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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-06-20

the ABOVE peculiar remark.
What do you mean, bows
and arrows?" I asked.
We've got to needle you
folks" said the Englishman
with a grin-he has worked in
New York and Chicago. "Our
people sort Of expect it. Makes
them feel good to think we're
still infinitely superior in law
enforcement, behavior and every
thing else. BY bows and ar
rows mean a dig wherever
possible. Such as lack of proper
police coverage, possible collu.
sion with the sheriff, the bank
employees running like m ic Q.
Anything to show you're still in
rompers."
"Is that nice?" said I.
Maybe not" he replied, "but
it sells newspapers"
Jealousy is what I call it.
And when you realize that
roughly so per cent of all for.
eign news cabled from all over
the world to Fleet Street is
American news-with bows and
arrows injected into it where
possible-then it is easier to
understand why readers Of the
more lurid English journals still
think cowboys gallop through
the streets of Dallas, Tex, shoot
ing the lights out Of the street
lamps-and all sorts Of crazy
things like that. And our wilder
movies, avidly viewed by tn e
middle and lower classes over
there, don't help the situation
q bit.
DUT, while protesting to laugh
~ at us-because that attitude
sells newspapers-the intelli-
gent, thinking English journal
ist is deeply interested in the
way we operate, and does not
fail to copy us on every pos
sible occasion. It appears that
while hunting subjects whic h
would make his audience think
we are mighty silly people. this
sort of newSpaperman runs
across methods which impress
upon him the fact that British
newspaperdom is in reality trail
ing far behind.
And that change in his purely
personal outlook has come over
the past few years. AS recently
as the turn into this decade, I
visited the news editor of a great
midland newspaper-N journal
famous the world over. This
man, who correspondent to an
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Your |. O.
By SHIRLEY SPENCER

ny O114211Ic1 OF GCNN6N
This is a current events quiz.
Score 10 for each question.
/. What was Neville Chamber
lain's office before he was
made Prime Minister?
2. On what days are the war
debt installments due and
which country has always
paid promptly?
8. What is the name of the
Spanish rebel leader?
4. Who is leader of the BLACK
Shirts" in England?
S. What was the idea behind
Subsistence Homesteads"?
6. What is the site called on
which the Worlds Fair is to
be held?
7. Who Is Tom Girdler?
8. Col. Fulgencio Batista is
military leader and president
maker of -?
9. What happened to the dirigi-
BILE Macon?
10. Give the full name Of (a)
I. S. q. (b) T. E. r. A. (c)
s. w. o. C. I'd U. M. w, A.
(e) T. w. o. C.
ANSWERS on Page 22)
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cumsta n C e s
in Washing
ton, the city
schools play.
grounds will
serve the pur-
pose as well
as any other
vacation pro-
gram, There
should be
more of these
W h e r e
t r a / n e d
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1.-THE farms
the j d e a l
place for chill
dren in the
SUMNER s.
pecially city
kids. T h e
farm supplies
diver S / o n,
plenty Of eX-
ercise that is
useful, it's a
home life in
a diffe re n t
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American city editor, was pre-
sumed to have his finger figura-
lively on the pulse Of the ma
ton. We do that over here with
a battery Of telephones, q never
ending stream Of orders, men
rushing in and out, beehive Of
activity.
DUT this editor had no finger
- on any pulse. He had his
feet on his desk and he was
smoking 4 pipe. AS we were
about to leave a girl came in and
told him he was wanted on the
telephone.
Excuse me-" he said, an
have to answer that. May be a
bit of news"
He started to walk out-and
only then did I realize that there
was no telephone in this editors
office. followed him, amazed,
through seemingly interminable
corridors to the staff room. A
score of men sat around work.
ing or loafing. The editor picked
one OF the two telephones in the
room-and gave his instructions
to a reporter who was out on q
story.
AS we went down stairs I
asked him why he did not have
a telephone in his office.
II suppose I should" he re-
piled. but we are not in such an
internal hurry as you Ameri-
cans"
only recently a great English
" newspaper chain inaugu-
rated a direct cable system at
enormous cost. The organiza-
tons American representative
was brought across the water to
explain q few odds and ends
particularly American cables
which is a patois designed to
transmit a story at as low a
cable cost as possible.
What does FYI mean" asked
the foreign news editor.
For your information" said
the expert.
mot really?" exclaimed the
Englishman. "Deucedly clever.
FYI-for your information!
Sort of gets me-"
The American representative
went back to New York and soon
thereafter received a cable which
read, "How's Capone FYI."
He sent story on how Ca
pone was getting along at Alca-
traz but forgot to ask why it
was thought he needed informa-
ton.
Then there came another
wire: where's Dillinger FYI."
He wrote and cabled a story
on Dillinger and asked at the
end of it: why FYI?"
The answer to that was,
BILL"
Several hours later came an
other which said: Means Be-
cause I Like It."
They don't care how they
spend the boss's money.
Copyright. 1898, Washington Times
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boy or girl
during t h e
S u m m e r
months is a
superv is e d
camp f o r
groups of the
same age. It
insures t h e
child of ade-
quate phySi-
cal exercise
and at the
same time the
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summer camp
offers t h e
ideal va C a.
ton program
for the chill
d r e n. Be-
sides the rec
reation, they
can l e a r n
practical les
sons in citi-
Zenship a n d
connun j t y
living which
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Unexpected Results

