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The Washington times., 1931-03-19
ONCE-OVERS
There's a Bright Side

There's a Bright Side
Present conditions have
greatly decreased your income.
In this fact the future looks
gloomy.
But, as a matter Of fact,
you may have learned several
valuable lessons.
You have learned to think
about the future, at any rate.
AS an employe you have had
fears about your position.
The discharge Of men has
awakened you to the fact that
it is necessary for you to exert
yourself to a greater degree
to hold a job.
Your production must be
larger and of a higher quality.
You cannot safely jog along.
Financially you have been
careless in the past, not anx-
ious to increase your earnings
because you have gotten along
So easily and comfortably.
If your experiences have
aroused you to a greater degree
of responsibility to your en-
ployer and to yourself you have
profited.
If you are acquiring a sensi-
BILE state of mind and are con-
vinced that life is a serious un-
dertaking you may have gained
something that should make
future years more profitable to
you and yours.
Copyright, 1881, Inteenatieual
features Service 1ac.A
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Listen, World!
By Elsie Robinson

said that Life holds nothing
after so. So we don't look
around to see if it's true or not.
Not a Bit of It
It isn't true. The deflated
valuation we've put on Age is
as false as the inflated valua-
tion we've set on Youth. Life
DOES hold something after
Fifty-it holds it's rarest dis
tillation of experience. It holds
the wine of years.
Wine-have you ever watched
the making of wine? The
muddy beginning-the mass of
crushed skins and seeds and
pulp-the seething, fermenting,
bubbling, reeking mass OF
troubled pulp-the muddy be-
ginning SO like Youth. And
then the gradual settling. The
scum and refuse rising to the
top-making trouble-a nuis-
ance. The purifying and the
steadying of the depths-and
at last, the clear, strong wine
like liquid ruby with the heart
Of fire.
Life Becomes Free
So it may be with age.
After the ferment of youth
after the ferment Of our earlier
blunderS and experiments, the
turmoil Of our tempers and ter
rors, our passion and pain, after
the reek and fumes of restless
ness and rebellion-comes the
slow settling Of maturity. Then
the scum and refuse of temper
ament slowly separates from the
depths of our natures.
At last life is mellowed and
free-no longer rolled by its
own revolt. The years have
given us their mellow wine.
There, in that wine is all that
was valuable and vital in the
bruised mass of experience
the wildness and sweetness Of
ambition and romance, the tang
of adventure, the rich bouquet
Of achievement. But that which
made the ferment and muddi-
ness has been eliminated.
That is what age might be if
we would have it so. But we so
rarely have it SO. We cling to
those old foolish, arbitrary
values which we have set upon
experience insist that age is a
time Of emptiness and bitter
ness-and that there is moth
ing worth living for after the
high moment of youth are gone.
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TIMES TEST

Do you know:
/. What color is puce?
2. What is the short branch line
of track called?
8. Who is the Secretary Of War?
4. Who is ambassador to Ger
many?
S. In what line has Rene La
coste achieved fame?
Fill each blank:
6. Medicine to counteract the
effect of poison swallowed Is
Z. A cryptogram is writing
IN
8. Nearly one-of our entire
population live on farms.
8. --iS small masses Of Ice
which fall in showers.
10. Lincoln is called the great
Match correctly:
II. croon-formidable
IL. boycott-hum
13. terrible-a species Of iris
II. courteouS-to refrain from
use Of
Is. orriS-civil
ANSWERS On MaSaxins RaSsl
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Space--Baffling Mystery
By Archibald Henderson, Ph.D., DEL, LID,
Famous Scientific Authority.

