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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-02-04

Mrs. Walter Harvey and two chill
dren, Cumberland, are spending some
time here with her aunt, Mrs. George
Glotfelty. She is helping care for her
grandmother, Mrs. Lowdermilk.
Mrs. Alvin Friend, Sang Run, spent
a couple days last week at the home of
Mrs. George Glotfelty.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles 1. Wright and
two sons were in Oakland Monday.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-02-04
McHENRY

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Lowdermilk, of
Selbysport, spent Sunday here with
Mrs. George Glotfelty.
Mrs. L. A. Lowdermilk is seriously
i'll at this time.
Miss Geraldine Wright, who was
visiting her sister, Mrs. Clarence Bate
man, at Swanton, returned Sunday to
the home of Everett Savage.
Mrs. Elmer Deal and family, State
Line, visited the formers sister, Mrs
Emma Deal, on Sunday.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-02-04
NUARY MARRIAGE TOTAL
HS LARGEST IN RECORDS
|ihety-Nine Permits Are Gran
During First Month of 1887

Ninety-nine marriage permits were
anted during che month Of January
nst passed, the largest number fol
NY January on record. This was ac-
tounted for by the mild winter
heather. Usually during January
rom so to 70 permits are issued.
Eighteen marriage licenses were is
sued during the past week ending
Monday at noon from the Office of the
flerk of the Circuit court. Three OF
those issued were marked don't pub
while two applicants were re-
fused permits on account Of the youth
lness of the contracting parties.
sanes Derris Smith, 80, glass work
Morgantown, w. Va, and Freda
ttHo Lesson, "a, Pennsboro, W. Va
nWrence Collett, Is, laborer, anc
bslle Moore Beale, 81, clerk, both OF
ins, West Va.
hilbert Franklin Eagles, "a, King
6td w. Va, and Norma Virginia
Isbn, 18, Elk Garden, W. Va.
Cfa Caesar Robey, 46, engineer, OF
Glenn Falls, N. Y, and Isolena Betty
Fht,lhell, 80, saleslady, Rome, N. Y.
Shnis Holmes, "a, farmer, and
erase Hibbs, 10, both Of Independence
W h
snrice Edmund Cartwright, Jr., %
IS worker, and Claire Constance
b rev, 10, both of Grafton, W. Va.
5trest Hobart Kelley, 81, student
Wylorae Polling, 81, student, both
&lington, w. Va.
ueh Lorenzo Hinkle, 25, plumber
dina Victorine Robbins, 10, both
r Marion, Pa.
Ihomas Lynch Council, 81, time
per, Morgantown, W. Va, and
hihKyn HAHN, 1S, student, Point
fi5n, Pa.
yne Clifton Corder, 81, miner
Minnie May Day, 81, both Of
8'ns, West Va.
bert Harold Renner, 20, weigh
IA, Uniontown, Pa, and Margaret
t1tyn Kolfeich, %, Hopwood, Pa
Hey Syrnus, &c, miner, Tunnel
}6n. wv. Va, and Evelyn Marie Lewis
IS. corinth, w. Va.
willis Gordon Eismon, 81, coach, ano
Mildred Smith, 81, teacher, both Of
Il VIZ W.
Flton Kennel Cain, %, farmer, Of
iEo. w. Va, and Ellen Virginia Nc
md, 10, Petroleum, W. Va.
Glenn William Wade, %, farmer, %
Ville, W. Va, and Marguerite Ella
ems, 81, teacher, DeKalb, W. Va
non Vernon Lemley, "a, farmer, OF
rs, Pa, and Ocie Margaret Fox
aynesburg, Pa.
ton Chester Ravenscroft, 2S
r, Oakmont, W. Va, and Ruth
Avis Sherwood, 80, Emoryville, W
61 Anthony Marshall, %, baker
NIrginia Tillie Umberger, 81, both
sburgh, Pa.
1kard Lee Hawkins, %, mould
and Thelma Louise Wise, 10
f Fairmont, W. Va.
ard Lee Carr, %, farmer, and
Ann Smith, 81, both of Cedar.
"a. Va.
ard Mike Flanagan, 10, (par-
eonsent) farmer, and Almirs
The Washington times., 1937-01-30
The Lawyers Surprise

