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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-22

living u4ASAAV"yCO "AV44 OOSAA IVA
feet balanced poise and poweR
that all those pounds moved
lightly as the air. No gasp
no snarling grunt no sense
Of driving weight Of bone and
meat.
Only the soundleSs flight of
flowing force, each motion melt
ing, silky soft, into the next! And
yet he could, with one twist q
that arm, have ripped q man In
two!
Powers like that-real poweSs
Power Of mind or flesh or soul
It never needs to grab or yank OF
yell. There is no friction in it.
SINCE THERE IS NO FEAR.
Soundless as light, it moves upon
its way.
THE SECRET
Think of the really strong ones
you have known. Will Rogers
molding the American mind with
q chuckling, cowboy smileI Gene
Tunney, reading Shakespeare
Pope Plus, frail as mist, but still
indomitable! Old Carter Glass
still good for endless fights. Shy
Anne Lindbergh, seeking Solace for
her heartbreak in the stars. So
strong and fearless, yet so gentle.
all Of theml So strong-because
they'd conquered fear within
themselves.
Fear conquered-there's the 80.
cret Of real strength. BullieS and
takers buster out Of secret fear.
Strong ones move lightly, for they
have no bonds and need no balIy-
hoo. Quietness-that's the test Of
actual force or genius-alwayS.
(This column 1DeIconIes and
requests comments. Letters pre-
Senting personal problems may
also be sent. All letters iDiu be
handled confdenttGIly and
answered promptly II stamped,
addressed envelope Is trtcIudedJ
Copyright. 1887. by King Features
| Syndicate, Inc.)
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Marry Go Round
By Helen ROlUlGnd
MOUNTAINEERING MEN

not bear the thought Of facing
golf-less Saturday afternoons and
Sundays. Or, if he is welded to
conviviality, he breads the thought
Of having to sneak his drinks at
the corner cafe and camouflage
them with sen-Sen and cloves in
order to get by with the fond kiss
of greeting-or investigation.
In other words, a. man doesn't
want to be married-because he
wants to be FREE. Which would
seem to be simple enough. In
the days when every man was a
marrying man and there were no
non-marrying men, a bachelor
found women a rarity and a nov.
city in his life. He did not meet
them in his clubs, in tap-roomS
and In barber shops. The fem
inine touch and the feminine at
mosphere gave him q thrill. But
nowadays a man meets them
everywhere, and Is practically
smothered by women. What does
he want with one Of his own!
But, alas, the joker in the deck
Is the fact that nearly all men DO
marry sooner or later, no matter
how hard they may fight against
1t. Because down under his hard
boiled reasoning and cynicism.
every man has the secret desire
to settle down with his own little
Woman in his own little home.
That's why he goes around at this
time Of the year looking wistfully
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WRONG MAN

