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The Washington times., 1931-03-23
Dixie Ball April !

The twenty-eighth annual
Dixie ball, which is sponsored
by the Robert E. Lee Chapter,
United Daughters of the Con-
federacy, will be held at the
New Willard Tuesday, April 7.
Those comprising the ball
committee are Mrs. Esther Hol-
den Julia, chairman; Mrs. Wal
ter E. Hutton, Mrs. William F..
Downing, Mrs. Seba L. Christie,
Mrs. Sallie S. Moody, Miss Elsie
Thomas and Mrs. John J. Mac
donald.
Mrs. Frank o. Goodwin is
president of the chapter.
Take House Here
Mr.. and Mrs. Felix Morley,
who arrived in this country
recently from Geneva, have
taken a house at 2700 Thirty
sixth st. Mrs. Morley was
formerly Miss Isabella Middle
ton, of Washington. She is a
daughter of jefferson Middle
ton and the late Mrs. Middle
ton.
X X X
Mrs. Alexander Porter Morse
has returned to Washington for
an indefinite visit at the May
flower.
4 X X
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles c.
league will be hosts at dinner
on Thursday in the Chinese
room of the MayfloWer.
The Washington times., 1931-03-23
24-HOuR
Service
DIRECTORY
HARD WATER ptvs ~Iro MAKES SORT WATER

The Owl Auto Repair Service
will attend to your automobile
trouble any hour Of the day or
night.
Abolish "Blue Monday" with
the Economy Laundry damp
wash service 4c per pound.
Work done with greatest Of care.
Summer will soon be here and
boat owners who have crafts
that need attention will appreci-
ate the repair services offered
by Dean and RaEan.
Get a jump on spring; have
your hOuSeCleaning done early
see the services available
under the heading of Painting.
etc.,
The moving season is here q
one section of the city to an
other. or leaving town, Grey
Eagle Transfer can be of assist
ance to you consult their
service announcement.
Money at reasonable rates
for loan on automobiles can al
ways be obtained from L. But
Ter.
Com plete information on thrse services
as rel as many other desirable helps
is offered in the 24-HOUR. SERVICE
DIRECTORY. .publiSho0 TO-DAY in tAS
Classified Section.
The Washington times., 1931-03-23
REAL STONE RINGS SET
IN STERLING SILVER, 81

Costume e rings, wonderful
values at this price. Onyx, car
nelian, and chryso-praSe, set
with glittering marcastite in
sterling silver. They look much
more expensive than the price
Sugge and would make
charming Easter presents or
bridge prizes.
The Washington times., 1931-03-23
ORGANDIE OR SATTEEN
BEDSPREADS, S2.95

Bring spring into your bed
room by the addition .of a
crisp organdie bedspread. They
are printed in dainty flower de-
signs and come in Jordan al
mond colors. yellow, orchid,
green or pink. For double or
single beds, with deep side ruff
files. The same type in satteen,
The Washington times., 1931-03-23
A WOMAN'S FROCK ON
YOUTHFUL LINES, $3.50

And incidentally numbers of
others for every type at this
delightful new shop that has
just opened. Frocks of every
type at this low price. The one
we mention today is a vague
red and white print on navy
chiffon. Made in becoming
lines for the woman who takes
a size 40.
The Washington times., 1931-03-23
Let's AN Go Shipping
BY Patricia Lee

For names of shops Dhere you
can find articles described be-
lou, address Patricia Lee, The
Washington Times, or telephone
District $3.50, Extension 165, be-
tUeen $50 and S.
The Washington times., 1931-03-07
Again to Seek Higher Fares
From Car Riders

