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The Washington times., 1936-02-11


OF all the contemplate trail
tors, the most abomtnable to me
is the human who is forever be-
wailing the bitter cost OF love.
The man or woman whose life
has been ruined" by a tragic
love affair. The mother who,
having "given her life for her
children" can find no meaning
in existence when they have left
the nest. Or even that seemingly
most tragic figure Of all-the
one whose every hope has ended
in a grave.
EASY TO ACCEPT
They are traitors, all, I say!
Spineless towards who couldn't
take it-or selfish egotists unfit for
the great adventure Of love. ] de-
spise them all. Give me an hon
est murderer or lusty thief every
time. They do far less harm to
the cause of Righteousness and
Beauty than these professional
Torch Carriers.
Yes, I know, I'm "treading on
sacred ground" Since time i'm
memorial we've sanctified such
grief-made heroes of the broken
hearted instead of bawling them
out for the shameless SlackerS that
they are!
And I know-none better-how
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Charles Curtis

Death came to Charles Curtis after long, useful and
respected life.
In him were combined the elements Of common sense,
rpid probity and intellectual honesty which endear men
to their fellows.
Because of these elements Mr. Curtis was honored py
his State and by the Nation.
After a. lengthy career during which he held many
State offices Mr. Curtis elevated to the position Of
Vice President.
AS presiding officer of the Senate Mr. Curtis brought
TO his duties thorough experience with the functlonng
of that body and fundamental understanding OF the
American legislature.
His wide and intimate acquaintance with the members
of the Senate enabled him preside over the debera
ons of that branch of the legislature effectively and
efficiently. -,
It cause of national regret that Mr. Curtis should
be taken from the scene.
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W1LI11u II
tomb there was found, I believe,
inscribed upon a wall a solemn
curse leveled 1T anyone who
might break the seal Of the sepul.
chre and violate the sanctity OF
the Pharaoh'S sleep.
It has been many a day since
the tomb of a great king of Egypt
was discovered, buried in the sands
of the Valley Of Kings, since 1t
was opened, and its marvellous
treasures of gold and ivory were
carried away, along with the mum
mics Of Tut-ankh-Amen and his
queen.
Since that day it is a fact that
many who opened the tomb have
died, and some in very curious
fashion, puzzling to the doctors.
Therefore the belief that the tomb
was sealed with q curse against
all violators still endures, and on
this very point Roger Garis writes
to the New York Times:
DIRE THREATS
Herbert E. WinlOck, curator
of EgyptOlOgy at the MetrOpOli-
tan Museum Of Art, asserts that
the curse Of Tut-ankh-Amen is
superstition only, yet others have
pointed out that there have
been found in tOmbS curses de-
signed to protect the bodies
from violation, and threatening
terrible Calamities to any one
who disturbed them"
Mr.. Winlock says he knows Of
only one curse, that Of Amenho-
tep, which threatens poverty, so
cial disfavor, but not death. On
the mummy case Of Khapa Amen
was inscribed a fearful maledic.
tion. Khapa Amen was a high
priest who lived during the reign
Of King Menephthah, the Pharaoh
who drove Moses and the children
