davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
Hearst Papers Advocate

Honest friendship nations eutGn0hn0 alliances
NTH none "-Ceor0e Washington
Proportional representation the United States Senate no
Senator's Legislation to enforce
prompt constitutional re1pportonment tn the House OF
Representatives.,
Separate departments the Army OF the NGny and OF the
Az united under Secretary OF National DEFENSE
Federal action to the limit OF poUers to abolish
utterncv under O Secretary OF Education.
IS OF President the first OF January fouor
u ING the NoUenbeT election.
SeIecve immigration admit only those suited for Anet
as citizenship and American needs
u Deportation OF undesirable and extension OF citizen
ship period to 10 years.
a. Conupee publicity for income preoent big tar
$N dodgers from escaping taxation.
Modification VolsteGd act to permit light Ones and
beers under Federal regulation
The Washington times., 1931-03-09
TINES KNOWLEDGE TEST

8. "she was a phantom Of
When first she cleaned
upon my sight"
8. Andrew -- was i'm"
peached and acquitted.
10. Catherine lived long
er than her husband,
Henry VIII.
Match correctly:
II. annthilate q body Of per
sons in close
order
u. convulse destroy
13. Phalanx q narrow strip
Of wood
II. fresh disturb
IS. la5h unfaded
(Answers On Magazine PaSel.
The Washington times., 1931-03-09

'or she may vary the mo-
The Washington times., 1931-02-20

my ermine cape and gave it to
the doctor for dope. The wrap
cost me four thousand dollars.
The doctor said he didn't want
it. I think he was getting fright
ened. got down on my knees
and prayed to him; he grinned
and pushed me out of his Of
flee.
mo more furs," he said,
what 1 want is money,
money" He licked the letters
off with his fingers.
Don't forget, ,.Snowbird, bring
me money, and we'll talk bust
ness
I went home almost insane
with the awful pains that come
to the poor wretch who's trying
to give up dope.
In the night I thought of d
maid I had.
I had discharged her, because
she was lazy, and afterwards
some one told me she was ped
ding dope.
The Old Address
I snatched up an old address
book, and tore through the
leaves in frantic haste; yes,
there it was. there it was in
plain English.
I clutched my ermine cape,
I knew the girl was crazy about
it. I'd seen her smooth it when
she was hanging it up.
I stumbled through the
streets looking for the address,
when I finally found it, I
was staggering from excite
ment and fatigue.
My hair was on end, my
clothes were half on and haIf
off-but I was wearing the
ermine cape.
The minute I saw her, I
snatched the cape from my
+ back.
Snow" I gasped. "get me
some snow, all you can get and
you shall have this"
The woman caught the wrap
out of my hands and vanished
into the night.
When she came back she
The Washington times., 1931-02-20
Ito Be COntinued)
BY Anne Adams

You will find it extremely
easy to slenderize the appear
ance of your figure if you will
wear frocks designed especially
for you. For example, the model
shown today has a softly tlared
collar pointing to a pert bow,
covering the full bust. The
skirt flare is attached in a
downard point we'll below the
snug hipline. Tucks at the
waist do away with a belt
giving height and so detracting
from weight. Sleeve flares
make the arm more slender.
Pattern 1877 makes up more
beautifully in georgette, flat
crepe, triple voile, etc.
May be obtained only in sizes
Sc, 38, 40, AZ, A, and 46. Size SO
requires 31a yards of 39-inch
material.
Send Is cents, coin or stamps,
for each pattern giving name,
address. style number and size
wanted. Send for winter fash.
ion book, price Is cents. Book
with pattern, rs cents. Address
Washington Times Pattern Bu-
reau, 243 West 18th St., New
York City.
The Washington times., 1931-02-20
CHAPTER %

