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The Washington times., 1933-12-16
By Robert w. Chambers

rosary, with its brass crucifix,
from the soft leather girdle
about her right thigh.
Never had this young actress
dreamed Of playing so magnifi-
cent q role in any drama ever
written. Never had she known
such alarm as now penetrated
her with q terror so utterly de-
icious that the combination Of
pleasure and fear seemed al
most uncomfortable.
She knew that the end
already was very near-that
the final curtain already was
twitching to descend. But
what might be the impending
finale no longer worried her,
and she gave no thought to it
in the. glory Of her overwhelm-
ing exaltation. She realized
only that hers was the leading
role; that this was her drama;
this her great moment; and
she meant, by Gods grace, to
make the most of it, though
death sat watching her across
the footlights.
She had been knocking for
nearly 10 minutes at the front
door Of the Morris house when
a sleepy, half-dreSSed negro
maid opened the door and
stood rubbing her drowSy eyes.
II have q message for Mrs.
Howe" whispered Operator 13.
Mis- Howe in bald, lady"
whined the black maid.
wake her and say a mes
Senger from Mr.. CASTOR is
here" .murmured the girl.
Lady, ma'am, I dasSant
wake up Mis- Howe"
A Movement
The girl pushed her aside and
stepped into the hallway. There
was q coat-and-hat closet with
q key in the door, which stood
open just behind the negro
maid. With abrupt violence,
Operator 13 pushed the maid
into it and turned the key on
her. She listened a moment,
but the negress appeared to be
dumb with terror, for no African
howl came from within the
locked closet.
Through the open front door
the Sickly pallor of daybreak
Illuminated the carpeted hall
way. Operator 13 did not en-
tirely close the door; a little
morning light still came through
the crack. She walked forward
to the foot Of the stairs and
stood listening intently.
She could see nobody on the
dusky landing above, but there
certainly was noise of some
thing stirring up there. Then a
bedroom door opened; candle
light flickered over wall and
ceiling.
Instantly Operator 13 started
to ascend the carpeted stairs.
AS she arrived on the landing
Lady Greensleeves confronted
her.
CONTINUED on Comic PGgs)
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The other novice laughed.
THANK Mrs. Morris and say
that no nun is afraid of Jeb
Stuart"
Gail Loveless rolled her lovely
dark eyes at the plate of hot
bread. "Waas'm, lady-sister.
Lawzee me, how dem beaten
biscuits du SMELL"
IF you want some breakfast"
said the other novice, "go into
the laundry" She pointed to
the door and Operator 13 open
ed it and entered. No candle
burned there. but a gray light
came in through the open gal
lery.
Almost Immediately the nov
ice came in with a plate full Of
beaten biscuits, molasses and
becon, and a cup of fresh milk.
"Was Mrs. Morris frightened by
the shooting last night?" she
inquired.
"Yas'm, lady" replied the
girl, munching the bacon and
hot bread which she sopped in
the blackstrap and devoured in
ecstasy, her eyes rolling heaven
ward.
Il wonder if you know wheth-
er Mrs. Howe has returned?"
inquired the novice cautiously.
"Yaas'm," replied Lucille.
SIS she going away again?"
Dunno, ma'am."
Left Alone
A bell tinkled from some-
where within; the little novice
folded her hands a moment,
then crossed herself, turned and
went into the refectory, her
white veil closing like a cobweb
in the wind from the closing
door.
Instantly Operator 13 ran to
The Washington times., 1933-12-16
PIRATES RAID
OYSTER BEDS

Memories Of pirate days were
revived when 10 armed Eastern
Shore fishermen yesterday raided
the rich beds Of the Potomac near
Morgantown, Md, and fired shots
at the deputies who attempted to
protect the preserves.
The Eastern Shoremen, who are
believed to have come from Smiths
Island, are revolving against q
law passed by the Maryland
State legislature, which prohibits
the "Scraping" oysters.
Oyster tongers and farmers
along the Western Shore were
preparing to resist with force the
incursions Of the pirates and the
La Plata Fire. Department has
been enlisted in the fight.
The Washington times., 1933-12-16
Times Daily Pattern
Rattern 1899

