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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-08-31
Enrolment Heavy
In Drafting School

Enrollments at the Columbia
School of Drafting and the
Columbia School of Engineer
ing are already exceeding all
previous records. Registrations
are particularly heavy in the
Columbia School of Drafting
which offers special courses in
topographic, architectural, air
craft, mechanical, electrical
structural steel and Patent Of,
flee drafting; also in the build.
ing construction, blue print
reading and estimating courses.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-08-31
ARTS SCHOOL
To BEGIN 18TH.
SEASON OCT. |.
Felix Mahony Institute
to Open Under Many
EnIarg ed Departments.

The National School of Fine
and Applied Art, 1747 Rhode
Island Ave. N. w, better known
as Felix Mahony Art School, !"
will begin its seventeenth year
October l. Additional space has
been added and the entire
building redecorated and fit
ted with modern lighting APP
pliances.
Mr.. Mahony announces the
National School of Fine and
Applied Art is the first art
school in Washington to eStab-
fish in its particular subjects
courses based on principles of
artistic expression combined
with technical and professional
practices. 1t recognizes and
stimulates the constant grow
ing demand of art in industry
and is training young men and
women as commercial artists,
interior decorators, costume de-
signerS, illustrators and educa-
tors. The courses are planned
to give the student thorough
fundamentals, new ideas, broad
vision and fresh inspiration in
the professional fields, together
with their application wherever
color and design is used.
COURSE AUGMENTED
The commercial art course
has been greatly augmented and
the modern thought carefully
introduced to meet the de-
mandS of the business world.
The inter or decoration, which
includes interior architecture,
will continue along the histor-
1cal period lines. The costume
design and illustration course
has been augmented by the &C
tual designing and making of
costumes for usual wear. period
and stage costumes in correct
color and line for use in special
lighting effects.
There will be special classes
in color and design for display
artists in which materials will
be used, set-ups for windows
and store display and the use
of modern lighting in color
for display.
The members of the advisory
board will visit the school at
frequent intervals to lecture
and demonstrate to the stu
dents on particular phases of
their respective arts and criti-
else students work and advise
on their commercial require
mentS.
The school this year is stress
ing its eightmonth professional
fundamental course to meet
the demands of those who
cannot avail themselves of the
threey year courses.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-08-31

ETY. debates throughout the
year.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-02-11

effort is being spared to reproduce the
Colonial atmosphere for this occasion.
The affair is being managed by ex-
perts and every State will be repre-
scented by especially invited guests.
While the celebration officially
opens on February %, Sunday, Febru-
airy 81, will be an active day in the
District of Columbia as we'll as in
every city in America. The United
States George Washington Bicenten-
NAL Commission has suggested spe-
cial religious services for George
Washington to be held wherever peo-
pie gather to worship. Response from
the various church organizations to
this project has been remarkable. 1t
is probable that practically all of the
$4,000 churches will hold special SER
vices honoring the First President on
this day.
A folk-masque written especially
for the United States George Wash
ington Bicentennial Commission by
Percy MacKaye will be presented at
Constitution Hall, Washington, D. c.,
on the evening of February 81. This
masque is being produced under the
auspices of the United States George
Washington Bicentennial Commission
and the District of Columbia Bicen-
tennial George Washington Commits
sion.
The masque is entitled "Wake-
field" named after the birthplace of
George Washington, and portrays in
symbolic form the story of George
Washington. Five hundred adults
and children are being rehearsed for
this production and the music will be
furnished by the United States Marine
Band. The folk-masque is being print
ed by the United States George Wash
ington Bicentennial Commission for
use of other cities. 1t is expected
that this masque will be produced in
all the large cities of the United
States during the Bicentennial Cele-
bration.
During the week of February %,
motion pictures depicting principal
events in the life of George Wash
ington entitled washington the Man
and the Capitol" will be shown in
the theatres of America as feature
of the Bicentennial Celebration. Hun
dreds of theatres have already ar
ranged for such a showing, and, I'M
doubtedly, practically every motion
picture theatre in America will be
booked to show the life of George
Washington on the screen.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-02-11
WORDS GONE TO WASTE

