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The Washington times., 1930-05-20
Clean Up Week Is Here
Let us Have Flower Week in the Future.

Washington citizens will dutully and gladly follow the
proclamation requests of the District Commissioners that this
be accepted Clean Up week in the worlds most beau
tiful capital.
Washington is too beautiful city in public way not to
be equally pleasing in lots and homes with everything Of
unsghty nature removed and little touches given that will
contribute to better appearances.
Cean Up week is intended to inspire people to regu
lar and to methodc habits this direction that the eye
be delighted with tidness and neatness.
One thing Commissioners and leading trade and civic
organizations should do is aoot organized campaign
to encourage Horticulture every home particularly those
with back front lots large enough enable growing Of
flowers and plants Then year. could have flower
week. with prizes for the prettiest spots
It might take time to widespread community
interest in home Horticulture but nothing would add to
the profound beauties of Washington and home content
ment and happiness.
The Washington times., 1930-05-20
The Marry-GO-ROund
BY Helen Rowland.

We Modern Women
1t may be vanity. or it may
be only optimism, that makes
q woman insist on having a
kiSS-proof lipstick.
The old-fashioned women
went in for quality in a huS-
band and quantity in children,
but the modern woman has
turned things just the other
way round.
Judging from all this talk
about the moral uplift" of the
modern girl, you'd fancy that
whenever she took the primrose
path she travelled that way all
by herself. g
Somehow a man always in
sists on confusing red hair with
a crimson temperament or
fiery temper, dark hair with
intensity and blonde hair with
temptation.
If the shops really want to
sell those high-waisted styles
to modern dowagers, they
would be wise to forbid the
pretty saleswoman to wear them
The Washington times., 1930-05-20
Particles and Waves
BY Archibald Henderson

To all the new theories of
the atom a purely pragmatic
test is applied. The test is not
whether we can made a dia-
gram or picture or model OF
the phenomenon. The test of
the theory is: will it work?
These are not new Difficult
ties: they have long been ia
miliar in the conflicting theories
regarding light. Sir William
Bragg once said that physicists
regarded light as a wave phe-
nomenon Mondays, Wednesdays
and Fridays, and as a corpus
cular phenomenon on Tuesdays.
Thursdays and Saturdays. To-
day the physicists must regard
the electron as both waves and
particles every day Of the week!
The new theory of the atom
put forward by Schroedinger
conceives the atom as under
going peculiar fluctuations in
density. The vibration is con-
ceived not as an advancing
wave but as a standing wave,
like the vibration of an ordi-
nary violin string.
If the atom is in a stationary
state, as we say, no radiation
is emitted. But suppose that
two vibrations associated with
the atom occur simultaneously.
Then there occurs a beat fire.
quency; and this constitutes
the frequency of emission.
This agrees precisely with
the results attained by Bohr
in his corpuscular theory Of
the atom. A co-existence of
two states of vibration occurs
while the atom is radiating.
And this co-exiStence occurs
while energy is being trans
ferred from one vibration to
the other. These vibrations
must be thought of, not as
mechanical motion, but as elec.
trical fluctuations of some un-
known sort.
The Washington times., 1930-05-20
By Elsie Robinson

Days and weeks must intervene
between the time YOU felt &
splendid impulse and the time
the OTHER PERSON heard
about it. And even then it car
ried no warm personal vibra
ton. So life held great ario
gaps of loneliness and diScour
agement. IF YOU MOVED
ABOUT AT ALL, LIFE BE
CAME A SUCCESSION OF
LITTLE DEATHS. All men
lived within the Imprisonment
of those grim, gray walls OF
time and space.
BUT LITTLE BY LITTLE
THE WALLS ARE COMING
DOWN!
The things men thought they
couldn't lick, are being licked.
Four thousand four hundred
miles are no longer 4.400 miles.
They are only AN IDEA now
idea which no longer means
what it meant twenty or even
ten years ago. And that idea
can be overcome in an instant
by the use of a little box. Time
is vanishing-space is disap-
pearing-they are both being
erased from our consciousness.
But, of course, "the little box"
isn't really performing the mir,
acle. MANS MIND HAS PER
FORMED TT. Man can do
whatever he THINKS he can
do. Men once THOUGHT they
couldn't abolish time and space.
And so time and space stood.
solid and invincible. as firmly
as though it had been a riveted
chain. Then man changed his
mind. He decided that he
COULD lick time and space.
AND NOW THE WALLS ARE
FALLING!
Perhaps some day that last
great wall called Death will
crumble just as surely-WHEN
MEN THINK THAT WAY!
The Washington times., 1930-05-20
Talking Dogs
They're Possible, a Breeder Thinks.

