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Evening star., 1937-09-05

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Evening star., 1937-09-05
COM modify INDEX

NEW YORK. September 4.-The Asso-
ciated Press weighted wholesale price index
OF 35 commodities today advanced to S6.42
Previous day, 8632: week ago. S6.77;
month ago. S9.91: year ago, SO.66.
Range of recent years.
1897. 1896. 1885. 1884
High --- 9S.14 1922 1888 1894
Low 1926 71.3l 71.S4 ALA
U926 average equals 1909
The Washington times., 1937-04-09

ing into q room full Of COM
pany in a lOutish fashion, ex-
pressing about as much person.
atty as a Sinking coyote"
In contrast, today's youngsters
face Dad clear-eyed and grinning.
Only those who have had their
Self-confidence broken while they
were still in their teens, and who
faced life at twenty like cringing
ours, can know what that change
into comradeShip and courage Will
mean to The Boy and his world.
So, maybe things aren't so bad
with The Family Circle as we'd
heard. And here's a package Of
Cubebs to you, Odd, for mention
ing it.
(ThiS column welcomes and
requests comments. Letters pre-
Sentin0 personal problems mag
also be sent. All letters. tDtH be
handled contidentiGlly and an
$tnered promptly If stamped, Gd-
dressed envelopes are i1lcIudedJ
Copyright. 1897. by King Features
Syndicate, 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1937-04-09
HOUSE SCRAPS
DICKSTE|N BILL

The Dickstein proposal for q
congressional investigation of or.
CARNATIONS engaged in "un-Amer.
lean activities" was smothered in
the House yesterday by vote Of
1874 to 38.
Opponents Of the measure,
sponsored by Representative Dick.
stein CD, Of New York, and
chairman Of the House 1mmigra.
ton Committee, declared the pro.
posed investigation is useless"
Representative Maverick CD,
Of Texas, leader Of the opposi-
ton bloc, charged House appro-
val Of the bill would "Stir up Q
rage Of racial and religious per.
secution."
In the debate yesterday, Repre-
sentative O'Connor, chairman of
the House Rules Committee,
branded as "crackpot legislataion"
the proposal of Representative Nc
Cormack CD, Of Massachusetts,
making it a crime to "willfully and
knowingly advocate the overthrow
Of the Government by force and
violence.
The Washington times., 1937-04-09

troduce "Odd" to these United
States. Everybody n his Yaler
Pup knows him, loves him. has
beamed with him over memories OF
GINGERBREAD Cookies and First
Long Pants. .snickered with him
at some wisecrack from the Livery
Stable Gang gulped over the
thought Of the little lost chum.
Home life-there's not niche
in it for the last 40 years that ODD
hasn't made plain and precious for
us all. And when he'll admit-aS
he does in an article in the April
issue Of Cosnopolitan-that the
parents of 1897 have any bulge on
previous breeds, you're hearing
some expert praise.
Which they certainly can use,
poor dears, after all the paintings!
To which, I'll confess, iii Elsie
herself has been no mean contrib
utor!
NEW MODELS BEST
"ToDAY's YOUTH"-that's the
title Of Odds article, and he hands
the youngsters some well-deserved
wreaths. But it's what he says
about the Old Folks that will inter
est those over 80 and raise
Cain with many a sanctified tradi'
ton.
For without even chewing a
hang!nail or yanking necktie,
Mr.. Mcintyre stands right up
smack and says that when it comes
to winning The Kids confidence,
the Modern Parent has it all over
the 1880 or go models!
At which you're going to hear
considerable wrathful snorting
from Grampa and Gramma, or
even the Mons and Dads Of my
own vintage. And maybe some
The Washington times., 1937-04-09
Chemist, At,
Survives Fall, Poison

CHICAGO, April 8 QN.S).-So
far as Peter Breuer is concerned.
death has taken a holiday. Tues
day the 47-year-old chemist sur
vived a draught Of poison.
Yesterday he plunged three
stories at Lutheran Memorial
Hospital and got off with a few
scratches. He was in the hospital
recovering from the poison, which
he said he took by, mistake.
The Washington times., 1937-04-09

Copyright. 1887, by King Features
Syndicate, Inc. }
The Washington times., 1937-04-09

dogsl Blasts at
Dad and bleats
about Nom.
But here
happy dayl-
comes q hand
from the one
m a n W h o
has done more
than any other
to K e e p Home
Life q Coin g
Business. Mean
ing whom? The
Big Boy from
G ALI polis-O.
o. Mcintyre.
The Washington times., 1937-04-09
Bright (sic) Sayings
Snapshot

