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The Washington times., 1923-09-18
WORDS FROM
THE LIPS OF
WISE MEN

TYRANT custom makes slave
Of reason:
The pleasures we Z, enjoy are
lost by coveting more.
Sorrows remembered sweeten
present joy.
Safety causes disgust--abun-
dance begets indifference.
Whate'er's begun in anger ends
in shame
Who seeks friend should come
disposal
To exhibit, in full bloom dis
clos'd,
The graces and the beauties
That form the character he seeks,
For tits a union that bespeaks
Reciprocated duties.-Cowper.
1t is a poor heart and a poorer
age that cannot accept the con-
ditions of life with some heroic
readiness.
It is not petty morals to pre-
serve the body's health.
Speech ventilates our intellect
ual fire.
No action is commendable
which is not voluntary.
Honest good-humor is the oil
and wine of a merry meeting.
Music the fiercest grief can
charm,
And fate's severest rage disarIn.
Music can soften pain and ease
And make despair and madness
please;
Our joys below it can improve,
And antedate the bliss above.
Who overcomes by force over
comes but half his foe.
First we flatter ourselves and
then the nattery of others is
sure of success. 1t awakens our
self.love within, which party is
ever ready to revolt from our bet
ter judgment and join the enemy
without.
The Washington times., 1923-09-18
HEROINES OF HISTORY
Glimpse of the Life of Courageous Felicia Henaans
BY MARK STUYVESANT

Now the poor young wife was
left destitute. But hers was not a
nature to wilt under her sorrow
or escape from the burden which
the upbringing Of the five babies
presented.
Immediately she set to work to
write and won fifty pounds as the
prize for the best poem describing
the meeting between Bruce ami
Wallace.
Harder and harder worked this
splendid COMMUNICATING poems,
books and special articles for
papers and ma 2azines-to make
/. money to feed and cIothe her
family.
Her fame spread to America, and
her poems were translated in
many languages, but the constant
strain Of her efforts and the
great responsibility which was
hers, began to tell on her frail
constitution,
Mrs. Hernans had charming
cottage by the beautiful Lake
Windermore. But SO besought
was she by crowds of visitors
asking for her autograph, or a
souvenir, that she had no time
left to work and was forced to
move.
. With her five sons Mrs. Hemans
went to Dublin to be near a
brother Of whom she was worry
fond, but 1t was not for long.
Little by little she was growing
weaker, and when only forty-one
she died.
Although Felicia Hemans was
not a great poet she endeareC
herself to thousands Of children,
and she is loved by many boys
and girls in The Englisn-speaking
world Of today. Had 1t not been
necessary for her to write 50
steadily and so Voluminously
many critics agree that she might
have taken her place among the
worlds great poets.
The Washington times., 1923-09-18
The breaking sOGves dashed high
On a stern and roclebOund coast.

The breaking 10GVes dashed high
On a stern and rockbound coGst.
rrOW many hearts have
II thrilled to this stirring
IL poem describing the landing
of the pilgrims, and how many
boys and girls have trembled with
fear as they stood upon the school
platform reciting these lines?
1t was for. children that Mrs.
Hemans, the distinguished Eng
lish poetess, wrote. And there is
hardly a school book in which
some of her beautiful poems are
not published, among them 'HThe
Child's First Grief" THE Better
Land" and He Never Smiled
Again.
Doubtless Mrs. Hemans was able
to write with such sincerity and
depth of feeling because during
her short life her heart was torn
with sorrow which most women
could not have surmounted.
Felicia DorOthea Hemans was
the daughter of George Brown,
and was born in Liverpool In 1898.
A failure in business forced Mr..
SAO"A W 1lONS W 4NOIJU w oAO6p
and 1t was in this beautiful coun-
try that the little Felicia grew UP.
When she was fourteen years
old a volume of her poems was
published which drew the atten-
ton of the great poet Shelley.
When Felicia was seventeen size
met a rollicking young Irish Of
ficer named Hemans. To her
romantic young mind he was all
that a young hero should be, and
in 1912, when Felicia was nine
teen, she and the captain were
married.
During the first years Of their
marriage Mrs. Hemans bore five
sons. And one day, without
rhyme or reason, her husband de-
serted her, went to Italy and she
never saw nor heard of him again.
The Washington times., 1923-09-18
Once-Overs
Copyright by International Service Inc)
BE CAREFUL TO KEEP YOUR SONS ADMIRIr
pEQpECT

