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The Washington times., 1931-02-17
Science and Agriculture
By Archibald Henderson, Ph. D., Del, LID,
Famous Scientific Authority

The application of scientific
principles to agriculture is
destined to be one of the great
est and most intensive fields of
study in the twentieth century.
The invention of agricultural
implements and farm machin-
cry, of great ingenuity and
sometimes of considerable COM
plexity, has revolutioniZed agri-
culture during the past cen
tury. Vast agricultural expert
ments in the West and North
west in this country, even
vaster experiments on a hither-
to unprecedented scale in Rus
sia under the Soviet regime,
give indication of the large
sweep of the movements in
modern agriculture.
Increasing study of some Of
the more vital factors affecting
agriculture, viewed from the
angle Of soil rather than of
machinery, is clearly indicated
as a necessity for the beneficial
development of systems Of food
supply in America.
A Vital Factor
One such vital factor is that
of erosion as a factor in soil
determination. 1t is probably
true that, for certain areas,
erosion has been overStressed
as a factor in soil deteriora-
tion. With some types Of land
especially level lands, erosion
losses are practically negligible.
Miller maintains that on the
great majority of the farms in
the corn and wheat belts, and
on many farms in the cotton
belt, the losses may be classed
as moderate.
In regions where the climate
is temperate to subtropical and
The Washington times., 1931-02-17
The Marry-GO-ROund
BY Helen Rowland

caught getting the breakfast in
a delft blue kitchen.
1t is manly for him to wash
the car or the dog-ouE he'd
wither with shame to be caught
scrubbing the front piazza
steps.
1t is quite all right to be seen
leading the wifeS silly, little
Pekingese on a leash! but he
Writhes at the thought of push
ing the baby carriage through
the streets.
1t is quite regular to keep the
hands and wrists warm in fur
lined gloves-but slightly weak
minded to keep the ankles warm
in cloth SpatS.
YOU see how it is!
am not denying that there
are lots and lots of 100 per
cent he-men, who DO wash the
dishes, get the breakfast and
push the perambulator. The
world is full of them. But it
takes all the bravery and self
sacrifice of a big nature TO do
these things for the little
woman.
Every age has it's He-man's
Code. And, no doubt in the
Stone Age, the cave-0Veller,
who did not give his wife her
daily beating. was considered a
softie and a mollycoddle. On
the other hand, in the day of
Sir Walter Raleigh, the braveSt
knights and warriors wore
puffed sleeves, lace ruffles and
long, vampiSh earrings.
The little boy, who protested
that he would rather Ego to bed
raw" than wear his sisters
nightie, had the he-man idea.
It's born IN them!
(Copyrisht, 1891, KinR Features
Syndicate 1ne.S
The Washington times., 1931-02-17
WISE MEN

For blessings ever wait on vir-
tues deeds.
And though a late, a sure re-
ward succeeds.
-Congreve.
When we desire anything our
minds run wholly on the good
circumstances of it, when 'tiS
obtained, our minds run wholly
on the bad ones. Swift.
He gives nothing but worthless
gold,
Who gives from a sense of duty.
Lowell.
Nothing is fixed that rnortals
see or know,
Unless perhaps some stars be
so. Swift.
To love is to know the sacri-
ficeS which eternity exacts from
life. -Craigie.
Love most concealed doth
most itself discover.
Be useful where thou liveSt.
Herbert.
The Washington times., 1931-02-17
Letters to the Editor From Readers of The Times

and lack of party discipline?
Each Senator considers himself
as almost exclusively the repre-
sentative of the local interests
of his State, with little regard
to the needs Of the nation as a
whole. Add to this disregard
of national party platforms and
we have. the present chaos
which bedevils the Government.
Sooner or later the rank in
equalities in representation in
the Senate will bring a demand
for reform which will have to
be needed.
Increasing the numbers on a
population basis would make
the Senate merely a replica OF
the House and do nothing to
abate the evil of Sectionalism.
Log-rolling would still be its
chief diversion.
The President is the only
representative of the whole mass
of the electorate, and they
sorely need additional repre-
sentation. Why not a constitu-
tional amendment providing for
a reasonable number of Sen
ators-at-large nominated by the
party conventions and elected
at the same time as the Presi-
dent?
Men of the best type of wide
national experience and SYM
pathies would be drawn into
public life. These Senators
would fair accuracy represent
a mandate from the country
and would give the winning
party a block of votes with
which to carry out truly ma
tional policies in the interest of
all.
Responsibility for failure could
then be placed squarely where
it belonged and alibis would not
be as popular as they are to-
day. H. D. TYLER.
The Washington times., 1931-02-17

