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The Washington times., 1936-09-11
The Human Side of the News = By Edwin C. Hill

} the uncalIed.fOr attack by
Champlain nearly $50 years
BEFORE"
The "ifs" of history always af-
ford interesting speculation.
Champlain permitted himself
to be persuaded by the HuronS
of Canada to help them against
the Oneidas, and the New York
Indians never forgot.
A fog over the heights of
Brooklyn saved Washington'S
army from capture by Howe.
IF" Grouchy hadn't lost his
way at Waterloo; "if'' Won Kluck
had not turned back from the
Marne; eff" Abraham Lincoln
had gotten that appointment to
the oregon Land Office-if all
the "ifs" had been eliminated,
this would be quite a different
world. but, perhaps, none the
better.
BEAUTY STANDARDS
This from Arthur S. Vernay
explorer and one of the few out
Siders permitted to visit Lassa
capital of Tibet, the forbidden
land of shows:
"Tibet is probably the only
place in the world where
women don't try to beautify
tn ms selves. Instead, they
smear black grease over their
faces so that it is difficult to
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TOday's BOOndOggle

1t be tremendously consoling to the youth of Pueblo
that after it has danced in the WPA pavilion
the City Park it may quietly repair to the WPA wadng
pool there comfort its burning feet and rodden toes IN
the cooling waters
AS the entire city of Pueblo has of less than twelve
square miles, would be supposed that any wishing to
wade would have particular difficulty in reaching the
pool at the City Park but matter of convenience the
WPA constructing similar pool the Mineral Palace
Park that the good citizens of the may wade almost
at will whenever the spirit moves them
The Of the pools to the Federal Treasury $24 $780,
Copyright New
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DOIA ne "OuAO AldNC ANCO1 Az
would live today. gloriously, eter-
nally! Body or Tomb-neither
could hold Him. Life or death
they were. alike, shadows on His
trail. Free and triumphant He
goes to His radiant way, secure
forever in that one abiding place
from which neither crosses nor
fiery stakes, bullets nor political
edicts, can dislodge Him-secure
in the mind of man.
For, eUen though Christ had
neUer been born of Mary, He IOould
haze eriSted in the dreams OF the
human soul.
Christ was not born merely in
Bethlehem. Christ was born, is
born today, in humanity-in every
gentle, human wish; every noble
desire, every tender, unSelfish act.
Christ was, Christ is, a part of
man himself-God'S answer to
mans hunger-man'S answer to
Gods urge.
SHELTERED HAVEN
Christ did not live simply in
Nazareth. Christ lived in Louis
Pasteur's test tubes in Joan of
Arcs sword in EpictetuS'
shackled leg in Socrates cup
of hemlock in LincOln'S speech
at Gettysburg in DR.. Green
fell's hut at Labrador in Flor
ence Nightingale's bandages .
in Washington bleeding feet and
broken heart at Valley Forge . .
in the patient, drudging, careers
of obscure millions who gave their
lives that others might live.
Kill the Christ?
Try to do it, Sneering cynic, in
famed communist! Lift your
guns-aim and fire! Then turn
away, laughing, as He falls!
But eUen as you turn, deep in
your Spirit-in your IoUe for some
little child, your loyalty to some
trusting friend yes, eUe1I in that
1Ddrped fury Which sent the bullet
on its Uay- eUen in that CHRIST
LIVES ON SAFE FROM ALL
HATE AND TERROR SHEL,
TERED IN THE HAVEN OF
YOUR HEART!
Copyright, 1885. by King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
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Omy and bal Edwin @. Hill
ancing the budget. And that was
the word in England in those
years, when the LabOriteS were
in power and were spending so
much money.
1--WE had q startling deficit
then and our prosperity dated
from the return of the COnSer-
vativeS to power and their cur
tailment of spending"
From what I hear, no one can
travel about the country without
gaining the same impression.
Some. of the best-informed poll
teal writer's tell me that the real
big task before Franklin D. RooSe-
welt is the defense of his spend
ing as we'll as an explanation Of
what he can do about economizing.
This is true not only in the in
dustrial States, which bear the
brunt of taxation, but it even
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TEAM WORKERS
retty good team work eh?

