WHO’S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
. By LEMUEL F. PARTON
NEW YORK—President Getulio
Vargas of Brazil was a far
western frontiersman in his youth,
still wearing “bombachos,” or
gaucho trousers,
Pres. Vargas for informal dress,
Handy With and quite in char
Six-Shooter ^ter Piping a
six-gun at the pal
ace, and putting down a Graustark
lan revolt.
A swarthy, stocky little man,
quick on the draw, he has never been
gun-shy, and impromptu shooting
has been an occasional obligato in
his rise to supreme power.
When he established his totali
tarian state on November 10 of
last year, there were those who
said he was dealing in the dark
of the moon with the green shirts
—that here was where Germany
and fascism got a toe-hold on
this continent.
The green shirt revolt and its vig
orous suppression by Sr. Vargas
seems to be an answer to that, even
if he had not previously made it
clear that his authoritarian state
was not of the European model.
Brazil has a complex racial make
up which provides no proscribed
group or racial
Home Talent myth, the first re
Expert at quirement in fas
Strong Arm cist technique, and
furthermore, when
It comes to strong-arm government,
all South American countries have
plenty of home talent and indige
nous skill.
Sr. Vargas recruited his political
following as a liberal. He denounced
monopoly and promised the over
throw of the "coffee plantation
kings.”
He seised power in 1930 by
the overthrow of President
Washington Luis, with the aid of
his lifetime friend, old General
Aurclio Montclri. Luiz had won
the election against him. but
Vargas raised a cry of fraud.
From the first he ruled partially
by decree, now entirely, since the
, adoption of the
Denies All constitution of No
Rights of vember 10. His re
Free Speech organization of
the country fol
lowed established dictatorial prac
tice in the formation of labor
“syndicates,” the fixing of maxi
mum and minimum wages, and
the denial of all rights of free press
and free assemblage.
He is a famous orator, speaking
a fluent and flowery Portuguese, us
ing the radio a great deal in na
tional appeals. He is credited with
just about the shrewdest political
intelligence in South America. In
his prairie town, he attended a pri
vate college, later enrolled in a
military college, but was diverted to
the law.
His rise through minor offices to
the national congress parallels the
standard carter chart of our con
gressional record biographies—dis
trict attorney, state legislature and
all the rest of it.
• • •
'T'HE make-believe war in which
* the eastern seaboard was de
fended against “black” expedition
ary forces from overseas was the
- , _ first large-scale
Air rorcea work-out of our
Defend U. S. "flying fortresses”
in Mock War under a unified
command. Major
General Frank M. Andrews, run
ning the show, is one of the few
flying generals.
He gathered up the strands of the
unified service when the GHQ air
force, which he commands, moved
into the huge air base at Langley
field, March 1. 1935.
Called the “handsomest man
In the service,” he is quietly ef
fective and the last man in the
world to be called a swivel-chair
officer. He warns the country
against a shortage of fliers and
urges civilian training, lie was
not an A. E. F. flier.
In 1934 he made the unusual jump
from lieutenant-colonel to brigadier
general and was made a major-gen
eral in 1935. He was graduated from
West Point in 1906 and was with the
cavalry on the Mexican border, be
fore he found his wings.
© Consolidated News Features
WNU Service.
New York, “Empire State"
New York appropriated the title
“Empire state" when it surpassed
all other states in population, com
merce and wealth. New York, N.
Y., is sometimes known as the "Em
pire city.” On December 2, 1784,
in reply to an address of the com
mon council of New York, General
Washington wrote as follows to May
or James Duane: “I pray that Heav
en bestow its choicest blessings on
your city; that a well-regulated and
beneficial commerce may enrich
your citizens, and that your state
(at present the seat of empire) may
set such examples of wisdom and
liberality as shall have a tendency
to strengthen and give a permanen
cy to the union at home, and credit
suid respectability abroad.”
