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The Washington times., 1930-08-30
Thinning Ranks of the Grand
Army of the Republic

Survivors of the Union armies in the Civil War; greatly
dwndled numbers marched in the annual parade
Of the Grand Army Of Republic at Cincinnati yet proudly
and cheerfuy these aged with shortened strides bore
the fatigue of the day.
At close of the there marched in final review In
this city the Of the survivors Of the long struggle
historic pageant that impressed the whole world In the
winter Of 1S661866 the Grand Army organized in I'LL
nos patriotic organization to promote the interests Of
the veterans keep alive the spirit Of fraternity and COM
memorate deeds of vaor. It this organization that
brought about the institution of Memorial Day.
Though the Grand Army was founded upon nonpartsan
principles the organization became immense in poll
tics with both Of the outstanding political parties Its Of
as often dominated party nominations presidential and
other appointments and much important legislation In Con-
pres This huge power welded with an actual member
ship Of something 100000 and long after that number
had swiftly decreased The organization still has much power
in politics.
Fifty years there will be many survivors Of the
war with Germany and their organizations will be mbued
with principles of comradeshp and commemoraon
Likewise too will these veterans of that bloody conflict
among nations exercise tremendous political force throughout
country In Congress- in State legislatures everywhere
their wishes will be respected
The nation thrills with patriotic impulses when its veterans
gather annual conventions and hold their parades There
Is inspiration for young and old.
Washington been honored with these and
will continue to seek the opportunity to honor those who
have served their country and sacrificed for it's principles
The Washington times., 1930-08-30
Elderly People as Victims of
Auto Accidents

Among fatalities in the District from automobile accidents
has been large percentage Of elderly people and this is said
to be true throughout the country whole
Young and iddeaged people able to jump out Of the
way Of onCong machines and often escape The elderly
not 80 nimble fortunate.
Here in other cities automobile drivers too free in
ang for granted that pedestrians in their paths going
dodge Jump stand still to avoid being hit especially at
intersections The assumption that automobile drivers
entitled to clear pathways far too widespread and
for number Of fatal and other mishaps
Is rather singular fact that traffic advisers and experts
dom the pedestrian side of things and constantly bend
1eir energies toward making SPEED rather than SAFETY
leir goals
Street intersections here and elsewhere supposed to be
he safest for pedestrians engaged in the task Of crossing
ut it is doubtful if this is Right hand turns Of automo-
tiles eopardze pedestrians here at all times Thousands Of
edestrians daily take their chances the middle of blocks
Believing themselves safer.
is most pleasing thing large numbers Of careful
drivers in Washington hating their give way
pedestrians, especially elderly people and children.
The Washington times., 1930-08-30

larger percentage Of automo-
biles on its streets than any
other city in the United States.
Every morning over 100, 900 au-
tomobiles crowd the streets
with people going to their Of
ficeS and places Of business.
It has been estimated that
the rotary left hand turn that
graces all congested corners Of
the Capitol City, has cut down
the accident total to from six
to one per cent accidents on
those corners. Washington and
Cleveland are to date the only
two cities in the United States
to have the rotary left hand
turn. The traffic officials Of
the city of New York, it is un-
derStood, are planning to eS-
tabliSh that modern system in
that huge metropolis within the
next month or two.
It took a decision Of Congress
to establish the traffic director
and it will take a decision Of
Congress to reinstate the police
in the directors place. A great
doubt arises in the minds Of
not a few WashingtonianS as
to the possibilities Of such an
act being passed.
A TRAFFIC DIRECTOR
ENTHUSIAST.
The Washington times., 1930-08-30

be a gentleman" you do not
have to be a member Of the
"elite," and that there are
more perfect gentlemen in the
Navy, Army or Marine Corps
this day, according to the
strength of the three services
combined, than there is to the
same number Of men who are
in civilian life.
If by any chance, this should
be printed in your paper and
should meet the eye Of any. OF
the young ladies or Of the two
young men, either let them
write to the Navy Department
and ascertain the number Of re-
jections that are made an
nually at recruiting stations for
physical and mental defects,
and of the number who are
carefully chosen each year, then
see if they can change their
attitude and see things in a
The Washington times., 1930-08-30
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
BY DR.. Louis E. Bisch-

