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The Washington times., 1937-04-15
SURVEY DATA
TO Be GIVEN
DISTRICT
Board to Be Named
May ! to Enforce
Revived Act

When the Districts minimum
wage law is revived next month,
the new board will be furnished
with figures by the Census Bureau
showing $4,000 women and minors
affected by the statute and q sur.
vey Of wages, hours and working
conditions now being prepared by
the Department of Labor's wom-
ems bureau.
The bureaus survey already has
covered the hotels, restaurants,
department stores, curb service
cafes, laundries, dry cleaning es.
adjustments, factories and beauty
parlors and found 1000 women
employed.
Survey Underway
Begun March Is at the request
Of the House District Committee,
the bureau is expected to extend
its survey to cover private tele-
phone switchboard operators. It
was stated that the bureau already
possesses adequate information on
the conditions of telephone COM
pany employees.
At the request of President
Roosevelt, the District Commits
sioners have delayed appointing
new wage board until May !
so that the city heads and men,
berS of Congress may have time
to determine whether new legiS-
lation is needed. The President
has declared himself in favor Of
extending the wage law to cover
men as well as women and minors.
Old Figures Doubled
Under the rulings of the old
wage board, made II years ago be-
fore the law was declared invalid
by the Supreme Court, it was esti-
mated by the board that 12,500
women and minors were affected.
The board set up the following
scales: SIS week for women en-
PAOJCN LII 1duAAuA ACo dk4O uAy CACd11@
ing establishments; $3.50 for
women employed in the printing
and publishing industry; and
$3.50 for women employees of
mercantile houses, hotels and res
taurants. In q decision o few
weeks ago, the Supreme Court
overruled its earlier invalidation
of the law.
The Census Bureau figures,
which will be made available to
the new wage board, revealed that
$4,000 women and minors now are
employed in the District. This
calculation was made on the basis
of 1880 census figures and it is
believed the number employed
will be raised as later figures are
studied.
The Washington times., 1937-04-15
Irving sketch Book
Offered Saturday

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six of these coupons clipped from
The Times and No. 1 from the
Washington Herald and 80 cents
entities any one to any book is
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In order to obtain the desired
book call upon any one Of the So
conveniently located coupon ex-
change stations, The washington
Times Building, 1917 H st. N. W..
arrange with the carrier boy on the
route.
Call District 1000 and ask for
circulation" arrange for home
delivery and notify the carrier
boy you want the Worlds Great
est Literature" one volume each
week.
The Washington times., 1937-04-15

} Gilbert E. Kee, 400 Seventh St.
s. W., IS.
william R. Scott, 27O4 Thirty
sixth st. N. W., IS.
Harold M. Griffith, Pennsyl-
vania, IS.
Gertrude Chestnut, Maryland,
IS.
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st. N. w., IS.
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vania, IS.
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chusettS Ave. N. E., IS.
The Washington times., 1937-04-15

b en- in this
country for sew
eral weeks, is
shortly taking
her three chill
dren for a tour
Of Europe. She
will decide on a
suitable school
there and settle
down for a year
on the Cont
n e n t. Aurora
Quezon, the ell
deSt daughter
of the family, is
going to be q
The Washington times., 1937-04-15
Geo. Prep Scores

Georgetown Props golf team
started it's golf season with bang
yesterday by defeating Blair High,
5 to l. Three matches in the first
fourSome went to the final green
before decisions were reached. The
competition was staged on the
Hoya Prep course.
The Washington times., 1937-04-15
Pay Law to Aid p 900 Women. Minors
LAurN Curtis Brilliant Success
Both in Society and Business
She Solved Financial
Problem by Turning
Home Into Club