Lovely New Sheer Swiss Cottons
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
L'INE sheer cottons are outstand
" ing in the season's smartest fab
rics. It is not only that our pret
tiest evening clothes are being fash
ioned of most intriguing washable
sheers, but the highly significant
style message is that our daytime
suits and ensembles with jacket or
cape, whether strictly tailored or
softly styled, are subscribing whole
heartedly to the vogue for handsome,
flattering sheers.
Current displays of fine Swiss cot
tons are making a marvelous show
ing of beautiful and versatile
weaves that have an elegance and
tone you never would dream could
be in simple wash fabrics. The
new thin voiles, both monotones and
embroidered, are lovely enough to
attend any garden party, any mid
summer night dance, any com
mencement day exercises, any wed
ding reception, for the bride herself
to wear for that matter, and her at
tendants. There are also sheer
cotton nets and laces and diapha
nous weaves so versatile you will
want them all well represented in
your summer wardrobe.
The biggest appeal of all, how
ever, that tugs at your heart, your
mind and, we were going to say
your pocketbook, but the latter
would not be true, for one of the
best things about the fascinating
Swiss organdies, is that as beautiful
as these crisp, cool sheers are,
they come within a price that even
a modest budget can afford.
Call it charm, allure,' or glamor,
it’s yours and no mistake, when you
wear a daytime dress or costume
ensemble or an evening gown of ex
quisitely sheer, crisp and colorful
organdy. To justify our enthusiasm
A COAT CLASSIC
By C1IICKIK NICHOLAS
Here you have illustrated the coat
classic that is a favorite type this
season. White smooth wool velour
is the handsome cloaking that fash
ions it. You will find that it slips
over sports or dressy frocks with
equal charm. This style is ever so
good-looking in the new beige, wheat
tone, copper or mustard wools, to
wear over black or navy dresses.
Of course you know by this time
that no wardrobe is complete this
season that does not include a sep
arate coat that makes high-quality
wool weave and classic simplicity
its fashion bighspots.
and to prove our point we refer
you th the charming fashions pic
tured.
The ensemble shown to the left
makes a costume ideal to wear now
and throughout the summer where
ever daytime activities may take
you. Lustrous, transparent black
Swiss organdie makes a tiny sep
arate bolero and over skirt that but
toas at a wide waistband over a
softly draped frock of Swiss voile,
embroidered in a trailing vine pat
tern in bright red to complete a
charming costume of tailored but
feminine charm. You could wear
the black bolero and skirt over other
light dresses.
A most unusual print design adds
to the interest of the party frock
for a young girl, as you see cen
tered in the picture. The Swiss or
gandie that fashions it has large
white flowers imprinted against a
background of iiny flowers in bril
liant shades of rose against a navy
blue background. The crush sash
is of deep rose taffeta, tying in a
youthful bow at the back. The shoul
der corsage is a single huge pink
and rose shaded taffeta flower.
A dainty frock for a dainty miss is
the fitted and flared party dress to
the right. It is of clear white Swiss
organdie with pin dots of deep blue.
The grosgrain ribbon bows at the
puffed sleeves and down the front
repeat the deep blue accent.
The wide range of organdie types
brought out this season will both
amaze and delight you. Many new
print ideas give fresh appeal to or
gandies. Mentioning only a few,
there is a print design of little white
plumes scattered over a pink ground
you’ll love. A small spaced paisley
motif in deep rich coio -s on white is
very attractive. Perhaps the most
notable of all are the chiiTon or
gandies in pastel color shadow print
ed in white, navy or black in a very
exquisite and realistic lace pattern
ing with floral motifs scattered over
the background.
© Western Newspaper Union.
NEW CLOTHES FEEL
GRECIAN INFLUENCE
The new afternoon and evening
clothes show the graceful influence
of Greek and Brahmin drapery.
Shirring, gathering, tier-like effects
on skirts, subtly accent hip and
bosom lines. Scarves float like
wings from the shoulders, drape
over the head, or swathe the shoul
ders and neck of an evening decol
lete.
