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The Washington times., 1936-03-21
LABELS

LABELS
The Erin Society OF Newark,
J.. recently caused the Polish
.bassy in Washington to make
olanations.
Trouble arose when Limerick
orscht" was listed on the menu
Of the Erin Society for its st.
Patrick'S Day lunchen.
The question arose as to why
''borscht" Of any kind should be
on an Irish menu.
Some of the members OF the
society said it was a Jewish dish.
Others contended it was Russian.
The Polish Embassy here
claims the dish as Polish.
Secretary ZdziSlaw Klimpel and
Mrs. Wladyslaw Sokolowski, wife
of the counselor at the embassy,
both contend that the dish
originated in Poland, but that it
should be spelled "barszez" and
pronounced "barshch."
The Erin Society chef had
varied the recipe considerably
but continued to call the dish
"borscht."
The Polish say that calling
any concoction Limerick borscht"
is somewhat on a par with say
ing Chinese fried chicken a Ia
Maryland" or Japanese Hun
garian goulash."
Nevertheless, the Erin Society
had its Limerick borscht."
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} cause the beat in 1t matches your
own pulse. 1t is called "CRYS-
tai VISION" Eugenia T. Finn
wrote it, and the Silhouettes
Press of ontario, California. pub
lished it. And it's a job!
Eugenia Finn isn't a Sappho,
nor-three whoops and ten goody-
goddess Gertrude Stein. Nor
does she pretend to be. She Of
fers no epics, atte empts no
odySseys, and doesn't even nib
BILE at a saga. And she doesn't
waste a single syllable trying to
explain the Deep Dark Whether
of the Whyfore.
But she does know how a
woman might feel whose little
baby has died before it ever lived,
and who is giving that. baby'S
tiny clothes away. And every
other broken-hearted mothers
ache will be eased by the beauty
of those yearning lines.
And she does know that
strange, mad mixture Of wild and
gentle, bitter and sweet, which
twists in the heart Of every
woman. And catches it, in a
breathless instant when a girl
kneelS, shaken, wondering, before
the Virgins shrine. Listen:
How can I pray to you, Mary,
Madonna,
Though I am kneeling at your
shrine?
You were so perfect, Mary, most
Holy,
Surely you never knew
Rapture like mine!
'FYou were a maiden, Mary, Ma
--. donna;
Gentle and chaste as the first
flake of snow;
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DISTINGUISHED VISITOR

Mrs. Emily Doak, widow of the
Secretary of Labor under Presi-
dent Hoover, was watching the
flood waters Of the Potomac surge
over the planking of Chain Bridge.
She gazed at the turbulent river
from her home overlooking the
bridge. f
In the privacy of her home, Mrs.
Doak, preferring to be comfort
able, was wearing a negligee.
Suddenly she was advised that
the President of the United States
had arrived and wished to view
the flood from her estate.
Mrs. Doak rushed hurriedly
about her home and gathered up
a few garments which she donned.
Then the widow of the late Re
publican Cabinet member calmly
received the New Deal President
Of these United States.
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Most of US stay in the 'bush leagues" because
we don't know hoW to wind ourselves up. Some
are like clocks that must be wound every day.
others, more fortunate, are eight-day clocks; a
few of us are self-winders, propelled by our own
will power throughout life.
If you wonder why you don't succeed we'll
as you ought to, study this gentleman, the ex-
preston on his face, look at the terrific energy
that he puts merely into practicing.
BE A SELF-WINDER, not something that has
to be pushed around and wound up every little
while, with the monotonous refrain, get busy"
P. S.-Fathers and mothers might show this
picture to any boy not inclined to TRY.
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The Greatest Show On Earth
By John SnMre, J.
TO THE POINT

The Congressional Record Is
often used by members of Con-
gress so that speeches contained
therein may be franked to their
constituents at taxpayers ex'
penSe.
Usually, however, the political
speeches are somewhat yelled so
that it will not be so apparent
that the legislators are using the
Record for that purpose.
Representative Michael J. Stack
(DO of Pennsylvania, apparently
believes in making the best use OF
the document, however, without
equivocation.
In recent articles in the Record
he described his achievements ir
Congress, listing his accomplish
mentS and pointing out the way
he voted on major questions.
At the conclusion he said:
"As veteran who fought and
bled for his country and as a
member of the powerful Pension
Committee, ! have diligently
labOred to secure justice wher-
ever possible for the veterans If
all wars.
"In the Good Book it is writ
ten, BY their works ye shall
know them
"My record as a Democrat and
a Congressman is an open book,
and 1 hope my record here in
the Halls of Congress and in my
district have met with the ap-
prOvaI Of the electors Of the
Sixth congressional district"
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Listen, World = = By Elsie Robinson
THE SONG RUNS THROUGH THE THEME OF LIFE

