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Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-03
Marriage Laws Were Promulgated
BY Ancient Egyptian God Osiris

shade" plant, BECAUSE 1T Is POISONOUS
but we fail to teach them to avoid the poison
Gus flowers of romance The Deadly Night
shade blossom is beautiful to look upon, but
no one thinks of eating it People with dam
gerous diseases or even bad nervous disorders
should not be married. regardless of how lovely
they may seem, and the reason is that they
inevitably bring pain to their loved ones More
matrimonial unhappiness has been caused by
nervous individuals than the statistics experts
could ever record, but still the world continues
to sanction marriage to those in ill-health be
cause of belief in love and romance
Even though person is willing to risk his
own life with the i'll, but beloved one he
should consider what it may mean to their
children and the unhappiness they unntention-
ally bring down upon innocent heads.
Because ancient Egyptians believed some
thing is no excuse for our believing 1t. espe-
cialy when II will wreck the happiness of
individuals.
SAN EXPERIENCES FEW DIFFICULT
M TIES SO DRASTIC THAT HE CANNOT
lfINK HIS WAY OUT PROVIDING HE
THINKS MANY OF US ARE LIKE yEGE-
TABLES tOR TOPSY)- WE JUST GROWi
If you found yourself at the bottom of dry
well with the wall encrcling you. certainly
the thing to do would be to sit down and
THINK YOUR WAY OUT-not to beat at the
walls and cry. You would surely try the
various ideas-such as calling out to see If
passerby might hear, or examining the wallis
to see if any article in your pockets might be
used as chisel to chip holes in which to fasten
your feet for climb No telling what you
would think of.
The point is that you would use an idea. WE
ONLY PARTIALLY USE OUR MINDS, ONLY
FUNCTION WITH HALF OUR ABILITIES,
allowing real thinking power to lie dormant.
Many times men who have been reared In cities
and suddenly find themselves on an island dis
cover that they actually are imaginative. Ac-
cidents and catastrophes likewise bring out this
hidden ability. Why not harness it and function
with at least rs per cent of Our gray matter?
Life will suddenly become enhancing If we
fairly tngle with ideas.
Nagley tells us that everything in the world
is an expression of idea. I'm business" he
declares ideas HAVE BEEN THE BASIS
OF EVERY SUCCESS AND THE LACK OF
THEM THE FOUNDATION OF EVERY
FAILURE"
This is why the executive who spends lot
of time on the golf links may still be worth
$4,000 a year, where laborer in one of his
plants may work hard for $1,000. 1t would be
hard to estimate how many big deals have first
been conceived by a man going alone to the
links in the early morning hours.
Some people listen to music and get ideas.
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- Az, beat against the big window of the liv-
II ing room in the Fenwick apartment in
Hampstead wiLn a steady unrelenting patter.
Barbara Fenwick, book turned face-downward
in her lap, sat looking out into the gray Novem-
Der afternoon, an anxious, worried look in her
pretty blue eyes. Despite Rogers assurance she
was always uneasy when the weather was in
clement Barbara could never quite comprehend
the conquering of the elements by man. 1t was
ard for her to imagine even a great transport
-,lane wingng across the English channel
through fog and storm in perfect safety. Mar
ried less than year to Roger Fenwick, pilot
OIL the London-Paris line of the British -Conti-
mental Airways, the youthful bride was tor
inented by chronic anxiety for her husbands
safety. For more than an hour she had been sit
.ting there by the window not once so much as
glancing at her book A premonition of disaster,
stronger than ever before, played upon her
fancy.
The storm seemed to be increasing in intensity.
Nervously Barbara looked at the diamond
4 ,idded wrist t.-.ch Roger had given her as
wedding gift. Four-forty Rogers plane would
take IF from lie Bourget in five minutes. He
was due back in London at six o'clock. She
pressed slender white fingers to her temples.
Why why did the man she had fallen so ter
ribly in love with have to be flyer? Would her
whole life be a series of anxious, terrifying mo-
off the thought, and. with wry smile, decided
she was being fool. She got to her feet reso-
h,telv. crossed the room and turned on the radio
Unconscious tina: they were seeking IT, her
ewes fell on a picture of her flying husband
resting on the mantle over the fireplace. She
studied the fine handsome face smiling at the
picture through misty eyes, and decided the
divine moments she spent with Roger recomf
nensed her for all the anxious ones. After all,
fying was his profession and he loved it. Bar.
hara began to hum, but as she reached the
kitchen and slipped an apron about her slender
waist the pounding of the rain against the win
dow stopped her Somehow terrifying pfcuHe
of lashing rain, strange treacherous crosse
winds and the black, angry waters of the chak
mel. kept drowning all other thoughts Again
ste glanced at her watch. Roger was winging
his way over the Paris suburbs toward the
French coast now Soon he would be over the
channel Momentarfiy the storm increased in
violence. and the murky liquid sky was exchang-
ing it's gloomy gray for the black of night
-rHE Fenwicks kept cook She had, however
gone on a three-day holiday to visit her
mother in Lancaster. and was not due back until
the morrow They had been dining out for the
past two days, but Barbara knew that once
Roger got home, he would have no hankering to
brave the rain again for his dinner 20 she began
preparing the meal herself AS the moments
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INQUIRE married-and unhappy about it!
Don't tell me you're not because no human
being living is completely happy about mar
rage.
Y'ell-unless you're bride and bridegroom!
THAT'S different Newlyweos don't count
hut Just wait until life hegins to make its every
day every hour non-glanorous demands and
poof!-the bubble bursts and happiness has
vanished like the opaescent hues of the soap
bubble in the sunlight
If we were not like children believing that
the bubble will last we'd know better than to
expect it to stay indefinitely, but the trouble is
are like child, en- Exactly And OUR
MARRIAGE CUSTOMS ARE AS OLD FASH.
IONED AS THOSE HANDED DOWN BY
OSIRISi
Here you see the old Egyptian god Osiris,
greatest of all gods so they beeyed) and it
was this strange creature LOOK AT HIM
who HANDED DOWN THE MARRIAGE
LAwSl
No wonder we have trouble! Here we are.
abusing the worlds finest. most noble institu-
tion by handicapping it with outworn customs
traditions. supersttions and laws.
We i2p0se medical and mental examinations
for employees in hotels. hospitals and depart
ment stores teven lest out cattle) but we allow
ANYBODY TO MARRY ANYBODY ELSE
THE WretISedneSS IN store Tor Ih0Se VINO
marry into families contaminated by
herediterv diseases could never be recorded. We
should observe voluntary eugenics. more than
we observe money and position. If girl or
boy is capable of loving for money and many
seem to- then they could certainly be trained
to love for health!
No man has a right to brnL unhappiness to
any woman and no woman has a right to bring
unhappiness to a man. BUT PLENTY OF
THEM DO IT!
Before children grow up they learn that soap
bu ,bles burst and that the pretty rainbow colors
do mt s-nv suspended in mid-air for them to
enjo, out we fail to teach them that the
evanescent charms of a romance are just as
feeting When they are taught that certain
standards of mental and physical health are
required for the stability and happiness in mar
riage there will be fewer wrecked homes and
more happy children.
Alexis Carrel, one of the most brilliant men
of this age in his Man, The Unknown" said
that "Eugenics asks for the sacrifice of many
individu Is We know the social and in
'ividual Importance of rennciation. Nations
have always paid the highett honors to those
Who gave up their lives 70 rave their country
The concept of sacrifice, of its absolute social
necessity MUST BE INTRODUCED INTO
THE MIND OF MODERN MAN ;"
We teach children that they must not
try to eat Beladclna, the Deadly Night
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Bourse, seven other passengers, and crew OF
three, has just flashed an SOS. The message
states that two motors have gone dead; that the
third is missing badly and it is feared they
will be unable to keep aloft in the storm. AT
the time the message sent, the plane was
in mid-channe flying at an altitude OF 1000
feet in driving rain with Esibility zero Word
has been flashed to all shipsR sea to stand by
to render assistance after momentar1y-
expected forced landing. The channel is re-
ported as being boiling, wave-lashed sea- and
doubt is expressed here that the plane will be
able to land safely. Stand by for further news
of the trans-channel plane which will be broad
cast Immediately it is received in London."fs.
The glass pitcher Barbara was holding slipped
from her hands and crashed in thousand
pieces at her feet. blackness came before her
eyes, pierced by little floating yellow llRts
She staggered into the living room and felFon
her knees before the radio. The music was play
ing lifting, gay dance music. She couldn't
stand it-music like that-with Roger dying out
there She sobbed; her finger nails cut into the
palms of her hands, but she couldn't turn Off
the radio. She must wait for that next an
nouncement On and on went the music-laugh-
ing, swinging, happy melodies -tauntng her.
The agony of the suspense was tearing some
thing inside of her into infnitesimal pieces. She
wondered low she kept her consciousness. Two,
three songs fourth began. Then, at last 1t
came-that terrible fash for which she was
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passed and she knew Rogers plane was ap.
preaching the English coast, she began to feel
less anxiety. The premonition of tragedy that
had assailed her began to fade AS she worked,
she began to whistle In accompaniment to the
popular tune that came to her from the radio
Then. suddenly. in the middle of the song, the
music stopped.
I'VE are interrupting this broadcast of popu-
lar tunes of the day to bring to our listeners an
important news FASH" a voice came over the
ether waves. THE Paris to London plane Of the
Britsh-Contnental Airways which left Paris at
4:45 this afternoon. just 35 minutes ago, carry
ing Sir Anthony Reynolds, Lady Reynolds, and
Monsieur Paul Dubonnet President of the Paris
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-03
Sixty Seconds From Life By .h, Ns~ss s,sh.,s Finch

waiting. The announcers voice sounded nigh
pitched and far away to Barbara. She knew
what he was going to say before he began.
"The Paris to London plane carrying 10
passengers, among them Sir Anthony Reynolds,
Lady Reynolds Monsieur Paul Dubonnet, and a
crew of three, reported a few minutes ago as
being in distress crashed five miles off the Eng
lish coast less than hundred yards from the
French steamer Angers. The captain OF the
Anglers reported that the plane struck the water
with terrific impact and sank Immediately. 1t
is believed impossible that any of the occupants
survived The Angers is standing by In an effort
to-"
nut Barbara's white fingers found the dial
0 and switched off the radio. The details would
be too horrible She staggered to her feet and
across the room to the window, where the rain
still beat an angry staccato against the pane
She swayed dizzily, and, a moment later, only
half conscious sank into the chair in which she
had been sitting that afternoon when she had
first sensed impending tragedy
Roger was dead What she had always feared
had actually happenedl If he had only given
1t up as she had begged him to she loved him
so. she would have been willing to forego the
few luxuries they had, live in room in Wap-
ping anything, if only he had agreed to give
up flying Too late now, too late! She closed
her eyes, too grief stricken for tears. WHAT was
that blZZing sound! was II IN ner nea4 sDr was
it the pounding of the rain? Persistent. Then,
she realized that it was the door bell buzzing.
Almost involuntarily she rose, and went to an
swer the door. A messenger boy, swathed in
voluminous rubber cape, handed her an enve-
lope That would be from the company, Bar
bara told herself
mo answer" she whispered, and closed the
door on the waiting messenger
Resigned, her fingers steady now, Barbara
mechanically opened the message Her eyes
traced over the words Despite every effort, she
felt consciousness slipping away from her. 1t
was so hard to believe! She cried out, her voice
like moaning wind above the beat of the rain.
Then, she crumpled to the floor and lay very
still The message futtered to the rug at her
feet the typewriter words upward 1t was dated
an hour before in Paris and signed by an official
of the British Continental Airways. This is what
Barbara had read:
YOUR HUSBAND INJURED IN MOTOR
CAR ACCIDENT ENROUTE FROM OUR
PARIS OFFICE TO LIE BOURGET STOP
CONFINED IN HOSPITAL HERE'S STOP
CONDITION NOT SERIOUS BUT RIGHT
ARM BADLY MANGLE4 STOP DOCTORS
CAN SAVE 1T ALTHOUGH FEAR HE WILL
BE UNABLE TO SERVE AS PILOT IN FU-
TURE STOP CAN YOU COME TO PARIS
IMMEDIATELY ROGER CALLING FOR
your"
Copyright 1897
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NNE hears SO much these days of people
~ who have lost!
1--WE lost everything" someone cries in de-
spair. Not long ago when the storm hit Cuba
some relatives of AriZonans cabled, Both safe,
everything destroyed"
What was destroyed if both were safe?
Material possessions? Yes, a hotel they had
built together was completely wrecked. But
what of it? Did they not have the courage
still that they had when they built it? Could
any storm destroy this spirit of achieving this
spirit of adventure-of facing life with shoul-
ders squared?
Some one has said Begin spinning your web
and God will supply the thread" Certainly this
beginning to spin involves faith, hopeful out
look, and very great deal of courage. Once
there was an old woman who lived in a shack.
She had nothing to eat but she put the tea
kettle on the fire and started boiling the water.
A neighbor happened to come in and offered to
make the tea and had brought some chicken
broth.
'I haven't any tea," said the brave old dear,
smiling
"Wh then did you put the kettle on ?" asked
the astonihhed woman.
"Beceuse had asked God for it, and figured
that not to have the water boiling would be to
doubt God-so I put the kettle on"
OF course she got the teal The neighbor
brought il. Perhaps you are going to say that
this Is mere coincidence; perhaps, too, you are
going to say That it can't be explained away on
these grounds, but it is a strange thing that
when individuals actually have the courage and
faith to go ahead when they cannot see the next
step they usually win out. Those who fail as
rule are the ones who wait to see the whole
road before starting
Perhaps you are going to tell me that this
woman was credulous soul who knew little
about the world-but listen to this
I sat with CHAIRMAN London and the pub
Usher of large newspaper at luncheon recently
and Mrs London said: "You know I've found
the wisdom of never trying too hard to do any,
thing. I just wait and gradually the ideas I
need come to me. Life is so interesting isn't
it? 1t seems If you try too hard the results
don't come, but if one relaxes waits patiently
sometimes quietly things come beautifully"
This Publisher said, "Odd, I've had the same
experenc&s Often problem is very bathing and
presents Bifacultes which for Awhile seem
impossbIG&o solve-then SUDDENLY perhaps in
the midd OF the night the answer comes
from wh4 81"
How mzpy times Mr.. Reader, fave you had
the street?
What do YOU think t9s SOMETHING is?
From whence do you thiNE.it comes?
To me that is proof Y Hk there Is POWER
greater than our own liti issbrains. even asked
very fine brain surgeft about this one time
and he said, "Of coursA zthere Is POWER
WITHOUT the brain Iris this power which I
call THOUGHT"
"And what" aslkedv sis TIIOUGTTT?"
why, it must be God" he answered
We haven't lost anything in this depression
that actually matters unless we've slipped into
the mire of mental despond, into fear, and then
truly our loss has been great! -
Brace up! There's much. len to achieve.
so mulch to conquer, so much rs win! Life is
really quite glorious even If one sleeps under
the stars! The Wise Men of old did!
Jean Rendlen.
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others take long walks, some just sit and
think
Ideas (thinking) control the application OF all
force and power of commerce and men. DO
START THINKINGl STOP DRIFTING
STOP TOLERATINGl THINK AND THEN
ACT!
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-03

Here You See Osiris, Old
Egyptian God Who Made
the Marriage Laws Which
We Are Following Today.
They Should Be Modernized!
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"REMINISCENCES
~ OF A ROVER
'DRAGON LIZARD"

DEDRo KARKANAs is obsessed with an idea
that failed. His brain wave, if successful,
would have made fortune
The Washington times., 1937-04-03

Wagner, 77Os Morningside Drive
N. w.
Catholic Daughters Of America
Annual dance and card party,
$3.50 p. M, VIZ 80
FRIDAY
Women of the consolidating,
8 p. m, Moose Hall, 1414 I st.
Girl Reserves of Mckinley High
School-Banquet in honor Of their
mothers, $50 p. M, at the Y. w,
c. A.
Prince Georges County Fedora,
ton of Women's Clubs-Club in
stitute and public meeting, 8 p. m.
auditorium Of the Bladensbure
CMd0 High School.
State Officers Club of the Dis
trict, D. A. R.-Luncheon and
business meeting, Roosevelt Hotel
Twentieth Century Club-Bene
fit card party for the Sarah G.
Bowerman Memorial Fund.
p. m, Raleigh Hotel.
SATURDAY
Patriots Memorial Chapter, D
A. R.-Twenty-Sixth anniversary
luncheon, 1890 p. m. woodward
& Lothrop'S Tea Room.
Col. John DonelSon Chapter, D.
A. R.-Twentyseventh anniver
say, 8 p. m, American Wal
Mothers Clubhouse.
The Washington times., 1937-04-03

Jeanette Rudellat, and Mrs. Ro-
land D. Severy.
This will be one Of the out
standing spring events Of the
branch. At the reception welcom-
ing the guests will also be the fol-
lowing past presidents: Miss Sybil
Baker, Mrs. Harris T. Baldwin,
Mrs. Basil M. Manly, Miss Ellen
Vinton, DR.. Louise Taylor-J Jones.
Miss Elizabeth Leech, Miss Mar
garet Merrill, Mrs. Robert Lincoln
O'Brien, Mrs. Elizabeth Boynton
Cowell and Mrs. william D. Searle.
Life members Ut the Women'S
City Club will be guests of
honor at tea Monday afternoon
in the clubhouse, 1876 jackson Pl.,
N. w.
Judge Mary o'Toole will be
chief hostess at this annual event.
Assisting her will be Mrs. John
S. emmett. Mrs. Merritt o.
Chance. MrS. William Lee Corbin,
DR.. A. Frances Foye, Dean Grace
Hays Riley, Mrs. Lyman B.
Swormstedt and Mrs. Harvey w.
Wiley.
At the business meeting of the
Women'S City Club, Wednesday
night, the proposal to enlarge the
Supreme Court will be discussed
by two members of the Junior
Bar-John LaSkey, who will up
hold the affirmative side. ami
Lyle O'Rourke, who will uphold
the negative.
Study Court Plan
This discussion is in harmony
with the request of Mrs. Roberta
Campbell Lawson, president Of the
General Federation of Women s
Clubs, of which the City Club is
a constituent member, to study
the Presidents court proposal.
An 300" party, under the au.
spices of The Ladies of the Divan
and the Nobility, will lie held
Monday at p. m. in the AlmaS
Temple, 1915 K ST., N. w. En-
tertainment will include dancing,
cards, and bingo.
Mrs. Ara M. Daniels, wife Of
the Potentate of Almas Temple,
is general chairman of the party.
She is being assisted by the fol.
lowing subchairmen:
Mrs. Leonard P. Steuart. pa
troneSses; Mrs. s:anley D. VIII.
lis, reservations; Mrs. James A.
Councillor. tickets; Mrs. Frank
Varney. dancing; Mrs. Ludwig E.
Mandy. dart bingo; Mrs. Roscoe
L. Oatley and Mrs. william c.
FitzGibbon, cards. and Mrs. Her.
bert MacNamee, prizes.
The Washington times., 1937-04-03

leaders Of the past generations.
To those who know Of these
great men, Il Is an honor to be.
hold; to those who are not &C.
quainted with our military lead
erS Of another day, it is q means
Of knowing and finally hOnOring
these heroes"
The issuance OF commemorative
postage by the United States Gov
eminent has the full Endorsement
Of the Deputy Third Assistant
Postmaster General, which evi-
IDENTIFY means that this type Of
stamp will continue for some time
to come.
General North was born near
Warm Springs, Ca, in 1890 and at
tended college at oxford. Ga,
where he distinguished himself in
extra-curricular activities.
In 1909 he entered the postal
service as a railway mail clerk
and six years later was appointed
a post office inspector. He has
served in various assignments as
inspector both in Washington and
in the field.
He is not a stamp collector, but
has accumulated commemorative
stamps as issued by the Roosevelt
Administration. He is actively in
terested in the new regulars Of
United States postage which will
be issued about the first Of the
year.
The Washington times., 1937-04-03

attract money into a national
treasury.
Currently. Tannou Touva is the
diamond-shape-stamp-issuing-coun
try of the world, and will probably
continue to lead the world at the
rate this autonomous republic Of
Soviet Russial is now issuing
stamps.
AS for gigantic stamps, China,
takes the cake" with its special
delivery adhesive which is but a
few inches short of a foot in
length and holds first place as
the worlds largest postage stamp.
The smallest stamp is the 1ad
of Victoria, which is now a part
of the Commonwealth of Aus
tralia, and which no longer issues
postage stamps.
The Washington times., 1937-04-03
District Are
What .. C.. C1ubwon1en
Are Doing for the
Coming Week

Y. w. C. A.-Open luncheon meet
ing, p. M, assembly room of the
Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church.
Business Women of the Y. w.
c. A.-Dinner and spring fashion
show, $50 p. m, at the ~" head
quarters.
Washington Branch, American
Association of University Women
Reception in honor of Mrs. Roose-
welt, 5 p. m, clubhouse, 1884 St.
Women of the Moose-Meeting
OF the Audit Committee, 8 p. m,
home of Mrs. Grace Clark, 4119
TWenty-second st. N. E.
District of Columbia Alumnae
Chapter of Alpha Chi Omega
Sorority-Meeting, 7:30 p. M,
home of Miss Betty Sergeant. 2729
Chesapeake st. N. w.
Park View Women's Club-Meet-
ing Of the executive board, 1890
p. M, home Of Mrs. Aria Morgan,
425 Manor Pl. N. w.
WEDNESDAY
Washington Section of the Ma
tional Council of Jewish Juniors
Meeting, 8 p. m, Jewish Com
munity Center.
Women's City Club-Business
meeting, 8 p. M, 1876 Jackson Pl.
XenoS Club of the Y. w. c. A.
Supper, dancing and busine S
meeting, $50 p. m, "Y" head
quarters.
Potomac Chapter, D. A. r.
Thirty-fourth birthday anniver-
sary tea, 4 to 6 p. m, home of
Mrs. Daniel C. Walser, Is East
Bradley Lane. Chevy Chase, Md.
Women's Club Of Sixtee h
Street Misunderstanding, home
of Mrs. Harry V. Lansdale, $500
Sixteenth st. N. w.
THURSDAY
Women's City Club-Book sec.
ton meeting, 2 p. M, 1856 jackson
Pl.
Woman's National Democratic
Capitalization committee meet
ing, II a. m, 1926 New Hampshire
Ave.
Business Girls Round Table
Group of the Y. M. C. A.-Meet.
ing, Sis p. m. "Y" headquarters.
Ladies Auxiliary of the Disabled
American Veterans-Reception in
honor Of the American War
Mothers, and guests in honor of
National Capital Chapter, No. 2,
D. A. ", 8 p. M, Moose Hall, 14i4
st. N. W.
Ladies of st. Aloysius and Holy
Trinity Parishes - Evening of
recollection, 6 to $50 p. M, wash.
ington Retreat House, 1000 Hare
wood Rd. N. E.
Park View Woman's Club-Edu-
cation meeting, 1890 p. M, home
of the president, Mrs. Warren H.
The Washington times., 1937-04-03
Collectors Anticipate
Shanghai Air Covers

Although the first flight Of the
China Clipper into Hong Kong
late this month will not be ex-
tended to Shanghai, it has been
announced that covers from Hong
Kong to Shanghai will be carried
over the line by the China Ma
tional Aviation Corporation.
Although no official arrange.
ments were made for this extended
flight, collectors who took it upon
themselves to contact postoffice
officials at Shanghai are almost
certain to be taken care Of. The
covers will probably be sent to
Shanghai where they will be post
marked and then dispatched to
the United States,