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The Washington times., 1937-03-18

GIldG yOu 4I1dG-
tered and that everything that
happened to you mattered. That
accident that crippled you :. the
time your bank failed little
Mary's death all the tangled
story of your life, surely it was i'm
portant.
But now, when you think how
tiny the world is, when you real
ize the billions and billions Of men
who lived and suffered and died
before history ever began. can
you still feel that your little life
matters? Or are you seized with
a sudden terrible panic Of hope
lessness? Do you cry:
I'm so small don't count.
Nobody cares whether / live or
die. Why, the whole world isn't
even a pin-prick in space, so how
can / possibly matter?"
Do you reason that way? Prob
ably. Many of us, stunned by sci
ence, do reason that way. Yet it's
a foolish way to reason. Think.
Time and size. these are man
made measurements. They are
very important to men. But they
have never been important to the
Creator.
There is as much beauty and
engineering skill in a wing OF a
gnat as in the body of an elephant.
The snowflake, which is to endure
but a second, is as intricately de-
signed as the sun, which shall en-
dure aeons.
And the love and courage OF
frail human beings Surpass all
other forms of beauty and order
and power.
Evolution has not been trying,
for all these ages. to make bigger
bodies it has been trying to
make bigger spirits. Your body
may be dwarfed by space and de-
stroyed by time but that does not
make you important.
There is something burning in
your body which is greater than
all time or space something
which men can neither make nor
measure.
There is a desire for a greater
life burning in your body q.
desire for love and courage,
beauty and order and honor.
Since life first began this desire
has been growing. 1t is the only
thing that matters in life! 1t is
the thing which makes you i'm
portant.
Don't let the miles Of space
| frighten you. One throb Of love
The Washington times., 1937-03-18

hope to see in our visions when
we put a piece of wedding cake
under our pillows.
A Great Lover-eSpecially a stage
lovers hould be sophisticated,
subtle and at least mature enough
to be seasoned" His mission in
life is not merely to turn the
heads of debutantes and flappers,
but to give bored matrons a brief
escape from the humdrum of do
mesticity, and spinsters a new lease
on romance. He is the vicarious
lover of the world!
OF course, no woman is thrilled
to watch stage lover with one
foot in the grave and the other
on a banana peel: but between 25
and As there is long time for
any stage lover to get in a lot of
heavy thrilling. And those should
be the headlines for great lovers!
We like our "lovers" ripe.
There are some actors who
never seem to lose that power to
charm women through their imag-
nations. George ArliSs, for in
Stance-the years do not seem to
touch him but appear to skid
right past him. Although he sell
dom goes in for romantic roles,
his magnetism gets across just as
convincingly today as it did when
he first came to this country, a
lanky young man with q person
The Washington times., 1937-03-18
DEFLATION

Representative William I. Siro'
vich, who on occasions buffers his
statements in the House with elab'
crate courtesy, brought forth a
humorous anecdote from Repre-
sentative John M. RobSion in this
manner. Said DR.. Sirovich:
May 1 state to the distin-
guiShed son Of Kentucky (Mr.
RObsion) that 1 have always en-
tertained the greatest respect
and admiration for his human
qualities, for his gracious dis
position, and for the amiable
way in which he has always bat
tied for human rights. In stature
he is at least 6 feet and inches,
and in personality and appear
ance the distinguished Repre-
sentative of Kentucky has al
ways appeared to me another
Abraham Lincoln. 1 know the
people of his district have the
same affection for him that we
members of the House who know
him have"
To which Mr.. Robsion replied:
eff the gentleman from New
York will yield further, / am re-
minded that when / first be-
came a candidate for Congress
a friend of mine said, You re-
The Washington times., 1937-03-18
Three Minute Journeys

