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The Washington times., 1933-08-15
Out of the Mouths of Babes
Comes Unexpected Wisdom

Every week or of institutions of higher learn
ing announces results of survey this that topic
of public interest.
We remember one few months back from Brain Truster
Moley's Barnard.
Professors learned after considerable research that
you could get drunk beer you drank enough of it.
An upstate college in New York year two ago found
that noise int erfered with sleep.
university West recently upon the great truth
that more persons are rghthanded than lefthanded
Discoveries such these duly announced to the public
thus adding materially to the of human knowledge.
The public should be grateful for them.
The latest investigation along these lines that we have had
drawn attention QUESTIONABLE given to 37O Amer1
school children between the ages of 10 and 15 by pair
of pundts up New York way
The Investigators seriously disturbed by the
About half the children thought the United States should
not lead in attempts to reduce armies and navies.
AS our Navy third fourth place and Army
in seventeenth it might to anyone but professor that
we have been leading in reduction long enough.
Onethird thought that the greatest honor citizen could
have would be to the uniform of the Army Navy
This view shared by several million young Americans
inhabitants.
Half the children thought that the United States ought
to collect the debts.
We imagine poll of the American people would reveal
substantially the opinion.
But perhaps the amusing the children s
definition of the Kellogg Peace Pact
One-third thought it sort of breakfast food.
We don't know that this description is any wider Of the
mark than good many others we have heard.
On the whole it makes think that the children
out Of the examination quite well as the professors
The Washington times., 1933-08-15
District Economies
Sane Saving Demanded

The statement recently filed with the District Commissioners
by the Washington Taxpayers Protective Association urging
that program economy be worked out in
ton with the budget is important and timely.
The socaled economies embodied in the current appropa
tion BILL which permitted of reduction in the tax rate
not sound and obviously cannot continue
will therefore be necessary unless taxes to be in
creased of reducing the cost of local
ernment.
That such can there doubt and that
they will be sensible than those contained in the cur
rent law is devoutly to be hoped.
the economies which allowed the Commissioners to
the twenty cents made at the
of pay reductions elimination of necessary capital
expenditures.
It is obvious that capital expenditures merely de-
ferred that they will have to be made eventually the city
Is to make any progress.
Likewise is obvious that the city cannot keep its en-
poyes working salaries which woefuy inadequate and
which will not enable them live deceny in view of the
price RISE
The present economies can therefore be said to be tenn
porary they unwise.
The taxpayer however cannot meet increase in the
tax burden If the present unstable economies to be
eliminated there must follow substitute economies which will
tighten the burden of the who pays the bill.
District officials preparing the estimates upon
which the 1885 budget will be based
Every penny which can be saved IN preparation OF tat
budget must be saved
But it should be saved in the manner IN which Con-
gress saved on the current appropriation bill.
Necessary improvements must be provided for and District
employees must be given square DEAL
Those things not incompatible with economy and the
people of Washington look the District Building for
and reasonable regulation of expenses.
The Washington times., 1933-08-15

you wouldn't Elsie Robinson
say something about the ter
rible movies that are put out,
to make gangsters, or worse, Of
our youngsters. In fact, it seems
to me the duty of all decent
people to do something about
this question.
On every side, you see pic
lures put out with no regard
whatever for what innocent
children may get out of them.
1 think it is an outrage. Silly
love escapades pictures
about thugs and other undesir-
able people scenes of drink
ing and carousing divorce,
broken marriages, unfaithful
wives and husbands they
sweep in a lawless tide through
the theaters of our land.
OF course I know you can't
expect men who are out to
make money, to not make pic
lures they know will have a big
''box office" success. TIL EY
DON'T CARE WHAT BE-
COMES OF OUR YOUNGER
GENERATION, JUST so THEY
GET THEIR PROFITS. I
think they're a blot on this
country, and something should
be done about it.
I live in a community where
there are a lot of children.
Mine are grown up now, so I'm
not speaking for myself. They
grew up before the movie craze
hit this country. I don't have
to worry about them. But the
children of my younger neigh
bors flock to the neighborhood
movie all the time, and I'm
telling the world that some of
the things they see are totally
unfit for childish minds to
come in contact with.
I THINK THE LAWS OF
THIS LAND SHOULD BE
TIGHTENED UP. IN JUSTICE
TO OUR INNOCENT YOUNG
STERS, SO THAT THESE UN-
SCRUPULOUS MEN WOULD
BE COMPELLED TO CLEAN
UP THEIR DRIES AND
PUT OUT DECENT ONES.
I hope you will publish this
letter. I know a great many
people agree with me that
movies are a menace to our
children. and we should fight
to clean them up.
MRS. K. MORTON. -.
The Washington times., 1933-08-15
ONCE OVERS

