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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-29
CENTRAL LABOR UNION
FAVORS TAXI METERS
Fair Wages and Restricted Hours
for Drivers Advocated-Ren-
tai System Scored.

The Central Labor Union yesterday
fled with the Public Utilities Commits
sion a brief IN favor OF return 70 the
meter system OF charging taxicab rates.
The hrief also demanded fair wages for
the taxi drivers and restricted hours,
SO that the drivers will not be unduly
fatigued'
rental system Of taxi operation, saying
the cabs operated under such systems
are sold To the drivers under terms SO
nsnifestly unfair as to permit unscru-
pulous concerns 70 exact such conoi-
ticns that practically enslave chauf-
fe1rs during the time they are attempt
ing 10 nav for ownership of their cabs "
me commission has before 1t q mass
of material gathered at tour-day pub
lie hearing last weea @o s s p-onIe =
of V1ashsnTton's muddled taxi situation
hy ISSUANCE Of orders on the subject next
week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-29
TUCKER PRESIDENT
OF VIRGINIA SOCIETY
Representative Elected to Succeed
Eett1e-Lewis First Vice
President.

Representative Henry st. George
Tucker was elected president of the
Society of Virginia ak a meeting last
night in the willard Hotel. He sue
ceeds T. s. Settle
Other officers chosen were: Fielding
M. Lewis, first vice president; Repre-
sentative Patrick Henry Drewry, second
vice president; Fred p. Myers, treasurer:
Miss Frances c. Linfoot, secretary, and
secretary
j. w. Somerville, Mrs. Maude Howell
Smith, r. Page Irving, Col. William G.
Harvey and Mrs Richard A. Allen were
elected members of the Executive Coun-
Gil
The first social function Of the So
ciety for the coming season viii be a
reception in December for the Virginia
members of Congress, it was announced.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-29

early settlers in the New World, espe-
cially among the Puritans. The mans
attention was forcibly diverted TO
hunting, stockraiSing and fighting. He
had to leave the household work and
a good deal of the agriculture to the
woman Hence she became an eco
homie asset far greater than she had
been In the old world 1t was hard for
q bachelor to live. The Puritan, he
admits, may have been cruel to his
wife have beat her occasionally and
have demanded strict compliance with
his mores, but he could not carry his
domineering ways to the point where
she could not endure them-because
wives were scarce and he could not
afford to lose her. Europe chung more
closely to the "old man" idea of the
pastoral days. Hence the tradition Of
the independent woman fourished In
America, bloSsoming into new life In
recent years Of economic independence.
He is not feminist DR. Briffault
ization entirely over to women again,
and holds that the conditions which led
to this situation IN the past never can
return again. The progress Of civfliza-
ton has brought about the condition
where man and woman must live to-
gether in q mutually cooperative So
ciiil group. the family. But, he insists,
q clear understanding Of the roots of
this family In the affection Of the
mother for her children IS essential to
an understanding Of the problems az
the family today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-29
Spanish Doctor Retires.

BARCELONA, Spain, October % up.
DIR. Martinez Vargas, who, as pro-
feSSor Of infantile diseases at the uni
versity here, was credited with reduc-
from the faculty yesterday after A
years OF service
He Is well known among the medical
profession Of the United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-29
SIX PERSONS HURT
IN AUTO M|SHAPS
Man, IL, and Boy, 13, Among
Victims of Traffic Acct
dents Here.

