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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-29
INSPIRED

Representative John Stephen
McGroarty has written a poem
about the magnificent bridge
across the Golden Gate. Besides
representing his people in Con-
gress the kindly philosopher also
is the poet laureate of his State,
California.
Representative Richard j..
WEIGH, also Of California, is proud
of his colleagues talents, and
boosts the verse on appropriate
occasions. The last two verses
singing the triumph Of the great
engineering feat are:
Goods of the trees, the vine, and
stone,
Lord of the Covenant, does this
atone
For the burden borne and the
bitter load
That left its scars on that age
old road?
Is this reward for the stone and
tree?
This mighty path DER the
mighty sea,
This sky-swung, dazzling dream,
elate,
A starlit roof for the Golden
Gate.
Man, and his servant Time
stand here
Builder and tOiIer and engineer
Who, in the CRIME Of their labor,
smile
And go to their tents to rest
awhile.
The kingly battle they waged is
won
The bridge is buiIded, the task
is done.
The story told that was long to
tell
And Gods in His heaven and all
is WELL"
Hurrah California.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-29

who would be Sen. Joe" Robinson
nominated by the President to fill
the vacancy.
While engaged in this little OPP
Grafton he heard a distant rumble
that kept repeating:
Senator Joseph T. Robinson.
Senator Joseph T. Robinson"
Without the aide Of a compass
or a divining rod, Earle found
the noise getting louder and
louder and ran it to its source
in the United States Senate.
Now Earl, being a veteran, has
known for a long time that the
usual manner of such things is
for the President to make the
nomination and for the Senate to
confirm it. But during the pres
ent Administration he's gotten
used to a lot of radical changes
so he thought that if the Senate
was going to do the nominating
this time, he wouldn't be left in
the lurch.
So, up to the Presidents press
conference he went armed with
his new discovery and with all
dignity asked:
"Mr. President when are you
going to confirm the nOmina-
ton Of Senator Robinson to the
Supreme COurt?"
The apparently innocent ques-
ton brought down the House,
President Roosevelt's laugh led
all the rest. But. what I'm won
dering about is-What were they
laughing about? 1t seems to me
that Earl may be right.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-29

4NeS44y AAEN'
J. B., however, isn't convinced.
All that expansive and expensive
wordage couldn't be just chuck.a.
luck. There's bound to be SOME
truth in it.
So, against all contrary pleas, he
sticks stoutly to his conclusion
that "it must be hell to be a
woman in America!' And pro-
ceeds to quote, as evidence, all
the Devastating Details concern
ing The American Woman's Life.
Never a moment when she dareS
to relax never a second when
she's free from criticism, compe-
tition!-Wotta life!
But is it true? Yes, suspect
it is, j. B. Incredible as it must
seem to leisurely BritonS, Amer
lean women do exist in just such
a lather of activity, face just such
constant high-pressure criticism
and competition.
BUT WHAT OF IT?
For some time, now, I have
been hearing similar disparaging
remarks concerning our modern
tempo -. Mortified snortS at our
vulgar haste and witless waste
, wistful signs for the Dear Old
Days when Ladies Lolled and
Gents Jagged and everything was
Too Perfectly Ducky For Any
thing!
And as one who personally wit
messed those Dear Old Days =.
and can therefore compare them
honestly with our present per-
Torrance E. I rise to ask, Whats
the big idea?"
Do you really believe, MesSrs.
Priestley and all other yearning
gropers for the Road to Yesterday
that women were happier.
healthier, BONNER, and better
balanced as wives, mothers, and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-29

which make up the National Gov
eminent Of today.
If the expansion continues much
longer, clerks will have to park
their cars about 10 miles from
their job. There were $4,000 Gov
eminent employees in washington
at the peak of the World War Fed
eral employment. There are now
10000.
The plan of Major L'Enfant,
which the planners and builders
carry out through the years, de-
velops a gracious and beautiful
city-providing you are thinking
of Just architecture, and not peo-
pie and parking space and getting
work done and things like that.
The late French Strother, writer
and editor and secretary to Her
bert Hoover, made many gloomy
predictions about the conflict be-
tween aesthetics and utility which
would confront Washington in a
few years.
Mr.. Strother was man OF CaSCe
and culture, and no one was more
appreciative of the stately unity OF
the L'Enfant plan than he But
he insisted that the eXigencieS Of
modern governmental business
were such that only modern archi-
lecture would serve them.
INEVITABLE
"And that means skyScraperS,"
he said. "SkyscraperS can pro-
vide us beauty in our own tradi-
ton and culture, and they re-
lease ground for parking, traffic
and parks. Like ma ~ other
persons, 1 had great misgivingS
about New York'S Rockefeller
Center, but as it came through,
with magnificent architectural
unity, one could see that here
was the inevitable answer to
problems of highly concentrated
mass work and enterprise. I'm
preSSive beauty Of both mass
and line is attainabIe in sky
ScraperS, and thev are distinctly
American. Jefferson, Hamilton
and L'Enfant didn't foreSee the
automobile and the space prob
lens Of traffic and parking.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-29

