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The Washington times., 1931-01-13
19S1-ALIvE AND KICKING

Not quite weeks old but going strong the lusty younge
1881 administers couple of weamed kicks at the bogey Of
depression.
AS this cartoon shows the be infant but
mans size boots and knows what to do with them
Depression you observe does not think much of him. And
he as you also note thinks less of depression.
Maybe we're wrong but guess is that this young fellow
will depression Of the picture before he is half
grown.
Here are a few random reasons for thinking
One hundred thousand the United States went back
20 their jobs last week
The Pennsylvania Railroad placed order for steel nvOv
ing the expenditure of $15,000,000 this year.
Atchison Topeka Santa 1881 budget sets aside $1S
100000 fer improvements.
Canadian National Railways have ordered 800 general SER
vice cars and gondoas from the Eastern Car Company at
Trenton N j. automobiles in the hands of distributors
and dealers are per less than at the close Of 1879 That
true aso greater less degree Of the stocks OF otne
commodities and manufactured articles
And so goes down the list Of this industry and that IN
dugtry Nobody makes big claims Nobody, however would
swap prospects today for those Of year ago. and that
probably the healthiest sign yet manifested
Young 1881 has made fine beginning He has jumped on de-
preston with both few months more OF that
and depression will get the idea that it is not wanted
Hints conveyed by the toe of a boot are compelling
The Washington times., 1931-01-13
The Marry-GO-ROund
BY Helen Rowland

cave-man was the first authen-
tic edition of Mr.. Jiggs," he
little knows how many young
feminine illusions he skaters.
No matter what kind Of face
a girl is born with these days,
by the time she finishes putting
on the modern improvements it
is something that Nature never
dreamed of.
The Bachelor Girls Exhi-
bition" in London features
Chamber of Horrors, which in
clude ducking-stool, a scold's
bride, boned collars, steel
ribbed corsets and forcible feed
ing.
It is not disclosed whether or
not this priceless exhibit con-
tains eyebrow-tweezers, invisible
stockings, face-peelers, spike
heeled shoes. summer furS, back
less evening gowns, sleeping pa
jamas, face-lifting instruments,
permanent waving machines
and reducing diets including
spinach-all the instruments of
torture with which women
Starve, freeze, parboll and
mangle themselves todly
Copyright, 1881, King Features
Syndicate, Incl
The Washington times., 1931-01-13
Letters to the Editor From Readers of The Times

over the table and asked: care
you the judge who is holding
court here this week?"
Are you the new PreSbyter-
ian minister" asked a young
lady in another city not long
ago. In each instance the
writer was wondering where
his next meal would come from.
A Rainbow Appears
Through the kindness Of his
landlord the writer has had a
place to sleep the past few
nights. He can get food for
a day or two. He has a real
job awaiting him. Right here
in the city for a Washington
firm. Salesmanship and a line
that the writer can handle. 1t
is not ready and will not be
ready for a couple weeks or so.
He has tramped the city Of
Washington some IS days and
not a sale has he made. He
was caught IL months ago with
a nonessential line but-he
hung on.
The sole asset Of the writer
today is courage, faith, belief;
a belief in the invisible forces.
w. G. w.
The Washington times., 1931-01-13
ONCE-OVERS

Does Your Boss Seem Stingy?
At times you think the boss
is unnecessarily severe and ex-
acting.
You cannot understand why
he is so eager to save time and
material.
You have never watched as
he has how small amounts
grow to big sums.
If you had as much money
as he, you think you would not
be so penurious.
You would not demand so
much from your employees.
Possibly the reason you are
still an employe is because you
have not practiced little econ
omies and could not understand
the employers viewpoint.
Throughout your life you
have had opportunities to i'm
prove your position and enlarge
your bank account but that
needed money you hadn't saved.
If you conducted your affairs
on a business basis you might,
even though your salary is
small, have had a nest egg OF
savings.
The practical man annoys
you.
But if it were not for such
men, neither you nor hosts OF
other men would possess your
kind of opportunities to earn q
living.
The boss you think cranky
and unreasonable may be hav-
ing a hard time to maintain his
business at a point where he
can continue to employ you.
He has cares and worries
much larger and more important
than the ones you knoEs
The Washington times., 1931-01-13