Discouraged?
Feel that your life isn't get
ting anywhere?
If you could only do some
thing interesting
But all these montonous.
meaningless chores-what do
they amount to?
Feel like that? Yes, know.
I've felt like that too. Desperate
feeling. Keep it up long enough
and you'll be jibbering hammer.
ing empty air with frantic fists.
Once when I was in the midst
of it, found something that
helped. Two verses from an old
book
In the beginning God created
the heaven and earth. And the
earth was without form and
void: and darkness was upon
the face of the deep. And the
Spirit Of God moved upon the
face Of the waters"
God
In the beginning
God facing darkness that was
without form and void. God
moving through darkness with
out light through chaos
without form. God laboring, to
make a heaven and earth. And
even though he was God, labor
ing without light. Laboring,
waiting, struggling, in the dark.
Moving over the troubled waters.
God Was Troubled
Was He sometimes troubled
Himself?
In the end it was finished
and "He saw that it was very
good" But what of those aeonS
before the night held stars, or
the earth rose, green and sweet,
above the waters?
Did He sometimes, while he
waited, wonder if it would all
be worthwhile? Is the small,
discouraged cry, in your heart
and mine, the echo Of His vast,
divine discomfort as He labored
there in the darkness?
I wonder. I know So little
The Washington times., 1931-02-17

SOAPA0AAAAS Va VAAS FASSN
families who evidently do
not notice the deep gulf di-
viding the German people, "
the Prince continues:
"Those who cannot find
the way to this coming State
should not be surprised If
some day the new State
steps over them to accomplish
its task"
Had young August Will
helm said that before 1918
he would have been ban
ished to a dungeon or a
lunatic asylum by his i'm
perial father. But in 1881
it is his father who is ban
ished and the son who wins
applause from his country
men by his democratic utter
ances.
Times change, and ideas cha
The Washington times., 1931-02-17

other natural conditions are
favorable to erosion, the factor
Of erosion enters as the most
important of all factors giving
rise to serious soil deteriora.
tion. A certain amount Of
erosion, as has been indicated.
may actually be beneficial. If
a certain limited amount Of
erosion takes place, the soil is
rejuvenated.
New layers of soil are stead,
lily, if slowly pushed up and
brought within the action OF
surface weathering agencies and
root penetration. Systems OF
cropping and general erosion
control act as measures Tor
soil preservation; and, under
such treatment, soil thus
treated remain most productive
under agriculture.
. Offsetting Erosion
Various methods may be en-
ployed to offset the diSadvar-
tageS Of erosion. The plow IS
constantly bringing new layers
of subsurface soil to the top.
and this, coupled with ample
use of fertilizers, raw subsolls
may be made to produce good
crops. But these methods are
expensive and never so salts
factory as when the natural
surface soil is preserved.
Science must be applied to
agriculture on a large scale in
the near future. The farmers,
on a continental scale, must
be taught the advantages Of
minimizing, as far as possible,
erosion losses. Moreover, they
must be brought to realize that
erosion may largely be con-
trolled by mechanical means.
such as terracing, soil-saving
dams and contour farming.
downright. 1881. international
Features Service, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1931-02-17
No More 'Divine Right"
The ezKaissr until his abdoatOn believed that he ruled
Says the ex-Kaiser's Son.


by divine right" Perhaps he
still believes it. He never was
backward about proclaiming
it, and few Germans had the
temerity to dispute it. The
doctrine that the Emperor
and the nobility were superior
to the common people was
almost an article of faith
throughout the empire.
Now, thirteen years after
the Kaiser fled ignominiously
to Holland, his fourth son,
Prince August Wilhelm, of
Prussia, says in a public
speech:
Mobility Of birth is not de-
cisive any longer. Nobility Of
character, thought and action
is the first factor of the new
State"
nntion of manv aristocratic
The Washington times., 1931-02-17
National Leaders Are
Urgently Needed, He Says

