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The Washington times., 1932-10-22
SECTION OF THE TONGUE OF A CAT, HIGHLY
MAGNIFIED.

Man prides himself his achievements in the material
world and well he may He builds automobile that goes
faster any deer speed boat faster than fish, an air
plane than eagle He has built the telescope that
takes sight and intelligence billions of miles off into space
He invented astronomical photography with which he
can island unveres outside of far away
that takes the light millions of to come to us from
them travelling 10000 miles second
In addition to his telescope for FAR SEEING the genius
of has invented the watch the and everything
except the bare EARTH and has produced
the microscope with which he can see the infinitely
Just the telescope carries him lons OF miles away into
the infinitely BIG.
It is saying that put here Ito eclipse
the works of nature"
But when he considers nature has DONE this round
earth balanced in space for his home with sun million
times big the earth to light and heat the ear ana
other planets, his pride is humbled.
And when he looks at this photomcrograph which by
combination of photography and the microscope mutphes
enormously section of cats tongue he is inclined 10
admit that ecipsng nature is not going to be so easy
Everybody knows that tongues all the cat tribe"
rough The tongue Of cat might scratch the hand OF an
infant the tongue Of lion tiger would scrape the skin
from any part Of your body, with one lick.
photomicrogaph shows what makes the cats tongue
rough On much bigger scale the arrangement, un
doubtedy makes the tongue of the giant cats gers lions
eopards rough blacksmth file for raspng down
And bear in mind paying tribute nature, that this
piece of work the cats tongue work compared
with other work.
On creatures so small you could them there
are parasites live breathe and raise their little fam
lies They below power of sight, with the
microscope perhaps to remain outside forever beneath our
vision.
And from that world beyond power of microscope
there might enemy that would wipe from the
earth the invisible germ Of the BLACK Death nearly
wiped out the people of Europe killing one quarter OF them
all only few centuries
Man may "eclipse nature" in small way but he Will
never admiring her marvellous power.
The Washington times., 1932-10-22
The Ferry Loan
Line a Boon to City

Washington has very real interest in the application Of
the Chesapeake Beach Railway Company for 100000 loan
from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation with which to
establish ferry line extending its present facilities
Chesapeake Bay.
The establishment of the contemplated ferry would be a
boon the business of Wahngonans and of residents Of
the Eastern Shore It would also contribute to the pleasure
of residents Of the National Capital through bringing them
closer to the resorts which abound the Maryland
peninsula.
The proposal of the railway establish the ferry service
has hung fire for many years.
has been fought through the Interstate Commerce Com
mission which granted certificate Of convenience and
necessity.
1t has been fought through the courts up the United
States Supreme Court which confirmed findings the
commission that the project would the convenience
meet the necessity of the public.
The prolonged litigation delayed the start of the project
that the depression of the last few years has seriously inter
fered with its financing by private banking interests
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation however has
money to lend at reasonable rates for such project
Granting of the loan would give work 900 during the
This is the purpose of the corporation.
The principal objection to the establishment of the ferry
from the Claiborne Annapolis Ferry Company, which
feels that establishment of the line would seriously
fere with its patronage.
The proposed line would from "a SO miles per trip off
the route between Washington and Eastern Shore points
would give service to points only remotely touched by
existing facilities.
For these it be doubted the effect on the
existing ferry would be disastrous.
Certainly the project with the immediate EMPLOYMENT
1t would give to hundreds deserves the serious and favorable
consideration Of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation
The Washington times., 1932-10-22
THREE-MINUTE JOURNEYS
By Temple Manning

the opera. For more than a
century the aristocrats and
the famous have been going
to the establishment of Gas
time Renette to practic and
attain perfection in pistol
dueling.
The Renettes are of Norman
stock and were manufacturers
of firearms up to the time of
the French Revolution, when
one of the family went to Paris
and established the shooting
gallery, which Immediately be-
came the rendezvous for would
be duelistS. Within the building
is ample evidence of its Old
World traditions. The business
office is very old fashioned,
and there is a leisurely air
about the place, despite its grim
purpose and it's wide array OF
firearms.
In the treasure room is a
marvellous exhibition of eX-
quisite pistols of the type or
dained for dueling purposes.
All are muzzle leaders, for auto
matics and metallic cartridges
are barred in dueling.
The Washington times., 1932-10-22


all higgledy-piggledy. Always
knew exactly what they wanted
to do. Always wanted to do
the right thing-and did it.
And if I was a good girl.
and studied hard and did what
I was. told. that's the way I'd
be some day. I, too, would be
wise, and strong. and sure, and
never make mistakes
Would I be sure, then,
whether I wanted pink rib
bon or a blue one, without
changing my mind dozens and
dozens of. times, and then wish
ing I'd gotten the other one
instead?
Those GrOwn-Ups
Yes, they assured me, I'd be
perfectly sure just what
wanted all the time. And I'd
never want silly things, either,
or get mad if I couldn't have
them. GrQwn-ups never wanted
silly things. Grown-ups never
got mad.
Naturally, with a sales talk
like that, I grew up with some
mighty glowing ideas about
adults. To be sure, they did
seem a little stuffy and stodgy
at times; and I frequently Won
dered why, if they were so
smart. theY didn't have more
fun. Yet, on the whole, I had
perfect faith that they were
superior beings, forever re-
moved from the frets and
furieS of childhood.
AS I advanced in years, came
to be the enormous age of seven
teen, this faith persisted. And
I began to look forward eagerly
to the solid years of maturity;
for seventeen is certainly a pesty
age. Page that liar who said
that youth is the happiest time
of life. I wasn't having happy
time. I was, generally speaking,
having the heckuva time.
Nobody understood me. Worse
yet, I didn't understand myself.
I never knew what wanted to
do, and, when I did, 1 didn't
want to do it. Make UP my
mind? How could I, when
seemed to have a new mind
aRery minute?
The Washington times., 1932-10-22
LISTEN, WORLD!
BY Elsie Robinson

But some day, than: goodness,
I'd emerge from all this muddle.
Some day these messy days
would be over and I, too, would
be sure and serene.
And so I went on, living and
hoping.
Still Seventeen
And presently I was q, in
stead of II, and should have
become a grown-up, too, with
the Guaranteed Grown-up Poise
and Power. But, to my Sc
cret shame and CONSERVATION,
it was nothing of the sort.
Outwardly, 1 put up a pretty
good bluff: but, inwardly, I
was still IT! Inwardly, I was
as far from knowing what I
wanted, or liking it when I
got it, as I had been at 7!
So the years went on, with
the accumulating conviction
that I was the worlds worst
sap. Oh, how I admired and
envied poised people! How I
wished that I, too, were mas
ter of my fate and captain
of my SOUL" instead of the
weak worm which I secretly
knew myself to be!
A miserable state of mind.
Doubtless you have shared it.
Yet at least 10 more years had
to pass before it began to
dawn on me that EVERY
OTHER HUMAN BEING ON
EARTH FELT THE SAME
WAY! But, when it did dawn,
I went almost ga-ga from re-
lief.
All Had a Wall
Sure and serene maturity"
People who knew their own
minds? My eye! There was no
such animal In among the
rich and the great leo the
trail, but never a thoroughly
cool or competent human did
l find. I interviewed famous
philosophers, and they whlned
to me about their corn plas-
ters. visited our financial
wizards, and found them fret.
ting over crossword puzzles. I
sat in the Senate gallery Of
our national Capitol and
watched cry-baby exhibitions
that would have been promptly
adjourned to the woodshed
when I was 7.
And they tell me that even
Einstein can't remember to put
on a necktie! And has been
known to pout over his oat-
meal!
So there are, after all, no
groWn-ups! We're all muddled.
We're all still trying to make
UP our minds over hairpins and
mumblety-peg. And these guys
with the hard-bolied eyes and
naughty jowls are probably just
wondering if they look best IN
brown.
Whoops! It's a great discov-
cry! It has taken me nearly
so years to find it out. BUT
WATCH ME LIVE NOW!
(Copyright. 1883, King Features
Syndicate. Inc)
The Washington times., 1932-10-22

