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The Washington times., 1930-10-31
Washington at Work With
Nation in Restoring
:.
Confidence

Il is winning fight the nation putting up to restore
fdence and Washington is the fight with vgor that is
Inspiring. .. '....' '.
Cooperation of groups officials individuals everywhere is
doing work the certain of which is already widely
felt in the attitude of the people Of the nation.
Men and longer have long faces and shake their
heads Isnt time to buy good stocks or anything else
an? is repeatedly asked and the almost univer
sallv the same "The time there will be in this
country" H.. -. ~t-..- .......
Hero in Washington there is splendid cooperation in all
directions toward the goal of normay in faith and condence
toward cosening purse strings for the purchase Of all things
that are necessary toward giving employment to men and
who would feel the pinch but for opportunities Tor work
that are being opened to them
There il nothing los everything to gain by once again
uung optimism in 'front.' showing pesmsm to the rear in
xords and in action You wouldn't be coward physically
M your nation called you its defense in You not
EDWARD mentally the nations chief need is confidence
Il there any other nation earth have more conf
dence in? "a .'','..''..
your household personal needs call for expenditures OF
this is the time to ac only because you money
but because you contribute reshened business activities and
to the employment of and women
If there work to do in home hesitate no longer
Put woren the job you going to add convenience
to your home this splendid time to do it, You will be
saving money and you will be doing your b just as If the
nation called you. w .
is plain case of patriotic Americans pulling together
thinking and acting unison When the work has been fin
ished it will be tremendous feeling Of satisfaction that runs
from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
The Washington times., 1930-10-31

and see what good it does you!
All about you, you'll see other
people who got mad at life
people who spend their days
sticking out their tongues and
calling life an old meanie.
What does it buy them?
And all about you, you will
see others who have ravelled
out because life was too much
for them. Or dug themselves
into holes. Or who are still
chasing feverishly about, look
for a solution
But here and there you will
find 1uSty souls who are quite
willing to accept life as is and
take the chances. They aren't
mad at life because it's too
big for their little plots or too
mysterious for their solutions.
They make themselves part of
that bigness, they make an ad-
venture of the mystery, they go
with the tide. And though they
are often poor and ignorant
and obscure, the tang of the
tide is in their blood and there
is something of the freedom of
the vagabond winds.
Life-that's life-you can't
change it. But you can launch
yourself into it's tide-set sail,
with sealed papers
Copyright. 1880. by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1930-10-31
"The Brave Days of Old"
Thank Heaven They Are Gone.

Rafael sabatn author Of Captain Blood and other eaor
Gus and swashbucng bessee thinks the good old DAYS Of
which he writes not nearly good as own time
Says Mr.. sabatini:
"'The average stenOgrapher, earning $25 uUeek,
Is better off than any great lady uUhO Eued doUUn
to and including the eighteenth century. Just take
the single item of silk stockings. Your stenOgr0pher
takes them quite for granted. But when Queen Eliza
beth presented with her first pair uUas so inn
pOrtant eUent, personally and historically, that
there is full account of it in the chronicles of the
time"
&c. too with hundred other things Mr. sabatin does not
mention Forgetting the radio and the apane other mod
marves consider only the bathtub The grandparents of
many Of And to bark back 200 years earlier
the Pilgrim fathers considered rather eccentric for pro-
claiming that cleanliness next godness In days
bathing akin to heresy.
Now and then all pine for the golden age or the spndors
Of the vanished past and complain that we were born
But week spent in the year 1920 could transported
back to that epoch would speedily the most sentimental
mourner for the brave-and unsanitary-days of old.
The Washington times., 1930-10-31
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
by DIR. Louis E. Bisch-I

