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The Washington times., 1930-07-31

Stamboul is seen, then the
mosques and minarets in the
heart of teeming Constantinople.
Constantinople is divided in
to three sections, Stamboul,
Pera- -Galata (often called just
Para) and Scutari. The first
two are on the European side
Of the BoSphorus, while Scu-
tari is in Asia. It is in Stam-
boul that one sees the real
color of old Turkey. There
will be found the old mosques,
coffee shops, fountains and
toYnbs of the old Byzantine
period. Much Of the city, it is
true, is in q state of decay,
but it still reflects a glory which
was. a life which is dying.
Everything appears old, for
nothing is done to rejuvenate
or freShen property. The Turks
have the feeling that If they
make their homes look too good
the government will tax them
more heavily than If they ap-
pear ready to fall apart.
In Pera-Galat1 will be found
most of the foreign embassies
and the European quarters. The
famous Gclata bridge, connect
ing Pera-Galata with STAN
boul, is said to bear every hour
the footsteps of every nation
ality in the world, but with
the acceptance of western
dress and habits by the Turks
and others Of the Near East,
this cosmopolitan highway has
lost much of the color which
once was it's greatest charm.
The Washington times., 1930-07-31
Hearst Papers Advocate

/. "PeGcs ana Gnaty avath all nations; entamgttn0
alliances aVith none," as ADVOCATED by George
Washington. ~
2 Proportional representation TN the United States
Senate, no State to kGve less than taUo Senator's.
Legislation to enforce prompt constitutional reap
porttonment TN the House OF Representatives.
g. separate Department of the Army, of the Macy
and of the Air Forces all united under Secretary
of National Defense
A. Federc! action to the limit of Federal povers to
abolish ahteracy in the United States Hnder
Secretary of Education.
IS Installation of the President the first Of jan
NGry fDlOtVing November election
The Washington times., 1930-07-31

of them. They didn't have the
money!
James Eads How's friends
with rare exceptions-do not
ride in parlor cars. Nor even
in day coaches. When they
travel, they ride In freight cars
or walk. How can men with
out employment. without funds,
travel hundreds or thousands
of miles to a funeral arranged
on a days notice?
DR.. How's death was made
known in the Wednesday morn
ing papers. His funeral was
held Thursday morning. Do
not these, facts speak for them
selves?
The Washington times., 1930-07-31
Don't Desecrate the Flag
Keep 1t Out of the Prize Ring.

Public sentiment everywhere will heartily ndorse the de-
mand of the American Legion State convention Bridgeport
Conn., that the flag should be kept out of the prize
lring.
No spectacle disgusting than that Of the Stars and
stripes draped around middle half human gorilla
fighting under fake in what correctly considered
the most corrupt branch Of American sport.
Many States officially unOfficialy have banned the
practice There no excuse for permitting it anywhere on
against it, necessary the national government should
enact legislation bar absolutely Deseron of the national
emblem the dest raCkes in existence sckens every
decAnt American.
The Washington times., 1930-07-31
Rep. Celler Criticizes
New Dry Declaration

Editor, Times:
The new Declaration Of
Policy" signed. by the leading
drys of the nation does not
click. Their alleged repudia-
ton of enforcement policies
that disregard personal rights
falls on deaf ears. They pro
test too much. Their promises
are like pie crust. They break
easily. I should like to have
them especially object to the
tapping Of telephone wires and
the entrapment of innocent
women to commit immoral acts
in the interests of enforcement;
the wretched frisking Of men
and women at piers; the dis
regard of treaties and the sink
ing of foreign boats beyond
the legal limits; the reckless
disregard Of human life and
the shooting of innocent men
and women in prohibition vio-
lations. This so-called docu-
ment of population" comes
with i'll grace. I do not hear
them lift their voices in pro-
test against the proposal of the
Presidents wicked and Sham
Commission" to set UP juryless
prohibition trials. If there is
anything in American life that
is most precious, it is the per-
sonal right of trial by jury. yet
these drys would trample on
this right. And in the next
breath they prate about in
dividual constitutional rights!
None of those who signed It's
document lifted their voice in
protest against the applauding
of the murder in cold blood Of
a young man fleeing in an au-
tomohile from washington en-
forcement officers. In fact,
Bishop Cannon said that this
applauding was the happiest
sign he had seen in q long
time.
I cannot let this Pecksniffian
Declaration Of Policy go by
unchallenged. .
EMANUEL CELLER.
Representative, Tenth New
York District.
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Hoboes Did Not Desert"
James Eads How in Death

