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The Washington times., 1934-12-24
Listen, World!
By Elsie Robinson

and a merry wig-wag Of q
handle.
There is no cleverness in It.
but it is stout enough to serve
the plainest need and as gay
as the carols which will break
at midnight. And the white
candle in it, though of cheapest
tallow, burns with a little sing
ing flame.
And I knew when I saw It
that here was what I needed.
1 had wanted something that
would be a true signal of love.
Surely this was it.
For that was how love came
always. Not through wealth.
or pride, or power, or any
cleverness. But out of the
hearts deep hunger-through
simple service.
HOW LOVE CAME
And I thought of that young
mother, bending over her Baba,
with the glory of their love
spreading out in a sweet radt
ance over the shabby manger.
the huddled brutes, the coarse
rafters of the low, dark cave
And of the poor shepherds,
crouching by their fire, hearing
that strange new song of jus
tice and peace
And of the white star, burn
ing, burning, till its gleam
filled all the world
Yes, that was how love came.
A Babe in a manger. A
watcher by fire. A white
star shining in a dark and
lonely sky. And q poor man
twisting a scrap of common
tin.
So tonight, when the sky
is deep blue as an altar cloth,
and the stars burn bright 40
censers. and a song goes swing
ing up and down the chilly
streets, I will light that cam
die in the window where he
used to pass.
And somehow I know that
no matter how far away he
may be, my dear boy will see
it-and come.
Copyright. 1884 by King Features
Syndicate, Inc)
The Washington times., 1934-12-24

dered his men and boats on
the Atlantic to use every ef-
fort to prevent the rum ships
from slipping in to shore to
unload spirituous cargoes.
Strangely enough, it is the
Atlantic Coast that is being
patrOlled almost exclusively by
the liquor craft.
There are some ships in the
Gulf but none on the West
Coast SO far as the Coast
Guard knows.
The Coast Guard attributes
this fact to the condition that
permits short run from for
eign ports, to the East Coast.
Although the liquor runners
are particularly interested in
the Christmas trade. they UiL
not return to their home ports
until shortage of fuel forces
them to set sail.
So active is the Coast Guard
in keeping a check on the rum
ships that it is often the case
that their coal or oil runs low
and forces them to head for
home with their cargoes of liquor
still aboard.
1t is true, however, that some
ships manage to slip in small
part of their cargoes but the
amount Smuggled is negligible.
And, as far as the Coast Guard
is concerned, the rum runners
will not be given the Christmas
present of an eased patrol on
December rs.
Miss Mary O'Reilly, assistant
director of the Mint, is taking
q UGc1tion.
For the first time in several
years, the charming gray-haired
The Washington times., 1934-12-24
Words of Wise Men

I will praise any man thai
will praise me.-ShakeSpeare.
I have sworn with my tongue,
but my mind is unSWorn.-
Cicero.
The uneducated man is a carl
cature of himself .-Schlegel.
But learn that to die is debt
that we all must learn to pay
Euripides.
No one finds faults with de-
fects which are the result OF
nature.-Aristotle.
Certainly nothing is unnatuT'
al that is not physically I'M
possible-Sheridan.
Though patience be a tired
mare, yet she will plod.-Shake-
speare.
The magic of property turns
sand into gold.-Young.
A little nonsense now and
then is relished by the wisest
men.-Walpole.
The Washington times., 1934-12-24
A Real New Deal Bill
Improving Government Service