Prints are plentiful—dot* and
stripes lead the Held, and the newest
thing is to use them in combination.
The flower prints range from tiny
conventional sprigs to huge exotic
blooms a foot across in size.
Embroidery, Applique Trim
Frocks for Early Summer
Important lor early summer
dresses are embroidered or ap
plique trims in dull or vibrant col
ors. Tiny red, turquoise and green
stitching forms stripes on Paquin’s
latest crepe dress from yoke to
hem. The sleeves are trimmed with
the same smart detail. Two drapes
from the shoulders disappear into
slots and reappear at the yoke
where the stitching begins.
Minute pearls and gold thread
form a geometric pattern on Nina
Recci’s afternoon frock around the
collarless neck and on the border of
the wide sash which ties at the
w'aist, Spanish style.
Bows Give Feminine Touch
to Simple Daytime Frocks
Designers have taken to trim
ming even the simplest daytime
frocks with tiny bows of velvet or
grosgrain ribbon. Sometimes the
bows are posed on horizontal bands
of the ribbon that extend to each
side in military precision.
Tiny lover bowknots made of nar
row ribbon frequently are scattered
over frocks made of net or other
sheer.
Treatment
for Acne
By
DR. JAMES W. BARTON
© Bell Syndicate.—WNU Service.
^THOUGH a definite or
ganism has been found
in smears taken from the
pus in pimples (acne), this
ailment is not usually trans
ferred from one patient to
another.
As acne comes on at puberty, thir
teen to sixteen years of age, most
physicians now
agree that the symp
toms are due to
some gland change
which affects the oil
in the little oil
glands of the skin; it
becomes thick and
hard and so cannot
escape readily to
the surface of the
skin through the lit
tle hole. As the oil
Dr. Barton gradually accumu
lates in the gland ,
and cannot escape, the gland en- ,
larges, the oil, now a hard mass, !
becpmes infected. Some pimples
contain Just the hard oil while oth
ers contain pus.
Pimples disfigure the skin and I
cause so much embarrassment that
the individual is apt to develop an
inferiority complex which interferes
with business and social progress.
The Modern Treatment.
Formerly treatment was by
salves and lotions, cutting down on
certain foods, and keeping the in
testine active. Today the internal
treatment is by some gland extract
—usually pituitary extract—and the
external treatment is by X-ray. In
fact. X-ray treatment is considered
the best single treatment.
What is known as the viosterol
treatment discovered by two mem
bers of the staff of the University
of Chicago—as used on themselves
and later on a number of students—
has given excellent results in many
cases. Ten drops of viosterol were
taken daily in a half glassful of
water, gradually increasing the dose
until at the end of two weeks 20
drops were being taken daily. Twen
ty drops were taken daily for two
more weeks. The treatment was re
peated after an interval of 10 days.
Then followed the gland treat
ment—anterior pituitary—injected
twice weekly for two months.
Jt * *
As to Lcft-IIandedness
I can remember sitting in class in
my early school days and seeing
a teacher come unexpectedly upon
a youngster writing with his left
hand. The youngster received a
sharp blow with a ruler, pointer,
or other object. In addition the
teacher took pains to tell the young
ster and the class in general that
left handedness was a physical de
fect just as was spinal curvature,
round shoulders, knock knees and
flat feet. In fact there might be
something wrong with the brain it
self.
From time to time during the past
15 or 20 years, research work
ers have shown that left-handed
youngsters are at least as bright as
other children, and have no more
defects—epilepsy, bed-wetting—than
normal children.
Some months ago Dr. Joseph J.
Michaels (Boston Psychopathic hos
pital) and Dr. Sylvia E. Goodman
(State Psychopathic hospital, Ann
Arbor, Mich.) in the Archives of
Neurology and Psychiatry, recorded
a study of 468 children of whom
about 11 per cent were left handed.
