davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times., 1934-09-05
The Rule Of 81
Bv Robert BenchIey

who was afraid to have a
fourth child, because he had
heard that every fourth child
in the world was a Chinaman.
Is that any way to get new
members?
I would not be one to set my
self against constituted author
ity-unless constituted author
ity set itself against me. Then
I, naturally, would demand my
rights. CMy rights, at the last
inventory, consisted Of the
right to inhale and exhale,
and to wear the top button OF
my coat buttoneO.
But I do protest against the
Cossack rule of the statisticianS.
Supposing that, right now, I
should decide that I wanted to
be the father of sextuplets, and
had a pretty good idea of how
to set about it. Would the
fact that sextuplets had already
been born in hottest, Rumania,
hold me back, just because
there had not been five billion
single babies born since that
date? No, citoyenS, I am a
The Washington times., 1934-09-05

The Secre-
tary's master
full interpreta-
ton of the as
sets and liza
bilitieS of the
country a n d
his acrobatic
eX p lanation
of eXpendi-
lures placed
t h e Republi-
c a ms in a
tough spot.
T h ey are
firm in their
beliefs t h a t
( d q cnoonh
The Washington times., 1934-09-05

-
With the G.
o. P. hoping
to make some
S t r i d e. in
coming elec-
tionS, a break
W i t in the
ranks would
be exceeding
ly destructive
t o p a r t y
hopes.
The progress
iv Repub-
licanS, how
ever, are grow
ing more vio-
The Washington times., 1934-09-05
The Salary Budget
A New Director

"A New Director
Regardless of how the rest of the country may look
upon the resignation of Mr. Lewis W. Douglas as Direc
tor of the Budget Government employees concentrated in
Washington will not be disposed to weep with regret
Whether he deserves it not Mr. Douglas is blamed
for many of the provisions of the economy law
which so disasrously affected this city and it's half mil
lion population.
To him is attributed much of the insistence on the false
theory that economy Government could be realized by
deprvng regular workers of fair salary that forbid
ding promotions and cutting leave would balance the
budget.
Mr. Douglas lost sight of many of the humanities while
pursuing his goal of balanced budget.
With all of the suffering that the Government imposed
upon it's employees with all of the njustices that marked
the economizng stricken and disabled war veterans
the Government with Mr. Douglas in the budget bureau
got farther and farther away from making current
meet current expenses,
THE IDEAL WHICH MR. DOUGLAS WAS PURsU-
ING WAS AN IDEAL TO WHICH THE ADM1NIsTRA-
T1oN PRETENDED TO SUBSCRIBE so FAR AS IT
AFFECTED THE VETERANS AND THE WORKERS
BUT WHICH IT QUICKLY ABANDONED WHEN IT
AFFECTED OTHERS
It is profoundly to be hoped that with the departure
of Mr. Douglas goes the last remains of the theory that
COu1Se Ill 10
employees while urging industry to pursue another
course in regard to its workers.
The selection of Mr. Daniel W. Bell to succeed Mr..
Douglas should be hailed by the great body of Govern
ent employees Endorsement of the contention thew
have been making for years. that position the Gov
ernmen should be considered beyond the reach of those
in the classified service.
Mr. Bell entered the Government service in humble
capacity many years ago. BY application to his duties
and by demonstration of his ability he has gone steadily
forward in the service.
HIS LATEST PROMOTION Is A DEMONSTRATION
OF THE FACT THAT WHEN THE GOVERNMENT
WANTS A JOB DONE IT CAN FIND THE MAN TO
DO 1T ALREADY IN ITS SERVICE
Mr. Bell takes the office of Director of the Bureau
OF the Budget at crucial period
Government departments at work on their esti
mates for the coming year. Soon the myriad estimates
will be flowing into the bureau for compilation and study
Washingtonans particularly interested in the prep
araion Of this budget because of the fact that they are
still subject to the five per cent pay cut
THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR PROLONGING THE
DISTRESSED CONDITION OF GOVERNMENT
WORKERS. 1T WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE TO RAISE
THE CRY OF "BALANCE THE BUDGET" AGAINST
THEM AT THE COMING SESSION OF CONGRESS-
The call for estimates for the new fiscal year REQUIRES
that the figures be submitted the basis of full pay
Mr. Bell probably will not have the final word in decid
Ing whether the budget will be submitted Congress on
that basis but we look to him the influence of his
new office In the effort to win for his fellowworkers an
honest days pay for an honest days work.
The Washington times., 1934-09-05

