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hard believe but these included among the
children of Uncle Sam They live in the Philippines and their
tribe that of the Mangyan Of the most primitive in the
islands.
This photograph taken by explorer for the National
Geographic Magazine shows young Mangyan couple in ho
day costume visiting of Uncle Sans flying fields to
1.-The big BIRDS that make such loud noise.
looks though might be made useful if anybody should
try ALLEVIATE the affection of the young girl beside him
any other property belonging to him.
Modern young people will be interested in these Clothes
far removed from costumes that may be the beaches
winter They rather elaborate than many
costumes the seashore in the time by
highly civilized beings"
When took the Philippines expected of course,
rase them degree of civilization whatever that
degree may be.
But judging by modern costume, it looks though
young people huyng downward toward the Mangyan
style, instead of lifting the Mangyans to oldfashloned
American dress ideas.
The National Geographic Magazine renders public service
printing pictures of this kind They make people think
The Washington times., 1931-01-24
Alley Closing Problem
Again Before Congress

That somewhat superannuated problem of Washington
elimination of its undesirable aleys again placed in the
lap of Congress- where it will remain without solution for
another stretch of time.
Congress has considered plans for alley emina
ton, but has gotten nowhere,
Some of these plans most pretentious involving
housing program for alley dweers in keeping with the
posed Federal building program
That improper living disease and characteristic Of
alley habtaon nisputable and that these places should
be eliminated for social and sanitary is plain yet the
job far from being easy owing property and other ques
ons that arise and reach the courts for legal settlement
There $50 inhabited alleys here with 24oO dwellings
and from II 900 to 49, 900 dwelers.
To close these alleys tear down the buildings to make
and open streets and provide modern housing will cost
immense of money with the bulk of the cost upon
District taxpayers Congress follows its usual policies toward
local questions
Here is where it is proposed to do exceptionally
costly things lin keeping with the Federal building program
aev closing and rconstncton unon the Federal
The Washington times., 1931-01-24
ONCE-OVERS

Don't Talk Through Your Hat
Don't brag too much about
how you would do in this place
or that.
It is impossible to know all
the conditions that bring about
results.
From your viewpoint you may
think that you would have been
more patient and more appre-
ciative of handicaps in dealing
with certain matters.
How can you know that you
have the correct viewpoint?
Did you ever go to a doctor
who gave medicine according to
symptoms?
One who does not name the
disease first and then give
something specific?
If you understand the method
of getting at a remedy through
treating symptoms you must
know how important each de-
tail is to the physician.
CNS4J A4UG4C OJLlPGOAAA "a CoFAAOo
another angle to be treated.
Perhaps you have left out
the most important symptom of
all.
1t did not seem significant to
you that the pain was on the
left side of your head rather
than the right side.
You thought what difference
could it make that my fore
head aches and not the back
of the head.
Perhaps you don't think at
all-it aches, and you want a
remedy.
1t might do you good to study
enough about symptoms to be
able to apply the principle TO
other things, like knowing bet
ter than your neighbor what
you would do in a case that you
know nothing about but sux-
face talk
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worship a Jehovah of blood m
thunder. Such rough stuff is
out of date. Nowadays we want
a nice, obliging God who knows
his onions and will help us get
success easy, as a gentleman
should.
All of which, of course, is
childish nonsense. THERE IS
NO CERTAINTY. There is no
program for the perfect life
there is no panacea for
human ills. No one can tell
you what is the right way to
live. Nor will you ever, how
ever hard you may strive,
stumble upon any method
which will wipe out your weak
ness and reStleSsneSS and fill
you with joy and content.
Life Is Restless
For life is not arranged that
way. Life is, in its very ma
ture, a vague restless affair
3 always cropping al
ways tearing down and build
ing up always going on
never satisfied, never fin
ished. Life is never certain.
Life never arrives. Life never
settles things.
And God, if there is a God
and I, for one, believe there is
is a Going Business, too, who
needs all infinity to house his
magnificent unrest.
If you would like a full life,
stop looking for a simple or GER
tain one. Stop trying to put
yourself and the world in Or
der. Abandon yourself to the
vast disorder of creation. Stop
fretting because you're restless
and beWildered and hungry
and rebellious. Stop thinking
that these are sick, unnatural
conditions. Realize that they
are THE RIGHT CONDITIONS
OF GROWTH. REALIZE THAT
THE ONLY GROWING LIFE
IS THE UNCERTAIN LIFE.
The Washington times., 1931-01-24
The Marry-GO-ROund
BY Helen Rowland

