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The Washington times., 1929-03-14
LISTEN WORLD!
Hang-Ouer Tails
By Elsie Robinson

establish our proper relationship
to society.
4 Children have no idea OF their
proper relationship to society.
They hardly know that the rest
of the world exists. They have
the viewpoint of animals and saw
ages. They think only of them.
selves. They are the slaves of
their own feelings.
Such egotism is natural and
for their growth. But 1t should
pass with childhood. Gradually
the child's viewpoint should
broaden until he sees and feels
other needs beside his own: until
he is able to bear disappointment
and loneliness and irritation and
loss as a grown man.
But some people never acquire
grown.up minds. Their bodies
mature, but their minds remain
unripe. They enter adult life as
some babies enter life, with hang
over tails-silly. waggy tails Of
emotion.
They still sly into RACES II they
are thwarted.
@They boast and strut like chill.
dren.
They are governed by unreason-
able fears and prejudices.
They cling feverishly to love a.
a child clings to It's mothers
. apron.
They clamor for happiness, and
refuse to do their work properly II
It is denied them.
All these are the reactions Of
children. They are hang-overs
from baby attitudes. They are. IT,
we could but realize 1t, as silly as
human tails.
's'Infantilisrn," the psycho-ana-l
lysts cali such hang.overs.
Critics say that we Americans,
as a race, suffer from infantilism..
DO YOU SUFFER FROM IT?
/ do. That's why / can write
such a mean article about 1t.
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ONCE OVERS

TT is a mark Of weakness to
seek sympathy.
To allow yourself to be pitied Is
to lessen your chance OF recover
ing the position lost.
There are those who are sincere
in offering sympathy, especially
when bereavement comes.
1t should be accepted in the
spirit which prompts 1T. but it
should not be from your seeking
words of comfort at the hands of
your friends.
There are those who go to ex.
tremes in offering sympathy in
financial troubles.
Usually 1t is about all they have
to offer-no practical help.
Don't expect or court sympathy
when in trouble.
The one you approach with this
attitude loses confidence in you.
The world has little use for
winners.
II you are a good sport and want
to be admired, you will insist upon
standing on your own foundation.
None admires q weakling. a
wea k -kneed. poor sport, who Ia
ready to cry out when hurt and
wants to be hahis&
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The knowledge Test for
Readers of The Times

Fill each blank
/. Murilo a celebrated -- painter.
2. Nebuchadnezzar king of ---.
3. -- the Spanish discoverer Of Florida.
a. Ira Sankey noted ---.
5. Duluth is situated Lake -
Do you know: ~.HN
6, Who wrote "Spoon River Anthology?
z. What is amulet?
8. Who the first Christian martyr?
8. Who composed I'll Trovatore"?
10. Which is the "Hoosier State?
H. Which Of Presidents graduate Of West Point?
H. Who were the early inhabitants Of Mexico.
Complete these quotations:
Shakespeare
IA MANY - make light work."-Patten.
1S "A word to the wise is --"-Terrence.
Answers Fiction Page
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MEDITATIONS
OF A WIFE
nv Helen Rowland.
On Synthetic Love

Um SYnEneClC Love
A MAN can always gauge his ad'
"A vancing age by his loss of en-.
thusiasm for the annual spring ro-
nance.
Nowadays, telling woman that
you love her is merely graceful
way of making stimulating con-
versation, and as safe as talking
about the weather.
A great lover is one who first
finds out what brand of. love APP
peals to the woman of the moment,
and then flavors his stock love-
making" with sentiment, passion,
audacity or imagination, according
to her taste.
Real love and the flu, alike, are
difficult to distinguish from all
their little limitations. But you can
always tell when you have had a
genuine case of either by the fact
that everything else seems like
nothing but anticlimax.
Alas! why is it that the kind OF
man who has the most power to IN
spire love in women so soon loses
the power to feel it? Nature will
have her little revenge.
Indian Summer is that dangerous
moment in the golden forties. when
the heart of vain woman is so
mellow that It falls at the first
breath of flattery from person
able man.
When q man marries q famous
woman he Is practically signing q
contract tv ride in the rumble seat
all he rest of his life.
If bootleg love, like bootleg IL
duor, could be chemically analyzed,
most of 1t would be found to be 80
per cent pure love of adventure, or
love of amusement.
A womarl's love often begins IN
pity, but that's where mans love
usually ends.
The Washington times., 1929-03-14
District Problems and the Extra
Session of Congress
ToTHING but an infexible determination Of the majority

