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The Washington times., 1936-10-10
Italy Must Eat

Dictators boast to their adoring people
"To the devil With the of the UorId; get
along by ourselves We all-conquerng oll-poWer-
full. We don't need anybody's help. We lift
selves by bootStraps"
The people pay dearly for relationships propaganda is
about all they get to swallow.
Most ruthless Communist Russia selling wheat abroad
to get money to buy machinery-whe Russian peasants
starved
Hitler has announced fouryar plan Of rigorous prepare
ton for complete independence from foreign materials
That 'meatless days" and "wheatess days" and
EATess days for the German people Part of that plan
is to regain Germanys lost colonies For the present.
many must sell manufactured goods other get
money to buy food and materials
Mussoni is in fix League sanctions feeble
they closed many markets Italian goods Like
many Italy must sell Italian goods and other
lions to get enough foreign credit buy vitality necessary
foods and raw materials
Mussoni Italian mothers have more babies but
he cannot make Italian lands produce wheat gold
The democrace have doubly tough for the dicta
tOrshps to Give alone" France England and America
raised tariff walls against foreign goods sitting foreign
trade Of the dictaors who could their countries
not all others.
First England, then America, now France-al three
democraces have devaued their crencies making easier
Tor foreign countries to buy their products Devauaon by
the democrace raided the markets relationships
Thus, after running quay for years, the Democraces
haOe taken the offensive. Hitler and Mussolin
high Heaven that they uoud f0olU the denocraces.
But Mussolini has cracked.
Just the other day. announced that the Italian lire would
be slashed per cent to match the slash the American dol
lar the British pound and the At the
time Musson cut tariffs certain foods fixed all prices
in Italy.
One down and to co. Hitler is AS one foreign
country after another bows to economic necessity
good fortune is made more clear:
all he
cies only America actually Live within its o.Vn
borders
The Washington times., 1936-10-10

EVERY PREJUDICE is "SPITE FENCE"

'men-who boast they cant take
poetry" Want to know secret.
boys? You cant take poetry"
because you're afraid of it Afraid
of the things it does to you-Shy
of the beauty you've never taken
time to understand.
You might as we'll boast about
having a tin stomach as to grin
your contempt at poetry.
Stop crouching behind your
stupid spite fence"-kidding your
self that it's a sign of your re-
finement, intelligence, spirituality
or progreSSiveneSS. See it, instead,
for the ugly thing it is-a proof
of your own cowardice, intoler-
ance, or stupidity.
Kick that spite fence" over and
stand up! Dare to look at EVERY
THING, take a mature interest in
EVERYTHING.
(ThiS column Welcomes and re-
quests comments. Letters present.
ing personal problems may also
be sent. All letters 1DiU be handled
contidentidlIy and GnS1O ere d
promptly it stamped, addressed
envelopes are included.)
Copyright, 1898. by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.
The Washington times., 1936-10-10

they're another thing can
take. Give us some of those red
hot political wallops-they're the
stuff"
ct was particularly pleased" ad-
mits Mrs. Mary O'Connor, Of
Santa Barbara. with your article
You Can't Kill Christ Why
don't you give us more like that?
Think of the good you could do
in your column if you would skip
tiresome political discussions and
flippant Smad" talk, and confine
yourself to insp&ational subjects"
So they come piling in, daily,
by the Misunderstanding would
or embarrassing why I did or
didn't-Each one saying how
he'd run the column each one
sure his way is best. . never a
one dreaming that he's showing
himself up!
Often, reading them-or re-
reading some Of my own past
The Washington times., 1936-10-10

RaVeS-l MINK OF InOSe OplIe
Fences" indignant householders
used to build against unWelcome
neighborS-never realizing that
the fence harmed them far more,
with its uglineSs, than it hurt the
neighbor. Stupid things-preju-
dices! Every one we harbor is a
spite fence" that shuts out a
world of beauty and wonder.
You'd think-to see our SmirkS
that prejudice was a rare and
precious talent, proof of a par
ticularly smart or discriminating
spirit. But it isn't. It's simply an
evidence of IGNORANCE .
proof of our own limitations.
There's the lady who can't en-
dure slang. who pushes aside my
Slangy article. But how about
Life, my dear-Life, that abundant
adventurer who pours her rich
drama into any idiom that comes
handy?
There are phases of life which
only slang can express if
you pass up slang you pass up a
saving, earthly commences which
you need as vitality as you need
clean water, good bread.
And the mantle thousands Of
The Washington times., 1936-10-10