T AWYERS frequently plead "surprise' and seek to
IL mpeach the testimony of their own witnesses when
it goes contrary to their case and to their advance init
nations as to what the testimony is to be.
Washingtonians have no desire to mpeach the mem
bers of the Bar Association of the District group,
but they certainly plead surprise at the action of that
body in turning against the proposal of Judge Nathan
Cayton that small claims and Cancellation branch of
the Municipal Court be established.
A committee of the association made exhaustive
study of the proposal for the poor man court and gave
it hearty endorsement
The board of directors of the association studied the
report and voiced its approval Of the proposal.
But now, the associations full membership (which,
it NAV be supposed has not made as thorough study
of the proposition either the committee or the boar
votes against it.
In its position on the Cayton proposal the association
will find itself thoroughly out of line with the expressed
sentiment of the general of citizens of the COM
munity
Virtually all other organizations in town which have
taken action on it have endorsed the suggestion.
They have based their action on the thought that the
proposed branch would bring speedy justice to the poor
itigant who could not afford to retain lawyer but
who had case involving less than fifty dollars
The poor man branch would strip such of much
of the technical procedure in which they are
meshed and would afford forum in which they might
be decided with large degree of informality
Such courts have been established in many cities and
have proven their worth.
We do not know what effect the action of the Bar
Association will have on the judges of the Municipal
Court who have the authority to establish the branch
proposed by Judge Cayton.
We hope, and believe all Washington hopes, that
the judges will proceed with the plan regardless.
But we certain that the action Of the Bar Assoca
ton will not enhance it's prestige and judging from
sentiment on Capitol Hill, we certain that the
sociation will not be able to prevent the ultimate estab
shmen of the branch by enactment of legislation
though it delays action by the judges.
The Washington times., 1937-01-30

When a man looks worried and
distrait it is hard to tell whether
the cause Of his anxiety is some
woman in his heart or some
woman who is on his neck.
1t is only once in a great while
that a Byron is born, who can
make love and sing of it, too. Most
of the weeteSt sentimental
singers have been woman-Shy.
Few modern masculine hearts
are broken; they either dry up
from lack Of exercises or wear out
from overWork.
Some men always win at those
Saturday night poker-partles;
some always come out just even"
and a few tell their wives the
TRUTH.
It must be bitter diSappoint-
ment to the girl who marries one
of these Hollywood screen idols
to find that she can never run her
fingers lovingly through his hair
The Washington times., 1937-01-30
THEY'RE WELCOME

This town is certainly broaden
ing.
Tonight at the Birthday Ball for
the President a group of movie
stars will circulate as guests, in
cluding Robert Taylor and Jean
Harlow.
It has been recalled that years
ago during the time that Theodore
Roosevelt was President the act
resses of the day weren't so gladly
received.
Marie Tempest, the grand old
lady of the English stage, was
visiting America. Mrs. Roosevelt
invited her to a luncheon at the
White House. The news leaked out
and caused a furore among society
dictators. 1t was indeed a "Tem-
pest in a teapot" ooh, oh, what
a pun) because Mrs. Tempest did
not attend.
Since then actors and actresses
have been frequent and welcome
visitors to the Executive Mansion,
and don't hear any protests.
The Washington times., 1937-01-30
Marry-GO-ROund
By Helen RO1LGnd
THESE CHARMING MEN

for fear she may muss up his
permanent"
It doesn't make man any hap
pier to succeed in catching the
ball he has been chasing. Both OF
them would rather go on play
ing the game"
There are so many long court
ships these days that you might
suspect some young men were
waiting for an old age pension
to marry on.
Don't be discouraged if you
find that you have married a
book-fiend or golf-fiend: a man
without a hobby has to be
amused and diverted like a f.
year-old child or else he'll get
into mischief.
The man whose father used
to collect pressed flowers and
locks of hair now collects tele-
phone numbers as souvenirs Of
romance"
Copyright 1887. by King Features
Syndicate, Ine.)
The Washington times., 1937-01-30
BREAKS SILENCE

