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The Washington times., 1934-01-19
The Human Side of the News
Abdullah's Adventures In Love and War
Bu Edwin C.. Hill

He abides in a New York
penthouse, a bungalow in Holly
wood or a cabin in Maine, as
the season calls for or the mood
impels. All countries, all capt.
tails are much the same to him,
from Boston to Beluchistan.
We know him best as Cap
tain Achmed Abdullah, but he
has the right to be addressed,
when he so wishes, by the title
of "Prince"-Prince Nadir Khan
Durani. For he is of the blood
the grandnepheW, indeed
of that ruthless old Amir of Af-
ghanistan of whom Kipling
wrote.
Glow of Romance
He is vividly in my mind be-
cause he has just written a
new book; a book warm from
the presses, bounding and leap
ing with action, gay as Pippa's
song and incandescent with the
pure glow of romance. He calls
it "The Cat Had Nine Lives"
and it is the tale, as believable
as anyone need wish, of the
amazing adventures in love and
war, in great cities and black
jungles, among princes and
witch doctors, of this gentleman
who was at odd times a soldier
of fortune and a British mill
tary spy.
AS to the dynamite in his
blood, you may judge of that
when I tell you that his Afghan
mother poisoned her second
husband because she didn't
care much for him, and his
Russian father, noted in con-
tinental Europe for his slow
horses and fast women, was
constantly being exiled for the
maddest Of escapades.
It was perfectly natural,
therefore, that Achmed Abdul
lah became an adventurer and
a wanderer over four conti-
nents, swinging from London's
Mayfair to the Roof of the
World, fighting and spying, see
ing one of his best friends
killed in a duel over a worth
less woman, losing his shirt
at poker to the King of Monte
negro, lunching with a brace OF
French dukes so oldfashioned
that they wore side elastics
and used gold toothpickS, and
with New York women so mod
ern that they sympathized
with gangsters, spinach and
technocracy and were violently
opposed to God, white bread,
army colonies, athletes and
suburban matrons.
Of this man one gets some
thing Of his flavor despite his
English overlay, in spite of his
spats and monocle and his Ok
ford accent, by the tales he
tells of the visits paid to Lon
don by his grandfather, a
brother of that bloody-handed
old border thief, his great
uncle, Abdur- Rahman, the Amir.
He went to England-the
grandfather, Nadir khan
whenever his cashboX needed
filling, for England needed him
as much as he needed Eng
land. His border thieves and
his guarded mountain passes
blocked the way of the Rus
sian Bear down into the Plain
of Hindustan. That was worth
much British gold, and well did
the shreWd old rascal, Ach-
med's grandfather, know it!
On one such occasion, as Cap
tain Abdullah relates the story,
King Edward, still Prince OF
Wales, introduced him to a
Viennese banker named Sig
mund Rosenfeld. Old Nadir
Khan reached into his pocket
and pulled out the Afghan
House Order Of the Seconc
Glass, glittering with off-color
diamonds and Clipped and
cracked emeralds. He pinned
the decoration upon the breast
Of the delighted banker. That
The Washington times., 1934-01-19

