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The Washington times., 1935-10-04
Listen World!
By Elsie Robinson

death as we have solved the
mystery of time, space, disease?
I'VE could" cry thousands
of brave, wise spirits. And
now a new voice joins them-a
voice so widely known and
loved that it has become part
of our daily lives-Mary Pick.
ford.
MY RENDEZVOUS WITH
L1FE-that's what Mary
Pickford> calls her new book
on death, just published by H.
c. Kinsey & Co. And through
it all she speaks Of Death as if
it "yere Life-not the ending
of Life. but just the next
step. Part of the endless ad.
venture. Why not?
We accept the fact that all
the rest of life goes on. Sum-
mer fades into fall, fall sinks
into the long sleep of winter.
winter wakes to spring-we
do not tear out our heart or
jump out of tenth-story win
dows. A child grows, acquir-
ing an entirely new body every
seven years.
Your baby body is as dead
as though it lay in the grave.
Your baby curls and dimples
have become daffodils and car
rots long since-yet you do not
moan with anguish at the
thought. Then why should
you shrink in terror from this
one phenomenon?
PROGRESSIVE
Mary Pickford doesn't. Once
she, too, screamed her agony
into the unanswering night
broke her heart over a still,
white face. And found no COM
fort anywhere. Felt she was
trapped, forever. in q deep.
black pit.
Then, by the force of her
own courage, cheerfulness, COM
mon sense and FIGHTING
FAITH, she drew herself up
out of that pit, bit by bit.
Today she can say:
Man is a progressive adven-
ture. the cave man started
from a pretty low state of un-
derstanding to climb to his
present manhood. It is still q
state that is far from perfect.
Which is the best reason I can
offer why God wouldn't destroy
us. He is a Just God. And He
is certainly going to give every
one of us q chance to prove
powers still latent within U.S."
A progressive incident. Life
going on. through endless
sleeping and awakenings. Sum-
mer, fall, winter, spring. Seed.
plant, flower, seed. AS simple
as that. You believe it about
everything else. You have
faith in a seed-why not have
faith in a soul? If God gave
all those breaks to a turnip,
will he do less for a man?
Copyright. 1895, by King gNsatursR
Syndicate. Ine)
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The Human Side of the News = By Edwin c. Hill

manitieS, in which, in Arnold's
phrase. we try Ito see life
steadily and see it whole" There
is a cropping toward the "total-
itarian man." more beneficiently
and hopefully perhaps than
there is toward the "totalitarian
state" DR.. Carrel recognizes
this as he discourses on tele-
pathy. He seeks an understand
ing of man "aS a whole, as q
unit"
His ohServtionS are made as
he returns from England, and it
happens that for many years re-
putable English scientists have
been engaged in research in
telepathy and clairvoyance.
with some eyebrow lifting on
this side of the water. When
DR.. Carroll says telephy cert
ainly exists" he is the first top
bracket American scientist to
make this assertion.
In 1925, Earl Balfour, the dis
tinguished British statesman,
participated in a long series Of
experiments with Sir Gilbert
Murray, famous scholar: Sir
Oliver Lodge, the physicist, and
others, in which they sought
scientific proof of telepathy.
In 1926 and 1927, broad
casting stations in Australia
and England were busy with
radio telepathy," conducting
tests by air. They reported an
astonishing degree of success.
In 1929, Prof. Joseph Dun
ninger put on the tests over
NB.C., under carefully super
vised conditions. It was re-
ported that IS per cent of
those sending answers had the
correct image or message tele-
phatically transmitted. NB.C.
announced that the experiment
had been a success.
DARING VETERANS
DR.. Maximillian A. Langs-
muir, psychologist and criminol-
ogist Of Vienna, has used tele-
pathy in detective work, claim
ing a high degree of success
in catching criminals. DR..
Konrad Leitner, of Switzerland,
also has used it in police work.
The name "telepathy" is
supposed to have been first
applied to thought transference
by F. w. H. Myers in 1882.
Since then it has been a con-
troversial subject, getting sur
prisingly respectable" backing
at times. but, of course, drag
ged through a vast amount
Of fraud and mystagogy. mot
proven" I suppose, would be
the general verdict Of the
scientific world today.
This writer does not wish
the foregoing to be taken as
a defense Of telepathy as a
fact. It merely attempts to
set aside some Of the sound
investigation in this field, as
distinguished from the wide
''lunatic fringe" Of psychic
inquiry, and to note that it
is usually the veterans, the
highly garlanded men Of
science, who dare to explore
forbidden chambers.
Copyright 1898. King Features
syndicate Inc.)
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ing about a thing concerning
which we can know nothing, do
nothing.
But is that true about death?
Is it really impossible to know
anything, do anything about
death? Men thought once that
there was nothing they could do
about time, space. These were
barriers set by God, they be-
lieved. Nothing they could do
about disease scourges-yellow
fever, bubonic plague. These
were crosses sent by God for
man to bear-to defy them was
impiety.
But a few brave spirits did
defy them-time, space, dis
ease. Said they weren't the will
of God-that it was no more
''impious" to try to heal small
pox, or bridge miles, than it
was to quench ones thirst or
Schatch a flea bite. What hap
pened TO Lnem? Hl6uCy were
boiled in oil, broken on wheels,
skinned alive.
LAST TABOO
But today you turn a dial
and listen to Shanghai or
speak to Moscow. Today you
breakfast in San Francisco
have dinner in New York. To-
day we know that bubonic
plague is not a voice from
heaven, but the direct result Of
human filth and stupidity. E.
and have conquered it accord
ingly.
Only one mystery We still
do not dare approach-one
last taboo we still do not dare
defy-and that is Death. Still
the grave stretches before us
and no man knows what lies
on the other side. But is that
because he CAN'T or MUSTN'T
know? Or simply because he
hasn't tried hard enough to
find out?
Could we, If we had the cour-
age, solve the mystery Of
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Old World Quarrels
Bv James T. Williams, Jr.

