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The Washington times., 1932-12-14
LISTEN, WORLD!
By Elsie Robinson

AND TRY TO FIND SOME
NICE HARD-WORKING GIRL
WHO'LL PROVIDE A COM
PORTABLE HOME IN RE
TURN FOR HIS LOVE AND
RESPECT?
Such, word for word, is Mr..
A. r. F.'s proposition with a
good-looking photograph, letter
of recommendation and an ad-
dressed envelope enclosed. And
he doesn't see why it isn't a
perfectly fair offer which any
sensible girl should be glad to
get.
Women Are Affected
Moreover, in spite of your
probable shock, ScadS of nice
girls will agree with him! For
the young men aren't the only
ones who are facing a dilemma.
Our economical shift has also
stranded many a woman. For
every man without a job who
can't find himself a wife, there
are 20 girls with job who can't
find themselves husbands.
In short, Feminine Jobs may
be fine for pocketbooks, but
they have certainly raised Cain
with old-fashioned Romance.
But does that necessarily imply
that Romance is eliminated?
Can't there be a new-fashioned
Romance, based on the new re-
lationship between the sexes,
which will be even better than
the old inequalities?
Might it not even be possible
to divorce Romance entirely
from cash considerations, and
make it entirely matter of
mutual love and respect, re-
gardlesS of who gets the pay
check?
Or do you believe that ro-
nance is doomed unless man
can be the Sturdy Oak and
woman the Clinging Vine?
Let's hear. Suppose YOU
were in this mans shoes
Or, still more interesting, sup
pose YOU were some nice but
lonely girl with q good job.
What would YOU do?
Copyright. 1882. King Features
Syndicate, 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1932-12-14

supp ort as ELSIE ROBINSON
soon as he can find employment.
Don't laugh! This doesn't
happen to be joke. The let
ter is sincere and dignified.
And suspect it is actually an
extremely important bit of hui
man history.
He is, he says, "a. Physi-
cally fit and morally sound.
College graduate-mining engi-
neer. Like many another, he
hasn't been able to find steady
work for the last two years.
Yes, he's willing to take any,
thing. Doesn't have to be engi-
neering. Any sort of a clerical
job would do, But
And Here's where this be-
gins to be Important Data.
PRACTICALLY ALL THE
CLERICAL JOBS ARE HELD
BY WOMEN.
A dozen times it has happen
ed. He'd see an advertisement
for a situation and hurry
around, only to find that a
woman had been given the
place. Other men are having
that experience, too. But he
isn't bitter about it, as most
are. He realizes that it's just
one of those things.
Here to Stay
Women are in the working
world to stay; the majority of
them couldn't be idle if they
wished. They're bound to be
in competition with men. In
creasing competition. A man
can't any longer bank on being
head of the house" Generally,
there can't be any house unless
the girl works, too. So then?
So then, says he, we might
as well be practical and face
facts.
What did women do when
they were financially helpless
and men held the jobs? They
married the men. And no one
thought worse of the Dear Girl
because She provided for her
future.
But now the situation is re.
versed. Now millions of women
hold jobs and men are idle. But
men and women still want to
live together, found homes,
start families. What are they
to do?'
Sit around waiting for the
Good Old Days to come back,
when a man was a Sturdy Oak
and woman the Clinging
Vine? But those days won't and
can't come back.
THEN WHY SHOCLDN'T(A A
MAN DO WHAT WOMAN
USED TO DO--PUT HIS
PRIDE IN HIS POCKET, PIN
HIS HEART ON kIS SLEEVE
The Washington times., 1932-12-14

WE are hearing much in
w the press about shot
heads" on the foreign debt
question. The Marquis Of
Reading has just warned an
English audience against
shot cad" expressions
among the English. He re-
minds it that America is in
a very serious economic con-
dition with many dangerous
problems Of it's own. He
also tells it that he found,
in America, a general SYM
pathy with England s plight,
and a common acknowledge
ment that she did not get
terms so good as those given
other debtor nations. He
suggests that this feeling
can be greatly modified by
harsh denunciations Of
America merely because she
can see no sense or justice
in taking upon herself all
the debts of the world.
The "hot heads" we are
hearing from now are in
France-which has not yet
paid one penny on her debt
through the taxation by one
penny Of her people. PERTH
max is a journalist and an
intense nationalist. He
thinks it intolerable that
France should pay on her
debt anything she does not
get from Germany; and,
like all the rest, he conven-
iently forgets the vast en-
pires in land, teeming with
wealth, that France and the
others got-when we got
not one inch. The Foreign
Legion in America likewise
find it disgusting to men,
tion this little detail.
But Pertinax sets forth
his plan in it's relation to
England. He demands from
Ramsay Macdonald
"A formal promise that
the British government is
determined not to pay the
next installment (June 15),
and that it in the meanwhile
will not accept any read
justment in its debt which
is not accompanied by a
similar r readjustment for
France.
If that is what England
wants, then England wants
an understanding wit h
France more than one with
the United States.
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should be more sacred than
the hall outside, or than the
inside of a subway train. Yet,
there is something about this
little gesture that gives a
woman a pleasant ripple be-
tween her shoulder blades and
sends nice warm little thrill
down her cardiac side. Then
and there, she secretly knights"
the unknown man. It's fool
iSh" she knoWs-but she loves
it! Women are like that.
The days when a gallant
walked upon the roadside of
his lady to protect her from
the hoodlums and rabble about
the public squares are long
past. She is as safe upon
the gutter-Side of the pavement
as in the middle of the walk.
But let a man forget to switch
The Washington times., 1932-12-14
ONCE OVERS
A Real HeIpmate


1t is difficult to make some
wives believe that it is neces-
Sary to reduce expenses below
what they were in the easy
money years.
There seems to be no dispo-
Sition to make reduction in pro
portion to the decrease in earn.
ings of the head of the house.
When strict and necessary
Curtailment is insisted upon, a
quarrel ensues.
Too many women insist upon
maintaining a position in So
ciety which they were able to
carry on during the flush years
regardless of income.
They demand their usual lux.
uries as if they were necessi-
ties.
Most husbands are glad and
willing to provide for their
families all that they can, with
in the measure of their in
comes.
But when wives insist upon
more than this this, there is
likely to be some dishonest
work on the part of their hus-
bands or many quarrels aSsunl'
ing a serious nature.
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American Farmers
Ask Same Question

Speaking at a dinner of
the Chemist Club in New
York, Lammot du POnt, who
is credited with business
common sense, said last
week:
II cannot see the differ
ence between an individual
debt and a national debt.
If the national debts are
not paid, creditor nations
will be hurt, but the debtor
nations will be hurt worse.
1.-THE debtors who do not
pay cannot expect to borrow
again from anybody who
hears that they failed to
pay"
The Marquis of Reading,
commenting on the diff
Guilty of paying in goods,
says that it requires so much
more goods, representing so
much more labor, to pay a
debt now than it did when
the debt was contracted.
That is true. We have
heard much to the same eff
feet in this country from
the farmers and home own
ers who borrowed money to
buy a house some years ago.
The farmer who borrowed
money and put a mortgage
on his farm, five years ago,
must now produce, many
times more of wheat and
cotton to pay his debt.
When we start in to re-
duce these national debts of
other nations to meet this
situation the farmers, whose
farms are being taken from
them on mortgages, will be
apt to remind Congress Of
the fact.
In these days of deficits
and an acknowledged neces-
'sity for reducing the cost of
government, there is | dispo-
sition in some quarters,
everywhere, to save through
the sacrificing Of the schools
and at the expense Of the
teachers-the most valuable
public servants in America
The Washington times., 1932-12-14

American man draws the line!
He'll risk pneumonia in the
street or the draughty elevator,
knock over the cutlery and up
set his tumbler to stand up
when she approaches his table
in a restaurant. grab her elbow
to help her in and out of q car
or a taxicab and even try to
carry an umbrella over her.
But he WON'T carry her
PekingeSe, bow from the waist
or start any handkisSing!
Oh we'll, so long as he re-
tains just a few of these beau
tiful gestures" women will be
satisfied. SILLY old customs?"
Perhaps - when you analyze
them. But show me a woman
who doesn't get a kick or o
thrill out of them! And show
me a man who knows all the
little gallantries and never for
gets them, who is not a riot
with the women!
Copyright, 1882, King Features
Syndicate, Incl
The Washington times., 1932-12-14
Marital Discretion
If you have marital troubles,


If you have marital troubles,
keep them to yourself.
Such subjects should not be
discussed even with closest
friends.
When a married man or
woman speaks of the frailities
of his or her partner there is
always cause to mistrust the
one who complains.
He or she is usually not Of
the right sort and in most in
stances is principally to lame
for disturbances in the home.
Often they use this method
as a smoke screen for their
own indiscreet utterances and
acts.
It cannot be expected that
people who must live so closely
as husband and wife should get
along with absolutely no differ
ences.
There may be quarrels OF
more or less serious nature.
Especially will there be diff
ferences of opinion when two
strong minded persons are
matched.
The Washington times., 1932-12-14

today. What must be, must
be-but it is time for some
one to suggest that the last
place to sacrifice is in the
schools. Neither the clamor
of the thoughtless nor the
plans Of politicians or bank,
ers must be permitted to
lower the standard of the
public educational institu-
tions that are always in the
front line trenches battling
for the preservation of our
democracy. The schools of
New York city must remain
where they are today-the
salaries under Legislative
control.
If the teachers of New
York city and other cities
are to be reduced in salary,
it is too bad. They are not
getting more than they earn.
They are not being paid pro-
portionately with any other
branch Of the public service.
And they, with their salar-
les, have performed miracles
of generosity in preventing
suffering, hunger and expos
ure among the children of
the unfortunate throughout
this dreadful crisis Of human
misery.
And that is something to
think about!
The Washington times., 1932-12-14
GOOD QUEEN MARY AND HER GRANDDAUGHTER,
~.r. PRINCESS ELIZABETH

The British including Canadians Australians, New Zea-
nder and South Africans all proud of Mary their Queen
and well they may be. .... ........
She sets good example always She is the incarnation Of
that intense RESPECTABILITY that all the British admire
though, being human not all of them possess it,
Queen Mary goes ahead Of the fashionon the
trary to be at least 20 years behind her usual PLAN
She has hat pulled down eye skirt cut off at
the knees dress such young ladies' and of
old cut down in the back to within inch less of
the cOccyx.
If you to seen at the British court you behave
The Washington times., 1932-12-14

able, serious
minded wom-
an with a
job, or any
wealthy wild
.ow or divorce
of good char
acter, " h o
W i'll provide
him with a
home.
In re t urn
he promises
respect, affec-
ti0n Iowa
CO m p anion-
ship and full
The Washington times., 1932-12-14
WISE WORDS

Thinking of the deed and not
the creed,
Would help us in our utmost
need.-Longfellow.
It is easier to give counsel
than to endure sufferings man.
fully. -EuripideS.
It would be better to beware
Of sin than to flee from death.
-%Kempis.
The Washington times., 1932-12-14
Teachers Give to
Poor Children.

These teachers, out of
their salaries, that even now
do not measure the value of
their services, have contrib
uted freely and proudly al
most 100000 to keep the
children of the unemployed
in wholesome food and in
warm clothing. The hungry
child has been fed; the child
with worn-out shoes has
been provided, and not by
any emergency committee,
but by the teachers.
These teachers have done
more than the bankers.
10 the extent that salaries
are reduced, this relief fund,
one Of the most sacred, is
necessarily cut.
Of course, we can save
money by discounting all
the relief work imposed by
common humanity on the
nation, the State, municipal
ities-but we can't save our
institutions that way, and
we cannot recommend to the
millions, denied their right
to work, our system of So
ciety, in that way.
Just now, when so many
are approaching the problem
of the teachers in flippant
mood, we would comment
this story:
One day a number of
people appeared before St.
Peter asking admission to
paradise, and each was asked
what he had done on earth
to deserve reward.
II was a great general, "
said one. II conquered vast
territories for my country
and was rewarded with an
estate and a mansion"
Il was a great statesman, "
said another. II was re-
sponsible for writing into
the statutes many humani-
tartan laws, and laws that
made for order and sta
bility."
Il was a great physi-
clan," said the third.
Through my researches and
experiments, I found ways to
alleviate human suffering"
Il was a great financier, "
said the fourth. II managed
a bank so cautiously and
honestly that no one ever
lost a penny through any act
OF mine, and I loaned to mer-
chants with adequate Sc
curity and kept the currenr
Of business flowing"
And what have YOU
done?" asked St. Peter,
looking at the fifth man,
who modestly and, in evi.
dent embarrassment, kept in
the background.
Il was not an important
person like these others" he
said, stumblingly. II did
not do great things. I was
merely a teacher - and the
general, the statesman, the
financier and the physician
were my pupils.
Then" said st. Peter,
you were the most valuable
servant of society of them
all Won 0o iu-and aik at
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Readings Reminder;
Teachers Salaries
Bv Claude G. BOWers

he Party Battles Of the Jackson Period The Struggle
Democracy America" jefferson and Hamilton"
Tragic Ea" and "Beveridge and the Progressive Era"
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He'll Marry Any Nice Girl Who (
will Give Him a Home

He wishes me to announce
that he's willing to give him
self in marriage to any respect
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SiIIy-But Charming

SLuy-Duk NuhkhAAAAB
Lots of women are secretly
hoping that, with the return
of puffed sleeves, ringlets (and
probably of good wine), there
will be a cut-back to those
graceful gallantries which are
so foolish-yet so fascinating.
Most men still cling to what
the feminists would call "silly
customs" But, when it comes
to pleasing the average woman,
the man who knows his Walter
Raleighs has the inside track.
Take the simple act of re-
moving his hat when a woman
enters an elevator, for in
stance. Nobody really knows
why the inside of an elevator
oEL'eATeo ~
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-05-04
AWARDS M AIDE.
 INALASKAP.-T.A. ESSAY CON TEST.
Compositions Are Submit ted from All Parts
 of Territory

Awards were announced today in the essay contest sponsored by the Alaska Council of the Parent Teacher Association for school children in the Territory The competition was open to both grade pupils and high school students, and compositions were submitted from all principal towns and cit- ies.
 In many instances the merits of the literary efforts were so nsarly equal that the judges had difficulty in finding distinctions on which to base records.
 The judges were Mrs M. L. Mer- ritt, Mrs. L. P. Dawes and Mrs. Charles w. Hawkesworth, all of Juneau
 Announced by Mrs. George
 Announcement of the awards was made by Mrs. Wallis $. George of this city, secretary treasurer of the Alaska Council of the Parent Teacher Association. They follow
 First prize $25, Childhood Mem ories," by Baard Hall Lervick, Ket- chikan.
 Second prize, $10, Little Singing Bird" by Lorene Smith, Cordova.
 Ten $1 prizes as follows:
 Took Tooult, Sampson of the Indians" by Helen Mills, Sitka.
 'Rasputin," by Woodrow Johan- sen, Cordova.
 The Lady in Black" by Jane Mills, Sitka.
 Lost Love- by Minnie Dooley, Cordova.
 From Hcly Cross Mission
 Who Giveth His Life for His Sheep" Sophie Cristo, Holy Cross
 "A Thrilling Flight" by Max inc Blunt, Anchorage. The Mystery of the Stolen Foxes" by Irene Thompson, Ket- chikan.
 Just An IriShman's Quarrel, by Winifred Torstensen, Sitka. "The Epistle of Sourdough Mike | by Constance Carlson, Ketchikan
 "Kenai' by Lizette Helekal, Cor dova.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-05-04
CHICKEN DINNER

At Mrs. Rockers Coffee Shop Thursday, from 5:3o to 2. S5 cents.
 -adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-05-04
ALASKA MI NERS IN SIBERIA P AID IN PAPER MONEY
Capture of Harbin by Jap anese Seemed Like
 Festival Occasion

Fairbanks-American mining ex- psrts employed by the Sovies gevernment to introduce modern methods in the Siberian gold fields are paid in paper roubles-not worth much outside of Russia-and when the Japanese took Harbin, Manohuria, the occasion seemed a sort of festival instead of war fare, writes John Hosler, a Fair banks diamond drill and dredge expert, who has been ln the Siber- ian fields for the Soviet for the past IT months. He was granted a vacation and was in Harbin on his way to Shanghai and Peiping when the Japanese captured Har- bin. Travelling became so difficult that he decided to return to his work. He has been transferred to the Irkutsh gold fields.
 Russian Clothes not Stylish
 Most of the clothing that l brought from the United States is wcrn out" he writes to a friend in Fairbanks, as published in the Fairbanks News-Miner. In the Soviet republic, I have never been able to buy single article of wear ing apparel that could be worn anywhere except in the land of the proletariat. AS result of this have several thousand 'rubleS in currency that won't know how to spend unless I am luckier in the future and find something to buy that will be worth taking home. suppose you know that the ruloles we receive are not convertible into Ireal money unless you bootleg il and then ruble paper money is only i worth about 30 rubles to the dollar
 Seemed Like Celebration
 Writing of the capture Of liar bin by Japanese troops, MT. Hosler says:
 When the Japanese took Har- bin, it was a very peaceful battle They dropped few bombs and a few Chinese and Russian in- habitants were killed but the Chi nese army ran away with no great losses. The town is swarming with Japanese troops, tanks and mo bile artillery, hut it's more like 3 big celebration than any thing else. The troops seem glad te have you take their pictures ane you can go all over their scene: of action without restriction.
 Going Back to Work
 "Traveling is so difficult on ac, count of military restrictions tha Victor and Gustav Enstrom (clthel miners from Fairbanks employed by the Soviet and I have con cludsd to go back to work.
 After a long struggle I got then Ito transfer me so I'll be working
 in h'kutsk for some time afte I get back. Victor and Gustav vii go to Bodaibo which is now tn
 biggest placer camp in the worl' and I hope to make a trip there il
 Che summer"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-05-04
CHILD WELFARE DISCUSSED BY
 P.-T.A.SPEAKER
Rev. Caldwell Makes Ad. dress at Douglas at
 Monthly Meeting

Child Welfare" was the topic of the Rev. J. w. Cadwell's ad- dress before the Douglas Parent Teachers Association last night. Rev. Caldwell said that i've ap- preciate a child wherever we go and should not punish them for asking questions. Every child is born with a certain amount of intelligence and should not be criticised if he is not as intelli- gent as others of his age A child is considered the nearest thing to the Kingdom of God.
 Cooperation of Parents
 Everyone thinks his own chil- dren perfect, but the child's char acter depends upon his surround ings. Parents are not co-operat ing with the teachers as they should. A parent should not bt prejudiced against their child. teacher since this leads the chilc to defiance against the teacher. Int relations between the parent ant teacher toward the child should be quite intimate"
 Child Life
 1 Rev. Caldwell declared that { sub-no1mal child needs special en. couragegnent and help. In con, clusion he said that the greates asset in the world today is tn, child life of our nation.
 It was announced during tn, business meeting that Miss Fras CTS room had won the attendanc' award for March. After a lette from Mrs. Helmi Bach, resignin as treasurer, was read, Mrs. Rob ert Fraser was unanimously elect ed to fill the vacancy. Presiden Flora Kirkham appointed Mrs. . R. Langseth, Mrs. William Flee and w. E. F'eero to serve on tn Executive Board for the 1883 term f Singing Games
 The first number on the pro gram was Singing Games enacte by the First and Second grade! Rica Niemi played skilfully vio lin solo accompanied by Miss Pim perton at the piano Mary File Smith played a piano selection The encore was a piano duet b Mary Eller1 and Margaret Pearc4
 At the conclusion of the pro i, gram, the Seniors served refresh ments.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-05-04
ANNUAL D.F D. DANCE

At Douglas Natatorium May T. Music by the Serenaders, adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-05-04
RIVALRY IRRITATES HEAD
 OF RAIL SYSTEM
Ohlson Won t Cooperate with Richardson High
 way on Tourists
(Continued rom Page One)

ment to handle the sale at our Chicago office of sightseeing bus tickets for your company. We will also discontinue to handle free over the Alaska Railroad any baggage of passengers travelling over the Richardson Highway.
 q have also instructed our Chi cago office to discontinue sale Of any Golden Belt Tour tickets in either direction, and you are also advised that in our next folder no mention will be made of the Rich ardson Highw ay Transportation Company and the Golden Belt Tours.
 Yours very truly,
 70. F. OHLSON,
 "General Manager"
 MT. Breedman's Reply
 MT. Breedman's reply follows:
 "Cordova, Alaska, April II, 1882 Col O. H. Ohlson,
 "Geenral Manager, Alaska Railroad Anchorage, Alaska.
 My Dear Col Ohlson:
 Yours of March 23rd received contents duly and carefully noted and I will say in reply that think you are taking a rather arbitrary attitude toward the Rich ardson Highway Transportation Company.
 You state in your letter tha you have instructed your Chicago office to discontinue selling botf the Golden Belt Line tickets il either direction over the highwa. and the sightseeing tickets in Fair banks Up to the present tim your Chicago office has never sol' any sightseeing and very fey Golden Belt Line tickets. Tn Richardson Highway Transportatiol Company has always done all could to promote the tourist busi