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The Washington times., 1924-07-26
CAR WINDOW /
.ANTT-RATTLER,
-BY d. "a. Callahan.

~ OTHING is more annoying
than to ride In q railroad
~ y car beside a loose window.
The constant rafting prevents
conversation or sleep and soon
gets your nerves on edge.
An easy way to stop rafting
window is to form d wedge with
two coins Place d large coin
Q quarter or q half dollar-be.
tween the window and the sill.
Then drive smaller coma
dime or nickel or penny between
the larger coin and the window.
II the window Is very loose, use
several coins to form the wedge,
or wrap them in paper.
The Washington times., 1924-07-26

AJbAOAGlS
II you omit
either let it be
the h ygro-
m eter
You prob
ably have a.
tn er monet ter
h hanging on
the outside of
your house to
determine the
temperature Of
the outsid e
air.
That is the
The Washington times., 1924-07-26

IPmkhamsB " eges
table Compound
has done for me.
Every month I
wouldhavecra
and headache and
II felt like ] was
| freezing to death.
II suffered in this
way from the time
|Iwasay young girl,
and all the doctors
|said was opera
/ Hon. For Months
The Washington times., 1924-07-26
TO REDUCE
STOMACH
Famous Prima Donna Of the Met
ropoIitan Opera Company and
One Of the Most Beautiful
Women Of the Day.
BY Maria Jeritza-

MK ANY q woman longs to
wear comfortable, loose
~ clothing. but hesitates to-
do SO because she has not q hat
stomach and abdomen.
Wearing tight bands about the
stomach and abdomen, however,
Is the worst way to go about bet
The Washington times., 1924-07-26
ANSWERS
70 yesterdays questions.


70 yesterdays questions.
!. Doctor Johann Faustus, sub
ject Of the Faust legends, Is sup
posed to have died in 1888.
2. Iceland was turned over to
Denmark In 1880.
8. lie Sage completed his story,
.'Gil Bias" in 1855.
4. The Jameson Raid in the
Transvaal took place from De.
cember 20. 1895, to January 3,
1896.
s. "Froissart's Chronicles an
early historical work, was first
published at the close 81 the
fifteenth century.
The Washington times., 1924-07-26
MEDIT IA TIONS
MARRIED w ON AN
misunderstood Husbands.

ID EFORE marriage man always thinks II himself Is deep
dark fascinating marriage he is merely
misunderstood man"
misunderstood whose wife can't SEE from his
expression that he urng from ndgeson BY his
ness that he has had row at the office
sA misunderstood whose wife can't TELL from the
tact that he put his old suit that he i feeling depressed
The Washington times., 1924-07-26
Disastrous Retreat

Turing a retreat from Persia,
AZ in 1850. $4,000 men Of the
army Of Ahmed. Emir Of Afghan
istan, persisted in one night from
exposure to the severe cold that
held the country around Herat in
its grasp.
The Washington times., 1924-07-26
NECESSARY
INSTRUMENTS
I-By Dc. CIlas. a. =. Reed-

Former President Or the American
Medical Association.
WyHERE are two really unex-
pensive instruments that
ought to be in your home
on the inside Of it.
Al Thermometer.
The Washington times., 1924-07-26


iii danger Of losing his Job when ne complains Of
the price Of berries.
IA misunderstood man Is one whose wife WILL
insist on discussing the cook or the grocery bill
when he's trying to figure out just WHAT his
stenographer meant when she gave him that
flower for his buttonhole.
IA misunderstood man is one whose wife laughs
heartily at the chiIdren's pranks when she should
see from the fact that be has put on his slippers
that he is going to stay at home and wants
QUIET
misunderstood man is one whose wife should
have KNOWN when he went to his room that 1T
The Washington times., 1924-07-26
WHEN IN
DOUBT
by Cornelius Beekman

8. - $50 49, 49, -. -~--
A Friendly Corresponds
nEAR MRS. BEEcKn1AN:
When 4 young boy and girl,
school chum5, wish to carry on :
correspondence during the sum
mer vacation, who should write
first? CURIOUS.
AIIE young man should ask the
young lady for the privilege Of
writing to her, and he should
write first. However. If she leaves
town first. she should write first.
AN EVENING WEDDING.
nEAR MRS. BEECKMA1T:
~ Would it be correct Tor
the groom to wear Tuxedo
suit at a wedding taking place
on Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock?
The bride is wearing a ven. C.M.
A Tuxedo suit would not be
correct since It is evening attire.
Formal day clothes should be
worn.
WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENTS.
nEAR MRS. BEECKAfAN:
~ II a couple are engaged. to
whom is a wedding announces
ment sent, as both know the
couple who are to be married?
J.K.
Invitations or announcements
Of any kind are sent separately
to an engaged couple.
The Washington times., 1924-07-26
SUFFERED since
YOUNG GIRL
Words Failed to Express Benefit
Received 'front.' dia Z. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Greenville, Texas. - words can
not express how much good Lydia =.
The Washington times., 1924-07-26
A battle against
an iasidiOus
foe that eUery
IOUer knOLDs.