The city editor of the New York
Herald Tribune, Stanley Walker,
writing in Harpers, estimates that
100000 words of press agent mater
ial are received at the office of New
York newspapers each day of the
year. Practically all of this material
is consigned to the waste basket,
most of it without even being opened.
Mr.. Walker is unable to understand
why American businessmen, reputedly
rather shrewd lot, continue to pay
good money for this sort of useless
advertising.
Mr.. Walkers figure, 100000, repre-
sents a lot of words. Add to that
the hundreds of thousands of words
contained in the press agent material
that goes out to the newspapers in
the provinces, and you have a stag
gering total involving an appalling
wasteage of paper, effort, and money.
Not day goes by but mass of I'M
opened letters goes into the waste
basket in this office. In every other
newspaper Office the same thing goes
on.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-02-11
NEW GERMANY

Sunday school and church services
this coming Sunday morning at the
usual hours. Come and bring your
friends with you.
The third meeting of the Parent
Teacher Association will be held in
the school building next Wednesday
evening, February IT,, at 500 o'clock.
After the business meeting program
will be given by the school children
and play presented by the young
folks entitled, "The Chocolate Cream
Wedding" Admission will be 10
cents.
Mrs. Floyd Broadwater entertained
a number of ladies at quilting party
at her home last Wednesday. A very
enjoyable day was spent by those
present.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. L. Otto and FAM
lily and Miss Mary Jankey visited at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Bea-
chy on Sunday.
Mrs. Arthur Broadwater and sons
Elwood and Arlie, Elmer burst and
Mrs. James Stephens spent the week.
end visiting relatives in Akron, O.
They were accompanied home by Miss
Hilda Stephens, who had spent several
months there.
Mrs. Charles burst is seriously i'll
at her home near here.
Mr.. C. J. Otto attended the Som
erset Slassics held at the Amity Re-
formed church, Meyersdale, Pa, on
Monday and Tuesday of the past
week.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-02-11
F AIR V E w

Misses Nellie and Ruby Harvey, of
Bayard, W. Va, were calling at the
home of Wilma Harvey on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Cosner made a
business trip to Oakland Tuesday, be-
ing accompanied by Miss May Har-
vey, of Fairview.
Miss Malinda Smith visited at the
home of Mrs. F. H. Nine over the
weekend.
Elmer Nine, Earl Harvey, Edith
Richie, Dorothy Richie, Herbert
Richie and Arvey Richie, all of this
community, visited at the home OF
Ernest Cullers at Bayard on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. I. G. Harvey were
guests Friends at Bayard on Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Harvey were
at the home of Mrs. Harvey's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Childs, at Red Oak, on
Sunday.
Mrs. 1. G. Harvey had as her guest
Msrs. Stella Wilson, of Gormania, on
Saturday.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-02-11
LET'S KEEP COOL

Day by day, as this is written, the
Sino-Japanese situation seems to be
getting more serious. Warships of the
United States, Great Britain, France,
and Italy are at Shanghai to protect
the nationals of these nations in case
the fighting spreads to the interna-
tional quarters. 1t is the duty of every
nation, of course, to protect the lives
of it's citizens when there is trouble.
1t is equally clear just now, that this
is as far as the United States will go
or should go in the Far Eastern situa.
ton.
While it is true that public sympa-
thy generally in the United States is
o-Chinese, it is not to be forgotten
that after all the Chinese are not
blameless. For years the country has
been torn by conflicting armies, head
ed by factionalists who in some cases
are little better than brigand chiefs.
China has been unable to form a
strong centralized government for
itself, and is now paying the conse-
quences of disorganization and lack of
national defense. If the Chinese cam
not organize and protect themselves
it is too much to ask that other ma
tions shall continually do this for them
every time foreign foe arises.
The japanese claim that they are in
China to protect the lives and proper
ty of Japanese citizens who have been
attacked by Chinese. While the aver
age American may be inclined to be-
lieve that the Japanese have gone far
Their than necessary to do this, still
there is not much we can do about it.
Our principal duty is to see that
American lives are safe. Outside of
that we have no military duty in the
matter and Americans should keep
cool in this time of crisis.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-02-11
ROAD BUILDING HELPS
EVERYBODY

