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The Washington times., 1929-07-18
Deuce Spots and Dirty Aces
By Herbert Kaufman.

9ERsIsTENCE overreaches mere brliance Sound ideas
perseverngy pursued to the end seader dividends
than htandmss genus Stability wins all the long races
The score cards Of life show consistency starring the lists
everywhere.
Most Of the worlds work is standardized and all Of It's
great enterprises must run tracks and schedules
Management essentially matter OF supernendence ana
the Of producing expected results within set time
limits and cost specifications.
None Of which requires extraordinary imagination or nm
usual mental qualities And explains why many appar.
emily coloess and slow gated brains are captaning I'm:
poran affairs and conducting the counrys major industrial
units Z
Thoroughness the turtle still covering annual
ground than over assurance, the hare
Vital responsibilities finally drift to folk with the trait
Of regular delivery and the habit Of serving emergency
There are rules by which fortune and eminencs
Wedrected effort sustained by enthusiasm and patient
ambition caution attention to detail and cyathese are
the foundations on which careers have risen since Hector
was whelped.
Fashion in competition hasn't changed progress and en-
lgbeEment have blunted its weapons and outlawed the
foul blows tolerated by generations but
the basic principles under which opportunity carries on,
haven't altered ota.
unwarraned shares disseminated reputation for trick
cry and sharpdeang limits the Of your operations and
discounts the worth of plans and projects which otherwise
would find prompt hearing and due consideration.
Sickers and ackers quickly detected through the
change of confidential business reports and Dun or Brad
street checkups
The record tracing half its deficits glib seselers
Cousin coras boy and other lads has reassumed
control Of promotion and again picks executives and part
by merit they selected before scales Of action
became vast for The Old Man. to keep his eye
all the aisles, lathes and ledger stools
The confused and period following Armistce
enabled few bluffs than usual crash executive gates
but efficiency has since located them and removed their
shoulder straps.
Deuce spots and crooked invariably show up in the
show down. So does the best hand
Play straight, and stay with the game Biographies
strangely lacking in tales Of who deliberately chose
the profession Of millionaire.
Most of Wall Streets magnates and Main Streets
chants began counter country clerks
They the best employees they knew how to be- learned
50
chronic
They mainly seized the chances that fibbertigbbes
elected bulk of their money by purchasing
fifty dollar the Of fools who tried
take shorter paths to the top.
The Washington times., 1929-07-18

A LETTER
1t has made me think; l
wonder what it will do to you.
Dear Miss Robinson:
1 always read your articles. I
am particularly interested in them
because they seem to symbollze
the challenging attitude of modern
women toward life. ] admire their
force and courage. But-and VIII
you pardon this criticism?-I
think that you and your sisters
sometimes overlook rare and lovely
things in the heat of your battle.
For example. this subject OF
chivalry. / have noticed that
you frequently make light OF
chivalry, claiming that it is "only
a series Of pretty gestures made
by men to satisfy their, own
egotism.'' There is more than
that to chivalry. Miss Robinson.
You modern women scorn to be
called weak. You laugh at the
implied reverence of our upraised
hats and say that you desire
equally rather than reverence.
That may all be true. You may
be as strong as you say you are
and as independent-and yet
chivalry will persist in the hearts
of all true men in spite of your
strength.
Chivalry did not come into being
because men wished to magnify
their strength by comparison with
women's weakness
CHIyALRY CAME INTO BE-
ING BECAUSE WOMEN STOOD
FOR SOMETHING
They stood for things which all
men, whether they were good or
bad. worshipped. For tenderness
ana purity, for patience and love
and loyalty and all the finer
things OF the spirit.
1t il the nature of mankind to
want a symbol which it may wor-
ship--a living symbol which ex-
presses secret faith. Christ was
such a symbol. Lincoln was such
a. symbol. And Woman Is such
a symbol.
The Washington times., 1929-07-18