Il am going straight to hell"
That was my answer to my
husbands hopes and to my
mothers desperate prayer.
Mother stood there in some
thing almost like a daze.
My husband too-for a mo-
ment-seemed shocked out of
his senses.
BY a supreme effort mother
pulled herself together.
Alma, darling, " she said:
Alma. my darling baby, don't
talk to me- like this. Tell me,
aren't you cured; are you still
using that dreadful stuff"
1 threw back my head and
laughed.
Yes" I said, with a bitter
sneer.
"Yes, I am still an addict;
just a dope fiend, that's ALL"
III at Ease
I hated myself for saying it;
but I had to say it or die, and
it gave me a kind Of wicked,
perverted pleasure to see my
poor mother vince under the
stinging whip of my cruel
words.
My husband glared at me,
utterly disguised.
Then he turned on his heel
and left the room. 1 didn't
see him again for days.
My mother held out her
arms, and pleaded with me.
MY darling" she said, don't
talk like that, you don't realize
what YOU are saying, you're my
baby and you're going to be
cured. I am going to take you
out Of this terrible slavery, if
it kills me to do it. Well go
away together alone, just you
and l.. and we'll fight it out
together"
I threw back my head and
laughed again-I can hear my
own voice, my cruel, wicked,
half crazy voice ringing in my
ears right now.
In Her Room
I pushed my mother away,
and went up to my room and
locked the door.
I looked in the mirror and
laughed again.
Mother" I said. what do
I care for her, she'll try to
take it away from me, the one
thing love in the world-Why
I'd commit murder to get a
shot this minute"
BY morning I had a terrific
temperature, the pain in my
hip was intolerable.
My mother took me to the
hospital and we found that my
hip was infected by a morphine
needle, which had broken off
in my body.
They took the needle out,
The Washington times., 1931-02-20
"MAKE REI IFV tT7 A FastStqpng By FAITH
DIET AND HEALTH
by DR.. Logan Clendening-

A proposed amendment to-
the Constitution Of the United
States is as follows:
Cd THE manufacture, sale,
transportation, inhalation or
otherwise consumption of cigars,
cigarettes, pipe tobacco, cut
plug and snuff is hereby pro
hibited. 90 The Congress and
the several States shall have
concurrent power to enforce
this article by appropriate
legislation, and to appoint en-
forcement officers in every COM
munity."
The basis of this prohibition
amendment, of course, must be
the effect of tobacco on health.
recall the things said about
tobacco when 1 was just be-
ginning to look lecherouSly
about this world. 80 years ago.
Cigarettes were referred to as
coffin nails" "Inhaling" ex-
posed the inhaler directly and
Immediately to the danger OF
tuberculosis. Every form Of to-
bacco Stunted growth. Women
who smoked were by and for
that reason of shady moral
character (although lady who
chewed was Of the old regime).
Women who had spent a long
time abroad" however, were
exempt from the rule.
In the light of modern 'investi-
gators, what kind of a health
primer on tobacco could we get
up?
Does tobacco stunt growth?
I quote from researches by DR..
Wingate johnson. He exam
ined $50 men who had never
smoked and $50 smokers. The
average height of the smokers
was 69.2 inches, of the non
smokers 692 inches.
Experiments on Rats
DR.. Themes gave nicotine to
growing mice and rats, and COM
pared their growth with normal
controls. The nicotinized mice
grew, if anything, little faster
than the non-nicotinized ones.
The Washington times., 1931-02-20
ALMA RUBENS' LIFE STORY

had a full two weeks supply
of cocaine, done up in little
white papers.
shifted a dose of cocaine
and my. black world Of terror
and despair turned to a gay
place of laughter and music,
and high hopes.
Slave to Her Maid
From that moment the wo-
man who had been my maid
had me for her slave.
I gave her gown after gown,
robes of real lace, slips of
heavy satin, hand embroidered
and edged with magnificent
furS. silks. satins, veiyets,
gorgeous fabrics from the Far
East. She had them all, every
one of them.
But I had my SNOW" and
what did 1 care for, clothes or
for food, or for friends, or for
anything but coke"
I quarreled with my mother
and with my husband, I hated
them, because they watched
me and tried to keep my
SNOW" and my morphine
away from me.
1 borrowed money from a
famous woman star and rented
an apartment Of my own.
Within a month I was ar
rested.
(TO Be COntinued)
The Washington times., 1931-02-20