six centuries ago, with it's astro.
nomical clock, built in 1890. In it's
exquisite Gothic chapel is the tomb
of the Czechoslovakian unknown
soldier.
st. Vitus cathedral is the domi-
mating landmark of the city OF
Prague today, as it has been
through the ages. 1t spans the
centuries, for while the foundation
stone of the church was laid by
Charles vi in 1874, it was COM
pleted only seven years ago for
the 1,OO0th anniversary of st.
Vaclav, the Good King Wences-
laus.
JEWISH QUARTER
The old Jewish quarter Of
Prague is famous; its 1,000-year-
old Jewish cemetery is an inter.
esting chapter in the book of the
people of Israel. And from the old
world, with its romantic alchem-
lists lane, a row of tiny houses
built into the castle wall by an
emperor who believed that he
should encourage the alchemists in
their efforts to transmute baser
metals into gold. one turns to a
modern city, where houses of glass,
built on futuriStic lines, and mod
ern office buildings and apartment
houses amaze the visitor.
The people of Prague, ambitious,
proud of their independence, be-
lieve in progress and change, even
while they venerate and enshrine
the ancient. One day one eats
in an age-old restaurant and the
next day on modern cafe terraces,
overlooking the Vltava River.
Travellers interested in social
work enjoy visiting the Masaryk
institutions in Krc. one of the best
and most modern social settle.
ments of its kind in Europe and
typical Of the new CzechoSlovakia.
The Washington times., 1937-03-18

WLIISI1 OklC1lSC dIhA S1OtCl1OQ4C 2 dLS
set to explore and conquer.
We know now that there are
pastures in the seas, and deserts
and primordial forests, which have
changed in a hundred thousand
centuries. Because the waters did
not change, the flora had no oc-
casion to change.
In the Pacific, off the shores of
California, immense forests of
kelp have been found. Standing
on rock-bottom, some of the kelps
rise, vine-like, higher than the
tallest redwood trees. They throw
out little bladders, filled with
lighter-than-water gas, which up
hold the trunk and support vast
intertangled array of branching
foliage.
A walk through one of these sub
marine jungles, beautiful beyond
belief, would be like walking in
dream.
DESERT IN SEA
Here are uncaged menageries,
almost unknown to biologists,
containing every fantastic ante
diluvian form of life imaginable,
from anchovies to devilfiSh.
There is Sahara Desert in the
middle of the Pacific. Within this
immense desert, starved by lack
of phosphorus, fishing does not
paw. sensible fish freouent richer
waters.
1t is known that two hundred
feet down from the surface the
last rays of light glimmer out.
Below 200 feet the only lights are
from the ghoulish denizens, gen.
Grated electrically within their
own bodies.
1t is the worlds weirdest illu-
mination-a cold light, like the
light of a FREELY, which man has
not been able to produce.
Flower-like coral animals,
dredged up by French naturalists,
lighted their ships laboratory,
80 that fine print could be read
200 feet away"
From coral creatures radiate
ever-changing tones of violet, pur-
pie, blue, red, orange and green.
At great depths the weight of the
water is enormous-five tons to
every square inch in Swire deep.
Venus ower-basket is a deep
sea sponge which a child could
wreck, yet it flourishes under this
tremendous pressure because, be-
ing porous, it's whole body is per-
meated by water which presses
out just as hard as it presses in.
UNVARYING CYCLE
If this fIower-basket were raised
instantaneously to the surface, il
would explode. In like manner, if
a land animal were dropped into
the deeps, there would be an i'm
ploSion."
AS neither light nor heat seeps
deeper than a few hundred feet,
the bottom is black and clammy
cold, so cold that there are no
bacteria, and therefore, the flesh
rained down never rotS; the ocean
pickles it in cold storage until 1t
is deVoured piecemeal by the
ghouls.
The day will come when man
armed cap-a-pie, himself like some
strange monster, and carrying a
powerful lamp, will walk upon the
ocean floor, and tales will be told
of which, now, we haven't even
the glimmer of a notion.
Copyright. 1897. by King Features
| Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1937-03-18
FROM MEMORY

AS a matter of fact it was Rep
reSentative Sirovich who puzzled
a gallerite several days ago when
he made a speech in the House
which lasted we'll over an hour.
Truthfully speaking it was not
much surprise that Mr.. Sirovich
should make an hours speech
as it was that the Congressional
reporters were seen to be sitting
idly at their tables while the
flow of words ran on uninter.
rupted.
The reporters didn't touch a
pen to paper and he got the
man in the gallery wondering
why the representatives didn't
want his speech reported. He
spoke apparently extemporane.
ously. There were no notes be.
fore him. The reporters did not
seem to have any notes before
them.
Upon investigation it was
found that Mr.. Sirovich had
memorized for delivery his long
address and had turned the copy
of it over to the reporters long
before he rose to his feet. And
so without notes or other mem.
ory aids he went through the
address, without deviating more
than once or twice on minor
phrases, just as he had writ.
ten it.
1t is no small feat but
perhaps it is unfair to others
not to recall that the New York
doctor who now represents his
patients and others in Congress
has a remarkable memory. He
is interested in the theater and
if urged to do so can recite
long passages from the classics
which he learned years and
years ago
The Washington times., 1937-03-18
EXPLANATORY

