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The Washington times., 1933-03-27
Story Continues

I'm certainly" I began
. desperately.
Whatever do you suppose
happened to her?" cried the
young lady, ignoring me conf
pletely.
I fell back in my chair with
o sigh of resignation.
"She married Tom Mix" I
ventured.
''No," she replied quite seri-
ously. "You must be thinking
Of somebody else. Louise
that's my friends name-had
a really remarkable experience.
Just wait until you hear the
whole thing.
after she gave up writing
because she couldn't find any
plots, she just rested for
while. And then. after six
months or so, something dread
full happened to her. She ran
out of money.
well, some people might
have taken gas or something
especially when they live in
the Village. But not Louise.
Did tell you that she was a
college graduate? Well, she
was. And she had too much
Spunk to give up without a
struggle. Do you know, Mr..
Hellinger, that that girl actu-
ally went to work? Yes, she
certainly did.
"And what doing, do you
suppose? Well, you'll never
guess, so I might as we'll tell
you. She became a sort of
nurse and companion to an in
valid girl about her own age.
Some of my friends cut
Louise when she took that job,
but not I. I'm much too demo
cratic for that. Louise would
The Washington times., 1933-03-27
Late Stage News From Broadway

NEW YORK, March q. -
Twentieth Century," the Sacht-
Macarthur comedy, will reopen to-
night at the Broadhurst Theatre.
It closed ten days ago because of
the disagreements between the
managers and the stage-hands.
The Washington times., 1933-03-27
Story
Read on MongoI Gun

Christianity's age-old story,
which through the centuries has
been translated into every Ian
guage, has been discovered in
scribed in ancient Chinese hero
glyphics on the barrel of Mon
golian rifle.
The weapon is now one of the
large collection of antique guns
owned by Cecil B. DeMille, whose
spectacular romance, THE Sign
of the Cross" is now playing at
Warner Brothers Metropolitan
Theater.
The story of Christ, from the
time of His birth to the cruel
fixion, is engraved along the en-
tire length of the gun-barrel in
Chinese characters. DeMille, who
purchased it while visiting Europe
last year, treasures it among the
rareSt of his antiques.
fright at the rehearsals but for
tunately his bewilderment left
him when the time came to go
before a surprised and apprecia-
The Washington times., 1933-03-27
THOUGHTS ON A BIRTHDAY - - - 7s 7es cHS%"
George M. Cohan
Took First D. {.
Bow as Boy
By ANDREW r. KELLEY

Good afternoon. ladies and gen.
tlemen. The column begins its
sixth year today. 1t hasn't been
as successful as some of the
The Washington times., 1933-03-27

torium in Columbia University on
April 3.
Playchoice yesterday announced
two more selections for its club
members. They are "Three-Cor-
nered Moon" at the Cort, and
Run Little Chillun" at the Lyric.
The Washington times., 1933-03-27

Hortense Alden, who has not
acted on the Broadway stage
since "Grand Hotel" sailed yes
terday for London to see a play
in which she might appear here
later. Miss Alden will return in
June.
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come to my house just as she
always did. And it was she
who told me what a wonder
fully sweet girl Jane was. Did
I tell you that Jane was the
name of the invalid girl? Well,
it was.
James Companion
Louise just raved about
Jane. She said that being her
companion was much more fun
than being a writer, even
though it meant giving up the
fame that belonged to her. 1
thought that was a wonderful
way to look at it, don't you?"
Remarkable" 1 replied.
We'll" the lady went on,
zone day Louise came to my
house with the most amazing
news. Jane had fallen in love!
Yes, I actually mean it. That
poor, invalid girl was experienc-
ing the joy that comes to a
normal woman. And with whom
do you think she had fallen
in love? You'll never guess, so
I'll tell you. She was in love
with her doctor, a very wealthy
and charming young man!
Wasn't that just too thrill
ing! Louise was just as happy
as could be. 1t even made me
feel good, although I had never
met dear Jane. 1t seemed that
the doctor returned James af-
fections, even though I can't
see really how one can fall COM
pletely in love with an invalid.
But suppose he admired her
sweetness and her charm.
Before anyone knew what
had happened, the doctor and
Jane were engaged. Louise was
so thrilled that she almost wept
for joy. 1t was supposed to
be a secret for the time being,
but Louise. of course, told me.
And the plans they had made
were positively marvellous.
"They were going to take a
trip to California and back to
New York-by boat. It would
take a month or so, but the
doctor thought the long sea
voyage would be good for Jane.
And then, shortly after they
got back, they would be mar
rled. It would be a sort of won
derful engagement on the sea.
The Washington times., 1933-03-27

american Dream" the cycle Of
three one-act plays by George
O'Neil, will close it's engagement
at the Guild Theatre this evening
after a run of four weeks. The
next attraction at the Guild The
atre will probably be the new
A. A. Milne play, Sarah Simple -
now in preparation.
The Washington times., 1933-03-27

SYLVIA SIDNEY and George Raft have featured
roles in "Pick Up, the perturbation of Vina Demars
novel, The storys main characters are destitute girl
The Washington times., 1933-03-27
Did You Know

That John Barrymore made an
airplane flight in France way back
in 1909? That was when most Of
us were still scared of automo-
biles.
The Washington times., 1933-03-27
Work To Do

It was all very interesting,
as the saying goes, but I had
work to do. So I summoned
my phoniest smile.
We'll" murmured, lit
would be heaven to sit here
forever, but I'm afraid I must
move along. 1 must finish a
column before I go to bed."
She was very much i'm
pressed.
That's wonderful. Imagine
being able to do such a thing.
I wish I were you. But what
ever will you write about?"
I shrugged my shoulders.
II don't know yet" I stated
truthfully. But if I think
hard enough, something will
pop up. 1 suppose. And now,
If you'll excuse me"
She sighed.
Il don't envy you. even
though I wish I had the gift.
It must be a terrible task.
/ once knew a girl in Green
wich Village who was a writer
just like you"
80? What was her name?"
20, you wouldn't know her."
returned the young lady. "She
had to give up writing after
two or three years because she
couldn't find any plots"
I was duly sympathetic.
Itch, tch, tch," I tched.
"That must have been very
hard on her. as writer. And
now, if you'll excuse me, /"
It was as if 1 hadn't spoken
at all.
But do you know" the
young lady went on, that my
friend is having a wonderful
time in life Just the same?
Just because she couldn't find
any plots and had to give up
writing, she's now one of the
happiest women in the world"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-12
A Host of Smart Styles!
Dinner Frocks
Street Frocks
Business FrockS
Sport Styles
Bridge Frocks
Cocktail Gowns

Details that are fashion frsts this season. From the
east the Chinese embroideres and metallic effects. From
the west the opuence of the famous Mae West! Fur
trim! Velvet scarves! Swathed necklines! Sheathe
Iines Lace trim Shirred shoulders! Unusual sleeves
Contrasting fabrics!
BLOcKs-Downsairs store
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-16

The Internal Revenue Drpartment was we'll advised in permitting the income tax- payers an extension of time in which to make their first payment on the lo32 tax Now those who didn't get in their returns by March IS can procrastinate until March 3l. However. interest must be paid by those who take advantage of this grant of time at the rate of per cent on the first quarterly installment from March IS. The time limit was extended solely because of the. fact that the funds of the majority of taxpayers were tied up in the closed banks of the nation. While many people paid by cheek, there are twice as many using other means. And most of them were denied these means in the days immediately before the 18th of the month. As result of the banks opening this week there was last minute rush to pay taxes with resulting jam. The time limit will be appreciated.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-16

