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The Washington times., 1936-03-09
Up to the Senate

The House having done its utmost to wreck the Ma
tional Capital the local appropriation bill goes to
the Senate where history repeats, some Of the indie
fensble provisions will be eliminated
The Senate in recent years has seadfasty tried to
correct the absurdtes which have been written annually
into the local supply bill by the House.
Unfortunately has not always succeeded but it has
tried.
This year the Senate has plenty Of room in which to
bring about improvement because it is doubtful if the
House has passed worse bill than the pending
supply measure.
Members of the House apparently are unable or
willing to understand that Washington is the Ma
TIONAL CAPITAL
They seem to think that this is simply another city
It apparently the sentiment of the House that the
half million persons who live in Washington should bear
burden which properly should be distributed among
the entire American people.
But Washing cannot take the task of main
tanning a city for the benefit of the country.
Certainly they can't maintain city of the grandeur
which the American people demand in their seat of Gov
ernment.
We look to the Senate to restore at least the budget
figure of $5,7O00OO the amount Of the Federal ap
preparation.
Even that figure is evasion Of the plain duty of
the national Government to its Federal city
The Washington times., 1936-03-09
Salt in Beer

Next whats yours? the question most frequently asked
when gather at the bar why people put salt in BEER
especially in the summertime.
The usual is that it's trick of the trade that the
drinr salts his beer to make himself thirsty that he can
drink more beer until his friends take him home
But science gives the true answer.
Members Of the American College Of Physicians meeting in
Detroit told that salt with liquids good insurance
against heat prostaton that salts wenown property Of
absorbing heat cools the body.
And that the has been given may arise to
ask scientists Then why do many fellows put salt in their
beer in the WINTER time?"
The Washington times., 1936-03-09
Marry-GO-ROund
Bu Helen ROWLGnd

Iman'S nerves like a riveting ma
chine. What a man wants in
woman'S society is RELAXATION
and the only voice to which he
can listen constantly, without be-
ing bored, is his OWN!
Third: Some girls are too
frank. And too eager. Nobody ex-
poets q girl to be shy or subtle
in these co-educational days. But
she needn't scare a man to death
by waving a wedding-ring in his
face. God made men and mules
obstinate and balky. And many
man has thought he would marry
:, girl-until he found out that
she thought so, too. Then he
balked-and Sprinted.
Many a girl has been left
hanging on the family tree be-
cause she tried to jiu jitsu a man
into matrimony, instead Of blind
folding him and gently backing
him into it.
Fourth: Some girls are too re-
SponSive - too impresSionable.
They fall in love too easily, too
quickly and to intensively. Moth
ing kills a mans budding ro-
nance for a woman so quickly as
to have her fall for him before
he is there to catch her. Emo
tional-control is a woman's great
eSt-and rarest-aSSet.
OF course, there are other
handicaps for the marrying girl.
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but, after half a dozen dates,
they recover their balance-and
walk off.
Hundreds of girls seem to have
this same experience-anad there
are just as many reasons as there
are girls. But, if an attractive
girl fails to marry, her flop can
usualyl be traced to one OF four
primary reasons.
First: In these times, marrying
men are scarcer than buffalo
and harder to find than grand.
mothers glasses or natural
blonde in a beauty. chorus. young
men teetering on the edge Of a
lob are not looking for RESPONSE
bility. And the girl who goes seek
ing a good provider" is apt TO
get nothing but the exercise. It's
the girl who offers to be a WORK
ing-partner" and can make marrl-
age look like a cinch, who gets
the early worm.
Second: Most girls lose out, pc
cause they try too hard to WIN
a man. The sparkling conVer-
sationalist, the talking machine
with the bright and Scintillatlng
line and the ever-ready comeback;
the human radio that can't be
turned off; the girl who makes
herself q continuous vaudeville
enterta1nment-all these get on .
The Washington times., 1936-03-09
The Human Side of the News :

