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The Washington times., 1934-10-10

as putty in his hands. The
more efficient he is, the less I
like him. If I were running a
washroom concession, I would
pay boys we'll just to stay out
side and talk with the courtroom
girl the minute a patron ap"
peared.
On entering a book store I am
always relieved when no one
comes up to me right away and
asks me what I want. If could
find a book store where a really
lazy attendant stayed in the
back room until I called him.
or even had to go and drag him
out, when I had found just what
I wanted to buy, would patron
ize it exclusively.
In fact, the book shop which
I do patronize most has just
this advantage. I don't think
that the proprietor is lazy, but
he must have a feeling that, for
the first five minutes, patron
appreciates being neglected; for
there have been times when I
have browsed around among
the books, made my selections
and read several chapters of the
first one, before he appears.
But he is a man of rare sensi-
tiveness and probably makes
only half the money that he
could if he were a hoverer or a
pusher.)
The same applies to head
walters who take such an inter"
est in your particular meal that
you lose your appetite. I have
never yet ordered dish that
a headwaiter suggested, and if,
before can stop them, they
happen to suggest everything
on the menu, I order ham and
eggs out of spite.
To my mind, the ideal res
taurant has no walters at all
in sight when you enter and
one never puts in an appear
ance until you have mulled
over the menu for at least five
minutes. know that this is
contrary to all rules of service,
but I sometimes wonder if the
people who make rules ior a
trade have ever consulted the
patrons. If were running a
restaurant (after having gone
bankrupt on my washroomO I
would have a sign up reading:
"If you want service, ask FOR
it."
That there is something
wrong with me in these re-
spects, there can be no doubt.
If come home and find a
message to call UP someone
who, I know, is ready to make
some money for me, I am re-
lieved if I find him out when
I telephone. / am vaguely re-
lieved when almost anybody is
out when I telephone, whether
want to talk to him or not.
This, of course, does not make
sense. Neither does it make
money. But, with money where
it is today, who cares?
Articles By Robert BenchIey
appear each Monday, WedneS-
day and Friday.
Copyright 1884, by King Features
Sy1e eicate. 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1934-10-10

1arW6F III CQ6 rear O1 L1le Du1AQ'
ing shouted:
"TelI us about the kennel"
Garrett needed not, thinking
the man was drunk.
The farmer continued his
query. Garrett was forced to
stop talking.
Fort arose and started to
speak. Again came the re-
peated demand:
"Tell us about the kennel"
Fort quit.
ByrnS arose and began to en-
tighten the audience on the
state OF the nation. He, too,
1DGS interrupted By the request:
Tell us about the kennel"
Joe was unable to proceed.
The three young lawyers left
the warehouse gloomily, started
home in their surrey when
Dancy yelled:
"Joe, I know what that little
bird meant.
"He meant the Panama
Canal"
While speculation continues
as to whether Maj. Gen. Doug
las A. Macarthur will continue
as chief of staff, young Doug
Macarthur takes the oath of a
Kentucky colonel.
1t happened this UGy:: Doug
recently married charming
Laura BGrkley, daughter OF
Senator BGrkley OF Kentucky.
Doug UGs O. second lieutenant
in the cGvGlry reSerUe. His CON-
mGnding officer suggested to
young Mrs. Macarthur that she
should secure a colonelS CON-
mission for Doug.
She wrote to Gov. Ruby Laf.
foon, of Kentucky. And a few
days later Doug was commits
stoned.
He took the oath at reserve
headquarters:
The Washington times., 1934-10-10
LISTEN, WORLD
By Elsie Robinson

