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Evening star., 1921-05-04
APPEAL ARGUMENTS END.
Decision in Potomac Electric Case
Nav Come Next Month.

Arguments were completed yesterday
in the District Court of Appeals on
the appeal of the Potomac Electric
Power Company from the decision of
Justice Gould unfolding the valuation
placed on the property of the company
by tho Public Utilities Commission.
\ decision may he rendered next
month. but since the record in the
case contains more than 100 printed
pages. it is not Improbable that the
decision may he deferred until the
appellate court reconvenes next Octo-
Der. Former Corporation Counsel
Syme and Corporation Counsel Ste
phCns argued for the valuation of the
commission and for the af1rmance of
the decision of Justice Gould. At
torneyS Osborne |. NcllOtt. John +.
Evening star., 1921-05-04
MRS. MAR W. DAVIS DIES.

Mrs. Mary w. Davis. wife of Col
George B. Davis. q. S. A. retired. for
a number of years a resident of
Washington. died Friday in Seattle,
Wash, according to word received
here. Mrs. Davis and her husband had
a wide acquaintance during their resi-
denCe here
Evening star., 1921-05-04

Barbour and s. r. Brown urged that
the decision be reversed and new
valuation by the commission be or
dered.
Evening star., 1921-05-04
Seventh
at F

House dresses. second foor.)
The Washington times., 1921-12-29
Causes of
PerUersity
BY w. A. McKeeyer.

THE intelligence of your boy or
girl Is at all times relative to
the amount, the quality and
the regularity Of blood which courses
through his or her brain.
Assuming that school boy is hab-
ituated to. say. merely bowl of oat-
meal Cruel for his breakfast, and
that he suddenly shifts to a heavy
meal of meat. eggs and bananas. At
once the chemistry Of the blood is
changed. impure by-products pour
into the brain and the mentality IL
radically changed, probably from
bright to dull.
Suppose a child be accustomed to
dining regularly at p. m. and re.
firing at 8 without additional food.
Now, by varying to an extra meal
late at night you may again change
the chemistry of the blood and the
mind quality quite as noticeably.
Low mentality and eccentricities
Will probably be the rule for the en-
tire day following.
A great deal of the fear and worry
of the world are matters of cold ex-
tremities and low circulation asso-.
ciated with lack of warm fresh
blood in the brain. A warm bath
and a drink of hot water may
quickly restore the entire htuation.
Your boy may arise in the morn
ing with showing of stubbornness
and unreasonableness, which he
manifested not at all the evening
before-all as a result of blood
poisoning from a big dose of mid
night refreshments"
In the case of children and the
young, avoid stimulants Of all kinds
as means of mall the blood flow
into the brain and thus to impart a
mental tonic. 1t will not last.
The Washington times., 1921-12-29
WHEN A GIRL MARRIES

Isle.

for a cizy little visit-my maiden
aunt and /?
You're a stubborn kid. Barbara
Anne. Well. never say didn't warn
you in case the wolves come sweep
ing down on your fold some day.
And now let this lamb make him.
self useful by looking over your
books or your copy or whatever II
is you think would be better for q
little of 'maidenly aunt form Of at
tention.'
Here's my first effort in behalf
Of the client you brought me-" ex-
planned.
Good stuffv' cried Carl heartily
when he had read it. II wouldn't
change a word or a single one of the
types you've indicated. You're wiz.
Annie! Now all you have to do is to
get good rates with the people you
pick out to place your stuff with"
You mean the magazines? /
gasped.
Sure! Why the astonishmentf"
But, Carl, couldn't. I'm rep
resenting the advertiser. He pays
me a commission. II / took one
from the magazines, too, I'd bs
Tying my III NoSV hSSh
ought to take my business away
or If / want to complain of the
way they place or display our work.
/ can't take money from both sides.
mo, I reckon you can't. But
lot of. 'em do. Well, then, you'll
have to ask a salary as well as
commission to take care OF current
expenses till the money starts COM
ing in" said Carl with a quiet GER
tainty.
ct can't do that, either" I 'ex-
planned, recalling the night when
Carlotta had advised me to charge
a higher commission than the one
I'd agreed to ask. II made my
terms, and, though there isn't a
written contract, / feel bound"
Hope you come out all right,
little lady" said Carl a shade I'M
easily. Remember that IL you
need anyone to tide you over your
rightful banker is your friend. G.
Booth. You'd come to me. wouldn't
you-dear?"
The last word was whispered un-
der his breath-it seemed to slip
out almost without Carls knowing.
But it reminded me sadly and
forcibly of our parting at Haldane's.
/ couldn't reprove Carl, but I knew
as he spoke that I couldn't turn to
him for help.
To BE Continued Saturday.
The Washington times., 1921-12-29
PERPETUAL MOTION
MAN IN CHICAGO CAN'T GET THE IDEA.

