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The Washington times., 1938-10-07

II found a pic
ture Of a very good
looking girl in his
suit. It was just a
little while after
we were married
and I was terribly
surprised. I asked
him later and he
as dumfounded
The Washington times., 1938-10-07

"Burlesque show
tickets. And, be-
lieve me, I was
sore. My husband
was out looking for
work. When he
came home that
day he said he was
so tired-that he
had gone to so
The Washington times., 1938-10-07

usual assortment of old calling
cards, dirty handkerchiefS, but
tons. etc., but never anything
with which could confront
him. He's q very good husband"
The Washington times., 1938-10-07

"I've never found
anything sur pris-
ing or incriminat-
ing or anything
that he ever had
to explain about.
w h e n yer I go
through his clothes
before Sc n din g
them to the clean
The Washington times., 1938-10-07

know 1t! Ana from blliS lips
is spat out, in supreme disgust,
the most quoted rejoinder,
real or imaginary, Of the great
war.
If yer knows of a better ole
go to it,"
am sure Mr.. Chamberlain
would have brought the major
ity of the British House of Com
mons to it's feet in a deafening
roar of approval had he replied
to First Lord Of the Admiralty
Duff-Cooper's attack on the
peace of Munich by quoting Old
Bill in good English:
If you know of a better hole
go to it."
Because Captain Duff Cooper
he fought through the war
knows well that the only "other
ole" is another war and.
though he wants it. the great
majority of the English, along
with the great majority of the
people of the world, don't want
it. And that, therefore, Cap
tain Duff Cooper has as much
chance of getting to the "other
ole" as would Old Bill and the
nasty little rookie back in 1915.
nUFFCOOPER declared thai
~ by resigning in disgust his
post as First Lord of the Admi-
rally he was holding up" his
head. But by Chamberlain's &C
ton in averting a war, for the
present anyhow, millions of Eng
lishmen and millions Of other
people of scattered nationali-
ties have been enabled 20 hold
up their heads instead of duck
ing them into holes in the
ground while covering them
with gas masks in that state of
terror which comes to all Of us
who are not as tough as Old
Bill and Alfred Duff Cooper.
To proclaim that Mr.. Cham
berlain has brought about a last
ing peace is to exhibit an almost
criminal lack Of knowledge Of
Europe's history and Of Euro
pean outlooks and present men,
talitieS. It is too bad that
Czechoslovakia had to be cut
UP, but I can see, with Cham
berlain, that it is better for it
to be cut up than that millions
Of young Britons-and very pos
sibly millions Of young Ameri-
cans-should be slaughtered.
TN THE sort of isolationist
l. who sets one American
life-and one British life, for
I was born Briton-aS being
more valuable than those of all
the Croats, CZechS, Slavs,
Bohemians, Moravians, Sile-
slams, Ruthenians, Slovaks, ETC.,
etc., etc., who were Jumped into
an unblendable mass by the four
foolish old men of Versailles.
It's too bad, but the "other
ole" would have been much
worse. Now, there is no war
and nothing is as serious as it
was a month ago. And, maybe,
ambitions HAVE been appeased.
Copyright, 1898 by The Washington
Herald-Times.)
The Washington times., 1938-10-07

1--WE never de-
liberately searched
my husb a n d's
clothes, but, just
like every other
wife, I do go
through his clothes
b efore they are
sent to the clean
erS. He has the
The Washington times., 1938-10-07
The Inquiring
Photographer
The Washington Times in
vites you to submit timely
and interesting questions to
be used in this column.
THE QUESTION

In going through your huS-
bands pockets, what is the
most unusual thing you ever
found?
The Washington times., 1938-10-07

THE ANSWERS
Mrs. Marie Lusk, 212 Bates
st. N. W., housewife:
The Washington times., 1938-10-07
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE

to Of
the writers be omit
The Washington times., 1938-10-07
Traffic Toll

The list of traffic victims in
the District Of Columbia since
January /, 1888, is graphically
shown by the death watch.
The Washington times., 1938-10-07

tied down to his serious drinkin
The Washington times., 1938-10-07
An American Virtue

MARION P. cox.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-10-20
Needs Encouragement From
Leaders in Public Life

