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The Omaha guide., 1938-11-26

perience, and must prove their physi-
cal and mental competence and respon-
sibility before being entrusted with a
train-yet a train operates on tracks,
and has no traffic congestion problems.
Still, in most states, we allow anyone,
whether he be competent or incompe-
tent, careless or reckless, of good habits
or bad-to drive a car on crowded ar
teries of travel where the slightest error
of judgement may cause a death!
Is is an unbeatable fact that a
considerable percentage of the people
now driving should either be denied
that privilege or forced to undergo a
period of training to make them ADLER,
safer car operators. Some of these peo-
pie are physically incapable of driving
properly. Many more are mentally in
capable, congenitally incompetent, or
reckless. AnG the toll is $4,000 lives a
year.
We will never solve the accident pro-
blem until we adopt drivers licensing
regulations that will keep the incom-
petent and reckless driver off the pub
lie roads. No man has a fright" to drive
until he car show how definitely that he
is worthy of the privilege bestowed
upon him.
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Is it consonant with democratic
principles Tor The government to go ai-
rectfy into competitor with the proper
ties of its citizens, Is it proper for
government to substitute this competi-
ton with money received, in the forms
of taxes, from all misunderstanding
those property it completes? Can
socialism, whether it goes by that name
or not, be extended without destroying
the time honored American principle of
individual enterprise and initiative?
Can a politically constituted and mana
ged body be trusted to serve the public
as efficiently and economically as a
stringently regulated private body?
1t should not be forgotten that
Norman Thomas, head of the Socialist
party in this country, ono termed the
IVA the only genuinely socialistic ex-
pertinent undertaken by the govern
ment. Nor should it be forgotten that
if the power properties of the country
can be socialized by the IVA and SINH
lar bodies, SO can the insurance bust
ness, the banking business, the grocery
bushes, Or any other business, if the
politicians decide on it, Socialism is
easy to start-and difficult to stop.
The Supreme Court has the
final legal say on the IVA, but the final
decision on the principle of government
the IVA represents can only be made
by the people.
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Definition

The identity of the young lady in
withheld, but the memory of her an
swer fingers on with the instru ltor
conducting a science urse at a local
high school. One of the requirements
in the written quiz was: Define a
bolt and nut an0 explain the difference
if any," The girl wrote: "A bolt is a
thing like a stick of hard metal, such
as iron with a square bunch on one end
and a lot of scratching wound around
the other end. A nut is similar to the
bolt only just the opposite, being a hole
in a little chunk of iron sawed off short
with wrinkles around the inside of the
hole"
The startled professor marked
that one with a large "a"
The Omaha guide., 1938-11-26
GUlD {:

spect that Negroes have for their
newspapers and their advertised mer-
chandise is shown in the city of Nor
folk Virginia. The Journal and Guioe,
a weekly with a circulation wei $1,000
carries more lines of nationally adver-
tised merchandise than the local White
daily paper the Norfolk Virginia-P Pilot
whose total circulation is $4,000.
In comparing the November 9Th
editions of these two papers, | found
that there is not only a greater num-
Der of national advertisements in the
Journal and Guide, but these adver-
tisements on a whole were larger in
size than those in the White daily, the
Norfolk Virginia-P
The Omaha guide., 1938-11-26

A number of the white daily papers
have been quick to recognize the in
fluence, prestige and power of the Ne
gro press. Some of these white daily
papers in an effort to increase their
circulation revenue, have given en-
ployment to a number of Negroes. The
papers also devote a certain amount
of space to news that is of particular
interest to Negroes.
The Negro Press, educators and the
leaders of the race should spend more
time and effort in publicizing and
pointing out those instances where
group action has brought about greater
benefits to the individual and race. 1t
is this type of publicity that will do
The Omaha guide., 1938-11-26
DRIVING, A PRIVILEGE-NOT A
RIGHT
RIGHT

1t is high time we realized that the
operation of a motor car on the pub
lie highways is a privilege-not a right.
Every automobile is a potentially
lethal weapon. Properly used, it is one
Of mans most desirable mechanical
servants. Improperly used, it is a ter
rible menace to the lives, health and
property of everyone in the area it
travels.
Rigid training is necessary to OBJ
tain a license to pilot an airplane-yet
the plane travels empty airways where,
genrally speaking, it cannot %endangers
others. Locomotive engineers must
likewise undergo years of arduos ex-
The Omaha guide., 1938-11-26
THE COST OF FIRE INSURANCE