Dr. W. L. English dog breeder of Crewe England believes
is possible breed of dogs that talk He thinks
it would be wise so because might shed light the
problem of developing the long heralded super-MAN
But let the doctor tell it in his words:
"There is no in breeding whO simply
physically strong, like Camera We must Improve
their brains, and before do that
experiment Why not, therefore, experiment lUith
dogs uDI1ose brains similar to those of men?
"JVhile dog breeders for centuries haze produced
dogs of oil shapes sizes and cOlOr they hGUe missed
glorious opportunity of experimenting uVith canine
brains.
"Doss haUe no more intelligence than they had in
early Egyptian times. believe that under course
of training and breeding consistently pursued for
fem human generations the canine brain rUoud be
developed to a stage t0here dogs could talk"
That might be DONE but it would be foolish to do it.
Dogs intelligent than men, are usually superior in
moral character They honest faithful patheticay CRATE
full for small favors percentage of criminals among them
is much lower than among humans
If they could talk they could preach us many sermons
For our peace of mind let US be glad they dumb
and keep them so.
The Washington times., 1930-05-20
WORLD!

Marconi talked to New York
from Rome the other day.
Clearly and casually, he and
Madame Marconi chatted over
4,400 miles. So near were they
in spirit as well as wave
length that Madame Marconi
told her friends of the coming
baby.
Four thousand four hundred
miles of space annihilated! But
if you were born since the war
that doesn't seem very excit-
ing. You're used to miracles.
If you had been young in
1905. or thereabouts, Senator
Marconi's feat would make
shivers run up your shins and
down your memory. Life was
incomparably different then. It
was full of walls. Walls more
solid than any ever built of
stone or steel. Walls of time
and space.
Time and Space-they be-
longed to the eternal mysteries.
Like birth and death, they be-
longed to God. Man might &C
complish many things, but he
couldn't tamper with time and
space any more than he could
tamper with birth and death.
It would be almost impious to
try. And so, time and space
hedged men around with i'm
penetrable walls. Cut people
off from each other. Made
men feel tiny and impotent;
made them feel that there were
things they couldn't lick.
was bride in Vermont in
1908. I had come from Cali
fornia and I was insanely home
sick. as Californians always are
when taken from their place. I
used to go up on a hill behind
my home and look out toward
the West. I used to think
Mother and Dad are out there.
If I could hear their voices
The Washington times., 1930-05-20

where the customer can get a
preview of herself.
Of all the seven deadly
things, bouillon without salt,
marriage without love. a wo-
man without tact and a spring
moon with a heart-affair are
the deadlieSt.
Fashion follows the figure
as trade follows the flag" says
Jacques Worth, Paris contour
ier. Oh. no; Jacques. Fashion
is trying to lead the figure
back to the corset-counter-but
the figure is giving fashion and
the world a laugh.
A girl wants the wedding
march played fortissimo at her
first wedding but she usually
soft-pedals her second wedding.
until she sees whether or not
it is going to take"
Why should matrimony in
terfere with pleasure in these
days of self-sufficient children,
self-supporting wives and self
amusing husbands?
The Washington times., 1930-05-20

