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Evening star., 1936-06-15

increasing ache in his heart becom-
ing almost unbearable. the little white
house in the country, pink rambler
roses. Mercedes in a cool blue dress,
smiling welcome A tiny rush of
feet-"Daddy! Daddy!'
Keith's broad shoulders suddenly
slumped What good was all this
thinking? 1t only made his loneliness
more poignant. Mercedes had gone
with no compromise Why she may
Keiths strong, even teeth sunk into
his trembling lower lip-she may have
even married by now.
Of course, Mercedes had divorced
him. Mental cruelty! And he had
loved his wife and child more than life
itself He still loved her. Mercedes
had wanted career after Don's death.
Keith had refused bluntly. He was
making enough money, He wanted
his wife at home.
They quarreled. Bitterly He had
been the selfish one Keith could see
It now with the clarity of a photo
graph. OF course, Mercedes had been
distraught after such an ordeal and
needed a change.
ETH flung back his shoulders as
though trying to rid himself Of an
unbearable weight He shrugged abb
sently into his coat. Life must 60 on
and since he'd been made manager of
the Boston branch -
He pulled up in front of the Golden
Glow Tea Room because it didn't seem
as crowded as some of the other res
taurants A cup of coffee
Seated at one of the yellow linen
covered tables Keith picked up the
menu card and figured steadily on the
back of it, He'd have to get his fraycd
nerves Strengthened cut or he'd never
be able to do the strenuous work re-
ouired of him He thrust out his long
legs impatientlv. tiny object spun
across the floor. Glanctng up disin-
terestedly. Keith's casual glance sud-
denly changed to a stare
Then he leaned over and snatched
the little object Up. It was a tiny
china cat in a playful pose. Keith
stared down at it, his white face lined
with pain This little china cat
brought memories. Tender, yet poig-
nant memories.
Why was he being haunted like this
after three years? He could see Dor
clad in white flannel coveralls, his
golden hair disheveled his enormous
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u ~ ~ ~ Vt'SiC
for some time. Did you, by any
chance" Keith asked casually. notice
who dropped this-this-er-catP"
The comely, yellow uniformed watt
ress stared minute. then slowly
shook her head "No-I don't think
oh, wait! I do remember something
about that novelty A girl-sayI
Here she comes. Back for that silly
cat, I'll bet!"
Keith froze as he sat, back to the
entrance. He couldn't have moved
had his life depended upon it. But
he knew, as surely as he knew the sun
would follow the rain. that 1t was
Mercedes whose slim heels click
clicked on the marble floor.
Did you see little toy after
left?" Mercedes asked breathlessly of
the waitress. 1T was a little china
cat. Oh, know you'll think I'm silly
coming away back for a seemingly
worthless" Her voice broke. But
I'll die if I've lost the one men,
| ory- Keith
Keith had turned slowly and was
holding the little china cat in his
open palm.
"Mercedesl" There was q world OF
/ tenderness in Keith's voice. He took
her shaking hands and seated her at
the table. He pressed the little china
cat beneath her stiff fingers. Maybe, I"
! he said huskily, Don sort of fixed
things-up there"
Tears fell from Mercedes eyes. They
reminded Keith of the little rivulets
on the window Mercedes didn't make
a sound or move muscle. She
clutched Keith's hand over the table
as drowning person clutches at life
preserver.
You can have your carecr-any-
/ thing! Keith whispered. If you'll
/ give me another chance"
"Career!' Mercedes tears suddenly
dried L work in department store!
/ Oh, what fool Keith l left you
when you needed me the most.
/ think-I think" she was unable to
! finish.
Don't try to talk about it, dar-
ling" Keiths eyes were tender. The
little white cottage with the ramblers
is Just as you left it"
Mercedes dusky eyes were radiant.
We'll start all over again." she
whispered
Thanks to the little china cat"
Keith laughed tenderly.
Copyright, 1850
Evening star., 1936-06-15

dark eyes-Merce.
des' eyes - droopy
with sleep. but he
clutched his tiny
china cat. 1t had
been his most pre-
cious possession.
K e 1t h started.
Could this-was 1t
possible? He shook
his shoulders with
an i'm pat | e n t
movement. What
in the world was
wrong with him
today! Why, there
we're thousands of
these little novel;
ties. They probably
turned them out a
hundred a minute.
y
The waitress was
patiently watt
ing for Keith's or
der. She looked as
though she had been
Evening star., 1936-06-15
YOUNG AVIATRIX DIES
IN CRASH IN TEXAS
17-Year-old Girl, Reba Dee Gum,
Flying Too Low for Rough
Air, Investigator Says.

