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The Washington times., 1937-04-26
BRITISH FOX HUNTS

Travellers who enjoy a comb
nation of the spectacular and the
traditional should visit in England
during the months that fox hunt
ing is at its height. For there, at
the famous meets, is old John Bull
the country gentleman, and the
hunting Jorrocks at their best.
And even if one doesn't altogether
approve of the idea Of pack Of
hounds, fast riders, huntSmen and
whippers-in all in pursuit Of old
Reynard, yet one must admit the
spectacle has appeal.
This writer has seen and ridden
with many of the famous packs
and can testify that there is more
spectacle, excitement, thrill and
beauty in a meet than IN almost
anything else.
MOST COLORFUL
Although the greatest hunts are
in the "ShireS," the inland coun.
ties, there are some fine organiza-
lions within easy reach of London.
notably the Waddon chase. But
the greatest, most historic packs
are found in Rutlandshire, Noting
hamShire, Leicestershire and Lin
colnShire.
These are the Pytchley, the Cot
tesmore, the Fernie, the Belvoir
and the Quorn packs. And if one
is a good rider and can be put up
at the home of a member of these
hunts. it will prove well worth.
while.
One is usually mounted on a SUI.
perb hunter, and the whole thing
is perfectly done. The hunt break
fast, held at one of the great
houses, is all that it has been pur
ported and reported to be; and the
hunt ball at the end of the season
also is a grand turnout. But let's
| get back to run with, let us say
The Washington times., 1937-04-26

CONTEMPLATE CRY OF
YOU'RE TOO YOUNG'-OR
YOU HAVEN'T HAD THE
EXPERIENCES
How and where in this
world, Miss Robinson, are we go
ing to get this experience If
people don't give us a break? 1
admit they may be taking a
chance with us, but then isn't
life a GAMBLE? And didn't
someone once take q chance
with THEM?
Must we lie about our ages,
about the experience we never
had? Some may say yeS-but
then we start with a policy Of
LIE YOUR WAY THROUGH
LIFE That's not what we
want. We want to be able to
look back at the next Young
America and give them the help
ing hand that we today need
and want so much.
THERESA ANGELILLI,
Bronx, New York City,"
(Age 19)
Straight shooting, Theresa, anc
it makes you winner of $40 prize
Here's hoping the prize money
breaks the jinx, and brings you tt
more understanding Oldster-
one who remembers his own young
fears and hopes.
BLANK WALL
Then there's MANUEL MURICA
TRECET, also winner of a SIT
prize, who, in addition to his pro
test against the heartless attitude
The Washington times., 1937-04-26

see you on your
way.
So, with mil.
lions of other
7earlings, you're
looking for a
job. For weeks
you've studied
all the Success
Tips. Now-ac'
cording to the
rules you're
r e a d y. Trim
grooming . .
charming man
nerS . . vigor.
ously alert, vel
S,1ffininntIv def
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QUOTE"

During his speech before the
D. A, r. convention, Senator A.
Harry Moore, of New Jersey, re-
cited:
"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses, yearn-
ing to breathe free,
The wretched refuse Of your
teeming shores,
Send these, the homeless, the
tempest-t0Ssed to me:
l lift my lamp beside the golden
door,"
It is the inscription on the base
of the Statue of Liberty.
The Washington times., 1937-04-26
Powerful Helpers