The trouble with nature is
that it is not accommodating!
It will not adapt itself to the
intellectual requirements of man.
Nature pays no heed to the
analytical difficulties which man
encounters in his attempt to
plumb her abysses and pluck
out the heart of her mysteries.
Ingenious models of the atom
the static model of Langmuir
and the dynamic model Of Bohr.
for example-are ingenious con-
structs devised to explain the
interior structure and behavior
of the atom.
Both of these brilliant and
imaginative attempts to con-
struct a model of the atom
seem to have, broken down.
The phenomena Of nature, alas!
are far more complicated and
mysterious than Langmuir and
Bohr dreamed
According to those two theo-
ries, electrons were thought OF
as behaving like particles. The
new theory of Schroedinger
Conceives the atom as contin-
uous and vibrating in more
than three dimensions. We do
not know just what it is that
vibrates inside the. atom, nor
why atoms should vibrate in
dimensions more than three in
number. It is at present vir-
tually impossible to arrive at
any INSTALLATION of atomic
processes.
AS Davisson says, the the
oreticaG physicist has outgrown
the ambition of Lord Kelvin
to devise a mechanical model
of every physical phenomenon.
It has been discovered by the
mathematical physicist that a
certain esthetic pleasure is de-
rived from dealing with cal
culations in symbols which
evoke no mental picture what
ever.
The Washington times., 1930-05-20
ONCE-OVERS

that are met by nearly every
one.
It is easy to go to those who
have helped you in the past
and thereby lessen your desire
and ability to do for yourself
in an emergency.
Aren't you selfish in your de-
mandS upon those dear to you?
Unwilling to carry your own
load and trying to transfer it
to them or the greater part of
it, at least.
It may ~e that borrowing
money is your penchant or
wishing another to intercede to
get what you want.
Desiring friends for the good
they may do you shows you
unworthy of the loyal friend
ship of anyone.
The Washington times., 1930-05-20
Hearst Papers Advocate

/. "Peace and Gm,ity With all nations; entangling
alliances aUith none," as advocated by George
Washington.
e Proportional representation IN the United States
Senate no State to haze less than t10o Senator's
Legislation to enforce prompt constitutional reap
portionment in the House of Representatives.
3. A. separate Department of the Army, of the Macy
and of the Air Forces, all united under Secretary
of National Defense.
a. Federal action to the limit of Federal pooUers to
abolish iUiteracy in the United States under
Secretary of Education.
S. Election of Congress in November. Installation
on the first of January following. Inauguration
of the President first of January neat after
November election.
The Washington times., 1930-05-20

TO WANT TO TALK TO CALI
FORNIA AS FOR ME TO
WANT TO TALK TO THE
DEAD. No voice could possibly
come back.
We were shut in like that,
in 1908. And, because of it.
something very sad and un-
healthy happened in human
life. Those vital currents which
swing between human hearts
the currents of love and enthu-
siasm and mutual helpfulneSs
and inSpiration-were cut off.
The Washington times., 1930-05-20

everything would be all right.
I wouldn't mind this strange,
new life so much. If I could
hear their voiceS-IF I COULD
HEAR THEIR VOICES"
Over and over l would say it,
standing there alone on the
hill. At first I would say it in
a little, lonely whisper. But
sometimes l would scream, for
the hopelessness of it was so
terrible. 1T WAS LIKE TALK
ING INTO A GRAVE. TT WAS
AS FUTILE. THEN, FOR ME
The Washington times., 1930-05-20
Using Your Friends

Using Your Friends
Isn't it true that you expect
too much of your friends?
You feel that they should
volunteer aid in every little diff
ficulty in which you find your.
self.
In past years you may have
leaned so heavily on your
friends that they have become
a bit disgusted and would like
to see you make a greater et-
fort to overcome your own
personal obstacles.
Those who are true friends
are willing to give assistance
when a real trouble comes, but
there are not many who care
to be bothered with problems
The Washington times., 1930-05-20
DO YOU KNOW THAT

Claiming that the high death
rate in a number of villages in
France is due largely to the alb
sence of telephones for sum-
moning doctors, more than 200
rural districts have made ap-
plication for installation Of
telephones.
The Washington times., 1930-05-20

Emperor Hirohito, of Japan,
who recently celebrated his
twenty.ninth birthday, reigns
over an empire of 80,000,O0O
inhabitants. He is the 124th
occupant of the throne reserved
for descendants of the Sun
Goddess.
The Washington times., 1930-05-20

How poor are they that have
no patience!
What wound did ever heal but
by degrees?
Shakespeare.
Honesty is the best policy,
but he who acts on that prin-
ciple is not an honest man.
-Whately.
The Washington times., 1930-05-20
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

