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The Washington times., 1938-09-01
ROllln' Along
By ". A. s. Douglas

ONOW HILL, MD, Sept. Here ran into a very
- splendid old gentleman who of the writings of
Charles Dickens into type. People might declare that i'm
possible, Dickens died in 1870 and my printer is in his
seventies But many of the great noves books set
up here after his death and such the punct in those
days that the original manuscript would be sent from
England its contents handse and then returned the
water.
The printer, Mr.. Clarence Vincent, is editor and
has been for half century He lives in this very pleasant
little Eastern Shore town, power in the community
joys the friendship of governors senator's and represent
aves-no matter what side of the fence they be
and gets out every Thursday, the Democratic Messenger
Editor Vincent, it might be mentioned in passing, is
for Mlard Tdngs for United States Senator But he will
lock his office next Monday-even holidays he goes
through the exchangegrab his stick and walk up to the
the President of the United States 60 by and
to cheer him as he does
Even if we don't agree" s., Tz,,;o, 49, ~ ~. ;oh
Vincent explained to me- "he's - Irs4 xo - dn uoors
the PreSdent-and there hasn't e, I:cL ,: 60 ~ -;
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Dictator Roosevelt Fails to
Purge Cotton Ed Smith

HTVHEY had an election down in South Carolina day
before yesterday and the electorate voted 175,OOO
to 40 900 to give the Democratic nomination for Senator
to Cotton Ed Smith, This is tantamount to election. If
Cotton Ed lives he virtually certain of being Senator
during the next years. despite the fact that the Presi
dent labelled him a reactionary who looks backward
instead OF forward; man who thinks that SO cents
90 day is enough for any
ShOUs Absurdity worker Though Cotton
NJ ru7uu,;t,, uo,r1oro Ed later tried to laugh
W off that observation by
saying that he meant only alegorical way) This
election shows up the absurdty of the
who have been saying that President Roosevelt is
dictator If he really dictator, Cotton Ed Smith
would be in the Bastille; if he really conducting
purge, Cotton Ed would be welterng in his own gore
at the foot of wall
Smith won his campaign largely because he appealed
to race prejudice the real theory behind his campaign
being that so cents day is too good for any Negro
and if this hurt white workers. too WELL it all
for the best So far his future goes in Washington
It will go about the it has. Cotton Ed has always
been against the President and his newfangled Socialist
ideas. He'll continue to be, only perhaps more so.
The Presidents comment 1T is often true that
It takes long, long time to bring the past up to the
present.
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marry unless I think my love for
my husband would last a life
time. I believe that as couples
grow older, romance is replaced
by affection, love, companion-
ship for each other and interest
in their home and children"
4
r. A. Mack, 1921 New York
Ave. N. w., manager Of a type
writer store:
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Against Tydings