The white House Spokesman
suggestion about a truce and CO.
operative effort between business
and government brought response
from Charles M. Hook, president of
the National Association of Manu-
facturers, who assured the Presi-
dent that there will be no rafting
of sabers as far as the manufac-
turers are concerned" He said
there would be an upward surge in
business "if there is encouragement
from leaders in public life" l am
not able to say what is meant by
the mo saber rattling" beyond the
obvious meaning of a willingness
to keep the collective business
mouth shut.
Actually, it appears the crux of
the whole problem is to be found in
the fact that throughout the Roose-
Welt administration there are many
officials who blab and blab and have
little or no idea of the matter they
are discussing, while on the business
side of the fence the fellows who
pop off most are incapable Of far
vision.
@ Western Newspaper Union.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-10-20
Niqht Blindness Explained

For example, it has been estab-
lished that there is a definite re-
lation between your vision and the
vitamins in your diet; between
your ability to drive a car safely
at night, and the amount of vita
min A-containing foods that you
consume.
To understand this astonishing
fact, it is necessary to know that
vision under faint illumination is
accomplished by means of chemi-
cal changes in the pigment at the
back of the eye. This is known as
the visual purple" of the retina
and one of its important compo-
nents is carotene, which is the ac-
tive form of vitamin A.
The visual purple might be COM
pared to the film in a camera.
When you are in dim light and
the eyes are suddenly exposed to
bright light, the visual purple is
greatly reduced or bleached. This
change results in a stimulation of
the optic nerve and enables you to
see clearly.
When an adequate supply of VII
tamin A is present in the body,
the visual purple is rapidly re-
generated. But when the supply
is inadequate, a much longer pc
riod elapses before the corrective
chemical change takes place. Dur
ing the intervening time, many
people find it difficult to see.
That is the condition known as
might blindness" And it accounts
for the fact that a large proper
tiOn of serious motor accidents Oc-
cur at night. Victims of this de-
ficiency disease are first blinded
by approaching headlights, then
cannot quickly readjust them
selves after the OncOming car has
passed. Their ability to drive
safely is subsequently impaired
for they cannot clearly see the
road ahead, and they may miss
dangerous curves, pedestrians or
other vehicles.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-10-20
How You Can Look Simmer

new and very becoming style,
most fattering to large women.
This dress will be lovely in velvet,
crepe satin, thin wool or silk
crepe.
The Patterns.
1859 is designed for sizes "a, 36,
38, 40, 40, A, 46 and 48. Size Sc
requires 434 yards of 35 inch ma
terial. 212 yards of ricrac braid.
1913 is designed for sizes 36, 38,
40, AZ, "A, 46, 49,, so and So. With
long sleeves, size 38 requires S
yards of 80 inch material; with
short sleeves, 4A yards. Collar
and jabot in contrast would take
"a yard.
Fall and Winter Fashion Book.
The new 32-page Fall and Win
ter Pattern Book which shows
photographs of the dresses being
worn is now out. Zone pattern and
the Fall and Winter Pattern Book
-25 cents.) You can order the
book separately for IS cents.
Send your order to The Sewing
Circle Pattern Dept, Room 1920,
211 w. Wacker Dr., Chicago, III.
Price of patterns, Is cents Tin
coins) each
q Bell syndicate.-WNU Service.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-10-20
No breathing SpeP
EUer Has Taken Place

In the matter of a truce between
the government and industry, l be-
lieve l recall accurately the famous
breathing spelr' of several years
ago. Roy Howard, the Pittsburgh
and New York newspaper publish
er, wrote a letter in which he told
the President of the need for CO.
operation between the government
and business and suggested at the
same time how encouraging it
would be if business could be as
sured that government harass-
ment of business was at an end. II
l remember. Mr.. Roosevelt said in
his reply that the major portion of
his New Deal reforms was complet-
ed and there would be a breathing
spell" 1t was about that time, too,
that Vice President Garner was re-
ported to have said it was time to
let the cattle get fat; that they had
been chased around until they were
just skin and bones. He meant, of
course, that if business was going to
expand and re-employ workers, then
on relief, the government must quit
taking everything the employers re-
ceived. Well, neither the breath
ing spell'' nor the fattening process
ever has taken place.
Further, reference might be made
to the fact that, not the white
House Spokesman" but numerous
spokesmen for Mr.. Roosevelt have
been having great fun riding astride
the neck of business. One can re-
fer to the activities of Robert H.
Jackson, trust buster extraordinary;
to Thurman Arnold, who succeeded
to Mr.. Jackson's job in the depart
ment of justice; to William o. Doug
lass, or to Secretary Ickes. Each OF
these has had several turns swing
ing bludgeon at business men, and
they will swing them some more.
So, perhaps Mr. Roosevelt's anal
ogy in which he compared the Eu-
ropean situation and settlement"
with the idea of a settlement be-
tween government and business was
not so far wrong. Perhaps the set
tlement' by which Hitler took over
great chunks of Czechoslovakia is
the way the authoritative sources"
or the White House Spokesman"
would have our government take
over most private industry.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-10-20
A Significant Experiment

