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The Washington times., 1932-01-25

But-a good ELSIE ROBINSON
1870 of them will make a mess
of it. And, if it happens to be
in the skilled labor" class,
900 of them will tumble the
ball. Why?
Because they've never been
trained to do that job, or any
other jobs, we'll. And the
majority of them, as men,
would spend most of their lives
failing.
This is the inevitable result
of our white-collar system of
education.
This is a democracy-Say we
to Young America. Equal rights
for everyone. You've as much
chance to be President as the
next fellow. Lookit Lincoln. Or
maybe if you can't be Presi-
dent, you can find some other
nice, soft job, just as good. So
be smart! Watch your chance!
This is the Land Of Opportu-
nifty.
School Days
So for six or eight, or ten
Or twelve years we pass the
youngster along through school,
filling him with noble senti-
ments and grand expectations
as he goes. Then out he goes
into the world equipped with
what?
The Washington times., 1932-01-25
MARRY-GO-ROUND
BY Helen Rowland

Man doesn't want to be made
to do mental hurdles or jump
through intellectual hoops. He
doesn't want to think about
books or art or psychoanalysiS
or anything, except how to
make money!
If he chooses a dumbbell, he
can just jog along in the old
rut, and still be 20 miles ahead
of her; and be regarded as
the oracle of the family and
the worlds greatest wit. He
can put on a paper cap and
blow a toy whistle and she'll
think him the life of the party.
What a man wants, when
he marries, is not a bureau Of
information; but a cheer-leader;
not a higher education, but
APPLAUSE. Not an inspira-
tion-but a relaxation.
If most New York women Gas
Mr.. McFee intimately are not
mentally stimulating, it is be-
cause they have found that
brains are a drug on the mar
riage market; and they prefer
orange blossoms to laurels.
AS long as men prefer a Ford
mind in a Rolls-Royce chassis,
women will continue to doll up
to look like Rolls-Royces and to
try to act like simple little
flivvers. AS long as a dimple is
more potent and deadly than an
The Washington times., 1932-01-25

Equipped with several ideas.
The first being that he's as
good as anyone else and he's
not going to do anyone's dirty
work. The second being that
the world owes him a position.
Perhaps not in the White
House but at least some situ-
alton befitting a free, white,
equaI-rights American citizen.
And the third being that life's
a wash-out and society's
double-crossin' so-'n'-so if he
doesn't get that job.
Three ideas and all of them
cock-eyed For of course the
simple truth is
Everybody isn't as good as
everyone else.
Somebody has to do the
dirty work. In fact most of
us have to do dirty work
that being about the only kind
of work we can do and there is.
Any boy can't be President.
We Must Create Jobs
And the world doesn't owe
us any sort of job whatso-
ever. We must create and
maintain our own jobs.
But does the average Ameri-
can school boy know all this?
Has he been prepared for that
Common Lot which is his in
evitable fate-and in which lies
his only chance of happiness
and success? Has he been
trained to do the Ordinary,
Hickory Shirt jobs which await
him? He has not. He has only
his three cock-eyed ideas. And
where do they lead him.
THEY LEAD HIM TO THE
BREAD LINE OR THE
SLAVE MARKET. OR THE
PRISON CELL, WHERE AT
LAST HE WILL HAVE A
CHANCE TO LEARN THE
T ADE HIGH THE
SCHOOLS OF HIS COUNTRY
DIDN'T TEACH HIM!
And whose fault is it?
The fault of a nation of sen.
timentalists who preach pa
triotism and teach piffle.
Copyright, 1882. King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1932-01-25
ONCE-OVERS

There are reliable agencies in
all cities where clothing may be
sent and it will be distributed to
needy ones, wisely selected by
them.
Why not clear out these
closets of yours and give your
castoff clothing to some deServ.
ing person you know or to or
ganizationS which will distribute
them.
Your attics have chairs, beds,
mattresses, and many other
things acceptable in the homes
of the poor.
Why hang on to them?
Why not let someone get all
the comfort they can from these
articles that you are tired of and
don't need at present, perhaps
never will need.
Copyright, 1882. King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1932-01-25
Tax Liquor
Wipe Out the Deficit

