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plane ride.
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Notes of Marriages, Deaths,
and Matters of Interest
of Half Century Ago
ISSUE OF OCT. 1ST, 1884

Taken from our old files OF
corresponding week, as near
date of this issue as possible
Fifty Years Ago. This column,
now a regular feature of the
Times, will call to mind people
and events Of the older genera
tion.
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The Washington times., 1934-12-28
Ten Billions a Year
What You Pay To Be Governed

From Washington or not-comes ray of hope
for the American taxpayer.
The President has directed Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau to draw up program for SANER taxation.
This program to be presented Congress the
States.
scientifically prepared and put into force it give
genuine relief to the country But for that two steps
essential
The first to revise abolish the Federal income and
substitute Federal manufacturers sales tax.
The latter tax-unike the local retail varieties- fair
ALL economically collected productive of adequate
and PAINLESS And unlike the income tax it be
evaded.
The other essential step is to reform get rid of the
counties and similar obsolete units of local governments
These take 80 40 cents of the taxpayers dollar and
give rather less than ncke worth of service in return
The Federal Government can't them out but at least
it set good example to the States by putting its
tax methods in order.
TEN THOUSAND MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR is what
the American people pay to be governed MISgov
erned And in 1885 this dizzy will be exceeded
When consider these figures you agree that the
ident has not acted too only regret
that he did not act months
The Washington times., 1934-12-28

