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The Washington times., 1931-05-09
Concern as Well as Sentiment
For American Mothers

Tomorrow the nation really swels with tender sentiments
for American mothers for it Mothers Day. made by act Of
Congress.
Truly and tendery we recall her love and unng devo-
tons her sacrifices and her purity and noble
hood.
welfare that should and because do not there
foot to to the sad fact that
American die in childbirth than in any other civilized
country
Proper maternity is the demand of the fine and
who look upon this death rate of mothers national
disgrace and who feel that public opinion and will force
the steps necessary to bring about Improvement
Famous physicians health officers insurance companies are
enlisted in this proposition that when observe Mothers
Day and all other times should not forget that
immensely reduce the number of lives lost this country by
childbirth.
It is largely matter Of and of suitable provisions
nation may cut in half the appalling total of 10000
mothers who die each year from childbirth.
midst of sweet thoughts for mothers let not forget
the that gather around them at those critical times of
maternity and join every to lessen the dangers
The Washington times., 1931-05-09
LISTEN, WORLD!
By ELSIE ROBINSON

Considerable, stranger. when
you're living steady on beans.
Like Game Sports
Taking a chance-I'll say
they are. Taking a chance
like game sports, for it's cost
ing them plenty. Folks aren't
rolling in lucre, up in these
old hills. Spending five bucks
is a serious problem. Getting
it is even worse. Mostly our
fashions are overalls and our
filling is hamburg steak. But
what of it? A fellows spirit
needn't wear patches, just be-
cause he has them on his
pants. Suppose they do wear
half-Soled shoes to pay for
those new awnings sup
pose they do make the old car
do again, for the seventh year
suppose they can't put
on as big a front as some city
SONORA IS DOING SOME
THING THAT MANY A BIG,
RICH CITY HASN'T THE
SPUNK TO DO
SONORA'S TIA KING A
CHANCE ON AMERICA WIN
MING THROUGH!
The Washington times., 1931-05-09
ONCE-OVERS
Work Hard!

Do you appreciate how for
tunate you are to have a posi-.
tion?
Many men more gifted than
you are out of work.
You think you are fulfilling
requirements and so are likely
to hold your job.
Your boss might tell differ
ent story if he were to speak
plainly.
Many men of merit are seek
ing your place.
They thought themselves as
firmly entrenched in their jobs
as you feel secure in yours at
the present time.
But retrenchment came and
you lost out or possibly addi-
tional duties were given you.
Perhaps work that is dlStaSte-
full to you has been allotted to
you.
At times you feel reSentful
and are tempted to object.
Don't do it.
The boss might find it easy to
procure some one who could
take on your work and possibly
could do more than you.
Be thankful for a job and a
regular income.
Congratulate yourself If you
are not one of the thousands
who are anxiously looking for
work.
copyright, 1881, International
Features Service, 1nc.l
The Washington times., 1931-05-09
Splendid Job of Selling DC.
To Its Own People

The Greater National Capital Committee has done splendid
job Of selling Washington to its people and will no
doubt be just successful in selling this city to the naon
and the world.
Funds sufficient to the first years operation OF the
plan Of advertising Washington to the country have oeen
raised and the committee headed by Robert Fleming In
position go forward and let the world know the
and attractions of this city for home purposes for the
of national conventions and for all that desirable to those
having in mind changes of location.
This committee and those working with it have chosen
propious time begin selling Washington to American
people Next years tremendous crowds of Americans coming
have mbibed prior to leaving their homes they will find
that Washington has far charms than can be told in
booklets pictures
committee that has done we'll in the beginning of its
abor has every to expect still greater successes as its
program develops
The Washington times., 1931-05-09
MOTHER
: By HENRIETTA LEWIS BAKER

