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The Washington times., 1931-02-23
WASHINGTON s
POEM QUOTED

The following acrostic poem,
written by George Washington
while the Father of His Country
was still a young man, has been
selected by Rupert Hughes, author
of numerous works on the life of
the First President, as indicative
of his warm humanity.
Although Miss Frances Alex
ander may have been the heroine
of the verse this is not definitely
known. The "Alexa" referred to
may have been Alexandria, Va,
where the young lady lived. The
poem, which appears in the
February issue of the Ladies
Home Journal, follows:
From your bright sparkling Eyes I was
undone
Rays, you have; more transparent than
the Sun.
Amidst its glory in the rising day
None can you equal in your birth
Constant in your calm and unspotted
Equal to all, but will to none Prove
kind,
So knowing, seldom one SO Young,
you'll Find,
All! woes me. that I should Love and
conceal
Long have I wish'd, but never dare
reveal.
Even though severely Loves Pains feel; ;
XerxeS. that great wasn't free from
Cupids Dart,
And all the greatest Heroes felt the
smart
The Washington times., 1931-02-23
RED CROSS AIDS
YOUTH REVUE

A unique celebration of the an
niversary of the birth of George
Washington will be the youth
Revue" an exhibition of the tai,
ent of underprivileged children,
to be given tonight at the District
Chapter of the American Red
Cross.
The entertainment, the first of
it's kind to be presented in Wash.
ington. is sponsored by Mrs. H. B
Lansburgh and her sister, Miss
Marie LobeerbaurS, manager of
the travel department of the In
ternational Exchange Bank.
Prominent leaders of diplo-
matte and social circles, who will
attend the show, have indorSed
the enterprise.
In an effort to give an opportu-
nifty to poor children to display
their talents, the two women have
devoted months of untiring work
to the development of the Youth
Revue"
Members of the Boys Club, the
Boy Scouts and other local organi.
cations of children will partici'
pate in the performance.
The Washington times., 1931-02-23

inexpensive though a menu may
be which cost only $7.17 a week
for a family of four and $3.50 for
five, the meals are high in fool
value and in vitamin, calcium and
mineral content, according to Mrs.
Catherine Anderson, domestic
science teacher of Eastern High
School.
With a list of foods necessary
for a family's consumption for
one week. compiled by the Bureau
of Home Economics of the United
States Department of Agriculture,
classes at the high school, under
the direction of Mrs. Anderson
and Miss Esther H. Jones, have
prepared menus for an entire
week.
Second Menu Published
The Washington Times will run
a series of these menus for one
week, the second of which appears
in today's paper.
Contending that children
should have their heaviest meal
in the middle of the day, Mrs.
Anderson has included in her
menu extra dishes in the noon
meal for the tWo-year-old and
four-year-old members of the
family. The 14-year-old child. she
says, may eat the same foods as
an adult, with the exception of
tea and coffee. All the children
must drink milk. Children also
should have little fried foods and
a minimum of vinegar.
The macaroni au griffin, in
cluded in the lunch on the $3.50
menu, is a delicious dish, Mrs.
Anderson says, made with a full
package of macaroni seasoned
with cheese and green peppers.
Tomato juice cocktail, a popu'
lar and cooling drink, is also in
cluded in the inexpensive menu.
1t is prepared for family of five
from little less than quart can
of tomato pulp seasoned with salt
and pepper. A little water may
be added. The beets in vinegar
sauce are only for the adults, the
children having had their beets at
noon.
Considering that maximum Of
eight pounds of meat is permitted
for the entire week, the classes in
preparing the $3.50 menu used
only one-half pound of meat in
the sauted bread sausage. At this
meal, the children do not drink
The Washington times., 1931-02-23
Letters Disclose Kindness
OF Gen. WASHINGTON

George Washington, besides
handling the affairs of state
while President, also kept up a
close correspondence with Anthony
Whiting, his overseer for the
Mansion House at Mount Vernon,
and "The Ferry" and "French's,"
two other of his plantations. He
also kept a keen eye on all &C
counts and reports of affairs at
his plantations, going into detail
as to how each particular thing
was to be done, his letters to Mr..
Whiting reveal.
Urged Kindness to Slaves
Wine for slaves, the habit of
travellers dropping in at Mt. Yer
non, and expecting to be wined
and dined, were only few of
the problems he had to solve be-
sides administering governmental
affairs. One of his letters was,
in part:
although it is last men,
toned, it is foremost in my
thoughts, TO desire you to be
particularly kind to my negroes
in their sickness; and to order
every OverSeer positively to be
SO likewise; for 1 am sorry to
observe that the generality of
them view these poor creatures
in scarcely any other light than
they do a draught horse or OK;
neglecting them as much when
they are unable to work; in
stead of comforting and nurs.
ing them when they lye on a
sick bed. 1 lost more negroes
last winter than 1 had done in
IL or Is years before, put to-
gether. If their disorders are
not common, and the mode of
treating them plain and well
understood. send for DIR. Craik
in time. In the last stage of
The Washington times., 1931-02-23
PICTURES
WASHINGTON
SFARMER
Employed White Workers On
His Plantation; His Grief
Over Wheat Rust Disclosed

