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The Washington times., 1935-11-14

Miss Virginia Rodgers, who
viii be presented to Capital So
ciety at Q tea her mother will
give on Monday, from 5 until 7
O'Clock at the 1925 r Street Club.
was her sisters only attendant.
She wore a gown of gold and
white herringbone metal cloth
fashioned on tailored lines, and
the skirt just ankle length. At
the neck and belt thee were ruby
clips. She wore a gold mesh
Juliet cap and carried a bouquet
Of ClaudiuS Pernet roses.
Reception At Home
After the ceremony there was
O small reception for the wedding
guests at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Coffin in s Street. Mrs. Cot
fin wore a gown of steel grey lame
and a small black antelope hat
and a silver fox cape. Her cor
sage was of gardeniaS. Mrs.
Sweeney, mother of the bride
groom, was attired in black velvet
with small matching hat
trimmed with mink. To complete
her costume she wore mink cape.
Her corSage was of brown orchids.
Later Mr.. sweeney and his
bride left by motor on their wed
ding trip. Mrs. Sweeney was
wearing q three-piece brown
tweed suit trimmed with brown
Persian lamb. Her cloSe,fitting
off.the-face hat was of brown felt.
After the first of December they
will be at home at 5 VeaSey St.,
Charleston. w. Va.
Among the out-of-town guests
ut the wedding were Mr.. and
Mrs. James Cameron, Mrs. Gard
ner Bradley and Miss Mary Came
ron, of Harrisburg, Pa; Mrs.
william Clark, Miss Virginia
Sweeney, of Wheeling, w. Va;
Mr.. George Meyer and Miss
Meyer, of Boston. and Mr.. C. r.
P. Rodgers, jr., who is a student
ut st. Georges School.
S'eA y Aco"""
The Washington times., 1935-11-14
Here on Leave

The United States Vice Consul
to Hankow, China, Mr.. Reginald
P. Mitchell, is in Washington with
Mrs. Mitchell and they will be at
the Mayflower until tomorrow.
Mr.. Mitchell is on leave of absence
and he and his wife will spend
some time at their former home in
Jacksonville, Fla.
X 4
Mr.. and Mrs. r. C. Shields, of
Detroit, Mich, are at the Carlton
for a short stay, accompanied by
Mr.. Peter j. Monaghan, also of
Detroit.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Marcy have
arrived from their home in
Pasadena, Cal, and are at the
Carlton.
The Washington times., 1935-11-14

Former Representative and Mrs.
Fred A. Britten will leave Wash
ington tomorrow to spend the
weekend as guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Kingman Brewster in their
lodge, Catoctin, in the mountains
Of Maryland.
The Washington times., 1935-11-14
Lease Apartmentt

Col. Joseph K. Particle, q. S.
A., and Mrs. Particle, who have
spent some time at the Mar
Unique, have taken an apartment
at 3041 Sedgwick st., N. w.
The Saturday press., 1935-03-09

to the betrayal of revolutionary
duty and is incompatible with
membership in the Third In
ternational."
1t is also required that COM
munists work the U. S. army
with their propaganda.
Civil war has been declared on
America by the communists |!
That is their own declaration.
Civil war! And to further their
cause, the enemy has the use of
the Minneapolis civic auditorium
and the governor of Minnesota
is to be featured aiding and abet-
ting the enemy.
The Saturday press., 1935-03-09
BY Nonad

