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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1930-11-07
Hoqu Soldiers
Cot the Ne1us

1t was Monday. November IL, 1918.
when hostilities came to an end from
Switzerland to the sea. Twelve years
ago at eleven o'clock of the eleventh
day of the eleventh month-"Finis la
guerre."
It was a memorable day, more
memorable moment when, at the
stroke of eleven, the noise Of cannon
stopped, machine guns grew still, and
rifles ceased to crack For the first
time in four years the air was free
from flying missiles, and there was
quiet on the tortured face Of a war
torn land.
Over here, one remembers the noise
which accompanied the widest de-
llrium of celebration the country ever
has known. But what fingers in the
mind Of every man who was member
Of the A. E. F. in France Is the mo-
ment of deafening silence which pune
tuated the end of the war.
There could be no noise of ceiebra-
ton to equal the roar Of the war
which certain members Of the Amer
lean expedltionary forces had been
engaged In. They had been listening
to the granddaddy Of all noises, loud
er noises and more Of them than ever
had been heard In the history Of the
world. So 1t is not the noise which is
memorable to the American soldiers
who were ut the front twelve years
ago; it is the sudden, complete ces-
sation of all noise.
Good News Flies Fast.
Along the twenty-seven miles Of
front held by Americans, firing con-
tinued literally until the eleventh hour
Word Of the impending armistice had
spread faster than the flu during the
epidemic. None Of the doughboys be-
lieved 1t at first. They had heard the
same thing before. It was just one of
those rumors. Only the preceding
Thursday night-the night the ENJOYS
came over from Spa-some one had
passed the word that the armistice
had been signed and there had been
a small furry Of excitement. lights
where there should be no lights and
indlscrlmlnate firing Of arms result
ing in hard-voiced reprimands.
But this time 1t was true. From the
wireless station on the Eiffel tower in
Paris Marshal Foch's order to cease
firing at eleven o'clock had gone out
into the air to the half-incredulous
line which the Americans held from
near Sedan to the Moselle.
The high command had notion of
passing the wonderful order along In
a military manner, to have the corps
report 1t calmly by wire to the di-
visions, the divisions to the brigades,
the brigades to the regiments, the reg
iments to the battalions, and so on I'M
til every member of every squad knew
about 1t. But 1t did not work out
that way.
The news spread by that form of
wireless known to man long before
Marconi was born. 1t started early in
the morning with the first blush of
dawn. 1t ran along a thousand mess
lines of men shivering and stamping
In the mud, Gathering their mess gear
and clamoring for chow. Truck driv-
ers shouted 1t to one another on the
roads. Dispatch riders flung the words
over their shoulders as they kicked
the stands of their motorcycles into
place and turned on the gas. So over
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1930-11-07
Darn Careless

Beggar Woman-Spare me a cop
per or my children will have moth
ing to eat today.
Young Housewife But 1t is only
Monday. Have you spent your house
keeping money already?-Lustige
Kolner Zeitung.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1930-11-07

Dead homes, dead men-and now. O
Lord,
A moments rest
Beside the monument that we
Have builded for ourselves, not thee.
The years shall dull cur grief-and yet,
Though now the battle dust is lain,
Can we forget1 Can we forgeta
We need thee, Lord,
For thine the boon that tears of pain
Once shed shall not be shed again.
ALBERT ]. Cook. IN American Legion
Monthly.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1930-11-07
Right the First Time

II won't marry you, and do you
know why?"
"No. 1 can't think"
THAT'S why"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1930-11-07

The words contained in this
Joy that evenu morning November anniversary Of which
being observed by the nations war; 1t is the late
Marshal Foehs order hating hostiites the - -
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1930-11-07

A strong man thinks his health
will Withstand anything; so he does
not live so long.
The Washington times., 1930-10-21
.JobIess and Needy of District
Must Be Looked After

