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The Washington times., 1936-12-26
SENATOR FESS

Perhaps you think Of Senator
Simeon D. Fess, who died Wednes-
day, as being conservative. Per
haps you're right if you compare
him with the trend of the times
in which he finished his political
career but if you'll look back in
your history you'll find that he
was one of the original brain
truSterS.
Senator Fess was a college pro-
feSSor when he started in on his
political career. It was at the time
that Bryan was trying to get over
his 16-to-1 policy. Now the idea
was a complicated affair to the
man in the street. For comparison
it had about as clear a meaning
to some as the reciprocal trade
agreements do today.
In the midst of this fight the
Republicans in Ohio enlisted the
aid of Prof. Fess. He was able to
jump into the fray and put out
numerous pamphlets for his party
showing just what the shouting
was all about and how the Repub-
licans thought the idea was a
fallacy.
It was from this brain trusting
stepping stone that he started on
his political career. And so the
pendulum Swings-one day you're
out far ahead of the pack and the
next they think you're too con-
SerVatiVe.
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The Greatest Show on Earth
BIZ Frank Miller Smith

Roosevelt" is Bob'S first and prlnl-
ary interest it seems the right
touch to use the Chief Executive
as a mailing address for the alert
and popular guard.
Among other little gifts that
will catch your eye on Capitol Hill
is the new paper cutter received
from Senator Vic Donahey by Col.
Edwin A. Halsey, secretary of the
Senate. It is whitfield out of a ma
tive wood and a corn cob.
Among other things Senator
Donahey is as good whittier as
he is a fisherman.
Representative Usher L. Bur
dick, the independent, goes in for
the holiday spirit in big way.
On the door of his office for the
past week has hung an enormous
wreath of green and red, telling
the world that les as happy and
independent as man who's not
a Democrat can be in this Con-
greSS,
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Arthur Brisbane

A NOBLE soul has been gathered to his fathers.
"A A very, very great newspaperman has laid down
his pen.
Arthur Brisbane went as he would have wished peace
fully, reposefuly beautiful Christmas morn in the
spirit of Peace on Earth to Men of Goodwill.
Great Editor, brilliant writer, intellectual thinker
daring crusader for justice for his felowman Arthur
Brisbane kindly lovable person in his personal
relationships with his individual fellowman.
It was nearly twenty years ago that Arthur Brisbane
was proprietor of The Washington Times.
Some of the keen ideas and brilliant thoughts which
he then gave still pregnant in The Times.
More important, his radiant personality his
panionabty, his fraerna cheerfulness and goodwill
still abound and will be nurtured because Arthur
Brisbane left an impress which will always be appre
ciated.
To Arthur Brisbane The Washington Times expresses
the hope and confidence that he has gone to that happy
reward which is eternal.
To his relatives The Washington Times offers genu
Inc coincidence
For itself The Washington Times expresses gratitude
that it has known admired and loved Arthur Brisbane
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Such miss the greatest pleasure" the precious
feeling of SECURITY.
The city man who has Mived by the way,
in his careless journey through life, and "by
the way" spent all that he had, discovers that
old age is as icy and cold as any countryside
with Winter wind sweeping over it,
He may realize it in advance, but If he
negects to save he will know, when age comes
on, how ptiful it is to be old and poor. And
the great majority of old men die poor and for
lorn, nothing to show for the long life of work
A man, as he saves, may have all that he
would have had, had he lived the life of an
"easy-come, easy-go" spendthrift
And he has in addition the feeling of security
now and for the future that outweighs all pass
ing pleasure.
To be successful means to be able to con-
troll ourselves and the first proof of self-control
is the power to save the power of self-denlal
when needed, the power to look ahead.
The wise man does not live from day to day;
he looks into the future and prepares for it.
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Marry-GO-ROund
Bu Helen ROULGvld

~does the whole job, and the hus-
band only sits around and, crit
icizes the way she does it.
But it's always the husband who
| leaves his office at noon and joins
the Three Hours-for-Lunch Club"
who says, "Oh, I'm too tired, get
the plumber to do 1t or, Call in
the janitor-I'm no window
draperl and then rushes off to
play golf "for exercise"-or to
take off weight"
Standing up for 20 minutes
after dinner to wipe the dishes
is fine for the preservation Of a
mans waist-line; helping to move
the furniture around is simply
wonderful for the digestion, as
well as for keeping the muscles
hard and firm. And hanging the
portiereS and running the lawn
mower is better for any mans
health, his figure, and his soul
than trotting around a golf course
and swearing at an innocent little
white ball.
But usually It's the husband
who grubs hardest all day at his
office who loves to go home and
'putter around the house." mend
the faucet, put up the screens and
wash the car.
Nobody wants to see men ex'
change jobs with women. That
would be a sad and ludicrous
spectacle. But the sight OF a
couple working TOGETHER in a
home is a beautiful picture. No
man need blush because he loves
his home nor because ne lends a
willing hand in it. That's where
he becomes a Prize Husband; The
Noblest Work of Nature!
Copyright, 1896, by King Features
syndicate, Inc
The Washington times., 1936-12-26