Il
| to witness a real exhibition of
the agility of Minnesota's own
notorious leading communists at
a mass meeting at the Minneapo-
lis auditorium on March 9th. 1t
is a part of a program designed
to break up the leadership of un-
ion, cooperative and other work.
ers and place them under the
servility of the Third Communist
international.
The speakers of course, will
not be unpracticable and bluntly
pronounce that intention. But
the constitution of the Third
Communist international makes
this declaration for them and the
only allegiance which commit
nists know and admit, is the So
called principles set forth in
that contemplate document.
i Conspicuously placed on that
platform will be w. ]. Nc
Gaughren, Robert Chaska. AL
fred Tia1a, Walter Frank, Harry
Mayville, Floyd B. Olson and
perhaps Ernest Lundeen. The
, communistic ties of a number of
that group are widely known but
perhaps that best known as
communist is Alfred Tiala whose
name was spread over the entire
+ state last year on election bal
lots as a candidate for the ma
tional senate.
;, It is not stated who issued the
call. The time is not quite ripe
for communists to take that spot
!, light. But the communist "en-
8 dorsements" are dovetailed a.
:. mong those of labor and farmers
unions, in the chapters of which
: there are no doubt the usual glib
and traitorous communist spies
holding forth as tried and true
members of those unions. Two
, of these endorsements cry for
mention. They appear on circu-
lars promiscuously scattered
, throughout the state. These en-
dorsements are by:
minnesota District Com
mittee Young Communist
League" and Minnesota Dis
trict Committee Communist
Party"
I The names of the persons ap.
pearing above, excepting Olson
and Lundeen, are fixed on those
circulars as officers of the mass
meeting.
With the picture of these mer
on the stage, and the setting OF
communism as the background
now visible, it takes no menta
effort to fit in section 9 of the
!, provisions adopted by the con.
!. L.lgress of the Third Communists
International, provisions which
communists have sworn to com
ply with.
, This is it:
I "o. Every party that desires
S to belong to the Communist
International must carry or
systematic and persistant
Communist work in the trade
The Saturday press., 1935-03-09
that its being pulled?

your strike, so the communist
milk racketeers can clean nt a
feaV thousand dollars aVorking the
milk racket!
And I want to know and the
public wants to know, AND WE
WILL KNOW, zUhether you
members of the milk wagon driv-
ers' union are in cahoots 7Vith
these lousy racketeers or not!
Pull your strike if you want to
and any time you want to, but
lust remember that any time you
do. two things are certain to
happen-they're no secrets:
First-the milk racketeers will
be playing their game, collecting
twenty-five cents per quart for
milk "smuggled" through your
picket lines. They will either be
working under cover or asath
your consent!
Second = When those milk
racketeers begin working that
lousy game, you union drivers are
all qeushed UP.
The citizens of Minneapolis
are willing to stand for a lot OF
tomfoolery, but they, acM moi
stand for this milk racket being
worked, with or without thu
knowledge and consent of your
union.
What can you do? Do yot
want to do anything-somethins
that will be of incalcuable bene
fit to yourselves and the commit
nitv in which you live and mak'
a living? All right, then, here
what YOU can do and 7Viu do It !
YOU hare any courage:
i You'll hunt down and kick ou
every communist in your union
You can't maintain your organ
, ization on half communist ant
half American basis. It's got t.
be one or the other and the job o
making it either one or the othe
is YOUR job.
If you tolerate, chum with o
play with these communists
you'll racketeer zslth them! I
you permit them to lead you int
a strike, you'll permit them t
split the profits of their racke
with you-that is if you can catcl
them before they leave town will
the swag.
; The public wants to know wher'
YOU union men of Minneapolis
stand-for communism and com
munist agitators and racketeer
or against them.
You haven't said where 20,
stood-so I'm asking you, IN be
half of the public:
Where DO you stand2
: These professional racketeer
worked their racket during tn
truck drivers y strikes las
summer. They worked it durinl
the garage workers (sic) strik
: this winter and they intend aVork
ing 1t during the milk driverl
strike if you fellows are dunn
enough to let them-and that
: strictly up to you.
4 have asked, in behalf of tn
public-upon which you depen'
The Saturday press., 1935-03-09

