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Sunday April 26 19S6
Britain Views Murder
As a Serious Crime
It wasn’t •specially pleasant to read about the
hinging of that English woman who poisoned an
aged cripple to win an inheritance. But the story
ha-d overtones Just the same on which w* in America
could dwell with some profit.
For if there ever was a case designed to show
how British Justice manage* to g»t along without
all the lather of sentimentality and soft-headedness
which afflict the American variety this was it.
Consider the facts briefly. Mrs Dorothea Wad-
dingham trained nurse and mother of five children
fed poison to a patient who had made a will be-
queathing to Mrs. Waddingham a considerable sum
of money.
There evidently was no doubt as to her guilt;
however there was a man in the case — the father
of two of Mrs. Waddingham’s children — who was
tried with her and found not guilty.
Because Mrs. Waddingham had five children
because it may have seemed that she was not solely
responsible for the crime and because the execution
of a woman is never a matter which ordinary folk
can contemplate calmly the Jury that convicted
her added a strong recommendation for mercy.
The trial Judge indorsed It. The public signed
numerous petitions to the same effect.
But all this made no difference. These appeals
went to the convicted British criminal’s last resort
the home secretary — in this case Sir John Simon
— and he refused to intervene. Despite her five
children despite public sympathy despitfe the atti-
tude of Judge and Jury Mrs. Waddingham was duly
hanged in the manner prescribed by law.
The British you see have an old-fashioned no-
tion that murder is a serious crime. They feel especial-
ly bitter about poisoners. Poison is so easy to ad-
minister so hard to detect; the British seem to feel
that unless poisoners are given the heaviest pen-
alties the law allows without exception their tribe
will Increase beyond all endurance.
So Mrs. Waddingham was hanged in spite of
everything. And the next time some English nurse
feels moved to slip a little rat-killer into a wealthy
patient’s soup it is quite likely that Mrs. Wadding-
ham’s experience will rise before her mind’s eye
and cause her to pause.
• * *
All this is worth going into at this length because
in America we never seem able to adopt that eminent-
ly sensible viewpoint. Our sentiment always goes out
to the killer not to his victim.
If we had had Mrs. Waddingham over here we
would have had innumberable appeals stays re-
prieves and pleas for clemency. In the end the
lady might have spent as many as five years beind
the bars; and her case would have been no deterrent
at all to other potential poisoners.
The contrast is too striking to overlook. British
law may at times be heartless and cold but it Is
strictly logical. And — which is very much to the
point — it does put the fear of God into murderers.
Harbinger of Peace
War clouda may be easting dark shadows across
the European landscape these days but It begins to
look as If the British war office la counting on con-
tinued peace.
At any rate smart new “off duty” uniforms havs
just been designed for the British Tommy. Hereafter
when he departs from |he barrack and goes on leave
Tommy will be garbed not in the familiar drab khaki
but in resplendent regimentals of dark blue with
gorgeous brass buttons and a blue cap bearing a
shining badge.
And the point of all this is that the fineness
of a soldier’s feathers seems to vary in inverse ratio
to the nearness of actual war.
In wartime the soldier’s outfit is all for business.
It is only when peace is in full flower that his uni-
form grows gaudy and peacocky.
By that standard the British authorities must
be figuring on a considerable extension of the pres-
ent era of peace.
‘Snap’ Marriages
If Assemblywoman Jane H. Todd gets her pro-
gram through the New York legislature this session
thousands in that state are going to find it more
difficult to get married.
She believes that the trend toward hasty mar-
riages is responsible for the great number of divorce
actions in our courts today. Hence her program is
aimed at slowing down the marriage mill.
She would require more care In Issuing licenses
and lapse of a greater time between issuance of the
license and performance of the ceremony.
Certainly this plan ought to deter the marriages
that follow cocktail parties nocturnal Joy rides and
rapid-fire decisions of the irresponsible who are wont
to agree that it “would be great fun to get married
—right now!”