Air, investigator Says.
By the Associated Press.
FORT WORTH, Tex. June IS
Fort Worths youngest airplane pilot,
17-year-old Reba Dee Gum, died in
the crash of her private plane at an
emergency landing field. three miles
from the Municipal Airport yesterday.
The girl vas described by her in
structor, Ed Ritchey, as "as good q
student as ever saw" She was dead
when motorists who saw the mono
plane suddenly dive to the ground
from a height of 200 feet, reached
the wreckage.
A. w. Meadows, Department Of
Commerce inspector, said low flying
and rough air were responsible.
Friends theorized the girl was prac-
ticing banks and discovered she was
flying too low. They believed she
nosed the plane upward and stalled
the motor, causing the ship to go into
D spin.
Evening star., 1936-06-15
Il ETH ANDER-

y u ~ l e ] I
strangely depressed.
He stared moodily
out of his apart
ment window at
the driving sheets
of rain. then at the
tiny rivulets run
ming down the
window pane like
tears. Tears of an
unhappy world. 1t
was just such a
day as that that
M e r c e Il eS n a q
packed her little
black suitcase and
had left him.
Left him just
two months after
their little son had
died-chubby little
Don for whom they
had planned so
m any wonderful
things. Keith re-
ana nao,aahorod the ovor
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patterns
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he Human Side of the News = By Edwin C. Hill

michigan. And it was there that
tragedy came to her with the &C
cidental death of DR.. Bond.
She was left with no money, in
broken health, with a son to sup
port. That was back in the Nine
ties before she had sold any songs.
FAITH REWARDED
In the years that came she
fought the stern fight for bread
and roof over her head; her
lot was hard and grinding toll.
but always she smiled and kept
a brave face to the world even
when the day came when she had
to sell her few possessions, bit
by bit, to buy food and pay her
rent.
And always those songs of hers
were in her soul, struggling to-
ward the sunlight.
Her courage and faith were
rewarded in the end. One of the
greatest thrills in her life came
when she heard 10000 American
oOANACLO SAAASAAAS 4AAC GAAA Va q
Perfect Day."
Wherever she went she was to
hear the haunting strains of that
world-famous song. She heard it
in Jerusalem, in Monte Carlo, at
a Turkish wedding in CONSTANT
nople, at the English Derby at
Epson Downs, and she heard it
in New York on the first Armi-
Stice Day, when the great city
went mad with joy.
Carrie Jacobs Bond looks like
her music sounds. She is the por-
trait of her own melodies.
When she is home, out in
California, she surveys the world
from the top of a mountain.
About her are flowers and trees
and singing birds and the pets
she loves. Within her gaze are
the mountains and the ocean.
For her the Great Master
paints fresh pictures with ever
changing light over sea and land.
Here is a woman who has given
richly to human life.
Copyright. 1895. by King Features
Syndicate, Incl
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A year later, as a detective
sergeant, Kenney was pursuing
a bandit and in the course OF
the chase was shot.
Kenney was so seriously in
iured that he was retired on a
pension.
His accident and the resulting
curtailment of his pay caused IN
definite postponement of Kenney's
planned marriage but since he
partially recovered he has been
attending law school in the hope
that he would eventually be able
to overcome the physical handi-
cap which forced his retirement
from the Police Department.
On his recent arrival in Wash
ington to testify before the NUM-
tions Committee, Morgan inquired
as to Kenney's whereabouts. He
was told the story of the young
police officers accident and de-
manded that Kenney be sum-
moned.
Once more Kenney was at
tached to the Morgan party and
now is one person at least who
is convinced that the financier is
not as cold to other persons prob
lens as some individuals would
believe.
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Listen, World!
By Elsie Robinson
IF WAR BREAKS OUT EUROPE WE'RE GOING TO WAR

