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The Washington times., 1930-12-13
The Next War
A Horrible Picture.

The last bore evil fruit in the form Of and in
genious devices for taking life wholesale but It Will seem
but Sunday school picnic compared with the next
phetic glimpse of future conflicts is given to the ayman in
recent article by Col Vauther of the French army
sor Of defense plan which he thinks essential an In
vaded nation is to survive
Colonel Vauthrs scheme BRIEF to organize satety
the interior Of the country in which at the out
break Of every and child every man not serving
find shelter The of the country will be vast bare
area with human inhabitants except the armesand even
the armies will be hidden in dugouts deep underground until
the actual moment Of contact with the enemy. 49,
Within the central safety the nations livestock VIII
be every available inch Of ground will be used
to raise foodstuf and shelters beneath the earh surface
will be provided where human beings and animals can take
refuge from air raids and gas attack.
All spies except those uniform would be swept into the
safety with other civilians and like them held ncom
muncado for the duration Of the This the Coone
thinks would remove Of the chief problems Of the de-
of conceang information Of their strength ana
movements from the enemy.
It an interesting prediction and perhaps in the hgnt
present day knowledge reasonable one But IN EUROPE
least seems doubtful civilian population Wou1o
have time to take refuge such shelter when came
The conflict might well be decided in the first twentyfour
hours and in favor Of the side whose air squadron laden
with gas and bombs struck the first blow Men, women ana
children wiped out en- in their sleep, cities and towns
demolished traffic arteries parazed shVeed up ana
the defenders out Of action before they knew there was
something like this is the appalling prospect na eaCn
European nation faces.
One NAV guess the next great will be bet ana
will end with the virtual annihaon Of the losing slde
Women and children will fall with the class nor age
will be exempt.
horrible picture? Yes but not for that reason untrue
The Washington times., 1930-12-13
Hearing on Electric Light
Rates and Consent Decree

Richmond Ksech useful peoples counsel and William
NICK Clayton unpaid but efficient Of the public
In utilities matters did their duty in demanding that the Public
Utilities Commission go quite fully into the proposed electric
Hight schedules for 1881 before definitely fixing these rates
There should be unnecessary delays the hearings no
postpone the decreases that belong to the public
after 81 under the decree agreement that
g prevails but which is to be attacked unfair to OF
electricity and regular gold mine for the Potomac Electric
Power Company.
The schedules submitted and which the point OF
being approved commission do not give to small users
electricity their just proportion Of the decreases that have been
earned The real benefits to 60 larger consumers pur
of the PepCo policies Of encouraging the use OF eec
tricty for cooking heating; power etc.
That however is matter for the P q to decide and to see
that Justice is done the different kinds Of users.
The big question before the commission must be the equity
OF the existing agreement and the excessive profits the company
making after lowering its charges for number OF years
The splendid management by which the company has so long
prospered deserves comendaton but the company cen
nue prosper and exceptional returns schedules
still than those proposed The rate to the average con
gumer should exceed cents per owatt hour with other
rates correspondingly reduced. .->...,....
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Listen, World!
~ Elsie Robinson

She writes: "I am q woman
of 3S and in good health, but
I am haunted by a fear Of
death, Miss Robinson. No one
guesses it. I act as jolly as
anyone, but all the time I have
this secret dread. Are other
people like that?"
Most OF us are, I suspect.
And yet, when one thinks
about It,, that fear is one Of
the most foolish things in life.
WHY SHOULD WE so DREAD
DEATH WHEN WE DIE so
OFTEN DURING LIFE?
Already you have died many
times, stranger. The body you
were. horn with no longer ex-
lists. 1t had vanished by the
time you were Z years old.
And a new body, new in every
particle, had taken its place.
Not an ounce of your original
self remained. BY another
seven years that second body
had also vanished and had
been replaced by a third. II
you live to be 70 you will in
habit. at. least 10 different
bodies and each Of these bodies
will, in turn, vanish. They
will die as surely as though
smallpox or, pneumonia carried
them off.
A New Mind
What is true Of your body
is also true Of your mind-and
to an even more amazing de.
gree. You may, in a lifetime,
inhabit 10 bodies, but each day
If you live eagerly and cour-
ageously-you inhabit a new
mind. Remember the mind
you had at is? That may
only be q dozen years ago, but
already that mind is q dim
The Washington times., 1930-12-13
The Marry GO-ROund
BY Helen Rowland

