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The Washington times., 1934-11-24
Cheating Children
diversified Classes

How manv children can you handle at one time?
Two or three make hard enough Job Tor almost anybody
Rut the Board of Education that trained teacher
handle forty in class =. -
The rules of the board say that $50 far practicable not
more than forty pupils shall be assigned to one teacher in the
elementary schools
The board apparently feels that not trained teacher
should be asked try ns the rudments of an education
into group larger than forty And most parents will
with this feeling of the board
Actually however despite the rules of the board and de-
spite the trend among educators to give specialized and
Individual instruction. thirty per cent of ALL CLASSES
IN THE DISTRICT enroll than the maximum of forty
prescribed by the board.
That means youngsters in thirhree cent of the
classes in the local schools ARE NOT GETTING THEIR
SHARE OF THE ATTENTION OF THEIR TEACHER.
They aren't getting square deal and they will be hand
capped in later life to that extent
Everybody ho is sending youngster to local school
ought think about that And every parent ought to find
out if his child is in of these diversified classes
The school authorities be powere to change the
situation This spring they estimated that they would have
to have ysix additional in the elementary schools
to cure this overcrowding.
And with that before Congress the Board of Edu
cation hasn't been able to obtain enough to
accommodate the increased enrolment.
Well get down to the boards maximum in class
until able to impress Congress with determination
to give the kids of Washington an even break.
The Washington times., 1934-11-24
Listen, World!
By Elsie Robinson

No power on earth can-or
should-make your soul a part
of any other soul. Nor give you
the right to boss or heckle any
other soul.
We DON'T own our hus-
bands, and they don't us.
We're separate and distinct
individualties, united in one
of the forms of partnership OF
which humans are capable,
which particular form we call
marriage.
It's somewhat different from
the other forms,
BUT IT'S AMENABLE TO
THE SAME RULES.
You've no more right to IN.
trude upon your husbands busi-
ness privacy, or demand an &C.
counting of all his outgoings
and incomings than you would
have the right to intrude upon
and demand details of the jan
itor.
It's an outrage and an i'm.
pertinence, and if he roars at
you and eventually lies to you,
1T SERVES YOU RIGHT!
GET INVITED
If you want to enter into the
intimate affairs of your hus-
bands life, GET YOURSELF
INVITED.
You'll be invited fast enough,
if you prove yourself a necessity
and joy.
There's nothing a man likes
more than a sympathetic audi
ence and a sensible adviser who
knows enough not to advise
which is what any sensible ad-
wiser should do.
But DON'T expect to get re-
suits by bullying and DON'T
DEMAND DETAILS.
It's bad enough to have to
spend 10 hours on the rock
piles without having to describe
each individual rock you'r :
smashed.
Copyright. 1894. by King Feature
Syndicate, Inc)
The Washington times., 1934-11-24