George Washington has been
lauded as the Father of his
Country, and the liberator Of
America as we'll as a noble gal
liant, and he has been character
lied by modern historians as a
distiller of spirits, and brewmaster
without parallel, but his diary
reveals him to be probably q
better farmer than anything else,
and an efficient employer of help.
Before the times of drought
and farm relief, the Lord of Mt.
Vernon was conducting expert
ments with wheat rust, and his
slaves were trained to cradle"
four acres of wheat a day.
Farm Records Accurate
His farm records were accurate
in every detail, and he took
periodic accounts of his posses
sions including the hound pup
pies, and listed his horses and
cows according to their dlSpo-
sitions, colors, and condition OF
training.
WashingtOn's diary, which he
kept religiously from 1748 to 1893,
reveals his daily routine on his
vast estates and disclOSeS that far
from being a gentleman farmer in
the strict sense of the word, he
attended to work that a modern
farmer of the same condition
would turn over to an OverSeer.
In July, 1853, Washington noted
with anxiety the increasing in
roads of rust on his wheat crops,
especially in the damp vicinity of
Doeg Run, where he had several
fields from 38 to $50 acres. He
wrote:
From the most accurate ex-
periments I could make this
year upon wheat seized with the
rust before it is fully formed
and beginning to harden, it ap-
pears to be matter of very lit
tie consequence whether it is cut
down as soon as it is seized with
this diStemper or suffered to
stand; for in either case the
grain periSheS and has little or
no flower in it,"
Employed White Help
It appears from the diary that
Washington employed white lab
orerS who were more or less ex-
pert in certain lines. Jonathan
Palmer, a white man, was one
of his valued employees and was
known as practical farmer.
Washington wrote:
Jonathan Palmer coming down
last night, and examining my
wheat, was of the opinion that
some Muddy Hole field was fit,
at least might be cut with
safety. Accordingly began it
with himself, three other white
men and four negro Graders,
letting the grain lye upon the
Stubble about two days to dry"
In December, 1875, the Father
of his Country took the hounds
out before the sunrise and, he
writes:
"AbOut 8 o'clock, after Icing
upon several dragS, or the same
drag several times, put up a
fox which the dogs run very in
differently, being very much
dispersed and often at cold
hunting until about IL, when
the scent got so cold that they
could follow it no longer"
The Washington times., 1931-02-23
UNFAIR METHOD
Of TAXATION
DENOUNCED
Pennsylvania Says Nations
Founders Planned to Give
Larger States More Power

George Washington. if living
today, would be deeply impressed
by the danger of the nation of
unequal representation of the big
States in the United States Sen
ate and the inequalities in taxa
ton, Representative James M.
Beck (R0 of Pennsylvania, said
in an address in the House today.
Invited to deliver George
Washington birthday address
Beck traced the views of found
ers of the Government, and said
Washington, Franklin, Madison,
Hamilton and Wilson fought
against the ..>olicy which gave
small States such power in the
Senate.
Secession Threatened
They tried to provide in the
Constitution that taxation was
to be imposed in proportion to
the relative ability of States to
contribute. Political power was
to be distributed in the same
proportion, he said. They lost
because smaller States threatened
secession.
Of Unequal taxation, he said:
Three States pay more than
One-haf of all the income taxes
and the benefit they draw
from Federal appropriations is
but an infinitesmial part of
their contribution. Other States
make an insignificant cOntri-
button to the Treasury and
draw from it. for their own
local needs, far larger sums
than they contribute"
Points To Inequalities
Two States, he said, draw more
than SO from the Federal Treas
ury for every one they contribute.
He added:
Il can readily name II
States, which collectively, have
less population than that of
New York and, nevertheless,
have "a members of the Sen
ate to the two Senators which
represent New York.
"Twentyfive States have a
majority of the Senate and yet
have only One-fOurth Of the
population"
The Washington times., 1931-02-23
MEDAL REVEALS:
WASH|NGTON'S 8
THRIFT VIEWS
Gold Chain Could Be Turned
Into Cash by Diplomats, He
Noted in Suggesting Gift