There was once on this troubled
earth a League of Nations which
ended war and brought peace
and brotherhood. In a dusty,
old study, piled with books up
to its quaint stained-glaSS win
dows, DR.. J. N. B. Hewitt will
tell you all about it. DR.. Hewitt.
venerable, genial, round-faced eth
nologist of the Smithsonian In
stitution, has made wide and
deep researches into American
Indian lore and history.
He finds much to Startle, per-
haps to shame the white man,
with blood on his hands and
hate in his heart. Before we
ravaged the continent, there were
the beginnings of noble civilizar
tion in America, civilization In
many ways on better terms with
life than is ours.
DR.. Hewitt, as agile as a boy
in spite of his years, steps the
Indian dances, chants their gut
teral chants and, what is more
important perhaps, salvages from
the wreckage of our age the
priceless story of how the dreams,
the aspirations of the red man
possibly gave guidance to the
colonists in laying the founda-
tionS-the deep, humanitarian
bedrock Of our government.
Thus runs the tale:
In the early Sixteenth century,
Hiawatha, the child of a Mohawk
mother, quarreled with his STEP
brother, Wa-Ta-Do-Ha-Ho- a vi
cious gangster, ruthless and impla-
cable, leader Of mob in many
ways quite comparable with our
big city gangs. Hiawatha's wife
and children were murdered. This
drove Hiawatha insane and he
wandered in the wilderness and
one hesitates to land this detail
in the poetic anthology Of the
school books-became a cannibal.
One day he saw in the pot in
which he was cooking a victim
the reflection of a face, looking
down from the Smokehole Of his
teepee. He rushed out. His
visitor was a calm, beautiful man
-Deganawida, the great Christ
like figure of the IroquoiS epic.
He told Hiawatha he was suffer
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the bad acting or the blunder-
ing that makes such a hell Of
earth and causes most Of our
human misery. It's the MUD
DING. The loose, messy think
ing the uncharted emotions
the slovenly sentimentality
that goes around spreading a
slime of platitudes over the beast
illness Of existence.
"MUDDLE IS THE ENEMY
H. C.. Wells made that statement
once and built a novel around 1t
1.-THE New Machiavelli." 1t was
the story of a brilliant. lovable,
greatly talented man who swept
his life to proud and passionate
heights Of power then sent
it crashing through his own mud.
ding. Yet no man ever hated
muddling more, or saw more
clearly the cruel waste for which
it was responsible.
TRAP SELVES
Life, he saw wasn't hell because
people wanted to be bad. They
didn't. Men and women, unless
they were sick or warped, really
wanted to be good loved clean,
strong living meant to live
that way themselves. But they
trapped themselves by their own
aimlessness . by their Shiftless
trusting to chance their re-
fusal to think things straight
through-then blaming the mess
on God!
Oh, what a glorious adventure
life might be II mortalS had the
courage to put away their day
dreams and deliberately plan their
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lines.
They prevailed. Five tribes were
at peace. Their agriculture and
trade were undisturbed. Far on
the road to civilization, they set
up a system to perpetuate their
rule Of sanity and reason. They
established self-government with
universal suffrage. Women were
exalted. They elected the chief.
A woman was chosen to represent
the mothers of the tribe. She was
the official "admonisher."
Well along in the Eighteenth
century, the compact of the five
tribes had grown into a unique,
self-perpetuating politicalreligious
system. AS European strife for
the mastery of tine new continent
increased, French, English and
Americans contended for the sup.
port of the Indians, or attempted
to incite them against their enc
mics. In ITS there was a his
toric pow-wow between repre-
sentatives of the colonistS and
the league Of the five tribes at
German Flats.
"WAY OF PEACE"
With easy, calm, dignity, a
powerful Iroquois chief stepped
forward to address the white men,
He held forward their symbol OF
the five bound arrows. He
preached unity and brotherhood
The war-drums were already
rumbling. But everywhe ere
throughout the colonies, there
was earnest attention to the
chiefs talk of unity, and to the
six principles which the Indians
had set forth as the foundations
Of government.
It is definitely in the legend
that many of the founding
fathers" including jefferson, were
thoroughly informed and pro
foundly Interested in the Indians
theory and brave experiment IN
government, and that the Shap
ing of the Declaration of 1nde
pendence and the general theory
of the new state were greatly al
fected thereby.
(cOCyrisht. 1895, by King Features
syndicate. IAa)
The Washington times., 1936-03-09
INDIANS HAD EFFECTIVE LEAGUE OF NATIONS

