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The Washington times., 1930-04-23

No you can't. And neither can
they. But they'd like to be.
And that's why they're here.
Those people and the millions
like them who compose America
want to be regular. They want
to live life with a bang. They
want to know the thrill Of dan
ger, the glory Of romance, the
delirium Of victory. But what
chance have they to achieve
these effects in the average pee
wee program? Not a chance.
Life for most Of us has be-
come as stereotyped and sterile
as a dog biscuit.
T. N. T. titleS-that'S why we
have them. Because we aren't
them. And If you're a philoso-
pher that nightly blare Of bright
lights will seem the SaddeSt and
SillieSt commentary on our much
advertised civilization. Say it in
electrics - that's what we've
come to-we whose ancestors
said it in blood and tears and
sweat and triumphant roars.
Paying so cents at the corner
movies to see ourselves as we
amt.
And there's a grimmer side to
the picture. Why are the jailS
filled with youngsters under 20?
Why have we hop heads, degen-
erateS-looking for an escape or
a thrill? Why has it become a
smart adventure to find new
SpeakeaSy? That's why. Be
cause we have no other adven-
lures left. Think it over-part-
ner,
The Washington times., 1930-04-23
Traffic Violations Immunity
Should Foreign Legation Attaches Be Exempt

It is doubtful that Congress will undertake to deprive
foreign legation attaches and employees of their immunity
from prosecution for traffic offences in Washington but Sena
tot cKear bill to do that will get support in the national
Legislative body reported to the Senate
Some years back much contempt shown for our traffic
laws and traffic officers by foreign legation representatives
There has been Improvement in this respect though not
yet what it should be-
is through international usage only that immunity from
arrest criminal charges granted official representatives
foreign countries and their staf local law withdrawing
this immunity in traffic might produce mild interna-
sensation yet the right to do this appears in
Congress
Such a law might bring reprisas from foreign nations
against diplomatic representatives If have representa-.
ve however who callous to foreign laws and public
sentiment they should not have protection
Our traffic policemen, though courteous to foreign
guests frequently nsulted in their efforts to control
peedng reckessness and driving when intoxicated by rash
young foreigners who put much store by their immunity
The Washington times., 1930-04-23
The Marry-GO-ROund
BY Helen Rowland

business man, who supplies
them is not a Romeo or a gay
young dancing partner, when
he staggerS home after a hard
day at the office?
If you married in order to
get cook or a houSekeeper
or a mother" to coddle you,
and the girl lives up to her
role, don't consider yourself
cheated because you didn't
get a houri or a playmate, Or
an intellectual inspiration.
Hours don't mop up kitchen
floors, and brilliant minds
don't waste themselves on
mixing mullins and making
poulticeS.
Or, if you married in. order
to get a corner on a sirens
kisses, or to acquire a show
piece for your drawing room,
or for the mental companion
ship of a brilliant woman.
don't complain because you
have to find your own collar
button, and then hustle down
to the office to pay for such
an expensive luxury.
And if you married for an
adventure, or for a passing
sex-attraction, or for spite, Or
for diversion, or in a moment
of emotional intoxication, don't
blame heaven or fate or any
thing except your own stupid
ity when the glamour wears
off and you find yourself tied
for life to a total stranger who
gives you a headache.
Husbands and wives come in
. assorted varieties, and those
who serve for solid, Substan-
tial purposes are seldom the
kind, that make light after
dinner diversions. And vice
versa.
The Washington times., 1930-04-23
WHEN THE TIDE TURNED = By Herbert Kaufman

Mr.. Understands speech be-
fore the American Society of
Newspaper Editors, instead Of
clarifying the Prohibition ques-
ton, all the more intenSifies
the fog which envelops it. Vets
and drys alike will Immediately
charge their cannon with his
arguments. Blondin never
walked a tighter rope so bril-
liantly.
Mr.. WickerSham, at one mo-
ment, affirmS the right of ANY
considerable body of citizens to
organize and work for a change
in any part of the Constitu-
tion," and then deprecates the
efforts of certain community
leaders to mass opinion for the
repeal or modification of the
Eighteenth Amendment.
If that statue does not re-
fleet the purpose of an actual
majority, he lays the blame
upon the shoulders of political
slackerS, who waited until after
it's passage to express dissent.
But Mr.. WickerSham forgetS
that no opportunity was offered
to register popular will on the
subject. The issue never reached
the ballot box. It was decided
by State legislators, preponder-
antly elected to- office before
their constituents were aware
that the Eighteenth Amend
ment would be presented for
confirmation.
The Eighteenth Amendment
was not a product of deliberate
national consideration, but the
finesse of a secretly working
alliance of religious and reform
societies, whose maneuver
caught the voting booth asleep
at the switch.
And protest did not lift con-
siderable voice until these beg
CARS on horseback, drunk with
power and intoxicated with the
heady wine of tyranny, began
to boast of their control over
Congress, brandish life-for-pint
cudgels and deSi5n the brand
of felony for casual misde-
meanorS. ~
If Mr.. WickerSham will refer
The Washington times., 1930-04-23

