smith, in her "reminiscences, re-
lates an occurrence of unusual interest,
bearing especially upon the ultimate Sc
lection Of Mr.. Jefferson over Burr. She
says:
'At this time Mr.. Jefferson was Vice
President and in nomination for the
presidency. Our infant city afforded
scant accommodations for the members
Of Congress. There were few good
boarding houses. but Mr.. Jefferson was
fortunate enough to obtain one of the
best. Thomas Law, one of the wealthiest
citizens and largest proprietors of city
property, had just finished for his own
use commodious and handsome house
on Capitol Hill; this, on discovering the
insuficientcy of accommodation, he gave
up to Conrad for boarding house, and
removed to very inconvenient dwelling
on Greenleaf's Point, almost miles
distant from the Capitol.
"And here, while think of it, though
somewhat out of place, I will mention
an incident that occurred which might
have changed the whole aspect of the
Evening star., 1942-10-11

of the ground floor was more than 10
feet by nearly half that width.
An old newspaper article, which might
have been written by George Alfred
Townsend, goes on to say: Its front
toward Washington City, whose blue
cavity could be seen. but not the city
itself, except from the two high garret
window peaks, was ANONYMOUSLY entered
through small pitch-roofed porch with
a border Lighted door and brass knocker.
The other, or south front, had veranda
covering the central mansion with
belvedere on its top.
"The interior had eight rooms on the
ground and four on the floor above,
with garrets for domestics over the
wings The great room was made OF
the two front parlors, which. thrown
into one by large dividing doors gave
banquet hall Of 40 by 16 feet with
fireplaces at the ends Blind passages
or small wardrobes further extended
this room into the wings, one Of which
was buffet or bar, the other a
kitchen.
"The motive of the house, public en-
tertainment to large companies, was
expressed by the big double room, whose
corners were beveled at the folding door
to admit by four doors people from the
porch and from the back hall, which was
only feet wide and contracted by the
stair, which opened above into the GEN.
ter of the house in another hallway
there.
"In each OF Mr.. Laws IL rooms were
brick hearths for wood fires. The con-
tracted corridors and porch robbed the
retreat Of the airy spaciousness Of
Mount Vernon. Arlington and other
Evening star., 1942-10-11
Meet Casey Who Knows All the Answers

President William Howard Taft in the
interests of the League Of Nations. In
1882 President Roosevelt asked her to
direct the new research bureau at the
Democratic National Committee head
quarters.
Soon after he took Office the President
appointed her to the State Department
to organize and direct the division Of
press intelligence for the Government.
This division was founded to provide
busy Government officials with concise
reports on current newspaper and
periodical comment. 1t was transferred
to the National Emergency Council in
1935-the first of the succession Of shifts.
Evening star., 1942-10-11
BY John Clagett Proctor,

BY John Clagett Proctor.
There Is a wellknown saying, that
this is big world after all, and truly it
Is, for little would one suspect that the
vast country of India, about which we
read so much in the press nowadays,
should have an indirect part in provid-
ing the funds for erecting the original
public buildings In Washington, and
in giving the city its early and success
full start.
This actually is the case of Thomas
Law, who made a fortune in India, and
invested it in Washington lots, much
to his subsequent chagrin, for, like all
the big investors In lots in the infant
Capital, he lost heavily of his own per-
sonal fortune and at least the fortune
Of one close friend.
Thomas Law, or "Washingtons first
rich man." as he has been called, was
member of an English family of talent
and influence. He was born in 1756, and
in 1773, at the age of II, entered the
service of the British East India Co. in
Bengal, and was rapidly promoted, be-
coming member of the revenue board
Of Hugh before he was 81, later Judge
Of Poonah and in 1888 collector, Judge,
and magistrate of Behar, province
with more than 100000 inhabitants.
He administered this office for six years
with great success, afterward-at the
request of Lord CORVALLIS, the Gov
ernor- General, then engaged in his
campaign against Tippoo saib-serving
for two years on the revenue board at
Calcutta
Celebrated Law Case.
When Thomas Law first arrived in
India, he became acquainted with the
Governor General. Warren Hastings,
whose secretary he soon became, as we'll
Is becoming his close friend and con-
fdant.
Evening star., 1942-10-11

has proved Of so much value to those
interested in early Washington history.
Some years after Conrad and McMunn
ceased to keep boarding house on this
corner the place was kept by French
man named Mitchell subsequently be-
coming the Law House and the Varnum.
For a number of years the place was
leased to the United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey, and it continued to be
its home until 1t removed, about 1871, to
the buildings farther up the block,
erected in that year by Richardson Bros.
Acquires Maryland Farmland.
The marriage OF Thomas Law and
Elizabeth Parke Curtis did not prove
successful one. Indeed, Gen. Wash
ington's letter to DR.. David Stuart, who
has before been referred to. might be
construed into q doubt as to the ad-
visibility Of the wedding Of this couple:
at least the first President wanted the
interests of his granddaughter by mar
riage protected. He said: so far as
I have obtained any knowledge OF his
character he is a respectable man and
much esteemed-and Is reputed to be
wealthy; but he is a stranger and may,
at least In a degree, be An agent, for
which reasons think prudence requires.
and as man Of honor he cannot refuse,
to make a settlement upon her previous
to marriage-of her own fortune, If no
more" At least his good Judgment was
taken care Of and the wedding took
place as planned, resulting In the birth
Of two children, one Of whom died in
infancy.
However, the parting of the ways Is
said to have come between the couple
shortly after Mr.. Laws return from
trip to Europe in 1904.
In 1877 Mr.. Law decided to become q
farmer and in nearby Maryland, beyond
Anacostia. acquired 243 acres, for which
he paid $50 an acre. An old account
tells us that the tract was called Re-
treat or Tusculum, and that 1t was
q farm and forest upon the Maryland
tableland 2 miles across the Eastern
Branch Of the Potomac, reached by =
piney, gravelly hill which descended into
the cove of little stream called for
the English Oxon HILL A second hill
was crowned with Mr.. Laws wooden
villa or seat" high, cone -roofed house
with two dormers on eech side Of the
roof comb and four heavy brick CHM
neys, which supplied frepaces both to
the central mansion OF two stories and
70 one-story extensions. The full length
Evening star., 1942-10-11

crisis Of public affairs, the loss of either
might have turned the scales, then SO
nicely poised. Had it been so, and Mr..
Burr been elected to the presidency,
what an awful conflict, what civil COM
motions would have ensued."
From this old hotel, Mr.. Jefferson
walked on the morning of March 4, 1901,
to be sworn in as President. He did not
ride up to the Capitol fence as some folks
insist upon saying-confusing his first
with his second inauguration-andh hitch
his horse to the fence in a most unusual
democratic sort of way, but he had rather
a dignified escort, being attended by a
number OF citizens, and the Washington
Artillery even announced his entrance
into the building by volley from their
battery.
1t is quite likely that the Alexandria
Company of Riflemen also took part in
the inaugural escort with the local artil-
lery, since it paraded in front of his
lodgings earlier In the day.
Temporary Executive Mansion.
For Is days after the inauguration Mr..
Jefferson continued to reside here, where
the affairs of state were carried on, and
which for the time being was the Execu-
tive Mansion. For the date of his removal
to the White House. we are indebted to
the 1ntelligencer of March 20, 1901, which
tells us Yesterday the President of the
United States removed from Messrs. Nc
Mum and Conrad's to the Presidents
House"
Incidentally, it was in one of the
original buildings forming this old hotel
that Samuel Harrison Smith issued the
initial number Of the National Intelli-
gencer, on October 81, 1900, and which