popularity with the walters at
night clubs. Yet, all his glitter
leaveth her, cold. And 10, an
other offereth her only "ln.
derstanding" and a potte d
hyacinth, and a stale line OF
Jolly, and getteth away with it.
One man seeketh to impress
a woman with his wisdom;
and his mouth is full Of advice
and information and sophisti"
cation. Yet she is bored.
But another confeSseth his
sins and his follieS and beggeth
her to reform" him. And 10,
she comforteth him with kisses
and tender reaSsurances.
A foolish man delighteth to
pose as a Don Juan and to
boast of his proweSs among
women and his conquestS in
the love-chase.
w hereaS, every woman
dreameth secretly of a lover
with the steadfastness Of Don
Quixote and the tenderness Of
Romeo. And NO d m Il
yearneth to join the multitude
in an overcrowded heartl
One man Seeketh to shine
as a wit and q wise-cracker,
and delighteth to be accounted
"the life of the party" Yes,
he is SO FUNNY
But. the damselS turn tfron
him with shrugs and yawnfhgS.
For an eloquent silence piqueth
the curiosity, where much chat
ter Is as q flat wheel to the
nerves or static in the radio.
SELAH.
CoopyrighG 1881 King Features
syndlc&aa, hal
The Washington times., 1930-12-13

thing to .you-Umreal as q
ghost. It's ideas and attitudes
seem absurd to you now.
You think of it with amused
condescension as you think of
a laundering baby. You think
Of it as though you had passed
to another star and were look
ing back to the blundering,
babyish life here-aS though
you had died and were looking
back, across the grave, with
freed, enlightened eyes.
And you have died! You are
looking back across the grave.
Hourly you die, hourly you are
born. People, looking at your
body moving about, believe that
you are a living person. But
actually within your body and
your mind you are constantly
being born and dying and be-
ing born again.
No Mystery
Dying Is no more mysterious
than living. The step into the
coffin is not any more grave
or significant than the step
into tomorrow. I suspect 1t Is
very much the same step-only
through a stranger door. And
always we must pass through
doors before we can come into
the next room. Always we must
pass through great and little
deaths before we can come into
new life.
Do not fear death any more
than you fear life. They are
both q tremendous challenge
as birth was a challenge. Fear
only that you may not be brave
enough to meet that challenge
for the only death that's
worth worrying about is the
failure to live life.
Copyright, 1880, King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1930-12-13
ONCE-OVERS

Somebody is taking your
measure"
You may not realize when
you come in contact with GER
tain people that they may take
mental notes concerning you.
You are being judged from
many standpoints at times
when you have no reason to
think that you are being ap-
praised.
This fact should make you
more careful Of your actions,
words and deeds.
Your crowd may consider
you a pretty good fellow.
But on the strength Of your
good fellowship has anyone
offered you a better position
with more money than you
make at present?
You may be fortunate in
having a valuable place with q
going concern.
Perhaps you are well located
in an organization you control.
In these cases you may not
be offered a job by certain OF
your friends.
But without good business
connections why is it that your
friends neve' give you a
chance?
Someone has taken your
measure and found your weak
ness.
Have you ever asked yourself
Ia Just what ways you fal TO
come up to reQUirement8S
The Washington times., 1930-12-13
A Universe Maker
Rv Archibald Henderson, Ph.D., Del, LID
Famous Scientific Authority

which may be derived directly
from the first, Is a basic theo-
rem in Euclidean geometry.
Indeed, it is as diStinctively
the criterion for flat space. or
the Eucndean world Of normal
experience, as is the equally
famous theorem that the sum
Of the angles of q triangle make
UP 180 degrees. It was only
when Riemann posted a new
definition of the distance be-
tween or separation Of two points,
that there came into being the
strange Riemannian geometrieS
Of today upon which Einstein
so heavily relies.
Pythagoras was a philosopher
and established a school or
academy. His followers devoted
much attention to geometry,
and arrived at many interesting
and valuable results.
In especial, they used geomet-
Tical representations Of Quant1-
ties, and derived the relations
between them from the geomet-
rical properties involved. One
such interesting proof Of geom-
etry is that the product Of the
sum and differences Of two
quantities is the difference OF
their squares.
It was no mean achievement
of the Pythagoreans to have
discovered IT, five regular
solids, and in particular to have
learned how to construct the
12-faced solid, given the radius
Of a circumscribed sphere.
Feature Sorvic0.)
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thrown into it, while the fellow
standing back Of you, propelled
by the same momentum pro-
ceeds to ram packages Of all
sizes and shapes, into your ear,
the back of your neck, and
your eyes, If you dare to look
around.
But then you have the holi-
day spirit and you take these
little inconvenience as a part
of the days work, and thank
the Lord you are sitting down
when the car lurches madly
around Dupont Circle.
You get off in the vicinity Of
California Street, shake your
self to see If you're all there,
take the first deep breath
you've drawn since you left F
Street. and mentally resolve to
do your Christmas shopping
next year in August.
ANNE WHELAN.
The Washington times., 1930-12-13