Editor, Times:
The statment in several daily
papers that the comrades and
friends of DR.. James Eads How,
especially the hoboes, ode
serted" him in death, is an in
Justice and either a miSrepre-
Sentation or o miSunderstand-
ing. y
DR.. How is not forgotten,
The Washington times., 1930-07-31
One "Virginian" Felicitates
Another for His Views

Editor, Times
Having been for years a
reader and admirer. of The
Times, both for its independent
attitude and it's progressive and
impartial news service, I would
like especially to thank you for
publishing the letter Of "Vir-'
ginian" in your issue Of July
81. It was good. And I would
consider it a favor if you would
convey through your columns
my thanks to "Virginian" for
so aptly expressing the senti-
mentS Of
ANOTHER VIRGINIAN.
The Washington times., 1930-07-31

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body giving any attention to the
road ahead, except poor little Cliff
ford. A sharp curve doomed ahead.
Blount shuddered. He closed his eyes
as tight as he could. TIE murmured
prayer.
Queer things otter happen in an
accident. The Ford went over an
incline and turned over to an up
right position again. Blount was
hurled short distance from the
machine. The car was not greatly
damaged, despite its age, and the
two men uninjured and now fairly
sobered, managed to get it to run
ming. They made it pull back into
the road.
Prepared to continue on the jour-
ney, they called to Blount who was
groaning in pain. He heard their call
and tried to rise from his prone pO-
sition. But he found that his arms
hurt so much that he was unable to
use them.
Lie pau Ill tkic CdE UcCdtilC IhCO
Of waiting, and Clifford soon heard
the whining of the clutch and the
clatter of the bent fenders-and knew
that he was left alone He called
aloud to them again and again, but
in return he only heard his own
voice echoed through the black,
thick and dismal Texas forest.
Cliffor1 was found unconscious
early the next morning by a white
farmer, who carried him to the near
est hospital, which was in Marshall.
The doctor had little hope of even
saving BlounJ's life at first; saving
his arms was entirely out of the
question. Blount seemed to have
thrown out his arms when the acct
dent occurred and thus got them
pinned beneath the sides of the car,
for they were both badly crushed.
The surgeon had only one recourse
-amputation The right arm was
severed near the elbow; the left arm
was cut close to the shoulder per-
feet operation.
A WORD OF CHEER
They kept Blount, totally helpless
and suffering intensely, in the hos
pital for three weeks. When he was
ready to be dismissed, the surgeon
who performed the operation was
kind enough to accompany him to the
door of the institution.
Standing at the doorway with the
doctor, poor Clifford looked at his
miserable stumps. Then he asked the
surgeon:
What can 1 do with these things2"I
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sTears were already streaming from
his eyes.
This question was appropriate, for
it was notion at that time that
only manual work was the proper
occupation for the Negro. But the
doctor was sympathetic, and VEN
tured to depart from this notion.
He gent-y placed his hand on Cliff
ford's head and looked at him rather
firmly. Opening his strongly set
lips he said the words which have
stayed with Blount all his life:
Clifford, I did not cut your HEAD
off. Your only chance will have to
come through an education"
Not very long after Blount was
thus dismissed from the hospital
not long after he had walked weary
seven miles to his home in the coun-
try-not long after he had heard both
the diScouraging words of his friends
(some told him that they would
rather be dead)-not long after he
had quenched his thirst at a filthy
brook by the roadside by proStrating
himself on his stomach-and not long
after he had heard the only en-
couraging words which came to him,
How glad I am to see you ALIVE!"
from his mother, his brother took
him to Dallas. where Judge Cor
ley fitted him out with an artificial
arm with which he was, in the course
Of time and with great deal OF
practice, able to relieve in some
measure his parents from caring for
him as they would a newborn in
FAINT
A doctor in the hospital had pre-
sented Clifford with pamphlet Of
Judge Corley's. Judge Corley'S in
structions were to the effect that
Blount should be given the minimum
of attention, and that he should be
allowed to do things for himself as
far as he possibly could.
HIS BIG CHANCE
Before the summer of that year
was over. generous agency made
500 available for Blount's education.
His parents decided that they wished
to send him off to some out-of-toWn
school and they, accordingly, wrete
to several of the colleges in Texas.
But all of them, except one, posi-
lively refused to admit an armIess
boy. All of them, except one, firm
ly let tho bitter family know that
"this is no school for cripples." Only
Wiley College. in Texas, was willing
to give Bleunt chance. and the
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HOW many young lheu,
especially young married men,
has one heard say, Il would
have obtained an education,
but the circumstances were
against me-" or l didn't get a
break? What sad express
sions these always seem, es-
pecially when one who has
been gre atty handicapped
from youth proves that it is
possible to overcome the most
unkind fate.
Is there really any excuse that one
