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The Washington times., 1936-08-15

Journeys
ITALY

Frequently this department re-
ceiveS queries concerning the best
country in Europe for an ex-
tended stay. And the answer is
always Italy" for surely no
country abroad offers more to
the visitor, be he wealthy or just
q budget-traveler.
italy has so much to offer in
addition to her art, her glorious
monuments of a romantic past,
her natural scenic beauty, al
though all these are without
rival. Amusements, sports, pas
times, music, health-giving spas,
all these are in abundance.
Particularly charming and
unique are the open-air perform
ances that are of long tradition
in Italy. In the spring, when
Sicily is one vast carpet of
flowers, Greek tragedy is revived
in the Greek amphitheaters of
Syracuse and Agrigento, in the
settings created by the ancient
Greeks. Similar performances
are now held in the Roman
amphitheater at Ostia or the
Palatine at Rome. or in front
of the imposing ancient temples
of Paestum.
In contrast to the old Greek
plays and the music festivals are
the facilities for sport to be found
everywhere in the new italy. The
automobile races are famous, as
are the tennis matches and the
Seaplane races.
Old popular festivals vie with
the musical events in attracting
visitors DESTROYS of seeing some
thing different. To visit a country
without taking an interest in its
people is like admiring the frame
and neglecting the picture.
No matter what the time OF
year may be, you'll be able to find
some spot with just the conditions
you desire.
The Washington times., 1936-08-15

"T'd like to make it plain that
I'm no graybearded crouch. I'm 40
rather proud of my golf score
and air hours'-a radio an
nouncer by profession. That
should, I believe, keep me in touch
with current conditions. Yet !
confess that the youngsters Of to-
day have me up q tree.
"I'm referring specifically to
my own twO-a boy of rs, girl
of rs, and their large and lively
pack of friends. I remember
distinctly how felt at their
age-and much younger. My
generations one burning ambi-
ton from the moment we en-
tered our teens was to grow up.
We were Infatuated at any Sug-
geStiOn that we were too young
to know or do anything, and
were immensely proud when en-
trusted with mature responsible
ties.
NO, NOT SERIOUS
81 know I shall never again
feel so ancient as / felt at FL,
when entered my first impOr-
tant job. Thirty, to us, was dOd-
dering. We almost expected to
he grandfathers by that time.
AS a matter Of fact, any young
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vs. Battleships--England Learns From American Exper

although the United States seems thus far to
have learned NOTHING.
Under the picture of the American ship
Alabama printed here, the Engshmen print
the following:
carried out years ago in American waters,
the air, first light and then heavy bombs being
employed When the latter were dropped it was
all over in matter of 80 seconds"
The Englishmen also printed this
"There have of course been plenty of trials Of
aircraft against batteshps under peace condi-
tons. The Americans started soon after the war
with two comparatively modern ships handed over
by Germany These tests showed that light bombs
were more or less ineffective, but that when
heavy bombs were used the ships were quickly
sunk, the most serious damage being caused by
bombs which actually missed the ships but ex-
ploded close alongside. The underwater concus-
sion so damaged the hulls below the waterline
that the ships sank"
Observe that the bomb that missed the Ship
even by much as so feet, exploded just after it
struck the water and "the conclusion so damaged
the hull below the water line that the ship sank"
That seems to dispose of the theory that it is
very hard to hit ship from the air. If you can
miss it by fifty feet and more and still sink it,
it ought to be easy; trials prove that it is easy.
You remember the two American pilots who
amused themselves with the silly so-called "coast
defense guns" on the Pacific Coast near San
Diego, by dropping bags of flour squarely each
gun. If they could hit thing as small as a gun
with bag of flour they could certainly hit bat
tleship with bomb
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= By Elsie Robinson