Your Pride and Your Success
IF you take pride in your work,
1you are doing something worth
while.
If you are convinced that YOU
can do your work little better
than the average in your line,
you win rise above the average.
To have high standard and
work to keep 1t up is incentive
to keep on trying.
If you are satisfied with the
mediocre you will not advance
beyond that point.
To be contented with results of
that which requires the least pos
sible thought and physical effort,
produces of itself an obstacle
hard to overcome.
Just as long as you keep your
ideals fine and your ambition is
for something above the ordinary,
you are on the upgrade.
AS soon as you reach the
: "what's-the-use" stage, you retro.
grade.
Effort, which is only sufficient
to get by is the first step toward
failure.
To have q justifiable pride In
what bu do Is nothing Of which
to bsS aamed.
The Washington times., 1929-07-18
ONCE-OVERS
A Thought About Children

A Thought About Children
UoU think your neighbor Is
i making a mistake in keeping
his or her children too close to
home.
They don't mingle frequently
with the other children who live
near, and you wonder at It.
You get to think of those ap-
parentIy restricted children as l;
they were to be pitied.
You have an idea that the par
ents, perhaps. look down little
on the neighborhood youngsters.
The truth Of the matter is that
you would like a place for your
own child to go.
You would like to shift the
care of your mischievous boy or
girl on to the other child's parent.
You want to be free from the
questions, the chatter ana tne
litter which playing children
make.
And then later you will wonder
why YOU cannot influence your
boy or girl to do as you wish.
You will bemoan the fact lnat
thew must have excitement.
You will long for g. compani)n'
ship you did not cultivate.
The Washington times., 1929-07-18
LISTEN WORLD!
They Made Life LoUelier
By Elsie Robinson

When a man takes off his hat
to a woman he is not taking 1t
off because he respects an IN
dividual female-but because he
respects those qualities for which
women should stand.
JUST AS A WOMAN EXPECTS
A MAN TO BE BRAVE, so A
MAN EXPECTS A WOMAN TO
BE GOOD. Men are not always
brave. and women. unfortunately.
are not always good. but the latin
persists, and upon that faith we
have built civilization.
CHIVALRY Is MANS GES.
TURE OF RESPECT TO THAT
FAITH.
1 am only an oId.fashioned gen.
tleman, Miss Robinson, and my
opinions may seem foolish to a
younger generation, but do be-
lieye that you modern women are
making q great mistake when you
discard this beautiful mantle OF
symbolism in favor of freedom
and equality" AS individuals you
NAV. and often do, make great
records for yourselves, but doubt
If YOU can ever surpass the rec
ords which might be yours as
'.just women"
I am thinking Of some ladies'
knew in my youth. / am sure.
now. that they were not nearly
as bright or efficient as many
young ladies' of today-they may,
indeed. have been quite ordinary
but about them there was a
beauty and dignity and mystery
one seldom sees nowadays. They
were conscious that they stood
for great things in the eyes OF
men and they acted the part.
THEY MADE LIFE LOVELIER.
That may not seem a great rec
ord to you, but I am older ana IL
seems to me about the best record
any individual can achieve.
Sincerely.
HORACE WILSON.
Have YOU any answer to that7
hayen't-save gratitude for
glimpse of beauty.
The Washington times., 1929-07-18
No Summary Jumping of Car
Fares in Washington

Every Avenue to Avoid Higher Fares To Be Searched
For by Public Utilities Commission.

IT7HERE is Public Utilities Commission in this city now
that is going jump fares until every avenue
to avoid such action thoroughly searched and utilized if
possible to prevent increased burdens upon the public
In that attitude commission will public good win
and confidence and should the hearty cooperation Of
the street railway companies.
The commission announces will institute inquiry
to determine what economies might result from the joint
of tracks and appliances by the companies-n other
words unficaton of operation by agreement promising
almost the results legalzed merger.
Them the commission going investigate
of bus operation by the companies ascertain
things of them just how much money the two companies
sinking bus operation for the purpose grabbing
holding of the city they think may be profitable
them in coming years, if street tracks be
abandoned or if developments here and there promise nan
cal gain.
souri, dea-"show me-" lets your full hand
Paragraph original utilities act does provide for
unicaon of operation of street railway lines whenever
public and necessity require unless this Joint
use Of tracks, appliances etc. should result in irreparabe
injury the other of such equipment
In Of failure to joint for compensation,
the u c. may investigate and then by order direct that
such be permitted and prescribe the conditions and
pensation for such joint use
The fly in the joint provision however is that the
action of the commission subject to the courts
upon the complaint of any interested party
Any action of the commission in denying restricting
creased fares, is likewise subject to court action.
That Paragraph gives the p U. G. mighty weapon to
force unified operation to force undeniabe We
had much recourse to the courts the part
local public utilities that nobody expects anything else Here
tofore that has meant that the public would get
in the neck In the future such that the
public will be much better protected than it before
The deliberate investigating the commission starting
with puts increased fares there increase
months away unless the street companies adopt the old
tactics Of recourse to the courts.
Unfcation lines would result in great economies Of
operation and would be beneficial to the companies and to
riders It would likewise bring much improved
vice. including shortening of routes to be travelled and quicksF
schedules
The Washington times., 1929-07-18
OLD AGE IS BAPTIZED