You don't believe it? You VOW
it can't happen. Never again
will we be duped as we were in
1916-robbed of our treasure of life
and material possession-left hold
ing the bag for shameful brawl
which was not of our making"
That's what YOU say. But you
might as we'll save your breath
IF WAR BREAKS OUT IN EU-
ROPE WE'RE GOING TO WAR.
But hoW-Why?
WE'RE how-why. We and our
ninny notions. We're a smart peo-
pie, we Americans, in managing
material contraptions. We can
invent automobiles, flying ma
chimes, radios. trick plumbing ad
lib. But when it comes to under
standing or tackling moral issues
we're just one bubble removed
from drolling idiot.
BE good and you'll be happy
there's our national philosophy
And it would probably work if we
had the slightest idea Of what real
goodness" meant. But we haven't.
Being Good-to us-means Sitting
Still And Doing Nothing Naughty.
And if there's a quicker way of
getting yourself in all the grief
there is, I'd like to know it.
PROTECTIVE PROGRAM
Sitting Still And Doing Nothing
never yet landed anyone any
where, except in bankruptcy or the
hoosegow. Least of all in fighting
days. And as protective pro-
gram for passive patriots it is pure
poison. Goodness - particularly
wartime goodness-is the most ac-
tive and all-time belligerent job On
earth.
There's a great passage on this
subject in Mary Heaton VorSe'S
new book, "A FOOTNOTE TO
FOLLY"-( Farrar and Rinehart.
PublisherS). Mary worse was
born a lady. With a lot Of lovely,
ladylike theories about life and
people. Then something aroused
her curiosity.
Armed with said theories, she
went out to see if and how they
really worked. And speedily dis
covered that those who fold their
hands and wait" are-alloWed to.
And those who expect a square
deal without hustling for it, get
tin the neck.
Why didn't the prayers Of the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-16
Serious Charges
By James T. Williams, T.

For the second time within a.
month Clifford Pinchot, who
recently finished his term as
Pennsylvania's Progressive Gov
ernor, has vigorously protested
to the White House against the
debauching of Federal relief in
his State to the most sordid poll
tical ends.
His first protest was unan-
SWered so far as the public is in
formed. Mr.. Roosevelt instead of
acting swiftly and sternly to put
a stop to the scandalous condi-
ton of affairs laid bare by
Governor Pinchot wrote him a
personal" letter on the subject.
Courtesy compels the recipient
Of this letter, marked personal"
not to give out its contents and
Governor Pinchot scrupulouSly
observes the amenities in this
regard. But he is at liberty to
tell and he does tell what Mr..
Roosevelt'S personal" communi-
cation does not contain.
In a second letter to the White
House given to the public soon
after it was delivered into the
Presidents hands, Mr.. Pinchot
says in part:
Il violate no confidence in
saying that objection has been
made to my first letter on the
ground that it contains only
general charges unsupported by
specific instances.
1T would have been easy to
give specific instances. have
them in plenty. But if 1 had
given names, obviously would
have put men who bitterly need
work at the tender mercy of the
political administrators of WPA.
/ gave no names because these
men ought to be protected, and
they will be, so far as 1 am con-
cerned,
"My quotation from an actual
letter to a relief worker, de.
manding a political contribution,
appears to have escaped atten.
ton. 1t came from a Demo
cratic county chairman and it
said: Your contribution is
per cent under $1,000 and 5 per
cent over $1,000 of yearly sal
ary.'
POLITICS IN RELIEF"
"COpies of this form letter
and of a second letter in which
the relief worker was threat
ened with blackIiSting if the
contribution were refused are
in my possession.
Ceases of politics in relief are
common throughout the State.
A man in East Central PennSyl-
vania writes that men were en-
piOyed on wOrk-relief in his
county with the understanding
that he, the foreman. would
have the privilege of making out
their ballots on election day. On
election day some $50 of these
workers handed their ballots to
this foreman and he voted them
or had his subordinateS assist
him. 1 have the above infOrma-
ton from the foreman himself
and also a constable present.
This man added: 'Remem-
Der, Governor, the writer is a
Democrat, and a follower of
Roosevelt; and 1t would take
a great deal of ANYTHING to
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-16
Traffic Police Poll