less. There are few today, be-
lieve, who will venture to assert
that 1t is worthless. 1t has proved
its value and its power too tri-
umphantly for that. What. then.
does science say about perpetual
motion? 1t says, in substance, what
I have been echoing in this and
many other articles, viz, that man
cannot make a perpetual motion
machine, and 1t shows why he can.
not do it. The fundamental idea of
q perpetual motion machine is
Numerically opposed to the funda-
mental law of mechanics, which
law is equivalent to the old adage
still have IT to eat. You must have
a cook as well as an appetite.
Such boasts as that nothing is
impossible" and that 1.-The word i'm
possible is not found in the vocabu-
larry Of genius" are spurs to effort,
not statements Of fact; and when
they are misinterpreted so as to en-
courage attempts to violate the
very bases Of all experience and
the mistaken principles of science
they should be treated as culpable
fanfaronade. There are impossi-
bilities, many of them, surrounding
us on all sides. We are not gods,
but simply men. We cannot live
without breathing; we cannot jump
over the moon; we cannot turn our
selves into fish or birds, although
we have learned to navigate the air
and the submarine depths.
The symbolic and imaginative
use of language in connection with
these wonderful modern achieve.
ments very likely has something to
answer for in its tendency to spread
the notion that there is no dictum
of science that may not be contra
dicted.
The Washington times., 1921-12-29
BY ANN
T THE end of week in my
office I was already so we'll

~ office I was already SO well
acquainted with the Hoad-
ley hats account that 1t seemed to
run along of itself on sheer mo-
mentum. But the Derringforth
shoes and the zelda Importing
Company were just starting out to
do national advertising.
Before many days 1 realized that
I'd made a good deal of outlay with
no income. Still, l didn't take the
matter very seriously, for we would
soon place the copy which / was
helping the advertising men of each
firm to whip into shape.
On the first Saturday half-holi-
day, when the rest of the staff had
deserted the new office, / was sit
ting alone, working over an idea
I'd suddenly thought out for the
Derringforth people, when the dooI
opened and in walked Carl Booth.
"Intruding?" he asked. II thought,
in case you didn't shut up shop at
noon, there might be a chance that
you'd be able to use the gift of my
Saturday half-holiday. Wish there
were something 1 could do to help"
Your interest helps" I said, ris
ing cordially to greet him. And
it's proud I'll be to show you over
the place."
Its a fine little place all right"
replied Carl heartily, and then with
a shade of anxiety in his tone he
went on, stepping lightly with the
self-conscious air which I was sorry
he couldn't shake off. "But don't
like the idea of your being alone in
an empty office like this. Anyone
L. t,,o
The Washington times., 1921-12-29
Noted Astronomer and Writer on :
Subjects of Scientific Interest


Subjects of Scientific Interest
THAVE letter from a man In Chi
cago who says: II don't seem
= to be able to get your idea OF
perpetual motion. You say TO
keep a machine going fresh energy
must be put into it, but doing that
violates the fundamental idea OF
perpetual motion Does that mean
that II the machine Is run by the
energy II supplies itself 1t Is not
perpetual motion? II so. perpetual
motion Is impossible"
A machine that could supply its
own energy without drawing upon
any outside source would, unques-
tionably, be a perpetual motion ma
chine. That is why l say that when
fresh energy is put into a machine
the fundamental idea of perpetual
motion is violated. But that idea is
continually violated by all actually
existing machines. To make my
meaning perhaps a little palmer,
will put it this way; by its own def
milton you cannot have a perpetual
motion machine unless it is one that
can and does ceaselelssly keep up its
supply of energy without any outside
aid whatever-and that is something
that never happens.
The question is not about the orig
inal source of the energy, but about
its perpetuation in the same un-
changing form. II / could, with a
twirl OF my wrist, set a sewing ma
chine going. and IL the machine
while continually sewing seams, kept
running on increasingly without loss
of energy and without any further
aid from me or from anything out
side itself, then / should have pro-
duced the one great wonder of the
world, swallowing up all the others
like Aaron's serpent-rod--a perpet-
ual motion machine! The meaning
of this seems plain, and 1t also seems
plain that no such miracle can ever
be performed by man, as long as
the laws of nature remain what UNI
varying human experience has hith-
erto shown them to be.
But there ought to be plain speak
ing about these things. Either
science is valuable or it is worth
The Washington times., 1921-12-29
Tread the Serial Here and Watch for the
Motion Picture Soon to Be Shown
at Leading Theaters.