The American Of Labor has decided to attack the
program at the Of Government
workers on a broad and comprehensive basis.
The prepared the recent conference Of organiza
tons of Government employees affiliated with the Federation
goes the whole route W1P1NG OUT THE VARIOUS ECON
oMY PROVISIONS made effective in recent years
That way thinking the proper method Of attack
ing evil condition which has resulted in placing TREMEN
DoUs FINANCIAL AND SOCIAL HARDsHIPs on the thou
sands of men and women who work for Uncle Sam.
The Government worker has taken awful beating
suit the socaed economy program HE HAS BEEN THE
VICTIM OF DEPRESSING FORCE WHICH KEPT PUSH
ING HIM DOWN while others forces trying to lift the
other workers up.
He was ground and still being ground oppos
ing forces of general economic pickup throughout the
try and general economic dropdown in his group
Most people when they think of the economy act legislation
consider that the only thing in that legislation that hurt the
Government worker the paycut.
That unfortunately not true Many Of the Government
poye suffered losses money than the loss
which they encountered through the direct pay-cut.
These Supplemental CUTS accomplished in a number
ways Some resulted from the destruction of the promotion
system taking from the workers the advancementS in position
and salary to which they entitled and which had been
impliedly guaranteed them.
penses. AND THEN THERE WAS THE VERY REAL PAY
CUT WHICH CAME ABOUT THROUGH THE REDUCTION
IN REAL WAGES AS PRICES WENT UP.
The bill which the American Federation of Labor now
poses for consideration Of Congress when meets month
takes all of the various ashs which have been
Government workers. It aims at the apparent we'll
concealed
Naturally the bill provides first for the restoration of
remaining five cent of Government salaries of January
That Of the first objective in the effort give the
Government employees DECENT DEAL.
The other sections of the deal allowances
renvgorang the classification system and restoration of
motions.
There isn't section of the bill that while designed primarily
to aid the Government workers individuals would not also
strengthen and improve the efficiency of the Government
ice whole.
The of organization the world can do its best
work long it is dscontented working under unco
portable circumstances CONDITIONS IN THE GOVERN
MENT SERVICE IN RECENT YEARS HAVE BEEN ABOM-
Unable.
we look for an Improvement under the Congress and
tns Federation Of Labor bill points the way bring
that improvement.
The Washington times., 1934-12-24

Confidence placed in anothA9
often compelS confidence in 70
turn.-Livy.
1t is a king1y action, believe
me, to come to the help oE
those who are fa1len.-Ovid.
1t is foolish to fear what
cannot be avoided.-Syrus,
He that loves to be flattered
is worthy of the flatterer-
Shakespeare.
Satisfy a few: to please many
is bad.-Schiller.
'Tis the good reader thai
makes the book.-Emerson.
Necessity is stronger far than
art.-Aeschylus.
Books are men Of higher
stature.-BroWning.
You have made this hash:
it is for you to swallow it all.
Terence.
The Washington times., 1934-12-24
Ideas Making for Happiness
Add Test to Life

court had completely ruined the
prosperity of its own nation.
And yet, that same French court
had done exactly that which
makes you praise your young
friend as one of mankind'S bene-
factors. by keeping money in
circulation by system Of spend
ing"
Where your young friend
spends her hundreds of thou
sands, Marie Antoinette and her
merry playmates had spent their
millions and tens of millions.
There was not a single useless
pursuit upon which the courtierS
of Louis XVI (of blessed mem
ory) had not wasted barrels OF
francs. If you will read your
Renan (entirely reliable upon
that particular part of the Revo-
lution you will find the sta
tiSticS.
Everybody in Versailles had
but one purpose in life-to spend
a maximum of money in mini
mum of time. Nevertheless,
France sank into a dismal abyss
of bankruptcy. If your doctrine
were correct, the French people
of the eighteenth century should
have been the happieSt and most
prosperous of all nations. In
reality they went Wltnout
clothes, without shoes, without
food, and they lived in novels IN
which you would refuse to house
your pigs.
Apparently. therefore, there
must be a flaw somewhere IN
your reasoning.
UNDERSTANDING
Many years, my dear madam,
7 gave up being schoolmaster,
and, though it would be a proud
thing to convert a person OF
YOUR intelligence, I must not
even think of trying to do such
thing. But, now that you
have returned to our happy
shores, and now that Christmas
is so near, may I suggest that
you ask one of your friends for
a little book that contains a
great deal of enlightenment
upon this one particular sub
ject? 1t was written by a very
wise and kindly man, a certain
Thorstein Veblen. 1t is called
the Theory of the Leisure
Class"
Veblen himself, alas, is dead.
But his ideas today are more
alive than ever. And those ideas
make for happiness. They sud-
denly make you realize us that
the sort of world 1 am living
in?" And they add a zest to
life that can only come from a
true understanding Of ones own
relations toward ones less for
tunate neighborS.
I am, as I already stated, in
debted to you for a great many
things. Will you add to these
favors by getting that little book
and making me, even more than
ever before, your very humble
and obedient servant,
HENDRIX WILLEM VAN
LOON.
copyright. 1894. by King Features
Syndicate, IncJ
The Washington times., 1934-12-24

