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The Washington times., 1931-01-06
This Club Hits Hard.

Indecency the stage has reached point where the stage
must either clean up or be cleaned up.
Some of the productions offered the public in the current
year have transcended all bounds art They be cla
fled only pornography, open and unashamed.
Such exhibitions to morals and especially 10
morals of the younger generation They undo much Of the
constructive and character building effort Of the school, the
church and the home
They symptom of decadence and should be out out Of
the nations life surgeon cuts tumor out Of human body
The stage itself can them out effectively and panessy
can submit itself form Of voluntary censorship 10
the scrutiny intelligent and liberal board like that which
supervises motion pictures.
the stage do that and do 1t it ncurs the
grave risk being subjected to rigorous and unntegent
censoship-whch would be disaster not only to the stage
but In the long run, to the cause Of reform also
The majority Of the public sick Of smut sick OF the
of smut sick those people who pay to see smut
It wants the smut eliminated and the theater will not
eliminate it, then other will be taken to eliminate It,
The best minds the theater business realize this fact Iney
urge voluntary censorship both to clean up the heatr ana
to avert the fanaca type Of supervision which might other
wise be imposed on them 40
Il Is to be hoped the theatrical business as wnOe WIN
follow this wise counsellor does not viii be not only
cleaned UP, but cleaned OUT.
The Washington times., 1931-01-06
Lessons of the Stars
Nv Archibald Henderson, PhD., D:CLA' AAAA
Famous Scientific Authority

stars, which are supposed to be
comparatively cold.
There is a famous classified
ton of stars, known as the
Draper Classification, which has
long been standard among
astronomers. The exhaustive
work Of classifying hundreds OF
thousands Of stars was carried
on Of the Harvard Observatory
under the dissection OF =. c.
Pickering. The results were col
lected, notably BY Miss Cannon;
published in nine large Volumes
and dedicated TO DR.. Henry
Draper, the American astroho-
mer, famous for making ex'
cellent lunar photographs.
According to this scheme,
classes Of stars are denoted BY
letters Of the alphabet, in the
curious order o, B, A, r, g, 4,
M, r, N, and. s. It is interest.
ing to note that nine-tenths OF
the stars are included within
the six classes, B to M.
AS pointed out by Williams
In "The Great Astronomers"
Glass B stars show prominently
the lines Of hydrogen and
helium. In some Of these stars,
the heliun is partially dis
rupted; such also is the state OF
silicon, oxygen and nitrogen.
Rigel, Regulus and the bright
stars in the Pleiades belong to
this class, which take the name
Orion stars.
In Class A. lines Of hydrogen
show up prominently in the
spectra. Sirius Vega and Castor
belong to this class.
In Glass r, the lines Of ION
lied calcium, which were weak
in stars Of Class A, become
more prominent. Some Of the
stars in this class have a spec
trum closely resembling that
of the sun. Typical F stars
are Procyon and Canopus,
which are white stars.
The sun belongs to class G,
There are an enormous num-
ber Of metallic lines in the
spectra Of these stars; and hy'
drogen and ionized calcium re-
main prominent.
Glass K consists Of orange
stars, Of which Arcturus and
Aldebaran are conspicuous ex,
amples. The lines Of ionized
metals become weaker, Of neu'
tral metals, stronger.
Strong bands Of titanium OK
ide appear in stars Of M class;
and these red stars number
among them Antares and Beta
gaese%
The Washington times., 1931-01-06
The Bitter Truth

The Bitter Truth
A man is awfully careful not
to choose a fool for a bridge
partner; but when it comes to
choosing a life-partner, he is
not so particular.
The midget car has its uses.
It gives the people who drive
flivvers something to look down
on and laugh at, and thus re-
duces their inferiority complex.
kissing shortens life," say
the scientists. Nonsense! It
merely shortens the evening for
two dull people, who might
otherwise bore each other to
death.
Women nave been driving
from the back seat for only a
few years; but, men have been
inning the kitchen from the
'ad of the dining room table,
" since Adam brought in the
st rabbit and ordered Eve to
AXE it into chicken-a-la-king.
The f1apper, having discov-
cred that the hard-boiled man.
ner is a frost, is now going in
for Grandmother's cutey-cutey-
ism. and finding it so effective,
that a Laura Jean Libbey hero
The Washington times., 1931-01-06