Your Baby's Health
By DEL MORRIS FISHBE3N
Editor Journal of the American Medical Assn
and Hygeia the Health Magazine
MOTHER SHOULD PREPARE HERSELF FULLY
FOR PROPER CARE OF NEW-BORN CHILD
Before the baby comes the mother should as-
semble the materials that will be required at child
birth. If she is going to a hospital she will need
at least two nightgowns a bathrobe two pairs of
stockings a pair of slippers a few handkerchiefs a
tooth brush some toothpaste or toothpowder a comb
and a brush.
In most hospitals the baby's clothes are provided
until the baby is ready to leave. The day before the
mother expects to leave the hospital with her baby
someone should bring her a shirt a band a petticoat
or bathrobe a pair of stockings some safety pins a
few diapers a sweater a cap and two blankets
which may be necessary for the baby en route to
its home.
The more experienced mothers will have avail-
able a good many other clothes for the baby because
babies grow fast and need many changes before they
are a year old.
Following is a list of infant needs: In warm weath-
er most doctors recommend cotton or cotton and
silk; in cold weather wool or silk and wool.
Fall and winter: Three binders (if not at hospital)
three silk and wool shirts with sleeves three pairs
sink and wool stockings three long nightgowns two
to four dozen diapers.
If mother wishes to dress baby: Three muslin
slips three muslin dresses.
For outdoor wear: Two caps two sweaters one
bunting.
Spring and summer; Three binders (if not at hos-
pital) three cotton shirts with sleeves three shirts
without sleeves three pairs cotton stockings three
long knit gowns lightweight two to three dozen
diapers.
If mother wishes to dress baby: Three muslin
slips three muslin dresses.
For outdoor wear: Bonnet sweater light bunt-
ing or coat.
For the crib: One good hair or felt mattress three
mattress protectors one rubberized sheet two to six
quilted squares two woolen crib blankets six cotton
sheets one or two washable spreads three cotton
flannel wrapping squares.
Toilet necessities: One bathtub one dressing
table one hairbrush and comb one tray and bottle
set for toilet articles four knit wash cloths four
knit face towels three large bath towels.
Other needed accessories: One beam scale (may
be rented); one diaper pan (to soak soiled diapers);
one room thermometer — to keep temperature right—
sixty-eight degrees by day fifty-five degrees at night
seventy-two to seventy-five degrees in the bathroom;
one clothes horse; small-necked nursing bottles for
water or formula; anti-colic nipples and bottle caps.
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together.
Behind the
Scenes in
W ashington
BY RODNEY DUTCHES
Brownsville Herald Washington
Correspondent
WASHINGTON April 25. — The
new Republican “brain trust” Is
getting up steam at a tapid rate.
Already It has spread over two
flqors and a half of a handsome
offjfee building less than a block
from the White House and a couple
of dozen stenographers are whack-
ing away at their machines there
all day long.
Eventually there will be a staff
of about sixty persons brain-trust-
ing or helping brain-trust for the
G O. P. at the rate of about three
stenographers for each professor
with all signs indicating a pleasant
summer.
A fine library is being built up
and Dr. Olin G. Saxon of Yale
chosen by G. O. P. Chairman Henry
Fletcher to head this interesting
experiment in research for a polit-
ical party Indicates his expectation
that the “brain trust” will be a fix-
ture and not a mere flash in the
pan for the campaign of 1936.
The only ripple in the ointment
is a disquieting indication that Dr.
Saxon and some of the other brain
trusters may insist on being scien-
tific rather than political in their
work. This suggests the horrible
fear that Republican brain trusters
may get along no better with Re-
publican politicians than Demo-
cratic brain trusters have been get-
ting along with Democratic poli-
ticians.
• • •
Shock to Politicians
Fletcher tossed a party the other
night so some of the hard-boiled
congressional republicans could meet
Saxon and his first assistant Prof.
Niles W. Carpenter.
The politicians now fear the worst.
Carpenter turned out to be little
better than a liberal and some of
the Ideas he and Saxon suggested
for & Republican program caused
some of the shuddering politicos to
assert that It "sounded almost worse
than the New Deal.”
Saxon is an able Impressive econ-
omist who gives you the idea that
he will try to be “honest and ob-
jective” in his efforts to show by
statistics and other evidence that
the New Deal has been destructive.
