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The Washington times., 1935-11-29
Listen, World!
Bu Elsie Robinson

am completely fed up with and
out cunning for the Picked
Peaches tribe-them and their boy
friends.
They are not only a poisonous
pest, a shame and disgrace and a
wholesale pain-in-the-neck-in all
of which ratings they take great
pride and delight-but I hereby
proclaim that they're PHONES.
Just lot of takers who can dish
it out but can't Take It! And you
can safely bet your last nickle that
they won't be so pleased about
that.
They're the boldest takers the
world has ever seen. To hear them
tell it, there's nothing they won't
do or dare. With what contempt
they refer to the cowardly eau
tions and conventions of their eld-
ers! Law and order - phooey!
They are the Free Souls! But
Just try and hand them the bill
for their freedom-and see how
far you get!
PASS THE BUCK
Mother and Dad are a couple
of fossilized dodos. Society is
a bunch of Dumb CluckS. They'll
show us! Sure they will. But
who'll pay the bills for that show
ing? You'n I, old dearies, you'n I.
Take it? No, Odd-they're
TEASERS, not TAKERS. Look
and listen to 'em on any Satur-
day night. Their line-and lines
would make the hippy Hatties
of the Black Crook Burlesque
days gasp with envy and adml-
ration. But put them up against
any REAL test, and the dumbest
little Polly Ann on a chicken
farm can make them look like
couple of deuces.
Bluff-that's all they have.
They wouldn't dare to be free,
realiy free-out on their own,
paving their own bills, facing
their own consequenceS-not for
a day. They pass the buck to
the older Generation-that Older
Generation who bore them to
tears!
And if we're dumb enough to
let them, why I suspect we de-
serve what we get!
Copyright, 1885. by King Features
Syndicate. 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1935-11-29
The New Neutrality"
By James T. Williams, Jr.


From a reHder in South Caro-
lima comes the following question
which ought to have been ad-
dressed to the Department OF
State at Washington:
Japan appears to be waging
war against China. This warfare
is not the less aggressive because
to date it has been conducted
without the formality Of declara-
ton of war.
ITALY and Ethiopia are at war
and have also failed to issue for
NAL declarations to that effect.
Under these circumstances
please explain why our Depart.
ment of State at Washington is
forbidding American travel on
Italian ships and American ship
ments to Italy while no such
measures have been taken to re-
strict American travel on Japan
ese ships or American shipments
to Japan"
If there is any explanation of
this extraordinary situation the
Department of State has yet to
make it known to the American
people.
In its economic campai g n
against Italy the department is
not acting under the Kellogg
BRAND Peace Pact. This declara
ton of purpose contains no pro
vision obligating the United States
to take any action whatever
against any foreign nation.
SIMPLE AVOWAL
On the contrary Secretary Kel
logg was unable to obtain the
advice and consent of the Senate
to the issuance of this declara'
tion in the form of so-called
pact" until he publicly, specific
ally and very solemnly, assured
the Senate and the country that
his proposed engagement involved
neither implications nor sane
.tions.
He described it as simple
avowal, on the part of this coun
try. of a course of policy which
it had previously followed
namely, not to resort to war ex.
cept in self-defense.
Mr.. Kellogg volunteered the
further assurance that his Pact
contained no enforcing clause and
called for no action whatever on
the part of the United States
against any other country.
The Committee on Foreign Re
lations, in a report submitted to
the Senate by Senator Borah
who was then its chairman, re.
iterated the substance of these
assurances and this report was
read into the record as the Off
cial Interpretation Of this pious
declaration.
But even If the Kellogg-Briand
Pact had been something more
than a pious declaration of pur
pose on the part Of the United
States, any obligations it imposed
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|wculd have applied to all its sig
natories. In that event Japan
would have been as bound by the
Pact as Italy. because japan as
well as Italy is a signatory to the
Pact.
1t would appear therefore that
the Department of State in its
anti-Italian campaign cannot pre-
tend that it is acting under the
Kellogg BRAND pact.
If the United States were a
member of the League of Nations
the Department of State might ex-
plain its anti-Italian activities
upon the ground that the United
States was bound to follow the
leadership Of Great Britain and
the other league powers in their
"Starve italy" campaign.
And under such circumstances
Japan no longer being a member
of the league-the Department of
State might contend that this
country was under no obligation
to apply the same embargoes to
Japan that it is applying to Italy.
But the United States never has
been a member of the League of
Nations and Japan is no longer
a member Of the league.
Hence. membership or non
membership in the League can
not be cited as an excuse for
what the United States is doing
against Italy or for the failure
Of the United States to pursue
a similar course toward Japan.
SAME LEADERSHIP
There is, however. one major
difference ebtween Italy's war.
fare in Ethiopia and Japan's
aggressive warfare against China.
Great Britain has organized
and is leading the international
"starve Italy, campaign for rea-
sons which the British pres and
the British people we'll under
stand directly affect British in
terestS in Africa and Asia.
But the British government is
neither organizing nor leading
any similar campaign against
Japan. For reasons which the
British press and the British
people clearly understand, the
British Government is unwilling
to coerce Japan as it is coercing
Italy.
1t would seem, therefore, that
the only answer that can be made
to the inquiry from South Caro-
lima is that the American Depart
ment of State in its anti-1talian
campaign is following the leader
ship of the British Government
and that, in failing to apply to
Japan the same treatment, it is
following the same leadership.
This may be neutrality" in
the new meaning of that word,
but it is not that traditional
policy of American neutrality in
herited by the American people
from the Father Of His Country.
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Words of Wise Men

