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Laura Was Invalid

Ben's wife had been an invalid
for many years. Ever since the
birth Of their daughter. At first,
she had been bitter and unhappy
about it. Now, after 20 years, she
was resigned. Ben and Marion,
the apartment, and the street out
side the window were her whole
world.
The neighbors said that Ben
was a good husband. Because he
rushed home from the factory as
quickly as he could. Because he
spent hours at Laura's side read
ing to her. Because he dressed
and undressed her carefully, and
worked hard to pay the wages Of
the woman who cared for Laura
during the day. It would have sur
prised Ben to hear them say that.
He had never considered the things
he did for his wife in the light of a
sacrifice.
The doctor made frequent visits.
After one Of his calls. Ben followed
him out into the hall.
"How about it, doc?" he queried
anxiously. docs she seem any
hetter?"
mo. Mr.. wilson" The doctor
hesitated. II know things have
been hard for you. But know,
too, you want me to be frank
with you. So I'll tell you. Your
wife is in entirely the wrong eli
mate. The right surroundings
would do wonders for her."
The two men talked for many
minutes. At the end of that
time. Ben nodded.
IF it'll help Laura" he prom
ised, I'll manage it somehow.
There isn't anything I want in
the world except for her to be
well. Yes, doc, if you think she'd
be better off somewhere else, I'll
see that she goes"
Laura went away. She prom
iSed and wept q little, but Ben
was firm. It was for her own
good, he argued. And he'd write.
And soon, before she knew it,
she'd be back and feeling fine.
He talked like that to Laura.
But after she had gone he was
too miserable to do anything but
sit and stare at his hands. Ma
rion tried, unsuccessfully, to
cheer him.
"Pa," she spoke uncertainty,
''look. I was thinking. Now that
Mas gone away, it'd be waste
Of money for you to keep up
this apartment. The expense for
all these rooms is silly. Besides,
there's a girl at work who wants
me to share an apartment with
her. You could get nice room
somewhere, and we'd see each
other all the time. It would be
cheaper, Pa"
Her father merely nodded. He
was too unhappy to argue. 1t
might be a good idea at that.
They were laying people off at
the factory, and he needed every
cent he had for Laura.
No Improvement
Ben was different from that
day on. The weeks went by and
there was no noticeable improve
ment in Laura's health. He had
seen Marion only once or twice
since her mother went away, and
he was wretched in his new sur
roundings. The nights were long
and lonely.
It was only natural that his
work should suffer. So it was
only to be expected that when
! the layoff came, Ben was among
the first to be let go
The search for another job
was practically hopeless. Who
wanted a man over so, or any
other man right then. for that
matter?
On the day that he was down
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Can you complete the above
sketch of wallace Beery in the
title role of "Viva Villa? If
you can, here's your chance to
win a cash prize and theater
tickets to see Viva Villa" when
it comes to Loew'S Fox starting
Friday.
Merely complete the head of
Beery, in pencil or crayon. At
tach your name and address,
and mail it in to the villa
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Mits of Wisdom

Mits of Wisdom
But, as say, I merely sat
around aimlesSly and let things
happen to and about me. =. Even
to the extent of permitting one
prominent gentleman to half-con
vince me that the stormy Mr.. Huey
p. Long had been much maligned
:. that far from being a public
clown, he is one Of the nations
most astute statesmen, rapidly
overcoming the stencil which
arose after his framed" and
1amentable cutting about at Sands
Point-so rapidly, in fact. that
within the next two years he will
have become the most potent
force in our national administra'
tive circle. AL this, I was as.
sured solemnly, I would do well
to pack into my pipe and smoke,
for there was to be no holding
Mr.. Huey P. Long back-the Mr.,
Huey P. Long who was the arch
foe Of all that Savored of in
tolerance.
Much of Friday evening was
devoted to sitting around in
Monsieur Joe Zelli's establish
Inent, where I found myself un-
consciously studying the piquant
beauty - almost Orital % an
Olive-complected girl with the face
Awhen in repose) of a Madonna
:, During the evening I was
conscious that Mr.. Milton Doug
las sang in deep baritone some
highly dramatic musical pieces,
that Miss Gloria Grafton, who
can always manage to convey an
impression of aloof mystery, sang
songs which were not particularly
mysterious, and that Miss Dorothy
FitxgibbonS and her brother,
David, floated about the floor in
various dances. There was also
. constant awareneSS Of Mr.. Zelli's
non-eradicahle geniality.
., Later, at the Lambs Club, I sat
around with the handsome Harry
Silvey, seeking consolation for
some vague diStreSSneSs, but the
white-haired philosophers crumbs
of comfort were plainly stamped
o. o. Mcintyre, Irwin Cobb and
Will Rogers particularly Nc
Intyre, SO I buttoned my coat and
skunk away. Rain sped drench-
ingly earthward, but out in the
wilderness Skirting Hastings. in a
gathering place known as Tongue
Vue, sat the besabled Fanny Ward
:. Others who shivered were the
MeSsrs. known as Stoopnagle and
Budd, also Mr.. Sid Gary, J. Fred
Coots, Borrah Minevitch and a
handful of stalwartly loyal enter
tainers, including Miss Evelyn
Wilson, who, I seem to recall, was
the subject of headlines sometime
ago in connection with mysteri-
GUS disappearance.
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Sketch Contest Editor" Of The
Washington Times.
The best completed sketch will
win SIS. The second will win $40,
the next S.. In addition, Is
tickets to Loew's Fox will be
given for "Viva Villa" engage
ment. Contest closes midnight
Saturday.
All sketches must be in hands
of viva Villa" contest editor Of
The Times by that time. Win
nerS will be announced in The
Times.
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Treasure island Cast