Just commented on that
question:
"This question so far as l
know has never been an
swered, and it seems to me
that the American people
have a right to have the
question completely an
swered."
Assuredly it has the right
if point is to be made that
he employed 100000 work
ingmen and never had a
strike.
Had he not made such a
point of denying that his
firm had ever imported
coolie labor and coupled his
denial with a nasty attack
on Democrats, it might well
be passed IN silence. But
there are documents avail
able to the public that in
dicate that his memory may
be at fault.
AS early as 1898, in refer
ring to the high cost of
mining in Australia, he
wrote an article published in
the Engineering and Mining
journal of December II,
1898, page 426, in which he
said:
"The directions from
which changes should come
in order to lower the work
ing costs in the. removal
of restrictions on Asiatic
labor"
The Washington times., 1932-10-22

WITH, all the polls indi-
w eating a Roosevelt
sweep, the Hoover forces,
driven to despair by the ap-
proach of payday, are now
resorting to desperate de-
vices, all of which are vicious
and some of which, in most
States, are criminal. We
have before us the names of
two concerns in Chicago that
are threatening their EN-
ployes with dismissal unless
Hoover is elected. There is
just one place for employers
of this type, and that is the
penitentiary.
More vicious, because dan
gerous to the nation, is the
plan to convince the people
that the election of Mr..
Roosevelt will mean the
abandonment ef the gold
standard. Secretary Hurley,
whose /dinner engagement
with the American Legion in
Colorado has been cancelled
because of his use of tanks
bayonets and gas against a
hungry, ragged army in
Washington, has just made
that astonishing assertion.
Mr.. Hoover speech to the
effect that in February we
were within two weeks of
going off the gold standard
until he, solitary and alone,
saved it, set the pace. That
claim has been demonstrated
to have been recklessly false
by financial writers and
bankers; it brought the mar
ket down here and the dol
lar down in Europe; and did
more to destroy confidence
than anything thus far said
or done. The Hurley state
ment is an even cheaper piece
Of demagogy.
The Washington times., 1932-10-22

In Paris-the Dueling
School Near the Paris Opera
When occasionally the cables
bring us stories of a duel
fought in France, usually on
the outskirts of Paris, there
is always renewed expression
of surprise that such things
can be in this day and age.
How much, greater would be
the astonishment of people in
general if they realized that
there are many more such
duelS than the few that are
recorded in the newspapers
that there is, in fact, a duel.
ing school where marksmen
still come and practice dill
gently so that they may be
feared as crack shots, and
treated with kid gloves be-
cause of their reputation with
the pistol!
And that dueling school is,
of course. in Paris. It's home
is in a very fine old mansion
in the Avenue Victor EN-
manuel III, a highClass sec
ton of the city and quite near
The Washington times., 1932-10-22
100000 Workingmen and
Never Had a Strike

In his speech at Cleve-
land, Mr.. Hoover charged
that the Democratic ma
tional committee had given
it out that he had been an
importer of Chinese coolle
labor for his mines in South
Africa. And the committee
did nothing Of the sort.
But in his speech the candl-
date impressively pounded
the table and asserted that
no company of his had ever
imported coolie labor.
We have said in these
columns that he did employ
coolie labor, but we had the
Chinese mines in mind. Four
years ago he m a de the
boast that he had employed
100000 men and never had
a strike. That was a fair
assertion, if true, in that it
would illustrate his attitude
toward labor.
It is just as fair to inquire
as to the character of this
army of workingmen. Some
years ago, when Republican
leaders we're making more
damaging attacks on Mr..
Hoover than have ever been
made by his political oppo-
nents, Senator Willis asked
the question:
What American work
ingmen did he employ?"
: And Senator Norris has
The Washington times., 1932-10-22
The Importing
Of Chinese Coolies

