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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-01
DR.. COue Dangerous?
Not Very-Germs Don't Understand English.

number of doctors have signed their the state
ment that Dr. Coue to begin telling Americans how to
cure themselves by talking about it, is "a menace"
Dr. Coue like others that encourage you to THINK
that disease is not real help you is nothing
much the matter with you except in your IMAGINATION
He also help wherever disease aggravated by depres
sion, which is very often
Dr. Coue and other theoretical heaers dangerous of
when they persuade beings that disease is not
real in itself ~
When you have in your blood germs breeding by the
millions plainly visible AND REAL under the
those germs do not raising their families
Of anything that said Day by day. otherwise Germs
don't understand English
An unfortunate father has just been indicted for man.
slaughter because he refused to call doctor to helm his child
suffering from dphthera The went breeding until
they coked the child to death The at least Kn
to that antitoxin would have saved the child life
However there is special worrying about
Dr. Coue other theoretical healers
They interesting they people think and talk and
the world can spare few lives in interesting cause
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-01
Ladies, Garry Your Small Bun
dies, and Don't Waste the
Time of Clerks and Merchants
In This Way You Can Help More Than by
Pair Of Socks.

What this country wants now is to practice WISE ECON
OY avoid foolish saving boarding that would be
rnous to the whole country because would stop the circu
lation of business and njure everybody
We offer to ladies who visit the suggestion
wise economy in the time Of merchants,
clerks, automobiles, horses and drivers.
pa not have small spool of cotton thread your
house automobile Garry home and carry home also
many small bundles you reasonably
Of you have THE RIGHT to send things home The
merchants only do everything that be expectedhey
overdo il.
But 1.-THE right do many foolish and thoughless
things And right which should be given up is
the right to make unnecessary trouble for others
Garry home your small bundles.
And don't order things home that you no inten
Non Of keeping and paying for
Remember that when you buy goods at you pay
yodr part of THE WHOLE COST OF RUNNING THE STORE
necessarily You PAY FOR THAT UNNECESSARY Elk
PENsE MsRUYMG GOODS. # you waste the time of
merchants copcate their accounts them expense by
ordering goods sent approval and returning them yOu
pilng up bill which the merchant must charge to YOU.
We pay for os pays folies more
basis Of wastefune without consideration for
their employees
worst that these foolish inconsi
crate theaded-infct additional upon sensible
who know what they get it, do not i'm
pose upon the good nature of the merchant.
Charming young ladies' knitting your Samuel re-
going from the store to your house useessy
would for pairs Of sOcksmore than you will darn
at this time
P SWhenever friend shows you dress that
she has sent on approval just say her. Very NICE in
deed but do you know that wasting the money Of
country while it afford everything that needed cannot
afford waste and especially waste of time and energy7
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-01

These are not just visionary
prospects. They come as near
being realities as is possible be-
fore actual work begins. Just
glance over these startling
figures. They win thrill you
with pride and hope for the
future Of Washington future
nobody can doubt.
In the year just past the build
ing activities Of Washington ex-
ceeded those of dozens Of States
put together and OF any other
American city, no matter what its
population.
The estimates Of the building
inspectors office are not boom
figures. They are based upon his
knowledge Of plans going on and
consultations he has had with
building constructors III this city.
They mean large new apart
ments, office buildings, business
houses. and. best Of all, thousands
OF homes. The majority Of these
homes win be for Washington
people who postponed building OPP
erations until postwar conditions
reached normally. but a large
number viii be for thousands Of
weIl-to-do Americans who are
constantly floclxing to washington
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-01
Make Good Resolutions, Even If You
Can't Keep Them, Lucy
Lowell Advises

