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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-05

= UBJDCT Of longevity now be-
ing in public eye, like cinder
from passing train, We have
been scheduled to collect data from
those Of both sexes who have
rounded out ono hundred years
and are now blooming like century
plants. As our word is not good
with the editor We give the YER
batim statement, in words OF ono
syllable, of each person inter
viewed.
MINNIE MUDD.
Young man. It amt none Of your
business when I was born-nor
why; but II I can give advice that
will make some Of them old gall
awumpuses that live around hero
and have been knocking me for
the past hundred years live long
enough so I kin get even with EN-,
hero goes-drat EN-! was born
in Kansas City. Missoury, before
Kansas had q city and Missoury
was O State. I'm 20 old can't
figure up the total; was born 90
long ago that hggerin' wasn't
taught yet. Any how. I'm sure I'm
more'n a hundred because I dis
tinctly remember hearing Aaron
Burr tell about his first ride on the
Mississippi River in the Robert
Fulton, which he invented. As you
can see by this my memory is so
good that I can remember when a
thief was so unusual Re attracted
attention; my eyesight Is 80 good
I can see the naked truth without
my specks on, but I'm ashamed to
look; my hearing Is 30 acute that
l can hear what people think about
me--it's most too good! I was we'll
preserved, up to a year or so ago,
when they took my beauty lotion
away from me-Volstead was the
critters name, tarnation him! Yes,
I'll admit I've drunk enough dis
titled spirits to make even a drug
store set up and take notice. l
don't think a little good booze ever
hurt anybody; in fact. wish I had
drink right now. You have!
Young man, I think you're ono Of
the finest men ever met; your
mother must be proud Of you.
don't suppose you're peddling this
stuff? II ND hn - respectable
for you'll Well, here's how. (Gur
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-05

his insides and takes tn git out
Of him. Economy II tn watohword
Of long life-economy in money. In
time, In victuals-and no knick-
knacks! I've lived plain all my
life. young feller. eat two meals
a day an cook EN- myself: I never
had indigestion In my life because
I never had enough in my STUN
mick at any ono time to cause in
digestioni Sec this suit I got ONT
stole It on a scare-crow In q
neighbors cornfeld. Why should
I pay out good money for . suit Of
clothes when I can git . good suit
like this for nothin'7 Now, now!
Don't git impatient, I'm comm to
tn point: I lived to DO one hundred
because I always minded my own
business. I know this must be
awfully discourasin' to . reporter!
I'm worth four million dollars and
l made It all by the sweat Of the
brow-ths sweat Of . lot of brows
and mostly all low-brows. / own
ninetyseven farms, and each one
Of EN- Is . money-maker. got
EN- by buyin' cows for tn farm
owners, takin' mortgages ON tn
farms for tn cow, an finally milk
in tn farmers Tor both tn cows an
the farms. Honesty pays. but It
never owed me anything! Ny
habits have allus bin reg'ler; l git
up at four O'Clock every mornin',
milk thirty-eight COWS before break
fast, an take tn milk to tn con-
densery. Then I come homo. eat
some crackers an water, an com
mence my days work. I set tn
pace for tn hired men right
through the day till six in tn even
in; then I eat my other meal,
hlIci WhlSu w ny CnOISp hoi IhO
night. When midnight comes you
find me in bed every night instead
Of out galavantin' around like
other young fellers. You can't
tend to business an keep we'll an
hearty Mess you git your natural
rest. Yon can't burn tn candle at
both ends an live as long as
have. On your way out would you
mind stoppin' at tn barn an tellin'
my father I want him7 He can
break that colt toImorrer; want
he should wash tn dishes while
60 to town an deposit this thirty
i've cents I got for a half-dozen OF
eggs yestiddyi
All the folks who claimed to be
one hundred. interviewed by us
live in the country instead Of the
city; notice that7 Well, II they
haven't lived that long II may seem
- nr--in the country.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-05
Our Own Correspondence School