He has divided his work with
the aim of “complete non-partisan
surveys” of the phases of labor and
social security banking and cur-
rency public finance Including tax-
ation agriculture and government
relations with business.
• • •
Hell Cover Whole Field
Before election Saxon expects to
have issued factual studies In all
those fields — eventually to be made
into a book — and pamphlets of
argumentation to go along with
them.
The ten full-time professors to
be employed will present various
alternatives to New Deal meth-
ods of doing things — which Is ex-
i actI7 where they and the politicians
probably will clash.
Saxon apparently believes In an
economy of abundance which would
create re-employment by expanded
production at lower prices. He thinks
the New Deal price-program has
been awful.
• • •
Thom-ln-the-Side’ Zioncheck
Congressman Marlon Zloncheck of
Washington was arrested for ringing
all the telephones In an apartment
house from a switchboard early New
Year’s morn. He Is usually on the
verge of fisticuffs with Tom Blan-
ton of Texas with the whole house
hoping they will mop each other up.
Now he has been arrested on a
charge of speeding up and down
•Connecticul avenue at 70 miles an
hour. Ordinarily. Zioncheck is rath-
er a nuisance on the House floor
Flapper Fanny Says
KEG. U. S. PAT. OFF.
-Ism:
When you’ve got the bull by the
horns yoi\ can’t let anything
' cow you.
FOLLY ** FAREWELL ^1
I * I
BEGIN HERE TODAY -
LINDA BOURNE 30 years sMU
pretty aad socially prominent la
the little aUddlewestera town of
Newtown meets PETER GAR-
DINER political reporter when
she goes to the Blade office with
an anaoanearnest about a charity
hasaar.
The same day Linda’s father la
dnanclal difficulties kills himself.
Peter goes to the Bourne homo
to break the news to Linda. Mis-
understanding she treats him
rudely. Later she apologises eoa-
fldes that her father’s money Is
gone aad she must dad a Joh.
the tells Peter about a scenario
she has written and he asks to
read It.
Linda promises to come to his
home Sunday to meet his mother.
In the meantime DIX CARTER
with whom Linda is la lore tele-
phones and Linda forgets her date
with Peter.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER IV
A DATE was a date and It had
to be kept in Linda’s code
but when Pete Gardiner’s call re-
minded her of their date for Sun-
day afternoon she thought of Dix
and did something she had never
done in her life before. She lied
to him.
"I’m terribly sorry” Linda
said "but I’m afraid 1 can’t keep
our date. Something unexpected
something about the—the estate
has come up—and I’ve got to see
someone at 4 o’clock.”
There was the briefest of
silences. Linda couldn’t know
that it-was bitter disappointment.
Then Pete tried again:
"If it’s not going to keep you
late couldn’t I pick you up for
supper?”
It was Linda's turn to hesitate.
Dix hadn’t said anything about
supper. He bad said be would
come by around 4. Hoping that
he would stay she had already
prepared a little supper tor them.
"I’m afraid it will be too late.
And . .. I’m .. . I’m really sorry”
she said almost truthfully.
"Okay. We’ll try another time”
Pete said with a lightness he j
didn’t feel. And when he had
rung off his lips tightened as they
had when he was a little boy.
Perhaps Miss Bourne didn’t care
for the idea of going across the
tracks to the Gardiner home for
supper.
Linda didn’t think of that or
of Pete’s mother until much later
that day. Dix was coming!
• • •
TT was nearly 5 when Dix came.
-*• His roadster roared into the
drive and through the curtains j
Linda saw him glance at his
wrist-watch before he raised th$
knocker.
"Hello” she said in Just the
tone she had always said hello
to him before but embarrassment
had fallen on him. She could for-
get while she was with him the
heavy hand of circumstance that
had descended since last they had
met Dix couldn’t It was not
strong enough this bond between
them. Linda had become some-
one else. She was dramatized in
his mind and try as she would
•he could not change things.
He told her gravely of his ac-
tivities and when she tried to
speak of her father and all that
Dix already knew (because she
wanted to clear away the some-
thing between them so that they
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I ......
