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The Washington times., 1924-06-12
Law Exam Fees

Editor the Washington Times:
I Asst year q number Of law
~ students had the. courage tn
protest against the outrageously
high fee of $40 per bar exam
ination as well as the unfair
method of bar examinations in
the District.
BY way Of quieting the pro
test Of the many law students
who have been mulcted. in the
past at $40 per exam, the board
recently amended paragraph 3 Of
rule 5 on admissions to the
bar, allowing an applicant who
has failed on his first exam to
take a second at IS, but any
third or subsequent exams at
the usual profiteering rate Of
$40 per chance.
With most States of our Union
charging IS. SO and SIS per
first exam and then allowing a
student who has failed to be re-
examined gratis until he Is ad-
mitted to the bar, this so-called
reduced rate privilege offered the
poor District Of Columbia law
students amounts to a killing Of
us poor applicants with the milk
of human kindness.
A LAW STUDENT.
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THREE-MINUTE JOURNEYS
WHERE ONE GOES SLEICHTNG IN THE TRoPIc
BY TEMPLE MANNING.

broken into terraces, and no less
than three crops growing at once,
fruit on trees, grapes on vines
beneath the trees and vegetables
on the ground.
At the top Of the mountain you
lunch at a delightful restaurant
and then comes the real surprise
"a coast all the way down the
mountainside. The coasting IL
done in basket-cars big enough
for two, mounted on runners. A
polished pebble roadway winds
down the hillside. Two men take
ropes attached to the basket, give
1t momentum and accompany It
on its slide down the mountain.
The winding of the road prevents
the cars from ever going too fast,
and the men are able to keep up
by running steadily and steering
deity. by means Of the ropes. at
all the turns. Still 1t is q thrilling
descent through q narrow road
which, as you approach the town,
passes through high garden walls
over which roses and other bril-.
liant flowers hang in abundance
and perfume the air.
Madeira is chiefly noted for its
wine, a delicious beverage particu-
larry beneficial to invalids. The
Inhabitants wear a curious COS
tune which includes a blue hat
shaped something like a funnel
with the elbow pointing outward.
The women weave q certain kind
of embroidery called Madeira.
which is much admired by Ameri-
can women for bureau scarfs and
table linen
Copyright, 1894. BY Newspaper
Feature Service. Inc.)
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because there is no miracle con-
cerned. the nails do not absorb
any water, and the water is not
compressed.
But there Is a very interesting
and instructive phenomenon
which you seem to have over.
looked. I can tell you about dt
because I have played the nail
game myself. 1t is true that you
can drop in an astonishing num-
Der Of small nails in a tumbler
that is full Of water to the brim
without causing an overflow. But
IL you set the tumbler on the
edge Of a table and get down on
your knees so as to bring your
eyes on the level Of the top Of
the tumbler, you will see the
water rising with a convex border
above the brim and slowly swell.
ing higher as you drop in nail
after nail, and II you keep on
long enough at last the heaped-
up water will break across the
brim and flow down outside the
glass. You should have the brim.
perfectly dry to get the best
effects. 1t is the surface ten
sion" between the water and the
dry brim Of the tumbler that
holds UP the tiny flood.
Now, the fact that the water
does thus swell above the brim
as the nails are dropped in ought
to be sufficient to make you see
that the nails are forcing the
water to rise by occupying it's
place, while the fact that so many
nails can be dropped in before
there Is a break-over should lead
you to reflect that the nails are
very deceiving with regard to the
actual volume that they occupy.
In fact, this deception IL 80
great that II you begin with the
water but little almost imper-
ceptibly to a careless eye) below
the brim, you can put in so many
nails that your statement that
the tumbler is full Of nails" bes
comes plausible.
Consider the following facts:
A tumbler with a brim three
inches across has an area at the
ton of about seven square inches.
and II the water swells up to a
height of one.eighth inch. the
space that II occupies equals
ven.eights of cubic inch.
Nature doesn't set these traps to
catch us: we set them ourselves
by stumbling with both eyes and
brains. But sound common sense
without much science il usually
sufficient TO save us from them.
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Some DOn'ts