; only one he would make would
be a resolution against resolu-
tions.
You never keep them, any
way" he went on. So why waste
The newspaper man was very
thoughtful and his eyes, with the
know in them, rested on The Cub
bit sadly and his voice was
very gentle:
Say. Boy, this old life isn't
all game with success as a
goal. Sometimes failures score
high. The thing that you try
to do, If it's big enough, is
yours in a way whether you &C.
complish 1t or not. The only
real failure / can see is not try
ing"
you," The Cub answered sulk-
lily. Fellows like you don't have
to worry about doing things or
not doing them. You are sue
cessful before you start"
''No one is successful before
he starts" the newspaper man
exclaimed. "And, If you'll ex-
cuse the perpendicular pronoun,
OAuu SApSCL 10 get any "hCA 2
much! But I'm stubborn. After
the first few years of drifting
set my mind on certain thing
it was a certain job-and I re-
solved to have 1t by the next
year. ..
IT didn't. though, because the
resolution didn't last long enough.
But 1t helped while it lasted,
the second resolution lasted long
err and I got little farther, and
I made it third time and a
fourth. I don't mind telling you
folks that dragged out that
resolution nine times before I
landed!
''It isn't so much what you do,
boy-it's what you try to dor
Now isn't the newspaper man
right? l am playing his bunch"
with long list of resolutions.
Have you made yours yet?
Copyright. 1922, by King Features
Syndicate Tnc
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-01

to purchase homes for themselves
and families, preferring this city
to all others because or IT. de-
sirable educational features ana
it's healtnfuI social atmosphere.
Few Washingto niaas, except
those engaged ii the selling of
real estate. know how many pros
porous Americans look toward the.
National Capital Tor permanent
homes for their families They
are men who have made comfort
able fortunes In business OF the
professions, who appreciate the
advantages here for rearing ana
educating their children not to be
found in any othsr American city,
and who expect to i've here The
remainder of their lives.
During the war ana Tor some
time afterward, II was not pos
sible for them to buy homes heras
except ct extortionate prUfits b
owners. Despite this, thousands
did buy and are now citizens of
Washington. TIE Inducements Is
buy are now many times greater.
Homes may BE- had ct reasonable
prices.
All these new homes InJlsk be
furnished, and Washington busi-
ness men win thrive as they
never thrived before.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-01
BERLIN NJ A N.
SENDS PROXY
TO PRISON

ncRL1N Having been sem
fenced to one months i'm
~ prisonment, John Grienat, a
Berlin tailor, Violently disliking
the idea Of losing his personal
freedom, persuaded his assistant,
Charles Bernick, to go to Jail
by proxy" A new suit of clothes
was agreed upon as a fitting COM
pensation.
Accompanied by Mrs. Grienat,
the young man, equipped with
the Identification papers of his
boss, presented himself at the
prison office on the appointed
day. After a well-acted lachry-
NOSE scene of farewell from his
supposed spouse, the substitute
prisoner was taken to his cell.
All during the months term the
grateful boss supplied him amply
with food packages. Everything
had gone well when on the very
day of his dismissal Bernick had
the bad luck Of running into an
acquaintance in the warden's Of
flee who hailed him by his real
name.
The fraud was discovered. Grie-
nat was sentenced to nine months
and his unlucky proxy" had to
spend another five months on top
Of the one OF voluntary imprison-
ment.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-01
By Lucy Lowell.

E has locked elbows with
life, this man / know, and
Ia gone wandering UP and
down through the world.
His eyes, with the odd look Of
know in them, have stared across
Arctic SHOWS and squinted over
burning Africa's sands. He
speaks in his own language to the
proprietor of the Nagasaki tea
house, and he knows each picture
on the wall of a certain little
restaurant in Soho, where Eng
fish mutton chops are done as they
should be and the ale is aInbrosia,
according to him.
He has sat with the rulers of
this earth, and they have given
him their condolences and he has
kept them. And once, years ago,
in Fort Worth, Tex, he carried
his little alarm clock through
door beneath three golden balls
and came out of the door with a
quarter in his pocket. You see,
he was hungry.
His name Is known here and
there and everywhere. But when
he makes" Washington and
pauses a moment in his travels he
gathers all his friends, the Illus
trious and the lowly, the successes
and the failures, and is one with
them all.
by which you will know, with
out my saying another word. that
ne Is a newspaper man, one Of the
best.
He sat with his friends the
other evening and they talked
over New Year resolutions. Some
OF tnem talked a lot and said all
sorts of exaggerated things about
swearing off," OF course, they
laughed great deal, though oc-
caslonally chin set with a look
or fight and you couldn't but feel
thrill of admiration for the
challenge thrown to the deadIiest
of enemies, habit.
FINALLY The Cub spoke up, with
a laugh as young and fresh as he
was himself, and said that the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-01

