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means that she'd miss the sound
of his key in the latch in the
evening-and his CHEEKY whistle
under the shower in the morning.
The clean smell of his shaving
cream in the bathroom-and the
fresh invigorating scent Of talcum
on his chin as he kisses her good
by before departing for the Of
flee.
The relief Of hearing his car
chug out of the garage every
morning-and the welcome sound
of wheels on the gravel as he re-
turns every evening.
His joyous grin as he sees his
favorite roast being put on the
table-and the frown on his brow
when she hands him the monthly
bill from her favorite department
store.
The pleasant, smoky masculine
aroma Of his lounging robe-ano
even the deadly smell Of his hunt
ing jacket.
The daily task, of cleaning ur
his cigar ashes all over the house
and the weekly task of counting
his laundry.
His groan Of ingratitude wher
he discovers that somebody" hal
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Striking From the Sky

THIS is the geography Of aviation:
i New York is Is hours from Europe
London is "a hours from Tokyo.
To every thoughtful American intent on avertng the
peril of war, that means trouble.
Through the perfection of aircraft the world is
shrinking.
The Atlantic no longer represents sphere of isoa
ton to the East and the Pacific cannot be regarded
now as a protective span Of water to the West.
The oceans have become merely long water jumps
easily and quickly spanned by arpanes bearing loads
Of death dealing bombs
Now, with the Inauguration of transatlantic passen
ger service the uses of ght from New York to Europe
the of peace And the magnificent record Of
two japanese airmen in cracking all records from New
York to Tokyo also is token of peace.
But who can say, with Europe grsly armed camp
and Spain already afame with conflict when the terror
of war will ride the airways?
America must prepare for every eventuality.
To strong Navy and great Army must be added
an AIR FLEET SECOND TO NONE.
That alone will insure the cities of the nation from
the horror of Madrid fate and keep the demon at
a distance
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frank N. smith Wa h ingtOn
urge, we have decided to take
this year Off-One out Of seventy
let us say, or deca Sabbatical-
and devote it to this matter.
"The idea is to proceed with
this assuagement at the rate OF
a letter per week for the rest OF
the year to each of the 5OO-Odd
members of Congress, the first
epistle of light and truth being
attached hereto. This should re-
Iieve the congestion in our
mental files"
The announcement is a page
long, the letter. two closely printed
pages. The announcement con
cludeS with:
Turning this page you will
find q brief discussion of q re-
cent event, the immense hiStori-
cal Importance and real signiti-
canoe of which has been missed,
or at least grossly moderated.
This is all too apparent In the
present Supreme Court Squabble.
For those who won't read /
have had a picture made which
has nothing to do with the cues
ton. Next weeks letter will 90
into the most crucial matter fac
ing the Administration"
The picture in question show
two men who suspiciously resemble
Hitler and Mussolini dragging
female figure, tagged Spain" will
John Bull looking on and saying
'Per'aps they're just going to
show her their etchings."
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lessness! That's the thought that
keeps churning, almost to an in
sane fury-the needleSSness of it!
The fact that we humans brought
this thing upon ourselves ARE
always bringing such things upon
ourselves.
And turn to the mountain Of
mail before me. Open letter after
letter, Shuddering. Letters shrek
ing "why should God do this?
Letters that humble over and
over 1--WE must be resigned; it is
the will of God"
The will of God! How dare
any one utter such foul and bias
phemous lie!
VICIOUS CHORUS
Yet thousands-yeS, millions
of seemingly intelligent mortals
believe exactly that. Day after
day, reading of similar horrors,
they say the same thing-"It is
GI1G WILL VI SOA' OuoO do G44CA4
british, jungle fathers, bowling to
the imagined edict Of blood-stained
idols, offered their own babes as
living sacrifices. Just as, later on
the most brilliant minds of the
Middle Ages believed God sent the
dreadful death toll of the plague
"The will of God" Do you re
member the Chicago Iroquois dis
