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The Washington times., 1922-03-08
Rhyming
Optin,ist
By Aline Michaelis.

liver the great machine whirls
~ on through the fading disk
and the blooming dawn,
through the bright, young year
and the falling leaf, through the
growing grain and the garnered
sheaf. Swung mid the suns as
they shine afar. glowing and gold
en-; bright. fixed star; world of
a million teeming marts; world of
unnumbered, splendid arts Peopled
with beings so strangely small,
pigmies who boast of their rule
over all; toilers who toll without
rest or surcease; dreamers who
dream, glimpsing visions of peace.
Striving ever to lift the load.
pushing ahead to the turn of the
road, seeking to pierce through
the futures fogs. still they keep
spinning--cogs, Just cogs. From
the eager lad with his unspoiled
heart to the clever rogue as he
plays his part: from the shy, sweet
girl of the dreaming eyes to the
hardened creature, worn and wise;
from the student who delves in his
well-loved books to the brainless
flirt whose thought is looks
from the poor to the rich in their
costly togs-we have named them
all when we speak Of cogs. But.
oh! II is good, when the shadows
fall and the freight flickers along
the wall, when the marts of the
world are closed for the day and
the cares of the world are all
locked away, to know that the
great machine which goes spin
ming and spinning without repose
has need of each cog in its own
small place, filling its part for its
little space. Good to know az the
Earth spins on through the silent
void from the dawn to the dawn,
that 1t clasps us close to its moth.
er heart, and that every cos plays
n needed part
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A Delightfully."- Refreshing Story Of
Love and a Woman's Way
With q Man.

, "No."
'one might infer as much"
: "You may infer 1t IL you choose"
"DDp
''what?"
why do you speak to me that
way?"
BECAUSE don't-know."
She turned and moved toward
the bed. encountered the soft. open
arms Of her sister. They closed
around her: she laid her head on
Silvette's shoulder.
'.Darling! Little Dir whispered
Silvette in sorrowful consterna-
ton. HAS this really happened
to your"
II don't KNOW don't know.
I am not happy; don't under
stand! . At moments cannot
believe it. - He Is not my ideal
Of a man; am stronger In many
ways--I am wiser than he. He is
only a boy. Silvie-careless, ease
flowing. with nothing but smatter.
ings-nothing but the social ex-
perience Of a man Of his class be.
hind him. Nothing real has ever
happened to him in life. - And,
somehow. I know--I know that II
1t only did, he would become a
mana real man. I know it;
can't bear to see him waste his
life-fall into easy ways of think
ing-make no effort. - want
him to strive; want him to fight
life. He ought to. The max.
ing of him Is in a battle with cir
cumstances. This life Is ruin to
him-this house, these people, any
people who will employ him in
such capacity
She caught her breath, almost in
a sob.
Il have cared for him-a little
from the very first. 80 am not
fitted for HMM many ways"
"Di!"
Il am mott" l care for him un.
selfishly. I don't know why I
should. but I do: and he ought not
to marry me even il he-ever-
wished to-"
You are talking wildly, dar.
ling! You-not good enough for
him! What q silly
The Washington times., 1922-03-08
SUN ISN'T ON FIRE
A POPULAR FALLACY EXPLAINED
BY Garrett p. Serviss.

transformed into heat, which is
simply a rapid vibration of the
molecules of the body. II we &C.
cept the fast growing belief that
the suns radiation consists not of
waves, but of quanta,' /. e., of in
finitesimal entities like projec-
tiles, hurled out In streams from
the sun, then we can easily pic
ture the transformation of their
energy into heat as they strike an
OBJECT I'm their way. just as repeat
ed hammer strokes on an anvil,
or a hail of bullets striking a tar
get In quick succession, produce
heat. though neither hammer nor
bullets are themselves hot.
One of the most astonishing of
recent discoveries about the sun
is that its radiation is rapidly
variable to the maximum extent
or 10 per cent. These variations
occupy only a few days, so that
their effect is by no means SO
manifest on the temperature of
the earth as IL would be If their
PEI -Qcs were long. Owing to the
DlankeLing OBJECT Of the atmos.
phere. and the capacity of the
ground to store up heat, a sudden
decrease of 10 per cent In the
amount of radiation received from
the sun does not produce an i'm.
meulately perceived effect, and
before such effect can become
very notable the pendulum swings
the other way and the amount of
radiation in increased.
But. il loss, say of 10 per cent.
SHOULD continue for many months.
OF yars, in succession the results
might Sbe disastrous for at least
some parts of the earth.
On the whole the geological story
seems to indicate that former ages
were warmer rather than colder
than ours. But the Imagination
can easily torment itself by sun.
posing not only that the variations
winch we now know occur i'm the
solar radiation, without being much
noticed except by special investiga.
tors, might, to our detriment. be-
come either greater in their range.
or longer in their period. We can.
not ignore the fact that we are
dependents upon variable star.
but we can find comfort in the
TACT that. as far as is vet known
its variations are confined within
very moderate limits.
A little reflection should enable
you to answer your question about
the moon. Its golden tint when
near the horizon is due to i'm
purities in the lower strata of the
atmosphere.
The Washington times., 1922-03-08
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
CALLED PREVENTIVE MEDICINE IN ACTION
BY Brice Belden, nj. D.

cheney tests from time to tire dur
ing the course of his educate, the
purpose being always to graduate
him into the normal group.
BY the abnormal and physically
defective group we mean those in.
dividuals distorted as to posture
or carriage. but still capable OF be-
ing greatly improved by corrective
measures. Included in this group
are the persons with heart troubles,
hernia. weaA feet. nat feet and die
eases Of the joints.
In some of these, surgical pro.
cedures may be essential To q curs.
Light forms Of exercise, Hike calls.
themes. will benefit these cases
Persons who might otherwise be.
come chronic invalids. mentally
and physically, may be Initiated
into physical well-being. Such In
dividuals are too apt to develop
an unwholesome and altOge thee u,l-
necessary psychic state, sometimes
amounting to despair. and exercise
will do. more than anything else TO
restore them to health.
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Noted Astronomer and Writer on
Subjects Of Scientific Interest.


According to a fixed rule
oxygen is indispensable to the
existence of fire. How Is II thar
fire exists on the sun?
why is the full moon pale
golden in color while low on the
horizon and not so when itsas-
cends higher into the heavens?
r.. S.. Brooklyn"
Nv GU make two unjustified as
SYMPTOMS, viz, that there
is fire on the sun, and that
there is no oxygen there. Fire is
the word c6spmonly used to de-
scribe the effects of combustion,
or burning. Its characteristic Wis.,
ible manifestation is flame. Now,
the sun, contrary to what seems
to he the universal impression
among those not familiar with as
tronomy. is not a burning body. its
heat is not due to combustion and
its light does not arise from flame.
II the sun were on fire, or burn
ing, it would be extinguished from
lack of fuel in a very few thou
sand years. But we know that 1t
has been glowing and radiating
the energy that produces the eff
s fects of light and heat upon strik-
ing the earth during millions Of
years in the past.
1t has been shown that II the
sun were composed of anthracite
coal, and II II were burned in the
most complete manner, it would
be all consumed in less than 1,n00
years. Lord Kelvin found II i'm
possible to calculate longer dura-
ton than 5000 years for the sun
on the assumption that 1t con-
sisted of the most perfectly COM
bustible substance known.
By using such convenient ex-
pressions as calling the sun "the
fire" or 'the hearth" of the solar
system we sometimes cause mis-
understanding. In some respects
1t would be more correct to call
the sun She dynamo of the solar
system, but that, too, would be
misleading. The sun is not to be
described by likening it to some
thing incomparably inferior.
1t Is not a fire, but it is hotter
than any fire. There is oxygen in
the sun, but its function there is
not to support combustion. The
temperature of the surface of the
sun is not less than 10000 degrees
and its interior is undoubtedly
hotter still.
But. here again a misapprehen-
sion commonly exists. Many think
of the suns rays as being rays of
heat, and for convenience scien-
tific men often speak of the heat
radiated from the sun. But they
do not mean just what they seem
to say. 1t Ia not heat that is ra-
dated from the sun; II Is energy
I'm a more general form. The suns
rays passing through space are
not, In themselves, hot as a rod OF
incandescent iron is hot. They
produce heat In any body that they
ippinge upon.
IN touching the body. the ra-
diam energy. or a part Of IL. is
The Washington times., 1922-03-08
IN GLASS HOUSES
ARE YOU ONE OF THE PARENTS WITHJNa
Dr
DR.. w. A. McKeever-

