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The Washington times., 1932-04-28
In Honor of President
James Monroe
TTunIo ~ Rovroro
Claude G.. BOWerS

THIS week an heroic-sized
statue of James Monroe
was unveiled on the grounds
of his home, just out of
Charlottesville, Va. T h is
home, which he called Ash
lawn, is stepped in history
of the early days of the Re-
public. I have seen the house
often. 1t falls far short of
Monticello, the home of JEFF
ferson, in magnificence and
architectural beauty; or of
Montpelier, the imposing
brick mansion not so many
miles away where James
Madison lived with Dolly.
This one at Ashlawn is
frame house, not imposing in
dimensions. For unlike his
friend and political mentor,
jefferson, he never possessed
a fortune. At the time of his
marriage he wrote jefferson
of his desire to have a home
very close to Monticello be-
cause of his devotion to it's
master. I have seen the let
ter to jefferson, after Mon
roe had acquired some
goodly acres in the valley
quite close to the hilltop on
which jefferson built his
home, asking the former to
plan the new house, and
warning him of the rather
meager means for the pur-
pose. And so Jefferson, one
Of the best Of our early
American architects, drew
the plans.
It is easy to see Jeffer-
sons genius as an architect
at a glance at Monticello
still one Of the most beauti-
full and artistic houses in
America. To appreciate the
resourcefulness, the inven-
tiveness Of the architect,
however, one must visit Ash
lawn and note the queer
little devices through which
he made every inch count to
the best advantage.
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LISTEN, WORLD!
BY Elsie Robinson

care for anyone's happiness ex-
cept his own.
And so on, and on, until the
big boy drags himself out of
the chair and YEARLY wends his
way play-ward-or gets so mad
that things end in a general
free-for-all.
Now why is this? 1t is be-
cause the wife is a malicious,
stupid bully who heartlessly dis
regards the needs of a tired
man?
No, it isn't. The young lady
staging the tantrum is as kind
ly, as intelligent, as truly de-
voted as her grandma was be-
fore her.
BUT SHE ISN'T AS BUSY.
And there's the secret behind
rs per cent of our American
divorces.
THE AVERAGE, MIDDLE
CLASS AMERICAN WIFE
HASN'T ENOUGH TO DO.
This does not apply to labor
ing wives, or to mothers Of
large families. 1t does apply
to the childless wife, or the
mother of one child, in COM
Portable circumstances.
Work Is Lightened
The competitive, mechanical
age, which drives her husband
to the point of daily exhaus-
ton, has taken out of the
home most of the tasks which
kept grandma's hands and i'm
agination filled for at least
eight hustling hours per diem.
The modern missus can do
her light housekeeping in two
or three hours. She's a healthy,
husky animal, as filled with
win and wigor" as any male.
Come night, she's still as fresh
as a daisy and rarin' to 60
but her husband is flat tire.
This she can't and won't
believe. The chances are that
she has never been thoroughly
weary in all her life. She has
no comprehension of complete
physical and mental fatigue.
Being a play-girl and nothing
but, she does not understand
that serious, hardworking adults
reach a stage where play is no
longer attractive.
Naturally she thinks that her
husbands trying to put some
thing over; feels genuinely ne
elected and abused-and the
row is on.
What's the answer? You
name it.
Copyright, 1892 King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
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FUSED TO PLAY WITH HER.
He has come home at night
tired-too tired to take her to
a dance, or movie or bridge
party; too tired even to have
folks in"
"Aw, baby, cut it out this
evening, "he cajoles. Let's take
it easy for once. Gosh, I've
been looking forward all day
to getting my shoes off and
parking myself in the good old
chair with a paper an -"
Then the battle is on.
What did he marry her for
anyway, if this is the way he
is going to treat her?
A Wife'S Wall
Doesn't he realize she needs
some amusement, after sticking
in the house all day?
He goes out every morning.
He sees people; does things;
has good time; and then he
DegruQg6S ner llLCle CQdnBe!
What does he think she is;
just a common drudge?
At this point the sobs usually
begin. Her remarks are pune
tuated by big bleats of self-pity.
Lookit Mabel's husb and:
what a good time he gives
Mabel. He isn't too tired to
take his wife out at night.
He's PROUD to take her out.
Moreover, she doesn't believe
in this tired" alibi.
What does he do to make
him tired?
Just see a few people and
talk about things! That
shouldn't make any regular man
tired.
He's downright selfish, that's
what he is. He only thinks
of his own comfort. He doesn't
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A Lost Opportunity
For a Portrait Painter!

