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The Washington times., 1933-07-05

had thought about Clark Tracy
so often and so vainly, had spun
such dreams and fancieS around
him, had remembered him with
such exquisite accuracy, that it
seemed incredible that he should
have forgotten her utterly. Yet,
he had forgotten. They had met
a single time and he had for
gotten.
She stood very still, the light
striking sparks from her red
gold hair. She watched the
three men approach.
Patricia" said Haverholt,
"this is Mr.. Tracy and this is
Mr.. Cove, a couple Of rotten
bridge players but Ikeable for
all that"
"My Niece
Until the very last she had
hoped that some spark might
flicker in Tracy's eyes. He
merely inclined his head. Some
how, she too bowed. Haverholt
completed his introduction:
Gentlemen, my niece, Pa
trica Haverholt."
The girls face went blank
in her astonishment. Had Hav-
erholt really said, my niece?
She looked up at him. His
glance was yelled. She had
opened her lips for protest
when Tracy said in his warm
remembered voice, Julian has
been telling us all about you"
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them. There was nothing to do
except to let them come"
Again he was making it easy
for her. He had seen that the
occasion was wrecked and was
Of no mind to permit her to
mourn over the wreckage. What
an amazing person Julian
Haverholt was!
There was a hammering on
the door. Haverholt stepped into
the foyer. Patricia heard a con-
fusion Of male greetings, heard
the ploy of sticks and overcoatS
being viled on chairs, heard
Haverholt'S you're just in time
to meet my new bridge partner"
The Washington times., 1933-07-05
The Everlasting Dollar
-Bv ROBERT BENCHLEY

of all this in the past tense be-
cause, as I say, I read in the
papers that the upturn has
come. I didn't find a thing
in my last summers suit, and
I looked only today0
But did the French and the
English stop accusing us Of
"rush-ruSh-rush" and money
money-money"? Not for a min
ute. They had a little diff
Guilty in combining their pic.
lures of us as a bankrupt ma
tion (and did they love those
picturesD with their old car
toons of Uncle Sam sitting on
bags of gold and bleeding the
rest Of the world, but they did
it. Any Frenchman this sum-
mer who hands me out 81
francs for my dollar with a leer
and, at the same time, asks me
why we Americans don't slow
down and learn how to live,
gets a good sock on the nose.
And did we learn to live
after we had slowed down?
(The philosophical note creep
ing in. Get IT'D I annot
speak for the rest of the coun-
try, but, as for me, I frankly
liked the "rush-rush-rush" and
"money-money-money" way Of
living better. Especially the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS." 1 never
The Washington times., 1933-07-05
Washington Times
Adventure Club