of Israel from Egypt, and whose
army was supposed to have been
overwhelmed by the closing Of the
Red Sea after it opened to let the
Jews pass through. The mummy
Of Khapa Amen was discovered in
1879, and upon the case was this
strange inscription:
30 man or woman with avert
ed face, to whom / cOncede
nothing and whom I do not per-
init to bring light to my body,
/ stand against thee with spears
Of fire, and the sharp teeth Of
lions, and the magic Of Isis and
Nephthys. My body is purified
with the holy water Of HelOp-
oils and by the spell Of Anubis.
May the cobra on my head spit
flames Of fire into thy face and
may thy head be in the place
Of thy feet.
"Such q course Is the venge-
ance which Is hidden in my
body until all eternity and
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'Party ties end at the waters
edge" il an American rule de-
serving Of national observance
even in a presidential election
year.
And this rule appears to have
been followed in the tide of criti-
cism that is rolling in from far
and near as the real truth re-
garding the Administrations so
called Neutrality Bill reaches the
plain people.
Partisanship Is conspicuous by
its absence from the countrywide
condemnation Of this mischief
making measure.
It was not as a partisan but
as an American that Senator
johnson called upon John BaSsett
Moore, "the greatest living au-
thority in the field Of interna-
tional law" for the whole truth
about this fantastic scheme.
It was not as a partisan but
as a patriot, a scholar, a juriSt,
preeminent in his chosen field,
that DR.. Moore responded to
Senator Johnson's request with
devastating analysis Of this pro-
gram Of fake neutrality.
PROTESTS PASSAGE
And even newspapers strongly
Democratic in their political af-
filiations have united with news
papers equally Republican in their
political views to follow up the
arraignment Of this so-called Neu-
trality Bill by DR.. Moore with their
own editorial opposition to its
enactment.
There is no newspaper in the
South more loyal in its support
of the Administration and the
Democratic party than the Green
vile Is. CO. Daily News. But even
this partisan of. the AdminiStra-
ton protests the passage Of this
so-called Neutrality Bill despite the
fact that 1t has been urged upon
the Congress by the President and
his Secretary Of State.
In a recent editorial this repre-
sentative Democratic newspaper Of
the South says:
"The severe criticism Of the
pending Neutrality Bill which
John Bassett Moore, formerly Of
the World Court, is now re-
vealed to have made before the
Senate committee can hardly
fail to strengthen the doubts
which numerous citizens have
held as to the broad discretion
ary powers which this measure
would confer ON the Executive.
'NTr. MOOre's sharpeSt criticism
was directed against the provi-
sion that would give the Admin
istratiOn great powers over ex-
pOrtatiOn Of war materials. He
asserted that this would Obvi-
OusIy bring us fully into any war
to which it was applied
'The bestOwal Of such q power,
he cOntended, could constitute
the worst form Of dictatorship
ever set up. -" ->..
"Study Of the measure con-
vinces MT. Moore that 1T is con-
sciOusly or uncOnsciOusly In
spired by the thoughts Of en-
abling the United States, in the
name Of peace and neutrality, to
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Forgetting Party Ties
By James T. Williams, Jr.