RESPECT
Dad, you not expecting too much of that boy of
yours2 ..-
Is it not true that you would like to have him good
all the time you when you at your best?
You allow his pranks and depredaons annoy you too
much.
You have growled and grumbled him much that he
no longer allows your displeasure to affect him.
1t is not improbable that he losing of his respect
for you because of your loss of temper
He feels that you should have better control
Of yourself.
He thinks that when he is age he will allow his
temper to be ugly, and he that he be
reused to show such anger you do.
The boy likes to feel that his dad" is man who is
just good any other boys dad and that he be
gentleman when giving reprimand.
Because your boy is silent about the things are in
his mind do not think that show yourself
your exhibitions OF temper and keep his admirng respect
The Washington times., 1923-09-18
HOW BEE CARRIES POLLEN

dainty wings they flutter and fit
among the blossoms.
Insects are attracted to flowers
mainly to obtain food (honey or
pollen), being guided by the bright
colors, perfumes, and odors-de-
pending on the taste of the par
ticular insect.
In this way nature provides an
indispensable and important
means Of carrying pollen from
the stamens Of one plant to the
stigma of another, thus insuring
cross fertilization, and the produc-
ton Of fruits and seeds.
A bee enters the slipper-shaped
lip of an orchid, the pink lady's
slipper, in search of honey. 1t is
unable to leave by the same open
ing. BY crawling under the
stigma it may escape by one of
the two lateral openings at the
base of the lip.
The Washington times., 1923-09-18
By BILL PRICE.

vvoh;ro+o,. odd Thousand school children again be-
gin ninemonh struggle to improve their alert young mnds
under conditions somewhat better than IN the last lew years.
but still far from desirable,
An able superintendent aided by an experienced ana COM
peent staff will fight the handicaps under which
children labor and win do well despite the overcroWdng
and the compulsory OF the tWosft system the aster
Woefuy inadequate number OF school budngs
school buildings being erected and there is
hope thoughtful Congress- many Of the members Of
which send their children to the local public schools
viii continue to make provision for buildings that IN
few will make the twoft system unnecessary
Fortunately for Washngons public schools the entire
rnity the necessity Of bringing them to
approved standards There unanimous civic spirit
cng pressure upon all officials and Congress to be liberal
In giving schools what they really need and must have
The outlook for public school system is hopeful
than the community has known in long time Harmony
prevails along aroused civic discrimination to press
for fairer treatment by Congress
The foremost of many needs of the schools
school buildings pay for the loyal teachers who
splendid under conditions calculated dcour
age twosht system means that thousands school chill
dren do get sufficient number Of hours Of instruction.
the maximum number Of hours they should attend the
daily sessions by overcrowdng often in anquated
buildings ted for the purposes Of education Every edu
Gator the United States knows the Importance Of giving
American boys and girls the widest possible opportunity
acquire public school education That opportunity too
should be under conditions that from boys and girls
their best efforts
Cramping Crowng short hours study are serious draw
backs 70 rapid menaI development Tor youngsters many
thousands Of whom taken from public schools all
and work aiding their parents in the daily struggle
for food clothing and house in which to i've There
really pable side this premature removal Of bright boys
and girls from school to help out the family income Cone
quentl every school should be useful
the boy girl who may be taken from classes become
bread-winner.
The United States Bureau Education bulletin
on this subject deprivng American children Of getting
belongs them in educational way OF 100 fifth
grade boys and girls who responded to the call Of the bell in
September the September win find Of but
eightytree who enrolled Seventeen have had to go
20 work Follow this eighty three to the seventh grade the
ensuing year viii sevenyone In the eighth
grade there win be but sixty three and after that the line
tn faster and faster The first year in high school win
but thirty Of the original 100 and the end of four
years high school but fourteen Of the 100 with
diplomas.
Washington nothing of Congress but that it give
boys girls the chance that should be theirs thoroughly
build up their active brains for the battle with life Increase
their hours school and give adequate pay frscass
teachers them faithfully and fully during every
hour that rightfu1y belongs to them:
The Washington times., 1923-09-18

r INSECTS are chiefly beneficial
as pollenizers of blossoms.
u and there are but few plants
or trees that do not depend to
some extent upon them to carry
pollen from one flower to an
other.
Most of our fruits are largely
dependent upon insects, writes
A. 3. Champlain in Nature Maya
zine, Of Washington; and many
kinds of crops could not be raised
without their assistance.
Flowers are visited by members
OF all the main groups of insects.
Bees are the most important,
while flies come next.
Butterflies, the insects of flow
ers par excellence, feed on their
sweet nectar, revel in their deli
cate perfumes, and seem almost
IKE another flower, a. with
The Washington times., 1923-09-18
The White Collar Man
Will He Join a Union9

