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The Washington times., 1922-12-06
1924 TO BE YEAR OF DISASTERS,
FRENCH PROPHECIES SAYS

politics the seeress foretells the
sudden and tragic deaths Of four
prominent statesmen-three Eu.
ropeans and one American, dur.
ing the year. They will meet
tragic death at the hands Of hu.
man enemies" she declare.
On the contrary. the year 1884
will see the star Of an at present
unknown statesman rise In Eng
land until he will attain q domi
nant position In world politics.
In May or June there will be
severe political disturbances In
Europe. A worldwide war will
be prevented only by the inter
vention of q great neutral power
at present staying aloof."
An interesting statement In the
almanac - the prophecies asser-
ton that ''the year 1924 win see
three great nations pass laws for.
bidding the sale Of alcohol.
Countries with such prohibition
at present will remain dry"
Late in the year Q revolution
In "a southern European coun-
try" win seriously endanger inter.
national relations Of that coun.
try, A king. at present powerful.
viii lose his throne and viii he
forced to emtgrate.
As regards Germany. Madame
de Theleme foresees darkly
observation-disclosures" The
financial difficulties of the allies
will not be solved during the year.
Nineteen hundred and twenty-four
will, however, ''see q new cam.
paign in favor Of the League Of
Nations"
The Washington times., 1922-12-06
- -
Laws Made to Fit
A Fairy Tale Of the Middle Ages

In of the Balkan regions during the middle there
ruled by king with all the power that king could
WELD His word was law.
Most of the rulers Of this little state collected about them
supposedly wise counsel him what laws to make They
consulted manuscripts they drew ideas from past they
split hairs and the laws that they were often
very bad.
It their notion that law which they deemed wise
did happen fit the conditions and customs Of the time
conditions and of the time ought to change fit
the law.
day young prince heir to the throne disappeared
from court and was gone many years.
When he returned and donned the the first thing
he did was to dismiss these learned and bring him
workers fresh from the life of his people
It known that during his absence he had lived
among peasants and workers. noting their customs learn
their thoughts and habits of thinking.
Then he began to make laws which were nothing more
than translation words of the laws that the people had
been living though had not been known to the people
laws, being only instincts traditions, customs
And the promulgaton Of these laws followed by
age of and of welfare because the laws fitted
the people and the people fitted the laws.
But all this happened in the dark among folk be-
nghted.
The Washington times., 1922-12-06
GARRETT P. SERVISS ON
VELOCITY OF LIGHT
How First Measurement Which Was Made
by Danish Astronomer, Ole Roemer, at
Paris in 1876, Followed Grand, But
Simple Process.

introduced into the work on &C
count Of the eccentricity Of the
earth's orbit, and for other rea-
sons that do not affect the prin-
ciple and that are of interest only
to the practical astronomer.
But while Roemer's method IL
sound and capable of giving excel.
lent results, more exact methods
have been substituted in later
times. In these the measurement
is performed by experiments con-
Quoted entirely upon the earth,
and within a surprisingly small
space, considering the immense
speed with which light moves. Be-
fore speaking of these, however. a
word should be said about the sec.
ond measure Of the velocity of
light, made half a century after
Roemer by the English astronomer,
Bradley.
Calculation in Nutshell.
Bradley discovered that the
earth's motion in its orbit. amount
ing to about eighteen and one-half
miles per second. causes the direc-
ton in which a star is seen 20 be
shifted twenty and one-half Sec
onds of arc ahead Of the place
where it would be seen II the earth
stood still. This showed that there
was a resultant formed by the COM
bination of the earth's orbital
velocity with the velocity OF light,
whereby the latter might be calcu-
lated, since the former was known.
Here Is the calculation in a nut.
shell: Divide the number OF Sec
onds Of arc in a radian (206.265)
by 20k, the angle OF alteration, or
star shift, and the quotient Is the
number Of times that the velocity
of light exceeds the orbital velocity
Of the earth. 1t comes out just
about 10000; and multiplying ISM,
the oribital velocity, by 10000. we
get 1885, 900 for the velocity OF light.
The agreement with the real veloc-
ity would be much closer II we
used exact figures in the above
calculation. Thus Bradley con-
firmed Roemer.
Finally the modern methods pro-
ceed by sending out a beam OF
light to a mirror, which may be
only a few thousand feet distant,
and noting the time elapsed be.
tween it's start and its return, by
means either of swiftly revolving
wheel with deep teeth on its edge
between two of which the return
ing beam must pass or be inter
rupted: or {much better) Of a
swiftly revolving mirror which
shifts the beam by an amount de-
pendent upon the angle through
which the mirror has turned while
the light has been en- route. The
clue is the known rate Of the re-
volving wheel or revolving mirror.
The Washington times., 1922-12-06
By Luther "A. Huston,
International News Service STAFF
Correspondent.