This newspaper sometime ago pointed out that Washington
viii this winter face serious situation in caring for its
unemployed and needy.
President Hoover realizing that conditions throughout the
nation will be desirable good citizens would prefer
encourages Federal activities for the jobes and needy
IN Washington conditions may not be bad elsewhere
because we not dependent upon industries but the truth
b strained in saying that charitable organizations
and phanhropss must deal with serious state
Of affairs than before.
The true facts should convey full warning that Washington
nst be unprepared to furnish relief funds supplied
By the Community Chest to relief agencies to be insult
fluent certain steps must be taken to supple
ent these funds adopt other effective In
their duty.
Unemployment has wiped out reduced savings funds and
iessned credit Women and children be the sufferers
They not part Of the hatuay needy who must be cared
for by charitable agencies at all times They the victims
IL depressed economic conditions They loathe to seek assist
1nce but must have it. That assistance must be extensive in
winter that homes may be kept and food supplied
Washington people generous and warmhearted They
never fail to respond for worthy purposes.
The Washington times., 1930-10-21

Remember when you were six
and always asking questions?
What a pest you were to your
exasperated elders. But how
could you face your amazing
new world without asking ques-
tions about its wonders and
mysteries? And what had hap
pened to them that they were
no longer curious and excited?
And then again, when you
were 16-that maddening, mud
died age Of 16. Asking more
questions than ever, but this
time with q new slant. Doubt
ing, debating, defying the status
uuo. You certainly made q
nuisance Of yourself, with your
half baked notions. But how
much more colorful your life
might have been If anyone had
understood those doubts and en-
couraged the defiance. But, Of
course, no one did. Instead,
they frowned on you-acted as
if doubling and debating were
a crime. So you learned to
conform and accept things as
they are. And now you're just
ike everyone else. In fact, you,
too, have probably come to re-
gard people who aren't like
everyone else as nuts"
'Thinking like everyone else
that's the gravest charge the
older nations bring against
Americans. They say we're
stereotyped, a bunch Of Rabbits
we who were once the out
standing individualists Of the
world. Stand-patters, afraid to
be different, resentful Of criti-
cism, suspicious Of experiment,
how do we get that way? Pro-
fessor Robert e. Rogers, in
structor at the Massachusetts,
Institute Of Technology, be-
lieves we get that way because
we're educated by women
teachers.
"Our boys and girls" says
he, have not been taught to
think. they have been taught
not to criticize or analyze.
Whose fault is it? I will haz-
ard one unpopular guess. For
half a century now the largest
part Of our young people have
been trained exclusively by
women teachers. The faults I
have been speaking Of are the
faults of women teachers;
preoccupation with method,
interest in detail, insistence on
discipline. an inclination to
insist on abstract beliefs to be
accepted docilely, rather than
the free give-and-take Of crit
icism."
In other words, the old
don't ask questions" attitude,
vhu& OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
The average woman, particu-
larly the woman teacher, de-
tests criticism and debate. Il
messes things up 90. ImperiiS
The Washington times., 1930-10-21
Listen, World!
BY Elsie Robinson

her dignity and exposes her
ignorance. She's afraid Of ridi-
cule and she detests disorder.
Debates and experiments get
everything upset. She wants a
life that's in order. A place
for everything and everything in
its place. And everything CAN
be put in its place so quickly
and so pleasantly il Wen all
agree tho to question and doubt
and Just accept things as
they're given us.
Don't ask questionS!"-thR
the unwritten law in every
school room. And even II
teacher personally doesn't be-
neve in it, the school board
does. Try and promote o little
frank discussion Of American
history and see how long your
teachers certificate lasts. Or
criticize our existing institu-
tions and watch your stock go
down with the local Rotary
Club.
And so America, once the
haven Of rebels, the promoter
of freedom of speech" has be
come the great Don't-Ask Cues
tions Land.
Copyright. 1899, by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1930-10-21
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
BY DR.. Louis e. Bisch-

For any man or woman to
possess one or more accom-
plishments is praiseworthy and
desirable. II, however. such &C
compliShment can only be ac-
quired at the expense Of that
individuals health as a child,
1t loses all its value and charm
and becomes, in effect, per
niciouS.
I am thinking Of the Gus
tom Of parents Of forcing their
boys and girls to take up
music lesoSnS, dancing, singing,
painting, foreign languages and
whatnot at an age when school
work is trying enough and the
child needs all the recreation
and play it possibly can get.
To be sure, there are robust
children who can very easily
practice piano for an hour, be-
sides doing their "home work."
and yet maintain good health.
But although such children ex-
ist they are the exceptions
rather than the rule.
In the first place, why try
and force a child to take up
q musical instrument?
In some families it is con-
sidered almost a disgrace If the
little one does not play the
piano-the reasons being simply
that there is a piano in the
house and little Mary across
the street already knows how
to play q 'tpiece."
# q child shows talent for
music, well and good. II a boy
has a special aptitude for draw
ing, by all means develop his
possibilities. But surely it is
most unwise as well as extrava-
CANT to pay for all sorts Of
lessons and bother q child with
continual admonitions to "prac-
tice" when talent is absent and
the child displays not the
slightest desire to learn
The Washington times., 1930-10-21
The POWer Aqe
By Archibald Henderson, Ph.D., Del, LID.
Famous Scientific Authority

