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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-03
NEW COURSES

The educational courses Of the
WPA are reaching into strange
fields.
Latest school opened with the
aid of the WPA is one for domes-
tic servants.
The FERA allotted $4,000 to
New York recently to taks care
Of the expenses of the new school.
Relief rolls will furnish the stu
dents and attendants at the
classes will be taught preparation
Of foods and other domestic
duties.
One of the courses will deal
with care Of infants.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-03

joint session Of
Congress.
This Is true
despite cir
howlS Of "out-
rage" and pub
licity seeking"
They realize
that by deliver.
ing his address
at night the
President W ill
be getting his
message across
to a far greater
audience than
he would If he
Rolla1r,nI aus
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-03
THOSE DINNERS

Those Jackson Day dinners that
the Democrats will hold next
week have raised another point
in addition to the question Of
the propriety of honoring An,
drew Jackson with seats at $50
a plate.
The new question comes about
through the announcement by
w. Forbes Morgan, secretary Of
the Democratic National Com.
mittee, that dinners have been
arranged for the Democrats on a
number Of ships Of American
steamship lines.
To the uninitiated 1t would
seem that a ship has just as
good a right to entertain wan
dering Democrats as hotel has
to entertain those that are stay
ing at home:
But some nasty Republican is
about to do q little shouting
about the Democrats using steam.
ship lines which are aided by
Government funds for political
purposes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-03

Happy New Year?
Well. maybe
That depends on ME
I want luck this year
I want fun
And adventure
I want a place
In the big parade
And / can have them
If I'll do
One thing,
One thing only.
And that's?
LIVE IN TODAY!
This is 1895;
Not '35 or '37,
Not Yesterday or To
morrow,
But TODAY.
III can remember tina
And live Today, AS is
I'll have all the luck
1 can handle
And then some!
LIVING IN TODAY
Listens easy.
Doesn't it?
But it's just about
The toughest job
A man can tackle.
Quitting things
WHIT, they're over,
Not starting them
Until they've begun
And living in tn
middle
OF the present me
ment-
That calls for larg
gohs
LOT gumption an
sense;
So much, in fact,
That most of us Stol
Before we've ever
started.
LIVING IN YESTEF
DAY
That's a snap!
Living in Yesterday,
Beefing at Today,
Blubbering about
The Good Old Times
When I was o Gibson
Girl
(CopyriEl
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-03
THEY'RE OFF

Republican performers in the
Greatest Show are actually rather
glad that President Roosevelt has
announced his intention to deliver
his annual message at a night
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-03
The Greatest Show On Earth
BIZ John Snure, Jr.

To the reporter uninitiated in
covering the Court the assign.
ment is in many respects a bug.
bear. The newspaper men have
almost Is many precedents to fol,
low in getting a story out Of the
Court as the Court has to observe
in reaching one Of its decisions.
The third ring Of the circus
isn't departing from its policy Of
excluSiveness. It's just recogniZ.
ing q humane need,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-03
An Appeal to Congress

All Appcdl W COllgIcSS
Those Washingtonans who make the city their day
in and day out place of residence glad to welcome
back to the community today those parttm citizens
who represent their States and districts in the Congress
No Congress ever convenes but that the local citizens
expect to do great things both for the city and the
Nation.
Regardless of how some Congressional districts in No
vember may look at those who coming to Washing
ton today there is spirit of old home week. for them
in the National Capital.
There are of course, two reasons for this spirit
In the first place Neutrality-suspicious. know the members
Of Congress personally and rejoice at renewing the
uuaintanceshps that cut off when the last session
adjourned
BUT IN THE SECOND (AND LOCALLY MORE I'M
PoRTANT) PLACE EVERY CONGRESS THAT CON
VENEs MUST AT SOME TIME OR OTHER RESOLVE
ITSELF INTO A CITY COUNCIL TO DELIBERATE
UPON OUR COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AND TO d.
RECT OUR COMMUNITY DESTINY.
Manu- of US think that this latter condition is an
imposition upon busy Congressman and an insult to
the intelligence of citizens UhO feel perfectly
able to govern themselves.
Regardless of that the fact remains that those meet
ing at the Capitol today will, during the next few
months have to tackle dozens of details of local legs
laton which will seem to have little importance to the
Nation at large as represented in the Congress.
THESE SEEMINGLY UNIMPORTANT BILLS AND
RESOLUTIONS WILL, HOWEVER, HAVE VERY
VITAL BEARING ON THE DAILY LIVES OF THE
HALF MILLION OR MORE PERSONS WHO LIVE IN
WASHINGTON.
This isn't going to be very calm session Of Congress-
That is obvious to anyone who is the least bit familiar
with the national scene
There will be before the body dozens Of measures
which will require the utmost consideration If the ma
tional welfare is to be properly served.
In addition to these bills all of the members OF the
House and many members Of the Senate will be doing
considerable personal worrying over their prospects OF
reelection.
Under the circumstances there might Ueu be
natural tendency to let the purely local bills UUGit
until later session or to pass them hurrIedLy ana
Without sufficient consideration of their import
For the hundreds of thousands of residents of Wash
ingon we beseeh the members Of the Senate and House
to bear in mind that every local bill is tremendously
important to some element of the local population
WE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY ARE PoWERLEss
FROM A VOTING STANDPOINT AND IT IS ONLY
BY AN APPEAL TO THE SENSE OF FAIRNESS
AND JUSTICE OF THE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
THAT OUR PROJECTS AND ASPIRATIONS CAN
RECEIVE THE ATTENTION WHICH WE FEEL
THEY DESERVE.
SUCH AN APPEAL WE NOW MAKE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-03
The Human Side of the News
By T. E. Powers
BIZ EdWin C.. Hill

