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The Washington times., 1932-03-30

Those Three Dukes But Lot OF rams 10
In the D. C. Building AntiqHGted Legislation
DonY Want Fi0ht LGLU Mrs. Norton KnOUS

Wahingonians may make up their minds to get their box
fighting at Alexandria Fort Washington Berwyn, and way
stations for some time in view of the fact the Dis
tct of Columbia Commissioners have turned thumbs down
on two local boxing bills within two weeks
The proposal of such nature to be reectea
by the city fathers is Representative Lorng Blacks bill
creating athletic commission to have supervision over all
The Washington times., 1932-03-30

Quarterback, Minesweeper, Ea-
ger Play, Squeeze Play, All Colum-
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-06-10
A HOT PLACE IN A COOL
PLACE

u0W can 1t be so hot In a
II cool place? Just ask Farmer
Browns Boy He knows. He had
gone to the Green Forest because
he had thought 1t would be cooler
there than anywhere else on that
dreadfully hot day. And he was
right. In the depths Of the Green
Forest it was fairly cool You see
the trees made shade, and Ii was
only here and there that the jolly
Little Sunbeams could find a way
through the millions of little leaves
of the trees. So Farmer Browns
Boy was quite comfortable as he
walked silently through the Green
Forest looking for the cause Of
Sammy Jays excitement.
When at last he reached the big
nemlock tree which was Busy Bees
storehouse. and which at that very
moment Buster Bear was robblng
Of its honey. Farmer Browns Boy
was still quite cool and comfort
able. But no sooner did he dis
cover what was going on than he
broke out in perspiration just as II
he had suddenly stepped into very
warm place. OF course the air
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-06-10
YOUR HOME
and YOU
BY BETSY CALLlSTER
FREEDOM FOR SPINSTERS

IN EVERY book on social decorum
l. written within the last 10 years
there is a special chapter or series
of paragraphs devoted to the spin
ster, the bachelor girl or the old
maid, as the writer chooses to call
the unmarried woman who Is no
longer in her first youth. Even In
books written comparatively recent
Iy there appear a great many
special rules for this individual.
Sometimes We are Informed that
"eyen a distinctly midde-aged spin
ster" observes certain laws of
chaperonage.
Now In very limited group Of
persons found usually only in the
large cities or fashionable summer
colonies. which by reasons of wealth
and position sets the fashion in
many matters of social propriety. the
fact is that the unmarried woman
of maturing years is still hedged
In by lot Of curious EIIdNictorian
prejudlces. An absurd suspicion
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any of her suitors and for having
steered clear Of the obligations of
matrimony. And so by the author
tiles on social decorum of fifty
years ago she was reminded that
she must wear caps earlier than
her married sisters, that she must
affect sOnber colors, as gay hues
were unseemly on the woman who
was unmarried.
But now we laugh at such no
tions. Unmarried women no long
er feel that they must attach them
selves TO the homes of others In the
capacity of maiden aunt to other
peoples children. If they have
taste for housekeeping they keep
house and are as domestic as they
choose to be, they adopt children
If they have a welldeveloped ma
ternal instinct, they are even called
upon nowadays TO act as chaperones
for younger maids, though once, of
course. even a spinster of seventy
would have been regarded as an
unsuitable chaperone, and If she
were well bred she would have
blushed to travel without a chap
erone herself.
20 by Mcclure Newspaper Syudicate.)
CWNU Service)
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-06-10
Where the Wonders of Electricity viii Be Sholun

electrical Of Century Progress hagos Worlds Fair
kow is visible tnepc cascades
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ed TO stay to see what Buster would
do when he finished all the
honey. lie wanted TO 20 because,
in spite Of the fact that every time
they had CHANGED to meet Buster
Bear had run away as fast as ever
he could. Farmer Browns Boy
couldn't get over the idea that Bus
ter might not always run. You see
Buster is such a big fellow with
such great claws and teeth that
Farmer Browns Boy just couldn't
help feeling wee bit afraid of
him.
Now about this time Busy Bee
and her fellow workers made up
their minds that do what they
might they couldn't drive Buster
Bear away, and the least excited of
them began TO load themselves with
sweets from their storehouse to
carry to a new storehouse. They
knew that they had to begin their
summers work all over again, and
they didn't propose TO waste any
time In crying over what had hap
pened. They would save some
thing from the wreck with which to
make a new beginning. SO most of
them hurried to load themselves
with honey before greedy Buster
Bear should get all of it. But few.
still, mad clear through, were fly
ing about looking for new enemies,
and some Of these discovered Farm
er Browns Boy.
In an instant they had darted at
him Before he knew that he was
discovered what felt like half
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-06-10
WHEN SOMEONE
LEAVES US
BY DOUGLAS MALLOCH