mass organizations. Within
these organizations it is neces-
sary to create Communist
groups, which by means of
practical and stubborn work
must win over the trade un-
ions, etc., for the cause of
Communism. These cells
should constantly denounce the
treachery of the social-patriots
and the vacillations of the
"Center," at every step. These
Communist groups should be
completely subordinate to the
Party as a whole"
Moscow will praise the dear
kamerads in far-off Minnesota
when it receives the report that
this Minneapolis mass meeting
has been put over in pursuance
of section 9, even tho the ma
jority of the audience will not
know that it is getting its first
lesson intended to lead it into
communism.
The second lesson is for the
builders of co-operatives and un-
ions to learn to their sorrow.
In section 2 of that document
it is required that every organi-
zation which becomes a unit of
| the:
Communist International
must steadily and systemati-
cally remove from all respon-
sible posts in the Labor move
ment in the Party organiza-
ton, editorial boards, trade
unions, parliamentary frac-
tions, cooperative societies,
municipalities, etc., all refor-
mists and followers of the
Center" and have them re-
placed by Communists even at
the cost of replacing at the be-
ginning, experienced leaders
by rank and file working-men.
| When the communists have
taken over unions and co-opera-
tives, together with their news
papers, ETC., they want a new
crop of leaders.
! And the devil may take our
laws according to section 8:
"The class struggle in ;.
America is entering the phase
of civil war. Under such con-
ditions the Communists can
have no confidence in bour-
geois law. They must every
7Uheye create a parallel illegal
apparatus, which at the deci-
sive moment could assist the
Party in performing its duty
to the revolution. In all coun-
tries where, in consequence of
martial law or exceptional
laws. the Communists are un-
able to carry on all their work
legally, a combination of legal
and illegal work is absolutely
necessary"
Section 4 adds to this:
wherever such propaganda
is forbidden by exceptional
laws, it must be carried on IL
legally. The abandonment of
such work would be equivalent
The Saturday press., 1935-03-09
MILK AT TWENTY-FIVE
CENTS PER QUART
PLAN OF COMMUNIST
Continued from page y

these aViH be the victin,s of the
milk racketeers! No firm can
stand the loss of scores of Gus
toners. The average grocery firm
handles milk as an accommodation
to its trade. When the strike
comes and it can no longer ac-
commodate that trade, the trade
moves on, it leaves. 1t goes
where it's wants and needs can be
cared for.
The grocer sees his trade van
ishing. He understands that
when the strike is over, much of
it will not return.
"We bruise easy but aVe change
grocers qwickP
The milk racketeer appears on
the scene. He oozes into the
store where customers are leav-
ing because milk orders cannot
be filled and propositions the
proprietor:
'tAren't handing milk, eh?
Too bad. Losing a lot of trade,
too. Say, I can fix it SO you can
get milk enough to take care of
your old customers if you don't
start chiseling. How? 0, I
know lot of these pickets and
can slip you some milk through
the picket lines. But it will cost
me something to do it. Gotta
take care of some of the boys
But I can furnish you with milk
for twenty-five cents per quart
Too much? All right then. If
you'd rather lose your trade than
pay that price while the strikes
on, that's your bad luck. But
that's my pri c e-t7venty-fve
cents per quart. No profit in it
for you? Certainly not. Got to
sell it at the old price and lose
IS cents per quart? Certainly.
But you'd better do that than lose
your customers" And the rack
eteer wins always.
Now if you union milk wagon
drivers are Gin" on this racket,
stand UP like men and admit as
much.
I don't believe you are. I don't
believe you knoy aV),at the cont
mwnist agitators and racketeers
are doing to your organization.
l don't believe that you fellows,
If YOU kne7V, would tolerate these
red rascals in your organ
ization. I don't believe you would
knoqungly be party to this de-
spicable milk racketeering. Are
YOU? Admit or deny it-ARE
YOU?
And who gets the money-who
pockets it-from this milk rack
eteering? Does it go into your
union treasury? Do you "whack
it up?" Is it split between the
men on the picket line and the
shake do7vn artists-the racket
eers?
Do YOU kno7V that this racket
is played, not alone in a milk
dyiveys' strike but in every Other
striker Are you union men q
party to these rackets?
IF YOU are, aVhat'S your per-.
centage?
If you're not, then aVhy do 20,
The Saturday press., 1935-03-09
From The Mouths Of Communists!

