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The Washington times., 1938-01-15

about a single subject.
No, it isn't laziness. It's some.
thing deeper than lazineSs. For
no sensible reason, I'd like to
throw up the job of living . .
walk out on this whole,
doggoned business of civiliza-
ton.
Queer. All my life I've had
spells like that. Even as little
kid. Most of the time I'd be
as excited as the other young
sters. Then, suddenly, without
cause. I'd want to go off by my
self. Get as far away from
them as I could.
HAVING THE MOLLY.
GRUBS"-wasn't that what we
called it, back in school days?
I thought there must be some
thing wrong with me, to feel
like that. Then, as I grew older
and more conceited,. I decided
that I felt like that because
was different. Other people
might go along evenly, cheer
fully, doing each days tasks
with an equal amount Of zest.
but I couldn't because I wasn't
made that way. I was too sensi-
tive {. . too High Strung. I
couldn't be expected to function
like coarser common spirits.
Yep-T kidded myself like
that. But life in time took that
out of me. Made me see that
I wasn't "different"-that the
common souls had the molly.
grubs just as often as I did.
and suffered just as badly from
them.
But why should this be? Why
couldn't healthy human beings
feel a steady, continuous flow
of enthusiasm and ambition?
Why must we waste so much
precious time and energy by
these unreasonable slumps?
Slowly, I found the answer
We SLUMP BECAUSE WE
AREN'T AS YET REALLY A
The Washington times., 1938-01-15

monkeys chatter.
Within an hours run from
Eshowe is Melmoth, the second
largest township in zululand.
Here is a beauty spot. indeed.
with only a handful Of whites
to share its glories with some
10000 natives. Beyond Melmoth
is the 'Nkandhla forest, a real
forest primeval, with gorgeous
jungle scenery.
From 'Nkandhla there Is a
marvellous view Of the Oudeni
range, with peaks 5000 to
5000 feet high. A wild and beau
tiful country, it is one that is
becoming increasingly popular
with tourists taking the Zulu
land route to Johannesburg
from Durham.
The natives who work on the
plantations, farms and in the
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Says We're the Chunaps

Referring to the fourth para
graph Of your editorial.
"Chumpy China" you state
that without the wall, it is In
viting the foreigners to come
in and express his inferior self
at it's expense"
Well, in my opinion, China is
one up on US. She is at least
meeting them at the front door
with a gun in her hand, while
we dumb chumps haven't even
got sense to realize that the
foreigner is taking over our
country. The Chinese at least
know what is going on and are
making some effort to stop 1t.
With eight or ten million
unemployed Americans, we are
seeing them swarm in and el-
bowing our workers out Of Jobs
and haven't even got the en-
ergy to get off the back Of our
necks and utter a faint muir
mur.
No, we are a great big smart,
powerful, rich and wise nation;
we welcome them with open
arms, have schools for them to
learn how to take the country
over, put them on the relief
rolls, give them Government
jobs, elect them to Congress.
The chairman of the Imni-
grafton Committee in Congress
is Russian born!
About 80 of our CongreSSmen
and Senators are foreign bornI
A SUBSCRIBER.
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factories apparently. are civil
lied and de-tribalized. But their
civilization is but a thin veneer
that speedily falls away when a
return is made to the kraal and
a free open life.
When travellers visit the
kraals, they are delighted with
the courtly grace of these hand
some warrior people. Their
dances and their music are in
teresting. The tribal headdresS
is worth seeing.
Like our own Indians, the
Zulus are gradually dying out.
There are no more forays. battle
chants and war dances, no beat
ing Of the tom.tom, no more
mysterious bush messages. Now
they live only on reservations
by grace of the white overlords.
Playing golf in zululand will
be something to talk about for
many golfers this winter. Sev.
eral cruises to Africa are ar
ranging for stopovers in Natal,
with trips to the heart of the
territory once ruled by Zulu
chiefs. Like everywhere else in
Africa, it is exotic country, full
of contrasts, rich in scenic
beauty and altogether fasci.
mating,
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One-MGn TrolleyS

Before the World War we
paid a scent fare on street cars
and they were manned by a
motorman and a conductor.
Now it is 10 cents straight and
most all are one-man cars. Still,
they want to crowd you in and
to hold up traffic waiting for
change, and, then, before a
light goes green they are under
way.
Put two men on all street
cars and more men to work.
STRAPHANGER.
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PREVENTIVE CARE

The Importance of preventive
medical care as practiced by the
G. H. A. is certainly of inestim-
able value to any organization
hoping to receive the highest
efficiency possible from dts per-
sonnel. DR.. Louis Reed, for.
mer member Of the committee
of medical costs, states the fol-
lowing relative to preventive
illnesses, "Of the 100000
deaths annually, at least 10000
of these are from preventable
causes" >. We also know from
personal experiences, confirmed
by the opinions of public health
officers that by early diagnosis
and treatment the death rate
resulting from tuberculosis
could be cut by at least SO per
cent.
The equipment necessary in
approaching sound and ade-
quate diagnosis is extremely ex-
pensive and it is next to i'm
possible for the private indi-
vidual practitioner to afford
such apparatus unless he or she
resorts to fees equivalent to
cover the cost. This boosts the
cost of medical attention and
consequently disSolves the sum
spent for the prevention Of
sickness.
The Washington times., 1938-01-15

there have existed certain ideals
and principles in the medical
profession which it has been the
duty of each individual doctor
to demonstrate. The manifest
alton of these duties has been
admirable, but, like anything
else in a complex world Of So
cial and economic intricacies,
the effort for selfsustainment
has become increasingly more
difficult.
Under a cooperative working
plan as expressed in the @. H.
A., where the expenses Of the
doctors are incurred jointly, the
facilities and manners with
which they work are naturally
of a much higher degree.
The innovation Of the group
health association into the field
of medical science is truly not
new, but its perpetuation will be
keenly and anxiously watched
by the many people who realize
that the physical treatment Of
human beings toward the ideal
of better health should not be
economically stationed in the
category of a luxury.
BENJAMIN r. STICKLEY, Jr.
The Washington times., 1938-01-15

do is to keep
W a ! K ing all
day long. I
guess I'm q
lazy soul who
would rather
sit at a desk
than to keep
S t e piping be-
cause of my
job as a mes
Senger boy in
the I n t e r
S t te Com
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est thing for
me to do. My
salary is not
so large and
there S e e ms
to be so much
to do with the
money. Also.
I go to school
evenings and
that makes it
e v n harder
to save. So I
shall pro b.
ably die poor. "
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see, I wouldn't like to lose my
hat, and the movies rather
tempt me away from classes"
X 4 4
John BenSetler, 1928 o st. N.
w., Government employe:
"The hardest thing for me to
The Washington times., 1938-01-15

well, t h e
hardest thing
I have to do
is to get up
in the morn
ing. Whether
I go to bed
early or late
does not make
a bit of diff
ere nee, be-
cause 1 simply
have to force
my eyes open
The Washington times., 1938-01-15

the board relative to grave con-
Germ over the heavy losses Sus-
tanned by the organization
through sick leave absences,
that such a medical service be
rendered them.
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comes, so that
n o t h ing ap-
pears to be
very difficult.
But the hard
est thing I
ever did was
learn to be-
come a wait
ress. I shall
never 70 rget
my first eve
min 6 as a
waitress, five
The Washington times., 1938-01-15

right now is
trying to find
a job. They
seem to be
Scarcer than
hens tie e t h
a n d I We
S e a r C h e d
every day for
the p q S t
month since
I've been out
of work. But,
I really can
The Washington times., 1938-01-15
LISTEN, WORLD!
By Elsie Robinson
WHY DO WE GET THE MoLLYGRUBs" 2

Copyright 1884, by King Features Syndicate Inc)
YN HIS is one of the long days when don't want to
i do anything.
I've had nice, long sleep. I've enjoyed good
breakfast. There are particular troubles on my
mind-yet can't work up a spark of enthusiasm
The Washington times., 1938-01-15

not think of something that I
find particularly arduous at the
present time, nor can I think of
an especially difficult thing I've
ever had to do"
i 4
Howard Ware, 1928 o st. N.
W., Government employe:
Saving money is the hard
The Washington times., 1938-01-15
Three-Minutey Journeys
BH Temple Manning

IN center of Eshowe in Zuluand South Africa is the
green beauty of the Hnza Forest 22O acres pre-
served natural park and game reserve. One wanders
along shady walks passing through of subropica
vegetation over which birds fit and
The Washington times., 1938-01-15

merce. But the work Is Inter
esting. It's hard for me to get
to bed early, because hate to
20 to bed and hate to get up in
the morning"
4 y
Mrs. Jerry Grigsby, 144S Park
Rd. N. W., waitress:
"I take everything as 1t
The Washington times., 1938-01-15
PAY SMALL FEES

Under the plan inaugurated
by the G.. H. A., employe mem.
bers are required to pay small
periodic fees for the assurance
Of expert medical service and
treatment.
Since the. days Of HippocrateS
The Washington times., 1938-01-15

and use all my will power to
hop out of bed. Usually wait
until the very last minute before
getting up"
Miss Helen Toomey, 1907 Law
renee st. N. E., typiSt:
"The hardest thing I'm doing
The Washington times., 1938-01-15

THE hard
est thing I
have to do is
ke ep from
S k i p p / n g
school. When
I go out for
lunch, I leave
my hat on
my d e S K so
that I'll have
another re a.
son to 60
b a c K. You
The Washington times., 1938-01-15

years ago. I had never done the
work before and was nervous
as a kitten. serving on the
wrong side and Spilling food"
The Washington times., 1938-01-15
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., 1938-01-15
Editorial Policy

WE ARE frequently asked why we publish editorials
w from the New York Daily News The answer is
that we think these editorials sound and timely
incidentally, the editor and publisher of this news
paper is also one of the of the Daily News.
And the policies of the editorials which reprint
are identical with the policies of this newspaper
Eleanor Patterson
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VOICE OF THE PEOPLE

addresses Of
the will be omitted upon request.
The Washington times., 1938-01-15
The Inquiring.
photographer
The washington Times In
viteS you to submit timely
and interesting questions to
be used in this column.
THE QUESTION
What is the hardest thing
you have to do?
THE ANSWERS

THE ANSWERS
Miss Anamae Hubka, 37l7
Eighteenth st. N. E., stenogra-
pher:
Evening star., 1938-07-24
FIELD DAY TO ADD
TO SASSCER FUND
Aero Feats and Fireworks on
Program August 6,at Capitol
Airport.

The war chest of State Senator
Lansdale G. Sasscer. campaigning for
the Maryland Democratic guberna-
torial nomination, will be swelled by
field day to be held Saturday. Au-
gust 6, at Capitol Airport, on the
River road between Bladensburg and
Kenilworth.
From to 8 pm. supporters will be
entertained-the day beginning with
parachute jumping and ending with
fireworks. Senator Sasscer and others
will speak at 7 pm, and athletic
events will be staged during the after
noon.
There is to be no admission charge
but refreshment profits will 60 to the
campaign.
The field day is sponsored by the
Bladensburg Democratic Club, with
Headley F. Gasch. president, acting as
chairman Of arrangements. The
Bladensburg Womens Democratic Club
is cooperating, with Mrs. Nelson G..
Tayman. Mrs. James L. Rea, Mrs.
John S. White and Mrs. Viola Ander-
son leading the committee.
Mems Committee heads are Capt.
Richard Mansfield. T. H. WEIGH, jr.;
John s. White, Robert King, jr.; Vim
cent A. Osterman, John A. johnson.
William j. Fierstein, Wallace Little
ford, Harry Lohman and Edward A.
Fuller.
Evening star., 1938-07-24

ing and the leisure time activities Of
the people were of deep concern to
her. She was a month at oxford and
also spent some time at the Interna-
tional Peoples College at Elsinore,
Denmark
Miss HaWes is a member of the
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, chair
man Of the Committee on Race Rela-
tions of the National Associat ton of
College Women, member of the Race
Relations Committee of the Washing
ton Federation of Churches, member
Of the Women's International League
for Peace and Freedom.
Program Strengthened.
When Miss Halves took the head
workers post in the little settlement
on G street Sc, it was with the
knowledge that the more adequate
quarters on Virginia avenue soon
would be available Beginning with
the summer activities, the> program
was strengthened in such a way that
the work in the new home would be
only an expansion. She created a
camp consciousness in the neighbor-
hood and through the cooperation of
friends and social agencies the num-
Der Of individuals sent to camp was.
greately increased.
On January "a the board moved
into the 22-room Colonial building,
the new home located at 324 Virginia
avenue Sc Miss Hawes, through the
cooperation Of Hilyard Robinson, Fed
eral architect who volunteered his
services. supervised the renovation of
the house to make 1t meet the needs
of the neighborhood. With the addi-
ton of new members to the staff, ac-
tivities continued both day and night
throughout the two-month period of
renovation.
The Community Chest has made it
possible for the Southeast House to
set up a program to serve persons
ranging in age from to 90. Its pro-
gram stresses personality development
and social participation. As a con-
tinuing life process, it helps individ-
uals to discover their potentialities,
stimulates growth in skills, techniques
appreciations and tastes. The pro-
gram offers social. cultural and educa-
tional activities, including arts, crafts,
music, dramatics, athletics, camping,
social recreation, discussion groups,
lectures, homemaking and social
hygiene. These activities serve as in
struments in helping to develop an
integrated personality, socially ad-
justed, whereby they become not only
worthy members of home, but OF a
community and of a nation.
Evening star., 1938-07-24

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Evening star., 1938-07-24
World Inspired by Founder
Of Vacation Bible Schools
Rer. abraham LatI,en Still Conducts al
Chester, Pa, His Pioneer Classes on
Which Thousands Are Modelled.

Choral singing followed and next
came recital of the Lords Prayer. sew
eral beautiful Psalms from the Old
Testament, as we'll as significant verses
from the New.
Amazing. however. was the unani-
nous response to Dr. Lathem's re-
quest for the naming of the books Of
the Old Testament or those of the
New along with verses by book, chap
ter and verse from both.
Then, in happy, orderly groups, they
dispersed to the numerous classrooms
We followed in the wake Of Dr. Isathem
and he was often stopped for a special
word by the little folks or by those
grown taller. Always there was praise
Tor special merit or attainment.
In the whole assemblage we didn't
see a single frowsy head or an
unkempt-l looking pupil. Everywhere
there were shining, eager faces and
meticulously clean clothing.
Glasses Open at $3.50.
Glasses at Chester begin at $50 am.
and last until 1880, with a mid
morning recess. Different ages are
placed in different classes. That it Is
not 1nfrequent for a grandmother and
granddaughter of the same family to
attend the school at the same time
Is an illustration of the wide age range.
Four motor buses bring those in
need Of such transportation to the
school and the corridors of the Sunday
school hall are lined with bicycle
racks.
Aside from the modest sum ad-
vanced each session by the church
itself, the project Is entirely sus-
tanned by voluntary contributions of
Chester's townspeople.
In order that members of Chesters
colored churches may have similar
privileges, the Third Presbyterian
Church annually makes available $3.50.
With the exception of maps to
illustrate certain geographic relation
ships with our world Of today, DR..
Lathem has never fallen back upon
any kind Of handcraft tn his school.
He believes that it is akin to the
thought of Frightening sunlight
through the aide of tallow candles"
to do so.
School Teachers Recruited.
All the teachers are drawn from the
ranks OF public school teachers in the
Immediate vicinity Many, in addition,
are graduates Of the Moody Institute
or similar training schools for Sunday
school teachers. All except DR.. La
them are paid a modest salary.
As . rule pupils are graduated from
schools the year preceding their
graduation from high school. Credits
are given at certain colleges for work
completed at its sessions. Certificates
are given also for five years faithful
work to adults past school age.
DR.. Lathem is Pennsylvania born
and graduate of Washington and
Jefferson College and Princeton Theo-
logical Seminary. He has long been
considered one Of the most accom-
plished students of the Bible in the
United States and he afirms that
many Of his pupils know the Scrip
Evening star., 1938-07-24
By JESSE FAINT EVANS.

The mere sight of nearly 600 per-
sons. mostly children. OF all ages and
creeds in voluntary attendance at the
country's pioneer Vacation Bible
School at historic Chester, Pa, is
worth the journey there. whether one
be churchman or layman
On the June Monday following clos
ing of Chester schools and for Ave
weeks thereafter, the towns Third
Presbyterian Church is host to one
of the most famous non-sectarian
Bible schools in the world.
1t was founded 27 years ago last
month by the Rev. Abraham L. La
them, pastor of the church and still
head Of the school. and has been the
inspiration of nearly 1000 similar
schools in the mission field abroad and
approximately the same number in
the United States.
Just prior to its inception, when DR.
Lathems now silvering locks were coal
black, he became engaged in a study
which indicated that one out Of every
three persons united with the church
failed to continue their aff1liation
He became convinced that the way to
meet the problem of continuing church
attendance was to have people, espe-
cially youngsters, become thoroughly
acquainted with the Bible through a
program that should be as clear-cut as
that of public school.
Would Train Christians.
He reasoned, he told me on my
recent visit there, with America
training its lawyers, ministers. teach
ers and members of other professions,
the only way to secure worthwhile
Christians was to educate them.
Direct outgrowths of his school in
the Nations Capital are schools held
by Rev. J. H. Miers in Fourth Pres
byterian Church. by the Rev. c. E.
Hawthorne under the auspices Of the
Wallace Memorial United Presbyterian
Church and by the Rev. M. c. Marse-
glia, at Italian Baptist Church of the
Redeemer Each is non -sectarian and
similar to the Chester School.
OPOIl OuI dlIlfdl, III lOl w tAAC oeoA
ing of classes, one Of the teachers
beckoned us to seats facing multitude
Of pupils assembled in the vast semi
circular Sunday school room of the
church. For them this early morning
convocation was apparently no task,
but rather a great adventure Of COM
mon interest. They ran from tiny tots,
with their recess lunch bags and boxes
clutched tightly in their hands, to
septegenarians. The younger had
places of honor down front with the
aged, whose hearing was no longer
as keen as once, while those OF high
school age were seated in the second
story tier.
Some Seated Informally.
Two or three of the tiniest men,
bers of the school elected to seat
themselves upon the base of DR..
Lathems rostrum.
Presently all eyes turned to the tall.
commanding figure Of DR.. Lathem,
clad In white linen suit, a. he opened
the days session with prayer.
Evening star., 1938-07-24
Settlement Head Successful
Through Fondness for People
Miss Mae C.. Ha,Ues Took
Over Southeast House
in May, 1887.

She likes people-people from 2
to 92-which may explain why Miss
Mae C. Hawes, headworker of the
Southeast Settlement House, has made
such success of that institution.
All sorts of people come within the
purview of her interest-the good,
the lust middling" and even those
whose values and actions are below
normal.
This interest in people led Miss
Hawes into taking over Southeast
House in May, 1887, when it was located
in an overcrowed little building at
301 G street Sc, which had housed
the settlement for eight years. Then
came the stroke of luck when Friend
ship House obtained its quarters at
GIG D street Sc, through the gift
of friend and generously offered
to share that gift by making it possible
for Southeast House to acquire its
former quarters at 324 Virginia avenue
Sc. There was little matter of
$4,000 in the way of acquiring the
new building, but this did not daunt
Miss Halves. With the members of
her board and campaign committee,
substantial part of this payment
was soon raised and in January of
this year the settlement moved over
to its more spacious quarters.
Specialized In Mathematics.
Born in Macon, Ga. the sixth of
family of thirteen, Miss Hawes did
not start out to be social worker.
Her preparatory and college work
was completed at Atlanta University.
She specialized in mathematics at
the University of Chicago and for
six years was head of the department
of mathematics at the A. and I. College
at Nashville, Tenn. 1t was during this
period, as she came in closer contact
with the problem and the needs of
covered her keen interest in personality
development and in helping much
larger group of Negroes to become
efficient participators in civic and
community activities, thereby helping
to bring about better social order
On deciding to shift her major
interest from mathematics to sociology
and guidance. Miss Halves majored in
sociology at Columbia University, re-
ceiving her M. A. degree from there.
She has done also year of post
graduate work at Columbia University
affiliating with Union Theological
Seminary in several courses. So her
interests have socio-economic-
psychological-religio foundation.
AS social worker, Miss Hawes
has had broad experience. She served
as director of the Emma Ransom
House Y W. A. C. in New oYrk City
and as a member of the staff of the
National Board of the Young Women's
Christian Associa ton, which OCCASION
ed her travelling extensively through
out the country.
Through the courtesy of the Car
negie Foundation and the Rosenwald
Fund she was invited to be director
of four-year community experiment
for Negroes in Atlanta, Ga. After
this experiment was ended Miss
Hawes spent several months in Eng
lard, Scandinavia. Russia and other
European countries. studying social
and cultural Institutions, legislation,
problems and methods of attacking
the problems. Especially was she in
terested in education for adults
workers education, education for pris-
oners and other special groups. Hous-
Evening star., 1938-07-24
She's Mother and Teacher.

NEW YORK R).-Mrs. Lucille Hall
OF Baird, Tex. has combined the roles
Of mother and teacher at Columbia
University.
Mrs. Hall, a summer student in the
Teachers College, is getting academic
credit for observing the classroom
behavior of her daughter, 13.
The girl is q student in the colleges
demonstration school. As part Of her
psychology assignment, Mrs Hall visits
the school each day and takes notes
on how her daughter gets along with
other youngsters.