ToTHING nflexble determination Of the majority
party and Senate viii be able to hold the coming
session Congress exclusive consideration OF farm
relief and tariff to other legislation that may
be agreed upon
Il is doubtful an unalterable program will be
settled upon by the majority in both houses The President
will not course attempt dictate the Of the extra
session beyond urging passage of such measures Is ne believes
Ito be Of outstanding national Importance
The extra session will kill" much time If its work ID
limited Committee consideration of farm and tariff lega
ton require many weeks and unless the two houses are
at work matters Of minor while this is going
Congress whole will virtually be at standstA Tor
months
There extremely important District matters pending in
Congress which could be disposed while the big national
measures are being framed There good why
hem least should not until the first regu-
lar session of the seventy first Congress
Foremost Of these legislation for merger Of the transit
companies of the With Congress coming in
the problem will again have to be taken up by Senate
and committees Of the District and reports thereon
made to Congress.
These committees will undergo extensive changes in
personnel and presumption is that the lineup IN both
Committees will be substantially the same as in the Congress
Just That is legislation that has been approved
will again be approved.
House District Committees One way Of avoiding District
legislation at the extra session will be failure Of House and
regular session The plan leaders to organize
ony three four committees and this will unquesonaby
limit legislation.
The last Congress authorized appropriations in four large
District projects Dut appropriations Lor n Wsfe not MADE
Until appropriations provided the projects viii make
headway.
Of them not municipal in the ctest sense for the
development Of beautiful Capitol Plaza from the Capitol
Grounds to Union Station The bill for this great improve
ment passed in hours Of the last Congress-
plates an eventual expenditure Of about $6OO0000 Not
much can be until there appropriation Of money
begin work.
OF strictly local bills passed for Municipal
Center between Third and Sixth Streets and Pennsylvania
Avenue and Judiciary Square, the eventual Of which
will be about $600O00 for six public bathing pools
about 100000 for Farmer Market TO cost 100000
Here again comes the question to whether appropra-
ton committees Of both houses will function the extra
session. Under the plan Of House leaders, there will be
appropriations
ers in Washington the pay and retirement liberalization
measures. -
There is no sound why Congress should not act
upon both these at the extra session and get them out Of
the way.
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OOME people are born with tails.
~ Not long curly tails like
Fido's, but a small elongation of
the spine which would have
speedy developed into an ample
tail had they been born some mill,
lions of years ago.
These tiny, twentieth century
tails are really hang-overs from
our savage great-grandfather's
equipment. We do not know
exactly what those first great
grandfathers were like but we
do know that they were nearer
the ape in body and mind than
we are. The proportions of their
bodies were different. They had
longer and more powerful arms,
they had shorter legs. heavier
torsos. They could grip with
their toes as monkey grips. and
they exercised certain muscles
and organs of which we have the
now useless remnants.
Our useless tails are merely a
reminder OF bodies we have long
since outgrown. If we under.
stand their Significance they may
keep US humble, but otherwise
they do not bother US very much.
They do not bother US nearly so
much as some other hang-overs
which we drag through life with
us.
Most Of us enter adult life
with hang.overs which are
infinitely more mischievous than
an extra. inch or two of spine.
Emotional hang.overs - attitudes
and ideas which we should have
shed with our baby teeth. And
because of this, we prolong
through life problems and con-
fusions which should have been
settled before we were twenty.
five.
During the first twenty or
twenty-five years OF life we should
get our bearings. We should
come to understand and should
The Washington times., 1929-03-14
The Happy Whistler
Others Are Not So Happy

6sTHE who whistles is happy man his mind is
from care True very often, but whistling while it
may give pleasure the whistler annoys others
whstng is done in public places, street cars, etc.
on the way work in the morning when hundreds
busy engaged in reading the morning papers, trying keep
up with the times young will whistle producing what
he thinks music most pleasing But whsing dsurbs and
is not pleasing to ANYBODY.
Whstng boisterous laughing loud talking in public places
proves lack Of respect for others.
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about a L i OF
HIS IN T Ell IL :
q z N O u.