Forth from the depths Of the
shadowy past, echoes come
stealing over our hearts and
arouse from their transient
sleep the memory Of pleasures
and sorrows Of long ago. They
recall the precious days Of in
fancy when Mother lulled us
to rest with tender careSSeS
and sweet songs and led us on
in the path Of nobility and
virtue.
From the merry scenes of
childhood they bring recollec-
tions of the time when Mothers
soft hand rested on our
troubled brow, folded back
those chestnut locks, nursed
us in our illness and sympa-
thized with us in our childish
woes.
HOW often a prayer Of fer
vent devotion is breathed to
heaven from a heart overflow
ing with filial affection and
devotion which ascends as the
fragrance of a sweet rose. be-
seeching protection from that
sweet guardian Of our lives.
Oh! what cherished and hal
lowed scenes cluster around us
whenever memory lights her
faithful torch to illumlne the
picture of the past.
Memories of Childhood
Time seems to take a PACK
ward course and childhood's
happy days pass in review be-
fore the minds vision IKE
some fairy dream, which has
The Washington times., 1931-05-09

I'm ranching near Sonora.
Nothing very unusual about
Sonora, you might think-pass-
ing through. Just another old
Mother Lode mining camp
spruced up. 'Lectric signs and
stucco fronts and talkies on the
main street. Back Of the street,
the trails still winding sharply
up into the pines and chaparral.
Rotting hoists black against the
sleepy, Sun-drenched sky. Min
ing dumps half covered with
wild-rose and manZanita. And
below, behind old picket fences,
tumble-down shackS, their gray
boards deep in a thicket of holly
hook and lemon verbena, snow
ball bush, bridalveil and Glove
pink.
Not much doing in mining
now, around Sonora. Business
not so good and not so bad
times being what they are. But
if you think that little mat
ter like hard times is going to
cramp Sonora'S style, you've
plenty to learn.
FOR HERE IS ONE GAME
LITTLE TOWN!
SonOra's Best Crop
Tourists and apples-they're
Sonora's best crop when things
are booming. What'll they be
this year? No one can tell. Dry
winter. Maybe it's raised Cain
with the apples. Maybe it's
raised Cain with the tourists,
too. But Sonora isn't sitting
back and leaving it to luck.
They're going after their luck
SONORA IS TAKING A
CHANCE.
Nationwide depression? Mar
ket crashes? Unemployment
problemS-bread lines? Yes,
they know it. Can't help know
it. But is that making them
take the count before the round
is ended? Not SOS you'd notice
it. Burnham's Candy Store has
moved-twice the room, brand
new fixtures. Central Drug is
putting. On a new front-noth-
ing like it anywhere-plate glass
set in gold quartz.
Old Victoria Hotel has gone
modern Spanish-ironed out
the bullet holes, tiled the
floors, put in trick steel beds.
Up at the Gem they've twice
as many dishes on the menu
Chope they see this and fix me
up an outsize apple pieD And
Dolly Glass - brave, blind,
laughing Dolly-is scrubbing
the lavender paint on her
beauty parlor, seeing never a
shadow ahead, only rainbowS.
And next month they're go
ing to have a rodeo. Maybe
nobody'll come? Maybe every
,body'll be too poor to come?
Yeah-maybe. But at any
rate, they're going to have that
rodeo. Rider 'er, cowboy! Let
'er buck!
Out on the ranches they're
doing their bit, too. Putting
rock borders around the flower
beds. White-washing tn c
chicken house. Leveling up the
road. Not so much-you say?
The Washington times., 1931-05-09
Noise, Nerves, Narcotics
They Go Together

City noise only annoying, but dangerous, says Dr.
Ludwig Loeb of the Jewish Hospital Of Philadelphia in
magazine article Experiment has shown he points out
that sounds less intermittent character cause
rreguary the rhythm increase brain make
muscles tense for action and movements more
energetic AS consequence there will be greater wear and
exhaustion Even the digestion does not escape the
harmful effect of disturbing noises"
Noise beats its devils tattoo city dweers exasper
atngy in summer than in winter for windows and
the hum of trafc-or the reverberaon of the wild party IN
the next heard without the protection Of
pane of glass And though may fantastic to blame
the increasing of drugs the unceasng din amid which
city folks dwell there is doubt that it is due in large part
to this.
You may expect bull market for sedatves and sleeping
potions in the few monthsand many thousand more
lives ruined thereafter.
Noise nerves. narcoics make vicious circle.
The Washington times., 1931-05-09
School Authorities Keep Out
OF Building Squabble

