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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-15

ever Tom Craig was often like this especially
rainy days. He homesick for his
Aunt Hattie He'd been boy on Aunt Hattie's
farm. Bless her good old heart. She baked
good apple pies She understood him. She
smiled at his pranks. But she gone.
He got up from his chair and started to dress
for dinner. He jerked of his tie and
about to toss it onto the dresser, when his eye
caught little sign tucked under the glass
the dresser top. His face frightened as he
read. 1t said:
"oID HOME DINING ROOM Were you a
farm boy? Then come and let us serve you the
same wonderful foods you used to love SO
much. The tastes you cannot forget"
There was much more, and Tom read 1t all.
1t was the promise Of relief in this old desert
Of world.
Half an hour later he stood inside the Old
Home Dining Room, staring like a small boy
at circus. What he mamma to his
hungering soul. Kerosene lamps, red table
cloths pearl-handled knives and forks, plates
turned upside down, and a red geranium on
each table
Finally there stood a most ravishing girl
in a red calico dress and sunbonnet hanging by
its strings around her neck. She was smiling
frankly at Toms happy approval Of the situa-
ton.
He stared at her. then again at the room
about him. Finally: "Why-my goshl This
IL real!"
"You like it?"
Ahe IL! ~ Tic UtSL ILllIlk i We ever Sccu
In city. I'd just about given up hope"
what would you like to have?" she asked
mot much. Only fried chicken and hominy
and picked cabbage and"
and ground cherry preserves and apple
butter and cream pie and corn on the cob"
she finished.
Did hear you say ground cherries?" asked
Tom. Don't trifle with me- young lady. My
nerves are on edge now. If 1 could have
ground cherry preserves just this evening
again"
TIN did have his beloved ground cherry
preserves and fried chicken and hominy and
cream pie-and he insisted that the girl in the
sunbonnet sit at his table 1t was not yet S
O'clock and she had no other diners.
HTHIS is the most remarkable discovery
ever made began Tom, he crammed
the delectable morsels into his mouth This
is the real country. And you are real coun-
try girl. tell that. I used to know a"
"a girl just like me. Every man who
comes in here says he had sweetheart who
looked just like of us girls"
But I'm not kidding" declared Tom. MY
name is Thomas Craig. live in Chicago. I
sell lsthes. hate lathes. I am rs. Unmar-
ricd, Unpromised. And I did know a girl
like YOU She wore sunbonnets that way"
The girl was making funny little diagrams
on the tablecloth with the point Of o spoon.
Her cheeks showed tiny iechs Of red. my
name is Caroline Antrim 1 aR -. Ununar-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-15

n T had been a rather
uninteresting d ay
for the WarkShlre
Hotel. No crown
princes or Detroit
motor magnates.
Not even a movie actor.
Then he walked in.
The real spirit of mel
ancholia. He was GER
tainIy a worlds cham
pion in his line. He
noped across the lobby
floor as if he was on his
way to the gallows.
Gray tweed suit, ed
scarf and rundown
sports hat indicated
that he had made the
good effort. But it was
no use. His deep blue
eyes were filled with
hopelessness.
He stood for a mo-
ment at the desk. LOOK
ing blankly at Chester
Habbert wilkins, ION
duty" waspish little
fellow with blond mus
tache and canary smile.
The newcomer didn't
even acknowledge Ches-
ter's bright good after
noon. Instead, he picked
up the pen and with 8
heavy sigh wrote slowly
across the register:
Thomas Craig, Chi
cago, Ill"
And to this he added
verbally: Room with
bath, on the court. III
90 to nv room right
now"
Eyes, sir" and CheS-
ter banged Justify for
the bellboy, who was
waiting 10 feet away,
having brought Toms
bag from the taXicab.
The boy jumped into
action, scufnng his feet
in the direction of the
elevator. Tom Craig
followed meekly. Up in
his room he tossed a
coin at the boy. mo
liquor; no ice water:
nothing. ScootH"
The boy went away
whistling. Tom Craig
wished he could feel
like whistling again. He
didn't expect to. how
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-15