~ WHY break the altitude record?
~. A: The higher they go the harder they fall
w. z. Why do people to Seattle?
A. Why do they 60 to any town?
@. How can I get into the moviesf
A Inc young lady In the glass cage will sell you a ticket
@. Does It cost much to stop at the Ritz?
A. II costs only cents to stop there for newspaper
Q. How old is Fanny Ward?
A The largest river in America is the Mississippi
Q. Give some advice concerning the best home brew
A. Stay away from it.
@. Who is the smartest woman in America?
A. Your wife. Of course you chump
@. How stop falling hair?
A. Catch it before it hits the floor
Q. Why they called the Polo Grounds?
Because everything has been played there except polo
@. What is coward?
A. Society who doesn't dare dip her bread
when dining alone.
Q. Why do they call it the smart set?
A Echo answers, "Why?"
@. Who discovered platinum?
A. Oh, chorus girl. Forget her
@. What's the difference between whskey ard hooch7
A. The funeral expenses.
@. What do college professors live on?
A. They just live on. That's all.
O. Where can find g, Russian Dire
A. Don't know. Never dressin II
O. How far Is II from London to New 70!
A. eighty nine
Mumm's, four cases Of ale and seven nigbtcsps
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-05
You Can Have Mine

ii II
- With dunn dunn,
Lesden thud-
o Ludl-
Who first did this dish b.ksf
OoofNELL invented Fish-Cske7
Brood of the Brine, and Fruit of the Mud,
Unhappy Wedding of Cod and Spud-
I sudden start,
Cold my blood
! shuader when look Fish-Cake-
Waiter-sway, away such dish takel
Cruel hate,
Eels 1 abominate,
Herring in Pickle and Sailed Skate,
I am not partial to Pot'ed Snipe,
Rather cat a Hall-Mst than a Mess of Triple
But more, even more
Than these abhor-
Der end DER I exeerste,
Der and o'er profanely berste-
In such a mood I would a dish break
FISH CAKEl
o lumpi,h, lukewarn losgy Fish-Cske,
mesly, mdsgy sossy Fish-Cakel
Lowry cause of my towering passion,
Pallid, plebeian, slummocky ration
Poek
On the Culinary Doc
Who fr,t cooked up this bogsy grub
BeeiEebub- ,r.
Pirgue toke
Him and his FishCa
Copyright 1874 by Star
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-05

Copyright 1924. by Star O.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-14
Weeks Answers Appeal OF
NJ, ,K.& T.Rcceiver With
Word to All Division
Commanders to Prepare
Trucks and Planes
To Aid POsiOMce
Jewell Declares Shopmen
Will Remain Out Until
"FulI Justice" Is Won

President Harding took steps yester-
day to end interference with mail
trains by authorizing the use OF
Federal troops TO protect roads
where required.
B. NJ. Jewell, leader Of the strike,
announced that the strikers would
not 20 back until "justice had been
secured"
In, New York, five hundred deputy
marshals may be sworn In to-day
to protect railroad property.
Postmaster General Work advised
President Harding that fifty thou
sand trucks were ready to trans
port the mails II train service
broke down.
Renewed disorders occurred at Dem
ison, Tex; Sherman, Tex, and
Oroville, Calf. Missouri National
Guard troops were dispatched to
Poplar Bluff TO protect property
New-York tribune., 1922-07-14
Albanians Clamoring for
Wealthy American King
Balkan State Without a Head
Wants Rich Ruler From
II c or Titled BritoD

TIRANIA. Albania, July lS (By tns
Associated Press).-Since Jerome Na-
poieon BOnaparte, the American gresnt, .n.
nephew Of Napoleon ]. oeellnsu tne h
Albanian throne last December the Al
hsnian government has been casting
about for a suitable king or regent.
A small minority Of the Aoanianss
rn now elamoring for the return OF
Prince William Of wied, VINO held the
throne for brief period IN lsI4, sus @
Jost Of the inhabitants Of the country
.,ovid like 10 see the crown given 70
wcsithv American or a titled briton'
and the Duke Of York's name Is promi-
nently mentioned. p-,u
Offers have been made to Prince
Cyrilie Of Bulgaria, who is liVing AZ
cobnro with his father. king. Ferdi-
snS and 10 the Duke Of the Abruzzi:
cousin Of King Victor Emmanuel @ Of
S.siy hut they are reported to have
shown no disposition to accept
New-York tribune., 1922-07-14

DETROIT, July 10 (By The Asso-
eiated Press).-A large plant for the
assembling Of Ford automobiles and
trucks will be established in Mexico as
soon as possible by the Ford Motor
cor,,.ry II WAS ANNOUNCED at Henry
Ford,s Offices here to-day. This Is re-
asrSed as the first move in the manu-
faeturer's plan % end chaos among the
Wexieans by building a chain Of fac
tories and giving the country an IN
dustrial revival. H.
wben relations between the United
states and Mexico we're strained 70 the
breaking point, Mr.. Ford is known 70
have svolved bis plan TO paeify the
eountrv with factories and, according
- bi-h authorities AZ his Offices, IS
now preparing 70 take definite action,
The site Of the first plant, which II
Ia now proposed to build, viii De o.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-14
Ford Moves to Pacify Mexico
With a Chain of Auto Plants

