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The Washington times., 1933-08-26
Federal Relief to Public
Education Dire Need
By James T. Williams, Jr.

zenship, and American citizen
ship as a whole will ultimately
suffer the consequences Of
wi d esprea d curtailment Of
school facilities.
AS President Roosevelts
emergency relief administrator,
Mr.. Hopkins truly says:
"No one WiH eUer be able
to make up the loss to the
children who are deprived Of
education, for the plastic state
of childhood's mind comes but
once"
This depression has dealt .
hard blow to the entire public
school system. A recent study
of the situation made by the
Joint commission on the emer-
gency in education, of which
Prof. John K. Norton, of Co.
lumbia University, is chairman,
reveals that lack Of funds has
resulted in reducing the length
Of the term in all types Of
schools.
For example, thousands Of
school districts we're able to
maintain less than 100 days Of
school last year in Arkansas,
Alabama, Idaho. the Dakotas
and other Mid-Western and
Southern States.
The Washington times., 1933-08-26
ONCE OVERS

But what have you done to
make these meetings more inter-
esting?
Have you made any sugges-
tions for approval by the pro-
grams committee?
Have you thought out any
plan for the ways and means
committee?
The fact that you are not
on the committee does not sig
nifty that you are a blank in
ideas.
Perhaps the things that inter.
est you most would not be en-
joyed by the others.
It may be yourself that Is at
fault-anyway, think it over.
If you have never done any.
thing to expand the work Of
your club and have never sug-
gested anything new and better,
you are not worth anything as
Q member.
Copyright, 1888. King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
The Washington times., 1933-08-26
LISTEN, WORLD!
BY Elsie Robinson

and glamour. Isn't that a nat
ural, a sensible desire? OF
course, it is. Then why should
that old text go on to say
"Ie who will save his life
SHALL LOSE IT.?
Why should you lose your life
because you want to save 1t?
Why should you be punished for
wanting to make the most Of
yourself?
You won't be punished for
wanting to make the most Of
yourself. You should TRY to
make the most Of yourself-but
you'll get nowhere if you try to
make the most Of yourself IN
THE WRONG WAY.
You'll never make the most
Of yourself by trying to SAVE
YOUR LIFE FOR YOURSELF
BY TRYING TO LIVE IN
YOURSELF AND FOR YOUR
SELF.
If you want to GET life
you'll have to GIVE it,.
If you want to LIVE life
you'll have to LOSE It,.
You'll have to lose your own
little personal plan. your own
little limited interests .. and
spread out into the larger plans
into the larger interests,
Just what does that mean?
Look around you. at other peo-
pie, and you'll see what that
means.
Who are the strong, the salts
fled people? Who are the pow
erful and popular people? Who
are the people with that full
life" which you desire for your.
self?
Are they the people who only
talk about themselves and their
families. who have no thoughts
beyond their own kitchens or
offices? Are they the people who
never read. never take part
in any civic movement. who
are bored If you start discuss,
ing politics or current events?
Or are they the people who
can talk on any subject. who
are interested in all people. ).
who throw their lives into every
new cause?
You know the answer.
Those who have saved"
their lives, who have kept their
lives within their original
mped boundaries. those
people have really LOST their
lives. They have actually no
more life than a bunch of
potted geraniums.
But those who have "lost"
their lives. those who have
broken the tight mold Of their
personal experience, and spread
out into the larger existence
Of the world. . they have saved
their lives, and enriched them.
You want life. .furiously,
feverishly?
Want the abundance Of life
-. its mystery and adventure?
Then SAVE your life by
LOSING it.
Copyright. 1888. King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1933-08-26
Politics and Humor

The only President I ever
knew that had much of a sense
OF humor was Roosevelt. Mr..
Cleveland certainly wasn't
Joker. Mckinley was amiable
but essentially serious. Wilson's
mind trended to the serious
side OF life. Taft had a sense
Of fun rather than a sense Of
humor, and there's a big differ.
ence.
The king Of practical jokers
was Brian G. Hughes, gone
now to his reward. He was a
New York paper box manufac-
turer and a savings bank presi-
dent. From the time that this
Canadian-born boy landed in
New York and improved his
fortune by catching Sparrows
in Central Park, painting them
yellow and selling them as
canaries, until he finally fore
swore all practical joking, life
was one continual opportunity
for sly hoaXeS.
His greatest triumph was the
time he put over an alley cat
on the Madison Square Garden
Cat Show. BY chance, Mr..
Hughes had rescued a common
alley cat in Chatham Square.
AS a result Of an injury to it's
spine the cat held its head
high, in a fixed attitude Of
aristocratic hauteur. He en-
tered the plebian waif in the
national show.
And Nicodemus got the blue
ribbon! A committee Of the
best cat experts in America
gave first prize to this alley
cat, and when the truth came
out, the whole U. S. A. howleo
with glee.
Copyright, 1898, King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
The Washington times., 1933-08-26
School Crisis

