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The Washington times., 1922-10-26
Eighth Child Best
Physically
cesmopolitsn New. Service.

Smopoutan News Service.
- LoNDoN-"The first child has
the worst record for disease and
the eighth child and upward the
best" This is the result of an
exhaustive inquiry made by DR..
II. II. vercoe among the school
children Of Essex.
Eighth children" he SAYS.
are inferior to none and superior
to the eldest children in small
families" s.. -"
In intelligence. weight, height.
ana other qualities the differences
are sli-bt. but the following are
Intelligence rises slightly FROM
first child to third. then drops to
the sixth. and rises again to the
eighth child.
The tallest and heaviest chil.
dren are the latest born, while
the shortest and lightest are the
second and sixth.
The eldest child, as a rule, has
the lightest colored eve, while
the eighth has the darkest. In
defects OF vision the first and
second children are the worst,
while the third child comes out
best. In general defects the first
child 10 slightly the worst and
the eighth by Tar the best.
The Washington times., 1922-10-26
Telling the Country Of
Our VOteLessness
BY BILL PRICE.

Many Washngtonians persist carrying out advice we
Washington should bear somewhere upon the envelopes
in printed written words Voteless Washington, D. O.,
and that somewhere the letter heads there should be
written printed similar words that will Impress square
Americans with the situation compelled to endure In
the absence of centralized action by all civic and trade bodies
Of this city carry on educational campaign that win
bege attention throughout the country and eventually bring
sympathetic pressure upon Congress change the unAmer
conditions prevailing in Americanhearted city,
know of better thing than for each patriotic Washing
to himself committee conduct
his correspondence in such that the mails Of Uncle
Sam will educate and enlighten. ,. sv, 3.
BOOSTER" forwards copies of envelope recently
by him Seattle Washington firm, both
back containing words and that will necessarily
impress the recipients Here is the front. -+ -
The Washington times., 1922-10-26
Eminent Astronomer and Authority
N'~S-v.V -
on Subjects u Scientific

&@.A%@.4Ss@$ s@g&AyaKAA @e@@ <-@~--N@~~s
on Subjects u Scientific
Interest. .
N ONE time ago / remarked, In
- an article touching on spirit
~ ualism. that science does not
regard Testimony a. proof. One
of my correspondents finds 1t q
hard statement, and would like to
have II explained. In his opinion
the appearance OF the spirit Of
deceased person may be PROVED
by the testimony OF Trustworthy
persons who say they saw 1t.
In my reply Il repeat that In
the court OF science mere. testi-
mony, however honest" Ia not
competent to establish q new sci
entific fact. Such testimony, OF
course. may be accepted as evi-
dence that q certain phenomenon
appeared to the witness, but the
Interpretation that they put upon
the strange appearance IL another
thing, and cannot be accepted as
determining the real nature Of the
phenomenon until the latter In
subjected to an entirely different
kind Of q test.
Lawyers are apt 70 think that
their rules and ways of establish
ing facts are unrtvaled. But for
the reason that legal evidence 10
largely presented In the form OF
testimony Of witnesses, IL for no
other reason. the proofs that gen.
really pass muster In a court Of
law must be pronounced inferior to
those invariablv demanded for the
settlement Of a question In science.
In science the facts must speak
for themselves, and the human ele.
mept In the evidence is reduced TO
the minimum possible. Simple
testimony from q competent OBJ
server may suffice to establish the
existence Of an isolated scientific
fact, provided that the nature OF
the fact 10 well known to science.
But, science having no other evil
dence already Of the existence of
ghosts, would not accept the testi-
mony Of q hundred OF the most
honest-hearted witnesses in the
world affirming that tho. had seen
and talked with a ghost. II would
say to them: You must furnish
other proof than your mere belief
OF the nature Of what you saw"
So those who complain because
scientific men do not set out to
investigate spiritism should take
notice Of the severity of the tests
to which their favorite hypothe-
sis will be subjected II the real
leaders Of science ever do con.
clude that II is worth overhaulinR.
! happen to have before me now
q simple illustration of the differ.
ence between testimony and proof.
and OF the cause OF the lack of
standing of the former in q scien-
tific tribunal. am writing In the
North Carolina mountains. near
where Daniel Boone went through
to open the westward march of the
The Washington times., 1922-10-26
GARRETT P. SERVISS ON
SCIENCE AND THE LAW
Testimony, Such AS Is Offered in Law Courts
4 Is Not Sufficient for Proof to Science.