} And am a wild thing
That runs with the tempest,
Dancing the whirling
. Wherever I go.
But in the darkness, Mary, Ma
donna,
Something within me StirS al
a call.
You were q mother
Mary, lean closer.
Give me your hand
Lest I Stumble-and fall"
A MEMORY
And then again she's bringing
back to you the memory of that
shabby, friendly man who went SC
quietly on his way. giving up his
chance for yours with never an in
stant'S debate. that generous
humble soul whom the world Ia
beled a failure but whom yoC
called-DAD.
"You thought you failed be-
cause you could not give
The many things you wished to
ease my way;
But you did more: you taught
me how to live,
And filled with priceless
thoughts each passing
day.
You made me find in every
book a friend,
And made me see a story in
each face.
You pointed. to the heights, and
yet could bend
To search for God beneath the
commonplace.
7 wonder if you know how ricE
I feel?
How much I prize this legacy
from you?
You called yourself a failure,
yet kneel
And pray that, in your way, l
may fail too."
The common beat Of life, hon
estly felt, simply told-thiS is what
Eugenis Finn has caught anc
passed along. Where or how il
rates in literature, I neither know
nor care. But of this I'm sure.
it lives. And it's poetry.
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Grade A ones
chat draw all
the heavy raves
from our most
certified critics.
Yes'm, I know
they're con-
sidered Litera.
ture. But as far
a S L m con-
cerned, they'rs
just a dreary
dish of tripe.
And I'd heaps
rather read the
Police Gazette.
Or ev n m Y
own column
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It HELPS in Baseball

This shows baseball pitcher "an1otndtng"
after the ''windup"; every American knows
about that The idea is to strike out the batter.
To do it, every ounce of strength in the pitchers
body, every particle of skill he possesses in
making the ball "twist'' or "break'' or "drop"
must be put that little ball before it leaves
the pitchers hand. Not merely the strength Of
his arm but the swing, the power and weight
of his entire body and all his a0iW poaOer must
go with it.
Young men, look at this picture of Fred
Marberry pitching. The player does not wait
for the games and the great crowds of Summer,
saying: I'm not going to kill myself in the
meanwhile" Everything he "has" he "puts' on
that ball, every time he takes it into his hands.
He is hired man, working for somebody else,
but he knows that his career depends on what
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~ ~ A. ~ ~
man of the Re-
Fl
:nance Corpora
|tion, attended
Ethe session to
:learn its fate.
!: The motion
was defeated.
! More recent.
:ly the House
took up the
:RFC bill as it
;came from the
iSenate.
ha ir m a n
Jones did not
o&fa,od thot SnS.
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Wise Words

The clatter Of arms browns the
voice of the law.-Montaigne.
He hears but half who hears
one party only.-AeSchylus.
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COINCIDENCE

When the House recently had
under consideration the motion
to take up the RFC bill, Jesse H.
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I don't-nor do I care a hoot
who knows it-enjoy the average
book of poems. Even the de luxe
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Fred Marberry, once great pitcher with
the Washington American League club,
now trying a comeback with the Giants,
puts tremendous effort into his pitching
he does not on his skill in getting by" seeing
how little he can do.
Above ALL young gentlemen, observe that this
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Essential to Success

man WINDS HIMSELF UP. You don't have to
go out in the field and aUind him. A good player
or anv good worker is a SELF-WINDER.
The Washington times., 1936-03-21

Jesse II. Jones attend that Sc
on of the House.
The bill was adopted.
The Washington times., 1936-03-21

These American graves were
dug on foreign soil by our un-
necessary entrance into the big
war. We. should dig no more.
Any future United States exhibitions abroad
should be made IN THE INTEREST OF THE
UNITED STATES. And the men, bombs, poison
gas, and machine guns should go BY PLANE
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Big doings in Cleveland this week. ladies and gentlemen
Governor Landon Of Kansas who believes in the American
form of government and does consider this country fail
ure yet, will be nominated for the presidency
country that had 10 millions idle when the New Deal began
and has II millions idle now is tired Of theory Americans
would like little practice for a change.
Intelligent Americans realize that this is business country
industrial country and farming counyno 100 per
theor made of business industry farming
In other words TO manage business successfully you
got to know something about it,"
After the Cleveland convention the dust Settles voters
will have presented to them Governor Landon hard working
sane American and platform Of American principles
which the country will approve.
Governor Landon believes in sense, in American
methods and in business methods He believes in not
spending what you haven't got.
And he also believes something that has been forgotten in
Washington The people the United States brains
on their account they like to be let alone occasionally
work out their plans they have DONE since they
country from Indians when had mile of highway, with
stone brick frame house. public school, church hospital
say nothing of bahtubs radios washing machines and tee
phones
The intelligence of the American people, of sefeleced
professors created those things and will other things the
country needs the professors will kindly get the peoples
chest and go back to schoolteaching
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LITERARY SHRINEs

