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The Washington times., 1919-09-27

rageOug discrimination NAV, bsv.
found lodgment in the Salisbury reso-
luton through blunder or inadver+-
ence. but the glaring hardship OF # is
hopelessly indefensibIe.
The grievance and suffering of nv
self and family Is briefly this: For
nearly ten years we have been tenant
N this house, still occupied by Us. but
Ine mousse was sold TO a bona fde puF-
chaser, who still RuxiousIy awaItS a.,
possession He Is entitled "a n 80
the Court Of Appeals, in all probabiI-
ity during the next thirty davs viii
decree him possession. we bavc
owned house for many years in tbig
city, and have sought legal possesg{oU
OF Il during the summer without p
suit, because the owner could not
appear in the panoply Of 4 Govern
ment office holder.
The monthly tenant In II ia pro-
tected against the claim and eTigenc,,
Of the owner, and is largely proGtjr,-
BY sublettiug rooms, under the be1ev-
olent arrangement Of the SauIgburv
act As family. we are facing eject
ment proceedings IN the very near
future. This uncertainty, suspense
and Wretched unhappiness is under
t----aAA@a wi AAG4AeAA We stand helm
less in legal impOtency-in un{Ts+
suffering.
u Il possible 20 conceive that this
standing-Out feature Of Injustice an5
Discrimination Ia the Salisbury Iaw
can be viewed unchallenged and nm
Fectined By the calm wisdom and nm
compromising sense Of justice nov
represented On the present ConFFesgq
Our prayer That gouF honorable
committee may speedily devise s.U,s
process by which all home oUnerg n
this cOngegted city may come into
their own for the immediate aafefv
and comfort of their families: that
class legislation and abridged prom
.eFty rights may be purEed from our
statutes, and that cooperation and
kindly sentiments may happily pre-
vail between landlords and tenants. IN
this NEST cherished Capital City Cd
eur country. Very respectfully,
y. J. PUR1LAlL
The Washington times., 1919-09-27
HOW THE HOURS SEEMINGLY
BLEND AT THE TWO POLES
By Garrett p. Serviss.

feet the real interval Of time BY
which those lines are separated
They are six hours apart, whether
the space distance between them
be six inches or six thousand
miles.
Standing on the pole you would
revOlve on a vertical axis once
in tWenty-foUr hours, and looking
straight before you, as you turned
with the earth, your line of sight
would sweep over Is degrees Of
space on. the sky every hour, ex-
actly as it does at any other point
where you may be on the earth.
The only confusion arises from the
fact that at the pole you are
turned round on a pivot, as by a
pianO-stOOl, instead Of being car
ried around on the circumference,
as by a Ferris wheel.
But there is no difference in the
time rate, the latter depending not
on the linear but on the angular
distance round. The hour meFid-
ians are Is degrees apart within
one inch, or one millimeter, Of the
pole, just as they are Is degrees
apart at the equator, and Is de-
grees apart at every possible lati-
tude between the equator and
either pole.
A Case In Point.
Imagine yourself lying across
the North Pole, resting on your
-Eht side, instead Of standing
erect upOE the Pole. Then ,-urr
face wcUlG be slowly carried east.
ward bV the earth's rotation inst
as it is If you stand facing me east
anywhere on the globe. In STsn-
ty-tour hours you would be swung
once around, through a circuit Of
800 degrees, your head pointing Is
degrees farther east every hour.
Now, suppose yourself to grow
until you became a giant as tall
as the earth is thick, and, without
changing the direction in which
your face was turned, imagine
yourself to be thrust like a pin
through the center Of the earth on
the line Of the equator, your head
projecting out Of one side and
your feet out Of the other. As
the earth turned you would be car
ried around, facing eastward, ex-
actly as you we're when you lay
across the Pole, and in exactly the
same time and at the same rate.
Provided that you had the
necessary means Of making obser-
vations, it would be precisely as
easy to fix a prime meridian, or a
prime bearing, from which to
reckon the beginning Of the dav,
or period of twenty-four hours, al
the Pole as at any other place on
the globe. Or you could by star
observations and the aid Of astro-
nomical tables, ascertain the direc-
ton in which the meridian Of
Greenwich, or that Of Washing
ton, or any other, started away
from the center Of the terrestrial
axis under your feet
The Washington times., 1919-09-27