Europe has a set of primary
interests Which to US haze none
or pery remote relations. Hence
she must be engaged in tre-
Quent controversies, the causes
of Dhich are essentially foreign
to our concernS.-From The
Farewell Address.
AS Italy and Ethiopia draw
nearer to war Europe is plunged
into another one Of those fire.
quent controversies "the causes
Of which are essentially foreign
TO our concerns"
The American people are not
to blame for conditions in Italy
or conditions in Ethiopia.
Much as they deplore the ap-
parent imminence of another
war they may well rejoice that
their common sense quickened
in them a common loyalty to
those "counsels of an old and
affectionate friend" bequeathed
to them by the Father of His
Country in his immortal vale
dictory.
CHARTED COURSE
It was this common sense
and this common loyalty that
led the American people to
reject membership in the
League of Nations and mem
bership in the League Court
despite "the fury of party
spirit" and "the mischief of
foreign intrigue" and "the i'm
postures of intended patriot
ism" which were pressing for
the ENHANCEMENT of the United
States in the political quarrels
Of the Old World.
When, as, and if Italy and
Ethiopia go to war the course
Of the United States lies plain
before the Government at Wash
ington.
1t was charted by George
Washington when he warned
his people under such circum-
stances to declare and main.
tain a neutrality that bel
ligerentS would be well advised
to respect.
If the United States were
today a member of the League
or a member of the League
Court it would be bound by
obligations imposed by the
League Covenant and the
League Court protocols that
would make neutrality impos-
Sible without a sacrifice of
American honor.
By the terms Of Article x
Of the League Covenant the
members of the League sol
emnly pledged themselves "tO
respect and preserve as against
external aggression the terri
tOrial integrity and existing pO-
itical independence of all
States members of the League"
They agreed that in case of
any such aggression cor in case
of any threat or danger of such
aggression" the Council of the
!. League should advise them re-
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Of mellow philosophy like an
old meerschaum pipe.
Fabre had only a few years
more to live. He cared nothing
for money or fame, or even sci.
entific orthodoxy. He could af.
ford to be interesting, ironic,
Skeptical, diScursive and human
and, like all wise men who
have delved deep into the myS-
teries of life, humble. AS I have
said, his books are eighteen
karat science, and today they
are as good journalese as any
thing which has appeared in
this newspaper.
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Darwin reserved for his old
age the bolder and deeper i'm
plications Of his decades Of inf.
nitely detailed and patient re-
search. AS did Herbert Spencer,
who did some philosophical
mopping UP in his wake, and
Tyndall and Wallace and Hux-
ley. Those amazing scientific
prophecies Of Roger Bacon,
fourteenth-century monk, were
made in his later years.
The above applies more par
ticularly to that zone in which
there is an overlapping of the
physical sciences and the hui
The Washington times., 1935-10-04

