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The Washington times., 1930-07-11
Fiscal Relations Committee of
House Named for Work

The disposition to regard the special House committee
District fiscal relations having reached verdict before it
ever meets may not after ALL be fully warranted although 1t
Is clear that some the members Of the committee deeply
preudced as doubt that they could write their
clusons at this minute These conclusions would only
hold the attitude of the House for the past six years but would
undertake to impose additional taxation upon the people Of
Washington.
It frankly conceded that this special committee was pro-
posed by Representative Simmons of retaliation
Framed for this purpose will be difficult to understand how
the District will get any benefits from it. None intended
The committees admitted Is not to go into subject
with open mind the resolution which brought it's for
nation distinctly states that the fiscal relations problem to
be considered and made for such forms
o taxation and sources of revenue the committee
deem best.
Il must not assumed however that all the members OF the
committee are jumping jacks for Mr. Simmons Mr. Cram
ton Mr. Holiday certain members Of the House Appro
priaons Committee who attempted put the Senate the
auot on the District Appropriation bill That statesmen OF
the House should merely echo the views of few Republican
bosses of that machine controlled body hard to believe And
that Democrats should tails for Republican kites doesn
seem exactly in line with their duties.
would have dictated joint committee of both houses
f Congress because there bodies in that
Insulting the Senate by ignoring it altogether not going to
matters The Senate will insist its right to follow
It's own It not going to accept the findings OF the
House committee. It will reach its own conclusions
This Simmons plan Of reaatng on the senate ana tne peo
pe of Washington certain to produce continued frlcon oe
tween the two houses anything and everything relating 10
fiscal relations The Senate Will not swallow TAX
schemes of the House under the circumstances
The Washington times., 1930-07-11
Time and Space
By Archibald Henderson

fraction Of q second a day.
Moreover, this old earth evil
IDENTIFY has spasms Of reform;
for every few years it 1ags
again, resuming its former hab-
it's Of regularity and sobriety.
It is thought by some scien-
lists that this irregularity in
rotation may be due to a
slight shrinkage in the earth's
diameter. The retardation Is
confirmed, says Prof. Brown,
Of Yale, by observations on the
sun, the moon, Venus, Mer-
curry and the four satellites Of
Jupiter.
More startlin g discoveries
have recently been made re-
garding the nature Of our
space. Within the past two or
three years certain spiral neb-
ule which are exceedingly. re-
mote exhibit velocitieS far
greater than we're ever hitherto
suspected. It has been found
that the more distant the neb-
ulae which are exceedingly re-
Galaxies of stars have been
found which are distant one
hundred and sixty million light
years.
Tie effect Of great distance
is indicated by a lengthening
Of the wave lengths, making
the light appear redder. There
is a definite dependence of the
distance upon the velocity!
This is an extraordinary
fact and indicates that Elm.
stein may be right in believing
that the universe is finite.
The fainter a. nebulae is the
redder it appears. Perhaps the
velocities thus indicated are
not really occasional; the
measured speeds perhaps indi.
cate a relativity effect.
If, however, these red shifts
are interpreted as real veloci.
ties of recession, depending on
distance from the sun, then we
Shou have to conclude, says
Prof. Shapley, Of Harvard, that
the measurable universe is
finite for at a distance of some
hundreds Of billions Of light
years the velocity would equal
that of light. and rad1ations
from such remote objects could
never reach tAe observes.
The Washington times., 1930-07-11
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
BY DIR. Louis E. Bisch-

