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The Washington times., 1920-12-12
BIG SPANISH MARKET
FOR ELECTRICAL GOODS

Spain 10 an important market for
American electrical goods, but posi-
billties for future development are OF
far greater interest TO American cleo
tricai goods manufacturers than the
present demand according 10 a special
report entitled electrical Goods In
SPAIN" Just published by the Bureau
OF Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Of the Department OF Commerce. The
report was prepared by Trade comis-
sioner Philip s. Smith, an expert in
the electrical goods trade, who visited
Spain to study the market on the
ground.
"Spain, because OF its ample water
power resources and the relatively
small extent to which electricity has
been used in the past by the masses
of the people, is certain TO experience
a notable development along this
line" states Mr.. Smith.
The existing hydro-electric plants
will. as Mr.. Smith shows. be supple
mented by new enterprises; there VIII
| he a constantly increasing use OF
power; the people will become IA
miliar with the benefits and con
| yeniences OF electrical devices, an'
In consequence there will be great!
augmented demand for all kinds o
equipment
| II is felt that American manufac
turers should make an earnest enor
to obtain their due share OF the pres
ent and future trade. Certain mani
fest DISADVANTAGES are present in tn
situation. chief among which Is tn
proximity OF Spain to European manu-
featuring centers. To overcome sue
handicaps as exist, precise know1edg
and adroit craftsmanship are obvi
ously necessary. To stimulate in
terest in this important field and pro
vide the required data for It's enectiv
cultivation is the purpose OF the re
port, copies Of which can be pu'
chased from the superintendent O
The Washington times., 1920-12-12
She SOLVES PROBLEM
OF SERVANT SHORTAGE
Woman Makes Vacuum Cleaner
Yield Her Income.

An English woman in trying to
think out a way to solve the servant
shortage in London homes and 10
make an income for herself at the
same time, decided TO avail herself
OF the services OF the modern electric
cleaner. II taken from house TO
house she knew that II could perform
in one morning a large part on the
cleaning work which maids have 10
do In the homes.
The next thing TO consider was how
10 carry il conveniently, and she MT
upon the plan OF a one-wheei carriage
with handle to which the cleaner
could be fastened. She was then
able to visit number OF homes each
morning.
Her plan proved popular with the
housewives. She arrived on schedule
time, and the work was done
! thoroughly by the cleaner without
! raising dust, az by the old broom
method of cleaning. Many house
wives became converted to the cleo
/ trio way of cleaning and regarded II
as n big Improvement over previous
house-cleaning ways.
The Washington times., 1920-12-12
ELECTRICITY NOW USED
TO THAW WATER PIPES

Instead OF running the risk OF set
ting your house afire with a blow
torch when the pipes freezes. 1t is
now possible TO thaw them with cleo
trio power.
Here is a device as simple as an
electric iron, which uses just about
as much current. By merely attach
ing II to the frozen section II soon
heats the pipe sufficiently to start
the flow of water.
1t is possible to thaw out pipes If
teen feet in length.
The base OF this "pipe-thawer" Is
made OF cast iron and the cover is OF
pressed steel 1t is easily carried from
place to place.
Every up-to-date plumber should
have this useful article among his
equipment.
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ELECTRICAL Terms +;
HAVE REAL ORIGIN
They Are Derived From Names
OF Pioneers OF Marvellous
Industry.

Since electricity is not substance
which adds weight or size TO the
wire through which II flows, much
uncertainty frequently is found
among users of electricity in de-
fning its measurements.
The average housewife Is puzzled
when the terms volt, ohm and am
pere are found on the motors OF
her washer and she Is not at all
satisfied that she correctly under
stands what sixty watt lamp
means, or how she is paying for
kiIowatt hours used.
NAMED FOR PIONEERS.
The principal terms used in meas
ing and distributing electricity are
the names OF pioneers in the cleo
trical field. Thus the vort, named
after Volta, is the unit of electrical
pressure; the ampere. named after
Andre Marie Ampere, is the unit
which measures the amount OF the
flow OF electric current, etc.
Ampere was born in Lyons,
France, a little over a century ago.
All hts life he worked over expert
ments in electricity. The chief
source of Ampere's fame is his re-
searches in the field of electro
dynamics, of which he was the
father.
To get an idea of tIst what an am
pere Is. let us turn again to the gar
den hose. With the faucet closed, the
water Is dormant. II Is locked up and
cannot escape. When you turn the
faucet, the water comes out, There
may be very little pressure back in
The Washington times., 1920-12-12

