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date for the Republican nomination.
There is also the possibility that Gov.
Clifford Pinchot may leap into the race
for the senatorial nomination next
year, or barring the Governor, Mai.
Gen. Smedley D. Butler, y. S. M. c.,
retired. q
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Instead Of depending on restriction Of
wheat production, the farmer may now
be disposed, on surveying price advances,
to hope he will have an abundance to
send to market.
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No Hitch-Hikers.

From the Toledo Blade.
We understand the man who is travel
ing across the continent in a wheel
chair is not bothered by thumb tourists.
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Hard Times Ahead,

From the Hamilton (ontario) Spectator.
The reported shortage Of eating chest
nuts is serious. What on earth are the
poor worms to do this year. with Winter
coming on?
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DarMin's Error.

From the Hamilton (Ohio) Journal.
Mr.. Darwin couldn't have been right
No matter how much you pet monkey,
1t doesn't try to boss you.
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A Case Of Goose Flesh.

From the Cleveland News
Iowa hunters permitting a wild goose
to bite on a piece Of his ear makes US
wonder whether We have been quite fair
to the goose family.
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Concentrated Protection.

"You dealt with that visiting bunch
of bootleggers very harshly"
"Of course" answered Cactus Joe, "as
a demonstration of municipal pride.
Crimson Gulch has bootleggers OF our
own. The boys are strong for protec-
ton and violent in opposition to free
trade"
mo man." said Hi Ho, the sage Of
Chinatown, entirely loses all moral
sense. However reprehensible his con-
duct he will always try to convince
others and even himself that he did the
best he could under the circumstances. 3"
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Relative Values.

Whatever the ratios of money may be,
The products OF land seem most
precious to me.
To bite gold or silver would end in an
ache,
But a handful Of wheat makes a very
good cake.
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Fletcher Hale carried the district last
year by about 5000 votes. There are
lot of Democrats in the first New
Hampshire district, however, and even
in the Hoover landslide of 1928, Hale
won over the Democrat by only $4,000
and in the Coolidge victory of 1924 by
only 5000. The Republicans, II they
can avoid q row over the nomination
have a chance, but the Democrats insist
they will carry the district. The spe-
cial election comes at q time of wear
that might favor the Democrat, whose
vote will be greater in the urban dis
tricts. Manchester, the biggest city in
the State, lies in the first district and
almost invariably goes Democratic, SEN
ator George Moses being the only Re-
publican except Gov. Ora Brown who
20 or Is years. John Hurley, city So
licitor in Manchester, has announced
his candidacy for the Democratic nomi-
nation, although efforts are being made
by some of the Democrats to get Rogers,
the former Representative, to run. In
addition to Mr.. Bartlett, whose home
is in Portsmouth, the present. mayor of
that city, Ferdinand Hartford, and
state Senator Hart have announced
their intentions Of seeking the Repub-
lican nomination.
Senator James J. Davis Of Pennsyl-
vania has been put on notice by the
boss of the Philadelphia Republican. or
oanization. Bill" Ware, that he must
be wet in the coming contest for the
Renl,blican senatorial nomination in
the keystone State or else Mr.. Ware
will look for q candidate elsewhere.
There has been talk that Ware himself
might get into the race, or that he
woiIld back Representatives James M.
PECK. who now holds the House seat
formerly occupied by Mr.. Ware and is
one of the wet leaders of the House
hampton Moore, whom Ware backed
Sor mavor of Philadelphia and who has
recently been elected there. might be
put forward as Phuadelphia's candi-
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"One of de causes Of unemployment"
said Uncle Eben, us de self-starter dat
keeps a man rum putin in half de
day crankin' de flivver."
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Q. When was the charter for William
and Mary College obtained?-S. E. NJ.
A. In 1891 James Blair was sent to
England, to obtain a charter for the
college from the crown. The charter
was signed February 8, 1893.
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q. Arc cfanDefTle8 q heaIth1uI 1oOd?
L. D.
A. Certain tribes of American In
dams look upon the cranberry with
reverence as having virtues that pro-
long life. 1t is interesting to note that
what was superstition with them Is
fact with us in the light of scientific
investigation. Cranberries contain vita
minis which make them a valuable adj
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q. What win take walnut stain OF
the hands?-E. L. w.
A. Tannic acid, which Is the acid IN
walnut shells, cannot be removed It
is necessary to allow the stain to wear
on. Wearing rubber gloves while she'll
ing walnuts will protect the hands from
the stain.
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Q. What relation was Mary Gusts
to George washington?-J. A. D.
A. She was the daughter of George
Washington Parke Gusts, who in turn
was the grandson Of Martha Washing
ton and adopted son Of George WASH
ington. Mary Gusts married Robert
T. Lee
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@. Is pressure caused by freezing
water greater or less than by trans
forming water into steam?-SJ. E. c.
A. Freezing produces greater pres.
SIRE
The Washington times., 1931-03-20
Police Orders to ''Break Up
Petting Parties"