A woman gives herself to the
man of her choice; but no man
ever seems to feel that he has
more than loaned himself to
any woman, these days.
For the protection of hus-
bands, widows weeds should be
made less becoming. Even a de-
voted wife can't help wonder
ing, tentatively. how she would
look in the fascinating new
mourning wells and bonnets.
A failure is often a man who
has squandered all his time and
money in trying to prove that
he was a success" with the
women.
The modern girl may not
know much about Greek or
Latin, but she can say Yes"
in almost any language.
There are all sorts of "de-
Serting" husbands - including
the one who stays at home and
looks after the car and the
pekinese, while his wife goes
to Reno.
Copyright, 1881. King Features,
Syndicate, Inc)
The Washington times., 1931-01-24

The theories of Darwin and
the doctrine of evolution have
produced many champions.
None exceeded Ernst Haeckel,
the German zoologist, in dog
matism of statement, vlgor IN
expression, and wide-ranglng Il
unsound generalization. Hacker
laid down certain biological
principles, and used every de-
vice of argument, illustration
and dialetic to demonstrate
their universal application anu
incidence.
The great success of his sclen-
tific work, couched III popular
form, stimulated his tendency
to broad generalization. AS ne
proceeded, by almost impercepC-
ible gradations from soundly
based science to untrustWorthy
philosophising, only the expert
zoologist could determine Where
science ends and speculation be-
gins. -.
Native of Germany
Ernst Heinrich Haeckel was
born at Potsdam, Germany,
February 16, 1894. He enjoyed
an exceptionally thorough prep
aration for his life work. AT
Berlin and Wurzburg he studied
under Johann Mueller and Ru-
dolf VirchoW.
He attained the professional
rank at the University OF Jena
at the age of %. For At years
he held this post, retiring IN
1909. He died August 8, 1919.
Haeckel came to his post at a
significant moment in the his
tory of zoology and of science
in general, just after Darwln's
Origin of Species" had been
published.
Became a Darwinian
He eagerly embraced the Dar-
winian theories and became an
ardent advocate Of the idea OF
organic evolution. With a
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Letters to the Editor From Readers of The Times

tributed the Christmas before.
The fact that so many more
baskets were needed this year
is the reason people should see
that the Community Chest is
overSubscribed this year.
The police only do this work
at Christmas-time, because they
have no fund to carry this good
work on, but throughout the year
they turn the names of these
people over to charity organiza-
tions who benefit from funds
that are given to the Com
munity Chest. I have, per
Sonally, turned in over 200
names to the different charity
organizations in the last year,
and I have the first one yet to
be turned down that needed
good friends, this is another
reason why we should help the
Community Chest again this
year, because there is more Suf-
fering in Washington this win
ter than there has ever been be-
fore. This is not fiction-it is
the bitter truth.
The city is being over-run
with professional beggars and
panhandlerS, and the good peo-
pie are giving thousands of
collars away each year to these
swindlerS.
These panhandlers are using
the unemployment situation to
further their Swindling anG are
also claiming to be ex,solGlers.
M. CONNER.
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Laughable WiSecrackS

The best wsecrack on Wickerham prohibition report
far Representative Black of New York. when
discussing bill to establish national park in the
Florida Everglades When another remarked that
the park under water half the time Mr. Black sug
gested that nasmuc the proposed park half wet and
half dry might be appropriately named Wckersham Park
William Mckay Clayton in filing with the Public Utilities
Commission the objection of Federation of Citizens Assoc
continuation of the present decree controlling
electric light charges this CITY, wrote that the arrangement
was called the sliding SCALE He added that the
doubtless correct the peoples money has for
long time sliding excessive rate into the Golfers
Of the Potomac Electric Power Company.
The Washington times., 1931-01-24
Listen, World!
BY Elsie Robinson