Dy LIZ .A@VOAN5 4AS A@ASS4A
Among the abnormalitieS to
be found among new born
babies are harelip and cleft
palate.
Harelip is not such an un-
common condition. Usually it
goes with a cleft palate.
In harelip there is an indenta.
tion or notch in the upper lip.
Usually it Is not exactly in the
middle. but somewhat to one
side. The condition may be so
marked as to constitute a real
fiSSure away up to the nostrAs.
A cleft palate condition may
involve only the soft palate or
it may take in also the hard
palate. In the latter the roof Of
the mouth looks as though split
in two. Most cases, however,
are those of soft palate involve
ment only.
These conditions are, of course,
=. not only deforming to o paby
but interfere seriously with
nursing and feeding as well.
Surgical help is always indi-
Gated.
In those cases where the
notch in the harelip Is not
marked it is generally believed
that the sooner the operation is
performed the better. In the
more marked cases it seems best
to wait until two months or
longer-in other words, until
child is fairly well started in
growth.
Regarding operation for cleft
palate, here again different sur.
geonS may hold different views.
Generally speaking, some time
during the second year seems
wiSeSt.
The cause Of these abnor.
malitieS at birth are deficiencies
in union of certain types of
tissue when the child is still
in the developing, embryonic
period.
Further than this. science as
yet can offer no better explana-
tion. Why nature is unable to
function perfectly in this re-
spect In some individuals still
remains q mystery.
The Washington times., 1930-07-11
LISTEN WORLD!

I've been down hosing beans.
Sunup when I began, round 4,
with the light clinging like a
wet, gilt web to the rough.
black pines. Up In the branches
another web Of sound. Birds
call and whistle and chirp.
Squirrels chattering like furry
CaStanettes. And the fragrance
of breathing leaf and grass and
soil beating in waves across
your sleepy face.
Great work, hoeing beans at
Sunup. Earth cool and yield
ing as flesh under your bare
feet and the hoe slipping
smooth and easy in your hand.
But along toward 8, it begins to
warm. Pretty soon the sun
lights crashing down like surf
your shirts wet on your back
and you're tasting the salt Of
your own sweat.
You straighten-wlnclng at
the crick you're going to feel.
But you forget the cr1ck and
just stand there, thinking of
nothing at all. Stand there,
with the earth and the air and
the light pressing close around
you-pressing close as they
press around the unconscious
plantS-taking it all in as if you
were a bean plant yourself. Not
thinking-Surrendering yourself
to it all.
Sprawling, Shimmering. blaz-
ing, glory of color-bronze
green, FURNISHED gold, pooled
purple of the shadowS-spread-
ing vastness of air-opening,
opening, into infinite blue
crowding, pulsing pressure of
the earth, swollen with the Sc
cret stirring of life.
So you stand, without words,
without, thoughts-cleansed of
words. cleansed of thoughts.
cleansed of self. Gone back
into life again as If, by some
miracle, you had become a lit
tie child. So you stand, still
as a child. still as a bean plant.
drawing your life without con.
sciousnesS from the earth and
the air. Sweating.
Sweat is a great thing. 1t
is as necessary for health as
food or sleep or breath. People
who never sweat are sick peo-
ple-sicker even in their souls
than in their bodies. I SuS-
pect that is what ails many of
us-lack of sweat. Caught in
a pattern of life that gives us
no chance to hoe beans and
The Washington times., 1930-07-11
By Elsie Robinson

you've never known. You'll dis
cover the soul o. earth-that
vast, beating pulse of creation
from which you came and to
which you will some day re-
turn, to rest and be born again.
And the soul Of man-you'n
discover that too. Tasting your
own sweat, you'll taste the
sweat of all other toilers. And
the salt on your lips will be-
come a mysterious communion
"a humbling communion.
Standing there, sweating, with
your mind asleep and your
heart open, life will reach out
from you. reach out into the
secret places Ct other lives as
the roots of the bean plant
reach out into the secret places
of the earth. reach out
through the mystery of pain
and weariness and sweat and
tears until you come to the
hearts Of other men until
you come to God.
The Washington times., 1930-07-11
United Local Opinion

In fectatng our policemen and firemen upon getting in
creased salaries Commissioner Rechederter points mighty
truthful lesson to the people Of Washington
gave these salary increases the Commissioner said
hecause Washington people untedy for such action
ono Of the few in which they have shown unity in
local matters before Congress.
II il not possible to get satisfactory results for District
legislation Congress where there lack Of unity Senators
and Representatives listen patiently to the opinions OF wash
tude Of local newspapers They vote they believe our c
zens think and wish If there is lack of unity there is lack
Of interest in Congress.
There is not only lesson Washington in this but
reminder to freen and policemen that they do have the
good will of people They will appreciate it, Commis:
soner Crosby points out and will better guard the welfare OF
this city They will repay efficiency Of service what has
been done for them.
The Washington times., 1930-07-11
A Billion Dollars
For a Back Seat.