I'D Ike to do something"
you say. Something new and
different. Something worth
while. And I'm always trying
BUT SOMEHOW I SEEM TO
LOSE, INTEREST. If I could
only find something that really
interested me-"
That's what you're saying.
Your feelings are mixed as you
say it. You feel q little proud
because you are so restless.
You're sure 1t makes you diff
ferent from other people
stodgy, hNzn-drum people, who
never have such perplexities.
And yet at the same time
you're iETitated, and sorry for
yourself. You envy people who
have found some work they're
crazy about. Lucky dogs! They
have all the breaks. If only YOU
could have Your Chance! #
only you could find something
that would hold your interest!
OGOP W4oAAAAASi 4OuA uCVCE
find it. Though you live to be
a hundred, you'll never find an
interest that will hold YOU
IF YOU WANT SUCCESS,
YOU'LL HAVE TO LEARN TO
HOLD AN INTEREST.
Most Important Thing
An INTEREST isn't the i'm
portant thing in life. YOUR
ATTITUDE TOWARD INTER-
ESTS is the most important
thing.
Thousands Of interests offer
opportunity. And one of those
thousands may lead you to sue
cess. That will depend not on
the interest, but on WHAT YOU
DO WITH THE INTEREST
AFTER YOU GET TT.
No interest, however alluring,
Is of any value to YOU until
you've made it your own-un-
The Washington times., 1931-01-06
Lavish Use Of Money at
Debutante Party Assailed

Editor, Times:
was reading today in your
paper about some swell society
dame who made her debut last
night and the affair cost her
folks a million dollars.
It sure is a shame that the
high muck-a-muoks spend q roll
of money like that to put their
daughter into society when we
poor down-and-outerS don't
have enough money to buy a 25-
cent meal. You'd think that q
guy like this Doherty fellow
would give some Of those mil.
lions to us or use some Of that
dough to get employment for
those that haven't got it.
Instead he throws a party for
a girl so she can have Washing
tons famous people watch her
enter society. A million dollars
is a lot of money for a party like
that, even though it did last
into the early hours Of the
morning like I know it did be-
cause I saw them when I passed
the hotel this morning to see If
I could get a job.
They had a big bunch Of food
too, I understand. They served
suppers and breakfasts and din.
ners and whatnotS-because the
people got hungry when they
danced. Well, fellow, I get hun
CRY, too, and it's not from dane
ing, and I don't have suppers
and breakfasts served to me on
silver platters like they had last
night.
They say it's the ways of fate
that makes them danes have
everything and us poor suckers
have nothing. Maybe it's so.
All the same, I don't think it's
The Washington times., 1931-01-06
The Marry-GO-ROund
BY Helen Rowland.

Inc will soon look like a sophis-
ticate beside her.
Cynicism is the protective col
oring, with which a bachelor
camouflages his susceptibility,
in order to frighten off the
women he suspects are bent on
dragging him to the altar.
Now, the French fashion ex-
perts are complaining that wo-
mer are OVERRIDING the long
skirt fad. Well, they should
have known enough about fem
inine psychology, to realize that,
once a woman starts going in
any direction, she never heeds
a STOP signal.
When a modern mother sighs
that she is worried to death"
about her daughter, somehow,
she can't keep a note of pride
out Of her voice, which seems to
imply that daughter is no dud
with the men.
The reason we have so many
criminals in America is because
we have so many e. ,Sy marks;
and the reason we have so many
hard-boiled youngsters is be-
cause we have so many soft
boiled parents.
The Washington times., 1931-01-06

For centuries, astronomers
and laymen have been looking
upwards at night and wonder
ing at the mighty stellar dis
play Of the heavens. Much as
Economical information in early
days was untrustworthy and le-
gendary. being based upon Sd
perstition and unreliable trah-
ton.
Today, we enjoy an inesti-
mable advantage over the an
clients, Ia possessing elaborate
accurate and huge instruments
for making our studies. The
deepest of all puzzles is how all
these bright and beautiful OBJ
jects came into existence, and
the course Of evolution through
which. they have passed IN
reaching their present state.
Stars may be classified into
various types, according to cer-
tain standards by which they
may be compared with one an
other. There are classificatiolls
according to stellar magnitudes
such as giant stars and dwarf
stars. Then, again, stars may
be classified according to colors
blue, red, yellow. white-for
example.
Also, stars may be classified
according to the speeds at
which they azc moving through
space. And, lastly, stars may
be classified according to the
constituents Of which they are
made up, these being indicated
by the various lines which
show up in the spectral picture
of the light from the individual
stars.
Some of these classifications
may have interlocking relation
ships. Thus the hot stars are
found to move with relative
slowness; whereas the red stars
show q greatly increased speed.
According to DR.. Plaskett, the
Canadian astronomer, for ex-
ample, the average speed Tor
B stars, sometimes known as
helium stars, is 6.5 kilometers
per second.
The average speed for A
stars, of which Sirius Vega is
an example, is 10.S kilometers
per second. In the case OF the
very speedy stars, the red stars,
the rate ranges as high as III
kilometers per second for these
The Washington times., 1931-01-06
Illumination of Monument

Electric illumination Of the Washington Monument or
least the top of it, will become reality before the George
Washington events Of 1882, probably much earlier.
The matter has been under consideration in the office of
Public Buildings Public Parks for me by direction
Colonel Grant, but how to do in the effective
ner is the problem Of officials.
The main desire is to make the top of the Monument
beacon for avatos travelling at night and to against
possible collision from those who might be flying too low
At any rate the famous should be made visible
night It is everlasting reminder Of the great American
whose name it bears
The Washington times., 1931-01-06
Listen, World!
BY Elsie Robinson

til you've done things to 1t and
with 1t. And that can't be ac-
compliShed in a brief gush of
excitement. It takes time.
And that's where you'll prove
whether you're MAN MINDED
OR MONKEY MINDED.
Monkeys like new interests as
much as men. Monkeys can
think and desire and plan
they are curious and eager and
enthusiastic. Getting interested
is the best thing q monkey does.
And he's always willing to take
a chance. BUT YOU NEVER
SAW A MONKEY GET ANY.
WHERE WITH HIS INTER-
ESTS. And that's because no
monkey can ever hang on to an
interest long enough to make 1t
worth while. There's no GRIP
in q monkeys mind. That's
why he's still a monkey.
The Mind Of Man
Man had a mind like that
once, before he was fully g man.
Children and savages still have
minds like that. Everything
excites them, but they close in
terest." That isn't because the
interest isn't worth while, but
because their minds haven't
yet learned to hang on.
Civilization is a process Of
learning to hang on to interests
to resist the temptation of
new intereStS-to develop the
interest you have chosen. The
more civilized you are the more
GROWN UP you are-the bet
ter able you are to hang on. If
you continually lose interest"
it isn't the interests fault. It's
YOUR fault. IT'S A SIGN
THAT YOU'RE STILL MON
KEY MINDED!
Copyright, 1881, King Features.
Syndicate Ine.)
The Washington times., 1931-01-06

standing, and that we need a
light that will not fail Itls.
Such an unfailing light is
held aloft by the Catholic
Church; she will bear the
brunt Of the attack upon the
spiritual realities which under.
lie civilization. She stands for
the integrity of the family, and
for justice in economic rela-
tions. If civilization is to ef-
fectively withstand the assault
it will be because the moral
law, as taught by the Catholic
Church, is known and obeyed.
The Church will stand by her
Divinely scientific principles,
fearing neither dictator or pro-
letariat. The Catholic Church
knows that the practical ap-
plication of her teachings to
the moral, social and economic
problems of the day, is now
an urgent and imperative need.
WILLIAM E. KERRISH,
Wollaston, Mass.
The Washington times., 1931-01-06
WISE MEN

Great deeds need great prep
arations. -Helodiorus.
Moderation in all things is
the best of rules. -Plautus.
Learning without thought Is
labor lost; thought without
learning is perilous:
-ConfuciuS.
They who cross the seas,
change their sky but not their
disposition. Horace.
The gifts of enemies are not
gifts, and have no value.
-Sophocles.
The tree of liberty only grows
when watered by the blood Of
tyrants. -Barere.
Most of our miSfortuneS are
more supportable than the
comments Of our friends upon
them. Cotton.
Il is better not to live at all
than to live disgraced.
-SophocleS.
No nation was ever ruined By
trade. Franklin.
Time as he grows old teaches
many lessons. -AeSchylus.
Nothing astonishes men so
much as common sense and
plain dealing. Emerson.
The Washington times., 1931-01-06
ONCE-OVERS