employed even by the day, The gar
'dener is called upon for certain heavy
tasks. Everything else is done by
members OF the family Cooperative
apartments. where each household
contracts for SO many hours OF vac
uum cleaner service and other as
sistance were mentioned as another
possible solution.
"we must train housewives In the
use OF modern housekeeping methods
and labor-saylng devices; then there
will be no servant problem" Miss
Cady declared.
The Washington times., 1920-12-12
FLOWS THROUGH CONDUCTOR

Now electricity flows in exactly the
same way. except that II does not run
through a pipe. II flows through a
wire, or. as the electrical men say.
through a conductor. which Is gen
orally "a wire OF soft copper. because
of it's high conductive qualities. This
means that IL sort OF helps the cleo
tricity along and does not retard its
flow, like iron would. Electricity is
turned off or on just like water is. 1t
IL measured by meter which shows
the sum OF the amperes and volts.
The rate OF flow OF the water Is meas
ured by the number OF gallons per
minute or hour. The flow OF electric
ity per second is called an ampere.
| or course. Marie Andre Ampere had
nothing in the world to do with an
ampere, but the fathers OF electricity
called this unit after him to honor the
memory and achievements OF man
who worked so hard to understand
what many people now know about
| electricity.
The Washington times., 1920-12-12

Read the Want Ads daily; you viii
find them interesting and profitable
Many worthwhile offers In To-Day
issue of The Washington Timea
The Washington times., 1920-12-12

the hose and you get only q feeble
allow OF water. You always have been
able to measure this water pressure,
IL is measured by a gauge in pounds
per square inch.
The Washington times., 1920-12-12

documents. Government Printing Of
nee. Washington. ID. c., at 20 cents
each. Copies are also on sale at the
District and cooperative Offices OF
the Bureau OF Foreign and Domestic
Commerce.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-01-27

