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Evening star., 1938-01-19
Sleeplessness
Steals Beauty
This gentle bile.producermighih help

This gentle bile.producermighthe help
Lack Of sleep frequently etches need
less lines into beautiful faces. Needless.
because sleeplessness is often caused
by constipation, as are also loss of ap.
petite, mental dullness, nervousness,
the aggravation of skin blemishes.
Keep regular. DOM let more than q
day 60 by without proper elimination.
Use DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets. This
famous laxative has been the choice of
millions of people during a generation.
1t does not shock the intestinal system.
Also, it stimulates the liver's secretion
OF bile without the discomfort of drastic
or irritating drugs. Get DR.. Edwards
Olive Tablets at your druggist. 15t,
30t and 60t everywhere.
sYour liver secretes from 20 to 80 ounces Of
bile esery day to aid in the digestion of fats and
stimulate muscular action Of the intestinal
system. DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets, besides
helping keep you regular, contain an ingre-
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Of bile. That il one Of the reasons Why Olive
Tablets have Unsurpassed effectiveness.
Evening star., 1938-01-19
DEATHS REPORTED.

Carolyn Ford, 90, 1858 Wyoming ave. NV.
Edna L. Potts, So. 1908 upshur st. NV.
JACOB Minkin. SO: - Quincy pl. NV.
Eliza A. Riddle, 20. Sibley Hospital.
Mary M. Harrell. SO. 1900 c st. ne.
Marego LAzoras. 66. 48 H st. ne.
John Triliing. IS. Gallinger Hospital.
Bernard Whelan, "a. Gallinger Hospital.
Frank Hough. 81. Sibley Hospital.
Nellie Coon, ~, 1920 Upton st. NV.
Floyd Kidwell. As. Home for AGED and
Edward n. Lambert. 4S. 1850 Wisconsin
Infant. william Primrose. Children Hos
Caroline A. Mcpherson. 81. oallinser Hcs-
Joseph Johnson. IS. Gallinger Hospital.
James Lewis 81. 7th Street Wharves.
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Evening star., 1938-01-19
COPELAND TO ADDRESS .
WRITER'S CLUB FRIDAY
Will Speak at evening in De-
catur House" Being Staged
BY Mrs. Beale,

Senator Copeland Of New York will
make . short talk at the Evening in
Decatur House" which Mrs. Truxton
Beale, widow Of the former Minister
to Persia and Greece. Is staging for
the Professional Writer'S Club Of the
Y. w. c. A. Friday night. Miss c.
Virginia Diedel. chairman Of the clubs
Decatur House Committee, announced
yesterday.
The evening" Is planned to make
more graphic the picture Of the old
home as 1t was during the 18th CEN
tury. Forty members Of the club
will impersonate some of the more
noted people who frequented It then.
The Writer'S Club is working to pre-
serve the old home Of Commodore
Stephen Decatur for posterity. Since
the campaign started, Nationwide
interest has been aroused.
Evening star., 1938-01-19
PARK EXPENDITURES
oSl Cities Spent 1927 1875, ,oo7 IN
4 Years, Survey Shows

In the years 1881 through 1885. 52l
cities spent 1927, 7,328,O07 for park
land' buildings and improvements. q
survey just completed by the Ma.
tlonal Park Service and the National
recreation Association shows.
From regular local funds for park
purposes the survey declared. 1911
cities in 1895 spent $51 1886, 500, while
emergency funds totaled $27,227, $50
in 378 cities.
Evening star., 1938-01-19

AOtS 1SsOSS9S AOOSC IOT
BRILLIANCE i'm LIGHTING
Whether it be the sunlight, which was
primitive mans only source of light, or
electricity, which Is modern mans de.
pendence .. it is easy to realize how
little would be accomplished with.
ont light. The discovery of electricity
has heightened each working day to a
full "a hours, if needed. Therefore,
when you look for lighting you look
for brilliance.
1t one time, advertising ,eas con.
sdered the product Of only clever, bril-.
liant minds; il soas thought that printed
salesmu'ship had to be "tricky" or
magical. But time and the experience
Of successful adpertisers haze proved
that good odvertising is only an expires.
ston Of common sense.- Simple state.
"'ents OF fact, timely offerings of ner.
chardise or serrice and attractive illus.
svations combined ,oith fair prices bring
profitable results. People ,cant to kno,o
'ohat is best to buy and ,ohere to buy;
advertising merely answers these ques.
tions 'oith mutual benefit.
You always look for brilliance in
lighting; it's just as important to look
for RESULTS from, your advertising!
The Washington times., 1938-07-21