SciouSly achieved greater mo-
bility and greater leisure. The
worker now gives from 48 to so
hours of his time per week to
his employer. Allowing for eight
hours sleep nightly, the worker
has "a working hours which he
can call his own.
OF course these are not, all
leisure hours, even for those
who do not work. For they in
clude time spent in eating,
dressing, travelling to factory
or club, and other minor per-
Sonal affairs. But let us say
that the worker has 40 hours Of
leisure time exclusively his own.
The time is approaching,
through alterations in indus
trial practice, when he will have
SO hours entirely his own.
Moreover, there has accrued
an economic balance In the
form Of increased wages, which
have come in spite Of the short
ening Of hours. The new work
man has money, not only for
cars, radios, household appli-
ances and the like, but also to
build better homes and rear
healthier families.
Thus "out of the leisure has
come the physical extension in
time and out Of the surplus
have come the means for the
physical extension in space.
The worker and his family now
have time in which to do things
other than those required for the
obtaining Of bare subsistence
and the surplus enables them
to spend the leisure time more
or less pleasantly and, in q
non-commercial sense, profit
ably.
Copyright, 1880. International Featur
Service, Ine.)
The Washington times., 1930-10-21

Before our eyes, under our
noses, a new era is being
ushered in. A new civilization
is developing almost over night,
o new culture Is evolving con-
temporaneously with this new
/. industrial civilization. Science
has laid its mighty hand upon
all life; and we are reacting to
Ii In all our activities and func-
tons. A new type Of thought
is spreading from scientific re-
search centers. A new philoSo-
ply is forming beneath its
spell.
It is too soon to assess the
significance Of these changes.
But it cannot be doubted that
0 new type Of highly trained
mentality is developed as a
natural concomitant Of the
power age.
As C. r. Hirshfeld says in
Toward Civilization: There is
certainly a growing apprecia-
tion of the fact that while q
mind trained to think in the
involved and abstruSe realms Of
science is. certainly trained
along very different lines from
that Of the scholar Of earlier
ages. it may be that this new
type Of training represents q
form Of mental culture just as
Ethically and aesthetically val
llable, as well as just as human
~ satisfying, as the older type
which formed at least the foun-
dation upon which could be
erected an edifice representing
the true culture Of its day"
The machine, properly viewed,
Is q symbol as well as a fact,
representing the extensions into
space and time of mans power.
Through power, man has con-
The Washington times., 1930-10-21
Letters to the Editor From Readers of The Times

victims Of q, poker game in
which the "kitty" depriveS them
Of half their earnings. Search
for your real parasites higher
UP. So long as you have big
parasites you are bound to
have little ones. So long as
half Of q wife's earnings go di-
rectly to the landlord and the
landlord - who give nothing
whatever to society in return
for their unearned exactionS-
she viii Of necessity be peeved
about giving her b u s b a n d
the other half. On the
other hand, If she were allowed
to retain in her possession the
full value of her services, she
would, Of course, want to be
good to her loved oneS-even to
her huSbandl Moreover, If
the husband were offered a
single job worthy of his train
ing, education and manhood, it
is as certain he would CRATE
fully accept it.
How much longer will the
workers and producers Of our
country fatuouSly blame each
other for the criminal derelic-
ton Of those in power who
permit q fiscal regime which
automatically crusheS any
young married couple trying to
live honestly and decently?
JEAN GLADYS ECKLEY.
The Washington times., 1930-10-21
Hearst Papers Advocate

l. peace and amity Nth all nations; emtumgtng
alliances NTH none" as advocated by George Wash
tngton.
2. Proportional representation in the United States
Senate no state to haze less than taOo Senator's.
Legislation to enforce prompt constitutional reap
porttonment 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
T. Federal action to the limit of Federal potOers to
abolish iuiteracy in the United States under
Secretary of Education.
g. Installation of the President on the first of JoH-
WGry fOllotOing November election.
g. Selecttve immigration to admit only those suited
for American citizenship.
z. Deportation of undesirable aliens.
g. Complete publicity for income tGzes
The Washington times., 1930-10-21
D. C. Boys and Dog Fights
Against Law to ''sick" Dogs on Each Other.

