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The Washington times., 1923-08-20
WORDS FROM
THE LIPS OF
WISE MEN

RREN that are greatly guilty
wi are never wise,
knowledge IN youth is wisdom
in age.
Good nature and good sense are
usually companions.
Forbear a quarrel with a friend
Anger - breeds hatred, concord
sweHtatib love.
It IL but the weak ana little
mind that rejoices in revenge.
1t is good speaking that improves
good silence.
Bear, do not blame, what can
not be changed.
He who will be angry for any
thing will be angry for nothing.
Shun delays, they breed remorse,
Take thy time while time 10 lent
thee;
Creeping s.snails have weakest
force;
Fly their fault lest thou repent
thee.-Southwell
Cheerfulness opens. like spring,
all the blossoms Of the inward
man.
The magnitude Of most Of the
trifles that affect us Is altered by
our way OF looking at them.
A man may as well expect to
grow stronger by always eating as
wiser by always reading. Too
much overcharges nature, and
turns more into disease than
nourishnnent.
Fame il the shade Of Immortality,
And in itself a shadow. Soon as
caught,
COntemn'd. 1t shrinks to nothing
in the grasp.
Consult the aInbitious-'tis ambi-
tons cure.-Boethius.
In wonder all philosophy began,
In wonder 1t ends. and admiration
fills up the interspace, but the
first wonder IL the offspring of
ignorance, the last IL the parent
Of alteration.
Copyright, 1923. by Newspaper
Feature Service, 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1923-08-20
Garrett P. Serviss Laments Passing
Of BOOkstalls Rich in
Literature.
Literature.
By Garrett P. Serviss,
Astronomer

substituted simply secondhand
book shops-a very different kind
of thing. This is strildngly the
case in New York. You will find
disreputable looking heaps Of last
years popular novels usurping
the shelves and the bargain
tables that once were rich with
books that had been treasures
for hundred years, or two or
three hundred years-the long
lived, hardwood trees of the for
ests of literature. The quickly
old new things are all right in
great department stores and in
drug stores, where they may be
as innOcuous as soft drinks"
but they are, according to me,
interlopers in the real home
shops of old books. There re-
sent their presence because, in
earlier days, / dug in the mines
of Leggat, once located in Ann
street, then in Theatre alley,
then in Chambers street (all in
New York;. There new books
were only gradually allowed to
creep in gingerly, to lie almost
unnoticed on a small table aside.
UIO Un0S enduring.
It was customary then to speak
of the wonderful flood OF new
books; but each generation has
the habit of exhausting the su.
perlatives which should be reserv.
ed for it's successor. Some OF
those books had commanding
regulations. They appeared to
be made not for a day, but for
all time. Occasionally + come
upon one Of them which SEEM
ed very great once, but which
now looks fearfully shrunken and
faded as it lies among real old
books.
In the presence Of those that
have the true quality Of endur-
ance such things look shriveled
until, If you knew them in thei~
prime Of reputation, you are OPP
pressed with a feeling of pity.
The old book shop is a touch
stone for literary value. Worth
less things that get into 1t soon
find their way to the bonfire and
the rubbish heap. The selection
made in the genuine old-book shop
is the final one. The saints arise
and take their niches-the others
disappear. going no one knows
whittier.
The Washington times., 1923-08-20
STABLE WORLD RESTS WITH
SCIENCE, CHEMIST SAYS
Increased Power to Produce Wealth Called Main p
by London Expert.

tutes the avenue of escape from
England's economic dilemma.
Whole avenues Of new APP
proaches to Industrial problems
have been opened up by the
theory Of electrons, on which Is
based the modern process of cleo
trolysis. The manufacture Of
chlorine and the resulting caustic
soda is about the most striking
instance of the substitution of
electric Tor chemical action.
Then there Is the application
OF catalysis to industrial prob
lens.
Take Prof. Sabatier's discov-
cry In connection with the process
OF fat-hardening by hydrogena-
ton, owing to the catalyptic &C.
ton of finely divided metals In
turning soft, unsaturated fats like
olein into hard saturated fats like
stearin.
'Then there is the synthesis
Of ammonia from nitrogen and
hydrogen under very great COM
preston OF both gases and at an
elevated temperature in the pres
ence Of a calyst Of iron. :
This process enabled Germany
to provide herself-after the block
ade-with enormous quantities of
ammonium nitrate, the chief OK.
plosive used during the war.
"These instances illustrate the
necessity of scientific research,
not merely applied to any one
problem. but for its own sake
Far-seeing men OF business to-
day have no doubts on the point"
The Washington times., 1923-08-20