Drx wouldn't have tea he aaid glancing at his watch. He had
to "pick up some people."
could find each other as they had
been) Dix would not allow her.
He wouldn’t have tea he said
glancing once more at his watch.
He had to "pick up some people.” '
In her imagination Linda saw
Jane Wyatt’s laughing face held
up to his and she propped her
chin up mentally.
"Tell me about the Glee Club
concert” she said.
He did. Precisely the way he
would have told his mother. Care-
fully he reviewed the program.
After that Tdnda gave up. When
he rose she got his hat and sum-
moning a smile she did not feel
she said "I’m not very gay now
Dix or very good company but
I hope you’ll come again.”
"You bet” he answered heart-
ily and she tried not to see his
relief. "We’ll have to do some-
thing one of these nights. Some-
thing quiet.”
Very calmly Linda took the tea-
tray to the kitchen. Very calmly
she wrapped the untouched sand-
wiches In a damp cloth put the
cream back in the bottle rinsed
the dishes. Calmly she emptied
the ash trays. Then she took all
the flowers out and dumped them
in the rubbish basket. She went
upstairs and squeezed her eyes
tightly shut so that the tears
would not come through.
• • •
DUT they did come and when
she had cried until her nose
was red her lip swollen and her
eyes burned back in her head and
she wae as disgusted with herself
as she was hurt she took off the
velvet gown and got out her old
weeds the worn riding hat an
ler brogues.
Linda felt the need of fresh ai
md sympathy. When she set ou
with small hands clenched in th
pockets of her coat she sougt
>nly the fresh air but when he
mind had cleared itself of th
ifternoon she remembered Pet
Gardiner. She remembered th
tone of his voice. She remen
Pered how he had looked when h
spoke about his mother'and t
ier own shame she remembere
low lightly she had dismissed h!
Invitation—from his mother t
had said—to have supper wit
them at his home.
And then Linda knew there w*
snly one thing in the world st
wanted at that moment and thi
was to see Pete’s mother. She wi
ashamed of her behavior but h<
desire was stronger than that an
she hastened her steps until si
came to a drug store. Quick!
she turned the pages of the tel
phone directory until she came 1
bis name and found the addree
It was a little house but
wasn’t quite the kind of a litt
house Linda had expected to fin
It was freshly painted and eve
greens hid the worn foundation
A wave of anticipation n
from Linda’s gloved finger i
through her as she paused hai
poised above the old-fashion*
knocker. She knew that the litt
house would smell of spices ai
good things. She closed her ey
for a moment and opened the
when the door opened In answ
to her ring.
"No It can’t be true!" she sa
to herself before she spoke. Mrs.
Gardiner was entirely too much
like somethin! out of a book. Look
as she would Linda couldn’t find
a flaw. Little sweet-faced her
soft skin a network of the wrin-
kles of the aged (for all that she
was not truly old) Mrs. Gardiner
was Linda’s idea of A Mother.
» • •
Pthat quick second Linda won-
dered what her own mothef
was like. The pretty frivolous
girl who had run away from he^
little daughter. *
“I’m Linda Bourne. Mrs. Gars
diner/’ she said. *
“Well now this Is a pleasant
surprise!” Mrs. Gardiner had
drawn her Into the small hall.
It did smell of spice and . . . and
tobacco Linda thought approv-
ingly.
“We were afraid you weren’t
going to be able to come after
all. I told Peter to call you and
see if that gentleman might have
left by now but he said maybe .1
you’d come anyway. And I see
you have.”
Linda was slightly swept off
her feet. She had planned to con-
fess that she was suddenly
ashamed and had come to apolo-
gize but now Mrs. Gardiner had *
given her a graceful way out so x
that none of them need be hurt
and she seized it.
"Mr. Gardiner said he would .
call for me but I wasn’t sure
what time I would be free. I took
a chance breaking in on you this -
way. because I wanted to meet
. you. Pete . . . Mr. Gardiner told
me such lovely things about you."
“You mustn’t mind him Miss
r Bourne. He says lovely things
•• about everybody and very lovely
6 things about you.”
