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The Washington times., 1932-03-24
LISTEN. WORLD!
BY Elsie Robinson

have drifted and dawdled un-
til we have no order left.
And all this while, the under
world has been making a law
and order for itself, that WILL
work. the ruthless, uncompro-
missing law of people who do
not duck reality. the organ
lied, controlled order of peo-
pie who make a plan and see
it through.
Why are we today trucking
to the underworld?
BECAUSE THIS is A
SHOWDOWN.
The underworld is strong
where we are weak, organized
where We are disorganizd, posi-
tive where we are negative.
The underworld is vigilantly,
viciously on the OFFENSIVE.
We are weakly wobbling on
the DEFENSIVE.
The underworld knows what
it wants and it is going after
it. But we are spending our
energy on preaching and pout-
ing and being sorry for our
selves.
There's nothing new about
this condition. Long ago King
David, helplessly watching the
scottish decline of a once strong
nation, cried:
"I have seen the wicked in
great power and spreading him
self like a green bay tree
Lord, how long shall the
wicked triumph? How long
shall they speak hard things
and the workers Of iniquity Of
boast themselves?
"They break in pieces thy
people, o Lord They Slay
the widow and the stranger
and murder the fatherleSs"
The IsraelitieS were said to
be Goods chosen people" Yet
the law of cause and effect
worked as ruthlessly with them
as with any outcast or savage.
They dreamed while their
enemy schemed. They drifted
while their enemies acted.
And the day inevitably came
when the walls of Jerusalem
went down-and the beWild-
cred, indignant Respectable
Citizens were led, in ShackleS,
into the enemy's land.
GOD HELPS THOSE WHO
HELP THEMSELVES. And "to
him that hath it shall be
given" even though he be a
racketeer.
And what can you and I do
about it? That's easy. We
can DO something, not just
talk about it.
We can stop telling ourselves
that we are the most wonder
full people on earth and that
nothing can happen to us be-
cause we are so good and
smart and strong and we
can face the fact that PLENTY
IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW
AND UNLESS WE GET
AS BUSY DOING GOOD AS
THE GANGSTER IS GET
TING BUSY BEING BAD, IT'S
TAPS FOR AMERICA!
Copyright. 1882. King Features
Syndicate. 1nc.l
The Washington times., 1932-03-24
MARRY-GO-ROUND
BY Helen Rowland

Women over As who dye their
hair would look far younger, if
they would whiten it-or wear
softening white wigs. 1t is bet
ter to appear to be a young
thing trying to look older, than
to look like an old thing try
ing to appear young.
These new spring hats, tilted
way up on one side and way
down on the other are so be-
coming! And SUCH a relief
from those terrible off-the-face
things which made older women
look like bald-eagles and the
flapperS look like half-wits. Now,
if the milliners will only let
them STAY that way!
Why should young couples
make pre-matrimonial con-
tracts? There are more prom
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An Incredible Piece
Of Impertinence.

Of Impertinence.
But the important point
raised by Senator Robinson
is that Notwithstanding the
practically unanimous proc
lamation of the Congress
that it will not ratify any
agreement for the cancella-
ton, or rather the transfer,
of the debts Of other nations
to our own taxpayers, we
have the statement in an
Administration paper in the
Capital that our new Ambas-
sador to England "will re-
open negotiations on the
debt situation as soon as he
has presented his letters of
credence." "
This would seem to be an
incredible piece of imper-
tinence but for the fact that
the President has so fire.
quently forgotten the limita-
tions of his power. That
The Washington times., 1932-03-24
ONCE-OVERS

they should at least listen and
heed your expressed wishes.
But they have not been out
in the business world-they
think you are IAN old crab" be-
cause their experience is lack
ing.
You have encouraged them
to make friends among the we'll
to-do.
You have been willing to
help them keep up with their
neighbors.
Now you know why you can
not go on the same scale Of
luxury or perhaps comfort,
merely, that you have followed
in their time.
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Arithmetic

Arithmetic
AS a parent you are living in
a period when it comes easy to
cenSure your children for their
extravaganza.
Who was to blame for their
liberal spending which you now
seek to curtail?
Do not children adopt their
habits largely from parents?
You realize the change in
matters of financial import
they do not.
When money was easy with
you did you adopt a saving
habit?
If you scold and growl about
their extravaganza you think
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The trouble with modern mar
riage is that there is too much
freedom" and independence in
it, and too little reciprocity and
good teamwork.
To advise a girl not to marry
"a struggling young man." is
a waste of breath. There isn't
any other kind. When it comes
to marriage, they ALL strug-
gle until their strength gives
out!
Please consider the foregoing
trivialitieS as purely confiden-
tial. My private opinions-un-
important, if true!
Copyright, 1882, King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
The Washington times., 1932-03-24

