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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-31
Greatest Show on Earth
By Frank Miller Smith
Nof Republics Communis

'of Republics Communists.
The nature Of the insult has
not been divulged but on a Wig.
orous protest from this country q
public apology was made. In order
to make it stick the Fascists made
the apology over radio to the en-.
tire country.
Second, the tragic case Of San
tiago Iturraldi, a Spanish clerk in
the embassy at Madrid, who was
shot and killed along with an Eng.
lish chauffeur while attempting
to rescue an American. Iturraldi
had a wife and four children.
The State Department has been
looking up the law as to what can
be done for the family. So far
they have found they can forward
$500 for funeral expenses and
grant the widow one months sal.
airy.
A search is now being made to
see if Iturraldi comes under the
Employees Compensation Insur.
ance act. If he does the widow
will be given IS per cent of his
salary until she dies or remarries
and an allotment of 10 per cent
of his salary will be made for each
child, up until the child Is 10
years old or is married.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-31

The sun that the British Empire has begun
rise on the Italian Empire The German government has off
ciallv recognized that Ethiopia belongs to Musson
Just the day the German Ambassador in Rome informed
italian Foreign Minister Ciano that the old German legation in
Adds Abab accredited to Emperor Halle Selasse would
abolished and replaced by consulate general accredited
Italy.
The Italian press cheers Germany action another proof
Of friendship That friendship will produce
huzzahs England and France Shouts the official Giorna
dItalia":
''The German governments decision is at an act
Of friendship Italy and example of intelligent
European policy"
The rest of Europe will be slow to follow.
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world was young.
No satyr prints on that new cleo
trified farm just opened up by
the Third World Power Confer
erce, down in Virginia. And judg-
ing by the elegant fixings for
the cows, they probably will wear
rubbers, to the confusion OF any
satyr scouts who might be out at
dawn. Furthermore, the wire
fence carries a mild charge OF
electricity, just enough to set Pan
back on his hairy launches II ne
tried to get in, or discourage an
adventurous bull if he tried TO
get out.
The farm is a demonstration
exhibit which will be opened to
the world when the conference
meets at washington, September
7, For reasons which are not
quite clear, it is called Rosedale
Farm. Some kind Of Step-down
transformer is needed to get this
poetic nomenclature in tune with
the kilowatts. But the name
probably won't Shortcircuit any
Of the machinery, if the Rosedale
farmer just minds his switches.
The cows will have their lndlvld-
ual electric vibratorS, sun-ray lamps
and hair dryers. Screens and cleo
trio fans will protect them from
flies. There will be hot and cold
running water for each, and also
each will have her private drink
ing fountain.
In the barns, sheds and pasture
lot, there will be indirect lighting,
devised to avoid troublesome
glare, but affording ample light If
the COWS and hired men may, for
any reason, want to install night
shift.
MISS A CHANCE
Milking, will, Of course, be done
by electricity, which is now routine
in modern diaries. Wood-chopping
machinery, churnS. cleaning ma
chinery, and the bell which will
bring the lowing herd winding
over the lea at sunset, will be cleo
trically powered. The cows will
operate their undressing COW bells
by their own power.
Here the engineers seem to have
missed a bet. Why not little bat
terry and timing device on each
grazing COW to ring the cowbellS
and pace the golden hours? Or
perhaps better still an attached
auto horn, to mark more com.
pletely the triumph Of the ma
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-31
Let This End 'Whispering'

The support of Roger Straus Jewish phanhropist prom
nent in the religious harmony movement should lay and
for all the whispered charge that Governor Landon anti
Semitic.
tona Conference Of Jews and Christians for Religious Freedom
The conference gave Mr. Saus its medal the Jew who in
1885 did most for nterfaih harmony Buckne University
honored him for his achievements and the Glass Of 1918
Princeton gave him a loving cup.
The stirring of religious and racial prejudice ugly
thing. It is un-Amercan .,..
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-31
By Edwin c. Hill