About the time the secretary
Of Commerce began the myS-
teriouS "reorganiZationS" of the
aeronautics branch of the De-
partment of Commerce, which
have been staggered over the
last six months, there appeared
in an aeronautical trade maya
zine an editorial demand that
the physical requirements for
applicants for pilots licenses
be reduced and the inspection
regulations for aircraft be re-
Vised downward.
This weakening Of the safe
guards established by the expert
personnel under which the
aeronautics branch had de-
veloped that agency to a high
standard of efficiency during
the last seven years, was urged
as a trade promotion measure.
''Time for Change"
In the editorial referred to, it
was added that the Aeronautics
Branch as it was turned over
to Secretary Roper by Colonel
Young when his office Of As
Sistant Secretary of Commerce
for Aeronautics was abolished
at the beginning of these re-
organizations has done "a mag
nificent job" It was added,
however:
"This seems like good time
for change of policy that
sOiH reduce the regulation of
private flying to the absolute
minimum consistent with the
interest of the general public.
IL is a particularly good time
for a change, because the
threat of declining military
purchases, taken together Uith
the improvement in general
business, and the reUiVal Of
optimism among business men
and inOestOrs, holds out the
prospect of a rather rapid in
crease in the relative inpOr-
tGnce of the priUGte market if
that market is properly han
died."
This significant editorial de-
mand that the Federal regula-
tions established by the best
technical experts the Federal
Government could assemble to
safeguard the lives of all who
fly and to make civil aviation
an effective auxiliary of ma
tional defense, closed with the
following prediction:
"We believe that the de-
pGrtment lUOuld consider such
a change with an open mind,
and we believe that it can be
accomplished If the aircraft
industry and the private own-
sys Of aircraft wiH get together
and shOW a little interest in
the subject"
In less than two months
after it had appeared, one of
the political appointees of the
Secretary of Commerce in the
aeronauticS branch was calling
The Washington times., 1934-01-19
0r0l0nging Federal Pay Cut POstpOnes Recover?

PRIVATE EMPLOY, AND THAT IT CAN NO
LONGER OFFER EVEN SECURITY.
Government workers. and disinterested observers
outside the Government service, KNOW that their pay
CUTS their furloughs and their overtime HAVING
NO EFFECT EXCEPT TO LOWER LIVING STAND
ARDs-FOR THEMSELVES AND FOR THE MA
TION GENERALLY.
They consider it public service to protestant they
are right.
The initial advsability and justification for the
cuts in the Government service were to say the least
debatable.
Now there is question as to the unwisdom and in
justice of CONTINUING the cuts. It has been amply
demonstrated that PROLONGING THE WAGE CUT
PROLONGS THE PERIOD OF RECOVERY, IF
INDEED IT DOES NOT SERIOUSLY JEOP-
ARDIZE TT.
The time has to change tactics on this front The
time has to GIVE THE GOVERNMENT EN-
PLOYES THEIR SHARE OF THE RECOVERY
BENEFITS.
That will make possible practically 100 per cent
pliance throughout the country. It will make the NRA
and the rest of the emergency program WORKABLE
IT WILL MEAN RECOVERY.
The Washington times., 1934-01-19
ONCE OVERS

Aren't you too aggressive in
support of what you consider
your "just rightS?"
It takes little to offend your
dignity.
You will fight in defense Of
your Integrity" or anything
that savors of ian insult to your
intelligence"
This uncontrolled sensitive
ness and an exaggerated opinion
of what you represent, gets you
into a lot Of trouble.
The Washington times., 1934-01-19

winter, back in Vienna. Roserl'
field had the worthless d1a-
monds and emeralds replaced
with flawless. precious stones.
A year or two passed and
Nadir Khan went again to
Karlsbad for the cure, Again
he met the banker, sporting the
made-over decoration, and the
old Pathan's eyes cleaned when
he saw the fine stones.
From the bankers chest he
plucked the blazing star and
plopped it into his pocket, and
from the same pocket he took a
House Order of the First Glass,
studded with yet worse off-color
diamonds and Clipped en-
eralds, and pinned it upon the
Austrian's breast.
One of the most diverting
and revealing chapters in the
captains book is the tale of the
visit his grandmother paid to
London. The grandmothers are
the real family rulers in the
Far East. It is the mothers
duty to bear children, but then
and there her responsibility
ends. It is up to the grand
mother, wise and shreWd and
mellowed by life, to bring them
up.
The captains grandmother
lived, of course, in the capital
of Afghanistan, Kabul. When
she set forth on her travels it
was an expedition, no less. Be-
sides dozens of servants and re-
tainers and quantities of food,
including live animals to be
slaughtered and eaten. there
were pets. and boxes. a n d
trunks, and rolls of bedding.
The little old lady weighed un'
der a hundred and her maid,
her right arm, was a peasant
woman-an ancient, gnarled,
Drowned and gnome-like crear
ture whose name was Guldur
Burram. which means Rose IN
the Bud.
An Uproar
The expedition was an up
roar all the way from Kabul
to London and the Savoy Hotel.
There, in state, the regal old
lady held court, not in silks
and satins but in a red flan-
mel wrapper and smoking a
large, gurgling water pipe.
When her hotel bill was pre-
Sented, and it was tremendous,
being nearly a whole floor Of
the Savoy, she refused to pay
a shilling, and of course the
long-suffering British govern
ment had to settle up, for po-
litical reasons. It was the
same with everything she
bought.
But the climax came when
Captain Abdullah learned one
night that the management
of the Savoy had been tele-
phoning all over London for
him. A family of perfectly
outraged Americans, who had
rented rooms on the same
floor honored by the old
Princess from Kabul, were
Storming about in futile rage.
They had gone out to see a
show, and when they returned
to the hotel they found their
way barred by the redoubtable
old lady's four male retainers.
Ruffins they were, as the
captain knew them to oe;
crooked-mouthed, brawny to
the ankles, braggart in their
speech, blood tainting their
hands and their souls-but
faultlessly loyal to their old
mistress
The captain got the trouble
Strengthened out, but the old
lady's guards sneered at him
thereafter. Eventually, though,
grandmother got homesick for
her Kabul and left. leaving
London in comparative tran.
guilty.
Copyright. 1884. King Features
The Washington times., 1934-01-19

