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The Washington times., 1922-12-19
How Parents Spoil Their
Children
Thousands of ways-we Mention One.

This editorial written in response to the request Of
reader point the harm that do by
giving conflicting orders to children.
Many thoughess fathers and mothers bewder their chill
dren and hinder their development the way complained Of
system Of laws which govern grown the first
essential is UNITY Of law laws should conflict no
would be expected live develop properly under them
will and the instructions of the parents the LAWS
which govern children.
The child unfortunate whose parents Whimsical Still
the child whose father and mother dis
agree important points saying you shall do that
another you shall not do thatone ordering certain thing
the other forbidding 1t.
The idea Of education Is first Of all develop what IN
the child bringing out what good in him with as little op
preston and coercion possible from without The child
should be controlled mainly by making him feel personally
the uncomfortable results Of Q harmful action.
Nature correots grown children solely by making Us suf
fer the consequences Of deeds Children should be
corrected in the waynot arbitrarily not by threats but
through their reason their Of justice and their respect
for inevitable consequences.
Above all the child should be made thoroughly to respect
laws and rules There should be such thing conflict be-
parents single order from father oontradicted by
mother enough to destroy all respect for parental au
thority
this subject hope write very fully future time
We carry readers request today in urging
bs CONSISTENT by discussing and settling differences
respect for authority by conflicting orders
The Washington times., 1922-12-19
By TntcrraesonnI Nsws service.

BY International News Service.
n BIRMINGHAM. Ala.--rhe In
III creasing popularity of ths
mountain variety Of Ala
bama 'moonshine" was effectively
demonstrated during the hearing
OF case in Judge ]. @. Smiths
division Of the Circuit Court hero.
Evidence adduced also brought
out the fact that a new field has
opened up for the activities OF
the prohibition forces.
Briefly, extract Of corn" 40
cording to testimony offered. In
now finding addicts among the
bovine species.
Three ordinary milk cows be-
longing to Henry Culp, Of Shades
Mountain. left ~ usual one morn.
ing for their customary pasturage.
With the shades Of evening two
OF them returned home In q de-
plorably intoxicated condition. one
81 them dying Inter Of acute
olcohoIiom.
Invsstisassrs found ths third
The Washington times., 1922-12-19
Greatest us. Mail
Terminal Opened

~ HICAGO-The largest mail
terminal station in the world
~ went into operation when
the Chicago postoffice took pos
session Of Its new building at Van
Buren, street.
The building IL 500 feet In
length and contains eight miles
OF stitched belt conveyors, auto.
matte hoists and pneumatic tubes
II required three years to com.
plete the structure.
It 10 equipped with fitting non.
damage parcel post dumps and
every mechinical device possible
A.. an aid In handling the mails.
The equipment h designed to han.
die 1000 tons or 100. 900. sacks az
parcels post day. The number
Of lsttsrs has not even been esti-
mated.
The building II essentially !
railroad mail terminal. Much Of
the mail croasing the United
States vin pass through this ter
s1fHH - y far ~
The Washington times., 1922-12-19
Cocktail Habit a Menace to Health
of Many Girls, Woman
Doctor Says
Doctor Says

. is out with parties OF men and
women friends all day long.
Social life overdone is RESPONSE
BILE for deficient sleep and deteriora-
tion of the entre nervous system.
It encourages the pernicious habit
of the too frequent cigarette. the
drinking Of whiskies and sodas,
which impair their livers and up
set the balance Of their nervous
systems. and indulgence in rich
4 foods, which upsets The rhythm
Of the body.
"Chaperons are dispensed with
chastity is thrown away. Divorce
and drunkenness are a girls chief
topic Of conversation. When she
marries the standard Of her rela-
tionship to her husband, home and
children Is not a high one.
IT place all the blame on the
mothers Of these girls for these
things"
The Washington times., 1922-12-19
BY DR.. Alexander Irvine.

