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The Washington times., 1936-08-13
The American Legion

Washngton's veterans of the World War are by their
peacetime actions constantly increasing the honor and
esteem in which they have been held since they
went forth to battle.
NOT CONTENT WITH THE SACRIFICES WHICH
THEY OFFERED TO PATRIOTISM ON THE BAT
TIE FIELDS THEY ARE NOW DEVoTING THEIR
ENERGY AND ABILITY TO PROMOTION OF THE
CIVIC LIFE OF THE COMMUNITY.
1t is in this spirit that the District Department of the
American Legion opens tonight it's annual convention
Thoughts and "reminiscences of their wartime service
will of course play large part in the deliberations OF
the convention.
Yet the Legions members not living in the past
They are alive to the present peacetme duties OF the
American citizen.
And they are performing those duties with the same
spirit of devotion they showed in war time.
Members of the Legion are engaged constantly IN
Xmericaniz1tiOn york; in explaining ana erpOHnd-
ing the Constitution; in striving to preserUe the
qualities Uhich have made Government the enUy
of peoples the LUOrLd OUer.
These naturally are phases of activity in which the
Legion has participated on a national scale.
But here in Washington the local department has car
ried its work further has recognized that the peculiar
status of the National Capital voteless community
places an especial charge upon its residents to study
and to voice their opinions the conduct OF local CIVIC
affairs
Special committees of the Legion have cooperated
whole eheartedy and effectively in almost every worthy
enterprise upon which citizens have embarked in
recent years.
They have found fields in which their experience and
ability have proven of inestmable worth from CIVIC
standpoint and they have worked those fields to the
limit.
AS THE DEPARTMENTS CONVENTION OPENS
WE WISH ITS MEMBERS EVERY SUCCESS AND
EXPRESS TO THEM THE GRATITUDE OF THE
CITY NOT ONLY FOR WHAT THEY DID IN WAR
TIME BUT FOR WHAT THEY ARE DOING IN
PEACE TIME.
The Washington times., 1936-08-13

Election year.
How are you to vote? How
does your Representative or Sen
ator stand on this or that local
problem which vitally affects you?
These are the questions that
are arising out in the hinter-
lands, as Washington knows them.
How are the voters going to
find out about these things? Are
the mighty publicity machines OF
the Democratic national commit
tee and the Republican national
committee recognized in the met
ropolitan areas as the mouth
pieces? Are they enough?
Evidently the answer is mo"
There must be some other me-
dium to meet this questioning
multitude. And it has been pro-
vided. Congress holds the answer
to all of these questions.
Although the Capitol is quiet,
with Representatives and Sena-
tors scattered to the four winds
talking, talking and talking, there
remains behind a corps of eff
cient attaches who Sprea
throughout the width of the land
pamphlet upon pamphlet answer
ing every question which can be
asked.
PROFOUND IN NAME
In the most part these pamph-
lets are reprints of speeches made
by the members of Congress dur
ing the legislative days of the
Congress. They are franked out
through the free mail facilities
offered by Uncle Sam. The tax
payer pays for the privilege of
finding out what it is all about.
And, he can find out if he asks
for the information. OF course,
oftentimes, he finds out even If he
doesn't ask for it because these lit
tie booklets bearing the conspicu-
GUS label in parentheSiS (not
printed at Government expense)
are being broadcast willy nilly.
Out of batch of 80 such publ
cations taken at random we find:
"Retrenchment, retrOgressiOn
and ruin-the three RS Of
economical education"
1t is a brochure containing a
speech of Representative Ernest
Lundeen of Minnesota, delivered
in the House Of August 7, 1885. 1t
begins:
"The economy ak is cutting
away the foundations of the
American school system. This
is the eve of the 1885 school
year. How many bells will fail
to ring this fall? How many
doors will never open? How
many thousands of American
children will be denied the bare
essentials of education and be
handicapped for years to come"
Thereafter Mr.. Lunde takes
it upon himself to answer n45 queS-
tions to carry out the burden OF
his title.
With a quick flip of the thumb
we come upon:
democratic Platform Pledges
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Marry-GO-ROund
Bu Helen ROWIGnd