the ether. And yet there is
some intimate Gas yet un-
known relationship between
matter and ether. Larmon has
ingeniously suggested that mat
ter may, after all, be only a
local singularity or peculiar
structure of the ether.
Unison Of Force
All about us lies space, the
limit of which has never been
found. It is natural to assume
that space is infinite in extent,
that however far we might go
in a given direction we should
never reach any barrier or stop
ping place. But do we know
this? One Of the subsidiary
consequences, although not es-
sential to the validity of the
theory Of relatively, is that
space does have a limit, that it
is finite in extent. There is
however, no bounds or barriers
to it, even in this theory-just
as there Is no barrier to pro-
gress on the surface Of a per
feet sphere.
Which of the theories shall
we chose? Perhaps neither; for
now a new theoriSt, the Able
LIE Maitre, has come forward
and advanced the notion that
space itself is not stationary,
but is expanding-as demon
strated by the excessively high
velocities of spiral nebulae far
out in the remoter reaches Of
interstellar space.
A deeper scientific synthesis
is on the way. In his note
book, which contained his re-
Elections on nature and her in
finity of secrets, Faraday once
recorded his suspicion that all
the great forces were somehow
united-matter. energy, cleo
tricity, magnetism, grayitat1on.
Copyright, 1881. International
sKssturas Service. 41nc'l
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Never mind how old I am.
I'm old enough to know that
Age might be mellowed wine,
if we would have it SO.
But there's the rub-we won't
have it so. At best we have
only consolation prizes for Age
the heavy dividends are all
awarded to Youth. We our
selves determine those prizes
and awards. Experience doesn't
come to us labeled. Life doesn't
put tags on things. We humans
put the tags on. Life gives us
experience in a mass, as it gives
us air in a mass, or water. It
doesn't say: "This is a good
experience or "ThiS is a bad
experience" It just grinds it
out willy-nilly, without explana-
ton or tabulation. Then we
humans, in our egotism and ig-
torrance, knowing nothing what
ever of the beginnings or the
endings of things, proceed to
classify it.
"ThiS is happy" we say-or
'"ThiS is sad" This is desirable,
and this is a WEAKNESS to the
flesh" So we go, setting values
on things. Arbitrary values,
man-made, and always Of Youth.
youth is wonderful" we say.
youth is delightful. Youth
holds all the high moments.
But Age is terrible. Age is
weak and sad and colorless and
a BORE"
It's All Wrong
OF course, if you've lived at
all, you have long since discov-
cred that the valuation we've
put on Youth is all wrong.
Youth isn't a time Of ease and
ecstasy. It's a lonely, confused,
muddled time. PASSIONS a pest.
Ambitions a gadfly. Pleasures
give us a tummy ache. The
years between 20 and 40 make
wonderful poetry but difficult
and often disagreeable living.
Yet, because we have been as
sured so often that Youth is a
wonderful time" we continue to
accept that valuation even in
the midst of our discourage
ment and disillusion.
And for the same reason,
as we face Age, we prepare for
the doldrumS. They have told
us that Age is a barren bitter
ness. So we resign ourselves to
bs barren and bitter. They've
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say that this sort of present
day practice to relieve the un-
employed by giving them char
ity, is not in harmony with
the duty of States and COM
munities and is not a sound
principle of social justice or
of proper relation of the State
and the citizens. The least a
State and a community should
do, if there is sufficient re-
sources in the country is to
have an unemployment insur-
ance, and taxes for the same to
those that have made their for
tune with the recent economic
and industrial arrangements.
To ask business houses to
employ persons when there is
no profit to be made by it, is
absurd. Business everywhere
is carried on for profit, and
not for services or charity.
Business sometimes calls for
help from the State and COM
munities and get it, if consid-
cred beneficial to the country's
welfare. Consequently as long
as the present policy of the
Government to keep out of
business prevails and it is by
business that fortunes are &C.
cumulated, by exploitation
through monopoly, transporta-
tion, commerce and finance,
therefore it's just a levy then
in proportion to thei- wealth
to pay for unemployment in
surance.
I. GERACI,
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Man is restricted to a very
small spacial range. It is a
zone, about eight miles through,
surrounding the earth and in
cluding a tiny layer Of the sur
face of the earth. Within that
zone he may walk, run, ride,
fly, swim-whether alone or in
a vehicle, car, airplane, dlrig-
ible or submarine.
Although as yet limited in
Spacial movement to this COM
paratively small region, man is
free in thought; and he may
soar in imagination throughout
the entire cosmos. He is end
leSsly curious; and is constant
ly seeking to learn anything
that may be learned Of the
universe which lies all about
him.
Everything seems for the
nonce to resolve itself into
motion, waves and energy. Al
though this table at which I
write is apparently steady, 1t
is really flying through space,
and I along with it, at a dizzy
speed.
Speed Of Light
The light by which I see to
write is coming to me at the
highest known specialization
miles per second. I turn on
the radio, to listen in, as 1
write; and the sound from the
instrument has been trans
mitted through the ether at
precisely that same speed-tne
speed of light or OF radio
waves.
Through the ether, do I say?
And what is this curious sub
stance? Is it a matter Of air
or atmosphere or an electrical
field? Perhaps we should az
least divest our minds Of al
material ideas In thinking OF
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Bulky State Constitutions

