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The Washington times., 1930-10-08

One of the mathematical
geniuses of history, although
not O mathematician by pro-
fession, was Pierre de Fermat.
He was born in Toulouse,
France, in the year 1895, and
died in the same city in 1865.
Singularly little is known of his
career. He would work out in
testing problems and send
them in letters to his friends.
He would follow out untrodden
paths in the study of numbers,
of geometry, of the calculus,
and propose difficult problems
to be solved. Perhaps the
greatest "teaser" in the history
Of mathematics is the thereon,
known as Fermat'S Thereon,
which yet remains unsolved, al
though solutions have been
attempted by some of the great
est mathematicians since Fer
mats day.
LII the period during which
Fermat flourlShed men or great
intellect often had mathemati-
cal study as an avocation. This
was the case with not a few
distinguished figures in pub
lie life. AS we learn from the
Book of Popular Science, the
celebrated astronomer Helvetius
was a Senator of Danzig. The
Grand Pensionary of Holland,
Jan de Witt, was a profound
sgeom eter. Florimond 1e
Beaune, whom Descartes placed
in the first rank of mathema
ticians of his time, was leader
of the presidial of Blois. Fer
mat himself, in the parliament
of Toulouse, where he became
counselor in 1881, was looked
upon as the profoundest lawyer
OF his day,
Fermat owed his first inter
est In mathematics to a famous
work out on arithmetic by Dio-
phantus. His attention was
The Washington times., 1930-10-08

fore the last decree was sub
mitted to Congress. If any paper
attempted to publish anything
anti-Machado the editor would
find himself the possessor Of a
nonreturn ticket out of Havana,
and yet this is the government
which is safeguarding the life
if it's citizens by deporting them
and preserving their liberty by
not allowing them either free
dom Of speech or press.
The number of exiles Is in
creasing daily and yet on ac-
count of the foresight of Ma
chado in giving a hearty vel
come to the former President
the United States is loath in
terfere. You will remember
when Machado paid his visit to
the U. S., on his return the
lumber which has been secured
for the relief of the cyclonic vic
The Washington times., 1930-10-08

tins was used to construct a
gangway from the waterfront to
the palace so he would not have
to disembark at the wharves,
this Is but one example of the
extravaganza INDUCED in during
his presidency.
Machado was elected for four
years which he changed to six
years and no reelection, and at
the end of the six years it was
again changed to four and he
was again elected. no one being
suicidal enough to enter the
election against him. This is
the form of government which
exists in Cuba today and will
continue to exist until the U. S,
intervenes and sees there Is a
fair and unterrorized election.
READER.
The Washington times., 1930-10-08

I have an old shawl-very
lovely.
It was made by poor woman
in India.
They tell me it took her many
years to make it.
There is only one stitch In the
shawl
One stitch, done over and over,
in dull red silk on gray
cloth.
Over and under, over and
under, over and under the
stitches go,
With nar~9w openings, here
and there.
What did she think as she
worked?
Probably nothing.
Bending over the coarse cloth,
year after year.
That stitch must have become
as unconscious as her own
breath.
AS monoto1ous anT luuestion-
ing as the simple round of
her day.
Stitch-stitch-and a room to
sweep.
stitch-stitc"-and a baby to
be born.
stitch-stitch-and a bowl of
rice to cook.
Stitch-stitch-tears to wee on
a little grave. and then go
on.
Stitch after stitch, year after
year, at last 1t was done.
At last the coarse gray cloth
was covered with stitch
ing.
And, behold, a wonder!
hose monotc. stitches,
those narrow spaces.
Seemingly all of a sameness.
Had worked themselves into a
49, pattern,
A design full Of meaning and
beauty
Unwittingly that humble toiler
Had built with her needle great
art!
I sit and hold that shawl and
think
think Of the simple, toiling
lives I have known
obscure, unheralded lives who
do the same thing.
Day after day, through the
wears
The Washington times., 1930-10-08
Important Question
What Kind of Salesman Are You'

few lines about alesmanshp and why young gentle
men "never have chance
In one big establishment 10 in the morning the
furnishing floor not busy. young lady said Maybe
get somebody to wait you She pointed young
gentlemen They engaged in earnest conversation They
said We don't handle androns You might find somebody
at the other end the The suggestion that THEY
might find somebody evidently seemed to them rather Bohe
vistic.
Presently along with thick Scotch accent He
trouble and he KNEW the goods They exactly
the buyer wanted bought pair of andron for $780, and
an hook go with them for $5 because he had met
salesman
The two young that talking will wonder some
day why they never had a chance"
The Washington times., 1930-10-08
Listen, World!
BY Elsie Robinson