situation. For beyond I;tiIizing the msnu- faeturs and sale of beer. slt. lager. and porter of 3.z per esnt maximum alcoholic content by weight. or 4 per eshf' alcohol by volume the Cullen bill does not go It is up to the states to make their own provisions for or against sales. ,
 There will be federal tax of S5 barrel levied at the brewery plus S1.000 license fee for all breweries. Wholesalers are licensed at $50 year and retailers chip in Sz0 to the treasury. Fifteen days after the law is passed. that is, signed by the President. it becomes effective. Dry states will be pro- tected under terms of the still-existent Webb Kenyon law forbidding interstate shipment of beer into a prohibition commonwealth by any method. Import duties will be levied as of the Smoot-Hawley tariff act.
 With this information as a starter any state can proceed to a solution of whatever difficulties may be presented. For example Connecticut still is protected by state en- forcement act. It is doubtful if beer can be manufactured and sold in the state until this act is repealed or modified. A bill calling for it's repeal has already been rejected in view of the impending repeal of the 18th Amend ment. That would indicate that some form of amendment to the existing dry law should be made. so that Connecticut might profit from beer manufacture and sale, not to men, ton the federal government.
 The method of regulation of sales, where. how. and when, etc, is left entirely up to the states. We should think that properly any decision on the same might be offered by the state liquor control commission which is now in session. It might supplement its find- ings on the best system of liquor control for Connecticut by an added report on beer con- trol. This would then be acted upon by the Legislature to have force from the day of enactment or within specified period. By taking such action Connecticut can join the states of the Union that intend to use beer manufacture and sale as means of addi- tional revenue. But mere passage of the Cullen act by Congress does not insure Con- necticut of beer by Easter. That only can be accomplished by legislative action within the state. t8
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-16
Guaranteed d Bonds

If State Tax Commissioner Blodgett puts his seal of approval on bond issues for all
 the towns of Connecticut then such pro-
 eedure must be perfectly all right. The eom-
 missioner has been waging strenuous war
 of recent years on municipal bond issues and
 borrowing in anticipation of taxes. There
 IS . growing tendency in cities and towns. when ready money is not available, to float bond issue. It is most convenient method
 of securing funds and one which enables the borrower to pay back when perhaps money
 will be more available than at the moment. However, too many pretexts are offered for
 bond issues. As result today we have the
 spectacle of cities and towns defaulting on
 payments.
 Connecticut is always pointed out as state
 that has paid its way as it went, meaning simply that current expenses and major out lays were financed by income rather than
 by money received through sale of bonds or borrowed on notes. However, that system
 has not stood up in the last few years with extraordinary expenses added to the custom
 ary ones and estimated revenue falling off all the time. Had Connecticut perhaps deserted the pay-as-you-go-policy few years ago when 1t was urged to do so. 1t might to- day not be faced with a large deficit and demand for just as many major improve ments as there was some years ago.
 It might be a fine thing if Connecticut could still continue to pay -as-she event. but unfortunately she can't keep pace. The same holds true for most of our cities. Money spent is exceeding money received. Too often this is due to mismanagement or political in- reference. but in the majority of cases it is simply due to the fact that estimated revenue of any political subdivision must run be- hind when the taxpayers haven't the where withal to meet their obligations. In such crisis recommendation from the state tax commissioner that bond issues are logical and necessary is welcome.
 Mir Bfodgett proposes bonds which the state would guarantee. This is just another way of giving the state more jurisdiction over the manner in the Borrowing towns finances would be run. If town .floated
 bonds in this fashion the state could prob ably lay the tax rate in that particular town 1 It would in this way protect itself as guar
 antor from any loss through defaultment. If
 any town or city cares to admit that perhaps
 its financial structure isn't all it should be. it will submit to state supervision of itself.
 Foftunately this measure is proposed solely as means of relieving unemployment What
 way the town would utilize funds received through bond sales for the relief of the un- employed would De local issue But it is safe to say that before state authorities go guarantee for any city or town bonds, they will place pretty good restrictions on that community for self-protection.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-16
So They Say;

