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The Washington times., 1930-01-02
The Gold Cure Won't Work
-Bu Herbert Kaufman

IEEDERAL JUDGE WILLIAM B. KENYON is a B. v. dry
his belief in the deSirabiy prohibition existed long
before volstead."
It dates from childhood and his mothers teachings He
hasn't the slightest idea of how beer whsey or wine tastes
In the good old days when Capitol oratory chiefly
fabricated with Scotch and Bourbon and members of both
houses enjoyed luxury basement grog shops Kenyon
exercised the senatorial privilege of tanng hses
His isn't synthetic temperance Wherein he differed from
Of former Conreres who voted political
expdency for amendment to which they then didn't
sonaly subscribe and haven't since respected
Kenyon depises drunkard is nauseated by the smell Of
brandy and would give his right arm to see the entire nation
yet this the who has just reversed the conviction
Of Omaha bOOsger whom Federal agents arrested cold
with papers in pocket connecting him with the ownership Of
two stills and "a quantity of nash
Mere suspicion he rules "is sufficient, does it
satisfy legal requirements that the evidence secured by the
search of his person showed the party be in fact guilty
He denounces the questionable methods by which the Gov
ing and sustains the Supreme Court contention that public
officials entitled to violate previously established and
still unrescinded laws to execute later one.
The hghhanded tactics Of Secretary Lowmans sneaks
abhorent to Kenyons judicial conscience than the
msdemeanors which supposedly inspire them
The integrity of the Constitution is dearer to William B.
Kenyon than the scotching Of John Barleycorn.
Senator Kenyon voted for the Eighteenth Amendment be-
he sincerely convinced that the country would bs
happier prosperous and more orderly without alcoholic
beverages.
But Judge Kenyon the Appeal Circuit refuses sustain
the enforcement Of the act which he ardety supported
except through legitimate and constitutional processes
His example reproach upon other ncumbens Of the
bench whose servile trucking to fanatic and white
ribbon intolerance has inspired widespread disgust and
couragd suspicion that considerable section Of the judiciary
taking instructions from the Blue Noses instead of pre-
cedent, Blackstone, and the Magma Charta
And that sentiment will steadily gain ground until char
rights again held and the appointed
odans such charter mpeached for their betrayal in
prohibition they regardesy brought to account
for similar derecon in the trial OF equity suits and crimes
of violence.
The Government will continue note difficulty in securing
convictions under the Voead Act until abandons
tive barbarities marked cards. and Paul Pry tactics
The average citizen enters the jury box already prejudced
against the presumabe bgOt the bench and the
toned bully on the witness stand
Extremists in Congress pressing for additional
millions the borders and tighten the lid the speak
easy of money compel community observ
ance Of daily becoming obnoxious because of it's
lmaladministraton.
| The gold cure alone won't do the job
| Herbert Ksufmsn
The Washington times., 1930-01-02
Remarkable Outlook For 1880
For This City

IT. 0DAY Washington people face the New Year They are
intensely optimistic to the outlook They have right
to be that way
The psychological reaction the delaon Of inflated prices
in the New York stock market has its
In every part of the country great industrial and business
leaders unhesatngy stake their regulations declarations
that business conditions fundamentally sound that the big
stock market receson will prove beneficial rather than de
mental and that there will be little, any, halt to the faith
of Americans the inevitable prosperity of their country
The optimism of the nations outstanding leaders CAN BE
DOUBLED so FAR AS WASHINGTON IS CONCERNED.
The most careful search will not reveal any spots
the business map of the District for the coming year nves
CATION the contrary will reveal exceptionally bright ones
Uncle Sans building program in this city is in
ITSELF factor of pronounced optimism. There will be no
slowing up that program The Government committed
to extensive construction here for years to come
To carry on its program the Government will buy many
millions of dollars of private property in Southwest Wash
ngon elsewhere before the year gone and in the next
few Owners of these properties will go elsewhere In
the District and build homes and business Establishments
Besides the construction Of magnificent new buildings Tor
its the Government will almost certainly begin WORK
upon the beautiful plaza between the Capitol and Union Sta
on That is job that will give work to both skilled and un
skilled workmen.
There will be no etup Governments annual work Of
adding existing buildings and improving buildings and
grounds.
for construction of municipal buildings in the new
chosen the cys official center There too private
properties being bought with rapidy and the owners wiz
elsewhere and buy build CONSTRUCTION OF new SCHOOL
buildings is to be speeded up.>
All that going to improve real estate conditions
extra demands for homes ana business places
the Cramton bill for purchase Of parks and Fairgrounds
goes through Congress- most likely the Park and
Planning Commission will begin the purchase Of properties IN
all parts District again leading to repurchases by the
owners
Greatest all is that possible depression almost out Of
question Washington because Uncle Sans vast payroll
here keeps millions Of dollars in circulation in the vital
streams Of business There will be unusual laying off Of
Government workers, cutting Of pay.
AZ no time IN all the history Of this great city,
kaUs Ds focsd q more inviting OutloOk-One almost
imposuibIe Of change. No other city IN AmsFiea 20
| IN ehs amms snlmEd4 pssfoa.
The Washington times., 1930-01-02
THREE-MINUTE JOURNEYS
> By Temple Manning