There is considerable misunder-
standing of the basis upon which the
cost of fire insurance is determined
and also of the record made by the
insurance companies, especially the
stock companies, in reducing their
rates.
Insurance companies have no pre-
minum revenues save those derived
from their policyholders. Their expense
hinge upon the number of fires for
which they must pay. Thus, when fire
losses go up, rates must rise. And when
fire losses go down, rates decline.
Naturally, a community cannot
have one good year so far as fire losses
are concerned and then expect imme-
diate reductions. Rates are fixed we
a considerable period of time-and a
community must prove that there is
good expectancy that loss will stay
down before it is possible to slice its
rate.
Fer over a generation the stock
fire insurance companies have con-
stantly reduced rates, and they are now
at the lowest level in history. Their
overhead costs, considering the compli-
Gated nature of business, are held to a
very low percentage. They constantly
advance their standards of routine eff
cheney, in the interest of the policy
holder.
W. will have further reductions in
the cost of insurance as we earn them.
We connot have them if we continue
cur national habit of permitting fire
hazards to exist and multiply on pro-
perty until a blaze results. Several hun
0reds of millions a year in property
values go up in smoke-and at least
eighty per cent of that loss could be
avoided with simple precautions.
The stock companies are as eager
as their policyholders to lower rates.
Whether rates will go down or up in
the future is a matter that is up to all
of us. If we indulge in the careless and
slothful habits that cause fire, we must
pay the bill.
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It S apparent that the young men
on the average of our time do not ap-
preciate as they should the
open to them. For the most they care
little about outside work and where
they can find something on which to
The Omaha guide., 1938-11-26
DITORIALS
DRIFTWOOD

Too often the current is filled with
driftwood. Until it is picked up by the
tide, it is not driftwooo, but a potential
mahogany cabinet, or a potential part
of an ocean liner bearing men and val
liable cargo made by the machines of
men. Lying along the shore, it is swept
up by the current and ruthlessly rush
ed along downstream where it may
eventually be used for a poor fisher
mans fire.
Thomas Gray thought as did the
wise men OF old when he unused over
this worlds dlssapolntments ano wrote
his memorable "Eulogy in a Country
Churchyard." Similar eulogies could be
written upon the scene of The Amerl-
can Breadline" where potential "maho-
gany china cabinets have become drift
twood. Slum districts were men revel
and seek to lose their worries through
the medium of intoxicatiOn would also
evoke an eulogy, Here is driftwood that
has been reduced to such by the world.
True. there are some who could stay
out of the bread lines-be other than
driftwood, but it is much harder. There
are those in greater number, however,
who mace valiant attempts but have
been buffeted about the world to such
a degree that they have decided that
there is no use of taking another fling
at "cruel" life. They content themselves
with following the line of least resis-
tancc.
The axe that is mace of good steel
and that has a keen edge will not be
dulled when tried against the time
toughened oak, The inferior still can
not stand the gaff and will be tossed
upon the scrap head. Life will give a
mans mettle its most severe test. A
wreath to him whose mettle survives
the test; and pity and air, rather than
scorn, to him who is unfortunate
enough to be forced by the world to
cast his lot with the driftwoo0.
From the devastating tide that is
ever sweeping the shore can still be
snatched the driftwood. Ere it reaches
the fisherman's fire it can be towed
ashore and used to build a castle.
Edwin A. Wilson
The Omaha guide., 1938-11-26
Naturally

Usher: How far down do you wish
to sit, LADY?
Lady: All the way, of course.
The Omaha guide., 1938-11-26
Machine Age

Jock: How do you like your radie,
Mack?
Mack: Man, it's grand, but the wee
lights hard to read by.
The Washington times., 1938-07-12
Weatherman
Causes the
filters

Praying for rain to hold Off"
seems to be the main occupa-
ton of harrassed social secre-
taries these days, for al fresco
feteS are the thing around these
parts in the good old summer
time.
Rebecca wellington (who
handles. expertly, the frivilous
doingS of the two Fascist coun-
tries diplomats) is devoting
most of her thoughts to the
weather. The Italian AmbaSsa-
dor, Signor Fulvio de Suvich,
will entertain at a very large
stag dinner party tomorrow
night in Git is hopedD the de-
lightful patio of the embassy
on Sixteenth Street. 1t is to be
a seated affair and naturally
things will be no end CONF Ii
Gated if the weatherman sends
the party inside.
The ambassador plans to sail
the end of this month or the
first of August for Italy, where
he will join his wife Donna Ma
tide de Suvich and their chill
dren.
The Washington times., 1938-07-12

