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The Washington times., 1936-05-15
REVISE RULES

Representative Cannon CD of
Missouri is probably one of the
busiest members of Congress these
days.
Cannon is hard at work revis-
ing the manual of rules which
will dictate the procedure at the
Democratic convention.
Cannon is known as one Of
the most shrewd parliamentary
ans in the House and was selected
for the job of revising the rules
because of his reputation.
He has written a book of rules
and procedure which is recog-
nized as one of the most authori-
tative documents on the subject.
And, now he is occupied in
bringing the rules up-to-date so
as to preserve orderly action
when the Democrats meet at
Philadelphia.
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ANTWERP

Antwerp is famous for dia-
monds, but the city itself is a
brighter, lovelier gem than the
finest stone ever cut and polished
by an Antwerp diamond worker.
Experienced travellers know this
and hardly ever refrain from Wis
iting the bustling Belgian port
when in Europe. It always has
much to offer in interest and
charm.
In Antwerp one can steep one
self in the old, the mellow, the
remote, or one can become part
of the very new. But as you stroll
into the modern Place de Meir
with it's pretentious hotels and
luxurious cafes, the chimes Of the
exquisite Gothic cathedral steal
through the air to remind you
that perhaps when the very fine
buildings have given way to some
thing entirely new in architecture
and construction. the 40 bells
will still peal forth from their
beautiful tower.
HISTORIC SQUARE
One of the loveliest old squares
lin Europe is the GroanplaatS,
originally the churchyard Of
NotrG Dame of Antwerp. It's mag
nificent trees, it's corner Of the
cathedral, its statue Of Rubens
are all nice enough, but it is the
hustle about the medieval square
that is most fascinating.
Both shops and cafes invite the
traveller to linger in the present
while he enjoys a glimpse Of the
past.
Then from the square you stroll
over to the shops that specialize
in tropical merchandise, particu-
larly from the Congo.
Ivory carved into beautiful or
fantastic shapes, all kinds Of wood,
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The Ills to which the teeth are
heir seem to be numbered among
mans earliest known Affections.
The jaw of one Of our very re-
mote ancestors a doughty
warrior who skunk through the
forests Of Rhodcsia, 5000 years
ago shows that its owner
knew the exquisite pain that comes
from an assessed tooth.
And in the tombs, Of Egypt,
Greece and Rome, in distant Hin
dustan, on the other side of the
world in Mexico and Peru, archeol-
ogists are still finding examples
from the very remote past of golded
teeth adorned with golden bands
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returning to the United States.
He pointed out that at that
time, the inquiry into the presence
Of the undesirables had caused
them to take to cover, but the en-
suing relaxation Of the investiga-
ton had given them new courage,
and they were coming out OF
hiding.
Dickstein attributed a vast per-
centage of the spread Of un-Ameri-
can propaganda to the return OF
the undesirable aliens.
He pointed out that there is IN
creasing distribution Of SubverslVe
literature and said that one OF the
most important parts Of the COM
mittee program was to ferret out
the authors of the material.
Alarmed by these conditions ne
said he believed the committee
should sit this summer and work
out a definite policy to stop the
influx Of the undesirables and their
propaganda.
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inavs of gold diamond 4of the Andes thousand years
By Edwin C. Hill