The Picture Has Changed
Almost every modern wife
is disappointed in her husband.
She doesn't always show it, or
get mad about it. But she's
The Washington times., 1934-09-05

Atmospheric con ditiOnS
around the country have been
strangely calm since Secretary
Of the Treasury Henry MOrgen-
thau, jr., issued his recent state
ment on the Nations finances.
The Washington times., 1934-09-05

The trouble with modern civ
ilization is that we have too
many rules. Take, for example,
what is known as THE Rule of
87," recently dragged out at the
The Washington times., 1934-09-05

Dampier was unique as a
pirate in that he was an excel
lent writer. He could write
about his deeds of derring-do
as we'll as perform them. It
was John Masefield, indeed,
with a keen leaning himself
to the buccaneers and their
Swashbuckling exploits, who said
of Captain Dampier that he
wrote the best books of voyages
in any language.
He was, without doubt, a
great sea rover. AS a young
man he went out to Jamaica to
find himself cast with a rowdy,
brawling crew. This life led to
his piratical career, and for
years he sailed with adventurous
ScoundrelS from Panama to
Mexico, and in the Far East,
from Australia to the Philip
pines. It was the SpaniardS he
fought and looted, mostly, and
under the backing of none other
than a First Lord of the Ad-
miralty, and one of the final
acts Of his career, serving under
another, was to pick up Robin
son CruSoe alexander Selkirk)
from the Island of Juan Fer.
nandez.
Where Author Bonner errS,
in the judgment of this writer,
is to assert that William Dam
pier was England'S greatest buc-
cancer"
Hardly that. That distinction,
If distinction it may be called,
belongs to a greater leader and
The Washington times., 1934-09-05

free agent! I happen not 10
want to be the father OF sex
tuplets, which is the only rea-
son that I am not an outlaw.
And there is a point which
the promulgators of the op-
pressive "Rule of 81" have pos.
sibly never considered. Only
one father-or mother-in five
billion wants to promote sex
tuplets. Think that over on
your legislator!
Copyright, 1884, by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
Articles BY Robert BenchLey
appear each Monday, .WedneS-
day and Friday.
The Washington times., 1934-09-05

The bottom is almost in sight,
The bucket in a sorry plight.
In drawing water best go slow
When wells are dangerously low.
The Washington times., 1934-09-05

Fifteen men on the dead mans
chest,
YO-hO-ho and a bottle Of rum.
Drink and the Devil had done
for the rest,
YO-hO-hO and a bottle of rum"
Those bloody rascals, "Breth-
rem of the Coast" who sailed
their fanged ships and Haunted
their skull-and-bones flag along
the Spanish Main, will ever have
glamour for most of us. It's
an odd fellow who won't pick up
good pirate yarn to the ruin
of good sleep. Many a one has
been written Of the buccaneers
who harried the tall galleons of
Spain and drained them of their
good yellow gold-yes, and of the
blood of their stout seamen; of
the tarry rascals who sailed
away from London River under
the left-handed protection of the
Red Haired Queen to found the
British Empire in the Western
Hemisphere.
And now William Hallett Bon
ner, in his Captain William
Dampier, Buccaneer Author"
(Stanford, Cal, University Press)
has given us a rattling good &C.
count of one of the most tai
ented and lively of all the pratt
cal.
The Washington times., 1934-09-05

d. @,
The Washington times., 1934-07-23
Sails for Home

Mrs. Victor A. I. Llewellyn,
the former Mrs. Alicia du Pont
Glendening, of London, who
paid a brief visit in the Capt.
tai while in this country on .
short sojourn sailed Friday
night aboard the Olympic to
rejoin her husband in England.
X X X
Mrs. Rolfe E. Boiling is in
New York at the New Weston
for a brief sojourn.
The Washington times., 1934-07-23
Bride-EIect Sets
Wedding Date