The assembling of stellar talent
for Treasure Island" continues
at the Metro = Goldwyn NJ aver
studios.
The services, previously an
nounced, Of Wallace Beery and
Jackie. Cooper will be supple
mented by those of Lionel Barry
more, Otto Kruger, and Dudley
Digges, in this recreation Of ste.
venson'S buccaneering classic.
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Mae Is Collegiate

Thursday evening takes me out
to q roadside spot, Glen Island
Casino, where sit trying to work
myself inte a mood by gazing
at the restless waters that swish
outside, but the budding mood
is more or less diSsipated watch
ing Mae Murray going a little
collegiate as she dances with
George Levy. "A table which
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Pauline Lord Makes

Ready tor Picture
Pauline Lord arrived in Holly
wood Sunday to prepare for her
debut as a screen actress in MRS.
Wigs of the Cabbage Patch, "
which Norman Taurog will direct.
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THE VOICE OF
BrO6dW6 6V
BY Louis SObOl
SNAPSHOTS At Random!

It did great deal of amess sitting around
in night places week Early in the week. matter Of
fact conceived the idea of keeping certain staticsthe
number of times for instance orchestra played or
sang Glove Thy Neghbor BEAT of My Heart, etcthe
number of people who approached and whispered know
ingy Tve got something for youbut won't be able to tell
you until Thursday (or Friday Monday so
quite unessential and unamusng tabulatonS
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promises interest (but I refrain
from eaveSdropping) contains the
Stoopnagle-Budd combine again,
Jack Benny, Mary Livingston,
Oracle Allen, the Boswell sisters,
and Phil Harris.
Wednesday evening, as I have
previously mentioned, I believe,
the songwriters foregathered at
the Casino de Paree on behalf
of the starring authors-and I
am assured there are many StarV-
ing authors despite Hollywood. &.
Nor will I dwell again upon the
inspired sight provided by Messrs.
Will Hays, Rex Cole. John
Golden, Roy Howard and M. II.
AylesWorth as they sang Sweet
Adeline". L prefer, instead, to
say word or two about the grin
which graced the usually placid
features of former Mayor O'Brien
all during the proceedings-a grin
which seemed to hint the Judge
was probably well content he
was so completely out of it all
I mean city affairs, Of course,
and not the songfest.
Lew Brown chants his newest
song-having to do with an
obscure subject-"love"-and I
permit myself a litter at one line
in the lyric in which he hints
that when you're in love it's ike
q million Mickey MouSes running
up and down your spine". Earl
ier that evening, at the Riviera,
Mr.. Harry Richman again tight
ems his coat collar about his
neck, shivers convincingly and
walls, Shake Hands With a
Millionaire" and Miss Dolores
Farris, lovely and graceful Great
ure, upsets all laws of gravity
and balances in a series OF amaZ'
ing toe dances.
Early Monday morning. few
hours after MISUNDERSTANDING
along the Bowery on the way to
the office, I am aware of some
thing that puzzles me. Hitherto
there has always been something
of creepy mystery about this "Er'
shadowed thoroughfare - every
Sinking figure has been a poten-
tial aSSasSin-every darkened cor
ner, scene of some awful crime
the street reeked with grewSome
excitement for me. But on this
morning it was only a drab, dull,
inadequately lighted E street.
Sinking figures skunk along-but
they presented no menace. For
some reason the shuddery mystery
of the Bowery seems to have
evaporated-for me, at any rate
-. and 1 am truly sorry. For a
gent who has to depend upon
writing for his living, it is much
too bad to have one of his illusions
desert him. Il must ride up that
street again and make certain!
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All In A Day
By MARK HELLINGER
Old Fashioned

