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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-05
QUEER FRUIT
is RELISHED
BY MALAYS

an the Malay peninsula grows
a tree which bears a peculiar
" fruit which is unknown in
this country. 1t is the DURAN
tree. To the natives the very
word spells magic.
The fruit looks like the pine
apple, except that the spikes are
very long and extremely sharp.
The meat of this cone-like fruit
is on the order of creamy
banana, and grows inside the
spiked skin in sections like the
sections of an orange.
In each section is a large pit.
The meat is eaten from around
the pit as we would eat a plum.
1t is impossible to export this
fruit on account of it's sudden
ripening.
TO the traveller the odor of the
DURAN fruit is repulsive, and
would not induce him to try it
unless he were urged by the
natives. But after he has mus
tered his courage and has tried
1t two or three times, he learns
to like it.
1t is amazing to what lengths
VIII SO W DC II1C ICt LOiidlc
possessor of a DURAN tree.
Entire families will literally
camp out around a tree before
the fruit ripens and watch with
out ceasing-day and night-to
prevent any one stealing the fruit
which might drop at any time.
And the process of dropping
might prove disastrous if it hap
pened to land on a human head
in it's descent.
For this reason the Malays
build huts around the q urian
tree and stand watch undef the
shelter of the roof. For, Should
the fruit fall on them, undoubt-
eddy the spikes would kill them.
Even animals are under the
spell of the exceptionally desired
fruit. Elephants as we'll as
monkeys love it.
There have been many quar-
rels over the possession of one
Of these trees, resulting in inter
village feuds. And there have
been many caasees where men and
women have fought to the death
over the much-coveted DURAN
tree.
Copyright. 1923. Newspape Feature
Service. lnc.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-05
Morality Is O. Laboratory Product.

PROGRESS is expression Of mans persistent intent to
be just, decent and constructive Codes and morals
reflect impulses Majorities prefer to be right
Experience good and evil through time sieve and
tests their quality Morality laboratory product Cen
Grafton after generation has experimental with human
ture studied it's weaknesses and capacities until have
learned what is best and wisest.
Intelligence slowly impulse. Reason gradually
tightens its grip rage and passion The mind changes
to court in which judge what expedien and
selfprOective The average anywhere, inclined to be
orderly 1t exceptional being for whom policemen in
brass buttons and calf bindings necessary
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-05
MILLIONAIRES
TO PLAY IN
FINE PARK

TlNClNNATI.-T latest thing
In Fairgrounds for the rich
is to be constructed near
this city, according to plans re-
Gently made public. Relinquish-
ing its park on Grandin road, the
exclusive Cincinnati Country
club is to build a half-million dol
lar playground in the hills east
of MadisonVille, where a tract of
800 acres has been acquired.
Although the country club sys-
tenn in the Northern States has
contemplated chiefly golf and
other summer sports the Cincin-
natl playground is to be a resort
that can be enjoyed every month
in the year.
The property now is largely vir-
gin forest, but the sides of the
great hills rising above the Ohio
river form natural accommodation
for ski jumping, tobogganing and
other winter sports. At the foot
Of the hills is a plain, where two
golf courses will be built.
In addition, other features to be
included are an artificial Luke for
skating, polo field, riding stables,
bride paths, archery ranges, ten
mis- and squash courts, swimming
pools and trapshOoting ranges.
When these plans are completed
the resort will, it is said, be the
most elaborate in the United
States.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-05
HEROINES OF HISTORY
Significant Incidents in the LiUes of Famous Women
By MARK STUYVESANT

, But instead of using it construc-
lively and for the betterment of
France, she utilized it only to fur
Their her own and her family
power.
So unwisely did she intrigue
with both parties that the out
come was the horrible massacre
of st. Bartholomew, when thou
sands of Huguenots were slain.
Then GATHERINGS third son be-
came Henry the Third. 1t was
in battle with him that the
Duke de Guise was killed.
Catherine was very supersti-
tious. She never moved without
her astrologer, and believed every
thing he predicted.
She considered the Duke de
Guise's death a bad omen. Henry
was assassinated few months
after the duke was killed. Thus
ended the famous house of Valois.
But Catherine died in 1890, a
short time before Henry's death.
She died believing in the house
of Valois. for which she had COM
mitted every possible crime
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-05
WORDS FROM
THE LIPS OF
WISE MEN

~ HALLOW men believe in
5 luck.
Goodness brightens beauty.
The world is his who enjoys it.
A lost good name Is rarely re-
trieVed.
Cheerful company shortens the
miles.
The only present love demands
is love.
It is the cause not the death,
that makes the martyr.
The years teach much which
the days n&eer know.
The reward of a thing we'll
done is to have it done.
He that despises small things
Gill perish by little and little.
Heroism feels and never rea-
sons, and therefore is always
right.
It's but little good you'll do
a-watering the last years crop.
In the vain laughter Of folly
wisdom hears half the applause.
The bravest are the tenderest,
the loving are the daring.
Some think they are done when
they are really only beginning.
Who are more busy than they
that have the least to do?
Wise without discretion Is a
sword in the hand of a fool.
It Is absurd for q man either
to commend or to depreciate him.
self.
Youth IS the seed time of life:
an unseeded youth, a needy age.
Your character cannot be es-
sentially injured by your own
acts.
A women's counsel is no great
thing. but he who does not take
it is a fool.
Copyright. 1928. Newspaper Feature
Service. Incl
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-05
Good English Financing
War Compels Saving, at Least.

Besides reducing the tax beer cutting one penny off the
pint England cuts 10 cent from the tax in sne Of
her agreement to slowly her debt United States
They had balance of five hundred millions above bud0e
leeds last year. and have cut last expenses $3.50
Good management there But better than President
Harding management of United States finances The cost
government here is less than what it was
before the war; leave expenses bond interest
pensions. etc., caused by the war. ~
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-05
Plug 'Baccy Drug
On the Market

~T, GAINESVILLE, Ohio
Snuff and plug tobacco are
~ no longer in demand, says
Elwood Kyle, local grocer.
In the old days snuff and plug
tobacco were staple articles, much
in demand. Even the smallest
store had it's cutter for cutting
-. r." and "Star" plugs.
Scrap has taken the place of
plug tobacco. Chewing gum has
replaced snuff among the women.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-05
Aged Bottle of
Beer Dug Up

NALEM, Ore Salem made Il
- bid for place in the histori.
~ cal limelight alongside OF
Egypt, the home of King Tut,
when Workmen excavating for a
new building unearthed a price
less relic of pre-Volstead days in
the form of bottle of beer, with
contents intact. The find was
made on the site of a former
brewery, and authorities estimate
it must be at least thirty-two
years old. The fate of the relic
has not been revealed, but CON
tractors report a general spe ed
ing up Of the excavation since
the discovery.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-05

THE fathers of the Republic knew this. Every article
in the Constitution signifies their purpose to promote
- individuality, and safeguard its expression. Pill
grim, cavalier Hugenot and Quaker maintained common
against bigotry and intolerance
Our sacred is the preservation of that spirit
The New York State legislature inspired by their example,
properly refuses put literature under censorship Which
isn't all the thing ndOrsng prurien reckless
books.
"Immodest admit of defense-for want of de-
cency is want of sense"
Features syndisssAl
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-05
TO Curb Asphyxiation.

Observation-Disclosures sneeze
gas in Illuminating gas to detect
leaks is the suggestion of Gen.
Amos A. Fries, chief of the chem
ical warfare division of the army,
as means of ending the acct
dental asphyxiation of persons
from faulty or disconnected gas
pipes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-05

no your measuring with watch not yard stick. For
| ] get the map and remember the clock The tapeline
doesn't find Peru, Ind, and Peru, South America
inch each other but air lines find them back
fence neighbors.
The older grow the faster go. Tomorrow will do
times the work of yesterday, because its facilities shall
cover times the ground in given period.
Vast losses of and materials may to
budgets balance Sheets the expedition with which civil
destined operate promises reduce and
1850 won't notice hole in any nations pocket
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-05
Man Has SprOuted Permanent

T1HE Kelly -MacReady record is sevenday astonish
ment. By next spring we II wonder why folk were so
excited over bound to be discounted dozen
times by swifter aviators
Man has sprouted permanent wings. His futures lie in
the Empyrean. All traffic and transportation will
upstairs.
Mail and express already travelling the bird
roads. Pershable freight will come overhead.
Suburb developers advised to purchase mountain
peaks and canyons residence sites for folk whose bust
located a thousand miles away.
ridiculous picture? Not nearly unbelievable
grandfather found under-river tunnels monographs
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-05
WHY WESTINGHOUSE
REFUSED THE
INVITATION