life, to the new problems OF
everyday existence.
They lose their nerve, and the
moment that happens they are
doomed and they die, and the
next day they are forgotten, for
when the world is in an up
heaval, obituaries are about the
last thing to interest the aver
age reader.
You will remember what the
famous Able Sieyes said after
the French Revolution. Dur
ing the first three years, he
had played quite a part in that
polite assembly of popular
delegates who had been called
together to give France new
constitution.
But when it became apparent
that the Bourbons and their
friends were unable either to
learn or to forget, that assem-
bly, was rudely expelled from
the stately halls of legiSla-
ton by a brand-new set of
self-appointed representatives
of the people, who now has
tened to Paris to show the
French nation how the thing
ought to be done.
LUNATIC FRINGE
Unframed in any form of
practical politics, they quickly
opened the way to the lunatic
fringe, to the super-patriots
and super-democrats and to the
other maniacs and super
maniacs who invariably hover
around any great social up
heaval.
During the deluge Of blood
shed that followed the election
of Robespierre as dictator, both
the friends and the enemies OF
a new and better world were
rushed into that common grave
that spread for years all around
the city of Paris and made
ditch digging in the suburbs
such a lugubrious business.
When the revolution was
over and Robespierre, with his
broken jaw, was carted away
to the guillotine, the survivors
slowly returned from the gar
retS and the cellars in which
they had found a temporary
shelter. When the Able Sieyes
was asked what he had done
during those days of terror, he
answered, Il lived"
1t was a witty answer and the
French people, who love to pack
their wisdom into proverbs and
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Without so much as oiUino it
an 1ndeSthetic.
AS chairman of the War De-
partment subcommittee of the
House Appropriations Commit
tee he was in an excellent po-
sition to do the cutting.
Now in his last year as chair.
man he provided for cOntinua-
tiOn of the position at the War
Department of an Assistant
Secretary of War for Air.
Trubee Davidson last vacated
that position and it remains
untitled. The salary is $4,000
annually.
Now those persons who know
Mr.. Collins say that he would
take almost any position.
But after his various opera
tiOnS on the Army, they say, he
would be only too pleased to
step into that assistant secre-
taryship when the Army is Just
beginning to recuperate.
In the out of session lull at
the Capitol there has been ex-
treme activity as employees
sought to get the building in
better shape for the next Con-
gress.
One major task has been the
moving of the giant statues
that formerly occupied Stat
udry Hall to other quarters to
SHIFT their tremendous Weight
so that it would be more evenly
distributed on the Capitol
foundations.
Just the other day workmen
we're engaged in moving some
of the statues. It was shortly
after elections.
An inquisitive tourist stopped
a colored worker and inquired:
why are you moving those
statues?"
He responded:
"The Democrats is just NOV.
ing all Republicans out of the
hall"
Gov. Paul M. Pearson of the
Virgin Islands announces that
ST CrOix the SOllthernmOSt of
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ment on the so-called coward
ice" of our neighbors.
For the question invariably
arises, What would we our
selves have done under similar
circumstances" But the author
of the famous pre-revolutionary
pamphlet, What IRE the Com
mon People? Everything. What
Have They Been Thus Far? No
thing. What Do They Want To
Be? Something" was no fool.
And he did not suffer from the
one objectionable affliction of
the intellect that is positively
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yas in conference and couldn't
possibly go out and help her
choose the new lineoleum.
Then, when che walked in on
him IS minutes later, she found
him sitting in on a little game
of poker with Fred Collins and
a couple of stenogs!
Which most of my female
readers will Immediately admit
is enough to bust any good,
true, refined lady wife's heart.
But, if it's my last act, I'm
going to say that in my opinion
1T SERVED HER RIGHT!
HOKUM
If I had a wife Cor a hus-
band) who was always tagging
around after me and keeping
tabs on me and otherwise pes
tering me, I'D LIE TOO.
That isn't dishonesty, It's
merely self-preservation. And if
there is any place Self needs
preserving, it's in matrimony.
There was never a bigger
piece of hokum than the theory
that two welded sales become
as one
The Washington times., 1934-11-24
Paying for the Capital
The President May Help

Word which the White House to the effect that
President Roosevelt adequate Federal appropa
on for the District than has been made in the last two years
may mean the beginning of New Deal Of our own
While the President not quoted directly the matter is
reported that he has studied the problem Of the fiscal relations
between the two and sympathetic to the local
claim that the National Government has been shrkng its duty
assist in the maintenance and development of the National
Capital
Washington taxpayers have felt for long time they
HAVE BEEN MADE THE GOAT in the game of who is going
to pay for the national aspects OF the city
That feeling has become the last appropriation
bills through Congress carrying Federal appropriations OF
only $5,7OOOOO.
That amount of course doesn't represent the full obligation
of the Federal Government Every study and survey that has
made of the problem (even when made by Federal off,
cias has shown that the National Government should
least TWICE AS MUCH AS THAT.
Law statute books ignored by Congresses
vdes that the Federal Government should pay 40 per cent
the total of running the city BY IGNORING ITS OWN
ENATMENTs Congress has reduced the contribution to less
than 20 per cent.
Some of our citizens may think this matter not important
or is too complicated their interest The situation
be stated simply that it will be brought home
to everyone.
Every time the Federal Government cuts dollar off the
amount of its appropriation for the city, the and
taxpayer has to dig up dollar TO replace IT,
And when the Federal cuts these dollars off at
the rate of five million year it can readily be seen
that going to have to do some heavy digging into de-
when we ask the Federal Government meet its full oga
+on m the ctv we aren trying get something for nothing
W. are simply asking that the Federal Government meet the
costs of the local the extent that they in
creased bv reason of the that this NATIONAL rather
than local city.
The Federal Government isn't slow recognize that fact
when wants something here doesn't hesitate to rec
ognize that fact when it wants to PREVENT The LOCAL
COMMUNITY FROM DO4NG SOMGAhAN0 111AA -
WANTS TO DO.
The onv time it reluctant recognize the fact when ~
Is ASKED TO PAY FOR THE PRIVILEGES IT HAS HEkE
AND THE DOMINANCE WHICH IT INSISTS UPON
President Roosevelt has convinced the people Of the country
that he stands for FAIR PLAY he will indicate to Congress
that it should play with the pocketbooks of our citizens he
will have done act Of justice.
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AAO1AOAAN w AAAOAA VUAt A1OOAA From ENperience

