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The Washington times., 1937-02-20

my garden? Then I take IL
back. I am only bystander in
that garden. scores, hundreds.
thousands of small birds possess it
utterly. Enter at any hour and
there they are, bright eyes spying,
small crests ruffling, round throats
swelling with cheep and challenge.
They are The BirdsI Who, pray,
are you?
So, as one would expect in a
twinkle-tail dominion, the garden
is run by rule of cheep and chatter.
Long before Rea and John gifted
us, we had set a bird bath at the
turn of the trail-a merry little
boy with chubby toes asplash in q
pedeStaled pool. Behind him,
against the sapphire darkness Of a
shaggy yew, young birch leapeo
like a slim, pale flame. To this
we tied the new food haven.
Surely the one who made 1t
had wings in his own heart
when he designed that peaked
little roof, so perchable when one
ID "4CoVAAA4B W41A q C4 uA1l0s OAAO
deep, troughed floor that holds
a feast Of seeds. and. in the
back, a mellow, friendly tile Of
good Saint Francis, his gentle
hands outspread to those he
loved to call his little feathered
brothers"
Never did human brothers an
swer the call of kin more eagerly
Ten chirps and one tweet-and
there they were, before we'd
fairly tied the little house into
place. Two tootleS and twitter'
and the whole forest was aflut-
ter with the joyful news. Then
in they came-hopping, skipping,
diving, swooping.
Watching. 7 Sniled-through
The Washington times., 1937-02-20
By Elsie Robinson

tears. So long the garden had
been a place for memories. So
still. only the pale trees sigh
ing. only a slender young ghost
drifting down the mossgrown
walk. Now suddenly, the silence
was alive and warm! Now there
were twinkling wings and laugh
ter-all for a handful of crumbs!
Some sticks of wood, q CHEEKY
tile, a pile of crumbs and seed
such simple things. Yet they
had turned a tiny house into
shrine. and sent its blessing
winging, singing, out to a heart
sick world.
And never, I thought, had I
seen the same wonder fail. AL
ways kindness carried magic in
It. magic that turned the small
est friendly act into a shrine.
ALWAYS A HAVEN
I had set our friends gift at
the turning Of the trail where.
always before, the darkness had
been heaviest. But never again
would the darkness be heavy
there. Always, now, it would be
bright with wings, sweet with
songs. And so it was with kind
ness, everywhere. Always, it light
ened any turning Of the trail. Z.
any darkness of the heart.
Life was such a tragic, tangled
thing! There were so few Of it's
questions we could answer so
little of its pain we could heal.
Science, wealth, even the greatest
wisdom-all these failed before
mans deep and dreadful need.
But kindness never failed. AL
ways it was a haven. feeding
and quickening. . giving fresh
flight, new SongI
The Washington times., 1937-02-20
When Memory snaps, our minds are
in darkness Just like moving picture
theater when the reel breaks.

ness of the appetite of thy Memory spoil the di-
gestion thereof"
Many of us fill our Memories with useless
trash-as a small boy fills his pocket with old
matches, marbles, string, wire, chalk, pencil
stubs, screws, and hundred other trinkets that
are boys priceless treasure.
AS the boy grows to learn that string and
marbles are but trash which wear out the pockets
that hold them, SO does the wise man grow to
learn that many facts and beliefs that clutter his
memory are but trash that fill his BRAIN prevent
him from absorbing new and valuable knowledge.
The Washington times., 1937-02-20
Back Talk By Radio