Don't try to kid the doorkeepers
at the Capitol.
These gentlemen know some.
thing about the officials in the
Government and they aren't easily
fooled.
Recently a lady approached one
Of the galleries and demanded to
be let in. The doorkeeper politely
told her that this particular gal.
lery was reserved for guide parties:
"Why can't get in?" she in.
sisted. "I'm the wife Of the Fed.
eral Trade Commissioner"
Now, Of course, there is a feel.
ing on the Hill that the families Of
prominent officials should bO
taken care Of If the rules can be
set aside without too much neon
venience to the tourists who, after
all, do the voting and are the real
bosses.
It might have been an right in
this instance, but the doorkeeper
happened to know that Federal
Trade Commissioner w. A. Ayers
has been a widower for about 10
years.
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number gasoline" which, 1t is
hoped, will enable brains to hit
on all cylinders"
OF course, it has nothing to do
with gasoline, but it is fuel, never
theleSS, serving as an "activating
material" for the glands and en-
abling them to supply better brain
tissue DEMONSTRATION.
DR.. Healy is one of many medi-
cal researchers throughout the
world who draw more closely the
analogy between the human organ
ism and the machine; who believe
that intelligence is a factor OF
bodily metabolisms and that it
may be heightened by functional
controls achieved through a great
er knowledge Of organic chemistry.
In glandular therapy, they have
proven much of their theory, re-
storing cretin idiots to sanity and
normal life by drugs. The sue
cesSful treatment Of glandular de-
ficiencies and alterations, in their
bearing on normal intelligence, is
an old story. The quest Of an
open sesame to thu gates OF higher
intelligence, in the domain Of the
normal, rather than the patho-
logical, leads science out on a new
high plateau.
BRAIN STIMULANT
Can we add cubits to our stature
by taking thought? The new brain
stimulant is benzyl methyl car
binamine sulphate. DR.. Healy finds
it pertinent to his lecture on "per.
sonality structure, development
and widening human relation
ships" Emotions. too often the
raw tincture Of hatred and susp1'
cion, long has been one Of the
most potent drugs in human re-
lationShipS. Science seeks q new
pharmacopoeia, in the hope that
some day intelligent human beings
will add up into an intelligent
society.
Walter B. Pitkin's brief Intro
duction to the History Of Human
Stupidity" is a colossus Of book.
# any small fraction Of its historic
box score Of errors, boots, fumbleS,
bonerS, wrong signals and general
all-around Stone-head performance
Is true, it is abundant proof that
homo SapienS need q big shot OF
Doc Healy's benZyl methyl-or
something. Mr.. Pitkin is consider
ably wrought up about it and
seems to think that we ought to
start heaving ourselves up by our
bootStrapS. right away.
Scientists are calmer, but they,
too, in increasing numbers and
with sharper emphasis, insist that
man must make better use Of his
J brains: must find In Q finer flow
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dered days. ElSie "OD'HO
yet much as we admire strength,
we're constantly fooled. find our
selves admiring the noisy bully
who is, at heart, always a coward
and ignoring the quiet person who
packs the real wallop. 1t takes
us long to learn that true power
doesn't need to raise a rumpuS-
always works quietly.
Often I remember that big
gorilla near Santa Barbara. Never
having seen one Of the big bruteS,
I'd driven some miles out Of my
way to visit this one of fearsome
reputation. His cage was empty
on my arrival, but the keeper as
sured me he was sleeping in the
inner compartment-would pres
emily appear. II I'd wait
FLOWING FORCE
I waited, my ilnpatience and i'm
agination peopling the summing 81.
lence with fantastic horrors. Pres
emily I was actually clutching the
bars, bracing myself uncon.
sciously, against the inevitable
thud and thunder Of his brutal
onrush cringing before the
expected uproar. afs ,
Suddenly. there he was! A sec.
ond since, the space had been
empty, Now, abruptly, he had
wakened. filled it with his enor'
nous presence yet so quietly
that he seemed, for all his bulk,
but gliding shadow.
For a long moment he doomed
there, blinking Sleepily his great
arms swaying idly from the vast
bowed shoulder span. Then
slowly, one huge hand went out
and up .clasped steel bar that
ran across the cage, some seven
feet above the floor and, light as
foam, the whole, vast body rose
Rose as a great wave rises, arch
ing up and UP then, as
wave breaks, so he dove through
air swooped, lunged and
leaped and flung his fierce
mass back with, lightning speed
Then he reSted-Swinging- with
the braided muscles on his breast
and thighs flexing, Subsiding, rip
pling-til he leaped again.
And all this without soundl
Hundreds Of pounds Of leaping
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The Human Side of the News

superstition, is the story Of mans
unceasing quest, not only for cure
allS, but for a magical enhance
ment of life.
Nearly all new substances, or.
ganic, or inorganic, are first en-
dowed with healing properties.
Potatoes were used as O drug,
mixed with horrendous COM
pounds, long before they became
food. 'Nutmegs-in fact, nearly all
spices-found their first use by
the apothecaries, with no one ever
dreaming they might have any
other use. We always look first
for the miracle-utility afterward.
In the middle ages, and for CEN
turtles later, the powerful horn Of
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'ering Of intelligence a substitute
for Natures selection and survival
laws which he illustrates and
evades. GeneticiSts and eugenists
point to one road; reform educa-
ors another; bio-chemists and med
ical men, another, and religious
leaders would lead us back to the
age Of faith.
What shall we do to be saved?
Deep in the racial unconscious has
been this realization of made
quacy. Avidly we have searched
for panaceas, for the alchemy Of
health and well-being. The story
Of drugs, beginning far back IN
the deep fogs of ignorance and
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Beware the Blight!

