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The Washington times., 1936-03-27
Listen, World!
By Elsie Robinson

'one-celled COB in a primeval
swamp rebelled. Wanted two
cells instead of one. Got all
Swelled up with discomfort until
it expanded into two cells-and
then grew on and on-through
countless discontentS-until there
came a creature with a brain and
soul called man.
That's the scientific story Of
life.
And the Bibles story
"And the Lord God formed
man Of the dust Of ground,
and breathed into his nOStrilS
the breath Of life: And man
became living SOUL"
A little dumb dust in the great
hand of God-and that was all
man was at firSt-until God filled
him with the breath of life.
RESTLESSNESS
What was the secret of that
breath? What did the great, busy
God do to a little dumb dust to
Gu4AA ~ INV q 4A4141-A44dOC LA 64Ao
image?
He breathed into that dust His
own wish for life. His own crea-
tive restlessness. His own divine
discomfort. God had discomfort.
That old Book of Genesis is the
story of the magnificent, Unsuitable
discomfort. God wasn't satisfied
with an empty sky, a sterile earth.
He hung new stars within that
sky. He planted trees within the
earth. And from dumb dust He
made-His partner-to share His
discontent-to share the glory and
the grief of discomfort.
Do not peeve or grieve about d1s-
content. Do not try to make your.
self resigned. Accept it. BE glad
for it. Get busy with it. It is the
most sacred gift you have.
copyright. 1895. by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.) -
The Washington times., 1936-03-27
"THE LADY ELEANOR"

Representative John Steven Nc
Groarty, Democratic poet laureate
Of California, has written poem
to Mrs. Roosevelt entitled 1.-THE
Lady Eleanor"
Representative Edward A. Ken
ney CD0 Of New Jersey says Nc
Groarty wrote it "out Of the brood
ing of his heart.
He wrote:
"The roads that stretch from
East to West,
The high roads and all the rest,
The roads that 60
Where all men know,
Where men have gone and gone
before
They know the Lady Eleanor.
They hear her footsteps. And
the grass
OF fields and meadows sees her
pass
On tireless quests. Where rivers
bend
And oceans wait and wide
lands end;
The miles that wind from shore
to shore
They know the Lady Eleanor.
What seeks the LADY Eleanor
In her wide quests from shore
to ShOre?"
There is considerably more tx
the poem attempting to explain
what Mrs. Roosevelt seeks in "hel
quests from shore to shore"
The Washington times., 1936-03-27

looms. GU"" - III"
Any day, now. we should hear of
a fresh departure from Tampa to-
ward that island Of the Virgin
group which was reported to be
their haven and prospective para
disc. There will be nudists abroad
in no less than "a of our States
this summer, so we find in the
news. Certainly, one excellent rea-
son for congratulating the other
"a. For the objection to the
nudist cult is not on the score Of
immortality but squarely on the
ground Of good taste. The matter
is aesthetic, rather than ethical.
The fact of the matter is, there
is rarely anything beautiful about
the unclothed human body, the
average r1n-of-the-mill human
body.
FAD SPREADS
But the cult Of nudity seems to
NC 44ASA Coo44AS JUov do ally 4oO OOOAAAo
to be able to spread in this fad
loving country of ours. There are
said to be 10000 nudistS in the
country, and. there is even an Of
fic1al magazine. Addicts assert
proudly that there will be a million
Gin the raw" before the snow flies
this year.
Maybe so, but there are certain
reasons why one doubts it. The
woman doesn't live and breathe
who doesn't like to wear pretty
clothes; and even if they are not
pretty, there is some strange and
kindly magic Of the gods which
transmutes her vision and makes
them, to her, at least, seem pretty.
Will the ladies give up their
fine fixings? JamaiS, as we say
in that dear old Paris. Two other
reasons are frost and sun. The
human hide is not suited to com
plete exposure to Americans win
ters and American summers. And
there is an innate shynesS In
most people which, in the end,
will BATTLE all this nudist faddism.
Besides, nudism Is funny-and
few things survive which are tar
The Washington times., 1936-03-27
The HagOOd Headache

Reports that Maj Gen. johnson Hagood fired"
from the Army for Ccizng the Raw Deal is to be rensated
and sent to command at Governors Island.
This distinguished Army officer commanded to testify before
congressional committee and TELL THE TRUTH did that
AND ONLY THAT
Now having fired him. the Raw Dealers realize what mis-
take they made They realize that the Hagood will
doubedly figure in the coming election and it won't be
figure THEIR side.
Only by renstatng him that mistake be partly corrected
Only by reinsating him and hoping that the voters will
FORGET.
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The Human Side of the News
Bu Edwin C.. Hill

gets for the raucous laughter Of
the crowd.
More than nudists are wistfully
seeking earthly paradises in these
tumultuouS times when high
taxes have everybody by the neck.
James Norman Hall and his
clever literary partner find their
paradise in the South Seas, in
Tahiti, from whence they have
given us the thrilling tale of the
Bounty mutineerS.
Bali beckons and so do a hun.
dred islets Of the Sunlit seas.
Many people living today on frac-
tions of their former incomes
would like to flee from landlords
and bills, from unemployment
and depression statistics.
SECRET HOPES
The reported popularity in
Wall Street in past months of
two travel books-one telling how
to live on the Spanish Island
Of Majorca for as little as SO
a week; the other maintaining
that the tropical ease of a South
Sea island can be acquired for
only $40 a month-indicateS the
wistful and secret ambition of
many a financier, not to mention
doctors, lawyers, merchants.
Happily, there are almost
enough paradiSeS to go around.
Then there is gentle Samoa and
lovely Guam, where Uncle Sam
flies his flag, and the coral
isles of the Bahamas where many
Americans. Mr.. Lou Wasey and
Mr.. John McCutcheon among
them, own tiny domains sur.
rounded by turquoise seas. And
a writer in Asia recommends
Peiping for those who would live
well, cheaply and happily. She
tells us that sitting room, bed
room and bath, with meals. can
be secured in the best hotels in
Peiping for $50 a month in
American money.
A member of the American lega-
ton staff has been renting beau
tiful house, unfurniShed, for $40
a month. The house has a draw
ing room 20 by IS feet, a dining
room of the same size, large bed
room, a foreign" bathroom and,
across the wide courtyard, a guest
room, kitchen and servants quar-
tiers. This contented householder
pays his cook 81 gold a month.
He entertains lavishly because
Of his legation connections, and
his total expenses, rent, food, Serv-
ants and all incidentals, comes to
less than 500 gold a month. Two
persons can keep house in Peiping
modestly for $50 gold a month
more lavishly for $75, and for 500
month they can live like lords Of
the manor.
Living is correSpondingly cheap
in other parts Of China. On to
Peiping! Or must you have an
isle?
(cOpyright, 1896. by King Features
synd1eGts. Inc.)
The Washington times., 1936-03-27
By James T. Williams, Jr.

lmind and in exposing his mis-.
representation on this score.
AS soon as this extraordinary
declaration on the part of the
chairman of the House Commit
tee of Military Affairs was
brought to the attention of the
President he authorized the
Secretary of War to set forth
again the Presidents real atti.
tude toward the West Point bill.
Acting with the Presidents
authority, the Secretary Of War
sent a representative Of his de.
partment to the subcommittee
on Military Affairs having un-
der consideration the West
Point bill, to make the follow.
ing statement:
'Due to the doubt that was
expressed before your commit
tee as to whether the President
was in favor Of the increase in
the number of cadets at West
Point, as proposed in S-21O5,
which is now under cOnSiderar
ton, the Secretary Of War, Mr..
Dern, took this matter up with
President Roosevelt at a Cabinet
meeting on Tuesday, April %.
The President was informed at
that time that doubt had been
expressed as to whether he
favored the proposed increase.
ON RECORD
''The President reiterated to
the Secretary of War his pre-
viOus statement; that he was
heartily in favor of the enact
ment of this legislation; that
he favored the proposed in
crease in the strength of the
corps of cadets at West Point:
and further, that he had no
objection whatever to his views
being made public"
But Representative McSwain
did not stop at revealing conf.
Dental information regarding the
national defense, which. had he
been a private citizen would have
subjected him to punishment by
imprisonment for 20 years or for
much more drastic punishment in
time of war. He did not stop at
tricking the House of Represent
atives into slipping into the Con-
gresSional Record under "Exten.
sion of Remarks" an indefensibly
mendaciouS attack upon the grad
yates of West Point-the living
and the dead. He did not stop at
misrepreSenting the attitude Of
the President regarding the West
Point bill.
He misrepresented the young
officers of the Air Corps by &C.
tually testifying before the sub.
committee of the Military Affairs
Committee that their West Point
training was a handicap rather
than a help in qualifying them to
fly the Colors over land and sea.
The refutation of this false ac-
cusation is now before the Mill.
tary Affairs Committee.
The Washington times., 1936-03-27

"WeSt Point-A school that
has produced man to meet
eUery national emergency that
has eper confronted the coun-
try."-Chiet Justice White.
President Roosevelt was recently
the victim of an indefensible mis-
representation by the Chairman
of the House Committee on Mill
tary Affairs, Representative Nc
Swain Of South Carolina. whom
the President was compelled to
rebuke publicly for revealing to
the world the most confidential
information regarding the ma
tional defense plans of the Army.
This information was given on
his own demand as cha -rman and
under the pledge Of absolute
secrecy.
An impartial investigation by
the Congress will disclose that this
confidential information was not
only sent to the Public Printer by
the specific order of Mr.. McSwain,
but that it was sent after his at
tention had been called to the
fact, that it had been given under
pledge Of secrecy, and that to
print IL would violate that pledge
and be contrary to every precedent
in either House of Congress.
The Misrepresentation of the
President occurred after a visit
to the White House, made by Mr..
McSwain in a futile attempt to
dissuade the President from press
ing upon Congress legislation
opening the doors Of West Point
to 700 more patriotic young Amer.
leans than are now training in
that splendid school Of character
that glories in the motto -
Honor. Duty, Country"
PRESIDENTS ATTITUDE
''In a letter of April II to the
Secretary of War, who had in
formed him that The Presi-
dent is very deSirOus that this
bill (the West Point bill prOvid-
ing for 700 additional appoint
ments) be enacted into law in
sufficient time to allow Senators
and COngresSmen to take ad-
vantage Of appointments for the
coming academic year. Mr..
McSwain replied:
81 am opposed to this dill.
You tell me what the President
desires. 1 have talked with the
President but feel that should
not disclose what he said. How
ever, I must say that either you
or I have misunderstood She
President"
Mr.. McSwain was apparently
entirely willing to disclose con,
fidential information regarding
the national defense which
might enable an enemy to win a
war against the United States but
he hesitated to disclose what the
President said and contented hlln
self with miSrepresenting che
Presidents attitude toward the
West Point bill.
But the President has lost no
time in clearing up Mr.. McSwain'S S
The Washington times., 1936-03-27

you'll never be perfectly happy,
comfortable or satisfied. You'll
always be wanting something, re-
belling against something. You'll
be discontented. But there's moth
ing abnormal about that. You
shouldn't grieve over it. Or peeve
over it. Still less, should you settle
down and try to be resigned.
Accept discomfort as a normal
and necessary condition o. your
life-and thank God for it!
For the day you're satisfied,
completely contented, that day
you'll be through . that day
you'll be as through with this
life as though you had died.
PUSHING ON"
You can't go on living and be
satisfied. If you're satisfied, you
stay put. If you're living. you
push on. And pushing on is
bound to mean discontentment
and rebellion. Growth is just one
dissatisfaction after another.
You and I are here today be
cause, billions Of years ago, q
The Washington times., 1936-03-27