TN HE old bookstalls of Paris.
strung along on each side
Of the fascinating Seine,
the tanned and civilized river,
are no longer what they once
were.
1 remember when they seemed
to the eye of the mind a Milky
Way Of literature. The produc.
tions Of the authors and printers
of all ages and countries were to
he found there in starry heaps.
The ecstacy of discovery that only
the bibliophile knows awaited
anybody who had the patience
to wander for hours from crowd
ed stall to stall, turning over the
piles of treasures that individually
numbered millions, or were alb
solutely innumerable; for it was
preSumable that every time
stained volume, or pamphlet, or
print, was treasure-trove for
somebody.
Fascination Wanes.
There was something magical
in seeing these old books blink
ing in the. full Paris sunshine,
exposed to the outdoor glare,
blown upon by the breezes that
follow the river. which sometimes
impertinently fluttered old vel
low pages that might, hardly have
been turned respectfully since
the days Of Abelard and Heloise.
And. what a disappointment it
was when, having turned back in
haste to buy some tempting thing
that you had passed doubtfully
half an hour before, and that
had been haunting your mind
ever since, and growing more
irresistible in its appeal: Take
me while you have the chance!'
to see the bououinist just lock-
ing down the wooden cover at
the first drops OF a fast-coming
shower.
do not mean that these ex-
periences and sensations are no
longer to be had along the Seine,
but there has been. a falling.off
In number and quality; at least
so 1t seems to me. I doubt, moro
over. If the generation now In its
heyday cares as much for old
books, and other old things, as
did it's predecessors Of the nine
teenth century.
I find that for the truly "old-
book shops" there have been
The Washington times., 1923-08-20

r ONDON - Upon mankind's
increased power to pro-
duce wealth" lies the fu-
ture security Of the world, Sir
Alfred Mond, ex-cabinet minister
and leading industrial chemist Of
Europe. asserts.
Sir Alfred Mond was address
ing the students Of Swansea Uni
for the production Of more and
more wealth through the aid Of
science was his text.
THE future prosperity Of the
world" he said. the solution OF
its economic difficulties, the sc.
curity of It's teeming millions 1c-
ponds far more upon its scientific
progress. upon it's increased pow
er to produce wealth by the ap-
lication of scientific thought and
method to its industrial problems,
than to any other form of human
effort"
IF Britain" continued Sir Al.
fred MOnd. lis to regain in the
financial field what she lost in the
war she must find new methods
OF enriching the world. She must
increase her entire production.
She must increase the production
Of real commodities In relation to
man"power, she must have better
methods Of manufacture and pro-
duce at lower cost. The app1ica.
ton Of scientific invention and
scientific methods. of new pro-
cesses and new products consti.
The Washington times., 1923-08-20
BANDITS KEEP
CHINA IN
CHAOS

n HANGHAI.-The thrilling de.
tails of the wrecked Tientsin
~ express and the subsequent
abduction by Shantung brigands
of thirty-five passengers, fourteen
Of whom are still held, have been
relayed over the wires, piece by
piece, and are well known all over
the world.
The negotiations have been dis
gracefully bungled, and the fail
ure of the diplomatic body in Pc
king to act with the promptitude-
and decision that the case demands
is the subject of general censure.
This outrage is the climax of
the gradual dissolution of govern
ment and the spread of anarchy
that we, have been watching for
ten years past.
There is today no central gov.
eminent except in name. In Pc
king there have been eight pre-
miers in the past fourteen months,
most of them acting" only. The
present incumbent can get neither
foreign nor finance minister. The
provinces have not RENTED q
penny to Picking for several.years.
Everything mortgageable has
been pledged, and government
servants and even diplomatic sal.
aries are months in arrears.
The eighteen provinces and
Manchuria are virtually so many
independent kingdoms. Occasion
ally they combine in twos or
threes for the purpose Of inter-
provincial warnings. At present
there il a war going on in four
provinces.
In Honan and Anthui last year
the brigands carried off fourteen
foreigners and sacked several
large cities. Ichang and Wuchang,
two important Yangtse cities.
were looted by unpaid soldiers in
August, 1921. Considerable for
eign property was destroyed or
stolen. Not a cent in compensa-
ton has been paid nor has any
one been punished.
The tuchuns provincial COVER
nors) maintain large armies. but
they use these purely as assets In
their political games. The idea
that they should be used to keep
order never enters their heads.
These things make the foreign
community feel so gravely about
the attack on the Tientsin ex-
press. Properly handled, it might
be used by the powers to compel
the rival parties in China to. set
their house in order and govern
properly.
If the opportunity passes. the
military barons and brigands will
conclude that it is safe to use
foreigners as pawns in their polit-
ical maneuverings.
The Washington times., 1923-08-20
Absurd Laws