EUtLOTS ILS HCCS'
It has been generally true
that in times past each great
crisis has brought forth some
super-mind through whose
vision and reSourcefulneSs the
situation was met and, if not
completely conquered, was at
least allayed; as in the world
upheaval when such men arose
as Woodrow Wilson. Lloyd
George, Clemenceau, Foch and
MuSSolini.
Unlike France and England.
where men are taught political
science and craftsmanship from
the cradle, our own Senate and
House are filled mostly by men
who seem entirely untitled in
both knowledge and training to
cope with even the lesser mat
terS that call for adjustment
through either of these institu-
tions. The United States has
scores of men who may justly
be counted among the great
progresSives of the world, but
unfortunately in the United
States many men of unques-
toned honor and repute are
diffident in lending their name
and service to public office be-
cause of mud-Slinging on the
part Of certain portions of the
American press and that part
Of the American public whose
chief thought, it would seem, is
to diSparage the intelligence
and qualities which it so
fiagrantly lacks.
The promise of a return to
prosperity made by Mr.. Hoover
over a year ago faded out as
quickly as mauve and pink
from an evening sky. The great
construction and building pro-
gram so loudly heralded which
was to right a deplorable un-
employment situation has ma
terialized only in an infiniteSi-
NAL way, while the opportunity
to put a million unemployed to
work through a quick adjust
ment of the prohibition pro-
The Washington times., 1931-02-17
POliceWOmenIn UnitedStateS

Washington of the first American cities TO make
pocewomen and the head of its womans bureau Mrs
Nina Van Wn has several times been honored by election
president International Association of Pocewomen
That organization finds that there 593 performing
police duties in AZ States and in many cities.
OF the total there sherff deputy herffs constabes
and officials with police power New York City has 115
policewomen Detroit 49, Chicago 3O Washington 23 Los
Angeles %.
The 5es women are doing good work; of them
usually clever work In certain lines Of police work they
far superior to
The Washington times., 1931-02-17
Charged With Drunkenness

Washington cab driver unconscious blood running down
his neck sumped the wheel of his taxi taken to
Emergency Hospital by policemen who found him. Unable to
get prompt treatment for him. he taken police station
booked the charge of drunkenness and placed in CELL
Later returned to the hospital physician found blood issuing
from the mans Further examination revealed frac
tured skull He had been struck the head and robbed
Policemen simply human. Like other people they dis
posed credit i'll unconscious people with being drunk In
these days of prohibition that the " thought about another
person exhibiting signs of physical mental collapse Yet
many serious mistakes made by hasty conclusions
There not police surgeons in every police station but
where there is the least doubt as to the condition of
brought ill., surgeons should be promptly called and asked to
make careful examinations Hospitals far better places for
these of than police stations That is eevdent
The Washington times., 1931-02-17

The He-Man Code
We all know just what things
q he-man ScornS as womanlSh
or effeminate and what things
he regards as properly maScu-
line; but only Mr.. Einstein or
Mr.. Ripley could figure out
WHY.
Before the men who faced
the cannon and flew the army
planes adopted it, the wrist
watch was a byword and hiss
ing and its male wearec an OBJ
Ject of derision among his kind.
Just why a watch worn at the
end of a fancy chain strung
across the waiStcoat should be
more manly than a watch strap
ped around the wrist, was never
quite apparent. It was the
IDEA of the thing. The he-man
idea.
BY the same token, it is ef-
Terminate for a man to have his
hair marcelled or perfume his
handkerchief-but perfectly in
order for him to wear a pretty
poSey in his buttonhole and
fancy clocks on his socks.
It is "womanish" for him to
push a carpet-sweeper around
the house and dust off the
piano-but entirely he-mannish
for him to spray the plants,
wind the clock and shake down
the furnace.
Il is positively LADY like" for
him to wash the dishes at home
- but he takes a masculine
pride in "Swabbing" them, when
out camping.
He brags of how he can clean
and cook a fish or rustic bacon
and eggs on a fishing or hunt
ing trip-hut bushes il he b
The Washington times., 1931-02-17
TIMES KNOWLEDGE TEST

8. alleviate exculpate
9. kill sapient
10. acuut decimate
Do you know:
II. What element is the main
part of wood, coal and char
coal?
~. What is a profile?
10. What nymph was beloved
by Cupid?
IA. Who said. Hanging and
wiving goes by destiny?"
IS. What department main
tains the Weather Bureau2
ANSWERS on Magazine Page)
The Washington times., 1931-02-17

gram, as recommended by the
Wickersham committee, was de-
liberately blocked.
Who will arise out Of the
undignified and maudlin bicker-
ings Of our representatives at
Washington to q real leader
ship Of political and industrial
adjustment? j. M. w.
The Washington times., 1931-02-17