The best thing a book does for
a man is 70 make him think. All
that q school can do for q man is
70 teach him how 70 think.
It isn't what you get out Of a
book, but what q book pulls out Of
You, that makes books useful.
A man is like q well There is
q lot in him, il he can only get it
out. Sometimes a book, or q con-
versatiOn, or a course Of instFuc-
ton acts on him like priming on
a pump-it brings out Of him what
is Ia him. And that is all that
education means.
A man is like wood or stone.
Some kinds Of stones you can
bring to a high degree Of polish.
Some kinds Of wood, too. But
many indispensable stones are
rough and cannot be brought TO a
polish. So with some kinds of
wood. All men do not take a pol
ish. Webster did; but Lincoln
didn't. And it is q big mistake TO
say that the polish counts for all.
It's the texture that counts. And
the texture Of a man is his vital
ity, his energy, his character, his
courage, and his rOck-bOttOm brain
power.
The Washington times., 1919-09-27

Ever since was q boy ! have
been puzzled about something
wish TO ask you the solution OF. II
understand correctly, II Is the
same time all along a given merid-
ian. Now, II that Is so, what
would be the time at the Poles? It
seems to me that q man standing
exactly at the North or South
Pole could have one foot on the 8
o'clock meridian and the other on
the - o'clock or any other merid-
ian. Z. - NJ
"Woodhaven. L. l."
ny following up unfrequented
X paths of thought, as you
- have done, one is often
brought suddenly out upon q new
viewpoint from which the ordinary
landscapes of the mind appear to
have undergone a magical trans
formation. In this case you find
your familiar companion, the
Hour Of the Day, Unexpectedly
turned juggler, at one moment
vanishing and at the next appear
ing to be twenty-four persons in
one. The practical explanation is
not very difficult.
Time, although the metaphysi-
clans have had a terrible expert
ence in trying to describe it, is
easily enough comprehensive to
common sense. Everybody knows
what is meant by it, just as every
body knows what is meant by life.
Practically, time is duration, or
our sense Of the continuance of
things, and Of the succession Of
events.
Time Runs the Same.
, No metaphysics can persuade
you that sunrise and sunset occur
together. You are born with a
belief in time, and whenever you
look at a row of your children
and grandchildren you see that
time runs and that it would run
the same whether at the equator
or the Pole, on the earth or the
moon, in the solar system or the
Milky Way.
When you stand on the pole all
the time meridians of the globe,
or all the hour angles, meet at a
point under your feet. But the
fact that, in that position, you can
put one foot on the 6 o'clock and
the other on the u o'clock line
does not in the slightest degree af-
The Washington times., 1919-09-27
By EARL GOODWIN.

There one law which does more to retar the proper
development of Washington than anything else EXCEPT
the general Discrimination to build because Of financial
certantes And this exception is Of temporary
The Borland law, imposing unjust discriminatory
tax upon property whose real estate abuts upon
street which receives paving is at this very
working hardship in the very sections Of the city
where we expect the ONLY development Suburban
dwellers whose homes mpaved roadWays called
upon to pay heavy for PAVING matter which should
be paid for out Of the general taxation fund the
MODERN theory that good roadways are benefit to the
entire community not merely to the whose house faces
the particular highway to be improved.
Congressional politicians evidently thought they were
doing cute trick when they passed that law, it enabled
them to tell the home folks that they had prevented what
they call the dodgers Of the National Capital make
further nroads the peoples treasury for the benefit
the real estate kings of Washington The passage Of that
act really helped Congressman to be reeectedand
they were possibly sincere when they voted for It.
But what they actually have done is this
The oldtme real estate spectators who bought land
here in the seventies and eighties and nnetes got all their
paving done out of general taxaon and NOW when the
poor chap who wants to home goes into the suburbs
he is sooner later confronted with bin for
street improvements.
He has NOTHING to say as to what kind Of street he
gets
He can get NO hearing it.
If the Commissioners want macadam roadway he has
to pay about three times often if he favored
with concrete or asphalt paving.
The suburban property in unimprOved improved
real estate centers Therefore the Borand law bears
heaviest upon the chap who is doing the right thngge
ting out Of the cOngested neghborhoOd to establish home
where there is grass and trees Instead Of being
eouraged the Borland law actually penalties him. His
property is NOT enhanced in value BY Of the assess
ment as a visit to the assessors office win show.
The assessment,of a special tax the abuttng prop
erty owner for street pavements is right than
special tax parents for public school funds special
tax for ash collection
It is in the class with toll gates and other obsolete
customs.
It is no right and operates better for proper
development than members Of Congress charged for
elevator service in the Senate and House Office buildings
It is a retrogTade law; blot; damper on progress.
don't stand for tax dodging but does seem to me
that with all the wisdom have with in Congress
could get better set of tax laws than have for the
National Capital They would make brOadminded expert
in municipal matters think Of a crazy quilt.
p S. Add piece Of reacoRGy legislation the fares
heE the Public Utilities Commission be threatening, and
ne viii haze perfect example Of city al set to NEW and
filthy lot of eoHgesed Sums and tsHesH The families With big
incomes w only class able to get ont Of the crowded sections
NJ The eeffV
The Washington times., 1919-09-27
James Maynard Discusses a Phase
Of the II. c. L. Question.