Automobile "peng around Washington is getting to be
dangerous ways than matter how harmless
forms Of it may be.
Unntefered with by policemen county officers the auto
mobile peng industry gets out Of decent bounds and brings
public resentment
Potomac Park and Rock Greek Park almost unfit
for respectable families 60 into in the evening hours because
Of seemy conduct the part many occupants Of parked
machines
Conditions have been greatly beered these beautiful spots
due supervision the part Of park policemen and their
prompness warning arrestng those who forget themselves
Orders to break up petng parties have been given county
police in Virginia. opposite Washington and much depends
the manner which DONE tragedies be averted
The presumption the part of officers that all occupants Of
parked machines evening hours violating moral and legal
laws dangerous yet officers in accord with public
sentiment keeping close watch habits of nocturnal
visitors. ..'-''''
Police officers engaged in supervising private love affairs
however should be clearly identified policemen that
pants of may not jump the conclusion that bandits
evmnded medders about to take charge That
the risks that spoonng couples rum and imaginary
one
Washingons park cops do not interfere with petting
spoonng Of less innocent nature but they promptly
when loves ardor proceeds beyond reasonable limits
Because of the stricness Washington parks it is doubt
less true that the raher lovers Virginia and Maryland
giving county officers difficult work.
The Washington times., 1931-03-20
WHAT THE EARTHQUAKE DID IN NEW ZEALAND
Uncomfortable Human Cheerfulness

You read about terrific earthquakes in New Zealand and
their effects in Napier in which NOT ONE BUILDING WAS
LEFT STANDING.
Hearing is one thing, SEEING is another.
The picture above shows what earthquake do and
how grateful should be for the marvellous stability of this
old earth has existed for than thousand million
years. rolling around the with accident absorbing
by friction Of its atmosphere the waters of its
great rocks meteors that fall into it from space
Human beings have lived this earth for forty million
years least first primitive, monkey shaped creatures
now beings, ALMOST civilized
Instead of complaining when disaster should be
filled with wondering gratitude at safety.
Think of EARTH solid ball eight thousand miles in
diameter twenty five thousand miles round weighing much
though made of solid Steel flying through with the
sum- turning its axis thousand miles hour, going
The Washington times., 1931-03-20
Listen, World!
BY Elsie Robinson

4SVNA1ASVGb
, if it was really worth while.
Was it possible that Love and
Courage and Honor really
counted for thing after all?
What She Needed
Could either life or death
blot us out like that without
a comeback?
needed desperately to dis
cover that but I. couldn't fight
any more, eHher with brain
or fist. There was darkness
ahead Of me-a darkness my
limited wisdom could not pierce,
not my courage shatter. What
lay behind that darkness? I
felt that truth and justice and
a greater life lay behind it, but
couldn't prove that by my
old equipment. Yet I had to
prove it, /or go mad with Bit
terness.
Then suddenly something
came to life in me and reached
out-like a great arm from
my heart-reached out and out
into the darkness, and as it
reached, the darkness fell away.
Exactly as if I had grown a
third arm, a spiritual arm, in
finitely niger and more
clever, but just as real as my
two arms Of flesh.
New Fighting Armour
The arm of Faith. My new
fighting equipment.
Hold out your arm as you
read this. Hold it out as though
you reached for something
with a fierce determination
for something which you were
sure you would get. Shoot all
your vigor, all your hope and
enthusiasm and desire Into that
arm. Hold it with splendid as
Surance as though your dearest
dreams were about to be CROP
ped into your outsCretched
PLAN. Get the pose? Well,
that's Faith.
That's how Faith reaches out
to you when you're FINELY ripe
for it.
Copyright, 1881, King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1931-03-20