He that defers his charity un-
til he is dead is, if a man weighs
it rightly, rather liberal of an
other mans than his own.
Bacon.
Not easily will you find one
man in many thousands who
considers that virture is its own
reward. Ovid.
The Washington times., 1930-05-20
KNOWLEDGE TEST

WHAT DO YOU KNOW?
Fill each blank
Caesar crossed the started a civil
of - is joy forever
child s- of the man."
Neither lender be-"
A is coin of -.
Match correctly
G. crowd repentance
uncouh throng
9. brutal pastoral
10. rustic rough
know
IL Who wrote "Typhoon"? . .
r. What chain islands the middle Of
Pacific ocean?
u When was the
rated?
Where arrested?
15 what tree produces the nut called flbert?
(AnswerS on Magazine Pase)
New Britain herald., 1930-12-18
BETTER FOR THE COURT

l. appears that lhe senators who voted 10 postpone consideration Of inc World Court entry for a year were motivated by d fear that 1n- lectlon or the court issue m tn, pres cnt lame duck session would have caused so much debate that an extra session would have been forced ait eg March 4
 In addition. the committee agreed to permit Ehhu Root to appear after the Christmas recess 10 explain the American reservations.
 some ot the senators still conduct thcmseives as if they do not know what 1t IS all about.
 On the whole. however. postpone- ment of the court issue so d. to per nit the new Senate 10 act makes it more certain o5 acceptance. That, at least, is something gained for th" court advocates.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-18
nl-ROLkN .A>NII~.

"rrozau assets" which we read abou provide food for thought. As everyone knows. frozen assets ar" tnose which .anno, readily b. sold or turned into ncoded cash.
 l. would make TO difference to anybody or to any 1jrm, if it pos sosscd so-oall.d erozon assets and didn't nod the cash; En other words ]. a As1 10 Hah.lno~. or no 4su:s ,ha, had f. b. p4d 4uiraIy.
 The man possessing a 1.o,-.ree house. one free of ali eucumbrane.a. and possessing his susual Income Is not bothered with frozen assets. To sa.u a rare individual -a, -,rm has only au academic meau!n-.
 J. r, Morgan rnoaz Ills aaaao. a~ aoa- o.a.r H. uttered a s.~ words Inc o,a.r day which aal, no. .4oss q dispute. "Orer-spcca)auon~ and "oTor-aeh, no sad. prouIal tie oa.s2ro.ud for tta frozen assets.
 When rAc tune comes and the as- --r7 uoH croz,a ar- raaw.l ou,, and human nature works tg.a 'o form the contraction O. de5t 0.a go or as le.ore Ftori4a land. stocks and laal estate may no, bo a7 popular as they were. but somebody will ln- vent something ..#r to go crazy auO-t.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-18
25 Fears Ago Today

X uImDrr of Dots from tlIs city will take the bar examinations n Hartford on December @9.
 \ conferrUcc was hold yesterday between the Business Mems associa- ton and tho railroad company over the switching nuisance on Main street. \ protest Was drawn up lasf week by Judge Cooper after a meeting the directors Of the asso- cIation-
 Pred Wrinkle vas elected presi- dent Of the New Britain City lodge, Q. E. A.. at the annual meeting held last evening.
 White vests are popular among the well dressed men Of the city at tho present time.
 l.. J. Lynch has been appointed director Of the Philharmonic band for the l2th successive year,
 The Trinity Freshmen held their annual banquet in this city last cve- ming at the RussWin hotel. The sophomores secured the city in force but were unable 10 locate the freshmen.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-18