Representative Dyer Republican of Missouri gives inter
estng statistics the liquor business in prohibition
blessed country of ours.
As responsible leader in Congress for many years. Mr.
Dyer presumably knows what he is talking about
He says:
1. There at least 100000 speakeasies in the United
States of which pays license
O. billion gallons of beer manufactured annually
in the United States, of it taxed.
Bootlegging brings annual of from to
three billion dollars to the criminal element in the United
States most of whom dodge their taxes
government with billion dollar deficit afford to
think these figures
Even if they only so per correct the money
that Government is losing through prohibition would
balance the budget without adding cent to the present
burden
The Washington times., 1932-01-25

few women are so stupid that
they do not manage to get their
man. And that it is usually
the beautiful-and-du type that
succeed in annexing the kind of
man who will give them pearls,
furs and glittering motors cars.
Not that this proves the su-
perior intelligence of women.
Oh no. 1t merely proves the
rate of intelligence of men, in
matters of love and marriage.
A woman doesn't HAVE to
be intelligent, or brilliant, in
order to marry the man she
wants. All she has to be is
calm, nonchalant-and bright
enough to SEEM stupid. In the
marriage game, three working
brain-cells are better than a
whole set.
The average smart American
business man fears and breads
a brainy woman as he does
Communism or poison ivy or
hayfever. Her brilliance strikes
him dumb-but not with ad-
miration. 1t bores him worse
than spinach or crooners or his
morning exercises.
The trouble with brilliant
woman is not that she knows
or THINKS too much; but that
she makes a MAN think too
much. And the Tired Business
The Washington times., 1932-01-25

Thousands
of h u S ky
youngsters
all of them
e a g er and
W illin G to
work. B u t
give them a
job and see
W h a t hap
pens. They'll
still be eager
still W H.
ling. An d
they'll tackle
that job with
all they have.
The Washington times., 1932-01-25
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

When the intellect moves to
the work of human elevation
the power which gives the i'm
pulse and secures permanency
is generated in the heart and
ConScience.-Walker.
I was never happy till gave
up trying to be a great man
and was willing to be nobody.
-PaySon.
Simplicity is that grace which
frees the soul from all unneces-
Sary reflections upon ITSELF
Fenelon.
It is better to wear out than
to rust out.-Cumberland.
The Washington times., 1932-01-25
Use For the Useless

use For the useless
Very likely you have cloth
ing stored in clothes presses or
hanging in the attic and in
other places, that you will not
use again.
Thousands of persons are in
need of just these things.
You are reasonably sure that
you will not wear these things
again.
Later you inspect them and
find that moths have riddled
them.
How much better to have
given them where they would
have done some good before
they became useless through the
ravags of insects.
Now that they are not wear
able you are ready to give
them away.
The Washington times., 1932-01-25

Truth is only got at by as
saulting and laying low the
surroundings that throw it out
of proportion and hide it from
view. Butler,
Praise from a friend, or cen.
sure from a foe,
Are lost on hearers that our
merits know. Homer.
He who will not reason is a
bigot; he who cannot is a fool,
and he who dares not is a
slave. -Drummond.
Youth and white paper take
any impression. PROV.
The Washington times., 1932-01-25

epigram, they will spend more
time in the beauty parlors than
in the library.
But the dumbbell is not the
little moron who is smart
enough to get the man she
wants-but the man who lets
her GET him. And then wants
something else!
Copyright, 1882. King Features
Syndicate InC.)
The Washington times., 1932-01-25
Weird Things in
Washington
Bu Claude G.. BOWers

in which it appears that the
National Administration in
sisted on a misrepresenta-
tion of the safety of bonds
that were peddled out to a
swindled public that the Ad-
ministration is supposed to
protect. That is more shock
ing, perhaps, than the fact
that there was gambling in
two or three OF the multi
tude of Tammany clubs six
years ago.
The Washington times., 1932-01-25
The Lausanne
Parley