which were actually three dual
principals. They were: Health and
peace, strength and righteousness,
law and justice. They preached
the doctrine that the mere COM
pulSionS of law were inadequate;
that a cleansed and noble society
must be made up of cleansed and
noble individuals who had heard
in their hearts the voice of the
Great Spirit"
DR.. Hewitt says that not only
the teachings of the two Indians
at this time, but their theory OF
the birth of the world, form star
Ting parallel with the Bible. The
kingdom of Heaven Is within you
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And DDLE WAS THE
ENEMY" cried the young Eng
lishman in honest rage.
"CIearneSs," he Said-"clear-
ness and order. light and fore
sight, these things / know for
good"
Clearness and order, light and
foresight-these things were like
tall candles burning in the jungle
darkness of mans Savagery..
burning as beacons through the
murk of ignorance and fear. Find
flames, and any man could find
his way free and clear, if he'd
use them. But that's where mud
die came in-meSSlng things up
-dimming the flame.
Muddle-that was what robbed
human life of dignity and pur-
pose and sent human beings scut-
tling, squirming, like helpless
beasts through the darkness. Mud
died wishing, muddled acting.
And, out of his fierce contempt,
he quoted Kipling's fighting lines:
"An along O'dirtinesS, all along
O'meSS,
Cali along O'dOing things rather
more -Or-leSS."
"MUDDIE IS THE ENEMY
and then, just when he was most
sure that muddle would never get
him down, it happened! Down he
went, crashing headlong, dragging
those he most loved with him, In
an agony of bewilderment and be-
trayal.
CREEPS IN
Not because he wanted to
not because he planned to ). but
simply because Middle crept in
like a secret blight, into his un
guarded thoughts, his unconsid
cred acts. And, before he knew it
he was making a mess Of every
thing starting things he
couldn't finish doing things
rather more-or-lesS" instead OF
putting out a clean job.
No, it isn't the bad things we
do, nor the blunders we make
that spoil our lives. These are the
things we are taught to watch;
but these aren't the things we
need really fear.
It's the fumbling and the fid
ding, the drifting and day-dream
ing, the messing and muddline
that make a bungled blotch oi
the lives which were to be so very
gay and grand.
The Washington times., 1936-03-09
BACKGROUND

Quiet Representative Carl E.
Mapes (R.) of Michigan is one OF
the few members of the House
who usually know when to keep
the lid clamped down on their
orationS.
Now even though some persons
say that he has been deprived Of
the right to have his name on a
very important bill, he refrainS
from comment.
Back in MapeS' district is a
man who has written trade pa
per for independent grocers for
almost half a century. He inter
ester MapeS in the chain store
situation and asked that he intro
duce legislation to curb the chains
Mapes made inquiry and
learned that the Federal Trade
Commission had completed its
study of chain stores and had
! drafted a bill to curb their activi
ties.
Mapes asked Judge Ewin L
Davis of the Federal Trade Com
mission if he might introduce the
bill, received permission, and sub
! mitted it to the House.
Then Southern wholesale groc
ers decided on a measure and hao
Representative Wright Patman
CD of Texas, sponsor it in Con
greSs.
Patman now is getting most Of
the credit for the chain store bill
although Mapes had previously
introduced the measure which hac
the approval of the FTC.
Mapes, however, doesn't like tc
take credit for his proposal ano
so allows Patman to get whatever
praise is forthcoming.
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the mistakes We
make.
An er and
fear and fail
ure they're
plenty foolish.
But they're part
of the long les
son every NOR
tai must learn
and, no matter
how much 1t
hurts, we're the
better for the
learning if we've
gone at it clean
and straight.
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AT ANY PRICE?

When the Navy subcommittee
of the House Appropriations Com
mittee had concluded the ma
jority of the hearings on the bill,
Representative Glover H. Cary
Cd of entucky, chairman,
agreed to summon civilians to
testify on the measure.
Headed by Former Representa-
tive Jeanette Rankin. a delega-
ton representing 81 organizations
advocating peace at any price ap'
peared before the subcommittee
to advocate that the Navy be
scuttled.
Mrs. Rankin has always been
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gress if punitive measures are
taken.
The admirals are reported to
have expressed their views on Gov
ernment spending in rather clear
and concise terms.
And unless there is some effort
made to mark out certain portions
of their testimony, they, too, may
be the objects of the wrath OF
those gentlemen in the Govern
ment who have excellent officers
punished when they dare to criti-
else.
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the warning tribes. At that time,
the Iroquois, MohawkS, SenecaS,
Oneidas and CayugaS were in a
state of fanatical nationalism.
There were savage wars and the
continual fear of wars. Degana-
vida and Hiawatha put forward
the idea of a League of Nations.
Constantly, they trekked through
the forests and over the noun
tains, preaching peace and good
will. They made progress. Final
ly their league was formed. Their
symbol of unity was a sheaf Of
five arrows, bound with a sinew.
They enunciated six high prirl-
ciples Of organized human society
The Washington times., 1936-03-09
Greatest Show on Earth
BU John SHlure, T.

