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APPRECTATIVE

She was a very serious-minded
teacher. She had brought her
class to the Capitol. A guide was
engaged. and as the guide ex.
planned this and that she re.
NAMED ever vigilant that her
charges should be obServant.
They were uShered into the gal.
lery of the House of Representa-
tives. Came time for them to
move on to make room for an
other guide party.
She insisted that they remain
so her children should grasp the
significance of the great finger Of
time writing in emblazoned let.
tiers the history of our country as
it was fashioned in the halls Of
Congress.
The usher in the gallery finally
insisted that she would have to
go, really, and would she please,
and so forth. She got up, rather
indignant and signaled for the
children to follow her. AS one
young boy passed the usher he
leaned over and whispered:
Thanks, pal. I couldn't have
stood it another minute"
The Washington times., 1937-05-07

United States Senator-James j.
Davis, of Pennsylvania. But Jim
Davis was not always a Senator.
He was once that poor and weary
Iron Puddler" whose life story is
told in this book. And before that
he was a ragged little lad-one of
six-playing in his mothers
kitchen-sleeping, five in a row, in
a poor mans bed.
"Just another woman" that
mother. Not a great genius with
a brilliant record. Only a busy
little woman in a patched dress
making a home out of scanty odds
and ends for her husband and
babies. Nothing in that to com.
pare with the achievement of a
Shakespeare, Caesar, Socrates or
Washington-perhaps. BUT SHE
SANG! And by her song she ban.
ished fear and gloom, and sent her
boys marching on a high, far trail.
Now, looking back, her son writes
this:
BANISHED FEAR
From my mother I learned
to sing, She was always work
ing and always singing. There
were six children in the house,
and she knitted and Sewed and
baked and brewed for us all.
~ used to tOddle along at her
side when she carried each day
the homemade bread and bottle
of small beer for fathers dinner
at the mill. I wOrshipped my
mother and wanted to be able to
sing like her. My heart still
sings, and always will. And
this / owe to my mother.
81 can see her yet in our tiny
cottage, her foot on a wooden
cradle rocking a baby her
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no help to the makers OF the new
state, rather he was their severest
critic. Right off the bat he set
up a newspaper and proceeded
to make a new Japan in a day.
The Emperor was prevailed upon
to tone him down. and Saionji
quitting his pamphleteering, set
tied into orderly administrative
work.
Reviewing his career, a Jap
anese writer of the present day
comments:
"WhO could have foreSeen
that Prince SaiOnji would have
become the sole elder statesman,
with crowds of politicians, in and
out Of office, dancing attend
ance at his villa! At the time Of
the imperial restoration (186S)
he played the part of a general
issimO. Soon after he went to
France to study, whence he
came home 10 years after and
scandalized the peers by inter.
esting himself in a liberal news.
paper.
CONSUMMATE SKILL
His name was always men
. toned as warning against
sending young peers to Europe.
Though he affects democratic
manners, Prince SaiOnji cannot
entirely forget his origin. He
can talk with anybody but he
does not talk with everybody.
He seems to treat politicians
much in the same way as he
treats actors or geiShas.
HE is more anxious to show
his wisdom off by a hint or two
than to get information from
others. With a seemingly icy in
difference to power, he is on the
pinnacle of power. Therein lies
the skill with which he conducts
himself"
Saionji's actual position Is thai
OF adviser to the Emperor, parti
cularly in political crises. To thu
Japanese, the Emperor is really
God. Therefore, Saionji is hi
prophet. The Prince sees all, hear
all and it is taken for granted tina
he knows all when a decision is t.
be made.
Analysis Of this belief in tn
elder statesmen shows that it i
not unreasonable. Even if Saionj
does not know everything, he a
least should know more abou
government than any of his coun
trymen.
He has lived and learned over
span Of years during which japan
has moved out of antiquity to
modernity which at times is a bi
modern for some Western nations
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oman and Postmaster General Of
the party in power from one cor
nerstone laying to another East
and West, and North and South,
affords an illustration Of this
fact. He tells the voters in fig.
ures how many millions Of dollars
have been poured into their com.
munity for this, that and the other
Federal project since his party
entered power.
To read these addresses one
would be tempted to conclude that
what the Federal Government
really did was to manufacture
money and distribute it to the
people with the generosity Of o
gigantic Santa Claus.
That the people ultimately pay
out of their own pockets either
directly or indirectly every dollar
of Federal expenditures is seldom
referred to by the propagandistS
of the party in power.
And what is left Of the minor
ity party is frequently guilty Of
the same political chin-chucking.
Their votes are too frequently de.
termined by whether the proposed
expenditures are to be made In
their own States and districts or
in those OF their political oppo-
nents.
A few years ago one OF the
House leaders of the party now IN
power had an analysis made Of
the correspondence going out from
the offices of a dozen or more
Members Of Congress to their con-
stituents. The analysis showed
that in almost every case the
emphasis was placed by the Con-
gresham not upon what he had
saved the people as q whole but
upon the amount of money and
patronage he had obtained for his
own supporters from the Execu.
tive, Legislative and Judicial
branches Of the Government.
HAVE THE POWER
Until Public Sentiment is In
formed, organized, aroused and
periodically led to support a pol
icy Of wise economy in the adj
ministration Of Federal affairs,
economy will remain a political
catchword on Capitol Hill.
The squanderers Of public
money appear to be in power in
every State in the Union and in
every County in every State with
exceptions so small as hardly
worthy of notice.
This is true because the candi-
dates for public office appear to
believe that they stand a better
chance of election at the hands Of
those voters who favor more Fed
eral spending, more waste, more
political graft, continued double
taxation and more expenditures
on new projectS-Federal, State
and local.
Whenever the American people
make up their mind to obtain bet
ter administration of governments
at less cost to themselves they
have power under the Ameri1
can system to get what they want.
It is up to them.
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Apple Blossoms