A columnist burped at the War
wick's Raleigh Room the other
night Him." consoIed a friend,
The Washington times., 1937-04-09

'tearful reminders Of All They Did
For Us the Hardships they en-
dured the Sacrifices they made.
All Of whlC.l is true. And II
ever mere mortal deserved spe-
cial gold halos they did and do.
But the fact remains that Odds
right when he says that PAR
ENTS WEREN'T PALS IN THE
eos.
COULDN'T CONFIDE
Granting 'em every virtue, it
was still just about as easy for
q youngster to confide in the
average Father or Mother of my
or Odds youth, as to face the
famous blood-sweating hippo
or maybe get coy with a keg Of
dynamite.
Parents not only weren't pals,
but the very notion was con-
trary to their code. Prior to and
extending well into the twentieth
century, parents were supposed to
be omniscient, omnipotent and in
fallible. I don't know who started
the notion, but it's amazing how
well they got by with it.
Back talk" to a PareAt ranked
with the worst felonies. And well
do I remember the horror on my
own mothers face when she
heard me, as a mother Of %,
apologize to my own little son
for an unfair accusation. A
mother admit she was wrong!
I'd double crossed the whole
union!
BEST EVENT
Against a background Of similar
memories, Odd Mcintyre views the
modern parent-and-child relation
ship with joyous amazement. 1t
is, declares he, the best thing that
has yet happened to this human
race.
ITO my notion, one Of the
greatest improvements in civil
izatiOn is the closely knit rela-
tionShips that now exist in viii
lage and city between father
and son, mother and daughter.
There has arisen a wholesome
honesty, a fortnight frankness,
that makes. for better men
and women. Things once taboo
are discussed intelligently and
openly.
Most boys of my era were
fearful of their fathers. We
talked to dad with eyes cast
down, hands fumbIlng. We had
no poise; even at 20 we were all
knuckIes, ears and teeth, gawk-
The Washington times., 1937-04-09
Salvation Army's
Concert Is Slated

ALEXANDRIA, Va, April "a
public concert will be given by
the Washington Staff Band of
the Salvation Army here April
IA at the Elks' Hall, it was an
nounced today.
Proceeds will be divided be-
tween home and foreign missions
of the Salvation Army. Those par
ticipating in the program include
Adjutant Walter Needham, Capt.
jackson Martin, Albert E. Bald
win and Jean and Harold
wilkins.
The Washington times., 1937-04-09
SIander Suit ouashed

CANNES, France, April 8
GNS0. Lord Auckland was en-
route to Italy aboard his yacht
Lanatana today after withdrawing
his $4,000 suit for SANDER against
Mrs. Arthur Wooley-Hart, who also
indicated she would let the mat
ter drop.
The Washington times., 1937-04-09

a broad accent but a narrow out
look He majors in minor
vices His dad supports show
places at Great Darlington and
Great Neck-he supports show
girls on the Great White Way.
The Washington times., 1937-04-09
To Fitness
Bv IDA JEAN KAHN

SSSSSA AVN w WA
According to a leading Fifth
Avenue tailor. a mans normal
waistline measures from five to
six inches less than his chest.
In the athletic figure there is
often an eighth-inch drop, form
ing a perfect triangle, but for the
perfectly built size 38 the stand.
ard measurements are: Chest, 80
inches, and waist, 80 inches. Sir
Anthony Eden, England's best
dressed diplomat, also conforms
to the tailorS' notions of the well
built man.
AS sizes go up the waistline
goes up, too, and a five-inch diff
ference between these two salient
measurements is quite all right
for the larger man. Among the
stylish stouts the 40 short" has
a normal beltline of 35 inches.
The 44-inch peitline is as high
as they come, however, and you
are entitled to that much latl-
tude only if you are size 48.
What the well.dreSsed man will
wear depends upon his weight,
take it from the fashionable
tailor. If your waistline has gone
beyond you, the smart Glenurqu-
hart plaids are not for you.
The heavy-Set man must stick
to stripes which add to his height,
and, incidentally, smooth materials
with a hard-finish look better on
him than the soft, Slouchy woolenS
with their bulkier outlines.
AS to choice of single or double
breasted suits, one authority says:
1.-THE double breasted suit is by far
the smartest, snappieSt and
dressiest suit for the business man,
regardless of his weight"
You will look better, feel better,
and live longer for normal waist
line, but bringing your girth down
{ to normal range means exercise
and q calorie cut. That American
hero, Babe Ruth, remains the out
standing example Of what health
program can do for mans belt
line. At one time Ruth took his
waist down from 1921 inches to SO
inches-practically foot!
Before you start your program,
establish your normal weight. This
YOU can do by allowing two and
three-tenths pounds for each inch
Of height. The amount of food
which will keep your weight at
normal averages from is to 20 cal
cries per pound of your normal
weight.
To lose weight, decrease this
calorie intake by one-third and
you still have safe, but extreme
ly efficient diet of 1,40O to 1900
calories per day.
A full explanation of your re-
ducing calories is given in the
leaflet, Pointers to SHINES"
Meals have been planned for you
in the leaflet "Man-Size Reducing
Menus" which are balanced for
health with the calorie cut only
in fats and carbohydrates.
The calorie cut takes off the
pounds, but you need exercise to
bring the waistline down, and the
new illustrated leaflet, "Waistlines
and Beltlines," gives just what
your tailor would order in the
way Of exercise.
Keep your beltline down to nor
mal-for there are no 46-inch
waistlines among the octogena-
rians, not to mention the ready-to-
wear suits
The Washington times., 1937-04-09
Listen, World!
BIZ Elsie Robinson
PARENTS WEREN'T PALS IN THE SOS