Monroe had one idea about
the house-it should so be
built that he could sit at the
window, day or night, and
see his friends house upon
the hilltop. A more devoted
friendship than that between
these two great Americans
would be impossible to
find. Monroe had studied
law under Jefferson; and
thereafter he was a disciple
like Madison. Back from
his official travels in Eu-
rope, Monroe brought a Nor
wegian pine which still
stands; and some lockwood
which he planted and is to-
day worth going miles to
see.
There, for many years,
lived Monroe; and during
these years the two friends
saw each other frequently.
1t was in the days when the
battle to make this a demo-
cratic instead of an aristo-
cratic Republic was being
fought; when fights meant
broken bones and bloody
noses; when the Federalists
were jailing democratic
editors. Many times Jeffer-
son sat with Monroe on the
lawn of the latter's home
planning battles, offensive
and defensive.
In 1899, when the SUI
preme campaign to end the
Federalist regime was ap-
preaching, the three great
friends, jefferson, Madison
and Monroe, found it wise
to meet and plan the
strategy. 1t was the intent
naturally, at first, to meet
at Monticello. But there
was danger there. Secrecy
was thought important and
Monroe house was more
remote from prying eyes.
Thus that epochal confer
ence was held at Ashlawn.
What a conference. There
was the author of the Dec
laration of Independence
and the philosopher of dem
ocracy; there was Madison,
the Father of the Con-
stitution"; and there was
Monroe, destined to immor-
tality as the father Of the
Monroe Doctrine. What a
lost opportunity for a por-
trait painter
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Police Cooperation
VIII Help District and States

Chief OF Police Gassford making essential in try
ing to bring about greater cooperation between his police de-
partment and those of neighboring communities
Such cooperation vital not only Washington but to the
small adjacent towns of Maryland and Virginia.
Crime knows boundary lines in days of speedy
transportation criminals easily be outside the District be-
fore their crimes discovered Similarly they commit
crimes in Maryland Virginia and be in the District before
their cffenses reported.
In order to meet this situation necessary that the various
police forces work together exchange information
operate in the speedy investigation of crimes.
There has been complaint of lack of cooperation but there
has, the other hand been little positive action bring about
greater cooperation
The excellent results to be obtained by cooperation between
the District authorities and those of the States we'll shown by
the effectiveness with which the fire departments work
gether
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Saved Madame Lafayette
From the Guillotine

When he reached Paris he
was importuned by the
friends of Thomas Paine,
and of Madame Lafayette,
the wife of the friend Of
America, to intercede for
their release from prison.
Since Paine was an Ameri-
can there was ample justifi-
cation for active and official
intercession in his behalf.
But Madame Lafayette was
French. Her people had
been executed just before.
Lafayette was hated. There
could be no justification for
official intercession here;
but Monroe agreed to do all
he could with propriety.
And cleverly he did it.
With Mrs. Monroe, he called
on Madame Lafayette in her
prison. As she heard steps
in the corridor she assumed
that her summons to the
guillOtine had come. There
after, day after day, Mrs.
Monroe called; and each
day as she left she in
structed the doorkeeper or
jailer to inform the head of
the prison that "the wife Of
the American Minister will
call on Madame Lafayette
tomorrow at 3 O'Clock. "
This manifestation of friend
ship on the part of the
American Minister, whose
country's friendship was
wanted by the French, saved
the life of the wife of our
oenefactor.
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a critical moment. She may
wonder why she continues to
put up with the vagaries and
annoyances of such a car; and
may even plan to junk it. But
just let somebody else come
along and try to drive off with
it, and she yells for the po-
lice!
Thus, the moment a woman
sees another woman about to
appropriate her man, his value
goes up in her eyes, like the
thermometer in August, and
she decides that the love that
wasn't worth 2 cents is worth
$250,000.
She'll make him pay for
hurting her pride, debating
her ego and flouting her
charms! That's Vanity-Balm!
Copyright, 1892. King Features
Syndicate, Incl
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demands 100000 for the loss
of her ex-fiance's ex-affections.
Ore hundred thousand dollars
is positively the lowest price
asked, today, for a wavering
wooer or a stepping husband.
Well-ladies must live. And
in the spring a young mans
fancy lightly turns-and turns
and TURNS! Two or three
years ago, when money was
plentiful, there was big slump
in heart balm, and one wife
valued the heart of her titled
husband as low as $4,000.
Perhaps that was all he had.
Still, to ask $4,000 for a love
that was colder than yester-
days buttered toast, might be
profiteering.
The love that has to be
fought for is not worth the
wear and tear on a pair of
good boxing gloves. The kind
of love that has to be tied
isn't worth the price of the
string. There is no such thing
as "lost love" or alienated af-
fections." Real love cannot be
lost or aIienated. And why sue
for the love of a man who
never loved anybody but him.
self?
When a man has a rowing
eye, a wandering foot and a
restless heart, not even a traf--
fic policeman can stop him.
And the sweetest revenge
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ONCE-OVERS

