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The Washington times., 1933-12-29

vi "AS A~OUAAASOA
he'd expected changes. New
buildings, new businesses, new
gang running things. Nothing
unusual in that. But his friends
surely they'd be about the
same. After all, he'd only been
away four years.
And he was right-about the
men. Tom and Harry, Dick and
AL. no particular change in
them. A little grayer about the
temples, a little fatter about
the waist. But in the main, the
same old boys. Gay or grouchy
as they'd always been; quick or
slow on the comeback.
But the women! What had
happened to the wives and
mothers he'd known-the girls
he'd gone through school with
whom he'd seen married-at
whose pleasant homes he'd
visited until they were IS,
40, IS?
Suddenly, in those brief four
years. they'd aged twenty!
And it wasn't just in looks,
or in health. A man over 40
lost his collegiate lines as fast
as woman accumulated
aches and wheezes, wrinkles,
gray hairs, double chinS. No,
1t was something deeper than
looks or health; something in
the spirits of the women them
selves that had changed.
No matter how his men
friends had changed in looks
Or health, they were still hitting
on all eight
BUT THE WOMEN SEEM
ED HALF DEAD.
Or rather. they seemed to
have quit living. Deliberately
quit. Settled down.
Not all of them, of course.
Oddly enough, the women
who'd seemingly had the hard
est time of 1.-THE women who
AdO DCCA OuO OA4 GA1C DdOGAC
line instead of sitting pretty
at home-still seemed all there;
were as interested, as enthu-
siaStic, as understanding as the
men. But the girls his friends
had married-they'd taken the
count. And Jim wants to
know why?,
WHY SHOULD A MODERN
WOMAN AGE so MUCH
QUICKER THAN MEN?
WHY SHOULD SHE LOSE
HER GRIP ON SET
TIE DOWN" INTO A SNUG
OR SOUR INDIFFERENCE?
WHY CAN'T SHE KEEP
STEPPING ALONG WITH
HER MAN, MENTALLY, AS
LONG AS THEY LIVE?
AND IF SHE DOESN'T. Is IT
The Washington times., 1933-12-29
Provence

Provence
A CORRESPONDENT writes
me for some information about
the Provence district of France
and suggests that it might be
of interest to others, since liter
ature contains so many illusions
to this district. Certainly.
Provence includes the most
beautiful part of France. and
is the most historical, too.
The tourist gets his first
glimpse of La Provence proper
at orange, from whence the
Princes Of Orange derived their
title. Then comes Watson, rich
with relics Of Roman domina-
ton. its ramparts and it's ca
thedral with it's twelfth century
Spire. Nearby IS Avignon. pride
of the Provence Avignon with
its Palace of the Popes. eloquent
of a glorious past. Then there
is the celebrated church Of
Notre Danes des Doms, the old
town hall and the view Of the
valley of the River Rhone as
seen from the gardens near the
cathedral. In the neighborhood
is the Fontaine de Vauclause,
associated with Petrarch, the
poet.
Roman Relics
Then we journey on to Mines,
proud town Of the Roman era
with its arena which holds
twenty-five thousand people.
showing that Rome had big
ideas, too. Other Roman relics
include the exquisite Dana's
Temple, the Grotto with its or
nate Roman baths the Augustus
gateway and the gemlike foun-
tain gardens. Nearby is AigueS-
Mortes with its extraordinarily
well-preServed ramparts from
which the Crusaders embarked
on their way to the Holy Land.
The Washington times., 1933-12-29
Assistance Needed
The Municipal Center

District officials and friends of the National Capital
Congress should insist upon showdown the Municipal
Center project during the forthcoming Congress
This city cannot afford retain indefinitely vacant lot
costing $6o00O0 such has been purchased site
the proposed city hall
On the other hand it afford to build from its own
$2000000 structure house the cys govern
ment
It is not just that it should be asked to do this
Out of the billions Of dollars which the Federal Government
spending upon public works comparatively little been
spent in the District
Certainly out of the public works funds or out Of other
Federal funds the Congress should provision for assist
ing the National Capital in carrying out the expensive and
enslve plans for city hall which largely dictated by
national officers.
The least that Congress could do toward removing what is
rapidly becoming eyesore under the shadow Of its
nome would be to buy the District Building at
sonao price and direct that the money thus paid be
upon the structure. F
Lnat would give the District start upon the project
would furnish jobs hundreds of persons here and him.
dreds in manufacturing plants throughout the country
The plans for the structure completed The site il
bought ~ 40
Work can and should be started at once
The Washington times., 1933-12-29
The Human Side of the News
Sennett-Oldfield- -Marconi-Sen Wagner
Bu EdUin G.. Hill