@AJ &'
In the Senate the members
must organize on the opening
day.
Thirty-four senators must be
sworn in. Those ceremonies Will
take considerable time particu-
larly if there is any discussion
about elections.
There is some question as to
whether the election contest OF
Senator Bronson Cutting and
his opponent Dennis Chavez
will be taken up.
And If young Rush Holt
should change his mind about
taking his seat before his thir-
tieth birthday there will be
more delay in the ceremonies.
Although most Senators have
had their credentials forwarded
to the office of Colonel Edwin
A. Halsey, Senate Secretary,
there are some newly-elected
members whose certificates of
election have not arrived. Their
papers must be on hand before
they can be indicted into Of
flee.
On the House side, the
SpeakerShip fight Di1l haze
been decided in caucus by the
time the House conUenes and
Representative Joseph W. ByrnS
wiH probably be given the oath
of office.
With all the details of an or
ganization year, however, the
boys on both sides of the Capt.
tol are going to be rather we'll
occupied on the opening day,
and do not want the President
to bother them with any mes
sage of national importance.
Representative Allen T. Tread
way, of Massachusetts,, ranking
Republican member of the
House Ways and Means Com
mittee, made a careful study of
the attitude toward various
levies before submitting his bill
for a 2A per cent general man.
ufacturerS' sales tax.
Increased opposition to vari-
Gus nuisance taxes now in ef-
feet and the inability of the
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phone lists than in Who's Who
or the Almanac de Gotha.
The class or quality of the
men who hang around her
doesn't matter half so much as
their quantity. Their looks, per-
sonality or intelligence is not
of half so much Importance as
their numbers. What every girl
wants is a CROWD!
To have all her dances "cut
in" on, all her evenings dated
up and her telephone ringing all
day seems to be the roseate
dream and the ultimate ambi-
tion of a girls heart and soul
the sine qua non of her exist
ence!
1t doesn't much matter to her
whether the stag-lines she col
lects are attracted by her
charms or by her fathers we'll.
stocked cellar. whether any of
them take her seriously or
merely take her for granted.
Just so that they come around
and make a good showing"
just so that she APPEARS pop
ular"!
Of course, girls have always
wanted to be popular. The con-
test for masculine admiration
and attention probably began
when the second cave woman
appeared on earth and began
pulling the first cave woman's
hair. The heartaches and tears
and rivalries behind every gilt
tering debutante party and
every holiday dance are among
the tragedies which never get
into the newspapers. They are
beautifully camouflaged by gal
liant smiles.
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Government to collect material
additional revenues from In.
come taxes forced Treadway's
proposal.
He is convinced that there will
be more favor in the House this
session toward his proposal than
ever before.
Throughout the country the
trend toward sales levieS is a
clear indication OF increasing
approval for this method OF
taxation, Representative Tread
wGy belieUeS.
Mississippi has adjusted seri-
Gus financial difficulties in the
State by the use of the sales tax.
In New York city, Mayor Flo
relic LaGuardia, who, while .
member of the House, fought
sales tax proposals, agreed to
the manufacturers levy, and
from all indications it has been
successful.
Governor-elect Harry w. Nice
of Maryland indicates that the
State legislature will be asked
to enact sales tax legislation.
Coincident 1Dith the introduce
tion OF the TreddWGy bill, Chair
man James P. Buchanan of the
House Appropriations Commit
fee nnn0nnceS thnt the neTt
budget wiH be $4,000, 900, 900 for
ordinary expenses OF Govern
n1ent.
Faced with this expense and
a complicated system of taxa
ton now in effect, the Govern
ment should adopt a sales tax
plan, TreadWay believes.
The report submitted by Rob
ert Fechner, director Of the
Civilian Conservation COrpS,
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sphere of bread and butter ana
a little bit of extra jam.
And then I ask you whether
it is not true that a vast num-
ber of all the people are doing
things which they must feel to
be pretty useless, the sort OF
things of which they could say:
Suppose I did not do them.
Would it really matter very
greatly?"
Of course, the world used to
be terribly full of drudgery.
Until the Iron Man came to our
rescue, to replace the slave Of
flesh and blood, the fate of that
slave of flesh and blood was not
a very happy one. But there
was no other way of doing
things. And so he accepted his
fate as something unavoidable,
just as he accepted rain and
sunshine and hunger and thirst.
It had always been that way
and probably always would be
that way. And this conviction
of the unavoida bleness of his
fate gave it a sort of definite
meaning-filled it with a little
glamour-made him feel, in all
his misery, that he played a
useful part, and that in way
he was an indispensable detail
in a scheme of things, the true
meaning of which lay beyond
the sphere of his own reason
ing.
And the Church was there,
and the State was there, to con-
vince him that he was right;
that indeed the very humility of
his task bestowed a certain glory
upon him and upon his children
and upon his mode of living and
thinking.
Good Intentions
The great industrial revolu-
ton, the work Of the most
thorough-going revolutioniSt of
history, James watt, the father
of the steam engine (the "fire-
engine" to his contemporaries
changed all this.
The word "drudgery," so
these hopeful creatures of the
latter half of the eighteenth
century cheerfully predicted,
would now be banished from
the dictionary for all time, and
henceforth people would only
perform useful tasks" The
rest would be left to the mani
mate forces of nature.
But the best of intentions of
mice and machinery sometimes
go "agley." And vast numbers
of people continue to do work
which in their heart of hearts
they must know to be useless.
And the answer to this puz-
Zle?
Alas, that I could not tell
you. But the Lord is still in
His heaven and Franklin D.
Roosevelt is still in the White
House. And so all is well with
the world-and here is a hap
pier New Year to everybody.
Copyright. 1894. by King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
The Washington times., 1934-12-28

"It is very difficult for a
man to be happy when he is
doing something which in his
heart Of hearts he knows to
be useless"
"At the present time a great
many people are forced to do
things in their heart Of hearts
they know to be useless"
Therefore: At the present
time, a great many people are
unhappy" @. E. ID.
I suppose that is the way
good old Baruch de Spinoza,
shivering in his little unheated
attic of the Pavilioensgracht,
would have approached the sub
ject.
And by the way, I just had
an idea. I like to mix my diets.
When the Demon N1Irse r1osi.
The Washington times., 1934-12-28
Marry-Go-ROund
By Helen ROWIand