And Yet They Love Us
There probably isn't a di-
Vorcee living who doesn't feel
that she would have made an
ideal wife if she had married
almost any other man.
A man proves his love by the
things he is willing to DO for a
woman'S sake; a woman proves
hers by the things she is willing
to do WITHOUT for a mans
sake,
If alimony were abolished,
more men would be anxious
to brave the sea of matrimony
end fewer women would be
rushing for the life-boatS
The old.fashioned girl started
the boys dreaming of love in
bungalow" by showing them
what she could do with a cook
book and a chafing-diSh; the
modern girl starts them Won
dering about the price of a
neutrality-suspicious. by show
ing them what she can do with
q cocktail shaker.
When the genial G.. K. CheS-
terton asserts that it vas prob
ably the cave-woman Who car
ried the club, and that the
The Washington times., 1931-01-13
His Head Is Bloody
But Unbowed"

Editor, Times:
"You can get anything you
want if you are willing to pay
the price," said Swedenborg, the
philosopher. There are times,
right now in particular, that
the writer believes he is paying
"the price"
"Give me the soul that mas
suffered" said the Sage Of East
Aurora, Fra Elbertus, better
known as Elbert Hubbard. And
the writer knows, not only now,
but for years, what suffering is;
as an observer, witness, a par
ticipant. He knows the pangS
of hunger, has tasted of charity,
he knows hard labor, he knows,
in a limited degree, luxury.
Period of Preparation
cat long intervals a man ap-
pears who has done something
of unique Importance. Long
has he been in training for the
task and the world knew it
not" This from a speech by
the late Andrew Carnegie at
dinner given in New York in
honor of George Goethals, The
man who built the Panama
Canal. There are times when
the writer permits himself to
think that his many trials are
a preparation" The fact re-
mains that today finds him IN
the Capital, thinking of Jonn
Howard Payne, who walked the
streets of Vienna, Paris, Berlin
and London, feet on ground and
stomach gaunt, and who, yet,
gave to the world a song that
is sung in every known tongue.
The writer is a salesman,
making "one call" sales. mot
buying thing I do not need"
is the stock answer he gets now
from those who heretofore have
been in the habit of autograph
ing an unbreakable petition and
signing a check that is good.
Twenty years ago the writer
found himself in a city of some
half million people, business
wiped out, family gone, a
The Washington times., 1931-01-13

The history Of invention Is
one of the most stirring Of hui
man stories, recording as it does
the triumph Of man over ma
ture, the conquest OF new 40
mains by the ingenuity, pa
tience and genius of the inVen-
tor But many chapters are
sad. and some are tragic-re-
cording the brilliant ideas never
carried to completion, the ten
tative beginnings which had no
endings.
Many inventors have lost Gnelr
entire fortunes, some have Ia
bored for yeas in poverty
others have even died Of star
vation. Samuel Morse, the IN
ventor of the American tele-
graph, did not come in this lat
ter category. Although he was
once within "a hours OF star
vation. he eventually won
through all his difficulties and
achieved a worldwide fame and
success.
When he sought the support
of foreign governments for his
invention he met with virtual
failure everywhere. But in the
latter part of his career, when
his system was in almost uni
versal use, he was honored and
rewarded by these same coun'
tries which had denied him IN
the hour of his need.
In 1853, when Morse was 81
years old, representatives OF
Austria, Belgium, France, Hol-
land, at the instance of Ma
poleon III, presented him with
an international testimonial in
the form of a gift of 100000
Many honors and medals
were conferred upon him during
his latter years; and he enjoyed
The Washington times., 1931-01-13
EarlyDiscOurugements OF
Samuel Morse
Bv Archibald Henderson, Ph.D., DEL, LID
Famous Scientific Authority