bit paradoxica that in the public anxiety about serious
defects in school building construction the Board of Education
and school authorities remain mute yet that is all they do
under present school laws and methods
Our complicated system Of handling public school matters
takes from the hands of school officials all authority and
except in scholastic administration.
These school officials merely operate the schools Their
wishes and views types of school buildings Sites methods
and safety of construction may be asked and given but in the
end this part of the school system in the hands of agencies
quite removed from school authorities.
The Municipal Architect who plans and lets contracts for
school buildings under the District Commissioners and needs
only cooperate with officials above him. The Board of Educa
ton and school officials do not have worry about danger in
school buildings The responsibility is not theirs.
The request of Central Labor Union that Congress investigate
recent crashes construction projects including the af
fairs of the office of the municipal architect may to
focus the close attention of that body this division OF
authority in school affairs and the wisdom of law that will
concentrate everything in responsible body
The Washington times., 1931-05-09
TIMES TEST

Fill each blank: vS
/. Garden rhubarb Is calleo
2 Synonymous with the idea
of changing color is the woro
3. Spain is noted in the
United States because 1t mace
the first -----.
4. Portuguese language IS
connected with the country OF
in South America.
5. Colleges particular name
for mother is --.
Match correctly:
6. Murder as One OF the Fine
Arts.
RuSkin.
Z. 1t Is Never Too Late to
Mend.
Dickens.
8. Abou Ben Adhem.
De Quincy
9. The Pickwick Papers.
1ndCkSTdy.
10. Dream Children.
Hunt.
II. Sartor ReSartuS.
DiSraeli.
IL. Vivien Grey.
Lamb.
13. The Stones Of Venice.
Charles Reade.
IA. The Lady of Shalott.
Thomas Carlyle.
IS. The Virginians.
TennySon.
ANSWERS ON Magazine Pagef r
The Washington times., 1931-05-09

. long been forgotten. Mother
who is the alpha and omega
of our existence is there to
render the picture more sacred
to our eyes, which look toward
it with longing desire and de-
Votion.
Happy in her presence, we
seem to listen to her words
and find contentment. We re-
member how, in her absence,
we experienced a void which
we endeavored in vain to fill.
How We love to live again
those days of unalloyed
pleasures.
When sorrows and Affections
weigh down our hearts, and
cloud our sky; when friends
untrue have forsaken us; when
assailed by the temptations OF
life, we thoughtlesSly give way;
then it is that a mothers kind
word of warning and counsel
comes to us low and sweet as
some soft strain of melody
waited on the breeze, restoring
calm to mind and soul amid
the strife of life.
From MemOry'S Pages
Yes, they are now as refresh
ing to the ears as in bygone
days, though only cleaned
from the pages of memory. In
the tumult of life they sound
on the ear as a bell tossed by
the maddening sea waves, its
solemn tones warning the
listening mariner.
Again, mother is the beloved
and constant companion of
our maturer years, when the
picture of life unfolds itself to
our view. Depressed by the
manifold duties that gather
round us, disappointed by the
deception of pleasures most
brilliant charms, it is mother
who inspires noble aspirations,
and urges us to gaze upward
and ask for strength and light
to guide our steps Alright.
Who would not like to live
again those tranquil days when
every face beams with smiles,
and every hilltop and deep
ravine echo with the sounds of
joy. How sweet are the
memories Of the past which
soothe us like a benediction
after prayer!
Fond echo from the dreamy
past! How dear thou art, and
how much pleasure dost thou
Gull for thy devotion, and how
many beauties dost thou add
to common every day events.
The bluShing rose blooming in
it's gorgeous Splendor, the blue
forget-me-notS that sprinkle the
garden beds bloom again meath
the magic stroke of memory's
wand.
Oh! fascinating echoes of the
dreamy past! Hide me meath
your mantle of tender recollec-
tions; sprinkle my depressed
senses with the dew of thy af-
fections; kiss away those fur
rows imprinted by time; smooth
back those locks of gray and
fold me to the bosom of one
who, as Mother, is waiting for
me above.
The Washington times., 1931-05-09
Kidnapping Increases

kidnapping racket appears increasingly in in spite
of penalties in all States suggest the
money brigade might prefer specializing in less risky
form Of enterprise. '''..'.
Risking life imprisonment and in States death
tences highly organized mob of abductor is operating with
apparent impunity in kidnapping industry Wealthy
Of numerous cities including Chicago Detroit Los Angeles
and Cleveland have vanished mysterou and later found to
been held by gangs whose headquarters are
declared to be in New York city
Quite recently Cornelius Vanderbilt h soourning the
Pacific coast learned through firm of attorneys Of plot to
hold him for ha Of money and advised not to 60 out
after dark Even the youthful scion of American ar
tocracv reported under protection of armed guard All
this in the land free and the home of the hghnder
The Washington times., 1931-05-09
Parking Protests Multiply
Thousands of Citizens Feel Aggrieved