Just to set the record straight:
Senator Warren Austin moved
over close to the microphone in
the judiciary hearings to question
William Green of the American
Federation of Labor. His questions
were long and asked in the meas
ured tone of a scholar. At a reply
from Mr.. Green the Vermont Sen
ator suddenly raised his voice and
then explained:
"I'm not mad and Pm not
shouting. / have been asked to
raise my voice and that is why
/ have changed it,"
The Washington times., 1937-03-18
Don't Call Me a Bum!'

VNHE Hoboes of the World, organization to
hold its annual convention in St. Louis insist there
IS something in and threaten to to prove it.
They after the publishers of dictionaries which
define ''hobo' tramp bum
In threatening to bring suit in the name of the
ganzaon Jeff Davis, King of the Hoboes,'' contends
that they are itnerant workers. stout fellows and ster
ling citizens.
All right! To avoid damage suit hobo is hereby
defined lifeguard constantly denied work because
he can't swim.
The Washington times., 1937-03-18
PRAGUE

Amid the constant reverbera-
tions that mark the political dis
cussions of Central Europe,
Czechoslovakia goes on it's way,
building and growing. 1t is old
and new, this Bohemian state, for,
while it is new among the coun-
tries of Europe, yet some years
ago it celebrated its millenary.
The westernmost home of the
Slavic peoples and the only re-
naming democracy east of Swift
zerland and France, CzechoSlovakla
offers much that is interesting to
the American tourist. AS its prin-
cipal attraction, the nation offers
one of the most beautiful old
cities in the world, Prague, or,
rather. as our Czech friends re-
mind us, Praha.
CITY OF SPIRES
At one time Prague was the
capital of the ancient kingdom OF
Bohemia and of the Holy Roman
Empire. It is a city of a thou
sand spires and towers, but it also
has mighty factories, modern
plants, and shrines Of commerce,
such as the new Sample Fair build
ing.
But this traveller would rather
stroll across the Charles Bridge
and gaze on the panorama that is
Prague. The bridge is the Oldest
stone bridge in Europe; it was
built in 1857, on the site OF the
bridge of Queen Judith, built in
1853, of which bridge tower on
the left bank has been preserved.
The Swedish troops were defeated
by the students of Prague in bat
tie on the bridge at the close OF
the Thirty Years War in 1648.
In the heart Of the old town is
the fabulous town hall, built almost
The Washington times., 1937-03-18

on the beauticians bill, she put her
idea over in this manner.
Mrs. Jenckes was sitting at the
head of the long committee table
in the District Committee room.
At the other end across from each
other sat Representative James l..
Quinn, of Pennsylvania, who got
his inquiring mind when he was
a newspaperman, and DR.. George
C. Rutland, District health officer
While Mrs. Jenckes questioned
witness, Representative Quin n
talked to DR.. Ruhland.
All of a sudden there was hush
in the room and the voices of Mr.
Quinn and DR.. Rutland blared
forth. Both gentleman looked up
in surprise. Mrs. Jenckes said
Sweetly:
81 thought we'd all listen to
your conversation as 1 find con-
ducting the hearing is almost
like talking to someone and try
ing to listen to the radio"
Her point got across.
The Washington times., 1937-03-18

lively tragic to see the years creep
ing over your favorite matinee idol.
It makes you worry about your ar
teries and wonder if you shouldn't
begin having facials and try new
shade of hair.
Yet most of us 10 live to Sc one
after another of our vicarlouS
lovers lose their top hair and cheer
fully retire to country estates or
fatherly roles.
Copyright. 1897, by King Features
Syndicate, Inc
The Washington times., 1937-03-18

which a young
woman can fit
in a week. Mo-
tor cars hum
through the At
rican jungles.
Mysterious Asia
is mysterious
no lon G e r.
Where, indeed,
is man to go in
the future for
nigh a d We n
ture? To the
sea, I think, for
there is an un-
explored field
Of knnMn rich.
The Washington times., 1937-03-18