Like half-demented people they
handle and throw around the
goods, they pick and choose and
exchange. We look at the clerks
as IL they ought to know what
we are looking for, when we
haven't the ghost of an idea our
selves. We all want to be served
first. We are all In hurry
stand on our rights AS against
the poor girl who serves US. She
has to smile all day at neurotics
like US. Often these girls find
these false smiles frozen on their
faces at the end of a long tor
tuous day. I have seen girls car
ried out Of these big stores on
stretchers.
Is this part of the merrfness
of Merry Christmas? Yes. this
is part Of our supreme Christian
festival. Another part Is the alb
normal Christmas gorge. The big
annual jazz In the kitchen. In
the Roman Catholic church there
Ii a ceremony. very sacred to
Catholics, called the elevation OF
the Host. Now, the farthest ex.
treme from that Ia the festival In
which a Scotch haggis Is held
aloft In the hands Of a sturdy
Northerner as he marches around
the banquet hall followed by the
bag-pipes! The major portion of
our Christmas festivities lies In
between the Host and the hag-
gis-but much nearer to the hag-
gis than the Host.
As II Ought To, Be.
Christmas should be q real OBJ
servance Of the advent of the
bringer of peace and good VIII to
men. II we had any sense Of the
fitness Of things we would OBJ
serve II by emphasizing the need
of goodwill. 1t should be time
when we forgive our enemies and
all who have injured N. II
should be a time Of spiritual stock
taking. The children Of the poor
are still in a semi-barbarous con-
dition. We should bethink our
selves how to lift from their backs
the heavy burdens. both Of mind
and body.
Christmas is a riotous carnival,
a time Of polite mendacity and re.
fined blackmail-we should make
II a festival of spiritual values and
social peace.
Why not inaugurate a move
ment for a sane Christmas?
The Washington times., 1922-12-19
Wk ~
Barter and exchange
become more vul-
gar and confusing
every year and in
stead of sane, peace
full holiday we have
a nerve-racking or
deal.
~ ~

"HE barter and exchange Of
Christmas gifts become more
Il confusing and vulgar every
year. Nobody escapes. With
the poos it's question Of cash.
With the rich II becomes q mild
form OF mental torture. With
millions 1t is both. Everybody ex-
poets something. Nobody knows
what to give or what is coming.
Nobody wants to be outdone in
generosity, but II We know that
a fifty-cent gift Ia on the way we
don't want to match II with some
thing that costs a dollar. The
cash consideration Is only one
phase. Every Christmas we go
through mental Jazz or 81.
VituS dance over what is suit
able or unsuitable.
All the time we are conscious
that there is something funda-
mentally wrong about the thing,
but nobody has the courage to
say 90. We do our best or our
worst to choose gifts and we ex.
pect. praise and we get II and give
II, often at the expense of truth
and decency. II we really told
each other the bare truth about
what we think Of these gifts II
would go a long way to end the
stupid jamboree.
Case Of Two Women.
Two ladies had a quarrel. 1t
lasted long time. One Of them
determined to make a move to
end II. She met the other lady
on the street and said to her.
How perfectly lovely you are
looking this morning" The other
lady not being ready, replied:
I'm sorry / can't say the same
thing for your You could II
you were as big a liar"' was the
reply as they turned away and
went to buy Christmas gifts.
Well. that ended that. And it's
about how we feel concerning
this eternal exchange of junk.
In 1t all there is a covered up
plea for polite mendacity, lies
covered with holly and tinsel.
The worst feature of the whole
thing is the way we do our
Christmas shopping. We leave 1t
until the last day. and thousands
leave 1t until the last hour of
the last day. During the last
two weeks the swaying. surging.
half crazy masses of humans
going through the big stores Is
sight for gods and men.
The Washington times., 1922-12-19
Key to Character
in Fingernails
ARIS.--One reason why mani.
cure parlors are profitable

n ARIS.--One reason why mani
cure pariors are profitable
u shows from statistics COM
piled by Prof. Dufour, OF Switzer-
land. whose fascinating life-study
has been the culture OF the hu-
man fingernail.
According to Prof. Dufour's re-
port the average man Of fifty has
cut during his life, more than
thirty-seven yards of nails!
Children's nails grow faster
than those of adults, and thumb
nails faster than little finger
nails. The growth Of an average
middle-aged nail is millimeter
every ten days. When a man
reaches thirty his nails do not
grow so fast. and when he 10
sixty they grow scarcely at all.
rilbert or curved nails denote
an artistic temperament and
blunt, square nails a mechanical
one--uniess the owner happens to
be a typist. in which case her
nails are probably blunted by her
work.
FiIbert nails often denote deli
cats health anA . short life.
Coarse, ungentlsmanly naf1s are
gsnsraIly found en ssxagsnaziAns.
The Washington times., 1922-12-19

