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The Washington times., 1938-07-16
After All. Alexandria

0NE OF the nice things about Washington is that it is
" so close to Alexandria, town of matured beauty,
shrine of early American heroism And because of these
things and other things, hate to the haowed old
place become sort of for unconfined ofication
1t appears that the Alexandria JAIL built since before
the Civil War is entirely inadequate to hold the persons
who wander there with the idea of getting drunk
And for that very folks who don't know when
STOP choosing the ancient Virginia city the
par excellence of benders which in other places would
surely end in term in the hoosegow.
Because the old prison is full of malefactors more
serious nes these latter compelled to sleep on the
floor But appears that when druns added to the
list the place becomes sort of Black Hole of Calcutta
So Police Court Judge James Duncan has been chasing
away all those convicted of ntoxicaton probably the
very sensible conclusion that they can't stand up they
would be working hardship other prisoners by leaning
their full weight upon them.
woman, convicted of liquor law violation, told
to back for sentence after the proposed jail
has been built-if she could live that long. All in ALL
sad state of affairs.
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Most Powerful

What greater calamity could
come to this country than to
have an inefficient, queer.think-
ing majority on the bench Of
the Supreme Court.
There is no way that their
decisions can be attacked by
either Congress or the Presi-
dent, at least not with any
chance Of overthrowing it. We
would be at their mercy and
nothing less than a general up
rising would depose them, unless
they perpetrated something dis
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like he is all the time, then if
me and my mum went to hell
we wouldn't be doing any good
for ourselves, would we?"
He had me stumped-so I
changed the subject little.
They're not bad people,
your dad and mum, are they?"
GGTHEY'RE okay when they're
- not fighting" he declared
in definite tones land not drink
ing. Prohibition did more harm
than good"
The philosophy surprised me.
"Where did you hear that?"
I asked.
"Oh, my mum told my dad.
He started drinking in prohibi-
ton"
"She drinks, too?" asked.
"Yep," he told me, but only
to forget"
'Indeed?"' said I. "Well, now.
as they're not such terribly bad
people we'll just turn around
and go back to your place. How
long have you been away?"
"Since this morning, when the
fight started"
We arrived at a tiny house to
find two thoroughly sobered and
frightened parents preparing to
call the police. They had secured
the neighborhood for their son
without avail.
I told them where he was
headed for when 1 ran into him.
And they seemed to be very
much impressed.
SCTHAT," said the lady to her
- husband as she wiped
tears away, "is because of the
language you use in front of
him"
"Me?" he shouted. always
me! Now listen"
Folks" I said as I grabbed
my hat, don't start it all over
again."
But for all I know they're off.
And, maybe, the little boy is
off, hunting peaceful spot
whether it be hell or the wide
open spaces.
193S. nv wasbir1top TIroa, ,
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such matters I imagine you
heard it during a quarrel be-
tween your father and your
mother"
GGTHEY were fighting" he ad-
l. nitted, drawing a dirty
hand across a damp nose.
Here" I said, "is a handker-
chief, if you know how to use
one"
He did-and I went on:
who told who to go to hell
or any other point west?"
MY dad," he said simply. "He
told my mummy to go and she
said she was sorry she couldn't
because she had me on her
hands. She said if I wasn't
around hell would be a swell
place to take q resi- In, away
from my dad"
And then what happened?"
LIE stared at me as though I
III were a person devoid Of
simplest reasoning faculties.
why" he explained. "he
socked her. And then beat it,"
You're on your way to hell
or points weSt?"
Yeah, I'll get settled and
then have mum come out"
"And your dad, too?"
yeah, he amt bad. When
he's not raising hell. -"
The difficulty of the small
boys problem struck him be-
tween the eyes for the first
time.
Say" he asked, turning in
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Regular Guy

