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The Washington times., 1937-04-12

Her Eddie whom she'd nursed
through double pneumonia and
chickenpox and whooping cough
and measles. Her baby. The one
that people said she'd never raise,
because he had jaundice right
after he was born. Shed always
loved Eddie best, though nobody
would ever guess it, because she
wouldn't let herself be unfair. But
she'd always favored Eddie, just
as Claude had always favored
Bee. She couldn't help it. And
now he
Eddie was talking again. He
was rafting off some nonsense
about falling in love, and not be-
ing able to leave the girl, and
wanting to bring her home to his
own wonderful mother.
Poor boy, he was terribly upset.
It was plain who had engineered
all this.
The girl wiped her eyes. AS if
SHE had anything to cry about.
She, who had just married Eddie.
Nom, be a good sport. Pull
yourself together. We're counting
on you to be on our side and break
the news to Pop and Bee. Now,
Nom, please! Take Marie up
stairs and show her where you
want her to put her things and"
ITO put her THINGS!"
well, Nom! Don't you want
us to stay awhile? You're not 60
ing to throw us out, are you?"
He was trying to make her
laugh. He wanted her to act
pleasant and dignified, in front
of the girl. He always wanted
her to be at her best when he
brought his friends home. Well,
she'd tell the girl to take off her
things, and then she'd go out in
the kitchen and fix them some
coffee.
Only-only the girl wasn't visit
ing. She'd married Eddie. She
would stay, if he stayed.
A spasm of pain contorted her
face. She opened her mouth to
say, Wont you come upstairs?"
but she had no words. She began
to sob, loudly, uncontrollably.
Eddie took his mothers arm
awkward!v. He tried to turn her
face toward him, but she kept it
hidden in her elbow.
Nov, Nom, I was counting on
you"
He tried again. Nom, if you
act like this, what will the rest do
to us? I thought could depend
on you to be on my side!"
Mrs. Wilson jerked her arm
away from her sons hand, gave a
loud. raSping sigh.
II did think you would get us
some coffee and toast or some
thing, but if you don't feel like it,
I'll go and do it,"
You'll do no SUI thing" she
said thickly. You just sit down
and entertain Miss-Miss Alexan-
der"
Marie, Moml"
"Entertai1- HER and I'll do it.
And" she managed a watery
smile, then maybe We'll all feel
better"
Nov, you see," Edward told
Marie when his mother had wiped
her eyes and pushed back her
hair with the backs of her hands,
and gone into the kitchen. She'll
be all right. Don't you worry,
darling"
She doesn't like me-"
She does, tool"
"She HATES mel"
Now, Honey, you're being
silly"
Il can't help it. I can't stay,
Edward. I just couldn't stand it..
I'd dle-Td go crazy"
He sighed. He glanced from
his dropping bride, still primly
grasping purse and gloves, to the
end OF the hall through which his
mother had disappeared kitchen.
wards. Women, he thought,
women! He wanted to tell Marie
that if her mother hadn't driven
her out she ---ouldn't be here, and
If she hadn't insisted on telling
her mother that wouldn't have
happened. Anyway you looked at
1t, 1t was entirely her fault, and
here she was blaming it on him!
Ito be continued)
Copyright, 1887, by King Features
The Washington times., 1937-04-12

Copyright, 1887. by King Features
Syndicate. Incl
The Washington times., 1937-04-12

Filtration by Mail Brings
Unhera1ded Dangers
And Complications
By HAZEL LIVINGSTON
WHAT HAS HAPPENED

Marie Alexander young unsophstcated SatiGteS long
By corresponding d eer-erchGnge Clue Un
When EdDdrd Wton the cor
TeSpoudent UiSS filled NTH mSgUngS that he W
care impress she had 0ten that her mother
she had been years but no she con-
parlor in their home the outskirts OF HogDooa
mutually attracted ana GtteT
ony to cotSp profess their lore EdUdrd is to leape on
business they secretly before he goes
After spending night unromantC auto COMP Marie
returns to Julie Edard comes gunner
Uhen Charlie, Mares Steptdther
speaks of Marie going NTH Edard Evidently Chahe
did Marie to remain IN HoyWooo
until her husband got started in business.
Julie that and tells Edwdrd frankly that ne
married obligation to take her Nth him. She
his n1tnd then and there Whether ne
apunted Marie not ,,,
with Charles financial take the train to Oakland
Eduurd family mill react to his MARRIAGE
He oudnt very east had he the stunned
look mothers face helped Marie from the tart in ront
of his
Evening star., 1937-03-30
ANTl-LYNCH BILL
VOTE SET APRIL IL
Petition by 218 House Members
Brings Up Gavagan
Measure.