the distinction Of witnessing
the unveiling to him Of a
bronze statue in Central Park
New York, one year before his
death, when he was almost 81
years old, on April 2, 1872.
Morse was one Of the rare ex-
amples in history Of the BIZ
partite genius in both art and
science. Born at Charlestown,
Mass, on April 81, 1791, he
early determined to become an
artist. although he was much
interested in electrical expert
ments while a student at Yale.
Soon after graduation, he made
the acquaintance of the dis
tinguished American artist,
Washington Allston, and, in
1911. accompanied Allston to
England, where he studied under
the famous master, Benjamin
West, also an American.
After winning a gold medal
and having his paintings ex-
hibited at the Royal Academy,
Morse, after four years, re-
turned to this country, found
ing the National Academy OF
Design and becoming professor
of arts in the University Of the
City of New York.
Following a second visit to
Europe, where he remained
three years, Morse once more
returned to the United States
in 1882. It was on the return
voyage that he conceived the
idea of a recording telegraph,
with an electro magnet as the
basic feature of the proposed
invention. He struggled on
with his art and his teaching,
in his spare moments working
away upon his fascinating i'm
vention.
The Washington times., 1931-01-13
Unsatisfactory Divorce Data
Unhappy Local Couples in Our Courts.

The divorce evil grows in Washington elsewhere through
the country although this city has better record than
any other large American city.
Census figures reveal that the period between 1920 and
1880 twice many and asked divorces in our
courts as between 1910 and 1920
Growth Of population would account for of the in
crease but by means all of it.
Despite the unhappness of Washington couples there
probably doubt that this city unrvaled for its salts
factory and clean home e It that feature that brings
many well-to-do Americans here to live
Our laws discourage divorce there being but for
which outright divorces granted.
The Washington times., 1931-01-13

A couple of youngsters came
to visit me. Nice, lovable young
scallywags, the boy 10, the
girl a year younger. Holiday
vacation-I wanted to give
them a treat. So I bought
tickets for a musical comedy at
one of our good houses"
Didn't know anything about it
but thought it would be lively
and colorful. Legs? Oh, Of
course. And maybe a so-n'-so
joke. But I'm no prude. And
young people aren't wrapped in
cotton wool any more. So off
we went, all set for gay events.
Before I bad been in that
seat Is minutes, I would have
given 10 times the admission
price not to have come!
All Smeared Out
The girl was scarlet. The boy
was squirmy. All the careless
young delight had gone from
their faces-smeared out. They
looked furtive and fumbly and
old. And I, trying my best not
to see them, felt like a profes-
sional contributor to the delin-
uuency of youth. For that show
was dirt. And nothing but!
1t wasn't clever. It wasn't
funny. It was crude and stupid
vulgar.
IT WAS A VULGAR WORD,
DONE IN SPANGLES AND
ELECTRICITY, LASTING TWO
HOURS.
And thousands of people,
The Washington times., 1931-01-13
THE OPTIMIST

If You Love Enough
If you love enough
You can always find
Patience to endure,
Power to be kind;
You can understand
How the whole world seems
To another'S eyes;
You can dream his dreams.
If you love enough
You will learn to see
What a sacred thing
Someone's trust can be.
Through all changeful ways
That your life may take
You can keep your days
Clean for someone's sake.
If you love enough
Doubts and fears will cease,
And through perfect faith
You will enter peace.
The Washington times., 1931-01-13
Listen, World!
BY Elsie Robinson


