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The Washington times., 1934-09-22
Human Side Of theNews - By Edwin G. Hill

Two clowns pass on, one by
his own hand here in the
United States; the other peace
fully in Russia at the biblical
age of threeScore and ten,
attended only by his animals, a
veritable Noah's ark ranging
from a mouse to an elephant.
It is difficult to connect sui"
eide with q clown, to consider
that the cap and bells should
hide an anguish which would
prompt a man to kill himself.
We seem to forget that these
grotesque acrobats and come
dians are brothers under the
skin. But it is for this reason
that dramas dealing with the
secret sadness of the testers
have such a hold on the imagi-
nation, as witness Caruso as
Canio, the Rigoletto of Verdi,
and the Emil Jannings picture,
"He Who Gets Slapped"
Ancient Greece gave us the
funny man with Aristophanes
inventing him in the first par"
ody of popular plays, which
form of amusemet, by the way.
is to this day the biggest draw
ing card Of the theater.
The life and literature of the
Middle Ages is replete with COM
panies of fools and itinerant
buffoons in bells, hoods and
coats of many colors.
Early in the eighteenth CEN
tury, the first of the circus
clowns came on the stage. He
was Joe Grimaldi, who, at the
age of 2. was tumbling about on
the boards in London. Later in
life he realized on the laughs
his childhood antics had brought
him by creating the comic
acrobat.
Like everyone else, the mod
ern clown longs for the good
old days. He resents the change
in time and custom which has
relegated him to the rear Of SEN
Sational spectacles, daring ami.
NAL acts, and such.
He would be a king again, not
be confined to a few brief ap.
pearanceS and the regulations
which make him stand still
while a man is being shot from
a cannon, or a beautiful lady
rides a bicycle down an incline
from the top of the tent.
The late Brander Matthews,
in a study of clowns made for
the magazine, The Mentor,
reached these conclusions:
Sometimes he is as gay Of
heart as he appears to be,
mOcking others while they mock
him. And sometimes he is the
SaddeSt of men, arOusing mirth
he cannot share, and carrying
a heavy heart beneath his fam
taStic costume.
"He may be content to be
merely q figure Of fun and per.
hapS he may even be proud Of
it; and he may feel himself fit
for better things, resenting bit
terly the fate which condemns
him to laughter when he is
most moved to tears.
'It Is a common saying in the
theater that the most humorous
Of comedians often regret that
they are not permitted to ap.
The Washington times., 1934-09-22

not born to be happily married.
Most women spend three
quarters of their lives in a state
of suspended animation, wait
ing for some man. Waiting for
him to show up-or waiting for
a showdown. Waiting for him
to come home-or waiting for
him to go home!
Before marriage, a girl gets
enough preliminary practice to
prepare her for the long endur-
ance test to come. She begins
by waiting for a man to call
her up, waiting for him to in
vite her out, waiting for the
love-idea to break down his de-
tense mechanism and some.
times, waiting at the church,
until the ushers have braced
him UP and got him there.
After marriage, it's a case of
waiting for him to get up morn
ingS, waiting for him to come
to meals; waiting for him to get
through shaving and relinquiSh
the bathroom mirror, waiting
for him to grow up and stop
playing games-and, finally,
waiting for him to slow down,
remember his rheumatism and
stop thinking of himself as
Don Juan. And that's SOME
wait!
The worst folly a woman can
commit is to lie awake nights
wondering what has happened
to a man, just because he hasn't
shown up or called up for a
week. NOTHING has happened
to him, except possibly a new
blonde. Or another bender"
Or a chance to go fishing.
Nothing ever DOES happen to
them! Especially, when you
wish it would. Many a dis.
gruntled wife has read the acci-
dent reports in the newspapers
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be a Differ
e n t IS If :?
Why go on
living in the
S a m e drab
shell Of life?
You can, of
course, be an
entirely diff
ferent person.
Without NOV
ing away from
t h e pla c e
W h e re you
now live, with
out working
at a different
Job, without
The Washington times., 1934-09-22
The Lindbergh Case
The Inevitable Slip