Ss .-sessseA NsOws NICc bt1II
Correspondent.
r LONDON.-The shadow of q
a., sex war" in British poll.
- tics apparently has been
waited away by the results of the
recent election. Fears Of politi-
clans that Woman's Party might
arise to disturb existing practices
have been dissipated by the cold
analysis Of election returns.
Out of thirty-two women who
sought favor at the polls ~ Par.
hsmentary candidates only two
achieved success. They were Lady
Nancy Astor and Mrs. WintrinE.
ham-sitting members-who were
returned to their posts by their
constituencies. The thirty others
whether Conservatives, Liberals,
Laborites or Independents-saw
their dreams Of political prefer.
ment swept into the discard by
an avalanche of adverse votes.
The result was not surprising
to Cicely Hamilton, noted English
authoress and one of the earliest
leaders In the suffrage movement
In Great Britain. Miss Hamil-
ton regards the outcome az q iogi-
cal development emanating from
existing conditions.
when ono comes to think of
It," said Miss Hamilton, "the
failure is not greatly surprising.
The working man had long been
enfranchised before he sent rep.
: resentatives of his own class to
Parliament: and there 10 no very
striking or solid reason why the
feminine element in the House of
Commons should increase at a
rate moro rapid than the element
of political labor.
Further. Il has TO Be renem.
bered, In accounting for the
present lack of success, that the
new candidates for Parliamentary
honors had a strenuous battle to
fight; In no case did the party or.
ganizers put up q woman to con.
test a seat that could be looked
on as,reasonably safe. Success in
most instances would have meant
an achievemept-a notable achieve.
ment-a turnover of thousands
that any politician might be
proud OF,
by that statement I do not
wish to suggest that the women
candidates have been Handicapped
or treated unfairly by the leaders
Of their various parties. The hard
row to hoe IL rightly and Justly
the fate Of the beginner, the bud.
ding politician, to whatever party
he belongs. II stands to reason
that seats where there 10 every
prospect Of success are allotted TO
those who already have done their
share Of spadewerk and proved
their mettls In previous and iess
equal contests. -
The women candidates have
ne right 10 expect better treatment
than their colleagues. ChivaIry
OF that sort win never oil the
wheels OF the party machine"
Miss Hamilton does not believe.
however. that the apparent failure
The Washington times., 1922-12-06

From considerable experience with unemployed who
hearings before those in authority America possibly
give Bonar Law some suggestions If he wants them
It not always possible to find work for obes and needy
really tries do than it at first thinks 1t
But always possible feel and show genuine sympathy
and to he not particularly fussy pride Of place
And usually oils the troubled waters to receive cordially
spokesmen Of with grievances to hear them patiently
and tell them frankly what and what be done
Corday and candor may the aches Of cold and
hunger but do have soothing effect upon excited minds
To Premier Laws credit must be placed his promise to
withdraw Britans costly adventure into Mesopotama
Genuine retreat from widely flung imperialism would 60
far provide savings applicable to urgent needs at home
few striking examples in sincere governmental economy
would probably do much to start Europe toward
and relieve acute distress could be accomplished under
the circumstances.
The Washington times., 1922-12-06
ONCE OVERS
EMPLOYERS MAY LEARN.

Mr. Employer, has II occurred to you that being
ployer for long, Of dictator for many years. you
have ceased to learnt .t"
Is 1t true that you and insist that your
ideas right that your ways Of doing things best
and that those who differ with you not In your class
to intelligence experience and methods Of performing your
certain lines Of worki i.a5 ~. ',.-2t
1t might be valuable to employers become
employees for a while
Bosses well as those under them liable get into
rut. ,'tfJ tE tff @r - .t.1ev.a.-
But being boss one can follow ones incinatiens.
But because boss measure OF success has
Is no for getting the idea that you cant learn
sbly from your men. -
Even greater might have been possible You dent
know ,.s.sa'
Often the men who do the work. the manual labor
more practical and economical in planning than their
employers would be. ~ Fgtrt M btrs,'
The wise boss listens and gets his to make sugges-
tons, occasionally, to the good Of all concerned.
The Washington times., 1922-12-06
The Great Pyramid.