With anti-lynching hearings on
some SO bills scheduled to start to-
morrow before the House Judiciary
Committee, this legislation Is due to
come up for immediate vote In the
House on April IL, with the prospect
that 1t will be promptly passed.
Before adjournment yesterday 218
Representatives, the necessary num-
Der, had signed petition to dis
charge the Judiciary Committee from
further consideration Of the Gavagan
bill. This Is ofncially recorded in the
Congressional Record, delivered today.
There was question whether the
signature Of Representative. Focht,
Republican, Of Pennsylvania, who died
suddenly Saturday night could be
counted, but ruling was made that
his signature stands.
In the meantime Representative
Mitchell, Democrat, OF Illinois, the
colored member, is arranging a list
OF prominent advocates Of this legis-
lation from all parts Of the country,
who are being invited as witnesses at
the Judiciary Committee hearings.
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belonging to another interesting fellow,
tho salamander, for they are laid at
tho same time and In the same place.
The young tadpoles hatch shortly, II
the weather Is inviting, in 10 days to
two weeks. They are black babies.
They not only eat their own green
jelly, but that Of the salamanders, too.
They are also scavengers Of the pond.
BY May they will be longer than
the handsome little Hyla, the tree frog
you have met.
In late June, the brown leaves In
their home pond will be carpeted with
baby wood frogs. Their legs and arms
are well developed, and their long,
wavy tails will soon be consumed, as
their owner wishes to become a resi-
dent OF the woods.
Wood frogs are lovely little brownies
Of the woods. They are intelligent,
alert, and most clever at hiding. Please
inspect the dainty ferns and beautiful
moses to be found along the base OF
a fallen tree or at the foot of one
Move your hand about the growth, and
Woody will make a flying leap from
under your hand. He has a very bril-
liant way about his hunting. He
jumps ahead OF creeping inspect
and before he lands he has turned
about so he will face his oncoming
dinner
If you can catch him long enough to
oct Somp idea Of his great lOno Ieoc
his gray and brown shades, his brown
beauty patch from snout to shoulder,
and his glorious golden brown eyes, he
Evening star., 1937-03-30
Bedtime Stories
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.

Each some talent doth possess
Which will aid him to success.
old Mother Nature.
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and against the brown of dead leaves
carpeting the Green Forest, that white
coat stood OUT so that it was the
easiest thing i'll the world for Reddy
to keep him in sight now.
Jumper was getting more and more
worried. He was becoming a little
tired. He had tried all the tricks he
knew to get rid of Reddy and failed
Sometimes in lodging through a
thicket he had gained a little, but
always Reddy had kept him in sight.
Jumper had even tried leading Reddy
to where Thunderer the Grouse and
Mrs. Grouse we're feeding. He hoped
that Reddy would discover them be-
fore they did him and would try to
catch them. This trick also failed,
for the Grouse knew at once, from
the way that Jumper was running,
that he was being chased and were
on the watch. The roar of their
stout wings told Jumper that they had
seen Reddy in plenty of time.
At first Jumper had circled around
not very far from the spot where
Reddy had first seen him. Now he
was making a much wider, very
much wider circle. This brought him
over near the Laughing Brook. The
sound of it gave him an idea. He
turned straight toward it. No, Jump
er had no thought of swimming it.
Jumper can swim, but not in such
swift water as was this. The fact is
the Laughing Brook was no longer
laughing, it was roaring. The melting
snow had so filed it with rushing
water that it was way out of its banks.
You would hardly have known 1t for
the Laughing Brook.
Jumper headed for certain part
Of the Laughing Brook. AS he ap-
preached it he ran faster The Laugh
ing Brook looked cold and angry as
the water rushed down, tumbling over
and swirling around rocks, far too
swiftly for any one, even far better
swimmer than Jumper, to think of
trying to swim across it. Straight
toward it raced Jumper. A glance
behind showed him that Reddy was
right after him. Right to the very
edge of the water ran Jumper. Then
he jumped. 1t was wonderful jump.
Into it he put every bit of spring that
there was in those long heels of his.
Splash! The water flew in all direc-
tions. But he was over. He had
landed almost at the farther edge,
where the water had run over the
bank and was very shallow. Jumper
threw hurried glance back over his
shoulder. Would Reddy try that leap?
Jumper gave a little sigh of relief,
and behind a fir tree stopped to get
his breath and look back. Reddy Fox
had already turned and was trotting
away That jump had proved to be
too much for him.
(Copyright, 1879
Evening star., 1937-03-30