There is powerful lesson for dishonest retailers in
this excellent cartoon by Mr.. Powers.
The of the United States organizing for
the purpose of securing FAIR weights and FAIR
measures.
They are organizing under the Blue Eagle and they
will make it unpleasant for any retailer who "chisels"
the code which he has signed.
MOST DEALERS ARE HONEST. They give their
The Washington times., 1934-01-19
By T. E. Powers

customers dollars worth of goods for every dollar
the customer gives them The women of America will
PATRONIZE those stores.
But the women of America will NOT patronize the
stores that fail to live up to these standards They be-
ieve that honesty is the best policy They intend to
see that that policy is observed by the firms they deal
WITH and if these firms prudent they will heed the
The Washington times., 1934-01-19

You find that most Of the
time you are in a belligerent
mood.
Often you are depressed be-
cause of what you hear people
say about you.
Be more independent and
prove to those who censure you
that you don't care q whoop
what they think, by being less
aggressive in your own defense.
Copyright. 1894, by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1934-01-19

Government service will be demoralzed unless cond
tons as to wages and working conditions are changed
soon, and radically, for the better.
Cutting pay lowers morale. But if that were not
enough, the Government has, through it's economy pro-
gram placed it's employees in such state of uncertainty
with respect to livelihood itself that they have been in
a state bordering despair.
Forced furloughs provided second wage cut And for
those who were not furloughed, there overtime,
to take up the work that HAD to be DONE whether the
staff was sufficient to do it or not
Work has suffered, both in quality and in quantity.
Standards have been lowered to marked degree and
unless they improved the Government itself will suf
fer from lowered efficiency and from inability times
improve to obtain capable NEW employees.
ABLE MEN AND WOMEN ARE NOT GOING TO
WARDS ARE APPRECIABLY LESS THAN IN
The Washington times., 1934-01-19
MARRY-GO-ROUND = = By Helen Rowland

lights. No man is as dazzling
as he seems while he is max
ing love to you.
It seems to be every mans
divine right to think of him.
self as a potential Don Juan
no matter what his mirror or
his birthday may tell him.
There is a vast difference
between the old-fashioned sa-
loon and the speakeasy. No
lady ever entered a saloon!
Copyright. 1884. King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
WISE WORDS
Admonish your friends in pri-
vate; praise them in public
Publilius Syrus.
None but a fool is always
right.-Hare.
No friends a friend till he
shall prove q friend
The Washington times., 1934-01-19

This is the fourth of a series
OF articles ON the reorganization
of the GeronGuticS branch of the
Department of Commerce.
The Washington times., 1934-01-19

I'm
D. @.
j. Fitzpatrick
The Washington times., 1934-01-19

Advice to gals: Never per.
nit yourself to be blinded by
any Woman-charmer'S head
The Washington times., 1934-01-19

many in the Government service, and that has given
encouragement to chiseling employers outside?
THE PAY CUT SHOULD BE REPEALED AND AT
ONCE
The Washington times., 1934-01-19

The modern man seldom
The Washington times., 1934-01-19

No friends a friend till he
shall prove Q friend.
The Washington times., 1934-01-19
WISE WORDS

None but a fool is always
right.-Hare.
Evening star., 1934-02-24
Vadsco Sales Corp.

