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The Washington times., 1922-11-15
What Is "LuCk?"
Miss Sandow Wants to Know.

Eva sahdow lived in birmingham, Massachusetts Her
father shoe She believes in luck and says After
reading rereadng your editorials ask you define the
meaning Of the word luck ~
With pleasure.
Luck is sometimes the Of those that don't succeed
because they don't work.
Luck Is word often used to bete the accomplishment Of
q successful man-used by unsuccessful.
Luck used usually to describe something that happens
accidentally.
In New York City the other day for instance
walking in front of building under construction
fell from the nineteenth story and pierced her BRAIN
You call that bad luck although there is in reality
such thing luck Things happen accidentally. One
finds oil WELL the other falls into coal hole But you
rely luck to find oil well for you if you rely luck
keep you out Of coal holes make great mistake
Many of have the habit of saying, Just my luck to
q mistake.
And say, Just his luck to beltte the successful
complshment Of somebody else.
There only thing that counts, dear Miss sandow
and that Is HARD WORK development of the mind with
steady useful thought keen observation keeping your mind
awake plus srcei and in seizng opportunity
Nobody got rich on luck in the long run. But many
have gone through life flat failures while waiting for luck
to overtaEe them.
The Washington times., 1922-11-15
Mr.. Harding and Annapolis
Hazing
It Breeds Cowardice-Stop 1t.
copyright. ..1s22. by Star Company

Hazng Annapolis bad thing for the navy because it
cowardce and ncucates cowarde Young must
have cowardice in their hearts, BRED IN THEM to unite
several against in ormenting tortring fellow stu
dent.
President Of the United States stop hazng by dis
couragg the cowardce unworthy of pack of dogs
And he doubtless will do it.
His difficulty interference by Congressman They select
the that Annapolis and seek to protect them The
President should to those congressmen next time
you select for the American Navy try to find young
that born coward The coward that you did select
going to send home That would settle it. The Presi
would quickly somebody tortured his pet dog,
Laddie Boy And he would talk very plainly any Con-
gressman that tried to protect the torturer.
The Washington times., 1922-11-15
ONCE OVERS
THE LoAFER AND TRAMP.

Sometimes YOU feel like you would shake off the
sponsibities that result OF your position IN
the estimation Of other men.
It has been such an effort to get your family into
class of society," and you think it will take
much more than you easily to keep them there that
you ready to let down.
You want to be carefree but it is exacng to do
the many things required result of chosen place
and its standards.
Sometimes you almost envy the bum.
But you would be unhappy you allowed yourself
and family reach place where would be less proud
of its members.
The spell which has you will disappear.
You overtred need fresh air and sleep.
Your fortunate family respected and its
members are welcomed in homes of good honest people,
After all you do otherwise than that they
associate with the right persons and so you must fit them
for it and see that they progress
You have enough pride not to want to down and drag
the family down.
Take BRACE and get rid OF these disturbing thoughts
The Washington times., 1922-11-15
Ancient Indian Was Inveterate
Smoker, Excavations in Colo
RADIO Show
RADIO Show

Washington after several months
Of archa BIOLOGICAL field work in the
Mesa Verde National Park, with
reports of a prehistoric ruin to
which he has given the name OF
Pipe Shrine House." on account
of the large number OF tobacco
pipes found.
Congress passed a law several
years ago reserving the Nest
Verde Park from settlement be-
cause of the numerous cliff dwell
ings in its canyon. Since that
time archaeologists have discov.
cred that there are as many pueb.
los in the open on top Of the
Mesa as in the cliffs. In May OF
this year DR.. Fewkes undertook
work on a mound in the neigh.
borhood of a reservoir called
Mummu Lake.
THE results of his excavations
were as instructive as they were
unexpected" says the Smithsonian
Institution. "Out Of. this mound
has emerged a rectangular build.
ing about seventy feet square and
one story high, accurately oriented
to the cardinal points. with a
circular tower formerly fifteen to
twenty feet high, like a church
steeple, midway of the western
wall. This tower is supposed to
have been for observation, and as
1t Is very important for an agri.
cultural people to determine the
seasons of the year, II was prob
ably by watching the sun as II
rises W the east or sets In the
west Shat they determined the
time for planting and other events.
"In the middle Of this building
there was found a circular room
twenty feet deep and about the
same in diameter. in which were
found over dozen clay tobacco
pipes, numerous stone knives, pot.
terry, idols and other objects.
Pipes of this kind have never
before been found in the Mesa
Verde National Park, and as all
the indications point to the belief
were thrown into the shrine the
ruins were called on this account
the Pipe Shrine House.
"A few feet south of the build.
ing, which was not a habitation.
but specialized for ceremonials,
there Is square room or shrine
dedicated to the mountain lion,
a stone image of which was found
surrounded by water.worn and
other strangely formed stones.
THE cemeteries Of the pueblos
of the Mesa Verde are situated
near the southeast corner. and
while the burials In them have as
a rule been removed by vandals,
several interments were found In
the cemetery near the Pipe Shrine
House"
The Washington times., 1922-11-15