can offer for failing to get a liberal
education that will fit him to meet
the changes of dynamic society?
Is there any circumstance that can
justify one in saying. II can't?
Is poverty an excuse? Well, Cliff
ford Blount could not boast of hay
ing a single dollar when he first re-
solved to go to college.
Is a poor public school background
an excuse? Clifford Blount was in
the seventh grade of a poor rural
school when he first determined to
school himself.
NO ARMS SINCE l6
Is a physical handicap an excuse?
Well, hardly, for Clifford Blount has
no arms, and has had none since he
was sixteen years old!
In fact. Clifford Bleunt's case is
a case of boy with desire to OBJ
tain higher education-a desire
which he set out to realize in the
face of almost impossible circum,,
stances. With the left arm severed
near the shoulder and the right arm
severed near the elbow. Blount has
supported himself at Wiley College
for ten years, having been graduated
last year with the degree Bachelor
of Arts He will enter Northwestern
University some time this fall, still
depending on no other help than his
own!
And these ten years in school have
been by no means proSaic! Clifford
Blount'S adventures have been as
numerous as those of any romantic
character of fiction, and his life has
been as thrilling as that of any other
coSmopolite.
In his nomadic wandering over the
entire forty-eight states, and parts
of Canada and Mexico, during va
cations in order to scraoe up enough
money to enroll in Wiley each fall.
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>Bl0untS experiences run from tramp
to teacher, from jails to mansions,
from box cars to pullmans, and from
the seventh grade of a poor rural
school to graduation from a ranking
A class college. His twenty-seven
years of existence have been fully
packed with thrills, emotions and
pathos.
Clifford Blount was born on a
farm seven miles south of Jefferson,
Texas, one of the oldest towns in
the state, on December IL. 1902. Four
children had already been born to
his parents, and two more were to
be born to them soon after. Cliff
ford's early days were spent like
those of many another farm boy
three months of the year being passed
in a teacher school. the remain
ing nine months being taken up by
farm work.
ACCIDENT COMPLEX"
He was only eleven years old when
his first accident happened. 1t was
the mere beginning of what he has
called his accident complex" A
wagon rolled across his abdomen,
producing internal injuries which Sc
riously affected him for five years,
and caused him to lose much time
from his three month school. Blount
was retained three years in one
grade.
From the time of this accident on,
Clifford could not do any heavy work,
so his parents secured him a job
with a white doctor in Jefferson, DR..
Moseley. How curious Blount must
have looked on that day, wearing
his first long suit that he bought
with money obtained from the sale
of "cat squirrels" a small variety Of
squirrels which he would hunt and
sell for thirty-five cents apiece. AT
DR.. Moseley's, Blount cooked and did
maid work while he attended the
city school. DR.. Moseley liked Clif-
fords work very much and was good
to him. and Clifford was enjoying
what he would call paradise. He
was looking at the world through
-colored glasses, when the acct
dent crossed his path which tried
in vain to cloud his rose-tinted spec
tacles forever.
A fair was held in Marshall. a
neighboring town to Jefferson, and
an educational center for colored
people of the Southwest. DR.. Nose
ley was anxious that Blount should
be happy while staying with him. SO
he consented for Clifford to go to
Marshall with two friends" in their
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specially constructed mechanism
holding his tooth brush.
Top Center-ClifoFd Blount today
Bount when he entered Wiley
College
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day at the fair. Clifford went, and
never before did he have so much
fun in one day, lingering in the mid
way and enjoying the riding devices
and pink lemonade. He and his
friends stayed there until the fair
closed down for the night.
"THE FATAL RIDE"
A little before time to leave, how
ever, Blount's two friends left him
and went out into the city, telling
Clifford to meet them at the gate
when the fair closed. They were
quite familiar with Marshall, but
Blount was not, SO he stuck close to
the gate of the fair park until they
returned.
"Git in, rat, and let's go home!"
Blount stopped at such rough
command coming from his COM
panion.
yeah. Don't stand there starin'
like a d fool"
This came from his other pal In
the same tone, and as he said these
words, Clifford discovered why they
had left him at the fair park and
gone into the city. Their breaths were
heavy with the odor of corn whis-
key! They had been drinking!
Blount had never before seen his
friends in their "oil," and he was
frightened.
They put him in the rear seat of
the old touring car, and they occu-
pied the front: the one who was not
driving threw his right leg over the
side of the car.
Both of Blount's companions gave
considerable attention to a quart
bottle that they had in their posses
sion, and the automobile was largely
allowed to drive itself, except that
the driver took pains to carefully
open the throttle to the limit and
give it all the spark that it could
afford.
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TERRIFYING FEAR