for those buried treasures which
he hideth from himself, gather.
ing up his newspapers, dosing
him with bicarbonate, patching
him with court-plaster and bind.
ing up his wounds.
Grant me the optimism Of a
small boy, that I may hearken
joyously unto his vows of re-
formation upon "the morning
after" delight in all his prom
ises and his "never-againS," lis
ten sweetly to his reasoning"
and accept without question
his explanations"
Give me the nerves of q cold
potato and the agility Of a fire
man, that I may be ready, at
a signal, to plunge into back
less gown or a pair Of knickers;
and to go anywhere, from a
Broadway night club to dark
est Africa, at a moments no
tice.
Give me the unfading charm
of Ninon de L'EncloS, the chic
of a Fifth Avenue mannikin,
the diplomacy Of a prime minis
ter, the discretion of an arch
bishop, the glamour and chum.
mineSs Of a chorus girl, the
placidity Of a pet cat, and the
wisdom Of Solomon, that I may
be all things unto one man
and that one, HAPPY!
For verify, marriage may
once have been a Soft Snap;
but now it hath become a game
Of skill, requiring a level head,
caSt-iron nerves, a cool temper,
a poker face and a knowledge
Of all the cards! SELAH,
Copyright. 1881. King Features
Syndicate. Inc.l
The Washington times., 1931-03-20
When Storms Were Bigger
And Drinks Were Better

Survivors of the blizzard of sS at their annual reunion the
remnced about the event and compared the coun
try 2 years ago with the today The contrast between
the old and new era was not altogether favorable to the
not big hen and the liquor OF the
present. though plentiful is not to be mentioned in the
same with the old style beverages Needed beer and
Golden Wedding pful substitutes the blizzard men
pointed out for Green River Old Grow and Medford rum And
the manners of modern drinkers are worse also
Ben Jackson who was caught the street with wagon
load of machinery storm made his deliveries by giving
each OF his four horses shot Of whlske wcn enabled
cone with the snowdrfts The shot consisted OF quart for
each horse Mr. says further that the horses didn't
ccough horses could drink like gentlemen IN those
days"
Times change Judge for yourself whether they improve
In modern blizzard the average motors would drink the
anfreeze solution from his radiator That no drink Tor
horse, lot alone gentleman
The Washington times., 1931-03-20

around the sun, more than FIFTY THOUSAND MILES AN
HOUR. And addition, flying through space WITH the
terrific speed toward Vega the blue star above our
heads-and all in perfect safety.
Instead of complaining about occasional earthquake
wndstorm or tidal wave should be knees thanking
Providence for taking good care Of us.
The picture of the children this column is at least as
interesting as the picture earthquakes results The
little girl with her small sister and her brother in her lap are
doing best they the ruins of their house Perhaps
the boy exactly like house with the roof fallen in
and everything upset. But the two little girls insist on being
cheerful
They think earthquakes great fun and having your
picture taken in house also great
fun.
Happy childhood wonderful youth bringing to earth
again the joy and courage that fade away in old age
The Washington times., 1931-03-20
WISE MEN

He is the freeman whom the
truth makes free,
And all are slaves besides.
-Cowper.
All men that are ruined are
rushed to the sides of their
natural propenSities.
49,. Burke.
We can never be certain Of
our courage until we have
faced danger.
La Rochefoucauld.
Our country is that spot to
which our heart Is bound.
-Voltaire.
Our prayers should be for a
sound mind in a healthy body.
-Juvenal.
History is philosophy teach
ing by examples.
-Dionysius.
Success is counted sweetest
BY those who never succeed. j..
Dickinson.
Few men have virtue to with
stand the highest bidder.
Washington.
Speech is great; but silence is
greater. Carlyle.
Prevention is better than
cure. Erasmus.
Let not a day so fair be with.
out its white chalk mark.
Horace.
The Washington times., 1931-03-20
ONCE-OVERS
Look in the Mirror!