We have three new members
in Landover, Md.
They are Florence, Dorothy
and Evelyn Gates. Florence
seems to be the letter writer
for the family. She wrote us
recently:
Il would like to join your
club. 1 read about it every
night. 1 am IL years old and
in the fifth grade. My sister
Dorothy is 9 years old and in
the third grade. Evelyn is 8
years old and in the second
grade. Their teacher is Mrs.
Ward and mine is Mrs. Brea-
shears. We like both Of them
very much. We all go 70 the
Columbia Park School"
We are becoming MOST anx-
ious to meet Mrs. Roger Bur-
roughs, Of the Brandywine
Md school. We hear nearly
every day from one of her
pupils and they all agree she is
GRAND.
One Of her girls, Eleanor
Cooke, of BrandyWine, wrote us
the other day:
81 enjoy reading the Adven-
ture Club column. My birth
day was May 10. I was II years
old. / am in the fifth grade.
Mrs. Roger Burroughs is my
teacher. She is GRAND to me.
''My pIaymates are Elizabeth
Rawlings, Ruby Greenfield,
Lillian Hyde and Elsie Letcher.
"Some new members are May
nard Ripple, Lillian Hyde, Mar
garet Truman and Mary Tur.
ner. Some of my schOOlmates
in other rooms are Emma Raw
lings, Dorothy WiIIett, Kate
Letcher and Anna KieSs. Write
me SOOn."
Doris Long, 2505 Queens
Chapel Rd. N. E., a new club
member, asks if we take stories
or poems. Of course, we do.
We are always glad to publish
anything GOOD the members
send to us. We would like to
read some Of Doris writings.
John Parans, 1924 Neal st.
N. E.:
81 have met many members
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same things Of which she &C
cused herself. The girl sat
thinking.
Suddenly she said abruptly,
II don't know what was wrong
with me. I must have been
crazy. I'm sorry oh, about
everything"
"You do take things hard,
don't you?" he returned, and
added, Never apologize, Pa
tricia, particularly to me. It's
wasted effort for I assure you
that I never, under any cir
cumstances, apologize"
Perhaps" she managed,
you're more satisfied with
yourself"
"And. why not? Isn't that
more pleasant than living a life
that is one long crying jag?"
."I smile occasionally" said
Patricia and did.
Guests
Haverholt'S own smile helped
her. The bad moment was over.
They were back to normal, or
almost. It was then that the
telephone rang in an adjoining
room. The man went to answer
it. She heard the murmur Of
his voice. Presently, he came
back.
Were having guests" he
told her. "A couple Of friends
Of mine are at the very gates.
Nice fellows. I hope you like
The Washington times., 1933-07-05
Love Story Of a Bridge Queen

Then, they were in the liv-
ing room, Haverholt and two
other men. Patricia's heart
gave a great leap. One of the
visitors was Clark Tracy. The
girl rose impulsively, her hand
outstretched. She stopped fool
1shly before the polite inquiry of
Tracy's gaze.
She realized that Clark Tracy
did not recognize her.
Patricia stopped in the center
of the room and wished that
the floor might open to swallow
her up. She felt, in that first
moment, dazed and sick. She
The Washington times., 1933-07-05

If things hadn't begun to
pick up when they did Il get
that picking up" stuff from
what I read in the papers, mind
YOU'D, the English and the
French would have lost one Of
their most priceless jibes at us
Americans. AS it is, they had
better not pull it too often now.
I refer to the way in which
they used to call us money
grubbers." "Ah, you Ameri-
cans!" they would say. Gall it
is with you is rush-rush-rush!
The Washington times., 1933-07-05
SNAPPy WISE-RACKS

have some very shady occupa-
ton. I wonder what his scheme
is.
Hojack-I can't imagine. How
does he act?
Cutajar-Well, there's some
thing mighty suspicious about
the way he minds his own
business.
Caller-What would you Sug-
geSt to cure a chimney from
smoking?
Editor-1'd give it one Of your
cigars,
The Washington times., 1933-07-05

Llt. ne IS 10
months old and his birthday an
niverSary is March g."
The Washington times., 1933-07-05

Stranger-I represent the Ma
tional Society for the Preven-
ton Of Profanity. I would like
to take profanity entirely out
Of your life, once for all and
Bjones calling to his Wife,
Say, June, here's a man who
wants to buy our car.
II heard you barely escaped
from that fire last night"
That is not strictly true.
had my pajamaS on"
Cutajar-That new man must
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day card you
sent me. I
W a s eig h t
years old on
May 28th.
81 e n j Oy
reading tn Q
A d v e n t ure
Club Column
very much. I
W o Id like
you to enroll
m Y little
brother. His
n a m e is
James but we
call his Jim.
- ~ = -
The Washington times., 1933-07-05

WITH HER LETTER Flor
ence Gates, Landover, Md, sent
us this picture of herself. She
sent us, also, pictures of Dor
othy and Evelyn, but we are
saving them to use some other
day. If they will watch the
column faithfully they will see
them soon.
The Washington times., 1933-07-05
Good Wishes

Birthday members today
include Lawrence Baker,
I'LL H st. N. w.; Eleanor
Ruse, 5759 Fulton st. N. w.,
and Dorothy Weber, 224
Tenth st. S. E.
We wish them all the hap
pineSs in the world. Not
only today but for always.
The Washington times., 1933-07-05