by DR.. Louis E. BiSch-I
Although great headway has
already been rnade in enlight-
ening the general public regard.
ing the discovery. the treatment
and even the prevention Of tu.
berculosis, it would be extremely
hazardsous for anyone to be-
lieve that tuberculosis has been
conquered and that it no
longer remains a menace to
health.
tuberculosis is not only wide
spread, especially in crowded
centerS Of population, but there
can be no doubt about the fact
that every individual is more
or less exposed to it.
Many persons, Of course, have
tuberculosis and do not know
it. The symptoms may not be
marked, they may not feel
specially sick, and yet tubercle
bacilli may be present in the
Sputum and, therefore, such
persons may spread the disease
quite innocently.
Tubercle bacilli may enter
the system in various ways,
the commonest being through
the respiratory tract. Next in
frequency is the digestive tract.
The tonsils as well as the
nose and throat may likewise
be avenues along which the
germs flourish and spread into
the lungs.
When the tubercle bacilli are
swallowed, as can happen in
the case Of contaminated milk,
the bacilli are absorbed into
the lymph nodes through the
walls of the inteStineS.
Childen are even more sus-
ceptible to tuberculosis than
are adults. Some scientists
hold that tuberculosis appear
ing in adult life is often
nothing more than a latent
tuberculous infection which
took place in childhood, rather
than to a reinfection!
The Sputum from the mouths
of sick individuals still re-
mains the great spreader of
the disease. Either the bacilli
cling to dust particles that
have mixed with sputum which
has been expectorated and
dried. or they cling to moist
particles Of sputum which are
expelled in coughing and may
cover Q wide area.
The Washington times., 1930-10-31
The South Polar Regions
By Archibald Henderson, Ph.D, Del, LID
Famous Scientific Authority

the area, which will serve as
food. Musk OK, Arctic bear and
fox, birds, seals and fish are to
be found in abundance Suffi-
cient to sustain life,
The reverse Of these moder-
ately favorable conditions en-
counters the explorer in the
Antarctic. Here there is no free
roaming game Of large proper
tions, like the musk OK, bear
and fox. There are only seals,
birds and fish-but these are
found only at or near the shore
line. In the interior there is
no wild life whatever, except,
perhaps, some solitary bird fol-
lowing a trackless way to some
unknown destination. When the
exploring party sets forth into
the interior, it must carry
every pound Of food it expects
to require. on the journey.
In this bleak region, the
winds are constantly blowing
at some places with an aver.
age velocity Of as high as
so miles an hour. The vast
area, as large as the United
States and Mexico combined,
was apparently not designed to
sustain life, or provide a dom
icile for the human race.
There Is no race analogous
to the Eskimo dwelling in this
ice-locked empire. The noun
tainS rise sharp, bleak and for
bidding from the continental
plateau, enormously impressive
in their cold beauty and terrify-
ing magnificence.
One of the many features
Of Antarctica, and perhaps the
most deserving of study, is
the mighty sheet Of ice and
snow known as the Ross Bar
rier. It was estimated that
Captain Mckinley photographed
10000 miles Of it during the
stay Of the Byrd party in
Antarctica. North, south, west.
it extends 400 miles; but to
the east, no limit was ever
found. The Byrd expedition be-
queathS to science this great
future task: To follow east
ward to its mysterious termina-
ton the great Ross Ice Barrier.
Copyright, 1880, International
Feature Service, Inc)
The Washington times., 1930-10-31

A general popular revision Of
views regarding the South
Polar regions is indicated as
one Of the certain results Of
the Byrd expedition. stefansson
has repeatedly pointed out the
grossly erroneous notions enter.
tanned by the public regarding
Alaska. :,.. ...
Byrd. in like fashion, is re-
ORIGINATING our views regarding
the nAt2re Of the vast, ice
locked regions in the neighbor-
hood of the South Pole. Even
after long study Of the litera-
ture dealing with the subject,
before setting out on the expe-
dition, he confesseS, to a SEN
Sation little short Of aStoniSn-
ment over what he found there.
In one vital respect geologi-
cal formation-the North and
South Polar regions differ fun
damentally. Imagine some giant
hand at the North Pole de-
pressing the. surface until it
was 10000 feet below the level
of the ocean. Thus at the
North Pole there is a huge de-
preston, which contains the
Arctic Ocean, with it's giant
tloeS, ice packs and icebergS.
Imagine that when this vast
depression was made at the
North Pole, a corresponding
bulging out took place at the
South Pole. The height of the
Antarctic plateau is virtually
the same as the depth of the
Arctic Ocean. Whether this is
q curious accident, or the result
Of vast forces of nature which
we do not understand, further
geographical and oceanograph-
tcal studies alone can deter.
mine.
The polar regions are easy to
cover and to navigate, compara-
lively speaking, if we put them
in juxtapoSition with the
mighty plateau and towering
mountain ranges Of Antarctica.
It is possible to get back to
civilization, If marooned on the
ice at the north-although it
may require almost superhu-
man efforts. There is much
wild life roaming freely over
The Washington times., 1930-10-31
KNOWLEDGE
TEST