John Barrett was fighting for a few
minutes more of living.
The doctor came out Rs they
reached the landing and his face
told them the truth. The girl
opened the door and went in alone.
Below stairs the faithful maid
and the doctor and Sir Fergus
waited.
Poor child" said Sir Fergus.
shell want to be alone"
In his heart he yearned to COM
fort her; never had he felt so help
less; never had he seen Aileen 20
beautiful. He fingered on. hoping
against hope that he might be OF
some aid to her.
When she came down her eyes
showed the depth of her grief. but
she bore herself bravely.
You'll have to be a father to
me now, Sir Fergus" she SAID with
a pitiful little smile.
Left With Her Memories.
She's the right Sort" said the
doctor as the two men left the
house.
The day, came when Aileen was
left with her memories. John Bar
rett was laid away with his for
bears in the little churchyard. His
daughter talked Of him to Bridget
in the evenings and took pride in
the adoring care with which he had
worked and planned for her. She
loved the new house because In 1t
she felt his handiwork.
Her old-time interest in the poor
of the village had never tagged.
and now she found herself with
plenty Of means to crafty the
whims that once had been denied
her. John Barrett had left his
property safe and sound and the
quarries were bringing In a big
sum.
Go BE Continued Tomorrow
The Washington times., 1921-12-29

obliged to punish all"
Eileen glanced involuntarily at
the owner of the book. but the
girl showed no intention Of reveal
ing herself.
Eileen Confesses.
The daughter of John Barrett
felt the call of the moment. II
brought the book here, Mother
Superior" she said. I'm sorry"
you viii come with me-" said
the Mother. and followed by the
admiring eyes of her friends. the
girl went forth to listen to a sound
lecture on the perils of such works
and the hideousness of deceitful
dealing.
What result this escapade might
have had on her father she was
never to know. for the mother had
no chance to write. Fate stepped
in and took a hand in the life game
Of Aileen. and two mornings later
she was hurrying to Newry in re-
Spouse to call from a desperately
sick man.
John Barrett had completed his
house and his life at the same time.
Bridget Malone knew there was
small hope for him when she found
him unable to speak in his room
after his usual hour for rising. She
had called Sir Fergus and the doc
tor and Sir Fergus wired for
Aileen.
The girl had not seen the new
house - the great surprise her
father had hoped to share with her
when she returned was denied to
him: and she had no eyes for any
one but him. Pale and anxious.
she slipped from the car into the
arms OF the waiting Bridget; with
out a word she passed Sir Fergus
and went up to the room where
The Washington times., 1921-12-29
AdUice to the
y
LOUeLOrn
BY Beatrice Fairfax.
Remain Simple.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
/ am girl twenty-five years
old. and work in one of our mod
ern offices where there are about
fifteen other girls employed If
we were put to a test of beauty I
should Judge I would rank about
No. IL or No. 13, because I am
what you call not pretty or beau
tiful, but just the healthy type. /
do not curl my hair, nor do 1 pluck
my eyebrows. / always brush my
clothes and try to keep them neat,
and always try to look stylish, but
I cannot afford to have as many
new clothes as the average girl
these days. Still the girls always
say: why don't you curl your
hairy" I myself do not like to use
a ldt Of makeup, especially in an
office, where / think it is uncalied
for Do not think 1 am an old
fashioned type of girl, for l am
not; / am quite modern in my
ideas and very much alert as to
what is going on, but / often won
der If l should start to doll up.
PERPLEXED.
THILD alive, you have good
principles. Hold on to them.
I assure you that any worthwhile
business man would give you a
hearty o. X. on your present ideas
and be a little disguised at the
thought that they were not firmly
enough grounded to resist the
cheap mob spirit of the girls
around you. Keep on being clean
and neat and simple. Don't start
aping a lot Of silly girls who are
in turn initiating sillier women.
The Washington times., 1921-12-29

Fish That CIIn1b Trees
IN certain parts of the coast of Asia and Africa,
~ when the tide goes out, fish known to the
natives the bomm left behind This fish has been
known to climb tree in the course of its wanderngs
The Washington times., 1921-12-29
The Woman
Observer
He Had His Nerve.