Of the club. They are all talk
ing about your plans. 1 am IL
years old and I wish to join.
Please send me my card right
away"
Gets Card
Richard Cooper, 1913 9Th
Street N. W.:
"Many thanks for the birth
The Washington times., 1933-12-29
Marine Desert
Shows Signs
Of Life

The mysterious marine des.
ert," low-oxygen area of the
Pacific Ocean, is inhabited with
animal life, natural scientists
Of the Scripps Institution Of
Oceanography have announced,
writes q correspondent Of the
Christian Science Monitor.
At first oceanographers be-
lieved that no animal life could
live in this low-oxygen realm,
but recent tests, made off Point
Arguello, Calf, by Roger R.
Revelle, research assistant at
the University Of California'S
institution here, reveal that
thousands Of minute organisms
are swimming about in water
containing only a trace Of air.
This condition probably OBJ
tainS in about two-thirds of the
Pacific ocean, according to DR..
E. G. Moeb berg, nationally
known chemical oceanographer
and acting director Of the in
stitution, who had charge Of
last summers tests, made in the
vicinity Of Puerto Rico and
Panama, showed an ever lower
oxygen content in the desert"
zone, indicating the possibility
that no life exists at that Stra-
tum.
The Washington times., 1933-12-29
FUND To BUILD.
BRIDGE D. K. D

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Dec.
29.-Approval Of a Federal grant
Of $4,000, together with applica-
ton for a loan of $2,500,000 from
the PWA, has revived definite
hopes for construction of a bridge
connecting Maryland and the
Northern Neck of Virginia.
The bridge will be a mile and
three-quarters long, extending from
a point near Dahlgren Naval Prov
ing Grounds to the Maryland
shore, and will be a seh-iquidat-
ing project, toll being charged.
The bridge will be built by the
George Washington-W Wakefield Me-
mortal Bridge, Inc, recently in
corporated by John M. Mackall,
former chairman Of the Maryland
Roads Commission; DR.. Hugh H.
Young, Of Johns Hopkins, and
Bennett Grain, son of Robert
Grain, Of southern Maryland, who
was responsible for the building Of
the Grain Highway.
The Washington times., 1933-12-29
GOTHAM BANKS
PLAN DOOM Of
FREE SERVICE

NEW YORK, Dec. 20 G.N.S0.
Approved by 1873 New York banks
and banking houses, a system Of
fixed charges for banking services
today was laid before New York
bank patrons under which virtu-
ally every service now rendered
tree to depositors would be charged
for and the relations OF banks
and customers radically altered.
The proposed set-up was adop-
ted as a code of fair competition
for submission to the banking
code committee of the NRA and
the American Bankers Associa-
ton.
Charges On Deposits
Chief provisions Of the proposed
code are:
A minimum charge of 50 a
month on balances under $500,
minus an allowance Of 5 cents
monthly for each $25 Of balance
over$200 and less than $500.
A 21a cent charge for each
check drawn or deposit made
over a quota of two items per
425 Of balance.
No basic charge to be made
on balances over $500 and less
than $4,000 but all checks, de-
post slips, checks deposited, or
currency deosited to be charged
for at a sliding scale.
Overdrafts Costly
For cashing checks drawn on
other banks, each bank would
charge 10 cents for every check
Of less than $100 and Is cents
for each check over 500 ex-
Get where the maker Of the
check is a depositor of the bank.
Overdrafts will be costly. For
each protested, post-dated or
returned check, a 81 charge
would be made.
Banks bound by the proposed
code would pay no interest on
Christmas savings funds, travel
funds and similar accounts;
would charge for the issuance
Of travellers checks, drafts, and
for collection Of drafts and bond
coupons.
The Washington times., 1933-12-29
ADVERTISEMENT
COLDS ARE NOW
REACHING OUTFOR
VICTIMS!
Be Wise-Be CarefuE-Adopt This
Simple Precautionary Measure!

