Evening Star Newspaper, September 25, 1930, Page 60

BUSIESS GRS ROOM IS PROBEE Limited Space and Varied Uses Must Be Considered in Furnishing. 'ASHINGTON probably con- tains a larger proportion of intelligent “business girls” than any other city of its size in the world. The Government | worker, often holding a position of responsibllity, is better paid than the | “working girl" in other centers. Con- #equently, she has a peculiar problem in equipping her room or apartment. Very often there is limited space in the business girl's room and sometimes she wants her room to be not only a boudofr, but also & place for study or work. These things should be con- sidered in selecting furniture. Just as in furnishing any other room, for the girl who works there should be one major plece of furniture, or group of furniture. This is likely to be the bed, but it may be a group of | desk, chair and lamp. For this key piece of furniture the employed girl will do well to select something of good quality and beauty. The bed| should be attractive. One of the many spool beds would be an excellent choice. ‘Whatever style she selects she should not neglect quality. Bed Should Be Restful, Of utmost importance are mattress @nd springs. They should be of stand- ard make, guaranteed to be comfortable and sanitary. The tired business man 8 never more tired than the tired business girl, and she must have a bed sure to be restful. A place to store the large wardrobe mecessary for the gir]l who must look well-dressed every day is another es- sential of the room. There will be a clothes closet, but that is not enough. A dresser or a chest of commodious drawers is something she will find most useful. It can be a very decorative plece of furniture, for the top may be used to display ornaments dear to the owner of the room or especially ex- pressive of her personality. A small dressing table will find its lace in this room. It will give a home all the toilet articles and cosmetics and its mirror will facilitate the use of the em. For the business girl who likes to read and study or write in her room there is the dainty spinet desk. For the one who wants to keep some much- used in her room L;rere d:s the Governor Winthrop or the French pro- desk, providing ample desk additional drawer room and sev- book shelves. One of these desks chair would make an excellent to balance the side of the room the bed. Lamps Important. ‘The efficient working girl will not be ul and decorative on the dresser two lamps . A floor lamp beside an chair is not out of place in the those colors ‘'which she likes best-and ‘which are most becoming to her. One color should definitely dominate the scheme, but it should not be so ex- lensively used as to become monotonous. ADVOCATE NIGHT LIFE AS LURE TO TOURISTS “Make Rio the Monte Carlo of South America” Say Boost- ers of Touring. By the Associated Press. RIO DE JANEIRO.—Prefect Antonio Prado of this city has worked on the beautification and modernizing of the of it to attract tourists from north of the Equator as well as those from neigh- boring South American countries. This has resulted in two special ex- cursions from Argentina and Urugusy in recent weeks when 1,000 vacationers came to Rio’s sunshine to get away from the rigors of the Winter at home. Two liners were taken from their regular runs, the first bringing 400 and the latter 600 tourists here for a week’s stay during which they used the ships @s hotels. Night life is almost unknown in this €it” of 1,500,000 inhabitants, and the boosters for tourist trade demand that such attractions be forthcoming if the city is to take its place as a tourist center. “People want to do something at night to bed,” said one advocate of gfi ts in a newspaper discussion of subject. % “Make Rio the Monte Carlo of South America,” is the slogan of the advocates of tourism, but the organic law of the country prohibits gambling. VATICAN RAILWAY PRESENTS PROBLEM | Requires Much Engineering Skill to Make It Conform With Beauty of Papal State. 7 the Associated Press. VATICAN CITY.—The new Vatican Rallroad, al h probably the small- est government line in the world—it is only 2633 feet long—has demanded much engineering attention because of structural df itles and the need to make it conform with the architectural beauty of the Papal State. ‘Work on the railroad was begun in April, 1929, and pushed with great ra- ty. Several buildings had to be de- molished for the large railroad viaduct. ‘This viaduct presented considerable trouble because of the uncertain nature of the terrain. Piles for the piers had to be driven 68 feet in order to offset the effects of subterranean water. The viaduct was completed March 1 of this Because of these facts the cost of the railroad is relatively high. Engineers calculate the final figure at between 20,000,000 and 24,000,000 lire, or between $1,000,000 and $1.250,000. This averages around $450 a linear foot. RARE METAL REDUCED ST. LOUIS (#).—A prospective cut 'n the price of germanium, a rare metal TFE EVENING COZY CORNER FOR BUSINESS GIRL Washington homes and apartments contain many such well-planned groups, where comfort, good light and attractive appearance are combined for a business WOMAN BRGANDS NUNERDUS INCHINA Amazonian Bandit Becomes Commonplace Figure in Present-Day Turmoil. By the Assoclated Press. HONGKONG, September 24 —The ‘woman pirate and the Amazonian ban- dit have become commonplace figures in the picture of present day China’s turmoil. Reports of armed women be- ing among the marauders who have at- tacked a vessel or looted a village have become so frequent that they excite little more interest than is eroused by the reports of the ricksha coolies’ union. Become Leaders. Many women have become leaders of bandit or pirate gangs, ruling with as much ferocity as any hard-boiled Chi- nese male who ever led a gang of cut- throats into a defenseless village or across the deck of a captured mer- chantman. Some reports indicate, in fact, that the woman outlaws, true to the traditions of their sex when they “go bad,” outdo the men in their ruth- less treatment of victims. Newspaper Investigates. A news r investigation into recent activities of & gang of outlaws made up mostly of women has thrown some interest! sidelight on the way in which the Chinese female outlaw op- erates. In one instance this band sacked the flourishing village of Woochung