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The Washington times., 1923-07-03
FLEA HEATER
AMUSING
PARIS
Tiney Performers Wear Dress
Costumes-One Dances
on a Tight Rope.
BY ALICE LANGELIER.
International News RerYina.

PARIS, July "a little troupe
of trained fleas is drawing large
crowds to the Fete de Neuilly, on
the edge Of Paris.
AS early as the seventeenth cen
fury Paris had it's little flea thea
ter, which attracted visitors from
all parts of the world. Fleas,
CARRIED in military uniforms, exc
cuted maneuvers on a miniature
battlefield and dragged about little
cannon and other ornaments with
the greatest skill.
Today the spectacle is given in
a little wooden shed. The spec.
tators sit about a table covered
with a white cloth The trainer
brings forth her little troupe and
puts them through their amazing
exercises. Some Of the tiny in.
sects are dressed in crinolincs and
hoop. skirts and figure in a cos.
tune ball. Another is a tight rope
walker of no mean ability. A few
do some military tactics with can.
non and guns. But the most re-
markable is certainly the little
juggler, who rolls an elderberry
about on her feet, tossing 1t up in
the air at the command of the
trainer and releasing it when she
says stop"
"She is my best artist" said
Mademoiselle Ambros. fhe trainer
and to reward her she lifted her
sleeve and let the little creature
feast a minute on her arm. The
meal takes place in this manner
for each insect It lasts about fiji
teen or twenty minutes every day
Thus nourished and protected from
the cold. they live, on an average
about nine years.
"At the beginning of their train.
ing the trainer continued, II
must attach my little fleas to a
fine string or silk hair before their
performances. Once having learned
the futility of their efforts to es.
cape they change their habitual
hops into regular movements
Then my task is much easier. The
little creatures possess astonishing
strength, but needless to say, their
education demands untold patience
The Washington times., 1923-07-03

duced as yet, after the test Of a
big collection Of helicopters, a real
helicopter.
Oelmichen built a machine under
the financial assistance Of the au-
tomobiIe concern, Peugeot, and the
French government. The first DEL
michen helicopter could lift only
with the assistance Of a gas bag.
The second Oelmichen machine.
which has made few flights
carrying its pilot, is probably the
best effort made in France. The
Oelmichen helicopter has some
manoeuverability although 1t is
said to be insufficient, but it has
no stability whatsoever, and the
gryoscope, with which 1T is equip
ped, does little good to the machine.
Pescara Machine Flys.
Pescara has built, at the ex.
pense Of the French government,
three helicopters. It is only the
third Pescara machine that was
able to make few short flights
that amounted to anything, al
though aviation experts say the Oel-
michen flights are Of more i'm
portance than the Pescara flights.
The Pescara helicopter has some
manoeuverabiNty, but it has no
stability whatsoever. The perform
ances OF all these machines are far
from approaching the performance
of the De Bothezat helicopter built
in America.
Germany has not been able 20
produce a helicopter.
Thus the United States, which
gave the world the airplane twenty
years ago, today appears to be on
the threshold through the de Bottle
Eat machine, of creating the first
zhelicopter which has stability.
manoeuverability and can hover.
But whether this country produces
such a machine depends largely on
whether the stalemate between the
air service and DR.. de Bothezat
is ironed out.
The Washington times., 1923-07-03
HOME FOR AGED.
UPSET BY
CUPID
Chatterbox Of 1o2 Said to
Have vamped Widower
Of los.