That impecuniousnesS among
diplomats existed during the time
of George washington was re-
vealed in a comment he made
following a conference with the
Secretary of War regarding the
presentation of a gold medal and
gold chain to foreign emissarles
before they returned home. The
Father of mis- Country, who was
noted for his thrift, suggested IN
his diary that the chain might be
pawned if the recipient of the
gift needed ready money.
Valued at 5000
The medal and chain were TO
be valued at between 120 and l3O
guineas or approximately SOU
in American money, and the re-
suit was based on WaShington's
personal Investigations. Washing
ton wrote:
Upon inquiry into the prac-
tice of other countries, it was
found that France generally
gave a gold snuffbOx set with
diamonds: and of different
costs; to the amount generally
to a minister plenipOtentiary Of
500 Louis d'Ors-that England
usually gave to the same grace
800 guineaS in Specie-and HOl-
land a medal and chain of the
value of in common, $50 of 1SO
guineas and the value of which
to be increased by an addi-
tional weight in the chain when
they wished to mark a diStin-
guiShed character.
Could Pawn Chains
"The reason why a medal and
chain was fixed upon the
American present is, that the
die being once made the mod
els could at any time be struck
at very little cost, and the chain
made by our artisans, which
while the first should be re-
tanned as a mementO) might be
converted into cash."
According to historians the
Medal and Chain were actually
agreed upon by Washington and
the design Of the medal left to
William Short, the United States
Charge d'Affaires at Paris.
The Washington times., 1931-02-23

the complaint it is unavailing
to do it. 1t is incurring an ex'
penSe for nothing"
Forgot About Wine
That letter was dated merely
as being sent in 1892, but it evi-
IDENTIFY was written in the early
fall. A subsequent epistle sent
Mr.. Whiting, and dated October
%, 1892, from the Capital, then
at Philadelphia, read in part
81 suppose it was owing to
the hurry and distress in which
Mrs. Fanny Washington was at
the time she left Mt. Vernon
that a little wine; ETC., was not
left out for extraordinary Oc-
caSiOnS; because 1 know it was
intended-but not for sick
negroes; unless it might be in
particular cases which rem
dered it indiSpenSabIy neceS-
Sary; for DIR. Craik never prac-
ticed anything of the kind
when Mrs. Washington and my
self were at home; or even sug.
gested it was necessary. Nor
was it my intention to leave
it for the purpose of entertain
ing travellers, because there is
is a striking imprOpriety in
travellers making use of it as
a house of convenience, know
ing. as they certainly must,
that neither my family nor the
Majors is there; and when it
Is far removed from the Post
or any other public road"
The Washington times., 1931-02-23
OIL WELL TO BE DRILLED

RICHMOND, Va, Feb. 23.-
According to Paul j. Smith, of
New Bern, N. c., lands between
the Neuse and Cape Fear rivers
in North Carolina, will be drilled
for oil April /.
The Washington times., 1931-02-23
HEARST LAUDED
FOR VETS AID

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. %
U.SO.-A resolution lauding the
Hearst publications "for the ad.
mirable support extended the vet,
erans in their quest for additional
bonus loans," was adopted by
San Francisco Chapter No. 3, dis,
abled American veterans of the
world war.
In. a letter to the San Francisco
Examiner, A. L. Mccormick, adju-
tant, said:
"The personnel of this Organi-
ZatiOn feels especially indebted
to The Examiner for the hearty
support consistently afforded
to the cause of the needy vet
eranS."
The Washington times., 1931-02-23
Firen1en to Be GiUen
First Aid Tr0inin0

HYATTSVILLE, Md, Feb. %
First aid training for members of
the 10 volunteer fire companies
in Prince Georges county, under
the county rescue squad will be-
gin Wednesday night at the gas
office here.
H. L. Leonard, former rescue
squad chief. will instruct in the
fundamentals of first aid, assisted
by Chief Andrew Gasch, of the
BladenSburg unit.
The Washington times., 1931-02-23
SUES FOR DIVORCE

