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The Washington times., 1936-01-30
Listen, World!
Bv Elsie Robinson

and the other skidding to avoid
the smoke? Don't ask me why
men can drive safely under such
circumstances. All I know is,
women CAN'T.
Less dangerous, but equally re-
voting to ye scribe, is the sight
of some colorleSS, meek-mouSey
little FlosSie fluttering along the
street with a weed stuck in her
smiler, trying her darndest to i'm
perSonate a gorilla.
AS an ultimate Goat Getter,
however, consider this scene. wit
messed last night in the theater
lobby during the intermiSslon.
Out comes an old lady, an ex-
quiSite old lady, all real lace, dia-
monds and spit curls-out comes
this old lady, busting through the
crowd with the wallop of a 230-
pound fullback, grabs for her Gig
like famine victim clawing for
the last cruSt-and then proceeds
to inhale like a couple of Stokers!
Yes, I know, women has as
good a right to smoke as men"
Sure they have. And, by the same
token, men have as good
right" to wear pink chiffon neg
ligees and rhinestone heels as
'momen. But they'd need chin
guards if they did it.
POPULAR CONCEPT
IT iSn't-I insiSt-a matter OF
right" We've a fright" to do
an endless number of vulgar,
tiresome things, and there's moth
ing against doing them in the
Ten Commandments. Yet the
doing of them deeply offendS
that mysterious sense of Fitness
which has led us out and up
from the jungle wallow-and 1t
does as much to undermine CIV
ilization as any Killers Club.
Moreover, such exhibitions are
raw deal to ourselves. Sisters.
1t has taken a long time to Gre
ate the popular concept OF a
Lady. There was little in the orig
inal material to justify that con-
cept. And there still isn't very
much. "The Colonel'S Lady ana
Judy O'Grady" are still bot n
mighty plain potatoes under the
skin, and we should be plenty
grateful to a chivalrous world Tor
draping that natural coarseneSS
with sentimental illusion. -.
Instead of which, we go out OF
our way to demonstrate that
we're just a lot of common heels
with waterfront manners!
I ask you, Girls, does it make
sense.
Copyright 1886, X. F. S., 1nc)
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less. though it be my last line
O. type, hearehy announce e
that
I DON'T Ike TO SEE
WOMEN SMOKING IN PUBLIC.
Now get me right. I've moth
ing against female Smoking-per
Sc. I see nothing either i'm
moral or indecent about it at
any time or place. And I am
entirely reconciled to seeing
women smoking in their homes,
in restaurants or rest rooms. In
deed, I'm convinced that it is,
for many, most helpful habit
Doubtless many a Fit of FretS
has been averted by well-timed
puff.
AS for these Shrill cries of alarm
against the De-ee-ar Little Chill
dren Being Kissed by Mama'S
Nicotined LipS-I regard such pro-
tests as tripe, and nothing else
but. AS a beauty aid, nicotine
may leave much to be desired,
but I cannot see how lips per-
fumed thereby can be any tougher
on the Little Darling than kisses
scented with a nice, rank dish of
gossip and general spitefulneSs, SO
dear to many a lady who con-
demns cigarettes.
A NUISANCE
Nevertheless, all this being
granted, still insist that I don't
like to see women smoking in
public.
AS a murderous nuisance. can
anything beat the Cutie who
