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The Washington times., 1933-02-08
GANDH is IN ONE OF THESE PRISONS THAT LOOK
LIKE APPLE PIES

Lovelace peasant poet wrote Stone walls do not prison
make nor bars cage He did not know all the different
kinds Of prisons
Napoleon Bonapare after he fell into the hands of the
British and Helena could have told him that the
British knew how to make real prison.
This little picture taken by arpane camera over Poona
india Bshmade prisons that genuine These
little round things with the slices that look like cut pie crust
are PRISONS arranged for the great heat of the regions in
which they located In the in the foreground Gand
sits in his CELL with his little lon cloth around him. handloom
to make CLOTH and all his pitifu dreams for India
Freedom does not from dreaming; it from
FIGHTING That is the moral of this picture.
You may dream away your life and your liberty You must
fight your life and gain your liberty individual
national
takes imagination to look at this little picture and then to
imagine yourself looking through the roof Of of these prison
sections there of intense sincerity endless will
power shadow starving himself gladly for the sake
Of Others trying to great empire that be moved by
nothing but FORCE-and moral force but force Of violence
The Washington times., 1933-02-08
Right for Once
Congress Retains Military Training Camps

Even lame duck Congress occasionally does the right
thing and this lame duck Congress has done ONE thing
that commends itself to all patriotic Americans.
That the vote of the House of Representatives retain
the citizens military training camps and the Officers Reserve
Corps.
The House was under heavy from the pacfst
chairman Of its Military Committee eliminate these props
the national defense under similar pressure from the
pact President Of the United States Nevertheless
kept both the camps and the Reserve Corps and deserves
the hearty approval of the American people for doing
The Army has been whitfield down the vanishing point
The National Guard has been target for fake economy
posa And was then proposed to reduce abolish the
necessarily be the backbone of national army in time of war
highly creditabe to the House that this last proposal
at least has been knocked out Let hope that it will stay
out and that the work of building up of officers
While there Is time to do Twill stay IN. ,..,..l.-
The Washington times., 1933-02-08

Mr.. Roosevelt has made it
clear that he has no thought
of seeking to commit the ma
tion to any agreement re-
garding the debts without
consultation with the mem
bers Of the Committee on
Foreign Relations. The func-
ton of the Executive is to
negotiate treaties; that of
Congress to pass upon them.
Since Congress must pass
upon them favorably to make
them effective, it follows
that it's leaders should be con-
suited before any. agreement
is made. That Mr.. Roosevelt
proposes to do.
Meanwhile, English publ
cists, realizing a little tar
Oily, that the ex cathedra
manner in which Neville
Chamberlain h S flecked
away all thought of any con-
cessions to us in return for
possible concessions to her on
the debt, as though it were
ashes from his cigarette, has
been a blunder, are trying la
boriously to explain it away.
There is nothing to be ex-
planned away as far as Mr..
Chamberlain's speeches go.
They have the virtue Of be-
ing understandable. They
merely serve notice that Eng.
land will condescend to per-
NIT us to take the debt bur-
den off her back and put it
on our own, only on condi-
tion that England be asked
nothing in return. That is an
impossible, an intolerable po-
sition which will never be ac-
cepted by the American
Congress.
The Washington times., 1933-02-08