~ URING most of the three days 10 hours 8 minutes
~ and 10 seconds of Howard Hughes flight around the
earth this writer boiling down the acid and getting
up the gorge for so What editorial to shoot
as possible after Hughes should land in New York.
$50 what ?" planning to say "This guy has an
inherited income of 81 100000 year. He takes off in
100000 plane with all the latest equipment, plenty of
grub and four other guys to help him. Nice flight yes
and far be from to minimize the wordcrcling
record he made-though do wish to point out that his
route only 1866 miles, while the earths crcumfer
at the equator about $4,000 miles Just the same
Wiley Post and Lindbergh and Alcock and Brown
-. and the Wright Brothers -"
Any reader can fill in the dots representing what
going to say about those air moguls of former days.
That editorial would have been factual enough. But
our trouble is that Hughes himself wrote that editorial
~ spoke it, rather, soon as he could
"WHey Post do so after landing at Floyd Ben
Nil Ro+tor" nett Field Thursday afternoon He
said:
There is no use trying compare with Wiley Posts
flight will be duplicated His flight must
To make trip of that kind alone beyond comprehension
1t like pulling rabbit out of hat or saving woman in
You can't pick feas off who talks that way, be-
you can't find any feas Looking through Hughes
life story for possible feas to dig out of his past
find that seemingly there never have been any.
There is occasional whom inherited
wealth does not corrupt who remains regular manages
the principal sensiby and spends the income in ways that
excite inspire other people instead of turning their
stomachs retains of values and perspective.
Hughes is evidently that kind of His early fail
ures and later huge Independent movie
producer his passion for arpane speed records his
structve experiments with sub-stratosphere planes
these bespeak who, to crack old bromide is
man.
And when man with 100000 year makes himself
popular hero that crowds line Broadway and
whem him with cheers and ticker tape and tornup tee
phone books that's something in this democratic country
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the conference. Latest news in
dicates that seven other nations
don't want and can't accommo-
date the refugees. So it seems
up to our country.
But it is to be hoped thats4he
United States will refuse to
change our laws on restricted
immigration.
The record Of the last eight
years proves beyond a doubt
that we have ten million too
many inhabitants in the coun-
try now.
Any lowering of the restric-
tions here would result in add
ing more millions to the relief
hordes. G. @.
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honest which made it possible
to impeach them.
Even this would damage the
country by causing people tc
.ose confidence in the court.
It is with the above in minc
that I suggest the name OF
Honorable Harold L. 1ckes for
appointment to the high court.
Mr.. Ickes, in my opinion, has
all the qualities necessary to
carry on the work Of that court
in a way to bring it further
honor.
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Your |. O..
By SHIRLEY SPENCER

This is a special quiz on Eng
land and English history. Score
10 for each question.
/. What was the date of the
Great Fire Of London?
2. What king built the London
Tower?
3. How did Rotten Row" in
Hyde Park get its name?
4. The mounted SentrieS of the
Horse guards at Whitehall,
London, wear cuiraSSes. Are
they (a) helmets (b) breast
plates Co spurs?
S. The Nelson Column stands
in a square named for a
great battle. What is the
name?
6. The house of John Harvard,
founder Of the American
University is in the birth
place of what famous Eng
liShman?
7. Where did King John sign
the Magma Charta?
8. What two kings met on the
Field Of Cloth of Gold?
8. From what English port did
the "Mayflower" sail?
10. What university city is called
"The City of Dreaming
Spires?
ANSWERS ON Page 13)
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Wise Words
Thought is the seed Of &C.
tion.-Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Thought is the seed of &C.
tion.-Ralph Waldo Emerson.
The most completely lost of
all days is that on which one
has not laughed.-Chamfort.
He who digs out malicious
talk disturbS his own peace
Seneca.
And from the discomfort Of
man the worlds best progress
springs.-Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
Novelties please less than they
impress.-DickenS
When the cup is full, carry it
even.-Scotch proverb.
It is not wide reading but
useful reading that tends to
lence-Aristippus.
Wise men learn more from
fools than fools from the wise.
Cato.
In general those who nothing
have to say contrive to spend
the longest time in doing it.
Lowell.
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"Boneheods''

