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The Washington times., 1922-12-24

side you Of all the spiritual glory
Of the day.
/ pray that you have done your
Christmas shopping. scolding.
worrying. wrapping and bustling
early. So that you can have an
hour or two of silent and solitray
spiritual readjustins this day be-
fore. 30 that you can dismiss
from your mind once and for all
the feeling Of competition or Of
gifts made or returned. 30 that
you can think the day out hour
after hour.
Then you win take the children
with you to church.
Not because It's the thing to do.
and you and the clergyman and
the world are all hypocrites to-
gether. But because there IL q
spiritual gain in prayer. and be-
cause the dark streets, the warm.
lighted church scented with ever
green. the strains of music. and
the immortal message win calm
and uplift your own soul. and will
make the children in 1910 remem-
Der Christmas years ago. with Dad
ana Mother.
Then you viii enshrins Mother
and Father-your own. this time
mar the tree. Suppose Mother
has fnexplicably given Billy's wife
the Winthrop sampler, and sup.
pose poor Sonny stumbles against
the new. tea oups-what Of It?
You are building today in the
spirit. not tho body; you are de-
veloping infinite potentiaiitiss for
good, not tying yourself to linen
samplers and china cups.
HAPPY, SERENE DAY.
Then you win mako the whole
day merry. serene. happy. And
you win be astonished to find that
everybody feels II. that It really is
different from the Christmases
that have gone before.
Father said he didn't know
when he'd had such q good time"
Mother will say, on Tuesday.
Lovely day at your house, MINI"
Billy's wife will contribute.
Didn't we have good time
Christmasr' the children will exult.
A friend Of mine once was kneel-
ing beside the bed Of a beautiful
eigbt-year-old, who was going on
a long journey. away from father
and mother for a while. They
were prosperous people. rich peo-
pie, indeed, but everything but
love failed here. as everything else
must at the great moments Of life
and death.
Mother" the little girl said,
will you put on the big white
apron you had on that Christmas
that Annie and Lizzie were both
sick. when We all trimmed the tree
and sang hymns. and you cooked
the turkey. and we didn't have
The Washington times., 1922-12-24

90 Cnaptsr XIII =
1T may seem paradoxcal but nevertheless the educa-
ton Of child ought to begin before its birth.
u 1t is sober truth that woman few weeks after
conception makes mental picture Of the of the child
she is going to bring forth into the world Of the physical
and moral qualities with which she desires see it
dowed and she will continue to impress herself the
same mental image, the child will have the and quail
ties desired ,..it,.:4 Z, -
Spartan only brought forth robust children who
grew to be edoubtabe warriors because their strongest
desire to give such heroes their country; while at
Athens mothers had Intellectual children whose mental
qualities were hundredfold greater than their physical
attributes. =.
child thus engendered will be likely accept readily
good suggestions which be made to him and
form them into autosuggestion which, later will influence
the of his life ....t
For, must know, all words all our acts are only
the result of autosuggeons caused for most part by
the suggestion of example speech. ..t -.
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family. Clean up your own back
yardH'
But earth does not protest at
us and our absurdities. Politics
go on and on. and now and then
when some grumbler stops
grumbling and begins to work-a
change for the better creeps into
the political machine Of this town
or that and the nation takes note
Of little step upward.
Our little rosy girls carry their
school books to and fro and then
one day there 10 a graduation,
with white gowns and flowers,
and mother tearfully proud Of the
slender little eager figure and
father oddly touched that the little
daughter liked her school. and
her school liked her, and she can
write prettily. and loves books
and dances with nice boys. and
that-that in short. one more gen.
GRAFTON has been through the mill.
and Is ripe for life. And some
day he sees statistics that only (
per cent Of our criminals have
been to high school. and he says
thoughtfully:
Yes, knowledge 10 power. Show
a boy that deoency ID only an,
other name for common sense.
and you've given him something
nobody can take away!'' .-.
NOT PERFECT. BUT
, women's clubs? Yes. they
waste. too. and they have their
funny side.
But there IL nothing funny
about the district their energies
clean up. tAp support they gave
the Red Cross. their work among
the blind. the prisons. the vet
Grams. There 10 something rather
imposing about their figures now
three million intelligent women
in line.
Libraries-well, perhaps their
founder was only human, less
than ordins-ily public spirited.
once. rs..t .e.. .
But there they are AL over the
Union, classic little buildings Of
brick and stone; and there are
the wonderful books, histories.
letters, poets. And there are the
girls and boys filtering in and
out. chatting with Miss Smith
under the green lamp. express
ing shy opinions OF adam Beds"
and Resurrection" -
Little European towns look odd
enough without the town hall,
the big new sanitary public
school with its playground. the
library with its wide open doorsi
Our operas. our courts. our
police. our streets. our friends-
they are not perfect. Our
churches are . not what their
founder meant them to be, We all
know that. II they were. what
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COUE ASSERTS SEX OF CHILD CAN BE DETERMINED I'M AL
II If PROSPECTIVE MOTHER WILL ADOPT AUTOSUGGEST
DR. COUE AND SOME OF HIS YIEWs

