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trade, and studied law under his
father, who was one of the leading
lawyers in the state. In 1891 Ed
gar Lee Masters was admitted to
the bar and practiced in partnership
with his father. The following year
he opened his own office in Chicago
where he was a highly successful
lawyer until 1920.
But even in high school, Edgar
Lee Masters was interested in writ
ing and he never forgot his am
bitions. He contributed to the Wa
verify Magazine of Boston and the
Saturday Evening Call of Peoria; he
wrote poems for Chicago news
paper. His first book, published in
1898, while he was struggling to es-
tablish a practice in Chicago, was
called simply "A Book of Verses"
Songs and Sonnets" followed, but
none of them attracted much at
tention until his Spoon River An
thology" was published in 1915.
Those of you who lament your
unexcitirg lives and yearn for op-
portunity, look at his dual person
atty, the poet who has won such
high awards in the realms of mod
ern literature.
@-WNU Service.
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POET WAS ONCE A LAWYER

D FAD this story Of the conven-
IN tional lawyer who became one
of our most famous poets. Not a
dreaming, unsuccessful lawyer, but
man with a profitable and impor-
tant law practice, important enough
to associate with Clarence Darrow
at one time. A busy man Of COM
merce who became a writer Of
songs and poems, sonnets, essays
and drama!
Edgar Lee Masters was born in
the little town of Garnett, Kan, in
1868. His father was descendant
of old Virginia stock; his mother,
the daughter of Methodist minister
and descendant of Israel Putnam of
American Revolutionary fame. The
family moved to Petersburg, ILL.,,
and later to Lewistown, where Ed
gar was raised in the typically re-
spectacle atmosphere of small town
America.
He did newspaper work for the
local weekly. learned the printing
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ty-fve years is as follows: The
per cent of overweight to death rate
is as follows: five to fourteen, twice
the normal rate; fifteen to twenty
four, four times the normal rate;
twenty-five and over, ten times the
normal rate. These figures tell in
most dramatic fashion the penalty
for overweight.
AS you know, the commoneSt
cause Of death after middle age is
disease Of the heart, bloodvessels
and kidneys, because the heart and
bloodvessels have the hard work Of
carrying a large quantity Of nour-
ishment to the kidneys to have
wastes or poisons filtered out and
useful substances retained. Now
high blood pressure, hardening Of
the arteries, and defective work by
the kidneys all accompany over
weight, and the simplest method of
relieving unnecessary strain is to
reduce the weight and size Of the
patient. Thus when an individual
gets down to, or nearly to, normal
weight his chances Of developing
heart. bloodvessel and kidney dis
ease becomes very much less.
British Experts Views.
DR.. Herbert 1. Coombs in the Brit
ish Medical Journal, in pointing out
the Importance of overweight in ad-
dition to diabetes, heart, bloodves-
sci and kidney disease, tells us that
"arthritis-inhammation of joints
is one of the commonest diseases
encountered by the general prac-
titioner, and it is almost always
associated with overweight"
Another point brought out by DR..
Coombs, and one that is likely to
be overlooked, is the great change
in mentality or outlook with the in
crease in weight. 1t is generally
agreed that overweightS are rather
cheerful and good natured but after
a period of time this good nature of
the slightly overweight degenerates
into lack Of ambition and don't
care" attitude toward anything and
everything.
Still another point, and one ia
miliar to every physician is the bad
surgical results that often follow op-
erations on very fat patients. ME
chanical difficulties of nursing
heavy patients and the increased
risk of infection when large masses
of fat tissue are exposed when the
knife is used, are often important
factors in working against recovery
of overweights who come to opera
ton for gall stone, diabetic gan
creme, and other conditions"
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friendly with strangers, and show
sympathy for their problems. He
attended the Stony Point high school
and the Packard commercial school
in New York. Graduating in 1905,
he was employed as a bookkeeper.
Jim was always interested in poll
tics; and, before he was old enough
to vote, he called house-to-house,
getting out the Democratic vote in
Stony Point.
His first political job was as town
clerk of Stony Point. He was cour-
teous to all, jolly, hale-fellow-well-
met sort of man who had pat on
the back for everyone. Through AL
fred E. Smith, whom he helped elect
governor of New York, and Frank
lin D. Roosevelt, for whom he was
faithful lieutenant in the Presiden-
tial campaign, Farley forged stead
lily ahead. He won the top political
plum in the United States, post
master general
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Causes of Diarrhoea.