/ to improve the city of Washington.
Every civic organization in the community can fur
nsh list of score or more items which essential
in its own local area and might be added that most
of them have
Commissioner Melvin G. Hazen has submitted pro-
gram to the White House that would call for the
pendture of seventy-five million dollars in the next
five years.
Commissioner Hazen and the organizations are right
in preparing these programs.
We'd like to see all of them put into execution
This would be much finer and more pleasant place in
which to live if had all the suggested improvements
But would it be better place in which to live if our
people had to carry the heavy tax load that would have
to be imposed to carry through these programs?
There's limit to the taxes which any community
can pay before it begins to suffer blight because Of
the load.
Too much taxation means that citizens will start to
move away.
It means that the business will to prosper and
will therefore stagnate or discontinue its activities
This blight is too high price to pay for these sug
gested projects, though most of them highly
desirable.
We would end up by having the improvements but
we wouldn't be able to get enough money to operate
them after we got them.
It would be like spending all your money to buy an
automobile and then not having enough left to buy gaso
line to run it.
The very projects which would be supposed to i'm
prove the city and make life more pleasant for its
citizens would destroy the city progress and become
the despair Of its residents
It should be borne in mind that this community is
faced with the job of providing city services for
stanty increasing population with constantly decreas
ing taxable due to the expansion of Government
holdings.
Since the great bulk Of the tax burden rests on real
estateand will likely continue to do so-it can readily
be seen that what we need now is not program for
spending more money but few suggestions to how
tax money can be saved.
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A THRILL
So he went three thousand
miles to vote.
Few Neutrality-suspicious. who have
suffered without a franchise for
So years would think it worth
while but all the time George
Alpha Howe has served the gov.
eminent in Washington there
must have been gnawing at his
ambition center the growing yen
to have say in an election.
He began working here July 2,
1881, as a messenger. He retired
In December, 1895, as inspector Of
weights and measures. During
that time he served in many de-
partmentS and helped organize
the Old Corcoran Cadet Corps,
the National Guard Of the District
and Battery "a" Light Artillery:
served an Army enlistment and
Joined most Of the patriotic
societies in tbs city.
All that time, like the rest Of
the District residents, he never had
a vote. On his retirement, how.
ever, he moved to Long Beach,
Cal, established a residence and
the first Of this month he voted
in school election. He exclaimed:
"BOy, oh boy, what . thrill
that was"
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our c h e Of
human assets.
beauty, force,
wealth, charm.
wit or wisdom
most Of US, I
suspect, would
choose strength.
T h e ability to
s t a n d fast
against shifting
Giro u instance
and to impress
that strength
upon others
that's a great
thing in these
faltering, bewil'
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WARNING

In q recent letter to the mem
berS Of Congress, a correspondent
added this little warning:
81 know what am writing
about. The Presidents Is Judge
plan is the plan to stop this in.
justice and we, the people, are
not going to be trifled with RS
we are doing our own thinking
and know where We stand"
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m os Of us,
say the medicos,
our brains are
hitting on only
one or two CYL
inders. DR.. Will
liam Healy, dis
tinguished Bos-
ton scientist, eX-
pl ai i n g the
drug to tn e
New York Acad-
envy of Medi-
cine, puts it in
the above fig
urative context
by calling it a
"hiph Oct2V
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-22
ByEdwin C.. Hill
By Monitor

the unicorn was a brain stimulant.
as well as a remedy for virtually
every known i'll. No prescription
by the most expensive Park Ave
nue. doctor ever was taken with
more faith in its efficacy. Many
q king Of England took a bit Of
unicorn horn dust the way we take
our favorite headache tablet. And
when the king was dying and all
the physicians of the realm were
Stewing up everything they could
lay their hands on, the powdered
horn was the last desperate re-
source. When that failed there was
no hope.
Hippocrates, around 500 B. c.
would have known better, and he
probably knew all about the uni
corn, too. Some Greek Dexter Eel
lows circused the thing up out Of
narwhal horn, which the Greeks
had found in fosSifized form. Hip
pocrateS and Galen made the be-
ginnings Of a scientific approach
in the study Of drugs, with none
of the later blithering nonsense
about crocodile scales, ambrosia,
goats gallStoneS and such, with
which later dark ages COMPOUNDED
the subject.
The Romans discovered much
that was interesting and impor-
tant about herbs, but from then
until 1866, when Britain put the
crackpot apothecaries out Of bust
ness, drugs were something out Of
a witch'S cauldron. -
UNSELFISH RESEARCH
Rational, scientific medicine has
come into its own. It widenS its
outlook to a view Of the broad
social implications Of an under.
standing Of the human organism
AS does DR.. Healy in carrying
through research which may mean
an enhancement of intelligence
Novel and unselfish research 1t
would seem, for certainly no pa
tient Is going to say, doc, I'm
feeling >awfully stupid today;
think I need q jolt Of your new
medicine"
We laymen, with as yet nc
means Of stepping up whatever
brains God gave us, are apt to be
governed by our lifetime condi
tioning in thinking Of these mat
tiers. I remember, as q youth, be
ing greatly impressed by some re
marks made by old Doc Smedley
when they were going to cart him
off and give him the Kelley cure
He was one Of our most illuStriouS
elbow-b e n ders and everybody
thought giving him the cure
would be a fine idea. That Is
everybody but the Doc.
Gentlemen" he said, address
ing a group Of lodge brothers
who had come to escort him to
the train, II have decided not
to 60. There Il profound in
dignity in trying to do with .
drug what you ought to do with
your win and intelligence. God
gave me q full working equip
ment of mind and faculties. II
cannot restrain myself from
destroying them, / deserve to
die Of deliriun tremens. But i
don't intend to-"
Old Doc Smedley never took an
other drink.
There is, after all, something II
all Of us which lies out beyond
the picket rope Of mechanism
Gcience.
copyright. 1897. by King Features
Syndicate. 1no.l
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There are approximately twenty
million bachelors running around
loose in these United States, am
told-and nothing can be done
about it. Bachelorhood is no
longer regarded as an accident
it is now regarded as an achieve
ment! A bachelor no longer
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to expect about.
the weather:
Native Wash
ingtonians and
those who have
lived through
s e veral sum-
merS were more
than pleased BY
the first warm
day Of this
spring last
Sunday.
Not so some
Of the Secre.
tarieS an d
m e m b RS OF
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PERSONAL

