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The Washington times., 1931-02-28
VETSSAY CLUB
HOLDSEDGE
ONA'S
BY JOE HOLMAN

BILOXI, Miss, Feb. 28.-Hard
ened big league baseball cam
paigners are not inclined to wax
overly optimistic. Therefore
when a majority of Washington
club veterans select their team as
the logical 1881 American League
championship favorite there is
food for thought.
Many old time campaigners
for one reason or another, do not
wish to be quoted. Not so with
Coach AL Schacht. In a few well
chosen words AL readily outlines
the sentiment Of a majority OF
his team mates many Of whom
are more or less hard boiled.
8 "The coming championship
race should be just a breeze
for u.s." he insisted today.
ssWe've got the field faded. Our
present combination is better
than our 1924-1925 pennant
winners"
AL calls particular attention to
ile pitching staff.
"No stars, understand" he
confessed. "But good, steady
bows who can pitch consistent
bail day in and out. We've
catching balance and fine util'
ity infield protection in Joe
KuheI Jackie HAYES and Wally
DashieII. That is, If Hayes
doesn't land a regular job"
The outfield. Schacht figures,
has been strengthened so per
cent by the acquisition OF Harry
Rice.
"Harry hits well, shags flies
and throws like a major" he
e maintained. "And this kid
Harris can break up any cid
hall game with an extra base
hit, We all know what Manush,
Sammy Rice and Sam West can
do"
Those Griffmen congregated
here think none too highly OF the
chances of Philadelphia's cham
pion Athletics to repeat. They
contend that Connie Mack must
develop at least two more star
pitchers. Also, they point out'
three super-sluggers, such as Sim
mons, Fox, and Cochran, nave
their limitations,
"Five-man ball clubs can't go
ON forever" one veteran said.
"F0x, Simmons, COchrane,
Grove, and EarnShaw got by
last year. But we've picked up
steam and should leave them
far behind when the 1881 sea
son gets underway"
Batting drills will be intro
duced among Washington battery,
men on Monday or Tuesday OF
next week.
Due to the advanced trim of his
men, Sir Walter believes early
conditioning licks are permissible
Among those who will be allowed
to take his cut is Outfielder Sam
West. The Texan is so confident
his trick left arm has healed that
Skipper johnson has decided to
gamble with him.
Pitchers to Let Out
Before the week closes, pitchers
also will let out a bit, especially
the fire-ball artists.
OF the rockies now in camp
two are outstanding. They
are pitchers Lynn Griffith 1880
Western Association StrikeOut
king and Walter Tauscher, ace
Dallas, Texas League, idol.
Griffith specializes in binding
speed while Tauscher, highly
recommended by Scout Joe Engel,
has a pretty hook. good change
Of pace and uses his head.
Big Fred Marberry one of the
two remaining unsigned Washing
ton players, may arrive here to-
morrow. He is expected, at the
latest, within the next two or
three days. Fred and Jackie
Hayes are those not yet in line.
Pitcher Ad LiSka signed his
contract after a lengthy confer
ence with President Clark Grif.
fifth last night. Weather per-
mitting he starts training today.
It is understood that Ad got a
small salary increase and a bonus
clause.
The Washington times., 1931-02-28
GOLF MEMENTO

Tom Mcnamara, dean of Amer
ican golf professionals, is the
proud possesSor of one of the
three existing feather balls" used
when the links game was In It's
infancy.
The Washington times., 1931-02-28
Only 10 Juveniles Have Won
100000 in Purses

Going back to the beginning of thoroughbred racing,
America most popular sport finds that only 10 two
yearods have 100000 in purses and six of this
number to the front in the past five years.
The Washington times., 1931-02-28
YOUTHFUL VETERAN

Riss Robinson, of Toronto, hold
er Of the North American senior
mems outdoor speed skating cham
pionship. is "a years old, and
has been skating since he was
foIlr
The Washington times., 1931-02-28

II you do not know the pleasure and
comfort derived from q Used Car, turn
now to the Used Cars advertised in
tofIsy's Classified Ads
The Washington times., 1931-02-28

He went SO far as to tell
George Earnshaw that he did
not know how to pitch to Babe
Ruth.
The Washington times., 1931-02-28
HAVANA ENTRIES

