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The Washington times., 1922-12-14

MemDer Of tho District Of C0lum-
TYNDER the common law
persons name may be
changed without the inter-
vention OF q court. It Is necessary
only to hold ones self out for a
sufficient time. under the new
name, to indicate an intention to
make the change, except that 1t
must be done in good faith-that
IL. without intention to defraud.
A majority Of the States, how
ever, have changed the common
law In this respect and require a
decree Of court to effect the
change.
That ID the law generally with
regard to changing ones name.
There II no State which, by its
laws. requires a woman to take
the name of the man she marries.
It 10 q matter Of usage.
But twenty-four States, based on
the assumption that she will do
20. have statutes controlling the
question whether she may resume
her maiden name in the event of q
divorce. Among these. In Michi-
gan she may do % unless there
are minor children by the mar
rage. In Texas either party may
change his or her name In New
Hampshire q woman may not
change her name II there is merely
q separation. The rest Of the
twenty-four States provide that the
woman may resume either her
maiden name or the name Of q
previous husband.
Two States have placed unique
restrictions on the right to change
ones name. In Kentucky any per-
son "of the ago OF twenty-one
years and not D married woman"
may have his or her name changed.
In Vermont q married man may
not change his name without the
consent OF his wife expressed In
the instrument. together with her
Signature. seal and acknowiedg-
neut thereto.
Il 10 very generally held, Al
though the authorities are not In
accord on the point. that II . mar
ried woman u sued In her maiden
name. and, personal service OF the
I summons 10 not had, but she In
cited to appear by publication. the
Judgment would not be valid.
The Washington times., 1922-12-14
Declares Cause of Allied Powers Is
Hurt BY ReparatiOns

~ ERLIN.--"The more Ger
many pays reparations the
- worse It win BE- for the
allies" - the paradoxicai view
held By the prominent industrial
ist ana publicist. Arnold Rech-
berg. In an article entitled What
Versailles Cost the Entente"
published here by the Neu Ber-
liner Zeitung.
'.nvsry eon mark which Ger
many pay0 the allies in compli.
ance with the clauses Of tho YER
eaiiles treaty deprives the ma
tioral wealth Of France Of from
two to three francs and that OF
England OF about 1920 shillines.
Therefore the allies victory over
Germany 10 . Pyrrhus victory.
when France gained Alsacs
ana Lorraine II hoped to &C
Quirs the monopoly In potash
production By exploiting the
former German mines there. To-
day the German factories and
mines In the remaining parts OF
Germany produce and sell potash
ax about half the prioe Of the
French production al over the
yor1d n spite q Al rsstxiotiens
The Washington times., 1922-12-14
GARRETT p. ~SERVISS ON
END OF WORLD
No Matter When It Comes, the Sun Is Likely
to BE the Sole Agent, Either by Pro-
viding Too Much or Too Little
Heat for This Planet.

sons vary with the condition "a
the sun, and recent studies have
proved that the heat derived
from the sun varies ocnsionallH
several per cent within . fe0'
days time.
Ominous for FutuEs.
Nov, there 10 no reason for us,
at the present day, to be alarme6
by these facts. but, they ure cers
tainly ominous for tho FUTURE
probably very remote. lAich dc.
pends upon the nature of the
suns variation. Its amount u
now slight, and even Z It be
increasing-of which we have no
direct evidence-the increase
may be so slow that lgeologi0
ages must pass before the e{fecta
become serious for the ltyin0
forms inhabiting the planet. ;
On the other hand. II II should
turn out that the suns varias
bility is eccentric. like that oE
some Of the stars, then The case
would be quite different. There
are stars which, after remaining
in nearly the same state Of lumi.
Mostly for long periods Of time,
suddenly blaze forth with an in
crease Of radiant energy amount.
ing to thousands Of fold. Any
planets existing in the neighbor-
hood of such stars would inevita-
bly, perish by a fiery death
when subjected to such an ex.
perience.
The interest in this connection
of Prof. Barnard's paper 10 which
/ have referred IL in the evidence
1t contains that many. II not all Of
the great new stars In the sky are
probably not truly new, but are
eccentrically variable.
Stars Amazing Outbseak. u
The brilliant nova of 1918. which
burst into sudden visibility I'm
the constellation Aquila, proved
to be the result Of an amazing
outbreak of a variable star Of
only magnitude 10h. which had
been photographed before. So. too,
the great nova OF 1901, in Per-
seus, was. before its explosive ap-
pearance. a variable Of Ionly the
fourteenth magnitude. Now II has
become again a small variable.
The indications are, that the nova
Of 1918 will persue the aams
course.
We have no evidence, but only
possibility. that our sun may
have blaxed up in the, past. and
may again blaze up In the future.
The vast majority Of slightly va.
riable stars have exhibited no ex-
traordinary activity. b1t IL u
hardly more than q moment OF
time that we have watched them.
The Washington times., 1922-12-14
BY Lucy Lowell.