I wonder if Prof. John Dewey
was laughing up his very wise
sleeve when he named his new
book THE QUEST FOR GER
TAINTY."
AS questors for certainty we
Americans hold all records.
Other peoples are content to
accept life as it comes, a mess
or a muddle, and make the best
of it. But we are convinced
that there's a perfect solution
somewhere, If we look far
enough.
Certainty a foolproof,
guaranteed formula for perfect
happiness and success we
dream of it as little children
dream of miraculous candy
shops with inexhaustible jars of
lollipops. Some day We'll find
that formula. And when we
find it, all our questions will be
answered, all our problems will
be solved, all our troubles will
cease. Life will henceforth be
as simple as a game of tiddley-
winks.
Search for Certainty
So before we're barely out of
the cradle, we begin looking for
Certainty. And some assure us
that it can only be found in
certain brand of Religion. And
others advocate a new branch
of politics :. or psychology
or physical training. Even
the ads tell us the How, Which
and When of the Perfect Life.
Buy a Certain Mouth Wash
or Chewing Gum or
Cigarette or Collar
or Automobile Tire and
all your dreams will come true.
And this belief in the Perfect
Panacea is no passing whimsy
of the American mind. It is as
deep rooted as the Puritanical
conviction of God. It is, indeed,
our twentieth century concep-
ton of God. No longer do we
The Washington times., 1931-01-24
A Science POpularizer
By Archibald Henderson, Ph.D, DEL, LID"

facile pen he expressed himself
frequently and fully upon The
revolutionary new ideas. He be-
came the leading champion OF
Darwin in Germany, and in the
course of time he became world
famous.
At the age of 80 he published
his General Morphology," and
two years later the History OF
Creation" Of these two books,
which attracted wide attention,
Merz says that they deserve to
have assigned to them a promi-
nent place in the history Of the
scientific thought Of the age.
HuxIey's Expression
Darwin himself recognized the
value of Haeckel's service to the
cause of the theory OF organic
evolution, in the words: Prof.
HaeckeI has made great begin
ming, and shows us how claSsifi-
cation will in the future be
treated.
Huxley, himself an eloquent
champion of the Darwinian
theories and a past master in
the popularization of biological.
science, expressed himself as
follows: Whatever hesitation
may not infrequently be felt by
less daring minds in following
Haeckel in many of his specula-
tions, his attempts to system
atize the doctrine of evolution,
and to exhibit is influence as
the central thought Of modern
biology, cannot fail to have a
far-reaching influence on the
progress of science.
Haeckel's central thesis was
the law of biogenesis. 1t as
serted that the history Of each
individual is a recapitulation OF
the history of the race. He fol
lowed both Lamarck and Oar
win, greatly to the enrichment
of his contribution.
Copyright, 1881, international
Features Service Lne')
The Washington times., 1931-01-24
Scores Opponents of
Soldier Bonus

Editor, Times:
Who are these bozos who op-
pose the soldiers cash bonus?
If they are vets, you will
notice the marjority are in the
position toI draw a reasonable
salary at the end of each
month. That's a handy posi-
ton to attain, no doubt. Per
sonally, I give them credit for
their success, though many of
those fortunate bozos never at
tained success through their
merits.
Pull, brother. pull! Yet if
this element does not require
the cash bonus, then tell me
why they should have the cour-
age to oppose such mVoement?
Are they not human, Do they
realize that all their fellow be-
ings are not as fortunate as
they?
No, they do not. Why? Be-
cause this present generation
has one thought, one phrase
they constantly keep themselves
oiled up with: Look out for
yourself and the HI with the
other guy. Show me a man who
is or has been with his back
against the wall during this
present crisis and says he don't
care for the cash bonus, then if
he is right in the dome, I'm
glad I'm cuckcoo.
CHESTER SMITH.
The Washington times., 1931-01-24
WISE MEN

One thorn of experience is
worth a whole wilderness Of
warning. Lowell.
Mankind will not be reasoned
out of the feelings of humanity.
Blackstone.
Woman's advice is either too
dear or too cheap.
-Albertano of Brecia.
If We did not fIatter our
selves the flattery of other
people would not harm us.
La Rochefoucauld.
The wise man is wise in vain
who cannot be wise to his own
advantage. -EnniuS.
The Washington times., 1931-01-24
Egg Industry Hard Boiled

The of Standards has abored hard for years to
sandardize most all things manufactured and sold in this
country but has failed to get far would like with
quality standards of eggs.
This may the fact that the egg industry has not
yet reached the point of merging into few large companies
for collection and distribution
There has, however, marked Improvement in the quality
of eggs delivered retailers and the large cities not much
risk bad eggs In the small towns, where the
grocers do not get rid of their rapidly and have poor
ways of keeping them there greater risks
The Washington times., 1931-01-24
Unsweetened Truths