It was assumed that the
corporation would run its
own business along lines and
within the limitations of the
law creating it. But it is
notorious that Mr.. Hoover
believes that his various COM
missions, including the Tariff
Commission, are merely his
agents and under his thumb.
However, there can be no
reasonable objection to the
two heads of the organiza-
tiOn being Republicans.
Under the law three Demo
Gratis must be named, and it
is to be assumed that poll
ties will play no part in the
work of the corporation.
But it would have been more
seemly for the President to
have delayed his announce
ment until after the bill was
passed.
The postponement of the
Lausanne parley on war
debts and reparations; the
refusal by Germany of the
French-British proposal of a
years extension of the mora
torium; and the right-about
face of the Government at
Washington regarding the
connection between the repa-
rations and the debts COM
bine to create a new crisis.
The Washington times., 1932-01-25
A High-Handed
Performance

The criticism most fre-
quently heard of the Presi-
dent is that he lacks initia-
tive and leadership; that he
does not act at all where he
ought to act; that he acts,
when at all, too late, and
that when he does a good
thing he does it in the
wrong way.
We have an illustration
in his surprising action dur
ing the pendency of the Re-
construction Finance Corpo-
ration in Congress in an
nouncing the appointment
of Charles G. Dawes as
president Of the corporation
and Eugene Meyer as chair
man of the board. He names
the officers of corpora
tion not yet in existence,
and he has no right under
the pending law to name
them at all. The law provides
that after the board of di-
rectors is named, they shall
elect the officers.
The Washington times., 1932-01-25
LISTEN. WORLD!
BY Elsie Robinson

They Can't All Be Presidents
It's time that cock-eyed old
theory that "any boy may be
President" should be exposed.
The Washington times., 1932-01-25
Under His
Thumb

1t is a rather high-handed
performance indicative of
contempt for the law for
the President to name the
officers himself before he
has even selected the direc-
tors, and in exceedingly
bad strategy to do so be-
fore the law creating the
corporation is passed in the
Senate.
This does not imply any
serious objection to either
Mr.. Dawes or Mr.. Meyer.
1t is quite probable that the
directors will ratify the
choice of the President; but,
by adopting his method, the
President proclaims the di-
rectors mere rubber stamps
at the beginning; mere man
nikins who jump when the
strings are pulled,
All this goes back to the
Presidents s naturally auto
cratic nature, his impatience
of the limitations and re-
straints that the American
people wisely have thrown
about executive power.
The fact that both Dawes
and Meyer are Republicans
indicates that the President
does not take too seriously
the promise that this is to be
a nonpartisan organization.
The defense set up is that
the President feels that he IS
to be responsible for the
work of the corporation and
therefore must choose his
own instruments.
The Washington times., 1932-01-25

the famous bishop some at
tention was given to poll
tics, and much was said
about the corruption" de-
veloped by the pending city
investigation. Judge Sea-
bury was not so pessimistic
as the ministers. He said:
81 do not feel pessimistic
about conditions in our city
today. l believe we have
reason for courage and
hope
When We realize that
everything humanity possi-
bic has been done to un-
cover corruption, that every
possible agency has been
employed, that a vast
amount of money has been
spent, that we have acted
upon the theory that an
office holder and prominent
Democrat is a potential
criminal and have gone into
his private affairs and into
the affairs of his wife and
children, and then look at
the results, there is every
reason for optimism. Many
have been deceived by parti-
san headlines; the actual re-
suits certainly have not
been of a nature to alarm
anyone.
We submit that if such a
thorough investigation were
to be made into all the ac-
tivities of some great pri-
vate corporation like the
United States Steel much
more would be disclosed.
And if such an investiga-
tion were made into the
prohi b ton enforcement
agencies of the national Ad-
ministration we would have
some reason for pessimism.
We are not so pessimistic
over the failure of people to
get excited over the minor
matters revealed here, as
over the Indifference of the
people to- the graver mat
ters in Washington.
The Barco Oil
Concession
Perhaps morally we are
dull, but we simply cannot
take as much interest in the
result of the investigation
into how many shirts and
ties and socks Mayor Walker
has purchased, as over the
refusal of Secretary Stimson
to give the Senate the papers
it asks regarding the Barco
oil concession in Colombia.
That really seems so much
more important than the
price the mayor pays for
shirts. The restoration Of
those oil concessions to the
Mellon Morgan groups is
very interesting in view Of
the loan made Immediately
afterward; the statement Of
the president-elect of Colon
bia that there was a connec-
ton between the restoration
and the loan; the personal
activity of Secretary Stimson
in getting the loan from the
bankers; the testimony of a
member of the State Depart
ment that the American min
lister had said that the presl-
dent of Colombia felt that
the restoration having been
made, the loan was due, and
the refusal Of Secretary
Stimson to give the Senate
this letter from the minister,
Senator johnson has summed
it ND perfectly:
"The Secretary says, in ef-
feet, it is not against public
interest to publish the part
of the telegram relating to
the loan, but against the pub
lie interest to publish the
part concerning the Barco oil
concession, and yet the t"e-
gram admitted refers to
both, and the Undersecretary
of State, voluntarily and pub
licly, verbally recites the
parts of the telegram refer
ring to both. What is there
about the Barco concession
that its mere mention sends
The Washington times., 1932-01-25