You like to criticize others
but you won't stand for criti-
cism Of your own words and
actions.
For reasons that none is able
to understand you have un.
warranted faith in your own
opinions.
Notwithstanding the oppor-
tunitieS that others have had
to gain information and ex.
perience, you give little atten-
ton to their opinions if they
are at variance with your own.
Just why do you think your
own ideas so well founded?
Why should you be most
heavily endowed with gray mat
ter?
Have you not often been in
error?
Certainly, and yet you arro-
gantly support only your own
decisions.
Your may be in a position
that enables you to be dicta-
torial.
If you exhibit this quality in
your own affairs, you have a
right to.
But you miss many oppor-
tunities for knowledge by your
attitude.
If you seek to inject your
positive ideas into the affairs
of others you over step your
rights.
This is when you arouse the
antagoniSm of those whom you
seek to browbeat.
copyright, 1891, InternationaI
Features Service, nc.l
The Washington times., 1931-03-20
DR.. budding Propounds
A Nice Problem

a MICE FrOD1em
Editor, The Times:
What is the difference be-
tween sending food to Arkansas
to feed hungry men and
women, and feeding hungry
men and women from Arkansas
in washington?
Today a man came to our
place and asked for food and
he was asked if he had been
in Jail and he said no." but
that he expected to be in jail
before long. We gave him all
he could eat and he went his
way.
He said he had come from
Arkansas to washington to get
food, as he had read in the
newspapers that the good folks
in Washington was shipping
food to the State and in order
to save them the freight and
trouble he made the trip in a
box car.
His story as he told it at
our place was that he had been
to all the charitable places in
the city and they had not
given him food because he was
from 0IIt oF torryyN
This fellow, a typical farm
hand, told his story pretty well
and since he left I have been
thinking this question over.
You may think it over with me.
E. E. DUDDING.
The Washington times., 1931-03-20

"New faith is the substance
Of things hoped for, the evil
dence Of things not SEEM
Hebrews XII.
FAITH never thought much
Of that virtue.
Seemed to me a poor, weak
ened, sniveling sort of attitude.
The sort of pose you adopted
when you didn't have any
gumption left in you.
Mel like to fight! I said to
myself that maybe when I was
80 years old and didn't have
any scrap left in me, I'd slump
down and try this faith stuff.
But in the meantime-I was
going to put all my bets on
my two good fists, my good
old bean and backbone. If
you studied and fought and
worked hard enough you ought
to be able to do what you
wanted with life-that's what
I thought.
Young and Ignorant
was young and strong and
very ignorant. I really be-
lieved what I said. And I set
out to tackle life armed with
that belief.
You certainly can do q lot
and go a long way with just
these fighting tools. Even
though I have found a better
armor now, I'm not going back
on all that original belief. I
still think you've got to put up
a good scrap if you want to get
anywhere.
But I've found something
that will get you there faster
than the Stiffest backbone or
the heartiest brain or the hard
est wallop. I've found Faith
the Biggest Medicine Of all.
I didn't find it until Life
had knocked me out and had
taken the count. I got up sick
and groggy, but I still wanted
to go on with the game. In
fact, I wanted to go on with it
more than ever before. felt
a desperate need of finding out
The Washington times., 1931-03-20
Canberra, AuStralia's New
National Capital

Agitation in Australia to abandon Canberra the capi-
t upon which $6eoOoooo has already been spent reminds
Washington people of the early history of this National
City
There incessant strife among the first States accepting
the Constitution the site for National Capital and for
years after the District Of Columbia chosen by Congress
there persistent efforts to change the location Oppo
ton continued after construction of the Capitol Building
and the White House.
Canberra planned along modern nes is to be solely de-
voted governmental activities All land and buildings within
its area will belong to the Australian government.
After the expenditure Of much money is doubtful
the Australian people, whole will approve abandonment
Of their new national venture
The Washington times., 1931-03-20
Explains Inheritance
Tax LAWS