At one instant, the driver was TAX
ing too long a swing at the bottle
than his pal thought fair, so the lat
ter reached over and pulled it from
the others mouth. At this the man
at the wheel disregarded his steer
ing altogether and gave his mate a
lusty blow on the side of the head.
This was returned. and little strug-
gle began in the front seat. with no
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Continued on Page Seven
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-17
Many Wooden Dresses and Furs
BIZ MARY MARSHALL.

sorts of fur is used for the purpose.
To the home dressmaker fur trimming
is a real boon. since with a little skill
it may be applied to give a truly pro-
fesS.onal finish to dress or coat You
may buy strips of fur by the yard, or
If you have any old fur taken from
coats or suits of former seasons you
may use the unworn parts of this fur
for trimming your dresses.
Remember in cutting the fur that it
should be done with a sharp knife not
with the scissors. The fur is placed
fur side down on a firm table, the pat
tern of the desired piece is then laid
over the fur and the cut Is made around
the edge of the paper.
Remember in piecing fur that the
hair of the two pieces Joined should run
the same way. Sew the fur with coarse
cotton to match the hide and use
coarse short needle. Do the work with
a simple overland stitch, taking care
not to catch the hair. When the
piecings have been made and the fur
pieces are cut into the right size, damp
en- the wrong side of the fur with water
and lay the fur, skin-side down, on a
board and stretch out, fastening the
edges with pins. Leave for day or
more to dry. The fur may be applied
directly to the material or the pieces
may be bound with cotton seam binding
of about the same color as the fur
The seam binding is simply overland
to the fur and provides firm founda-
ton in attaching the fur to the
material of the dress.
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pointer how avoid the snag in wes disposition
helpful There
Mysteries husband
his head only he had taught how to do It,
Now who has years.
bdegroom-e Son
Of and personal safety Matmony place for candor
field for diplomacy.
criticize faults
nightmare millinery that you will receive
dread will glh old
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air
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dK 1cS
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stove trying to live up to your ideal Of her.
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trick wife 1t just matter judicouy
married tell prospective BRIDEGROOM
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-17
A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK
BY HERBERT PLUMMER.