For years this man who was
the daredevil racer Of his
day broke the records and eS-
capped, by some miracle, from
joining the angels. His great
est feat was on Daytona Beach,
% years ago, when he drove a
car 1872 miles an hour-the first
two-mile-a-minute man who ever
stepped on the gas.
Thirty-two years ago one Of
the few miracle workers who
ever worked with q purely hu.
man brain stood tense before
a table in an old building on
a hilltop Of Newfoundland.
From that table and up
through the roof, and on UP
into the air for 400 feet, ran
a slender wire supported by q
kite which whirled and dived
in sudden gusts Of wind. Noon
came and the young man stand
ing before the table heard three
faint ticks, the letter "S." The
ocean had been Spanned by
wireless at IL noon, on Decen.
Der the twelfth, 1901.
Yet it was some time before
the world accepted the mira
Gle wrought by Guglielmo Mar
conf, a young Italian dreamer.
Thu mas A. Edison believed in
him-so did the great Pro-
fessor Pupin Of Columbia. But
the miracle was real. It was
the miracle of radio we hear
today, the miracle Of all the
voices, of all the musical tones,
of every varied sound that
roams tie air like the djinnS
of Solomon, amusing man
kind, serving mankind.
Warns of Storms
One of the ten most useful
men in the United States Sen
ate has persuade, the United
States Government to lend $23,-
100000 to the City Of New
York to complete a great sys-
tenn of subways. His name is
Robert F. Wagner, a product Of
Tammany Hall, but a true
liberal and a real statesman,
despite the political associa-
tions which helped him to
eminence and over which his
own character triumphed.
Senator Wagner was Just
about the first man in Con-
gress, in either House, to per-
ceive the storm that was head
ing our way even in the full
sweep of Coolidge prosperity.
in the surge of the boom times
and the bull market. Bob Wag-
ner raised his voice on the
floor of the Senate in emphatic
warning.
But it was a voice crying in
the wilderness. The great cap
tains of industry couldn't see
it. The bankers couldn't see it.
So Wagner's warnings that
there were three million unen-
ployed in the country, and the
whole machine was wabbling,
went unheeded. Now they lis"
ten to him when he raises his
voice in the august Senate.
copyright, 1898. King Features
Syndicate, lnc.)
The Washington times., 1933-12-29
Changing Prices
The Cost of Living

The rapidly changing prices of most commodities apt
to the report of the Department of Labor the cost
of living out of date before President Roosevelt
his decision the Government employees salary cut
The Christmas buying rush. which happily far greater
than for several years. has about depleted the
stocks of goods made prior to the operation of codes Of the
National Recovery Administration
When time to repenish those stocks and place
articles the shelves for SALE the prices Of these articles will
undoubtedly be considerably higher than the prices Of
the articles manufactured before the codes put into
effect
is under those prices that the Government empoye
will have to buy with the salary about to be decreed by the
President.
In view of this circumstance is hoped that Presi
dent Roosevelt will interpret the cost of living figures for the
last six months upon a generous basis.
Otherwise the Government salaries instead Of being brought
into line with the prices will fall further out Of line than
they when the cut originally decreed.
While President Rooseves action the salary question,
expected within the next day two is of the most i'm
mediate interest to Government workers-and to all Of
indication of the ADMINISTRATOR confidence the
of its economic program-the real fight obtain Justice for
the employees looms with the opening Of the congressional
session next week.
Among the returning members of both houses there is
That sentiment should take the of eliminating from
the appropriation bills any provso which might make
the cost Of living the criterion of Federal salaries
That provso under which salaries fixed under
which the President about to act both unfair to the
Government employees and is unwe as matter of national
policy.
It cannot be made to operate justly
The Washington times., 1933-12-29