COME Of the "DoN'TS" advo.
- Gated by the Forest Service.
United States Department of
Agriculture:
Don't leave a camp fire un.
watched.
Don't build a camp fire near
underbrush or in the midst Of dry
leaves and slash.
Don't ever drop match with.
out first making sure 1t IL out
and then breaking 1t in pieces.
Don't knock the ashes from
your pipe, cigar, or cigarette with.
out stepping on them and grind
ing them into the. earth.
Don't throw inffammable articles
from your automobile.
Don't fail to use your own
common sense to help preserve
your own forests.
Don't fail to report all such
persons to the Forest officers Jus.
as you would any criminal.
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overflow. although the receptacle
was full Of water to begin with.
am sure that. in many cases,
those who make these statements.
have really tried the experiments
and honestly deceived them.
selves. Some persons seem to
have a talent for self deception.
They owe 1t to just the two things
that / have mentioned,
One cause Of mal.observation
and careless description IL fail.
ure to notice ana allow for little
things; also failure to take note
Of everything concerned. An.
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Fair Play but as the talking right
off and walow in emotion right up neck This par
culary true when we're considering marriage and maybe
it's good thing For there be terrible falling off of the
marriage crop if really decided to be logical about it.
So you might well let Jim do the proposing if any
done Of course you kinda lead him along Just
between you sister, there mighty few purely spon-
aneous proposals But if after you've your best
efforts Jim still doesn't start think I'd stake out new
location were you. For I've bunch that man who can
do his own proposing would be rather useless have around
as husband If really got to invest in dumb furni-
ure why pick something YOU can get rid of easily when
you're tired of t' NICE overstuffed armchair in one of
those blue velous for nstanceH Or kitchen cabinet or
even vacuum cleanerf Why clutter up the house with lot
of inarticuate peevh you can get
good davenport for dollar down and dollar a weekP
Syndicate, Inc)
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OF trouble, disappointment. and
failure in this life Of ours.
The two things are first--in.
accurate and uncritical observa-
ton and second-inaccurate and
uncritical use Of language.
This nails.in.water story IL of
the same nature as the fish.in.
water story which, In essentials,
1t resembles. People will tell
you that they have put a fish
into a globe, or a pail of water
without. to their surprise, in.
creasing the total weight; also
without causing the water 20
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other. no less important, is the
habit Of Jumping things" You
say that you Fill the tumbler"
with water. Are you sure that
!, 1t is brimming full? Then you
say you Fill 1t with nails" Well,
how many nails do you put it?
Have you measured and com.
puted the volume or each nail,
and the aggregate volume Of all
of them? IT. may seem full of
nails" when the total space &C.
cupied by them Is but q small
fraction Of the volume Of the
tumbler. II must be 90. indeed,
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three During that time they gone everywhere
together No would think of inviting Edna anywhere
without Jim or vice-versa Twice week they've gone to
the movies togeher every Saturday night he's brought
her big box of chocolates She knows all about his work
at the office and how Ed Shepherd told the boss where he
could head in He knows exactly what the girls the Gary
House doing, and what's the best place to buy
ermne jacquette They have all the Pilgrim grandmas
and grandpas beat when it community of inter
ests and yet-IN ALL THOSE THREE YEARS jim HAS
NEVER PROPOSED. He's within jumping distance
of it dozen times, but there he sticks
$50 why shouldn't girl start somethngY" cried the
exasperated Edna 81 love Jm and know Jim loves me.
We've looked at anyone else since first And
though Jim isn't much of fellow for petting all the gang
know he's crazy about me- and he won't stand any other
fellow hanging around.
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" o go sleighing in the tropics
o where no snow ever falls
- Is an experience which can
happen only in Madeira, the Por.
tuguese island in the Atlantic
Ocean q few hundred miles from
the entrance to the Mediterra-
mean.
Imagine a balny, velvety eli.
mate, a harbor surrounded by
high green hills, and a qauint
town, Funchal, beginning at the
beach and running part way up q
mountain side.
When you go ashore in Funchal
you meet the Madeira taxicab,
which consists Of a curtained
cart on runners. pulled by two
bullocks. Madeira streets have
such steep inclines that the
horses died in disgust centuries
ago. They are paved with small,
round flintlike stones which be-
come polished like steel as a re-
suit of centuries Of things slid.
ing over them.
All the transportation in Fun.
chal is done by bullock sledges.
An even more primitive method
Of transportation is being carried
in a hammock by barefootsl
bearers. Some of the lanes are
so steep and narrow that even
q bullock cart cannot essay them.
Hence the hammocks.
The chief aim of the tourist IL
to go up the funicular railroad to
the summit Of the mountain
which overhangs the town. AS
this cogwheel affair begins its
ascent you notice that the steep
sides of the hills are all under the
most intensive cultivation, being
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IF / fill a tumbler with
water and drop nails into It
carefully one at a time, l can
fill II with nails without re-
moving so mucn as a drop Of
water. Why is this possible?
A. H."
Upon second thought I have
rescued your question from the
waste basket, because 1t occurs
to me that 1t offers an opportu.
nifty to point out, with the aid
OF an example. two things that
lie at the basis Of q great deal
The Washington times., 1924-06-12
By ELSIE ROBINSON
copvTaght. 1904. b. star COmpany.