N HE 10 such . little girl
- really. Why, II you're tho
~ least bit tall the top of her
shining brown head wouldn't Be
any higher than your heart.
And she isn't very much older
than she is tall. either. though
she knows all about hard work
and sorambling for tWo \ more
dollars IN the pay envelope and
trying to make people smile With
the soft answer that some way
or other doesn't always seem to
turn away wrath.
When she has q minute OF, two
between snipping off lengths Of
lace and explaining which 10 real
filet and which In the newest
pattern. she looks above the. htads
Of the crowd that u bewinhans, to
hurry and worry and mill around
figures In q Kaleidoscope, t. the
frail red pepper bells dAnslfng
from the ceiling over the great
And the shining brown head
jerks around irnpaticntly ana
there's . line shout the s0ft.
pretty lips when she turns back
Ths Posteffics Clsrk.
And round the gcornsr frpm the
department store whers the vefy
little girl sells laces h 70 splen-
did stone building. Beneath de
spreading roof Of it Nast NESTS
West and North comes togsther
with South and the ends Of an
the earth merge. for this y Uncle
Sans postoffice. = ',-''ss ~
y In q corner. where great bags
stand gaping like uiuaGkefu walt
ing for food, 1 slender young man,
. most Mlrable chan, g you'd
say In Z n,6nute, cccss,cnaily
9lancse up from his, WORK toward
the Pprig Of holly some ons has
pinned to the window shade.
And tho likable chaps likabls
race CLOUDS. and he. too, Jerks
round 1mpatiently. back to his
sorting Of lefters and uaysterious
packages with santa Claus heads
. on them, and red ana green -ssals
and frantic directions not to open
till the big morning itsslf.
2 People Dent Think.
And on the ayuhue hundreds q
do believe there are tInousafds)
: Of smiling, happy-sysd wusnsn
and men march up ana down,
smiling At the holly vreatks IN
the Window. fluttering shinine
lcAye6 and bsckoning with flam-
ing red ribbons which vioh
Merry Christmasi'' Just a. ar.
dsntly and bravsiy ~ they know
how.
Maybe you ars one q them;
one OF the women and men who
march up and down and mile
and are happy assd casefrss while
Christuaas draws nearer aad
nearer. and the very llt1Is efri
grows bitter, and the .lfkabse char
In the lsttsr casr3er,o untf0em
turns from the RI borr3es and
the green. grom beautt e ehol
i161facie q the Chrtse chiid's oosA-
ine VIM , heaSy hsarti
Anl ~ theso. ~ haxs -
The Washington times., 1922-12-14

on import into France Ind Eng
land.
Exactly the same conditions
prevail In the occupied eear Dis
trict industriesl The French In
troduced the franc STANDARD there,
much to their detriment, as the
German industries In tls Rhine
land can do much cheaRer work
on account Of the low exchange.
Millions of francs arc bSssg lest
BY French fsSTns In this way, and
Il Ia only q question Of time that
they will break down altogether.
Hitherto the French government
makes up for these private LOSSES
by means Of public funds. but
how long viii that Iast7 sooner
or later II win ten on the French
Things WIN become even worss
when once the\wiesbaden scheme
which provided reparatlDns By
means of dclivefs u eodis 10 In
full swing. NUMEROUS factories
will have to close and the French
win At last learnN thAt they
achieved the opposite sesnits from
what they expected tA3yN would
bring about by their sGSavasant
oomAndAs NVN- -
The Washington times., 1922-12-14
By Garrett p. Serviss,
Eminent Astron0mer and Authority
on Subjects u Scientific
Interest.