TNHE District National Guard, uncle SANS military
stepchd, has received encouragement in its fight
for decent amory from the Association of State
Adiutants General.
Composed of the adjutants general of militia units
in the States the association at recent national meet
inc here voted to petition President Roosevelt directly
to interest himself in the homeless plight of the local
guard
Maybe these high officials of the States, by of
their ntercesson bring to an end the dlsgracetu
condition which forces the National Guard of the Ma
tional Capital to drill study and keep its supplies in
an abandoned and condemned hotel building
All other efforts to stir the Federal Government into
dealing justly with the patriots who form the local guard
have failed.
This fortunately, has not been the Of National
Guard units in the States represented IN the Assocla
ton of State Adjutants General.
The Public Works Administration carried out
tensive program of armory building in the various
States.
The District Guard has stood by and seen fine
modern and thoroughly equipped armories established
in the small towns nearby.
But strangely enough the building Of these armories
with Federal funds stopped abruptly at the District of
Columbia line the very line at which the voting priv
lege also stops.
It is right at that lne however, that the response
bity of the Federal Government becomes the greatest
The District being completely under the control Of
the Federal Government the responsibility for proper
maintenance of the local militia unit rests directly upon
the Federal Government.
In view of the fact that the President of the United
States is the designated commanderinchief of the Dis
trct National Guard the Indifference of the Federal
Government to the guards needs is amazing.
The Federal Government has given a great deal of
encouragement to the State guards.
It has given nothing but Encouragement to the guard
in the National Capital.
The adjutants general powerful citizens in their
States.
They recognize the injustice of the treatment accorded
the voteess guardsmen of the District
We hope that their voices will contribute materially
to an improvement of that condition and will make it
possible for the local guard to find decent housing.
The Washington times., 1937-04-26

d e p q r tnentS.
Senator Joseph
c. ON q honey
took time out to
c on gra tulate
Senator K e n.
meth Mcclellan
this week for
his handling Of
the four-depart-
ment appropria-
ton bill BE-
CAUSE Tor the
first time in q
number Of years
the S e n q tie
passed q bill
..rikIa khn RinllrnS
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Wise Words

Comparison, more than reality,
makes men happy, and can make
them wretched.-Felltham.
To the tinid and hesitating
everything is impossible because it
seems so.-Sir Walter Scott.
The soul has this proof Of diV!n'
ity: that divine things delight 1t.
Seneca.
The Washington times., 1937-04-26

cut less than the items approved
by the House.
It almost invariably works out,
as Senator O'Mahoney said, that
the Senate increases the amount
Of appropriations but this time
they cut it.
The Washington times., 1937-04-26
ON THE JOB

Not all Hawaiians play the
ukulele and watch hula hula
dancers while they eat pineapples.
At least Samuel Wilder King
delegate from that territory, is not
engaging in those pastimes these
The Washington times., 1937-04-26
OLD FAVORITES
The Master Mariner -GeOrqe SterLin0

Ny grandsire sailed three years from home,
And slew unmoved the sounding whale
Here the MINDLESS beach I
And watch far out the hardy sail
The lions of the surf that cry
Upon this lion-colored shore
On reefs of midnight met his eye
He knew their fangs their roar
Ny grandsire in his ample fist
The long harpoon upheld to men:
Behold obedient to my wrist
A gray gull's-feather for my pen!
Upon my grandsire's leathern cheek
Five their bitter bronze had set:
Some day their hazards I will seek,
promise me at times. Not yet.
think my grandsire would turn
mild but speculative eye
On me, my pen and its
Then gaze again to sea-and sigh.
Yenders are invied to send to the editor their sug-
cestions of old tGvoreS among the poems for reptig
IN this spGce.)
The Washington times., 1937-04-26
NOT THIS TIME

The cycle has certainly turned.
It's boom for the rest Of the coun-
try but not so for the Government
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CONTEST RULES

1.-The writer Of . letter In COM
petition for one of the three
weekly priEes-twO Of $40 each
and one of S6-must be under 80
years Of age.
2-The letter must be upon some
subject of Importance to Amerl'
can youth.
S-The letter must not exceed 500
words in length.
1.-THE writer must give his or her
age and full name and address,
and the name Of each writer
awarded . prize will be pub.
lished.
$40 be eligible for the prize
awarded each Monday, q letter
must bear pOstmark not later
than noon of the preceding Sat.
urday.
6-Miss Elsie Robinson 10 to be sole
judge of the merits Of. letters
submitted in the contest.
The Washington times., 1937-04-26
Listen, World

Young penniless-rarin' to-
go. Sick of lying around home
with the family, perhaps, eager to
The Washington times., 1937-04-26

