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The Washington times., 1934-04-11
LISTEN, WORLD
By Elsie Robinson

infinite variety. Not an actual
experience with royal courts or
savage jungles-for many a
man with superb SAVVY had
never travelled further than his
local roundup. But it implied
a knowledge of-a familiarity
with - THE COURTS AND
JUNGLES IN HUMAN Ma
TURE.
1T MEANT BEING HEP TO
YOUR FELLOW MAN, KNOW
ING HOW TO GET ALONG
WITH HIM HOW TO USE
HIM. 1T ALSO MEANT KNOW
ING HOW TO GET ALONG
WITH AND USE YOURSELF.
sAVVY was the secret Of
successful living in the dan
gerous days of our American
frontier. 1T IS STILL THE
SECRET OF SUCCESSFUL
LIVING.
You may be chock full of
brains, crammed with knowl.
edge, covered with honors. But
if you don't know how to use
your brains they become a men
aaa 4f occnk
Why do so many Infant Prod
igies and Campus Exhibit AS
fizzle out in the adult world?
That's why. They face that
world cock-Sure of success.
Since childhood they have been
the Village Pride. Because Of
their unusual ability everything
has been made easy for them,
and all honorS have been heaped
upon them. Rarely have they
been forced to adapt themselves
to people or situations. Instead,
life has been adapted to and for
them.
AS a consequence, though
they may have genius rating by
an intelligence test, they are not
only unframed for mature per-
Torrance BUT ARE ACTU-
ALLY MORE IGNORANT OF
REALITY THAN MANY A
STUPID MANUAL LABORER.
Lack of SAVVY-that'S what
ailS many a Highbrow.
Maybe-think it over-that
Is what ails YOU.
And, if it is, how'll you get
this essential Savvy?
In one way and in one way
only-by getting out into the
main stream and letting the
tide knock you around.
Copyright, 1884, King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1934-04-11

The momentous question Of
currency, tariffs and world trade
are crowding into the center of
the stage, elbowing their way
among the alarms Of war and
political scandals.
The tall, thin, professor-like
Secretary Of the Treasury thinks
that the devaluation program is
working out very well, for as
gold goes up the price of COM
modities rises with it. And since
this is just what the Admins
tration desires, he would like to
ride along with it for IL months
or so. Over in London, Neville
Chamberlain, hard-headed busi-
ness man and chancellor of the
exchequer, tells the house Of
commons that there is no use at
this time entering into CONVEX
sations with the American Gov
ernment with a view to securing
a stable standard of value for
the currency Of the two coun-
tries.
Waiting Game
France clingS grimly to the
gold standard, and as grimly
watches the yellow reserves Of
the Bank of France grow smaller
and smaller under the constant
demand for it in exchange for
paper and its reshipment to the
United States and to England.
There is a minority faction, and
yet a strong one, in the cabinet
Of CASTOR Doumergue, which
favors an immediate devalua-
ton of the franc by from Is to
IS per cent. But the President
Of the republic is not prepared
to take this step. The citizenry
is still in a pretty ugly mood
and it would hardly be wise to
chip off one quarter of the value
Of their francs.
But England and the United
States were forced to it. Both
paid out gold until it hurt, and
in the end were compelled to
clamp down embargoes. The
pinch now is on France, and
while she has plenty of gold.
the drain on it is steady and
severe, and some Frenchmen
ask: what is the use of our
waiting as England did until we
are forced off the gold stand
ard. Why not devalue now and
keep the gold?"
The silver men, like Oliver
Twist, are coming back for
more after having about pol.
ished off the bone which the
President set before them in
the form Of his silver purchaS-
ing plan.
The Washington times., 1934-04-11
The Human Side of the News
Gold and Devaluation- Angel of Chinatown
By EdWi11 C.. Hill

