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Smyrna times., 1937-01-28
MARRIAGES

Corsey-King - Near Moorton,
January 18th, by Rev. William t.
Corsey and Miss Ella King. both OF
this county.
Conovan Cummings = At the
home of the brides parents, Janu-
ary 25th, by Rev. E. e. White, Will
burt Donovan and Miss Maggie
Cummings, both of this county.
Jackson Conwell-Near Camden,
January goth, by Rev. w. M. War
ner, Luther S. Conwell and Miss
Ida, daughter of Edward jackson,
Esq. all of this county.
Smyrna times., 1937-01-28
WOMEN DICTATE
HOME PLANNING
Survey Shows Preferences of
Average Wife AS Home
Builder
SOME OF VIEW POINTS

New York.-The results of an
unprecedented survey to discover
the needs and preferences of the
average prospective home-builder in
the coming boom in residential con-
struction are reported in the Archi-
tectural Forum, and reveal two
facts most clearly: The woman,
who has been emancipated from
the backbrGking drudgery Of house
work, now serves notice that she
will insist on even greater conven-
fences and comforts than in the
past; and advocates of new ideas
in planning still have long way
to go to convince the public of the
superiority of basic changes from
long accustomed room arrange
mentS."
Prepared by the editors of The
Forum, the survey was conducted
by the Niagara Hudson Power cor
poration and reveals in great detail
the requirements, preferences and
''pet peeves" Of 11,207 families,
most of whom signified that they
might expect to pay between $1,000
and $500 for house and lot and
were prepared to pay between s., 900
and $4,000 down. in the expectation
of complete amortization in from 10
to Is years.
Room Arrangement.
For the most part the findings
are of national significance and Of
fer much room for speculation and
study. 1t will probably take a dec
ade of evolution to break down some
of the fixed ideas" of room ar
rangement, so deeply rooted in the
past, but this is a challenge which
should be met, not by words but by
building houses whose planning is
as advanced as the standard of
home equipment today"
Ninety-fve per cent of those an
swering the questionable said they
wanted to live ''either in an out
lying TeSlQellCe StCtlOil VI DcyOliu
the city limits" Less than five per
cent chose to live near the main
business section.
Their pet peeves the five
worst" we're mot enough closet
space" mot enough electrical out
let's" cant heat rooms evenly, +"
poor kitchen arrangements" and
house drafty." A marked trend
toward more and larger windows
reveals a desire for more sunlight,
and evidence is also given of a
strong feeling that domestic lighting
arrangements must be improved.
About As per cent Of those an
swering the QUESTIONABLE designat-
ed IAN architect" as the man they
would see first if they were plan
ming to build house, while the next
larger group chose builder, the
third realtor.
Smyrna times., 1937-01-28
DEATHS

Clayton-Near Dexter's Corner,
January 22nd, Mary A. Clayton
mother of E. Thomas Clayton, of
this town, aged 66 years. 9 months
and 20 days.
Senix-Near Blackiston's Cross
Roads, January 22nd, Martha A.
wife of Isaac Senix, aged 33 years
8 months, and 6 days.
Wilson-In this town, January
oath, Catherine Wilson, aged 81
years, 2 months and 27 days.
Smyrna times., 1937-01-28