>if they don't have children until
they are over 30? They'll be in
their 'fretty forties' when their
children are 10! And well on
toward so before they leave col
lege!
CHILDLIKE
II realize, of course, that these
facts do not apply to all modern
young people. There are plenty
who are serious and responsible.
And there were always frivolous
minded people who were cutups
at so. But the thing that appalS
me is thiS-the very children of
the sane, middle-claSs families
who were so anxious to grow up
a generation ago and who made
such fine records before 30 are
now flying around in shorts and
tennis Stacks and acting like in
fants. What's the reason? AND
WHERE DO YOU THINK IT
WILL END?"
I wonder! What's YOUR guess?
Have we perchance created an
age so complicated and chaotic
that it's more than they can take?
Are we living too hard-too
fast-and are young people stay
ing infantils to protect them.
selves?
Growing up has never been an
easy job. Settling down was al
ways a dull chore. And Having
Babies a very real cramp on any
lively young things style. But for
countless generations we humans
have expected to take such trials
in our stride. Youth ended when
we came Of age" and most young
men were r'arin' to go before they
sprouted their first whiSkerS. Is
there any woman over 40 today
who doesn't remember fearful bat.
ties because Mother wouldn't let
her put her hair up?
But now they're still kiddies at
80. Still talk about Our Gang at
40. Why? Is the human race be-
coming lazier-or is it Just Scared?
YOU tell.
copyright. 1898. by King Features
Syndicate Ias.A
The Washington times., 1936-08-15
Marry-Go.
Round
By HELEN ROWLAND

Some men are Sentimentally
crosSeyed: they can see another
woman, even when they are look
ing straight at their wives.
There is practically no way of
pleasing a man. If you ignore
him you hurt his vanity; if you
flirt with him, you shatter his il
lusions; and if you marry him,
you wreck his life.
Figures that always lie: A wom-
ans age; the speed at which your
car was going when the motor
cycle cop saw you; racketeer's
income-tax return; and the time
when a married man says he got
home "laSt night.
Many a true word is spoken in
jest-but the majority of lies are
uttered in dead earnest.
No one knows better than an
attractive woman, the difference
between reputation and character:
reputation is what the other
women give her (And howD-and
character is what they take away
from her.
When a man has been coldly
refused" he can always comfort
his vanity with the reflection that,
after all, he wasn't really serious
he was just trying to break the
ice.
Many a woman can tell, this
summer, without consulting a for
tune-teHer, whether or not she is
going to have a new fur coat next
winter-just by .glancing at her
bridge scores and golf cards.
The average woman never tells
her husband all the bitter things
she thinks about men; because
half the time he would think she
was hitting at him, personally:
and the other half he would think
she was admitting a past.
copyright. 1895, by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1936-08-15

man or woman who wasn't mar
ried and the proud parent of at
least one child by 30 was con-
Sidered a hopeless failure.
But now the situation seems
entirely reversed. My son and
daughter and their friends &C
tually refer to themselves as
'us kids and they are highly
amused il anyone suggests they
should settle down and assume
adult burdens. Nor is this atti-
tude feigned. I have had Seri-
GUS talks with many Of them,
and they sincerely believe they
are too young to take life Seri-
OuSIy'!
"The married ones in the Grove
have exactly the same viewpoint
They are all childleSs and think
it prepoSterouS for anyone to Sug
gest that they should have chill
dren yet. But what sort Of 8
break will they give any youngstel
The Washington times., 1936-08-15
The Greatest Show On Earth
BIZ Frank Miller Smith

81 remember when / brought
Amos and Andy down here one
time at feeding. They thought
that was kidding them when
/ said that the fish knew me
and would come to the surface
when I snapped my fingers.
81 snapped them. The fish
showed up and I threw in some
food. A small geySer of water
rose up as they struck and
spIaShed all over Andy. Amos
leaned over and he got the same
thing.
"They jumped back and said,
Yes, this guy says he's q friend
of ours"
Then we went to the tank with
the baby silver salmon in it. Mr..
Orsinger put in some food and
thousands of the little fish made
a concentrated rush to the corner
where he stood and ate out of
his hand.
The aquarium, which is located
in the basement of the Commerce
Building, is mecca for Boy
Scout troops.
Everytime a troop comes to
Washington they go to the
aquarium and now are taught
how to treat frogs. "Wimpy"
or one of his brothers is brought
out and fed hamburger.
The troops go home and the
number of frogs that have been
adopted by Boy Scouts is enor-
nous.
Mr.. Orsinger made a staunch
friend the other day. He was
patrolling the aquarium when he
was attracted by a noise at the
tank where the turtles are kept.
DO NOT DISTURB
One of the turtles had a grip
on an alligator and was swinging
him back and forth in great
glee.
An elderly lady nearby couldn't
stand it. She unlocked her large
pocketbook and started lambasting
the turtle and shouting. Mr..
Orsinger arrived, rescued the alli-
gator and admoniShed the lady.
1t seemed that the turtle often
played that way and the alligator
didn't mind it bit. But when the
lady began to beat the turtle, that
got on his nerves and he bit the
alligator, so Mr.. Orsinger had to
nurse the alligator for two weeks
before he could put it back in the
tank with the turtle.
MOttO-DOn't play with Mr..
OrSinger's pets. He uses all his
spare time playing with them,
himself, and he doesn't want
them OverwOrked.
Some of the most celebrated
visitors to Washington go to the
aquarium to watch the fish there
and fishermen of the Capital are
constant visitors. Mr.. Orsinger
says that the fish stories they tell
are so tall that one would have to
take off the top of the Washington
Monument to hold some Of them.
The Washington times., 1936-08-15