"BOneheads"
Bonehead plays that made
New Deal history:
Winchell sampling the Pip
pins.
David Pine taking that job.
Roosevelt taking that Snooze
at Annapolis.
Judge Mattingly trying to
drink ice cream.
John Dillinger dying inter-
state.
DR.. Eckener not hiring a taxi.
Capture Of German spies by
Oman Turrou.
Bananas Bonura tipping his
mitt.
Mr.. Ickes using Mr.. Roosevelt
for Cupid.
Joe Louis plaster OF Paris"
gloves.
Spiking General Hines lemon
ade with hootch.
The Holy Man Bishop Can
nom losing his law suit.
Woody Hockaday shinin
shoes without his war paint.
LIBRA"
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some brave person came along
and started the fashion. If a
man is taking lady out, it is
more appropriate that he wear
a coat, but under such circum-
stances as when a man is eating
alone, going to and from work,
and during work, he should be
allowed to discard his coat by
all means"
X 4
Miss Betty Haynes, 522 Ken
yon st. N. w.:
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Refugee Restriction

A conference is in progress at
Evian-les-Bains, Franco pleas
ant watering place-to find
homes for thousands of political
refugees-maybe millions.
Uncle Sam is represented by
Myron C. Taylor, and Mr..
Roosevelt was the initiator Of
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ROllin' Along
By ". A. S. Douglas

WAS driving out the Oney Road the other night trying
l. in fashion to get cool, when thumbed by a
very small and very dirty boy. Now ignore hitchhikers
ever since tried unsuccessfuy, to hold upbut
there something about this filthy urchn that intrigued
In any he had business the road at this time
of night
So opened the door and let him in. He judge about
years od-though that guess makes poor reporter
Among all the other questions asked him ignored that i'm
portan I moving along brisk pace before
asked him
here might vou he going a his seat raising hell
this time of nght?" he all the time, then if
answered surprisingly: and went to hell
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theaters, but since most of these
are air-conditioned, it should not
be uncomfortable. It is per-
fectly all right, in my opinion,
to eliminate coats in an office,
and ties might be loosened, but
they should not be removed"
The Washington times., 1938-07-16
We Hope Films Get Games

TINLAND small, but one of the most progressive
nations in the world probably will be given the 1910
Olympic Games which Japan has fit to cancel because
of the in the Far East.
The athletes of the world probably will assemble in
Hesngfors to meet in the friendly competition of the
games, and this is it should be.
But it is shocking to think that while the Capital of
Fnland-a city about onethird the size of Washington
is able to receive and play host to hundreds of
pettors and thousands of VISITORS the Capital of the
great United States would be unable to accept the games
if the international Olympic Committee should honor this
city by selecting it for any future games.
For Washington has stadium where the Olympic
Games might be held. Hell
we COWOHI sngfors, capital of nation
uu H. rJ of less than 4,OOO,0O people,
~ WV OO can entertain the visitors
But Washington capital of nation of 126,OOO,OOO
not.
That is not thought to give rise to national pride
The people of Washington not be blamed For years
and they have been striving to have stadium
auditorium and other buildings necessary to great
capital constructed here.
But then, the people of Washington have vote and
are of Importance politically So the years pass and
get nothing.
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mo. Despite the
fact I have to wear
appropriate clothes
to meet the public,
I really think it is
quite all right for
men to appear in
public wit h ou t
c o a is. What's
wrong with a mans
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mo. Here in
Washington it is so
terribly uncomfort-
able, because of the
heat and humidity,
that there should
be no o b ] e C tion
whatsoever if men
appear in public
places wearing cool
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ter when they are fully dressed.
Personally, think most mems
appearances and figures are i'm.
proved by their coats. If they
wear the lightweight summer
clothes, they should not be so
terribly uncomfortable"
X
Arthur COoney, 921 Nine
teenth st. N. w., salesman:
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ITO hell or
a ny 9th e r
point west"
~ n doubt
edly," said I,
"y ou heard
S o m e o n e
make that re-
mark and it
fired your
W a n d erluSt.
And having a
trifle Of ex-
eri nee in
The Washington times., 1938-07-16

