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The Washington times., 1937-03-15

read that closed chapter, pro-
vided we bring sweetness and
loyalty to the altar. We are no
longer children when it comes
time to marry. We should be
able to take each other on
truSt-and go on with our Chins
up, no matter what the past has
held.
"CLARA e. BAY, Age FL,
"Chicago, I'LL"
I think you're right, Clara
PROVIDED THAT PAST TRANS
GRESSION LEAVES NO BLIGHT
WHICH MAY BRING TRAGEDY
TO THE NEW FAMILY. But
others may still hold to the old
attitude-that the woman who
stumbles should always be stoned.
Have we grown more tolerant? I
wonder. Let's watch for those an
SwerS.
SEPARATE JOBS
Remember Anna Lee Allen with
her bombshell about Daughter Do
ing Mons Housework After Office
Hours? Here's ERMA OLSEN
with lusty vote that she
SHOULDN'T-and she also wins
a $40 prize.
"IT'S AS MUCH A MOTH.
ER'S JOB TO RUN HER OWN
HOUSE." says Erma, GAS 1T IS
A DAUGHTERS JOB TO FOL-
LOW HER OFFICE OR SHOP
SCHEDULE.
Suppose daughter adopted
mothers haphazard program
no time, system or order
what'd happen? We all know
she'd be fired. One can't fire a
careless, disOrderly mother, but
she deserves the same contempt
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"Erma L. Olsen,
"COrpus Christi, Texas"

w OAg1A "A VsOV
P. M.
"Erma L. Olsen,
"COrpus Christi, Texas"
That's Straight Talking, young
ster, and has my 100 per cent en-
dorsement. Butt warn you!-it
will cause many a Dirty Look from
some Of the Older MamaS who've
been getting by with considerable
fancy Slave Driving. However,
stick to your guns. Mother, her
self, will be the happier for it
when she begins to think Of her
self as a regular professional and
tackles her job accordingly.
PRECIOUS RESERVES
But for every knock, Nom re-
ceives a hundred boosts. So, just
to prove that Home, Sweet Home"
is still putting on a mighty popu-
lar show, read NORMAN w. MUIR
RAYS endorsement. Someone
wondered if devoted but penniless
people should risk marriage. Nor
man answers with a ringing
"YES!"-and wins q IS prize.
1--WE think" he cries, "that we
have hard breaks. But think
what our heroic pioneer fathers
and mothers faced, riding into
a trackleSS wilderness with no
assets save their brave hearts
and willing hands!
eve, today, are another gener.
alton Of pioneers, facing new
frontiers. And it's up to us
whether we succeed or fail. Take
my own case. I'm just 2S-mar-
ried eight years this March. We
have existed solely on what I've
been able to earn. Today count
myself RICH with the most
priceless possessions two sons,
three-and-One-half and One-and-
One-half, and a wife who has
been both sweetheart and part
ner through It all. With these
three to fight for, NO GOAL is
IMPOSSIBLE!
"'ReServe fundS'-phOOey! We
have them in our own love, faith
and courage. Having our chill
dren while we were young makes
them more than SOnS-they are
our FRIENDS, and we hope to
always stay sufficiently enthusi-
aStic and understanding to keep
them so!
81 would say just this to all
young couples s-FORGET THE
WORD CAN'T 1T WAS IN
VENTED BY CUTTERS!
NORMAN w. MURRAY,
"PueblO, Cal"
Copyright, 1887. by King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
The Washington times., 1937-03-15
PRECEDENTS

Shades of Abraham Lincoln!
The Lincoln table in the Presi-
dents Room at the Capitol Is now
being used as a bench to sit on
by some of the Senators.
The legend goes that this is the
table on which President Lincoln
signed the Proclamation Of Eman-
cipation. Since that time it has
been used by several Presidents to
sign bills passed at the last day OF
a session of Congress.
President Roosevelt does not fol.
low this practice. and the. room Is
used by Senators to receive the
members of the press. Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge, jr.. catches
on quickly, and was seen perched
nonchalantly on the antique dur
ing an interview recently.
He had a lot Of precedent, be-
cause several of the older members
prefer this for a seat to the leather
chairs and couches provided for
that purpose.
The Washington times., 1937-03-15
"A City Beautiful"
By J. T. Williams, Jr.

