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Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-07-27
RESOLUTION PASSED JULY
q, 1921, BY TWIN CITY
FEDERATION OF LABOR
FOREWORD

Believing that the citizens of community have neglect
ed of the possibilities of making the Twin Cities more
attractive place to live. desire if may be permitted
point particular Crystal Lake Park This beautiful park
Cities but of all the villages adjoining The delightful
lawns and drives are especially attractive pens parties for
can be if the public spirited citizens of community will
realize that it can be made great deal more.
The Twin Cities being inland by denied the
pleasures of water during the hot and
economically be made supply that which nature has denied
We also believe that the citizens of community would
ate and extend their financial support provide other enter
ainment in the park Other communities smaller than ours
have these handcas and there to be-
Twin ssa Cities ss "e ''S0 ''''' A''0"p'" ' ' 's
Our community has many monuments and
their love for place Of their nativity They this
better place to live than was when they We're young and
altogether too much inclined these and
the svs n 2a
citizens at the present time who willing to lend their time
cs ss s afs
citizens would give their attsaton to the lack Fairgrounds
ali s people the is Be
best parks in the State Of Illinois
With these thoughts uppermost in our minds we the
bers of local labor unions Of he Twin City Federation of Labor
desire to offer the following resolution to the urbana Assoea
ton Of Commerce and the Urbana Park Board:
A RESOLUTION
Whereas the recreatona grounds Of the Twin Cities
inadequate and equipped meet the growing popu
laton Of the Twin Cities.
And Whereas Crystal Lake Park the logical park for
expansion and equipment and with comparative small expend
this equipment and expansion can be provided, 49,
Therefore, Be 1t Resolved That the Twin City Federation
Labor through local labor unions comprising its
bersp petition the Urbana Association of Commerce and the
Park Board form committees to devise and
improving Crystal Lake for swimming purposes that
the proper houses and other structures be prepared for the
furnishing suits and other equipment that nstuc
tors employed the protection OF the public while engaged
in this pasme and that the public be asked to pay for this
per determined by the who shall have the
responsibility of the undertaking,
And Further Resolved That these organizations also
also provide musical entertainments three times per week.
preferably from till II in the evening week days and from
till 10 ON Sunday
JOHN " ROSS M. d. CAMPBELL,
GEO. P. COX, TERRY MORRISON,
J. E. HARDING, GEO H. HAWKINS,
Committee.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-27
When We Begin Using Land
Under the Oceans
Big Work Ahead for Man, Kind Friends

There is great deal of water this ours and
great deal of land underneath it.
All the treasures Of these hidden plains are simply put
away for our future by bountu nature as prudent
parents put money in the savings their young ones
Already In Chill they mining under the bed of the
Pacific Ocean, and the traveller ride electric cars through
solid tunnels OF coal beneath the of greatest
The tin mines in Wales extend far beneath the sea
Workers in the Calumet mines work beneath the
waters Of Lake Superior
OH wells are worked out beyond the edge of the Pacific
Ocean You the oil dericks just off Santa Barbara
surf.
In the bay Of San Francisco atesan wells going through
the preliminary depths Of salt water bring the water of fresh
submarine springs to the surface
But tnee little enterprises are but faint beginnings of the
great work that man has to do in exploiting the wealth he
meath the waters covering twords of the ear surface
TINS earth Will be quite romantic when sub oceanic
exploitation reaches full development when the great
mines beneath the waters indicated simply bv latitude
and longitude. - "
Mars with his huge canals distributing planets waters
scientifically will be matched perhaps BY our network ~
tunnels unor tine water from here ASIA bv our boring
with the aid OF cooling mediums the earts center S
bringing up metals in molten state - ~ "U
Before he finishes with her man will nako old o., =,
that ne at work in her midst He will make the harness
ing OF tiny Niagara the boring of poor little shmms
seem feeble efforts. ~ ~
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-27
ANCIENT LAWS DRASTIC, BUT
EFFECTIVE