It is easy thing to be prophet in matters,
witness the fact that this newspaper than
predicted that Congress adopted law reducing fares here
for school children the street railways and bus lines would
promptly apply for increased adult fares to make
losses
They do that identical thing They would prob
ably have done anyhow using other chiefly
increase in fares put into effect by the Public Utilities
Commission.
The transit problem in the District is serious Every
vehicle that carries passengers for fares should be under
troll of the Public Utilities Commission That body should
have power fully regulate tax their movements and the
fares they shall collect just has power to fix and
bus fares and to regulate street and bus schedules in
cudng the number of these be operated for the public
service.
Any novice in public utilities questions that street
will continue lose revenues matter what the fares
with the city clogged with thousands Of tax responsible to
nobody the Of them financially responsible for acc
dents Of their making.
collapse sometime The street have to haul pas
sengers long distances for small fares The collect the
of the short haul business and get good pay for long
hau but tax do not schedules do not arrive and
depart at fixed times for public accommodation They do as
they please
All carrier operations in Washington must be
ton has already reached the point where the Public Utilities
Commission know what should be done for the best
interests Of this community and Congress for full
to do it.
Increasing fares irritating. So is the responsibility
Of ock Of their practice Of hoggng the streets at all
times their freedom charge will their complete lack Of
public regulation in charges schedules, etc.
The Washington times., 1931-03-07

White kings that read of daGeorge of England the
earnest sincere King Of Italy, the tall conscientious King Of
Belgium the blond giant of Scandinavia-a feeble beings
compared with Christophe known King Henry of Hay
the giganticay powerful ruthless king who built the
castle above
The building of that huge fortress is mystery Men do
not understand how possible to do merely by the labor
of human hands It is of ruins and the powerful
negro whose will and savagy erected this building has turned
to dust in his grave
This combined fortress palace and castle stands the high
est mountain top Of Hay hundreds of feet above the original
old trail that ended below the top.
It's great baements supported hundreds of These
and the great stones OF which the was built were car
ried the steep hill by negroes working in terror of their
giant master
To that MASTER the fierce Chrstophe human life meant moth
ing Boosting of the discipline that he maintained among his
soldiers and wishing to demonstrate it, he day ordered
several of them to march to the edge of precpic the
order Jump and without hesitation the leaped their
death
The lower picture shows the top Of the citadel from which
The Washington times., 1931-03-07

King Christophe with his hands, hurled to destruction the
muao engineer Bese who planned the great fortress and
supervised its building
The king had ordered for his protection secret passage
way which he could CO. unseen from his in the palace
fortress remote of the island Nobody had the secret
of this passageway except Besse, the engineer
And when the work done Cstophe took Besse to the
edge of the citadel and threw him the rocks below
No one has yet found the secret passage.
Some enterprsng American traveller might spend interesting
hours in Hayti looking for it, if allowed to do so.
This fortress history and the life of King Chrophe show
that possible oerdo such precious thing human
liberty.
The French had Hay and their control of the
passed the partly civilized blacks with full authority to rule
they chose.
results Christoph the savage king with his
many killings and his unbeevably ferocous discipline
Children should not allowed govern themselves Saw
ages many primitive people not quite savage children
mentally.
sefgovernment at random is dangerous Even the wise
Woodrow Wilson did realize that when he created little
that had natural existence and thus planted the
seeds war The will probably and those little
nations will be as dead King Christophe.
The British DO realize it, they will be slow about allow
ing India to attempt self-rule.
This country if wise, will do the in the Philippines
with its mixture of Aatcs and Fpnos its and
the rest Of its savagery.
The Washington times., 1931-03-07
Letters to the Editor From Readers of The Times
By Harding

such it may be called. I refer
to the suggestion of Col. Henry
w. Anderson, of having gov
ernmental control supplant the
present widely discussed and
criticised system. Innumerable
other yet decidedly too cumber-
some plans have been proffered
by members of both the Repub-
lican and Democratic parties;
the majority Of which assert
that the Introduction by law Of
personal rights, which in it's en-
tirety falls back on the old JEFF
fersonian theory Of States
rights and consequently is
largely dependent on party prin-
ciples.
Are not the drys aware that
the would-be nullifiers desire
the revival Of the saloon and its
deplorable evils in preference to
State control of the liquor mar
ket? The latter claim is en-
ployed solely as an attempted
wedge with which they intend to
ultimately remove all sumptu-
ary legislation which infringes
on their personal drinking
habits. If the public, as voters,
cannot see through the vets
false cloak of Misrepresentation
and insincerity, civilization is
due for a serious setback.
ROBERT H. MCINTYRE.
The Washington times., 1931-03-07
ONCE-OVERS