Has she the low voice, that 'ex-
cellent thing in women; the kiss
that Is like the kiss of wild roses,
the glance that Is that Of waters
stilled at even?
an the girlhood Of today there
Is on the surface SO much that Is
pert, that is loud-voiced, familiar,
irrelevant, uncouth and ungracf-
Gus, that were one to issue .
warning to young men. Beware
of what these seemv there would
scarcely be any marriages made.
but II the young women Of to-
day-good and sweet young
women-would realize that men
do notice, do love the ornament
Of a neat and quiet spirit, per.
haps some OF the more blatant
would alter their ways"
Girls who smoke cigarettes and
drink "Manhattans and Mar:
tinis," Lady Tree believes. are
not approved by marrying men.
The men tolerate 1t, but they do
not like It.
"Let us imagine the ideal good
consort," Lady Tree continued.
''She il sweet and twenty. She
IL her fathers friend and her
mothers right hand. She can
pray and she can play. She
can sew and she can darn. She
reads without being q bookworm:
she thinks without being
recluse. She is a heavenly COM
pound of common sense and lively
imagination. She is eager In mind
and tranquil in behavior.
Whatever she does, whatever
she will be gracious, graceful. and
appropriate. Though q girl she.
win have dignity and couraGe."
The Washington times., 1922-12-19
WORDS FROM
THE LIPS OF
WIS E NJ E N |

A NAN of integrity will never
~ listen to any reason
" against conscience.
Guilt. though II may attain tenn
poral splendor. can never confer
real happiness.
There II no lasting pleasure but
contemplation -all others grow
fiat and insipid upon frequent
use.
Few things are needed to make
a wise man happy-nothing can
make q fool content.
The great highroad to human
welfare lies along the old high
way OF steadfast well-doing.
Malice and hatred are very fret
ting and apt to make our minds
sore and uneasy.
The habit of virtue cannot be
formed in q closet. Habits are
formed by acts of reason in a
persevering struggle through
temptation.
A mans reputation is like his
shadow. which sometimes follows
and sometimes precedes him, and
which is occasionally longer, oc-
casionally shorter than he is.
To be popular at home is a
great achievement. The man
who IL loved by the cat, by the
dog. by his neighbors' children
and by his own wife Is a great
man, even II he has never been
mentioned outside Of the circle OF
those who love him.
1t Ii possible that a wise and
good man may be prevailed on to
game, but II IL impossible that A
professed gamester should be a
Wise and good man.
(Copyright, 1922, BY Newspaper Feature,
Service, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1922-12-19
BY Luther A. Huston,
International News Service Staff
Cerrespondent.

by LuCner "A. huston,
International News Service Staff
Csrrespendent.
r ONDON-What sort of wife
do men want? Is the bobbed-
- haired, pert. cigarette-smok-
ing 'flapper" of today the ideal
of the masculine suitor or is 1t
the desire Of the modern male to
mate with q woman in whom
sweetness. .gentleness. dignity and
graciousness are the predominant
qualities?
Take II from Lady Maude Tree,
widow of Sir Beerbohm Tree, the
noted actor, II Is the girl with
the ornament of a neat and
quiet spirit" who wins from her
more blatant" sister In the
matrimonial race.
Most men choose their wives
because they are head over ears
in love, and they do not care
what she Ia II only she is she."
Lady Tree asserted. 1T is some
thing beyond eyebrows and elbows
and eccentricities which make n
man decide that such a one, and
such q one alone, shall be the
partner Of his joys. She, be she
what she may, Is his hearts de-
sire. and he won't be happy till
he gets her.
But man in a more reasonable
mood will not be carried away by
mere bright eyes and charms
ebullient. He win ask rs she as
kind as she Is fair?" He win
ask II she has the instincts OF
orderliness, Of the attribute that
IL next to godliness. Of good tenn
per, good sense and good nature.
The Washington times., 1922-12-19
FIRST PHONES
USED NAMES,
NOT NUMBERS