II ONDON. - War regulations.
now become farcial. still
- largely exist in Britain.
After $3.50 in the evening it In
illegal to sell Strawberries and
cream. but 1t IL Perfectly legal 70
sell strawberries and ice cream.
1t is unlawful to sell cigarettes
or tobacco after 8 p. M. but
saloon keeper can legally sell
either II he serves a meal at the
same time. At the same time,
II he should sell biscuit with i
glass of wine he is committing
an offense.
A restaurant may lawfully
serve a cooked sausage up to any
time. but to hand over an un-
cooked sausage would be a breach
of regulations.
After 9:30 a shopkeeper can
sell all the soft drinks and ice
cream he likes. 80 long as they
are consumed on the premises,
but II he sells them to be taken
away he Is committing a crime.
The Washington times., 1923-08-20

For the observation inspiration and rebuke Of
young women these two photographs printed You
Mrs Coolidge when she teaching school in Northampton
Mass, on the day when the President first met her.
You the picture of Mr. Cooldge's mother photo
graph taken just after her marriage the Presidents father
Please contrast these AMERICAN LADIES with many
Of the old and young of today ..@ ..E. 8
These did not have their feet harnessed up like
Shetland pony in red blue green Shoes and the soe
their stockings almost touching the sidewalk
They did not know the meaning of the word roughhouse
and they did not think it beneath dignity free indie
pendent American girl in dgnfied ladyke
reserved manner.
These two AMERICAN LADIES and that had some.
thing to do with the fact that of them MARRIED
President of the United States while the CREATED
President of the United States.
If conjugal ambition, young ladies lounge lizard
what humorous friend TAD "a drug store cow
boy, these pictures will NOT interest you.
But you would like to have the generation that
ing know and look upon your face with respect
generation looks these two fine faces you will pay
ton to the story that these faces tell
They tell story of earnest thoughtful Le with appreca-
ton OF LIES seriousness and Of its duties
two ladies' wife and mother of President arrange their
hair They don't their with twisted curls They
don't drag the hair down the forehead
They don't try to look like something they
attract attention by foolshness The spirit within
tracts attention in these faces So should always
Study especially the manner in which the Presidents
appears IDEAL It shows the ears Of character
It shows the forehead which is by per
the most important part of the face It shows the shape
the head
Initiate this hair arrangement young ladies' Please be-
heve when say earnestly
OF the hair this is worth ten thousand PERMANENT
WAVES.
This hair PERMANENT COMMON SENSE, far
more important than permanent wave.
The Washington times., 1923-08-20
Once-Overs
Copyright 1923 by International Feature Service Inc
INTERESTED IN HOME WORK.

DO you think show proper interest in your home
Mr. Husband, when you hire boy do most Of
the work could do we'll about the premsesY
Any wife likes to feel that her husband has interest
enough IN home affairs to take of his share.
Perhaps do have to hustle in your shop office
Perhaps feel that when you leave your place of
employment that you ought to be done for the day.
Often argue that your office work should be fol-
lowed by favorite little game recreation denying
In your own mind that home work. should have any
claim time.
You be able to hire the work DONE but show
the right spirit to shift home duties till you to come
In and go out like a boarder?
Do you set good example for your wife and children
when you shrk the home duties?
Your attitude is largely responsible for the pet
aversion for home work exhibited by your children
The Washington times., 1923-08-20

Remember
At all cross streets, the street
car has the right Of way, no
matter from which direction the
vehicle Is approaching-exce
where the traffic is being directed
by an officer.
Never pass a street car to the
left YOU may bump into one
coming from the opposite direc.
ton.
The street is set in Its WAYS:
don't argue with 1t!
The Washington times., 1923-08-20
Some Strange Franks of PrOUidenc'