NEW YORK, July 3.-Two hun.
dred aged men and women In the
Sons and Daughters Of Israel Home
yesterday discussed a romance some
Of them say involves two popular
centenarians, inmates OF the institu'
ton. The women, most Of them
long past eighty, gathered in groups,
their white-capped heads close to.
gether. There was q regular old
time gossip-fest lasting nearly all
day.
!. Chain Weiss, Sage of wyassy''
they call him, landscape gardener
of los years. who came from Bucha'
rest sixty years ago, and Eta
Trooper, 102, widow, fifty years
In America, emerged from the
synagogue yesterday holding hands
chatterbox from Galicia, many years
resident in the Tenth street home
She Nursed Him.
Weiss il recovering from an oper
alton. During his convalescence
the gossips says. widow Trooper at
tended him assiduously: Aftel
luncheon yesterday she drew 9
chair near his and kept him COO
with a palm leaf fan. Meanwhile
scores Of shawled, white bonnetet
and aproned old ladies-iike 81
many Rembrandts stepped straight
out of the frames-whispered they
had known 1t all along.
Miss Frances Under, secretary o.
the home. smilingly declined to con
firm gossip anent the Weiss-Troop
err romance, but consented to facili
tate the questioning OF both prin
cipals. When Weiss was asked
whether he contemplated matrimonJ
in his second century he gruntet
contemptuously, putting vigorously
at. a cigarette. Then he referred
his caller to widow Trooper, whom
The characterized as "a mighty
smart girl" adding, apropos those
everlasting gossips in the women'i
dorTnitory,'' that she would put {
flea in their ears"
Has Had Three Wives.
i've had three wives" he chuck
led. Three times is out. l know
WREN I've had enough"
"Oh, what I know about you,'
joked Miss Linder as she sat .,
widow Trooper and patted the OLE
woman's hands. do you know
what they say? That you're II
love with Papa Weiss. Whq, it.,
all over the place. What have YOU
The Washington times., 1923-07-03
LUCRATIVE POSITIONS
OFFERED IN U. s. SERVICE

The Civil Service Commission to-
day announced open competitive
examinations for several Govern
ment jobs that pay up to $4,000 u
year The vacancies that are to be
filled are electrical design drafts
man, $3.50 to $3.50 a day; library
specialist office of the commandant,
Navy Yard, $4,000; real, estate ex-
pert, @. M. c., $3.50 year to $12 a
day; apprentice fish culturist, $500
to 5000 year; special writer in the
office of director. Government
Savings System, $4,000; observer and
computer in gas analyses, at Pitts
burgh, 1920 to $500 a year; as.
sistant map printer. Geological Sur.
vey, 50 a day.
In addition to the basic pay there
rs bonus of $50 a month for those
salaries which do not exceed $2,5O0
Full information and application
blanks may be obtained at the Of
flee of the Civil Service Commission,
1924 F street northwest.
The Washington times., 1923-07-03
FRENCH WIDOW SEEKS
TO EMULATE DIoCENES

PARIS, July 3.-Madame Tran
zal, sixty. played the role Of do
genes when she presented herself
before the bar at Refinement car
rying in her hand q candle and a
box of matches.
IT wish to give light to the jury
for my case" she declared, and the
Judge had no little difficulty In try
ing to prevent her from lighting a
candle ana sticking it in his pocket,
much to the amusement of all citi-
Gems present. The poor widow was
fined sixty francs.
The Washington times., 1923-07-03
SEE K
WOMAN LOST
IN DESERT
Fear Mother of Twelve Chill
dren Has Already Perished
of Thirst and Hunger.

NORFOLK, Va, July SEARCH
ing parties today reported that they
had discovered no trace Of Mrs. w.
T. Russell, fifty-two, mother OF
twelve children, who, becoming de-
mented after a serious illness. wan
dered away into the Cape Henry
desert on June FL.
Mrs. Russell, a resident OF the
Brambleton section Of this city
had spent the early years of her life
in the sand dune region, and on
previous occasion had left her home
and later had been found there,
Planes from Langley Field and the
naval base will fly over the section
today in an effort to locate her. Fear
is expressed that the woman has
persisted of thirst and hunger and
the. terrific heat that has prevailed
for the last ten days.
The Cape Henry desert Is wild.
desolate section of Princess Anne
county, and is rarely visited by hu.
man beings, even smuggiers and
moonshiners giving it a wide berth,
and hunters never go there as it Is
barren of game. The ayiators have
been instructed to fly low in their
search for Mrs. Russell as the
sameness of the surface makes it
difficult to distinguish objects from
any distance.
The Washington times., 1923-07-03
Puns Do Not Bother
Miss Hazel Mutt
Or Her Sisters