An even more striking example
of the power of food to affect the
eyesight is to be found in the re-
port of an experiment in which
breeding sows were given food in
abundance but lacking vitamin A
for 160 days before and for 80
days after breeding. In three lit
terS of 35 pigs, all were blind. In
another litter of Ia pigs, all were
sightless. But under normal feed
ing, the same animals produced
litters of pigs with normal eyes
and vision. This experiment justi-
fies the conclusion of one of our
most noted food scientists, that
the deficiency of essential food ele-
ments may SO alter vital processes
that even prenatal changes may
occur.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-10-20
WHAT to EAT and WHY

has long been known to be caused
by a vitamin A deficiency. 1t is
also we'll known that a liberal
amount of this vitamin will pre-
vent that serious disease and will
even effect cure where destruc-
ton of the cornea has not pro-
gressed too far.
This suggests the tremendous
Importance of including in the diet
foods rich in vitamin A-cod- and
other fish-liver oils; milk and 9TH
er dairy products; green leafy and
yellow vegetables; and egg yolk.
Experiments with rats, whose
dietary requirements are similar
to those of man, show a close
connection between cataract and a
deficiency of another vitamin-vi-
tamin G.. This is found most abun-
dainty in meat, milk, eggs, fruit
and vegetables.
We're she concerned about pro-
tecting the blessing of good eye
sight alone, that would be suffi-
cient reason why every homemak-
er should plan meals that are rich
in vitamins. But it is not only
the eyes which are dependent
upon vitamins, for they have
many other functions to perform.
An improper diet may cause
people to drive automobiles blind
ly at night so that they are dan
gerous not only to themselves and
their passengers, but to everyone
on the streets and roads. A de-
ficient diet will also send them
through life with half-efficient bod
les, half-efficient brains, half-effi-
cient senses.
That is why urge you to
learn everything you can about
food, so that in planning meals
you will not only feed your eyes,
your husbands eyes and your chill
dren's eyes, but will take advan-
tage of the wonderful discoveries
of nutritiOnal science to make ev-
cry member of the family so eff
cient that they will enjoy the best
of health each day of their lives.
G-WNU-C Houston Goudiss-l938-3
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-10-20
Just Kidding and Fooling
Readers of Newspapers

Well, without questioning the sim
cerity Of purpose, the fact remains
that the writer's were the goats. And
here they are being made the goats
again, and the public, the readers
of newspapers, are to be kidded and
fooled some more. What's the ex-
cuse? There is none 1t is the same
old ostrich and the same old sand in
which ne is hiding his head; so why
do it?
The present, and rejuvenated,
White House Spokesman" had a
good deal to say, behind this shad-
owy veil, about the desirability of a
truce between business and labor, a
truce with the administration in
Washington. The bitterness between
industry and government was made
almost into parallel with Euro
pean conditions, and the "Spokes-
man" went further to suggest that
some method Of getting together,
comparable to the European settle
ment," should be used here.
Well, l imagine there is none in
our country who do not hope for,
and believe in the need of, lasting
peace between business and govern
ment. AS the shadowy form said,
as it floated over Hyde Park, there
has been too much name calling.
too many charges and recrimina-
tions. The condition has slowed up
general business; it has made the
relief rolls full to overfowing. But
when the white House Spokesman"
seeks a settlement" like that at
Munich, Germany, where Dictator
Hitler grabbed everything he want
ed-well, let me observe that it was
swell subject as an illustration
why the white House Spokesman"
should remain in his grave!
There was another phase of the
''Spokesman's backfence snarling
that is bound to disturb the neigh
boris sleep. 1t was tantamount to a
demand that business stop misrep-
resenting the government attitude
this being the New Deal attitude
toward business. That is to say,
there was yelled charge that busi-
ness, which is to say, ''the economic
royalists," have been lying about
the governments programs and OBJ
jectives, no mention being made of
some of the abortive results.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-10-20
Bruckart's Washington Digest
Old Trickery Again Being Used
In Writing Views Of a President
That Intangible Personality, the white House Spokes
man. Is Back on the Job; Makes Goats of Writers;
Taxes Blamed for Added Burden Business Carries
By WILLIAM BRUCKART
WNU Service, National Press Bdg Washington, ID. C.