Sitting in the District Building Commissioners and
traffic officials may get touch with public sentiment
parking restrictions in the District but they did they will
realize that official action in has been unpopular
the adoption of the existing restrictions.
Many citizens associations have voiced their protests and
communications continue to reach this newspaper making
vigorous objections.
One writer holds that downtown parking restrictions
forcing parking congeston elsewhere and that District c
cannot properly transact business they have the down.
town sections they attempt to their There is
much loss of time.
Another wants to know what going to happen year
when million strangers to Washington and be-
bewdered by forests of parking signs everywhere
What adding to the grievances Of most citizens with
supposed from denas parking convenences and
from parallel parking instead of angle parking They
told about them but they do not them for themselves
The Washington times., 1931-05-09
Burying the Hatchet
1t Is Time

Lexington Post 1OS American Legion Of New York
dinner to 150 former service Of the German and Austrian
armies Not many years that could not have been done
Sane Americans however will be glad to the bit
healing the lying propaganda Of those days at last
taken for what it was worth It is natural alsO that
soldiers should be the first bury the hatche There
few hard feelings the Heines in 1918 among
at the front
Hatred for the enemy mostly from the ayathome
lin all countries Those the trenches had other things to
think about
The Washington times., 1931-05-09
Increased Garden Activities
Get Out the Trusty Hoe and Rake and Get Busy

The Presidents unemployment committee asserts that
and community vegetable gardens will play important part
this summer in providing for the unemployed.
certainly ripe time for those of up
gardening time profitaby spent if is taken and
real physical efforts put in the cultivation of vegetables
for food purposes
This city could well follow the plans of civic bodies in
other cities in the encouragement of gardening Washington
people did this during the World War Many community food
raising projects under way in American cities.
The Washington times., 1931-05-09
WISE MEN

Friendship! mysterious cement
of the soul!
Sweet'ner of life and solder OF
society!
Blair.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-02-19
CHAPTER

TOR a space Jeems could not
L move as ne gazed at the crimson
sky. His home was in flames.
This alone would not lave dead
ened him with horror. His father
was there to care for his mother,
d new home could be built, the
world did not end because a house
burned. But there We're TWO fires
and the other, farther OH, reflect
ing itself dimly and yet more SOM
berly, was the one that terrified
him. 1t was Hepsibah's fire talk
ing to him through tie night
Then the choking thing in him
gave way, and as the power to act
returned, he saw Odd facing the
lighted heavens-and in every
muscle and line of the dogs rigid
frame the Indian sign was clear
ly written.
He set off at a run down hill, and
as he ran bushes whipped at his
face and shadows gathered under
his feet and long arms of gloom
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-02-19
DOCTORS
Prescription gives
Bowels Real Help

Train your bowels to be regular;
to move at the same time every
day; to be so thorough that they
get rid of all the waste. Syrup
Pepsin-a doctors prescription
will help you do this. When you
take this compound of laxative
herbs, pure pepsin and other val
liable ingredients, you are helping
the bowels to help themselves.
DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is
the sensible thing to take whenever
you are headachy, bilious, half
sick from constipation. When you
have no appetite, and a bad taste
Or bad breath shows you're full of
poisonous matter or sour bile.
DR.. Caldwell studied bowel
troubles for At years. His pre-
scription always works quickly,
thoroughly; can never do you any
harm. It just cleans you out and
sweetens the whole digestive tract.
Tt gives those overworked bowels
the help they need.
Take some DR. Caldwell's Syrup
Pepsin today, and see how fine you
feel tomorrow-and for days to
come. Give it to the kiddies when
they're sickly or feverish; they'll
like the taste! Your druggist has
big bottles of it, all ready for use.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-02-19
N. Y. Woman Lost
II Pounds OF Fat
One IS Cent Bottle of
Kruschen Salts Did 1t

ct am starting on my second bottle
of Kruschen Salts and am real
pleased with results. take it for
reducing and so far have lost IA
pounds and I think it is doing won
ders for me. l do not feel SO tired
evenings when l get home from
work."
A generous bottle of Kruschen
Salts that lasts weeks costs but So
cents at any drugstore in America
take one half teaspoon in glass
Of hot water every morning before
breakfast-cut out pastry and fatty
meats-go light on potatoes, butter,
cream and sugar-that will help
Kruschen take off your fat.
Before the bottle is empty surplus
fat is leaving you-indolence changes
to activity-you'll feel younger
eyes will brighten-step grows spry.
Millions know this-you ought to
know it. Kruschen Salts is the ideal
treatment for constipation, indiges-
ton, headaches, nervousness and
acidity.
Take Kruschen every morning.
it's the little daily dose that does it
if not joyfully satisfied after the
first bottle-money back.-Adv.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-02-19
WHAT WENT BEFORE

With his English wife, Cath
Inc, and twelye-year- son,
Jeems. Henri Bulain, French set
tier in Canada in 1749, is return
ing to his farm after a visit to
the Tonteur seigneurie. They meet
GATHERINGS brother, Hepsibah.
lie distributes presents to the
family. To Jeems he gives pis-
tol and advises him to perfect
himself in craftsmanship Hep
sibah fears for the safety of the
Bulains in their isolated position.
Jeems gives Toinette Tonteur a
present which Hepsibah had fur
nished for that purpose. Jeems
fights with Paul Taehe, cousin of
Toinette. Jeems apologies to
Toinette for brawling in front of
her. The Tonteurs go to quebec,
where Toinette is to be educated.
Four years pass. War between
Britain and France flames.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-02-19
Hooked Fish EIectrocuted

Tuna fish, weighing up to 300
pounds, are not caught in nets off
the coast of Mexico, but are electro
cuted once they are firmly hooked.
Some of the tuna boats are equipped
with 110-volt direct current. On one
side of the circuit is attached Il
small steel plate, which is thrown
into the water alongside the ship.
The other side of the circuit is car
ried to the steel hook through a
small insulated wire. Once the huge
tuna is hooked a switch on board
is closed, sending sufficient current
to the fish to stun it.
The same equipment has been
tried successfully on large swordiish,
weigh ne from 300 to 1000 pounds,
which usually require seven to eight
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-02-19
DE-. w. B. CALDWELL'S
SYRUP PEPSIN
A Doctors Family LaxafiDe
Unique Bible

For two years Louis Waynai, car
penter, has worked at Los Angeles
on a self-appointed task. He has
been making the largest Bible in the
world and has finished. Using a
hand-stamping machine, Waynai in
dividually stamped on to the three
foot pages of his giant book, every
separate letter, symbol and punctua-
ton mark in the Bible, using his
family Bible for pattern. The big
gest book" contains S,04S pages and
weighs 1904 pounds. The book
spreads to a width of eight feet and
two inches.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-02-19

light, mushrooming as it rose,
flattening itself in Sinister scar
let radiance under the clouds,
dripping at its edges into colors
of silver and gold and blood.
His home was burning
With the cry that came from his
lips, there leapt madly into his
mind the words that HeRsibah had
spoken to him last lime that
morning: IF ever I'm off there
and you see a fire lighting up the
sky by night, or smoke darkening
it by day, hurry to the seigneurie
with your father and mother as
fast as you can go, fer it will
mean my hand has set the heavens
talking to you and thai the peril
O. death is near
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-02-19
Most Valuable Diamonds

George w. Runs, gem expert.
says that no diamond has ever
brought $10,0W,0O0. The largest di
almond in the inventory of the
crown jewelry of France in 1871
was estimated at $2,240,000. The
Cullinan dianlond-60 per cent of
its value was set at 100000 pounds
might possibly bring a million
pounds if sold, especially after
having passed through the crown
period.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-02-19

A rather seedy looking individual
went into a candy store and bought
an ice cream cone. He went out eat
ing it, but presently returned.
Handing the empty cone to the as
tonished clerk he said, ''Thanks for
the use of your vase"