The mode Of winter, 1884, is
q woman's paradisel Never be-
fore has the matron been SO
favored-with the new curved
silhouette, gracious lines and air
Of dignity and charm! This
stunning model flatters her ire
mendously-its semibelted waist
line, clever seamings, the flat
tering rever so chic Of contrast,
and ultra new sleeves. Make
this model yourself and achieve
that perfection Of fit and finish
that distinguish a smart frock.
Dull satin, q moSSy crepe or
faiile would be an excellent
choice, combined with bengaline
for contrast.
Pattern 1889 is available in
sizes 36, 38, 40, a., A and 46.
Size 80 takes iour yards Of 39-
inch fabric and three-eighths Of
a yard contrasting. Illustrated
step-by-step sewing instructions
included.
Send FIFTEEN CENTS (15c)
in coins or stamps (coins pre-
ferreO for this Anne Adams
pattern. Write plainly name.
address and style number. Be
SURE TO STATE SIZE.
THE WINTER EDITION OF
THE ANNE ADAMS PATTERN
BOOK WILL HELP YOU SAVE
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TODAY! PRICE OF CATALOG
FIFTEEN CENTS. CATALOG
AND PATTERN TOGETHER
TWENTY-FIVE CENTS.
Address orders to The Wash.
ington Times Pattern Depart
ment, 243 West Seventeenth St.,
New York city.
The Washington times., 1933-12-16
LIFE ON VENUS
SEEN LIKELY

If science could see behind the
dense clouds on the surface of the
planet Venus, it might discover life
similar to that prevailing on the
earth.
This disclosure was made by DR..
Walter S. Adams, director of the
Mount Wilson (CalifO Observa-
tory, in an address last night be-
fore the Carnegie Institution OF
Washington.
Explaining that Mars and Venus
offered conditions more nearly like
those on earth than any other
planets, DR.. Adams stated that on
Venus the definite presence of car
bon dioxide gas suggested the
growth of plant life.
The Washington times., 1933-12-16
SeUen N. J. Forests
Closed to Hunters

TRENTON, N. j., Dec. 16.
Hunting in certain sections Of
seven Of New Jerseys State-owned
forests during the deer season,
from December II to December 81
inclusive, will be forbidden, State
Forester Charles P. WILDER, of the
New Jersey Department of Con-
servation and Development, an
nounced today.
The forests affected by the
order are the Stokes State Forest,
Sussex County; Bass River State
Forest and Penn State Forest,
Burlington County; Jenny Jump
State Forest, Warren County;
Lebanon State Forest, Burlington
County; Belleplain State Forest,
Cape May County, and the Tuck
shoe Fish and Game Reserve,
Cape May County.
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the screen Cosmopolitan Production made for Metro
GOldwynMayer and starring Marion Davies
Gail LOveIesS experienced actress into the Con-
Disguised Quadr0On IaundreS
everybody including Capt Jack Gaiar gallant
Confederate service who ashamed to no
Ovelness But Vespasan
gangng hawke chief Of Confederate spies pres
emily exposed her lfe stealing Gen. E.
the clothing Of little farm Ooy 70
make herself appear 4 little negro stable boy
Ouwtng pursuing Chancellor and Gaard she captured
a them toward the Federal lines Wnefe
knew would But the they
upon the dreadful spectacle Union hanging C0ned
crate spy and Operator scened freed her prisoners Before
he passionatey and she kse0
him. Then she rode EmmittsbWg, MdD at DUSK
Exhausted she gave Stuas horses to young man
who spoke the Northern secret service Sn0
at his advice under tree to sleep Inc man,
spy brother Of the hanged tnat oay
Operator l3 to the mplacabe Lady
Confederate spy living in EmmisDurg plStoI POn
Greensleeves captured Operator H. but the
ocasiOned when the Confederate cavalry rOoe n'O OA VAC "
espaced. - " c..-u,..u.u
Finding hidden in Lady Greensleevs
stable Operator and hid them IN an
determined to capture the peauEuW
spy she tried door Of the house IN wncn S
other woman slept without success Then on u%un
inspiration, gathered armfu OF lilies ana seG on on
nuns gather yard excited and alarmed the evening
By ROBERT W. CHAMBERS
AS she came near could hear very family the nuns
singing in their chapel; and she hurried through th open
postern where an unexpected lantern still gmmered and
made her way along the cosers toward the reectoy'
where candle burned and two novlces moved IKE gray
ghosts among the shadows. Inc room was A"sA"N' "1
the odor of hot bread. .,
care the lilies for us?" asked Of them, little
startled as the ragged negro lad painting to the open
door.
'Yaas'm m, lady-sister, ma am. Mis- Morris zone Senu
'em Ak vuh kindly ef de sodgers done scare yuh-aL
The Washington times., 1933-12-16

