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The Washington times., 1935-02-15
Listen, World
By Elsie Robinson

young squirts who got all the
good jobs. Then why-Why
can't they find place, or hold
one, in this modern world?
A pitiful chorus. And most
pitiful of all are the voices of
the wives and mothers whose
hearts still cling to the Rocking
Chair Brigade. They haven't,
they passionately assure you, "a
thought outside their homes and
families" They're willing-so
tragically Willing-to work
their fingers to the bone"
THE SHELF
Why do their husbands be-
come Indifferent? Why are
their college-age children affec-
tionately contemptuous? Why
are they, while still youg, left
on the shelf?
BECAUSE-CRUEL AS THIS
ANSWER MAY SEEM-THEY
PREFER THE SHELF.
They CAN go ahead with life
If they wish. But it means
haste and pressure. Harder
yet, it means competition anG
criticism-this hideous, imper-
sonal modern criticism which
ruthlessly strips away all senti-
mental and romantic pretense
and insists on Brass Tacks.
Copyright 1885, by King Features
Syndicate. Incl
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ever happened to take it's place
in legendary history. AS if I
knew!
The original of TheSaus was
a mythical Greek hero named
Mnamnos, son of the god Pylon
and a young woman from
Thrace. Mnamnos himself was
really a later embodiment Of
an even more mythical Greek
character named Thyroid, who
preceded him by about eight
years.
His ancestor, Monad. was the
one who founded the legend,
later attributed to Mnamnos
and still later to Theseus. To-
day Richard Halliburton some
times gets credit for it.
MnamnoS, or Monad, is sup
posed to have gone to the
Island of Clecos and there to
have sleW-slain-slown a fabul-
Gus monster named Boracicaci-
dopulous, half bull, one quar-
ter rabbit and one quarter
tree-toad, with a dash of an
goStura, which breathed fire
at one minute before noon each
day and was known to the ma
tives as "Old Faithful" or
sometimes just plain Benny"
He didn't have a friend in the
world.
In Staying this monster,
Mnamnos started legend
which. when the earliest Greeks
got sick of it, was carried into
other countries, where it was
considered hot stuff for a while
and then discarded or passed
on. In each country Mnamnos
was called by a different name,
and we find the Romans call
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Representative Bacon of New
York warned the House of Rep
resentatives the other day. we
are going to have a breakdown
and a disintegration of our
Foreign Service"
MAIN REASON
For the fiscal year 1935-1936
the House has reduced the ap-
preparation for the support of
the Foreign Service by 100000.
Since 1881 the strength of
this service has been reduced
by 10 per cent. No new recruits
have been admitted by COM
petitive examination since that
time.
In addition to the 80 per-
sons eliminated from the For
eign Service since 1881. 40 more
will have to be dismissed within
a year unless the Senate calls
a halt upon the reduction in
the appropriation which the
House has foolishly voted.
The main reason why the
politicians of the present Con-
greSs are more interested in
breaking down than in building
up of the Foreign Service is be-
cause appointments to that
service have been by competi-
tive examination since 1924.
If appointments to these serv-
ices were by political prefer
ment the appropriation for the
service would doubtless have
been increased by the House
instead of being reduced.
There is no political pork in
the Foreign Service. The aver
age politician who is looking
for pork in the form of Fed
eral appointments is unable to
put his followers into these
positions because admission to
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ing him "Lethargus," the "Visi-
goths," "GloviS," the Picts
"Funny-Face" and so on (and
so forth.D
But it always was the same
story alexander Woollcott tells
it a little differently over the
radio now, making it an account
submitted to him by a CORE.
spondent from Mines, France,
in which the monster turned
out to be already dead when
the modern Mnamnos arrived,
holding under his outstretched
paw note written by the young
man himself to a German pris-
oner when a member of the
A. E. F. in 1918D. and the sup
position is that 1t never really
happened at all.
BY this time. as you may we'll
imagine. the kiddies are off my
knee and downtown at some
night club, but I am so fasci-
mated with the story myself that
I sometimes begin it all over
again and tell it to myself.
This is why there is some talk
OF sending me upstate for a
while, where I can get lots of
fresh air and plain food.
Copyright, 1885, by King Features
Syndicate, 1nc.)
Articles by Robert Benchley
appear each Monday, WedreS-
day and Friddu,
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add to the
pleasant mo-
m e n is of
Senator Car
ter Glass, of
Virginia, by
concentrating
his attention
on financial
legislation.
Back in the
days W h e n
Glass was a
m e m b er of
t h e House
and was given
ere di t for
drafting the
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OF SnOI as LQe Welg0J or the
gun was greater than the weight
of the shot.
The other source of recoil was
the bursting of the powder
gases into the air when they
emerged from the muzzle. The
action was the same as occurs
in hose nozzle. A fire hose with
a powerful fire engine pumping
through it requires two or three
men to hold it. The nozzle
wants to recoil, Just as gun
recoils. The hose behind the
nozzle prevents direct motion to
the rear, so the nozzle tries to
shoot from side to side.
This recoiling tendency arises
from the fact that the water is
coming through the large hose
at moderate speed, but when it
reaches the restriction of the
nozzle, it has to speed up sud-
denly. 1t is the reaction from
this sudden forward accelera-
ton which makes the nozzle
want to back up"
well, Father" the older son
remarked. as the father finished
his explanation. II stood the
biggest kick. anyway"
The father nodded assent. but
was interested not so much In
who stood the heaviest kick, as
in what the kick suggested.
yes" he said. but have you
considered what that kick would
do? / don't have to tell you
that it had power in it. That
power could do a lot of things.
If you were clever you could
use it to open the breech. ex-
tract the empty shell, introduce
a fresh shell, close and lock the
breech. and then pull the trig-
ger. Then YOU would have a
gun that could shoot itself, and
shoot fast"
MACHINE GUN
Many years later the older
son remembered this converse.
ton with his father. He set to
work to build a gun that would
do precisely the things his father
had suggested. He was success
full, and his gun fired 600 shots
a minute-the first automatic
machine gun!
The father was Isaac Maxim,
long since laid in his grave. The
son was the late Sir Hiram
Stevens Maxim, inventor of the
Maxim gun. The middle brother
was the late Hudson Maxim.
Copyright, 1885. by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
Articles by Mr.. Maxim appear
each Monday, Wednesday and
Friday. The subject of the next
will he "Why We Have Wars"
The Washington times., 1935-02-15

