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Your |. O.
BY SHIRLEY SPENCER

Score 10 for each question ex-
cept the ninth, for which score
20.
l. Supposing that it were pos
sible for the Martians 70 visit us,
or we them, and that the visit
could coincide with the time
that Mars is nearest the earth,
which is every Is to II years,
roughly, how long would the trip
take in a plane travelling at the
rate of 300 miles an hour--non-
stop flight, of course. (a)
About eight weeks; Cd year and
a half; Co more than Is years?
2. What is the plural of octo-
pus?
3. An inning in a baseball
game is the period while one
side takes a turn at the bat.
True. False.
4. The Lyra is (a) a constella-
ton of stars; CD Italian money;
Co a jungle animal.
S. Corn belongs to the grass
family. True. False.
6. What United States Presi-
dent was nicknamed Rough
and Ready?
7. Hoarfrost is frozen dew.
True. False.
8. An isosceles triangle has
(a) all sides of unequal length;
(b) three equal sides; Co two
sides of equal length.
8. Brainteaser: A man finds
So and then has five times as
much as he would have had if
he had lost So. How much had
he at first?
ANSWERS on Page 28)
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Jefferson's Choice

At this time when the Jeffer-
son Memorial is still under dis
cussion, it may still be possible
to suggest one which would I'M
doubtedly have appealed to him
"a careful reproduction of the
Maison Carree at Mines in
Southern France.
I do not know that he actu-
ally ever saw it but if he did
not he knew it by engrav1ngs
as a perfect example of the
style which he preferred, and he
was an excellent and imagina-
tive architect. Accordingly, when
he came to plan the capitol OF
Virginia he sent, I understand
to France for a model of it on
which to base his design. IL
arrived and he used it, but II
was one of those copies in which
the artist has improved upon
the original.
1 cannot imagine more ap-
propriate memorial to Thomas
jefferson than an accurate copy
of it would be, for with 1T he
would have at least brought the
Maison Carree to America. HIS
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Predicts Indy Return

It is true that Lindbergh is
in Germany. He will go to any
country to follow his love "aVi'
alton" and where he believes it
is being best served.
It is for the opposite reason
that he left his native land
this present administrations
treatment of his love-the daS-
tardly manner in which Jim Far
ley and his mob broke it down
some many months ago.
In my opinion Lindbergh will
not return to this country per
manently while this administra-
tion is in power, but after the
election in 1910 when the Re
publIcans will again return to
their proper place in the sun,
then Mr.. Lindbergn will come
back to his native land.
Put this prophecy away. It
will come true just as sure as
you are a foot off the ground.
A SUBSCRIBER.
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Surprised B. L. II.

During the course of a day I
contact many different kind of
people. A few days ago I con-
tacted a Negro who gave me
some interesting information.
II heard a fine speech last
night" he remarked. What
was it?" I questioned. did you
ever hear of Earl Browder?"
"The Communist" I returned.
YES" he replied, well I went
to a meeting in the Interstate
Building and met him last
night" he informed me.
do you mean to tell me that
some one allowed Browder to use
one of our public buildings for
the purpose of spreading Com
munistic propaganda" He as
sured me it was true.
I don't know whether this
man told me the truth or not,
but I am passing the informa-
ton on to you. 1t might inter
est Comrade Dies. If it is true
il indicates that the Moscow
Washington axis is very real.
BERNARD L. HENN1NG.
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perance pledge, and I knew ex-
actly what I was doing:
II hereby promise, by the
help of God, to abstain from
the use of all intoxicating liq-
uors, including wine, beer and
elders"
I am SO years old and happy
to say I have not up to the
present time broken my pledge.
And as for smoking I would
as soon have my children see
me drunk, but that is just my
opinion, I suppose. I sure
missed my Say" while it was
out, but thoroughly enjoy it
again.
Have number of my Says"
clippings in my scrap book. So
can enjoy them when I grow
too old to dream.
MRS. H. w. ELLIS,
Riverdale, Md.
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Lotteries for Relief