Old and young, cripples and strong men were baptized
rapidly the water being changed at intervals for we have
learned about germs.
Who has attended religious revival Of the old
fashioned kind does not know the heights to which religious
enthusiasm and exaltstior rise,
The young girl in this picture need one or two more
baptms before the end Of her life She thinks now Of
course that she is going to be the very best kind OF good
little Christian girl for But cigarettes or some
thing may tempt her. SO that she will need complete i'm
mersion" again later on.
For the older woman there is doubt later This
baptism is final The next awakening will be to sleep no
more. ..'.. .S ,..s .rrs..-s.e "A
Of all powers in the lives human beings faith has given
the most comfort
The Washington times., 1929-07-18
MANY TYPES
OF EGOISTS
DIR. Louis E. Bisch-


THERE are many types Of
l. egoists, but a most annoying
variety is the gentleman who
knows 1t all.
am sure you have met him.
You find him everywhere, in all
walks of life.
Nor is his a state Of mind pecu.
liar to men alone. There are also
women like that.
The fellow who knows it all
will invariably tell you that you
are wrong, and invariably. too.
he will graciously tell you what
the. right way is.
He will tell you you're reading
the wrong newspaper or the
wrong book.
He will tell you how to play
golf and completely put you off
the game.
He will tell you how to run
your business.
He will even enter the sacred
confines of your home, and tell
you how to run your servants,
or to reduce the gas bill.
But have you, in turn, or in
desperation, ever tried to tell such
a know-it-all something your.
self?
II you have, you have met
with argument, statistics, expert
ences. past performances and
what not-and your effort was all
for nothing.
: Now then, this very inability to
change the superlatively egotistic
attitude that such people have is
the reason they never get any
where. They cannot advance be-
cause they refuse to learn any
thing.
No person living can always be
correct. Even experts make mis-.
takes.
Hence you find, il perchance
you have the opportunity of
analysing such an egotistic mind,
that it really knows very little
after all, and that it is decidedly
seedy as far as actual knowledge
goes. And the reason for this, of
course, is because they stopped
learning years ago.
People who know It all can be
avoided easily enough. The trou-
BILE is, however, that there are
various grades of know-it.alls and
often we, ourselves, unwittingiy
fall into one or another Of the
classes.
For instance, suppose you are
having a pleasant discussion, per-
haps about the tariff. You may
be absolutely sure of one point.
Your opponent, on the other hand,
may be better posted than you on
several other points.
Under such circumstances is II
not rather natural for you to in.
sist and make broad and positive
statements that are scarcely JUS
tifiable just to add weight to the
one point you want to get across?
We tend to exaggerate and
overemphasize when we get into
tight corner or want to make
an impression or win an argu-
ment. Often we are led to pre-
varicate without quite realizing 1t.
It's So easy to get the reputa-
ton of being one OF those OBJ
noxious pretenders who know 1t
all.
Therefore be careful you do not
undeservedly achieve such a repu'
tation for yourself. Keep a close
watch over what you say. II you
don't know it Is much wiser to
admit 1t and then find II out
Guard your tongue - on aIl
occasions.
The Washington times., 1929-07-18
MEDTTATIONS
OF A WIFE
-Bv Helen Rowland.
The Time and the Place for