A SF
the ground some
meat-eating animal
would get him.
# he curled up
in the crotch Of q
tree a tree-climb-
ing animal, big
snake or one Of the
tree climbing cat
tribe would eat
him.
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The intelligent
little creature Sc
lects a tree limb so
high that no ami
NAL can reach him
from the ground.
Then he wraps the
tip of his tail
around the limb,
lets himself down
and goes to sleep.
Out of reach of
ground animals, he
is still sufficiently
near the ground so
that a fall would
not kill him.
If some enemy in
the tree, far from
brother opossum s
vital organs, i,
should disturb the
hairless tip Of his
tail, wrapped d
around the tree
trunk, and bite it
off, that wouldn t
be fatal. The opos-
sum would fall to-
The Washington times., 1929-03-14
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

Xg time be or all thing most
precious, wasting time must be
the greatest prodigality, since
lost time Is never found again.
Franklin.
The beginning Of all IL to have
done with Falsity; to eschew FaI.
atty as Death Eternsl.-Carlyle.
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thA ground, climb another tree, and the bitten
would heal. Quite intelligent.
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Consider the Sleeping Opossum
And Don't Ever STOP Thinking

bTHE Crane Pacific expedition brings back valuable in
formation about our humble relatives the lower animals
Here is q photograph Of strange creature known as
ttDerbys woolIy opossum sound asleep hanging from
branch by the prehensle tip of his tail
In this position the humble opossum shows intelligence and
The Washington times., 1929-03-14

God be thanked for books. They
are the voices of the distant and
the dead, and make US heirs of
the spiritual life Of past ages
Claiming.
Though patience be tired
mare, yet she win plod.-Shake-
gpeare.
The Washington times., 1929-10-31
Chicago Hotel Guests
ThOWn Into Fire Panic

CHICAGO, Oct. 81 U.N.Sl. --GU~sts
in three large Loop hotels rushed
to the street Yesterday when tire,
causing damage estimated at $50
600. broke out in the basement of
an adjoining building.
The Washington times., 1929-10-31
JUDGE ASSA|LS
D. {. BROKER

BALTIMORE, Oct. 31.-Abner
Seigel, Washington attorney and
real estate broker, faces the pros
pect of being lodged in custody of
a United States mafsnal until ne
indica tes "A willingness to go to
trial on charge of failing to make
income tax returns for 1926 and
1927.
United States Judge Morris A.
Soper yesterday ordered Seigels
bail stricken from the docket when
he requsted a postpOnement, of the
charges in court The judge said
SeiCe was notified August Is that
he was to stand trial yesterday and
had ample time to prepare his de
fense.
Seigel told the court the attorney
he had engaged to defend him is
occupitd at present in defending /
court case in New York, and while
he wished to fight the charge, he
desired more time.
1T is obvious that you are triflinS
with this court" the judge declared
United States Attorney Amos ".
w. WoOdCOCk said Seigel made no
mention of having employed the
New York lawyer until Tuesday,
when he telephOned from Washing
ton and asked for continuance.
The prosecutor declare ID he had sum.
moned all witnesses and was ready
to go ahead with the case.
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AND FILM
SCORED BY DRY

The motion picture business and
the press were attacked in an ad-
dress by o. G. Christgau, publicity
secretary of the Anti-Saloon League
in an address before the closing ses-
sion of the twenty fifth annual con
vention Of the local Women $
Christian Temperance Union yester-
day at Calvary Baptist Church.
Christgau blamed motion pictures
for the O'DOnnell strangulatio case.
declaring that the films too promi-
nently present scenes depicting
liquor habits and indulgen"cs. The
speaker said that the publicity given
to liquor violations by the newspa-
pers ia r>prejudiciGl to prohibition
enforcement.
The progress Of temperance In
Java was discussed by Mrs. A. r.
McManus. while possible methods
of prohibition enforcement were
discussed by Mrs. Mary Halsut
State pi esident of the Maryland
w. c. T. L.
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Lutheran BrOtherhOOds
ODen General Session

CHICAGO. Oct. 81 H.E.SD.-The
opening meeting of a two.day ses.
sion of the American Federation
of Lutheran BrotherhoOds was held
here yesterday. Nearly 1000 dele
gates attended:
The convention discussed the pro-
posed ministerial pension fund of
S10,000.000 and 1t was announced
that 100000 had already been
guaranteed by the brotherhoods
The climax tonight will be a festival
banquet to celebrate the 400th an.
niversary Of the publication OF
Iuther'S Small CatechiSm.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-08
CAVUZH ADDS
TO HIS LEAD
Improved Roads Brighten
Outlook For Pyle's Bun
ion Derby Caravan