JSOb
You thought,
with mount
ing anger and
b e W lid e r.
ment, Of the
growing mum
ber Of atroc-
itieS-of the
sudden, enor-
m ou s power
of the under
world. A n d
noW--thiS!
tits unbe-
lievable!" you
cried. "Why,
no one ever
heard Of SIlch
The Washington times., 1932-03-24

The respectable world ap-
pealing to gangdom for help in
finding a stolen child-you
gasped when you read it, didn't
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W ing to leave in a few
days to assume his duties as
ambassador to England. The
other day the Washington
Post, which usually reflects
the views of the Administra-
ton with uncanny accuracy,
made the statement that the
moment he reached London
he would open negotiations
to settle the debt question
with England because of his
sympathy with the English
taxpayer. This article had
many of the earmarks OF
authenticity.
Senator, Robinson of Ar
kansas consequently had it
incorporated in the Congress
sional Record and made
some pertinent observations.
The article ascribed to Mr..
Mellon the idea that it is un-
fair to ask England to pay in
deprecated currency now
that she has gone off the
gold standard. In comment
ing, Senator Robinson said:
Why not look at the sub
iuct from the standpoint of
the American taxpayer,
rather than from that of the
British taxpayer? Is the in.
.terest of the British tax
payer the primary concern
of the Administration in this
distressing period? With the
annual deficit of approx
mately two and a quarter bill
lion dollars facing the Treas
ury, this Government is
going out of it's way to re-
duce the amount which may
be received from foreign
debtor governments for the
purpose of relieving their
taxpayers from hardship and
financial strain"
Made Much of England's
Added Burden
In a statement given out
by Mr.. Mellon three months
ago, and quoted by the
Washington Post, the Ad-
ministration paper, he made
much of England's added
burden in paying us in gold,
since she has gone off the
gold standard. Senator Reed
calls attention to the fact
that England els receiving
considerably more from the
Continent than she is paying
u.s.; and both he and Sen-
ator Robinson commented on
the fact that by going off
the gold standard England
greatly has increased her
foreign trade with nations
that could not profitably
trade with nations on the
gold standard. Senator Rob-
inson put the point thus:
"By abandoning the gold
standard and depreciating
their currencies, govern
ments which are in debt to
the United States have OBJ
tanned a great advantage
over us as competitors in
foreign commerce One OF
the penalties of the policy
referred to is found in
meeting gold payments. Is
an effort to be made to
commit the United States
to the absurd and impos-
sib1e undertaking of pay
ing the losses which for
eign governments will incur
by reason Of changes in
their financial policies
policies which on the whole
seem fruitful of gain to
them and disadvantageous
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Mr.. Mellon and Debts
Of Great Britain
Bu Claude G.. BOWers

Author Of The Party Battles of the Jackson Period The Struggle
EN"' in America" Jefferson Hamilton
" "Tb. Tragic Era," and other important works.
The Washington times., 1932-03-24

Whoever dreamed the vehicle
That was the Dry refOrmer's pride
Would be one on which Uncle Sam
Was taken for a CHASTITY "ride"?
The Washington times., 1932-03-24
The Warning
Has Been Sounded

The best assurance, how
ever, that nothing more will
be heard for a while about
shifting Europe's tax bur-
dens to Americans is in the
perfe ct absurdity of the
thing at a time when Ameri-
cans have touched the. bot
tom of depression.
1t would be sheer insanity
at a time when we ourselves
have a two billion dollar
deficit and. are running be-
hind more than 100000 a
day every day to assume the
role of Lady Bountiful. We
are preparing now, of neces-
sity, to impose staggering
tax burdens on our own
people to maintain the credit
of the nation.
The Washington times., 1932-03-24

