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The Washington times., 1923-12-11

Messages Presidents may stir the country from to
end and begt political Vaccination and schemng but this
brief message from revered Washington should stir
this city other appeal in truly the
spirit that fosteed and crysalzed will finally get for
the right to fully participate IN affairs true
Americans to vote for President Vice President and
sentatives in both bodies of Congress.
Whether that right through Statehood amendment
Of the Federal Constitution, otherwise it matters little
seek Interference with the Constitutional power Of Con-
fage be given that Congress and the Federal Govern
ment may hold the ultimate veto should Federal interests
be put In jeopardy.
Statehood would be the quickest Congressional method Of
giving District people the privileges that precious
20 Americans the world There able Constitutional
lawyers who hold that with the Of Maryland which
would be quickly given Congress could the STATE
OF COLUMBIA out Of the District Of Columbia just
has created States out Of other Territories that under
Federal domination There would then be occasion wait
to obtain the sanction of the States Of the Union
having the right to vote.
The exact form Of Statehood need be hagged over
It Is the substance not the FORM that want.
We need representation in Congress at the earliest possible
moment that our wishes and wants may be laid before
that body whenever legislation affecting Is under consder
ton. We need that Congressional representatives may
keep before that body the fact that Washington is
great FEDERAL CITY and such should be treated
Is country town Despite heplessness citizens
more genuine patriotism among the people Of Washington
than other spot in the United States Our beloved
nation comes first with Next city THE HEART
OF THAT NATION Our citizens willingly bear high tax
burdens that washington may be preserved the most
beautiful and attractive place in the wodthe pride and
JOY OF more than 1000 200 loyal Americans.
The Washington times., 1923-12-11
Encourage the Florist
Send Flowers to Your Friends Especially to
YOUR WIFE.
always fit presents because they are proud
assertion that of beauty Outvalues all the utilities

Flowers are always fit presents because they
the world."-Emerson
with plenty Of money was heard to say: among
my economies have stopped buying flowers" That is
foolish economy.
Flowers to the spirit what heat is to the body The
spirit Is more important than the body-better
coal In furnace and the money flowers that
household and give wife fewer for regret
she married you.
The Individual quoted did say whether he had ceased
sending flowers to his wife young lady able to hit
high g.
says knows that such present compliment since
plies that the to whom the appreciates
beauty When send flowers instead sending some
tnng That Will last long, say with your gift These
flowers are sent to in whom the spirit ouweighs the
body" and that is a compliment
In Southern city old editor was laid up in hospital
In theater nearby famous star acting She read
about the editor did not know him from other bald
gentleman but felt for him and him roses
Inc eotors secretary gay young gentleman
the pressed carefully much delighted to
fascination.
II want to take that flower my wife, said he ''she
would rather have bring her this actress
sent than anything else could bring her."
An actress whose rose, given in charity Is saved bv
dasng young man. who gives it his wife because the wife
playing the right kind Of parts and has in vain
Give useful presents Of also give flowers II
cannot afford those that
cheap. There all kinds
The florist whose beautiful shop you pass to the sou1
man and woman what the restaurant keeper the stomach
And the feeding of the soul important at least az
other kind Of feeding
The Washington times., 1923-12-11
IN
PHILIPPINE
ISLANDS
oUARTER Of a century has

A QUARTER Of a century has
~ passed since, early on q
May morning, Admiral
Dewey awakened the sleeping In
habitants Of old Manila.
Since that memorable date
May 1, 1898-one Of the greatest
educational awakenings has been
in progress throughout the entire
group of islands known as the
Philippines. where the traditional
school, as we know It in the
United States, has been greatly
modified. With an abundance OF
the best-known varieties Of In
dustrial material available, such
as rattan, raffia, hemp, and BAN.
boo, Industrial work is an import
ant part Of the daily curriculum.
Conditions favor placing this work
on q commercial basis under Gov
eminent supervision. During the
school year Of 1919-20 the trade
schools with an enrolment Of
S,483 boys, produced over $3.50, 900
worth Of work. Basketry, which
is taught in every school and
grade, netted over 100000 for the
same school year. One hundred
and seventy.five thousand girls
made $241 900 worth of garments
In the plain.sewing classes in the
public schools. The girls in the
embroidery classes produced all
most $50, 900 worth of work, while
those in lace making have sac, 900
to their credit.
Physical education IL q part Of
the curriculum, and rating Of
rs per cent in physical education
IL required from all pupils for
promotion from fourth grade Of
the elementary school to the
fourth year high school. From 80
to so minutes daily is required Of
all pupils except girls in the SEQ
ondary schools, where It Is 60
minutes every other day.
The Washington times., 1923-12-11
PURITAN OR
CLEOPATRA,
WHICH?