Can't You Help the Unfortunate?
Are you so interested IN
yourself and your immediate
family that you have no time
for sympathy for those outside
who are carrying heavy bur
denS?
You think you are weighted
with enough Of your own.
So, you've hardened yourself
to the care-worn appearance
Of those who are trying to
carry spirit-breaking loads.
You would not have to look
far to find those whose troubles
are so much more serious than
yours,
. The world needs more sym
pathy.
You and others of your kind
who become hardened to the
afflictions of mankind are te-
sponsible for much sorrow
which might be prevented.
IF you have never aided. by
word or deed, those who have
sorrow, you missed a great deal
from your life.-
There Is always q result re-
flected from every good and
helpful act. This is rich In its
reward.
The present Is a good time
to break the crust Of reserve
and SelfishnesS that has kept
you from following the gener-
Gus impulses you have from
time to time.
Thousands Of men, women
and children need the sort Of
kindness you could give so
esaily, and 1t might be q COM
fort to you as well as those
In trouble.
The Washington times., 1931-01-06
DO YOU KNOW THAT

The government Of Cuba has
completed q 333-acre horse
breeding preserve, at which
Army officers expect to produce
annually 100 or more fine
horses to replace animals of
poorer quality now in use, and
also to supplant native oxen.
A scientist in South Africa
has discovered processes by
which unmarketable oranges,
lemons. and grapefruit can be
used in making synthetic btu
men and synthetic asbest0A
The Washington times., 1931-01-06

DR.. Alfred L. wilkes, Of Los
Angeles, Calf, is the inventor
of a unique mooring mast for
dirigibleS. The stern mast
travels on a track. automati-
cally keeping the dirigible
nosed into the wind.
DR.. Yandell Henderson, of
Yale University, is the discov-
erer Of a new Treatment for
pneumonia. Soda fizz, a mix
ture of oxygen and carbon
dioxide, is administered through
O common tahalator.
The Washington times., 1931-01-06

Is in itself but q minor furry
in the orbit Of modern Socio-
logical novelty. The significant
fact Is that the proposals,
which are as old as human
folly, unscientific and immoral
into the bargain, can get a
hearing in schools of higher
education. This shows that
we are practically at the cross
roads Of intellectual under
The Washington times., 1931-01-06
TIMES KNOWLEDGE TEST

Do you know:
/. Who wrote '"The Ambitious
Guest?"
2. To what song is this the =
first line:
Marvellous braes are bon
nie?" ..-.
8. What girls name IS always
connected with that Of John
Alden?
4. The name Duncan Phyfe IS
applied to what?
5. To what American author
has the Nobel Prize for
literature been awarded?
Fill each blank:
6. Believe me il all those
young charms"
7. Gin q body meet a body
Comm through the -"
The Washington times., 1931-01-06
Hearst Papers Advocate

Honest friendship NTH all nations entdn0tn0 alliances
tUtth none."-Geor0e Washington
Proportional representation the United States Senate
State than tho Senator's Legislation to enforce
prompt constitutional reupporonment in the House OF
Representatives.
Separate departments of the Army OF the NGDy and OF the
united under Secretary OF National Defense
Federal action the limit of Federal poDerS to Gbolh
HlerGcy under Secretary OF Education.
Installation of President the first of January oo
ing the November election.
immigration to admit only those suited tor AeTt
citizenship and American needs.
Deportation of undesirable aliens and extension OF citizen
ship period to 10 years.
g. Complete publicity for tGres to preUent big tar
dodgers from escaping taxation.
Modification OF the VosteGd act to permit light nes and
beers under Federal regulation.
The Washington times., 1931-01-06
What a. Wall

The thief who stole Washington saxophone did not
hang around to hear the wall Of the Life is not all
ono way lots Of people who would like
every saxophone stolen and made useless These Of
barbarous individuals with taste for good music
The Washington times., 1931-01-06
Another Voice Raised
Against Vivisection

