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The Stroller's weekly and Douglas Island news., 1922-02-04
.eOoD ANp EYmv Ar PALACE

"Good and EyiL" tho motion pie mro sensation of Che year, starring beautiful Lucy Dorniuc. is from Ono pens of Frederick porgcs and Ivan SIklossy. two wcll-kuown writers of Central Europe Both were associ- atoI with Vienna newspapers before cmbarang upon Che field of picture story writing.
 "Cbcrchcz La Fommc' cScok Che WommJ" was One original u1o Of "Cood and EUl" as produced in Ni- cuua and Central Europe Tho newspaper critics Of Central Europe termed this picture as "a poem Of love- joy and sorrow'
The Stroller's weekly and Douglas Island news., 1922-02-04

Mr. and Mrs. l. w. Ceilings re- turned to the.r home in kctch.km on tho Spokane Thursday after spending two weeks bcrc
The Stroller's weekly and Douglas Island news., 1922-02-04

Road mo strollcr's wcoEly.
The Stroller's weekly and Douglas Island news., 1922-02-04

Our large Manufacturing Department is in position to turn out all kinds of fun work on new garments as well as to ren ovate old pieces.
The Washington times., 1922-12-21
Pumps Give Air Supply to Super
Tank, the New English
War Machine
War Machine

Yet every detail of the land
scape 10 revealed TO them by a
species of camera obscura. Not
only 10 every object within 500
yards shown to them on the
screen. but mechanical devices are
arranged in the interior by which
tho gun can be instantly turned
on the desired target.
struction will overtake the enemy
the moment he is seen. Such 10
tho precision that any object not
smaller than a basket two feet by
81 one can be hit with a certainty
that Ia positively uncanny.
These eyes Of death will In tho
future compel the enemy to keep
his distance. Once within range
In the open, escape is impossible
for opposing infantry, a. the speed
Of the latest tank enables It to pur-
sue any body Of men successfully,
except over the most difficult ooun,
try,
Inside this armored box of tricks
a constant supply Of fresh air is
Drought to the crews by automatio
air Pumps from below. Special
respiratory are worn by the men az
q protection against the suffocat-
ing dust and oordite fumes which
the snction Of thu air pumps may
produce, These win>be especially
useful when passing Dyer sandy
deserts or parched vegetation.
For night Attacks there are tanks
which differ tn essential details.
They are equippSd with search.
lights and ether neaxs-which arc
kept profound seors6A-for reveal.
ing the hidden enemy, eh2N. -.
In any event the newest bank
differs ~ much from its forernn-,
ner OF 1915 as DOES the latest bat
tisship from the first constructed
irenclad vessel.
The Washington times., 1922-12-21
WHY
DO Mosquitoes Hums
Be Mosquitoes Hums


While the peculiar high. pitched
hum OF . mosaufsa In ones ear
10 usually eensidspsd A the dan
ess signal that q bite from the in
scot IL about to be delivered.
many persons are not familiar
With the fact that any mosquito
that does not sing 10 harmless.
for the hum 10 confined to the
female of the species, and she
alone 10 equipped with the nee
dle-like bill which pierces the
skin Of her victim. The male
mosquito 10 provided with q bill
that sucks but does not pierce.
The purpose Of this humming
or singing Is thought to be two
fold-to attract the male, Into
whose consciousness the sound
penetrates through the vibration
OF the feelers on either side Of
his bcak and the charming Of
her erstWtile mate. In other
wottis, the Song" OF tho female
mosquito serves much the same
purpose ~ the gay plumage Of
male birds or the Hitting song OF
the nightingale. 1t attracts the
opposite sex and thereby makes
for the propagation Of the race
which is another reason why
every singing mosquito a>CalA -
tnstantly s1taaminAkaA
The Washington times., 1922-12-21
ONCE OVERS
CAREFUL HxLT-ANALYBIe.