AM E R &c A N
WOMAN . . {.
HER HORRID
H A S TIE AND
HECTIC HAB-
ITS. AS gath
cred from our
national adVer-
Using.
"A W, do MT
take those ads
seriously" cry
Mr.. Priestley'S
Yankee friends.
Those fellows
are bright -
gotta sell their
stuff. But that
isn't the way
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-29

clash of the
simple codes OF
Justinian with
the complexities
Of modern state
craft. Graeco.
r o m a n archi-
lecture was all
right for Grae-
co-Ronan ideas
of government,
but it splayS
out too much
for the vast pro-
liberation of bu-
reauS, commits
S / on S, boards
and Whatnot
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-29

h is reputation
100 per cent as
q wit.
Earl has been
busily engaged
watching the
Supreme Court
fight between
Congress a n d
he President.
When Associate
Justice Van De-
vanter resigned
Earl put his ear
to the White
House lawn and
tried to find out
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-29
WHAT TO DO?

OF all the things to worry the
Navy Department in Washington!
They were QUILTING new navy
ship. The corps Of officers as
signed to take it out on it's maiden
voyage included a few who were
entirely new.
One of them went to the dis
bursting officer and gave him a
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-29
Greatest Show on Earth
RU Frank Miller Smith

list Of live Things That he said
were absolutely necessary for Q
voyage.
The disbursing officer never
heard of them and said he would
have to get authorization from
Washington to buy them. He
wrote to Washington, got the au-
thorization and then found out
that three of the items on the list
couldn't be bought anywhere.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-29
POTENT

Representative Louis Ludlow,
who thinks it's a shame that the
Government should be interested
in the manufacture of the Virgin
Island rum, says that connoiS-
Seur told him:
'"The beverage had such au-
thOrity that 'One drink Of 1t
would make a rabbit spit in q
bulldogs face"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-29
Listen. World!
BIZ Elsie Robinson
AMERICAN WOMEN LIVE TOO HARD, TOO FAST?

HcitiZens at large when they faced
no competition, heard no criticism,
and could take their Own Sweet
Times about doing anything in
their Own Sweet Way?
If so, you're in for a sad sur
prise!
Well does this writer remember
when The Girls went around in
wrappers" all morning and didn't
take their bangs out Of curl papers
until the midday dishes were
washed and they'd changed to
their Second Best.
Whereupon - barring funerals,
revivals, or bouts Of measles-all
females spent their afternoons
rocking on the veranda, doing
Fancy Work and discussing their
various operations. Or whispered
the more intimate, clinical details
of Somebody's Blessed EVENING.
An era during which everybody
had so much leisure that they
went to bed at $3.50 p. m. just to
forget about it.
A lovely life? Yes, indeedy! No
body laShed us into a frenzy lest
we buy the wrong bath salts. No
body drove us into maniac depres-
sion because we had Dishwater
Hands-Had Been Seventeen
Times a Bridesmaid But Never
Bride.
COMPETITION
But were those lolligagging Ia
dies the better for it? Were they
more charming companions for
their husbands, merrier mothers
for their children, more efficient
citizens in the world at large?
THEY WE'RE NOT! THEY WE'RE
AS DULL AND DREARY A LOT
OF DOWDY OLD FRUMPS AS
EVER YAWNED THEIR WAY
INTO PARADISE. There wasn't
a single merry quip, Sprightly no
ton alluring manneriSm or pro-
gressive plan amongst them. And
why their husbands supported
them for second beats me!
Far be it from me to use this
space to promote someone's tooth
paste or nail polish. but I'll tell
you flat-I'm all for the lads who
advocate speed, criticism and gobS
N gobs of competition.
Speed, criticism and competi-
ton, am convinced, will do more
to elevate the mind, sweeten the
disposition, reduce the waistline
ana keep the home A Going Bust
ness, than all other influences COM
bined. And if it requires ads to
scare us out of our curl papers n
rocking chairs-bring on your ads,
say I!
Copyright. 1887, by King Features
Syndicate. Incl
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-29