that a large number of the parent.
here assembled once belonged To
the high school secret societies
no." so ser,"uslv objected to; that
many OF then names are still on
the rolls, and nat two members Of
tie beard OF education are still
saying dues In these secret or
u,rs2'
AT the lose Of this inquiry the
meeting became strangely silent.
Two or three feeble, illogical mo.
tons were made, but not one of
them was seconded. The chair
man suggested that he was ready
to entertain a motion to adjourn.
but no one raised q voice. even for
that. So the meeting had to break
up without that Formally.
One time a wicked woman sat Mt
a well and confessed her sins as
perceived by the keen discern
ment Of the Master. and where
are thy accusers?" He asked. They
had all fled under the rebuke OF
their own sense of guilt. Neither
do 1 condemn thee" was the cele.
brated verdict.
Thus again the drama at the well
OF Capernaum was being enacted
by the 300 parents accusers at
the indignation meeting. And
when the question was put squarely
before them: HE that is without
sin, let him cast the first stone"
they hung their heads with silence
and shame and slipped out OF the
hall without 90 much as n formal
adjournment.
Under q little careful manage
ment. this scene could with pro-
priety be enacted In a thousand
other communities. The parents
are everywhere collectively guilty
OF the wrongs which they would
charge against their children; and
the reform must begin at the top
and work downward before 1t is
going to become effective.
The Washington times., 1922-03-08
wiasly Known Lecturer and
Autbor and National Author
sty on Juvrniie Problems.


nv HREE hundred parents call
cd an indignation meeting to
protest against he social *
cess of their adolesceut children
a. follows: Too m.Ch fast dane
ing, too much card playing. too
much cigarette smoking and too
many secret high school fraterni-
tieo.
Two or three enthusiastic speak
ers had taken their turn and were
giving promise of a heavy indict-
msnt Of the youthful miscreants
when q tall, angular.faced gentle
man arose and appealed to the
chair on . point Of information.
Before proceeding further with
these charges against our youths"
said he. there are several mat
tiers upon which this meeting
needs some light.
First, is 1t true, as reported
that large numbers Of the parents
Of this community dance at the
country club in the same manner
which we are here denying our
caildren7
Second. Ia 1t true, as reported
that large numbers of the mothers
spend q long afternoon each week
At card parties and playing prac-
tioally the same kind Of games as
are here considered Objectionable
for our youths7
Third, IL 1t true that large
numbers Of the fathers hereabout
smoke cigarettes as we here allege
70 b wrong for our boys?
Fourth. IL II true. aa r,eporfed
The Washington times., 1922-03-08
Written in His Best Vein by One Of the
Greatest Living Masters
of Fiction.

