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The Washington times., 1937-02-12

Want OF principle Is poDer.
Truth and honesty set limit
to our efforts, Uhtch intpudence
and hypocrisy easily oUerleap.
-HAZLITT.
Thoughtful Americans will con.
trast the wicked attempt Of Mr..
Roosevelt to seize the Supreme
Court of the United States with
the inspiring refusal Of a great
American of earlier days to seize
the Presidency.
This great American was also a
true Democrats devoted follow
er Of the fundamental principles
that guided the lives and work
of the Founders and the Fathers
of this Republic.
In 1875 the Presidency was in
question between Mr.. Tilden and
Mr.. Hayes. Let us see what an
American statesman who has just
ended his earthly pilgrimage had
to say concerning the limitations
of truth and honesty that gov
erned the conduct of Samuel J..
Tilden in that crisis Of our nation
al life.
TILDENS COURSE
These are the words Of tribute
of the late Elihu Root paid to
Mr.. Tilden in a course Of lectures
at Yale University thirty years
ago next May:
ct has always seemed to me
that Mr.. Tilden pursued a very
patriotic and cOmmendable
course when the election for
the Presidency was in question
between him and Mr. Hayes in
1876.
"The election was very close
and there was no doubt that if
all the votes actually cast in the
Southern States received effect
Mr.. Tilden would be declared
elected; but many votes had been
thrown out by the State return
ing boards in the South on &C
count of alleged fraud and in
timidatiOn that had preceded
the casting of other votes, which,
If cast, would probably have
caused a different result.
"There was question that
inevitably would have resulted
in civil war in any country where
the personal idea was predOmi-
nant in politics, and there were
in this country many men of
high character and standing who
urged that Mr.. TiIden's title to
the office should be exercised by
armed force; but he was decided
and immOvable in the position
that he would permit no breach
of the peace of the country in his
behalf, whether he got the Presi-
dency or not.
$50 Mr.. TiIden lost the Presi-
dency; but he gained what was
The Washington times., 1937-02-12
Another Lincoln
By ROBERT P. TRIsTRAM COFFIN

by 0O0Gh1 +. 01CkAM OOG AN
TVHE finest things very common ones,
The million times million little sons
Of dandelions sprinkled sea to sea,
The bottled sunlight of the honeybee,
Curves along the handle of an axe,
The tepees Of the corn in Autumn stacks,
Embroidery the mice stitch on the snow,
The jewels set in corn ears row on row.
But there are many such beneath the sky,
And men may pass the beauty in them by.
When Spring comes and the evening robin calls,
Ten million little boys in overalls,
Ten million small Americans in blue
Run home with bare toes through the dust and dew
To split up wood and put their tangled heads
Into books before they mount their beds;
They lie upon their bellies, and they plan
The things that turn boy into man.
And there may be another Lincoln there
Under the freckes and the tousled hair.
Reprinted by permission of Hearst's International
Cosmopolitan Magazine.
The Washington times., 1937-02-12
Cupid Goes Streamlined

n HE approach Of St. Valentines Day. that romantic
i and misty-eyed anniversary so proudly hailed by
the greeting card industry calls for word of caution
this year.
Those lacy-edged, saccharine valentines of old
have gone streamlned with modernistc references to
the Girl Friend in place of the odfashioned Sweet
heart" Also of course, "Boy Friend" just in case
lady wishes to send Of the missives
The valentines Grandma used to receive were coy,
retiring little things limiting tenderly Of the senders
affection. But the streamlned ones, in the modern
spirit, confess blithely:
II love you, love you love you"
Well, here's to the old days Of ''Roses red and
violets are blue" and maybe day they'll come
back to you.
The Washington times., 1937-02-12

