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self over Henry. One day Mrs. De
Peyster Fish took her seriously to
task.
"Time isn't standing still, my dear
girl. You're barking up the wrong
tree. It's stupid to waste your time
over married men, though of course l
do grant Henry's fascination"
Julie was furiously indignant, es-
pecially over the plural and it's in
! situation.
ooh, we know all about that ter
rible little bourgeois Willie Krass
tool" Mrs. Fish assured her coldly
"Your fascination with him is no
longer secret, Julie. I'm a candid
friend. 1 don't care what you do but
you're spelling your chances of mar
riage, my dear grill"
Determined to hurt Virginia-to
make a last throw of the dice where
Henry was concerned-Julie made her
way direct from the bridge game at
Mrs. De Peyster Fish's home to the
Van lyle apartment.
1t was six o'clock. The parlor maid
informed Julie that her mistress, Mrs.
Van lyle, was asleep. She was not
to be awakened until dinner.
"Then light the fire. I'll stay till
Mr.. Van lyle comes" And Julie
switched off some lamps, powdered
her nose before the Venetian mirror,
Strengthened her hat, applied lipstick,
and seated herself with careful ele-
gance upon the sofa with yellow
light Immediately behind her, turn
ing her hair to gold.
Henry had to blink twice before he
recognized Julie in the dim light when
he entered his own drawing-room.
1t was a pleasant scene, however.
The log fire cracked, and that per-
fume Julie wore-the old, heady jas
mine-swept over his senses insinua-
tingly.
Informing him that Virginia was
sleeping and did not wish to be a
reused Immediately, he seated HIM
self beside Julie, and ordered the par
lormaid to mix some cocktails. This
was only hospitable.
They talked. Julie put forth every
art. All the tricks she possessed of
charm, of sorcery-were brought fully
into play.
Was it her fancy, or did comic
understanding look fit over Henry's
face, as though he understood what
she was after, and was mildly, ami
ably, amused by her?
Julie drank another cocktail. A
third she poured for herself.
"Steady old grill" He put restrain
ing, friendly hand on hers. "Aren't
you hitting it up, rather? Not that
Pm saint myself, you know, but"
"But you've some feeling left for
me in corner of your heart, old
boy? Is that it? I thought SOL"
With little movement Julie was sud-
denly closer to him on the couch. With
her free hand she tilted up her glass.
She repeated what, in similar circum-
stances, or nearly so, she had said to
him before his marriage-"To the kiss
l did not get"
Unknown and unseen by them both
at that crucial moment, Virginia.
long silken wrapper about her, and
her feet noiseless on the thick car
pets-stood by the thick curtains that
divided the drawingroom from the
library, which in turn led to the bed
rooms Of the penthouse.
Her breath caught in her throat.
Her heart raced.
All in a flash, she saw right into
the scheming soul of this woman who
had basely pretended to be her friend.
"She's crazy about Henry!" she told
herself. "She must have been mad
about him before he married me. She'd
give everything to win him!"
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But would Communism do It?
Suppose they ask you-what
would yOE say?
Scold them? When did high
hearted Youth ever stop for a
scolding? Warn them that Com.
munism will result in wholesale
wreckage? But that's just what
they think we need-a general
junking of the Status Quo. For
what's the use of maintaining
any order if it no longer supplies
peace and happiness and hope?
Or should tell them that Com
munism is boogey-man stuff. :.
that there are only q handful OF
such vaporing dreamers in this
country, unorganized fanatics who
can accomplish nothing? But that
would be a downright and danger
Gus lie. You'd like to have me
tell the youngsters that. you'd
like to believe it yourself but it
simply isn't so. The plain perilous
truth is this
NOT THE SAME
The idea of Communism is
sweeping throughout America like
an epidemic. It has gripped our
imagination 1T is feeding upon
our fury and Illustration. and be-
cause it uses slogans and war cries
we have learned to love and honor,
it seems identical with that vision
which first led the makers OF
America to that "stern and rock
bound coast"
BUT TT ISN'T IDENTICAL
WITH THAT VISION. Commu-
nism may sound like democracy.
and look like democracy, but it
doesn't feel or function like dem.
ocracy. And any misguided Amer
ican who stakes his fortunes on
the hope that it will, is completely
out Of luck.
Which is why I'm thanking all
our guardian angels for I. A. r.
Wylie'S new book, FURIOUS
YOUNG MAN" recently published
by Little, Brown and Company
Ida Wylie knows Russia and Com
munism AS IS-not as ignorant
enthusiasts or half-baked theorists
would like to believe it is. She
knows what lies behind Commu'
nism. generations back and back
E. what desires and breads COM
pose its warp and woof. And she
knows, too; the universal hunger
which In every land is looking to
Communism to solve its problems.
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II &c VI
Presidential candidate by his
party, says that the Republicans
might very well consider a Cleve-
land Democrat. Lewis Douglas
who resigned as President RooSe'
velt's Director Of the Budget be-
cause he could not agree with the
monetary policies of the Admin
istration, is a Cleveland Democrat,
like Smith and Reed.
Ihave an idea that the majority
Of our people under the age Of 50
might like to know what Cleve-
land Democrat is, and who Cleve-
land was, outside of being the
only man who was reelected
President after having been de-
feated for a second consecutive
term.
The oldsters take too much for
granted. Having lived through j
certain period and having been a
part of it, it never occurs to them
that the story Of that period and
of its leaders is not fully and uni
versally known.
HIS YARDSTICK
History takes its time before
passing final judgment on a man
and his record. We are still bit
close to Cleveland. Forty years
ago he passed out of public life,
and it is only q years since his
death. Except to the students
and to the devoted followers who
survived him, his political phil
osophy has played little or no
part in the United States Of the
Twentieth Century.
Today, in the bitterest political
campaign of four decades. the
name of Cleveland is heard on
all sides and his principles make
up the platform on which many
of the foremost Democrats take
their stand in opposition to the
present policies Of their party.
Stephen Grover Cleveland was
born in 1887, the year in which
Andrew Jackson completed his
eight years as President and
delivered his farewell message tc
the American people.
Veritably, Cleveland was era
died in the democracy Of Jackson
and just as truly the JackSonian
idea was the yardStick with which
he measured his political career
He was of Mayflower stock, the
son of a Presbyterian minister
Of Caldwell, N. j.
AS a youth, he started for the
West, but settled in Buffalo anc
The Washington times., 1936-02-25
Justice in Nazi Germany