The Time and the Place for
Husbands
THERE are times when man Is
an absolute necessity in a
woman's life, and other times
when he is just excess baggage,
astonished as he would be to
know it.
Next to having a husband miles
away when he should be at home,
nothing so tries a woman's soul
as having him hanging around
the house when he should be far
away-at the office or the shop
or on the golf links.
Alas, IL a man could only be
regulated. like clock. or turned
on or off like the radio or the
electric lights, how much sweeter
married life would be- Or IL hs
were only like a wall-bed, right
at hand when a woman needed
him, but NOT perpetually under
foot at inconvenient moments.
You know what I mean. For
instance, a husband is something
a women wants above all things
when she is giving a dinner party.
She wants him right in the fore
ground, to serve as a table decora-
ton, to act as a buffer between her
and the guests, to mix the drinks
pass the cigars. adorn the drawing
room, play the role of perfect host
and give tone and eclat to the
whole affair.
But when he blows in unexpect.
edIy right in the middle of her
afternoon bridge party. he is about
as welcome as bad news or a re-
turned manuscript or an Install
ment collector.
He disrups the whole feminine
machinery, spoiIs the scenery and
ruins the rest of the game. Or
else he has to be spirited away or
explained away" like the aroma
of onions or the spot in the ceiling.
From nine to five mans place is
in the OFFICE, and he should stay
there.
There is nothing so welcome as
a man around the house when the
furniture has to be moved, the
draperies have to be put up or
taken down, the porch swing has
to be assembled for the summer or
the, furnace to be started for the
winter.
Nobody can be HIRED to do
these things with any real zest and
10 fhA hnnf-f
and hand of thorough-going
"house.husband."
silently steal away, like the
Arabs, and fade right out of the
picture while the wild orgy of
housecleaning obsesses the women,
and never linger around with a
hammer in one hand and a tack
in the other, trying to look USE
full and continually being stumbled
over or having to be fed.
A wise husband will show UP
promptly and cheerfulIy on the
six-fifteen on Saturday for the
weekend at the summer resort.
AMI never embarrass his bitter
half, by. non-appearance which
she Is at a loss to explain. Never
does a husband seem more neces-
sary than at this time. when
every other woman is producing
something in the form Of a mas
culine background.
But never will he stay over
after all the other men have
gone back to the city and EN-.
barrass his wife by looking like
q sheik IN q haren.
The Washington times., 1929-07-18
When in Doubt---
Don't Shoot.

RFR LoWAN Assistant Secretary Of the Treasury whose
Vl difficult job prohibition enforcement rejects wisely
q suggestion that prohibition agents be dsarmed.
70 send men, unarmed against bootlegger Mjackers rum
runners would be worse than sending them uphill in charge
Of the Light Brigade NONE of them would return.
what is needed is some plan that would persuade prOh
bion agents their shotguns and auomacs with more
discrimination. ~ .
Their motto slsud be- when in dOubt-DoN'T SHOOT"
or. Shoot only AFTER you find the whiskey.
The Washington times., 1929-07-18

THE Reverend George Jereys British Of the Elm Four
Square Gospel Alliance, in London, converted seven
hundred people in short time Here you him baptizng
some Of them
One is young girl the other old woman. The girl
seems wondering perhaps in doubt The old womans eyes
closed in complete for the complete i'm
rnersion demanded by the cergyman's belief.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-30
RACKETEERS G|RD
FOR DECISIVE WAR
Battle for Supremacy in Ex-
tortion Industry Seen With
Capone'S Release.
BY the Associated Press.