alike, levels
all barriers
Of wealth, cul-
ture, power.
You'd think it
would draw
US together in
our common
grief, unite
us in com.
m on rebel
lion, but it
doesn't. PEI
haps it's the
utter hop E.
! e S S n e SIS.
What's t h e
lisa Of falk.
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GA44N u ASSASe&4
Hoover, chief of the Bureau of
Investigation, as well as other
enforcement officers, continue to
provide a stumbling block, how
ever.
Law enforcement officials ad-
init that it will probably take
decades to convince the public
there is no reason why upright
citizens should not be recorded.
In Hagerstown, Maryland,
there has been indication that
many of the residents will con.
sent to classification and in
New York Governor Herbert H.
Lehman has earnestly appealed
to the people to be finger.
printed.
In addition concientioMS OBJ
jectionS of some persons tDho
oppose the plan merely because
they belieUe it objecttonGl to be
recorded, there is a tremendous
Sub.current of opposition from
the criminal element.
Working through various
agencies, Shyster lawyers and
their other contacts. the Grim
inals have fomented opposition
with which they apparently
have no connection, according
to advocates of the plan.
It is said that the prOpa-
ganda used by the criminal Op-
pOnentS is spread in such q way
as to make it appear utterly
divorced from that class.
With the rebellion against
the potato control program be-
coming general throughout the
The Washington times., 1935-10-04
Wise Words

Some folks rail against other
folks because other folks have
what some folks would be glad
of.-Fielding.
The folly of others is ever
most ridiculous to those who are
themselves most foolish.-Gold-
smith.
Time ripenS all things. No
man is born wise.-CervanteS.
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his belief in
cl annoyance
and telepath-
ic po W e RS,
and the tale
of an E a S t
Indian walk
ing barefoot
e d ov er a
lon g trench
of hot Goals,
in Kent, Eng
land, without
injury, a n d
under Scien-
tific test con-
ditionS.
The Washington times., 1935-10-04
OLD FAVORITES
Music I Heard
Conrad Aiken

Music heard with you than music,
And bread broke with you than bread.
Now that am without you, all is desoate,
ALI that so beautiful is dead.
Your hands touched this table and this silver
And have seen your fingers hold this glass.
These things do not remember you beloved:
And yet your touch upon them will not pass.
For it was in my heart you moved among them,
And blessed them with your hands and with your eyes,
And in my heart they will remember always:
They knew you once, beautiful and wise!
IReGders ived to send to the editor their suooes-
tons of old tovorites among the poems for reprintg in
this space
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that the De-
partment of
Justice m ay
e We N t ually
have in its
files the claS-
SificationS Of
most citizens.
S t rem uous
objections to
Z II z y ! d II
W hich has
been so widely
advocated by
Attorney Gen
eral Homer S.
c u m m ings
The Washington times., 1935-10-04
The Greatest Show On Earth
By John Snure, I.

Gaining momentum In its
progress, the drive to finger.
print all persons Is being ac-
cepted in various sections Of
the country with indications
The Washington times., 1935-10-04
Man Is a Progressive
Incident"

Death-Strange how hard it
is to talk about it. There's the
one experience that hits us all
The Washington times., 1935-10-04
Telepathy

On the same day in the
newspaper there is the story
that DR.. Alexis Carrel expresses
The Washington times., 1935-10-04

On that observation tower,
Which is built of worthless paper,
Uncle Sam can see much farther
Then he could when foreign nations
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-02-08

ur.ltaraa >~r....;. -, j
urcrd s1plsssious ana wathous
"peri.r 49,,
mesrM I~p MAX aounaered. =
Er~i;,;, HSSn,naps you oon'e speak
ssPerfs.+,v !. at, A..
e.1ectiy, said the other IN Q,
10y tone, ana Selapsed into her
1'. aFt;. si ;,,et a..
es Juss tnas you seemed lone,
s soms gown mere continued Mark,
,s ~mu was 1eehng 2 little lonely
ns yS.M m So ! tnought- He
paused " s;: The girl made no effort to
nth nth NO no " "i;yi eas g! star1ng ct him
ness ~ h e.en.sss ains OF 1r1end1-
ne s.n "a ner features:
INSULT" snapped MAI. .: sndd Il 8 e e
meant II m 3 rnrorl;-...L
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What Is Education?
adams County Record