11nAnont AstrOnOmor ana Authority
on Subjects q Scientific
Interest.
A RECENT paper by Profess
~ sor e. Il. Barnard on
"A Some Peculiarities of the
D Novae" C'novae" is the astron-
omer's name for new stars"),
taken In connection with a mum.
Der OF letters from correspondents
that have accumulated on my
PILE. awaiting a favorable turn,
leads me to reflect once more on
tho age-long question of the end
Of the world and how II il most
likely to be brought about-for
no astronomer, / think, would be
willing to affirm that this world
Of ours In going to last forever.
The sun brought the earth into
existence. although 1t would make
too long q story for this place to
discuss the question of how, and
through the sun the end of the
earth, or at any rate the end Of
life upon the earth. Is likely TO
be brought about. This might be
imagined to indicate a cosmical
significance lurking in the ancient
legend Of Saturn devouring his
own children.
But is the end Of the world
to be by freezing or by burning?
The sun would be directly con-
cerned In either case; in fact,
would be the sole agent. II the
earth should perish as a life
sustaining globe. through increas-
ing cold, the cause would be the
failure Of the sun to supply
enough heat; and II 1t should
perish by a fiery end. the almost
certain source of the disaster
would again be in the sun.
Sun the Sole Agent.
But. II the sun can create and
maintain life on his planets. he
can also destroy II by the simple
process of sending them too much
or too little of his radiant energy,
which we recognize mostly in the
forms Of heat, light and electric
ity.
Now, the sun is a star. and
relatively not q very great one,
and disabilities Of his kind.
Visual evidence of the suns
variability, OF which anybody can
satisfy himself. Is found in the
black spots that periodically, but
with much minor nuctuation, ap-
pear on its surface. It's great sur
rounding envelope Of luminous
matter called the corona Visible
only during total eclipses) also
shows great variability. Our sea
The Washington times., 1922-12-14
Lucy Lowell Begs Shoppers to Make
This Christmas Easier <$s,
For Clerks @
For Clerks

. Same right. II not an even oettsr
right, than you have and have
to the beauty Of Yule!- y!
3. Not that we'd take Il from
themi Dear me. mol! It's just that
we haven't got our lists made
out; not quite made out anyway:
and we do hate to 70 shopping
for 90 many Odds and ends Of
things; and. besides, we can't
make up our minds whether to
gtve so-and-so that jade necklace
. til p We manage 20 gather s0ms
mixing Of whether it wifi hs
crossed BY something we'd like ~
Now I wonder H We might not
make this Christmas more Christ
4, massy for the very little girl and
the hlabie chap a.. well NJ for.
ourselves by being just . bit more
thOughtfuly 81 Ny
Why Ne Rseern.
I Wen havs bsttsr service In tho
stores II We ship now, instead OF
on the twenty-third Of December,
~ We ourselves know very wen
indeed. And the packages we
mall this very day with aN'Doa't
open label are ever ana evor %
much moro uke1y tof arrive an
I time Nh4fe We want them, to 70!
And naybe--yss. I'm quite sure
Of it-.ths line round the very
little ttri's soft, pretty lips win
fade out and the cloud win van.
ish from the likahle chap's facs
and gfve the spn . chance to
ahina ther, inaXSaA ~ -~s1s a
our shopping and mailing early.
Come on. what's that I heart
Sursi Let's DO II!
The Washington times., 1922-12-14
ONCE OVER RS
TOO sATTSFIED.