One of the best things to put
off until tomorrow is worry.
Most of our worries are chill
dren of the imagination.
Worry lessons ones ability to
combat the troublesome things
that confront most folk today.
Worry makes real trouble
more serious.
Worry robs of the power to
concentrate on plans to remove
obstacles.
Worry shocks the mental
system to the extent that trivial
annoyances take on tremendous
proportions not borne out by
the facts.
Worry adds to the difficulties
because it disrupts reasoning
power.
Don't sidestep responsibilities
or allow them to take an ad-
verse course without making an
effort to control your troubles.
However much of the So-called
worry is lack of Self-confidence.
Have the courage to put
worry aside and strike out with
assurance.
Others have conquered, so
must you.
If you can stop worrying, re-
lax and look at things as they
are, not as you fear they may
be, you are in a fair way to
Danish your troubles.
Copyright, 1898. King Features
Syndicate, 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1933-08-15
Sugar Evil

Should armed intervention be
necessary to restore orderly gov
ernment in Cuba, the interven-
ing will be done by the United
States, and the sovereignty Of
Cuba will not be jeopardized.
But Cuba'S economic distress
is not chiefly due to the tyran-
nical rule of her deSpised and
deposed dictator-Machado. The
cause of this distress is to be
found in the exploitation Of
Cuba as a vast sugar plantation
by American investors in Cuba
sugar properties.
Tinkering with the Platt
Amendment will not alleviate
the economic distress Of Cuba.
This can only be relieved by
emancipating the Cuban people
from their bondage to the sugar
industry, by encouraging them
to diversity their crops, and cut
undesirable immigration from
the West Indies.
Cuba needs a new reciproc-
ity treaty with the United
States that will give her people
the better position economi-
cally" to which the Platt
Amendment entities them.
The first Roosevelt to enter
the White House maintained
our rights under the Platt
Amendment and discharged our
responsibilities to Cuba which
that amendment imposed.
Cuba's latest political con-
flagration offers his illustrious
namesake and successor in the
White House the opportunity
to restore to Cuba, by means
of new reciprocity treaty,
the square deal which Theodore
Roosevelt inaugurated in Cuban
American relations. :
1888, The Washington Times)
The Washington times., 1933-08-15
T. RS Views

In an address at the Charles
ton Exposition on April 9, 1902
"a few weeks before the Cuban
Republic was born-President
Roosevelt gave the why and
the wherefore of the Platt
Amendment in these revealing
words:
Scuba is so near to us that
rUe can neUer be indifferent to
rnisgoUernment and disaster
within its limits. The mere fact
that our administration in the
islands has n,inimized the dam
ger from the dreadful scOurGe
of yellow fever alike to Cuba
and ourselves, is sufficient to
emphasize the community of in
terests betweer us.
"But there are other interests
Which bind us together. Cubd's
position makes it necessary that
her political relations With rs
shouL' differ from her political
relations with other POWers.
This fact has been formulated
by US and accepted by the
Cubons in the Platt Amendment.
"It folloDs as a corolldry that
where the Cub0ns hdUc thus as
The Washington times., 1933-08-15

It is unwiSe for old-time
friends, visiting in a home
where there are children, to re-
late foolish experiences Of
youthful days, involving the
children's father and mother.
Youthful infractions of home
or school rules impress chill
dren, and there is a double in
terest where their own parents
are concerned.
There is a natural deduction
that if Dad and Mother did
thus and so when they we're
young, they have a right to
pattern after them.
But parents have seen the
folly of their own doings and
have also observed the tenden-
cieS of their children.
They are wondering how they
can help the children over that
period and keep them out Of
certain mischief.
Then come the old friends,
perhaps aft many long years
of separation, and they begin
to "reminiSce."
The parents seem to get a
lot of amusement out of the
tales of when they were young
and broke the rules, so it looks
to the kiddieS.
Most parents find it hard
enough to impress their chill
dren with the things they
should avoid as they grow up.
The Washington times., 1933-08-15
MuSSOlini, Superman
He's Not Afraid of a Dentist

