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The Washington times., 1930-10-04
Discretion for D. C. Heads in
Awarding Contracts

Washington is the only city in the United States de-
eraey awards contracts for municipal work firms of
other cities American cities did this unwse and foolish
thing their city officials would be quickly displaced by
aroused local sentiment headed by business and taxpayers
Here Commissioners tied hand and-foot by law
that requires that all municipal contracts shall be let ITO
the lowest responsible bidder Our local officials bndy
follow the actual spirit and letter of the law when it is
possible for them sound judgment in interpreting the
phrase Lowest responsible bidder"
Washington Council has directed the attention
Of the District Commissioners to another example of the in
justice Of the present law and policies Of District officials
the kind Of injustice that distinctly hurul to Washington
business and taxpayers
printing job for the local Fire Department awarded
June IL Baltimore printing establishment because its bid
$2576 under the lowest Washington bidder Delivery
have been made in sixty days had not been made
when the complaint was turned in.
The District Government itself lost SO in taxes and Wash
ngon workngmen and business establishments lost much
Baltimore gets the money of District taxpayers.
The absurdity of the whole thing first apparent and
next the utter lack of regard for Washngons best interests
Any law for the award Of District contracts should protect
the District and people, but the present law should
be amended to allow the Commissioners DISCRETION in each
case
Money away from Washington gone from this COM
uniy The District government loses in taxes work
ngmen deprived of employment business Of in
creased sales Every local interest is hurt.
Our civic spirit at low ebb when accepts this situation
and fails to make fight for WASHINGTON.
The Washington times., 1930-10-04
he Has a Kind Face, They Say.

Sydney Franklin Brooklyn boy who kills Spanish bulls for
living sails from vigo for New York he viii rest in that
city and incidentally try to interest Americans in bughtng
Mr. Franklin born Frumln, 100 per cent American Of
Russian ancestry he studied art at Columbia He finds this
knowledge useful when he plants his sword in bull heart a.
an artist puts brush to canvas
Being modest like all artists he says nothing about the
NERVE with which his father and mother equipped him. and
which is more useful than art in facing mad bull
Education much but at Columbia you can't learn
courage That is born in you, not taught
Mr. Frumkn idol of span where art and courage are
equally admired The only time he Kissed was when ne en-
tered the pink pants This considered undgnled
by the spaniards who take their bulfightng seriously
Frumin been dangerously hurt in the rngonce by
eyed bull which seemed be gazing at someone else Dus
was not Our hero discovered the later in the hospital
Frumkin has kind face USUALLY. John Hays Hammond
the mining engineer who fought against zulus in Africa told
him that he couldn't fight bulls with that face
You ought to that face Mr. Hammond said Frumkn'
"'when the bull is trying TO get ME "
New York win welcome this bullighter, it welcomes all
celebrities whether important or not.
Perhaps Mr. Whalen will greet him and Mayor Walker WIN
give him the keys Of the city
They ought to- anywayhavng done that IN the past lOr
many less famous tOreadors.
The Washington times., 1930-10-04

neglect the little red school
house.
Why don't some Of our
wealthy men who erect colleges
spend portion Of 1t in the
backwoods. counties where it is
so sorely needed? We have lots
Of colleges now and we wouldn't
miss q couple If the money
could be used on a few little
red Schoolhouses.
The average illiterate win
fight book learnin'," but once
they get their start they enjoy
it.
I once heard q woman chat
tering away about q mana
manl-who couldn't even write
his name.
I know a lot Of illiterates In
Tennessee and Kentucky who
can only make their mark"
God help them. We need more
like Elsie to wake up our coun-
try and q law to keep the PA"
and Ma" who are down on
book learnin'" from working
the children in the ''tobaccy'
patch when they should be In
school. A READER.
The Washington times., 1930-10-04

phanage Last week it learned that they had adopted
another from Philadelphia institution.
Two children much happier in family than one Mrs
Tyson explains with wisdom in Of twenty
The first Tyson boy has been hristened Christopher Gil
BERT he is 18 months old The second bueyed blond OF
months will be named Sydney Hutchinson for Mrs Tyson
father, rich Philadelphian
Happy children be brought up amid wealth and refine
ent by two such fine foster Mr. and Mrs Tyson
must be-
over and educated and carry their after they
themselves are dead, buried and forgotten.
All Of may be immortalat least we are told so, and
hope But the only immortality Of which we can be
certain on earth immortality given by children
and our chdren children down through uncounted genera
tions
Something Of Us survives in THEM
To bring up children watch them grow maturity and
live AGAIN in them is better for million dollars than
to buy polo ponies for international match to build
yacht for the defense of the Americas Cup. J
The Washington times., 1930-10-04
The Origin of Life
BIZ Archibald Henderson