And what should we do about
them? In answer, one might
read volumes of scientific analy-
ses. The simple truth is:
MOODS ARE ENERGY RUN
AMUCK EMOTION ONE
GA-GA.
All human beings have en-
ergy.
Females as well as males
have energy.
Females and males have the
same kind of energy and it
operates in the same way.
All energy, male and female,
must do something with itself.
All energy, male or female,
must express itself in Motion
and Emotion.
When energy is properly d.
rected, it results in construc-
tive Motion and controlled
Emotion.
When energy is not properly
directed, it results in destruc-
tive Motion, demoralizing Emo
ton.
THE LESS MOTION EN-
ERGY PROD ES, THE
MORE EMOTION IT WILL
PRODUCE.
Why are Moods? That is
why. MOODS ARE UNDI-
RECTED, UNUSED ENERGY
BLOWING ITS HEAD OFF
ENERGY RUN AMUCK-EMO.
TION GONE GA-GA!
Why do women have more
Moods than men? That is why.
They have more moods because
they have more opportunity to
let their emotions run amuck.
Generally speaking, their lives
are less well organized than
men.
Modern conditions have
robbed Woman's life of the pur-
pose. power and pride it once
possessed. Modern freedom and
ANACA4COO 4AdNC C4ANOWCN WOAAA~A@
with abundant, aimless vitality.
AS a consequence, m ID er n
women are "all dressed UP with
no place to CO." so THEY GO
INTO A TANTRUM.
Busy human beings, male or
female, who are interested IN
their work, who are finding
and giving a measure Of happl'
ness in their work, suffer little
from moods.
Idle, dissatisfied, restless
peevish people, male or female
suffer greatly from moods.
TT IS AS EASY FOR MALE
ENERGY TO GO INTO A
TANTRUM AS FOR FEMALE
ENERGY AND ENERGY THAT
HAS NOTHING ELSE TO DO
WILL ALWAYS RAISE HE'LL.
Copyright, 1894. by King Features
Syndicate. 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1934-10-10
The Greatest Shoe
On Earth
By John Snure, lr.

81, Douglas Macarthur, I'd,
having been appointed a colonel
on the staff of the governor
Of Kentucky, and being of
sound mind, perfectly sober,
and not under cOmpulSiOn of
any sort, promise, contend, and
declare that during my sober
moments 1 shall, with the last
drop of my Scotch blood, pro-
tect and defend the sacred ter
ritOrial confines of Kentucky
against all invading moon
sinners, bootleggers, revenue
agents, and, if the necessity
arises, against all Republicans,
Hoover Democrats, and all
other enemies =.
That take these obliga-
tions freely, while perfectly
sober, without any mental reser.
vatiOnS' or purpose of evasion,
except that / reserve the right
to determine between friend or
enemy, native and foreigner, or
drunkenness and SObriety.
I'm addition, hereby re-
nounce my allegiance to the So
called Republican party and
promise, under pain of being
shot in the back by some ma.
tive hill billy, that 1 shall
never fail to vote the straight
Democratic ticket"
George Dock, jr, assistant H.
rGnciGl GdUiSer to the Federal
Home Loan Bank Board, says
that Bing Crosby can haze all
OF the air for radio broddcGstS
as far as he's concerned.
Chairman John H. Fahey was
The Washington times., 1934-10-10


him realize, for years n years,
that you, too, are a Helpless
Sufferer from Moods? You
certainly have!
But can any Mere Male
understand the agonies a Sen
Sitive Woman endures through
Moods? He certainly can't!
Then won't I, as another wom-
an, try to tell him?
will, indeed, lady. But what
a peeve you'll have when I get
through! For, though I am an
other woman. and though 1, too,
suffer from Moods, I no longer
kid myself that they're a sign
that I am sensitive" or high
strung; or that they are a Pc
culiarly feminine attribute or
affliction.
To the contrary. I know now
that males are quite as prone to
Moods as females-if they let
themselves be prone. And, in
stead Of being Helpless Sufferers
from Moods, most of us girls
Cincluding myself are apt to
be Ruthless Racketeers.
Yet we women ourselves pay
plenty. For, from the tim> we
can toddle, we are taught that
we are creatures of moods"
chat they are c result of our
delicate feminine organiza-
tion," and that there is nothing
we can do about them. Because
of which cockeyed instruction,
our own lives, and those of the
folk who have to live With us,
are wretched and wasted.
So-juSt what are moodk:
The Washington times., 1934-10-10
1uman Side of theNews - ByEdwin c. Hill
By T. E. Powers