worlds newest empire. where at
least eight great peaks exceed the
height or New NEngland's proud
crown, Mount Washington, and
where little gold has occasion
ally been found glittering In the
rocks and sands Of the cliffs and
A few small but beautiful spec.
linens Of such gold have been
shown to me. A judge who ls
visitor here said to me: do you
think that this 10 evidence that
there is gold In me North Caro-
lima mountains7"
We'll" replied, 'the' gold Ii
certainly genuine. and that 10 the
scientific evidence In the case,
The rest IL Testimony. which. Ia
purely q legal matter and therc.
fore II is for you TO pass upon IT..
However, IN this particular case
science could, up to q certain
Ing conclusion. The subject OF
the testimony. gold, II well known
to exist. 30 that the question, ~
far az science is concerned, mar
rows itself down to proof that
gold occurs in the rocks Of this
particular region. Geology. AZ
well as history, .affirms that II
does. and 50 the scientific end OF
the case Ii closed. But the pure.
ly legal end, the establishment Of
the truth OF the testimony which
averred that these particular
specimens OF gold were actually
found In this region IL another
matter In the Investigation !of
which, nevertheless, the science Of
psychology might be willing to
take q hand. .s n N
The highest peak here ID Grand.
father Mountain. q magnificent
6,o00-foot giant, to reach whose
almost bald head, streaked with
white quartz miles OF walking and
climbing must be performed.
largely through prfmevai forests.
bounding with q hammer on
Grandfather's SAUL, found some
delightfully."- suspicious yelloy
specks imbedded in, friabie rock
following q quartz seam. Having
no means OF testing the nature
Of the specks, could not affirm
that they might not be gold. Now,
= suppose that because 7 would
have been delighted to find thai
they were gold, had testi-
fled, on the strength Of mere out
ward appearance, that such was
really the case. should have
been doing just what science
shrewdly suspects the ghost -seers
Of doing, viz: making the wish
the father Of the thought" 1. e.,
the pseudo fact. -. =.
But" the reader may say,
suppose your yellow shining
specks should turn out after all to
be gold?" -. E,A.tr.
mo natter" I reply. "I am
justified In skepticism as long as
scientific tests have not been ap-
Piled" <
The Washington times., 1922-10-26
Medbury Says Most Eggs Are Harm
less Until Brides Have
. Cooked Them
tcopyrisht. Isaa. By star company, *
Cooked Them

. which will tell us how to get
Give the women the different
kinds Of food and they'll assem-.
BILE them.
The average bride doesn't know
how to open an egg. but this
cooking school teaches her the
combination. >
: Most any newlywed can bake a
cake which win melt in your
mouth providing you use an ace
tylene torch on It. .. 90.
One husband called his wife's
cakes dentists" They pulled all
OF his teeth out. .s..
To the average bridegroom
stomach aches come before the
heart aches. r,
Every benedict loves his wife's
cooking. but the careful husband
Is the man who takes home a
cook book. a box Of Indigestion
tablets and goes out to a restau.
rant and eats.
The Washington times., 1922-10-26
By John p. Medbury.
Copyright. ls3a. Kins Features syndi
cate. Incl

Copyright. 1921. Kips Features syndi.
cate. Ino.)
p A N Eastern city has opened
u a cooking school for brides.
They figure that by doing
this the husbands win not only
live happily. but longer. ..
An egg In. itself is harmless.
It's what q bride puts with It
that gives q man indigestion.
One groom had the marriage
ceremony changed. He made his
wife promise to Love. Honor. and
Eat In Restaurants" t
After they've been wed five or
six months it's alright for her to
start cooking because by that
time the husband doesn't care
what happens to him. -
Z. A New York bride complained
to the grocer that the eggs he
sold her were so tough that her
husband couldn't eat the cake
she made with them.
A woman can win q mans love
in the parior but she can lose t
in the kitchen.
One dame invited all her friends
to the house to try her first
dinner. Her husband said. this
was the best way to test their
'friendship. > T.
After that when they visited
her they came right after break
fast, too early for lunch and not
late enough for supper. .'
A woman finds the way to
mans heart by her cooking, but
it's an awful painful route.
Nine out Of ten husbands would
rather take a detour. -. .. ,,..
This cooking school Ia supported
by bachelors. They figure they
might get married some time.
- This culinary college tells you
what to do with butter, milk and
eggs. but what we need more
than anything 10 a university
The Washington times., 1922-10-26
NEAR EAST PRINCE GOING BACK
TO HIS MANY WIVES

1t doesn't cost much to dress
them. A loin cloth 10 the only
thing worn In select circles. or
outside OF them. for that matter.
While in America the Prince
took his mothers name. i, He IL
known here as Maurice Newman.
He resides At No. 1851 East
Forty-nihth street.
Newman has seventeen brothers
older than he who are Ia line
for succession TO his father, and
thus has Q slim chance OF being
king. u
However. when ne returns. he
win discard the garb OF civiliza-
ton. take unto himself few
wives-end who would want TO be-
n king anyway h
The Washington times., 1922-10-26
ny Universal Service.

AYSw YORK. Oct. 2s.-There
can be no end to war as long
= as human nature Ia what Il
is. No statesman Is wise enough
to foretell when the United States
win be plunged into war again.
Therefore. the only policy for the
United States Il preparedness for
war. ''- r. 4
Such was the warning sounded
by Major General Harbord, Gen.
sral Pershing's right.hand man as
deputy chief OF staff. at dinner
Of the Army and Navy Club here.
After referring TO the recent ma.
tionwide no-pore-wsr demonstra.
lions, General Hartford said:
TN September tho war drums
began to thrpb IN the Near East,
There was a rush of troops and
warshipe to the crossroads of the
world: the city OF the golden horn.
Britain was et the breach. The
League OF Nations scuttied for the
cyclone cellar, Cynical oid.world
diplomats smiled and began to pin
on their decorations preparatory
70 taking seats at tho council table,
Mustapha Kemai was represented
a. sharpening his scimitar on the
tomb Of Mohamet, to slit the
throats of the infidei. The faithful
had once more raised the crescent
against the cross,
Thus the headilners got IN their
deadly work. and the White House
was overwhelmed with demands
that our country intervene In the
Near Eastern situation, and, n
The Washington times., 1922-10-26
ny international News Service.

ny International News Service.
CLEVELAND, Oct. Is The
United States 10 not what
It's Cracked up" to be.
So declares the Prince Of
Timon, who. after n years resi-.
'dence In America. most Of which
was spent in Cleveland, win re-
tnrn to his native land.
Timon 10 an island in the Med.
iterranean Sea, fifty miles from
the coast OF Palestine. II IN
ruled by Martello Abeiishka. un.
der a British protectorate. Any
mature male among its $4,000
brown slfinned population can
take unB himself an many wives
a. he vhfs. needs or can afford.
The Washington times., 1922-10-26
Ku Klux Law Is Old
q ~ But Men Return to Modern Law.

Mayor in Kansas criicizes the Ku Klux Klan Gentlemen
of the Kan object kdnap the Mayor in automobile with
many automobiles accompanying it, and lash him severely with
blacksnake whips.
Allen firm when fighting union labor
that mask asked what he will do about the black
snake whip episode.
Probably he will handsome sentences But it does
matter Such things settle themselves gradually and
been settling themselves for thousands of years
First crowd beats the other with whips The other
responds with stabbng The first tries poison
ond tries something Finally they decide This does
pay" and 60 back to law again.
such thing law exists anywhere may be it
Is because have found they can't do without it.
The Washington times., 1922-10-26
Soap From Cornmeal.

A new soap has appeared on
the market, which is made from
maize or cornmeal. according to
the Scientific American. This soap
u made in various. forms for use
IN the home and In textile plants.
II In claimed that the soap viii
remove spots. dirt and all sorts Of
stains and smudgea from the
skin and from all the different
textile fabrics. The soap II
cheap and its action IN very rapid
and thorough. II iathers well
and may be used with hard
waters, Tbs soap f. msi I'm the
United States,
The Washington times., 1922-10-26
Progress In All Things

An American aviator recently beat the worlds speed record
In q contest at Detroit. ..rt..
Frenchman beat the French altitude record going up
8se8 But he fell nearly 5000 feet short Of the world
record by the American Lieutenant MacCready 40800
At fer for considerable time flew the edge
of his wings that there sustaining power in his
chine Every day the world Is learning something fly
ing, increasing speed increasing heights.
You remember how, few years ago broken down
bes scattered all along the road puzzled mechanics
ing fix them Now you rarely Who would
believed twenty years ago that today would make
than million automobiles every year. and that almost
every boy in his tssps would be automobile dvsr7 90
viii be before ionS with flying machines
The Washington times., 1922-10-26

Our freedom from suffrageess slavery wholly in the
hands of Congress- which little about what the
average District thinks. We don live in the
States and Congressional districts where worth
something Our salvation will when free fair Ameri
all the country begin to tell their Senators and
Congressman that the District should have what belongs it.
Millions of Americans do not realize that District citizens
far suffrage concerned placed by Congress
basis far below the Flipnos the Porto Ricans and
Hawaians.
The Washington times., 1922-10-26
Practical Value Of Fossils.

The invertebrate fossil II the
clock BY which the geoloeist tells
the time In history when The
rock bed containing the fossil was
formed, This clock has been put
TO practical uses, according 10
the Scientific American, New
York was spending thousands Of
dollars in search Of anthracite
coal beds. until geologists demon,
strated that the beds In this state
could not possibly contain coal
Fossiis proved that the rock beds
belong to the Devoniar age. not
the Carbonlferous, and the use
less expenditure OF money at once
ceased.
The Washington times., 1922-10-26

Many. Of the great plaques of
humanity have been definitely re.
moved or reduced to q minimum.
Yellow fever and malaria have
been banished from considerable
areas where their rayages were
once deadly. This was done by
discovering the cause and remov.
ing Il. sd ,E- = -.
Cholera and typhus, being dis.
eases Of dirt. have been mitigated
by cleaning up. They are not the
terrors they used to be. ..r.. p
smallpox and some other dis
eases have been practically ban.
fshed by vaccination. 4 ~.
Pasteur did great service in re-
ducing the danger from rabies.
- = s., -is-.e
tuberculosis. once the Rreat
scourge OF multitudes, has submit.
ted to medical treatment now TO
such an extent that II taken In It's
earlier stages, II IL not considered
dangerous provided It ID intelHgent-
ly treated. h.. fi5 ,,F, - EIV-,
There is possibility. therefore,
tnat the new treatment for dia.
betes which, according to press re-
ports comes from the University
OF Toronto and has been approved
by the Medical School Of the Uni.
versity Of Pennsylvania, may Be OF
value. 1t will be watched with In.
tense interest by the medical pro-
fession and II the claims made for
It prove to be genuine It win be
rated as It has been heralded, Zone
OF the big discoveries Of the aees. |"
The Washington times., 1922-10-26
WAR AND HUMAN NATURE
l. LINKED BY HARBORD
We Are Emotional People and Get Excited About Little
Things Despite Our Common Sense. 1,,y

necessary. Join England in. the war
against Turkey. ~. ;
All Of which shows
that we are an emotional people,
with fits of hysteria contrasting
strangely with our cold business
sense. Ours 10 q land OF abort
memories and brief regrets. we live
at the most interesting period OF
history. but this 10 still a sinful
world. Human nature remains the
same-envy. malice and revenge
stu survive IN the human heart.
NO statesman 10 wise enough to
say whom soldiers and ordnance
may not be IN demand again, and
the streets OF this great city echo
once more 70 The tread OF march.
Ing thousands."t T"I
The Washington times., 1922-10-26

\ N announcement was made re-
"a Gently that medical science
- had discovered a specific for
At present, as in the case OF all
such announcements, the state.
ment may be labeled important
Two or three sure cures for
cancer have been announced here
ana there over the world every
year, but they have not stood the
test.
= Diabetes has killed thousands of
people and up to this generation
mas been considered q practically
incurable disease.
1t Ia q strange malady and
seems to be more fatal with young
people than with those that are
past forty,
The only practical way Of hand.
ling the trouble up to date has
been some modification of the
starvation cure. BY a strict atten.
ton to diet people of mature age
are usually able to combat the dis.
ease. lTT1.s'' -,
The trouble is that nobody knows
exactly what diabetes is or what
will cure II. ~
Another difficulty is that there
are many different kinds Of dla-
betes and some Of the remarkable
cures have. simply been Of the
kind that get well anyhow.
To say. however, that no cure Il
possible, is not justified. q,
The Washington times., 1922-10-26
Must Our Embassies Go Dry? Is
Worry of Diplomatic
T. Washington ...- -
Washington