You knew yeur weaknesses
Do not pity yourself Of them and simply sigh
and wish you like ethers whe strong where you
weak, .
STRENGTHEN YOUR OWN WEAK SPOTS,
1t will do yeu coed to wish yourself different Yeu
must be willing to make an effert sufficient effort to
become as proficient as others,
Knowing Syeur weakness gives you outline of
what yeu de get along beeto make good where
yeu have failed. -
Seine persons always saying they do net know why"
they cannet excel Like some Of their friends and
quantances. s.'
Lack Of honest personal analysis tho secret Of being
able to overcome weaknesses.
In making analysis Of your weak spots try to look
at yourself person apart from yourself standing
opposite you and Of whom you know much you do
about yourself. |N,
Be honest in analysis and honest in applying the
Ssnsdy. H
The Washington times., 1922-12-21
WORDS FROM
THE LIPS of
WIS E. M E nj
ospVFa0be 1854. q Bar ooapany.

y DLENESS IL full Of envy.
l. A natterinE mouth worketh
ruin.
Blind faith 10 strongest in the
weakest.
Although true, be cautious about
stating that which appears to
be false.
The diiigent says Today" the
siuggard says Tomorrow"
He who follows theories will
often bump his head against solid
facts.
Where there is no temptation
there II no proof Of virtue.
No one ia poor but he who
thinks himself 90,
Nething is impossible to pains
and patience.
The greatest wealth is content
ment with q little.
That should be maturely con-
sidered which can be decided but
once.
without oenstancy there 10 no
neral strength,
1t 10 the tendency Of human
nature to Bun from enc extreme
to another,
(ospyrisht. Isss, By Newspaper Hsaturs'
y Service. Incl
The Washington times., 1922-12-21
The Stand-Pat Mind
Nothing Can Be Until Long After It Is to This Sort

In imagination think back eghtysx years to the following
scene
hillside Philadelphia Two "streaki Of rustthin
bars Of iron fastened Of s Of wood laid longudnay
up grade rising $50 feet to the mile An pterested Of
spectators watching curious mechanism called the Wash
ingtona locomotive with 10 by 8inch cylinders
and . single pair of drivers four feet in diameter.
Never before had vehicle propelled by steam pued itself
up steep grade scientists the world
couldn't be done They cited convincing formulas allowing it
q physical impossbilty.
The Washington coughed and groaned but climbed safely
to the summit repeated the performance many times tt
feat widely chroned Yet for months learned
nued to tho public that the reports all pack Of
hes-the thing just couldn't be.
you apply future travel in the air the ratio Of
progress already made land by rail- will be wary Of
doubling tho aeronautical prophets. Il
The Washington times., 1922-12-21
| CO-EDS HEAD
1922 CLASSES
AT EVANSTON |

IN YANsToN. In.-First piaoe
N. for the ladies-last place
~ for the gentlemen!
That's the way they finished
Tor the year 1s21-22 in the COLLEGE
or Liberal Arts at Northwestern
University. according to figures
made public by Registrar Kerr.
For the entire year the women
OF the senior class took first
place in scholarship. During the
first semester their score was
l.SsSs, while during tho second
they did even better, with an
average Of l.8507. -
Freshmen took last place dur.
ing both semesters. Their score
by semesters was .6s22 and .7Sl2,
respectively. Special men stu.
dents did not do much better,
Their rank for the second semes-
ter was 1851.
A. q whole the fraternity men
made a poor showing. Their
SCORE for the second semester
was .s4e7, while that Of the non.
fraternity men was 1.05sb,
The Washington times., 1922-12-21
Fearing to Eat,
Woman Staryes

ID ENO-A fast Of fifty days,
X sslf-imposed. resulted in the
~ death of Mrs. Pearl A, Coch,
ran. who iabored under the hal
iucination that food would hasten
her end, according to physicians In
charge, She took no food until the
forty-ninth day and expelled that
from her mouth, Her weight ut
end was only sixty pounds, She
was treated at state and county
hospitals and private medical in
stitutions, At one time an sanity
complaint was signed against her
at her own, request, Her tive
children were cared for at the Or
phan home In Carson CITY.
The Washington times., 1922-12-21
BY F. A. WRAY,
rnternaal0nal News Service Btaff
COrrosp0Adenl.