SEATTLE, July 3.-Such q
witty world they find it, the
three members Of the Mutt FAM
lily registered from Urbana, ILL.,,
at the Hotel Frye.
Miss Lilly Mutt, Miss Harriet
Mutt, Miss Hazel Mutt, are
three sisters called. Especially
hard-shelled toward the jests
of the public is Miss Hazel
Mutt, the leader, or, as you
might say, the colonel Of the
Nuts.
1--WE positively don't mind
any pun whatsoever" says
Hazel Mutt. "Our name seems
to make people happy, wins as
many acquaintance, is real
social asset"
The sisters are on a trans
continental automobile trip.
The Washington times., 1923-07-03
CITY IS DIVIDED.
OVER CLAIM
To BABY
Foster Parents in Fort Worth
Determined to Resist Action
to Take Girl From Them.

FORT WORTH, July 3.-A ques-
ton that would BATTLE Solomon
has been raised in Forth Worth
in connection with the case or heIle
Dido Martex. six years old, whose
natural mother, Mrs. Singleton. Is
attempting to reclaim the child
from her foster-parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. z. Schooler.
According to the story, Dido
Martex, who was then called Mary
Louise, was given into the care OF
a children's aid and home society In
q western State when she was one
month old. The mother had been
deserted by the father before the
birth Of the child and she had no
way of taking care of 1t.
Mrs. Singleton, the mother. claims
that the society promised not to let
the child out for adoption.
However, little Dido Martex was
taken and legally adopted by Mr..
and Mrs. Schooler.
After six years the natural
mother is trying to get the baby
back.
Fight Is Predicted.
The foster-parents have an.
nounced that they will fight her
claim to, the highest court in the
State.
The question of who has the bet
ter right to the child is agitating
the city from end to end. and varied
are the opinions expressed on the
matter.
A letter received Friday and
signed "a Mother Who Knows" is
of the opinion that it would be a
great wrong not to return the child
to her natural mother. The letter
says in part:
How can anyone be SO un.
natural as to want to keep child
from it's real mother. Surely no
mother could be in favor of SO
unjust a decision.
People who have never had q
baby Of their own have no under.
standing of the feeling that a
mother has for her own flesh and
blood.
"She goes down into the valley
of the shadow to bring 1t into the
world and nothing that she can do
later can void her claim upon 1t.
God sends a child to it's mother.
He wants her to have it. If
through misfortune she is compelled
to give it up for a time, that is
punishment enough for her.
Belongs to Mother.
Little Mary Louise, or Dido
Martex, as she is now called, be.
longs to her natural mother by
divine right, and no law in the
world has the right to deny the
child to her."
On the other hand, there are
many who consider that once a
mother abandons her child and
does not care for it in it's in.
fancy that she has forfeited all
claim to it.
Mrs. I. u T. Morris. of the the
Texas Children's Home and Aid
Society is Of this mind.
"It was reported that Mrs
Singleton left her child with this
society, but a search of our own
records proved this to be untrue
We never promised to hold a child
and betrayed that trust" said Mrs
Norris.
The Washington times., 1923-07-03
ROW OVER PENNY LEADS
TO SUIT FOR $4,000

CHICAGO, July because of a
dispute over penny Frank c.
Hill and the South Chicago Street
Car Company will spend several
hundred dollars in the courts. He
asserts he has been humiliattd to
the extent of $4,000 and brought
suit for that amount.
1t came about when a conductor.
in making change for Mr.. Hill,
dropped a penny on the floor. Hill
deposited six cents and walked for.
ward in the car, full fare being
seven cents. The conductor picked
up the penny and asked Hill to
drop 1t in the box as the rules did
not permit him to do SO. Hill re.
fused and says the conductor then
flung the penny at his feet, told
him to pick it UP and put it in the
box or get off the car. hin
alighted
The Washington times., 1923-07-03
PUTTING Ether
INTO BEER BY
NEEDLE
Beauty Doctors Now Dolling
Up Poison Liquors TO Make
Them Seem Old.
By ROLAND RREBs.
International Nova aarrina.