allied. She had fixed
his tray, remembering
to put in two humps Of
sugar with his coffee
and just the right
amount of cream. She
buttered his already
buttered toast, then
spooned out some of the
wondrous yellow ground
cherry preserves onto
his plate. She now held
the napkin over toward
him.
Breakfasts ready"
A day of fasting had
whctted Toms appetite.
He didn't need a second
prompting. B ct W e { n
bites he feasted his eyes
on Carol,ne'S anxious
face.
do you know" he
began, i've hit on q
bully plan. The doctor
said I had to rest. So
I'm going back to the
country where Aunt
Hattie used to live. Back
where I was a kid. It's
up by Dayton on the
National Highway.
I'll listen to the
birds singing. the chick
ems cackling and the
corn growing. Really,
Caroline, wouldn't you
like to get back out IN
the country and hear
the rustic of the corn
blades again?"
"Oh, surely" said
Caroline.
Then, maybe in two
weeks Ill be back here
again, to finish up my
work. And I'll see you,
Caroline. Will you be
glad to see me when I
get back?"
"Of course, I shall"
TOM reached over and
! took one of Caro-
lines hands. For a mo-
ment he gazsd deeply
into her soft eyes, his
br e a k f a S t forgotten.
Then:
Listen, Caroline. The
doctor is coming in a
few minutes to give me
an honorable discharge
The Washington times., 1931-03-18
AN AIR BATTLESHIP OF THE FUTURE WITH OBSERVER
SUSPENDED FROM A CABLE

This United States Army Signal Corps photograph gives
idea of war in the future.
Destruction will from the air land and and
commercial ships will be destroyed by invisible submarines
This picture gives idea of future fighting from the air.
Cities attacked will strive to protect themselves with anti
aircraft guns but thus far the Of such guns has been
slight.
Captain Eddie Rckenbacker and other American in
the World War; paid attention at all to shots fired from
the ground.
But lighter -than,air machine like the above would
offer good target for antarcrat weapons This shown
when the British drove off attacking Zppen that appeared
above London after ingenious Enghman learned how to
set fire to the gas in the big bag
Above lighter than-air ship Below it, suspended by
cable officer whose business is to Observe and by
telephone send directions for firing and dropping bombs to
the ship above him.
The big airship would remain ABOVE THE CLOUDS in
visible to the ant-arcraft marksmen.
And the observer at the end the cable would be dropped
BELOW THE CLOUDS to and report to officers above,
giving directions for gun fire. and the dropping Of explosive
bombs, poison gas.
Imagine great city, cloudy day. knowing that
in the air. looking up and seeing thin cable dropping
down through the Clouds with hanging at the end OF it.
There would be popping of anarcraft guns marksmen
tried to shoot down the observer But the telephone would
advise the of sight above the Clouds and they would
drop bombs and poison gas
Not pleasant thing that future It certainly should
be the business of this country to keep prepared
The Washington times., 1931-03-18
Busses Using Public Highway
Spaces for Terminals

Enactment by Congress of traffic law giving the
Public Utilities Commission full power to regulate stopover
parking facilities for interstate buses in this city will
soon material changes in the handling of these
machines
Attempts of commission time ago regulate the
large number of interstate buses here halted in the
local the ground that the commission lacked
TO do That power has now been given by Congress
buses engaged in legitimate business though
they under the stringent control that governs rail
ways with which they competing.
This citys of opposition to this busl
ness but is of positive objection to these large machines
using the of the congested portions Of Washington
for private terminals In instances the huge buses
block the legitimate of traffic They BESIDES
hazards
There is movement foot among some of the
interstate bus lines to acquire site and build terminal
This becomes necessity under the circumstances Ap-
proval of terminal site and the in which it shall
be used questions for the Public Utilities Commission to
pass upon
Another question will be the routing Of interstate buses
into and out of the District and their layover points
If a terminal building is not constructed.
is not likely that the power of the p u G. to exert
reasonable regulation interstate vehicles be
fully disputed in the courts The United States Supreme
Court has repeatedly held that State and municipal authorities
vested with power of regulation. One decision of the
court in the of former District Commissioner j. T.
Hendrick Maryland.
The Washington times., 1931-03-18
Listen, World!
BY Elsie Robinson

tries to dispense with it is as
helpless and usually about as
useful as a crab without its
shell.
Conventionality is NOT the
product of "cowardly fear" 1t
is the product of two most
necessary and admirable virtues
caution and consideration for
the rights of others.
Without the use Of caution
man would never have survived
the stone age. Without con-
sideration for the rights OF
others he would still be eating
his neighbors and being eaten
by them.
Success Or Failure
History is a record of how
we have tried to get along
with each other and succeeded
or failed. And the conventional
code is simply the easiest plan
we've ever found for the aver
age person to get along with
the rest of the gang.
But haven't some people de-
fled convention and attained
great success?
Yes, they have. But for
every person who succeeds in
defiance to conventionality, mil
lions have failed.
It takes an extremely bright
and ingenious mind and stall
wart heart to do without other
people. And, usually, if you're
bright and you're brave enough
to do without them, you're lar
too bright to waste your time
trying. Really wise people
don't waste their power in
shocking or defying other peo-
pie.
copyright. 1881. by Newspaper
Feature Service, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1931-03-18
Pasteur's CONQUEST
Bu Archibald Henderson