Ii hail the Hero AS St. George forth to say the
dragon, Love called relentless pursue the demon
dragon Of Jealousy and when he finally It down and
with Of bis sharpponed arrowOh mol Not from the same
culver from which he selects his monster then
ne hopes the lovers thanks to the excellence Of
forever and forever from Loves Doubts Anxes
1umpnany admits them his domain of Bliss Happnessl
--WALT. VAN ARSDAIE.
The Washington times., 1924-07-26
REYEILLE SOUNDS IN HIS GARDEN

<ID Uzz! Buzz! Buzz! sound
ed in my ears. as sat
reading in tho rustic
The Dolores star., 1924-11-07
Old Salts Scofed
at Naval Aco1l

Eighty years ago, when Georys
croft, the historian. and then =
tary of the navy, founded the n,
States Naval academy at ApD,,1
old sea dogs scofred at the IA,
training naval officers ashore s,ul
Mentor Magazine. Previous IA
time any lad who aspired to CONS,
of n man-o-war went TO sea \,
age of ten, and was placed unds,
tutelage of n commissioned offics,
stood sponsor for the training Of M
mldshipmen. II was hard "a
This practical training anon,
"roughnecks," the scum Of the v
fronts of seaport towns, pnd
some of the most lllustrlOus nam.
American naval history; but thisu
ing also unmade many an anbt
young lad. In spite of the oppos
from hardened sen dogs, BsDd
founded the naval academy, and
day 1t stands as the leading schcd
the training of naval officers h |
world.
The Dolores star., 1924-11-07
Mexican Chief BIames srit,i,

NaShington.-The relations of Mex
"" WIN both Great Britain and the
United States We're discussed bv pin
lurc" Elias Gales, president.elect n,
Mexico ht conference with newspo.
perc"rrespondents after he had come
10 washington from New York for ;,
WISH OF several days. Received nj thc
'hI"h station upon his arrival NV ron,
ieseitat'Ees OF the State Department
ahh 'ie Mexican embassy the presi.
Geht,elect called upon Secretory
iiu2mes and then President Coolidge n,
the White House. ~
The Dolores star., 1924-11-07
Driver of Bomb Wagon confesses

i''N'-A man who described
I,i'llSeii II as Richard O'Harn, a driver ol
'"''lilllhipaw, N. j.. was taken to p.,,o.
w hospital after lie had walked into
Il ponce station and declared thot h.
was the driver of the wooon mh,,,,
o"rrled the bomb" used in the Wall
street et explosion in 1920. The nollcn
Questioned him in the hospital where
ne IS under treatment for olcoholic
poisoning. O'iIara said he wns cnn.
o'unee . a, stricken and wanted to make
clean breast of it." '''""e
The Dolores star., 1924-11-07
Southern Pacific Buys Ep g w

New Gork.-The Southern Pacific
company announced the formal com
pIctl"n of its plan to acquire the III
"S" ana southwestern railroad, ef.
lectlng the first large railway consoli.
datlon under the Transportation act
me transaction was completed re.
Gently when the Southern Pacific
transferred S2SOO0,OOO of its conito,
s'"cN ana N2"iOo,OOo of its ) per cent
bonds to the FL raso and Southwestern
company in payment for the EI p,so
an" southwestern railroad and seven
subsidiary lines.
The Dolores star., 1924-11-07

tive Wash. II you onlv tnanaaantSI
better ] feelf Now whsr how . %. !
say they are sick | tell thsy my q
Lydia e. Pinkham's rned;s;m .nem ht
the little book and yonr n
best Of thanks. Mira. H.sSnee,ns
18th Street. Detroit, Micbio..s
In newspapers and booti...
constantly publishing letter. ~
men. who explain how thew v.,s ma 8!
BY taking Lydia E. Pinkhsmm's.' M ~ 8
BILE Compound. VI
These letters should euid. s..
you are troubled with pains ~ w
vousness, or any feminine diso,d.sa sa ,
in mind that the Vegetable ro
has helped other women .OS n II
help you. For sale by druggist. s :.
The Dolores star., 1924-11-07
DENVER GAS AND ELECTRIC
COMPANY INCLUDED IN
MAMMOTH VENTURE
100000, DEAL
FORMATION OF NEW CORPORA.
TIoN UNDERTAKEN BY CITIES
SERVICE COMPANY