Figures from private and public
hospital clinics show that at least
three of four give a history of be-
ing constipated. Although these peo-
pie are on their feet and are not
sick enough to be in bed, they can
hardly be considered normal.
However, even among those who
are normal or not sick, it would
appear, that at least half, or so per
cent, are constipated.
1t is interesting therefore to read
of the other type of cases, that is
those who do not appear to be sick,
but instead of being constipated are
afflicted with diarrhoea.
OF course at times when much
fruit is eaten or when something
mot fresh" has been eaten, diar-
rhoea often occurs, lasting for two
or more days. But when diarrhoea
is present all the time and no ex-
cess or over-ripe fruit or other food
has been eaten, then the cause must
De IOunQ TO prevent lne WEAKENING
effects of the diarrhoea.
DR.. A. Richieri, Buenos Aires, in
the Argentine Medical Journal,
states that diarrhoea occurs very
often in all forms of hyperthyroid-
ism Chat is when the thyroid gland
in the neck is manufacturing too
much juice.
AS there may be no other symp-
toms but the diarrhoea (no great in
crease in heart rate, no enlarge
ment of the thyroid gland, no bulg-
ing of the eyes, no trembling or ner-
vousness), it would be difficult to
locate the cause as due to an over
active thyroid gland except for the
metablolism test.
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WayBackWhen
BY JEANNE
FARLEY WAS ONCE A BOOK
KEEPER
BY JEANNE j

MOT everyone can be an individ-
L Y ualist and blaze his own trail
to fame. Some of us are better fit
ted for falling into line as part OF
an organization. James A. Farley's
rise in politics is an example of
the rewards which may come to the
good lieutenant.
Farley was born in 1889 in Grassy
Point, N. Y. small village on the
Hudson river. There were five chill
dren, and the father was saloon
keeper. When Jim Farley was ten
years old, his father died and his
mother started a combination sa-
loon and grocery store. The boy
often tended bar or worked as gro
Gerry clerk on the other side Of the
store. Through these jobs he
learned to meet the public, be
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which would permit it to deal only
with employers who maintain
"sweatshops" and starvation
wages" through fake collective bar
gaining agencies.
The Green amendments" in
brief are:
l. Board jurisdiction over wages
and hours in any industry only if it
finds that collective bargaining
agreements do not cover a sufficient
number of employees or facilities
for collective bargaining are inef-
fective.
2. Acceptance of wage-hour stand
ards established by collective bar
gaining in any occupation as prima
facie evidence of appropriate stand
ards in that occupation.
3. Board cannot alter wage-hour
standards already prevailing in oc-
cupation in community considered,
or establish classific alton in any
community which affects adverse
ly the prevailing standards in the
same or other communities.
4. Industries are protected against
prison-made goods.
5. Label provision" of original
act is eliminated to protect indus
try from what is considered a nui-
sance.
6. Government work is removed
from the boards control and placed
under the Walsh-Healey act.
Chairman Mary T. Norton Cd. N.
J.) of the labor committee indicat-
ed the bill would be brought up in
the house under a special rule and
speedily passed.
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Cutting Madrid from Sea

(LOWLY but determinedly Gen.
- Francisco Frances rebels are
pressing their campaign to cut
Madrid off from Valencia and the
sea. Latest advances of well-mo-
bilized and mechanical troops, fol-
lowing up co-ordinated attacks,
brought the insurgents near to the
capture of Salvacanete, which is
only 80 miles from Cuenca. Cuenca
is the provincial capital, and from
it emanate most of the roads upon
which the loyalist government is
depending to keep open the traffic
between its two most important
cities. At Teruel, another vital
point in the line of advance, Franco
was reported as having built an
air base with underground hangers
for so planes, which the rebels were
using to harass the government
lines.
Meanwhile, other nations were on
the point of being involved again.
There was riot among rebel troops
at Toledo, and Italian soldiers were
alleged to have aided in quelling
the uprising. Four merchant ships
one British, one Italian, one
French and one Greek-were at
tackled in the Mediterranean by
three mystery" planes. Great Brit
ain blamed the rebels and demand
ed an answer to its protest. italy
blamed the red loyalists. The 10y
alists blamed the rebels, the rebels
blamed the loyalists, there were lots
of talk and back talk, and nobody
got anywhere.
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STAR
DUST
Movie . Radio ;
*** BY VIRGINIA VALE+4t

GO GREAT has been the
~ success of "a Star is
Born" all the Hollywood
studios are busy making pic
lures concerning the private
lives of film stars. Just copy
cats, that's what the film pro-
ducerS are.
First one Of these pictures to
reach the screen is Hollywood
Cowboy" with George O'Brien as
the star and it is a very enter
tanning Western. Most pretentious
of them all is Stand In" which
boasts Leslie Howard and Joan
Blonden in the cast Most soothing
to the ears is Music for Madame"
in which Nino Martini lifts his voice
in song. and the biggest novelty is
Grand Nationals Something to
Sing About"
Divorces don't interfere with busi-
ness judgment in Hollywood. For
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Is Overweight
Important?
BY
DR.. JAMES w. BARTON
q Ben syndicate.-WNU Service.

THOSE of normal weight
i and many also who are
overweight may have the
opinion that too much impor-
tance is being attached to
overweight-its dangers to
health and life. If they were
to talk for just five minutes
to the actuary of any life or
sickness insurance company
they would learn some star
tling facts because insurance
companies make or lose
money on the types or kinds
of risks they accept.
One of the first facts the insur.
ance company actuary will point out
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Memorial for VIII Rogers

THE memory of VIII Rogers,
l. Americas lately beloved gum
chewing philosopher, will be en-
shrined in fitting manner near his
Claremore, Okla, home after the
President signs bill which has now
been passed by both houses of con-
gress. 1t appropriates S500,000 for
a memorial to Will; the state of Ok
lahoma also will be required to fur
nish S500,000.
Mrs. Rogers will donate the site
for the building. Architects will
compete for the right to design it.
While nothing has been definitely de-
cided as yet, it is held probable the
memorial will be a museum of In
dian life. Rogers was part Indian.
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could be averted.
Officials there be-
lieved that Japan's
next objective would
be the railroad from
Peiping into Sui
yuan, and that she
would seek to drive
all Chinese troops
out Of Chahar. until
she could take pos
session of the impor-
tant city of Kalgan.
Along the railways
xt,Hsah l,oAa f-l,
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get MUM 10 pay
him more money.
The studio has taken
him out of the cast
of "Thoroughbreds
Don't Cry" and CIV
en- the role to Doug
las Scott who played
in Wee Will e
Winkie." AS soon
as Freddie Bartholo-
NEW started making
big money, his par
ents, who had left
his care in the en-
tire charge of his
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AAAo SAAANSb Will W a.
liam Wyler w a S
asked what player
he would like to
have in the leading
role of Having a
Wonderful Time" he
said that only Mar
garet SULLIVAN, his
ex wife. had the
beauty and acting
skill required for the
role. Up spoke Hen
ry Fonda, another
ex-husband of Mar
Qaret'S tn cav that
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is the great amount
of diabetes among
the overweights. He
will back this up by
showing the figures
of DR.. E. P. Joslin,
Boston, I h e out
standing authority
on diabetes, who
tells us that diabetes
is the result or pen
atty of overweight.
The figures for the
death rate of dia-
hafin man nxynr for
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you.
Leaflets contain
ing these words fiut-
tered from the skies
to come to rest in
the hands of resi-
dents of the ancient
Chinese c a it a /,
Peiping. AS the air
planes which spread
the news hummed
overhead, a brigade
Of 5000 Japanese
soldiers, in COM
mand of Mai. Gen.
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See Lille Hope for Peace

4 S MORE and more thousands OF
"A japanese soldiers poured into
North China, the Nanking foreign
office held little hope that real war
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Peipine Gets Protection"

" a THOUGH Nanking is pre-
L pairing to wage destructive
war. do not be afraid.
The Japanese army will protect
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he would like to play opposite her.
So, just to complete the cycle, they
telephoned her present husband, Le-
land Hayward, who is her manager,
and asked him if she would be free
to make the picture before going
back to New York for stage en-
gagements and he said he would be
happy to arrange it.
"The Toast of New York" star
ring Frances Farmer is a fascinat-
ing picture. 1t deals with the pic
turesque period when Jim Fisk was
becoming big shot in Wall Street,
when business men went around
brandishing buggy whips when they
weren't conniving to get control of
a railroad, or wreck each others
fortunes.
All over the country box-office
records are being broken by Sara
toga," the picture on which Jean
Harlow was working at the time Of
her tragic death. Her fans would
be happier, think, to see one Of
her old pictures again. gay, light
hearted picture like 'Bombshell' or
Reckless" for in Saratoga" she
is but a pallid shadow of her former
self.
After arguing for weeks about her
salary demands. RKO have at last
signed Ruby Keeler to make two
pictures a year for them. She won't
be in the next Fred Astaire pic
ture, however, for Joan Fontaine
has that leading role nailed down.
Joan has been working like a
beaver, taking dancing and singing
lessons preparing for this big
chance. Ruby's first will be Love
Below Freezing" the picture which
will bring little Mitzi Green back to
the screen.
x
A few weeks ago Josephine Hutch
inson was busily reading plays,
planning to go back to the stage be-
cause she was so depressed over the
parts Warner Brothers had given
her. But when her Warner contract
expired, M-G-M signed her up and
now she says she won't go back to
the stage until she is old enough to
play character roles.
Freddie Bartholomew guardian
has lost one round of her battle to
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Freddie Bartholomew's guardian
has lost one round of her battle to
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Divorces don't interfere with busi-
ness judgment in Hollywood. For
The Washington times., 1937-02-19
War Secretary
Honor Guest

The Secretary of War, Harry H.
Woodring, was the guest of honor
at the Exhibition Drill presented
by the officers and enlisted men
of the Third Cavalry and the Six
teenth Field Artillery this after
noon.
The Secretary of War was met
at the Fort Myer gate by Col.
Jonathan M. Wainwright. the com.
manding officer of the fort, where
he received a 10 gun salute fired
by Battery A, Sixteenth F. A.,
Capt. H. G. Larter, commanding,
and the customary four flourishes
by the assembled buglerS. Follow
ing this ceremony, Secretary
Woodring was escorted to the Rid
ing Hall by specially designated
escort Of honor from the Machine
Gun Troop, Tenth Cavalry. com
manded by First Lieut.. H. A.
Luebbermann.
The afternoons guests also In
cluded some 400 members Of the
Officers Reserve Corps who are in
convention here, and who will
later attend banquet at the Carl
ton Hotel in honor Of their Ma
tional Council.
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Regatta Club Plans Ball

Tintypes from the old family
album will furnish the basis of
many costume to be worn at the
Gold Cup Costume Ball of the
Gay Nineties, at the Hotel Willard
Friday evening, March II.
This is to be sponsored by the
Presidents Cup Regatta Associa-
tion and is the main event in the
mid-winter program of the associa-
tion. Many members are already
engaged in shaking the moth
balls from grandma's and grand
pas clothes, 'tiS said. Since prizes
will be given for the most amusing
and most original attire the fun
nier the clothes fit, the more fun
there will be at the ball.
1t is hoped and expected that
everybody will be in costume. from
the boxholders to the ushers and
program girls, and of course all
the entertainers in the elegant
program of the occasion" The
floor committee, headed by Robert
Davidson, will appear in costume
and will make their appearance
singing-a popular song of the
Gay Nineties, appropriate to their
assumed character for the ball.
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They entertain on lavish scale
and many are the parties planned
for the coming months. Nine.
Perazic. witty and dynamic, an
ticipates with great glee the op-
portunity to use the swimming
pool. She is one of the smartest
dressers in the Capital and her
husband, whose valet is busy un-
packing his masters twenty-five
trunks of masculine finery. could
easily walk away with sartorial
honors in any competition.
Today and for the next few
days they will be spending much
time at the R Street residence
for their own furniture is being
placed and frequent trips from
their apartment at the Shoreham
to their new house will keep them
busy.
Fly to Floridf.
For the past several months Mr..
Perazic has been Consul General
for Yugoslavia in New York,
previously having been in Wash
ington where he and Nine. Perazic
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Groups of society girls interested
in the activities of the Presidents
Cup Regatta Association will act
as ushers and program girls. Well
known singers and dancers of
Washington will offer the program
which is scheduled between the
hours of II and midnight. The
ball will open officially at 10
o'clock and will close at / o'clock.
Prominent among those who
will have box parties for the ball
are Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Remon,
Mr.. and Mrs. George WenZel, Mr..
and Mrs. James A. Councillor, Mr..
and Mrs. Andrew A. Crawford, Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas E. Lodge, Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph C. Monaghan,
Mr.. and Mrs. William C. Shelton,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry E. Smith, Mr..
and Mrs. Ben E. Talbot, jr., Mr..
and Mrs. William w. Wheeler and
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank S. Whitman.
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Arrive Here

Col. and Mrs. Thomas WyricK,
of Knoxville. Tenn, arrived in
Washington yesterday and are
staying at the Carlton Hotel. They
will, be present for the dinner to
be given tonight at the Carlton
for the Reserve Officers Associa-
tion.
Others staying at the Carlton
who will be guests at the dinner
are Capt. and Mrs. j. T. Roberts,
who arrived from their home in
Albuquerque, N. Mex, yesterday;
Brig. Gen. j. w. Rector, Jr., sur
geon general of the Reserve Off
GERS Association; Major w. o.
Perry, Verona, N. j.; Capt. N. B.
Gussett, San Antonio, Tex, and
Lieut.. B. D. Hardy, Jr., Jackson,
Miss.
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Annual Dinner

The members of the Michigan
State College Alumni Association
will hold their annual dinner next
Saturday, February 27, at 2400
Sixteenth st. N. W., at $50
o'clock. Originally this dinner was
planned for tomorrow but later
postponed to the coming Saturday
instead.
The guest of honor and speaker
will be DR.. L. j. Briggs, Chief Of
the Bureau of Standards of the
United States Government. DR..
Briggs will give an Illustrated talk
on the subject of THE Strato-
sphere Flight and Accident"
Mrs. D. A. Gurney, president
of the alumni association, will pre-
side. About so will attend.
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nasty auto accident, which oc-
cured several months ago, she
was off to Norfolk visiting
friends. But now that she is
back, she is having sinus trouble
which has delayed her plans for
trip to Chicago and New
London.
Maybe he has belonged for
a long time, but just an eve
ming or so ago we had proof
conclusive that the Chief Of
the Federal Bureau of Investi-
cation, j. Edgar Hoover, is a
member Of the legion Of "tray
pushers. It happened at the
Allies Inn and not far behind
him in the line was Mrs. Ralph
0. Brewster, wearing a smart
black fur coat, collared in sill
yer fox. Her black velvet tur-
ban had a cluster of blue vel
vet grapes at the front of the
crown. Also there were for
mer Representative and NJ r s.
Maurice Thatcher, the latter in
a brown ensemble so becoming
to her auburn hair.
The Harper Sibley family
owing to their numerous talents
and amazing energy-have a
hard time keeping track Of one
another. In fact, they don't
even try, Elizabeth says. She
travels with the younger set
from dinner parties to dances
and back again. Mrs. Sibley
may be found most anywhere
on the East Coast-she is a
great speechmaker. At pres
ent her son-in-law and daugh-
ter, the Rev. and Mrs. Leslie c..
Glenn, Of Cambridge, Mass, are
visiting them. They are accom-
panied by Patricia and Mar
garet, their two kiddies.
~
Now that their hectic season
is over, the debbies have settled
down to some quiet, serious
work-unusually serious, too.
Gloria Grosvenor is taking a
pre-legal course at G. W. Quite
high aspirations for a young
lady, don't you think? Martha
Talley is another who has home
work to do these days, as she
is studying Sociology along
with several other courses at
G. W.
Suzanne Happier and Bette
Hartz are taking six weeks at
Red Cross courses. They both
declare that it is fascinating
work, and they love it.
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The newly-appointed Minister of
Ecuador to France, DR.. Antonio
Quevedo, will arrive in New York
City on Tuesday. It is expected
that he will visit the Ecuadorian
Ambassador, Captain Alfaro, here
during his visit to the United
States.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. J. j.
Cheatham entertained at a dinner
party at the Shoreham last eve
ming for Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick
Bonham, of New York City, who
are visiting Capt. and Mrs. Emmet
C. Gudger. The guests numbered
20.
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Nine. Saito wife of the japanese
Ambassador will not be at home
this afternoon.
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Dinner Tonight

Mrs. E. deBerri Canada will en-
tertain at a dinner party at the
Shoreharn this evening. Among
the guests will be Mrs. Lucille Fos-
ter McMillin, Civil Service Com
missioner, and Mrs. Frank A.
Berry. of Nashville, Tenn, who
will arrive this morning to be Mrs.
Canada's guest at the hotel for
several days.. Covers will be laid
for 20.
4
Miss ALA Clary has as her
house-guests for several days her
twin nephews Clary and Charles
Bates, of Dallas. Tex. They will
attend the Texas State Society
dance tonight in honor Of Repre-.
sentative Sam Rayburn.
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occupied a home on Massachu-
setts Avenue. They make frequent
trips to Florida, often flying down
for the weekend, but they plan
to make longer stay there some
time in March.
To get back to Mr.. Kirk. since
he served as Assistant to the I'm
dersecretary of State, several
years ago, Washington has seen
very lit lie of him, although dur
ing that period of duty he was
here for four years. He came to
Washington in January on what
the State Department calls Sim
pie leave" and returned to his
duties in Rome sailing aboard the
Rex the latter part of the month.