From across the sea Sir Henri
Deterding beats the drum for re-
monetization by European coun-
tries. Sir Henri, managing di-
rector for Royal Dutch petro-
leum, has his finger in oil and
commerce in every nook and cor
ner Of the world. He says that,
whereas the production of silver
is IL times that of gold, yet the
value of silver is only one-eight-
eenth that of the other metal,
and he argues further, that the
debasing of silver by England
was the chief cause of the world
crisis. Yet, now as forever,
there is always a gold man for
every man of silver.
With the fervor Of a mission
ary in her soul and in every
fiber of her S feet and 100
pounds, Rose Livingston came
out of Texas 80 years ago, headed
for China to bring the gospel to
the heathenS. She got to New
York-to the Chinatown and
Bowery Of Chuck Connors and
Monk Eastman-and there she
stayed.
Marked Woman
Three decades have gone by
and she is So now, more frail
than ever, her brown hair
streaked with gray, and her
home a flat in an East Side
tenement.
They call Rose Livingston
1.-The Angel of Chinatown" and
in 1929 the National Institute
of Social Science bestowed on
her a gold medal. And many q
scar she has to show for this
title and the decoration. She
will tell you, herself, that about
three months of every year with
her is spent in bed, or the hos
pital, because of the beatings
she has recei red from thugs.
A small group of social work.
erS and ministers support Miss
Livingston with 5000 a year,
furnished through what they
call, "Thc Rose Livingston Pru-
Dental Committee. On this
pittance, the solitary crusader
cares for herself and for her
girls. She never turns them
over to the police, getting them
to their homes, or to places OF
refuge, and reporting to her
committee.
A marked woman, but I'M
afraid, she fights with the valor
of an Amazon in the service OF
the Lord.
Copyright. 1884 King Features ,
Syndicate. Inc.l
The Washington times., 1934-04-11

Only those with whom medita-
ton Is not an unknown privilege
but q daily habit can evaluate
the benefits which will accrue
both to President Roosevelt and
to the public interest by his
recent cruise in southern waters.
In the early days of the
presidency the occupant Of the
White House found abundant
opportunity to commune with
his thoughts, to think out the
great problems that challenge
the best that a President can
give to their study and con-
temptation.
This was also true of the
patriots Of the early days Of
the Republic. Patrick Henry,
of Virginia, had a rule that he
followed his life through. It
was to withdrawn to his room
at the twilight hour and spend
at least an hour in meditation.
Even members of his own family
never intruded upon him dur
ing this hour of his daily
solitude. Many a President must
have wished in recent years
that such a privilege could be
his.
Calvin Coolidge, when asked
whether he thought the presi-
dency was too heavy a burden
for any one man to carry,
whether in reality there should
be an assistant President, re-
piled to his questioner with an
emphatic negative to both ques-
tions. Mr.. Coolidge insisted that
a President, to be able to shoul-
der the burdens of his office
without undue strain owed it to
himself and to the Government
not to do anything which, un-
der the Constitution, could be
delegated to one of his sub
ordinates. Only in this way, as
Mr.. Coolidge believed, could the
occupant of the White House
find the time to think about
the great decisions which only
the President can make.
Used Outdoor Exercise
The first President Roosevelt
frequently combined outdoor ex-
ercise with meditation. One
could almost set his clock by
the regularity with which at
half.past four every afternoon
Theodore Roosevelt left his of.
flee to go for walk or a ride,
in the course of which he might
ride or walk for long stretches
in silence. When he visited the
Grand Canyon after he left the
White House he broke his silence
not more than once or twice in
the ride from the rim of the
Canyon down "the Bright Angel
Trail" to the banks of the Colo
rado River where he served his
guests a picnic lunch. Medita
ton was not an unknown art to
him and he so ordered his life
The Washington times., 1934-04-11
ONCE OVERS

In some instances it was a
ridiculously short distance from
where he was to where he in.
tended to go.
Naturally, the taxi driver did
not take him by the shortest
way, and charged him accord
ingly.
It is not a good policy to ask
passerS-by for directions to a
certain locality-ask a police
man.
Some persons wander about
q large city with little knowl-
edge Of direction or how they
are to reach an objective.
Trying to play "city-wise"
nearly always proves to be o
failure.
Copyright 1884, King Features
-SyndteAtas anoA =
The Washington times., 1934-04-11

1t Is Cheaper to Ask Your Way
In order to appear sophisti-
Gated do you often do things
you know to be wrong?
Then, you often appear to
be ridiculous to others.
Many people, like you, spend
money which they can i'll afford
to lose trying to create the i'm
preston that they are accus-
toned to the conditions in
which they find themselves.
A certain small-town man
spent more in taxi fare than
in any other way while on a
visit to a large city.
Rather than ask for infor.
mation as to how he might
get TO certain places, on sub
ways, elevated trains or surface
cars. he used taxiss
The Washington times., 1934-04-11

Will they then be envied and
respected as they are today?
Will they forge ahead Of their
fellows; make the big records
Of their generation? Perhaps.
But history isn't very en-
couraging on this point.
For, oddly, the remarkable
records haven't been achieved
by youthful intellectuals, but
by hard-working drudgeS who
earned their degrees in the
school Of hard knocks"
Does this mean that the Phi
Beta Kappa key is nonsense?
That college courses do not
pay? That brains aren't ap-
preciated in this world? OF
course it doesn't. But it DOES
mean that something beside in
telligence is needed to make
the grade in human society.
And unless you have that
something, your heavy brains
are just so much excess bag
gage.
What is that something?
The old westerners had a slang
name for it-"SAVVY." II
you didn't have "savvy" in
frontier days you were a wash
out, and maybe a Late La
mented.
What did SAVVY mean? It
meant sense, but a very special
kind of sense. It meant a
knowledge of life. Of life in its
The Washington times., 1934-04-11
More Go to COLLEGE
A Healthy Sign