decent, healthy, sensible Ameri-
can people respectable
fathers and mothers
gentlemen, ladies and sweet,
fine youngsters paid from
SO up admission to see and
hear that word and roar with
laughter over it.
When we were ten, we had
our mouths swabbed out for
saying words like that. And
now it's our national amuSe-
ment!
Doesn't it make you wonder?
Doesn't it shock you? Maybe
not.
What Of 1t?
"It's too childish to be
shocking" you say. And it
really can't do any harm.
Modern young people know all
about those things anyway"
OF course, they know them.
But what of it? Is that any
reason for making a show of
them? If we're going to make
a show of everything we know,
where'n we stop? Why bother
with civilization at all? Why
not rip off our collars, yank
down the window shades and
60 native entirely?
And if you don't like it-and
it does shock you-and make
YOU mad-what then? Who
supports these shows? Who de-
nnands them? WHOSE FAULT
ARE THEY, ANYWAY?
Syndicate, IncO
The Washington times., 1931-01-13

he had not met in years, him.
self broke, gave the writer so
cents for luncheon. The head
of a charitable organization a
few days ago gave him a street
car token and a quarter. Stand
ing in the lobby of one of the
large hotels Christmas Day a
man stepped up and introduced
himself as the manager and
said if there was anything he
could do for him over the
holidays, to just make it known.
Awhile back, in a restaurant
in a smaller city, a man leaned
The Washington times., 1931-01-13

stranger with a lone nickel in
his pocket. His recovery from
that ordeal he has always at
tributed to the Supreme Intel
ligence, as he has many times
since.
The writer has done business
with the professional man and
the executive, from Maine to
Colorado, from Duluth to lower
Texas. He has done manual
labor and he has done hazard
GUS work. your life" said a
"seer."
Yesterday an acquaintance
The Washington times., 1931-01-13

The latest in lighthouse de-
vices has been installed on the
Isle of Cumbrae, off the Ayrshire
coast of Scotland. 1t is an ap-
paratus consisting of a wireless
phonograph working in con-
junction with a fog horn. 1t is
believed it will greatly diminish
the risk Of collision at sea in
fogA,
The Washington times., 1931-01-13
DO YOU KNOW THAT

"A new method for prevent
ing Sleet from gathering on the
windshield of an automobile by
heating the glass electrically
has been developed. The new
glass contains nichrome wires
which are heated from the
battery Of the car to a tenn
perature just above the freez-
ing point.
The Washington times., 1931-01-13

Do you know:
/. What missionary was one
of the first to explore the Mis-
sissippi?
2. What particular kind of
writing made Samuel Pepys IA
nous?
8. Who was the oldest man
in the convention that made
the Constitution?
4. What is a tournjquet a
device for?
5. What poet said,
MANS love is of mans life .
thing apart,
'Tis woman's whole existence"
Fill each blank:
6. Emmeline was a
noted English StlffrigisS.
The Washington times., 1931-01-13
Hearst Papers Advocate

Honest friendship NTH entar0n0 alliances
NTH none."-Geor0e Washington.
Proportional representation United States Senate
State haze than Senator's Legislation to enforce
prompt constitutional reGpportonment 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 to the limit of Federal pooOes abolish
HHterGcv under Secretary of Education.
Installation OF the President the first Of January ootp
ing the November election.
immigration those suited for Amert
citizenship and American needs
Deportation undesirable aliens and extension of citizen
ship period to 10 years.
Complete publicity for prevent big tar
dodgers from escaping taxation.
Modification VolSteGd act permit light OneS and
beers under Federal regulation.
The Washington times., 1931-01-13
TIMES KNOWLEDGE TEST

7, Mt. is the highest
point in Alaska.
was the god of
flocks and shepherds.
9. About passengers
came to America on the May
flower.
10. North and South Carolina
we're separated in the year
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-14
WIZ x,,.:s.,.. .ss
3s5 Meters
New York