HE late William T. Stead master journalist and eternal
question mark attending the dedication of the Car
nege Institute confded the writer that Of his
purposes revisitng America to heckle President
Roosevelt for his non-support of the Boer cause
enterprise successfully contaminated and day to
be revealed in all its lurd details.
He also wished verify the astounding report that pair
young mechanics in place called Dayton had built
practical flying machine.
John Brsben Walker first publisher of the Cosmopolitan
Magazine and pioneer automobile manufacturer gave din
ner the Wrights about the time.
Among other guests he invited George Westinghouse
who didn't convince Commodore Vanderbilt that running
train could be stopped by pneumatic brakes
Westinghouse wouldn't He explained that no re-
sponsble business would risk being rdiculed for in
dorsing such far-fetched notion airship.
Pre-TGft Imagination.
r TENRY FORD, not long before working stationary
engineer in Detroit electric light plant, and James
G.. Couzens, formerly obscure railroad clerk, had
just started to manufacture motor
Local bankers afraid they couldn't sell enough of
them to Justify financial support.
Wall Street considered Mr.. Morgan's steel merger so
waterogged that the 1907 found its stock
all over the market at SIS share.
Which shows how much imagination the average American
had on the eve of Taft's election
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-05

lord whom William Stead hadn't heard OF, is the most
signal industrial figure earth Couzens many times
a multi-millonaire And United States Senator.
Steel common which Andrew Carnegie considered value
less backed tangible assets $50 cent greater than the
furhet of the underwriters propectusand the
New York Centras Manhattan Chicago miracle the eight
eenhour Twentieth Century, reegated to sowpokedum
by nonstop flight between Long Island and San Diego
Never sell the future short. -.
IF Conan Doyle what he's talking about, Stead,
confirmed sprtuaist digging his vaporous fingers into
the Westinghouse ectopasm where they listen to Wesng
house radio concerts and observe Westinghouse expert
mentors aborng wireless devices broadcast
so that machines pick energy from the clouds they
speed along
French engineers claim have turned the trick. John
HAYS Hammond has somewhat similar scheme
Ether dsdans limitations of time and space The In
visible intangible forces betwxt planets mightier ser
wants than Aladdin lamp commanded.
Your CHILDREN will circumnavgate the entire globe
in personally driven star coaches
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-25
How Judges Get Their Jobs

crty for tho opposition 10 NE.
serve. This pernicious influence
has long been known in Okla.
homa. he says. SO he eonHulis
continually with Senator Jim
watson or Indiana and stands
pat.
Meantime. none Of National
Committeeman Jim Harris nom.
inecs have obtained u. preHl.
dents approval and another fac
TOR has entered tho situation.
Ills name Is James ]. aieGraw.
OF pouea city. who used 10 bo
national committeeman before
the days Of Hamon. lilo has
been in Washington. too. talking
az the white House. lila pres
enco hasn't paeined uarreld or
Harris. for he IL tho open Pc.
liucal enemy Of both. bu, II ho
has offered his own candidate
no has managed to keep tho
name secret.
Tho pulling ana hauling has
become fierce. Ths White House
is seriously concerned. for the
Oklahoma vote in the repuhll.
can national convention IL necos.
sariiy involved. TO say nothing Of
the states vote in tho 1894 cleo.
ton.
II Ia all rough on tho dignity
OF tho court. but Il probably Is
cnilghtening TO the voters Of
Oklahoma.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-25
wa.hiHEtan Bur~an.
ia1- New York Ave.
WAsmINGToN. %. -

WAsiINGToN. Dec. ga
w firg,.rate political row Is
on over the appointment ot a
new federal judge for Oklahoma
and the proceedings are playing
the deuce with the dignity Of the
court.
Senator iIarreid feels he d On.
titled 10 the federal patronage in
his state and has recommended
the appointment 81 one John u.
Meseryc. Of Tulsa Jim liar.
rlB. successor TO Jake Hamon.
IA republican national commit.
teeman. Is opposed 10 Mcserye
for some reason. He doesn't caro-
who's named. 20 long as Il isn't
Senator Harreld's choice. and he
has submitted the names OF is
other lawyers 10 tho president.
Harreld won't have any Of the
10. Not even after a yacht trip
down the Potomac with Prcsi.
dent Coolidge would be accept
one Of them. Coolidge. after tho
boat ridE. ict IL be known ne
wouldn't appoint Mcsoryc. but
Harrcld says that until some.
body can show that Meservo il
unfit for the appointment. he.
as u. 8. senator. VIII oppose any
other selection.
Harreid. incidentally. bismca
the "pcrnicious influence" OF AZ.
tornoy General Harry ~. DanEh.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-25
Where the Power Lies