TTHAT answer to the radio addict's prayer gadget
l. which would permit him to talk back, has at last
been invented.
So, at least, it is reported by DR.. Nev Monroe Hop
kins, of New York. who says he has contrved device
which be attached to any radio set, and which will
not only enable stations to take instantaneous survey
of the number of persons steningn but will allow the
listener to register his approval disapprova by turn
ing knob
Interesting possibilities raised by the invention,
If it is equal to the claims made for it.
Not only will it make many radio reputations-or
make them-but it will give campaign managers food
for thought in Presidential year.
AS for the of the gadget which DR.. Hopkins
calls radiovoter that will certainly be revised to
"raspberry'
But not until it is perfected to the point of carrying
the Bronx cheer back the ether will it completely
fulfill the dreams of antcrooner husbands now mute
The Washington times., 1937-02-20

famous movie
stars Christmas
list and I didn't
get her usual
card this sea-
son that I feel
free to W ri t e
about the burn
ing question Of
when is a Kiss
Not a Kiss"
N OF tina t 1
really b la m e
Miss Harlow for
the discontinue
ance of the un-
deserved cour-
The Washington times., 1937-02-20
Wise Words

False happiness is like false
money: it passes for a time as
we'll as the true, and serves some
ordinary occasions; but when it
is brought to the touch we find
the lightness and alloy, and feel
the losS.-Pope.
Man is a thinking being.
whether he will or no; all he can
do is to turn his thoughts the best
way-Sir w. Temple.
A mans worth is estimated In
this world according to his con-
duct.-La Bruyere.
What is justice? To give every
man his own.-Aristotle.
Hope without action Is . barren
undoer.-Feltham.
The Washington times., 1937-02-20
Another Expert


m HE method of preparing the Districts budgets and
appropriation bills stands in need of being
further complicated; WHAT 1T REALLY NEEDS is
SOME EXTENSIVE SINGPLIFICATION.
This observation is prompted by the report that the
District subcommittee of the House Committee Ap-
preparations is considering employing an "expert"
whose Job it will be to make checkup on justifications
of items contained in the budgets submitted to the
House.
While Washingtonians would be delighted at any
move which the subcommittee might make to reduce
the expenses of the local is questionable
that employing another permanent expert would have
that effect.
Piling another agency land an expert" conem
plated bv the subcommittee would shortly become full
fedged agency onto the already complex system OF
handling the cys finances would be like carrying Goals
to a fouralarm fire
Anvone who doubts that should consider the existing
machinery that is set in motion when the time comes to
prepare the figures that eventually become local ap-
preparation bill.
First the heads of bureaus in the local government
prepare and submit their estimates to the District
budget officer Major Daniel j. Donovan, veteran ex-
pert on local affairs.
Major Donovan gathers them together and they are
submitted to the District Commissioners.
Then the Commissioners, after conferences with the
heads of bureaus and the interested citizens of the Dis
trct submit them to the Federal Bureau of the Budget
At the bureau the District estimates turned
to specialists" Washington's affairs.
They call before them the Commissioners and the
heads of individual departments and make whatever
alterations in the estimates may please them.
The budget finally prepared by these specialists,
is then forwarded by the President to the Congress.
Referred to the House Appropriations Committee, that
committee in turn refers the local budget to subcom-
mittee.
The subcommittee calls before it the Commissioners,
the heads of departments and interested citizens.
When the subcommittee is finished it reports the bill
to the full committee which in turn reports it to the
House.
The House has its pleasure of the bill and then sends
it to the Senate which refers it to its Appropria
tions Committee, which refers it to subcommittee.
The subcommittee follows the procedure of the House
subcommittee and eventually the bill reaches the Senate,
which amends and passes and sends it back to the
House.
The House then probably sends it back to the Senate
and confrees appointed by both houses to give the
bill another going-over.
After the conferees report and the report is adopted
tv both the Senate and the House the bill goes to the
President
THAT WOULD SEEM TO BE ENOUGH MA
CHINERY TO DECIDE WHETHER THE TUBER-
CULosIs HOSPITAL SHOULD HAVE ANOTHER
NURSE OR WHETHER THE JAIL SHOULD HAVE
ANOTHER GUARD.
The Washington times., 1937-02-20