It should be a Joy to any wom-
an to be married to man who
can broil a steak, make a light,
fluffy omelette, hang a picture
straight and get his own morning
coffee when necessary.
Unfortunately, some wives
never seem to appreciate the
magnificence of the prizes they
have drawn in the matrimonial
lottery; and his fellows seem to
regard him scornfully as a
"strike-breaker!"
When Grandfather got up
early, chopped the wood, started
the fires and put the kettle on,
nobody called him a "mollycod-
die" But the modern husband
who tends the furnace, paints
the piazza, and helps with the
dishes on the maids day out, al
ways feels that he ought to
apologize for tive never found
out WHY?
1t takes TWO to make a nome!
And there's no bond to hold a
man and woman together like a
mutual interest in making a
Home out Of a House! Making
a husband out of a man, and
making four-walls-and-a-roof Iva
BILE and lovable are among the
highest Plastic Arts; and every
woman studies for her Degree"
in these two subjects just as soon
as she is married.
But she has to have cooperation
Its a two-perSon job!
When two hearts, two heads,
and two pairs of hands go into
the making and keeping of a
home, il is a far happier place
than the one in which the wife
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Listen, WOrld = By Elsie Robinson

>grab the spotlight for five min
utes under any other pretext. But
brave, indeed, is the citizen who
can ignore broken heart! And
if said Broken Hearted happens
to be a slim wisp of a blonde, or
a pitiful gray-haired mother, the
heartless brute might as well go
jump in the bay as try and call
her bluff.
AN OUTRAGE
Yet bluff it is-and one Of the
meanest on record. One such
super-sensitive soul can and often
does terrify a whole family-even
a community-for years. And no
one dare deny her audience.
So what should be done about
it? Plenty!
Anyone who makes Such-a-much
over their petty, private peeves is
obviously suffering from an in
flated ego and has become as great
a public pest as any vagrant. II
it's an outrage to hold up man
with Sawed-off shotgun, it's
equally an outrage to hold him up
with a sob story. Such nuisance
merits no attention, deserves no
pity. Not even If he or she be your
own Hearts Beloved. He should
receive, instead, the swiftest posi-
BILE conduct to the nearest exit.
Which, bigolly, is wonderful ad-
vice, even if 1 did write it. And
how I wish I had the courage to
act on it myself.
(ThiS column 1UelcomeS and
requests comments. Letters pre-
Senting personal problems may
also be sent. All letters 1UilL be
handled contidentiGlly and an
SWered promptly it stamped. Gd-
dressed envelopes are tncludedJ
Copyright. 1888. by King Features
Syndicate. 1nc,)
The Washington times., 1936-12-26

THESE two pictures carry the same lesson:
J. In youth and strength prepare for the
future.
The country boy knows that wood for the
farmhouse fire will be needed all through the
Winter, and that it is for him to provide it.
He pile up the neatly cut logs close to
the door within convenient reach now, while
the weather is good, and have them ready for
cold months of Winter; or he can wait until
Winter comes with snow and ice, to make col
lecting and piling the wood doubly difficult,
doubly uncomfortable.
In the modern city of steam heat there is
little piling up of wood, but there is equally
important provision against the season of cold
the season of old age, and poverty, unprO-
tected
Against this cold season, the wise man, and
the boy wisely advised, prepare BY SAVING.
What the woodpile is to the farmhouse in
Winter, the savings bank account money put by.
wisely invested, is to the cold Of old age.
Nature sets the example in saving; and in
her savings banks, the earth, she has provided
for man most generously.
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To make the present happy, provide
against the future, that is wisdom.

