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The weekly echo., 1933-12-22

Romeo.
l.. M. Tt am a habtual reader of
your column, SO please anwer this,
Has my girl given me the air?
Ans: 1t is too close to Christmas to ex-
pect that. Your girl believes in Santa
O-aos and she wouldn't think of throw
ing you over now. You will get the
air if you try to palm off some of that
TEN CENT PERFUME that you are in
the habit of MAXIM, gifts with.
M. E. Does my friend love as much as
he says he does?
Ans: Your friend the NEW YORKER
doesn't love you near as much as h.
wants you to think that he does How
ever, the feeling is mutual, fer if il
wasn't you would't be spending SC
much OF your time with P. w.
NJ HI am havin'- a little trouble
with my husband. Please tell me II
you can help me as l want him under
my control.
Ans; Your husband is hanging around
wan GAnBLlNG and DRINKING man
and has fallen into these habits him
c~|f j only you can get him away
from this crowd and persuade him to
associate with different class of men
your troubles will be over.
S. M. G.-Why doesn't my mother an
swer my letters.
Ans: Your mother has been sick in
bed for a few weeks but she is well
again. You may expect to hear from
her most any day now.
The weekly echo., 1933-12-22

B. r. Gam l justified in wa~tir~ =
change my job. l shall eagerly look
for answer this week.
Ans: Under present conditions you will
frd II difficult to find more profitable
job should you quit your present posi-
tlCn, do MOI ADVOCATE a change
just yet.
The weekly echo., 1933-12-22

M. L.-When will l marry my friend?
Ans: A marriage is revealed to me but
your future husband has yet to enter
your life By the time your friend
COMPLETES HIS PRISON TERM you
will be happily married to new
Romeo.
The Washington times., 1933-12-04
Stoves in Schools
Antiquated Structures

Washngtonians apt take for granted the ex-
oeence and modrnity Of the c public school system that
of the recent revelations the types of school build
ings now in will a shock.
The abrupt discontnuance of plans for the projected junior
high school in Anacosta through refusal of the Bureau Of
the Budget to include funds for its completion in the coming
estimates brings into public notice the condition of the Van
Buren, School Annex of the structures which
proposed to relieve through utilization of the school,
This building is fifty-two years old More than thirty
years ago it was adjudged unfit for further
The buildings equipment antquated and thoroughly
Tit to form part of any modern school system.
There is no of supplying heat to the classrooms
except oldfashioned potbeied stoves stuck in
and around which the pupils hudde cold days.
When Washingtonans think with of conditions in
the little brick school houses of rural communities they fail
to realize that those little buildings palaces compared to
of the structures to which send children
The Van Buren Annex is not alone in the questionable
distinction of being out-moded
The National Capital still sends many of its children to
classes in the unsatisfactory shacks which known by
courtesy as 'portables."
Our citizens associations and civic organizations generally
should make thorough survey of the needs of the school
system
The Washington times., 1933-12-04
Our Vanishing Army
1t Needs a Few Men

After the World War; Congress woke up the fact that
when army is needed, it is needed badly
Before the Congress had felt with the late William
Jennings Bryan that an luxury million farmers
would spring to and it would good night for the
enemy.
The showing differently the National Defense Act
passed in 1920 giving army which could safeguard the
country until the million farmers mustered in and
trained.
Judging by world conditions need army today even
than did in 1920
Yet its strength only 10000 of all considerably
less than half that authorized by the Defense Act
General Macarthur chief of staff thinks the army should
be raised to at least 10000.
That would be only about half of the 1920 schedule
Other Americans think the same.
They would like to provided with Jobs and the
nation protected.
The Macarthur recommendations will up Congress
early next year.
Congress should adopt them in full
The farmers can't spring to any more rapidly now
chan they did before.
The Washington times., 1933-12-04
Police Precincts
Restoration Needed