~ ES MONIES, IoWa-How pre-
cious human life has gown
IL with the dawn of civiliza-
ton is shown by a perusal of
the laws of Hammurabi, sixth
king of the first dynasty of Baby
lon.
In the State law library here is
a translation by Francis Harper,
professor of Semitic languages at
Chicago University in 1904, of
Hammurabi's code, taken from
monument of black dionite found
on the AcropoIis Of Susa in 1902
by a French expedition. 1t is
from this code, scientists believe,
that the laws of Moses were
drafted. The date is placed at
$3.50 B. c..
Hammurabi showed a grim and
often just humor. Some of his
statues might well be adopted
now. He made useless all alibiS
by physicians that the operation
was successful, but the patient
failed to recover from the shock,
for Hammurahi decreed that the
physician's fingers should be cut
off in case Of failure to save the
patient.
That Hammurabi was a demo-
cratic soul was shown by his law
freeing q tenant farmer from in
terest on a debt il his crop failed
because of storms or other un-
preventable conditions. However,
the renter had to hustle, for the
price of shiftlessness was payment
to the landlord of an amount of
grain estimated from neighboring
fields. Also the renter was
forced to till all his land, for If
he did not the barren patches
were counted in his half OF the
split with the landlord.
Hammurabi in a very efficient
way cut to the heart of stolen
property problem. II man
charged that another had his
property and could not prove it
by competent witnesses, the
plaintiff never again had to
bother his head over such details,
for he lost it.
If the original owner could
prove ownership and the buyer
could produce the thief from
whom he had bought, that thief
also had a brief run OF hard luck.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-27
LUCY LOWELL
ON CURE BY
RIDICULE

~ MILES may accomplish about
everything worth while there
~ is in this old world.
Cheer-courage- faith that
moves mountains-all of these
and more have been helped along,
if not actually created, by smiles.
So, now I'm wondering if they
couldn't be put to a new use.
I'm wondering if they couldn't be
employed to do away with things
that are not fine or desirable.
1t rather seems to me that if
smiles in large quantities were
practised and performed in a pair
of midwest communication
sas City and Mason City, Iowa
they might accomplish ever so
much more than the "Dont's" and
Must Nots" now hanging over
the heads of the young people
there.
What welfare workers, women's
clubs and even the juvenile courts
of those places describe as a
grave condition" appears to be-
set those places.
It's because of the vogue of
"necking," "mugging" and pet
ting" as the young folk them
selves describe their highly in
formal behavior on the dance
floor, in moving picture theaters,
and even on the street.
THE public spooning is sick
ening." stated a jurist. "It is
demoralizing and foolish. A
general cleanup will be advocated
by many citizens"
He is a wise judge. And he
expressed very temporarily the
sentiment of public which is
scolding boys and girls and MAX
ing new and stringent rules regu-
lating dancing. walking and
about every other bit of conduct.
And fathers and mothers and
, citizens generally all promise to
see that the rules are obeyed.
TRY and do it," is the flippant
retort of the youngsters. We're
fond of each other and Wen flnd
a way to express that fondness.
So, I'm wondering If the welfare
workers and others in the MD
West and in other cities worried
over similar grave conditions
were to change their tactics and
instead of scolding. view the
young folks spooning with inter
ested smiles, what would happe1..
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Syndicate. Incl
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-27
THREE-MINUTE JOURNEYS
By TEMPLE MANNING.
THE QUAINT TOWN WHERE MOZART WAS BORN

0ALZBURG is one Of the most
- perfectly preserved examples
~ of a medieval city exist
ing today. European citadels,
fortresses and castles are often
disappointing because they have
been modified by the shifting
centuries. Salzburg stands out as
relic Of the days Of chivalry,
little changed, though a funny
looking Austrian tramway trav-
erses it's main street, and the
same street is fronted with some
fairly modern shops.
The castle Of Salzburg frowns
down upon the city from a very
steep hill whose sides are so pre-
cipitous that an elevator is
needed to ascend the two or three
hundred feet to it's summit. The
elevator is the one touch Of
modernism. The stone stairway
by which the Bishops of Salzburg
climbed to their stronghold has
defied time and can be used in
the descent. The city, bisected
by swiftly running river of ICY
Tyrolean water, huddles at the
base Of the mountain. How easy
it was for the archbishops OF
Salzburg to maintain obedience,
when all they had to do was 20
drop boulders down upon thcir
subjects! For Salzburg in the
middle ages was ruled by an
archbishop, one Of the electors of
Germany, and an ecclesiastic who
led his troops to war and wore
chain armour as often as his pur-
pie robes.
Salzburg is famed today chiefly
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-27
= LILLIAN BRADFORD, gov