NIntornao00al Newu 6erviOo STAFF
Correspondent.
r ONDON-If another great war
occurs the British super
IL tank now under construo-
ton. will deal devastation on a
scale hitherto unthought OF.
Ever since the armistice p"' y
armament firms have been expert
>menting on a tank wni.n ,.-..L
produce maximum havoc among
thu enemy, with minimum risks
to the occupants.
The>chIef essential was invisi.
bility t6, hostile artillery, and as
q large tank obviously presents q
better target than a small one.
compactness. consistent with eff
oiency. has become the recog-
nissd primary factor, Conse-
duentiy tho new design contem.
men. @&
To counteract any possible. dis
advantage In this respect ~Nhs
most marvellous ingenuity has>
been bestowed on the apparatus
to provide a clear and wide vision
to the tank crews and at the
same time to safeguard them to
the utmost against risks Of ex-
posure,
To see without being seen IL 4
fundamental principle Of tank
warfare, and it's attainment rep
resents the successful selutiea Of
the difficulties which confronted
those who took the first tanks
into action in 1915,
Gone are the days when tank
groped about the front line seeing
its direction through primitive
flap-screened spyholes. The mod
ern tank 10 a travelling. citadel Of
shot-resisting metal, without aper-
tures through which chance bull
The Washington times., 1922-12-21

Monkey and Snake Fight
It Was Losing Battle for the Cobra From the Start
Brains Count.

We wish to tell you Of the monkey and the snake fight
described BY witness
racng for supremacy monkey seemed have the smallest
chance No would have guessed that the descendants Of
this feeble dsfsnssss little brute would eventually rule the
earth killing OF tigers lions and the other huge monsters a
pleasure
We have before called your attention in this column the
fact that the monkey or some animal like him. had the honor
Of contributing our proud services the world
rulers because he could his brain. r| I'D
That fight between the monkey and the cobra illustrates
this quite clearly
The monkey little monkey, with scarcely enough
muscle to srangle hen.
His little black fingernas could hurt nobody His teeth
fit only nbble fruit chatter in rage at his fellow
monkeys
This monkey had the misfortune annoy huge COBRA
Mr. Cobra the most dangerous the formdaby armed
Of III living animals He solid Of muscle gifted with
lightning speed The ghest touch Of his fangs death
The brain Of the cobra Is about big mustard seed
The brain Of tho monkey-sven . small onss several hun
dred times big the brain Of the largest snake We refer
the csrsbrum the front BRAIN which does the thinking
The mopky annoyed the snake and the snake chased him
Mr. Monkey sheng and chatterng rushed the ground
un he came rock He stood s in front Of the rock
The snake dashed its head him to snnihlats him; the
monkey jumped side and lot the snake beat is head
against the rock.
with lightning speed avoiding the dart Of tho snake and the
snake with ending stupidity dashing it, head against
the rock
Eventually the powerful dangerous snake stretched
out at full length, bleeding and tired out
The monkey not bleeding and not tired. He sx-
trme cheerful He seized the snake tho Just back
Of the head and plad proceeded to rub M head off the
STONE.
When he had rubbed the head pulp, incidentally de-
soyng its primitive BRAIN he left the dead snake lying there
and gratefully accepted the Indian and sugar cane
donated by the admring humans his reativeswho had
messed his performance.
The Washington times., 1922-12-21