The plan of superintendent of Police Ernest W. Brown
for establishing additional police precincts in the down.
&own and southwest sections of the city will be generally
welcomed by business and those living in the
affected.
Police precincts underwent shake-up under the
GassfordC Crosby regime when what called the 'tar-
bation'' Of the department took place.
Several stations closed of them in the most
thicky populated and busiest of the city.
Under Major Browns plan station would be
established in the vicinity of Thirteenth and Streets w,
and the old Fourth Precinct in the southwest section would
be restored.
In the previous shakeup the First Precinct removed
from the old building at Twelfth Street below Pennsylvania
Avenue to what then the Sixth Precinct New Jersey
Avenue This deprived the business section of nearby
station house.
The Fourth Precinct then constituted abolished and
station house left in the southwest section Residents
Of that section have long complained that station house
necessary in their community and have submitted figures
to prove the need
It is to be hoped that the District Commissioners will look
with favor upon Major Browns suggestions.
The Washington times., 1933-12-04
Roosevelt Program Will
Be 1884 Campaign Issue
Blu James T. Williams. Jr.-

gence with which a Senator
fights for great public causes
will probably count more than
party affiliation in determining
the Senatorial elections in many
States next year.
Senators who vote with the
President on measures for build
ing the national defense afield
and afloat, for building up an
independent American merchant
marine, for keeping out Of en-
tangling political alliances with
foreign countries, for reforming
and unifying the banking sys'
tenn of the country, and for
other progressive measures that
cut athwart party lines, are
likely to stand a better chance
of denomination and reelection.
than are the party regulars"
whose habit is to vote as the
party or organized minorities
dictate.
The Roosevelt administration
already has "a working ma
jority" in the Senate. It would
not help the Administration to
have this majority too greatly
increased and the Senate there
by reduced to a docile auxiliary
of the Executive branch.
The Washington times., 1933-12-04
The Human Side of the News
Seadroming the Unconquerable Atlantic
.Bv EdUin C.. Hill

The United States Govern
ment is going to spend a mil
lion and a half, Immediately,
to test the practicability of
floating landing fields, or sea-
dromes, to be anchored, 500
miles apart, between our coast
and Spain. If the test is sue
cessful thirty millions will be
spent on five seadromes, with
the expectation that passenger,
mail and express flying be-
tween America and Europe will
become as simple and as easy
as Winging it from New York
to Chicago.
The whole idea, fascinating
in is possibilities, springs from
the brain of Edward R. Arm
strong of Holyoke, Del. Six
teen years ago the idea came to
him. He worked with small,
sheltered tanks and in the
Navy's big test tanks, where
they try out models for battle
ships and cruisers under high
seas and gale conditions arti-
fically created. He went from
government to government,
begging and pleading that his
plan be tried.
The Washington times., 1933-12-04
Seas Victims

And from half dozen points
of the compass other ships are
taking up the race against
death; the British cruiser
Exeter, the freighter, West FL
dara, of the Black Diamond
Line, the Boschdyk of the Bal.
timore Mail Line; the British
steamer Manchester Regiment,
all turned about in their courses
at that last faltering sos from
the sinking Saxilby.
In the early hours of the
morning, after driving through
the night at a speed which
shook her vast bulk from stem
to stern. the Berengaria leaps
out of the storm and comes up
to the exact spot where the
SaXilby went down. where her
officers and men took to the
boats.
Out upon the tossing sea flash
the Cunarder's searchlightS, PEN
CLING the blackness in brilliant
bands of light, turning here,
there, everywhere, examining
every mountain and valley Of
that convulsed sea. Steaming
in vast circles, ever wider and
wider, the Berengaria sweeps
and combs the ocean, until long
after daylight. Hopeless, use
less. No lifeboats could live an
hour in such a sea.
Sadly, grimly, Britten gives
the order. The great ship swings
back toward her course, toward
the long stone breakwater of the
ancient port of Cherbourg. On
the bridge. searching the end
less, stubborn storm, Captain
Britten shakes his head, a ges-
ture in tune with his thoughts.
And his thoughts are of the old
sea; the old, unconquerable
enemy; the ancient demon that.
year by year, claims his sacri-
fices-the brave men that are
drawn to him by his beauty, his
false gentleness. and as surely,
too, by his cruelty and his awful
power.
Copyright 1888 King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1933-12-04
"No Masters ="

For example, Senator Stephens
(Democrat) of Mississippi and
Senator Johnson (Republican)
of California, do not always
vote with the Administration.
Both the President and the Sem
ate. however, recognize in
statesmen of their type patr1oble
legislators who represent noe
merely the people of their re-
spective States but also the
people of the United States.
More conscientious Senators.
whether Democrats or Republi-
cans, of the type of Johnso. anu
Stephens would strengthen the
Senate in the estimation of the
country.
Daniel Webster. of New Hamp-
shire, gave the American people
a vivid description of what the
trainers of the Constitution in
tended the United States should
be when he said:
"ThiS is a Senate, a Senate Of
equals. of men of individual
honor and personal character.
and of absolute independence.
We know no masters, We
acknowledge no dictators. This
is a hall for mutual consulta-
ton and discussion, not an
arena for the exhibition Of
champions"
Copyright, 1888, Washington Times)
The Washington times., 1933-12-04
WISE WORDS