A literary pilgrimage to Europe
will find the traveller spending
most of his time on the British
Isles, and the rest on trips to the
Germany of Schiller, Goethe and
Heine, and the France Of Balzac,
Moliere and Victor Hugo.
There will be so much to see in
England, Ireland and Scotland
that he most likely will come away
with some literary shrineS left I'M
visited, to wait for another trip.
Ireland, the land of saints and
scholars, will take up much time
of the lover of fine literature. The
same may be said of Scotland, with
it's places associated with Thomas
Carlyle, who was born at Eccle-
fechan, and Robert Burns, who
was born and died at Dumfries.
Then there's the trip through the
Trossachs, the Sir Walter Scott
country and scene of many Of his
great novels and poems, and Mel
rose, burial place of the heart OF
Bruce, and AbbotSford, home of
Scott.
STRATFORD
It is hard to know just where to
start on a literary tour in England.
To visit every place it is necessary
to travel the length and breadth of
the little isle. There's beautiful
Newstead Abbey, ancestral home Of
Lord Byron and there's Haddon
Hall, home Of Dorothy Vernon and
Sir John Manners.
Then we must visit the Peak dis
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By Frank Miller Smith

He lives; and eyes are wet with
thought of him.
"Ah Death, not thine the
laurelS; he shall rob
Thee of thy verdict, nor canSt
thou decree
A stiffness to that heart that
knew not drOSS-
That Sacrificial heart whose
every thrOb
Was but a bead in HOnOr'S
Rosary,
Whose mysteries have led
him to the Cross"
Another who will resort to poe
try to express his appreciation OF
the kindness of Joe Byrns is Rep
resentative Jennings Randolph.
Speaker ByrneS travelled to Ran
dolph's district in 1884, and made
three speeches for him in "a
hours. Mr.. Randolph was 80 years
old then, a new member. Repre-
sentative Randolph will express
his deep regard with the words OF
the Bridge Builder:
"'Old Man said a fellow pill.
grim near,
You are wasting your strength
with building here.
You never again will pass this
way;
You've crossed the chasm deep
and wide;
Why build this bridge at even
tide?
The builder lifted his old gray
head,
Good friend, in the path I
have come he said
There follows after me today
A youth whose feet must pass
this way.
This chaSm that has been as
naught to me,
To that fair-haired youth may q
pitfall be.
He, too must cross in the twi-
light dim,
Good friend, I am building the
bridge for him."
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Listen, World!
Blu Elsie Robinson

according to the Meanie, has done
him dirt. Everyone else is luckier
than he is. Everyone else has an
easier time. Everyone else is more
popular.
And the Meanie has an insati-
able desire to be popular. He
longs, with gnawing hunger, to
be admired-to be powerful-to
grab spotlights and sway destinies.
And the thought that other men
are doing these things and he
isn't burns him up.
So he determines to outsmart
life. Willy-nilly he'll get the at
tention he. Graves. And he gets it
by being a pain in the neck.
Which isn't such dumb reason
ing as you might suspect. For a
Sulker can command as much at
tention as a Solomon. And a
Martyr has it all over MusSolini
when it comes to running 'em
ragged.
THE CAUSE
Why is a Meanie? That's why.
And it might be we'll to take
these words as a warning. For
the facts that turned Jones into
a Meanie may also turn you into
one-if you don't watch your
steps.
Few Meanies are born that
way. They get that way when,
backed into a corner. Grief may
back a man into a corner. So
may sickness or shock or injus-
tice or disappointment or loss.
It's hard to get out of a cor
ner when you're once backed in.
It's hard to put envy and shame
and hurt behind you.
It's easier to make a weapon
Of your grievance. easier far to
be a Meanie than a Man.
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Syndicate. Inc.)
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Daily COnstitutiOnals
BIZ Max Berns