The past month is said to have
been the coolest December in sew
en- years.
DR.. John M. Boyd, well known
Smyrna veterinarian, is attending
a valuable horse of I. N. Mills at
Clayton that has been seriously
I'LL.
Unless severe cold weather sets
in and closes navigation the steam
er Tygert, will commence Monday,
January 31st, and resume her reg
ular trips as per time table.
The annual winter oyster sup
pers down the Neck, a little delay
ed this year probably by the frigid
weather, had starter on Thurs
day night at the Clemen Brothers,
in Baymond's Neck.
Rev. James Carroll, now of
Greenwood, on recent visit to
Leipsic, where he served as pastor
last year, was waited on by a
number of old friends with sub
stantial tokens of regard.
The Wilmington papers note that
B. v. Weldon, president, and Sam
uel Taylor, chief of the Citizens
Hose Company, were in that city
last week examining the equip
ments of their fire companies.
William A. Winford got back
into his store on Saturday, after
an outing of over three weeks,
caused by the fire, and was more
pleased than the average pupil on
re-entering school after a vaca-
lion.
January Its, 1886, there was no
frost in the ground. January 1st,
1887, ice was ten inches thick and
the ground was frozen nearly that
depth. but all thawed out by the
warm spell ending Saturday and
Sunday.
F. J. Carter and John G. Manner
ing have formed co-partnership
for carrying on the painting, glaz-
ing and pape-hanging business, and
will occupy after the first OF
March the room now used by Mr..
Carter as an oyster saloon.
We record elsewhere the death
of one of our Oldest citizens, Mrs,
Cartharine Wilson in her 92 year.
She had been in feeble health for
some years. We also record the
deaths of Mrs. Isaac Senix, daugh-
ter of t. F. ]. Smith near Milling
ton, and Mrs. Clayton, mother of
E. Thomas Clayton, of the Smyrna
House.
A company of young men have
rented of Mrs. John G. Bailey the
dwelling part of the property re-
Gently bought of her mother, Mrs
ELLEN Cummins,( corner of Main
and Mount Vernon streets, for the
purpose of a private boarding
house for their Individual use and
comfort. This does not include the
corner rooms so long used by DR.
William Cummins for an office
which are yet unprovided for.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-28
McGrady's New Job

EDWARD F. McGRADY is planning to resign as AS
~ sistant Secretary of Labor to take presumably
better paid job as labor relations chief for the Radio
Corporation of America If he should resign, to coin
a phrase, the Governments loss is RCA's gain
. McGrady has handled much if not most of the heavy
duty for his exchef Secretary of Labor Frances Per-
kins; has dampered down passions in this of in
- dustrial conflict, headed off
; A""S'' LUZ" O more than one industrial war.
L00OT department How the Labor Department
will get along without him, don't know No is
Indispensable but as we've remarked before, it does
seem homogeneous for to be Secretary of Labor
ideastic and loaded up with character though Secre
rotary Perkins is These labor fights-C. l. 0. A.
F. L., U. A. W. A. VS.. General Motors or Chryser,
s. ". O. c. vs. Little Steel the railway brotherhoods
vs. the railways, etc-are fought mainly by men. The
men on both sides customarly very hardboled and
very well-informed men. It doubtful that any
woman could know enough of the ms and outs of such
fights to bring her character and courage effectively
to bear on them.
: Anyway, we wish Ed McGrady luck in his job.
From the New okD all News
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-28
Andrew w. Mellon

A NDREW W. MELLON made a lot of money dur
"A ing his life time.
He made so much that probably people know
of him as of great wealth than recall his public
services as Secretary the Treasury under three Pres
dents and as Ambassador to Great Britain.
In time to come his memory will be perpetuated
longer by what he did with his own money than by,
what he did when he was custodian
>NO'00'e ""t of the funds of his country
To Nation Among the most notable of Mr.
Mellon benefactons will always stand the National
Gallery of Art, now under construction here.
This represents gift of approximately seventy mil
lion dollars to the people of the nation and will afford
the public an opportunity to view art collection
without duplicate anywhere in the world.
The great Mellon art collection will nestle close to
another contribution made to the National Capital by
r.. the wisdom and foresight of Mr..
CO"'T'O"''O" Mellon-the Federal Triangle
To CITY More than any other one Mr..
Mellon is responsible for the present state of the de-
vclopment of downtown Washington.
= Mr. Mellon, of course, had his detractors.
They ridcued the title of "greates Secretary of the
Treasury since Hamilton" that conferred on him
during the prosperity era.
But these detractors will be able to question
the wisdom of the fundamental fiscal policies which
he adopted while in the Treasury.
These included the principles
F""''c r"'"'''" that expenditures should not ex
FOHcIeS coed revenues; that the public debt
should be paid and that taxes should be kept to the
absolute minimum to meet the needs of Government.
NJ i,
when this country enjoyed great prosperity. The pros
perity disappearing when he left the Treasury
building and it perhaps only natural that some
persons should blame him for the difficult days that
followed.
They will insist that the shy, modest little carry
that blame with him into the grave
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-28
Pension Them All