Fill each blank:
/. BY static electricity is
meant
2. was an archbishop
murdered in his own cathedral.
3. was a u. S. Sen
ator who later fought against
the United States.
4. The Milky Way is COM
S. was the seat Of
the oracle Of Apollo.
Match correctly:
8. debilitated assuage
z. erudite infirm
The Washington times., 1931-02-17
Hearst Papers Advocate

l. friendship nations entGnOtnO alliances
NTH none."-Geor0e Washington.
Proportional representation States Senate
Legislation to enforce
prompt constitutional reGppotorment in the House OF
Representatives.
Separate departments OF Army the NGvy, and OF the
Air Forces all united under Secretary OF National Defense
limit of Federal potDerS to abolish
alterGcy under Secretary of Education.
Installation of President the first OF January toor
ing the November election.
SelectUe Immigration those suited for Anert
citizenship and American needs
Deportation OF undesirable and etenon citizen
ship period to 10 years.
Complete publicity for income tGTeS to prevent big tar
dodgers from escaping taxation.
Modification of Volstedd act to permit light DneS and
beers under Federal regulation
The Washington times., 1931-02-17
Senators-at-Large
Needed, Says Writer
Editor. Times

EGtCOT, 1tmleS:
Prof. John Dewey urges that
better political results would be
obtained by voting for the man
rather than the party. 1t that
wholly true? Are not many of
our woes due to SectionaliSm
The Washington times., 1931-02-17

Times change, and ideas change with them.
The Washington times., 1931-02-17

Complaining of the presumption Of many aristocratc
The Washington times., 1931-09-25
F|VECAND|DATES
VO|CEPLEDGES

"When the voters of Arlington
county reach a point that they
elect to public office men aspir-
ing to serve, rather than to boss,
we have a chance of getting
somewhere"
With this challenge, Clarence r.
Ahalt, one of five candidates for
commonwealth attorney in the
election to be held November 3,
made his bid for the votes of the
Lyon Park Citizens Association
last night at the Community
House, where he and the other
four candidates spoke.
William c. Cloth, incumbent
seeking his third term, told of
his record in the county for 16
years. There is no organized
crime and would be none so long
as he holds office, he said.
Amos C. Crounse said the
county, embarking upon a new
form of government, with new
county court. should have a new
Commonwealth attorney. Emery
N. Hosmer spoke of his service
in the World War. Lawrence
Douglas declared that in the Of
flee of Commonwealth attorney
the criminal and civil work are
of equal importance.
The Washington times., 1931-09-25

R-K-O KEITHS 18th 81! e and w. ="
MARY AsTOR and ROBERT AMEs
in SMART WOMAN" Clark and
Mccullough In "FaAs ROOmers"
The Washington times., 1931-09-25
1927 Lav May Put Check
On Forest FIrebugs

CHESTERTOWN, Md, Sept. 25
Renewed efforts are benign made
on the Eastern Shore to en-
force a State law, passed in
1927, making it a criminal Of
fense to cause forest fires
through carelessness or negli-
gence, says Kenneth j. Seig-
worth, district State forester for
the Eastern Shore.
Persons convicted are liable to
a fine of from $40 to $10O and
a term of from 10 days to
year in jail. In addition civil
suit may be brought by per
sons whose land, timber or prop
erty are damaged by a fire so
caused.
Last year, the State official
said, only two out of 80 persons
who caused forest fires had prop
The Washington times., 1931-09-25

erty worth attaching in civil
proceedings.
Ninety per cent of woodland
fires on the Eastern Shore are
caused by such persons, he added,
and therefore the criminal Sec
tion of the law is to be invoked.
The Washington times., 1931-09-25
{ HILL D PARLEY
OCTOBER Is

BALTIMORE, Sept. 25.-Na-
tionally prominent social and
welfare officials will take active
parts in the twenty-eighth annual
convention of the National Con-
ference of Juvenile Agencies
which is to be held at the Lord
Baltimore Hotel here from Octo-
ber Is to II.
Among the leaders in this work
who are scheduled to speak are
Harold E. Donnel, State super
intendent of prisons; DR.. Miriam
Van Waters, former judge of the
children's court, Los Angeles; DR..
Helen MacMurchy, of Ottawa;
DR.. Charles H. johnson. New
York State commissioner Of social
welfare.
Henry v. Bastin, superintend-
ent of the Louisville and Jeffer-
son County Children's Home, is
president.
The Washington times., 1931-09-25
SAWS
OUT Of JAIL