Iue lnCeuJ mas Deen all along
to transfer these debts to
Americans, who loaned the
money, is the conviction of
leaders in House and Senate
who were summoned to the
White House, first on the
moratorium, and then just
before the visit of Laval.
The reaction of these leaders
was unfavorable.
-
No Denial from
The White House
In the face of this, Mr..
Mellon is being sent to Lon
don Ito reopen negotiations
on the debts as soon as ne
has presented his letters of
credence. In the debate
precipitated by Senator
Robinson action, no repre-
sentative of the Administra-
tion undertook positively to
deny the accuracy of the
statement in the Administra-
tion organ. The best Sena-
tor Smoot could do was to
express doubt, but he has
tened to add: II do not say
that it is true or false be-
cause I do not know"
Senator Reed, an Admins
tration man, who, neverthe-
less, vigorously opposed the
cancellation of the debt, de-
clared with great emphasis
that the statement in the
Administration organ is
absolutely and unqualifiedly
false. - But he spoke, not
as one in the confidence of
the Administration on the
debt question, but as an op-
ponent of cancellation, and
to that extent an opponent
of the original Administra-
tion intent. There has
been no denial from the
White House, from the State
Department or from Mr..
Mellon.
The Administration
Itself Was Silent
For many years there have
been advocates of a consti-
tutional change providing
seats in Senate or House for
members Of the Cabinet.
One of the reasons urged,
and Woodrow Wilson years
ago urged it, is that in
just such cases as this Of
Mr.. Mellon, the Administra-
tion could be heard.
1t would not be proper for
a member of the Cabinet to
have a vote, but there would
be no impropriety in giving
him a voice in the debates
on matters pertaining to his
department. In other coun-
tries they do these things
better.
In England the members
of the ministry or govern
ment are members Of the
Commons or the House of
Lords; and whenever a
newspaper, close to the gov
ernment ascribes a purpose
or policy to a department,
an authentic and definite de-
NAL can be made on the
spot. Here we have a long
debate on the statement re-
garding Mr.. Mellon-but
the Administration itself was
silent.
All that Congress can do
is to reiterate it's determini-
tion not to transfer the
debts Of other nations to the
taxpayers Of this country;
and thus give notice both to
the Administration and
other countries that no ne
gotiations looking to that
purpose will be ratified
The Warning
Has Been Sounded
The best assurance, how
ever, that nothing more will
be heard for a while about
shifting Europe's tax bur-
dens to Americans is in the
perfec It absurdity of the
thing at a time when Ameri-
cans have touched the. bot
tom Of depression.
1t would be sheer insanity
at a time when we ourselves
have two billion dollar
Evening star., 1932-10-24

just during the Summer months? Can
damask draperieS be used in both liv-
ing and dining rooms? What can use
in the room Of a man who thinks Gre
tonne effeminate? Can you suggest
something of moderate cost?"
Answer: Doors are, at present. pre-
ferred to portieres If that is what you
mean. Heavy curtains should be taken
down in Summer and windows cur
tanned with thin material. which is
drawn fully back in the daytime, or
with glass curtains either hanging
straight or tied back Wool or silk
damask is always beautiful for heavy
curtains, and for upholstery in a cold
climate. And linen or cotton damask
is lovely for Summer II have often had
tablecloths dyed for this purpose, or
for houses in warm climates in place
of chintz. A good substitute in mans
room COR house,, is one Of the Indian.
or Indo-Persian cotton prints. They
have character, give excellent effect and
are very inexpensive.
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1932-10-24

T T ALLOWEEN will soon be here.
1t comes next Monday, so a
pumpkin party has been
i i planned for readers. The en-
tertainment features will be
given today and the refreshments to-
morrow.
The hostess covers a round bowl about
the size of pumpkin with pumpkin col
ored crepe or tissue paper or textile.
The covering should curve in slightly
around the top to make the container
resemble a pumpkin. She cuts small
circles from pumpkin-colored cardboard
and numbers them in pairs of cores
ponding numerals, two ones, two twos,
etc. She puts one of each kind in sepa-
rate containers. One container is for
women to draw from and the other for
the men. These circular cards are
slightly weighted by having a piece Of
paper glued to the under side. Be-
meath this paper are concealed three
beans. held in place securely by the
glueddown paper.
On Halloween each person has one
OF these little weighted pumpkin cards
Each in turn standing at some specified
place tries to throw it into the larger
pumpkin. Those who get their cards in
are GoblinS. Those who do not are
Ghosts. The hostess gives each Goblin
a brown sheet of tissue paper from the
center of which a round hole is cut for
the head to go through. Each Ghost
gets a similar piece of white tissue
paper. These are worn over the should
ers of players.
Each man now finds his partner for
dancing by matching his card number
with that of one of the women. A weird
effect is produced as these clOaked fig
ures fit about.
The hostess makes many little pump
kin-colored cheesecloth bags with long
green string or tape drawStringS. These
she fills with white, Well-popped corn,
and ties identical numbers to two bags.
On bits of green card board, cut leaf
shape. she puts numbers corresponding
with those on the bags. She twists the
cord on each bag around different arti-
cles of furniture such as chair and table
legs, electric light fixtures, ETC., and
ties the strings in several knots. The
pumpkinbags form decorative elements
in the room as surprising as they should
be on Halloween.
BY matching numbers on leaves, part
ners are secured for harvesting the
pumpkins. At given signal all start to
hunt for and unloose the pumpkins hav-
ing the same numbers on them as on the
cards The two who succeed in doing
tIllS W UUlil UdSS Ill 81 dI dWdTUtO tIlc
following prizes:
Ornament a circle of pumpkin felt by
sewing or gluing eyes. eyebrows, nose
and mouth features cut in sizes and
shapes pictured. The circle around each
eye and the radiating lines are done in
outline stitches. If the circle is the
same size as pictured sew it onto
square of black felt large enough to
make a holder. Line and interline this
hob-goblin and bind edges and it makes
Evening star., 1932-10-24
UNCLE RAYS CORNER
Five Famous Scientists.
CALLED