subdued the infection and let
me 90 home again.
Hone!-I had no nome, I
wanted no home. 1 wanted
dope, that's all.
And I started out to get it.
My old friend. the doctor
who charged $3.50 a tube for
morphine, which he bought for
81, wasn't ready to do busi-
nesS-yet.
Doctor Is Firm
He held some of my post
dated checks and not one
grain of morphine or heroin,
or cocaine, or codine, or any
of the masked drugs, that are
nothing but dope, would he
give me-not until ! made good
those checks.
But I found another doctor, a
fine dignified, respectable doc
tor in good standing.
He was sorry for me, awfully
sorry for me, he said. My case
was tragic, and then he started
to selling me cocaine.
He charged me SIS for my first
three or four decks" of cocaine.
A week later he raised the
price to $40, a few days afUer
that I had to pay him $40 for
the same amount of dope, and
in two or three weeks I was
paying him $50 for exactly the
same decks of the same dope.
1t began to cost me at the
very lowest $100 a week, and I
paid every cent of it to the fine,
dignified, respectable doctor, in
good and regular standing in
the great profession. Of medi-
cine. -.
I pawned my jewels-every
diamond and every emerald, and
every real pearl I had went for
dope.
Traded for Dope
Then I began on my furs. I
took a $3,000-broadtail coat to
my friend, the reputable doc
tor" and traded for about a
hundred dollars worth of dope.
When that gave out I took
The Washington times., 1931-02-20
THE BEAUTY
BOX

Perennial fretters are weak
sisters. They aren't the kind of
gals men send orchids to.
Worry is a dragon that should
be slain, yet some women take
it to their hearts and make a
pet of it. 1t claws lines into
pretty faces. It makes the di-
gestion sulk. 1t has bad eff.
feet upon the circulation, so
that no rose blooms flush the
alabaster cheek. When the mind
is cyclonia, there is panic in
the central nervous system.
Worry doesn't pay any divi-
dividends; it kills affection; it
is a washout. To overcome
worry a woman must create for
herself a simple, workable Sys-
TEN of philosophy and tell her
self what a long-legged fool
she is.
The most beautiful eyebrow
is, In form, like The SllhoueCCe
of the wing of a bird in flight,
a short lift at the inner end,
then a sweeping downward
stroke which tapers gradually
to a fine, sharp point. The eye
brow that is strictly on the level,
skipping straight across the
forehead. should he brushed
downward at either end, and
upward in. the center, suggest
ing an arch. Eyebrows that are
united should be divorced.
Fussing with pimples, press
ing them, irritating them, is
bad business. Sometimes they
are hoilS in the making and
pressure forces pus into the
surrounding tissues. Mustn't
do.
The Washington times., 1931-02-20

you. Perhaps you couldn't
come before. You'll tell me all
about it. Not now. I don't need
anything now" he said, low,
except to know that I have
you back, that we are together
again, that you are safe and
my own" He put his arms
about her and looked at her.
Then some terrible anxiety
seemed to cloud his sudden un-
natural radiance.
why don't you speak to me?"
he demanded frantically and
began to shake all over. Don't
you care for me any more. =?
What is it. -? Tell me?" he
begged desperately. still with
that dreadful trembling, tell
me. my wife!"
Copyright 1881. by Faith Baldwin
Distributed by King Features
syndicate. nc.
Continued Tomorrow
The Washington times., 1931-02-20

Does tobacco cause high blood
pressure?
In a test, $50 smokers we're
compared to $50 nonSmokerS.
The average blood pressure of
the smokers was 1913 (SyStolic)
and IS (diastolic). The aver.
age blood pressure of the non-
smokers was 129 (systolic) and
79 (diastolic).
Even if you have high blood
pressure, tobacco does not seem
to do you much or any harm.
When there are arterial changes
in the heart muscle causing an
gina pectoris, the use of tobacco
usually brings on attacks more
frequently, and most patients
who have angina give up the
use of tobacco. They find it
very easy to do, even if it has
been a lifelong habit.
The Washington times., 1931-02-20
YOUR RULING
STAR
BY William Shwader-
THE YEAR AHEAD
For Those Whose Birthday Is
February II.