BY DIR. Louis T.. BlSch-
The perennial question that
is raised concerning the ad-
visibility Of official censorship
of plays raises another question
what is a play for?
What may the playgoers ex.
pect to get out Of a play, any
way?
Is the purpose Of presenta-
ton merely to pass the time Of
the spectators in an interesting
way? is it supposed to stir the
emotions? Should it teach a
lesson or point moral, or what?
Much of the confusion about
what a play should be is prob
ably brought about through the
grouping of various kinds of
performances under a common
name.
There are plays and plays!
One cannot judge q musical
comedy by the same standards
one applies to q tragedy, for In.
stance, or to a vaudeville show,
or to q farce, q melodrama,
comedy drama, etc.
A broad and convenient dis
tinction can and should be made
between drama and entertain
ment.
Both have q distinct and valu-
able place in the lives Of people.
Both also have q far-reach-
ing effect.
We are more influenced by
the plays and sketches and NOV
ing pictures we see than one
might suppose.
Impressions recorded on the
mind through the medium Of in
terest is forceful and telling!
Plays that are purpoSely Sala-
cious, that deliberately set out
to incite the baSer, animal emo
tions are. in effect, anti-Social.
Attendance at such perform
anceS is merely exciting to no
purpose while the physiological
and mental effect upon young
sters, male and female, Is per-
nici0us. .,--,-----
The Washington times., 1930-08-30

There's no feat harder, be"
tween humans, than loving
them and leaving 'em-BE!
Leaving them, be'-to work
out their own destiny.
Easy enough to love, but how
hard to keep our hands off
after we do! Doesn't matter
who 1t is-sweetheart, husband,
wife, son, daughter or friend
it's always the same. Well
give them anything we have.
Do anything-SAVE THE ONE
ESSENTIAL THING OF MIND
ING OUR OWN BUSINESS
AND LETTING THEM MIND
THEIRS.
Usually we even refuse to
concede that they have q busi-
ness apart from ours. We feel
that il, they love us they should
share all our interests, agree
with all our notions, and follow
all our advice. And if they re-
fuse-if they insist upon hav-
ing interests which we cannot
share, or doing things Of which
we cannot approve, then we are
not only hurt, WE'RE MAD!
We feel that such independence
Is deliberate betrayal Of love
and that we have been PER-
SONALLY INSULTED.
OF course that attitude isn't
love at all. It's nothing but ir.
ritated egotism. We aren't,
while in such q mood, loving
that other life nor longing to
serve 1t. We're merely longing
to boss it and thereby initiate
our own sense of Importance.
Real LOVE doesn't try to domi-
nate. It doesn't get insulted
and take its doll rags n go
home II the loved one insists
upon Being Himself. For Real
Love recognizes the sacred and
inalienable right Of that other
spirit to face life for itself and,
if need be, make its own mis-
takes.
Four souls are solitary and
no love, however great, can
make them otherwise. And
the most beautiful part OF
Real Love is that mysterious
communion between two soli-
tudes. It is infinitely more
precious than the nose-rubbing
The Washington times., 1930-08-30

This picture of the wonderful girls creation Is
interesting geographically biOlogcay and in thousand other
ways
This girl Helene Madison is the worlds champion swimmer.
She learned her swimming vigorous climate Of her home
State Washington and in the nvgoratng waters Of Puget
Sound.
She courageous girl one that does remarkable thing
day. and does something remarkable the next day
this picture taken Miss Helene Madison had broken
the worlds 100 yards the 20 yards and the 500
yards free-stye swimming three successive days.
Observe her long graceful powerful arms
long, graceful powerful legs With the Of those legs the
young girl prope body through the water her brain sup
plying the COURAGE her heart supplying the ENDURANCE
her lungs purifying the BLOOD Kidding Of posons created
And she beats ali Of her competitors with eass
Those familiar with the bitter writing Of the German phi
losopher Schopenhauer especially his Studies in Pe
mism dealing with will welcome this picture OF Helene
the flat kind Of flat contradiction Of what the
pessimistic schopenhauer has to say
schopenhauer didn't like women for various His
mother novels and he wrote philosophical essayex
tremely nteresngyou ought to read them even don't
agree with him.
In the beginning jealous his mothers fame and said
her. exactly fa speech You will be remembered
only MY mother, not for your own work.
That turned to be true The mother was jealous Of the
son, the son jealous of the mother.
Then an old seamstress sitting warming herself in the
landing outside of Schopenhauer door, told she
sit there and when she persisted he pushed her down
the stairs.
Injured sued damages and schopenhauer had to
her an income for the rest of her life.
When the plague to Berlin schopenhauer ran away
from it, thought himself Thank heaven that old woman
Of the plague and won't have to keep paying that
annual pension"
But Justice sleeps He died and the old woman lived
on He his essay about that only perverted
imagination could anything beautiful in that underszed
houdered broad hpped short legged thing called
woman"
Looking Helene Madison you realize that Schopenhauer
could back and the girls that in and around
and other parts Of the Northwest he would have TO re-
write his vitrioic essay.
No NARROW SHOULDERS here, broad hips, and above
all no SHORT LEGS.
This is fine young American champion, with perfect
figure.
Phidias and Praxees ought both to make statues Of her
And since they longer here greatest scu
living ought go West and make this girl immortal N
marble.
The Washington times., 1930-08-30
A Dangerous Man
Guilty Of Thinking.