JAMES MAYNARD, member Of
the Central Labor Union, takes is
sue with those who claim that high
nTiees are caused by the habit Of
peopIe wanting only the best and
most expensive articles:
"Who authorized the butchers to
saw The Government clerks buy
Only the highest class meat?" he
said. ''That statement is NOT true.
0T have seen the statement in sey
eral newspapers from over the coun-
frv to the effect that the high cost
of living is due to an inOrdinate de-
sire to spend money on the part sf
ths American people. Il is not Gl-
The Washington times., 1919-09-27

What Henry Ford did not get chance to say the
witness stand he finds opportunity to print in his newspaper
In recent number Of the Dearborn Independent 'lr.
Fords Own Page devoted discussion Of knowledge
You viii be interested to read what he has to say when
is embarrassed BY perplezng questions and free Of
Susing interruptions.
You may disagree with him IN part You may indOrss
Of his opinions At least what he says viii lead you
20 think
Here it is:
The Washington times., 1919-09-27
W P

During the stay Of the First div
sion the War Camp Community had
entertainments for the boys, at Lib
erty Hut Potomac Park and also at
18th and Massachusetts, avenue
southeast where an open air per-
foFmance was given to the Motor
Transport Corps.
Among the entertainers was Alice
Roach, whose songs and renditation
u them are a delight to hear. Her
hits we're Just the Kind Of a Girl,
'The Greatest Thing From France, -
and "I'm Not Jealous" Others on
the program worth mentioning we're
Laura Noske, whose soprano voice
Is pleasing to the ear and her sselec-
ton OF songs always wins the boys
and Maude Howell Smith, Whoso
darky dialect stories are always -
ioyablA"
The Washington times., 1919-09-27
What's Doing; Where; When

school. Twelfth and streets northwest. 8
3. m.
Mseting-Grade Teachers Union, Teach
ers Club. Eleventh and streets north
west, 1890 .. m.
eeeptlon-UniverHity Club Of Washing
ton' Fifteenth and I streets northW est, $3.50
p. m.
Dance-Thomson School, Twelfth and L
streets northwest, from 6:45 until II p. m.
Bageball-W ashington Va Boston, Amer
lean League Baseball Park, p. N
Doublehead0F,
The Washington times., 1919-09-27

To-day,
Party-TllinoiB state Girls Club. at Blue
Triangle Recreation Center. Twentieth and
B streets northwest. s D. m.
Meeting-Trowel Club, Old Masonic TEN %
pie, Ninth and p streets northwest, p. m.
DanCe-Eeleet Klub, 24OO Sixteenth
street northwest, g:45 .. m.
Carnival and Dancing-BoulevaFd, Hy-
attgville. Nd.
the Ellipge, 5 p. m.
MsetinE-IoEs state Society. Thomson
The Washington times., 1919-09-27

reverence, If he had believed that
all knowledge was in the books
and there was none to be had out
side the books, he would never
have set sail. Columbus did not
study geography; he made It.
Why, you could take a thousand
men, fill each mans head full Of
lmOwledge-sO full that he could
learn no mOre-and even then no
two Of those men would be learned
in the same things. Each would
be calling the other ignorant.
Merely gathering knowledge that
other men have acquired may be-
come the most useless work
man can do. The only fair stand
ard by which accumulated lZnoWi-
edge may be judged is this: Here
is q lot Of knowledge. Are YOU
capable Of learning It? il you are
capable, you are an intelligent
person. IL you are not capable,
you are not, IL this or that sub
ject we're submitted to you TO be
learned, you could learn, II. Left
70 yourself, perhaps, you would
not learn it, not because you are
incapable Of learning Il, but sim.
ply because it is not the kind Of
knowledge that your life or genius
requires.
Of course, If you want to gather
knowledge like pebbles and ex-
hibit it, al night. That is one
form Of human vanity. But to
flatter yourself that you are
learned while the man who does
not follow you far is unlearned IS
70 add a vicious flavor to your
seh-dattery.
The Washington times., 1919-09-27

