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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-07-18
By Ira S. Vile, M. D.
JAssociats Editor ~Ameriean Medt-

TAssOcIate Editor "Amerieaa Medi
eine1 and Member n. Y. City
YOUTH is radical and impulsive.
Y Age IL conservative and delib-
crate
All general statements are op-
posed by exceptions But the e=cep-
lions prove the rule.
You point out the child who Is
quiet, silent reserved, as unusual
You note with interest the agrees
Give, lively man Of seventy.
The age of elaSticity-of bound
and rebounds characteristics of
youth.
The dare TO do-the want TO do
the will to do years are marked
Ay abundant vitality.
As years roll by the body under
~oes alterations which naturally i'm
pede progress. A process Of con-
seryatiou sets in to hold back the
forces that tend TO lower vitality.
AEeing Is q process Of devitaliEa-
don. It is rapid or slow. sudden or
delayed, according to the habits of
living. the wearing nature Of the
environment and the inherent re-
distance of the individual
You possess a definite resistance
a all diseases Your vital organs
,-otect you from the sharp edge Of
the scythe OF Time. As assaults are
,nade upon your digestive system
YOUR ability TO nourish your body
sIoUly decreases. Fortunately with
Advancing years your nutritiVe re-
ruIrements are lowered.
Your heart and lungs are incapable
~ resisting the strains put upon
them in youth. Your defense Is
0ound in q diminished desire for Sc
,,eTe labor or strenuous activity.
The elasticity of the blood vessels
HscIine. but life grows more regular.
caIner and freer from pressure rails
ing excitement
You cannot DO the things you for
narly aid without effort You do
not have the desire TO hustle and
hustle, as was your custom In early
maturity or middle life.
You begin TO know your limitA-
nsns ana you recognise that your
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Employers and
Stenoqr0pherS
Once OUers

CopynEh
the married by whom employed
with him. with him places Of
or TO In automobile insulting
entemanIy has been the tine
be a fatherly
and
valuable price
the fact that employer holds ETh TosL
ton society the business world
the estimation o!
community persists inviting him DUAS
ure jauns 10 IL q
W vie hGs The only just his society.
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the man was taking. There was
just the one place to look am
certain left 1t there"
Very WELL madam, II you are
certain. I'll question the man my
self II he has taken It be sure that
he will return IT" And Helen was
forced to be content with that
After she had rung on the
matter worried her. What right had
the boss to question her wordr He
should have been indignant that she
had been subjected to such a thing.
1t was a ring she prized a great
deal for the sentiment attached to
It aside from the fact that It was
valuable.
Why couldn't the head Of . con-
Germ be sure before he engaged dis
honest men' There was one thing
certain. and that was that she.
Helen. had learned a lesson. Never
again would she be careless, and
never again would she allow any
workman to stay alone without
watching him carefully and remov-
ing everything valuable or worth
stealing out of his reach.
Then the other side of the matter
began to worry her as she settled
herself and tried to read. Was she
as certain as she had told the boss
she was? Had she positively left
her ring on the shelf. or did she just
think she had? And then what would
Warren say? He would be sure to
scold her for her carelessness, and
not blame the man at all. And Just
suppose she never recovered the
ring at all Suppose the man said
that he had not taken It OF course
that was just the thing he would be
sure to do. II he had nerve enough
to steal in the first place. surely he
would not confess unless force was
brought to bear on him.
Helen, too nervous now to read,
threw down her book and wondered
II she ought to call up the police.
She decided. however. not to do this,
but to wait and see what Warren
said. She would go out and tell
Mary about it That would be q
relief, anyway.
Hurrying out to the kitchen she
was met half way by Mary herself
who held something in her hand.
why. Mary gasped Helen. is
that my ringT
Mary nodded smilingly. You
must have left It out in the kitchen
this morning. ma'am, when you
allowed me how to mix that short
cake. Did you miss it?'
Helen took the ring and slipped Il
on her finger. She was ashamed.
bitterly ashamed OF herself She
had accused an innocent man, and
had Inadvertently done a great deal
Of harm, and all because she was not
AURA II was a hard lesson, but II
was a lesson in one OF the faults
Helen despised in other women II
would take all kinds OF trouble to
straIEhten things out now. while
II she had stopped TO consider mat
tiers could have been adjusted so
differently.
Cwatch for the NEXT instaIment Of
this series-It II always worth waits
ing for.D
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Advice to the LovelOrn
You Are Wrong.
By BEATRICE FAHFAX
nEAR Mss FAIRFAx;