Is it not true that you cause
yourself more worry and dis
comfort than anyone else ever
does?
The things that you do your
self which bring sorrow and
get you into trouble far exceed
the things that others do,
which annoy and hurt you.
Isn't it a bit foolish then, to
blame anyone but yourself for
most of the unfavorable condi.
tions which YOU now face?
Being your own worst en-
emy, it should be comparatively
easy to avoid most of the diff
fiCulties which you experience,
Really, you do not give your
self a fair chance.
The Washington times., 1932-04-28
The Execution
Of Robespierre

No human being was ever
accorded more dastardly
treatment than that accorded
Monroe in his embassy to
revolutionary France - but
that is long story. Be-
cause of the treachery to
which he was subjected, he
wrote on his return, a book
defending his action. No
where, | think, is to be
found a more graphic de-
scription of the effect of the
execution of Robespierre.
Monroe landed at Havre a
day or so after the dictator
had paid the penalty of his
tyranny.
The American drove to
Paris, and on the way, and
after he reached the city, he
talked with men of all
classes, studied the express
sions of the people, and in
his report to his Government,
in the most interesting of ac-
counts, he concluded that
everyone was happy that
R o b spierre was gone.
Though he had been in
France but a few days his
analysis Of the conditions
reads like the conclusions of
present-day historian.
The Federalists in America
had been picturing Jeffer-
son and Monroe as devotees
Of Robespierre - because
they were with the French
against the combination of
the kings, seeking to crush
the revolution. The Goldfish
aristocracy here had actu-
ally worn mourning after
the execution of Louis XVI.
But here, in this report Of
Monroe, we learn that he
looked upon Robespierre as
a monster whose death
would be a god-send to
France,
The Washington times., 1932-04-28

pillar in a hole, lays its eggs
beside it, then goes away and
dies. Mud wasps do not live
through the winter.
Later, when the little mud
wasps hatch out, they find a
fat caterpillar beside them,
paralyzed by their loving
mother so that it cannot re-
sist, ready for them to eat.
And the wonderful thing is
this, a thing that man s feeble
intellect cannot possibly ex-
plain:
These little mud wasps
never see the mother that
provided the caterpillar for
them; nobody ever tells them
The Washington times., 1932-04-28
DO YOU KNOW THAT

A new metal, which has been
invented by a British firm, is
lighter than aluminium, as
strong as cast-iron, cheaper
than brass, impervious to sea
water, and can be bent while
cold. 1t is already in use by
the Admiralty.
Women in Chicago who would
be really smart must have
their lips harmonizing with or
matching their frocks. For
instance, with a dress of wine
color the lips of the wearer
should be deep red,
The Washington times., 1932-04-28

In your search for pleasure
and thrills, for greater ease in
money making. you subject
yourself to demands upon your
physical, mental and financial
condition which cause you a lot
Of trouble.
You do not get rest enough
to keep in good thinking and
working trim.
You Squander money you can
i'll afford to spend and deplete
your bank account and reduce
your vitality worrying about it.
You have fallen down on the
undertaking which might have
elevated you to higher position
because you won't use your
leisure to get and keep in trim.
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how to take of the next generation.
But when the young mud wasp full grown and ready to
lay she finds her caterpillar goes through the
process of parayzng it with sting putting aside
feed her young that she will see.
you can explain how that knowledge is handed down
from the mother wasp to the young that their
mother explain of many things that science
cannot explain Is the knowledge inherited nborn after
millions of generations? It must be-
The Washington times., 1932-04-28