US or have Great Britain take
them into the Empire"
He went on to talk about Singa
pore, where he had been recently
and to tell Of the spy scares there
and the recent trial Of three
Chinese for manufacturing eX
plosives, believed to be intended
for the blowing UP Of part Of the
$50, 900, 900 naval base.
There" he said, ''in the
Straits Settlements, at the cross
roads of the East, is the key
stronghold for defense Of the
.mpire.
For more than six years the
English have been building it
and today they have it about
ready, with a dock capable Of
repairing the mightiest warship
afIOat.
Hitherto, the nearest such
base was in Malta, . couple Of
thousand miles too far away for
the convenience Of q fleet Oper.
ating in eastern waters
''The japanese have suggested
to England that the base be
much less formidable since it
was q potential menace to them
and might require that they do
something in the same line to
offset it.
"But His Majesty's govern
ment has been politely deaf and
has gone ahead to mount their
1S-inch guns, the heaviest in the
world, at this Gibraltar Of the
East.
aircraft, artillery and infan-
try will be there in force and
next year will see the place
impregnable. Then England
can send her fleet into the
Pacific without fear that 1t will
be crippled 1000 miles from its
base.
"What makes Singapore such
a strategic point? Well, the
city is about equidistant from
India and Australia, and hap
pens to be the fourth largest
British port, after London.
Liverpool and HOngkOng.
"AlSO, it is midway by sea be-
tween India and HOnkOng, or
five days steaming time from
each. About q year ago the
British held their maneuverS
there, and IL was referred to as
the greatest gathering Of war.
ships since the assembly Of the
Russian fleet in the Baltic in
1905.
SINGAPORE
'Tt'S . beehive today, with
every race in the East in its
streets or on the boats in the
harbOr.
''When the India Company
took it in 1919, there were only
a few Malay fishermen on the
island. You get a picture there
which no other port in the
world can give you.
at took John Bull q long
time to make up his mind about
building his new Gibraltar. But
he's going through now with q
vengeance. JelliCOe and Beatty
wanted it built before the World
War. ROthermere has been
against it, along with the others
in England who favor close
friendship with Japan.
However, they've been over
ridden, for which some day they
may be thankful.
Singapore means a lot to the
peace of the Pacific, and 1t will
mean a lot in the decision Of
any war there, II war should
come"
Copyright, 1885. King Features
syndicate. InO.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-03
Listen, World!
BIZ Elsie Robinson

I'll LIVE IN TODAY!
| And you were a Bi.
cycle Kid,
Warming ourselves
At old triumphs
Hiding ourselves
In old griefS-
There's q scheme
That calls for neither
Courage nor magma
ton!
Memories
They're the perfect
Excuses and escape,
The perfect protec-
ton
For fear and stupid
ity.
LaZireSs and conceit,
Any fathead, blow
hard
Or spineleSs sissy
Can live in Yesterday
And most Of them do!
LIVE IN YESTERDAY
land YOU'LL ENJOY
lALL TIL E ADVAN
TAGES
IOF BEING DEAD
WITHOUT BUYING A
TOMBSTONE.
But, of course,
It's a little
Hard for those
Who have to lug
You around!
LIVING IN TOMOR
ROW
That's equally soft.
Spending our d avs
dreaming
IOr worrying
There's another
Number One Racket
For those who can't
Take it Now.
why do most lives
Ravel out?
That's why.
I'VE like. of course,
TO blame it on
The Other Fellow;
I've like to think
we've been gypped
BY our 1n-lawS
Tor God
t, 1885, King Features Synd
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-03
OLD FAVORITES

The Rustic At THE Play George SGnt1yGnG
Our youth is like rustic at the play
That cries aloud in Supplemented fear
Curses the villain, shudders at the fray
And weeps before the maden's wreathed bier.
Yet familiar with the changeful show
He starts no longer at a brandished knife
But, his heart chastened at the sight of woe,
Ponders the mirrored sorrows of his life.
So tutored too, watch the moving art
Of all this magic and impassioned pain
That tells the story of the human heart
In false instance such poets feign;
I SMILE and keep within the parchment furled
That prompts the passions of this strutting world.
Readers nvted to send to the editor their sugges.
lions Of old faVOrtes among the poems for reprnttng in
this spGce.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-03

lOr the Administra-
| ton
But 'tiSn't so.
The reason why
I'VE miss our Big
| Chances
IS-WE'RF NEVER
HOME
WHEN THEY COME.
We're always gadding
Somewhere else,
Drifting in Yesterday
Or dreaming Of Tomor-
row,
But never busy
On the job Today.
This is 1886
And I'm going to
Live it AS IS!
Help me, God,
ITO do this thing
Give me the courage
To live in the Present
The courage to leave
my withered laurels
And my empty graves.
my ancient
Glories and grudges
And rose wreathed
Castles in Spain,
And live NOW.
Teach me, my father,
TO live as life lives,
Not yearning b a C k.
ward,
INor peering forward
But clutching ca C h
moment
Proudly, passionately,
AS though it were
The first or the last
Second of time.
Teach me to face
The problems Of Today
With the thoughts Of
Today,
In the language Of To.
day,
mo matter what the
cost
In sacrifice or humili.
alton
And so help me be-
come
An eager, growing part
lOf your glorious,
Living Present.
AMEN.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-03
The Peak of Irony

Fhe ownfok Of Nuremberg Germany apparently see moth
ing rouic in their decision to give Christmas present.
foryroom palace Julius sreicher reward for his work
in fostering anti Semitism.
1ronic, Of course, isn't the word
It goes beyond that-ths giving Of great present to
breeder Of race hatred champion Of persecution on the
sion Of the 9S5h anniversary Of Jesus Christ whose greatest
message was love Of neighbor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-03
Gambling

Dice used by the ancient Greeks and Persans were just
crooked many modern ones.
Such Dice made Of knucke bones, exhibition at
Teachers College, Columbia University The unwary player
nsnp them had as much chance does the who thinks
he can beat slot machine
There has always been good rule about gambling
That is DON'T GAMBLE.
Or, if you must your own dice.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-03

CoUyrixht. 1885. King Features Syndicate. Inc.)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-15
may Is, 1896
Chicago Farley
of Girl Scout
Leaders Opens
Mrs. Hoover to Speak;
Indianapolis Women
on Program.

Times Special
CHICAGO, May 15.-Indianapolis
Girl Scout leaders, here for the
regional conference today and. to-
morrow, are to hear Mrs. Herbert
Hoover, national president. speak on
scout problems and activities.
Other speakers are TO include Mrs.
Burdsall Edey, national commission
er. and Mrs. Clarence Day, Great
Lakes region chairman. Miss Ruth
Pease, indianapolis director, is to
conduct round table discussion on
council members, and Mrs. Mont
gomery Lewis, indianapolis, region
vice chairman, is to preside at the
meeting tomorrow night.
Others attending the conferences
from indianapolis are Mrs. Fritz
Schaefer, Northwest council repre-
sentative; Mrs. P. w. Holiday,
Northwest leaders association chair
man; Miss Mary 10 Spurrier, secre-
tary and treasurer; Mrs. George
Coffin, Troop % lieutenant; Miss
Mildred Jenkins, Southeast district
field captain: Mrs. E. Startling
Pearce, Brownie commissioner; Mrs.
R. C. Hitler, Troop 81 captain; Mrs.
Teel Tappan, publicity director:
Mrs. Charles Voyles, indianapolis
and Marion County commissioner.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-15
Gov Is Praised
for Work Done
in WPA Office