Although often in complete
disagreement with you on many
issues, in this my first letter to
your paper, I am constrained
to applaud the refreshing In
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mot until I am
at least IS. Ro
nance is liable to
come into a per
sons life at any
age. According to
n e wspaper stories,
many old folk find
rom antic inspira-
tion that causes
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"I haven't the
slightest idea. I'll
have to wait until
I'm old to find out.
I haven't gotten to
that age yet, but I
expect to be fit for
romance when I'm
pretty old. Just be-
cause a compare
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II really don't
know. At IS, per-
haps. In any case,
I doubt if I would
be interested in ro-
nance after IS, re-
gardlesS Of whether
I were an old maid
or a widow. OF
course. I shall not
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them to get married. There are
the December-May romances,
some of which are zeal and last
ing, and there are the romances
that involve two old people.
There are many men and women
who are comparatively young
physically when they are past
so. Besides, romance can last a
lifetime. I've been married 10
years and I'm still most ro-
mantle about the girl"
X + 4
Elvin w. Van Vliet, 213 Ninth
CT @ Wy bnr,HHoarors
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a person Of any age can desire
the love and companionship Of
a person of the opposite sex. OF
course, romance is more intri-
guing to young people, but a per-
son of any age can get into such
state, since it is also a product
of the mind"
X 4
E. T. Hammett, 942 I st. N. w,
ract to1,ro,of ov,a,@Joxyas
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II shall never
consider myself too
old for romance. I
don't believe old
age can make me
lose the romantic
feeling I have for
my husband, even
if I live to be 80.
It seems to me that
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been q PreSi-
dent through
the East rn
S h ore since
Andy j a k.
sons day. I
S h ii Ger.
t a inly be
proud to go
up there and
take my hat
off to Mr..
RooSeve 1t
th0IIUh 7 shall
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every night for a dozen years,
fully qualified him for an edi.
tors desk. He started the Dem
ocratic Messenger after a leis-
urely journey through Maryland
and the Eastern Shore. He
found Snow Hill, in his opinion,
the prettiest of the little towns
he visited-so there he set up
his printing press.
He lives the contented, happy
life that every newspaper man
Of middle age or past hopes to
live but which he rarely is able
to bring about. A good news
paper man who has been care
full and has had no misfortune
should be able to save up
enough money to buy such q
newspaper as the Democratic
Messenger and enjoy himself
ever after. Few do it.
Mr.. Vincent has the untidiest
and yet the most thoroughly
newSpaper-like office have ever
visited. His desk is piled high
with correspondence, some Of it
beginning to yellow, but still he
can find what he wants in a
very short space of time. Al
though Snow Hill has a popula-
tion of not more than 1000 peo-
pie, there was a continuous
string of callers during the time
I sat in the editors office. Half
dozen subscriptions were paid
in the space Of an hour which,
if that's an average, would make
the Messenger one Of the most
profitable businesses on the
Shore.
EDITOR VINCENT is no cru
- sader. He is the friend Of
everybody in Worcester county
and it is safe to say that every
man, woman and child in Wor-
ceSter county calls him friend.
He hopes Senator Tydings gets
the nomination and he is per.
sonally working hard to that
end. But if Mr.. Lewis is the
choice Of the people he will be
for Mr.. Lewis. And though he
is partisan himself right now
he does not permit his news
paper to be that.
"I'm a believer in the friendly
editorial he told me. "Take
both sides of the question, pre-
sent them and discuss their
merits
"In other words" ventured,
you're a bit Of a fence-rider."
May be- he grinned, "but I
only ride one fence. There are
some people in this campaign
who are riding three"
(Copyright 1888. by Washington
Hera Id .TipoaaN
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That's a diff
cult question to an
Swer. Also I'm won
dering just what is
romance. It seems
to me that after a
man is physically
old, he is not capa-
BILE of what I'd con-
slider romance, yet
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Point of Information

I keep reading in the papers
about something called the
Gran Chaco, and will somebody
please tell me what the Gran
Chaco is? Is it one of those
planes the Russians were flying
in the Spanish civil war, or is it
yet a racehorSe, or what, please,
Is it, PUZZLED SCHLEMIEI.
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tions. I'd like to get married
when I'm about as and hope
to always be romantic about the
girl I marry"
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Wise Words

The difference between a
career and a job is that you get
regular pay for the job.
One Of the tragedies Of life
Is that many Of the people who
work for a living never get it.
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TheInquiring
Photographer
The washington Times In
vites you to submit timely
and interesting questions to
be used in this column.
THE QUESTION

At what age would you con-
slider yourself too old for ro-
nance?
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"I'll never be too
old. I believe ro-
nance Is more than
just being physi-
cally fit, but 1t is
also a state Of the
mind. and as long
as a person can
think, he is apt to
have romantic no
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lively old man marrieS a young
girl is no sign that he is foolish
or in his second childhood.
There are many men who are
still physically young who are
old in years."
X 4 4
Michael Cook, 4316 Fourth st.
NJ VIZ YnnSSonUnrs
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Traffic Toll

The list Of traffic victims In
the District Of Columbia since
January /, 1898, is graphically
shown by the death watch.
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THE ANSWERS

Mrs. Elizabeth Barr, 935 Boni-
fant St., Silver Spring, Md,
beautician:
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VOICE OF THE PEOPLE

Names and addresses Of
writers will Q omitted upon request
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THE CALIFORNIA ELECTION

In California Sheridan Downey who ran on platform
promising $50 week in scrip to every non-worker over
60 has defeated William Gibbs McAdoo for the Demo-
cratic Senatorial nomination. Not many people nowadays
are working after 50; certainly most of them won't work
If they can get $50 week without lifting hand.
The critics of democracy say that this country will
finally founder crackpot schemes like Downeys, and
they may be right The poor will always to the polls
and vote themselves into
Not O. Theory money, if they That is one
P,,+ ~ Tond1fiou reason why President Roose-
velts program to redistribute
wealth by new taxes WPA, etc.. is so important If more
people had money to pay taxes and buy uxures in other
words if more Americans had property stake in the
country such an appeal to cupdity this couldn't be sue
cessfuly made But in present situation, when ten
men have over 100 million dollars each, and ten million
men have nothing it's only natural that the ten million
men will try to vote themselves into of the gravy
The haveno these days of radio appeals and panacea-
promisers going to try to remedy the situation by
doing something for themselves. This is not theory;
it's condition.
Another important Senatorial campaign still in prog
ress We refer to Maryland where they are speaking OF
4Ioo
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"CARPETBAGGER ROOSEVELT

CAn1 DAUU1IN 1NOOOOV AAA
Senator Mlard Tydings and his friends carefully
fostering the idea that if the President into Mary
land as he plans do speak behalf of Representa-
tive David j. Lewis Tydings opponent then he will be
another Northern carpetbagger tampng on the South
Lewis seems to U.S. has put the fairly He
that within his Congressional district he represents
the people of that district they his constituents and
he is answerabe only
Roosevelt Represents to them Tydings is
The Whole Country Senator from ary-
of MARYLAND are his constituents And Roosevelt Presi
dent of the United States all the people of the United
States are his constituents To say that Roosevelt
speak only in New York Or some maintain, only in
Duchess County, because his home is there is silly the
face of it. The people of Maryland helped elect him. and
they can help reject him by returning Tydngs, if they
wish to- The President has right to express his views,
and his views are that Tydings is reactionary who
should be taken out of the Senate The people of Mary
land agree disagree, but they certainly have
right to listen to him.
(From he York
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10 CHe6I HILII dS H6 UUeS So
Even If we don't agree" Mr..
Vincent explained to me, "he's
the President-and there hasn't
Evening star., 1938-11-13

gaming, and to q lesser extent mush-
ing. in the north woods or In Cali
fornia.
No longer are these sports In this
country confined to the relatively
few who from early youth, living
in regions where snow lasts from
November to April. have indulged
their more or less local sport. Nor
to those enthusiasts who could af-
ford transatlantic crossing and
the cost of stays in the Alpine and
Pyrenean resorts, not to mention the
accessories popularized in winter
sports indulgence in Europe. All
the yearnings of the ski enthusi-
astS may now be satisfied at home.
The vast mountain slopes within
the borders of the United States are
now being made increasingly ac-
ceSsible for winter sports under the
developing policy of the park service.
Even at Washington's Doorstep.
Many national parks of the West
Rocky Mountain In Colorado,
Glacier in Montana, Crater Lake in
Oregon, Mount Rainier in WASH
ington and Lassen Volcanic, Yo-
semitic, and Sequoia in California,
afford excellent winter sports. In
Maine Acadia is popular as a winter
playground, and even as far south
as the Shenandoah National Park,
Virginia. skiing is becoming more
and more common, but for shorter
and more intermittent periods be-
cause of the climate.
Under the policy adopted by the
National Park Service, United
States Department of the Interior,
to develop winter sports to the ut
most informal winter use." skiing
and tobogganing do not entail ex-
cessive expense.
Skiing. considered the most popu-
lar of the winter sports in recent
years. requires climatic and snow
conditions. AS a consequence these
elements guide the park service in
the facilities provided. Because of
variable conditions in the various
national parks and other Federal
areas administered by the park
service. no definite time schedule
is arranged as to seasonal opening
and closing.
Facilities Outlined.
The winter Fairgrounds of the
national parks, nevertheless, can
now be outlined as follows:
Mount Rainier National Park,
Washington. only few hours away
from the wild Puget Sound coun-
try, will likely provide skiing by
the end of this month. The sea-
son usually lasts until April. Ma
tional skiing championships and
the Olympic trials have been held
there in the past. Mountain slopes
equaling anything in Europe,
covered with tightly packed snow
Evening star., 1938-11-13
Short Cruise Males Given
Advice on Uniform of the Day.

NEW YORK, Nov. IA cruise
hostess has come to bat" for the
mere male passenger.
She is Miss Ottilie George, who
has noted that nobody tells the man
what to wear on his tropical holiday
to the West Indies Every early win
ter quoting Miss George the Amer
ican press breaks out in a contagious
rash of articles that coach women
cruisers on how to costume them
selves to be charming, comfortable,
cool and carefree aboard ship and
on the shore excursions. But all
hands neglect to outline the uni
form of the day-and night-for
that really essential section Of the
cruise crowd. the menfolks.
So Miss George, after a bit of
consultation, gives the following ad-
vice to the boys of all ages:
Travel light.
Don't attempt to carry a trunk.
just couple of bags or cases, and
pack those with the essentials.
Comfort and Fun Rule.
Remember you are going South
for fun, to play and lounge and
recreate, and that the whole show
is going to be staged in summery
weather and largely out-of doors
Therefore all your habiliments
should be cool and comfortable. For
sports the well-dressed male cruiser
will carry along shorts, rubber -soled
shoes for deck games, light sweater
and bathing suit for the ships pool
and the shore beaches.
For everyday wear aboard ship
and ashore slackS and sport coats
are ideal. How many? Well, how
many have you. and how many do
you want to carry? One coat and
couple of pairs of slacks are the
minimum.
Still Dress for Dinner.
Cruises are informal, and grow
more so every season. A man doesn't
have to worry about making an ap-
pearance in a fresh creation" at
dinner or dance in order to feel
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complacent and be popular. However,
the tradition of dressing for dinner
still exists at sea-in modified
form. No one has to wear full dress,
with tails, and it would be OVERRIDING
the conventions to do so. But men
cruisers should have a pair of dinner
jackets, one black and one white.
for evening wear; or If only one,
make that a white one and be at
ease in the low latitudes.
Outside garments must include a
raincoat "a very light one) and
whatever kind Of warm coat one
wears for going away. The latter
will be shed a day out, anyway, and
may not be needed until the ship
is pretty well north again on the
homewardbound run. Hats are no
problem whatever. Most men don't
wear any at sea, and the one that's
worn aboard will do for all pur-
poses, If any.
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rs feet deep, provide excellent sport.
A temporary ski-tow is rugged up
each winter to carry the skiers to
the top Of the famous Silver Ski
course from Camp Muir, 10000 feet
up. This course involves almost
miles Of skiing and turning. with
q vertical drop Of q mile over the
length of the course.
A convenient winter playground
is in Rocky Mountain National
Park. Colorado, so miles northwest of
Denver, on the front range of the
Rockies. Hotel accommodations are
available at the village OF Estes
Park, Colo, throughout the year,
and roads are kept open to the
skiing country, where the heavy
snowfall assures fine sport in the
winter. Various types Of skiing are
possible, together with tobogganing
and ash-can sliding. Skijoring is
indulged in at Grand Lake, and
there is skating on some Of the
smaller lakes and ponds. The sea-
son usually opens in January.
In California, four national parks
have winter sports-Lassen Volcanic,
Yosemite. Sequoia and General
Grant. In LaSsen the season opens
in December and lasts until the last
OF April. Lassen Is in the northeast
ern part Of the State. Down the
slopes of this majestic volcano, the
only recently active one in the Con-
tinental United States. course the
ski slides and toboggan runs.
yosemite. popular as winter
sports area. provides skiing, includ-
Ing skijoring. tobogganing, ice
hockey. curling. fancy skating, snow
figure contests and dogsled races
from January to April. Then there
Is Sequoia. with its Turing skating
rink. and the General Grant Ma
tional Park, both In Central Cali
fornia. One can ski from December
to May, a sport both for the skilled
and unskilled in these parks.
In Glacier National Park. Mon
tana, there is some cross-country ski
ing. and accessible ski slopes lust
outside the park proper on the east
near Glacier Park Station, and near
Belton, Mont. on the west.
Crater Lake National Park. in
Southern Oregon, with its world
famous blue lake, in the lofty Cas-
cade Range, offers ideal skiing. with
steep and gradual slopes, with a sea-
son running from December to April
In Yellowstone National Park,
Northwestern Wyoming, while not
officially open in the winter. there
is skiing when it is possible to keep
the roads open. Most skiers 70 to
the slopes of Mount Washburn, in
side the park, making their entrance
from the north through Mammoth
Hot Springs and from Cooke CITY.
Mont.
In the East there is short WIN
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has been enlarged for this season
20 that four instead Of two lakes
will be used and 20 instead of 8
fsh have been tagged.
The only rules in the contest are
that artificial bait be used and
that fishing be between sunup and
sundoWn.
Each prize fish carries q metal
tag on its gill and Is thus readily
identified when caught.
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ter sports season at Acadia In Maine,
running from the middle Of jan
uary to the middle Of March. There
is considerable oss-country skiing
and from MacFarlands Hill, ada
cent to Acadia National Park, there
are ski trails.
Scenic Skyline Drive in the Shen-
andoah National Park, in the heart
Of the Virginia Blue Ridge Noun
ta1ns, affords easy access to at
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tractivs slopes for skiing which the
park service keeps cleared for the
sport. The principal skiing slopes
In the Shenandoah are at Sexton
Knoll, east Of the Skyline Drive. and
on the Rock Springs Slope, on the
north side Of Hawksbill Mountain.
Because Of the light SHOWS In this
region. skiing in the Shenandoah is
possible intermittently only from
January until about the middle Of
March.
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Tagged Fish Contest
To Open December !

ORLANDO, Fla. Nov. 12.-Four
fresh water lakes In this resort will
be opened December for the an
nual Orlando tagged fish contest.
Twenty fish on which prizes vii,
be placed already have been tagged.
The contest, which last year made
such q hit with black bass anglers,
Evening star., 1938-11-13
~ AWAY ''' MZY' .l!;Z!YI

W7ANDER through palm
w fringed gardens in fash.
ionable Palermo, stand above
Taormina's heights and gaze
at majestic Mt. Etna, explore
Agrigento's ruins and the
temples of Segesta. All Sicily
is a garden, a sun.blessed
winter haven.
Ancient ruins and modern
miracles. Dead cities of bis
toric interest and gay cities
of sparkle and life. Snow
capped mountains and sandy
beaches :. all within a few
hours of each other. You'll
find art exhibitions, sport
tournaments, folk festivals,
cosmopolitan night life ..
in Rome, Florence, Naples.
Italy is a land of contrasts
and pleasant surprises
enjoy it all this Winter.
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National ParksAnswer
Popular Demand for
Winter Sports
Ski Runs and Other
Facilities Developed
For Outdoor Fans

Sharpen your skates and wax
your skis. Winter sports are on.
Don your gaudy mackinaws and
brightly hued scarfs against the
wintry blasts of the mountain peaks
and bowling winds of the northern
climes.
Skiing on a national scale during
the past decade has become a major
winter sport, together with tobog-
Evening star., 1938-12-29
X-Ray Will Determine
i East Team Will
Have 0smanski
By the Associated Press.

oS Inc ASSOClaleO ffeSS.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 90
Coaches of the East Shrine football
squad waited today for X-rays to
tell whether hard-hitting Bill Os-
manski, Holy Cross fullback, would
be in trim for Mondays charity
game against picked Westerners
here.
After virtually stunning scrim-
mage for a week, Co-coaches Bernie
Bierman of Minnesota and Andy
Kerr Of Colgate yesterday pitted
their lads against a sandlot outfit,
the Oakland Cardinals.
Result was a shoulder injury for
Osmanski of undetermined serious
ness. The coaches replaced him
with Howie Weiss of Wisconsin and
sent Osmanski to a hospital.
Down at Palo Alto the West squad
ran into tough scrimmage with
an odd lot of ex-Stanford players
plus Bill Higgins, Oregon State
back. Bill Paulman, Stanford, did
most of the work as fullback.
Aside from Osmanski, both teams
were calculated to be at full strength
Monday. Three Fasteners did not
scrimmage because of minor hurts,
but were expected to be in shape
They were John Wysocki, Villanova
end; Curly Stebbins, Pitt half, and
Sid Roth, Cornell guard.
Evening star., 1938-12-29
Seeded Performers
Continue March in
Junior Tennis
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, Dec. 2o.-With form
prevailing as II of the original IL
seeded players paraded into today S
fourth round Of the national Junior
indoor tennis championships. Joe
Fishbach and Seymour Greenberg
remained foremost among the IA
vorites.
Fishbach, captain of the st. Johns
University netmen and defending
champion, advanced through yes
terday's barrage without trouble,
blasting Judah Lobe-. Ga, 60.
Showing even more aplomb in the
other bracket, Greenberg of North
western University, seeded No. 2,
disposed Of Andy Reynolds, 60,
GO.
Dick Bender. the Elizabeth, N. j.,
youth who has been exciting admira-
ton among observers looking for a
dark horse, continued his march
with 60, 60 scores, most devastat-
ing of the day. e
Bender was slated for sterner op-
position today, however, in match
with Bill Gillespie, Duke Univer-
sity student from Atlanta, who was
Seeded No. 5. -
F'ishbach, who has been able to
coast thus far, also faced real test
in the person of Philip Moore of
Princeton.
Favorites flocked into the ad-
vanced rounds of the Junior doubles
and boys singles just as inpressively
as in the Junior singles. In the boys
singles there was not a single break
in the lineup of four seeded stars
and all favored tandems likewise
won in the doubles.