Copyright, 1887. by King Features
Syndicate. Ine.O
Evening star., 1937-06-20

Pampas, ballyhooed to take the heavyweight
boxing crown from Jack Dempsey.
Selznick met him at the boat.
Il want to star you in motion picture
But surely" The Seiior was delighted.
The price for my services will be one thou
sand dollars a day.
Agreed Meet me on the roof at such and
such an address tomorrow morning
Selznick shot the whole picture in one day
on that roof He had to. A second day would
have bankrupted him.
Titled will He Beat Dempsey" the timely
Evening star., 1937-06-20

special netted its producer a $1,000 profit.
Selznick then induced Rudolph Valentino
to review bathing girl parade at Madison
Square Garden He photographed this from
every possible angle, edited it well and cleared
another $1,000.
"If am not producer" reasoned David,
what am II" He took the next train for
Hollywood Every studio there shut door
in his face. For two years, on Poverty Row, he
struggled with quickies, the lowliest form of
picture production.
Finally producer grew tired of saying no.
Evening star., 1937-06-20

Il had to figure some way to attract atten-
ton to maker of westerns
He was offered an ASST 5tant producership,
with escape from horse o,rIa. Years of success
followed, and all Hollywood took off its hat.
The young man took of his own hat to
Louis B. Mayors daughter, whom he married
that year.
Looking back, in the light of today, we can
see Selznick's special talent amounting per-
haps to genius, beginning to express itself. In
The Animal Kingdom" he established Leslie
Howard as screen star and gave MWna Low
Evening star., 1937-06-20

her first straight part. He introduced katha-
rine Hepburn to the screen in "A Bill of
Divorcement" and cast her in Little Women"
her greatest triumph. He brought Fred
Astaire to films, in Dancing Lady," His
remarkable flare for casting has added to his
fame It caused him to search for two years
and lift from obscurity little English boy
who won the world as David Copperheld and
re-won it as Little Lord Fauntleroy.
The characters in Selznick picture, one
critic said seem as if they could be portrayed
only by the actors in the roles"
After Selznick had done some Of his finest
work - including Viva Villa,' Dinner at
Eight, David Copperfield," and "A Tale of
Two Cities" - Mr.. John Hay Uock) Whit
ney offered the backing for that Independent
company of which he had dreamed. His first
release was Little Lord Fauntleroy."
Granted few minutes in the midst of pre-
pairing for Gone With the Wind" day.
dreaming of TON Sawyer" casting The
Prisoner of Zenda" and finishing "A Star is
Born," came to business:
What is the secret? How do you dc it,
over and over?"
Selznick said:
"Oh, I've had luck, lots of luck - with
originals. But nobody needs luck to make
great picture from great book or play
Writers, directors and actors grow i'm
patient with me- They all want to Improve the
story that has stood the test, when all they
need to do is to understand it and keep to its
spirit.
when selected Little Women for pro-
duction Il didn't actually produce it -
everyone argued: You can't let the bespec-
tacled German professor get the girl not
on the screen
"'How do you know?' demanded. How
can you be sure that hundreds of thousands
of people who loved this book would have
loved it more some other way? We bought
Little Women" and we'll make Little
Women"
Selznick walked from behind the desk. Ex-
citement lit his face.
We'll do the same with Tom Sawyer, he
said We'll do better. Already smart people
are telling me what an old-fashioned story
structure the book has, how we could improve
it, He smiled. III string along with Mark
Twain"
The Washington times., 1937-07-02
A. I. A. GROUP
VISITS BLOOM

Charging that influences are at
work to destroy democracy both
here and abroad, a delegation of
the A. z. A., youth organization Of
B'nai Birth, have appealed to
Representative Sol Bloom Cd OF
New York, to fight vigilantly for
preservation of the Constittion.
Members Of the delegation in
dicated their intention to support
and participate in the observance
of the sesquicentennial celebra-
ton on September II.
Members of the delegation in
cluded Lowell Addison Of Oakland,
CAL: Morris Bisgyer, former di-
rector of Washington Jewish Com
munity Center and now secretary
of B'nai Birth; H. M. GoldStein
of this city; Jerome G. Vogel of
New York; Milton Reisman Of
South Bend, Ind, and Miles M.
Goldberg of Chicago.
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tainment appearances.
Lewis, as he Is better known in
Ssh, resides at 1924 F St. N. W.,
and is employed as a proofreader
in the Ssh printing unit. Born
in Manchester, England, he lived
for IS years in New York city.
being educated at the Theological
Seminary of American and City
College of New York.
His first Federal post was with
Securities and Exchange Commis-
sion, but prior to that he was in
radio work in Cleveland, Colum-
bus, Ohio; New York and Will
mington, N. C. His speciality is
baritone singing, but he admits
he's done Everything from read
ing poetry to giving advice to the
loVelorn" over the air. He adds:
81 can write lyrics, compose
music, and even do tap dance
on 9. pumpernickel If necessary"
The Washington times., 1937-07-02
u. S.PERSONNEL
IN D. +. DROPS

