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The Washington times., 1935-04-09
Put the Schools First

With the ALLEGATION of funds under the big work relief BILL
expected take place soon is well again to call the
attention of those in charge Of the huge fund to the dire
cessies of the public educational system throughout the
country.
Educators and others who realize the plight Of the public
schools have submitted reports to public officials which
that the public works money could be spent
no better purpose than BRING THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
UP TO DATE.
It is widely recognized fact that in many communities the
school systems recently have been made the victims of po
Cal budgeoning in the of that spurious
in conception and disastrous in execution.
The ground lost by many of these systems result Of
totally inadequate appropriations the last four five
years probably cannot with extensive Federal assist
ance, be reganed for decades.
School buildings have fallen into drepar; equipment has
become outmoded and attempt at all has been made to
provide for the increased needs which be expected in the
next few years.
Washington is generally pointed to city which
tremey fortunate during the depression years. Yet even
here the public schools have suffered greatly
The system has been set back years its development and
only short tge ago the Federal Office of Education
result of survey found that there urgent need for
% school building projects in the District This is bad
condition but it obvious that conditions will be
found in other communities
Every patriotic citizen who realizes the vital part which
the public school system plays the development and preser
walton of the United States should at urge upon the
proper authorities the necessity of PUTTING THE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS FIRST.
The Washington times., 1935-04-09
''Sharing the Wealth"

John D. Rockefeller r gives the City Of New York two mil
lion five hundred thousand dollars with which to build
house priceless treasures many them donated
by the Rockefeller family
The building will be erected in Tyon Park sevenmilion
dollar tract of land presented to the by Mr. Rookie
Teller four years ago.
Work on the structure is to begin Immediately.
Not the least desirable feature Of this undertaking is that
it will make jobs for thousands of working men, directly
indirectly
It is share the Wealth" program which actually shares
weath-in dollars rather than in hot air.
This gift to the public is worth commenting on.
At time when every crackpot in the country promising
to distribute wealth which he does NOT possess of the
weahiest in the country distributes wealth which he
DOES possess.
The promises. The other performs. Most Americans
have confidence in deeds than in words
The United States has yet to any New Dealer Album
dan Lfer-no matter how well he may have feathered hi
separating himself from any part Of his money fol
the benefit of others.
When these gentlemen d. they will have respect from
the public than they receive.
Until they do the American people will be inclined to
to them: "Put up or shut up
(Knowing they will do neither, by the Way
The Washington times., 1935-04-09

Look at those "ep' ''i0 ooop'-
massed colOrs. That's wonderful.
Look at the artillery. Those boys
are a real outfit. 1 was in the
artillery myself during the war.
Look, Jere! Look at that fine
outfit. Listen to that band.
Isn't it great, Jere?"
Jere answered:
"It'S grand"
Cooper and Chandler were in
the World War, the former as
a captain of infantry, the latter
a captain of artillery.
As the parade progressed they
returned to the House to Dote
on talking the profits out OF
Udr."
Representative Francis D. CuI-
kin, Republican, of New York,
has rather strong views on two
of President Roosevelt's official
family.
Discussing work relief the
other day, Culkin said:
Through the fundamentally
Of Honest Harold" Ickes, Fort
Peck Reservoir and the Grand
COulee were put In work.
The Washington times., 1935-04-09
False Assumptions
Blu James T. Williams, T.

Civil war and the Spanish
American War has played no
small part in involving us in
trouble.
American history also shows
that our failure to follow the
advice of Washington has re-
suited when war came in sub
jecting us to sacrifices in lives
and to financial losses in each
of the wars in which this coun-
try has been involved, that
we're unnecessarily great be-
cause we were unprepared.
But many members Of both
houses Of Congress are either
personally unwilling to study the
lessons of history or congenitally
unable to learn them. Such ma
tional legislators, instead of ap-
pealing to the intelligence of the
people, prefer to harangue the
people with their appeals to
ignorance, to prejudice and fear.
BEST PROTECTION
It is ever the way Of the
political publicity seeker to do
just this and in doing it to
show his contempt for the com.
mon sense of the people instead
of the respect to which the
common sense of the people is
entitled.
And with few exceptions these
political ShouterS oppose at
every opportunity, the sound
recommendations of our highest
and best-informed defense au-
thorities for providing that pro-
lection against war which
George Washington declared to
be the most effectual means of
preserving peace-the protection
against war-cf being prepared
for it.
Army Day has just been OBJ,
served by the people, North,
East, South and West. It marks
the anniversary of the entrance
of the United States into the
Great War, wholly unprepared.
This anniversary will fail of
its purpose, year by year, if it
does not warn the people to
prefer the counsel of George
Washington to the rhetoric and
the ranting of those political
quackS in and out of Congress
who would have the American
people believe that their strong
est national security lies in be-
ing nationally unprepared
against war.
Copyright, 1885, The Washington Times,
The Washington times., 1935-04-09