Fathers going down to work on
the 7:45,
Coming back from work on
the Sis
Same hour, same train. same
job, year after year,
With the youth drying out OF
their bodies
And the adventure burning out
of the eyes,
Doing it for the Missis n the
kids
I think of mothers getting
up at $50,
Starting the coffee and mush.
Getting dad off to work and
the children to school,
Cooking food. seeing it eaten,
Making clothes, seeing them
wear out,
Always the same thing, over
and over,
The same step, the same
stitch
Simple lives, toiling, unheralded,
Year after year, on a drdo
stretch of life,
Saving sometimes wiStfully--
II wish could amount to
something
Thinking sometimes enviousiy
OF the Great Ones who do
Then going back patiently
To ledger or kitchen sink
Simple lives-holding this shawl
I think about them
See life as they see 1t,
One monotonous step after
another,
Steps that lead nowhere
But, though they see it not
There's q wonder!
out of those many steps, SEEM
ingly alike,
Out of those monotonous chores
Done over -- and over -- and
Flashes at last a pattern
A design full of meaning and
beauty;
The beauty Of living with love
And courage and patience ana
honor
Simple souls, obscure, unher-
aided,
Toiling day after day
At the same monotonous chores,
Taking the same stitch, the
same step,
Unwittingly making Of life
Great Art!
sSAAteatA 1AAA
The Washington times., 1930-10-08
Machado Regime in Cuba
Attacked by Observer

Editor, Times:
Though doubt very much II
this article will go to print, neV-
ertheless I am sending 1t IN
with some hope that your paper
has more courage than the gen.
eral run and a desire to see good
government prevail the world
over. I am sorry, but since I
live in Cuba and have done so
for over IS years, fear it Will
be rather dangerous to sign my
name.
We see by the Washington
papers that since Machado af-
forded our past President a
hearty welcome. the United
States will not interfere with his
regime unless it is a case OF civil
war and that so long as the
present government is capable
of protecting the life, property
and liberty of the individual, the
hands-off policy will prevail.
But is the Machado regime do
ing this when there is no free
dom of speech nor freedom OF
the press? No anti-Machado po-
litical party of any strength may
be organized and all criticism
of the government is met with
deportation.
The present government has
increased the national debt 70
per cent and if we consider
what it has done with the $780,
100000 loan received from the
Chase National Bank we see a
$40, 1000, 900 capitol and 140 miles
of highway which Warren
Brothers offered to build in a
shorter space of time for sum
considerably less than the
money expended by the Cuban
government.
The press was censored be-
The Washington times., 1930-10-08
Musician Calls "JAB"
An "Egotistical Fanatic -

Musician Calls "JAB"
An "Egotistical Fanatic"
Editor, Times:
I am a musicians and I am
losing my job Friday, October
4. Haven't commented on the
settlement of the music situa
ton before, but since reading
the radical letter of the writer
calling himself JAB, it appears
to me and others, that he is
an egotistical fanatic.
He talks just like the man
who was approached for a do
nation to the Community
Chest" last year, answering
why should I give anything,
I have a good job and don't
need help"
It's plain to see JAB has a
good job. I wonder just how
loud he would yell if he lost
that job, with dependents, and
people would say why worry"
M. c. F.
The Washington times., 1930-10-08
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
BY DR.. Louis E. Bisch-

Successful men who have not
had much schooling like to
claim that practice is more
valuable than theory.
They are apt to point to col
lege graduates who have not
achieved signal success IN the
world of affairs and say that
the reason is they are too chocK
full of theory.
But does it ever occur to such
boasters that, whatever their
success may be, it might have
been greater still had they had
the college background they
seem to disdain?
What college, or even high
school, study fills the mind
with theories and fanciful no
tions that are so at variance
with life as actually to render
the student impractical? Well,
such notions are just as much
talk.
The knowledge impaired
through study is knowledge OF
life. t...
In quick, summary, correlated
fashion the student learns OF
human emotion, achievement,
failure, all kinds of striving,
confidence, ambitions.
Is not such knowledge valu-
able?
ought not such data stand
any one in good stead In facing
his own life's problems?
Furthermore, high schools
and colleges aim to train the
mind, and surely no business
man would be so naive as to
state that an unframed mind
Is better than a trained one.
Theory and practice should
not be pitted against one an
other.
Theory and practice should
be made to dovetail!
Practice is always enhanced
when theory, we'll thought out,
precedes! In fact, theory al
ways come first.
There never would be any
practical applications of any
kind if a speculative theory
had not, first Of all, brought
them into life tt-i----l-.
The Washington times., 1930-10-08