Mrs. Solomon Says
NV Son, how foolish is a
man in his way with WOMEN.
For, verify, verify, the things
which make him lovable In
their sight, are never those
things wherein he seeketh to
star himself; but often, those
things which he accounteth
his weaknesses and seeketh
to diSsemble.
Behold, the "cavema a n"
thinketh in his heart that 1t
is his brute strength and his
rnasterfulness which delight a
damsel and inspire her admira-
ton.
Whereas, peradventure, it is
his secret weakness and his
boyishness which touch her
heart and cause her to yearn
to mother him.
He believeth that it is his
boldnesS and audacity which
shall take her by storm.
Whereas a shy man that Is
filled with modeSty and re-
serve, appealeth to her imagi-
nation, and taketh her by SUR
PRISE. ~
He thinketh to exalt himself
IN her eyes by the glory Of his
achievements and the flaunt-
ing Of his trtumphs. Whereas,
she falleth for him that telleth
of his failures and heartaches
and appealeth to her SYM
pathy.
One man Seeketh to dazzle
. woman with orchids and
hAmpaGne SupperB and his
The Washington times., 1930-12-13
Drawn by Hal Coffman.

II you average and average drinker you
say that you can take liquor or leave it alone.
Probably you can-now. Certainly you cannot-later.
The time viii when you must increase your daily
poison ration and keep increasing it, until you reach the
odden state poor derect in this picture sumped in
his chair obEvious to the world
The only way liquor alone is to let it alone and to
keep on letting it alone until you forget about it.
There is other way and you think there is then you
should have your head examined.
Liquor breeds the craving for liquor The drink
the you That has been the fact since Noah went
his jag after he landed from the ark and it will remain
fact as long as there booze drink and fools to drink it.
The Washington times., 1930-12-13
Call the Bet, Mr.. Hults !
Here It Isl

Editor, Times:
Why don't the newspapers get
a ray Of light, or rather COM
mon sense?
Why don't you all get to-
gether and stop advertising the
depression and hard times?
Don't you realize that you can
tell . well man he looks sick
until finally he becomes sick?
Forget hard times in your paper
for so days and everyone else
will forget it.
I for one have read Of hard
times so much in your paper
and others that have reached
the conclusion that I had better
save my money and not adver-
tise my cars. I would love to
see every merchant get the same
idea.
Bet you ten to one you won't
print this in your column. be-
cause it is the truth.
L. HULTS
The Washington times., 1930-12-13

Not long ago, In introducing
Prof. Albert Einstein at a meet
ing at the Savoy Hotel in Lon
don, Bernard Shaw named
eight men as makers of uni
verses. Some of these, he con-
fessed, were not really makers
of universes: they were only
repairers Of universes. Conspicu-
GUS among the eight names
was that Of Pythagoras, who Is
not usually thought of as be-
ing in the class of world
builders, to which Newton and
EinStein belong. Is this choice
really justified?
To the average person, mem
ories of Pythagoras come back
from schoolboy days. He is re-
called only for having proved
two geometrical propositions,
which, it cannot be disputed
are certainly very useful. One
is that the angle inscribed IN q
semicircle is always a right
angle. The other is the famous
back-breaker, which was so
hard to memorize: the square
on the hypotenuse Of a right
angled triangle is equal to the
sum of the squares on the other
two sides.
If this were the only contri-
button to science made by
Pythagoras, he would be re-
membered in history, to be
sure, but not as a builder or
even repairer of the universe.
However, It is now recognized
that the second theorem above,
The Washington times., 1930-12-13
Naming Our Avenues

