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The Washington times., 1923-08-24
Educational Factor Is Lost
by Aerial Traveller, Says
Garrett p. Serviss
By Garrett p. Serviss.
astronomer Writer Scientific Topics

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A GENTLEMAN from Texas
"A who was fellow-voyager
a. of mine en- the steamship
Nieuw Amsterdam this summon,
was going to Paris to meet his
daughter, who had been making
q trip around the world. When
the ship touched at Plymouth
Harbor, England, at o'clock one
morning, to disembark her pas.
seng0rs bound for London, my
friend was awakened by q knock
on his cabin door and q cheerful
and familiar voice calling "Papap'
The girl, in the most up-to-date
spirit Of modern tourism, had
flown by aeroplane from Paris to
London, and. catching q night ex-
press train bound for the toe of
England. had reached Plymouth
just In time to take the tender
going out after the Nieuw Am
sterdam's English passengers and
thus give her father. "the biggest
surprise Of his life since Texas
struck OIL"
This IL q good example Of the
part that aerial navigation Is be-
ginning to play In connecting up
the loose ends OF world-travel and
enabling voyagars to mock the
railroad schedules and defy for
merly insuperahle obstacles on
both land and sea. The famous
Channel passage has lost its ter
r0rs for those who nerves are
stronger than their stOmachR.
In France "tourisrne aerien" IL
much talked about, and It offers
to open up to travellers places
that have hitherto been more or
less difficult of access. Lofty
enclosed valleys and even noun
tain peaks are no longer to be
the exclusive reserves Of tourists
who have abundance of time and
are endowed with stout legs and
steady heads. In the high Alps
a bold pilot may now carry a
friend or two over the submits
Of Mont Blanc and Monte Rosa,
with only the blue air above their
heads and q moon-like world Of
white and black below. 1t is an
astronomical glimpse of the earth.
q little closer than any that an
astronomer ever gets Of the SUR
face of another planet
But this kind of esp'al, though
wonderful and exciting is not
satisfying. When the astronomer
sees the mountains and valleys
Of the moon with his telescope,
he feels a desire to drop through
the optic tube" like Alice
through the looking glass. in
order to get actually In that
stEAnge world. He Is outside Of
1t and no increase of magnifying
power will do more than carry
him closer to the tops of the rag
ged pinnacles and ridges. In a
few hours one might pass In an
RirEhin the entire length If rhe
beautiful chain of the P"reneos
between France and Spain, and
the trip would furnish one of the
The Washington times., 1923-08-24
PRESENT DAY
ROADS RIVAL
OLD ROME'S

nET H L e H q M, Pa.-Roads
built by the ancient Romans
" lasted q thousand years, but
a modern flivver would not have
lasted a week on them, according
to s. A. Becker, associate profes-
scr OF civil engineering at Lehigh
University. The popular belief
that the art Of road building died
with the passing of the Roman
Empire has no foundation, accordsA
ing to Prof. Becker. who has just
completed a special study of mod
ern highways.
Pictures and descriptions of the
old Appian. Aurelian, Flaminian
and Domitan Ways show how un-
suited these roads would be for
modern vehicular traffic. Those
roads served well to bear the Ro.
man engines Of war;, but no auto
mobile could be driven over their
bumpy surface Of stone slabs with
any comfort.
1.-THE secret OF their durability
was the great attention devoted to
proper subgrading. In this age Of
highway construction there are
two important items that receive
too little attention, namely, stabili.
Zation Of foundations and perfec-
ton of surfaces. There are prob
ably no roads in this country.
whatever their condition. where
proper subgrade could not be built.
Motorists are only too familiar
with the many cracks and failures
which run both longitudinally and
transVerSOly, and the numerous
scattered depressions. 1nvestiga-
tions of the cause Of these failures
prove that q high percentage Of
them are due to the failure Of the
subgrade or foundation, and not
the materials and binders making
up the road.
THE Romans used to make
roads fully four feet thick even
after carefully preparing the sub.
grade. That is Unnecessary today.
But the subgrade or foundation
must be stabilized by keeping the
moisture out of 1t. Surface drain
age and subsurface drainage works
are employed to remove water
from entering the aubgrade from
the surfaces and sides. In spite
of these precautions. some water
rises by capillary action and
reaches the subgrade. Since the
capillary action varies in different
soils and since frequently soils
vary so greatly in a short length
of road, II IL important that ma
terial of least capillary action
shoulG be selected to make up the
top surface Of the subgrading.
The Washington times., 1923-08-24
WRITER HITS
FLAPPER
STYLES
Editor. The washington Times:

Editor. The Washington Times:
~ LEASE allow me to praise
you on the article, ITO
Young Ladies'" In yester-
days paper. have said these
things over and over. You GER
tainIy did say a PEACEFUL when
you say the girls don't respect
their own faces. II seems that
the girls think they should do
over, and improve on Gods own
natural works. It 10 hard to find
a clean face and sensible girl on
the streets these days. 1t is .
treat when we do see one. It 10
amusing to see the nappers flap
up and down the streets. all
dolled up in their King Tuts. and
not q Epeck of their natural face
showing. They do. ell this to at
tract the men, and the poor
things don't realize that all men
want with THESE kind is amuse-
m0nt and good times. When
fellow decides to settle down. he
looks for a clean face and q girl
with q little knowledge Of home.
/ want to say that tho cake.
eating gentlemen of r street are
Just about ~ foolish-aM dolled
up in their monkey backs, hell-
bottom panta and shelk hair
cuts. In order to please the flap
pers they have to be HrSt-claSs
clown. monkey and nut. ! have
seen these fellows sitting, and
hopping around on the pavement,
and doing all kinds Of silly tricks
just to make their little aheikess
laugh.
paste one Of those articles In the
windows Of r street between
Fourteenth and Eleventh. !
doubt IL they would know what
it was all about, though. May:
be, let US hope. that they Win
come to their senses some day.
1 am only a young fellow my
self, but there are not enough
flappers In Washington to make
me lose my senses.
want to praise you once more
before closing.
Sincerely yours.
HOWARD BELL.
sta Thirteenth street.
The Washington times., 1923-08-24
Thought the Only Real Power
Possessed by Man.

We human beings ceased to be MEN
when first used thought in place of brute strength
At some day in development the animal that
preceded us made up its feeble mind that there some
thing than strength teeth and claws and began to
its little brain
This animal our ancestor the so-caed pithecanthropus
monyman observed the saber toohed tiger ripping the
stomach Of three times It's gize watched the
moth blowing through swamps crushing down trees, OBJ
great reptiles all other proofs Of brute
and without realizing it, this ancestor said vaguely TO himself
ct can't compete when it comes to teeth claws weight
and bulk q feeble thing in this tumble OF power and
battle I THINK a way IT,
And so our real human life began
Our ancestor with forehead Of an inch high
jaw that stuck out as far as the jaw Of gorilla with teeth
bigger than any Of those Of bulldog and with long arms
dropping below the knees that could crush Of today
with this old ancestor Of decided that he would get
out OF the battle for supremacy OF muscle and teeth and see
what could be done with the brain AND WITH THINKING.
You imagine how the thinking process started.
It hardly real thought first just kind Of intelligent
impulse Our ancestor sat up in tree rubbing his nose and
looking at the sabertoothed tiger that couldn't climb
the shining teeth six inches long perhaps and he
didn't like the look Of them
Later when the tiger was gone he climbed down and picked
flint inches long, heavier sharper and harder
than the tigers tooth.
He held this in his hand struck his brother with it, killed
the brother and felt highly satisfied with his intellectual
accomplishment.
he had discovered that tooth made Of stone held athe
end Of four feet long, could do much damage the
tooth of tiger.
So he fastened his sharp flint the end Of piece Of wood
sat in the tree stabbed the tiger in the back passed
broke his backbone his flesh took the teeth make impe
ments and ornaments for Mmseand began the thinking
human race
Later used explosive dynamite shells In place Of sharp
fn he dwet in sscrapers in place Of holes in the rocks
he used flying machines in place of dug Of log
BUT ALL THE TIME HE WAS THINKING ANIMAL
INSTEAD OF AN ANIMAL RELYING ON STRENGTH,
TEETH MUSCLE THICK HIDE, CLAWS.
And every step that he gained in his upward climb toward
control Of the earth and dominion the animals gained
by the THOUGHT that started when he made his
mind the sharp flint and the long white tooth
Readers whether you be old young realize NOW that
your salvation your hope your chances in fe all in the
thinking power hidden away in your head
The Washington times., 1923-08-24