So many knocks for the poor old
Family Circle! Dismal croaks that
the American Home is going to the
The Washington times., 1937-04-09

Send for the leaflets "The
Pointers to SlimneSS," the
"Man-Size Reducing Menus"
and "WaistIines and Belt
lines" Enclose q large, self
addressed and stamped en-
VelOpe for these three leaflets,
which will help you to nor
maliZe your weight and belt.
line. Address Ida Jean Kahn,
The Washington Times.
The Washington times., 1937-04-09

Must be some words they made
you eat!" Vaudeville conditions
are still pitiful, according to Phil
Baker-six performers formed a
syndicate yesterday to buy a copy
Of Variety =. Speaking of Martha
Raye, Jimmy Fidler is of the opin-
ion this is one case where a gals
went to her head >.
People who use wheel care won't
have to use a wheel chair.
Picture of PIayboy.
He has a full purse but an
empty head He lives high but
is a low-life His family wor-
ries about keeping its name in
the Blue Book-and his out Of
Broadway columns He has
The Washington times., 1937-02-19
Britain's Gas Mask Teas

THE horrible earnestness of Europe's war prepara-
ons is evident from the series of ''gas mask teas'
being given under auspices of the British government
At these charming little events mothers instructed
in the of gas masks to protect their children.
Masks for babies have not yet been perfected but
when they do come they will be in the shape of COM
plete coverings for baby buggies, or prams, the
English call them.
Hints that such gas Masks which the British govern
ment will furnish free to mothers for their children
not 100 per cent efficient have aroused storm of crt
cism.
For that reason government spokesmen have been sent
out to reassure the public
An interesting situation-not very soothing to the
nerves.
Americans observing National Defense Week,
which opened Lincoln s Birthday and closes Wash
ington's Birthday.
Gas masks teas have not yet found place in the
annual celebration of this week In later years they may
be regular feature.
Just now however, it important to stress
the need of Navy SECOND TO NONE an Army ADE-
QUATE for our needs and air force that can RULE
THE SKIES over the United States at least.
When the nation has those it will be prepared-not
for war but for PEACE.
Only in that way We be of keeping this coun-
country.
And American children OUT OF GAS MASKS, let
US hope, well.
The Washington times., 1937-02-19

bACH AA6AVOs EISl0 nODln0OM
If man has what-it-takes
to run a factory, hasn't he the
right to run it as he sees fit?
Since the place is his, shouldn't
he be allowed to pay any price
he desires, provided he can get
away with it? Why should the
Government spend time and
money guarding the labOring
mans working hours and mini
mum wage?
81 believe that if you don't like
your job, or the man who is over
you, you should resign and keep
your mouth shut. Striking mill
workers should be treated ex-
actIy as unOrganized StenOgrapA-
ers are treated-Or professionals.
Who ever heard Of State or Fed
eral officials weeping about the
conditions of the writer, lawyer,
dOct0r-Or unOrganiZed clerks?
HER ARGUMENT
'Why should the least inteIli-
gent class be pampered. why
should ignorance and stupidity
be cOddled-while talent is al
lowed to get along as best it may,
either to succeed or starve?
"If a man has the right stuff
in him, he'll get through some
how without any aid. / believe
you should get only what you
deserve and can personally at
tain-and you've no right to ex-
pect those who are more power
full to get it for you.
ELIZABETH BROWN"
I don't know you, Elizabeth
have never been in Rome, Georgi'
have no acquaintance with tn
conditions which may have shape,
your opinion. But out Of man,
facts which might be used to re
flute your protest I can name jus
two which you will have to realiz
if you hope to get anywhere witt
your fellow man.
The first is this-we're not a
ways what we want to be. 1t
sheer poppycock to say that HI
man beings are born "free an
equal" even in America. Many
and their parents before then
were born handicapped by cond
tions beyond their control. lin
tied in both brain and body b
the stupidity and shameful sc
fishness Of society at large.
Just as many were born u
The Washington times., 1937-02-19