zach age has had its characteristics and this is the
IL age of business and industry. Business and all Il
implies in the way of prices, finance and commercial
service and industrial relations growing out of bust
ness era are the great domestic questions of the dav
This being those officials who have the most to do
with handling business and industrial relations those
Officers who have the power to make the rules in bust
ness matters and industrial disputes have the greatest
influence over the lives Of the people
And the officers who most largely enov this norar
federal judges.
Thru hundreds and hundreds Of receiverships-par
hcuary recevershps involving the control and manage
ent OF great utility corporations that serve millions of
peopefedera judges have become perhaps the biggest
business directors in America. And thru their inteVen
bon in labor disputes they have come to WELD tremen
dous power in the field of industrial relations
Yet while exercising such powers in business and in
dusry while possessing such undreamed-of authority
peoples pockebooks and peoples jobs these same
judges are not elected by the people, cannot be dis
charged by the people and Jail folks who choose
to criticize and question them.
If judges after all Just ordinary human beings-can
run your corporations intervene in your industrial dis
pue set aside laws passed by your representatives and
punish you for crcisng the way they do those things
then shouldn't they be subject TO election and shouldn't
that power to punish criticism be exercised only after
jury trial?
Ford sees says headline Sure, JIcrr ,
nut dollar bill for box Of matches away without ns
thought the future
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-25

developed In the Presbyterian
church against the adoption Of
five articles Of faith demanded
by SIS Fundamentallsis who
scored a victory over the Mod.
ernists at the general assembly
last May. Ministers all over the
country are said 10 be preparing
a protest against the assertion
that ihosc five articles arc cs.
sentials OF the church doctrine.
These doctrines affirm: THAT
Il is the essential doctrine OF the
church that the Holy Spirit in.
spired The writer's OF the Bible 10
keep from error: that Jesus
Christ was born Of the Virgin
Mary: that He offered Himself
as a sacrifice TO atone for the
sins OF His followers. that he
arose from the dead with the
same body in which He suffered,
and that He showed His divine
power BY working miracles"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-25
NEW EPISCOPAL SPLIT ECHOES IN OTHER RELIGIONS
ny ALEXANDER mERNIAN

NEW YORK. Dec, 25--ls re-
IN ligion on the eve OF sec
ond Protestant Reformation
or ~ the row between the
Modornists and Fundamentalis1
OF the Episcopal church tenn
pest In a teapot that may roon
be forgotten
Millions 81 church.goers OF all
creeds ARE wondering. for II has
been nearly 400 years since 10
clcar.cut nn issue has cropped up
IN nm orgayizod church.
When II did. II led 70 n revolt
that split the Catholic church
and gave birth 10 Professionalism.
What viii u bring abou, now
Whore John Luther and John
Calvin once stood as heads OF this
Modcrnlst movement Of the 10th
century. now stands a group OF
liberal preachers headed by the
Rev Drs. Leighton Parks. Percy
sticlney Grant. william N.
Guthrie and Bishop William
Lawrence.
And foremost Of the Fundh.
mentalista. opposing the Modern.
lists, stands Bishop William 7.
Manning OF tho Protestant Epls.
copal diocese OF New York.
Between them has arisen a
series OF iasnes that bear "A
marked resemblance 10 the ls.
sues that brought on tho first
Protestant Reformation. They
Involve various interpretations
Of tho Bible, and the prerogutiyes
OF higher church dignitarles TO
act as spokesmcn in defining
these interpretations.
These Issues have been sinol-
dcring for long time. But n
sermon OF the Rev Lee w. lea.
ton. rector Of "a Fort Worth.
Texas. church and the action Of
his bishop charging him with
bercsy. has kindled them into
"a flame that IL spreading across
tho whole country,
In his preaehment on what
Is TRUTH Mr. Heaton said:
There are those who cling
with unques,ionlng minds 10 the
doctrine OF the virgin birth as
a statement OF physical fact.
while others who have been
moved 20 analyzs Il have din.
covered In II new spiritual
truths.
There are those among us
who believe that Jesus was ~
all things both God and man.
the incarnation Of God and tho
son Of Joseph. This Is my own
opinion
For expressing such views.
charges % hcresy were brought
against Rev Heaion. and no IN
now awaiting trial before nm
ccclcslnStle court.
II was not the first time tho vir.
gin birth doctrine had been
fiouicd.
Tho Rev waite Russell
Bowie. rector Of Grace church Of
New York. has taken practically
the same view hH the Rev. Hca.
ton. And Bishop Lawrence OF
Massachusetts has been called
the center of the Methodist group
on account OF bis Views.
Tho Rev. Or. Percy siickney
Grant denounced the view many
times.
Bishop Manning served an al.
timatun that Grant must 70.
cant. resign. and hintcd a; n
trial for hercsy. But DR.. Grant
didn't resign or recant; and
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-25
We Good Old Saint Nick
BY BERToN BRALEY