- oNGMoNT. Colo, - Glenn
Arthur Porter, ex-Aviation
Carpenters Mate, second
class, Of the United States Navy.
flew from San Diego, Cal, to his
home here when he was discharg'
cd from the naval service.
Porter enlisted three years ago
at New Orleans, La, with the
intention Of becomine q mechanic
in the aviation service. He was
sent to the Great Lakes Train.
ing Station to undergo first the
regular period Of military train
ing. after which he was given
course at the aviation school,
Porter, however, once he got
into the aviation game wanted
to Be more than q mechanic; he
wanted to ny for himself, and
before long was up in the air do
ing all the stunts that other
ayiators do. His ability to fy
was soon evident.
After he had learned to ny.
Porter was stili unsatisfied. He
wanted to have an airplans OF
his own. II happened that at this
time the navy put some oid-tims
planes on sale, and Porter had
been seadog enough to salt away
a good chunk Of his pay.
The plane he bought was not
mechanically perfect and needed
enarhaulinG. xhis - vhees his
The Washington times., 1922-12-21
Every Match Has
Price in Berlin

~ ERLIN. - Matches, formerly
x as cheap in Germany as
~ elsewhere, have kept pace
with the Overwhelming advance
OF all other commodities. The
value OF a match is now rcckoned
at about 30 pfennigs.
Walters or tram conductors who
supply matches to forEetful
smokers are forced to extract
payment for the service.
The Washington times., 1922-12-21

y OF affairs whom Q committee
- Of Washington citissns. repre-
sentative Of . united local senti-
msnt, II refused . hearing before
any subcommittee or full com.
mittse Of Congressi
The right Of direct appeal to
the powers that be IL . principle
~ old a. that Of the American
Constitution. It II seldom denied.
even to . voteless community
like this one. The shaclxled slaves
Of Washington have no other re-
course. when aroused A. to their
city's needs. than that Of asking
Congress to hear their pleas.
There 10 no Congressional repre-.
sentatives to speak Or act for
them.
Subcommittee Of tho House
Appropriation Committee are
working hard to report the various
appropriation bills for the next
fiscal year. Everybody under
stands that. The time IL short.
The policy announced by Con-
gressman Cramton, chairman of
the subcommittee handling the
District appropriation bill. is that
Of acceptance Of the District
items approved by the Director of
the Budget. Local citizens. as he
sees 1t. had their day" before
the director and that should be
sufficient. The inference IL that
the subcommittee's consideration
10 more or less formal, with little
intention to depart from the
amounts fixed by the Budget
Bureau.
All that might be more or less
consoling to District people II
the final action Of the Appro-
priations Committee 10 to stick
by the various local items ap-
proved by the budget. but the
fact does not escape the memory
Of local people that in the last
District appropriation bill the
House committee departed from
the policy now laid down by Mr..
Cramton. It CUT District items
whenever It saw fit. but made
few increases.
Washington people do not lack
confidence in the Budget Bureau.
They appreciate the fairness
shown by the director in giving
hearings to the Commissioners
and Representatives Of civic or
CARNATIONS a. to the pressing
needs Of the District. They do
not believe. however. that the
Director Of the Budget fully COM
prehends the situation Of affairs
in Washinston's schools, where
thousands Of children are denied
the full days instructions they
arc entitled to because Of the lack
Of room and q shortage Of teach.
ers. due to inadequate compen-
sation.
They do not believe that the
Budget Bureau. charged with
preparation Of the budget for the
entire Federal government. q
huge undertaking. can accurately
grasp tho local situation In all
its phases-from scAools to bet-
ter streets and roadways. There
10 no wish to reflect on the
work Of the Director or the
Budget. but washins,0,1ans do
desire to give Congress more
light upon which to intelligently
and fairly handle our appropria.
tons for the next fiscal year,
1t Ia candidly admitted that tho
House subcommittee cannot spare
the time to hear committees and
individuals a. to matters in the
different appropriation bills. That
would be out Of the question IL
the demands were numerous. but
they are not.
The Washington times., 1922-12-21
The Tragedy in Poland
Republics Not So Easily Made.