But never within memory has
the bid for popularity been so
barefaced, so eager, so desperate
as it is today! Never before
have men, just as men," been
so rushed, so pampered, so flat
tered by the female Of the
species. Never have girls been so
breathlessly anxious!
Eligible men and attractive
men have always been in de-
mand. Men as Husbands" and
men as lovers have always been
objects of rivalry among women.
Even as escorts and dinner
guests and dancing partners,
desirable men have always had
their place in the sun. But men
just as DUMMIES and decora.
tions, like the hired gilt chairs
and the potted palms from the
florists, men in squads and
battalions to serve as a "back-
ground" are just a part of the
the new craze for popularity.
Just what kick a girl gets
out of this artificial popularity,
it is hard to see. She knows
and every other girl knows
that it is all stage scenery, and
that it is no tribute to her
charms and no proof of her
personal attractiveness. But
what she doesn't know is that
it is the Surest route to
spinistership.
The one-man girl, who con.
centrates, always walks off
with the prize catch of the
season, while the popularity
mad girl is wasting her time
The Washington times., 1934-12-28
Listen, World!
By Elsie Robinson

after year, handing on the old.
sweet ritual.
And they handed on more
than a flame. Something
winter, taller, brighter flared
with those Christmas candles.
A love for Beauty, a faith in
Truth, and enthusiasm for
brave Adventure that no poverty
can ever dim-that adversely
can't weaken.
Whatever their own secret
doubts or fears or regrets, they
kept life shining for their chill
dren.
Christmas might come but
once a year, but New Chance
came every day. That was their
code-the American code-in
every home in America, from
the grandest mansion to the
simplest hut. All year long, the
candles burned in the hearts
of youth-THEN.
But now?
Are we lighting the candles
for Youth today?
Or are we dimming their can"
dies by our petulance and cow
ardice, our doubt and despair
and sour bad temper?
Faith and enthusiasm are
Youths normal heritage. Never
yet was there a youngster who
did not naturally believe IN
Santa Claus-who was not
naturally confident that he had
within himself the power to
conquer the mean and sickly
things of life-the force to
achieve all good and gracious
gifts.
FAITH OF YOUTH
AND I TRULY BELIEVE
THAT THEY COULD IF
WE'D LET THEM. No matter
how baseless its confidence may
seem, no matter how fantastic
it's dreams, Youth could and
would save the world if we'd
give it as fair deal as our
fathers gave us.
We sneer at that "old-fash-
ioned training'-scoff at its
ignorance anu unfairness.
But in that which was most
escao+jaI tn character they were
not unfair.
They believed in life them
selves-and if their faith was
shattered, they kept 1t to
themselves. They let their chill"
dren believe in life.
THEY HANDED ON THE
LIGHT! DO WE?
copyright, 1894, King Features
Syndicate, Inc.).
The Washington times., 1934-12-28

61OOAkJ4A II Y =
ler's Philosophy of Life Gin the
original German-the American
version is a fake) and I have
been re-reading Spinoza - a
charming menu composed of
the most muddle-headed scrib-
bier of this day and age and
the cleareSt thinker of all time.
PASSING THOUGHT
And then the idea came to
me that Rabbi Stephen Wise
may have found it difficult to
know what to give Hitler as a
Christmas present. Well, why
not the works of Spinoza? OF
course Baruch de Espinoza and
plain Hitler are not quite a
"ebenburtig." The very aristo-
cratic Jew of ancient Portu-
guese lineage might object to
having his works fall into the
hands of this upstart Austrian
plebeian.
But old Baruch had a de"
licious and delicate sense of
humor. Maybe Sam Unter-
meyer has already thought of
it. He is a man who always
thinks of everything. In that
case recommend that Brother
Wise send Hitler a copy of
Erasmus Praise of Folly"
with the pictures of Albrecht
Durer to make it doubly Aryan.
What that word "Aryan"
means, do not know. But
neither does anybody else. So
why worry?
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snow" And your own small
self, lifted by loving hands, to
gasp at the wonder of it all.
Do you remember? Foolish
question! Can you ever forget?
What a fairyland they wrought
for us, out of their meager max"
ings, those dear, lost ones. How
gloriously they illumined our
young world with the candles Of
their own shining faith and
courage!
But how much of that glory
are we handing on?
SWEET RITUAL
It's Mary Roberts Rinehart
asking, in the January issue OF
COSMOPOLITAN m g e.
Mary, the mother-not Mary.
the famous author-writing OF
the days when her own babies
were young. So there's a bit of
a choke between the words,
Mary-maybe a tear-yeS? You
and all of us. And not only
sorrow for the vanishing bright
ness of that yesterday, but un-
easy shame for the darkness Of
today.
NEED 1T BE so DARK?
Years ago, when the first tod.
dler came, Mary Rinehart and
her husband hung the wreaths,
strung the berries, lit the can
dles-remembering.
For, when she was young,
someone had hung wreaths and
lit candles for her. And so, be-
fore that, other forgotten
hands had done the same-year
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been submitted to more .criti-
cism than the average ener-
gency agency advocated by the
President.
Lack of knowledge concerning
its work was largely responsible
for the criticism.
Fechner now comes forth with
the statement that the corps
has accomplished an almost un-
believable amount of work and
from indications his hope for
continuance of the corps will
be realized when Congress
meets.
1884, The Washington Tlmes1
The Washington times., 1934-12-28