on that so popular knitting
bag. The two peasants would
make a lovely pillow, too. The
embroidery Is to be done either
in wool or in rope silk on q
coarse material.
Pattern $50 comes to you with
the motifs Of the peasant fig
ures 151ax161a inches and the
floral motif 712x1512 inches,
complete directions for making
the two bags shown and a pill.
low, yardages and color sug-
questions.
Send 10c for this pattern to
The Washington Times Needle
craft Department, 80 Eighth
Ave-, New York city.
The Washington times., 1933-12-16

Peasant figures and mcL.ts
in cross-Stitch are a popular
decoration today. Quaint in de-
sign they suggest variety of
brilliant colors which are sure
to make any article sparkle.
These motifs are just the thing
to select for some of those last
minute gifts because they are
made of very big crosses-four
to the inch-So it is easy to see
how fast the work can be done!
The peasant pair are delightful
on simple laundry bag prac-
tically made of two straight
pieces, while the floral motif
makes a lovely splash of color
The Washington times., 1933-12-16
Navy Orders

Lieut.. Walter E. Gist to Air.
craft SquadronS based at Coco
Solo, c. z.
Lieut.. Gg.) Richard C. D. Hunt
jr, to U. S. S. New Orleans.
Ensign George w. Bailey to u
S. S. San Francisco.
Ensign Richard S. Craighill to
U. S. S. New Orleans.
Lieut.. Gg.D Arthur R. Logan to
Naval Training Station, San
Diego.
Lieut.. (jg) Ralph w. Taylor to
Naval Hospital, San Diego.
The Washington times., 1933-12-16
Relief Pay Roll Here
Aids YuLe ShOppinQ

Christmas shopping will be
z ven an added impetus by the
disbursement of $1S1,0O to ap-
proximately 10000 CWA md re-
lief workers today.
This is the largest amount to
be paid out locolly since the
Presidents drive to eliminate un-
employment.
In the meantime those on the
CWA rolls were cheered by the
announcement by Federal Relief
Administrator Harry Hopkins that
the work will be extended until
April in the District.
The Washington times., 1933-12-16
Army Orders

First Lieut.. Herbert B. Lopez
assigned to Omaha.
Second Lieut.. William F. Da-
mon to Fort Clark, Tex.
Second Lieut.. Thomas B.
Evans to Fort Thomas, KY.
Second Lieut.. Buford r. N.Y.
guist to Philippine Department.
The Washington times., 1933-12-16
OPERATOR 13
Girl Spy Dons Gsrb Of Nun and
Hoodwinks One Of Enemys
CIeverest Agents

RepubIshed Cosmopolitan Magazine and to appear
Cosmopolitan Production made for Metro
GOIdwynNayer and starring Marion Davies
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02
LOCAL ECONOMY

The cry for government economy is directed
principally toward Washington and federal expen-
ditures though local and state governments spend
twice as much and take it more directly from men
of small means
The need for reducing public OUTLAWS already
has resulted in billion dollar reduction in the fed
eral governments annual budget Local and state
governments have cut their much larger costs only
half billion dollars. This fact is the heart of the
tax problem at the present time
Local services generally contain duplica-
ton and waste than those furnished by the gov
eminent in Washington. Many city and county Of
fcials are paid for walking around in one another's
tracks Two assessors, two tax collectors are main
tanned where one could do the work more efficiently
Small road building units paid for at heavy
cost when the state could do the work much less
extensively and much better
But while there is local perception of these facts
little is done about it. Most taxpayers have their
noses too close to the grindstone to give the neces
sary time and thought to organizing successful cru
sades against wasteful local government
on the other hand, the who support the
federal government, income taxpayers, have plenty
of money with which to carry the fight for cuts
IN their tax budgets Through countless devices the
attention of the country is fixed upon this task until
even owners or heavily taxed farms and homes begin
IN feel that the far-oT government In Washington
Is more to bla1e for their troubles than the nearby
government, to which no is paying much at
tenton.
Federal expenses must be cut but local expenses
must be cut more. Until county government is re-
formed or eliminated special tax districts CONSOLE
dated cities required to cut out all dead wood homes
will continue to be sold for taxes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02
MONDAY. JAN. 2. 1893
CRIME AND TAXES
PAGE 6