The poll which The Washington Times is conducting to de-
termine the sentiment of city regard to the establishment
of squad plain clothes traffic police likely to develop
into fair criterion of the earnenes with which the
munity wishes to curtail the heavy traffic toll
Statonng of such police in different parts of the city,
Without any apparent Identification WOuld unqueston-
ably lead the arrest of WhO driving thought
Iessly and recklessly.
At the present is comparatively easy matter
policeman at distance, giving driver opportunity to
cut down his speed reform in his driving methodist least
until the policeman is passed.
With unidentiable police scattered here and there how
ever this would not be possible.
What do you think of the proposition?
FILL OUT THE ACCOMPANYING BALLOT BY PLACING
A CHECK AFTER THE STATEMENT OF YOUR FEELINGS
AND SEND IT OR MAI. IT TO THE TRAFFIC EDITOR,
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
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ArighteouS AVAIL and why olo Ine
wicked spread themselves like
a green bay tree?" That was why.
The prayers of the righteous
didn't avail because they let it
stop at praying. And the wicked
flouriShed because they packed a
bigger wallop than the righteous
and used it more. Goodness
WASN'T talking pretty-and
passing the buck to God. If you
wanted to roll up a record-1n
either moral or material matters
you HAD TO PUT ON A
SHOW. And therein, she saw, lay
the whole tragic secret OF War
Prevention.
GET BUSY
peace =. is a militant thing"
she writes. ANY peace movement
must have behind it a higher
passion than the desire for war.
No one can be a Pacifist without
being ready to fight for peace
and die for peace"
Successful Goodness never yet
took it sitting down. The gentlest
soul that ever lived-the very
Prince of Peace-FOUGHT FUR1-
OUSLY for that in which He be-
lieved. Drove the money changers
out of the temple with whips!
And died on a cross rather than
back down in an argument!
WE WILL HAVE WAR UNTIL
THOSE WHO HATE WAR FIGHT
AS HARD AGAINST 1T AS
THOSE WHO WANT WAR
FIGHT FOR TT.
And by fighting. I mean fight
ing. You can't fight war by hav-
ing luncheon rallies -. or elect
ing committees or signing pc
titions or crying over Sobby
songs.
AMERICA IN PEACE YOU'VE
GOT TO SCARE THE DAY
LIGHTS OUT OF THOSE WHO
WOULD DRAG HER INTO WAR.
Stop talking ladylike and begin
to act rough! Build airplanes-
and more airplanes. We could use
'em, anyway. Drill boys. They
need it, anyway. Even make guns.
At that, it'll be no greater waste.
and be plenty better for what ailS
us, than F e deral Tap Dancing
courses. Get busy-get noisy
Raise Hell-or you'll be in it!
Copyright. 1888. King Features
! Syndicate. lnc)
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everyone went from the house
into the garden.
The little blind Negro boy crept
to the piano, and presently there
stole upon the consciousness of
the astonished people out in the
garden a perfect rendition Of the
difficult piece which had just
been played by a mature artist.
1t was during her childhood, a
childhood which gave fragrance
to her entire life, that she met
the great actor, Joseph jefferson.
Then jefferson gave her his little
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Wean me away from him. But
truly the activities of this bunch
of pirates here makes me sick
at heart, and II you can do
anything to correct these evils,
it certainly would be a fine
thing for the country
another man, from eastern
Pennsylvania, says: The selec.
ton (by Democratic leaders
whose names he gives of men
for labor on all WPA jobs and
those composing personnel is
made on the basis of political
usefulness and a total disre-
gard for competency, efficiency
or, indeed eligibility.
I offer this not as political
stuff but in behalf of suffering
humanity
"Another man writes: so /
came back and saw Mr.. -
again and he told me to go
to Mr.. in -. And tell
him that would change to a
Democrat if he would give me
a Job. So I did that and told
him so. But he said he got a
lot of Democrats that he can't
put to work. So there you are
But the most outrageous case
Of all is from Philadelphia,
where WPA actually assists in
the systematic collection Of
graft from the needy.
The uncIean thing is worked
as follows: The applicant for
employment under WPA goes
to the State employment office.
maintained by State and Fed.
eraI funds to get him work.
But the State office does not
try to get him work. 1t does
not even send him to WPA.
The State office sends him to
a private employment agency.
The private agency then gets
him a job under WPA.
"Why all this rigmarOle? To
squeeze blood money from the
poor"
HUMAN MISERY
There are other charges no less
serious, other instances no less
fragrant, contained in Governor
Pinchot's second open letter to
the White House. But the eX
tracts already quoted are suffi'
Gent to show that Federal power
is being outrageously abused in
Pennsylvania, that public money
is being used there to buy politi
cal support by methods made
notorious all over the country By
Tammany Hall politicians through
many years.
Apparently Mr.. Roosevelt is moi
going to do anything to end this
indefensible attempt to corrup'
the electorate of a great State
Apparently he is not going to dis
miss the men guilty of this ex
ploitation of the needy and de
serving poor.
Apparently he is going to play
for time in the hope that Cover
nor Pinchot will get tired of writ
ing letters to him.
Mr.. Roosevelt has the power tt
clean up this mess. His is the
duty to clean it up. His was the
pledge to prevent human misery
from being politically exploited
These things not his public car
forget.
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} dog, the little dog which had
played so enthusiastically the part
of Schneider in rip Van Wrinkle. "
And Schneider became her friend
and confidant for six years. She
told him everything. She told
him that she wanted to be a song
writer and to own a home Of her
own.
And in the passing of the years
she did come to her great love
and marry her man, DR.. Frank
Lewis Bond. They lived in the
iron-mining country of Northern
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-16
Wise Words

