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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-14

game kept going for some 40
years. Captain and Mrs. Greven-
berg's place, Rose Hill, an eX-
quiSite old home is complete even
to the ghost which is supposed
to inhabit it.
Noted for its elaborate ter
races and rose gardens is the
modern estate belonging to Mr..
and Mrs. w. c. Turner Keech-
land. These are but a few of the
many interesting places to see in
Charles county.
Narcissus Show
De La Brooke Manor owned by
Mr.. Leander McCormick-GoOdhart
will be open during historical st.
Mary's county tour. Porto Bello
owned by State Senator and Mrs.
Charles S. Grason will also be
included.
The Garden Club Of Virginia
will hold their sixth annual Mar
cissus Show on Friday and Sat
urday of this week. Mrs. Daniel
Sands, of Middleburg, is president
and Mrs. Gardner Boothe, Of
Alexandria is vice president.
Among other prominent women
interested in the show are Mrs.
Powell Glass, Mrs. C. O'Connor
Goodrich, Mrs. Henry NICK. Smith
and Mrs. Henry Fairfax.
Mrs. Boothe will entertain the
judges at luncheon on Friday
and Mrs. Rathbone Smith will
entertain the out of town ex-
hibitors. The show will take place
in the Armory at 210 South Royal
Street. Alexandria
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Diplomatic and Official Notes:
MRS. GARNER HONOR GUEST TO-DAY
Women's Congressional Club
Entertains at Tea for the
Vice-President's Wife

Mrs. John Nance Garner, wife of the Vice.
President, will be the guestaof honor at a tea
this afternoon from 80 until 80 o'clock to be given by the
Congressional Club.
Mrs. Daniel Reed and the entire board will be in the re.
ceiuin Eneru Mrs Garner
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Mrs. Roosevelt
Honor Guest

Mrs. Roosevelt will be the guest
in whose honor the Congressional
Club will entertain at a breakfast
at the Raleigh Hotel on Thursday,
April %, at IL o'clock.
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Dolly Cameron Says:
MARYLAND GARDEN TOUR APRIL 30
Brice Clagetts'' Home Among
Many Beautiful Places
In the Pilgrimage

For those Of you who revel in country heavy
with the glamour that was Colonial Maryland,
the Fourth MARYLAND Garden Pilgrimage will provide delight
full experience begins April 80 and continues
through May S.
tor William Gibbs McAdoo will open their lovely estate, IN
Prince Georges county Beae Pleasure Many of the homes
in be ncrmace represent the finest architecture the
tv and recall days of elegant living when the cavaliers
found the treasure house of Marylands fertile lands.
To Attend Steepechase on April "a
The French Ambassador and Nine Bonnet will attend the
MARYLAND Hunt Steepechase April "a as guests OF the
MARYLAND Garden Pilgrimage committee. Preceding the
the Ambassador and Nine Bonnet will visit the gardens at
Hamilton in which they have expressed keen interest.
The Hampton Gardens which will be open to the public May
and during the Pilgrimage said be the finest in the
country They hold special attraction for the Ambassador and
Nine because they believed to have been laid out
nv Enan at the same the iustrious Frenchman
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-20
No Patent On It

The row that is occurring right now in Republican ranks in Fairfield County shows the Democrats of this state that they have no patent on internal disorder. There's a serious case of it in the COP. right now and before it is settled the state is apt to witness a startling upset in high officials, low officials, and just common, ordinary, everyday officials. The boys are apparently out for "blood" and nobody is to be spared. Feelings have been hurt in the past and more will be hurt in the future.
 Fairfield County was ever bugaboo in republican politics. Even back in the days when John T. King was providing excite ment for the state leaders there was no telling what might happen or what the results would be. Of late years the able guidance of Harry E. Mackenzie had kept the forces in the country pretty we'll in check and in line with these of the state organization. But things are different now and new leadership is gradually to be worked out in the state. Therefore it is no surprise to find that the first signs of activity are in Fairfield County.
 Right now the fight centers around
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-20
APractice Election

