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The Washington times., 1935-01-05
5000 GA 7 HER
To SEEK JOB
INSURANCE

Crowding the smoke-filled hal
Of the Washington Auditorium, ap
proximately 5000 persons opened
the three-day Congress for Unem
ployment and Social Insurance
shortly after moo ntoday.
With loud cheers, stamping and
prolonged applause, the delegates
greeted F. Elmer Brown, their ma
tional chairman, and Herbert Ben
jamin, a leader in the famous
Bonus Army" who was principal
speaker at the afternoon session
In taking the stand, Mr.. Ben
jamin, bathed in white hot-spot
lights, stood out against 50-foot
banner. on which was written:
"We unite in q determined
fight for genuine unemployment
insurance at the expense Of Gov
ernment and employers"
ASSAnS DEMOCRATS
In his speech, Mr.. Benjamin as
sailed the Administration for not
carrying out previous promises OF
adequate relief, saying:
"Mr. Roosevelt has declared
that the Federal Government
must and shall quit this business
of relief. We are meeting to
declare that the Government
must begin to provide adequate
relief.
"Mr. Roosevelt has denied he
Is influenced by empty Opti-
mism, but we hold that for the
past five years we have been
fed only optimistic reports and
promises. Now, we propose to
fight for guarantees"
RED" LINKS DENIED
The delegates, claiming to rep.
resent several score of labor and
professional organizations from
all over the nation, entered the
city early today by every conceiv.
able conves ance, from freight
cars to limousines.
They denied the congress to
be predominantly Communistic,
pointing out the delegates are
of every conceivable political
party, but many faces of persons
who had attended previous Com
munist demonstrations here were
recognized as the long line of del
egates entered the hall.
The avowed purpose of the con-
gress, leaders declared, is to
arouse widespread support of la
bor organizations and unem-
ployed persons for bill intro
duced in the present Congress by
Representative Ernest L. Lun-
deen (F.-LD of Minnesota which
provides similar unemployment
and social insurance as was con-
tanned in a bill he sponsored in
the Seventy-third Congress unsuc-
ceSSfully.
The Washington times., 1935-01-05
DR.. Beery Opens
Stewardship Talks

"The Dimensions of Steward.
ship" will be the subject of a
sermon by Rev. DR.. E. c. Beery
at Frances Asbury M. E. Church.
In the evening DR.. Beery will
speak on the Springs of Stew.
ardsh1p." All the services dur
ing the month Of January will
be devoted to this general subject.
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World of Music
Second Half of CAPITA
Music Season Opens
With Petri Concert

w ~ ~ ~ WI ISVI
SUNDAY
Egon Petri, Dutch pianist. Re
cital, National Theater, $3.50 D.
Washington Choral Society.
OratOrio. Epiphany Church,
4:3O p. m.
Hour of music. Y. w. c. A., S
p. m.
WEDNESDAY
Morning Musicale. Mayflower
Hotel, II a. m.
THURSDAY
National Symphony Orches-
ira. Frances Nash, sOloist. Con-
stitution Hall, $3.50 p. m.
SATURDAY
National Symphony Orches-
ira. Students concert, Central
High School, II a. m.
After a brief rest during the
holiday season, Washington's
most brilliant musical season
gets under way again tomorrow.
For the first concert of 1895,
Egon Petri, the distinguished
Dutch pianist will appear in re-
cital at the National Theater
tomorrow night at $50.
Although he is we'll known in
Europe and hailed as one of the
truly great masters of the day,
this will mark his first appear
ance before a Washington audi
ence, and music lovers who have
known him by name are eagerly
awaiting his recital.
His program has been selected
with rare judgment, and in
cludes numbers by Bach, Brahms,
Chopin and Cesar Franck, and
will be one Of the most notable
to be heard here this season.
A second outstanding pianist
will be heard here next week with
the appearance of Frances Nash,
so we'll known and appreciated by
Washington audiences, as guest
soloist with the National Sym.
phony Orchestra in it's first con.
cert of the new year, on Thursday
night.
And with an American artist,
DR.. Hans Kinder thoughtfully
provided an American composers
work-that magnificent Concerto
in D minor by Edward MacDowell.
1t is praiseworthy indeed to
find step such as this, the use
of an American artist to inter.
pret the work of an American
composer. Other conductors
might take note of this and thus
encourage musical America.
This concert will be held in
Constitution Hall at $50 o. m,
for the benefit of those unable
to attend the afternoon concerts
Included on the program are
Beethoven's immortal Seventh
Symphony, the stirring and ever
popular patriotic "Finlandia" of
SibeliuS and a seventeenth CEN
tury suite by the French COM
poser Rameau-Mottl, a rhythmic
and graceful number.
Next Saturday the orchestra
will give the first of a series of
six students concerts at Central
High School, playing a program
of representative French com.
posers.
Tomorrow afternoon the Wash.
ington Choral Society, a really ex.
cellent local group of singers, will
observe the Twelfth Night Festi.
val of the Three Kings in the
Church of the Epiphany, singing
Cornelius oratorio, "The Three
Kings" and part of the Bach
Christmas oratorio they sang so
well on Christmas Eve.
The first Hour of Music pro.
gram of the year at the Y. M. C. A.
will be presented tomorrow after.
noon at S o'clock, with Miss
Evelyn Scott, violinist, and Mis-
Marjorie Davis, pianist.
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Ennis to Open
Revival Meetings

