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he got a telephone call from one
of the financierS high UP in the
realm of Wall Street. The wit
ness wanted to know if it were
true that Senator Wheeler was
going to start his hearings again.
Informed that he was and that
furthermore the Senator wanted
the man on the other end of the
telephone to be present, he en-
tered a demurrer. He wanted to
beg off because he had planned to
go on a hunting trip, and he
thought the Senator should hold
up on his end of the investigation
until he could get back from shoot
ing duck or bear or whatever it
was.
Senator Wheeler thought other
wise. He said, 1--WE open tomorrow
and I want you there" The wit
ness got a little huffed and said
it was an imposition and he was
going to do something about It,.
He was going to call up the White
House and complain. Senator
Wheeler'S answer, I've been In
formed, was that the witness could
call up anyone that he wanted to
but he was due at the Capitol the
next day and he was to be there.
A NEW CLUB
Over on the other side Of the
Capitol Representative James P.
Buchanan CD of Texas is chair
man of the Appropriations Com
mittee. Since all money bills for
the nation must start in the
House, Representative Buchanan
has one big job.
All day long and every day while
the House is in session he is ap-
preached by the members and
others asking him if he won't slip
into one of the bills enough money
for this or that pet project. Natu-
rally there are times when he sus-
poets everyone of wanting him to
do something when they speak to
him and he doesn't exactly receive
interruptions in his work with
open arms. Along with his other
troubles he now is heading the spe-
cial House committee on Govern
ment reorganization. The mem
bers Of the House who know him
best have a habit of ribbing him
about the way he walks around
the Capitol on the defensive.
Recently he was waiting outside
of the Rules Committee for an
opportunity to ask for a rule on
the reorganization problem. Rep
resentatiVe Martin Dies, a Texas
colleague, looked at him and asked
"What kind of a humOr are
you in this mOrning?"
The chairman slapped back:
I'm in q good humOr. Pm
still a member of the 4 don't
give a damn club All the other
members have left me but 1 still
belong"
Among other things that the
residents of the District will have
to bear up under on the day that
President Roosevelt is sworn In
for his second term is a raise IN
the parking lot charges.
One parking lot attendant re
marked quite casually, when we
drove in yesterday, that on inaugu
ration day the charge for all-day
parking would be raised to 81 uE
to 8 o'clock and after 6 o'clock II
will be another 81. Are you going
to walk, too?
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strength. They are Mrs. Benjamin
Harrison, Mrs. Grover Cleveland.
now Mrs. T. J. Preston, jr., Mrs,
Theodore Roosevelt, Mrs. William
Howard Taft, Mrs. Calvin Cool
idge and Mrs. Woodrow Wilson
The Chinese would greatly ven
crate these illuStriouS ladies
once the first ladies" of the
land, most of them now in their
seventies. Our onrushing democ.
acy, always discounting the fu-
ture-alarmingly now, with our
mountains of public and private
debt-doesn't go in much for
veneration. We accord the six
widows the stereotypes Of re
Spect. AL were admirably fitted
for their reign in the White
House. The few who know them
love and esteem them, but most
of us know very little about
them, give no thought to the
long road over which they have
come. We live in today and to.
morrow-fearfully, perhaps-and
forget the past.
ANOTHER MARCH
The composite mind Of the
six placid widows, all of whom
seem to be assured that this is
the best Of all possible worlds.
would be interesting to explore.
May Lord was a pretty girl
just out Of college when She
went to the White House to live
with her aunt, who was Mrs.
BENJAMIN Harrison. She later
was to become the second Mrs,
Harrison. It was in 1891 that
electric lights were first installed
in the White House. General
CoXey bought six carloads OF
these fuzzy Benjamin Harrison
gray plug hats for his army
marched them across the coun.
try to take over Washington, to
be repulsed and scattered by a
keep off the grass" sign on the
Capitol grounds.
On the reception room table in
the White House was a volume of
Ella Wheeler Wilcox's poems, with
gilt-edged leaves-and on pretty
nearly every living room table in
America or "parlor tables" as we
called them then. Leisure class
women were chiefly occupied in
fumbling behind their back to see
