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The Washington times., 1934-02-15
The Human Side of the News
Heredity and Long Life-The Family Doctor
BY EdUin C.. Hill

for such he was-never
seemed hurried. Always he had
time to pause. after profes-
Sional duties, for a chat about
the affairs of the family
grandfather's asthma or grand.
mothers bad knee-Sympa-
thetic, understanding.
There wasn't much, it seemed
to us youngsters in an Indiana
town, that he didn't know in
the way Of useful things. He
brought us into the world
rather neatly and when it came
to ushering old folks out Of
the world he did it in the way
that families don't forget.
Knew His Job
He could pull a tooth, set a
broken limb, cure a fever, sub
due long and malignant ills
and all without much fuss and
feathers, just as part Of the
days work of a man who
knew his job. The character
I speak of was the old.time
country doctor, who drove in
his buggy, jerking the lines
over his patient, amiable mare
drove about all day and fre.
quently much of the night.
I am minded of him-of
many old-time country doctors
that I knew-because of a re.
markable address which very
great doctor of New York, Wal.
ter T. Dannreuther, a man Of
international fame, made re-
Gently to the Medical Society
of the County of New York. For
DR.. Dannreuther, possessed OF
all that modern medical science
can give a great practitioner,
laments the passing Of the wise.
benevolent, hard-working family
doctor-he who was without the
urge for quick riches.
And he tells us bluntly that
if the present trend continues
the disproportionate trend to-
ward specialization, instead Of
the production of doctors better
qualified to treat sick people we
are going to suffer for it. The
best medical center that any in
dividual can have, says DR..
Dannreuther, is his family doc
tors office, and it is better and
much more important for the
physician to know all about his
patient than it is for him to be
an expert in the diagnosis and
treatment of every disease.
More understanding of his pa
tients and less reference to Spe'
cialists is Dannreuther's en-
phatic advice.
It is good to hear such COM
mon sense and humanity from
a great physician, in these days
when the cost of medical treat
ment for one reason and an
other, has risen to such q
height that one sometimes won.
ders how the poor can ever az
ford to be i'll.
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Syndicate. 1nc.)
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Well, I wouldn't stand it any
more. Why should she waste
my precious time with her tire
some yammering? I'd tell her
the truth-that's what I'd do!
Tell her to forget all about
writing and settle down to her
houSework like a sensible wo-
man, and cook and sew.
Paper in the typewriter, irri-
tated fingers on the keys, I be-
gan to type. Then suddenly
as plainly as though his dear,
Scared hand were laid on mine,
as clearly as though his kindly
voice spoke above the clatter of
the Notwithstanding stopped
me. Something called. And
across the years and the dark
ness I heard my father saying,
once again:
do NOT TAKE FROM ANY
MAN HIS SONG."
How puzzled I had been when
he first said that to me. What
had caused it? Some 10-year-
old foolishneSs. We'd been
laughing at the old man next
door-the old man with the long
white hair and strangely young
eyes, who still thought he was
fighting Indians, though he
hadn't seen a Sioux for half a
century. Giggling-jumping up
and down-pointing with child
ish squeals of derision at the
queer old muzzle- loader he car
ried-until, suddenly the old
mans face had seemed to crum-
The Washington times., 1934-02-15
Rouge for the Reds
Even Russia Is Human

They say that human nature changing in Soviet Russia
where all sorts of revolutionary innovations being tried and
where the law doesn't recognize any kind Of distinction be-
tween the sexes.
Then they tell that Comrade Paulna semyonova Anem
Cuzna has been awarded the highest decoration at the dis
posa Of the the Order enn for supervising
the manufacture Of superior rouge sck eyebrow pencil
perfume and other cosmetics
Comrade Paulina who, in odfashioned country,
would swapped her hug maiden for the name
Of her husband Mootov wife of the Prime Minister Of
the Soviet Union also the head Of the principal Soviet
cosmetics Eight employees Of the trust including two
women awarded the second highest decoration the Order
Of the Red Banner.
Somehow facts lead believe that things haven't
changed beyond recognition in the land of the soviet It
sounds very like capitalist country other kind Of
country this business getting prize for helping
make themselves better looking than they really are
and of the wife an official getting somewhat better prize
than the one awarded to ordinary mortals
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LISTEN, WORLD
By Elsie Robinson