wv LILLIAN BRADFORD, gov
W. ernor of Plymouth colony,
w was thankful for every
thing except the trip on the May
flower. If one may judge from his
own account of the first Amer.
lean Thanksgiving Day:
Being thus arrived in a good
harbor and brought safe to land"
he wrote, they fell upon their
knees & blessed we God of Heaven,
Who had brought them over We
vast & furious ocean and delivered
them from We perils & misarics
thereof, again to set their feete
on We firm and stable earth, their
proper elements. And no marvel
if they were thus joyful. seeing
wise Seneca was SO affected with
sailing a few miles on we coaste
Of his owne Italy; as he affirmed
that he had rather RENAME
twentie years on his way by land
than pass by sea to any place in q
short time; so tedious & drearful
was We same unto him.
But hear cannot but stay
and make a pause, and stand half
amased at this poore peoples
DIGSCAACV COAA01C4O1As GkALN 30
thinke will the reader too, when
he well considers we same. Be-
ing thus passed We vast ocean,
and a sea of troubles before in
their preparation las may be re-
n1embered by which wente be-
fore), they had now no friends to
welcome them, nor inns to enter
tame or refresh their weather
beaten bodys. no houses or much
less townes to repaire too, too
seek for succoure.
1t is recorded in scripture as =
mercie to We apostle & his ship
wraked company, yet the bar
barian showed them no smale kind
mes in refreshing them, but thees
savage barbarians, when they
mette with them were reader to
fill their sides full of arrows then
otherwise. And for We season it
was Winter, and they that know
we Winters of vt countries know
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for the fact that Mozart was born
there, miserably poor musician
who had to go elsewhere to make
a living. At frequent intervals
Mozart festival is given in the old
town, to which composers and
musicians from all over Europe
journey to hear his works per-
formed by symphony orchestras
and opera companies in rapid sue
cession.
The home of Mozart is care
fully preserved for tourists. 1t is
probable that the guide receives
in tips each day as much as Mo-
Fart got for one of his string
quartets, Sonatas or coneertos.
Mozart died as poor as he was
born, passing away in Vienna in
dire poverty at the age of thirty
five. Genius was even less ap-
preciated then than now.
The castle of the archbishops
combines the grimness of the rob-
Der baron with the austereness
of the churchman. It's rooms of
state are almost as unpleasant as
its dungeons. It is dark and dank
and dismal, but a fortress of
great strength. Modern artillery
could reduce 1t and airplanes drop
bombs upon it, but it is doubtful
if it could have been captured
with any weapons known before
the American civil war. The
manner of reducing such fort
resses during the Middle Ages
was for an enemy to sit down in
front Of 1t for three or four years
until starvation caused capitula-
ton.
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Feature Service, Inc.)
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But if the buyer failed to produce
the thief he was called a liar and
soon thereafter was in com
munion with his ancestors.
The greatest problem of modern
times, divorce, was no problem
at all to HammuIabi. He was
the first exponent of trial mar
riages. If a man cared not for
his wife he merely returned her
'dot," or marriage settlement, to
her father, together with other
gifts, and he again was a bache-
Tor. If a wife became indiscreet
her husband could take another
wife without further ceremony. I
and the offender was forced by
law to slave in his home az maid
servant to the new wife.
Assault and battery were
charges comparatively easy to
escape in those days, il a man
could remember the formula All
he had to do was to say, II
struck him without intent" and
his total liability was the doctor s
bin. If the victim happened to
succumb, and the assailant had
uttered the magic words, 1t was
considered that one mana" of
silver patched up the affair
nicely.
Sons and daughters were cruel
ly depressed. They were not al
lowed to strike father. II the
son did, by royal edict he lost
his fingers, like the unsuccessful
physician.
Sound construction of buildings
was assured by the statute which
exacted the life of the contractor
If a building collapsed and caused
the death of a tenant. Cutting
the costs by fimsy construction
was the last thing a contractor
considered.
Proper conduct Of the courts OF
law was made certain by a chap
ter which placed death as the
penalty for perjury of filing a
wrongful charge. Even the judge
had to walk chalk line In his
decisions. If he decided case
and then reversed himself, twelve
tines the amount of the fine was
the price he had to pay. Ham.
murahi's judges made a point Of
getting their decisions right In
the first place.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-27
Once-Overs
Copyright international Feature Service
HAVE A SMILING COUNTENANCE IN OLD AGE