Few men worth thirty million dollars radicals Senator
James Couzens Michigan is worth thirty millions and by
his more conservative colleagues in the Senate classified az
both radical and irresponsible.
On his fifty-eighth birthday Mr. Couzens admits the
charges and tells why.
rUher rUns not so keen about the rights and Interests
of the 1UOrking man. recall Winter day in 1914
uOhen uOh stroke of the pen ordered the discharge
Of seueroI thousand wOrkers of the Ford Motor Conn
Dany. of which then general manager
"f stood in the office Dindow and sGO those nrsn
milling about outside the gates. It bitterly cold
and under those conditions the hose turned on
them.
"T got converted right there"
dangerous Mr.. Couzens He seems 70 doubt Snas
this is the best of all possible worlds.
Maybe he can be impeached something When Senator
begins to think the Senate u clearly no place toE NM
The Washington times., 1930-08-30
Theory of Universe
By Archibald Henderson

or subconsciously, evolve some
sort of cosmology of. our own,
however crude or half-baked it
may be. It is what the Ger
mans call "our outlook on the
world"
The cosmology of any age
represents, in a very approx
mate way, the integrated re-
suits Of all scientific observa-
tion and discovery UP to that
time. Consequently cosmolo-
gies are constantly evolving,
enlarging, with the growth of
scientific knowledge and the
clarifying of our minds con-
cerning the secrets of nature.
In the beginning, cosmology
was a sort Of superstitious uni
verse building. Man is still en-
gagged in this fascinating task,
as is shown by the recent
work of such scientists as
Einstein, Eddington, Chamber
lain and ArrheniuS.
The primitive coSmologieS Of
early man seem to our sophisti-
Gated minds highly amusing
romantic imaginings, supersti-
tious mythologies. Primitive
men built a world in conformity
with his soul longings and
practical needs. He saw the
unequal distribution Of the
favors Of nature and conse-
quently inferred the existence
Of some mysterious, super-natll-
raj power.
If, for example, we 60 back
to the ancient records Of
Babylonia, which long exerted
a powerful influence on mems
minds, we shall be impressed
with them as attempts to give
some epical account Of the
ordered universe, which we now
call cosmology, and some &C.
count Of its origin, which we
now call coSmogony. The orig
inal chaos was liquid-water,
conceived under two aspects,
calm and beneficent, violent
and destructive. The original
principle of chaos, conceived as
a destructive god, had to be
overcome by a principal of
orderlineSS, conceived as a con-
structive god. Shall we not
re-discover these two principles
embodied today respectively IN
human ignorance and science?
The Washington times., 1930-08-30
Local Glider Clubs
Work Here Praised
Editor, Times:

Editor, ItnteS:
During the past winter and
early spring, members Of the
washington Glider Club have
designed and built one Of the
most successful primary gliders
ever built in this country.
Within the past four months
this primary glider has been
flown 366 times by 81 different
individuals.
This club which, by the way,
is the only active glider club
in existence in this territory,
has about completed a second
ary ship with which we will be
able to do advanced work.
Numbered amongst our mem
bership are several aeronautica1
engineers, pilots and recognized
authorities on various subjects
pertaining to powerless flight.
It is interesting to have
noted the various comments on
the subject Of gliding, past.
present and future, that some
of the aviation editors Of our
local newspapers have made
during this period, whereas to
date, to the best OF our
knowledge, not one single
Washington newspaper repre-
sentative has even so much as
visited our field.
The system that the Wash
ington Glider Club has de-
veloped for the training OF its
members is considered by inter-
national authorities as the best
in existence and numerous
other clubs are adopting 1t for
their own use. The president
of the Tennessee Glider ASso-
citation will be here early in
September and other glider en-
thusiasts from as far away as
California have come to our
field to observe our methods.
If any of your representa-
tives wish to get some first
hand information about gliding
we would invite them to come
out to our field any Sunday
afternoon that the weather Is
favorable and receive cordial
E. W. SPINK,
President,
Washington Glider Club.
The Washington times., 1930-08-30

Cosmology Is q high-brow
/. term Of scientific nomenclature.
It has a simple enough mean
ing: A theory Of the cosmos as
q whole. From the beginning Of
mans appearance on the earth.
there is a convincing reason to
believe that he has been work
ing out, from age to age, some
theory Of the universe, its origin,
formation and development.
This tendency is still apparent;
and we believe that it will per-
SiSt so long as man and the uni
verse. The very title of Sir
James Jeans latest book may be
taken for q specific characteri-
zation of cosmology: "The Uni
verse Around Us"
To the primitive mind, surely,
the universe was q chaos. He
did not know the reasons for
things: He saw and accepted
things as they were, without
''going behind the returns" The
first step towards cosmology
was the putting of things in or
der In ones mind. Chaos meant
confusion, cosmos meant order
liness. Once the mind Of man
began to see things in perspec-
tive, he had begun to take the
first step towards the formula
ton Of q cosmology.
According to the writer Of
the first chapter Of the book of
Genesis in the Bible, the orig.
inal state Of affairs was highly
chaotic: the phrase was with
>out form or void"
How much more do We know
today? Some astronomers posit
an original fire-mist; and gout
Of this original chaos, by the
operation Of some orderly
process, such as rotation, slowly
came orderliness and law.
Herbert Spencer, who was a
scientific high-brow, II ever
there was one, used highly COM
plex language. He described
the original state Of affairs as
can indefinite, incoherent hon.
ogeneity." Whether you use
the simple language Of Genesis
or the jargon, Of Spencer, the
result is the same. At the be-
ginning Of things were chaos
and confusion.
- Al af ~, whether eouseiously
The Washington times., 1930-08-30
Listen, World!
BY Elsie Robinson

for which we so selfishly
clamor.
MEN are spirits clad In wells,
Man by man was never seen'
"All our striving somehow fails
"To lift that which lies be-
tween"
Don't try to lift the veil that
lies between you and the spirit
Of your beloved. Cherish that
mystery! Respect that solitude!
Realize, always, that you are
foreign to each other and keep
that foreignness alluring and
exciting, as you would the
thought Of strange adventures.
For love will remain the most
amazing and rare Of all adven'
lures If you can have the wis
dom and control to love yet
leave them-BE!
Copyright. 1880. by King Features
Syndicate, 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1930-08-30
KNOWLEDGE
TEST

Do you know:
/. Which hemisphere Is the
New World2
2. What is old gold?
8. What was the sand-glass
used for?
4. Near what city is the Tar
peian Rock?
5. On what river is Cairo?
Match correctly:
6. declivity
prinn
Z. salary
charm
3. amulet
wages
9. eloclution
slope
10. neat
oratory
Fill each blank:
II. Agnus Del is an image Of q
as q figure Of
Christ.
IL. Bicephalous means having
two .
1S. A caribou Is q specie Of
IA. The prefix "demi' means
Is. Glace fruits are -
!IAnsweEs On Magazine PASs.l
The Washington times., 1930-08-30
Resents Navy slurs
By Movie Patrons

heSGuIS Navy SAUAS
By Movie Patrons
Editor, Times:
7 am writing these few lines
to you in hope that they will
be inserted in your paper and
find space for the message that
it contains in the column desig-
mated as Letters to the Editor.
While attending the Palace
Theater last Saturday night, I
was impressed by the number
of men in the uniform Of the
Navy that attended the show.
Being a service man myself,
I know that these men were
not stationed in the vicinity Of
washington as they were wear.
ing what is called Dress Blues"
in the Navy while ashore.
While waiting in the lobby for
the crowd assembled there to
move forward, I happened to
hear several young folks speak
in no kind terms toward the man
in the service. There is q lot of
things that the younger genera
ton Of this day could learn
from the service man II they
only would. That IN Ordsr to
The Washington times., 1930-08-30
Deplores Turning Traffic
Over to Police Again