You have read about the President Of the Polish Re-
public. Twenty thousand Natonals organised riot and
tried to prevent tho Inauguration.
While tho ceremony going tho Nationalist nearly
oil young beat several radical and Jewish deputies One
radical deputy hurt badly that he will die JUST ONE
WEEK LATER THE NEW PRESIDENT WAS MURDBRBD
It takes than words to sstabh real republic You
must have the material out Of which republics made
Thinking and planning and long training Of the public
mind necessary to successful republican government The
German Republic has stood since the armistioe through
troubles amazing 1t stands because German wormsn have
back Of them fifty years Of sound thinking and Of education
BY the Social Democratic Party. .
The Washington times., 1922-12-21
Shoppers, Do Your Share
Garry Home Small Bundles. Save

Stores crowded the streets crowded with traffic
beyond their capacity Managers clerks drivers make every
effort deliver promptly the extraordinary number parcels
that with Christmas shopping The majority Of these parcels
small and light
CARRY HOME SUCH PARCELS YOURSELF
Show your good win by doing you oan to hep tho
rush Of business and to diminish tho crowng Of streets and
the strain working people.
70 carry homo few small parcels Il great effort Il
sending automobile team miles to deliver ifs
spies business and in the long rum reduce cost
and the price that you pay For the pos EVERY
THING including delivery.
The comfort Of the world II made up Of the efforts that
saGh Of makes to help another Do your share this
Christmas.
CARRY YOUR SMALL BuNDLEs
The Washington times., 1922-12-21
Conscience Money
Shows Up Too Late

ObERLIN-Luther Munson, vet.
Gran retired local merchant, an
neunoed that an Oberiin weman
called on him in an effort to 10.
cate a man Uho was in business
here Ia 1873. She wanted to nav
MIN Tor . weman, now living In
the West, who said she bought q
S6 trunk and failed to pay for il.
But the "conscience" money ar.
rived toe late.
The merchant who sold the
trunk suspended business In 1874
nearly fifty years ago. He died
some years later. Being a bache.
lor, he left no heirs to whom The
IS and interest could be paid.
The Washington times., 1922-12-21
SAP AND SALT
BY BERT NOSES

NV- By BEKT MOSES
Very few things are so good In
abundance as they are In modera-
ton. ~,
Some men are rotten With
money. while still more are rot
ten without II.
You take money from others;
others take II from you; and
.his arrangement 10 xiven the
name OF civilization"
tcesyrsshI isas By Premier sysSi-
The Washington times., 1922-12-21
Grapes aa,A Tesnper.ture.

In . report to the American
Chemical Society It Ia shown that
weather conditions are an i'm.
portant factor In determining the
sugar content OF grapes. Warm
days and cool nights tend TO pro.
duce the maxfmum content Of
sugar.
The Washington times., 1922-12-21

training as an aviation mechanic
helped, He repaired the plane
himself before he started on his
successful flight.
The Washington times., 1922-12-21
Tar Sailed Away His Dough and Flew
Home in Seaplane of His Own

Colorado Cob Surprised Friends by Dropping Out Of Clouds
After Dangerous Flight Over Rockies.
Evening star., 1922-02-11
CITIZENS ASK SENATE
TO INCREASE D. C. FUNDS
Northwest Suburban Association
Makes Protest Of 'Niggardly =.
Appropriations" Here.