great memories Of q lifetime; yet
the vOyager would have to spend
weeks in those mountains, on
foot and on wheel. in order to
really know the Pyreneea which,
all things considered, are per-
haps the most fascinating noun
tains on the earth.
The aerial traveller learns little
OF the topogra ply Of country
that he scars over. asked the
girl who had made a flight from
Paris to London for q surprise
to her father at Plymouth what
her impression of France seen
from skyward was. Though not
timid about looking from such a
height, she had noticed very little
detail. The experience was
thrilling, Incompatible, but It
was not seeing France. After all,
the pleasure Of this world 10
locked UP In its details. You take
an express train. q fast steamer
or an aeroplanc to gat quickly
and easily from one detail. or
group OF details. to another. !
would ike to 80 around the
world, just once, by airship. Then
l would want to repeat the trip
on foot. The first round would
be sensation; the second an
education.
The Joy of the mountains is in
climbing them. Sitting on a
MOTEL piazza and looking at them
may be refreshing, but 1t leaves
you Ignorant Of what q mountain
is. It's rocks. caves. precipices.
precious stones, clinging trees
and bushes. cold springs, bright.
unexpected flowers, knife-edge
ridges, pinnacles, and at last its
eternal SHOWS, 80 hard, cold and
dazzling. touching the clouds and
detying the sun tn melt them, are
things to be appreciated only
through actual acquaintance.
They are not to be reached by
flying, but only by going afoot.
The Washington times., 1923-08-24
SAFETY TALK

A SHARP tool Is fascinating
~ to q youngster; leave one
within his reach and he
will play havoc with the furni.
ture and his fingers before you
realize 1t.
A sharp carving knife in a
drawer with other kitchen ware
Is dangerous--you are liable to
reach In without looking and cut
yourself. Keep sharp knives in
a separate drawer out of reach
of the children.
Chisels saws and razors--
safety or otherwise-should also
be kept out of their reach.
Tin cans and broken glass or
crockery should not be allowed in
the yard; barefooted children ore
almost sure to step OH them and
blood poisoning may result.
The Washington times., 1923-08-24
Once-Overs
Copyright 1913 International Feature Service Ine)
APPRECIATE PARENTS.

You look at the parents of others and wish that your
parents like this that
little modern in DRESS lively spirit per-
haps The parents of your friends more in
terest in those outside than your parents dohey are
popular.
For these superficial you wish you the son
or the daughter of certain old folks whom you admire
When you stop and consider the injustice Of
you not ashamed of yourself?
Would you not prefer to have parents with sweet and
pure MINDS parents who love you dearly though they do
dress plainly rather than be the child of parents who think
of dress and what going to saw about them
than they do of placing your interests their own
Learn to appreciate worth above material things
Money cannot buy kind and loving parent.
The Washington times., 1923-08-24
Censures Tennis

- ONDON-"Tennis is iEnmodest
and unwomanly," says Coun-
A cillor Clark, EnglAnd's self
appointed censor Of bathing suits
and decency,
Il disapprovs OF tennis on
aesthetic grounds" says the
councillor. II have o gilt; 1t 1s
q capacity for the appreciation OF
the beautiful. The female form
in perfection Is divine. But did
anyone every see DianAa Eraces
in the tennis courtH ! think not"
The Washington times., 1923-08-24
Dogs Aid Science

~ ARTS. - Five thousand stray
- dogs gave their lives to The
cause. Of science In France
during 1929. OF approximately
1000 dogs turned over to the city
pound during the year, only 1000
could be returned to their owners.
Scientists experimental upon the
others.
The Washington times., 1923-08-24
A Stop-gap, Not a Substitute.