It happens every spring to eV-
cry housewife!
She's heard the same old
"scng" over and over again; it
goes like this: Gosh, Honey,
y'look all-inS Why do you make
such a big fuss over a little spring
cleaning Job? What this house
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-29
Keep This Pledge

Resolved: That it be the sense of this convention
that committee should be appointed by the Congress
of the United States to make study Of and to report
Columbia the right of suffrage. Unanimously adopted
by the Democratic National Convention, Philadelphia
June 26, 1886.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-29
NEW PROCEDURE?

Earl Goodwin, radio commenta-
tor and White House correspond
ent for this newspaper, has raised
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-29

There is, in Washington, anS
architectural Illustration or con-
flict comparable to the head-on
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-29

delssohn's Spring Song" And
there are other women who
couldn't play it, anyhow. Oh, very
well, let them play. 1--WE Been
Working on the Railroad"-be.
cause that's how Everywife feels
after Spring Cleaning-System or
no System!
Copyright. 1897, by King Features
Syndicate, Ine.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-29

NOW comes JlaL brlIlSn c1AAPY
J. B. Priestley-and he's Viewing
With Alarm. Subject being-THE
Evening star., 1937-01-10

l first met him in a strong native-made
log cage on the Kidipur docks. Kidipur is
down the river from Calcutta. My ship
Captain Hugh Marley, skipper was just
about to sail. was thoroughly satisfied with
my Indian sojourn. had fine collection of
rare birds. Some my boys and had captured
ourselves; Others l had purchased. had the
whole collection safely below decks when Ali,
my head Malay boy, came running down the
dock.
''Tuan! Tuan!" he shouted mo sail,
tuan, without big tiger!'
What do you mean big tiger'?" asked
Il didn't come to India for tigers, Ali"
Il know, tuan. But this very fine tiger
all the same"
He gestured over his shoulder toward some
natives staggering down the dock under the
weight of great log tiger cage. Even at that
distance could hear the animal roar and
snarl. He was healthy specimen.
Now, l am ready buyer where any jungle
animal is concerned. After all, my business
is bringing them back alive. As you can
readily see, can't myself capture all the
uUuSdnuS Vi SpSCHnealS DInS OdCk nave
to buy many of them from natives.
While had not come to India for tigers
l knew I could easily dispose of as fine a
one as this, so l started bargaining. was
still in the midst of negotiations when Manley
shouted:
''Hey, Frank! Come on = we're sailing!'
I closed the deal for the tiger at once;
he was too fine specimen to lose for a
bubble over a few rupees. watched his
stout log cage slung aboard by the forward
Evening star., 1937-01-10

careless knot or two, tied in the calm weather
OF the river, came apart.
An extra heavy wave hit the cage and the
whole thing washed foot away from the
mast. A few more such seas would tear the
fastenings loose and would lose my tiger.
cage and all, overheard!
I'm going down there. Manley," said,
land fasten that cage back to the mast"
Manley looked at me as if were crazy.
You can't, Frank" he said above the
wind. The openings to the foredeck are
locked"
Unlock one"
mot on your life!' he snapped. Think I
want my ship flooded? Besides. you wouldn't
last minute out there. Id rather have tiger
overheard than man. any day!
Maybe you'll have BOTH" told him.
Before he could object as knew he
would - had swung myself over the bridge
rail onto cable that ran down to the base
of the foremast. 1t slanted sharply, and l
knew if went along it hand over hand
could reach the foredeck.
Don't think did this out of any sense
of heroics. Fond as am of animals l am
much fonder of my own life. This was several
years ago when was younger and dollars
and cents were mighty important to me. This
tiger had cost me plenty. and couldn't
afford to lose the money.
went down that cable like monkey.
1t was easy e going down. could see the
enormous seas pounding on the deck below
me. and could Judge them. After particu-
larly heavy one dropped to the deck and
dashed to the shelter of the mast. As the
next one hit chung instinctively to the bars
(Confinvsd On pess 10)
Evening star., 1937-01-10

