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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-09
School Clubs
An Opportunity for Service

Major Ernest W. Brown is making worthwhile contribu.
ton to the welfare of the city with his projected formation
Of clubs for boys in of the police stations.
Even with the utmost which these clubs attain
however they will be able reach only small part of the
boy population of the city, That of course
for its accomplishment
does raise the question of whether public
school system of the city could be extensively
utilized in this and similar activities.
It will be possible to establish the clubs in only few scat
tered station houses.
the public school system, however, in position to
cooperate it would be possible afford clubhouse and gym
nasium facilities to boys-and grs-in all sections of the
community.
There probably community in the country today which
Is realizing full return the investment which it has made
In school house facilities.
Frequently expensive buildings locked up except
the five six hours Of the school day. During the
devoted to class work the buildings lie idle contributing
nothing to the welfare of the community
There why the public generally should
receive greater benefit from the school buildings which it
paid to construct.
Through Community Center Department of the public
schools Washington utilizing certain some of
the buildings in the afternoons and evenings
But that department does not have sufficient funds to
vide for full utilization by the public of the facilities which
the public has provided
Major Browns plan for clubs for boysO does not call for
any great expenditure Of funds Volunteers will probably
supply all Of the club directors that he may wish
Is there any why though funds are Short
Major Browns idea should be considered for application
70 the school system?
The objection may be raised that the schools should be de-
voted to the work Of education In the larger that
what the clubhouse idea It designed to educate the
youngsters in the most satisfactory Of their time
Public school officials should give this most serious
and sympathetic attention,
they fail to get anywhere with the idea public gen.
orally would be doing itself good turn by insisting that
school facilities be used for this purpose.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-09
Robert Give

Robert Give, who won India
for England, was only an OBJ
scure clerk for the Honorable
East India Company when he
sat down one night to a game
Of cards with British army
officers, the only civilian. He
saw that one of the officers, a
captain, was cheating. Nine
hundred and ninety-nine humble
clerks out of a thousand would
have kept their mouths shut.
Give made an instant accusa-
ton, refused to be snubbed and
a few minutes later found him.
self facing the accused officer
in a duel with pistols.
At the first breath of the
word, Give fired and missed.
BY the rules of duelling his OPP
ponent had the right to a free
shot. He aimed his pistol and,
holding it pointed toward Gives
heart, called out: Tell me now.
Did I cheat?"
The young clerk snapped back
without an instAat'S hesitation:
Go to hell"
No shot was fired. Robert
Give lived to be the conqueror
of India and its governor gen.
eral-and to die at so by his
own hand.
Copyright. 1898, King Features
"a. Syndicate Inca
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-09
Three-Minute Journeys
By Temple Manning

pire and colossal pre-Inca ruins
have all been eXcavated from
old Cuzco.
"City Of Kings"
It was with the ransom gold
wrung from the Inca rulers in
Cuzco that Pizarro in 1885 built
lovely Lima, named "City OF
Kings" because of its wealth
and magnificent beauty. Lima
is a few miles from Callao,
where steamers from New York
dock, at the foot of mountains,
three miles high terraced from
foot to peak with hundreds Of
staircase farms constructed
by Indians long before the Incas
arrived.
After sightseeing and sleeping
oneself in the mysterious lore
and beauty of Lima, it is nice
to go modern again ln.one OF the
smart cafes. Six o'cock is the
hour for the aperitif, and all
Lima meets in it's favorite re-
sorts. Everywhere, fine foods,
fine orchestraS and gay crowds
make a picture that is chic and
charming.
People sit around, gossip,
listen to the music or go to
the latest movie till dinner.
Nine o'clock is the smart hour
for dinner. Newcomers are al
ways advised to try a favorite
native dish, papas rellenaS,
which is a fried concoction OF
mashed potatoes, mixed with
onions, eggs, olives and raiSons.
For entertainment, Lima has a
grand bull ring, one of the
largest in the world, a jockey
club which stages thrilling
races, a really marvellous coun-
try club that has to be seen to
be believed, and plenty OF SUI
urban bathing beaches and ca
Sinos. It is hard to believe that
so nearby a strange primitive
empire Slumbers.
There are fascinating rail
trips up the mountains that
tower over Lima, so many trips
that it is hard to name or de-
scribe them. Few places offer
50 much, so near at hand.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-09
U. S. Navy Moves Hinge On
RuSSia-Japan Relations
By James T. Williams, Jr..