EkOM the precepts Of d.. Cous e. taken down during
his lectures BY his disciple, Nine. Emile Leon:
tss
Suggestion does not prevent you FROM going with
your usual treatment. = y. A. for the blenish
you have your eye. and which il lsssening almost
daily the capacity and the size both growing Less
every day. 4,
literary man, whom lady aslu 70 write little
chef douvre" on the beneficent method refuses
absolutely He emphasizes the simple words which,
used according to the method help 70 make all suffering
disappear: IT Is GOING AWAY-that Is the "chef
d'ouvrs " he a6irms.
And the Thousands Of sick folks who have been re-
Eeved or cured viii mot contradict him
The Washington times., 1922-12-24
AphOrist Likens -
Berlin to Towel
BERLIN. Dec. -.

BERLIN. Dec. -.
BERLIN has fallen foul Of the
aphorists. and when this hap
pens to q city It bstokens the
achievement Of either celebrity or
notoriety. Heinx Pollak. tho
aphorist in this case. knows his
present-day Berlin >at first hand
and allows his wit to sparkle tn
the following pungent phrases:
Berlin Is like a dirty towel.
which those with hygienic In.
stincts are careful to use only
around tho edges.
Berlin Is like the miseriy rich
man living from hand to mouth:
the. hypochondriac pleading for q
remedy; a parvenu signing for the
days that are Vgone.
Berlin in like volcano not yet
fully In action. ~
Berlin 10 Ike q tuggfer balancing
himself on a tight rope. playing
with empty peafowls' eggs. and
looking down with. contempt at the
public.
Berlin Is like an overfilled thea
ter. In which the public IL obliged
to stand because the management
has forgotten to provide seats.
Berlin is like the most fascinst-
ing chahson Of which the refrain
Ia lacking. 3Fs
Berlin Ia Nike q hard nut on
which everyone breaks tooth.
Berlin is like the mouth Of an
effervescins bottle Of soda water
with a close-fittins rubber stopper.
Berlin is like q vampire with
claws Of papier mache.
Berlin Ia q sleeping beauty. sur
rounded by q hedge built OF un-
dreamed possibilities.
Berlin Is a prostitute who dares
not show herself on the streets Tor
fear the men will Insult her. a.
Berlin 10 like scintillating firs-
works set Off In q snowstorm-
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n HERE are certain persons in
this bewildering world who

1GnE are certain persons In
this bewildering world who
Il might be said to treat
everyth ng negatively. "Politics?"
they say. MY dear. the deeper
you get into 1t. the rottener you
find III! I'm sick, of it. My idea
u to simply keep out Of It."
Public schools?" they say. II
wish you knew the way our
schools are run-it would dis
courage you!
zone per cent education and
, % per cent graft-that's what
they are.
What do our kids learn In our
public schools? And do you know
what they cost? Why, in our
State alone"
"Libraries"' choruses this group
OF ma contents. Doesn't It make
you sick-some old CRATER steals q
few millions from the people and
then sets up l.braries! He ought
TO be in jail"
"Women's clubs-I have to
laugh at you women and your
clubs" is also their view.
."You run about telling each
other how smart you are, and
reading essays to each other, and
having Miss Maybelle Smythe IA
vor you with three short songs!
Waste of time and money"
POOR CHRISTMAS!
These persons travel in Europe,
and find Europe "the bunk"
They know exactly why Roose-
velt was q failure. and why every
body was laughing at Wilson.
They are positive that most per-
sons 80 to grand opera just to be
able TO say they've been there
that II we could see the way
candy was made we'd never buy
ft-that America stepped ''off thu
deep end" with prohibition and
made . fool Of herself--that all
Judges Are bribed in all cases.
and all policemen professional
erafters.
A. for poor Christmas-ah, how
eloquent they are on this subject!
II dove-tails into another favorits
topic. the hypocrisy and greed Of
al clergymen, the utter futility Of
Ill church going.
"Just an excuse for graft, and
. lot Of waste and bluffing." they
summarize. Everybody hates 1t
Its all the bunkr'
STOP GRUMBLING.
And meanwhile the world rumb-
les on. troubled perhaps, and with
. hideous waste. perhaps. but
still moving. IF earth could speak,
perhaps we would hear that sub
tsrranean voice saying:
stop your general'zing. Begin
TO concentrate upon your own Of
nce-your own block-your own
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TO rage that you simply exhausted you cant 60
to schurch-for heavens sake not to wait for youor
heavens sake to look the tnse in the rug-for
heavens sake to shut that draughy door, indeed to
bring heaven into your day, but not effectively
pray that you have done your Christmas shopping,
scoldng worrying wrapping and busting early So that
you can have an hour two of silent and solitary
spiritual readusng this day before So that you
dismiss from your mind for all the feeling of CON-
petition Of gifts made returned So that you
think the day out hour after hour.
Then you win make the whole day merry, Serene
happy And you will be asonshed to find that everybody
feels it. that IL really different from Chrstmases that
have gone before.
The Washington times., 1922-12-24
THE sAT1sFAoTIoN OF DONG GOOD.

