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The Washington times., 1936-03-24
REWARD

Commander James E. Van
Zandt, of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars, has fired George Brobeck,
legislative counsel, allegedly be-
cause Brobeck was lobbying for
certain utilities, he says.
Veterans who were interested in
the enactment of bonus legislation
may recall that Broheck deserves
much of the credit for having that
measure adopted.
He lobbied for payment of the
bonus in a more strenuous way
than Van Zandt.
Public acclaim for him was
lacking. But legislators know
that George Brobeck worked night
and day to persuade them to vote
for the bonus.
His physical condition was not
the best, as he still suffered from
wounds of the World War.
But he talked the bonus bill
across and when the Veterans OF
Foreign Wars discharged George
the ex-service men lost one OF
their best friends at court:
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Greatest Show on Earth

other day when he inspected the
District Jail and Gallinger Mu-
nicipal Hospital.
Wherever it was possible King
actually ran. He wouldn't waste
time by walking, but insisted that
the men who accompanied him
run.
In Gallinger he started at the
fifth and top floor and insisted
that he be shown every room in
the buildings.
He expressed the most pleasure
at the maternity ward at feeding
time"
Superintendent Edgar A. Bo-
cock demonstrated the need Of
more nurses and King expressed
the opinion that the girls who
now work IL and IA hour shifts
should have aid.
At the jail. Superintendent
Thomas H. Reeves was showing
Senator King how the alarm bell
worked.
He pointed out that one ring
of the bell would cause dozens Of
guards to rush to a central point.
Reeves rang the bell.
King demanded:
There's no trouble now Is
there?"
Reeves laughed.
Then up rushed the guards with
hands on guns to greet Senator
King in rather skeptical fashion.
From that point King and
Reeves started up some steps.
The Senator insisted that
Reeves hurry and pointed out
that he was always in a rush
despite his age.
He explained that his formula
of no drinking, smoking or any
other pleasure and IA or 16 hours
of work kept him young.
In the kitchen at the jail a
husky colored boy was eating
beans.
King asked:
"How are you doing, bOy?'
The inmate responded that he
was getting along in fair shape
and serving his time for petit
larceny.
King admonished him concern
ing his offense and turned to an
other prisoner to ask;
"What are you in here fOr?"
The prisoner replied:
'FOr carrying q gum"
King warned:
"YOu shouldn't have done
that. You might have shot some
One!"
The two prisoners had a slight
laugh behind their hands at that
warning,
The Washington times., 1936-03-24