Ii there Is to be any real advance toward the
reduction OF taxation, one of the problems which
must be considered is the cost of the care of GRIM
inals.
Inc prisons of the state all are oyercrowded some
OF them to the extent where the congestion itself
becomes moral hazard and makes repentance or
Or reformation impossible
The whole system is political rather than re-
formatory and because it is political it is costly
In the extreme
There is something monstrously incongr1Ious il,
calling an institution reformatory and then send
ing there young men with sentences of twenty to
fifty years
There Is something more than monstrousy in
congruous in any institution which does not operate
on the principle that society is to be protected and
the prisoner returned is an asset and still holds out
the theory that reformation is the chief purpose of
punishment
The crime problem can not be handled by sad
dists or guards. It requires a more scientific and
more humane attitude of mind than has been evil
denced in recent years.
In the matter of pardons and paroles the Gov
ernor is compelled to take the advice of trustees
OF the prisons The trustees, in turn, largely in
huenced by the reports Of the keepers who are gen.
orally selected because of political services rather
than fitness capacity for handling difficult human
problems.
If they are good business men and keep the con-
tract jobs running, they rank high That those who
leave their custody go back in increasing percentages
to crime does not count against them
Unquestonably, there are hundreds of men in
prison who could be safely returned to society They
made mistakes Circumstances were responsible for
their crimes Many need medical treatment more
than harsh surveillance.
Unquestionably, also, there are many in prison
who be safely trusted to return to society.
They have been untitled by training or by health,
especially mental health, to life in complex Or
ganizaton.
Before politics under Governor Jackson abolished
the old pardon board probably more securely close
semblance of balancing the needs of society and the
individual character of the prisoner.
Today the system works harshly and badly and
the taxpayer pays huge bill for which nothing is
gained and must is lost.
The state maintains many experts, so that scien-
thc study of prison cases should not be addi-
tona burden.
At the state hospitals it has experts on mental
diseases At the state university it has experts in
psychology. At its colleges also trained men
and women in social work
A central board of pardons, calling upon these
experts for advice in mental matters together with
real parole system that means something more
than finding poorly paid job for applicant who
may be totally untitled for that job, are worth
consideration.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02
Peoples Voice

Editor TimeS-Let's cOngratu-
late the Indianapolis Street Car
Company on its beautiful new
street cars, but not on its rates
or service.
In the middle Of the worst de-
preston Of the century, with
labor, steel rails and all other
railway equipment at the cheapest
price in a decade, with more peo-
pie riding the street cars than
ever before, and paying the same
fare charged before the depres-
sion, the street car company tries
to cover up the fact that it is Civ
ing us inferior service on one-man
cars with big ballyhoo about it's
new street cars and buses.
Of course these are alibis. They
claim they will arrange to keep all
the men. But let's not be fools.
if one man runs a car alone, the
street car company has no further
use for the other.
Riding a badly crowded Illinois
street car recently, which needed
a conductor to distribute it's load,
1 saw woman get caught in an
automatic door when the motor
man could not possibly see her.
Only her scream and the quick
action Of male passenger saved
her from becoming mangled
corpse.
We are paying enough for street
car service that safety should be
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02
HOW WE HAVE SUFFERED

The dominant note Of the depression has been
that we all have suffered" Samuel insult for ex-
ample uttered such words some months before his
Gebacle.
This illusion of a real democracy of misery in de-
preston America is exploded very sadly by one Of
tie ablest and most distinguished Of living econo-
mists Professor Paul H. Douglas, in an article on
Whose Depression?" in The World Tomorrow
The most crucial item connected with the de-
preston and the possible ways is the distribu-
ton of American purchasing power Until the masses
get the money in their pockets to buy commodities
all talk about gold standards, tariffs war debts for
eign trade taxes bonuses boycotts and the like is
the merest twaddle, when it comes to any hope of
opening our factories and getting business to hum
ming once more under capitalstic auspices.
Professor Douglas article sticks to this theme
with the relentless persistence and the results are
devastating. First he considers the total amounts
paid in wages to American workers in manufacture
ing industries since 1928 using that year as 100 in
the index. The following is the story told by the
United States bureau Of labor statistics:
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02
HANDS OFF THE COLLEGES!