Persons leaving their parish
to attend certain sports and
games in England are liable to
be fined. according to an old
law dating back to 1885. This
statute is said to be still in
force, as it has never been
repealed.
Fully equipped as a surgery
and waiting room, and carrying
a dentist and a nurse, a motor
dental surgery car is now visit
ing the 1000 children in the
ninety schools under the Isle of
Ely County Council.
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How is she
abused? Has
her husband
beaten her,
deprived her
of food and
proper cloth
ing, neglected
his h o m e,
played about
with 9th er
ladies?
No, he has
com m i t ted
none of these
crimes.
HE H A S
HHn EnY " nn
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Nature Fights Nature
Mysterious Wars That We Do Not See

Men have with their eyes bull fights prize fights
ETC. But the fights that most important welfare
Those fights that against each
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Vanity-Balm

The heart-balm market ap-
pears to be rising again. The
price of fluctuating affections
is going up?
At the date of this writing,
the newspaper headlines have
broken out into a perfect rash
of heart balm suits. An actress
wants $250,OO0 for the purloin-
ing of her husbands alleged
heart" And an eX-shoW-girl
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other, keeping down their vast
numbers. And in battles that
are beyond our vision and our
knowledge, the deadly mi
crobes wage war against each
other.
Most important to us, as in
dividuals, is the war that the
white corpuscles or leucocytes
in our own blood are always
waging against invading dis
ease germs.
These two pictures illustrate
the strange way in which ma
ture, consciously or uncon-
sciously, protects the pear tree
and man, its owner, against
the ravages of the pear midge.
The pear midge is a small
creature that lays its eggs in
the opening bud of a pear tree
blossom. The eggs grow, de-
stroy the bud and the fruit.
Left to themselves they might
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ter than any man IN Amerl-
can history, he could plan a
battle. And he had a genius
for finding just the right
men for each place in the
battle line. But he was usu-
ally remote from the fight
ing-like the commanders of
great armies today.
Madison was a shy man,
conciliatory, and he found
quarrels and fights distaste-
full. In this particular he re-
sembled jefferson. When,
in the battle over the ratifi-
cation of the Constitution, it
became necessary for him to
discontinue writing on the
" Federalist - to take the
stump in Virginia, it was tor
ture. He hated crowds.
But Monroe was a two
fisted fighting man; and he
dealt hard blows. He was
hated by the Federalists be-
cause of their bruises, and
some of this hate has crept
into "histOry." "
The Washington times., 1932-04-28
Monroe Was q Two
Fisted Fighting Man

Of the three men, Monroe
was the fighter. jefferson
relied much on the finesse of
diplomacy. He was incom-
parable as a strategist. Bet
The Washington times., 1932-04-28
Tired Husbands-Idle Wives

About every fifth letter in my
fan mail is a wall from an
abused wife.
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MARRY-GO-ROUND
BY Helen Rowland
By T. E. Powers

woman can have on any other
woman who tries to purloin
him is to hand him over to
her. Indeed, if the truth were
known, many a woman who is
married to an attractive phil
anderer would not only give
him up cheerfully, but would
pay the other woman a bonus
for taking him off her hands.
The fact is that no woman
ever sued for heart balm"
What a woman sues for is
vanity balm-and a salve for
her wounded ego. Even when
she doesn't particularly want
the man, herself, she feels
that it is reflection on her
charms to let another woman
walk off with him.
The kind of sweetheart or
husband who makes a woman
miserable and can never be de-
pended on is like an old second
hand motor car, on which the
brakes refuse to work and
which is always failing her at
The Washington times., 1932-11-04

USED CARS-MANDELL CHEVROLET,
18th and Good Hope Rd. s. E.
REAL BUYS IN USED CARS
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WILLYSKNGHT

wILLYs-KNIGHT 1881 De Luxe Sedan,
800 down, $50 per mo. just like new.
AL tires. excellent. Guaranteed. Warning
ton Motor Co.. 2035 18th n. W.
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Automobiles
WHIPPET

