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Evening star., 1935-01-03
MAMIE sat un-

MAMIE sat un-
4'x der the pep
per tree she'll
ing peas. but her
mind was not on
her homely task.
She was thinking
of the day 20 years
ago when she was
a girl of II walk
ing through the
heather with Ter
rance O'May.
True. the Califor-
MIA sky was warm
and blue, but not
80 blue as the one
arching over the
greening fields in
Ireland so many
years ago. The CAL
ifornia sun was
bright, but it did
not shine right
down into your
heart the way it
had when Torrance
O'May ran to meet
her on the moor.
Evening star., 1935-01-03
SALES TAX BILL FILED
Two Per Cent Levy Is Proposed
in Massachusetts, Iepislafur

BOSTON. January 3 (P).-A bill
calling for 2 per cent sales tax
was among those filed with the Legis-
lature yesterday.
The bill has been before the Legis-
lature for the last two years.
The sales tax, subject of bitter con-
troversy in Massachusetts in recent
years, has frequently been advocated
by Henry F. Long. State commissioner
of corporations and taxation. as neces-
sary to relieve the tax burden on real
estate.
Evening star., 1935-01-03
CORONER PROBES DEATH
OF JOBLESS MAN HERE
Body Found in Rear of Rooming
House-Believed Victim of
Fall From Window.

Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
is investigating the death of James S..
Walsh, Sc, unemployed, who was
found dead yesterday in an areaway
at the rear of a rooming house at 5O7
L street after he had apparently fall
len from a window on the third floor
Walsh had been dead several. hours
when his body was found by a gar
bage collector.
A former employe of the Soldiers
Home dairy, Walsh had been out of
work for several months
Evening star., 1935-01-03
Mrs. Townsend Presents
Two Artists in Recital
American Pianist and Norwegian Soprano
Are Received Enthusiastically at
Wednesday Morning Recital.
BY ALICE EVERSMAN,

ME of Beveridge Webster American pianist is well
European concert halls but this is the first
season that he has been heard in this country. His
American debut made in New York two months
yesterday introduced Washington at Mrs Lawrence
Townsends morning MayfoWer sharing pro-
Norena Norwegian the Metropolitan
Opera - -
which Bist Die Ruh" "Wohn LISTS
bose the
~ ~ 80 ~ ,. .e, numbers by Grieg perhaps the best
yesterday were ho She adequately
at
the piano.
Evening star., 1935-01-03
Wilmington Schools
Ordered Closed as
Grippe Strikes 5000
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WILMINGTON, Del, January
3.-With 5000 children absent
because of grippe, Wilmington
public schools yesterday were or
dered closed by Supt. S. M.
Stouffer. -..--..
The closing is effective today
until next Monday.
The Washington times., 1935-02-12
Once-Overs
Appearances Deceive

Too many people seem to
have the opinion that the one
who smiles easily is not a prac-
tical and sound thinker.
Wisdom, learning, culture and
deep thinking are associated en-
tirely with persons of sober
mien.
Too often such persons fail to
take the recreation or relaxa-
ton that is needed to keep
them fit.
Though they have jaded
nerves and bodily weariness
they do not spare themselves in
pursuit of matters that interest
them.
But they fail to take into con.
sideration the fact that their
tense methods shorten their
lives and the period of serious
work.
1t is a shortened perspective
that causes a man to be too
busy"
He becomes one-sided in his
deductions and narrow in his
avenues of thought.
There must be respite from
concentrated thought to have
the thought worth anything.
You hear a lot about "lqui-
dating" nowadays and keeping
in a fluid state" Don't cause
your mind to crack from too
much strain. Loosen up.
The one who can smile and
relax might be said to be in
that mental condition which
oils the machinery OF body and
mind. Try It. Smile.
Copyright. 1898. hv King Features
Syndicate, Inc,)
The Washington times., 1935-02-12