The general admiration for Premier Musson should reach
heights the result of revelations made by his dentist
that nches when he in the chair the buzer
at work his teeth.
This stamps him with courage than Hector
Alexander other heroes of antiquity who have been held up
for generations as bravery personfied.
We have always thought that the reputation of these gentle
rested rather phony foundations anyhow.
There dentists in those days
They had to sit in waiting room, thumbng magazines
and waiting for the fateful words: Dr soandso will see
you now"
Not that dentistry really great ordeal any
the trouble is in the mind Of the patient.
But the Duce is not bothered by the psyche
logical aspects of oral surgery
He frequently reads book while he being treated
medtates problems of state.
And the eight years during which his present dentistn-
ordinary has been associated with him he has grunted
If he had done anything ee that alone should entte
him to down through the ages the only authentic
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suned a position of peculiar re-
Ldtionship to our political Sys-
tenn, they must similarly stand
in a peculiar relationship to our
economic system.
"We haze riRhtfully insisted
upon Cuba adopting toward us
an attitude differing politi-
colly from that she adopts to-
W0rd any other power; and in
return, as a matter of right, ws
must give to Cuba a different
that 10 a better-position eco
nOmicGlIy in her relations with
us than we give to other
poWers.",
Cuba'S latest political confla-
grafton is due both to political
oppression and economic dis
treSS.
Thanks to the protection Of
the Platt amendment, the Cuban
people have been able to rid
themselves Of a despotic Presi-
dent, without interference by
any transoceanic power.
The Washington times., 1933-08-15
The Human Side of the News
Another Attempt to Communicate With Mars
By EdWin C.. Hill

From the daily run Of the
news there leaps now and again
an idea which thrills the imag-
ination. A group Of en-
thusiastic Britons proposes to
set up on the towering peak of
Jungfrau, in the Swiss Alps, a
tremendously power battery Of
electric searchlights. They pro-
pose, before the summer is
done, to flash messages in Morse
code to the astronomers of the
planet Mars who are supposed
to be peering through their
teles.~.>es toward the earth.
In the latter part of August,
Mars will swing in it's orbit to
within a little more than 35,-
900, 900 miles of the earth. The
British scientists seek an answer
to the age-old question: Is Mars
inhabited?
The Washington times., 1933-08-15
A Living World?

Mare as a subject of con-
troversy will never grow dull.
For a hundred years aStrono-
mers have argued that thrilling
question. The late Prof. Perci-
val Lowell, founder of the Flag
staff Observatory, in Ariz-
ona, did much to popularize the
view that Mars is a living world.
Although many of his deduc-
tions were challenged in his life
time, there can be no doubt
that his ideas have gained
strength in recent years.
Thanks to the work of such
physicists as DR.. William Cob
lentz, a good case for the exist
ence of life on the red planet
has been made out. Both oxygen
and water vapor have been dis
covered in the Martian atmos-
phere. Both of these are essen
tial to the maintenance of life.
The surface temperatures OF
Mars compare favorably with
the surface temperature of the
earth. During the Martian win
ter the poles of Mars are blan-
keted and surrounded with a
vast white deposit. This melts
away with the approach Of sum-
mer. AS the melting proceeds
vast areas Of Mars change in
color from white to red to green.
The newest convert to the
theory of life on Mars is
Hiram Percy Maxim. Mr.:
Maxim joins the ranks OF
those who are convinced that
the famous canals" of Mars
are actually the gigantic
achievements of a race far
more advanced than the
human race. He cites the in.
vestigation Of Prof. Lowell OF
the great circle markings on
the surface Of Mars. Among
the many who have seen these
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circular lines are SChiaparelli.
Perrotin, Thollon, Flammarion,
Fauth, Williams, Pickering,
Douglas, Lampland and Shae-
berle. Mr.. Maxim suggests that
these lines, like the canals of
Mars, are artificial and there
fore the gigantic work of in
telligent beings of tremendous
intellectual capacity. AS for
the canals, Mr.. Maxim be-
lieves that they are vast arti-
ficial channels which bring
water down from the melting
snowcaps Of the planet to re-
vive vegetation and maintain
life.
Fascinating are the possibili-
ties suggested for the future OF
radio communication with the
planet which is our near neigh
Dor in the great family OF the
solar system. For Mr.. Maxim
says that if the mental abilities
of the Martians are as much
in advance of ours as their
canals would indicate, they may
have brought radio to a very
high level Of development.
The Washington times., 1933-08-15
Platt Amendment BulWark
OF Cuba'S Liberty
BY James T. Williams, Jr.-