LIFE IS WORTH WHILE!"
AS a matter of fact,
Like every normal human
Who's old enough to come
In out of the rain,
I have endured most Of these
things
In some measure.
And at first, I'll confess,
I raised an awful rumpus about 1t.
Whats the use of going on?" I
cried,
eff I've got to be sick and poor?
whats the use of trying,
IF your friends betray you?
whats there left to live for.
when the one you loved is dead?"
LIFE WAS A FLOP
That's how I talked at first
for being young and ignorant. I
thought that Life meant only
What happened to Me
And how I felt about it.
And if wasn't happy,
Then Life was a flop.
And, naturally,
AS long as I felt that way,
Life was flop for me.
For it's plain to see,
That in a world as crowded as
this,
AS briStling with conflict,
And competition,
And disappointment and accident,
It's obviously impossible
For things to happen to suit
Any one persons convenience.
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many varieties as any other kind
of pickle And it's best to un'
derstand beforehand whether it is
going to be a merger" an expert
ment or dictatorship.
That love may not be the only
thing there is to marriage, but
neither is fire the only thing there
is to cooking. It is merely the
sine qua non.
That a modern wife may have
to help keep the wolf from the
door with one hand-and then
be sufficiently clever and domeS-
tic to keep the divorce-lawyer
from the door with the other.
And that no sinecure!
That a woman m, love a man
with her eyes wide open; but a
mans love is always blind-until
the woman hands him a micro
scope.
That no man wants to be
"adored"' all of the time-some.
times, he merely wants to be
amused. And, sometimes, just
forgotten!
That a man loves to think of
himself as ''inscrutable"; and the
woman who lets him know that
she is wise to him, is putting the
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the one he made on Hourless to
beat Omar Khayyam at Laurel,
Md, in 1917.
That was the year when two
great 3-year-olds disputed the
championship. Wilfred viau owned
Omar Khayyam, which had cap
tured the Kentucky Derby, and
August Belmont owned Hourless,
which had won the Belmont
Stakes. When the two met in the
Brooklyn Derby, Omar Khayyam
ran away from Mr.. Belmont'S
champion on a heavy track.
They met again soon afterward
in the Lawrence Realization at
Belmont Park, and in that race
Jimmy Butwell, HourleSs' jockey,
did everything except fall off the
horse. He managed to lose his
whip and then rode the brown
flier into a pocket-a pocket in a
three-horse race! Omar Khayyan1
just managed to win, even so, pok-
ing his nose III 1EOuG VI CAAS WAC'
A MATCH RACE
Sam Hildreth, B elm o n t's
trainer, made up his mind to run
Hourless against Omar once more
and prove that HourleSS was the
better horse, so he arranged with
Col. Matt Winn, then manager
of the track at Laurel, to put on
q championship match race be-
tween the chestnut and the brown.
Many of the older owners and
trainers leaned toward HourleSS,
but some Of the young fellows
were ready to bet their shirts on
Omar Khayyam.
Betting was tremendous. Omar
had begun as favorite, with thou
sands upon thousands Of dollars
poured into the ring on him; but
the oldtimers Of the turf, who
preferred Hourless, more than bal
anced that with their heavy
wagers, and when the bugle
sounded you had to bet 81 If you
hoped to win So on HourlesS. Or,
putting it the other way. if you
wanted to win 81 on Omar Khay-
yam you had to bet only So.
Among the big bettors at the
Maryland track was Arnold Roth
stein. The afternoon before the
race he walked up to one of the
best-known bookmakerS in Amer
lea, a man who had been for years
taking any kind Of bet offered to
him and who still does, for that
matter.
'TH BET you 100000 on Hour.
less" said ROthstein.
Nothing doing" said the
bOOkmaker. 81 don't want any
part of it."
The next morning at 6 O'Clock
Rothstein's telephone rang. The
bookmaker was on the other END
Of the wire.
II have chsyged my mind
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Marry-GO-ROund
Bu Helen ROULGIld


OCAS rOn WEOAONN
."sin" in sincerity. NOBODY
loves a detective!
That most of the casualties
which strew Honeymoon Lane
are the result of mans inclina-
ton to take love too lightly-or
of a woman's inclination to take
a man too seriously.
That, after marriage, a man
seldom notices a woman'S clothes
unless there is something wrong
with them. Or something he
doesn't approve.
That, while a woman is always
thinking consciously or uncon'
sciously) of "her man." there are
eight or ten hours in the day
when the average mans mind IS
as free from any thoughts OF a
woman as it is from thoughts OF
murder. And, if he's a golters
you can add a few more hours.
That no man is a looking
glass; and the average woman'S
big mistake is her attempt to
measure a mans emotional re-
actions by her own.
That the modern husband may
not be so romantic as your grand
father was; but he has his good
points. He may not put a
woman on a pedestal and think
her ian angel: but neither does
he expect her to live up to Q
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and alignment in the evershfting European situation
All very interesting to speculate about
It would also be if the King married commoner,
especially an American That however unlikely not abso
lutey impossible One English king married couple Of prn
and four do not mean all at once. He
is known to history Henry the Eighth.
But whomever King Edward chooses may be that
feminine hearts everywhere will quicken, if and when the
happy day arrives.
England and the Empire anticipating it, even counting
on it.
Some time there should be another Prince of Wales to rival
his august father affections Of his country and the world
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and the lot OF Brig. Gen. f. T. Hlnes
the late is hard.
Guards at the door refuse to
permit employees to enter any door,
but the main one after the $3.50
bell begins to ring.
Women are forcibly elected If
they attempt to rush into their
offices after the bell stars ringing.
The guards literally throw them
out" and order them to use the
main entrance in order that they
can be checked as late.
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On hogging the spotlight.
Life was bound to be
Just one sock in the jaw
After another.
But after many years Of socks
Twenty, thirty, forty.
More than fifty years Of socks
I began to see that Life
Had bigger concerns than my
happiness.
Or anyone'S personal happiness.
7 began to see that Life was con-
cerned
With the great and endless Ad'
venture Of Growing.
Races growing spirits grow
ing.
And that the mishapS that came
To me and everyone,
Were just part Of the program
Of Growing.
A GREAT SHOW
And I realized that Life,
However it happened,
Was a Great Show.
If it held uglineSS,
It also held beauty.
If it held lies.
It also held truth.
If it held death,
It also held birth.
And who could tell which was
which.
But you didn't need to tell
You didn't need to judge
All you needed to enjoy Life
And profit by it,
Was to get outside yourself
And see Life as q show,
Taking things as they came,
Realizing that everything was
important,
And sacred, and mysterious,
Whether it made you happy o.
not.
That's why I'm saying
I'm glad I've lived!
It was all worth while.
No matter what it cost.
Maybe I didn't get the breaks
wanted,
BUT JUST BEING BORN Is
THE BIGGEST BREAK ANY
ONE CAN HAVE!
Copyright. 1885, King Features
Syndicate 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1936-03-24

Justice, sir, is the great inter
est of man on earth.-Daniel
Webster.
A great man is made up OF
qualities that meet or make great
occasions.-Lowell.
A sense of justice is a noble
fancy.-Tegner.
Who hearkens to the gods, the
gods give ear.-Homer.
Wit and wisdom are born with
q man.
Wise men say nothing In dan
gerouS times.
The Washington times., 1936-03-24
By Edwin G. Hill

Something had happened, de-
cidedly. What was it?
From a peculiarly intimate
knowledge of the possibilities.
Rothstein thought he knew pre-
cisely what had happened. SO he
did a bold and clever thing. He
called Sam Hildreth, Hourless'
trainer, on the phone.
''Mr. Hildreth," he said, 'yOu
don't know me, but my name is
Arnold ROthstein, and I am q
gambler. I am not asking any
thing from you, Of course, but /
have got something to tell you
that you ought to know, not only
in the interest Of Mr.. Belmont
but in the interest Of the racing
public"
Then he told the story of the
bookmaker's change of mind, ex-
actly as the incident had occurred.
Hildreth listened, thanked Roth
stein and hung up without volun-
teering any comment whatever.
But when the right time came he
did something.
SEALING THE BET
In the meantime, RothStein
Shrewdly reckoned that he was
Safe-as safe as a man ever is on
any betting propoSition-in max
ing the tremendous bet, so he tele-
phoned the bookmaker and in
rather a hesitating voice, as if
doubtful and even fearful-hiS
whole tone and manner indicat-
ing uncertainty - told the book
maker that he would go through
with his offer.
Was it a go: $400, 900 against
100000, Hourless to win? 1t GER
tainly was, and the word was
passed that sealed the bet.
Mr.. Hildreth said nothing to
anybody until less than 10 minutes
before the horses were to go tc
the post. Then he called his assist
ant, Frank S. Hackett, and mo
tionC i him to one side.
Frank. he said,' ''gO over to
the jockey house and tell
frankie Robinson that he is go
ing to pilot HSarleSS in this
race"
He wanted Robinson since sub
stitution of jockeys was necessary
because the boy was q cool.headec
youngster with a fine pair o1
hands and good Judgment Of pace
He had been riding Harry Payne
Whitney's horse.
When his name was posted in
stead of the name Of HourlesS
regular jockey, the crowd waE
dumbfounded, and you could reac
a bookful in the faces of the ord1
narily stony-faced gamblers.
But it was too late to do any
thing about it, and in a minute ol
two more the horses were leaplnG
forward to run the greatest rac(
Hildreth says he ever saw.
| At the end Of it, HourlesS wa
in front by a clear length, havint
run the distance Of a mile and
quarter in 2:02 and carrying
burden o: 1876 pounds.
There was plenty of honor anc
fame and not a little cash for Mr.
Belmont and Sam Hildreth. ant
for RothStein there was at leas
100000 wiled from the book
maker, for if ever one gamble
"outsmarted" another, it was dom
in tnat instance. The probability
is that Rothstein won great dea
more than $500, 900, for it was no
like him to confine himself tC
one bet.
Copyright. 1885. by King Features
syndicat
The Washington times., 1936-03-24

This is the time Of year when
April show ers, linen showers and
showers of good advice" begin
to fall on the prospective spring
bride, and everything looks so
rosy and dazzling that she can't
see where she's going.
But every girl who is planning
to live her life with a man should
remember:
That marriage is no longer
standardized but comes in as
The Washington times., 1936-03-24