Remember that to change they
mind and to follow him that sets
thee right, is to be none the less
a free agent.-Marcus Aurelius.
What is becoming is honest.
and whatever is honest must
always be becoming.-Cicero.
1t is a common calamity; we
are all mad at some time or
other.-Johannes Baptista Man
tuanuS.
The mind celebrates a little
triumph whenever it can formu-
late a truth.-George Santayana.
No people are. more often wrong
than those who will not allow
themselves to be wrong.-La
Rochefoucauld.
Ill-gotten gains work evil
Sophocles.
Deliver me from the evil man,
even from mySelf.-St. Augustine.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-16
CARRIE JABOBs BOND

One of the most interesting
women in America leaves her Cal
ifornia sunshine to endure the fog
and the drizzleS of the New York
climate. She comes to us, this re-
markable lady, on one of her rare
visits, bringing with her. as al
ways, something very rare and de-
lightful. I mean Mrs. Carrie
Jacobs Bond.
If the name at first thought
means nothing TO you. close your
eyes and think of the melody Of
THE End of a Perfect Day" Mrs.
Bond wrote that song, along with
hundreds of others, many Of
which are almost as famous as
The Perfect Day"
That song alone has sold to the
extent of nearly five million
copies.
OF itself it lifted her from want
and worry to a position of secure
comfort for the rest of her life.
Now 70, she has risen on the
wings of faith and hope and
charity above bitter grief and
desperate poverty. She may be
70, but there are few women past
middle age, at least, who would
not give a great deal to be able
to boast the pink and glowing and
sprightly years of Carrie Jacobs
Bond.
KNEW SORROW
The reckoning of her age Is
merely an arithmetical computa'
ton for those so dull as to reckon
genius by time, or measure the
human spirit by the rising and
the setting of the sun.
For at 70 this lady, who has
placed her slim white fingers on
the throbbing pulse of life itself,
is triumphant youth, for she has
that which keeps people young
faith that cannot be shattered,
love for all living creatures, love
which stands like an angel with
a flaming sword against every
treacherous onslaught on that
stealthy enemy which we call age.
She was born in GAINESVILLE,
Wis, in the second year of the
Civil War, when the nation was
torn in two and blood was flow
ing over the battlefields of the
South.
Even in her childhood days she
heard beautiful music in the
murmur of woodland brooks, in
the gentle whispering of forest
trees. in the morning and evening
serenades of the birds.
When she was four, she could
pick out airs on the piano with
one finger, and by the time she
was six she could play almost any
thing by ear and always with a
good accompaniment.
In those days there was a boy
protege on the piano-a blind
Negro boy whose parents had
been slaves. He, too, had this
natural gift which had come to
the little white child.
One day, when there were
guests for dinner at the house
where little blind Toms father
and mother were servants, one of
the guests played an intricate and
beautiful composition, after which