That "first, secret direct election" in the history of Russia went off very pleas antly on December 12. There was no Literary Digest poll in advance, but even without it, the election results might have been guessed easily beforehand: There were no surprises in any section of the great sprawling U. s. s. R. Although the Russian people elected the required 1,143 members of their legislature, it all turnd out to be just great big happy endorsement of Josef Stalin.
 Before Americans feel too sorry for the Russians, whose much-heralded democ- racy doesn't look very democratic at this distance, let us remember that this is merely beginning. With no traditions of representative government and no free, secret ballots in their experience, this rather routine election may well have seemed important and exciting. And there is this possibility: The Russians, having had weak sample of the univer- sal franchise, may find out what it's all about and demand the real thing one of these days.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-20
A Thought for Today
Put Your Order in Early

Connecticut communities that want Christmas presents from the State High way Department must put their order Tn early. If they don't the state blows will still continue their practice of elevating scrapers when the blows are compelled to pass through city or town while dig ging out trunkline route. This is offl- cial. It comes from Hartford; it even comes from the Attorney Generals office where a ruling was recently obtained when New Haven could obtain no satis- faction from the Highway Department.
 It may be recalled that during the 1887 Legislature Senator Joseph H. Lawlor of this city had bill passed which called upon the Highway Department to blow north-south and an east-weSt street in every city and town. The intent was that described above, namely, to have depart ment blows continue right through cities along certain main highway routes. Ult1- mately it was decided that only two through routes, in the directions men, tioned, would be cared for by the state. Nothing, however, was said about putting in application for such services. The measure seemed to indicate that they were mandatory.
 But now it develops that if city or town wants certain streets kept open by state blows throughout the winter months, application will have to be made for the same. And if you don't apply early, you may be left in the lurch. All of which doesn't seem logical. The de- partment blows, we presume, will follow the same courses in blowing various high ways as they have in the past. They can't help but pass through city or town limits to finish a job. So why all the rigmarole and red-tape about applying for blowing services. Why not just order the blows to blow right through from end to end?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-20

Senator J. Kenneth Bradley of Westport and Representative Noah Swayne of Darien. Both influential leaders in their party, in the county, and in legislative matters, it is evidently a question of domination by one or the other sooner or later. This is particularly obvious in view of the fact that Republicans aren't as yet settled on control of the state party. Most of them are willing for the time be- ing to go along with designated leaders, but there are forces afoot in the back ground and they will be responsible, di- rectly or indirectly, for just such Sniping as is now going on in Fairfield County.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-20

Civic events in Waterbury during the coming two years are bound to attract attention. What with most of the depart ments in the hands of democrats they might be expected to dominate the situa- tion. But the fact that there will be a republican controller and a republican Board of Aldermen rather complicates the situation. So much so that we look for ward with relish to what may occur when either party tries to carry the day. The democrats will have something in reserve, though, for they have been in office con- tinuously now for sixteen years and know their way around little better than the Republican noviceS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-20
A Book a Day
Homely Sidelights of Colonial Light
By BRUCE CATION

A homely and immensely interest," ing sidelight on early American his- tory Is to be found In William Chauncy Langdon's book, "Every- day Things in American Life" (Scribner's: $0.
 Here Is Q book which Is not con- cerned 50 much with what people did as with how they did 1t and what they did 1t with. What sort of cooking utensils did our early New England forcbears use, for instanceP What sort of plates did the pre.Revolutlonary Americans cat from: how did they heat their houses; what sort of chairs and tables did they have; where did they get their glassware and, what was 1t like; how long did 1t take them to progress from the rude huts of tho first settlers to the stately mansions which (whero they Survive) are 50 priSed todayP
 It is such questions as these that MT. Langdor undertakes to answer, and he does t In chatty, informative style, including Q cons siderable number of line drawings to illustrate his remarks, and giv. ing one an understanding of co- lonial life which Is invaluable.
 Colonial life, as MT. Langdon presents It. was not crude. People had to get along on less than we have nowadays, but they made the most of what they had. Their life had simplicity, but it was not barren: there was e symphony or- chestra in Bethlehem, Pa. for inc stance, long before the revolution, and the fine architecture, furniture and glassware Of early Virginia and Pennsylvania reflect life of genuine charm and culture. 7
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-20
Distribution