Although Washington's Govern
merit employe army showed q
slight drop, the Federal service as
a whole gained 1900 workers
during the month Of May, stats
tics released today by the Civil
Service Commission revealed.
During the 31-day period the
civil executive branch Of the Gov
eminent added 1,404 permanent
employees and 3,496 with temper
airy appointments to produce a
grand total of S4O,159, the report
showed.
Concurrently, however, the Dis
trict of Columbia showed reduc-
ton of 463 employees in depart.
ments here, producing a new total
of 1882, almost 1000 less than
the high mark Of $4,000 recorded
in the city on Armisttce Day, No
vember II, 1918.
4nCI Eases WC4C 1CVCdACO III J4AC
Post Office, which hired 981 new
employees, mostly clerks and car
riers. and within the Treasury De-
rartment. Treasury added $40
workers, mostly to handle collec-
ton of Social Security taxes with.
in the Bureau Of Internal Rev.
enue.
War Department led the list in
increasing its staff with 1882 ad-
ditions, and Interior was a good
second with LIPS. These were
mostly seasonal appointments
which occur each summer, how
ever, in connection with work of
the Engineer Department at Large,
General Land Office, National
Park Service, Alaska railroad, For
est Service, Soil Conservation Serv-
ice and Bureau of Entomology and
Plant Quarantine. The Agricul-
ture Departments seasonal in
crease during May reached ST..
Cuts in the Federal structure
were heaviest at Public Works Ad.
mjnistration, with 90; Navy, with
354, and Panama Canal. which
sepal rated 100.
The Washington times., 1937-07-02
Buses Will Operate
To Boy Scout Camps

Buses to Hams Point and East
and West Potomac Park encamp-
ments will be operated at 20
minute intervals during the stay Of
the Boy Scouts Jamboree groups
in that area, Capital Transit Off
Gals announced yesterday.
Trips will start from the south
side Of the Treasury at 8 a. m. and
continue until 9 p. m.
For the accommodations Of
Scouts quartered in the East Pc
tomac Park area. q round trip
ticket will be sold during the JAM
boree from Hams Point north,
with stop-over privileges at the
Treasury.
The Washington times., 1937-07-02
NOW