ROCKVILLE, Md, Feb. %.
Naming a correspondent, w.
Roger Cochran, through Attorney
Thomas L. Dawson, of Rockville,
has filed suit in circuit court here
for an absolute divorce from Pearl
w. Cochran. whom he married
August 8, 1928.
The Washington times., 1931-02-23
$717a Week Meals Found
High in Vitan1in Content
Photo by International

any milk because of the milk con-
tent of several other dishes they
have had during the day.
The Washington times., 1931-02-23
Hurt Severely
As Auto Hits Him

Felix Sutton, 38, 815 Maryland
Ave. N. E., suffered a fractured
skull and internal injuries last
night when he was knocked down
by an automobile at Twelfth
Street and Maryland Avenue.
He was taken to Casualty Hos.
pital in a serious condition.
The Washington times., 1931-02-23
DAME CROWDY TO TALK

Dame Rachael Crowdy, distin,
guished British war heroine will
lecture tonight at the Central
Community Center under the
auspices of the Community Insti-
tute,
The Washington times., 1931-02-23
TENOR SINGS TONIGHT

Francesca Della-Lana, noted
tenor, who has been soloist at
First Congregational Church for
the last three years, will be soloist
at the Lenten concert of the A
Capella Choir at the Willard to-
night.
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Daily Health Services
Vitamin d Prevents ricketts,
Found in Spinach, Cod Liver OIL and Butter, But Is Closely
Related to Sun Light

In the meantime other investiga.
tors had been studying the minerak
In the diets Of animals with ricketts,
and It was beginning to be realized
that ricketts, improved not only with
proper exposure to sunlight and ade.
quate amounts Of vitamin D, but also
adequate amounts Of phosphorus and
calcium, the BODYBUILDING minerals
that have been mentioned in previous
articles.
The development Of this type Of
knowledge Is significant Of most re-
cent discoveries in medical science.
They represent the joint efforts Of in
vestigators in all parts OF the world
to study problems from different
angles and whose work is then CORE
lated to q practical result.
It Is now generally realized that
vitamin D Is developed In the human
body or In the tissues generally by the
action Of sunlight or ergosterol. The
final proof of this fact is accredited
to Steenbock Of the University Of
Wisconsin.
vitamin D is found in many food
substances. Cod liver oil, summer
grown spinach, butter and egg yolk
contain it In excellent amounts, a.
does also human liver.
It can be secured through the use Of
sunlight, through the use Of artificial
radiation Of the human body. through
the use Of foods especially irradiated.
It should always be borne In mind
that a close relationship exists be-
tween vitanin D. calcium, phosphorus
and sunlight.
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d'affairs at Buenos Aires, and dis
patches from Buenos Aires by the
Swedish delegation to the Stockholm
foreign office as Swedish messages.
Most important Of these was the
following:
This government has now released
German and Austrian ships on which
hitherto a guard had been placed.
In consequence Of the settlement of
the Monte Protegido) case there has
been q great change In public feel
ing. Government will in future only
clear Argentine ships Is far as Las
Palmas. I beg that the small steam
ers Gran and Gua1o, 31st Of Janu-
airy (meaning which sailed 3lst)
which are now nearing Bordeaux
with q view to change flags, may be
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wounds In his body. And Joe. the
Indian, he's been cold-like ever SINCE"