The first freshman Senator to
break the silence and make a pro-
longed speech in the Seventy-fifth
Congress was Allen j. Ellender, OF
Louisiana. He took the place Of
the late Huey Long.
When he spoke recently the gal
leryites watched him closely. so
did the members of the Senate.
Some expected he would address
the body on a local problem. Moth
ing doing. Very respectfully he
took the bit in his teeth and
jumped into the question of for
eign bonds, a matter freighted
with burden of our foreign debts.
He was somewhat nervous as he
began but before he had finished
his address he had given up
his jerky gestures of emphasis and
presented his case as clearly as
the next one. The fiery oratory
of the "Kingfish" was not in evi-
dence. however.
The Washington times., 1937-01-30

Journey
SOUTH AMERICA

The recent Pan American con-
gress has helped promote travel
in Central and South America. No
matter how many times one has
been to Europe or any other con-
tinent, ones travel education is
not complete without a visit to
these charming countries. II you
are contemplating such vacation,
however, plan to spend several
weeks because there is so much to
see, so much to do and so much
to enjoy.
POPULAR COUNTRIES
The Argentine, Brazil and Chile
are the three most popular tourist
detectives, while Peru is becoming
increasingly popular. First honors,
of course, must be accorded Buenos
Aires, the largest Latin city in the
Americas and the capital OF the
Argentine Republic. Next comes
Brazil, an immense land that en-
compasses within it's farflung di-
mensions every variety Of scenery
and interest. It has had a roman
tic and thrilling background, but
those who know and love Brazil
predict a future even more mag
nificent. No words can do justice
to Brazil'S capital, Rio de Janeiro,
a bustling, but courteous, cultured
and cosmopolitan city.
Today we will take you into the
interior of mighty Brazil, past Sac
Paulo, the great coffee center OF
the world, which is connected with
the great coffee port Of Santos by
a marvellous highway and scenic
railroad. Santos is surrounded by
such lovely beaches as GuaraJa
and Sac Vincente, the site Of the
first Portuguese settlement in the
New World.
BEAUTIFUL AND RICH
A few hours ride by train or
auto takes us into a territory that
should not be missed by any visitor
who really wants to know some
thing about Brazil.
The state of MinaS Geraes Is the
home of fabulous mineral wealth,
and it is just as beautiful as it is
rich. Then there are Pocos de
Caldas and Araxa CaXambu, de-
lightful resorts and spas set amid
gorgeous scenery.
Caves and grottoS, charming
cities such as Bello Horizonte,
iungles teeming with tropical bios
SONS and lush foliage, mountain
ranges and rivers threading like
mighty silver snakes through deep
forests, are some of the other at
fractions of MinaS.
The Washington times., 1937-01-30