Inc 1HeVlCdUe
Americas reaction-and probably the reaction of the
entire word-to the apparent progress which is being
made toward bringing to justice the kdnaper and muir
derer of the baby Lndbergh is one of unaloyed JOY
For more than two years the despicable crime which
was perpetrated upon the family of one whom America
loves and honors has been the backest mark upon the
criminal history of the nation.
During those two years it seemed that the forces OF
Justice were to be completely baffled.
Characters only slightly less evil than the perpetrator
of the crime preyed upon the feelings and emotions OF
people outraged
OVER THOSE TWO YEARS THE AUTHORITIES
SEEMED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE LITTLE PROG
REss TOWARD SOLUTION OF THE CRIME.
NOW THEY APPEAR TO BE ON SOLID GROUND
WHEN THEY ANNOUNCE THAT THE CASE HAS
BEEN SOLVED.
STRANGELY enough with every police officer in the coun
trv on the alert for chance to break this most infamous
Of modern crimes the solution the arrest OF Bruno
Richard Hauptmann is the solutoncomes about largely
through the activity of an obscure gasoline station at
tendant
Strange too the fact that his activity was animated
not 50 much because of suspicion OF connection between
the cold note which he accepted and the Llndbergh muir
der but because of the recent act of the Government IN
Withdrawing notes OF tnat type IRON C1ECuA@Ulou
The Bureau of Investigation Of the Department OF JUS
tee and the police departments OF New York and New
Jersey deserve and will receive the highest commenda
ton for their energy and ability in tracking down Haup
mann after they were put on the trail
But the man who deserves the greatest share OF the
credit will always be the alert attendant who took the
license numbers of the driven by the man who gave
him the gold note
TT IS THROUGH SUCH MINOR SLIPS AS THESE
THAT THE GREATEST CRIMINALS ARE D1SCOV-
Erred. YEARS MAY BE REQUIRED BEFORE THE
SLIP IS MADE BUT IT IS INEVITABLE.
In recent months since the Bureau of Investigation
took up the active work of chasing down criminals, much
progress has been made in dsspatng the wave OF crime
which seemed to be sweeping over the country
Dinger and other famous gangsters have been raled
by the relentless Federal men,
With the capture and death of each of these criminals
the increased authority which has been given to the Fed
sral agents has been more fully justified.
NOW BY THEIR COOPERATION IN THE TRAIL
ING OF THE LINDBERGH MURDERER THE FED
ERAL AGENTS HAVE MORE THAN EVER CON-
F1RMED THE VIEW WHICH IS POPULARITY HELD
OF THEIR ABILITY AND DETERMINATION.
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Dep artment
Of Justice to
permit it to
e X p a n d its
B u r e a u Of
Investigation
along lines de.
sired by At
tOrney G e n
eral Homer S.
C u m m | n gS
and Director
Of InveStiga-
tiOn ]. Edgar
Hoover.
ID e We D.
mentS in the
L I IL -
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Mmyy-G0-Ron
Bv Helen Rowland

for years, half dreading, half
hoping to find her wandering
boys" name in the list OF cas-
ualties. But it is only good hus-
bands who die young and sud-
denly. The other kind appear
to be endowed with Immortality.
Men are perverse that way.
It is always the sober, steady
going man who drives carefully
and watches the traffic lights,
that gets tangled up with a
truck or smashes into a tele-
graph pole. While the gay boy
who is seven sheets to the wind
zigzags airly and safely through
traffic and lands at the old
garden gate without a bruise.
Immortal-that's what!
The truth is that a man just
forgets a woman when she's out
of his sight, as he forgets his
old briar pipe. He will leave her
waiting around for week, while
he is absorbed in a big business
deal, or a little summer flirta-
ton, or a new boat, or a golf
tournament-and then expect to
come back and pick up the
friendship, or the affair, right
where he left off.
Nothing so outrages a woman
as to sit up half the night, tor
turing herself with visions OF
her husband mangled under a
trolley, and then have him come
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reading, study and research Of
biblical history.
Occasionally, one makes a for
tune. Such is Adrian Wittach,
a Swiss, who went up and down
the world making millions laugh
with his five-inch violin and a
concertina.
Still in his sos, he has retired
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pear as tragedianS; and even
when they have no tragic aSpira-
tiOns they are not infrequently
melanchOlic."
It is not uncommon to find q
clown to be most intelligent
and well-bred man. For in
stance, George Hartzell, OF
Ringling's, spent his winters in
The Washington times., 1934-09-22
Uncle Sans Stockholders
Millions of Them

The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company has passed
the $100O0OO0000 mark in ordinary insurance in force
outside of group insurance Other companies bring the
nations total to many billions and the amount in
creases all the time.
Not hundreds thousands, but millions of Americans
share in that enormous stake So long there
MANY stockholders in the nations wealth. there is slim
chance that foreign agitators will persuade to turn
Red.
GeoTxs Tton pgbi
j managing editor
The Washington times., 1934-09-22
Be Your Other Self!