1IGOGJ BOON gSnAA WIN, Gil
North Dakota is represented in
the House of Representatives by
only two congressman. One is a
presidential candidate and the
other is acting as his campaign
manager.
Both of them we're born in Min
nesota, and both of them are
lawyers. See-William Lemke and
Usher L. Burdick.
P. S.-While Represen a tiv A
Lemke is noted for having spent
all his life battling with and for
the farmers, his campaign man.
ager was brought up near an In.
dian reservation. He understands
the Sioux language, has written
several books on the history of his
neck of the woods, including The
Last Battle of the Sioux" And
another thing, he married Emma
C. Rasmussen in 1901. The same
year both entered the University
of Minnesota and graduated in
1904. He played right end for the
Minnesota team in 1903 and 1904
when the team was the champion
Of the Big Ten.
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reaches into the agricultural
South and Northwest, sections
which have benefited most in pro-
portion to their tax contributions.
The question heard on all sides
is:
"WhO's going to pay these
$35, Zoo, OOO, OOO?"
And everyone suspects the cor
rect answer, which is "Everyone!"
IFS OF HISTORY
This from Harold o. Whitnall,
professor of geology at Colgate
University:
"John Fiske and many other
historians have stated that
this insignificant skirmiSh de-
termined the nationality of the
United States.
GGTha IInuarra ntnd attack
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know what they really look like.
"They say quite frankly that
they are so beautiful that they
have to protect themselves
from the advances of men.
personally, 1 saw only one
Tibetan woman, who, it seemed
to me, needed to entertain any
fears of this kind.
"They are big, strong women,
and they seem very happy in
their belief that they are ex-
traordinarily beautiful"
If and when Mr.. Vernay's
words get back to Tibet, they will
bring pitying smiles from the no
madic herders of the Himalayas
When it comes to standards Of
beauty, one races meat is poison
to another.
The belle of Park Avenue is ne
more of a beauty in the African
jungle than is the ring-lipped lady
from Uganda in the eyes Of the
curious at the circus in Madison
Square Garden.
Copyright, 1885, by King Features
syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1936-09-11
RECOGNITION

Samuel w. King, delegate to
Congress from Hawaii, is a mem.
Der Of more House committees
than any Representative. He has
been appointed to eight. They
include Agriculture. Immigration
and Naturalization, Merchant Ma.
rine and Fisheries, Military AT.
fairs, Naval Affairs. Post Office
and Post Roads, Public Lands and
Territories.
Anthony J. Dimond, the dele
gate from Alaska, is tied for sec
ond place with Representative
Thomas O'Malley of Wisconsin.
They have been appointed to
seven each. Dimond to the Agri-
culture, Indian Affairs, Merchant
Marine and Fisheries, Mines and
Mining, Public Lands, Rivers and
Harbors, and Territories. Repre-.
sentative O'Malley is a member
of Indian Affairs, Patents, Roads,
Territories, War Claims, a select
committee to investigate real es-
tate bondholderS' reorganizationS
and special committee on cross
licensing and pooling of patents.
Representative Thomas L. Blan-
ton was a member of only one
the Appropriations Committee.
Representative John j. O'Con.
nor is a member of only one-the
Rules Committee-but he is chair.
man.
Representative Robert l.
Doughton is also a member Of
only one-the Ways and Means
Committee-but he is the chair.
man.
Representative O'Malley is serv.
ing his second term in Congress.
Representative Doughton has
been elected to each consecutive
Congress since the Sixty-second.
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and an Ameri
can mother, 6
member Of Par
lament in hi
own right:
During my
visit / could
not fail to
notice tn e
close reSem-
bla n ce of
American pol
iticS today to
those Of Eng
land in 1881.
They are all
about econ
@-I AnI
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aimed taken
at the moment
d e a t h roared
from the lifted
barrels. A COM
mon e n o u G h
sight in tragic
Spain today
so familiar one
hardly glanceS
at the crum-
blin G m a S S
which, a second
since, was hui
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to see the
w e S t e r n
S t eS are
laying special
emphasis on
he election
Of Republi-
can Congress
men. 1t would
be a great
pity if Ian
don was to be
put up against
such a de-
s tr u c We
House of Rep
res e natives
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upon the peaceful Oneidas ran
along the grapevine cOmmuni-
cation and created a prejudice
against the French, so that
when the English came and
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Wise Words

The cowardly dog banks more
violently than it bites.-Quintus
CurtiuS.
Leisure is time for doing some
thing uSeful.-Dr. N. Howe.
The envious man grows lean at
the success of his neighbour
Horace.
A man has no more right to say
a rude thing to another, than to
knock him doWn.-Johnson.
The Washington times., 1936-09-11
EYES ON MAINE