New YOrk-Formation Of new
Service Power and Light Company, to
provide n vehicle for the development
| and expansion of public utility enter
prises. has been undertaken by the
Cities Service Company, headed by
Henry L. Doherty.
The Cities Service Company will
own all the common stock of the new
organization, into which will be placed
the common stocks of public utilities
| operating in fifteen states and serv-
ing population of more than 1000
600
Among the important properties to
be included will be the Toledo Trac-
rion, Light and Power Company, which
owns the Toledo Edison Company the
Ohio Public Service Company, the Pub
lie Service Company of Colorado, in
cludng ownership of the Denver Gas
! and Electric Company; the Kansas
City Gas Company, the ST. Joseph
Light. Heat and Power Company. and
the Empire District Electric Company
Authorized capitalization of the Cit
les Service Power and Light Company
will consist of S65,OOO,OOO common
stock. SlO,OOO,OoO preferred stock, S5.-
10000 second preferred stock and S20-
100000 in bonds.
The organization of the new com
pany is designed to establish clear
cut division between the Doherty oil
and utility enterprises.
Formation Of the new Cities Service
Power and Light Company as a sub.
sidiury of the Cities Service Company
reported in press dispatches, will have
no effect on the Public Service Com
pany of Colorado other than TO bring
| about Il complete separation of the
cumpany's securities from the Doherty
oil securities and to provide a more
centralized organization for its de-
velopment along with the other Do
herty utility enterprises, according to
Glare n. Stunnard vice president and
general manager of the local company.
"All the preferred stock of the Pub
lie Service Company Of Colorado will
remain in the hands of the present
stockholders without change Mr..
Stannard said. Il had not heard of
the formation Of the Cities Service
Power and Light Company, but | pre-
sumo the information is correct.
although non announcement was
made of the formation of a second
company for similar purposes with ref
crence To the Doherty oil and natural
gas enterprise, it is presumed that
such company will be organized soon
to complete the separation between the
oil and the utility enterprises and to
provide special controlling company
for each.
1 can see no reason why this should
not he done, and there are many rel
sons why 1t should he done. Separating
the oil and the utility securities of the
p"hertN interests and placing each
under special controlling companies is
an advantageous arrangement for the
stockholders in both enterprises and
Tor all others concerned.
The Dolores star., 1924-11-07
DETROIT W0MII
REC0vEI
Taking Lydia E. P;nLtA AH
Vegetable Compo'n,.1

p Detroit, Michigan. .rYon, ~,
ieft At my door was nv h houl lttet
The Dolores star., 1924-11-07
Historic Beacon Doomel

Henlopen lighthouse, whhh
guided mariners of the Atlantic =
at Delaware bay since 1764, faca
mentary destruction because
ocean is so rapidly tearing ava!
land upon which II is built. '
originally constructed 1t was
feet back from the water, but Y
1t Is scarcely ten feet from the w
edge. 1t Is the second oldest v
In America.
The Dolores star., 1924-11-07

Love your work-it pays.
The Dolores star., 1924-11-07
DEMAND "BAYER" ASPl
Take Tablets Without Fear N 1
See the Safety "5ayer crok'

Warning! Unless you see the 4
"Bayer" on package or on tablets
are not getting the genuine B
Aspirin proved safe by millions
prescribed by physicians for Q n
Say "Bayer" when you buy AIl
limitations may prove dangerous
The Dolores star., 1924-11-07

read read it theo s.
ny my hu,sband,dH
|go and get -
lydia z. Pini1
|n,es setabie b
pound. Ir'
lake, take it, nj
mont month l tooIi +
bottles Goeso Of Ves.,
Compound C n
.ofL, OF Lydia { T.
hams hams Blood I
GneS q and ussd b
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-31
INVISIBLE GOVERNMENT