the reach of an informed under
standing and a well-directed pur
Suit.-Edmund Burke.
Four things come not back;
The spoken word; the sped arrow;
time past; the neglected oppor
tunity.-Omar Ibn.
If a man will begin with Ger
tainties, he will end with doubts
but if he will be content to begir
with doubts, he will end in Ger
taintieS.-Bacon.
The only certainty is thai
nothing is certain.-Pliny the
Elder.
Things do not happen in thi'
world-they are brought about
will II. Hays.
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CAN THE COCKTAIL CUTIES
TAKE IT?

CAN THE COCKTAIL CUTIES
TAKE IT?
"Pickled Peaches!" snorts o. o.
Mcintyre, and proceeds to give
the Cocktail Cuties theirs in the
December issue of Cosmopolitan
Magazine.
"Pickled Peaches"-man, oh
man, how could love you for that
opus-and wish Pd beaten you to
it. "Dewey-eyed young creatures"
lined up along every afternoon
booze bar, from Park Avenue, N.
Y. c., to Mob Hill, S. F.-down-
ing their sidecars between whiffle
of Gigs.
Isn't it a lovely commentary on
what the female sex achieve when
granted liberty, equality and a
right to sow or gargle her oats?
Not-let me hastily add, for
both Mr.. McIntyre's sake and my
own-that they're all like that.
There are, praises be. millions who
aren't. RoSey regiments of swell
little sisters, as sweet and sane as
anyone would Want-and as SenSi-
BILE as anyone can stand. Here's
to you, darlingS-happy hunting!
But getting back to the Picked
PeacheS-here'S where I do my
darndeSt to add my spiked Shingle
to o. O.'s velvet mitt. And III
start by diSagreeing.
CANT TAKE 1T"
It's that last line, Odd. Says
you-after telling how they drink
the older generation under the
table, quicker'n Jack Robinson
cts all rather horrible. And
there is nothing about it that gives
an opportunity to end this essay
on a light note. Save perhaps
this: The 1885 girls can take it,"
I don't believe it-and I've been
doing a column about and for the
coy young things for 10 these IT
years, which would certainly i'm
ply plenty of enlightening min
Cling and mopping-up. Take it?
You're wrong. my friend. Booze,
maybe. Or any other diversions
and possessions for which some
one else will sign the check. BUT
NOT ANYTHING FOR WHICH
THEY THEMSELVES MUST
THE BILLS.
And that's why I, who am usu-
ally so strong for the youngsters
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Pushing Us Into War