"We're as good as married as far as my
chances of getting anyone else go. But still
he never says a word. l know all the girls
think it's funny, and I'm getting sick Of it.
Why should have to wait just because girls
have always done the waiting? Haven't
women as good right to propose as meni"
Sure they have, Edna; exactly as good a
right to propose as men. But where did you
get the big idea that human conduct was reg
ulated by fright" or logicf You may argue
this proposal proposition out dozen differ
ent ways and make every argument come out
on your side and yet-the men will go on
doing the proposing, and the girl who tries to
buck that game will be sorry she did. For
we're creatures of sentiment, Edna We like
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CDNA wants to start a revolution.

T.VDNA wants to start revolution.
eff girls hold jobs and help support
- the family and vote and serve on
juries and pay taxes, WHY SHOULDN'T
THEY DO THE PROPOSING9" says Edna.
II know all that old bunk about men having
the right to do the proposing because they
have to pay the bills, but that stuff doesn't
go any more. Most young married women
work and bring as much into the house as
their husbands do. And, at any rate, any
woman who marries let's herself in for as
much grief as any man. What more, if
girl doesn't do the proposing she's apt to die
an old maid. All men aren't self-starters, not
by darned sight,"
Then Edna proceeds to tell me about her
own case. Jim has been Edna s steady for
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-07-16
MARKING THE OLD TRAIL

Composed by Harley j. Starrett to
memorabilia Military Trail marker.)
We look back on far off day
When Old King Wilderness held sway
Der all the land that lay between
The posts Green Bay and Prairie du
Chen
This wild expanse was only spanned
By one lone trail across the land.
Infrequently trader or scout
And later soldiers crossed the route.
But through the long portions of the
year
The feet of Indian, wolf or deer,
Grim frequenters of forest aisles
Alone moved through the endless
wilds.
Through all it's years the trail can
trace
The evolution of a race;
Of travel from moccaSin'S seal,
Ok cart and covered wagons wheel
To mighty tractors deep laid scar,
The modern truck and motor car.
Standing beside that trail today
We see a favored state highway.
The seal we set, through years will
last
To link the future with the past.
This stone we congregate about
Will mark an old historic route,
Itself monument to days
When settlers traversed woodland
ways,
To days when rifles shadp report
AS soldiers moved from fort to fort,
Rang out on clear new atmosphere
To reach no listening white mans
ear.
And red men harked on hill and shore
To sounds they never heard before.
Land mark of time, the old trail
stakes
The onward course a nation takes
From forest glade where savage
roams
To these fair fields and modern homes.
Oh, scenic ridge; Historic trail,
From out behind dim memory's veil,
Bring forth to us from out the past
The scenes that with our race should
last.
And as we set the boulder here,
Well plant those scenes and memories
dear
So future children of the land
AS they about the marker stand
Can look back through the past long
night
And see it all with clearer light.
May light of knowledge guild their day
And drive all prejudice away.
They'll see Wisconsin, fair with age,
The fairest on our nations page.
The fields of old Grant County grand,
A picture touched by Gods own hand
May ever stand, her woodland shade,
Her magic beauty never fade.
And, if our wishes shall come true
They'll see a greater nation, too.
They'll see great leaders, greater
grown
AS, judged from that Immortal Throne
Their ideals shine from that fair
strand
And stamp themselves upon our land.
A Washington, nobler with time,
A Lincoln with his truths sublime,
Implanted there, his sorrows gone,
A Wilson with his ideals won,
A world wherein no lannon's blast
Awakes the tragedies then passed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-07-16