FIRST RACE Three.year- -olds and
Upward; fillies and mares; purse, Ss0Os
The Washington times., 1931-08-18

band seemed to be trying to
break the power of the party
the father must have hated.
No One of First Rate
Ability in MOSley Group
Some news writer's have pre-
tended to see in this little
group of Labor extremists a
resemblance to the famous
Fourth Party of years ago; but
the resemblance is remote.
There is not one person of
first rate ability in the MoSley
group; there as not one in the
Fourth Party that did not rise
far above the crowd in ability
and at least one in genius.
And there is another amusing
feature to the comparison-in
the present instance Labor
members move over to sit with
the Tories; in the other young
aristocrats moved from the
Tory benches to sit with the
opposition.
The aMosley group wants
measures so sudden and eX-
treme that men like Macdonald
and Snowden cannot counte-
nance them; but the other
group, also demanding a better
deal for the average man,
merely asked for policies that
were practical and possible.
The Mosley insurgents are
funny; the old Tory insurgents
were exciting, exhilarating, bril-
liant and important.
The Washington times., 1931-08-18

Pope's Human form divine" depends good deal
whose form it is.
OF course nothing definite about Divinity far
above weak powers of conception
One thing is certain the human form divine takes MANY
FORMS this planet through the ages and this picture
phasizes some DIFFERENCES interestingly.
On the left you statue of athlete presenting the
ideal of sculptor who worked 200 years before
Christ born.
On the right you modern member Of nudist colony
on the edge of the Seine River, in France.
This nudt colony not quite bad others, for
the gentleman wears, at least, SOMETHING But you will
agree that the appearance and reputation Of the human
for beauty would be improved if he oldashoned
night-gown, reaching to the ground
ing out surplus fat and the nudist gentlemen from France
will agree that by the human form divine in
this case has gone RAPIDLY BACKWARD.
The gentleman with the derby hat the right may say
"Whdt haze IN MY HEAD more than makes up
for the superior figure of that old Erucdn, and
intelligence should make you forget the size of my
pdunch."
But he is wrong Intelligence should control itself and
body should allow itself to become between
pumpkin and angeworm.
It all matter of WILL power and all gentlemen with
paunches big this bigger should begin now to
reduce
Moderate and wise DIET moderate and wise EXERCISE
Nothing more is required
Needless say ancient days there also badly
shaped Individuals Some Roman emperors had paunches
doubtless four times the size Of this one-for instance
veus the from whose guttonous eating derive
the word "UictualS."
Nevertheless except in that doctors attribute de-
fectve metabosm which lack Of suchangng power
there is excuse for being fat, among MEN.
There is often good excuse for women that are fat
For what they do producing the human bad for
their shape You should say to yourself when you fat
woman She cannot help it. gympathize with her. and she
You may say to yourself when you fat MAN he Is
LAZY he will know that you are telling the truth
The Washington times., 1931-08-18
Comedy In English Politics = By Claude G. Bowers

cried, Home again." he prob
ably would have been a little
hopeful Of the future. At least
indirectly, daughter and hus-
band seemed to be trying to
break the power of the party
the father must have hated.
The Washington times., 1931-08-18
Canning Surplus Vegetable
and Fruit Crops

The Presidents Emergency Committee for Employment is
strongly urging the canning Of the nations surplus Of fruits
and vegetables aid the unemployed the coming winter
There has been such surplus Of all kinds Of food
crops and yet it is doubtful if but small percentage Of
people heed the recommendations of the Presidents committee
that relief agencies help the unemployed put canned goods
that the agencies themselves individuals put them for
distribution to the needy.
Women Of this country put up most Of the canned
goods used wrters They adopts at it. Their pre-
and canned vegetables prizes at county and state
fairs Besides canning these thrifty housewives dried many
fruits and vegetables for winter Dried apples and
oa in the South among the things that helped in COM
Portable living.
Canning is still carried frugal housewives largely in
country districts but the perfection Of canning by factories
has reached remarkable standard and the prices reson
Bile Buying factory canned goods probably money;
certainly hard work Where there surplus supplies
the farms in gardens that cost nothing home canning
would be profitable Where vegetables and fruits have to be
bought along with canning apparatus money and time are
lost
Mr. Hearst has offered constructive proposition for Fed
eral help for nations unemployed and needy this winter
Clifford Pnchot offers proposition along somewhat similar
lines
Our Government authorities know what is likely to come
Instead of taking action the waste fruits and
vegetables now rong in fields these authorities offer
scheme to relief agencies and individuals Encouragement by
these authorities canning factories to put extra stocks
Of goods ought to be effcacous in saving enormous waste
The Washington times., 1931-08-18
Concernof FederalE Employees
In Parking Problem