1e@ro'e
HAVE A SMILING COUNTENANCE IN OLD AGE.
Are you growing old cheerfuly and gracefully?
You think that is impossible with crick in your back
and set of false teeth.
If you sense of humor, it might help you
Remember how you used to look at some persons who
doubled up grew of shape with rheumatism brought
by overwork and exposure?
You did not understand what made them look So and
you thought because they just let themselves SLOUGH
and grow sloppy.
You really wanted to laugh when you them go by,
and only good mothers careful bringing up kept YOU
from open raillery.
Now why do you not laugh at your predicament?
If you have sense of humor you wiU and you will be
sorry at the time that head shallow when
you younger.
Aches and pains you do have but everyone has them:
and when you find elderly who keeps cheerful
and happy in spite of wrinkled face you have found
person whom every loves and revere for smiling
counenance in old age happy and 0uVyxse heart
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-27
MAYFLOWER'S VOYAGE TOO
ROUGH FOR GOVERNOR
William Bradford First Executive of Plymouth Colony
Stressed Storm in Thanksgiving Edict

hem to be sharp q violent. 3 sub
.ecte to crueIl & feirce stormcs.
Dangerous to travil to known
places, much more to serch an un-
known coast. Besids, what could
hey see but a hidious & desolate
wilderness, full of wild beats & wild
men? and what multitude Their
might be Of them they knew not.
Neither could they, as 1t were,
goe up to We tope Of Pisgah, to
view from this wilderness more
goodly countrie to feed their hops;
for which way soever they moved
their eyes (save upward to sc
heavensl they could have little so
lace or content in respects of any
outward objects. For Summer be-
ing done, all things stand upon
them with a weat her-beaten face,
and We whole ccuntrie full Of
woods e thickets, represented q
wild & savage heiw. II they look
ed behind them, Their was We
nightly ocean which they had
passed, and was now as q maine
barr &goulfe to separate them from
all We civil parts OF We world
What could now sustaine them
but We spirite of God & his grace2
May not & ought not the childrek
of these fathers rightly saE
Our fathers were EnglishmA.
which came over this great ocean.
and were ready to perish in the
wilderness; but they cried unto we
Lord, and he heard their voyce,
and looked on their adversitie.
Let them, therefore, praise We
Lord, because he is good, and his
mercies endure for ever. Yea, let
them which have been redeemed
of We Lord. show how he hath de-
1ivered them from We hand and
We oppressour. When they wan
dered in We deserte wilderness out
of We wa, and found no cite to
dwell in, both hungrie & thirstie,
their soule was overwhelmed IN
them. Let them confess before
We Lord his loving kindness, and
his wonderful works before We
sons of men,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-27
WORDS FROM
THE LIPS OF
WISE MEN
WY HEN two persons dearly
w attached to one another
sonaY rate how mich nn0ra

WY HEN two persons dearly
W. attached to one another
w separate, how much more
to be pitied is the one who re-
mains than the one who goesi
Prejudice is prejudgment. 1t is
forming an opinion without ex-
accepting a conclusion without
investigating the evidence upon
which it rests.
1t is vain to be always looking
towards the future and never
acting towards it.
Where love is there is no Ia
Dor, and if there be labor, the
labor is loved.
1t takes a good many shovel
fuls Of earth to bury the truth.
Be a follower of the Golden
Rule-it is not only the highest
morality, bat is a fruitful source
of true politeness. and is withal
but simple justice.
Do something worth living for,
worth dying for-do something
to show that you have mind,
and a heart, and soul within
you.
Discretion Is the perfection of
reason, and guide to win in all
the duties of life.
The desire of knowledge, like
the thirst Of riches, increases
ever with the acquisition of it.
Never be afraid of criticism or
ridicule-always remember that
opposition and calumny are often
the brightest tribute that vice
and folly can pay to virtue and
wisdom.
Copyright. 1929. by Newspaper
Feature Service, Inc.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-27
STUDENTS TOLD TO READ THE
NEWSPAPERS

forded the opportunity to en-
phasize the triviality of the tenn
porarily sensational as compared
with the really significant events
recorded in the same columns.
GAS against the occasional lurld
items there are remarkably full
accounts Of the public utterances
of men and women of achieve
ment, whether in Government af-
fairs or in private station: there
are detailed reports of world nap.
penings: there are fine editorial
summaries and interpretation of
current trends.
''In fact, when the limited time
allowed a daily paper for prepare
ton of its material is considered
there is surprising merit in the
composition of most OF the
Stories Citizenship training will
not be thoroughly handled if the
newspaper is left out of account.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-27
SAP AND SALT
BY Bert Moses