ERlENDS are not only made to-
gether playing,
For idle friendships seldom last
for long;
But friends together working, plan.
ming, praying.
Know finer friendships that are
doubly strong.
There's a neighbor's friendship
with a neighbor,
The sort of friendship heaven has
understood.
A brotherhood, a sisterhood. of la.
Dor,
Together working for some com
mon good.
So we have worked. have planned,
have prayed together,
Have formed new friendships,
firmer found the old,
Have sung our songs, and even
mocked the weather,
Each day link, each link of shin
ing gold.
Some Joy perhaps may come from
hours Of pleasure,
But hours of labor bring the true
reward.
A better friendship heaps the
fuller measure
OF those who work together with
the Lord.
And when We part. for sometimes
there Is parting,
We only leave old vineyards for
the new,
For there are other vineyards to
be starting,
In other fields is other work to do.
Whoever goes, although some dear
friend leaves US,
We shall remember ev'ry kindly
grace,
And know that you, although your
going grieves US,
Are working with US in some
other place.
@. 1882. Douglas Malloch.)-WNUs Service
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HONEY AND CANDY

HONEY, sugars, dried fruits and
L Il candy. the purest that can be
made, are all quick energy foods.
The tired shopper, with a chocolate
cream or two or any like amount
Of candy will take new hope and
plod on. Our physicians now are
recommending candy as an essen.
tial for children; we are advised to
remember "to treat candy and other
forms Of sweets as food"
They have a place in every we'll
balanced diet, just as all other va
rieties of food have. Pure candy is
a safe and requisite food for chill
dren as well as for adults.
The fondness for sweets is nat
ural craving and should be INDUCED
wisely, as 1t Is an expression of a
definite bodily need.
The wise parent will give the
child candy for dessert or far
enough from the meal TO not sat
isfy the appetite and allow the child
to refuse the food served at the
table.
BY experiment 1t has been found
that sugar in some form is most
quickly absorbed and assimilated,
thus giving quick energy.
Tuck a piece or two of candy
in the luncheon basket, be II for
young sons or fathers. they both
will appreciate the kind attention.
Our candy manufacturers tell US
that peppermint flavor is called for
in candies more than all other fla
vors combined. AS one has several
flavors form which to choose and
many varieties of candies. soft or
hard. he Is indeed hard to please
who cannot find kinds to suit.
One need never hesitate when de
batting about an appropriate gift,
for a box of candy is always In sea
son and always enjoyed. Therefore,
when in doubt. give candy.
With bridge such an everyday
affair, we find even the cubes of
sugar In dainty boxes. formed In d.
Almonds, hearts and clubs, making
even the cup Of tea or coffee more
attractive and appealing.
&C. 1882. Western Newspaper Union.l
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-06-10

dozen red-hot needles were thrust
into him and the angry hum was all
about him. That part of the Green
Forest TO which he had gone be
cause of it's GOODNESS had suddenly
become a hot place, and with every
thrust of those little lances 1t be
came hotter. Farmer Browns Boy
was no longer in doubt. His mind
was made up. He wanted to go,
and to go as quickly as he knew
how.
G.Is32 byT. W. Burgess. I-wNU Service.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-06-10
Badge of Famous Order

