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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-26
East, WIeSt Hame;5 Best
Bv Robert BenchIey

chairs and a sideboard in it,
hasn't it? What does she want
"a Steaming roast OK spread
out for her0
Its not very light, is it?"
cts light enough for you, old
girl! You can stand a few
shadows with that panD
"It might be a little more
cheerful with other curtains"
zone Of the reasons you want to
leave may have been the dark
dining room, but it now seems
like a sun-parlor to you. Other
curtains, indeedD
Then they pass on into the
kitchen, where they think they
are out of ear-shot.
"Helma would never work
here, I know" (And who is
Helma to refuse to work in your
kitchen? Better cooks than
Helma have managed to whip
themselves into working there0
Then you hear an "Ugh!" No
remark-just an "Ugh!" There
certainly is nothing in that
kitchen to go ugh" about, un-
less she has got into the ice
box and doesn't like cold beets.
She'd better get out of that ice
box, or you'll have the police on
her. She's not renting cold
beets from you. She's not rent
ing anything from you, If you
have your way. You're going to
star right there yourself.
AS they come back, surprising
you at your pillow-patting, you
ask if they want to have you
show them the bedrooms. The
woman smiles a nasty smile and
says no, they won't put you to
that trouble, as they have almost
decided Can exchange of glances)
that the place is not quite large
enough for them. They have
little girl, you see. Well, 1t
must be pretty big little girl
to crowd them in a place this
size. Pretty big, and pretty dis
agreeable.
So they leave, with polite
thanks which do not fool you Tor
a minute, and you come back
into the dear little nest that you
call Home. and that you are 60
ing to call Home for at least a
year, God willing.
But you do take a little LOOK
into the kitchen to see what
that ugh" was for.
Copyright. 1894, by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
Articles by Robert BenchLey
appear each Monday, WedneS'
day and Friday.
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was under the Jurisdiction of the
Interior Department and not
under the Department of JUS
time. Consequently, Ickes could
remove him from office.
Although Ickes termed it a
"one-man inquiSitiOn," Judge T.
Weber Wilson, United States
district judge, seemed to think
it logical to investigate reports
of alleged corruption in public
works administration in the
islands.
There had been repeated COM
plants of graft and, despite Mr..
Baer's removal, there are more
allegations.
Island papers said:
ut is depIorabIe that work
done by our public works de-
partment should so often carry
the earmark of inefficiency."
9" Some of the home
stead houses are leaking terri
bly,. The workmanship in some
of these places is said to be so
rotten the persons for whom
they were built hesitate to Oc-
cupy them"
ut is only known that Gov.
Paul Nj. Pearson is public works
administrator. AS such, the pub
lie is calling on the governor to
look into the rOttennesS that
exists in this department and
clean up the mess so that honest
and capable men may be Sc
cured in their rights and that
topheaviness, inefficiency, and
extravaganza should cease"
From all reports, Baef went
ahead with his investigation
with the approval of Judge
Wilson.
On one occasion, Republican
Governor Pearson said:
"The Government attorney
advised me that he was proceed
ing to take dispositions in con-
nectiOn with reported irregu-
larities in the public works de-
partment. 1 advised the Gov
eminent attorney at that time
that The Government would CO.
operate with him in every way
in uncOvering any Irregularities
which might exist.
"The investigation has re-
suited in the arrest of two per-
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No list of the 10 greatest
mortals of all time would be
complete if it did not include
the name of K'ung Fu-Tzu. bet
ter known to the western world
as Confucius, which is nothing
more than the Latin for "K'ung
the Philc-- opher."
For $500 years now, gener-
alton after generation, count.
less millions of human beings
have accepted as their religion,
their code of ethics, their only
education, the principles of
right, conduct and government
which Confucius set down five
centuries before the dawn Of
the Christian era.
1t is rather significant that
the Nationalist government of
China is this year, for the first
time since the overt row of the
monarchy. celebrating the BIRTH
day of Confucius as a national
holiday.
The sage always had been a
favorite of the dynasties which
stressed his teachings of obedi-
ence to authority, even if they
did cast aside his equally i'm
portant principles of honesty
and justice for those who would
govern. For this reason when
the new deal came to China two
decades ago, the revolutionaries,
the moderns and the radicals
turned away from old gods and
old PHILOSOPHERS, which, to them,
seemed to have no place in the
twentieth century.
However, the new order has
not worked we'll. Continuous
civil war, the partition Of the
country, and its economic plight
have turned the minds of the
men and leaders to searching
for some safe anchorage for the
state, for some standards to
which the masses might rally.
hence the revival of Confu-
cianism with the official sane.
ton of Marking. 1t is a return
for China to the standard of the
golden rule since K'ung the
Sage built his code of ethics and
morals on the maxim: What
you do not like when done to
yourself, do not do to others"
Widespread and erroneous is
the impression that ConfuciuS
was a religious teacher and the
founder of a sect or cult. He
never claimed divine inspiration
and he has never been deified.
He neither spoke of a hereafter,
nor did he teach one. In fact,
when a disciple questioned him
on this score his answer was:
while you do not know life
what can you know about
death?"
He limited his sphere to the
China of his day, with no idea
of regard of the future. He
did speak of Heaven, practiced
the alteration of ancestors and
was respectful of the spiritual
side of life, but almost entirely
he was concerned with the bet
terment of his fellow man and
the cause Of good government.
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your bare feet, or have half your
face covered with lather. You
may have thought that you kept
the place fairly tidy, but the
minute the lockers" come in the
door, it takes on, even in your
eyes, the appearance Of a house
in one of William Faulkner's
novels where poor mountain
whites have been in-breeding
and cooking pork-chopS for gen.
erations. You can tell that it
wouldn't surprise them to see an
old sheep stagger out of a
corner.
Then they begin. You try to
pay no attention, and to. give
them the run of the place by
themselves, but you hear them
whispering. or see them ex-
change glances. It's those
glances that get your back up,
whatever you may pretend to
be doing while they are looking
land it usually is something
spurious, like winding your
watch or patting down sofa
cushions which don't need pat
ting), you are burning up as you
go through the motions.
IT suppose this Is the dining
ROOM" the woman says. (She
supposeS it is the dining room!
It's got a dining room table and
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LISTEN, WORLD
By Elsie Robinson