D. Dan L. Ennis will admins.
ter the Sacrament of the Lords
Supper, tomorrow morning at
Trinity M. E. Church, Fifth and
Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast.
In the evening, he will speak on
THE Seekers's Reward" Special
evangeliStic meetings will con.
tinue each night next week with
outstanding Methodist ministers
OF the city assisting the pastor.
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and an educational program to re.
duce accidents also was recon-
mended.
The association also adopted a
resolution to require street car
and bus companies to bear their
share of Snow-removal cost. The
District Commissioners were asked
to substitute a black,and-white sigr
at street intersections in lieu of
those now in use, and the Town
send old-age pension plan was ap'
proved, to be financed by a 2 per
cent sales tax.
The Washington times., 1935-01-05
BY A. J. DRISCOLL
Citizens Associations Editor

School teachers who report for
duty with the odor of cigarettes or
liquor on their breaths should
have no place in the school sys-
tenn, the Columbia Heights Citi.
zenS Association declared last
The Washington times., 1935-01-05

promoters to invade Washing.
ton with a competitive stadium
scheme. Either they are going
to compete with the proposed
National Stadium, now being
studied, or they want to "horn
in" on the public project.
No doubt they are not foolish
enough to run in competition
to public stadium and are only
endeavoring to worm themselves
into the picture for a financial
gain. Their coordinating scheme
has not been revealed, I see, but
you can bet they won't have a
dollar of their own to help the
project, a most worthy one if
undertaken as a National public
benefit.
Let's keep these chiselers in
New York. H.M.L,
The Washington times., 1935-01-05
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor should erceed They must
be signed BY the Wer ith his address,
be held confidential used in publication rer
Readers
The Washington times., 1935-01-05
True Christmas

True Christmas
To the Editor of The Tim@:
I want to answer the letter
written by j. L. K. in regard to
his opinion on what Christmas
should mean to US.
My idea is the same, that as
a Christian nation our thoughts
should be turned to God, the
giVer of all gifts, and Christ, the
best gift of all.
Christmas always means a lot
to me, but Easter even more so,
for He died to save us from our
sins. BELLE M'NEALY.
The Washington times., 1935-01-05

Stadium Proposals
To the Editor of The Times:
In your Friday issue I observe
the plan Of q Melter Of New York
The Washington times., 1935-01-05
Appeals for Help

Appeals fOr Help
To the Editor of The Times:
have been a cripple for
seven years and the doctor
said if I could be sent to Warm
Springs, Ca, I would be cured.
I sell newspapers at Fourteenth
and G Streets Northwest, hav-
ing been there for six years.
I have wife and two children
and if there is any way you
can help me to be sent to
Warm Springs sure would be
very grateful to you.
DAVID ASHCRAFT.
The Washington times., 1935-01-05
A Valuable Suggestion

To the Editor Of The Times:
May I offer a suggestion for
planes that are forced down?
Maybe it could be worked out
some way. Why not equip all
mail and passenger planes with
a sky-rocket, such as is used at
Fourth of July celebrations
that will give off a black smoke
instead of fire. One of the
men in the last bad accident
said they could see planes fly
ing all above them, but planes
couldn't see them.
REGULAR READER.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-22
Nobody Really Meant 1T