rHE fourteenth annual Shenandoah Apple Blossom
i Festival being held today and tomorrow IN VIM
chester Va perpetuaes the custom OF our nelghbors
in the Valley of Virginia of greeting with pageantry
the appearance of blossoms the millions of trees in
the
A1though the Shenandoah Festival has been held for
rav for only fourteen years. the tradition of celebrating
the arrival of the fruit blossoms goes far back IN history
The two-day fee at Winchester is worthy successor
Of the celebrations with which through the ages
has greeted the blossoms which forecast the fruitful
ness of his orchards.
The fame of the Apple Blossom Festival has spread
far and wide but Washington still regards itself as hav-
ing particular interest in the affair.
Every year thousands of people have visited the
valley at this season. have joined in the celebration and
have witnessed the pageants
Towering usually short time after own Japanese
cherry trees have given their annual display of beauty,
the apple trees of the valley afford what Is IN effect
continuance of the local display.
Washington hasn't yet reached the high degree of
pageantry with which the people of the Valley surround
the arrival of their blossoms but moving in that
direction.
While all is happiness and merriment at the beautiful
Winchester fete there is serious and vital background
to the celebration
The condition of the millions of apple trees in the
Valley at poisoning time usually foretels the album
dance of fruit which Will later be gathered from them
Upon the quantity and quality of this fruit usually
depends the prosperity and happiness of the thousands
of people whose vings directly or indirectly from
the orchards.
So the thousands who go to Winchester today and
tomorrow, not only from Washington but from all parts
of the country WILL in addition to enjoying themselves,
be participating in the invocation Of prosperity for
friends in the Valley
Those who have before attended the Shenandoah
festival have delightful experience in store for them
Hospitality in Virginia is of course proverbial but
the hospitality which the Valley folk extend to their
visitors during the festival exceeds, possible the far
famed hospitality of the State whole.
The growing popularity of the festival attests to the
pleasure which it has given to thousands.
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tees, the Jap
anese are doing
all in their pow
er to see that
n o t h ing hap
pens to Prince
K i m m o c h i
S aionji, the
oracle of Okit.
SUI. They wish
him to continue
despite his 81
years, to be the
all-powerful ad'
wiser Of the EN-.
peror and the
person to whom
- s-z
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AaHuS BuSy Win uCE A1AAkGAuS
-. her voice lifted for hours at
a time in jubilant song. And all
her songs were songs Of praise. =.
SHE THANKED GOD FOR LIFE
AND FOR STRONG HANDS TO
LABOR FOR HER LITTLE
ONES"
And again he speaks Of mother
standing at our gate with a lamp
in her hands, sending one boy out
in the early morning darkness to
his work, and at the same time
welcoming another boy home. ..
On dark nightS-and they were
all dark at that hour-my mother,
thinking my little brother afraid,
would go with him to the gate
and. holding an old-faShioned
lamp high in her hands, would
sing a song while he trudged out
toward the mills, and until he got
within the radius of the glare
from the stacks. And as he
passed from the light Of the old
oil burner into the greater light
of the mills, walked YEARLY out
from that reflection and was
guided home by my mothers
lamp and the song on her lips
>. The memory of my mother
singing has made my whole life
sweet.
No woman geniuseS? No great
feminine financierS or war lords?
No woodworking achievement
bearing a woman'S name? Per.
haps not.
But I'm thinking Of that valiant
little mother standing there in the
ShadowS-with the light of her
lamp going out and out into the
darkness to guide the stumbling
footsteps of her boy, and the
sound of her singing rising sweet
and high to lift his frightened
heart.
HELD THE LIGHT
And I'm remembering all those
other mothers-yours and mine
and myriads more-whoSe names
will never be entered in the Hall
of Fame, but whose courage and
tenderness have carried the whole
race on, through the long and
weary darkness, into the dawning
light.
Dear little mothers, worn and
bent and gray-with never a genius
or war-lord amongst the lot Of you.
And yet-when the going was
hard, you stuck. when the show.
ing was small, you believed.
when the way was dim, you held
the light. when our spirits failed,
you sang!
And somehow / think that God,
Sitting far on His fine, white
throne,
Lets the gifted and great 60 by,
While He harkS for a mothers
son.
For He was a poor boy, once,
With a mother that sang, Of
His own.
This column Welcomes and
requests comments. Letters pre-
Senttng personal problems may
also be sent. All letters tDiu be
handled contidentidIIy and
answered promptly if stamped,
addressed envelopes are in
cluded.)
GConvrtzbt Ie27 bv Tzirv Fanturaa
Syndicate. Ino.)
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meeting Of the
Senate District
Committee and
in no uncertain
terms expressed
his opposition
to h av in 6 a
plant anywhere
in Washington
where animals
were rendered.
He said that al
though a slaugh-
t e r h o u S e
sounded worse
it was a lily
compared to a
rendering plant.
TSr,a~S 0larlya
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all the mascu-
line a c h i e v E.
ments declar-
ing that WON.
en- have never
done anything
worth while"
But what do
you call worth
while, p" brother?
What would you
rate as a really
great and last
ing accomplish
ment?
I'm looking at
a book. It was
Txy1siftnn hry a
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Words of Wise Men