and Japan go to war, will in.
siSt upon her right to continue
her normal trade and other
relations with China.
If Russo-American relations
have been resumed, Russia, as
well as Japan, would be a large
purchaser in the American mar
ket of all sorts of supplies.
Russia would not require de-
livery of American shipments
via Europe. A japanese block
ade of Vladivistok would pre-
vent delivery of American ship
ments to Russia there.
Russia would seek to obtain
supplies from the United
States through China-probably
through southern China where
Russian influence is strongest.
To prevent these American
shipments from reaching Russia
via China, Japan would doubt
less invoke "the Kirkwall prac.
tice" followed by England dur.
ing the Great War, ration"
China, and attempt to compel
all American merchant vessels
bound for Chinese ports to call
at a Japanese port to be
searched for contraband.
Public sentiment forced the
American Government to pro-
test this English practice during
the Great War. And the Gov.
ernn.ent at Washington that
would permit Japan to repeat
this practice could not long re.
tain the support of public senti-
ment in any part of the United
States.
There are many mutual ad.
vantages to be obtained from
the resumption of normal rela.
tons between the United States
and Russia.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-09

Wn { you
used frequently, when you
were five. Remember? Com
pany visiting. Grown folk sit
ting around, discussing their
own affairs paying no at
tention to little you. You
wanted to be paid attention to
...y you. wanted AWFULLY to
be paid attention to. You fid.
CITED. Made small noises. Ven
tured Sociable remarks. But
not an eye or ear was turned
your way. Rage and rebellion
rose within your small soul.
Such ignominy was not to be
borne! You'd MAKE them pay
attention to you. So you
YELLED! And instantly you
had the stage.
What is it. u. what is l..
darling?" they cried.
SOBBINGLY, you explained
that you had a dreadful pain.
You had! But it wasn't where
they thought. It was in your
young egotisn. Now, having
cornered their attention, that
was blissfully assuaged.
THAT was nuisance Value. >.
as acquired by little persons
of five. But many persons pro-
long Nuisance Value far beyond
five. There's Ena Weeks, for
example. Ena Weeks was one
of those pretty, pouty, petty
packages that strong men some
times marry in absent minded
moments. Years ago, Joe Weeks
realized that he'd made a terri
BILE mistake. He stuck it out
manfully. tried to act the
part of the devoted husband. ..
but Ena saw through it. Tears.
tantrums and Sulks failed to
revive his interest, but Ena
found way out. She went in
for Sick Headache - Minor
Operations - Nervous Prostra-
tionS. Life became just one
Sick Spell after another for
Ena. Joe might want to forget
her, but how could he?
ENA HAD HIM HOGTIED
WITH HER NUISANCE VALUE.
The typical Office Pest.
that's another example. Usually.
it's some disappointed older
woman or disgruntled mar who
has wanted to be Somebody,
but never arrived. So they sat-
iSfy their ranking souls by max
ing everyone else miserable. >.
meddling. investigating. tattling
"A C H I EV E NUISANCE
VALUE.
Writers. and other public
servants, are particularly plagued
by such creatures. Some envious
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-09
War Clouds Loom

Far Eastern developments
upon which the future move
mentS of the fleet must, in a
measure, depend have to do
with the relations between Rus
STA and Japan.
At the moment these rela-
tons appear to be far from
encouraging. AS Mr.. Litvinoff,
the Russian Commissar for
Foreign Affairs, arrived in
Washington seeking recognition
from the United States for
his government, Tokyo received
a sharp note from Moscow.
Russia warns Japan in this
communication to keep hands
off Russian territory in the
Far East. simultaneously Rus
sian officials in Tokyo an
nounced that if japanese air
planes repeat their alleged
flight over Russian territory,
they will be fired upon.
These are emphatic exchanges
for governments to indulge in.
They signify deep popular feel
ing concerning the situation,
along the Russian border of
Manchuria, on the part of both
the Russian and Japanese peo-
pies.
If Russia and Japan go to
war, the United States will
promptly resort to her tradi-
tional policy of armed neu-
trality. This would require the
presence of the United States
fleet in the Pactfic-possibly in
the far Pacific-to enforce
American neutrality and uphold
the American doctrine of "the
freedom of the SEAS"
This doctrine has been we'll
defined by Senator Borah as
"the right of neutral nations
to carry their commerce as
freely in time of war as in
time of peace, except when they
carry actual munitions of war,
or when they seek to break a
blockade"
AS a neutral, therefore. the
United States, should Russia
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-09
The Human Side of the News
Joseph B. Eastman-Henry L. Mencken-Courage
Blu Edvin C.. Hill

the most valuable thing almost
that we need in this world
tolerance. He knows now that
the world has a place for both
boobs and Rabbits.
And so he gives up the editor
ship of the American Mercury,
after building it's circulation up
to $4,000; leaves to continue his
role as the jovial philosopher,
loving life, and playing all
about him with his ineXhaust-
ible impishness.
Courage is always an absorb
ing topic. Prof. William Lyons
Phelps points out in his new
book "The Courage of Igno-
rance" that courage is as neces-
sary in the ordinary daily liv"
ing as it is in high adventure.
Women, he thinks, have more
courage than men, because
they need it more. 1t takes
courage just to be a woman.
He doesn't think that Cour-
age is the greatest of the vir.
tues, because so many abomin-
able persons have it. Courage
is something which blazes out
above all reason and common
sense, deriving from the mys-
ferrous fountain of the soul
rather than from the careful
processes of the brain.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-09
Fighting a Wrong
President Expected to Pardon Prohibition
"Offenders"

Some three thousand Americans more jals or
prisons for violation of the prohibition laws.
Other Americans will be pleased learn that cases of
these ofenders being reviewed and that unless
their offenses show crminay other forms moral turp
tude there excellent chance that they will be pardoned
by President Roosevelt the Eighteenth Amendment
is repealed.
This will probably be December and the pardon (where
they deserved will be most acceptable Christmas present
FOR those concerned
In several States which already voted for repeal the
governors have pardoned prohibition offenders who
guilty of minor nfractons of the law The practice won
nationwide approval Of simple fairness those
who victims Of the most tyrannc and fanacal legs
1ation Of modern times
No doubt Mr. Roosevelt cannot legally act until repeal
here But hoped that Investigations will be
pleted before December g. and that pardons will
granted Immediately thereafter.
Nothing completely atone for the gross injustice which
the nation did to these persons during the years its prohb
ton insanity, but promptness will in some measure.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-09

FerU
Go south, traveller, 60 south,
II you would see new sights,
strange and beautiful. More
and more, each year, people
are turning to Central and
South America as a new and
UNEMPLOYED travel field. All that
there is in Europe, plus in
finitely more that is beautiful,
weird, amazing and ancient is
to be found in that part of the
American continent. For years,
this writer has been urging
people to visit South America
and it is good to learn that
both steamship companies and
airways report a constantly in
creaSing number of passengers.
Scenic Beauty Unsurpassed
Peru is attracting ever so
many people of late. It is a
scant two weeks from New
York by boat, but it might be
months and months away, it is
so different from anything else
in the world. The scenic beauty
of Peru is unsurpassed, there
are strange native tribes that
still cling to the superstitions
and rites of their aboriginal
ancestors. The prehistoric ruins
are strange, mysterious, I'M
fashionable, there are ancient
Indian villages, side by side
with smart modern cities and
bathing beaches that are as
up-to-date as Atlantic City or
the Lido. And the climate
ranges from these same sum
drenched beaches to snow
capped mountains.
Up in the mountains of Peru
is Cuzco, one of the most amaz-
ing places in the world. It was
here, some nine hundred years
ago, that the Inca rulers estab-
lished their glittering capital,
which is described as having
been a city paved in silver with
palaces and buildings adorned
with gold and precious stones.
The Cuzco that we now visit is
a medieval city, built over the
ruins of the Inca city. Wonder.
full examples of Indian art and
culture, relics of the Inca en-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-09