Means of coping with the Washington
tors and the press. Though the lobby
is an institution, having been in Wash
ington in more or less force since be-
fore the Civil War, it has grown to
be SO active, so completely organized,
so dominant a force in all legislation,
pressing particular demands at the ex-
pense of all other demands, that it has
become. almost, government within the
government and threatens the existence
of free government, whatever one may
mean by that elusive term. Certain it
is. however. that a pressure oil crowds,
agitating for this and that, produces mob
government and leaves that mythical
creature, "the common man." very much
in the lurch.
There are in Washington lobbyists for
the sugar interests, Tor the steel interests,
for the wool interests. for the tobacco
interests, for the fertilizer interests, for
the cotton manufacturers interest, for
prohibition and anti-prohibition. for pos
tai employees, for labor organizations,
for railroads. for civil service employees,
the equal rights of women, for the bonus.
for those opposed to the bonus, for the
Mellon plan of tax reduction. for the
farmers organization. for the shipping in
Iterests, for Henry Ford's acquisition OF
| Muscle Shoals, for the water power trust,
! for the packers, for the oil interest, for
the disabled eX-service men. for the man
ufacturers. for the army. for the navy,
! for national aid to education. and many
! other special interests. That is merely
ia rough enumeration of the various or
CARNATIONS. the lobbyists. that honey
comb Washington. all with liberal eX-
penSc accounts, using every known meth
Cd OF advertising, organization. publicity,
coercion, influence. to attain their ends.
! OF the oil interests Kenneth Nickel
liar, United States Senator from Tennes-
see. says: "The oil interests have for
years had 4 lobby in Washington. They
/ keep it there some seeking oil leases
others seeking to prevent miavorablc
/ legislation. The results ot thc inN iSiblc
government was never more aptly shown
than by the recent developments in tho
Toll disclosures. 1t WAS no accident, ano
Nt was not the result OF a patriotic de
4irc 10 protect and build up the navy
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-31
WHAT SHALL BE DONE?

A girl in the East recently died under
unusual circumstances. Her face be-
came swollen to twice its normal size
and she was rushed to hospital where
all remedies failed. 1t was found that
she was suffering from blood poisoning,
supposedly the result of the use of n
lipstick on chapped lips. Chemists took
the hp-sticl1 for examination.
How shall we regard an unusual hap
pening like that? As one of those par
ticular things that rose out of the cir
cumstances of the girls life, a unique
combination Of elements that formed
the girls own history? Or shall we
take it as the sort of thing that might
happen to everybody if lip-stcks con-
tinue to be used?
The first attitude would make us sec
the infinite variety of life, its strange and
unforeseen possibilities. its absurdities
its seeming utilities. 1t would make us
know that with such completely there
was bound to be an operative Great
Unity, perhaps beyond Our ken. or else
all the little. diverse pieces. which seem
to work without regard to anything
would fly off into space. incidentally,
we would also take pains about what
we PUT on our chapped lips. But the
point is. shall we regard it in that man
ner, or shall we look to the second aspect
and take this happening as a starting
point from which something is to be
done?
In the latter case. the manufacture and
distribution of lipsticks must be con-
trolled. II that cannot be effected as
we would like, then movement should
be started to prohibit the use of lip
sticks. See the possibilities for oratory,
Down with the lip-stick. A girl has
died death because of this cosmetic
1t aided vanity and abetted it which is
wrong to begin with. Down with our
pink and purple beauties. Away with
all makeup. Let us be as we are.
neither better nor worse. Those who
will persist, who will break these laws
that we have set up for the protection
of all mankind against lip poisoning, let
them be prosecuted. On with the good
work. let nothing be unrestrained.
Absurdty, rank nonsense, all of this,
and no one will deny it. But there arc
equally absurd efforts ito do something
started every day in the world.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-31

of the United States, that within thirty
days after Secretary Fall and Secretary
DENLY had become members of Presi-
dem Harding's cabinet they were busy
making leases of the naval oil reserves
to the oil interests. On the contrary.
the naval oil leases were the direct re-
suit of the ever active, ever vigilant,
ever scheming invisible government. APP
parently, it has gone on so long and so
suco essfully that it is almost considered
honorable
He goes on to Say that all oil inter-
csts are not crooked. But one NAV mere
ly ask how it is that in competition with
large predatory interests other interests
that practice different methods manage
to survive? And there is the difficulty.
Any interest or organization that dedi-
Gates itself to the attainment of its own
ends exclusive of any other. in sense.
becomes a menace. 1t substitutes actual
mob control for the ideal OF representa-
tive government and makes what repre-
sentation might exist naturally. practi-
cally nonresident. If the Hobbies were
for the purpose of cooperating with
one another for the good of the country
Jas d whole. then the situation would be
different. Definitely predatory as they
have proven themselves to be they can
be regarded as threat and little else.
Suggestions have been put forward
from various sources about coping with
the lobbies. Some want laws of regis
tration. Others want to add to the al
ready overwhelming number OF bureaus
more bureaus. They wish to eliminate
the lobby by substituting a government
bureau OF information. which looks like
exchanging the devil for the witch.
1t is to be deplored that clean and
drastic sweep cannot be made of all the
lobbies to give the common man" a
breathing spell and see if we have any
visible government left.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-31
Begin Here Today.