, We are never so happy, nor so
unhappy, as we suppose ourselves
to be.-La Rochefoucauld.
The age of gold was the age
when gold did not rule.-Lezay
de Marnezia.
The greatest men may ask a
foolish question now and then
Wolcot.
All that is human must retro
grade if it does not advance
GibhoI.
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But how can he expect that
others should build for him, SOW
for him, and at his call love him,
who for himself will take no heed
at all?-WordSworth.
Good company and good dis
course are the very sinewS of vir-
tue.-Tzaak Walton.
The muse does not allow the
praiSe-deserving hero to die; she
enthrones him in the heavens
Horace. {
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DESCRIPTIVE

A deadlock that has existed
between the National Park and
Planning Commission for several
months was broken by a subcom-
mittee of the Senate when they
decided to approve a bill naming
the drives in the Mall after four
States instead of four Presidents.
It was one Of the best attended
meetings the Senate Committee
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The Greatest Show On Earth
BIZ Frank Miller Smith

ever had. Representative Ralph
o. Brewster explained the whole
thing in a terse sentence when he
recounted that he had been try.
ing to get the Commission to give
his State recognition for some
time. He said:
81 feel like the man who
thought the other fellow was the
most stubborn person alive"
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Keep This Pledge

RESOLVED: That it be the sense of this convention
that committee should be appointed By the Congress
of the United States to make study Of and to report
on the ordntino to the residents of the District of
Columbia the right of suffrage. Unanimously adopted
by the Democratic National Convention, Philadelphia,
June 26. 1886.
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POSITIVE

It looks like Senator Royal s.
Copeland and the Supreme Court
have something in common.
Senator Copeland attended q
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The Human Side of the News
Blu EdUin C.. Hill

While Americans deba ton that when the Japanese
advbity sending turned to be
oblivion jus help to the makers Of the
The Washington times., 1937-05-07

The endless arguments over the
comparative SmartneSS of men
and women proud males listing
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Listen. World!
By Monitor
BIZ Elsie Robinson

