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The Washington times., 1936-03-13

norted 40 the theft Atty. Gen. Cummings
Of $35, 900 in suits. Another store
in New Jersey reported Is suits
had been stolen in one day.
The work is that Of a large ring
with headquarters in Cleveland
Ohio, and with branch offices in
Chicago, Akron, and New York.
It has grown from the small oper'
ations of two men and a woman
to the activity Of q large Synol-
cate.
Their system is to send two men
and q woman, all exceptionally
well groomed into a store. They
advise the clerk that a wealthy
relative is soon to be in town ana
that they wish to plan for ms
purchase of a large wardrobe.
Clerks are impressed and pay at
tention to their whims. AS the
men look over one rack OF cloth
ing the woman calls the clerk to
another section Of the store to
show her a suit. The men have
specially designed double breasted
suits which can be opened in a
few seconds.
The store clothing is picked
from a rack and without being
removed from the hanger is thrust
into the clothing Of one of the
men. The operation can be per-
formed in II seconds and once
accomplished, it defies detection.
Under the Federal law the
operators are untouchables. State
authorities, If they should arrest
the thieves, usually only sentence
them to a small term or order a
minor fine.
Consequently, Federal authori-
ties wish legislation which will per-
nit them to curb this ever-increas-
ing racket.
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sho,,ld want to buy a bird with
a broken wing? told you, you'd
never guess. And I'd have asked
the same myself week ago.
Pet shops-I dodge 'em usually.
Makes me sickiSh to see living
things Gagged and chained, with
the proud, bright wildness Of their
eyes filming over. Yes, mostly I
pass places like that on high. But
that day, there sat Polly IN a
little huddle. And - something
held me fast.
Perhaps it was because. I'd gone
into a pretty bad huddle myself.
Oh. yes-I'd bluffed. Pretended
to be getting on swell-but what's
the use of trying to kid yourself?
There was the same old hurt, go
ing on and on. When I could
work fast enough, hard enough,
II. wasn't so bad. But there were
some times simply couldn't lick.
A BOND
That bad bit at twilight-may.
be you know it. though God
knows I hope you dont!-when
I'd catch myself listening for his
step again. And that even worse
emptiness each morning-waking
to find, all over. that it wasn't
Just a bad dream.
Day after day, year after year.
with times like that lying in wait
for you like deadfalls-ready to
crush the heart out of you. AS
something had. once upon a t1me'
crushed poor little Poll.
Perhaps that was why she
stepped me-the feel of that bond
between us-she with her broken
wing, I with mine. But she was
making a better job Of bearing it
than I ever had! There she sat,
with her wise little head tilted to
one side and CHEEKY little chuckle
bubbling in her throat.
What on earth-you could see
her asking herself-ailed this great,
grim lump of a human on the
other side Of the pane? Locks and
bars, chains and boltS-surely, II
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We Are Paying. Now

Can Washington afford NOT to hsve subways?
lot of people to think that the cost of this
underground transportation system would be prohbive
They overlook the FACT that the cost Of not having
it is destructive to life and to property to business and
to the enjoyment Of the beauties Of this great city
Every Washingtonian RIGHT NOW is paying heavy
price because this city sticking bndly to outmoded
and inadequate system of mass transportation.
Users of street and buses paying for the lack
in delays, irritability and tangled nerves.
Automobile paying for the lack in inability
to get the most out of their cars inability them
safely and comfortably; inability to go in them where
they want to go.
The business is paying for the lack because the
transportation system can't bring to his store shop
the maximum number Of customers that he seeks.
The Federal Government is paying for the lack
because the present system is incapable of getting
the Uast army of Government WOrkers to their
offices in time and in fit mental condition to per-
form at the utmost efficiency.
The taxpayer in general is paying for the lack because
he has to maintain in good condition the streets now
isused by street and BUSES and because he has
to maintain extra police to try to protect himself from
the street cars and busses ..
CAN THEY AFFORD TO KEEP ON PAYING?
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The Human Side of the News = By Edwin c. Hill