Unsweetened Truths
A heman is one who never
refers to himself as a "he-man."
Life is lemonade-sweetened
with hope, charged with enthu-
siam, colored with imagination
and favored with love.
There are three secrets, which
even the most voluble and in
discreet woman never tells; the
date of her birth, the story of
the man who "got away" and
her real opinion of the man she
loves.
Perhaps the reason why mys-
terry stories, mystery plays and
guessing contests are becoming
more and more popular with
men, is because there is so little
mystery about the modern
woman to keep their imagina-
tions working.
A woman always visions her
husbands old loves as a success
sion of fascinating houris; a
man always thinks of his wife's
old lovers as a string of also
rams" against whom he won
out.
The Washington times., 1931-01-24
Cheaper to Live
That Helps

Living lower-perceptbly lower according to the
United States Department of Labor which supposed to know
what talking about The department has just completed
investigation of prices 19 large cities finds food prices
down per from last June with house furnishings and
clothes or per cent less.
New York shows an average decline all prices of neces
ties of 5 per cent Chicago 6 per cent Los Angeles 62 per
cent and San Francisco 58 per cent.
Detroit shows the greatest decline of any per cent and
Washington the least, 46 per cent.
For consumers prices good news For the pro-
ducer they may look that But everybody IS con-
sumer-even the producer he must sell lower he can also
buy lower.
That helps
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for the dangers I had
passed.?
9. What ShakeSpearean char
acter wore croSs-gartered
stockings?
10. What is the next line, "As
unto the bow the cord is
II. In what play does a fu-
neral end in a riot?
IL. What kind Of love is
friendship between man
and woman called?
13. What is a sobriquet?
IA. What queen was Colum.
bus patroneSS?
IS. From what play of Shake
Speare's did Kingsley get
his title, Westward, HOP
(Answers on Magazine Page.)
The Washington times., 1931-01-24
Lauds Police Aid to
Poor of Capital

Editor, Times:
The people of Washington
are again being asked to donate
to charity, and again it is a
real organization-the Com
mupity Chest.
AS one of the civilians who
has been allowed the pleasure
of working with the Washing
ton Police Department at
Christmas time for the last
three years, I wish to say a
word to the public and tell
them why I think the people
of Washington owe it to them
selves to see that the Commun-
ity Chest is over-subscribed
again this year.
I also wish to say a little
about the men of the Wash
ington Police Department who
give their spare time each year
The Washington times., 1931-01-24

before Christmas to have what
they call a Christmas tree
party for the real poor. The
members Of the Washington
Police Department deserve a
great deal of credit, and the
police department in Washing
ton, taken as a whole, is Won
derful bunch of men, and
The Washington times., 1931-01-24
Hearst Papers Advocate

friendship Oth nations entangng alliances
tDith Hone."-George Washington.
Proportional representation United States Senate
State haze than Senator's Legislation to enforce
prompt constitutional reGpporonment in the House OF
Representatives.
Separate departments of the Ary OF the NGUy and OF the
Air Forces all united under Secretary OF National Defense
Federal OF Federal to abolish
htterGcy under Secretary of Education.
Installation President the first OF January too
ing the November election.
SeIectiue immigration those suited for Aer
citizenship and American needs
Deportation undesirable aliens and extension of citizen
ship period to 10 years.
Complete publicity for to big tar
dodgers from escaping tGrdtton
Modification VoLStedd act permit light
beers under Federal regulation.
The Washington times., 1931-01-24

Washington ought to be proud
of it.
This year from Number Po-
lice Station the members of the
Police Department distributed
over 1900 baskets to the real
poor families all over Washing
ton. This is something like 800
baskets more than they dis
The Washington times., 1931-01-24
DO YOU KNOW THAT

Experiments are being made
in Sacramento, Calf, with a
special type of radio receiver,
light enough to be carried on a
motorcycle, but having a range
of several hundred miles.
There are now nearly $4,000
miles of railway track in the
British Isles.
The Washington times., 1931-01-24

Every youth in italy, after
the, arrival of his eighteenth
year, must devote his Sunday
mornings to army drill for 18
months, unless service is re-
duced fo,' family reasons.
Nearly 100000 laborerS are
now employed on public works
IN italy.
The Washington times., 1931-01-24
TIMES KNOWLEDGE TEST