tangles three blocks of traffic
while she lights up, and thereafter
endangers the public life and limb
h1, driI,ioo With ono ey,n clnSad
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the motion picture ic developing
precociousnesS in our children.
He figures that the Seven-year-old
of today, who has made a weekly
trip to the film house since he
was five, has perception of a child
of II Of the pre-movie era.
He points out, too, that prodi.
gieS are much more numerous in
the musical field than any other,
that they continue to develop as
musicians whereas as writers they
most frequently grow up into
mediocrity.
Their talents, it seems, leans
more to the interpretive than to
the creative.
Many Of the great musicians of
the past and present began life
on the concert stage before their
tenth year. Mozart was compos.
ing and playing minuets at 4.
Schubert, Chopin, MendelSsohn,
Brahms and Dvorak, among
others, were right up with him.
OF the modernS, Hofmann,
Kreisler, Ysaye, Menuhin and
Heifetz made their debutS in
the velvetS of Little Lord Fauntle.
roy.
MUSIC AND CHESS
In the case of Ruth Slenczyn.
ski, the 11.year-old pianist, it
would seem to be mostly the un.
failing ear and then something
more. She is the daughter of a
California war veteran whose
hopes of a career as a violinist
were ended by shellshock. He
trained the child.
She appeared in a local con-
cert at 4. Two years later, in
Berlin, the trip having been fl
nanced by an interested family,
Ruth made her real public ap-
pearance and proved sensation.
She explains her method of
mastering a difficult piece by
saying she reads the music
through as though it were a
story book. Then she plays it
through, picking out the difficult
parts and mastering them. AS
for nervousness. even before the
golden horseshoe, she knows not
the feeling.
Chess and mathematics are
green fields for the boy wonders.
Philadelphia has its 6-year-old
Louis Miller, who is rated Q
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IgraSp mCulLlVely the lnSCruCLlOLlS
of the director.
WILD ANIMALS
From the looks of things there
will be no Noah's Ark putting
into an American port from
Abyssinia this year. The war is
to blame, for with men hunting
each other, there is no time for
hunting wild and rare quadrupeds.
Already the price of lions has
gone higher in London and the
circuSes and the ZOOS will have
to look to the jungles of other
sections of Africa, or to Borneo,
Sumatra, India and Malaga for
the filling of their cages.
Several boatloadS of birds and
beasts got under the wire and
beat the Italo-Ethiopian war last
year. The youngsters of the
United States are looking a. such
queer creatures as the kip
springer, koodoo and aardvark
which these boats brought over
from the country of the Lion of
Judah.
A carge of wild life runs into
pretty big money, averaging about
$4,000 a boat, with the rhinoS
bringing the top price of $4,000
and the tigers a bargain at $1,500
each. A good polar bear sets one
back $4,000, and be warned that
the upkeep is terrific.
The Hagenbecks Of Germany,
along with the Ruhes of Germany
and New York, were the best
known of the merchants of wild
animals until the young American,
Franz Rllck came alnnn and r,hn
The Washington times., 1936-01-30
THE MEDITERRANEAN

