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The Washington times., 1937-04-17
OLD FAVORITES
ChaperOn Henry CuyIer Bunner
The ChdperOn

take my chaperon to the play
She thinks she's taking me.
And the gilded youth who the box,
proud young man is he;
But how would his young heart be hurt
If he could only know
That not for his sake go
Nor yet to the trfing show;
But to my chaperon flirt.
Her eyes beneath her snowy hair
They sparkle young mine;
There's wrinkle in her hand
So delicate and fine.
And when my chaperon is SEEM
They come from everywhere
The dear old boys with svery hair,
With old-tme grace and od-time air,
70 greet their old-time queen.
IPeaders inVited to send to the editor their sug
0estos of old aUoreS among the poems for reprinng
in this spGce)
The Washington times., 1937-04-17

Deyonu all Dear
ing, my little
old coun try
mother W GU Id
break through
h er usual ST.
lence and speak
Of It he blue
bells Of Ire
land"
We children
listened indif-
ferently, being
self-centered as
all young crea-
lures are. But
oW, looking
back over the
The Washington times., 1937-04-17
CUT OFT

In the bill one other feature OF
interest was noted in the elimina'
ton of two jobs at $1,000 EACH
There salaries were for the two
messengers who used to lead the
blind Senators Schall and Gore
through the halls of Congress.
There are no blind Senators now
and so the item was cut from the
bill on the floor.
The Washington times., 1937-04-17
Keep This Pledge

Resolved: That 1t 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 orantuq to the residents of the District OF
Columbia the right of suffrage Unanimously adopted
by the Democratic National Convention, Philadelphia
June &c, 1886.
The Washington times., 1937-04-17

and also the greatest power in the
land. Barrie.
Hunger was the urge, the power that first
made mems minds rise above the beasts.
Food was mans first and greatest problem
still is in China, country that never knew
knew progress and has now slipped back.
But when men learned to fill their stom-
achs, and still had time left for other things,
envy then became both "the most corroding
Of the vices" and the greatest power in the
land"
keeping up with the Joneses" began to
operate. Today, that mighty force" makes
men want better cars, better clothes, better
radios better homes than their neighbors.
That force of envy drives some men to work
harder save more wisely, spend more wisely,
think harder to- improve their stations in life
Envy drives other men to bitter, corroding
The Washington times., 1937-04-17
The Greatest
Show On.
Earth
By Frank Miller Smith
ELOQUENT

AS can be observed from the
news columns, nothing has aroused
the House Of Representatives at
this session to such a pitch as the
debate over the anti-lynching bill,
The Washington times., 1937-04-17
World!

Often, when the loneliness
pressed too hard upon her and
the clamor in her heart welled
The Washington times., 1937-04-17

ENVY is a dagger I'm the hands Of
mean, little men who knife their
betters i'm the hack out of jealous
hate. But for men with healthy,
generous. ambitious natures,
ENVY BECOMES A SPUR, driv-
ing them ON to match the work
of their betterS.
hate and jealousy. Instead Of working harder,
they sit and sulk, complaining that they never
get break" always looking for flaws instead
Of for OPPORTUNITIES.
Horace we'll described the action of envy on
mean and narrow minds: 1.-The envious man
grows thin at another's prosperity"
Nothing that is good is universally praised
without being envied. Shenstone had good
idea when he wrote this
There is nothing more universally COM
The Washington times., 1937-04-17
Wise Words

The greatest truths are the sim.
plest; so are the greatest men.
Let that which has pleased God
please man.-Seneca.
Youth is wholly experimental.
Robert Louis Stevenson.
The Washington times., 1937-04-17
RAISES