The Hull move to restrict American oil shipments
to italy puts this country in the ridiculous and pelous
position of applying sanctions" WHICH EVEN THE
LEAGUE OF NATIONS MEMBERS DON'T DARE TO
APPLY.
England France and their League associates have IN
DEFINITELY POSTPONED any embargo on oil to
Italy
They are afraid and rightly, that such an embargo
will mean WAR.
But our two miracle men, Ickes and Hull already have
rushed in where the European angels fear to tread They
are using all the influence of their exalted offices to halt
oil shipments and thus apply American sanction to
Italy IN FACT if not in
This step has the added beauty of inflictng heavy
losses on American oil producers while foreign oil pro-
ducers clean up. But that is minor point
The real point that such international meddlng in
dispute which does not in the remotest degree
us may drag US into hostilities with nation to which
we always have been friendly and which always has been
friendly to
Stupidity of that colossal sort by an American Ad
inistration strains the American peoples power of
Credulity
But there it is, incredible as it may SEEM
And along with it come wellauthentcated reports
from Washington that the next Congress will be asked
to LEGALIZE this meddling by giving the President
authority to impose sanctions against ANYBoDY-even
to the point Of MILITARY AND NAVAL ACTION.
In other words that American boys be sent over
seas at the whm of the President to enforce the BLUM
DERs AND BoNERs of such great statesmen as Messrs
Hull and Ickes.
Apparently if sheer "dumbness can get this country
into war, Washington may be relied on to provide It,
The sanctionst policy Of the Administration is an
ominous warning to every American who believes in
keeping this country out Of war; and war out Of this
country.
There is only sanction that America wants, and
It is sanction against it's self appointed Sane
TIONEERS.
That sanction should be applied at once-clamped
down-and made PERMANENT.
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Is arousing the attention OF the
Democrats.
Several members are members
Of the committee and conse-
quently will take a more active
part in the conclave than will
some of their brethren.
Those on the committee are
Vice President John N. Garner,
who will be home long before the
appointed hour; Senator Kenneth
D. McKellar, of Tennessee; Sena-
tor Harry Flood Byrd, of Virginia;
Senator william G.. McAdoo, OF
California; Senator D n n S
Chavez, of Mexico, and Senator
Peter G. Gerry, of Rhode Island.
The late Senator Huey P. Long
was also a member of the commit
tee and as such learned Of some
things which he discussed in the
Senate to the oft-repeated annoy
ance of many of his colleagues.
Some other Senator will replace
Mr.. Long on the committee and
whoever he may be, he will
probably not reveal State secrets
as did the Kingfish.
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IT'S equal wrong if a man speed
on a guest who is loath to go.
and If he keep back one that is
eager to be gone. One should
make welcome the present guest.
and send forth him that would
go.-Homer.
The nightingale, If she should
sing by day, when every goose is
cackling, would be thought no
better than the wren. How many
things by season seasoned are
to their right praise and true
tion!-Shakespeare.
Those things which are not prac-
ticable are not desirable. There
is nothing in the world really
beneficial that does not lie within
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more as they
pre- are to
m e e t o n
j a n uary 3,
t h e r e | S
another matter
which Is arous-
ing the specu-
lation of the
Democrats.
1t is the
S C h e d u ! e d
meeting Of the
Democratic Ma
tional Com
mittee he ere
e a r ! y i n
January which
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OTTO KLEPPNER says: "TO appreciate the Ualue
of newspapers it is only necessary to see hoW integral
habit their reading has become in the daily life OF
the people," ..
They haVe been called the peoples unl0ers.1'
With the backing of the press in any UOrthy n'o0e-
nent or campaign the battle is than half 10c"'
The neUspGper renders community SeTOIce FOR
uuIlich there is no substitute
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BRISK DEMAND