with this virus, first came down
with the disease; and after a
short time showed a marked re-
covery. Next they shot the
deadly virus directly into the
brain of the dog, which had
showed such marked improve
ment. Instead o. succumbing,
the dog actually recovered.
A Fine Opportunity
Pasteur felt that at least
there was an excellent chance
of accomplishing his great task.
For he had shown, in this in
stance, that with a beast, which
has had rabies and then recov-
ers from it, there will be no
recurrence. The problem then
was to secure a weakened virus,
which they might use for inocu-
lating we'll animals, to give
them a mild case of the disease.
At least they discovered a way
of weakening the terrible virus,
by taking out a little section
of the spinal cord OF a rabbit
dead of rabies, and hanging it
up to dry in a germ-proof bot
tie for IA days.
Each day they inoculated
dogs with weakened virus, for
IA days-the virus being slightly
stronger for each successive
day. The dogs remained un-
harmed; but were they i'm
mune2 To put the matter to a
final test, Pasteur and his as
sistants inoculated four dogs,
two vaccinated and two unvac-
cinated. A heavy dose of the
most deadly virus was shot into
the brains of all four. The un'
vaccinated dogs, died, the vac
cinated dogs recovered.
The Washington times., 1931-03-18
This Idea Not Patented

reptile house at the Zoo attractive place with heavy
glass windows that spectators may study rpan beauty
distance and with safety has been constructed
This gives rise to thought that might well be utilized
cert halls of the land with blessing music glass
cage for patrons who attend be and heard
not to listen.
Washington has them New York has them Main Street
them Perhaps than any other place But
certainly it is not desirable
There torture for the music lover sit
front of behind person who insists relating
gossip where her gown from how terribly this per-
that person looks the idle chatter that might better
be saved until the tea hour
30 why not the glass cage pan The idea patented
Il any mpresario desires to place it in effect
The Washington times., 1931-03-18

about one woman that makes
him want another, the moment
he has married her.
People are divided into two
classes, these days, those who
are lying awake night shiver-
ing for fear they may get into
Walter Winchell's column-and
those who are lying awake
nights for fear they won't.
Perhaps everybody wishes he
were in somebody else's shoes.
Still you never heard of small
boy wishing that he were girl,
a blonde wishing that she we're
a brunette or a Californian
wishing that he lived in Flor
ida.
The lipstick is only about
two inches long, but it has
bridged a great chasm between
mother and daughter.
A practical, conscientious
wife may be her husbands right
hand-but there are apt to be
times. when she seems more
like a hangnail.
Copyright, 1881 King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1931-03-18

The Smiths say they "hav-
en't any use for conventional
ity." And they're going to
bring up their children 80
they'll be different"
"I don't mean that we'd en-
courage them to do anything
laWless or that we'd stand for
immortality" writes Mrs. Smith.
But we want them to be able
to live their own lives in their
own way.
"Most people are sheep, and
pattern their lives after all the
other sheep. Ever since our
children could understand any
thing we have urged them to
think and act for themselves.
We have told them that re-
spect for conventions is only
another form of cowardly fear.
Naturally any independent &C
ton offends sheep minds.
A Children's Dance
Last Sunday, for example,
we allowed the children to give
a dance in the afternoon. We
have a house in the suburbs
and you know how much more
gossipy suburban people are
than city people. Well, before
a day had passed, we heard
from the whole neighborhood.
One woman actually mad the
impudence to call and protest
against it. If things go on
this way, all America will soon
be dressing uniform and living
on schedule. Won't you write
an article against this dread
full worship of conventionality,
Miss ,Robinson?"
I Will NOT, my dear.
I have wholesome respect
for conventionality and I think
that the average person who
The Washington times., 1931-03-18