The Maltese cross was originally
the badge of the Knights of Malta,
a religious and military organiza
tiOn which resided en- the island of
Malta after IL was expelled from
Rhodes by the Turks. This cross
Is formed of four barbed arrow
heads with the points meeting In
the center. In modified and elab-
crate forms II is the badge of sew
eral modern orders. - Pathfinder
Magazine.
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covered, What Felt Like Halt
Dozen Red-Hot Needles Were
Thrust Into Him.
fond of honey. You remember that
once Buster had stolen some honey
from the beehives In Farmer
Browns barnyard and that time
Farmer Browns Boy had fright
ened him away. But he never had
realized how very fond Buster is
of honey as he did now. Like
Sammy Jay, he wondered what Bus
ter could be made of to stand the
stings of all those bees just for the
sake of something 10 put in his
stomach. Buster was making the
funniest noises you can imagine.
There would be a growl and whine
of pain as q bee found particu
larly tender spot and thrust her
sharp little lance into it, and right
on top of that would be a grunt of
pure enjoyment as he scooped a
lot of honey into his mouth.
1t was funny. Yes, sir. it was
funny sight to see. Buster
squirmed and twisted as the bees
stuhg him. but he didn't once stop
his greedy scooping out of that
honey. 1t was smeared all over his
face. 1t had dripped down on his
black coat. He was getting himself
into a dreadful mess. But it was
plain to see that he didn't mind this
in the least. In fact, he didn't mind
anything, not even the stings Of the
bees. He had forgotten everything
but his stomach.
Farmer Browns boy wanted to
stay and he wanted to go. He want
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-06-10

is cast on her by those who would
insist that she travel only with a
woman companion, and that she re-
frain from going to places of enter
tainment with any man save near
relative.
The idea apparently once was
that an unmarried woman had 10
do a sort of penance for never hav-
ing succumbed TO the charms Of
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-06-10

Days Beginning Counts
Be pleasant until ten o'clock In
the morning, and the rest of the day
will take care of itself.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-06-10
Bedtime Stor 10
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wasn't any warmer there than else
where In the Green Forest. Ii was
excitement and perhaps a little IN
certainty as TO what might happen
II Buster Bear should discover him
that made Farmer Browns Boy per
spire and feel suddenly hot all over.
For few minutes he just stood
right where he was and stared. He
knew that Buster Bear was very
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-06-10

flowing down the facade
of the semi-circular unit.
and brightly colored and
Handicapped terraces are
a m ong the interestin-
features of this group.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-14
The Bonus Should Be Defeated.

Under any conditions the passage by
the House Of the bonus payment bill
placing upon the Treasury the burden
Of dispensing $4,000 900, 900 in cash at
the close Of session marked by heroic
efforts to balance the budget by imposi-
ton Of taxes to raise $1,11S,500 900
would be a sorry spectacle and one to
shake the confidence of stricken peo-
pie in the ability of their legislators to
work for the common good.
But II the House passes the bonus bill
today, and it probably will, such action
will take rank with the most inhuman
gestures ever made by . legislative
body.
That action will be cheered by the
rain-sodden. pitiful assemblage Of
bonus marchers" gathered here in
Washington and those whom they rep
resent 1t will raise the hopes Of men
already embittered by conditions that
are beyond human power to control or
alleviate. 1t will repeat, with modern
improvements invented by modern poll
ticians. that form of exquisite torture
worked upon Tantalus.
For those members of the House who
vote for the bonus today know that the
bonus cannot and will not be paid.
They know that If the Senate passes the
bonus bill-and there are not enough
votes in sight in the Senate to pass it
the President will veto 1t. And
they know that the House cannot
muster the votes to pass 1t over the
Presidents veto.
The courageous vote today viii be a
vote against the bonus. The patriotic
vote today will be the vote against the
bonus. The human vote today will be
the vote against the bonus.
For there is time when the duties
and responsibilities Of craftsmanship
overshadow personal ambition and even
personal opinion. And this Is such 4
time
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-14
Reeds Yesterday and Today.