COLUMBUS, Ohio. ION the
uages of history Cleopatra
~ stands in contrast to the
Puritan" said the Rev. Harold
Cooper, pastor of Mayflower Con-
gregatinal Church here, sermn-
izing on 1.-THE Puritan, or Cleo
patra, Which Shall Survivor"
Cleopatra heads the list. of the
dcvotees Of personal pleasure, i'm
moderate dress and wicked folly.
The Puritan was by nature an
outlaw, a non-cooformist to the
laws Of his generation. He loved
pleasures, but thely were second
airy in his life He endured the
horrors Of the new country be-
cause he wanted to escape tho
blue laws of the Old World"
continued the Rev. DR.. Cooper.
Both the Puritan and Cleo
patra find their prototype in
America today, and America IL ut
the crossroads, forced to CHOOSE
which type 1t will follow" said
DR.. Cooper.
Modern Cleopatras have lost
the art Of concealment, for their
dress is the law OF the irreducible
minimum. Yet that irreduc1ble
minimum costs double and treble
the price Of respectable clothing.
Who will dare to describe the
Cleopatras of America? Truly, that
type in our land today beggars
all description.
1.-THE Puritan was not a kill
Joy, but himself a rebel against
the tyrannical Jaws Of the six
tecnth and seventeenth centuries"
the Rev. Cooper declared.
The Washington times., 1923-12-11
SAYS ANCIENT BOOKS LAST
LONGER THAN MODERNS

. find q book dated 1877, entitled
''Modus Legend Abbreviaturas
Passiur in VIE Tam Civili," ante
dating the Pilgrims journey to re-
ngious freedom by forty-three
years.
Perhaps the greatest treasure
in the library Is a volume printed
in Italy bearing the title,'' Com
pendulum Juris Brevissimis Verbs"
It bears no date, but references
in the text place it as early in
the sixteenth century.
Another law text book, printed
in France in 1877, La Graunde
Abridgment," is in the collection.
OF more recent date are q volume
tory Of Tithes," by Lord John
English writers on the law, 1913;
and the "Tithes of Honor" by
Lord Selden, including a poem by
Ben Jonson, 1881; the code OF
Holland" compiled by Hillebrandt
Jacobssz Van Wouw and printed
in Dutch in 1641; 1.-THE Touch
stone" a compilation Of cases and
resolutions by g. Merton in 1871;
the "Tratado de las Leyes
Pendales," a Spanish law book of
the charter granted by King Will
lam and Queen Mary of England
to 1.-The Inhabitants Of the prov
ince Of Massachusetts Bay, in
New England" and another to
William Penn.
An original copy of Les Cinq
Codes de L'Empire Francais," the
Napoleonic code Of 1919, Is treas.
ured in the library.
Estimate Of the value Of the en-
tire collection of 1000 volumes
was difficult for library officials
to make, but they declared that
at a conservative valuation the
few volumes mentioned are worth
many thousands of dollars, as they
are exceedingly rare.
The Washington times., 1923-12-11
WORDS FROM WISE MEN

il to keep the heights which the
soul has reached,
The best way for some to con.
sole themselves for their igncrs
ance Is to believe useless all that
they do not know.
Experience acquired by faults
is q very costly matter.
The merit Of great men 10 not
understood but by those who nfe
formed to be such Themselves
genius speaks only to genius.
OF every noble work the silent
part II best:
OF all expression, that which can
not be expreased.-W. W.
Story.
Time misspent 10 not lived but
lost.
Music IL the inart1culate
speech Of tho heart. which can
not be compressed into words,
because It IL infinite.
The Washington times., 1923-12-11
is LAZINESS MAIN REASON FOR
BOBBING HAIR?