the counsel for a power COM
pany and argued against the
city seeking a loan for such q
purpose.
How many Senators and Rep
reSentativeS in Congress are en-
gagged in practice before the
courts on behalf Of individuals
or corporations having business
in which the Government is di-
rectly or indirectly interested,
is still a matter of speculation,
But the discussion which the
Borah bill will precipiate in
committee and on the floor Of
both Houses will probably not
end until the list of all mem
bers of either House now in the
employ of corporations subject
to regulation by Congress. or OF
clients pressing suits against the
Government, is written into the
record.
A similar measure was intro
duced by Senator Borah during
the first session of the Sixty
seventh Congress on May 2,
1921. It was promptly pigeon
holed in committee and there 1t
remained. But public sentl.
ment has changed a good deal
in regard to the relations be-
tween Government and the
forces of special privilege dur
ing the last IL years.
Names Revealed
There is a rising tide Of popu'
lar resentment against the em.
ployment by special interests OF
county and local officials as
lobbyists before State legisla-
lures and city councils.
Recently the disclosure that
several members Of the Demo
cratic national committee, and
at least one of its officials.
are getting big fees for prac-
tice before the executive de-
partmentS in Washington has
made a most unfavorable pub
lie impression.
1t is probable that the
names of the members OF the
national committees of both
political parties now practicing
before the executive depart
ments as the hired men OF
Special Privilege will be de-
veloped by the Congress in the
course of its debate on the
Borah bill.
The theory upon which Sen
ato" Borah will introduce and
p! for passage the legisla-
til proposal he is carefully
drafting is not new. 1t is 80
old as the Bible wherein 1t -
written:
mo man can serve two mas
ters."
1s1I Ths Washington Tinsss
The Washington times., 1933-12-29

The man whose life has been
a pattern of contrasts, who
opened the road Of celebrity and
wealth to more motion picture
stars than David Wark Griffith,
even, is broke, bankrupt, his
millions dissipated by one Of
those twists of fate which wreck
the anticipation of even the
wisest Of men. Mack Sennett
owes $925,000 with only $4,000
to match against the colossal
debit.
He was a blacksmith with a
voice in Canada when he came
to New York in his early twen-
ties. He came to sing in opera,
but he found that door closed
against him. So he became q
boilermaker for a time to pay
for music lessons. Then he went
to the old Biograph Studio and
acted small parts for three dol
lars day.
Maker OF Stars
And presently the star Of
Hollywood, rising very dirnly
over the horizon of events, drew
him westward. Somehow, some
way, he found the means to &C
quire lot and a shack which he
called a studio. Then and there
were born the custard-pie COM
edy, which made a former gen.
Grafton shrek with laughter;
Keystone Cops, the endless
chases and the bathing girls.
Into his studio, with the
timidity of the obscure, walked
a quaint young Englishman
named Charley Chaplin, a love-
ly lark-eyed girl named Mabel
Normand, a slim young girl with
a perfect complexion and eyes
like twin sapphires, Gloria
Swanson. In the gay hurly-
burly of Mack Sennett comedies
was born the fame of Wallace
Beery, Ford Sterling, Chester
Conklin, Marie Provost and a
score of others.
At the summit Of his career
Mack Sennett was said to be
worth $15.000,000 and then
came the inventor of talking
pictures. The talkies could not
be adapted to the Sennett
styles and he poured his for
tune into an impossibility.
The one-time daredevil Of
motor car racing tells us now
that motor car races should be
abolished. They are not only
man-killers, but unnecessary
now, when all the speed that
people need has been prisoned
in the throbbing cylinders OF
our modern cars.
Fifty-six years old now, Bar
ney Oldfield was a bicycle rider
in st. Louis in 1902 when a
young engineer named Henry
Ford was tinkering around with
horseless carriages. Henry Ford
built the 1899" and was driving
it around in races. He got
hold of young Barney, put
him in the drivers seat Of
1899" and Barney went out
and burned the breezes at 100
miles an hour.
The Washington times., 1933-12-29
WISE WORDS

And if thou 'VouldSt be happy
learn to please. Prior.
Amusement is the happiness
of those that cannot think--
Pope.
Analysis kills love, as we'll as
other thingG.--Dr. j. Brown.
Delay is cowardice and doubt
deSpair.-Whitehead.
Self-defense is natures oldest
law.-Dryden.
The woman that deliberates is
loSt.-Addison.
He whom the gods love dies
young.-Menander.
There are moments in life
worth purchasing with worlds
Fielding.
Example is lesson that all
men can read.-Gilb"rt West
The best things carried to ex-
cess are 'ong.-Churchhill.
What you exaggerate YOU
weaken.-La Harpe..
The Washington times., 1933-12-29

Headaches and Heartaches
Now that liquor is legal and
respectable again, the quaint
old fashion of swearing off" on
New Years Day may be revived.
The Washington times., 1933-12-29
Borah Proposes to Extend
"New Deal" to Congressman
Bu James T. Williams, Jr.