* Suddenly Linda felt her back
£ go a little straighten She didn’t
want Pete Gardiner to say lovely
® things about her. She didn’t want
him to think of her. She resented
’ any implication that there might
® be anything but the most casual
d relationship between them as a
8 woman does when she is In lovo
“ with another man.
h “I sent him to a little shop
down the street for cream. We’rs
. going to have strawberry short-
e cake. He’ll be back in Just a min- ...
t ute. Make yourself comfortable _
I’ve got to see about my biscuit." .
“Hello” Linda said to Pete be-
d fore he had time to recover from
e his surprise. “My caller left z
_ earlier than I expected and I camo ~
/ to surprise you.” --
0 “That’s . . . why that’s fine."1
s Pete bad to readjust his thoughts
about Linda. Disappointment had
i given way to hot anger after hs
had talked to her on the tele- ;
phone but now all that had dis-
r* appeared. He liked her for com-
B' ing. He liked her for the old ..
■n tweeds she wore and the easy way
she had greeted him. He liked
d her. ^
*d “Want to hear the news?" * -
1° She nodded.
id “The Blade needs a gal to writs
98 society news. I was talking to ;■
m Barrett about you. If you’d Ilk# T
9r a Job like that drop In and s«# •
him tomorrow morning.” ?
Id (To Be Continued)
but occasionally he is rather amus-
ing.
Congressman Boylan of New York
was making a long ponderous ad-
dress on the birthday of Thomas
Jefferson and incidentally promising
to promote a Jefferson memorial
when Zioncheck rose to ask if it
wouldnt’ be better to follow “prin-
ciples laid down and advocated” by
Jefferson than merely to build sta-
tues for him.
• • •
Pleasantries Swapper
Blanton asked Zioncheck to with-
draw the “heckling interpolation”
but he refused. Boylan complained
that Zioncheck had “squirted re-
marks” into his speech inferring
that unless the interpolation could
be expunged it would look bad when
he sent copies around to his con-
sequents. Debate was as follows:
Boylan: “My admiration my re-
spect and my love for the gentle-
man are so great that I would not
put a stone in his way but I do
say that if he is left to himself he is
likely to squirt himself out of his
seat and I would not like to see
that happen.”
Zioncheck: “Mr. Speaker a point
of order: When I squirt myself out
of my seat where will I squirt my-
self and who cares?”
Boylan: “The gentleman will prob-
ably squirt himself into that ob-
livion from which he emanated.”
Factographs
One can tell how far away the
flash of lightning is by taking a
watch and noting the number of
seconds which elapse between the
flash of lightning and the time
when one hears the roll of thunder.
If as much as five seconds elapse.
it Is about a mile away.
• • •
Such tropical creatures as alliga-
torty snakes and certain mammals
and insects undergo a period of
torpor during the hot dry season
when food is scarce and vegetation
is taking a rest. This is known as
estivation.
The title Duke of York was first
used in the year 1385. Since that
time it has been used in reference
to the second son of the reigning
king of England.
• • •
It Is estimated that it took fish
some 250000000 years to develop
into their present form and learn
to swim.
• * *
A new police regulation in Berlin
prohibits passengers from speaking
to the drivers of taxicabs.
Prayers Answered
WHEELING W. Va. (ffj—'The
gold communion cup stolen from the
Polish Catholic church here while
the building was opened for flood
rescue work was sent back the day
after the congregation held a special
prayer service for Its return.
Barbs
Iowa co-eds are forbidden to bring
their knitting into the dining hall
thus eliminating danger of learning
too late that the spaghetti was a
scarf.
• • •
Santa Cruz Clifomia will prose-
cute anyone carrying sand from its
beaches. The law-abiding element
hereafter will sieve its spinach.
* • •
It is doubted if even writing
treaties on that new non-tearable
paper would cure Europe’s terrible
habit.
• • •
“Some fifteen commercial uses
have been discovered for the walnut
shell.” probably none however will
be as profitable as the old army
game.
• • •
Those huge AAA benefit pay-
ments suggest!a new maxim “As
ye not sow so shall ye reap.”