COLGATE. Okla, May 8.-tFD-
Improved roads frightened the out
look for c. c. Pyle's bEnion derby
caravan this morning as the run
ners lined up for the jaunt OF ap-
proximately 4S miles 80 Durant
Okla, on the seth lap Of the race.
Pete Gavuzzi OF England. found
the rough dirt roads to his liking
yesterday. jogging in well ahead Of
the field and adding a substantial
margin to his lead ove Johnny Salo.
OF PasSaic, NJ. j., Salo finished yes
terday's run in second place and
Phillip Granville of Hamilton. Ont,
and Paul Simpson OF Burlington. ~.
c., tied for third place.
Leaders in elapsed time. as they
lined up this morning we're:
Pete Gavuzzi. England. ISL
20:l2.
2.-Johr Salo, Passaic. N. j.. 1885,
56:17.
3.-Giusto Umek. Italy. 266-5s:0l.
Paul Simpson. Burlington, NJ.
c., 277:46:05.
Sam Richman, New York,
S2e:17:45.
6.-Phillip Granville. Hamilton.
Ont. 286:i2:00.
I'M. d. Mcnamara, Australia,
307: 50:47.
s.-Harry Abramowitz, New York,
3l9:41:37.
s.-Herbert Hedeman. New York,
329.i3:50.
1o.-Mike Joyce. Cleveland. $780,
81 :04.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-08

Polo Grounds. The BUGS tied in the
eighth and won In the tenth when
Lloyd Waner doubled and Pie
Traynor singled.
The Braves remained mt the top
by shelalcking the Cardinals. 8 10 5.
in an eighth-inning rally. Billy
Southworth tried TO slip past the
Bostonese with his second pitching
string, but this was insufficient.
The Cubs had no trouble with the
Robins. winning by . 10 4 and hold
ing OH within striking distance or
Judge Fuchs amazing team. Charlie
Grimm backed up Art Nenf's fine
pitching with two home runs, and
Riggs Stephenson hit one.
Frank O'Doul. the reformed pitch
er. hit his fifth home run at Phila-
delphia. enabling the home team to
defeat the Reds by 9 70 4. Two were
on base in the eighth when Frankie's
drive against Rixey scaled the right
field wall.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-08
CPORTS
OFORUM

Seven Texas league teams have
waited for the Waco Cubs to break.
The wait vas growing to be q
fearful one. but every dog has his
day-the Cubs seem to have hit a
peg. Perhaps 1t Is only a slight
let-down and they will pick up
again. They had better not wait
too long, the Bluffs are hot on the
trail.
This Bunion Derby business In
becoming quite a race. Pete Ga
vuzzi, the bearded Italian was
only a little v c an hour ahead
of SaIo yesterday. The main
trouble about that sort Of a con
test Is that it's so blame slow
that you get Disguised trying TO
keep up with Il.
The pavement pressing derby
compares f~avorably with Bert Will
liams' peanut pushing event. Bert
should get him a partner and have
a real contest. He's planning nov
to 90 up in Colorado and push q
goober "a miles. He says he can
do better than a mile a day.
And they say the world is get
ting faster!
Think IL wouldn't be an inter-
esting race TO have Bert WIZ
liams, Johnny Salo and Gavuzxi
gallop a heat with Bracey and
Simpson?
Southwestern sport lovers will
center their eyes about Owenby
Stadium. Dallas. Friday and Sat
urday to e and hear the out
come Of the Southwestern Confer
ence track and field meet. That Is
probably the most enthusiastic per-
Torrance OF its kind in the state
each year. Though the Texas Re-
lays. and now the S. NJ. u. Relays
are interesting. they come so early
in the season that they do not
compare with this meet.
lis true that the early season
exhibitions present some OF the
nations outstanding stars, there
Is never the keen competition
that II manifested In q meet
where Texas best perform for
Texans.
The meet will see Claude Bracey
IN his last conference run for his
alma mater. It will see Leo Bald
win In his last performance for
Texas University. It will see MANY
other athletes pass the collegiate
gate.
It's our prediction that at least
four records will fall. A new dis
Gus mark should be set by Bald
win II Is unlikely that ne will
better his shot put. III Bracey Is
right he will lower the century.
and Brunson should clip the mile
a bit.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-08