This magazine article may
be read in Room IS of the
Astor Library, in New York
city.
And Mr.. Hoover s firm did
make a business of importing
Chinese coolies to South
Africa. He was director of
the Chinese Engineering &
Mining Company from 1903
to 1912. In the Daily Consul
lar and Trade Reports of the
Department of Commerce
and Labor of the United
States of January 8, 1906, is
set forth a report from
American Consul General
Ragsdale, Of Tientsin, ON the
system that had been estab-
lished with the consent of
. the Chinese government for
the transportation of coolie
labor to the Transvaal. In
this official report, page
three, We read that:
Contracts for this work
were given to two British
firms in Tientsin - William
r. Forbes & Company and
the Chinese Engineering &
Mining Company
Thus it appears, from the
record, that while Mr.. Hoover
was director, his company
did have the contract for
transporting coolie labor to
the Transvaal.
At a meeting Of the Chi
nese Engineering & Mining
Company, September 49,
1904, the presiding officer
reported on the advantages
offered by the port of Ching
wan-tao in connection with
the shipping of coolies from
North China to the Trans
vaal"; and Mr.. Moreing, Of
the company, said:
Although I say I was the
originator of the enterprise,
I know that the shareholders
and directors owe a great
debt of gratitude to two men
in bringing this business to a
successful issue, namely, my
partner, Mr.. Hoover, and Mr..
de Wouters Of Brussels"
This appears in the report
in the Mining journal, Sep
tember II, 1904, page 281.
which may be consulted at
the Astor Library.
1t was at this very time
that the importation of
coolies became an acrimoni-
Gus subject of partisan dis
cussiOn in Parliament, and
Sir Henry Campbell-B Banner
man, the Liberal leader, said
in debate:
This policy was an out
rage upon the white man of
the Transvaal who, under the
sham and bastard form of
self government that had
been extemporized, had not
been able to make their own
views known. Certainly I
said, and I shall say it again,
that in many of its features
it is indistinguishable from
slavery"
This is found in the House
of Commons debates of
March Is, 1904.
The Washington times., 1932-10-22

given me such
a diff erent
idea when l
was a child!
According to
them grown
ps KIN e W
e v cry thing.
Gro W n u p S
w e re never
cry b a b i e S.
G r o W n ups
never made
silly mistakes.
Never dropped
and forgo t
things. Never
loft 7 hin n c
The Washington times., 1932-10-22
Publicly Denounced
Aao Tic

k4S b A1S
1t was Secretary Hurley S
assistant in the War Depart
ment who Resorted to a
criminal libel of Mr.. Roose-
velt in a charge that many
years ago a firm with which
he. was associated had in
dulged in disreputable busi-
ness in a stock transaction.
The attorney at the time,
announcing that he is a
Republican who will vote
for Hoover, has publicly
denounced this as a lie in a
full statement of what oc7
Cured.
Mr.. Hoover has not re-
buked the member of his
official household for giving
circulation to that libel.
If it is the desire of Mr..
Hoover to enter into the
private business careers of
the presidential nominees
he will open a field that is
not without its richness.
Senator Norris has just
quoted from some of Mr..
Hoover's writings for the
Mining Magazine, of May,
1912, to illustrate his con-
cept of business ethics.
The Washington times., 1932-10-22

hat and plant a bright new
garden; in summer you buy a
bright new bathing-suit and
start a gay new love affair.
And, LOOK at the darned
things, now!
Getting your first husband,
like getting your first job, is
a feat. But, judging from the
ease with which a divorcee
can remarry, most men seem
to require previous experience"
in everything, these days, from
business to matrimony.
These modern men are so
tickle, that it makes you
dizzy. But, what can you ex-
pect of them, when a wise old
man like King Solomon had
999 changes of heart, before
he found out what kind Of
girl really appealed to him.
The Washington times., 1932-10-22

EverybOdy's Muddled
It was a great relief to me
when / found that everybody's
muddled.
OF course, it was great sur
prise at first, and, considerable
of a shock: for my elders have
The Washington times., 1932-10-22
When DiScretiOn'S the
Better Part of ValOr
Bu Claude G.. BOperS

Author Of he Jackson PERIOD Struggle
For Democracy jefferson and Hamilton The
TraRic and "Beveridge and the Progressive Era
The Washington times., 1932-10-22

"The Melancholy Day.; in
spring, you buy a gay new
The Washington times., 1932-10-22

TrumpS-In the LOve-Game
When it comes to marriage,
most men are a sad lot-and
most women, a sad lottery.
The Washington times., 1932-10-22
MARRY-GO-ROUND
BY Helen Rowland

Many a man goes to his
grave, wondering whether he
captured the woman he mar
ried-or merely capitulated to
her.
Vanity is Gods gift. No
dopbt, even a lady hippopota-
mus secretly fancies that she
has feminine charm"-and
gentleman hippopotamus has
a secret conviction that no
girl could resist him.
Marriage may be far from
perfect. But, it IS sort of COM
forting to see a mans hat
hanging on the rack, even
though his mind or his feet
may be miles away, pursuing a
golf -ball-or another woman.
Nowadays, men don't wait for
love to fly out of the window.
They treat it so carelessly or
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The Washington times., 1932-10-22

so roughly, that it has to be
carried out on a stretcher.
AS the love-game goes today,
the last card which a woman
should play is her heart.
copyright, 1882. King Features
Syndicate, Incl
The Washington times., 1932-10-22

Nowadays, men don't wait for
love to fly out of the window.
They treat it so carelessly or
Evening star., 1932-09-10
D. c. SEEKS NEXT
A.F.L. CONVENTION
GomperS' Statue Dedication
Would Feature Greatest in
Labor History.