It is not clearly understood
even to this day, why Pasteur
was influenced to turn his at
tention to the study of hydro
phobia. Perhaps the terrifying
memories of his childhood, the
blood-curdling cries OF people
bitten by a mad wolf at Ar
bos, may have inspired him
with the hope Of accomplishing
a truly heroic task for the bet
terment of mankind. Perhaps
he saw himself as the deliverer
of the human race from this
paralyzing fear, this CHASTITY
suffering, this as yet uncuraole
malady.
The story of Pasteur's long
search, aided by his patient and
skilled assistants, for the microbe
of rabies, and the efforts to
discover the means to cure the
disease, is one of the most eX-
traordinary and impressive in
the history of science. They
could not discover the microbe
of hydrophobia; it has not yet
been discovered. They Tere not
able to make pure cultures Of it
in bowls of soup. They had,
however, to find some way to
grow it.
GrOped in the Dark
Hundreds of experiments were
conducted over a series of years.
Unfortunately, they were STUN
bling in the dark; for there was
no record in history of a man
or beast recovering from hydro
phobia, once the germ had
penetrated the brain and the
spinal cord. But, meantime,
they had learned how to culti'
vate the virus in a rabbits
brain. And a dog, inoculated
The Washington times., 1931-03-18
ONCE-OVERS

Take Away That Silver Spoon?
Aren't you trying to protect
that young son of yours from
the hard knocks" you expert
enced as a boy?
Protecting him to the extent
that he will be unprepared for
any sort of hard work and dis
couraging situations is a poor
policy.
You are directing his course
in a way that totally units
him for the sort of effort he
must make to win success in
any line.
Not having serious problems
to meet as a young man, not
having to apply himself closely
to any task, he will be averse to
doing so in after life.
He is going to seek the. soft
places.
Going the easiest way may
eventually lead to dishonest
methods when he comes to a
crisis, and then comes disgrace.
Your son has a good educa-
tion, and you are willing to as
sist him in procuring a position,
but that should be all that he
can expect from you.
Endowed with good home
training he should be prepared
to assume whatever burdens
may come and make his own
way.
Encouraging him to take easy
jobs softens him mentally and
physically.
Every boy needs some hard
ships to develop him.
If you had not had them
would you have reached your
present position.
The Washington times., 1931-03-18

reasons, as I have heard it said
on the floor of my labor organi-
zation, there are some things
they should not be told. 1t is
only knowledge the official
family is entitled to know.
Secrecy is the gown used to
clothe rascality. AS worker,
I would like to ask the ques-
ton: If this Mr.. Alpen is a
valuable asset to the Secretary
of Labor, and has constructive
ability in solving the question
of the man and the job, why
did he not use that knowledge
in his official journal and
The Washington times., 1931-03-18
Mr.. Kelley Discusses
Labor Situation

EuLLOTO 4IL6 EHIco'
There Is no question of Mr..
Hoover being a great engineer,
and that has been attested to
in his recent innovation in the
Department of Labor, to devise
means for a bureau of employ
ment to put the worker in
touch with the job.
Laxity should be the party
slogan as far as the worker
is concerned and the interest to
date displayed. The appoint
ment of one of the officials OF
the American Federation OF
Labor seems to be a lotion to
allay the feverish attitude dis
played by Mr.. Green, and to
quiet for the time being the
unrest of the laboring class
and their demands as to the
vetoing of the Wagner bill.
The question on the minds
of a good many Of the workers
to date is, what are our labor
leaders doing? The question
seems to answer itself in that
there is very little to date Of
any constructive nature on the
part Of labor leaders to assure
the workers. It seems about all
the leaders are doing is filling
their office and drawing their
salary.
The rank and file of labor
should be educated by their
leaders as to the true condi-
tions and state of affairs as
it exists today. 1 will say and
I trust you, Mr.. Leader, will
pardon me, but the worker 1t
seems must be kept in ignor.
ance as to the causes and
The Washington times., 1931-03-18
The Marry-GO-ROund
BY Helen Rowland.
The Sweet and LOwdOwn

The Sweet and LOwdOwn
When a man devotes himself
to intellectual pursuits, it some
times leads to distinction; when
q girl tries it, it merely leads
to extinction.
So often, the girl who had
the most chances to marry at
nineteen, is the one who is still
thinking it over" and paying
her own rent, at thirty-nine.
The "once chance girl" never
hesitateS-and can't be lost.
It isn't that man is dazzled
by a woman's money; but,
somehow a halo of gold dollars
always seems to brighten up
+ her charms so that they out
shine her shortcomings.
The average he-man despises
flattery - especially when he
hears a woman wasting 1t on
another man.
There's something about one
drink that makes a man want
another the moment he has
swallowed it-and something
The Washington times., 1931-03-18
WISE MEN