! 'OO y. III.
Creak-creak.
creak !! U p
and down the
long, shaded
streets you'd
h e a r t h e i r
slow, comfort
able chorus
Sc e t h e
plump, pleas
ant figures
S W a y i n g
above them,
hair released
from frizzing
pins, secured
faces beam
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They W ere
shoe t in g a
shotgun. load
ing the shells
t h e m selves.
Heavier a n d
heavier loads
we're tried to
see W h i c h
could S t a nd
t h e biggest
kick. Their
father S a t
nearby watch
ing the COM
petition.
When t h e
O16or hrOthnr
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the U n | t e d
States t h e y
S h ould be
compelled by
an outraged
public senti-
ment to heed
the mandate
at the rail-
way crossing
Stop. Look
and LiSten!"
I'VE have
come to a sit
uation where,
unless some
thing is done
1 b is wear :"
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Good Luck, Boy Scouts!
You Deserve 1t

The Boy Scouts of America begin their second quarter of
century Of existence with great sendoff from President
Roosevelt.
The Oalue of the organization "n building and in
training for citizenship" says the President, "has
made itself Uital factor in the life of America"
We salute the Boy Scouts and wish them WELL do all
organizations which foster good citizenship Nothing
important in America today
The Washington times., 1935-02-15

t h a t tn e y
have a con-
genial S t a G
p arty with
g a | 10 n S of
beer for the
thirsty.
The prOpO-
sal W a S al
m o S t a p
proved when
one member
recalled that
r e pr esenta-
tive Caroline
O'Day prob
ably would
not be in ia
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much because of his ability to
speak.
And the words of General
Malone on more than one Occa-
sion have been responsible for
increased public support of an
adequate Army and proper Ma
tiOnal Defense.
Not only is the Townsend
social security plan one of the
greatest problems to occupy the
time of Representative John S.
McGroarty. CD of California,
and poet laureate of that State.
The holder of more titles of
national and international i'm
pOrtance than almost any other
House member, McGrOarty has
become the friend of the
"friendIeSs Indian"
To his office each day tricks
a band of Red Men seeking aid
from Congress.
NeW House members agreed
recently that they should haze
a friendly get together.
In order to assure a more
fraternal attitude at the meet
ing some members suggested
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That plan, it was agreed,
would not work.
They changed the proposal.
Now they expect to have a
tea party at Mrs. O'Day's home
in the near future.
Copyright. A93S. The Washington Times
The Washington times., 1935-02-15
Greatest Show On Earth
BU John Snure, Jr