Saltillo, where the Governor OF Goa
hula province has offered the company
all possible facilities. including the
donation Of the land and exemption
from taxes for AZ least hfteen years.
Il was recalled By persons close 70
the motor manufacturer that when In
vasion Of Mexico on large scale was
discussed By prominent persons several
years ago, Mr. Ford made the state
mcnt:
Let me invade Mexico with factories
and give the people Of that country
something 20 do. Then there will be no
more war there
II was learned the assembly plant
proposed may be but the frat Of several
10 be established throughout the south
ern republic.
II vas declared that = negotiations
for a plant were carried out success
fully the FIRST enterprise would be IN
der way lust 80 soon as possible"
New-York tribune., 1922-07-14
Yap Treaty Now in Effect
U. S. and Japan Exchange Final
Ratifcations

WASHINGTON, July 15.-secretaryy
Hughes for the United States, ana
sadso saburi, counselor and charge OF
the Japanese Embassy, to-day ysx sx-
changed fnal ratihestions OF the zap
trssty and the convention will be put
into effect Immediately.
This treaty, signed during the arms
.onference. recognized on the part Oh
~ iInited States Japan's mandate
owe, eve the island Of Yap and confirm :
90 the United States full priviieges Oh
Equality ~ the maintenance OF TrsissS
"a csbio statienS on the island. -.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-14
Texas Governor Refuses
To Order Out Troops

DALLAS. Tex, July 10 (By
The Associated Press).-State
troops will not be ordered out TO
protect property Of the Missouri,
Kansas e. Texas Railroad in
Texas "at this time" Governor
Pat NJ. Neff said here tonight,
after reading the telegram Of
Secretary Of War Weeks relative
10 the railroad strike situation at
Denison.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-14
Piccadilly Sits Up
For Yankee Golf Togs
American Girl Rather Stuns
the British, but Bobbies Hold
In Traffic for Her


LONDON, July i3.-"I wear 'em be.
cause I want TO-" was the explanation
given BY Miss Margaret Campbell, who
comes from Atlantic City, in answer 10
n question that has ocen perplexing
Piceadilly for the last two days. What
the American woman was referring 10
vas her costume. which consisted Of a
GOLF suit with brown stockings. sur
mounted by a big black hat in the
latest Partisan mode. under which her
hobbed hair showed. A large pair OF
tortoise she'll speetacles added 70 the
effect that has attracted the attention
OF London pedestrians.
To London reporters, who we're curl
Gus as 20 the motive for this attire
unusual 10 Pieeadilly, Miss Campbell
said:
u should worry II the British laugh
AT me. Believe me. the police hold V
trafic when eons along anyhow"
New-York tribune., 1922-07-14
Army Expense Cut s75,OOO,OOO

WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE War
Department effected savings amounting
70 nearly s7b,000.000 during the last
fiscal year through economies inaugu-
rated by Secretary Of War Weeks. Il
was announced to-day. Last July the
savings would aggregate approximately
s27. 500 900.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-14
News Summary
WASHINGTON


Harding orders use Of Federal
troops to maintain order on rail
roads; strikers say they will not &c.
back to work till "justiee has BEEN
secured"
Republican insurgents in STnate
hghting tariff defeat attemIfs Of
Finance Committee TO increase rates
on cotton schedules.
Federal Trade Commission pro-
poses law to break what it calls the
Standard Oils monopoly Of petro-
leum business.
Dry and wet interests argue
legality Of sale of liquor on Amer
lean ships in hearing before At
torney General Daugherty.
LOCAL
-Four dead. many hurt. in wind and
rain storm that breaks heat wave.
Boy on trial as slayer Of child TO
know fate to-day.
U. s. marshal here may ask 500
deputies 20 guard railroad property.
New York Central rish sfuIly holds
Riverside H1se tracks, COurt'of APP
peals decides.
Hylan asks Hearst to run'for Gov
ernor and save the state.
Ellis Island histricnic board halts
alien actors
Lawyer falls eight floors TO death
seeking relief from heat.
Mayor visits street shower baths
and extends hand Of fellowship 20
poor.
Governors Of Consolidated E1-
change discount "insurgent move
ment."
DOMESTIC
Ford opens branch factory In
Mexico as part Of plan to paeify that
country by Industrial penetration.
Jersey City authorities restrained
by own state from interfering with
building vehiculsr tunnel.
Lawlessness and laziness two car
dinal sins Of day, Roosevelt tells
Elks, calling for justice in Herrin
strike massacre.
FOREIGN
Conference at The Hague breaks
up: Russians start for home Sun
day.
Morgenthau planning seo,Ooo,ooo
corporation to reorganize Austrian in
dustry and save country from bank
ruptcy.
Reparation Commission notifies
Germany she must pay S2,oOO,OoO
gold marks due tomorrow.
Irish republicans make stand on
e line from Limerick to Waterford.
Unconfrmed reports are current in
Dublin that De Valera is dead.
Michael Collins becomes Free State
commander in chief.
SPORTS
Giants lose TO Cubs in Chicago,
TO 4. in twelve innings.
Robins break their losing stresk
BY defeating Reds, to 3.
Miss Helen Wills reaches hnai
round Of women's singles in Rhode
Island tennis tourney.
Robert Macdonald leads field n
third day Of qualifying in the open
golf championship at Skokie.
Daniel wins Frivolity Stakes at
Empire City. Storm delays racing
for half an hour.
MARKETS AND SHIPS
Oil shares lead slight decline in
stock market.
Bank of England cuts discount rate
10 8 per cent.
Employment in state factories
gained 2 per cent in June.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-14
Train Hits Auto, Killing Five