As to the Great Pyramid of
Giseh. volumes have been written
about It. and donens more could
be written. There is not one
single stone or measurement In
the whole titanic edifice that does
not seem to point to a scientific
purpose. although that purpose
continues a dispute,
This much is certain whoever
built the pyramid knew q lot
more in many ways than do our
modern scientists. Here are a few
facts, 1t is the only building in
the world that is oriented ex-
actly to the four points Of the
compass. It's measurements, en-
tended, give to weight of the
world In tons arid the mean dis.
tance between the earth and sun
In miles. It's base Is an exact
fraction of the diameter Of the
earth from pole to poie-to be
3 exact, the tenmiilienth part OF
the .earth's semi-axis. 1t stands
within a few feet of the exact
center of the earth's habitabls
area, and In all likelihood Is oniy
those few feet out Of place be-
cause the rock on which 1t stands
is necessary to it's foundations.
It's descending passage points up
ward exactly toward the Pole Star.
It's inside temperature Is exactly
the mean between the boiling ana
freezing points Of water at that
level. It's Dimensions are said TO
solve the. problem Of the squarins
of the circle; and, strangely
enough, II appears to establish the
scientific basis Of the English gal.
Ion measure and the English inch,
as against the so-cailed metric
measure.
The great eeffer, which was the
only thing ever found inside the
pyramid. has exactly the same d.
mensions as those of the Jewish
Ark OF the Covenant.-From Ad-
venture Magazine.
The Washington times., 1922-12-06
SAP AND SALT
BY BERT MOSES

BY BERT MOSES
Rsferms should begin at homo
and stay there.
Men who do nothing in par.
ticular" usually do II exceedingly
well.
Your character depends large
!y upon what the public doesn't
know about you.
"Softening'' Is worse when II
attacks the backbone than when
1t attacks the brain.
Life 10 largely q collection of
birthdays and Of keeping the fig.
ures secret 30 far an We oan.
The man who knows how to be
happy with few possessions 10
richer than the man who 10 un.
happy with many.
Hes Heck says, Paint i'm
proves q house moro than II does
wimmin."
Copyright 1879, by Premier syndi-
~ cate, Ino.)
The Washington times., 1922-12-06
BY Unfversal Service.

r oNDON-The people Of Ditch.
ling, in South Sussex. have
IL been startled by the appear
ance of a leper. who strolls daily
along the country lanes, and even
mingles with the villagers,
The whole countryside Is thor
eughly scared, and the people
have become more alarmed than
ever since 1t became known that
the ministry Of health have stated
that they can take no action in
the matter, and that they oon-
slider there is not the slightest
fear Of contagion-a view which Is
shared by DIR. Day, medical officer
of health for the district.
This assurance has not appeased
the village, and drastic steps are
contemplated. The patient. who
is believed to be wealthy, goes out
each day with a nurse from the
nursing home just outside the vii
iage.
He 10 exceptionally tall, and
this accentuates his emanciated
appearance, He has to be helped
along by the nurse, and he Ia nj
most blind, Children flee In
terror from him,
The nursing hame where he is
being treated 10 q private instltu-
tion, which was epsned about two
months ago by Q South Coast skin
specialist. and was formerly a
private convalesoent home.
The invalid has been taken into
the village almost every day for
the last month or 20, and he fro
auently rests on one Of the public
benches on the main road.
"Leprosy IL practically never
contracted in this country" said
DIR. J. M. M. Macleod, the Harley
street skin specialist, yesterday.
and added. 'I would sooner sit In
The Washington times., 1922-12-06
FIanking Movement
Progressives Fear Masked Attack by Privilege.