Shirts, provided the shirts are
clean. However, men should
always wear their ties. Ties do
a great deal to make a man ap-
pear dressed up. I also see no
objection to a man discarding
his belt and wearing Suspenders.
X ~
M. E. SpitaIney, 5400 Fifth st.
N. w., clothing salesman:
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81 think it is all
right for a man to
appear a on the
streets in his shirt
S ! e e v e S, except
when he is accom-.
panied by a young
lady. Men should
also wear coats in
r e S t a u rants and
The Washington times., 1938-07-16

Certainly not.
Women dress COM
fortably and no one
criticiz eS them.
Men should W e ar
S h o r t S in hot
W e a t h er-on the
streets if they want
to. I believe many
of them would if
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mo. I S h ould
think men should
be as comfortable
as women, especial
ly while they work.
Most women prefer
to have men wear
coats W h en- they
are being escorted
to dinner, the thea
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ter or to some other public place.
But at the beaches or places of
amusement, driving or walking
in the evening, a coatless man is
quite appropriately dressed"
X y
C. w. Hayes, 116 Pierce Ave-,
Riverdale, Md, railway clerk:
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appearance II ne Is wearing
nice clean shirt? A man looks
all right without his coat in a
public restaurant. And for ad-
ditional GOODNESS, I see no OBJ
lection to taking off the neck
tie. If men had sense they
would wear fewer clothes. They
should wear more Of the COM
Portable type of clothes, the por-
Gus and loose-fitting suits.
Shorts are all right, too, even
on the public streets"
4 Xxx
Mrs. Hester Barfield, lot w.
Clifton Terrace, Stenographer:
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I'D say that it is
perfectly all right
for men to be on
the streets without
coats, but in res
taurants and such
places, they should
always appear in
their coats and ties.
Most men look bet
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VOICE OF THE PEOPLE

Editor limited 200
the writer's will be omit upon
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THE ANSWERS
Miss Edith Davis, 1886 Six
teenth st. N. W., investment
SaleSWoman:
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heInquiring
Photographer
The Washington Times In
vites you to submit timely
and interesting questions to
be used in this column.
THE QUESTION

Should a man be obliged to
wear a coat during hot weather?
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Where might you be going at
this time of night?"
And he answered, surprisingly: =:
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N. w., clothing salesman:
Evening star., 1938-09-10