The two little girls in the brightly colored dresses daugh
Sers Of the Emperor of Japan returning from vacation One
Is the Princess Kazuko years DID, and the other the left
Is little Princess Yo called that although her official is
Princess Atsuko 2A years old.
These pictures Of the two little imperial children dressed in
native costume interesting and important showing
how much democracy exists in Japan The Emperors
children arrive ordinary railroad station walk along with
holding their hands, quite Independently and ordinary
human beings may look at them if they choose
This could not have been done in the old days. when the
emperor himself might not be looked upon by people,
and all expected to PROSTATE themselves the earth
downward when he moved from palace another went
to visit some holy temple.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-09
Saving Railroads

And now comes big Joe East
man to save them from being
gobbled up. He is one man who
believes that public office is
public trust. For IA years, as
a member of the Interstate Com
merce Commission, he fought
tooth and nail to keep the rail-
roads from getting the best Of
it, but fought just as hard to
keep them from getting the
worst of it.
He deals in facts and knows
what he knows. He believes
that Government ownership has
got to come, but that it can't be
rushed. Meantime the roads
have got to be coordinated.
They have got to quit wasting
money on flamboyant competl-
ton. They have got to get rid
of banker control.
OF all the gentlemen who
have gleefully thrown monkey
wrenches into the droning ma
chinery of rigid ideas, Mr..
Henry L. Mencken, the plump
sage of Baltimore, is by far the
most entertaining. He never
poses. He never struts. His
sense of the ridiculous is too
keen to permit him ever to
stand upon a public platform
like a Sinclair Lewis and defy
the Almighty to strike him
down. His poise forbids him to
puff his cheeks and blow out
rage like a Theodore Dresser.
His weapon has always been
the rapier Of wit and ridicule.
His clever thrusts were made
always with a twinkling eye and
a gay chuckle. Like George
Bernard Shaw, he delighted to
shock the stodgy and startle the
cockSure.
A good fellow, as well as a
brilliant mind, he has broad
ened and mellowed with the on.
coming years. He as acquired
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-09
Rotation Policy

One of the disadvantages may
turn out to be the maintenance
of American neutrality in the
Far Pacific, should Russia and
Japan 60 from angry words to
war.
Whether the United States
fleet maneuvers in the Pacific
or in the Atlantic is a question
to be decided exclusively by the
American Government.
The fleet is as much at home
in the Atlantic as in the Pacific.
It has no permanent base on
either coast. To enable the
fleet to maneuver in either
ocean at the will of the Com
mander-in-C Chief was the para
mount purpose for which the
American people built, operate
and defend the Panama Canal.
This policy of fleet rotation
is a permanent American policy.
But it has repercussions the
world around. And its roper
cussions in the Far East will
bear watching.
Copyright, 1898. The Washington
TimeS)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-09

Secretary Swanson repeats
the recent announcement made
by the Navy Department that
after spending next summer
in the Atlantic, the United
States Fleet will return to the
Pacific before the end of 1884.
The fleet faces two other
possibilities, we'll understood by
the Navy Department, but
about which it's officials are
not now talking for publica-
ton"
One is the possibility that
events in the Far East may
prevent the fleet from leaving
the Pacific next spring. The
other is that events in the Far
East may compel the return
of the fleet to the Pacific soon
after its arrival in the Atlantic.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-09

Striding along in the van of
the news are various gentleman
who stand out from the crowd
because they decline to be
bound by the opinions of the
crowd. Gentlemen of original
mind and vigorous intellectual
honesty. For example: Joseph
B. Eastman and Henry L.
Mencken.
To Mr.. Eastman, the Presi-
dent has handed the Herculean
labor of restoring prosperity to
the railroads, the steel web
which binds together the far
flung and widely different
regions and sections Of this vast
United States, now well-night
on the rocks.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-09
LISTEN, WORLD!
BY Elsie Robinson :

Richard Roe or Mary Doe in
Brownsville or Greenfield, who
wanted to be Big Punkins but
didn't make the grade, and who
gets mad every time he, or she
sees someone else's name in
print. So they write Sneering
anonymous notes and dare you
to print 'ern. Playing for pub
licity by working up a Nuisance
Value.
Ever since the war our whole
country has been overrun by
similar pests. People who have
never been able to create I'M
portant Business of their own
so they achieve power and place
by meddling in other peoples
business. Reforms are their
meat! AS long as they can
Reform or Investigate some
thing, raise some sort of a rum"
pus, they're happy. For there
by they get attension. Human
mosquitoes! Nuisance Value
they have it, and how!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-09
WISE WORDS