United States, and who shall not.
when elected, be an inhabitant Of
that State for which he shall be
chosen"
The age limit is higher and the
citizenship requirement long er
than for Representatives. But any
citizen with these simple qualifi-
cations may be elected to the Sen.
ate. There is no requirement Of
ariStocracy or wealth or high Of
flee. There is no such difference
between the two houses as between
the House of Lords and the House
of Commons in the English Par
lament.
Under our Constitution, there is
no ruling class" Any man or
woman who meets simple age and
citizenship requirements is elig-
ible for election as Representative
or Senator or President.
TOMORROW: personal
RESPONSIBILITY")
Copyright 1885. by King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
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Three-Minute Journeys

Htrict, sacred to Wordsworth and
Litchfield. There's Coventry, scene
of Lady Godiva's ride, and Kenl.
worth, scene of SCOTS novel of the
same name. And we must visit
Wilcote, birthplace of the mother
of Shakespeare, after we have lin
gered a while at lovely Stratford-
on-AVon and attended a perform
ance of the Shakespeare festival.
Bath is a quaint old spa that
has sheltered many writer's, but
is worth seeing for it's own sake.
And we will want to visit Glaston-
bury, additionally associated with
the Holy Grail, and the birthplace
of Fielding. The poet, Coleridge,
lived at Porlock, nearby.
Then there's the Lorna Doone
country and Lynmouth, home of
the immortal poet, Shelley. Next
we visit BarnStaple, birthplace of
John Gay, author of the "BeggarS
OPERA; then on to Westward Ho,
scene of Kipling's "Stalky and
Company" and of Charles Kings
ley'S westward Ho." Nearby we
find Clovelly, which has figured in
many famous books, and Tintagel,
where the ruins of King Arthur's
castle overlook the sea.
We take a trip to Lyme Regis,
which figures in Jane AuSten's
novels, and then on to the Thomas
Hardy country, also visiting Will
ton, where Sir Philip Sydney lived.
Next comes the lovely old cathe-
dral city Of Salisbury, which is
associated with many writers, in
Guiding Hardy, Addison, Fielding
and Oliver Goldsmith.
LONDON
It was at old Winchester,
ancient capital of England, where
Keats wrote his lode to Autumn"
and Izaak Walton, the complete
angler. lies buried in. the glorious
cathedral. OF course, we must
pay our respects to Portsmouth,
birthplace of Charles Dickens, and
Rochester, which is intimately
associated with the great writer.
Nearby is Canterbury, which fig.
ures in David Copperfield" and
is the birthplace of the Eliza
behtan dramatist, Christopher
Marlowe. The cathedral was the
pilgrimage shrine of Chaucer'S
Canterbury Tales"
And so we come to London.
where the existence and work OF
almost every English literary fig
ure is closely intertwined. There
is scarcely a district that does not
conjure up some scene, some char
acter from an immortal book,
drama or poem. It is a short and
lovely trip to Stoke Poges, where
Gray wrote his immortal "Elegy,"
and then on to oxford, where so
many famous authors studied.
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CdDdllob VI NCAA1AO VA WIG ONNCAI
teenth century, traced the family
back to Shephatiah, the fifth son
of David. They appeared at To
ledo and gradually worked their
way to Venice, thence to Salonika
and to Constantinople, Cairo,
Safed and BrouSsa, finally set
ting in Mesopotamia.
Early in the Sixteenth century,
at Bagdad, Rabbi Judah Ben
Isaac Ibn Sassoon wrote a COM
mentary on Ruth, which attracted
wide attention among the scholars
of the day. For three centuries
the Sassoons were at Bagdad, rich,
powerful, cultured, and always
seeming able to peer just a little
further into the future than any
of their contemporaries.
They were generous patrons Of
the arts, the de MediciS of their
day, but with none of the de
Medici bloodstainS on their escut-
cheon. One Of their numbers was
an absolute monarch, in his post
of NASH of Toledo, ruling over
Jews and MohammedanS, with all
citizens required to rise and salute
or suffer a penalty Of 100 stripes.
David Sassoon, son of the great
NaSsi, went to Persia, and there
began the affiliation of the Sas-
soonS with the widening British
Empire. He removed to Bombay
and, as always before, he and his
descendants built up vast prin-
cipality of banks and industries.
That was early in the last century.
SIR VICTOR SASSOON
Sir Victor Sassoon, in his early
forties, is chairman Of E. D. Sas-
soon and Company, bankers, mer.
chants and industrialists, whose
interests infiltrate through the
finance of the world. In 1881 there
was an obscurely printed news.
paper report that Sir Victor had
removed to Shanghai and would
center many of his interests there.
One casual Interpretation was
that Sir Victor was ill-pleaSed with
the rising independence movement
of India and that his removal was
partly in retaliation. There was
no substantiation for this, and
Sir VictorS Immediately lucrative
activities, in the midstream of the
world currency flow, soon provided
plausible and sufficient reasons
for his change of base.
It was noted that no worthwhile
SaSsoon holdings had been sacri-
feed in India. It is said that Sir
Victor, possibly $4,000, 900 richer.
is again turning his attention to
Bombay. He is the richest bachelor
in the empire, personable and cul-
tured, as the SassoonS always have
been, a famous host on his great
estates in India and England.
The turf is his favorite diver
sion, although he has had no such
glittering success in bringing in
Derby winners as has that other
potentate, the Aga Khan.
In India he raced his thorough
breds under the pseudonym of
Mr.. Eve" A few years ago he
bought the famous KingSclere
Stable in England. He also is a
golf enthusiast. In the World War,
he was in the Royal Air Force.
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Syndicate. 1nc.)
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seems all sugar on the surface but
is, in reality, just about as healthy
to have around as a typhoid car
rier.
And the gloomy Meanie who
dampenS all enthusiasm with dole
full note of warning.
And the Martyr Meanie, with
his or her constant wheeze for
sympathy.
MANY VARIETIES
And the sulky Meanie, who
keeps the whole family or office
force in a rumpus trying to drag
him out of his tantrum.
And the sensitive Meanie, who
achieves the same effect with his
chronically bruised heart.
Meanies- there are a thousand
varieties, but they're all a pain
in the neck. What makes EN-?
How do they get that way?
A Meanie gets that way because
he has a grudge against life. Life,
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time ago that
Home on the
Range" W a S
Just the kind of
b all a d that
made the old
heart strings
pu m p. Grad
ually the story
spread. Orches-
traS playing at
the w hi t e
House featured
it. It became
just the right
incidental mu-
sic for certain
RaaGsv,;&SAa
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End the Bickering