"Why is it that so few of our leaders ever mention the word distribution? asks a columnist. "A manufacturer produces an article for $1. You and l buy 1t in a store for $4. How about the $3 spread? Few seem to wonder if the secret may not be wrapped up in the transport problem of the United States"
 As a matter of fact, transportation is cheaper in this country than anywhere else in the world. That Spread" between producer and consumer in most of the necessaries of life comes mainly from other causes. Isn't the principal cause simply this - that so many different groups of business people are handling the goods, and they must all make their profit?
 This "middleman" problem is nothing new; it has been discussed for ages Our industrial civilization is wonderfully eff cient in making things but inefficient in passing them around. On the whole, it is not the fault of the middlemen, but the fault of the system.
 We could doubtless distribute goods more directly and economically, so that they could be sold cheaper and people could have more. But - there is always "but" in the problem - how then would dlI Oul uIlSiOlCllCIl OCCWCCll PIOOuSCl dllO consumer, and all the people depending on them, make living? There are many millions of them, and they must live, and they cannot live without their profit.
 The only alternative, apparently, would be to scrap the "price system" and pro- duce for use rather than profit, distribut- ing things free to everybody. But that would be socialism. We don't believe it would work, and don't want it, and would get into a terrible revolution if we tried to introduce it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-20

This is fascinating game, isn't it? One day it's Commissioner Macdonald who bosses the highways; the next it's Commissioner Hurley. Right now the Highway Department chief-Mr. Mac donald - seems to have the bulge" by virtue of a recent court decision. But the matter is to go to the Supreme Court of Connecticut for ruling, so there's no telling what may happen after the first of the year. All of which shows how inn portant it is for the Legislature to be extremely specific in the wording of the measures it makes into laws. Had it done SO in creating a department of Public Works earlier this year and had it defined at greater length what it meant by "real assets" there might not be so much re- course to the courts now to determine if the State Highway or Public Works De- partment has authority over road con- struction and maintenance. Maybe the Legislature wanted it this way.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-20

Over in Rhode Island now legislators are seriously considering new tax to take the place of revenue that may be lost by failure to allow racing in the state. Should this come about, natur- ally the state will not share in the legal ized pari-mutuel betting one years take for the state in this sport being million and one-quarter dollars. The tax that might be substituted would be one on cigarettes, similar to that now in effect to worry about practical results from such tax, as we have found it profitable even beyond all expectations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-20
You And Your Nations Affairs
Recession, Then Imitation?
Professor of Economies, New York University
By WALTER D. SPAHR

he knows of no better way to put the issue of greenbackism before the people than to schedule full-dress senate debate on 1t early in the reg ular session. If the Thomas amend- ment is repealed" he says, it will go a long way toward restoring confl- dence, which is desired not only by business men but by the administra- ton, unless I have misread some of the recent utterances by the presi- dent and other spokesmen of the ad- ministration."
 But despite these encouragements a great danger still hangs over us all, and we must be on guard con- stantly to see that these money tink- erers do not again take advantage of the American people.
 Address questions to the author, care of this newspaper.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-20
Court Feud