modore Edgar F. Luckenbach, the
steamship magnate, whose daughters
recent marriage to gentleman
jockey and butter-and-egg salesman
brought him headlines and Will
liam Rabe, vice president of the
Manufacturers Trust Company, who
won a shag contest
Peculiar thing around here is that
the gentlemen resent extremely the
cutting-in stuff even if allowed by
all etiquette's laws They say
yes" when you touch their arms =.
but there is a dangerous and nasty
grin on their faces when they say it!
:. The ladies wear, as an average,
good-looking gowns, definitely more
expensive than those of our Wash
ington's lovelies The matter of
taste is something else E. The guys
are not too hot You see every
imaginable kind Some refined,
or they think they are, in correct eve
ming white coats :. Some, very origi-
nal, IN eccentric colors like pale
green or red (quite shocking) =.
Then you have the "it's-so-boring-to-
change type" who come in afternoon
outfits Finally there is the
rough" type, who thinks to impress
the weak sex, only by having dirty
shoes, old coats and impressed pants
But that's the nice thing about
the club, there is no restriction
about it.
Not the least interesting sight at
the Sands Point Bath Club is waiter
who waits only as a hobby His
real vocation is that of insurance
salesman! and it often happens
The Washington times., 1938-07-12
Miss Baker
Sets Date

Miss Rosemary Baker has Sc
lected Saturday, September 10,
as the date of her marriage to
William Mott, son of Mrs. Ar
thur Barton Cross, of New York
and Rock Hill, S. c., and DR..
Ra..-mond L. Mott. of Rockaway.
N. j.
The ceremony will take place
at 4 o'clock in the garden of the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. John w.
Morrell, uncle and aunt of the
bride-elect, with whom she
makes her home.
Miss Baker is a graduate of
Madeira School and Sarah Law
renee College. Mr.. Mott gradu-
ated from the Naval Academy in
1888.
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took a sewing woman three
months to complete it.
~
MRS. CHARLES MARCH
4VA wore one of the most charm
ing gowns, there, a sheer gray
chiffon, clipped with diamond
and emerald ornaments and as
cool looking as a Maine mist at
dawn. Mrs. Jimmie Morris,
who is an especial pet of ours,
has gotten so slim that it is
well nigh astounding and &C
centuated her slimness with the
best looking frock, done with q
tight white embroidered bodice
and sweeping black crepe skirt
with two huge flowers in red
and black, just above the waist.
JUDGE COKE told us when we
d asked the correct spelling of
his name that the best way to
remember it was that it meant
COd1 WlGIlOuG gas. "A OISCuS>
sion of books came up later, it
seems that there are five which
everyone should really read. So
Hope Miller asked the Attorney
General what was his opinion
and just what books he thought
she and 1 should read. The
question was unanswered for q
moment and the Attorney Gen.
erals eyes 'twinkled with an ex-
preston that meant no good
for we two. Finally, he smiled
and said, well, why not begin
with Grimm's Fairy Tales? So
today Hope and I will begin our
literature!
IS USUAL wit h the Cum.
"A MINGS' parties, everyone
moved about to chat with every.
one else and before the evening
was over those who had been
somewhat strangers knew, and
well, everybody else.
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By igor CaSSln1

that when he brings you drink he
tries to sell you policy E. and if
you have had lot to drink he gen
orally does it :. Now let's drive in
a hurry to South Hampton to the
beautiful golf club, where the first
dinner dance of the season is being
held ). The Duncan A. Holmeses en-
tertaining at large dinner, probably
the last before their sailing to Eng
land next week.
Phyllis Thompson, Washington
belle, and fiance, Jerry Wright, the
sailor, were feted by the Roger
Tuckermans at an intimate dinner at
Crossways Cottage, in South Hamp-
ton . The wedding, as you remem-
ber. is scheduled to take place July
%, at st. Andrews Church, and will
be followed by a reception at Old
Trees, the lakefront home of the
Goodhue Livingstons But while
we are in Long Island we hear Of
royal festivities going on in the coun-
trv's smart set rendezvous No. l,
Newport . . Prince Bertil of Sweden
arrived there recently with other
members of the Swedish royal dele
cation on the Edward Manville yacht,
the Hi-Esmaro D.. The Manvilles en-
tertained at a large dinner on the
Yacht the same night . The night
before, the prince was honored at
dance given by the prominent Bever-
lev Bogerts >. But the Newport deb
bies didn't want to be left apart, and
Jane Pope and others organized
picnic party on the Seach for the
prince You can be sure his royal.
highness enjoyed it!
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the cook (chef, pardon is famous
Anthony Mele, who runs the we'll
known Theodore Restaurant in New
York A large party given by
Elise Plankinton included her
brother Bill, Bobby La Branche,
Jack Hearst, the David Hearsts, Ed
Sheedy, Gordon Starr, Alice McCul-
loch and the James ImbrieS Debu-
tante Rosemary Cox was doing the
shag with Frank 7. Farrell, New
York gazette man.
Lovely Betty Watson, whose fam
lily hasn't yet decided if she'll bow
this September or next season to
Long Islands tip-toppers, was pur-
sued around the floor by a horde Of
college lads Mr.. and Mrs. H.
Davies Roubston were enjoying some
delicious ice cream, while Harry
Breyer, the ice cream manufacturer,
was telling them all about it :. Com
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HuLIS Fete
Prince and
Princess

At long last Washingtonians
if only a handful-are having
their glimpse of the Crown
Prince of Sweden, Gustav Adolf,
who had to delay his visit here
last week because of illness.
However, the fleeting visit Is
unofficial.
ROYAL PARTY
The Secretary of State and
Mrs. Cordell Hull entertained
at a luncheon today at the
Carlton in honor of the Crown
Prince and Princess.
From the royal encourage
came Nils Rudebeck, Master of
the Household of the Crown
Prince; Brita Steuch, lady-in-
waiting to the Crown Princess;
DR.. H. Ernberg, Physician to
the Crown Prince, and Comdr.
Hamilton v. Bryan, the U. S.
Naval Aide to the Crown Prince.
MRS. WILSON GUEST
Still others attending the
luncheon were Mrs. woodrow
Wilson, the Secretary of the
Treasury, Henry Morgenthau,
jr.; the Secretary of Agriculture,
Henry Wallace; the Undersecre-
tary of State and Mrs. Sumner
Welles; the Chairman Of the
Red Cross, Norman Davis; Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss;
the newly-appointed Minister
to Sweden and Mrs. Frederick
A. Sterling; the Chairman OF
the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation and Mrs. Jesse
Jones, Civil Service Commis-
sioner, Mrs. Lucille Benton NC
MILAN; James Clement Dunn
and Mrs. Felix Morley.
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Navy Bud

Among others in the debu-
tante group of the coming sea-
son are Florence Cauthen. niece
of Mrs. Dorothy Lee Ward. who
will spend the summer in At
lanta, rejoining Mrs. Ward. who
is on a European trip, here in
the early fall; Elinor Gudger,
who will be a bud from the Navy
set, and Mary Alice White,
daughter of DR.. and Mrs.
Charles Stanley White, who
with her mother is now in Eu-
rope.
Katherine and Gertrude Pear
son have a younger sister, Edith,
and she will follow in her
popular sisters footsteps, in
being presented this coming
season by her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. William E. Pearson.
Still others on the roster are
Barbara Henning. daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Sears Hen
ming; Peggy Townsend, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Effingham
Townsend; Nancy Hoskinson,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Hilleary Hoskins son. Doris
Becker, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Becker, and Eliza
beth Meyers. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Howard Meyers.
Col. and Mrs. Brady Rutten-
cutter have returned to Wash
ington following a IA months
absence, during which time they
spent several months in Europe.
later going to Miami, Fla. For
the past two months they have
been in Havana, Cuba.
In all of their travels the Rut-
tencutters have been accom-.
panied by their Airedale, BUS,
ter" whom Mrs. Ruttencutter
describes as able to speak
Italian, French and a little
Spanish.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert B. Dewey
are Sojourning in New York and
are stopping at the Ritz-Carlton.
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At Resort

Roy Counselman and his
brother, Bill Counselman, sons
of Mr.. and Mrs. Lowe Counsel
man, who make their home with
their parents on Fulton Street,
are spending the coming fort
night in Atlantic City, where
they are stopping at Haddon
Hall.
Mrs. Charles P. Taft, I'd, and
her children are at Sans Souci,
Narragansett, R. /, to remain
a month before joining Mrs.
William Howard Taft at her
summer home at Murray Bay,
Canada.
X X X
Rear Admiral George r.
Clark, U. S. NJ, retired, and Mrs.
Clark, entertained a small COM
pany of friends at dinner at
the Shoreham Terrace, Satur-
The Washington times., 1938-07-12

Irish" as she is affection
ately known, will again be the
center of attention-and she
well deserves it for she is viva
cious youngster simply brimful
of the zest of living on
Thanksgiving Day when her
parents entertain at a tea to
present her to Washington So
ciety. Then another Of the
parties planned in her honor
is the dinner and ball to be
given at the Sulgrave Club on
December %. Irish" too, will
make her bow at the Bachelors
Cotillion in Baltimore.
The Washington times., 1938-07-12
PETER CARTER


NHE delightful evening with the Attorney General
i and Mrs Homer Cummings With dinner served on
wnd-swept white tables covered with glass with
hurricane lamps with brave CANDLE used lights gor-
crimson for cenerpece, and Chief Justice
James L. Coke of Honolulu and his most attractive wife
as guests of honor
Cooling drinks at the mpromptu bar in the room
and then just-rght dinner for torrd night with cold
chicken and sugared ham, tiny green beans covered with
drawn butter tangy salads mixed perfection hot
buttered biscuits and spced peaches with frozen
The Washington times., 1938-07-12
Col. Jasso
At Services

Leaving yesterday morning
the Military Attache of the
Mexican Embassy and Senor
de Gonzalez Jasso travelled to
Mount Holly, N. j. There. at
Post No. II of the American
Legion, memorial services for
the famed Mexican flier, Cap
tain Carranza, killed in a crash,
are being held today.
Colonel Jasso and his wife
represented the Mexican EN-
bassy. After a stay of two or
three days they will return to
their home here on Sixteenth
Street.
The Washington times., 1938-07-12

ulO llSSh,
MRS. CUMMINGS wore the
VA smartest of gay print dinner
gowns, which, Mrs. Coke later
told us. was designed with hibis-
Gus, favorite Honolulu flower,
and Mrs. Coke chose a luscious
rose and white satin print,
which blended beautifully with
her dark hair and clear creamy
skin.
A TTCRNEY GENERAL CUM
AMINGS decided upon game
after dinner, which we, who
have no sense, should have kept
out of, but didn't. 1t was, as
the A. G. said, very simple, one
only had to name the States
which ended in A. He was the
only one who could do it. Then
someone suggested naming all
of the States in five minutes
and Mrs. Bruce Kremer did eX-
actly that.
TIGO CARUSI, Charles March,
~ Federal Trade Commis-
sioner, Hope Miller and ourself
sat at one table and had the
most entertaining conversation,
with, unfortunately, most of it
definitely off the record, and we
discovered that Mr.. March has
the most delicious sense of hu-
NOR and a droll manner of tell
ing a tale and that Mr.. CaruSi
is a mimic of no mean ability
and could if he wished tread the
theatrical boards, anytime, if he
wished, which he doesn't, to say
good-by to the Department of
Justice.
JUDGE JOHN PARKER, Mrs.
d George Holmes in black net
with creamy pearls, the nice
Herbert Bingham, George Has
kell, from Massachusetts,, the
Assistant Attorney General and
Mrs. Jimmie Morris and the
Bruce Kremers, made up the
rest of the party.
X X \
JUDGE and Mrs. Coke had
d brought the loveliest memen-
toes from Honolulu for the A. G.
and Mrs. Cummings. A fragile
silk fan, fashioned in brilliant
colors and forming the spread
of a peacock's tail with the body
of the bird embroidered. just
above the ebony handle, for
Mrs. Cummings, and a hat band
for the A. G. made of the throat
feathers of IS pheasants (an
exquisite shade of sea green)
and Sewed SO delicately that Is
The Washington times., 1938-07-12
Mrs. Beam Returns

Mrs. j. r. Beam, wife of Col
onel Beam, U. S. A. c., has re-
turned to the Shoreham after
spending five weeks as the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. Paul j. Sand
ers at their summer home at
Ponte Vedra Beach, near Jack
sonville, Fla. Mr.. and Mrs. Sand
ers visited Colonel and Mrs.
Beam at the Shoreham this
spring.
+ r 4
The Undersecretary Of State
and Mrs. Summer Welles will
entertain at tea on Saturday
afternoon at Oxon Hill, their
Maryland country estate. their
guests being members of the
State Department contingent.
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Returns Soon

The Minister of Paraguay,
Gen. Jose Felix Estigarribia, who
left last week to return to his
home for a short visit, will re-
turn to Washington the latter
part of this month, accompanied
by Madame Estigarribia, and
their family, at which time they
will open their apartment at
Wardman Park Hotel for the
remainder of the season.
X X X
Mrs. A. Lloyd Goode. who
came to join her husband at the
Shoreham for the weekend,
will return to her home in
Charlotte, N. C.
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Mrs. Johnson
Has Guests

Mrs. j. Monroe johnson, wife
of the Assistant Secretary of
Commerce, has as her guests at
the Shoreham, her sister, Mrs.
Dewitt Walsh, and Mrs. Dozier
Lee, both of Charleston, S. c.
They will remain several days
before continuing on a motor
trip to Canada.
Colonel johnson will speak at
the American Legion, Rainbow
division convention in st. Paul,
Mimi, today. Colonel johnson
was attached to the Rainbow
Division during the World War.