I remembered hearing a tale about
this hero guide. Someone had said he
might go with me on q fishing trip.
"But don't be surprised If he does
some trick shooting" I was advised.
"You know If he is casting q line. and
his fly gets caught In a brush or In
the trees, he won't fish 1t out with
his hands. He'll just take out his pis-
tol, aim at the branch and he'll shoot
1t off. And he'll hit it every time, no
matter where it Is. He'll never say q
word to you unless you speak first
and maybe not then"
I heard Of another, who had been
carried from his sniper's nest badly
wounded. AS they were taking him
away he got word that his brother
had been killed. Before they could
get him to the hospital he had man
aged to shoot it out with half a dozen
Of the enemy, and landed four OF
them. Then he collapsed.
I heard Of a man with q little gully
the size Of an egg in his head from
shrapnel; Of another who had stayed
sniping from his tree for three nights
and two days without food, and he
had come down almost exhausted.
One after another, a. the spark,
popped against the night, I heard Of
one and then another.
But they'll never talk about it-sc
We might as well never start askin'.'
the voice went on.
And I never did.
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EDITORS NOTE: This Is the
34th of a series Of SO timely ar
ticles by Dr.. Morris F1shbein on
Food Truths and Follies," deal
ing with such much discussed but
little known subjects as Galleries.
vitamins, minerals, digestion and
balanced diet.
Y X X
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal Of the American
Medical Association
Our knowledge of vitamin ., the
rickets-preventing vitamin, IS among
the most recent to become available
in this field. In 1913 q physician
named Raczynsk found that sunlight
favored the development Of puppies
through the stimulation Of their alb
sorption Of calcium.
Then in 1919 another investigator
named Huldschinsky reported that
children exposed to sunlight were
cured Of ricketts,. The use OF the X
ray showed that calcium began to be
deposited near the .epiphyss Of the
bones after about four weeks under
sunlight, and that complete healing
occurred after about eight weeks.
Then In this country Hess and I'M
ger reported that exposure to sunlight
would prevent ricketts, In rats on diets
that produced ricketts,. Two years be-
fore Mellanby had shown that cod
liver oil and butter fat would prevent
ricketts, in puppies living on diets con-
largely Of celery with q small
of milk.
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Never Come Back" o. at least he
proved that 1t does not apply to golf.
Ouimet won the championship in
1914 when a mere STRIPPING of 81. Az
that time he was regarded as the
boy Wonder" of golf, q place now
claimed by scores Of fine young play
ers throughout the country.
Never, since that time, has he been
able to prove his superiority ver
the rest Of the Simon Pures" al
though he did win the national open
championship, a crown far harder to
acquire than the amateur title. Now
at 80, he stages q comeback and
thereby prevents one Jack Westland,
young Chicagoan, from being &C.
claimed as the new boy wonder.
Ouimet proved that they do come
back-in golf-and gave q new dem
onstration that the ancient Scotch
game is fundamentally different from
most other competitive sports. In
boxing, tennis, wrestling, baseball,
football or what you will, the game
Is one Of give and take. A move by
an opponent must be Immediately
matched by one Of his competitor or
failure follows. Not so in golf. The
fact that an opponent is having a
streak Of bad luck does not necessar-
lily react to the benefit Of his rival,
for both can have bad luck at the
same time. The same thing Is true
Of good fortune. In short, the only
matching of golf prowess comes in
toting up the score card.
The game is, primarily, one of
nerve, balance, coordination and
skill, rather than OF strength, speed,
power or endurance. The Emperor
JONES'" to be sure, is a stocky fellow
who might have done we'll at foot
ball or boxing, but Ouimet, like many
other great golfers, is Of rather slight
build. He doesn't at all look the part
Of the champion athlete.
This may bring the thrill of hope
to many a golfer whose chief inter-
est in the game lies in breaking 100
and keeping his waistline down.
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A Better Fruit Market
New York World telegram


The federal farm board Is getting
down to fundamentals In financing
and supporting the formation Of q
national fruit and vegetable ex-
change. After the first OF the year
this organization will have salaried
sales managers at the principal ter
minal markets and reliable brokers
at other markets.
The board of directors of the x
change will be composed of repre-
sentatives from various districts into
which the country will be divided,' Sc
lected by farmer co-operatives. Stock
will be sold to member organizations.
If it succeeds, the venture will dis
place many middlemen. They may
not like this. But it should greatly
benefit farmers and consumers.
The fruit and vegetable grower will
ne assured that his produce Is dis
posed Of efficiently and honestly. He
will not be obliged to send it hit-or-
miss to a possibly gluttered market
and to take whatever Is offered. He
will not plant blindly and contribute
to a certain surplus which will pre-
vent q profit. His return should be
greater because of the elimination of
intermediate profits.
The consumer should benefit
through lower prices. Standardization
and better distribution.
The all-too-common spectacle Of
fruits and vegetables rotting In the
fields while excessively high prices
persist in cities, preventing consump-
ton, should disappear. So should the
practice Of shipping certain products
long distances at great expense while
local products Of q similar nature are
uumarketable.
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overcome. It sounds like good news
for the columnists.
Several years ago, II we remember
correctly, q Detroit paragrapher said
that what this country needs Is q
suit Of clothes composed Of three
pairs Of pants and two coats. This
year that might be extended to in
clude an overcoat.
4 + 4
Cheer up. all Is not so dreary as II
seems. Fashion designers have prom
ised some creations for fall ana WIN
ter that at least ought to produce q
giggle.
A member Of the New York stock
exchange bought a $25, 900 brick OF
gold bullion as q souvenir the other
day in Alaska. That sounds reason
able, considering some Of the prices
people paid for gold bricks in Wall
Street a couple of years ago.
Mothers new wasp waistlil1e Is
quite the thing, but father Is the guy
who gets stung for It.
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