DR.. John r. Fitzpatrick, dean
Of Columbus Law School, who
showed his fighting spirit to good
advantage when he appeared be-
fore Congressional Committees at
the last Congress, seems to think
he's going to have another fight
on his hands soon.
Beware-he's been seen in a
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-22
Wise Words

There are two ways Of being
happy-we may either diminish
our wants, or augment our means
either will do-the result Is the
same; and it is for each man to
decide for himself, and do that
which happens to be the easiest
Benjamin Franklin.
Those who quit their proper
character to assume what does not
belong to them, are for the greater
part ignorant Of both the char
acter they leave and Of the char.
acter they aSsume.-BWke.
will sit down now, but the time
will come when you will hear
me.-Disraen (maiden speech In
House Of CommonS).
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FORECASTING

About that little matter Of how
long Congress is going to stay IN
Washington this session and what
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-22

Medical science offers, some
what tentatively, new drug to
speed up sluggish brains. With
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-22
Listen. World!
By Elsie Robinson
REAL STRENGTH WORKS QUIETLY

We admire strength. respect
and envy real power Of any kind,
mental, moral or physical. Given
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at bungalow sites and suburban
cottages.
And that's why you have that
young mountain of spring we'd
ding invitations piling up on your
desk.
Strictly speaking. all this
bachelor Boosting is just whistling
in the dark-and there is no such
thing as a non-marrying man, in
spring!
Copyright 1881, By King Pastures
Syndicate. Inn.)
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Greatest Show on Earth
BIZ Frank Miller Smith

downtown gymnasium doing a lit.
tie boxing and training in other
manly arts.
Evening star., 1937-05-02

BANKRUPTCY SALE by auction OF -
automobiles including 1885 and 1884
Ford, Hudson and Terraplane; Chevrolet.
Buick and Nash. Also Chevrolet 117-ton
trunk. Sale at III sth st. NV. Tuesday.
May 4. 2 pm. Bolitha J Laws, trustee in
bankruptcy of Nolan Motor Co.. Inc.
Adam A, Weschler e. Son, aucts.
Evening star., 1937-05-02
AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE.

TERRAPLANE 1893 custom 4-door sedan
perfect black paint clean throughout. good
rubber wonderful performance Gold Seal
guarantee and personally indorsed S2g5
Fleming Motor Corp. Champlain st at
Kalorama rd... "a block east OF 2l55 18th
St Col. 1920.
TERRAPLANE 1894 4-door sedan; clean
condition: S295; SIS down, So per week;
no indorsers. Packard Washington, Kalo-
rama road at 18th st. NV.
WILLYS coupe. '32: suitable for doctor or
lady driver. A real buy at 5000. Call
at 56O5 Ind st. NV.
Evening star., 1937-05-02
AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE.
light six. 1881: S6s cash
r Sss terms: Harley motor cycle. 1881 ;