) brownish extract called chan
doc. This is cooked over small
lamp until it is the size of a pea,
whereupon it is placed in the
bowl of the pipe which is held
over the lamp flame while the
smoker puffs.
The drug problem is not pc
culiar to China, nor is that the
only country trying to stamp it
out.
Far too much opium, heroin
and morphine is smuggled into
the United States to suit the
Federal authorities. Stanley j.
Fuller, American delegate to the
League of Nations Committee
for the Control of Narcotics, re-
ports that twice as much smok-
ing opium was seized here in
1888 as in the previous year.
And it comes chiefly from China
and Manchukuo.
Mr.. Fuller made the charge
that in 1888 Bulgaria imported
enough anhydrous acetic acid to
make $4,000 pounds of heroin
or four times the legitimate
needs of the world.
This revelation led the Portu-
guese delegate to condemn the
laxity of the Bulgarian govern
ment, saying, as he did, that
six tons of heroin was enough
to kill millions of people.
To clinch the case Gen. T. w.
Russell Pasha, Egypt's police
commander and the outstand-
ing foe of the drug traffickers,
offered proof that 10 Bulgarian
factories were manufacturing
heroin illicitly.
General Russell's great fight
is against the factories of Eu-
rope. Already more than half
a million Egyptians have been
made drug addicts by the poison
which comes from the "civils
lied West"
"The narcotic manufacturers
Of Central Europe" he says,
"are making colossal fortunes
by pouring their poisons into
Egypt and the Near East. What
do they care If they ruin thou
sands Of human beings as long
as they can fill their own pOck-
cts.
Egypt is the victim, and will
raise her voice against these
poison factories. She has facts
and not mere theories to sup
port her caSe."
Copyright. 1894, by King Features
Syndicate, 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1934-10-10
A Fast Schedule
Acceptable If Efficient

The differences of opinion between the District Build
ing and the Public Works Administration the sewage
disposal plant project at last to have been resolved
and it the hope of the people of the city that work will
start promptly upon project and proceed expedtousy
Il has been most unfortunate that friction should have
developed over the project.
THIS IS PARTICULARLY AMAZING IN VIEW OF
THE FACT THAT BOTH SETS OF OFFICIALS IN
VoLVED IN THE FRICTION HAVE APPARENTLY
BEEN WORKING TOWARD THE SAME OBJECTIVE
-CREATIoN OF EMPLOYMENT AND THE CARRY
ING OUT OF A NECESSARY PUBLIC PROJECT,
Public Works Administrator 1ckes in his letter TO the
District Commissioners transmitting the signed contract
for the borrowing of funds states the objective OF both
himself and the Commissioners when he states:
"Speed If of the utmost importance. We must
ch;eUe WITHOUT further ado paramount purpose
Of putting as many to work on the sewage dis
Dosal plant as possible quickly possible and at
the tine construct IN an oFderIv ana eTc'e"e
manner a useful public UOorR'
The Administrator has established a work program
which calls for completion Of the plant on July l. 1886
The Commissioners had proposed longer time Tor COM
pletion of the operation.
There can be no question that every possible effort Will
be made by local officials to comply with the faster sched
ule prepared by Administrator Ickes
TO the layman that schedule seems to require tre-
mendous speed in carrying out project important and
90 extensive as is the sewage disposal plant.
IN THE DESIRE TO PUT MEN TO WORK SPEED
ny THERE MUST BE NO SACRIFICE OF EFF
CrENCY AND THERE MUST BE NO WASTE OF ANY
PART OF THE $8OooooO WHICH THE PEOPLE OF
THE DISTRICT WILL BE CALLED UPON TO PAY
EVENTUALLY FOR THE PLANT.
Speed can be bought at too high price
It is not at all likely that Administrator 1ckes will in
sist upon maintaining the work schedule that he has out
lined there any likelihood of its producing an inferior
plant
Within the limits of reason however the District Com
ssioners should attempt to comply with the suggestions
of the lending power and speed up construction to the
highest efficient point
The Washington times., 1934-10-10

Guilty." Guilty." GUILTY."
The stony-faced judges, in mill.
tary khaki rather than the
robes of flowing black, pro-
nounce the same verdict in the
three cases before them.
The prisoners, three women,
are led out by a file of soldiers
and placed against wall in the
courtyard.
A sharp command from an
officer, and at 20 PAGES as
many rifles speak the message
Of death to the Queen of the
Opium Runners, Nine. Chi Yuan.
sze, and to two of her lieuten.
ants.
Such a drumhead court-mar
tial would seem to indicate that
the Chinese Republic means
business in putting an end to
the illicit drug traffic, while at
the same time discouraging the
use of opium where it is OBJ
tanned through legalized chan
nels.
BY a recent edict army Off.
GERS, teachers and students, en-
rolled in the Nationalist party
and addicted to the drug, are
given choice of either quitting
it or the party.
The city of Canton has
Joined the movement with an
ordinance which provides that
those found guilty of excessive
use of opium shall be compelled
to live in houses without roofs
at the mercy of the elements.
AS short a time ago as 1917,
China had all but ridden her
self of the curse which has
claimed its victims by countless
millions and has enslaved the
empire.
The Empress Dowager in 1906
decreed that the growth, sale
and consumption of the drug
must cease within 10 years.
In 1909 President Theodore
Roosevelt brought about an in
ternational investigation and
an agreement to assist the
Chinese.
BY 1912 production in China
had decreased rs per cent, a re-
markable. achievement in view
of the fact that it meant the
ruin of countless thousands Of
poppy growers in the interior
provinces.
Came the revolution and the
World War. China was parti-
toned among the warlordS and
they, to swell their Golfers. COM
PEELED the farmers to SOW their
fields to bumper crops of "the
black rice.'
The poverty and misery of the
past Is years turned the masses
back to opium and at the same
time made China again a land
for the drug smugglers.
India and Turkey are large
growers of the poppy and in
1884 alone Chinese custom
agents seized contraband mar
The Washington times., 1934-10-10

copy of Mr.. Fahey's speech.
He was called upon to broad
cast.
He did. 1t 1OGS his first "Gp-
pedr1nce" on the air.
Bad for him, his speech waS
worse for the audience.
He finally concluded.
A friend in New York wrote:
"That was the most mOnOtO-
nous grafton to which have
ever liStened!"
Dock says he is through with
brOadcaSting.
The Washington times., 1934-10-10

down. But it
h a S be e n
done.
B ck in
1904, Byrns
a n d t W o
y o u n G law
yerS, D. E.
Garrett, later
a Texas Con-
G re S S m a n,
and D a n cy
Fort, were to
speak in a to-
bacco W are
house in the
Sixth TenneS-
see district.
G a rre t t
a r o S e t o
speak. Before
h e warmed
up, a little
The Washington times., 1934-10-10

Whereupon,
if you're a
m a n, you'll
probably give
a S y m p a.
thetic grunt.
Or, if you're
a W o m a n.
you'll indulge
in a compla-
cent snirk-
and cut those
questions out
to show your
husband.
For haven't
you been try
ing to make
The Washington times., 1934-10-10

Why Do Women Have More
Moods Than Men?
He's twenty-four. Married
eight months. So won't I tell
him-Only please don't let The
Wife know that he asked:
WHY WOMEN HAVE so
MANY MOODS?
WHY WOMEN HAVE MORE
MOODS THAN MEN?
IS THE supposes it is
BECAUSE OMEN ARE
MORE SENSITIVE, MORE
HIGH STRTJNG"2
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scheduled to
make a radio
address tn e
o t h er eve.
Dock went to
the studio to
wait for him.
Mr.. Fahey
W a S delayed
in a traffic
j a m caused
by the screen
a p p e arance
of Mae West.
He failed to
arrive at the
studio for his
br o q d C a s t
o ver a ma
tional hook
up.
George had
The Washington times., 1934-10-10