DULLING against the stream is hard work,
= but hard work is only another name for
PROGRESS.
If you have rowed boat in a swift stream,
you know that going upstream is difficult; but
you know that along the bank there are quiet
waters" sluggish, without movement, where boat
and oarsman may rest.
There is peace in those quiet waters, but there
is no progress upstream.
Life is another stream; the same rule applies
If you want to move up the stream, instead of
floating with the current, idling the
edge, you must PULL.
Look at the in this picture. The owner
of the little boat in the sheltered sluggish eddy
The Washington times., 1936-08-15
No Admittance!

The taxpayers of even the District of Columbia should
have some right expression of opinion the origin
of new and additional which may be levied upon
them
This right has just been denied in an arbitrary and
arrogant manner by the District Commissioners.
About year ago the Commissioners appointed a spe-
cal committee of subordinate District officials to think
up new ways of soaking the local taxpayer or failing
that to determine how to soak him harder in the same
old way.
The committee was composed solely of tax-spenders
in the District Building.
Fortunately the residents of the District saved
at that time from the additional mposs which this
mittee was supposed to recommend by the action of
friends in Congress.
But the need for further study of the local system
with view to further increases has impressed itself
upon the Commissioners again.
So they recently directed their committee of sub
ordinates to resume consideration of the matter
Pursuant to this revving of the committee the Wash
ington Taxpayers Association petitioned the Commits
sioners to appoint to the committee few citizens Ito
represent directly the taxpayers
That is a perfectly reasonable request.
IT rs ONE THAT IS PARTICULARLY IMPOR-
TANT IN A VOTELESS CITY IN WHICH ADMINS
TRATIVE OFFICIALS ARE IN NO WAY ANSWER
ABLE TO THE PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT THEM AND
IN WHICH THE LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY HAS
NO CURB.
decent consideration for those who must pay what
taxes may result from the deliberations Of the
mittee of officials would to dictate that few of
those payers be permitted at least to sit in and give their
views that they be given opportunity to discuss pro-
posed taxes before they recommended.
APPARENTLY, HOWEVER, THE COMMISSION
ERS ARE DETERMINED TO KEEP THIS TAX FIND
ING COMMITTEE A CLOSED CORPORATION OF
APPOINTED OFFICIALS.
They have bluntly refused to appoint single tax
payer to the committee.
They uOuId do weH to reconsider their decision.
The Washington times., 1936-08-15

he is quadru- Fred G. Orsinger
plets. 'Wimpy" is No. l and there
is 'Popeye," Louie" and Orphan
Annie"
ATE AND ATE
The fame of "Wimpy" has
spread so far that "Popeye."
''Louie" and annie" have to be
called in to double for him.
"Wimpy," as you probably know
by now, is the frog that eats
hamburger from a spoon. But,
don't let Mr.. Orsinger fool you,
"'Popeye," Louie" and annie"
eat hamburger too. The only
reason that this latest scientific
fact was revealed was because
''Wimpy" posed for so many pic
lures eating hamburger that he
swelled up just like his namesake
and somebody had to be subSti-
tuted.
In case you think this is an
unusual diet, even for a frog,
you should see the nice electric re-
frigerator Mr.. Orsinger tends near
his aquarium, where he keeps
the hamburger and the other
delicacies to tempt the appetites
of his charges.
Mr.. Orsinger is one expert you
would call a gourmet. He won't
feed his frogs, fishes. alligators
or turtles any food that he
wouldn't sit down and eat him
self. And, do they like it.
Fortunately we visited the
aquarium on feeding day. Papa"
Fred carefully cut off several
pieces of fish and mixed it with
q handful of hamburger. Down
to the tanks we went.
At the first one he threw in
q few pieces. There was a dis
turbance in the water and the
food disappeared. Nothing spec
tacular, but they ate.
At the next tank he snapped
his fingers. Trout jumped out of
the water. A dozen of the finny
tribe tumbled all over themselves
to get to the edge. Into the
water went COB of food. There
was a sudden rush. The water
raised like geySer. 1t didn't
matter to Papa" Orsinger that
his whole suit was flecked with
water. He said:
The Washington times., 1936-08-15
Wise Words