Hbecause her shoes were short? All
no! She will go for long, romantic
walks with the Boy Friend wear
ing a pair of high-heeled, short
vamp shoes that are killing her
and never utter moan!
He cant take it,, if it's in
digestion or hunger. Whereas a
women will deliberately put her
self through all the torments OF
starvation, just in order to take
couple of pounds off her hips.
CAN'T AND WON'T
He cant take it," if it's bore
dom or annoyance or discomfort.
He is inwardly raging if a loud
voiced woman spends half an
hour talking his ear off. He is
filled with self-pity if his sun
burned shoulders hurt him. He
is all upset for the day If the
boy fails to deliver his morning
newspaper. He is sore at all the
world when he's off his game and
his golf score is Just little worse
than usual.
And he cant take it," If it's
irkSome or tedious. Fortunately
there is always some woman
usually two or three-in the office
to lift all the tireSome little de-
tails off his shoulders. To answer
the telephone, invent his alibis,
Stave off unwelcome callers and
do the prosaic task of attending
to his correspondence. And, at
home, there is usually another
woman to count his laundry, see
that his white shoes are cleaned.
think up his meals and do all the
dull things that he simply cant
take"
No, when it comes to the
LITTLE aggravations and stupid
tasks of life, a man cant take
it," Which means, dear heart,
that he WON'T!
Copyright. 1895. by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.
The Washington times., 1936-08-13

pie are III WEOllS1 G4lSy ScG q UcdG'
ing"
Which is exactly why these
ornery humans prefer their un-
happy state. They like to get a
beating! They like to be blamed
and punished! They like, in short,
to be Mangled Martyrs!
But why should anyone crave
such a perverted position in life?
For exactly the same reason that
normal humans crave positions
of pride and power.
You have heard the Ole axiom,
"Self preservation is the first law
of nature" That is true Every
human spirit wishes to preserve
itself, socially as well as physic-
ally. Self-expreSsion is a form
of self-preservation-a forceful
and fundamental form. It isn't
enough to live. We must put
our lives on record-make others
recognize them.
That is the urge behind every
form of ambition good or evil.
That is the reason for great
heroes and statesmen. and also
for gangsters. We all want our
place in the sun. And as life
speeds up, as human existence
becomes more congeSted and
competitive, it's harder to obtain
that place in the sun. So hard
that many weak, lazy and cow
ardly spirits find the struggle
too much for them and resort
to other methods of reaching the
same goal.
"MASOCHISM"
Strong, healthy people put
themselves on record by honest
and happy endeavor-by striving
to get themselves sin right" "
Twisted, sickly spirits attain the
same results by STRIVING TO
GET THEMSELVES IN WRONG.
There's one such poisonous
mortal in every family, every
office. every social circle Where
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Greatest Show on Earth
By Frank Miller Smith

and Their FulfilIment," by Sen.
atOr Joseph 7. Robinson of Ar.
kansas, majority leader of the
Senator. Senator Robinson says
pOntifically:
"Until the Democratic Party
adopted its 1882 platform the
voters of the country had
never been presented with a def.
mite, clear-cut declaration of DO.
Iitical principles. Party plat.
forms had traditiOnally been
wOrdy documents more hOnOred
in the breach than in the OBJ
servance. 1t had, indeed, been
difficult in the past to tell
whether the platform trainers
intended to clarity or obscure
their meaning.
FLOODING THE NATION
"The Democratic platform of
1892 was concise and definite"
With this statement from the
bell-Wether of the Democratic
flock followed such effuSions as:
Farm Relief" by Representa-
tive John E. Rankin, of Mississip-
pi prosperity Regained;" I'm.
proved Business Conditions in
Iowa. by Senator Robinson;
Mythical Millions" by Senator
Alben w. Barkley of Kentucky;
The Business and Political Situa-
ton" by Senator Kenneth Nickel
lar of Tennessee; Fair Weather
for Farmers" by Senator Barkley;
THE Social Security Bill' by Sen
ator Pat Harrison of Mississippi;
"Open Letter to Hon. Alfred E.
Smith and Others" by Senator
Joseph T. Guffey of Pennsylvania;
Government Expenditures" by
Senator James F. Byrnes, of South
Carolina; Neutrality of the
United States" by Senator Ebert
D. Thomas of Utah; "Refinancing
Farm Mortgages" by Representa-
tive Marvin Jones of Texas; and
proudly "a Pledge Fulfilled, East
Boston Received New Post Office
Building" by Representative John
P. Higgins of Massachusetts.
Scores of others follow including
reprints of addresses by Jim Far
ley and other governmental
spokeSmen. Laudation of Presi-
dent Roosevelt and the New Deal
is their theme. But on the other
hand come several and distinct
dissenting voices on the other side
of the House and Senate.
We see:
"Civilization's Greatest Enemy
The Holding Company Octupus'
by Senator George w. Norris of
Nebraska: Inconsistent Policies
Will Destroy American Agriculture
and Labor" by Representative Au-
gust H. Andersen of Minnesota;
and the Three RS" by Represent
ative Lundeen bring the list to a
we'll rounded whole.
Speech after speech is being
printed and flooding the country.
Read 'em and weep. November
comes closer and closer.
The Washington times., 1936-08-13
By Edwin G. Hill
By MOntier