cooperate with the League Of
Nations, or with individual MEM
bers thereof, in such coercive
measures as they may see fit to
adopt, whether under the title
Of sanctions or Of av0wed war
for the purpose Of enforcing
peace.
"The criticism suggests further
reasons why IL seems not only
unwise but hardly in harmony
with our basic governmental
principles to place In administra-
tive hands great discretionary
powers with reference to control
Of foreign commerce under a
broad and very general delega-
tiOn Of powers designed to pre-.
serve neutrality"
The Greenville News, in taking
this strong editorial stand against
this war-breeding bill, shines by
comparison with the supine si-
lence Of those Democratic Sena.
tors and Representatives in Con.
greSS from the South as well as
that of many Republican Senators
and Representatives in Congress
from other parts Of the country.
Why did the Democratic leader
Of the Senate and the Democratic
leader Of the House wait for Sen.
ator Johnson of California to lead
the protest against this un-Ameri.
can measure?
Why were the Republican lead
ers of the Senate and the House
silent in the face of such a chal.
lenge?
The answer to these questions
is to be found in what John Bas.
Sett Moore truly calls "the plague
of propaganda" This so-called
Neutrality Bill was supported by
an organized minority that is still
attempting to entangle the United
States in "the evil thing with a
holy name" as the late Senator
Knox described the League of Ma.
tions.
ORGANIZED MINORITY
Senator johnson is not the only
lawyer in the Senate, although he
is one of the ableSt. John Bassett
Moore is the foremost but by no
means the only American author.
ity on international law. But un.
til they sounded the alarm this
dangerous measure was being
pressed for enactment in both
Houses by the Administration and
the organized minority of League
of Nations propagandists that
sponsored it.
This year the American people
will have an opportunity to elect
a Congress that will refuse to
abdicate its legislative powers
either to the Executive Of to any
organized minority.
Such a Congress should protect
the United States from the danger
and humiliation Of allowing such
a spurious Neutrality Bill as that
which has now been exposed to be
favorably reported from commit
tee in either House, much less re-
ceive the endorsement Of the lead
ers Of either House.
Under the American system of
government there is no substitute
for a Congress too proud to abdi-
cate.
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The Greatest Show On Earth
BIZ John Snure, J.