Editor New Britain Herald,
 Dear Spectator;
 You must be d master mind when you have been able to have worked out such d simple plan. Certainly the taxpayers would never have thought of not saying anything about old age pension if it had not been suggested to them that the old standpatters on Capitol hill had d monopoly on old age pension coop "ration with and coordination ,n such activities.
 No doubt, Mr. Speculator, you be llcYe there should be nothing said about the following, as you may con sldcr them functions Of the old Sldndratters or state issues while the people are losing their homes by the wholesale and hundreds of our peo- plc are on the verge of starvation. For instance, per cent penalty iu- terest on unpaid taxes instead Of the present per cent. elimination of the fixed charge by the electric pow TT trust, unemployment insurance, 'IaCtion Of the corporation counsel by the voters, election Of two mem hers Of the school committee from each ward instead of the present method, referendum at our city elections by the voters Of the city on all important governmental issues that are properly brought before them. q. board Of control with six members from each ward elected by the people.
 4 city manager form Of goveru- ment 10 replace the overlapping, tophearE inefficient present form Of government. Apparently. Mir. Spec IIdtor, your position oil progrcs ssive legislation is like q truck turning in 10 a tcn-toot alley with the great est economic disaster this country has ever endured. With it's ruined millions. its thousands Of suicides. Millions upon millions Of women and children actually starving. Appar- enlN your choice is the continuance O. stal"art government for the bcno- it of tho few | the expense O. the alroady impoverished majority.
 If the people want conditions such as they have in Russia and Brazil they should continue j. Henry Eora- backs standpattcrs in power and they would have conditions that would make the Brazilian revolt look like tea party. The Citizens rorcrty Owners association. n "oHmon with thcr progroasjycs. h#Fr much 10 be elated over in your si-s' aiIon Surely the unseen forces aHs at work. We will have to battI- Q" retaining the ground won and pressing forward to greater victory j. -r all peoples.
 Oars, truly.
 For Progressive Legislation.
 >IAETIN J. KELLY.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-18
ECONOMICS AND POLITICS

Political unrest throughou the world IS not helping to solve tho problems incident 10 economic un- rest. Scarcely had the sound Of r.- volt died down iu south America when Cuba contributed trouble, tho extent oc which is carefully hidden under d rigorous censorship. WhIe -his is proceeding TO on. knows how Spain contributed its quota Of International uneasInoss. In Central Europe the political unrest incident to racial minorlties chafing under 1oregn rule remains keen, leading 0 excosscs that frequently gain neas- paper prominence.
 It IS concci,abla that. people throughout the world were enjoying a satisfactory economic existence they would bo less inclined to in- dulge in political dtsturbtnces, wac difficulties in Spain. for instance. ar" accompanied by strikes in thc indus 1laI regions, and tlese hgu. ls.n going on in,rrmI-tencly Tor a long time. Economic conditions m Cuna are believed at the basis O. r.e prevailing political discontcA, Go ernmcnts unfortunately ranatse much of the blame when oconomc conditions are unsatisfactory.
 Thus it is evident that what max, history for the human race has not changed from the time when tribes roamed the vast reccsses Of coutj- nents. Always it has been d. desire 10 find the best sources Of food. fine best climate and the best hunlins grounds Clashes over the possession Of these nave been the basis O. carly human history; and in later times ono reads Of the need for markets. the condition ot trade and the price Of grain The machinery ot TX isrence has hcen complicated almost beyond human understanding, but everyone realizes the effects when the machinery doesn't operate well The mar with q full stomach. shelter and raimcnt and no dehts is not the type 10 listen to unsrenily political agitation; but let enough Of the population lack these requisites and the field IS ripe for political agitation. such as We have in many parts Of the world today.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-18

cIe in order to appease the public sentiment that has been aroused in regard to the charges for electricity. Once more the poor man trying to cconomize is left out and only the large consumer benefited.
 Since the large service charge re- mains unchanged and by limiting the one cent reduction only to thos" using over 70 kiloWatts per month it is impossible for those who need to economizc 10 benefit.
 If the company is able 10 produce electricity cheaper and is willing 10 pass on some Of the benefits why not for once consider the poor man who has 10 think twice every time hy turns on the switch?
 SJ BSCRlBER,
New Britain herald., 1930-12-18
Clues Fail to Develop
 In Teachers Death Case

Naryvjlle, Mo, Dec. IS UP) - A 56 hour search by cnragod citi- zons, q detachment Of National Guardamcn and packs Of blood hounds failed today to produce d trace of the man who attacked and murdered Miss Nelma Coltcr, I9 year old rural school teacher
 Miss Golfers body was found in her school house four miles south west Of here late Tuesday. She had been beaten to death. Posses formed immediately.
 Three suspects. arrested yesterday, were released when Sheriff Hary@ England and other authorities were convinced they had no part in th4 crime
 Only two clues, finger prints found in the dust of Miss Golfers desk and the story Of Will New, d tanner. that he had seen q man IoItering near tho school house, have been found