"A YOT quite three and q half CEN
turies ago, a professor at the
University Of Pisa set out to
4 prove point. He was a young
man-about 26 years of age
but his mind was probably the best in
all Italy. In those days, 1t was the Gus
tom in universities to study the writ
ings Of an ancient Greek, Aristotle.
Most teachers believed every sentence
Aristotle had written. but not the man
Of whom I write today.
The young professor was named Ga
lileo Gililei. but he is known in history
as simply "Galileo."
Calico thought that Aristotle had
been a great writer and thinker, but
there were some things which Calico
would not believe until he had tested
them. One of these was Aristotle's s
statement that large iron weight will
fall much faster than a small iron
weight.
Let us see whether small piece
Of iron will fall just as fast as large
piece Of iron," said Calico. Let us
go to the Leaning Tower and drop both
pieces Of iron at the same time Then
We can find out whether one piece falls
faster than the other"
4ALdI Wdo d oiloChlllS lQed 10 SOIIle VI
the professors at the university. They
said that the words Of Aristotle ought
to be trusted without any test.
"We shall see," said Galileo. I'VE
shall make the actual test"
He climbed to the top of the tower,
and let the two weights fall.
Clank: Both pieces of iron struck at
the same time, as witnessed by those
standing on he ground
The value OF testing was one of the
great things Calico taught the world.
After losing his place at Pisa, Calico
went to Padua to teach. He taught, but
he kept on learning. He was all the
while finding out new things He was
2 pioneer in the making of telescopes.
With small telescopes he studied the
moon, and found that there were noun
tains on it.
Calico taught that the earth goes
around the sun. This statement brought
trouble to him, and he was ordered by
a church court to admit that he was
wrong. He was then an old mon, not
strong enough to stand by his idea.
Evening star., 1932-10-24

now realized by thoughtful physicians
that, while the results obtained at our
mental hospitals are very gratifying,
with great many Of these patients it
should never have been found necessary
to send them there.
In other words, the same thought and
attention should be given to the pre-
vention of mental ailments as has been
given to the prevention of diphtheria,
scarlet fever, tuberculosis and other
ailments.
Dr. A. Grant Fleming of Montreal
tells us that mental diseases should be
dealt with in the public health pro-
gram of preventable diseases. He Sug-
gests that there should be more mental
clinics, where individuals who feel that
they are in need of help or whose
family and friends feel that they are in
need of it, may go and have their
mental ailment diagnosed-that is, put
in its proper department or division of
Evening star., 1932-10-24
LITTLE BENNY
By LEE PAPE.
The Weakly News.

Weather.-Stationery
SISSIETY PAGE.
Mr.. Shorty Judge remained quietly
in the house against his will all SAITH
day afternoon on account Of having
tried to repair the dining room clock
so he could injoy the expression on the
clock mans face when he came and
found it going instead Of needing fix
ing, ony instead Of that the clock man
said 1t had been fixed beyond repair.
FREE MEDICAL ADVICE.
BY Docter B. Potts eskwire.
Itching.
Do you annoy your parents by al
ways scratching yourself diffrent places
in their presents? A good old fashion
remedy is to keep wawking out Of the
room every time you feel like scratch
ing This either werks perteck or elts
1t annoys them still more until they tell
you to either keep still or stay out
entirely.
AVVERTIZEMENTS.
Is your telefone working? How do
Evening star., 1932-10-24
AUTUMN
BY d. G. PEATTIE.
Naples.