TO MY OWN SELF I CRY,
THAT I, MYSELF, MAY
COME TO MY OWN AID.
Help me to be true to that
that which I do know
OF beauty. wisdom, strength
and righteousness.
Help me cast off the laziness
and the fear,
The spite, conceit, stupidity
and greed
Which blinds my eyes and trap
my foolish feet.
Force me to see myself just as
I am
Until I'm shamed and sickened
by the sight
Then set new visions flaming
in my soul,
New clean rebellions pounding
in my brain.
Until, through pain and fury I
shall slowly come
To be the woman I have
longed to be.
The way is dark, but at least
can be
True to that Inner Self which
I do know,
Loyal to that beauty I do IN
derStand,
And strong to keep the faith
with my own heart.
That is my prayer as to my
Self I cry
HELP ME TO BE AS TALL
AS MY OWN SELF.
copyright, 1894. by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
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By Nelson Harding

inculcate into the youth the
principles of right conduct and
right government.
He had nothing new to tell
them, for he was not an origi-
nator. Rather he was the
trans.1litter of the doctrines OF
the ancients, which by study he
had resurrected from oblivion.
Such things as these he taught:
"A model ruler makes model
people"
mot more surely does the
grass bend before the wind than
the masses yield to the will Of
those above them"
what the superior man seeks
is in himself; what the small
man seeks is in Others"
"a pCOr man who does not
flatter, and a rich man who is
not proud are pasSable char
acters; but they are not equal
to tn, poor who yet are cheer
full and the rich who yet love
the rules of prOpriety."
His fame went abroad
through the land, and his fol
lowers became legion. The
primo of his province took him
as counsellor and made him a
magistrate. Ancient Chinese
paintings show him in his robes
and headdress, a broad Buddha-
like figure with the rattail mus
tachioS and bearded chin. No
doubt he was a remarkable
judge, but perhaps it is only
legend that he abolished all
crime within his jurisdiction
and, as a result, was able to do
away with the police.
This last may have been an
offshot of his philosophy as it
was later to be part of the
creed of others. such as Kro-
potkin, who saw no need Of
laws or enforcement agencies.
He died at 70 in the year 4S9
B. C..
His teachings would have
passed with him had it not
been for a small group OF
disciples who continued to
pass them on to their children
and children's children until
the time of Christ, when the
imperial government gave
recognition to his philosophy
and nurtured it down to our
own day.
The times were troubled in
the age of Chou, third Chinese
dynasty. when the people
turned to K'ung Fu-Tzu, the
sage of Chufou. The times are
troubled now in the age of the
first Chinese Republic, and the
people turn to the great mound
of the cemetery in the prov
ince of Shantung which holds
the dust of Confucius and
which bears this inscription:
THE most Sagely ancient
teacher: the all-accomplished,
all-informed king"
Copyright. 1884, by King Features
Syndicate, nc.)
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The Greatest Shoe
On Earth
By John Snure, Jr.