Some of the brilliant pages Germanys legal history
have been written by her time Jewish citizens They
disenfranchised now.
To make matters worse Herr Htlers Ministry Of JUS
tce has acted prohibit German Jews from entering the
German bar in the future.
This was done by limiting the admission of lawyers to prac
tce and holding only those qualified who meet the requirements
for Judges Under the Civil Service Law promulgated by Hitler
Jews may not preside on the bench
The Ministry of Justice also has ordered the German law
yers socaled to leave off associations with their Jewish
freres from April 1 on
What a travesty on JUsTICE!- forgotten word
Such systematic persecution Of helpless people is with
out parallel in the modern world.
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woman shall ever extract any joy
from an anniverSary-particularly
sentimental anniversaries
long as a man can find a way
to spoil it. And there are at
least 80 ways in which any hus-
band can spoil his wedding an
niverSary.
The common or garden way
with most husbands is to FOR
GET it altogether. So don't be
subtle or secretive about it-and
then spend the day in tears when
he rushes off to the office with
the usual fleeting peck on the
cheek. Tell him fla tly and
frankly what day it is, and
CONGRATULATE him on his
luck in having married such a
charming woman. This may
wake him up. =.
Or he may suddenly come to-
at the last moment himself and
bring you an exact duplicate OF
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Marry-GO-ROund
Bv Helen ROlCIGInd

the foolish things he bought you
last year.
Or he may begin celebrating"
with the boys early in the day
and never reach home until after
the sweet Adeline" hour, when
you've cried yourself to sleep.
He may reserve a table at your
favorite restaurant, order a beau
tiful dinner-and then start an
argument with the waiter which
lasts from the cocktail to the demi'
taSSe.
Or he may bring you orchids.
climb into hir evening clothes and
take you to the best show in
tovn-and then spend the eve
ming sizing up the chorus girls
until you feel like tearing his hair
or staging fit of Mysteries.
If it is warm and bright he may
take a day off and drive you into
the country-and talk about his
indigestion all during the drive
home IN the moonlight.
Or he may invite in all the
neighbors, order champagne, and
spend the evening toaSting his
lovely bride, until he goes to sleep
on the living-room divan, forget
ting to kiss you good night.
Oh, yes! For 1854 days Of the
The Washington times., 1936-02-25
AN OLD CUSTOM

