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The Washington times., 1937-11-09
Burned Papers Win Bike

CHICAGO, Nov. 9 dN.SD.
Gervase Blake, 14-year-old grade
scholo student, achieved remark
able success as a magazine sales
man. But authorities today hest
tated to recommend his method
to other ambitious youngsters.
Young Blake, in admitting he
had started nine fires and had
stolen $500 in So store burglaries,
said:
II needed the money so could
get the premiums for selling the
most magazines. I bought my
The Washington times., 1937-11-09
Benchley Likes
To Laugh at Self

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 9 G.NS3.
I've seen a lot of funny stage
plays and movie comedies, bllc
I'm always happiest when laugh
ing at myself"
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own magazines and then burned
'em. I got bicycle as my pre-
MUM. 1t was the best premium
there was"
The incendiary fires didn't have
anything to do with his business
life, the boy admitted.
II liked to see the fire en-.
gineS," he said.
Here's n real thrill for movie fans
=. Read Jackie In MOvieland."
starting next Sunday in the Washing
ton Herald-Times. Don't miss this In.
teresting series.
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The Human Side of the News = By Edwin c, Hill

, at a dish with two bananas in it.
One might read intellectual con-
tent into these muralS, but GER
tainly there is no gusto.
Which is a reminder that VIII
liam Howard Taft, our weightiest
President, had plenty of gusto in
an age Of gusto, and he was sue
ceeded by the lean and scholarly
woodrow Wilson in an age Of
statistics and painful introSpec'
ton.
Getting back to the Baltimore
mammieS and the dog-house
kitchens, certain industrious Sc1en-
fists are clocking the footsteps Of
the housewife. They find that in
one Of those old-fashioned kitchens
-festooned with YARDS" and pep
pers and maybe side Of bacon
on the beams-the housewife took
281 steps in making q dish OF
cornstarch pudding. Now she turns
it out with As steps. The previous
81 operations have been reduced
to GA. The housewife used to walk
about eight miles day-now only
five miles. The housewife lives
longer, there's no doubt Of that.
Hard-scrabble farmers used to
wear out five or six wives in those
huge farm Kitchens Of theirs, rs
any summer stroll through the
graveyards will show.
On the score Of utility and sim.
pie human well-being, Norman Bel
Geddes and the domestic science
and StreamlinerS and conveyor-
belt people probably have the best
Of the argument.
LAWS OF SURVIVAL
Nobody loves a fat man" Is the
theme song of this age. But art
and creativenesS don't seem to
have anything to do with waist
lines. Alexander Pope was q skinny
little wisp Of man, and old Sam
johnson was a glutton and q fat
man. While comparisons are dan
gerouS, the Foyot Restaurant, in
Paris, has what I believe to be the
best cooking in the world, In q
huge, ancient kitchen without q
touch or hint of modernization.
And the last time I saw it, they
had two Of the latest cooks alive.
ProcruSteS used to hack a few
inches off his guests to fit them
into his bed. Is this some more
ProcruStean business when we
make a streamlined world and
. then decree that everybody must
; get his weight down to fit into it?
Nature works that way. She'll
; ditch a species in minute If 1t
doesn't fit into her new deal.
But man has never before taken
over this prerogative. We duck
and Side-Step and conform as best
we may, and somehow manage to
stay on as guests in the old-faSh-
; toned house Of life.
But now we draStically and
swiftly make over our environ
ment and make new laws Of sur
vival. It looks like a pretty large
, order, and I wonder If we know
enough to take it on. Anyway, If
I were rich, I'd stake those two
old Baltimore mammies to q
, kitchen as big as the Grand Cen
! trial station, put them somewhere
near Charleston, and go down
there and eat my head off, and the
devil take the streamliners.
II (CopyriEht. 1887, By King Features
Syndicate. InSS
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-05
Three-Minute Journeys

haunting around the world by,
air has became an accepted fact
in travel circles. The various
agencies report encouraging book
ingS, with many women putting
in their bid for a round-the-
world-by-air ticket.
OF course. there have been
many passengers who have chart
cred private planes to take them
places, but now anyono can go
on regular schedule.
Up to now there have been
some gaps in a real circle tour
of the world, but these gaps are
fast being closed.
Pan American airways has
been authorized to carry pas
sengers on she last portion OF
its transpacific route, from Ma
Mia to, Hongkong, a 7OO-m1le
jaunt. Now. it is carrying air.
mail, but it will open its pas
senger service soon.
At Hongkong the Callforn1a-to-
China system, of almost 5000
miles will connec with a domes.
tic service Jointly operated by
the Chinese government and Pan
American airways. This is
charted to run north to Shang-
hal and on into the interior.
At Hongkong the aerial globe
trotter can make connections with
Imperial Always to 1ndo-C China
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and the Straits Settlements, where,
at Penang, there is a further con-
nection on the England-to-AuSs
tralia route.
It is to be hoped that q regular
transatlantic service will not be
merely a matter Of talking and
planning.
Until now the talks between
America and England have failed
to produce anything really definite
even postal contracts. For when
basic working agreement has
been reached and operations be-
gun, one may be sure that for some
considerable time the line will be
devoted entirely to the mail serV'
ice, combining this with the neces'
sary experimental work.
Every country in Europe an
nounces new equipment and new
schedules, with Imperial AirwayS
in the lead. Imperial is augment:
ing its Mediterranean, Indian,
African and Far Eastern runs with
new four-engine6 flying boats that
are faster than most other conn
mercial ships. Thirty OF these
craft will be in operation.
Augmenting these ships Will be
a dozen 40-passenger, four-motored
land planes with q cruising speed
Of 200 miles per hour.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-05
Stay Out of It!

EOR sane, informed reporting of the Spanish crisis,
j. the dispatches of H. R. Knckerbocker in The Wash
ington Times take front rank.
Without crack pot sensationalsm but with due ap-
probation of the gravity of every development Mr..
Knickerbocker gives readers of this newspaper
FACTUAL account of the latest threat to world peace
"a threat which is not to be discounted, but which
seems at this writing to be under control
AS he puts it:
: "A mere fraction of this violence wOuld haze
preciptated UGr in the period precious to 1914 Yet
today, though war is allUays possible and Europes
nerUes are still jttery Uar is UNLIKELY despite the
succession of brutal attacks Which haze set rec
ord eUen for this turbulent decade"
But whatever the outcome there are two lessons for
america from the Spanish shambles, and two only.
They
Stay out of Europe.
2-Strengthen national defense
The strife in Spain is of our concern Strife in
Europe is of our concern.
But to keep out of foreign strife is our FIRST con-
eern and the surest way to keep out to build up orr
Army, Navy and Air Force to the point where we CAN
keep out.
+, America learned both those lessons in 1917.
It is still paying for that costly course of instruc
ton twenty years later-in lost lives manged bodies
and wasted treasure-and no American in his senses
is willing to pay for it AGAIN.
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WELL. CUSHIONED

The Speaker hasn't got any
thing on the Vice President now.
The old chair behind the Speak
er's rostrum was getting a little
squeaky in the joints, so a new
one all done in beautiful leather
with nice padded arms and head
rest was provided.
The Senate couldn't let the
House get ahead of it, so now on
the Vice Presidents rostrurn is
a brand new chair Of like design
with adjustable back and well
cushioned so it's occupant can sit
and sit and enjoy life.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-05
Combine Auditorium
With ArmOry

TTNHE advisory committee of the National Auditorium
Il Commission has been busy for some weeks gather
ing data to be submitted to the commission on the varl
GUS suggestions for location of the proposed structure
Both the committee and the commission, we hope, will
give thought to the possibility of using the auditorium
project as happy means of solution OF the problem
of housing the District National Guard.
It would be highly unsound to construct great audi
forum in Washington and have it in only two or
three times year.
Yet that is liable to happen unless the commission
gives favorable consideration to petitions that it con-
struct building which be used not only great
assembly hall but for other worthy purposes.
The need for an auditorium has been amply demon
strated
It was that demonstrated need which led the Federal
Government to start planning such structure immedl
aelv after the last Roosevelt Inauguration with its
wetting of thousands.
But the proposed auditorium can be made to return
a maximum benefit for the money which it will cost
only by making it available for specified uses.
In this classification would certainly fall its as
a headquarters for the District Guard.
The building can be so designed as to provide suit
able housing for the Guard without any great addi
IlOnd1 ally WAoUoN0A
designs may be selected for their eshetic qualities
The combination of an auditorium with National
Guard armory has been worked out successfully in
many cities and there is every to believe that
it can be handled we'll here in the National Capital.
Unless some such arrangement is made there
doubtedly will be those who will raise the cry of
white elephant'' when it to financing the pro-
posed structure
There will be those who will oppose spending money
to erect an auditorium which would be used only
giQnally.
The Federal Government it to the District
National Guard to assist in providing decent
datons for the local militia units.
Just the units are housed helter-skelter in
abandoned hotel building which is fit only to be torn
down.
THE NATIONAL AUDITORIUM COMMISSION
CAN SERVE THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH IT WAS
CREATED AND AT THE SAME TIME RENDER A
REAL SERVICE TO PATRIOTIC MIL1TIAMEN BY
COMBINING THE AUDITORIUM PROJECT WITH
THE NEEDED ARMORY.
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bury rules. Any woman, he con-
tended, would rather be knocked
down and have an eye blackened
than be spanked like a baby.
Nonsense! What does a mere
man-even a lawyer-know about
such things? If there Is one
thing on earth that a normal
woman loves, 1t is to be "babied."
It makes her feel so little, and
young and CUTE" It proves to
her that her reducing diet is
working" and that her facials
are giving her that "little girl"
effect-and have not been vast.
ed. To be spanked "like a baby!"
what greater proof Of love
could a woman Of 40 ask?
But q sock in the eye is differ.
ent! That's not treating a woman
like a baby-it's treating her like
an EQUAL! And a good many
modern, athletic women Of today
would be very apt to come right
back with an uppercut and spoil
the whole party. The overbear.
ing wife-tamer is in-and-out Of the
divorce courts as much nowadays
as the susceptible philanderer.
Neither would last very long with
a husky, intelligent, golf-playing
gal.
But-Should a gentleman sock
a lady-and how? Is there a
Renteel and accepted form of
flagellation2 What would be the
Emily Post for that? And do
women honestly like this cave
man stuff and sigh for the good,
old,iayS when, q mans favorite
! way Of expressing his love was to
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-05

Where I may steal away and
rest and pray.
I need your calm.
Your whirling stars are hung
Within the endless solitude Of
space
Your stiffness rings the forest
with a wall
And far above the tumult Of the,
storm,
Above the oceans restless ebb
and flow,
Above the muffled clamor of the
SOIL.
Your silence spreads forever
like q wing;
For so you build-within q
brooding peace
And work your wonders In tram
guilty.
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knock the girl.friend sneseless-
and keep her senseless for most OF
her married life?
It IS true that down somewhere
at the bottom of every natural
minded woman's heart there is a
sub-consciouS longing to be con-
quered and tanned by a great, big,
strong he.man. But this longing is
only theoretical-and If a man Is
going in for wife-taming in a Sc
riouS way, he had better do it like
a gentleman, or he may soon find
himself paying alimony.
All Of us have met lots and
lots Of women who would be i'm
meaSurably benefited by a spank
ing every now and then. Women
who try to make their husbands
jealous by ogling other men-and
only succeed in making them feel
foolish and embarrassed. Women
who get home from their after
noon bridge-parties just in time
to serve a cold. delicatesSen din
ner when their husbands arrive
tired and hungry from the office
Women who are malicious Cos
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-05
OPPOSES CHANGE

America for Qualified Amer
leans" is the slogan or call to
arms included in a plea being sent
to Congress by Charles D. Ryan,
Of Bronxville, N. Y, who doesn't
want the name Of the Republican
party changed.
Says he:
"RepubIicanism signifies a
principle, not a personality. I'm
der the Republican banner in
1886 nearly 100000 voters sup
ported that principle In the firm
belief they were right then and
still are.
Right does not change oyer
night.
"a change in name might be
construed az loss Of faith and
confidence, an untruth,, as to-
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Listen. World!
BY Elsie Robinson
HELP ME BE STILL!

SSN@AS
And hush its fretful din,
And fill me with your strong
serenity. ".
Let love flow from me, gently
as the light
That spreads its brightness with.
out a strain
And let my grief fall naturally
as rain
That leaves green wonders when
the storm Is past. a.,
Help me work easily, as in the
spring
The urgenC sap moves softly on
its way
And builds the quiet miracle Of
leaves.
So let there be
Such calmness in my life
That fear and hate shall find
no place to bide,
And anger, greed and envy
drop away
And leave my soul as cool as
the sweet dawn. ,:.' .
AS orderly as some still sum-
n1er noon,
AS peaceful as the night, hung
white with stars,
Great Source of Life-which
gave me brain to think,
And hands to work, and heart
to love and grieve,
Give now the one gift each
worker needs -
without which gift all life Is
waste and void
HELP ME BE STILL r.
Copyright. 1897, by King Features
Syndicate. Ine.)
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There's no more work for these
mettleSome old gals, and they
hang UP the ladle and the spoon.
They're too fat. One weighs 800
pounds, and the other 300, You
couldn't get them into a modern
kitchen with crowbar. Once in,
they couldn't circulate.
Until we develop roundhouse
kitchens with turntables, they are
victims of chronological unemploy-
ment. For technology goes in for
space-saving and utility, and de-
signs work-a-day world for the
lath-like creatures Of the clothes
advertisements.
Hoopskirts were all right in the
days when we had plenty Of ell
bow room, but any theater Of to-
day would be bankrupt II it had
to have seats wide enough, to &C.
commodate the grand danes of
Godey's Ladies Book. And think
Of one Of them trying to undress
in Pullman berth and stow her
clothes in the hammock! Or
climbing into a rumbleseat!
STREAMING TREND
The streamlining Of utensils,
machines and houses parallels the
modern tenuous trend Of the hui
man figure. Which is cause and
which is effect? Transportation
and communications shrink the
world. A feverish nationalisns, a.
intense as if both the above Gar
gantuan cooks should be squeezed
into one six-by-eight kitchen at
once, develops all over the world.
No longer does the British Empire
bulge out over seas and jungles
without challenge.
Art1st-technicians, like Norman
Bel Geddes. are changing our en-
vironment by blend of art and
utility-or, to put 1t differently
a fusion of beauty and function
Deep-disherS elaborate all this into
a functional rather than a pos
sesSive economy.
The sistine Chapel Of our age
will show the hand of omnipo
tence playing on an octave Of
push buttons. In Michelangelo''
day the Popes and the de- Medicis
used artists as press agents OF
their ideas and symbols. Great
murals were political and cultura,
bjllboards. They portrayed ample
buxom ladies and fat cherubs anc
plenty Of beef in regal portraiture
t. that was what the artists saw
That was in an age with 3 wid'
! wheelbase, before Sir Francil
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-05

button in the
8 e n q tie restau-
rant, he really
brings strawber-
rieS.
Although they
W e re primarily
i n t e n d e d for
the Members Of
the Senate and
capt. oil at
taches, the tour
ISIS VINO aN at
tn e restaurant
on the great day
were all sur
prised to receive
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-05
Marry Go Round
By Helen ROlUlu11d
WIFE.TAMERS

Love-taps of a violent nature
seem to have figured very promi.
nently in the divorce recently,
one husband having gone so far
as to turn his insubordinate wife
across his knee and actually
spank" her.
This, according to her lawyer,
was a plain violation of the
standardized Marquis Of Queens.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-05

symbolic figures. The Southern
tenant farmer is Scrawny, with a
corded neck; similarly lean,
even anaemic, are the dirt farmer
and his wife, artisans, workers,
statesmen. There Is no hefty
Ceres or Hebe, spacious and be-
nign in an ample world. In a
mural portraying "the age of
abundance" a thin, desiccated-
looking family gazes indifferently
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Drake circingled the globe and
started the cinching process.
Note the entirely unconscious
and evolutionary contrast in the
new murals with which the Gov
eminent is now emblaZoning pub
lie buildings at Washington and
post offices and other Federal
buildings throughout the country.
There isn't really well-fed man
or woman in all the cavalcade of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-05

WIFI O61dWdAOo coHatVr AOWnScnU
compliments a bowl of berries or
a lucious piece of strawberry short
cake. -
And not only that but some OF
the walters know who the ones are
who came back for seconds.
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oughfare.
Filled with
the rushing
racket Of
my work,
The rasp OF
worry and
the whine
Of fear.
The snarl Of
ha tie and
the moan
ing Of old
grief,
Until there Is
no plac e
within m y
aasY1
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-05
TRIBUTE

The late Representative Benja.
min Kurtz Focht, of Pennsylvania,
known to his friends as the father
Of Old-Age Pensions. His sue
cessor in Congress, Representative
Richard M. Simpson, in admira-
ton for the man whose seat he
took in the House, presents a poem
written by Florence UT Focht, his
daughter-in-law. 1t reads:
"Out Of the country Of Penn's.
woods, .f ...:.
OF rugged mountains and
rivers blue,
Came q native son whose work
Is done,
Who set a hard course and
steered it true.
MANY the storms he weathered,
With hardshipS and struggles,
too;
Battles to fight, goals to win
For the good Of you, and you.
straight from the heart 1t :
came,
This plea for all that was
right; -.
Never a task too mighty, J.
N'er q request too slight.
"NOw that journey Is ended,
A favOrite son has gone home,
To rest with God In the eternal,
To receive an earned, well
DONE
Down in the pages Of history,
Will 60 this statesman'S name,
As the father Of 0ld-age pen.
giOnS, , =. .....-
He carved his niche In the
Hall of Fame
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Baltimore story
of the two blue
ribbon 90 k S
who can't find
a job. These
N e gro NAM
mics were IA
nous cooks for
t h e Southern
gentry, re 6 a l
and puissant in
the noble old
kitchens Of yes
t e ry e a r, but
IN o W the y're
lust Shelved in
the dry storage
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A SLIP

Perhaps made a mistake. It
seems that Paul Whiteman isn't
such careful politician after ali.
He sent a form letter to men,
bers of Congress urging support
of a bill to give back to band
leaders in the service the com.
missions they enjoyed during the
World War. Mr.. Whiteman was
leader Of a Navy band during the
war and knows whereof he speaks.
But in sending the letter to
Representative Caroline O'Day he
addressed her as:
Dear Sir"
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sips; nerve-WracKing naggers and
narrowing hypochondriacS.
Oh yes, lots Of wives need spank
ing. But, of course, this doesn't
apply to intelligent conscientious,
Woodworking wives like YOU-or
like ME. Let any man try it!
copyright, 1897. by King Features
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Keep This Pledge

ReSoved That it be the sense of this convention
that committee should be appointed By the Congress
Of the United States to make study of and to report
the granting to the residents of the District of
Columbia the right of suffrage Unanimously adopted
by the Democratic National Convention, Philadelphia
June 26, 1886.
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Let'S---

Summer seems to sprout more
odd little four.leaf-clover news
items than winter-such as the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-05
Greatest Show on Earth
BIZ Frank Miller Smith

day that party Is more firmly
established than at any time in
the past"
Imagine, .... ~
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Wise Words

Speak always according to your
conscience, but do it in terms OF
good nature and rnodeSty and sin
cerity-Marcus Aurelius.
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ANNUAL GIFT

When Senator, John G. Town
send, jr., brings his annual gift of
his famous strawberries for diStri-
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I need your quietness today,
NV heart is like q noisy thor
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-05

Sound policy Is never at variance
with substantial justice.-Dr. B.
Parr. -
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Washington Needs

National Representation IN Congress
Local Government Elected By and Responsible to the
People of Washington
Rapid Transit Street Rail1vay System With SubwayS
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 Armory, Auditorium and Stadium
ADEQUATE Automobile Parking Facilities
Sufficient Public Buildings to House the Government
An Increase in Public Library Facilities
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-05

Art and power will-go on as they
have done-will make day, out OF
night, time out of space, and
space out Of tirne.-Emerson. "'
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Nothing succeeds like. success.
Dumas.