Court Feud
 A fiare-up of Roosevelt's feud with the federal Judiciary may result from the latest twist in the Governments anti-trust suit against the Big Three of the motor industry.
 This suit ls . result of conn plaints by auto dealers that they have been forced to do business exclusively with four finance companies aiialiated with the Big Three - Ford, General Motors and Chrysler. The suit has been taking place before . Milwaukee grand jury, and Is . test case which would affect automobile financing through out the country.
 December l3, just a few nin- utes before the jury was to ballot on an indictment, Judge Ferdi- hand A. Geiger suddenly sum- lnoned the jurors and ordered Q weeks postponement. In the ir1- terim he planned to make Q pri- vate investigation of his own. Judge Oeiger's unprecedented move was made despite the vig- orous protest of Russell Hardy, special assistant to the Justice Department. Hardy charged that Qeiger was acting arbitrarily and outside the bounds of his jurisdic- ton and interfering with the lawful rights and functions Of the grand jury. Qeiger was appointed U. s. District Court Judge by Taft in 1912 and is no New Dealer.
 Justice Department officials are lrked at Geiger. They attrlb. ute hls action to his secret dis. approval of their own negOtla- tons with the Big Three for G consent. decree settlement of the suit. These were carried on through Donald Richberg, ex- NRA boss, and William Stan- ley, ex.assistant attorney gem eral, on behalf of the auto companies. The latter proposed to change their method of Financing # the Government would drop It's suit.
 However, the parleys got nos where, and the Milwaukee grand jury proceedings continued until Judge deiger, presumably unified at the Governments out of court negotiations, suspended the jurys vote. Justice Department insiders fear he will blow up the whole case by discharging the jury.
 Copyright, 1887, by United p Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-20

spreading expectation that congress will not be able to accomplish much of a helpful and encouraging nature in the near future, and that if the recession continues the money man. ipulators will then push to the front and become extremely dangerous. This is a normal expectation. Every business recession and depression brings out the money tinkerers. They learn nothing from the past. They cannot seem to understand that if wealth and prosperity could be cre- ated by printing paper money or by debasing a nations coin, this ainaz- ing feat would have been accom- plished long ago.
 But we may offset some encour- aging facts against this discouraging manifestation of mans inability or unwillingness to learn from past eX- perience. .,.
 Three of these are found in the opposition of the president, the treasury, and the board of governors of the Federal Reserve system to the Thomas Monetary Authority bill which provides for further currency imitation. t''n .s
 The president. on May 20, 1897, wrote Senator Thomas a tactful let- ter opposing the latter's scheme, and point out " that stabilization of the value of the dollar would be at- tained not merely by monetary means and devices |. but much more by the achievement of balanced and orderly recovery throughout the whole economy, and by its mainten- ance when achieved
 On August 2. the then acting sec- retary of the treasury, Wayne Tay- Tor, wrote Senator Ellison D. Smith, chairman of the senate committee on agriculture and forestry, which was holding hearings on the Thomas bill, and advised against the enact- ment of the Thomas proposal.
 On July 2e, Chairman Eccles, of the board of governors of the Fed eral Reserve system, sent to Chair- man Smith a statement of the views of the board of governors which were to the effect that the Thomas plan was impracticable.
 Another encouraging factor in the situation is found in the presidents expressed opposition to greenback- ism as set forth in his message to congress on May 22, 1885. The pres ident had this to say, among other things, about greenbackism:
 Wealth Is not created, nor is 1t more equitablyy distributed by this method. A government, like an indi- vidual, must ultimately meet legiti- mate obligations out of the produce ton of wealth by the labor of hu- man beings applied to the resources of nature. Every country that has attempted the form of meeting obli- gations which is here provided has suffered disastrous consequences.
 There is no reason to suppose that the president has changed his posi- ton regarding the deadly evils of greenbackisin, or that the linita- tons will not meet with opposition from the president. In this fact the country should find some encourage. n1ent.
 Among other encouraging factors is s. J. Res. 102, Introduced by Sen- ator Bridges, of New Hampshire on August 3, providing for the repeal of thS Thomas dreenback law of May i2, i03S.
 Senator Bridges hes declared that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-20
In New York
BY GEORGE ROSS