There is no one whom ills can
not reach.-SophocleS.
Time dissolves all things and
makes them old.-AriStotle.
Nothing can be born OF moth
ing, nothing can be resolved
into nothing.-PerSiuS.
Borrow trouble for yourself, If
that's your nature, but don't lend
it to your neighbors.-Rudyard
Kipling.
A fault confessed is a new vir-
tue added to man.-James
Sheridan Knowles.
And he that makes his soul
his surety, I think, does give
the best Security.-Butler.
Every school boy and school
girl who has arrived at the age
of reflection ought to know some
thing about the history of the
art of printing.-Horace Mann.
The Washington times., 1936-08-15

in which he works his way upstream or drifts
with the current. In that stream of life, and in
that career, man deceives himself as he would
not dare to do in wooden rowboat in a rushing
river
Millions, hugging the shore in lfes stream,
waiting for somebody. to pull them up against
the current, willing to drift down, find all
sorts of excuses for themselves.
If you are content to sit in stagnant waters
close to shore, drift back with the current,
do not blame others, and do not ENVY others
who are willing to put their backs into it.
Nobody ever successfully substituted wishing
, for working.
PULL YOUR BOAT or don't complain.
The Washington times., 1936-08-15

your answer.
1t began with
a fan mail queS-
ton from q
m o d I'm Dad.
Can you tell
me. Miss Rob
inson," quiZzes
he, why our
y oun g people
a re SO in
curably infan-
tile-Why they
insist on acting
a n d regarding
themselves as
'kiddieS' when
t h e y re long
nnck hhnir 9fnonoI
The Washington times., 1936-08-15

Life, like every other stream, has
it's shallow stagnant part where
the current of existence is slow
and there is no progress.
would be foolish to blame anybody but himself
because his boat is standing still, making no
upstream progress.
This man must admit "T am not going up
stream because | am NOT PULLING, not trying.
Those men pass me, because they are putting
their backs into their work; and if l want to
catch them, must begin rowing"
On the most important stream the stream Of
life the most important boat is mans career,
The Washington times., 1936-08-15

ETEQ ". OTSl11S-
er, director of
the aquarium
of the Bureau
of Fisheries in
the Commerce
b u ii din g, is
holdin g the
s potli G h t in
Washington to-
day.
"Wimpy," by
the way, is al
most as famous
as the Dionne
q uin t up lets,
partly because
The Washington times., 1936-08-15

in the air when the deck was hit, machines would
have no choice but to come down in the sea or,
if they could, make for the nearest friendly
aerodrome."
The British experimental with one of their
batteshps, but only for target practice not using
real bombs. "The target ships were too valuable,
and costly to replace
From American experiments, the British have
learned more than from their own experiments,
The Washington times., 1936-08-15

money int o
three parts.
One part he
sh o u Id put
into the earth,
that is to say,
into land and
a house, that
nc may hNC
independently.
One-third he
should put in
to his pocket.
T h e n, with
ana khsHl ~
The Washington times., 1936-08-15
Human Side
Of the
News
BY Edwin c. Hill

Arthur Brisbane gives us this
lesson from the Talmud, the Jew
ish civil and canonical law:
"a man should divide his
The Washington times., 1936-08-15
Listen, World!

I'm not telling you this time
I'm asking. And plenty beside
Elsie Robinson will be waiting for
The Washington times., 1936-08-15

Politics be darned. 4
''Wimpy," the hamburger eat
ing frog tanned and petted by
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-03-26
Malta Grange

Program for March 27: Song,
"The Grange Is Marching On;' roll
call, quotation from the manual for
members, and nursery rhymes for
children; biographical sketch of
Oliver Hudson Kelly, Ivan McKit-
rick; song, the Clements family;
recitation, Jean Raney; discussion,
The advantages of today compared
with that of our forefathers, C. F.
Clements and Elson Brandeberry
biograp phical sketch of William
Saunders, by Harry Richardson;
reading, History Of Our Grange, =
by Chas. Finley; jokes, by Dale
Scott and Ralph Raney; contest, by
Lila Scott.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-03-26

Mayor Ezra Mcdaniel, Malta, re-
ceived a letter by air mail Monday,
from his son Lawrence Mcdaniel,
superintendent of a Pittsburgh dis
trict of the Philadelphia Indemnity
company, stating the flood was
around the building where his office
is located. His home is out Of the
flooded district. He said drinking
water is very scarce, and peddled
about in milk bottles. He said that
there were 81 known dead at Pitts
burgh, and that diphtheria and
scarlet fever had broken out in the
flooded districts.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-03-26
NOTIFY MRS. CCRRAN
OF ADDRESS