hotel, telling side-splitting stories
by the hour to the bench and
bar.
After all these years, we know
him now for the great human
being that he was, the greatest
Of all Americans, save only the
man who founded America; the
superb human being; the actual
man who dweIt, like the rest of
us, in common clay; who was
mortal as other men are NOR
tai; who had his doubts and
fears; who made his mistakes;
who changed his ground; who
Smarted under defeat and knew
the chill of humiliation; but a
man whose character was so
towering, so indeStructibIe, so
pure that his fame will endure
as long as the Republic stands.
AS President, he supported, by
his faith and patience, the burden
Of the nation, as Washington, al.
most alone, upheld on his heroic
shoulders the burden of the 10
Colonies. Faith in the destiny of
the country. Faith in the people.
Patience with his jealous, quarrel.
ing, truculent Cabinet officers. Pa.
tience with his slow, often insolent
generals-not even reproving Nc.
Clellan when that naughty gentle.
man refused to get up out Of bed
to receive his own President.
When General Hooker wrote to
him that the country needed a
dictator, he replied that only
those generals who achieve sue.
cess can set up dictators.
He had the power Of saying so
much in so few words.
When Hooker wanted to attack
Richmond while General Lees
army was threatening Washing.
ton, Lincoln wrote him:
Il think Lees army and not
Richmond is your sure objec-
tive"
THEN HE VANISHED
To his own WEAKNESS and mel.
ancholy he applied the balm of
humor. He loved to poke little
fun at his generals.
He got word, one day, that a
brigadier general and IL mules
had been captured by the Con-
federateS.
"That's bad" said the Presi.
dent. ~ can find a brigadier
general in five minutes, but
those mules cost $500 apiece"
A great figure, homely, gangling
and uncouth, careless of raiment
and uncertain of voice, he was the
most inspiring orator of his day.
He was almost without formal edI1.
cation. yet few men have written
nobler English.
Pursued by savage malice as he
resolutely saved the Union, all at
tacks left him kind and gentle,
serene and aloof from calunny
and slander.
From the very roots Of the
people he sprang, to accomplish
a single great task. That done, he
vanished, this man who so su.
premely blended the mystic and
the simple the iron will of
a dictator with the sweetness of
a child. the gentleness of a woman.
Copyright, 1887, by King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
The Washington times., 1937-02-12

NAoRbOoAN oAANSA As Hill
it was nothing better-in Har-
din County, Kentucky.
It has taken all these years to
give us the true stature of this
man who was a Presence, rather
than a personality. During the
Civil War, and for years there
after, he was both idolized and
execrated.
It is difficult to believe that
writer's and cartooniStS for at
least 20 years, up to the time Of
his death and after, pictured
him as an uncouth country bump
kin, a slick politician given to
vulgar stories. Then came the
time when he became so glorified
and deified that once more the
true human being was obScured.
But time has corrected the
statue and portrait, and, after
all these years, we know Lincoln
the man. the strong. patient,
humorous, melancholy, sweet
souIed, indomitable great gentle
man that he was, for all his
lowly birth. We know him for
what he was.
THE REAL LINCOLN
We know him thoroughly in all
his moods and deeds, even in his
o d dities and inconsistencies,
through the years of his long
struggle against poverty, through
the years Of his power and glory;
his blghted romance, his I'm.
happy marriage, his struggles
with ambitious and inSolent lead.
erS of his own party and his own
Cabinet; his divine patience with
his laundering generals; his sad
ness over the slaughter of the
Civil War; his sympathy with the
South. but his infleXible Getermi-
nation to preserve the Union.
We can now go back to the
real Lincoln-Lincoln the human
being, not the myth, not the
demi-god. And half gods are in
significant creatures compared to
whole man.
We can go back to the days
when he lay flat on the floor Of
a log cabin, studying by the fire
light-the only light he had; to
the young rail splitter and coun-
try fair wrestler: to the trader
flat-boating down the Mississippi
to New orleans; to the Illinois
lawyer riding the circuit and win
ming his cases with wit and keen
observation Of human nature, as
much as by his use Of law and
the evidence: to the tall, lanky
politician wrapped about with a
shawl, his boots mudspattered,
The Washington times., 1937-02-12

verSary Of the
most revered Of
all Americans,
except, perhaps,
George w a S h
i n G t on. One
hundred a n d
t W e n t y eight
y e arS h a v e
passed, almost
the entir, span
of the history
of the United
s t a t e S, since
Abraham Lin :
coin wa born
in a log and
claDhOard shack
The Washington times., 1937-02-12
He Noses Out Beauty