FROM MY MOTHER I LEARNED TO SING"
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-08-11

cling abdomen. They have been
called the constitutionally made
iquate type. With some exceptions
they cannot work as continuously
and steadily as others. They,
tire easily, yet they are am
bilious and take on projects of
considerable dimensions only to
give them up, half way or turn
them over to others more sturdily
built.
Appetites Poor.
Their sagging digestive organs
usually. give them some trouble,
because not only are the abdominal
muscles weak, but also the muscles
of the stomach and intestine. The
appetite is poor. there is always q
tendency to constipation, and
heavy. logy feeling after meals.
Along with this, other consti-
tutional traits-notably low blood
pressure-are common.
The treatment of these people Is
really a system Of care for life.
They should understand that they
are not built and cannot do the
things that their robust, compact,
wide-framed fellow workers can.
They should plan to- do things
within their powers. Corsets to
brace the sagging abdominal mus
cles and exercises, such as lying on
the back and raising the legs from
the floor to a vertical position, are
valuable, but most important OF al
is rest. To lie down three or four
times a day. especially after meals,
to permit the stomach to do It's
work in the most favorable posi-
ton and to allow tired nature TO ne
refreshed, is a. way of life wnicn
pays big dividends for these people.
1t is naturally hard to arrange es-
pecially IN busy Offices, but en-
ployers would find that co-opera-
ton in this respect, by provlding
rest rooms with couches. woulo
really increase efficiency,
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-08-11

el11an l., N (llCll ill Oh
be- "sl MS stomach and intes-
kjeDt tFop";; the condition is de-
Elg and upon % a certain type of
|lsr rIsa from birth to be e. the fhe
Etr, + true that an accident or
big thu, or, or childbearing-any-
b o rs.," permit the abdorn-
puts in 70 sag, but this seldom
|r hrsq ST. stomach or int etioeef ara q
NY y. Trouble is the test of
not not of position. # the he
dean . mas good muscular tone
be liz empty itself within pro oU.aT
fable. 1t is not a source Of
! d d tb type Of body which goo.
to 81, u1fOoping organs is IA
es NAV r' not although its signifl-
ong' tbI not be realized. It is
ut a al r,,la' asthenic TYNE AL.
neck, wid uanderweight, with
@sbdonlDs Ia l but long chest,
muscles with a sag
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elilue tne SUD-
ject today.
Dropped stom-
ach alone is not
very common,
but associated
W i t h dropping
of other organs
in the abdomen
it occurs in
quite a large
proportion Of.
adults. Also 1t
must not be UNI
derstood that q
p e r 8 on g oe 8
along all right
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AUTOMATIC SQUEEZE

home PLAYERS go to absurd
|remes in order to make over
his on their contracts when con-
native play not only would as
h the contract but the overtrick
we'll. The various forms of the
bueeze play" are generally con-
Eered the prettiest types of plays
kich can be made and yet some
I them are practically automatic
their operation, entailing moth
but the laying down of the last
tup card, the bapless opponent
ing in such a situation that he
lnOt make anything but a dis
trus discard
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BARCLAY ON BRIDGE
WRITTEN FOR CENTRAL PRESS =
BY Shepord RorcIay
The Authority Authorities'
THE Authority on Authorities''

A was played. dropping the ad-
verse; @, so that the hand looked
quite easy, for. seven with the clubs
K-Q providing for the two losing
diamonGa However, when the
second spade trick was led, the
uneven distribution was disclosed,
and the chances for seven Were
more remote.
At one table the diamond finesse
was tried and when it failed the.
spade 10 was cashed. SO that the
declarer was set.
Where the seven was made, the
declarer ruffed the club A. drew
trumps. cashed the clubs K and @,
ran. four spades and then his re-
naming heart. East. who held the
spade 10, and diamonds K-10. was
forced to discard. Regardless of
which he selected. the contract
was made.
TOmerrOw's Problem
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Dealer: East. North-South vul-
nerable.)
North opened with 1-Spade, East
bid diamonds, South 2-Hearts,
North 2-No Trl1mps. What Is
Soutia's correct bid?
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When Abdominal Wall
Is Weak, Organs Sag
N LOGAN MENnENr7