Colonel HOLES, soldier and adven-
turer, returns to England, his native
land, when war with Holland is de-
clared. His Grace of Buckingham
hires HOLES to abduct the beautiful
actress, Sylvia Farquharson. 1t is
dark when the colonel carries her TO
the house Buckingham has rented.
Upon their arrival Holes is horri-
fled to see that Sylvia is an old
sweetheart.
The servants Of the Duke render
the colonel unconscious. When Buck
ingham attempts to embrace Sylvia,
her dress falls from her throat. re-
vealing purple blotch. token of tie
plague. The Duke and his servants
flee.
HOLES nurses Sylvia and seves her
life. When HOLES catches the plague
Sylvia nurses him back to health.
HOLES deems himself unworthy and
leaves Sylvia, although she begs him
to remain.
Holes goes to call on his old land
lord, who tells him that His Grace of
Al. lmarle is asking for safe men.
meaning men who have had the
plague. HOLES calls on the Duke and
is given a commission in the army.
The colonel tells Albemarle that he
should like to marry Sylvia and take
her with him to his Bombay conf
mand. His Grace listens to the tale
of the colonel's adventures with much
interest. Now go on with the story
well, WELL" he said at length, bav-
ing consulted an entry. The Eng
fish Lass is fitting at Portsmouth
for the voyage. and should be ready.
L am informed, in two weeks from
now. But there are ever delays at
present. and it is odds that in no case
would she be ready in less than three
weeks. I'll see to it that she is nor
ready under a month
Inpetuously the Colonel held out
both hands to the Duke.
What a friend you are." he cried.
Albemarle wrung them hard
"You'rc damnably like your father,
God rest him - said he. Then. al
most brusquely: "Away with you,
now. and good luck to you. I'll not
ask you to stay to sec her grace at
present. since you're pressed. You
shall kiss her hands before you sail.
BE off :"
HOLES took his leave. At the door
he suddenly checked, and. turning,
displayed rueful countenance.
although l have the Kings COM
mission in my pocket and hold an i'm
portant office in his service. | haven't
shilling in the world" he said. "Not
shilling"
Aibemarle responded instantly by
producing purse from which he
counted twenty pounds. There was
no sign of parsimonious reluctance
about his offer now.
AS a loan, of course" said Holes,
gathering up the yellow coins.
"No. no." Albemarle corrected him.
"An advance. Take no further thought
for it. The Treasury shall refund
Inc the money at once
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-31
PEACE AS A PUBLIC SCHOOL
STUDY.

If world peace is ever TO become an
established fact it must be supported
By profound conviction on the part
of the people of the world that it is
desirable, that war is unnecessary and
wicked. If that conviction is to be-
come sufficiently firmly fixed in the
! popular mind to be effective its foun-
dation must be laid during the years
of childhood. 1t is therefore definite
contribution toward the cause of uni
versal peace which Judge Florence Al
len of the supreme court of ONO
makes in her suggestion that system.
attic education for peace be made q
part of every public school curriculum.
Such a course would consist of
scientific study of the cause and eff
feet of war and of methods of preven-
ton. As Judge Allen expressed it,,
School children should develop their
mental faculties by extracting the
square root of the reparations pay
ments Of the nations through the ages.
or with compilations of the economic
losses of a single year of armed con-
flict.'
There is little doubt but that the re-
suits of educational systems of the
past. insofar as they have touched the
subject of war at all. have been to
glorify it. We leave school with a sort
of sneaking feeling that not to de-
fend war is to be q traitor to the
heroic dead who made our own nation
possible. How are we to be true to
Washington and Grant and all the
honor role of nameless heroes who fell
in the great struggles to establish
independence and preserve the union.
if we are to denOunce war as wicked
and unjustifiable?
Even when we pause to consider
that general application of the idea
! expressed in that feeling would bar
all progress through the ages. it still
persists. We laugh at the man who
! refuses to install bath room in his
home because father used wash tub
by the kitchen stove on Saturday night
and what was good enough for father
is good enough for him. But we seem
to think that if Washington could lead
an army against the British. we ought
TO go around with a chip on our
shoulder daring the world TO come and
touch us.
SO far as the United States of Amer
lea is concerned the last great con-
flict in which we engaged was "war
TO end war;" That idea will not down.
No greater honor can be paid the men
who gave their lives in that conflict
than by consolidating the position
which they won until no counter at
tack of jingoism or militarism can
avail to retake it.
Where better can we dig our first
line trenches than in public schools
Omaha World Herald.