courts while on trial for vicious
ness.
A former Republican member OF
Congress complains about the dog.
Other persons protest that he is
harmless, as any well-mannered
dog should be.
To object to a fair trial for
Hamlet would bring down the
wrath of thousands of dog owners,
perhaps.
There are, however, a few thou
sand boys in the National Capital
who would like to know how fair
a trial old REX" or pete" or
Mike" would get if one of those
humble mongrelS went on trial
with only a towsle-headed lad to
defend him instead of having Mr..
Joseph P. Tumulty, former secre-
tary to President Wilson, as his
counsel.
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and not add any more problems
to the difficulties of reelection.
Others contend that it is u
definite indication that the in
fluence of the Chief Executive is
waning.
Certain it is that the Congress
has lost large part Of the conf
dence it may have had in Secre-
tary of Agriculture Henry A. Wal
lace and that members are re-
luctant to accept his advice on
the farm question.
Mr.. Wallace, confronted with
the task of aiding agriculture and
providing a set-up whereby AAA
employees may be retained so as
to continue the huge political
organization of that unconStitu-
tional agency, is becoming the
object not only Of some outSpken
criticism but Of a vast amount
Of whispered condemnation.
On the Administrators neu-
trality bill, the legislators are
even more recalcitrant.
Despite efforts of Senator Key
Pittman CD of Nevada, chair
man of the Senate Foreign Al
fairs Committee, the neutrality
proposal was scrapped. And it
was scrapped even though propa.
g. ldistS flooded the offices OF
members with letters and petit
tionS demanding that the pro
poSal be enacted.
Also in the list of suggestions
made by the Chief Executive and
protested by the Congress was the
bonus bill and proposed tax leg
islation.
There is talk of adjournment in
May or in early June.
Thus far the Presidents average
Of securing favorable action by
Congress on his proposals is al
most entirely against him, al
though the session is approx
mately one-third gone.
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which shall Overtake whOms0-
ever disturbs my body in its
tomb He or she shall have no
grave, and after an arduOuS
journey shall be attacked by
wild beasts and his or her bones
left to be washed by the falling
rain"
NEVER FOUND
There is a tale in Cairo that
the mummy Of Khapa Amen was
purchased by Lord Harrington Of
England and that, shortly after
ward, while on a hunting trip in
the Sudan, Lord Harrington was
killed by an elephant.
He was buried on the trail, and
later, when an attempt was made
to find the grave so the body
might be brought to England, 1t
was discovered that the rain had
washed all traces Of it away so
that it was never found.
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bed by one-time American negro
slaves.
Second only to Ethiopia, Liberia
is stained with the shame Of slave
holding: Of raiding peaceful neigh
Dor peoples and dragging them
into chained subjection. That evil
is even now under investigation
by the League Of Nations, at the
demand of the young man who
is now Britain's foreign minister,
Anthony Eden.
SIX MILLION
It is literally true that recent
statistics show that there are
5000, 900 people in human slavery.
My authority for that statement
is the high-minded and sensitive
prelate, Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi.
whom I met in Rome q few years
ago. He finds most Of the slaves
in isolated regions of Ethiopia, Ii
IBERIA, China and a number Of
Moslem countries.
It was in 1888 that Great Brit
aims fiat freed seven hundred
thousand slaves at a cost Of ST.
900, 900. In this country, as we
know, slavery ended with the
Civil War. From the days of Ham
murabi and the PharaohS with
their gang slavery building canals
and pyramids, man has never
been quite clear Of the shadow Of
bondage.
Politicians have made. the word
liberty" an empty cliche. But
the word is still the high ideal Of
all democratic aspirations. The
authorities are all pretty well
agreed that slavery had its roots
in war. The captains and the
kings at first tortured and then
killed their prisoners. Later, they
found it more profitable to put
them to work.
In early AbySsinia and Baby
lonia, the first traceable forms OF
slavery were in the industries, tex
tiles, pottery and metals. But, in
spite Of its persistence down to this
day. there has always been some
thing in slavery repugnant to hui
man decency. Even those harsh
and barbaric masters Of 5000 years
ago didn't like to face the facts.
They passed the buck to the gods.
TRAGIC STORY
It was the gods, they said, who
had ordained Servitude for cap
tives, and the slave owners were
merely the agents Of the gods.
Slaves were Unidentified as the
property Of this or that god. It
was in the building of such colossal
monuments to vanity as the pyra-
mids Of Egypt that slavery showed
its most savage and inhuman side.
The first struggling advances
toward human dignity were in ag-
ricultural slavery. It was in this
era that the Babylonians and
later the Greeks and the Romans
allowed their slaves to save money
and buy their own freedom.
And even in certain lands where
slavery e-:iStS under a much po-
liter name, its most savage as
poets are found in heavy indus
try rather than on the land.
It is true that our own slavery
was agricultural. but textile ma
chimes had set up vast equations
of power which delayed its end.
But one thing appears through
the long and tragic story. AL.
ways there has been some brave
human spirit striking at the
chains which bind other men.
Copyright. 1895, by King Features
Syndicate, Ine.)
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the tomb Of the
Pharaoh Tut
ankh-Amen, re-
wives that curl
ously persistent
S tory t h a t
many who par
ticipated in
that marvellous
adventure OF
arc h a e o logy
have died vio-
lently or myS-
teriouSlY, or
ng before
their appointed
time.
VRY:kAs- 49,
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uu arterS as
definite indica-
ton that the
national 1egiS-
latorS are veer-
ing from their
routes as mess
enger boys for
t h e w hit e
House.
Some persons
say that in the
pEe-CakI1p u ] = II
year there is,
q desire on the
part of mem
berS of Con-
rrrsapc - ~A c10u,
The Washington times., 1936-02-11