If February 81 is your birth
day, during the coming year you
should make use of any oppor-
tunity to add to your capabili-
ties. Apply yourself to the work
you are doing and learn more
about it, Don't assume, unnec-
essary obligations or spend
money foolishly. Important
dates: Avoid eXcesSeS of all
kinds, take no risks and main
tain routine from April to 4,
May 81 to %, June IL to IT,,
July % to 80, August % to 20,
October 3 to 7, November 9 to
IL, November % to "a, Decem-
ber to 6. Good for general af-
fairs from March to 3, March
81 to April 3, June 25 to q,
July 9 to II, October IA to 16,
81 to %. Contradictory dates
show two opposing influences.
A CHILD born February 81
will be impulSiVe, eager, change
able and independent. He should
refrain from extravaganza and
learn to think before he acts.
He should do we'll in secretarial
work. writing or teaching.
TENDENCIES for February %.
The earlier part of the day in
clineS to abruptneSs and haste.
Later favorable conditions ben
eft social, educational and reli'
gious matters.
(Copyrisht 1881. Premier syndicste)
The Washington times., 1931-02-20
The Lady's Privilege
EAR MRS REECKMAN: =:

DEAR MRS. bEECcAMAN'
/. When a young man takes
a girl out and they are return
ing home, is it correct for her
to suggest that they take a
street car when he suggests
that they take a taxicob?
2. When a young man takes
a girl to a dance where their
wraps are checked together,
does the girl give the young
man her wraps to cheek with
his, or does she check her own?
K.
I. Yes, if she prefers. to take
a street car instead OF a taxi
cab, she may say so. With the
woman always rests this kind
OF privilege, and she need never
hesitate to state her pre- 'erence,
if she has one.
2. In this case the girl would
give the young man her wraps
to check with his.
The Washington times., 1931-02-20
Details of the Simple Home
Wedding
DEAR BRS. BEECKMAN:


/. am planning to have a
simple home wedding. Where
do the bridesmaids and best
man stand during the cere-
mony?
2. If the bride comes in
with her father, does the groom
come in alone?
3. When do the bridesmaids
and best man come in?
4. In a double ring ceremony
who carries the rings, if there
is no ring bearer?
S. Is it necessary for the
bride and groom to stand under
a bell? WONDERING.
/. The bridesmaids and maid
of honor or matron of honor
Zone or alb stand on the left
of the bride. The best man
stands on the right, on the
right of the groom.
2. and 3. First the clergyman
enters, alone, and takes his
position facing the guests. Then
the groom and his best man
enter, together, and they take
their place on the right, facing
the door through which the
bride and her father are to
enter. Then comes the bridal
attendant, who walks to the
left and takes her place. Last
come the bride and her father.
4. The best man.
5. No, it is not necessary or
customary.
The Washington times., 1931-02-20
ADVICE TO
LOVELORN
BY Beatrice Fairfax
An Authority on Problems Of
Love and Marriage