5:00-Chats with Peggy Winthrop. 5:15-Ivy Scott, Soprano. 5:30-Mouth Health-Marley R
 Sherris. 5:45-Little Orphan Annie -
 Sketch. 6:00-Music Treasure Box
 Pierre Key. 6:15-Piano Duo; Muriel Pollock
 and Wee Lawnhurst; Curt
 Peterson, Baritone. 6:30-Van Steeden Orchestra 6:45-Topics in Brief - Lowell 7:oo-Amos n Andy-sketch. 7:15-Lanny Ross, Songs. 7:30-Phil Cook, Songs. 7:45-Believe It or Not-Bob
 Ripley. S:00-Male Quartet. S:15-Guy Robertson, Baritone S:30-Melody Moments; Direction
 Eugene Ormandy; Oliver
 Smith, Tenor. 9:00-Adventures of Sherlock
 Holmes. 9:so-Comedy Trio; Walter Scan.
 lon, Billy Murray and Mar
 celia Shields. Civic Orchestra;
 Guy Fraser Harrison, Di-
 rector. 1O,sO-Clara, Lu and Elm. lO.45-Carlo LeMar. Tenor. 11.OO-Slumber Music. Columbo, Songs. 11:45-Lew White. Organ. 12:OO-Froman Orchestra. 12:15-Coon-Sanders Orchestra. 12:30-Pollack's Orchestra.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-14

To-Day's Sport
 P ar a d e
By HENRY McLEMORE

By HENRY McLEMORE
 Limited Press c.aff Correspondent)
 Atop Fort ~.tnam, C. looking Mitchie Stadium, West Point, N. r., Oct IA (UP)-Whew, and a couple of whewies. Pardon me, folks, for all these whews, but if you'll wait 8 minute while catch my breath I'll tell you why I'm a-perched on top of this antique that was the last word in forts when Paul Re- were was riding winners.
 I'm up here as sort of guar antee that none of my customers will lack first land information on the Army Harvard .-me scheduled here Saturday. I decided to come up here the minute I heard that something like fifty or sixty thou sands would be here for the game, and aiming to sit where no more than 27,000 ever sat before.
 Now when that mob arrives who will have to hit for the high woods in search of seats, and that means that real estate affording view of the proceedings is going to be at a premium.
 NobOdy's Palooka.
 You needn't worry about your correspondent being left out in the rush. He has taken up squatter rights and staked out a>claim on the sweetest little 'ol square foot of Rampant you ever saw. And what swell view of the stadium.
 Unless that pine tree dead to the north grows foot or two over night and that stuff think is wild narcissus turns out to be poison ivy, I'm set. My perch commands sweeping view of the Hudson, a nearby mountain chain, three stills, yellowstone Park and the last ten yards at each end of the playing field. These last ten yards are all I need, for it's in the last ten yards that touchdowns are scored. What goes on out there in the middle of the field is unimportant, beside the point, and out of order.
 As early as I was on the spot, there were others ahead of me. In a tree on my right I can hear Marchmont Doodle, Harvard '03, laying in a store of acorns and hanging curtains. On my left retired general, whose tickets were lost in the mails, rocks with the breeze in a sycamore. By game time on Saturday every tree on the reservation is expected to be jam. med to the er-uh-er-er-gunwales.
 Mob Expected.
 Down at the point proper, off, cials are making arrangements to handle the largest crowd in the history of the institution. The chief packer for a large sardine corporation has been engaged to seat the crowd. He will be as- sisted by three magicians and a half a dozen subway guards.
 All ticket holders have been warned to leave their automobiles at home. Those foolish enough to arrive by car, however, will be giv- en three boxes of hardtack and six cans of pemmican. These pro- visions, it is believed, will last four days, the estimated time it will take automobilists to cover the sev- enty-odd miles to New York. Those who come by motorcycle will rate one plug of fardtack and one can of pemmican. Those who come by bicycle will be handed e loaf of bread and a naughty stare.
 Excuse me while I tap Mister Doodle, Harvard '03, on the noodle. He's trying to take my seat.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-14
ACTIVE AUTOISTS
 BEST DRIVERS