The District Of Columbia code Of laws about
thing earth It includes the prerevoutionary laws
Of Maryland and Of England So is not surprising that
a laws enacted many but still effective makes
Il misdemeanor to encourage dogs to fight
Any person who enices induces urges any
10 engage fights in any alley street. road highway
public place. guilty Of crime and may be fined S. So is
the person persons encouraging dogs to continue fight
The penalty is S.
Tt is also crime for any person induce dog run
after bark at ghten any person. horse calf other
animals lawfully standing passing in any thoroughfare
is usually our small boy friends who get satisfaction in
cng dogs each other and in testing the courage and
fighting qualities Of their respective pets
It not crime in the District Of Columbia to induce and
encourage amateur professional pugs to pume1 each
other all rings long purses therefor offered
The Washington times., 1930-10-21
An Economic Basis for
Married Parasites

Married Parasites
Editor, Times:
For once Elsie Robinson Is
Stumped. She cannot under
stand why the entrance Of
women into business merely
tends to make parasites out Of
the modern husbands. She in
forms the world that wives
who have to support their
worse halves are getting wearier
and wearier of the way femi-
nine emancipation" works in
practice.
There must be a good rea.
son for everything-even this.
But, in the first place, why
should women without children
complain if they do no more
nor less than millionS-poSSi-
bly, billions-of husbands have
done in the past centuries? In
the old days men supported
childleSS wives as a privilege
rather than a nauSeating duty.
They believed in making it
easy for the fair sex. Not all
of them, it is true, but most
husbands thought love and
affection an adequate consider
alton for support. They tried
their best to be good sports.
Now it has always puzzled
me as to why a male parasite
is haSicaIly more to be de-
spised than a female one. OF
course, there is really no
choice. One is as apt to be q
rotter as the other. One side
Of the question, however, seems
to be consistently overlooked.
What about the impossible con-
dttionS Of modern industry un-
The Washington times., 1930-10-21

payday, or the day after, at
the most. Hence one consort
will almost naturally lean upon
the other for support If he or
she can find the slightest jus.
tification-no matter how So
phistical!
In other words. I find it
hard to blame either the nag.
ging wife or the loafing hus-
band. They are only helpless
The Washington times., 1930-10-21

good many more than he needed and he was supplied
with money
The British want land and power collect taxes they e
you manage your MORALS to suit yourself.
Cetewayo gone over the road the Zulu heaven and
his Salomo rules in his place. prisoner but free &C.
60 and come among the Zulus.
ALI desire fight Britain is taken out Of him by liberal
cash allowance he does he peases has plenty Of money
His large snorng automobile is driven by white chauffeur
He likes many wives and the British say Help yourself
You here his wife Malunga No 40 among his precious
The Washington times., 1930-10-21
And His Proud Mother.in-Law.

The three pictures in this column remind you that people
many sorts live earth.
You have heard Of the famous Zulu king ruling vast
areas in Africa, named Cetewayo.
He desperate fighter, savagey courageous But the
British with modern weapons conquered him and took his
lands.
They sent him away prisoner but treated him kindly
following the wise British habit
He allowed take as many wives as he chose and
The Washington times., 1930-10-21
AKULYANON THE KINGS PROUD 4OTH MoTHER-INLAw.

possessions; also Akulyanoni that wes mother, King
Salomo's fortieth motherin-aw.
The of white her face and chest indicate
her dignity and her Importance
To the credit of the Zuus said they treat mohern
WELL grateful them for having produced excellent wives
Some sonsn-aw in this land of high civilization might
learn from the Zulus
King salomo insists that each wife must play the piano
and display his court certain amount Of culture.
Forty wives playing forty pianos with forty mothersnaw
singing appropriate Zulu songs should any king from
boredom.
The Washington times., 1930-10-21
Thinks "No Extra Work"
Rule for Firemen Unfair