zone Of the most ettectudl
means of prescribing peace is to
be prepared for UGr."
George Washington.
A few years ago Congress,
instead of providing for the
protection against war, which
Washington advised, wasted
its time with various and sun
dry devices for what the politi.
clans and publicity seekers de-
scribed as THE Outlawry Of
War"
Now, instead of making ade-
quate provisions for the pro-
lection against war, which
Washington advised, Congress
is again frittering away it's
time and the peoples money
in the discussion of various
schemes Ito take the profits
out of war"
Apparently Congress has come
to the conclusion that war has
not yet been abolished from the
earth. Apparently Congress is
no longer chiefly concerned
with the counsel of Washington
but only with devising ways
and means of preventing profits
when war comes and making it
as difficult as possible for the
Government to wage, war swift
ly and effectively and to win
the victory with as little loss
of American life and treasure
as possible.
CONVINCING PROOF
Congress is proceeding. upon
two false assumptions in it's
pretended efforts to outlaw war
and to eliminate profits from
war.
The first false assumption is
that war can be Outlawed the
world over by the United
States, and that the first step
in that direction is to leave
this country defenSeleSs.
The second false assumption
is that those who reap profits
from a war are chiefly respOn-
sible for putting the United
States into war.
The history of the United
States affords convincing proof
that both of these assumptions
are false. American history
does not set forth one case on
our part where the practice of
this theory of disarmament has
kept us out of war" On the
contrary, our history shows
that our virtual disarmament
following the War of 1872, the
The Washington times., 1935-04-09
Full Discussion Desired

Senator Royal Copeland chairman Of the Senate District
subcommittee in charge Of the bill to beraze the Districts
divorce law, is taking the proper attitude.
Those who sponsoring the proposal contend that the
listing law is archaic and should be modified to meet the
present-day situation.
Nevertheless duty Congress give the people who
live in the District what they want and the only to de-
temne that to allow all those who desire to be heard
opportunity to present their views.
Senator Copeland has announced that he intends to follow
such He says he has open mind the subject
and will according the desires expressed by the majority
For this he is to be commended
The Washington times., 1935-04-09
Cooperative Marriage

Polygamy may be losing favor
among the more modernized
Orientals, but the Mohammedan
harem, according to Madame
Mohammed Essad, is preferable
to ''polygamy as condoned in
America"
And there may be something
in THAT. Simultaneous polyg-
amy, in which all the wives
play the game on the coopera-
tive plan, may be easier on the
nerves than progressive Cor con-
socutive) polygamy, in which
the current wife is never sure
when she will be "junked" for
a new model.
1t may be less narrowing to
know just WHO the "other
women" in a mans life are than
to lie awake nights wondering
what shade of hair you will find
on his coat lapel when he comes
home. And it must simplify
life, to know whether you are
Number One or only Number
Thirty-one on his list.
There is something to be said
for pooling your interests in a
husband. If you get only one
tenth of his love, at least you
have only one-tenth of his
moods, needs and demands to
cater to. One wife could take
his appetite and digestion, an
other his grouches, and another
could cure his spring cold, put
the icepackS on his head and
see that he takes his tonic. A
nice average husband wouldn't
be much trouble to anybody,
under this communiStic regime.
In the old-faShioned harem,
every wife is a specialist; and no
The Washington times., 1935-04-09
Times May Change

There Depression.
Work and gold were
thief who precious of altar pleaded
poverty
He brbed the chief of police but punished just the
All this happened than 5000 years ago in Egypt
There have been hundreds of Dpressions since the under
the reign of Rameses TX in the twelfth century B. G.
Thee probably be hundreds before the New Dealers
produce their ideal, perfect State.
Human beings don't change though governments do.
The Washington times., 1935-04-09
Marry-GO-ROund
By Helen ROWrrand