'Niggardly appropriations" for the
District Of Columbia were strongly
condemned at meeting of the North
west Suburban Citizens Association
last night at the Tenley Public
School. Following discussion of the
matter, In which many protests were
registered, the association adopted
resolution asking the Senate to do
better by the District of Columbia
than the House OF Representatives
had done.
The resolution was introduced by
A. e. Shoemaker and was adopted
unanimously. Mr. Shoemaker also
presented a resolution thanking Rep
resentatives Zihlman and Moore for
their support Of the District In the
fight for appropriations. This motion
also was carried.
The association voted for better
suburban roads. the erection OF new
school building in Tenleytown, an
adequate water supply and more
After the business session Mrs. Nina
C. Van Wrinkle, head OF the woman.s
bureau of the police department. made
an address. She asked for the Coop
Grafton Of the residents OF the city
with the police department.. which She
declared to be 80 per cent efficient.
Mrs. Van Wrinkle urged the passage Of
a curfew law in Washington as an aid
to the proper training Of young peo-
ple. She dwelt for some time on
dance halls, and asserted that most OF
them were a menace to the city. She
said that a law should be passed CIV
ing the police full control over them.
Luther L. Derrick. president, presided.
Evening star., 1922-02-11
engineering Meeting
CALLED At PITTSBURGH

Call for second public conference
on commercial engineering has been
issued by the United States commits
sioner of education. on behalf of
engineering and commerce schools in
large universities and recognised
business leaders. The conference is
to be held in Pittsburgh. May and 2,
at the Carnegie Institute OF Technol-
ogy. President Arthur Hamerschlag
Of that institute il member Of the
committee behind the project to teach
more business to engineers and more
engineering to business men, and to
educate commercial engineers to be
ing costs of production, distribution.
commercisi and trade orsaniza-
tions, engineering and scientific So
cfeties, educational institutions and
other groups will be invited to send
DELEGATIONS to this conference.
'The four major topics Of the con-
ference" says DIR. Glen Levin Swig-
gett Of the bureau of education and
chairman Of the committee Of deans,
will be presented and discussed at
general and roupd-table sessions by
business men, educators and engi-
neers, contributing to the construc-
tween education and business for the
better coordination Of all productive
and distributive processes in trade
and commerce. It is planned to have
the second conference even more con-
structive than the first, since which
time the curricula Of twenty-nine OF
the 119 engineering colleges report
ing to the bureau of education have
been favorably modified to, include
one or. more Of the four. committee
recommendations. Outstanding top
les at the Pittsburgh conference will
deal with the new problems that have
recently arisen IN modern Industries.
scientific approach to include job
analyses and personnel specifications
and a translation OF these into a new
and teachable content for use in our
engineering and commerce schools;
with the training Of the engineer for
a better understanding of problems
relating to community, development.
and with the training Of the engineer
for management Of overseas engineer
ing projects"
Evening star., 1922-02-11

The International Association OF
Art and Letters will give tea Tues
day from 4:30 to Z p.m., at 1715 !
street, in honor of Maurice Egan.
Evening star., 1922-02-11
In Its Place

like to hear gent inspired push
language through his face: Of elo-
quence don't grow tired-when in
it's proper place. I like to sit in
gilded ease. in some well lighted
hall. and hear a new Demosthenes
make straw raen wilt and fall. But
when I go to buy a goose at john.
sons Poultry Store, it jars me If q
clerk turns loose loud impassioned
roar. He may be right-this much
1 feel-in putting up his howl; but
I'm not there to hear his spiel; I'm
there to buy a fowl. 1 hire a man
to build fence, and he declaims
all day; his arguments are full of
sense, and range from grave to gay.
He's posted on affairs of state, he
knows their ins and outs, he seems
to have his logic straight, and hour
oy hour he spouts. But he Is hired
to build a fence, and though he
sheds new light upon the whichness
OF the whence, I fire that windy
wight. The gifted orators abound,
they're keen to show their curves.
they NIL the air with strident sound
that gets upon our nerves. Wher-
ever human beings meet, in alleys,
or In parks, there's sure to be some
tiresome beat who'd make few re-
marks. I'm fond Of eloquence,
say. as much as any bo; I'm glad to
list to William j., or J. H. Cicero.
But there's time for sounding
brass and tinkling tambourines, and
there's time for moving grass and
threshing stringless beans.
(Copyright.) WALT MASON.