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The Washington times., 1937-03-27
HE'S INTERESTED

Just because the Senate and
House committees for the District
are made up of men and women
who represent the States is no rea
son for assuming that they are
not familiar with the problems
that face washington.
During the discussion of the Ju
venile Court bill in the Senate com
mittee, Senator j. Hamilton Lewis
revealed that he was corporation
counsel for the city of Chicago
when the Juvenile Court bill was
being drawn up there and that he
wrote several parts of the bill.
He said he was particularly in
terested in the measure for the
District because it embodied just
such things as he suggested and
they were held unconstitutional
in Illinois.
The Washington times., 1937-03-27
ree-Minute Journeys

ethree distinct branches or arms
that stretch to Colico in the north.
Como in the southwest and Lecco
in the southeast. Como is the
chief city on the lake and takes
it's manufacturing interests very
seriously.
Como is proud of it's lovely Ro-
manesque ca he dral and the
Eleventh Century Church OF ST.
Abbondio And there is an an
cient tower on the walls of the city
that date back to the same period.
Just above Como is the charm
ing resort of Brunate. From Como
| it is nice to tour the lake by
steamer or by following the mag
nificent road that skirts the lake
On the western bank is Cernooblo'
with it's magnificent villas. in
cluding the glorious Villa d'Este'
with its enchanting park and ex'
quisite paintings and statues.
From the summit of Mt. Bis
bino there is a grand view OF the
lake, the plain Of Lombardy and
the Alps.
The Washington times., 1937-03-27

planned to the senator McNary
occupant of the chair that there
was too much noise in the rear
Of the chamber.
The acting president pounded
for order and nodded to the gen.
tleman from oregon to continue.
The Senator was not to be rushed,
however, and he remarked that he
would continue when the reception
was over.
His statement focused all eyes
on a coterie Of Senators to the
right of the chamber who were
shaking hands with member of
the House who had dropped in for
a visit.
The Senators stopped their
handshaking and greetings. Sev-
eral dived for their seats. The
others remained stiff against the
wall in a penitent attitude until a
breathlesS calm gripped the cham
ber, and then Mr.. McNary took up
the thread of his discourse.
The Washington times., 1937-03-27
LAKE COMO


Whenever travellers gather they
usually argue about the most inter-
esting and the most attractive
place they have visited in their
wanderings. And in those discus
sions, in which we have partici-
pated, there usually are a large
number Of votes cast for the Ital-
ian lakes, and Lake Como in par
ticular.
1t is Impossible to write about
Lake Como, or to even think about
it without a touch of nostalgia
and a longing to stroll once more
through the gardens of the Villa
d'Este, linger on the slopes Of the
magnolia-studded hills and visit
the magnificent villas.
Como is the smallest Of the
three lakes in Lombardy that are
protected from the severe climate
of Northern Europe by the Alps
Furthermore, the lakes are stu
ated in the fertile valley of the
Pc, between the mountains and
the plain.
| Como. itself, is composed o1
The Washington times., 1937-03-27
He Is Risen

A S THE world prepares to celebrate of the hap
n pest holy days of Christendom it finds in many
countries thoroughly despicabe but fearfuy spread
ing persecution of many for other than that
they hold steadfastly to their faith.
Tomorrow observance of Easter would be far more
in keeping with the teachings of Christ if the world
could be brought to realization Of the fact that this
ruthless attempt to suppress religious views sincerely
held is repugnant to Him.
Fortunately for us in America, the oppression and
persecution being visited upon many groups in other
countries is almost entirely lacking least prop
erlv despised and frowned upon by all right thinking
citizens.
Here and there we find the batter Of this faith that
belief.
To date these persons have been able to make no
apprecabe inroads on the broad spirit of tolerance
upon which this Nation is founded and upon which it
has grown to greatness.
We find instead a growing spirit of cooperation
acceptance that honest differences Of religious belief
are not occasion for persecution or bitter bigory
The distressing lengths to which the opposite view
point has spread in countries should be warn
ing to America that bigotry and faith-bating must
never be allowed to gain footholds here
HEEDING THAT WARNING THE UNITED
STATES WILL ENDURE TO CELEBRATE IN
THE PROPER SPIRIT THIS ANNIVERSARY DED1-
GATED TO HIM WHO IS RISEN.
The Washington times., 1937-03-27
The Human Side of the News = By EdUin C. Hill

'under which the rehabilitation pro
gram is carried on, hopes that the
islands will be entirely self-sup-
porting in two years, with no more
relief appropriations necessary.
1t was in March, 1881, that Her
bert Hoover, cruising down that
way, said sadly that when we
bought the Virgin Islands we had
bought an effective poorhouSe. !"
It was surely the only instance in
history in which the lack of rum,
instead of too much of it, had
peopled a poorhouse. But these
are topsy-turvy times, and here,
in six short years, is a miniature
nation headed back to prosperity
because it got its rum back.
INDIRECT EFFECTS
There are also to be considered
the indirect effects of the rum
renaissance. The islands, thrust
out into the sea east of Puerto
Rico, were for many decades an
important port of call for fueling
and provisioning. This meant
business and a chance to live for
the islanders.
When the dry blight hit the
lonely little green isles, the ships
passed by to find other coaling
stations and pleasanter nights
ashore. They had little else to
provide sustenance, nothing to
sell and no money to buy.
When Columbus discovered the
islands, on his second voyage in
1494, he didn't have enough
saints names for each Of the
hundred, so he named them all
in honor of the 1000 martyred
virgins of St. Ursula. They are
picturesque and rocky. About
95 per cent of the islanders are
Negroes or of Negro descent.
Copyright, 1887. by King Features
Syndicate, Inc,
The Washington times., 1937-03-27

This will be the first output of
the $2,500,000 st. Croix plant.
Mrs. Leigh Colvin, president of
the New York w. C. T. u; Mrs.
Ella Boole and other leaders of
the late but possibly resurgent
prohibition era, protest vigorously.
Can it be that the Government
which so recently was locking up
people for possessing liquor is now
making it and selling it, and de-
vising attractive labels to boost
sales? Yes, Rollo, it can be.
Things move as swiftly as run
away movie flicker these days.
At the end of the war they got
the government out of the rail
road business and baniShed rum
from even private business, with
never a thought that in few short
years the government would be up
to it's neck in the rum business,
Harold L. Ickes, Secretary of the
Interior, is chairman of the board
of the Virgin Island Company
Lawrence M. Cramer, governor OF
the islands, and DR.. Ernest Greun
ing, head of the Division of Terri
| tories and Island Possessions, are
directors, and Boyd Brown, former
vice governor, is president.
GOVERNMENT RUM
Their plant has a capacity Of
10000 gallons a week. 1t is or
ganized anu will be operated on
commercial basis, to make money
for the government; to lift the re
lief load in the islands. This, the
government people say, it is al
ready doing. According to theil
experiment, there is economic heal
ing in rum if you just make it ano
don't drink too much of it.
Before prob bition., whict
wrecked the islands economy
there were $4,000 acres in cane
land, and the $4,000 inhabitant;
were getting on fairly well. During
the dry era, virtually all this lane
was abandoned.
Since the government built it!
rum plant and organized cane
growing again, about 1000 acre!
are under cultivation, with tht
acreage increasing every year. Thl
Red Cross was feeding and caring
for the islands in the dry years
According to government reports
this burden, and the burden of re
The Washington times., 1937-03-27
ANNUAL CLASH

The baseball season has raised
all kinds of hopes and aspirations
on Capitol Hill.
Members of the press gallery
are placing their names on the
bulletin board for positions on the
newSpaperman baseball team
that will play a team chosen from
the members of the House of Rep.
resentatives. The game will be
played in Quantico.
The correspondents are showing
a great deal Of appreciation for
their old bones, as most have
signed up for the outfield, bat boy,
and water boy positions.
The Representatives will prob
ably be in better shape, as a group
of them have been warming up in
the House gym for the past month.
The Washington times., 1937-03-27
Marry-GO-ROund
Bv Helen ROULQI1d
THE LIFE OF THE PARTY

'sity of "filling-in' with make
shifts, lightweights, and ho-humS
just for the sake Of masculine
background.
But why give the secret away?
Why spoil the game by letting
the men know how small a per"
centage of them have the mag
netism, the charm. or the wit to
be the "life of the party?" AS
long as women can pursuade men
that it is their irresistible charm
which makes the weaker sex pur"
sue them, they will be pliables
yielding, and easy to civilize.
There may be many other paths
to a mans heart; but the one
through his vanity is the SureSt
and shortest cut.
When you come to think OF 1t.
why should men waste their time
and energy trying to be attrac-
tive and entertaining when they
don't HAVE to? Almost any
good-leoking, attractive girl will
go about with lots of men who
UOIc 1lGT W GCd1 10-JuoG All WIG
sake of having a Stag-line at her
call. Or of having something in
trousers sitting opposite her at
night-club.
AS long as a woman must have
some sort of romance or other to
make life endurable, some sort OF
devotion, somebody to sit beside
her at the theater, somebody to
dance with; and, yet somebody to
marry, she will go on jollying and
flattering men that it is their fatal
fascination which makes them
popular.
A woman must promote mans
beautiful, naive vanity, to get any.
thing she wants out Of life, from
love to limousine, from job to a
wedding ring, and from dancing
partner to life partner. It is
written in the books.
It is perfectly true that, while
there are thousands of men who
The Washington times., 1937-03-27
EMPHASIS

Representative Will Rogers Of
Oklahoma goes il for q bit Of
verse now and then to drive home
a point. In a recent radio address
which he later inserted in the
Record he brought his remarks to
a conclusion by reciting a poem
sent to him through the mail. It
reads:
"A lion met a tiger
As he drank beside a pool,
Said the tiger, tell me why
you're
Always roaring like a fool"
"Said the lion, that's nOt
foolish
With a twinkle In his eyes
They call me king Of all the
beasts
1t pays to advertise
"A rabbit heard them talking
And he ran home like a streak,
He thought he'd try the lions
plan,
But his roar was just q squeak.
"A fox came to investigate;
He had a dinner in the woods
Moral: Never advertise
Unless you've got the goods"
The Washington times., 1937-03-27

dull and boresome in this money
grubbing age? And is there a
dearth of attractive, entertaining
"IT-men"?
True, when a woman wants to
give a dinner party, she can think
of 20 or more smart, beautiful and
highly entertaining women to in
vite, but of only one or two men
sufficiently glamorous to stir the
feminine pulse and brilliant
enough to cause the party to wake
up and live. Thus the average
hostess is put to the painful neces'
The Washington times., 1937-03-27

thought was tight. the heavy
burden one must bear until the
end. So, one by one, we face the
souls great challenges and. clutch
ing His SCARED hands, find
strength and comforting.
But, for myself, I find the deep
est help in something which is
nowhere written down, yet must
have been the hardest test of all.
Those hours when Christ lay
sealed within the tomb, before He
took up human life again-one
wonders how He won through that
dark spell?
TombS are such tragic things
so common, too. How frequently
they cape across our way. Not
actual death, but times when life
seems done. Times when the souls S
too sick and sore to struggle any
more-too tired to make decisions
or take sides. We've passed our
Mount of Olives and our Calvary.
Then-here's the end.
UNEXPECTED PEACE
Yet, strangely, there's an un.
expected peace. We had not known
tombs could give such rest! We're
safe at laSt-from all demands
and SneerS. Nothing can maui
us-even our own dreams. We're
walled away by our own loss and
pain. And, somehow, it seems
good to quit the fight :. give up
:. be finished with rebellions and
crusades. Finished =. just rest.
Its finished!" That's what He
too, cried, when pain, at last, be
came too great for even Him to
bear. Gave one great cry and
bowed His thorn-crowned head
And then they laid His broken
body in the tomb.
Finished. but Of course He
The Washington times., 1937-03-27
QuestiOnablePrO

0F DOUBTFUL wisdom is the reported plan Of the
" District subcommittee of the House Appropria-
tions Committee to bring about important reorganlza-
ton steps in the local government by provisions con-
tanned in the fiscal bill.
Many changes in the local governmental setup
should and must be made in the interest of efficiency
and economy BUT THEY SHOULD NOT BE MADE
BY A COMMITTEE CONSIDERING ONLY THE
FINANCIAL ASPECTS AND CONSIDERING EVEN
THOSE ASPECTS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.
These observations made in connection with the
apparently authentic report that the District bil when
submitted will attempt to shift the municipality main
tanned hospitals from control of the Board of Public
Welfare to the local health office.
Arguments can be made for such transfer.
Similarly they can be made against it.
And both sides should be heard before attempt is
made to legislate this change through.
A committee of citizens is studying plans for
general reorganization of the city government and
will unquestonably consider this particular matter
which has been hanging fire for many years.
That committee should be given an opportunity to
make the study and its report should be considered be-
fore such an important change is made.
While appreciating the interest which members of
the House subcommittee showing in their task
Washingtonans would not like to those members
leap into this controversial question without hearing all
sides.
The Washington times., 1937-03-27

erS' Punch and
Grog. They are
on the bottle
| a b els of the
t h o u sands of
gallons of Gov.
ernment made
Virgin Island
rum which will
h e a d for New
York early next
m o n t h. 1t is
one of t h e
G Vernment'S S
frankest, most
novel and inter
esting plunges
int business.
The Washington times., 1937-03-27
A HABIT

Energetic Bill Roberts has it in
his blood. I mean a dyed-in-the-
wool interest in civic affairs. AL.
though he has resigned from his
position as Peoples Counsel, he
was present at the meeting of the
Senate District Committee and
kept hopping around clarifying
the bill for members Of the COM
mittee and offering amendments
right and left as in the days Of
VOre
The Washington times., 1937-03-27

lief appropriations, is decreasing
every year. Along with the rum
making there has been a division
OF the land on which titles had
lapsed.
Six years ago SO men owned the
1913 cane plantations, comprising
virtually all the good land of the
The Washington times., 1937-03-27

means TO keep
the Senate toe
ing the mark.
AS has been
before recount.
ed he is continu.
ally C allin 6 a
halt on the pro-
ceedings of this
a u 6 US t body
and demanding
strict adherence
to the rules.
R e c e n t ] y
W h lie he was
addressing t h e
Senate he com.
The Washington times., 1937-03-27
INFORMED

Senator Royal S. Copeland Of
New York, who does not think
kindly of the Presidents plan to
reorganize the Supreme Court,
has at least an idea that all this
discussion has it's good points.
At the meeting Of the Senate
District Committee on the District
Juvenile Court plan it was sug-
gested that a child coming into
The Washington times., 1937-03-27
Greatest Show on Earth
By Frank Miller Smith

lthe court would not know enough
about its constitutional rights to
properly defend itself. Said Sen.
ator Copeland:
"Oh, that's all right; by May
Day every man, woman and
child in the United States will
know the Constitution from A
to T."
The Washington times., 1937-03-27

SSA~@
trees as often it had frightened
over His own shop at home. and
homely sounds beginning in the
streets. and voices calling, voices
that He knew. and He, Himself,
young, radiant and reborn, stand
ing there, watching loving Mary'S
grief.
Finished? He wouldn't let 1t be-!
But did He, in those hours be-
fore dawn, struggle between the
choice of death or birth? 1 won
der! I wonder if He wished He
never need come back, to all the
fuss and fret and foolish bicker-
ing. I wonder if He wished He
could go on, beyond this human
life, to shining, quiet fields.
It would have been so easy to
stay dead, as often men stay dead
through shock or grief, though
making living motions. . so easy
to have held the safety of the
GOLIlD, 4IlSCcdO VI 1dSAA4S oAA CAAS
burden Easter meant.
And yet. He chose to live!
Chose to go on and laugh, and
love. and hope. And by that
choice made Easter more than
just a victory over death . made
it, instead, a triumph over mans
weak fear Of life! He Who had
shown us how to bravely die, now
showed us something harder. E.
how to want to live!
VANQUISHED DEATH
That was the great and glorious
wonder of the Easter time-no
that Christ vsnquished death, bu
that He rose again" to life-anc
made tombs seem, forever, shame
full things.
I'm glad He did!
God, make me willing, too,
To leave my tomb.
Help me despiSe
Surrender and escape.
Through pain.
And proudly, bravely,
Choose to live again!
Amen.
The Washington times., 1937-03-27

According to a recent magazine
article by a woman authority,
there are just a dozen men in
greater New York who are neces'
sary to the life of any smart party.
That is to say any party at which
one or more of these shining lights
of charm and wit are present
could not possibly be dud.
What? Only "12 good men and
true" out of millions? Are men,
as another writer asserts, growing
The Washington times., 1937-03-27

'islands. It is now divided up into
six-acre tracts, sold to all comerS
on the installment plan, with pay
ments stretched over many years.
They also carry through a model
housing program with public edu-
cation in health and sanitation.
The congressional committee,
The Washington times., 1937-03-27

with our own
po or blunder,
ing.
Whether we
be wise or fool
ish, sooner or
later they come
to us all. those
Stations of the
Cross" lone
ly GethSemane
W i t h its pleed.
ing wall, LET
this cup paSs!"
. the traitors
k iSS the
Scourging I o I
The Washington times., 1937-03-27

(ThiS column tDelcomeS ana
requests comments. Letters pre-
Senttn0 personal problems may
also be sent. All letters t0tH be
handled contidentiGlly and an.
SDered promptly II stamped,
addressed envelopes are in
cluded.J
The Washington times., 1937-03-27
Keep This Pledge

Resolved: That it be the sense of this contention
that committee should be appointed By the Congress
of the United States to make study Of and to report
on the granting to the residents of the District Of
Columbia the right of SUFFRAGE Unanimously adopted
by the Democratic National Convention, Philadelphia,
June 26, 1886.
The Washington times., 1937-03-27

are good-looking and personable,
there are not many modern men
who bother to be entertaining and
interesting. And good PARTY
MAN is a rara avis, more to DO
treasured than rubies!
But why should a WOMAN
spoil everything by telling them
the truth?
The Washington times., 1937-03-27
Listen, World!
By Elsie Robinson
HE CHOSE TO LIVE

this time read presently there
His story again feeling with the dawn
how follow His trail Frightening beyond the
The Washington times., 1937-03-27

Uncle Sam prints recipes for
Government House Cocktails, Rum
Collins. Rum Manhattan. Plant
The Washington times., 1937-03-27
DECORUM

A handful of Democratic Sena-
tors have learned that Minority
Leader Charles l.. McNary really
The Washington times., 1937-03-27
OLD FAVORITES
Christ Our Example in Suffering
By JAMES MONTGOMERY

By JAMES MONTGOMERY
Go to dark Gethsemane
Ye that feel the tempters power
Your Redeemer's conflict see,
Watch with Him bitter hour
Turn not from His griefs away,
Learn of Jesus Christ to pray!
Follow to the judgment hail.
View the Lord of Life arragned;
the wormwood and the gall!
o the pangs His soul sustained!
Shun not suffering, shame, or loss,-
Learn Of Him to bear the cross.
Early hasten to the tomb
Where they laid His breathless clay;
All is solitude and gloom;
Who has taken Him away'
Christ is risen! He our eyes!
Saviour, teach to rise
(RedderS Oited to send to the editor their suq-
gestons Of old taUorteS among the poems for reprting
in this space.)
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-03-04
(E
I Sou

Having just come from France,
and feeling very continental, | bent
over and kissed Aunt Julia's hand.
She blushed like a girl. "You must
not try to f1atter IN old lady" she
said.
But II was no attempt at flattery;
II was an act Of reverence. She is a
member of the noblest clans in the
world.
| had been reading, on the boat.
a book about the Bronte family. Mr..
Bronte was a s~elf-centered parson.
who wore out his wife by making
her the mother of six children in
six years. Left with the motherless
brood on his hands, he cast around
for help. and thought Of his wife's
maiden sister. She, poor thing, was
living peacefully In a lovely little
town. with an income sufficient to
provide comfortably for her simple
wants. There was every selfish rea-
son why she should stay just where
she was.
Yet. at this summons, she did not
hesitate. She cast aside every per-
sonal consideration, came down to
the bleak parsonage in its ugly part
of England and proceeded, for the
rest of her life, to devote herself to
those children.
How many millions of similar in
stances have there been in history,
What a priceless wealth of affection
is poured out on the other peoples
children by aunts and nurses and
cooks and teachers to whom Fate
gives no children of their own! How
could humanity conduct its existence
without them?
| thought of these things as |
watched Aunt Julia wrap up her
neice and hurry away. | lifted my
hat reverently and waved them
goodbye.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-03-04
DO O REMEMBER
News Items Taken from Files d
The Plentywood Herald If
20 A AGO

E. f. Lipscomb of Medicine Lake was seen on
our streets Tuesday.
Martin Reinertson of Antelope transacted busin-
es at the court house of the forepart of the week.
O. B. Hoven of Glasgow, formerly engaged in the
abstract business in this city, was in town Monday.
H. w. Barner, A. F. Mclean and A. p. Anderson
of the Dooley country were transacting business in
the city Wednesday.
John Sather drove in from near Westby Thurs
day, coming this way because no 500 trains were OPP
Grating. He is on his way to Rochester.
A costly confagration which came near result
ing fatally for members of the family of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Glaze entirely destroyed their home "
miles west of town this week.
The Associated Press is enabled to reveal that
Germany, in planning Unrestricted submarine warfare
and counting it's consequences proposed an alliance
with Mexico and Japan to make war on the United
States if this country should not remain neutral.
Realizing the desire of the fun lovers of Plenty
wood and surrounding towns and country for some
regular Saturday evening recreation, the Plentywood
Athletic Association has decided to give a ball in the
new gymnasium every two weeks commencing Satur-
day, March 10.