dark purple plaid skirt, my wis
taria waist with the sailor col
lar. and my purple jersey sport
coat. ] wish to have all my
artificial boquets, violets. orchids,
and all or any one OF them that
are purple or lavender or orchid
buried with me. I wish that all
my personal clothes dress skirts,
all OF them, waists, ribbons. hand
kerchiefs, kimonos, stockings,
slippers, and all my writing
papers, envelopes, and CORE
spOndence cards, scarfs, bars,
purses, anything Of mine that ii
purple or lavender, or orchid, or
any OF those shades Ito Be
burned, burned in d pile. III
whoever this concerns does not
do 1t they viii regret 1t!
When I am laid away I wish
you to put me away wearing
my purple amethyst ring. min.
chain, and amethyst pendant
and other amethyst pins that are
in my blanket use for my bill
low. wish you to inter with
me a purple silk bag with con.
tents unopened; also an envelopes
like those from dry goods stores
that is marked private wish
these to be buried with me-
and for no one to open them.
THESE are my last wishes"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-01
COue Method Is Based on Logic and
Produces Sound Results
To the Editor of The Times:

To the Editor Of The Times:
IN MANY people ridicule DIR.
|" Coue's method for healing,
AVA but facts are facts, and
ridicule does not explain these
facts away. Thousands upon
thousands have been healed of
their ailments and are telling Of it
These people are not ashamed to
acknowledge the truth; they are
sincere. give praise where due.
Eye-witnesses to the marvellous
happenings in the cliniques have
testified, and room for doubt Is
dispelled.
The new point in DR.. Coue's
method is that one can only be
benefited by what he actually be-
Neves. The success of this simple
statement: ST am growing better
every day in every way" lies in
this very simplicity, nothing COM
phcated, easily assimilated by the
everyday mind. DIR. Coue i'm
pressed at the outset upon his~pa-
tients: IF you think 1t can't be
done, it won't be DONE" His pa
tients believed. It was pleasant
remedy, results were had. The
news of cures spread like wildflre,
enthusiasm was born; nothing
grows without enthusiasm, and en-
thusiasm is catching. Add to 1t
results, and you can move noun
tains." whether Of disease, bad
luck or any other EVIL"
The soul of man is q factor in
all this, whether it is named as
the conscious, subconscious or su-
nerconscious faculty makes little
difference. Enthusiasm is an enna-
nation of the soul; 1t is substan-
tial, though not material; it gath
ers momentum as a force In the
invisible. ThesWords, ''I am grow
ing better" etc. are only the We
hicls carrying thia spiritual or
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-01
kerosene to Clear
Lake Of Lily Pads

GT PETERSBURG, FIa.-AGir-
ror Lake is to be cleared Of
~ the tons Of lily pads floating
on its surface. The city commits.
sion has purchased 5000 gallons
Of kerosene with which to do the
work
Mirror Lake 10 one OF the, pref
tiest bodies Of water in South
Florida, but floating lily pads
gained q foothold in 1t a few
years ago and spoiled Ii for pleas
ure craft. Numerous ways have
been suggested for Kidding the
lake Of this nuisance. The ctr
recently voted $4,000 for this par
pose. About one-third of IL was
expended in various experiments,
when It was discovered that kero-
sene Is fatal to lily pads when
freed on the surface Of the water.
The lily pads rapidly die and then
absorb most of the surplus "a.
When the pads have been killed
they win be removed and bu1n
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-01
w OR DIS FROM
THE LIPS OF
WISE MEN
Copyright. 1912. star Company.