IN my adVentur-
ouslife. .Dashing
Deeds and i'm
preSSive Medi.
cine Talk. But
for lasting pow
er and potency
I've yet to see
anything that
can touch plain
human in d .
ness
The little Dro
house Rea and
John B ro g q n
gave US 1or
Christmas S e I
- Sla;~lpf~- ~
The Washington times., 1937-02-20

At present it is
a matter Of con-
sideration by
tn e Nebraska
legislature a n d
the basis Of a
charge of a t.
tempted m u r.
der against a
young woman
in Boston. A
Uu1O 0POA4oOCO
by a woman
physician, has
been placed be-
fore the Ne
bra ka la W.
moknrc and it
The Washington times., 1937-02-20
SENATE SPEED

Further evidence Of Senate
speed:
The upper house Of Congress
passed the Independent offices
Bill carrying huge appropriations
for some of the biggest spending
agencies in the Government in
about 10 minutes.
AS matter of fact, the bill was
approved with numerous amend
ments as fast as the clerk could
read it. And if you've ever heard
the clerk read an appropriation
bill you know that's pretty fast.
The Washington times., 1937-02-20
CURRENT EVENTS

Coming as it does shortly after
Senator Carter Glass in the heat
Of the argument over the Supreme
Court declared that what we need
is an Attorney General and not
six more justices for the court, it's
perhaps good warning to Attor-
ney General Homer Cummings
The Washington times., 1937-02-20

65AA ebAu BAA6bt bAAC oAklA1ACC
between prelates of the Church
of England and doctors will de-
feat me, but / think 1t is not the
first time that the priesthood
and medical men have worked
together"
The Archbishop Of Canterbury,
in opposing Lord Ponsonby, con-
tended that if there should be ex-
treme cases in which euthanasia
might be morally justified they
should be left to the medical pro-
feSSion.
II cannot but think" he
argued, "that this is the better
way to handle this delicate and
difficult matter rather than to
drag it into the open and regu-
late it by legal procedure"
The preliminary agitation for
the bill in England was marked
by sensational confessions Of un-
named doctors who told of cases
in which they had shortened the
lives of supposedly incurables. The
usual method, admitted to, was an
overdose of morphia or continued
doses Of opiates.
One doctor said that he had
taken the lives Of five whom he
could not cure, adding:
1--WE broken the law, and when
circumstances are similar I'd do
it again. If need be I'm pre-
pared to face any tribunal in
the land"
He was not called upon to do
so, presumably because he would
have had to be the sole witness
against himself and it would have
been impossible to prove or dis
prove his confession.
The English courts did try at
that time a 22-year-old London
typiSt, Muriel WeiSdon, who ad-
mitted that she had poisoned her
mother, an inmate of a mental
hospital. She had hidden the
poison in peppermint candies.
A jury, including three women,
acquitted her, despite the strong
charge Of Judge Goddard, who
pointed out that the doctors had
not given up hope Of the mothers
recovery.
eff she did cause DEATH" he
told the jury, "She did it for q
reason which cannot be justified
in this country or, / think, in
any country"
TOO DANGEROUS
Most Of us will agree with the
judge and not With the jury in
this case. The administration Of
lethal doses is something much
too dangerous to be conducted by
sympathy or sentinentality. This
is doubly true when the person
administering it is moi a physician.
AS to a doctors right to invoke
euthanaSia, most of us will agree
with DR.. William White, of Wash
ington, who has said:
mankind cannot possibly
trust such great pownrs-that of
life and death-tO aIa individual.
1t is too terrible y power to
place with any humSn being"
Looking at the question from a
practical standpoint, it seems
reasonable to assume that thou
sands of persons, living today and
happy to be alive, would have
been dead years ago if mercy
deaths" had been condoned'
These are persons who we're given
up" in illness.
Again, who is to define the word
''incurable" for any statute to
legalize euthanaSia?
A dozen diseases, consio Sred IN
durable SO years ago, are hardly
considered serious today.
There seems no reason ito "each
a conclusion that the field Of
medicine has been completely GA
plored-that science can do no
more In the fight against dis
ease.
The Washington times., 1937-02-20
Listen, World