Above all impress your children that work essential
for Make them realize that he who does work.
in fashion another worthless useless creature
The Washington times., 1922-12-24

any servants at all-tust you and
Dad to take care Of us?''
I'VE remembered that Christ.
mas" the mother told me after.
ward. ''The maids were sick-the
friends We expected couldn't oems
we thought 1t was an absolute
failurep'
(Copyright. 1892. BY TIE Republic
Sypdicate-)
The Washington times., 1922-12-24

the bank. Haven't all the little
giris' dads got money!"
How ashansd one is-how
The Washington times., 1922-12-24

The WASHINGTON Times Herald today continues the
publication OF Dr. Emile Coues esposition of his
system of "Sef Mastery Through Conscious AutoSug-
gesti0n" etttq IE.-.E,I
This is an authorized. not piratsd truxsation of
has Uork, and IN Washington appears erchssvey in
Washington Times-Herald on Sandays ,:te'
The Washington times., 1922-12-24

This is ono Of . series oi Woman
to Woman Talks On prcseat-Aay
family and social proSaems tAst
Mrs. Norris, America's best lsved
and most popular woman writer. h
writing especially for this nsva
paper. Another talk WI be p1inA
ed next Sunday. ~t"
The Washington times., 1922-12-24
WOMEN OF SPARTA
LONGED FOR HEROIC
SONS IN OLD GREECE

Because of This Longing, Spartans Were
( Heroes, and Similarly Athenian Youth Had
Exceptional intellectual Powers =. ~Educa-
tion Begins Before Birth" Says French
Savant, Writing ON Self-MaStery. "
The Washington times., 1922-12-24

ashamed one ought to be. fumbI-
ing with the explanation
well. you see. darling. vs
The Washington times., 1922-12-24
TALKING TO CHILD
WHILE 1T SLEEPS
is OFTEN HEL LPFUL

"When the Child is Asleep His Body and His
Conscious Self Are at Rest and, So to Speak,
Annihilated- His Unconscious Self, How
ever, is Awake, and Accepts What One Says
, Without Dispute lit is Very CredulouS."
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-09-12
Cut Made In
Cost OF Mdtrim0ny

Judge T. =. Moore. justice Of the
peace. today took another whack at
the high cost OF getting married.
Several days ago. Justice Moore
announced that he had performed Sii
marriage ceremonies since he became
Justice 0f the peace hero In 1907
statehood year-and that he desired
TO Increase this number to 1000. As
an l%nducement 10 prospective vie.
Tins Of Dan Cupid. he made an OF.
fer to perform marriage ceremonies
free Of cost. Previous 10 that time.
he had been receiving $500 per
couple aud he admitted that the
matrimonial was one Of the most
profitable departments OF most jus.
tice Of the peace courts.
Since his first offer has not created
n rush. Judge Moore has added liber-
all 10. Il will not only perform
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-09-12

chief Nose poolnw expects 10 ~.
main IN Joplin after the close Of
the Western Association champion
nhlp series. having been given q pos.
ltlon on a professional football team
there. according 90 word received
by one OF poolaw's friends here.
Ills brother Ralph pooiaw. former
Anadafko high school football star.
will play on the same eleven, II u
eaid. They will go into training Inn
medlaiely after the close OF the
championship series.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-09-12
Clark is Secretary
+ OF Election Board

Judge William w. Clark. former
city treasurer, is now secretary of
The Grady county election board.
Succeeding Henry Minnett, secre-
tary OF the board since the early part
Of 1918, Judge CLARK has received his
commission from w. G. McAlester.
secretary OF the state election board.
Mr.. Minnett resigned in order that
he might devote all of his time and
attention to the city water office with
which he has been connected for a
number of years.
Before his election to the office of
city treasurer, Judge Clark served
as justice of the peace here. lie was
once engaged in the grocery business
in this city.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-09-12

rai"s and veterans may obtain a
round trip ticket over the Rock H..
lHnd for sA and over the Santa fe
for $685.. Captain iIulcn said. Those
who desire these reduced rates
should obtain Identification ccrtlfi.
Gates from Captain Hulcn. Mrs.
Blanche H. Freeman. In the mayors
office, or from capt, D. \. Downs.
adiulnni ~ the camp. These who do
not obtain the certificates cannot
get the reduced rates. Captain Hulon
said.
Those who desire 10 40 over the
Rock Island line, the camp command.
er said. may leave here ~ GOO o'clock
In the morniag of at s:lO o'clock In
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-09-12

Poolaw. whose home IL In this
ely. has been rlryiaE great ball
with Ray winder's crew. lie pitched
o no'hit, lo'rrn game In mld.seaso son.
u" was sent TO the mound IN the
third game OF the championship
playoff At Enid last week. lie held
the Harycstcw TO two hits. both 81
which should have been flelded.
Chief Nose IL an all.round athlete.
lie played football with the Haskell
Indians while enrolled IN that IN.
htltutl0n.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-09-12

the evening. The morning train ar.
fises az Shawnee al 10 o'clock A. NJ.
and the evening train NJ 10 o'clock
T. NJ, Only one change II necessary,
he said. These who dcalrc 20 80 owe
the Santa y. line may lonsc here
~ 5:i0 o'cloekfin the morning and
VIII arrive At Shawnee sons" time
IN the afternoon. he said, Only -
change would be- necessary,
Several members % Joe shelby
camp are preparing 10 attend me an
nual state reunion. Captain Hnlcn
said.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-09-12

mnrringc ceremonies free of charge
nut VIII give oach couple a mar.
lrlage certificate" he said.
While Justice Of the Peace Moore
~ offering TO tie matrimonial knots
free OF charge. Justice II the Peace
Grlgsby b. threatening to raise the
price Of such service from $500 to
Sh.o0 per couple.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-09-12
NJ TODAY.

Oklahoma State League.
Orphans az Clinton.
Guthrie at III Reno.
Wilson ut Duncan. W
Western League.
Oklahoma city at Wichita.
Tulsa at st. Joseph.
Sioux City and Des Moincs play
Of Lincoln.
Denver at Omaha. "A
American League.
No games scheduled.
National League.
Pittsburgh at Boston.
ST. Louis at Philadelphia.
Only two games scheduled.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-09-12

v YESTERDAY.

Western League.
Al Omaha |: Denver o.
At 81. Joseph o; Tulsa o.
Al Lincoln -Sioux city 8; Dies
Moines 4 III innings.
American League.
AZ philadelphia 4: New York ?.
Az Boston 9: Washington IL.
At Chicago-Cleyeland; rain.
AT st. Louis .: Detroit I.
National League.
AT New York ~; Boston GO.
No others scheduled.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-09-12
VETS 0.GATHER
At SHAWNEE SOON

The state reunion OF Confederate
veterans viii be held In shawnee.
September 26-e7-2S. Capt. Harvey
Hulcn. commandnr OF Joe shelby
camp. was advised yesterday.
Railroads r offering reduced
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-09-12

A non-explosive gas is now being
used in filling most of the toy bal
Icons.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-05-11

, Belasco play The Good Little Devil"
and he was with Belasco for five
years. Belasco is quoted in the New
York Evening World as follows: Il
discovered George Stewart. whose
limitations attracted my attention. !
caught him in vaudeville"
Stewsxt gave a little monologue in
which he told of the trip "up the
Kennebec" by boat and of the negro
band that was on the boat. With no
apparatus whatever he initiated the
band so that one could almost visual
ize it. He then took the whole au-
dience down the river figuratively.
on a trip in which they met all kinds
of craft and communicated with
them by whistle. They were then
fog bound and the fog whistle was
used with telling effect. Then Stew
art said that it had been observed
that it was easy enough to tell what
the imitation was about when he had
announced it first and that to see
what could be done when the idea
had not been explained. he would
give an imitation without telling
what it was about. The imitation
was most successful as all could
| "see" the dog bite the man and get
| kicked out of the lot for his pains
and then see the man limp off.
| The last act was the comedy aero
| batic team, Daily and Thomas. These
men threw themselves and their
partners around without ;-:y regard
| for the consequences, but in some
miraculous manner neither was hurt.
| They did all manner of back flips,
! cart wheels, hand stands nd other
| things of a like nature and ended
with long jump by one of the men
| from the top of Il table into barrel
| from which he bounded out like a
rubber ball, lighting on his feet in
q graceful manner. One of the men
was very iignif1ed and the other was
the "fall guy" but both we're fine
F! acrobats and their act was such q
success that number were heard tc
ask if these men were not coming
back tonight
Music for the evening was furnish
ed by Douglas orchestra. which also
played with Steamboat Stewart.
Ben Houser, the cold Fox" was
present at the carnival and his many
friends were glad to take that op.
portunity to greet him.
7 The Booths
The boohs which were placed
about the hall were many and varied
with a fine array Of merchandise.
First was the American Legior
booth which served soft drinks an(
ice cream This booth was drapet
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-05-11
| MERCHANTS BUREAU
TO DISCUSS ROADS
AT MEETING TODAY

The Merchants Bureau of the
Augusta Chamber of Commerce will
hold a meeting at q o'clock this
| Thursday morning at the Assembly
hall of the Chamber of Commerce
to discuss the condition of the roads
east of Augusta. the ways and means
of putting the roads into proper con-
dition and the relative bearing on
the subject OF trade in the territory
east of Augusta. This meeting has
been called by Robert T.. Bcane.
president OF the Merchants Bureau.
It will he an open session and all
merchants of the city are invited to
attend.
1t Will be rcmem bered that a plan
was proposed early in the career of
the Augusta Chamber of Commerce
concerning the subject of the con-
struction OF good roads to the yari-
Gus outlying districts. Work has
been completed on the Togus road.
outer Western avenue and Bond
Brook road in conformity with these
suggestions, and it is understood that
the State will complete the Bangor
road to Waterville and the road be-
yond Augusta through Halloween and
Farmingdale this season.
The meeting of the merchants to-
day will concern itself with an in
quiry as to what can be done to carry
the project still further in relation to
the roads east of Augusta.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-05-11

that he did fix the k-spout and that
he did not touch her while there that
time. He said that he came down.
stairs and that she had either come
down before he did or shortly after
as she asked him about some Gil to
build the fire to get dinner. lie tncn
asked her to dance with him and she
did not want to, but did finally. Ihe'
danced across the shed floor ana then
she told that he could not dance ana
that he only hoped. and told Elm u
let her go. He paid no attention 70
her. but started across the floor again
when she broke away from him ana
vent to the neighbors. He thea real
lied that she was frightened. He
said that this was the first time m
25 years that he had been un1er tho
influence of liquor. He had made no
improper advances to her, he testihed.
After weighing the evidence, Judge
Cony decided that the case should pc
mol pressed upon payment of costs by
the respondent.
Support Case Continued
In the fternoon the case of Ruel
Orff of Waldoboro, who works at the
Augusta State hospital. was taken up.
Mr.. Orff was brought to court on the
complaint Of Sadie Orff that he had
not supported his small child. This
case was continued upon his promise
to pay a sum of money to Judge Cony
each week for the support OF the
child
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-05-11
Gov. Baxter to Be
Host Tonight to "Y"
CAMPAIGN Workers

The Blaine Mansion will be the
scene of a very delightful party to-
night when Governor Percival
guests at dinner two hum
dred members and friends of the
Augusta Y. NJ. c. A. The group rep
resents members of the ~" Cam
paign teams and committees who are
to stage the big drive which starts
next Tuesday and continues over
Wednesday and Thursday.
Supper will be served promptly at
$50, but those who are able to do
SO are invited to Gomez at 6 O'Clock
or as near o'clock as possible and
enjoy the hospitality of the Governor.
1t will be quite task to serve the
party; however, Governor Baxter is
Interested in the young people of Au-
Susta and is willing to go to this
trouble to help make it possible to
bring together in one large group the
committees who are to help the
"Y."
There will be plenty of fun at the
party as well as serious spceche-. On
the prograrr there is n place for
songs and merriment and addresses
by prominent citizens. Altogether
the party will be a unique affair and
Will be representative Of all of the
citizens of Augusta as we'll as boys
and girls who are members Of the
"Y"