) Oriental expects to get a whole
haremful of accomplishments
for the price of one wedding
ring. His houris do not have to
do the cooking or to keep his
dinner hot, and his cook is not
expected to clear off the table,
finish washing the dishes, and
then doll up to look like a houri.
No harem wife, under the old
regime, has to learn to drive the
flivver, carve the foul, run a
type writ er, manipulate a
vacuumcleaner, play a good
game of golf and talk intelli-
gently of politics and world
affairs, before she can matricu-
late for wifehood.
Once her special job or assign
ment is finished, she can loll
all the rest of the day on a lot
of cushions, and amuse herself
putting the shadow on her eye
lids and dipping her finger-tips
in henna, while she listens to
the radio. Some sinecure!
Most comforting of all, a
harem-wife does not go through
life filled with doubt and anx-
iety for fear that her husband
may fall for younger and
prettier woman. She KNOWS
he will. And that settles it!
All! yes! There may be far
less romance and excitement,
but there may also be a lot
more peace of mind in those
lands where there is no such
thing as alimony, and where
go can live is cheap as one"
Copyright, 1885. by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1935-04-09
Greatest Show On. Earth
By John SnUre, T.

"These two monstrOsities will
cost the Federal Treasury $780,
100000 before they are COM
pleted."
Mr.. Culkin's statement about
Honest Harold" was mild, how
ever, compared to what he had
to say about DR.. Rexford G.. Tug
we'll, Undersecretary of Agri-
culture.
He said:
Eve are informed that Prof.
Tugwell will have $9OO,OOO,OOO
of the works fund to be used for
the relief of agriculture.
"Mr. Tugwell is a charming
theorist with a Russian tinge,
but knows no more about farm
ing than Mrs. AstOr's billy
goat"
When the House discussed
taking profits out of war, Repre-
sentative Josh Lee of Oklahoma
wanted to talk about good in
tentions going wrong.
He said:
zone time we got some Red
Cross socks over there. They
had been knitted by our dear
Iadies***.
zone of the boys put on a
The Washington times., 1935-04-09

dl er, b o t h
Democrats of
Tennessee.
The two of
them stood in
a Capitol COM
mittee roo
and watched
the p a r a d e
go by.
l. II a nQ1SE
shouted:
"Open the
W in d O W. /
want to hear
those bands.
Look, Jere!
The Washington times., 1935-04-09
The Human Side of the News
Blu EdWin C.. Hill

It happened that on the
same day a friend handed me
q copy of the recently pub
lished Autobiography of Mon
taigne," edited and prefaced
by Marvin Lowenthal, another
friend told me of his long as
ISOLATION with the late Fremont
Older, who had just written a
quotation from Montaigne's
dissertation on death, when he
Succumbed at the wheel of his
automobile several weeks ago.
Mr.. Older was editor of the
Call-Bulletin, the Hearst after
noon newspaper in San Fran
cisco. Awaiting Mrs. Older and
a friend at the Stockton flower
show, he sat in his automobile
preparing his editorial column.
Quoting the Lowenthal transla-
ton, he had written:
"But 1 have made up my
mind that / can run no longer.
1t is enough if I crawl. And
/ no more complain of the
natural decay which slows my
pace than 1 regret that my
life is not as sound and long
as an oak"
ABOUNDING ZEST
Mr.. Older was 78 years old,
in truth an oak, still active and
vigorous at his desk every day,
as he had been for more than
so years. The others came
from the flower show. Il wish
you had stayed longer. 1 could
have finished this" he said.
He drove away and collapsed
at the wheel.
One of the greatest of all
American editors. and a great
human being, too, as attested
by Mr.. Hearst, Arthur Bris-
bane and a m u t i u de of
others, had turned in his last
copy and had passed, fittingly,
in action. was engrossed in
Lowenthal's brilliantly edited
and translated Montaigne, al
most at the above passage,
when Older's old friend, also
my friend, arrived. He is
journalist who was at Older's
side in many of those roaring
battles and intellectual adVen-
lures which lit up the life of
the great California editor.
He told me about Older:
colder had no period OF
senescence; no real let-doWn in
his powers. While h h a d
great physical vigor, I always
thought it was his endless and
Astounding intellectual zest
that kept him young, active,
eager and useful to the very
last hour of his 70 years.
Montaigne says old age puts
wrinkles in the soul as we'll as
the face, but certainly not in
Fremont Older's soul.
He was 6 feet 2, raw-boned,
With a Bret HarLe muSCacne,
erect, powerfully muscled, with
delicate, artists fingers which
could clench in a Furnishing
fist, and gentle eyes which
could strike lightning flashes
when he was aroused. Old San
Francisco staged some thump-
ing big fights, and Older, lam
basting the crooks, battling for
the under-dog, was in the thick
of all of them.
II remember one time. when
there had been three days Of
heavy gunfire in that belch Of
wildly Incorporate journalism
which prevailed in San Fran
cisco, when it looked as if
Older's entire career, and pos
sibly his physical safety were
at stake.
cat l o'clock in the morn
ing, Older called me up at my
The Washington times., 1935-04-09