BILE. The light had gone from
his eyes. He stood there, look
ing vaguely around bewildered.
It was then that my father,
coming upon us, had put his
hand on my shoulder-given me
that long, deep look Of his
said those strange words:
do not take from any man
his song"
What did he mean? The
words had no meaning for my
brain, yet somehow, in my heart,
they made sense.
DO not take from any man
his song"
While I was taking his song
away from the old man with
the young eyes; taking from
him the one thing that put
music in his heart and fire in
his blood? Was that why his
face had crumbled so, in sud-
den loss and fear?
Suddenly I Saw-felt the
thing my father was feeling
caught, through his tired, tender
eyes, a glimpse Of the beauty
and tragedy and immortal
wonder of life.
And now once more-from
across the long trail-he had
reached out; stopped me.
do NOT TAKE FROM ANY
MAN HIS SONG"
Yes, that was what I had
been about to do. She had SO
little in life to sustain her-that
drab, childless, shabby little
woman. There had always been
so little. Poverty. hard work.
the poor leavings from more
colorful lives. Not even cour-
age or wit enough in her own
nature to fire her days. Only
one dream to sustain her-the
dream of being a writer.
No talent. No training. No
chance of success. But what did
all that matter? THAT DREAM
WAS HER SONG!
That dream kept pride alive
in her-and hope-and Won
der-and delight. That dream
kept her living!
What does it matter how we
are kept living as long as we
live? A ridiculous ambition?
But. in the eyes of God, all our
ambitions must be ridiculous.
Only life, itself, matters-the
hungry reaching of the soul
toward greater growth.
NEVER TAKE FROM ANY
MAN HIS SONG"
had been about to take her
song from her. How many
times had I taken their one bit
of song away from timid,
shabby. souls? How often had
I broken their music by the
clamor of my ridicule, my i'm
patience, my diSdain?
The paper was crumpled on
my machine. The little, clatter-
ing, cruel keys were lost in a
blur of tears. Across the dis
tance saw his dear lace fade
heard his voice fail.
But if only my heart could
remember-always!
Copyright, 1894, King Features
@yad1SAtos 11cs9 e.
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to go to sea. In my section Of
the country, the first Sunday
smell was of the fish-balls for
breakfast. This was not so
depressing, as fish-ballS were
good, and, anyway, Sunday
didn't begin to get you down
until later in the day.
But, sure as the smells OF
Sunday were, those of SatQr-
day were none the less dis
tinctive and a great deal more
CHEEKY. In our house we be-
gan getting whiffs OF Saturday
as early as Friday evening,
when the bread was "Set" on
the kitchen table and the
beans put to soak" nearby.
The smell of the cold bread
dough when the napkins were
lifted from the pans always
means mo school tomorrow"
and was a preliminary to the
mo school today" smells OF
Saturday, which are at the
basis of my present trouble.
On Saturday morning early
these mo school today" smells
began to permeate the kitchen,
and, as the kitchen was the
sole port of entry and exit
during the mornings play out
side, they became inextricably
mixed up with not only cook
ing, but "duck-on-the-rock,"
Indian guide" and that in
formal scrimmaging which
boys indulge in in back yards.
which goes, By the name Of
The Washington times., 1934-02-15

day, smells exactly like beans
baking in an oven. So, when
I settle down to a mornings
work and light my pipe, I am
gradually overcome with the
delicious feeling that there is
mo school today" and that I
really ought to be outdoors
playing.
So, without knowing why,
I have been leaving my work
and getting out my skates and
yielding to the Saturday spirit.
The only trouble has been that,
under this subtle influence,
every day has been Saturday,
because every day has smelled
like Saturday.
I don't suppose that the
tradeSmen to !. whom I owe
money will think much of this
explanation, but it satisfies me
and the psychoanalyses per-
fectly. And, as yet, I have
made no move to buy a less
inSidious- smelling pipe tobacco.
Mr.. Benchley'S articles appear
each Tuesday, Thursday, and
Saturday.
tCopyriEht, 1924. King Features
Syndicate, Inca
The Washington times., 1934-02-15
SATURDAYS SMELLS
BY Robert Benchley

either football" or baseball"
according to the season of the
year.
In New England, Of course,
the lett motif among the Satur'
day smells was the one Of beans
baking, but the bread and pies
ran it a close second. A good
cake in the oven could hold its
own, too. Then, along about
1880 the Saturday noon dinner
began to loom UP, and, being
more plebian than the Sunday
noon dinner, it usually took the
combined form of cabbage,
turnips, beets and corned beef,
all working together in one pot,
with the potatoes, to make what
is known as the New England
boiled dinner" That put a stop
to any other smells that thought
they were something earlier in
the morning.
On the outside, Saturday
morning contributed the smell
of burning leaves, and Of
shingles on the new house that
was always being built in the
neighborhood; and, although
sounds do not come into our
study today, there was the sound
of carpenters hammering, and
the re-echoing beat Of rugs be-
ing busted, which became al
most smells in their affinity to
them.
Now, here is the point about
my pipe tobacco. A month or
so ago I tried out a new blend,
which, I discovered only yester-
The Washington times., 1934-02-15
AS Old AS You Feel
What's ID Years?