WHEN HE up from the West Side subway, Ben
could Laura at the window of their apartment She
always there in the morning when he left for work at
night when he home. There few pleasures IN
Lauras life That of them looking out the window
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LA PAREE-The goods delight.
Mr.. Emory Daugherty, in person,
has his orchestra at this popular
Fourteenth Street dine and dance
resort. Then. too, Ray Beck is
along to sing. A very friendly,
cozy rendezvous.
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most anyone would suspect.
Maryland racing, as it stands,
is a powerful spring counter at
traction to baseball and fall
counter attraction to football,
most of which is played at the
local baseball preserve. Baseball,
therefore, wishes no summer
competition outside of gold, ten
mis-, fishing and SO forth.
Commissioner Melvin Hazen
is expected to do tu1n-about
face in his attitude toward rae
ing for washington when the
measure is reintroduced at the
coming session of Congress.
Last year he was represented
as favoring boss racing for Vir-
ginia, his native heath, but
against it for Washington, his
official hearth.
A Swell Horse Show
Next Saturdays horse and
hound show at the Meadow
brook Saddle Club, EastWest
Highway at Rock Creek, just
over the District Line in Mary
land, either off Georgia Ave
nue., Sixteenth Street, Connect
cut or Wisconsin Avenues, is
expected to be the greatest
gathering of hunters and
hounds ever held south OF Long
Island.
, Johnny Gheen, Washington's
leading gentleman horseman,
has built what might truth
fully be called a dream estate
with low. gambrel-roofed build
ings, spacious stables, cozy club
house and an equitation field,
embracing IA different types of
jumps, patterned after the reg
ulation olympic equestrian
hurdles.
Among the features he is
preparing for his guest is a
genuine Kentucky bluegrass
burgoo stew, sometimes called
goog-stew. It was for Jerry
Looney. a grocer at Lexington,
KY, where supplies for the ia
nous Bradley Idle Hour Farm
are purchased, and termed by
Colonel Bradley as the king of
burgoo makes, that Burgoo
King, Derby and Preakness win
ner. was named.
Ha. cha, cha!
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|MECADON AIMS
At KAYO Win
TONIGHT