Edgle-eyed Joe ByrnS, 1Oho
seems to be in the lead for the
SpeGkerShip OF the House, is
one of the greatest cGmpGigners
in Congress.
It is a difficul task to talk Joe
The Washington times., 1934-10-10
Moving the Movies
To Florida

Joseph M schenck Hollywood moving picture magnate,
announces that he will his vemilion-dollar com
pany to Florida if Upton Sinclair is elected governor of
California.
is reported that about half of the motion picture in
dustry plans to follow suit
The fancy taxes which Mr. Sinclair will impose if he
wins, under his END Poverty in California" scheme
bring more than gycerne tears to the eyes Of fmdom
and many other "doms'' in the Golden State.
Florida, no doubt sincerely hopes that Mr. Sinclair is
elected, and perhaps translates EPIC to mean END
PROGRESS in California"
On the latter point the two States will for once agree
The Washington times., 1934-10-10
Wise Words

It is curious that we should
be more anxious to conceal our
best passions than our worst.
-Landor
Unhappy is he who trusts only
to time for his happiness.
-Voltaire
Incidence is the sleep Of the
mind.
-Vauyenargues
The Washington times., 1934-10-10

cotics on 900 ships, 257 of which
flew the British flag.
Opium is the milky juice of
The Washington times., 1934-10-10

the unripened poppy, which is
permitted to dry.
What the Chinese smoke is a
The Washington times., 1934-10-10

wAsaENGToN TINES PSblhd In the ct 1917
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-06
Noted Soviet Film
Director Explains
Methods of Work

NEW York;. I. Pudowkin, one
of the outstanding Soviet directors
and internationally prominent theo-
rist OF the film, has always been
opposed to the use of professional
actors In the motion picture. Speak
ing in defense of his theory Of
types instead of actors" in 8 recent
lecture before his students at the
Moscow Film University, he said:
IT want to work only with real ma
terial-this is my principle. I main
tain that to show, alongside real
water and real trees and grass, a
property beard pasted on the actors
face, wrinkles traced by means Of
paint, or STACEY acting is impossible.
1t is opposed to the most elementary
ideas of style.
But what should one do? 1t is
very difficult to work with stage
actors. People so exceptionally
talented that they can live, and not
act. are very seldom met with, while
If you ask an ordinary actor merely
to sit quietly and not to act, he
will act for your benefit the type
Of a non-scting actor.
IT have tried to work with people
who had never seen either a play
, or q film, and succeeded, with the
help Of montage, in achieving some
/ result. 1t Is true that in this
method one must be very cunning;
it is necessary to invent thousands
of tricks to create the mood n
quired in the person and to catch
the right moment to photograph
him.
For example, in the film, Storm
Over Asia, I wanted to have
crowd of Mongols looking with rap
ture at a precious fur piece. en-
gagged a Chinese conjurer and
photographed the faces Of the Mon
gols watching him. When I joined
this piece 10 piece of the shot
of fur held in the hands Of the
seller, I got the result required.
Once I spent endless time and eff.
fort trying to obtain from an actor
good natured Smile-it did not
succeed because the actor kept on
acting When did catch
moment, and photographed his face
smiling at a joke I made, he had
been firmly convinced that the
shooting was over"
In 1905, the film classic based on
C5orki's novel Mother. p1Idowki11
used as one of his leading players,
A. Chistiakov, the accountant for
the Mejrabpom studios. After COM
pleting his work in this film, the
accountant returned to his ledgers
and journals. He left behind him,
however, a remarkable role in
film that has been accepted as q
classic in all the capitals of Europe,
and which placed Pudowkin in the
front ranks Of the worlds film Gre
ators.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-06
City Clubs to Meet
to Prepare Members
for May LIST Rally