The population Of colleges universities professional and
technical schools has increased 600 per this generation
There's lesson these figures for those radicals who insist
that great social changes necessary because they assert
frontiers both of geography and of human opportunity are
closing
Chancellor Chase, of New York University predicts at
higher education in America will be extended rather than
tailed Eighteen per cent Of population of college age
registered institutions Of higher learning compared with
three per cent at the turn of the century
Higher education says Chancellor Chase has ceased
matter of privilege for class group; has be-
come opportunity for the many And it bids fair
remain such opportunity"
These facts eloquent They potent They help de-
scribe in hopeful terms Of the great buwar of pres
ent form of government and its deahe democratic school
system.
The Washington times., 1934-04-11
Derbyshire

Some of the loveliest scenery
to be seen not only in England,
but in all Europe is centered
in the Peak district of Derby
shire in the northwest Of Eng
land. Innumerable pens, in
cluding those of Byron, Ruskin,
Tom Moore, George Eliot and
Izaak Walton, who fished at
lovely Dovedale, have sung Of
the beauty of this tract Of land
compounded of hills. sweet,
pleasant valleys, towns, villages
and secluded hamletS that look
like pictures, of soft rivers that
flow through cuttings Of lime
stone eroded into fantastic
shapes that gleam in the soft
sunshine and moonlight. II
you really want to see scenery
that you will always remember
then make it a point to include
Derbyshire in your itinerary
when next in England.
Derby itself is a good jumping
off place for exploration of the
surrounding country. Twelve
miles from the center Of the
town is Lea Hurst, childhood
home of Florence Nightingale
and a splendid example Of a
fine English country house.
Further on are two Of the
stately homes of England, Chat
worth, seat of the Duke Of
DevonShire and the famed
Haddon Hail.. in the possession
of the duchy of Rutland. Chat
worth is beautiful, a classic
seventeenth century castle. In
the grounds is a relic Of the
earlier building. Queen Eliza
beth'S Bower. built for tha hap
The Washington times., 1934-04-11
Meditation Is Great Help
To White House Occupant
Bv JAMES T. WILLIAMS, JR.

that he was not deprived Of the
time and surroundings essential
to meditation.
Many Presidents in recent
years have wished that Con-
gress would provide a country
retreat near Washington to
which the President could go
over the weekend and get
away from the routine work of
his office and spend his time
in thinking out his larger de-
cisions. But Congress has neg
lected to do this.
BY getting away from the
White House, from the Cabinet
and the Congress and the press
and the daily round of visitors,
President Roosevelt has been
able to make a fortnight's
cruise in Southern waters under
conditions ideal for meditation.
The expectation is that next
week Congress will begin to
feel the renewed vigor of his
leadership and that the country
will not have long to wait for
the guidance which his party
leadership in both Senate and
House so Sorely need.
This probably means that
Congress will soon agree upon
a legislative program that will
make an early adjournment
possible. If Congress remains
in session until midsummer,
Mr.. Roosevelt will get legiSla-
ton that he strongly favors but
he will also run the risk of get
ting in addition some legisla-
tion that he will have to veto.
And vetoes are not always suS-
tained even under the adminis-
tration of so popular a PreSi-
dent as the country knows Mr..
Roosevelt to be.
President Best Adviser
In this Administration the
President is his own best po-
litical adviser. No member Of
the Cabinet is as wise in the
ways of politics as he is. The
mistakes made by his Admins
tration to date have been made
in large part not by the Presi-
dent but by Cabinet officers or
SubordinateS who flattered
themselves that they were bet-
ter politicians or wiser in state
craft than the President.
From now until the end of
Congress it is probable that the
leadership of the President will
be more to the fore than ever at
both ends of the Avenue. In
which event the country will be
grateful that the President had
the vision to break with estab-
lished custom and go TO sea for
a fortnight in the midst of a
session of Congress.
There has seldom been a time
when more meditation in high
places was more needed than it
is today. If the Cabinet and the
leaders in Congress would fol-
low the example of the Presi-
dent by spending less time in
making speeches and more time
in thinking, the whole country
would be the gamer, beginning
with the Congress.
Copyright, 1894. The Washin1tou Timo.
The Washington times., 1934-04-11
Where the Blame Lies
Our Faulty Schools