Six persons, among them a 72-year-
old man and a 13-year-old boy, were
injured in tarfic accidents yesterday
and early today.
The elderly mishap victim, Harry
Ashton, 1725 Seventeenth street, was
injured in traffic accidents yesterday
at Seventeenth and r streets, near his
home.
a taxicab driver, Clyde c. Bowers,
%. of 1871 Biltmore street. took Ashton
to Emergency Hospital, where he was
found TO be suffering from a broken
arm, q fractured pelvls and a severe
nose injury.
Hurt In Collision.
The boy. Edward Hannum, IS. Of 300
FIRST street southeast, was hurt early
today in a collision between milk
truck driven by Howard d. Wildman,
1929 First street. and q taxlcao oper-
ated by Sidney P. Heselton, % Seaton
place.
The youngster was taken TO Emer-
gency Hospital, where ne was treated
for an injury to his back.
Argel BoggS, %, of 1928 v street. re-
ceived a broken leg and hip injury
last night in a collision between MS
bicycle and a car driven by Vincent j.
Reilly, 23S First street southeast. Boggs,
a FOStal Telegraph 10. nSSSSASSA, aASS
was taken to Emergency.
Sustains Broken Leg.
Adolphus Reid "A, colored, 1918
Thirty-sixth street, was hit at Sixteenth
and Decatur streets last night by ma
chine operated by Frank T. Witty, IS,
of Silver Spring, Nd. He, too, was
taken to Emergency where he was found
to be suffering from broken leg and
an eye injury.
Knocked down by an automobile at
Fourteenth street and Pennsylvania ave
nue. southeast last night, George II. b.
ley. 81. of 1918 Potomac avenue south
east, escaped with a slight head cut He
was treated at Casualty Hospital.
The other accident victims was Will
liam McDufie, 20. colored, 408 South
Capitol street, who was struck by a car
at South Capitol and NJ streets. He was
treated at Providence Hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-29
MEMORIAL TO BE STUDIED

Women to Discuss Plan for Jeffer-
son Monument.
Plans for the erection Of q memorial
to Thomas Jefferson win be discussed
tonight az q meeting sponsored BY the
District Of Columbia Women's Demo-
cratic Educational Council at the Hay
Adams House
A chapter, the object of which viii be
Nn secure the memorial Is to be organ
I'd ak the meeting. q - planned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-29

Warren De1ano Robbins, ceremonial
ofacer at the White House, who sees to
it that everything Is done properly in
White House social circles, pulled q
faux pas in Warrenton hunt circles yes
terday, as result of which he Is carry
ing his left arm in q sling.
In the past, Robbins has emerged un-
scathed from many precarious situations
involving social precedents and the like,
but he suffered an upset yesterday when
his horse baked at jump in the Vir-
ginia hills.
Robbins fell TO the ground and
snapped a bone in his wrist. The in
tured arm was carried In splints ct the
White House today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-29

Brazil's first sugar shipment TO the
United States In recent years was made
recenkly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-29
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
TODAY.

Meeting, American Bankers Associa-
ton, Hotel Hamilton, 3 pm.
Meeting, Free Lance Club. I106 Con-
necticut avenue, 8 pm.
Dinner. Order of De Molay, May
flower Hotel, tbs pm.
Dance, Gaelic-American Club. 1914
N street, pm.
Dinner, Coe Tench Tilghman Chap
ter, d. A. R., 6708 Wisconsin avenue, 8
to 8 pm.
Meeting, Line Ohicers' Association,
Independent Order Of Odd Fellows,
Phoenix Lodge Hall, Benntng. Md, $3.50
pm.
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FUTURE.

Luncheon, Council Of Social Agencies,
Willard Hotel, tomorrow, 1880 pm.
The Washington times., 1931-11-13
School Building Needs

The crying need of liberal policy appropriations for
school buildings in this period of governmental econ
omy well demonstrated in chapter Of the annual report
Of Superintendent Of Schools Frank w. Balou
Figures contained in the report should prove weigh eV1
dence in the consideration Of the budget being prepared
by the Budget Bureau for submission to the Congress
The report shows woeful lack of adequate accommoda
tons types of school buildings at the present tme It
contains estimates which indicate that despite or less
attitude the part Of Congress there will still be
serious shortage in 1885, when all present authorized build
ings will be completed.
to elementary schools the report shows shortage
Of 337 cassrooms September This shortage will be cut to
182 classrooms 1882 but in 1888 there will still be short
age Of 124 rooms.
somewhat similar condition exists in regard to junior
high schools which in September Of this had excess
Of pupil: over In 1882 this excess
The high schools too severely affected by overcrowdng
Il being that in September Of this year there
excess Of 1885 pupils accommodations This number
will be cutailed to 266 next year and will stand at 2166
In 1888.
This cold mathematical analysis Of school conditions and
needs emphasizes the necessity Of united effort by all C
zens behind comprehensive school building program
The friendship of Congress to such program is assured
and only the nsistence Of the people Of Washington
sentia1 to obtain its adoption.
The Washington times., 1931-11-13