HARTFORD CITY, Ind, July l3.-.
Five persons were instantly killed and
three were seriously injured this after
noon when a Pennsylvania Railroad
train hit an automobile az crossing
ncar here
New-York tribune., 1922-07-14
Harding Orders Troops
Be Held Ready if States
Fail to End Strike Riots

Marshal Hecht TO Ask for
More Deputies To- day
10 Avert Interference
With Transport of Mails
New-York tribune., 1922-07-14

WITH
|s99t MERCHANDISE z
ssnyERTISED IN THE
ssoy,RITNE is GUARANTEED
New-York tribune., 1922-07-14

Pair, With moderate temperature to-
day aad tomorrow. FreDh north
and northwest winds.
Full Report on Last Pare
The Press., 1922-05-11
STRONG IN BODY
Men of Genius by No Means an
 Unhealthy Lot.
Lives of Many of the WorId's Greatest Men Show That Mental Power and
 Strength Go Together.

The popular idea that geniuses are usually physical weddings or men of poor, health is vigorously cOmbated by Prof. Rudolph NJ. Binder of New York university. As a matter of fact, says Professor Bender, according to the New York Sun, it is only because there has been so much comment about the comparatively few physical weddings who were geniuses that the tradition has grown that exceptional mental power and bodily weakness are related conditions.
 Declaring his belief that there is no weakling genius who would not have been a greater one had he been of sound body, Professor Binder points out that most of the worlds greatest geniuses were not only healthy, but often of more than ordinary physical strength.
 illustrations of this could be ex- tended indefinitely" said Professor Binder, but it Is necessary to men, tion only a few shining examples down the ages. Let's begin with Soc rates. The great philosopher served as 8 hoplite, which means that he was a member of what we in modern terms would designate as shock troops. He was seventy years old when Ire was condemned to drink the hemlOck.
 Coming down many centuries, Sir Isaac Newton lived to be efghty-five, and was strong and healthy and hard worker till within short time of his death. Darwin was born with a rug ged constitution, which he ruined by his failure to care for it, but it enabled him to accomplish a remark able amount of work before he died at the age of seventy-three.
 ''Tf proof were needed that Herbert Spencer was born with an iron consti- tuition it would be provided by that in cident of his bOyhOOd when at the age of thirteen he walked AS miles one day, AZ the second and 20 the third, and with very little food during the three days. Spencer is another man who injured his health by the lack of care of himself, but if he had not been naturally strong he would not have lived to be eighty-three.
 Even Shakespeare who died at fif- ty-two, might be said to have lived 8 good life considering the amount of work he did as playwright, actor and manager. Goethe, an exceedingly busy man, was in good health almost to the time of his death at eighty-three.
 Of the four probably most famous Italians Dante lived to be only fifty eight, but his life was one of arduOus labor; Leonardo da Vinci, an athlete who Outstripped far younger men in feats of strength, was nearly sixty seven; Michelangel0 worked furiOusly most of his ninety years, and Calico enjoyed good health till his death at seventy-eight.
 ''It was because the population as a7whole was strong in body that Ath- ems produced such a remarkable num- Der of geniuses in the days of it's glory, and if we want to increase the num- Der of geniuseS in the world today the way to accomplish it is to improve the health of all the people"
The Press., 1922-05-11
REQUIRES TIME AND SKILL
Working of TertoisO Shell IntO Mar ketabia Material CalIs fer, Great
 Care and Attention.