Learn from the unfortunate Mr. o. Fairbanks proprietor
the Fairbanks Hotel of Miami F that real safety to
be found in SAVINGS BANKS not in any brilliant hide
away idea Of your
Mr. Fairbanks had $4,000 in cash. two handsome diamond
rings beautiful necklace, plus "a brilliant idea
he removed the caster from leg Of his bed stuffed the
money and jewey into the hollow bed post put back the
caster felt happy, thought his wealth was safe.
Somebody watched that bed post and Mr. Fairbanks the
other day, found it empty. Some else had the
money and jewelry
To make yourself safe, money; and to make your
money safe put it in the savings bank
The Washington times., 1936-03-27
The Greatest Show On Earth
BY John Snure, T.

who wanted to say gOOdby to his
wife who was going away on a
certain train. He asked the porter
II he had time enough, and the
porter simply asked. ''HOw long
have you been married?"
Continuing his discussion Of ex
penditureS. Clifford said:
''FOr instance, I read Of one
city in a neighbOring State hav-
ing had an allotment Of $780,
600 for Slum clearance, and
there is not q slum in It,"
Representative Edward w
Creal CD, Of Kentucky. de
manded:
"Can the gentleman suggest
any remedy to bring about his
SuggeStiOns?"
Clifford answered:
eyes. The Democratic plat
form Of 1882, the platform you
had but never put into opera
toni should like to try it."
The Washington times., 1936-03-27
Wise Words

For fools rush in where angels
fear to tread.-Pope.
None but himself can be his
parallel.-Theobald.
Whatever is worth doing at
all, is worth doing well.-Chester-
field.
Confidence is q plan Of slow
growth in an aged boSom-Pitt.
The Washington times., 1936-03-27

Utah and Rep
re S e n t a t i've
Mary T. Norton
CD of New
Jersey a request
that Congress
appropriate for
q farm where
habitual drunkS
Of Washington
may be sent In
the hope Of cur
ing them.
Senator King,
cha irm an Of
the Senate Dis
trict Commit
The Washington times., 1936-03-27

F a nix Wa r d
ON a | / e y S
priceless w a b
Bile, sale d
'ro un a n d
nd a n d
came out no.
where? Surely,
they must have
located a nudist
navi g a tor by
this time, a
skipper learned
in the mathe-
matics Of Bow
ditch, yet Scorn-
full of peajack-
cts and panta-
The Washington times., 1936-03-27
WORTH A TRIAL

Discussing the proposals to cur
tail Government agencies, Repre-
sentative Charles L. Clifford CD
of Massachusetts,, recentlv said:
"SOme gener al statements
should be made as to how diff
cult it Is to get rid Of one Of
these new activities. which are
being from time to time set up
by this Government.
"A remarkable example came
up here q day or two ago in the
matter Of the CCC camps. When
the President himself tried to re-
duce them the Congress would
not allow him to do it. A Demo
Garlic caucus was insisted upon
and the President capltulated.
Now we have this setup which
they wish to continue for still
another year. It is attractive.
They want to love It . little
longer.
at Il very much like the man
The Washington times., 1936-03-27

zee, anQ MrS. Mrs. Mary T. Norton
Norton, chairman Of the House
District Committee, are expected
to have hearings on the bill.
For many years, authorities Of
the United States Bureau Of Mar
cotics. hospital officials and others
have advocated creation of some
institution in the Nations Capital
where drug addictS might be sent
for long treatment.
At the present time there Is no
public hospital or institution in
the city to care for that class.
Gallinger Municipal Hospital
only has facilities which permit
holding an addict for a short
period until the person RECEIVERS
somewhat from an actual dose Of
drugs but not from addiction.
Research indicates that addic-
tion cannot be cured in less than
eight months, if ever.
When the Commissioners rec
ommend a farm for habitual
drunks they might also ask that
Congress make provision for ad.
diets so that persons afflicted
would not be turned on the streets
as soon as they recovered from
the actual effects of being tenn.
porarily drugged.
The Washington times., 1936-03-27

gusted enough
to quit?
"Are things
always gOin 6
to be like thiS?''
you cry. "WOn't
/ ever get the
breaks.
No. Never the
bre q ks you
want. Of this
you m ay be
sure re-whatever
you get out OF
life it won't be
enough.
If you're a
hoo1thv human
The Washington times., 1936-03-27
WHAT OF NUDIsM

What has become of the nudiSt
ship of Tampa, Fla.-that divert
ing craft which, like the late
The Washington times., 1936-03-27
TAKES TIME

The Commissioners Of the Ma
tional Capital have forwarded to
Senator William H. King CD of
The Washington times., 1936-03-27
OLD FAVORITES
Song of Saul Before His Last Battle

DUTIY W DWWU D67UTE 4zES AIOL DWCUIE
By LORD BYRON
Warriors and chiefs should the shaft or the sword
Pierce in leading the host of the Lord,
Heed not the corse though kings in your path:
Bury your steel in the bosoms Of Gath
Thou who art bearing my buckler and bow,
Should the soldiers of Saul look away from the foe
Stretch me that moment in blood at thy feet!
Mine be the doom which they dared not to meet.
Farewell to Others but part
Heir to my royalty of my heart!
Bright is the diadem, boundess the sway
Or kingly the death, which awaits us today!
ReGderS are vted to send to the editor their sugges
lions of the fGUoites among the poems for reprtmg II
This spCce)
The Washington times., 1936-03-27
DON'T BE CONTENTED

Something gone wrong just
when you thought you were sitting
pretty at last? And you're dis
The Washington times., 1936-03-27
McSwain Misrepresented
President on West Point
Increase, Record Shows
Chairman of House Military Affairs Commit
tee Also Publicly Rebuked by Roosevelt
for Breaking Secrecy Pledge and Re-
vealing Confidential Informa-
ton On National Defense

The following signed article
by James T. Williams, jr., is
reprinted from The Washing
ton Times Of May 7, 1885.
Measures to increase the
number of cadets at West
Point and midshipmen at An
The Washington times., 1936-03-27

napoliS were then being advo-
Gated by the Hearst News
papers, which also advocated
and still advocate the estab.
lishment of a branch of the
Military Academy in the Mid
die West and Of the Naval
Academy on the Pacific Coast.
The Washington times., 1936-12-29
Filmed in New Pictures

w. C. drummer and his great
horse, Guy the Tramp, 2:02, were
filmed in the new picture, "Off to
the Races"
The Washington times., 1936-12-29

downtown dinner club prepares
for it's big holiday. On the bill
are the Music Box Revue and Al
Sakol's swinging band ready to
swing in the new year in the hot
test Of orchestral manners.
Earl Lindsay'S "FlOwer Parade
of 1897 Revue" will grace the
Lotus Restaurants show on
Thursday night. Featured stars
are Theodore and DeneSha,
adagiO team; Garcia Gomez,
Mexican char mer; Evelyn
Knight, singer; "The Barclays"
comedy and sword dancing
team; Victor Hyde, the One-man
band, and Bill Strickland and
the CapitOlianS.
Curtis and Dubois, dancers of
distinction, head line a Snappy pro
gram at the Maryland Club Gar
dens. Dick Buffers plans for the
Hamilton Hotel Rainbow Room
also include an extra special dane
ing program by the Meyer Davis
orchestra replete with Specialties,
decorations and fun providing en-.
tertainment. Both Casa Grande
at Berwyn, Md, and our own Co
coanut Grove will unfurl new mu,
sical sensations to New Year Eve
guests, of which we'll have more to
say tomorrow.
The management of River Bend
asks that reservations for the big
night be made at once as a policy
of not overcrowding will be in ef-
feet. The idea is to insure ade-
quate dancing space and seating
comfort,
The Washington times., 1936-12-29
Local Net Player
Advances

NEW YORK, Dec. 29-A1lie
Ritzenberg, Washington boy who
is seeded No. Z in the national in
door junior lawn tennis cham
pionShips, defeated Robert Keefe,
of Brooklyn, in a thrilling three
set match in the second round of
the tourney here yesterday. The
scores were 8-6, ST, Is.
Don McNeill, Oklahoma City,
who entered from Kenyon College,
and who is No. in the junior last,
scored straight, love-set triumph
over Alfred Jaffe, Brooklyn.
Harper Ink, jr., San Diego, No.
in the boys select list, defeated
Donald Fairbairn, Escarsdale, N.
Y, 6-1, 60.
Among the ranks in the select,
Albert Ritzenberg, of Washington,
D. c., No. 7 junior ace, had the
closest call. He was carried to
three sets and had to play extra
games in every set before beating
Robert Keefe. Brooklyn, SH6.
ST, rs.
Results of some other matches
involving seeded players:
JuniOrs-Melvin Papman New York;
defeated John Ferns, Jr. (Minersville,
Pa.), 6-3, e..
IsadOre BELLS (Philadelphia) won by
default over Alexander Guerry, jr.
(ChattanOOga) Marvin KantrOwitZ New
York; defeated David johnson wash.
ingtOn. d. CO., 6-2, Ga; Malcolm Vein.
stein Germantown, Pa.). defeated Emer-
son Chaplin (New York;, 6-3, 60.
The Washington times., 1936-12-29
EARLY HORSES 5
KIN TRACED

Plesippus ShoshonensiS is not
the name of an ancient Egyptian
king, nor is it the radio nickname
Of q modern comedian. It does,
however, extend into antiquity
and, according to an announce
ment today by Smithsonian Instl-
tuition Paleontologist DR.. c. Lewis
Gain it forms a notable link in
the equine family tree"
Reconstructed from an aSsort-
ment of skeletons and from the
fossilized skulls of 100 animals,
Shoshonensis is the connecting
link between the earliest true
horses and its North American
ancestors.
While not actually a horse, the
animal represented a distinct
genus of the equine family, no
member of which is still extant
DR.. Gain pointed out that super.
ficially the animal resembled the
large African zebra.
It's foSsiliZed remains were found
in what was at one time a bog
near Hagerman, Idaho.
The Washington times., 1936-12-29
British Shine e
In u. ). Golf
Cont. from First Sports Page)

(COnt. from First Sports Page)
cessors to Hagen, Jones, Armour
and the rest of the fast dwindling
old guard.
Three Of our outstanding COM
petitors of the moment by virtue
of accomplishments this year are
Tony Manero, Ralph Guldahl and
Denny Shute.
In taking the U. S. Open at Bal.
tusrol, Manero won under tensely
dramatic circumstances, setting a
record of 282, after Harry Cooper
apparently had clinched the title
with a record-breaking score of his
own a half hour before.
Guldahl Comes Back
Culdahl made a great comeback
during the year and, by compiling
the lowest medal play average
among all the American profes-
sionals, won the Radix trophy.
Shute took the P. G. A. title at
Pinehurst with a sparkling per
formance that beat Jimmy Thorn.
son.
Perhaps they and some Of the
other American stars, amateur
and professional, will dominate
golf on both sides of the ocean
during the New Year.
In any case, we either bow to
the Surging British or prove our
supremacy by regaining the U. S.
women's championship along with
the British open and by success.
fully defending the Ryder cup in
England. AS I said before, we have
a job cut out for us.
AS for my own play in 1886,
am enjoying being the first Amer
ican to win the Australian open
championship.
I anticipate 1887 with eager
ness, hoping to be a part of what
surely will be a great season.
The Washington times., 1936-12-29

style Of dance music with Heigh-
HO patrons.
Week-ending is a common oc-
currence So times a year, but
there's only one yearending and
La Paree is going to capitalize,
and how. Neither midnight oil
nor horses are being spared as the