Congress was declared his only after q
recount.
Hartley admits that he gets big
kick out of running for Congress In
1928, despite the fact that he was q
stalwart organization Republican, party
leaders spurned him because of his
youth. But he entered the primary as
an independent and won the nominal
ton by TIA votes.
I'm my first campaign" he says,
people told me repeatedly that, while
they agreed with my platform, they
could not vote to send kid to Con-
gress."
To meet such opposition he adopted
as his campaign slogan:
"It took a 26-year-old boy to carry
the spirit of America to Paris. Well
have a 26-year -old boy carry the spirit
of the eighth congressional district to
Washington"
1t worked. He won the nomination.
Entering the general election, he based
his campaign on national issues. The
vote was tabulated and he was SAC
shy. He demanded a recount. Some
1876, 900 ballots were counted again and
he had an official majority Of 344.
He was given his certificate of cleo
ton, hired an airplane and few to
Washington to file it.
Hartley's interest in Congress thus
far has been concentrated on relief Of
World War veterans. He would like to
be known as one of the best friends
they have in Congress. To this end,
though. he is regular in his repub-
licanism; ne voted to override President
Hoover's veto of the veterans compen-
sation act.
He is the father of three children
two boys and a girl. He quit school
to marry when he was only II.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-17

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-17

Old Mother Nature.
Little Miss Frisky was now little Mrs.
Impy. A very pretty little chipmunk
she was and Impy was very proud of
her. She was even more proud of Impy,
for you know his coat was coal black,
and black-coated chipmunk is seldom
seen. 1t had pleased Impy that Mrs.
Impy had been so pleased with his home.
To be sure she had changed the en-
trance. Impy had to admit that 1t was
better hidden than the entrance he had
made. Otherwise, she had been quite
satisfied.
Now that he had home and a mate,
Impy the black chipmunk felt very i'm
portant. Yes, indeed. he felt very i'm
portant He strutted Why shouldn't
he strut? Was he not the head of a
home? He thought he was anyway.
Yes, indeed, he thought he was very
much the head of home.
He and Mrs. Impy had been living
together happily for several weeks and
Impy was not aware that there had
been any changes to amount to any
thing To be sure, he discovered that
Mrs. Impy had enlarged one of his
storerooms; but he thought nothing Of
this. In fact, he decided 1t was an i'm
provement He was quite satisfied to
have it so, for now that there were two
of them, more storage space would be
needed. Then his second storeroom was
enlarged. 1t was done without his
knowledge. He happened to be passing
one day when he peeped in and discov-
cred how much bigger it was than he
remembered it.
Did YOU make this room bigger" he
INQUIRED of little Mrs. Impy.
Eyes" she said. 1T really wasn't big
enough. It might have done all right
for YOU alone, but now that there are
two of us, we need plenty Of room. BY
the way, We'll build third storeroom
shortly"
win we?" inquired Impy, looking a
little surprised.
yes" replied little Mrs. 1mpy. Come
with me and I'll show you where we
will start it."
Impy did as he was told to do. He
followed little Mrs. Impy, and when she
showed him the place where the new
storeroom was to be, he not only agreed
that that was a good place, but actually
went to work digging as Mrs. 1mpy told
him to. Moreover, he kept at 1t. Little
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up my voice against the dismemberment
of this ancient and noble monarchy.
Shall we tarnish the luster of this
nation by an ignominious surrender?
Shall this great kingdom now fall
PROSTATE before the House of Bourbon?
In Gods name, let us at least make an
effort. If we must fall, let us fall like
menl"
Chatham rose again, but though his
mouth moved no word issued forth
Suddenly he pressed his hand to his
heart and swooned to the floor
Breathless silence seized the House as
tender hands lifted him and bore him
away. He was carried unconscious to
a house in Downing street and from
there conveyed to his villa at Hayes. On
May IL he breathed his last.
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