IF Jacob keeps acquiring he require quite
a reservation for his own collection of families.
Beginning with six children by first wife, he marries
widow with three and shortly after takes third spouse
who brings thirteen to his table. -.
The lady refuses responsibility for the other nine
Maternal instinct has its limitations And the courage OF
brave convictions also. -
Paris is dumfounded to read that "Mademosele Ger
maine Langlos is happy to announce the birth OF her
daughter Marianne Emma
Controversy already boiling France over the nnova-
ton Expect find devoted to the same discus
sion papers, Extreme femnists Will approve the
girls course Protagonists of srcter social order will
regard it challenge to society constituted
a-haf monthsold Maryn Anderson slips from
twenty bridge Chippewa Falls and paddles
about until rescued.
Cleveland Dunn is struck by locomotive at Lansing
Mich, and scarcely bruised. =.
distinguished surgeon lightly scratches his arm with
safety pin and dies of blood poisoning.
Fate decides. .
Germaine Langois' poor little mite may be the first
lady of the republic. ,n,
Henry VIII of England and Queen Elizabeth were
descended barsnister line from Owen TUDOR, son OF
Welsh household servant.
Syndicate ino ana sFOes
The Washington times., 1923-08-20
PROSPERITY BEGINS
AND ENDS ON THE
FARM
By HERBERT KAUFMAN.

falls Texas and instantly declines 81 so
n bale.
Expectation Of 100000 more bushels Of wheat this
week further depresses the grain market.
Abundance isn't proving blessing to farmers,
100000 of whom Senator Capper predicts will abandon
feckless vocation within the next twelve months
Writing for the New York Times he in part "The
legislation enacted by Congress at the suggestion Of the
farm bloc sense class legislation Prosperity in the
city and the country is like the Samese twins City busi
hope make the best profits unless the
farmers making the money Agriculture is the basic
industry and it has been sick the conagon has spread to
other lines =
He's right. Economic and human bodies work. alike
every part inerdependent foot provokes fever
ish head ampuate and the whole system suffers
Impoversh any group of producers and the
ings Of banker millner and automobile maker labors
wages corporation dividends and office salaries promptly
drop.
The Washington times., 1923-08-20
Cargo Ruined

n ONDON-An ironical result
Of the recent dock strike here,
- which was alleged by many to
be due to communistic influence,
was the holding up of the second
Soviet ship to reach British ports
since the revolution.
She was the Proletariat, and
after fruitlessly waiting for seven
days for cargoes of eggs to be dis
charged had to return to Russia
with her cargo had and unsold.
The Washington times., 1923-08-20
TODAY'S SAFETY TALK
Prepared By the National Safety Council.

A STREET car is a heavy vehi-
n Gle; 1t cannot always be stop
"A ped suddenly. and 1t certainly
cannot turn out to pass you.
If an automobile and a street
car meet, the street car won't
get the worst of the argument.
The motorman Is on the alert
and nine times out Of ten he
will avoid an accident IL he has
half q chance. but the tenth time
may send you to the hospital and
your car to the junk pile.
The Washington times., 1923-08-20
Pitching HOrseshoes

A CCORDING to the rules adopt
"A ed by the Horseshoe Pitching
Club. of Miami, Fla. which is
probably one Of the largest clubs
Of its kind in the country, the
distance between the stakes ia
forty feet. weights OF horseshoes,
between two and one-quarter and
four pounds; stakes eight inches
above ground and one inch In di.
ameter; heelP against the stake
when pitching: the number of
points In a game Is fifty: a ringer
counts three, a leaner. two: and
nearest the stake, one.
The Washington times., 1923-08-20
Primitive House

~ OPENHAGEN-A stone age
dwelling place Is believed
~ to have been unearthed
near Randers, Jutland. Articles
found include a well preserved
axe made from the antlerS of a
deer, various stone ornaments
and a number Of antlers with
holes for the reception of shafts,
which are believed to have been
used as weapons.
The Washington times., 1923-08-20
SAP AND SALT
.Rv Bert Moses

N-by DEEC MUSES.
"Society" will not admit you
until you quit doing something
useful.
The aviator who "skins the cat
IN in the air is q hero to some
people and q fool to the rest.
The Washington times., 1923-08-20
A $4,000, 100000 Order.

CECRETARY WALLACE figures that country folk viii
be compelled to expend up to $1OOOOOOOOOO equip
ment and repairs during the next decade.
Five hundred thousand homes and outbudngs must
be erected or replaced That lumber window glass;
roofing materials tranloads Of paints and varnis untold
millions hinges doorknobs mountains of nails and bolts
and screws
Think of the plumbing supplies necessary-interor pipe
and exterior dranage-besdes furniture carpets shades
and curtains and washing machines kitchen
furnaces tools and electrical engines cement
lime and gutter metal.
Fifty per present fencing will be before ten
years Square miles Of tile will be laid Practically none OF
the harvesting and hayng machinery in will be
then effective
Precious few of existing hoes rakes cuvators wagons
motor cars and trucks tractors horses will
survive by 1888
what is the particular enterprise factory or
store from which you draw living likely to enter these
calculations?
The Washington times., 1923-08-20
Euerybody's Best Customer.