in South China and kidnaped more than 100 persons, holding them for ransom. Ordinarily a band of captives of this size loses one or two of its members en route to the outlaws’ lair, the es- caped persons giving clues to the route and probable whereabouts of the ma- rauders, No Trace Found. But police and -military authorities reported that no trace could be found of the Woochung raiders, and inquiry dies | closed the reason. affair recounted that each woman ban. dit appeared with a sling on her back and after making good use of her club, pistol and other weapons, departed with a trussed-up prisoner in the sling, the captives being carried in much the same manner that bables are packed about by Chinese mothers. None of the prisoners taken in this raid returned to give a clue as to the direction in which the bandits had fled. But word was sent back to the village that the price for release of all the captives was $30,000 gold. Relatives of the victims, although knowing that failure to pay meant the almost certain execution of the prisoners, could only say that this was more money than the entire village could scrape together in a year. Cause Laid to Famine. The force that turned the women of this particular band to brigandage wtl; the same that has prompted many other Chinese to take up lives of crime. Ci wars, famine, collapse of the country’s currency and other economic factors have driven ds of men and women to seek a living where they could fingd it and from whoever happened to have anything worth taking. The women in the Woochung raid came from the silk district of Shun- tak. A few years ago this section grossed about $50,000,000 a year from its principal industry. Now only a small fraction of that amount can be sold and thousands of silk workers, in- cluding many women, have found piracy or banditry their only hope of keeping body and soul together. |BERLIN WOMEN PRETTIER Walking and Dress Improvements Mark Changes in Republie. BERLIN (N.AN.A).—Berlin's walk- ing tours have been so many and in. cluded such numbers of young Germ: women that these are noticeably slim- mer and gloriously tanned. ‘Women everywhere are better dressed than they used to be, but nowhere is this 8o noticeable as in Germany. The “hausfrau” look and the rather dowdy appearance are almost entirely gone, and the slim, short-haired, brown-skin- ned women in Berlin and its environs are really attractive. (Copyright, 1030. by North American News- paper Alliance.) COMPANIONLESS MARRIAGE PACT PLEAD IN REPLY TO WIFE'S SUIT Ex-Mayor of Evanston, Ill, Charges Agreement to Live Apart and Sell His Property Was Broken. By the Assoclated Press. of his properties with the agreement EVANSTON, Ill, September 25.—An | that she was to sell it and other prop- agreement which called for a compan. fonate marriage without companionship is described Harry P. Pearsons, for- mer mayor of Evanston, in an answer he has filed to his wife's bill for sepa- rate maintenance. Pearsons declared that before their marriage Mrs. Pearsons agreed that she would not ask him to support her and that they would live separately. The marriage, he averred, was planned to aid him in his business and she and her three children were installed in one now selling at about $1,000 a pound, is :rmfl to the Amelican Electrochemi- aomt( by U. C. Tainton and E. T. of the Evans-Wallower Zinc Co. describe researches expected to production costs. Germanium is Fesistant to rust. ~ This wing within the past the rich fabric cover of the chair. erties. All the plans went amiss, however, according to Pearsons, who alleged First, that Mrs. Pearsons has refused to show his property to prospective buy= ers; second, that she violated the agree- ment never to become a part of his household when she came to his home, demanded admittance and broke the glass in the front door with her slipper. Peersons denied charges of infidelity made by Mrs. Pearsons in her bill for separate maintenance. | COMFORTABLE CHAIR FOR PRESIDE I chair is one of the 16 pl iwo months. Green, tan, dull STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, NUCLEUS IN STARS SEEN AS HIGH ENERGY SOURCE Oxford Scientist Claims Tempera- tures Are High Enough for Transformation of Matter. LONDON (#)—Claim that he has found a “previously unsuspected” nu- cleus in the center of stars that ac- counts for their tremendous energies is made by E. A. Milne of Oxford in a let- ter to Nature. “In the intensely hot, intensely dense “the temperatures and Burvivors of the | law-abiding and pewe«lovim PATAS This delightfully fully selected Walnut Comprises enclosed ly long Buffet, rectangular tension Table with upholstered seats. terms. < 8 payments is devoid of tape, embarrassment “hidden charges.” @ ance in casy weekly 8 monthly installments to 8 credit items. ter Values, Better Terms, Better Service” accommodate all. Three Handsome Pieces in Mohair A Splendid Suite of Enduring Quality densities are high enough for the trans- formation of matter into radiation to take place with ease.” - e does not give 'the tem tures of this nucleus. ~Estimates other astronomers have indicated thmlhfl ity of millions of degrees. [ “The new results are not Cantaloupe Exceeds 16 Pounds. GREELEY, Calif., September 25 (N.A. N.A).—A wonder cantaloupe, weighing 16% pounds, has been raised by Charles Adams. 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The chateau at Stuyvenberg, where the Duke and Duchess of Bra- bant are residing, near the lovely old | patace of Lacken, has a wondertu “biue” garden, and it was among the lavender |and the blue pansies that the princess worked happily at the dainty garments on the last sunny days of Summer. ‘The famous shop which has supplied the stuffs and lace for all the royal trousseaux and layettes for two centu- ries and more is near the Avenue Louise. Here they sell batiste as fine as chiffon, and they will show you more than 50 designs and 20 widths if you go |in and ask merely for Valenciennes | Om lace! (Copyright. 1930. by North paper Alliance. . et | Night labor is prohibited in Nether- | land bakeries. American News- : liam and Mary. Alumni Program Nation Wide. OWILleeM‘gBURA.)l. 'mber 25— eorge W. Guy, alumni secretary of William and Mary College, announces his intention to organize an alumni association in every county of Virginia d in every State in the Union. 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