CHICAGO, July 3.-Bootlegging
has caused q wholly new class OF
beauty doctors to come into exist
ence, it was revealed here recently
by the industrial Research Labora.
tories.
Their work IL to beautify poison
liquor in just the opposite manner
in which aging women are prettied
up. Where the facial rubber mas
sages the marks OF age away with
cold cream and various kinds Of
clay, the bootleg beauty doctor In
stills an appearance OF age into
liquor with chemicals certain TO
eat away ones interior.
The laboratories announced that
their research had shown bootleg
ging to be closely allied with the
beauty business in yet another way.
Most of the alcohol, It was found.
used In the making Of synthetic
gin originally was intended for the
manufacture OF toilet articles.
When the average drinker IL Of
fered "the real stuff" laboratory
experts said, the chances are ten
to one that it's dangerous drink.
Needle beer" was compared with
drug addict in the report. II
said sthat ordinary near-beer first
was placed in kegs and coried.
after which ether was "shot" into
it with syringe thrust through
the cork in much the fashion that
a slave to narcotic drugs puts dope
under his skin with a hypodermic
needle.
Most bootleg liquors examined In
the laboratories were found to be
excellent for pouring into sewers
and drain pipes. Because OF their
chemical ingredients. it was said,
they flush the pipes very effec-
The Washington times., 1923-07-03
Concert

BY the Army Band at Meridian
Hill Park, sixteenth and Euclid
streets northwest, today at 7:3U
p. M. w. ]. Stannard. band
March. Lincoln Centennial"
Sanford
Overture, Isabella" ........ Suppe
Selection Echoes from the
Metropolitan Opera House
Tobani
Excerpts from "H. M. s. Pima
EOre s..s... ss.s...... sullivan
Americana Fantasia, Gems OF
Stephen Foster" -. .Laurendeau
q "Menuet in @" Beethoven
b Song Of Love" from '.Bios-
som Time" Romberg
Gems from THE Fortune Teller
Herbert
March, 1.-THE saracen Guard
white
1.-THE star-spangled Banner"
The Washington times., 1923-07-03
CHINAMAN Is GIVEN 8
YEARS TO PAY FINE

STEUBENvILLE, Ohio, July g.
Sing Foo, local Chinaman, fined $500
and costs here for violating prohibi-
ton laws, has been granted a period
OF eight years in which to pay. I'm.
able to pay the fine Foo was COM
mitted to the county Jail.
At so cents a day, allowed by
law, 1t would take Foo more than
two and one-half years to serve out
the fine, so the county commission
ers decided it would be cheaper to
turn him loose and take a chance
on his paying S. monthly toward
the fine.
The Washington times., 1923-07-03
8 MORE DRY AGENTS FACE
CHARGES IN CHICAGO CASE

CHICAGO, July 3.-Indictments
last week by the Federal grand jury
of Roscoe c. Andrews, former act.
ing prohibition director for Illinois;
John r. BARLEY his chief field agent,
and nine others in connection with
the distribution among stockholders
of the 100000 liquor stocks Of
Grommes g. Ullrich when the liquor
firm dissolved, will be followed bv
perjury charges against a half
dozen agents Of the prohibition de-
partment, assistant United States
District Attorneys announced TODAY.
The Washington times., 1923-07-03
DEMPSEY'S DOG ATTACKS
GIRL; DAD ASKS $50, 900

GREAT FALLS, Mont, July a.
Jack Dempsey's worries were In
creased when suit was filed by
Alex P. Geranious, of Great Falls,
who asks $4,000 damages for in
juries alleged to have been received
when his seven-year-old daughter
was bitten by a dog at Dempsey's
training camp June 10.
Jack Kearns, Dempsey's manager.
also was made a defendant in the
suit.
The Washington times., 1923-07-03
Europe Is Meat And
Fat Hungry; Say
u. S. Packers

: CHICAGO, July s. Europe
is meat and fat hungry, and in
spite of the fluctuations in for
eign exchange Chicago packers
export shipments are showing a
great increase over last year.
A rush order from England
for a record shipment Of pro-
visions and lard had resulted
in the booking of the entire,
cargo space allotted Chicago on
the giant steamship Leviathan
when she sails from New York
July 4 on her maiden voyage
under the American flag.
The space was taken by Will
son & Co.
The Washington times., 1923-07-03

NEAR EAST RELIEF HAS
ARMENIAN STOCK FARM

DJELAL, OGHLI, Armenia, july
S.-The Near East Relief has
started a modern American stock
farm on the former ranch of the
Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia at
Kara Kala, fifteen miles from here.
The ranch will supply food for
the $4,000 children in Armenian
orphanages and is being used as an
agricultural school.
The Washington times., 1923-07-03
PARROT IS KILLED FOR
TALKING TO STRANGERS

CHICAGO, July 3.-Ferdinaud
kutz had never seen a parrot.
When a. large green bird spoke to
him from tree he galloped into
his house. got a shotgun and killed
Polly.
Mrs. Bertha Flugge, the owner,
caused fine of So and costs 10
be imposed on Mr.. Kutz.
The Washington times., 1923-07-03
AFTER YEAR WIFE NO. 2
HAS MARRIAGE ANNUL ED

DETROIT. July S-Because he
has another wife living in Mime.
apolis. the marriage Of Ernest A,
and Edith L. Mitchell was annulled
by Judge Dingeman on petition Of
the second wife, Edith,
The Washington times., 1923-07-03

to say for yourself. you dear. old
vamp?''
The widow Trooper, with eyes
downcast like a girl of seventeen
questioned about her first love af-
fair, fidgeted moment with her
apron hem. Then with wise old
smile she remarked:
my Lord! Aren't old men the
scandal mongers, dearie?"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-10-09
Ballots Versus Bullets

In looking back turbulent Oklahoma and the cleo
ton that marked the beginning Of the end for Gov Wal
IONS desposm the fact which stands out brightest of all
Is that his overthrow accomplished without shot be-
ing fired or drop of blood being shed.
peaceful revolution il was. and at the time a
tribute to the efficacy of the American form Of govern
ment 1t demonstrated that the ballot rather than the bull
let offers the best redress for civil and political wrongs
Inc nation owes lot to those and clear-headed
Okahomans who, under threat of boodshed by Gov Wal
ton, replied not in kind but grmly bucked their shoot
ing irons and stood guard at the polls that the will of the
people might be expressed in orderly fashion Had they
Iesoted to violence or had they adopted Waton methods
Oklahoma would have run red with blood and nation that
boasts OF the freedom of its people to seek redress the
voting booths would have been bowed in shame
The outcome was defeat for Gov Walton rather than
victory for the ku Kux Kan for the battle-cry of the
revolution was, I'VE Want Neither Khan Nor King"
Fighting the foe Klansmen and anti-K lansmen
ankle strapped on their guns and stood side by side at the
polls to see that the voters got square deal Hurriedy
organized the ballot box revolution gave Okahomans on
portunty to express their attitude foolish and
saiy dictatorship.
As for Gov Walton little need be said Like every other
dictator in history he chose worthy movement to do
ceive the people His fight the Khan was the vehicle for
futher1ng his selfish purposes The virtue which Law in
the movement at the start became vice when msapped
The nation is proud that Oklahoma chose the sane wav
to correct wrong
y coed pistol ~ ' - W "''e y
ler everybody gets well educated nobody left TO do our
eng movie stars husband nice fe but there IL No
future in IT, 80 - 800 : w
PAINTING car or face kills the in the engine
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-10-09
1t Is a Fat Docket at That

Having enjoyed nice vacation and shaken hands, for
mally with President Coolidge, the United States
preme court will tackle docket of $50 These
say Washington dispatches contain nothing of outstand
ing Importance"
Grab handful of hair from a fellows head and
YOU hurt him; he viii YELL hair at time doesn't hurt
and its departure isn't noticed Thus with this supreme
court docket 1t has the onehar-aa-time possibilities,
and the clearing of il by that should be noticed
While the dockets tout ensemble doesn't, perhaps reg
lster outstanding Importance" il is made up of issues
like these:
How much shall Chicago lower Lake Michigan thru her
drainage canal? II is matter of to every citi
zen OF the Great Lakes region from Duluth to 0gdens
burg.
Shall Uncle Sam or the ~ Y Coffee & Sugar Exchange
dictate what coffee and sugar shall cost all of us What
every woman wants to know.
Can state define the quantity of liquor to be sold by
druggists? This one is of terrible interest to doctors in
most states
Can telegraph and express companies limit the amount
of damages they will pay?
Can railroads charge for short than for long
haul?
Can state put tax gasoline used by automobiles?
Outstanding Importance" We say yes We may not
be snatched baldheaded at grab but If the United
States judiciary ogarchy decides for the special inter-
ests IN these various personal intimate pocketbook mat
ers we certainly viii lose lot of hair, figuratively
speaking.
When huge dnoaur eggs probably
ham and
Dinosaurs walked Hope discover, doesn't start
II Jack Dempsey all try tackle
football team.
Married man tells he ; assistant head Of his house.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-10-09
LHIERCt tho EN1UR
An Experience in Wenatchee

many other places. The hotels have
all raised their prices. also the res.
tauranis. and people spend days
around the employment, agency Try.
Ing 10 get some kind OF work.
One young man I spoke 10 had
been sent 90 three different ranches
niles out OF town only TO find the
place taken when you got there.
He had spent 81 for stage and rail.
road fare for nothing IN ono day.
II anyone was fortunate enough 10
get work, here Is the scale OF wages
paid Il took them Off the blackboard
In the employment aEcncyl Pickera.
20 day Of 10 hours and 81 day for
board. net earning Of Sc: aortcrs.
$3.50 n day Of 10 hours, tii0 n day
for board: $40 for your days labor.
So you can readily sec how condl.
lions arc. II cost me SIS for tho OK.
pcrlcncc. which was small compared
with some who had been there longer.
Hoping YOU viii expose this out.
rage. am sincerely.
d. Il. SCOTT.
1904 Queen Anne Ave.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-10-09

~ Camp Mcclellan, last sum
mcr. they organized a company
OF 40 students who were re-
jeuted m unit for military sery.
ice on account OF physical dis
abilities. In three weeks. Il Is
reported. they MADE capable
potential fighting men" OF them.
They made wonderful Improve.
mont IN weight. height and
chest expansion. Some Of them
had hookWorm and went homo
cured
This does not surprise me.
Men rated as unfit FOR military
duty do their share OF all tbs
hard work Of the world and
live TO Old sge.
This experiment opens up the
subject Of getting our soldiers
for the next war / have Ger.
tain suggestions 10 make.
First. suggest that we not
only enlist the men formerly re.
jectsd as unfit for military duty
and now shown 20 be ~. but
think We should draft all the old
men OF the country.
The last men 10 be called 10
the colors should be the youth
OF the land, Leave them az
homo 20 tlll the fields. work in
the shops. marry and boget chill.
dren. and keep the next genera.
lion intact. The old fellows al.
ways make tho declarations OF
war and are ready 10 die. any.
how. There n too much OF the
worlds work and The worlds
thinking done by them. Put
them In ths trenches and let
them live up 10 the patriotic
things they tell the boys from
the platform. n II " glorious 10
die for ones country. give them
their chance FOR glory.
would draft All lawyers. all
orators. and especially all advo.
Gates OF the war. Al congress.
men and United states senators
would be- in the first quota,
regardless or the state OF their
health. ! would also make All
bankers and dealers In materials
Of war come 10 the colors I'm.
stRntcr
No young men under - would
be received AZ all. They con.