Men often say that woman won't tell her age because
women are vain. But what do the know about it?
The truth is that the age Of is mystery because
It has little to do with dates and calendars.
Mrs Sarah Lavanburg straus going to Africa to hunt
birds and beasts for the collection Of Chicagos Field Museum
of Natural History.
She's young woman. Only young would have
the strength of WILL the vgor Of spirit and the to do
something dangerous the interest of science to brave pr
at which strong finch. ',..,,
Mrs young despite the fact that by the calendar
she is IA years old. She is just young she
five years ago when she went hunting in Africa with grand
SON
Womans youth is not matter of birthdays Nor is
It measured by her complexion and figure Let those
who knit their brows at the thought of passing time at the
changes announced by their mirrors think of Mrs srauS in
Africa,
The Washington times., 1934-02-15

Two very distinguished gentle
men Of the medical profession
are very much in the human
side Of the news-Dr. Logan
Clendening and DR.. Walter T.
Dannreuther. Will Durant, the
psychologist, has selected DR..
Clendening's "The Human
Body" as among the 100 books
he would recommend, if anyone
had to strive for an education
out of a selected list Of books.
DR.. Clendening thinks that
most of us fuss too much about
our health, that we have
exaggerated health fears, and
do a lot of worrying that merely
makes matters worse. He asks
the question: "Can anyone, by
taking thought or care, add to
his span Of life?" And replies:
II do not think so. The fact is
that the span Of life Of any
individual, barring accidents, is
largely determined at the mo-
ment he starts off. The num-
ber of years q man or woman
lives depends upon the impetus
he or she received, being the
result, largely, Of hereditary
factors"
Decided at Birth
It is tr1le enough. as DR., Glen
dening says, that a man is as old
as his arteries, but what causes
arteries to harden? Alcohol,
red meat and salt have been &C
cused, but Clendening notes
that some people who go in
freely for these things go on to
ripe old ages, and others who
flee them religiously die Of apo
plexy and angina in a state OF
decrepitude at the age of SO.
Exercise and fresh air are sup
posed to be the sovereign aug
menters of long life, says the
doctor. He admits that they
make one feel better, but he
doubts if they promote long life.
Theodore Roosevelt and Walter
Camp died in their early sixties.
On the other hand there are no
end of octogenarians who never
took a days exercise in their
lives.
"An impartial examination,
says DR.. Glendening, convinced
me that nothing anybody does
to himself after he is born.
makes more than a few hours
difference at most" He is not
speaking, of course, Of drunk
ards or drug fiends, or people
who more or less deliberately
wreck themselves.
One suspects that many doc
tors would not agree with the
eminent Clendening, but his
book makes good reading and
sounds like sense to the lay
man.
When I was a boy there was
one personality in every village
and town who seemed to be the
embodiment of wisdom ana
kindliness. No one had so much
work to do, but this character
The Washington times., 1934-02-15
Tax Reduction
The City's Needs