When proposed amendments the Constitution Of the United
States are debated Congress- there always flood of cr
Cisn about adding to that wonderful document.
Compared many State constitutions the under which
this nation lives has been amended few times California
for example, preparing her constitution and
It develops fundamental document Of the great Pacific
Coast State has been amended 100 times and now has over
$4,000 words nearly 10 times many as the United States Con-
sEtution
proposed model constitution for California eliminates pro-
visions that do really essential rights and cuts
out a amount of unnecessary details
The District of Columbia has constitution to worry about
hut its people would like recognition in the nations Constu
on the an amendment authorizing Congress give
full and unqualified suffrage with representation in Congress-
The Washington times., 1931-03-19
Classifying Husbands

Classifying Husbands
II men and women could be
classified and card indexed,
picking a husband or wife
would be as easy and simple
as selecting an apple or a
bunch Of asparagus.
You'd simply say to your
self, 'I want that type Of hus-
band" or that brand of
wife," and you'd look around
until you found it, and be sat
isfied.
For instance, wives might be
claSsed as follows: The strictly
modern: the sweet domestic
home-maker: the jazz-wife or
baby doll; the hard working
drudge: the social climber; the
reformer; the nagger, etc. But,
alas, they don't come that way.
Many q modern business
woman is q good home-maker;
many q perfect home-maker is
0 prize nagger: many an elo-
qlent nagger is a faithful
drudge or a wild jazz-baby:
and many a fluffy baby-doll is
Q social climber.
And, with husbands, it's the
same. There is the nice tame
Regular Husband, who works
hard all day, comes home
promptly to dinner every eve
ming, pays the bills, picks UP
his own things, and admires his
own wife.
And there is the philandering
husband, who regards marriage
as q parking space. where he
can leave a woman until he gets
through playing around and is
ready to go home nights.
There is the big Cunarder,
who looks so VERY impressive
aud all that, yet is nothing but
Q dead weight, who permits his
nervous. Eh'strung wife to tow
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who is a part of the State and
of the community who cannot
find work, which is necessary
to make his living, what is
done about it? So far very
little. Some relief has come
through charity conducted by
private organizations and per-
sonal contributions; the State
the community has failed to
provide legal relief to the un-
employed.
I agree with the people that
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A Plea For Pistol
Regulation

Editor, Times
Washington, in the past few
years, has had a deplorable
number of homicides, the ma
jority of them being by means
of a pistol.
We have had in the past
few days an "unwritten law"
killing that has aroused much
editorial comment. But I fail
to find anyone striking at the
root of the matter-the indis-
criminate possession Of fire
arms by residents Of the Dis
trict.
If you would eliminate muir
der, then take the pistol out
of the hands of the people and
you will find the number Of
killings will diminish.
The standard argument is
that if pistols are removed
from private persons they will
still remain in the hands Of
criminals. Granting this is
true, how often does a private
individual need to use a weapon?
Very few burglars, robbers and
criminals are killed by private
persons.
Take the pistol out Of the
hands of the nation and you
will find that killing will cease
to- be an indoor sport.
HANNIBAL II. HAMM.
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munity with other people, if he
has no income and wants to
enjoy the benefit of collective
achievements and pleasant
social relation, has the duty to
perform his part Of the use
full and necessary work of the
community.
I understand the States and
communities are organized to
protect law-abiding citizens
lives, property and liberty. The
question then arises: The person
The Washington times., 1931-03-19
Divorced Parents
Dull Children

Parents considering divorce should read the statement OF
Christian Gauss of Princeton that children of divorced
couples make slower progress in school than those Of the
happily married
Dean Gauss says
living divided home tends to become lone
wolf school, He has loyalty to either parent and IS
acuy unhappy This unhappness i Of course sign OF mai
school accepts such pupil 1t cannot in
two three undo the evil effects Of his life In such
household.
The situation Of children unhappy divorce Of
becoming aggravated through the increasing
popularity divorce" -,
Thousands of preached every year about the
divorce evil.
Few will strike parents forcibly this testimony OF
wordfamous educator the harm that divorce brings to
children who innocent of wrong doing and who deserve
an equal chance with others in the battle of Ife
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Hearst Papers Advocate