Naming of new and important and streets m Wash
ingon will occasion lively fights in Congress- judging from
bills before that body.
The nations States that been sufficiently hcnored
by being attached thorOugfars here to endeavor to
obtain recognition by Congress.
Senator Broussard the latest author OF bill designating
the great thorougfare from the east end OF the
Memorial Bridge through Street to Second Street Northwest
and thence northeaserly direction to Union Station plaza
a. Louisiana because the present Avenue
win be partly wiped out by Federal and District building
projects Other States seeking the same honor
Representative Cooper proposes to name this great mgnwy
s'Constution Avenue in honor Of the most wonderful
work ever struck off by the brain and purpose OF
Other suggested and will have support In Con-
Rress.
The Washington times., 1930-12-13

right Of way, but try and get it.
Finally you stumble onto the
step and are showed headIong
into a man with a kiddie kar
under one arm, a scooter in the
other hand. and q vicious look
on his face.
Because of dire threats from
the conductor you struggle to
move a little further front, un-
til finally some one leaves a
seat and you are literally
The Washington times., 1930-12-13

comfortable for the fellow who
got ahead of you as you could.
About 90 minutes later an
other car rolls UP. A street car
never hurTieS during rush hours,
the motormen believe If they
take things easy they'll last
longer. BY this time the load
ing platform is filled to over
flowing as is the car, from
previous stops. You being
there first feel you have the
The Washington times., 1930-12-13
Hearst Papers Advocate

onest friendship Nth all nations entqngltn0 alliances
NTH none."-GeorOe Washington
PROPORTIONAL representation the United States Senate
tate to hnve Senator's Legislation to enforce
PROMPT constitutional TeGpportonment IN the House OF
Representatives.
Sepcrute departments the Army of the NGuy and OF the
Ar Forces united under Secretary OF National Defense
Federal action to the limit OF Federal to abolish
Z iuiterncy under q Secretary OF Education.
Installation Of the President o" the first OF January fOnO
trg the November election.
Seectve immigration admit only those suited for Amert
can citizenship and American needs !.
y Deportation Of undesirable aliens and extension OF citizen
Z ship period to 10 years.
Conrpee publicity for Income tGres to preUent big tar
dodgers from escaping taxation.
Modification the VolSteGd act to permit light mines and
beers under Federal regulation
The Washington times., 1930-12-13
OUR RHYMING OPTIMIST
BY ALine MickGeIiS.

HE WHO LOVES TRUTH
Such men alone love truth as he
Who from all other bonds is free,
Who feels no fear of worldly stress
And breads no weight Of loneliness.
Content with this allegiance sole,
He gladly gives to truth the whole
OF all his being, mind and heart,
Nor seeks to keep the smallest part.
For when was ever truth achieved
If but one word or act deceived?
Within a glass one drop of gall
1mparts its bitterness to ALL, .....l...
And so one lie its venom gives
To all the soul in which it lives.
He loves the truth for whom pride, 'r1irth,
Fame, gold, all else have lesser worth:
He holds the truth like some rare pearl
That, glimpSed where tides Of ocean swirl.
In spite Of tumult, pain and tears,
The Washington times., 1930-12-13
Hard Lot of Taxi Drivers

Taxi drivers Of Washington bearing the brunt OF
wave Of robberies sweeping the city, going to snow nat
the lives Of taxi and owners are not as full OF JOYS
as some people imagine
few nights ago six drivers were ROBBED oy passengers
of all their cash and of their cars.
There has been so much this sort Of thing recently as to
indicate organized bandtry that must be met by e1ec
work on the part Of the police department "
The Washington times., 1930-12-13
Christmas Traffic
Rush on r. Street

Editor, Times:
Taxi, lady, taxi! If you're
wise, or rather If you have the
price you take the cab. If not
you cooperate with a master
mind which seems to compel
everyone to rush home at the
same hour on the same car.
Your natural instinct is self
preservation, but you throw
caution to the winds and make
the same head-long dive that
dozens Of others are making
for the same door. Maybe you
make it, and maybe you don't,
but If you don't, you step back
with a gratified feeling that at
least you have made it as un-
The Washington times., 1930-12-13
Has Plan to Assist
Unemployed

OuSWp4Oy6U
Editor, Times:
I have an earnest desire to do
something for the unemployed.
1 am like many others unable to
give anything but this some
thing in the form Of a plan I'd
like to offer.
I have three songs which I
have composed which I believe
would become popular hits if
published. If you know of
someone who would have this
done and give the money to the
cause of unemployment should
be glad to be put in touch with
them. I am not lokoing for any
thing for myself, I am simply
anxious to give what I feel Is
capable of making money.
ANITA TURPEAU ANDERSON,
407 Warner st. N. W.
The Washington times., 1930-12-13
TIMES TEST.