revolution in her spare time. In
ten minutes the San Francisco
earthquake will put an end to
the picture, God willing.
I need hardly go on, even II
you have. You will see that, once
you are started off, it doesn't
make much difference what the
characters say. You are sitting
pretty with your own little story
and you'd be surprised at how
often it works out to make
sense. At least, it keeps you
guessing.
Another good way is to get
them to run the picture off
backwards in fast motion. This
gets you to the newsreel quicker.
Copyright 1894. by King Features
syndicate, IneD
Articles By Robert BenchIey
appear each Monday, WedneS-
day and Thursday.
The Washington times., 1934-12-24

history are those of nature. ap-
piled to the human race.
Now these are the words you
spoke in your interview:
"My young friend has been
criticized for spending money.
She can't help having the money.
Would people have her put it in
vaults, or in box under an at
tic board? Do they ever consider
the fact that her free spending
keeps money in circulation and
gives employment to many? /
don't know much about ecOnOm-
les, but it seems like good sense
to believe money in circulation
stimulates prosperity
You have spent 10 years Of
your young life in Paris. Un.
doubtedly you have gone out to
The Washington times., 1934-12-24
These Infant Einsteins
Not To Be Envied

Little Willie who prefers playing baseball in vacant lot
and little Mary who prefers the to her school home
work probably have better chance of being happy and
may successful in adult life than the two little prodgs
one from Brooklyn and from Manhattan-who have
been found to be 'as smart as Einsten''
Julie w. Neumann director of the Brooklyn Ethical Culture
points out that such precocous mental stars have real
handicaps They face problems of social adjustment
child is abreast of the other children of his or her
age he she has better chance life than minority who
are far ahead and the minority who are far behind
The Washington times., 1934-12-24

ber the days
W h e n your
beauty a n d
charm W e r e
the pride Of
the American
stage. In a
world SO drab
and colorless,
anyone W h o
OO SNA4SAOAOAJ
c o n t ributed
to the sum
total of our
b e a u t y b E.
comes, in a
sense, a pub
lie he q
The Washington times., 1934-12-24

Mr. Powers evidently saw red when he made the above
cartoon.
1t WILL think, make all other AMERICANS see red
also when they reflect that this is the kind of Christmas
we could expect here if Communist agtators had
their way with this country.
Americans are satisfied with their kind of Christ
mas-that of holly and pine trees of gifts and joy of
peace on earth good will to men.
The Washington times., 1934-12-24
A Yankee Ballet
WhNNOt2

The School of American Ballet according to its Sponsors
am to be national school every of the word The
repertory will be drawn from American sources social and
historic
We already have vigorous native development of all the
other fine artsarchtecture painting drawing sculpture
poetry music and drama With the creation of native dance
school the best ballet tradition America of having
domesticaed all of the arts and shaken off its dependence
foreigners
The Washington times., 1934-12-24

They can no advantage in exchanging it for Rus
sian Christmas where whole people crnge under the
lash of olgarchy and where hundreds are brutaly
shot down for presuming to think differently from their
masters.
And perhaps the suggestion is in order that the best
Christmas present they could give the Reds their midst
Yule spirit is repugnant to Communist ideas and
t'ideals"
The Washington times., 1934-12-24

perhaps you'll
t h i n k t h e
candleStick is
the grandest
I could buy.
Jeweled gold,
wrought sill
yer, or a shin
ing cry S tai
shaft. But it
is n t. It's
made of tin.
A poor man
made it. He
was only an
i G n or a n t,
M e X i C a n
neon but he
The Washington times., 1934-12-24
The Greatest Show
On Earth
Bu John Snure, T.

official has found time to slip
away from the cares of her Of
flee and the office is noticing .
severe loss of her services.
OF the Mint officials, Miss
O'Reilly has the keenest knOwL
edge of the functions of the
bureau.
This year has been a particu-
larly trying one.
From all indications at the
closing of the calendar year,
records ,UtH ShoW the greatest
coinage in history OF the mint.
With the United States off
the gold standard, it was neces-
sary to mint larger amount Of
silver coins than ever before.
So Miss O'Reilly was entitled
to rest.
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, jr., is spend
ing the Christmas holidays with
his entire family at their place.
Fishkill Farms, in Duchess
county, New York.
The MOrgenthaus are one OG
the many Cabinet families leav-
ing Washington for Christina.
When the Martin Aircraft
Corporation at Baltimore was
preparing to test the new giant
amphibian plane that is to go
into South American service the
other day a group of newspaper
men and photographers gathered
in the board room OF the
factory.
From out of some pocket
came a deck of cards and in
short order a game Of black
The Washington times., 1934-12-24