Think it over! Faith Baldwin
scores in her tilt with William
McFee, when she declares that
The Washington times., 1932-01-25
Who's LOOney?

Who-or which-is the dumb
bell?" The beautiful woman
with the one-cylinder mind,
who uses up her last brain cell
in the campaign to get her
man? Or the man who marrieS
that kind of woman?
Evening star., 1932-01-25

Of Warsaw, Va, with their pack of 20
thoroughbred Walker hounds, came TO
st. Mary's Thursday and held fox
hunt around Wayside, in Charles
County. Due TO the warm weather and
the dogs not being familiar with the
country, they started several foxes, but
were unable to get them. On this hunt
they were joined by Mr.. Edmund J.
Plowden, jr, of Bushwood, and master
OF hounds of the Bushwood Fox Hunt
ing Club. Friday morning large hunt
was held on Cedar Point, In the lower
part of st. Marys County, and a large
crowd of the old-time fox hunters took
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Evening star., 1932-01-25

niversary today, are guests of honor at
a small tea given for them by Maj. and
Mrs. Alfred Quinton, jr., at the Dresden.
Receiving with them are Mr.. and MRS.
Quinton's daughters, Mrs. Harley Rem
ington of New York and Mrs. Frederic
A. Davis Of Havana, Cuba.
Capt. and Mrs. Harold r. Stark have
with them at werdman Park Hotel Mr..
and MRS. e. B. Mulligsn of wilkes
Barre, Pa, who arrived in Washington
the latter part Of last week.
Evening star., 1932-01-25
President General ID. A. II.
APPOINTS Mrs. GrosYenOr Chairman.

Appoints Mrs. Grosvenor Chairman.
Mrs. Lowell Fletcher Hobart, presi-
dent general of the National So
ciety of the Daughters of the
American Revolution, has appointed
Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor chairman Of the
Program Committee for the Forty-first
Continental Congress of the Society
which will be held in Constitution Hall
from April 10 to April %, inclusive
In commemoration of the 200th ami
versary of the birth of George Wash
ington, brilliant historical program
is being planned.
Other members OF the committee are
Mrs. Clyde Kelly, vice chairman; Mrs
James J. Davis, Mrs. James w. Good
Mrs, Henry B. Joy, Mrs. Charles W
Richardson, Mrs. Ruth Bryan owen
and Mrs. Bertrand H. Smell.
The panhellenic luncheon at the May
flower on Saturday was q festive affair
attended by nearly 500 sorority women
Mrs, Vernon Kellogg gave fascinat-
ing talk on college and career, ideals
and Polish Queen. 1t was she who
introduced DR.. Cloyd Heck Marvin
who spoke on the subject Of the Bicen-
tennial.
Music was furnished by the Ameri-
can University Trio and soloist, Miss
Yvonne Rapeer, accompanied by Miss
Beulah Beverly Chambers, who sang
III Bacio," by Ardite, and "A Birth
day." by Woodman.
Plans are rapidly being completed
for the concert and dance sponsored by
the Sodality of st. Matthews Church,
to be held at the Playhouse, 1914 N
street, on Friday, January 20. The
proceeds will be used to further the
work of the rural schools in Southern
Maryland.
Among the patrons and patronesses
are Nine. Debuchi, DR.. Leonidas
Pitannic, Viscountess DAlte, Frau r.
Evening star., 1932-01-25