RUT I'm afraid that these plays not truly
- proletarian in the best sense of the word. In
the early acts the hero was presented as one of
natures noblemen earning honest living by the
sweat of his brow. At point in the play it
was customary for the hero to challenge the villains
air of superiority. Jack would say that kind words
were more than coronets and that he was a better
man than Sir Marmaduke for all the others shiny
shoes.
And when such statements were made on the
stage the rafeTs of the theater would ring with the
applause of the audience But unfortunately neither
the playwright nor the spectators quite meant it,
The dramatiSt was seldom content to leave Jack in
his happy estate of natures noblemen. In
the last act the papers always found. And the
papers proved that Jack the real heir and
duke IN his own right. CuriOusy enough, the So
audience which applauded Jack in his attack e
claims of the ariStocracy applauded all over again
when he became legitimately tOff. There in
all OF us. perhaps. unconscious urge to eardom.
The impulse has weakened but it dies slowly
Probably the Russian revolution helped in speeding
up the decline of the gentleman and the noble. The
influence was by ricochet rather than direct fire.
For time New York had distinctly grand
dukes and dUcheSses than it could readily aSsmilate
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-22
Your Health
by DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN-

A THOUGH most of the infectious diseases of
"a childhood have been brought under control.
doctors still have failed to isolate the cause of
measles and to have really specific method Of
treatment.
Many years ago convaleScent serum was first en-
ployed TO modify the attack of measles. Gonzales
cent serum is the fluid taken from the blood of
patient who is convaleScing from this disease. This
method still is used in a good many cases.
Recently investigators in Rochester. N. Y have
tried another method which seems to have con-
siderable share of success.
They noted that newborn babies particularly
resistant to various infectious diseases including
measles. They thought therefore. that possibly the
newborn infant had something directly from its
mothers blood which gave it resistance to the
disease.
THE scientists made an extract of the tissue by
(which the infant is attached to the mother be-
fore birth and they found that this extract injected
into the infant would raise considerably its resistance
10 measles. and indeed TO other infections.
Moreover they found that this extract when in
jected into the body of an infant having measles
would more likely than not lessen the severity of
the attack.
This was particularly the case in reference to the
severe complications. like pneumonia, which the
real menace in measles.
The tests made with this placental extract show
that it is at least efficient as the convaleScent
serum.
IN 1890 1920 children in the United States regis
u tration died from measles. This number
while not high in comparison with other diseases,
nevertheless represents toll of death that can be
brought under control with proper measures
The condition is spread very rapidly from one
child TO another particularly when cases occur in
schools. In most mild the child is merely put
TO bed in a we-ventilated room. and given a soft
diet with fruit juices. ice cream and an abundance
OF water.
The fever rarely reaches a dangerous height If
it does the fever may be reduced by spongng with
warm water. II there is a distressing cough the
doctor usually prescribes medicine to alleviate it,
Since by far the majority Of measles cases in
which there serious complications act this way
the development of any new measures which will
bring the dangerous complications under control is
a considerable help TO medicine.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-22
Just a Matter Of Form

A ND yet the terms lady" and gentleman" ought
L to be archaic in a democratic state if we use
an sort Of precise definition They petty titles
Of ;he near nobility. Folk in the old world who
didn't quite get to be countesses or earls made the
fringe just outside which was composed of gentle
men and ladies.
But originally the words not supposed to
have any cOnnOtatOn of kindness worth even
social standards of any sort. There nothing
paradOXical in saying, Mr.. x is A gentleman and
one Of the most noxious swine 1 ever met in my
life" Being a gentleman merely meant that the
person in question had come from accepted fam
lily, gone TO a traditional school and taken up
specified profession.
Once upon a time it was clearly recognized that
there particular virtue in being a gentleman
The william in the melodramas of so years ago. and
even less, invariably came from the upper classes,
wore top hat and endeavOred to betray the heroine
And the galleries Kissed him not only for his in
famies but because of his hat and his social station
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-22