} happy suggestion Of Miss Mech
lin.
"Third-The location Of the
Arlington Memorial Bridge, In
accord with the plan Of 1901
settled by the Overruling au'
thOrity Of President Harding.
''Fourth-The prolonged and
finally successful struggle for
the removal Of the Botanic Gar
dens, and,
"Fifth-And only this past
year-the clearing Of the MaH
leading from the Capitol to the
Washington MOnument) by the
direction of President Franklin
d. Roosevelt"
To this succession Of victories
the President and the Senate have
now added another, the fruit OF
which will be the jefferson Memo
rial.
NEW APPRECIATION
But another task no less great,
another opportunity no less inspir'
ing, still confronts the President
and the Congress. They can, as
a part Of the nations contr1bu'
tion to the celebration Of the
Sesuuicentennial of the adoption
of the Constitution, bring to COM
pletion the 1901 development OF
Washington's plan for the city
which bears his name.
The White House has yet to be
made the center Of the executive
work of the Government, as the
Capitol has been made the center
of the legislative .work.
And to the east, Pennsylvania
Avenue still lacks the fine develop
ment that has been given it on
the west. AS a result that great
est of Washington thoroughfareS
is degenerating day by day."
It will take another major surgi-
cal operation" to bring Pennsyl-
vania Avenue into its proper de-
velopment.
When this has been done, when
the public buildings designed to
face on Lafayette Square are in
their place, when along Pennsyl-
vania Avenue the new War and
Navy buildings have been con-
Structed, there will come a new
appreciation Of the vision OF the
Father of His Country"
President Coolidge began the
development of "the Triangle Of
Justice" which President Roose'
velt is completing. There is yet
time for Mr.. Roosevelt to begin
and well nigh to complete the
Triangle of the Common Defense"
which should include "the new
War and Navy buildings designed
in a manner and with landscape
setting befitting the dignity and
high function which those services
perform in the task Of national
defense"
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with despair.
For once more it had come
leaping out of the dark-that
nightmare memory of one terrible
mistake. She was so young when
it happened eager, reckless,
ignorant and untried plunged
suddenly, as a wage Garner, into
dangerous freedom of which her
mother had never dreamed. So
she had blundered-to her ever
lasting regret-aS many another
modern girl has done.
Yet, after the agony healed, she
had. seemed wiser and stronger for
the experience, with a deeper rev.
erence for purity, better fitted to
be a loyal and understanding wife.
OF these things she was certain,
in herself
But would her man be equally
sure? Could a man trust a girl
as much if she'd made a mistake
.. or would ages Of male prejudice
balance the scales against her?
Then-was it her duty to tell?
Was she dishOnOrable if she didn't?
God knows, she wanted to tell
lOathed the shadow of a secret be-
tween them. But wasn't that de-
sire really selfishneSS? Had she
the right to ease her burden by
sharing it? Wouldn't she wreck
two lives if she did?
HRnnEDNy rSuA0S
Cruel questions, born largely of
our modern chaos. i. a chaos which
the guarded women Of other gen.
erationS never faced. How would
YOU answer them if YOU were
anothe woman-or man?
CLARA BAY, speaking for thou
sands of her working sisters, puts
them up to us-and wins a $40
prize.
"Dear Miss Robinson
"a group of us (men and
women) who work together in
this big department store have
been discussing the question
SHOULD A GIRL CONFESS
HER WHOLE PAST TO HER
FUTURE HUSBAND? I say,
MOP
''No matter how much they
love each other, such a cOnfes-
sion is bound to make a gap be-
tween them. And why should a
man expect or demand it? A
man marries a girl for what she
is for her character as it
stands.
Some Of us learn wisdom
through great hurt and hard
ship. If so, that is a girls own
secret. No one has q right to
The Washington times., 1937-03-15
LOW-Priced Justice