A young man of 81 writes
me a straightforward, manly
letter asking if he is too young
to marry and if hundred dol
lars a month will be enough
for two to live on?
There's no set rule about
either of these things-some
men are old enough to marry
at 81, and others are too young
at SO. 1t is the same with in
come. To some, a hundred dol
lars a month is enough with
even a tiny margin left over to
start a nest egg. Other young
people would Starve to death
on that sum-it wouldn't pay
for their amusement, tobacco,
silk stockings, plaid socks, gay
neckties and the things they
have come to regard as tins
neceSSaries of life.
Doctors who specialize in the
science of improving the human
race say that IS is the proper
age for men and women to
marry. At that time-the
average-reacheS mental and
physical maturity.
Use Dead Reckoning"
But so many other considera-
tions enter into the question Of
proper age and proper income
that a good many young people
have to steer the matrimonial
craft by what sailors call dead
reckoning"
In the exciting era in which
we live, many parents are in
favor of early marriages for
their children, believing marri.
age will have a steadying ef-
feet, that responsibility is bet
ter than life in series of auto
mobileS-that can Of soup
heated over the two-bTrner gas
stove is better than a more sub
stantial meal eaten at the road
house.
Such parents usually help
out by providing an allowance
that will enable the young folks
to marry. And there is the
question of inherited money
which makes early marriage
possible; and there is the all
important question "Is the girl
thrifty? Does she know how
to save? How to keep house
so that the dollar will Increase
and multiply into two"
Foreign Girls Are Thrifty
Alas, our foreign born girls
are more skillful at this sort
of miracle-spreading one dol
lar over two-than are our ma
tive young women who have
grown up in a rich country
where the art of peeling pota-
toes thin" is thought to be
stupid.
My young correspondent who
inquiries whether 81 is too young
to marry, and 500 a month
enough, has not told me- any Of
these details concerning his
prospective bride. I don't know
whether his girl is foreign or
American born, whether she
knows how to keep house or
not, whether he or she has any
prospects in the way of in
herited money, or the willing
ness of parents to help out. My
suggestion to him will depend
on these things, and will the
young man please write again
a little more fully? And will
some of my correspondents
write also, telling me their
experience of early marriage
and how much leeWay a hundred
dollars a month afforded?
Tastes Undergo Change
On the whole, it would seem
that very early marriages are
not advisable because so many
people write me that they
married in their teens and
have discovered. after their
tastes became more mature,
that they have made mistakes.
What seemed lovely and desir-
able at 10 or 20, may be utterly
outgrown at 25 or 80.
The Washington times., 1931-02-20
Office Etiquette

DEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
In taking over the telephone
Gin an office) should a young
lady say: "This is Miss Jones'"
This is Mrs. JONES'" or should
she say "This is Claire" or
This is Ruby?" I think she
should say: Miss Jones" and
they nearly slaughtered me in
this office when I suggested
this. we certainly have some
life trying to live up to the rules
and regulations of etiquette.
BOBBY.
You are right. OF course you
should say: ':This is Miss Jones"
or This is Mrs. Smith," And
if they try to slaughter you
again-just run to my column
and I'll protect you!
The Washington times., 1931-02-20
WhenManners Are Correct
BY Mrs. Cornelius Beeckman-

the telephone, and curiously
enough, it often does coincide.
I have never yet heard eyes"
said over the telephone, as the
answer for the call, when it has
been said with a gracious voice.
The two syllables of Hello"
perhaps helps to add a gracious
ness to the voice.
The Washington times., 1931-02-20
WOmen's Wear

The Call of the Southland is
for frocks of delicate hue and
ethereal charm. Ideal for in
formal dinners is a frock Of
white georgette cut on simple
lines and worn with a short
jacket of matching georgette ELL
tirely embroidered with white
crystal beads In a check design.
The Washington times., 1931-02-20
Over the Telephone

DEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
I am in the habit of saying
eyes" instead of Hello" when
answering the telephone. Is
this correct? CHARLOTTE.
1 suppose it is correct to say
Eyes" instead of the conven-
tional Hello" but to me there
are few thing so maddening. I
cannot explain why. but it just
is. I always associate it with
people who do not say good-by
when they finish talking over
The Washington times., 1931-02-20
WHAT DO YOU
KNOW?
Answers To TodGys Test
Questions On Editorial Page