The white collar talking about forming big union
include 100000 clerks in New York City alone Once
time the white collars used to march in the prosperity
parade, carrying kerosene torches and cheering
They noticed that after the parade and the election
over brcklayer and carpenters would get dollar day
and Mr. White Collar Man would stay where he
That injured their enthusiasm for the kerosene torch
Now ady-who used to be stenographer and inherited
big fortunegves thousand dollars to help unionze the
bank clerks accountants stenographer bookkeepers etc
It's kindly thought but it probably won't work
The white collar men have hard time but they probably
include 80 per Of the citizens that will be worth million
dollars twenty-five years from That faint hope
-milionaires at best-makes them hang
responsibility, and despse the unions
The Washington times., 1923-09-18
Found in Florida

"H E yellow fringed orchid
can frequently be found In
Il the north, although it is
really a more southern species,
being found as far south as
Florida. Its bright yellow cluster
is worth the trouble to find, says
Nature Magazine. Far less con-
spicuous is the Hooker orchid,
its small greenish-yellow blooms
often being overlooked by the
closest observers.
The Washington times., 1923-09-18
Tides of HAVOC and D0nqer.
The One Abiding Mystery.

DE CAREFUL of your eyes! Investigators abulae list
of accidents from which blindness resulted The peck
of struggling chickens cartridge carelessly left in
explosion of ceuod reading shade are characteristic
items. Be wary or be sorry!
New York woman bolts piece of steak 1t lodges II
the wndpipe and kills her before the doctor arrives.
Fatalsts would explain that the minute and manner OF
her end thus foreordained.
Every life thread is cut at appointed hour Hardly
the philosophy for civilization daily vanquishng plaques
pests blghts incurable elements of yesterday
Yet how otherwise may account for the survival OF
the fer who pitches from his machine into the Hell Gates
whirlpool and swims ashore the miraculous OF
infant caught in automobile crash and hurled unhnr
from her grandfather's lap into the other carr
Mohammed least safe In protesting that only God
will ever know when where and how each shall die
The Washington times., 1923-12-22
BLACK OXEN = By Gertrude Anterior

in America. She looked as IL
she had just stepped out of a
stained-glass window, and she
was a hard, subtle, predatory
flirt; too much in love with her
beautiful body 10 give it wholly
t. any. man. She had never
really fallen in love with CLAW
erlng until she had lost him, and
he, his brief enthusiasm for her
unique beauty and somewhat de.
moniac charm having subsidized.
had avoided her ever since; al
though they danced together at
the few fashionable parties he
attended. He knew her better
now than when he had seen her
daily. almost hourly, at a house
party in the White Mountains,
and almost as often for several
weeks after his return. This
was shortly after his mistake
with Anne, and her attraction
had consisted largely in her COM
plete difference from a really fine
character toward whom he felt
a certain resentment for having
so much and still lacking the un-
defined essential. He had not
deluded himself that he would
find it in Marian Lawrence, but
her paradoxes diverted him and
he was quite willing to go as far
as her technique permitted. It
had never occurred to him for
moment that she was seriously
III love with him, but he had
had more than one glimpse OF
her claws. and he regarded her
uneasily tonight. And what were
she and Anne whispering about?
you will take IN Miss Good
rich" Madame Zattiany had said
to him, her eyes twinkling, and
he had merely shrugged his
shoulders. He did not care in
the least whom he talked to; 1t
was the ensemble that interested
him. Anne and Marian were the
only girls present. The othe-
women were between twenty-five
and thirty five or six. Madame
Zattiany would seem to have
chosen them all for their good
looks, and she looked younger
than several of them.
Mauve was the fashionable
color Of the seaaon. There were
three mauve gowns and the table
was lit by very long, very thin
mauve candles above a low bank
IF orchids.
(TO Be Continued MOnday.)
Copyright, 1923, by Gertrude Atherton.)
The Washington times., 1923-12-22
What is Nuxated Iron?
Physician Explains-Says Public Ought to Know What
They Are Taking-Practical Advice What to
Do to Build Up Your Strength, Power and Endur-
and Increase the Red Blood Cornuscles