Recipients of old age pensions IN
Morgan county should report
promptly any changes in their ad-
dresses, as a means of preventing
delay in delivering monthly pension
checks from Columbus, states Mrs.
Margaret Curran, who is in charge
of the old age pension office in the
court house Both the new and old
addresses should be given.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-03-26
Manchester Grange

Program Of Manchester grange
for March 28, at 1880 p. m. Roll
call, name your first school teacher;
readings, Roxy Haines and Bertha
Cannon; duet, Emma Bell and Rosa
Smith; current events, Josephine
Drummond; funny story, Harold
Haines; third and fourth degree
work.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-03-26
The Friendly Circle

The monthly meeting of the
Friendly circle club was March 1S
at Mrs. Cleo Hupp's. The day was
spent in quilting and sewing rug
rags. At noon a delicious chicken
dinner was served to the nine mem
bers and 10 visitors. At 2:3O was
the business meeting. Adjourned to
meet with Mrs. Helen Phillis, April
o.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-03-26

Miss Anna B. Henry of Enid,
Okla, in renewing her subscription
March Is, to the Morgan County
Democrat, wrote: 1--WE are having
beautiful spring weather, after
rather cold winter. Wheat and
grass are coming along fairly well,
considering we have had so little
moisture
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-03-26

A miscellaneous shower was Civ
en- at the home OF Mrs. Everett Ham
bel in Malta, last Thursday even
ing, in honor of Mrs. Frances
Moore Hambel, recent bride.
About 25 young folks were present.
Refreshments were served, and an
enjoyable social evening was spent.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-03-26
Center Grange

Program of Center grange for
March 28, at s p. M: Program for
the lecture hour will be sponsored
by grange members, whose birth
days are in the first quarter. Mem
bers of the committee on refresh
ments, are Hazel Albright, Lucretia
Baesel, Alpha Burns, Andy AL
bright and Wayne Allen. Ladies
each please bring one pie, six sand
wiches, and pickles.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-03-26

Mrs. c. E. Northrup and Mrs.
Hugh Donahue were hostesses last
Thursday evening to a bridge party.
At $50 dinner was served at the
Kennebec hotel, covers being laid
for 80 guests. The tables were
handsomely decorated in keeping
with St. Patrick's day. After din
ner, the guests repaired to the home
of Mrs. Donahue, where auction
bridge was played at six tables.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-03-26
Masonic Inspection

Special communication of Cor
inthian lodge, No. Ill, f. & A. M,
for the purpose of annual inspec-
ton, Tuesday, March 81, at 1880 p.
m. Visiting Brethren are invited.
A good attendance is desired. Light
refreshments.-W. j. Elliott, w.
M. O. A. Richardson, Sec'y.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-03-26

Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Birch and
son Donald of Pittsburgh, who Wis
tied here with the formers mother,
Mrs. Rosa Fouts, and with Mrs.
Birch's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Martin, for a few days, returned
home Monday evening. Their
home is not in the flood district, but
Mr.. Birch's place of business was
flooded and not in operation. He
is a ceramic engineer.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-03-26
Tria,lelphia Grange

Triadelphia grange will meet Sat
urday, March 28, at one o'clock p.
M, to transact important business.
1t is imperative that all officers be
present, and all members are re-
quested to be on hand at this time.
Mrs. L. A. Torbert, Lecturer.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-03-26
Neelyville Grange

Friday evening, the 9th, at 8
o'clock: Roll call, current events;
reading, Sunshine Wiley; music.
Eleanor Hammond; talk on my All
club trip, Della Spencer; reading,
Edna Lyme; contests and stunts;
music, Ed Rouse.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-03-26

Mr.. and Mrs. Russell McElfresh
and daughter, Miss Barbara McEl-
fresh of Delaware visited here Sun
day with Mrs. McElfreshs parents,
DIR. and Mrs W. R. Foster, and at
tended the funeral of Mrs. McEl-
fresh's grandfather, w C. Macklem.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-03-26

Mrs. Ella McMillen, former resi-
dent of Marietta, and mother of
Francis McMillen, famous violinist,
died last week at her home in New
York City. Her husband was the
late Samuel NJ. McMillen, a former
publisher of the Marietta Times.
The body was brought to Marietta
for funeral services and burial.