Dissatisfied with what you have accomplished far are
xouf b .sySE stf s..f
present. m s.g
At times you are annoyed becanse yn placid
and self satisfied g some OF those around you. Il
Be thankful that you not 49, sf
There is chance Of making real progress toward
success long dssated with your, present
progrcss
When you become satisfied you are at stsndstill
This serious matter unless you have reached tho stage
IN life where afford to lay aside your acyites
and just drift easily, and peacefuy without the necessity
Tor effort 7l7-
But the man who has to accumulate what il needed To
him through the sunset days Of life not likely TO ret
tosshs enough he is satisfied in making little more
than . living
Do not allow yourself to reach the ambionles sstisfisd
stage 2. long a. your future il not assured you win
regret it, 4. s. '1gfs ~
The Washington times., 1922-12-14
| WANTS MEN.
ITO TAKE UP,
lDR UDGERY|
ONDON.-Men should do the
4 cooking. scrubbing and wash

ONDON.-Men should do the
cooking. scrubbing and wash
ing-among other jobs-and
women should do nursing. Doctor
ing, preaching and other work
connected with the church.
This, according to DIR. Sloan
Chesser. famous London woman
doctor, II the ideal distribution Of
work.
At q meeting Of the women's
Freedom League In London the
fair doctor contured up q pic
turesque vision OF men toiling
T. among the cooking utensils and
scrubbinG brushes while women
concentrated ON infant welfare.
Z For thousands Of years, she said,
women had done the hard work
of the world. The old argument
that women were too weak to do
, certain kinds Of work had never
been applied to such tasks as
carrying buckets about the house
and scrubbing the floors. N
She advanced three reasons for
reversing things and making men
cook and char. Because men are
physically stronger than women.
+, Because cooking 10 of tremendous
Importance for the welfare OF the
family-and would, therefore, be
better undertaken by men-long
known N the more competent"
sex. " Because experience shows
that whore men do this work they
/. do II better vtllAn women.
I There II one aspect Of house
work.. h0WeDsr, from which DIR.
Chesser would exempt husbands--
nursing. ff4 ssf
'Msn an ~ nursss because
the duty Of nursing : II inspired
By the mother spirit IN women," !"
she said. Men have not that
instinctS and. that sis the reason
why they are no go9d ~ nurses"
The Washington times., 1922-12-14
SAP AND SALT
- YIERW l100E0.

BAsAeT AaO1A -
'o'''''s's '::. !sss Z ss..s s,.-''' 's'.A'- I.
You can havs mighty big trou-.
blss In mighty small towns.
Cspital wins some strikes, labor
others. the public mono. ~
Having your own way an the
time h just about % tirsso&,e -
never having u n al. N-
When = man braeg about his hin
folks, y y - eign fhat he dcsun't
amount - much himself. 9gs7'
whin y MANS chief concern -
glands, -and when . woman's -
oomplsxion. progress may be sajd
- b moving scsnally 70 the rsar. /
- H5
A woman, = mt willing to b.
called ''ki661xate1" until TIA
beauty lArstrS 6ro no Longer ~
10 canBsofIags hsf cUuntsnancs.
Z ~ s.~-a-rf- .---- -'-- e,rs VA.
Hes Heck says: "A kiss sin,t
s.', s.I'caas ~ S!pr'sss = sakss you ia
'ds'ss's's i::s .s.. I ssrs-s- syss'-
The Washington times., 1922-12-14
What Is a Good Society?
Your Own, of Course.

An OBJECTIONABLE secret society is the OTHER mans
secret socsy NOBLE esvatng humanity loving secret
society h YOUR secret society. Everybody knows that
What the necessity Of ANY socsyf Is not the
United States fairly good lodge and club and bsnsvo-
lnt oreanisaNon7 When unite in secret socsy they
d e. az 6ourss to obtain SPECIAL ADVANTAGE FOR
1lGskLvzs ov other citissns secrscy II ashamed Of
itt trying 70 got some especial benefit Tor itself.
the N Kux Kan make clear the fact that republic
6nM get along without societies Of Any kind It win
hsvs renddted 1t last ons public ssrvics Nj
The Washington times., 1922-12-14
The Habitual Criminal.