One of the most familiar fig.
ures around the Capitol these
days is Former Senator Robert
L. Owen, of Oklahoma.
Extremely interested in none
tary matters, Owens does not
The Washington times., 1935-02-15
Words of Wise Men

The doing evil to avoid evil good-Coerldge.
1t is not good sleeping hound to wake.-Chaucer.
1t is to be critical than correct-Disrael
Grief itself medicine.-Cowper.
I think I have hit hard.-Johnson.
The glory Of the farmer that the division Of it
his part to create.-EmerSon.
The Washington times., 1935-02-15

Before the pork barrel poll
ticians in the present Congress
destroy the Foreign Service of
The Washington times., 1935-02-15
Pay Restoration
Complete at Last

There question to whether the Government work
the President and Congress deserve the congratulations
the restoration of pay in the Federal service.
We think that the elimination of the pay cut is BENE
FIT TO THE ENTIRE NATION and that the public
whole deserving of whatever congratulations in order
One of the heaviest contributions to the downward
economic spiral the shortsighted wage sashng which
took place in almost every phase of activity
The Government under pressure became party to the
wage cutting although for time it attempted disguise
the cut by calling it "furough' When the Government
private employers took another slash their workers
pay envelopes and THE WHOLE COUNTRY SUFFERED
There wasn't any real for cutting Government
salaries in the first place The Government workers weren
being paid what they deserved before the first cut made
There wasn't sembance of for later increa
ing the cuts to the fifteen per cent which being taken
from the workers until last spring.
Congress last year recognized that injustice being
done the Government employees and voted per cent
bill which makes the restoration complete effective the first
Of April
contemplated the restoration would be
by three months These three months of restored pay will
Government
There has been considerable talk about spending that
amount of money and President Roosevelt referred
1t in announcing that he had signed the pay BILL That six
teen million dollars doesn't present any great hurdle
The master minds who able to find and toss away
thousands of millions of dollars Government experiments
certainly find that insignificant pay HONEST
WAGES for HONEST DAYS WORK
The Washington times., 1935-02-15
In the World of Science
Recoil of Shotgun Suggests Idea
By Hiram Percy Maxim

Three brothers were celebra-
ting the Fourth of July in the
little village of Wayne, Maine.
The Washington times., 1935-02-15

The Rocking Chair Brigade
When I was a girl, and a
young housewife, the veranda
rocking chairs got busy about
The Washington times., 1935-02-15

Articles by Mr.. Maxim appear
each Monday, Wednesday and
Friday. The subject of the next
will be why We Have Wars"
The Washington times., 1935-02-15

"a . of shot as the weight of tn
ne gun was greater than the weigh
The Washington times., 1935-02-15

Articles by Robert Benchley
appear each Monday, WedreS-
day and Friday.
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T., detached q. 8. 8. Salt Lake City
about June 10; to Naval Academy.
Prichard, Lieut.. (Junior Grade)
about June 10; to Naval Academy.
Pryce, Lieut.. (Junior Grade) Ro-
land p, detached U. s. 8. Bass about
June /; to Naval Academy.
Thorpe, Lieut.. (Junior Grade) Har-
Ian NJ, detached U. s. s. West Vir-
ginia about June 10; to Naval Acad-
emy.
Willingham, Lieut.. (Junior Grade)
Joseph H., jr.. detached Naval Acad-
emy In May; to U. s. s. Barracuda.
Medical Corps.
Mackey, Lieut. Comdr. Roger D., de-
tached U. s. s. Dobbin in February:
to Naval Hospital. San Diego, Calf.
Dental Corps.
Lowry. Lieut.. Comdr. Henry c., de-
tached Naval Station. Tutuila, Samoa,
In June; to Naval Training Station,
San Diego. Calf.
Construction Corps.
Kurtz, Lieut.. William s., additional
duty as assistant naval inspector of
ordnance. United Dry Dock. Inc.
Staten Island. N. Y. and Federal
Shipbuilding g. Dry Dock Co., Kear-
ney, N. J.
Serat. Lieut. Mortimer E., additional
duty rs assistant naval inspector of
ordnance, United Dry Dock. Inc.
Staten Island, N. Y, and Federal
Evening star., 1935-02-25