There is no dearth of activity
around the Capitol these days.
AS it is in the days OF congress
sional sessions, so now there is a
hurrying and scurrying.
The rush is not the hustle OF
legislative activities. 1t is more
strenuous even than the hustle
caused by the army Of job-seekers
who throng the Capitol.
It is the din and confusion
caused by the multitude seeking
tickets for the Army and Navy
football game.
And if one doesn't think that
causes lamenting and wailing he
might ask the secretary Of any
member Of Congress.
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MOMENTOUS DATE

Although the reconvening Of
Congress is arousing the interest
# many of its members once
The Washington times., 1935-11-29
The Greatest Show On Earth
Ru John Snure, Jr.

} the Veterans Administration, OF
charging too high a fee for his
services in connection with a vet
eran'S attempt to secure diSabil-
ity compensation adjustments.
Smith will be remembered for
his hectic career here and for the
times that members of Congress
alleged that he drew a fine bit of
compensation, alt h ough they
called him a "Swivel-chair" soldier.
There is another group who will
remember William Wolff Smith,
however. And that group is COM
posed of poker players, would-be
poker players and some men who
never learned the fine points Of
the game while parting with their
pennies.
For Smith, regardless of what
was said about his affiliation with
the Veterans Administration had
a reputation as the best stud
poker player around these parts.
WANTED: INK WELLS
In these hectic days when
Uncle Sam is letting thousands of
contracts to various organiza'
tions to help bolster the tide of
industry, there is one article that
he seems unable to have manu-.
factured here.
There is a need for ink wells
for Senate desks.
When the Senate moved from
the old room which later housed
the Supreme Court, it took with
it the desks of John C. Calhoun,
Daniel Webster and many others
who had written history Of the
day.
In those desks and the replicas
made of them in the new Senate
chamber were small square ink
wells about one and three-quarters
inches square and slightly more
than an inch and a half high.
They fitted into special compart-
ments.
In recent years these ink recep'
tacles have been broken and eff
forts have been made to replace
them.
No American manufacturer has
them in stock and none will make
them.
The only place where the right
type of wells may be secured is
CzechoSlovakia and the Buy
American" policy prevents pur-
chase from that country.
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1885

Newspapers
1917 Northwest Washington. D.
Fitzpatrick. Managing Editor
Wsied Assistant Publisher William Shelton Business Manager
The Washington times., 1935-11-29
STUD POKER

Down in Jonesboro, Arkansas,
a court convicts william Wolff
Smith, former general counsel Of
The Washington times., 1935-11-29

} the Veterans Administration, OF
charging too high a fee for his
services in connection with a vet
The Washington times., 1935-12-09

Collects Elephants
Madge Evans collects toy ele-
plants and has more than 200 Of
them to date.
The Washington times., 1935-12-09
By LLOYD PANTAGEs

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. g. More
Of the throes of yesteryear. 1t is
very strange the way you can be
nobody one year and the last
word a very short time later. Four
or five years ago Max Reinhardt,
the maestro of all directors, came
to the Hollywoods armed to the
teeth with letters to everyone, ac-
companied by Ramon Won Hoff-
manstahl, son of his playwright,
and no one paid any attention
to them at all, their ideas were
not listened to, and they we're de-
cidedly not taken up by the cine
matically select. How things do
come about, to be sure!
1t almost ruined the career of
the late Lew Cody when the pub
licity department started calling
him the Butterfly Man. Besides
that, in our local zoology, long
before we had any panther women
at Paramount, Louise Glaum was
The Washington times., 1935-12-09

tour under the auspices Of the American Theaer Society
Eva LIE Gallene and her reperory company will be the
Christmas attraction opening December 23 The plays
"Rosherhom" and Camille"
Of course, as announced before, the Nationals New
Year attraction will be Earl Carrols Sketch Book
after seven months in New York.
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Gayety Offers
Two Stars

The Gayety, with two Of
burlesque's featured stars on its
bill this week, presents a
memorable revue. The current
attraction, Dainty Dolls" stands
up we'll as an entertaining
attraction even without the addi-
ton of the personable Miss
Hinda Wausau and the glamor-
Gus Miss Sunya Slane.
Along with these two feminine
stars, either of whom would be
a headliner on any bill, there
deserves to be mentioned mere
male-Rube Wallman. Mr.. Wall
man is a whistler and when 1
say whistler, 1 mean that Mr..
Wallman can not only thrill and
warble, but he can reach into
his repertoire and pull out semi
classical numbers and present
them to the kings taste.
Miss Wausau takes a new de-
parture in her routine and ap-
pears to better advantage than
ever.
Miss Sunya Slane, a comely ar
tist, does a beautiful job against
the heavy competition.
Among others on the distaff
side of this colorful revue are
Cynthia Michel, Ruth Donald and
Madamoiselle Irene, who presents
number of clever novelty dances.
The comedy is taken in hand
by the capable Sammy Weston,
Lew Lewis and Harry Myers. All
of this trio, good troupers, have
distinctive line, time tested and
still good.
The chorus presents a good
looking aggregation Of youngsters
who sing and dance well.
In brief, two stars, but without
them even, Dainty Dolls" is
packed with entertainment and
color,
The Washington times., 1935-12-09

Of his post-w follieS. the
Shuberts, Earl Carroll and George
White following with undraped
beauties clinging to chandilerS
or representing in mere beads all
the jewels and flowers Of the
world.
Mae West went to Jail for
Pleasure Man, or was it Sex, "
and the New York police found
that "The Captive" and its queS-
tionable theme was going a step
too far, closed it up.
AS an economy measure along
about 1925, producers sent their
chorus girls out bare-legged. Audi
enceS liked it, although Boston
still requires a special permit to
shed opera-length hose.
CIGARETTES ARRIVE
Before the war only actresses
playing fast women on the stage
smoked cigarettes. In fact as a
lad remember the anti-cigarette
propaganda branded man or boy
who smoked a package of fagS.
"a cigarette fiend." AS late as
1918, PlaywrightS Ashton Stevens
and Charley Nicholson wrote a
scene in "Mary's Way Out" in
which a dowager not only smoked
cigarettes, but rolled her own.
Producer Oliver MoroSco objected
to such daring but the playwrights
persisted and the Bull Durham ad
remained. Laura Hope Crews in
olympia" was the first actress to
come out putting a cigar, and
Helen Westley in Robert E. Sher-
woods Reunion in Vienna" was
addicted to Stogies. Ashton Ste
venS says the stage did more than
anything else to populariZe the
particularly with women,
and that if the tobacco companies
had a proper sense of gratitude
they would subsidize a few plays.
Washington, in 1881, closed up
Mae Vests THE Constant Sin
ner" after one performance, tanned
down Sailor Beware" in 1884. and
this year compelled "The Girl in
the Goldfish Bowl to put on a
bathing suit before she could wave
to movie lobby audiences.
Vaudeville here has its wash
day Friday. Johnny Payette and
Carter Baron carry the Scrubbing
brushes and there are generally
police women at the first show to
remove any Smudges or Broadway
CRIME.
1t all sits down to the fact that
standards are changing. Some Of
us happen to think they change
too fast and too violently in New
York to suit the yokels Of the
provinces. Personally, I'm graft
fled that the movies are satisfied
to keep their stages several laps
behind the Broadway night clubs,
and what they call sophisticated
entertainment.
GOOD SALESMANSHIP
"Crime and Punishment" had
a smashing fine weekend at the
Metropolitan. Best opening that
this picture has had in a nation
wide release. Col. Sam CALAMITY
pins the laurel on the La Falce
footing squad which did a fine
job of selling the feature.
Rudy Vallee brought out the
first delegation of hero
worshippers yesterday. They
waited around in the rain for
a signature and a glimpse at the
crooner who will be at the Ma
tional this week.
Look for The Washington
Times dramatic department and
this editor, from now on, in
sumptuous new offices on the
third floor OF the remodeled
TimeS-Herald Building. I am
right next door to the Wall
Street ticker and quotations room.
Five moves in 10 months, but
this apartment will welcome
agents and press agents from
now on and hopes . guide will
not ha necessary
The Washington times., 1935-12-09