aster those frightful files Of
burned babies city wailing its
heartbreak? Yet, louder than the
wailing, rose that ancient, vicious
chorus: BE resigned; it is the
will of God!"
Until at last someone-I thinl
it was a young priest-had thu
courage to write a poem blasting
such sacrilege. have forgotten
the poem-am not even sure re
member the title correctly-bu
the fighting faith and fury in i
have inspired me ever since.
"HE DID NOT WILL IT SOL
That, believe, was the refrain
And that should be every civilizet
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llR UIle ldSG lew
years. This is the first time it
has ever been democratized.
"Satisfaktionsfaehig," the word
quoted by Mayor LaGuardia, with
possible ineptitude, has denoted
in the past a right to satisfy
honor hitherto withheld from the
masses. 1t suggests interesting
possibilities growing out Of a taxi
drivers bawling match, or back
fence wrangle over dogs and
chickens.
Early last year, a subcommittee
of the Commission for the Re
form of German Penal Law
worked out a somewhat ponder
Gus and Enthusiastically thor
ough naturalization Of "the right
to defend ones honor with
weapons" as the basis for the
legalization of dueling in the
army and it's affiliated services,
the Storm Troopers and higher
officials of the country, with q
provision for courts Of honor"
to make sure that all premeditated
mayhem should be under the
rules, This was adopted, and
dueling became legal for the top
cut citizens. Now it is anybody's
pastime.
AN INSTITUTION
Tn the mast. the circumference
of German dueling has been IN
the universities. Important citi-
zens and stiff.necked officials or
social celebrities occasionally IN
dulged in it, but as an institution
it had existed mainly in such uni
versities as Heidelberg ana Frel-
burg, since it's beginnings early IN
the seventeenth century. 1t was
forbidden under the empire, buC'
nevertheless, continued. The re-
public suppressed it for a year OF
two.
It was resumed, in 1927. in the
old dueling hall in the historic
Hirschgasse at Heidelberg, with
the army saber and the lighter
Whip-like schlaeger. When the
Nazis took power, one of the first
things they did was to sanction
dueling in the universities; then
for the higher-ups, and now fol
the commoners and burghers
Jakob Sprenger, Reich Statthalter
says:
"There is only one kind OF
mans honor, and that exists In
all classes of population"
One can fancy that with al
classes more or less marked up VIII
saber cuts, the Heidelberg race
carvings wouldn't carry the kuoo'
they used to, but that may be rem
edied by requiring the absence O
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London.
GOD DID NOT WILL TT so!
I am no preacher. have only
vague glimmering of the truth.
But this I know beyond all doubt
ing God does not will the
agony and terror, shame and foul
ness which blight our human ex-
iStence.
God wills beauty. God wills
happiness and health and peace.
These are His desired plan. The
proof of this lies everywhere
about us.
But God did not will living sac
rifices. God did not will the
plague. God does not, today, will
the bitter poverty, the black in
justice, which exist in our own
America-in the midst Of our
power and abundance.
CAN BE FREE
God does not will the misery
of starving share choppers" child
laborers in mines and sweat-shopS.
God does not will the seeping, Sc.
cret horror of social diseases. God
does not will the industrial greed,
the political corruption, the civic
indifference which lie behind all
this. GOD DOES NOT WILL
WAR.
These horrors and heartbreakt
are not sent by God. They are the
direct, the inevitable result OF
mans own laziness, ignorance anc
viciouSness.
We can be freed. from them a.
we were freed from Giving sacri
fees" as we were freed from the
plague and endless other bnghtS
when we are willing to cast OIL
our own inertia and fight for the
health and happiness which were
Gods plan for us.
Until then we stay bound IN TIT
hells we have made. And 1t is thu
supreme sacrilege to blame thos'
hells upon the Creator OF love anc
beauty.
(This column Welcomes and
requests comments. Letters
presenting personal problems
may also be sent. All letters totH
be handled contidentiGlly and
answered promptly If stamped,
addressed envelopes are in
Clnded.)
Copyright, 1887. by King Features
Syndicate Incl
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There Is a Solution

