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The Washington times., 1923-12-13
THREE-MINUTE JOURNEYS
A Trip Across the Island of Jnnlai.
By TEMPLE MANNING.

severely punished, but there are
no unpleasant restrictions Of any
other sort. The marriage cere-
mony Is generally dispensed with
in the interior, and in the coast
towns for that matter, though
the natives have all embraced a
sort of Christianity that largely
consists OF singing hymns and APP
plauding exhorterg.
The Salvation Army is very
strong in Jamaica, though its
founders could hardly approve Of
the Jamaican ideas Of salvation.
The most Christian of the native
women excuse themselves from
matrimony on the ground that a
husband is somebody to support.
The male Jamaican detests labor,
and cheerfully lives on his wife's
earnings-if he can get a wife.
But the native woman fools him
by refusing to marry and puts
him out when love grows cold.
1.-THE way 1t is now" she says.
my children are my own and
don't have to support my man
any longer than I want to. But
If I was married I'd have him
on my hands for life, and he'd
make the children work for him.
too"
copyright, 1928. by Newspaper
Feature Service, Incl
The Washington times., 1923-12-13
D. C. MOST BEAUTIFUL CITY,
SAYS MISS GEORGE

II ONDON.-Miss Megan Lloyd
4 George, daughter Of the
- former prime minister OF
England. learned a lot about
America during her recent tour
and was able to understand most
of the things she heard and saw.
But she returned to England with
out ever having found out the
correct thing to reply when a
brisk American thrusts out a
friendly hand and calculates:
I'm pleased to meet YOU"
II suppose" said Miss George,
that there must be a recognized
reply, but America keeps it to
herself. Whenever that was said
to me I invariably replied, How
do you do?' which must have been
regarded as a battling sign of
lnsuIar1ty. If ever go back /
intend to make America divulge
the answer to that riddle.
And do want to go back"
Miss Megan continued. IT loved
It all. 1t was like a kaleidoscope.
First the skyline of New York
rising out Of the clouds like a
cream city in Arabian Nights; the
crowds of horn-spectacled report
ers; Ice water, grapefruit; Wash
lngton, the most beautiful city in
the world; golden maple trees and
scarlet dogwood-I am eager to
see 1t all again."
Miss Megan admitted that a lot
OF her preconception Of Americans
mad been knocked for Il loop by
her actual experiences in the
United States.
The conventional idea Of the
American-loud voiced and always
chewing gums ludicrous," she
said. Americans have not loud
voices, and | never saw anybody
chewing gum. On the contrary,
Americans are the politest people
on the earth.
Another discovery I. made is
That the women dress quite ex-
qulsltely. 1 don't know how it is,
out though they seem to buy
most OF their dresses in Paris
tney wear them with quite a New
world air. To drive down Fifth
avenue Is a sheer delight-one
sees so many beautiful people in
such beautiful clothes"
America, however, would be
more pleasant If 1t would only
take up tea, Miss Megan believes.
Not that there is any special
merit in tea, but because the tea
habit eases the strain Of modern
strenuoslty.
1T was brought home to me
that Americans do not know how
to rest" she said. Life flies by
too fast for them to step aside
even for an instant. And 1t is
because they do not know how to
rest that they never will under
stand the meaning Of tea.
They used to ask me with real
curiosity II there was any truth
In the strange legend that had
The Washington times., 1923-12-13
ART WORK IN
BUTCHER
SHOP

~ ENTERVILLE, Ind.-Wayman
Adams, portrait and still-life
~ painter, Of two continents,
master Of the pallet and brush,
produced his masterpiece" here
the other day in a butcher shop.
A strange story surrounds the
painting of the interior Of a shop
owned by John H. Nixon, posses
sor Of one Of the finest collections
Of pictures in the Middle West.
It dates back to a time, many
years ago, when Nixon, a butcher
by trade, became interested in
art. He began to collect pictures
from the brushes of some of the
prominent artists and in doing
so became acquainted with Way
man Adams. Adams was on a
visit to Indianapolis recently, and
Nixon invited him to come to
Centerville.
A slaughter house might seem
ing. But history records that the
many odd places. Rembrandt's
most celebrated canvas was paint
ed in a dissecting room. Rosa
Bonheur's greatest pictures were
first seen in stables, cattlepens
and farmyards.
Adams picture painted here
measures SO by so inches. It has
three hogs heads for central fig
ures on the slaughter block, with
several knives, a few pieces Of
meat, a butchers coat, a pair of
gloves and an old crock included.
The high-lights are thrown in re-
lief against q warm'sh red back
ground, and a bright blue lard
bucket furnishes a touch of color.
The technique of the artist is
easily seen in the work. His bold
brushwork and power Of compost
ton are things which make the
whole painting fine.
Adams has painted portraits Of
a number OF prominent persons.
One of these, OF the late Presi-
dent Harding, was completed only
a few days before the Chief Exec
utive's fateful Western trip.
Others have been made of Prince
BIbesco. Rumanian minister to
the United States; Irving Cobb
and his daughter, Meredith Nichol-
son, Booth Harrington. James
WnlLCOI1U I1IIGy1 ASIcSdW MOun-
tain Lands and w. o. Bates.
His 1.-THE Jury" has created a
great deal of comment from
critics, and this canvas will repre-
sent him in the international ex-
hibit at Rome this winter.
The painting made here has
been named "Thinrind." 1t will be
in the possession OF Nixon until
January. when II will he included
In the exhibit Of Indiana artists
at Richmond. Ind, after which 1t
viii be sent East for exhibition.
The Washington times., 1923-12-13