could take ONE seed, divide it, aud
plant the tao halves 30 that they
would gov, tine trees would be alike.
The flies of old owspa pers dating
back To tho origin Of print are rich
IN stories Of the apparently wclrd
sympathetic bond that unites twins,
and legend carried many such tales
before theyc were any newspapers.
There is the tale Of the man who
fell dead when his brother was shot
through the heart, II is we'll remeln-
bcrcd. They were known as the
"Corsicar Brothers" Some scientists
who used to sCuf at this story have
now adopted more open and inqulr-
ing attitude OF mind They may not
accept %. but they examine it. They
are seriously interested.
And there are scores OF stories Of
one twin dying almost immediately
after the other Grief is generally
the popular guess as TO the cause.
But what Is grief? l. ii the suffering
that comes to a half when the other
half is injured or destroyed? Is it
that twins, while having completely
separate physical existence, have in
some sense a bound together identity?
Maetorlinck analyzing the evidence
in support of the theory that the ego
can exist apart from the body, told
New York audience recently a series
Of queer Incidents, 50 queer that some
Of them sounded like what people
used TO call black magic"
lie told OF a girl whose "odic ef-
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| this very young man, as he setlled
| his business with one man right alter
thc other all his seniors in point OF
years, marvclled and made some
comparisons.
Years ago VIC found many youthful
individuals who had come to the front
ranks OF achievement and at this age
had already performed the work Of
an average lifetime.
Yet in these latter days, m the
twentieth century scheme II things
II /, "A ut,le different Young men
ar, receiving high WIgs who do just
certain kind ~ work. This often
stfos incentive for better and bigger
things. since contcntment and snug
ness crceps in and shuts ont the Gle
mcnts Of ambition and opportunity
Also the call OF pleasure Is InsIstcnt
Rut 10 return TO the young man
fl spoc.nc case. Opportunity came
very RAPIDLY TO him, but unlike many
others he recognized 1t and knew now
10 take H.
Ills father Is wcll-to-do and this
boy might have followed the path OF
many sons Of such tnth"rs-thc line
OF least resistance But ne chose the
one tnat required constant resistance,
everlasting vigilance, endless effort.
lie did not fold his hands and say,
Ike many one speaking IN the
ycrnanuIar "Oh, TINS rs a clnch.
Everybody works father why not I?'
No. this boy had something in him.
lie ts Ca chip on the old block"
And so II came to pass that ne
wanted TO achieve something for him
self 10 build, 10 produce, 10 feel the
rxuberauce and satisfaction of a we'll
spent day lie win accomplish
But he had his father back OF him
all the time, you VIII say; so | must
tell you more Of IL. lie disagreed with
his father some time ago and he felt
he had enough In him 20 stand alone
lie went to work observation-disclosures
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THE drama doesn't need uplifting What needs nS
the when Uncle Toms a folks
Little Eas bedroom something dndu were
Eliza crossed the Rubcon mpcdcd by aud Eadfew
her breath a reddish flannel nightgowp-
What there { NJ
- gowns? outside girls that why
that a show Of the soreroom
A ND shows today! Well times changed For in
IA Third Kingdom for a horse
would pony? Aye
s the question!
A "A nina
~ but nothing Her life
to
long there
there will always be bald heads in the front
(WHICH : H. O.
w T.. II.
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u Co. the New York hchins WuridD
made good. His father then tenItv
a'L" the stun Of which he was made
ana was glad To open wide the door
OF opportunity for him. col
iic IL stens 10 men older than him
SELF As | sat there several times I
heard him say To others. "You are
rlght about It; I was wronEi 70
ahead And again. he called over
the telephone to somebody: "YotItake
charge OF that. You seem TO hinder
stand what's needed. III back you
Al the close Of the day, when he
was about TO leave this great going
concern, matter came up thar was
not SO important that he could not
nave Ioft II go until the next dav.
lie had an engagement with some
comrades Tor dinner, but he did not
Jet his pleasure interfere with his
business. lie tclephoned them TO
wait; his work went on.
These are all good signs-signs OF
success.
As stevenson says, "ResponsTbrity
grhvllateS To him who can shoulder
it,"
This young man. Mr., s, will shoul-
der more every day. He has -recoE-
nzed his ChanCe--and taken it-with
"a gumptl1n and grit that VIII not
only bring grecnhlCks but his gal OF
SuIi-doturmInl'IOn.
In lesser ways many n young man
and young woman may seize too the
chance that always comes.
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By Marguerite
NJ CCerS
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Marsh hall
MGEinlS of q
Modern Maid

Copyright 1890 by
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An cpgrm IS "A
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is always away from Womc
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A o kiss her
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Add LIES little girls belief her viii
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let the Recording Angel take
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ADVERTISEMENT. 't7
A Chiid's Soft Teeth
Are Easily Injured

The teeth Of young children are not
yet thoroughly calcified; many have
naturally soft, chalky teeth. Many
tooth paStcS contain pumicc, pow
dcrcd oyster-Shcll, Observation-Disclosures
phatc. Prof. Gies Of Columbia College
found one of these which was gritty
enough TO scratch glass! 1t is well
for mothers 10 be careful
A great many professional men al
low only AIbodon Dental Cream Ia
hc used in their homes DR.. Henry
II. krcldcr, professor of chemistry at
Toledo University, considers it SUI
pcrior preparation, and the children
of the Rochester Orphan Asylum have
their "tooth drills" with IT, a6}-
Alhodon is calcium carbonatt, sa-
pouified and missed with the. we'll
known antiScptic oils Of cloves, elm
namon and eucalyptus II is peculiarly
effective and safe for women aud
children. A tube lasting five weeks
can hc bought, guaranteed, atanny
drug store. '.Ta,
ia
81
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pulse Of the other. They FELT
ALIKE. And the question that con
fronts science, a question emphasized
by Ccnturics-long sequences Of SINH
lar cases is: Why? why do twins
feel alike? Why all their lives long
do they have Identical impulses, do
the same things, commit the same
crimes if they are criminals do the
same good deeds II they are honest
citizens?
For the physical similarites be-
tween twins David FairChild, a biol
OGist writing for the journal OF
IIeredty, finds sufficient cause in
their origin from a single cell. They,
ne says, ARE the only human beings
in the world who have the same
heredity." A single spcrmatoZoon has
united with "a single egg cell. The
fe-tiliZcd egg contains all that there
Is Of heredty. II il divides TO form
two individuals, the two will share
the inheritance.
If you pour wine and water into a
glass and mix them, then pour half of
the mixture into another glass. IN,
two glasses Will have exactly the
same contents. Fairchild takes another
analogy, lie says If you take two
seeds from the same apple and plant
them, the resulting trees may show
differences, because two seeds, even
from the same fruit may not be
exactly alike. But, he says, il you
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-01-27