W r e ck their
lives.
No m q t t e r
what love does
to you
No m a t t e r
how love hurts
you
No m q t t er
how much it
LOVE IS AL
w A Y S TIL Z
G r E A T E s T
ADVEN T u r E
IN LIFE, AND
YO U'R E AL
w AY T H E
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Wise Words

The clothing Of our minds Ger.
tainly ought to be regarded be-
fore that Of our bodies-Steele.
I have always suspected public
taste to be a mongrel product,
out of affection by dogmatism.
r.. L. Stevenson.
1t is well for one to know more
than he says.-Plautus.
Our todays and yesterdays are
the blocks with which we build.
The Washington times., 1936-02-11
ABLE COUNSEL

Hamlet, the Great Dane owned
by Mrs. w. Forbes Morgan, wife
Of the secretary to the Democratic
national committee, has occupied
considerable time in District t
The Washington times., 1936-02-11
vEERING WINDS

The reluctance with which Con-
gress tackles the new farm bill
and the proposed neutrality legiS-
lation is considered in certain
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Lack of Thought

ANNS4A -
The confused thinking of many Federal officials as to
the status of the government of the District Of Columbia
is bringing about constantly increasing difficulties for
The community.
JUST NOW TWO NOTABLE INSTANCES OF
FAILURE OF FEDERAL OFFICIALS TO KNOW OR
UNDERSTAND THE POSITION OF THIS CITY AS
UNIT OF GOVERNMENT ARE F0REM0ST-B0TH
ARE BRINGING HARDSHIP EITHER ON INDIVID-
UALS OR ON THE CITY AS A WHOLE.
The worst of these from the standpoint of individual
suffering is the caous dumping onto the citys door
step of the relief problem.
Federal officials anxious to set up claim that they
were bringing order out of the chaos which they had
created in the relief field announced that they would
withdraw from direct relief work. confining their acv
ties to work-reef for employabes and leaving the
employables to be taken care Of by the States
Of course they haven't yet taken Of the employ
ables but that isn't the big trouble in Washington.
THE BIG TROUBLE HERE IS THAT THEY
DUMPED THE BABY ON WAsHINGT0N'S DOOR
STEP WITHOUT STOPPING TO THINK THAT
WASHINGTON DOESN'T HAVE THE KEY TO ITS
OWN DOOR,
The States could appropriate borrow money to take
care of their unemployables abandonment Of these
unfortunates by the Federal Government lat least it is
hoped they CAM
But the District can't appropriate and can't bOr-
rOLU a cent
has to go to Congress to get permission to its
own money and that is always process Of delay and
almost always process of doubt.
A LITTLE FORETHOUGHT, OR POSSIBLY A LIT
TIE KNOWLEDGE OF LOCAL CONDITIONS BY
THE GREAT HUMANITARIAN OFFICIALS OF THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MIGHT, IN THIS IN
STANCE, HAVE PREVENTED LOT OF HARD.
SHIP.
There is another instance of the failure Of Federal off
cias to make proper allowances for the status Of the
District government in the matter of the recent gag
rule Of the Bureau of the Budget.
This rule places the municipal government on the
same basis as an office of the Federal Government
and forces the routing through the Bureau OF the
Budget of eUery recommendation OF the District
Commissioners for legislation.
Regardless of whether the recommendations have any
thing to do with fiscal policy they must go through this
Federal fiscal agency.
SIMPLE UNDERSTANDING OF THE DIS
TRICT'S STATUS AND THE INSERTION OF ONE
OR TWO LINES IN THE "GAG" ORDER WOULD
HAVE ELIMINATED THE CONFUSION WHICH HAS
RESULTED FROM THE ORDER AND WOULD HAVE
soFTENED ANOTHER AND USELESS BLOW AT
THE RIGHTS OF LOCAL CITIZENS.
The Washington times., 1936-02-11
THE PHARAOH'S CURSE

The death, few days ago, of
a member of the group Of Egypto-
logistS who discovered and opened
The Washington times., 1936-02-11
Listen, World!
BIZ Elsie Robinson
HEART BREAKS AREN'T NOBLE-ARENT BEAUTIFUL

I have absolutely no patience
with people who make martyr
doms of love: Or who allow it to
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OLD FAVORITES
I Shall Not Cry Return Ellen M. II. Gates

4 AVOOUVV7V
1 shall cry Return! Return!
Nor weep my years away;
But just long sunsets burn,
And dawns make no delay
I shall be onesome-I shall miss
Your hand, your voice. your smile, your kiss
Not often shall I speak your name
For what would strangers
That once a sudden tempest
And swept my gardens bare,
And then you passed, and in your place
Stood Silence with her lifted face
Not always shall this parting be,
For though travel slow,
l. too may claim eternity
And find the way you go;
And 1 do my task and wait
The opening of the outer gate.
ReGders vted to send to the editor their sMggeS-
tons of the nvortes among the poems for reprnting in
this 'pge's)
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SLAVERY PERSISTS
One may be for or against II
Duce in his ambition to win a
great African colony by conquest.
War is a dreadful thing, from
Smyrna times., 1936-07-23
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
Rev. Nj. A. Mayer, Pastor, An
nounces Services for the Week