The great game of trading IN
the House has begun.
With campaigns for reelection
already started, members are at
tempting to persuade their col
leagues to make journeys to their
districts in order to say a good
word for them.
It is an old custom to have one
member of Congress go to an
others district and tell his col
leagues constituents how well he
is thought of in the House.
And the custom will not be
changed this year, with many
members doubtful over the polit'
ical situation.
One member from the Eastern
seaboard has been asked to 60 to
a Pacific Coast State to crate for
a friend.
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year a man may be a devoted.
thoughtful and tender husband.
But on his wedding anniversary. ne
will always elect to START some
thing. He just can't help it!
It isn't that men have no sentl'
ment. They are chock full OF 1t.
But they don't like their, sentl'
ment mapped out and dated Tor
them. They hate ceremonies
especially weddings. And. to a
man, his wedding anniversary IS
like Christmas or the annual
spring cleaning-just something
to be gotten over with!
Lucky the woman who Is not a
sensitive SOUL" and can take her
anniversaries casually and her nus
band as God made him!
Copyright 1885. by King Features
Syndicate. Ins.)
The Washington times., 1936-02-25

often a sourceRep. Florence p. Kahn
of annoyance to the other mem
bers of the committee and wit
neSSeS.
Mrs. Kahn will talk to her col
leagues. Her whispers become loud
words.
The chairman raps for order.
Mrs. Kahn subsidies.
A moment later she is again ex-
pressing her opinions in the same
loud tones and the chairman must
rap for order time after time to no
avail.
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Human Side of News
BIZ EdWin C. Hill

studied law. In 1881 he was
mayor Of the city, in 1882 gov.
ernor Of the State and in 1884
he was President Of the United
States, the first Democrat in al
most q quarter Of a century, or
since Buchanan, to hold that
office.
JackSon's hatred Of a central
lied government and OF lavish ex'
uenditures of the public money
was almost fanatical. So was
Cleveland's, Each was of the
common people and for the COM
mon people, but neither would
deviate an inch from principle to
favor the common people, or to
win their applause. They draw
their strength and support from
the masses, yet they favored no
class, pandered to no class.
A majority Of the forces Of
wealth may have opposed them
and their principles, but that ma
jority respected their honesty and
courage. Jackson and Cleveland
were there to see that the few
should not exploit the many and
at the same time that the many
should not despoil the few.
That line which is chisled out
Of the granite on the Supreme
Court in Washington and which
reads, Equal justice under law"
sums up the Jackson Cleveland
theory.
SOUND CURRENCY
The state papers Of Cleveland
should be read, and eventually
they will receive their due as mas
terpieces of clarity and brevity.
Space does not permit extended
quotation, but among other
things, a Cleveland Democrat sub
scribes to these teachings:
"NOthing is more vital to our
supremacy as 3 nation and to
the beneficent purposes of the
Government than a sound and
stable currency. This (pater-
nalism) is the bane of republi-
can institutions and the con-
slant peril of our Government
by the people.
"The lessons Of paternaliSm
ought to be unlearned and the
better lesson taught that while
the people should patriOtically
and cheerfully support their
Government, its functions do
not include the support of the
people.
"The acceptance of this prin-
ciple leads to q refusal of bOun-
ties and subsidies which burden
the labor and thrift Of q pOr-
tion of our citizens to aid ILL
advised and languiShing enter.
priSes in which they have no
concern.
"Our fealty to party rests
upon something higher and bet
ter than an instinct to blindly
follow adventurous leadership,
regardless of consequences.
'Tt is a plain dictate of
honest and good government
that public expenditures should
be limited by public necessity,
and that this should be meas
ured BY the rules Of strict
economy, and it is equally clear
that frugality among the peO-
pie is the best guaranty of a
cOntented and strong support
of free institutions"
copyright. 1885, by King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
The Washington times., 1936-02-25