WASHINGTON. - The White
House Spokesman" is back! That
ghostly, shy and sometimes playful
figure has been resWrected from
the grave where President Roose-
welt inferred his intangible person
atty early in March, 1888. He was
placed there with proper ceremo-
nies by Mr.. Roosevelt after his
witchlike voice had served during
the administrations Of Presidents
Coolidge and Hoover, and after he
had served valiantly as the source
Of one inspired news story after
another. Mr.. Roosevelt unmasked
the white House Spokesman" as
just the President of the United
States, speaking behind his hand.
But 10! Here is that man again.
l could not help laughing a bit
the other day when the White
House Spokesman" reappeared on
the front pages of metropolitan daily
newspapers, in the work-a-day
clothes of authoritative White
House sources" Grieving as most
writer's did that this trickery had to
be employed in order to write a
Presidents views, l enjoyed the hu-
NOR of the situation, nevertheless.
If the White House Spokesman was
going to be reborn, what more prop
er place could there be than Hyde
Park, N. Y, the Presidents sum-
mer home. That delightful home on
the banks of the Hudson river is
only about the length of an air
plane runway from the fiction
scenes of nightly riding by 1.-The
headless horseman Of Sleepy Hol-
low"
But restoration of the white
House Spokesman" to his place of
eminence is a serious matter. Use
of such a disguise, such a mask,
has no place in American life. Many
a time in the period when Calvin
Coolidge and Herbert Hoover Occu-
pied the White House, there were
stories sent to all parts of the ma
ton that came from the white
House Spokesman" 1t was a silly
procedure. 1t was both silly and
cheap. The head of the government
was simply using the correspond
ents as vehicles to carry the respOn-
sibility which the then occupant of
the White House should have as
sumed.
Some stories were trial balloons;
some were expressions of a person
al opinion by the President which
he was not quite ready to espouse
publicly, and others were pieces Of
just plain trickery, given out with
the understanding that the Presi-
dent should not be directly quoted.
The course was adopted, SO it was
claimed, as a means of giving the
writer's all of the available facts
right up to the minute.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-10-20

specifically asserted that business
interests were all wet when they as
serted that federal taxes are heav-
ier now than one, three or five years
ago. 1t struck me as being a queer
complaint, because federal taxes
are higher; there are more of them
in number and the rates on nearly
all the old ones are higher. Treas
ury figures show that the federal
government collected So, 900, 900
in taxes five years ago. The same
official figures show collections of
more than $4, 100, 900, 900 three years
ago, and in the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1887, the collections were
announced as S5, ,29O, 900, 900. Then,
on June 80, this year, the official
figures recorded collections of
So, 240, 900, 900. To be absolutely fair,
it must be considered that business
was at its lowest ebb five years
ago. Hence, tax payments were at
the lowest But, without attempting
to cite all of the increases in rates
and new taxes invoked, new taxes
and new rates have been response
BILE, too, for the increased burden
which business carries.
1t is important, also, in connec-
ton with the consideration of taxes
to call attention to the federal gov
ernment's budget condition. At the
end of September, when the first
quarter of the fiscal year was COM
pleted, there was deficit of more
than S700, 10000. The Treasury had
been called upon to pay out $780,
000,00 more than it had taken in
by way of taxes. If my country
school multiplication still serves
me, there is deficit indicated for
the current fiscal year Of approx
mately 81, 300, OO0, 900 since there are
four quarters in each year. 1t may
be lessor it may be more.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-10-20
We Hope They Got Home
Before Moon Came Up!