Rev. M. A. Mayer, Pastor, An
nounces Services for the Week
The Smyrna Church of the Naz-
arene had Sunday School attend
ance that was above average last
Sunday and fair attendance in
both church services. "A few of
our number attended Camden
Camp. The workers at Leslie
Nazarene Camp, Leslie, Md, are as
follows: DR.. Charles H. Babcock,
Calf; Rev. I. c. Mathis, Kansas
City; Rev. Howard Sweeten, Ash
ley, H., and returned missionary
Rev. Godfrey Royal of Great
Britain and Canada, but lately
from China; Rev. d. E. Higgs, Dis
trict Superintendent, will have
charge of platform management.
Date of Camp August GIG. Ser
vices at Nazarene Church for the
week: Cottage Prayer meeting
every Tuesday evening; Thursday
evening prayer meeting at church
at 7:30 p. m.;Sunday School, 9:45
a. M; preaching, II a. m; Junior
service, 6:15 p. m; prayer and
praise, TOO p. m; preaching, 500
O'Clock.
Smyrna times., 1936-07-23
SCHOOL BUS CONTRACTS
Taylors Bridge-Deaky yneville-Smyr-
ma Route to HI. w. Lockerman

Contracts for operating school
buses for the next school year have
been awarded by William Ball of
the State Department of Educa-
tion as follows: New Castle Coun-
ty-Route No. As. Howells Dis
trict to Middletown school, award
ed to G. Harry Davidson; Route 46,
Newark Negro school to Howard
High School, Wilmington, to Stiltz,
Inc, of Newark Route At, Tay-
lor's Bridge and Deakyneville to
Smyrna school, to Hazel w. Lock-
erman, Smyrna; Route 48, Stanton
district to Henry c. Conrad School
to Harry D. Boulden, Stanton.
Kent County-Route No. Peters
burg to Caesar Rodney High
School, to Kline Sparks, Wyoming;
Route No. 10, Nelson to Kenton
school, to Harry Faulkner, Kenton;
Route 68, Bowers Beach to Fred
erica, to Calvin A. Langren, Fred
erica; Route ~, Chestnut Grove
to Dover school to Carroll L.
Thompson, Dover. Sussex Coun-
ty Route 36, Progress and Excel
sior to Bridgeville, to Harry R.
Kitchens, Bridgeville; Route 98,
Ellis Grove to Laurel school, to
Monroe J. Whaley, Laurel; Route
112, Gooden's district to Willsboro
school, to Daniel w. Henderson,
Millsboro.
Smyrna times., 1936-07-23

,,,inoton. has been a guest of Miss
Dorothy Riggs for the past several
days.
Mr. John Magill and Mr.. Henry
sbapley left yesterday for Char
1otsville, Va, where they will spend
a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Reynolds of
pbiladelphia, are visiting their
daughter, Mrs. Lloyd Jones and
Mr.. Jones.
Mrs. Ivason Rowland and her
Young son, of East Orange, N. j.,
are spending few days with her
father, Mr.. Samuel A. Fortner.
Miss Mary Davis of Laurel, was
the weekend guest of Miss Norma
Coleman.
Mrs. Frank Fleming spent last
week in Ventnor, N. j.
Miss Katherine Ely is spending
the week at Mays Landing, N. ].
Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Schantz
sailed from New York yesterday
for a ten-day trip to Bermuda.
Mrs. v. Lay Phillips, who is oc-
cupying her cottage at Rehoboth
for the summer, was home over
the weekend.
Miss Eleanor Williams of Reho-
both. spent the weekend with Miss
Mary Anne Webb.
Smyrna times., 1936-07-23

mittee composed of Mrs. Kate
Henley Daugherty, New Castle
County Home Demonstration
Agent; Miss Amy Rextrew, Pro-
fessor of Home Economics at the
University of Delaware, and Mrs.
Louis Stats, president of the New
Castle County Home Demonstra-
tion Council. Thelma Atwell, who
was graduated from the Middle
town High School in June, 1886,
In the upper fourth of her class,
viii enroll for the courses in Home
Economics at the Women's College,
University of Delaware, in Sep
tember. According to Mrs. Daugh-
erty, this is the first time that the
Home Demonstration College
scholarship has been offered by the
New Castle County Home Demon
stration Clubs and it is a move on
the part of the clubs to help rural
girls to obtain n higher education.