thinking of this article-but
you are also thinking of thou
sands of other things, each one
of which colors your every
thought and feeling and helps
to make or mar your destiny:
Those thoughts didn't start
when you picked up this article
and they won't stop when you
lay it down. They started when
you were born-they will only
stop when you die. Probably
not then.
CROWDED STAGE
Your mind is a stage, more
crowded with characters than
a Hollywood mob scene. With
your first impression that stage
began to fill. And every thought
or feeling that has ever stepped
upon that stage still stays there.
That first baby terror-many
a time it remains Star Actor in
mans life until the end.
That first baby desire-or dis
like-it is still shaping your at
titude toward the world and
your fellow men.
The decisions you made-and
the pride or regret they left in
their trail-and the decisions
you didn't make, with their in
evitable weakness-still they all
move like ghosts, skulking,
strutting through the back shad-
ows of your mind.
I'm thinking about this ar
ticle," you say.
No, you're not. You're think
ing about your whole life
past, present and future. AND
YOUR THOUGHTS ARE AS
DEEP AS THAT LIFE. You're
not reading my words.
You're reading your own Sc
cret despair and hope. wisdom
and ignorance, generosity and
intolerance, hate and love, re-
sentiment and gratitude, am.
bition and indifference.
What will this article mean
to you? 1t will mean as much
as your life will let it mean.
And that applies to every ex-
perience that happens to you.
You will get out of anything
Won read ANYTHING vou SEQ or
hear, as much as you can put
into it.
For everything that happens
to you must first be sifted
The Washington times., 1935-02-12

whatever your life has prepared
you to think.
You are thinking whatever
you have been getting ready to
think since the day of your
birth.
HIDDEN CONFUSION
Often you've wondered why
you didn't get ahead faster in
life-haven't you? You COM
pared yourself to other people.
You seemed as friendly as they,
as well-informed, as full Of am
bition and initiative.
But you didn't reckon on that
hidden confusion that spoiled
your aim - on the power of
that secret accumulation of old
weakness. If you had, you
might have saved yourself.
For truth DOES set us free"
and if you once know how
your mind operates, and of
what it consists, you CAN con-
troll it. The stage will still be
crowded-youll still carry with
you the residue of all the years.
BUT YOU'LL KNOW HOW
TO MOVE THE ACTORS.
Copyright, 1895, by King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
The Washington times., 1935-02-12

Men are masters of the crouch.
And no woman can be as un-
bearable as a man who has
wrapped himself up in a can
tankerous case of the grumps.
Men know how to sulk, and
can steep the household IN
silent gloom until it seems like
a funeral parlor. Or else they
are argumentative. and only
wait to see which side Of a
question a woman is on. so they
can take the other side, and
start something.
Oh, yes, in his own way,
man can be just as inSufferable
and exasperating as a woman.
But nagging is different. Nag
ging is the ART OF REPET1-
TON! Only a woman can go
on and on and ON repeating
herself, until mans brain
reels and he feels like rushing
out of the house and yelling for
the police.
They used to torture the an
cient martyrs. by letting water
drip on the victims forehead.
hour after hour, day after day,
until he went insane.
And similarly, the same vail
or the same accusation can fall
on a mans ear-drum. night after
night or morning after morn
ing, until it drives him to drink,
insanity or another woman.
When a man has had his say,
he considers that the argument
is settled and closed. The Mighty
Male has SPOKEN. But a
The Washington times., 1935-02-12
Words of Wise Men

habit teaches to bear labor injury
and pain.-Cicero
I do not hate much as fear ought to do
Carlyle
None but the brave the fair.-Dryden
Among people generally corrupt liberty long exist
Burke.
A man is badly in when he has advisers
-Syrus.
All the arts belong polished life have common
connected it by reatonshp-Cleero
Conquests pursue leads the way.-Garth
IT'S held that makes wise.-Tennyson.
When good she looks upon them
with threatening eye.-Snakespeare.
A pretty woman is a welcome guest-ByroR.
The Washington times., 1935-02-12
Greatest Show On Earth
Bu John Snure, Jr.

advocating United States rati-
ticdtion.
For some reason. unknown
even to Mr.. Monaghan, the
Senate failed to heed his ap-
peal when it voted to reject
ratification of the protocol.
Not only did a large group
of senators from states other
than Montana vote against the
League Court but in addition
the two senators from Mr..
Monaghan's own State voted
against it.
Senator Burton X. Wheeler
and Senator James E. Murray,
both. Democrats, voted against
entry.
Now, Mr.. Monaghan is won
dering how the voters will take
his appeal for ratification
when he comes up for reelec-
tion.
Rumor whispers that Secre-
tary of Interior Harold L. 1ckes
is witnessing investigation of
his motion picture activities by
Comptroller General McCarl.
1t may be that MCCarl will
hand out some bitter medicine
to the Interior Secretary before
he concludes.
1t has been said that emer.
gency funds have been used in
the Interior Department in con-
The Washington times., 1935-02-12
Legislature Reform Urged
on States
Bv JAMES T. WILLIAMS, JR.