RDiNAklLf uSeIS are SeilSlDle AMI
mails. They don't go about looking
for trouble. and if they can pos
~ sibly avoid it they usually do 50.
Unlike their cat cousin. the leopard, they
don't carry chip on their shoulders and dare
every man, beast and serpent in the jungle
to knock it off.
Tigers take their fight where they find it -
and usually win. But they won't 20 out
of their way to look for fight. Aside from
the elephant the tiger is probably the most
sensible and law-abiding animal that inhabits
the Asiatic jungle. He is the king there, and
he acts as king should Id digni6ed. graceful,
and with common sense. But take a tiger
oaa of the jungle and - but that is the story.
After twenty-five years of dealing with
tigers l thought knew rather lot about
them. After all, tigers - along with all the
other animals, birds and reptiles of Asia -
have been my stock in trade. l have brought
many dozens of them back to America alive;
among them was the first genuine maneater
ever seen on these shores.
At the present time have in my Jungle
Camp at Amityville, Long Island. several fine
Indian specimens. have personally super
vised the care and feeding of these animals
most of the time; feel that they know me,
and are sensible citizens - that their acts
in peace or strife are practical and sane. Yet,
believe it or not - and you'll have to believe
it, for it actually happened i once en-
oountered tiger that fought me desperately,
fang and claw. during time that was
doing my best to save the animals life!
It happened on the Bay of Bengal. one of
the most treacherous sheets of water on the
entire globe. And because it occurred on
water forgive the tiger = he was out of his
element, and not to- be held accountable for
his misdeeds.
Evening star., 1937-01-10
Fomovs Wild Anmoi Collector Author Of Bring En- Boek Alive

crane, and as Ali and followed up the plank
we left six joyous natives on the dock.
After we had started down the river |
went to the captain.
How about place below decks for my
tiger?" asked.
Manley laughed. with holdful of jute,"
he said, ''your tiger'l have to stay on the
foredeck. made room for your birds under
cover, and that's all | can do. Frank. Tie
your cats cage to the foremast. A little breeze
won't hurt him."
You can't argue with a skipper. After all,
animals very often travel as deck cargo"
50 this was no new experience. Ali andI
lashed the big log cage sofdy to the foremast
and called it day.
We weren't fifty miles out in the Bay of
Bengal before stiff blow came up. 1t wasn't
typhOOn or anything like that, but it was
good solid storm that made heavy laden
cargo steamer dip her bows into the seas and
ship several tons of water over her foredeck
with every dip. Each one of those waves
smashed over my tigers cage, and on the
bridge, above the sound of the wind, could
hear the animals angry roars.
The farther we went the worse the storm
became. Hatches were battened down. doors
locked, all decks cleared. Standing on the
bridge. anxiously watched the water-swept
foredeck below. Waves crashed ceaselessly
upon it, swept down and smashed against the
tiger cage.
The cage, knew, could take the beating.
1t was made of hardwood jungle logs. stoutly
bound together with rattan But feared for
the rope lashings Ali and had put about the
mast. They wouldn't take the beating. Even
as watched saw the ropes give bit. A
Evening star., 1937-01-10
1%SG& TR0UBLE/

A raging beast and swept shp-the tiger
fighting desperately to kill the man, the nskng
death to save the tigers life! Read this thrilling tale
by FRANK BUCK
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-12-17
Cecil County Jersey
Cattle Club
Annual Meeting And Banquet
Held...OHicers Elected

At the annual meeting of the Co.
ell County Jersey Cattle Club held
at the howard Hotel in Elkton on
Thursday evening, which Included q
wild duck dinner, the following otiic-
ers were elected: President, David
Wherry; vice-president, James +.
Wood; ecretary-treasurer, William
Elwood Locke; directors, Miss Mar
garet England, A. Clayton Mcdowell,
James F. Woods, Jr., Carl Feucht.
Reports showed the year the most
successful in the clubs history. Mr..
and Mrs. l.. j. BONN, Mr.. and Mrs.
Carl Feucht, Mr.. and Mrs. j. Fletch-
err Woods, and Mr.. and Mrs. Locke
were named a committee to arrange
for the banquet in the spring.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-12-17
COAL MEN BARRED
by MARYLAND