A Chicago dispatch states that an
discovered by q University of Chicago
Institute research in Egypt, has been
given try-out by two musicians and
then replaced in its case. The curator
Of the institute said: II am afraid that
there are more poignant memories in
these reeds than the future will dis
cover If it gives up one of our saxo-
phones 5000 years from now" No
mention is made of the quality of tone
emitted by the oboe. Nothing Is said
Of the tune that was played upon it,
whether ancient or modern, but the
incident suggests that somebody might
plant few of our present-day in
struments for the purpose of being
found by the excavators of the distant
future. If saxophone is chosen, how
ever. it should be accompanied by tin
derby with instructions as to use, so
that the full resonance Of the instru-
ment can be heard by those who repeat
the Chicago experiment Of today. 1t
would not be fair to let a saxophone
go into posterity without this ac-
compartment. Time was when saxo-
phones were played on their own, as 1t
were, without muflers or squawking
devices. Indeed the present generation
has almost forgotten how an unequipped
saxophone sounds. 1t was once rather
highly regarded as sonorous instru-
ment. Now as it is misused by jazz
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-14
Higghligghts on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

the whole day. These novelties are the
acme OF folly and they simply add In
suit to injury, as the boys OF this place
are very little prudent about their in
terests and are only too pleased to get
such cribs OF holidays by enhancing
the causes of the event
One can see, the whole week round
groups OF boys near the school premises
making merry and fun like a swarm
OF bees glad at the advent Of Summer.
and when the school closes the bows
go home as if they returned from
studies and thus throwing dust into
the eyes of their parents. Not only
their precious time is wasted. but when
they have nothing to do the work of
Satan is taken up. end so the bows are
brought up on lines Of beguile and
deception
1t is an outlook which had spelled
and still spells untold detriment on the
future career of the Jewish youth.
Everybody is Sinking responsibility and
trying to faSten the blame on the other
but whether this or that is to blame.
the fact remains that this community is
guilty Of neglect Of duty of greatest
magnitude toward its sons and the
whole cause Of Israel 1t is not cor
rect as has been declared in certain
quarters, that our rich are parsimoni-
Gus, for it is an open secret that they
have too often parted with enormous
amounts and it is putting the matter
In its true perspective to say that they
do not know how to apply the money
to good and honorable uses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-14
Curb Parking and
Street Ownership

To the Editor of The Star:
Noticeably there is an inching closer
and closer to the time when automobile
night parking on public roadways may
be prohibited.
If such order be issued, somebody is
going to be hailed into court for parking
his car in front of his house at night
That one, possibly, may be a sub
urbanite.
On being arraigned, he may inject
some livellneSS into the proceeding by
producing a receipt showing that he
paid for the concrete or macadam OIL
which his automobile stands each night,
While it may be charged that he is
parking on public roadway, his receipt
shows that he Is actually parking on
concrete or macadam covering for the
roadway, paid for with his own money.
He will be able to set forth that he
was compelled to pay for that part Of
this concrete or macadam covering for
the roadway under threat that his pri-
vate property would be sold to collect
If the work done were not paid for; but
he can prove, nevertheless, that he
paid for that covering and that he
was made an involuntary partner in
the covering of that roadway.
He may 60 so far as to claim right
to use what his own money paid for
a denial Of which might constitute a
taking Of the roadway covering for
public use without compromising him
in the amount paid by him to provide
that roadway covering.
As Shylock could take his pound of
flesh only by drawing not one drop of
blood, it is left for the learned and
wise to determine whether the sub
urbanite Is parking on a public road
way when his automobile stands each
night on q roadway covering paid for
with the suburbanite's own money.
JOSEPH w. CHENEY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-14
A Century of Conventions.

Although the first presidential nomi-
mating convention of the national
American parties was held in Baltimore
on December IL, 1881, the year 1882 is
regarded as the beginning of the system
of proposing candidates for the presi-
dency by the convention method. The
meeting in Chicago today Is the twenty
sixth gathering of this character by
the Republican party and its prede-
cessor. the Wing party. Similarly, on
the 9th of this month will be held the
twenty-sixth quadrennial meeting of
the Democratic party, also in Chicago.
Prior to 1892 the presidential
nominees had been made by con-
gressional caucuses. The Constitution
provided no method for the proposal of
candidates. Indeed 1t was the theory
that the electors named by the several
States, constituting what has come to
be known as the electoral college"
should have free and unguided choice.
This system did not work well and the
proposal of candidates first by con-
gressional caucusses and then by con-
ventions developed. This left the
electors named by the people in the
States in November no choice except
to vote for those candidates who had
been nominated by the parties.
The development Of the convention
system resulted in large measure from
the improvement in the means of COM
munication between different parts Of
the States. making 1t easy for such
party meetings to be assembled. Yet
there were no good roads as the word
is known now. there we're no railroads
and there was no telegraph in the early
days of American political nominations.
The method Of naming delegates to
the presidential conventions has varied
Until 1900 they were chosen by State
convsntions of the respective, parties
avSfter that year the primak system
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-14
The Republican Keynote.