Editor. Times:
Rumor has it that the Dis
trict Commissioners are con-
sidering discontinuing the du-
ties Of the traffic director and
planning to put all traffic
problems in the future IN the
hands Of the police.
The old timers will remem-
ber what a tangled confusion
traffic used to be in before the
day Of the directors. Do We
want this sort of thing to be
again? In comparison to its
population, Washington has q
The Washington times., 1930-08-30

; different light toward the I
'Navy men,"
q. II. r.,
u. S. Navy.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-22
From Turpentine Swamps to Demonstrations
at City Hall = A Negro Lads Story

granmammy was a slave. She used
to tell me how bad it was. You know
they're already sellin' people back to
slavery down where I come from.
Jes lax you might sell a watch or
piece of furniture. But afore we git
back that way, we're goin' to rise up
n fight 'em back.
"Was you here on March sixth?
Oh, boy, that was some day. Whin
the workers went to ask for bread,
tn cops begin swattin' right n left.
We fought back, right proper. One
cop knocked a gal down n whin I
leaned ova to helpen her up, he hits
me on the back, n laid me fiat. An
other cop comes ovah, befo' I could
git to ma feet. I made lax diden
see him, but whin he got close. !
jumped up quick, popped him one in
tn jaw" He leaned back with a
broad grin on his seventeen year old
face. They brokes ma arm, but we
sent six cops to tn hospitals that
day."
Leaning forward conf1dentially, he
whispered, Il sure hopes to see the
revylution soon. It'll sure be fine
ivin' alta that"
"Why don't you go to the Work.
ers School, this winter?" II bin cal
culatin' on it. Yes sir, to get some
larnin this winta, real larnin.' The
kind for workin' folks lax me-"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-22
Taken Down by M. p.

Taken Down by M. 4.
ONE evening, while munching a
" sandwich at Workers Cooperative
restaurant, before it was moved from
14th ST., I noticed a Negro youth,
making his way among the tables.
His cap was over one ear, he carried
bowl of soup, and as he dropped
into a seat at the table where I sat,
I could hear him humming, Happy
Days" AS he ate, his eyes roved
around the restaurant, taking in
everything, nodding now and then to
some one he recognized, and ex-
changing sallies with comrades who
passed by.
From your talk, I can tell you're
from the south. Aren't you?" I
asked him.
Sure thing. You too? Well, I
declare" In the conversation that
followed. this is the story he told me.
st come from Tennessee. When
I was boy, nine years old, jes about
so high" he measured off a height
not much higher than the table, 'me
and ma sister-she was a little older
IN ma momma d go to the woods
to rake pine needles away from the
pine trees that have turpentine If
'em. We'd brush the pine needles
away, n the brush'd be set on f1rt
to drive out the rattle snakes. Tha
was so men could tap the trees, n no
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-11-22

"Well, whin I was fourteen, ma
momma got married agin. so I come
nor. How'd I git here? Farmers Civ
me rides from one town to tn next.
I always managed not to be stranded
after night fall. But once. That
night-oh, boy. That was the dark
est woods ever see. The owls went
to hooting, n ma shoes went creak-
creak-Ma skin went tight all ovah
ma head. Ma feet felt numb.
How'd 1 come to know about the
League? Up in Harlem, one night,
there was a street corner meetin'.
I saw Negro worker n alongside OF
him on the platform was white
girl. I edged ovah n asked colored
man. "You see that?" II sure do"
Whats it all about?" 'They calls
1t Communism" Whats that?"
well, brother, doan exactly know"
So I eased a ill closer. A girl come
along n give me leaflet. I likes
what I heerd, n so the next day I
come down to the place they tole me,
n jined up. I bin with 'em ever
since.
"What're you're dom for living?"
"Blackin' shoes. But not much in 1t
these days, with times so hard" He
leaned forward.
Say, the way times is now,
woulden be serprised they begins
sellin' people back to slavery. Ma ole