6TUDEBAKER light six 1881: S6s cash
or SSS terms: Harley motor cycle 1881;
sos; terms. West 2795.
STUDEBAKER 1885 sedan: S395; built
in trunk, original beautiful black finish;
motor tires. interior practically like new;
any demonstration: easy terms Century
Motors 2022 l4th st. Potomac 24O9
STUDEBAKER 1885 Distator sedan: orig
inal attractive blue finish is Just like new;
large built-in trunk. fine tires spotleSs up
this is the finest buy in our stock Pohanka
Service. 1925 10th st. NV. District 9l41.
STUDEBAKER 1894 4-door sedan; black
finish; motor and rubber far above the
average; will give thousands OF miles Of
care-free transportation at low cost; S305.
L. P. Steuart Inc. 1925 14th ST. NV.
TERRAPLANE 1888 coach; new gun metal
finish, fine motor and tires; spotless
throughout. See Bob Rutledge. and save
money, - Md. ave-. Hyattsville. Green
TERRAPLANE 1888 coach; S46s; a real
sacrifice; original brown finish motor,
rubber. interior you'd say new; low mile
age: carefully driven: easy terms. Gen.
tury Motors. 2022 l4th st. Pot. 2409
TERRAPLANE 1896 six-passenger coupe;
spotless inside; automatic shift; V,type
field Motor Co.. 1928 Sherman ave. NV.
Adams 5000.
TERRAPLANE sedan. 1888; in excellent
condition throughout; must sell for best
offer; can arrange terms. 1901 18th st. n e.
Evening star., 1937-05-02
AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE.

PLYMOUTH 1886 4-door sedan with
DIiith i1ns ~ trunk black BODY only LOO
in every way; newecar re euarantee: M aHa save es
lot of money. Howard & Kearney 42OI
Conn. ave. Cleveland 2115.
PLYMOUTH 1885 de luxe sedan: black
brakes. clean and sound as new. excellent
tires; S435; 60-day guarantee. Howard
d kearney. 420l Conn. ave. Clev. 21l5..
pLYMoUTH Id.inX oIyIH 1894 coach finish and In.
mechanically: S very good tires: S325;
g s965 day co guarantee. cd HoXard : Kearney.
FALMOUTH ;S1s Ja1 1924 9. ns master de luxe coupe
ssppotJIsssly &C clean; H. all 5000 rubber; $3.50;
420l Conn. ave. Clev. 2l15.
PLYMOUTH 1895 de luxe coupe: rumble
antee; $3.50 Howard i Kearney, 4sol
Conn. ave, Cleveland 2115.
PLYMOUTH 1896; A. 900 miles; sacrifice,
$3.50; terms considered. Cleveland 6s23.
PLYiMoUTH ?; SiN oJ, 1896 touring sedan; lustrous
black finish; low mileage: carries new-car
EoKTH Saf SfoR MooR ~ Rsr mGnn
Dealers. s5:7 Georgia ave. shep. 34l0.
PLYMOUTHs, 1936-4-door touring Sc
dan. gun metal finish. only 5000 actual
InIcS: new W-Chr guarantee, NDD GOWN. S,i
month: also 1885 convertible coupe, $50
down. S23 month. PRY MOTOR CAR Co.
Packard Dealers. 5000 Conn. ave
PONTIAC 1886 coach: black Fisher body
draulic brakes: smooth. economical 6-cyl-
inder motor: low mileage: appears and
performs like new; nearly new tires Priced
terms. including our Famous Blue Ribbon
TriansIe Ford Dealers. No. N. Y. ave.
O
dition; privately owned: S4o5: driven
$4,000 miles. North 5473-J. evenings.
PONTIAC 1887 4-door sedan. with largest
funk base sey Gd carefully driven in Chevy
SIP. Flood Motor Co.. 1921 Conn. Clev.
PONTIAC 1885 .2-door touring sedan;
from stem to Ster Stern s"s s4as eA on ,na
ers, Bethesda, Md.
PONTIAC 1888 coach: black Fisher body
excellent tires. Priced low. with small
down payment and easy terms including
80 days no-cost service. Triangle Ford
Dealers tn and R. l. ave. ne. Ma
PONTIAC 1884 convertible coupe; original
1a, 5iack mn hnish. extra good condition; 500
SoMii' - HlOllll. Also loJt 4-QOCr SeOdn.
PRY MOTOR CAR CO.. Packard Dealer,
1927 14th NV
PONTIAC 1886 four-door trunk sedan
S645: wonderful opportunity to get a car
That Will give thousands OF SAFE and satls
factory miles always a better BUY and
EASIER TERMS at SUPERIOR MOTORS
l32O 14th st. NV. Decatur 1900
PONTIAC 1885 2-door sedan, six; 10000
miles. like new; price. S495; terms. Call
owner. Walnut $3.50.
PONTIAC 1881 de luxe Windsor Prince
sedan; black and chrome finish sacrifice
storage sale. Only $1l9; Sl9 down. $40
month, Evans-Palmer. Inc. New York
and Florida aves. ne
Evening star., 1937-05-02
AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE.

TERRAPLANE 1893 4-door clean as .
pin; new tires; S249; 50 down. balance
Sl7 per month; no co-SlgnerS. Packard
Washington. Kalorama road at 18th
st. NV