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The Washington times., 1932-05-16
WashingtOn'S JObleSS
Urge the Prosperity Loan

Washngtonians should do their share in urging Congress
70 adopt the one concrete policy which will put back
to work. put money in circulation and wn "a snort Time
That policy is 100000 ooO-dOllar prosperity loan
the money thus raised to be spent public works through
out the nation.
All of the socalled reconstruction which has beer
adopted by Congress has had for its object the increasing Of
commodity prices through process Of mild initiation.
None of that program has been directed to alienation OF the
distress suffering of the millions of and women
who are out of work.
It is not suggested that the should borrow
$4,000 100000 and then throw it away.
That should be spent projects which
essential.
Dividends will from it in actual savings to the tax
payers in the not distant future and there will be immediate
dividends in the of employment for the unemployed
and food for the starving
Washington though better situated than most cities has its
share Of the universal suffering
This city has between 10000 and 10000 jobless
Under present circumstances these and have
little hope.
A prosperity bond issue would bring them than
hope-it would bring them jobs.
The Washington times., 1932-05-16

OF 10.
The boys in college studying
for law, making the usual rec
ord, shaping up slowly into a
regular performance. The boy
isn't worrying Dad. It's the
girl.
Like most fathers, he seemed
to lose track of his girl during
these last years. When she was
a baby, he couldn't see enough
Of her. Then, when she reached
the gangly, uninteresting stage,
he left her to her mother; was
fond Of her, Of course, but didn't
keep any particular check on
her.
An Amazing Discovery
Lately she has come back
into the picture again, not al
together pleasantly. She has
been requiring what seems to
him to be an unreasonable
amount of money; coming home
at troubling hours; filling the
house with queer people. The
other day, when he remon-
strated, there was a scene. It
jolted the father. He began to
take stock Of her; discovered
many surprising things.
Discovered, first, that he's
lost his baby. Instead, here
was this pretty, pert, amazingly
sophisticated young lady, lead
ing a life Of her own under his
roof-a life that seemed a mil
lion years removed from his
own early training or personal
notions Of proper feminine con-
duct.
Her dresses, for instance.
Seemed as if she was. always
buying dresses. He tried to re-
member what his mother and
sister had worn. There'd been
a dressmaker at the house a
couple of times a years, hadn't
there? And he'd heard about
making over" things. Mother
The Washington times., 1932-05-16
ONCE-OVERS

should be the order between
married couples.
And suggestions should not
be turned down in a way that
belittles the one who makes
them.
'Quarreling couples, those who
indicate by their appearance
that they are not in harmony,
are particularly unpleasant in
the atmosphere they create.
No matter how mean a per.
son feels, good taste and good
breeding should soften the con-
versation and attitude, eSpe-
cially in public.
It is not peaceful to sit near
a thunder cloud, whoever it
may be.
The Washington times., 1932-05-16
LISTEN, WORLD!
By Elsie Robinson

and sister took up their work
baskets after supper as regular
ly as Dad took up his paper.
He'd never seen a needle in
his daughters hand; but every
week there were bills-bills for
hats, stockings, gowns, coats.
And some of the things she
bought seemed to him shame
less. A girl of 18 with nothing
across her back but a couple
of spangled straps? Indecent,
that's what it was! The very
thought Of it made him grow
hot under the collar.
A Wild Lot
And the kind Of people she
was running around with-they
matched the dresses. Coming
in and going out at all hours
with a bunch of rowdies, smell
ing of liquor! Indignantly he
asked his wife what she meant
by letting the girl carry on this
way?
Smiling, she assured him that
Alice wasn't carrying on. ALI
the girls acted like that nova
days. They weren't young row.
dies, either. They were really
nice young people. Yes, per-
hapS they did drink a little; and
the girls did smoke: but young
people did those things nova
days. AS fo.: sewing, no one
did it any more.
Then what did the girl do?
That, after all, was the main
point. He didn't mind spending
money on her; was even will
ing to put up with a lot Of the
things he didn't understand.
BUT-WHAT DID SHE DO?
Why, not anything in partic-
ular, his wife said with a rather
condescending smile. Alice
hadn't wanted to go to college.
Didn't he remember she'd never
cared for books? And thank
heaven, there wasn't any neces-
sity for her working, so she was
just staying around home. OF
course she would marry some
day. What more did he expect
of a girl? His wife'S tone be-
came slightly nettled.
He didn't answer. He was
thinking. What had he eX-
pected? A girl like his own sis
ter2 A wife like his own moth
er? But what sort Of a wife
would this spoiled. extravaganza,
undisciplined girl make? How
much would she save and sac
rifice for q home-She, whose
every whim was gratified, who
gave no accounting, assumed no
responsibility? How much would
she sympathize with a husbands
hard work and worry? How long
would she be loyal?
WHAT WAS SHE WORTH,
AS A HUMAN BEING-THIS
DAUGHTER OF HIS?
WAS SHE ACTUALLY ANY.
THING BUT A TRAMP?
WEREN'T ALL THESE PAM.
PERED, MODERN DAUGH-
TIERS, WITH THEIR REST
LESSNESS, THEIR LAWLESS-
NESS AND LACK OF VALUES,
AS MUCH A MENACE TO So
Getty AS ANY STREET
LOAFER?
Aghast, he asked himself those
uueStions-and hasn't answered
them yet.
What is YOUR answer?
downright, 1889, King Features
Syndicate, 1ne.)
The Washington times., 1932-05-16

the clinging-or at least the
non-reSisting-vine, just because
God made them that way. And
ii isn't a matter Of sex, or a
matter Of economics, but a mat
ter of WILLPOWER!
In nearly every marriage,
there Is one "Mussolini" or one
"Stalin." And it's easy to tell
at a glance whether the Boss
Of the family is the Lord Of the
Manor or the mild looking Lady
in the lowered beach pajamaS.
It doesn't take a Sherlock
Holmes, a clairvoyant or q
psychoanalyst to discover who
chooses the morning newspaper
and the brand of cigarettes for
the household, who picked out
the car; who decides what to
have for dinner and who will
decide where to go for the sum-
mer.
It's all as clear as the June
weather and as obvious as a
Broadway electric sign.
You can tell who holds the
balance of power, just by the
way in which a man honkS the
horn when he's waiting for his
wife. Whether he blows, it rau-
cously at three-minute intervals
or touches it alphabetically at
ttmid Commute intervals.
And by the way the windows
and curtains Of the car are reg
The Washington times., 1932-05-16
MARRY-GO-ROUND
By 7. E. Powers
By Helen Rowland

ulated. Whether for the con-
venience of the driver-or for
the comfort Of the assistant
driver" in the back seat.
You know by the careful, so
licitous way in which a man
helps his wife across the street.
Or by the masterful way in
which a man accepts your in
vitation to dinner. Or by the
way he glances surreptitiously
at his wife, until he gets a wire
less telling him what to do.
And you can tell by the way
a man saunters in carelessly
bringing an unannounced guest.
Or by the way he cautiously
sneaks out and calls up his wife
privately to "feel her out" And
then watches where the guest
drops his ashes and warns him
not to use the guest-towels.
And you can always tell by
the way in which a man drives
the car. Whether he needs his
wife's Squeals and listens to her
warnings and exhortations from
the rear seat-or just goes right
on at 60 miles an hour and
"lets her rave!"
But don't fancy that these
unevenly matched couples aren't
perfectly happy and delighted
with each other. There is al.
ways ONE Of a pair who LIKES
to be bossed and thought for
and have things decided for him
or her-and one who likes to
rule. And as long as God and
Nature continue to, mate hui
The Washington times., 1932-05-16
Irv Cobb Was Right
Better Too Late Than Too Early

With spring here and around the corner, a few
million American families planning long motor jaunts
into the country.
At least few thousand Of the aunters will be dead be-
fore fall and few thousand more crippled for life.
Some Of the accidents will be unavoidable The great
iorit however will be unnecessary Disregard traffic
rules desire for speed and caeessness will be responsible
for most Of the smash-ups ....
These evident mentioned here in the hope
that some drivers who read Of them will think about them
and keep thinking about them when they the steering
wheels of their If hundred accidents
thereby averted this small item will have served its purpose
As Iv Cobb said II would rather be late for dinner
in this world than early for breakfast in the next The
automobile societies of America ought have those words
printed ckers and pasted every windshield in the
land
The Washington times., 1932-05-16
THE WHOLE WORLD ON MOTHERS DAY

The Columbus Dispatch printing this picture had something
say Mothers Day. you have troubled calf
taken its mother its way the butchers you have
pretty good imitation of this troubled world at pres
The calf in the wagon driving along to be changed into
veal has so many things matter can't remember half Of
them mother gone and the beautiful fresh milk There
green pastures around there other little calves
kicking up their heels
When such calf yells Mother" he means it.
So with this troubled world its depressons its past
and to come are among the troubling features.
Then we have low prices low NO WAGES, every
body whining and moaning. ~
This of the best cartoons that this troubled Woro
has seen in long time.
The Washington times., 1932-05-16
Vital Things Take Place
In National Capital
Claude G.. BOUerS.