D against angry WINGS, SuUSlSLeAACc,
if need be, on the land.
For nearly 40 years he fought
a dog-eat-dog fight in the city, to
get his millions. Finally, when
he was Just past go, they lay in
his lap. His the old farm and
the old house, enshrined in
beauty, wherever and whenever
he wanted them.
He picked some lovely, alluring
high ground two hours from
New York. He employed a fine
architect to remodel and enlarge
the old house and landscape and
grounds.
Everything was done with re-
straint and good taste. He di-
versified his holdings to yield
him as nearly the absolute Of
security as may be attained in
this age Of flux and uncertainty.
He had stepped up to the pay
window of destiny and caShed in
a working lifetime for one certi-
fled, guaranteed golden dream
come-true.
On the hill behind the house
was a deep, cool forest, with an
inner citadel Of great, stately,
gnarled old Druidical trees. Here
one could walk humbly among the
ancient mysteries, and catch age
old whispers Of the wind.
He is little man, assured and
fortnight in money-making, falter-
ing and baffled in all else.
When he was installed with his
menage, he paced back and forth
alone in his Druid's grove, his
hands behind his back. He heard
no voices. Thoughts Of how many
board feet of oak there were in
that grove began to steal into his
thoughts. He was lonely and bored.
HIS GREAT IDEA
There was one great tree, a
kingly oak, perhaps more than 100
years old, under which he used to
stand and mediate. One day,
leaning against it, he observed a
large knot in the trunk. That
gave him a great idea, by which
he was able to fuse and salvage
both his urban and rural dreams.
The knot made him think Of a
push-button. He wired his Druid's
forest for radio, with loud speak.
erS concealed in the dense foliage
of the trees, and on each trunk a
protuberance which looked like a
knot but which was really a but
ton to switch on the radio over
head.
Strolling through his silent
E1ysium Of sunlight and shadow,
he could. by just thrust Of his
finger, bring from the tree tops
a blast Of That's My Baby" or
whatever might suit his pastoral
mood. He kept the mountainSide
roaring and believing.
In that overworked line Of
Anatole France, he loved the hell
which formed his genius" and
embroidered his American dream
with Dante-esque trimmings.
Horace on his Sabine farm
would have made a more intelli-
gent use Of modern improve
ments. But he might have put
in electric refrigeration and all
that without soaring the Satyrs
away.
Copyright 1888, King Features
(syndicats. Incl
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The Human Side of the News =

making this choice. The story
has rather a sad ending, and !
am afraid it sounds like the
dream Of some old fabulist of
Virgil's day in a modern setting,
but it is literally and meticu-
lousy true, although it would
perhaps not be discreet to tell
the mans name.
This rich man came up from
the city streets, a city slum, in
fact. All his life he had cher
ished the dream of a beautiful,
secluded farm, with rich, rolling
meadows, sleek livestock, a
staunch old house, buttreSsed
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chine age over such n1oon-gazers'
as Horace and Virgil7
Modern man is somewhat con-
fused, almost like a child in a
candy shop, trying to select from
the plethora of miracles at hand
in his universe. Many of us,
growing older, find the magic of
the seasons, the equinoXes, the
Systole and diastole Of life, quite
as mystifying and enchanting as
any possible electrical synthesiS
of energies, if we must choose
between miracles.
know a rich man who was
beWildered and distressed in
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and caprice Of
Nature. They
were city men,
nursing the r
slice of the
Roman dream.
The print of a
cloven hoof on
t h e ir ar m
might have been
made by a COW,
Off you saw
it in the early
morning, or by
moonlight by
a satyr. Any
thing could hap
men when the
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1anGlc CITY.
Each year the embassies would
be notified Of the move and so the
ambassadors would move to sum.
mer quarters near the court and
set UP a chancellory and embassy
there. When Spain became a re.
public the custom was continued.
This year, as usual, the notice
was sent out of the proposed move.
The Ambassador set up the chan
cellory at San Sebastian and he
moved into a summer embassy
about five miles away.
When the revolt broke out the
army got in between San Sebas-
tian and Madrid, cutting off all
communications. At the same
time they harricaded the roads
from the embassy to the chancel'
lory and the Ambasss dor was en-
tirely cut off.
First word from him was carried
out by a French fishing vessel.
Later, though, the Ambassador
was unable to get in touch with
the State Department by tele.
phone. The State Department
called him via London, Paris and
Lisbon.
Eric Wendelin, of Washington,
third secretary, who was left be-
hind in Madrid during the summer
move, was also cut off and did a
good job helping out Americans
stranded there.
The mixup has had a very de.
cided repercussion in the State
Department here. Officials and
employees in the Western European
division, Division of Foreign Serv'
ice Administration, the Passport
division, the code room and the
Current Information division have
been working night and day.
INSULTS AND TRAGEDY
Successful efforts have been
made to keep in constant COM
munication with United States
representatives in Spain and every.
one is hard at work answering
queries from people in this
country as to the safety Of their
relatives and friends abroad.
Two interesting Sidelights on
the upheaval are:
First, the case Of Consul
William w. Corcoran at Vigo. He
reported to the State Department
that he had been insulted by a
Fascist. He says that the FaS-
ciSti consider all representatives
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-31
Too Little Space

Washington with its traffic disrupted by the street
openings due to reroutng Of the street car lines is find
inc another argument in favor Of the use Of subways
especially in the downtown area.
The elaborate and expensive track changes being made
by the Capital Transit Company under orders of the
Public Utilities Commission probably being carried
out as smoothly possible.
Nevertheless there delays to service and confusion
among riders who compelled to change their riding
habits.
THE SAD PART OF THE SITUATION IS THAT
AFTER ALL THE INCONVENIENCE TO RIDERS
AND AFTER ALL THE EXPENSE TO THE TRANSIT
COMPANY, THE CITY's TRAFFIC DIFFICULTIES
WILL NOT HAVE BEEN MATERIALLY IMPROVED.
When everything is in smooth running order the COM
munity will still be confronted with the unacceptable fact
that we are trying to operate TOO MANY VEHICLES
ON TOO LITTLE STREET SPACE.
That fact is obvious to anyone who tries to move
about in the downtown section during either Of the peak
hours of traffic. or even during the socaed dull hours
Yet with the fact apparent to ALL have made little
progress toward the one possible solutionthe removal
of some of the vehicles from the street surface through
the use Of subways for mass transportation.
We have not as yet made comprehensive survey to
determine just how effective subways would be as a
means of relieving traffic congestion or as means of
speeding up the transportation of those who do not
privately owned automobiles.
PEOPLES Counsel William A. Roberts, who has made
SIuuy Vi subway anu WIN A""
been thoroughly converted to the idea reports that he
receives daily suggestions from those experienced in the
use of subways in other cities that this mode Of trans
portation be adopted here.
Obviously these people who have visited Washington
are sincere in their belief that this would be helpful
step toward the Improvement of the National Capital
in which they are legitjmately interested.
CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS, LIKEWISE INTER
ESTED, WOULD FIND A HEALTHY FIELD FOR
PUBLIC SERVICE IF THEY WERE TO UNITE IN
INSISTING THAT CONGRESS AT LEAST AUTHOR
IZE AN EXPERT STUDY OF THE PROPOSAL.
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Putting yourself
On a spot
Fussing to fix things
Right as you can
When you feel
That nobody
Gives a damn
Whether they're right
Or not?
What's the use
Of doing
More than you're asked
To do,
Taking on jobs
And worries
That aren't really
Up to you,
Fuming and fretting
And fuSsing
Yourself to a
Needless stew
For a boss who
NeglectS you
And a world that
ForgetS you
When you've shot
All your works
And are through?
What's the use
OF loving
Like a sap
When you know
It's bound
To end up
In a rap
Spending all your
Love and pride,
To be taken
For q ride
BY some tramp
Or some hard-boiled
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Little Skirt
Who'll be sure
To do you dirt,
Who'll grab
All you have to give
And then decamp?
What's the use
When you only
Got one life,
Spending that
In toll and strife,
Bearing all
The bitter burden
And the blame,
When you might
Be sitting soft
If you'd use
What's in your loft
And just beat
The Other Fellow
At his game?
What's the use?
YOU'RE the use!
YOU'RE the reason
For fine living,
YOU'RE the cause
For generous giving,
Honest work,
UnSelfiSh loving,
YOU, YOURSELF,
Are what it's for
And You're enough!
You're what jusifies
The sacrifice and tears,
You're the answer to
The dirty deals,
The jeers,
Even though
Life seems a frost,
Not one decent act
Is lost,
For there's
Something in you
Worth all that
It costs.
What's the use?
Your own love
OF courage, stranger,
Is the "use"-
Your own dreams
That you are finer
Than a clod-
They may seem
To show a loss
But they'll pay
For any cross,
For they'll raise you
From q mucker
To a God!
copyright, 1895. by King Features
Syndicate Ino.)
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from all COM
munication with
his gu ry
when the civil
war broke over
there.
It seems that
back in the days
of the mon
archy it was the
fashion for the
royal family to
shut up its pal
ace in Madrid
during the sum-
mer and move
It's court to san
Sebastian, San
Goho cfion hoino
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-31
A FIRST FLIGHT