agent who knows about II, ana
the young man is a mulatto
whose mother is a slave who
is hidden in the cellar"
You walk in on a police IN
spector confronting young
woman in silk water-Wings. He
is saying:
"Tf Lewis Barkley isn't guilty,
then where was he when his
coat was in the room down.
stairs with Baretti's bOdy?"
And the girl is saying:
"I never was more spurious In
all my life, Inspector"
Your turn: The girl is a re-
porter. She wants to shield the
inspector (who really did IT'D be-
cause she knows that he is her
father. The servant in the back
ground is fomenting a Mexican
The Washington times., 1934-12-24

jack W a in
progress.
AS the deal
er slipped the
cards to t h e
gamblers the
door suddenly
flew open and
in W a | k e d
Glenn M a r
tin, president
Of t he COM
pany.
So m e o n e
shouted:
"a S e a t is
Open!"
The Washington times., 1934-12-24

At least 80
vessels have
been spotted
and are be-
in 6 watched
by the ever
alert c a S t
G u a r d t o
prevent them
from landing
C hri S t mas
cheer.
The Coast
Guard c o M
m a n d a n t,
Rear Admiral
H. G.. Ham
-
The Washington times., 1934-12-24
DR.. DafOe Advises Parents
'SDon't Excite Your Child" He Saws

Little Dr. Dafoe is celebrity nowadays But he's wise
doctor first and always He proved it the other day when he
vetoed the idea of being photographed with year old
child.
The way prepare child for the healthy resistance he
will need to the exctements of this exciting to give
him little excitement possible, the doctor implied
Parents who their children out do paror tricks for
guests doing them good.
The Washington times., 1934-12-24

I have not, my dear madam,
the honor of knowing you per-
sonally. But, heaven be praised,
I am young enough to remem.
The Washington times., 1934-12-24
A Christmas CandI,

In the best window of all
the one where he used to pass
Il have put a candle. And
The Washington times., 1934-12-24

There is increased Christmas
activity among the rum run
nerS off the Atlantic Coast.
The Washington times., 1934-12-24

Mr.. Martin Glenn Martin
glanced around, pondered the
situation, but refused to enter
the game.
Copyright. 1884. The Washington Timss1
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1934-02-09

them to Victor Meekins, Manteo,
N. c. Mr.. Meekins said that
he had recently received a gift
of about so books from the pub
fishers of Golfers Weekly.
The Fourth Estate Club has
a house on the beach at Nag's
Head. Newspaper men who
own shares in it will go there in
the summer, each owner for a
holiday period. Not only in the
summer. however. Roy Parker
and another newspaper man and
their families spent Christmas
week there. They had plenty
of wood to burn and enjoyed
themselves sitting around the
fireplace
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1934-02-09
Club Seeks Books
Chapel Hill Authors Works Wanted
by Fourth Estate Organization

Don't you have a lot of people
here in Chapel Hill who write
books?" asked Victor Meekins of
Manteo, sheriff Of Dare county,
when he was in the village last
Saturday.
Eyes, Chapel Hill is just lousy
with authors" replied the per-
son questioned. What about
'em? What do you want to do
with 'em?"
well. | thought maybe some
of them might like to give some
of their books to the newspaper
mems club we are setting up
down a$-sNag's Head. You tell
EN- about it
And so the editor does. Any
author who wants to give books
to this organization, called the
Fourth Estate Club, can send
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1934-02-09
Work of C.W.A. on Tennis Courts
Will Give University Fine Layout

courts into good condition for
play.
AS foundation for the all
weather surface a 4-inch layer of
crushed rock will be placed upon
the clay. This will be packed
down by a heavy steam-roller,
and then the layer of asphalt
will be applied. This type of
court has met successfully, else
where, the severest tests of
weather and use.
Twelve courts at the west end
of the layout, the end nearest
the campus, will be kept as dirt
courts. These will include the
group reserved for the varsity.
The ground will be sloped so that
the water will drain off toward
the net; it will sink into the
ground at the net and be carried
off by underground pipes. Among
the all-weather courts will be
one, with a cement surface, for
varsity practice
In the past there has been
some complaint that, while the
varsity courts were kept in good
condition, the courts for the ma
jority of the student players
were neglected. The athletic
authorities have resolved to have
all the courts taken good care of
in the future.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1934-02-09