in the use of cotton stockings,
and their new spinning mills are
working under constantly
heavier load. They are growing
an exceptionally fine quality Of
long g-fiber cotton for the making
of automobile tires. Birming-
ham is taking a great deal OF
this, as well as other cotton
products, but no informed per-
son thinks the new enterprise
brings any threat of Cutting
the world market.
"AS see it, Egypt is develop
ing an extremely efficient do
mestic economy and, as her
standard of living keeps on
rising, she will have use for all
the cotton she can raise for
many decades to come. The
present government is cOncen-
trating on the spread of Scien-
tific agricultural education.
WILL WE LEARN?
"They are offering a prize of
100000 for the discovery of a
means of eradicating a new cot
ton pest. They are studying soil
erosion and reclamation, diver
Sity of crops and cattle raising,
and they are developing highly
effective river transportation
systems linking the agricultural
;rnlv1C%rsoI
"Near the Mediterranean,
they have considerable oil. 1t
interested me tremendously to
see this ancient civilization pull
ing itself up again, having been
counted out by the centuries,
using discipline and intelligence
to save what is left of its soil
heritage-and eager to get a
message to us. / talked with
many Egyptian scientists, who
are singuIarly informed and in
tereSted in our continental ad-
venture. In effect, they are
saying to us:
"LiSten! This one more
round of soil lOOting is no good.
Swear off now and start plant
ing trees and legumeS and saw
ing up your water. This old
timer knows all about it. You
young fellows ought to learn to
behave before it's too late"
Right out in the Sahara des.
ert 1 found oyster shells and
clam shells and other ancient
traces of moisture and verdure.
Barring our hOpeleSsIy erOded
sections, our dust is still pro-
ductive. All it needs is water,
SOil-retaining crops and crop rO-
tatiOn. But this Sahara desert
is sand, and nothing else, and
there is no breath of life in
all its burning reach.
81 have seen millions of acre
feet of rich soil washed down
to the sea in the Mississippi and
Missouri rivers. 1t goes on every
year. Several years ago, Scien-
lists of the GeOdetic Survey at
Washington, showed me how
the contour lines of the entire
country had been drawn, at in
tervalS as small as five feet, re-
vealing a clear and specific en-
gineering possibility of impOund-
ing and relaying these runaway
waters for both irrigation and
hydrO-electric power. Think
how simple that would be COM
pared to old Egypt's task of
bringing water across 1000 miles
of desert"
(Copyright. 1885. by King Features
Syndicate. In0,b
The Washington times., 1936-08-13

work blueprinting the project
for 30 years. The Upper Nile
is now swarming with their
fleets of exploration boats.
"Of course, this means that a
vast area of cotton land will
be brought into use. Egypt has
greatly increased its cotton out
put in the last few years, but
it also has greatly increased its
The Washington times., 1936-08-13
The Human Side of the News = By

consumption. They are now
using the equivalent of about
500, 900 bales of American cot
ton a year. With a rise in the
standard in living, with an in
crease in literacy, sOlvency and
in travel, they are taking to
gay cotton prints, for work and
house garments.
There is a steady increase
The Washington times., 1936-08-13

ly that it threat
ems to become a
public menace
:. a breed of
Deliberate Suf-
fererS.
Most humans
like to be right,
like to be ad-
mired a n d ap-
plauded. B u t
these odd crea-
lures actually
like to be wrong
and IN wrong.
1T h a t isn't
reasonable, you
say. When peo-
The Washington times., 1936-08-13

way t h e y do
n o W, SO there
was no one e to
say to the Egyp-
tians, You peo-
Pile had better
begin r e f crest
ing and saving
up your water.
I have just seen
a on in e n t
turned into dust
a n d aSheS De-
cause the people
didn't take care
of it."
So they just
Iat II dry I'm and
The Washington times., 1936-08-13