JlleIc.
will you let me see it?"
Aunt Beth brought it and together
the two women examined its contents
Two 81 bills and IS gold piece were
all it contained. Ann was about to
give it back when she noticed q
small piece OF folded paper in q
corner OF the billfold. Quickly she
opened it, but it was only an old
weather forecast brought home from
the post office. Rain and probable
snow" it read.
THAT must have been last Fall
or early Winter" said Aunt Beth.
She handed it back to Ann and as
she talked the younger woman turned
the paper over in her hand. She
looked at it again. Surely that was
writing she saw. She arose ard went
to the window where she might study
it in a brighter light. It was very
faint, but she was finally able to de-
cipher it and read it aloud to the
aged woman who stood beside her
You will find three cans in the ash
pit under the bake oven and another
in the barn under the hay, at the
head Of the stairs"
\ mn went swiftly to the old fire.
place, thrust in her arm, and
after feeling around in the ashes
brought forth a 1-pound can. She
shook it and the sound was very re-
assuring. She carried it to Aunt Beth,
who opened it in her lap. 1t was
filled with quarters and dimes. Back
Ann went for the second can and q
shower Of 50-cent pieces tumbled
forth in the apron spread to receive
them. The third can yielded few
bills, but mostly nickels and dimes
Bidding Aunt Beth to stay where
she was and hold the money, Ann
made her way to the barn. "At the
head of the stairs under the hay
he had written, and there she found
it. Ann held up the can in triumph
as she entered the kitchen.
My gracious!" Aunt Beth ex-
claimed. There's my big 5-pound
can I missed some time ago. won
dered, for days, what had become OF
it."
Ann opened it and there was the
red wallet they had been hunting
for Inside the wallet were IS and
$40 bills neatly laid out, each de-
nomination in separate compartment
Tn, tho hoffNyp nf tho fhnro q
tight roll of 81 bills so large that 1t
just fitted in.
With the shades drawn and the
doors locked, the two women counted
the money. One thousand four hun
dred and seventy-nine dollars and
fifteen cents. Enough to make Aunt
Beth independent and happy for the
rest of her life. Now she need not
leave the old home after all, and Ann
visualiZed the little iris-bordered path
being used oftener than it ever had
been, the link which connected their
lives and their love for each other.
She looked at the dear old face
and the tears of happiness coursing
down the withered checks as Aunt
Beth murmured: Dear John, you
didn't forget me after all. really
didn't think you would" Ann smiled
with satisfaction as she thought how
that avaricious stepson OF Aunt Beths
would have to wait few years longer
for possession of the farm. She hoped
he hadn't planned too much on that
money. It was going to be a great
shock to him to find his plans had
gone wrong.
I'm glad Of it," said Ann, and
only she knew just what she meant
as she embraced the old lady and
kissed her tenderly.
(Copyright, 1877
Evening star., 1937-03-30
Natures Children
Eastern Wood Frog (Rana sylvatica) e.

way, it seldom fails to charm a frog
gle maiden.
If you are too late to see the trek
to the pond, look closely for the
eggs. They are laid masses an
chored to grasses and stems. The
mass will contain from one to three
thousand eggs. The jelly-like SUBJ
stance containing them will be
inches in diameter.
When this mass has been in the
water about one week, 1t dattens out
and lies upon the surface Of the
water. The jelly Is green by now
and has become part of the green
scum to be found on the face OF the
pond. This scum is really a vast
army OF tiny microscopic green plants
and they play most important part
in the life Of the growing tadpole.
But you will be astonshed at the
partnership between them AS the
frog eggs develop, the young tad
poles throw of carbon dioxide and
the plants throw of free oxygen.
Each needs what the other casts
away
Unless you are keen-eyed, you will
not see the tadpoles. Perhaps your
mind will be so taken up with eggs
Evening star., 1937-03-30
MONG the people of the Greer