feminine encumbrances. A Paris
specialist declares that the present
mode is attributable to the young
Russian girls who have come to
the capital since the war. Fluffy
locks are very much passe. The
new style is what the French call
"enfiled hair" for the hair Is out
in tiers and closely outlines tho
head.
1t is said that rs per cent of the
society women in Paris have
bobbed their hair this year, to-
gether with So per cent of the 40
tresses and 90 per cent Of the shoD-
girls Employment bureaus de-
clare that even servant girls ara
bobbing their hair and finding
places just the same due to the
shortage of domestics and the
popularity of the vogue Of the
shorn head, called In Paris, "a Ia
GeVrO typhoide,"
The Washington times., 1923-12-11
SAP AND SALT
Bert Moses

One sure sign Of q rascal is
being familiar on short notice.
The sale of matches IL in
direct ratio with the velocity OF
the wind.
Hez Heck says: Wisdom amt
got no value unless you give it
something to do"
What gender is "doOrmat?" Oh,
either masculine or feminine,
which ever fits your case.
Philosophy is worth moro than
fiction, but fiction brings the big
gest price when put on sale.
Freedom can he enjoyed only
by breaking such laws as stand
between you and what you want.
To say mo" at the proper time
calls for courage, and to stick by
it calls for ten times as much.
Hez Heck says: "A pessimist
is an optimist who went into
raisin' chickens for profit"
Copyright 1924. Premier Syndicate. Incl
The Washington times., 1923-12-11

~ ES MONIES, Ia.-How long
will the culture and civiliza-
ton upon which we pride
ourselves exist? How many years
will 1t be before the last trace OF
our highly developed literature,
Of our myriads of magazines.
newspapers, books and all printed
matter has vanished from this
earth?
1t Is an interesting question.
because now we fancy our develop.
ment secure from the ravages of
time. Also, it carries q compari.
son between 1923 printed matter
and the old volumes Of centuries
ago. turned out slowly and pain
fully by hand. that does not re-
fleet a great deal Of credit upon US.
In the Iowa State Law Library
there is an original copy Of the
year book Of the "King and House
of Lords Of England" printed In
1666 on ragpaper that still Is
flexible and tough IN spite Of its
1888 years. It 10 one unit in a
collection Of moro than 1000
ancient tones. The print is still
distinct, and marginal notationS
written in ink perhaps about the
time the Pilgrims landed on our
historic rock at Plymouth are as
clear as II they had been written
yesterday.
In this book are the begin.
nings Of modern jurisprudence-
the decisions and opinions that
are the basis for our laws and the
laws Of the world
Next to 1t on the shelf Is "Brac-
ton de Legibus," printed at Lon
dini," or London, in 1869, in the
Roman tongue-one Of the earliest
law books In existence. Then we
The Washington times., 1923-12-11

n ARIS.-Why do the women
bob their hair? Laziness Is
the main reason, according to
an investigation recently made by
the Paris-Soir.
I'VE no longer have the time to
spend dressing our hair" said
number Of bobbed-haired damsels
who were questioned. "You know
we have so many sports now and
dancings and rendezvous. Then.
too, our clothes tend more and
more to assume a masculine air
and our silhouettes would be ridicu-
lous II we conserved the couture
OF Melisande."
A stroke of the comb, a few pats
and allez done. one Is ready for
business or pleasure, with the nav
bobbed fashion. Long locks have
gone the way OF corsets, petticoats,
ultrarheels and other out.of.date
The Washington times., 1923-12-11
Once Overs
Copyright International Feature Service Inc,
DO NOT LET YOURSELF BE LED INTO TROUBLE

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DO NOT LET YOURSELF BE LED INTO TROUBLE
is person leading along course you know you
should not fOllowH - -
Because you think this good friend OF yours
you believe what he she says TO Do tru w" OO
tinue to be led.
few months ago. perhaps you would nave Deen snOCkeo
at the thought doing what now THINK Is not very
wrong. .:o 81 ~ LA -o,
NAV step beyond the boundary of ana an
otast summed despised forever lost to those whose
Az nresent Won have no idea of going to point OF
but you advance not your idea OF Wnere
to stop growing less and less clearly deflnedf
T. takes lifetime to build up good reputation, and
one mis-step will ruin 1t. ~,
You do not want to be forever to those you really
love and respect. .
Then warned in are skating on very 1nn 1ce
The Washington times., 1923-12-11

THERE IL 80 much more good
than evil in human nature,
II that he who trusts every
body will, in the long run, make
fewer mistakes than he who sus-
poets everybody.
IT'S altogether vain to learn
wisdom and yet live foolshly.
Solitude is often the best
society.
A page digested IL better than
q book hurriedly read.
Words only i've when worthy
to be said.
The secret Of success In life Ia
for a man to be rea6y for his OPP
portunity when It comes.
Every, person has two edllca-
lions one which he receives
from others, and one, moro i'm.
portant, which he gives himself.
The most difficult thing IN life
The Washington times., 1923-12-11
Ether Tpplers