I O,O CLENDENING, nj. ID.
,,t W. NOT quite say all that 1
t an'su 10 say about dropped
'''a'H yesterday. so will con-
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-06

hn Il oONOAAIJ al OQ1lO
n. VAest wall. It may be one
d, " both. Sometimes it is un-
h. we breast bone, sometimes in
ti,,, neck and shoulders, and some
el+. .s IN the upper abdomen. The
b rssts.a symptom is pain on
brsa lung, especially on deep
lvir. The patient usually is
H. lI 80. Or sitting very quietly in bed,
and 4tt5eathing is rapid and shallov- ,
scc. ''Ie eyes suffuse with tears on
cbilG aal Of the extreme pain. Even
grsr rstn ii lind that crying will ag-
fasin @ IT,. their discomfort and re-
hood oIs ,, cd ladies' in the neighbor-
Deyips| III probably call it 'The
" rIIns 4rlp, and this name short
aecar ,s through the neighborhood;
egervS Se Of its appropriateness
perba ,ar a as treatment is concerned.
Of nv rPs the best is what a doctor
acquaintance said to a pa
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-06

tient when she complained Indt sue
could not take a deep breath. He
replied, take two short ones IN
stead"
Patients Have Fever
All the patients have a little
fever and a feeling of chilliness;
sometimes a headache. The pain
does not last long, from about one
half hour to three or four hours
but attacks of pain are liable to
come back as often as two or three
times within "a hours. In fact,
this is the rule, and for from four
DAYS to week, these attacks or
pain will come on during the day
and night hours, until gradually
they wear themselves out.
The epidemic character of 1t IS
easily seen, and it is not infre-
uuent to find several cases in one
family. The real cause is UNI
known, however, and some people
think it is due to water or milk
or insects.
Mistakes in diagnosis are not
very common, especially in the
midst of an epidemic. Sometimes
it will be mistaken for pleurisy or
appendicitis. Such mistakes should
not occur, because aside from the
pain and the fever, with epidemic
muscular rheumatism Of the chest
there are no signs, while pleurisy
and appendicitis both have signs
which any doctor can interpret.
Although frightening on account
of the intensity of the pain, the
outlook is good, and all cases that
have been recognized have recov-
cred.
Much can be done to make the
patient more comfortable, such
as strapping the chest with ad-
hesive or a chest binder. Aspirin
or other forms of the salicylates
are usually sufficient to give a
good deal Of relief.
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4 SAD CALAMITY

ONE OF THE sadest calamities
thai can befall a strong side is to
hare the bidding drop at less than
..Ee when there is a slam in the
ards. Upon rare occasions, this is
-9cult to avoid by even the best
Eiiing. but most of the time the
Easter is blameable upon one
---,--er or the other. Usually it is
lss to the negligence of one, who
falls to realize that he is in posses
-oa Of knowledge about the great
,-..,e1Cth Of his side, whereas his
-,aa--t.ner doesn't know certain
:a,ont points about the hand op-
cCsite
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-06

lllNoCUldI luSu-
matism of the
C h e s t w alp.
This condition
h a S n o t a p
peared with any
frequency for a
n u m b e r o f
y e a r S. / re-
member an cpl
demic about 80
years ago vivid
ly, because /
had it myself.
The principal
symptom is a
pain Of extreme
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VASCULAR Rheumatism
Of Chest Is Epidemic

'F LOGAN CLENDENING, M. d.
fOH THE PAST year or two
~;'e nave been reported epidemics
" lie Old disease sometimes called
4'ercostal neuralgia, or "acute
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q None
9 K Q 9 6
. A Q 10 4 2
: A Q 10 3

Dealer: SCUM North South vul-
H:r2ble. }
Fer South's diamond bio,
ro'lA responded with 1-Spade and
us, went to 2-Eearts, which
Sa,h doubled. North now reb.d
:. spaces and South bid 3-Ciubs
men North tcck this to 3-D:a-
~-R1S' South passed. Seven-D.a-
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-06
BARCLAY ON BRIDGE
WRITTEN FOR CENTRAL PRESS
BY Shepard Barclay
The Authority Authorities"

monds was made on the hand.
South was perfectly right in his
severe criticism of North's bidding.
South had bid diamonds, doubled
hearts and later bid clubs. 1t
should have been clear to North
that South held five diamonds, four
or five clubs and three or four
hearts. With four trumps in the
North hand to take care of heart
rufus. if needed, and a filler for the
club suit, Norths bid should have
been 4-Diamonds and the slam
could have been reached. How
ever, South read North's bid of
Diamonds as merely showing a
preference for that suit over clubs
ard decided TO drop the bidding.