by Lne ASSOClaJeu ETeSS.
CHICAGO, December 30.-Rumblings
of war in gangland had their echo to-
day in the disclosure OF widespread plots
Of preying racketeers.
The Herald and Examiner said pro-
longed wire-tapping by police had dis
closed plots of racketeers to extort mil
lions Of dollars from labor unions and
business places. The newspaper said
one gang alone had % labor organiza-
tions on its list.
Meanwhile gangland was said to be
awaiting the release of "Scarface AL"
Capone from a Philadelphia jail for the
outbreak of a war on flnality and Su-
premacy with the Moran-Aiello clans.
Added thereto, police said, is the thirst
Of revenge that George Bugs" Moran
seeks for the massacre Of seven of his
men last st. Valentines day--and these
s!ayings have been charged to Capone
rivalry.
$4,000 Racketeers in New York.
The recent conference here. between
Police Commissioner Grover A. Whalen
of New York and Commissioner william
Russell of Chicago Is understood to have
and methods to wipe 1t out in the two
cities.
The New York police commissioner,
commenting on the activities of racket
GERS, said there were $4,000 of them In
New York alone, while the bureau of
identification in Chicago classif1es many
thousands as such in this city.
In their prey on legitimate business
these racketS are said by Gordon Hos
letter, secretary of the Employers AS
Sociation, to net $136, 1000 900 year.
A common form of extortion was the
attempt last Friday to obtain $4,000
Workers Union-an attempt that
brought death to three racketeers
shared in police trap.
The schemes of racket leaders for fu-
ture easy money took on such important
aspects that Loop Offices were main
tanned. One of theSe-operated as q
construction company office by the
Moran-A -Aiello gangs-was ratded Satur-
day. Several alleged racketeerS were ar
rested.
Twin City Alliance Formed.
Commissioner Whalen-preSumab
here for a study of trafflc conditions
returned to New York yesterday, but be-
fore leaving is said to have pledged CO.
operation in forming the twin-city al
lance against crime.
The intercity gangland entwinement
is result of the staying of Frankie
Yale and Frank NARROW, New York and
Brooklyn gang leaders. This killing also
Is charged to Capone rivalry.
To perfect the twin-city alliance-ex-
pected to bring a solution to the Yale.
NARROW killings and to other ganglanc
activities of both cities-Police Commits
sioner Russell has been invited by Com.
missioner Whalen to visit New York
This he is expected to do.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-30
COUNT
OF 122,0DO,ODO SEEN
Census Statistician Tells AS
sociation Meeting of Hopes
for 1880 Survey.

The Census Bureau expects to count
100000 persons in the United States
in the decennial census, which starts
April /, next. This announcement, the
first by an of1icial Of the bureau, as to
the extent of the Nations population,
was made today by Leon E. Truesdell.
chief statistician, at meeting OF the
American Statistical Association, at the
Washington Hotel.
The oficial census of 1920 showed
population for the continental United
States of more than 105,000, 900, while
that for the United States and possess
sions was about 117,o00,000. The Ma
tional Bureau of Economic Research
today made public its estimate of pop
ulation for the United States, placing
1t at 119,306,0O0 as Of July !, 1928.
The question of whether the cities
which showed great increase in pop
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-30
$1O,OOO,0OO COLLEGE
OF RADIO OPPOSED
Broadcasters Say Nation Is Not
Ready for Plan Urged by
Advisory Committee.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
Recommendation for q radio univer-
sity of national education with an en-
dowment of $4,000 900 was made to-
day by the advisory committee on edu-
cation by radio in report to Secretary
Wilbur.
Representatives of commercial broad
casting who were present at the session
said that the country was not ready for
such a move and the Columbia system
offered a counter suggestion that a di-
vision of education by radio be set up
III the Federal ONCE of Education.
The plan for the radio university Of
national education as outlined was that
its educational and financial policies
should be vested in board of control
to be composed of not more than is
persons chosen to represent educational,
scientific and other national organiza-
tions. This board, the committee rec
commended, should incorporate the
radio university as an educational in
stitution. not operated for profit. II
was further suggested this board should
appoint an administrative staff
The Nationwide plan included use of
all available broadcaSting outlets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-30
SAN DOMINGO PRESIDENT
READY TOLEAVE HOSPITAL
Will Start Journey From Ba1tii-
more to New York Tomorrow:
Plans Aerial Hop Home.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, December 30.--Gen.
Horacio Vasquez, President Of the Do
minican Republic, will be able to leave
Johns Hopkins Hospital tomorrow to
start home, the hospital report said
today. He walked about his room Satur-
day for the first time since an opera
tion, December 10, for removal Of the
left kidney.
Rapid Improvement in the health of
Sonora VaSqueZ, which had been un-
dermined by worry over her husbands
condition, also was reported at the hos
pital.
President vasquezs plans, previously
announced, are to 60 to New York to-
morrow night and sail Thursday for
Porto Rico on the steamship Coama.
The ship is due to arrive January 6
and the President plans to fly from
Porto Rico to Santo Domingo.
DR.. Hugh Young, who performed the
operation, described President VaSquezs S
rapid improvement as an example of
the value of air transportation in
desperate cases. Coming to the hoSpi-
tai In November President Vasquez and
his party few from Santo Domingo to
Miami