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The Washington times., 1937-01-09

particularly here in yoNth-mGd
America? Ho1D many of Us
aren't tempted to "GbdicGte"
tDhen the gray hairs come and
life tells US to cut out the patty
cakes and get on to our Job?
Legend has it that we Americans
were once an adult outfit, with lit.
tie use for infantile frolics. But
legend had better take another
look! Nowhere in the civilized
world have grown-ups gone as ga-ga
as in these United States. No
where does the average citizen,
male and female, know less about.
care less for, serious affairs Of
state. We're all too busy being
young.
A DISEASE
Youth isn't a time Of life to
Americans-it's a disease!
WE WANNA BE YOUNG .
AND STAY YOUNG -. . AND GOD
HELP ANYONE WHO TRIES TO
MAKE US QUIT OUR FUNNING
AND BE OUR AGE!
OF all mortals, we Americans
have the greatest horror Of ma
turity the nveliest contempt
for its demands the least regard
for its dignity. Our American
standard of living" offers us but
one desirable role for our personal
life-that Of callow, romantic
youth. If the man can no longer
make the team" if the woman
can no longer "have affairs"
their gong has sounded. You've
gotta be a kid or you needn't stick
around in modern America.
Proof? Study our popular
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Listen, World!
BY Elsie Robinson

movies and fiction, hilariously eX'
tolling youth our ads, hySteri'
cally warning us against growing
old. Visit our hotel lobbieS and
cabarets, filled with grandInas try
ing to be glorified gals and grand
pas impersonating campus cut
ups.
Observe the billions spent or
Identification and rejuvenation
sports and amusements. AL fol
what? Nothing? There's no sad
der sight than an old horse trying
to cut young capers. And whom
does it fool? Nobody-not ever
the horse itself.
Mind you, I hold no brief fol
fallen arches, Sagging jowls, vari
cose veins and the other symbols
Of approaching dotage. But, al
their worst, these handicaps are
infinitely less tragic than the
spectacle we make of ourselves in
trying to avert them.
Could any royal blight or bur
den, even including a daily Bald
win, be tougher to take than the
fate which awaits David and his
lady, in their struggle to remain
A Couple Of Kids?
BE YOUR AGE
Those mornings when shell
gaze, terrified, into her mirror
wondering. Those nights when
he'll stare. bitterly, into the ashes
remembering. You can duck
q Bishop or dodge a Premier, but
you can't outsmart Old Mister
Time. Try as you will, that ole
boy always has your number!
Happiness does not depend OF
the number Of our years but OF
the quality Of our imagination
Life is exciting at Is because
our young wit and egotiSm maxi
it exciting. It could be ever
more exciting at As if we haC
the courage and confidence t,
attempt new adventures. Ou
own stupidity, not time, defeat
us. There is a thrill and forcr
to middle-aged understanding
which there never is to younl
allure.
DON'T BE AFRAID TC
GROW UP! DON'T REFUSE tt
BE YOUR AGE! DON'T AE
DICATE YOUR THRONE WHEl
TT AT LAST ARRIVES!
Take it. with all that it i'm
plies - greater responsibility
harder work, heavier risk. Blu
remember, also, that these ar
the price one pays for power
Pay that price!. Use that power
KEEP THAT THRONE!
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their desperate
prayer.
An d n o "
many will be
sneering at him
80. calling him
q u i t t er and
fool saying
he was "juSt
a playboy who
couldn't t a k e
it."
Maybe so.
But I Donder
hoD many of
US haze the
10 h t t o
i7Ld0e him
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official w h i t e
House car?
In a jocular
mood the White
H use cores
pondentS ar e
a r G uin g this
q u e S tion pro
and con these
days with some
t h i n g m or e
than humor in
their tones. For
S me time, I
a m informed,
there has been
a little strained
feeling cranfninn
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Wise Words

A mind, once formed, is never
suited after, one yet in growth will
ever grateful be.-Goethe.
Two Of . trade can never agree.
Duty is the path that all may
tread.-LewiS Morris.
He who profits by crime Is guilty
Of it.-Seneca.
To . boiling pot flies come not.
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HARMONY