of study already devoted to the
proteins, very little is really
known Of them. AS Underhill
says: Viewed from the chemical
standpoint, protein is seen as a
huge molecule, complex in
structure, liable in character,
and, therefore, prone to chemical
change. So large and intricate
is the makeup Of the molecule
that chemists for generations
have been baffled in their at
tempts to gain any adequate
conception of its nature. At
the present stage Of our knowl-
edge, it is impossible to form
any satisfactory definition Of a
protein based either on its
chemical or physiological prop
critics.
While proteins constitute GER
tain combinations of the funda-
mental constituents Of living
matter, they are not themselves
"alive." It has been said that
protein is "the chemical nu-
cleus or pivot around which re-
volve a multitude Of reactions
characteristics Of biological
phenomena"
The huge molecule called pro-
tein may be split up into a large
number of simpler molecules.
Yet these simpler molecules are
still very complex. And it is
obvious that protein may be
broken up into hundreds or
even thousands of atoms.
A noteworthy phenomenon in
vital manifestation is what has
been called energy traffic" A
sort of trading in energy goes
on. AS L. l.. Woodruff says in
THE Origin of Life" This
energy traffic consists in ap-
propriating energy from the en-
vironment, storing it in a state
of higher potential and later
expending it in the kinetic form.
The Washington times., 1930-10-04
Here's Some Material for
Montgomery Controversy

Editor, Times
In a recent issue Of your
paper I noticed a letter signed
wilson -Ritchie moor t"
which discloseS so hopeless a
conception Of what the recent
primary election in Montgomery
county was contested about
that / feel constrained to give
him a break with a little infor-
nation. It Is really shocking
that a citizen living so close to
the Capital Of the United
States should exhibit so marked
a lack of information, and out
of regard for the national
honor I feel it an obligation on
my part to attempt to dilute
his ignorance with a few facts.
That there were so many moss
backs in the county Of this
Ritchie- Wilson-J Jackson-Rip Van
Wrinkle Democrats caliber is
most likely the reason why the
county was voted into. four
more years Of bondage this
month.
Wilson.Ritchie-Rastu Brown
evidently does not see more IN
the bonding program Of the
Lee administration than fine
roads. He does not yet realize
that the time is not far distant
when the taxpayers OF the
county will be called upon to
pay, and pay and pay. For Mr..
Lee iS quite foxy and he has
arranged his bonding program
so that payments do not start
in most cases for a number OF
years to come, and when the
burdens begin to bear down
he will be in a position to step
aside and turn the county gov
ernment over to someone else
to sweep UP the debris. After
Lee viii be the deluge.
Montgomery county is now
bonded for years and years
ahead, and more bond issues
are being proposed. The i'm
provements now being made,
and which will pass into the
discard within the life Of the
present generation are to be
taxed against the next two
The Washington times., 1930-10-04
Listen, World!
BY Elsie Robinson.

sided with the kid! Even
though they admitted that
automobiles USUALLY made money
and art usually didnt-they
sided with the kid-said he had
a right to choose his own ca
reer! Some change since the
old days down at Browns Cor
nerS-yes?
Here, for example, is one from
another dad who has also made
his in autos. But Is George l..
Wray, of Shreveport, La, going
to force his three sons to sell
six-cylinder? He is not. Listen
Dear Elsie Robinson
81, myself, am . fairly sue
ceSsfuI automobile dealer and
have three young sons In whom
/ take the keenest possible in
tereSt. Therefore, your invita-
tiOn impreSseS me 50 strongly
that must give voice to my
thoughts.
"Where does this automobile
dealer dad get the idea that he
should take it upon himself to
force his SON into an employ
ment which he lOathes? What
guarantee has he that the auto
mobile business will be . good
occupation for his SON just be-
cause he, himself, likes It?
Fathers were put here to help
sons and daughters realize their
own ambitions and not to force
them into a life which is en-
tirely foreign to their talents.
The most miSerabIy unhappy
people are those who dislike the
employment they have been
forced into. This dad is appar-
emily one of those who would
force q round peg into q square
hole with the usual result /
think he is all wet, and If he
persists in forcing his ideas
ON his SON, his SON would be
perfectly justified In leaving
home and taking up his life
among people who understand
him better.
Sincerely,
GEORGE d. WRAY,
Shreveport, La.
Agree with him? If you do,
such ideas won't seem exciting.
But just try them on a parent
who doesn't, and see what
happens!
Copyright. 1880. by KING Features
Syndicate Ine.)
The Washington times., 1930-10-04
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
BY DIR. Louis E. Bisch-