J.B. TUBBS, Of Richmond. Opines
that Washington is not on the map.
He sends me a small photograph
taken on the day Of the Pershing
parade, showing a group Of officers
saluting as the flag passes-also one
DOOR civilian who is NOT saluting.
With that photograph as an OBJ
iect lesson, Mr.. Tubbs has several
things to say, among them this;
"And in speaking Of the parade let
me saw that I am from Gods coun-
trv'-RichmOnd-where the people
know the proper respect due the
flag. they know how to display y
1tbev don't act 'stingy' about IT'D and
thew know how to cheer. In all they
have Washington beat to a 'frazzle;
That can't be denied. Ask any OF
vour Richmond friends, If you have
the honor to know any from tneTe'
and thew will all tell you that WASH
i10ton has been put to shame.
" J. P. TUBBS,
From Richmond.
The Washington times., 1919-09-27

In answer will say that have the
honor to know many people in klch-
mopd and from Richmond and tna1
they are all ace high.
The Washington times., 1919-09-27
HEARD. AND SEEN

ways expressed in these words but
that is the idea conveyed. It is
tWaddle. This community is no dif.
ferent than the average and ] know
man after man who is wearing suits,
hats, shoes and oVercoats he bought
before we got into the var, and we
know many women are doing ike
wise. OF course, we have people
who are going TO have the finest in
shoes and they do not care whether
they pay $6 or $12 a pair for them
they would rather pay tWelve-but
then we always had that kind OF
people and always win unless an
srChy reigns. Man after man is
hardly able to buy any shoes at an,
to say nothing Of the twelve-dollsr
kind. This sort Of argument tends
to retard the progress Of those who
are trying to bring the profteers to
time and it ought to be cut out Out
upon such an argument"
Referring to R. T. E.'s suggestion
that the date 9-19-19l0 Is the last and
most symmetrical to appear in this
century l might call his attention
10 the 9Th and 18th OF September,
1899 which win be written thus:
9-9-1999.
9-19-1S99
The Washington times., 1919-09-27

Knowledge is something that
somebody once knew and left in a
form which enabled anyone else,
who wanted %, % know ft
The only reason every man does
not know everything that the hu-
man mind has ever learned IS that
no one has ever yet found it worth
while to know that much.
Men satisfy their minds more By
finding out things for themselves
than BY heaping together the
things which somebody else has
found out.
You can 60 out and gather
knowledge al your life, and with
all your gathering you viii not
catch up even with your own
times.
You may al your head with an
the "facts" Of all the ages, and
your head may be Just an over
loaded fact-box when you get
through.
The point is this: Great piles Of
knowledge IN the head are not the
same as mental activity. A man
may be very learned and very use
less. And, then again, a man may
be unlearned and very useful.
The object Of education is not
- IN a mans mind with facts;
it is to teach him how TO use his
mind in thinking.
The Washington times., 1919-09-27
What Is knowledge?

You May Not Agree With This Definition But Reading
It May Lead You To Think Up Better One.
The Washington times., 1919-09-27

II Columbus had paid attention
70 'fscts," il he had held them in
The Washington times., 1919-09-27
How Real Estate Development n
Washington Suburbs Is
Being Choked

Showing How tie Politically Supporters the Borand
Really Helped the Rich and Burdened the Poor
The Washington times., 1919-09-27
Here

Some people are proud OF their
good looks. Others are proud Of
their social standing. Sdll others
arc proud Of their wealth. Most
people are proud Of their ances-
try because il was good and hon
est. But It would be very easy to
find a large class Of people who
are proud Of what they know,
proud Of the knowledge that they
have gathered; and they would
not be confined TO the so-called
educated classes either.
There are many kinds Of lmOWl-
edge, and il depends on what
crowd you happen 70 be In, or how
the fashions Of the day happen to
run, which kind Of knowledge is
most respected at the moment.
There are fashions in knowledge,
Just as there are in everything
else.
When some Of Us were lads,
knowledge used 70 be limited to
Bible knowledge. But nowadays
It is doubtful whether deep ac-
quaintance with the Bible would
be sufficient 10 win a man q name
for learning. Although It must
be said that knowledge Of that
Book would indicate a well-stored
mind, It would not win much re-
spect among the Wiseacres Of the
day, because fashions In lmOWl-
edge have changed.
The daily banner., 1919-08-09
MR.. MARCY FOR CLERK
Anne Arundel Republican Files His
Nomination I-apeFS.