= package handy all winter long
as your safety first" measure.
If you have already caught cold
there is nothing better you can
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For more than forty years,
Groves Laxative Bromo Quirine
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name and look for the initials L
B Q stamped on every tablet. Re
liable dealers will not try to sell
you a substitute.
The Washington times., 1933-12-29
ADVERTISEMENT

Colds are increasing. In some
sections Influenza is breaking out.
Don't be alarmed, but don't be
careless.
A cold is much easier avoided
than cured! Do the sensible thing
and adopt the ounce Of preven-
ton policy. Stay out Of crowds
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Every morning and night take
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Millions know Groves Laxative
Bromo Quinine as an excellent
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1t as an equally excellent preven-
tive. Learn its efficacy and keep
The Washington times., 1933-12-29
BUREAU
ENL|STS a.

Since the opening Of the Prince
Georges county credit bureau, at
Hyattsville, q month ago, A mem.
berS have been listed by the office.
Charles Green, former credit
man Of Washington and New
York, is manager Of the new bu-
reau.
The bureau is the first Of its
kind to be organized in counties
adjacent to the District Of Colum-
bia.
The membership fee is IS.
With the aid of the office,
county merchants are making an
effort to form a credit association.
The Washington times., 1933-12-29
To TAX
OFFICE D. KID

ALLEGATION of $4,000 for an
addition to the Internal Revenue
Building, creating a new unit
in the Government District Build
ing program, has been authorized.
The new structure will extend
from the northeast corner Of the
Internal Revenue Building, occupy
ing the block east Of the old Post
office Department. Construction
on the new unit will bring the In
ternal Revenue-Postoffice Depart
ment group to three-fourths COM
pletion.
Clearing of the site is expected
to be started within a few weeks,
and the project is expected to pro-
vide more than 11,000 man.
months Of employment here.
The Washington times., 1933-12-29
VINES LEAVES FOR N. Y.

Ellsworth Vines, former national
champion, who will make his pro.
fessional tennis debut against Bill
Tilden at Madison Square Garden
on January 10, will leave Pasa.
dena for New York today. Vines
had intended to fly here after the
Rose Bowl football game. but
altered his plans.
The Washington times., 1933-12-29
Camera, in Collision
With Horse, Unhurt

ROME, Dec. IS GN.SJ.-Primo
Camera, worlds heavyweight box
ing champion, escaped injury to-
day when an automobile in which
he was riding in Genoa collided
with a horse and wagon.
The Washington times., 1933-12-29

Worry! Worry! Worry! The solution
to many Of your varied problems can be
found in the WANT AID SECTION Of
this newspaper.
The Washington times., 1933-12-29

This train serves Florida
East Coast Resorts, and 10
the last afternoon depar"
caro from WashingEon to
the resorts On the West
Coast and Central Florida.
The Washington times., 1933-12-29
GREATLY REDUCED
FARES

Now In effect .. 1S-daY
-3oday and season limit
round.trip tickets will be
cold daily at Washington to
ali resorts In the CarolinaS,
Georgia and Florida At
lower fares than ever before
during the winter Seasoa.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-01

WASHINGTON, Aug. babe
Ruth's batting aud George Wash
ington's tomb intrigued S. Naka-
yama, high priest Of the Tenrikyo
sect of Shintoism on his visit here
the other day.
Nakayama is on his way from ia
pan to the Chicago Century Of
Progress exposition. He stopped off
here to see the sights. His secre-
tary had arranged his schedule
down to the minutes. At such and
such a time the high priest would
be at Washington monument-etc.
The schedule clicked throughout.
The secretary, however, failed 70
take account of the hot weather at
the national capital and Nakayam
sweltered in a heavy wool suit o:
black
Ancestor worship is a fundamen-
tai of Shintoism. That was why the
tomb OF Washington was the first
place visited. Sunday the high
priest went to the ball game be-
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-01
BEDTIME STORIES
BY HOWARD Z. GARRIS
tCspyrixht, 1882. by Mcclure Newspaper syndicste)