District appropriation bill for the coming fiscal year
predicated upon tax rate Of $20 would be highly agree
able to Washingtonians PROVIDED THE BILL DID NOT
SLASH REcKLEssLY AT NECESSARY SERVICES AND
DID NOT FURTHER RESTRICT THE DEVELOPMENT OF
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
The suggestion has been advanced by members Of
the District subcommittee the House Appropriations Com
ee that the cys supply bill should be drawn so as to
permit the reduction Of the tax rate from $3.50 to $120
Such reduction be effected without any serious det
the city government without any curaimen of the
Rny's progress
But it can be effected only if the FEDERAL GOVERN
AENT DOES ITS FULL SHARE IN MEETING THE Elk
PENsEs OF THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
This city now beginning realize the accumulation Of
difficulties which has followed upon series Of starvation
appropriation bills
For several years Congress in dealing with the District
appropriation bills has followed the slogan Of cu to the
bone It has done this despite the fact that the city
ready and willing and able to meet its necessary
IT HAS FOLLOWED THIS POLICY ONLY BECAUSE
A FEW MEMBERS INSISTED UPON sL1CING THE FED
ERAL SHARE OF THE LOCAL EXPENSES TO DANGER
oUsLY Low POINT-A POINT WHICH WAS UNFAIR
TO THE CITY AND UNFAIR TO THE NATION
Such policy must be abandoned if the National Capital
q not to become the NATIONAL DISGRACE.
Many of the ctys services operating upon such
small appropriations that functions vital to the community
welfare neglected
Our streets in terrible condition Our schools over
crowded and many them dapidated We burning
trash open dump while expensive modern incnerators
lay idle
These are only few instances of what when the
National Government negects its duty to share equtaby
the cost Of the National Capital
The residents Of the city and deserve reduction in
tho tax rate The meest glance at the growing list Of fore
closures the growing tax delinquency lists will prove that
Yet the effort to cut appropriations below safe minimum
does be predomnanty in the interest of the Dis
trict tax payer.
TT SEEMS, JUDGING FROM ITS PARENTAGE, TO BE
ANOTHER EFFORT FURTHER TO REDUCE THE FED
ERAL SHARE.
The House subcommittee in which the movement has org
mated has ignored suggestions made from the Senate side
Of the Capitol that joint conference Of Senate and House
groups be held reach determination of the fiscal rsa
dons ISSUE
SUCH CONFERENCE SHOULD BY ALL MEANS, BE
HELD PRIOR TO THE DISCUSSION OF THE DETAILED
ITEMS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE BILL.
CERTAINLY NO SCIENTIFIC ALLOTMENT OF THE
CITY's APPROPRIATIONS CAN BE MADE UNTIL THE
AMOUNT AVAILABLE TO MEET THOSE EXPENSES
HAS BEEN DETERMINED. IT CANNOT BE DETER
MINED UNLESS AN AGREEMENT IS REACHED BE-
TWEEN THE TWO HOUSES.
That holds true whether the bill to be another
"starvation measure whether it is to take care ade
quately Of the citys needs
The Washington times., 1934-02-15

she can't be
a writer! She
hasn't a par
ticle Of tai
ent! And she
would never
S t a n d tn e
drilling if she
were given q
chance. Yet,
y Z al IL y 1
y e q r, S h e
keeps making
her futile at
temptS-send-
/ Ing t h e m
around-aSk-
ing for criti-
The Washington times., 1934-02-15

Never, even in my best form,
what you would call a "drone"
or worker" at heart, I have
been having particularly
tough time of it lately just sit
ting at my desk.
Specialists and psychoana-
lysts from all over the world
have been working on my case,
and it was only yesterday that I
myself was able to give them
the key to my inability to work.
It is my new pipe tobacco. It
smells like Saturday, and con-
sequently puts me in a chronic
holiday mood.
This may take a little ex-
planning. The main thesis on
which I am going to build my
case is that, when you were a
child, certain days had their
individual smells, and that
these smells, when experienced
today, take you back to your
state OF mind when you expert
enced them in childhood. Do
I make myself clear, or must I
say that all over again?
Sunday smells were, of course,
the most distinctive, and, when
they asSail me today, I become
restless and depressed and want
The Washington times., 1934-02-15
WISE WORDS

Better poor with honor than
rich with shame.
Pride is as loud a beggar as
want. and a great deal more
Saucy.
Pride feels so cold.
zone of these days" is none
Of these days.
Trust not too much In new
friends and old houses.
The Washington times., 1934-02-15

"Never Take From ANY Man
His Song"
I started to send a ruthless
answer to her letter the other
dan. Exasperating creature
how she has pestered us all with
her desire to be a writer! But
Evening star., 1934-08-19

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tcontinusd On Next PsEs.l
Evening star., 1934-08-19

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Evening star., 1934-08-19

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Evening star., 1934-08-19
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Evening star., 1934-08-19

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1895 18th ct. NV. DI. S347s :
Evening star., 1934-08-19

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Evening star., 1934-08-19

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Evening star., 1934-08-19
WEST OF 18th & NEWTON }

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Evening star., 1934-08-19

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Almost new; just beyond National Park
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Evening star., 1934-08-19

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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-16
Club to Gire Dance

So-Athic Club will entertain with
a dance tomorrow night at the
Christian Park community house
with music by Mary Ellen and Her
Buddies. The public may attend.