It was high time for the Fed
eral Government to take cogni-
zance of the crisis in American
education which the depression
has precipitated. Because of the
nonpayment of taxes by which
public schools are supported, 33
of the 48 States of the Union
report that 10000 Of their pub
lie school teachers are unem-
ployed.
In is Of these States, school
terms have been shortened,
some of them "to the vanish
ing point"
One of these States which
appealed for Federal relief re-
ports that unless it is forth
coming, 178 out Of 1000 schools
in this State will not open at
all, 500 schools will open for
only four months or less, and
only a few schools will be able
to continue throughout the
regular nine month term.
This condition of affairs con-
Germs not only the States thus
stricken by the depression. but
other States as we'll. Because
every public school trains for
National as well as State cit1-
The Washington times., 1933-08-26

American fathers and moth
ers will rejoice over President
Roosevelt's decision to extend
Federal emergency relief to the
public schools Of the Nation.
AS a result, thousands of un'
employed school teachers will
again be given a chance to teach
and more thousands Of children,
whose schooling has been cur
tailed, will be given more days
in school.
Notice has been sent to the
governors and relief directors OF
the several States that Federal
funds for the wage relief Of idle
and needy teachers will be
made available on the following
terms:
Unemployed and needy teach
erS or other persons cOmpe-
petent to teach will be assigned
to class rooms up to the eighth
grade.
These assignments will be
made by the relief agencies Of
the several States to appropriate
educational authorities who will
supervise their activities.
These assignments will be
limited to those schools already
ordered closed or partially
closed in rural counties for the
coming school year.
In addition to this measure Of
relief for rural teachers, State
relief administrations will be
authorized and urged to use
some of their Federal relief
funds to pay the wages Of needy
unemployed persons competent
to teach adults, in cities as well
as rural counties, who are un-
able to read and write English.
The Washington times., 1933-08-26

Always interesting are the
fads and fancies Of noted men.
Some of these fads and fancies
are in keeping with their pub
lie character and reputation,
others startlingly at variance.
In the first category are the
well-known men who made q
hobby Of absolute privacy.
Myron c. Taylor goes to the
head of this class, but others
who shrank from any form of
publlcity-who would never per-
NIT newspaper men to quote
them-are the Morgans, the
late j. Pierpont and the present
j. p; the late George F. Baker
Of the First National Bank, and
Edward S. Harkness who gave
so many millions to Harvard
and to Yale to establish the
house plan Of college life.
Others cherish little, intimate
hobbies which seem to bring
them closer to the general run
Of humanity. Calvin Coolidge
on the harmonica could give
excellent limitations Of railroad
whistles. Henry Ford is fond Of
old-fashioned jigs and barn
dance music. Winston Spencer
Churchill, British statesman,
Is an amateur bricklayer, paints
pictures and collects old hats.
Ralph Beaver Strassburger.
Philadelphia publisher. insists
on new tunes at all his parties.
Edward T. Stotesbury, Phila-
delphia banker, who was a
drummer in the Civil War,
sometimes plays the drum for
his guests. otto Kahn is par
ttcularly fond Of small parties
and entertains with the finest
talent money can buy. The
late President Harding, like
former Mayor Walker of New
York, made a hobby of ex-
pensive and well-cut clothing,
and Harding's favorite piece of
music was La Paloma."
The Washington times., 1933-08-26
Everybody Quit Work"
DR.. Longs Prosperity Prescription

Senator Huey Long in New York vacation from his
Louisiana advances idea that worth considering
(He took it from the Bible, by the way)
that every seventh year the farmers should grow
nothing
This he believes would solve the problem Of oveproducon
and raise agricultural prices
excellent scheme the farmers would adopt it,
svervbodv else IN the cou9trv take everv .eyenS G n
order to rest recupera mediate the past and reflect
the future
To which there will be dissent though Mr. Long neg
lected to explain just how it could be accomplished.
Perhaps be will point the way to the rest Of his fellow
citizens by taking year off himself.
There nothing like setting good example and this year
would appropriate time for him set as any
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A worthless Member