Senators call the attention of other Senators to the facs
that the naval treaty will the United States billion dol
lars ''to purchase inferiority'
We can be inferior if want to, for less thap that
We can even be SUPERIOR if want to- for less than
that -, .
why be inferior when be superior for the same
money? -, .,.u
The reason is dearly beloved that Mr. Hoover Mr. Slim
son and some other 'nternatonass' NEED the LONDON
treaty. .,.v-.-,,,
They need it hold up to the country as SOMETHING
that the Administration has accomplished,
It does NOT parity.
It does NOT give the kind of ships we need
It will NOT safeguard commerce In the Atlantc OE
Pacific. !
But it will LOOK PRETTY ON PAPER
That is what you asked to spend billion dollars toE
- If you think it worth billion, o. K.
The Washington times., 1930-07-11
KNOWLEDGE
TEST

Do you know:
/. What does Whit Sunday
commemorate?
2. From what opera does the
Pilgrims Chorus come?
8. What style of architecture
is Notre Dame, Paris?
4. What distinguished French
woman painter wore male
attire
5. How large in inches is a
.32-caliber bullet?
6. In golf. what is a birdie?
Z. What is the first line Of
The Old Oaken Bucket?
8. Who in the Bible story
was turned into a pillar of
salta
9. What is a shake?
10. What is margin in stock.
market phraseology? "
Match correctly:
IL. Calescent
A deep wide trRch
IL. Moat
A light spear
13. Harridan
Obliterate
IA. Javelin
A vixeniSh woman
Is. Efface
Increasing in heat
(Answers on Magazine Page)
The Washington times., 1930-07-11
ONCE-OVERS

Are you not ashamed some
times when conversing with
persons who are well versed in
knowledge of several subjects?
If you are wise you will not
try to discuss them.
To have a STnattering and
try to converse upon it brings
embarrassment.
You may have a one-track
mind and have been favoring
yourself.
It is time you shook yourself
loose and branched out.
Know at least a few things
well.
You would be surprised by
what even a short study Of
certain subjects would bring to
you-the wonderful things you
might learn easily.
(CopyriEht, 1850, International Fsa.
turs sery1eeS Inssr
The Washington times., 1930-07-11

Recent discoveries in regard
to the behavior Of certain
bodies in the material universe
are raising questions of funda'
mental Importance regarding
both time and space. Elm
stein is gradually accustoming
us to the idea that space and
time are both relative-neither
being absolute in the sense I'M
'derstood by Newton. Moreover,
he has raised a grave uues-
ton regarding the infin1ty Of
space. 49,,
Every one knows that our
system of measuring time is
based upon the period it takes
the earth to rotate upon its
axis. This period is almost
(but not exactly) "a hours;
{ and each hour is subdiyided
into minutes and seconds. OF
course, we might use many
other bodies, astronomical and
otherwise, as clocks, notably
both the sun and the moon.
But none furnishes so good
q clock as the earth.
Most excellent work has
been done in the way Of or.
sanizing groups of scientific OBJ
servers to keep accurate obser-
vations Of occultations Of stars
by the moon. Prof. e. w.
Brown says that from hundreds
of observations reported to him
it is possible to calculate the
length of a year within one
tenth of q second!
One Of the salient features of
modern science is the import
arce attached to very minute
quantities. A discrepancy is
questioned, not on the basis Of
the size but of the fact of the
error. The discrepancy in the
case Of Einstein's famous third
test was almost unhelievably
small: but it served as one Of
the basic supports Of Einstein's
startling theory.
Recent Investigations, carried
on upon eight different bodies
Of the solar system, clearly
show that the earth is on the
rampage. 1t Is . very mild
earnpaEe-for 1t Is ahead Of its
rotaaonal sehedula by only a
The Washington times., 1930-07-11
Millions Like Them
Though We Forget.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle known to millions Of Americans
az the creator Of sherlock Holmes known less widely
convert to spiritua told his wife just before he ded
"You are Wonderful
His son said afterward: .
INV mother and father lovers the day OF his
death as they were on the day they married.
Nothing remarkable that to be Millions OF husbands
and wives less distinguished go through life they did, ana
part with deep and perfect affection But in these
days of weakened family ties and widespread cncm toward
the old fashioned virtues such utterance is welcome
The whr and hubbub of modern life apt to dstort the
average persons perspective of the eternal vertes
This helps to restore 1t.
The Washington times., 1930-07-11
The Marry-GO-ROund
BY Helen Rowland.