I've seen some pretty riotous'
ructionS and glamorous goings-on
The Washington times., 1937-02-20
REAL ONES

Perhaps it is because Miss Jean
Harlow's second assistant Secre-
tary scratched my name from the
The Washington times., 1937-02-20
The Human Side of the News
By Edwin C.. Hill

The subject Of euthanasia, known'
commonly as mercy killing"
popS up periodically in the news.
The Washington times., 1937-02-20

%not to hide his light under
bushel."
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Leaving After COIIiding


Johnnie C. Smith, no address
given, $500 or 100 days.
Second Offense Speeding
CoSSie C. Proctor, 5423 Bell Pl.
N. E., SIS.
william M. King, Riggs Rd. N.
W., SIS.
First Offense Speeding
Charles H. Pickett, Maryland,
SIS.
Emanuel Aaronson, 1914 Orchid
st. N. w., $40.
George c. Breeder, Virginia,
$40.
James R. Nichols, 3105 Woodley
Rd. N. W., $40.
Phillip D. Arnett. 1853 Corcoran
st. N. W., $40.
Bernadine M. Cullen, 1850 La
nier Pl. N. w., $40.
Howard c. Hanckey, Virginia,
$40.
Crenshaw D. Briggs, 1910 I st.
N. W., $40.
Saul cinnamon, $40 Madison
st. N. w., IS.
Samuel S. Caplan, 1923 Ninth
st. N. w., S..
Max L. Stevens, 1903 Allison st.
N. w., IS.
Richard Z. Ring, Virginia, IS.
Eugene Q. Gorges, 512 Tenth
ST. s. E., IS.
Russell M. Bevlin, 1471 Irving
st. N. w., IS.
william j. Chilcoate, Maryland,
S..
James H. Lee, Maryland, IS.
Arthur L. Darling, 1905 Fourth
st. N. W., IS.
Dorothy E. WolfIey, Maryland,
IS.
Benton F. Potter, Maryland, IS.
Bonnie A. Sales, Maryland, IS.
Norman o. Nelson, 3109 Wood,
ley Rd. N. W., S..
George Adams, Maryland. IS.
Walter E. Button, 2408 North
Capital ST., IS.
Charles Corbin, 735 Fifth st. S.
E. IS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-05
PWA Reveals Rents
For Housing Project

Rents ranging from $22.80 to
$27.60 per month were announced
today by Public Works Administra-
ton for the Indianapolis So, 207, 900
low-rent housing project.
The rent scale, which includes
heat. electricity for lighting and
cooking, and hot water is: for three
room apartments, $22.80; for four
room penthouse apartments,
$25.45; for four-room lower apart
ments. $26.54, and for four.room
group house apartments, $27.60.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-05

Midweek and Coupon No. 4 in
the seven consecutively numbered
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urday's volume of the Worlds
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Seven consecutive oup-o n S
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Ken MURRAY
Says:

Well, / see Congress has passed
the neutrality bill. 1 hope that
means when the next World War
busts loose the U. S. will be ON
neither side, but not in the
middle, either.
In London, the coronation hoo
rah has started. The hotels are
getting $40 a day for a suite
consisting of bedroom, Bible and
tranSOm. And so far as the cor.
OnatiOn parade is concerned, II
a cat can look at a King, it'll
cost her at least six guineas for
a seat.
From New York comes the
news that the strip-teaSe Is In
danger of being abolished, but
wish Washington. d. c., would
confirm that. Us taxpayers
have already lost everything but
our shirt and If Congress Slaps
on any more income levies,
we'll all be doing a Gypsy Rose
Lee and tossing our chemise TO
Uncle Sam.
Copyright. 1887, by Mcknight
Syndicate, Ine.l
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Record of Convictions
LIN Traffic Court