AS soon as ELSIE ROBINSON
you get with people, you're
lost; sit there in misery; run
away as soon as you can-and
crawl home, back to the ter
rible loneliness you can't
escape.
Do I understand? Yes, my
dear, I understand, more than
you can know. I'm thinking
back
What a mess I was at 20!
A tall, skinny, pigeontoed coun-
try girl, newly married into a
circle of staid New Englanders
who surveyed me with silent,
soaring scorn.
I don't blame them now.
How irritating must have been
trying to hide my shyness
with shrillnesS-covering up
bewilderment with braggadocia.
Outwardly defiant; inwardly
afraid of everyone; Sobbing
with fear.
Twenty to thirty - VIII a t
dreadful years they we're! No
poor devil serving time "in soli-
tary" ever went through more
agony. Was all life to be like
that - terrified and lonely?
Would I never be able to be at
ease with people; to break
through to them?
If only I could find some
one who would understand.
Then, maybe, I could forget
myself-be natural.
But, of course, that was i'm.
possible. Nobody would ever
understand me, for there was
nobody like me in all the
world. I was so terribly, so
tragically different! No one
else could possibly know such
fear as I kneW-Such a horror
of loneliness.
(How familiar that sounds,
doesn't it? You're reading each
word with almost shocked sur
prise. Why, that's just the
way you feel! I'm describing
your own symptoms! But how
can I know them? Read on
you'll see.
Dark years. Dark thoughts.
Thoughts that were like q cell,
shutting me in. Then gradually
LIE with its inevitable pressure
The Washington times., 1933-02-08
Mortgage Holders
Must Be Lenient

But always, after SYM
pathizing with the plight of
Europe, grim reality yanks
us back to American prob
lens and Americas plight.
That at least is of interest
to the groundlings. And
here we are beginning to
face realities and to under
stand that in the case Of
private debts we cannot in
sist too rigidly on what is
stipulated in the bond. The
insurance companies have
blazed the path in the mat
ter of farm foreclosures, and
interest rates, and mora
toriums. The effect has been
good in agricultural Sec
tions. Before we get through
this is going to be extended
to mortgages on homes in
towns. Thus from Gov
ernor Horner of Illinois, an
able, humane realist of con-
servative temperament, we
have this appeal:
II appeal in this emer.
gency to all holders of mort.
cages in Illinois real estate
and personal property,
whether residents of Illinois
or elsewhere, whether cor
porations or individuals, to
use the utmost forbearance
in foreclosing on mortgages
upon farms, homes and
chattels when the farm or
home owner is in such des-
perate fin anci al circum-
stances that he is actually
unable to pay"
1t is no longer what is
"stipulated in the bond"-
it is what can possibly be
done; and both debtors and
creditors are victims, and
there is no escape. This is
a time for forbearance, for
reasonable concessions, for
cooperation b e tween the
debtor and the creditor with
the view to doing the best
that can be done. In The
long run that will be best
for all.
Congress now has a meas
ure of relief pending which
conditions justify; but the
law and government aside,
much can be done to revive
confidence and courage if
debtors and creditors can sit
down across the table and
seek ways and means to so
solve their common problem
that neither will be ruined.
The Washington times., 1933-02-08

unfortunate for France in the
struggle for the markets of
the world.
By the same token, if we
pay not only the debts or a
large part of the debts, not
only of France, but of all
the other debtor nations, we
shall have to raise the money
by taxing our industries at a
much greater rate; and thus
we would be handicapped
in the fight for the world
markets.
Has it not occurred to you
that the real explanation of
the debt propaganda is to
handicap our industries to
the limit in the fight fer
trade?
The Washington times., 1933-02-08
U. s. Must Form
United Front"

Now, the only way to re-
vent the imposing of this
burden on our industries is
to get concessions relating to
trade from the debtor ma
tions when we assume any
portion Of their debts. This
is the position taken by Mr..
Roosevelt some time ago.
And this is the position that
Mr.. Chamberlain tells us is
unacceptable to England.
And "Augur's" explanation
that England just must make
common cause with the
European debtor nations
against the United States
may make England's posi-
tion clear, but it does more
than that, it makes Eng
lands position impossible of
acceptance here.
A united front" of the
debtor nations against the
United States calls for a
united front" among real
Americans for the United
States.
The Washington times., 1933-02-08
Would Saddle
Debts on America