WE ARE glad to see that gentleman named Henry
w Hayward has had the courage to propose lotteries
for relief in Washington AS District Auditor Daniel j.
Donovan remarked the close of the Tax Advisory Com
mttee hearing at the Capitol, it the only idea
presented by anyone for raising money for District re-
quirements We think it's good one.
Considering the amount of money the numbers
rackeeers take of the pockets of Washington GUS
toners now, even with rigid
Gambling Should laws under which you can be
Be LegaIized SEM " jan an !. l0"l0 Sasnoa
It would be worth while to offer gamblers chance to
gamble honestly and safely.
If some way could be found to let District authorities
control legazed lottery business that would be better
than soaking all of us with income taxes sales taxes,
business taxes gasoline and goodness knows what
else while we yell with holy horror-well maybe not so
holy-n protest
We look up to Mr.. Hayward for his suggestion and
back him 100 per cent We only wish that Messrs Hazen,
Donovan and the other good but tmid brethren in the
District Building had the and intelligence to do
as much.
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And then the woman who rad
to die cried out:
Come to me, father. Come
close to me-"
The priest stepped forward at
once and placed his right hand
on the imprisoned right hand Of
the murdereSS. The warden
caught the gesture, dropped his
own hand. And Mrs. Hahn had
a rare thought-one for an
other person instead of for
herself.
Don't, father. You might get
killed." she whispered.
The priest stepped back, be-
gan the Lords Prayer-on the
final sentence of which came
death.
THE outside of the prison
- veranda, facing the street,
was damned with people. Ninety
per cent of these were women
and I wondered how many of
these would have cared to &C
tually see the execution.
This was the first legal death
the three prison matronS who
accompanied Mrs. Hahn to the
chair had ever seen. Two of
them we're detailed and had to
be present whether they wanted
to or not. The third one, Mrs.
Rene Triple, who led the grim
procession behind Father Sui
Ivan, came only because the
doomed woman begged her to
do so.
One young lady reporter-a
local product-had the right
idea, but lacked the final cour-
age to put it over. She wired
Seymour Berkson, editor of In
ternational News Service, if he
would like a story written from
the woman's angle"-what
miSuSed and WORKOUT phrase
that is-by herself, present in
person in the death chamber.
Of course, Berkson wired his
office here to find out if the
proposition was legitimate and
advised that the lady be given
the assignment if it was.
She took it cheerfully from
Carl Turner, the Ohio CORE
spondent of the news service
and, having considerable in
fluence here, was able to secure
a pass to the execution. Around
S o'clock she announced she
would go over to the local press
club and bolster up her courage
for the task. She was still boil
steering it when the doctors pro-
nounced Mrs. Hahn dead.
The murderess had tremen-
dous vitality. This was evil
denced, the physicians said, by
the fact that her heart con-
tinued to beat for several Sec
onds after the third charge Of
electricity had passed through
her body.
7 SAW Mrs. Hahn In her caSket
l. this morning. Her face had
a repose which am sure has
not been an hahitual express
sion for many months. Her
mouth, as she lay there, dead,
seemed a sort of guide to her
mental setup and outlook
grim, thin-lipped, closed tight,
illustrating determination, sell
fishness, cruelty and cold
bloodednesS.
The editor of a Midwestern
newspaper wired his represen-
tative here to offer almost any
sum that would suit her for a
confession of guilt. Her r.
year-old boy, Oscar-branded
by her for life-Who sought
bravely to comfort her in those
last hours, is penniless. The
money could have helped him
tremendously and there is no
question of Mrs. Hahn's guilt.
But she refused.
Copyright, 1898, by Washington
Herald-Times)
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ROllin' Along
By W. A. S. Douglas