Too little attention and
thought was given a bill intro
duced in Congress, in the clos
ing days of the recent session,
that sought pensions for mem
bers of both houses.
To be sure, the bill, as intro
duced, and which apparently
died aborning, was controversial,
to say the least. One of the
weak points, or at least so it
seems to this benighted daily
worker, was that it introduced a
time element. That is, length of
time which a member had served
would have some bearing on his
retirement pay.
Now, it strikes me that the
American people might save
themselves a lot of money If
their Senators and Representa-
tives might be permitted to re-
tire on pension.
1t certainly would give many
Of them a political background
and backbone, which they seem
to be unable to afford now.
We all know that politicians
in general, and members Of Con-
gresS in particular, have an abid-
ing fear Of losing their jobs and
the salaries that go with them.
Very many Of us, too, are
quite certain that this ever.pres-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-28
Voice of the People

ent fear is one Of the deciding
factors determining how each Of
these lawmakers will and does
vote when must" legislation
comes from on high. It also is
a governing factor in the Con-
greSSman'S reaction to demands
by determined, organized minori-
ties.
Assurance that he would not
have to get out and scratch for
a living" would bolster the moral
courage of many OF these men.
Instead of recklessly voting to
pile UP taxes and needless ex-
penseS, it seems that there is
more likelihood, that there is
more chance, they will be what
they are supposed to be-really
representatives of the people of
their respective districts.
It's worth thinking over.
J. q. R.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-28
Speed and Taxes

YNHE Treasury announces that it is preparing
l. "streamlined' income tax blank and the Capital
Transit Company puts the first of batch of new
"streamned' street cars into service.
Both innovations will be received thankfully no
doubt.
But even if the Treasury printed its returns velum
the Job of paying the taxes wouldn't be any pleasanter
And even if the Transit Company lined its cars with
plush they wouldn't get you to the office minute
earlier.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-28

"In an edu-
cational C e n
ter a limita-
ton Of per-
sonal actions
should not be
n e c e s S a ry.
We are not
all financial
" q BILE to
plan an an
nounced we'd
ding, and, in
truth, prefer
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-28
Marry-GO-
Round
By HELEN ROWLAND

From a glimpse at the newest
styles. women are going to have
. lot of wagers this winter as to
how long they can keep an eve
ming gown from slipping off.
When a woman cries at a we'd
ding, she can never be quite sure
whether she is weeping with Joy,
envy, sympathy or foreboding.
A modern wife may not be so
soothing as the sweet, old-fash'
toned kind, but she is q lot more
stimulating; and whatever her
husband may die of, he never
dies Of boredom.
Some women never stop hay
ing operations until they run
out Of the money to pay the doc
tors, or stop getting married I'M
til they run out Of the money to
pay the lawyers.
Getting your daughter mar.
ried off no longer means losing
her forever. It far oftener
means losing her only for a little
while-and then having to take
her back C. o. d.
A popular writer thinks that
a woman should be lenient with
a philandering husband. But a
wise woman will fire him as
quickly as she would a cook who
had double-crosSe her. More
quickly, in fact, because in these
days it is far easier to replace q
husband than to replace a good
cook.
Copyright. 1887. by King Features
Syndicate. Inc.I
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-28

S u i t e d for
each other
often married
in a state of
drunkenness .
The new law
will also keep
C gu pl e s in
t h e ir ow n
town to get
married, thus
a S S i S tin G
t h e m in
knowing their
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-28
Wise Words

Hope springs eternal in the hu.
man breast;
Man never is, but always to be,
blest.
The soul, uneasy and confin'd
from home,
Rests and expatiates in q life
to come.
-Pone.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-28

thing g. In
f a C t, I be-
lieVe that it
W o uld be
e v e n more
b e n e fl cial
or couples
to W ait as
long as one
W e Elk from
the time they
applied for a
license to the
time they
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-28

is very sensi-
BILE because
the records Of
our divorce
courts S h o W
the S ri o US
need of elimi-
mating haSty
m aria geS,
c on t r acted
o t t e n under
influence of
liquor. The
thre ed a y
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-28

and it will also keep out the
clipping element from out Of
town who should rightfully
marry in their own towns"
\
Miss Florence Horst, of 1740
Euclid st. N. W.:
II like this new legislation
very much because it will cause
fewer marriages of couples not
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-28

fore marriage
C a n t a X e
place, I think
is a splendid
la W because
it will elinni-
nate h a S t y
m a rri a ges,
c a us less
Opponents Of
very GU n g
couples, cause
less So-called
ginmarriageS,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-28