THE old expression an eye for beauty will have to
L be modified.
A photographer of models for magazine covers and
advertisements, in listing the 1887 AAmerican beauty
model team declares that it's the that counts.
He says that a nose be one of four kinds-pert
arstocratic classic or easy-but that it must be good
The expression now will have to be ga nose for
beauty
Unfortunately, he said nothing about quantity in
tioning quality
The Washington times., 1937-02-12

hit along
m help your.
s e I. .accu-
mulate on s
m tons Of it,
star as I'm
conce r n e d.
o My havva
h e q rt-and
for the luvva
Mike, t h e
next time one
of these inn
prove m e n t
yenS SeiZeS
you, keep it
dark!
EG-
The Washington times., 1937-02-12
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

ON THIS day when the United States celebrates the
" anniversary Of the who preserved us as
Nation is we'll for Americans to give serious thought
to the spread of malice which destroy the union
made and cemented with the blood of forefathers
Intolerance and failure to perceive the essentially
common aims of a widespread republic brought on the
debace which Lincoln strove to avoid but which he
finally had to meet with force.
Is modern America heading toward another trial of
blood by reason of the spirit of intolerance and
the same dis-unon of those who should be striving
unitedlv to "fnish the work in''?
That malice which Lincoln felt should be held toward
none being seduously stirred up and fosered toward
many.
The charity which Lincoln felt should be held for all
is being almost universally denied nvective replaces
reason and trckery replaces forthrghness in our ma
tiona scheme
True it is that Americas problems in this period are
great and trying.
But those problems be solved-and pray God will
be soved-if all Americans regardless of station, bring
to the solving absence Of intolerance an absence of
malice and plentitude of charity.
The Washington times., 1937-02-12

LEGISLATION a r e
here and n o "
relieved of any
worry as to how
to ad dr. e S S
members Of the
Senate. At least
S e n a t or Key
Pittman, chair
man of the For,
eign Relations
Committee, has
taken a definite
stand.
It seems that
t h e chairman
h a S received
The Washington times., 1937-02-12
SALUTATIONS

Hark ye! Hark ye! Hark ye!
All persons having petitions to
send to the Senate on pending
The Washington times., 1937-02-12
The Human Side of the News
BIZ Edwin C.. Hill

We have come up again in the>
march Of time to the birth ami
The Washington times., 1937-02-12

DEAR JOaH CTaWIOEu.
"S'aN right with me, old girl.
IL YOU wanna get culture. Go
The Washington times., 1937-02-12
The Greatest Show on Earth

all are possessed of full physical
and mental vigOr."
The Washington times., 1937-02-12
Malice Toward None

With malice tOWdrd none, Nth charity Tor all,
1vith firnmess in the right-as God giUes US to
see the right-Iet US STRIFE on to finish the york
Ue are in.
The Washington times., 1937-02-12
Listen, World!
By MOntier
BIZ Elsie Robinson

20 YOU WANT TO IMPROVE YOURSELF?
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-12-31

soft and still in limp
perfection.
"Take a drink of
this, dear" urged
Ruth's mother. She
tried to keep the in
tensity out of her
voice and make it a
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-12-31
Uncle MiG
Says: ~
Charged for Ignorance

There are no new laws of Ma
ture, but men never seem to learn
the importance of those that all
ready exist.
If we must gossip, let us gossip
about the important people dead
and gone. That's what most of
the new biographers do.
We envy the Indian for at least
one thing. He doesn't make ex-
cuses.
Reason why it is so hard to sup
press noise in the big city is be-
cause big cities up to 1890 used to
be proud of their noise.
Deadens Our Outlook
1t never did any good to dwell
on gloom and regret.
Almost every man is important
to some one.
Why do men like to march in
parades? None of the Emersons,
Carlyles. Maupassants, Mon
taignes, Charles Lambs or DR..
Samuel Johnsons have ever fig
ured out.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-12-31

shown at A. Plan the size of the
mats and napkins so that the ma
terial will cut to good advantage
and the stripes will arrange them
selves in a pleasing way through
the center of each piece. Napkins
for this purpose may be as small
as nine inches square though
many people like them a little
larger than this. The mats are
usually about eleven by eighteen
inches.
Pull out the threads to make the
fringe at the edge as ! have shown
here at B. From a half to three
quarters of an inch is a good depth
for the fringe. Save the threads
you pull out and use them for
whipping the edge as I have shown
here at C..
Every Homemaker should have
a copy of Mrs. Spears new book.
SEWING. Forty-eight pages OF
step-by-step directions for making
slipcovers and dressing tables;
restoring and upholstering chairs,
couches; making curtains for ev-
cry type of room and purpose.
Making lampshades, rugs, otto
mans and other useful articles for
the home. Readers wishing a copy
should send name and address,
enclosing Is cents, to Mrs. Spears,
210 South Desplaines St., Chicago,
Illinois.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-12-31

