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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-12-23
Women In Love muv&um

"I've come to you in confidence, be-
cause I'm afraid there's something go
ing on in the Lingerie department of
which YOU should be informed" 1t was
not the first time that the Gift Shop
buyer had tattled to the "big shot"
of the store, who trusted her no more
than he trusted any other of his en-
ployees, with the exception of Paul
Bradley. But he listened for her spy
ing proclivities were Grade A, and
she was usually fairly accurately in
formed, he had discovered.
"Humph!" grunted Herman, turning
fishy eye on Brenda, go ahead!'
"You know that line of lingerie we
advertised last Sunday week ago,
in the big double spread? =? D'you know
why we're stuck with it? It's be-
cause Marcus & Pickard are terrifi-
cally underselling us with the same
quality goods-the identical same
stuff as Miss Delafield ordered in
quantities from O'Hallahan!"
"Is-that-so?" Herman leaned
back in his swivel chair, his eyes on
Brenda, his thick lips nervously roll
ing the soggy end of his cigar.
The Gift Shop buyer nodded. Wait
ed. Knew what was coming.
"She's been buying heavily from
this fellow ever since she's been in
charge. Only yesterday, Mo Seiden-
baum was in here complaining that
he can't get look-in from her. IS
matter of fact, l been putting two
and two together and they don't make
four!" said Herman Weiss.
"She naturally wouldn't give Mo a
tumble when she's around every
where with Tim O'Hallahan." Brenda
replied.
$50 she steps out with him, huh 2"
"He had her in box at the Opera
last night, and what she wore certain
ly didn't come out of her pay check
not out of forty week-you under
stand?"
81 get you."
"It's shame" said willy Brenda,
"that you should be landed with a
big consignment of goods that won't
move. And the space that was given
it in the Sunday layout, and again
last Wednesday. People have been
kidding about it mean, the other
buyers"
"Does Bradley know all this?''
"I haven't any idea," said Brenda.
"He ought to-" Herman pressed a
button on his desk, and rose. He had
his own opinion of Ann Delafield-
those stuck-up Delafields who had dar
ed to snub his daughters-why! Now
he remembered that Becky had had
quite crush on Tim O'Hallahan and
Tim hadn't been around to see he1
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-12-23

Lollie? 1t would kill her mother
if disgrace came to the family! Or
was it Claire crying? For a long
time she had dreaded while she an
ticipated calamity to her eldest sister,
with her mania for contract, her mad
passion to win.
At the turn of the key in the lock,
Carol Ditmar came out into the little
entrance lobby, ordered Ann into the
nearest bedroom-which was Lollie's
closed the door.
"If she'd only told me she wanted
money I'd have got it for her some
how! But it's too late now! he'll
get sentencel" Carol announced dra-
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-12-23
nnatically.

matically.
whats happened?" In the midst
of her own shock and terror, it was
amazingly borne in on Ann that
Claire's best friend was revelling in
her downfall, or something very like
it. 1t was horrible.
"She's done something terriblel
Why, there was a case in the papers
similar, only week or so ago, and
the man got from ten to twenty years!
Of course he'd spent the insurance
money on the jewelry, and fortunately
Claire hasn't, for she hadn't got it,
Ann gripped her wrist so hard that
Carol stopped short. "For heavens
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-12-23

sake, cut it out, and get to the pointl"
snapped Ann. q
Continued next week
The Washington times., 1938-01-19
Doubtful of Reed

The selection of Stanley Reed
as the new Supreme Court jus
tice has been accepted with such
acclaim by the conservative
press that this New Dealer views
with alarm the possibility that
Reed may be another Mercy
nolds in liberal clothing.
Here Mr.. Roosevelt, with the
chance to definitely swing the
bench over to the Democritic
view, again becomes conciliatory
by appointing a man who isn't
so far from conservatism that
he might not be affected by the
general atmosphere of the Su-
preme Court.
While the Solicitor General
has staunchly defended the New
Deal before the High Tribunal,
the odious comparison can be
made that the lawyer who ie-
fends a criminal before the
court isn't also considered a
criminal.
While that should give the
Tories a laugh, I would like to
leave them with the disconso-
The Washington times., 1938-01-19
Wilkes Sell-Out Offer