Strong as our passions are,
they may be starved into sub
mission and conquered without
being killed. Cotton.
Divine nature gave the fields,
human art builds the cities.
-Varro.
A compliment is usually &C
companied with a bow, as if to
beg pardon for paying it.
This greatest element of criti-
cism is taste. -Sain Beuve.
To be nameless in worthy
deeds exceeds an infamous his
tory. Browne.
There is nothing so difficult
as the art of making advice
agreeable. Addison.
Envy, like fire, scars upward.
-Livy.
How often things occur by
mere chance which we dared
not even to hope for.
Terrence.
Absence destroys trifling in
timacies, but invigorates strong
ones. La Rouchefoucauld.
Do not disturb the sleeping
dog. -Allegri.
When everyone is in the
wrong, everyone is in the right.
La Chausee.
The Washington times., 1931-03-18
TIMES KNOWLEDGE TEST

9. What is a spillway in a
reservoir?
10. About how high is Niagara
Falls?
Fill each blank:
II. New London is on the
- River.
IL. -- is the reputed in
ventor of printing from NOV
able types.
13. The glass over a watch
dial is called a
IA. A cul-de-sac is a passage
IS. A proxy has authority
lAnswers on Magazine PageC
The Washington times., 1931-03-18

Putting the gush in the
rusher is the latest aim of the
oil fields, and one which may
add materially to the produc-
tion of oil from fields that fall
below worthwhile yields after a
period of great activity. AL
though in the experimental
stage, much has already been
accomplished to indicate the
feasibility of pumping into the
oil sands natural gas, air or a
mixture Of gas and air to re-
store the spent pressure neces-
sary to throw the oil to the
surface.
The Washington times., 1931-03-18
Plane or Ship?
Take Your Choice

Old naval officers skeptca about airplanes They
capital ships will the backbone of warfare
they have been Octavus beat Mark Antony Acum
Young officers think planes and submarines already have
made battleships much scrap iron
Take your choice When experts disagree andubbers
not decide
Yet of will find in the view Of the
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Ernest Lee Jahnck who puts
it this way
Zone of newest submarines costs $5OOOOOO
peey equipped One of greatest naval apanes will cost
around $4,000 to $4,000, completely equipped
"When they out after modern batteship think
prefer
submarine arplane the battleShp"
The Washington times., 1931-03-18
Letters to the Editor From Readers of The Times

place same in the mind and
hand of the worker in the
last 18 months?
It seems this knowledge has
lain in a dormant state but
blossomed under the kindly
treatment of a good tutor and
is now to be given to the
worker with the official Gov
ernment approval. I will say
the results in the future will
be the same as those in the
past, meditation and confer
ence, more committees, but re-
suits, none!
JOHN T. KELLEY.
The Washington times., 1931-03-18

Ll1lcoln'S S Offer
To Lee
Editor, Times:
The question of the offer by
President Lincoln to Col. r. e.
Lee of the command of the
Union Army in the Civil War is
easily settled by a reference to
Lees published correspondence.
In a letter from Lee to Sen
ator Reverdy Johnson Of Mary
land dated February Is, 1868,
Lee says: II never intimated to
any one that I desired the COM
mand of the United States
Army; nor did I ever have a
conversation with but one gen.
tleman, Francis Preston Blair,
on the subject, which was at
his invitation, as I understood,
at the instance of President
Lincoln. After listening to his
remarks, I declined the offer he
made me, to take command Of
the army that was to be
brought into the field; stating,
as candidly and as courteously
as I could, that, though op.
posed to secession and deprecat-
ing war, I could take no part
in an invasion of the Southern
States. I went directly from
the interview with Mr.. Blair to
the office of General Scott; told
him of the proposition that had
been made to me, and my de-
ciSion."
It is quite evident from the
above quotation that it was
Blair, acting for Lincoln, who
made the offer to Lee.
MORTON sol ONION
The Washington times., 1931-03-18
DO YOU KNOW THAT

A new form of asphalt has
been found in the island of
Boeton in the Dutch East
Indies, which, it is said, will
render the surface of a high.
way Skid-proof to motor vehicles.
Chemists have discovered that
the material will not take a
polish because of it's being
thickly mixed with great quanti-
ties of fossil dust, giving it a
dull gritty surface.
A newly patented umbrella
has a flashlight in the handle
for night use.
The Washington times., 1931-03-18

Match correctly:
/. diverting
found in the liver
2. archaeology
a daring villain
8. compassion
amusing
4. glycogen
the study of antiquities
S. brave
pity
able types.
Do you know:
6. What is a proverb?
z. What is the pastoral staff
of a bishop called?
8. What is a representative Of
Christ on the cross called22