There are a number of people who
have not had the privilege Of attend
ing college. Some Of them, no doubt.
believe that they are not educated
They may be right and they may be
wrong. Education is not question
Of being able to graduate from any
school, college or university.
One OF the prime requisites of an
educated man, as We see it, is to be
able to cooperate intelligently with
his fellowmen. This means a willing
ness, as we'll as an ability, to get
along with other members Of the So
cial group. No matter how much q
man may know, or how many college
degrees he may have. he Is far from
being educated II he is unable to
meet his neighbors on common ground
and to work together for the common
good.
There are many people who have
never seen the inside of a college who
nevertheless are better educated than
many holders Of college degrees. They
may be little short on intelligence.
Of q certain type, but they are long
on common sense and they have
picked up enough information to be
able to cooperate.
We do not mean to disparage edu-
cation. Rather, we wish to encourage
those who cannot go to college. Let
them keep up. as best they can, with
current affairs, read as much as pos
sible about subjects they do not know
and never forget that true education
Is what q man learns and makes his
own. not what he gets out Of a book
merely for the purpose Of making a
recitation that will pass him.
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For Fair Competition

Joseph Eastman's program for re.
Mobilization Of our railway system is
a document deserving of the, most
extended study. It seems to cut
pretty carefully planned middle course
between demands of the government
ownership group and proposals Of
those who would have the govern
ment interfere with the system as
little as possible.
With at least one OF his suggestions
there will be wide agreement. He
urges that all transportation systems
bus, truck. boat, pipeline, and pos
sibly even airplane-be put under
control Of the Interstate Commerce
Commission along with the railroads.
This would probably do as much to
give the roads better break in the
matter OF competition as any one
step that could be taken.
For the rest, his program is the
product Of much study. and it sets
forth the most clear-cut plan that
has yet been offered for restoring our
railroads to full economic health.
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COOKS. QUACKS AND
MERCHANTS ARE NOT
NIrTRITI0N Authorities

Spinal curvature, high hip, low
shoulder, round back, weak ankles.
flat feet, night blindness, dry eyes,
obesity, decayed teeth, knock-knee,
physical staleness, premature gray
ing of the hair, myocarditis, anemia,
chronic arthritis, multiple neuritis,
functional impairmentS of the repro
ductive organs, rigid brittle nails,
finical appetite, voracious appetite
these are frequently manifestations
of nutritional deficiency. I could ex-
tend the list to frightful length
were it fair to include mention of
the many vague disturbances Of health
which we know are often due wholly
to hypovitaminous diet-that is, food
which supplies insufficient vitamins
for the requirements of eutrophy, per-
feet nutrition, top condition, buoy
ant health. I prefer not to suggest
such symptoms.
The entities I have mentioned will
illustrate the Importance Of nutri-
ton. And right here let me remind
you, Mr.. and Mrs. Wiseacre, that
neither the best cooks nor the bright
est young saleswomen nor the most
expert dietitians nor the most ia
nous food specialists" are COM
petent to advise what any invalid or
near-invalid should or should not eat.
Indeed, many cases of the various
conditions enumerated have been
brought about or aggravated by the
popular practice of following the adj
vice of unqualified persons in the
matter of diet, particularly in chill
dren.
The wiseacre mother of a 10 year
old child who had pronated feet
weak ankles. the potential or first
stage of flat feet took the child first
to foot specialist clerk and per-
mitted this charlatan to fit some
kind Of trick shoe. The trouble grew
worse. Then the moronic parent had
the child's spine adjusted by fad
healer whose promises we're rosy but
whose performance proved disap-
pointing. Next she afflicted the un-
fortunate youngster with arch props
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away from San Francisco Never
theless, he sent the message.
Leaving the radio-room, ho be-
thought himself Of the elusive black
haired lady Of the steerage. Imme.
diately his nostalgia vanished; the
uncertain weather, which doubtless
affects human beings, in spite Of
themselves, Just % It does dogs
and birds and domestic creatures,
ceased suddenly to weigh upon him,
IS i the sun had emerged startling.
" into . cloudless sky.
"vanya!" he murmured to him
self. "Vanys something-or-other,
Pretty name-Vanya."
He was unconsciously directing
his steps down the companionway
toward the Storage. Without real
" intending it, he suddenly found
himself well on his way below.
might - well drop in on her, =
he told himself. "She looks g IL
she had some kind Of story about
her. III never find it out unless
I talk to her"
He moved toward the large room
given over to Storage passengers.
"Wonder II she understands Eng
lish," he specialized. perhaps we
can get by in French
At the entrance he wrinkled his
nose at the close smell Of humanity.
"Unwashed humanity, at that. !"
10 thought Enough to make one
seasickw ~
Indeed, the pitching Of the shin
was beginning to be noticeable here
below. Mark didn't doubt that din.
ner would find more than one resi-.
dent Of tho upper decks absent.
he glanced around. Fewer peo.
PIE visible than yesterday; beyond
question, some Of the groups were
already indisposed.
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There she was. Again seated On
. wall bench, but in the far corner
this time. Her unhappy face seemed
pale in the glow Of the electric
lights. She was simply sitting inn
passively, leaning back into the cor.
ner Of the wall.
Mark was at loss as to how to
approach her. However, lack Of
self-assurance was not one Of his
Distinguishing characteristics. He
moved across the floor toward her,
while q hum Of conversation in OUT
landish tongues rose about him. He
paused before her.
"Miss-," he began. What the
devil was her last name? "Miss-
Miss Vanya, I hope you'll pardon
me. I wanted to talk to you"
The girl shifted her dusky eyes
to his face. She stared at him with
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'u1ELhKM DANCES AAR6