The Sahara desert was once as
green and lovely as our Indiana or
Ohio.
People didn't get about then the
The Washington times., 1936-08-13
OLD FAVORITES
The Call to Scot
Ruth Guthrie Harding

The CAL to a Scot -KUth Guthrie Harding
There ancient and slow
Who piped his way along street
How could the neghbors' children know
That to her twas passing sweet?
With smiles they spoke the ragged kilt
And jeered the pipes in mrthful file
But, strangely moved, she heard the lit
That rallied Carrick and Argyle.
A stroller, playing in the street,
Half-hearted, weary, out of place
But his old stirred her feet
My baby with the Gaelic face:
She squared her shoulders she stood
To watch the piper round the turn
Nor dreamed what beat within her blood
Was Robert Bruce and Bannockburn!
IReuders are nvted to send to the editor their sugges
tions of the favores among the poems for reprting in
this spGce)
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There's a peculiar breed of%
people in our modern world - a
breed which is increasing so rapid
The Washington times., 1936-08-13
Listen, World!
Bv Elsie Robinson

THEY LIKE TO BE I'm WRONG"
peculiar breed ofAothers forge aheac
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Prcletarian Army
Tries Frantically
To Repel Enemies
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wise General Pozas, but it was learned
from reliable sources that he had
Been granted full power to take any
steps he deems necessary in the in
terest Of the capital.
TWAS not known whether the gov
eminent would establish it's headquar-
tiers at Valencia Barcelona or Ali
cante. President Manuel Azana has
been lin Barcelona for several weeks.
Z The tattered proletariat ranks at
the gates of Madrid sought frantically
to smash through the Gordon of be-
siegers advancing from outlaying sec
tons of the city.
A terrific insurgent bombardment
from Madrid's suburbs was answered
i by the crashing shells of the govern
ti1ent. heavy artillery.
!. Z. The battle for possession of the
Spanish capital was near a climax
Party leaders exhorted the militia to
fight without quarter, without truce
War ministry officials said the next
II hours would tell the story
- Terrified thousands fled eastward
out of the capital. The quaking popu.
y LACE. that remained heard the ever
din of battle as fierce Moor.
ish hordes of the Fascist attackers
Invaded the outskirts. of the city.
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Wife Preservers