I am looking forward with ap-'
prehension to the day when we
shall see Baby Leroy heralded as
the Great Lover" of the screen.
Not that we don't love Baby
Leroy; every woman does! But
he is not the dream boy that we
The Washington times., 1937-03-18
APPROPRIATE

The desk of Senator Royal S.
Copeland in the Commerce Com
mittee room is now adorned with
new inkstand. 1t is based on
large piece of onyx and is in the
shape of an airship. It, is also
equipped with a spare propeller
with sharpened blades that make
very good letter openers.
The Washington times., 1937-03-18

she finds it
impossible to
adopt the tao
tics of her col
leagues of the
other sex who
take delight in
pounding t h e
desk with gav-
els and shout
in g witnesses
down, so she
evolved a plan
of her own.
A C tin g a S
chairman of a
5 u bcommittee
The Washington times., 1937-03-18
Greatest Show on Earth
By Frank Miller Smith

mind me of Abraham Lincoln.
l stretched up about 6 inches,
but he said: You need not
stretch up; you are just az
hOmely as Abraham Lincoln, but
you never did have the sense
and never will have the sense
of Lincoln"
The Washington times., 1937-03-18
Keep This Pledge

Resolved: That it be the sense of this contention
that committee should be appointed By the Congress
of the United States to make study Of and to report
on the granting to the residents of the District of
Columbia the right of suffrage. Unanimously adopted
by the Democratic National Convention, Philadelphia,
June 26. 1886.
The Washington times., 1937-03-18

(ThiS column Uelcones and
requests comments. Letters pre-
Senting personal problems may
also be sent. All letters Dill be
handled confidenti1lly and
nnSWered promptly if stamped,
addressed envelopes are in
cluded.)
Copyright, 1887, by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1937-03-18

ness.
There is little left to claim the
adventurer on the five continents.
But the old sea remains un-
conquered, hiding its secrets, veil
ing it's mysteries. And the bottom
of the sea, which covers six
sevenths of the surface of the
The Washington times., 1937-03-18
Observation-Disclosures

TNHE increasing number of local civic, fraerna and
i professional organizations giving Endorsement to
the bill providing for the holding of properly controlled
elections in the District to select delegates to national
party conventions should demonstrate Congress that
Washngtonians desire this bill passed NOW, although
it would not be utilized for several years.
Last week we commented in these columns on the
ton of the District Bar Association in urging enactment
of the primary election bill.
Now The Times has received letter from Mr. Frank
Fabrzio secretary of Logga Roma, No. 167 informing
us that his organzaOn at a recent meeting, adopted
resolutions recommending passage of the bill.
Mr.. Fabrizio writes:
"Our membership, Which is comprised solely of
bona fide residents of the District of Columbia.
strongly urge the passage of this bill Ohich is de-
signed to correct most depLOrGbLe eUiL and at the
same time may pare the lUay to local suffrage in
all its entirety"
Truly the BILL introduced by Senator Royal Copeland
and Representative Jennings Randolph would correct
what Mr. Fabrizio describes as ''most deplorable
evil"
Prepared by Mr.. John P. Mullen after thorough
study of the manner in which delegations to the Demo-
cratic and Republican conventions from the District
have been selected in the past the measure would give
to the rank and file members of the respective parties
an opportunity to select delegations which would be
actually representative of the parties in the District of
Columbia.
Heretofore these delegations have been virtually
"pcked out of hat by magican-politican who have
first selected themselves as controllers of the parties in
the city,
The result has been delegations which did not in any
sense represent either the party whose convention they
attended or the District of Columbia
Since representation in the party conventions is
the only semblance Of political activity allowed Wash
ingonians they have, in effect been robbed of this
slight privilege
There can be no for failure the part Of Con-
gress to place the selection of these delegations the
high plane contemplated in the Copeland Randolph bill.
Moreover enactment of that bill and the demonstra
tion which would follow of the ability of Washing
tonians to conduct clean elections honestly and deceny
would prove mighty factor in eliminating from
minds the thought that those who happen to live in the
District ''are not fit to voe.''
The time is rapidly approaching when the present
distorted cumbersome and totally un-democratic
ner of governing the National Capital of great de-
mocracy must be altered radically.
AS Mr. Fabrizio says in his letter. the enactment of
the primary bill NIGH well point the way to at least
one essential of that necessary reformation.
The Washington times., 1937-03-18

dead discourage you.
The thing that is in you has
triumphed over all death. Don't
think that you don't count be-
cause you are so tiny.
The thing that is in you isn't
tiny. 1t is as high as the farthest
star as deep as the pit of
time.
It is the dream of God the
likeness of His Face. AS long as
you hold that dream, you do
matter.
The Washington times., 1937-03-18
GETS RESULTS