Ever grow tired of being "Just
Yourself? Ever wish you could
be one of those glamorous
creatures you follow through
book or screen? Then whv not
The Washington times., 1934-09-22

The WI = WOman'S Burden
The first lesson a bride has to
learn, after she has taken off
her wedding veil, is the gentle
art of waiting. Any woman
The Washington times., 1934-09-22

Congress probably will be
asked at its next session to
grant sufficient funds to the
Evening star., 1934-01-28

Doherty, "the only office which he re-
tanned among his many other interests
was the presidency Of the Warm Springs
Foundation. The retention of that Office
shows how near and dear that pOten-
tally great medical and charitable in
stitution is to his heart. I do not think
the President would appreciate any
tribute to his unselfish and unhagging
devotion to the public welfare more
than the act of the American people
in fulfilling his own dreams for great
institution for the treatment of infantile
paralysis at Warm Springs. With this
fund the foundation will be able to do
a wider national work."
TO SUPPORT the foundation is to sup
port something very close to the
heart of the President:
1T is not blind hero worship" says
George McLaurine Of the Polio Chron-
icle, patients paper of the foundation,
"to say that Franklin D. Roosevelt him.
self is the heart of the spirit of Warm
Springs which brings patient after pa
tient out of the gloom of blasted ambi-
tions. Mr.. Roosevelt came up from the
blow of infantile paralysis to heights he
might never have reached as an able
bodied man. That is the inspiration
which feeds the spirit of Warm Springs.
''The spirit of Warm Springs is very
real to us, because we are 'parals.' We
cannot possibly convey with full force
to you able-bodied people the trans
formation made by the realization that
the twist of fate which banished us
forever from the carefree life of the
physically perfect may have been the
twist which meant a better, fuller life.
Perhaps you cannot understand that the
paralysis which made US weaker animals
might compensate by making US
stronger men.
I'VE all seek the mysterious thing
called happiness. We can find it
neither in the blindness of the ignorant
nor in the sophistication of the cynic.
The man who has met and conquered
mfantile paralysis has, of grim neces-
sity, learned that his happiness must
lie within himself. He is luckier than
most mortals. He is one of the bene-
ficiaries of the spirit of Warm Springs
whether he has come from Georgia or
not"
Such spirit as that knows no death.
The Nation that will help retain it by
participating in the birthday balls Tues
day night will also share in its in
domitableneSS
Evening star., 1934-01-28

knew of them and attended them. Here
they brought their sick and invalid and
bathed them in the warmth poured out
by Mother Earth, nursing them in their
own crude way back to health and
vigor again. The pioneers of the City
of Columbus, Ga, plunging into the
wilderness in 1927 to lay out the city,
found Indians camped on both sides
of the Chattahoochee River, from which
spots they made excursions to Warm
Springs, some 40 miles distant.
To date some 5000 birthday balls
have been arranged throughout the
Nation Towns, hamletS, even rural
communities, are out with cities to do.
their part in raising some quota of the
$2,0O0,0O0 endowment fund sought. In
the City Of Washington the celebration
has taken on something of the cele-
brated inaugural ball of last March
and of other happy times in the city
when every one poured forth for en-
joyment of bit of the festive occasion.
The big ball at the Shoreham will
open the trout" which will swing
through the whole diapason Of the city's
life, civic as we'll as social. Civic Or
ganizations, fraternal groups, educa-
tional institutions, theaters, orchestras,
concerts, social groups in all walks OF
the citys life will lend their strength
and cooperation to make the day a
success. Throughout the country the
same enthusiasm is manifest. In the
City of Pittsburgh one citizen alone has
given $4,000 to success of the cause.
President Green and Vice President
Matthew Woll of the American Fedora
ton of Labor have announced the re-
ceipt of over 500 replies from trade
union officers throughout the country
accepting membership on committees
in various cities for the promotion of
local birthday balls
IT is, however, to the little village or
community of Warm Springs, Ga,
that all eyes turn, the spot where the
greatest of all celebrations will take
place. For more than a week now the
residents of the Presidents home
town" have been rehearsing for his
birthday party. Mrs Roosevelt casually
dropped in on them last week and stood
bareheaded in the rain to witness the
rehearsal
Tuesday morning Warm Springs will
be aglow for the festivities of the day.
The program will start off with song
and q shout-an for Mr.. Roosevelt
Happy Days Are Here Again" and
Happy Birthday to YOU will be the
first bit of song on the days program.
These will be followed by square dance
in which group of patients will execute
the intricate figures in wheel chairs.
Following this exciting and exhilarating
pastime more songs will be sung, inter-
spersed with some recitations. Then will
come the big moment.
Just at the. height of everything a
huge birthday cake for the President
will be rolled in. So great is this cake
that Mrs. Roosevelt was compelled to
exclaim "stupendous!" when first it
burst upon her sight. The cake is a
Evening star., 1934-01-28