H1 HEN II 70 happens that
there b one among No
" whom medical, scisnce de.
.clares mentally unfft, ana BY
whose actions the coumunity bU
comes phynical1y endaagoped. ve
. cali that person - mental de-
ficient," and upon expert testi-
mony Of facts. We adjudge the
marty insane and commit his par.
SON to exile In the interest of
others for the protsction Of pub.
: In no isss dssr,s Of fsvSrft,s,.
should We deal with the. habituai.
moral criminal. He h . menace
to society. . blot upon our laWv
Of civilization and moral rsadjuSt-
ments. ~ 1slf4
Il IL utterly Foolish. to ~
nothing Of unwise. to allow 4
hsbitual criminal the avenues of
general plunder and dspredStienS,
often ending in wflful mur1Ur az
q law-abtdfng and euod cftfrsn.
A person who becodpeo throurh =
life OF continued crime hahI Itusi
criminal u mentally uuf1t to -.
sociats with the awarding
people. y
His mind IL warpsd--it IL con-
torted-he II not able mentally "a
walk alone--he q TO b. pitied---to
''be cared for By those upon whom
the hand Of duty win b laid ard
he. the moraIly unfit. must s.
% adjudgsd and placed away with
the mentally unit a m the saSne
status. an6 With the same ~
soUine b6canDo - Tie damage ~
hasAt - " RaE
The Washington times., 1922-12-14
lVANDALS CUT
XMAS GREENS
i'm MARYLAND

NVHERE has been 20 much van
Nh dalism in recent years In cut
ting Christmass trees, mutt
htfng and destroying holly. laurel
and other green's aleng the high
ways, due largely to- the practice
'of owners of automobiles taking
their friends and families out into
the country for Christmas tree
foraging expeditions, that serious
damage has been done to the road
side foliage and the neighboring
forests in all sections Of the coun-
: try, particularly In regions which
: are near to large CITIES and have
Many city foIrs seem to have the
idea that the forests are public
property, and that they have q
free right to enter them at win
ana to- chop and hack to their
hearts content. -.---
rhsre are no public lands In this
vicinity and Svcry foot Of forest
In the property OF ssome private
owner who hos to pay taxes for
the privilege 81 owning It. In
Maryland The landowners title
runs to the middle Of the public
highway. and the trees and shrubs
along. the roadside Are under the
Joint protection Of tho owner OF
the adjoining land and the State
board Of forestry. II the landown-
ser Wishes to cut Or trim the trees.
he must do % .upder the immedi-
ate supervislon of . Stats forester
and this u also true Of the tele-
graph and telephone ccmpaniss.
In .1slS IN order to check the
lncfeaslng damage to evergreen
and f1Owaring .tress, STATE Senator
Oliver Metserott, with tho advice
and cooperation Of the Maryland
.Eorsstry Association, prepared.
and Ind passsd through the Mary
land legislature . msasure which
u1&1Ees Il . fhlsdeineanor Tor any
person to rsrnove, take, cut, break.
lnjure or destroy any trees, shrub.
vine or flower from the land or
promises Of another without the
written consent q such owner.
first had and Obtained. or under
/. his personal supervision. This
measure 10 now the law and car
ries WITH Il . penalty Of e3S nne
up 70 imurisonmsnt nor nineey
days,.
rhis year the Maryland Forestry
Association has decided to take an
active part IN aiding IN the en-
forcsment Of this law and it,
members hope TO bring to trial
All persons who wantoniy vioiate
Il. ~ SeAs.
The Washington times., 1922-12-14
By Olive B. Lacy,

Member Of tho District Of Colum.
biz Bar.
The Washington times., 1922-12-14
sluaic Urged TO Quist Irish.