sweat of their brow and Spurn
a chance to attach themselves
either to a Federal relief roll or
to a charitable soup kitchen, if
only they may find honest work
or protect their pockets from be.
ing picked by the political para.
sites who masquerade as public
servants.
The South Carolina legisla.
ture consists of 125 members of
the house, and 46 members of
the senate. They have been in
session for five weeks without
passing a single useful bill, or
making any needed appropria
ton.
Forty days is the time our
legislature is supposed to be in
session, but as usual it will re-
main in session for a very much
longer time because the mem.
bers draw $40 per day, and be-
fore they adjourn they will
doubtless vote themselves extra
pay for time served. no matter
how long the session may con-
tinue."
EVILS WIDESPREAD
South Carolina is not the only
State, it is one of many States
which are suffering today from
this form of political racketeer-
ing. And legislatures of exces-
SlVe size and extravagant habits
are not the worst of this iniqui-
touS system. The ox-cart system
of county government which
taxes the people to pay for the
upkeep of a hungry horde of
county politicians prevails not
only in South Carolina but in
many other States of the Union.
1t is small wonder that Sena-
tor Norris, of Nebraska, has no
invitation from the South Caro-
lima legislature to broadcast
from its halls the merits of the
Norris plan, which has just been
put into effect in Nebraska.
A speech from Senator Norris
on this subject over the radio
from the State House in Colum-
bia would start a political revo.
luton in the Palmetto State,
the end of which would be the
overthrow of the present prati,
cal political system which main
tains a lot of legislative loafers
indefinitely in session at the
expense of the taX-ridden people
of South Carolina.
Copyright. 1895, The Washington
Times)
The Washington times., 1935-02-12

the United states would be
changed.
The change would be for the
better The change would be
in the public interest. 1t would
promote the public welfare. 1t
would overthrow the tyrannical
and extravagant rule of gov
ernment of politicians, by poll
ticians, for politicians.
It would restore that govern
ment of the people, by the peo-
pie, for the people which the
Constitution of the United
States undertook to establish
a representative government of
limited and delegated powers.
Take the State of South Caro-
lima. which offers one of the
most flagrant examples today
of tyrannical rule by politicians,
of politicians, for politicians.
PEOPLE TAX-RIDDEN
One of the former citizens of
that State in a letter just re-
ceived thus describes the politi'
cal bondage under which the
tax-ridden people of South Caro-
lima now sweat and toll in an ef-
fort to save some of their earn
ings from the ruthless bands Of
political locusts that are eating
their way through the State:
Il think the plan of Senator
Norris to have one body of law
makers in each State would be a
tremendous improvement for
South Carolina. 1t would be not
only a great relief but also a
great benefit to all sorts and
conditions of loyal citizens who
are earning their bread in the
The Washington times., 1935-02-12

In times of difficulty danger Americans wisely turn
the urances of their great of the past the safest
guide for shaping the national course in future.
These times of difficulty if not danger.
In the counsel of Abraham Lincoln 1875 ago
day. the nation finds chart by which to pilot its way
through the reefs and shoals of changing age.
AS for the America of 1885 America of 1909
Lincolns words.
gle for maintaining in the UorLd that form and sub
stance of government WhoSe leading object is ee-
the condition of men; lift artificial Ueights from
all ShouderS clear the paths of lauddble pursuit
GN to afford all unettered start and fair chance
in the of Hfe.'
No less true are these:
"The people the rightful masters Of both Con.
crosses and courts, oUertro the Constitution,
but to oUerthrow the Who perUert the ConStitu-
tion."
And these particularly applicable to Communism other
foreign sms which misguided traitorous propagands
seek to inflct upon the country
"A HOUSE DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF CANNOT
STAND"
Never has the duty patriotism Americanism been
pointed out clearly than that mperishabe phrase
Were Lincoln alive today doubt that he would
lead the nation back to Constitutional government back
historic ideals of democracy back the old virtues Of
individual and national self-reliance
He would also be deeply concerned the
armed forces which attention being focused by
National Defense Week.
One whom abhorren he would not tolerate the
unpreparedness which invites attack and which poweres
to keep the had bitter knowledge the
woes which unpreparedness brings.
But Lncons trust in the American people would have been
steadfast as when he said in his first inaugural:
"Why should there not be patient confidence in
the ultimate justice of the people? Is there any better
equal hope in the WorId?"
If there or equal hope in the world it is vet to
be discovered and strong that faith America will
umphantly whatever perplexie and peri may lie ahead
The Washington times., 1935-02-12