Representative and Mrs. Sam
D. McReynolds, of Tennessee,
have announced the engagement
of their daughter, Margaret. to
Mr.. Darrell st. Claire, Of Phoe-
nix, AriZ.
The wedding will take place
on Saturday September 20 in
Chattanooga, Tenn, at Mr.. and
Mrs. Reynolds home.
Miss McReynolds is a niece Of
Justice James c. McReynolds, Of
the U. S. Supreme Court. She
attended Sweet Briar College
and was graduated from George
Washington University in 1888.
Last summer Miss McReynolds
was presented at the Court of
st. James, while her father was
serving as delegate to the Loll-
don Economic Conference and
in the autumn she made her de-
but in Chattanooga.
Mr.. st. Claire has a post in
the office of the Secretary of
the Senate. He is a graduate of
the University of Arizona and
has served on the Arizona Re.
public in ProeniX.
The Washington times., 1934-07-23
Miss Hall Wed
In California

The engagement Of Miss Mil.
dred Hall, who was social secre-
tary at the White House in the
Hoover administration. to Mr..
T. Allen Campbell, son of Mr..
Thomas T. Campbell, former
Governor of Arizona, and Mrs.
Campbell, was announced Satur-
day at a small tea given by
Miss Bernice Miller at her home
in Palo Alto, Calf.
Miss Hall is the daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Hall, Of
Berwyn, Md. She was Mrs.
Hoover'S secretary in the days
when former President Hoover
was Secretary of Commerce,
went with her to the White
House, and. at the close of the
Hoover regime, accompanied Mr..
and Mrs. Hoover to California.
She has been living with them
at their home in Palo Alto.
Governor and Mrs. Campbell
were for a long time residents
Of Washington, Governor Camp
bell having been chairman of
the Civil Service Commission.
Their home is now in Los An
geles, but they are at present
on a trip to Mexico.
The marriage of Miss Hall
and Mr.. Campbell will take
place on Saturday, August 18,
at 4 o'clock in the Stanford
Memorial Chapel at Palo Alto.
Mrs. Hall has been visiting her
daughter in California since
May and will remain until after
the wedding.
Miss Hall is a graduate Of the
University of Maryland. Mr..
Campbell was graduated from
Stanford University in 1925 and
took his masters degree at
George Washington University
in 1882.
The Washington times., 1934-07-23
w ashinston Hosts
Honor Justice

Chief Justice and Mrs. Charles
Evans Hughes who are on an
extended motor trip through
New England were the guests
of honor at a dinner given Sat
urday evening by Mr.. and Mrs.
Adolph c. Miller, of this city,
who are occupying a cottage at
Peckett's on Sugar Hill, at
Breton Woods, N. H., for the
summer months.
Chief Justice and Mrs. Hughes
who have been at the Mount
Washington, Hotel at Breton
Woods for several days expect
to visit Canada and to spend
some time at Murray Bay, Que
bee, before returning to Wash
ington the END of September.
The Washington times., 1934-07-23
Supper Dance for'Deb

Mrs. Robert Bacon will give a
supper dance at Old Acres, her
estate at Westbury, L. l., Sep
tember 6 in honor of her
debutante granddaughter, Miss
Virginia Bacon, second daughter
Of Representative Robert Low
Bacon and Mrs. Bacon.
Miss Mary H. Howry and her
sister, Miss Elizabeth B. Howry,
are spending several weeks as
the guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Phelps Emo at the latter's
summer estate, Judah Rock, at
Saugatuck, in Fairfield County,
Conn.
From there they will make a
series Of visits on the North
Shore, and later will go to Can
ada to remain until late Sep
tember, when they will return
to open their home in George
town.
The Washington times., 1934-07-23
Mrs. Boyle Will
Visit Parents