, home. Come down to the
Poodle Dog Restaurant right
away he commanded, with ex-
element in his voice. Camille
will show you where I am
in room on the third floor
Of all the people I have known
who were friends of Older,
there has been none who ever
would have thought of ques-
tioning or resisting him. I
dressed and hurried to the
Poodle Dog, glamorous old
French restaurant of the '49
days, it's name perverted by
the miners from Poudre dor.
"As I opened the door of the
private room, Older was pac'
ing back and forth, gnawing
an unlighted cigar, which he
always did when greatly ex-
cited. AS I entered, he reached
for his hip pocket. 1t had
seemed to me that these goingS-
on of the last few days might
work up to gunplay. Was
Older in danger? Was that
why he had summoned me?
These lights flashed
through, my mind. But it was
not gun which Older drew
from his hip pocket. 1t was a
frazzled. battered old copy of
Montaipne'S ESSAYS
Take a look at that" he
roared, his face ablaze with ex-
element, as he indicated a
marked passage. And that!
And that" Until dawn we
pored over "the wiSest French
man that ever lived" as Saint
Veuve had called Montaigne.
Here I was, dragged out of my
bed in the middle of the night,
to share a Montaigne revel in
the old Poodle Dog! And the
odd part of it was that Older
got me all worked up over it,
too.
COVERED THE NEWS
''Never have I known a man
and I am sure there never was
one-Who could kick up such
laundering excitement about an
idea, a fragment of poetry, a bit
of human drama, a flash of
ironic humor, or a dog, canary
bird or human being in distress.
Back in his early fighting days,
when he was a rampant Paul
Bunyan of an editor, already
legendary, he Stormed into the
copy desk room, boiling with ex-
element, looking seven feet
high, as he always did in those
explosive moments.
" Rip me out two columns of
the first page! he roared. I've
got something worth putting
into this sheet. Clear a four.
column head in this next edi-
ton, and I want a whole page
for the jump He threw down
on the desk the first copy of
Omar Khayyam to arrive in
San Francisco. But, boss,
we've got some big stories here.
We"
Stories, hellr beloved o.
der. All those little tin-pot
yarns of yours will be forgot
ten in a week. Here's a story
that will stand up when this
old rag is a hole in the ground.
Give me that front page!' So
Omar Khayyam hit the first
page with a bang and it had
the whole town talking.
In 80 years of newspaper
work in many different coun-
tries I have known all sorts of
men. I have never known a
greater human personality'than
Fremont Older"
Copyright, 1888. by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1935-04-09

A44S4AVS
So the wide, sweet air
And the strong, free light
Flowed in and out
Unhampered
The wind, too,
Went in and out
OF that room
And the soft,
Singing sound
Of the rain
And, in spring,
The smell
OF ploughed earth
That strong, ardent odor
Which is like
The Washington times., 1935-04-09

4OO111s
Like a quiet
room"
once, long
ago,
Y gu KIN e W
and loved
Some q u e t
room
Not rich,
N or smartly
1uTuSQSO-
Yet a friend
ly place,
w i h doors
and windows
Standing open
D a y a n d
The Washington times., 1935-04-09

pair of the
socks, a n d
rolled up his
legginS and
started hik-
ing.
Something
like gravel in
his shoe be-
gan to hurt
his foot. After
a little while
he began to
linn p a n d
every step he
took was more
painful than
the last
The Washington times., 1935-04-09
)rld = - By Elsie Robinson
Listen, World

A lusty body, calling
And, in fall,
The wistful fragrance
Of burning leaves,
Singing, like tears,
Always,
day or night,
The beauty and wonder
Of the world
Streamed freely
Through that open room
And the shadows
Of the leaves
Lay, lovelier than any rug,
On it's plain floor.
Even in the darkness
A presence filled it
Gentle but potent
Resting YOU
Releasing you.
That is the thing
You remember best
About that room
That sense of life
Filling it,
Passing in and out
Amply, easily,
Bringing it's beauty
And wonder,
Its help and healing
Weaving
It's lovely pattern
Of wind and rain,
Sunlight and stars,
Ploughed earth
And burning leaves
And brooding darkness.
A simple room,
Without Swallowed corners,
The Washington times., 1935-04-09