spite OF all onvironmcntM tendencies
to change the objects that they sur
round.
Sometimes twins differ as much
from each other as do any other two
children Of the same parents. In such
cases, according to the journal, it is
probable that the twins, although
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| was ushcIru III
to the Office to see
the manager OF
this big mcrcan-
tile machine, II is
safe 10 say that hc
ia the youngest
manager Of this
tkind Of business
in the world. lie
Is but twcnty-one
years Of age.
As / reflected on
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Both were "ich. beautiful. with
everything, apparently. to live FOR
They had grown ~ together Thcv
dressed alike, looked alike. thought
Siike, worked alike. Together they
vent Ia France and were indetatig-
able war workers.
But one had the suicidal impulse
ana the impulse of one was tile i'm
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-01-27

The picture at
the left is OF Gil
bert and Edwin
GrosVenor, with
I h cir o / d e r
brother Asa, as
b o IS Of 4 ~
years.
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rT,liH other day | had occasion 10
visit a large enterprise in the
\ outskirts Of the city
Itian business involving thousands
norhn.ps millions Of dollars.
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Robert and Frank Michel are twin
acrobats. They are so much alike
that their mother once bathed the
same little chap twice. They get
hungry and sleepy at the same time.
born at almost exactly the same time,
are products Of different egg cells
that they are not identical twins"
which means that even though they
have the same birthday they are not
properly to be called twins at all.
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" found his rural relative, Uncle

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guest endeavorIng TO warm ms VEN
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great M'cN'u cues no" N'n ma"
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wbv Won do not ao b,ne, Tho oyon
IN ms ras stoyo ,s nm tn, ,r tho
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hLvia' Of the vital force
that constituted her identity-passed
into a pitcher OF water: the water
was poured on the ground in cold
weather, and the girl herself, physic-
ally, shvorcd with the cold. lie told
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-01-27
OUR CHORUS GIRLS

The Chorus Girl Is the Backbone Of the Theatrical Biz;
You Can See the Backbone From the First Sixteen
Rows Any Night the Drama To-Day Doesn't Need
UpliitinG What 1t Needs Most Is Tanning Down.
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These sturdy little twins are Ger.
tainly as much alike as any two peas
It would be interesting to watch
them throughout their lives, particu.
Iarly should they live in different
countries, subjected to different
climatic conditions.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-07-01