ming to make material changes
in his small circle of advisers.
Hopeful, but not assured, the
conservative element is center
ing its attention on that sOme-
what radical Secretary of Agri-
culture. Henry A. Wallace.
In Mr.. Wallace. they find all
of the elements so upsetting to
the right-Wingers. And they
hope that the President will
find a new farmers friend.
Not content, hoWeUer, to TO-
Gus all attention on Wallace,
this same group is glnncing at
Secretary OF Labor Frances
Perkins.
They know that the feminine
member of the Cabinet has not
incurred the friendship OF Cap
itol Hill and they also know
that her advocacy of interna-
tional labor organizations is not
pleasing to a great horde of
working people.
Despite the fact that the
President has had the greatest
confidence in Secretary Per
kins, they hope he may change
his mind.
Representative Joseph P.
Monaghan, Democrat, of Mon.
tana. is wondering how he can
repair a large gap in his po-
litical fences.
Adopting the preUailing otti-
tude OF "going along NTH the
President" he made Ienthv
statement just before the Sem
ate voted on the League Court
The Washington times., 1935-02-12

of the States
of the Union
which are po-
litically most
b a c k W a r d,
a b ou t h e
one-houSe leg
iSlative Sy S.
tenn which he
o r gi mated
and W h c h
his own State
of Nebraska
un er hi S
lie a d e r ship
h a S recently
adopted, Gov
ern ment in
The Washington times., 1935-02-12

Since the Shake-up in the
Agricultural Adjustment Admin
iStratiOn, the observers are
carefully scrutinizing other
bureaus and departments for
the next quake.
The conservative element,
telling themselves that the
President is swinging to the
The Washington times., 1935-02-12

r i 6 h t, a r e
W o n d e r ing
W h a t moves
he will make
to rid him
self and the
A d ministra
ton of theor-
lists and brain
truSterS.
T h ey are
looking over
t he Cabinet
and discuss
ing the ru-
NOR that the
Chief Execu-
The Washington times., 1935-02-12
Listen, World - - By Elsie Robinson

evasion and sentimentality,
you'll limit every experience
every challenging thought or
act-by your own pettiness.
What are you thinking?
You BELIEVE that you are
thinking about this article.
You also believe that you are
free to think whatever you wish
to think. You're wrong on
both counts. You're thinking
The Washington times., 1935-02-12

man on whom nagging made
the slightest impression. 1t is
only when she stops talking
and goes into the silence, that
he begins to wonder if there
may not have been something
in her argument, after all.
Oh, yes, nagging takes time,
skill and patience. That's why
it is a strictly feminine accom-
plishment. No man would waste
his energy on it.
copyright, 1885, by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1935-02-12

through the crowded stage of
your mind-and be coioreu and
shaped by the characters on
that stage.
And so-if there is beauty
on that stage, if there is wis
dom and tolerance. courage
and common Sense-you will
find and appreciate these
qualities in life.
But if you've filled your mind
with prejudice and irritation,
The Washington times., 1935-02-12

nection with
t h e motion
picture activi-
ties of the
National Park
S er ice in
such a W ay
as to provoke
McCarl's dis
pleasure.
And when
McCarl'S dis
pl e a S ure is
aroused he is
likely to start
things t h a t
n o n e c a n
stop by plaza
The Washington times., 1935-02-12

LlOn or LnredL.
National Park Service officials
are said to have CLOSED over
their expenditures for motion
pictures in the belief that they
would receive sanction and be
all right.
McCarI. however, is reported
as disagreeing with them, and
1t is expected that before long
there may he more noise at the
Department Of Interior.
lCopyrIEht, 1884, The Washington Times
The Washington times., 1935-02-12

prised at the
simplicity of
the question.
B u t it
isn't a SIM
pie question.
It is a very
p ou nd
q ue S t i o n
W h j c h a f.
+ e c t S your
W h oil life.
A n d you
though hon
estly given,
is 9 9 p e r
cent wrong.
VOII A RE
The Washington times., 1935-02-12
Why Men Don't Nag
Are men naggers?

Are men naggers?
Capt. Rhoda Milliken of the
Womens Bureau of Metropoli-
tan Police at Washington says
they ARE. And she can prove
it.
Still, can't believe it! Nag
ging is a distinctly feminine
art.
Men are critical, and love to
tell a woman how to do things.
The Washington times., 1935-02-12

If Senator Norris, of Ne
braska, could deliver one ad-
dress over the radio in each
The Washington times., 1935-02-12
Your Thoughts Go Deep
AS Your Life

What are you thinking?
Il am thinking about this
article" YOU say. a little sur
The Washington times., 1935-02-12
Marry-GO-ROund
Bu Helen ROWL0nd

woman hangs cnto an idea or a
bone of contention as a puppy
hangs onto an old shoe. She
can say the same thing over and
over in forty different ways,
and then return to it with fresh
vigor, again. the next day.
Why don't you wear your
overshoes? Why don't you get
haircut? Why can't we have
a new car? Why don't you ask
for raise?
What do you do with Your
money-do with your money!
do with your money? Who was
that woman-Who was that
woman-who was that woman?
That woman, that woman, that
woman!
A man can say meaner, more
cutting, more blasting things
than a woman, when he's angry
or disgusted. But he says it
all in one outburst, and doesn't
bother to repeat it.
It isn't what a woman says
that gets a mans goat; it's the
way she keeps on saying it. Be.
cause q woman never knows
when to stop. She never sees
the red light in a mans eyes.
That's why he never remembers
what she said. After the TWEEN,
tieth repetition, it is nothing to
him but a noise.
have known women who
went on telling a man the same
thing for years.
But I have never known a
rs .,o., <,s::1%. ..!es 60 s<sst.;Se ;1s'
G 45~>>z~ : !
HAN.Y~AIE1D
AfA I HH II
The Washington times., 1935-02-12
OLD FAVORITES

Oh, Why Should the Spirit Be PrOud-KnOx
oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud?
Like swiftfttng meteor, fastfying cloud,
A flash of the lightning, break of the wave,
He passeth from life to his rest in the grave.
The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade
Be scattered around, and together be laid;
AS the young and the old, the low and the high,
Shall crumble to dust and together shall lie.
Yea, hope and dependency, pleasure and pain
Are mingled together in sunshine and rain:
And the smile and the tear the song and the dirge
Still follow each other like surge upon surge
'Ts the wink of an eye; it's the draught of breath
From the blossom of health to the paeness of death
From the gded saloon to the bier and the shroud;
Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud
(Readers invted to send to the editor their suq-
gestions of odd favorts among the poems for reprnting
in this Space)
The Washington times., 1935-02-12
Our Frozen Money
DOn't Blame the Weather

Nearly 900 Americans on deposit
in mutual savings banks.
great deal of that would be travelling about making
money for people, the Government didn't
it into safe hiding by legislative Juggling and tax threats
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-09-09
BOY ATTACKED
IN D. {. PARK

Park police today said they had
learned Of q witness to the al
legged assault upon James Dye,
8, in Potomac Park near the
Monument, yesterday.
Identity of the witness was not
revealed, but police said they ex'
pected to have the witness and
the boy appear shortly at the
office Of the United States At
torney to tell their stories pend
ing which Boras Garabedian, 40,
no fixed address, Is held without
charge at the Third precinct.
The boys story is that he was
walking near the greenhouses on
North Agriculture Road when a
man jumped on him from behind
a tree.
After reporting the attack to
Park Police, Jimmie went home
Later he was in a restaurant with
his parents when he saw his al
legged aSsailant pass. Father and
son followed the man to Thir'
tenth Street and Pennsylvania
Avenue where Park Policeman A.
D. Cook and E. w. Cleary took
him in custody on Jlmmle'S al
legged Identification.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-09-09
Patience 10 Delay
Till Winter Series

The Community Center Depart
ment has postponed its presenta-
ton of Gilbert and Sullivan's
Patience" from tonight until
early in October when it will
be presented as the first event in
their winter series.
The same cast which has been
rehearsing under the direction of
Anne Yago McGuffey will present
the famous old operetta at that
time. The decision to postpone
the performance was reached after
Community Center directors had
decided that a better and larger
audience could be found in Wash
ington during october than at the
present time.