- UBLIN-"eine. don't shoutr'
This Wa the advice given
~ to Irishmen BY, Madame
Tstraxxini famous opera singer.
when nhs visited here recently.
II think II u Z great pity Ire
land shcuId II disturbed as II
IL" ohe na2A In an interview but
IL 10 An internal quarrel. and I
hops Trishmen viii soon all .be
frionds ana the present trouble
win pas. Hike all sunabbles DO In
sensible fAmillsn. a love and un-
derutAndlng e mns1c can do muoh
70 rUUtorO hnpD1nens and removo
oieooc6 ezneoose ~ peopaas
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-01-04
Winter Carnival at Lacrosse

Last year Lacrosse held an out
door sports carnival, the first of its
kind ever attempted in this part of the
country. 1t was very similar to the
big ones tina twere held in St.Paul
in 1915-16-17. The different firms of
that city organized their employees
into marching clubs, and uniformed
them with fancy costumes. The pre-
grams of winter sports skating, skiing,
tobogganing, curling, push ball con-
tests, etc. The entire program was
under the management of a large COM
mittee of business men, and it was one
of the greatest successes from a COM
munity stand point that was ever at
tempted in Lacrosse. A good many
people from the outside did not attend
because the word Carnival" was con-
fusing to them. They had an idea it
was nothing more or less than a SER
les of games of chance, doll baby racks
and something gotten up just to take
the peoples money away from them.
Those who did attend were very much
surprised to find that no concessions
or graft were allowed in any way,
shape or form. This year on January
25-2S Lacrosse is going to hold anoth-
er Carnival, but on much larger
scale. Already number have signi-
fled their intentions of spending a
da yor so in that thriving city and
participate in the preparations that
are being made there.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-01-04
OBITUARY

Mrs. C. f. Matthews of Viola died
at st. Francis hospital at Lacrosse,
night, December 3lst, follow
ing an operation for appendicitis.
Mrs. Matthews was SO years of age
and her years were full of useful act
ivity TO home, church and the COM
munity in general. She is SURVEYED
a husband, one son and one daughter,
five grandchildren, all living in Viola.
The funeral was held from the Me-
thodist church Tuesday afternoon at 3
o'clock, Rev. Vincent of Darlington
conducting the church service and the
Order of Eastern Star having charge
of the burial service. The deceased
with her family have lived their lives
in Viola and are part of every in
terest of the people. The husband,
Mr.. G. F. Matthews, and son Virgil,
are business firm in the village. Mrs.
G. j. Stormont with her three children
live close to the home here. The six
brothers, Lepley boys, and one sister,
Mrs. AID Carter, survive. Simon and
Ed Lepley in Viola, the others are at
different places and at great dis
lance, but most Of them were present
for the last tribute to the one so loved
The people all mourn with the grief
stricken family.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-01-04


The Vernon County Poultry Assn
has been organized, directors and Of
ficers duly elected and plans are under
way for the first poultry show to be
held IN Viroqua on February 2, 8, and
4, 1922.
1t is very essential in order to
make success of this first show, that
we get the assistance financially and
otherwise, of everyone interested in
poultry, and this means both the pro-
ducer and consumer.
After the association has been le-
gaiiy organized and first poultry show
held, the state of Wisconsin will re-
1und o0%o of the premium money paid
each year by the association, the
amount not to exceed $500 and not
less than $50. The association is oblig-
ed to hold the first show themselves
and without any financial support
from the state. After that the state
refunds 500 of all premium money
and the association will me self-sup-
porting.
In order to meet the requirements
OF the state and better the poultry in
dustry IN Vernon county, we earnestly
ask your support. There has been
committees appointed to call on YOU
Tor assistance and they will appreciate
your contributions, as the first show
depends entirely on it.
The next meeting will be held jan
uary ~, 1922, at the Normal School
building, for the report of committees
ana general business, to which the
pubic is cordially invited.
Tome and join the association and
ENJOY the discussions on poultry
MRS. JAS. HOGAN. Sec.