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 8.-Thoughs that crowd around
~ after having watched the execution of a
have met kindly prison warden as big, grey
haired "Jm Woodland of the Ohio State Penitentiary
Most of those boys hard They've got to be- But tears
streamed down Woodlands cheeks he stood beside the but
ton the pressing of which death for Anna Marie Hahn
And when in her agony of anticipation she cried out to him
warden, don't let them do this to me-"
He stepped away from his post that she could him.
And he replied her pea-an almost heard of gesture at
executions
I'm sorry. I'm sorry. But can't help it,
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none of that.
1t seemed there was no SYM
pathy for the murderess on our
side of the rail. The warden
wept, the three women warders
wept. Father Sullivan brushed
tears away as he went about his
priestly office. But over where
we sat there was a sort of
mass. stony-eyed purpose. 1t
was best exampled in the NUT
terings of the young newspaper
reporter sitting beside me and
covering his first electrocution.
He kept repeating:
"She killed four men. She
killed four men. She killed
four men,"
He refused to permit himself
to be sorry for her.
ENATHER SULLIVAN, young,
a prematurely greyed, no
doubt through worry over the
unfortunates in his charge at
the great prison, is a very brave
man. Mrs. Hahn had been
strapped into the chair and
everything was set for the deal
ing of the death current. The
guards had stepped away. The
warden, nervous and detesting
his duty, had raised his hand to
the fateful button.
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Our Safety Value

At a time when press ana
radio are shrieking about Amer
ica's vaunted freedom of speech,
Father Coughlin is peremptorily
gagged because of an attack on
Communism.
Using the tactics of Goebbels
will never suppress racial and
religious hatred In the present
case I am sure it has only served
to intensity feelings. Free
speech is the safety valve of our
nation. w. D. W.
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Fighting Prejudice

Are you knocking the Jews?
Are you going around telling
people the Jews are getting just
what they deserve in Germany?
Do. you agree with people when
they say such things? Then you
are not Christian. The only true
Christians of today are those
who are doing what they can to
counterfeit anti-Semitism both
here and abroad.
TRUE CHRISTIAN.
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influenced by the hope of re-
ward, but those who have led
shabby lives, the fear of punish
ment is a greater influence.
However, most people do what
they think is right and neither
fear punishment nor look for
reward"
X X
John D. Amiss, 1900 block
Chevy Chase Boulevard, Chevy
Chase, Md, insurance clerk:
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doing certain things, the fear
of punishment is not even con-
sidered. Also religious training
spurs people on so that they
might obtain the ultimate re-
ward"
X
Dave Herman, $500 block Colo
RADIO Ave. N. w., press agent:
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don't misbehave because they
fear punishment. Then, when
people grow older they fear the
things that society and the law
consider wrong. I think most
people feel that if they do not
lead good lives they will suffer
in one way or another"
X X
Mrs. EStelle Wallace, 100
block Massachusetts, Ave. N. w.,
- J.,-,.G:z:. .a1;o;Eor,
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rial rewards. Fear does not in
spire ambitions of any kind. 1t
has been proven in the peniten-
tiarieS that prisoners respond
more to the promises of rewards
for good behavior than they do
because of the fear of punish
ment."
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el ectrocuted,
six hanged,
m any shot.
I did not ex-
p ct to be
nauseated to
the extent of
being ill my
S elf, but l
f e a ed for
some of tn e
o t h er W i t.
neSSeS packed
tight around
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does not enter their minds. Re-
ligious training influences many
who hope for their rewards in
the hereafter. 1 think most
people have a love of self-respect
which makes them conduct
themselves properly, even
though they actually fear moth
ing"
* X X
Mrs. Rebecca McClaurie, OF
ANNAPOLIS, Md. housewife:
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Just Driven to 1t