Editor, Times:
I notice In. your paper the
other evening another voice
raised against this horrible vivi'
section. I am glad to think the
loyal animals have a few friends
that are trying to do something
to abolish this inhuman treat
ment Of them. Operating under
an aneSthetic is bad enough, but
to torture them is too horrible
to think of.
CONSTANT READER.
The Washington times., 1931-01-06

Says pal Marriage"
Is Minor FURRY
Editor, Times:
Public advocacy by q well
known ex-judge of what he
terms companionate marriage,
The Washington times., 1931-01-06

right that they should spend
such q lot Of money for q party
that's all over in q night.
A POOR SUCKER.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-11-27

reiephune equipment neat In ap
pearancp makes an appeal to the
users oI the service that would not
be OLtalnrd M battered, unsighlly
apparatus Telephones. hell boxes ex
tension gongs. cords aud other equip
ment IN the office oi home should
present welt kep' appearance Il Is
toward this rn ilai the engineers
0f the He'll Ieiepn ne Laboratories
are working IN then Efforts to de
velop the most efficient apparatus
possible and stil maintain neat
appearance.
Before teiephons equipment Is placed
IN service IL mnst undergo many tests
In the laboratories. Il must operate
perfectly In order thai ever, ,.all will
go through: the equipment must I've
finished properly 81 that II will he
considered an ornament. anu must he
maintained properly The manner m
which telephone equipment is finished
Is an important item ol research on
the part OF the COMPANY = engineers
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-11-27

The radio program, Music Along
the Wires" sponsored by the Chesa.
peake and Potomac Telephone Com.
panies and associated companies of
the Bell System. which is broadcast
from WMAL, Washington, wCAo, Bal.
umore. and other stations Of the Co
lumbia Broadeasting System. Sunday
evenings at s:15 y. NJ. with symphony
music directed by Fritz Relner and his
popular orchestra. Is attracting very
favorable attention Popular guest
artists feature the program. ,ss
Fritz Reiner. conductor OF these
programs. Is native OF budapest,
where he graduated from, high school
and the National Academy OF Music
soon after his sixteenth birthday He
was In charge OF the Court OF Music
In Dresden from 1914 to 1921. and
s'nrs has appeared IN many OF the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-11-27

lake the black Japan enamel on
desk stands as an example The metal
surface OF the telephone Is OF brass
SO corroslon under ordinary condi.
lions Is negligible. but the real criter.
ion Of the finish IL Its resistance to
ordinary usage. which In the major.
ity of cases consists mainly OF me
chanical rubbing on wearing. the
engineers say.
10 ascertain the weai resistance
~ Japan finish IN telephone equip
nient the laboratories engineers have
recently developed ~ practical device.
the basic feature II which is IL motor
driven disc enclosed In an alright
chamDer partially illeh with dry sand
piece al apparatus with certain
type at finish rs fastened to the disc,
which ~ then rrvnlved nj nigh
rate NJ speed. The sand heating against
the equipment during ihls process
t'pmIaris NIX i,nn repeated nspec-
lions determine 4" hnish which will
hest Mi'hsta'r' >ai and tear.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-11-27

great musical centers OF Europe.
His first appearance in the United
States was with the Cincinnati Sym.
phony Orchestra In 1929. Since that
time he has been guest conductor at
the Hollywood Bowl. Philharmonic
symphony Orchestra. New York. and
the Philadelphia Orchestra, and at
present 10 head Of the orchestra de.
pArtment Of the Curtis Institute of
Music
These programs are opened by the
ringing of the telephone bell, followed
by the familiar voice Of the long dis.
lance operator. During the program
Along distance telephone call is placed
and national celebrity in the studio
talks with another at some distant
point. carrying on an actual converse.
uon with the audience IistauinR IN.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-11-27

In visiting Washington. ID. e., either
by train or automobile. visitors will
be given the glad hand of welcome
by representative OF the Greater
National Capital Commission OF the
Washington Board OF Trade. either on
the outskirts OF the city or at the
Union Station, where they may engage
hotel accommodations and ask what
to see In their city" ,y
The Washington Board OF Trade has
installed information booths at
strategic points for the convenience
of visitors to the city. One Of these
booths with an attendant viii be found
in the concourse of the Union Station.
Others are located at Laurel on the
Baltimore Boulevard, at Rockville, and
one south OF Alexandria on the Rich.
mond Highway in the vicinity Of
Hybla Valley. Each booth is equipped