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Nogales international., 1936-03-28
Point PeIee. Canada

Point Pelee, near bennington,
Ont. is the southernmost point OF
LAND III lhe Dominion of Canada.
Nogales international., 1936-03-28

Worst Enemies of Liberty
War and fear Of war nave al
ways been the worst enemies OF
liberty.
The Washington times., 1936-03-03

appointment.
That reappointment, however,
will require Senate confirmation
and the sentiment against the
Secretary of War in that quar-
ter is growing rapidly.
At present there is little ind1-
cation that General Hagood will
be forgiven by the War Depart
ment and higher-ups in the Ad-
ministration for his criticism OF
WPA spending.
It has been disclosed that Gen
eral Hagood was prompted to
make his attack, but that dis
closure apparently fails to influ-
ence those gentlemen on whose
toes he stepped.
To a large number of Senate
members the Hagood incident
causes an unusual tension of the
olfactory nerves. And many of
them fail to have that tension
relieved when they consider the
part Secretary Dern played in
the situation.
Whether they would go against
the President on the question OF
Dern's reappointment is a matter
undetermined, but it is certain
that many of them would have con
siderable to say if they were called
upon to pass on his reappolntment
The Washington times., 1936-03-03
Help the Symphony

The time has around again for Washngtonians to
demonstrate interest in the National Symphony Orchestra
and the great contribution which that organization has made
to the place the National Capital holds in the world of music
Friends of the orchestra this week starting their annual
drive to raise sustaining fund to enable the orchestra to give
more ambitious program than would be possible if the or
ganization were forced depend for support the
ceipts of the box office.
This year the orchestra association seeks 100000
That is slightly than raised last year Uhen
the goal the sane but it represents the absolute
minimum upon ch the orchestra maintain the tre
nendous Advance nusicaIy that it has made annually
since its inception.
The general public will be particularly interested during
this campaign in the of the Summer concerts which last
year were given at the Water Gate
Unless the goal of the association attained these Sum-
mer concerts cannot be repeated this year.
In view of the fact that each concert last drew
audience about 10000 Of whom paid fee for ad
mission would that enough could be obtained
from these music alone the raising of the fund
IF YOU ENJOYED LAST SUMMERS CONCERTS AND
YOU WANT TO HAVE THEM REPEATED, NOW IS THE
TIME TO MAKE CONTRIBUTION TO THE ORCHESTRA
A CONTRIBUTION WHICH WILL SERVE IN LIEU OF
THE ADMISSION PRICE THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO
PAY!
The Washington times., 1936-03-03

Of course, these violent and
sweeping innovations are scarcely
perceptible to the naked feminine
eye. But to a man, the change
Of two buttons and one pocket
seems almost revolutionary.
A third astounding revelation is
that men have discovered the ex-
iStence of the Upper, and are plan
ming to do away with buttons
that bane of masculine existence.
Think of it! All these years,
men have been suffering from
the button-complex. Lots of men
have actually gotten married,
Just in order to be sure of hav-
ing somebody around to keep
their buttons sewed on. And
others have suffered untold tor
lures when a button broke loose
from its moorings. at a moment
when they we're trying to look
most impressive.
It has taken them only IS or
20 years to make this discovery.
That Is 1ightn1ng-speed' for a
man. Women, meantime, have
been trying out hookS-and-eyes.
snappers, Safety-pins, clips and
zippers.
But men are more cautious. 1t
The Washington times., 1936-03-03
TIMELY

Efforts of Democratic leaders to
convince the public that they want
the veterans to save their money
when the bonus is paid is causing
considerable amusement to old
politicians.
Applications at the Veterans Bu-
reau have already amounted in
money to more than a billion
dollars.
Payments will be made after
July /, or, as the politicians con-
tend, in the height of the coming
campaign.
They point out that the spending
of the vast amount of money is
certain to be reflected in trade, so
that there will be at least slight
boom to business.
For the party in power to be as
Sured of business boom, no mat
tec how slight. in the midst of its
efforts to retain the presidency
and the majority of places in Con-
gress is certain to be considered a
material aid by that party.
So It Is true that the politicians
find amusement in those speeches
The Washington times., 1936-03-03
Three-Minute Journeys

Cambridge has played schoolmas'
ter to such notable poets as Ed
mund Spenser Milton, Lord Byron,
William Wordsworth, Sir Philip
Sidney, John Herrick, Gray, Dry
den, Lord Tennyson, right down to
Housman of Shropshire Lad"
fame and the war poet, Rupert
Brooke.
FLAT COUNTRY
The Fen country round Cam
bridge is very flat but still mighty
interesting. This part of England
is land of fine cathedrals.
Within a few miles of Cambridge,
stand, a little above the Fen
country, the noble turretS and
slender spires of Ely cathedral,
Lincoln cathedral and a little
farther to the east, that OF Nor
wich.
Norwich is the county seat Of
Norfolk wherein is situated Sand
ringham house. The shopkeepers
in Norwich, particularly the an.
tique shops, are all familiar with
the stately figure of Queen Mary,
who does a lot of shopping there.
Norwich is a delightful spot, a
medieval city that is somehow
quite different from anywhere
else. From the parapet of the
lovely old Norman castle one looks
down on 40 ancient churches, all
of them mellow and lovely. One
can stay at a comfortable inn
that was patronized 500 years
ago.
The city houses are exception
ally handsome and remind one
of the days of the prosperous
Flemish wool merchants who
once lived there. Norfolk county
itself is rich in farms set in lovely,
undulating farm country.
The Washington times., 1936-03-03
Marry-GO-ROund
BU Helen ROLCLGnG
MEMS STYLES DO CHANGE

took them something like so years
to discover that a shirt did not
have to be pulled over the head
like a nightgown, but could be
put on and fastened up the front
just like coat.
It took them even longer to
break away from the tyranny Of
the hard-boiled, starched linen col
lar and to discover the comforts
and joys Of the open-necked sport
shirt and the coolnesS of slacks.
And some terrible pessimists have
never yet been weaned from suS'
penders or reconciled to belts.
Of course, mems styles do
change-but very slowly, like the
geological formations of the earth
or the Gulf stream or the climate
of the Middle States. So slowly
and imperceptibly that I tremble
to think that I may never live to
see the day when they will dis
cover the absurdity of flapping
trousers, short socks and the derby
hat, and rebel against them. That
will take them at least another
century,
Who ever said that men were
the versatile, the vacillating, the
inconstant sex?
The Washington times., 1936-03-03

Duke of York, stands as the heir
preSumptive, the nearest in sue
cession to the throne. And after
York, the elder Of the two daugh-
tiers. Princess Elizabeth.
The happy possibilities of that
succession, of England and the
Empire under the rule of queen
once more, have been widely dis
cuSsed in the British press of late,
and with a note of real anticipa-
ton.
The general feeling is that
queens are lucky for old England
and that a second queen named
Elizabeth might be supremely for
tunate.
What magic that name Eliza
beth still commands! No wonder,
indeed, for without that first Eliza
beth, the red-haired queen of the
fiery temper and devious di-
plomacy, there probably would
have been no England today, GER
tainly no British Empire.
You may have your favorite
queens of history, but for this
writer there was never one to COM
pare with Elizabeth Tudor, bluff
Henry's daughter.
SAVED KINGDOM
Cleopatra, the enchantreSs of
Egypt, brought two Roman en-
perors to her feet, but in coquetry,
and for all her charm and beauty,
she was a child compared to Eng
lands Gloriana.
The iron will of Catherine the
Great would have melted in the
fierce flame of Elizabeth's pride.
And that other Catherine, queen
mother of France and daughter
of the House of Medici, was but
child in the duplicity of state
craft as compared to the woman
whose passion was the safety and
salvation of her little England,
who broke her oathS to that end,
lied and tricked and cheated to
that end.
Her policy was all compromise
because her hand alone could
steer a small, weak nation through
the frightful rocks of religious
passion and political conflict
which raised their fangs on every
side.
Everywhere she glanced she saw
the religious fanaticiSm of the day
wrecking nations and running peo.
pies; and she was determined to
The Washington times., 1936-03-03
The Human Side of the News
By Edwin c. Hill

save England, and save England
she did.
It was responsible, likely, for
her curt and contumacious atti-
tude toward the clergy. She de-
tested married clergy and let them
know it bluntly.
When the Archbishop gave her
a banquet at Lambeth Palace she
took leave of his wife in words
that never have been forgotten:
Madame, / may not call
yOu," said the Queen, "and mis-
tress am Ioath to call you.
But I thank you for your good
cheer"
When she desired to appropriate
for her particular purposes some
endowment of the church, she hes
itated not one moment. And to
bishop who protested about the
loss of a piece Of property, she
tartly replied:
Proud prelate, you know
what you were before / made
you what you are. If you do not
Immediately comply with my
request. bv God. I will unfrOck
you"
She reigned IS years. She had
more brains than any of her min
listers. She had more wit than
any of her courtiers. She had
more charm, when she cared to ex-
ercise it, than any of the beauties
of her glittering court.
Above her lies, her stiffness,
her evasion, her tricky compro'
misses and her chicaneries were an
invincible patriotism and a rare
and ruling sanity.
OAON AESS EANOhE
From her falsities and her frail.
ties her people cared not a whit
For always at the helm of their
storm-tossed ships they saw the
dauntless figure of Queen Bess.
Denounced through the centu
ries for sending Mary Stuart to
the block it must be remembered
that for many years she stood be
tween Scottish Mary and the
headsman's axe, and, at the last
gazed with horror at the parch
mem death warrant which he1
ministers we're demanding that
she sign or throw England into
civil war.
And wher she signed the war
rant she threw it upon the floor
in a tempest of anger and grief
and left it for others to pick up.
With her auburn hair, her pink
and white complexion, her cold
blue eyes. her finely nodded pro
file. her erect and compelling fig
uro and her masculine voice, II
was Elizabeth Of England who
broke the power Of Spain and oi
medievalism, opened the way tt
LIBERAL thought and changed the
fac Of the world.
copyright. 1sSs. by King Features
Syndicate, Ine.)
The Washington times., 1936-03-03

I'VE want In any good departments
store.
But just catch us admitting that
fact! With our last gasp we will
protest thai we require all the
God there is. and then some!
There is, of course, a God be-
yond our petty imagining-the
source of all life-the Alpha and
Omega.
But He isn't your God nor
mine
Only as much of Him as we can
understand and earn is your God
and mine. And comprehending is
a hard job
You don't get God for nothing.
You can't get God merely by
joining a church, by learning a
creed, by reading books or obey
ing laws or going around with nice
people.
You can get God only by living
Him.
No one possesses more than an
infinitesimal part Of God.
ONLY ONE WAX
You can only have as much OF
God as you can imagine and need
and work for and use. And all the
rest of His Wonder and Beauty
and Power are useless to you.
They do not exist for you. They
do not exist for you anymore than
EinStein's calculations exist.
You mo can do"
That is why it is futile to try
to force your God on anyone else.
Your concept of God, however,
excellent, won't do him a bit Of
good, for each man must discover
God in his own way and in his
own time.
If you are really interested in
God, there's just one way.
Seek him and use Him yourself.
That's the only sermon that Ii
really convincing.
copyright, 1885. by kins Features
Syndicate, 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1936-03-03
NORTHEASTERN ENGLAND

Recently the attention of the
world has been focused on little
village, Dersingham, on the north.
east coast of England, near which
stands Sandringham, the beauti-
full home of English royalty.
For, despite Buckinham palace,
grim fortreSS-like Windsor and
Balmoral in Scotland, the pretty
UNCOVERED manor house means all
that the word home" implies to
all of us, commoner or royalty.
Standing in lovely grounds with
it's gamekeepers' lodges, its pretty,
little gray stone church, its wind
ing walks, it is the typical fine
English country house. of which
there are many in this part OF
England.
CAMBRIDGE
East Anglia, which takes IN
northeastern England. is well
worth the attention of the traveller
in search of beauty and antiquity.
Journeying northward through
eastern England. the first and
most important stop is Cambridge,
the home of one of the world S
most famous universities, with its
40 colleges. each of which boasts a
thrilling history.
Particularly we'll worth seeing
is the exquisite Tudor chapel of
Kings College; Oliver Cromwell's
rooms in Sidney Sussex College,
also Christ College where Milton
was educated. The gateway to St.
Johns College is superb, so are
the flower and tree-filled grounds
in which it stands.
The Backs is surely one of the
loveliest river scenes that one can
ever glimpse; indeed, the whole
place is poetic. No wonder that
The Washington times., 1936-03-03

climb, a safe cave to hide in, a
dangerous swamp to ford. Sun
sets are wasted on him. And If
his stomach is full he should
worry about his soul! Food, a
warm bed, safety, enemies and
wild beasts-that is all. His
bundle of sticks and straw is a
very accurate measure of his
spiritual needs. He wouldn't
know what to do with more
subtle or a more magnified God.
But the God Of a great poet or
prophet looms taller than the
stars
HIS VISION
Each mans God Is as big as
that mans own vision and need.
What do you really want out
Of life? What are you honestly
interested in? There's the size of
your God.
Most of us can find all the God
The Washington times., 1936-03-03
THEY'RE FOR 1T

