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The Washington times., 1930-12-26
Center Markets Closing to
Work Serious HardshipS

Under act Of Congress- Market historic business
ter Of Washington will close January throwing 800 people
Of employment grave matter at this time and deserv
ing close attention the part Of Federal authorities
There is belief that President Hoover has emergency powers
to postpone closing and he has he may act before Janu
ary1
If the construction department Of the Federal is
ready proceed with prompt tearing down the building with
the beginning new construction promptly follow it might
not be of the Government defer the closing Of
this known institution IT, the other hand plans not
ready for the Archives Building take the place the exist
ing building and if there long delays in getting
work. it is earnestly hoped that the President will take
tion deferring closing until preparations completed
There 200 farmers doing business the market line
the Agricultural Department who may be taken Of
The other $50 people market business and their helpers
and salesmen.
Had there not been much uncertainty about Center
Market safe that the present situation would not be
90 bad is serious thing for 500 people to be with
out business employment at this time apparent to anyDod
The Washington times., 1930-12-26
Listen, World!
BY Elsie Robinson

A strangers letter. scrap
from somebody's life. Perhaps
q bit from your own life:
Dear Elsie Robinson:
It's raining hard outside. A
cold. driving, winter rain. The
steady pattering on the tin
roof and dead leaves is so
soothing. It does something to
me. Sitting here before the
fire, I could cry or go to sleep
or do something big! I love
to sit and dream here by this
fire. I see strange things in
the f1ameS-warS and struggles
travel and work and adven-
lures.
You are always talking about
such things, Elsie. Saying we
can have them If we want
them. I want them. I want
life. I'm willing to risk every
thing to live. want to plunge
in and fight and maybe get
licked-but whatever happens,
I want to live out in the swirl.
ing current. But how can I?
What is life, anyway? What
do you mean by 'uving?"
LUD. ZUPANCIC.
What Life Isn't
What is living?
There's one thing it ISN'T,
Lud. It ISN'T sitting in
front of a warm fire, dream
ing" Yet, strangely enough,
that's what most of us call
living" Made rebellions-ex-
otic flights of fancy-reckless
adventureS-these we think are
life" But such fantasies end
where they begin, in an easy
chair. They end there, because
there is in them none of the
stuff Of REAL LIVING.
Living Is action. Actual &C.
tion-not drains about action.
Living is doing the NEXT
THING-DOING THE NEXT
THING WITH ALL THE FIRE
AND FORCE THAT LIE IN
YOU.
The next thing may be a very
common thing. It's almost Ger.
tain to be very common thing
cleaning out the bureau draw
ers, going through that bunch
Of old papers, mending the
kitchen door, letting down the
hem Of Susy's dress. A very
The Washington times., 1930-12-26

common thing-and q tireSome,
dull thing. And so we pass it
UP. We conclude that, because
it's tiresome and dull, it isn't
life. Real life!
BUT THERE'S NOTHING
DULLER OR MORE MONOT-
ONOUS THAN REAL LIFE!
BEHIND EVERY GREAT
FEAT LIE COUNTLESS COM
MON CHORES, DONE OVER
AND OVER AND OVER.
The doer yawned while he
did them. Rebelled while he
did them. Wondered if they
were worth while. wondered
if he'd ever get his chance"
BUT THOSE OMMON
CHORES WE'RE BUILDING
HIS CHANCE FOR HIM. THEY
WE'RE THE SOIL IN WHICH
HIS CHANCE GREW. They
were, literally, like soil. They
were sirnple-but infinitely COM
plex. For they held within their
plain texture, all the makingS
of great adventure. Into them
that worker put all he had
all he had of DETERMINE
TION and DECISION and
VIGOR and ENTHUSIASM.
And so, because he DID things
:. did the NEXT COMMON
THINGS. . he came inevitably
to the doing Of the GREAT, UN-
COMMON THING.
His Big Adventure
The worker did not know to
what Great Thing he was COM
ing. He had, possibly, very
different dreams about what his
Big Adventure should be. Yet
no adventure would have suited
him so well as that which came
out of the soil Of his common
chores-for it was the inevitable
harvest of his souls sowing.
What's living? That's living,
son. And for no two of us, will
living be ever alike. For each
man Sows according to his own
capacity and his own taste.
And, for some, living will lead
to the jungles or the poles
and for others, into q quiet gar
den. But for each Of us, if we
will live vigorously, and honest
ly, doing the things that comes
next, OUR GREAT ADVEN-
TURE WAITS!
Copyright, 1880. King Features syndi-
cate, Inc.l
The Washington times., 1930-12-26
The Marry-GO-ROund
-By Helen Rowland