TOLDERS Of railroad securities decidedly interested
- Consider the amount Of ranscontinenal hauling to
: bring OOOOOO000 worth of merchandise from
places of origin to points Of use.
Postal receipts wax and wane with the variations mail
orders. Express companies enormous traffic
with rural communities.
The turnover of cotton mills shoe manufacturers and
men trades enroments colleges and private schools
reflect the good seasons the debdden and mort
gageee periods of stock breeders bread raisers and South
planters.
Don't make the asnine mistake of believing that dollar
wheat doesn't affect your pay envelope your concerns
prospects, too Everybody's best customer runs pow
The Washington times., 1923-08-20
The Indian, Stages a Comeback.

r HOWEVER, despite the unfavorahle condition OF
n aerarian affairs pioneers still trek westward.
= Twenty three million of land have been home
since 1921 10000 added to frontier
population.
The United States ism finished project by far shot
There are less persons in the entire State OF
Nevada.
Plenty of room in America, but opportunity will be
hwarted Of many possibilities without reasonable Federal
assistance and greater individual of and
thrift
Our problem isn't the energizing Of remaining public
domain rather the intensive and effective cultivation OF
already occupied
Leave something larger Indian reservations The red
men will soon be crowded for space Since 1887 they
increased from 600 34O00Onot disappearing
Evening star., 1923-09-08
Rooms AND BOARD,

17l5 EYE ST.-Comfortable rooms. every con
venience, In lovely home: under management
OF Mrs Brown. formerly Of 1905 Conn. ave.
whose homes.was noted for Its hospitality ant
excellent meals. Ah
Evening star., 1923-09-08
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

S18 ST S.E.-FOUR ROOMS. SECOND
floor; light house keeping; gas range; hot.water
heat. S45 ps
Evening star., 1923-09-08
WANTED-ROOMS.

WANTED at once-Bedroom and Kitchen;
kitchen large enough to eat in: any objection
to child Of sixteen months do not answer; has
own bed; electricity; northwest section; want
ed at once: permanent. Give phone number.
Not over S35. Address Box 309-B. star Office .
REFINED YOUNG LADY TO SHARE ONE
room, kitchenette, bath and hall furnished
apt, Oct /; reasonable; splendid loca ation;
walking distance. Address Box 324-B, Star
office. 81
YOUNG MAN desires room in modern house
exposure preferred; references furnished; ;
kindly state particulars. Address Box 251.B,
Star office:
THREE BEDROOMS, !. r., K. and b.. fur
nished, near school; will lease for 8 mo. OF
year; yes. there are children: must be rea-
sonable; rent Oct. 1. Address Box SAC. Star
office. 9s
GENTLEMAN desires roommate to share
large s0miS,tsss room IN modern spsTtment n
WANTED, by young couple with baby, two
or three unfurnished rooms; l.h.k.; available
Sept. Y; about :s5; any section Address
FuRNIsHED ROOM with Kitchen privileges
address BOX 27i-B. Star ofice 6.
FURNISHED ROOM or share an apartment
with congenal gentleman. Address Box 8l.C,
Star office. - =. - 81
UNFURNIsHED ROOM wanted BY coiored
ment. % Address Box ss.C. star Office.
WANTED-rBy couple. 8 or unfurnished
rooms for housekeeping. Address Box 323- B,
Star ONCE. --.--...
LADY wants . room with . prlvate family In
UNFURN1sHED four rooms. and bath, eiec.
trieity, h,.w.h.. frst door. by Sept. Is. 9s
TWO ROOMS and Kitchen near iStk, ,and "a.
ASes Addresa -1ox- k&0 rGtss once,
Evening star., 1923-09-08

RENT ROOMS-SUBURBAN.
30 COLUMBIA AVE, 'Takoma Park-Large
furnished room: anil: one gentleman $40;
two. $50: garage. So. Col. 5392-R.
301 FORT AVE, CLARENDON, yA-Two
rooms Ink, second foor; bath, gas, h.-wh
employed couple preferred.
Evening star., 1923-09-08
AUTO ACCESSORIES, REPAIRS.
WANTED-AUTOM0BILEs.
FOR RENT-GARAGES

SPOT CASH paid for automobiles OF ev'
description Edgar Baum. s12 9th NV.