You're q dearv she repeated.
and her voice was not any too
steady. II am happy; am hap
pier than I've been for" she
checked herself. and bent her head
for q moment; he pretended to 70
read the telegram.
1T will be all right now" he oh
\ served. z
Il wish ! knew" she said. I'M
der her breath.
Don't you?" =
She lifted her honest eyes to his.
How can / know, Jim? don't
know how men are. 1t all hap
pened over a year ago
was no wiser than q schoolgirl
What experience had with such
episodes--such conditions--or with
anything" 4
You did act like schoolgirls
to send him about his business.9
said Edgerton with q shrug.
Il wouldn't have II hadn't
hadn't eli
Loved him." she said, steadily.
You're corker. Christiner' he
said in genuine admiration.
Am /? Thank you. JIM"
Eyes, you are; and so IL Bilft
Inwood-the real Billy. Young
men like to chase about WITH
married women. They love y
delude themselves into the pienS
ing belief that they are sad
dogs"
There was more to It than
that" said the girl; ''he went to
Keno to see her. That is yhat
confounded me-"
while she was getting her
divorce?"
Yes
Then you can bet that there
was nothing in 1t. you little
goose = Who wa she.
anyway"
"A Mrs. Atherstane. no you
know herr"
NO." said Edgerton: and you
certainly did act like q school.
girl"
Go Be Continued.)
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The Washington times., 1922-03-08
y Robert w. Chambers,

0y NOOert w. Chambers,
Astlsr 81 the Fighting Chance; The
AaA st Arms: Maids Of Paradise;
Ths DARK Star ana Other 6to-
RE- q international Fame.
EEn OEs his position differ from
ours7" asked silvette gent
ly; why are you 80 excited.
fittlA sister3"
I'm not excited !. Things
various matters have occurred
70 me recently; and I've made up
my mind that I don't like to see
him here. This II no place for
him. no position. He is capable
Of doing better things. more i'm
portant things, nobler things. He
slips into q life like this too
sasiiy; he 10 too easily reconciled.
100 quickly content"
Silvette seated herself on a
rocking chair. and. leaning back.
sat rocking and inspecting her
sister. who stood by the bed. her
brown looks clustering against
her cheeks.
There IL something to JIM"
she insisted, He can do things
respectable. dignified things-and
make his living. It humiliates
me to see him here in such a
capacity"
"As ours?" added silvette. smil-
ing.
Il, Yes, a. ours. He is a man, and
II does not become him."
DO you want Jim to starve?"
IT won't know" said Diana, al
most fiercely: ia rather see him
IN want, I think. than doing this
kind Of thing"
IT don't believe he will do II
very long-on a salary" laughed
Silvstte. Christine evidently
adores him."
Diana was silent: her sister
laughed. and rose. putting one
arm around her.
Don't be sentimental over Jim
Edgerton," she said; he is a
lightweight, d."
You are wrong; and I am not
sentimental" 10
What on earthar you saying?"
she exclaimed. Are you in love
with that manf"
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ment, then Silvette felt her trem-
BILE slightly.
After a while she lifted her
head from her sisters shoulder.
II am going to do what 1 can
for him." she said excitedly. 81
am going to see what can be
done to arouse the man in him.
All he needs is the initial shock
IA singing one"
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Not good enough. / tell you
repeated the girl fiercely. II care
too much for what he finds agree
able-all this ease and relaxation.
wish were different. 1
wish / could arouse him; I'd do
it. I'd do 1t somehow-Id do 1t
now IL 1 could"-
She caught her breath. stood
perfectly motionless for a mo-
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umpire's seat, resolutely ignored
the spectacle, in the window.
which was palmer to her than to
anybody else.
Christine bent forward and
drew a carnation through his but.
ton.hole, saying:
Anyway. you are q perfect dear,
Jim Edgerton. I never thought I
could know anybody well enough
to say such a thing to, but you
are different: there's nobody like
you, Jim. Do you wonder adore
your"
you sweet little thing-Ive a
mind to kiss you for that"
II may let you at the psycholog.
zeal moment. Do you
think me absolutely shameless?
But I've asked you that before
about a dozen times.
You don't think so. do your
TITS the first time in all my life
that I've been Of any use in the
world" he said.
"You did ask father?' she in
quired. still charmingly flushed;
didn't your"
Referred to Mother.
II certainly did. He said: Is
young Inwood such a particular
friend Of yours?' /. said; He is
He said: All right, ask my wife,
So i asked your mother. and she
said: oh. please. Mr.. Edgerton.
invite anybody you wish to- So
wrote Billy Inwood and your
bully little mother inclosed my let
ter in the sweetest note of her
own: and now he has tele-
graphed"-
"Telegraphed?"
I've Just received the message"
He fished IT out of his coat poe
ket, and handed il to her, and she
read:
ION my way.
BILL"
lis that alp" she asked. half
laughing, half excited.
He telegraphed your mother tho
substance Of a modern-sized let.
ter. She's probably in her room
now. reading 1t. She showed it to
me in amazement, but 1 didn't have
time to follow all his polite and
grateful meanderings."
The Washington times., 1922-03-08
MYSTICAL education has been
well called preventive medi-


