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Evening star., 1932-12-22

Mrs. Rousseau to Have Sons
With Her in Alexandria Home.
Mrs. Rousseau, widow of Rear Admiral
Henry Harwood Rousseau, U. S. N, is
now established in the old house which
she purchased and remodeled at 313
South Lee street in Alexandria, and has
been joined for the holidays by her
three sons, Mr. Henry H. Rousseau, jr.,
from New York City; Mr. William
Parker Rousseau, from Iiennox School,
and Mr.. Bard Rousseau, from st. Paul's
School, Concord, N. H.
Evening star., 1932-12-22

palms and ferns, and on the buffet table
will be a large vase of pink roses and
many pink candles.
Mrs w. Wayne Wirgman will enter
tain at buffet supper party tonight
for her subdebutante daughter, Miss
Polly Wirgman, student at Holton
Arms. The guests will be subdebutantes,
Evening star., 1932-12-22
Murphy also will have her son. M,
John j. Murphy of Philadelphia.

Murphy also will have her son, Mr..
John j. Murphy of Philadelphia.
Miss Cynthia Harts is spending the
holidays with her parents, Gen. and
Mrs. William w. Harris, at their home
at the Shoreham.
Prince Leonide Ourusof and Princess
Ourusoff were hosts at dinner last eve
ming in their home on West Irving
street in Chevy Chase. Princess Ouru-
soft was Miss Katharine Carlisle before
her marriage in July.
Miss Taylor Makes DEBUT
At Tea Dance This Afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs Arthur c. McElroy will
introduce the latter's daughter, Miss
Ethel Mae Taylor, at tea dance in
the main ball room at the Shoreham
this afternoon. Mrs. McElroy will wear
a gown of dark green payson velvet
with a French bead design on the
sleeves and cOrSage bouquet of pink
roses. The debutante will have gown
of white velvet trimmed with bands of
white fox fur and will carry pink roses
Assisting Mrs McElroy will be Mrs
James G. Cumming, Mrs. John E.
Fowler, Mrs. Homer G. Fuller, Mrs.
Thomas Gill, Mrs. Lee Mccarthy. Mrs
Malcolm Matheson, Mrs. William P
Tewksbury and Mrs. Francis Tompkins.
With the debutantc will be Miss Betty
Ainsworth Burke Miss Helene Fortescue,
Miss Dorothy Gould Fowler, Miss Vir-
ginia Hall, Miss Katherine Hillyer, Miss
Julia Matheson, Miss Emma Tompkins.
Miss Louise Tompkins, Miss Jane
TeWksbury and Miss Helen TeWksbury
The ball room will be decorated with
Evening star., 1932-12-22

Continued on Third Page.)
Evening star., 1932-12-22

Mrs. Alicia du Pont Glendening wi
The Washington times., 1932-11-07
Prevailing Wages
Law Needs Strengthening

The BaconDav act enacted Congress for the purpose of
surng workers Government construction jobs payment
Of wages prevailing in communities in which they work is
sadly in need Of revision and strengthening.
Unscrupuous contractors have found evade the
law and Government contracts to enrich themselves
while depressing the standard Of the American worker
Honest contractors wishing to do the right thing by their
Nmpoyes have found that provisions Of the law handicap
and mper their bidding upon and executing Government
contracts.
For the sake Of the workgman who needs protection the
Congress when in December should revise the
act the revision take the form Of increased
sauards for the bore and mechanic the honest
tractor.
Here in Washington where gigantic building program is
underway the inadequacy Of the law has been fagranty
demonstrated rt'
Scarcely week passes but jusiable complaint is made
by workers that their employers have found crcu
venting the act -
The effect Of these crcumvenons has BEEN MANY
70 make the building program which should have aided main
tanng the standard Of living, a depressant.
shortly after the act placed upon the statute
books the prevailing wage in the District was set at approx
mately the union scale
plenty Of testimony to the effect that conrac
tors operating large jobs not paying that scale
is not saving money because of this avoid
the law Any crooked profits accrung vicious
system reported effect to the unscrupuous
tractors. !
Inse unscupulous contractors knowing that they going
70 men to work below the proper scale Of wages have
distinct and unfair advantage the conscientious contractor
who would carry out the intent Of Congress
The Washington times., 1932-11-07
Back to the Farm
The Best Place in Hard Times

good. -... -. y "A' W "D0 O''' " "1"N'
apparently it is the city boy who goes to the country
Talm population Of the United States at all events
viii be approximately by the end of this wear This
a2,07TOO0 ~-~ 'O' ~'-'' "1'" ~ ""'
After 1910 the movement was steadily awav from the farm
to the city. " - - "
Between 1920 and 1880 the farms lost persons
2 But now the tide has turned
Last year the farm population increased by more than
half million,
the first three months Of this year increased another
quarter Of million p.
ass may be growing along Broadway this keeps up
10 doubt hard times have been largely responsible the
he farmers it is true not exactly rolling in wealth
But 1T Is better to be broke in the country than in the city
farmer may be bankrupt and still have something to eat
d hOnae TO sleep in, and a, job.
down and outer in the city has none Of these
Eve the average his choice Of the two evils and he
viii lake the country every time
The Washington times., 1932-11-07
Odds on Roosevelt Climb
More than 3 to l Now

Never bet" Is good advice, whether it is on horse or
PRESIDENTIAL candidate That is the only way to MAKE
mQiey .,...>.... .s<..
betting odds straw showing which way the
blows, particularly in presidential campaign And if
@ raw means anything it the certain election of
Roosevelt and Garner on November g.
REeviOus odds in Wall Street Mr. Roosevelt have been
atp They now longer bet was placed for
eago man at 16 to g. the wagered being $4,000 to
$4,000 In these days that is worth mentioning
commission house has 100000 to place on Roosevelt at
Large amounts also are offered at to that he will
New York State and at even money that he will carry it
b 10000 or more. - ' p" "
Equally striking odds offered Roosevelt in other
States. Some Of these are: :
offered. ...ft, Es". IN, =
Even, that he wins California by 176oOO.
Even, that he carries Illinois by 10000
Six to five that he carries Ohio.
Efen that you can't eight States that Hoover will
carry. ...,..
On lehman in New York $4,000 has been placed 2
that he Will beat Donovan, and smaller bets at to l.
In the opinion of the gambling fraternity Of others
= Democratic year And the gamblers ought to know
Eof them viii be in the breadlnes they have guessed
The Washington times., 1932-11-07

alone" ELSIE ROBINSON
Scores Of times you have
beer ON the verge Of drastic
action. then laid off because
someone told you to 'let well
enough alone" ,.-,.
The Very Time
There was that time when
you wanted to tell your med
ding neighbor where to head
iIl-
And the time the whole towns
was fighting mad over the, re-
election Of a dishonest super.
And the time you almost de-
cided to jump your job, pull up
stakes and make a fresh start
in q new place.
You were red-hot for action
then, weren't you?
But they warned you that
you might start something
you couldn't finish" advised
yo(l to s'Iet we'll enough alone"
You didn't want to listen;
didn't want to agree.
You were. sick Of things as
they were; determined to have
a change. Your fighting blood
was up. But
You had to admit that their
warning sounded like sense.
Bad as things were, they
NIGHT be worse. Perhaps If
you broke loose. you'd make
them worse; find yourself in a
nasty jam. You didn't want
them; you certainly didn't!
Then, maybe
Yes. probably it was better to
"let well enough alone" And
so you listened and didn't do
anything. Just let things go on
as they were.
Never Really Satisfied
But you've never been really
satisfied with your decision. AL
ways you squirmed under a
secret conviction that you acted
the coward. -. ,r,
I" For were you really letting
well enough alone?
Or were you actually letting
The Washington times., 1932-11-07

still continue to make the front
page. And to make the most
interesting reading.
You can't get away from
"this everlasting man-and-wom-
an business" as Rachel Croth-
ers calls it. The he-and-She angle
Of the human equation!
Love may change (and haS)
in its outward aspect and ex.
preston; bu5 it will always be
the same old tingling round the
heart. The same old hope, thrill,
rapture-aad the same old dis
appointment. It will always be
lfe'S carburetor.
Women may go in for careers,
business, politics and profes.
sionS; but no amount Of laurelS
will ever take the place OF
orange-bloSSomS. And no pay
envelope. will ever take the
place. Of a mans shoes in the
closet and his hat on the hall
rack. No collection of loving.
cups will ever decorate the
house like husband; or give
it that finished look.
Men may fancy themselves
cynical, hard-boiled and i'm
pregnable to feminine wiles and
charms. They may cross their
fingers at the thought Of love
and shrug or Shiver at the
mention of marriage. But, in
the end, some girl always man
ages to find the Achillean heel
in a mans defense. And a
lone. unattached man is as
meaningless as a glove without
mate.
Marriage may change from a
The Washington times., 1932-11-07
Combating Cancer
New York Academy of Medicine Finds Radio
"a s'... Treatment Effective

Cancer OF the rynx Of the quickly fatal forms
Of q fatal disease apparently be cured.
The New York Academy Of Medicine authority for that
statement. -
recent demonstration at Beh1rael Hospital in New
cases were shown which had been treated by the
Of g. Mghvoltage X-ray machine.
the treatment had been discontinued in all from ten
20 nineteen months and there has been evidence Of
recurrence Of the disease in any one of them
Lne academy heates yet say that the cures are pema
Dut At all events the patients have had relief for these
tong periods and there are signs that the disease will
nag reacned point where they could be operated by
means there are grounds for believing that the radio
treatment may yet be completely successful.
vsncer patients need not despair In fact if they submit
20 diagnosis in time they have excellent chance Of living
The Washington times., 1932-11-07
LISTEN, WORLD!
BY Elsie Robinson

BAD ENOUGH" alone because
you were too yellow and too lazy
to take a stand?
And now again, on all sides,
you're hearing that old ShuSh
slogan, LET WELL ENOUGH
ALONE"
But what do they mean by
well epough?" You look around.
You wonder.
Twelve million men out of
work. Millions of their de-
pendentS homeless and Starv-
ing. Your State and your
country in debt over their ears.
No jobs in sight. No plan. And
winter just ahead. Youngsters
in rags, half fed. Townships so
poor they can't provide decent
schooling. Parents so poor
they can't provide decent
homes. Dozens Of men loung-
ing on every corner, their eyes
cringing, looking like licked
ours. Gaunt, grim women. The
rising mutter Of revolution.
Is that "well enough?'!' Is that
all that we've a right to expect
all we are able to do, in this
richest country of the world?
Can't we have, daren't we de-
mand, anything better than
+ THAT?
A Stiff Problem
You don't know. You can't
decide. You wish you hadn't
had to decide; wish you didn't
have to take sides on Novem-
Der g. Maybe it's best, after
all, to let things go on. as they
are.
STOP TIL STOP TWO
TIMING YOURSELF WITH
THOUGHTS LIKE THAT!
STOP KIDDING YOURSELF
INTO COWARDICE!
Vote-and vote as you please.
Don't let any man NEEDLE with
your voting conscience. ~
BUT DON'T VOTE ON THE
THEORY THAT WE SHOULD
NOT MAKE A CHANGE IN
THE MIDDLE Of A MUD
PUDDLE.
Don't check any mans name
because you want to pass the
buck; because you'd rather
Veave well enough alone" than
face facts and fight!
You're not letting well
enough" alone.
YOU'RE LETTING "B AID
ENOUGH" AL.ONEI
This country is in bad. It
will take the braveSt and the
most agile man we can elect
to pull US out Of this mess.
AND THE MAN VII o
WON'T ADMIT TT IS A
TRAITOR TO HIS COUNTRY!
DON'T BE THAT TRAITOR!
DON'T LET BAD ENOUGH
ALONE!
DON'T ELECT A STAND.
PATTER, WHATEVER HIS
PARTY!
ELECT A HELLRAISERl
GET GOING, GET BUSY
AND FIGHT!
(Copyright, 1s32. King Features
Syndicate, Inc,)
The Washington times., 1932-11-07
MARRY-GO-ROUND
BY Helen Rowland

life-c 2ntence to an experiment.
from a whole-time job to a
parttime job; from ownership
to partnership. But, in the
end, it still runs along on the
same old tracks, with the same
old bumps and jars and ups
and downs, to the same old
destination.
Oh yes. love is the most in
teresting thing in the world.
otherwise, playwrights would
find some other plot besides
the eternal triangle, and novel
lists would find some newer
theme than the age-old sex
problem. And song writers
would cease babbling OF faith
less men and lovelorn ladies.
Advertisers would not bally-
hoo their creams and cigarettes
and soaps with catch-phrases.
such as "A man hates this"
or "The Skin You Love to
Touch" or "1t makes you kiss
able" And perfumers would
not give their wares exotic
names, such as kiss Me-"
Bouquet D'amour," 'Djer
The Washington times., 1932-11-07
Mr.. Hoover Understands
The System

There is only one way to
make that speech make sense
at all. He dwelt on the
american system. P" He did
not dwell on American insti-
tutions or on the traditional
American principles Of gov
ernment.
There has been no Presi-
dent in our history to whom
we would have gone with
less confidence for a defini-
tion and explanation of
American institutions and
principles than to Mr..
Hoover. They had never
interested him for a single
second up to the moment he
shook the dust of America
from his feet as a mere
boy. He never gave them a
thought during the greater
part of his mature man
hood, spent under the Brit
ish flag in British business.
He was so devoted to Amer
lean institutions that he
never even voted until he
was far in his forties. Mr..
Hoover's background has
not been such as to justify
any confidence in his ca
The Washington times., 1932-11-07

Kiss" and Dream Of Love-"
THEY know what makes the
world stop, look and listen!
"You can't monkey with the
rules Of the game" says Miss
Crothers, tits still mans
world. And man made the
rules"
Nc, you can't monkey with
the rules of the love-game-but
man did not make them. The
rules were made by God-or by
Nature-when He made the
first man and the first woman.
And you can't change them or
twist them around any more
than you can transpose the
eyes and the nose in the hu-
man face. Laws may change
and customs may change, but
love goes on in the same old
way.
Copyright. 1882. King Features
Syndicate, Incl
The Washington times., 1932-11-07

lie t tin G
bad enough
a ] on =
that's a curl
Gus twist in
words. isn't
it? Startles
y o u; maybe
makes you a
bi t uneasy.
For chances
are, all your
life, you've
accepted that
other old
axiom, "Let
well. enough
The Washington times., 1932-11-07
The President s
Pretty Tale

EEStIy 4@A0
Some of these attempts of
Hoover and Mills to destroy
confidence have indeed been
desperate. The Presidents s
imaginative tale Of how he
played the hero solitary and
alone, and saved the gold
standard when we were
within two weeks Of being
forced to abandon it, has
now been proven false to
the satisfaction of every in
telligent business man. Car.
ter Glass, whose Federal Re-
serve System has done all
the saving that has been
done under the Hoover
Panic, has demolished the
Presidents pretty tale.
The other hobgoblin stories
are brazen misrepresenta-
tions of the facts, as we re-
peatedly have demonstrated
here.
But Mr.. Hoover's attempt
in his New York speech,
made under the approving
eye of Wall Street and the
international bankers there,
to make anyone but morons
think that Mr.. Roosevelt
would destroy American in
stitutions probably sounded
the depths of Mr.. Hoover's
capacity for such things.
And he hasa great capacity
in that direction:
The Washington times., 1932-11-07

IN LILO SpOCOA AZ 4NO" avn
l. city, Mr.. Hoover made as
impressive as possible his
continuing devotion to the
"noble experiment" and his
absolute opposition to the
modification of the Volstead
act. The demand that he say
like a man what some of his
supporters in New York
whisper, that he is willing to
sign a beer bill, had been
made. He read a flimsy.
apology for his Administra-
tion in which prohibition was
utterly ignored.
Herbert Hoover stands
foursquare against the modi-
fication of the Volstead act;
and there, too, stands Colonel
Donovan.
Instead Of meeting a para
mount issue courageously
and like a leader, Mr.. Hoover
continued his campaiVn to
destroy confidence and
thereby delay the return Of
normal conditions. Whether
a man capable of these des-
perate devices, so detrimen-
tai to the public interest, is
fit to lead the United States
in critical days admits Of but
one answer.
With the triumph of Roose-
velt assured, Mr.. Hoover and
the rather small fry support
ing him on the stump are
concentrating on an effort to
weaken what. confidence has
survived the stupidities Of
his Administration, and to
intimidate the people. Every
Administration speech today
is a blow at confidence in the
business and financial fabric
of the nation.
The Washington times., 1932-11-07

Avoid extremes and shun the
fault Of such who still are
pleased too little or too much.
It is easy enough to get re-
ligion, but holding on to it is
what botherS q fellow.
The wise make tools Of what
&. ever comes 70 hand.
The Washington times., 1932-11-07
Words From the Lips of Wise Men

Indeed, the tears live in an
onion that should water this
sorrow. Shakespeare.
Whatever you dislike in an
other take care to correct in
yourself.
When the pirate prays hide
your silver.
The Washington times., 1932-11-07

Don't ''Let Bad Enough Alone!
w. r.. Hearst, in a re-
cent message to the American
people, said a large thing.
tOUR GREAT MEN HAVE
NEVER BEEN 'STAND-PAT.
TERS' WHO BELIEVED IN
LETTING BAD ENOUGH
The Washington times., 1932-11-07
Another Promise?
Is There No End?

There were amusing fea-
lures to Mr.. Hoover's New
York visit. 1t was not con-
scious humor. Surely it was
not conscious humor that i'm
PEELED Mr.. Mellon to make
political campaign speech for
Hoover in Manchester, Eng
land. And Mr.. Hoover
clearly had lost all sense of
humor when he said that he
could see the restoration of
prosperity if he is re.
elected-he under whose Ad-
ministration we have scraped
the bottom Of ruin. ..
The Washington times., 1932-11-07
MIR. Hoover for VolsteAd;
And the System
Bu Claude g. BOWers

Author Battles Of the Jackson PERIOD Strugge
America" Jefferson and HamltO "The
Tragic Era" and "Beveridge and the Progressive Ea"
The Washington times., 1932-11-07

Whether loveSis "the great
est thing in the world" or not,
1t is always and forever, the
most interesting thing.
Nations may fight wars,
thrones may topple, stock mar
ketS may crash and cities may
go broke - but love-quarrels,
marriages and divorce-ScandalS
The Washington times., 1932-11-07
The Saviors Of
The system

The System
Who are the saviors of the
" system - for whom Mr..
Hoover spokeF The heads Of
the power combines who
want to exploit the nation to
the tune of billions; the in
ternational bankers who
want to transfer the debts of
IL nations to the backs Of
American taxpayers and to
continue the flooding of the
Al merican market with
worthless foreign securities
with the aid of the Govern
ment; the Joe Grundys, the
Pat Hurleys, the Bishop Can
mons, the DR.. Pollings.
These personify the
" American system " Mr..
Hoover is afraid may cease
to rule if Roosevelt is elected.
The Washington times., 1932-11-07

pacity even to explain the
meaning of American prin-
ciples or the signifie eance of
American institutions.
But Mr.. Hoover spoke of
the "system" that Mr..
Roosevelt would destroy.
He understands the "sys-
tenn. 1t is a system of
privilege and governmental
pillage that has been built
up in defiance Of our ira
ditional principles, and this
System" it is, which made
the panic inevitable. The
insult monstrosity was an
important part Of the "sys-
tenn" The plan of the
power combines to steal the
power resources of the peo-
pie is in the "system.
We are going to end that
System" g that ye may save
American institutions built
on the American principle
Of fair play tc all men and
the protection of the pub
lie interest.
Mr.. Hoover was not speak
ing for American institu-
tions !; he was speaking for
the System"
Another List
For MIR. Hoover
It was scarcely in keeping
with the intellectual dignity
Of the Presidency for Mr..
Hoover to indulge so fla
grantly in personalities, but
personalities invite person
alities. He sought to show
by mentioning names of pro-
gressives supporting Mr..
Roosevelt that the latter's
election would destroy the
American concept of govern
ment. I have read his list.
There is not a man among
those mentioned who could
not teach Mr.. Hoover the
significance Of Americanism
for years without stuffing
for the purpose.
Every one of them stands
for the rights of the whole
people, and for the ending
Of privilege for a few at the
expense Of the many, and
these are dangerous to Mr..
Hoover'S System" Thank
God for that!
But the. demagogy, the
cheapness of the perform
ance was in the fact that
along with these he did not
mention as urging the elec-
tion of Roosevelt the follow
ing:
Alfred E. Smith.
Newton D. Baker.
John W. Davis.
Bernard M. Baruch.
Governor Ritchie.
Owen D. Young,
These make up the de-
Structive forces that want to
turn Mr.. Hoover out. Mr..
over cannot duplicate
that list from among those
supporting him on the stump.
The Washington times., 1932-11-07

Marriage may change from a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-15
A Land Program

national land-use planning committee named
by Secretary Of Agriculture Hyde, meets today to
take initial steps in formation of our first land
utilization policy and program. The nation should
cheer.
Billions of dollars lost in stock and bond values
are paper losses The billions lost in depletion of
our mineral and land resources are losses of funda-
mental wealth which can not be replaced The rate
of their depletion one of the nations tragedies,
the indifference of our politicians one of its strang
est phenomena.
No nation except Russia boasts such endowment
of land resources as ours. Yet nation govern
ment scieptsts tell us has allowed its land resources
to be destroyed so dsastrously.
Forgetting the waste of our mineral and timber
wealth, consider only land Through over-crop-
ping, deforestation erosion and wasteful methods,
one-third one-half of our original soil resources
have been ruined. Erosion alone has destroyed
100000 acres
In the last decade, 100000 of farms have
been abandoned, while public domain of 1OO,-
100000 acres-one-haf the size of the remaining old
public domain-has come into public ownership
through tax delinquencies
What shall we do with the new domain? What
with the old DOMAINE What with the millions of
acres of marginal farms being worked hope
lessly by struggling farmers and tenants?
Should not these be bought up and turned into
forests and grazing lands? Should not some lands
farmed be put to better use? And lands not
reclaimed be put into productive farms?
Our frontier days ended in $780, yet the frontiers
careless methods have persisted. 1t is time to adopt
land program for 1882 and afterward.