TNTE hear We jingle of we sleigh,
w And gladly in our toll we pause
To welcome on thys Christmas Day
Ye fat and jollie Santa Claus;
He cometh down we sootie flue
To humble cot or lordy hall
And sngeth out hys loud halloo
"a Merrie Christmas to You ALL"
uYS smile is broad, hys heart is warm,
l. i He bringeth funne and right good cheer,
And be there calm or be there storm,
He cometh surely once a year.
And in our hearts he lights a glow.
Beneath hys magick spell we fall
Till we, too, greet both high and low
WITH ',Mer1ie Christmas to You All
TNHYS day he rules the world, hys laws
i Are laws of love and peace and mirth;
All, would thatte gentle Santa Claus
Might ever govern on the earth
Yette are we grateful thatte he brings
One Day of Joy for Great and Small,
One day when all We planet rings
WITH "Mei1ie Christmas to You All
Copyright 1923. N. r. a. Service. Incl
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-25

Bihhop Manning never had him
brought 10 trial for hcresy.
But when the charges against
Iicaion were actually brought. a
storm OF protest arose from the
rnnka OF the Modernisia. This
gathered momentum when
pastoral letter was sent out
by the house Of bishops. insisting
on the belief IN the bodily rcsur.
reeilon and the virgin birth OF
Christ.
The storm broke when the
Rev. Or. Leighton Parks. for 20
years rector 81 81. Bartholo.
news. one " the richest and
most conservative churches IN
New York, DOTTED his vcstmcnis.
denounced the virgin birth. and
defied the bishops 10 bring him
10 trial Tor heresy.
II WIS almost revolutionary
for this preacher, ordained an
Episcopal minister IS years ago.
and pastor OF one OF the most
conservative and stable churches.
10 dcnouncc his supcriors who.
he thinks. are trying 20 com.
mand what all members Of the
church shall believe.
The public han become accus.
toned TO hearing Or. Grant de.
nounce the bishops and defend
the scholarship Of those who dis.
sent from the doctrine OF the
virgin birth.
But II hardly expected II OF DR..
Parks.
The controversy in the Eplsco-
pal church Is having It's reflexes
in other religious circles.
Vigorous opposition is being
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-25
Frieda's Follies

HE WAS always dangling after
SOME married woman.
But NOT the kind that seemed 10
WORRY certain married man
knew.
WHO DESCRIBED him to me one
day
As THE type who in hIs youth
MAS TIED TO his mothers apron
atrinFH
] PATTED the husbands eldes,
son on the head. saying:
- MOTHERS apron strings.
but NOT always his own"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-25
2s APPLES TO RIrsHEI.

Or. George Twitehcli. veteran ap.
grower near Monmouth. down in
Maine. has Jus, packed for market
"a buahei Of Wolf River apples that
contained only 2s specimens OF tho
fruit somo AlEol II took JUS, 1876
Of TIE apples 70 tiIl barrel Several
OF the specimens weighed moro than
a pound and mcasured Is inches in
circumference. What's more. they
They hit tho palaio right.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-25

TWO enormous geysers are spouting 100000 cubic
feet of molten lava every hour from the Kilauea
volcano in Hawaii radio message to the depart
ment of the interior
In Abraham Lincolns day this news wouldn't have
reached America for a couple of months Now it comes
within few minutes. But don't see how this par
ticuar brand of speed makes life ENJOYABLE or in
teresng Most of forget that have all eternity
ahead of us.
probable Coolidge undecided as TO whether
he has his hands his
recognize now See the smoke OF batles