Ever since man has been a
thinking being he has in
vented from time to time va
riouS sorts of speculations con-
eeYning the universe and man
kinds relationship to it.
Philosophy has sought to
make understandable the subtle
and intangible values that baf-
lie US.
What is life, anyway?
How can we live it most ef-
fectiyely?
Thus does philosophy seek to
solve the riddle of the universe.
B One of the most valuable of
modern philosophical doctrines
has been that enunciated by the
late Prof. William James, Of
Harvard University.
The philosophy is called prag-
nnatism!
In short, pragmatism claims
that everything that works
that Is, can be applied prac-
tically and uSefully-must be
held to be true.
=. In other words. If you are in
doubt as to what a thing is,
ask yourself the question
whether it works. If it does, it
IS true! If not, it is false!
For example: Suppose a per-
son Is in doubt whether a GER
tain wooden object. composed
The Washington times., 1930-04-23
Secrets of Health
BY DIR. Louis E. Bisch-

of a top, four legs and a drawer
or two, is a desk or table.
If this object, concerning the
identity of which you are in
doubt, is used as a desk, and
serves all the purposes Of a
desk, then actually it is a desk.
If, on the other hand, the
puzzling object falls short Of
the requirements of desk, then
it is only a table.
But the practical usefulness
of the pragmatic philosophy
does not lie primarily in specu-
lative questions such as just
cited.
Pragmatism should be adopt
ed as an effective guide to liv-
ing.
If in. doubt as to which Of
two courses to pursue, apply the
test Of pragmatism!
Should it seem that one Of
the courses you contemplate
cannot be carried out, while the
other can, by all means adopt
the latter-the pragmatic one
II you would succeed.
1t is better to carry on some
small thing that you are sure
will work than to waste time
about wonderfully bizarre. con.
ceptions that you must feel
have slight chance Of being
workable.
The Washington times., 1930-04-23

But constant contemplation
of the rough road you have had
TO travel in the past takes
away the courage you should
be using to profit by past blum
derS.
If you are ambitious and
have q goal ahead you don't
want to put obstacles in your
own way.
just living furnishes enough
handicapS to progress.
You may have mountains to
surmount but others have nego-
tiated them successfully and
you can do the same.
But you will have to keep
your mind in line for positive
advance and not lose time look
Ing back.
The Washington times., 1930-04-23
Women AS Jurors in District

Every attorney whose client in jeopardy has the right
present techncaes OF law protect that client though
the average citizen strongly believes that echnicaes should
receive little consideration at the hands of judges
service Of jurors in the District under
Hck and the decision of the courts will be Of interest
law different from that of most places permits women sum-
ned jurors accept decline service whereas men,
everywhere compelled unless they good
to be excused The right of women to serve on
inausitorial bodies is also contested
how the legal rights of any defendant may be preu
diced because of the local law Jurors mighty
hard to Women who elect are subject to the
same challenges male Jurors they reject service they
cannot be to persons charged with crimes
Iii is wise law that permits to avoid jury service
they desire Their home duties mothers are such that
they should have that right Likewise the epravties involved
many crimes too shocking for many sensitive
too foul for many hardened men
women have proven satisfactory jurors District
despite preudces against them in that role and order
aEe better off with women on iuries
The Washington times., 1930-04-23
Listen World
BY Elsie Robinson.


Want to get the low down
on your twentieth century?
Then stroll down the Big
Street tonight and look the
movie titles over. Here are a
few current ones, selected at
random.
Holland How!
Such Men Are Dangerous.
Fast Company.
The Racketeer.
Hell's Heroes.
Let's Go Native.
The Bad One.
Devil-May-Care.
Bride Of the Regimen
Two-fiSted language-I'll say!
Hair on the chest. blood in the
eye, and a coupla wallops in
each fish-wow! Judging us by
our T. N. T. titles, you'd surely
assume that modern Americans
were Virility Plus. But cast an
eye on the crowd that files in
under these Flaming FraSeS. Do
they look the part? Do they
seem chuck full of vice, vigor
and violence? No. partner. they
do not. Most of 'em look like
something an elephant stepped
on.
Can you imagine that ban
tamweight male with his trick
derby and his worm waist Go
ing Native or being a Hell's
Hero to anyone? Can you fea-
ture that Reconstructed Mama
with her busted arches and bull
dog jowls being the Holland
How Bride of the Regiment?
The Washington times., 1930-04-23
ONCE-OVERS