THE great loss of Will Rogers
saddens our hearts. The Soviet
cinema is confident that the
splendid life of this master artist
will inspire hundreds of cinema
workers to similar devoted and
sincere service to the great art"
Read Admiral William T. Tar
rant, comnandant Of the Elev-
enth Naval District, and his aid,
Commander Herbert A. Jones,
represented President Franklin
D. Roosevelt, close personal
friend of the actor, at the Rogers
funeral.
WILL ROGERS RECREA-
w TON PARK was suggested
today as name for a new park
to be built at Monrovia, Cal, near
here. The park will be located on
what was formerly Ross Field,
U. S. Army balloon school.
Postmaster General James A.
Farley was invited today to at
tend the funeral as a representa-
tive of official Washington. He
was due to disembark in Los
Angeles harbor early today after
voyage from Hawaii Mrs.
Betty Blake Rogers radioed the
invitation.
A WILL ROGERS memorial of
L n which the cowboy philoso-
pher would have approved unre-
servedly was planned by a group
Of women headed by Mrs. Annie
Mexican White today.
They proposed a sale of canned
and preserved fruits and jellies
Sept. 7 to raise funds for the
Presbyterian Hospital at Point
Barrow, Alaska, to which the
bodies of Mr.. Rogers and Wiley
Post were first taken after their
fatal crash.
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robe room. Next is a large re-
hearsal stage. In the space be-
tween this stage and the stage
proper is the workroom of seem
cry makers and painters, space for
placing sets after removal from
the stage, offices and two small
rehearsal stages, one for princi-
pals and one for ensemble work.
The stage proper appears enor-
nous in comparison to that of an
average orthodox theater In fact,
$50 persons could appear at one
time without crowding.
Scenery is mounted on large
castorS and is moved quickly and
efficiently. To facilitate handling
small sets. there is large turn
table in the center of the stage.
Thus, change of small sets
merely necessitates moving the
turntable.
The curtain does not rise at
the Municipal Theater, for there
is no curtain. AS acts and scenes
close, the stage is 0arKened Tor
the changes. The stage, like the
auditorium, is roof1less.
From the box Office to a point
a short distance in front of the
stage the ground is level. Then it
rises rather sharply. On the hill
side is a stepped concrete surface
occupied by the auditorium chairs.
Comfortable box seats are placed
completely across the space i'm
mediately in front of the stage.
The orchestra pit occupies a
space almost the full width of the
theater.
Il
A VIEW of the theater from
N the uppermost row of seats
discloSes an unique feature. At
either end Of the stage is a giant
oak tree. In designing the theater,
care was taken to place the struc-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-22

THE programs for this seasons
u opera offerings described in
the following words the vital, liv-
ing thing that carries on tradi-
ton and makes possible the high
place ST. Louis holds in Amer
lean music:
1T is an opera of the people,
by the people, and for the people
1t is a triumph of American ideals
and of inherent erican
idealiSm
1T has no angel 1t has no
subsidies. 1t is entirely divorced
from the old aristocratic ideal
that a season of musical produc-
ton must be supported by gifts
from royalty, the state, the no
bility or the rich. 1t is truly a
peoples theater-in very best
sense of the word.
ut is the one peoples theater
created and sustained directly by
the people themselves-the only
one. The triumph Of its supremely
democratic ideals has won for it
a national and international i'm
portance.
Municipal opera functions
through the Municipal Theater
Association of st. Louis, a dy-
manic force which embodies the
spirit of st. Louis in a unique
civic adventure into the art of
the theatef, undertaken because
the civic leaders of st. Louis we're
possessed of vision and faith"
Grecian glory lives again in the
Municipal Theater Building. De-
signed in the manner of the Greek
open-air theater of ancient times,
the roofless structure is a COM
Portable place even on the hottest
night
Twin columns carrying parallel
rafters surround the theater En-
frances are at each side, wide con-
crete walks leading to the audi
forum. This is departure from
the orthodox theater, with its en-
trance near the box Office. The
st. Louis theater box office is in
the center of the columns leading
to the entrance walks.
NEXT to the walks are the
~ dressing rooms. Directly be-
hind the box office is the ward
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-22
Nobility and Napkins