But "Augur, writing
from London, tries to smooth
things over. He does it by ad-
mitting that we have a right
to expect compensating con-
cessions, and he adds:
"Just because for practical
reasons the British point Of
view is that war debts must
disappear, similar considera-
tions of a practical nature
must make it impossible for
the United States to set free
its greatest competitor in the
world markets without OBJ
tanning security against un-
fair exploitation Of the ad-
vantage conceded =
That is a fair statement.
Of course, it is not quite
clear in one point. It is not
proposed that "the war debts
must disappear. " They can t.
Everyone knows that. They
can merely be transferred
from one nation to another.
"Augur" means that Eng
land holds that "the war
debts must disappear" as far
as she is concerned. They
would not disappear for us.
In fact they would appear
enormously magnified.
The Washington times., 1933-02-08
ONCE OVERS

is to lose your job anyway
sooner or later.
Carrying out orders in a
desultory manner merely to
hold your job is not giving the
sort of service expected of you.
One of the main reasons for
dropping older persons from a
pay roll is that they have be-
come more or less machine
like and are satisfied with their
own production and their own
manner OF going about it. --.
The Washington times., 1933-02-08
Seek to Handicap
American Industry

They appear here enor-
mously magnified because
"Augur" explains that, of
course, England must make
common cause with the Euro
pean debtors in any settle
men she makes with us. So
the English point of view is
that the ~war debts must
disappear" for Europe only.
We are to take them all.
And for all this we are to
get nothing in return.
1t is interesting to note
that "Augur" admits that
when we assume the burden
of all the debts of Europe we
give our competitors an ad-
vantage in the world mar
kets." A former premier of
France amplified on this
when he said that if France
has to pay she will have to
tax her industries to get
the money; and if she taxes
her industries these will have
to add that much more to
the cost Of production; and
that would mean an increase
in prices asked in the world
marketsi and that would be
The Washington times., 1933-02-08
Keeping Up

Keeping Up
If you are out Of sympathy
with the management in the
place where you are employed
it is time for you to move on.
You may say that you cannot
afford to give up a job in these
times.
But to do the work assigned
to you in a half-hearted way
plainly indicating that you
would do the work in a way far
superior to that Of your boss,
The Washington times., 1933-02-08
LISTEN, WORLD!
By Elsie Robinson

of experience, began to break
down that cell. Family at
first, and in far intervals, I
began to see other people-to
really see them.
Always I had thought that I
saw other people; but now I
began to realize that hitherto
I had seen them only in rela-
ton to mySelf-as part of my
own background. And I had
been interested in them only as
they affected me and my life.
But now I began to see people
apart from myself-as indi-
vidualS, with problems and pro-
grams of their own.
I began to see other girls be-
wildered trembling in loneliness.
I began to see other wives,
weary of the monotony of
houseWork, as I was weary,
longing for color and joy, as
was longing; grieving over their
sick babies, as I was grieving
over mine.
It was like a curtain lifting.
A little while before 1 had seen
people as an alien mass, with
natures and interests entirely
foreign to mine, all standing
apart from my life. And now
I saw that their StrangenesS
was only a mask.
Beneath That Mask We Were
All Alike!
I didn't need to understand
them. They didn't need to
understand me. Beneath our
strangeness we were all of a
piece. And ii I would only
remember that I did not need
to fear them any more-need
no longer wonder what I should
say or do.
I COULD SPEAK TO THEM
AS IF I WE'RE SPEAKING TO
MYSELF. I COULD TREAT
THEM AS I, SELF,
WISHED TO BE TREATED.
FOR THEY WE'RE PART OF
ME-AND I WAS PART OF
THEM-AND WE WE'RE ALL
PART OF THE SAME EXPERT
ENCE.
That was, and has continued
to be. the greatest discovery of
my life. 1t is the secret of any
wisdom or any power which I
may possess. 1t has opened
every door to me. 1t has stead
led me through every tragedy.
FOR I KNOW NOW THAT
AM NEVER A STRANGER,
NOR EVER WITH STRAIN
GERS.
EVERYTHING THAT HAS
HAPPENED TO ME HAS HAP.
PENED TO SOMEBODY ELSE.
EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE
DONE-NO MATTER HOW
SILLY OR SINFUL, NOBLE
OR BRAVE-HAS BEEN DONE
BY SOMEBODY ELSE.
How could I-hoW can YOU
get along with people?
BY NO LONGER THINK
ING OF THEM AS PEOPLE.
BY REALIZING THAT THEY
ARE SIMPLY PART OF MY.
SELF.
49,. SYnatcatsE 4nesA
The Washington times., 1933-02-08