AOV - II ANNNA " SAOVA~O
YNHE District Bar Association has created commit
l. tee to work at the Municipal Court and serve, with
out charge, INDECENT litgant who need legal advice
This is helpful move and will undoubtedly materi-
ally assist number of persons appearing before the
court with good but without enough money to
tain lawyers who could satisfactorily present their
position.
On the other hand the move by the Bar Association
does not in any way detract from the desirabty Of
speedily putting into effect Judge Nathan Caytons pro-
posal for the establishment of 'poor mans division
of the court.
It will be recalled that the Bar Association short
time ago disapproved this proposal after its officers
and leaders who investigated it had recommended that
it be supported.
Apparently the association, which was severely crit
iczed for its refusal to support the Cayon program for
the relief of small claimants in the court has advanced
the committee proposal as substitute for the Cayton
program
It is not an adequate substitute and will not be
cepted as such by those who want to make it possible
for the tgant with a small but meritorious case to
have that handled without excessive cost and with
out undue formality.
As matter of fact the program Of the Bar Associa-
ton could we'll go along complement to the pro-
gram of Judge Cayton,
But it does not mitigate the desirability of the
Judges proposal.
Judge Cayton would have one Judge Of the Municipal
Court designated to conduct what he terms the 'sma
claims and cancellation branch.''
Before this Judge could be brought cases involving
less than fifty doars peadngs would be reduced to
the simplest forms and the necessity of lawyer in
their preparation eliminated; and when the
on for trial procedure would be informal and without
complicated legal restrictions.
The object would be to have the Judge get to the
merits of the claim and defense with minimum of legal
formality.
Availability of such court branch to the tigant in
small case would be of immense value in bringing JUS
tce speedily and without great cost to those involved
in minor disputes.
The Bar Associations program, the other hand,
apparently would not be restricted to amounting
to less than fifty dollars.
It would make available to a claimant defendant
who could not pay lawyers fee the advice which he
would need to prosecute defend a case up to the
maximum of the Municipal Courts jurisdiction.
It should not and will not ALLEVIATE support from
that proposal.
This evidence of realization the part Of the Bar
Association that after all there is necessity for pro-
vidng help to INDECENT tigants should stimulate those
who are preparing to carry the fight for the poor
mans court.
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numor as well
as his flashes
of do W n to-
earth argument
that he indulges
in when he's
serious.
Any d e b ate
between Sena-
tor Con nany
and an oppon-
ent worthy of
his mettle, like
Senator Henry
F. ou ntain AS
hurst, is bound
to be worth lis
The Washington times., 1937-03-15
CLARIFYING

Humor in the House of Repre-
sentatives, as faithfully recorded
in the Congressional Record:
"Mr. May: I merely wanted
to inquire if the Henry Ford
mentioned in this instance is
the motor manufacturer"
"Mr. Rankin: The gentleman
wants to know if Henry Ford
Is the man who makes auto
mobiles" Uaughter.)
''Mr. May: No; 1 want to know
If Henry Ford, the man who
makes automobiles, is the man
who is making this gift"
"Mr. Rankin: He is the same
Henry Ford"
In other words, is Henry a Ford
or is the man who makes Fords a
Henry? I don't like crossword
puzzles, either.
The Washington times., 1937-03-15

the dozen in
her five office
yearS-frien d S
who say that
Bills the luck
lest man on
earth to b e
winning h e r
for q W ife.
Last night, as
t h ey planned
together for
their new home,
h er h e a r t
seemed burst
inc with inv
and pride. But
aLA 1yoIra -
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CONTEST RULES

1.-The writer of q letter In com.
petition for one Of the three
weekly priEes-twO Of $40 each
and one of $5-must be under 80
years Of age.
2-The letter must be upon some
subject of importance to Ameri.
can youth.
S-The letter must not exceed 500
words in length.
4-The writer must give his or her
age and full name and address,
and the name of each writer
awarded a prize will be pub
lished.
$40 be eligible for the prize
awarded each Monday. a letter
must bear pOstmark not later
than noon Of the preceding Sat
urday.
6-Miss Elsie Robinson Is to he sole
judge of the merits Of letters
submitted in the contest.
The Washington times., 1937-03-15
COGNIZANCE

Attention has been called to the
fact that even in prayer the SEN
ate of the United States keeps up
with the times. Rev. ZeBarney
T. Phillips in opening the session
recently, began:
'"Father in heaven, who know"
est our down sittingS and our
upriSingS =.
It is suggested that the Sem
ate's spiritual adviser, in these
words, has taken full cognizancS
of the sit-down strikes so prevar
lent over the country.
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Keep This Pledge

Resolved: That it be the sense of this contention
that committee should be appointed by the Congress
of the United States to make study Of and to report
ON the granting to the residents of the District Of
Columbia the riqht of suffrage. Unanimously adopted
by the Democratic National Convention, Philadelphia,
June 26, 1886.
The Washington times., 1937-03-15
Listen, World

She's merry, tender, honest and :
brave-lovely in spirit as well as
body. She has made friends by
The Washington times., 1937-03-15
The Greatest Show on Earth
Bu Frank Miller Smith

, And of such things are Sena-
tors mail composed.
The Washington times., 1937-03-15
IN THE MAIL

Senator Tom Connally OF Texas
has a penchant for introducing in
Senate debate subtle touches of
The Washington times., 1937-03-15
Orld =: - = By Elsie Robinson
YOUNG AMERICA ASKS-SHOULD A GIRL REVEAL
Her PAST 10 The MAN SHE Is TO MARRY?