UTHEN President Hoover
w summoned Congress to
action on the tariff almost
Immediately after taking Of
flee he said in his message
that a very limited revision
only was justified; and then
the "locust swarm Of lobby
lists" descended on the Capt.
tai, and the pulling and the
hauling, and the logrolling
that disgraces the American
legislative scene when tariffs
are involved, began.
Soon it was evident that
the "human greed" which
has temporarily ruined this
country, would have its way.
The Democrats opposed the
bill on the ground that it
would ruin our foreign
trade; and this would de-
stroy prosperity. The econo-
mists agreed. They appealed
to the President-a thou
sand Of them-to veto the
stupid measure which might
well have been labeled, can
act to assure the economic
isolation Of the country"
Business men and bankers
joined: in the protest. Two
thirds of the press, regard
less of politics, opposed it.
And then one of the "lo-
Gust swarm of lobbyists, "
temporarily a member of the
Senate, named Joe Grundy,
rose Indignantly to serve
notice that he had raised a
million dollars among those
VINO support the locust
swarm Of lobbyists" for the
election Of Herbert Hoover;
and he implied that having
bought something these de-
lectable patriots had a right
to demand the delivery of
the goods. And Mr.. Hoover
took his stand with "the To-
Gust swarm of lobbyists"
and used the presidential
whip, and managed to get
the monstrous measure
through the Senate by bare
margin of two votes. And
that, too, in a Senate largely
Republican.
The Washington times., 1932-05-16
WISE WORDS

When beauty Is at the bar,
blind men make the best jury.
He makes a beggar first that
first relieves him.
He who killeth a lion when
absent feareth a mouse when
present.
II each would sweep before
his own door we should have q
clean street.
The Washington times., 1932-05-16
All. Expenses Paid
And ST a Month Pocket Money

For the next 10 years the United States will provide
board clothing medical and dental care police protection
and steady but too job for of its most
prominent citizens
It will not charge him a cent of taxes
In addition. it will give him ST month, which nowadays
is not bad pay At least is than most Of have
left after meeting bills.
The lucky gentleman's is Alphonse Capone His
place Of residence you know, is Atlanta, Ca
Mr. Capone has shown great gratitude for the favors
which benevolent government has conferred him But
there eight million Americans who the whole
would be willing to swap places with him.
The Government cannot be expected of course to do
much for each of them for Mr. Capone It might how
ever give them jobs for year it easily could by
starting the construction Of public work-and they would
appreciate it.
The Washington times., 1932-05-16

can life. What
do you make
Of it? He's
40; a moder-
ately success
full business
man: owns a
C o m Portable,
eight roo
house in the
city; a maid,
washing done
out; has a
pretty, anna
BILE wife and
two y o u n g
SterS. a boy of
20 and a girl
The Washington times., 1932-05-16

and many manufacturers
say must be done.
And what the bankers who
have foreign loans say must
be done.
And what common sense
declares must be done.
And Herbert Hoover has
vetoed the bill; and taken
his stand for that economic
isolation which has ruined
our foreign trade, and is
driving American capital to
build factories in foreign
countries where foreign
workingmen are employed
with American money that
is spent with foreign mer-
chants.
Now we shall know just
how much business men
think of their business and
bankers think of their Presi-
dent.
But one thing stands out
like a lighthouse - Mr..
Grundy ought now to raise
another million dollars to
assure us "Four Years More
of Hoover.
Cordell Hull, of the Sem
ate, has characterized the
veto perfectly in the Sem
ate:
1.-The veto of the Demo-
cratic tariff program re-
veals complete subserviency
to the selfish, blind and
dumb forces of extreme eco
nomic isolation. This mad
policy of extremism was the
greatest single cause Of the
panic, and is the greatest
single impeachment to sound
business recovery"
The Washington times., 1932-05-16
If You Must Quarrel

If You Must Quarrel
A wife may be boss in her
own home but few men care to
take that sort Of dictation in
a public place.
There is nothing which will
more quickly arouse q husband
to anger than having his wife
place him in the position Of
taking orders from her when
others are present.
Of course there are husbands
who will assume that attitude
in public when they would not
care to try it in private.
But it Is particularly irritat-
ing to a husband to be treated
as if he were merely second
head in the family.
Suggestions and not demands
The Washington times., 1932-05-16
The Only
Possible Way

The issue now passes to
the people, who are the VIC
Tins, who must take their
choice between economic re-
covery and the Locust
swarm of lobbyists" with
whom the Administration
has again aligned itself.
Meanwhile, with most Of us
loaded down with letters Of
appeal for funds from char
ity organizations to prevent
starvation, the Democrats
have taken their stand for
a Prosperity Loan to put
men to work. Senator Rob-
inson, Democrat leader, has
presented a plan for a $2,"
0O0,000,0O0 loan to create
work. We would have had
it larger, but this is a recog-
nation of the necessity and
will go a long way. As far
as we can see, it is the only
possible way, just now or
for at least a year, to get
the jobless back on a pay
roll and restore them to the
purchasing class for the
benefit of the hardhit mer-
chants.
It is the most conservative
measure Of relief that has
yet been offered for con-
sideration to Congress; far
more conservative than the
appropriation of $4,000, O00,-
900 to be loaned to banks,
railroads and corporations.
For years the American
people have been told that
Owen D. Young is a great
economist and business man
of conservative common
sense-and he says it is
necessary.
No one can ever accuse
Bernard Baruch Of being
anything other than a hard
headed conservative business
man and financier-and he
says it is necessary.
1t is necessary unless it is
thought wise by such minds
as dominate the Administra-
ton group that it is none
of the business Of govern
ment or organized society
what becomes of the 8,000,-
600 breadwinners denied
their inalienable right to
work. Or how many of the
women and children, in
cluded in the 100000 in
volved in the unemployment
of the breadwinners, actu-
ally starve in a land Of
plenty.
The Robinson plan also
provides for the bonding Of
a loan of $3O0,OOO,O0O to be
used as advances to States
and municipalities where
unemployment is increasing
and the local governmental
units have exhausted their
resources doing the work Of
the nation, and charity or
CARNATIONS are unable to
scratch the surface of ne
cessity.
The Washington times., 1932-05-16
Herbert Hoover
Vetoed the Bill

And the campaign of 1880,
resulting in the reputation
of Mr.. Grundy and Mr..
Hoover and the "the locust
swarm of lobbyists" was
fought out on the Grundy
act. The Democratic House,
realizing that the damage
had been done in other coun-
tries by retaliatory legisla-
ton and that reductions in
the tariff here without SINH
lar reductions in other ma
tions would be impossible,
passed a bill which asked
the President to enter into
diplomatic negotiations and
invite an international con-
ference to bring about such
reciprocal agreements as
would make possible the
restoration of foreign trade.
That is what the econom-
lists say must be done.
And what business men
The Washington times., 1932-05-16
Markets Shut in
Our Faces

%'@oSA ACGS 0uuG III
Our Faces
Then, as the Democrats
had warned, and the econo-
mists had foreseen, the ma
tons that had been our best
customers began to shut
their markets in our faces
through retalfatory legisla-
ton. In the last two years
our international trade has
been reduced 53.2 per cent.
Canada shut the door in our
face. Mexico took steps to
shut out our wheat and
flour. Argentine entered
into reciprocal relations, not
with us, but with England
on raw material and manu-
features. France denied us
access to our markets. Spain
made it impossible to sell an
American automobile in that
country. Switzerland, which
had always bought far more
from US than we ever bought
from her, finding we had
idiotically fixed rates making
it almost impossible for her
to sell anything at all, is now
buying anywhere she can
except from the United
States. Great Britain has
retaliated with a venge-
ance.
And the result is the de-
struction of the foreign
trade without which this
country cannot prosper.
Merchants, financiers, econo-'
mists, publicists are all
agreed on that.
The Washington times., 1932-05-16

Who's 'It" In MatrimOny?
The reason why a fifty-fifty
marriage is as rare as A-Day-in-
June, even in this era Of eco
,nomic equality, Is because it's
so hard to find a genuine fifty
fifty couple!
One member of the matrimo-
NAL firm is nearly always the
sturdy oak" while the other is
-, 1as STURDY
IL IS on sSs ""o
" @cNIr~'HNo
r.
The Washington times., 1932-05-16
A Father Surveys His Modern
Daughter