Representative Virginia Jenckes
likes a little order at her hearings.
Being a lady of quiet manners
The Washington times., 1937-03-18
The Human Side of the News
By MOntier
By Edwin C. Hill

me has reduced the%gobe. is the new wonderland
it's onetime colossal which Science and Adventure are
ere spheroid around set to explore and conquer.
The Washington times., 1937-03-18
OLD FAVORITES
The Call -RegindLd Wright Kaufman
The Call

Love laughing up the valleys
Hand in hand with hoyden Spring;
All the Flower-People noddng
All the Feathered-Folk a-wing.
"Higher. Higher call the thrushes;
"Wider! Freer"' breathe the trees
And the purple mountains beckon
Upward to their mysteries.
Always farther leagues wander
Peak to peak and slope to slope
Lips to sing and feet to follow,
Eyes to dream and heart to hope!
Tarry? Nay but who tarry!
All the world is on the wing;
Love comes laughing up the valleys,
Hand in hand with hoyden Spring.
IReaders are nvted to send to the editor their sugges
tons of the tavortes among the poems for reprnng in
this 8puce.)
The Washington times., 1937-03-18

A little while
ago you were
so sure of your
self so sure
The Washington times., 1937-03-18
Listen, World!
By Elsie Robinson
DO YOU MATTER?

dscov%is than all Don't
Telescopes boring countless generations Of
microscopes splitting mat. dead discourage
The Washington times., 1937-03-18

ter . biolo-
gists, geologists,
a rc h eologists
brushing aside
time . . all OF
them shrinking
the world into
nothingnesS.
Do you feel
IS if you were
being wiped off
the map?
The Washington times., 1937-03-18

The airplane
earth from its
bulk to a mere
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-19
BATTLE FOR }
COUNCIL SEATS

TAKOMA PARK, Nd, April
ia bitter political fight for
three seats on the Takoma Park
Town Council is expected to open
officially here tonight at the an
nual town caucus when candi-
dates for the three offices will
be selected.
A heated contest was assured
late yesterday when the execu-
tive committee of the local Young
Mems Democratic Club announced
candidates would be placed in the
field to oppose the Republicans,
now in control of town affairs.
Names of the candidates to be
selected to oppose the three in
cumbents whose term Of office ex-
pires next month, were not an
nounced.
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{. A. R. TO MEET
TOMORROW

More than 800 delegates Of the
National Society, Children Of the
American Revolution, win convene
in Memorial Continental Hall to-
morrow for the opening days
session of meetings scheduled to
last the entire week.
The national board Of manage
ment will meet this morning to
map final details for the conclave.
Conferences of national officers
will be held at the Roosevelt Hotel
later in the day.
The Children Of the American
Revolution meets in conjunction
with the Daughters Of the Amer
lean Revolution. The convention
of the former will open tomor-
row with a procession Of color
bearers, officers and delegates.
At $3.50 p. m. tomorrow after.
noon, the delegates will be re.
ceived at the White House by
Mrs. Roosevelt. Rear Admiral
Cary T. Grayson, retired chair
man Of the American Red Cross,
will address the convention to.
morrow morning.
National elections will be held
Thursday. Mrs. william Henry
Pouch, former vice-preSident of
the D. A. r., has been nomi-
mated for president. Mrs. Henry
Bourne Joy, Mrs. John Francis
Weinmann. Miss Myra Hazard
and Mrs. Edmund Burke Bell are
candidates for national vice
presidents general. Mrs. Ryland
C. Bryant has been named a
candidate for registrar, and
Mrs. Graham Lawrence for ma
tiOnal chanlain
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-19
Son Of Gil Dobie
Reported Missing

NEW TON, Mass, April 10
G.N.S0.-A description of Gil
mour Dobie, tall 15-year-old son
Of the Boston College head foot
bail coach, was broadcast through
out the East today after his father
reported to police he had been
missing since Friday.
The boy was last seen when he
left the Dobie home in Chestnut
Hill, ostensibly for Newton High
School. He recently received low
grades in school, and his father
expressed the belief he may have
been depressed and had gone to
the home of friends.