Why be so diligent in seeking
to know the weaknesses Of those
about you?
None are without faults
Even the worst Of the human
family have their good points.
In speaking Of the absent,
then, why allude first to his mis-
takes?
Is it that you take pleasure
in undertaking?
Presenting the least attractive
points you can when a person is
mentioned must have created
for certain persons in the past
regulations that were not de-
served.
And it did not add to your
personal prestige to back-bite'
did it?
women are more apt to be
thus uncharitable than men.
Men are not as prone to Criti-
cize their own sex as women
are.
Few persons have a wide
enough margin of sinless past
to permit the attitude Of de-
precation that some OF them
assume.
All make mistakes sooner or
later, in some way.
Perhaps your digressions have
not resulted as seriously as
the moral wanderings Of some
you know.
But your own thoughts have"
been crooked enough st times
tc preclude the "holie- than
thou" attitude which slanderers
take when repeating defama-
tionS.
(Copyright. 1881. International
Features Service, 1nc.1
The Washington times., 1931-03-07
Scientific VS.. the Old Time
Policeman

In Washington have been diligently trying to build up
scientific methods in Police Department and to provide
educated paromen and detectives in the solution of crime
puzzles.
Men of rawny proportions not rejected but they must
be well educated able to write pretty fuenty and to under
stand modern ideas Of scientific crime prevention and detec
ton of criminals
In New York there has been much emphasis the scientific
side Of unraveng crime but Mayor Walker has become dis
gusted with it, says the city full Of crime and tells his cops
to back the frcefu methods old days. fighting crime
with brute strength.
snappy uniforms big sticks bulky strong men, and pistols
the crmay disposed possibly upon the modern criminal
carrying his operations in modern ways He has to be
combated with brains and cunning superior to his
Hoodlu and petty criminals most surely respect manly
strength hardy nightsick and good marksman in police
uniform.
The Washington times., 1931-03-07
Listen, World!
BY Elsie Robinson

toll and combat by which 1t
gets it's food. Any more than
the earth resents the long ira
vail of it's evolution-the earth
(uuakes and upheavals and erup'
tions, the storms and the
. droughts and floods which have
shaped it from it's first vague
chaos. ,
I wish I could take my life
as simply.
I have always resented pain
and difficulty. We all do that.
We're supposed to do that.
In some way we humans have
formed a tradition that life
shouldn't be hard-that II 1t
is hard-it isn't a success. We
think Of suffering and strain,
struggle and death as hard
ships and imposition things
that mar and scar the normal
course of human life.
Struggle and Strain
Yet, there, in my growing
garden, were struggle and
strain on every hand. And
preceding this there was that
dark oblivion we call death,
but which, to the seed, is as
natural and necessary as any
other part of life.
Such things are not imposi
tions to the seed-tl1ey are
natural. They are the soil in
which that life is rooted. With
out that burial in the soil,
without that solid roofing in
the soil-without the hardship
of overcoming the soil, there
can be no harvest.
What Of my harvest7 And
the urge of life that runs
through me as it runs through
the grass? Is pain and hardship
the soil in which I must fight
my way and root my growth?
Copyright, 1881, King Features
Syndicate. Inc)
The Washington times., 1931-03-07

I went into my garden this
morning.
It is a small garden, but
alive with a tremendous busy
ness now that Spring is on the
way.
Bright spears Of grass are
pushing up between the flag
stones. The earth is heaving
over the thick crust Of tulip
buds. A frond of fern is lift
ing 20 times it's weight in fallen
leaves as it uncurls. A ridge Of
earth is rising like a mimic
barricade above the place where
I planted my sweet peas.
There is a flash and a fury
everywhere in the moist bright
ness. Sitting very still, one
can almost hear the turmoil Of
growing-the pushing and SHOW
ing-the fierce tussle of these
small green things with the
clods and gravel which lie in
their way. Even the green
simmer is like the fragrant
smoke Of a mighty battle.
Savagery Of Spring
I do not think that I ever
felt the savagery Of Spring so
keenly before. We're so accus-
toned to think Of Spring as a
sweet, tender season. But,
though it is yelled in beauty
and bound for a glorious har-
vest, this onrush Of the life
isn't sweet and tender. 1t must
be painfully difficult for those
delicate seedlings to push their
way through the soil. How.
much it costs to achieve the
loveliness which will come next
month! How busy they all
are-how tense and determined
what a serious, hard job life
is for even a blade Of grass!
But don't suppose the grass
resents it-any more than that
fat robin resents the constant
The Washington times., 1931-03-07
Favors Universal
Finger-p printing
Editor, The Times:

Editor, The Times:
On March 2, I read an edi-
torial in The Washington Times
with much interest on the sub
ject of finger printing.
I believe The Washington
Times should publish more edi-
torialS on this subject.
It would help to educate and
enlighten the general public on
the subject of universal finger
printing, and also help to re-
move feeling of antipathy
which most people have to-
ward being fingerprinted.
Finger prints are not valu-
able alone for the detection Of
crime, but also as a positive
means of identification of the
law abiding in cases of am
nesia, or serious accidents, the
issuing Of letters of credit and
other banking transactions.
Also as to ownership Of auto
mobile licenses, firearms, etc.
In the past 80 years, there
have been thousands Of per-
sons found dead in England,
without name or address, their
only Identification being the
fingerprint. These persons
were all identified through the
fingerprint system without one
single error.
WILLIAM F. GROSSKURTH.
The Washington times., 1931-03-07
The Marry-GO-ROund
BY Helen Rowland

It is not what actually hap
pened that she remembers, it is
the meaning she read into a
mans kisses, the something she
fancied she saw in his eyes or
detected in his words or his
voice.
Do you fancy that the woman
who loves a man sees the same
prosaic, blobby, heavy-footed
creature that YOU see, when
she looks at him? Never! She
sees a potential Napoleon, a
modern Lancelot, a Yancy Cra-
vat lacking only the polished
high boots and white Sombrero.
SOMETHING dashing, or dis
tinguisned, or picturesque!
If a woman could not ideal
ize and glorify a man she would
die of emotional starvation in
these prosaic days.
The truth is that ALL Of us,
men and women alike, are pas
sionately seeking the picturesque
and the romantic in this life.
We HATE the humdrum and
the matter-of-fact flatness Of
everyday existence.
Even the Fat Lady in the cir
Gus is only "pleasingly plump"
in her own eyes. And why dis.
illuSionize her? Don't rob her
Of her rainboWS.
Copyright, 1881, King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1931-03-07
Get Us Our RainbOwS

Get Us Our RainbOwS
Gods greatest gift to woman
is her imagination. Her ability
to glorify herself, her life and
the world around her.
When a woman looks into the
mirror she does not see the
vaguely pretty but distinguished
face which confrontS her. She
sees a vision, a picture" a col
orful personality born of her
imagination.
Even the plainest woman goes
through life playing a ''role" in
her own fancy. Several million
women have believed themselves
the reincarnation of Cleopatra.
And as many million more have
fancied they were doubles for
Mary Pickford or Gloria Swan
son.
This is not vanity. It is Ma
ture's way Of helping us escape
from the commonplace and dull
ness Of life. It is the secret sat
iSfaction of our yearning for the
picturesque and the romantic.
In the same way, womah's
imagination glorifies her life.
Somehow she can hang q gla-
mour Of romance around the
silliest little love affair, the
tawdrieSt little passing flirta.
tion. the most casual incident.
The Washington times., 1931-03-07
DO YOU KNOW THAT

So exact are their tools,
watchmakers in Switzerland
can split a hair into 500 strips
and measure the thickness Of
each one.
A new apparatus and method
for analysis of gas mixtures,
important to a number of in
dustries, has been devised by
the Bureau Of Standards.
Chile Is planning for the
colonization of 10000 Russian
Cossack families in the central
and southern regions.
The Washington times., 1931-03-07

One hundred and thirty po-
licemen in Berlin, Germany,
speak English. They are posted
at the large railway stations
and main traffic centers.
Khaki has been officially
adopted for future use in the
French army, displacing the
horizon blue so famous during
the World War.
President Won Hindenburg OF
Germany, receives upward OF
100000 personal letters annu-
ally.
The Washington times., 1931-03-07

Eighteenth Amendment. have
adhered to a false policy of mis-
representation. Their very at
tacks directed against sumptu-
ary legislation which prohibits
the manufacture and sale of al
coholic liquors are, indeed, sadly
The Washington times., 1931-03-07
WISE MEN