4of the Andes a thousand years
ago, patrician matrons Of I'm
perial Rome, the ladies of the
Middle Ages all submitted to
long and difficult operations I'M
der primitive conditions and with
instruments incredibly crude, to
win back the charms ravaged by
bad teeth.
Yet some Of this ancient dental
work was beautifully fashioned
as ingenious, experts say, as
any to be had in modern centers
of dental handicraft. But, for all
its amazing workmanship, it was
essentially handicraft, the work Of
the mechanic or craftsman, more
closely associated with the art Of
the jeweler than the dentist as
we know him now.
Through the ages only few
colossal minds suspected that there
might be some relation between
the teeth and general health.
Hippocrates, the Father OF
Medicine" author of that famous
oath repeated to this day by all
men going out to the practice OF
the healing art, saw the impor-
lance of keeping the teeth in con-
dition, compounded a dentifr1ce
and urged his wealthy Athenian
clients to use it. A few centuries
later, Galen, famous Roman physi-
clan, interested himself in dental
ailments.
During the Middle Ages, other
learned men fought superstition
and ignorance, proclaimed the fact
that the care of the teeth belonged
in the realm Of medical science.
ASTONISHING FIGURES
But they were lone voices call
ing in a wilderness Of indiffer-
ence and old wives tales.
The brilliant insight Of a few
master minds could accomplish
nothing without widespread, gen.
eral education, without the
printed page to make their knowl'
edge universal.
DR.. Miner, dean Of the Dental
School of Harvard, has made an
estimate of the value Of the Ma
tons teeth and it runs into
astonishing figures. Here's what
he says:
Estimating the value Of
teeth at $500 a person, q small
sum, we find the total national
value to be sixty.twO and . half
billion dollars. If we estimate
the cost of maintenance at $40
a year per person, that would
come to one and a quarter bill
liOn."
Staggering sums, undoubtedly,
but not out of line with the
known facts that in one year
about a quarter of the people in
the United States actually re-
ceived dental care at q cost Of
$446,000,0 900.
An astonishing amount, surely,
when you realize that that sum
was paid by only one quarter Of
the people and that only one per-
son in three owns a toothbrush.
But even so, today America is
the acknowledged leader Of the
world in the field Of dentistry.
Copyright, 1885, by King Features
Syndicate. Ine.)
The Washington times., 1936-05-15

If anything affects your eye,
you hasten to have it removed; If
anything affects your mind. you
postpone the cure for year. -
Horace.
Trust him not that hath
once broken faith. Shakespeare.
Clever men are good, but they
are not the best
A loving heart is the begin
ming Of all knowledge.
The reward Of a thing well
done is to have done 1t.
Selfishness is the greatest
curse Of the human race.
The secret Of success is con-
stancy to purpose.
The magic of the tongue Is
the most dangerous of all spells.
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THE WHIPS"

Recently inserted in the Con.
gressional Record was a statement
by Senator James Hamilton
Lewis, of Illinois, Democratic
whip.
In the article. Senator Lewis
defined the duties of a party
whip. He pointed out:
1--WE find the whip used
throughout the ages as the in.
Strument of punishment and
sometimes Of torture. The Baby.
lOnians used 1t for the punish.
ment Of slaves who sometimes
were captured, kings, mobiles
and generals of unfortunate ma
tions that came under their con-
troll.
"The Persians followed a SINH.
lar course. The Egyptian task.
masters always carried a whip
for the driving Of slaves.
"Genghis Khan and Kublai
Khan armed their disciplinary
officers with whips which were
generally used in the punish.
ment of viOIators of their orders.
"It remained, however, for the
English to establish some order
and to record the purposes of
the legislative whip. They
sought q more modern title
from which to take the name Of
whip but which was, neverthe-
less, an instrument of discipline,
menace and punishment"
Senator Lewis went on to point
out the duties of a legislative
whip, such as keeping members
together for quorums, etc. But it
would require the greatest stretch
of imagination for any of the
Senator's colleagues to picture
the mild, bewhiskered, scholarly
orator as an instrument of dis
cipline, menace and punishment"
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with inlays Of gold, diamond,
crystal and jade.
Among the most ancient relics
of early civilization are artificial
teeth with ingenious contrivances
to hold them in place. For never,
it seems, was the race too young
to appreciate the beauty of parted
lips and cleaning, pearly teeth.
An Egyptian poet, praiSing the
charm of a princess of the House
of Paraoh, seven centuries before
the Christian era, describes her
smile with the same glowing
phrases that have been echoed by
poets ever since.
Incan princeSses on the slopes
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Words of Wise Men