Mrs. Margaret McChord Boyle,
who has been living in Paris for
some time past, will return from
Europe tomorrow aboard the lie
de France, accompanied by her
young daughter, Miss Josephine
Boyle. Following a brief stay in
New York, they will come to
Washington to join the formers
parents, Judge and Mrs. C. c.
McChord, at the Mayflower.
The Secretary Of the Treas
ury, Mr.. Henry Morgenthau,
jr., will return to Washington
next Monday. For several weeks
he has been with Mrs. Morgen-
thau and their children at a
ranch in Montana.
The Washington times., 1934-07-23
Engaged to Wed

Mrs. George b. Cheney, Of
New York, has announced the
engagement of her daughter,
Miss Harriet Crawford Cheney,
to Mr.. Augustus c. Downing,
also of New York.
Miss Cheney is a graduate Of
Smith College, class of '18, and
is a member of the Junior
League. Mr.. Downing is Yale
man, class of '07, and is the
son of Mrs. Augustus c. Down.
ing, sr., of this city. Among his
clubs are the Yale and UniVer-
Sity Of New York.
\ i
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert B. Dewey,
jr., will arrive in New York today
and be at the Ritz Carlton.
The Washington times., 1934-07-23
Going to Woods Hole

Frau Lohmann, wife Of the
Second Secretary of the Ger
man Embassy, and her two
small children, Lii and Jo-
ham, jr., will sail from Balti-
more the end of the week for
Woods Hole, Mass, where they
will spend the remainder Of the
summer.
In August Lahmann will be
joined by her mother, Frau Lili
Strube, who will come from
Bremen, Germany, to spend a
short time with her. DR.. Lob
mann will join his family in
Woods Hole later in the season.
&k 4
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry JenneSS
Saunders have announced the
engagement of their daughter,
Barbara, to Mr.. Allen j. Hover
male. The wedding will take
place in Washington in August.
The Washington times., 1934-07-23
Young People Let Their Suppressed
Desires Be Known at Party Given
On Long Island Estate
q 9'Y ee"'''*.

gay and coloru social event. says New York writer
the dinner given by Mr. and Mrs Jeremiah D. Mcguire the
beautiful playhouse their estate for Peggy Sykes Doris
Merrill and Audrey Jaeckel to- which than fifty young
guests invited and told to dress according to their
suppressed desires''
Some of the costumes showed great Imagination and in
genuy and prizes awarded for the most original
costumes.
The dinner most informal affair served at small
tables the with vivid red and white checked table
cloths and red and white floral centeeces Favors china
and lights added to the gala effect. After dinner
fessona entertainer sang in the big card which
famous for it's high beamed ceiling, and informal dancing
went on there throughout the evening.
Later all the company went swimming in the fine big
pool the estate where coored lights and moons shed
a magical glamour the beautiful young mermaids and
their escorts.
The Washington times., 1934-07-23
Envoy Returning

The Ambassador of Poland,
Mr.. Stanislaw Patek, will return
to the Embassy in Sixteenth
Street this evening from Hot
Springs, Va, where he spent the
past few days.
\ \ X
The Charge d'Affaires Of
France Mr.. Jules Henry spent
the weekend as the guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. Lammot Belin, at
their summer estate, Clarke'S
Summit, at Waverly, Pa. He
will return to the Capital to-
day.
Mrs. ArmStead Davis and
Mrs. Henry C. Corbin are visit
ing the formers brother, Col.
Howell Armstead, at View Tree,
the home at Warrenton, Va.
which he has leased for several
months from Mr.. Oscar Crosby.
The Washington times., 1934-07-23
Returning Later