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
am going about In company
with 4 girl who works in the same
office About two weeks ago one
Of our employers lost a son and
she insisted on going to the fu-
neral services in his house against
my wishes Do you think she was
right? / would appreciate very
much your advice in this case.
g. D.
WHAT is all the fuss aSOutr rhs
girl offered her respectful atten-
ton to people who were in sor-
row. Surely you would not have
objected II she had gone to show
her sympathy to fellow employees
why then object in this situationi
Are you a snob? There never can Be
any question OF propriety about do
ing what one can to show kindness
and sympathy to people who are
in trouble.
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To Help a Little Sister.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
~ As means of giving inspira-
tion to a young sister who Is
being distracted from her studies
by the movies, will ask you to
please impart some of your wis
dom to her. / would have her
read your reply to this letter,
which I am sure will make an i'm
preston upon her. Being a daily
reader OF the Washington
Times, always ind time to
read your interesting articles,
hence the idea H E
cUPPosE you pick out some splen-
- did educational films and take
YOUR little sister to. them Then
.-v To mako har understand how
much more fun II will be for her TO
20 to the motion pictures on satur-
day afternoon as a reward for hav-
ing done good work in school than
to keep running out in search Of
excitement and to so neglect her
work that she may fail OF pro-
motion. Ofrer little sister a reward
for high marks. Give her some
thing TO work for. Set up the coun-
ter attraction of a prize she may
win by doing her work well. and
think before long you can wsan
her away from her feverish excite
ment Try to interest her in read
ing a few good books II she Is .
bright little girl she might and
'Ivanhoe" and '-SIlAs' Manner al
most as thrilling as the pictures
she rushes to see. It is very tragic
for a youngster to neglect her OPP
portunitiSS to study and grow and
improve herself because she has a
taste for gayety. but punishment
and argument won't do half as
much good as Offering = reward for
work well done
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On Duty $4,000 Years
THE STORY OF THE NORTH STAR
The Great Sentinel of the Sky Is
the Centre of a Romance We
Can All Enjoy.

N~---e@--@~A8-A
yous ssnsihillty that few pOssssA
In the eourSs Of three hours the
stars swing through an angie Of
forty-nvs dsErseA or ons-sighth Of
the cireumfsrsnes Of their diurnAI
oirelsG Even In . single hour they
move fifteen degrees which v
enough to cause = very evident
change IN the places Of those that
are far from the pole. stars above
the pole move westward. those be-
low eastward. those TO the lsft
downward. those to the night up
ward.
II Il truly . marvellous spsetAelO
when you rsdeet upon IL cause
and forms . splendid introduetiOu
to q practical acquaintance vita
astronomy such a. no book can give
Thousands of persons. however. do
not know the North Star nor how
to md # am glad to be able 70
recommend an excellent little poek-
ct guide for that purposs. Mr.. Lsea
Barretrs North Star Finder
Now for . few qualifications Of
the statements that have just been
made. We have spoken Of the North
Star a. nxsd and unmoving. and 80
It IL for all ordinary purposes Of
human guidance anywhere north Of
the equator; but. in strict fact. Il
too describes tiny circle In the sky
every twsnty-four hours because
II 10 not precisely over the pole OF
the earth. but a little more than
degree to one side Of IT. Its motion.
however. IL entirely unnoticeAbls
without Instruments II 10 a. II .
signalman. instead Of holding his
lantern motionless. should swing it
around in . little circle too snail
to be noticed from . great distance
But the North Star has another
exceedingly slow apparent motion.
the result Of one Of the grandest
phenomsna Of the solar system.
the recession Of the Equinoxes In
consequence Of this the eArth'S axis
has q eonicAl sweep. which causes
the point toward which either Of
its poles IL directed to describe .
circle. about fory-sevsn degrees
in diameter. once In every 2s.eoe
years. or q little less.
The northern Of these points Il
now passing very close to the North
Star, and will remain quite near it
for q thousand years. but in 13.ooO
years It will be far away from II
in the direction Of the very bril-
liant star Vega which VIII then
serve a. North star for many gen.
srations Of men. although II never
will be a. close to the Pole a. cur
North Star L.
In the known course OF history
there have been several successive
North Stars. When the great pyra-
mid Of cheops was built Alpha ORA
eonis was North Star. and the
Egyptian astronomers made .
northward. SlopinE passage several
hundred feet long. from . place
deep under the base Of the pyramid
straight through its vase mass Of
masonry. and this served them -
an immense telescope tube. with
out . glass. for observing their
sentinel in the sky. The present
North Star IL = huge sun. betwesa
nifty and one hundred tinss
brighter than ours.
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Their Married Life
A NARRATIVE OF EVERYDAY AFFAIRS
Helen Leaves a Ring in the Kitchen
and Then Accuses a Plumber
of Taking It