employees justly stirred by the failure OF
Federal authorities to take steps for adequate parking tac
ties in the Mall area and elsewhere by parking schemes that
are in operation lots owned by the Federal Government
and by traffic restrictions that always hinder but never help
automobile
The Federal Bar Association, composed Of Of the
Governments abe workers. seeking beerment OF condl-
tons and determined to 60 to Congress with measures
for relief.
The proper solution Of the problem has been in storage
facilities in the Federal buildings under construction That
was long ago recommended to Governmental agencies in
charge Of the construction program The matter laid
the shelf Now being considered in efforts to do
thing.
The lack of orehought in this matter in the face of
peaed warnings been immensely detrimental to public
interests and to the interests of the Governments own
workers.
In this triangle something like o. 900 employees will be
housed oneth Of these workers their own automobiles
and travel and from work in them Their needs should not
be overlooked Neither should the parking needs of Wash
ington citizens in the
This area be overlooked is in that section of the
city where north and southbOund automobile traffic
tensve Parking facilities other than congeed Streets
indispensable in the interest of free traffic movement
thousands of visitors and home people
The Washington times., 1931-08-18

When Sir Oswald Mosley and
his wife, Cynthia, members of
the House of Commons, moved
over with their tiny group Of
Labor party insurgents to seats
with the Tory opposition, the
Labor members gleefully shout
ed, Home again"
It just SO happens that the
MosleyS are not of the working
class, and never have been. They
are of the intelligentsia, and
when the intelligentsia goes rad
ical, it goes whole hog. The
cry OF Home again." was a
stinger.
No English statesman or peer
in generations has had less
sympathy with the common
people than the father of Mos
ley's wife. This was Lord Cur
zon, unquestionably the most
intolerable snob of his age in
England.
He was not born to great
wealth, and so he married it.
And it must have been with
some chagrin and embarrass-
ment that he had to come to
America for the purpose. Even
when at oxford he was often
sively snobbish to many. In
those days, they had a couplet
which reflects him wildly:
George Nathaniel Curzon,
"A Ucry superior purzOn."
But he was clever, if a bit
The Washington times., 1931-08-18
TIMES TEST

Mark each statement "True" or
False:
/. The Falkland Islands lie
off the southern tip of
India.
2. The last book of the New
Testament, Revelations, is
also known as the Apoc-
alypse.
3. Shakespeare used a vo-
cabulary of $4,000 words.
4. Clyde Fitch is a we'll
known novelist.
5. Oberammergau is in Bel
gium.
6. Robin Goodfellow is also
known as Puck:
Z. Onomatopoeia is the adap.
tation of sounds of words
to the sense of meaning
conveyed by them.
8. The poem, "Sea-Fever,"
was written by Robert
Louis Stevenson.
9. The Alexandrian Codex
is the manuscript of Scrip
lures in Greek.
10. Laverne Fator is a famous
polo player.
Do you know:
II. What contemptuous term
Is applied by Spanish.
Americans to any for.
eigners. eSpeciall:- English
or American?
IL. Who was Robert Mantell?
13. What is the most south
erly city. in the world?
IA. Who were the Meister.
singers? -
is. Mowgli is a character In
what book?
tAnSwers on Magaxine Page)
The Washington times., 1931-08-18
Pre.Death Funerals

That's novel idea of S0year-od Illinois man who pro-
poses to supervise and attend his funeral to be held
advance of his own death.
Four preachers will deliver oraons choir will sing ap
prorate songs and empty caskt will be lowered into an
open grave.
The philosophy Of the scheme that when death does
there VIII be no funeral, no mourning, no flowers.
not be eulogsc their oraons over the actual
dead Our virtues to grow with death Anyhow the
living man. looking forward to comparatively early death will
learn something of the estimation which he is now held
BY his friends Briefly he prefers the flowers while they can
be appreciated ~
Whether prefer our flowers now or when resting in
coffns matter of opinion Certainly life would be sweeter
the good things deserve to us while we are alive
The friendly pat the back the kindly words the tokens
Of esteem help make life worth while They lost in death
The Washington times., 1931-08-18
Police H0usecleaning
Commentator for Elimination Of Bad Eggs