Authority is a disease and
cure, which men can neither
want nor we'll endure.-S. But
ler.
Atheism is rather in the lip
than in the heart of man.
Bacon.
The miser is as much in
want of what he has, as what
he has not.-Pubillus Syrus.
What we need for victory is
audacity, audacity, and for
ever audacity.-Danton.
Men who are rascals severally
are highly worthy people in the
mass.-Montesquieu.
AS a rule men freely believe
what they wiSh.-Caesar.
Those who love the arts are
all fellow citizens.-Voltaire.
Too low they build who build
beneath the stars.-Young.
The Washington times., 1933-12-04

have, some haven't. You're
brave, or you aren't; just as
you're short or tall, blonde or
brunette.
Of course you'd prefer to be
brave. It must be wonderful to
face life without flinching-to
be always sure of oneself.
How lucky to be made like
that! But if you aren't, you
aren't; that's all.
So we dream and drool-
and run away at the first
boogieman-merely because our
ideas of courage are all mud
died. Whereas, if We were
taught the truth, we might all
be brave.
FOR COURAGE is SOME
THING ANYONE CAN AC-
QUIRE.
Courage isn't flame which
seizes us and sweeps us on to
superhuman feats. Nor is cour-
age a birth gift.
No one is born brave" We
The Washington times., 1933-12-04
LISTEN, WORLD!
BY Elsie Robinson

are all born cowards-and we
must fight fear all our lives.
AND THE FIGHT IS USU-
ALLY TOUGHEST AT THAT
VERY MOMENT WHEN WE
SEEM MOST HEROIC.
Heroes do not thrill and tingle.
They ache and shiVer. They
want to cry.
In short, in the face of un-
pleasantness, discomfort and
danger a brave man feels ex-
actly as a timid man feels. He
has exactly the same reluctance
to go ahead, the same miserable
sense of insecurity and the
same identical knots in his
rebellious inSides.
Then why are some men
heroes, and some towards?
CAUSE SOME MEN
CHOOSE TO BE HEROES
AND SOME CHOOSE TO BE
COWARDS.
Courage isn't an emotional
seizure. Nor is it an inherit
ance.
COURAGE IS A DELLBER-
ATE ATTTTUDE-A CIVILIZED
HABIT.
The brave man is as much
afraid as the timid man, and
he knows it. But he won't
surrender to that fear. He
won't let it rule him.
He has been taught, and he
has taught himself, that yield
ing to fear is abominable. He
has watched the kind of men
who do yield to fear-who let
fear rule them. He has seen
how that surrender affects
every department of their lives;
how it cheats and betrays them.
He has noted, also, the enor-
nous amount of time and
energy which towards consume
in their ducking and dodging.
He sees what a bad bargain
coWardice is, and that no
proud man can live comfort
ably inside himself if he yields
to fear.
So the brave men deter
mines to be brave. Chances are,
he never really feels brave. He
is never buoyed up by courage.
He is frightened all his life. But
he goes ahead and makes the
gestures.
ANYONE CAN BE BRAVE.
ANY CHILD CAN BE
TAUGHT TO BE BRAVE.
WE CAN CHOOSE TO BE
BRAVE EXACTLY AS WE
CHOOSE TO BE HONEST,
TIDY, PROMPT, AND POLITE.
That is the truth about cour-
age. It is a very simple truth,
and it lacks the senSationalism
of the Heroic Hooey with which
we stuff our silly minds. And
because it's plain and practical,
most of us will prefer the
hooey. That's a pity. For it's
a dreary thing to stay a coward
when you might, by doing a
daily dozen, go UP and over the
top.
Copyright. 1899, King Features
syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1933-12-04
ONCE OVERS

that may precipitate a heated
discussion.
A man has a right to expect
to find his home a place of
refuge, free from complaints
and those things that so often
cause family quarrelS.
If disagreeable things must be
talked over, let it be after he
has eaten a meal in peace, read
his paper and had a smoke, CIV
ing him time to forget the trou.
bles of the day.
Then matters to be discussed
may be talked over in a calm
and dispassionate way, with less
likelihood of a quarrel ensuing.
When this plan is followed,
there is less dissension in the
home and general good feeling
prevails.
Copyright 1898. King Features
syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1933-12-04
In Every State