I remember being puzzled about
anything being so typical that one
had to study 5000 items to get the
type.
There is a joker there some
where, but at any rate there was a
type, not only of the actors board
ing house, but of o. Henry'S house
and all the others that sheltered
footloose boys and girls, stalking
out their share of the American
dream The boarding house, the
hall bedroom, have a place in
Americana, and so the current
news story of the comeback" OF
the boarding house inclined to turn
nostalgia into a feeling Of perma'
nency.
Nothing seemed so completely
done for as the old-fashioned
boarding house. Now there's no
knowing what may happen-we
may yet attain the good old S.
cent cigar that Tom Marshall
yearned for, the wash-tub schooner
Of scent steam beer, the return
Of the gallery gods, Snappy, sway
backed $40 suit and 50-cent table
d'hote.
THE BOARDING HOUSE
It isn't exactly that one wants
to go out and die for his dear old
hall bedroom. But, just as it was
a year or so ago when papers re-
ported that the village dreSsmakeT
was going strong again, there is
a feeling that life still goes on.
when anything as institutional as
this is Salvaged from the junk
heap.
The boarding house grew and
flouriShed in an era of change,
That was when the village and
farm boys and girls were getting
a toe-hold in the big towns. Much
Of the tide Of brains and genius
which has built and energized the
cities flowed through big city
boarding houses. There's many a
big-busineSs executive, with an i'm
posing country estate and a flock
of servants, who was rationed or
clearinghouse prunes and rumr
steak when he was first getting
his hooks into his job and his
career.
I happen to know one who loves
to talk about the grubby boarding
house of his New York dayS-hoW
the hatchet-faced old Mrs. Spinney
made him soak his feet when he
had a cold and threatened tt
smack him if he didn't. l though
of him when I saw the headline
about the second millennium o.
the boarding house. One wonders
how Puck and Judge and Suct
comic papers could have published
at all without the boarding house
An anthology Of the jokes about
prunes, beans, tough steak anc
hash would fill a fair-Sized public
library.
The standing cast Of character
would round out a play. On the
boards, year after year, always
getting a laugh, were the Stal
boarder, the dyspeptic, the flirt
the cut-up, the dead beat, the httlt
ingenue from the country. tht
Iduda, the mottled and bibulouS olC
The Washington times., 1937-01-30

visitors. r e Rep. C. A. WOOdrum
morning mail in some instances
looked like the accumulation OF a
movie stars fan letters.
Now another phase has been en-
tered upon. A member realizing
that his constituents need his
help more than ever has started
out asking for more work. It's
an innovation to say the least.
Positive proof of this turn OF
events comes in a letter sent out
by Representative Clifton A.
Woodrum, Democrat of the Sixth
District of Virginia. This is what
he has to say:
"An open letter to Citizens Of
Sixth District:
"Due to creation Of new gov
ernment agencies in recent
years, many Virginians who for
merIy had little or no business
to transact in Washington are
now finding it necessary to deal
with the various offices here.
81 want the people of my Con-
gressiOnal District to know that
/ welcome requests for apprO-
pirate letters of introduction to
government officials, also any
other proper requests within my
power to grant. In many cases
my secretarial staff, whether I
be present or absent, can be
helpful to constituents.
"MOreOver, my office IS
equipped to handle a heavy vol
ume of correspondence; and 1
hope all residents of the district
will feel perfectly free to write
to me upon any and all subjects
pertaining to the Federal Gov
ernment, especially in cases
where my office may be helpful
in some proper manner"
It looks like a big time in the
Woodrum office before this ses
sion is out.
The Washington times., 1937-01-30
The Greatest Show on Earth
By Frank Miller Smith

'officials are very easily persuaded
to pose there because it IS sure
fire publicity. In most instances
it's page one.
According to Earl Goodwin, our
expert on matters pertaining to
the executive branch of the Gov
ernment, the photographers have
evolved a plan by which 1t has
cost 81 apiece for such pictures
in the past few days. That is,
they thought it was costing a dol
lar, but Earl reveals that some
body put one over on the picture
hawks.
The first one to come under
this new regime was Senator Key
Pittman of Nevada. AS ne LETT
after a conference with the Presi-
dent, photographers led him over
to the box set up by the Red Cross
in the lobby for contributions for
the flood sufferers.
He put in a dollar bill and was
duly photographed. Next came
Interior Secretary Harold w. Ickes
and Senator Joe Guffey of Penn
sylvania. 1t cost each of them a
buck.
But, toward the end Of the day,
Walter Trojan, of the Chicago
Tribune, shook the box upside
down to see how much money had
been contributed and along with
the dollar bills trickled out three
pennies. How the heck that ever
happened is still a mystery.
The Washington times., 1937-01-30
The Delay Lengthens