Columbus, O., (UP)-One motor car driver out of each three will have an accident during four years of driving, according to a research at Ohio State university.
 The best drivers, it was found, are the more active individuals, tending to lend support to a claim that men drive better than women.
 The tests, under auspices of the National Research Council. will be used in formulation of model statutes for licensing drivers. The ideal aimed at, it was pointed out, is elimination of accidents and in- crease of the flow of traffic.
 Visual defects were found not an important factor, while nervous ness was said to be a major cause.
 Fast drivers escape accidents in many instances by clearing con- gested areas more rapidly than slow drivers. It was found that 80 per cent of accidents occur in clear, dry weather.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-14
2sz.s wTRN leso Meters " 98S Kiloeycles
 Hartford

5:oo-charles Gerard. pianolog-
 uist. 6:15-From the Realms of Cham
 Der Music - c h s t n
 Kriens, director. 5:30-Sam Lloyd, the Puzzle Man. 6:45-Laurel trto-Julius Nuss-
 man, director. 5:55-Bulletins and program sum-
 mary. 6:00-Weather report. 6:02-The Merry Madcaps-Nor-
 man Cloutier, director,
 with Fred Wade, tenor. 6:25-Limericks. Understanding Strings-Chris-
 tian Kriens, director; Vir-
 ginia MacCracken, soprano. 7:00-Hartford Medical Society
 Talk-'Teaching Children
 to Like Wholesome Food''
 Beatrice Hall. 7:15-Mme Frances Aida. 7:30-Hank Keene and his Con-
 necticut Hillbillies. 7:45-Famous Favorites-Chris-
 tian Kriens, director. 8:00-Recording Watchmakers. S:15-Nat Brusiloff's Recording
 orchestra. 8:30-Nathaniel Shilkret's orches-
 tra.
 9:00-WTIC Playhouse - Guy
 Hedlund, director. 9:30-Ohve Palmer, Paul Oliver
 and the Revelers. 10:30-Top-Notchers in Sport. 11:00-Marine forecast; bulletins. 11:05-Tavern Dance orchestra
 Tom Casey, director. 12:00-Collin Driggs, organist. 12:30-Silent.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-14
~:.... ::s WABC ....:,.,.. ::
New York

JzD0am..---- etaoishrdishrdIucmfwp 6:O0-Dance Orchestra. 5:30-Salty Sam, Stories. 5:45-Phil Brae, Baritone: Billy
 Scholtz, Tenor. 6:00--Bill Schudt's Going to
 Press; Speaker, o. N. Tay-
 for. 6:15-Lown Orchestra. 6:30-Bon Bons Quartet. i 6:45-Dance Orchestra; Male
 Quartet. 7:00-Bing Crosby, Songs. 7:15-Dance Orchestra; Gene
 Austin, Songs. 7:30-Miller and Lyles, Comedians 7:45-Morton Downey. Tenor;
 Remarks Orchestra. 8:00-Pryor's Band. 8:15-Singin' Sam. 8:30-Kate Smith, Songs. 8:45-Gloom Chasers. s:oo-Fast Freight Quartet and
 Organist. 9:30-Crime Club. 10:00-Gus Edwards and Gang:
 Rich's Orchestra. 10:15-Concert Orchestra; Ruth
 Breton, Violin: Frederic
 Baer, Baritone. 11:00-Street Singer. 11:15-Nichols Orchestra. 11:30-Dance Orchestra. 12:00-Duchin Orchestra. 12:30-Ann Leaf, Organ; Ben
 Alley, Tenor. 1:00-Dance Orchestra. 1:30-Abrams' Orchestra.
 273m-WLWLr-1 LOOK 6:00-Charles Richardson, Tenor:
 Ljuba Kaskiw, Violin;
 Frank Moore, Piano. 6:15-Orchestra 6:45-Why a Church?-
 Rev Joseph Koonz. 7:00-Musicmaker 7:15-George Allison, Baritone. 7:30-Taik-RevP Peter B. Hoey. 7:45-Dea Cole, Soprano.