Charles v. Hickinbotham, 5000
Eighth st. N. w., S..
George F. Virgins, 239 Virginia
Ave. S. E., S..
Jacob Mehlman, 4506 Georgia
Ave. N. W., IS.
Bryan L. Downey, 1903 Eight.
zenith st. N. W., IS.
Ernest B. Ellis, 2219 Naylor Rd.
s. E., S..
Marie K. Page, Maryland, S..
James Poston, 5419 Hawthorne
st. N. w., S..
David Troshinsky, 446 Eleventh
st. S. w., IS.
Henry r. Hanes, Maryland, IS.
Clarence P. Rutherford, Sill
Fourth st. N. W., S..
Sol Rosen, $50 C st. N. E., IS.
Charles Wood, 1925 jefferson
st. N. W., SIS.
Charles H. Mann, jr., 4700 Con-
necticut Ave. N. w., S..
William Litvin, Is I st. N. w.,
IS.
Osborne S. Ludlow, 1924 Seven.
tenth st. N. W., SIS.
Marcel Beauvais, 3042 Four
tenth st. N. W.. SIS.
Joseph K. Myers, 1708 Twelfth
st. N. w., IS.
George C. Harris, 2O32 Belmont
st. N. W., IS.
Joseph w. Turner, Maryland,
IS.
Dean E. Crandall, 442 Buchanan
st. N. W., IS.
Hubert G. Newell, 1891 D St.
N. E.. SIS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-05
President Asks Study
OF u. 5. Power Rates

President Roosevelt has directed
that consideration be given to
establishing preferential rate
schedules on huge Federal power
projects to avoid a congestion Of
industry close to the generating
plants, it was disclosed today.
Mr.. Roosevelt'S suggestion was
made to the Federal Power Com
mission last September in urging
it to study the question of rates
on the Bonneville hydroelectric
project on the Columbia River,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-05

1t started as a hobby and be-
came a weIl-paying business. And
so today Mrs. Helen Bristol, wife
of Rear Admiral Mark L. Bristol
bakes Virginia hams and ships
them to customers in all part Of
the world.
Bought by her agents from
farms in Smithfield, Richmond
and Norfolk, Va, after they have
been smoked and aged, the hams
are baked in Mrs. Bristol's base
ment kitchen in her home at 1921
Massachusetts Ave. N. w.
Then, wrapped in cellophane,
they are shipped to steamship
companies to be served in tantal-
izingly paper-thin slices to guests;
to South America, London and
Germany or to homesick South
erners living in California, Chi
cago or Boston or China.
Washington epicures order them
as special delicacies for their lunch
cons and buffet suppers and it is
not unusual for Mrs. Bristol to
encounter one of her precious
hams at friends house.
Often she suffers in silence
while the host-who knows not
that Smithfield ham must be
served reverently in slices las thin
as rose petals" -hacks chunks out
of that delicious piece of pork.
Long Process
The baking of ham is a cere-
mony in itself. Once it reaches
Mrs. Bristol's kitchen it is soaked
for two days. Then for another
"a hours it is permitted to sim
mer-never to holland finally,
covered with powdered cloves, it
is baked in a hot oven for three
quarters of an hour. During that
time it is basted continually with
it's own juices to which is added
either brandy, sherry, or apple
jack. After the baking the ham
is tested and if found to be all
right, stuck with cloves, Mrs. Brls-
toll said. About four pounds in the
process Of cooking.
At the time of this interview
eight luscious hams were cooling
on the big table while two more
were baking in the oven. The sight
almost completely demoralized the
photographer and reporter.
Learned From Mother
Mrs. Bristol, white-haired, blue
eyed and gracious, learned the art
Continued on Page "a, Col. 81
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MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED


of William Make
Hawhones Scarlet Letter." No.
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Book by Washington Irving Treasure Island by Stevenson and Emerson
W.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
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NOW
A la Pulitzer
HOnOrS
OF THE WEEK
By HELEN EssARY