If Senator Borah of Idaho
has his way "the new deal' will
be extended to both Houses OF
Congress early in the new year.
When Congress reconveneS,
the Idaho Progressive will rein
troduce and press for prompt
enactment a legislative proposal
designed to divorce Senators
and Representatives in Congress
from practicing before the
courts as the hired men Of spe-
cial privilege.
Would Be Felony
The Borah bill will provide:
First, that no Senator or Rep
resentative or Delegate in Con-
gress, after his election and dur
ing his continuance in office,
shall receive or agree to receive
any compensation whatever, di-
rectIy or indirectly. for any ser
vices rendered or to be rendered
to any person, corporation or as
sOciatiOn, either by himself or
another in relation to any pro-
ceeding. contract. claim. con-
trOversy. charge. accusation, ar
rest or other matter or thing in
which the United States as a
party is directly or indirectly in
terested before any court what
ever.
The BOrah bill will also make
it a felony for any Senator or
Representative in Congress to
act as attorney or counsel for
any person, corporation or asSO-
citation engaged in commerce to
which the regulative power Of
Congress extends under the
Constitution Of the United
States.
Violation of the proposed
Borah law would be punishable
by Imprisonment of not more
than two years and by a fine OF
not more than $4,000.
It has recently come to the
attention of Progressive Sena-
tors that certain power interests
have been invading Congress to
obtain special counsel to appear
before State and local authori-
ties to oppose the establishment
or expansion of municipality
owned light and power plants.
A particularly flagrant ex-
ample of such employment is
to be found in a State known
to progressive Senators where a
city council is in favor Of OBJ
tanning from the Public Works
Administration a loan to ex-
pand the municipal light and
power plant of that community.
Members of the council were
amazed, and a few we're awed,
when a national legislator re-
Gently appeared before them as
The Washington times., 1933-12-29

Or do they?
Mr.. James
Allen, age 40,
t ra elm g
salesman of
DeS MoineS,
Iowa, is ask
ing. il m S
b e e n away
from the Old
l. " w A i " =
four y e a r S.
Last m o n t h
he came back
to S e e tn e
+ ok sand
walked into a
big surprise.
The Washington times., 1933-12-29

Lots Of men never would have
dreamed of taking a drink, if
they hadn't regarded it as
"devilish," and will be relieved
not to be forced to go on acquir-
ing headaches.
When a woman thinks that
she needs a psychoanalyst. you
can safely gamble that what she
really needs is a new love-inter-
est.
Sometimes, the only thing
that the old-fashioned wife had
to look forward to was the hope
of collecting the insurance and
a chance to wesS' becoming
mourning: but that was before
the days of alimony and Reno.
The Washington times., 1933-12-29

To the average man, love is
a matter of mood; marriage a
matter of chance; and a wife,
matter of speculation.
The Washington times., 1933-12-29
MARRY-GO-ROUND
By Helen Rowland
By T. E. Powers

No matter what his mirror
tells him, any limpid-eyed gold
digger can persuade a man that
his triple chin and his bald-spot
are invisible, and that her
vision of Prince Charming is
portly gent who looks like Santa
Claus.
To be happy in this life a
woman needs the optimism of
a child. the unfading charm of
Ninon de L'Enclos, the chic Of
a mannikin, the diplomacy Of
a prime minister, the nerves Of
a cold potato, the wisdom of
Solomon and the complacency
Of a prize cat.
What the average girl op-
pears to be looking for, at II,
is a glorified being, with all the
charm of Clark Gable. the fig
ure of a prize-fighter. the CLAM
our of Lindbergh. the gener-
osity of Santa Claus, and, the
income of a bootlegger. What
luck-that she never finds him!
At this time of year a bache-
lor is the stronger vessel filled
with suspicion. He looks upon
every gift from a woman as
either a snare. a bid. or a bore.
You just can't PLEASE him!
To the average man, love is
a matter of mood; marriage a
matter of chance; and wife,
a matter of speculation.
No matter how many other
men may send her orchids and
burnt offerings, ONE mans in
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The Washington times., 1933-12-29

Why Do Women Age Sooner
Than Men?
Why do women age sooner
than men?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-09
MARKET HALL
FATE DISCUSSED
Works Board Talks Pro
poSaI to Overcome Bur-
den of Building.