Bryan.
In case the last question is OF
paramount interest to you, it can
be easily settled.
The little booklet referred to
opens with the electoral vote by
principal parties and by States
from 1900 to 1882. So it's very
easy to look at the first column Of
figures and announce emphati-
cally and with some degree OF
accuracy that in 1900 Mckinley
got 282 electoral votes and Bryan
got 1855.
If you have a mind then to talk
about third parties you can skip
to 1912 and refresh your memory
with the fact that Taft got eight
electoral votes, Wilson got 435 and
Teddy Roosevelt 88.
Farther along this little pamph-
let which was compiled by Col.
Edwin A. Halsey, secretary Of the
Senate, is a table that provides
figures for the basis of your popu-
lar vote discussion. 1t is a table
showing the VOTES oy SCaCeS 1or
the different parties in the 1884
elections for the House of Repre-
sentativeS.
The totals show that in this off
wear there were 32,804,098 votes
cast. Of this number 17,519,821
were Democrats; 13,434,477 Re
publican; 395,4O Farm-Labor;
392,946 Socialists and 1,061,814
spread under other banners.
Following the tables are ex-
cerpts from the Constitution on
the procedure for the election of
the President and Vice President.
Yes sir, here is all the ammuni-
ton you need for the skirmishes
throughout the month. After
that who cares.
The Washington times., 1936-10-10
Marry-Go-
Round
BY HELEN ROWLAND

During courtShip we feed each
other apple sauce in large guam
titles; after marriage, we just dole
it out grudgingly as though the
doctor had cut it off our diet list.
When a man has to aCknowl-
edge that he is actually fond Of
his mother-in-law, he always acts
sheepiSh and apologize about it..
There may be a definite marry
ing age" for women; but a man
feels that, anywhere from twenty
to ninety, he is eligible-and dan
gerouS.
The less you theorize about it
and the harder you work at 1t,
the bigger success you will make
of your marriage. Grandmother
was too busy mending Grand
fathers socks and concocting his
favorite dishes to worry about her
matrimonial problems"
To some men, the working-Wlfe
looks like a blessing; but lots of
them still seem to be filled with
doubts and injured vanity when
a woman brings home a pay
envelope instead of an incense
burner.
Even a sophisticated, modern
girl has a hope-cheSt; but she is
seldom sufficiently optimistic to
put in enough embroidered linens
to last until her silver wedding.
Economic independence for the
average business girl consists in
keeping her nose to the grind
stone all day-and then coming
home and keep it powdered all
evening.
Copyright. 1888. by King Features
Syndicate. Ino.)
The Washington times., 1936-10-10
The Greatest Show On Earth
By Frank Miller Smith

Preventative will rush to Washing
ton to get it started right and
then dash back out to home terri
tory.
One Representative flew here
from the Middle West, grabbed
hold Of a pal Of his from another
State who had been here all sum-
mer, took him to his office, re-
moved his coat. CThe other Repre-
sentative all ready had his off,
Got a photographer to come up
to the office and posed for a pic
ture-the two Of them busy be-
hind a desk piled with mail. No
matter that it had already been
opened by the efficient secretary
and disposed of during long
dreary, hot months. The picture
was sent out to his District with
the caption:
Representative HOffenbibbIe
working hard for his cOnstitu-
entS in Washington"
After the picture was taken the
visiting Representative flew back
home and his friend who stooged
for him went back to work.
The Washington times., 1936-10-10

Journey
EXPOSITION CITIES

EVER SINCE the great 1888
Chicago Worlds Fair, it has been
fair time for fair. The success of
that exposition, and the decision
to reopen it for the following year,
paved the way for the San Diego
fair of last year, which also was
resumed this year. And what
about the other fairs and exposi-
tons now on or projected?
An excellent exposition has
been running down in Dallas and
Fort Worth, Tex, and in Cleve-
land, Ohio, the Great Lakes ex-
position has been attracting thou
sands of people from all over the
nation.
An exposition in the making
can be seen at Flushing, just out
side New York City, where things
are shaping up for worlds fair
in 1889. San Francisco is already
full of plans for her fair TO be
held the same year.
San Diego has been having an
other successful season. The fair
there, staged in one of the worlds
loveliest parks, has a Spanish at
mosphere that is very picturesque.
AS can be imagined, officials in
charge of plans for the world fairs
to be held in New York and San
Francisco are on hand at all these
expositions studying the architec-
ture, the arrangements, lighting
and exhibits. And they will be in
Paris next year to see what's do
ing at that international exposi-
ton. So it looks as though the
new shows to be staged in 1899
will be the ultimate in exhibitions.
The Washington times., 1936-10-10

tatorships of Europe if some secret, subversive
band of pacifsts and lovers of human liberties
should suddenly and quietly steal away every
uniform in Europe. Probably, the relationships
would collapse like punctured balloon.
Or suppose that, during great world war,
some mysterious higher intelligence, interested
in preserving civilization, should suddenly put
the soldiers of opposing armies into the same
kind and color of uniforms. What would hap
pen to the fierce hate that dictators and war
breeders had famed in the brains of unthinking
The Washington times., 1936-10-10
stop working; that is good rule in selecting

stop working; that is good rule in selecting a
hobby.
A wise man will pick hobby that might some
day be source of revenue. Stamp-collectng is
form of saving money; stamps bought wisely in
in value over period of years.
Many amateur photographers have become so
expert at their hobby that their work attracts wide
attention at exhibitions. Such accomplished
amateur can cash in on his hobby as a commercial
photographer.
But the greatest value of hobby is "des-
sert" after hard work. Complete idlenesS after
hard work breeds restlessness; and there can be
no rest where there is restlessness.
Pope wrote: TOO much rest itself becomes
pain"
hobby is the only cure for that pain of rest
less idenesS
The Washington times., 1936-10-10
Wise Words

Well observe the rule Of not
too much, by temperance taught
in what thou eat'st and drink'st.
Milton.
knowledge and human power
are synonymous, since the ignor-
ance of the cause illustrates the
effect.-Bacon.
The tree Of knowledge Is not
that Of life.-Byron.
Converse with men makes sharp
the glittering wit, but God to man
doth speak in solitude.
John Stuart BlGck1S.
The Washington times., 1936-10-10

son. Slang is so
cheapening. I
never read an
article W h c h
contains any. It
seems such a
pity t h a t you
S h o uld lower
yourself to"
" Coul d n t
you. la d "
pleads Mr.. Bill
Evans, "cut out
the poetry? I'd
sure be pleased
if you did. And
t h os e descrip-
lions of scenery
The Washington times., 1936-10-10
ON WITH THE SHOW

Boiling, grumbling and rum
bling like a witch's cauldron with
statements flying so thick and
fast you can't get over the shock
at the perfidy of one candidate
before his accuser is accused of
some deed equally reprehenSible,
Washington is getting to be the
main transfer point for the po-
litical filters.
Every time something shows up
on the horizon that looks like
good hunting, a Senator or a Rep
The Washington times., 1936-10-10
SIGNS

Did you know the country was
headed straight for a King and
a Queen?
1t seems you aren't up on politi-
cal trends if you don't at least
have slight misgivings in this
direction. On the way home this
week the wife of one of Washing
tons prominent newspapermen
was RECALLED with a monologue by
the driver Of taxi.
According to him the whole
trouble is that Huey Long was
not elected President. The said
taxi driver had known Huey when
he was a book agent, it was re-
vealed, and he would have saved
this country. Yes sir. AS he put
it:
''When nine men up there at
the Supreme Court can do what
they did, you can be sure that
this country is heading for q
King and a Queen and Huey
Long was the only man who
could have stopped it,"
The Washington times., 1936-10-10
TOday's BOOndOggle

Since the days of the Caesars and the Roman crcuses the wise
politician that times of strife the pOpuace must
be amused
SO in Lawton, Okla the WPA is building $4,000 worth of
houses suspension foot bridges and skating
Kinks in the parks The Federal Treasury more than 70
per of the cost.
the New FORKS uAl
The Washington times., 1936-10-10

It'll be no end
valuable to you
if you are one
Of that kind Of
political enthu-
Siasts who like
to turn to sta
tisticS at this
time of the year
to b o Is t e r up
your argument
about who is to
take Nebraska.
what the popu-
lar plur a lily
will be and how
many electoral
..nknn Hrnrof for
The Washington times., 1936-10-10
SINUS TROUBLE

Senator William H. King, chair
man of the Senate District
Committee, blames washington
weather for his sinus trouble. He
has been a sufferer for six months
now and. can't get any relief.
The Washington times., 1936-10-10
ON EDGE

And it certainly looks like it's
going to be a long empty summer
and fall for the Capitol. Several
Senators and Representatives who
have been fighting for their lives
in this campaign are on edge.
Fighting edge or the edge of the
deep end and they don't know
which.
Anyway their plans call for a
plenty long vacation after Novem-
Der 3, and not many of them
figure on returning to their Of.
fees here until the latter part
of December.
The Washington times., 1936-10-10

American tourists visiting Europe i'm
mediately impressed by the herds of stalwart
males who strut about in gaudy uniforms. You
know what the brass buttons of soldier are
supposed to do to young lady's heart Per-
haps that is why young men are so eager to get
inside smartly tailored uniform.
You wonder what would happen to the die
The Washington times., 1936-10-10

soldiers once they were actually unable to recog-
nize their enemies by the color of their uniforms?
Most relationships and most bloody wars hang
on a very slim thread-the thread that holds up
the uniforms, the symbols of authority and hate.
If we are correct in assuming that uniforms
make the dictator, then Billy Minsky is the man
to return democracy to Europe.
The Washington times., 1936-10-10

IT wish" signs Miss Alicia
Wood of New Haven, that you
would not use slang, Miss Robin
The Washington times., 1936-10-10
JUST IN CASE

The latest pamphlet put out by
the Senate bids fair to become
best paSser arounder.
The Washington times., 1936-10-10

BSENCE OF occupation IS not rest,
"A A mind quite vacant is mind distressed"
William Cowper
Simply completely John Ruskin has described
the perfect life of accomplishment and happiness:
Work first, then rest"
The biography of every successful man will fit
that simple formula like glove. Many young
men know how to work hard, but they don't know
how to rest. They burn out, crack under the
strain, have no sprint left for the final dash to
success.
They never learn that real rest does not mean
merely stopping work. Read again William
Cowper's explanations
Absence of occupation is not rest,
A mind quite vacant is q mind distressed"
The Washington times., 1936-10-10
Human Side
Of the
News
Blu EdWin C.. Hill

When everything else about the
Spanish revolution is forgotten
save the fact that there was a
The Washington times., 1936-10-10

revolution, the
Alcazar will be
r e m e m bered.
That is the way
with sieg e S.
They make liv-
ing, vital his
tory. TIL e y
stand out in
glowing colors,
to be painted
by the masters
of both the
pen and the
brush.
1t took a
Homer to deS-
The Washington times., 1936-10-10

The British musical comedy Swing Along"
pokes fun at EurOpe's different shirt move
ments" Here you see Comedian Leslie Hen
son, as recruit in the "NO-Shirts," uniformed
supporters of mythical dictatorship. What
would happen to Hitler if all his Brown Shirts
suddenly broke out in 'POlka-DOts"? \
The Washington times., 1936-10-10
AS a meal is incomplete without des-
sert, so work is incomplete without
hobby.

A sport can be hobby that will make vacations
and week-ends real rest-golf, tennis, riding,
hiking, sailing. But the real hobby is one that
will occupy your mind and your hands at task
you will enjoy while your body rests. A hobby re-
lakes your mind and your body by keeping both at
enjoyable work.
We can't rest while we are restless, fidgeting,
pacing the floor, for want of something to DO.
You are fortunate if you can pick hobby con-
nected with your work. Most of us can't and
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-10-08
Notice To Creditors

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN,
that the Subscriber of Washington,
D. c., has obtained from the
Orphans Court of Montgomery Coun-
ty, in Maryland, Auxiliary Letters
of Administration on the Personal
Estate Of
CAROLINE McKEAN,
late Of Washington, D. c., deceased.
All persons resident and nonresident
having Claims against the said de-
ceased are hereby warned to exhibit
and file, the same, in said Court,
with vouchers thereof, on or before
the LIST day Of March next: they
may otherwise by law be excluded
from all benefit of said Estate. All
persons indebted to said Estate are
requested to make immediate pay
ment.
Given under my hand this 1St day
Of September in the year of our
Lord, one thousand nine hundred
and thirty-six.
ROBERT CAREY McKEAN,
1920 New Hampshire Ave-,
Washington, ID. C.
1915 Auxiliary Administrator
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Notice To Creditors

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN,
that the Subscriber of Montgomery
County, has obtained from the
Orphans Court of Montgomery
County, in Maryland, Letters Tes-
tamentary on the Personal Estate of
ELDRIDGE z. BOWMAN,
late of Montgomery County, deceased.
All persons having Claims against
the deceased, are hereby warned to
exhibit the same, with vouchers
thereof, legally authenticated to the
subscriber on or before the Both
day Of March next: they may other
wise by law be excluded from all
benefit of said Estate. ALI persons
indebted to said Estate are requested
to make immediate payment.
Given under my hand this Both
day of September in the year Of our
Lord, one thousand nine hundred and
thirty-six.
MARY L. BOWMAN,
Germantown, Maryland.
1885 Executrix.
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TIRE ASURY DEPARTMENT.
Procurement Division-Public Build
ings Branch, Washington, D. C.
Sept. 20, 1886. Proposals are hereby
solicited for a site for Federal
Building at Bethesda, Md, to be
opened publicly in the Office of the
Postmaster at Washington, D. c.,
at o'clock "A. M, on Oct. IL, 1886,
for the sale, or donation to the
U. S. of lot conveniently located.
Approximate dimensions Corner lots
120 foot frontage ITO foot depth.
Interior lots 145 foot frontage ITO
foot depth. Sites having different
street frontage dimensions will be
considered provided the area is ap-
proximately the same. In all cases
where possible bids should be sub
mitted by actual owners of proper
ties and not by agents. Documentary
evidence of authority must be at
tached to proposals submitted by
agents. Upon application, the Post
master will supply prospective bid
ders with proposal blanks and a cir
cular giving particulars as to re-
quirements and instructions for
preparation Of bids and data to
accompany same. C. A. Peoples,
Director of Procurement.
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Notice To Creditors

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN,
that the Subscriber of Montgomery
County has obtained from the
Orphans Court of Montgomery
County, in Maryland, Auxiliary Let
ters of Administration d. b. n. C. t.
a. on the Personal Estate of
VIRGINIA E. HARRISON
late of State of Ohio, deceased. All
persons resident and nonresident
having Claims against the said de-
ceased, are hereby warned to exhibit
and file, the same, in said Court,
with vouchers thereof, on or before
the 22nd day of March next: they
may otherwise by law be excluded
from all benefit of said Estate. All
persons indebted to said Estate are
requested to make immediate pay
mert.
Given under my hand this 22nd
day of September in the year of
our Lord, enc thousand nine hundred
and thirty-six.
ELLIS B. HARRISON,
AHA Chevy Chase Boulevard,
Bethesda, Maryland.
Administrator d. b. n. c. t. a.
B. WOODRUFF WEAVER, Attorney.
1911
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Notice To Creditors

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN,
mat the Subscribers of District of
Columbia have obtained from the
Orphans Court of Montgomery
County, in Maryland, Letters Testa-
mentary on the Personal Estate of
MARGARET A. P. Able,
aAfe of Montgomery County, deceased.
An persons having Claims against
the deceased, are hereby warned to
nxhibit the same, with vouchers
thereof, legally authenticated to the
Subscriber on or before the 25th day
Il February next: they may other
wise by law be excluded from all
beneft of said Estate. All persons
indebted TO said Estate are requested
10 make immediate payment
Given under my hand this 25th
day of August in the year of our
Lord, one thousand nine hundred and
&hirty-six.
MARY O'TOOLE,
ETHEL BLANCHE PERCIVAL,
Executives.
ID. "A. DELASHMUTT, AttoTneu.
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Notice To Creditors

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
that the Subscriber of Montgomery
County, has obtained from the
Orphans Court of Montgomery
County, in Maryland, Letters of
Administration c. t. a. on the Per-
sonal Estate of
MARTHA ]. RYLAND
late of Dauphin Co., Pa, deceased.
All persons resident and nonresident
having Claims against the said de-
ceased, are hereby warned to exhibit
and file, the same, in said Court,
with vouchers thereof, on or before
the 10Th day of March next: they
may otherwise by law be excluded
from all benefit of said Estate. All
persons indebted to said Estate are
requested to make immediate pay
ment.
Given under my hand this 18th
day of September in the year of
our Lord, one thousand nine hundred
and thirty-six.
ALBERT M. BOUIC,
Rockville, Maryland.
1854 Administrator c. t. a.
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at the hour of 4:30 P. NJ, in front
of the store building hereinafter
described offer for sale at public
auction, all that lot and store build
ing situate at Boyd Station, Mary
land, described in a deed of convey
ance from c. T. Kingsbury and wife
to Martha j. Ryland, formerly Mar
tina ]. Thompson, dated October II
1920, recorded among the Land Rec
ords of said County in liber 300,
folio 124. This parcel of land con-
tains 80 square perches, more OF
less, and is improved by a store
building containing on the first floor
a store room and ware house and
on the second floor storage room.
The property is now occupied by
Robert Williams where he now con-
ducts a store.
TERMS OF SALE: All cash upon
ratification of the sale by the Court.
A deposit of $500. will be required
when the property is knocked down.
Conveyancing and costs of revenue
stamps to be paid by the purchaser.
ALBERT M. BOUlC,
Administrator c. t. a.
Note: A reasonable sum of money
will be loaned by way of mortgage
to satisfactory purchaser. 1858