United States made Monticello his
chief objective point. He must see
''the Sage 1t cost the Sage money.
of course.
The chambers occupied by. Mr.. and
Mrs. Jefferson are most interesting.
Jefferson. a radical in all things, a
progressive In an age that was not
particularly progressive, had Ideas Of
his own with regard to household fur
niture. Heretofore people had slept in
massive, cumbersome beds, with great
posts or frames at the foot and head.
Jefferson changed this. for himself
and wife. He built two rooms, con-
nected by a wide archway. In this
archway he placed the Jeffersonian
bed, which was merely large couch
Of simple design, minus the unneces-
sary foot and head work. The bed
closed up the archway. there being NO
ether communication between the two
rooms. In one Of the chambers Mrs.
Jefferson made her boudoir. In the
other Thomas Jefferson studied and
wrote. When Mrs. Jefferson was ready
to retire she disrobed in her boudoir
and climbed into the bed from her
side. When Mr.. jefferson sought the
refreshment Of Morpheus he disrobed
in his study and climbed into the bed
from his side. It was all very handy.
Jefferson's Monument.
The epitaph on the original monu-
ment over Jefferson's grave was writ
ten by Jefferson himself. It reads:
"Here was buried Thomas Jefferson,
author Of the Declaration Of Inde-
pendence, OF the Statute Of Virginia
for Religious Freedom, and Father Of
the University Of Virginia"
1t thus appears that Jefferson was
more proud Of these three achieve
ments than Of being president Of the
United States. as he does not even
mention the latter distinction.
From a hilltop near Monticello one
may see the birthplaces Of three men
whose work and wisdom added to the
United States nearly one-haif Of its
present territory on this continent.
,, These men were Jefferson, George
Rogers Clark and Meriwether Lewis.
Through the efforts of Clark the states
of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois. Wisconsin
and part of Michigan were added to
our domain. Meriwether Lewis. with
younger brother Of George Rogers
Clark. was sent by Jefferson on the Ia
nous trip Of exploration and discov-
cry which, many years later. resulted
in giving Uncle Sam title to the Pa
cific Northwest.
Copyright. 1890. Western Newspaper unicn)
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county, lis miles from Washington.
Fewer persons visit 1t, because 1t Is
much more remote from the main-trav-
eled- roads than is Mount Vernon, al
most within sight of the national cap
itai. :
At Monticello Jefferson lived nearly
sixty years. within a stones throw
he spent his entire life, for he was
born on the estate, and though he was
absent for several years in France
as American minister, and for eight
years as president OF the United
States, and also in the occupancy Of
other offices, that was always his home.
He loved 1t above all other spots on
earth, from the cradle to the grave.
There was rocked his cradle and there
his grave, was made, when after SO
years Of labor for the rights Of man
he died on the Fourth Of July, exactly
80 years after the signing Of the Dec
laration Of Independence. It was CIV
en- to him to experience half a CEN
fury of the fruits Of his own efforts
toward more equitable form Of gov
eminent, something new to human so
ciety.
History Of Monticello.
In 1869 Jefferson began the con-
struction Of his mansion on the noun
tain above Charlottesville. On New
Years day Of 1772 he tok thither his
bride, the beautiful young Widow
Shelton, whose. husband. Bathurst
SHELTON, had died when she was in her
nineteenth year, leaving her aconsid-
cradle fortune. She was about twen-
ty-three when Jefferson married her.
Mrs. Jefferson was a singularly beau
tiful woman, with auburn hair to
match the red locks Of her famous
husband. She lived only about ten
years after her second marriage. JEFF
ferson never took another wife. His
daughter was the mistress Of Month
cello and likewise the mistress Of the
Executive Mansion when Jefferson
was president iof the United States.
Jefferson survived his wife "A years.
For the last so years of his life JEFF
ferson was hopeIessly insolvent. From
time to time his precious estate and
home were in imminent danger of being
| sold over his head. His debts were
due to various causes. For one thing,
he put his same on notes for friends
and was held responsible for large
sums. Then he was an extravagani
entertainer His house was perhaps
the most commodious and manorIike In
America. He was famous in two con
tinents. Every person Of distinction
who came from EuroDe TO VISIT the
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BY RosERTus LOVE.

The Father Of His Country was
George Washington. but the Father of
the Fourth Of July wos Thomas Jeffer-
son. Jefferson wrote the Declaration
Of Independence, which was adopted
and signed on the fourth day Of July,
1776. Forever thereafter that day
was and will be "the Glorious Fourth"
The Declaration Of Independence was
a special plea for the rights Of the in
dividual., The whole life. 81 Thomas
Jefferson was protest against the
0ld-time tyranny which sought to limit
the development and action Of indi-
vidual man. Jefferson loved liberty
end despised despotism. He was the
principal pioneer Of democracy in all
the world. On this account all that
he did and said and wrote, his man
ner Of living and working, his home
and his surroundings, are Of interest
to the world.
So far as real human interest goes,
the home Of Jefferson was and is more
fruitful of entertaining anecdote and
reminiscence than the home Of Wash
ington. Both homes are In Virginia.
Jefferson's home. which he called Mon
ticello divided with Mount Vernon the
reverence and homage Of Americans
who have inherited the priceless bless
ings Of Republican government for
which washington fought with his
sword and Jefferson with his pen.
Sacred to Lovers Of Liberty.
Monticello is one OF Americas
shrines OF pilgrimage The house,
shown below, is three miles from the
town Of Charlottesville. Albermarle