Answers to today's test:
/. Bodies of the dead. 2.
Matthew. 3. Aguinaldo. 4. A
collector of postage stamps.
S. Spain. 6 Confederate. Z.
Skeptie. g.. Warn. 8. Spray.
10. Pathetic. IL. Toronto. IL.
Ore. 10. Tea. IA. A person
skilled in languages. IS. Moses.
Copyright. 1881. King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1931-02-20
Life, Love and Adventures
OF a Modern Cinderella
What Has Happened So Far

Thrown her Mary Lou ThurstOn beau
u and vvacOus orphan seeks position Noticing an ad for
a companion seminvaid, Mitchell reporter and
Mary LOUIS warm friend Mary applies
the pOsition in paatal LOrimer at Westm
roun
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-23
TAKES 20 BUSHELS OF WHEAT
TO BUY ONE PAIR OF SHOES
By VIII Rogers

can 60 seventy acres and get Chevrolet, that's
II you got plenty Of acres.
BY now you need some more Cigarettes SO
you got to shell out another bushel of oats.
Takes another five acres to get you . Radio 50
you can keep track Of the Market and see
how many bushels Of wheat Package Of Ciga-
rettes are running that day With radio you
can tell how bad you are OF every minute Of
the day. pair Of silk hose VIII knock your
old grainery loose from bu. Of wheat,
twelve % Oats Just one lone Golf club bumps
you on for another ten hu Of wheat. Now the
wife and children are smoking, We got to have
more Cigarettes. Let's get "A bOxes?" Well
haul twenty four bushels OF cats to town, and
make the trade.
Need hair cut but forgot to bring . bushel
and half Of wheat with me. A shave is a
bushel Of oats. Here, Rastus. Is bushel of
oats: give me shine" 200 bushels Of wheat
gets you one set of new harness to start raising
some more high priced wheat. new work
team WIN cost you 600 bushels. A bushel of
oats win get you three packs Of chewing gum.
Now We need ten gallons Of oil for the car, so
we got TO sack on is bushels Of wheat.
What you say about q Permanent? Cost you
twelve bushels Of wheat II We had just put
IN another acre Of wheat We could have got that
pair Of silk pajamas. Wen take in another
truck load Of wheat and bring out another days
rations of meat and bread and bran and
Cigarettes.
Pa, II you got ten bushels of wheat the
family can all go to the Movies and see the
gangsters kill each other and talk about Mil
lions" what do you say we get a Tuxedo
and turn Gangster. PAP" This farming is the
bunk. All we got to do is see two more Pic
lures and can do 1t as good as the Gang
sters. Send IN the truck with another load of
wheat, we got to have some Gasoline, Radio
Batteries some new RUDE records, and Ciga-
rettes. Minnie Is going to High School but
it takes 20 bushels of wheat to get her Bath
ing suit.
And Lord rest my Soul IL there amt the tax
man. This land is taxed at $50 an acre,--was
taxed when wheat was $3.50 a Bushel. Now
wheat is two bits and its still taxed at $50.
when they going to do like the City folks do,
pay on your income. If you don't earn anything
you don't pay anything. And II there amt the
old Banker who had mortgage on my crop
and Teams and Tools Paid him 80 and
bonus to get the loan. Reading where money
was leaning in the City for as low as 10. Well
that's what you get for living in the Country
guess. Wish all the Farmers would move to
town year that's the only way know to
clear the thing up
@ tCopyright issll
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-23
Georgia Divorces Loo

EoRGIA is one State which does not seem
- to follow the trend toward more and more
divorce If the progress from 1929 to 1890 may
be used as basis for conclusions During 1929
nine counties in the State went without a single
divorce being recorded an unusual record for
any State, but in 1890 the number had In
creased to Is Of those going for year without
divorce. Three counties, Glascock, Harris and
Lamar, have gone for two successive years with
an unmarked record. During that same period
there have been 268 marriages. For the State
at large there were but 8 divorces per thou
sand, while there were 1O.4 marriages