But, as Clemenceau and
others proved, there is no "age
limit" for a real patriot.
Won Hindenburg came back.
and led the armies Of Ger
many triumphantly, while the
Kaiser and his many sons re-
NAMED in safe obscurity.
He was chosen head of the
German Republic to succeed a
humble harness maker, and he
still stands FIRM.
No Hitler -imitation-Musso
ini will persuade the German
people to drop Won Hindenburg
and take up a man who prom
ises to bring back the gull
lotine, and make the heads
drop swiftly"
For more than fifty years
the German people have been
educated, not only in the ad-
mirable German schools, but
also by the thoughtful Social
Democratic party of Germany,
led by highly educated men OF
great intelligence.
Germans know that stabil-
ity is the thing, and that
changes must come slowly.
They will not be stampeded
Mussolini. They will not folio
The Washington times., 1930-10-08
Wade Cooper for Senator

It is mighty complimentary Col Wade Cooper bank presi-
dent philosopher of this city that he being urged to
for the Senate from his home State Of Tennessee.
His platform would appeal to his friends here would ad
vocate modification of the Voad to do with
the evils of prohibition As Washington people cannot vote
Colonel Cooper would plenty of votes in the State in
which maintains the suffrage rights of American citizen
Colonel Cooper knows the political game we'll He would
make things interesting in the Tennessee senatorial fight HIS
opponents regular Democratic and Republican nominees are
both ys and there large wet vote Tennessee anxious
to get an opportunity to express itself at the polls.
The Washington times., 1930-10-08

This face above worth studying interests those Of
German ancestry and all others that know the German nation
Adoph Hitler, with strong jaw, weak forehead and
comic opera moustache imagnes that he to be ruler Of
Germany.
When he power says he he will put the gulone
work. and chop off the heads of those that established the
present German Republic.
The answer to all that is PERHAPS but NOT probably
It takes than curiousy cropped mouache strong
dose of vanity and the desire to be somebody important to
make a ruler of great nation.
real German leader is General Hndenburg SO years
old He had retired from the army when the big
believing that his days of activity
The Washington times., 1930-10-08
PyrOmaniacs Under Arrest

The police department is to be credited with good work in
the of who have confessed to starting serious
fires this city, resulting in the burning to death Of
woman.
Arson any kind bad enough but setting fire to buildings
In which many people live s in States capital offense
Pyromana is recognized impulse to destroy by fire. dis
mentality is responsible for this desire Fortunate
the police department able discover these pyromanacs
ally quite cunning in their work.
The Washington times., 1930-10-08
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

Hope never leaves a wretched.
man that seeks her.-Fletcher.
'Tis a thing impossible to
frame conceptions equal to the
souls desires. Wordsworth.
One must be poor to know the
hlHlS1 OF giving -Elhak
The Washington times., 1930-10-08

There is no greater cause of
melancholy than idleness.
Burton.
To be womanly is the great
est charm Of woman.
-Gladstone.
The Washington times., 1930-10-08
KNOWLEDGE
TEST

Match correctly:
/. Affection.
Mercenary. "
2. Ghastly. -
Mannerisrn.
3. Parsimonious.
Spite.
4. Latent.
Gruesome.
S. Malice.
Dormant.
Fill each blank:
6. Noah Webster is famous
for his.
7. Euripides was a -
tragic poet.
8. The first landing of Co.
lumbus was --.
9. The first prohibition law
in the history of the
u. S. was passed by ---.
10. Canal enables YES
sells to pass around nj.
agara Falls.
Supply the next line:
II. ITO the glory that once
was Greece. Poe.
IL. Lord God of Hosts, be
with us yet."-Kipling.
13. Gods in His Heaven
Browning.
II. lone crowded hour Of
glorouS life" Scott.
is. "I am the master of my
ate."-Henley.
IlAnswaEa on Magazine Pagal
The Washington times., 1930-10-08

They will not be stampeded by any Hitler any imitation
Musson They will not follow the comic opera moustache at
the top of this column.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-18
7H9IS OcamNe2Faw
EEEuEuEEMEE9

Nok So thak you Gan noEice 10.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-18
CORRECTIONS


~ One button Is on the wrong side Of the girls Jacket -, Tn. carr
go pin IN the girl at the right is upside down. CO The theory II rea
tUhy Is Einstefnhs not Darwins. "a "Psychica" In the conversation Al
the extreme right, should be physics 81 The scrambled word is MPER
CEPTBLE.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-18