Those inclined to ur the Police Department because of
recent of suspension of policemen for serious oenses
overlooking the fact that the alleged offenders de-
tected and held to account by their fellow officers and
will be given assistance shown sympathy if found
guilty by the trial board the courts.
Prompt housekeeping by the department itself is the best
evidence that policemen guilty Of wrongdong acting
Individually and that there nothing like widespread col
luson in the department
One bad egg big basket does not condemn the good
sn thai mo no aTs % mns IN % M WIN
The unfortunate thing that in departments the
ness extensive that wrong dongs overlooked by
others equally guilty.
High police officials doing their duty in bringing
trial those whose behavior and records preudcia to good
order Continuance of this houseceaning will be commended
Good policemen-and have plenty of them-are to
honored for their services They do not uphold wrongdong
BY man in uniform any more than they do by in
civilians clothes.
The Washington times., 1931-08-18

copy of his memoirs on the
table of mere clerk. He died
with his ambition to be pre-
mier unsatisfied. Possibly his
temperament repelled too many
of his party associates.
But he could not have been
wholly unhappy in his later
days, for it was easy for him
to think of himself as an ir1sti-
tuition. He was the last of
the aristocratS.
This makes all the funnier
the fact that his daughter and
her husband not only are mem
bers of the Labor Party, asso-
ciating with the vulgar herd,
but actually dissatisfied with
the Macdonald and Snowden
crowd because they are not
extreme enough.
Could old Curzon have looked
down upon the scene in the
Commons when the Laborites
The Washington times., 1931-08-18

Once upon a time, John Bur.
roughs wrote a poem called
WAITING" The first verse
went like this
Serene. I fold my hands and
wait,
Nor care for wind, or tide, or
II rave no more 'gainst time or
fate,
For, 10! my own shall come to
me-"
And the last verse went like
THE stars come nightly to the
sky;
"Tne tidal wave unto the sea;
Nor time, nor space, nor deep,
nor high,
Can keep my own away from
me"
Every little while someone
sends me that poem. During
these last difficult months it
has arrived much more fire.
quently, always accompanied by
this statement: isn't it beauti.
full, Elsie? This is how I'm
trying to live my life.",
And every time I read that
poem and hear that statement
I get a violent pain in the neck.
Waiting waiting quietly
and confidently / it's q
brave and wise thing to do,
WHEN YOU CAN'T DO ANY.
THING ELSE.
Faith . there's tremendous
power in faith. It will move
mountains, BUT TT WON'T
THEM MOVE ALONE.
You've got to do more than
wait before your "own will
come" to you. You must have
more than faith to move noun.
tainS. FAITH WITHOUT
WORKS IS A FLOP. YOU'VE
GOT TO SHOW ACTION.
THE stars (croons j. b. come
nightly to the sky,
"The tidal wave unto the sea;
"Nor time, nor space, nor
deep, nor high,
Can keep my own away from
me-"
The Washington times., 1931-08-18
At Last!
Diamond Gets His

Paraphrasng Lincoln, you can't fool all of the courts all
of the time.
You can all of them the time and them
all of the time But expert fooler Legs Diamond
eventually "gets his t".'
It true that he didn't get much Four years and fine
that he will pay by do justice his record
However the law has shown though tardy that it still
to be taken into account.
Gangdom learned that it is bigger than the public
when the public is thoroughly aroused, is
Diamond goes. Next to AL Capone, the most widely ad
vrtsed the business will spend four years behind the
perhaps The public has its first objective as
they used to say in the days
Now for the next one It will be easier than this.
The Washington times., 1931-08-18
LISTEN, WORLD!
By Elsie Robinson

Don't you believe 1t? Plenty
of things can keep your own
away from you.
Your own stupidity
Your own cowardice-
Your own laziness-
Plenty of CuSsedneSs.
Your own conceit, dishonesty,
silly sentimentality, and peevish-
ness-all these things can keep
your own away from you. And
if you think that God is going to
get big-hearted and rescue and
reward you. in spite OF these
handicaps, you're just out OF
luck.
AS a matter of fact, you have
no "own" until you earn it.
Often you hear a man say
I'm entitled to job. The
world owes me a living"
You Must Fight
That is not true. You're not
entitled to anything-until you
fight for it. You have no
rights - until you establish
them. No right to a job. no
right to love. no right to hap
piness. no right to power or
popularity or riches or COM
fort
All of these are blessed
things to have, but they will
not come to you automatically.
And if, by good fortune, the
chance to possess them comes
your way, that chance will do
you no good unless, by your
own determination and hard
work, turn it to your advan-
tage.
Don't go around expecting
luck. insisting on your right
to happiness. wasting your
time in self pity and resent
ment if you are unlucky, un.
happy. It's as much up to
you to make your own luck,
your own happiness, as 1t is to
brush your own teeth.
Copyright. 1881. King Features
Syndicate, Incl
The Washington times., 1931-08-18
Tea In Fortune Telling