You may feel that your SER
vice club has outlived its use
fulness to you.
You think the contacts have
proved Of little value.
The entertainments are not
up to former standards.
You think they might change
their projects. and engage in diff
ferent undertakings, with profit
to the club, spiritually and ma
terially.
You take little interest in the
meetings and less in the mem.
bers.
Your enthusiasm Is at a low
ebb so far as service clubs are
concerned.
If you make all these com.
plants you would better get out
Of it.
You are doing no good to your
fellow members; certainly less
to yourself.
The Washington times., 1933-08-26
Wise Words

Grace was in all her steps,
heaven in her eye; in every
gesture, dignity and love.-Mil-
ton.
No man can justly censure
or condemn another, because,
indeed no man truly knows an
other.-Sir T. Browne.
Assailed by scandal and the
tongue of strife, his only an
swer was blameless life.-Cow-
per.
It Is sad to grow old; one
has less time left for growing
rich.-Voltsire.
The sings and arrows Of OUT
rageous Acknowledgements.
Character is simply a habit
long continued.-Plutarch
Charity shall cover the multi
tude of sins.
In order not to displease too
much, one must submit to be
frequently bored.-Volta1re.
The Washington times., 1933-08-26
The Human Side of the News
Little Known Private Hobbies of Noted Men
By EdlUin C.. Hill

one Of the ablest men in the
country, has a great sense Of
humor, but he's smart enough
to mask it in politics.
Take the immortal Depew.
Mr.. Depew once said himself
that his habit Of joking and
telling funny stories probably
prevented his nomination for
President in 1892. But the
classic example was really the
late Thomas B. Reed Of Maine
Speaker Reed-Czar Reed, as
they called him.
He was a man Of tremendous
force and sterling personality
and he ruled the House with an
iron hand. He wisecracked him
self out Of serious consideration
for the Presidency.
The Washington times., 1933-08-26

it. Yet never found it.
Still you're sure that the Sc
cret is waiting somewhere. But
where? Where can you find the
secret of a full life. of a life
that never grows cramped and
meaningless?
You can find the secret Of
that life in an old book, in a
very simple statement
che WHO WILL SAVE HIS
LIFE SHALL LOSE IT. BUT
HE WHO WILL LOSE HIS
LIFE SHALL SAVE IT."
A strange statement. At first
you seem to understand it
then you don't understand it at
all.
"He who will save his life. :"
That's easy enough to COM
prehend. You want to save
your life-and enlarge it. You
want to fill your life with glory
The Washington times., 1933-08-26
Low Levels

Recently many cities have
had to reduce their school
terms in spite Of the fact that
even before the depression the
United States maintained the
shortest school term of any i'm
portant western nation"
Professor Norton reports
further that standards govern
ing the qualifications Of teach
ers have been almost elimi-
mated in many States by various
causes. These causes include
political pressure, hysterical
slashing Of school budgets at
any cost, a genuine lack Of
available funds due to tax de-
linquencies, bank failures"
1t is estimated that 25 per
cent Of the children Of the
Nation are limited to a school
term less than half as long as
it ought to be. One-third are
taught by teachers whose quail
ifications are not up to stand
ard, "whose pay is below the
level of subsistence and who
are surrounded by indefensible
teaching conditions"
Federal aid for public edu-
cation is a traditional American
policy. It began in 1785 with
the setting aside of land for
schools.
President Roosevelt goes for
ward in a great American ira
dition in going to the rescue
Of public education by EXTEND
ing Federal assistance to the
several States to keep the
schools open, to put the teach
ers back on duty.
Copyright. 1888. by The WASHINGTON
Times)
The Washington times., 1933-08-26
MARRY-GO-ROUND
BY Helen Rowland

do with the vital experiment
you are facing.
No matter what sort Of face
a girl Is born with, these days,
by the time she finishes put
ting on the improvements, it
is something that Nature never
dreamed Of.
When they marry after q
three-year courtship, all the
girls friends think it's be-
cause she gave in at LAST
and all the mans friends know
it's because he couldn't hold
out any longer"
Nothing makes a girl who
"sympathizes" with a married
man so indignant as to dis
cover that he Is still running
around with his wife, on off
evenings.
Once in every mans life .
woman occupies his whole
heart. If she moves out. he
usually divides 1t into little
~ cSs :" T"s
z n
compartments and keeps 1t
filled with transientS.
Copyright, 1898, King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1933-08-26
Violin-Poker