drifted over to them Of British
business men who left their desks
toward the hour Of five in order
to sip tea and nibble toast. And
when I told them yes, 1t was true,
there was a light in their eyes
as though they had gazed on a
great mystery.
"They do not understand that
tea, to us, means more than a
mere drink. They do not realize
the magic that lies in the tinkle
of the spoons and the drawing Of
the curtains.
But that Is. after all, a small
thing for a country which has
made such tremendous strides in
such a short time. When think
Of the thousands OF years which
we have taken to evolve our
civilization and then visit Amer
lea to find that a CIVILIZATION has
sprung up almost in q night,
cannot but marvel at what the
future will bring FORTH"
The Washington times., 1923-12-13
Key to "Shen
Man. 3.

CT. PETERSBURG, F1a-Dr. J.
~ Walter Fewkes, chief of the
Bureau Of American Ethnology,
Smithsonian Institution, Wash
ington, who now is making an
exploration along the Gulf coast,
has uncovered a shell mans"
Quern, or milling stone.
The shell man." who made and
used the quern for flour milling
purposes, was among the first, IL
not the very first to inhabit the
North American Continent, &C.
cording to DR.. Fewkes.
DR.. Fewkes has made other in
teresting discoveries on his south.
ward trip which now are on dis
play here. All of the discoveries
made by the famous archaeologist
will later be taken to the Smith
sonian Institution for more care.
full study and investigation.
The Washington times., 1923-12-13
SAP AND SALT
BY Bert Moses


Before forty romance seeks
woman; after forty she does the
seeking.
Most Of us are liars when our
personalities are under discussion.
Perhaps the reason we have no
peace is because the world has
never prepared" for it.
A prizefighter's motto: "Gate
receipts are more substantial than
glory"
Merit is seldom recognized un.
less put into the show window
and advertised.
The highest philosophy is sim
ply this: Take what comes and
forget what doesn't.
Whenever a man believes ten
times more than he can express,
he starts a new society or re-
ligion, and has no trouble finding
followers.
Hez Heck says: "Jist how hard
you love depends upon how silly
you feel"
Copyright. 1928. Premier Syndicate. Ino.,
The Washington times., 1923-12-13
BUSY YEAR Is
PLANNED BY
PRINCE

r ONDON. - England's already
much-traveled Prince Of
- Wales will have a busy and
more widely travelled 1924, accord
ing to provisional plans and ar
engagements being made for him.
Chief among his plans is q state
visit to South Africa, which will
probably take place about the
middle Of the year, after the install
lation Of the new encouragement,
the Earl Of Athlone.
The program is being compiled
along very comprehensive lines,
including a detailed visit, it is ex-
pected, to British East Africa and
British Central Africa, returning
home by the east coast route,
; visiting Kenya, the Sudan, and
Egypt If time permits.
Gen. Jan SHUTS, South African
premier, Is handling the arrange
ments for the South African part
Of the tour.
1t Is probable that in the late
summer the prince will take a
short trip to Ireland, visiting Dub
lin and Belfast and some of the
beauty spots Of the country.
His arrangements in England In
clude, besides the attending of in
Vulnerable public functions and
opening Of public memorials, a
series Of visits to industrial CEN
tiers OF the country,
The Washington times., 1923-12-13