if their shirt waists were hiking
up. Eugene V. Debs was roaring
across the country with his "red
special" train, chilling the hearts
of the burghers with the menace
Of Socialism. The country was
palsied with fear over desperate
steel and transportation strikes,
There was a war scare over Berine
Strait seal poacning.
DIVORCE A SCANDAL
Du Maurier engaged the sophis.
ticates, and "Uncle Toms Cabin
and "East Lynne" still held the
kerosene circuit entranced. Dudes
returning from foreign travel, in
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her marathon. Funny papers were
spoofing salad as "cow feed" but
the gentry were beginning to eat
it. Elegant literature began to
work in a few French phrases,
even if it broke its arm doing it.
Tramps, Switching an apple pie
from the farmers wife'S kitchen
window, were standard comics.
Divorce was a scandal. The "boy
orator" of the Platte had just re-
ceived his entrance cue and was
tuning up his silver pipes. We
were still showing back the from
tier.
Bored children now read about
all this in school books. Some
how, with the swift pace Of today
and the laundering onrush Of to-
morrow, those days seem like
ghoStly wraithS of a forgotten
age. But how vivid they must be
in the minds Of the six widows,
with both their minds and their
affections enthralled with the
destiny of some particular saviour
of his country. And, in their sun
set years, what do they think Of
this whirligig of change in which
we live today?
HOW DIFFERENT!
Probably none will ever answer.
It was not seemly for highly
placed women in their day to en-
gage in public discussion. That
was for the men. When Mrs.
Benjamin Harrison was married,
there was an excited public argu-
ment over women showing into
medical schools. There was a
woman lawyer in Philadelphia,
but she was not received" To
be the wife of the President was
to be the symbol of fixed, unal-
terable standards and attitudes Of
American womanhood, such as the
above.
In the years between have come
women'S suffrage, the invasion OF
industry, business, politics. arts,
sports, literature and finance by
women, and a woman member OF
the cabinet of the United States.
The pace that killed has been
telling men in general long before
their wives, as it felled the six
presidents, and as q result, the ac-
cumulation of insurance and lega-
cies has left women with some
thing like TO per cent OF the
wealth of the country.
AS a result Of this, we also have
women financierS, with a strong
national organization formulating
and consolidating their interests.
None of the six widows, all OF
them intelligent, cultured women,
have participated in any OF this
change in any notable degree
They symbolic today, as they did
80 or 40 years ago, what the pro
fessorS like to call a cultural pat
tern"-a rubric of seemly behavior,
of decorum, of regard for the pro-
prieties of generous and unSelf1sh
interest in the world about them,
but with no departure from
the established certainties OF
church and state and social con-
formity.
We know we're on the march.
We jettison the past. But, again,
we might cite an older people, the
Japanese in this instance, who
build the shrines Of the Meij1 to
call their people to whatever wis
dom and virtue may have been
cleaned from the ages. Even sen
timental retrospect is better than
none at all. America is land OF
crumbling Shrines. Will we build
new ones and, paraphrasing Mrs.
Browning'S line, "give to them the
love we gave to our lost gods.
Copyright, 1887, by King Features
syndicate, Inc.)
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n1ittee into the
railroads. A n
example of just
what he means
when he says
he wants a wit
n e SIS at tn e
h e a ring S is
borne out in the
story that is
p ere tt ng
around Capitol
Hill today.
It seems that
the day before
Mr.. Wheeler re-
Sumed his hear
innS khic nrnnlE
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Cn6II1, b 4SdI
came over him.
A heavineSs, as
though he too
W ore chains.
How was he to
br e ak down
those gray walls
which separate
all men how
penetrate those
Sc al e d depths
Of lon e lineSS
and despair?
He h ad his
notes. Careful
n o t e S. B u t
W ould notes
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Mrs. Woodrow
w Is on, a c.
cepted the invi-
tation. Herbert
Hoover is the
one living ex-
President. Six
widows attest
the crushing
load of the PreSi-
dency, attained
always in ad-
vancing years
when d man
m u S t k e e p
strict account
ing of his
Jo-o .-l Lse
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Keep This Pledge