TT is ALMOST three months since Mr.. William
A. Roberts resigned the post of Peoples Counsel of
the District of Columbia.
Since that time the residents of the District have been
deprived of the representation in public utilities matters
to which they are entitled under the law.
The responsibility for appointing successor to Mr.
Roberts in this highly important post devoves upon
President Roosevelt.
Recognition is given the fact that since Mr. Roberts
submitted his resignation President Roosevelt has been
extraordinarily busy
He has concluded electoral campaign and has
won tremendous victory; has journeyed to South
America in the interests of international peace has
Quoted the regular affairs of government has opened
new Congress and has taken the oath of office for his
second term.
But if the President could possibly his way clear to
filling what may to him to be an unimportant post
but which is in reality tremendously important to
the District the voeless citizens of the National Capital
would be deeply apprecative.
When the office of Peoples Counsel was established
by Congress constituted acceptance of the fact that
gardess of the fine Intentions of the members of the
Public Utilities Commission it desirable and
sary that the public should have special legal represent
ave before that body to represent the interests of the
patrons of the various utilities.
The Peoples Counsel was the champion of the pub
c and ptted against the vast arrays of counsel
tanned by each of the great utility corporations when
it sought action TO it's advantage or sought to
block action which felt would be dsadvantageous to it.
Despite the discrepancy both to numbers and to
the price of counsel the public able to make good
showing through Mr.. Roberts and his predecessors.
Mr.. Roberts resigned in order that he might enter
private practice after years of public and more less
unremunerative service.
WHEN HE RESIGNED HE FELT STRONGLY
THAT THE OFFICE OF PEOPLES COUNSEL
SHOULD NOT ONLY BE RETAINED BUT SHOULD
BE MADE EVEN MORE EFFECTIVE BY BEING
EQUIPPED WITH A TRAINED STAFF OF INVEs-
TIGATORs AND ASSISTANTS TO THE COUNSEL.
That the office has been left vacant for almost three
months has been greatly to the disadvantage of the tax
payers and customers Of the utilities
There should be further delay in appointing
alert, vigorous, capable and courageous Peoples
Counsel
The Washington times., 1937-01-30
IN the World War, many soldiers learned

TN the World War, many soldiers learned
i what generals already knew holIoo0-
chested, pasty-faced bank clerk can haze gust
as much PHYSICAL COURAGE under fire as
ann bruUny truck driver or steUedore.
When occasion demands, most men will find
buried in their souls the PHYSICAL COURAGE
to fight, perhaps to die.
Doctors, preachers and mothers know that
most men, long after they have become snarling
killers or weary-eyed drunkards, still know
Right from Wrong, still have the MORAL
COURAGE to stop doing what is aOrong, start
doing what is right Moral courage is not rare.
But look at the scraWny citizen, much like the
rest of us, sUeating aoOay at his morning "set-
tinq-up exercises" THAT is REAL COURAGE.
The Washington times., 1937-01-30

makes great scholars, great scientists, great
soldiers.
MENTAL COURAGE in little things builds
up the will power that enables men to know
drive ahead to victory.
The little courage of millions of little people
has built up the mighty courage of this America
the courage that conquers defeat, the sort of
defeat that we knew during the Depression,
defeat born of inability to THINK FOR OUR
SELVES.
The mental courage of millions of Americans
gives this nation the courage to THINK NEW
HOUGHTS-oOithout that courage to think,
q nation dies the death of a co1OGrd.
The Washington times., 1937-01-30

G o n G r e SIS re-
ceived very
little mail and
he wasn't Wis
tied by many
Of his conStitu-
2 n is because
the majority Of
t he pub l i C
didn't dr. e a m
how approach
able they were.
Then came a
turnover a n d
every office in
the Capitol was
ianmed wit h
The Washington times., 1937-01-30
The Human Side of the News
By Edwin C.. Hill