CONDUCTOR No. Ala, on Chevy
Chase line, must suffer from in
growing conscience or doesn't wear
enough clothes.
THE WOMAN has learned bad
throat results from riding in stuffy
street cars. She always opens the
window a trifle. Tuesday morning
she had opened one eight inches.
The conductor said:
Madam, the traction company
heats its cars and does not permit
the windows to be opened, The ven
tilators are opened according to
law"
THE WOMAN, astonished, told
him the law was wrong and sug-
gested he consult doctors as to
proper ventilation.
The window stayed open.
The Washington times., 1921-12-29
&C.: 8 Eadkzine Pade mi iz; C.:
g. THE BRIDES PLAY
Romantic and Gorgeous Film Drama
Based on Dom Byrne's
!. Famous Story.

; read them and that made them
all the more desired.
Aileen's room became mecca;
thither crept star-eyed worshipers
of the lyric page attired in negli-
gees, and silently grouping them
selves about the cot Of the fairy
princess listened while she read:
RED as the fire that burns my
soul are your lips; / press them
close, and long for death ere you
depart leaving me alone with my
Madness"
The girls looked at one another
almost breathless. How beautiful.
how wonderful"-then silence; then
steps along the corridor; they all
knew them; too late to escape: the
door opened-and the stern face of
the Mother Superior confronted
them. Guilty eyes stared wildly
into space and then down while the
culprits, hands behind their backs.
passed the offending volume from
one to another. hoping thus to con-
ceal the reason for their breaking
of the rules.
The ruse might have succeeded
If one girl more clumsy than the
rest had not dropped the book on
the floor. 1t fell. making a noise
like thunderbolt. No further de-
ceit was possible; they waited for
the inevitable with the spirit of
martyrs.
The Mother Superior, her glance
on the girl from whose hand the
poems of Bulmer Meade had fall
len, directed her to stoop and re-
cover them. And then majestic
ally holding forth her hand waited
for the book to be placed therein.
Whatever she expected to find,
the result was equal to her worst
fears. These profane poems, dis
cussed the land over. had found
The Washington times., 1921-12-29
The Rhyn,ing
Optin,ist
BY Aline Michaelis.
Period Stuff.

PeTlOd Stuff.
q AMANTHA'S fixed the sitting
~ room in style of days remote,
about as cheerful as tomb,
no place to hang my coat! She
wants things on a nifty plan, that's
why she has ii so. with chairs
that suited old Queen Anne some
centuries ago. With benches stiff
and sofas hard and what-nots here
and there, with tides hanging by
the yard, she drives me to despair.
She has desk or two from
Greece, a cabinet from Rome-no
place to smoke my pipe in peace.
no spot that looks like home!
And when I beg her: Have n heart
and bring my old chair backr' she
coldly answers: art is art, go
sit upon tackr' Within those
dismal walls / stand while dreary
moments fit, for thera are chairs
on every hand, but not a place to
sit! The other rooms are fitted.
too, In stuff that's all the rage:
these days the newest rugs not
new, but of some by-gone age.
l pray the time NAV never come
when Louis SO and SO will put my
Kitchen on the bum and drive me
in the snow. Oh. NAV Samantha
never learn Of Queen Ahnes kitchen
bench, of stoves of Jacobeen turn,
Of footstools like the French! For
Il would wiring nv heart with pain
IL wife should decide to cook az
in Queen Marys reign and run
mo clear outsidel
The Washington times., 1921-12-29
"A Stubborn Cough
L0Oses,s Right Up
This homemade remedy In a won
der Tor quick results. Easily
and cheapiy made.

Here is homemade syrup which
millions of people have found to be
the most dependable means of break
ing up stubborn coughs. IL is cheap
and simple, but very prompt in ac-
ton. Under its healing, soothing in
fiuence, chest soreness goes, phlegm
loosens, breathing becomes easier,
tickling in throat stops and you get
. good nights restful sleep. The
usual throat and chest colds are con-
quered by it in "a hours or less.
Nothing better for bronchitis, hoarse.
ness, Group, throat tickle, bronchial
asthma or winter coughs.
To make this splendid cough syrup,
pour 2h ounces of Pinex into a pint
bottle and gil the bottle with plain
graduated sugar syrup and shake
thoroughly. If you prefer use clari-
fed molasses, honey, or corn syrup,
instead of sugar syrup. Either way,
you get a full pint-a family supply
of much better cough syrup than
you could buy ready. made for three
times the money. Keeps perfectly
and children love its pleasant taste.
Pinex is a special and highly con-
centrated compound Of genuine Nor
way pine extract, known the world
over for its prompt healing effect
'upon the membranes.
To avoid disappointment ask your
druggist for "2h ounces Of Pinex"
with full directions. and don't accept
anything else. Guaranteed to give
absolute satisfaction or money
promptly refunded. The Pinex Co,
Fl. Wayne, Ind
The Washington times., 1921-12-29
THE STORY so FAR.