Now that's the kind Of a boss
to have.
We refer to Col. Edwin A. Hal.
sey who yesterday was honored
in the Senate by having his re-
quest that his staff receive raises
totaling $4,000 approved unanl'
mously. The increases were dis.
tributed throughout the different
offices Of the Senate which he
controls.
one Of the outstanding changes
was that Charles l.. Watkins who
up to now has served as parliar
mentarian and journal clerk. He
was relieved Of his duties as jour-
nal clerk and left to devote all his
time to passing on the parliament
tary questions arising in the Sen.
ate. Although he was not given a
raise he gets an assistant.
Edward J. Hickey who has been
serving as assistant journal clerk
now moves up to journal clerk.
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the whit e Rep. zsbulOn Weaver
people disliked them. He said:
"And, now, I ask some OF our
Northern folks, did you ever
have q black nanny, any Of
you? These boys from the
South know what it means. I
just say this to you: If you ever
had one to raise you and chide
you and take charge Of you and
direct you, one to whom you
could 20 when somebody stepped
on your little toes and hurt your
heart, so that she might put her
loving black arms around YOU;
/ say to you, If you never had,
then you never have been more
than half-ralSed.
like the old black nanny
that Governor Bob Taylor used
to tell about, who was In charge
Of some Southern child. He told
of one little fellow who had
broken into the pantry and had
gotten into the jam and had 1t
smeared all over his clothes;
and, when she found him, in a
very severe tone Of voice, she
upbraided him for breaking into
Mis- SaIIie'S jam. Here you
are, you little rascal, all covered
with jam, breakin' into that
pantry. What in the world am
I ever gOin' to do with yOu?'
"And then, as the tears came
into his eyes and he came up to
her, she put her arms around
him and said, Come here to me,
you little rascal. Breakin' into
that jam. The first thing any.
body knows, when you get a little
bigger, you will be breakin' into
Congress"
But Representative Weaver
didn't stop there. He followed hi
story up with a tender tribute tx
the black mammys Of the South
that brought a wave Of applause
Said he:
."T know them. Now, Mr..
Chairman, I could tell you Of
others who have been as dear
to me. 1 know. To quote from
Winters 'SnOwbOund':
And tDheu the sunset gates HnbGr
Shall not see thee 1OGittng
stand,
And, 1ohite against the evening
star,
The welcome OF thy reckoning
hand?
"And they will not all be white
arms, either. / shall be diSap.
pointed If there is not q pair OF
black arms and hands that will
be there waiting for me-"
The Washington times., 1937-04-17

A girl soon discovers that spring
love affairs, like restaurant soups,
are all of the same stock, with
scarcely a perceptible difference
in flavoring.
The Washington times., 1937-04-17

seas Of vanished ages, processed
through countless cons BY the
The Washington times., 1937-04-17

Jealousy in a woman is merely
a pain in her vanity; in a man,
it is a swordthrust through his
egotism, his aplomb and his belief
In his divine right.
The Washington times., 1937-04-17
Marry Go Round
Bu Helen ROWLAND

Love is that miraculous power
which holds two people together
The Washington times., 1937-04-17

'WOuldu Su116rI SnS 10 uSuhA4S
suffering" because she HAS no
man to make her suffer. You
can't rob a woman Of her inherent
right to be o martyr!
Hyacinth is the popular shade
for bridesmaids costumes this
spring-which permits a pantd
bridegroom, slightly blue around
the lips, to blend perfectly into
the color scheme.
A little flattery is good for q
man; but beware of OVERRIDING It.
The more a cigarette is pufted,
the smaller 1t becomes-and It's
the same way with some hus'
bands.
The Washington times., 1937-04-17

until they have become lifelong
friends.
The Washington times., 1937-04-17

1.-THE average man spends too
little for Clothes" observes mod
ern Beau Brummel-probably BE-
cause the average woman spends
too much.
The Washington times., 1937-04-17

Swagger and toploftiness are a
mans confession that his sense OF
Importance can't get along with
out o crutch.
The Washington times., 1937-04-17

Manufactured andAn Galveston
The Washington times., 1937-01-07
PLAYER
.H|T,RUN VICTIM