Ia Vadsco Sales Corp.
3lH 2l Nanadium Corp.
10 Az Van Raalts. ........
64 a. VanRaalte pf sta 90
31l3 24ss Wick Chem (t2.10)..
SIS 31s Va-Car Chemical. :.
1S 65 Va Elec&Pw pf (6).
9 AS Va Iron Coal & c..
% "a Va Iron Coal & C pt.
Il So Vulcan Detin (h3)..
Evening star., 1934-02-24
New York Cotton
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. February 24.-Cotton
futures opened quiet, unchanged to 2
higher. on steady Liverpool cables.
However, the demand was slow an6
longs sold moderately March, 1904;
May, 12.17; July, 1898; October,
12.48; December, 1851; January,
1854
May sold at 1921 and October 1249
early, or about unchanged to points
higher, but buyers were supplied by
realizing, liquidation and some Wall
Street selling on the easier stock
market Offerings were not heavy,
but most of the trade buying was on
scale down orders. and prices sagged
slightly. At the end of the first half
hour, May was selling around 1918
and October 1245 with the general
market ruling about to points net
lower. Houses with Liverpool con-
nections had some early buying orders
here. Liverpool cables reported
steady but small market there with
general business restricted by uncer-
taip:y regarding further developments
in Washington.
Cation futures closed steady, UNCHANGED
Evening star., 1934-02-24
STOCKS co DOWN
IN SHORT SESSION
Aircrafts and Few Other Is
sues Resist Trend-CIose
Is Heavy.
BY VICTOR EUBANK,
Associated Press Financial Writer.

NEW YORK, February 24.-Stocks
generally pointed downward again to-
day although the selling was orderly
in the face of considerable pessimistic
sentiment In Wall Street. A few scat
tered issues, including the aircrafts,
showed resistance, but the close, on
the whole, was heavy. The turnover
fer the brief session approximated
], 300, 900 shares.
Market commentators attributed the
further reaction partly to the grow
ing belief that rather drastic law
will be enacted by Congress for the
Federal control of speculation; to
the reports of labor difficulties in
some of the automobile and motor
accessory plants and to the fear
that governmental investigation Of
various industries may follow an in
quiry into alleged price-f1xing agree
ments by the packers.
Equities had little help from COM
modities. although wheat and cot
ton held fairly steady. Silver and
rubber eased bit. Bonds, particu-
larly those of the secondary classi-
fication, were inclined to follow stocks
in a reduction of prices. Interna-
tional dollar rates held to a mar
row groove.
Among the aviation shares. those
of United, Douglas, Curtis-Wright
and Aviation held small advances.
although they did not finish any
where around their best levels. Re-
ports that plans were already being
considered at Washington for a re-
turn of airmail to the commercial
companies aided this group.
American Telephone was among
the few issues that bucked the trend.
finishing with fractional gain. Sea-
board Oil also got up point. But
losers of ! to or more included
United States Steel, Chrysler, Mont
gomery Ward. United States Smelt-
ing, Western Union. Bethlehem Steel,
Electric Auto-Lite, Case, Union
Pacific, Northern Pacific, Santa Fe
and pepnSvlvapia
Evening star., 1934-02-24
FIRE INSURANCE
MISCELLANEOUS.
NEW YORK PRODUCE.