Their figures show that among
these left-handed children there
were no more cases of bed-wetting,
temper tantrums, sleep disturb
ances, dreaming and failures in
school than among those who were
right handed. There was, however,
a slight association of stammering,
thumb-sucking and nail biting with
the ones who were left handed.
The results of these investigations
would show that while left-handed
children are as bright as those who
write with the right hand, they are,
to a slight degree, more nervous
because stammering, thumb-sucking
and nail biting are definitely "nerv
ous” symptoms.
Boy Saves 500 Sheep
Presence of mind on the part of
sixteen - year - old Victor Lazarev
saved 500 sheep when a snow storm
swept down the Crimean steppe.
Moscow reports say the sheep be
came frightened and refused to
move to the Budyonny collective
farm, where they belonged, and the
shepherds had to spend the night
with the flock. A crowd of farmers
summoned by the boy were unable
to budge the animals, until the
young shepherd thought of walking
in front of them and ringing a bell.
The sheep promptly followed the
boy and bell.
Number Engaged
Operators and subscribers on an
Ontario. Canada, telephone ex
change found it impossible to get a
certain number because it was al
ways engaged. An inspector was
eventually sent to investigate, and
found that the telephone was in
stalled in the house of a woman who
lived alone. She was using the ear
piece as a darning “egg” for mend
ing socks.
Jlsk Me knottier
£ A General Quiz
I-—
The Questions
1. What was the Charter Oak?
2. What is the world’s most an
cient democracy?
3. How and when did the United
States acquire Florida?
4. What is the total world’s pro
duction of radium?
5. What ancient philosopher
prophesied the income tax?
6. Was there a political party in
America named Locofocos?
7. What does Tia Juana mean?
8. What is a plunker vote?
The Answers
1. A tree in Hartford, Conn., in
Which the Colonial charter was hid.
2. Switzerland is the world’s
most ancient democracy.
3. By purchase from Spain in
1819.
4. Approximately 750 grams,
which would be 1.65 pounds.
5. Plato said, “When there is
an income tax, the just man will
pay more and the unjust less on
the same amount of income.”
6. The Locofocos party was in
existence in the United States from
1824 to 1835.
7. Tia Juana means “Aunt Jane”
in Spanish.
8. A plunker or pfumper vote is
a vote given to one or more can
didates with the idea of improv
ing their chance of election,
through voting for less than the
possible number. For example, if
you vote for one when you could
have voted for nine, you increase
his chances at the expense of all
the others, but only to the extent
of one vote.
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4*"~ Ruth Wyeth Spears cJ^1 1
T'HESE borders you will find
easy to make. All six strands of
six-strand mercerized embroidery
thread are used. Crease 1% inch
hems first. Draw threads of the
material to make straight guide
lines for the embroidery. Sew the
hems by hand after the embroid
ery is done.
The top border is royal blue and
turkey red. To make the straight
lines at the sides, couch blue
thread in place with red as at A.
The loop stitches along the edge
are made as at B. The vertical
loops are red and the smaller hori
zontal loops blue. The fish-bone
stitch in the center is made in red
as at C.
The lower border is light yellow
and orange. The edge lines are
yellow, couched in place with or
ange. The alternating groups of
yellow and orange ray stitches
along the edge are made as at D.
For the center chain make evenly
His Day Will Come
“No, Charles,” she said. “I
can’t marry you. The color of
your hair would clash horribly
with my new hat. Ask me again
later when I’ve changed it.”
Psssst!
Mrs. Smart—A woman is judged
by her company.
Mrs. Blunt—Yes, but not until
after she has left.
Proverb for hikers: All is not
sunburn that blisters.
That’s Something Else
Farmer—You must be brave to
come down with a parachute in a
gale like this.
Stranger (grumpily)—I didn’t
come down with a parachute—I
went up with a tent.
NO DOUBT!
Martha: All men are deceivers.
Frank: You shouldn’t be so
cynical. Of course, there are ex
ceptions.
Martha: Yes, but how uninter
esting they must be!