Last summer, being sure that
Miss Matte was away from home,
Miss Addie went in through the
rear gate and picked the fruit on
Miss Mattie's side of the fence. The
jam in the jar before her, which
she had taken down from the shelf
for her supper that cold New Years
eve was from that fruit. The jar
had held candied ginger in Miss Adj
dies childhood and she recalled how
she and little Matte had eaten the
ginger from it. She recalled that
she and Matte had picked goose
berries from bush which grew
near the place where the bush
which had caused so much trouble
now grew. She recalled the many
happy times she and Miss Matte
had spent together-the times when
Miss Matte had been a real friend
in need-had helped to ease some
hurt or tighten some sorrow. What
a pity it seemed that such friend
ship should ever be broken. Miss
Adde'S dog had been given away
long ago, and Miss Mattie's cat had
wandered away from home and
never returned. With the two origi-
nal causes of the trouble gone,
wasn't it too bad for one-time
friends to remain enemies?
Wouldn't it be better to turn over
new leaf this New Years day and
renew their friendship?
It seemed so to Miss Addie and
she resolved not to waste another
minute, but do it right away! So
with a jar of jam in her hand and
love in her heart she went to wish
Miss Matte a happy New Year.
@ Western Newspaper Union.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-12-31

You can't catch cold from leav-
ing off your bad habits.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-12-31

THE napkins and mats are
L fringed and then whipped to
keep them from travelling and to
strengthen the edge. This is a
very quick and easy finish to use
for linens of the coarser weaves
and is in harmony with peasant
dishes and provincial furniture.
In cutting the material for the
mats and napkins it is best to pull
a thread to guide you so that the
edges will be perfectly straight
and fringe easily. Cut right along
the little opening made in the ma
terial by drawing the thread as
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-12-31
That's Me

That's Me
O'Flanagan Ito hospital attend
ant)-Phwat did We say the doc
tors name was?
Attendant-Doctor Fitzpatrick.
O'Flanagan-That settles it. No
doctor wild that name will get a
chance to operate on me-not if
know it.
Attendant-Why not?
O'Flanagan-I'm Patrick.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-12-31
January Was for Janus,
God of New Adventures

r HE month of January bears its
L name because Janus was the
god of the opening year. He pre-
sided over the undertaking of any
new adventure, and was a god
known only to the Romans. The
Romans adopted January as the
first of the year from the reign Of
their second king, Numa Pompilius,
who ruled until 672 B. C.
Not until the Eighteenth century
was January universally adopted as
the beginning of the year. England
took the step in 1852, and Sweden in
1853, but other European countries
adopted this New Years day at an
earlier date; France in 1864, Hol-
land, Protestant Germany and Rus
STA in 100.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-12-31

A DDIE ROOT and Matte
~ Campbell had always been
a friends until Miss Matte
claimed Miss Adde'S dog chased
her cat and tore up her flowers.
The fence was built and the bounda-
ry line of the two places ran so
close to Miss Adde'S gooseberry
bush that some of the branches of
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-12-31

Building Contractor (who is
called upon to respond to a toast
at a public dinner)-Ladies and
gentlemen, 1 am not accustomed
to public speaking, and feel very
out of place here-er-my prop
er place is on the scaff0ld.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-12-31
Watch Night

On New Years eve midnight
masses and watchnight services are
held everywhere, while those less
inclined to religious observances
make the closing minutes of the
year an occasion for jollity.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-12-31
Blue Wings
By LYDIA LION ROBERTS
@ Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.
WNU Service.