When the greatest scientific bureau Of the United States
said that fortune telling of all varieties pure bunk it in
cuded of the reading of fortunes through tea leaves
New York policemen duplicating the efforts Of Wash
ngon policemen and Federal authorities to break up fortune
telling New York buecoas have it in for the tea seers Of
that city They have caused family by predc
tions that there were light" dark and women
threaded in the married and These pre-
dictions frequently conceded with ealousies already existing
The rest is easy to imagine.
New York policemen will take the ngerprnts of number
of fortune teers predict that they will do useful
reading of these It wonder that ngeprnts have not
become the basis for fortune telling
The Washington times., 1931-08-18

ponderous, and he rose in his
party and finally became the
Viceroy of India. The place
was suited to his disposition.
The monarch at Buckingham
Palace lives like a commoner
compared with the Viceroy of
India; the explanation being
that pomp and circumstance
are necessary to impress the ma
tives. And that just suited Cur
zon. For a time he was the
most regal gentleman in the
world.
The Washington times., 1931-08-18
Wards Famous Cartoon
OF the Fourth Party

Os~A
OF the Fourth Party
Most people who turn the
pages of the political history
of England are familiar with
Leslie Wards famous cartoon
of the Fourth Party-picturing
the four members. There is
Gorst. top hat on, legs
stretched out, pulling at his
beard contemplatively as he
lolls on the bench in the Com
mons. Beside him Sir Henry
Wolff, likewise in high hat,
jotting down notes in a book
resting on his knee.
And next to him Balfour, an
interminable length of leg
reaching far Outright fitting
trousers, spats, his head in
dolently resting on the back of
the bench, eyes closed, sppar-
emily asleep.
And the last and most fas-
cinating of the group. the bril-
liant and cratic father of Win
ston Churchill, Lord Randolph,
is standing in the act of speak
ing, bending forward from the
waist, a paper in one hand, the
other hand clutching his hip.
He looks harmless enough in
this cartoon, but no doubt he is
saying things that make the
opposition vince.
It is easy enough to under
stand how Churchill was in
that party demanding democ-
racy in Tory principles and
policies, but Balfour-that is
another story. 80 .
The Washington times., 1931-08-18

Wrote Books in
The Royal Manner
He wrote books, too, not with
out value, but in the royal
manner, and he had them pub
lished in a form too expensive
for the common folk to buy.
It probably would have irked
him greatly to have found q
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-12
ODD DIVORCE ACTION

Knoxville, Tenn Although Joe. Terry has been dead for about two
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-12
Jellied Meats For The
 Warm Summer Days

and seasonings to the gelatine mix ture. Put into the mold, chill and then serve on q platter garnished with curly endive.
 JcIlied Beef
 cups cold cooked beef, ground
 tablespoon gelatine
 1-4 cup cold water
 l tomato, chopped 1 tablespoon onion juice.
 1-s teaspoon pepper Hot beef stock to cover.
 Soak the gelatine for 5 minutes in the cold water or cold beef stock. Dissolve in hot stock. Place the chopped beef, tomato, and season. ings in mold. Pour over the gela- tine mixture to cover. Chill.
 Veal Mousse With New Peas
 l tablespoon ge1atine
 l cup ground cooked veal
 1-2 cup cold veal broth
 3-4 cups hot veal broth
 egg whites
 egg yokes , cup whipping cream
 1-2 teaspoon salt
 IA teaspoon white pepper
 Soak the gelatine in cold broth for 5 minutes. Beat the egg yolk we'll, add the hot broth slowly while beat ing, mix in the gelatine, and cook all together in a double boiler until the mixture coats the spoon. Add the veal and let the mixture cool. Fold in the stiffly beaten egg whites, the seasoning, and the whipped cream. Put the mixture in wet ring mold and chill until stiff. Unmold and serve with hot creamed new peas.
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