ready for it or before her,wants
to marry.
He visualizes himself as an
eternal bachelor or a dashing
lover but never as a plodding
husband. That is why it is so
easy for almost any woman
with a little tact and a wedding
ring in view, to blindfold him
and rush him to the altar, be-
fore he knows where he is
going.
If the average man would
think more about marriage, be-
forehand, he would not do so
much heavy thinking, after the
wedding. # a man would look
around and see how many Of
his buddieS have, one by one,
slipped quietly out Of the ranks
Of the wild single-footers, and
into double harness, he would
be more wary and less cocksure
of his immunity.
Because, marriage DOES hap
pen to nearly all men, soonor
or later-uSually q lot sooner
than they expected or intended.
Why leave 1t to chance or fate
or accident or the maneuvering
Of a young woman?
Marriage is not a gamble
for a woman. It Is only men
who gamble on 1t, and who
leave it all to Lady Luck.
But to gamble on beating the
engine to the crossing is a safe
and sane thing, beside gambling
on q life-partner.
Because you can DIE In a
rninute-hut a foolish marriage
sometimes lasts a LIFETIME.
Copyright, 1880. King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1930-12-26
Use Of "Gratuity" By
Blanton Is Deplored

Editor. Times:
The use Of the word "gra-
tuity" by Representative Blan-
ton in his testimony as q wit
ness before the special fiscal
committee Of the House was
unfortunate.
An appropriation by Con
gress for the relief Of distress
in q world disaster, or one in
this country, might be called
a gratuity; even then it would
be in bad taste. But the va
riouS gifts of Carnegie and
Rockefeller, those of julius
Rosenwald, and similar gifts.
such as one makes to the Red
Cross fund, could be called
gratuitieS; even so, there is a
moral duty behind them.
The money one gives to the
building of a memorial is not
called a "gratuity" in the best
use Of the word. The money
one gives to the Community
Chest in anticipation of relief
needed, while a "gratuity," one
would blush to speak of it as
such.
A gift to a person for faith
full service, or q service Of any
kind, where the service rem
dered had been paid for in
full, is a "gratuity." In other
words, a "gratuity" is a gift
where there is no possible OBJ
legation or hope Of reward,
either material or psychology
cal.
In a loose use of the word,
"gratuity," one might say the
gift Of France to this country
Of the Statue Of Liberty was
a "gratuity."
Should Mr.. Blanton carefully
read the so-called Southard re-
port, made by the Senate Com.
mittee on the District Of Col
umbia in 1885, he would under
stand that his use Of the word
"gratuity" was unfortunate
The Washington times., 1930-12-26

that committee considered it
an Obligation" under the
solemn contract Of the Consti-
tuition Of the United States.
Members of that committee
and members Of that Congress,
knew men who had been mem.
bers Of the Constitutional Con-
vention that created the Con-
stitution and the Federal Dis
trict and the Capital City Of
the nation. Many Of the mem
berS knew James Madison,
knew Thomas jefferson. knew
John Marsh allthese men
never used the word "gratuity"
in any such connection. One
Of them Is sometimes called
the father Of the ConStitu-
tion," one the interpreter of
the Constitution" and one the
patron saint Of the Democratic
party"
I feel assured that Mr.. Blan-
The Washington times., 1930-12-26
Robert Boyle
Rv Archibald Henderson, Ph.D., Del, LID.
Famous Scientific Authority