New York, Dec. 20 - "Cafe So- ciety" (the quotation marks are ours) got It's impetus only from the daily scribblings of night life's activities. The superior caste of a steady patron of Fl Morocco, there- fore, depends entirely upon the vol- tune of his press clippings. You can further your social career as far as you like by the quantitative records of your having sat at the ringside of the Stork. And you can throw your blueblood credentials in the wastebasket, for they apparently, have ceased to mean much any more.
 To be an accepted member of Cafe Society" means that, one night or another, you must have been photographed by Jerome zerbe, with your back to the wall and your knee.cap bang.up against Q champagne cooler. For a Zerbe snap of an Fl Morocco denizen is the coat of arms in cafe society. Other insigniaS are Sherman Bil- lingsley,s (Stork Club gold dollar, on a pendant; "2l" Clubs member ship card affording It's faithful pa- irons full privileges, whatever they may be, and La Conga's rnaracas, those pebble holders that rattle when they're shaken. They make nice playthingS- for the baby, or or- naments for the mantle piece.
 Shrinking Violet
 Billy Rose is back on the local scene, having captured the French Casino, and he plans to rebahilitate 1t over the holidays with the most lavish cabaret show New York has ever Seen." e.. ,.
 Though there have been sev- eral theaters- -with-tables in Man. hattan during the past i've years, Rose was the pioneer of them all. It was in his Casino de Farce that started this new field of enter- tainment. And t was e brash move, then, because 1t required the dismantling of the whole in. terior of the Adelphi Playhouse in order to convert t into e com. bination showplace and restau. rant. ,.
 Billy of course, got top billing. He always like to see his name Haunting the others. Once 6 blaz- ing eelctric sign spelling out the letters BILLY ROEE was 50 i'm. riaense that 1t obscured from view half of upper Broadway. M Gag
 Phillips II. Lord, the man who spends lifetime searching human oddities, says that he's discovered a Chinese swing band led by Harry Ching. .5.s.r ~ M
 It is Chins's claim that swing originated with the Chinese e. couple of thousand years ago. no, matter what the inandarins Of West fiEty-second Street say. ,t
 But swing always struck this corner as being more confusion tnan COnLuCihn' i
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-20

We'll, we're still waiting for Meteorolo- gist E. B. Rideout of Boston to make good his weather boast for this winter. Back in September he predicted long and hard winter beginning in November. Also snow was to remain on the ground from December to March due to low tempera- lures and few thaws. Maybe he didn't include the Naugatuck Valley in his sur vey, for it hasn't seen anything like this yet.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-20
Selected Poem
EARLY SNOWFALL

(Ralph Friedrich in the New York Times) The woods were loud with laden branches breaking Beneath the soundess burden of the snow, When suddenly my stricken heart was aching With beauty and with pity, thus to know The menace of that lovelnegs: the slow And heavy garment of the heavens making On trees that should have yielded days ago To Autumn and the winds insistent shaking. So came this beauty. So 1t leaves it's mark On wounded trees and shattered branches lying Upon the forest floor, forlorn and dying. o trees that stand snow-garmented and signing, Know this too who stand to face the dark, Have borne such beauty, pitiless and stark.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-20
ToDAY's COMMON ERROR Never pronounce inertla-in-
 er'-sha; say, er'-shi-a.

the ball and fuse coming last. When capture was probable the soldiers drove e spike in'the fuse hole which prevented the enemy from firing the gun. : c. How much did the American Red Cross receive in special con- tributions for work in the flood and storm stricken areas ii the springs of i036 and 1o372 {
 A. The contributions for tho floods and storms of thc spring of 1886 amounted to 4S,2ii, ,460. 06, and for the floods of 1887 receipts were $26,Sl2,l67.70. s,
 c. What proportion of the worlds passenger automobiles are manufactured in the United states2
 A. Tn the last ten years, 70 per cent were made in the United States
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-20
Daily Almanac

WUOL TIBeS 6.I0 D. m,
 Sun rises 7:12 a. rn.; sets 4:28 p. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 white Christmas is always pretty sight, but they've been so few and far between in Waterbury of recent years that we haven't had chance to exclaim. It's strange to read about the fine skiing weather Up in Vermont, New Hampshire. and northrn New York, while down in the Naugatuck Valley we get rain and fog.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-20

ing their forces, but thus far they have not
 made any great headw ay with their bills. It is not generally expected t h a t danger from t h ese groups will be particu- larly acute un- til early in the next session of congress.
 There is a