To many travellers, winter means
the pleasant play spots along the
Mediterranean, and many insist
no war, or threats of war, will sue
ceed in keeping them away. And,
as most of the cruises out of this
country to the Mediterranean have
been cancelled, many travellers are
joining cruise ships operating out
of European ports.
Be that as it may, no one can
deny that there is plenty to see
and to do in the ports and places
of the Mediterranean. First and
foremost perhaps is the culture,
the historic associations, the art
and the literature associated with
these places. Rome, Athens, the
Holy Land, Egypt-here history
was born and made. Venice, Flor
ence, Milan-here are art treas
ureS supreme.
GIBRALTAR
Let's cruise to Gibraltar and
from there put in at the Balearic
Isles, visiting lovely Mallorca,
leaving with regrets. Then on to
Marseilles, with plenty to see and
do along the famous Canebiere
and a trip out in a motorboat to
the Chateau diff with its memories
of the Count of Monte Cristo.
Many travellers make MarseilleS
their headquarters for jaunts
along the Riviera. There's Monte
Carlo, not what it once was, of
course, but still Is physically beau
The Washington times., 1936-01-30

1.-THE record" says that Senator
Robinson is a candidate for re-
election in the coming year.
"The record" says that year af-
ter year Senator Robinson voted
against the payment of the bonus.
One record says that the
Democratic leader of the Senate
is seeking a place on the bench
of the United States Supreme
Court. And the same record
says that he hopes the present
Chief Executive will make the
appointment.
The record of Mr.. Robinson's
attack on former Governor
Smith includes these words:
ut rests with no soldier who
approaches the battle field un-
der the flag of his leader to
retire while the war continues.
"AbOve all things he must
never go over to the enemy"
Shortly before he laid down
his verbal barrage against Smith.
the man who uttered these words,
taking them from the dead Lin
coin who said: Never change
horses while crossing a stream, "
voted on the bonus.
He voted against the President
when he voted to pay the bonus
and again when he voted to
override the presidential veto.
With an election approaching,
could that have been Jacobs
voice but the hands Of Esau?
That is the question in some
minds as they scan the political
situation in Arkansas, from
whence Mr.. Robinson comes.
The same minds go beyond Mr..
RobinSon's quotation of the Scrip
lures: In view of his condemna-
ton of former Governor Smith
and his desertion of the Presi-
dent on the bonus vote, they
wonder if this Senate soldier who
says: above all things he must
never go over to the enemy" ever
read another passage of the Book
in the Gospel according to John,
=, which says:
"He that is without sin among
you, let him first cast q stone"
Gas IT'S SPOKE"
This repeal Of prohibition may
rest we'll with those persons who
The Washington times., 1936-01-30
The Human Side of the News =

with figures and as a
pinochle player.
Russia has a youngster Of the
same age to pit against him. Our
Ivan of Leningrad has been
amazing the bearded ones of the
university where, in a mental
test, one said to him:
Ivan, multiply rs by "a"
"Six hundred" said Ivan in
a flash"
How did you do it?" asked
the professor.
why" said Ivan. II multi
piled rs by 4 and then the re-
suit by g."
"It's a gift!" cried the pro.
fessor, throwing up his hands.
The modern stage and screen
have known such child perform
ers as Maude Adams, Mary Pick,
ford. Jackie Coogan and Shirley
Temple.
But the palm in this class has
been held for more than a
century by William Henry West
Betty. At II he was great
Shakesperian actor, playing
Hamlet" Macbeth" and the
rest with such ability that the
house of commons adjourned
on one occasion to see him per
form.
AS for our own Shirley Temple,
we are informed that there is
nothing of the prodigy about
her. She is a normal little girl
who likes to be a little girl
even when she is on the lot.
What makes her one OF the
greatest drawing cards OF the
screen is a remarkable aptness
of mind which enables her to
The Washington times., 1936-01-30

which hitherto
he merely sus-
pected. Friends
of years stand.
ing will squeal
w e IL, or
heavens sake,
what an old
d o d o Y o U
turned out to
bel" And col
umn fans will
ro b a b y re-
quest the edi-
tors to put
Something Live
in my place.
N e v e r the
The Washington times., 1936-01-30
Greatest Show on Earth
By John Snure, J.

Nhave no actual conception of the
meaning Of hangover" but there
really is no reason why the men
who turned out a recent menu for
the House coffee shop would have
published it in the form in which
it appeared.
It was itemized:
Hamburger Stake, Perper Rot,
Chiken.
"SwissOr PimentO.
"Arple Pie.
"Sw-eetO rbuttermilk."
The Washington times., 1936-01-30

So said Sen
ator Joseph T.
r o b i n S on,
D e m ocra tic
leader Of t h e
s e n a tie, as he
quoted from the
twenty : seventh
chapter, twenty
second verse Of
Genesis in hi S
re ce n t oc-
t u r n q | at
tack on former
Gov. Alfred E.
S m ith. And
then he turned
to "the record. +"
The Washington times., 1936-01-30
Words of Wise Men

All who joy would win, must
share it-happiness was born a
twin.-Byron.
Youth is to be brought into
subsection by reasoning, not by
forcc.-Publius Syrus.
1t is we'll to be taught, even by
an enemy.-Ovid.
The Washington times., 1936-01-30