The late Speaker Longworth
played violin solos for his
friends. Vice Presi.ent John
N. Garner Of Texas, Is fond Of
playing poker 18th his
cronies, and is one Of the
best poker players in America.
One Of the late President Will
sons hobbies was the number
13. He believed it was his
lucky number.
Others, like Senator James
Hamilton Lewis Of Illinois,
make a hobby Of witty stories
and pungent sayings. Lewis,
The Washington times., 1933-08-26

Position. not
just Things.
but life, it
S e | f. The
"a b u n dance
of life" It's
fragrance and
+ | a v or. its
mystery and
adventure
Ever since
you were a
child, you've
wanted that
a b u n d ance
haven't you?
Demanded it.
Searched for
The Washington times., 1933-08-26
anything by kissing too freely
and casually-except a husband.
Mans "Coral Reef"

anything by kissing too freely
and casually-except a husband.
Lots Of time, a man would
confess his transgression to a
woman If he only knew which
one Of them she had found out
and wanted him to confess.
There is no reward for return
ing q lost, strayed or stolen
husband-not even in heaven.
The honeymoon Is over when
a man can sit down calmly and
enjoy a hearty dinner with q
woman with whom he's not on
speaking terms.
There are only two kinds Of
perfectly faultless husbands -
the dead and the deadly.
The trouble with most Of the
questions the minister asks in
the marriage service Is that they
seem to have nothing at all to
The Washington times., 1933-08-26

There is a very
thin line between
modesty and i'm
modesty.
You can take the
most beautiful and
artistic nude statue
in the world and i'm
mediately make it
immodest by putting
a stocking and a
garter on one leg, or
changing the posi-
tion of the hands
and arms.
In other words,
modesty is in what
you THINK, what
you M E AN and
especially in what
you ARE.
This pleasin G,
modest young wo-
m an, automatically
and naturally, de-
signs a modest cos
tune, and we recon-
mend it to those that
can content them
selves with q COM
bination Of beauty,
modesty and eff
ciency.
P. S.-A modern
young women, given
to all the extrava.
gances Of costume,
The Washington times., 1933-08-26

seeing this editorial remarked But think how short fat
lady would look in dress like that-terrible'
That may be- but she would look better in dress like
THIS than she would look dressed human hot dog
with everything skintight.
The Washington times., 1933-08-26
Beauty and Simplicity

This is our idea of modest, becoming COMMON SENSE
equipment for hot weather and exercise combined.
This girl does concentrate her genius indecent dis
The Washington times., 1933-08-26

HE Who Will Save His Life
Shall Lose 1t"
You want life. You want life
furiously, feverishly-
Not lust Money. not lust
The Washington times., 1933-08-26

play. She wants to
be FREE, and she
arranges a dress so
that her legs and
arms can move free
ly. She doesn't en-
phasize the curves
that Nature Q gave
her, nor show any
inclination to make
herself look as near
ly as possib l g
NAKED.
The Washington times., 1933-08-26

Once in every mans life q
woman occupies his whole
heart. If she moves out. he
usually divides it into little
Evening star., 1933-04-20
COURT ORDERS FILING
OF WARDMAN CLAIMS
A. L. Sinclair Appointed Special
Master to Adjudicate and
Report on Accounts.

All persons. Arms and corporations
having claims against the Wardman
Real Estate Properties, Inc, or, the
receivers for that concern, were d.
rected to Ale their claims ON or before
June 80 in An order signed in District
Supreme Court yesterday by Justice
James f. Proctor.
The order also appointed A. Left.
vich Sinclair, auditor Of the court. "a
. special master to adjudicate and re-
port on the claims. It was directed
that formal notices be directed TO al
creditors and claimants, directing them
to appear and file their claims. The
law firm Of Douglas. Obear d Douglas
appeared on behalf Of the Central
Hanover Bank & Trust Co., one Of
the corporate trustees Of the defaulted
bond issue that sent the Wardman
properties into receivership. The two
receivers now acting are julius L Peyser
and Joseph P. Tumulty.
Evening star., 1933-04-20
MOTHER-LIKE PIES
Present
JEAN BISHOP, SOPRANO
Accompanied by Jewell Downs
CONNECTICUT COPPERTHrTI
PIE co. =