There are at least four mistakes in the above picture. They may per
tain to grammar. history. etiquette. drawing " whatnot See IL you can
find them. Then look at the scrambled word heow-aLd unscramhe it
by switching the letters around. Grade yourself 20 for each on the mis-
takes you find. and 20 for the word II you wscramble n. N
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-01-29
MADDEN ESTATE
TAX REFUNDED

The estate of the late Represen.
tative Martin B. Madden, of ILL
nois, long chairman of the Appro
priations Committee, was granted
q $28,726 abatement of estate tax
by the Treasury yesterday.
Payment Of this sum will not be
required, due to allowance Of a
credit for the State inheritance
taxes paid after the Federal re.
turn was filed.
Katherine M. Mccormick, of
Chicago, was allowed a refund of
$34,070 gift tax.
Other refunds we're to Barber
and Company, Inc, New York, and
Oriental Steamship Company,
Inc, and Barber Steamship Lines,
New York city, $112,632; estate of
William Finn, Pittsburgh. STAT.
1913; estate of Gottlieb H. Schoell-
kopf. Dallas, Tex, $20,9O7; estate
of Barbour Lathrop, Chicago, $685.
668; estate of Herbert Wadsworth,
New York, $21, l41; estate of How
ard r. Merritt, Oil City, Pa. $780,
500; estate of Henry Buhl, jr.,
Pittsburgh, $30,726; estate of
Susanna H. Van Mugs, Los An
geles, $96,782; Utah Power and
Light Company, Salt Lake City,
$164,525.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-01-29
Martinsburg Couple
Held in Motor Theft

MARTINSBURG, w. Va, Jan.
29.-Harry Long and Ruth
Kearns, residing near this city,
we're arrested by local officers,
charged with the theft of an
automobile owned by e. W. Miller,
and lodged in Jail.
Officers claim they discovered
a number of automobile parts in
the Kearns home, including a
tire said to have been taken from
the stolen machine.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-01-29
New Howard Building
To Be Dedicated Tonight

Formal dedication of the new
Theological Building at Howard
University will take place with
special exercises tonight at 8
8 o'clock.
The building will be, formally
presented to the department OF
religion by~Dr Mordecai johnson.
president of the university. and
accepted by Dean Butler Pratt.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-01-29
Peyser and Leonard
To Lead in Symposium

A symposium will be held Fri
day evening at the Sixth Street
Synagogue on The Jewish Youth
and the Jewish People" with
julius I. Peyser, former member
of the school board. and Oscar
Leonard, director of the Jewish
Welfare Federation, leading the
discussion.
The symposium will be held as
part of the weekly religious ser
vices.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-01-29
Rev. DR.. Oliver Speaker
At St. Adams Service

The Rev. John Rathbone
Oliver, M. D.. Johns Hopkins
University, author and psycholo-
gist, will preach in st. Adams
Parish Church on Mt. st. Alban
tonight at 8 o'clock on tt : sub
Set, How to Meet Temptation.
DR.. Oliver is here to assist the
Rt. Rev. Philip M. Rhinelander.
D. D., warden of the College of
Preachers at Washington Cathe-
dral, in conducting a conference
this week for 20 chaplains repre-
senting colleges and universities
in various parts of the country.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-01-29
Cousin of MussOlini
Day Worker in Ohio

NILES, Ohio, Jan. 80 G.N.S).
Dominic Mussolini, who tolls day
in and day out for $3.50 at the
Carnegie steel mills at Mcdonald.
near here, is a cousin of the
famed Benito Mussolini, II Duce
of Italy, but, as Dominic philoso-
phically looks upon the situation:
What of it?"
Here they ask you what can
you do, not what can your cousin
in Italy do. I'm happy, so,
what of it,"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-01-29
Trial Separation Latest
In Chicago Social Circle