Disquieting is the report just made to the New
Haven convention of the American Association OF
University Professors on cases of current tampering
with free teaching.
Professor S. A. Mitchell Of the University OF
Virginia reported large increase in cases of poit-
ical and religious interference in 1881 and 1892
over 1929. There were sixtysix cases this year,
compared with seventeen in 1929.
The most fragrant case was removal of eighteen
professors from Texas archaeological college. In
tirnidation there appeared to have been potent
enough to frighten all the remaining faculty mem
hers from serving on an investigating committee.
Governor alfalfa Bill" Murray of Oklahoma is
accused of having demanded the resignation OF
college president for failure to prevent professors
from attending a forbidden political rally.
The chief offenses are reported from the 400
smaller colleges. especially in the south, where
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02

political and religious pretudices menace freedom
and tenure"
These assaults on liberty and science are doubly
deplorable at this time. While like Newton D.
Baker are striving to save free education from IN
wise economies politicians should be given no
spurious excuse to lay hands on the colleges
Today, above all other times education and re-
search are needed. Bankers, captains Of industry
statesmen, and other guides of the nation are be-
wildered and helpless before new problems Where
may they turn for objective guidance if not to the
institutions Of higher learnngP
The United States has invested more than a
haf-billion dollars in its colleges and universities
If any adequate return On this generous investment
is expected, these institutions must be manned by
free and unfettered scientists and teachers Other
wise, they will fail the nation in it's most serious
crisis.
The political busy-bodes and religious Mrs
Grundys should be forced to keep impious hands
out of the colleges.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02
Just Plain Sense
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

THE surest way for man to get married is to
Il Join Bachelors Club
The Columbus (OO Citizen recently carried
story of such organization which formed
twenty-five years ago. and of which only one
married member remains
Elaborate resolutions denouncng girls and solemn
of celibacy ado lure to the forbidden. The only
way to resist women is to cultivate them. Distance
always lends enchantment, but to nothing so much
as to the feminine half of creation.
St Anthony, thinking himself protected from
women's wiles in the emptiness of the desert, dis
covered that one can not flee that temptation, and
his days were filled with visions of incompatible
loneliness and in his dreams he beautiful
maidens than any he ever could have found any,
where in life.
Man can not get away from woman, because
his own nature betrays him.
And that seriously should desire to do so is an
evidence Of somewhat limited thinking In the great
and enduring scheme of things, there always must
be the male and the female The one never is
wholly complete without the other.
THIS is why regardless of our specous arguments,
it is impossible to plan ones life without in
GLIDING some sort Of companonship, legal Illegal
with the opposite SEX
And assuredly the peasantest conpanonship is
to be found in marriage All other ways are unsatis-
factory hollow ana without meaning. Kingdoms
may fall and empires vanish Depressions may come
and go, but marriage remains.
1t remains and survives all the cults and isms of
refofmers and cranks all the bestialties of fools the
the sophistres of wise men, and the onslaughts of
the thing We speak of periodically as modernism.
Sophistication will not be able TO overthrow it and
revolutions can not destroy utterly because it rep
resents one of mans immortal strivngs toward per-
lection.
And it is based fundamentally as much upon the
spirit as on the flesh often in world of chaos it
is the only enduring reality,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02
Notable Physicians Died in 1882

This is the last of six articles by DIR.
Fishbein reviewing the progress of
medical science in 1882.
OF particular interest in 1882
were the social aspects Of
medical practice and the relations
Of the medical profession to va
rious changes in our social eco
nomic structure.
The White House conference
served to focus attention on child
welfare.
TIL ereport of the committe on
the costs Of medical care and that
of the commission on medical ed
ucation aroused great interest as
to changes in the nature of med
ical ractice, raising particularly
the issue OF the perpetuation Of
private practice or the attempt to
to commune medical practice
and payment therefor.
The commission on medical ed
ucation urges that there are too