fatal during a crisis; he was not
naive"
Originally the word naive"
meant the same as native"
When the Romans, conscious of
their superior VIRTUES, began to
travel abroad and camc face to
face with people of a different
breed, they dismissed them all
as poor simpletons, as ninnies,
chuckleheads and dolts, as ma
tiveS."
The benighted natives" in
due course of time drove the
Romans out of house and home,
but the slightly sneering epithet
by which they had been known
survived. It lost a 1T" (WordS
are like human beings and all
sorts of things happen to them
when they grow old but today
we all know, or rather feel,
what naive" means.
1t means a person who takes
too much for granted, who lacks
reasoning power, and who will
not face realities until he has
bumped up against those reali-
ties in a most disastrous fash
ion.
I myself am an absolutely
naive person, when l am in the
dentists chair. Even now, after
surely a hundred visits to the
dentist, I still cannot persuade
myself that that little alcohol
lamp on the little stand in front
of me Chat brown thingamajig
on which he keeps his cotton
and all the other tools of his
delightful trade) is actually
burning. 1T just can't be burn
ing" I tell myself, because I
personally cannot see the flame"
know that the flame is there.
for it has burned me at least
SO times. But for the hun
dredth time I must absolutely
put my finger into it, and it
always burns, and always burn
my finger. And the reason is
that, in that particular respect,
I seem to be too naive" to
learn from experience.
AMIABLE DREAMS
What I do in the dentist
chair (and confess, my friends,
how many of you have had a
similar experienceO millions of
other people do in ordinary life
when it comes to politics and
economics.
They just can't learn from
experience.
They prefer to lose them
selves in amiable dreams. en-
tirely based upon their own
wishes and desires, but not upon
established facts.
And then, when they have
burned their fingers, they smile
sheepishly and say, II am sorry.
I did not know"
But that is the one excuse
to which st. Peter won't listen,
and he will send them to the
spot that has been specially re-
served for people who did
not know the gun was loaded
when they pointed it at their
friend, who did not realize that
the boat would upset when they
rocked it, and who actually
believed that they could get by
without paying any income tax.
Copyright 1894. by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1934-11-24

witty sayings, $50 that they need
not bother about it when talking
politics to us) have ever since
admired the shrewd cleric for
this smart bit of repartee.
Truth to tell, he had never
been in very grave danger.
Heaven knows, the good Able
was no hero. When he had
choose between his head and his
convictions, he invariably took
the side of his head.
But heroism is a private con-
Germ of the individual and none
of us should ever sit in judg-
The Washington times., 1934-11-24

One of the apparently good
things about the cucumber
seed-growing is that it is to be
supervised by a South Dakota
seed company. which probably
knows what it is doing.
When the GoUernor started
tomato-raiSing campaign in the
islands, conce eSSionS Were
granted to two young men Uho
said:
eve don't know anything
about tomatoes, but if we have
the concession we will try to
learn"
Copyright, 1894. The Washington
TimeA.l
The Washington times., 1934-11-24

Craftsmanship to head the Com
merce Committee.
Because of the fact that New
York is one of the greatest ship
ping centers of the world, the
Commerce Committee job would
be extremely important to Cope
land.
In the next session the ship
subsidy bill will be under con-
sideratiOn and that legislation
may revOlutionize American ship
ping so as to boost the United
States into a top position in the
world of commerce and make its
merchant marine one of the fin
est on the seas.
The Commerce Committee also
last year had charge of. and
probably UiH again haze before
it, legislation designed to curb
the sale of poisonous cosmetics
and drugs.
Copeland sponsored the legiS-
Ldtton last year. In charge OF
the committee, he could easily
rush it through to the Senate.
So Senator Copeland has been
around the Capitol looking over
what is expected to be his future
office.
Former Representative Ross
Collins, of Mississippi, is re-
ported as being in a Uery re-
ceptiUe mood.
Since the voters of Mississippi
persuaded Mr.. Collins that he
should relinquish his post in
Congress he has not found any
thing with which to occupy his
valuable time.
In other language Ross is one
of several million people who
would like to go to work al
though not merely for the sake
of labor.
Mr.. Collins has rather pecu-
liar qualifications.
Short, slightly rotund and
with a high-pitched drawing
voice he was a member of the
House until he decided to run
for the Senate when he learned
that he was not the peoples
choice.
In his gears in the House he
doctored the United States
Army by putting it on a strict
diet in regard to men and
equipment. He performed seq
eral major operations on the
same Army By SlaShing it open,
taking out most of its Uital
parts and sewing it up again
The Washington times., 1934-11-24

B u t others
droop a n d
| a n G u i S h
a n d pin e
a W a y like
flowers that
have too sud-
denly b e e n
tranSplante d
into an un-
familiar soil.
They cannot
ge t a c c u S.
toned to the
n e W S u r :
roundings, to
the new con-
di I innc of
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him and Civ
ing up t h e
best years of
her youth to
him, and call
ing him at
t h e of f i C e
about fiv e
times a day
to give him
orders, what
do you sup
p Sc t h a t
miserable pup
up and did?
T old her
o v e r t h e
nhone that, he
The Washington times., 1934-11-24
A Big Shipment
On a Foreign Ship

Zen locomotives with tenders and fifteen passenger
said to be the largest shipment of railroad
equipment for export be made since 1929 going Chile
It's welcome sign of improving export trade but would
be welcome these American products going abroad
American ship instead Of Norwegian
The Washington times., 1934-11-24

st. CrolX, the
t h e islands.
is to have a
c u c u m b e r.
S e ed-groWing
farm.
They are
also planning
to h a We a
tract of land
set aside to
g 70 W S e e d
corn.
Clim a t ic
C on d j t i onS
a re cOnSid-
cred excellent
f o r S u C n
UnrE
The Washington times., 1934-11-24
More Work for the Ladies
Good Government

OOOQ Government
Mrs Charles H. sabn who played large part in crusadng
against Prohibition has received this years American
Women's Association award for her work.
Very gracousy Mrs sabin in accepting the award
to see testimonial to the 100000 made
that great crusade to restore good government"
Women did help enormously in Kidding the country of
stupid bgoed crime breeding work of Prohibition fanatics
They should forget their part in that crusade and
should bring their influence to bear other national prob
ems with the consciousness that does have effect
The Washington times., 1934-11-24

Hubert S t e.
phens, of Mis-
sisSippi who
lost out to
former GOV
e rn or Theo-
dore Bilbo.
A | t h o ugh
Copeland is
chairman of
u II Z n U l T )
Committee at
present, it is
u n d e r stood
that he will
give up t h e
c o imperative
| " m / n or
The Washington times., 1934-11-24

in evening clothes. And, above
ALL, that his wife DOESN'T
understand him"-poor Boysy"
wowsy!
If you are young and pretty
and affectionate, and under
stand" all these things, you can
understand almost any man IN
the world-except a hard-ooiled,
non-marrying bachelor!
Copyright. 1884, by King Features
Syndicate, 1nc)
The Washington times., 1934-11-24
The Greatest Show
On Earth
By John Snure, T.

Senator Royal S. Copeland, Of
New York, is slated for the i'm
pOrtant post of chairman of the
Senate Commerce Committee.
The Craftsmanship is vacant
because of the defeat of Senator
The Washington times., 1934-11-24
Two Welded Souls
Aren't One!