EYES ON MAINE
Frankly, LAS Maine Goes SO
Goes the Nation" seems to have
the Democrats a bit worried.
Republican vice presidential
candidate Frank Knox in out
spoken declaration claims an over
whelming victory. The best the
Democrats seem to have to offer
is a prediction that the race will
be close and then quite a few OF
them are soothing at the adage
The Washington times., 1936-09-11

the New York State savageS
chose sides, their Sympathies
were with the English.
"-Tnder their great friend, Sir
william Johnston, they avenged
The Washington times., 1936-09-11
SAN FRANCISCO


We have been talking to many
visitors from Europe who have
been over here on tours, and we
find that while those interested in
industry want to visit Detroit, Chi
cago, Akron and similar manufac-
turing centers, the artists, writers
and professors usually have New
orleans and San Francisco as their
goals. These two are the picture
cities, the Story-book places they
have read and heard about.
Both cities are always playing
host to visitors from all over the
world, and this summer San Fran
cisco. especially, has been visited
not only by people from abroad,
but by many Americans.
NEW BRIDGES
Undoubtedly the pictures and
descriptions of the new bridges
across the bay and the Golden
Gate, as we'll as news of the forth.
coming exposition, have had much
to do with bringing host of new
visitors to San Francisco. Then,
too, the trips of the China Clipper
have focused the eyes of the world
on the city by the Golden Gate.
Movie producers, too, like to utilize
the sunshine and shadow, the color
and the mystery Of San Francisco
as a background for scenarios. All
OF which means that San Francisco
has much to offer.
Each visitor to San Francisco
has some special preference for
the city. Some like the down
town flower stands, with their
masses of colorful blooms of.
Tered at incredibly low prices.
Others declare in favor of the
cable cars, the amazing variety
OF restaurants or the lights and
shades of Chinatown.
CHINATOWN
1t is only fitting that San
Francisco should have a mar.
Vicious Oriental district, for it is
the gateway to the Orient. The
shops, restaurants, houses and
buildings of Chinatown are
charming and fascinating. The
telephone exchange which serves
the district is run by girls who
call by name and not by number.
and is housed in a building Of
Chinese architecture. This unique
exchange is open to visitors.
Then there is the Chinese the
alter, the joss house and, finally
the bank, with its charming man"
ager, a young Chinese woman.
who is the business counsellor
and friend of all Chinatown.
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Listen, World!
By Elsie Robinson
YOU CAN'T KILL CHRIST

Revolving picture in this morn
ing's paper. A file of young Com
munist killers with their guns
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Greatest Show on Earth
Ru Frank Miller Smith

tand saying it won't hold good this
year because of local conditions
which put the national issues in
the background.
Where have you heard that
| before?
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as the Demo Rep. U. S. Guyer
cratic House of 1882"
Senator Joseph Guffey Cd,
Pennsylvania, chairman of the
Democratic Senatorial Campaign
Committee:
81 have not stressed the fact
that If LandOn is elected he
would be ineffective because he
would have to work with q
Democratic Congress. This
argument is so palpable and so
we'll known to thinking people
that have not thought 1t
necessary to use it in any of my
speeches"
Representative U. S. Guyer, (RO
Kansas:
Governor LandOn radiateS
sOlidity and stability. His per-
SOnality will win him many votes
as he travels over the country
coming in direct contact with
the voters"
Representative John ]. O'Con
nor, CD New York:
Everyone knows how trem-
endOusly popular Pre- ident
Roosevelt is. He has a wonder
full personality and his appeal
over the radio and when he
meets people is irresistible"
d? ? ? =?
What has happened to the Byrd
Senate Committee appointed to
survey Federal Departments with
the object of cutting down over
tapping of duties? QuestionnaireS
sent out to department heads were
supposed to have been returned
August Is.
L? L? ? ?
What has happened to the Dis
trict Airport Commission that was
supposed to complete an exhauS
tive survey of all the possible sites
for a permanent landing field dur
ing this summer?
The Washington times., 1936-09-11
YOUR PICK

AS "They Say" in the present
campaign:
Herbert HoOver-'T am glad
The Washington times., 1936-09-11
Three-Minute Journeys

>de luxe hotels and chains of gar
dens where roses bloom, all go to
make for the charm of Bourne
mouth.
Nearby is the quaint town Of
Poole. Since the day that King
Canute landed there, Poole has
been in history. Poole estuary is
a maze of waterways, capes, creeks
and islands, among them Brown
sea Island, where BadenPoWel
initiated the Boy Scout movement.
The Washington times., 1936-09-11
the political Writers Say That F. D. Rs Big Task
year Is Defense of SDending