/. What book is said to have
made two million abolitioniStS?
2. Where is the st. GaudenS
statue of Lincoln?
3. What poet has written a
famous sonnet on his blindness?
4. Who wrote the lines, "The
proper study Of mankind Is
man.?
5. About when was the Colos-
scum built?
Match correctly:
g.. association sarcasm
7. plethora society
B. irony excess
8. disciple immunity
10. exemption pupil
Fill each blank:
II. A barometer is used in
studying the -.
IL. The thermograph writes
continuous record of -.
13. The days and nights
are about six months long at
IA. wrote ''Flow Gently,
Sweet Alton"
IS. "Grow old along with me
The is yet to be. D
(AnswerS on Magazine Page.)
The Washington times., 1930-10-31
Congressional BootleggerS

is reasonably safe bet that Senators and Representa-
tives who occasional touch Of why will hereafter
be careful of their relations and conversations with bootleg
gers who supply them and particularly the booteggers
specd brown green hats and come to be known
by the coors of their headgear. .
The presumption that the relations Of bootegger and
their clients strictly confidential but bootleggers
appear have long memories keep diaries to details
even if they do not reveal names.
Political influence might booggers in jurdic
tons but in Washington the preponderance of big influence
is on the side of the Volstead law.
The Washington times., 1930-10-31
Asks Higher Wages for
District Employees

Editor, Times: ,>-..
The reason for so much pov-
erty in this city, the Capital Of
a proud and mighty nation, is
the poor wages paid. Because
Of that fact the poor have a
mighty hard time living in a re-
spectacle manner. My husband
works for the District govern
ment. We are buying our home
and trying to live on less than
S. q day. ~ ,..-.
I do all the work in my house
and we get no pleasures out of
life, as we have not the money
to pay for even the cheapest Of
entertainment. Every man in
the District should be paid at
least 81 a day for eight hours
work. If that occurred, then
such people as myself could pur-
chase a cheap automobile, get
out in the country at times and
get a change of scenery.
Even we could buy a small log
cabin at some water place,
where we could spend our week
ends during the hot months, and
by that means become a
healthier and happier people.
Let the people in charge of the
Community Chest stop asking
for money and put all their ef-
forts to getting better wages for
our men folk. If better wages
were paid we would need no
Community Chest, because there
would be no poor.
] never had much Of a chance
The Washington times., 1930-10-31
Calls Upon Federal Reserve
TO Purchase Bonds

10 SurCuaSe 0OuuS
Editor, Times:
We all know the cause Of the
present depression is money
or I should say, the lack OF it.
The poor have no money to
Spend-the middle classes are
saving what they can, and the
rich as usual are boarding.
Now, writer after writer Sug-
gests plans to get money into
circulation.
One man wants a stated
number Of people to purchase
$1O0 worth of goods on credit;
another that every wage Garner
would spend an additional IS
cents a day, etc.
It is impossible. to deal with
people in the abstract like this,
so the plan suggested by Mr..
Macauley, president Of the
great Sun Life Assurance
Company of Canada, that the
Federal Reserve could. end the
depression by purchase Of $780,
100000 Government bonds
should be acted on at once.
IF the Federal Reserve refuses
to take the advice from such
a distinguished and reliable
force, We will be justified in
thinking that their failure to
do, so is due to jealousy that
someone else might gain the
glory Of pulling the country
out of the present deplorable
mess.
I, for one consider 1t crimi-
nal, for this advice to go un-
needed. L. j. K,
The Washington times., 1930-10-31
Letters to the Editor From Readers of The Times

ment to give them more money,
but their pleas fall on deaf ears.
The Government bosses might
act differently If they knew how
long we poor people have to
wear our dresses and coats. We
have to wait several years be-
fore we can get new ones. The
bosses, however, are heartleSS.
They even keep some Of the
money earned by our men so
that they might get a little pen
sion when they are ready to die.
The only weapon we poor have
against absolute poverty is birth
control. M. A. S,
The Washington times., 1930-10-31
Harry Payne Whitney
He Died Too Soon.