Maryland borders were technical
" closed Dec. 6 to unlicensed coal
dealers and State police were under
orders to arrest out-of-State coal
truck drivers unable to show proper
credentials.
Under a law passed by the 1887
Legislature coal dealers operating
IN Maryland must obtain q license
from the counties or Baltimore City,
and each load of coal sent into the
State must carry with it delivery
ticket showing consignor, conslgnee,
date of loading and names and adj
dresses of the truck driver and truck
owner. Penalty for violation of the
law is $500 fine or six months in jail
or both.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-12-17
NEGROES ACCUSED OF
RORRERIES

Five negro juveniles and two
adults have been apprehended by
police, who charge the gang with
ransacking of railroad stations at
New Castle, Newport, and Elkton
and a dozen or more petty larceny
cases, including pocketbook snatch
ing.
Three of the boys and Carrie E.
Harmon, Negro, As, of the 800 block,
Poplar street, Wilmington, were ar
rested by Detectives Virden and
Howell. The woman was charged
with having bought various articles
stolen by the boys. Two other boys
were arrested by Detectives Cook
and Keinberger. All the boys are
under 13 years of age.
Virden and Howell placed six
charges of larceny against enc of the
three boys they arrested, five against
another and three against the third.
They also placed breaking and
entering charge against all three.
Four charges of receiving stolen
goods were placed against the
woman.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-12-17
SUSPENDED FOR HAZING A.
DELAWARE UNIVERSITY

The faculty Of the University OF
Delaware, at Newark, suspended
eight Sophomores Wednesday for an
indefinite period for having taken
part in the branding-hazing incident
November IL.
The suspension order was issued
by Dean George e. Dutton, In the
face of a threatened sit-down strike
by some of the students. Dean Dut-
ton issued the following statement:
after a careful investigation Of
the hazing episode during which
three freshmen were taken about five
miles into the country in cars and,
after their faces had been marked
with nitrate Of silver, were left to
make their way back to Newark, the
(faculty) committee on scholarship
and discipline presented the whole
matter to the faculty at regular
meeting held on December 6, 1887.
"As a result, the faculty decided
to suspend for an indefinite period
eight sophomores who had particip-
ated in the hazing."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-12-17
STRIKING TOME STUDENTS RE-
TURN TO CLASSES

Walkout Is In Protest Against Dis
missaI OF Headmaster Keppel
Tome School students Port De-
post, went back to classes Thursday
morning, after having been on strike
since Monday in protest of the i'm
pending dismissal of their head
master, DR.. Charles J. Keppel.
The boys went ON strike when they
learned that the schools board of
trustees had notified DR.. Keppel that
his services would not be required
after June, they said. The dismissal
was said to have resulted from dis
pute between the headmaster and the
trustees over finances.
Meanwhile, members of the alumni
association plan to meet to discuss
the puchase of the school and
the formation of corporation
to run it separately from the Tome
Institute, maintained in Port Deposit
for children of Cecil County resi-
dents.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-12-17
December Term OF
Court Convenes
Robert E. Reeder Heads The
Grand Jury.-.L-st
Of Jurymen

Upon the opening OF the Decem-
Der tenn OF Circuit Court for Cecil
county at Elkton On Monday morn
ing, with Associate Judge j. owen
Knott, presiding, the grand and petit
jurors were drawn as follows:
Garnd Jury-kobert h. Keeder of
North East, foreman; Thomas p.
dorsey, l.. Frank Ellison, j. Frank
frazer, j. Nelson Kay, Il. M. Clark,
robert b. Marshall, Cecil G. SQuier,
george p. Convey, Albert II. England,
wizard IL. Knock, John J. Sager,
George M. Potts, ST., Mancel l..
Smith, Aldridge ID. Craig, 9. Leslie
rawlings, Henry w. DAVIS, Henry
Il. Burkins, j. Bedford Williams,
Charles b. Buckworth, William II.
Kelthley, L. B. Acker and Stanley
Craig.
Petit Jury-Stanley s. McCubbins.
Harvey s. Allen, George K. Bailey,
Fred Alfree, Louis Blansfeld, Robert
J. Duhamell, Leroy Foard, John T.
Hartnett, f. G. Brittenback, j. Lee
dom Scarborough, Ernest T. Janney,
Stanley G. Moore, George Ulary,
Marion E. Rose, Robert A. Boyd, AL
bert II. McGrady, Claude G. Buck,
George M. Shure, George e. Trow-
bridge, Bruce Craig, Joseph e. Gill
lespie, William A. Hill, and Charles
p. Fitzgerald.
The greater part OF the first day
was consumed In calling the various
dockets and setting dates for trials.
A number Of criminal cases will also
come to trial.