Rule for Firemen Unfair
Editor, Times:
In reading the editorial in
your paper Saturday I read the
letter which was written by a
taxpayer about the police and
firemen working on extra jobs.
He made q mistake about the
increase in pay for these men.
Corporation Counsel Brides
statement about engaging in
other work than his own
saying that such work inter
fereS with his effectiveness as
q Federal employe-applieS to
himself as well as to firemen
and policemen.
I think it is a matter Of
proof that the fireman who
does extra work is more eff
cient than those who do not.
The raise in pay that was
given the men only helped the
high officials. It did not help
the privateS at all, as about so
per cent of them got only a
$10O-a-year raise. This does not
make up the difference that
they used to get by working
outside in their spare time.
II the District Commissioner
who gets the pay Of q retired
Army officer as well as his
salary as q Commissioner would
look at the matter from an
economic viewpoint probably
he would see things differently.
I do not see how q man like
himself could have any kick
about what a man can make
by doing a little extra work on
the side when he Is drawing
two salaries.
A TAXPAYER.
The Washington times., 1930-10-21

der which both male and fe-
male have to work?
It seems to me that the re-
ligious-academic financial moves
of the times are so terribly
unjust and absurd where every
well-meaning worker Is con-
Cerned that no one is really
anxious to slave for an insignifi-
cant salary which Is instantly
sucked away from him upon
The Washington times., 1930-10-21
KNOWLEDGE
TEST

Fill each blank:
/. The war ended In
1865.
Q. The Boxer uprising took
place in
8. An ikon Is q pic
ture. 49,.
f.. The was invented
by Alexander G. Bell.
S. Ohio is known as the --
State.
Match correctly:
6. mood
shabby
Z. pick
humor =
3. threadbare
competition
8. hazardous
choose
10. rivalry
risky
Do you know:
II. Who was the first PreSi-
dent to make excessive use Of
the "spoils system?
IL. Who commanded the
French at the battle Of quebec?
1S. What is the distinguish
ing feature of mammals?
Il. Who made one Of the IlrSt
telescopes?
is. What is hyperbole an ex-
preston Of?
lAnSwerU on Magazine PageN
The Bismarck tribune., 1930-10-16
Russia in the Wheat Market
(Canfar RaS,lllalinanl

The theory of the Soviet government OF Russia
to be that every economic institution III the world
can be destroyed, in mysterious way the
people will be benefited thereby 1t Is based the old
MARKHAM Socialist idea that human nature is essentially
honest capable and industrious and that given chance
at his own share Of the worlds wealth, every would
keep his hands off the other fellows SHARE do his
share Of the worlds work. and all would be happy.
The theory is as wrong headed its author. Every
body who knows anything about human nature knows
that not the way humanity is constituted Everybod.
who knows anything about economics knows that the way
to build up prosperity is not to begin by tearing down
the foundations Of industry and business But the
little Socialist clique which just dominates the mil
lions OF unintelligent Russian them
BY forceis trying to tear down the worlds economic
foundations in the hope Of making everybody works
so dissatisfied that they will all become revoutonsts
and communists.
That Is clearly the motive behind the Russian gov
ernments effort to depress the price Of wheat
United States BY short selling" in the Chicago
ket the secretary of agriculture states the Soviet
ernment has beared the wheat market to the financial
that this will accomplish It's apparent purpose that OF
turning American farmers into Boshevists.
The Bismarck tribune., 1930-10-16
Today Is the
Anniversary OF
FIRST ETHER OPERATION

On October 16, 1886. DIR. William
T. G. Morton, a dentist of Boston,
after experimenting upon himself,
administered ether for the first time
as an anesthetic in an operation at
the Massachusetts General hospital
at Boston.
A number of spectators who had
gathered to witness the operation
showed skepticiSm at Morton's ap-
paratus to put the patient, young
man, to sleep. Morton proceeded to
administer the ether. In few min
utes he looked up and said: "Your
patient is ready"
The audience incredulous, watched
in silence as the incision was made
through the skin. The patient nei-
ther struggled nor cried out. The
operation was continued and tumor
removed.
When the operation was over, Dr.
Warren, the surgeon, turned to the