One of the established institutions Of
the American nominating conventions
gathered to name presidential candi-
dates is the election of a temporary
chairman-selected, of course, long in
advance with careful regard for polit-
ical availability and certain degrees
of oratorical eficiency-whose function
it is to preside over the first stages of
the meeting and particularly to sound
the keynote of the campaign. His
being the first formal speech at the
gathering, 1t is supposed to be the voice
Of the party making its formal bid for
the support of the people.
Today the keynote speech Of the
Republican National Convention was
sounded by Senator L. J. Dickinson Of
Iowa. 1t is a notable offering. 1t is a
true slogan sounder in the best &C
copied sense of partisan eloquence. 1t
indicates plainly the course that Is to
be taken by the Republican spellbinders
during the next five months
The substance of Senator Dickinson's
speech, which Is a eulogium of Presi-
dent Hoover, for whose denomination
and reelection he sounds the call, Is
that by his actions during the great
economic depression from which this
country has suffered almost from the
outset of the administration, the Presi-
dent has prevented financial panic, has
maintained social order, has insured
industrial peace. has mitigated unem-
ployment distress, has averted great
catastrophe in Europe which would have
reacted destructively upon this country,
has aided the farmers in their most
grievous distress, has proposed and in
large measure secured means of balanc-
ing the national budget and has main
tanned the value of the American dollar.
This will undoubtedly be the line of
election. His record will be subjected
to intense scrutiny, will be assailed by
the opposition and defended by his own
party. Senator Dickinson in his Chi
cago speech today forecasts counter
assault upon the Democratic opposi-
ton, which through its national or
ganization headquarters has conducted
persistent attack upon the Presidents
performances, an attack which he de-
clares to have defeated itself by its
partisan luminosity and indiscriminate
and injudicious impeachment of every
move and word of Mr.. Hoover.
This keynote speech indicates plainly
that the campaign will witness re-
hearsal Of all the happenings of the
past two and half years. the boom
market, the Wall Street slump, the seep-
ing depression in business and the vari
Gus expedients adopted to lessen the
force of the avalanche of hard times
that descended upon the American peo-
pile The issues, apart from the prohibit
ton question, if that indeed enters into
the contest directly, will be chiefly eco
nomic. 1t will be reminder Of the
campaign of 1896, save that the Repub-
lican candidate will be defending his
own course in the White House.
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began to displace the convention
method. At present delegates are
named both by primaries and by con-
ventions.
It was not until 1874 that the tele-
graph played . part TN carrying the
news of these political meetings. Morse
had begun his experiments In 1882, but
it was not until twelve years afterward
that the first line was established be-
tween Baltimore and Washington. In
that year, 1874, both parties held their
conventions in Baltimore, the Repub-
licans first, meeting on May /. and the
news Of the nomination of Henry Clay
was brought to Washington by q mes
sage received in . room in the Capitol.
having been sent from Baltimore by
messenger to a point outside Of the city
to which the line had been carried.
From this small beginning has de-
veloped the present system Of news
transmission, reaching the point at
which today the telegraph companies
are equipped at Chicago to handle
more than $4,000 words an hour. BY
this means, together with the telephone
and the radio, whatever happens at
convention down to the
least detail Is swiftly, almost instanta-
neously told to the country, far cry
indeed from the conventions of hun
dred years ago. when many days would
pass before the people in the more
States knew what had occurred
at the party gatherings. 1t was this
factor that caused the long stretch OF
time between the beginnings OF the
process of naming candidates and the
elections themselves In November