hears the same frantic cry Of
youth
"We've been born in such
. difficult time-withOut any
gods, without anything to be-
lieve in, and with such desper-
ate need Of faith. We couldn't
even take ourselves for granted,
as our parents did: much less
our rights. And we're so in
dignant about everything; so
impatient to put everything
straight"
In Russia, youth thinks 1t has
found the way to put everything
straight" - Communism. TIL er
why, If there's the same funda
mental demand for liberty anc
justice, wouldn't Communism work
in America the way it does ir
Russia? I. A. r. Wylie has writ
ten this book to show why anc
how it wouldn't.
For there's much more to every
mans dream of the good life
than the abstract principles o.
liberty and justice. And wha'
would seem the good life to al
ardent young Russian Commu
niSt-or even what would seen
liberty and justice - would, il
time, seem to the Anglo Saxor
q 6iSorderly nightmare Of need
| less filth and cruelty,
It all goes so deep. Down into
the dark and tangled roots o.
life itself. Ind you can't accept
the ending unless you have some
bond with the beginning. But
the beginnings Of Democracy anc
Communism as far apart as the
beginning Of an eagle and a muC
hen.
CAN'T BE DONE
A creed which had no place
for individual love, individual
pride. which sneers at oul
American desire for privacy anc
plumbing.
And you think you can Gran
the joyous American spirit tn
hot, proud, ambitious, generous
reckless American business mai
into that mechanical robo
shell? IT CAN'T BE DONE.
They haven't achieved Libert'
and JuStice-these people. Stuntet
in mind, soured in spirit, stagnan
of blood, they have merely sue
ceeded in making a ghastly replies
of Czarist tyranny. With a dread
full, decomposing, embalmed bod
lying in the Kremlin Square,
place Of living, laughing, lovin
God.
Yes, we needed this book. tt
quietly written-and fairly. !
shows both sides-with pity an
courage-and it doesn't cal
names. But it will show you
youngster, as no fury ever coulc
the truth about this sick dream
of Communism. It will prove, a
no ranting could, that COMMUN
ISM ISN'T FOR YOU-OR Fol
ANY OTHER NORMAL HUMAl
WITH SWEET, CLEAN FLESI
AND A STALWART SOUL.
Copyright. 1885. King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
The Washington times., 1936-02-25
Guilty?--NOt Guilty?

Twelve Jurors who heard criminal in Eason Pa
fined $40 each because they reached verdict by Tipping
coin.
That, in the vernacular "aint right"
Not unless something first done to congressman who pick
laws out of hat vote for them and learn what they're all
about only when the Supreme Court holds them unconsu
tional.
Particularly when the congressman asked to serve" and
the Jurors didn't.
The Washington times., 1936-02-25
The Peoples Choice

Who do you think should be nominated by the Demo
cratic and Republican conventions for President?
What panks do you think the conventions should put
into the party platforms?
As citizen of the District of Columbia, and a
member of either party, eUen though you don't
hare the right to UOte in the election of November,
uOu haze the right to dnsLOer these questions at
the party convention in Cleveland or Philadelphia
And someone will go to those conventions and tell the
assembled delegates that you favor this or that candidate
and that you want such and such plank in the platform
But YOU, who will presumably be speaking through
the District delegates to the conventions WON'T HAVE
A CHANCE IN THE WORLD OF REGISTERING
YOUR VIEWS ON EITHER THE CANDIDATES OR
THE PLATFORMS.
Noinally the delegations carrying the Districts ban
ners in the convention will be YOUR delegations
Actually they will be the hand picked and hand
pucked delegations of the few pseudo politicians who
have managed to gather into their hands complete
control of the affairs of the parties in the National
Capital.
Every other community in the country including the
territories will be sending delegations which will be
truly representative of and responsive to the wishes Of
the residents of their communities.
So far as YOU are concerned the District delegations
will be blank cartridges.
They will make noise but the noise won't be that
of the members of the respective parties in the District
Of Columbia.
They will speak with the voice and with the ideas Of
a few men and women who will select them and send
them to the conventions carrying YOUR banner.
The only uUay the cloak of deception can be torn
from these "District delegations" is by enacttNg
the bill pending in Congress Uhich UOuLd establish
honest and legal party primary elections in this
city,.
Until that bill is passed and made law the delegations
which 90 from the District to the conventions will be
more representative of the party feelings Of our people
than they will be representative Of Timbuktu.
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WHO ARE DELAYING
ENACTMENT OF THE PRIMARY BILL ARE INSIST
ING ON PERPETUATING SYSTEM WHICH DIS
GRACEs BOTH PARTIES AND THE CITIZENS OF
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
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difficult task to
prev mt her
from uttering
h er opinions,
and any and all
tim eS, regard
less of W h e r e
she may be.
The only
woman on the
important Com
mittee on Ap-
propri ationS,
she has no heSi-
fancy about eX-
nreSSing her
v,;o1r,e xY,h;olo iC
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1890
chance out Of
hopeless chaos
they W orry
me. They see
so plainly that
s o m ething Is
horribly wrong
so m e t h ing
that goes deeper
tn a n market
m q n ipulations
q d political
administrations.
And they ache,
just as their
fighting fathers
did, to pu t
things right.
The Washington times., 1936-02-25
A TIP FOR BRIDES

With the approach Of spring,
many fond brides-of-a-year are
looking forward to the celebrar
ton of their wedding anniversary
with glowing hopes and palpitat-
ing hearts.
Here is a tip which may save
them from the annual diSappoint-
ment. Fo., it seems to be writ
ten in the Book of Fate that no
The Washington times., 1936-02-25