We have heard much of the value
of road building as means of allevi-
ating unemployment. Now it is in
teresting to see the actual results.
During 1881, the building of rural
roads and streets kept something like
a million men busy in actual construc-
ton work-and, in the words of Thos.
H. Macdonald, Chief of the Bureau of
Public Roads, "for each individual so
employed the total highway expendi-
ture provides additional indirect en-
ployment equivalent to two other per-
sons"
Consequently, in 1881, the road and
street construction program was of
benefit to about 100000 men-which
means that it helped some 10 or ~
million persons. Seventy-five to 80
per cent of the money spent went to
labor.
The best part Of all is that road
building, even when advocated prin-
cipally to help the unemployed, is not
a "relief" measure of the kind that
costs taxpayers millions of dollars
which pay no return. Every time a
rural or farm-to- market road is built
another town or area is given chance
to progress, to develop-and its in
habitants, particularly farmers, have
a chance for greater prosperity, for
fuller social life, and for more advan-
tageous marketing of products. 1t is
worth repeating that the road dollar
is genuine, gilt-edge investment
which returns high rate of interest
not only in actual cash, but in ben
efits which cannot be measured in
money.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-02-11

Press agents must be able to con-
vince their clients that newspaper edi-
tors are guileless individuals. Indeed,
these agents seem to hold something
of the same opinion. They lay down
a constant barrage of news stories"
which, at first glance, really appear
to be just that. Careful reading, how
ever, never fails to reveal somewhere
in the article the name of some ad-
vertiser or advertised product. Not
once in blue moon do the "stories"
get by the desk.
The amazing thing is that even
though one has to search far and
wide before he discovers one of the
releases actually in print, neverthe-
less they keep on coming and, pre-
sumably, American business concerns
keep on paying. 1t seems to be "just
one of those things"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-02-11
IN DAYS OF OLD
FORTY YEARS AGO

A sleighing party, composed OF many
of the young people of Oakland, went
to Aurora, West Va, where dinner
was enjoyed at the Lantz hotel and
afterward dancing. The party was
chaperoned by an Oakland matron.
Patrick Hart, brother of the then
Mayor Owen Hart, left Oakland for
Florida, declaring that this section
of country was "too cold for an Irish
man."
The commissioner of patents, Wash
ington, D. c., issued a patent to John
Cornelius, of Oakland, for wrecking
machine or stump extractor.
The members of the local Lutheran
church was called to meet on Febru-
airy "a to determine if sufficient inan-
cial encouragement was Forthcoming
to erect new church during the APP
preaching summer.
Fred. Felty opened a general store
in the Bishop building ON Second
street.
Jonas Frazee, young merchant of
Selbysport, visited Oakland on bus
mess.
Among the notaries public appoint
ed for the county were G. A. Fraley
and James M. Litzinger, of Oakland.
Samuel C. Hoye, George w. Merrill
and C. N. Friend We're named school
commissioners. Governor Brown was
then the chief executive.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Judges and clerks were appointed to
conduct the municipal election to be
held in Oakland.
Members of council were also APP
pointed to investigate the feasibility
of sounding fire alarm by whistle
to operate either by compressed air or
the high pressure gas main then in
use.
Lawrence Bittinger, rural mail car
rier, was injured when his sleigh
struck a stone hidden under the snow,
resulting in the wrecking of his sleigh
and in falling from it Mr.. Bittinger
was kicked in the face by his horse.
Dixon and Kelso completed the re-
pairs and alterations to their store
building.
Mr.. Dice Spiker had contracted for
the erection of new brick dwelling
on his farm south of Oakland.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-02-11