hide-bounc, but %. apparently, was
even . great liner In mid Pacific,
Perhaps the whole world had set
tied into . rut Of drab routine; per-
haps the world had spent all its
adventurous energy in the War.
For the first time Mark felt some
qualms Is to the wisdom of his
decision. He sat down in his state
room and composed an affectionate
message to his mother.
No, he decided, as he carried the
slip Of paper to the radio-room,
there must b romance left some-
where on the expansive face Of the
world. Out over the horizon were
strange volcanic islands, and palm
covered coral atolls, and beyond
these the eternal mystery Of Asia,
the oriental world. He was q fool,
he told himself, to give way to
Inconsistencies on the third dav
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on a line of reasoning similar to
fhot u,hicI, forrnnrlv caused miSPuid-

on line of reasoning similar to
that which formerly caused misguld-
ed mothers to encase young daugh-
tiers in freak corsets which the wise
saleswoman said were quite neces-
sary to mould" the figure. AT last,
only by accident. the child came I'M
der the notice of physician, just
plodding old family practitioner, but
one who was well abreast OF the pro-
gress of his profession. He put q
stop to the hocus-pocus and saw that
the child received suitable diet, in
Guiding an optimal ration Of vitamins,
and in few weeks the foot trouble
was cured.
Sometimes think it is unfortunate
that victims of this nutritional defect
-pronated or potential flat feet-do
not suffer more rheumatic" or 'neu-
ralgic" pains and lame back or feel
run down, anemic or nervously en-
hausted, for even the dumb ones with
these symptoms are likely to take 1t
into their heads to obtain medical
advice.
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My deduction from my talk with
Minister Of Economics Schacht is
that things in Germany will be worse
+ ore they get better.-Frank Arthur
Vanderlip, financier.
X X X
It is a test Of Christian unselfish-
ness to join labor union.-The Rev.
James Myers. industrial secretary,
Federal Council OF Churches.
X y *
It is quite clear that in my case the
treasury is not so much interested
in the collection Of revenue as in
attempting to discredit me.-Andrew
Mellon, former secretary of the treas
ury.
The recovery isn't following the
program: the program is following
the recovery.-Frank r. Kent, po-
litical writer.
The sales Of justice are not bal
anced for the people. but for the
criminal.-Police Commissioner Lewis
j. Valentine of New York.
i
I think Detroit will win the pen
nant again. with Cleveland the
strongest opposition and New York
and Boston fighting for third place.
Goose Goslin, star Detroit out
fielder.
X X X
I'd be delighted to be an old-tash-
Toned Secretary of Agriculture and
concern myself with scientific mat
tiers. It is a calm and peaceful kind
of misunderstanding Of Agricul-
ture Henry A. Wallace.
X n X
The fundamental purpose of our
state is the creation of new type
Of human being.-Secretary of State
Hans hammers of Germany.
X X X
Business men do nothing but belly
ache.-U. S. Senator Thomas T. Con-
nally OF Texas.
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How a Legal Mind Works

The amazing way in which some
persons can follow legal Journalism re-
CARELESS of the human issues at stake
is illustrated by a current case in
the Texas courts, where someone s
mistake in writing a date may mean
the difference between life and death
for a convicted criminal.
A Texan was convicted Of muir
der and sentenced to electrocution.
Early in January the then governor,
Miriam Ferguson, issued a commu-
tation, and the judge before whom
the case appeared prepared to
change the sentence TO one of life
Then it was discov-
cred that careless clerk, in making
out the Communication. had dated it
Jan. 8, 1884, instead Of 1885.
So the Judge has ruled the docu-
ment invalid and has sentenced the
man to the electric chair on March 8!