MONG the people of the Green
n Forest and the Green Mead
~ ows, little people and big peo-
4 a pie alike, success in life Is
measured by the ability Of each to
remain alive to keep on living in the
midst of endless dangers. So to each
has been given some peculiar talent
as an aid to success in living. Jumper
the Hare, big cousin of Peter Rabbit,
has talent for jumping. 1t is be-
cause of this that he has been named
Jumper. Old Mother Nature gave
Jumper long hind legs and feet, and
she gave them to him for special
purpose-to enable him to make long
Jumps when he is running. So when
Jumper is in a hurry he bounds along
rs if he had springs in his long heels.
Now, although Jumper can get over
the ground in a hurry, he is no swifter
haps not so swift in the open, where
there is nothing to interfere. So, like
Peter Rabbit, Jumper is a wonderful
dodger, especially among trees and in
thickets of young Saplings. Many
times Reddy has almost caught him,
and each time he has declared that
the next time he will catch him.
Right now it was beginning to look
as if this might be that next time.
Yes, sir, it did so, and Jumper was
becoming really anxious.
Had there been lot of snow, Jump
er wouldn't have worried, for he would
have had two advantages. Because
of his big, spreading hairy feet, he
would have been able to travel over
the snow much easier and faster than
Reddy could and, once he was out
of sight of Reddy, could have dlSap-
peared by the simple method of Sit
ting perfectly still so that he looked
like nothing more than little mound
of snow. But that white, which was
such an advantage in the Winter, was
a disadvantage now, for the snow was
gone, save for few scattered patches.
Evening star., 1937-03-30
BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY.

~ O YOU remember the beauti-
full woods with tho open
glades and the path that led
- down to the pond and further
on to the wide alder -fringed stream?
That is, II you live in the northeast
ern part OF the United States.
OF course, If you live in the North
you will not meet the wood frog
pictured here, but a charming cousin
who loves just such places and who
will be just as interesting.
AS soon as the first warm Spring
days come, this friend of ours, who
has been sound asleep under a mossy
log or thick blanket of moist leaves,
stretches bit and decides to work
his way out OF Winter quarters.
About the last Of March, you are
amazed at the number Of wood frogs
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hot biscuits with her She had hoped
to tempt Aunt Beth's appetite, as she
didn't seem to care whether she ate
or not, now that John vas gone She
had been about to knock when she
heard Eds voice, mean and raucous
and cruel, saying:
There's no use crying about it,
ma. You know pa left only couple
of hundred dollars in the bank, and
that had to be spent OF course, the
house is yours as long as you live
That's law. But what goods the
house, If there's no money to live on?
You keep saying you've got the money,
and you're going to live here alone,
but where is it? don't believe you've
got cent
II can't afford to keep you here,
ma, and I amt a-goin to. Besides
it would be downright extravaganza.
Well have a vendue next week and
sell all this furniture and the hay
in the barn. Then I suppose you will
have to come and live with me. You
can sleep in that little room in the
attic, and the rent from this place
and the help you can give Carrie
with the housework will pay for your
keep"
4 UNIT BETH hadn't answered, and
Ann had fed down the path again
toward home, her heart filled with
bitterness and hatred for the man
who was scheming to take the home
away from Aunt Beth.
She washed the potatoes and set
them on the stove to boil as Ed
drove out of the dooryard and went
Gathering down the road in his lit
tie old car, which looked as if it
might fall to pieces any minute. She
picked up the pan of biscuits and ran
over to the little house again.
Ann opened the door, calling a
CHEEKY greeting as she entered.
Here are a few biscuits for your
lunch, Aunt Beth. I thought you
might eat them just because I made
them" Then observing the old lady
closely, she said, Poor dear auntie;
youV been crying again.
Yes" the old lady answered. Il
can't understand it at all, Ann. I
am sure John meant to leave me
provided for Whenever I spoke of
his making a will he would say:
Now quit worrying. When I am
gone you will find a writing which
will tell you what to do I suppose
his being taken so sort of sudden
like be didn't have time to leave any
writing"
Ann glanced searchingly around
the cozy room as if to ferret out any
secret corners where a paper might
be hidden. Have you looked for a
will, Aunt Beth?" Ann asked.
yes Aunt Beth answered. 'I've
looked everywhere. In the cupboards
and up in the attic along the caves
and everywhere else I could think
of, but I haven't found a thing.
There's one thing missing though.
I can't find his big red wallet, and it
may be in that"
What do you say to our making
another search this afternoon?" Ann
asked anxiously. There was no time
to lose if Ed insisted upon having the
vendue next week, and she just must
make every effort to find that will
before it was too late. "Ill come over
right after dinner, and we'll hunt all
afternoon. Perhaps between the two
of us We'll think Of some out-of-t the
way place where he has hidden it."
I'D be so happy if you would come,
Ann. I want you with me as much
as possible, for this is the last week
we will be neighbors, I guess. I've
thought of it started the old lady
Evening star., 1937-03-30

headed for the pond. Some are very
small, others medium sized, and the
grandfathers and mothers are about
3 inches long.
With one accord they are headed
for their birthplace. They are silent,
shy creatures, as most wood folks
are, but when they reach their ances-
tral home and dive in, they feel safer.
You could hardly call the love song
OF the male wood frogs musical
From a distance it has a sound that
reminds you of a quacking duck. Any
Evening star., 1937-03-30

A N N CARSON
stood at the
kitchen sink, peel
ing potatoes. She
looked out of the
window as sh e
worked, her eyes
following the little
path, bordered with
iris and the old
fashioned flowers
which grew In such
profusion, and she
tnOugnC OF I n e
many times her
feet had carried
her along this path
to the home Of
Aunt Beth, her
next-door neighbor.
She feared S h e
wouldn't be walk
ing it much longer.
She had gone
over to the little
white house earlier
in the morning,
Evening star., 1937-03-30
Mussey Committee to Meet.