the bluff becomes crowded with
a heavy white mist which hangs
down the sides like a huge ta-
blecloth.
For years, Table Mountain
has been a marker-a signpost
for mariners. It is the perfect
introduction to South Africa.
Cape Town is really the
mother city of South Africa.
Here are carried on all the func-
tionS of the colonial govern
ment. The city has felt the in
fluence Of various races Of
people, and each has left its
mark. There is the Dutch
castle, built by the commanders
Of the old Dutch East India
Company. This was formerly a
fort, but long since has ceased
to be anything but a memento
of the past. Not so many years
ago, there were q number Of
Dutch style residences in Cape
Town - stucco-fronted brick
houses with flat roofs and
prominent corniceS and wide
"stoops." These have largely
disappeared through the en-
cr0achments of the business Sec
tinm nf ths e1fws
The Washington times., 1930-01-02
LISTEN WORLD!
You Belong to Today!
By Elsie Robinson

no heart for this new home
making. She loved her, yester-
days. Her body went forward
but her spirit Jagged. So she
turned to look back. And, turn
ing, was changed to q, pillar
Of salt"
That's an old. old story but
it's as true for you this Christ
mas as it was for the Hebrews
in the dawn Of history. Your
life, too, will be changed to bit
ter, futile ash If you keep your
face turned to yesterday.
Yes, I know you've been hard
hit so hard hit that
you feel there's no healing. But
there is healing heal
ing in TODAY.
Today holds life and love and
adventure for you just as surely
as yesterday held them. It
isn't exactly the same sort Of
life, the same love, the same
adventure. Nothing ever does
stay the same. But the same
peace and joy and force will
come out Of living today as
came out of living yesterday
" If you have the will and
the courage to reach for them.
This doesn't have to be a
day Of dead dreams I"
it can be a day Of new achieve
ment, Of fresh and lovely con-
tact, of tingling progress, if
you will have it so.
You need only to turn your
face and step in line
" and put your hands
to the nearest job
and light the fires of your
heart again!
So stand up buck
up throw yourself into
todayl
Today has need of you and
you have need Of it!
Today is your partner!
Don't two-time your partner.
The Washington times., 1930-01-02
THE MARRY
GO-ROUND
BY Helen Rowland.
We MOdernS

We MOdernS
NEXT to being fat, the sad
~ dest fate is to find yourself
a tall and languorous Gibson
Girl or a subtle siren type, in
a "Hey-hey-girl" generation.
Now that New York debut
antes have decided that all par
ties must break up at the
"early" hour of 3 a. M. those
snappy young business men can
get home almost in time to have
a cold shower and snatch bite
Of breakfast, before showing up
bright and peppy at the office.
When a woman gives a man
up. it always leaves a void in
her life; but when q man
gives a woman up, it is usually
because some other woman is
crowding her out.
Now that all the other naces-
sites of life, including the kitch-
en- range, are being glorified
and dolled up to charm the
eye, many woman secretly
wishes that her husband could
be made just a teeny-weeny bit
more ornamental to harmonic
with the color scheme.
Just about the time a woman
has discovered how many min
utes her husband likes his eggs
boiled and he has discovered
where she keeps the witchhazel
incompatibility sets ir.
A woman would hate to miss
the thrilling sensation of feel
ing herself fall in love; but, to
a man, falling in love is like
taking gas; he doesn't know
that anything is happening to
him, until its all over, and he
wakes up to hear the minister
saying amen"
It doesn't so much matter
whether or not there IS such a
thing as future reward or ever
lasting love. It's your BELIEF
in them that makes life worth
living, and gives it all its flavor.
Turning a good fellow" into
a good husband is seldom a
success; the man who is all
things to all men is never
much Of anything to any
woman.
The hardest thing for the
woman, who got him, to live
up to, is a mans glorified
memory of the woman he didn't
get.
The Washington times., 1930-01-02

MOT so many years ago the
AN mention Of South Africa
brought to the minds Of most
people the vision Of little
boom" communities where
there was nothing but gold and
where ones feet scuffled
through a layer Of loose dia-
mondS as one walked along the
street. Or, perhaps, it meant
a picture Of ferocious head
hunters with poisoned darts
and blowgunS! Or lions roar.
ing in the night!
OF course, South Africa is
none Of these things, but the
miSconception is understand
able. South Africa is a thriving.
bustling county endowed with
many natural advantages and
fascinating Varie.J.
AS one stands on the deck Of
q steamer approaching Cape
Town, the first landmark the
eye picks out Is Table Noun
tain, which rises behind the
bay. This bluff. some two miles
in length. rises to q height Of
3s0o feet. when The wind
hAgwB fxm . certain dArUcttnn
The Washington times., 1930-01-02

HOLIDAYS pretty
"A hard times for some Of
us, aren't they, stranger?
Looking back to yesterday
=" thinking Of those
who've gone dwelling
on those happier scenes where
we may walk no more
and then seeing others laugh
ing all around us-HurtS!
Thanksgiving, Christmas, New
Year-we drift through them
like empty shells, with our
spirits far away. And often
and often we go on drifting,
through the year-empty. Our
bodies sit in offices and homes,
work in factories and stores
and schools but we're
somewhere else.
We're living in the days that
are gone living in
memories. Or, perhaps, living
in the days that are to come
living in hopes. And
SO today means nothing. To
day gives nothing to us be-
cause we give nothing to it.
And, unreasonable as it may
seem, we resent that. We feel
that life is cheating us. It
isn't. We're cheating life.
We're cheating life by refusing
to live in it.
Believe this, friend, for it's
bedrock law
This business Of living in yes
terday is a sick and sinful
thing. You belong to TODAY,
Your place is HERE. Your JOB
is NOW. And living with your
face turned back, will bring
you nothing but grief.
Remember Lots wife? Her
city was condemned for its
Sinfu1ness and her home must
go with the rest. She was told
to flee with her husband and
mot look back" But she had
The Washington times., 1930-01-02
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
BY DR.. Louis z. Risch-

THERE is an old saying about
- never putting off until to-
morrow that which you can do
today.
The person who invented
that slogan Of promptneSS and
efficiency must have been think
ing about correspondence. For
is it not true that negligence
in answering our letters Is a
fault common to most every
body?
I daresay each and every one
Of you has at least one letter
tucked away somewhere that
should have been answered long
ago.
Personal and private letters
are most usually forgotten, but
even business ones are put off
to indefinite and indeterminate
futures. Often, with intentions
Of the best, we let the days slip
by until-well, until one Is al
most too ashamed to write at
all.
We are do it more or less!
That explains why half the
letters written begin with some
kind Of an excuse, lame at best,
for having waited so long.
"1've been so busy" says one.
you know I'm not much of g
hand at correspondence" says
another. "It doesn't seem DOS
sible that so may weeks have
passed since received your let
ter" begins third. I'm so
sorry, and must apologize, but, ("
then comes another variant
Of the same old apology for
having been diScourteous.
Yes, negligence in CORE
Spondence is discourteous!.
Unless a person is actually
sick in bed, too weak to use q
pencil or to dictate to someone
else, there is scarcely any valid
reason that can be advanced
for Snubbing letter. !
When you are spoken to you
invariably answer. You wouldn't
dream Of doing otherwise. When
you are spoken to with pen and
ink, failure to reply is little
short Of downright bad man
nerS.
Most people like to receive
letters but hate to write them.
Plain laMnesS accounts for a
lot. Our schooling is also to
blame. We are not taught how
easy and simple it is after a
little practice, to write a plain,
straightforward, satisfactory let
ter.
\ Letter writing can, Of course,
be made an art. AS such it IS
"a piece of literature. Few, how
ever, possess that gift, nor is
1t necessary to be so accom-
plshed in order to preserve the
ordinary amenities.
It's poor policy to fail to
answer letters!
Through it we lose business
and friends. We strain cordial
relationships. Put your mind
to it and see how easy it is!
Resolve to reply to all CORE
Spondence within O day or Two
after receipt. At any rate
make acknowledgment of the
letter. even II you cannot reply
as the occasion demands within
so short q time.
Never be indifferent 70 letters
What you DO ahout them ~
! Yemls o tnE ah0Wa yuw Gnmx.
The Washington times., 1930-01-02
FEMALE ELEPHANT PHOTOGRAPHED AT DISTANCE OF
FIFTEEN YARDS
As Well Let Them Disappear

THIS interesting photograph Of very large female ele
phant charging angriy in the direction of the photog
rapher when she heard the shows that there
are big animals Left although the biggest dinosaurs
nammoths etc. have vanished
The British agitaed at present about the rapid dis
appearance of elephants.
British and American sportsmen anxious for excitement
which is found easily in kng something must have
their sport and enjoy their killing.
Year after year. the elephants become fewer in number
The highly priced white rhnoceros has been reduced
very small number.
Soon these interesting animals will disappear from the
earth.
Probably is just we'll They breed and carry diseases
And in the of events they must disappear finally moth
ing could preserve them.
The Washington times., 1930-01-02
Do You Know

Under a new rule an Ameri-
can intending to remain in
Mexico for less than 48 hours
need merely give the border Of
ficialS his name and address.
The per capita consumption
OF cigarettes in England was
912 for the past IL months, or
a total Of 38,293, ,999 $50 cigar
cites.
OF the failures in England in
1928, farmers headed the list
with 342 bankrupts.
Italian exports increased S2S.-
100000 over last year. chiefly
I'm olive O.
The Washington times., 1930-01-02

The crest and crowning Of all
good.
Life'S final star, is Brotherhood.
Markham.
DidSt thou ever hear
That things III got had ever
bad success?
-ShMkegpeaEe
The Washington times., 1930-01-02
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

Literature iS an avenue to
glory, ever open for those in
genious men who are deprived
Of honorS or Of wealth.
-DTSraeh.
A thing seriously pursued
@kfords true enjoyment.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-14
Henry Ford on the Moist Issue

Henry Ford is a dry dry. He has been a dry for
many years. re is said to practice all that he
breaches. Representatives Of New York newspapers
tackled him on the dry topic. He shot a load for their
benefit. This country is dry. bone dry Yes. even
In Detroit. You will find a damp spot here and there
but America is dry and prohibition is here to stay"
After the interview holdup the wizard and Mrs. Ford
caught a steamer for Europe where the principal ma
lions are wet wet. A reminder that the pros battled
politically and otherwise for IS years to put over the
18th amendment. II a repeal amendment was substi-
tuted to the as states one-third of the legislatures
could block the repeal. 1t is a long, long road to
Tipperary.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-14

There is another Moses lifting his voice for "tour-
age and activity on the part Of the people Rich
ard Whitney, president Of the New York Exchange. in
an address before the Merchants Association Of the
Metropolis Of America discussed trade depreSslOns and
stock panics. He asserted that the decline in security
values last fan was not a cause Of the business slump,
but that it was. on the contrary, the general realiza-
ton OF the downward trend in trade conditions whsch
initiated the break in stocks.
His cure in his own words. Courage and activity
OF the people alone can cure depression in business"
His argument: Our natural resources are as great
today as they were last year. Our great business or
CARNATIONS are in strong financial condition and our
industrial plants are at the highest state Of efficient
development. Credit is abundant. With the excep-
ton Of the d~ifficultie that have arisen as the result
or the drastic deflation Of commodity prices. the bust
ness horizon is clear His advice TO the American
people: What is needed therefore is courageous and
intelligent effort and confidence is the future Of our
country"
He blamed oyer-production. He said the breaking
point was reached In the summer OF 1929 when con-
sumption could no longer keep pace with the enor-
nous output Of goods. All this IS a reminder tint the
distinguished chieftains of the republican party from
the president down to the most humble office holder
in the year 1928 predicted that republican prosperity
would continue through all the years to come.
Two powerful writer's OF and for the American press,
Col. Arthur Brisbane and DR.. Mark Sullivan, backed
TO a finish until the slump came the prosperity slo-
gans Of the great and the near great OF the @. o. p,
headed by Andrew w. Mellon, "the second Alexander
Hamilton in American history" Were they true
prophets or just writer's and takers? Regardless Of
all this il requires the courage and activity Of the
people to set the American household in order and
this will come to pass. In a ense II Is on the way.
Why rock the boat2
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-14

Brakes that screech.
Masculine women.
Tequila made in Matamoros.
People who carry on animated
conversations in picture shows.
Checks marked nsf.
People who chew gum out loud.
Effeminate men.
People who explain their own Jokes
In detail.
Ten cent novels.
Persons who call one by his first
name Immediately after an intro
duction.
Heroes who burst into song at the
slightest excuse in the talkies. CThis
receives four stars).
Notice
Today, being Sunday. should be a
day Of rest and peace, with everyone
doing nothing in particular and en-
ioying II.
Hence, therefore, and conseouent-
ly, we are calling to your attention
something we can both enjoy.
W. n asking. our voice choking
with emotion. for contributions to
the Main Stem. II you have a WISE
crack. something witty, something
interesting. something unusual.
something snappy, for heavens sake
send 1t In. Unless especially request
ed your name will be used. II re-
quested that the name be omitted.
your initials will be used. We in
Sist on that.
A two cent stamp is all you need.
and think what a big hel1 you will
be to your country.
Help us out.
Here are few things we would
Ike:
Smiles df funny
Original Jokes.
Smart cracks by the taby.
typographical errors that alter
the meaning.
Private opinions on public men,
occasions, or issues.
Anything you think good.
We ask you again, shoot us some
thing. Merely address your envel-
ope. or postcard, to The Main Stem,
care Of Brownsville Herald. Browns
vile. Texas
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-14

headed king in soiled white flan-
nels on a canvas throne. And Sloan
did not suggest here; he command
ed.
He could smile when something
pleased him. and he could praise
with a brief word or two when
praise was someone's due: but more
often in the pictures early stages
Rorimer would see him frown or
shake his head In disanproval at
something not quite right. and
everything would stop instantly
and a scene would be done over.
-Cutl" Sloan would command.
And then. heartl tsly: That's
lousy: that won't do at all" But
he got things done.
"A difficult production schedule
had been mapped out. necessitating.
because OF the directors exacting
demands and the heavy daily ex-
pense. a good deal OF work IN the
evenings. often the cast was KEEP.
until n late hour az night. and Dan
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-14

Along Elizabeth
"A. "A. Hargrove ". dressing the
windows Of his store on the main
stem with school supplies ....
Knight Douglas 4. dressed fit TO
kill y. looking like a fashion plate
lingering mis- mustache .. and
chatting w. Ramon Marques W. own
er of the Texas Cafe -. all night
restaurant ". counting change NJ.
watching the crowd -. Pablo Garcia
tailor de luxe al the Brownsville
Tailoring company -. satisfying a
customer NJ. Marjorie Rel ". the
worry wart -. reading proof for The
Herald M. Rev. r. O.. Macintosh VI.
Episcopal pastor . back In town
from a prolonged vacation and glad
70 be back :. John Macintosh y.
noble son . six feet four i. striding
along the main stem going places
a. BObito Rentfro :. Put IL In The
Herald that Stuart Harrison gave
the bride away in the Frances Blan-
ton : Julian O'Brien Giraud we'd
ding" :. here 1t Is -. you're welcome
y. Holman Harrison ~. registering
CONSERVATION when a customer
drives up and asks for a pound OF
gasoline and a dozen oils . .
Esking Pardon
Wit tears In eyes, we humbly
ask your pardon.
In the Main Stem a couple Of days
ago, a typographical error made a
paragraph read something like this.
Even the Associated Press had its
head buried in the Caribbean sea-"
We did not mean this, and as far
as we know. the A. p. never had its
head In the Caribbean sea, or any
other sea, see.
What, Again?
Today Is Sunday, and who will die
on the highway, the villainous High
way No. II?
Week after week, month after
month. the week-ends have brought
forth deaths through automobile ac-
cidentS.
VIII the Crash Meter click on
Monday?
Who, alive and happy as you read
this, will be dead Monday?
Continue AT Your Own Risk
Things We can get along without:
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-14
Installment Payment of Taxes

There now looms a possibility that the city viii
permit the payment Of municipal taxes on the in
Etallment plan" reads a news dispatch from the
Gulf Port city. Furthermore Mayor J. o. ONeili Of
Port Arthur has indicated that he might favor the
plan Of time payments o. city taxes. instead Of an
nuaIly, as has always been followed. This is a world
Of change but the proposal will not appeal to tax
collectors.