Senator Charles L. McNary
who perhaps takes his JOB as
leader of the sadly depleted Re
publican forces in the Senate
with the best grace eVinced BY
any Of the Congressional leaders
had a conference this week with
his group. Says he:
eve had a very harmonious
meeting. In fact it was like
the relationship between the
usual son-in.law and mOther-in-
law. We had everyone here
who was in town, except Sena-
tor BOrah. i talked to him On
the telephone and he hadn't
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So hes done it! Abdicated.
Chucked his job. passed up
his family gone into exile from
the land he loved and the people
who saw in him the answer to
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DECORATIVE

This new fad for artificial flow.
erS which is becoming more wide
spread each day has completely
taken one member of Congress by
storm. He is Representative
Ralph o. Brewster of the Maine
Republicans - remember? His
office is just filled with punches
of these handmade pieces of art
and is one Of the most brightly
decorated rooms in the building.
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FEUDING

The feud between Senator M.
M. Neely and Senator Rush Holt
Of West Virginia, is being car
ried right along these days. be-
lieVe me.
You know of course that Sen
ator Holt did not walk down the
aisle when Senator Neely was
sworn in at the opening Of the
session and that they sat on op-
posite sides Of the House Cham
Der when the President made his
address but
The other night the West Vir-
ginians gave q dinner and dance
in honor Of their Congressional
delegation. Neither Senators
Neely nor Holt were present at the
start Of the affair. Later Senator
Holt came, stuck his head in the
door. Senator Neely wasn't there.
Senator Holt stayed Q while.
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barrassment.
HIGH HATS

Was it Stephen Early, President
Roosevelt's secretary, that went
high hat Wednesday or was it the
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GGCRUST'' is what high-pressure statesmen call
~ the quality in men which enables them to
thrust forward against certain defeat and en-
barrassment.
When young man has "crust," older men are
inclined to wag their heads and growl:
'That kid is fresh as paint; he's riding for
faU."
The "fresh kid" may get fall, a bad one-but
it's better to get bad fall from having tried than
to get fat and soft from living safe life, because
you never tried.
All young men get Steady diet of mo" That
is probably good for them, certainly it will not
be changed until human nature is changed.
When you tell somebody, perhaps your father,
that you want to dive off Brooklyn Bridge, and
he strongly advises you, mo, don't be a young
fool!-that is good advice, you aOouId be young
fool if you did not take it.
But when father or boss says to a young
man: "Domt aOaste your time asking questions
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about things you can't understand until yo~ are
Older". that is poor advice.
Curiosity plus "crust" 1Uill bring much trouble
for young man, also the best possible educG-
tion-tkGt aOhich comes from EXPERIENCE.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained" and
nothing learned.
Experience will teach young man, as he grows
up, which mo" should be listened to, and 1Ohich
"NO" should be Knocked doUn aOith 1Oeu-Gimed,
Rdrd-thrOwn YES"
Fathers and bosses say "NO" to young men
working for them for two reasons:
Because they are fond Of the particular young
man, sOant to shelter him. keep him out of trouble;
Or because they secretly hate to admit that
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some day they must turn over the reins to this
younger man.
The second reason is small and mean; young
men will have little trouble defeating it.
But the first reason, based on affection pre-
sents a problem that few young men ever solve
No young man likes to start fight with his
father or his boss-though often fathers and
bosses secretly admire and respect young men
who fight against being held back by "apron
strings"
No hard and fast rule can be made for Cutting
the apron strings" of affection and desire to pro-
tect the young. Wise parents, wise bosses cut
the "apron strings" themselves. But not all
parents and bosses are that wise. Then young
men must cut themselves loose.
The greatest lesson young man can learn is
to say "YES'-not the groveling Eyes, sir" of a
milktoast yes-man, but the determined "YES'
that knocks aside every "NO' that WOuld hold
him back from aOhGt he 1OGnts.
And only by action and GudGcity can young
man learn that lesson of when to say YES"
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NO QUIBBLING

One Of the other Representa-.
tives has made it perfectly plain
how he stands. Representative
Alfred N. Phillips Cd, Connecti-
cut, has put up a sign:
Everyone Welcome, Except
Professional Lobbyists"
And he's told his office force
that that is what he means. He
Just doesn't care for these gen
tlemen who hang around Con
greSS like bees around the honey.
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Washington Needs

National Representation in Congress
Local Government Elected By and Responsible
To the People of Washington
Rapid Transit Street RaihOGy System With Su6wGys
More and Better Schools
An Airport Necessary to and Worthy
of the Nations Capital
Rebuilt Waterfront With Proper Channel
Modern Sewage Disposal System
National Guard Armtory, Auditorium and Stadium
Adequate Automobile Parking Facilities
Sufficient Public Buildings to House the Government
An Increase in PMbEc Library Facilities
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AS young David met and defeated the
giant Goliath with his sling-shOt, so
can other young men defeat a giant
mo" with welI-aimed YES"
The Washington times., 1937-08-30

The climax of the anniversary
celebration will be staged the
afternoon of September II when
President Roosevelt and 81 gov
ernorS attend a reenactment OF
the battle by 1000 troops Of the
Twenty-ninth Division, under COM
mand of Maj. Gen. Milton A.
Reckord.
Miss Julia Brandt, 22-year-old
HagerstoWn girl, will take the
principal role in the pageant. She
was selected to portray Miss
Antietam." She will be official
hostess during the affair.
Ceremonies will be opened Off
cially Friday night on the Ante
tam battlefield when Senator Mil
lard Tydings of Maryland, makes
the opening address.
Members of the U. S. Antietam
Celebration Commission, headed
by Senator Harry F.. Byrd of Vir-
GINA; Maj. Gen. Milton A. Reck-
ord, and Park w. T. 10y, vice
president of the Potomac Edison
Company, are in charge of the
celebration.
The Battle of Antietam, fought
on September II, 1862 killed and
wounded % 900 with neither Union
nor Confederate side able to claim
a decisive victory.
The Washington times., 1937-08-30

His son, Paul, wanted a new auto
mobile and the choice was be-
tween a light six and big six. Paul
favored the larger car which cost
several hundred dollars more.
Mellon preferred the smaller one.
Finally Mellon walked over to
the automobile agency several
blocks from the Treasury, and
spent about an hour going over
the problem from all angles.
Mellon always walked from his
office to his apartment--about a
mile. He would walk on, eyes
ahead, when sightseers-not al
ways mindful of a Cabinet Officers
dignity-would shout:
There goes the rich Mr.. Mel.
lon. He's the Secretary OF
Treasury"
In his later years, Mellon gave
much attention to his art collec'
ton, one of the finest and most
expensive ever gathered. He PAID
the Soviet $1,116,40 for RaphaelS
Madonna"
LOVER OF ART
In all, he spent $6,654,0 900 Tor
Is pictures in 1880, and all OF 1t
went to the SovietS. These pic
lures are part of the $4,000, 600
group which he has given to the
nation for a permanent exhibit IN
a new $10,000,000 museum 10 be
built in Washington.
The Mellon Museum, already
accepted and approved by Con,
gresS and President Roosevelt. Will
rise not very far from the old
Treasury Building.
It will be there when the critics
of Mellon in Congress have long
since departed.
TO his friends, Mellon was an
esthete. His hands were those OF
an artist. His eyes were those OF
a dreamer.
These friends insist that a
proper epitaph would be-"An-
drew w. Mellon. Dreamer"
The Washington times., 1937-08-30

DR.. Pierces Favorite Prescription. 1t stimu-
lates the appetite and this in turn increases
the intake Of food. Read this: Mrs. Hilda
West of S33 State ST.. Augusta, Kans., said:
81 was weak and all nerves. everything
seemed to upset me. DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription helped me just wonderfully. I
didn't have to use it very long before my
appetite increased and l felt fine in every
way" Buy now of your nearby druggist
New size, tabs. Soc. Liquid $l00 L $l.3S
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weak AND AL NERVES"

M A N Y women
fer from
headache, periodic
pains in side or back,
and nervousness, due
to functional dis
tur b a noes, they
should try that veg
etable tonic favor
ably wn for
nearly 70 vears ne
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ADVERTISEMENT
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Comedian Sees
One Advantage

WOOD, Aug. 80.
Comedian Ben Blue, rejecting on
Robert Taylor's hectic New York
and London experiences with
feminine fans, said today:
1--WE comedians can leave our
screen personalities at the
studio and be ourselves outside.
That's something the glamour
boys can't get away with"
AnVERTISENENT
The Washington times., 1937-08-30

Nemours and Company for author
ity to construct, for experimental
service in the transportation Of
anhydrous ammonia, rs tank car
tanks fabricated by fuSion.welding
process.
The Washington times., 1937-08-30
Tidiness Starts
A 3O-ACre Blaze

LONDON, Aug. 80 U.N.S).
Dingle Foot, member of parlia-
ment, after fire swept 80 acres,
explained why he lighted rubbish
after a picnic:
81 was trying to be tidy"
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MELLON "A N E.
HERE BASED ON
D E B 7 CUTTING
Friends Call Money
Genius Dreamer
Following is the last Of a
series of articles on Andrew w.
Mellon,
By JOHN benson

Oy SOAAAN NAAN~~AN
NEW YORK, Aug. 80 U.N.S0.
Andrew w. Mellon went to Wash
ington in the triumph of Warren
G.. Harding, who led the Repub-
lican party back to power after
eight years of Woodrow Wilson.
The war was over. Melons task
was to tighten the financial belt
of his country. Now the reckoning
had come. The billions shot into
the air over France must be paid
back.
Mellon went about his job as
Secretary of the Treasury in an
almost mouSe-like manner, but he
went about it with the thorough
ness and realism that character
lied his activities in the banking
world. From the time he took
office, America reduced its public
debt at the rate of a billion dollars
every year.
PUBLIC ROLE STRANGE
Public life was a strange role for
Mellon. In business he was shell.
tered. In Washington he was sub
jected to pertinent and imperti
nent questioning by a host OF
sharp reporters, who descended
on his office once a week. He was
cautious at these interviews, often
letting a question just drift away
as he glanced out the window at
a statue of Alexander Hamilton
and beyond to the majestic Wash
ington Monument.
1t was Mellon who faced the
barrage during the failing days of
prohibition. He was the head Of
the prohibition enforcement unit
of the Government which had
been put in the Treasury Depart
ment'S Jurisdiction. 1t was up to
him to select one after another
of the men who tried to enforce
the law and failed.
LIKED LONDON POST
Mellon remained in the political
gold fish bowl for II years in
Washington. He served as head
of the Treasury under three pres
identS - Harding, Coolidge and
Hoover. His worst enemies agree
that he conducted himself well.
But there is no doubt he was
happy when President Hoover ap-
pointed him to the Court of st.
James in London as ambassador,
a post he coveted for many years.
He spent the twelfth year of his
public service there and then re-
tired. He was weary but satisfied.
During his stay in Washington,
Mellon lived in a spacious apart
ment hung with the finest paint.
ings in the world. The late James
r. Mellon, his elder brother, who
died in 1884 at the age Of 88, once
visited him there.
ANDY" James said, How
much rent do you pay for this
apartment?
The answer was $4,000 a
year.
And how much is your
salary?" James Mellon asked.
The answer was $4,000 a year
James sighed:
"If father could only hear
that!"
On another occasion, Mellon,
a neat dresser, was talking clothes
with one of his secretaries at the
Treasury Building. He liked COM
Portable, soft shoes. He would wear
them for years if they suited. FL
nally they got to the subject OF
socks.
WORE CHEAP SOCKS
Astounding the aide, Mellon
pulled open a drawer in his desk
and took out half-a-dozen pair. He
explained:
II got these at the five-and-
ten and find them very salts
factory"
Mellon was careful with money.
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President to View
Antietam "Battle''

colorul pageant depicting the historical Civil War Battle OF
Antietam said to have the boodet fought in this
country will be held here weeks beginning Friday night
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Raised by q She.BeaE That stole Her
When a Baby. Like Little MOwgh OF
KiplinE's Most Famous Story, She
Lived for Eight Years the Life OF n
wild Beast. Read About This In The
American Weekly with sundays
Washington Herald.
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Paintings by American Indians. Elk.
amples of the Remarkable Technique
of Some Of the Foremost Indian Artists
Of the Present Day Reproduced in Fun
Color in The American Weekly with
Sundays Washington Herald.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-28
CHILDREN GUESTS
 AT PARK PROGRAM
COnpaniOnship Club to Sponsor Entertainment
 This Afternoon

Several hundreds children will be entertained at Washington park this. afternoon during the Riddle Day program arranged for presen- tation by the Washington Hill Com panioship Club of which John P. Shea is president. All arrangements have been completed and the young sters are now awaiting the rise of the curtain at 2 o'clock, when President Shea will deliver the ad- dress of welcome after the nag raising ceremonies.
 Ten minutes later the children and their parents will be assembled in the athletic field bleachers and witness Q vaudeville show directed by Miss Lillian Wibbey, assisted by Charlotte Fandiller, Margaret Fleni- ing and William Clasby, featuring several acts with well known enter tainers.
 The bathing beauty contest, one of the highlights of the afternoon, will take place ct 2:46 o'clock and there is an unusually large number of entries. Mrs. Helen Cuddy is con- test chairman, assisted by Margaret Fleming and John Creaven. This part of the afternoons entertain ment will be followed by Q volley-
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POL.I'S

They called her vulgar cheap .. you'll call her magnificent, when you see stella Dallas" at Loew's Poli today.
 This new Goldwyn picture is an entertainment event that is very rare. Listen to the enthusiastic comments from severe critics who previewed stella Dallas" at Radio City Music Hall, where despite the terrific heat, this great film achieve naent played to a-capacity house at every performance.
 For sheer dramatic intensity stella Dallas" has rarely, if ever, been approached. And the artistry of Barbara StAnwyck's performance in the title role definitely places her in the top brackets of the screens greatest actresses.
 From the opening sequence the audience sat enthralled as the poig- nant drama of the mother who sac- rificed her own right to happiness for the sake of her daughter un- folds gloriously on the screen,
 Cheeks were alternately wreathed with smiles and streaked with tears as Barbara Stanwyck brought to vivid reality the heart story of the vulgar, tawdry woman who rose to stupendous, magnificent heights through her sublime love for her daughter.
 John Boles Is splendid as stephen Dallas, the husband whose sensitive and cultured personality is out of key with the gaudy fiamboyance of his wife. Anne Shirley is perfectly cast as the daughter, and Alan Hale contributes c leavening of lusty humor as the roistering Ed Mum, for whose friendship Stella Dallas wrecks her home and life.
 King vidor who has been respon- sible for many notable screen sue. eesses is hereby awarded another palm for his superb and fiawless di- rection of Olive Higgins Prouty's famous story.
 The magic touch of Samuel Gold. wyn, whose name is Q synonym for supeylative production and show manship values Is evidenced greatly throughout.
 "who says I'm not iit to be Q mother2" asks stella Dallas" as
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-28
To The Local
 TheGteYS
STATE

This afternoon and evenings per- formances mark your final cppcr- tslnity to see "Confession" with Kay Francis and Basil Rathbone, s'wnd Money" with Edward Everett Hor- ton and the current edition of ''The March Of Time" attractions ct Warner Brothers state theater.
 Tomorrow's new program win be headlined by the most spectacular production of the year, "I.ost Hor- iRon." with Ronald Coleman in the leading role.
 In book form, "Lost Horizon" wove such spell around hitherto charmproof sophiSticates that they went out of their way to hymn the praises of James HiltonS fantas. tic story of mystic and forbidden Tibet. As Q photoplay, deservedly applauded from coast to coast in its triumphant roadshow tour, just concluded, "Lost Horizon" emerges as two or three of the best ten" films of the year rolled into one. Scenically and photographicAlly 1t Is a triumph. The illusion of being in faraway Tibet is retained throughout. The contrast between the ancient East and the modern West is striking but never incon- gruous. The impact of Occidental upon Oriental has the force of Kipling brought up to date and played against the stark back. ground of an airplane disaster, . Chinese revolution and Q breath taking snows1ide.
 It is in these snow scenes that the picture attains its greatest photographic beauty.
 The characterization is excellent throughout. Ronald Colman, one of our suavest and most likeable lea6- ing men, is the ideal choice foy Robert Conway, the empire builder who longs for peace of spirit.
 John Howard is equally effective as his impetuous brother. Just the right spioing of comedy is provided by Edward Everett Horton as the ahsent-minded paleantologist and Thomas Mitchell as the deposed I utilities tycoon who is c fugitive from justice. Jane Wyatt brings beauty and romance to ShanRri.lu as Sondra and Margo and isahe Jewell fultill admirably the roles assigned to them. sam Jaffe as the two hundred year. old Higt Lama has what is probably one oi the longest and most difficult speeches ever recorded on Q soui4c track. His appearance in the pic. ture Is brief but on his shoulders rest the responsibility of bringing credibility to fantasy. That h( succeeds Is the highest praise one can pay him, H. B. Warner. too as the High Lama's able assistant brings another gem of characterize. ton to the picture.
 Lost Horizon" is e must" pic. ture.
 The companion feature is to bt Dance Charlie Dance" with Stuart Erwin and Allen Jenkins. Meet Al, falfa Andy so dumb he out. smarted Broadway's champion chis' lers.