7:00-Amos n Andy.
7:l5-The Studio JanitoY.
7:20-Concert Foothghts.
7:30-"Dictatorship and Germany"
by Prof. Lowell Joseph Ragatz
of George Washington Univer-
sity.
7:45-"The State of the Nation" by
Merle Thorpe. -
6:00-Shoreham Dance Orchestra.
830-The Federal Reporter.
8:35-Herb Gordon's Orchestra.
9:00-Burrus Williams, pianist.
9I5-Edwin Rogers, baritone.
9:30-Poetry and Music.
9:45-Frances Gutelius, pianist
10 P.M-10:01 PM. Advt
TONIGHT'S BIG
MINUTE PROGRAM
That Saves You Mealtime Money
Tomorrow
OLMSTED GRILL
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Evening star., 1933-04-20
MA|tHELD VICTIM
Of OWN PROGRESS
Loren L. WedIock Addresses
AnthropoIogicaI Society
Of Washington.

Modern man is the victim Of his own
development, Loren L. Wedlock Of the
National Museum told members of the
Anthropological Society Of Washington
Tuesday night at . meeting In the mu-
scum. Although he has learned to con-
troll some Of the elements Of nature, he
still must learn to control his own cul-
ture, and the methods by which he
gets 1t. the speaker said.
Mr.. Wedlock's topic was Cultures Of
Stone Age Man in the Old World"
records Of mans progress, the paper
outlined the development, step by step:
showed how gradually man learned to
dominate the other animals until he
was able. in part, actually to control
nature.
Some ages showed more rapid de-
velopment-in tools and even in crude
manufacturing processes. he said. add
ing that the first evidences Of religion
were traceable back as far as 100000
years or more. The flrst spears, the
first arrows. cultivation Of grain, all
were important milestones In mans
progress. They gave him time for re.
Election and thought and more speedy
development Of his intellectual processes
and Of his culture.
Humans probably drank beer before
the dawn of written history, according
to . paper read Tuesday afternoon be-
fore the conference by DR.. John M.
Cooper OF Catholic University. He
traced the use of alcoholic beverages
through the ages and pointed out that
beer Is we know it today. can be traced
back to the earliest Babylonian and
Egyptian times. and probably orig
mated scSee millennia earlier"
Evening star., 1933-04-20
|STAGE AND SCREEN
|STARS ON PROGRAM
Helen Hayes and Others
Will Assist vaIIee
ever WRC.

A group Of stage and screen stars
headed by Helen Hayes, will assist Rudy
Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees to-
night in presenting the weekly Sun
shine hour over WRC and q network
Of other N. B. c. stations.
Miss Hayes will take part In q scene
from J. M. Barrie's What Every
Woman Knows" John Buckler will
support her. Other features on this
program include a special presenta-
ton of Suzanne" by Adele Rowland of
musical comedy fame, q comedy skit by
Clark and Verdi and hillbilly songs by
the Three Georgia Crackers"
Tunes from Naughty Marietta" DOM
mate the Show Boat program from Q
to 10. Other numbers include Stein
to Georgia"
Baron Will Speak.
Jack Pearl, alias the Baron Mum
chausen, will discuss some of his most
recent findings in the field of botany
during his weekly broadcast from 10 to
IL. AL Goodman and his orchestra will
provide the usual musical setting.
Dr. Charles G. Abbot, secretary of
the Smithsonian Institution, will talk
on THE Sun" in special broadcast at
10 o'clock over WMAL and other N. B.
c. blue network stations.
Dictatorship and Germany" will be
discussed by Prof. Joseph Ragatz Of the
history department of George Washing
ton University at 1880.
A concert by the Minneapolis Sym
phony Orchestra and program by the
-Four Southern Singers" are among
WMAL'S outstanding musical attrac-
tions.
Works of Rubinstein, Schumann,
MacDowell and Saint-Saens are in
cluded in the program of the Columbia
Symphony Orchestra to be heard from
IL to 1880 over WJSV and afdliated
Columbia stations.
Offer Miniature Opera.
A miniature opera, built on the
theme. Pop Goes the Weasel" will be
offered by Fray and Braggiotti, two
piano team, during their recital from
9:l5 to $50 They also will play q
waltz from Merry Widow" and Song
of the Volga Boatmen"
A group Of whispering" songs will be
offered by JEANNE Lang and William
O'Neal during their broadcast with Col.
Stoopnagle and Budd.
The Metropolitan Quartet, Ruth
Walker, pianist, and the Accordion Aces
will contribute to the program Of VOL.
This station also will broadcast q de-
scription OF the wrestling matches and
a program Of tango rhythms.