} in favor Of peace, and when she
was in the House at the time the
vote on declaring war on Ger
many was taken. she wept.
The advocates of peace advised
the committee:
Gentlemen, IL you would
only accept the policy Of the
President and limit the Navy
to meager necessities you would
be doing your duty"
President Roosevelt has a rec
ord that convinces most persons
that he is in favor of big Navy.
At least, that is what most ma
tions Of the world believe.
The advocates Of peace who
appeared before the committee,
however, were convinced that the
Chief Executive favored reduc-
tions.
One of the delegates demanded
that the entire fleet be taken out
to sea and scuttled. All ships
should be sunk, he said. But
then he wanted the Army dis
banded on the theory that the
local police could protect the
nation.
Most startling of all PROPOSE
tions advocated by these organi-
cations was that they did not
believe anyone should be required
to take the oath of allegiance to
the Constitution of the United
States.
They expressed the opinion
that no Federal official or EN-.
ploye, no sailor. soldier or marine,
should be compelled to take an
oath to support and defend the
Constitution.
And they appeared before the
subcommittee in the name Of
peace"
The Washington times., 1936-03-09
The old elephant picked the right one Watch that ball

Mr. Hilles who runs things for Republicans in
New York. says soemnly II think the Republican candidate
for President should out Of the West"
Mr. He is right about that but the thing already done
the man. none other than GOVERNOR LAND0N of Kansas
HAS come out the West Mr. Hes and others may
sit back and watch him knock out fircass national
home-run.
Governor ALT M Landon has all the qualities of first
class candidate you might compare of those quail
ties with those of well chosen baseball bat The bat must
have balance, Governor Landon has that it must have
strength Landon has that must be made Of the right
teria able stand and tear That description fits
Governor Landon.
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In view Of the
vote taken by
the Senate Mill
tary Committee
which rejected
t h e M e t C a | I
plan to investi'
gate the punish
ment of Maj
G e n. johnson
H a g ood for
1t in G too
much" 1t is ap'
p a r e n t t h a I
once the service
men talk they
can't KIP e C I
helm from Con.
The Washington times., 1936-03-09
MATRIMONIAL HANDICAPs

MATRIMONIAL HAND1CAPS
Next to the soap in the bath
tub, the Slippiest thing on earth
is an eligible man. Especially in
these uncertain days.
A pretty girl may find it easy
to get all the fish to bite; but
it takes patience, skill and dex-
terity to land even a fairly good
catch. One Of the prettiest wants
to know why she cannot "hold
her men" They all fall for her;
The Washington times., 1936-03-09
By Edwin c. Hill
By MOntier

%was definitely in their belief.
Deganawida was believed to en-
body the human and divine influ-
ence, being the son of a virgin
mother. Their story of creation
The Washington times., 1936-03-09
THEY TALKED, TOO

At least two admirals in the
Navy will correct their testimony
recently given before a House COM
,,oiffan
The Washington times., 1936-03-09

There are environment, lack Of
contacts, bad luck and halitosis.
But. given good looks and fair
chance, almost any girl can trace
her continued single-bleSSedneSS
to one Of these four primary
causes.
Copyright. 1885. by King Features
SyndieAt0)
The Washington times., 1936-03-09
Listen, World!
Bu Elsie Robinson
"MUDDLE is THE ENEMY" THAT WRECKS

copyright, 1895. by King Features
It isn't the wrong things we
do, in our anger or fear, that
mess up life so badly. It isn't
The Washington times., 1936-03-09
NATURALLY

Although the O'Connor-Cough.
lin feud has cooled, the chair.
man of the House Rules Com.
mittee has received enough COM
munications concerning the quar-
rel to force him to keep the
matter in mind for some time
to come.
Representative John j. O'Con-
nor CD of New York admits
that many of the letters and
kilograms concerning his chal-
lenge to kick Father Coughlin,
the Detroit priest, all the way
down Pennsylvania Avenue were
not complimentary.
He received miSSives from all
over the nation as well as hun
dreds from his own constituents.
He received criticism and com,
mendation alike.
The commendation, however,
came from the more intelligent
persons, he contends.
The Washington times., 1936-03-09
INCH OF TINE"