NEW YORK, February "a P.-Egss.
43 .s07. firm, Mixed colors. frsts. Ia
17l4; seconds. 16l4a16l2; mediums. 80
pounds, 1612: dirties. No. ], AZ pounds.
16l4a16lz: other mixed colors unchansed.
Butter, 15.24S. steady. Creamery. ex-
ira t92 scorel. 26; first (S7-91 scoresl,
25a2534: centralized go score), 25lz;
other grades UNCHANGED. Cheese, 14O,351.
firm. prices UNCHANGED.
Dressed poultry steady to firm. Ducks.
frozen. 15a1G: other grades unchanged.
Live poultry weak and unchanged.
Evening star., 1934-02-24
FOREIGN EXCHANGES.

NEW YORK, February "a fR.-Foreign
exchange steady; Great Britain in dollars.
others in cents. Great Britain; demand.
5.O7s4; cables. 5.07s4; 6O-day bills, 506A.
France, demand. $3.50; cables 6.56. Italy,
emand. s5S; cables. s.5s.
Demands:
Belgium. 23.25; Germany. 80 AS; Hol-
sSia; ssaf DENIM Denmark. ss; sS.ss; Finland. s.s6';
Switzerland. 32.19; Spain, 1881; Portu.
gal. 4.64s: Greece. 94s: Poland. 1895:
Czeehosloyakis; 4;l6.: Yugoslayia. 2:3is;
tina So. .s7s: Brazil .62'; Toxic. 80: II "a;
SHANGHAI. $3.50; Hongkong, 1926: Mexico
City (silyer peso). $500; Montreal in
New York. 99.37h; New York in Mont
real. 100.
Evening star., 1934-02-24
Washington Stock Exchange.
SALES,

Capital Traction Cos at 25i2.
AFTER CALL.
Washington Rwy g. Elec. 4s-sl 900
at 88l2.
Capital Traction Co.-l0 at Is, 5 at
2614
Potomac Electric 512es pfd.-1 at
lO75a
Evening star., 1934-02-24
CHICAGO PRODUCE.

CHICAGO. February "a up UNITED
States Department of Agriculture .-Po-
tatoes. IS; on track. 352; total u. S.
shipments. 62l: supplies liberal; no trad
ing account of weather: market nominally
UNCHANGED.
Poultry, live, nine trucks; steady; prices
UNCHANGED.
. Dressed turkeys steady, prices un-
CHANGED.
Butter. ,11,s06, firm: creamery-specials
extra nrsts (9o-sD. 24a34ia; frsts tss-
s9), 23a23l2; seconds (s6-sD, 22Ia
standards 900 centralized carlots). 2434.
Eess, 1925. frm: extra firsts, 16a16ia:
fresh graded firsts, 15a4a16A; current
ysssiptS, Is.
Evening star., 1934-02-24
GIFT SHOW CROWDED.

NEW YORK, February "a (P.-
The New York gift show, which has
just closed here, recorded the largest
attendance at any semi-annual show
ing. Volume of orders placed was the
heaviest in four years.
Evening star., 1934-02-24
INVESTMENT TRUSTS
Quotations as of IL o'clock)

NEW YORK. February "a R.-Over-
he-counter market:
Evening star., 1934-02-24

34lS 26h Deere & Co.
1874 11h Deere & Co pf zoe.
731a So Delaware & Hudson
33s 22h Del Lack & West. ..
liz 5% Denver & r G w pf.
Evening star., 1934-02-24

SILVER QUOTATIONS.
NEW YORK, February "a R.-Bar
silver barely steady, v lower at 463s.
Evening star., 1934-02-24

Bleachable cottonseed oil futures
closed irregular; spot unquoted;
February, 5.05B; March, 5.12; April,
5.15B; May, 5.36B; June, 5.4oB; July.
5.63; August, 5.65B. Sales, A con-
tracts, including 1s switches. Bid.
Evening star., 1934-02-24

Sales Of Stocks on New York EXCHANGE
Total sales for day. 100000
Dividend rates given in the above table annual
declarations - ~ ~ ' VI ""ii-'eAi"
Unit Of trading less than shares tPartly extra
Pius &c in stock Paid last regular rate Pay.
In stock. Plus
h Paid this Ex-dividend ' .
Evening star., 1934-02-24
C0tt0nSeed Oil.

Spot steady; middling. 12.4O
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-16

Styles that reflect blithesome youth -. Dresses
that herald the spring! Flat crepes, crinkle
crepes, silk prints and canton crepes. We
couldn't begin to describe all the NEW neck
lines, body lines, sleeves and trimming treat
ment but take our word for it-they are just
about the smartest things out. Pastels prints,
print combinations, navy and brown in sizes
IA to 20 and SO to So.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-08
FALSE DIETARY
NOTIONS ABOUT
FISH EXPLODED
Combination With Milk De-
CIared Harmless; Nutri-
ton High

Thousands of housewives are de-
priving their families of a highly
nutritious, easily prepared and not
expensive food because of certain
false notions that exist relative to
fish, a home economics expert of
the Booth Fisheries told dieteticS
congress here.
One of the most common of these
notions is that fish is hard to digest.
On the contrary, fish is easily
digestible, according to exhaustive
tests made by leading food
laboratories. Fish on the whole re-
uuire no longer than lamb, chicken,
lean beef, bread, and places no more
tax on the human digestive system
than do the foods enumerated.
Another fallacy to be exploded
by the Booth expert was that fish
and milk could not be taken at the
same meal.
The food authority held that
while there might be certain per-
sons with whom such a combina-
ton would not agree, there was
nothing in thousands of test cases
to indicate any general antagonism
between these important basic
foods.
Yet another miSconception Is
that timed fish is harder to digest
than fresh fish, and that small fish
such as perch, bass and trout, are
more easily digested than the larger
variety, such as salmon, haliout,
tuna and cod.
Tests have proved that the tex
ture of the fish has little or no
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-08

Four loaves of bread; six pounds OF
flour and cereals; seven quarts of
milk; six pounds of potatoes and
sweet potatoes; one pound of dried
beans, peas and milk; two pounds OF
tomatoes or citrus fruits; three
pounds of cabbage, lettuce, spinach,
or other greens, carrots, or yellow
turnips; one pound of dried fruits;
four pounds of other vegetables and
fruits; two pounds of butter, lard,
and other fats, including salt pork
and bacon; two pounds of sugar and
syrup; two and half pounds of lean
meat, fish and poultry, and a half
dozen eggs.
Buying will be affected if the
family consists of man and a
woman, two women, or two men, for
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-08
MUSHROOMS USED
IN MAKING 0MELET
Four Eggs Also Listed as
Ingredients.

Beat separately until quite stiff
the whites and yolks of four eggs
Into the yolkS stir thin slice of
cruStless bread that has been soaked
in warm milk, then fold in the
beaten whites.
Empty into a pan containing a
tablespoon of butter and jiggle the
pan to keep the omelet from stick
ing to the bottom.
The cooking is easier if the pan
is moved into the oven under a
broiler flame as soon as the bottom
begins to set.
When the top starts to solidify,
take from the oven and cover with
fried chopped mushrooms. Fold 1T
over, move to hot platter and
serve Immediately.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-08
FOOD BUDGET
OUTLINED FOR
TWO PERSONS
Purdue Nutritionist Gives
Constituents of Bal
anced Diet.

An adequate food budget for two
moderately active people which will
provide a balanced diet at mini
mum cost has been worked out by
Miss Aneta Beadle, extension nutri-
ZIONIST at Purdue university to as
sist newly married people and
others who are new at providing
home cooked food.
The weekly budget includes:
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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

mems appetites are different from
women's," said Miss Beadle. 1.-TWO
women would eat less of cereals,
potatoes, and dried peas and beans
while two men would eat somewhat
more of these foods and would drink
more milk. Women eat more salads
while men eat more meat, bread
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effect on its digestibility, and that
the rate of digestion of timed
salmon, tuna and the fresh variety
are practically the same.
Practically all marine foods are
rich in such important minerals as
calcium, phosphorus, manganese,
copper, iron. They also rate high
in vitaminS.
The expert pointed out that a
mother pouring off the oil from a
can of salmon is throwing away a
highly nutritious foods, rich in
Vitamin D, which she later buys in
cod-hver oil at drug store prices.