Hines, Admins
traitor of Veter-
ans Affa ir s,
may not take
note Of some Of
the situations
which exist in
his organiZa-
ton, there is
one rule which
must be fol-
lowed.
Workers are
required to be
on the job at
$3.50 o'clock in
the morning,
The Washington times., 1936-03-24
Words of Wise Men

The progress Of rivers to the
ocean is not so rapid as that OF
man to error.-Voltaire.
Nothing great was ever
achieved without enthusiasm
Emerson.
No really great man eVeT
thought himself So.-Hazlitt.
1t Is not goodness to be better
than the very worSt.-Seneca.
They that govern the most make
the least noise.
1t is the lot Of man to die bW6
once.
The Washington times., 1936-03-24

And if, before I
died,
E v ry t h / n g
were t a k e n
from me,
And my friends
betrayed me,
and I were
forced to en-
dure
T h e u m o S t
S h a m e and
heartbreak,
I'd still say
I'm D
I'VE LIVED
"W H A TEVER
TIT TNCTC
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NO EXCEPTIONS

OF all the agencies of the Federal
Government, the Veterans Admin
istration is the most strict as far
as its employees are concerned.
While Brig. Gen. Frank T.
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Ne W york; s
most notorious
ga m bl er Of
modern times,
the late Arnold
R o t h S t e j n ,
brings to the
mind of this
writer many
recollectionS OF
that plunger.
Arnold Roth
stein indefati-
gable gambler,
m q de m a n y
enormous bets,
but the biggest
oR AInnnn all WAS
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OLD FAVORITES
! For LOUe Lord Byron
AU For LOUe

o talk not to of name great in story;
The days of our youth the days of our glory;
And the myrtle and ivy Of sweet twoand-twenty
Are worth all your laures though plenty.
What are the garands and to the brow that is
wrinkled?
'Tis but dead flower with May-dew besprinkled:
Then away with all such from the head that is hoary-
What care for the wreaths that only give gory'
Oh Famel-if e'er took delight in thy praises,
Twas less for the sake Of thy highsoundng phrases
Than to see the bright eyes of the dear discover
She thought that not unworthy to love her.
There chiefly sought thee, there only found thee
Her glance the best of the that thee
When it sparkled er augh that bright in my story
I knew it was love, and I felt it glory.
ecders are ivited to send to the editor their sugges
tioms of the avores among the poems for reprmting IN
this sAGce.) S
The Washington times., 1936-03-24

As the Prince of Wales, King
Edward was the subject Of the
greatest guessing contest in
the world, and literally scores
of eligible young women, prin-
cesses and others, were consid-
cred as possibilities in the royal
matrimonial sweepstakes.
Upon the death Of King
George v the eligibles were
sharply reduced, for it is a
tradition that the new King
may marry only a woman Of
royal blood. The latest candi-
date mentioned as a future
Queen of England is none other
than the 19-year-old Princess
Cecile, daughter of the former
German Crown Prince.
That match WOULD be
news. Not so long ago Ed
wards countrymen e n were
threatening to hang the young
lady's grandfather.
But wartime fervor cools,
today's enemies are tomor-
rows allies.
Such a marriage s b oul d
mean greater friendliness be-
tween England and Germany,
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about that bet" he said. II
have decided to take it."
"Oh," said ROthStein, $50 you
have decided to take it, have
you? Well, I'll tell you. I'll let
you know about it this morning
Just as soon as / can"
It was the day Of the race, Of
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halo nor blame her for acting
human, once in a while.
That the locks in wedlock are
getting a little weak, and Will
soon have to be changed. But
there is no such thing as lock
less-wedlock," no matter what the
modernists may tell you!
Copyright 1886 by King Features
Syndicate. Incl
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If the King Marries
Will SHE Be a Ho

Will SHE Be HOhenZOIIernY
King Edward VIII started something when he requested
the House of Commons rule out the possibility Of his
marriage in fixing his annual income
The Washington times., 1936-03-24
The Human Side of the News =
Notorious Punges, ut quite willing take

A recent news item regarding
the sale for a song of a piece Of
suburban property once owned by
The Washington times., 1936-03-24
Listen, World!
Bv Elsie Robinson
We LIVED

I'M GLAD I'VE LIVED!
I'm glad I've lived!
If I were to die before tomorrow
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GETS AROUND