HERE actual substitutes for anthracite. Blum
| nous is unfit for household stoves and furnaces.
Necessity may compel to employ it for stop-ea
but its regular residential grmy cities sooten
air. and, in combination with gasoline fumes, the npd
destruction Of urban trees and foliage.
ever there were a monopoly, the anthracite cabd is
one, both in scope and spirit. .
The Of these rich properhat should never
have passed to private ownershp-merey seized upon
natural wealth. -
They rendered service to progress in return they did
not naugurate coaltar industry leaving that to German
enterprise.
They did not reclaim wilderness clear enormous areas
for setement-as the early lumbermen left development
behind
They did not establish research laboratories for the refe
ment Of product into subsidiary substances the
oil have consistently extended the utility Of petroleum
They responsible for the least of the safety devices
and improved methods from which they have beneted
The Washington times., 1923-08-24
Tkey'ue Indicted LqurceEOt.

CECRETARY MELLON will again request Congress to
= reduce the tax on big incomes.
President Harding, be it remembered, would nave no
changes in existing schedules except down the whole ne
Snbad, the Burden-bearer otherwise known the long
suffering man on the street beseeches Mr. Coolidge TO re-
eve his particular distress before recommending favored
legislation in the interest Of coal lords industrial magnaes
and bondclpping idlers.
just wait until Brookhart and Magnus Johnson nave
their little say
The Secretary OF the Treasury Of his original con
vlctlon with respect to soldiers bonus very mpotic
day.
Col Launcelot Perce whose parents an'tsSty 0idn't
four others by the Federal grand jury.
me GGGns while chief Of the surplus d nd
OF tne United States army alegedy disposed OIL ~VooOOO
worth OF goods on terms that aroused suspicion,
how ABOUT looking up the sale Of shpyaoS munition
We could pay soldiers hopus and all have lighter annual
cs frsm Mr. Mellon boot if the country hao received
1'Te Of Gne value in its hastily marketed ea"S'Ve's
uncle nam Will know better next time-"'GyOe'
o''Ssn@ 1884, BY Kag nO ""o A ~s9"saA
The Washington times., 1923-08-24

RAILROAD building carried heavy risks transportation
X pioneers used imagination and took bold chances An
thracite operators have taken nothing but profits
The United States Coal Commissions report informs US
that while wages advanced 145 per cent cost Of supplies
106 cent and general per ton % cents the
average price secured by mine from *<oS n
1913 to $667 in 1928 steady climb through war years
through years Of seabnegaon sacrifice ana STINT
to 154 per cent in single decade.
Facts and figures that Mr. WARMERS association ism
discussing in its sympathy inviting advertisements
The Washington times., 1923-08-24
A QUEENS LEGS AND
Disclosing KINGS
AND BARONS
By HERBERT KAUFMAN.
AUGUST "a, 1923

- "A N INGENIOUS French lady writing from the
n Spanish court in 1892, describes how Mary Ann Of
Austria, iourneyed to Madrid for her wedding
''When she arrived certain city greatly famed for
lis silk stockings they made her present Of great guam
titles Of them; but her major domo Mayor despised the
rift and threw it at the head Of the deputies Of the town
"Aveis de SGber que las ReyrGs de EspCgmu no teiem
Dier1OsP Il would have you know that the Queens Of
Spain have no egs meaning that they 30 far elevated
above others by virtue Of their rank that they have no
to touch the ground like the others Of their sex.
James Of England few years earlier declared that
he state Of monarchy is the thing upon earth
for kings are not only Gods heutenans upon earth and
upon Gods throne but even by God himself they are
For Il YOU will consider attributes to God You shall
see how they agree in the person OF king God hath
power to create or destroy make unma at his pleasure
to give life or send DEATH judge all and be judged
accountable And the like power hath kings They
have the power Of raising and casting down. and yet
countabe to none but God only.
The Grist Rebels Against the MiLLstOnes.
rxINGs and queens aren't quite such hoity-toy folk
~ nowadays. Those who remain hold their thrones
sufferance S.
Anthracite bsrons evidently st imbued with the theory
Of divine right enuncated by the late Mr. Baer when pres
dent Of the Reading system must that their tenure Of
absolum over the counys most important fuel beds a
proaches end.
Even the patience Of an antipaternalstc democracy
limited
Strike or no strike American voters won't continue
play grs between the upper and lower mstones Of feud
which always been settled at the consumers
Whatever the merits Of the operators support for
their cause aenated by brazen threat load here
tofore, future wage increases onto the public.
The unions have taken extreme positions their demands
and demeanor are alike too radical
But dividend records show that the corporations too
have habtuay exacted all that the traffic could be- made
to bear.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-08-08
Hear Bankruptcy
Petition of COram