WHIPPET Sedan, late model. splendid fIp-
tor. fine finish, low mileage, . wonder
tul buy at 1926. Northeast Motor, o96
Bladensburg Rd. n. z. Atlantic 02O0.
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Automobiles
FRANKLIN

FRANKLIN 1929. 1876 Sedan, 500 down,
$40 per mo. Reconditioned. looks new,
good tires, 8 ". ". Guaranteed. Warning
ton Motor Co.. 2035 18th N. W,
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Financial
Money to LOan-On
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For Sale Miscellaneous

IO2 FUrnl:ure & Household Goods
ANTIQUE chest. dresser. rugs. living & din.
ing rm. pcs. bookcase. secretary. GE. 1884
,isd $50 u,. hSn r1;tS 900
buffet. 81: bureaus. 81: beds, kitchen cab"
inets, other furniture cheap. 1911 b N. e.
IMPORTED rugs, am leaving the city
and have to dispose of my 2 beautiful
9x12 and 1-4hx7 imported rugs; also
IL volumes Guild Classics in. morocco; no
reasonable ottsr refused. Potomac e1s2J.
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Automobiles for Sale

SEE OUR CARS before you buy. Cherner
1881 You st. N W,
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DODGE

DODGE Sedan, late model. rebuilt motor,
good tires, nice finish. general condition
good, q bargain at $3.50. Northeast Mo-
tor, o26 Bladensburg Rd. N. z. ATT. O200.
The border vidette., 1932-07-16
AMOS j. YEAGeR PASSES AWAY

Amos j. Yeager, So, mining
operator died at his home near
Alamos. Sonora. early Thursday
morning following a long illness.
Death resulted from tuberculosis.
DR.. e G. Houle of this city was
at the YeaRer home when Amos
passed away while aleep. He
was we'll known in mining circles
in Arizona and Sonora, and for
thirty years made bis legal home
in Nogales. For many years
Yeager was a personal friend of
the late Bracey Curtis, Nogales
banker. Deceased is survived
by bis widow and four children,
two sons and two daughters, the
eldest being II years of age.
For many years Yeagerowned
and operated the old Zambona
silver mine at Minas Nuevas,
and resided at his fine ranch
home near the mine.
Funeral services were held
yesterday morning. interment
being in the Alamos cemetery.
Yeager was a member of the
Jonathan Club of Los Angeles,
where be made his home when
be visited the coast city.
The border vidette., 1932-07-16
RAILROAD AND MINE TAX As
SesSMENTS SHOW LOSS

Phoenix July ia reduction
of $l39, 968, 558 in the assessed
valuation of telephone, telegraph
and railroad properties and pro
ducing mines ia Arizona. as com
pared to the valuation for the
previous year, was announced
by the state tax commission last
Saturday.
The 1882 valuation was 1929,
563,824.
The valuation for the previous
year was 1868, 532, ,382.
Most of the loss, it was said
has been in counties other than
Maricopa. Several counties may
drop to third or fourth class,
with consequent reductions in
pay of elected aud appointed Of
ficials.
No assessment of non produc
ing mines was announced.
The heaviest reductions we're
in values of producing mines.
with the price Of copper, its
under-consumption, and mergers
and combines being listed as
causes of the decline.
Comparative figures show:
Mine values l932-$12l. .548.
923; and 1891 -243. .805, 120.
Telephone and telegraph: 1892
SO, ,661, $50; and 193l-$9, ,446,
O82.
Railroads. 1932-$93, 1853, 271;
and 193l-$11O.261, 1913.
The so-called ''junking" OF
some mine equipment through
mergers. was listed as a contri
buting cause to the lower tax
valuation.
The loss Of a railway branch
line during the year was listed
among the factors which contri
buted to the reduction in rail
property valuations.
The reduction in telephone
aud telegraph assessments were
the smallest of the three divi
sious. Abandonment OF equip
ment in some instances and un
used ire-mileage we're cited as
bringing about the lower valua
ton.
No estimate on the possible tax
rate, it was announced, will be
available until after reports al
ready made have been checked
and the state board Of equaliza
tiOn has met.