Serious consideration ought to be given by the Gov
ernment to the offer of President Wendell L. Willkie,
of Commonwealth and Southern, to sell this big hold
ing company's Southeastern utility properties to the
Government 1t is most likely bluff, or if Mr.. Will
kie means it, his asking price would most likely be
fair valuation plus the book value of any
fFoooo1y water that may have crept into Common
a 0'"' wealth and Southems stock or bond is
sues. Nevertheless the offer should be looked into
and the price whitfield down to fair figure if Mr..
Willke really wants to SELL
! The language in which Mr. Willkie couched his
offer gave the impression that the President is trying
to run private enterprise out of electric power alto
gether and turn it into nation wide Government mo-
nopoly.
President Roosevelt has avowed such an in
tention. The most he has proposed is that regional
Government power projects be set up yardsticks,
gauges measuring rods, so that power in the
various natural power regions of the United States
may know approximately what rates they should and
should not pay for power
These projects, furthermore, are planned to tie in
with great deal of necessary work which private
power companies cannot undertake because it pays
no cash profits-food CONTROL irrigation, erosion
prevention, forestaon and reforesation navigation
aids, etc.
In Sweden, we are reliably informed, these prob
lens are lot farther along toward satisfactory solu
ton than they here. The power produced at many
- uonno,,od Swedish waterfall is sold in equal
y. c1rIJn quantities by three agencies-one-
third by government power trust,
one-third by local power cooperative one-third by
private power company. With three powerdistrib-
utng agencies playing watchdog against one another,
rate putting is very difficult.
If private power magnates wouldn't get quite so
furious or have such Redhued nightmares every time
somebody proposes to put reasonable dent in the
monopolies so many of them enjoy, might be able
to work out such equitable system of power dis
tribuon in this country. That believe, is the OBJ
jecve the Roosevelt administration hopes to win; and
we can't see what's wrong with it.
York Daily News
The Washington times., 1938-01-19
The Lines of Worry

For the first time a unique
survey to determine the actual
causes of face lines has been
conducted. I recently made such
a survey and discovered the
following, which I thought
might interest you:
Premature lines under and
near the eyes result when peo-
pie are worried about love mat
ters.
Money troubles express them
selves in the small lines around
the mouth.
Furrowed foreheadS and
wrinkled brows are usually the
heritage Of parents who worry
about their offspring.
Cheek and jowl wrinkles result
when people worry about social
and civic matters.
Frown lines above the bridge
of the nose are usually from
worrying about politics and
general matters. ]. 8.
The Washington times., 1938-01-19

mentioned in your editorial we
agree with only one, namely,
Carter Glass.
While I am not an editor per.
nit me to name nine others in
addition to Glass, who, in my
opinion, are most deserving Of
honor, as follows: Bailey,
Bridges Burke, Byrd, George,
Holt, Hiram johnson, McCarran
and Vandenberg.
OF this number my first choice
would be Senator Burke, because,
in my opinion, there Is no one
in the Senate for whose sin
cerity, integrity, moral and poll
tical courage, patriotism and
loyalty to our institutions, I
have a higher regard.
ALEXANDER s. LANIER.
The Washington times., 1938-01-19

weakling husbands of fine
men tricked by worthless wives.
Everything gone at last-and
then the bitter cry that good
ness doesn't pay!"
BUT IS SUCH SACRIFICE
GOODNESS" I don't believe
it is.
Sacrifice, within healthy
limits, is a beautiful and gallant
thing a necessary discipline
for fine character. But when it
passes those limits, when it robs
the Giver and makes a bum of
the Getter, it becomes a blight.
WE DO HAVE A DUTY TO
HUMANITY BUT THAT
DUTY BEGINS WITH OUR
SELVES. EACH ONE OF US
HAS A SACRED MISSION
TO BECOME HIS OWN BEST
AND MOST USEFUL SELF.
AND THE PERSON WHO VIO-
LATES THAT MISSION IS AS
TRULY A CRIMINAL AS ANY
THIEF OR MURDERER-AND
GETS JUST ABOUT AS MUCH
APPRECIATION IN THE END.
Lorella isn't a mistreated
martyr. She's a plain gutter,
who is getting her due. Her life
want broken because her
mother bound her or her brother
failed her. 1t was broken be-
cause Lorella herself didn't safe
guard it. If we don't proclaim
and protect our own rights, no
one else will or should.
There is always a point in
sacrifice where we can do our
duty to ourselves, as we'll as to
the other fellow, if we'll just ad-
NIT it. Lorella's duty to her
brother ceased when he became
a man. Right then she should
have forced Ted to assume his
own responsibility-and made
a life for herself.
BUT SACRIFICE IS A HABIT
FORMING DRUG WHICH
BOTH BINDS AND BLINDS
US. Nine times out of ten such
mobility" is an unconscious
mask for self-righteous egotism
the will-to-power-or plain
snoopiness.
Beware of playing God. He's
quite able to do that job him.
self. All He asks of each of us
is to make as useful a citizen as
possible out Of Exhibit A.
(This column welcones and
requests comments. Letters pre-
Senting personal problems may
also be sent. All letters WiU be
handled conttdeptialIy and an
SDered promptly If stamped. Gd.
dressed envelopes are includedJ.
The Washington times., 1938-01-19
Muzzling Debate

A visitor in Washington, I
attended the House session at
which the Ludlow resolution
was presented by it's sponsor.
This resolution was first intro
duced three years ago, in Jar1u-
ary, 1885, and was recently dis
charged from the Judiciary Com
mittee by petition of 21s mem.
bers Of the House.
Speaker Bankhead, leaving the
chair to speak against the pro-
posed amendment, stated 1t was
the gravest question submitted
to Congress in the 20 years he
has been a member.
And yet debate Of this impor-
tant measure. "the gravest in 20
years." in the words Of the
Speaker, was limited to half an
hour.
Proponents Of the measure,
endeavoring to express their
views in the 80 to so seconds al
lowed them, were silenced
again and again with the fall Of
the gavel. Even applause in the
gallery for speakers favoring
the resolution was promptly 81.
fenced by the attendants.
If discussion is muzzled now,
what are we to expect in the
future?
F.. BRAUNsDORF.
The Washington times., 1938-01-19

A man will close his eyes
and plunge blindly into love
affair or a romance as he
plunges into a swimming pool;
but a woman goes cautiously
step by step and is careful not
to get beyond her depth.
A man goes into marriage,
expecting to find eternal
glamour and romance; but a
woman knows there is no per-
lection this side of Paradise and
is satisfied if she can find COM
panionship and tranquility of
mind.
A man looks forward to life
as one long voyage of Adventure,
The Washington times., 1938-01-19
Good Work, G-Men

CAPTURE of Peter Anders, confessed kidnaper and
~ killer of Charles S. Ross, keeps the G-men's mag
nifcent antkidnap record up to par. It adds, too,
another piece Of proof for the weestabshed theory
that only fools or amateurs go in for kidnapping now
adays
Mr.. Anders, fairly successful small time bank
robber went silly after snatching Ross and killing him
K;Uors and his Anders, partner in the crime. The
kidnaper~killer took the $4,000 ransom
N01e0 money he had extorted from Mrs. Ross,
left trail of ransom bills at race tracks the
country from Miami to Los Angeles. Too simple
minded, apparently to realize that when Uncle Sam
gets in on kidnap case he can cross State lines.
The Washington times., 1938-01-19

our own juice?
Lorella wants to know-and
her letter speaks for thousands
in the same predicament.
The story's typical. A death.
bed promise to her dying mother
that she'd care for her baby
brother. Then Lorella left High
School to make a home for her
father and Baby Ted-only to
shortly take up the bread-win-
ner's problem when her father
died.
Not so hard at first. She was
young and full Of dreams her
self. And there was her own
lover to help her watch and
plan. Some day soon, when Ted
was a little older, they'd
marry. ...
X
Then, suddenly, Ted was older
was married young him
self . . was standing beside a
dead young wife and a new
born baby. So, for Lorella, the
trail began again. First Ted
now the baby. Would her own
time never come? Her lovers
eyes were growing weary.
And then again, Ted married.
But the new wife didn't want
another woman's child"
THE kid'll be better with you
anyway, Sis" said Ted-and
went his way. And the lover
went likewise, grown indifferent
at last, to marry a more eager
mate.
Tears, then such agonies
of love-starved tears in the
lonely nights. But the boy was a
joy. And it was warming to hear
them say, Hasn't Lorella Wayne
been wonderful! A perfect
saint" So the years passed with
her life folding, closer and
closer, about the boy. And then,
as suddenly as his father, he too
married went his thought
less, happy way.
And now Lorella's crying out
the rancor of the cheated years.
"It isn't fair! I did my best
gave all I had and what
have I gotten in return? Moth
ing .. mo thanks . no ap-
probation just selfish, cold
forgetfulness. Taking everything
:. and now no one cares what
happens to me! Yet they say
that goodness pays! But it
doesn't-it Doesn't"
X \ X
The old universal cry. The cry
Of parents over spoiled, migrate
full children of wives who
have thrown their lives away for
The Washington times., 1938-01-19
Only to Ask

TT is severe indictment which Miss Helen Eliza
beth Brown, president Of the Maryland Branch of
the National Woman s Party, brings against the Con-
stitution of the United States in declaring that
woman's rights are not protected by it.
But the situation is not iTemediabe. Past expert
ence has shown that when American women want any
thing they have only to ask and it shall be given
In less than score of Years they have attained
than it took the unprvieged classes of the male
sex to obtain in centuries.
Whatever rights are still lacking to women all that
is necessary is to have the masse demand them
The only waiting.
The Washington times., 1938-01-19

full of surprises and exciting
conquests. But a woman steers
her ship into quiet waters and
keeps her hand steady upon the
helm.
For in spite of all his boasted
common sense, a man is, at
heart, a dreamer and a
romanticist, fitting at wind
mills, listening for the song of
the siren and seeing visions in
the stars.
And it is WOMAN who is
the steering gear upon his Air
ship Of Dreams.
The Washington times., 1938-01-19
Wise Words

If there is anything better
than to be loved, it is loving
Anon.
A decent boldnesS ever meets
with friends-Pope.
knowledge is proud that he
has learned so much: wisdom
is humble that he knows no
more.-Cowper.
A man can bear a worlds con-
tempt when he has that within
which says he's worthy.-Alex-
ander Smith.
A great deal of talent is lost
to the world for the want Of a
little courage-Sydney Smith.
Necessity will teach man,
however stupid he be, to be
wise.-Euripides.
In the use, not in the bare
possession lies the merit-Gil.
bert West.
The grave is but the thres-
hold Of eternity.-Southey.
The Washington times., 1938-01-19
Dgct1ltcut<tzeA Nf
People
o.
BY F. Romsr
LORD TENNYSON

LORD ] ENNISON
THE poet, Lord Tenny-
| son, was extremely
hard to meet, and socially
"difficuIt." When one
girl realized her dream Of
meeting him. she sat in
embarrassed silence, Bro
ken by his abrupt state
ment: Tour stays
creak!" She ran in dis
may. only to find he pur-
sued her, unshakabIy. FL
naIIy cornerine her in a
garden, he painted: u beg
your Pardon"- n"-puff, puff
1T was my braces that
creaked!"
Copyright. 1888, By F. ROmsr.
The Washington times., 1938-01-19
Wallace on Wallace

A paragraph over the sigma
ture of the Hon. Henry c. Wal
lace, Secretary of Agriculture in
1921, and father of the present
Secretary, is Of interest.
This paragraph appears on
page IS of the 1921 Year Book
of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture and reads
as follows:
GAS is always the case in such
periods of depression Gas this),
many welI-meaning men come
forward with ill-considered
measures. Visionary schemes
of all kinds are presented. Some
would have the Government
take charge of the larger busi-
ness enterprises; others would
have the Government under
take to fix prices either arbi-
trarily or indirectly by buying
up surplus crops.
1.-The experience Of 5000 years
shows the impracticability of
such efforts"
How often sons fail to meas
ure up to the stature Of their
fathers
WESLEY C. ROEDER.
The Washington times., 1938-01-19

health in win
ter and I am
more active.
Summer is so
warm that it
makes me feel
lis t less and
d e pre- S sed,
while in win
ter I am near
ly always full
of pep. Be
sides, I lik e
winter sports.
The Washington times., 1938-01-19

late thought that Mr.. Roosevelt
is nothing if not the practical,
step-by.step politician; and if
any more vacancies should oc-
cur on the court, it will probably
find them tearing out their hair
with horror at the names and
PHILOSOPHERS of new appointees.
NEW DEALER.
The Washington times., 1938-01-19
Deserving Senators

It appears from your editorial
of the 18th instant, that the
Advertising Club Of Baltimore
is conducting a poll of news
paper editors as to the 10 mem
bers of the United States Senate
most deserving of honor.
Of the 10 selected by you and
The Washington times., 1938-01-19
Marry-GO-ROund
By Helen ROWlapd


Copyright, King Syndicate nc)
A MAN will try to pattern himself after the hero
IA he worshpped in his boyhood; but Sc
riousy doubts the perfections of her book-herones
and is satisfied to model her clothes after Kay Francis
do her hair like Carlo and pattern her after
Katharine Hepburn or Ginger Rogers
The Washington times., 1938-01-19

the heat OF
summer than
the cold of
the winter, al
t h o u g h I
don't re a lily
mind the cold.
There are so
m any more
] n I q + eSCu1B
things to do
in W a r m
weather, such
as swimming
The Washington times., 1938-01-19

cause I am so
c o ! d right
now. But, Sc
riously, it is
much m or e
fun in the
summer time.
I like swim
ming, b o a t e.
in g, h ors E.
b a c k riding
and all other
S u m m e r
sports. B u t
The Washington times., 1938-01-19
urnner. There

of the year that I really enjoy
the most is the spring, when
the weather is brisk and every
thing appears so fresh and
new"
X 4 X
Miss Ruth Perks, Alb Ninth
st. S. W., waitress:
II would much rather endure
The Washington times., 1938-01-19

Il like sum-
mer b e t t er.
Al t h o ugh 1
was born in
De c ember I
never did like
t h e C 0 ! d
weather, even
then. MY idea
of a perfect
life would be
to S p e d my
W in ers in
Bermuda and
The Washington times., 1938-01-19

t e rr e d the
W / n t er, but
not winters in
w a shington,
b e C auSe the
weather is too
variable. Be-
sides we do
not have real
snow, and I
should like to
participate in
winter sports.
w / n t e r
The Washington times., 1938-01-19
LISTEN, WORLD!
By Elsie Robinson
IS SACRIFICE A BLESSING OR A BLIC

OAOhIFICE n a
(copyiEht by King Syndicate Inc)
m HIS business of sacrificing lives for others
what do you think of it? Is it blessed and beauti-
full :. . or a crime against nature? And should
be honored for doing it . or allowed to stew in
The Washington times., 1938-01-19

my summers IN Miami, so I
could spend half of my time sit
ting in a boat fishing regard
less of the season"
X 4
Miss Helen Noble, 436 Manor
Pl. N. W., general office clerk:
Winter. I have always pre-
The Washington times., 1938-01-19

weather here is a disappoint-
ment, because if we have a good
snow it turns into a messy slush
before long"
X X X
Harry Maxim, 833 Fourteenth
st. N. W., salesman:
IT like the summer. There
The Washington times., 1938-01-19
The Inquiring
Photographer
The Washington Times In
vites you to submit timely
and interesting questions to
be used in this column.
THE QUESTION
Which do you like better
summer or winter weather?

THE ANSWERS
Miss Louise Goddard, 4213
Twelfth st. N. E.. clerk-typist:
Winter. 1 feel in better
The Washington times., 1938-01-19

is n o t h i n g
that I enjoy
more than to
bathe in the
sun on the
beaches. And
I e S pecially
like all the
S u m m e r
sports, p ar
tt u ! a r ly
S W i'm m j ng
and baseball.
But the time
The Washington times., 1938-01-19

and I wish washington Weather
were more suitable"
X
Mrs. Mary Coffey, 1920 Law.
renee st. N. E., housewife:
Summer. suppose it Is be-
The Washington times., 1938-01-19

and picnics. also like to get
out in the evening and walk a
lot In summer"
The Washington times., 1938-01-19
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE

addresses
hewriters be omitted upon request
The Washington times., 1938-01-19

when it is very cold or when it
SHOWS, almost feel like hiber-
mating, as I certainly dislike be-
ing out in the cold"
X
E.E. Jester, 500 Carroll Ave,
Takoma Park, Md, optical bust
necc.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-05
ATTORNEY LARKIN
 FILES $l5O SUIT
Cross Complaint Instituted By Edwin Jones Against
 Former Local Man

Is an attorney who advises his client to skip a bond guilty of negligence? This question will be put to Judge Edward J. Finn today when the $50 action of Attorney Robert D. Larkin, now of New Mil- ford, against Edwin Jones, comes to trial in the court of common pleas. The defendant has filed a cross complaint for $250.
 Attorney Larkin, formerly of this city, seeks damages of $150 for rep resenting third party, known to MT. Jones. The representation was in connection with a motor vehicle charge presented in NewtoWn police court March 15, 1886. Bonds of $250 for the release of the third party was posted by MT. Jones.
 MT. Jones has filed cross com- plaint against Attorney Larkin, stat ing he owes nothing for counsel services, and seeking damages of $250. The $250 is the amount of the bond which MT. Jones lost when the other parties skipped, all allegedly on advise of Attorney Larkin.
 Attorney W. w. Smyth appears for the plaintiff with Attorney James E. Russell defending.