pursuits. Although he had
labored for seven years on var
ious scientific problems, he ac-
complished little until after
his removal to oxford in 1854.
A puzzling problem then agi-
tating the minds Of scientists
and philosophers was the prob
lem of the vacuum Why
does water follow upward the
piston of a pump? The glib ex'
planation was put forward IN
the familiar phrase: Nature
abhors a vacuum. Hobbies and
Descartes tried their minds on
the problem; and Descartef
maintained, with metaphysics
Sublety, that If a space existed
with nothing whatever in 1t
the walls of that space woulc
be separated by nothing, ana
consequently must touch each
other!
After studying the theories Of
Hobbies and the plenist school,
Boyle decided to make accurate
experiments with a suitably
constructed instrument for pro-
ducing a vacuum. The enthusi-
astic inventor made plans for a
very complicated machine, based
on the principles Of Guericke's
pump. Although fearfully and
wonderfully made, Boyle's ap-
paratus possessed the one indis-
penSable quality; it did what
it was designed to do. He dem
onstrated by numerous expert
ments the spring" or elasticity
of the air; and made many
other experiments with his fas-
cinating new toy! Finally ne
demonstrated the falSity Of the
cardinal principle Of the plenlSt
school, that nature abhorS .
vacuum.
The Washington times., 1930-12-26

Robert Boyle was one OF
those marked men in the his
tory of science who register the
transition from the past to the
present. He waged the bitter
battle against superstition and
error, delusion and SciollSm.
He imported into chemistry the
principles which govern science
today, and left his mark upon
his age and upon future ages.
The Baconian method Of ruth
less experiment and quantita-
tive measurement was a cardi-
nal principle of his scientlflc
philosophy. Chemical analy-
sis, a phrase which he coined,
set the stamp upon a whole
branch of modern science. He
has been called the godfather
of chemical analysis.
Born at Lismore Castle,
Waterford, Ireland, on January
25, 1927, Boyle was the four.
teenth child Of the Earl Of
COTk. IL ID O61O OA40V GA oPOVA4S-
cary's mistake, which nearly
caused the death of Boyle when
a lad, was the cause of turn
ing his attention to the study
of drugs. This study fired him
with the desire to make a
thorough-going study Of chem
istry.
During the period of the
Civil War in England, the
times were much confused and
hardship was the order Of the
day. Boyle spent three years
at Eton, and afterwards studied
at Geneva under @ French
tutor. After foreign travel and
sojourn for six years, Boyle re-
turned to England in 1914. Two
years later, he settled down at
his property, Stalbridge Mano1,
In DorSetshire, and was soon
busying himself in scientific
The Washington times., 1930-12-26
Wife's Value $28 a Week
Many of Them Would Be Underpaid at That

The Bureau of Economics Of the Department Of Ag
culture estimates that good American housewives paid
at the scales Of servants they would be entitled to
compensation at the rate of about $28 week.
It impossible value the work and devotion to families OF
good housewives There OF dollars and cents that
will do it. Their hours of work long and tedious their
duties mutariou their pleasures limited There are mighty
e of the best who will work the hours and do the
things that housewives and mothers do.
Because of incessant attention to and children the
roads upon the health Of housewives serious and bus
ness proposition would be better male heads Of houses
poyed Those who do surely appreciate
untold value Of their helpmates. -
Of course there may be that are worth little
They liabilities but the real jewels OF LIE are loving
wives and mothers ever devoted ever work for Others sacr
ficng without thought Of consequences to themselves
The Washington times., 1930-12-26
ONCE-OVERS


One of the great reasons
for errors in the work-a-day
life Of most men is that they
carry troublesome thoughts OF
their homes along with them
when they go to work.
Not necessarily quarrelS, but
natural things which are dis
turbing come into every home.
The furnace does not oper'
ate as it should, the janitor is
off duty, the sewer becomes
clogged, and accident causes
extra expense, and these things
mulled over during the day
take attention away from the
job In hand. g.
The Washington times., 1930-12-26

Fill each blank:
l. An airport is the
for an airway.
2. The name Of is
always connected with that Of
Chopin.
3. annie Laurie" was writ
ten by
4. believe me If all those en-
dearing young --."
5. DR.. Hamilton Holt is presi-
dent OF -- College.
Match correctly:
s. summit diligent
Z. assent zenith
8. Industrious conflict
Q. abSolve concur
10. battle excuse
Do you know:
IL. Who wrote Come into
the garden, Maud?"
IL. Who said, 1.-THE night has
\ thousand eyes, the day but
one?"
13. What woman's name is as
Sociated with that of Dante2
II. What is the cockpit in an
aeroplane?
IS. What two Of our Presi-
dents signed the Declaration Of
Independence?
tAnSwess On Magazine Page.l
The Washington times., 1930-12-26
Rushed to the Altar


Few men know, when they
find themselves standing at the
altar, just how they GOT there.
Few men know, when they
wake up from "love's young
dream" just how they came to
be married. Only the girl
knows-and she won't tell!
The truth is that they have
been RUSHED into it, while
they were in a sentimental
coma or a momentary delirium,
or otherwise off their guard.
Marriage is always surprise
to a man-like a blow in the
dark or a telegram at mid
night. It is always so sudden.
This is because marriage was
the last thing In the world
that he was THINKING about!
A girl DeglnS Ln1nKlng ABOUT
marriage as soon as she is old
enough to set up a dolls house
and "play lady" It is never a
surprise to HER. But a. man
never thinks about marriage
seriously, until he finds him
self buying coal and carpet
sweepers and baby-shoes. mot
even the ringing Of the we'd
ding bells wake him upD And
then it is too LATE to think!
Or, If he thinks of marriage
all, it is only vaguely and
ademically, as something that
y happen to the other fel-
I. It never occurs to him
marriage could possibly
cn to HIM, before he is
The Washington times., 1930-12-26
"The Trend Is to the TalkieS"
But the Theater Should Worry.

redarc 1onsdale British playwright the latest to de-
sert the theater and climb the talie bandwagon Mr.
Lonsdass motives as frankly admits part artistic part
commercial. He says: . >.
az 100000 people see a play it's ho'Oling sue"
cess. only 100000 see tGlke its a rank failure.
Naturally an author tUOud rather haze an audience
of 2OOOOOOO than of 10000. It is only human"
"AnOther reason is that in stage play you ca"
haze only three acts. On the screen you can haOe
thrty-sx. And instead Of saying that the nero naS
inst orriUed from, East Africa you see him sail
from MorBasa and 0rriUe at the railroad station i"
London" 80. -r
So the theater will have to struggle along without r
Lonsdae We have an idea that it will survive nevertnees
is good feeder for film and has one advantage tnas
thev with all their manifold merits will never possess you
IiIa flesh and blood actor you hiss him or shy
Cabbage across the oOgh There satisfaction In doing
that to o screen
The Washington times., 1930-12-26
DO YOU KNOW THAT

Important helium supplies
have been discovered in the
Belgian Congo.
The voting age for men In
Japan Is to be lowered from IS
to 20 years.
TadcabS after II p. m. are
entitled to q double fare In
Paris, France.
The Washington times., 1930-12-26
"A Pet Is Suffering
While We Waste Time"