Believed to be the victim of a
hit-and-run driver, Edward C.
Foster, Sc, former third baseman
on the Washington baseball team
and later an evangelist, was seri-
ously injured early today.
Foster, ironically, was known as
one of the best "hit-and-run" bat
tiers in the American League.
Foster, who lives in Cherrydale,
Va, was found unconscious by
the side of the road at Beltsville,
Nd, and taken to Casualty Hos
pital by the Bladensburg Rescue
Squad, suffering a fractured skull
and other injuries.
Three other persons we're in
jured early today when two cars
crashed at Fourteenth Street and
Constitution Avenue Northwest.
The injured, all treated at Emer-
gency Hospital for cuts and bruises.
were Lucille Parks, 80, of Balti-
more, Lillian Bacahn, 20, of 3035
Bladensburg Rd. N. E., and Robert
H. Talley, 10, of 1872 N st. N. W..
The Washington times., 1937-01-07
URGED
FOR DRIVERS

A high school course for teach.
ing safe automobile operation is
planned by the American Auto.
mobile Association. The plan al.
ready had been broached to Su.
perintendent of Schools Frank w.
Ballou, who announced the mat.
ter will be called to the attention
of the Board of Education.
Dual control automobiles will
be used in the course, if it is per.
mitted, and the cars will be dis.
tinctive in color and operated on
specified streets. In addition to
the lessons with the dual control
cars, it also is planned to furnish
textbooks on Sportsmanlike driv'
ing.
The A. A. A. stressed the need
for safety measures in automobile
operation, by pointing out that de-
spite the decrease in traffic fatali-
ties during 1886, there were 1,400
more accidents in the District
than in 1885.
The Washington times., 1937-01-07
LOCATES
INJURED BOY

Herbert J. AIvord. jr., is only
IL, but he is already a budding
newspaper man.
Yesterday he helped really and
truly" reporters on The Washing
ton Times to locate playmate in
jured in an automobile accident
and carried away by persons un-
known.
Herbert, who lives at 724 Shep-
herd st. N. W., telephoned the city
room of The Times and informed
an editor that his chum, "Dickie"
Miller, 7, of TIC Shepherd ST..
N. W., had been struck by a car
while crossing Upshur Street
Northwest near Georgia Avenue
Northwest.
Representatives of The Times
called the home of Maurice j.
Miller, father of the child, and
discovered from Mrs. Miller that
the family knew of the accident
ana nad peen 1ranLlcally trying
to learn the whereabouts of
"Dickie."
Getting busy on the telephone,
The Times discovered an uniden-
titled boy, sobbing bitterly. was
undergoing treatment at Walter
Reed Hospital, where private citi-
zens are seldom admitted.
1t was Richard T. Miller, the
lost child. The Times notified his
family, who learned joyfully that
"Dickie" had incurred only a few
decorations on his face.
Today Herbert visited "Dickie"
at the hospital. And the two kids
talked about their first expert
ences with newspaperdom.
The Washington times., 1937-01-07
30 D. c. PERMITS
SUSPENDED

Permits Of 80 motorists found
guilty of speeding we're suspended
today by the Board of RevocationS,
Suspensions, and ReStorations.
Those suspended for 80 days and
the speed they were charged with
were:
Madeline C. Flynn, 1416 F st.
N. E., so miles.
Stanley E. Harris, SOL Seward
So. S. E., 42 miles.
Leslie H. Harrison, 1896 Swami
st. N. W., Al miles.
Lewis w. Lawder, jr., 1912 Twen-
ty-first St. N. w., As miles.
Ralph B. Pistol, Hyattsville, Md,
AZ miles.
Howard B. Railey, Alexandria,
Va, so miles.
Carl w. Tredway, 1922 Corbin
Pl. N. E., "A miles.
James E. voolfolk, 1922 Twelfth
ST. N. W., so miles.
Those suspended for IS days
were:
Carl H. Booberg, 52O5 Thir,
teenth st. N. w., 40 miles.
George H. Bowles, BIT w st. N.
E., 35 miles.
Lester Burns, 1915 Clifton st,
N. W., 36 miles.
John H. Elliott, Baltimore, Md.
35 miles.
John H. Ford. Ontario Apart.
ments, 38 miles.
SANFORD w. French, jr., 1880 P
st. N. W., 38 miles.
John D. Gallagher, 329 Seven
teenth Pl. N. E., 40 miles.
William A. Glenn, 326 Elm st
N. w., 40 miles.
John w. johnson, 2718 Olive
Ave. N. W., SO miles.
Edwin w. Holmsteadt, 1884 st
N. W., 35 miles.
Francis j. M C arthy, 1900
Twelfth Pl. N. E., 38 miles.
Maurice E. Michael, 225 Rock
Creek Church Rd. N. W., SO miles.
Walter j. Michael, 4731 Georgia
Ave. N. w., 38 miles.
Alfred M. Reines, 1T Rock
Greek Church Rd. N. w., 35 miles.
Frederick T. Scheele, 1907 Q st.
N. W., SO miles.
Continued on Page %, Col. y
The Washington times., 1937-01-07
Miss Hess Presents
Check for Orchestra