dashery, the parting of his hair,
his stenographer, and his wife'S
approaching vacation in the
country.
Oh, yes, a little Tonic is a
dangerous thing! It makes a
man forget his bald-spot, his
arteries, his wedding VOWS and
his business appointments, and
mistake his tWingeS of rheuma@
tism for growing pains"
Copyright, 1898, King Features
syndicate, 1nC.)
The Washington times., 1933-02-08

just the right
thing. If you
could only be
like that!
B ut you
can't. People
frighten you
make you
feel all heads
and feet. OF
course ou
know that's
silly. No ones
going to
harm yo u.
B ut Y o u
can't help it.
The Washington times., 1933-02-08
MARRY-GO-ROUND
BY Helen Rowland

a snappy beige hat over one
eye.
And this flattering outfit may
lead him to the manicurist for
a glittering finish on his finger
nails, and a little flourish as a
gay devir' along the Avenue.
A settled" married man is
one whose emotions have all
temporarily settled to the bot
tom of Life's glass. But when
his wife pourS a tonic into him,
it may have such an efferves-
cent effect that he will bubble
over into a fountain of renewed
youth, sentiment and seX-appeal.
Sometimes the effects Of a
spring tonic on a man lasts all
summer. And it takes a hard
cold in the fall to bring him
back to normalcy and the
realization that many may love
and admire him-but only a
Wife will NURSE him! .
When woman gives her hus-
band an appetizer, it is, Of
course, with a view to making
him take more interest in his
meals, his work and his family.
But the effect it seems to
have on him is to make him
take more interest in his haber-
r's ;r.'ssAnN1 UHY
;; :;:;::;@6E!M
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The Washington times., 1933-02-08
"Augur" Explains:
Domestic Debts
Bu Claude G.. BOWers

Battles the Jackson PERIOD THE Struggle
For Democracy in America Jefferson Hamilton "The
Tragic Era" "Beverdge and the Progressive Era"
The Washington times., 1933-02-08

Mrs. Ovens "WiIP
coming pointing
sion laying
We left the the public won't mind
preston
nendeS ~ ~ F make this simple
TELLING hou he
~ - them we're leaving the analysis
To Congressman who'll OF producing paralysis
1,,o Sa1ary 1a Ill o =, tho To them leave with stfled
VIC II%ve OIL eU4N40AA Ia "Ao
AZ ganery. -, , 49, persons seeking jobs.
Lront re ,oauo Nv na+~ono%e
threaten dynamite IL A0" We ""'0 0 p"U"ee
To you, ladies of the press
aWar ones nave thankfuness
the onus All you have done to give us
OF laying hands upon the bonus pleasure
currency-to them hand will
treasure.
~ ' ~ " - F While that vast expanse
Where Lame Ducks seek their
Well let them exercise their sustenance.
talents When happy here again
making that thar Please let just
balance and when.
Mrs. Owen will return to Congress later,
you may be She has brains and her State Florida
intelligent.
Mrs. Pinchot wife Of the governor Of
Pennsylvania gave dinner for Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt
and showed what could be done with wise buying in com
munity market
The food for rs people at the dinner cost 2 and included
corn bread cabbage rolls stuffed with salmon and rice whole
wheat bread hamburger apple and orange salad
good dinner depression But it not what Americans
want general thing and would not be good for the
country if it became universal
The Washington times., 1933-02-08

People Are Not Strangers
You wish you knew how to
get along with people.
You envy those lucky beings
who move through life so
easilv. always saving and doing
The Washington times., 1933-02-08

It's a sweet wifely thought
but you never know what dan.
gerous effect a few ounces Of
iron-quinine- and-strychnine, or a
patent "elixir" or a little bottle
of glandextract may have on
, a man.
The Washington times., 1933-02-08
Danger Ahead!