Jay MeCadon's avowed inten'
ton of knocking out Bob Wilson
has little impression on the boys
who like to lay it on the line for
fight spectacles.
AS their 12-round windup at the
Riding and Hunt Club tonight
nears, Wilson, top welterweight in
the District, remains a SIS favorite
to defeat MeCadon.
MeCadon. arriving here Satur-
day, declares he aims to score by
the 1O-count route in order to dis
pei any doubt of victory in this
bout-the second between the two
gladiators.
Acclaimed Winner
In the first meeting MeCadon
was acclaimed the victor despite
the draw decision handed down
by Hunt Club officials.
MeCadon, who halls fro m
Newark and learned his fighting
in the Pennsylvania coal mine
regions, is the same type OF
fighter as Wilson. He patiently
awaits his chance before letting
loose with that one lethal punch
that suddenly takes the life out Of
the opponents limbs
Wilson also has had something
to say about his plans for to-
night. Winding up training at
the Mohawk Club yesterday, Bob
reminded listeners he was in poor
shape the last time he met Me.
Cadon and that he has no inten-
ton of allowing the promised Phil
Fur bout to get out of his grasp.
An eight-rounder. one six and a
four has been lined up by Match
maker Goldie Ahearn in support
of the Wilson-MeCadon scrap.
DominqueZ Meets Brady
Fighting his second fight before
District fans, Tony Dominquez
WALL P1O 4A4O POAASAACo N6oAAAoV "A AOAA
Jimmy Brady, MeCadon's stable,
mate in the semi-Windup.
Dominquez will be taking ad.
vantage of his first opportunity
to prove that he is batter well
terweight than his former stable
mate, Wilson-a claim made by
Gabe Menandez, the clever little
manager whose Florida battlers
have achieved so much popularity
here.
In other fights, Mike Sipio. of
Baltimore, is matched with Pete
Bevan, six-rounder; while Jerry
Dunn, of the Marines, and George
Mackron, from Pennsylvania, open
the show in a four-rounder. These
boys are heavyWeights-the first
to show at the Riding and Hunt
Club. An emergency four-rounder
will be held in reserve should
knockouts shorten the program.
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ball by the conservative hard
shells of the East.
Super-NagurSki
Stan Kosta. now that he is
hailed as a super-Nagurski, great
err Joesting by football critics, hit
the Pitt line with the score tied.
The Blue line charged to meet the
anticipated attack. Kosta lowered
his blonde thatch and crashed.
but he flipped the ball as he
crashed to Glen Seidel and the
latter tossed it to Pug Lund.
But this double lateral did not
complete the amazing victory
play of the Gophers, who played
like Vikings. Lund scanned the
field before him, and there in
the clear on Pitts eight-yard line
or Whereabouts stood Bob Tenner.
Forward spun the golden brown
ball, cleaning in the sun as &C.
tober's whirling meteorites burn in
the velvet skies of night. Tenner
caught the ball and scored.
Pitt and Minnesota played a
Continued on Page II, Col. y
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Michigan State, conqueror OF
Michigan and Carnegie Tech
earlier in the year, slaughtered
Manhattan, as was expected. On
the Pacific Coast. Stanford won
again, but only by the margin of
a field goal from the little College
of San Francisco.
Alabama topped Tennessee in
a game that caught the interest
of every one in Dixie. Hunk
Anderson, recently deposed as
head coach of Notre Dame, is
having a rather sour time of it
at North Carolina State College
and he was beaten again on
Saturday, Florida turning the
trick.
Hoyas Swing Along
Locally. we find Georgetown
still swinging along in winning
stride. The victory of the Eoyas
over William and Mary on Satur-
day was not as wide as a barn
door nor as deep as a grave
But it sufficed. Catholic Uni
versity wasted a day playing Bal
timore University and gained
nothing but the gate receipts and
few touchdowns. Maryland
beat Virginia Poly in a slashlns
game at Norfolk.
The victory of Slip Madigan's
Galloping Gaels from st. Mary S
over Fordham; Michigan States
conquest of Manhattan, and
Minnesota's victory over Pitt
swept the honors of the weekend
for the West. Yes, and lest we
forget. Ohio States finishing
rally that won over Colgate didn't
dull the luster of Western foot
ball in the slightest.
Villa Nova gained prestige
through holding Detroit to a
scoreless tie, and Notre Dame an
nounced it's readiness to meet the
best in the land by the manner
in which they beat Carnegie
Tech. -.
Minnesota's victory was a
triumph of the most modern foot
ball weapons over the reverse
whirls and fakes of the Warner
system. Unable to beat back he
defenses of the Panther with
straight football through a Cruel
ling and gripping first half, the
Gophers turned to the dashing,
gambling open style Of play that
once was called western" foot
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-10-22
MICKEY ON EDGE
FOR BROWN

On physical and mental edge
for Wednesday nights ten round
fistic fuss with Matte Brown at
the Washington Auditorium. two
listed Mickey Walker this after.
noon will endeavor to prove as
much in a final workout at the
Mohawk Clubs gymnasium.
Accompanied by manager Lew
Diamond and stable-mate Mickey
Taylor CHS personal protege)
Walker arrived here yesterday.
Walker declared upon his ar
rival that he hereafter will con-
fine his competition among the
heavies and light heavies.
That there will be no let-doWn
in Walkers celebrated tearing-in
style is vouched for by Manager
Diamond.
Declaring that the TOY Bull
dog" has worked himself into top
physical trim, Diamond comedies
his protege an excellent chance
of staging an suspicious ring
comeback. He explains:
"The last thing a fighter
loses is his punch. Mickey's
still got plenty of dynamite left
and a fine pair of legs in the
bargain. If that isn't a win
ming combination, even after IS
years of service, I've wasted
plenty of time in this boxing
business"
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IL u Z u, I11Ao
observer is convinced that Save
rine has the opportunity to be-
come the greatest captain ever
to lead the Hoyas.
Chubby PARCELS has the ability
of an a1l-American player. Will
hanson has, too. Meglen is a
great football player. George
towns ends Shields and Chappa
are excellent ends, particularly
Chappa,. who is as good a George
town end as this observer has
seen.
Promising Tackle
Young ICY" Cummings, son OF
the one and only Georgetown Cy."
is the makings of tackle just as
good as the redoubtaDie Tom
"Ooch" Morairty, considered by
Georgetowners of the l910-19l3 era
the greatest football player-George
town has ever had. Young "Cy"
is bit green, but if he ever gets
fired up" he'll tear things apart.
He has it in him.
Downer, a giant, is a great
tackle. Cohen and Saur are fine
guards. Heron is a halfback who
has the drive and the ability to
become a great player.
The foregoing review of the abll-
tiles of Georgetown's first II men
clearly indicates that Coach Jack
Hagertys main problem is to get
across to his men the fact hat
this Georgetown team has nothing
to fear in the matter of gridiron
capabilities. What Georgetown
needs, next. is the normal improve
ment' which a team of this callber
should show in a period OF tive
days.
Must Improve
OF course, Georgetown must IN
prove this week, if the Hoyas are
to whip N. Y. U. But this is a
simple matter, if each player on
the Georgetown eleven will set
about accomplishing this improve
ment in the customary Georgetown
fashion. Hard work, lots of it;
concentration, by individuals, on
the immediate task; personal &o-
plication, marked by intensity
these will do the trick.
There is no visible reason why
this Georgetown team should do
other than win every game on it's
1884 schedule, unless it be a lack
of reserves. But then, other
Georgetown teams-and many OF
them-had no reserves at all, or
not enough to shout sbout.
It is even money that George
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D. G., ADJACENT
TEAMS DRAW
SPOTLIGHT
BY HARRY COSTELLO