gift to the foundation from Henry L.
Doherty, president of the National Com
mittee on Birthday Balls.
Precluded from an active part in the
campaign because of his position as
Chief Magistrate Of the Nation, never
theless President RooSevelts heart is
Evening star., 1934-01-28

In the program with all It's strength.
How deeply is admirably shown in the
between lines" of Chairman Doherty'S
appeal to the people Of the Nation to
support the campaign.
when President Roosevelt stepped
into the White House," says Mr..
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fact.
NTH here
of
center
of
leadership Mr. Caon
tangible
D.
Evening star., 1934-01-28
Stone Age Literature

There's one thing to be thankful for"
sighed the writer in the Stone Age, I've had
almost enough stories sent back to build my
house"
Evening star., 1934-01-28

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELTS REPLY IN HIS SPEECH OF
GEORGIA FOR THE WARM SPRINGS
FOUNDATION THE GIFT OF THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF
GEORGIA.
Evening star., 1934-01-28

Stop those stobbing poins
with "Ben-Goy"- It goes
deeper...rovts pains foster
~Ben.Cay," the original baume analges-
ique, penetrates right to the spot of the
pain it goes deeper - through skin,
flesh, muscles, into the very joints them
selves - it stays in longer This almost
immediate hyposensitizing (pain reliev.
ing) effect of "Ben-C Cay" has never been
equaled by its many imitators. 1t is
infinitely more effective than they are.
Keep tube handy y. use it promptly
and generously. Don't suffer pain an
hour longer. Every box of the original
carries the red ''Ben-Cay."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-22

Upper-AlI work and no play
make grownup men dull and so the
members of the Variety Club play
ping pong in the club rooms in the
ClaypoOl These men have been &C
tive in making plans for the Christ
mas show which will be given at
Monday morning at the Indiana
theater for 5000 needy children of
the city. Left to right, A. G.. Ear
ing, Carl NeiSse, Martin Solomon,
Claude Penrod and Sol Greenburg.
Lower-Marc Wolf, president of
the Variety Club, thanking L M.
Halperin, general manager of the
Indiana and the Circle for use of
the Indiana, where the show will be
staged. Doors will be opened at 8:15
a. m. Monday. Some of the children
from institutions will be brought in
Greyhound BUSES, of which j. G.
Hall is regional manager.
The stage show will include an
elaborate revue, staged by Mr.. and
Mrs JAG Broderick of the Stockman
Studios.
Among the outstanding members
will be a Viennese toe ballet, in
spired by the recent visit of the
Monte Carlo Ballet Company. The
dancers, attired in fluffy pink tulle,
will interpret the strains of a beau
tiful waltz by Johannes Strauss.
Another outstanding feature will
be an acrobatic group featuring ad-
vanced acrobatic dancing by the
pupils from to 16. Various song
specialties and other novelties will
be presented by a large company,
including the following dancers:
Rosemary Albert, Joan Barnhizer,
Wilma Jean Chandler, Dorothy
Chapman, Marcia Geckler, Natalie
Griener, Dolores Johnson, Gilmore
Johnson, Jackie Lou Kane, Mary
Elizabeth KarStadt, Lawson McCom-
mon, Gloria Netzler, Susette Michel,
Betty Jane Miller, Carolyn Mooshy,
Helen Morrison, Alice Noos, Jane
Roberts and Joyce RoeSch.
Barbara Sims, Mildred Stein, r.
win Sudbrack, Kenneth Stockman,
Betty Bailey, Lois Butler, Junior
Cummings, Elinor Ellis, Maxine and
Mildred George, Allen Guthrie,
ROsalind Johnson, Elizabeth Jones,
Mary Lou Roster, Bobbie Long, Har-
riet McCord and Marjorie Names.
Helen Milburn, Patricia Payton,
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Miss Cornell to
Start Season
Romeo and Juliet Will Be
Actress Vehicle.