This is the time of year when
a woman begins to observe that
her husband looks little pale
and tired, and to plan secretly
The Washington times., 1933-02-08

to make him start taking a
tonic. Something to invigorate
and pep him up and ward off
the spring fever.
The Washington times., 1933-02-08
One Lady Said Something
Ruth Bryan Owen, daughter Of the late
No Other Lame Duck Did

William Jennings Bryan able congressman defeated and in
cuded among the lame ducks that will longer return
after defeat celebrates her going with suitable which
she calls "her will
Of all the retiring members Mrs Owen contributes to the
breakup of the Lame duck session. and system the only
good -natured comment in her will that follows
Mrs. Owens "WiII''
The Washington times., 1933-02-08

Many a woman who has piled
her husband with a spring tonic
to "give him a fresh start" has
had to stay at home all SUM
MER to wait for him to RUN
DOWN, so that she could trust
him to follow the dotted line,
again.
Just a mild tonic may make a
good husband feel wicked"
and a wild husband altogether
unmanageable. It put pep in
his step, response in his eyes,
new a1ibis in his mouth, and a
boutonniere in his button-hole!
It acts on him like cat-nip on
a cat, and makes him positively
playful!
It often tempts him to make
an April fool of himself. and
to shed his scruples, his dignity
and his winter overcoat with
youthful insouciance.
It may set him up so that
he is inspired to buy himself a
gay checkered cravat, and a
pair Of blonde spats and cock
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-11-07
BROOKLYN YMCA
INTER-CLUB MEET
Transacted Much BUSH
ness at Largely Attend
ed Session Last Night

The Brooklyn YMCA Inter- Club
council held its regular meeting
last night at the Brooklyn YMCA.
Those present were: Rocco DiSte-
fano, Midgets; Frank Ragaglia,
Cowboys; Stanley Lucas, L. r. c.
A.: Joseph DiVito, Iroquois; Patsy
Rossi, Eagles; George Berardi,
Speedboys: Henry DelPo, Falcons.
and Melville Kelley, secretary of
the Brooklyn "Y". The L. r. c. A.
cub was accepted in the Inter-
Club council. The Chase Co bas-
ketball team was granted a gym
period on Monday evenings.
The four committees, social, ed
ucational, Christian education and
athletic, gave their reports on their
program for the winter season. A
very active program was promised.
The bowling league question was
brought UP and will be discussed
further at the next meeting. The
athletic committee was to settle
this problem. TIL four chairmen Of
the committees were to attend a
program meeting at the central
FMCA Tuesday. The Cowboys
asked for an extra gym period on
Saturday for all "Y" members who
did not play basketball. This per-
iod was granted. The Cowboys also
asked for and were granted the
night of December 2 to give q So
cial in the upstairs room at the
"Y". Next Monday special meet
Ing OF the council will be held.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-11-07
Park Road Honor
Students Listed

The honor roll for the month Of
October at Park road school Is as
follows:
Grade s-Lelia Durante, Rosa
leen Price, Dolores Cone, Gloria
Kraus, Shirley Rasmussen and
Michael Blansfeld.
Grade Kathleen O'Brlen, Mar.
guerite Martinelli, Doris Dzinsky,
Joseph Guilfoile, Robert Arcand,
Charles Perriello.
Grade 6-Jean Ruda, Lorraine
Malouf, Ridgeway Shinn, Vincent
Ray, Bradford Cross, Claire Curley,
Gloria Malouf.
Grade 5-Drusilla Ford, Patricia
Bouley, Richard Tracy, Murlyn
Beck, william Perriello, James
Poison. Jackie Price and Henry
Blansfield.
Grade ARTHUR Baker, Mary L.
Perriella, Betty Bristol, Barbara
Ruda, Frederick Loehmann, Ron
aid Robinson, Paul Hicock, Mar
garet Santarsiero, Kenneth Nets.
Grade 3-Roberta Finlay, Mar
garet M. Collins, Mary Mcdonald,
Medelise Dzinsky, Leona Curley,
Gertrude Mclean, Ronald Drumm,
Frederick Danielo, Arnold Guild.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-11-07
DIFFERENT IDEAS
OF HOME OWNERS
Some Stick Close to the
Pay as You Go
Policy