FLERtAQA&t GIN Az AAA14C NA&AA 1855
ed In a general Tightening up Of
the situation. Today only four
and one-halI games separate the
fifth place Dallas Steers from the
leading Waco Cubs. Beaumont
and San Antonio. knotted at the
foot OF the class, are only seven
and one-half games removed from
the top.
Wichita Falls edged up into the
thick Of the fight by handing Waco
its fourth straight licking, and the
rebounding Dallas Steers vaulted
into the 500 class by taking their
second straight from the Houston
Bluffs and their fourth victory In
a row.
To make the instruction COM
plete. San Antonio took a 2 to O
verdict from Fort Worth in their
series final at the Alamo city. and
Beaumont nosed out Shreveport, 4
to 3.
Reviewing events of the last two
days. IL appears more and more
certain that the present leaders.
Waco and Houston. r going to
strike tough shedding when they
begin their invasion of the north
country next week. Playing in
their home lots. the Cubs and
BUDS in the last week have e
their ono handsome leads whit
tied to a whisper. Waco's pitch
ing staff. If not shattered. appears
badly cracked.
For the present. the Dallas Steers
are living up TO all the fancy adjec-
tives applied 10 them before the
season opened. "A week ago they
looked like flops Of the pureSt ray.
Henry Hardaway, the semi-pro
from Ennis. earned himself a reg
ular berth On the hard pitching
staff with his brilliant o 20 3 VIC
tory over Houston yesterday. Hous-
ton. incidentally. gave him a try
out last season but sent him On
his way. Wick. the Steers new
outfielder from the Southern. made
his first appearance In the line
up and went hitless.
Paulio Wachtel. the veteran spit
baller who has won more games
than any other pitcher In the
Texas league in the last decade.
gave further evidence Of being
waShedout when the Steers fell on
him for five hits and five runs
before a mar was retired In the
second inning. Frank Watt, who
has been out for riore than a year
with a lame arm. tried his luck
for the first time this season and
allowed only two hits and three
runs in the next seven frames.
Wichita Falls put the skids I'M
der Lefty Dumovitch as the Spud-
ders took their second straight
from Waco. o 10 2. Sullivan. the
Spudders' rookie outfeilder. led the
attack with a homer. double and
single. Harold Wiltse went the
route for the Oilers and kept 10
Cub bingles scattered.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-08
Tilden And Hunter
Board Aquitania For
European Invasion

NEW YORK. May 8.-gP-Wil-
liam T. Tilden and Francis I. Hun
ter begin the first leg Of their an
nual European tennis invasion to-
night when they board the Acqui-
tania for France.
Arriving at Cherbourg, the Amer
leans will 90 directly 10 Auteuil for
the French hard court champion
ships beginning MAY 10. The French
singles title never has been won BY
an American and Vincent Richards
and Hokard Kinsey alone Of invad.
ing United States players have been
able TO win the doubles title.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-08

HnckS ana the HrOWnS IN a Vfrtu0l'
tie. but for second place rather than
first.
The Rupert rifles fired a dozen
volleys at young Alvin Crowder.
The hardest was Babe Ruth's home
run with two aboard In the fourth.
but the most effective was Bob
Meusei's pinch double in the ninth
after the Babe had walked and
Gehrig had singled. Both scored.
carrying the runs which drove Crow
der TO cover and decided the game.
Ruth's homer was his fifth. which
placed him only one behind his pal
Gehrig. Bill Dickey also combed Mr..
Crowder for all the bases, in the
fifth.
The other side OF the picture.
from a Yankee point of view, was
Herbert Pennock's third failure In
the box. this season. Leading by 4
to 2 after Ruth and Dickey had hit
homers, the noted fox farmer crack
ed up I'm the sixth when four
Brownie blows Melted three runs and
brought Wiley Moore TO the rescue.
Wiley gave way 70 a pinch batsman
Just In time for the veteran Tom
Zachary TO get credit for the CARR
son-ftnish which won.
No team ever gained anything by
losing a left arm like PennOck's. but
the Yankees vii remain at or near
the top so long as they continue the
fierce cannonading which has mark
ed their last five games. They have
dubbed opposing pitchers for 63
hits In their last five starts. all Of
which have been won. And after
alI. they didn't win last year or the
year before on any excessive amount
Of fancy pitching
Boston nosed oux Cleveland BY )
10 4 and Detroit shaded Washington
by . TO 2 In minor raids along the
American league front.
The Giants once more had to init
for four bases to score. and as a con-
sequence the Pirates rushed off with
the decision by 3 to 2 in their fiji st
engagement OF the season at the