Living Proof
"Your heart is quite sound. You
ought to live till you’re seventy.”
"But, doctor—I am seventy!”
"There—what did I tell you?”
Noble Death
Fair Pianist—That was "The
Death of Nelson.”
Victim—I’m not surprised.
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Shameful Condition
Man (leaving car)—This car
service is rotten, always over
crowded.
Conductor—You had a seat,
hadn’t you?
Man—Yes, but my wife had to
stand all the way.
Said the judge: “Yes, madam,
I want to know your exact age.
Come now, be quick. Every sec
ond makes it worse.”
Clever Deduction
“Mary, what’s the reason for
those cobwebs on the ceiling?”
“I don’t know. There must be
spiders in the house.”
Wise and Otherwise
Old rhyme revised: He who
yields the right of way will live to
walk another day.
Some young men only come
out of their shell when a girl eggs
them on.
Mighty few women are “talked
about” as much as they would like
people to think.
Some people go wrong through
poverty. Others because they just
coin money.
Office-boys nowadays never say
their grandmothers are dead but
only dying—in case there is a re
play.
Why is it a course in husbandry
at the state college leads to a
bachelor’s degree?
spaced yellow stitches in double
thread as at E, then weave orange
thread through them as at F.
Readers who have received
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Sewing, for the Home Decorator,
will be pleased to know that Book
No. 2 is now ready. Ninety em
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fabric repairing; also table set
tings; gifts; and many things to
make for yourself and the chil
dren. If you like hand work you
will be pleased with this unique
book of complete directions for
every article illustrated. Price 25
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Ask for Book 2 and address Mrs.
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Strange Facts
| Night Worker |
• Wilts at 90° •
XVT'HY do expensive gardeniaw
wilt and drop their blossoms
when grown in greenhouses? The
common garden varieties, grown
out of doors in warm climates,
keep their blossoms fresh until
picked. In mid-winter when they
bring the highest prices the sweet
scented white blossoms often fall
from their stems before they can
be shipped from the greenhouses.
Cornell university’s department of
horticulture has just solved the
mystery for the florists. Most
plants do not grow during the
night. Gardenias are night workers.
Curtis Keyes discovered garde
nias work in two shifts. Like oth
er workers they gather food in
daylight hours, but when night
falls the glamorous gardenia be
gins to grow. Daylight is the sig
nal for the shift back to the food
making process, when the plant
gathers sunshine, moisture and
carbon dioxide to make starch.
Night temperatures in green
houses must be reduced to 58 or
60 degrees for the hard-working
gardenia. The usual high temper
atures of 80 and 90 degrees cause
the blossoms to wilt and drop
from the stem.
In America and Europe the
plant is grown only for its beauti
ful white flowers and for perfume.
In China and Japan one species
of gardenia is raised for its large
orange fruit. This fruit is used
for a yellow dye to color silk. In
the East Indies another variety
produces a valuable gum.
© Britannlca Junior.
Suitable Temper
He is happy whose circum
stances suit his temper; but he is
more excellent who can suit his
temper to any circumstance.—
Hume.
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that our community merchants cannot
afford to advertise a bargain unless it
is a real bargain. They do advertise bar
gains and such advertising means money
saving to the people of the community,
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THE NATIONAL JOY SMOKE j
"T^ELLOWS who catch
J7 onto this swell ‘mak
in’s’ tobacco ought to
spread the good news,”
says Mark, talking about
Prince Albert. ‘‘I can af
ford the best tobacco be
cause each P. A. ‘makin’s’
smoke costs so little—what
with gettin’ around 70
grand ‘makin’s’ ciga
rettes per tin. Prince
Albert rolls faster and
firmer. It’s got a full
bodied taste that makes
the grandest smoke of a
lifetime.” (Pipe-smokers
say the same about P.A.’s
-’"-g joy.)
fine roll-your-own cig
arettes in every 2>oz.
tin of Prince Albert
SO MUD
SO TASTY