From an American point Of
view, Cuba's latest conflagra-
ton comes just in time to
sound a much needed warning
against any tinkering with the
terms of the Platt Amendment.
This amendment, named
after the late Senator Platt of
Connecticut who proposed 1t,
binds the United States and
Cuba in a closer political re-
lationship than either accepts
with any other country.
Under the Platt Amendment,
which was adopted as an ap-
pendix to the Cuban Constitu-
tion on June IL, 1901, and later
embodied in a permanent
treaty, Cuba engaged:
First, neither to enter into
any treaty with foreign
power to obtain permanent Oc-
cupatiOn in or control over
any portion of the islands.
Second, never to contract a
public debt, the interest and
sinking fund Of which cannot
be met from ordinary revenues.
Third, to accept intervention
on the part Of the United
States for the preservation Of
Cuban independence and for
the purpose Of maintaining a
government adequate for the
protection Of life, property and
individual liberty.
Fourth, to give the United
States certain naval stations on
the Cuban coast in order that
this country may be in a posi-
ton to safeguard the independ-
ence Of Cuba as we'll as the
defense Of the United States.
The Washington times., 1933-08-15
Our Superiors?

In the opinion of Hiram
Percy Maxim, 25 years more
of experiment will probably see
the radio engineers able to
separate these oscillations, and
we shall then be able to say
whether any one of them rep
resents a systematic and delib.
crate endeavor on the part OF
some intelligence far out in
cosmic space to signal to us.
It is interesting to recall that
Marconi himself. the last man
to be impressed by romantic
dreams, has detected IN the
ether radio activity resembling
signals which he has not been
able to account for.
Is it possible that the super
beings on Mars are already
attempting to get into COM
munication with us creatures Of
the earth? Certainly life and
intelligence may be supposed to
exist elsewhere in space. 1t
would be the last word in
faulty to assume thai the
earth alone was the home Of
life and Of thinking beings.
Both exist, in Mr.. Maxim's be-
lief, in countless worlds, and
always in different physical
shapes. Intelligent life more
highly developed in many
worlds than upon our own. We
are too young as yet to judge
1ife's status in the Great Plan
Of a cosmos which the puny
mind Of man has only begun TO
explore.
Copyright. 1898. King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
The Washington times., 1933-08-15
LISTEN, WORLD!
BY Elsie Robinson

Some truth to that? Yes.
There are scores of silly films
trashy, vulgar, downright
vicious pictures-which aren't
good medicine for adults, much
less for youngsters. And every
public spirited organization in
the country should take up the
cudgels against such exhibitions.
But
Does that mean that every
thing should be prettied up to
conform to the needs of the
Dear Little Children? Does it
mean that Hollywood should be
compelled to go lollipop, SOS
Junior and Sister won't get
naughty notions?
It certainly does NOT!
YET WHEN TT COMES TO
THE SCREEN, DO YOU, AS A
PARENT. THINK TWICE BE-
FORE HANDING LITTLE
JOHNNY HIS DAILY DIME?
Chances are you don't. And
if you do, there are a thousand
other mothers who say-"Yes,
darling, run along"-not even
bothering to discover whether
the picture is Alice in Wonder
land or a Hot-cha Gangland
CaroIlSal
So I'm all for agreeing that
there oughta be a law
BUT INSTEAD OF PUTTING
THE COOKIE CUTTER ON
THE FLICKERS, HOW ABOUT
RIDING HERD ON FOOL
PARENTS AND MAKING
THEM RESPONSIBLE FOR
THEIR CHILDREN'S PLAY
HOURS AS WELL AS THEIR
STUDY HOURS?
Time was when parents were
supposed to have a job and
WORK AT 1T. And if they
didn't, the whole community
landed - pronto! - on their
necks. But nowadays - ma
can't be bothered. And if little
withdrawing graduated from
gangster films - eventually
spends a dozen years in the Big
House, eating on the taxpay-
erS' money why that's
lust the taxpavers' had luck!
HOW ABOUT MAKING TT
THE PARENTS BAD LUCK?
Or are you one of those who
believe that family cares mustn't
be allowed to cramp Mama's
style?
At which point, if this hasn't
become a free-for-all, it should.
So open the door and let 'em
in.
You've had ideas about the
movies-here's your chance to
air them.
WHAT, IF ANYTHING,
SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT
EN-?
SHOULD THEY ALL BE
MADE FIT FOR chill
DREN"?
OR SHOULD THERE BE A
RICTER CENSORSHIP,
WITH CHILDREN EXCLUDED
FROM CERTAIN FILMS?
OR WOULD YOU DO AWAY
WITH ALL CENSORSHIP
AND LET THE YOUNGSTER
SEE ANYTHING AND EVERY.
THING-REGARDLESS?
Copyright, 1898. King Features
Syndicate. Ine.l
The Washington times., 1933-08-15