~ ENIUS and eccentricity are
- not friends.
They who forgive most shall
be most forgiven.
Some people are always in
doubt and never get out.
Concerted harmony means turn
ing to a common note.
Who overcomes by force has
overcome but half his foe.
The lawful is not always ex-
pediment, the wrongful, never.
Consider well. what your
strength is equal to and what
exceeds your ability.
It is not the disease but neglect
of the remedy which generally
destroys life.
The man who boasts of vic
tory is rarely a man who will
blush for a defeat.
Copyright. 1922, Newspaper Feature
Service, Inc.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-01

Congress Is to be asked Public Buildings Commission
strictly Congressional body make immediate appropriations
for the erection within the District Of 1t least five splendid
Federal buildings to cost before compilation, 0OO
The inspector Of buildings District estimates that
building permits in the 1928 win aggregate S400OO Tor
private construction
endowment fund Of s. 900 for the erection Of build
ings for Georgetown University.
Congress y putting throngh legislation preliminary to ths
construction here Of $3OOOOOO building to be the national
home Of applied and Industrial arts faered By the American
Association fifty 81
the nations richest
s: National Council Of the Improved
100000 home Tor TINT IN this
Eastern Star, million
daughters Of American
voted b $40 GO home here.
Alexandria business
fill the POtOmac between Washington
Alexandria, with factories
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-01

Building has started again in
Japan, which means we can take
more American lumber. Our for
ests are becoming exhausted. Fac
tories are being built to some ex-
tent. We are importing more and
more foodstuffs from this great
country every year.
1.-THE United States is bound to
participate in Japan's growing
commerce. My country feels much
more friendly to America as time
goes on.
Suzuki, in company with his
party, spent several months trav.
cling in Europe and Asia. He also
visited many American ports.
Suzuki Is known as one of Japan's
leading capitalists. He is the son
of Yoni Suzuki, celebrated Japa-
nese woman, said to be the wealth.
lest woman in the Milxado's do
main.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-01
SAP AND SALT
BY BERT MOSES

Oy DEt1NA MO0EIo
Doing things tomorrow" Is re-
sponsible for many a shabby suit
Of clothes.
To be In love with both your
job and your wife Is a short cut to
happiness.
Christmas luckily comes at q
time of year when we can save a.
little on gasoline and oil.
Almost any woman can teach q
man lot of things, about deceit
that he never thought Of himself.
While it il occasionally difficult
to find time for prayer meeting, it
is always easy to find time for the
movies.
HeZ Heck says: "a pair O. legs
often supplies more safety than
a good pair Of fists"
Copyright. 1s22. by Premier Syndi.
oAtos 1no4
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-01
Greater Trade Between United States
and Japan Expected Soon

nORTLAND, Ore.-Trade posi-
bilities between the United
States and Japan are just
beginning to be realized, according
to I. Suzuki, Japan's foremost
steamship operator.
He predicts a great increase in
transpacific traffic between Amer
lea and the Nipponese empire dur
ing the coming years..
Suzuki, visiting America for the
tlrst time In twenty-five years, is
amazed at changes.
everywhere everything has
changed" Suzuki declared, speak
Ing through an interpreter. New
York and Chicago are different
cities, with streets, automobile in
stead OF horses, and skyscrapers."
Suzuki said Japan had passed
the after-war depression, and point
ed out facts indicating a return to
normal conditions.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-01
By William G. Cayce,
International News Service Staff
Correspondent.

international News Service Staff
Correspondent.
r OS ANGELES.-Wh Is de-
clared to be one of the
- strangest wills ever filed for
probate in Southern California
has been brought to light In Los
Angeles. The will is that of the
late Elena Stanislaus J. Wolfskill
Hurlburt. It's terms indicated
that the testatrix was fascinated
by purple and lavender colors.
Mrs. Hurlburt's win. which was
for less than 10000, gave minute
details as to how she wanted to
be buried and made the unique
request that various personal ef-
fects Of purple and lavender be
inferred with her or buried in a
heap.
"If whoever this concerns does
not do it they viii regret it!'
was one passage in the document.
Later it was learned that the
requests Of the will were not car
ried out because of the fact that
she was buried before the con-
tents of the will were known.
That part of the will pertain
ing to the burial of the decedent
read as follows:
1T wish. to be buried in my
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-01
Athletics Good for Heart

PARIS.-Athletics do not unduly
affect the heart. according to a
commission headed by Prof. Maui
rice Borgey, of the Academy of
Medicine, after tests on athletes
Immediately following their per-
formances.
Tests were made on champion
runners, jumpers. hurdlers, jave-
lin hurlers and bicycle riders.
"Hypertrophia resulting from
athletic exertion Is a normal re-
action of the heart and works
absolutely no HARM" declared the
doctor afterward. II have no hest.
tation in indorsing athletics as
beneficial to the body and mind
Of bO&h man and women"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-01
III. S.Girls Reunite|
Greek Refugees