A young farmer had bought
horse which was a wonderful
jumper, and was riding him home.
They came to a gate 10 feet high.
The horse pricked up his ears,
wagged his tail and gracefully
jumped over.
A little farther on they came to
a gate IA feet high, and again the
horse pricked up his ears, wagged
his tail and sailed over with equal
ease.
Farther on still they came to a
railway bridge. Again the horse
pricked up his ears, wagged his
tail, but the squire shouted
nervously, ''Whoa, under this one,
not over"
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-10-20

longed dietary indiscretions may
be at the root of the trouble. But
it never occurs to them that what
they eat may affect the eyes just
as profoundly as it affects the in
ternal organs.
1t is not uncommon, during an
attack of biliousness, to suffer a
disturbance of the vision. But that
disturbance usually disappears
with the disorder that caused it.
On the other hand, a deficient diet
may produce eye troubles that
have a far reaching effect upon
health, efficiency, and even per-
SOnal safety.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-10-20
Children Often Victims

Since the discovery of the close
connection between vitamin A and
the ability to see in dim light, sci
entists have tested large numbers
of school children to determine
whether vitamin A was present in
their diet in adequate amounts.
1t was revealed that from 26 to 79
per cent of the children examined
had incipient night blindness.
The same deplorable conditions
were found among adults. Mild
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-10-20

IF YOU take a woman's size,
you'll certainly enjoy having
both of these smart, new, slender
izing styles. They're extremely
becoming, and made up in mate
rials and colors of your own choos-
ing, they will be the joy of your
life, one for house work, and the
other for afternoon and dinner en-
gagements. Both of these dresses
are so very simple to make that
you'll thoroughly enjoy doing it.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-10-20
The House Dress.

glnnerS.
The House Dress.
Notice how very practical and
comfortable this dress is, with ev-
cry detail you want for working
freedom and slim lines. Darts
make the waistline slim and neat,
but not tight. The armholes are
ample, the sleeves very short, and
slashed for greater freedom. The
skirt has sufficient, unhampering
fullness at the hem. It's dia-
gram design, that you can finish
in few hours. For this, choose
percale, calico, or gingham.
The Afternoon Dress.
Just wait to see how nice and
slim your hips look, in this clev-
erly designed dress, with just a
little fullness above the waist to
emphasize the slick, smooth cut
below. This design gives you the
fashionable bodice detailing, in
soft, lengthening jabot drapes that
have dressy, but not a fussy,
look. Bishop sleeves are another
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-10-20
A Common Complaint

Unfortunately, the prevalence of
night blindness is not generally
recognized, though it is held that
urban dwellers are more conscious
of it than those living in the rural
areas. This is borne out by the
fact that ocular disorders from vi
tamin deficiency are less common
in urban than in rural areas.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-10-20

which operate in
some mysterious
manner of their
own! If they suffer
from indigestion,
they recognize that
it is quite apt to be
due to something
they ate. If they
are troubled with
stomach, liver or
kidney complaints,
they quickly ap-
Dreciate that nro-
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-10-20
4sk Me Nnother
q A General Quiz
The Questions

The Questions
l. What people are considered
the most law-abiding?
2. What is the highest state in
the Union, in average altitude?
3. How high above sea level is
its principal city?
4. What do the letters I. H. S.
stand for?
5. A township is composed of
how many square miles?
The Answers
/. Generally speaking, the Fin
landers are the most law-abiding
A police system is not necessary.
2. Colorado.
3. Denver is one mile above sea
level.
4. Jesus Hominum Salvador
r(JesuS the Savior of Mem, more
correctly his, the first three let
ters in the name Jesus in Greek
5. A township is composed of SO
square miles.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-10-20
God Sees the Heart

Neither is there any creature that
is not manifest in his sight: but all
things are naked and opened unto
the eyes of him with whom we have
to do.-Hebrews Alb
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-10-20

to moderate degrees of vitamin A
deficiency were present in from
10 to over so per cent of each
group tested.
Yet here is the remarkable thing
in nearly every case, a diet rich
in vitamin A for a few weeks re-
stored the vision to normal.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-10-20
Cause Of Other Eve Disorders

Night blindness is not the only
eye disease caused by an improp-
er diet. Xerophthalmia or con-
junctivitis, characterized by ex-
cessive dryness of the eyeball,
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-10-20
Blame Taxes for Added
Burden Business Carries

The news dispatches from Hyde
Park made reference to unfair sto-
ries about taxes. The Spokesman"
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-10-20
c. Houston Goudiss Discusses Vi+amins
And Vision; Explains How and Why
You Should Feed Your Eyes
By C. HOUSTON GOUDISS

TOR number of years, scientists have stressed the i'm
portance of we-balanced diet of maintain
ing health, promoting growth and preventing disease. Re-
Gently significant development has occurred
necessary preserve the general health efficiency of every
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-10-20
Revenue From Autos

1t is estimated that Is per cent
OF all government tax revenue, To-
cal, state and national, is contrib
uted by car owners.