of attack and one of the quickest
men on the draw, swings from
serious condemnation to good
humored repartee like the crack
of a whip.
During the debate Senator Bur-
ton K. Wheeler of Montana, de-
claimed that no one could really
define Communism, and bolstered
up his point by pointing out ex-
amples of how some people
charged Communism even to the
Senators. He said:
II am sure no one in the Sem
ate believes in the advocacy Of
Communism. When / vote for
some labor bill some people in
the United States think I am
a Communist and when turn
around and vote with the Sena-
tor from Virginia (Mr. GLASS; on
some other bill"
Here he was interrupted by the
fiery Virginian with:
"Then the Senator is right"
1t brought a laugh, but the
Senator from Montana was not tc
be easily thrown, and he finished
his sentence with:
"Then others think I am wrong
again"
The Washington times., 1937-02-19

where he is worShiped as god.
Hara-kari bobbed up in the acri-
monious debate in the japanese
parliament which brought about
the recent overthrow of the gov
ernment. The army was on the
spot, with the parliamentary forces
crying out against rule by the
military.
The loudest cry came from the
ancient Kunimatsu Hamada, To
year-old leader of the opposition
party. His sarcasm was too much
for the war minister, Genera!
Terauchi, and Terauchi accused
him of insulting the army. TO THIS
Hamada answered:
''If / lied, / shall commit hara-
kiri here. If you cannot prove
what you say, you commit nara
kiri yourself"
At last reports, neither OF these
two prominent japanese had fol
lowed the custom which, according
to the code, is the only way out
of defeat or dishonor in Japan
Perhaps the circumstances here
did not warrant resort to such an
extreme measure.
QUITE COMMON
Hara-kiri, once reserved as q
privilege of the mobiles, is quite
common even today in Japan, witt
several hundred cases a year.
It dates back into the centuries
and as late as 1868 it was obliga
tory on the part of anyone who
had displeaSed the Mikado. Thai
person would receive a note
written in the highly courteou!
japanese style, informing him thai
it was the wish Of the Emperor
that he kill himself. With the not
would be a jeweled dagger.
There was nothing for the ap
pointed one to do but to call Il
his friends and a few officials. HI
would then go through with tn
rite as outlined above in the cas-
Of Count Nogi.
It was the custom that a faith
Iful servant, standing behind tn
| victim, would dispatch him with
The Washington times., 1937-02-19

fairly privileged and powerful. So
it's plainly childish to say that
'if we have the right stuff in us
we'll come through without aid"
Such being the case, we have
a system in which the few priv
ileged live with, and on the labors
of, the many unprivileged. These
unprivileged ones are not only
miserable in themselves, but they
are, inevitably, a menace to every
one else. No hog cholera or fruit
scab ever constituted as virulent
a peril as the wretchedness Of un-
dernourished, uneducated, lily
paid and overworked human be-
ingS.
Governor Landon recognized
this when he recently advocated
laws which would outlaw the
products of child labor. this
virtually "quarantining" progres-
sive States against the States
which refused to see the danger
and disgrace Of the child labor
system.
So what? Human selfishness
and stupidity being what they are.
what should enlightened citizens
do? Allow entrenched greed to
run amuck, regardless Of the com.
mon good? Or fortify themselves
against it?
You believe in insurance, don't
you-accident and life insurance?
Of course you do. Then why do
you not subscribe to the wider ex-
preston of that principle in So
CIAL INSURANCE? Can you not
see that you MUST be your weaker
brothers keeper, unless you are
willing to have your life wrecked
by his incompetence and unfair ex-
ploitation?
REMOVE CAUSES
Do YOU not see that a Slave-driv-
ing employer IS as much a menace
to the commonwealth as any COM
mon thief or thug-even II he
cant get by with it" by such
shrewd legal manipulation as the
criminal employs?
AS for the "poor, helpless pro,
fessionap'-I have yet to see one
of them, including my own clan,
who didn't make up for his "star'
wing years" when he once got go,
ing. A Bar Association can be
quite as forceful in protecting It's
members minimum wage" as any
Plumbers Union.
Come out of it, child. These
i are no longer cave days. Men
see today beyond the shadow OF
their own hearthfire. Some day we
will see still further, strike still.
deeper and eliminate the causes
which make an unfair, unbal
anced society, in which babies tot
in fields and factories, helpless
old people starve and thouSandi
of mothers die annually, urtendeC
in travail.
BUT UNTIL WE DO WE Arr
OUR BROTHERS KEEPER
AND GOD HELP OUR STUPH
SKULLS AND GALLO u
HEARTS UNLESS WE AREl
Copyright, 1887, by King Features
!. Syndicate. Ine.)
The Washington times., 1937-02-19