In these columns the need
for self-expreSsion has been
stressed before. It is so i'm
portant to every adult. whether
male or female, that it scarcely
can be overestimated, for If we
could express ourselves COM
pletely and get our emotions
"off our chests" as it were,
there surely would be less re-
preston and fewer neurotic
states.
Life, as it is, you see, does
not permit us to express our
selves as we might wish. There
fore. every one ought to try as
much as possible to find some
substitute in order to avoid the
unhappiness, discomfort and
often misery that goes with
bottled-up emotions.
Since life does not allow us to
express ourselves as we would
wish, we must find outlets for
self expression wherever posi-
BILE.
The artist, whether musician,
sculptor, painter, or writer, is
the best example Of Superlative
SeIf-expression. He responds to
unconscious cravings, and eX-
presses in his work the express
sion best adapted to his person
ality.
elf-expression is a sort Of
safety valve. We all need it!
Naturally, we cannot all be art
lists, because not every person
has the talent for writing or for
the handling Of pen or brush
or the mastery Of music. But
one Of the best ways to express
ourselves is to appreciate and
like the more or less universal
modes Of expression of the art
lists.
A great painting or a great
drama is one that appeals to
us because somehow it expresses
for us what it did for the artist
who created 1t. It does us good,
therefore. to try to appreciate
and Like the best In art.
The Washington times., 1930-10-04

Remember what happened
when you wanted to quit your
Job at Keenan's grocery and
join the village band? Plenty
Of rumpus-I'l say! Ma crying
at the thought Of you running
around with all Of those wild
hoodlums. Gramp snorting that
If he had his way he'd strap
some sense into you. And Dad
putting his foot down and tell.
ing you not to talk tommyrot.
So you stayed with Keenan's
and became a grocer. Have
you been sorry for it since? I
wonder. Probably. after that
first brief struggle, you ac-
cepted your lot without much
question. For that was the Gus.
tom Of the time. Kids weren't
people. Ma n Dad-particu-
larly Dad-ran the show.
How long ago was that-2O,
80 years? Queer how changes
will creep up on you, without
you realizing that they've hap
pened! The other day a letter
came to this department about
another boy and another Dad.
This youngster wants to be an
artist. And his Dada pros
porous automobile man named
AL Harvey, in Kansas City
is as red-eyed as yours was at
the notion. His boy-an artist?
Not over his dead body! His
boy is going to learn the auto.
mobile business. Get a lot Of
money. Amount to something.
Then. according to Dad, some
day the kid will be grateful
and realize that Dad did "his
duty" by him. But the kid
gueSSes not.
Ordinary enough letter, but it
opened UP a lot Of speculation.
Talking it over here in the of
flee we wondered. Was it really
a parents duty" to pick q kids
career, over that kids protest?
or were youngsters People,
with rights Of their own? Would
the world admit that-yet?
we decided to put it up to
YOU, So We printed the letter
and asked for replies. They
came-by the hundreds. Hun
dredS and thousands of letters
from mothers and fathers in
every walk Of life and-here's
ns amazing point-every letter
The Washington times., 1930-10-04

In an effort to go back to the
beginning of things and un-
cover the mystery of the origin
Of life, the modern scientist ie-
votes his primary attention 20
illtenEive analysis of protoplasm.
The search is for some physio.
chemical basis in all living mat
ter. Living protoplasm appears
under the microscope as a
viscid, granular fluid, present
ing a foam-like appearance. The
key to the changes and activi-
ties of this substance are now
believed to lie in an ultra-micro-
Scopic structive, which under
goes various changes CORE
spending to the changes in the
picture caught under the micro
scope.
Protoplasm, yielding to chem
ical analysis, proves to be a col
loidal complex comprising chief
" the elements carbon, hydro
gen, oxygen, nitrogen, sulphur,
phosphorus, potassium, calcium,
sodium, chlorin. iron and mag
nesiun. It is a very curious
and almost inexplicable fact
that all these constituents are
likewise found in inorganic mat
ter. There is no chemical ele-
ment present which is peculiar
to living matter.
In consequence, the scientist
is driven to study combinations
Of elements, rather than single
elements. Such combinations
Of fundamental Importance in
this study are proteins, carbo-
hydrates, and fats. The most
important Of these constituents
are the proteinS. since they are
universally present as a part
Of all living matter and form
quantitatively its chief organic
constituent.
In spite of the vast amount
The Washington times., 1930-10-04
Hearst Papers Advocate

l. "Peace and ansity a0ith all nations; entangling
alliances Wth none," as advocated By George Wash
ington.
g. Proportional representation the United States
Senate, state to haze less than tOo Senators.
Legislation to enforce prompt constitutional reap
portionmeent IN the House of Representatives.
8. separate Department of the Army, of the Macy
and of the Air Forces all united under Secre-
tGry of National Defense.
4 Federal action TO the limit of Federal powers to
abolish iuiterGcy IN the United States under
Secretary of Education.
s. Installation of the President the first of jan
aCyy folIo1Uing November election.
g. Seective immigration to admit only those suited
for American citizenship
z. Deportation of undesirable aliens
8. Complete publicity for income tGres.
The Washington times., 1930-10-04
Science IND. Police Work

With motor for patrol duty radio touch with all police
stations and patrong and the beginning of scientific
laboratory the Washington police department entering
modern methods of crime detection It's officials and the Dis
t Commissioners should be content until the department
is fully equipped for keeping with organized crime and
criminals.
Much is expected Of motor with radio apparatus but
may also be looked for from the micro named for
scientific investigations crimes He will have valuable aid
from detectives patromen versed in scientific phases OF
crime solution
The Washington times., 1930-10-04

generations. The taxpayers Of
that day will certainly be able
to see the connection between
the age Of bonds and bondage.
although Ritchie- Wilson -Rastus
Brown seems to think that
when he has made his first
$50 down payment on a house
that he owns a home. If Mr..
Brown persists in his ostrich
like habits he will have to learn
his mistake by paying through
the nose, but perhaps he Is
one of those humble souls who
finds his glory in the privilege
Of touching Brooke Lees gar
ment hem. There are plenty
Of that kind Of fish still in
CLEVE L AND JEFFERSON
ANTI.
Sharp Reply Comes
In Montgomery Go. Quarrel
Editor, Times:
Replying to wilson, .Ritchie
Democrat" may I say that
The Washington times., 1930-10-04
Better Than Polo Ponies
Two Fine Children.

Society folk have the reputation Of squanderng money on
foolish amusements. Many do. But not all
Take Mr. and Mrs John Tyson, Of Haverford, Pa
Mr. Tyson socially prominent and comparatively wealthy
Mrs TysOn granddaughter Of E. T stOtesbury noted IL
nancer is even more socially prominent and EXTREMELY
wealthy.
Married three years. they have had children Several
months ago they adopted little boy from New York or
The Washington times., 1930-10-04

Bethesda Democrat" is not q
disappointed office seeker, In
fact he has never held. or
sought to hold public office in
his life.
He is Just one Of those ordi-
nary persons who helps pay
the bill with his taxes, and
when his tax bill called for
park tax" and he couldn't
find the park" he got his eyes
open, looked around and saw
things" and voted accord
ingly.
BETHESDA DEMOCRAT.
Wants Funds For Education
OF Mountain Illiterates
Editor, Times:
Three cheers for Elsie Rob
inSon's article on illiteracy in
the United States. But, Elsie,
you can bawl them out all you
please: they will continue to
The Washington times., 1930-10-04
KNOWLEDGE
TEST

Fill each blank:
1. 1.-THE Spell Of the Yukon"
was written by Robert -.
2. Alabaster is q stone
used for ornaments.
8. The elder Roosevelt was a
colonel in the war.
4. Etymology is the science
of the study Of
5. is the heroine OF
David Copperfield."
6. Gargantuan means -.
Z. The greatest Of -s
dramas is Faust"
8. The battle Of Waterloo
occurred in the - CEN
tury.
8. ProInetheus was chained
to q
10. The important part of a
compass is the -.
Match correctly:
II. officiouS habitual
II. emiSSary misery
IS. distress impertinent
IL. customary relevant
is. germane agent
(AnSwers ON Magazine Page)
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-12-04

Living within their incomes does not
bother as many people right now as
getting the incomes tc live within.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-12-04

A. E. Eden, and SONS spent Friday
and Saturday visiting the Marshes and
looking after their scallop boat which
operates out of Cove.
On Tuesday evening Mr.. and Mrs. "A.
H. Peterson, MFR. and Mrs. F. A. Weiss,
and DR.. and Mrs. F. A. McMurray at
tended show in Seattle. Just
Imagined!
Mr. and Mrs. A. j. Marsh spent their
first Thanksgiving in long time away
from home with Mr.. and Mn. Paul
Seventeen, of Everett. old Argyle, MINI,
friends They extended their holiday
until Friday, for with Lloyd in charge
of the Store-by -the-Sea they had nc
reason to worry about business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Copestick and
family of Seattle, spent Thanksgiving
on the Island with Mr.. Copestick's
parents.
MIR. and Mrs. N. Hoshi and children
spent the weekend. with friends in
Seattle.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-12-04

Mrs. O, e. Ramquist was Seattle
visitor Friday.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-12-04
ISLAND NEWS NOTES

The w. P. vermeulen family had as
Thanksgiving guests MIR. and Mrs.
Roth and family and MIR Arthur
Whitney, all OF Tacoma
Mr.. and Mrs. w. C. whitfield, of
Tacoma spent Sunday with the A. j.
Marsh family.
Myron Teidt formerly of Argyle,
MINI, now employed by the Puget
Sound Bank of Tacoma, spent Sunday
with his old schoolmats, Lloyd Marsh,
and helped the Marsh family dispose
OF the belated Thanksgiving dinner
they enjoyed on that day.
MIR. and Mrs, E. j. Kelley of Port
land spent the weekend with their
friends, the A. j. Marsh family OF
Cove. This was Mrs Kelley's first visit
to the Island, and she was properly
impressed by all that she saw while
here.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-12-04
COVE, CEDARHURsT AND
COLVOS ITEMS


Mrs. Christensen was pleasantly sur
prised last Thursday when Arthur
Johnson brought her cousin, Mrs.
schaefer, and her daughter for visit.
The cousins had not seen each other
for many years.
Ed Landness, who has been making
his home with his aunt, Mrs. RENE,
will leave for Norway, December a. He
expects to return in the fall.
Mrs. P. A. Peterson spent Saturday
in Seattle.
Andrew Ellinsen is staying with his
sister, Mrs. Huseby, helping her care
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-12-04

Mrs. Susan Palmer Kennedy, widow,
Of New Lexington. Ohio, who recently
celebrated her 105th birthday, declares
cigarettes are used only by the frivol-
GUS Of mind" She has smoked clny
pipe seven days each week since she
was 10 years old. Somebody should
caution the old lady that the habit
will get hold on her If she isn't care
full.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-12-04
SOUTHERN HEIGHTS NEWS


Talbot Bellazzi spent Thanksgiving
with the family in Seattle. He was ac-
companied on his return to the Island
by his friend, Mr.. Bert Stevens
Mr.. and Mrs. John Jenkins enter
tanned Miss Smith as their Thanksgiv-
ing guest.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rossi and their young
people, and Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen
Rolando, and their children, : were
Thanksgiving guests of Mr.. and Mrs
Peter Rolando.
Mr.. and Mrs. Berry had with them
on Thanksgiving Day their two daugh-
tiers and families from Tacoma, Mr..
and Mrs. Montgomery Hughes, and
Miss Helen, and Mrs Otis Gaddey,
with her two children.
Mr.. Geo. Spinning is driving the
Tacoma Vashon Island Auto Freight
truck while his brother, Mr.. Walter
Spinning is on jury duty in Seattle.
The latter was home for Thanksgiving.