Continued from Local Page)
as Mussolini, and as sweet as
Freddie Bartholomew.
On home decoration she will
naturally be more gifted than
Elsie de Wolfe. In the kitchen
the Boston Cook Book will be
her only rival. In the drawing
room she will be a combination
of Eleanor Roosevelt, "Cissie"
Patterson, Alice Longworth, and
Mae West.
Naturally she will have a large
family of sweet-tempered, indie
pendent-thinking children. The
problems of State will be as simple
to her as a jar of cold cream.
She will know how to meet
men in council rooms and other
places. She will know life and
all its problems, and be as re-
mote from scandal as the Arch
bishop of Canterbury and Mrs.
Stanley Baldwin.
The Washington times., 1937-07-02
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Robert s. scaffe, 81. of $500 Thir.
teenth ST. n. W., and virginia NJ.
Hair, 20, Of 221O PennsylvAnia Ave.
Thomas J. Rucker, %, of 100 Sixth
St. ). W., and Emily A. Huston, IL,
of 1881 NaylOr Rd. s. e.
Walter L. Price, AS Of Seymour,
Ind, and Margaret Mcintosh, 80, OF
1901 Argonne Pl. N. w.
Pa, and Helen Il. Nugent, 81. OF 1719
Lamont st. N. w.
Meyer shuman, 81, and Ray #,
Fink, 81, both of Baltimore, Nd.
Edward M. Weiss, FL, and Lillian
NJ. DahlstOm, "a, both Of Baltimore,
Abe Friedman, 20, and Lena r,
HICKMAN, 4s, both of New York city.
LEONARD r. Reid. 35, Of Arcola, N.
e. and Margaret NJ. Elliot 80. Of
Al WiiTIam q Ea' Montague. 81, and
Helen v: D. OpfeF, 81 both Of Bal
% 9co;an NOR b. woodward, 20. of
Sweetwater, Tenn, and Grace w.
Schultz, go, Of Charlottesville, Va.
Vernon G. ShOaff, FL, of New Cas-
tie, Pa, and Mary Il. Bryan, ID, OF
Hallandale, Fla.
George d. Huffman, IS, and Wanna
j. Wagner. 20. Of 9O7 II st. N. w.
M: and Bernice 2. Tobias. ~, Of
Harold A. O'COnnell, Al, Of 1885 X
g. N. W., and Jean L. Miner, 20, OF
2O1S New Hampshire Ave. N. W.
Harold v. Kinney, 20, of HOrnell,
n. Y, and Virginia NJ. saylor, 70, Of
53O8 Eighth st. n. w.
The Washington times., 1937-07-02
BY J. EARLE MOSER

Any theory that Federal EN-
ployes as a class are without am
bition and content to while away
their time without attempts al
REINFORCEMENT is completely dis
sipated by a recent occurrence
which made officials sit up and
take notice.
It seems that a Chicago book
publishing firm, dedicated mainly
to the improvement of the use OF
English among ordinary citizens,
recently made an offer to the vari-
Gus Government welfare aSsocia-
tions to be passed on to their
members.
The offer comprised IS volumes
dealing with the use of effective
English, at a price less than the
average clerk spends for movies In
a week-or about cost. The well
fare groups sent around notices
that the sets were available, and
set themselves to dispense a few
to the scanty number OF book
worms" expected to take heed.
The response figuratively
Knocked officials out of their
chairs. 1t was tremendous. The
welfare groups soon sold out, and
had to call for more. Treasury
reported several thousand sets OF
books disposed of, and Agricul-
lures figure was set at about
1900 by the personnel office.
Even at Civil Service Commission
about one-fourth of the 1000
workers decided their English
could stand improvement.
The event serves to show the
strong desire to get ahead har-
bored by most of Uncle Sans
uephews.
= Item: Representative Eugene
Cox, Georgia Democrat, inserts
in Congressional Record a list
Of C. I. o. organizers. List is lib
orally Sprinkled with Communist
party members, names of foreign
tinge, mostly Southeastern Europe
flavor.
+, Since the New Deals first shut
file, PWA and WPA have been
noted for rivalry via the opposition
The Washington times., 1937-07-02

Frank J. Hanley, 20, of Gulfport,
Mimi, and WinOnA ii. Beach. rs, Of
WATERFORD, 8. C.
james G. Blaine, -, Of 1918 Girard
ST., and Violet d. Wilson, II, of 61S
Frank r. Gessford. -, Of $500
Eighteenth st. N. E., and Iona b.
Martin, 10, Of Oakland, Md.
Robert G. Campbell; eS, q Baltl-
Of 18l5 Bay st. s. e.
Glenn T. SAKE, 81, Of 1888 Fourth
st. n. E.. and Marie e. Helbig. 20,
of 2418 Pennsylvania Ave. N. W.
Paul r.. Robson, FL, Of Emerson
81. N. E., and Margaret A. sweeney,
81, Of 1916 Ingleside Terrace n. w.
Samuel Mermin, rs. of New Haven,
Conn.,, and LOra NifOng, 10, OF 2O20
H st. N. W.
MyeF, Va, and Elizabeth A. Gallant,
23, Of 5727 Nebraska Ave. N. w.
The Washington times., 1937-07-02
BUILDING PERMITS