Anent - "Disgusted's" ques-
ton about talking cab drivers,
there are two answers and/or
reasons.
One: 1t is natural for a per
son who performs a task day
after day to do it almost
mechanically. hence his mind is
comparatively free. Now picture
what would happen if you had
to sit in one place all day G2
to 18 hours and say to the
people you met (about $50 only
the simple words: Where to?"
and let it stop there? I'll tell
you where to-the nut house!
Two: All cabmen are ex-
pected to be encyclopedias on
four wheels. They are ex-
pected to assist at child-births,
tight fires, chase bandits, give
first aid. know where Bob So
and &c." who came from
Oucheekuk, Alaska, two years
ago can be found, to cheer up
would-be suicides, play chaperon
to senator's and ambassadors
daughters, and above all, to
listen to the folksy prattle from
back home. There is also that
good old American meeting
greeting-"How's business?"
But it is the "folksy prattle"
that gets you, and so believe
me, the taxi driver talks in self.
defense!
Signed with a smile,
CHARLES K. BEAVERS,
Driver No. 211998.
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The fear Of pun
ishment. It's a fear
that m o st people
develop from their
earliest days. Chill
dren soon lie arm
not to do certain
things that their
parents con S i der
wrong, and they
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ct h a t depends
on each individual
and to a certain
degree on the per
sons early environ
ment and training.
Most of those who
have led a fine, up
standing life would
be ore greatly
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The hope of re-
ward is the greater
influence on hui
man conduct. 1
think most normal
people look more
toward the good
things they will get
out of life, and the
fear of punishment
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In most cases, I
believe the hope of
reward has tn e
greater in f l uence
on human behavior
because of the de-
sire of people for
personal a C h i eve
ment and material
rewards. Good en-
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"It is hope of re-
ward that is the
gre alter influence.
Fear is a predomi-
mating weakness of
the human race,
but when a person
desires Ger t a j n
things or fin d S
enough pleasure in
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IN a t urally, It's
the hope of reward
for the greatest
percentage of PEG
pile. Rewards incite
people to follow the
conduct which So
ciety accepts as
proper. People look
forward to mate
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Business News

VI
and carloadngs.
Judging from present indications, production of cleo
tricity in the United States is on
POUer Output; its way to an all-time high for the
CdrLOGdings 9' 40o' ~ -0o - zal ~ ao~n-
ngs 1885 first quarter for the poor old power in
dusry which claims have been stretched out on its
deahbed by the New Deals ventures into publicly owned
power plants
Carloadngs last week totaled $4,000. This repre-
sented gain on Dow-Jones statistics, of more than
seasonal size
Power output and caroadings two of the most i'm
portant business induces have since they indicate
roughly how fast the blood of business is or is not
circulating.
It's moving very satisfactorily at the moment-and
maybe 1--WE emphasize the "maybe') 1889 will see rea-
Sonaby good times all over the United States.
From the NewY ork News
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VlrOnmenC, upDrIngIng anu to
ligion influence human conduct,
although I believe the fear of
the hereafter is not as strong
as the fear of being a failure
and having fellow men look
down upon you"
X 4 X
Miss Dorothy Wolf, 1900 block
Ninth st. N. w., student:
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statue could be where those Of
the two young Romans stood, at
the far end, and it could we'll
look out through the open door
over the rose garden in Potomac
Park, which he would have de-
lighted in, for he loved flowers.
There would be room for it at
the west end of that garden,
with its back against the en-
bankment. That could be
planted in laurel and wild
roses, while the small fountain
in front could be enlarged into
a rejecting pool.
JOHN r. M. TAYLOR,
Dupont Citizens Association.
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Only Fourteen Days Left

HERE are fourteen shopping days left before Christ
mas (see the artistic thumbnail sketch page 25)
and we'd like to put in plea for early Christmas shop
ping this year.
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Likes "My Say"

I, like Mrs. Evalyn Walsh
Mclean, wonder what the world
is coming to.
When was just little girl
OF IL years. l signed Q tenn
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The Inquiring
Photographer
The Washington Times In
vites you to submit timely
and interesting questions to
be used in this column.
THE QUESTION