0IOUX CITY, Iowa.-The genial
- old soaks of Sioux City are
taking a few tips from the young
rum hounds who want the old
sensations created by bonded
stuff" without the drawback Of
paying profiteer prices on contra
band liquor.
The newest plan of the topers
here Is the ''ether Jag" Some
times the drinker wakes up and
sometimes he doesn't, but it's a
great experience If one lives
through it, according to the ven
turesome drinkers who have tried
1t.
The "ether jaggist" simply drops
a small portion of ether on a
piece OF lump sugar and swallows
It. After that his fate is in the
hands Of the gods Of bootlaEg0ria.
The Washington times., 1923-12-11

n
80 handwork
Human beings are spirits that lived housed in flesh
They exist in world of material things The only way
these spirits express themselves is by using these
material things
The whole world Of matter is but collection Of
tools for spirits to employ It is the alphabet by
of which spirits utter themselves.
therefore when we want to express any attribute Of
the spirit we have to borrow terms from matter
If one is particularly stubborn we say he is hard
like stone. If he is impressionable, easily affected
by emotion say he is soft or tender again using the
image OF something we can touch with our fingers
ones mind is keen and alert say he is bright,
pairing him with mirror, sharp, comparing him
morose spirit gloomy cloudy.
To understand what is meant by refinement Of char
acter therefore, must consider what we mean by
hneness in material things.
Compare two pictures, one painted by a schooIboy
ana the other let US say landscape g Gorot Or TWO
and the other statue by Rodin or crude ornament
made by South Sea islanders, and brooch Of exquisite
workmanship from shop on the Rue de Ia PAX.
One Of these sets of things excites amused
tempt place little value upon them and we do not
their Workmanship We cali them crude and common
The Paris brooch, the Rodin statue and the Gorct
oy Tssa ea s TReS eRa
the spirit. We love them, go at great pains to
them, and consider one fortunate who has the means
to purchase them and keep them where he can see
them daily.
What is that which distinguishes the fine thing from
the crude the thing that is joy to look at from the
thing that offends the eye?
The first answer that is likely to be made to this
question that the difference depends upon genius
The statue of Rodn excels that of the yro because
Robins a rare and gifted spirit endowed by the
Creator with superior faculties extraordinarily inspired
But this answer is satisfactory. It contains part
of the TRUTH but not the gist of it. There is many
struggling student whose ideals are as high and whose
imagination is vivid any masters. Many an in
different piano player has dreams just beautiful and
ambitions as intense as PadereWski'S.
What the master has, and the apprentice has not,
skill The master utter himself. He is the power
of expression. The amateur is dumb and impotent
The fine ideas in him cannot get out.
And behind skill there lie long and continued effort
f-disciplne, the restraint of hayward DESIRES the
daily copusion by the will the unflaggng determine
ton to succeed.
genius that not strong enough to produce persistent
hard work never results in refinement.
So the thing we call fineneSs in woman,
that quality we all covet and admire is precisely the
same sort of thing that peases in the craftsmanship
of beautiful piece of Chinese embroidery,
quisite acquered box from Japan, delicate cup
and saucer from Sevres.
Both are produced by the thing, infinite prac-
tce and hard work. and if by genius then by the kind
of genius that induces infinite practice and hard work.
1929. by the Mcclure Newspaper syndcats)
The Washington times., 1923-12-11

Editor of The Washington Times:
The Times of December the editorial entitled
Congress Federal City of Washington WaUed be-
LOved Glory HurrGh The Times and for Bill
Price,"
lifelong resident of Nations Capital and haze GlOay
been deeply Interested all that affects its dignity and OT
tGmce.
many gears felt righteous Indignation because the
designated the District instead
of the STATE OF COLUMBIA.
GrTiUd for Congress to relieve
cheap insignificant title We Voteess
body and the courts and pOOress to
control on affairs.
mighty UNITED uprising of every organized
CapoL-ciU and religious, educational
patriotic business and sOciuo demand of Congress change
that sUM glue justice and equality
eighyiUe of age and pray that tUe
see our STATE floating beside beloved GOTu
MRS. NELLIE HAZARD BRADLEY,
1889 HGrvCrd Street.
The Washington times., 1923-12-11
DR.. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
WIr4 u Rofs,,0y,a0Y,f1
By DR.. FRANK CRANE.
What Is Refinement?

n EFINEMENT is q certain quality in man or
~ woman that corresponds to certain quality in
- handiwork
The Washington times., 1923-12-11
Here You Get the spirit of 70"
AS to Our VOteleSSneSS
By BILL PRICE.
Washington Woman Eightfve Years OF Age Pleads
for the estate of Columbia Instead of the
District of Columbia.