S p r u C cred
apples-cide r
- o W S of
fr e S h baked
pies. Twinkle
of tin S e i
glow of pol
ished b a SIS.
And t h e n
The Tree!
" F u l l
branched in
a. or ner.,.
with an an
gel or a star
at the op
a n d cotton
b a t t j n e
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The boys
are going to
be too busy
with their pri-
vate problems
to W orry
a b o u t such
things as the
Pres i d ent'S
message. So
tn y a re
pleased with
the thought
that the Chief
Executive will
not come up
to see them
un til Janu-
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Merit System Advance
The President Approves


Service Commission that employees of emergency agencies
which likely become permanent be banketed into the
civil service should stimulate the effort which will be made
in the new Congress to strengthen the merit system.
Unfortunately that the President approves the
posal does not that it will have easy sailing.
Some shorighted congressman have the idea that the
only way they keep their political organizations intact
by having plenty public jobs to distribute to the faithful
They resent any effort down the number of such
Jobs available AND THEY WILL FIGHT HARD TO KEEP
THEIR PLUMBER.
Whether they would be able to fight successfully against
extending merit system the and
ent agencies President put the full power Of his pres
tge against them is problematical.
All who believe in efficiency in government regretted
that the President did not take firm stand in favor of
the merit system when Congress grinding out the bills
that created these agencies by the gross
His action rather lack of action, didn't be with his
remarks the civil service with his record in favor of the
civil service while governor of New York.
The fact that no attempt made apply the merit
system any of the agencies created to administer the
New Deal HAS PROFESSIONALLY HAMPERED THE
WORK OF MANY OF THESE BUREAUS.
And although it wasn't supposed to have that effect, it
has undoubtedly HURT MANY OF THE JoB-sEEKING
CONGREssMEN POLITICALLY
Because even with the thousands of jobs created
there weren't enough satisfy all of the political hangeson
who thought they should be taken of at the expense Of
the Government
Those who disappointed bound to take that dis
appointment out the Senator Representative who failed
to get them the job they wanted
So becomes question Of whether the Congressman dis
appoints than he pleases Some of them this and
getting rather tired of being tossed about the two
horns
That may help the President what is evidently his
desire to bring order out of the CHAOS THAT IS
GOVERNMENT SERVICE WITHOUT ANY TEST OF
MERIT AND WITHOUT ANY REAL PROTECTION FOR
IT'S employees.
The Republicans in Congress will be given opportunity
to show how they stand the merit system if it is finally
decided to blanket into the civil service these employees
by legislation instead of executive order.
Since most of the jobs have been filled by Democrats and
with Democrats the Republicans might think their duty to
protest against thus giving them civil service protection
BUT WE DON'T THINK THAT THE REPUBLICANS
WILL TAKE SUCH A NARROW VIEW OF THE PROB
LEM We look to them to cooperate in what will be great
step forward in the Government service.
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lively refuses
to f e e d you
anything but
pS (my
grandson and
I now eat the
same things;
the difference
is tn a t h e
likes pap and
I loathe it,
then you have
to m tx your
mental di e t
or go crazy.
And so I have
been reading
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showing that
the corps has
accomplished
w Ork valued
at $291,OOO,.
900 is one of
the first ma
terial s t e p S
t o W a r d ma
tiOnal vindi-
c a on of
Pres i d e n t
r o o Sevelt'S
1T re e plant
erS. ="
Jeered by
o p p o nents,
the CCC has
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Vast Numbers Still AWait the
AnslUer to the Puzzle
Hendrix Willem van Loon V

retarded. Some Of us even find
a few minutes respite from the
rush of life to give a passing
thought to certain ideas that
are outside of our immediate
The Washington times., 1934-12-28

on "duds." All this synthetic
popularity is about as impress
sive as a set of costume
jewerly" from the five-and-ten
and not half as convincing!
The craze was started by the
desperate debutantes and the
man-hunting matrons Of the
social atmosphere-but, alas,
it seems to have permeated
all walks of life, from the
campus to the basement bar
gain-counter!
Copyright, 1894. by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1934-12-28
7/NER R/CAN s OIL