While We Waste Time"
Editor, The Times:
At this season Of the year
when ones heart is grieved by
sad stories of suffering hu-
manity, it is not enough that
we must have these things, but
here comes an article in The
Times about Dog Heroes"
Actual pictures Of poor little
unsuspecting beasts, before,
during, and after operations.
How criminal! How cruel 1t
seems, to have these animals
undergo such agony and die in
Gp&SmS as q result Of our
supposed goodness.
To an already suffering
The Washington times., 1930-12-26

| 80. .482. 900 people in
wales, according
estimate.
0 inhabitants of
lpital of Ecuador,
bal springtirne.
handled every year
amounts to more
o. 900 pieces.
The Washington times., 1930-12-26

Rockville Roscoe Hits
Telephone Service
Editor, Times:
Apparently the telephone
system in Rockville was In
stalled only for the purpose Of
making the city service seem
better by comparison.
know Mr.. Shakespeare said
that comparisons are odious,"
but then so Is our service, If
you can call it such. Not only
must one wait a long time be-
fore getting the operator, but
he must also run the risk Of
having her cut in on him
throughout the conversation.
I do not believe this condi-
ton Is due to laxity on the
part Of the telephone girls, be-
cause they are polite and seem
to be struggling against too
great a handicap. The COM
pany itself is to blame.
Until came to this COM
munity, the only telephones
which a turn of the crank was
necessary to start, came before
my eyes in some Slap-stick
movie comedy.
Imagine my surprise when I
learned that such q condition
existed here. This is no longer
a sleepy little town. New build
ings are constantly growing up.
It seems queer that the tele-
phone, a rather new invention,
should be so far behind the
modern trend. We do not ask
for French phones, but please
give us modern equipment and
service worthy Of the name.
ROCKVILLE ROSCOE.
The Washington times., 1930-12-26
Hearst Papers Advocate

"onest friendship NTH all nations entGn0ltn0 alliances
NTH none."-7eorCe Washington.
Pyopoonal representation the United States Senate no
State to hate Senators. Legislation to enforce
prompt constitutional redpportionment IN the House OF
Representa-
Separate departments OF the Army OF the Ndvy and OF the
all united under Secretary OF National Defense
Federal action to the OF Federal to abolish
AlteTGcy under q Secretary of Education.
Installation OF the President the first OF January too
inc the November election
immigration admit only those suited for AHnert
can citizenship and American needs.
Deportation OF undesirable aliens and extension OF citizen
ship period to 10 years.
Complete publicity for income tGres to prevent BIG tar
dodgers from escaping tGrGtton
Modification VolSteGd act to permit light WtHeS ana
beers under Federal regulation.
The Washington times., 1930-12-26

ton on mature consideration
will ask the word "gratuity"
be stricken from the record.
GROVER w. AYERS.
The Washington times., 1930-12-26

world filled with starving hui
manity must be added the
knowledge that while we sit in
comfort, some poor dog, pos
sibly your pet lost q few days
ago, is undergoing an opera
ton. moaning with agony
while doctors probe his shrink
ing little nerves, only to leave
him to die in convulsions as a
result Of VIVISECTTON.
All Of us know the nervous
system Of a dog is far more
delicate than~ours yet we per
NIT this. We call ourselves
humane. This goes on in all
our communities. What do YOU
think about it? Has it your
approval? Silence gives con-
sent and so long as we take
no voice in this matter, so
long will Mans Best Friend"
live and die in anguish.
ONE WHO rs HUMANE.
The Washington times., 1930-12-26
TIMES TEST

Fill each blank:
l. An airport is the
for an airway.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-06
TROJANS AND IRISH
SET FOR GRID FRAY
10000 Persons to Be Massed for Classic Football Battle
at Los Angeles; Perfect Weather Forecast.