Alley Dwelling Authority, 625 K st.
S. w, flaw; value, $4,000.
Victor F. Mariani, 1928 Perry st. N. E.
dwelling. $1,000.
c. L. Davis. 21O7 Thirty-first st. s. E.,
dwelling. $1,000.
Fourteenth ST. N. W., addition, $4,000
Sam Kaminsky. $3.50 Georgia Ave-
N. W, addition, $500.
]. L. Carter. 1S41-43 Fort DR.. N. W.,
addition, $500.
Jerome NJ. Saks, 34oS Woodley RI
N. w, $500.
dwelling. $500.
The Washington times., 1937-07-02
RESPONSE TO BOOK OFFERING
SWAMPS u. 5. WELFARE UNITS

eintendent of Individual Buildings
to that of the Secret Service.
The guards will not receive i'm
mediate raises and will retain their
present status, but before very
long it is said at the Treasury that
those highest in efficiency will be
given ratings as regular Secret
Service agents, which will mean a
starting salary OF $4,000. Agents
generally average about $4,000
after they've been on the job for
any length o. time.
All the guards will receive SUI
perior classification in the future,
it is added, but will continue as
uniformed men. Those affected
by the switch are located a. Treas
ury, Treasury Annex, Bureau Of
Engraving and Printing, Library
Loan Annex and l19 D st. N. E.
Those at Internal Revenue are not
affected.
Two big trips today for the July
4 interim-to New York, Phila-
delphia, Pittsburgh and Atlantic
City. Details will be furnished by
Pennsylvania Democratic Voters,
Suite 225, Colorado Building, or
Agriculture Recreational As5ocja-
ton per Mrs. Roby Stehr, District
$3.50, extension 523. Even tomor.
row isn't too late for some Of the
excursion offerings.
Colored Local No. II, N. F. F. E.,
meets today at ITO Fourteenth st.
N. w., 8 p. m.
Washington's employe army
dropped 463 during May for a new
total of lis, 1912, Civil Service Com
mission reports.
FLASH-The general construc-
ton strike on Treasury projects,
described here yesterday as a pos.
sibility, seems unlikely to occur if
present mediation proceedings are
successful.
Bryce P. Holcombe, business
manager of the Painters and Deco
rators Union, which had planned
a general walkout because of al
legged non-union labor to be en-
ployed on certain projects, today
disclosed "a series Of conferences"
the outcome of which left things
Strengthening themselves out grad
ually."
The union representative de-
clined to reveal the points dis
cussed or what course Treasury
officials plan to follow.
NOTICE-Each day this column
publishes photos Of Government
folk well known to their colleagues,
many of whom are taking part in
news Of the day. Persons interest
ed in such pictures. and members
of Washington's numerous organi-
cations Of all types, should contact
this desk by Sis p. m, or tele-
phone District 1000, branch 210,
between 2 and 6 p. m.
Dial twiSters who enjoy Radio
Joe" Kaufman'S programs are fire.
quently entertained by a voice
The Washington times., 1937-07-02


as a stenographer with the me-
Ghanical engineering section Of
Procurement.
She belongs to no organizations,
would have sought trained nursing
as an alternate career to Federal
activity, and is one of those "regu-
lar folks" who thinks a dog is one
Of the noblest of natures crea-
lions. Recreationally she's partial
to music, tennis, dancing and hik-
ing. ,..
". W M. L. Wilson, Agriculture under
secretary, dedicated the new JEFF
ferson National Forest yesterday.
IT
y Ethel Vice and David Deutsch,
,Resettlement, will merge assets
and liabilities Independence Day,
petersburg, Va.
- Good fortune awaits 218 Treas
Ilry guards, who have been shifted
from the jurisdiction Of the Super
The Washington times., 1937-07-02

W h j c h origi-
mated in Merrie
E n g ! a n d and
has now become
an accessory of
the Social Sc
curity Board.
The voice be-
lon gS to Nat
Schein, W h o S e
radio and stage
n a m e is Nat
Lewis, and who
is successfully
c o m b i n j ng a
G oV e + nment
C a r e e r with
maritime enter.