back from me? No sense in boarding
out such good dog. She ought to
be aheld."
7 UKE cooked his eye, spat, thumbed
his suspenders. How muchll
you take?"
Well" I said, trying to appear
casual, how about half what paid?"
Luke contemplated. I knocked off
$40 He nodded.
Driving back home I didn't feel
that I had cheated Luke. Maybe
he didn't know that Agnes was such
a spasmodic hunter, and maybe he
did, Anyway, now he had his dog
back and a good piece of change
and I was relieved of big burden.
That night I went down to the
club Jim Bradley was there.
'How's Agnes dolng?" he asked
me-
I looked at him quickly. "Agnes?"
I said.
Luke Lowery's dog. The one you
bought?"
How did you know that was the
dog I bought?"
He grinned. Why" he said,
we've all owned Agnes at one time
or another. Great bird dog, when
Luke's around"
Jim" I said. II don't like the
sound of your voice. What's the
gage"
i'm burst out laughing We'll, Ill
tell you" he said. Whenever a
new member comes into the club
some one drops a word about Luke
Lowery. and the new member goes
out there. hunts with Luke and Agnes,
then offers to buy Agnes. Some keep
her a week, some longer. But sooner
or later, they all sell her back Luke
makes a nice piece of change"
You mean" I began.
Now don't get hot" Jim inter-
rupted "Lukes a valuable asset to
this club. Whenever the hunting is
poor we run out to Luke's end
Agnes finds game for us. She's
great dog, but she isn't worth nickel
without Luke. Luke trained her.
They understand each other. And we
boys are willing to support the cuss,
so long as he has Agnes, because he's
an infallible last resort. Sending our
new members out is ritual that
We never miss. It's the least we can
do for Luke
I thought awhile. Then I grinned.
20. X" I said. Il wondered how
Luke got along. 1t bothered me-
Now I know. It'll be easier the next
time We meet, striking a bargain with
him."
Copyright, 1889
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q days hunting, providing he took
Agnes along. They were right. Agnes
had found birds where birds were
never before known to exist. She
pointed them by sitting down, which
was what prompted my question
about her sire.
'Whatll you take for the dog?" I
asked Luke.
Luke cooked an eye at Agnes, spat,
looked at me. "Whatll you offer?"
was surprised. I had thought that
he wouldn't SELL He was a curious
man. with no visible possessions save
a ramshackled farmhouse and Agnes,
and no visible means of support at
all. The acres behind the house
were uncultivated. 1t occurred to me
that he was one of those big, strong,
silent men you read about. He was
practically starving, but was too
proud to say so. Selling Agnes was
last resort.
I made him a liberal offer. He
contemplated and I lacked it up
bit. He nodded, and, 10 minutes
later, feeling jubilant and guiltily tri-
umphant. 1 herded Agnes into the
coupe and departed. During the
drive back to town I thought of the
boys at the club. I had a hunch
that when they learned I'd bought
Agnes I'd be rather popular.
HUNTING was poor that year.
Only few members reported
daily limits and some came home
with empty bags. That night I called
Jim Bradley.
Look, jim. called casually.
"I've bought new dog, How about
taking a whirl tomorrow"
Jim hesitated. Boy, I'd like to, but
I've an engagement up in Barstow."
I called Joe Trevis and Sam Hall
day Neither of them could make it.
So decided to go alone. 1 was glad
that I did. Agnes proved a washout.
Her brilliant work of the day before
when Luke and I hunted together was
something now hard to fancy. She
followed me into the field all right,
even made pretense at nosing out
birds. But that was all She stalled.
She wouldn't mind. When I yelled
at her she lay down and acted
sheepish.
I was disguised. but not discour-
aged The next day we went baffled
again. Agnes behavior was the
same, except, perhaps, that she'd
lost what little interest she displayed
on the day previous 1 was glad
now that the boys couldn't accom-
pany me. I was glad 1 hadn't told
them whose dog I had bought, for I
had an idea.
The idea grew on me as the days
of that week progressed. 1t bios
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229 sth ST. NE.-Furnished room for
gentleman H.
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Bathers Attend Church,

If woman is decently dressed. Rev.
bare-backed or stockingless He has
announced that all are welcome in his
church in Deal, England, dressed as
they would be for an outdoor sport.
At his open-air church some women
attend in bathing suits. The main
thing, says Mr.. Wensley, is that they
hear the word of the Gospel.
Evening star., 1938-09-10

somed in to full
flower on Satura-
day, the day that
A gn es wouldn't
bulge from her
k e n n el when I
called her. I glared
at her. then I
picked her up in
my arms and car
ried her to the car.
But this day I
didn't head for the
woods. I headed
for Luke Lowery's
farm. Luke came
out the front door
as I drove into the
yard.
"Howdy, friend"
he greeted.
Luke" I said,
I've been called
away on a busi-
ness trip. How
q bot,f b,,,yiro Au,,oe
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A GNES as a
cross between

dNEs W as a
cross between
q setter and some
thing else. She
was the best bird
dog I have ever
seen work.
who was her
sire?" I asked Luke
L ow cry, Agnes
owner.
Luke, a tall gaunt
man, with tobacco
stained moustache,
ran his thumbs up
and down inside
his suspe n ders.
Her mother" he
said, was an Eng
lish setter"
I grinned and let
1t 60. The boys at
the club had told
me about Luke and
his dog. Luke, they
said, would give me
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Men downtown location, cool showers;
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