Trojan's big, powerful line, where
John Baker, Bob Hall, Ralph Will
cox and Garrett Arbelbide are the
stars.
One Of the foremost individual
duels of the day, and one which
may eventually decide the outcome
of the game, will involve Baker,
Southern CALIFORNIA; running guard
and fastest man on the team and
little Bert Metzger, Notre Dame S
mighty atom
Metzger, who hasn't been out
played this season, will be out
weighed something like thirty
pounds by Baker, who scales 100.
Goal Kicking Is Factor
Many believe that Metzger is the
player Southern California will con-
centrate its powerful attack against
attempting to parade through, over
and around the 153-pound guards
position. No team yet has accom-
plished that feat.
Southern CALIFORNIA; old hoodoo-
failure to kick goals after touch
down, which lost them three games
to Notre Dame and cost the only
defeat this season for the Trojans-
actually may play some part in this
contest.
The Trojans have kicked only
SIS per cent of their goals after
touchdown this season, while Frank
Carideo, Notre Danes stellar kick
er, has made twenty-four out OF
twenty-nine attempts at goal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-06
HotD the Market
Opened

BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, Dec. 6.-Stocks
opened today in quiet turnover.
Prices held fairly we'll in the early
trading in the majority of issues.
Radio corporation was again a tax
get of sellers, declining g to 147s,
on word from Cleveland that the
companys tube plants there had
sharply curtailed production.
Eastman Kodak again headed
down, losing "a, to 158, on the
initial sale.
Sears Roebuck lost g, to 52as,
despite statement on future exc
cutions in the way of sales by
President R. E. Wood.
Leading industrials and rails held
well, United States steel opened
14512, down u, dipped to 1875 and
then f1rmed up from that level
Woolworth held unchanged at 32$
Tuburn Auto rose a point to 81; Ma
tional Biscuit rose Il to 70; Mont
gomery Ward held unchanged at
21A; New York, Chicago and St
Louis rose Ia to 1914, and Gillette
rose a point to 323z.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-06
BY GEORGE KIRKSEY
United Press staff Correspondent

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 6.-Notre
Dame, unbeaten in two years, and
Southern California, migltiest scor-
ing machine in the nation, awaited
today a gridiron battle which has
gripped the attention of millions
of sport followers from coast to
coast.
Perfect weather was forecast for
this struggle between two of the
country's foremost teams.
A crowd of 9000O-the largest
ever to see a sporting event in Los
Angeles-will witness the contest,
with many times this number
throughout the nation listening in
over the radio
Strangely enough, Southern Cali
forniae beaten by Washington State.
TO, IN early October, ruled a 10-to-8
favorite over Notre Dame, boasting
an unbroken string of eighteen
straight victories since 1923.
Knute Promises Surprises
Southern CALIFORNIA; powerful
offense, Knute' Rockne's pessimism,
Notre Danes loss of Joe Savoldi
and Larry Mullins, and the almost
fanatical enthusiasm of Trojan
partisans have overshadowed Notre
Danes great record, and make the
Irish underdogs for the first time in
two years.
Danger lurked for Southern Cali
fornia, however, in Knute Rockne's
last minute statement to the United
Press.
Il expect Southern California to
win" said Rockne, but they will
have to play a perfect football game
to beat the team will send on the
field.
Everything seems to be against
us before the game, but my team
won't be beaten until the games
over, and I promise few surprises
in the meantime.
Irish viii Turn 10 Air
Three times in the past four
years Notre Dame has defeated
Southern California by the margin
of one point. In each game Notre
Danes passes have played an i'm
portant factor in winning for the
Irish.
Once more Notre Dame, which
hasn't used the forward pass ex-
tensively since the Carnegie Tech
game in October, promised to turn
to the air.
Howard Jones, Southern Califor-
MIA coach. has promised to play
offensive football from start to fin
iSh, unleashing the full fury of an
attack that has rolled up 1872 points
in nine games-leading the nation
IN this respect.
Southern CALIFORNIA; devastating
attack, which reached the heights
of its power in crushing defeats of
California. TAO. and Stanford, Al
IL, is built around Marshall Duff
field. blond Rhodes scholar candi-
date, and Orville Mohler, called
the greatest ball carrier in the far
west.
Southern California carries an
advantage in weight, 189 pounds to
1873 for Notre Dame. Most of this
advantage is concentrated in the