Copyright. 1871, International NewS Service.
ik("ELL the man he can go d.
rectly into the kitchen and
see what Is wrong. Mary"
Helen said
Something was the matter with
the plumbing. and Warren had tele-
phoned early that morning for a
man to be sent up to TX IT Helen
was in & hurry to 90 downtown. A
sale of Summer dresses had been
scheduled at crofts & ordwAys, and
she was anxious TO pick up some
thing cool and attractive for her
self.
Helen hurried OF downtown and
returned in the afternoon. hot and
tired Shopping always tired her
completely, and although she en-
3oyed It in cool weather. the heat
was so oppressive that she almost
never ventured into the shopping
district after June
She slipped into something cool
and then went out into the kitchen
TO question Mary about the leak
ITS all right now. ma'am," said
Mary; "the man nxed 1t in about
an hour and he's gone a long time
now"
That's nne. Mary" said Helen
breathing q sigh OF relief. Now
she had the whole afternoon to her
self to do as she pleased with no
one fussing around. She went back
into her own room for a book. and
as she pausued for a moment at
her dressing-table she noticed that
she had omitted to put on her en-
Eagement ring. That was funny.
OF course, though, It would be on
the little tray where she always put
her things. But It wasn't there.
either. Helen stood still to think and
then slowly paIed. She remember
ed now, she had washed her hands
in the bathroom and had probably
9 left her ring there. It would be
there on the shelf. or else that man
had taken it
Helen hurried into the bathroom
afraid to look at the glass shelf
where she fully expected to see her
ring reposing. But It wasn't there.
and certain now that she had look
ed everywhere, she made up her
mind that the man had taken it
Well, there was just one thing to
do about it-she would call up the
plumber and tell him that one of
his men had stolen a diamond ring.
And Helen, with her lips closed in a
determined inc. proceeded to get
the number and call up the concern.
After q little trouble. she sue
eeeded in getting the employer him
self on the wire and explaining her
trouble TO him He evinced much
surprise.
But are you sure. madam he
asked I'VE know our men pretty
we'll, and hardly think any OF them
would take a thing"
I'm positive left It on the shelf
IN the bathroom" explained Helen.
-and when I came home and went to
get II. It was gone"
And you've looked everyvhere7-
certainly" Helen returned coIdly.
provoked at the view of the matter
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and birds are the little brothers tc
men.
II taught him. however, that he
would often be obliged to defend him
self against the voracious unintelli
gent animals OF the sea
But. above all. I showed him that
his highest mission was to revenge
his kind against the men OF earth"
"Oh! OH I begin to see," ex,
claimed Severac.
The purpose Of this" continued
Fulbert, was to wrest back from
them the supremacy OF the globe for
his own heirs.
Il especially put him on his guard
against any men in diving costumes,
who had for the moment the general
them, near the shore, he was to fall
upon them and kill them"
But surely" cried Severac, his ex-
element growing greater. he must
have seen the bodies OF shipwrecked
men. He must have seen how they
resembled you and Oxus. and that you
were not able to live in the water any
more than thoGe drowned men had
been"
You don't understand" replied Full
bert.
"Hictaner has always seen US in
diving costumes covered with silver
scales exactly like his own He has
never come upon US in our human
guise."
Another Invention.
But how do you talk to him?" OBJ
tected Severac. "The human voice
cannot penetrate a divers helmet"
what about science. thought" ex-
claimed Fulbert.
"Oxus invented a micro-telephone
which carried our words beyond the
mask, and made them penetrate Hic-
taner's.
AT the same time, Oxus invented
a miniature apparatus for generating
oxygen and absorbing carbon. which
was attached to the inside OF our div
er's mask. and gave US breathable air
for several hours without the neces-
sity OF using the customary tubes,
which are so dangerous"
And can Hictauer TALK" stammer-
ed Severac.
1--WE taught him to talk between
the ages OF three and six.
AT that early stage in his develop
Hentt MS mlnu was lnCapdDle OF us
covering the ruses by which we sue
ceeded in showing him the motions
OF our lips without revealing our hu-
man Identity"
What language does he speak,"
asked Severac.
Il taught him four. telling him that
men. restless and superficial, had
evolved many more. but that these
alone were common to the two species.
They were French, Spanish, English,
and German"
Very good" said Severac. Now
understand II all-and accept It!
Il understand how the Torpedo is
managed. OF course. l had guessed
that a man might lie on the deck and
direct screw and rudder by means
OF the electric buttons. But how he
breathed. ate and lived, 1 could new
er imagine. II all explains itself now.
There is one thing more, though.
What Is Hictaner's life? Where does
he live?? What does he do hour by
hour? That is most interesting
phase OF the subJect-though no more
so than the others. Please go on.
am eager"
81 have nearly finished" said the
priest.
when Hictaner was fifteen he
knew all the ocean and seacOast geog-
raphy OF the world. in so far as we
had described to him the results OF
mems submarine expeditions.
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Reform!
DEAR MISS FAIRFAx:

II
While out with ny sweet
heart on Sunday q friend of ours
told her was q gambler. and she
got angry about II When leav-
ing her I asked her II should
call at her house again. and she
refused to answer me. Kindly
advise me as to what to do In Q
case like thiA g. 2. J.
STOP gambling. OF course Nc
nne girl wants to marry q man
who is earning his living In the
dangerous and evil way you have
adopted. and to md out about your
unpleasant career through some
one else must have been . particu-
larry ugly shock for the girl. who
would naturally feel that you owed
her ar attitude Of less reserve and
secrecy.
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By Garret P. Serviss.

A ROMANCE Of The heavens that
~ everybody can enjoy IL that
Of the North Star. the one
and only object in the sky that APP
pears to be stsadfsst. unmoving.
watchfuL the type and chief Of
pieketA stationed BY q decree VI
fate directly over the pole Of the
earth. and serving. unreIieved for
age. as q universal sentinel by
land and sea. for all the northern
hemisphere. outrAnking every tar
retriAl sIgn-post. beacon and guide
''on thy unaltsring blazs
The half-wrscked mariner, his COM
pass lost.
Fixes hills steady case.
And steers. undoubtingiy. to the
: friendly coast:
nd they who stray in psrilous wastes
BY night
Are glad when thou dost shine to
guide their footsteps right
II on some calm. clear. Summer
night you should place q comfort
able. lean-back seat under the open
sky. and from II watch the North
Star and its neighbors. for as long
. time as you have often. un-
wearied, watched the actors on the
stage Of q theatre. you would be-
hold . sublime spectacle Of stupsn-
dous, centralized motion. which you
have heard and read about q thou
sand times. but which. without this
experience. win continue to be for
you no more than a tale that Il
told
And you would rise from your
vigil. after two or three hours,
with a profound comprehension Of
what IL implied by living on q rotat-
ing globe. for. with no strain Of the
Imagination. you would have seen
the axle Of the vhirling earth pro-
longed from a point far below your
northern horizon. rising out OF the
midst Of the arctic Iee-nelds. and
sloping up into the armament. to
terminate in the EIittering hub Of
the North Star. while all the spark
ling heavens circled majesticaIly
around Il with the unbroksn har-
mony Of perfectly correlated motion
The northern quarter Of the sky
when thus viewed appears like .
great wheel. studded all over its
surface with consolidated gems.
each describing = circle proper
toned in size to its radlAl distance
from the motionless star at the
focus. II you should try the ex-
pertinent on one Of these July eve
nings. you would see Ursa Major
with the Great Dipper- sinking to
the West OF the pole. while Queen
cassiopeia with her starry throne
rose to the east of It. and after
ward II you doubted the visibility
Of the rotation of the earth. you
would surely be = hard person to
reason with.
It Is visible in the same way ~
the revolution OF = merry-go-round
on which you are riding. and I
have known epople who declared
that they had q sense Of dizziness
when watching the rotation OF the
earth rejected In the eddying Of the
eIrcumpolar stars: but that requires
an uncommon viVidness Of the
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CTo he Continued TonorrOw.)
The Alaska citizen., 1917-05-07
MEXICO AGAIN
 HAS PRESIDENT

MEXICO CITY. May | Vcnusti ano Carranza was today inauguratcd president of Mexico, he being the choice of the majority of the Mex can people at the recent elections He is the first duly elected president of the country since Madero held the office.
 The usual elaborate inauguration ceremonies were held, Carranza re viewing a large portion of the fed eral troops from the grand stand The occasion passed off without ang excitement or trouble of any kind The speech Of Carranza dealt with internal affairs solely. he declaring that the country would soon be free from all disturbances, and all fac tons united. No mention was mad@ of the attitude of Mexico toward the United States or the German situation.
The Alaska citizen., 1917-05-07
| LOANING PLANS
 ARE ANNOUNCED
(A8sNciatel PTcSSl ]

WASHINGTON. D. C., May l. Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo today announced that the first loans to France and Italy will be in the sum of $100,000,OOO each. Italy will probably get a loan of $25,000,00O tomorrow
 A loan to Russia is also under con sideratior by the treasury depart ment, and it is thought very prob able that it will be made, although the probable amount which will be loaned tC that nation at this time is not stated It is also stated that Serbia has asked for a loar
 The large amounts of the various loans have made it necessary that another block of treasury certificates be offered for sale. It is understood that the sale is to take place i'm mediately.
The Alaska citizen., 1917-05-07
BERLIN PAPERS
 DISCUSS PEACE
Associated Prcss)

BERLIN, May 1.-According to the leading papers in this city today, the German chancellor, von Beth mann-UollWeg will issue a peace pro posal to the entente nations next Thursday, This step is reported to be taken on account of workingmen's dissatisfaction over present conditions and serious labor troubles through out the empire over the prolonga- ton of the war,
 No intimation as to what the of fer of Germany will be has been made public, and it is generally sup posed that they will be practically identical with those offered several weeks ago,
 Leading papers here also feature stories of May Day riots all over Russia. especially in Pctrograd, and these are interpreted as signs that Russia is ready to conclude an honor able peace
The Alaska citizen., 1917-05-07
BLOCKADE IS
 VERY SERIOUS

WASHINGTON, D. C., May l. The American government today was informed that the increased activity of the German submarine campaign is causing the entente nations mor2 uneasncss than any other one prob lem Lord Eustace Percy. the Brit ish admiralty expert, declared that ut the present rate, English ship ping was being destroyed more rapid ly than it could be replaced by new ships, and that the ships which had been turned over to the entente for transatlantic shipping were not sui ticient to make up the lost tonnage.
 If the submarine menace is to be effectively combatted, it will be nee essary for America in common with the entente nations to standardize all ship building. so that the work of construction may be speeded up.
The Alaska citizen., 1917-05-07
JOFFRE GIVEN
 BIG OVATION

WASHINGTON, D. C., May l. A great ovation was given to Gen eral Joffle, the great French mili- tary leader, when he appeared in the .enate today General Joffre ac- companed Premier Viviani, who went before the senate for the pur pose of making an address.
 After Viviani's address had been delivered General Joffre was called upon to speak. He replied: T dc not speak English; Vtve L. Am cirque"
 His response to the invitation was greeted by thunderous applause, both from the floor of the senate and from the galleries, the cheering last ing for several minutes.
The Alaska citizen., 1917-05-07
DYNAMITE PLOT
 IS DISCOVERED

NEW YORK, May 1.-Two em- ployees of the Roosevelt hospital were arrested with a bomb in their possession today, and one of them confessed to the intention of blow ing up the banking house of Morgan < Co. The mon were Wolf Hirsch and George Myringer.
 After being taken to the federal jail, Hirsch declared it was intended to first dynamite the Morgan offices. after which false reports were to be circulated of President Wilson's as sassination and submarine raids on the Atlantic seaboard. These means were to be taken to affect the stock exchange market, and the plot was conceived solely for personal gain and had no political significance