Submitting a list that included
$50 famous pairs" Jeanne Bu-
chanan, 210O Nineteenth St., won
the first prize in the Metropolitan
Times Famous Pairs Contest" "
The check for SIS will be mailed
to her, since her entry topped all
others by wide margin.
The second prize, $40, goes to
Carol Carr, LIB 275, Benjamin
Franklin Station. for a list of 846
pairs, and the third prize, SIS, to
Janet w. Wilson, Westchester
Apartments, 255B, who submitted
1872 pairs.
Crime and Punishment" the
The Washington times., 1935-12-09
Bing Crosby Is
LittIe's Star

A light musical romance and a
masterful drama will be offered
on this weeks revival program at
the Little Theater.
college Humor," tuneful
comedy with Bing Crosby, Jack
Oakie, and Burns and Allen
opened yesterday and run through
Wednesday. Produced more than
two years ago, the film hit the
crest of the demand for produc-
tions Of it's type and had many
long runs. Richard Arlen and
Mary Carlisle also are starred in
the show.
"Of Human Bondage" head
lining Leslie Howard and Bette
Davis, will open Thursday and
run through Saturday. B ett {
Davis performance in this movie
was probably the best dramatic
acting she has ever done. 1t won
wide acclaim from critics.
The Washington times., 1935-12-09

Myrna 10y comes back to the
screen in a romantic and excit-
ing adventure, "Whipsaw," which
Loew's Fox announces as its ma
jor item of screen entertainment
for the week starting Friday De-
cember 13.
Duke Ellington and his interna-
tionally famed band will occupy
the stage spotlight.
Spencer Tracy shares leading
honors with this feminine favor
ite. It's a story in which Myrna
gives the &c" men a very merry
ohase-and makes them like it.
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800 Pairs Wins Contest F0
Crime and Punishment

words which inspired the contest,
is the title of the film now at
Warner Brothers Metropolitan
Theater, with Peter LORE and Ed
ward Arnold topping the cast.
Guest tickets to see this produc-
ton, hailed as one of 1935's best,
go to the runners-up in the con-
test. All tickets and checks will
be mailed from the theater.
The runnerS-up:
L. Day Horizons, 1900 F St., Apt.
209 (672 pairs.
]. w. Foster, 2OO1 I St. N. W.,
1854 pairs.
Julia C. Gray, 2O32 Belmont
Rd. 642).
Howard Jaffe, 2737 Devonshire
Pl. (594.
Mrs. L. Mccullough Pettis, 1899
Irving st. (570).
Joyce Talbert, 912 Fifteenth st.
N. w. $500.
Mrs. Karl B. Schilling, Fort Bel
voir, Va. (543.
Wayne A. Roberts, 1717 R st.
N. w. (54D.
T. Lester FoSsick, jr., 1745 Co
lumbia Rd. $3.50.
Paul D. Hahn. Powell Junior
High School 5000.
Albert j. Chandler, 232 Sixth
st. S. E. (456).
Bertha shenk, 51s Columbia
Rd. (389).
Mrs. F.. D. Fowler, 1921 M St.,
Apt. 409 1885,.
Maurice L. Borders, 1918 Eighth
st. N. w. (363.
E. Helpinstine, 48 B st. S. W.
(35D,