Here's another Of those pic
ture-puzzles Of modern Ameri-
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1932-04-01
English Police Officer
Cutwitkcd by Elephant

Oliver. n circus elephant whose mot
to is action" is the hero of little
comedy which. It was revealed recent
ly. took place at the junction Of
George street and Red Lion street.
Richmond. England.
Oliver. led by his keeper. was plod-
ding heavily along George street at the
head Of a circus procession when he
saw a pOint-duty policeman barring his
way. Oliver knews nothing about traf-
fie regulations. and an excusable no
ton that he could take the policeman
In his stride led to trouble.
The policeman called Oliver and his
keeper to order, and a big crowd which
had gathered soon saw the inevitable
happen. Out came the policeman's
notebook and pencil along with sheaf
Of important registration papers
Food! The thought flashed through
divers brain like lightning. With one
whisk he gathered up notebook, pencil
and papers and in a twinkling they
had Joined his breakfast, destroying
the evidence at the same time.
Nobody in the crowd laughed more
heartily thnn the policeman. He let
Oliver and his keeper go free.
Scotland Yard telephoned to Rich
mond later to ask If they could have
the registration papers. TIN afraid
you must see Oliver about them" said
the sergeant.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1932-04-01
Ideas for Right Living
! Worth Keeping in Mind

There exist In life six things which
we ought to learn. These are:
First-To laugh. Laughing is bet
ter than any aInoent Of medicine.
Whenever you, smile or laugh, the
mind is liberated for that moment
from all the burdens and cares Of
human life.
Second-TO know how to tell a
good story. tale amusing and well
narrated is as acceptable in any
company as sunbeam In the
, dreary room Of an invalid.
Third-10 learn to conceal your
own regrets and discomfitures. The
! world has sorrow enough without
listening to your complaints and in
Justices. too.
Fourth-To refrain from grum-
bling. eren in secret. If your cir
cuInstances are not always pleasant
and agreeable. remember that they
/ might be far worse.
| Fifth--TO greet your friends with
cheerfulness. They elready have
troubles enough of their own with
out feeling that they are about to
share another's.
Sixth-To help loyalty every object
and effort which our conscienees &C
knowledge as worthy. chiefly our
homes, our churches. and our lodges.
We should always feel that we can
benefit from these factors Of happy
life only in proportion to the efforts
and sacrifices we make for them
ReyIsta MasoAica de Chile, Valparaiso.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1932-04-01
Chocolate in High Favor

When stout Cortez led his little
army into the valley OF Mexico 400
years ago, he discovered a new en-
pire-and new food, chocolate. His
historian reports that the Aztecs used
the cacao bean, from which chocolate
is made, very generally. They made
a delicious beverage from chocolate,
and 1t is reported that the Montezuma
would drink no other. The Spaniards
tried to keep their chocolate recipe
from the rest Of the world, but with
out success. Soon the wealthy in
France, England, and other European
countries were having chocolate every
day. Four hundred years usage has
not decreased the popularity Of this
excellent food, and we now import
great quantities of cacao beans into
this country every year.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1932-04-01
Imagination Goes Far
With the SuDerstitiouS

No matter how intelligent we are by
nature. or how reasonable and wise
we may become with the experiences
of years, man never quite loses his
fear of the experimentation belief In
Its manifestations, regardless of how
exalted his circumstances and condi-
tons. An instance has just been re-
ported from Moncalieri, near Turin,
where a young couple, setting up
housekeeping, had just moved into
dwelling which had been unoccupied
for some months. No sooner had they
established themselves in these quar-
tiers than all sorts Of mysterious and
astonishing, as we'll as terrifying noises
became audible. Doors shut and
opened of their own accord; windows
ratified; vapors of unknown source
moved here and there; now and then
the strains Of music, or Of shrill whis-
Ting were heard. These experiences
were so alarming that next day the
trembling pair sought the aid of the
police A gendarme, stationed there
the next night, insisted strenuously
that he heard all the various commo-
tons, too, and not only that, but act
ually saw a weird shape floating about
to be compared with nothing he had
ever witnessed before. Which all goes
to prove that superstitions, If not ma
tive to the individual, are at least con-
tagious, and may be acquired and en-
tertained even by the most staid and
unimaginative Of the population.-H
Messaggero, Rome.