= OS ANGELES.-A cross Sec
ton cut and mounted with
IL silver of the first Atlantic
cables laid back in the Sos and
COS Of the last century is now in
Los Angeles. 1t Is in possession
of John Mackenzie. brother OF
George Mackenzie, to whom the
valuable relic was given by Sir
John Pender, British magnate,
who was instrumental In laying
them and who had the cross sec.
tion made.
When the cables were first laid
Cyrus w. Field and Peter Cooper
were the moving spirits on the
American side Of the water, while
Sir John Pender, who already had
attained prominence as an expert
on submarine cables, was the
presiding genius on the British
end.
The laying Of these first cables
was attended by much tribulat-
ton, two Of them breaking before
they were finished and another
giving out entirely in transmitting
power shortly after being put into
commission.
The cables were all made In
England, and Sir John Pender had
three sets of cross sections made
of each OF the first three, to-
gether with the graphing cable
used to fish for the third when
lost in the ocean depths. He
kept them some time, and one 10
still in the possession Of Sir James
Pender, his eldest son, who today
has charge of all British under
sea cables. Another was given to
a business associate and the third
presented to George Mackenzie.
a journalist and close friend Of
Sir. John.
George Mackenzie. who has
lived in Los Angeles for the last
The Washington times., 1922-11-15
BY Universal Service.


r ONDON.-A pen portrait Of the
IL new premier, Bonar Law.
which was written for the
Daily Express on March IS, 1921.
following the resignation Of Bonar
Law from the cabinet, gives the
clearest views of the new premier
as he is in real life. 1t reads:
Lonely, but lovable! Plunged
In affairs, yet solitary! A leader
of men, but aloof! In the fore
ground Of politics. but nevertheless
withdrawn, shrinking, shy, ret-
cent. reserved-an enigma, a puz-.
zle. a paradox. Shrewd, subtle,
cautious. meditative, logical, far
sighted, endowed with penetrating
insight and analytical judgment,
yet simple, unassuming, gentle and
modest beyond belief.
Hard 1t Is to imagine his room
In II Downing street without him,
for he seemed to be always there
all the year round. In his deep arm
chair. with piles of paper on the
carpet. pipe ever glowing. his sad,
kindly face in profound shadow as
he talked, with his back to the win
dows, always in the shadow, never
In the limelight.
"Unruffled In crisis, unflurried
and unhurried amid avalanches of
toll, patient untiring, needing nej-
ther rest nor recreation, and YET
no machine, being sensitive, almost
super-sensitive, and under all his
dryness a soft play Of urbane hu.
NOR that humanized the barren
aridity of politics.
"A lover of literature, eager to
escape from petty trifles into the
larger air Of ideas and dreams. Not
a worldly wiseman, but fundamen-
tally a child, with quick sympathies
and affections, and in unguarded
moments capable of melting and
passion of tenderness and pity. /
have seen him in tears.
"These aspects are necessarily
hidden from the public eye, and
yet in his speeches there Is often
a glimpse OF his human simplicity
and innocency of heart, for no
stateman so frequently discloses
the processes of his mind with an
unconscious candor that reflects
the integrity and veracity Of his
temperament.
Apart from tobacco he Ia an
ascetic, with no pleasures or in.
dulgences.
"One OF his colleagues lamented
to me a month ago over his lack
of interest," In food. lie does not
eat enough to keep himself alive,
he cried. There was a delicious
ly cooked chicken for lunch. He
did not touch ,itv And yet he is
1.-THE, sinewy and athletic. have
seen him playing a hard set Of
tennis. cool. unperturbed, methodi-
cal, his strong back as straight
as a young mans. 1have seen
him playing golf in France In
broiling sun that had sent young
men painting to the clubhouse
shade.
mo statesman is less self-con.
The Washington times., 1922-11-15
By DIR. Alexander Irvine,