ToLUMBUS, Ohio Neither
telephone operators nor sub
scribers today know what
trouble In connection with the use
of phones is." declared w. d.
Mckinney, of Columbus, secre-
tary Of the Southern Ohio Coal
Exchange. Mckinney Is one Of
the pioneer telephone men Of
Ohio.
when I first started work rs
a telephone operator I was q
boy" said Secretary Mckinney.
Women then used to faint when
they heard voice at the other
end of the line. They thought it
was supernatural.
"The exchanges were Bedlam.
Girls were not employed. They
wouldn't have been able to stand
the strain. The old Bell and the
Edison companies in the seventies
hired boys, preferably thick
skinned, to handle the calls.
They stood in q row along the
board. When a call came In a
boy would yell at another down
the board: Give me Old Man
Hawkinsr The calls had to be
crossed. between the boards. At
first there were no numbers.
Names were used.
Since there were only boys in
the exchange subscribers were
free to express themselves.
Competition was so keen that
In Dayton, where entered the
business, we used to install
phones free. The offer from the
Edison company was: Put tele-
phone in your office. and wen
put one In your home Free" said
Secretary Mckinney.
The Washington times., 1922-12-19
BY Universal Service.

r ONDON-"The cocktail habit
among our girls today Ia
lamentable." said DIR. Agnes
.SavA at the Institute of Hygiene,
in lecturing on The Dangers of
Society to Health"
MANY modern. girls live in a
continual state of overwhipped.
stimulating excitement. which re-
suits in their mental and physical
degeneration" said the lecturer. II
know many girls who before they
are twenty look like women Of
forty-worn out and subject to
fits Of coughing-all because they
have acquired habits Of drusging.
"Telsphoning. lunching, dance.
teas, theaters, theater suppers,
soirees--the modern society girl
The Washington times., 1922-12-19
Alabama Cows Get "Corned" on Mash;
Two of Three Are Dead

member of the bovine booze
party. dead. close by an illicit
stiIl and . quantity OF mash"
An interesting question In con-.
nection with the case-which has
not vet ltsen answered--is:
Did the lone, surviving COW
yield milk punch instead of the
straight tactical fluid for the frst
few days Immediately succeeding
her '.jag?"
The Washington times., 1922-12-19
Coal Mine Owners
Coal Black Man and Boy.

The Supreme Court uphods the Jim Grow on the
day annus Unconstitutional law Of Pennsylvania
which forbds coal mine TO dig coal In such way
the ground above to cave n perhaps letting down houses
and other property f'3
Bowng respectfully before the Supreme Court assume
that both decisions absolutely accurate Some ooored
perhaps WIN feel that the rights Of the white owner
to attract attention than the rights Of the black
citiSen. N+y4tJ5 1i .t7 aht
The Washington times., 1922-12-19
SAP AND SALT
ny BERT MOSES

: ~ BERT MOSES
When q town has nothing else
to do Il appoints q COMMITTEES 70
90 around selling stock in q nsw
hotel.
The boy who ceases being q
liability to his parents early In
life generally "gets on" In great
shape. ~
ScspyrisAt 1883. BY Prsmtsr eynAi-
The Washington times., 1922-12-19
ONCE OV ERS
FAMILY GIFTS THE REST.

V|--- 8-l-- EAS61Lx Wife TIE BEET. I -
is too often the case, that when economies are to be
practised at Christmas tme the closest relatives the
ones upon whom the greatest cuts made.
This friend or that friend must not be given anything
"cheap" rg,..E &f
SO the presents of wife, mother sister, brother and father
cut far amount money is concerned in order
that outside friends may receive expensive gifts
This is course pursued BY too many persons.
The and dearest suffer that the outside
friends often meres acquantances be expensvey
membered. tNN
Our berality should be extended own family first
The true friend would have il this way.
Those who think otherwise not worth confederation
Usually 10 not those whom we should give our beat
love- who cause W the greatest self denial.
The Washington times., 1922-12-19


the poorhouse which is more feared than starving.
Read this letter. tells you that enthusiasm still exist
q the world. ,
To the Editor:
Dear Sir-Yor paragraph in regard to Ben Garner
inspired to write to you It's only drop in the
but here goes my drop.
men with your great powers could start the wheels
Of the o. g. Government to rolling toward old age PEN
sions my humble opinion it would be of the great
est Of human services
Think what it would the people that weight
Of anxiety could be lifted from their hearts and minds
they knew they from want In their old age
wealthy OF course pride; but isn't pride second
Suppose ALL workers were tthed in proportion to
their earnings pension mothers and the elders wouldn't
that be great step forward In the evolution Of our
civilization? We could well afford to give tenth to
GOD (good).
Oh! this scraping and pinchng and planning to put
CO. and walk forward with heads up and hearts
light, knowing that our Government Is OUR HOME?
don't mako great financial at least
know that win have place to rest in when the day
closing. We pay we 60.
Just half the money spent for movies would turn the
trick think
People make such holler about taxes; why they are
babies selfish babies We don't pay for half the blessings
GET and then whine about taxes Let's Just turn back
Q few years and suppose the Indians would come"
very familiar expression short time ago In these good old
United States And few years more and suppose the
Baron would tap away our best cattle take the to
maybe tho daughter to the castle Obi We don't
First the individual then the family, then the nation,
and after q long while maybe the world: BROTHER
HOOD. Peace be with you
JEANNETTE TowNsLEY.
The Washington times., 1922-12-19
Signs on Roofs
Guide Planes

0ELMA, Aia.-with the word
Selma" painted In huge bril-
~ liant letters upon the tops OF
buildings. this town claims to have
taken the lead In erecting aerial
signposts for aviators seeking to
determine locations of landings.
Airmen have frequently stated
that where they are compelled to
fly low IN order to verify locations
It 10 dangerous not only to them
selves, but to civilians ~ the
slightest derangemefit OF q plane
when flying at q low altitude
might result in fatal crash.
To obviate this danger to fliers
from. the Montgomery air depot
intermediate station coming to
Selma, the name OF the city CLEANS
brightly from the top and sides
OF the Federal building here--the
tailest in town--malxing It possible
for avtators. flying at q safe
height, to check up on location.
A suggestion that ehis practice
be adorked by other cities has
been made to the Secretary OF the
Navy.
Discovered Through x-Rays.
A curious application OF the
X-rays to, the discoveTy of un-
seen things has been made by
Prof Lemoine at Rheims. The
chalk strata In that part OF
France contains the fossil bones
of birds. reptiles and mammals,
and frequently these are shattered
In the attempt at removal. It
occurred TO Prof. Lcmoine that
the embedded fossils Nmiaht be
photographers by the aid OF X.
rays. since the latter pass readily
through chalk but are largely in.
tercepted by the phosphatss OF
bones. The resulting photographs
clearly indicated. the details OF the
hidden fos6ils.
PiaIl1 WAX Oyer See.
A. N. 9holdon. Of Ventura, Cal..
plans to walk ON the sea from
the mainlahd to 6Anta CAtaiina
Island. q distance Of more than
thirty mileb. using airtisht pon-
-teons attAbhsd to his fsst.
The Washington times., 1922-12-19
HorselThIeves Avoid Capture.

There was for time an under.
ground railway by which the
stolen animals were shifted from
State to State. In after years men
called II the old outlaw trail.
Really It was no trail At all but
consisted Of dozen different rem.
devious, like Jackson's Hole. in any
one OF which a man acquainted
with the combination could hide
out and hold UP his herd 90 long
as he deemed II advisable.
The proprietors--there were sell
dom less than two OF them, and
there were often q hAh-doxen about
the place-were not always &C.
tive horse-thieves. But they were
willing to take over q. band OF
stolen animals and pasture them
until the proper time came, when
they would drive them to another
stopping.place or move them to
the nearest market. And they
were always ready TO ride 10 the
nearest town ~ cartridges. pro-
visions. whiskey-or information.
Adventure Magazine.
The Washington times., 1922-12-19
Suppose Indians Would Come?

Here's letter from who really thinks and FEELS
win interest Others for fortunately there millions such
OF COURSE there ought TO- be old pensions nation
that makes crime out old horse to sarve the
roadway should be ashamed to let the old
10 the poorhouse which is feared than starving
Read this letter. It tells you that enthusasm still exists
tn the world
The Washington times., 1922-12-19
Quiet Girl Most Sought as Wife,
British Peeress Says

Bold, Loud Voiced Young Women Tolerated by Men,
But Not Really Liked.
The Washington times., 1922-12-19
Hand Made Lace
Trade Dying

n ARIS-Lace.lnaking BY hand
may become an extinct In
dustry. according to a re-
port by the French commission
on industries.
The report states that machine
made lace is now made so per-
fectly that even experts are
sometimes fooled. Machines have
even been devised to make de-
liberate faults. by which hand
made lace is usually detected.
To remedy the matter the Gov.
eminent is considering making
the label ''machine-made" com.
pulsory for all except lace made
by hand.
A sum OF money has been voted
for the relief Of destitute lace
makers.
Tombstone epitaph., 1922-10-29
CAMPBELL AND INDUSTRIAL PEACE"

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