detached q. 8. 8. Mindanao; to 18th
Naval District.
Purmort, Lieut.. q. O. George L.,
detached staff, Destroyer Squadron 8;
to sta6, Asiatic Fleet.
Costello, Chief Electrician Thomas
O. detached U. 8. 8. Canopus; to 18th
Naval District for further hospitaliza-
ton.
Farnsworth. Lieut.. Comdr. Ray Z.
dental Corps, detached U. 9. 8.
Canopus; to 18th Naval District.
Mitchell, Lieut.. Louis D., detached
navy yard, Cavite; to U. s. s. Canopus.
Crawford. Lieut.. J. c. Merritt j.
dental Corps, detached Naval Hos
pital. Canacao, Philippine Islands; to
U. s. 8. Augusta.
Howell. Lieut.. q. c. Albert z.
dental Corps). detached u. g. 8. Au.
gusta; to 18th Naval District.
Selden, Chief Pay Clerk Clarence
B., to 18th Naval District.
Evening star., 1935-02-25

Power. Lieut.. Kent H., detached
Navy Yard, Puget Sound, WASH, in
May; to U. 8. s. New Orleans.
Vanzant, Lieut.. Ralston B., de-
tached Submarine Base, New London,
Conn, in May: to U. s. s. Houston as
assistant first lieutenant and damage
control ofiicer.
Ambruster, Lieut.. ". g. Stephen
H., detached U. s. s. Nautilus in May;
to Naval Ammunition Depot, Oahu,
Hawaii.
Campbell. Lieut.. q. g. Gordon,
detached Naval Training Station,
Norfolk, Va, in May; to U. s. s.
SAB.
Coils. Lieut.. q. O. John L., de-
tached U. s. s. Bushnell in May or
June; to Navy Yard. Pearl Harbor,
Hawaii.
Ferrall, Lieut.. q. g. William f.,
detached U. s. S. Bass about June /:
to Naval Academy.
Hewett, Lieut.. (Junior Grade) Lin
dell H.. detached U. 8. s. Tuscaloosa
In March; to Naval Academy.
johnson, Lieut.. Junior Grade) Mil
ton G.. detached u. S. 8. Nevada about
June 10; to Naval Academy.
knight, Lieut.. (Junior Grade) Levi
j., 1r., detached U. s. s. West Vir-
ginia about June 10; to Naval Acad-
emy.
Markham, Lieut.. (Junior Grade)
Lewis M, jr., detached Naval Air Sta
ton, San Diego. Calf, in May; to U.
S. S. Cincinnati.
McClaughry. Lieut.. (Junior Grade)
John G., detached U. 8. S. San Fran
cisco IN May or June; to Fleet Air
Base. Pearl Harbor. the Hawaiians.
Price, Lieut.. Junior Grade) Kenton
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SERVICE ORDERS