terpiece, but to enjoy the spectacle
of half dozen boys playing baseball
under its fioodlights. Perhaps the
one hundred per cent patriot, zeal
ously watchful of disrespect, would
have resented the intense, dirt
smeared catcher squatting at the
foot of the statue, and his "Batterup,"
and "Socko! You're out!" But, we
opine, not so the spirit of the Eman-
cipator lowering in the shadows.
Probably it would have CLEANED a
wisp of satisfaction that it should
have been even the unwilling means
of providing for these street urchins
an evening playground which their
elders had failed to supply. For Lin
coin was friendly, informal sort of
person. He liked people, and chill
dren were an especial delight.
It is unfortunate that talking
moving pictures were unknown in his
day so that the reality of his person.
atty might have been preserved Wis
ually and audibly for other genera
tons. It is twice unfortunate that
already there is veil of myth about
Lincoln the man, He has been raised
to the pedestal of a hero and some
thing has been lost in the process.
With the years, it becomes increas-
ingly hard to visualize Abraham Lin
coin as he must have been: an angu-
lar person whose voice had a mid
Western drawl; a young man whose
forehead veins swelled and throbbed
as he split hardwood tree trunks into
rails; small-town lawyer who knew
politics as we'll as law; very impor-
tant man in Washington who some
times was very lonely for humble, sin
cere friends.-The Rotarian Magazine.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-02-11
MOST MARYLAND PEOPLE
LIVE IN 35-44 AGE GROUP
14.3 Percent of State Total In
"YOung-M iddIe-Ag Group"

Do you happen to know what age
group in the population Of Maryland
has the largest number of persons in
it? Would you believe that one out
of every seven is in the group from
35 to SIS years old?
In order that the disease fighters
in city and state departments of pub
lie health may map out their disease
prevention campaigns intelligently, it
is necessary for them to know not
only where and what diseases are &C.
curing, but also what age groups of
the population are likely to be affected
by them. For this and various other
reasons, estimates based upon the u.
S. Census reports are made every year
by the State Department of Health of
the number in each age group in
Maryland. The estimates for the cur
rent year were made by the Bureau of
Vital Statistics and are based upon
the Census returns of 1920 and 1880.
Considering the people of Mary
land as one big family, it is interest
ing to note that there are more people
living in the State who are from IS to
A years old-what may be called "the
young -middle-aged-group" than in
any other age-group. Out of total
population of 1,671 ,448, there are $780,
447 in this group, of 14.3 per cent of
the total. This proportion holds good
in both white and colored populations.
Since 1920 there has been a gradual
decline in the birth rate, not only in
Maryland, but throughout the coun-
try. This has been Offset in Maryland
in two ways-the steady saving of in
FAINT lives and the prolonging of life in
the older age-groups. These changes
have brought about some shifting in
the present relative sizes of the diff
ferent age-groups, in comparison with
the former proportions in these
groups.
For instance, in connection with
these estimates, DR.. John Collinson,
Chief of the Bureau of Vital Stats
tics, points out that at present 27.9
per cent of the total population is
made up of the babies under a year
old-of whom there are 25,982-their
Older. brothers and sisters in the nre-
school age and those in the school age
up to IA years, total of 466,333 chill
dren. He also shows that in 1920,
when the total population of the State
was 1,449,661, there were 430,579
children, or 1916 per cent of the total
population at all ages in the group
under Is years old.
One-third of the present popula-
tion-559, 157, or 1874 per cent of the
total, is in the group from Is to "a
years old; little less than third
544, 170-or 1926 per cent of the total,
is in the group from 35 to Ga years
old, with 239, ATT from 35 to A; 1872
391 from 45 to 81, and 122,302 from
IS to Ga. There are nearly 100000
persons in the State-97,47 to be
exact-5.8 per cent of the total-who
are 65 years old or older. Of that
number 10000 are from 65 to IA and
27,452 are rs years or older.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-02-11
OPENING OF THE BICEN
TENNIAL CELEBRATION