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Sept.
25.-Aubrey Brooks, who with two
companions was arrested in Wash
ington last August with a wagon
load of tires, sawed his way out
of the Caroline county Jail last
night. Questioned by detectives
in Washington at the time of
their arrest, Brooks and A. w.
Williams and F. j. Acosta, the lat
ter eX-service men from Louisiana,
told conflicting stories.
It later developed the tires had
come from the store of John El-
lott, in Bowling Green, which the
three were accused of robbing.
The men were turned over to
Bowling Green authorities and
were held for the grand jury.
AcoSta and Williams we're not
in the same part of the Jail from
which Brooks escaped. Pat For
tune, colored, held on an assault
charge, refused to take advantage
of the opportunity to escape,
The Washington times., 1931-09-25
F REE COLLEGE
FOR 50 WINS
SUPPORT
University of Maryland Head
Backs State Senator's Plan;
FavoritiSm to Athletes Hit

DR.. Raymond A. Pearson, presi-
dent OF the University of Mary
land, has notified State Senator
E. Milton Altfeld, of Baltimore,
that he favors the legislators pro-
posal that the university offer
free scholarships to worthy but
financially limited students.
Senator AItfeId suggested that
the university add to its budget,
to be approved by the legislature,
$4,000 to provide so scholarships.
Since the legislature does not
meet until 1888, the senator has
urged the university's board of
regents to take immediate action
to provide these scholarships.
The board was slated to discuss
this suggestion at it's meeting to-
day in Baltimore.
FaVOritiSm to Muscle
At the senator's prompting,
several meetings have taken place
to discuss the scholarship plan.
Senator Altfeld says he has
been particularly impressed with
reports that men talented in the
muscle direction" get free tuition,
despite the fact that there is no
legal provision to give athletes
exemption from charges.
The Washington times., 1931-09-25
Suits Pressed for Nickel
In Patterson Price War

Pretty soon the tailors will be-
paying you for the privilege of
pressing your suit.
At least that's the indication
following the latest move of the
Shermans, father and son, who
have rival suit pressing plants on
Georgia Avenue, one door apart.
"SuitS PresSed-5 Cents"
The son, Maxwell, today had
placarded all over the front of
his shop at 5000 Georgia Ave.
N. w. these facts:
"Suits SpOnged and pressed
IS cents"
And business was brisk.
The Washington times., 1931-09-25
THINGS LOOK
BLACK, He
ADMITS
Husband Accused of Plotting
Wife's Death Protests His
Innocence; Wants Clothes
eff I burn I will die game"

n I burn / will die game"
Harry C. Wimbley, accused OF
Staying his wife and three year
old step-child, made this state
ment in a letter written from
his cell at the District Jail to a
woman friend, it was disclosed
by police.
The woman, Mrs. Lola Multi
gan, 802 Twentieth St. N. W.,
was questioned by police follow
ing call she made to Wimbley's
rooming house at 335 C st. N. w.
He had asked her to go to his
rooms and get his clothes for
him.
In the letter Wimbley admitted
things looked black but he pro-
tested his innocense throughout.
After turning it over to Detective
Sergeant James Springmann, Mrs.
Mulligan explained she had
known Wimbley for three years.
The case against Wimbley and
John M. Crowder will not be
ready for presentation to the
September Grand Jury but will
be ready next month, police said.
The Washington times., 1931-09-25
G0ithersburg PIT. A.
Selects Officers

The Gaithersburg Parent
Teacher Association, at it's first
fall meeting, elected the follow
ing officers for the ensuing
school year: Mrs. Carson Ward,
president; Mrs. Lewis Reed, vice
president; Mrs. Norman Belt,
treasurer, and Mrs. Paul Thomas,
secretary.
The Rev. Y. T. Grover ad-
dressed the meeting. Refresh
ments were served under the
direction of Mrs. McKendrie
Walker.
The Washington times., 1931-09-25
Montgomery Women
Make Appointments

Mrs. B. Peyton Whalen, presi-
dent of the Montgomery County
Federation of Women's Clubs, an
nounces the following appoint
ments: Mrs. Edward Stacy, of
Silver Spring. chairman of the
department of public welfare in
the county; Mrs. Beryl R. Eng
lish, also of Silver Spring, as di-
rector from the Social Service
League to the county federation.
Mrs. j. F.. Defandorf, of Gar
rett Park, was made chairman of
conservation, replacing Mrs.
George A. Chadwick, resigned,
and Mrs. A. Brookehouse Foster,
of Battery Park, is county chair
man for the Bicentennial.
The Washington times., 1931-09-25

Many Automobile ReDair Services are
listed today in the Business Service
Directory published in the Classified
Section.
The Washington times., 1931-09-25

through the Business Service Directory
announcements in today's Classified
Section.