The Sweet and LOw-DOwn
It isn't until after the we'd
ding is over that a man begins
to wander whose Big Idea it
was to get married, anyhow"
The trouble with most mar
r1ages is too much "selfexpres-
sion" and too little teamwork.
And the self-expression is usu.
ally all on one side-wh1le the
other side does all the heavy
pulling.
One reason why the recent
masculine revolt against Stuffy
clothes is so feeble is because
men have always been so STAN
dardized that the very thought
of being different" positively
makes them tremble.
When an engagement Is an
nounced, these days, it is not
so often a sign that the man
has won his suit as that he has
lost his nerve, his head and his
power to run.
Many a girl dreams that she
is marrying a cheer-leader-
and wakes up to discover that
she has acquired a coach, a
trainer and an umpire.
Most of a woman's clothes
slip over her head and drop
gracefully into place. But a
man, in the process Of dress
ing, reminds you of a Pullman
porter making up a berth,
with all the mechanical devices
for hitching the totally unre-
lated garments together. so
that nothing will show but the
ensemble.
The great problem of some
modern parents is how to train
the children to get home be-
fore midnight, when you don't
The Washington times., 1930-07-11
How Do You Read?

How Do You Read?
In your reading, do you pc
ruse only those articles in
which you are personally in
terested?
It may be reading which
pertains to your line of work
or reading to amuSe yourself.
But if you confine yourself
to business and entertainment
in your reading, you will not
make yourself an all-round in
telligent person.
You need general world in
formation, both past and pres
ent in scope.
You need specific informa-
ton to be able to compare and
sift the news of the Gay with
any sort Of understanding and
accuracy.
The Washington times., 1930-07-11
WISE SAYINGS

I dare do all that may become
q man;
Who dares do more is none.
49,, Shakespeare.
Authority is a disease and cure,
Which men can neither want
not well endure.
Butler.
True friendships are very
rarely found in such as are
occupied in the pursuit Of
honors or public affairs.
Cicero.
II a man be gracious and
courteous to Stangers, it shows
he is a citizen Of the world.
Bacon,
Whoever thinks a faultless
piece to see,
Thinks what ne'er was, nor Is.
not e'er shall be.
Pope
The Washington times., 1930-07-11

chance. ever, to lose ourselves or
root ourselves in something
greater.
Trapped In cities. picking at
our souls. Sweat over bean
rows for a while and you'll for
get you have a soul. But you'll
discover another soul which
The Washington times., 1930-07-11

sweat. Trapped In cities.
Locked away from the sky by
buildings-locked away from
the dirt by streets. Thrown
back into ourselveS-into a
cankering, constant contempla.
ton of ourselves and our pif-
fling peeves and desires. No
The Washington times., 1930-07-11

get there yourself In time to let
them in.
Idle thoughts: Wonder what
an Arab does when he isn't
fighting. counting, riding or
writing Arabian love-songs.
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Syndicate, 1nci
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-13
A Sermon for Today
BY JOHN r. GUM.
Heroes.