Elsie Robinson
year of high. And the neighborS
are beginning to say
IF ever I saw the makings of
a bad girl it's that Adams kidd"
And Milly certainly looks the
part. In spite Of her mothers
efforts to dress her modestly,
Milly smuggles lipstick and rouge
to school - makes up like a
young Indian. Won't work,
either at home or at school. Is
lazy, dreamy, irritable - won't
mend her clothes. Leaves every
thing in a mess. Sasses back.
Sometimes, between outbursts,
the old sweet Milly returns. For
a few days she'll be gentle and
adorable-then off she'll go
again in dizzy circles. And al
ways there's a boy on the hori-
zon. She can't think of any
thing but boys. And Nom and
Dad are frantic. They lecture
her tell her she should be
ashamed of herself but it
doesn't do a particle of good.
Right in the middle of a Scold-
ing the telephone will ring and
she'll jump up with that fur
tive, excited look
What Would You Do?
What IS to become Of her?
After all they've done to make
her fine and good, is she going
to be one of these wild women?
And what would, I do with q girl
like that?
What would I do with a Boy
Crazy Girl? I'd remember
when I was Boy Crazy myself!
I'd turn my memory back
through the years of my wom-
anhood, back to the time when
I was ten. then twelve, then
fifteen. I'd remember the
hazy-dazy dream world in
which I lived as a child, shut
in, awaiting my awakening,
like a grub in a cocoon. A
tiny, shy grub, curled up in
MySelf-knowing nothing what
ever Of Real Life.
Then the shivery beginning
The Washington times., 1931-11-13
Start Christmas Buying

With Washington in better financial condition than prob
ably any community in the country the time and opportunity
have arrived to embark upon happy Yuletide
The merchants ready for the Christmas shopping spurge
Stocks have been repenished Prices have been marked down
The public is ready too Salaries in this city have been
kept up Payros here have whstood the sashg which
they have been subjected elsewhere There plenty Of
money.
Now the time to get the money out Of the banks and
into circulation.
There probably has been Christmas shopping period
before in which the bargains available could be obtained
Every cent spent this Christmas double purpose
The gifts which money buys bring joy to the recipient and
the money thus spent spreads out into circle speed
business and restore normal prosperous conditions.
The Washington times., 1931-11-13
The Cure for Lynching
More and Better Schools

New light on an problem thrown by the report OF the
Commission on the Study of Lynchng, published at
which reveals that two of the wentone victims OF ncn Id"
last year were innocent and eleven others possibly
The commissions researches into these crimes
and it's condemnation Of mob justice are parucusIy @
resve for its members are all southnrs Of standing ana
influence They include noted editors educators and church.
men of both races is through the efforts OF Leaders OF
% type that increasing sentiment against ynchng being
shown throughout the South. - :.
The true remedy for the evil the commission points out Is
education. The lynching rates are highest In tne sParse
communities
This fact alone is powerful argument for more and better
schools preferably established with the aid Of the Federal
Government national department of education with the
resources of the nation behind it would speedily create
school system in the most isolated regions and IN few years
would do more to prevent ynchngs than has been done by
Legislative enactment in the last generation.
The Washington times., 1931-11-13
When Love Was Love

back to the good old peaceful,
tranquil, unconfusing days.
when virtue was virtue and sin
was sin-and there were no
two arguments about it!
When you KNEW that you
were good-or that you were
bad: and did not have to go to
psychoanalist to learn the
latest fashion in morals, or to
discover whether your passion
for making a fool of yourself
was an inhibition or just plain
cussedness.
When all the good women
were plump and blonde-and
all the wicked ones were dusky-
eyed and sinuous. And all the
villains wore fierce black mus
taches-and all the heroes wore
lovely curling mustacheS.
When love was love-not a
matter of sex-appeal or a psy-
chopathic problem or a fixa-
ton, or a complex.
When murder was murder
not "paranoia." and a villain
was a villain-not a mental
defective" or a victim Of So
ciety'' or a popular racketeer."
When you could tell a'choruS
girl from a debutante and a
grandmother from a flapper,
without putting up your lorg-
nettes. And it was perfectly
proper for a woman to be mid
dIe.aged: and no disgrace to be
The Washington times., 1931-11-13
A Good WhiteWaShing
But Where Is the Navy?

Now that the latest Hoover committee has whitewahed
the ADMINISTRATOR policy the duty devoves on Con-
gess to hold full inquiry get the facts and act on them
The Navy Leagues charges that the was being weak
ened dangerously have been written hastily and to
have contained several minor mistakes The Presidents COM
mee points them by That will serve to Keep
the record straight but it does build ships cast guns
nor train men, The navy is still below its needed strength
and all the words Washington will not bring it up to that
point. . .,
Il is comparatively easy for Administration to make
capital out Of incident The citizen may conclude
that because figures issued by the League were wrong
The Admnistratons policy is right That however, by no
means follows The truth is that are far behind Great
Britain and in some respects far behind Japan in naval
our position as the principal world power to be equal to
Great Britain and ahead of Japan
The Hoover committees report does not alter tnaE.
Congress
The Washington times., 1931-11-13
LISTEN, WORLD!
BY Elsie Robinson

of awakening {. the prick.
ling curiosity about the vast,
strange world Of grown men
and women the increas-
ing ache to be Grown Up my
self, to know what it was all
about
The sense Of something in
my rushing on and on
reaching out and out the
sense Of something going to-
happen
Suddenly, something hap
pening with earthquake violence
the bursting of the CO.
coon the beginning Of
womanhood-
Realizing myself-my female
self-for the first time
Realizing boys for the first
time
Realizing Love-that most
tremendous adventure-for the
first time.
Happy and Sal
Stepping out into a world
that was filled with the whiS-
pering and uproar of love.
Growing dizzy and feverish
with the wonder and delight
of it all-growing Sh1very and
cold with the fear Of it all.
Happy one day, hurt the next.
Lazy, industrious, gentle, cruel,
meek. proud, generous, stingy
being all these things in the
course of one day, until my
heart and head were whirl1ng
with the confusion of it all.
BEING ALL THESE THINGS
BECAUSE LIFE WAS HAVING
IT'S WAY WITH ME
AND BECAUSE I HAD NO
KNOWLEDGE OF HOW TO
CONTROL LIFE.
And all the time being
scolded and lectured and told
to explain myself, when I
hadn't the slightest notion
what it was all about.
And Boys! Every nerve OF
me thrilling to Boys. The won
der of being with Boys the
shame of liking Boys! I loved
them. I hated them. I ran
from them-and to them. Boys,
like a fever, possessed me. I
couldn't rid myself Of them.
"Boy Crazy"-that's what they
called me too, and the sneer Of
it cut like a lash. But how
could I help this crazinesS
which had come upon me? Why
couldn't grown-ups trust me
instead of hurting me so? Why
couldn't they explain it to me
quietly, with respect and friend
ship, instead Of treating me
like an outlaw? Why couldn't
they understand?
IF I had a boy crazy girl
what would I do? That's what
I'd do. I'd remember when I
was boy crazy myself. I'd
remember how natural it all
was, and how right-and how
it finally led me to the beauty
and deep Joy Of motherhood.
The Washington times., 1931-11-13
Visitors Will Aid Citv

The National Capital going to do lot Of entertaining
showing its guests about the city it will be the gamer fnan
cany.
According to list recently compiled than 130
ona organizations will hold their conventions here in 1882
It is estimated that they will bring than $4,000 persons
to the city These will be in addition to the millions ex
Celebration.
While there definite way Of asceraining just how
much each delegate convention spends in the convention
city has estimated by the international Association
Of Convention Bureaus that the average is about $780,
Washington business therefore, look for at least
100000 Of outside cash to be spent in the city result
Af the conventions.
The Washington times., 1931-11-13

wrong was wrong-and every
thing was perfectly simple and
plain and obvious!
When life was not a perpet-
ual question, with a new answer
every morning; but dead Ger.
tainty, with an inevitable
Heaven or He'll at the end!
The pleasant, torpid, tranquil,
unhurried age Of the horSe-and-
buggy, the plush sofa, the Glib
son Girl, and the Dominant
Male! The good old days B. F.
and B. P. and B. G-Before
Feminism, Before Prohibition
and Before Gasoline!
Copyright, 1881. King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1931-11-13

S W e e t, S h y
little girl in
the last grade
Of grammar
sch o oil. She
was docile as
a kitten . . .
satisfied to
play simple
games W it h
other little
girls T.. =. still
liked to fuss
with her dolls,
Today she's
an un ru ly
young SInarty
The Washington times., 1931-11-13
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

He who serves the public Is
a poor animal; he worries him.
self to death and no one
thanks him for it.-Goethe.
What is good-looking but
looking good9 Smith.
The Washington times., 1931-11-13
We Are Simple simons
of the World