NEW YORK.-The CITY Club
Council. of the Notwithstanding
clubs has sent full instructions to
all its sections to mobilize for the
city wide May Day conference on
April IA. All clubs are instructed to
visit all other organizations in the
neighborhood to see that delegates
are sent.
Following the city-yide confer
ence, on Sunday, April is, at l pm.
the council Is calling a club CON
ference to make detailed plans for
the May l, demonstration. At this
conference, which will be held at
the headquarters Of the council. II
W. 18th ST., the clubs will receive
tlnal instructions on how to mobilize
their full memberships and other
workers for the mightiest May Day
IN the history Of the club move
ment.
All club delegates must attend
both conferences. All clubs should
begin to prepare now for the May l
Demonstration.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-06
.ScOttSb oro Play
By John WexIey
To Continue Run

NEW YORK.-Contrsry TO rumors
that John Wexley's powerful drama
on the Scottsboro case. rThey Shall
Not Diel" was to be closed tomorrow
night, an announcement yesterday
declared that the play is to con-
tinue az the Roysle Theatre. 'eThey
Shall Not Die!" was produced by
the Theatre Guild. John Wexley is
a member of the John Reed Club.
Prices for this widely-acclaimed
play have been reduced so that good
orchestra seats may be had for 50,
the best mezzanine seats for 81 and
balcony seats during Thursday and
Saturday matinee performances for
rs cents.
All New York readers of the Daily
Worker who can afford to do so are
urged to see "They Shall Not Diel'.
to keep it running as proof that the
workers can and will support a revo-
lutionary play.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-06
Stage and Screen
"Pirdtes of Penzdnce" Opens
Monday at Majestic; wife
Insurance" Here April 18th

Pirates of Penzance" will be the
second production Of the Gilbert
and Sullivan troupe, and will open
next Monday evening at the Males
tic Theatre, Leading players Of the
company include Vera Boss, Will
liam Danforth, Vivian Hart, Row
Cropper and Allen Waterous.
Frederick Jackson's com e DIV.
Wife Insurance" is announced for
next Thursday night at the Ethel
Barrymore Thea, Harvey Stephens.
Kenneth McKenne, Ilka Chase and
Lillian Emerson head the cast.
Are You Decent" Crane Wilbur's
new comedy, is scheduled for April
IL with Eric Dressler, Lestre Vail.
Alice Fischer and A, J. Herbert as
the principals. The theatre has not
been set however.
They Shall Not Die John Wex-
leys drama dealing with the Scots
boro case, is announced to close this
Saturday, The play opened at the
Royale Theatre on Feb. 81.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-06
Theatre Benefits for
E'Stevedore'' Taken by
Is NY. Worker Groups

NEW YORK. - Fifteen working
class organizations have arranged
for benefit theatre parties at "Steve-
dore," the second Theatre Union
production, in the first week of its
rehearsals, according to Sylvia
Began, audience manager of the
Theatre Union. The play will be
opened at the Civic Repertory
Theatre on April IS, and three pre-
view performances are planned.
The benefits have been taken by
the Young Worker, the Office Work
ers Union, the Friends of the Water
front Workers, the Pen and Ham
mer the Bill Haywood Branch of
the I. L. D., the Moshulu Parkway
and the Prospect Park Branches of
the Friends Of the Soviet Union.
the Moshulu Parkway Progressive
Club, and other groups.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-06
Tale of Trio Cities" at The
Free Theatre

"A Tale of Two Cities" drama
tized from the novel by Charles
Dickens, is now being offered hy
Butler Davenport at his Free Thea :
tire, 1873 e. 9th St. The cast in
cludes Mr.. Davenport, John Simons,
Edwin Wilson, Joseph Demier, Syl-
VIA Shane and Barbara Fay.
Juliana Taberna replaced Mill
cent Green yesterday in Peace on
Earth, the anti-war play now play
ing at the Forty-fourth Street
Theatre. Miss Green will have an
important role in "Stevedore. .
which the Theatre Union will offer
on April II at the Civic Repsrtory
Theatre.