But to return to my Q. E. D.
of the first chapter of this little
essay.
These are the days when the
tempo of our lives is slightly
The Washington times., 1934-12-28
OLD FAVORITES

Song from "Pippa Passes"-By Robert Browning
The years at the spring
And days at the morn;
Mornings at seven;
The hilsides dew-pearled;
The ark's on the wing;
The snaps on the thorn;
Gods in his heaven
ALPS right with the world!
(ReGders nvited to send to the editor their sug-
gesonS of old favortes among the poems for reprntg
in this space) A . y,Ax..
The Washington times., 1934-12-28
Words of Wise Men

Nothing astonishes men so
much as common sense and
plain dealings.-Emerson.
The ripest peach is highest on
the tree.-Riley.
The Washington times., 1934-12-28
The Greatest Show
On Earth
BY John Snure, T.

President Roosevelt Is not
wanted on Capitol Hill on Janu-
ary when Congress convenes.
The Washington times., 1934-12-28

I will be as harsh as truth
and as uncompromiSing as JUS
tice.-GarriSon.
The faith that stands on au-
thority Is not faith.-Emerson.
The Washington times., 1934-12-28
Synthetic Popularity"

Synthetic Popularity"
Today, life; for a girl, ap-
pears to be just one long ''popu-
larity contest!
She would rather be "popu-
lar" than President. She would
almost rather be popular than
married. She would rather be
rushed by the stag-line than be
elected to the Hall of Fame.
She would rather be on 20 tele-
The Washington times., 1934-12-28

Lest this poison growth transplanted
From the Old Worlds shores to ours
Shall encompass our destruction,
Root and branch we must destroy it.
The Washington times., 1934-12-28
Have We Lighted a Candle?

The bright, still darkness of
the waiting rooms. The cold
sharp smell of holly, pine and
The Washington times., 1934-12-28

When the Demon Nurse posi-
Evening star., 1934-12-16
CENTER SYMPHONY
TO PLAY TUESDAY
60-Piece Orchestra to Give Pro.
gram of Semi-classical and
Popular Numbers.

A program comprising Semi-classical
and popular numbers will be played
by the instrumental ensemble of
more than so local professional and
semi-professional players. under the
direction of Bailey F. Alart, at the
second public rehearsal Tuesday
night at $3.50 o'clock in Central High
School auditorium. This was an
nounced today by the Advisory Board
of the Community Center Civic Sym
phony Orchestra, which is sponsored
by the Community Center Department
of the Public Schools of the District.
Tuesday nights concert will be the
second in Winter series. The third
is scheduled for January. Inasmuch
as the full strength of the orchestra
has not yet been reached, officials
today invited other musicians to join.
Next weeks program will feature
numbers by Dvorak, Puccini, Wolf
Ferrari, Strauss and Thirty Minutes
of Victor Herbert" with vocal solo,
ist being heard in selection from
1.-THE Dream Girl"
The Advisory Board includes DR.. E.
N. c. Barnes, Mrs. Henry I. Quinn,
E. ]. Murphy, Mrs. Edwin B. Parker,
James G. Yaden, Miss M. Edith Coul-
son, Mrs Edith H. Hunter, John B.
Colpoys, Louis A. Potter, Mrs. Cert
rude McRae Nash, Mrs. Eugene Meyer,
Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, Mrs. Will
liam H. King, Mrs. C. Marshall Finnan,
Miss Lisa Gardiner, Miss Bess Davis
Schreiner. Claude w. Owen, Thomas
p. Littiepage, Isaac Cans and others
well known in the Capital City's music
circles.