Jew visitors to Jamaica see
more Of this remarkable
British island in the Carib-
bean Sea than Kingston, the prin-
cipal seaport, and Port Antonio
on the other side Of the island
where there is a fine tourist hotel.
The journey between these two
ports is usually made by steamer
and at night.
Yet one Of the most interesting
tropical trips in the whole world
IL across Jamaica by railroad from
Port Antonio to Kingston. Jamaica
is very mountainous. ana some
Of its peaks are 5000 feet high.
The railroad winds through noun
tain valleys and plunges through
tunnels some twenty-five in num-
Der during its six or seven.hour
pilgrimage over the island.
As the railroad train winds
along the rapidly running rivers
valleys you begin to see the ia
naican as he is, and what you
see from the car window is civin-
zation compared to conditions
further in the interior. Practical
Iv all the officials, including the
Judges, are negroes, and the In
structtons Of the British to these
officers Is that order must be
preserved. Murder and theft are
The Washington times., 1923-12-13
Once Overs
Ccopyr4ght. Feature Service
THE FAMILY SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED
TA nDTTT
TO DRIFT APAR

outside interests lessenng your interest in
home?
Because your home is not what you think it should be,
are you drifting away from itF
In your family does there seem to be too much of
spirit of each doing what pleases individually without
any consideration for how the other members of the family
feel about itY
These danger signals you should heed.
Once family starts drifting apart and away from
another does not take long for it to become completely
broken up.
It is much easier drift apart than to sail together.
Someone make the effort to keep together; why
not you?
Of course there may not be dissolution of family ties
and the home spot but there lack Of interest needed
to make place Of peace happiness and content,
it is not real home.
How do you look upon your homeG
Are you the who expects the other fellow to show
the interest while you fit, you willing to give
of your outside pleasure and in the interests OF
a happy h0me2
The Washington times., 1923-12-13
A Gun to Interest Napoleon
This news win interest England.
He Would Have Liked It.

This win interest England
The French are practcng with their new suuercannon
firing out to 100 miles They had to strengthen bdres
along railroads to cart the big gun. e
isn't needed in Germany ali teeth having been nu,1ed
out Of that country So the big gum win be set up on the
English Channel. r - ~
Now at whom at whose ships do you suppose that big gun
could be aimed? ~ 20 So"
1 would interest Napoleon that hS adontaA land
France builds cannon powerful enough to fire se anross
the English Channel and good many miles into
who marched up and down the edge of the ater oS
could find no way Of getting across to England. ~--
The Washington times., 1923-12-13
Serious Charge

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.-CharginR
ID that he partly tore her tongue
from its fastenings while work.
ing on her mouth, Ella Durham
has filed a suit here against DR..
Joe Brown. asking $4,000 dam
ages.
In her filed statement the com.
plainant says that while working
on her mouth the defendant broke
off some teeth, tore plaintiffs
gums and in some manner par.
TALLY tore plaintiffs tongue from
the fastenings in her mouth.
The Washington times., 1923-12-13

TT is always well to listen to those who do not like YOU
You learn lot which your friends would never dare
- tell Won
Evening star., 1923-01-21
Girl Scout News Notes.
THE onicerr Club ro,,h,r a,,,,

THE oficerS Club monthly dinner
L was held Tuesday evening at the
Y. W. G. A., with a large attendance.
Members OF the executive board who
attended were Mrs Charles 8. Ham
lin, Mrs. Henry Breckinridse, Mrs.
Theodore Wilkinson, jr., Mrs Helen
r. Scudder and Mrs Herbert Hoover.
Following a business meeting, quiet
games" were taught by Miss shannon.
These were games which might be
used in the scout work.
There Will be a formal meeting of
the court OF awards Saturday after
noon, January %, at 2:45 O'Clock, in
the auditorium OF the parish house OF
time all badges. other than tender
foot, which have been won by the
scouts in the past few months will
be awarded. Arrangements for this
meeting are in charge Of Mrs Fred
awards committee Of the council. and
Mrs. Edward E. Norwood, chairman
of the Patrol Leaders Association.
Besides the awarding Of badges, there
will be short talk on the ideals of
scouting and the value Of scout work
Members Of the Girl Scouts Glee Club
will sing several songs and there Will
be a presentation by the scouts of
model troop court of honor meeting
and a model opening meeting. All
scouts are invited to be present at
this meeting and to bring with them
their friends and members Of their
families.
The activities committee Of the ex-
ccutive beard. Of which Mrs. ]. Har-
ris Franklin Is chairman, IN arranE-
ing for a concert to be given by the
Girl Scouts Cleo Club Friday evening,
February 2. at s o'clock. at the Eng
lish Lutheran Church. 11th and II
streets northwest. It Is also making
arrangements for a cantata and for
the Girl Scouts field meet, which Will
probably take place In May.
The troop committee Of the council.
of which Mrs. Helen r. Scudder is
chairman, has divided up all the
troops in the city, allotting certain
troops to-csrtain- committee members;
as follows: Mrs w. c.. Heron.
Troops 4. 20 and 10; Mrs. w. b. Pain,
Troops 50. 58, IT and 40; Mrs. F. H.
Brooke. Troops 35. 2s and 10: Mrs.
Henry Breckinridge, Troops Al, 45.
so and SO; Miss Evelina Gleaves.
Troops /, 26. So. 40 and A; Mrs. Edith
B. station, Troops 50, IL, II. %. and
8: Mrs. Richard Emmett. Troops 1S,
Is and AZ.
It will be the duty Of the members Of
this committee to keep in touch with
their troops, to report to the council on
the welfare of these troops and their
heads. They will act in an advisory
capacity to the captain. giving what
ever help may be needed.
Evening star., 1923-01-21