Next year, the Roosevelt pro-
gram will be the issue in every
congressional district in every
State in the Union. In the No
vember elections of 1884, the
entire membership of the House
and one-third of the member
ship of the Senate will be
chosen.
This is in accord with the
constitutional provision which
limits the term of a Represen-
tative in Congress to two years
and the term of a Senator to
six years. One-third of the
Senate's membership is renewed
every two years. No State elects
both of it's two Senators in the
same year, unless compelled to
do so by reason of an unexpect-
ed vacancy.
Among the thirty-two SEN
ators whose terms expire with
the present Congress early in
January of 1885 are some of the
ablest members of the Upper
House. And the list of States
holding senatorial elections
next November extends literally
from Maine to California"
OF the 80 Senators who will
be candidates for reelection
next year, II are Republicans,
II are Democrats. and one is
the sole representative of the
Farmer-Labor party in the
Senate.
Due to the national emer-
gency, the people are giving
more serious thought to the
general qualifications of a Sen
ator than in ordinary times.
The courage and the intelli-
The Washington times., 1933-12-04

Out of West Virginia has re-
Gently come an emphatic in
dorsement of the leadership OF
action raised up by President
Roosevelt to meet the challenge
of the national emergency
created in part by a worldwide
depression.
In the Third congressional dis
trict of that border State, at a
special election to fill a va
cancy in the House caused by
death, the Democratic nominee
was elected to Congress over his
Republican opponent by a ma
jority of approximately 5000
votes.
The Roosevelt candidate ran
on the record of the Roosevelt
administration. He pledged
himself, if elected, to give his
hearty support to the Roosevelt
program for national recovery.
The Washington times., 1933-12-04
Steel Islands

The seadrome, or ocean land
ing field, will be 1925 feet long,
$50 feet wide at the ends and
800 feet wide for a good section
of the middle. The deck will
have an area of six acres. The
whole structure is designed on
the general principle of giving
the angry ocean nothing to
fight; of offering no serious re-
siStance to its moods and RACES.
One thinks tonight of the bit
ter fate that recently befell the
whole ships company of the
little British freighter, Saxilby;
27 officers and men swallowed
up in darkness and storm. What
terrific drama there was in that
brave, desperate. hopeless searcn
which seven vessels made in the
shrieking gale and in the Sty-
gian blackness of the night!
The great Cunarder Beren-
garia, one of the largest ships
that ever sailed the seas, was
crashing her way through noun
famous waves, her speed throt-
tied down to a mere 20 knots.
High up in the crows nests the
lookouts were straining their
eyes through sheets of rain as
a 60-mile gale drove at the
laboring liner.
Suddenly comes the call Of
distress, faint and broken-the
sos of the wounded, dying
freiChter, sinking in the great
storm. 400 miles off the coast
of ireland. Into the hand of
the master of the Berengaria,
Capt. E. T. Britten. is thrust
the message taken down by the
radio man: "We are taking to
the boats. Come quickly"
The Washington times., 1933-12-04
Give Him Peace In His Home

Give Him Peace In His Home
Most men have so many argu-
ments, so many diSagreeable
occurrences during their worka-
day time. that they want to be
as free as possible from such
annoyances when they reach
home at the close of the day.
A mans nerves are on edge
and he wants quiet above all
else.
In favorable circumstances he
might overlook things that
would create vocal explosion
when he is tired and worried.
The same might apply to the
wife who has been tried all day
by the little children, and pos
sibly inexperienced help or work
too heavy for her.
Therefore. it behooves the wife
to do a little careful planning
to try not to do or say anything
The Washington times., 1933-12-04
Martin A. LeeSe
Civic Leader, Dies

This city will long regret the passing Of Martin Leese
one of its outstanding citizens and civic leaders
For many years Mr. Leese had given his time
substance to advance the aims of the community His
tributions to its welfare invaluable.
At the time of his death Mr. Leese president of the
Washington Chamber of Commerce, his third term the
head Of that forward looking and active organization
Mr. Leese carried into his private business the community
thought which actuated his many civic activities
He established radio station WMAL early in the develop
ment of the radio and his station pioneer in allowing
time for presentation of community and civic problems
The talents and ability which him successful bust
always available for the community welfare
and they will be sadly missed
The Washington times., 1933-12-04

without an inStant's hesita-
ton, Britten swings his giant
ship to the northeast, driv>e
her out of the ocean road to
Cherbourg. drives her squarely
into the teeth of the raging
storm and begins his battle
with 10000 devils of death and
destruction. Everything forgot
ten, save the lives of those 81
men, riding in their frail little
chips of boats upon a sea mad
for their lives, tearing at them
like a thing with claws and
fangs. Nothing of any impor-
tance-neither time nor cost
nor mails-nothing, except the
rescue of those 27 men.
The Washington times., 1933-12-04