Honest friendship NTH nations entanOtn0 alliances
NTH one"-George Washington.
Proportional representation the United States Senate
State to hGOe less than Senators Legislation enforce
prompt constitutional reGpportonment in the House OF
Representatives.
J. Separate departments of the Army OF the NGvy and OF the
Air Forces all united Under 0SecetGyy OF National DEFENSE
Federal action to the limit of Federal powerS abolish
AliterGcy under Secretary OF Education.
Installation the President the first OF January fono
ING the November election
Seecttue immigration admit only those suited for Ae
can citizenship and American needs.
z Deportation undesirable and extension OF citizen
ship period to 10 years.
Complete publicity to prevent big tar
dodgers from escaping TAXATION
Modification Voedd permit light ines and
beers under Federal regulation.
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Favors Jobless

Favors Jobless
Insurance
Editor, Times:
I have worried about unem-
ployment the same as lots OF
people, not because I love to
work, but because I had to
make my living by it ever since
I was a little boy. Long ago
I was convinced that p person
that has to live in a COM
The Washington times., 1931-11-28
Film
Sticks at
RiaIto

Pulsating with its horror and
weirdness, "Frankenstein"; the
thrilling tale of a man ambitious
to equal the works of God and
of the monster of his creation,
holds over for a second week al
the Rialto Theater.
From the pen of Mary Wollston.
craft Shelley, wife of the
romantic poet, Percy Bysshe
Shelley, this story equals in
horror any of the hair.raising
tales written in more recent
years.
Created from cadavers. with a
brain grated from the skull of a
man criminally insane. the mon.
ster, the handiwork of Franken.
stein, an ambitious medical stu.
dent, stalks the mountainsides.
spreading terror as he murders
his weaker defenseless victims.
The monster role is taken bv
Boris Karloff with a convincing
enough horriblenesS. Colin Give.
new to stellar roles, plays the young
Frankenstein. Frederic Keer does
the best piece of acting in the cn-
tire caSt,-J.A.B.
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Palace Presents
Fine Birthday
Program

Birthday parties are always lots
of fun and one would have to
travel a long time into distant
places to find a match for the
celebration at Loew's Palace this
week.
A show for everybody from
Sonny Boy to Grand-Dad and it's
bound to prove a big hit with all
the boys and girls who are gaga
over football.
Crackerjack Story
Touchdown" is the seasons
finest of the many stories of the
game beloved of Rockne. The
picture is more than a picture; it's
a peek behind the lines, not just
the retelling of the "big day when
we won the championship"
It has heart-break, fine courage
and a charming love motif; it's a
nice little tribute to those men
who understand and love the
husky youngsters who are en-
Unused with the spirit of the game.
It has laughs with Jack Oakie,
the loveable buffoon: it has tears
for the boy, Richard Arlen, who
found it so hard to lose; it has
charm in the persons Of Peggy
Shannon and Charles Starrett,
and it has authenticity in the
play-by-play sequences from the
Pasadena RoseIoowl.
CooL Vn,~ars%o~~
The stage offers an equal gath
ering of youthful entertainers in
the presentation of Benny Davis
and his Birthday Party Revue.
Benny, composer of many popular
songs, is a great Snowman, and
certainly knows talent, and in this
years group he brings back two
favorites, Buddy and Wilma Epson,
those Florida youngsters, who are
bound to make the grade: they're
delightful, and if you know of
anything more amusing than
Buddy's rendition of the st. Louis
Blues, please let me know. Then
there is Martha Ray. an embroyo
Kate Smith. who gives an or
iginal Interpretation of Minnie,
the Moocher":: Jackie. another
crooner; Sunny, a rapid dancer;
Jimmie and Nora, eccentric STEP
pers, and others, all excellent, but
whose names are lost in the
laughter.
Film Travesty
A priceless edition to the popu-
lar short features" is an hilari-
Gus travesty on Trader Horn;
it's a dogville comedy, and the
laughs are guaranteed. Hearst's
Metrotone newsreel closes a pro-
gram which can only be termed
in extravagant phrases: It's a
grand show! K. Y.
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KID, IN winch JACKIE COOPER
Jackie Coogan sprang to fame,
the same kind of a heart inter
est" dig, the deep affection of a
boy for a no-account dad, the
comradeship of the two and the
final parting. THE Champ,
though somewhat of a far-fetched
story. overly sentimental at times,
is more often filled with tender
pathos. There are few dry eyes
in the audience before it's over,
it is safe to venture.
There are, it is true, some OBJ
vious incongruities in the story of
the comeback of the "has-been"
fighter. Wallace Beery is not
exactly 'the type" for a heavy.
weight champion, though he is
undoubtedly one of the topnotch
character actors on the screen.
Nor would he be married in all
likelihood to woman of the
ardent refinement and breeding,
portrayed by Irene Rich. Some
situations are more fanciful than
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WARNER BANTER into series OF
we'll acted character studies, but
unfortunately lacks pace and
dramatic movement so we have
screen narrative that seldom
surges to real excitement.
In spite of this ponderous story
telling, Surrender" is worth
watching for the performances of
Alexander Kirkland, Robert Bel
lamy, Aubrey Smith, Warner Bax-
ter and Leila Hyams. They give
their best to making the tale
credible and interesting and their
best happens to be excellent act
ing.
Surrender" tells an elemental
love story with war background.
The lovely Axelle of the Reich
bourgs is betrothed to her cousin
who spends most of his time at
the fighting front. Meanwhile
Axelle is pasSionately courted by
the captain of the prison camp
established on their estate, and
she falls in love with Dumaine,
French war prisoner. This is
tangled love affair, but a gallant
gesture, noble sacrifice, and the
armiStice clear it up quickly for
happy fade-out.
Veteran Stars
was especially keen for the
the contribution of C. Aubrey
Smith, a grizzled veteran of the
wars, who spent his time with toy
soldiers and found his joy in re-
living the glorieS of the Hohen-
zollerns. Alexander Kirkland
beloved the Theater Gould-playS
an embittered an. cynical Aus
trian officer, who sees the futility
of blood and bullets, and whose
cup of woe overflows when he loses
in love. Kirkland plays this role
to the hilt. Robert Bellamy was
the war captain and projects the
best work he has yet given to
pictures.
Warner Baxter has had better
written and more heroic par is,
but he makes his opportunities
count. Leila Hyams, who is i'm
proving dS du dCG1coS Will Cc1C4
picture, checks in with convincing
emotional scenes. The direction
of William K. Howard is not as
distinguished as that provided in
Transatlantic" but some of the
fault is with the story.
Clever Athletes
On the stage you will recall
pleasantly the amazing work of
Large and Morgner, one-legged
athletes and acrobats who sell
their entertainment skilfully.
Charlie Irwin makes a glib mas
ter of ceremonies and Rodney
and Gould offer eccentric dane
ing. The Fanchon and Marco
ensembles are splendid, as usual.
Les Stevens and his Diplomats
have a vocal medley from the pit
and the Fox Movietone has some
intimate peeps of the ex-kaiser
in his Doorn exile.
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true to life, even of life in Tia
Juana.
The support of Beery and Irene
Rich contributes, much, however
to the success of the picture.
Roscoe Allies, with his inimitable
stutter provides priceless comedy.
In the last analysis, however.
it is the 8-year-old boy who is
the real star of THE Champ"
For those who crave action the
scenes at the Tia Juana race
track and at the prize fight pro-
vide the most punch. In these
scenes Jackie shows his real act.
ing genius.
An enjoyable Charlie Chase
comedy is offered in addition to
the feature picture. Charlie plays
the part of a real duke who is
forced into the position of being
an imposter of himself.
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Late Staqe News From Broadway

clude her engagement in THE
Wives of Henry VIII" at the
Avon Theater at the end of next
week.
Stanley Sharpe, formerly gen.
eral manager for Florence zieg
field, has been appointed to serve
in that capacity for E. Ray
Goetz's forthcoming production,
"Star Dust" Robert Emmett
Keane, Paul Everton and James
B. Carson have been added to the
cast of the show, which will so
in rehearsal on Monday.
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Three Leading Men

There are actually three lead
ing men playing opposite Dolores
Costello in Expensive Women" "
the picture at Warner Bros. Metro
politan Theater. They are Warren
William, an importation from the
New York stage for this part,
Anthony Rushell, youthful Eng
lish actor, remembered in Dis
raeli," Chances" and other pic.
lures and Joe Donahue of
Sunny" fame.
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All En- a Day
MARX HELLINCER
BY

NEW YORK, Nov. e.
Up in Cornell University years back two boys and
n girl formed grand association The three of them had
the Broadway yen and they all felt that they were destined
for big things the heater They met at regular intervals
and discussed the stage various angles They panned
fine actors and raped great plays
The girl of course, going to become an actress one
of the bovs was sincerely convinced that when he was
established as an actor they wouldn't allow John Barry
more in the same theaer with him. The other youth let
his locks grow long read all the theatrical literature on
which he could Law his hands, and positive that he
would be ranked with the great directors of all time