GETS AROUND
Senator william F. King CD
of Utah, chairman Of the Senate
District Committee, took the
neWsmen for a wild chase the
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Bookmaker and FiXers

course. Rothstein sat there In
his room. turning things over in
his mind He knew, as duller
men would have graSped, that
something had taken place be-
tween the time the big book
maker turned down the bet and
the time he had called up saying
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is the time of year when>"sn' in sincerity.
The Washington times., 1936-03-18

r. JANNEY BROWN
Woodward Building Natl. 1849
CROWLEY d MARI
9hOfeham Building Met. Oa10
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g. z. DAY.
Asst. General Agent
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 26th day Of February, 1898.
(SeaD E. C. ROBINSON.
Notary Public
Notary Public. No. 23S. New York
County. Registers No. 6-R-152. Commits
sion exp xpires March 80. 1850
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OF THE CONDITION
OF The
Providence Washington
Insurance Company

Ut PrOVIdence, hHoue IbIAhu'
On the 31st day of December, 1888. as
required under Section SAT of the
Code of Law for the District Of
Columbia.
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6.21A525 IS 1928 IS
G. C. HOUSE, President.
W. II. PHILLIPS, Secretary.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 2eth day of February, 1885.
(SeaD FRED 8. ALDRICH.
Notary Public.
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DISBURSEMENTS
Net amount paid for losses
and matured endowments S13 437 sO7 -
Other payments to policy
holders ................. 21,O7s,oss IS
All other disbursements. 14.494,735 %
Total disbursements 4oo1Oso2s 81
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DISBURSEMENTS
Net amount paid for losses
and matursd endow-
ments ....., 80. ...
Other payments to policy
holders ., ..
AL other disbursements (in-
cluding accident and
health departmenD,
$1.926,236.30) ........
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J. r. CUNNINGHAM.
Treasurer

Treasurer
Asst Secretary
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this Goth day of February, 1885
(SeaD H. W. BORST,
Notary Public
Notary public, Queens county. Clerks
No. 1905, Reg. No. 1874. Cert. filed in
New York county. Clerks No. 1899. Reg.
No. B $50. Commission expires March
80, 1879
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11.s15.26s 1919 ~
PAUL B. SOMMERs.
President.

~---
Secretary.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 14th day of February, 1885.
(SeaD JEAN e. WYLYIE,
Notary Public of New Jersey.
On the basis Of December 81, 1888.
actual market quotations for bonds and
stocks owned, this company's total ad-
mitted assets would be increased to S2s.-
PSI, 86262 and surplus to S10,S37. .905.32.
EDWARD T. WALSH 4 SON. Agents
Suite S39 Shoreham Building,
18th and H Sts. n. W. District 51S1
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STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION
OF the
Fidelity and Casualty Com
pany Of New York q.
OF NEW YORK
On the S1st day of December, 1898,
as required under Section SAT OF the
Code of Law for the District
Of Columbia.
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THE WASHINGTON TIMES, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1s, 1895

STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION
OF the
American Insurance Company
OF Newark, N. J.
On the 31st day of December, 1875, as
required under Section SAT of
the Code Of Law for the
District of Columbia,
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STATEMENT OF The CONDITION
OF THE
Berkshire Life Insurance
NnYnnonv

Or PAAISF1ELD, MASS.
On the 31st day of December, 1885. as
required under Section SAT of the
Code Of Law for the District
Of Columbia
INCOME
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Announces Patrons

Miss Elizabeth Peet as chairman
Of the Committee on PatroneSseS
announces the following who will
serve as patronesSes for the bene-
fit card party and musicale to be
given by the Columbian Women
of George washington University
or Saturday, November z, at the
Wardman Park Hotel: Mrs. Cloyd
Heck Marvin, Mrs. Henry Alvah
Strong. Mrs. Joshua Evans, jr.,
Mrs. Henry Parsons Erwin, Mrs.
Charles w. Gerstenberg, Mrs.
Avery D. Andrews, Mrs. Charles
Riborg Mann, Mrs. Merle Thorpe,
Mrs. Gilbert GroSvenor and Mrs.
Luther Reichelderfer.
Mrs. James Roosevelt, the Presi.
dents mother, gave a dinner Fri.
day night in the Iridium Room
of the st. Regis, in New York
city.
Mr.. A. Francis usher, who has
just returned from Paris, will be
at the Martinique for short stay.
DR.. and Mrs. C. w. Trexler, Of
Honolulu, Hawaii, are stopping at
the Dodge while in the Capital.