= lkC1 = 40 ~ OOA WILL
IuE increasing population of the city and the conse-
ouent increase in the number of automobiles on the
streets make it obvious that only major operation can
solve the traffic problem with which the community is
already confronted and which will grow worse as the
years pass.
We can no longer hope to solve the problem by i'm
posing parking restrictions, by adding to the traffic
lights or by further plastering the city with signs
Unless a drastic change is made in the method of
dealing with traffic the community will soon reach the
noint where automobiles will lose much OF their useful
ness and where it will be impossible to move the scores
of thousands of workers their offices and stores With
out unreasonable inconvenience.
What changes will be necessary in the layout of the
ci+v to meet this obvious necessity be determined
bv traffic experts and engineers.
Other cities have solved very similar problems by
calling to their aid those who have made the solution
of such problems their life work.
WASHINGTON so far has attempted to Ignore the prob
lem and has refused to deal with it realistically.
This doesn happen to be one of those problems that
time itself will solve.
It is one that requires concentrated thought and
vigorous action.
It is unwise and unfair to let it become more
acute than it is now before advancing to the solution
Interested citizens, seeing the impossible condition
which is being created by neglect have advanced sew
era schemes of solution such the establishment OF
subway system in the downtown section.
However as each scheme is advanced, other citizens
find cause for complaint against it. generally that it
would impair the beauty Of the National Capital.
With proper consideration a scheme either of sub
ways or some other device, be developed which will
meet the need and leave the grandeur of the Federal City
intact.
But if consideration is not officially started in the
immediate future it is probable that in panic at the
acute condition which ultimately will be faced those in
authority may launch upon hastily devised and i'll
considered program.
That genuine danger with promise Of permanent
detracton from the beauty that is Westinghouse
To avoid this danger, steps must be taken at once by
the Congress- which the only agency that can authorize
them
There is pending bill introduced by Senator Gibson
providing for study of the traffic situation and the
subway proposal.
That is the least action which should be taken by the
present session of Congress contribution toward
permanent solution of difficult problem.
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LOYALTY

Representative Charles A. Plum
ley of Vermont pays his respects
to his State in his speeches by re
citing this verse:
'My heart is where the hills
fling up
Green garlands to the day.
IT'S where the blue lake brimS
her cup, 49, ....
The sparkling rivers play.
My heart Is on the mountain
still,
Wher'er my steps may be;
Vermont, o maiden Of the hills,
MY heart is there with thee"
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don't dare try.
Those mangled
masses of dead
children! Worse
yet, the ruined
y e a r S stretch
ing ahead for
those who are
left . . years
that will never
a g ain hold
m e a ning or
beauty for shat
tered men and
women.
The pity Of
it and tn e
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Marry Go Round
Ru Helen ROWLuHad

lbeen cleaning his deSk-ano MS
grunt Of approval when he finds
that she has Saved the papers"
and not thrown away the lease
and the insurance policies.
The sound of him running the
lawn mower or tinkering in the
garage when she's trying to get
him to come in to dinner-and
the sight of his greasy clothes and
smudged face when she drags him
from under the car to meet COM
pany.
Thrill of being told that she
looks more stunning in her last
years four-ninety-eight hat than
her smart neighbor does in a Paris
import-and the opportunity OF
hearing how his mother ran a per-
feet household on "notnlng-a'
week."
The consolation of comforting
him in his business grievances.
and the flattery of knowing tnaC ~
is to HER that he brings all MS
problems and troubles.
In brief, all the things that q
Husband stands for-and that Q
wife HAS to stand for!
These are the ties-that: bind,
the Thousand little ties OF daily
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classes a privi-
lege previously
enjoyed only by
the higher gen.
try of the realm
the right of
all citizens to
We e a C h
other with the
ancient "Schlae-
ger, " or to shoot
each other at
the traditional
80 PAGES. Duel
ing has been
on the up-take
in Europe dur
inC tho Ia CT few
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A marriage has not jelled until
your husband Cor wife, has ceased
to be a fascinating novelty or a
noble experiment" and has be-
come a confirmed HABIT from
which you can't break away.
When a wife says that IF any
thing happened to John" she'd
be lost, she'd MISS him so, she
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COMMANDMENT is ON