major with his dream millions, the
handsome and empty-pated floor
walker, and Of course, the hawk
eyed but oStentatiously genteel
old landlady.
Many a newspaper squib writer
sent his children through college
mainly on boarding house jokes,
plus standard niftieS about mother
in-law, tramps, and Pat and Mike.
For instance, every so often they
used to dust this one off, give it
another run and collect another
two dollars:
Major SOrehead The flies
are awful thick around here.
LandIady-Why don't you 60
where they're thinner?
Just writing this quaint, Vic
torian joke on the typewriter is a
startling reminder of the Shake-up
in journalistic humor within the
last few years. Nothing, not even
the new era which blew up in
1929, is so dead as the "he-and-she'
joke. Now it is a single line, SerV-
ing as the fuse to detonate the
usually sardonic picture and blast
out a laugh. BergSon, who wrote
the most searching treatise on
humor ever penned, could make
much of that transition.
Vaudevillians found in the
boarding house a fat source Of
material-not only jokes for
songs, but jokes for every oc-
casion. Any reader with a touch
Of frost around his ears will re-
member this one:
'My! how the bOarderS yell,
when they hear that dinner
bell"
Around the West Forties, back
in the days of Mrs. Leslie Carter,
you used to hear a lot Of actors
boarding house jokes, some of
them pretty grim, circulating
around the Thespians.
There was the one about the
elegant old ham actor with a
fuzzy hat who knocked at the
door of one Of the old hoSpiceS
with tall front steps and q blotchy
brownstone front. The door was
opened cautiously by the land
lady, who, in all these years, was
a dreadful old harridan. The old
Shakespearean swept off his hat.
bowed low and said:
"My dear madame, what are
your lowest terms for actOrS?"
"ScOundreIs and dead BEATS"
snarled the old lady, Slamming
the door.
BETTER NOW
Boarding houses of today are
lot better than the old timers
Modern knowledge Of diet, spread
ing widely among the public, Is
making it easier for them to sur
vive. Thirty or forty years ago q
square meal was a mighty serious
opus, with much more meat ano
fried food, and a slather OF all
sorts of pastry. Now people are
trained to fruit and fruit Juices
less starch, and generally lighter
meals.
A thoroughly edible, balanced
sound, sensible meal of today calls
for a whole lot less labor and ex
pense than it used to. And the
prune, victim of cruel japery fol
decades, has come into its own as
chockful of vitaminS, non-fatten
ing, with low-calory content and
all other prerequisites Of worth and
respectability.
washington is said to have the
best boarding houses in America
The landlady is apt to have mar
ried couples or whole families fol-
boarders. They have high living
standards, easy Jobs, solvency and
all that makes an ideal boarder.
Old mansions, instead Of slump
ing into decay, as in other cities
find here a sensible and profit
able use for their 20 or 80 rooms
And so, the Capital leads the way
in this as in most institutiona,
trends Of American life.
Copyright. 1887. by King Features
| Syndicate, Ina.)
The Washington times., 1937-01-30
Wise Words

Care to our coffin adds a nail
no doubt; and every grin, so
merry, draws one out.-John VOL
cot.
Zeal is very blind, or badly reg
ulated, when it encroaches upon
the rights Of otherS.-Pasquier
Quesnel.
The ruling passion is the pas
sion for ruling.-TacituS.
Princes and lords are but the
breath of kings, "An honest mans
the noblest work Of God. BURNS.
The Washington times., 1937-01-30

His pre- S S
agent, booming
the show, sent
out a piece in
which he dwelt
on the realism
of the setting.
"In order to
get the whole
absolute type, "
he wrote, "Mr.
BelascO made
a m n u t e
study of 5000
actors bed
rooms before
he found out
what he want
The Washington times., 1937-01-30

quite dreadful
fervor, OUR old
minister's voice
doomed through
the little white
church. April
lay. gold e n
sweet, on the
open sill. Bees.
'buzzed larksI
called ro S e
petals drifted
zily to the
warm, blac kI
earth. But for|
once 1 ceaSed|
to wriggle inn
The Washington times., 1937-01-30
A MYSTERY

At no other place in Washing
ton does a picture take on the
significance of the ones shot" at
the White House.
Politicians and Government