Stop thinking about your mis-
fortunes if you would rid your
self Of the effects of them.
AS long as you think about
them you cannot regain the
loss sustained.
Self-pity makes you useless to
self and retards accomplish.
mentS.
Mourning over the past is a
waste Of time and mental ma
chinery that should be work
ing on definite forward-going
plans.
Thinking too much of your
failures robs you of the neces-
sary self-confidence without
which you cannot advance.
MiSfortunes and mistakes are
good to show YOU what to
avoid.
The Washington times., 1930-04-23
The Marriage Bargain

The Marriage Bargain
Why did you marry?
Nine out of ten men, if
asked this simple question,
COULD not answer it. Aud
one out Of 10 women WOULD
not answer it.
. A man seldom marries for
any reason; he waits until he
LOSES his reason. He mar
TIes in a haze, or on an i'm
pulse, or by accident, or be-
cause he wasn't looking and
didn't see the danger signal.
He knows why he takes
business partner, why he takes
Q Job, or why he buys an au-
tomobile, but he never knows
why he takes a wife.
"A woman, on the other
hand. always marries for
reason-but she seldom stops
to think what it is. 1t is
buried somewhere deep down
In her subconSciousneSs, and
II Is q fearful shock, and often
O complete surprise to her,
when she digs it up, and looks
It id the face.
The great trouble is that we
marry for ONE thing, and
then are bitterly disgruntled
II we don't get a lot Of other
things along with it. Most Of
Us are SUCH poor sports in
the marriage bargain!
If you married for love- and
companionship, and GOT
them, why wall because you
didn't get a limousine and "
yacht thrown in?
Or, if you married for limou-
sines and sables and a charge
account and HAVE them, why
pout because the dull and tired
The Washington times., 1930-04-23
The Same Old Mary

Suddenly as the awakening
of the orchards in the soft,
sweet rains Of an April night,
so love blossomed in Mary's
heart.
But to you (who may be or
might have been her father
the miracle was hidden-the
transition from childhood to
womanhood is swift, subtle,
even unconScious-and Mary
herself hardly realized the
change. You still saw the child
of a day ago. Your vision,
dulled by the hard. drab years
of a wage-chasing life. was not
quick enough to sense the
TRANSPORTATION.
And so, when Mary'S first
sweetheart called" you were
annoyed and angered; and de-
cided to put a stop to such
nonsense"
Thereafter they met clan
destinely. Mary began to spend
evenings studying with her
school friends" and what
started as a harmless, little cub
courtship. grew warped, and
Mary with it-another good
girl turned toward the prin.
rose path by the folly Of q
father.
Before long. she had gradu-
ated into the love school Of the
street corner, adept in all the
dangerous, reckless arts Of the
prowling flirt-an intimate Of
poolroom loafers-a by-word to
the town rotters-and finally.
:. The same old story, the same
old father, the same old Mary
the same old tragedy.
Copyright. 1880, by the Daily Mirror
Inc, and Herbert Kaufman
The Washington times., 1930-04-23

to newspaper files, he will find
that Prohibition enforcement
did not move into front-page
headlines until Federal agents
went berSerk, shot up the Dor
ders, bombarded private yachts
and fired upon automobiles on
The Washington times., 1930-04-23
KNOWLEDGE TEST

Do you know:
l. What kind water must be added to storage cellP
2. said, "A little learning is a dangerous thing?
3. Where the EuSachan tube?
T. Who was father of Jacob and Esau?
What is Roman nose?
first visited Alaska?
7. Why ball bearings used wheels?
the Pilgrims going in 1.-The Canterbury Tales?
g. Who was the consprators against Julius
Caesar?
TO- What is the surface of made OFF
Fill each blank:
H. Ajax was a brave hero in the war against -.
IL. The canal ends at Albany.
49, Robert Cooper famous justice Of the United
States Supreme Court.
ii. Terrapn is a kind Of -.
IS? l. w. w. stands for - ...,a
AnSwSrS Magazine Pasep
The Washington times., 1930-04-23

unsupported suspicion of boot
Logging.
The revulSion Of feeling
which now presses for the
reputation of VolSteadiSm
and abandonment Of the Jones
Act, principally dates from the
The Washington times., 1930-04-23
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

He loves his bonds. who, when
the first are broke
Submits his neck unto sec
ond yoke. -Herrick.
The Washington times., 1930-04-23

The sum of all that makes a
just man happy consists in
the well choosing Of a wife.
Messenger.
The Washington times., 1930-04-23
The Government, Wisely, Uses Pictures

The Chinese Nationalist Gov
eminent Of Marking, finding
as we do that laws and police
alone cannot combat the fright
full drug craving, or prevent
the sale Of drugs, once the
craving is established, under
takes to educate and warn the
people through the use Of car
toons. Huge pictures pasted
up on walls warn those that
have not yet become drug users
against the dreadful effects Of
opium.
In the first of these pictures
you see the first step. A young
man, Chinese, lying down on a
magnificent couch tries opium
lust once" to convince him
self that it cannot hurt him.
In the next picture you see
DRUGS plus VICE. Democrat
lied by the drug, the young
Chinese gentleman now sends
for a musician and singing
and dancing women. That is
q VERY bad sign, for his fu-
ture and that Of his family.
In the third picture the vic
tim Of opium il ruined finan-
cially.
Lawyers are taking charge
of his affairs.
Then comes the inevitable.
The unfortunate Chinese wife
destroys the utensils in which
the opium is prepared, "cook"
is the technical word.
Her husband crazed by his
longing for the drug attacks
her with a large bamboo stick.
Some of the Chinese pictures
are left out of the series, the
Chinese do things thoroughly.
The next picture shows you
the victim of opium almost at
the end.
He has lost his home, his
friends, his family and lives in
q shack, a beggar.
Finally comes the last scene
of all, before death.
The opium smoker is in the
wilderness. Drugs having
ruined him and made him a
criminal, old friends are afraid
to give him shelter, knowing
that he would rob them to get
money for the drug, that is
now his only thought.
Pretty soon he dies, and the
Chinese moral is Leave drugs
alone, and you will not end
like this.
These interesting Chinese
pictures remind you Of Ho-
garth's "Rake's Progress,
and his "Gin Lane" and Beer
| Alley"
It might not be bad idea
if our Government, unable to
deal with its bootleg whisky
and drug problems, would Dor
row this idea from the Chinese.
Earnest, serious-minded art
lists like Charles Dana Gibson,
Winsor McCay and others,
might be engaged to draw pic
lures showing what DRUGS
do to the BRAIN, what BOOT
LEG WHISKY does to the
KIDNEYS, and ESPECIALLY
what a combination of both is
doing TO THE UNITED
STATES AND ITS LAWS.
| UNDnO EDOMII
The Washington times., 1930-04-23

unpublished Aurora massacre
and the Virkula killing.
It was the ghoulish applause
that rang through the House
of Representatives at word of
such outrages that alienated
millions of folk from their
previous support Of Prohibition
and aligned them against its
MISUNDERSTANDING brutalitieS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-23

to buy and which lies between Glen
mont and Aspen.
Witnesses during the day session in
cluded Leroy Kern, right-of-way in
spector for the State Roads Commits
sion, and w. c. Hopkins, the commits
sions bridge engineer.
Mr.. Kern testified that he was in
structed by Chief Engineer H. d. Will
liar, jr., July 5, 1929, to acquire the
right Of way for the Lincoln avenue
site. At q previous hearing Mr.. Will
liar had testified that on June "a, 1929,
the State Roads Commission met In
Baltimore and decided to locate the
overpass at the site of the present
trolley car bridge rather than at Lincoln
avenue.
A letter from Mai. Lee to the COM
mission dated June "a, 1929, urging the
adoption of the Lincoln avenue loca-
ton; was introduced into evidence by
the attorneys for the plaintiff.
Senator'S. Son a Witness.
Other witnesses who testified yester-
day included Charles Jones, son of
Senator Jones and Frank Welsh, and
Clara M. Dyson, both of Kensington
and two Of the ten plaintiffs in the
action.
At the conclusion of the hearing last
night, the plaintiffs rested their case,
Capt. CtSSel introduced as evidence for
the defense several documents and then
stated that he probably would have no
further evidence. He said, however,
that he would not rest the defenses
case at the present time, but would
notify the attorneys for the plaintiffs
within day or two as to whether he
wished to take further testimony.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-23
DIAMOND RING TAKEN

Gaining access through rear door
that had been left open, two young
men entered the home of Miss Jessie
Ferguson, 3217 Forty sixth street, and
stole $25 wrist watch, diamond ring
valued at $125 and $40 in cash yester-
day.
The men were seen running from the
place, Miss Ferguson told police. The
robbery was committed during her alb
sence from home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-23
FOUND DEAD IN BED