sons on charges involving theft
Of public works material and
the padding of pay rolls.
prior to these arrests l re-
quested the Secretary of In
terror to send to St. Thomas
Immediately an investigator
from the department to assist in
the investigation Of the public
works department, which was
being conducted by the Govern
ment attorney"
But Ickes calls it an unwar.
ranted "one-man inquiSition."
James A. Moffett, Federal
Housing Administrator, doesn't
believe in running his outfit
along customary government
lines.
He recalls some of the ad-
miniStrative tactics of the
Standard Oil Company in which
he was a vice president and is
putting them to work in the
FILA.
Although, as in all Govern.
ment agencies, patronage
seekers find jobs for friends in
Housing, these favored folk are
not on the same plane as ap-
pointees in most other agencies.
They have to work.
All typiStS, clerks, and Steno0-
rdphers are put on a strict "pro-
duction basis"
They are allotted certain
amount of work and are e.
pected to do it or furnish the
reason for their failure.
And any reason they give
must be good.
Repeated excuses don't go
over with the boss.
No wOrk-nO job.
It's a business outfit.
Some time ago there appeared
a book entitled Virgins In
Cellophane."
It dealt with affairs around
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-26
All the Fault of the Men
Says a Woman

Miss Lillian D. Rock secretary of the National Asso-
citation of Women Lawyers has discovered what's
wrong with the world.
It's all the fault of the men,
men," she says, 'have been the sole arbiters of
human affairs all too long.
That is why this world of ours, place that should
be saturated with joy, is so fraught with Sadness"
Miss Rock feels pretty badly about it, but she has
hope that there will be a change soon.
Within her lifetime she expects to some brilliant
make her way from the ballot box to the Pres
dency.' Within 10 years she expects to see woman
Vice President or she Twill be sadly Disappointed
We agree with Miss Rock that women have not had
their rights in the past but from the merely masculine
point Of view hardly see that this is the case
now.
There is Mrs Roosevelt who has enlarged the sphere
Of First Lady, to its present dimensions.
There is Miss Perkins, a Cabinet member.
There is Miss Robinson, high in the affairs of the
Blue Eagle.
And there is Miss Booth, general chief of the
Salvation Army controlling thousands of Soldiers on
both sides of the Atlantic.
At this rate of progress don't think that the ladies
need to worry much about their rights. And we think
that the men ought to begin to!
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In case your house or apart
ment has begun to pail on you,
and you are getting sick of the
same old moulding and thu same
old windows every day, just
notify an agent that he may
bring people around to look the
place over for rental. You'll
want to stay then, just out of
spite.
People who are doing what is
known as looking at" an apart
ment are unpleasant people in
the very nature of things. They
are passing judgment on a
place in which you have. for
better or for worse, been living
for some time. There's an in.
suit. right there.
In the first place, they always
come Ito look" when you are in
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cars around the Capitol.
So, when Senator Borah left
town, he had it placed on jacks
in the Senate Office Building
garage.
1t was shined to a perfect
luster. The motor was left in
tiptop shape.
Then it was wrapped in q 81
gantic paper bag to keep the
dust off the polish.
Just another example Of Mr..
BOrah having things Gin the
bag"
Copyright, 1894. The Washington
Times)
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Perhaps that Power in me is
really God. Perhaps it is some
mysterious reserve fund of hui
man energy. I do not know.
And I have stopped asking.
But I pray-conStantly.
I pray to the wisdom and
truth and beauty in me which
I do know pray to my Bet
ter Self. And my prayers are
answered.
Today am giving you one OF
my prayers. It may not help
you in the least. But if it does,
I'm glad.
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when I pray.
But I know
this
That often
when I am
tired and dis
couraged and
hard pressed
I need to
pray. And I
have found
by experience
that there is
power enough
in my own
self to help
me-if 1 hon
estly want to
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the Capitol.
None knows
whether Sen
ator William
E. Borah re-
C e We d the
idea from it,
but he appar-
emily believes
in pu t t in 6
things in a
S u b S t antial
wrapping.
His is one
of the best
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-26