Tax Laws
Editor, The Times:
Two Of my clients have called
my attention to an editorial,
which I also read. that ap-
peared in your paper about ten
days ago.
This write.up on inheritance
tax seems to have been mislead-
ing to those not conversant
with the inheritance tax laws
of the United States or Of the
several States.
I presume that you intended
to convey to your readers that
there are two States and the
District Of Columbia without an
inheritance tax. For this rea-
son the 80 per cent clause in
the United States tax law fails
to be a benefit to taxpayers Of
the District of Columbia.
No doubt you are we'll aware
as those of us who are in tax
practice that the Federal tax
is the maximum of Inheritance
tax and that under the pro-
visions of said tax law it is
provided that 80 per cent of
the Federal tax shall be paid
by the estate to the State which
has enacted an inheritance tax
law providing that the tax on
estates shall be at certain
fixed, rates but that it shall not
be less, nor more than 80 per
cent of, the Federal tax.
This is best, illustrated by two
examples; a recent case which
I handled in Virginia, the Fed
eral tax was $35, 900, the State
Of Virginia received $4,000 and
the United States $1,000. In
a case recently closed in the
The Washington times., 1931-03-20

9. precious
ingenious
10. intercession
song of joy
Do you know:
II. Who said: "Go where
glory waits there?
IL. Who is Secretary Of Com
merce?
13. What is the food value
Of potatoes?
IA. What is the leading fem
inine role in "a Dolls House?
IS. What is a writ to attend
court called3
(Answers On Magazine Pagel.
The Washington times., 1931-03-20
The MaFry-GO-ROun
BY, Helen Rowland

Mrs. Solomon Says
Hear now the petition Of a
Spring Bride, oh my Daughters,
which she chanteth in her
secret heart.
Grant me, oh Lord, the spirit
Of a sportsman. that 7 may
meet with fair play, life's great
est Sporting Proposition. For
e Good Wife is, first of all, a
Good Sport. And the ideal
marriage is a square deal.
Give me the imagination Of
D fisherman and the vision Of
Alnascher, that may continue
to drape my Beloved with illu-
sions, to glorify him in my
dreams, and to see in. him a
Prince Charming, even when
his chin is covered with a two
day beard and he slumbereth
with his mouth open.
t~~k-4--r.
Give me the faith Of Maho-
met, that may trust mine huS-
band better than mine own
eyes, and believe whatsoever he
saith, even when I know him
to be lying, and all the evi-.
dence is against him.
Give me the patience Of a
duck hunter, that I may face
with fortitudea my days as
Iady-in-W AIT1NG and my
nights as "Sister Ann upon the
Svatchtower." For, no man ever
arriveth on TIME for any
thing-save his own funeral.
= Bestow upon me the strength
of an Amazon that I may
never weary of picking up his
towels and garments, hunting
The Washington times., 1931-03-20

District, the Federal Govern
ment received $32,500 and the
District of Columbia nothing.
Therefore it is Self-evident
that Congress should provide
the District of Columbia with
an inheritance tax on the same
basis as the States have done,
The Washington times., 1931-03-20
TIMES KNOWLEDGE TEST

Fill each blank:
/. Stars are Self--bodies.
2. Death loves a shining
3. A work is-when the
authors name is not given.
4. The character Thisbe is in
the play
5. by Wallace, is a
tale of Christ.
Match correctly:
s. yore 81
mediation
Z. paean
valuable
8. subtle
in times long past
The Washington times., 1931-03-20
Hearst Papers Advocate

friendship NTH all nations entan0Hn0 alliances
Nth none."-Georoe Washington.
Proportional representation United States Senate
State Legislation to enforce
prompt constitutional reupporttonmeHt in the House OF
Representatives.
Separate departments the ARMY OF the NGuy and OF the
Air Forces all united under Secretary OF National DEFENSE
Federal action the limit Federal to abolish
hhterdcy under Secretary of Education.
Installation President the first OF January foHon
ING the NoUenpbeT election.
Seectve immigration admit only those suited for Amert
citizenship and American needs
Deportation OF undesirable aliens and extension OF citizen
ship period to 10 years.
Complete publicity for income tares prepen big
dodgers from escaping tGTdtton.
g. Modification the VoSteGd act to permit light Unes and
beers under Federal regulation.
The Washington times., 1931-03-20
Letters to the Editor From Readers of The Times

that is 80 per cent of the Fed
eral tax to be the inheritance
tax in the District of Colum-
bia.
1t may be that your editorial
intended to convey this idea to
your readers.
H. c. ALLEN