S.I've no doubt that the whole business structure is due for a basic sovarhauling, and 1t will be a good thing for the country-first class. s.
 "We've given the nearing to the people who appeal to nearly every vulgar prejudice and material am- bition, even making heroes of criminals and sportsmen and rack -Dr Everet Dean Martin. soci-
 olosist and apthor- .t
 My opinion Is that the fleet should be built up to the ratio laid down in London as soon as con- ditions permit.
 Claude A. Swanson, secretary
 of the Navy.
 Poetry does not mean going de- mented, The great effects of verse are produced by lucidity, simpiic- ity,s and a real order, of the mind.
 Alfred Moves, poet and critic. About one per cent of the pop- ulation in this country suffers from heart disease, which is the leading cause of death.
 -Dr Ernest Boas of New York. tss<M
 ssWesll continue to enforce the law. even though our allowance of $8,40O, ,000 is more than $1,000,000 unde CT the figure of last year.
 Andrew McCampbell, New
 York prchibition adminis-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-16

Year-round fishing pools was one of the odd proposals made Ito the Legislature this year. Doubtless the measure will be killed on the grounds of economy, but the hearing upon 1t Tuesday afternoon provoked con- siderable augmentation for and against. In fact the hearing proved probably the hot test that the fish and game committee will hold this session, Owners of private pools are behind the movement to sponsor year. round fishing. They contend that since they have taken the trouble to purchase water rights and tol stock their possessions with fish they should be allowed to make them available to the public at any time. Of course, in time this would deprive the state of a certain amount of revenue that it now receives in fishing license fees. It also would tend to make good proportion of those men and women now seeking these licenses, ignore them entirely and trust to luck to get by without them. Also in time there would be no streams or ponds left in which the general public might enjoy free fishing. People would buy up all property adjacent to such waters, probably charge admission to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-16
Congress Is Willing

Without any vital amendments the $500. 000. 900 economy bill of President Roosevelt was pushed through the Senate late yesterday with votes to spare. Behind an almost solid democratic majority and with almost as much aid from the republi- can side of the Senate the measure that is ealcuIated to reduce pensions and compensa- tions of veterans, not to mention reductions in salary for federal employees, was forward cd to the President for his signature. The bill will become effective almost immedi- ately. It was sweeping victory for Presi- dent Roosevelt and marked the first defeat for the powerful veterans lobby.
 There evidently is no feeling of bitterness in American Legion circles over this antiei- pated slash in pensions and compensations. The national commander, Louis A. Johnson. was quick to pledge his support and that of his organization to the Presidents program of economy. It would have been unwise not 10 do 50. When one-quarter of our federal revenue Is expended through the Veterans Bureau, patriotism is indeed being placed far above par. Perhaps in readjustment to come some of those who have been living on the fat of the land will now be reduced to the lean, while the overlooked ones will get some attention.
 The economy bill was the first major sortie in the attack of President Roosevelt on depression and national fear. Succeeding in meeting the banking emergency he indeed should be doubly gratified by the reaction of Congress to his economy bill. We know that there will be similar reaction through out the nation, despite the fact that for years the American people have not been denying the veterans anything that their interests down at Washington demanded. In situ- ation such as this is there can be nothing but complete acquiescence from all affected by the economy bill. It is the start of new era in the United States. We have been clamoring for it. Now that we have it. let us proceed to enjoy it to the fullest extent.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-16
FRANCE. IN CANADA ,~r -r.-x w.v vr.xuS-ar~, |