Dinner Stories
MERELY HYPOCRITICAL
“Here” lamented Mrs. J. "is an-
other invitation from Mrs. Bore-
leigh asking us to one of her dull
parties. I wish we didn’t have to go.”
“Tell her we have a previous en-
gagement” said her husband.
“No." said Mrs. J. vigorously
“that would be a lie. Edith dear
write Mrs. Boreleigh that we ac-
cept with much pleasure.”
ONE MINUTE PULPIT
As a roaring lion and a rang-
ing bear; so Is a wicked ruler over
the poor people.—Proverbs 28:15.
For Stamp Fans
France recently issued this stamp
to commemorate the 100th anni*
vertary of the death of Andre
Marie Ampere. He was the first
to formulate the laws of electro
dynamics.
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Answers
to
Ouestions
BY FREDERIC J. HA SKIN
A reader can get the answer to any
question of fact by writing The
Brownsville Herald Information
Bureau. Frederic J. HasKln Director
Washington. D. C. Please enclose
three (3) cents for reply.
Q. in what cemetery waa DeWolf
Hopper buried? M. H. F.
A. Mr. Hopper was buried from
the Church of the Transfiguration
New York City on September 25
1935 and the interment was in
Greenwood Cemetery Brooklyn New
York.
Q. In advertising what is meant
by a spectacular? G. M.
A. It is th% trade name for an
animated electric sign.
Q. Are moat of the lepers In the
world now In leprosaria? D. K.
A. The American Leprosy Foun-
dation says that probably not more
than two per cent of the three mil-
lion lepers in the world are in any
kind of a leprosarium.
Q. How long are the livers which
form the Ohio River? C. C. R.
A. The Monongahela River is 300
miles long and the Allegheny is 350
miles long. They unite at Pittsburgh
to form the Ohio.
Q. What ts the composition of the
seed mixture that is used for the
White House lawn? M. J. C.
A. 'Rie Office of Public Buildings
and Public Parks says that the grass
in the White House lawn is compos-
ed of two parts bluegrass one part
redtop and three parts red fescue.
Q. What is matzoth? C. O.
A. It is unleavened bread eaten
by orthodox Jews during the Pass-
over.
Q. Please name the banks In Eng-
land which are called the Big Five.
M. J. C.
A. The Midland. Lloyd’s Barclay’s.
Westminister and The National Pro-
vincial. The main offices are all
located In London. The Big Five
is known in London as the “House”
and was founded in 1801. Strangers
are not admitted to the establish-
ment.
t . .
Q. Why at Saratov on the Volga
river in southeastern Russia is there
a large percentage of Germans?
J. R.
A. The German settlement is
known as the German Volga Re-
public. It is situated on the Volga
and is mainly bordered by Baratov
Province which it divides into two
t
separate parte. It waa created ta
February 1924 as an autonomous
Soviet Socialist Republic In the
Russian Soviet Federated Socialist
Republic. About 27000 German
colonists were settled there in 1780
and 1761 at the Invitation of tbs
Empress Catherine 11 when the pop-
ulate nof Russia was so much leas
than today arid the government was
concerned for the development of
uncultivated lands.
Q. Do astronomer* use noon or
midnight to begin the day? W. E. H.
A. Astronomers formerly began th*
day at noon but it was decided ad-
visable for the sake of uniformity to
use the same day in astronomical
work as is used in civil life and
commencing with 1925 all the na-
tional almanacs began the day at
midnight.
Q. What member of Congrea* wrote
a poem about Mrs. Roosevelt? S.
H. G.
A. Representative John 8. Me-
Groarty of California wrote a poem
entitled The Lady Eleanor.
Q. Who conceived the Idea of In-
troducing sound into picture*? K
L. M.
A. Twelve years ago Major Ha- ]
than Levinson induced the Warner I
Brothers to Introduce synchronized j
sound into pictures.
Q. Have many Jewish refugees
from Germany gone to Palestine?
H.H.
A. A statistical analysis show* 1
that 36372 Jews from Germany
entered Palestine from January
1933. to December 1935.
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