Du Pree, Capt. Henry, Infantry,
from Fort Francis E. Warren, Wyo,
to Fort Mcdowell, Calf.
Healy. Capt. John H., Cavalry. to be
retired from active service February
%.
Bogart, Capt. James H. Chemical
Warfare Service. to be retired from
active service February %.
Lyon, Capt. William Riga, Air Corps
Reserve, ordered to active duty at
Middletown Air Depot, Middletown,
Pa, June 2.
Wimberly, First Lieut.. Fred Newell
Infantry Reserve. promoted to captain
from February 81.
Bogel, First Lieut.. Ralph Hartwell,
jr, Infantry Reserve, promoted to
captain from February 81.
Leusley, First Lieut.. James H., Field
Artillery. from Fort Wayne. Ind, to
Fort Francis E. Warren, Wyo., about
May Is.
Johnston, First Lieut.. Robert B.,
Quartermaster Corps, from Columbus,
S. c., to Fort Benning, Ga, about June
Is
Leave of absence granted to the
following officers on or about dates
specified:
Kirksey, Maj. Oscar T.. Medical
Corps, months Is days, April 16.
Putnam, Maj. Lincoln F., Medical
Corps, 3 months, May Z.
TanSey, Capt. Patrick H., Engineer
Corps, months. June "a.
Maulsby, First Lieut.. William E..
jr.. Infantry, month 20 days, May "a.
Egan, First Lieut.. John F., Air
Corps, months, March 80.
Dalton, Maj Joseph NJ, Adjutant
Generals Department, l day, Febru-
airy %.
Olin, Second Lieut.. Charles L., In
fantry, l month 26 days. March l.
johnson, First Lieut.. Wendell G.,
Infantry, IA days, February %.
Each of the following officers OF an
Army Retiring Board appointed to
meet at Vancouver Barracks. Wash:
Parsons, Brig. Gen. James K,
United States Army.
Bell, Col. Ola W., Cavalry.
Hartshorn, Col. Edwin S., Infantry.
Pillsbury, Maj. Curtis D., Medical
Corps.
Richmond, First Lieut.. Albert M,
Medical Corps.
Recorder.
Adair, Capt. Alexander, Infantry.
Each of the following officers OF
the Medical Corps from station indi-
Gated after name to the Philippine
Department. about May IA:
Milne. Maj. Louis A, Army Medical
Center, here.
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tached q. s. 8. California about
February 20; to duty as assistant
naval inspector of ordnance, Ford In
strument Co., Long Island City, N. Y.
Dickson, Radio Electrician Donald
L., to duty VS. Squadron 2B, U. s. 8.
Saratoga.
Asiatic Dispatch Orders.
Powers, Lieut.. Comdr. Frederick D.,
detached command q. 8. 8. Edsall:
to treatment Naval Hospital. Canacao,
Philippine Islands.
Lucker, Lieut.. Comdr. Robert p,
to command u. 8. s. Mindanao.
Kessing, Lieut.. Comdr. Oliver O.,
to naval station, Olongapo, Philippine
Islands, as captain Of yard.
Low, Lieut. Comdr. Francis s., de-
tached command u. 8. s. Paul Jones:
to Bureau Of Navigation, Navy De-
partment.
Varian, Lieut.. q. g. Donald c.,
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ARMY ORDERS.

scowden. Lieut.. Col. Frank F.,
Quartermatser Corps; from Army
War College to Army Industrial Col
lege here upon completion of present
course of instruction.
Magruder, Lieut. Col. Marshall
Field Artillery; from Fort Bragg, N
c., to the Hawaiian Department, about
May IA.
McCleary. Lieut.. Col. William r.,
Coast Artillery Corps; to be retired
from active service February 49,
Clark, Lieut.. Col. Walter L., Ord
nance Department., detailed as a
member of officers appointed for the
purpose Of standardizing the form OF
war contracts, In addition to other
duties.
PETERS, Maj. Frederick H., Medical
Corps; detailed as a medical examiner
and witness before an Army retiring
board to meet at Vancouver Barracks,
Wash.
Beckford, Maj. Henry S., Medical
Corps; detailed as a medical examiner
and witness before an Army retiring
board to meet at Vancouver Barracks,
Wash.
Stout, Maj. Roy A., Dental Corps;
from Letterman General Hospital,
Presidio of San Francisco, to the
Philippine Department about June S.
Bonham, Maj Carlos w., Field Ar
tillery; from Fort Francis E. Warren,
Wyo.. to ST. Joseph. Mo-, about April l.
Schmahl, Maj. Dana c., Field Ar
tillery; from Fort Sam Houston, Tex,
to Dayton, Ohio, about April /.
Crawford, Maj. Wallace w., Field
Artillery; from Fort Lewis, Wash, to
Fort Wayne, Ind. about April 20.
Siefert, Maj. William H, Dental
Corps; from Army Medical Center
here to the Hawaiian Department
about May IA.
Fitzgerald, Capt. Hugh j., Adjutant
Generals Department; from Fort Sam
Houston, Tex, to the Hawaiian De-
partment about May IT.
Kirkpatrick, Capt. Charles L. Medi-
cal Corps, from William Beaumont
General Hospital, Ell Paso, Tex. to
the Hawaiian Department about
May II.
Devine, Capt. James g. Coast Ar
tillery Corps, assigned to Fort Warden,
Wash, upon completion of present
tour Of foreign service, orders revoked.
LIE Gette, Capt. James Y, Field Ar
tillery, from st. Joseph, Mo-, to Fort
Francis E. Warren, Wyo, about April
IS.
Metzger, Capt. Edward H, Field
Artillery, from Dayton to Fort Knox,
KY, about April /.
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