! By BILL FFtICE.
Inspiration in long sentences It is often
contained in brief terse words Every citizen Of Washing
who abhor votees hepessness every Senator and Con-
gresham who stands square deal for all American
citizens they may be- should read this short
letter from Washington
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-26
SHOW
NEXT SATURDAY
Preparing Card for Carteret
Boxing Event a Week To-
~morroW-Great Bouts

Members of the Carteret Post,
American Legion assisting Ed
Coughlin of the Roosevelt Boxing
Club in making preparations for the
boxing show to be held in the Dor
ough a week from tomorrow night,
expect to announce their compete
card by Monday at the latest.
1t was recently announced n a
Johnny Carroll, the veteran from the
Chrome section of the borough, mad
been matched to fight Benny Hertz
Of the section originally known as
Carteret, in the eight round main
event. This bout should be a real
battle as a defeat for Carroll would
practically mean the end OF his ca
reer whide-a victory for the veteran
would not be of any real assistance
to the youngster in his efforts 10
climb in the boxing world.
To date the only other boxer men
toned for this card is Carl Morris,
another borough youngster, who Is
rapidly coming to the front. Match
maker Coughlin has made known his
intention of making this card the
best one ever presented in the ber-
oush for after this show his organic
zation will resume running monthly
or Semi-monthly shows.
Prior to the election campaign or
last year, the borough boxing hub
staged three or four shows and the
bouts arranged satisfied the fistic
fans of this section.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-26
OLD FOLLOWING
EXPECTED OUT
For MiIltoWn-B eauvais Post
Game Carded for To-
morrow Night

Although they have been playing
real ball at home throughout this
season, the Beauvais Post American
Legion quintet of Tottenvi1le has moi
been playing to the same sized
crowds on Saturday night as last
year. AS a result of the showing
made by the island players against
the Perth Amboy Speedways last
Saturday night, gossip in basketball
circles Is to the effect that the old
Following will be on hand for the
deciding game of The Michelin-Tot-
tenville series at Pleasant Plains to-
morrow night.
Earlier in the season the tiretown
couftsters met defeat at the hands
- Manager Charley Walters team
on the Pleasant Plains court. At a
later date the T~ottenville legion rep
resentatives travelled to Midtown and
were handel a severe laeing by the
up-county quintet.
For the game tomorrow night the
home team will have, Price, Preach
er, LaForge, Burdso1l and Hoehn
while the Michelia quintet is expect
ed to take the court with Crabiel,
Haefner, Hall, Janieker and Lins.
On Tuesday night Of next week
the Mic1elin team will play the de-
Gliding game of q series with the
South Amboy Junior Order Big Five
on the South Amboy court. The
Miehelin team defeated Stratton's
co-Ibine at South Amboy and the
Junior Orders pulled a surprise by
evening the series in a game at Mill
town.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-26

together with four other players for
Derrill Pratt and Eddie Plank. In
addition there was a cash consider
alton of $4,000 that went to the
Browns.
Pratt has since passed from the
Yankee lineup. Eddie Plank never
reported to New York, retiring from
the game. Shocker is today one of
the games greatest pitchers.
Allowed to Drift
Shoeker, a pitching prize with To-
ronto in 1915, was allowed to drift
from the Yankees a year later. Since
departing he has won gobs of glory.
Certainly there is no smarter pitcher
in baseball.
The star of the Browns staff is a
master of the spitball, n of the
few remaining curvers to rely on
the damp delivery. He has every
thing else in his repetoire.
Shocker is q master s~trategist. He
makes a careful study of every bat
ter, learns their weakness and then
pitches to it. Always the possessor
Of uncanny control, he works the
corners. rarely cutting the heart of
the plate.
The Yankees certainly missed a
pitcher of Shocker's type IN the
clash with the Giants. The star of
the Browns pitching staff is at his
best in the pinch.