The criticism leveed Washingtons public schools by
REPRESENTATIVE Carl M wedeman of Michigan should be
read with great interest and charn by his colleagues
in the House.
For when Mr. Weideman describes conditions here
rotten he ndcs not the citizens Of the District the
officials of the school SYSTEM but the Congress Of the United
States.
THE MEASURE OF 'RoTTENNEss" IN OUR SCHOOLS
rs THE MEASURE OF THE FAILURE AND NEGLECT
OF CONGRESS TO DO ITS DUTY BY THE CHILDREN
OF THIS CITY.
Representative Weidean says that many Of the school
buildings are od obsolete insanary" Others he says
are greatly overcrowded and in the playooms in
dark unventiated Easements.
Now no one would dispute his statements in that regard
Attention has been called repeatedly to the deporabe con-
&tions OF which he speaks.
School officials time and time again have told Of these
difficult and dangerous conditions The newspapers have
frequently printed pictures showing just the conditions which
Mr.. Wedeman mentions
And citizens have been rghteousy wrahul that such
eOnditions should prevail in the National Capital.
IN interest Of their children and in their community
pride they have pleaded with Congress to remedy the ua
tion
Delegation after delegation has gone to the Capitol and
begged Congress spend the money of the local taxpayer
give decent schools
And the answer has always been NO"
: IN THE LAST FEW YEARS THE CONGRESS HAS
sTEADFAsTLY REFUSED TO APPROPRIATE ENOUGH
MONEY TO KEEP THE SCHOOLS GOING. 1T HAS DE-
CLNED ABSOLUTELY TO APPROPRIATE ENOUGH
MONEY TO ALLOW FOR ADDITIONS AND IMPROVE
MENTs TO THE BUILDINGS
Congress knows and has been told frequently that children
o Washington being sent to schools that
mended for abandonment than of years ago.
Congress knows and has been told repeatedly that in many
M the schools classes have had to be dismissed during the
winter because antquated equipment made impossible to
keep the rooms enough for the children
CONGRESS KNOWS AND HAS BEEN TOLD REPEAT
EDLY, IN THESE COLUMNS IF NOWHERE ELSE, THAT
IT WAS INVITING AN EDUCATIONAL CATASTROPHE
IN THE DISTRICT BY IT'S sHoRT-sIGHTED REFUSAL
TO DO THE RIGHT THING BY THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
CONGRESS KNOWS THAT DISTRICT OFFICIALS
UNDER OUR PRESENT SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT
CANNOT EVEN PRESENT TO IT REQUESTS FOR THE
COMPLETE NEEDS OF THE SCHOOLS IT KNOWS
THAT THE BUREAU OF THE BUDGET HAVING NO
REAL INTEREST IN THE CITY, HACKS AND sLAsHEs
AT ESTIMATES AND THAT THE COMMISSIONERS AND
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION ARE PoWERLEss TO GO
BEHIND THE FIGURES WHICH THE BUREAU SUB
MITs TO CONGRESS.
Representative Wedeman is perfectly correct in his cr
c but the record shows that that criticism should not be
directed at local officials or local citizens.
IT SHOULD BE DIRECTED AT CONGRESS.
The Washington times., 1934-04-11

Oh yes, spring is in the air
and each one of a million dizzy
young things is going to be
thunderstruck by the dazzling
discovery that he or she is the
first person in all the world who
ever understood the real mean
ing of LOVE!
A modern wife doesn't exactly
expect to OWN her husband,
but she is usually unreasonable
enough to demand a controlling
interest in him, no matter how
many other women may be bid
ding for him.
At this magic season, every
new girl a man meets gives him
either a chill or a fever.
Lots Of women are still try.
ing valiantly to keep up the old
high-speed social pace of 1929,
on an income with a dying en-
CINE and four flat tires. Such
llnouenchable optimism!
The Washington times., 1934-04-11
War Clouds in the East
They Look Small, But Are They?