One of the sCrangest stories OF
a first flight in an airplane came
out Of Langley Field this week.
It is reported that a reserve Of
ficer went up in bomber to try
it out. He took along with him
an enlisted man who had Just
transferred from the quartermas.
ter corps. It was the enlisted
mans first flight. The enlisted
man was in the rear cockpit.
All went well until the bomber
started hitting it up to about 200
miles per hour. At a high alti-
tude, the bomber broken in two
right between the two cockpits.
The enlisted man was knocked
unconscious and when he came to
he was hurting through space.
Lucky for him he pulled the rip
cord on his parachute and landed
safely, as did the reservist.
Parts Of the plane were found
scattered more than mile apart.
GIRLS WIN
The news gals have won out and
they are going to get rest room
in the Senate press gallery.
When the gallery was renovated
last session there was no provision
made for the lady members, Of
which there are about 26 out of
900 correspondents. It was too
much for the ladies. They kicked.
The standing committee of the
press gallery, all males, said moth.
ing doing. The fight ragged and
waXed.
FIGHT RACED AND RACED
Now that the standing commit.
tee members are mostly out of
town and have no reason for hang
ing around the Capitol without a
Congress, the Rules Committee of
the Senate has ordered Architect
David Lynn to make provision for
the ladies. He is about ready to
partition off a part of the gallery
and put in nice couch, etc.
It will mean doubling up on the
space for several of the male cor.
respondents and won't they howl
when they come back to work.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-31

Horace with his Sabine farm,
and Virgil, distilling ancient earth
lore in his Georges, were poetic
agrarianS who knew the magic
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For instance, a man will talk for
hours about his digestion, draw
diagrams Of his liver, give you an
itemized account Of his diet list,
and glowingly describe just how it
felt when he had ptomaine poison
ing; but he will be embarrassed to
bushes when you mention his
SOUL.
He will contribute to three
orphan aSylums, send Christmas
gifts to two hundred employees.
keep flowers on his mother-in-
laws grave the year round-and
then go about turning out the
lights to save expense complaining
that the laundry killS are running
him and wondering why you can't
wear lisle-top stockings.
He will buy nothing but an.
tiqueS with a history, medieval
tapestry and books with rare
bindings-yet his very dearest
possession may be a yellow hound
of mixed and uncertain lineage
and his taste in women may run
to chorus ladies and hat-check
girls.
He may vow that he likes his
r,,Inielya., sfro i0I1k and HE xryoV,o an
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~ - ON~NJ
There's the
line
We modernS
say
w h e n / t
comes
Our turn to
play
What's the
use?"
What's h e
use
OF tryin'
your best
Workin'
overtime,
Taking no
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-31

for her because she doesn't admire
his singing or laugh at his Jokes.
In short, a man is the soul Of
inconsistency and the worlds
greatest paradox. And no woman
who takes up the study Of one man
in a serious way need ever join a
query club for diversion. She can
get all her surprises right at homel
copyright. 1886, by King Features
Syndicate, Incl
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STRANDED

It was an old Spanish custom
that caused Claude g. Bowers,
Ambassador to Spain, to be cut off
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Many a loving wife spends her
whole life trying to understand a
mans idiosyncrasies-and ends by
being thankful if she can just
MEMORIZE them.
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She can read all the popular
books on "behavioriSm," and still
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-31
Listen, World!
BIZ Elsie Robinson
SCVrET r1c rEYE TTcEOW
WHATS

What's the use?"-
There's the theme song
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-31

be completely at sea about the
Human Paradox whose grapefruit
she fixes every morning and whose
tonic she ladies out twice a day.
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Words of Wise Men

Man is his own worst enemy
Cicero.
Sentiment Is intellectualized
emotion. emotion precipitated, as
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.
whole evening by going gaga over
an animated bone whose earrings
play tunes on her collar blades
but whose green eyes have the
Dietrich lure.
He may marry a woman who
is beautiful and accomplished,
brilliant wit, a skilled bridge
player, the president Of three
clubs and the most popular
woman in town.
Yet, If an old college mate
asks him what sort Of a woman
he married. all he can do in
the way of describing the Para
gon is to say that the way she
cooks a waffle or broils a steak
is nobody'S business.
He knows, almost without look
ing, every time his secretary
changes the color Of her stockings.
But the wife Of his bosom can
change the shade of her hair sew
eral times a year, and if she's clever
about it, he will never wake up to
the fact until some sweet neighbor
informs him that she's gradually
going blonde.
He will let q woman censor his
friends. his diet, his pleasures, his
haircut, his tailor and his religion
and then suddenly lose his taste
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pit were, in pretty crystals by the
fancy.-Lowell.
Too great haste leads Us to
error-Moliera.
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Marry-GO-ROund
Pr HnInrn RnunImnaM

AND THAT'S WHY WE LOVE THEM
loving wife spends her curved, and then sps
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He may vow that he likes his
whiskey straight and his women
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