Sweet is the remembrance Of
troubles when you are in safety.
-Euripides.
Soon you will have forgotten all;
soon all will have forgotten you.
A good book is the precious life
blood of a master spirit, embalmed
and treasured up on purpose to
a life beyond nfe.-Milton.
The Washington times., 1936-02-25
CONDITION

Although other members Of the
Senate may give their approval to
the appointment of one of their
constituents on the advice Of poll
ticianS, Senator Royal S. Cope
land, of New York, refuses to fol
low that practice.
He has a definite rule that he
will not recommend any person for
a job unless he knows the individ'
ual.
Unless he knows them, they must
come to Washington in order that
he may converse with them and
learn something of them for him
self.
Not so long ago Copeland was
planning to seek the appointment
by the President of one OF his
constituents.
Copeland did not know the
man personally and consequently
held up the appointment for two
weeks until the job seeker coulc
come to the Capital for a chat
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HAS OPINIONS

Representative Florence P. Kahn,
Republican, Of California, is prob,
ably the most irrepressible member
of the House.
Her male colleagues find 1t a
The Washington times., 1936-02-25
Words of Wise Men

) To live in hearts we leave be
hind.
Is not to die. Campbell.
A man that flattereth his neigh
Dor spreadeth a net for his feet.
Proverbs.
Every man has just as much
vanity as he wants understand
ing.-Pope.
The Washington times., 1936-02-25

J a m eS A
Reed says:
"The flag
Of the party
/ have loved
and served Is
the flag Of
J = ffer son,
Jackson and
Cleveland"
Robert Moses
Republican can
didate for gov
ernor Of New
York at the las
election, in dis
c u S S ing the
The Washington times., 1936-02-25
OLD FAVORITES

A Moral in SeUres -MiIdred HOveLLs
Upon my mantelpiece they stand,
While all its length between them lies;
He throws kiss with graceful hand,
She glances back with bashful eyes,
The china Shepherdess is fair,
The Shepherds face denotes a heart
Burning with ardor and despair.
Alas, they stand far apart
And yet, perhaps if they moved
And stood together day by day,
Their love had not constant proved,
Nor would they still have smiled so gay.
His hand the Shepherd might have kissed
The matchbox Angels heart to win;
The Shepherdess, his love have missed,
And flirted with the Mandarin
But my mantelpece they stand,
While all its length between them lies;
He throws kiss with graceful hand
She glances back with bashful eyes.
TReGders evted to send to the editor their suoues
tons of the fovortes among the poems for repting IN
this spoce)
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The Greatest Show On Earth
BU John Snure yr.

eand Speaker Joseph w. Burns
were among those well fed.
The Washington times., 1936-02-25
HIS VIEW

Representative Usher L. Bur
dick (R0 of North Dakota op
posed the recently adopted farm
bill when it was under consider
alton in the House.
Here is his view Of it:
'The AAA was intended as a
dole; this bill provides for a
dole.
""If the farmers of my State
are to be slowly starved to
death, we might as well make
quick work of it and refuse
your dole payments altogether.
"What moral right have we
to compel farmers of the United
States to destroy and reduce
agricultural products, and at
the same time open up our
markets to foreign agricultural
prOducts?"
Burdick is from one Of the
greatest agricultural districts II
the farm belt.
The Washington times., 1936-02-25
MEANS BUSINESS

Frank Knox, Chicago publisher
mentioned as a Republican preSi-
Dental candidate, is making an
earnest drive for the nomination.
The Frank Knox for President
committee, with headquarters in
Chicago, is now mailing a clip
sheet news bulletin printed in
newspaper style and bearing ar
ticles describing the publisher, his
views and his achievements.
It is one of the most active
moves made by any one Of those
men whose names have been men
toned in connection with the
race for the presidency.
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Listen, World!
Bu Elsie Robinson

WHY YOU WOULDN'T LIKE COMMUNISM, YOUNGSTEK
These frantic bewidered young% Everywhere England
wondering America in Germany Italy
ism-seeing in it France Sh
The Washington times., 1936-02-25
SAMPLES

Representative Phil Ferguson
CD of Oklahoma has a con-
stituent who believes in helping
members of Congress.
The constituent is an Oklahoma
livestock raiser and attempts to
grow the biggest cattle in that
area.
Just to show Ferguson how
successful he was he recently
sent him several steaks taken
from a prize steer.
Many members Of the House