At the edge of throng quarrel breaks out. Two
begin berate each other and threaten dire punents
The people turn their necks and listen mouths agape
and sneak thieves pick their pockets.
is trick old sin In yet rarely fails to work
Progressive leaders expecting such diversion two
hence the Of what they call the bread and
butter issues They foreses wrangle over wet dry, and
fear 1t will mask q thanking movement BY privilege
That may easily be; 1t has happened before.
There way prevent it except by making tho bread
and butter issues clear that the peoples attention
be diverted '.t.
The Washington times., 1922-12-06
People of British Village Given Big
Scare by Rich Leper

the, same room all day with
leper than with consumptive
patient"
The only leper colony In Eng
land Is the st. Giles Home, near
London, founded eight years ago.
The lepers there are cared for by
Sisters of Mercy, who work with
out reward.
There Is waiting list Of
patients, and the directors. one Of
whom Is DR.. j. M. H. Macleod,
are striving to raise $4,000 to
maintain the colony,
There are probably about 100
lepers IN this country" said DR..
Macleod, ''and II is advisable that
we should have a colony for mod
flied segregation"
The Washington times., 1922-12-06
Suffrage Leader Explains Small Vote
For Women in Recent Election
in ENGLAND

OF women candidates to achieve
success in the last election
presages the elimination Of women
from British politics. II Ia her
opinion that the political power Of
women In Great Britain will con.
tinue to develop. but that the
growth will be gradual and, there
fore, moro stable.
The Washington times., 1922-12-06
Just Try Raising Turkeys
You'll Change to Chickens.

Reduce the price you But remember that you would
violently you started to raise turkeys
Mother turkey starts out in the morning with ton dainty
young peepng beside her Down the rain and
mother returns in the evening with two the other eight
dead Ask any farmer about turkeys which kind he would
rather raise and he will like the old ooored lady who
asked whether she would rather raise boys girls If
had my 'druthers, wouldn't raise neither
The Washington times., 1922-12-06
Church Lifts Ban on Prince

PAR1S.-That a prince might
be enabled to return to the home
Of his aged mother. the archbishop
Of Paris has authorized under spe-
cial license the religious marriage
of Prince Robert de Broglie. one
Of the wealthiest French mobiles,
with Mile. Melodia Altamura.
Spanish beauty from Madrid.
Prince de Brogiie's first wife
was Baroness Madeleine Dec
landes, an authoress, who died.
His second was Madame Estella
Alexander. from whom he 10 di.
vorced.
The divorce barred him from
remarriage in the church, even
though the Pope annulled n.
And the princes mother and
family rigidly refused TO recog-
nixe either him or his third wife
az hong as they were only mar.
ried civilly. The situation was
brought to the notice Of the
archbishop Of Paris and the re-
ligious marriage resulted. L
The Washington times., 1922-12-06
r UCY LowELL's suggestion

r UCY LowELL's suggestion
that business women and
IL others who have left flap
per days behind them form a
Past Thirty Club" continues
to arouse interest among women.
Scores OF letters, most Of them
favorable to the idea, have been
received by Miss Lowell. A few
of them follow:
Dear Miss Lowell: Just fin
ished reading your article In The
Evening Journal about forming
an Over Thirty Club. Yes, your
article u indeed true. myself
widow for over four years. sup
porting Q boy eleven years OF age,
but sad. to say, she, too. has been
denied q position because of her
aGe. She 10 oompetent and thor
ough, but the majority OF office
positions demand the young high
school girl. who very often does
not prove competent. It would
be well indeed. II pome club or
organization would protect such
women and enable them TO secure
positions and hold same when
they can prove themselves oom-
petent. .,..s
I am writing this In behalf
of my sister, also all the other
sisters over thirty, who are
struggling in this big city for
. decent living.
Mrs. J. n.
My Dear Miss Lowelli I think
such q club would be . great help
to many women, II there 10 any
thing can do to help, would be
glad to have you call ON me. do
The Washington times., 1922-12-06
Law Sets an Example

The Unemployed at Least Understand Cordiaity and
Candor.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-12-18
Answers to Health CUES, 1ns

l. o. l. Own you please t.n n.
what 20 Do for an oflY skin.
A-Hot and cold applications. applied
10 the face alternately. zach for tea
minutes daily will improve this oonci-
ton.
T p r 6 o. am a man over -
vesrs - age. and am greatly troubled
with my eyes watering on the slightest
provoca.'-n. This Causes ne great en-
barrassnent. and would ike 70 kno.
how 20 O-scorns this trouble
AZ NAV Be thst your glasses ns-s
changing. You should consult ar ev-
specialist for an eranination. ana he
viii prescribe treatment for YOU
/ R.R Q-Pir-.e tsil me- yn.th~- any
,hirx can BE- done % cure ono Of ynortnr.
A-Afrr,nst invariably. -r-o-irv - N.
result, o, mouth breathing. Tho nr~s
essential IN the cure. therefor, r. y
restore normal breathing throu<S th-
nos.. This may be impossible 81 ac-
count o, adsnoids. catarrhal thicke-i-'
81 the n,.zi tissues Or excessive nas.
sec--tior-- Por r-'ier nose end throat
specialist shonls ~ consulted for -
examination and treatment
Cw1e3H 1914. v~Dp~p~fE~ AvHA IN.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-12-18
Little Benny's
Notebook
by Lee Pape