Portland, Me-. Aug stocks and
bonds of various companies amount
ing to about S1,5OO.OO0 were given
to her by her husband. Joseph Cor
am, soon after they were married in
1901. Mrs. Margaret Coram testified
today at a hearing on his voluntary
bankruptcy petition. before Judge
John H. Hill. referee in bankruptcy
Coram, now a resident of Naples
in this county. was prominent as a
promoter. He organized the Davis
DAILY company and was president of
the Bay State Film Company.
The examination of Mrs. Coram
occupied the greater part of the
day. She read the long list of stocks
and bonds giving the value of each
lot. but said she did not know the
number of shares. Other stocks
were given her in subsequent years.
including stock of the Balaklaka
Company.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-08-08
Mrs. Carson Forced
to Abandon Attempt

Dover. England. Aug. 7.-(By A. P)
Mrs. Clcmington Carson, the
American long distance swimmer,
abandoned her attempt early this
morning to swim the English chan
mel from Dover to Calais. She was
then only a few miles from the
French coast but the task was too
great for her. She had then covered
over sixteen miles and had been in
the water IA IL hours.
When seen at her lodgings here to-
night Mrs. Carsons first remark
was: I'm going to try again, but
not this year"
ut was the bad seas that were so
killing" she continued. ut was
wretched luck, because we could see
the French coast so plainly and the
lights of the villages"
Mrs. Carson'S husband said she did
not want to leave the water. but 1t
was so rough that they decided to
have her out. She had to be helped
into a boat, but by the time she
reached Dover. at O'Clock in the
morning, she was able to walk, pro-
ceeding on foot from the pier to her
lodgings.
Mrs. Carson was sustained during
her long battle with the waves by
plenty Of sugar, crackers, biscuits
and coffee.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-08-08
MOTHER HELPLESS
AS DAUGHTER IS
SHOT TO DEATH
WOULD MAKE FORD
PRESIDENT OF j, s,
AS AN EXPERIMENT

Wellesley Hills, Mass. Aug. IA
recommendation that the country try
Henry Ford as president "as an ex-
pertinent" was made today by
Charles P. Steinmetz, chief consult
ing engineer of the General Electric
Company, in answering questions put
to him at the Babson Business Con-
ference here.
THE United States badly needs a
business man for president" said the
electrical wizard, and 1.-The most sue
cessful business man in the world
today is Henry Ford.
I'VE have a government which is
far from business like. Every once
in a while some reform party seeks
to popularize a business man, but the
latter has no chance of election when
opposed by politician. But if Ford,
who has shown himself to be a bet
ter manager in business than many
other leaders and also has the con-
fidcnce of the people. should stand
for election. hi. swould be an ideal
case. He could be elected, if the
people wanted him elected. They
would vote for Ford because they
trust him.
would he be blocked?" Mr.. Stein
metz concluded. well. it would be
worth trying. He succeeded against
Wall Street. 1t would be a wonder
full thing. He is as well qualified as
most of the presidents we've had
Mr.. Steinmetz was asked wheth-
er he believed social and political
conditions to be on the downward
trend.
No" he replied. THAT situation
depends entirely on age, intent, and
indigestion"
Goal will always be needed he
said. but when the coal is used
at the mines to develop electricity
it will have found it's proper econom-
ic purpose. This is bound to come in
a short time"
Most of the questions put to the
electrical genius concerned the fut-
ure of radio communica ton. De-
claring that radio was still in its in
fancy, Mr.. Steinmetz said that In a
short time airplanes would be con-
trolled by wireless.