well called preventive medi-
cine in action. In the case
OF the child it conduces to the de-
velopment of the intellect along
with the creation Of a sound body.
In the case of the weak at any age
1t can be graded to meet individual
needs. The results will always be
good II the periods Of exercise are
properly planned.
General exercise Ii advisable for
the physically normal. but at the
same time q particular form of
sport should be cultivated. Out
door exercise of some kind. games.
or an athletic hobby will keep the
physically normal in good trim and
offset the evil effects Of seden-
tary life.
BY the subnormal individual we
mean one whose weight and
strength for his age are below the
standard. although his organs are
sound. Such a person will need
general and special exercise of
carefully planned sort. with eff
The Washington times., 1922-03-08
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"Di! What are you going to
do?"
Suddenly the girls face grew
radiant.
II know now" she said breath
lessly.
CHAPTER VII. ,
Flos Veneris.
Edgerton and Christine, en-
sconDed In the corners of a win
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dow seat and partly visible
through the loaded panes, were
too deeply absorbed IN each other
to be aware of the. curious
glances toward them from the
tennis court outside, where Sill
vette, Colonel Curmew, Mrs.
Lorrimore and Jack Rivett were
playing, while Diana. perched
aloft with her knitting in the
The Washington times., 1922-03-08
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IN YER the great machine whirls
W on through the fading disk
hA hl4a.os-r 4
The Washington times., 1922-03-08

According to a fixed rule
oxygen is indispensable to the
existence of fire. How Is It that
fire exists on the sun?
why is the full moon pale
golden in color while low on the
horizon and not so when itsas-
cends higher into the heavens?
r. s., Brooklyn"
New-York tribune., 1922-02-03
Women Have Three
Brokers Arrested
On Larceny Charge
ii. IL. Lowy < Co. Employees
Accused of Failure to De-
liver Bonds Ordered and
Paid For by Complainants

Three brokers. said to be connected
with the firm Of II. II. Lowv & Co., l9S
Broadway, werc arrested at that ad
dress late yesterday afternoon by Dc
tectlvcs August Mayer and Grove,
brown on charges Of grand larceny
They were taken to Police IIcadouar-
tors. Complaint against them had
been made by two women Mrs. Jennie
+. Brollcs, of So2 Westchcstcr Avenue
the Bronx, and Mrs. Barbctte Beck, OF
NNf Prospect Avenue, tho Bronx.
thc prisoners arc Harold II. Low
twonty-four years old. Of 25l6 Grand
toncourso. the Bronx; Marvin Schless-
niger. of l%l2 Boston Road. and Albert
Fricdenbcrg. of S5l Kelly Street
Mrs. Brollcs and Mrs. Beck called
yesterday at the Office of the District
Attorney and the arrest Of tho three
men was ordered. Mrs. Brollcs said
that on November % she deposited with
the firm two checks gregating ST 900
so that bonds might be purchased for
her. Since then, She said, she had not
rcco wed the bonds and the concern had
not returned her money.
Mrs. Beck said that on December >
she gave the firm $1,000 in certified
checks 10 purchase bonds. and that shc
waited for the bonds for long time
and is still waiting. Roth women de-
clared they called repeatedly at tho
Office. but that all visits proved very
unsatisfactory.
The broker told the detectives they
had ordered the bonds and had paid
20 per cent Of the purchase price for
them, but that thc bonds had not vet
been delivered to their Office.
Assistant District Attorneys Sim
mons and Wilson directed their arrest
after they had heard the stories of
the women.