Workers and Farmers Who Listen to the Siren Voice of Com
munst Agitator Will do Well to Read Few Extracts From
Official Communist Literature. Here Are Some of Them
Are YOU Willing to Exchange Your Americanism for Rus
sian Communism?
The Saturday press., 1935-03-09

She woke up in the early
hours of the morning and nudged
her sleeping husband.
'Wilfred," she said in a hoarse
whisper, "Wilfred, wake Up.
There's mouse in the bedroom.
Hubby unwillingly sat up.
"Well, what about it," he groan-
ed.
'I can hear it squeaking," she
said fearfully.
"Well, d'you want me to get
out and oil it, or something?" he
snapped.
"Bring me a Kentucky break
fast" ordered the southern col
onel.
"And what is that SIR" inquir-
ed the colored waiter.
"It is bull dog. a sirloin
steak and a quart Of bourbon
whiskey," the colonel replied.
"But sir, what are YOU going
to do with the bull dog?' the
waiter inquired.
"Feed him the steak. YOU
damphool," the irritated colonel
answered.
A local oil man cut across the
country going to Jal, a while
back. He got off the road over in
Andrews County, and finally got
to desolate ranch house and
asked an old fellow who lived
alone how to get to Jal.
The rancher reflected. SWELL.
believe l would go back about
a mile, and take the first right
hand road. No. I believe 7 would
take the left-hand road. Come to
think of it, stranger. if l was
trying to get to Jal. / wouldn't
start from here at ALL Midland
(Texas) Reporter Telegram.
Dave gave the new hand a plate
full of mushrooms for supper.
He had gathered a bucketful in a
new paddock.
"Isn't any one else having
mushrooms for support" the new
hand asked, noticing that he was
the only one eating them.
'We like them for breakfast
best" Dave told him.
Next morning, Dave went to
the new hands room and asked
him how he felt.
'I feel splendid, was the reply.
Dave turned and walked to the
kitchen. Putting his head in the
door, he shouted cts all right.
Sarah, you can cook the rest of
them mushrooms for breakfast"
A shirt advertisement asks the
question: "What is the thing you
look for in a shirt?"
| Barracuda Pete ANSWERS thar
The Saturday press., 1935-03-09

A shirt advertisement asks the
question: "What is the thing you
look for in a shirt ?"
Barracuda Pete answers that
one: Buttons"
Evening star., 1935-11-13
Natures S
Children
BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY.
Beach Clotbur
(Xanthium Echinatum).