We thin k
of courage as
a f ! a m G
which fire S
our cowardly
II e S h to
heroic deeds.
What a buoy
a n t tn i n G
to be a hero!
H o W heroes
must brill
and tingle!
Or we think
of courage as
a con S t ant
quality which
conn nannln
The Washington times., 1933-12-04

nlgnC WnOOpee paTIy-DuG nOIle
surer or more popular.
A knowledge of medicine is
not sufficient to make a young
doctor rich and famous; he
must know enough about psy-
chology to cure a women's bore
dom and act as tonic for her
vanity, without letting her get
her clutches on him.
Repeal" says Reno Ruth,
apparently means that now we
can go right on drinking just
as we did during prohibition,
only we won't have the kick of
feeling that we're breaking the
law"
Oh we'll, one of the pleasures
of a WET era is that you don't
feel that you have to get SOP
PING-wet at a party in order
to avoid insulting your hostess
or spelling the fun for her
guests.
There are times in every
The Washington times., 1933-12-04

call her "The Mlssus." It's the
prestige of the thing!
A gentleman is a man who
refuses to believe that ANY
woman is over 80, as long as it
clashes with the color of her
hair.
The shortest thing in the
world is the average mans
memory Of a woman's kiss.
Copyright, 1898. King Features
Syndicate, Incl
The Washington times., 1933-12-04
MARRY-GO-ROUND
By Helen Rowland

woman's life, when her only
alternative is an eloquent
SILENCE-but these, dear heart,
are her bitterest moments.
No man-not even King Solo,
mon-has ever written a con-
vincing article on How to Win
a Woman" Because the kind
of man who could write
automatically on that subject,
is always too busy trying to
LOSE one, to indulge in theories.
You can underpay your en-
ployes if you call them "vice
presidents says columnist.
Well, why not? You can get
a combination cook -housekeeper-
valet-and-nurse for the price of
a cheap wedding-ring, if you
The Washington times., 1933-12-04
Courage

Courage
Courage-what cockeyed no
tiOnS we have about it!
The Washington times., 1933-12-04

The Sweet and LOwdOwn
There are, of course, other
ways of wrecking your life, be-
sides eloping to the nearest
The Washington times., 1933-12-04

marryingpars after an all
night whoopee party-but none
surer or more popular.
Smyrna times., 1933-09-20
Valuable Indian Idols
Will Go on Exhibition

Mexico City.-A valuable collec-
tion of $50 ancient Indian idols, as
sembled by the late Carlos Wolrich,
a British subject, nave been placed
In the State Institute Of Science and
Arts of Oaxaca on a possession or
der issued by the states attorney
general
Wolrich, who lived In Oaxaca
many years, was a student of archie
ology and made excavations in vari-
Gus regions of the state. On his
death his collection remained in pos
session Of his widow, Mrs. Alma
Jerry de Wolrich. She willed them
TO DIR. Augustin Reyes, who took
possession Of the idols thirteen years
ago. The physician stored them
in a small residential building.
The idols were visible from the
street, and recently 1t was observed
that some of the pieces had disap-
peared. To prevent the breaking up
of the collection through thefts, the
government ordered that the idols
be placed in the public building
where they can be guarded while on
display to the public.
Smyrna times., 1933-09-20
Governor Bans Ornate
Chairs in His Office

Helena, Mont.-Chairs, like shoes,
were made for practical use and
comfort, Gov. Frank H. Cooney be-
lieves.
The governor recently relegated a
group of tail, STRAIGHTFORWARD leath-
er chairs TO the rear of his office,
substituting plain office chairs. The
chairs, made in the traditional style
Of dignity and imposing bnlk, tow
cred some eight feet from the floor.
Il can't work while sitting in one
of those leather thrones" the gov
ernor complained. It's all foolish
ness to make the attempt. Less dig
nifty and more work is my motto.-