IUt, UILtCU Us TupIuLy OSCOWtng
one OF the foremost cultural
centerS OF the World, are numer-
Gus society tuOnIen tDIo, rather
than contirle their activities to
social functions alone, haze gone
TN for the arts in a serious DGy.
A teD haze turned profess
StonGl, but most of them haze
studied sculpture, painting and
ceramics, or 1oritten JookS and
toStered musical centerS for
their o1Dn pleasure and that of
their families and friends.
Personality stories on these
HOomen and their york will be
printed in a series by The
Washington Times.
She is the only woman in the
country to organize and maintain
a successful social club for prom
inent men and women.
internationally known as "The
1925 F Street Club" its members
move in the same circle as those
belonging to the Metropolitan,
Harvard, Cosmos, and University
Clubs except that they are gayer
and smarter.
Not only that but Mrs. James
Freeman Curtis, Laura Curtis and
''Mommie" Curtis as she is known
respectively, is head of the Chez
Curtis" a smart apparel shop and
The Curtis Service Bureau, which
opened a week ago and already is
a bowling success.
Blond, blue-eyed and buXom,
with a deep husky voice and an
arreSting personality, Mrs. Curtis
is not only one of the most popu-
lar hostesses in Washington and
Long Island society, but she Is an
efficient business woman and a
devoted mother and grandmother
as well. And she's only As.
Honesty Engaging
One of her most engaging char
acteristics is her honesty. She
says what she thinks.
Asked how she came to organize
a social club she stared for a min
ute and then burst out laughing:
II did it because / was three
months back in my rent! Now
don't print that! Oh we'll! Go
ahead and print i'll don't care
because it true!"
The club, she explained, was
formerly her home
1 had come back to Washing
ton to live in 1924. I passed this
house, saw it was empty and
walked in. No one was around
and the place was in a terrible
state of disrepair. I called on the
agent. He named a price which
I thought was too high. I told
him:
II will take a lease for five
years with an option Of five
more. will do the repairs my
self and give you so much rent"
She got the house.
In Case Quandary
In 1929 Mrs. Curtis, who like
everybody else was hit by the
break in the stock market, found
herself with lovely house on her
hands, four young children, serv-
ants, a high social position and
no money.
She decided to give up the house
and sell her furniture at auction.
Her friends, however, insisted she
remain in Washington. One of
them suggested she open a social
club.
= Mrs. Curtis took her advice,
sent out announcement cards and
within a week had $50 members.
The house was there, the furniture
was there and so were the serv-
ants, so she simply opened it up
to her friends (she had been do
ing it socially for years anyway
and 10! "The 1925 F Street Club"
was born!
It was a success from the
start. Mrs. Curtis had always
been famous for her excellent
(COntinuAd m Pare 26. Col. 5)
The Washington times., 1937-04-15
NOW
QuezOns Plan
Year Abroad
TOWN
BY HELEN ESSARY

Mrs. Manuel Quezon, wife Of the
president Of the Philippine govern
ment, who with her husband has
The Washington times., 1937-04-15
MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED

enmore CooperS
Vanity Fair by william MskepsaSs
of Cisto; No Hawthons Scarlet Letter. NO.
No ofW Ready sat
of coupons ognr
Address: Buidin N. w. Washington D. e.
The Washington times., 1937-04-15

LII. e. W. 41Guo 10 "CoAAAS q
bright new button on his coat
lapel. The button is not practical
and dull as average buttons are.
It is a very special button. The
mark of SportSman's triumph.
It proves that DR.. Titus caught
a big sailfish not far from Palm
Beach the other day. In addition
to the button DR.. Titus has a let
ter from the Palm Beach Cham
her of Commerce stating that he
is now a member of a royal fisher
mans society.
DR.. Titus is modest about his
achievement. He says he found
his boat suddenly in school Of
sailfish and had fish on his hook
before you could say "Izaak Wal
tom! But that doesn't account
for the huge shark pretty Eileen
Titus, DR.. Titus daughter, pulled
in the same eventful fishing day.
DIR. Titus was about to have
the sail fish mounted for dis
play in his home. But Mrs. Titus
said nine feet of fish were too
many for any place but the
cellar or garage. So the mon
Ster is now being smoked and
will be used for special break
fasts and Supper-parties.
Three prominent Washington
women with a flair for palmiStry,
were at the same recent dinner
at the German Embassy. They
were Frau Thomson, wife Of the
Counselor of the German EN-
bassy, Mrs. Henry F. Haywood,
wife of the Commercial Score
tary of the British Embassy, and
(Continued on Page 20, Col. ~
The Washington times., 1937-04-15

Capt. and Mrs. Benjamin Dut-
ton, ir., and their daughter, Mary,
are about to leave Berlin where
Captain Dutton has been the U. S.
naval attache for the past two
years.
Captain Dutton is one Of the
most distinguished officers in the
Navy. His book on Navigation
and Nautical Astronomy" is used
as the textbook on navigation at
the U. S. Naval Academy.
The Washington times., 1937-04-15

David Windsor is the soul Of
good behavior in Austria, so a
Viennese friend writes. He looks
better than he has for years. But
and this is amusing-bets are
being made around Vienna-will
the former King of England marry
Mrs. Simpson. NOT WHEN-but
at all.
The Washington times., 1937-04-15

Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen Rohde,
who was U. S. Minister to Copen-
hagen before she married a Dane,
is returning soon to this country
where her new husband will i'm
mediately take out the papers
necessary to make him a natural
lied American.
The Washington times., 1937-04-15

lawyer, she Nine. Manuel aue1on
says. But first-her fathers Sec
rotary.
Mrs. Quezon, who is handsome
in a dark-haired, olive-skinned
Latin way, is a witty public
speaker.
When her husband was cam
paigning for his present office,
Mrs. Quezon often spoke to large
audiences. Her prize speech was
this way:
"I'm not my husbands first
love-" audience sits forward in
chairs.) "T'm never first in his
heart" audience cocks its earl
Il am not even his first wife %.
There is another to whom he
is married, who takes more
time, more interest, more devO-
ton, than l." (Well, well, thinks
the audience.) "That other for
whom must always take second
place in my husbands life is my
husbands country, your cOun-
try, and mine!"
The Washington times., 1937-04-15

That dear old Supreme Court,
which used to dwell in an ivory
tower is now the peg on which to
hang your best story.
Mrs. RooSevelt'S interest as
Sures any public or private enter
prise of a keen audience. But the
nine dear old gentlemen are be-
ginning to steal her spot light.
For instance - Justice Suther-
land is about to be given a Good
Will Bag to be filled by him with
big and little things and sent to
the Good Will Industries for re-
demption. The industries think
that the good will Of one justice
is equal to that of several plain
people.
The Washington times., 1937-04-15

Madame Bonnet, wife Of the
French Ambassador and Madame
de With, wife of the Netherlands
Minister, look remarkably alike.
They are threatening to do their
hair in the same style, wear sim
liar dresses to the same dinner
some night soon and see if they
can be told apart.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-24
News Behind the News
Union Dues and Higher Wages
Both Factions Oppose Wage Hour
Bill A Minimum Fair Wage -.

WASHINGTON-The desire of some labor
leaders to collect everything possible in the
way of union dues appears alongside the uIr
Willingness of many manufacturers to pay high
er wages as a factor in the opposition 10 the
Black -Cennery wage and hour bill.
The most contentious point in the bill is It's
section five which would give the proposed
labor standards board power to fix minimum
fair wage" in individual industries up 10 the
equivalent of $1,000 year.
1t is probable that the blank spaces III pre-
vious sections will be filled IN so as 10 1lA
general minimum wage and hour standard OF
40 cents an hour and 40 hours week, whlch
would be the equivalent OF $500 year OF $40
week for anyone who had so weeks of en-
ployment.
The theory behind he measure is that there
is no collective bargaining worth talking ABOUT
for the wage group which earns less than sooo
a year and that many workers in the range
between $500 and $1,000 have no money with
which to organize and bargain collectively Thus
after the bill previously has authorized the ooard
to vary its Oppressive STANDARDS upward OF
downward section five authorizes the board to
establish a minimum fair wage in cases Where
facilities for collective bargaining are made
quate or ineffective, and where lower wages
paid by some employers threaten to undermine
the labor standards of other employers But
there are labor leaders who foreSee that many
unskilled workers will feel less incentive to
ion unions if and when the government fixes
wages for them at between sic and $25 a week
there are labor leaders who say that the head
of a family who makes less than S25 week Is
unlikely to have enough food in his stomach
to make good fighting union material
The bills INTRODUCED by Senator Hugo Black
and Congressman VIM. H. Connery are almost
identical-but not quite.
Connery made slight excision which has
given another severe headache to Secretary OF
State Cordell Hull who every other week has
to worry about some new direct or indirect at
tack on his trade treaties.
The original bill, as in the Black bill, legally
defined the goods affected as those produced,
manufactured, mined, handled in any other
manner worked on in any state" Connery cut
out the words Gin any state"
And that means, according to the lawyers
that the Connery bill would prevent importation
into the United States of foreign goods produced
under lower labor standards than those set up
by the board. What this would do to American
import trade and to those Hull trade treaties
would be more than plenty.
Those who saw the Black-Connery bill in
its final mimeographed form before introduc-
ton noticed that a last-minute penciling had
changed the Labor Standards board from pre-
viousy contemplated three-membeE commission
to a fiye-msn group. Explanation turns out to
be that it's a new administration policy to have
five member commissions in the future and no
more trios.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-24
A SHOE SINNER WHO
MADE LIFE SHINE

Taylor Walker negro bootblack, died
at his home in Sacramento last week.
But why, you may wonder, is Taylor
Walkers death worth of editorial COM
ment at time when the world is rocked
by events of international consequence
There are many reasons, but one will
suffice: Taylor Walker brought dignity
to a humble calling; he shined mems
shoes. but won their respect and friend
ship. For many decades, CALIFORNIA;
governors-Gillett, Pardee, Hiram John
son, Stephens, Richardson, Young, Rolph
and Merriam-had been patrons of Tay-
lor Walkers little bootblack stand. Sew
eral presidents of the United States,
when they visited California, called on
Taylor for shine and came away smil-
ing over the kindly philosophy and the
political sagacity of the old negro oracle.
At 40 cents shine, Taylor Walker
didn't make fortune, but he lived com
fortably in good home; he was the idol
of Sacramentos negroes, young and old,
and the friend of men who ruled the des-
TIMES of his state He not only shined
shoes. but made life shine for the way
farer. He was good at his trade, humble
as it was, and he had mastered the art
of useful living. Who can gainsay Tay-
lor Walkers claim to fame?
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-24
A CONVICT PROVES
CRIMES DON'T PAY

Within another thirty days. or there
abouts, Ernest Booth, bank bandit and
lall-breaker par excellence, but better
known in the world of letters as a convict
author of remarkable ability, will "es-
cape from Folsom Prison. But this
time there will be nothing sensational
about his escape. He is being released on
parole TO be hospitalized so that he may
tight for freedom from pulmonary tu-
berculosls IN the free air of California
mountain resort.
Booths life story is a perfect drama
. tization of the fact that crime doesnt
pay. The man who wrote Stealing
Through Life"-and who did Just that
for some 20 years escaping Jail six times,
holding up bank to finance his honey
moon and taking what he wanted where
he found it-made more money with
honest writing effort, behind prison bars.
than ne ever made with dishonest enter
prise on the outside.
Just what started Ernest Booth on the
highway of crimes is known only to
Booth and few of his intimates. Even
judged by the most practical financial
standards. he would have been far bet
ter off to have substituted a typewriter
for his automatic years ago-and now,
fighting an uphill battle for life. he is
to do just that. Booth still owes a big
debt to society. He can best pay that
debt by giving us beautiful prose as an
offset to his bad deeds Let's hope he
does his adventurous living henceforth
in the land of illusion-where we can
all participate in his escapades and Joy
in doing it.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-24
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY
OF SAN DIEGO
No. 1883
NOTICE OF SALE OF
REAL PROPERTY

In the Matter Of the Estate of
MARY A. SCOTT, also known as
MRS d. B. SCOTT, Deceased.
TAKE NOTICE that the Execu-
tors of the above entitled Estate
will, on or after July IL, 1887. sell,
at private sale. all the right. title
and interest of the above entitled
Estate in and to the following de-
scribed real property:
All that real property situated in
the County of Imperial State of
California, described as follows:
East half of the Northwest
quarter of Lots Three and -Four
of Section Thirty 900, Township
Twelve South, Range Fifteen
East, SBM, containing 1871 acres
or thereabouts. according to u.
S. Government survey.
Bids or offers will be received at
SIG Bank of America Building, San
Diego, California.
Dated this 21st day of June, 1887.
JOHN w. SCOTT
Eta M. FOWLKES
GENEVIEVE GLASCOCK
Executors of the Estate of
Mary A. Scott, also known
as Mrs. d. B. Scott, deceas-
ed. I'm Propria Personal
June 20, July 9, Inc.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-24
.SOFTBALL MORE THAN
EYERCICE FOR A FEW

The season is here when EI Centro
and other Imperial Valley towns will
witness several nights each week soft
ball game between evenly matched teams
competing solely for the honor of win
ming and the joy of outdoor competi-
ton. Relatively few will actually en-
gage in the sport. Many will turn out
in the evenings to witness it.
Softball in the last few years won
place in the community that entitled it
to recognition as more than form of
competitive exercise for a few. 1t pro-
vides entertainment for many at time
when the entertainment tide is at an ebb
in Imperial Valley. Like air coolers in
the homes. it has done its part to make
summer life in the valley more pleasant.
It is continuing to do SO.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-24

One of those minor anniversaries
that mean more than some of the
big ones mean comes along on
June 10. That date is the 5Oth
anniversary of the founding OF
the first municipal playground for
children.
When the New York city govern
ment voted, back in 1887, to set
aside land for children of the
slums to play on, it drew plenty
of criticism down on itself. The
move was denounced as "a land
grab by politicians" and substan-'
tial citizens wanted to know what
the world was coming to if
great city actually spent the tax
PAYERS money to give children a
chance TO play.
These mutterings slowly died
away, and as time passed, people
began to see that money for play
grounds was money well spent,
even from the strictly materials
tic point of view. Other cities cop
led the idea, as the taxpayer awak-
ened to the fact that the play
ground was a fine municipal in
vestment. Today the playground
idea is so firmly established all
across the land that no one dreams
of questioning It's worth.
SO the anniversary of the play
ground is worth bit of notice
not only for its own sake, but be-
cause it is one more landmark in
that awakening Of sense OF civic
responsibility which is one of the
brightest spots in our recent his
tory.
It is good for us to reflect that
only a few decades ago we took
refuge in Gains answer-"Am ]
my brothers keeper?"-when the
! dark places in our society were
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-24
Bruce Cation .Says:>>
. We Find an Interest in Our Fellow Man

called to our attention.
The failure to provide play spots
for children was only a sample. The
same attitude prevailed all down
the line.
If depressions cut thousands of
men off the payroll and reduced
them to destitution, society as a
whole failed to recognize any re-
sponsibility in the matter. Churches
and charitable organizations might
maintain soup Kitchens; beyond
that. there was nothing that need
be done.
If sweatshopS existed by the un-
derpaid labor of women and chill
dren, destroying health and hap
piness for thousands of people who
could not help themselves-that
was regrettable, perhaps, but So
ciety needn't feel obliged to do
anything about it.
If sudden shifts in the economic
tides left agriculture high and dry,
so that farmers went broke by the
thousand and foodstuffs sold for
less than IL cost TO produce them
well, that was too bad for the
farmer, of course, but the city man
didn't need to bother his head
about it.
We have got past all those no
tions in the last few decades, just
as We have got past the notion
that society need not provide places
for children to play. We have be-
gun to realize, in other words that
we are our brothers keepers, after
all. whether we like to be or not;
that society is unit, and that a
decent regard for one another's
misfortunes is the price of prog
reSS.
AS a landmark In that change,
this playground anniversary is
worth a little thought.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-24
Strolls Thru Hollywood

HOLLYWOOD, June "a. WD-
Ragtime-the hot rhythm of pre-
war days-is set for comeback
and will succeed Swing" music, in
the opinion of Fred Waring, macs
tro of the "Pennsylvanians," and
topflight band leader ror more than
Is years
The wiry, sharp-featured music
man delivered the prophecy III an
absent moment. while listening to
his band rehearse the finale num-
ber for Varsity Show" on the War
ner lot.
1--WE probably won't call it rag
time" he said. THE chances are all
in favor of a new name. but it will
be the same old stuff-straight and
fast.
You can see the beginnings of
the trend right now, in almost any
dancing place. People still like to
swing but the minute the bands
heads into a fast number the whole
crowd perks up. In one club l Wis
tied recently fast number brought
cheer from the floor.
Swing is a pretty slow rhythm
you now, although it isn't much
different from the syncopation of
the 1920's. It's just matter of ac-
centing the one-two- three -four tom
tom beat Syncopation accented the
off beat-the beat between the steps
of march.
when ragtime returns I expect
that it will be more popular than
ever, not because musicians play
any better these days, but because
recording systems are better now.
Before electrical recording came
in, about 1929, you couldn't regis
ter bases and drums on a record.
They'd make the needles jump the
track. Better recording along with
radio, is responsible for the tre-
mendous popularity of bands today
Waring, incidentally, isn't a
dance bandmaster. Since he left the
Pennsylvania State campus to form
his first orchestra he has performed
consistently in theatres. on the air,
and in pictures. In his entire career
he hasn't played as many as half a
dozen dance dates.
The Pennsylvanians were origin
ally all Pennsylvania boys. Now
they're mostly Californians.