Among the C.W.A projects in
Chapel Hill is the reconstruc-
ton of most of the University
tennis courts and the improve
ment of a few that do not need
to be reconstructed. There will
be az courts altogether. About
25 will be of the all-weather
type, with asphalt surfaces.
When the job is done we ex-
pect to have one Of the best col
legiate tennis court layouts in
the United States" says G. Wal
lace Smith, engineer in charge.
The work on the courts should
be completed in d month or So
Passers-by in the last few
DAYS have observed an intricate
web OF pipes lying on 1reSnly
overturned clay. These are for
the new drainage system. Some
Of the courts did not have a sat
isfactory run-off; in conse-
Quence, they were slow in drying
after rain, and players were
constantly slipping and sliding.
Henceforth the slope on every
court will be so adjusted that
the water will not stand, and the
pipes underground will take
away the water that soaks in.
And so it will take only a short
period of dryness to put the
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1934-02-09
Number Of Don .Juans i'm Ahoslxe Was
Grossly Exaggerated by Informant of
Sunday School Leader. Thinks Parker

the paper" he said, "and she be-
gan to express doubts as to
whether | was one of the three
men to whom the doctor gave a
clean bill. She said when | left
home in the evening | always
had some story about going to
"a meeting, and she didn't be-
lieve people were having so
many meetings in Ahoskie, and
what meeting was | going to to-
night, anyway? | finally salts
fed her that this was a genuine
meeting, so here | am; a little
late, but here"
Some of the citizens, when
they read the piece, were moved
to ask: How about the doctor
himself There are three preach
ers in Ahoskie; if they are as
sumed to have proper matri-
monial records, and if the doc
tors informant was correct in
saying there were only three
good husbands, then that would
seem to leave the doctor out
among the suspects
Mr. Parker, when he left
Chapel Hill to return home, did
not seem to be alarmed lest his
neighbOrs Ostracize him for
putting such a scandalous thing
in the paper. He said that he
thought they would all agree
that the doctors informant had
spoken carelessly and had gross
ly exaggerated the number If
Don Juans in Ahoskie.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1934-02-09

Roy Parker, editor of the
Hertf0rd County Herald of
Ahoskie, and Victor Meekins of
Manteo were here Thursday
night and Friday. The two east
erners came to the Piedmont to
tell some of the newspaper men
Of the region about the recently
established Fourth Estate Club
at Nag's Head
They dropped in at my home,
and in the course of the conver-
sation we happened to touch
upon the circumstance that now
and then readers disapprove Of
something that appears in the
paper.
That's one reason | was sort
q glad to leave home at this
week end" said Mr.. Parker.
Something Slipped into the pa
Der that | didn't know anything
about until after it appeared,
and | was the object Of some
nasty looks along the street
1t happened this way:
Mr.. Parker has an assistant
who goes about soliciting sub
scriptions and also gathering
bits of news which go into a
column called Pickings, This as
sistant heard talk made by a
Sunday school superintendent,
a physician of the town, on the
subject of peacemakers. The
speaker voiced the suspicion
that there were perhaps as many
peacebreakers in Ahoskle as
there were peacemakers, and
then he said that somebody had
told him that there were not
more than three married men in
town who didn't have sweet
hearts outside of their own
households.
1t was these few words, re-
lating to the alleged phllander-
ing habits of AhOskie's hus-
bands. that stirred up talk. The
reporter tucked the paragraph
about the doctors remarks into
the column, Pickings, and it
went to the linotype, was set up,
and got into the paper. Mr..
Parker can't see everything
that is next to impossible, even
for the most Watchful editor,
when copy is coming In at the
last minute and there is a Dig
hurry to get to press.
Mr.. Parker didn't know any
thing about the report Of the
doctors Sunday school talk until
he went downtown to a supper
of the building and loan direc-
tors. One of the young married
men on the board was late, and
when he turned up he said it
was wonder that he got there
at all.
my wife read that thing in
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1934-02-09

Japanese authors who write
about war with the United
States are in accord with pub
fishers who depend on sensa-
tional fiction to yield best SELL
ers.-Wdshlngton Star.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1934-02-09

Quash is good word and
should be used outside court
rooms. Every stern parent
should try to quash his off
spring now and then.-Ei Dor
ado (Kan.) Times.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1934-02-09

have people working who rever work
ed before.-Mobae (Ala.) Register.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1934-02-09

If the CWA continues its activities
for several months longer. it will
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1934-02-09

Witnesses who have seen the
Loeb Ness sea serpent are evi-
IDENTIFY sober fellows. They
don't claim to have seen two
Detroit NeWS.