Your First
Romance
And you, Alice?
Remember that sweetheart
you had the year you grad
uated from high-your first
serious love affair? As If you
could forget him!
You've had many q sweet.
heart since been married q
score Of years and now your
youngsters have sweethearts Of
their own. But you dream Of
AL yet.
Find yourself comparing him
with Tom. Could he ever have
become as dull and uninterest-
ing as Tom? Would you have
grown as faded and fat if you'd
been Mrs. Lester instead Of
Mrs. Brown?
Your first romance! Over
the years the thrill of it comes
back to you the memory Of
that last buggy ride the
smell of the stocks and the
roses in a tangle by the picket
fence. All, we'll
The bread your mother used
to make. The dream Of your
first sweetheart. How the
memory of them persists
spelling, somehow, all the bread,
all the love, that has come since.
And you think it was because
that bread was better Be-
cause the sweetheart was more
glorious than other men.
Part Of
The Magic
You're wrong. Chances are,
John, that your mothers bread
was just $3.50, and you've tasted
q thousand better loaveS since.
And it's dollars to doughnuts'
Alice, that your hero was just
a regular kid and you'd never
give him a second thought II
you saw him for the first time
now. Then why has the mem
ory persisted? Because 1t was
part of your morning.
It was part of that magic
which comes but once in life
part of that tip-toe ecstasy, that
wonder and delight, that fire
and fever and flaming faith
which is youth.
You do not remember the
taste of your mothers bread,
John. You remember the flavor
of youth. ..
You do not remember the
sweetness Of first love, Alice.
You remember the caretree
glory and glamour Of 1S-year-old
romance. And it will never come
again, for there is only one
morning.
Forget Dreams
And Get Going
But what Of it? Why let
the memory of that youthful
yesterday spoil all your tomor.
rows? There is, it is true, only
one morning. But what about
the noon?
Dewy dreams are rarely sweet,
but why pass up life for the
sake Of a dream? What Of the
wide adventures, the long
marches, the gallant battles
that may be yours If you'll snap
out of your dreams and get
going?
Why has life been such a dis
appointing mess, John and
Alice? Why have you never re-
gained your lost happiness?
Was it because you were trying
to hang on to your morning?
Was it because you weren't will
ing to seek new happiness?
Was it because you were a
couple Of big cry-habieS who
weren't willing to grow up?
Copyright. 1887. by King Features
Syndicate. lnc.l
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-28

II think the
thre E. ID ay
wait is a good
thing because
it gives the
couples time
t o think
things over.
Another good
law for Wash
ing t on ianS
would be the
testing of per-
sons health
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-28

could be married in order to
give them time to think over
this most important STEP"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-28
THE QUESTION:

What do you think of the new
three-day marriage notification
law?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-28

before marriage licenses were
granted. I would like to see this
legislation passed next"
4 X
Miss Lola McCallum, 1415
Chaplin st. N. W.:
IT feel that the three-day
wait before the issuance Of a
marriage license is a good
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-28
Traffic Toll

The mounting list of traffic
victims in the District Of Co
lumbia since January /, 1887,
is graphically shown by the.
death watch"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-28
THE ANSWERS

Bill Hutchinson, Ill Balti-
more Ave, Takoma Park, Md:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-28

clause will do much to avoid
such marriages"
X
Miss Kay Kaufman, of 1912
Columbia Rd. N. W.:
Having a three-day wait be-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-28
The Inquiring
Photographer

The Washington Times in.
vites you to submit timely
and interesting questions to
be used in this column.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-28
Listen
World!
By Elsie Robinson

That bread your mother used
to make, John.
You've never forgotten it, have
you?
The memory of it makes all
other bread taste like sawdust.
Queer how strongly you can see
the picture of her bending over
the old kitchen table, after all
these years-smell the buttery
brown crust-feel the warmth Of
the big wood stove welcoming
you. as you raced in, cold and
hungry. after school!
Makes q lump come to your
throat to even think Of it,
doesn't it, John? And many o
time you catch yourself wonder
ing how life would have been
If you'd stayed there, with
mother and dad, and have never
left the old home.
The miSSiSP Yes, she's a good
woman. But somehow, she's
never understood you the way
your mother did. never knew
how to make a place honey and
coy. Oh, we'll
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-28

When a woman cries at a we'd
ding, she can never be quite sure
whether she is weeping with Joy.
envy, sympathy or foreboding.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-02-19
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SERVICES

Mind" will be the subject Of the
Lesson-Sermon In all Churches Of
Christ, Scientist, on Sunday, Feb. Fl.
The Golden Text will he from Pro-
verbs 3:5-"Trust in the Lord with
all thine heart; and lean not unto
thine own understanding"
Among the citations comprising
the Lesson-Sermon will be the follow.
ing from the Bible-Deut. 6:4-
Hear, o Isreal; the Lord our God
is one Lord"
The Lesson-Sermon also will in
clude the following passage from the
Christian Science textbook, Science
and Health with Key to the Scrip
tures," by Mary Baker Eddy, page
343-"Jesus strips all disguise from
error, when his teachings are fully
understood"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-02-19
PLANS FOR EDUCATION CHILD
Rem OF FIREMEN KILLED
IN ACTION

Karl A. Young, Mt. Rainier. chair
man of the executive committee of
the Maryland State Fireman's Asso-
citation, announced that plans are be-
ing studied by the committee, to pro-
vide a college education for children
of firemen killed in action.
At recent meeting of the COM
mittee change in the bylaws was
proposed, to provide a pension of
$4,000 a month for each widow and
$1,000 a month for each dependent
child until they reach the age Of II
years. The committee voted to defer
action on a proposal to establish a
home for aged firemen. At the pres
ent time the Trustees of the Associa-
ton are paying $4,000 year to IL
elderly firemen. The committee &C.
copied an offer by Captain BERNARD
J. Cassell, of the Chevy Chase Fire
Department, to donate a trophy each
year IN memory of his sister. the late
Mrs, Charlotte Bryson Randall, to
the outstanding fire company in the
State.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-02-19
Faculty Meeting

On Wednesday, January 81, at
$3.50 p. M, the faculty of Rising Sun
High School met to discuss problems
of interest concerning the school.
Among the subjects discussed were
those relating to admission of stu
dents to high school; admission Of
nigh school pupils to college; facts
about credit gained by pupils; grad
uation from the academic and gen.
eral courses; systems being used in
class and school life; and facts about
the library and periods for student
study.
Standards for Maryland Country
High Schools" q bulletin issued last
year by the State Department of Ed
ucation, was the text of the meeting.
1t is the aim of the faculty to have
our standards of the highest order,
and, in such meetings, this is to
great degree accomplished. Cooper
alton is necessary on the part of the
students, however, before perfect
harmony and perfect standards are
attained.
Robert Rands.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-02-19
FORCASTING FUTURE TRENDS
(The Stars in Their COurses)
by
JOHN RANDS
Astro-Numerologist

The period February 10 to 25,
1897 inclusive, is marked by several
important planetary aspects which
have an important influence upon
world affairs and human psychology.
Jupiter, planet of expansion, is in
favorable aspect to Neptune, the
planet of deepest emotion. The gem
eral effect will be to test your inspir-
ational faculties and sound the depth
of your inner emotional life. This
can lead to recognition of effort and
high reward for all that has been
proved worthy in your emotional be-
ing.
The aspect between Mars, planet of
action, and Saturn, planet of organi-
cation, is also favorable, but this
tends to a stronger emphasis upon
distant affairs. travel, and distribu-
ton. Feature the Service angle and
map out a course of action that will
enable you to improve your relations
with fellow workers. This aspect is
most effective February 10 to 20.
Venus, the social force, aspects
Jupiter unfavorably between Febru-
airy IA and 81, warning against COM
hitting errors with those younger
and urges the avoidance of extrava-
gance.
The Sun aspects Uranus on the
25th and may lead to favorable, new,
and unexpected aid through superiors
and men close to you.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-02-19
ORPHANS COURT

Bond of Bertha I. Cramer, admin
istratrix Of Edgar A. Cramer; bond Of
William H. Cole, administrator of
Sarah E. Cole; bond of G. Estella
Cheeseman, executrix of Fannie D.
Wilson; bond of Wava May Walls.
Administrative of Jacob w. Hemp
hill; bond of William K. Bouchelle,
executrix of Emma J. Mahoney; bono
of Mary o. Fenton, administrative G.
t. a. of William ]. Fenton.
First and final account Of Eva
Ayers administrative of Taylor Har-
rigan; first and final account of JeD.
ME E. Price, administrator of Custis
C. Price; first and final account Of
John M. Seminar and James Lewis
Seminar. executors of Cecil P. sentr
sAAAs zE