manders Mattocks. MeCafsreysDcpart-
mens Adjutant Close and Reg.fD. II
mitchell, pastor OF the church.
AT the meeting of the Allied Vet
erans Association of the Widows and
Orphans Home of United States War
Veterans held in @. A. r. Hall Fri
day night the following representa-
tfves from the Spanish war Veterans
were elected: For secretary. Depart
ment Ad5utant ClaiborE s. Close, past
commander OF Miles Camp; Mrs. s. w
Coulter, supreme ruler. Lineal Society.
and Mrs. Van Allen. depa rtment presi-
dent, Ladies' Auxiliary. On the execu-
tive committee, Past Commander
Harry Coulter of Harden Camp and
Mrs. Goldsboro Of the Lineal Society.
Maj. III. L. Dean, department com
mander. G. A. R., was elected presi-
dent; Mrs. Myrtle Loebsack, depart
ment auxiliaries Womans,, Keller
Club. first vice president; Mrs. Emma
dies Of G. A. R., and Frank A. De
Groot. commander, Sons OF Veterans.
as treasurer. Trustee. Charles W
McCaffrey, past department comman
der, Miles Camp.
TIE twenty-6fth memorial annfver-.
States battle5hip Maine in Havana
harbor will be held February IS, az
2:30 pm, in Riding Hall, Fort Myer.
Va.
W. McCaffrey and wife celebrated
their twenty-third wedding anniver-
sary Saturday night. A large num-
ber Of members and their wives
gathered at their home, 403 18th
street northeast, and Mrs. X Lawson.
on behalf of the Lineal Society. Span
ish War, presented Mrs. Bessie Nc
Caffrey. past assistant chief adviser.
a beautiful cut-giass fruit dish, and to
her husband miniature York Pa.)
go-cart.
Evening star., 1923-01-21
Invents One of New
Women's Occupations

Tf is truly astonishing, the large
! number of absolutely new occupa-
thans that girls and women seem to
he discovering and making a success
Of. Miss Hazel Hite has invented one
of the very newest of them all She
IS a convention secretary When the
National League Of Woman Voters
holds its fourth annual convention in
Des Moines in April women from
every state in the Union will sec how
she does it.
Conventions really seem to be an
Increasingly popular institution in
the United States. There We're once
days when only the Daughters of the
American Revolution and a few other
Of the oldest standbys held annual
conventions. Now, however. In these
days of highly specialized vocations.
everybody who Is doing anything Of
any kind holds a convention al least
once year; SO the field should prove
quite promising for the girls Of to-
day to follow in Miss Hites foot
steps. Conventions are to the Amer
lean business man and club woman
what the circus is to the small boy
and girl. and we Of Washington are
only too familiar with every phase
of convention life. for our "city Of
Evening star., 1923-01-21
Fascinating Work.

The girls Of the kindergarten train
ing division at Wilson Normal School
Arc having q grand and glorious time
developing two projects that interest
the children In their classes very
much and prove quite fascinating
even to tho big girls themselves One
Of these Is the building and furnish
ing Of Q dolls house. The other is
the building Of q farm in miniature,
with barns and animals and every
thing. Miss Jane McKnew is in
charge Of the two projects as the
faculty director.
There are more than a score Of girls
in the class working on these prof.
cots. The girls are Edna Burrows
Catherine Altemus. Virginia Frye,
Kathleen Steele. Eelma Putnam.
Edith Hughes, Helen Kellogg, EsteIle
Gnichrest. Virginia smucker. Velda
Mensh. Margaret Smith. Mary Ruby,
Evelyn Reichard. Anna Patterson.
Helen Murphy, Virginia wynkoop,
Adele Delano, Marie Foehl, Marjorie
Arnold. Adele Prioe and Eus Shorter.
Evening star., 1923-01-21
BOOKS RECEIVED.