If there is a nation in the
world that does not have the
"capacity" to pay the debts
of the world it is the nation
that is running a deficit now
of about two billion dollars; ;
that has more unemployed
proportionately than Eng
land; as many as Germany,
and millions more than Italy
and France combined.
Just how it is figured that
prostrate America has an Tn-
The Washington times., 1931-11-13
One Way to Cancel
the Debts

the DeDCS
This gesture of generosity
by Lady Bountiful in Rags
was dictated by the bankers
who naturally want to col
lect their bad private loans
in Europe by relieving the
debtors of the necessity of
paying their debts to the
American people. There is
no such thing as a cancella-
tion of the debts; there can
only be a transfer of the
obligation to pay from the
debtors to the American
people. There is just one
way to cancel the debts and
that is to persuade those
holding the bonds to con-
tribute them, as in Italy, to
a patriotic bonfire. But the
bonds are owned by the
bankers also. They want
that money, too. If they can
collect that money from the
American people who do not
owe it they can more easily
collect their private loans
from Europe. The only can
collation. is a bonfire. We
have a few Of these bonds
we will contribute to a gen.
eral conflagration. Are
there any more?
The Washington times., 1931-11-13
MARRY-GO-ROUND
BY Helen Rowland.

fat! And you didn't have to
hire a gigolo to trail around
after YOU, in order to prove
that you were still in your
dancing days.
When all widows were "fasci-
mating" and all actresses were
dangerous When all married
men were married men,; and
no other woman considered
herself entitled to snitch your
husband. And you never hesi-
tated to refer to a mans last
years wife, for fear she might
be his this years headache.
When honor and fidelity
were perfectly good FORM" to
be happily married was chic,
and to be divorced was simply
diSgraceful."
When a lady was a lady"
not a parasite" And a
saloon was a saloon-not g.
speakeasy. And a gentleman
was a man who could "hold
his liquor" his job, his temper
and his wife, with equal sue
cess.
All yeS-thoSe were the dear,
delightful, untroubled days!
When right was right and
The Washington times., 1931-11-13

It is the cause and not the
death that makes the martyr
Napoleon.
The worst sorrows in life are
not its losses and misfortunes,
but its fears.-BenSon.
The Washington times., 1931-11-13

It is evident from the
statement Of Senator Harri-
son that the Democrats in
Congress are not going to
fall into another "co-opera-
tion" trap with Mr.. Hoover.
Previous experience has
shown his utter incapacity to
play the game fairly. Nor
can there be any "morator-
ium" in the expose of the
futility and destructiveness
of the Administration poll
cies. These must be thor
oughly exposed by the party
that has just been given a
mandate by the people.
Approaching an election
in which the people will pass
upon the pledges and prom
ises made by Mr.. Hoover in
1928, these must be re-exam-
ined and tested by the re-
suits. That is the meaning
of government by the peo-
ple."
With every effort being
made by the apologists Of
the Administration to ascribe
the human misery in Amer
lea during its regime to Eu-
ropean conditions over which
it has no control, the respon-
sibility of this regime for the
conditions here must be made
clear.
Mr.. Hoover can be quoted
as ascribing prosperity to,
government under the domi-
nation of his party. In his
speech at Elizabethtown IN
1928 he told US that yearly
the relations of government
to national prosperity be-
come more and more intl-
mate" In his speech OF ac-
ceptance he told us that
prosperity after the eco
nomic disarrangement follow
ing the rehabilitation of the
army was due to the states
manship of the Harding re-
gime.
He assured us that this
craftsmanship has made
prosperity permanent in
America; and he promised
to proceed himself to the
elimination of poverty. That,
probably, was the most
demagogic promi Sc ever
made-but it was made:
"What is writ is writ, would
it were worthier. - We have
had the pledges and the
promises; these must be re-
viewed in the light Of the
= Il
The Washington times., 1931-11-13

Was Boy Crazy
Little Milly Adams is boy
crazy.
Two years ago Milly was a
The Washington times., 1931-11-13
Statecraft Calls for
Salesmanship
-Bu Claude G.. BOwers'

limited capacity to pay the
debts of the world will puz-
zle the groundlings.
In no other nation on the
earth would a government
dare propose it. We are sup
posed to be the simple
simons of the world.
This bally-hoo to stampede
us into a stupid act was
given impetus by some un-
derstanding, not made pub
lie, in the conversations OF
Mr.. Hoover and NJ. Laval.