When the House was discussing
conservation, Representative A.
Willis Robertson CD of Virginia
mentioned geology. His col
leagues seemed startled.
Said Representative Clarence
Cannon CD of Missouri:
"There seems to be a good deal
of question as to what Geology
means, and 1 suggest the gentle
man from Virginia explain
whether Geology relates to
plants or animals"
Mr.. Robertson announced:
Geology relates to the study.
as the Greek derivation Of the
word indicates, of the life study
of birds and animals and refers
especially to a scientific study
to find out why this resource is
being wiped out"
Cannon suggested:
81 am sorry the gentleman
does not know the meaning of
the word. The meaning of the
word, according to the dictiOn-
ary, includes both plants and
animals"
Said Representative William A
Ekwall (RO of Oregon:
81 am very much delighted in
this word analysis on the part
of our genial friend from Mis-
souri,, Mr.. Cannon. But whether
it refers to one thing or another,
the people in my State are for
this increase"
The Washington times., 1936-03-03
Delinquent Taxes

Paving taxes is never a pleasure and the delinquent
tax lists of Washington show that for many of citizens
it is not only hardship but downright impossibity
To these citizens, wlO are trying to accumulate
q little property and WhO UUGnt to pay their share
of the community expenses every possible cOnSid-
Grafton and every legitimate aid should be giUen.
It is for this that the decision of the District
Commissioners to have study made of the local laws
governing delinquent taxes will meet with general favor
and with the general hope that improvement over
existing conditions can be worked out.
detailed study of these laws governing not only real
property but the various other classes of property upon
which the city levies taxes should prove help not only
to those who have allowed their taxes to become dein
quent but also to those who have been paying their taxes
and possibly paying extra burden because under the
existing laws certain persons may have been able to avoid
or evade their share of the cost of government.
There has been persistent complaint against of
the provisions of the delinquent laws not by those
who want to avoid paying but by conscientious citizens
who feel that they have suffered needessy because Of
provisions of the laws and because Of the method of ad
minstration.
The matter of sales of titles tax delinquent proper
tes for instance has been the Of considerable
grumbling various grounds.
Possibly the interests of property owners well
protected under these laws as they be.
But there are many property who don't believe
they
A THOROUGH STUDY, BY COMPETENT Elk
PERTs, SHOULD REVEAL HOW THE INTERESTS
OF OUR CITIZENS CAN BEST BE PROTECTED
WHILE AT THE SAME TIME ASSURING THE GOV
ERNMENT A MAXIMUM YIELD FROM THE TAXES
IMPOSED.
AS Commissioner Melvin G. Hazen is quoted saying:
"It seems evident that the District simply
can't sit idly by and let those WhO are WilLing to
pGy do so and not take some action to persuade
those vEtO are not so villing. Hardships undOubt-
edlv are uvorked on some by the IalV and
should do everything reasonably can, lUithIn
the limits OF sound government, to ease whatever
hGrdships there may be-"
The Washington times., 1936-03-03
HARDY BUSH

When the Agriculture approprla,
tions bill was being considered in
the House, Representative James
W. Wadsworth CD of New York
l. unched into a discussion Of the
way in which that department eX
pended money for the eXtermina
ton of insects, plants, and diseases
of plants.
He was asked by colleague:
During the gentleman's long
service here, could he tell us just
how many millions of dollars we
have paid out to eradicate the
barberry Bush?"
Said WadSworth:
81 cannot say. I know that
the Biological Survey apprOpria-
ton for the eradication of preda-
tory animals started in the year
1915, as 1 remember, when I was
a member of the Senate Com
mittee on Agriculture. 1t started
with $40, 900, and it is now $780,
900 a year."
Said his colleague:
"But the barberry bush has
been with us all these years, and
it has 100000 in this bill"
Wadsworth murmured:
"It is a very pretty buSh."
The Washington times., 1936-03-03

Big news! There is to be a
startling and radical change in the
style of mems clothes this season.
Double breasted coats are to
have only FOUR buttons, instead
of the usual six buttons! Can
you BEAR it?
Also, the fashion editor OF a
mems magazine breathleSsly in
forms us, the said coat is to have
tiny "ticket-pocket" on the right
hand side. SUCH daring!
The Washington times., 1936-03-03

is I n e v e r y
young lady who,
quite likely. will
m ou mt t h e
throne of Will
liam the Con.
queror as Eliza.
beth II, while
the bells clang
j o Y f u ! ! y
throughout Brit
ish dominions.
III IS lHlpIOO-
able that King
E d W ard VIII
will marry. His
xt old e S t
hrnf her. the
The Washington times., 1936-03-03

there is increaS-
ing belief that
S ecr Q t a r y
of War George
H. Dern may
find his own
walking papers
in excellent or
der in months
to come.
It is gener-
ally assumed If
President RooS-
evelt is re-elect-
ed he will seek
to continue Mr.
Dern in office
W ith a re.
The Washington times., 1936-03-03

and sticks, and
C lis it God.
1t is a small
bundle and it
is a small God.
But it fits the
pygmy's vision
and desire. He
d oe S not see
God or life in
the large. He
CO m p r ehends
nothing of its
b e a u ty and
wonder and ire
mendouS power.
Life, to him, is
q OAOI troo fn
The Washington times., 1936-03-03

In matters Of love they may be
tickle and wavering. But in mat
ters sartorial they are die hards
and bitter enders, down to the last
button! And the sloweSt Slow-mo.
ton picture on earth would be
that of q changing masculine
fashion!
,(Copyright, 1855. by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1936-03-03
QUEEN ELIZABETH

One of the most important chill
dren alive nears her tenth birth
day with the gaze of six hundred
million people fixed upon her. She
The Washington times., 1936-03-03
OLD FAVORITES
March William Morris
March

Slayer of winter, art thou here again?
o welcome, thou that bring st the summer nigh!
The bitter wind makes not thy victory vain,
Nor will mock thee for thy faint blue sky.
Welcome, O March! whose kindly days and dry
Make April ready for the throstles song
Thou first redresser of the winters wrong!
Yea welcome, March! and though die June,
Yet for the hope of life give thee praise,
Striving to swell the burden of the tune
That I hear thy brown birds raise,
Unmindful of the past coming days.
Who sing 20 joy! year is begun!
What happiness to look upon the SUM-"
IReuder Ved to send to the editor their sugges
tions of the favortes among the poems for recruiting IN
this spdce.)
The Washington times., 1936-03-03

And each mans God is as big
as that mans own vision and
desire.
A black pygmy in the African
jungles makes a bundle of straw
The Washington times., 1936-03-03
The Greatest Show On Earth
BIZ John Snure, T.

of Democrats who advocate that
the veterans save the bonus money
when it is paid.
The Washington times., 1936-03-03
STORM SIGNALS

If Major Gen. Johnson Hagood
stays at home on the visit pro-
vided by the War Department,
The Washington times., 1936-03-03
Listen, World!
By Elsie Robinson

YOU CAN'T GET GOD FOR NOTHING
has a God. eve want in any gooc
The Washington times., 1936-03-03

save England, and save Englan
che did
Evening star., 1936-04-12
Lighthouse Is Automatic.
D1oTLEss airplanes and crewle

PILOTLESS airplanes and crewless
battleships, for some years the
object of experiments by Uncle Sans
plemented by manless lighthouse eX-
periments undertaken by the Bureau
of Lighthouses. Utilizing much the
same remote radio control methods,
fully equipped lighthouse with pow
erful beacon, an electrically operated
bell and compressed air fog signal,
yet with no keepers in attendance, is
being Installed by the Federal Light
house Service on Peshtigo Reef in Lake
Michigan's Green Bay, region of
frequent extreme fogs.
Everything In the lighthouse Is
automatic, with the functions that
must be exercised at irregular inter-
walls, such as blowing the foghorn.
controlled by radio from a point eight
miles away. To safeguard against
breakdowns practically every piece OF
apparatus is installed in duplicate.
Keepers will visit the station at in
tervals to inspect and service the
equipment, which was designed by the
bureaus staff in Washington and as
sembled, tested and installed by its
radio laboratory in Detroit. While a
mechanical crew will be maintained
on Peshtigo Reef. everything will be
controlled from Sherwood Point, with
radia- telephone available for quick
communication with the crew If any,
thing goes wrong.