THE PHILOSOPHY OF THINGS: By
James Ferguson. Denver: Fup-
lfshed by the author.
vIsTAs. BY Walter C. Stevens. New
York: Mentieth Book Company.
THE SWEDISH YEAR BOOK. 1872.
Edited and published with the as
sistance Of public authorities
Stockholm.
OVERLOOKED. BY Maurice Barring.
New York: Houghton Mifnin Com
pany.
WANDERER OF THE wASTELAND.
BY Zane Gray. author Of The Man
of the Forest" etc. New York:
Harper & Bros.
THE LITTLE COUNTRY THEATER-
BY Alfred G.. Arvo1d, North Dakota
Agricultural College. Fargo, y. y.
New York: The Macmillan Com
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sELr-HEALING sIMPLFTBD. By
George Landor Perrin, founder OF
the Franklin Square House. New
York: George III. Doran Company.
EATING vITAMINEs, How to Know
and Prepare the Feeds that Sup
ply These Invfsfhle LifeEuards.
with Two Hundred Tested Recipes
and Menus for Use in the Home:
BY C. Houston Goudiss. national
authority on nutrition, author or
Wood Friends We Neglect" etc.
New York: Funk & Wagnalls Com
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THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE BAL
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Theodore H. Boggs. Ph. D. profes-
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The Macmillan Company.
EMILE COUE AND HIS LIFE WORK.
BY Charles Baudouin. New York:
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RADIO FOR ALL. BY H. Gernsback,
editor Of Radio News. With 13 half
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Evening star., 1923-01-21

experience, deep feel
ing Tor country, strong faith
II In the high and worthy future
OF that country-such is the
personal background Of these studies.
The immediate cause Of their pro-
lection lies in the crisis which the
country is facing. This is, at root,
a spiritual and social turning point.
It's surface aspects, however, are
political, financial, economic, and It
Is with some of these that the author
oeals They are highly practical
stuoes. Though the author is
clearly an idealist. he talks from the
ground. not from the clouds. : And
~ upon the increased well being of
the people of this country. There
iore, they deal with the present and
It's outlying future. To Be sure, the
aGtnor eTr now and then makes use of a
slight historic sketch, but this merely
for the purpose of placing the sub
Ject more clearly or more adequately
IN the mind of the reader. These are
snort stud1es-the water squeezed out,
SO that what remains is solid matter.
strsst rS are re- simple studies. neither alb
as clear fact-politicai. financial,
economic-in the inherencies of its
own logical development and effect.
me book is of timeliness to cover
qsuestions tss that are today engaging
minds of the people. Protective
tarin, imm: grafton, the agricultural
cIisls. merchant marine. free tolls for
the canal, the Philippines, our bank
ing system. gold standard and foreign
exchange, and SO on. and son on-the
cream of legislative concern and
popular interest. A little book,
packed with substance, simplicity,
timeliness, idealism-hardly q better
one could be imagined for the hand
know more about his country and
about those who are guiding 1t toward
it's future.
CHILE, To-day and Tomorrow. BY
L. p; Elliott author Of BLACK
Gold" etc New York: The Mac
milan Company.
Mr.. Elliott gives here everything
that the general reader could possi-
bly, desire to know about this South
he provides the starting point and
indicates the course OF any number
or special studies and lines Of inves-
tigation. From the physical appear
lines It's history. and from here moves
out to It's present and its Immediate
future in radiating lines of impor-
tance and interest. The mineral in
dustry. commerce. agriculture, means
or communication, fnance-these re-
cetve special attention as tho high
points OF interest in this region at
present. Mr.. Elliott in this work
follows the accepted formula for pro-
ducing general view. There ap-
pears to be no other way to do ii.
In his writing personality, however,
he Is indiyidua1-aferf enfhusiaa af1c
equipped and, then, communicable.
The book is alive and deeply inter-
esting by reason Of the fact that ono
catches the look and feel Of the coun-
try, the outlook and PROPOSES sions
or It's people, with many an interest
Ing point on old beliefs and new In
sp1rations, on literature and the other
arts. The story of Easter island-its
lost islanders, its statutes, its cary
ings. its bird CULTS a deeply inter