The Senate was discussing pro-
posed investigation Of toll charges
of the Panama Canal.
Senator Thomas P. Gore, CD
Of Oklahoma, wanted hasty
action.
Senator Frederick Steiwer, R)
Of Oregon, demanded to know the
reason for haste.
Gore replied:
81 will say to the Senator that
the sole object is to meet the
complaints and pretenSes Of the
shipping interests, which insist
and persist in insisting that this
investigation shall be had. They
want time, time, time. AS Queen
Elizabeth said in her dying mo-
ments, Millions for an inch Of
time. Every inch Of time allows
the shipping interests to pass
through the Canal paying less
tolls than they owe and the pro-
posed investigation was to take
that argument out Of their
mouths"
Copyright 1889, KING Features
Syndicate, 1nc.)
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-12-03
Two Ways To Carve The Leg Of Lamb

If you are to become really ex-
pert in the art of carving, a know
ledge of the anatomy of the vari-
Gus meat cuts is essential. You
should know where bones and
joints are found and in which di-
rection the fibers of the meat run.
1t is we'll to gain this knowledge
before you are confronted with
the immediate task of carving.
Take time to examine the meat in
the kitchen even before it has
been cooked. Then you will know
just what your carving problem
is going to be.
CARVING A LEG OF LAMB
The roast should be placed be-
fore the carver with the small end
to the left and the skin side down.
There are two methods of carving
a leg of lamb. According to the
method, the slices are cut through
the center, perpendicular to tn e
long bone and parallel to the aitch
bone. Begin at the large end and
make the first incision with the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-12-03

knife just ahead of the aitch
bone. Cut several slices through
to the bone, then run the knife
along the bone to release the half
slices. For second serving, turn
the leg over and carve the other
side in the same way.
This method gives a maximum
number of slices of uniform size,
cut across the grain of the meat.
According to the second method,
the carver begins at the ri h t
end of the leg as before but in
stead of cutting straight down to
the bone, he makes thin slice at
an angle of about 80 degrees. The
slices are little larger, but the
meat tibres are longer, which 10
the reason the first method is usC-
ally preferred.
But however you carve it, never
cut leg of lamb in horizontal
slices, that is, parallel to the top,
for then you are cutting with the
grain and the result will be a
stringy piece.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-12-03
Pecans Added To Pudding
Add Flavor, Eye Appeal

A touch of novelty in the every
day run of buildings is added with
pecans which combined with sew
eral ingredients, goes into the
making of a very fine pudding in
deed.
PECAN PUDDING
/ cup bread crumbs
2 cups hot milk
! tablespoon butter
1 cup chopped pecans
1 cup chopped raisins or dates
2 egg yolks, beaten
2 egg whites beaten
y cup of sugar
u teaspoon salt
Grated rind and juice 1 lemon
Mix the bread crumbs, milk,
butter, nuts, salt, egg yolks, sugar
and juice and rind of lemon. When
blended, add the raisins or dates.
Mix well and fold in the egg
whites. Pour into buttered indi-
vidual molds and bake in a mod
crate oven about u hour. Serve
with cream.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-12-03
Old Reliable For
Last of Month Is
Good Old Stew
When Nothing Seems Just
The Right Thing Then
Comes Stew

Twenty-nine days out of the
month it is all we'll and good, to
prepare meals that require time,
thought, and ability, but there
comes that thirtieth day, VIII e n
ideas are low, the housewife is
"off her feed" and nothing sounds
particularly appetizing. At just
such a time one can easily fall
back on that old reliable stew
with all the confidence in the
world. It is quite probable too,
that it will be the chit" of the
month with the family, especially
with the men who seem to be par
ticularly partial to this type meal.
There are stews and stews, varied
according to the tastes of each
family but this recipe is such that
the variations can easily be made.
For instance, some like cabbage
in stew, others like tomatoes,
but here is good basic recipe:
for six people use 2 pounds OF
either beef or lamb cut into
chunks, roll the meat in flour and
brown in pan in which has been
melted about three tablespoons o.
fat. When the meat is we'll brown
ed, add water to cover and let
simmer gently for about a half
hour. Then add six or seven whole,
peeled onions. salt and pepper and
continue to simmer for an hour
and half. Add several potatoes,
peeled and quartered, bunch of
carrots, scraped and cut into good
sized pieces and continue to sim
mer until all the vegetables are
done. Canned peas may be used
with great success and the juice
from the peas adds a splendid
flavor to the gravy. Before serv-
ing, thicxen the gravy with two
or three tablespoons of flour, de-
pending on the amount of gravy.
The more gravy, however, the bet
ter the stew.