Resolved: That 1t be the sense Of this conveTtSo"
that committee should be appointed by the Congress
of the United States to make study of and to report
Columbia the right of SUFFRAGE Unanimously adopted
by the Democratic National Convention, Philadelphia
June 26, 1886.
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The Human Side of the News
Ru EdWin C.. Hill

Seven wives of former Presidents
were invited to Franklin D. Roose-
velt's second inaugural. Only one,
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Greatest
ShOW1
By Frank Miller Smith

Senator Burton K. Wheeler OF
Montana is an old hand at con-
Quoting investigations.
Now he is directing the probe
of the Interstate Commerce Com
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World
By Elsie Robinson

My friend, a priest, was to speak
to the men in a great penitentiary.
Gray walls, gray lives-nearing
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-10-15
TREND OF WORLD AFFAIRS
BY Lucy Meachom Thruston

Children in the schools of France
and Germany this winter will have
a kindlier Interpretation given them
of the relations between the two
countries than has been presented
for at least two decades This is
due to the release in the Spring of
the findings of the commission of
teachers appointed by the two coun-
tries to consider statements as to
one another made in their history
text books and the results upon the
minds of school children who, grow
ing into manhood and womanhood,
carried with them into adult life
thoughts and opinions resulting from
Representations. Thus their own
lives were darkened, as were their
relations to one another; and this
situation must for the good of the
world be cleared up.
Travellers ON the European con-
tinent soon after the World War
came back with horrifying comments
on the contents of French and Ger
man history text books. False
stories of both nations were being
perpetuated in their pages-and in
the minds of pupils. In 1885 a
joint commission of teachers was ap-
pointed to study this carefully They
made their report in the spring and
the pact thus reached and presented
will have a strong effect on teach
ing in the school rooms this winter
and in the text of further history
school books. These books as put
out Immediately after the World
War held stories which heaped
blame upon France in German school
books and piled blame after blame
upon Germany in French books,
arousing deepening hatred ON either
side Criticism Of this from the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-10-15
SECRETARY HULL STRESSES
NEED FOR RESTRAINT

The fear persists that the United
States will be involved in some OF
the crazy wars that are going on in
different parts of the world. So
far nothing has happened to involve
the United States.
Foreign affairs are under direct
control of the State Department.
Secretary of State Hull made pro-
posal of IA points for peace to the
nations of the world.
The international code stressed
by Secretary Hull in his appeals to
a war-torn world emphasizes the
need for International self restraint,
non-interference in the internal al
fairs of other nations, peaceful neg
citations, observance of internation-
al agreements, sanctity of treaties,
respect of all nations for the rights
OF others, revitalizing internationa,
law, economic security and stabil-
ity, commercial opportunities, less
armament, and avoidance of en-
tangling alliances.
About fifty nations have approved
the suggestions of the United States
government. Japan and Portugal
do not agree to the proposal.
Nations are usally liberal with
promises to keep out of war!
The United States hasn't any
thing to go to- war about; however
there is always danger of some ac-
cidental occurrence that may involve
our people or create great danger
to our economic interests abroad.
American citizens in Spain, and
more lately in China, seem to have
an idea that the United States Army
and Navy should be used to protect
them, regardless of their obstinacy
in not quitting the warning centers.
President Roosevelt makes it plain
that our nation is not looking for
trouble, and that we are trying to
avoid the danger of the situations.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-10-15
BUYING A LIVING

The average family in the United
States having a small income spends
more on food than for other pur-
poses. The family car is close
second.
On the Pacific Coast the Govern
ment statistics show the spending
records of our people in all occupa-
tional groups who have incomes
from 5000 year on down to
$3.50 year. The automobile ap-
peared to be almost the only means
of transportation for them. Eighty
eight out of every 100 of these
families spend less than so cents a
month for travelling expenses out
side their own cars.
In thirty-three villages Of North
and South Carolina, Georgia and
Mississippi the automobile outlay
was smaller than for food-about
fourth on the list. The study of
native whites throughout the coun-
try shows that in "buying their
living they require $1S9 to $194
q year for the family carr.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-10-15
George Alger, distributor, Sylmar, Md.