Faith believes the revelations
Of God, hope expects His prom
iseS: charity loses His excellen-
cieS and mercies. Taylor.
jealousy is always born with
love, but does not always die
with it. La Rochefoucauld.
A disorderly Chinaman is
rare, and a lazy one does not
exist. Twain,
Nothing is a misery unless
our weakness apprehend it.
Beaumont and Fletcher.
Every nation has the govern
ment it deserves.
DE MAESTRO.
It is certain because it is
impossible. -Tertullian.
A friend should bear a friends
1nfirmitieS. Shakespeare.
The Washington times., 1931-03-07

in lack Of actual conclusive evi-
dence, especially since they have
suggested no reasonably satisfac-
tory substitute once prohibition
has been repealed.
There is, I readily admit, a
single exception to this rule, if
The Washington times., 1931-03-07
Hearst Papers Advocate

Honest friendship nations enan0no alliances
Utth none" George Washington.
Proportional representation United States Senate
State than Senator's Legislation to enforce
prompt constitutional redpporttonnrent In the House OF
Representatives
Separate departments OF Army OF the NGpy and OF the
Air Forces all united under Secretary OF National Defense
Federal action the limit Federal to abolish
tuiterdcy under a Secretary of Education.
Installation the President the first OF January oo
ING the NoUenbeT election.
SeLecttUe immigration to admit only those suited for Amert
citizenship and American needs.
z Deportation undesirable aliens and extension OF citizen
ship period to 10 years
Complete publicity to prevent big tar
dodgers from escaping taxation.
g. Modification Of permit light wnes and
beers under Federal regulation.
The Washington times., 1931-03-07
Says Vets Want Old
Saloon Back

Editor, Times:
With the presidential prima-
ries relatively close at hand one
hears a great deal of party
propaganda concerning the
measures taken by the present
Administration as regards pro-
hibition enforcement. Without
the slightest doubt the enthusi-
astic vets in their endeavors to
repeal the supposedly menacing
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-19
>TheLaWrence Strike
Against Wage Cuts
BY EDITH BERKMAN.

written in the East Boston immigration
Station.)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-19
To Be Skillful and Simple in Our Agi-
triton on the War Danger
By V. LENIN fwr;t.en in 1915


To Mar-ist the statements that wars are
carried on by capitalists and that they are
bound up with their class interests are abso
Lutte truths. Marxist does not have to dwell
on that. But when skillful agtators and pro-
pagandists appear before the masses, they must
be able to explain this truth simply without
resortng to foreign words, for with us in Rus
cia tifc.lsgiops very often degenerate into
empty and futile clubbing. This we try to
achieve in every part Of The resolution. We
say: in order to understand how to put an end
to the war one must find out which classes do
not profit by the war.
L repeat once more in order to reach the
uneducated masses in order to introduce this
question to the uninitiated we need interme-
date links in the logical deelopment of our
idea The main fallacy and falsity OF our
popular literature on war lies in the fact that
this question is being evaded, 1t is being passed
over in silence that the matter is represented
as IL there We're no class struggle, as If two
countries had lived peacefully but one attacked
The c,hc~, a1d the ettacl;c1 defended Itself.
ghi7 Is Wl~e" rces""i1g in which thc~c is not
o sh9dor OF objective truth, it Is tho way in
which e6rcetcd r-occ delitoratciY deceive the
ma-ec5 n approached proDcfly. any represen-
tattye of the masses would be able to grasp the
essential point; for the interests OF the ruling
classes are one thing and the interests OF the
oppressed another
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-19
&!A%'~.&.
No Hari-Kari Here
BY yoEessR

Tine commander of the rank and file troona
had assembled all ranks for serious cerenonv
IN view of the condition known as an .1Inhapnv
situation" For an hour he held forth and spared
no word of gloom:
I'VE have failed in so-and-so"
we did not accomplish this-and-t1at."
we neglected such-and-such"
I'VE didn't even try :"
And SO on; until his hearers stood aghast at
this self-immolation
II ne were japanese general, thought many
OF ms loyal followers, we could expect him to
oraW ms snort sword and disembowel himself
here before our eyes.
But ne was NOT Japanese general. And he
dd NOT draw any short sword and commit hart-
Kari On the contrary, when he had finished, he
drew from his pocket only a big handkerchief.
mopped his brow and sat dawn awaiting an
pause.