In diSmiSSing Eli BGer, g.
year-old Baltimore attorney, Dho
,pas United States district at
torney In the Virgin Islands,
Secretary of Interior Harold L.
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Ickes charged
that he had
been conduct.
ing a "one-
man inQuiSi-
n" / n t o
public WorkS
probe cts in
the islands.
S t angely
enough, al
t houg a
United States
district attor-
ney, Baer was
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-26

Confucius was of obscure
birth, his 70-year-old father
dying when he was three years
old. The boy was marked for
his poverty and his piety and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-26
I human Side of theNews - By Edwin c. I'LL

he attributed all his learning
to this poverty. He was about
80 when he took up his mission
of teaching and established a
school in which he proposed to
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-26

True happiness consists not in
the multitude of friends, but in
the worth and choice.-Johnson.
To begin love is mans choice,
but not to end 1t.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-26
Words of Wise Men

Valor learned in the cradle
lasts to the grave.
When a man comes into
trouble, money is one Of his
best friends.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-26
Hijacking
Government Employees

Government Employees
The attempt to dragon Government employees into con-
trbuting the Democratic campaign fund at the rate OF
$40 per 900 of salary of piece with the other serious
blows which have recently been aimed at the civil service
establishment.
While the solicitation is mild word for t-may
not be in violation of the letter of the law the manner in
which it is made certainly contravenes the spirit Of the
civil service law.
ON ITS FACE IT Is. A DAsTARDLY ATTEMPT TO
LEVY UPON GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES FOR THE
SUPPORT OF POLITICAL PARTY WITH THE I'M
Piled THREAT THAT IF THE SUPPORT IS NOT
FORTHCOMING THE EMPLOYEES JOB MAY SHORT
LY TERMINATE.
The attempt to obtain party funds in this manner
exposed by revelation of letter asking for money to
meet the quota of the State of Florida It is reported
that the letter was sent to all Government employees who
formerly lived in that State.
THIS FORM OF HIJACKING OF GOVERNMENT
WORKERS MUST CEASE.
It nconceivable that it represents the studied
cepon of the high officials Of the Democratic party
to the method of meeting the deficit which hangs
the party
It nconceivable that those higher officials will not
Immediately dsavow the method and rebuke those who
have perpetrated it.
Such is already indicated by the action of Sec
rotary of Agriculture Wallace who being informed of
the solicitation Immediately informed his employees of the
protection which the civil service law gives to employees
in such matters.
UNFORTUNATELY THE REINSURANCE GIVEN
BY SECRETARY WALLACE WILL NOT COM
PLETELY ALLAY THE FEARS WHICH ARE
AROUSED AMONG GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES BY
RECEIPT OF SUCH A LETTER AS THAT SENT OUT
BY THE OVERZEALOUS GENTLEMAN FROM
FLORIDA.
Government employees in the old-line establishments
will not be inclined to uccumb to the demands of parties
for campaign fund assistance
Those employees have sort of protection under the
law They have claims to their jobs merit and while
they be and often prosecuted they have
able surety of tenure.
THE GREAT DANGER LIES AMONG THE NEW
AND EMERGENCY ORGANIZATIONS IN WHICH,
BY MANDATE OF CONGRESS, THE employees
HAVE NO PROTECTION AND NO RIGHTS UNDER
THE CIVIL SERVICE LAWS.
These employees many of whom their positions al
most entirely to political influence apt believe that
the way in which they protect their Jobs to
remit the $40 per $1,000 mentioned the minimum re-
quirement'' in the Floridian letter.
Disavowa of the solicitation made in this manner can
not too strongly too promptly from the responsible
heads of the Democratic party
THAT DISAVOWAL SHOULD BE PROMPTLY FOL,
LOWED BY A DEFINITE AND DETERMINED EFF
FORT TO STOP THE CREATION OF NEW BUREAUS
AND NEW AGENCIES OF GOVERNMENT WITHOUT
GIVING TO THEIR EMPLOYEES THE RIGHTS AND
OBLIGATIONS OF THE CIVIL SERVICE.
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J. Fitzpatrick managing editor.
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My Prayer to Myself
I do not know anything
about God.
do not even know whether
there is a God to hear me
The Washington times., 1934-07-16
Brides Thank.YOu Note