THE STORY So FAX.
Ailssn Barrett. belle Of little Irish
y',,sss ., Nswris ;, s Ss1 Ss,Sysd t,n Sy
e h:.I tn' M aHsi f Il. :sons
laoasy he intends to make Of Allcen q
gress LADY. and plans TO send her away
SirlhSod days dreaming Of the wonder
7ul maa she will marry. She meets Sir
Fergus Cassidy, . ncighbor, before going
owAy.
cThe Brides Play" made into mo
ton pictures, directed by George w
Terwilliger. scenario by Mildred Con
sIaine, which was created by Cosmo
;politan Productions and released a. q
Paramount pictureJ
Screen Version Novelized
BY Jane Mclean.
<<C URE," said Bridget. she'll
be making dreams come
true, the darlin."
ITS a very quiet life in the
school, ventured Sir Fergus.
:. But she'll not be there forever"
her father reminded him. Aliens
stay was to be shorter than even he
imagined.
The girls in the convent saw the
world through rose-colored glasses.
Romance was talking through the
air and waiting for victims. Some
ely fairy with a gleeful laugh
slipped a volume of verse into the
hand Of one Of the girls and the
girl passed 1t on to Aileen, and it
found a resting place under the
mattress in that young lady's
room.
Her Room q Mecca.
1t was a book of poems by the
famous young romanticist Bulmer
Meade; Of course every girl knew
Bulmer Meade's work; SO soulful;
90 full Of romance; the girls Of
the convent were not supposed to
The Washington times., 1921-12-29
This Day in History

ONE of the things that eventually led to the execu-
~ tion of Charles / of Great Britain occurred
on this date in the year 1647 The King signed the
secret treaty with the Scots called The Engagement
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-14

In the week Of July Bird. the
town Of Philippi is 10 have a home.
coming week for which preparat.
ttons are being made on a rather
pretertious scale. 1t Is to last four
days. There will be, of course, the
usual array OF distinguished
speakers that grace. such 5occas-
ions, and to secure this talent the
committee sent 7. G. Holland and
r. L. Brandon to Washington They
arrived Saturday, planning to do.
liver their first invitation to Presl.
dent Harding. Unable to see him.
they remained over Sunday. finally
leaving It with Secretary Christian
to deliver and the West virginia
congressional delegation to boost,
They also talked II over with sew
eral senator's and Representatives
with a chautauqua who a re not
arerse to making short tripsZaway
from Washington to make speeches
so as to help them along with the
high cost Of living problems which
continues to be quite much Of a
pTohier1 in the National Capital.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-14
II NEW y. D.

"a the recent session of the West Virginia Lesis.
latlte a very stringent venereal disease law was
passed This bill was introduced into the state senate
~ a physician. Of wide experience, and was passed
only afterSmahlIe elaboration by the committees and
members Of both branches of The legislature.
The prevention Of disease by public health meas
'tses being recognized as one of The 6ynda.
mental activities Of the federal government but has
nsysf 5ssnseonsidered as a state duty. except from a
protective scientific standpoint. The control Of social
dassssses however. goes further. II includes a moral
problem % greatest Importance. West VIRGINIA u.,,
lay, therefore, in protecting the public from Dangerous,
infectious diseases, must take up the fight aaainst in.
morality well. This means that s~anitarian. and
rstornsts mgstfnd some common ground upon which
% tend m dealing with this question.
ihsPrsetee of certain immoralities is a .%oe;o]o,;-, /,
problem. but The resulting spread Of di.s,,. !. J;.1;U.,
Y one torpablie health officials. Ii, tSeT.for rl'lI b..
impossible to enforce West Virginia new law i
we mus. strlp the question Of all moral issue. ''s and
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-14

pig In Plsdom. Little Old L. $. A.
Now for q little figuring. Got
ped and pencil Ready
The lnst year these eighteen.
SOW pigs had ~ pig ot Witch i
lite more man hall Mefe5sows
Tie second year eS sow piss
produced yotng ptss.
This brought the figures up TO.
last year when 2s4 sows produced
1888 pigs. which is going some as
any Philosopher VIII agree.
Figure on. Figuring that the
ayersRe litter Is I pigs, and about
one-hat Of these pigs will be sows,
two years from now would give
51s4 sows and 47.176 pigs.
yalulng these sows at $50 and.
the pigs at $40, gives a grand total
of $575N00.
II every one Of the SIS counties
that 60 to make up the sovereign
land Imperial Commonwealth OF
West Virginia could match. that,
It would mean. in a few years, an.
addition to the wealth OF the State
of $31,625,0 900.
Doesn't that make you grunt
with establishment?