IN practically every restaurant the head waiter
pointed out as cousin of the car, who had once
commanded brigade of cavalry 1 have no inten-
ton of hopping class which is down. and the
White Russians who came here eXiles were per-
fectly adequate in the roles to which they we're
assigned.
But adequate is all that can be said. The con-
SOmme did not prove any better when served by
Col BSkcovitch than in the old days when the
walters Reilly The legend Of some spe-
cial air and grace and suppeneSS in bowling proved
to be just myth.
Breeding may be of consequence on the track,
but it is of less Importance the lawn or in the
grandstand I'm in favor of letting the word gentle
man go into the discard. Or at any rate, if We
can't all be gentlemen the next best thing will be
to have at all
Copyright 1885,
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ear and talked cold turkey. In so
many words, they told him he
could not afford to turn thumbs
down on the bill
They said that veterans the
length and breadth of the country
were up in arms over his veto of
the bonus measure, laid much
of the blame for the Rhode
Island setback to veteran resent
ment, argued that rebuff on the
pension bill might irrevocably
ALLEVIATE soldier support.
Finally, the politicos warned that
Congress unquestionably would
override a veto and that such a
blow would be a grave impair
ment to already wobbly presiden-
tial prestige on Capitol Hill.
This barrage of plain talking
gave the President pause.
From confidential FERA reports
and other sources he was not I'M
aware of mounting tide of vet
eran hostility toward him. Also,
Vice President Jack Garner and
other Democratic congressional
leaders had said it was a sure bet
that a bonus bill will be passed
in the 1886 session and will be-
come law regardless Of his atti-
tude.
So after a nights sleep on the
problem, the President decided to
follow the advice of his political
counselors. He put his signature
to the pension bill.
TINTED STATES TREASURY
~ cables from London predict
that the Dutch and Swiss will go
off the gold standard at an early
date and the French by October.
-. So inf1ammable are the wood
en- wartime shackS housing the
offices of the Federal Trade Com
mission that smoking in them is
strictly prohibited. Built in 1917
for temporary use, and the only
ones of their kind remaining in
the capital, the ShackS have be-
come so dilapidated that holes
have to be plugged up in the CELL
ing to keep out the water in heavy
rains. -.
Although the Philippine Consti-
tuition is only few months old
movement already is under way to
amend it. One of the proposed re-
visions would give Filipino women
the vote. A new sign has made
its appearance on the iron fence
behind the executive Offices of the
White House. 1t reads: Quiet
Zone. Do Not Blow Horn"
CALIFORNIA; Rep. John Hoeppel
has new solution for the foreign
artist problem. He has introduced
a bill that would exclude foreign
stars unless the countries they
come from import an equal num-
Der of Americans.
fCopyright. 1885. BY United Feature
Syndicate. Inc.l
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Today's Science
by DAVID DIETZ-

THE end of the depression is sighted in decline
Il in the suicide rate by DR.. Frederick L. Hof-
man, noted statistcian
The rate for ITO American cities declined from
1873 per 100000 in 1888 to 1853 per 900 in 1894
This, he says, is "a substantial dimunition obviously
rejecting improvement in the economic situa-
ton"
An analysis of the ITO cities shows that the rate
declined in 100, stood still in two and increased in
SO. Statistics for the entire United States are not
yet available, but Dr. Hoffman believes that the
average for the ITO cities may safely be assumed to
be the 1884 average for the nation.
Turing 1888 there were 1898 suicides in thu
~ United States Dr. Hoffman estimates there
fore that the 1884 total will be about 1900.
This conclusion" he writes in the Spectator "is
supported by advance statistics for % states showing
a decrease in the number of deaths from 4745 in
1888 to 1852 in 1884"
The 1884 rate represents the lowest since 1927
when it also 1853 But it is still considerably
higher than the minimum rate Of 125 which was
set in 1921.
That between 1900 and 10000 residents of Amer
lea commit suicide each year is clearly a serious
problem for medical men, psychologists economists
and sociologists The field belongs to all of them for
the causes of suicide range from i'll health to stock
market losses.
TINE five largest cities in the United States show
i the following rates per 100000 in the past two
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ture so that these two trees fit
perfectly into the scheme.
Every lighting effect known to
the theater is employed. In addi-
ton to side lighting, cables are
strung from 50foot steel and
stucco towers at either end of the
stage. These cables also carry
simplifying devices. Performances
are surprisingly free from disturb
ances by outside noise, and the
acoustics compare favorably with
the best Of regular theaters.
Design of the theater makes
possible speedy handling of large
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BY CHARLES c. STONE

MUNICIPAL ST. Louis presents its provides inspiration
NA a challenge to Indianapolis music lovers.
presentations in the Municipal Theae situated
Forest place
the great city the Mississippi
Park except
n Indianapolis
Federal funds
public financial problem
Indianapolis considering the fact that population about half that
theaer possibly could we'll with
theaer $500 o
public
would feasible make