The more modern versions Of this
passage quote Jesus as saying, God
is Spirit" instead of "God is Spirit"
As far as that statement goes could
there be anything palmer? Two things
therein are made so clear that IL
would seem impossible to mistake their
true import. Those two things are:
first, that God is infinite, incorporeal,
and everywhere present at all times;
and secondly, that God is not Unite
person, is not localized, and is not
humanity circumscribed, or material.
eye shall neither in this mountain, nor
vet at Jerusalem, worship the Father"
Meaning what? Why, that God is not
a humanity circumscribed, limited, or
localized personality who could be
conceived of as being in one place or
locality, and not in any other place
or locality. 1t means that God is not
to be thought of as posted or located,
as in a mountain or as at Jerusalem,
but that He is to be understood as IN
finite, as everywhere present, and as
always available to each and every
one of us. This fuller explanation
takes away from God any sense Of ma
teriality or human personality, and
brings out clearly the larger sense OF
infnity and ever-presence.
At another time Jesus, referring to
his miraculous works and Gods part
in this Messiahship, said, "The Father
that dwelleth in me, he doeth the
works" Jesus obviously was not
there referring to humanity circum-
scribed personality as dwelling within
himself. He must have been referring
to the consciousness of Mind of which
he was possessed, as it is evident that
the works of Jesus We're accomplished
through no other means than pure
and spiritual mentality. This con-
clusion has confirmation in the adj
monition of St. Paul, where he bids US
all to have that Mind in us (which was
also in Christ Jesus" st. Paul makes
Il verv conclusive that the works of
Jesus were accomplished through his
clear spiritual insight, or Mind. SO
the God of Jesus must have been the
Mind which prompted his every
thought and action.
AS Jesus referred, on one occasion,
to my Father, and your Father =.
nv God, and your Cod" he makes
plain to us that the same God, or
Mind, which inspired him in all his
works is likewise available to all of
US at all times as our Father, and that,
therefore, this Mind which he desig-
mated as his Father, by virtue of whom
he accomplished all his wonderful
works, exists as one infuite Mind or
intelligence, and is thus instantly
available to every human being at all
times.
Further clarifying this concept Of
God, John tells us that "God is love-"
Love, of course, is something which
you and I express in thinking. mas
much as you and I and everyone else
have the privilege of expressing love
in an equal and unlimited degree, does
it not become evident that the God
which Jesus called Spirit" which
Paul designated as "mind," and which
John named "love," exists as one in
finite Deity or Mind, outside human
consciousness, and is, therefore, COM
mon to all mankind in just the degree
that each one of US admits into his
consciousness thoughts emanating
from this Mind?
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-10-15
ORPHANS COURT

The Orphans Curt of Cecil Coun-
ty in regular session at Elkton, ap-
proved the following bonds:
Bond of Mary M. Landers, admin
istratrix of William G. Landers
bond of George x. Bailey, executor il
Sara X. Bailey; bond Of Mary Nc
CURE, administrative of William L.
White; bond of Agnes H. Gregson,
guardian of Irene Lay Terhume; first
and final account Of Ella W. Byrd,
executrix If Florence E. Mccullough ;
third account of E. Kirk Brown, exc
cutor of Lille j. Tuite; first and final
account of Ella F. Reynolds, exscu-
trix of Frank A. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-10-15