Following publication in The
Times of statements that Tomlinson
hall, Market and Delaware streets,
costs the city $10,500 a year to
maintain and brought in only $245
in revenues in 1892, the works board
today started an investigation with
a view to Kidding the city of the
burden of maintaining the hall.
After a general discussion among
members of the works board at the
meeting at city hall today, Edward
H. Knight, corporation counsel, was
ordered to investigate the city'S con-
tract to maintain the hall, in which
the city market is located, and re-
port his findings.
Participating in the discussion
were Walter G. Boetcher, Charles
Britten, Louis Brant and Ernest E.
Prick, all members of the works
board.
Several of the members suggested
giving the hall to the state declar-
ing that the land on which the
building is located belongs to the
state. Another proposal was to OBJ
tain Cadle Tabernacle at nominal
rental for any meetings which the
city may wish to hold in the future.
if TomlinSon hall is abandoned.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-09
Cops Quiz Pretty Blond
in Search for COnUicts

tor, refusing to amplify his reasons.
1t is believed that the state po-
lice hoped to capture Mrs. Kinder
in the raid on the Spann avenue
house.
Mrs. Kinder is alleged to have
driven the six convicts to Saffells
home, where they hid all day
Wednesday, Sept. 81, following their
escape from the Michigan City
prison. According to Saffells
story, Mrs. Kinder also bought them
clothes to enable them to discard
their prison garb.
While police continued their
search for Mrs. Kinder today, her
sister, Mrs. Margaret Behrens, Sill
ent Margaret" was held incommu
nicado in the county Jail ito cool
of" before being questioned further
today. Mrs. Behrens, according to
police is the sister of Mrs. Kinder.
Mrs. Behrens, an attractive blond
of %, was arrested last year as the
"stickup moll," who, with her hus-
band and another woman, were tried
for the Amo State bank robbery
April 81, 1882. Silent Margaret
at that time kept quiet and beat
the rap" in the Hendricks circuit
court. The other two were con-
Victed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-09
|NDICT RAHKE
IN BASEBALL
LOTTERY CASE
Grand Jurors Act After
Huge Seizure of
Pool Tickets.

Emil Rahke, whom police term
Marion county's baseball lottery
king, was routed out of bed short
ly before noon today and placed I'M
der arrest following his indictment
by the grand jury on charges of
selling a baseball pool ticket
Armed with capiases, John Dugan
and John Dalton, detectives assigned
to criminal court, first visited the
Silent Salesman Company, IA North
East street, Rahke's establishment,
where thousands of baseball pool
tickets were seized in a police raid
this summer.
He was not there and Dalton and
Dugan found him at his home, Alas
North Meridian street. He came
down in pajamas, heard the capias
read, dressed and was taken to the
sheriffs Office where he was to be
held until he posted 81, 500 bond.
Two Others Named
Two other indictments on baseball
pool ticket selling we're returned by
the grand jury today, it was learned,
in its report to Criminal Judge
Frank P. Baker
The true bill against Rahke spe-
officially charges that he sold a
25-cent baseball pool ticket June g."
The complaining witness is Edward
H. Little, whose address in the in
dictment is listed as 5109 Park ave-
nue..
Names of other witnesses con-
tanned in the indictment are Albert
Beedy, 812 South Illinois street;
William Fifer, 222 East Wabash
street.; George j. Schmidt, 1905
Winthrop avenue; William j. Wal
lace, 230 East Washington street
and Joseph Grotendick, 1855 Broad
way.
Freed in Municipal Court
Schmidt, charging Rahke has failed
to pay $1,000 on a basketball pool
ticket, has a civil suit on file against
the alleged lottery king"
Beedy and Fifer we're sent before
the grand jury by Judge Baker
when they were arraigned in GRIM
inal court on pool selling charges
Judge Baker, at that time, an
nounced he was mot interested SC
much in the little fellows"
Rahke was freed on technicality
when he was arraigned in municipal
court following the raid and ticket
seizure at his Silent Salesman
printing establishment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-09
Medical Scientists of
Nation in Session Here

fore the laboratory section of the
association.
He urged physical examinations
for food handlers.
c. K. Calvert, Indianapolis SAM
tary district official, and L. A. Geu-
pei, chief engineer of the state
sanitary engineering department,
were speakers today before the
meeting of state sanitary engineers
A radio health forum will be
given at 4:30 today over the Ma
tional Broadcasting network through
WKBF with DR.. James P. Leake,
st. Louis. discussing The Last
Word About Sleeping Sickness"
Sectional meetings will break UP
this afternoon for trip TO the
Greenfield biological Laboratories OF
Eli Lilly & Co. Women will be
entertained at a tea and travel talk
at the John Heron Art Institute.
|, A dance tonight will follow the
general session and the address by
DR.. John E. Terrell of New York
national president, on America S
Contributions and Problems in
Public Health"