A tortoise shell is harder and more brittle than ordinary horn. Heat and pressure are practically the only means which can be employed in working it, and it is impossible to work tortoise shell at a great heat, since the cOloring pigment easily liquefies and absorbs the shell, there by greatly lesSening it's value. Heavy pressure iB also impossible, owing to it's brittle character. The plates of carapace, OF black shell, are first sep arated from the skeleton by the appli- cation of gentle heat, and then fiat tened by similar process. The super ticiNl irregulariti0S are next rasped of, and the material is polished ready for molding int0 any desired shape. Larger or thicker plates are produced by a process which requires great care and attention. Two surfaces are first rasped and cleaned, and are gently heated and pressed together. The heat Iiquefies them, making an invisible joint. Tortoise shell combs are cut by highly ingenious twinning machine, so-caIIed; two combs are cut from the same plate, SO that the teeth of one dovetail into the spaces of the other.
The Press., 1922-05-11
Extraetlna a Cork.

One of the most puzzIing things in the world is to get a cork out of a bottle. Nevertheless, it can be done easily enough, if you know how. Tm- merse the bottle in cold water for a few minutes, without allowing any of the fluid to enter. Then take hat pin and poke with it until you have succeeding in tmpaIIng the smaller end of the cork. This accomplished, you can pull the cork up into the low CT part of the bottle neck, though you cannot get it out. Now immerse the bottle in hot water and presently the cork will fly out of its OVID accord. forced out by the expansion of the aid inside. The way it works Is quite surprising and affords an interesting lesson in physics. The performance may be facilitated somewhat by greasing the inside of the bottle neck.
The Press., 1922-05-11
How Rodsnts Spent Niahts

Spying on the night habits of mice and other small rodents is now occupy, ing the attention of Vernon Bailey of the biological survey of the Depart ment of Agriculture.
 He lets some Of them sleep on 8 sleeping porch and flashes a light on them at various times. Others spend the evening with him in the library. Another lot he has placed in a room at outdoor temperature so that he can find out how they hibernate for the winter.
 MT. Bailey is observing bat in -ad- ditiOn to 15 different kinds of rodents that he captured alive in Arizona last spring, and he also is studying his beavers that live at the National Geological park.
The Press., 1922-05-11
Je~s Did Not Invent harn.

Those in the habit Of answering quickly will probably give the Jews credit for having invented the harp, for did not David play on it fin 1O6S B. O.? But the birth of this musical instrument takes us much further back into antiquity, until we cross the path of the Roman Jubal, who actually made the invention in the year 3875 B. c. The harp has ever played a great part in legend and history. That of the Irish monarch, Brian Boroime, is now in the College museum at Dub lin, where it was placed in 1785. Ten years later an instrument maker named Erard improved and patented the harp much in the same form as if is used today.-New York Sun.
The Press., 1922-05-11
FOR HEALTH AND HAPPINESS
Quaint Expectations That Have Many AdhSrsnts in Various PartO Of
 Rural England.

In Berkshire, London Tit-Bits says, 1t is stated that fits can be cured by wearing a ring made from the metal of five silver &ixpenceS procured from five different bachelors, who must not know the purpose for which the coins will be used.
 Another very quaint recipe Is the use of string of blue beads or piece Of uncooked bacon round the neck as a preventive of colds and sore throats.
 To cause love-" all you have to do is to gather ten leaves of the hem lock, dry and powder them. Then mix it in the food or drink of the person you desire to love you.
 For whoOping cough take a mug of water from a running stream, against the current; give the child a drink, then throw the rest away with the cur rent; repeat this three times before sunrise.
 To remove warts tie up some peb- bles in a bag with a piece of silver money and throw it on the road; who ever finds the bag and keeps the mon ey to him the warts will go.
 The tail of a black cat, if rubbed over the eye, will effect & speedy cure of a stye.
 For a sore throat tie a thread of scarlet wOTsted round the throat and also round each wrist-this is believed in Ireland to be very effective. While for lumbago we only need to make a paste of shamrOCks (pOunded) mixed with butter and salt. This Is rubbed all over the afflicted back and must not be rubbed off till the cure is per fected.
 Great virtue is attributed to the briar, especially in cases of sprain or dislocation-the red-hOwered spe- cies being the best to use. A strong twig is taken, about a yard long, and split evenly from end to end. The pieces are then held by two men with clean hands while a third waves his hands over the split twigs. If all is done correctly, the twigs seem en- dowed with life, rise up and approach each other till they touch. A piece should be cut oil at the point of con- tact and bound firmly to the sprsin.