BEAT your plowshares into swords and
your pruninghooks into spears; let the
weak say 1 am strong Joel, lilo.
In Joel's time the man with the sword
and spear was the strong man. He was
the popular hero. He was the man
upon whom the nation depended for its
defense. The man of the plowshare or
pruninghook was weak man. He was
unimportant. Nobody thought much
of him. He held no heroic place in the
popular imagination.
And in the popular imagination Of the
present time that old idea still holds
sway to a very considerable extent. We
have not yet built any monuments in
honor OF the plowman, or in honor of
the gardener. The swordsman, the
spearman, is still the man whose exploits
We celebrate in our memorials.
However, we are beginning to reverse
our ideas as to the relative Importance
of the man of the battlefield and the
ginning to see that the man in overalls
is at least no less hero than the man
in khaki; that the man who Yields the
Scythe, or spade, or crowbar, or axe or
hammer, or trowel, is as truly a de-
fender Of the nation as the man armed
with gun, or sword, or lance, or bayo-
net
We no longer think of the plowman as
a weak and unimportant factor in the
nation. We now recognize the prun-
inghook, no less than the sword, as an
enchanted blade.
In some future time, the workman,
rather than the warrior, will be the
man whose deeds will be Ynemorialized
In public parks and halls of fame. Hope
fully the world waits for the time when
the recognized heroes will be the heroes
of the plowshare and pruninghook.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-13

BY ANGELO PATRI

Encourage them to make their letters
interesting. The short and simple
record, Dear Gram, got your Christ
mas gift and liked it fine" is about all
the 9-year-old youngster will be able
to think up. However, if you suggest
that he tell Gram that he had asked
for flyer but never thought he could
have one. that red and green were the
colors he most wanted, that he had
looked at a sled exactly like the one
she sent him every day for month,
praying that Santa would put his ad-
dress on 1t, that he had tried it out
Christmas afternoon and had never
had such a good time in his life, that
he hoped Gram would come over soon
and he would give her the swiftest ride
she ever had and pull her up the hill
again-if he could and he would try
hard, making the letter a real thing,
bit of the boy himself. that would make
his Grams eyes shine-you will give
the youngster lift that will carry him
for many day to come.
Don't be too fussy about the spelling
and the blots. The ideas are the thing
Children cannot write letters offhand.
And to make them write and rewrite
kills the whole thing. Gram knows
this lad is 9 years old; knows what an
effort he had to make to send her a
long letter, written in ink, with only
a couple of blots and a few finger
marks on it. The signs of his struggle
are very comforting to the proud grand
mother.
I think that these letters Of thanks
are an obligation. They ought to be
written. If the child who received a
gift does not want to write his thanks,
he ought to be deprived Of the gift
until he has met his obligation.
Life will be far happier in the days
10 thank those who go out Of their
Way to help children. It is not that
grown people want SO much to be paid
for what they do, but they nightly
appreciate word of recognition from
the children they love. A letter is not
much to ask -, !.
Copyright, 1900
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-13


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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-13
New Hats With and Without Brims
BY MARY MARSHALL.

at the front as any that we have had
this Winter, but there Is significant
number Of hats showing some sort Of
brim or drapery above the face, and
these hats we must admit are more be-
coming than their high-brow prede-
cessors.
The excuse to bring in hats with
front brims for resort wear is obviously
that they provide a welcome bit OF
shade to the eyes, but many women will
welcome them because they are more
hattering. Hats of the off-the-face sort
have been difficult, to say the least
Only the woman with smooth, well pro-
portioned forehead has been able to
wear them to advantage with the hair
brushed entirely off the brow, and with
this softening bit of hair showing the
high-brow hat loses its smartness.
The most popular and generally be-
coming type of lat that we have ever
worn is the cloche of soft felt. Women
liked it, but In the end milliners did
not because it stood in the way OF any
radical and profitable change in mil
linery fashions. AS a matter OF fact,
the cloche never has entirely gone out OF
fashion and among the new hats for re-
sort wear we find number of decidedly
attractive cloche shapes that are sure
to be received with enthusiasm.
This weeks circular gives diagram
pattern and directions for a cool
weather sports cap, which is very
simple to make. It is trimmed with
silk or worsted tassel which you can
make according to directions contained
in the circular. Just send your stamped,
self-addressed envelope to Mary Mar
shall and copy will be forwarded to
you.
(Copyright, 1900