By Times Special
NEW YORK, Dec. GAS an
nounced six months ago, Kath-
arine Cornell opened her New York
season in the Martin Beck Theater
on last Thursday night with her
first Shakespearean production,
Romeo and Juliet staged by
Guthrie McClintic, with settings
and costumes by 10 Mielziner.
Basil Rathbone again acted
Romeo. Edith Evans appeared as
the nurse, Brian Aherne as Mer-
QUITO and Charles Waldron as F'riar
Laurence.
The Shakespeare tragedy will be
given for four and a half weeks
only. Rudolf BeSier'S The Bar
ret5S of Wimpole Street" will be
presented on Monday, Jan. 81, with
Basil Rathbone as Robert Brown
ing, Miss Cornell as Elizabeth Bar
rett, Charles Waldron as the elder
Barrett and Brenda Forbes as VIII
son.
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White side to
Perform Here
in >BaIIantrae'
Ticket Demand Is Great
for Famed Actors
Appearance.

Absence seems to make the heart
of an audience grow fonder as the
demand for seats for the coming en-
gagement of Walker WhiteSide IN
The Master of Ballantrae" is very
large. according to Vincent Burke,
manager of English's.
Mr. WhiteSide will appear in a
matinee and night performance in
"Ballantrae" on Saturday, Dec. %.
SkiIlfully adapted for the stage.
this play is a splendid vehicle for
Mr. Whiteside, and on his cOaSt-to-
coast tour it is proving to be q gen.
uine success.
The role in which the star will
appear is that of James Durie, heir
to the great ancestral home after
an adventurous career. The lOvable
rascal upsets the peaceful routine of
his fathers house by his impor-
tunities for money with which to
pursue his fast life in Paris.
Being denied his demands by his
quiet. Flooding brother, Henry Dur
Ter. James seeks to obtain by ways
Which, dIC QUOlOuo OAAC gnu WAAA~AA liz
looks upon as his rightful property.
After three acts of plot and coun-
ter plot, much mystery, delightful
comedy. and heart stirring romance,
James and his brother clash vio-
lently, and the drama ends with a
stunning climax, true to StevenSon'S
story, and intensely dramatic as
we'll
The period of ''The Master of Bal
lantrae" is 1850, and the scenes and
costumes reflect the modes of that
period.
The action of the play is confined
entirely to the great baronial hall
in Castle Durrisdee, for it was not
found expedient to follow the wan
behring's of the arrant Master OF
BaHantrae" over the seven seas of
the world.
In the stars support are Charlotte
Andrews, Hugh Huntley, Nancy
Duncan, John Winthrop, Stapleton
Kent, Jerry Bowman, James Met
calfe and Karhle VOSe.
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lead up to the song Love and
Dime" which Bowman wrote.
He and the hero went to the same
prep school, st. Small'S.
His friend, the Harvard man, is
a very wealthy Beacon-St BoStonian,
and is the man whom Peggy's
mother wishes her to marry. w. P.
Smith, SO, Pelham, N. Y, plays this
part.
''Stags at Bay will be given at
the Murat Monday night. Dec. 81.
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Choosing Of Casf
for Comedy Begun
BIZ TimeS SnccinL

By Times SpCCiGE
NEW YORK, Dec. 22.-The Law
renee Langner- Armina Marshall
comedy, "On to Fortune" is in the
process of being cast at the Crosby
Gaige office. Worthington Miner,
who directed the play in Westport
last summer, when it was produced
under the title of For Love of
Money will also direct the Broad
way production.