H6CGuG uOGdD1E cases OF nara
kiri have been confined to off.
GERS of the military service.
When fanatical young officers
brought about the assassination
of War Minister Nogao IL. 1885,
Colonel Yamada took the blame
and killed himself. .
The signing of the limitation
Of navieS treaty by Great Brit
ain, Japan and the United States
in 1880 was the occasion for a
dramatic protest by Commander
KuSakari, serious-minded naval
officer. He believed that the terms
Of the treaty humiliated Japan
and to bring his protest to the
attention of the whole empire he,
committed hara-kiri in his com.
partment on a railroad train.
Capt. Kisaburo Koyanagi was
the Japanese naval attache at
Moscow in 1929. His housekeeper
was a Russian woman and among
other things he engaged her to
teach him the language of her,
country. After time, Koyanagi-
found that she was in the pay
of the Soviets. which was not to
be unexpected because. a jap
anese naval attache is certainly
a man to be spied upon in Rus
sia. .,..-,
PART OF CODE 49,
One night, in a cafe, Koyanagl
struck her across the face durinS
a discussion of communism.
AS he might have expected, the
newspapers made much Of the In.
cident and his disgrace was COM
plete. Thereupon he took the one
way out which was left for high.
caste Japanese who had suffered
dishonor.
The Japanese are fatalists, and
hara-kiri is part Of the code.
It is not the only form Of self
destruction of race which does
not hold life as dearly as some
other races do. Jumping from the
roofs of department stores Is not
uncommon in Tokyo.
Suicide pactS are a ritual called
Shiniu and they are carried out in
settings of natural beauty.
To the Kegon waterfall, to the
crest of the active volcano Aso, or
to the rocky seashore at Atami 60
the forlorn romantics Of fate to
keep their rendezvous with the life
beyond.
Copyright, 1887, King Features
Syndicate. Inc.).
The Washington times., 1937-02-19

For our otDn leader OF the
Revolution, the greatest OF
Americans, and for him alone,
haze De as a people set apart
one day each year.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
If the Polish Ambassador to the
United States is well advised ne
will take advantage of an early
opportunity to let his belief be
known here and in Poland that in
regard to the primacy Of George
Washington in the hearts Of the
American people. Mr.. Roosevelt
has voiced their irrevocable and
emphatic sentiments.
A swift and clearly worded veto
saved the last Congress from a
blunder that would have lost ii
the verdict of history.
Under pressure from an organ
lied minority the Congress failed
to pass over the veto Of the Presi
dent a joint resolution ordering
him to set aside each year the an
niversary of the death of General
Pulaski as a day of national OBJ
Servance.
GALLANT SERVICES
This resolution had been slipped
through the Congress without
record vote. Had it been carefully
considered in committee, Or thor
oughly debated in either House
the Appropriateness of giving tc
any one of Washington's Generals
even to the heroic General Pu
laski-that highest honor reserved
by the whole people for the Father
of His Country, would have been
emphasized.
But the organized minority
which instigated this proposal was
successful in getting it adopted be
fore the American people really
found out what their Representa-
tives in Congress were actually pro
posing to do.
It did not take the President
long after this joint resolution
reached his desk to give voice tc
the real sentiments of the people
in ringing message to the Con
greSS which accompanied his veto
"Every American" said the
President to the Congress,
should have the deepest appre-
citation Of the brilliant and gal
liant services Of General Pulaski
in the Revolutionary War
he is one of our heroes Of that
time and Of all time; ). some
were Americans; some were from
countries across tht sea.
81 do not think that General
-.laSki would have wished to be
singled out from his fellows and
comrades for more honor than
we can give to them all.
"Our tribute to the memory
of the officers who served on
the staff of General Washing
ton will be the more fitting and
appropriate if we do not seek to
legiSlate SeDarate memorial days