Long before man appeared earth, Nature
stored away for him beneath the ground endless
billions of tons of COAL great oil deposits,
destined to supply him with heat for his home,
for his steam engines and for his automobiles
and airplanes when they should appear.
In her great savings bank, the earth, Nature
stored for mans use and his future needs, mil
lions of years before he created, all the
metals from heavy iron to light aluminium, in
cluding the precious metals, and strange chemi-
cals everything that man in his industrial and
scientific development could need.
It is easy to take the "happy go-lucky" view
of life. Too many young people and people in
middle life on the danger line of old age say:
''Why should 1 deprive myself of pleasures;
as I travel through life I want to live by the
way. The present takes of itself, the fu-
ture will find a way of taking care of itself"
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JUST IN CASE

And, of course, at this time of
the year there comes the prize
stories of the celebrants who dip
too far into the cup that cheers.
We are told that one viViant ap,
preached his doctor. He was Shak-
ing and no end perturbed:
Doctor" he asked, "dO you
think I've got the d. T.'S?"
The doctor looked him over and
queried:
do you see any pink ele-
plants or snakes ming
through your keyhOle at night?"
The patient answered in the
negative and the physician eaSed
his mind by telling him that all
he needed was a good rest. The
patient left. In a minute he came
back.
Doctor, when you asked
about the pink elephants and
such you weren't talking about
that green goat that's been fol.
lowing me around, were yOu?"
The Washington times., 1936-12-26

Journey
THE FAR EAST

The Inauguration of tranSpa,
cific seaplane service has made
many people conscious of the Far
East, and the result is they want
to know more about such places
as the Philippines, it's people and
the life they lead. So let's make
a little survey of the vast region
we know as the Philippines, where
the old and the new is blended so
fascinatingly.
The Philippine Islands are di-
vided into three groups. The
largest island, Luzon, forms one
Of these. The second division is
known as the Visayas and in
cludes such islands as Cebu,
Panay, Negros, Bohol and Samar.
The third group is comprised Of
the Moro Islands, the home of
those fierce Moros, whose invas-
ions led the Spanish engineers to
build the Walled City in Manila
nearly three centuries ago.
The Moros are Mohammedans,
and they wear the turban and the
fez. Their customs are entirely
different from the natives of the
other groups, and it is this mix
ture and these contrasts that
make the Philippines so fascinat-
ing.
Marvellous fishermen, the Moros
have developed strange sailing
vessel, the "vinta," a variation of
the out-rigger canoe so common
to tropical seas.
The Washington times., 1936-12-26
Proposed Bills

VVHE hearing proposed legislation which the Dis
i trict Commissioners will hold Monday comes at an
inconvenient time for many of our citizens who would
like to attend and make known their views bills to be
recommended to Congress-
The hearing is scheduled for time when most of the
civic organizations have adjourned the holidays
and when most of the individuals who ordinarily display
real interest are engrossed with holiday activities.
For that reason failure of the hearing to draw large
crowd should not be taken indicating that Wash
ingtonians willing to let bills fail by default
willing to let other measures win Endorsements with
faint praise.
THE POINT is THAT BECAUSE OF THE HOUR
AND THE DATE OF THE HEARING 1T WILL BE
IMPOSSIBLE TO OBTAIN A REAL IDEA OF THE
INTEREST OR LACK OF INTEREST IN THE MEAS
.URES TO BE DISCUSSED.
All of the bills which the Commissioners propose to
consider at Mondays hearing are important
Many of them would, if enacted bring about radical
changes in the conduct of various phases of the local
government.
It should be possible therefore, to give local citizens
more than opportunity to state their views these
bills.
One of the bills which will be taken up is that drafted
some time ago by the then Peoples Counsel, William
A. Roberts, to provide for study of the desrabilty and
feasibility of subway system for the congesed area.
This measure is of such Importance that it is scarcely
likely to receive proper attention when grouped with
nine or ten other bills in the same hearing
The same thought applies to several of the other
measures such that for changing the conduct of the
Juvenile Court and the amendment to the liquor control
law.
AS MANY CITIZENS AS POSSIBLE SHOULD AT
TEND THE HEARING AND THE COMMISSIONERS
SHOULD ARRANGE THAT IF A REPRESENTA-
TIVE GROUP IS NOT PRESENT A LATER HEAR
ING BE HELD.
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ties, tn e n e W
smoking jacket
and the rest of
the turkey. If
you didn't feel
so W e ii t h i S
m ornin g re-
member t h a t
it's all right to
turn over and
get the extra
forty winkS.
Senator Will
liam H. King
arranged early
in the last seS-
sion of Con-
preSS to make
The Washington times., 1936-12-26

we're expected
S ON e, indeed,
devoted practi-
cally all their
time to Going
Arou n d a n d
Getting Their
Feelings H u r t.
The tee n lest
weeniest bit Of
a thing would
S end 'em off
into a 6 90 d,
hard cry. Then
very one was
supposed to be
Awfully Sorry
for them and
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APROPOS
Wise Words

Fear of the future is worse
than ones present fortune.-Quin-
tilian.
Censure is the tax a man pays
to the public for being eminent.
Swift.
When marriage is merely a mat
ter Of money-divorce is merely
Q matter Of time.
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today a legal holiday.
There has been pouring into
this desk besides the seasons
greetings number Of stories
that wouldn't be worth darn at
any other time of the year hut
since they're quite appropriate
and this is a heck of time to be
writing a column anyway here
goes.
The Roosevelt family takes its
yule spirit seriously. To them It's
time for generosity, kindliness and
simplicity. Perhaps you've noticed
that there's been a scarcity of
news and pictures about gifts to
the President. In the past decade
it's been rather an easy thing for
some one to get a big publicity
spread by sending the White
House turkeys fed on cheStnutS,
milk-fed ducks and such.
Without making any noise about
it the idea permeated around the
presidential mansion this year
that the First Family of the Land
frowned on this sort of exploita-
ton and the correspondents have
been allowed to see but a few of
the gifts that have kept the front
door banging for the past week,
For one time in the year Franklin
Delano Roosevelt and his family
want to be just folks.
One of the incest gifts received,
however, that was shown to a
couple of the newsmen was a set
Of dishes made from mother OF
pearl.
1t was presented by Quintin
Paredes one of the Resident Com
misSioners from the Common
wealth of the Philippines. 1t is a
beautiful set and typifieS the ar
tiStry of the Filipino.
APROPOS
In the manner of Christmas
cards. the flood that has taxed the
backs Of our postal boys have con-
tained a number addressed to Bob
Clark, secret service man who has
guarded the President for several
years.
1t seems that quite few of Mr..
Clark's cards were addressed:
"Mr. Bob Clark, care of Presi-
dent Roosevelt"
Since the care Of President
The Washington times., 1936-12-26
HOLIDAY FARE

Well, sir, here it is, the day
when we get down to being picky
and choosey about the Christmas
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The Human
Side of the.
News
By EdUin C.. Hill

"This," said the delegate Of
Mexico, means the end Of the
Monroe Doctrine" The state.
The Washington times., 1936-12-26

ment was made
in Buenos Aires,
and it's refer
ence was to the
collective secur-
ity agree EN- en- t
reached by Pan
Am erican ma
tions under the
inspiration of
Cordell H ull,
S ecre tary of
State for the
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% be Sensitive.

Back in the 90's-when I first :
began taking notice-Nice Ladies
MAYO nxnnntnd IA ha Caas;4;1rn
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OLD FAVORITES
The Winter Glass

Then let the chill Sirocco blow,
And grid us round with hills of snow
Or else go whistle to the shore,
And make the hollow mountains
Whilst we together ovial sit
Careless and crowned with mrth and wit;
Where though bleak winds confine home
Our fances round the world shall roam.
Well think of all the friends know,
And drink to all worth drinking to:
When having drank all thine and mine,
We rather shall want health than wine.
But where friends fail us, we'll supply
Our friendships with charity.
Men that remote in sorrows live,
Shall by our lusty brimmers thrive
Well drink the wanting into wealth,
And those that languish into health,
The afflicted into joy the oppressed
Into security and rest.
IReGders inVted to send to the editor their sug
oesons of old fCUortes among the poems for reprntng
IN this spGee.)
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several million martyred relations
and friends.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-04-16
BASS LAKE

Mr.. and Mrs. David Felt and baby
motored to Sturgeon Lake Saturday to
visit Mrs. Felt's parents. They re-
turned home Sunday evening.
Herbert, Betty and Roy Nelson left
for Superior Friday to visit their sis
ter, Mrs. Carl Monte, and family for
a few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Nelson spent
Easter day with Mrs. Nelson's parents
at Pine City.
Ellen Wickner of Finlayson, spent
Easter vacation at her parental home.
Mrs. Anton Peterson was on the sick
list last week, but is feeling better
at this writing.
Albert Nelson called at the George
Smith and Clyde McLain homes Sun
day.
Dave Felt called at the Ed Yetter
and Richard Swanson homes Friday.
Evelyn Johnson was a supper guest
at the Herbert Olson home Tuesday
evening of last week.
The Misses Alphield Olson and En-
ma Paul returned to Sandstone Mon
day after spending Easter vacation at
their parental homes.
Charles Erickson, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. E. Erickson, was married to
Miss Olive Heltne, Saturday, April 4
at 2 p. m. at Mondovi, Wis. Friends
extend congratulations.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Nelson and
baby visited Sunday afternoon at the
+ Walter Ekdale home.
Mrs. Claus Nelson is visiting rela-
tives at Hinckley for few days.
| Herbert Nelson left Monday for a
CCC camp.
/ David Felt and Mertus Loftness re-
turned home from Orr Wednesday OF
last week.
Be sure to attend the Oscar Felt
sale Friday.
The Victor Carlson family spent
Sunday afternoon at the Richard
Swanson home.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. P. Carlson accom-
panied the Herman Carlson family to
Sank Center Friday. Mr.. and Mrs
A. P. Carlson remained for a longer
visit while the others returned home
Monday evening.
Mrs. Richard Swanson and daugh
ter, Evelyn, spent Tuesday Afternoon
with Mrs. George Smith.
Word reached Mr.. and Mrs. George
Smith Tuesday that Eldon Nelson, sol
of Mr.. and Mrs. August Nelson, for
mer residents of Bass Lake, was mar
ried last fall and is now living il
Minneapolis. Friends extend cOngra
tulatiOns.
Mrs. Ben Carlson called on Mrs
Claus Nelson Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. C.. E. Erickson visited at tn,
Oscar and David Felt home Wednes
day.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-04-16
CARD OF THANKS

The kindness of friends and neigh
bors during the last illness and death
of our beloved wife, mother, cousin
and aunt has been felt deeply and
appreciated by us and we take this
means to thank every one. Also we
appreciate the beautiful tokens ex-
pressed in the floral offerings and ex.
tend thanks to Rev. jobs. Knudsen,
who gave us such comforting mes
sage after her departure from us.
Such kindness will long be remem-
bered and cherished.
Hans Hermansen.
Owe Hermansen and family.
Peter Hermansen.
H. P. H. Hansen and family.
AXel Hansen and family.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-04-16
PIT. A. Next Friday.

The next Parent-Teachers meeting
as announced last week will be held
in the school house Friday, April
"a. at s p. m. The subject per-
tanning to extra-curricular activi-
ties in the school from the parents
standpoint will be presented for dis
cussion by A. w. Conway. There
will also be selections by the Askov
Male Chorus and violin solo by Ed
mund Rix, accompanied on the piano
by Miss Mavis Conway. The usual
lunch will be served after the pro-
gram. Everyone interested is invited.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-04-16

The local Danish Brotherhood lodge
has decided to install a new sound
system for the hall. The outfit ar
rived this week and is now being in
stalled. There is an attachment with
it so that all photograph records can
be reproduced through it. 1t is an
ticipated that it will furnish excel
lent dance music such as is heard
from records over the radio. 1t will
be tried out Saturday evening this
week at the d. B. S. social.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-04-16
ASKOV
Roads Have Water Hazards,

A number of low spots in the roads
around the village are under several
feet of water at this time; travelling
south you will suddenly stop just be-
low the N. B. Miller farm where there
is two to three feet of water over the
road for a distance of nearly 40 rods
Travelling south you will stop when
you come to Einar Jensen's driveway
where there is a similar lake; high
way No. % is under water in front of
the P. Simonsgaard farm and again
a mile north of town. Many of the
roads where there was a heavy layer
of snow are just breaking up while
others are already drying out very
nicely, but in most places it is rather
tough going.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-04-16

Miss Ruth Hansen came from Min
neapolis to spend Easter at the home
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Chris
Hansen.
Holger B. and Esbern Kilstofte, who
are employed by their brother, H. B.,
in the southern part of the state,
spent Easter at their respective homes
here.
Just as soon as the roads settle for
more convenient travelling, it is indi-
Gated by the committee that the an
nounced Amateur program will be
sponsored here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earnest Degerstrom
and Mr.. and Mrs. Sigurd Nielsen who
were married Wednesday, presented a
dance to their friends in the Andy
YOungbauer place in Rutledge that
night.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-04-16

At the request of the Sons of Nor
way lodges, Senator Benson has intro
duced joint resolution in the Senate
requesting that October 9th of each
year be designated as Lief Erikson day
The resolution also invites the people
of the United States to observe the
day in schools and other suitable
places with appropriate ceremonies.