with your ice cream, on account of
the hole in the middle"
"Oh, is there going to be ice
cream?" quacked Lulu, flapping her
wings.
Lots of ice cream at my cookie
party!" chuckled Mr.. Longears.
Then 1 don't care about the hole
in my cookie" laughed Lulu. II will
eat all around the hole and that
will be enough if I have ice cream. >
"Hurray! Hurray Ice creamr
shouted all the other animal child
rem.
And candy!" said Uncle Wiggily
! "Hurrayl" cried the animal boys
and girls again Then Baby Bunty
asked:
What are we to do with the
cookies We brought to your party
Unkie Wiggily?"
you are to eat them with the
ice cream" said the rabbit gentle
man.
rs that why you had us bring
them?" asked Bunty. why, ]
thought the cookies were to pay
our way to your party"
mo, just for you to eat" sale
, Uncle Wiggily. 1T was a sort o!
surprise for you and I hope yol
like it."
"Oh, we dol" said Mamie Wag.
tail, goat girl who had brought {
lemon cookie Her broth er had {
cheese cookie in his bag.
"All ready, now, for the part,
fun!' called Uncle WiggEly. Ther
the animal boys and girls sat dowr
on logs and stumps and soft, greer
messy places and began to nibbl'
their cookies. Uncle WiGgily ant
Nurse Jane dished out the ic,
cream and passed around THE cand.
and the party was just too Lowell,
for anything when, all OF a sud
den there was growing noise il
the bushes and out popped a Black
Shaggy Bear
I'm coming to this pairty!" h
roared
You can't come unless sou hav
cookie" said Baby Bunt:y.
This is my cookie!" 70 slred tn
Bear, holding up his big lift paw
But before he could scrato h any
body with his claws the Baar CAV
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-01
Editorial Page
and
Features
TAXES AND CODES

FIRST of the new month is of more
4 than ordinary importance, today be-
ing set for the start of the sales tax,
while the provisions of the MIRA codes
are also scheduled to become effective
August |.
Almost anything that Californians
bought today cost a little more than it
would yesterday. The cent or two diff
ference in the cost of small purchases
is hardly noticeable and while CARRYING
pennies may be considered something of
nuisance, we, will. soon become used
to it.
The sales tax has proved efficient as
revenue in many states, noticeably in
Mississippi, the bonds of that state prior
to adoption of the sales tax, being drug
on the market. Today they compare
favorably with the bonds of many more
wealthy states.
Fundamentally, the sales tax is just
form of tax in that it is borne by the
great majority. There is little opportun-
ity to dodge it as is the cease with so
many other forms. of taxation. Poiti-
clans and economists can point out de-
fects in the sales tax, and no claim IS
made that it is perfect. But in compar-
lSOQ Wlln SOME OlHtf ldAtS IL 10 W pS
highly praised where they are to be CEN
sured.
The NRA codes, are after all, an ex-
pertinent. 1t remains to be seen bow
successful they are, though the attitude
of the majority of the people-who are
anxious to give it full support-nay be
the one thing necessary to bring sue
cess. Many features of the codes are
highly theoretical and only the appllca-
ton of them over a period of months
will tell whether they are as practical
as their supporters hope.
Our sales tax. NRA codes and other
new features of every day life which
have sprung up recently, are sort OF
payment for our education. We were
getting the education prior to 1929 and
have been paying for it ever since. Per-
haps after the payments have been COM
pleted we will remember. what we were
taught. If we do future generations
may escape what we have been going
through.
Many who are not pessimists, but
who known human nature, venture the
opinion that it will be easy to forget.
It doesn't seem it can be 10 years ago
that the World war was just getting un-
der way. But it's all of that.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-01
UNCLE wIGGILY'S PARTY FUN