spizzerinktum. Of the Royal Bo-
vine Legation.
Isn't II too distressing?" she
may confide. I'm giving a little
dinner next Wednesday night -
without a drop in the house! I
know shall be disgracedr'
What else can the gallant Cap
tain Spizzerinktum do but draw
Madame. 1t viii b q pleas
ure--" ~
There have been rumors of Of
ficial representations having been
made In several cases - delicate
hints dropped that this Govern
ment would be pleased II the lega-
tion would get along with q few
barrels less Scotch q month, but IL
any were ever made they have
been kept tightly locked In official
bosoms. There's no record of
them, at least.
The liquor problem has given the
State Department considerable per.
turbatfon at various times. When
an embassy or legation desires to
replenish its stocks, It must first
get an % X" from the State De-
partment for the shipment to come
In. =. = y =
Just how much diplomatic LIQUOR
has found its way down the
throats Of thirsty Washingtonian
Is. OF course, not known. II is q
matter that is not discussed -
openly--in the best capital circles.
There! have been rumors and re-
ports Of this or that legation sud-
denly trebling or quadrupling its
shipments of liquors, much to the
dismay OF the department. .'
The department has been faced
with a delicate and perplexing
problem. 1t has desired to comply
with the ppirit of the Volstead
edict so fef as is possible, but at
the same time, even though moral
ly convinced that diplomatic liquor
was finding it's way into undiplo-
matte channels, It has hdsitated to
approach y foreign minister about
a matter 20 entirely personal as
the amount Of liquor his establish
ment may consume. "
The Washington times., 1922-10-26

What could be more simpler
Mrs. Guff-Guff is giving q din
ner. she needs q half dozen bot
ties Of Gin badly. She sighs plain.
lively as she strolls with Captain
The Washington times., 1922-10-26
BY George R. Holmes,
international News Service Staff
rov-v-o1rn,.Iont

international News Service Staff
Correspondent.
rHE National Capital usually
takes its great burning Is
sues" with a modicum of re-
serve and not a little cynicism.
While Kansas may burn with in
terest over the activities Of the
farm bloc, while New York may
: froth over the effrontery of the
soldiers for demanding compensa-
tion commensurate with that Of
shipyard workers, and while Cali.
fornia may buzz over the tariffs
on almonds and prunes. the capital
plods its methodical way ana sci.
dom gets wildly excited about any
thing, be 1t princes or peanuts.
But there is one question now on
the government docket that is
causing extreme agitation and pal
pitation in many of Washington's
most exclusive establishments. 1t
is a real burning issue around
every tea table along Sixteenth
street and Massachusetts, avenue.
It is this:
"Are the embassies and lega-
tions going dry because of the re-
cent extension Of the Volstead law
to the wet, wet oceans?"
The capital is interested in that
vitality SO. There's reason. ,
Since the hot, dry fingers OF
Andy Volstead closed about the
windpipe Of J. Barleycorn the en-
bassies and legations have been
the only legal cases In the District.
True, there's always been plenty
of the stuff to be had--of q quality
and at a price. But the stocks Of
real, honest-to-John, old-time stuff
smoky Scotch, sparkling Bur-
gundies and velvety Bordeaux-
of unquestionable purity have been
confined largely to the embassies
and legations, which were pro-
tected by diplomatic immunity.
Washington hostesses might be
able to get q case Of gin from their
laundryman or their tailor, but
there was certain delicacy about
taking the risk of binding ones
guests or providing new business
for the undertakers. ...
A sudden popularity struck, the
embassies and legations about
the same time that j. Barleycorn
gasped his last legal breath. Third
secretaries and fourth assistant
doorkeepers. who had been mere.
ly diplomatic appendages before.
suddenly became social lions. At
least their mail was filled with 1T.
tie square pasteboards where be.
fore there had been only bills ana
letters from home. '..
What could be more SIMMER
The Washington times., 1922-10-26
TREATMENT FOR DIARETEs
IMPORTANT IF TRUE
Remedies.

Sufferers Should Not Place Too Much Faith In Report.
Remedies =, ,his ..f
The Washington times., 1922-10-26

N1W YORK. Oct. 25.-There
~ can be no end to war as long
- as human nature In what II
, 1922-12-28
STOCK MELON
CUT TODAY BY
STANDARD co.

CHICAGO. Dec. 2s.@By the Asso.
ciated Press.EA 100 per cent stock
dividend vas declared today by the
directors OF the Standard OIL com
pany OF Indiana.
The stock dividend was forecast on
November % when h directors an
nounced that the stockholders would
be asked TO vote an increase in the
capital stock OF the company from
$500 900 to $3.50, 900. 900 in order TO
permit OF such a stock distribution.
Yesterday the stockholders meeting
Whiting. Inc, voted the increase OF
capital stock.
The directors met today and deciar-
cd the stock dividends payable to
stockholders OF record OF December
2s. Tho distribution is expected TO be
made at once.
The STANDARD oil company OF In
alma has been paying 81 quarterly
on the old stock. What tho dividend
rate win be on the new capitalization
has not been Indicated but in a state
ment to stockholders. Colonel Robert
]. Stewart, chairman of the board OF
directors. stated that dividends would
be governed by the company's earn
ings.