The fact that Nuxated Iron is today
being used by over four million people
annually and that so many physicians
are prescribing IL as tonic. strength
and blood builder in weak. nervous, run
down conditions has led TO an investiga-
ton of its merit by designated physi-
clans and others whose reports should
be Of great Importance to the public
generally. Among these is the state
ment made by DR.. James Francis Sui
Ivan. formerly physician of Bellevue
Hospital (Outdoor Dept.). New York, and
Westchester County Hospital, who says:
when one patient after another began
asking my opinion of Nuxated Iron l
resolved TO go thoroughly into the sub
jcct, and find out for myself whether or
not II possessed the real value claimed
by its manufacturers and attested to by
so many prominent people. This is
exactly what believe every honest
prescribing or lending his Endorsement to
any product whatsoever. If an article IL
worthless we practitioners ought to be
the first to know of II and II IT is effica :
cious we. are in duty bound to recon-
mend 1t for the welfare of our patients
a study of the composition Of the
NuXat~d Iron formula so impressed me
with tI.e .thera peutic efficacy of the pro-
duct thG Immediately tested IL in n
numbaf. G[ obstinate cases. So quickly
did IL increase the strength. energy and
endurance of the patients to whom it was
administered thai / became firmly con-
Vinc~d OF its remarkable value as d
tomb and blood builder. ] have since
taken it myself with excellent results
There are thousands of delicate. nervous
The Washington times., 1923-12-22
USED AUTOSDUE
OR|NCREASE
INSPIRING
Lum Points Out That Saving
Can Be Made by Pur-
chase Now.

If you must store a car for the
winter, store the good used car you
plan to purchase in the spring. This
is the advice of President Paul B.
Lum of the Washington Automotive
Trade Association, in commenting
upon the progressive work of the or
ganization's used car committee.
ut is possible to do this by select
ing a good used car now at the cur
rent savings, the very car you might
buy in the spring, but at. a saving
that will more than pay for it's stor-
age throughout the winter, and
much of the operating expenses if
you are wise enough to decide to
use it, too" says Lum.
In explanation he points out that
prices are always higher in the
spring when there is a seasonable
demand for all cars, and that as a
consequence any cars that are held
over from the fall are forced up in
price through the natural effect of
the law of supply and demand. To
wait for spring before purchasing
used car, therefore, is shown to be
equivalent to holding off on the pur.
chase Of new car pending an in
crease in price.
Tracing the fall stock of used cars
through the trade cycle, Lum adds:
Hundreds Plan Purchase.
Around Washington there are
hundreds of motorists who are plan
ming to purchase good used cars in
the spring. A few cars are now
held by the local dealers to meet
this demand, though the motorist
has no assurance that these better
cars will be at his disposal later. He
may have only some other motor
lists abused cars to select from.
amy used cars that are not sold
by the Washington dealers under
the plan of offering them at a reduc-
ton to motorists who buy now will
The Washington times., 1923-12-22

ment had she given up her or
iginal purpose. But why dis
turb the serenity of the present?
When she had him in the Dolo-
mites She answered him
in the same light tone.
I'm having my last fling at
New York society. When we
return Wen give our spare time
to the Sophisticates. l see far
less of them now than l like"
Then with a further desire to
investigate the literary temper
ament, even if she were stabbed
again in the process, she looked
at him with provocative eyes
and said: 1--WE sometimes Won
= dered why you haven't insisted
upon a secret marriage. I'm
told it can be done with a reas-
sonable prospect Of success in
certain states"
Don't imagine I didn't think
of it but-well-I think
the play would go fluey
you see :"
ct see! And what about your
next?"
1.-THE next will be a comedy.
I'll never be able to write a tre-
mendous emotional play again."
"And meanwhile you will not
deny that the artist has sub
merged the lover"
"I admit nothing of the sort
But you yourself let the artist
loose-and what in Gods name
should 1 be doing these cursed
weeks If you hadn't? You know
you never would have consented
to a secret marriage. You've
set your heart on the Dolomites
-. How about that interval
Of travel, by the way? Liners
and trains are not particularly
conductive to illusions
at thought I'd told you. My
plan is to be married there. 1
should go on preceding steamer
and see that the Lodge was in
proper condition. / want every
thing to be quite perfect, and
Heaven only knows what has
happened to it,
"Oh! This is a new one you've
sprung. But-yes-I like the
idea. I'd rather dreaded the pre-.
lude." And then he made one Of
those abrupt vaultings out of
one mood into another which
had fascinated her from the first.
The Washington times., 1923-12-22
Mirrors Are Useful
In Working On
Autos,

The last place one would ex-
pect to find mirror is in the
auto repair shop. Yet collec-
ton of small mirrors will be
found to be very useful tools.
For instance, when examining
the differential, into which
light cannot be inserted, a small
mirror will be found useful to
reflect the light from a lamp
into the deeper recesses, sug-
gests. the Automobile Digest"
Again, when working in back
of the instrument boar6, a mir
ror may be placed on the floor
of the car, reflecting the light
upward. One great advantage
of this is that the light need not
be held close to the face, which
not only makes for discomfort,
but frequently defeats its own
purpose by supplying sufficient
light to temporarily blind the
worker. It is a good plan to
attach handles to the mirrors
so that they may be inserted into
narrow places.
The Washington times., 1923-12-22

be put into storage, insured and car
ried at a loss on investment.
only the best kind of storage is
given these cars since they must be
in just as good condition in the
spring as they are now, if the deal
CT $ investment is to be preserved
They must receive attention, requir
ing labor. And they are on hand to
further complicate matters in the
spring when q new crop of used
cars come in, and when the dealer
is anXious-to give his undivided at
tention 70 the sale of new cars. For
car listing now for 81 1000 this car
rying charge totals the surprising
sum of $182 over period of five
months.
Dealers cannot afford to carry
these used cars at loss, but neither
can the motorist afford to assume
that he may be able to find a dealer
who will make a sacrifice in the
spring. The situation then is in
favor of the dealer and against the
buyer of the used car, for in spring
time everyone wants a car, and the
result is that the used car you have
your eye on now may cost even more
than the present price, plus the
carrying charge, five months from
now. That is because there will be
half-doZen bids for the car as
against your one now
May Not Be Able To Buy.
"This suggests the possibility that
even if you know what used car you
want, and don't care if you do pay
for the carrying charges that return
you nothing at all in the way of
service, you may not be able to buy
it when you want it That would
leave you only the choice Of buying
someone's abused car.
1.-THE used car committee Of the
w. A. T. A. makes this open state
ment of the facts because it be.
1ieves that the car owner is entitled
to know the truth.
Washington dealers resent refer
ence to the automobile business as
game The committee has
worked steadily upon this problem
of the used car for over a year, and
the policy it has now adopted
makes it evident that it is now able
to handle the most complicated
branch of the business in a way
that is thoroughly in accord with
modern business principles. If the
motorist can view the used car
problem as clearly as the dealer
there will be no problem.
1.-The facts show that it would
be cheaper and far more satisfac-
tory for you to select your used car
now and store it yourself until
spring, If you cannot see the fur
Their advantage of using it in the
meantime. Knowing the facts, and
seeing the process barred Of it's mys-
terry, the question resolves itself
The Washington times., 1923-12-22

rundown folks who need lust such n
preparation as this but do not know what
TO take Therefore. l have urgently suE-
Gested the widespread publica ton of the
sworn statement of the conposition OF
Its formula so that the public may know
what they are taking This com pIete
formula is now to he found in newa-
papers throughout the country. 1t IA
composed principally OF organic iron in
the form of iron peptonate Of special
specific standard and EIycerophosphatea
which is one of the most costly tonic
ingredients known. To the credit of the
manufacturers II may be said that they
use the most expensive form of iron
peptonate. whereas, by employing other
makes they could have put the same
quantity of actual iron in the tablets al
less than one-fourth the cost and BY
using metallic iron they could Aaye re-
duced the cost to less than one twelfth
but by thus chespening the product thov
would undoubtedly have impaired IT.
thera peutic efficacy. In my opinion a
careful examination of this formula bv
any physician or pharmacist should con.
vince him that Nuxated Iron is to he
placed among the very highest class and
most strictly ethical preparations known
to medical science. 1t exceIs anything
l nave ever used for building up the
system and increasing the red blood
eorpuscIes thereby enrichinR and fortI-
tying the blood against the ravaKes ri
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