HE surest way to raise a
fuss is to try to keep one
down.
Anyhow, Noah had emo trouble
saving a pair Of each variety of
fish.
1t is much easier to attack q
mans character than to answer
his arguments.
The great social problem is
how to abolish divorce without
abolishing marriage
Many a man has a reputation
for being good when In fact he
is only stupid.
Men look first at a woman's
face. then at her feet, and, last
OF all, at her clothes.
HeZ Heck says: MANY folks
is able to dance who ere not able
to earn a Twin"
(cODyF1ght. 1929. Premier Syndicate. Ina.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-27

COLUMBUS Ohio - Asserting
that "the newspaper of today
~ is one of the important extra
curricuIa educational agencies"
Prof, Vernon RiegSl. State direc.
tor of education. has requested
school superintendents throughout
Ohio TO use newspapers in teach
ing and has recommended that
Students read newspapers for gen.
eral information and education.
.aThere is found in most cur
rent publications material that Will
contribute to the physical moral,
intellectual and spiritual welfare
Of it's readers said Director
Riegel.
"The fact that newspapers OF
necessity report some of the I'M
lovely aspects of human affairs
does not bar them from public
schools usefulness. for here is af-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-27
Fewer British

r ONDON.-Despite the difficult
ties Of caring for her surplus
- population, to which Is at
tributed much of her unemploy-
ment, Great Britain Is worried
over the decrease in her birth rate.
Figures for the year 1922 show
that the birth rate was lower than
for any year since 1869, except
the years of the war.
In 1922 there were 7S0,124 babies
born in England, equivalent to a
rate of 20.4 for each 1000 OF the
population .....-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-27
One Sessions
Editor The Washington Times:
A RE the parents Of Washing

Editor The Washington Times:
A RE the parents Of Washing
"A ton no longer interested in
IA the health of their children?
Why the elimination of the one
session plan for rainy days?
Does the man who makes the
two-session law know that many
children do not possess raincoats
or umbrellas?
Does he realize that cold fall
and winter rains are conducive to
pneumonia?
Or are his interests so COM
pletely academic that he places the
health of a child secondary to
education?
If the so-called Board of Educa
ton has any authority whatsoever
why doesn't it exercise 1t in behaF
of the Washington school childrsa
and have the old safe and sane
one session for rainy days re-estRb-
lished?
MRS. ELSIE e. AMERICA.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-27
Flabby Thinkers

<<- ZEN with flabby muscles
- M and large abdomens are
WI prone to do flabby think.
inc and. as a consequence, act
With corresponding inefficiency in
all matters in which they partici-
az nn+a lessons learned on the ath-
ietic field and in the he gymnasium S1i3r, 1nor11
VIZ ,, u man. Men physically fit
Do not violate the fundamental
w., w ~ health and are free from
tt am1 which beset men who
make no effort to keep in good
rbvsical condition"
PM Thsse comments are made by u.
r Delaporte, superintendent OF the
Chicago Public Schools Athletic
League, in his account in the De
cember issue of Hygeia OF the re-
cant athletic field meet of the Chi
cago notice department. which was
witnessed by more than q hundred
thousand people.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-07

rooms of homes and business premises
free from trash and rubbish. Watch
out for spontaneous combustion from
oily rags, etc.
4: See that every case of arson or
incendiarism is justly punished. The
Texas laws are too technical and con-
viction is now very difficult; this
should be remedied.
3: Don't start your fires with coal
oil. it may be gasoline. BE sure your
oil stoves are kept in repair. If in
doubt, get a new stove.
Is: Smokers cause thousands of
fires and should use greatest care in
throwing away burning stubs and
matches.
Z: See that stove pipes are not ex-
posed TO burnable surfaces. Keep
chimneys free from excessive SCOT.
s: Keep matches away from child
rem and put out of their reach.
9: See that electrical connections
are free from defects.
10: Last but not least keep your
property fully covered by fire in
surance in strong. old line companies
and be as careful as you can.