I felt so young, so strong,
so sure of God.-E. B. Brown
ing.
The right Of all to all things,
and consequently the war OF
all against all.-Hobbes.
Our discomfort is from COM
pariSon.-J. Norris.
A little evil is often neces-
sary for obtaining a great
good.-Voltaire.
But now my task is smoothly
done, I can fly, or I can run
N441GOu( l..i,l-- II -, --s-.-! ..
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her. Pre- t t y
SO on she'll
com e over
and bite me
for the same
reason. She's
just like some
people .
T r E s TO
GIVE HER
SELF NUS
ANCE VALUE
WHEN S H E
F E ELS IG-
NORED."
N uiS a.nce
Value-that'S
L
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-09
Nuisance Value

Nuisance Value
Here's an amusing bit from a
friends letter:
My cat sits here and looks
at me with bored eyes because
don't paw any attention to
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-09
MARRY-GO-ROUND
BY Helen Rowland
By T. E. Powers

follieS which his rheumatism
will no longer permit him to
commit.
European lovers may be more
romantic and subtle; but the
American husband is still the
only husband in the world who
will stand for back-seat-driving,
and eat all the things he dis
likes, because they are good for
his wife's figure.
A modern girl has one good
break that her mother didn't
have: she can select q husband
she likes, instead Of having to
choose the sort that will meet
with the approval Of the Ladies
Aid Society.
The only way in which love
seems to have changed in the
last decade, is that today a kiss
lasts twice as long and love
affair about half as long.
When a man shakes hands
with rival, it means that the
fight is over; but when a woman
kisseS-and-makeS-up with an
other woman who has double
crossed her, it means that the
battle has just begun.
If women still framed their
marriage certificates and hung
them on the wall, somebody
would have to invent revolv-
ing frame, says Reno Ruth,
which would work like the old
fashioned lantern slides. AS it
is, almost any good frame will
outlast several marriages.
Here and there you will still
meet a man of finer sensibili-
ties and more discriminating
tastes, to whom a kiss from a
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-09
This Passing Show

Flirting, which was the pre-
war substitute for modern pet
ting, seems to have given a girl
just as much of a kick, without
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-09

A girl-chaser's heart is like a
punching-bag. Almost anybody
can start it "going"-but no
woman can make any lasting
impression on it.
Copyright, 1898, King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-09

Repentance" is what a man
calls the wistful pleasure he
takes in "confessing" the wild
The Wrangell sentinel., 1933-10-27
BASKETBALL

Our boys have started the basket ball season in earnest now and are facing the hard grind of training and workouts planned for the sea- son. Coach Sharnbroich is drilling his squad on fundamentals and basic principles of the game and is constantly on the lookout for play CTS to form his school squad which he intends to name soon.
 Through the courtesy of Wrangell City Council and George Fabricius, Wrangell Hi Coach. arrangements have been made so that the In- stitute boys have the use of the city gym on Monday and Friday nights. On Tuesdays and Thursdays our practise periods are used to perfect our shooting, passing, drills etc. As Wednesday is devoted to werk proi= ects, we have no scheduled practice Also there is no practise en Satur= day, which is our day off,
The Wrangell sentinel., 1933-10-27
SALMON GOLD MINES REPORT
 RICH STRIKE FREE GOLD ORE

A free gold ore strike of unusual richness has been made by Salmon Gold Mines, Ltd. on the company groperty in the upper Salmon basin, 4ccording to the Hyder Herald. samples of the ore brought out by G. c. Ted" Morris, one of the ori- ginal owners, showed an abundance of the yellow metal and created something of a sensation in mining circles
 The property is said to contain four known gold-bearing veins, av- eraging , 12 feet in width on the smaller veins and II feet on the main vein. According to a company statement the average value of all surface open cuts is $22.50 per ton, on the basis of $50 gold.
 The company was organized re- gently with a $1,5OO,O0O capitaliza- tion and shares of 50 cents par value. It is currently reported that approximately 5000 worth of shares were sold to Premier residents dur ing recent days as a result of the latest find.