Patrick Joseph Malone, So years old,
was found dead in bed at his home.
Tie Ingraham street, yesterday, when
his son, James Malone, went into his
fathers hoom to inquire about his
health.
Coroner j. Ramsay hewitt issued a
certificate of death from natural causes.
Mr. Malone's health had been falling
for some time, Coroner hewitt was told.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-23
ONE KILLED, ONE HURT
IN CRASH OF AUTO
Danville Tobacco Buyer Dies and
Miss Pollard's Fiance's Brother
Is Injured.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
DANVILLE, Va, October 23.-Horton
Smith, son of Mr.. and Mrs. j. c. B.
Smith, was instantly killed and Edgar
Boatwright, son of Mr.. and Mrs. II. l.
Boatwright, was injured but not sert-
ously, last night when their automobile
turned over on curve near Roxboro
N. c.
Smith was q Danville tobacco buyer
and Boatwright is a brother of H. L.
Boatwright, jr., of Washington, d. c.,
whose engagement to Miss Suzanne
Pollard was recently announced.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-23
What Fashions Are Mine?

With romantic, classical biIIOwy SOS much talked
about it's real wisdom to patronze the Jeefs where
SEE all the periods" and get counsel
on fashions that compliment YOU That's part of our
FASHION SERVICEt
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-21
COURT ENjOINS
MAYORS TRIAL
IN RAVENSWOOD
lew Stumbling Block Faced
in Trustees SquabbIe
Over Election.

Residents Of Ravenswood encoun-
cred another stumbling block to-
lay in attempts to pacify the towns
5quabbling board of trustees with
issuance of an order by Circuit
Judge Harry o. Chamberlin re-
jtraining majority faction of the
board from trying Charles o.
Ford, minority member, on a
charge" Of neglect of duty.
Ford, unofficial mayor" Of the
.own, was about to be tried for
neglect" Monday night when
Chamberlin interviewed with the re-
straining order against William B.
Hubbs ST., and Robert Stamm, ma
iority members.
Depty sheriffs served the order
On Hubbs at Sylvan and Seventy
third streets while he was en- route
10 HilI-Crest bungalow, official
meeting place Of the board. Stamm,
It was said, did not contemplate
trying" Ford, although the order
restrains him from doing it.
Meanwhile. taxpayers and resi-
dents mark time to the tune of I'M
lit streets, streets full of chuckholes
and other civic inconvenience,
while the towns bank roll lays
locked" in the bank, due to the
boards squabbling.
Since last January, when the
board split" in questioning election
Of the towns clerk, G. G. Smith,
trustees have been in deadlock.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-21

comes when they introduce their
guessing baseball game. Here is
something new, and it is really fine
fun. Well done. I give this act the
angel food cake, being my first
prize" I didn't bake it. 1t is all
in fun, but this is fine act and
one that other acts should study
do not see that it is necessary to
tell you about the merits of the Six
Galenos. They are among the best
Of the acrobats. have praised them
every time they have been here.
Cherry Blossom and June come
under the head of a pleasing juve-
nile act. June has a bunch of per-
Sonality and I hope that both girls
will study the tap dance a little
more. Everybody must grow in his
work, you know.
VIII Higgie and Girls is just fair
revue. It lacks showmanship and
punch. The best thing is Higgie's
conception of Russian dance done
in American tap style.
Edison and Lowe attempt eccen-
trio musical stof along the old
pattern. Their stunt with the dog
gets the laugh. Bill includes Ray
and Ann Raymond.
Asked Connel Turpen, my OBJ
server, to tell you about the movie
feature at the Lyric.
Turpin'S report is as follows:
Scotland Yard" is the story of
two men, who look alike, after a sur
glcal operation is performed on the
one whose face was shattered by
shell in the war. 1t is the type of
yarn that if it really had happened
would make interesting evenings
about the fire as handed down from
generation to generation by word
of mouth.
The director has caught this
spirit of the fireplace, and the pic
ture enfolds before you smoothly,
without being overexciting, and
still keeping your interest with
enough suspense that is well-timed
and placed.
The work of Edmund Lowe is we'll
sustained, in that of the dual role.
Joan Bennett is charming in her
different reactions to the two men.
although she thinks they are one
and the same.
Scotland Yard" will make an in
teresting evening for you, without
leaving you wrecked emotionally or
mentally.
Now at the Lyric.
4
Other theaters today offer: Those
Three French Girls at the Palace,
up the River at the Apollo, play
boy of Paris" at the Indiana, "The
Bad Man" at the Circle, Animal
Crackers" at the Ohio, movies at
the Colonial and burlesque at the
Mutual.