As this undertook is undercut,
the limestone drops Of its own
weight.
However, it is always q clean
break and leaves a vertical wall
from which the water drops a
sheer 1853 feet. .s
For all of the rockslides and
the fear that time may yet wreck
the great cascade, Niagara Falls
remains the most magnificent
spectacle Of our hemisphere.
Perhaps it is not so thrilling
to this generation and not quite
the wonder that it was to our pa
rents and grandparents. In those
good old days a trip to Niagara
Falls went hand in glove with the
rice, the wedding ring and the
words Il do.
Niagara had its great vogue
from the era of the crinoline and
hustle down to that of the slit
skirt. Honeymooners by the hun
dreds of thousands, foreign visit
ors in droves, went to stare and
to admire.
Blondia, Sam Patch and Capt.
Webb kept it constantly in the
public mind. These reckless
spirits dared the wrath Of old
laundering Water.
SPECTACULAR FEATS
AS far back as 1929, Sam Patch
began the stunting. Three times
he jumped into the falls, and the
third time he failed to come out.
Matthew Webb, the first person
to swim the English Channel,
tried to swim to the rapids of Mia
CARA but he lost his life.
The famous Blondin, however,
lived to tell the tale and to grow
rich from his spectacular feats
at Niagara.
He was a Frenchman and his
real name was Jean Francois
Gavelet. He came to America
in 1859 and announced that he
would walk a tight rope above
the great falls.
They laughed at him, but they
turned out by the thousands
when the day came, and the
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testify before . grand jury, and
has only been prevented by the
action of the Supreme Court In
1892.
Congress has tried to author.
ize the retrial in a Federal Court
of facts already tried and set.
tied in behalf of the plaintiffs.
and was only prevented by the
action Of the Supreme Court, in
1870, in holding the statute un-
constitutional.
Congress has attempted to
take property for public use
without due and full cOmpensa-
tiOn, and has only been pre-.
vented by the action Of the Su.
preme Court, in 1898.
Congress has attempted to
authorize the imprisonment Of
persons at hard labor without an
indictment by q grand jury, and
has only been prevented by the
action of the Supreme Court, in
$780,"
These are only some of the in.
stances cited by Mr.. Warren from
the record of the violation of the
provisions of the Bill Of Rights
by the Congress since the civil
war.
Both Houses of Congress,
whether exercising the informing
function or the legislating func"
ton, are bound by the Constitu.
ton, the heart of which is the Bill
of Rights that guarantees to every
individual equal protection before
the law of the rights therein enum'
Grated.
WARNING WORDS
To those who would exempt
either House of Congress, or any
committee of either House, or any
member of either House from his
oath-bound obligation to uphold
the Constitution, these warning
words of Thomas jefferson are az
true today as when they first fell
from his lips:
'sIt would be q dangerous
delusiOn if our confidence in
the men Of our choice should
silence our fears for the safety
of our rights. Confidence Is
everywhere the parent Of des"
pOtism. Free government is
founded on jealousy, not in
confidence. 1t is jealousy and
mot confidence which prescribeS
limited constitutions to bind
down those VIII ON we are
obliged to trust with power.
"Our Constitution has &C
cOrdingly fixed the limits to
which, and no further, our
confidence will go. In ques-
tiOns of power, then, let no
more be heard Of confidence
in man, but bind him down
from mischief by the chains
Of the Constitution"
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young man kept his boast to the
letter.
Over the roaring torrent he
walked a cable 1,10O feet long
He repeated that perilous walk
half q dozen times.
In the following year, for the
edification Of the Prince Of Wales,
later Edward VII. he paused in
the middle Of his trip to eat
an omelet and drink a bottle
Of wine.
He was the supreme sensation
of his day-and even now, in
this sophisticated age, Blondin
would draw a gate" Of a hun
dred Thousand fans at least.
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Syndicate. Inc.l
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guess why!
Gal little Poll,
with her garnet
crest cock e d
over a wicked
amber eye, the
sassy flounce OF
her flibbertigi-
beety tail, ana
t h e he ar t =
wrenching drag
of her broken
wing what a
S ap OF d
scamp to have
done such o job
on me!
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WITH THANKS

Before a recent meeting of one
of the committees Of Congress.
Representative James L. Quinn
CD of Pennsylvania was discuss
ing with District of Columbia
Corporation Counsel z. Barrett
Prettyman, plans for the retire
ment Of the Capital official who
has announced he was soon to
step out Of public office.
Prettyman, after several jibeS
by Quinn, asked:
"Well, Mr.. Quinn, why don't
you come down to the District
Building and take my job when
I retire?"
Quinn replied:
mo, no, Mr.. Prettyman! I
was born o coward"
The Washington times., 1936-03-13

The news reel whose voice !
have the privilege OF being
brings to us twice every week in
formative, amusing and exciting
episodes of life all around the
earth-life in motion, life in &C
ton, life as it is lived.
Movement is the very essence OF
interest in news reel pictures.
And yet, paradoxically enough,
one of the most interesting sub
iects which the Metrotone News
offered in recent months was a
picture of motionlesS Niagara,
locked and frozen in silent i'm
mobility.
All that tremendous surge and
rush Of water, sweeping down the
short river and plunging over
the precipitous cliffs into the
deep gorge, had been arrested
by the paralyzing grip of the
severest winter in many years.
Curious, indeed, how arresting
that picture was Of lifeless, mo-
tionless Niagara-the Stupendous
cascade in complete stopped mo-
tion.
Leap-year brides had view Of
the falls that very few people
have ever had.
''THUNDERING WATER"
Twenty thousand years from
now, so the geologB sell us. there
will be no more Niagara Falls to
attract two million visitors a year,
or to provide a stage for dare
devils. At that, geologists may be
wrong.
It may be much less than 20
The Washington times., 1936-03-13

Europes debt billions will strong de-
against this country getting mixed EuOpe present
squabbles
Senator Hamilton Lewis says truly that the ten thousand
million dollars borrowed from Europe in the last and
NOT paid will have sautary effect American public opn
ion in this European crisis"
It OUGHT to have that effect
Other things also should have salutary effect.
This country will remember that in addition to being
swnded Of thousand million dollars which oolishy
lent foreign countries the United States called hy
lock- and Uncle Sans changed officially in European
newspapers to Uncle shyock because this country suggested
that the debt of honor be paid
Furthermore the United States accused of cowardice
because it did Immediately enter for which it
not responsible for which had slightest responsibility
again indulge in throautng contest but whatever those
nations decide to do they will do it without help Of
money from this country.
ONCE WAS ENOUGH; we have our own troubles
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against one Of
the newest but
most far-reach.
ing racke5S.
S u bordinates
of A t or n Q Y
General Homer
S. c u m m ings
are anxious to
be permitted to
work on the
ev e r-Spreading
larceny Of mems
suits from retail
stores. +
One fairl y
large house re-
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THE STORY OF NIAGARA FALLS

} because it's course is over a pla-
teau of limestone.
But little by little and bit by
bit the limestone is undermined
as the waters eat into the softer
stone beneath.
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THE ANSWER

Ship owners had the tables
turned on them the other day
when they appeared before the
Senate Commerce Committee to
discuss pending ship subsidy legis-
lation.
AS usual, the ship operators had
many requests to make concerning
subsidy bills and advocated ma
The Washington times., 1936-03-13

river has bitten away the hard
limestone and sandstone. But it
still has 16 miles to go, a task Of
at least 10000 years.
Old Thundering Water has a
difficult job cutting out its bed
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OLD FAVORITES
Counsel
EUelyn Moore DaUis

counsel -lWUTy EUeLyu moore DUOLS
If thou shouldst bid thy friend farewell,
But for night though that farewell may be,
Press thou his hand in thine; thou canst not tell
How far from thee
Fate caprice may lead his feet
Ere that tomorrow Men have been known
Lightly to turn the corner of street.
And days have grown
To months and months to tagging years, .-....
Before they look on loving eyes again
Parting, at best, is underlaid with tears
With tears and pain, '''..'
Therefore lest sudden death should come between,
Or time, distance, clasp with pressure true
The palm of him who goeth forth; unseen ''''..
Fate goeth too!
Yea, find thou always time to say
Some earnest word betwixt the idle talk
Lest with thee henceforth ever, night and day,
Regret should walk.
Reuders are vted to send to the editor their sugges
tions of the fGvorites among the for repntmg
this spGce)
The Washington times., 1936-03-13

Little Polly Parrot has come to-
live with me. Give you three tries
or a million, and you'd never
The Washington times., 1936-03-13
Listen, World!
By Elsie Robinson
BROKEN WING. .. GALLANT HEART

these hadn't taken the bounce and
bubble out of her, who'd been born
jungle free, should be able to
stand whatever had fallen on me.
But plainly I wasn't-and Poll was
out to know why.
Sw-w-wwish flutter flip
away she whirled, fand dancing
over her perch .dasting me to
follow with every irnpudent twirl.
Nothing doing? What a woman!
Then ~maybe I'd fall for her
whistle? Swelling full as a flower
went her soft green throat, and
out it came-of all things! When
Irish Eyes Are Smiling" Where on
earth had the little mink ever
learned that? Yet still I refused
to smile!
Disgusting! Back she bounced
and plainly glared. Scratched an
outraged ear. Rolled a jeering
eye. Then-I'm proud to state
opened wide her bill and
gave me the cussin' of my life,
Screeched like a little emerald
shrew! Squawked. .squalled :. =.
flounced until each furious fluff
of feather stood on end!
And then-oh. the darling!-
from what depth of her loving
little heart did the knowledge
come? From what dim under
standing of her own cruel hurt
did she learn how to heal mineP
Suddenly she was pressing to.
ward me, as near as she could
come...
UNDERSTANDING
Grooming to me in soft, quay.
ering little croak.
Then slowly, while she clutched
her perch with a valiant little
claw, down she dipped and out
quivering inch by inch-Polly
spread her broken wing. And gave
me her salute!
And then-for a swift. lovely
moment-there were no bars be.
tween her understanding and
mine. Nor was there a woman with
a broken heart looking at a bird
with a broken wing. But only a
gallant little soul giving her wis.
dom to one who needed it Sorely-
a deep truth learned through pain.
That there is no real bond to
hold you except your hearts olD1E
fear
No accident that can break your
flight except your o10r sur
render
No grief that can eUer lick you
IF YOU'VE GOT WHAT 1T
TAKES TO GRIN!
So Polly came home to live with
me, riding on my shoulder. And
|. singing between curses, a lilt Of
Irish eyes! And if that isn't rear
son enough for taking a lady in
t'helI with you, says Polly!
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Syndicate. Inc.)
The Washington times., 1936-03-13
SPECIALIZING

Federal authorities are seeking
legislation which will permit the
Department of Justice to war
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The Greatest Show On Earth
BIZ John Snure, T.

terial changes in the Guffey, Glib
son, and Copeland bills.
After they had made many Sug"
gestions as to what they wanted
in the way Of subsidy legislation,
Chairman Royal S. Copeland CD
Of New York announced:
"YOu operators have always
d e m q n d e d laws which you
wanted.
"YOu have repeatedly fought
certain legislation and offered
your substitutes.
"At the end of Pennsylvania
Ave1Bhe sits a man in an impOS-
ing White House. He has made
some suggestions as to what he
wants. You have only to read
his messages to Congress to find
out his wishes.
ut is not a question of what
you want. 1t is not q question
Of what I want.
"The man in the House at
the end of Pennsylvania Avenue
has said what he wants. And
this time he is going to get it,"
IN VERSE
Attending a recent banquet at
the Amen Corner, famous Pitts
burgh gathering place for men Of
prominence, Senator Alben w.
Barkley CD of Kentucky, was
much impressed with the toast
master as that worthy made
rhymes to fit every utterance.
When the toastmaster intro
duced speaker he would make the
introduction in verse. His refer
ences to every occurrence were in
rhyme.
Senator Barkley was not to be
outdone.
When he was called on to speak
he arose and recited this So-called
bit of verse:
II am here tonight
Because / feel,
II should not simply defend
"But proclaim the New Deal,
"a deal that is new
"A deal that is square,
Because to you all
''It has been SO fair
"That when I am finished
"And I am on my way
you will wonder
"What in the He'll the other
Fellow could have to say"
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TOday's BOOndOggle

One of the most mysterious projects undertaken by the
WPA located at Vya New and calls for the grading and
crawling of road from the refuge the California
line.
Assuming that the content to remain in Nevada
and that the lure of Hollywood has not its magic spell
Them the road will be of little benefit beast
in far it may provide employment for the Admin
sration's relief clients.
Just where the Administration expects find these relief
clients however, is the real mystery The population Of
Nya according to RandMcNalys atlas eight persons,
and there other for miles direction More
over the population of the surrounding countryside about
person a square mile.
Yet in the of relief the WPA will spend nearly
$4,000 in this desoate and depopulatd $1,000
of which to be contributed by the Federal Treasury
To the WPA officials who approved this project without
question there is of nothing at all mysterious about
it, They simply declare that they Improving road from
the game refuge the California State line toward VIM
nemucca. 1t does strange to them that Win
nemucca lies than 100 miles the opposite dec-
ton that any who tried to follow their description
literally would have go clear around the world do it.
Once officials have joined the brain trust nothing, it ap-
pears seems mysterious any longer
-
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impressive mentality of the Eski-
mos.
Brain weight as a measure of
intelligence is an old argument
in which such innocent bystand-
ers as this column aren't entitled
to any very emphatic opinion.
But there is such disagreement
among the scientists themselves
that it has been and still is an
interesting free-for-all.
Back in the days of phre-
nology, when the visiting phre-
nologist put on his readings" at
the opera house, there wasn't a
crossroads town in America that
didn't have spirited cracker-bar-
rel arguments, particularly on
this subject.
Huh! Look at old Dan Mum
ford-went the argument. Smart
as a whip. Got a mortgage on
morn half this town-well-posted
man. You ought to hear him
recite Shakespeare. And, the
darned little rats got a brain
bout as big as a chokeberry.
"Take Joe Smith. Wears a
No. 8 hat. Looks like Daniel
Webster. Brains bulgin' out on
him, you'd think if you didn't
know him. But fact is, he's just
about smart enough to keep out
of Jail. Owes everybody in town.
Talks about things like a church
organ, though, and that's what
gifts him his postoffice job and
keeps him in politics.
mo stree! Them pree-nolly-
giSts can't fool me. Feelin' on
the outside of a barrel, you can't
tell what kind of apples is inside
of it or how many of 'em."
QUALITY OR QUANTITY
After 40 years I set up against
Uncle Jimmy Tarbox the find
ings of DR.. Pierre Creusot, French
anthropologist, who summarizes
decades of research in this field.
''My reasoned conclusion is"
says DR.. CreuSOt, chat differ
ences in organic quality Of the
brain account for variations Of
intelligence, rather than brain
content"
That seems to be just about
what Uncle Jimmy was saying 40
years ago, without all the anthro-
pometric trimmings with which
DR.. CreuSot shrores up his con-
clusion.
Early in the Nineteenth century,
DR.. Franz Gall, German scientist,
| laid the basis Of the "localization
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So, seeing his plight, a young
man called Jesus, asked him If he
wished to be made whole. How
the wasted mans face must have
trembled, the sunken eyes glazed
with tears, at that heart-piercing
question!
No need for WordS-the agony of
his longing was plain to read.
Then came that answer which
every sick soul has cherished ever
since
"JesuS saith unto him, Rise,
take up thy bed and walk!' And
Immediately the man was made
whole, and took up his bed, and
walked"
Oh, ecstasy! To walk again as
other men-clean, strong ano
straight!
Why can't it happen that way
for us today?
But it CAN'T DOES! We have
no pool of Bethesda-but we have
or may have, all they had who
were healed.
NEED FAITH
We have FAITH. Each day we
use it a score of times on lesser
things. Each thing we touch is &
witness to the fact that a mar
may make or do whatever he de
sires in his mind, believes in his
heart.
Our whole existence is built or
that fact of FAITH. Then why
do we not use it for our own lib
eration-our own healing?
TAKE UP YOUR BED AND
WALK"
You can do it as surely today
as that helpless creature did 1900
years ago.
You, too, can rise from that
dreary litter of fear or grief o.
resentment which has held vol
captive so many years!
No words are needed-no wate1
only the fighting faith of YOU
own spirit-only your own belle.
that your life was meant to b.
free and clean and whole.
(ThiS column welcomes and
requests comments. Personal
problems nau ais b presented.
All letters 1UiH ,e handled conf
dentialIy and cISDered prompt
~ if stamped. addressed en-
DeIopes are includedO
Copyright. 1885, by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
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BRINDISI

One of the most romantic and
interesting Seaports in Europe is
BrindiSi. Like most other ports,
it usually plays host only to ar
irving or departing visitors who
do not linger. But Brindisi has
much to offer, and besides the
town itself, there are numerous
delightful spots nearby.
Brindisi, on the shores of the
Adriatic, is a natural harbor. In
Roman times it was the chief
point of embarkation for the con-
quest of the East.
The town that once knew the
galleys of the Romans now is one
of the leading air route points
for craft headed to and from the
Orient.
APPIAN WAY
Brindisium was dear to the
poet Virgil, who died there in 10
B. C. on his return from Greece.
The poets home, the baths and
other buildings have survived
through the centuries, recalling
the Importance of the town in
Roman times.
The beautiful cloisterS of st.
Benedict, the castle and the Bal
Samo Loggia serve as reminders
of Latin civilization through the
Middle Ages. Although much of
the city was destroyed by the
Saracens in 1856, enough remains