Many complaints have been
voiced that the young people Of
today show no real interest in
anything outside Of gin and
swing. It is, therefore, crafty.
ing to find that there are still
some who are a credit to the
old American spirit.
Harry Megill, assistant clerk
Of the House, has just completed
an extensive survey Of old
documents in the Capitol. Dur
ing the session his numerous
duties keep him constantly on
the jump until late hours.
Instead of taking advantage
of the recess and resting, he
found himself a greater task Of
romping around dusty boxes in
the remote corners Of the Capt.
toll. His aspirations have brought
never expected results.
Documents that were given
up as destroyed during the fight
for independence Of the colonies,
and other documents Of inesti-
mable value Of the birth Of the
United States, have repaid the
added work he has undertaken
on his own account.
One does not know whom to
give more credit, Mr.. Megill or
Hon. South Trimble, his Supe-
rior.
Only scientists and historians
can fully appreciate the value
Of his discovery. It is not only
important for the present but
its value will increase for gen.
erations to come.
Among other documents Mr..
Megill found are papers Of the
first congressional appropria-
ton for the Government and
War Department. The First
Congress, 1889, appropriated
$596,1Ol for the Government
and $163,078 for national de-
Tense. The present Congress has
appropriated billions to run the
Government and billions ma
tional defense. What differ.
ence between the First and Sew.
enty-fifth Congresses.
May Mr.. TrimbIe'S method Of
handling his Subordinates and
the ambition Of young Megill,
his assistant, serve as an ex.
ample to the youth to strive in
whatever activity they are en-.
gagged to bring it to new and
better heights, and remember,
no matter how humble the work.
it always can be improved.
Mutual striving and sympathy
will disarm crime and make for
a better future and a more pros
porous country.
ALMA LANSBURGH.
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take care of
the child'S va
cation needs.
The combina-
ton of water
a nd sand
especially for
tn e younger
children--o f.
fers enough
diversion to
keep h e m
off the roads,
where h e y
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Way To End 1t
In regard to dueling:

LII GGS6GU W OUC4444Ss
My great interest in mankind
is responsible for another bright
thought on how to end this
practice-and it will get gooc
results.
I am heartily in favor of
using Colt Ass but do not ap-
prove of that 10-foot distance
stuff.
The dueling code should read
thus: Each dueliSt must place
his gun in the others mouth"
D. S. H.
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surrounding but with essentially
the same amount of control in
force that the children get in
their own homes the rest Of the
year round"
X 4
Louise Berchtold, 1903 Eighth
st. N. W., school teacher:
For those in ordinary cir.
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if there's a
boy in the
family g e t
h i m some
W h e r e he
can go swim
ming as often
as he wants.
If there is a
swim m ! n e
hole and a
+ e W COM
panions, he'll
see to it him
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teachers can combine the best
elements of supervised play and
work. A child soon gets tired of
simple liberty from books, be-
cause he doesn't know what to
do with himself to find safe
amusement"
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ROllin' Along
By ". A. s. Douglas
mt forget the bows and arrows"

% IN IOFgeL dTTUWS!
IA The foreign editor of famous London evening
newspaper had just finished reading cabled account of
robbery and murder by the John Dnger gang in Indiana
He had tossed subedor copy reader you) with
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may be hurt. And it takes a
load off the parents mind, too."
Norman Smith, SO Rhode
Island Ave. N. W., soda dis
roenSer.
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Wise Words

It is interesting to note how
some minds seem almost to
create themselves, springing up
under every disadvantage, and
working their solitary but irresti-
way through thousand obsta.
cles.-Washington Irving.
Not to be avariciouS is
money: not to be fond of buying
is a revenue; but to be content
with our own is the greatest
and most certain wealth of
all-Cicero.
Attempt the end and never
stand to doubt; nothing's so
hard, but search will find it
out.-Herrick.
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parents can be certain that the
child will have adult guidance
at all times"
X X X
Doris Vensel, 1871 S st. S. E.,
secretary:
"A Boy Scout or Girl Scout
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self he has the best possible
vacation"
X X
Gertrude Belts, $500 Ellicott
St. N. w., musician:
Almost any beach should
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VOICE OF THE People
i addresses Of

should be limited 200 words Names and addresses
writer's will be omitted upon request. y
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will make them better Ameri-
cans when they grow up"
X \ X
George Conrad, GOT Seventh
st. S. w., clerk:
II don't know about girls, but
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The Inquiring
PhotoqropherJ
The washington Times In
vites you to submit timely
and interesting questions to
be used in this column.
THE QUESTION
What is best for the children

during vacation time?
THE ANSWERS
Rosa Eisenberg, 1913 Tenth
st. N. w., advertising:
1.-THE best place for a growing
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The list Of traffic victims in
he District of Columbia since
anuary /, 1888, is graphically
aown by the death watch.
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life, but 7 do say that Warmers
theories are not practical and
cannot be put into practice.
I think j. Edgar Hoover has
the right idea and the only
enSible one.
4 JOHN B. BILLINGS,
Evening star., 1938-08-14

mountain views to the north and east
may be taken in also. You will see
South Mountain stretching away to
the north to join the smaller Catoctin
range near the Pennsylvania border.
You will see beautiful Middletown
Valley from new vantage point. And
you will see the Sharpsburg territory,
where one Of the bloodiest battles of
our history took place.
At THE foot of the monument one
OF the plaques says that it was
rebuilt in 1882 by the South Noun
tain Encampment of the Boonsboro
Odd Fellows. You may wonder what
destroyed it in the first place; it was
that universay destroyer. war On
September IA, 1852. Lee and jackson,
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as authoritative by the bridge-playing

as authoritative by the bridge-playing
world.
Immediately following the announce
ment that the National Laws Com
mission. subsidiary of the American
Contract Bridge League, would prepare
the laws of 1910, with no mention of
any other organization participating,
Ely Culbertson wired a protest to the
league. He contended that such ac-
ton would be violation Of the agree
ment with the Laws Committee of the
New York Whist Club of which Har-
old S. Vanderbilt is chairman. and
with the Portland Club and the French
authority at the time the Ameri-
can Contract Bridge League was
formed by the amalgamation of the
American Bridge League and the
United States Bridge Association.
year ago last September. The con-
tention Of the National Laws Commits
sion was that outstanding players were
better qualified to formulate laws and
rules for the game than merely social
bridge players such as constitute the
membership Of the Whist Club. Mr..
Vanderbilt was not consulted about
the matter and the Whist Club had
no knowledge of the intended action
Of the Laws Commission.
When these facts were brought to
the attention of the directors of the
League, after much discussion they
icc, rfatn IN "A nFnnf hat
The league desired to cooperate with
the organizations that have hereto
fore united in the formation of bridge
laws, and it Is now likely that there
will be get-together effort which
will enable them to take part in this
work. and that thereby the situation
Of having tournament players guided
by one set of laws and social bridge
players governed by another series Of
rules and regulations will be avoided
The matter will be taken up again at
future meeting of the Laws Com
mittee in an attempt to reach a salts
factory plan.
In view of the fact that Mr. VAN
derbilt is generally accredited with
giving greater momentum to contract
bridge than any other player. by rea-
son of his advocacy of the Vulnerable
ity and scoring features, the social
bridge players are extremely desirous
that his organization shall have a part
in the formulation of any future laws.
THE Federal Bridge League. which
limits its team games to employees
of the Federal and District govern
ments and members of the Army, Navy
and Marine Corps. has negotiated a
lease with the Wardman Park Hotel
Evening star., 1938-08-14

whereby it will maintain its head
quarters and conduct its games there
for one year. Team games will be
played during the winter season and
pair games. which are open to the
public. will be held during the sum-
mer months The lease becomes effec-
tive September /.
THE La Sale Bridge Studio games
will be suspended for two weeks,
beginning tomorrow. while the direc-
tor, Mrs Dixie T. Wright, is on va
cation in Canada.
A ANNOUNCEMENT is made that the
amended complaint in the mil
lion dollar damage suit brought by
Willard S. Karn, contract bridge play
er, against Ely Culbertson, has been
dismissed by the New York Supreme
Court. Mr. Karn has given notice that
he will enter an appeal. He main
tains that Mr. Culbertson and divers
other defendants circulated false ru-
mors concerning him after he had
gained publicity through play, movie
shorts and a book he wrote on bridge.
A MoNG last weeks winners were
= the following:
At the Fairfax Tuesday. James Sourilas
AZ and :, Mrs Alice Robinson tied with Mrs.
tied with CO.. and m Mrs, NE E 3. '0tsf era7. % third
Wednesday. round robin won by Mrs.
Friday North and SOUTH. J. F. Nc;
Ponoush and Mrs: Hazel Lotion; first; Fred
Eas. and west. ,Mr;. and Mrs: Bernard
ksS % MeNa Mt W M1 Roae sne kn5
'' At ii the = La sale studio ,o' Monday. w. A.
Bollinser and F; Elliott Gordon, first; Mr.
leen McNutt and Miss Anne Skinker third
Thursday afternoon; Mrs Ralph Lamb
and and M, S1hn p0pne{ sbpd lersnd rrsnd h
Keemie and c. W. ParEman. third.
Thursday evening. J: F. McDonoueh and
G. w. thinner. first; MIR. and Mrs. L. v.
; A. At the Hotel Grafton; Feaera, @ Bridge
Leaeue: Tuesday: North and South H. D;
Yrs W A. Gardner. second: East and West.
Mrs A. r. Hodekins and Miss Laura Silsbv.
first: Mrs. Marian Barre and P. E. Marsh,
Al the washinston Whist Club, John D,
Mothershed and Mrs. w. s. Rahleder OF
Norfolk. first: Al Roth and o. Brotman.
second
At the American Association of Uni
versity Women. Mrs. j. Austin Stone and
Goodwin Graham first: Mrs. Goodwin
Graham and Miss Margaret wentworth.
second
AT the Columbia Pike Community House.
SATURDAY. J. A. Dawkins and Homer All,
first; James sourilas and Joe Granger
second
At Wardman Park Hotel. Washington
Bridge League. ! table. Mitchell North and
South Mrs. Robert S. Du Bois and Mrs;
John Seward. first; Mrs. .Jere Crane and
Mrs T. D. Sheldon second; 1t. Comdr W;
A. Corley and Martin Stark. third' East and
nrst: Lewis H. Watson. ir and W. Roy
Astleford. second: Mrs. Anne o. Grimes
and F. E. KurtZ. third.
Evening star., 1938-08-14

derived primarily from the sale of
newly issued stamps. There were l6
Of these, not including one minor va
riety. during the fiscal period, and
10 of the Is are commemorative.
The production.of these 10 brought the
Government literally hundreds of
thousands Of dollars. most of it clear
profit. 1t is situations such as this
that the Swedish Philatelic Society
is attempting to combat in countries
the world over"
Life members of the Collectors
Club of Washington include: Mrs
Ethel B. Stewart, Herman Bocorselski
and Mr.. and Mrs. Edward B. Martin.
The Philatelic Agency in Berlin is
selling leftover Austrian stamps, but
the supply is said to be limited and
may be exhausted before orders from
America could reach Germany.
Sheets of flag poster stamps still are
available at the Office of the United
States Flag Association, 923 Fifteenth
street NV. They are sold at ap-
proximate cost-50 cents per 100.
Stamp meetings for the week are
listed as follows:
TOMORROW evening at 8. Washington
Airmail Society. Hotel La Fayette, Six
teenth street NV.
Tuesday evening at 8. Collectors
Club of Washington. Thomson School,
Twelfth street NV. Program, exhi-
bition and bourse.
Wednesday evening at 6:45, WASH
ington Federation of Junior Stamp
Collectors. Hotel Carlton, Sixteenth
street. Philatelic debate between Dor
othy Ellis and Robert Hollingshead, jr:
exhibition, contest. stamp grab bag
leach member to bring 20 stamps in
cellophane envelope), souvenirs.
Wednesday evening at 8, Washing
ton Philatelic Society. Hotel Carlton.
Charles Kohen will discuss: Stamp
Collecting as an Investment"
Friday evening at 7:45. Washington
Stamp Club of the Air, Station VOL.
Albert F. Kunze will present stamp
romance and discuss philatelic news.
Friday evening at 8, Vikings Crew
No. 8, residence Of Mrs. Fred D.:
Riggles, IS Rhode Island avenue NV
Program.
Saturday afternoon at 3. National
Federation Of Stamp Clubs. Station
WRC.
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mania 1820-1873); 6 plus 2L, red
brown, Mihai Viteauzul, a ruler of
.Wallachia toward the close of the 18th
century; 7.50L. light blue. Queen
Elizabeth, famous as Carmen Sylvia
the poet. wife of King Carol I O843-
1870; l0L. deep blue, Carol II. the
present monarch; 16L. green black,
King Ferdinand (l865-l92O; 2OL,
scarlet, King Carol I U839-l9lH."
N. r. Hoover, writing in Mekeel's
Weekly Stamp News for August 8,
complains: There seems to be grow
ing tendency on the part Of philatelic
publishers not to scan as closely as
they might the offerings Of their con-
tributors. 1t is resulting in kind of
Evening star., 1938-08-14
By Ralph Gray.
Touring Counselor, American Autor'o-
bile Association.

Touring Counselor, American AutOTIO.
bile Association.
THIRTEEN years before the Gov
ernment Of the United States
and the American people as
L whole recognized the need for
a suitable monument to George WASH
ington and began building the WASH
ington Monument, the citizens OF
Boonsboro, Md. had erected the very
first monument to the Father Of their
Country. And during the more than
half century that elapsed between the
building Of the Boonsboro Monument
and the actual finishing Of the Wash
ington Monument here in the Mall,
the former had been destroyed by war
and rebuilt.
The Boonsboro Monument, In addi-
ton to being much older than our
obelisk. is 1000 feet higher, but that
is because 1t is on top Of 1,500-foot
mountain. The actual memorial is
about 40 feet high, Is feet through
and is shaped exactly like an enlarged
cream bottle.
10 reach this little-knOWn stone
tower, take the National Old Trail out
Of Frederick. Pass Braddock Heights
and Middletown and go through South
Mountain at Turner's Gap. Just
through this gap you will notice a
neat black-and-white sign pointing to
the right to ''the first monument
erected to George Washington" Take
the small macadam road, climb South
Mountain and enter the Washington
Monument State Park. Where you
park your car you will see picnic
tables, stone lunch stand and several
camping conveniences. A short foot
trail leads to the monument itself.
Here, where the monument over
looks Boonsboro, the Antietam and
Potomac Valleys. there Is wonderful
view Atom the iup like memorial |
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philatelic literature which might best
be described by what is known, in
newspaper parlance, as sloppy
writing"
Joseph A. Herbert will exhibit and
describe his specialized collection of
United States revenues at a meeting
of the Washington Philatelic Society,
Hotel Carlton, Wednesday evening,
August 81.
Photographs of the designs for the
10-cent and 1l-cent presidential
stamps have been released by the
Post Office Department. The former