A few statements from the
press:
. This from Earl Beatty, 31-year-
old son of the late Admiral Beatty
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(Readers invted to send to the editor their Sug
gestiOns of old avores among the poems for reprntng
in this Space.)
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OLD FAVORITES
MediOcritU in Lone Rejected

By THOMAS CAREW
Give me more love, or more disdain:
The torrid, or the frozen zone
Bring equal ease unto my pain;
The temperate affords me none'
Either extreme, of love or hate,
Is sweeter than calm estate.
Give me storm; if it be love,
Like Danae in that golden shower,
I'll swim in pleasure; if it prove
Disdain, that torrent will devour
My vulture-hopes; and he's possessed
Of heaven, that's but from hell released.
Then crown my joys, or cure my pain:
Give me more love, or more disdain.
The Washington times., 1936-09-11

"The unwarranted attack
Evening star., 1936-04-26

like all large bodies. move slowly. He went
to San Francisco with the play before one of
them had test made. Nothing happened
He was later engaged by another movie
concern, and first appeared opposite the viva
cious Clara Bow in THE Dummy"
His second film was The Wild Party" In
this picture he gave clear indication of the
actor he was to become. Since then he has
been borrowed by another studio at
fabulous salary to play opposite Norma
Shearer in "Smilin Through" and "The Bar
retts of Wimpole Street" He also played the
leading role with Greta Carlo in "Anna
Karenina."
He is at present being starred in Anthony
Adverse" There are ninety-eight speaking
roles in this film. Its cost is well over mil
lion dollars.
Though Mrs. March played small role in
LES Miserables" in which Fredric appeared
as Jean Valjean, she long ago gave up her
career in the interests of her home. Their mar
riage has been IDEAL
The noted New York actress who once
gave young Bckel such sage advice is now
one of the glories of the cinema. Her latest
never-to-be forgotten role was in IA Tale of
Two Cities" Her name is Edna May Oliver.
Fredric's father is still an important finan-
cial official in Racine. They are firm friends.
Evening star., 1936-04-26

1t was not so easy as it sounds. His father's
hopes had to be considered when he was
making his decision.
The son asked for no money from home
His mothers maiden name was Marcher.
He changed his to March, and moved to a
cheap rooming house operated by an old
actor and his wife - pair for whom applause
had long since died away.
He worked as film extra whenever pos
sible, at SIS a day. He later learned how to
earn money by posing for commercial pho
tographers and illustrators.
While posing for Neysa McMein, he heard
of an agent on 42nd Street who was selecting
extras for the front rank of a mob in the
stage production of "Deburau" March was
sent with group to the great Belasco. He
was among the rejected.
With heavy heart he began posing for
Leon Gordon. That artist sent him to get
two theater tickets. The man who handed him
the tickets was the man who had sent him to
Belasco
What happened with the old man. he
asked
Nothing He didn't want me.
We'll, several have dropped out - Ill send
you to his assistant"
March was selected.
In an expansive moment, Mr.. Belasco
Evening star., 1936-04-26

When an actor in a semi-important role
failed to appear, March was certain he had
been given break" Knowing that the actor
was secretly rehearsing for another show,
he stepped into the role. 1t was a scene
within-a-scene, where Atwill, as a famous
actor, asked the old man handling the curtain
why he had dropped the canvas on him. In
the thin, quavering tones of senility, the man
who was later to be given the Academy
Award for the best acting of the year in
"Dr. Jekyll and MIR. Hyde" replied that it was
the final curtain on the life of Deburau
1t was highly important and symbolic
situation. Lionel Atwill and even the great
Belasco compimented the understudy.
Then the regular player showed up March
returned to the ranks.
He played in road shows for several years,
and was then selected as the leading man for
Florence Eldridge, a Broadway actress of
exceptional ability, then appearing with
stock company in Denver
At the end of the season, he married Miss
Eldridge.
Their work had attracted so much atten-
ton that they were called to New York, where
they signed contract to appear in ARMS
and the Man. MIR. PIN Passes By 1.-THE
Guardsman" and The Silver Chord" for the
Theatre Guild.
Evening star., 1936-04-26

AS they were preparing to go on tour, Jed
Harris offered March the leading role in THE
Royal Family" He wanted the opportunity.
The Theatre Guild would have released him.
But contract was an important matter to
one so rigidly trained.
Feeling that he had lost "the big chance"
he toured the nation with his lovely wife.
Another actor became famous in the role
At the end of the year he refused another
contract with the Theatre Guild and motored
to Hollywood with his wife,
He looked about the cinema city, and was
given test" by one of the large studios.
After weeks of waiting nothing happened.
Evening star., 1936-04-26