Fill each blank:
/. The statue Of Moses by
Michelangelo is in the
church Of --.
2. Who composed 1.-THE Magic
Flue"?
8. What Is a. mummy?
4. Washington bade farewell
to his officers in
S. Notre Dame is a French
term meaning
Match correctly:
6. collateral a gift Of property
by will
Z. net to annul
8. cancel additional security
8. dividends clear Of all charges
,.. and deductions
10. legacy returns on invest
mentS
Do you know:
II. With what land is Evan.
geline associated?
IL. Who said, can honest man
is the noblest work Of
Cod?
13. What was o. Henry's real
name?
IA. Where does the original pic
ture "Age of Innocence"
hang2
IS. What Is used to break the
fall Of q person from Q
balloon?
tAnSwssB sA Magazine Page.)
The Washington times., 1930-10-14
RUSE PUTS MAN
BEFORE JURY

Andrew w. Homer. %, who
gave his address at Soldiers
Home, was sent direct to the
Grand Jury yesterday from Police
Court charged, with the sale of
five pints of whisky. which had
been ordered by police.
According to information filed
with the assistant district at.
torney, Police Officers j. K.
Baker, F. A. Truscott and E. P.
Lewis called number in the
Decatur exchange and requested
the delivery of five pints of
whisky to the Army and Navy
Club, Seventeenth st. N. w.
In 20 minutes Baker was ac-
costed by a man who asked him
If he were Lieutenant Buchanan,
in whose name the whisky was
ordered. Baker answered in the
affirmative and the sale was ef-
fected. The man arrested gave
the name of Homer. According
to Assistant District Attorney
Julius r. Richards, an automo-
bile belonging to the same man
had been captured on similar
ruse last week:
The Washington times., 1930-10-14
REALTORS PICK
CARR HEAD

Arthur Carr last night was
elected president of the Wash
ington Real Estate Board at the
organizations annual meeting at
Wardman Park Inn. other Off.
GERS chosen are:
j. F. M. Bowie. first vice presi-
dent; John P. Story. jr., second
vice president; H. Clifford Bangs,
w. L. Beale, Claud Livingston.
Joseph A. Herbert. jr., Charles
A. Jones, E. Quincy Smith, Percy
H. Russell. Earl Macintosh and
F. Eliot Middleton. members of
the board of governors.
The immediate future of Wash
ington real estate is bright, John
A Petty, executive secretary. as
serted in outlining activities Of the
board during the year. He pointed
out that sound real estate invest
ments today are available, and de.
clared that changed conditions to-
day call for changed methods in
order that business can continue
on profitable basis.
President Carr announced that
meeting of the new board Of di-
rectors will be held at once for
organizing and planning activities.
The Washington times., 1930-10-14
RichmOnd's Air Mail
POlLnd0qe Falls Off

RICHMOND, Va, Oct. 14.--Air
mail poundage leaving Richmond
showed slight drop during the
month Of September, as compared
with the month of August, but the
past month showed considerable
increase over that for September
of last year, it has been announced
by Joseph w. Stewart. Richmond
postmaster.
A total of gil pounds of air mail
was flown from Richmond last
month. OF this amount. 437
pounds went South and 474
pounds, went North. During the
month of August there were 953
pounds of air mail flown from
Richmond, with 1873 pounds going
South and $40 pounds going North.
The Washington times., 1930-10-14

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The Washington times., 1930-10-14
Ancient Tooth Found
In NeIU JerSey Well

LAvALETTE, N. j.. oct. IA.
Scientific theories as to the age
OF the New Jersey coast appar-
entity are exploded by the dis
covery at a depth Of 1900 feet
here of the tooth Of a gigantic
animal. The molar. IL inches
long and inches in diameter.
was taken from an artesian well
being drilled here.
The tooth was found in two
pieces which fitted together.
Mayor Charles Hankins has pre-.
served the specimen. Scientists
have not yet been able to iden-
tify the animal to which it once
belonged.
The Washington times., 1930-10-14
Women viii Hold
Peace PnrLeU Here

The Women's international
League for Peace and Freedom
will hold a conference at the
Friends Meeting House. 1917 I
st. N W., Wednesday, October
%, to consider a consultative pact
to complement the BRAND Kellogg
Treaty for the Remuneration of
War.
Among the speakers will be
Emily Greene Balch. president of
the Women's international League,
James G. Mcdonald, president of
the Foreign Policy Association,
Agnes MacPhail. member Of the
Canadian Parliament and Ed
ward Evans, of Philadelphia.