William L. Marcy, of Annapolis,
former secretary of the State Roads
Commission. under the Goldsborough
Weller administration, yesterday
filed his certificate of candidacy for
the Republican nomination as clerk
of the Court of Appeals.
Mr.. Marcy's definite announcement
OF his intention 10 enter the race was
made coming over from Claiborne on
the Bay ferry Governor Emerson Z.
Harrington yesterday, with States
Attorney Nice, Mr.. Armstrong and
State Chairman Galen TAFT, who
were returning from their very sue
cessful campaign tour at Easton and
Cambridge Thursday. 1t met with
their hearty approval and the adding
of his name as their fourth running
mate was made the occasion for a
number of most complimentary trib-
utes ,by Messrs. Nice and Armstrong.
Mr.. Marcy, who served most sue
cessfully with the State Roads Com
mission, has long been interested in
State and county politics in Anne
Arundel. He is at present engaged
in educational work at st. Johns Col
| lege, being an associate instructor in
cnemlSIry, lnIefndIlOudl Id" anu GA
| gineering.
During the recent war troubles OF
the United States Mr.. Marcy was fed
eral food administrator for Anne
Arundel county, serving there as one
of the governments dollar-a-year as
SistantS.
Enoch Abell, of st. Mary's county
who was urged by the Republican
; leaders to be a candidate for clerk
! of the Court of Appeals, has declined
The daily banner., 1919-08-09
PUBLIC BUILDING
CAMPAIGN HALTED
Will Turn Energies to Placing Pro-
fessiOnal And Technical Men in
Civilian Jobs.

1.-THE War Department has today
decided to stop the campaign for
public building throughout the Unit
ed States,'' it is today announced by
Col. Arthur Woods, Assistant to the
Secretary Of War.
This decision was taken because
the decrease Of unemploy'L ent in
many localities has been so marked
that some difficulty is reported in OBJ
tanning soldier labor for the normal
Industrial operations. 1t is therefore
considered that the further stimu-
lation of public building at this time
would be inadvisable.
The energies devoted in the past
to the stimulation of public building,
it was further decided, will now be
turned particularly into assisting
professional ana technical men in
finding jobs. The work of placing
this class of ex-soldiers presents un-
usual difficulties because the de-
HfdHu LUZ Lu0 a1Sn SAduO VI nOlAAIS
possessed by these men is not at
present in such great demand as or
binary labor. An active campaign,
however, is being conducted to Sc
cure information from trade asso-
Citations, technical societies, profess
sional societies and large employees
with a view to finding all possible
opportunities for discharged army
men who qualified in this way.
The daily banner., 1919-08-09
The Ace Of Clubs

| If you have had your vacation for
get it. If you haven't-forget it till
you get it. Vacation Daze should
end when Official Days begin.
Mountain trails may lead your
vacation to the heights of pleasure,
but they won't take your vocation
to the heights of success. Forget
every trail but the sales path and hit
it hard!
Angling for trout is at best a rec
reation. Angling for business is a
continual recreation of opportunity.
Food for thought is the greatest bait
in the world.
Getting trout on the dangled line
| is satisfactory only to the angler.
Getting customers on the dotted line
should prove a source of satisfaction
Ito all concerned.
Come out of the woods. There is
bigger game on the hills of competi-
ton than in all the mountains of
North America. There Is more to
be caught in the channels OF business
than in all the streams Of the world.
If you fail to land your share, don't
blame the stream.
Like the ancient fox, the gutter
generally remarks: ''They are poor
fish, anyway" In most cases he is
the poor fish!
Whatever you go after, bag the
limit! The only license you need is
certificate of determination. Life
memberships are always available.
The only equipment you need is a
double-barrel shot OF enthusiasm. II
you are without these requisites you
may have trouble in the WOODS.
Remember Red Riding Hood. She
had nawful battle in the grove.
And there are a lot Of wolves left
yet. If the poor little dame in the
scarlet duds had been properly equip
ped she would have never lost her
basket full of sweet cookies. 1t was
the old, old story Of unpreparedness.
And the wolves in business today
are just as keen for free lunch as
the one that annoyed Mile Hood.
Garry your basket full OF bus1-
ness in one hand and good big
club in the other. Preparedness
(meaning confidence multiplied by
quitless energy) is the Ace Of Clubs!