f8G1UC b i A0AAA' Il OU 4NVVS
Dear Mrs. Beeckman:
will you kindly suggest a
form Of thank you" note to be
written to persons who were
present at a shower for a bride
to-be? D.
First there's the kind thought
to be thanked for, and then
there's the gift itself to be
chatted about and appreciated.
Rather like this:
Weren't you the kind and
thoughtful friend to think OF
making me so happy by your
goodness and generosity to me!
THANK you, with all my heart,
for your dear friendliness, that
is always so characteristic OF
you.
How many kinds Of arrange
ments Of flowers and fruits I
can think Of to put into that
beautiful center-piece that you
gave me yesterday at the
shower! In my minds eye I
can see you and me, in my new
home, having luncheon together
ct the table graced by that
lovely silver centerpiece Lets
make it come true very soon
The Washington times., 1934-07-16
Correct Manners
Bv Mrs. Cornelius Beeckman

after "the" day, and I'll prom.
Use to have your favorite yellow
roses in your handsome dish.
Dearest love to you, and the
hope to see you very soon.
Affectionately,
When to Shake Hands
Dear Mrs. Beeckman:
If a young girl is being intro
duced to an elderly lady is it
proper for the girl to shake
hands?
When seated and introduced
to a gentleman does she rise?
In both cases, who makes q
move to shake hands? c.
The girl waits for the older
woman to offer her hand. It
would be inappropriate for her
to extend her hand first.
The man is introduced to the
woman. not, as you have
worded your question, the girl
introduced to a gentleman"
And when the man is introduced
to her, she should not rise. >.
unless she is a very young girl,
and the man Is, say, an elderly
man, and she wishes, 10 this
way, to do honor to his years.
The Washington times., 1934-07-16

Prudence and Tom caught between the raving
Indians and the pirates, who offered protection,
made quick decision. They would take the refuge
offered aboard the pirate ship, on Mate Richards
promise to set them ashore near some civilized place.
The Washington times., 1934-07-16

Richards himself took Prudence under his arm
and waded out to the boat, through shallow water.
Tom came Immediately after. As they climbed in
among the pirate oarsmen they turned to the beach
for last look ct the tragedy they were escaping.
The Washington times., 1934-07-16

Warrior Bad Elk led the charge Of rebelliouS
Indians toward the group Of whites at the waters
edge, with the cry, I'VE must torture all the pale
faceSl We must avenge our brothers, KILLED by the
piratesl" He dourished tomahaWk.
The Washington times., 1934-07-16

Strange aghtI Chief Long Arrow stood facing
the host of his vengeful warriors arms folded His
last faithful Indian had fallen beside him, pierced
by an arrow. Boo-Boo. the young non crouched.
as II to spring.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-03
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4 jnal wardrobe.
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10 s e PINE
H u T G H I N
SON, a new
s tar on the
horizon, intro
duces us to
newly simple
pajamas for her
hours of ease.
They are Of
pale blue satin,
made with seal
lops for trim
ming, with COW
cred buttons,
and with Sits
at the side like
the ne ". e s t
SlkiEtA
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-07-06
Relief Grant In
State Is Larger

If the North Carolina Emer-
gency Relief Administration re-
ceives an additional grant of $780,
900 for material to complete eight
sairports, its July grant Of funds
will exceed the June amount by
more than 100000.
Mrs. Thomas O'Berry, state re-
lief administrator, was notified by
Harry L. Hopkins, federal admins
traitor, that the states grant for
July would be $1,465,S5O, as COM
pared to approximately $1,5OO,O00
for June. The airport fund
would be added to this figure.
E. Ray Keys, assistant to the
chief engineer in the Relief Ad-
ministration offices in Washing
ton, has conferred with Mrs.
O'Berry on amounts that would be
required to complete work on the
eight airports.
The unfinished ports are in Raj
eigh, Rocky Mount, Lumberton,
Tarboro, Salisbury, Winston Salem
and Wilmington.