TIE was past sixty when | met
II him. He was physically
HI feeble and had but one eye.
! had gone into a bunkhouse on
Sunday afternoon. and securing the
dormitories for an audience i saw
this old man sitting on a cot, alone
and lonely looking.
That Sunday he refused TO take
any interest in our meeting. The
following Sunday he listened to US
with some degree of Difference. He
was an Irishman who had served
In India under Colin Campbell. He
had a perfectly delightful Dublin
brogue and was meticulously care
full in his pronunciation.
"Is It your opinion" he asked.
that the good Lord would be after
using an old man like myself?"
Its Himself that would" was
my instant answer.
The first evidence Of his new
attitude toward life was when he
began to make coffee on the
dormitory stove and share II out
in tomato cans to the tramps
around him. Later he extended
the frontiers of his new activi-
ties. He was a tinker and UNI
brella mender. He offered his
services at the doors OF the poor,
telling them he would gladly
mend anything in his line for the
The Washington times., 1922-11-15

four months, is now on his way
back to London, his home.
In connection with the relic
some interesting facts Of its lay
ing are recalled.
One of the stretches Of the
cable. laid by the American frig-
ate Niagara and the British ship
of-war Agamemnon, broke when
800 miles off the Irish coast ow-
ing to a sudden dip of the sea
bottom.
In 1865 the largest cable Of the
trio was loaded on the historic
ship Great Eastern, a ship that
proved failure as an ocean-going
carrier, but a success for cable
laying. This cable was $500 miles
long and weighed about 1000 tons.
When about 1000 miles from the
Irish coast this cable also broke.
The following year the Great
Eastern laid another cable.
But these early cables are now
all dead" the life Of a spbma-
rine cable being but about forty
years and most Of them but
twenty-five years.
These early cables could trans
NIT but seven words a minute.
while modern cables carry from
eighty to ninety words a minute.
with messages passing in both
directions.
The Washington times., 1922-11-15

r ONDON.-work and a cup OF
tea at every morning
- that II the recipe for lorgev-
ity that Lord Leverhulme II hand.
ing out now that he has passed
his seventy first birthday.
Lord Leverhulme admits that
he Is not a teetotaler. but he
drinks only on rare and celebrative
occasions.
"I keep FIT by taking pleasure
in my work." Lord Leverhulme
said when asked how he managed
TO dodge rheumatics. creaking
backs and other signs OF age,
Work IL my greatest JOY, 1t is
that and regular habits which keep
me we'll. I am never Ill and DO
l am always happy.
This Is my normal day.
"4:30 a. m.-Rise and spend
twenty minutes In gymnastio
exercises.
\ "4:50-shave and dress,
1904 cup of tea. and as I sip
II I begin attacking business re-
ports.
"7.so-Breakfast, consisting of
tea, toast, bread and butter, jam
or marmalade. No meat,
"7:60-Read the newspapers, or
as much Of them as I can digest
in ten minutes,
"s:0o-Read and reply to letters.
"s:s0-Motor to MY office.
"e:00-Begin business.
81 d, m.--Lunch In the office
cup Of tea. two poached eggs or u
little cold meat.
"1:S0-Forty winks,'
"2:15-Begin work again,
"b:30-Motor home.
"7:00-Dinner, do net have bust.
ness dinners, although I entertain
TO a fair extent. The evening Ia
spent in social pleasures. I am
very fond Of dancing and OF the
theater, II I am at home at 10
p. m. l go to bed, taking ne sup
per.
I'm the way Of eutdeer exercise,
when I can find time for Il I go
In for walking. Games do not
The Washington times., 1922-11-15
The National Zoo Needs
Congressional Help
By BILL PRICE.

If there ever was Governmental institution which should
be freed from budgtarn pruning and skmpng
it National Geological Park located along Rock Creek
Congress inauguraed it NATIONAL zoo, for the
pleasure the hundreds of thousands of yearly
visitors the Federal Capital Of the 100000 people who
annually visit the Park than 100000 are American
and constituents of Senator's and Congressman We
this merely because the people of the District amount
little in the eyes of Congress- while those WHO VOTE DO
amount to something.
is authoritativey that the attendance at the Zoo
is probably arbs in the world at least equal to that OF
the Geological Gardens in the Bronx, Greater New York
In the face of this national interest the attitude OF Congress
toward this wonderful institution has been growing
parsmonous each Appropriations are denied for new
buildings house the animals and birds and for the acqus
ton of species would add the existing collection
Twenty when the attendance 3OOOO Congress
gave the money for temporary shack used
rant Repeated pleas for funds and
modern restaurant building without avail For years there
has been money for permanent improvements ana little
for repairs
But for the splendid management of Superintendent
HOLLISTER and Head Keeper BLACKBURN this fine Zoo
would have little with similar institutions in American
cities and but for the generosity of such men as VICTOR
EVANS of this city, in king contributions of animals and
BIRDS she number of specimens there would long have
decreased Besides the contributions of wealthy wewishers
the Zoo management sells of its surplus off
springs and in this acquires new and interesting additions
to the 600 different species on exhibition.
The for instance much need of at least giraffe
and rhnoceros 1t has funds to buy either or to
the buildings for them if the animals should by good
luck be contributed Noahs ark recently arrived New
York with fine rhnoceros The National Zoo could not
buy and the St Louis Zoo did purchase it,
saddle back tapr remarkably rare animal recently
died at because IL cramped In small pen
many small animals hidden away shacks where
the public rarely gets to them because there not
proper housing quarters
Despite the ramhacky buildings of them freproof
the mortality list is relatively small and the
the different species is prolific enabling exchanges with other
zoos and occasional sales.
Many Senators and Congressman personally interested
educational exhibit of the worlds animals
and BIRDS but when to appropriang the for
buildings and the acquisition of species not there these
friends forget do go forward.
The greatest need at present definite building
by Congress- that be taken of the animals
provision made for future acquisitions Next to that
preparations should be made for the purchase of such animals
the giraffe and rhnoceros that the Zoo become what
it intended to be-a truly national concern.
The Washington times., 1922-11-15
SAP AND SALT
'Ry BERT NOSES

ny BERT MOSES
tcspyrisht isaa. by Premier spndicate,
One luxury robs you q Two
necessities.
Drastic doses Of plain hard
work will cure poverty faster
than charity,
When a promoter gets hold OF
an inventor, anybody can supply
the answer.
The doctors seem to know
e. ything about diseases except
how to cure them.
Up to date, Sir Isaac Newton's
famous law has had no ap.
preciable effect upon taxation.
II is much to be regretted that
the Ten Commandments are silent
about traffic regulations.
Hex Heck says: "Nothin' tickies
a woman more than havin' her
husband take her along 10 pick
out q new suit"
The Washington times., 1922-11-15
Great Britain to Demand Physical Fit
ness of All Motor Drivers

ly lit, and be liable to heavy PEN
alties IL they make a false deciara'
ton.
These proposed penalties are:
Driving to the danger or injury
of the public. or showing criminal
intent: First offense, maximum
fine Of $3.50 and suspension OF
license; subsequent offenses. $500
fine and suspension of license for
six months.
Attempting to obtain a fresh
license while existing license Is
suspended: Twelve months i'm.
ptisonment, without the option OF
a fine, the court to have the power
of ordering hard labor.
other penalties for minor Of
fenses are also suggested.
The ministry OF transport re-
ports that the number Of motor
licenses current in the United
Kingdom on August 81 was 975,-
973, and the amount received in
payment for licenses during the
year was over $50,000.000. The
number of cars in use was 1853.
The Washington times., 1922-11-15
Work, Tea and Dancing Form British
Lords Recipe for Longevity

care for, Golf or tennis have never
attracted me because of the COM
petitive element, am not a
teetetaler, but I do not touch alco-
hol except on special occasions.
Smoking I have never indulged
in."
That Is how Lord Leverhuime
lives and works, and perhaps there
in Ia contained the secret Of his
great business success as the head
of England's great soap industry.
Therein perhaps is the secret Of
his youth, which Is in evidence
frequently as he trips the light
fantastic several nights a week
in London's hotels and clubs.
The Washington times., 1922-11-15
PSALMS FOR TODAY.
Today.

Today.
Yesterday o a the vaults of time Tomor
thing unborn
tale that Is told Inc future
s a the limtless void
o God Between the shadows
that night there
a
the minutes the precious filings
from of Supreme Lapidary
hands and the thoughts OF our minds give
tranmute the dust Things
whic
JUST Tor
The Washington times., 1922-11-15

DIR. ALEXANDER IRVINE
WRITES ON POVERTY
Old Soldier Made Up in Good Works What He
Lacked in Matter of Finance
Far on Foot to Aid His Fellow Men.
Rv Dr AIexapder Irvine privilege reading the New

privilege OF reading the New
Testament.
After a year OF this he became
a colporteur under the auspices ~
a religious literature society. He
Travelled on foot between Nee
York and Albany. sleeping In
barns and outhouses when he had
no money-which was most OF the
time.
Some friends helped a little
and he rented a room in a slum
tenement where he could offer
half a dozen tramps a sup OF
coffee, a slice OF bread and
''doss" on the bare floor every
night.
Then I transplanted him to an
old church where / had him ap'
pointed. He became a resident
of the tower, and for many years
lust went about doing good.
know of nothing In the re-
Iigious biography of Christianity
that surpasses the life OF this
man in piety, sacrifice. devotion
and what the Quakers call IL
Elimination.
He died in the tower of the old
church. I came from the West
to attend his funeral. and was
lust in time to get into a long
line of the poor of all ages who
waited their turn for a last look
at the benign features from
which they had received as from
God Himself, Light, Truth and
Inye
The Washington times., 1922-11-15
Old Bell to Ring.
BY Universal Service.

BERLIN-The great bell Of the
Cathedral In Berlin will toll again.
Painstaking and prolonged work
has been going on for a number Of
months in order to repair this old
historical bell. whose 450th year
of existence will be celebrated with
solemn and impressive services on
the late Kaiserin's birthday. the
end OF this month.
The Washington times., 1922-11-15

"HE Smithsonian Institution
has discovered that ancients
l. Indians who lived hundreds
OF years ago in that part OF the
West which we now call Colorado
were inveterate pipe-smokers.
DIR. ]. Walter Fewkes. chief OF
the Bureau OF American Ethnology
of the institution, has returned to
The Washington times., 1922-11-15
r ONDON. Nov. 13.-Heavier
penalties for motor road

r ONDON. Nov. 13.-Heavier
penalties for motor road
L. hogs.
Declaration of physical fitness
to be made by every applicant for
driving license.
These are the main points OF a
bill for the better protection Of all
road users which is to be present
ed to Parliament by the ministry
Of transport. ~
At present any one can take
out a driving license, whether he
be blind, deaf. dumb, paralyzed or
suffering from any other infirm-
ity. No questions are asked. The
danger and absurdity of the ex-
listing system of obtaining license
is illustrated by the granting of a
license to a stone-blind ex-service
man. who signed the usual appli-
cation.
The ministry of transport pro-
poses, on the recommendation OF
a departmental committee, that
applicants for licenses shall have
to declare that they are physical
The Washington times., 1922-11-15
Buried Coins.

CINCINNATI, ohio-A dozen
Spanish and Mexican silver coins
were discovered at Anderson's
Ferry. near here. the other day by
]. G. p. Bromer. while he was
digging a posthole. The coins,
found four feet underground IN a
rusted tin cup. were all In perfect
although some OF fthem
are more than zoo years old.
The Washington times., 1922-11-15
Bonar Law an Enigma to Public;
Shrewd, But Simple, He Is a
Lonely, Aloof Leader

scious. There is not a pose or a
posture in his character. He
seems to be satisfied with the
plain joy Of doing work that 10
worth Going. and letting it all
go at that.
Work! Life has left him little
else, and / do not think he cares
overmuch for the tinsel OF re-
ward"
The Washington times., 1922-11-15
SECTION OF FIRST ATLANTIC
CABLE PRICED BY OWNER

London Exhibits Relic of Old Line Which Carried Only
Seven Words Minute.