Awards of the week "a la
Pulitzer. Decisions made while
hurrying through the last seven
days of the languid washington
springtime:
Best explanation for lateness-
given to British Ambassador Sir
Ronald and Lady Lindsay 20
minutes after the appointed din
ner hour: "We're frightfully
sorry, but the chauffeur took us
to the wrong embassy"
Most original and refreshing
flower arrangement-coral aza-
leas in sevres bowls on French
Embassy dining table with
Madame Bonnet in fascinating
blue taffeta gown with dashes
Of coral in low square decolle-
tage presiding.
Most exquisite stretch Of roll;
ing woodS--parG OF Gne toHIlaN
Road garden of Mr.. and Mrs.
Dwight Davis. The brown OF the
tree trunks, the young green OF
the leaves, the flashes OF
shadow and sunlight-an insp1r-
alton to the modern art being
discussed indoors in a green ana
gray drawing room by artist
caliy minded friends OF Mrs
Davis and Mrs. George Garrett.
Approaching "the originality and
aggressiveness of modern ART"
Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Garrett will
open next fall the Washington
Branch of the Museum of Mod.
ern Art on the ground floor OF
the Metropolitan Club.
Loveliest gowns-two tie for
this honor. Mrs. Willard Tydings
in angelic white bouffant crepe,
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in a short flaring hip-line peplum
Most amusing combination of
official and residential Washing,
ton-at supper party Of Senator
and Mrs. Bennett Champ Clark.
Most romantic excuse for elab'
crate hospitality-Secretary Of
War Harry Woodring will allow
Woodlawn, his estate near Mt.
Vernon, to be used as scene Of
very large Woman's National Dem
ocratic Club benefit luncheon on
May IS because he first met his
wife, the former Helen Coolidge at
club dinner where he was a
speaker.
Best selected program Of cham
Der music-concert arranged at
the French Embassy by Mademoi-
selle Nadia Boulanger. The .Selec-
lions were gay, poetic or patriotic
to suit many musical tastes.
Most perfect afternoon recep-
ton food-at the Japanese EN-
bassy. So many delicious things
were served than many guests col
lected plates of cold turkey, beef,
ham and jellied salads; sat
themselves down at small tables
under the poisoning shrubs and
decided to extend the tea into an
early supper.
Smartest hat-worn by Mrs. Vim
ton Chaplin. Small, dark blue with
a rolling brim and pastel bird
sitting jauntily on the crown.
Most entertaining Journalistic
group-at Sunday night dinner at
Chevy Chase Club of Mr.. and Mrs.
Lewis Wood.
Most unusual and appreciated
luncheon-given by Madame SEE,
wife of the Chinese Ambassador.
Native menu included such delica-
cies as birds nest soup, Confucius
(old) eggs, lobster in custard,
smoked duck, bamboo sprouts and
almond cream (served like teal.
Prettiest late afternoon party
hostess-Mrs. Stanley Suydam, in
tea gown Of sapphire blue crepe
cut on Grecian lines.
Saddest Story-loneliness Of Ger
man Embassy chef who hasn't
enough to do. In Germany where
he was chef for Frau Krupp at Es-
sen he cooked daily for household
of 50.
Most poetic press release-from
National Park Service of the Int
rior Department. Issued for those
"who prefer the voice of nature
to the facts of park construction
and maintenance" Lines descrip-
tive of Arizona Park: Beneath
the arid sands of Petrified Forest
a strong flow of water, clear,
good to taSte-the Painted Des-
ert jungle-logs of agate, jasper
and chalcedony, revealed"
Runner-up for Press Release
prize-re marks Of DR.. Paul
BartSch, Smithsonian Institution
curator of mollusks, who describes
"two Of the most exquisite shell
forms found on earth as fragile,
translucent, colored as delicately
as the 1oveliest Of orchids, these
shells Of Cuban land snails repre-
sent one of natures farthest ad-
vances in the direction of pure
beauty"