The Program Committee OF the
memorial service for the late DR.. Ellen
Spencer Mussey will meet at
O'Clock today at the Women's City
Club, it was announced yesterday by
Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, Advisory
Committee chairman. The service Is
planned for May 13.
Evening star., 1937-03-30
G.. U. Dance Tomorrow.

The Washington Club Of George
town University will give an Easter
dance tomorrow at 10 pm. at the
Indian Spring Country Club, Local
alumni'have been invited. Paul Meh-
ren and Fred Mccoy are the COM
mittee in charge of the dance.
Evening star., 1937-03-30
crying again.

crying again.
Don't give up
hope, Aunt Beth, !"
said Ann in her
comforting ay.
'The will may turn
up yet"
The s h q d o W s
were d e epe n n &
that aftern oon
when they finally
gave up and sat
down for q few
minutes rest. Ann
had so hoped she
might find the will
and she was griev-
ously disappointed.
She sat in thought
for q few minutes
and then said:
Aunt Beth, didn't
Uncle John carry
q small billfold?"
But I've looked
through that and
thoro }e nothing
Evening star., 1937-03-30
CONGRESSIONAL PROBE
OF AIR DEATHS ASKED
Celler's Resolution Says Members
Must Awake to Seriousness

Must Awake to Seriousness
and Importance of Planes.
Congressional investigation Of air
ship accidents, with q total OF So
deaths since December Is, 1886, and
SO fatal airplane crashes in the past
10 years, in which 1874 persons met
their death, is asked in a resolution
introduced late yesterday by Rep
resentative Celler, Democrat, Of New
York.
The rsolution challenges that
Congress should wake up to the fact
that the business of air transporta-
ton Is serious business entrusted
with citizens lives, vital to the Ma
tion's commerce and of extreme i'm
portance in time Of war" It proposes
that the study be made by the Com
mittee on Interstate and Foreign
Commerce OF subcommittee thereof.
Evening star., 1937-03-30

will voice his grief at your audacity by
purring, somewhat in the fashion Of
the leopard frog. Make your plans to
become better acquainted with wood
frogs this Summer.
Copyright, 1877
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-11-23
GREEN STRIKES
AT WAGE BILL
Withdraws ALL. Support
and Points to Danger
Through NLRB

WASHINGTON, Nov. %. CUP
The American Fcdcrtion of Labor
last night abandoned the wages
and-hourS bill which is Snarlcd IN
the house rules committee and de-
mandcd that il be revised to cope
with the business slump by pro-
vi&ng shorter work day and
work week for the nations tollerS.
The Fehration'S position, q re-
vcrSal of the one it took last Au-
gust when the bill was described
as "fairlv satisfactory to labor, y
was made known in q letter from
President William Green to Chair
man Mary Norton, d., y. j.. Of
the house labor committee.
Earlier in the day, Secretary of
Labor Frances Perkins wrote Mrs.
Norton that the bill contained mi
nor imperfectionS which could be
corrected from the floor; urged
that quick action be taken in the
house and warned that economic
conditions today made the need
of this legislation even more I'M
polling" than last spring.
John l.. Lewis, head Of the
Committee for Industrial Organ
ization, informed Mrs. Norton last
week that some changes should
be made in the wages bill but IN
general and as chairman Of Ia
boris Non-PartiSon league, he en-
dorsed the measure.
Green gave two basic reasons
for the Federation's change in po-
sition toward the measure:
|. Recent experiences with the
National Labor Relations board
have convinced the Federation
that "it is no longer safe" to per-
nit a government board "of that
kind" to decide vital policies af-
fecting unionistS.
9. The trade recession which
Green said "haS assumed the pro-
portions of a serious depression"
for labor.
Green said the Federation would
offer several changes in the meas
ure but first demanded that the
bill be recalled from the rules
committee. in which & little group
of southernerS blocked action on
the legislation at the last session,
and be rewritten or new meas
ure substituted.
Although Green demanded that
the bill provide for shorter work
week and work-day. he did not
recommend an hours level.