Naples.
TINE greatest glory Of Autumn in
the District is the color of the
naples. Beech trees may be
L old gold and tulip trees bright
gold, and blueberry leaves GRIM
son and sumac leaves scarlet, but
NAPLES are all these colors and boast
the orange of saSsafraS and black gum
as well. They surpass even the oaks
for gorgeousness. On one maple tree
you will see every Autumn color known
to the optic nerve, and no two trees are
alike!
The boxelder, which is sort of
maple, merely turns dingy in Fall, but
with that exception, our native naples
are the princes Of Autumn coloration.
In the streets of Washington, the city
fathers of an earlier generation saw fit
TO plant two sorts of European types, the
Norway and Sycamore NAPLES, in prefer
ence to cur native species. This was
In the days when We supposed that a
tree Of flower had to come from abroad
and cost lot to be good. But the
two European naples drop their leaves
early, and instead of turning to won
drous colors, they merely yellow and
brown, like horse e-chestnut leaves-and
OF late. and in the new suburbs of
Washington, there has been a well-ad-
vised tendency to plant our native red
maple. There is not a tree in Europe
to touch it for beauty. Our own West
ern States, for all their boast, are simply
poverty-stricken when it comes to beau
tiful Autumn effects in foliage. And
the Joy of our common red maple, OF
which there are thousands and thou
sands arrayed in all their glory now in
the swampy country between here and
Baltimore, Is that it is almost as beauti-
full in Spring as in Autumn.
The landscape architects have for
some reason got it in for the silver
maple. The best argument is that its
low, sweeping branches make of it a
high-speed traffic, and bus and truck
vehicles demand, is an umbrella shaped
street tree. like the elm, and not a
pagoda shaped tree like the silver
maple. But on the private lawn, where
space and dignity are desired, the silver
maple, Summer and Autumn, is peer
less tree.
The village Of Falls Church always
seems to me to excel in Autumn colors,
on account of its naples. Out there
one sees, not only the silver and red
NAPLES. but sometimes the sugar maple
the glory of the New England village
streets. 1t surpasses the others in its
oranges. Though the general effect is
not quite so graceful, it is the strongest,
the longest-lived, the best adapted to
street planting.
am less enthusiastic about the jap
anese dwarf naples that the nursery
man insists on selling you. At first
they are captivating. Autumn -tints all
year round!" you exclaim. But of that
one soon grows wearied The cheek of
the japanese maple seems roughed, not
naturally glowing from stinging Fall
airs.
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you know 1t Is? For a small weakly
payment we will ring you up times
day to make sure it's working all
rite. The Ed Wernick and Lew Davis
Telefone Testing Co.
INTRISTING FACKS ABOUT
INTRISTING PEOPLE.
Reddy Merfy's 96 yer old grand
father never wore q belt In his life
saying he can breethe easier In
suspenders, and when asked If he can
breethe easier in red suspenders than
any other color he ansered he don't
know because he never tried any other
color
Puds Simkins gets hungry pritty near
as soon after meal as most fellows
do before 1t.
Evening star., 1932-10-24
THAT BODY OF YOURS
BY JAMES w. BARTON, M. d.

mental ailments. so that the best advice
and treatment can be given.
He suggests further that, just as
parents are now instructed about other
ailments - diphtheria, scarlet fever,
smallpox-and about proper feeding and
care q children, so also should they be
instructed as to mental ailments. This
would mean that parents would take
their children to these mental clinics
just as naturally as they take them to
the clinic to prevent the ailments mem
toned. In other words, mental health
is not thing apart from physical
health mental and physical health are
one.
It is only common sense that we
should try to prevent mental ailments
as thoroughly and as Systematically as
we try to prevent physical ailments.
Copyright. 1927
Evening star., 1932-10-24
(Copyright. 1922
Baltimore Fried Chicken

Dress, clean and cut up one good
sized young chicken to serve. Salt well
and dip each piece in flour. Beat one
egg and add two tablespoonfuls Of
water, mix, dip the Toured chicken
pieces in the egg, drain. and roll in
fine cracker crumbs. Have a skillet
ready with part of the melted fat hot
and brown evenly. Place in a roaster
with some of the frying fat and bake in
a medium oven. basting occasionally.
Serve on large platter garnished with
peas and carrots
Evening star., 1932-10-24

anu Sd uSClo . "SuAN
ycu advise using
with it? Would
plain white china,
or perhaps glass
cups and saucers
be suitable?"
Answer: What
ever combination
of black and gold
you can find
whether in glass
or in china. The
best way to decide
Is to try several
samples with your
china.
Dear Mrs. Post
Is 1t the latest that
draperies are not
hoirop 11Scd or Is II