point out that it was this self
same group of individuals who,
regarded as the intelligentSia
Of the mercantile sphere and
numbering in their ranks the
cream Of big-wig conservatism,
are specifically noted for pinch
penny methods the likes Of
which would put 10 shame the
most staid of British Toryism.
AS a parting shot, it can
be truthfully said that such sue
cess the National Economy
act enjoyed in hurdling the leg
islative rapids on Capitol Hill
may be traced directly to the
lobbying efforts sponsored by
"the good old Chamber" The
fact it spread CONSERVATION and
unrest among loW-bracket wage
earners was of no apparent con-
Germ to this gang OF aristocratic
highbinders.
What folly it is to believe that
these gentlemen are now willing
to play the role of Moses and
pave the path for America to
once again dwell in the land
of Utopian bliss! CWAR.
The Washington times., 1938-07-21

statement was somewhat dis
counted. However. as I said, she
was very pretty and the man,
a local figure, had undoubtedly
pushed her around quite a bit.
All in all, she was lucky to get
away with five years in prison
which was later cut to three
and a half.
I LEFT that city a year or so
- after the trial. The star re-
porter remained there for sev.
eral years and ultimately disap-
peared. I had a respect for his
work and inquired about him oc-
casionally. But after a while
he became something pretty
dim in my memory.
About a quarter of a century
later-to be more exact, a couple
of years ago, I was sent to a
small midwestern town to cover
another murder trial which was
making the front pages all over
the country. The courtroom was
full of reporters from the wire
services and the big cities and I
met many women and men I
knew. The accused was a clergy.
mamie was later sentenced to
life imprisonment-well known
and hitherto respected in the
neighborhood. So the folks
turned out in full force and the
courtroom was jammed to suf-
location at every session.
The local newspaper, a weekly,
The Washington times., 1938-07-21
Determination

I am referring to an editorial,
"No We're Not Maniacs-We're
Mad" which appeared on Page
/, Friday, July Is, wherein you
asked the question: "How long
are the American citizens who
live in the capital of the ma
tion to put up with insult and
effrontery?" and ending your
editorial with "The great Sena-
tor King gets no votes in the
District of Columbia"
Note: Sir, the citizens of the
District of Columbia are in the
same category as are the per-
sonnel now serving in the Army,
Navy, Coast Guard and Marine
Corps who likewise have no
votes with the result that the
personnel of the first lines of
national defense are the forgot
ten people of the nation.
We have been unable to find
where any Senator or Congress
man has stated that, due to the
fact the citizens of the District
of Columbia had no vote they
could not be considered. This
is true, however, with men in
service, as during the last Ses-
sion of Congress a Congressman
stated in effect, on the floor
of the House of Representatives,
that nothing should be done for
the service personnel as they
had no vote.
The Washington Times has
been putting up a splendid fight
to secure the franchise right for
citizens of the District of Co
lumbia and the writer is sure
you will wish to extend this
fight to include the personnel
of the regular armed forces who
are now being paid approx
mately one-half the compensa-
tion, all allowances considered,
that which the Government
pays other employees in compar-
able pursuits and the line of
duty disabled receive a pension
for their disabilities of but ap-
proximately one-third the aver
age pension paid our war vet
Grams for like disabilities.
Certainly the morale is the
most important consideration of
our nation today, even above
that of securing the franchise
right for those not at present
entitled to the same.
Very truly yours,
j. E. NIEMAN,
Regular Veterans Association.
The Washington times., 1938-07-21
Depressing Picture

With 1874 saloons in the City
of Washington, with a popula-
ton of 100000, in the same pro-
portion, there would be in the
United States with a population
of 3O,0O0,0OO, near 100000 sa-
looms, which placed 80 feet apart
from center to center of each
saloon on each side of the street,
they would reach from New
York city to San Francisco.
In proportion to the City Of
Washington, that would be
nearly IL drunken men and
women for each saloon on both
sides of the street, from New
York city to San Francisco.
Or nearly IL drunken men for
each saloon on one side Of the
street from New York city to
San Francisco and nine drunken
men and three drunken women
on the other side Of the street.
from New York city to San
Francisco. And o, what a street.
In the same proportion to the
population of Washington there
would be in the United States
4,514,9O9 drunken men in a year
and 287,044 drunken women in a
year.
Fathers and mothers of the
nation. What will the harvest
be, weaklings and idiots, feeble
minded children, murders and
suicides, crushed and mangled
bodies on the paved highway,
caused by reckless and speeding
drivers.
Think Of the poor mother who
killed herself and six children at
DeniSon, Iowa, with gas from
her car, pumped into her bed
room window, because of q
drunken, brutal husband.
THOMAS KELLEY. ~
The Washington times., 1938-07-21

just a little boy when I lived in
Staunton, Va, and it was my
greatest desire to know how to
read the code and to operate
telegraph instruments. 1t was
much harder in those days, be-
cause everything was taken and
sent by Morse code. Now one
can send if he can operate a
typewriter"
X i
Paul Kelly, 1882 i st. N. w.,
guard:
The Washington times., 1938-07-21
Your |. O..
BY SHIRLEY SPENCER


PARIS: This is a special quiz
on France. The first five are
on aviation and the other five
general. Score 10 for each
question.
l. What is the name Of the
French flying field where Lind
bergh landed on his solo At
lantic flight?
2. What two Frenchmen were
the first to leave that flying
field in an attempt to make
the flight to America and were
lost?
3. What was the name of
their ship?
4. What two Frenchmen were
the first to succeed in making
the westward flight?
5. Who made the first world
record nonstop air flight?
6. What is the name of the
present Premier of France?
Z. Where is the (a) "Wingless
Victory and ID Venus de Milo
kept?
8. Where is the highest road
in Europe and where is it 10
Gated?
8. In what French city was
Jeanne de Arc burned?
10. What holiday in France
corresponds to our Fourth of
July and on what date is it
celebrated?
ANSWERS on Page 2l
The Washington times., 1938-07-21

although did complete high
school at night. I'm still inter-
ested in the medical profession
and I regret that I have never
been able to attain my boyhood
ambition. But if I ever won
the sweepstakes or found my.
self with lot of money, I would
resume my education"
X X
S. S. Gheen, 1852 Kilbourne
Pl. N. W., general insurance
agent:
The Washington times., 1938-07-21

domain that "their" United
States is heading tor an abyss,
at a break-neck pace, unless
immediate measures are taken
to prevent its reaching the
plummeting point, due of course
to our present-day political
philosophy.
To offset this inevitable ma
tional catastrophe, as the cham
ber observes it, a nationwide
publicity program will be set in
motion disseminating the doc
trines of those high in that
body'S inner circle,
The Washington times., 1938-07-21

W h re she
worked as o
C o m bination
S in G er and
drink ruStler
or hostess.
She said she
had done it to
pro ect her
honor, but as
she had al
ready toccnd
t h a t a W a y
elsewhere the
The Washington times., 1938-07-21
ROllin' Along
By ". A. s. Douglas

THINK this experience of mine would make good movie.
1t has everything that belongs in sob story and in
addition to that it is true The principal actor and actress
in the original drama still alive and doing WELL Therefore
can names.
Years ago. when cub reporter in eastern me-
tropos had part in covering big murder trial
only degree removed from office boy and for the space
of the trial indeed office boy My job to take
copy from the star reporter he wrote in court and
it to the editorial of the newspaper blocks away
A very pretty girl no par . s -, WAN soobo+
tcuar background had killed 4 tSs1o 80 ro soouood -
the proprietor of the night x;oS 20 SoS1 trouo
The Washington times., 1938-07-21

"My ambition as
a child was to be a
telegraph operator.
I entered the busi-
ness at Western
Union here in the
District W h e n I
was IA years old
and I've been in it
for 80 years. I was
The Washington times., 1938-07-21
He's Skeptical

Americas pseudo feudal
barons, the United States Cham
ber Of Commerce, has decreed
among their SNUG gentry that
what this nation woefully needs
at the moment is to be resold
on the theory, "the American
system for America"
1t is the definite opinion Of
these tycoons Of our business
The Washington times., 1938-07-21

dance on the stage more than
anything else. My ambitions
did materialize, and for five
years prior to 1928 I played
vaudeville. touring the country
from coast to coast. When the
talkies became the thing, vaude-
vile collapsed and so did my
song and dance act"
X 4
Raymond Fox, 1400 L st. N. w.,
printer:
The Washington times., 1938-07-21

the textile division OF a rayon,
manufacturing company, and I
do have to know a great deal
about electricity, machinery and
air-conditjoning. Although I did
start an engineering course, I
was not able to complete It,"
The Washington times., 1938-07-21

old Pennsylvania Station when
it was located at Sixth and the
Avenue N. W., and 1 used to
know all the engineers on the
line. However, when I was 18
years old I took a job in the in
surance business and I've been
in it ever SINCE"
X
]. E. Timberlake, 1905 B st.
S. E., telegraph operator:
The Washington times., 1938-07-21

miller, had a place Of business
on the Chicago and Northwest
ern railroad, near Omaha, Neb.
I got acquainted with different
engineers and they often gave
me rides. I was 18 when I got
a Job with the Government rail-
way mail service"
Il X
George A. Peters, of Elizabeth
ton, Tenn, textile worker:
The Washington times., 1938-07-21

II wanted to be a
locomotive e n g i.
neer. The idea fas-
cinated me more
than anything else.
I used to watch the
trains come roaring
by when I was a
boy. My father,
who was a flour
The Washington times., 1938-07-21

From the time I
was about 8 years
old, when I first
started going to the
theater, I wanted
to be an a ctor.
Va u d e willie was
what I was mostly
interested in and I
wanted to sing and
The Washington times., 1938-07-21
DoIorous Path

What the chamber hopes to
accomplish in its sweeping liter
ary program of enlightenment
is to extol the merits of the old
fashioned American system Of
barter as it existed before the
New Deal inception.
This momentous decision was
reached no doubt after thought.
full consideration of national
problems and of what the Roose.
velt Administration attempts to
accomplish by way of its billion
dollar spending program.
Finally. perhaps amid curling
rings of "perfecto or corona
blue" these high priests Of
business, in their swanky H
Street sanctum arrived at a
decision which leveled charges
at political wise-crackers. Spu-
rious economists and voodoo
press doctors" who, they claim,
are directly responsible for plac-
ing the nation on its dolorous
path.
The Washington times., 1938-07-21

II wanted to be
several things, but
particularly a doc
tor. When 1 was Is
I had to quit day
school, and so 1
started as a print
er's apprentice. I
gave up the idea of
becoming a doctor,
The Washington times., 1938-07-21

II wanted to be
a railroad engineer.
I had an uncle who
was associated with
the old Pennsyl-
vania railroad and
he certainly was
my hero when 1
was a small boy. I
used to go to the
The Washington times., 1938-07-21

my a m b It'll on
was to be an elec-
trical e gin e e r.
This desire C a m e
to me when I was
about II years old.
I loved to expert
ment with electric
ity. Now I work
as a supervisor in
The Washington times., 1938-07-21
Same Group

But surely there must be balm
from this unhappy state. Oh,
yes! And what's more they
have the proper formula to cor
rect these existent ills.
Their "cure-all" views will be
revealed in this national litera-
ture campaign, wherein stickers,
posters and handbills, outlining
their program for restoring the
nation to a state Of solvency and
freedom from perilous political
shoals, will be disclosed.
Here 1t might be pertinent to
The Washington times., 1938-07-21
Two Years. Slaughter

YTGHE Spanish civil was two years of age Sunday
In those two years Spain has lost perhaps 100000
human lives yet unreckoned sum in all forms
of wealth. great chunks of architectural and land prop
ery which people otherwise might have enjoyed ndef-
nely, and most of what influence Spain had nation
when the began.
We seem to detect streak of tragic irony in the whole
business
After two years, we find General Franco promising
separation of church and state and equitable dis
tribution of Spans wealth if he wins We the Loyal
w IVY lists piping down the extreme Reds
.VHY VUO of whom they at first so fond
LVcr Founhf9 and hoping to establish some sort of
- democratc-lberal setup suited to
Spans needs rather than to Marx formulas if they win
Well, then, why did the war have to be fought? Why
couldn't each side have given in little beforehand and
thus have saved the million lives the property etc. etc.?
The answer, we suppose, lies in human cussedness
human unwilngness to compromise. The bitterest
have usually been fought over intangible ideas beliefs
principles-and have usually ended in a common-sense
compromise between the two warning points of view Or
in bloody dictatorship of the winning point of view
All of which would indicate that we can win some-
thing from the Spanish if nobody else does. We
can learn that we'd better keep old American spirit
Of compromise well oiled and shined up, perhaps the
best shooting iron for the defense our democracy
But there will probably always be wars bootless
though many of them are So might be we'll to con-
slider the military lessons if any, of this ittle World
War"
For one thing, it has shown up the mi-
MUUGTy tations and demonstrated the practical
T of the airplane in land warfare The
0OO0 question whether the airplane has made
the battleshp back number remains undecided But
the planes value in demorazng infantry caught strung
out open roads has been shown time and again in this
Likewise the scouting planes usefulness for OBJ
servation purposes.
Machine superiority in this war has been the winning
factor land Whenever the Loyalists supplies from
Russia and France have shrunk, Francois italian and
German machine equipment has made gains for Franco
When the Loyass have recovered machine superiority
they have taken back territory.
And the value of tight military discipline so much de-
tested by many soldiers and civilians has been proved
anew in way which hasn't had as much publicity as it
might have There is foolng around about democratic
organization in Francois army There is plenty of in
the Loyalst armies, according to American military OBJ
servers-political commissars to act as ambassadors
between officers and men, the privileged to debate
among themselves to the wisdom of orders and to re-
fuse to obey orders if they don't like them.
This according to these same observers has given
Franco of edge than his machines and his nu-
merical strength have entitled him to- from the wars
beginning down to the present time
The Washington times., 1938-07-21
Traffic Toll

The list Of traffic victims in
the District of Columbia since
January /, 1888, is graphically
shown by the death watch.
The Washington times., 1938-07-21
George Safe and Sane

TYING GEORGE the Sixth of England and his plump,
N commonplace, little Scotch wife have, according to
the cables taken France by storm. Their receptions
everywhere have been something more than COM
plimentary ovatons In effect, the effervescent
curial Gaul aware of his defects bulldog, is
saying:
Here is England in the persons of the King and Queen
Solid, stolid, sound, unimagnative; firm rock and
as hard to move. Our friend in peace or in war;"
And with that thought in mind France looks to the
Rhine and gives coup de nez the English have
it, "a cock of the snoot to those who may be peekng.
Undoubtedly, the visit of George and Elizabeth will have
the dctators thinking before eaping-for while any,
how.
And, poring the cables students of foreign af-
fairs are likely to get clearer insight of what
The Washington times., 1938-07-21

alive and doing well. therefore
ub reporter in an eastern me-
ing a big murder trial. / was
n office boy, and for the space
sfice boy. My job was to take
$ he wrote it in court and run
newspaper, two blocks away.
was owned by man somewhat
past middle-age who seemed to
be a friend of everybody from
judge, jury and prisoner down
to the smallest of the little boys
who managed in some way to
inSinuate themselves into the
room. His features were vaguely
familiar to me-but I dismissed
the impression. I have met so
many thousands casually. And
he didn't seem to know me.
DUT then there came an
~ afternoon when, as he was
leaving the court, the editor
leaned over a woman in the
front row Of spectators, a good
looking, well-dreSsed woman,
who, like the editor, seemed to
know everybody. I had glanced
at them casually but as I re.
sumed work it struck me that
her features, like those of the
man, were familiar. glanced
back again-and caught the
woman pointing at me. Then
she got up and they both left
the room.
When I returned to the little
village hotel that evening I
found a note from the editor
asking me if I would have din.
ner at his home. The food in
the restaurants was terrible so
I was delighted to accept. He
opened the door for me and
ushered me into the living room
where his wife was preparing
cocktails.
"Well," he said, rather
brusquely, there's no need for
introductionS, I guess"
He astounded me by that
remark and I sought an expla.
nation.
DO you mean to say YOU don't
know us?" he asked, as his wife
stood watching us, definitely
agitated.
Both your faces are familiar
to me in some vague way" I
answered, "but I can't place
either one of you. Give me
time and I probably will if
worry enough about it. What's
all the bother?"
Il suppose" he said handing
me my drink, wed better tell
you and get it over with here
than have you remember some
where far away"
LIE was, as you have probably
A. concluded, the star reporter
Of those long gone days. And
she was, as you have also un.
doubtedly concluded, the girl
who had been convicted of muir
der. They had gone away to-
gether as soon as she had been
released and had successfully
buried the past in this little Mid
western village.
We had a good dinner, a
pleasant time-and talked far
into the night.
"You knew her before the
trial?" I asked at one time
while the lady was out of the
room.
1T was because of me it hap
pened," he said simply. He
had found out we loved each
other, planned to be married.
He said a good beating would
end that foolishness. It did,
for him."
1888. by Washington Times }
The Washington times., 1938-07-21
heInquiring
Photographer
The Washington Times in.
vites you to submit timely
and interesting questions to
be used in this column.
THE QUESTION

What was your boyhood ambi-
ton?
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THE ANSWERS
John w. Minis, Franklin Park
Hotel, salesman: