Evening Star Newspaper, February 28, 1932, Page 93

THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, D. What Causes the Depression By W. E. Hill (Copyright, 1932, by the Chicago Tribune Syndicate.) The dentist's findings. There’s just no happiness anywhere for the person who goes to the dentist for a cleaning and is informed that there are 11 cavities to be filled and 3 impacted wisdom teeth which ought to be removed Getting over the illness. of great prosperity, let alone t! with hospital experiences and gruesome cabinet _descripnons the road to recovery, should never bring the family photos al looks more like her brother Robert or her sister has athlete’s foot. (AN S NnT e The nose and throat details. There’s no use trying to buck the depression until people band together for the purpose of combat- ing a growing tendency on the part.of sinus and tonsil addicts to describe just what went on inside the nose and throat during treat- ments. “And then,” such an one will say, “the nurse pushed my head from behind and the doctor with his gimlet pushed from the front and crashed right through my nasal bones. you should have seen what came out!” “I will now give an imitation of Maurice Chevalier.” People who have given the subject a lot ot good, heavy thought are of the opinion that there would not be half as much depression these days if there were not so many bad imitations of Chevalier on view. An influenza vicum is prone to the deadliest fits of depression even in periods he Winter of 1932. A trained nurse, who is accustomed to entertain her patient of her family life as soon as said patient is on long and ask the patient to guess whether she Dottie who works for an embalmer, or her Aunt Josie who And, my dear, Any social gathering can be made aware of the general depression by the young lady who electrifies those present by a recital of how she looked at her clock this morning and she thought it said 10 minutes to 7, etc, etc. (Any listener knows ahead that either the correct time was 10 minutes to 8 or 10 minutes to 6 and doesn’t care which it will prove to be.) (.—GRAVURE SECTION—FEBRUARY 28, 1932. The cellophane. One of the most depressing objects to be met with in this gtner:lly de- pressed year is the sight®of a young man who bites his finger- nails trying to effect an entrance into a cellophane-covered pack- age of cigarettes. The happy broadcast. Another stimulant to a nice feeling of depression is the radio talker who gurgles and warbles songs urging every one to sock old man Depression in the eye and just make a lark out of market values and second mortgages. ar she pipes merrily, “is cverybody happy?” “Whoopee,” he i Ul cheered up over the mere ment t t H The society flashlight. One of the minor causes of the depression, and one which has so far been overlooked by those well meaning souls who are rush- ing around trying to get at the bottom of things, is the superabundance of so- ciety flashlights showing debutantes and dowagers waiting for something to turn up around the opera lobby, and not look- ing nearly as well as they probably feel. The vegetable plate. Some folks get all 3 ion of - able diet, but for most of us a lunc; :;g:n vegetable plate is bound to induce gloomy houghts and deep depression, even th crved by a beautiful waitress fice. the oo on display here. Ji