Which is the greater influence
on human conduct, the fear of
punishment or the hope of re-
ward?
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his was my IlrSt opportunity
to watch the legal death of a
woman. I have seen II men
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THE ANSWERS
Miss Kay Lyons, 100 block
Seventeenth st. N. W., waitress:
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Traffic Toll

The list Of traffic victims in
the District Of Columbia since
January /, 1888, is graphically
shown by the death watch.
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It's to your own advantage, of
course, in that you get better
selection of goods than if you wait
till the last minute.
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Mrs. Roosevelt
Has Done Hers

But we're thinking also of the hardships worked by
astminute Christmas rushes saesgirs, clerks and
small storekeepers These peoples Christmas is tradi
tonaly period of trying to get over assorted cases OF
racked nerves. overtaxed arches and leg and back
muscles, sales-book heeby-j eebies, and so on.
We think Mrs. Roosevelt set excellent example by
getting her Christmas shopping done last weekand an
example which we hope will be followed by most of the
rest of
thu New
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VOICE OF THE PEOPLE

should
the writers will be omitted
Milford chronicle., 1938-05-27
CHILD INDEPENDENCE

People often protest bitterly about
the badly behaved children whom
they constantly see. Some of them
will go through their list of ac-
auaintances. and pick out a whole
flock of these little sinners, calling
them all by name, who are said to
be very poorly disciplined. They re-
port that the parents of these obstre-
porous kids throw up their hands in
despair Such parents deplore the
insubordination of their children and
ask piteously what they can do to
straighten out these little rebels, and
teach them the duty-Of obedience.
Probably the trouble in most of
these cases. is that these parents
never insisted that their orders be
carried out. The children learned
very early that orders did not have
to be obeyed. Usually by delaying
and resisting, they could avoid such
obedience.
If the parents happened to be firm
er than usual about something. the
children frequently got out of obedi-
ence even then. by yelling and
screeching and making themselves
so disagreeable that no one could
live with them. Under these condi-
tions these children became the real
rulers of the family, and their desire
became the law.
What will become of children here
in Delaware who grow up with these
habits? Will they ever obey the law
of the land? If they find 1t easy to
break family law. will they not
reach the conclusion that it is equal
ly easy to break the laws of state
and nation?
Is it not right here that our coun-
try faces its greatest perils. in this
tendency. grown out of lax family
life, for people to do as they please
follow their own desires, and refuse
to cooperate with their neighbors
for the common good? A race of un-
disciplined children means an un-
Disciplined nation, and no undisci-
plined nation ever came to any great
good.
Milford chronicle., 1938-05-27
THE SPIRIT OF CHARITY

Country people have usually been
very generous to those who have had
misfortune and financial difficulties.
If one family has had sickness or
accident, the neighbors often come
around to saw up their woodpile or
get in their crops, or raise a purse
of money. Such instances are in
Vulnerable in Delaware.
AS places grow little bigger,
people are not so close to each
other, nor so familiar with the needs
of their neighbors. Such acts of char
ity may not be quite so common.
Some people say the government is
now looking after such cases. and
individuals burdened with heavy
taxes can't be expected to give so
much to others. The government
can never attend to all such needs,
and the people who are comfortable
in life should not overlook the needs
of those who are struggling and suf-
fering.
Milford chronicle., 1938-05-27
FATHER TINES CLUTCHES

Old Father Time. who is supposed
to how down the human race with
his scythe. gets large crop each
year as the result of automobile ac-
cidents. He must have felt cOnsid-
erably cheated of late. when it was
announced that the city of Provi-
dence, r. l.. had gone 92 days with
out a fatal automobile accident.
which was considered a worlds rec
ord for city of around 275.OOO peo-
pie.
If the American people could only
be persuaded that the person who
sits behind the steering wheel should
put his entire attention on the Oper-
alton of the car, and should let the
other fellow have the right of way,
we should save pretty nearly 10000
people from the clutches of Father
Time next year.