When the Army staged its pa
rade through Capital streets the
other day there were at least
two members of Congress who
thought it was a grand demon
StratiOn.
They were Representatives
Jere Cooper and Walter Chan
The Washington times., 1935-04-09

, Or dusty draperies
OF pretense
Or costly knicknacks.
OF prejudice and conceit.
Such people are simple,
Open to everything
Life passes
In and out of them
Amply, easily,
AS was intended,
In all it's abundance
Of beauty and wonder
And tears.
They are plain
Those people
But they have
A quiet richness,
A wide beauty,
A deep power
That heals you.
You rest
Within their hearts
AS in a quiet room.
Copyright. 1885. by King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
The Washington times., 1935-04-09

Tic ldSG.
Finally he got orders to fall
out. He unwrapped his legginS
and took off his sock, and down
in the heel of the stock was a
little hard ball of paper.
"He unrOlled it and written
on 1t were the words, God
bless you, poor tired feet!'
Copyright, 1885, The Washington Times
The Washington times., 1935-04-09

Or stuffy draperies,
Or costly treasures
But space enough
And time enough
In that room
For all the brave
And beautiful things
That really matter.
Once you loved
A room like that,
And it's memory
Has stayed with you
Always
And often you've wished
Your life were like that.
There are people
Like that
Uncluttered people
Whose spirits
Are open to life.
There are
No dark corners
In those people
No moldy filters
Of hate and fear
The Washington times., 1935-04-09
Like a Quiet Room
Ito Cora Older)

Once a man spoke to me Of
the wife he loved deeply. He
said" is like a quiet
Evening star., 1935-12-01
ny RAY MARIAN.

MAKING model airplanes, boats,
4'A automobiles, stage coaches, en-
gines and buildings is an entertaining
pastime. BY using white pine or other
soft wood, instead of the usual light
weight model wood known as balsa,
every boy can make the models here
illustrated and described.
The cabin monoplane is one Of the
easiest airplane models to whittle.
Only eight parts have to be cut out.
The fuselage is cut from a solid
block, / inch square by Az inches
long. Shape it to the outlines and
follow the measurements indicated in
the sketches marked top view and
"side view" Note the slot in the
back end of the side view; also. how
the cabin is shaped.
The wing is shaped from piece OF
pine, one-fourth inch thick by inch
wide by ia inches long One side OF
the wing is left fat the top side edges
are rounded. The tail skid, the wheel
struts and the propeller are whitfield
from strips of pine one-eighth inch
thick and cut to the sizes indicated
for each of these parts.
THE rudder and the stabilizer are
- cut from cardboard and shaped
with scissors to the sizes indicated
The wheels may be cut from card
board, or tiny wooden wheels taker
from broken toy may be used.
After shaping all parts and sanding
and smoothing the wooden pieces
start assembling the model, using {
good quality of liquid glue. AS glue
Evening star., 1935-12-01
Making Model Airplanes
And Boats Is Fascinating

dries very slowly, the assembling OF
the model may require a couple Of
days to complete; but as model max
ing demands careful, painstaking work
you should start this project without
thought of time. Do not hurry the
assembling.
The wing, the stabilizer and the
rudder can be glued to the fuselage at
the same time, care being taken to get
these pieces centered and correctly
placed. When the glue has dried, the
wheel struts are glued into position.
An easy way to do this is to tip the
ends of all the struts with small drop
of glue, then wait until the glue drops
have become almost dry. The glue
drops will be thick and sticky. When
the struts are placed and pressed into
position on the underside of the wing,
they will stay in that position until
the glue is thoroughly dry.
THE wheels are pinned to the strut
ends. The propeller is attached
to the nose of the fuselage with pin
Painting these tiny models Is an
other job that cannot be rushed. Two
coats of thick-drying enamel are re-
quired to give the raw wood a finished
appearance. A painting suggestion for
this model is to finish the fuselage
with bright red, the wings with bright
yellow and the struts and propeller in
aluminium. Paint the windows in
the motor hood markings with black
lines.
Start your feet Of model airplanes
with this one. Later the plans of a
ow-wing monoplane will be given.