MORE HAPPINESS ALL
AROUND AND NO UNFIN-
ISHED HOUSEWORK AT $3.50
p. M.
Evening star., 1937-12-19

In many instances, typical English
squires are brought into these sporting
pictures in perfectly logical way, and
with complete naturalness, for after
all, 1t was from this substantial class
that the sportsmen of England were
largely drawn. The hunt was a part
OF English life, incidentally social.
INCLUDED among the paintings by
famous English artists now deceased,
is one quite typical by George Nor
land, another by Sir Edwin Landseer,
a third by Thomas Weaver, the last a
peculiarly interesting, unusual scene
OF Ram Letting at Dishley."
Three excellent paintings are here
by j. N. Sartorius, the last OF the four
sporting painters of the same family.
These are THE Marquis of Donegal's
Racehorses," fine showing, inciden-
tally, and two paintings of the Beau
fort Hunt, Breaking Cover" and Full
Cry" both signed by the artist in 1877.
The last of these show the Duke of
Beaufort's dogs hunting in the Stowe
Evening star., 1937-12-19

sculptor seen at work, q large plate
very well handled, in modulated tones:
in an interior which features an open
window, and in an elaborate compo-
| sition OF roof-tops covered with a
light fall Of snow-not to mention ALL
There are not a great many pure
landscapes-and one wonders why.
But two outdoor winter themes are
especially well handled in different
media, one etched by Emil Johanson-
Thor; the other engraved in line by
Waldemar Bernhard-both of plain
farm buildings, trees, leafless; snow
covered ground, and winter sky-and
equally lovely and appealing.
Hans JohRnSon shows q charming
little etching Of q cat curled up asleep
and another Of an etcher-possibly
himself-at work at his ight-screened
table.
There are some grotesque themes
which may have been subjectively de-
rived from Swedish folklore by Bertil
B. Hedlund, who shows himself per-
haps better entertainer" than an
artist-but whose skillfulness none can
deny.
OF block prints there are quite
number, among which the most sig
niflcant for simplicity and feeling are
those by Hugo Gehlin of the Virgin
and Child and Angels which, tiny as
they are and reticent, have more than
little of the reverent inference of
works done in the Middle Ages.
There Is one example of non -objec-
tive or abstract art and few essays
in cubism in color-but these are the
exceptions which prove the rule-of
! Swedish n-mindedness to innova-
ton. While adding nothing to the COL
lection as whole, they testify to the
fact that the ma ajority of exhibitors
are conservative by choice and not
through ignorance.
This comprehensive and genuinely
delightful exhibition will after leav-
ing here the last of this month, 60 on
tour throughout the United States,
even visiting Hawaii, before returning
to Sweden in February, 1899.
The Centenary of Mar Weyl,
Distinguished Washington Art
tst, Recalls Life and Honors.
THE Tooth anniversary of the birth
of Max Weyl was noted not long
ago in the news columns of The Star
Mr.. Weyl was essentially a Washing
ton artist, and for many, many years
associated most closely with art ac-
tivity in this city.
Born in Germany in 1887. he came,
in 1853, to America with his family
who settled in Pennsylvania. He had
already in his native land served as
apprentice or assistant to a watch
maker, and upon arriving in this
country began earning a livelihood by
travelling about Pennsylvania mending
| clocks.
When Lincoln was elected President
of the United States for the second
time. Max Weyl determined to come
to Washington and see the man who
Evening star., 1937-12-19

The first violins made by Stradivari
were of poor-quality material, var
nished in thick yellow varnish, and
Of solid build and proportions fol-
lowing those of Amati's smaller pat
tern. This small pattern Stradivari
adhered to, with one exception, until
1884, when he turned his attention
definitely to larger instruments.
While he proved himself an uncom-
monty skilled craftsmen in these early
violins, it was not until the years be-
tween 1884 and 1700 that he showed
progress in those experiments which
were to eliminate in perfect form and
balance in his instruments.
In 1858 there appeared the first
marked alteration in the detail of his
work, when he outlined the curves
of the scroll and the back rib of the
scroll in black. Every year he gained
in the beauty, accuracy and finish OF
his work, in the cutting Of the If"
holes, the carving Of his scrolls, and
the exquisite precision of the purfing.
In 1890. to crown his perfect crafts
manship, he built the 'long Strad"
to . new set Of proportions, suggested
BY Masgint violin which he had seen.
Evening star., 1937-12-19