A THENS-Two American girls,
"A Miss Myrtle Nolan, of Mime
Il n apolis, and Miss Louise Mac
Lachlan, of Detroit, have taken
possession of the apartments for
merly occupied by the Dowager
Queen Olga.
Miss Nolan and Miss Mac
Lachlan are running the Lost
and Found Bureau" of the Near
East Relief Association, which
is striving to find lost relatives
who were separated from their
families during the Greek de-
bacle in Asia Minor. The bureau
has received more than 10000
inquiries, some of the INQUIRIES
coming from relatives in America.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-01
Plans School for
Filipino Labor

MKANILA-The retiring pres
N ident Of the City of Pasay,
Ava suburb of Manila, 10
starting propaganda to establish
a great government or private
school whereby Juan de la Cruz
(the common laborers) may have
an opportunity of realizing the
beauties Of science, sociology, the
arts and agriculture through
correspondence. He believes that
while the government is educat-
ing a part of the youth Of the
islands through the public schools
the laborer Is being neglected.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-01

soul-force on ana on over wider
areas, like the rivulets and
streams pouring into the ocean, so
this healing force II augmented
and these waves overlap from
one human consciousness into an
other and the work is accom-
plished. Washington might dem
onstrate this law by using the fol-
lowing formula and watch results.
ST will be kinder every day to
everybody in every way" Repeat
it daily. Start In with the New
Year. MARIE A. WATSON,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-01
WASHINGTON'S GREAT
PROSPECTS IN %
Startling Figures Of Building CONSTRUCTION
Which Will Inspire Every Washing
tonian to Greater Efforts for
His Beloved City
BY BILL PRICE.

ToMMUNITY prosperity means
individual prosperity and
~ happiness. Today, there
fore, as we exchange kindly greet
ings and good wishes for the per.
sonal and material prosperity Of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-01

friends and acquaintance, let "
take an inspiring peep Ut the
GLORIOUS prospects for the District
or Columbia Tor the year Just
beginning. based upon one single
thing building construction:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-01
Lavender Mania Revealed in Will Of
Los Angeles Woman

Tesatrix Wanted Clothes and Orchids Of Purple Shades
Inferred Burned. s. ##s58
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1923-07-07

possible date and continue the work
at intervals when the labor and time
can be best spared from the crops,
until it is finished. There are many
different kinds Of silos, among the
most permanent are concrete, con-
crete block, vitrified brick and there
are several forms Of wooden silos.
The concrete and brick silos when
properly constructed will last indefi-
nitely. Wooden silos, properly con-
structed, will last life time, but
will need some repairs and if of the
stave type, must be well anchored to
prevent storms form blowing them
ever! Study silo construction and build
the one best suited to your needs and
means. The Dairy and Food Depart
ment, at Richmond, will send free a
valuable bulletin on silo construction.
A. w. Drinkard, Jr., Director, Vir-
GINA Agricultural Experiment Sta
ton, says: "Much is being said in the
daily papers about the exodus of la
Dor from the farms. The fact that
shops and factories and industrial en-
terprises are going ahead at full
speed and Offering attractive wages,
means, prosperity. It also means that
the army of men and women employ
ed in the industries are becoming
more favorably situated financially
with respect to their purchasing pow.
er. Farmers cannot sell their prod
ucts advantageously when other lines
of business are stagnant.
"About two-thirds of the farms il
the South Atlantic States are operat-
ed by the labor Of their owners ant
their families, no outside labor being
hired. It is well known, of course
that many large farms are dependent
upon hired labor.
Farmers have long desired to fine
out how to adjust production to de.
mand. Experience has often shown
that bumper crop may actually re.
turn to farmers fewer dollars than ar
average crop. Over-production does
not bring prosperity; on the contrary
lit sometimes brings disaster.
Therefore, the relative scarcity OIL
farm labor this season is a favorable
symptom and rather indicates thai
the products we are able to produce
will move readily on the markets"
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