CHICAGO, Jan. 29.-Chicago's
society circles today were buzzing
with the news of a trial sepa-
ration effected between Chaun.
cey B. Blair. wealthy broker and
ciubman, and his wife, the former
Mildred Marshall.
Blair, in admitting that he and
his wife had agreed on the trial
separation denied that either
entertains a thought Of divorce.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-16
RaA RO1Mance
n9A 9 sssr6s Ink. 4 4;S BY LAURA LOU BROOKMAN

ran out of the room and up the
| stairway.
The restraint was broken and
Judith made the most of it. Her
face lit with a smile and she turned
quickly.
thine is flying, Arthur. It's
nearly o'clock and neither of us is
dressed for dinner. With a treasure
like Cora in the kitchen it would
never, never do to keep the meal
waiting. Shan't we go up?"
Knight picked up the hat and
coat he had dropped into a chair.
He looked tired.
"Yes," he agreed. "Here, I've got
to get rid of these things"
Judith took the hat and coat
from him. She hung them away
in a closet for wraps. Then they
mounted the stairs.
Dinner had been ordered for Z
o'clock. Fifteen minutes before
that time Judith was downstairs,
nervouSly assuring herself that
there could not be another scene.
Such things did not happen. Two
affairs like that in a row were
impossible!
VXTOULD Tony appear for din
w ner?
Arthur came down, looking very
handsome in his dinner clothes. The
hour had refreshed him and he
seemed to have forgotten his anger
II sent off note to Junior this
afternoon" he told her by the
way, he'll be here Saturday. Can't
decide what to buy the young ras-
cal for Christmas.
You know, to really please him it
ought to be the Graf Zeppelin.
Think you could wrap it in an at
tractive package, Judith?'
She was glad to hear him joke.
Just then Judiths heart lifted, for
down the stairs came Tony.
Dinner is served, I think" said
Judith Knight. Lets go into the
dining ROOM
Tony spoke only once or twice
throughout the meal, but was civil
toward her stepmother. The girl
had dressed for the theater in a
dazzling white frock which COM
bined the criSpness of taffeta with
tulle.
It was sophisticated, low-cut, and
a great bow on the skirt suggested
its French origin. Tony wore coral
jewelry. no more flaming than her
lips.
The dinner passed more comfort
ably than Judith had expected.
Tony asked to be excused when cof-
fee was served. She went up to
her room, and fifteen minutes later
when Harriet announced young
man was waiting, Tony descended.
Judith saw that the girl was
wrapped in white fur. Without any
word for the two in the living room,
Tony and her escort left the house.
An hour or so had passed before
Judith Knight said hesitantly to
| Arthur:
do you know whom Tony is with
tonight?"
He shrugged his shoulders.
Good Lord, no! I can't keep
trace of her admirers. Never could!'
Ito Be Continued
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-16
CHAPTER THIRTEEN

TONY KNIGHT, Infatuated and
l. in action, was sight to make
strong men quail. Her eyes flashed.
The vivid. petulant lips were
drawn with rage. Tony stamped
one foot as she cried:
You're going to get out of here
you gold digger! You cheap,
scheming, money grabber, you!
Don't think you can stay in this
house and get away with your
tricks! 1 won't have it. Il"
Judith was ~ her feet too now.
Judith's eyes lad narrowed. There
was a dangerous light Smoldering
in their blue depths. No one had
ever said that Judith Knight could
not defend herself.
For q moment she heSitated, and
in her perfect silence there was
strength. Tony. spent with the
tempeStuous cutlery, stood CULVER
ing and glaring at the older girl
Judith's lips moved-but before the
words came she had checked her
self.
She was remembering this was
Arthur's daughter with whom she
had to deal.
Il. am not gold digger" she said
calmly. I'm your fathers wife and
there is no reason why you should
dislike me so. I want to be friends
with you"
The blazing Tony had recovered
her voice again.
But I won't be friendSl" she
screamed and her voice rose to q
higher, louder pitch. You're no
bodyl You're nothing but a Sneaky
designing shop girl and you want
my fathers money.
"Well-you won't get it. do you
hear that? You fooled him into
marrying you, but he'll get rid OF
YOU all right. He'll do exactly as ]
say and won't have you here! Do
YOU get that?"
Some one else had come into the
living room. Neither of the two
Urls had heard the third persons
footsteps. Both turned at the sound
If his voice.
You are to apologize at once
ConyI"
Arthur Knight, coat over his arm
md holding his hat, stood in the
doorway. He had come into the
house just in time to hear his
daughters last TRADE Knights face
was flushed and his chin (of which
TonyS was an exact replica) was
set in a hard line.
apologize to Judith" he COM
manded his daughter the second
time. You are to do it at once. "
Il won't"
THE air Of the room was electric.
Il One spark-and the fuse would
be lit. Judith glanced from her
husband to Tony. then back again.
What would happen next? 1t was
terrifying.
But you mustn't" she protested.
You mustn't. Arthur"
Stay out of this. Judith" knight
told her CURLY. Tony is going to
obey me- She is going to ask you
TO forgive the outrageous things she
has been saying and tell you she
is sorry for them. AL right, Tony.