The death Of Harry Payne Whitney at the comparatively
youthful age-as ages 60 now-of 5S raises the question of
whether the cult of athletics and sport does not take heavy
q toll of America 8 best
Mr. Whitney one of the nations most noted amateur
posmen He also the latest of long line of athletes who
have died before their time The thought inevitable that pro-
onged physical exeron after middle age weakens the cons
tuition and shorens many life which otherwise would have
reached the scriptural "three-score and ten"
Strenuous outdoor sports have charms that few resist who
have the opportunity indulge in them But they must be
then the price too heavyhe game is not worth the candle
The Washington times., 1930-10-31

in the fifth grade and go TO
work. I can get much enjoy.
ment out of my remaining years
If my husband was paid better
money. He and hundreds of
others have asked the Govern
The Washington times., 1930-10-31

during my so years of life. MY
father was an Army man, and
when I was but a little child he
was sent away to distant post
and I had to stay behind. I
had to leave school when I was
The Washington times., 1930-10-31

The loss Of wealth is loss Of
dirt, ~.
AS SageS in all times assert.
Haywood.
Whose loves believes the i'm.
notwithstanding.
1t is hard for any empty bag
to stand uPright-Franklin.
The Washington times., 1930-10-31
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

BE calm in arguing, for fierce.
ness makes N.'.
Error a fault, and truth dis
courtesy. Herbert.
Music is the universal Ian.
guage.-WilSon.
Praise great estates; cultivate
Q small one.-Virgil.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-15
NAVY LIKELY TO USE
NOTRE DAME METHOD
Practice Indicates That Ingram
Will Send Shock Troops on
Field at Start.
ADkINS
MAJ 5Ac%

ANNAPOLIS. Md, october 49,
Foot ball practice at the Naval Acad-
envy yesterday suggested that Bill In
gram may, to some extent, follow in
the footsteps of Rockne and try the
effect of using series of teams against
future opponents.
While these tactics were considered
prior to the game with Notre Dame, it
was felt that the Naval Academy did
not have a second team strong enough
to cope with Notre Danes reserves,
and the plan was rejected. Ingram de-
cided to mass his full strength at once
and try to get the first score.
Yesterday Ingram gave his personal
attention to a second team which may
be used as shock troops in the future
games The line was as heavy and
powerful as that Of the first line, and
an excellent backfield was made UP of
Bauer, Castree, Flick and Antrim.
This combination was given a thor
ough drilling in q number of plays, all
the backs carrying the ball at times
Castree was used more than any Of the
others and did some excellent ground
gaining. Flick, new and promising
back, was also used considerably.
Anticipating strong running attack
from Duke Saturday the first string of
linesmen was taken in hand by Mil
Ter, Hughes and Moret, the line coaches,
and instructed in the proper defensive
work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-15
BY GEORGE EARNSHAw,
Az Told to J. ?. Glass.