Six teams in the Msryland-
District of Columbia area today
occupy excellent positions in the
football world. due to Saturdays
events on the gridirons of the
country.
The six are: Navy, George
washington, western Maryland,
Georgetown, Catholic University
and Maryland.
When Navy defeated Colum-
bia. Is to 7. most gridiron ex-
perts concentrated on Buzz"
Berries to explain this remark
able victory. The real answer
is Nays high-spirit-the high
spirit of all Navy players.
Who will gainsay that Column
bias material is far, far superior
to Nays? Who will gainsay
that 10 other Navy mer were
on the field as Berries ran?
What about those 10 other Navy
men on the field, rs Berries
flashed his stuff?
Must Have Support
Undoubtedly, Berries is a great
player. But, a great player with
out superb aid from his mates is
just another football player
Nays material, as a general
rule. is not as good as it is at
schools Navy is called upon to
play Saturday in and Saturday
out. Nays gridiron authorities
know this to be the fact. Fur
Their, Nays players are younger
much younger on the average
than the players of Nays op-
ponents. Also, Navy's players are
far. far younger in athletic age
than the players of the opposi-
ton. But,-and here is the ans
wer-every player on the Navy
squad is a fighter, and none
knows when he is defeated-in-
deed. he never stops trying, never
stops fighting
"High-spirit will win when all
else fails"
Team Packs Spirit
That is Navy's slogan, and
Navy is proving the logic of it
in every game Navy plays. OF
course, Navy's players have abil-
ity, but way down deep, under
meath every visible characteristic
of Navy's team burns the fire of
a great spirit--a spirit that in
battle never has been quenched.
Why do not critics accord
George Washington University
that teams proper place right at
the top of the Eastern list along
with others who belong there?
Well, I'll bite-why?
Can it be prejudice against the
Colonials? When ANY team in
this country defeats Tulsa Uni,
versity, that victor deserves recog.
milton. Just what must this
G. w. eleven accomplish to be &C
corded G.. WIS just rating?
G. w. Deserves Rating
Despite refusal of experts to &C.
cord G. w. its justly deserved
rating, right at the very top in
Eastern football, along with Army,
Navy, Holy Cross, Princeton, Dart
mouth and Syracuse, some 10000
people right here in Washington
followers of G. WIS gridiron for.
tunes, as proved Friday night
CONTINUED on Page IS, Col. y
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do accept the
f a C t. without
quibbling over
the minute of
detail, the Hoya
team of 1884
is very likely
to surprise the
gridiron world
this season.
Joe Saverine,
fiery youngster
from connect
cut, is as able
a captain as
Geo G e t o w n
ever has had.
Tn 90 this
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Grid Fans Strip
Trousers Off
Referee

WOOD RIVER, Ill, Oct. %.
John A. March let it be known
today that he doesn't care if he
never referees any more football
games here. He doesn't relish
being publicly unpanted.
Officiating the annual game
between Alton and Wood River
high schools, March was mobbed
by irate Wood River fans,
tsripped Of his trousers. The
trousers we're torn into small
pieces and distributed as souve-
Mrs.
Alton had won Is to 7.
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Twenty Teams
UnbeQten on
Gridiron

NEW YORK, Oct. 22.-The
steadily dwindling ranks Of the
Nations undefeated and united
football teams has dropped to
twenty as the season reaches the
halfway mark, an International
News Service survey today
indicated.
Holy Cross with five victories
leads the list while Army and
Dartmouth, topping the list of
four-game winners, have not
been scored upon as yet. List: