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wanted to, because Of police rec
ords. Men who live by means Of
relief, panhandling, gambling
and stick-ups.
Yes, the city Of Washington
will accept them because the
heads of our police force and
pink-tea Commissioners are busy
attending social functions, pre-
nieres. and playing host to out
of-town celebrities. These Off
Gals know all this-Why don't
they get busy?
My suggestion to clean this
situation up is to put about 80
Army trucks into action, pile
these people into them, find
their origin, check with their
hometown authorities, for rec
ords, place them in police line
ups, publish a few of their pic
lures each day in all of the To-
cal newspapers. Those who sur
vive this ordeal should be uni
formed for the Army or shipped
back from whence they came.
How about it, Mr.. and Mrs.
Washington; let's hear from
you. I. APPEAL.
The Washington times., 1938-12-10

Except when situations called
for catching a little sleep in uni
form I have held rigidly to that
early resolve.
This new one-piece sleeping
costume is a whale Of a lot
shorter than my fathers night
shirt as I remember 1t back in
the middle nineties. The new
garment is knee-length and
there are no pants with it.
Therefore, no matter what the
stores may christen it, here, def
initely, is a nightshirt. And
therefore, in the light of history,
it is just as definitely a har-
binger of peace.
THE pioneers slept in their
= underwear, their rifles and
their working pants within easy
reach. Obviously you couldn't
go fighting Indians in night
shirt. The garment came to
the common people along with
peace and you could say, rough.
ly, that the Victorian era was
also the nightshirt era. During
those times and right up to the
The Washington times., 1938-12-10
Wants a Cleanup

Walking up Ninth Street
Northwest, from D to New York
Avenue: Seventh Street North
west, from r to Florida Avenue,
you can see the riff-raff on pa
rade-drunks, panhandlers, pros
titutes, dirty, filthy people who
carry diseases and who have the
nerve to stop you and ask you
for a cigarette, money, or propo-
sition you.
Pennsylvania Avenue, the
most famous avenue in the coun.
try is clogged with scum and
men who have no pride, wouldn't
work If they had the chance.
These men are not Washing
tonians, they are drifters from
other cities who are not wanted
and probably could not go back
to their home towns II they
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VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
writers will be omitted request
Look Out, BelOw

Every Thursday morning, be-
tween 8 and 10 o'clock, In the
1900 block of o st. N. w., there
is an organ grinder" who Is 60
ing to get showers all right
and it won't be pennies from
Heaven, either.
My friend, your music might
sound pretty good later in the
day, but as I work at night you
are just a little too early for me.
The worst part of all is that you
always get right under my win
dow. Now, don't say I didn't
warn you. SLEEPY.
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start Of the World War you
could go to bed all over the
world with reasonable belief
that you would wake UP a citi.
zen of the same State as that in
which you fell asleep the night
before.
In the golden age Of the
nightshirt people went to bed
certain that they were not 60
ing to be awakened by a for
eign enemy, by their bootlegger,
by a king Indicating for love,
by a Marian invasion, by a
revolution. If you had had any
of those ideas in mind you
dismissed them when you
donned the sort Of nightshirt
my father used to wear. He
knew that he would not be
called upon to appear before
friends, neighbors or the enemy
in that garment-and that is
why he wore it. There was peace
and a proper seclusion every
where-and a secure dignity in
repose.
THEN came the pajama period
and my fathers night
shirt was taken over as an en-
blem by the Ku Klux Khan.
That drove the garment out Of
the households Of the last die
hards and American men-with
the exception Of myself and a
few other eccentricS-took to
going to bed in coats and pants.
But I don't think their hearts
were ever in it. The great bulk
of them was definitely agin' the
pants portion. Women took
over pajamas in a hurry, and
they should be allowed to keep
them, day in and night out.
They're sissified sorts of gar.
ments anyhow-particularly so
when you leave off the pants.
One salesman told me the
swing back to nightshirts was
the feminine influence coming
to the fore as usual. Those
ladies who are wed, he said,
don't like their husbands pop
ping in and out of bed wear
ing only the short top piece.
And those ladies who are not
wed, he went on, don't even
want to think Of it. So
presto-the knee-length night
shirt!
Copyright 1898, by Washington
Herald-Times)
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Hope to Repeat

The exhibition of the Corcoran
alumni has just come to a sue
ceSSful close. Thousands have
seen the works of art displayed,
and 81 works were actually sold.
It has been a great stimulus to
the younger artists Of Washing
ton and a remarkable demon
stration of the interest Of Wash
ingtonians. We hope to repeat
this kind Of exhibition at an
other time.
This success has been due in
no small part to the interest Gre
ated by the space which you
have given us in your valuable
paper. Our sincere thanks for
your fine support.
Sincerely yours,
RICHARD LAHEY,
Principal.
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Want War, Yes?

I wish to object to your edi-
torial policy Of American isola-
ton. If we pursue that policy,
we shall play right into the
hands of the dictators. If war
breaks out in Europe, and Eng
land and France lose to Italy
and Germany, you can rest
assured that we are next on
the Hitler-Mussolini program.
Why has Germany an army
of spies and propagandists in
this countryP You answer that
one. All the democracies should
cooperate with one another, or
there won't be any democracy
left. J. M. M.
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ROllin' Along
By ". A. S. Douglas

THERE'S bright spot peering out this Christmastide
Il amid wars and of
Nightshirts sale agan And there was if you are
old enough to remember peace and goodwill on this earth
during the nightshrt The sort of bothers have today
with pajamas-and maybe they will depart with pa
jamas
There and around us who have never
nightshrt And these people cannot deny that
they have lived their lives in unceranyndeed, in some
parts of the world, in saespeople are telling the
that the return of the ghtshrt due to the fact
that tremendous number of only the coat Of the
pajamas, and that these coats not long enough
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Your I. q.
BY SHIRLEY SPENCER

Score 10 for each question ex-
cept the ninth for which score
20.
/. An Auricle, a Typanum
and a Labyrinth make up (a)
a musical instrument, (b) an
ear, Co a pan for gold dust.
2. What was the name Of the
only daughter of Mohammed?
8. Something incipient Is in
it's final stages CT development?
True. False.
4. What city was once called
the "City of the Golden Horn?"
5. Black is the color of mourn
ing in all countries. True. False.
6. Name three sources Of
sugar.
7. Is a grasshopper classified
as a (a) harmful or (b) useful
insect?
8. IntraState is (a) between
two States, (b) outside the
State, Co within the State.
9. Draw a single straight line
through the squares in the illus
tratioa so that the figures in the
squares through which the line
is drawn will add UP to the high
est sum possible. tfor instance,
if you drew the line through
squares 2, 8, Z, 16, 3, II, the
sum would be 48).
ANSWERS on Page 1S)
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Air Gags

Father Coughlin and Congress
man Dies both have been re-
fused radio outlets recently in
New York City. Does this mean
that the radio moguls have de-
cided that we Americans are no
longer competent to tell the
wheat from the clraff, and must
be protected from our own stu
pidity?
We have heard many contro-
versial issues discussed over the
air. and have made our own
decisions, using our old Ameri-
can common sense. This radio
censorship is an insult to the
public's intelligence. MARY.
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forgot all about It. Later, when
1 left the place with a friend.
there he was with three other
men and they ganeed us. I got
so sore l landed a punch on the
ringleader's nose and three
hours later l woke UP in the hos
pital with d broken jaw. The
doctor said that I'd been struck
by a gun or a lead pipe"
u X
Leonard Blunt, 1400 block M
st. N. w., high school student:
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went outside to my car and IN
the half-dark a stranger came
up to me and punched me. I
Immediately swung a punch to
his nose. Before the fight got
worse, people had separated us.
The husband then discovered he
had the wrong man."
4 X 4
Earl D e n n s, TOO block
Eleventh st. S. E., messenger:
The Washington times., 1938-12-10
Let's Haze That Canal

Your editorial urging early
construction of the Nicaragua
Canal was enormously interest
ing. From the commercial point
of view alone, not to mention
military considerations, it would
be Of great benefit. It would,
furthermore, be an American
canal, whereas the Panama
Canal is handicapped by various
international agreements.
Let's make some jobs and
some history by beginning to
build this canal now. M. A.
The Washington times., 1938-12-10

fender. I felt 1t was entirely MS
fault and when he took such an
unreasonable and insulting atti-
tude, got angry and I punched
him in the nose. Another time
I was at a cocktail lounge in
Atlanta with a lady friend and
a bar-fly started making a pest
of himself. After while, I got
sore and a punch in the nose
finally got rid of him."
X X
Miss Ruby ShufOrd, 100 block
K st, N. w.. waitress:
The Washington times., 1938-12-10

So Jack Doyle, the prizefight-
er, is to be deported because
he has a habit of getting him"
self engaged to q lot Of foolish
women, while Harry Bridges. al
legged Communist whose appar-
ent aim is to reduce this coun-
try to the pitiful situation Of
Spain, is allowed to remain.
When will the American peo-
Pile rise up against Nine. Sec
rotary Of Labor Frances Per
kins? DISGUISED.
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cause his attitude was unreason-
able and unjustifiable I got so
angry that I went up to him and
aimed at his nose for a grand
slam. He got it. Afterwards he
apologized and apologized and
we were all friends again"
X 4
J. w. Walker, 400 block Eight
zenith st. N. E., insurance agent:
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and Peruvian Foreign Minister Carlos
Concha.
All we'll and good, and we hope
E the conference strengthens ties and
rivets friendships all over the maps of
North. Central and South Americas.
A sour note was injected into all
this harmonizing, however, by
Mexico City dispatch in yesterdays
New York Times from Frank L.
Kluckhohn.
Mr.. Kluckhohn reports that the
Mexican government has signed an
agreement with Nazi Germany, un-
The Washington times., 1938-12-10

Read not to contradict and
confute, nor to believe and take
for granted, nor to find talk
and discourSe-but to weigh
and ConSider.-Bacon.
The Washington times., 1938-12-10

eyes, but only in
retaliation. I am
peace loving a n d
dislike rowdyism. I
was at a dance and
a fellow who prob
ably resembled me
had sui e d a
mans wife. Then it
happened that I
The Washington times., 1938-12-10

Hotel. accountant:
I've pun C h e d
several persons in
the nose, and I'm
ashamed to admit
that one Of my
problems is con-
trolling my temper.
On one occasion a
man bumped my
car and damaged a
The Washington times., 1938-12-10

Yes, once. 1t
was a long time
ago, and a f t eE
wards I took up
boxing for future
self-defenSe. TIL e
man whose nose I
punched was larger
and tougher than I
was. 1t started as
The Washington times., 1938-12-10

"Only once. At a
party a man kept
m a k n g remarks
about his wife, who
happened to be one
of my best friends.
1 was furious with
him because he was
spelling everybody's
fun and also be-
The Washington times., 1938-12-10

a s a b o y.
There 1t was
a choice Of
81 e e ping in
my u n d e r
wear or my
day S h ir t.
Having had a
sanitary SOrC
of bringing
up, I decided
to take my
nights rest
in the raw.
The Washington times., 1938-12-10
Eleventh St. S. E., messenger:

"Y e S, but it
wasn't a good idea.
It happened when
I was at a dine and
d nee restaurant
one night and I
accid e n t ally
stepped on q fel-
lows foot. I ex-
cused myself and
The Washington times., 1938-12-10

In the worlds audience hall,
the simple blade of grass sits
on the same carpet with the
sunbealns and the stars of mid.
night.-Tagore.
The Washington times., 1938-12-10

idea that l was going with the
girl, made some insulting re-
marks about her. 1 asked him
to apologize and when he re-
fused swung at his nose. It
was short and sweet"
The Washington times., 1938-12-10

Honesty sometimes keeps a
man from growing rich. and
civility from being witty.
Selden.
The Washington times., 1938-12-10

i We IldO Qu4VC q
few fights with
boys, but I don't
think I've done any
more fighting than
most normal boys.
One occasion I was
with a girl and a
boy she knew, who
did not like the
The Washington times., 1938-12-10
Wise Words

Unless the vessel is clean, what
ever you pour into it turns sour.
Horace.
The Washington times., 1938-12-10

an argument about something
which I don't now recall. I lost
my temper and punched him in
the nose. He landed a punch
on me and I came to about four
hours later"
X II
M. w. Kirkland, 1000 K st. N.
Wy eo1ocynoo~
The Washington times., 1938-12-10
Another Kick From Cardenas

THE Pan-American Conference opened at Lima, Peru,
Yesterday with showers of goodwill talk following
joint radio broadcast by Secretary of State Corde Hull
The Washington times., 1938-12-10
The Inquiring
Photographer
The Washington Times in.
vites you to submit timely
and interesting questions to
be used In this column.
THE QUESTION

Did you ever punch anyone in
the nose? What was the occa-
sion?
The Washington times., 1938-12-10

You can't prove that by me.
l quit wearing a nightshirt
when I joined the British army
The Washington times., 1938-12-10
Traffic Toll

The list Of traffic victims in
the District Of Columbia since
January /, 1898. is graphically
shown by the death watch.
The Washington times., 1938-12-10

THE ANSWERS
w. C. NewsOm, Annapolis
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W., salesman:
Evening star., 1938-03-11
ARMY.

Love, COL Albert g.. Medical Corps,
Philadelphia, to office of Surgeon Gen.
eral; March 81.
Smith, Col Thomas j., Ord
nance Department, Springfield Ar
mory. Mass, to office Of Chief Of
Ordnance; June IS
Beach. 1t. Col William A. Adju-
tant Generals Department, Fort
Hamilton, N Y to Office of Adjutant
General; May IS
Calender. 1t. Col George r. Medi-
cal Corps, to Army Medical Center. on
completion of his present tour Of for
eign service.
Quinton, 1t. Col Alfred G., jr,
Ordnance Department, Detroit Ord
nance District, Mich, to Office of
Chief of Ordnance; June %.
MacGregor, 1t. Col. Stephen H.,
Ordnance Department, Office of Chief
OF Ordnance, to Fort Hayes. Ohio;
June 20.
Morey, It. Col. Dana W.. Finance
Department., Walter Reed General
Hospital. to home to await retirement.
Waller, 1t. Col. Curtis Longino,
Specialist Reserve, Tallahassee, Fla,
to Office of Assistant Chief of Staff;
March 26.
Rinehart, 1t. Col. Robert Edwards,
Specialist Reserve, New York City, to
Office of Assistant Chief of Staff:
March 81.
Strassman, 1t. Col. Ralph Kreutzer,
Specialist Reserve. Brewster, N. Y, to
office of Assistant Chief of Staff;
March 81.
Keelin, Maj. James Nathaniel, jr.,
Specialist Reserve. Atlanta, Ga. to
office of Assistant Chief of Staff;
March g.
Pedlar, Maj Louis Carl, Specialist
Reserve, Forest Hills, Long Island. N.
Y, to Office of Assistant Chief of Staff
March 26.
Wells, Maj. Ray Dean, Specialist
Reserve, Falmouth, Mass, to office of
Assistant Chief of Staff; March 26.
Rhodes, Maj. Henry Fleming Spe-
cialist Reserve, Chevy Chase, Nd, to
Office of Assistant Chief of Staff;
March %.
Hambleton, Maj. Harry Bulkley,
Ordnance Department Reserve, to
Watervliet Arsenal, N. Y; March l3.
Rushton. Capt. William James, Spe-
cialist Reserve. Birmingham, Ala, to
Office of Assistant Chief of Staff;
March 26.
Reed, Capt Charles S., Ordnance
Department, Office of Chief of Ord
nance. to Springfield Armory, Mass;
June %.
Kelly, First 1t. Hugh Joseph. Spe-
cialist Reserve, Pelham, N. Y, to
once OF Assistant Chief of STAFF;
March 81.
Morris, First 1t. Charles Kasile,
Medical Corps Reserve, Army Medical
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bing again.
Pedro don't say word but drives
over to Lolita's rooming house, like I
tell him. When we get there we find
Sarge with the disguised look still
on his face.
Well" says, "how about them
pellets?"
They're dynamite, says Sarge.
Fer once you was right. She woulda
gone out the minute one of 'em hit
her tongue"
Hal" says I. You can 20, Falcon"
1 says. swinging on Pedro. This lets
you out"
You dumbhead!" says Pedro. Did
you think I'd kill girl I was in love
With?"
We'll. why not?" I says. This
here dame" says, pointing to Lupe,
"woulda killed guy she was in love
with. rather than let some other dame
have him. But she decided to kill
Lolita instead"
7 UPE looked up from the couch,
where she was having fine time
bawling into her handkerchief You're
crazier than thought, copper. Lolita
was my best friend"
And besides" says Pedro, looking
at me, coldly, you're talking in
punches. Try and say something that
sounds sensible"
Listen" I says, you get to hell out
of here before I find an excuse for
roping you into it. too
Don't be sucker. feller," Sarge
says to Pedro. "Scram!" So Pedro
got out, and Sarge says to me: Maybe
the guy was right, at that What are
you talking about, anyway?"
I'm telling you" says, that this
here dame slipped a pellet into Lo-
lita's coffee mug. For one thing, she
didn't act scared when l told her
Lolita lived long enough to spill the
works. Why? Because she knew them
pellets was dynamite and that Lolita
couldn't live long enough to spill the
works"
Lupe stopped bawling and looked
at me. Sarge said: "Is that alp"
Nope" 1 says, that amt all If
them pellets was as powerful as they
says down at headquarters Lolita
couldn't have lived long enough to
put the cork back in the bottle after
taking one, which is what the dame
here wanted us to think-grab her"
(Copyrisht. 1889
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Il know poison, see, and these here
pellets got enough strychnine in 'em
to knock any dame for row of ballet
dancers the minute they hit her in
sides"
so what?" says the Sarge.
so let's 60 talk to some one" I
says.
So We rounded up the landlady.
Sure" she says, Miss Ramon had
visitors. There was Lupe Pablo and
there was Pedro Falcon"
Did they come together?" 1 says.
They did," says the landlady. But
they didn't leave together. Pedro left
first and Lupe about an hour later"
"Oh. I see" I says. So I turns to
Sarge and goes on: Sarge" 1 says,
you go down to headquarters and
have these pellets analyzed and see
if they amt got the blast in EN-
think"
So the Sarge goes off with the pei
lets, looking disguised, and I goes
down to the taxi stand where this
Pedro is sitting reading a news
paper.
Listen" I says, flashing my shield,
"Whatcha do it for, huh? Come on"
I says. 1.-The jig's up and stuff. Break
down and let me have it straight, and
I'll see what I can do
X X
PEDRO folds up his newspaper, care
ful-like. and gives me the eye.
Copper" he says, what's your name
and number? I want to report you
for bad manners"
"Oh, wise guy!" I says. well, get
this. punk"
Pardon me-" says Pedro there's
mug over there looks like he wants
cab. III see you later. maybe"
So he drives away, and I goes over
to where Lupe Pablo lives.
"All right, baby" l says, you look
smart. What's the sense of STALL
ing?"
About WHAT" she says.
Lolita Ramon" says I.
Obi says Lupe, clapping a hand
over her mouth.
"Aha!" says I. We'll. why did
you do it? Jealous, eh? Jealous over
that Pedro mug!"
rs she dead?" Lupe cried. "Oh,
my goodness! Did she do it? She
talked about it all the time after
Pedro left. I-I-she promised me
before left that she wouldn't"
"She lived long enough" says, ito
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make the tea from the Chinese long
before the South was invaded. The
Chinese had an Aslatic species of this
plant. from which they made tea for
40 centuries. They called it ma a-huang
and prescribed 1t for almost every all
ment caused By poisons in the blood.
Lately our own medical men have be-
come interested in It, The drug is
known as ephedrine. The first known
species found on the California. Colo
RADIO and Mojave Deserts, and more
frequently east of the Colorado River
as far as Texas. differs from the one
pictured here and was collected in
1846 in Southern Mexico by 1t. Emory.
1t Is the one that is used for the drug
today.
(Copyright. 1881
Evening star., 1938-03-11

Digestion is likely to need ton
ing-up after 40. As people grow
older, the digestive juices in the
stomach often begin to flow
less freely and to fall off in
strength.
You can help digestion to be
quicker and more youthful by
eating Fleischmann's Yeast
a valuable food which has a
special tonic effect on digestive
action. 1t induces a fuller, more
powerful flow Of gastric juices.
This stimulation comes from
the millions of tiny, living yeast
plants in fresh yeast.
This important food also
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successful in overcoming
their handicaps and even furnishing
food. water or fuel to their human
brothers.
There are many species of Ephedra.
They are the poor and overlooked rel
atives Of the pine and fir trees. Those
who have had cause to become ac-
quainted with this plant have given it
several names. In case you wish to
know more about 1t, we will mention
the better known ones-Mexican tea,
squaw tea, poptillo, tepopote, joint-fir,
desert and Mormoron tea
Naturally, you infer that a plant
with all these names must have an
interesting background. The first
thing that occurs to you perhaps is
the lack of beauty it possesses. There
are four species that grow on the CAL
ifornia desert. The same description
applies in many ways to each of them.
All OF them are erect shrubs which
are composed OF vast number of
slender green stems pointed at the
apex with branches that cluster at the
stem joints. They spread out in WITCH
broom fashion and there is never a
leaf on the shrub.
The flowers. which most often bloom
and are never seen, because they are
so very inconspicuous, are strange little
naked stamens and pistils that stay
on the stem for very short time.
The most fascinating part of the
plant is in the branches and stems.
They have been developed for the pur-
pose Of keeping the plant established
in this world. Long ago the Indians
and Mexcans found that a tea could
Evening star., 1938-03-11

large laundering concern-b but last
summer I'd come home too tired to
eat. l had indigestion, too, and I
was irritable with my helpers.
1t was a friend, a nurse, who told
me about Fleischmann's Yeast, and
l began eating it the very next day.
The first thing noticed, in few
weeks I'd lost the Indigestion. was
able to stop worrying about my
health and give all my time to my
job.
It made great difference to those
working with me. l got smiles in
stead of hurt looks from my helpers.
l was complimented on my work
and got an increase in salary!
MRS. JOHN DOLL