Harriet'S heart IS broken.
Again.
She has just discovered that
her husband lied to her.
After loving and trusting
The Washington times., 1934-11-24

To blaspheme the gods is a
hateful form of cleverness.-
Pindar.
The talents of a biographer
are often fatal to his reader
Edgeworth.
The Washington times., 1934-11-24
Words of Wise Men

Truth forever on the Scaffold.
Wrong forever on the throne
Lowell.
To play billiards we'll is the
sign of a misspent youth
Spencer.
The Washington times., 1934-11-24
Understanding a Man

Understanding a Man
Understanding" a man-par-
ticularly a married man-seems
to be an art, a hobby and almost
a profession with some young
women, these days.
Eligible bachelors are far
more difficult to understand"
because they are cagey and
suspicious, and besides they
have never been 'MISunder-
Stood"
If a girl happens to be young
and pretty and slender, she can
understand a man so much
better. So much better, I mean,
than the tired-looking, slightly
The Washington times., 1934-11-24

A crisis is hard on peoples
nerves. Some of us seem to
be able to take it in our stride.
The Washington times., 1934-11-24

The charges that Senator Borah has been making of
waste, worse in the distribution of Federal relief
money inspire this cartoon by Mr. Powers.
Senator Borah says that in State it costs $268 for
every $547 used for relief and that in county it
The Washington times., 1934-11-24

Every time the Federal Government cuts dollar off the
of its appropriation for the CITY, the homeowner and
taxpayer has to dig up dollar to replace it.
The Washington times., 1934-11-24

Some of our citizens may think this matter is not important
or is too complicated to their interest The situation
however can be stated simply that will be brought home
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-09

deaths occurring during the year also
are listed. Complete pathological and
x-ray and physical therapy reports
also are included.
Nursing School Emphasized
Several pages are devoted to the
school Of nursing, outlining the facil-
tiles and course Of instruction, and
giving the roster OF students and
alumnae. The concluding three pages
list donations to the hospital during
the year.
The staff Of physicians and surgeons
Is listed as follows: Drs. J. O. Arnson,
II. M. Berg, w. II. Bodenstab, II. A.
Brandes, A. M. Brandt, T. w. Buck
ingham. q. w. Constans, w. L. Diven,
L. H. Fredericks, p. w. Freise, A. M.
Fisher, F. F. Griebenow, r. w. Hallen-
berg, r. w. Henderson, v. ]. LaRose,
/. w. Larson, g. r. Lipp, p. L. Owens,
w. B. Pierce, E. p. Quain, N. O. RAM
stad, M. w. Roam, G. w. Schoregge,
G. E. Stackhouse, f. B. Strauss and
r. w. Waldschmidt.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-09
Politics and Jobs
Civilians County Farmers Press

Civilians County Farmers Press
A plank In the nonpartiSan league
platform advocates the establishment
OF a civil service commission to take
out OF political consideration most Of
the personnel working for the state.
The need for some such correction
IN state government is almost too OBJ
vious for comment. Abuse Of the
privilege Of hiring and firing people
to work for the state has been carried
to an extreme In the last couple OF
years, but 1t demonstrates what can
happen under INSCRIPTIONS politici-
ans.
There is no reason why an employee
Of the state. who knows his job and
Is faithful in performance, can't make
It career If he should wish to do 50.
The constant threat OF displacement
Is serious handicap to the individual
working for the state. Lack Of any
qualification other than political re-
suits In incompetent and unqualified
persons on the payroll.
The taxpayer Is entitled to eff
cheney from his employees. The en-
ploye is entitled to remain on q job as
long Is he delivers full value to tax
payers. Both taxpayer and employe
are cheated under the political system
that flourishes in North Dakota.
Civil service may have its short
comings but it Is infinitely better
than allowing political consideration
70 choose the men who handle state
affairs. A. long as politics rules the
business Of employment. employees
who get their jobs that way can ex-
pect to lose them In the same fash
lon. In the meantime. the people who
finance the states business will pay
plenty for allowing politicians the
privilege Of playing the game ct the
expense Of labor and Of the people
who pay for that labor.