When boiling eggs. wet shells
in cold water before putting them
on to boil, and they viii not
crack contributes Barbara Stan
Wyck. screen star.
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said, and Alix looked across her
bed to the mirror She saw girl
with blanched face, with deeply
circled eyes, still red with weep
ing. She saw blue veins in her
trembling hands.
Dorcas took bottle of spirits
of ammonia from her bag, emptied
a little in a water glass, added
some water, and gave it to Alix.
Drink it, my dear. I want to
talk to YOU"
Alix drank it, felt better, and
waited.
why don't you tell me about
it? You can trust me-" Dorcas
said.
Tell you about what?" Alix
parted.
Were both intelligent women,
Alix. You know what I mean.
Please believe haven't come here
to be unkind. I've come here to
save all Of us if can. Last night
when I followed you upstairs, I
didn't do it to pry on your privacy,
to spy on you. You were so white
when you left the room, I was
afraid you were i'll. Then I saw
you, heard you call, 'John!' You
see, I've been in love and I know
what that cry means. Why don't
you tell me about it?"
His name-hiS dear, beloved
name broke Alix.
Gentle tears rolled down her
cheeks.
'Dorcas, I'll have to tell you or
else TIL break inside. I loved John
once"
"You love him now" Dorcas
said quietly.
eyes. 1 always will. Once I
thought he loved me, but another
woman told me that he didn't so
:. so I had to put him out of my
life. That was right, wasn't it 2"
mo-"
"But it was!" Alix persisted.
when a man loves another wom-
an you can't do anything about
it."
Eyes you can, if once you
thought he loved you"
'One thinks of her PRIDE" Alix
said haughtily.
ooh, no you DON'T" Dorcas re-
torted.
What do you do?"
"I'll tell you what girls like you
do. Perhaps you don't mean to be
selfish, but you think of no one
but yourself. Trying to escape
from yourself, you still think of
no one but yourself. You take
and take!"
1T? But have nothing!"
''You have brains and you have
beauty. You have all the things
"a woman needs to rebuild her life.
You have youth and time to wait.
Men are crazy about you. Prob
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ably all the men you've known.
You have chances to meet other
men if you haven't the spunk to
go after the man you love-"
Alix lay back on her pillows
with widening eyes.
81 don't know what you mean,"
she said in little voice.
eyes you do, Alix Carey. In
stead of oh, let me ask you
question: Did you believe that
your John loved you?"
eyes" It was only a whisper.
But you thought his loved
another woman. Did you think
that other woman was the one who
would make him happy, or did you
think that your love was so great
$50 enduring for him-that it was
right for him? Did you think
that all the beauty of your love
would give him beauty all his life?
Were you willing to sacrifice
everything for him if need be-"
ooh, yes!" Alix said it with
certainty.
"Then why did you run away?
You were so little that your love
couldn't stand up to your pride.
You were afraid to take your
chance"
Alix said nothing for little
while. Then:
"Why did you come here, Dor.
cas- 2"
ITO do what you were afraid to
do. I've come to fight you for Bill
Boyd's happiness. If you marry
him, he'll make you happy. You
belong to the idealistic side of Bill,
but what have you got to give
him ?"
It'd try"
you'd try? Alix, I love him
with that kind of beauty, that
sacrifice that you felt for another
man! know I'd make him happy.
know the things Bill needs. He
knew it once too. All night long
I've been over this thing. I've
pocketed my pride because I've
found my man and I'm not going
to lose him because it's for his
happiness"
"Dorcas, I didn't know. What
do you want me to do?"
II want you to leave Bairdsvale
tonight. Leave a note for Bill,
telling him that you didn't love
him. Tell him-you know how to
write words-what his love for
you was and what real love is.
I'll see that Bairdsvale will never
think unkindly of you. Then I
want you to go to New York.
You can't force fate, Alix. Things
work out and this is going to work
out. Rest now and pack this
afternoon. I'll drive you to the
next town. Will you or will I
force you?"
Ito BE Continuedl
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CHAPTER 80

ALIX, SITTING at her hosts
right, at Gretchen Newbold's din
ner party, smiling graciously, as a
guest of honor should, thought:
"I should take careful note of
all the details of such things as
this. In a little while will be a
hostess. I'll have to think of silver
and linen and flowers. I'll refer
to Bill as my husband and all
the strange new things that are
coming into my life as my this
and my that"
She tried to tabulate what she
saw in her mind. Red roses in
white glass. White candles in
silver candlesticks. -welve-inch
salad plates. Three .no-four
forks. The maid waits by the pan
try door, the butler at the side
board, You had to know these
things when you were married.
Her dreamy wandering gaze
met Bills across the table. AS
though he OWNED the pattern of
her thoughts, he smiled at her re-
assuringly and Alix felt a familiar
warmth.
1t was nice to feel that there
would always be someone like Bill
around.
1t would have been ecstatic to
have another man with you all
your life. But few people know
or want ecstacy, and the nice
things were not to be scorned.
There were hot, fluffy cheese
biscuits served with the green
salad on the 12-inch plates.
Good land!" Alix thought, 'Il
have to learn all these things"
She thought of the simple dinners
she had cooked and served, the lit
tie party dishes and cold suppers
back in that apartment on the
East river. She thought of all the
unusual dishes that were being
served at this dinner. And of all
the other things she didn't know.
Penny for your thoughts, or
can't you tell them ?" George
Newbold whispered into her left
ear, bringing her out of her
reverie. ~ r
Alix laughed and said, ct guess
/ can, but perhaps 1 ought not to.
I might shock Bill" She said his
name, but suddenly she looked
down the table to where Dorcas
Hill in white crepe frock looked
back at her with an immobile face.
II can stand anything she has
to say" Bill said nobly.
IT'S not very interesting" Alix
wondered why she went on at such
length. She was bored with the
whole idea herself, but she felt
irnpelled to say what she had to
say the while she looked at Dor
cas- Hill.
II was just thinking that L
haven't the least idea how many
sheets and pillow cases, towels and
tableclothes bride should have.
! was just thinking that I wouldn't
have the remotest idea what to
tell a cook about preparing food.
I was also thinking that I'll prob
ably never be able to check up the
laundry. and will undoubtedly