Match correctly:
/. laborer
development
2. population
worker
3. juvenile
goods
4. commodity
inhabitants
5. evolution
youthful
Do you know:
6. In what war was Valley
Forge famous?
7. With what country is the
name Robert Emmet con-
nected?
8. Who said. "She loved me
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-11
individual sauce dishes and served with

individual sauce dishes and served with
sweetened cream.
The fun is In seeing who draws the
tokens. The person who gets the raisin
will be the first one at the table to
become engaged. Whoever gets the al
mond will be the first to marry. The
one drawing the doll will be the first
to have a child.
Sorensen found the raisin in his first
spoonful. A few seconds later Carlo
had the little doll in her mouth. Nils
ASther did not arrive for the supper
His dish contained the almond.
After supper Carlo and her friends
gathered in front of the Christmas tree
The fire was lighted. The Swedish star
was the Santa Claus who distributed
the gifts.
She took down from the tree two
stockings, one for Sorensen and the
other for Feyder. There was a lot of
fun as they pulled out the "jokes"
Carlo had bought for her friends.
Then Carlo took her own presents
from the tree. There were a big box
OF flowers, a bottle of perfume and a
large box of candy. It was long past
midnight when the friends babe their
hostess goodnight.
Christmas dinner was set for the
following afternoon at o'clock Gustaf
and Sigrid Norm, who received only
days notice for this big repast, worked
long into the night preparing the food.
Carlo arrange5 to serve a typical
Yule Smorgasbord. That meant at
least 20 dishes in addition to the main
dinner
After dinner, when we were so
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BY RILLA PAGE PALMBORG.
CHAPTER Xxx.

Two Gays before Christmas Greta
Carlo decided she wanted a real
Swedish Yuletide in her home
II want my friends in for Christmas
Eve" she said. Il want them again
for Christmas dinner. We will get a
big Christmas tree and armfulS of
flowers and holly"
Carlo invited Jacques Feyder, Nils
Asther and wilhelm Sorensen for sup
ana Mrs. John Loder, Sorensen and
Feyder for Christmas day. Mrs. Feyder
was in Europe.
Carlo wanted to buy the decorations
for the tree herself. She telephoned
Mrs. Loder and her husband to join
Sorensen and herself in Hollywood to
do s9me shopping. She drove of in
Sorensen'S roadster.
1.-The first place we went was a five-
and-ten-c cent store" said Loder. "Greta
selected a pile of Christmas tree deco
rations. Then she said she wanted to
buy some jokes. She bought a little
silk braissiere, pair Of ladys carriers
for her business manager and all as
sortment of boys neckties for Feyder
She had on a big gray coat. Her felt
hat was pulled down over her face, but
she had taken off her dark glasses.
She was laughing and having a gay
time Wnen a plain ntCle woman pushed
up to her, laid her hand on her arm,
and said: Miss Carlo, I think you
are wonderful
Wanted to Decorate Tree.
"All the laughter went out of Carlo.
She seemed to freeze. Turning to me,
she said in German: What does this
good woman want of me? She added
quickly in an undertone: Let's get
out of here
She strobe through the store out to
the street, the woman looking after
her in amaZement"
Carlo wanted to decorate the Christ
mas tree. Gustaf Norm had woven the
long cord of coiored electric lights
through the branches of the tree. Carlo
added big red glass balls. long strings
of rain" and bits of cotton snow"
Sigrid Norm lent Carlo one of her
tablecloths, such as they use in Sweden
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stuffed that we could hardly move,
Carlo challenged us to go into the
swimming pool" laughed Loder, and
We took her up on it. 1t was nearly 8
o'clock We had sat around the table
eating and talking for more than three
hours. Carlo thought we needed some
exercise
There was plenty of excitement and
noise in CARLOS pool that night. One
would have thought there were 20 per-
sons out there instead Of only five.
They were glad to gather in front of
the blazing fireplace after they had
dressed
Il thought the party would never
break up" said Gustaf Merlin. Sud
denly Carlo stood up, saying in Swed-
ish: out of here now, all of you.
Carlo had planned to go out with
Feyder New Year eve, and Sigrid and
I we're to have that evening to our
selves. But something must have gone
wrong. We left the house about 5
o'clock. and Carlo was in bed. She
was still in bed when we got in. about
2 o'clock in the morning. She had