H e re- S a
mother W h o
thinks t h e y
do-a n d we
should. And
no m a t t e r
how hot it is,
here's a let
ter that will
make you sit
up and think
. . and then
grab the old
pen in reply:
C2ar Miss
Robinson:
I wonder if
~
The Washington times., 1933-08-15

Should All Movies Be Made
"Fit for Children?
HOW ABOUT THE MOVIES?
DO THEY POISON OUR
CHILDREN?
GIVE THEM FALSE IDEAS
OF LIFE START THEM
ON THE ROAD TO RUIN?
AND SHOULD WE HAVE
LAWS MAKING MOVIES SAFE
FOP THE vOTTNGSTEPS9
The Washington times., 1933-08-15

sided, the other side IS bored
almost to suicide.
A Mexican divorce and the
clothes a girl wears on the
beach are probably the two
flimsiest things in the world
but, somehow, they both get
by and seem to serve the pur-
pose.
Copyright, 1898. King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1933-08-15

Charm, in a man, in manner,
poise, responsiveness and un-
derstanding. Almost any man
can have 1T" who has Suf-
ficient intelligence-and no
conceit.
The Washington times., 1933-08-15
The Love-Campaign

At seventeen, a pretty girl
always SENS to fancy that she
is a sort of magician, who can
pull a couple of solitaires, a
The Washington times., 1933-08-15

If the average man would
spend less time, before marri-
age, trying to convince a girl
that the only thing on earth
he wants is her love and her
kisses, she might spend more
time, afterward, trying to give
him the valet service, trained
nursing and skilled housekeep-
ing that he demands.
Every man secretly longs for
the sort of woman who will in
Spire him and help him make a
The Washington times., 1933-08-15
MARRY-GO-ROUND
By T. E. Powers
BY Helen Rowland

success Of himself; and yet,
spends most of his spare time
playing around with the sort Of
women who amuse him and
help him make a fool of him.
self.
Once, a little boy couldn't
decide whether he wanted to
be a fireman or cowboy, when
he grew up; but, nowadays, he
can't make up his mind whether
he wants to be a gangster or a
gigolo.
It's all right to go in for a
few mad summer romanceS, if
you have the grit to stand the
headaches, the heartaches and
the hangover in the autumn.
Conversation, to be interest.
ing, should be a fifty-fifty affair
like love. When it's all one
The Washington times., 1933-08-15

The honeymoon is over when
life has settled down to a daily
routine of breakfast Spats-and
there's not a kick in a carload
of coffee kisses.
The Washington times., 1933-08-15

bolt of satin and a bridal
bouquet out of any mans hat.
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Pixies Peak Railway
There la a cog railway. $40 miles
long to the top Of Pixies peak
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CHAPTER TX

Pau. was wise enough to guess that
his cause would be hurt rather than
helped If, Immediately after his en-
counter with Mary in the orchard, he
happened" to see her too often. But
he nodded to her when he caught sight
of her at a distance, and she nodded
back. He did not venture on more
than "Hullo," or "Good morning"
when they met. But after week or
SO ne remarked TINT there had been
q hard frost the night before, and that
the post office was being shingled
This daring attempt at conversation
having left him unscathed and even
unattached. he risked stopping mo
ment, the next day. to warm his chilled
fingers over the stove and get drink
Of water at the sink And summoning
more and more courage with each new
success. he finally appeared one eve
ming after supper and asked Mary Ii
she would lend him something to read.
He felt that the desire to improve his
mind might be one which would ar