President Hoover will officially open
the nine-months' nationwide George
Washington Bicentennial Celebration
at noon eastern standard time) Feb
ruary %, when he will deliver his
George Washington address before a
joint meeting of Congress, assembled
in the House of Representatives in
the Capitol. The Judges of the Su-
preme Court, members of the Cabinet,
foreign diplomats and many other
distinguished visitors will also be
present, and the address will be car
ried to every corner of America over
a nationwide hook-up:
Following his address, President
Hoover will be escorted to the East
steps of the Capitol and will give the
signal for the singing of "America"
by a chorus of ten thousand voices. 1t
is expected that millions of people
will join in this "sing" as it comes
over the air.
The great chorus gathered at the
Capitol will be conducted by Walter
Damrosch and will be accompanied by
the United States Army, Navy and
Marine bands which will play as a
unit under the direction of John Philip
Sousa. An inaugural" crowd is ex-
pected to be on hand for these cere-
monies.
After luncheon, President Hoover
accompanied by the members of the
United States George Washington BIZ
centennial Commission and the Dis
trict of Columbia George Washington
Bicentennial Commission, will go tt
Mount Vernon to lay wreath on the
tomb of the Father of His Country ir
the name of united nation.
At 800 p. M, there will be exer.
cises at the Washington Monument
under the auspices of various patti
otto societies of the District of Colum,
bia.
In the evening the George Wash
ington Colonial Costume Ball will bt
held at the Mayfower Hotel under
the auspices of the United States
George Washington Bicentennia
Commission and the District of Co
lumbia Bicentennial Commission. M
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-02-11
MASON

Mr.. Hiram Lichty was visitor OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Noah Lichty on Sunday
and Monday.
The old order Amish Mennonite
church was held at the home Of Simon
Swartzentruber. 1t will be held there
again on February Fl.
Mr.. and Mrs. Owen Martin and
family were visitors of Mr.. and Mrs.
William C. Martin on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Roth and
daughter Theda were visitors OF Mr.
and Mrs. William C. Martin on Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Roth and son
Weir were visitors of Mr.. and Mrs
William C. Martin on Sunday.
Carroll Miller was visitor of Car
roll Martin on Sunday.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-02-11
GLADES

The grounding failed to see his
shadow and the farmers are looking
forward for nice weather.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Bethel were
visiting Mr.. Maust near st. Paul, Pa,
last Wednesday.
William Bowser and family were
calling at the home of Samuel Teets
on Sunday.
Mrs. F. ]. Glotfelty, who spent the
last two weeks with her daughters,
has returned home.
Ira burst was visiting at the home
of Roy Stark on Sunday.
Jake Bethel and family were call
ing on Sherman Tressler Sunday.
Those at the F. j. Glotfelty home
on Sunday were Roy Hetrick and fam
lily, Nevin Broadwater and family, o.
C. Glotfelty and family and Mrs. Ker-
nit Glotfelty and son.
Mr.. Herbert Maust and Mrs. Jonas
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-02-11
Make This Csc. Test

Phyic the bladder easily. Drive out
impurities and excessive acids which
cause irritation that results in leg
pains, backache, burning and getting
up nights. BU-KETS, the bladder
physic, containing buchu, juniper oil,
ETC., works on the bladder pleasantly
and effectively as castor oil on the
bowels. Get 25c. box Is grain size)
from your druggist. After four days,
if not relieved of getting up nights,
go back and get your money. You are
bound to feel better after this cleans
ing and you get your regular sleep.
Locally>at Joseph E. Harned's, Drug
gist.-Advertisement Jan. 14-Feb. IL.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-02-11
Honemakers' Column
By Miss Margaret Kirby Burtis
Home Demonstration Agent

Spare the Soap and Spoil the Silk
If you have ever washed your favo-
rite silk dress and had it come out of
the tub spotted with ugly black
specks, you have said, "Never again.
"What causes black specks to ap-
pear on silk garments when they are
washed?" is a question that many
people are asking.
The answer is-lack of sufficient
soapsuds in the washing. All water
has some hardness caused by lime.
Even soft water has a certain amount.
When soap combines with the lime it
forms white material known as lime
soap. If enough soap is added to
make suds, these lime soaps will not
form. If soapsuds is not made and
kept, the lime soaps combine with the
dust and dirt in the fabric which is
being washed and form the dark,
greasy looking deposits which settle
especially in seams, hens and othef
thicknesses of the silk.
No amount of rinsing in clear
water will remove this deposit. The
cure must be sought in washing silk
garments in enough soap to maintain
a thick, lasting suds which prevents
these black specks. The harder the
water, the more soap is required.
If you have already spoiled clothes
by insufficient soap, try washing them
over again, using lukewarm suds. If
you do it properly, your garments
will be made bright and fresh looking,
without trace of the Objectionable
specks.