had become to him great hero, and
he came with tray of watches swung
around his neck by a leather strap to
sell On the street in order to pay his
expenses. Thus mingling with the
crowd he heard Lincoln deliver his
great second inaugural address. Lik-
ing the city he determined to remain.
Business was good in Washington, and
Mr.. Weyl opened little jewelry shop
on Seventh street. In the windov of
that shop some years later Mr.. S. H.
Kaufman, then president of the Eve
ming Star Newspaper Company, and
later president Of the Corcoran Gal
lery Of Art, noted one day an excellent
little painting, landscape. Entering,
he asked the price-"five dollars s"-and
the name of the painter. At the sec
ond question the proprietor looked
down, rubbed his hands. and modestly
admitted that he was the painter. Mr..
Kaufman purchased the picture and
from that day on became one of Max
Weyl's best friends and patrons.
The jeweler-artist became ambitious.
1t was his desire to go abroad 'and
study. He had married and had a wife
and children. 1t was his wife who
made the trip to Europe possible. At
her suggestion, the jewelry shop be-
came thread-and-ne store. Dur
ing his absence in Europe this, with
Mrs. Weyl as proprietress, supported
the family.
Mr.. Weyl saw and learned much
while abroad. Corot was then at the
height of his reputation and upon his
return to Washington Mr.. Weyl's
work showed the influence of the Bar
bizon School. But this was soon cast
aside. To Max Weyl no place was
more beautiful and more paintable
than Washington and its environs. He
was never eager to travel or explore.
The Potomac fats, Rock Greek valley,
the fields beyond the city limits con-
tanned for him all the elements essen
tial to landscape painting He painted
with breadth and feeling; his work
was well rendered and, to an extent,
emotional; he developed a type COM
pietely his own. For himself and his
art he won the respect of his COL
leagues, not only in Washington, but
in other parts of the country, and his
paintings were constantly in demand.
On his 10th birthday the Corcoran
Gallery of Art gave him a one-man.
retrospective exhibition, and at that
time Col. Theodore Roosevelt, then
President Of the United States, sum-
moned Mr.. Weyl to the White House
to personally congratulate him upon
his achievement. For the painter no
higher honor could have been at
tanned, but in the midst of all the con-
gratulations showered upon him, he
was still the simple lover of nature, the
Evening star., 1937-12-19

earliest authentic record Of Antonio
Stradivaris residence in Cremona
dates from the original label of vio-
lin made in 1866, which records: AN
tonius Stradivarius Cremonensis Al
umnus Nicolai Amati, faciebat Ammo
1866"
This violin bears the family NAL
tese cross that was the emblem Of
Stradivari's work. and the initials
"A. S." inclosed within a double cir
Gle. The label serves also to record
the fact of Antonios apprenticeship
of the famous violin maker. Nicolo
Amati, with whom he had probably
been working for seven or eight years
heretofore. 1t is interesting to note
that the following year instruments
made by Stradivari bear no reference
to this apprenticeship-an indication
that the pupil had equalled, if net sur
passed the teacher, in craftsmanship,
and felt competent to claim author
ship of his own instruments.
When he was % years old, Stradi-
vari married the widow, Francesca
Feraborchi. This was in 1867, and
in this year they settled in the Casa
del Pescatore in the parish of San
Mateo, where year later a daughter
was born to them. In 1874 a second
daughter was born and later four sons.
In 1880 Stradivari purchased a house
in Cremona, in the Piazza San Do
menico, later known as Piazza Roma,
and here the family took up resi-
dence. Stradivari lived in this house
for the remainder of his life, and his
family continued to reside in Piazza
Roma for nine years after Antonio's
death. The house remained unaltered
until 1888, when 1t was purchased
by the proprietor of an adjoining cafe
and completely remodeled.
Fifteen months after his wife's death
in 1898. Stradivari married again
this time widow named Antonia Ma
ria Zambelli, and there were five chill
dren Of this marriage-one daughter
named after the first wife.
A 8 THERE is no portrait Of An
= tonic Stradivari that has been
handed down to us, we have only the
verbal description given by Polledro,
on which to base our conception of
him. Polledro was formerly first vio-
lin at the court of Turin, and he
records that his master, Pugnani, knew
Stradivari during his lifetime and
delighted in talking of him. Accord
ing to this verbal description Antonio
Stradivari was tall and thin. His
head was usually covered with q white
woolen cap in winter and a white
cotton cap in summer. Over his clothes
he wore an apron of white leather,
and since he worked necessarily, this
costume rarely varied. Stradivari's
industry H. recorded, too, in phrase
that outlived him, for his easy cir
cumstances resulting from this in
dustry and frugal habits, caused his
fellow citizens to adopt the phrase,
"Ricco come stradivart."