State Senator James o. Monroe
of Illinois who upset the usual
calm of Senate Judiciary hearings
with his attack on the President,
is still bombarding Congress with
his large postal cards. The latest
one is almost identical to the one
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of letter writing
that has any
t h ng beaten
yet to reach the
ov r burdened
secretaries.
His first let
ter is an an
n gu nc e m ent
that reads in
part like this:
"FOr the
purpose Of as
suaging, once
and for all,
that lifelong
write to-
Wnrh inptnn
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SERVING NOTICE

Woe to the members Of Con-
gress. 1t seems the time has come.
At least, someone who signs his
Sage Brush, Constituent-at-
Large" has started on a program
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DISAPPOINTED

One disappointed constituent Is
going back home and woe to
party he cast his vote for.
He arrived with his wife fresh
as a morning sun at the Capitol
about 10 o'clock. AS he entered
the Senate door he saw on the
elevator that forlorn sign saying:
''NO session today"
''NO session." he grOwled. II
wonder If anything is going on
in the Capitol. Doesn't Con-
gress ever work? What do they
get paid for? Let's get out OF
here"
There's one vote gone up IN
STn0ke
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The Human Side of the NeWS

poff base. French duelS are dan
gerous, and there are plenty OF
sure-enough killings in these en-
counters.
William Bird, highly accredited
and reliable newspaper correspond
ent in Paris for the last 20 years
says there are an average of two
duels a week in Paris, slightly
more than 100 a year, and that
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ByEdwin C.. Hill

lmany deaths listed as accident or
suicide are dueling deaths. 1t is
rare for news of a duel to get into
the newspapers, and secrecy is one
of the main assets of Jean Joseph
Renaud, the novelist, who is, by
tradition, the official referee.
Challenges run about 1000 a
year, with only one in 20 coming
to the point of actual or attempted
blood-letting. M. Renaud is eS-
teemed for his precise knowledge
of dueling punctilio, and his skill
in getting just the right flair Of
elegance and romance into the en-
counter.
The French were mystified when
they read about Huey Long get.
ting a black eye at that club in
Long Island. Or, to put it more
precisely, they were puzzled when
nobody got shot or pinked with
sword. Their statesmen quite fire.
quently indulge in a bit Of i'm
promptu milling, even in the cham
Der of deputies, but an exchange
of cards and bows and a couple
of pot shots at dawn is routine
thereafter. The French, in turn
think we're even a funnier race
than they are.
Hungary, during the last two OF
three years, has been crowdine
France hard in the dueling sweep
stakes. Recently we heard o.
Sarga, the demon dueliSt Of Buda
pest, who kicked up a quarrel with
nearly everybody he met anc
settled it with swords. It was JUS
year ago that Premier Julius
Gomboes fought pistol duel with
Thor Eckhardt, leader Of the
Peasant party. At about the same
time, Andras Mecser, Nazi leadel
in Hungary, got marked up a bi
in series of duels with Hungarian
journalists,
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Wise Words

True friendships are very rarely
found in those who are occupied
in the pursuit of honors and pub
lie affairs.-Cicero.
The humble suffer when the
powerful disagree.-Phaedrus.
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IN ORDER

Speaker William B. Bankhead
does things in the regular order
even on special occasions. When
he was felicitated on his birthday
in order to answer Floor Leader
Sam Rayburn he said:
"The Chair asks unanimous
consent to proceed for One-half
minute.
"Of course, recognize the
fact that this Is the anniversary
Of my birth, but I did not know
it had been sufficiently bruited
around the cloak room to call
for its declaration openly by the
distinguished gentleman from
Texas"
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Possibly the stories Of Ger
many's restriction of individual
freedom are canards. In one in
stance at least IL extends to all
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IAN arm or leg to mark the
Grade A gentleman.
Mark Twain wrote a famous
essay on French dueling, in which
he noted 1.-The danger of catching
cold" as probably the greatest
hazard. AS France takes the Eu-
ropean lead in dueling, along with
Hungary, it has been shown pretty
clearly that Mark Twain was way
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Greatest Show on Earth
By Frank Miller Smith

'sent previously in subject matter,
but another paragraph has been
added which says:
"Any member Of Congress
who now yields his independ.
ence to the President in render.
ing the court compliant to the
Executive will be counted as the
Presidents tool henceforth and
forever. Let no one now i'm
agine that in future crises the
executive pressure will be less or
the courage Of Congressman
greater. A vote for the court
bill Is a vote to turn the Gov.
eminent over to the President"
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OLD FAVORITES
Re0uieScut -ROSdnund Marriott Watson
.ReQuiescGt

Bury deep when am dead
Far from the woods where sweet birds sing:
Lap in suen and lead.
Lest my poor dust should feel the Spring
Never flower be near me set,
Nor starry cup slender stem,
Anemone violet
Lest my poor dust remember them.
And you-wherever you may fare
Dearer than Birds or flowers dew
Never ali me- pass never there,
Lest my poor dust should dream of you
TReGders inVed to send to the editor their suq-
gestions of old tavotes among the poems for reprnting
ID this spGeel
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QUITE DIFFERENT

These goingS-on are a reminder,
somehow, that Europe is a whole
lot farther away from America
in temperament and tradition
than it is in miles. What a story
it would be, for instance, if Secre-
tary Wallace and Secretary Roper
were trading shots in Chevy Chase
Park at dawn because of some Off
side crack made by one or the
other.
We seemed to get dueling pretty
much over with in the historic
Hamilton-Burr encounter, although
that Terry-Broderick duel in Cali.
fornia was an authentic feudal
hangnail, in the ancient European
tradition. Down in some of the
mountain counties, they just start
shooting when they get their backs
up-which is, in general, quite
characteristic of our technique.
Possibly our pioneer custom Of
taking it out in impulsive rough
and-tumble slugging, without any
romantic trimmings, has been
wholesome. There may be some
thing admirable in having certain
inner concerns more important
than your life.
But, on the whole, it probably
is a safe bet that we have just as
much honor in our public and
private life as any European coun'
| try. with much less shooting
lunging and gouging in its behalf
European society and politics are
quite venal here and there in spite
Of all their dueling.
Copyright, 1887, by King Features
! Syndicate. Ine.)
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Listen, World!
BIZ Elsie Robinson
CHE DID NOT WILL 1T SOL"

That nightmare in Texas
Stunned-nerve-blocked by hor-
.or-You can't take it in. You
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custom and usage, which trans
form marriage from an adventure
into a Happy Landing, and hus-
band from an experiment into q
confirmed habit!
Copyright. 1887. by King Features
Syndicate. Ine.)
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4human beings answer to such In
credible tragedy as that in New
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-02-19

Curtis Bros. Motors have used
ear department where they have
on display bargains in used cars and
thoroughly reconditioned cars. Here
the wise buyer can find thousands of
miles of troublefree and satisfactory
motoring at a fraction Of the original
cost.
Their position is one of advantage
in the used car market. The prices
Of the new cars and trucks make it
necessary to have wonderful bargains
in this department. These are sold
on such terms as are very attractive.
They have a great variety in this
department and you can find most
anything you want.
Every used car they sell has their
guarantee and their reputation behind
it. If the car needs it, it has been
thoroughly reconditioned and put in
good running shape, and it is sold
only if it is in good all-around condi-
tion. Their guarantee has a meaning,
and it is the final O. X. in the used
car business. Many fy-by-night con-
Germs make all kinds of eXtrayagant
promises on used cars and then refuse
to recognize the unhappy buyer when
he comes in to tell his troubles. But
they always keep faith with the public
and they have followed this principle
of square dealing ever since they have
been in business.
In this review of the progress Of
today we cannot fail to compliment
Curtis Bros. Motors upon the part
they are playing in the transporta-
ton life of the times and to say that
the coming season holds a wonderful
future for them.