THE little girl looked like mini
L ature carved figure in the middle
of the big white bed. The slender
little hands on the smooth sheet lay
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-12-31
New Years at White House

Since the White House was not
completed during our first Presi-
dents lifetime, the John Adamses
were the first presidential family to
occupy it. The first drawing room
or New Years reception was held
in the Presidents palace" as it
was then referred to, on New Years
day, 1901.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-12-31
Not There

Not There
He was new to the course.
"Caddie, caddie," he walled, "this
is a terrible course"
Caddie-You left the course 20
minutes ago. This is somebody's
rock garden.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-12-31

the bush hung over the fence. The
bush belonged to Miss Addie but the
fruit on Miss Mattie's side of the
fence Miss Matte claimed. So Miss
Addie picked the fruit on her side
of the fence and Miss Matte that on
hers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-12-31

y III VkHC OA1AGNAVHE
Attorney Ito wife seeking di
vorce)-How long have your re-
lations been unpleasant?
Wife-My relations have always
been as nice as pie. It's his who've
caused all the trouble.
Evening star., 1937-01-09
50 PER CENT GAIN
FORECAST IN 1887
Architectural Forum Esti.
mates Building Total at
$3.715,OOO,OOO.

A construction total of $3,715, ,000,-
600, representing an increase of 80 per
cent over the total for 1886, is predict
ed for 1887 in the annual forecast of
the Architectural Forum. published in
its January issue. OF this sum an in
crease of 40 per cent in residential
construction making total of 81 ESQ.,
100000, and "a per cent advance in
commercial and factory construction
making total of 100000, 900 may be
expected, according to the Forum.
I'm estimating the probable course
of business in the construction indus
try during 1887" the Forum says, the
most fundamental fact to be taken
into consideration must be the ground
swell of confidence which has been rid
ing through the country during the last
IL months and promises to continue
even more markedly during 1887. A
second and preponderant factor is, of
course, the ever increasing shortage
in housing and absolescece in factories
and commercial buildings. And finally
residential building in particular should
benefit enormously from the unprece-
dented year-end increases in wages,
amounting to nearly 100000"
Modifying these facts" however.
"are the reactions to be expected from
certain events which occurred during
1885," according to the Forum. The
total of Government bounties will be
seriously lowered by the absence of
another veterans bonus. The unprece-
dented year-end distribution of wage
increases will result in resistance to
(See FORECAST, Page CD
Evening star., 1937-01-09
u. S. Housing Problem Held
Too Large for States and Cities
To,on Planning Instructor Says Private
Capital Has Neuer Been Able to Care
for L0,u Income Groups.

, rapidly availing themselves OF F. H. A.
insurance. realizing that their invest
ments will be well supervised.
"In 81 States there are 80 local
housing authorities authorized to re-
ceive funds and condemn property for
housing. These authorities have no
taxing power, however. as have many
metropolitan park and highway au-
thorities OF the 80 authorities. about
II are active at present First Houses,
recently completed in New York City
under the direction of Mr. Langdon
Post, tenement house commissioner,
is the only project owned and man.
aged by such an authority.
The Housing Division of the Pub
lie Works Administration has under
way at present sl30,000,0 900 demon
stration program Of slum clearance
and low-rent housing. A total of so
projects in 35 cities designed to house
$4,000 people will operate under a
direct subsidy or grant from the Gov
ernment. amounting probably to about
IS per cent Of the cost of the project.
Rents are fixed at about 81 per room
per month, including heat, gas, light
and refrigeration.
THE standards of design and con-
struction are high. 1t is still too early
to discuss costs Of construction, but
so far the Government has had to
pay far in excess Of the real value of
the land. All in all. setting aside politi-
cal expediency, bureaucracy and early
(See HOUSING, Page C-6J
Evening star., 1937-01-09

New Orleans convention Of realtors
and met with unusual approval.
Bradley was an outstanding speaker
at the New Orleans meeting. His
talk was the feature of the brokers
division sessionl
Evening star., 1937-01-09
Architects Hear
r. B. Montgomery
On Home Financing

r. B. Montgomery, head of
the mortgage loan division of
Acacia Mutual Life Insurance
Co., addressed the January meet
ing of the Washington Chapter,
American Institute OF Archi-
tects, held Thursday at the
Cosmos Club. His subject was
Modern Methods of Financing
Home Building" Theodore I.
Coe, vice president of the chap
ter. presided.
Montgomery said financing
agencies are making homes avail
able to the average man by pro-
viding more favorable purchasing
plans. He declared that new
methods of home financing, which
reduce the amount of the loan
with each payment, are far su-
perior to the old term" loan,
upon which interest only was
paid. leaving the principal un-
touched. New-type loans are
more sound than the term"
loans and have reduced the num-
Der of foreclosures to a new low,
he added.