Praise of Wayne Coy, regional
WPA director, was given today by
Mrs. Ellen S. Woodward (above) ,
assistant WPA administrator at
Washington, at the Indiana state
wide conference of WPA sponsors,
local committees and workers in the
Claypool.
Whenever there is a big job to
be done, we think of Wayne Coy"
she said.
She told the group that through
out the nation 100000 miles of roads
have been built by WPA workers;
10000 school buildings have been
repaired or built; 5000 other public
buildings have been erected or put
in condition for use and work done
on 325 airport projects.
Indiana has planned program
that has served as a model for many
other states" she said. She named
as two of Indiana's outstanding
projects the construction of small
dams and the elimination of rail-
road crossing hazards, which she
said were jobs requiring a maximum
amount of labor and a minimum
amount of material.
I'VE have to be careful not to dis
criminate in this work" Mrs. Wood
ward said. Politics. so far as we
are concerned, is out"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-15
7 axe Off Hats,
Indorsers Urge

Protests against failure of women
to remove their hats in moving pic
ture theaters have been sent the
city exhibitors president. R. R. Bair
by the Indianapolis IndorSers of
Photoplays.
The organization also has ex-
pressed disapproval of unnecessary
noise in theaters.
The annual fun day of the or
ganization is to be held June 2 at
Earl w. Kieger's country home, when
members are to take part in an all :
day program.
Attending are to be new officers
Mrs. David Ross, reelected presi-
dent; Mrs. Carl Day, reelected first
vice president; Mrs. James E.
Sproule, second vice president; Mrs.
Wolf Sussman, third vice president;
Mrs. Isaac Born, fourth vice presi-
dent; Mrs. H. w. Southland, record
ing secretary: Mrs. Will Woods, cor
responding secretary; Mrs A. j.
Hueber, treasurer; Mrs. E. L. Bur-
nett, auditor, and Miss Julia Belle
Tutewiler, parliamentarian. New
board members, also to attend, arc
Mesdames Casper Kemps, G. J.
Finch and Robert Mottern.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-15
State Dentists
Festivities Set

DR.. Edward L. Mitchell. retiring
Indiana State Dental Association
president, Mrs. Mitchell, and DR.. N.
T. Berkey, Fort Wayne, incoming
president, are to be seated at the
speakers table Tuesday night at the
associations annual dinner dance.
Gov. McNutt and DR.. George B.
Winters, st. Louis. American Dental
Association president, are to be
honor guests.
Association officers and their
wives also are to be seated at the
speakers table. The program is to
include cabaret numbers, under di-
rection of Drs. F.. Wade LaRue, Joe
E. Buck and w. l. Mccullough.
Other social events during the
convention are to include meetings
of dental fraternitieS and auxiliary
units; meeting of the indiana
University Dental School alumni, a
luncheon for officers of II state
dental societies and past preSi-
dents luncheon.
Members and their wives are to
be entertained at banquet Sunday
night at the Indianapolis Athletic
Club, and Psi Omega fraternity is
to have luncheon in the Claypool
Tuesday
Miss Mildred Hoffman has ar
ranged a program for Indiana As
ISOLATION of Dental Assistants, and
dentists wives and women guests
are to be entertained at a lunch
con at the VIM. H. Block tea room
Wednesday. They also are to make
tour of the Eli Lilly Co. plant.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-15
Young America
Speaks Up at
PIT. A. Farley
Modern Society Travels
Too Fast, Complaint
of Student.
BIZ United Press

NJ bHucd Prfss
MILWAUKEE,. May 15.-Young
America has brushed aside its elders
and come forth with its own ideas
OF youth in modern society.
The National Congress of Parents
and Teachers, in convention here,
surrendered its seats yesterday
about the discussion table and lis
tened to youth criticise formulas
devised to make this better coun-
try.
The scene of this reversal of ira
dition was the youth conference, an
outstanding feature of this year ,
convention.
Donald Boyer, Chicago graduate
student, said: Modern society is
travelling so fast that youth has diff
ficulty in catching up with it,"
Virginia Hirst, Winnetka, Ill,
graduate student, pointed cut the
need Tor vocational guidance, among
other things, to assist youth in Sc
curing an economic foothold.
When many university graduates
left college during the depression, A."
she said, "the chances of fulfilling
the pattern of life conceived during
their course OF study seemed small. .
Afterward Glenn Frank, Univer-
sity of Wisconsin president, told the
convention that education is one of
the greatest safeguards against die
tatorship.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-15
Tonlght's Party
Given in Honor
Of Bride-to-Be

Mrs. Essie Earl is to entertain with
bridal party at her home tonight
in honor of Miss Margaret Cheese
brough, who is to be married to
Emil Mertz June 10 at st. Anthony's
Church.
Mrs. Charles C. Chesebrough,
mother of the bride-to-be, is to as
sist the hostess. The centerpiece of
the serving table is to be minia-
ture altar and bridal couple. Other
appointments are to be in pink and
blue, bridal colors.
Gifts are to be placed in a deco
rated wagon and presented 10 the
bride-to-be by Pauline Comella and
Jack Moran, flower girl and ring
bearer.
Guests are to be Mrs. Emil H.
Mertz, mother of the bridegroom
to-be. Mesdames Ormel C. CHEESE
brough, Hubert Mertz, Ernest
Sharp, Edward Schilling, Eugene
Gohmann, Jacob Herald, Lawrence
Mooney, Milton Kuntz, Jerry Co.
mella, John O'Neal, John Dugan
Leo Moran, Richard Hanley, Clifford
Hanley, John MacQuaid. Mary
Zener, Joseph Busch, Horton Oliver
Guy E. Street, William McClennon,
William Sherman, Emil Soufflot
Bernard Flynn, George Usher, Ed
ward Nottingham, Thomas Boyle,
Oscar Schilling, Elizabeth Jones
Michael Healey, John Helmer,
Frank Kelley, Daniel Donahue
Joseph Walpole and Catherine Con-
nor; Misses Margaret Irwin, Ger
aldine Kuntz, Mary Mooney and
Elizabeth Lenahan.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-15
Pupils to Seek
Athletic Honor
in Field Events
lakewood and st. Agnes
Competition Scheduled
for May 20.

lakewood School and st. Agnes
Academy pupils are to meet in COM
petition May 90 at Ladywood's an
nual field day.
Miss Jean O'Connell, athletic in
structor at both schools, is directing
the girls in arranging horse show,
tennis tournament and track meet.
lakewood Athletic Association Is
sponsoring the event. It's officers
include Catherine Garland, presi-
dent; Antoinette Holzborn, Cincin-
natl, vice president; Virginia Meyer,
Chicago, secretary, and Grace Cave
naugh, Chicago, treasurer.
Award to Be Given
Awards are to be presented win
ners at dinner in the evening
Out-of-town parents, alumnae and
pupils at the various Catholic acad-
emies are expected to attend.
Miss Virginia Fisher, Detroit, is
the horse show chairman. Approx
mately Is lakewood students are to
ride in the event.
The track meet is to include broad
jump, discus, hurdle, relay, high
jump and dash events.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-15

Of diamonds. The ten of clubs
was played and West, being down
to the king-ten-four of trump, was
forced to play the four Now he
had to lead from his terrace
holding IN trump into declarer's
ace-queen.
Even if West had elected to
trump with the king of diamonds
at any point where South had re-
turned a heart, and then played
a small diamond, in an effort TO
shorten declarer's combined trump
holdings. declarer still would have
been able to make his contract py
ruffing his losing hearts, drawing
the adverse trump with one round
of diamonds, and then cashing
his good club.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-15
THETA CARD PARTY
SET NEXT FRIDAY

Members and friends of Gamma
Alumnae Chapter, Kappa Alpha
Theta Sorority, are to attend bingo
party in the Butler University chap
ter house, 442 w, 46th-st next Fri
day.
Miss Betty Haworth is chairman
in charge of arrangements. She is
to be assisted by Mesdames Evan
son carp, Albert Ehlers and Helen
Mercer and Miss Magdalene Adams.
Theta seniors are to be enter
tanned June S, when a meeting
originally scheduled for last night
is to be held.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-15
Solution to Precious
Contract Problem
BY w. E. M'KENNEY


T HAVE chosen today's hand be-
II cause it contains very I'M
usual feature-a situation i'll
which declarer cross-ruffed prac-
tically the entire hand to make
his small slam contract. BY
means of this maneuver he was
able to develop the hand to the
point where he was successful in
working an end play in the trump
suit.
Aggressive bidding found South,
the declarer. in a six diamond
contract, which looked extremely
difficult TO make. The bidding,
however, seemed to indicate un-
balanced holdings in the opponents
hands. which might be very IA
vorable to declarer for cross ruff
ing purposes.
Vests opening lead of the king
of spades was won with the ace
in dummy. South diScardine a
small heart. The queen of clubs
was played and allowed to win
the second trick A low spade
was ruffed by South, East dis
carding a heart.
South now cashed his ace of
hearts and returned small heart,
which he ruffed in dummy with
the six of diamonds. On the next
play East covered dummy's jack
of clubs and South won the trick
with the ace.
A heart was ruffed in dummy.
West discarding spade, and a
spade was returned from dummy,
South ruffing.
Declarer now played his last
heart and West again was forced
to discard spade. The trick was
won in dummy with the last
trump.
Another spade was returned.
and South ruffed with the eight