| It is an altogether welcome and commendable suggestion made, by the Quebec Country Hotel Keepers Association that the essential French atmosphere of rural inns be
 retained wherever possible in the Canadian provinces, and that where such native touches have suffered
 from what Rodrigue Lang1ois, the associations manager, terms
 .Americanization" the old ways and language be restored. Members E0f the organization are advised that there is a subtle fiattery in ad-
 dressing patrons in French and
 printing their menus in the same language. Tourists, It believes. come to Quebec for something they
 cannot get at home; and d. mt want
 to find up-to-the-minute filling ssa-> tions, patent medicine eignbcards
 and other manifestation of com
 mercia1 modernity on every hand.
 That the association itself should
 supply 1nembers with list of 1000
 hotel names Essentially French. Canadian and suggestive of the enc
 vironment of the countryside" Apus which to choose Is a mere mads vertent slip into 1893 efficiencys
 Those familiar with the rural reaches of French Canada know that the region partakes of a yer1 real and delightful fiavcr all tt1 Town and that 1t should be distinct. Ely to the advantage of innkeepera as we'll as other residents. to pres serve its simplicity and native Gal. l lie touches. American tourists may travel in the latest model inotQrs, insist on cocktails rather than 5fhe wine of the country ana require boetaf Mirabea1 into another idiom, but they like an incidental atnios- phere on their travels just the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-16

Even when legal beer is back with as there will be one thing missing to recall the good old days. Yes, you've guessed it. the horses. Remember the huge ones that pulled the beer wagons of bygone era. There is little chance of theT return with most brewers pledged to purchase fleets of trucks with which they will hope to del- uge the nation with a fresh brew. Colonel Jake Rupert still has seven horses left of his once famous stable, but there is little chance of their being used to haul beer wagons, although the colonel may cater to his sentiment bit by giving, them short hauls, just for old times sake.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-16
Our Daily Washington Letter
NEA Service Writer
White House Alive With New Spirit
BY RODNEY BUTCHER

NE<k1 SCEv1CG WFltcE Washington - Theodore Roose- welt, apostle of what he called
 'the strenuous life," never put in week than this relative of his who has come to the White House A years later.
 The sedate old mansion teens
 with activity. Its employees and the scores of newspaper corres- pondents, Kept in accelerated mo-
 tion from early morning to mid-
 night and after by another presi-
 dent with a huge "big stick" speak
 in awe of the vitality and endur- ance of Franklin D. Roosevelt,
 who was first the victim of and
 then the victor over infantile
 paralysis.
 Work. Scores of conferences. Proclamations. Scores of tele- phone calls. Huge piles of cor- respondence. Cabinet meetings. Press conferences. Framing un- precedented legislation. A funeral. A special meeting for governors. A couple of addresses. Appoint ments of officials. Conferences at
 lunch and conferences at dinner time. Action. Action. Action. Thus went Roosevelt's first week in the White House - week of 14-hour and 16-hour days. No time to spend with his family. No time for recreation except as he occasionally relaxed into hearty laugh.
 Finally he began to show the strain against which his friends Q vnH ISic occooiofoc h d od him His face seemed more tense, his voice was tired, he rubbed his eyes from fatigue and his deep, infec- tious laugh was more subdued. But at the end of a working day which began at o'clock one morning and ended at 1915 the next, he said "good night" with the same old cheerful grin. And it was 8 full week before he con- sented to take an "evening off," Roosevelt usually wakes at about 7:30. His breakfast brought to | him on tray as he remains in his simple iron-steaded bed, varies | with his inclinations.
 On a recent morning it was orange juice, toast, coffee ham and scrambled eggs-he is especially fond of scrambled eggs. On the
 same day he ate a sardine sand-
 wich for lunch and at dinner liver and onions was the principal item. 1
 | Early mail. sorted so that he
 may give prompt attention to the more Nurgent letters and telegrams l is brought to the presidential bed- 1 side. By g o'clock or soon after ! ward. in comes Miss Marguerite Ilchand, Mrs Roosevelt's personal
 secretary, to take early dictation. {! He will handle more mail later in | his study or his office.
 | About 200 letters and telegran1s | d day has Teen the presidents s average. Many of them are dic- !; tated for his signature by his three | secretaries = Louis Howe, Steve 1 Early. and Marvin Mcintyre but he roads them all as we'll as the original inissiyes, and frequently | corrects them.
 | Tho recent burden of incoming I communications at the White House has been terrific, and of course, there are, thousands of let ters he never sees. which can be !