When he Royal
Family" was produced in
Los Angeles, he was again
offered the leading role.
He accepted at once, as so
far as a film future went,
the California city was the
equal of New York.
The opening of "The
Royal Family" in Los
Angeles was a unique
occasion in the theater.
John Barrymore, the
man March was to i'm
personate. was in the
audience. March knew he
was there.
Worn out when the
final curtain dropped,
March tried to relax in his
dressing room. There was
a knock on his door.
1t was John Barrymore.
Congratulations, my
boy - you played me bet
ter than l could myself"
A bigger moment might
happen in a novel. 1t is
not possible that one will
ever come in the career of
Fredric March.
I'm watch your career
with deep interest"
Barrymore said.
March's portrayal Gre
ated a furore in Holly
wood. But film producers,
Evening star., 1936-04-26
Should he keep his safe job in the
bank gamble with the future on
the stage? That was Fredric March's dilemma
by jim TULLY

announced that those extras who
we're willing might watch the
principals rehearse. March was
one of the few who took advan-
tage of the offer.
Burk Symon, the stage man.
ager, took an interest in him.
In a few weeks he was made "a
sort of glorified call boy" and
was allowed to understudy the
various characters.
When the juvenile lead be-
came i'll, March played his part
for ten days. His salary during
this period was S35 a week.
Evening star., 1936-04-26

A"ihNS'i 10 eiC oihy oSloi
in the world who ever refused a position
as president of bank in the city of his
birth.
The son of manufacturer in Racine,
Wisconsin, his real name is Fredric Mcintyre
Blckel As his father was prominent in finan-
cial circles, he early decided that his son
should learn the intricate details of money.
As result, the future actor worked in
a bank during high school vacations, and
later took post graduate course on finance
in the University of Wisconsin. He was then
given post with the National City Bank of
New York, where he was in line for Junior
partnership
He had taken leading part in high school
and college theatricals, but so powerful are
early environment and the wishes of parents
that his desire for the stage remained buried
under a mass of duer routine.
Months slid by Then one day his secretary
said to him, I'm leaving you in week, MIR.
Bickel"
"les' Marriage" asked Mr.. Bickel.
No something more uncertain - I'm
going on the stage
do you expect greater future!'
Maybe not but I'll have more fun"
The girls words brought about a vague
unrest. The young banker began to go to the
theater.
Slowly the determination came to attempt
being an actor. But young MIR. Bckel was not
too impulsive He asked for a leave of
absence.
With two careers facing him, both uncertain,
he would come to decision within month
lie began to move in another social circle
After wandering from one theatrical office
to another for several weeks. he met noted
woman of the New York stage.
Mellow as an apple in the sun, she invited
condolences. $50 you are in a bank, and
you want to be an actor!' She pOndered.
Indeed, with your aspirations | would not
allow you in my bank. You might loan money
to another actor" She looked at his hand
some profile You've never had to struggle,
have you?"
No"
Well, you will - if you want to be an
actor - but you'll never be anything without
trying"
He resigned from the bank
Evening star., 1936-02-04
Style Trends

A variation of the black and white
dinner suit is one in gray, collared
with gray dyed fox. Another idea
boldly "cribbed" from mems clothes
is the use Of sharkskin, a male suit
fabric, for feminine jackets. These
are man-tailored, the patterns a bit
larger than men wear and the weight
a shade lighter. They are worn with
plain skirts.
The spectator sports shoe with
built-up heels is regarded by many
prominent shoe stylists as the logical
foot wear for the tailored daytime suit.
AS the advancing Spring season in
creases the demand for tailored
clothes, alert shoe men in both the
manufacturing and retail branches
will be prepared to meet increasing
demands for shoes of this type.
If the vogue for mannish clothes
continues to gain in feminine fashions
women may soon be raiding the ward
robes of their husbands and brothers
and sons. Retail clothiers are pre-
dieting the biggest tailored suit sea-
son in is years and many of them
have already prepared for the rush
by opening separate suit departments
instead of combining daytime suits
with coats.
Classic tailormades are expected to
lead the Spring fashion parade. Even
mems wool suitings have been pressed
into service SO as to insure the correct
manish appearance and anything the
least bit "fussy" will be definitely
dated as last years style.