People have different ideas about
public improvements. A man who
lives in a section Of the outskirts
of the city that Is fast building up
told a reporter Of this paper that
residents Of his street will be con-
tent for few years provided they
get school accommodation for their
children, clean water in the home
and a few lights. He said they ap-
preciate the value Of improved
streets, sidewalks and sewers, but
he thought they could manage to
get along without these things I'M
til such time as they have a good
grip" that's the word he used, on
their holdings.
There Is a good deal Of truth in
this. Everybody realizes the con-
venience and value Of all kinds of
public improvements, but they are
very expensive, and unless one sees
his way to paying for them he Is
not making any mistake in waiting
until he is sure that the burden
will not be too much for him. or
course the city waits for its money.
but some day 1t makes a demand
for 1t with interest and when this
time comes, one Is surprised at the
size OF the bill. Frequently one
finds 1t necessary to get credit, but
SO far as securing ones title to a
home Is concerned, the policy Of
pay as you go should not be pushed
into the background. Some will tell
you that to have anything worth
while 1t IL necessary for most peo-
pie to go in debt. This Is true, but
everybody Is not an investor and
the man whose sole ambition is to
own his own home should be caro-
full not to reach out for more than
he can carry and not topple over.
II you want to be enlightened on
this subject talk with some Of the
large real estate owners.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-11-07
HOLLYWOOD HAS
ITS ROUNDUP
OF HAPPENINGS
Peter ArnO Wants to Get
One Crack at Drexel
Biddle Steele

Copyright 1888, by United Prcss)
Hollywood, Nov 7-(UP)-Peter
Arno, the first to hit the floor in
the celebrated Arno-Drexel Biddle
Steel Night club embroglio, issued
O. challenge today for O. rematch.
1.-THE next time I see Mr. Drexel
Biddle Steel,". said the cartoonist,
I'm going to hang one on him
that he won't forget for a long,
long time"
But Steel was of more forgiving
nature.
II have no hard feelings toward
Peter" said he. IT wouldn't think
of continuing this silly feud."
Sally O'Neil, purported central
figure in the scrap, washed her
hands Of the affair with denial
she shattered a chair over Steers
head.
With all statements in and pub
licity cooling, the incident was gen.
orally regarded as closed.
Mae West who knew Texas
Guinan as few others mourned her
death as a. personal loss.
II wish the public knew Tex as
I knew her." Miss West said.
people generally thought she was
only a night club promoter but that
was only business phase Of life.
We have all lost a good friend and
a splendid show woman"
Betty Leanarda McMahan, 20,
wants 100000 damages because
she said she loved and married
Franklin Connah Stevens, young
sportsman, only to find he already
was married. She charged in a
breach Of promise suit that al
though she learned after their
elopement to Yuma last Sept. 10.
that he had not obtained a final
divorce decree from his first wife,
she still wanted a valid wedding
but he refused her.
Anita Pages ignorance Of bust
ness matters was her defense today
In a $2,1S3 commission suit Of a
local theaterical agency.
II am an actress" she testified
In a deposition. "My father, Mar
inc L. Pomares, handles the bust
ness and I pay no attention to It,"
She denies the agency landed her
q contract and in a cross-complaint
seeks recovery of $4,000, alleged as
excessive payment.