say it looked as though MCGOWAN had
made Q mistake.
Just then Boley walked over
MCGOWAN was right, jack he said.
I dropped the ball. Bill was the only
man in the park who could see It,
We'll, that was good craftsmanship
It isn't often that such a thing is done.
That's why MCGOWAN always swears
by Joe Boley.
Speaking Of craftsmanship, want
to say" went on Earnshaw, that I
benefited by fine bit of thoughtful
ness on the part of Charley Gehringer,
the Detroit second baSeman, last Fall.
"Gehrtnger came up to bat with no
one on base and hit a grounder to some
one on the tnfleld. don't remember
now who 1t was that felded the ball,
but he made poor peg to first which
Jimmy FolIx couldn't get
The ball skipped of the canvas pad
Of the grandstand, and Foxx, retrieving
it, threw to second to catch Gehringer,
who had kept on. Jimmy's strong arm
was little too strong this time, for he
heaved clear into left field.
1t was just one Of those plays on
which we made every possible error.
Joe Boley had run to cover second and
Jimmy Dykes had left third unpro-
tected TO back him up. The ball, how
ever, went on out to AL Simmons.
Gehringer kept on to third.
1T was up to me to cover the base.
I numbered over like an elephant, sud-
oenly conscious that had no more
idea OF how to do 1t than a rabbit.
Where should stand in taking the
throw from Simmons? And how would
I put the ball on Gehringer il It arrived
In Time? These were questions I was
asking myself.
I solved the matter by taking a
position on the base-line. directlv in
front OF the bag. 1t was the most
awkward I could have chosen-and the
most dangerous. Gehringer would have
been justified in running into me at full
speed and knocking me for a goal, par
ticular!y as he knew he had Simmons
throw beaten.
But he did nothing of the sort At
great risk to himself, for he had no
ioea what an inexperienced fielder like
myself might do next, he made a sud
zen change, and, instead Of coming into
the base upright, executed a neat hook
slloe. I've known fellows to break their
legs In similar situations or deyelou
cnarleyhorSes that put them out OF
service for a long time.
1t wasn't as If it was a close game
either, for we had Detroit easily beaten
was a mighty sporty stunt. AT
tne tlme was too surprised to realize
JUST now sporty 1t was. But the next
DAY went to Gehringer.
Inat was darned white of you to
make that slide yesterday I said i
certainly appreciate it,
Charley grinned, I wasn't mar
tlcularly anxious to run into YOU he
(copyright, 1sso)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-15
BELLE HAVEN TITLE
is KEPT BY ROLLINS
Fredericksburg Man Retains Golf
Crown by Defeating c. c. Brown,
5 Up and 8 to Go.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. October 15.-De-
feating @. G. Brown, up and to go
in their 36-hole match yesterday,
Charles Rollins of Fredericksburg won
the mems championship Of Belle Haven
Country Club for the second consecu-
tive year.
Rollins and Brown, both members Of
Belle Ravens I2-man golf team, played
through field of so brilliant golfers
to reach the final round of the tour
ney, with the former besting T. E. Sc
brell, jr, up, and Brown defeating
L. w. Wood, and 4, In their semi
final round matches.
Alpha Delta Omega, defeated in its
Capital City League debut the past
Sabbath, will make a determined eff
fort to balance the scales Sunday when
1t meets Seat Pleasant Fire Department
at Seat Pleasant, Md, in an unlimited
section engagement.
Virginia Midgets and q fyweight
team picked from the Alexandria High
School foot ball squad will meet to-
morrow afternoon at 345 o'clock in
Baggett's Park. The Virginians have
a practice listed for tonight at 1880
o'clock at King and Lee streets.
Teams of the Alexandria City Duck
pin Bowling League will swing into ac-
ton tomorrow night at o'clock at the
Health Center Bowling Alleys.
Pirate A. C.'s l25-pound team viii
open its campaign Sunday afternoon In
a game with the Virginia Midgets on
Shipyard Field. The BUGS will prac-
tice tonight under Coach Leslie Cline
at Queen and Lee streets, 1880 o'clock.
Bert Lynn won the sweepstakes
tournament held last night at the
Health Center Bowling Alleys, with
games of 140, 1875 and 113 for a $40
total. John Yurco finished second with
a BAT set.
A meeting Of the Northern Virginia
Athletic Oficials' Association Is to be
held at 7:30 o'clock at the Alexandria
Gazette ONCE, BIT King street. A meet
ing of the board of governors and foot
bali officials will be held at z o'clock.
Tom Ryan, golf professional at Belle
Haven Country Club. has arranged
series of weekly sweepstakes tourna-
ments, to be held over the Belle Haven
course each Saturday afternoon as
long as weather permits.
ST. Marys Celtics gridmen viii prac-
tice tomorrow night at o'clock at
Baggett's Park.
Coach Buck Beach requests all meso-
bers Of his Virginia A. G. to report for
a workout tonight at 7:30 o'clock on
Shipyard Field
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-15
GULL SWEEPSTAKES
PROVING ATTRACTIVE
Large Number of Fair Sex to Roll
in Event at Arcadia Drives
Saturday Night.

The Lorraine Gull Weekly Ladies'
Sweepstakes, to be inaugurated Satur-
day night at the Arcadia drives, al
ready bids fair to draw a record field Of
female pin spillers, desiring to enrich
themselves.
Miss GULL proposes to make this
weekly sweepstakes the largest ever or
ganized for fair sex bowlers, and re-
ports that the future looks rosy
So enthusiastic have some Of the
bowlers become over the stakes that
some Of the beginners, who have started
taking instructions from the national
women's champion this week, have an
nounced their intentions to enter the
tourney for the sake Of experience alone.
AS one of 'em remarked, 81 haven't q
ghost of a chance, but it won't hurt
me-"
The prize money viii be sliced into
three pieces, so per cent to the winner,
80 to second place and 20 to third
place. The cover charge is 2 berries,
plus go cents for three games.