He who does not know how to
grant a favor has no right to
seek one.-Publilius Syrus.
I do not, perceive why he who
is happy requires to be happier.
Cicero.
Mems faults do seldom TO them
selves appear.-Shakespeare.
Hope Deferred - That which
maketh the sweetheart stick.
A moral, sensible, and we'll
bred man will not affront me,
and no other can.-Cowper.
without constancy, there Is
neither love, friendship, nor vir-
tue in the world.
Speak little and well, II you
wish to be considered as possess
ing merit.
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QOI CI1S CVCA =,
nal riddle" Woman is simply
Female-and when you have said
that you have said everything.
Woman is female. And female
means in 1896 A. D. exactly
what it meant in 1895 B. c.
and a million years before.
Men have modified themselves;
or rather, been modified by social
necessity. Since men have been
forced to live in public and work
comparatively, they have of neces-
sity developed and adjusted them
selves to suit devious trails and
strange adventures. Men are no
longer primarily Misunderstanding
are moulded to the herd pattern.
One man is all men. One man
thinks, feels and acts as all men
think, feel and act.
LAW UNTO SELF
But a woman has had no such
social modification. Since times
dim dawn the majority Of women
have lived in much the same man
ner, followed much the same pro-
gram. They have lived cave-bound.
tent-bound or house-bound-Serv-
ing their families-matriarchS in
limited domain. So, until the
Machine Age gave women a job
and that is such a recent happen
ing that it has as yet left little
imprint on the sex as a whole
women knew almost nothing of
competition or cooperation. Hers
was a One Jane Job. And so 1t
follows that
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women.
Woman is no
m y S t e r y.
Woman--if you
can look at her
W / t h o u t
a v / S / o n
clou d e d by
prejudice, C o n
ceit or fear-iS
he simplest
ere a ture on
earth. The most
un complicated
nd dire C t
creature.
w o m a n Is
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Since the Stone
Age, we males,
the all 6 e d
stronger S eX ,
have gone to
the gentlemen
of the forceps
and drills with
fear in the
very marrow
Of our bones.
U S u ly. in
deed, S o m e
family relative
or friend leads
us by GU r
t r e m blin G
hand. aSSuageS
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able aliens.
r e p resenta-
tive S a m u e |
Dickstein, CD
Of New York
c h a ir man Of
the com m / t.
tee, said recent
ly that it was
plainly evident
that many un-
deSirables who
fled to Europe
when the immi-
grafton g gu p
W a S in ro-
tracted session
.nnnNkhr nnn orn
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Greatest Show on Earth

} for the inaugural to be staged
indoors.
Last indoor ceremony of that
kind was for william Howard Taft
and was occasioned by several
feet of snow and icy weather
which descended on the National
Capital.
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SEEKS POLICY

The House immigration Com
mittee may ask permission to re-
main in session this summer to
map out a drive against undesir-
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WOMAN is NO MYSTERY

I am weary-and exasperated
to the slapping point-at hearing
men talk about "the mystery Of
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The Human Side of the News =

Comes the glad tidings that
we need no longer approach the
dentist with quaking knees.
The Washington times., 1936-02-22

Because the world knows that our system of
recovery by guesswork, taxation and spending
cannot be successful.
A wise plan would have been first, to feed
the hungry, give shelter to those with no place
to sleep, not encouraging wilful idleness, or
putting a premium upon it. Ours was not
problem to be solved by hiring the idle to paint
pictures produce plays, or take dancing lessons,
all those things were tried. The job was to en-
courage industry, to make legitimate jobs. Stu
pendous folly said to crippled industry: "Al
right if you won't hire the ten millions idle,
the Government will hire them and taxpayers
will pay their wages"
That plan has not worked, it could not work.
Before the big war began the national debt
of the United States was one billion. Today it
is far about thirty billions. The unemployed
are still unemployed after pouring out ten thou
sand million dollars of public taxes to restore
prosperity"
What is the matter with us? This country,
with occasional halts and jerks, was running
along with ever increasing prosperity until
the last wreck of 1929
Is there no way of getting back on the
track? 1t takes long time to build another
track and another national system especially
know how to BUILD but do know how to
DUST"
What's the matter aUitk as? Who will find
a cure for our troubles? Not vague, well mean
ing theorists.
The Washington times., 1936-02-22
Listen, World = = ByElsie Robinson

More bitter still, somebody's
crookedneSS has betrayed you .. .
someone you adored. trusted with
your pride and happiness.
Or Death has come-SlaShing
out of the darkness - wrecking
your dream, breaking your heart,
destroying the one being whom
you loved better than life itself.
How easy to go jungle when the
night closes in lose the hard
won armor Of civilization be-
come a poor, gibbering beast, star
ing madly through hopeless dark
ness!
A BEACON FLAME
Then suddenly it comes, gleam-
ing delicately against the brutal
darkness spreading shin
ing mounting like a beacon
flame the loom O. the lights!
The loom of those lights which
men and women have lit
slowly, painfully, with infinite
struggle and sacrifice, through
countless centuries
The loom of Courage, where
once there was only beStial fear
of Tenderness, where once
there was only cruelty-of gal
liant Generosity, where once
there was only greed-of Hope
and Faith, where once there was
only despair!
Storm above, and snarl Of surf
beneath, and fear like q sea
beast gnawing out your heart.
But look up-look out! Across
the storm they leap, they flash,
they flame! Do not lose hope
nor surrender to the night.
Across the darkness there shines
the loom of the lights!
copyright. lSSO, by King Features
Syndicate, Ine.)
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each glimmer was a PROOF.
Proof of Man. Proof Of Mans
power, Mans courage, Mans in
domitable battle for the Truth.
Mans tenderness and love Of
beauty.
COMFORTING
Such small, weak things, we hu-
man beings! So soft and stupid
and helpless against these mon
strous elements. And yet, for all
his weakness, there was some
thing in a Man that triumphed
over wind or rain; something that
rode the widest, racing surf. And
that loom Of the lights was the
sign!
There were homes there. behind
the loom of the lights. There
were churches, colleges, factories
more marvellous than Aladdin's
caves, assembly halls where his
tory W s being made. could not
see them, could not hear the
faintest sound of their activity in
this insane believing Of the ele-
mentS, would not touch timber or
stone for q day to come. But
/ had seen their sign in the
night. and that was enough to
strengthen my heart and steady
my head.
The "loom O. the lights"-so
often since it has come to me like
a heartening miracle. Not only at
sea or in some actual storm-but
in a time of stress which clawed
the courage from my veins. How
quickly one goes amuck in an
hour like that!
Someone's stupidity - perhaps
your own-has swept away the
savings Of Q lifetime. Left you
pennilsss, gone frantic from fear.
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there's the loom O. the lights"
Face. figure, pointing hand, all
were lost in the smother of dark
ness. Vainly peered. eyes blinded
by salt spray, brain. bewildered by
the bedlam, seeing nothing but
inky hell. Then slowly it came
spreading its delicate, cleaning
web across the brutal blackneSS of
the night like a frail flower, a faint
song-the lovely "loom o. the
lightsI"
Oh, beautiful-that wavering
radiance! g..
Beautiful and comforting, as. a
gentle hand laid ON my fright
ened spirit and heartening as
an army with banners! For here
was something more than the
mere gleam Of lights through
darkness. Here was sign and
symbol Of all ] had learned to
trust in an uncertain world. Only
q faint. golden glimmering against
endless, storm-EoeSed night But
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TWO-MInute
Journeys
CARIBBEAN ISLANDS

It seems that almost every trav-
eler has a favorite island in the
Caribbean, a place that they dis
covered and on which they are
authorities.
st. Christopher, affectionately
dubbed st. Kits, is one Of the
sweetest, loveliest of all the West
Indies, the best introduction ever
to the rest of the Windward and
Leeward Isles.
Then there is st. Vincent Of the
Windward group, very British and
all that sort of thing. At st. Vim
cent you will walk in one Of the
most beautiful botanic gardens in
the world. certainly in the western
world, as well-looked after as it is
exquisite.
st. Vincent is a lazy sort of q
place and one does more beach
lounging than swimming. Or
there is Victoria park, where
there is cricket and football to
watch. Kingstown is famous for
it's market, a great cobbled
square. Here is native life as
colorful as any traveller could
wish. Every shade of black and
brown and every tropical fruit
and vegetable that there is,
makes the market scene most
picturesque.
st. Lucia is a British. naval
base and so is one of the buster
islands. The passenger ship
threads it's way past the des-
troyers and cruisers of the
British navy rocking at anchor
in this most beautiful harbor,
natural deep water harbor sur
rounded by hills.
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Wise Words

Who boards up his gold and
hides it in corners lives without
friends and dies without mourn
erS.
Make yourself an honest man,
and then you may be sure that
there is one less rascal in the
world.
flushed be every thought that
springs from out the bitterness OF
things.
It is only at the tree loaded with
fruit that people throw stones.
If the eye do not admire, the
heart will not desire.
A fool may chance to put some
thing in a wise mans head.
Adversely is the true scale for the
weighing Of friendship.
From a bad debtor take even a
bagful of straw.
knowledge is the knowing that
we cannot know.
A wagonful of sorrow win not
pay q handful Of debt.
The Washington times., 1936-02-22
Marry-Go'
Round
BY HELEN ROWLAND

Are men taxing the CAKE ouC
of women'S mouths?
Don't laugh! That's a burning
question. The masculine COM
plant that women in business
are taking the bread out Of
mems mouths" has at last been
answered.
"Is there no way to stop men
from taking women'S jobs? How
about men who make a speciality
of cutting women'S hair?" was
the plaintive inquiry Of one
woman at a recent symposium
who signed herself, "Delilah-out-
of-a-job."
That's a poser! And, don't
forget, Delilah, all the famous
coiffeurs who make a speciality
of curling women's hair and
dressing women's hair.
And all the men-millinerS who
design women's hats. And all
the male dreSSmakerS and fashion
artists from Paris.
Remember that three-quarters
of the beauticianS and perfumerS
are men. And that most Of the
stitching and sewing on women's
garments is now done by mem
and machines.
Most of the famous chefs in the
word are men. And every hotel
is manned-not womanned - by
cooks and diShwaSherS.
Where women used to "sew on
tiny baby-garmentS" men now
manufe cture layettes; and it is a
toSs-up whether q tender woman
or some big burly man puts In all
those tiny tucka and ruffleS.
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George Washington

Americans on this anniversary of his BIRTH might well
ponder on that phase of George Washngtons life which
made him "the man who would NOT be king
Successfully commander of the Army president of the
Constitutional Convention and first President of the
United States Washington never sought these honors
and posts.
His acceptance of them was made with reluctance
which he voiced on many occasions.
WHEN THE TIME CAME AND THE PRESIDENCY
MIGHT HAVE BEEN CHANGED TO A KINGsHIP AT
THE SLIGHTEST INDICATION FROM THE MAN
WHOM AMERICANS HONOR TODAY THAT HE
WANTED TO WEAR CROWN, WASHINGTON
HELD FIRM TO THE PRINCIPLES WHICH HAD
GUIDED HIM THROUGHOUT HIS ADULT LIFE.
Led up to the high mountain and urged to found an
American dynasty in which would be reposed autocratic
power, the who had just driven the minions and
hirengs of King George from the country could find
no temptation in the idea.
Washington foresaw the durability of the document
written at Philadelphia by the meetings which he
had presided.
He knew that in adhering to the fundamental prin-
cpes established in that document lay the salvation of
people which had fought the successful fight for free
dom and which had paid heavy price in human lives
to abolish tyrannous government.
He realized that in remaining steUdfGst to the
government of LalUS ordained by the Constitution
and in the framework of the thoroughly checked
and balanced government 1Iich it decreed, rested
the hope of Americans of preserving the benefits
Which they had struggled under his leadership to
obtain. N>
Washington after the Revolution remained faithful to
the ideals which had animated him throughout the
The enhanced personal glory which might have come
to him through becoming king he disdained
TODAY WASHINGTON STANDS HIGHER IN THE
ESTEEM OF THOSE TO WHOM HE BEQUEATHED
HIS IDEALS THAN IF HE HAD DONNED THE
ERMINE WITH WHICH A GRATEFUL NATION
WOULD GLADLY HAVE DRAPED HIM. g.
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do the best you can and do all you can.
Now that is changed to DON'T. Do you
call that improvement?
pictures, which the Government buys. We put
thousands of men to ''raking leaves" and other
imitation work, destroying in them the habit
of work if they ever had the habit
Every theorist with "a new idea" is per-
mitted to try it, spending one fifty millions;
taxpayers foot the bills
Men that never earned dollar in their lives
except on some college or other payroll, excel
lent men, probably, but unfortunately not prac-
tical suddenly discover that they can do for the
whole nation what they never could do for them
selves 49,:
The learned professors would end our
troubles, LEAVE 1T TO THEM.
It has been left to them for several years,
and look at us.
Millions were out of work when the de-
preston started, as many millions are out of
work now.
The Government employs millions, says it
has recently put 100000 men to work, but
still ten millions or more are idle, millions
relief, public charity is handed out, to avoid
trouble.
WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH USY
Other nations our English cousins especially,
are far ahead on the road to recovery. Their
money like ours is paper not gold but their
money sells above par in dollars so do French
francs. WHY?
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a storm driv-
ing down from
t h e orth... .
and an unseen
horror of wa
ter snarling be-
meath the labor
ing bow. With
each lurch, my
cowardly. land
lu b b er spirit
q u a ked d. But
the S a / | o r
laughed.
"No danger, to
this" he said.
You're good as
h n m a See