Uncle Wiggily, who was making
sure he had enough ice cream for
the cookie party he was giving in
the woods for the animal children,
! heard Lulu Wibblewobble sadly
quacking as she looked in her cook
ie bag.
Whats the matter, Lulu?' asked
Uncle Wiggily. What happened?"
"Oh, something dreadful Some
thing terriblel" said the duck girl.
With her brother Alice and her
sister Jimmie she was on her way
Eth? What's that? Something
wrong? Oh, see mean with her
sister Alice and her brother JIM
mie-thats right.
Well, Lulu was on her way to
Uncle Wiggily's cookie party in the
woods, as I told you in the story
last night. All of Mr.. Longears bum
ny children and all the other boy
and girl animals of Woodland, near
the Orange Ice Mountains, were al
so hurrying to this queer, jolly par
/ ty Then Lulu happened to look in
the bag holding her cookie and she
began to cry.
Did one Of the Bad Chaps take
your party cookie out of the bag
Lulu?" asked Uncle Wiggily.
"Oh, no, It isn't quite as bad as
that" sobbed the duck girl
Did you lose your cookie?' asked
Nurse Jane, who was going to help
Uncle Wiggily at the party.
mo, I didn't lose my cookie,
sighed Lulu, but I might just as
well. Look at it" she cried, taking
her cookie outof the bag. Some
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-01

Seattle, Wash, made the aerial
trip to New York as Mothers day
gift from her daughter, Miss
Blanche Wenner, a Seattle high
school teacher.
Fifty years ago Judge and Mrs.
Wenner settled on the island. Judge
Wenner died in 1891 but Mrs.
Wenner carried on alone for years,
operating a huge sheep ranch. At
one time she didn't see another
woman, except her maid, for two
years.
Twenty years ago Mrs. Noble, af-
ter remarrying, left the island to
settle in Seattle.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-01
Ihls IS my cOOkie!

body-maybe it was my brother,
Jimmie-bit big hole right in the
middle ,f my cookie, Now 1 can't
come TO the party Oh, dear! Now
I can't come to the party!"
Uncle Wiggily took one look at
the cookie Lulu held up. There was
a big hole in the middle.
Il didn't bite that hole!" uuacked
Jimmie.
Neither did t. quacked Alice, his
sister.
Uncle Wiggily laughed as he look
ed at Lulu's party cookie.
mo one bit the hole" said the
rabbit gentleman. IT'S all right,
Lulu, my dear. Your cookie is just
as good as any Of the Others"
But how can it be good with a
hole in the middle?" quacked Lulu.
This is new kind of cookie call
ed a jumble," said Uncle Wiggily,
twinkling his pink nose very fast
"Jumbles always are baked with
holes in the middle. suppose when
your mother gave you this tumble
cookie to bring TO my party she
didn't tell you about the hole. But
don't worry. Everything is o. K. and
you shall come to my cookie party
just the same as the others.
"The only thing is, however, Lu-
lu, that you won't have quite as
much cookie as the Others TO eat
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-01
ANCIENT DRUG
STORE CLOSES

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Aug. l. W.P)
Father Time and the depression
have clsimed another victim-the
Leadbeater Drug Store, which has
been doing business here since
1791. The old store finally has
been forced TO close its doors and
go into bankruptcy.
Starting as a wholesale and re-
tail house in the days when Alex
andria was a thriving seaport, the
store served many famous people,
including Washington, Lee, and
Madison.
It's ancient records, in fact, are
practically the only assets of the
firm. Because it never has moved
from its original waterfront loca-
ton, It's business has dwindled un-
til there is little left.
A plate on one of the counters
marks the spot where Robert E
Lee was standing when he was
called to take charge of the Con-
federate forces of the Civil war.
Another record numbered among
the most precious possessions is
note from Martha Washington Or
dering a bottle of castor oil for use
at Mount Vernon.
A few years ago the head of the
firm found among the records a
stamp issued by the Alexandra
postmaster in 1910. A stamp COL
lector soon appeared on the scene
and when he left, the owner M
longer had the Stamp; but had
SIS 900 in its place.