Mrs. Edgar B. Merritt will be hostess
at luncheon tomorrow, as will others
attending the meeting of the Federation
of Women's Clubs, at the Roosevelt
Hotel. Among the guests will be Mr..
and Mrs George ]. Hastings, Mrs. Will
liam T. Reed. Miss Ir1na Laskey and
Miss Mary Apple.
Evening star., 1932-01-25
LIPCOVERS

Three-pe; suite and ; ssparate .sushllons'
Roman Stripe and Belsisn Linen, $3.50.
Write or phone for samples.
49,. r. L. ISHERWQOD. a,
Evening star., 1932-01-25

Mrs. w. G. Sipple, formerly Of Chi
cago, who with Mr.. Sipple and their
small family has recently established
residence in washington, entertained
a group OF IL at luncheon today
at Wardman Park Hotel, where they
are making their home.
Evening star., 1932-01-25

Mrs. J. Harold Kilcoyne entertained
at luncheon and bridge at the Shore
ham Saturday Mrs. Abner Drury, Mrs.
Clifford McClain, Mrs. Ernest Smith,
Mrs. Edward Baltz, Mrs. Maxwell
Fleming, Mrs. Paul Machtman, MRS.
Austin Garfield, Mrs. James Cunning
Evening star., 1932-01-25
Leitner, Senator David !. Walsh. Mrs.
M. e. Allies and Mrs. Paul H. Bastedo.

Leitner, Senator David ]. Walsh. Mrs.
M. e. Allies and Mrs. Paul II. Bastedo.
Mrs. Clarke Conway, Mrs. Elmer
Bowen and Miss Minnie volklnan an
nounce a card party for the benefit OF
st. Andrews Church, 10 be given on the
evening of Friday, February g. at the
Roosevelt Hotel. Mrs. v. Clyde Wrenrl
is in charge of the tables, and Mrs.
r, r, Dafforth, Mrs. H. J. Landrus,
Mrs. Thomas F. Horne, Miss Kitty
Poole, Miss Louise Hoover and members
of the Rector's Aid Chapter and the
choir constitute the Committee in
Charge of Arrangements. Mrs. Drury
conway Ludlow is chairman OF the
tickets.
Mr.. Christopher B. Coleman of In
dianapolis, Ind. is a guest at the Dodge
for few days. Mr.. Coleman Is the
executive secretary of the George Rogers
Clark Sesquicentennial Commission OF
the United States.
Activities Last Week
In Leonardtown and Vicinity.
LEoNARDToWN, Md, January %.
"A large and interesting affair being
arranged here for January 80 is the st.
Mary's Academy Alumnae banquet at
Hotel st. Marys. More than 30 alum
nae will attend and bring one guest
EACH The toastmistreSs will be Miss
White Burch of Milestown, who was
the first honor graduate Of the st.
Mary's Academy of long ago. A musi-
cal program will be furnished by Mrs.
Maurice T. Thrift. Mrs. William Mev-
erell Loker, president of the alumnae,
will preside.
Mr. Albert Jones and Mr.. II. G. Scott
Evening star., 1932-01-25

DR.. and Mrs. AlfarO Back
From Visit to Canal Zone.
DR.. Victor J. Alfaro and Mrs. Alfaro,
who arrived in New York yesterday
from Panama are again in their home
Evening star., 1932-01-25

Mr.. and MRS. Lewis Wood entertained
at dinner at the Shoreham last night
their guests including Senator and
Mrs. James r. Byrnes, Mr.. and Mrs.
Rolfe Boiling, Mrs. Bolick Hurd, Miss
Hurd, Mr.. Charles Hurd and Mr.. Hugh
S. Cumming, jr.
Evening star., 1932-01-25

Mrs. William S. Whitney Of Lawrence,
Mass, is in Washington for the Winter
and has taken a suite at the Carlton
Evening star., 1932-01-25

Mrs. William Kearny Carr, president
of the Board Of Lady Managers of the
Convent of Perpetual Alteration, has
selected February 16 as the date on
which Miss Janet Richards will give a
lecture at the Mayfower for the benefit
of the convent.
Evening star., 1932-01-25

To Attend New York Philharmonic
Concert at Constitution Hall.
Miss Alice Clspp has been added to
the list of Washington guarantors for
the New York Philharmonic Symphony,
which will give a concert here tomor-
row afternoon at Constitution Hall,
under the direction of Mr.. Bruno Wal
ter. brilliant German conductor. Mrs.
Robert Low Bacon is chairman of the
Washington Committee, which includes
Mrs. Louis D. Brandeis, Mrs. John G.
Breckenridge, Mrs. William Butterworth,
Senator Arthur Capper, Mrs. James F.
Curtis, Mrs. Walter Bruce Howe, Mrs.
Demarest Lloyd, Mrs. Adolph G. Mil
Ter, Mrs. Edward B. Parker, Mrs. Armi-
stead Peter, Sd; Senator and Mrs. Law
renee G. Phipps, Countess Szechenyi,
Mr.. Henry w. Watson, Mrs. Orme Will
son and many others. Mr.. and Mrs.
James Parmalee will occupy seats for
the Tuesday concert.
Evening star., 1932-01-25

Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred B. Quinton, who
are observing their golden wedding an
Evening star., 1932-01-25

MRS. George Ferdinand Becker enter
tanned at dinner Saturday evening at
the Mayf1ower in compliment to Mr..
and Mrs. Rufus Graves Mather, who
are now in Washington and staying at
that hotel. Covers were laid for Is.
Evening star., 1932-01-25

ham, Miss Sabine Wallace, Mrs. Harry
Kellams, Mrs. Margaret Kyle and Mrs.
George Schwegman.
Evening star., 1932-01-25

Mr. Arson Phelps Stokes. jr., and his
brother, Mr.. l. Newton Phelps Stokes,
we're guests over Sunday Of Mr. Theo-
dore Francis Green in his home in
Providence.
Evening star., 1932-01-25

The former administrative assistant
to the President, Mr. French Strother,
who resigned his post last year, and
with Mrs. Strother took up his resi-
dence in Garden City, N. Y, made
visit to Washington and stayed at
Wardman Park Hotel, where they for
merly resided. Mrs. Strother accom-
panied him here and they both left last
evening for New York.
Evening star., 1932-01-25

Miss Florence Brez entertained at the
dinner dance at the Shoreham Satur-
day night in honor of Mrs. Laurette
LaMoitte of New York. Her other
guests were Mrs. Helen Halloran, Miss
Marie Wermann of Baltimore, Senior
Don Jose A. Sera, DR.. Howard Smith,
Mr.. Edward Hammer and Mr.. Abner
Frank.
Evening star., 1932-01-25

Miss Elizabeth Prescott entertained
at luncheon at the Shoreham Saturday
Her guests we're Miss Velma Kins, Miss
Melba Baldorf, Miss Mildred Lucke,
Miss Mildred Durand.
Evening star., 1932-01-25

Mrs. E. T. Knots is visiting her SON.
in-law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs.
John S. Walton, jr., in New York.
Evening star., 1932-01-25

Mai. John Henry Price, U. s. A., and
Mrs. Price will entertain at dinner
Wednesday evening in their home at
Golf Club Manor in Virginia.
Evening star., 1932-01-25

Mrs. Hyde, wife Of the Secretary of
Agriculture, was the guest in whose
honor Mrs. Charles Alger and Mrs j.
w. Lyman entertained a company of
as at luncheon today at the National
Womans Country Club.
Evening star., 1932-01-25

The former Ambassador Of Spain,
Senor Don Juan Riano has gone to
Palm Beach, where he is staying at
the Whitehall with Mr.. Roderick Terry
OF Newport and his son. Mr.. Roderick
Terry, jr.
Sonora de Riano returned to Wash
tngton early in the Winter and has
taken an apartment at 1l55 Sixteenth
street.
Evening star., 1932-01-25

Mrs. Charles Evans Hughes wife Of
the Chief Justice, is not observing her
Monday at home today.
Evening star., 1932-01-25

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