The Thomas resolution which would set up a commits
sion study the fiscal relations between the Federal
and District governments leans backward in order
to avoid any indication that the local is to
receive any favors from that body.
It specifically provides that resident or property
holder in the city shall be member of the commission
thus making all members of the group representatives
of the Federal Government
IN THIS WAY THE TOTAL MEMBERSHIP
COMES FROM ONE OF THE PARTIES TO THE
DISPUTE WHILE THE OTHER PARTY IS FOR
RIDDEN TO HAVE ANYONE ON THE COMMITS
SION WHO MIGHT BE FAMILIAR WITH ITS SIDE
OF THE CONTROVERSY.
This seeming defect in the fairness of the appoint
ment of the commission may however turn out to be
its strongest point.
Washngtonian are confident that an actual study of
all of the factors in the dispute would lead any group
of honest minded to the conclusion that the Federal
Government has heavy stake in its National Capital
THEY ARE CERTAIN THAT THAT STAKE IS
GREATER THAN THE MEAGER APPROPRIATIONS
WHICH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS MADE
IN RECENT YEARS FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF
THE FEDERAL CITY
They therefore, believe that if the commission is ap
pointed as provided in the Thomas resolution it will
find that $5700000 is absurdy small amount for the
Federal Government to appropriate for the city.
AS matter of fact, Washingtonians 1OOuld prob
ably accept the findings of any kind of commission,
no matter hOW appointed in order to terminate the
pickering wEich arises annually OUer the Federal
appropriation.
This pickering has bad effect not only on the Dis
trct appropriation BILL but it does great deal Of harm
to the National Capital on all legislative matters
TEMPERs OF CONGRESSMAN ARE AROUSED
OVER THE APPROPRIATION MATTER AND THE
IRE THUS AROUSED EXTENDS TO OTHER BILLS
WITH THE RESULT THAT THE DISTRICT SUI
FERS THROUGH INABILITY TO HAVE THESE
BILLS CONSIDERED STRICTLY ON THEIR
MERITS.
If the Thomas commission could settle the approprar
ton jam its effect on other legislation would be
tremelv heneficial
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S o m e Meanle
and takes the
joy out of life.
For instance,
n e r e'S tn e
Meanie who's
always looking
for a chance to
pick a row. The
frankly III a r.
relsome Meanie
who's ne We r
h a Ply unless
he's starting a
riot.
And there's
the sly, snoopy
AEaonia who