IN a concert In
N e W York S
M e tro politan
Opera House, a
seven y e a r-old
boy bobS up as
q mind-reader,
and I've seen
pictures, too, of
a threeyear-old
W ho is sup
posed to rate
notoriety for
being a cigar
smoker.
A pSVcholo-
giSt tells me it is
hic ha1iof thof
The Washington times., 1936-01-30

, Music, the greatest good thaC
mortalS know, and all OF heaven
we have below.-AddiSon.
Revenge, at first, though sweet:
bitter ERE long, back on ltSeI
recoils.- Milton.
What you do not want is dear
at q farthing.-Cato.
The Washington times., 1936-01-30
UNOFFICIAL

When death came to the late
King George v of England, some
enterprising attendant at the Cap
itol, forgetting all formality, i'm.
mediately lowered the flags on the
gigantic structure to half-mast.
The flags fluttered at half-staff
for several hours.
Then they were run to the top
of the masthead.
The Senate and House had not
been officially advised of the
Kings death and according to
procedure the flags should not
have been lowered.
The Washington times., 1936-01-30
OLD FAVORITES


Cherry-Ripe Thomas CGn1piOn
There is garden in her face
Where roses and white lilies blow,
Aheavenly paradise is that place,
Wherein all pleasant fruits do flow:
There cherries grow which may buy
Till "Cherry-Rpe" themselves do cry
Those cherries fairly do enclose
Of orient pearl double row,
Which when her lovely laughter shows
They look like rose-buds filled with snow;
Yet them peer prince buy
Till "Cherry-Rpe" themselves do cry
Her eyes like angels watch them still;
Her brows like bended bows do stand,
Threatening with piercing frowns to kill
All that attempt with eye or hand
Those sacred cherries to nigh,
Till "Cherry-Rpe' themselves do cry
euders are ivted to send to the editor their sugges
tOns of old fuvortes among the for reprntimg in
this Poos)
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CHILD PRoDIGIES

The woods seem to be full Of
child prodigieS. An 11-year-old
girl plays Beethoven on the piano
The Washington times., 1936-01-30
I'M AGAINST

I'M AGAINST
I'm going to be razzed for
this.
My editor will be sure now
that I have gone batty-a fact
The Washington times., 1936-01-30
THE RECORD AGAIN

"Ths voice is Jacobs voice,
but the hands are the hands Of
Ezn,,O
The Washington times., 1936-01-30
NEW TITLE

Edwin A. Halsey, who possesses
the title of Colonel" in addition
to the honor of being Secretary
of the Senate, is now Governor.
Well-pleased is the colonel for
having been named Governor" Of
the Congressional Club to succeed
Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson.
The Washington times., 1936-01-30
BRING 1T ALONG

The able young Republican
Representative from Illinois, Ever.
ett M. Dirksen, was discussing the
panaceas proposed to pull the ma
ton from the depression.
He said that it reminded him
of the American Legion conven.
ton in Detroit when a huge party
had been planned and the morn.
ing before the function one of
the men told the prospective host
that an invited guest would not
be present.
According to Dirksen the host
asked:
"Why?"
The other man said:
"He has a case of laryngitis.'
Then said Dirksen, the sponsor
announced:
"AlI right; tell him to come
and bring it around because
these guys will drink anything"
JUST A HABIT
There is a certain member Of
the House who makes quite cere
mony of his lunch.
He first enters the House res
taurant and after seating himself
carefully, he inquiries the price Of
various foods on the menu.
Convinced his $4,000 salary
would not stand the strain, he
then arises and walks two blocks
to a nearby greasy spoon"
The Washington times., 1936-01-30

It is legal racket, so
The politicians well may brag
As they boost taxes year by year
"The take is always in the bag"
The Washington times., 1936-01-30

a AgraSp intuitively the instructions
of the director.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-16
Fassifern School
Being Improved
New Class Room Under
Construction Now

Fassifern School for Girls is
making many improvements dur
ing the vacation season to add
more to the comfort and conven-
fence Of students and teachers an
other year.
A new and attractive classroom
for the grades is now being built
and equipped. This will be one
of the brightest and most attrac-
tive rooms on the campus when
completed. A much larger enroll
ment is expected in the grades for
another year. Parents in town ex-
pecting to send their young
daughters to private school next
winter are urged to confer with
the authorities at Fassifern. Wis
tors are welcome at the school at
all times.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-16

gala reception for the Japanese
naval training fleet when it arrives
in eastern waters next month.
The vessels are now on the west
coast. They comprise the first
Japanese training squadron to
visit American shores since 1929.
Although federal authorities
continued to insist last night that
there was no connection between
the arrests of Thompson and
Farnsworth and reports that a
well-organized "spy" ring was
functioning in the United States,
the similarity of the two cases
continued to arouse speculation
here.
Both are former naval officers
but neither, it was said, was in a
position to obtain information
which would seriously imperil this
elaborate national
defense program. On the other
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-16
AUSTRO-NAZI PEACE
PACT is EXPECTED
TO BRING STRATEGY
Continued from page one)

Continued from page one)
Third Reich.
This means that if Germany
becomes involved with Czechoslo-
vakia effective counter-action by
other partners in the Little En-
tente as we'll as Russia would be
possible only by maching troops
across Austria or Hungary.
If Jugoslavian forces went to
the aid of Czechoslovakia they
probably would find themselves
trapped in a 65-mile bottle-neck
stretch of territory between Hun
gary and Poland when Czechoslo-
vakia joins Rumania.
Aid could not be rushed quick
ly to this territory because of
poor communications between
Russia, Jugoslavia and Rumania.
In these circumstances, military
experts said, anti-Nazi states IN
the French alliance system must
take steps to create wider bat
tie front against Germany now
that Austria has been maneuver-
ed into the position of central
European Belgium"
With the apparent certainty
that Italy would not act against
Germany, France must attempt to
whip her friends in the Little En-
tente into a position of solidarity.
1t was believed that Czechoslo-
vakia will open immediate polit-
ical and military conversations
with other members of the Little
Entente and the French and So
Wet high commands.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-16
PERSONAL
PARAGRAPHS
pEPS0NAT,

PERSONAL - ------ =
Mrs. C. NJ. Gambler and grand
daughter, Edith Gambler, of De-
catur, Ga, are guests of the for
mer's daughter, Mrs. L. T. Wilds.
Mrs. Norma Sandifer has re-
turned home after a delightful
visit to her aunt, Mrs. w. c. Lin
coin, at her home in Brooklyn,
N. Y; after which she accompa-
MED her to her summer home in
Wilmington, Vermont.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. L. Woodward
have gone to Alderman, Miss, for
a vacation of two weeks.
Mrs. w. w. Germany and fam
lily, who ha6 been at Montreal,
were in Hendersonville for awhile
en- route to their home in Ken
sington, Ga.
Mrs. L. A. Gambill of Clemson,
S. c., passed through here en-
route to Knoxville, Tenn.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-16
JUNIOR SOFTBALL
TEAM BEATS ROTARY

The Junior order softball team
defeated the Rotary team in
close game yesterday afternoon
at East Flat Rock field by a score
of 6 to 5.
The Rotarians rallied in the fl
nal inning and got a man as far
as second base, but Little, pinch
hitting, was thrown out on what
apparently was clean hit.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-16

hand, some observers protested to
see jim: the swift capture and dis
posal of Thompson and the arrest
of Farnsworth twin warning to
others powers: (1) That the Uni
ted States is thoroughly equipped
to combat espionage and GU a
"stop" light to spies already OPP
Grating in this country.
1t was pointed out in this con-
nection that the government made
no effort to cloak in secrecy any
details of Thompson's activities
which it could have done so cas-
lily. Naval authorities said pri-
vately that the information be-
trayed by Thompson to the Japa-
nese was not as confidential as
that which Farnsworth is alleged
to have passed on.
The Irish Free State expects to
balance IFS budget this wear.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-16

Personal Service as their topic.
The opening song was appro-
priately Help Somebody Today.
Miss Virginia Brookshire render
ed a beautiful organ solo. An in
structive talk, fro mfirst hand OBJ
Servation, was made by Mrs O..
G. Smith on the VIVA. Training
School in Louisville, Ky. Mes
DANES Charles Wells and Clyde
Whitlock sang a lovely duet, with
Mrs. Brooks at the piano. A play
let was presented well by the fol-
lowing: Misses Rilda Mae Hill,
Agnes Gale and Almeria Russ.
There were As members and IL
visitors present and the attend
anee pin went to the Lottie Moon
circle.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-16
WOODMEN TO MEET

The local Woodmen of the
World camp will hold its regular
meeting tonight at 8 o'clock. M.
Allard Case, district manager,
asked that a full representation
of members be present for the
comforting of initiation and other
business.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-16
BOURBON'S FINE IS
PAID BY HIS PROXY

NEW YORK, July 16. (UP):-
Alfonso Bourbon paid a 81 traffic
fine by proxy yesterday. The,
proxy, J. R. Bender, explained
that his principal was i'll at his
hotel and could not appear in per-
son. Bourbon, he explained fur
Their, is the name used in business
by Alfonso de Bourbon, Count OF
Covadonga, Prince of the Astu-
rias and former heir to the throne
of Spain.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-16
STRAWBERRY BROCK
is OPERATED ON

Monroe Strawberry Brock
was operated on at Patton Me-
mortal hospital Monday evening
for appendicitis and was report
ed as having rested fairly we'll
last night, although he had an un-
comfortable day yesterday. He
has not yet sufficiently recovered
to be able to see his friends.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-16
Two Appeal From
Magistrate Court
A. A. Rice Sentenced to
30-Day Term

Magistrate Bruce A. Cox this
morning sentenced A. A. Rice,
Hendersonville attorney, an d
Glenn Thomas Garrard to serve
80 days in the county Jail. Rice
was charged with being drunk
and disorderly and trespassing on
the property of Mrs. George
Freeman, and Garrard was charg-
ed with trespassing on the lands
of Mrs. Freeman. .....
Defendants appealed to the
county recorders court and ap.
peal bond was set at 500 each.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-16
GUESTS AT THE
CHEWING HOUSE

The guests at the Chewing
House on Main street include: Mr..
and Mrs. ]. L. Bailey, South Mi
ami, Fla; Mrs. ]. w. Richardson,
Orlando, Fla; Mr.. and Mrs. W. E.
Rush, Greenville, S. c.; Mr.. and
Mrs. Roy Morelock, Miami; Mr..
and Mrs. E. J. Morelock, Jackson
vile; Mrs. Rosa L. Champenois,
Meridian, Miss. Mrs. w. w. Keys,
Greenville, S. c.; Mrs. Carrie
Pace Johnson and Edgar johnson,
Coral Gables, Fla; Mrs. c. j.
Wettler and daughter, McComb,
Miss: Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Friedlan-
der and Mr.. Roy Friedlander, Del
ray, Fla; Mr.. and Ms. c. H. Hunt
ting, Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Duncan,
Carlo, Ala; Miss Jacobs, George
town, S. c.; Mr.. B. S. Gay, Mil
len, Ga; and Mr.. w. NJ. Dean, Or
lando, Fla.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-07-16
JOINT EPISCOPAL AUXILIARY
MEETING SATURDAY

A Joint meeting Of several
Episcopal dioceses will be held on
Saturday, July Is, at Kanuga'
from IL a. m. to l p. m. This is
the annual get-together meeting
of the Woman's Auxiliary of the
Episcopal church of the dioceses
of Upper South Carolina, Western
North Carolina and Eastern North