Uigar, Kashgar, Khotan, Jarkent, Tungan Kashmir.
They don't much except perhaps Kashm, do they?
Rebelling Tungan tribesmen killed couple Of thousand
Ugas in Kashgar and the other places which in snang
Chinese Turkestan, just north of Kashm in India They
also killed some British diplomats.
A trivial incident? Maybe, then again. maybe not.
The trouble started presumably because the British want
20 create State in this region under Mcslem prince
from British India. The japanese have other plans The
Russians also have plans.
Behind these strange lie other more recognizable
Names like London Toxic Moscow, and behind the bloOdshed
may Nsl more serious bloodshed.
The Washington times., 1934-04-11

posed to be
the biggest
h o n o r a
youngster can
KIN o VT h e
mark Of Scho-
laStic suprem-
acy. T cd a Y
those young
people ar
e nv ed by
everyone o n
t h e campus.
Pre- S e n tly
they'll leave
the campus
enter a wait
in world
and then
The Washington times., 1934-04-11

What Does This World Value
MOSt-Brains, or "Savvy"?
Sixteen young people in the
University of California were
granted the right to wear the
Phi Beta Kappa key the other
day.
That, as you know, is sup.
The Washington times., 1934-04-11

Meditation Is the life of the
soul; action is the soul of nedi-
t1tior.
-OnnrleS.
The Washington times., 1934-04-11
MARRY-GO-ROUND
By Helen Rowland

In most States a murderer
has two chances Of escape to a
married mans ONE. You've
got to prove your charges
against a murderer, but any
woman can go into court and
condemn her husband to the
payment of life alimony just
by telling the judge how nerv-
Gus it makes her when he drops
his g's or splits his infinitiveS,
if she calls it mental cruelty"
A woman may be an artist at
cutting an acquaintance by ig-
noring it completely, but that
is no reason why every husband
should try to cut the lawn by
the same method.
AS the days get longer, the
love affairs get shorter and
shorter. A romance which be-
gins in the early spring may
go as far as the altar, but by
July the average love affair is
only two weeks long, including
all the detours.
A girl always has to choose
between winning an argument
The Washington times., 1934-04-11
Holiday

Love Takes a Holiday.
TN the spring a young mans
fancy lightly turns to thoughts
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-03-14
Complexion Cleared Up

"At one time" writes Mrs. Lizzie
Fails, of Paris, Texas, my COM
plexion was muddy and bad. I felt
;red and dull. Did not feel like
ioing anything. My system seemed
logged. I cid not have a good
aste in my mouth. I believed this
rouble came from constipation. I
Used Black-Draught until my COM
llexion and other trouble cleared
Up. Now I only have to take an
occasional dose. I have never
found any laxative that gives the
satisfaction Black-Draught does"
- Children like the new, pleasant
tasting SYRUP of Black-Draught.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-03-14
Bribery Charge
Is Nearing Jury
Charges Follow Looting of
Laurinburg Warehouse

LAURINBURG, March Ia. -
(UP)-The case of James Raynor,
prominent Benson lawyer and for
mer Johnston county legislator,
and Isham B. McLamb, wealthy
Benson merchant charged with
bribing witnesses was expected to
reach the jury late today.
Presentation of defense testi-
mony had begun when court ad-
journed today a long line of wit
nesses, headed by McLamb having
testified.
The charges grew out of the
looting of a warehouse here in the
summer of 1882 for which 3 men
were arrested and most of them
sentenced to prison.
McLamb was tried three times
on knowingly receiving stolen
goods. The first ended in a mis-
trial when the jury failed to
agree, a mistrial ordered in the
second when the solicitor charged
witnesses had been bribed. and
the third resulted in acquittal.
L. A. Hodges, former filling sta
ton operator, and Durwood Hicks,
both of Benson, are being tried
for accepting brides.
The solicitor said bribery cases
were so rare that difficulty was
experienced in drawing the indict-
ments.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-03-14
BOWDEN BEATS
JEAN BOROTRA
18th Rater Beats Four
Times Indoor Champ by
Blasting Attack

NEW YORK, March IA. CUP)
Jean Borotra's bid for his fifth
American national indoor singles
championship came to an unex-
pected finish yesterday when he
was defeated, 90, 1913, 6-3, by
Frank Bowden of New York, a
stocky youngster who stands no
better than 18th in the national
ranking.
Borotra a veteran of many Da-
Wis cup battles and admittedly the
finest player in boards in the
world, was an ADDISON favorite at
the start of the match. And when
he swept through the first set
with the loss of but a smattering
of points, you could have written
your own ticket on Bowden.
Then, in some mysterious fash
ion. Bowden gathered the shatter-
ed bits of his game and moulded
an attack that literally blasted
the Frenchman off the court, and
a defense that was invulnerable
to Borotra's most savage thrusts
During the course of the last two
sets Borotra called upon all the
knowledge and skill gained IN
years of international warfare in
an effort to break down the
youngsters resistance, but at the
finish Bowden was hitting out
with magnificent power and preci'
sion. And the Basque. his face
drawn with fatigue, was strokine
feebly and ineffectively.