| (Aantn1um EcnInatumJs
" VAVE you ever tried to model
IL with these prickly burs? Chill
dren who live close to the
L beaches or places where these
weeds grow have found they can make
many things of the burs. and 1t is easy
to do, because the prickles hold fast as
you form them into grotesque and
fantastic shapes.
There are few people who have not
been annoyed by the fruit Of their
ambitious weed. Any any one who has
not been annoyed by the fruit Of this
ambitious weed. And any one who has
owned sheep. horses or other stock
knows what it means for one OF these
creatures to become a free carry-all
for this plant. 1t takes time and pa
tience to declotbur an animal which
has walked too close to the hitch
hiker. For, by hook or crook, the clot
bur thumbs her ride.
On sea beaches, river and lake
shores and in waste lands from Nova
Scotia to North Carolina and west to
Minnesota and North Dakota, fine
healthy, flourishing plants set up
Housekeeping and send their huge
families along the way. In New York
and on the beaches of Long and Sta
ten Islands the sandy soil is accep-
table. Some inland localities may also
boast their clotbur or rather bemoan
its presence.
In July and August the flowers put
in their appearance. They are not
showy-they leave. that to the burs.
The staminate ones are In clustered
heads at the ends of the branches.
The pistillate flowers are in the axis
of the upper leaves. Here is where you
find the burs. The bur coat is prickly
and covered with heavy growth of
reddish hairs. Each one of the prick
les is hooked and the tip of the bur
has a pair Of claWlike beaks. Once
they get good hold upon their victim
they hang on until forcibly removed.
Using the methods they do they are
bound to encircle the globe. The
mother is downright tough. You can
behead her. slash her stems, use the
steam roller on her and treat her in a
| most vigorous manner to try to con-
vince her she is not wanted. Next
| Spring she is as undaunted and un-
| concerned as ever. Her seed children
inherit her vitality. They can wait un-
til a favorable condition presents itself
and then double their endeavors to
catch up with the lost days.
You will find lovely butterflies sip
ping nectar from the flowers. The
magenta shades appeal to them and
also to the many bees. Here you may
/ find some of them you have as yet not
seen. The clotbur flowers have a
slight fragrance which no doubt is
used as an added form of advertise
ment, for insects have a wonderful
sense OF smell and the wind carries
scents quickly.
You may find the clotbur close
neighbors to the burdock. another
member of this family that develops
her seed children in strong bayonet-
covered containers. Both belong to the
ragweed family.
If you find these emigrants too plen-
tiful, gather the burs and make q
Evening star., 1935-11-13

ToR a fawn only two months old,
- Slimlegs, the handsome little
son of Lightfoot the Deer and
L Mrs. Lightfoot, was both big
and smart. A smarter young Deer had
never been seen in all the Green
Forest. At least that is what the
neighbors said. Mrs. Lightfoot was
very proud Of him. She had taken,
and was taking, great pains in his edu-
cation.
Slimlegs was still filled with admira-
ton for Lightfoot. He initiated him
in every way possible. Whatever he
saw Lightfoot do he tried to do. His
mother looked on with approval. She
felt that there could be no teacher
better than Lightfoot. for whatever a
Deer should know he knew. Wise,
indeed, was he in the ways of the
Green Forest and, furthermore, he was
wise in many things outside the Green
Forest.
1t happened one day that Slimlegs
and his mother had been joined by
Lightfoot. Lightfoot's great antlers
were now of full size and had hard
ened. They were not handsome, for
they were covered with shreads of
dried skin, and so presented rather a
ragged appearance. Lightfoot spent a
good deal of time rubbing off these
bits of skin, or velvet, as it is called,
against trees. He had one or two
rubbing trees which were his favorites,
and in time he would get all that skin
rubbed of and the points Of his antlers
polished.
Usually Lightfoot took little notice
of Slimlegs, but this day he did notice
Evening star., 1935-11-13

bonfire Of them. II is an excellent
way to clear the beach and the odor
from the sizzling fruit added to the
salt air is very acceptable. You may
even roast your marshmallows or
wienies over the leaping flames. thus
mingling pleasure with your good turn
for the day.
Copyright. 1935.)
Evening star., 1935-11-13

to thicket which afforded a splendid
place to rest. They had been there
only few moments, when just outside
the thicket Slimlegs saw his father
pass. He looked at his mother. She
was watching Lghtfoot. but she made
no signal to let him know where they
were and in a moment he passed out
Of sight.
Did you see him?" asked Mrs
Lightfoot.
"Of course. I did" replied Slimlegs
How could help seeing him?"
Did you know what he was doing?'
asked his mother.
He was just walking along. so far
as I could see." replied Slimlegs.
He was following our trail" re-
piled Mrs. Lightfoot. "He is still fol-
lowing 1t. If we remain here and wait
long enough he will join us here. !
see that you don't know what we have
done"
What have we done?" asked Slim
legs.
I'VE have returned part way to
where We started from and to a point
in sight Of our own trail" replied his
mother. "Supposing your father was
an enemy, we would know now that
he is following us and 1t would give
us a chance to get away. You see, he
would have to 60 clear up to where
we turned. and then come back here.
I'll stop him now"
She whistled sharply and received
reply. In few moments Lightfoot
Joined them. Then together they ex-
planned to Slimlegs how wise Deer,
before lying down to rest, will 60 back
a little way parallel to its own trail,
so as to be able to see any enemy who
might be following that trail.
tcopyrieht. 1935)
Evening star., 1935-11-13
Evidence Thrown Out"

Travelling on train near Cairo,
Egypt, a secret police agent suspected
a fellow passenger of being a drug
trafficker. He arrested the man,
searched him and found large piece
of hashish in his pocket. An old
sheikh leaned forward and asked the
agent if he would be so kind as
to allow him to examine the piece
of hashish." as he had never in his
life seen any drug. The policeman
trustingly handed it over. A second
later he watched his only piece of
evidence thrown through the window
of the fast-moving train by the in
nocent" sheikh.
Evening star., 1935-11-13
jolly Polly
A Little Chat on Etiquette.
BY JOS. J. FRISCH.

S. S. N.-Good manners require that
boys and, girls allow older persons to
precede them when entering a build
ing or room or when going up or down
stairs. Boys should allow their sis
ters to precede them.
Send return envelope to Jolly
Polly for the leaf1et, Manners in
Public"
Evening star., 1935-11-13
How 1t Started
BY JEAN NEWTON.
Not Worth Candle.

1T is a poor sport" wrote George
Herbert in 164o, in his conpen-
dunn OF wisdom called Jacula Pruden.
tum. that is not worth the candle +"
This is the earliest publication of
the 1diom pointing to something
not worth doing, indicating an un-
dertaking whose returns do not begin
to repay for the effort expended
That the expression was in snoken
use long before its initial recorded
appearance cannot be doubted. when
We consider its origin. to which the
aphorism Of George Herbert quoted
fu nishes clue.
We have it in allusion to gambling
games played by candle-light. The
cost of the candles would be borne
by the winner. On occasion, however.
the stakes we're so picayune or the
winnings so meager that there would
be no gain. The game was not worth
the candle.
(Copyripht 1a351
Evening star., 1935-11-13
Bedtime Stories
Lesson in Woodcraft

him. "This young fellow Is getting big
enough to be taught 4 few tricks,
said Lightfoot to Mrs. Lightfoot.
He knows some already" replied
Mrs. Lightfoot. He knows how to
break a scent by running in water,
and he knows how to put a tree be-
tween himself and an enemy"
Lightfoot nodded approval. "Those
Evening star., 1935-11-13
Psychology
BY DR.. JESSE w. SPROWLS.
Fear.

EOR many years fear has been re-
garded as some old stamp of
Satan. In popular parlance it was
planted in the souls of men for no
other purpose than that Of reminding
us of our ancient frivolities.
The word fear and all it denotes
has taken on new meaning in recent
years. Political writers are continually
talking about the new fear" or words
to that effect. The outlook is pessim-
iStic.
From the psychological angle, fear
is regarded as q benefit to man. At
least in some respects. In the first
place, psychologists tell us that the
person who knows what to fear has
really gained so much in intellectual
stature. Fear is the beginning of wis
dom. It's an intellectual foretaste
Of what may happen If you do not
look sharply about you.
Some psychologists go so far as to
say that fear is never an enemy. On
the contrary, it's always a friend.
They say I'VE cannot live without
fear" The whole trouble is that we
have used the word fear to point out
situations rather than methods for
getting out of situations. So we lie
awake thinking about poverty. disease
unpopularity, unemployment, and SO
on. This we call fear. But these things
arc not fears in q constructive sense.
They are fictions of the mind which
We create and pass around the COM
munity. AS President Roosevelt says,
The only thing we have to fear Is
fear ITSELF"