| was doing nv leSsins agcnSt m viii
on the setting room floor and ut was
darnng holes out OF stockings and
pop was smoking his now mearsham
pipe and filling II up with more tobacco
MI the time, and after n vile he sed,
| must say this mccrsham pipe IS color
ING up pritty.
War;? ma sed.
Rite hscr on the bowl Of coarse, don't
YOU see that wonderful delicate shade
of brown? pop sed.
MarcP ma sed.
Its plane enuff, pop sed. / may not
know mulch about music but I'm not
color blind, he sod
II YOU meen that scortched place err
round the top. YOU did that with your
matches wen you lit IT, ma sed.
That's black, not brown, I'm referring
20 the bottom OF the bowl, not the top
pop sed
We'll ware? ma sod.
Ncc gods, III lccve II 10 Benny, poT
Sed. Do YOU see cny brown on this
pipe, Benny? he scd.
Well that part YOU put IN your mouth
/ is Ccrtcny brown all rite. ] Scd.
The bit. the amber bit, OF corsc that
brown and ALWAYS was sints the day !
was born, wee gods I've married into I
color blind family, pop sed.
And he kepp on Smoaking the PIP
and looking AT IL between every put
il he wasent SO sure as wat he thaw
he was before, and then he lit ciga
and started 60 smOak that.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-12-18

II were 10 60 10 a mother who was
grading her babe on her breast, and tell
her that | knew magic formula by
which she could insure power, and
prosperity, and happiness To her child,
She would impovcrish herself TO purchase
this knowledge from me, and fall on her
knees and bless me for having gwen II to
her.
Yet ] know Just such bit OF white
magic. In her secret soul, every mother
herself knows II, but ninety-nine mothers
out OF hundred are either too weak, or
too lazy 10 use II.
This charm that would have changed
all life for innumerable people that would
have kept men out of prison, and women
out of brothels; that would have turned
paupers into rich men; made the I'M
successful successful and stopped the
wheels Of the divorce court-consists
simply IN teaching children self-control.
Almost every misfortune under which
humanity suffers goes straight back 20
that. There is hardly a derelict in the
world who cannot say, i would not be
what am If my mother had taught me
TO control myself"
For il is lack OF self-control that is at
the bottom Of all our SINS OF omission
and commission.
Look az the murderer going 20 the
death chair. Not once IN thousand
times is he a cold bloodcd murderer, but
he was high tempered child whose
mother never taught him TO control
himself There came day when some
thing irritated him more than usual, and
afame with anger, he took fellow
creatures life. IL IL the supreme mani
/ festation OF the same spint that made
him kick the chair against which he
stumbled as r child, and beat with
impotent little fists al who thwarted
him.
Look at the drunkard wallowing it
the gutter lie II there because hi,
mother never taught him 10 control hl'
appetites. He is the logical outgrowtl
OF the greedy little boy who was per.
mit,ed 10 gorge himself on cake anc
candy until he made himself i'll.
Look at the poor, shabby, out-at
elbows man who has drifted from !ol
10 Job all Of his life, and has never beef
able 20 make decent support for him
self and his family.
He is his mothers hsndiwork She pu
the curse Of incompetence on him whei
when she let him give up every under
taking the moment he struck the haT,
shedding IN u.
He changed from one school q
another because the lessons were 10
diff cult or the teacher was too strict
, When be started 10 work, he left on
! place because the hours were too Ion.
another because his boss was too exact
ing. He tried a dozen different occups
2 tons that he left because he found the
r had unpleasant features and involve
doing uncongenial tasks. He is a down
, and-Outer because has mother new,
, caught hun the seli-control that makes
5 man set his teeth, and go through wit
the business 10 which he has put h
! hand
D Look at the girls who go astray. n,
b one Of "the nouowful sisterhood," 1