A movement is under way to OBJ
tain for Washington the 1888 conven-
ton of the American Federation Of
Labor. and to make that convention,
including dedication of a statue Of
Samuel Gompers, former president Of
the federation, ''the biggest event in
the history of the labor movement"
The Washington Central Labor Union
at its, meeting September 10 Is ex-
pected to pass a resolution, according
to Frank j. Coleman, secretary, re-
questing the convention. Similar &C
ton is expected to be taken by the
Maryland State and District of Co.
lumbia' Federation of Labor, and by
the Washington Building Trades Coun-
Gil.
A committee representing the Cham
Der of Commerce. Board of Trade and
Hotel Mems Association already has
started to work for the convention
and was in conference yesterday with
Mr.. Coleman.
A formal petition will be laid be-
fore the executive council of the
American Federation of Labor October
10, requesting the convention and DEM
onstration here.
Under tentative plans the statue Of
Mr.. Gompers, famous labor leader, will
be dedicated at Tenth street and Mas
sachusetts avenue, as the high light
Of a week Of pageantry, depicting the
history of the labor movement in the
United States.
Evening star., 1932-09-10
NEW HIGH SCHOOL
ADMISSIONS CUT
Avoidance of Congestion at
Roosevelt Building Reason
for Limitation.

Pupils entering the Washington pub
lie school system for the first time will
not be admitted to the new Roosevelt
High School, Thirteenth and Allison
streets, until after that buildings per-
sonnel has been completely organized,
1t was ruled today by DR.. Stephen E.
Kramer, f1rst assistant superintendent
in charge of high schools.
In making this ruleing, DR.. Kramer
acted to prevent sudden congestion at the
new high school. Already / $40 boys and
girls have been registered there by Prin-
cipal Allan Davis. These persons were
accepted from the student body OF the
old Business High School at Ninth
street and Rhode Island avenue and
from elementary and Junior high
schools who logically would send their
graduates to Business. The old Busi-
ness High School will become q colored
school.
The ruling means that children liv-
ing in the immediate neighborhood Of
the Roosevelt High School will not be
admitted to that building. but will have
to go to Central High School at
Eleventh and Clifton streets II they are
entering the public high schools for the
first time.
The only exception to today's ruling,
DR.. Kramer said, will be made In the
case of students who want to take
an intensified commercial course. Such
children will be admitted to Roosevelt,
which will offer the most comprehensive
business courses in the school system, as
the successor to the Bushes High
School"
Evening star., 1932-09-10
NAVY PUTS BAN ON MARRIAGES
OF YOUNG ANNAPOLIS GRADS
Commissions Not to Be Conferred Here
after Until Two Years After
Leaving Academy.

Instead of worrying about brides and
babies, young naval officers, at the out
set of their careers, must now concen-
trate on bridges Of ships and binocu-
lars
For the Navy Department today made
good its plan to prevent newly gradu-
ated ensigns from marrying until they
have had two years service afloat. 1t is
sued regulations applying to next June's
graduating class and all thereafter, di-
recting that Naval Academy graduates
may not wed while serving under. re-
vocable commission extending for two
years.
This definitely puts a ban on the
colorful wedding ceremonies that have
graced graduations at Annapolis in re-
cent years. Under the act of May 2.
1882. ensigns are to be commissioned
Professionally for two years and then
will qualify by mental and physical
examinations for permanent commits
sionS.
The Navy Department thus is re-
verting to an old policy which was
modified when JoSephus Daniels was
Secretary.
Naval officials summarized the rea-
sons for the change as follows, stress
ing the fact that under recent legis-
lation ensigns will get only a tenta-
tive commission for a two-year pro-
bationary period.
The new ensign's salary is $4,000