outside world and recognition of
this and of injustice by teachers on
both sides resulted in the appoint
ment of this commission. Their
pact, now made public, has this
major recommendation which is ex-
pressed in Article IL: The men,
bers of the commission wish that,
instead of combining themselves to
turning the limelight upon the oc-
casions when Franco-German ant
agonisms have been evident, the
school books of both countries were
good Especially those between 1873
1889 and between 1904-1908), men
tioning the tendency to work to-
gether ON questions outside Europe.
The line of French report begins
with the foreign policy of Henry
Capet and comes ON down to Article
231 of the Treaty of Versailles
which places the onus of the World
War upon Germany.
The commission recommeds that
writer's of history text books should
leave out of the records every word
of war propaganda and refrain from
injurious statements, giving instead,
equal recognition to the courage and
patriotism shown by men On both
sides.
AS to such questions as the oc-
cupation of the Rhineland and the
Ruhr it was suggested that each
country should present it's point of
view carefully without rejecting
upon the other.
Important as this pact is, its pub
LEGATION has received little attention
either in Europe or in America. Per-
haps because the Spanish tragedy
along with that of China, with the
Mediterranean and Ethiopian pro-
blems and the changing political
situation of United States, have alb
sorbed attention. Yet the fact that
such commission was appointed,
that it proceeded at once to thorough
and friendly cooperation in it's re-
searches is one of the most encour-
aging achievements of 1887.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-10-15

In that vital prayer of our Lord,
throbbing with divine compassion, we
are taught to repeat, "Thy will be done
in earth, as it is in heaven" and it
shall be my purpose today to bring
to your understanding, as far as / may
be able, the means whereby, through
the teachings and practice of Christian
Science, this divine will is made avail
able to humanity in it's struggle for
freedom from the bondage of sin, sick
ness, poverty, and unhappiness.
Reasoning from Effect to Cause
Any effort or accomplishment look
ing t., the consummation of this de-
voutly-to- be-wished objective, must,
according to the teachings of Chris
ton Science and the Holy Bible, be
predicated on a correct understanding
of what God is and of what the man of
Gods creating is. In the first chapter
of the book of Genesis we are told
that "God created man in his own
image, in the image of God created
he him." There is no equivocatlon,
therefore, as to what man is. Man is
the image of God. The question is as
to what God is. To arrive at an I'M
adulterated concept or understanding
OF man we must, naturally, begin Wlcn
God. We cannot start with the hui
man, corporeal, feshy, mortal sense
of man and work backward to ascer-
tain what God is. Our reasoning
must be from God to man. For in
stance, Jesus tells US that "the flesh
profteth nothing" and Paul, on an
occasion, observed that "Flesh and
blood cannot inherit the kingdom of
God" At another time Paul wrote,
"They which are the children of the
flesh, these are not the children of
God" To assume, therefore, that the
corporal sense of man is the man of
Gods creating and then work back
from that standpoint would bring us
to a god made in the image and like
ness of a human, corporeal, sinful
mortal.
The God Proclaimed in the Bible
What, then, is God? No person who
ever lived could more clearly explain
to us what God is than Jesus the
Christ. You may recall the little in
cident of the meeting of Jesus with
the woman of Samaria at the well OF
Jacob at Sychar, and how the woman,
in her argumentative and more or less
cynical attitude, catechized the Master
as to God and where and how He
should be worshiped. You will recall,
also, among other things, that Jesus
said to her, in answer to her question
ings: "Woman, believe me, the hour
conneth, when ye shall neither in this
mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, wor-
ship the Father. ;. But the hour
cometh, and now is, when the true
worshippers shall worship the Father
in spirit and in truth. God is a
spirit"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-10-15
FIVE MILLION NEW CARS

Speculation about the new cars
10 keeping the automobile editors
Of metropolitan newspapers busy.
The New York Times in an editorial
says that increases in retail price
to the public seem inevitable" The
reason is that everything else, so
far as prices are concerned is ego
ing up.
Despite the fact that the labor
pot has been boiled over so often
Indications are that there will be
q record number of new automobiles
manufactured in the United States
this year.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-10-15

The automobile industry has
brought about a striking change in
the business Of the community since
the days Of the village blacksmith
Think of the number of people who
derive income from the automobile
directly or indirectly. There are
those who are employed by the
dealers in sales. in service there are
the gasoline station employees. and
the taxi drivers. the bus drivers and
even those who maintain the high
ways. We might even include the
proprietor of the highway hot-dog
stand