Miss Myra Hess, distinguished
British pianist who opened her
current tour of America with the
National Symphony Sunday, yes
terday presented a check for $500
for support of the orchestra. The
check, Miss Hess explained. was
in appreciation of the progress of
the orchestra and as tribute to
the work of Hans Kinder, its con-
ductor. She said:
II feel so enormously i'm
pressed by the orchestra and the
work Hans Kinder is doing
that / think it cannot be sup
ported enough. There is real
music-making in your orchestra.
I do not expect to play any
where this year with more de-
light and enjoyment than in
Washington"
The Washington times., 1937-01-07
H0LDUP PAIR
GET $500 IN
TW0ST0RES
Young Thugs Flash
Guns, Rob TiIIs and
Customers

The holdup pair which started op-
Grating on New Years night
struck twice again last night,
robbing a drug store and liquor
store, escaping with more than
5000 in cash.
The young robbers, armed with
pistols, first entered a drug store
at 81 Florida Ave. N. E. last night,
hiding up Nathan Reiskin, the
proprietor, two clerks and two
patrons. Taking about $50 from
the cash register, the thugs then
robbed the clerks and patrons,
taking about $12 from them, then
ripped the telephone from the
wall and fled.
Liquor Store Robbed
A short time later they dashed
into a liquor store operated by
William B. Wilcox in the 5000
block Georgia Ave. N. w. and
robbed him of $128.
A colored thug entered liquor
store operated by Abraham Kap-
Ian in the 1900 block H st. N. E.
last night and ordered Kaplan to
throw up his hands. Instead Kap-
Ian screamed for help and the
thug fled without obtaining any
loot.
Verda L. Carlson, SIT Rock
Greek Church Rd. N. W., reported
to police her home was robbed Of
jewelry valued at $195.
Purses Snatched
Anna F. Lindemere, Of the
Wardman Park Hotel, reported her
pocket book containing $25 was
snatched last night on the hotel
grounds.
Irene Zeider, Of the All States
Hotel, reported a man seized her
on Nineteenth Street last night
and took her pocketbook contain
ing IS.
Mrs. Mary ]. Minor, 1899 Nevada
Ave. N. w., reported the diSap-
pearance of a wedding ring set
with diamonds and valued at $3.50.
The ring disappeared between De-
cember and January 3, she said.
The Washington times., 1937-01-07
PICK FOREMAN
OF GRAND JURY.

Emmons Stockwell Smith, prom
inent real estate operator, was
named the foreman of the Dis
trict Grand Jury, impaneled by
Justice Peyton Gordon in United
States District Court today, to
investigate criminal matters in
the District during the ensuing
three months.
Three women, Mrs. Ruth L.
Buchanan, Mrs. Catherine K.
johnson and Miss Helen Amelia
Sullivan Cumming, are included
in the Grand Jury roster, which
is composed of the following
others: clayton B. Aldrich, Vivian
Bradford, Robert T. Edwards,
Arthur M. Fifer, Julian D. Free
man, Edward E. Fristoe, Ralph K.
GilchriSt, Kenneth w. Lafferty,
William G. Lambert, Frank j.
O'Connell, James A. Pitney, Her
bert C. Quinn, Maurice M. Refs
field, Joseph B. Tennyson, Fred
H. Ugest, John P. Wetherill,
Walter Hagemeyer, Phillip A.
Hanigan, jr., and Leon F. Trude-
wind,
The Washington times., 1937-01-07

Most important to Lady Marler
OF all her interests is her home.
I suspect that she has a talent
for giving an official legation a
personal atmosphere.
The Canadian Legation at
Tokyo where Lord and Lady Mar
Ter were stationed for six years
before coming to Washington, was
a gay, sunshiny house set in four
acres of gardens.
Lady Marler did quite a bit of
gardening herself and also col
lected many exquisite Japanese
and Chinese tapestries and paint
ings. Her collection of old ivory
is particularly fine. It includes
symbolic statuettes and rare
boxes.
Lady Marler loves to walk and
DOES walk miles every day.
The Washington times., 1937-01-07
Clarendon Woman
Is Overcome by Gas

CLARENDON. Va, Jan. RE
spending to an emergency call
shortly after Z o'clock this morn
ing. members of the Clarendon
Rescue Squad found Mrs. Julia
Mason partially overcome by gas
in the kitchen of her home at 1924
North Highland st. She was re-
vived by means Of an inhalator
and taken to Emergency Hospital,
Washington, where her condition
was reported as not serious.
The Washington times., 1937-01-07
WELFARE CHIEF
ANSWERS LUSK
OPPOSITION
$3.50, 900 Relief Cash
For D. c. Essential,
Says McReynoIds

Caustically critical, Frederick
w. McReynoldS, chairman of the
Board of Public Welfare, today
issued statement taking sharp
issue with Rufus S. LuSk, presi-
dent of the Washington Taxpay-
erS Association, for his recent let
ter sent to the District Commits
sioners opposing the suggested
$830,000 supplemental relief ap-
preparation.
The Board Of Public Welfare in
October recommended to the
Commissioners that the deficiency
appropriation be sought of Con-
gress for additional relief for the
unemployableS on the relief rolls,
relief Of the employables who
were stricken from the rolls a
year ago and to bolster the pres
ent inadequate appropriation.
Points to Duties
McReynoldS told the Commits
sioners today:
81 am sure you realize the
absurdity and untruthfuIneSs Of
Mr.. LuSk's statement that this
proposal of the Board of Public
Welfare is based upon the fear
that relief workers will lose
jobs. This recommendation was
made unanimously in regular
meeting of the Board of Public
Welfare, an unSalaried body, all
of whom are taxpayers. They
are obligated by the law which
set up the Board of Public Wei
fare and by your request for a
report on the relief situation
to bear testimony to the acute
need which they know exists"
McReynolds stated:
ut III behooyes Mr.. Lusk, the
salaried officer Of an Organiza-
tiOn the funds Of, which mostly
go in paying his salary to
charge inSincerity on the part
of the competent public servants
who are closely in touch with
the situation and who know the
acute anguish of daily contact
with the poor Of the city, of
needs which are not being met"
NON-RESIDENTS AIDED
McReynolds told the Commis
sioners that the relief staff was
inadequate and although agreeing
with Mr.. LuSk that there is pros
perity in Washington, declared
that the only trouble with this
type of prosperity was that the
new positions in the Government
were parceled out to non-residents
of the District.
He said that the request for
funds to care for the employables
was based upon knowledge that
there are 5000 destitute cases for
which there is no employment, al
though there are members of
family in each case who are EN-.
playable and, consequently, under
local relief rules ineligible for di-
rect relief.
He said that if the members Of
the Washington Taxpayers Asso-
citation would agree only to employ
District residents, that would help
considerably in meeting Washing
ton unemployment problem.
The Washington times., 1937-01-07
Ken Murray
Says:

The show is on. Yep, once
again Americas political come
dianS are assembled in the halls
of Congress ready to make US
laugh, boo, and even cry as they
pull their jokes at our expense
=. ALI the worlds a stage. But
none Of the other pIayhOuSeS
soak the customers as much as
that one in Washington.
understand that the Capitol
is so jammed with Democrats
that there is some talk of NOV.
ing the few remaining Republi-
cans over to the Smithsonian
Institution.
Really, it just doesn't seem
fair to the public We hardly
get over our big headache from
the holidays when we get a pain
in the seat of our Government.
Copyright. 1887. by McNaught
Syndicate, Inc)
The Washington times., 1937-01-07

d CQ6 OOu1luIOA1
of Canada, is
on e of t h e
most delightful
people who has
come to Wash
ington for a
long time. She
is C h ar m ing
W i t h o u t a
struggle. S h e
W e ars sli OK
tailored clothes
C a S u ally. is
S lie n der, with
dark hair, and
has very nice
eyes.
The Washington times., 1937-01-07
TO BUILD
ARENA HERE
IS DRAWN
Rep. Crosby Would
Have U. S. Pay
For Work

A strenuous effort will be made
during the present session Of Con.
gress to put actual life into .
dream Of the past decade-the
construction of a huge Federal
stadium in the Nations Capital.
This was revealed today by Rep
resentative Charles N. Crosby CD
of Pennsylvania, who will intro
duce a bill for this purpose as
soon as it's drafting is completed.
Although he does not have spe-
cific figures to offer at present,
the Pennsylvania estimates that
the structure will cost about one
million dollars and will seat ap-
proximately 100000 persons.
The money for the project,
under his plan, will come from
the Federal Government through
an appropriation from Congress,
and none of the financial burden
would be placed upon the Dis
trict.
Receipts Would Pay
It is his opinion that the pro-
ject could be amortized over a
period of from 80 to 40 years
from the receipts to be collected
from the various events which
would be held at the stadium. He
added:
"There would be scarcely any
expense to the project outside
of the initial cost Of cOnstruc-
tiOn, for / think we should set
up a committee or commission
of Government OfficiaIs-say
one from the Army, one from
the Navy and one from each
house of COngresS-tO manage
and supervise the stadium. The
men on this commission would
receive no additional salary for
this duty, and thus expense for
management would be elimin.
ated.
I'm my opinion, it is q shame
that the Federal Government
has not provided such a project
for this city, the Nations Capt.
tai, and has permitted all big
events in the country, for which
large stadium is needed to be
held in other places in the cOun-
try. The Nations Capital is
properly the place for the hold
ing of such events.
CONVENTIONS, ALSO
"We really should have the
Army and Navy football games
in the Capital city. And then
the Olympic games, when they
are held here, should not be held
anywhere but in the Capital of
the nation. A stadium Of this
nature also could be used for DO
litical conventions and for any
number of other events, where
a seating capacity of several
hundred thousand is needed"
Mr.. Crosby does not at present
have any specific site in mind for
the project, although he pointed
out that it would not necessarily
have to be in the city proper, but
in some nearby spot in the metro
politan area of the Capital.
The National Capital Park and
Planning Commission already is
on record as strongly urging the
construction of such a stadium
here, and it has suggested a site
at the end of East Capitol Street.
Numerous other officials and civic
groups also have approved the
project.
Mr.. Crosby said he would make
every possible effort to have his
measure enacted during the pres
ent session Of Congress and is
seeking the support Of other mem
berS of Congress-.
The Washington times., 1937-01-07
Johnson to Talk

Robert L. Johnson, in charge Of
advertising for Time Inc. Publica.
tions, will address the Junior
Board of Commerce at 1915 p. m.
today at the Lee House. johnson,
who is also president of the Ma
tional Civil Service Reform
League, will speak on ''The Young
Mems Interest in the Merit
System"
The Washington times., 1937-01-07
Post Office Relief
Dance SATURDAY.

A dance sponsored by the Post
Office Relief Association will be
held Saturday, at $3.50 p. m, at
the Play House, 1914 N st. N. W.,
it was announced yesterday. A
committee composed Of James C.
Frampton, Howard Lovejoy and
Joseph F. Donahue arranged the
dance.