The Secretary Of War and
Mrs. George H. Dern and their
daughter, Miss Betsy Dern, and
Mrs. Henry A. Wallace, wife Of
the Secretary Of Agriculture,
who are on a cruise to Panama,
are not expected to return to
Washington until the middle of
next month. They had planned
to be here the first week in
August.
The Washington times., 1934-07-23

came the bride OF Allen Mac
Matrin Look. The ceremony
took place in St. AIMS
Church and the Rev. Anson
Phelps Stokes officiated, as
sisted by the Rev. Percy T.
Edrop. A reception followed
at the home of the brides
mother, Mrs. Hugh Auchin-
Gloss.
Mrs. Thomas Watson Arm
itage and Barbara Auchin-
Gloss, sister Of the bride, were
the matron of honor and
maid of honor, respectively.
The other bridal attendants
chosen were Janet Stone and
the Mines. w. Curzon Tay-
lor, William M. Thompson,
George H. Walker, jr., H.
Livingston Schwartz, and
Frederick S. Nicholas.
Frank Byron Look was his
brothers best man and the
ushers were Hugh Auchin-
Gloss, jr., Frank Russell,
Warren P. Richie, John D.
Warren, and other fashion
able young "gents. It was
a very smart wedding of
which Kennebunkport could
we'll be proud.
That extremely handsome
matron, Mrs. Tracy Dows, Of
this city and Foxhollow,
Rhinebeck on the Hudson,
who. has the enviable repu-
tation Of being one of the
best-dressed women in New
York Washington society,
has been blessed with a trio
of attractive and talented
children, says "Cholly Knick-
erbocker.
Herself a literary eight"
of distinction, Mrs. Dows is
the mother of young Olin
Dows who, since his gradua-
tion from Harvard, has de-
voted himself to art work
and has won unstinted praise
from those qualified to pass
judgment upon his brush
efforts.
The eldest daughter, Mar
garet, now Mrs. Knut R.
Thyberg, lives in Copenhagen
and her husband is connected
with the Swedish diplomatic
service.
She has kept up her mu-
sical studies, inaugurated in
her pre-debutante days in
Paris.
Margaret can do nothing
short of wonders with a
Beethoven sonata or a Chopin
waltz, and her younger sis
ter, Deborah Dows, has fol-
lowed in Mrs. Thyberg's mu-
sical footsteps.
The Washington times., 1934-07-23
I0a,n Topics
(Registered Trade Mark Applied For>

Those two stunning wild
ows, Claire and Ida Kite,
whose husbands were cous-
ins), dining at the Shore
ham with the Messrs. Rich
ardson. Both Of these ma
irons are remarkably pretty,
Claire dark and lovely, who
can lay claim to being one
of the best groomed women
in Washington, was in white
with a chic white turban,
and Ida, who has the most
delicate coloring, was also
in white, a semi-sports CO.'S
tune worn with a soft white
felt hat.
Mr.. NJ. G. Thomle, Of
Seattle, who is here at the
Willard for a brief stay, en-
tertained at a dinner on the
Shoreham Terrace for Mrs.
Gwendolyn Brownlee and
Abbott Maginnis, a night or
two ago.
The party later adjourned
to the Powhatan Roof. Mrs.
Brownlee, whose beauty is
remarked upon wherever she
goes, wore a white boucle
dress, the yoke and sleeves
knitted like Irish crochet
lace. Her broad brimmed
balibuntl hat was cerise with
the crown encircled with
flowers Of a matching hue.
Beautiful Catherine Con-
nor, just back from Ken
lucky, seen dancing On the
Shoreham Terrace a night
or two ago and looking her
loveliest in a white chiffon
gown, which was nun-like in
its simplicity.
The Edgar Ormes were in
her party, the latter look
ing very handsome in black.
Ammon McClelland, who
fills one of the most import
ant posts here in the New
Deal, has been called to Mac
inac Island for a meeting Of
Governors. We are just
wondering if the Governors
did not plan this with an eye
to fishing every moment they
were not tied up with "offic-
ial" business.
X X
In Mrs. Dows' home in this
city is a series of superb
pastel panels done by her
son, depicting scenes from
the rugged countryside that
surrounds the Olin estate in
the highlands of the Hudson.
4
Kennebunkport, M in e,
was the scene of an interest
ing wedding Saturday when
Maria Sloan Auchincloss be-
The Washington times., 1934-07-23
Take Summer Cottage

The Agricultural Attache Of
the Spanish Embassy and
Sonora de Echegaray, who
spent the weekend in Rehoboth
Beach, Del, will return there
the latter part of the week to
occupy the cottage which they
have leased for the remainder
of the season.
X X X
Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas F.
Smith, have arrived in Wash
ington from their home in
Omaha, Nebr., and are at the
Carlton.
The Washington times., 1934-07-23
Players Guest At
Picnic Supper

The Washington Community
Players were guests late yester-
day afternoon at a picnic sup
per given in Rock Creek Park,
near Pierce Mill, by the Players
Club of Washington, the supper
following an al fresco and in
formal rehearsal of "A Midsum-
mer Nights Dream" which will
be staged by the Community
.PlayerS at the Washington
Monument July 80 and 81, under
the auspices of the Summer
Festival Committee of Wash
ington. Mr.. Gorge Wilcox,
president of the Players Club
was assisted in arrangements
for the party by Mrs. William
B. Kilgore, and Miss Louise
Wright.
Members Of the Players Club
will serve as uShe erS at this
weeks Summer Festival Pro-
gram to be held Thursday at
8 o'clock in the Sylvan Theatre
when a grand opera concert
will be presented by eight popu-
lar Washington singers and the
United States Marine Band, the
concert to be conducted by Cap
tain Taylor Branson. The sing
ers are to be Mrs. Franceska
Kaspar Lawson, Mrs. Marie
Head argues, Miss Helen
Howison, Miss Richie Mclean,
Mr.. Robert Frederick Freund,
Mr.. Kroom Bagranoff, Mr.. Will
frid Smith and Mr.. j. E. S. Kin
sella. The Lisa Gardiner Dane
ers will likewise be seen in two
ballets on this program.
X
The Washington times., 1934-07-23
Former Capital Belle to Present Daughter

The debutante steal the August show in New
port for every weekend during that month will be marked
with debut party of kind another, most of them
elaborate affairs with famous orcheras engaged months ago
to play for the dancing and all sorts Of novelties arranged for
the entertainment of the guests.
Hildegarde Graham daughter Of Mrs. Augustine Humes,
who Elsa Portner made her debut here at the family resi-
dence in New Hampshire Avenue will be formally presented
August 18 at the Cambake Club.
This event is to take the form Of dinner and large ball.
The debutante who like her mother charming and popu
lar and her younger sister Valerie less attractive
Mr.. and Mrs. Humes who in Europe, have taken
"The Mount the villa of Mr.. and Mrs Frederick Allen at
Newport for the remainder of the
Lesley Bogert, who presented at one OF the June
Courts London will make her bow August II and Ann
Meceary will "come ou at tea dance the day
Hdegarde Graham is introduced.
Thus does the merry whrl 90 on at Newport.
The Washington times., 1934-07-23
Chilean Diplomat
Returns Aug. IS

The Ambassador of Chile,
Senor DR.. Don Manuel TrUcco,
who is expected back in the
Capital on the fifteenth Of
August, will be accompanied on
his return from Chile by his
daughters Senorita Marta, Sc
norita Graciela and Senorita
Rebeca Trucco and his young
son Juan Luis, who is sixteen
and will do doubt enter school
here next winter.
The Washington times., 1934-09-04
ONLY HALF OF MILL WORKERS OUT, SLOAN MAINTAINS
Tells Reason
For Joining Strike

Overwhelmed BY the sometimes
heated and often conflicting state
nlentS of mill otDnerS and union
leaders, there is one poice tDhich is
rarely heard. 1t is the Uoice OF
the yorker himself, the poice of
men and Domen Dho actually
tend the SpindleS and looms of
the South'S great teTtile industry.
This is the first of a series of inti-
mate articles in Which the mill
hand, striker and non,Strtker toill
be 0iven his say.
CHARLOTTE, N. c., Sept. 4 Il.
N.S0.-Because he wants to 'live
decently," J. G. Robertson, typical
Carolina mill worker, Joined the
general textile strike, he said to-
day.
= Found on picket duty by a cor
respondent of International News
Service, Mr.. Robertson was se.4ct'
ed at random from among a score
of picketS and questioned. He
talked freely, asserting:
II have q wife and three chill.
dren, and drew nm average Of