in q health column. That may be true.
And lots of girls use color on their
cheeks to get dumb bells.
We've noticed that the man VINO
bas M business of his own to attend
to goes to bed tired.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-07-16
Casting Contest" for Waltonians

II GIIIUIII, 4NGUI., july ., IJZf
Friend Sherman:-
Under separate cover a copy our
Tribune. Page 5, is snappy write up
of an Isaak Walton frolic.
This is forwarded to you as sug-
gestion on casting contest for
home likes" 1t made a wonderful
hit" and the chapter is going to stage
another under national rules, here,
right away.
l found the Judging to be a bit dan
gerous, but 1 think with life pre-
server and base BALI mask, will be
safer for me next time.
Sincerely,
CuDTS
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-07-16

They'll see a Roosevelt courage shown
In youths upon his doctrines grown,
And as their breasts with rapture
swell
They'll pass the watchword, "All is
we'll"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-07-16

So on this spot the stone We'll place,
A trail mark for the future race.
HARLEY J. STARRETT.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-07-16

Lots of girls use dumb bells to get
color in theirc heeks, states a writer
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-07-16

Letter from Ethel Thomas HerrOld
Mo r1iIa-P T. Anril II 1hoA
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-07-16

Chris Glassmacher Has Stroke
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-07-16

A. L. Sherman, Editor Herald,
Lancaster, Wisconsin.
NY Dear Sir
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-07-16

coded her in death. She also leaves Lthat
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-07-16
Town Under Martial Law


This is Thursday, believe. I was
unable to finish this yesterday. Broad
way is beginning to look half way
decent. They have removed all the
debris from the pavement, but the
buildings are sight Ours is one of
the best, if not the best in the block.
The stores across the street are the
ones in which the people were killed.
Five were killed in a restaurant. 1t
seems just like war times There are
so many soldiers here. You can't go
anywhere without pass, and have
to be off the streets by eight o'clock.
All night long you can hear the guard
go by on his horse. Several times
last night we heard him call Halt"
You cannot know how thankful we
are that we escaped and that our
home was not damaged. All my nice
things would have been ruined. The
Governor was here yesterday. He
said it was appalling. He did not
imagine a city could be in such a con-
dition
This is the Fourth of July-Friday
Sorry l could not finish yesterday No
one is allowed to leave the city or
enter it. Guards are stationed three
miles out of the city limits.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-11
WARRANTS ISSUED FOR S
MEN IN FATAL SHOOTING

EDGEFIELD. s. c.. Aug. II. -
Warrants were issued today for
five white men implicated by a
coroner's jury in the death of Louis
Moore, a negro. who was shot and
fatally wounded July 20, near
Cooper Springs school house. The
warrants were for Newton Mason,
Wallace Williams, Otis Mason,
Rufus Mason and Shell LaErone.
1t Is reported that Moore was
present at a Sunday school festival
being held at the school house nv
negroes, and became disorderIv
creating a disturbance, when some
OF negroes appealed to the white
men, who lived in the vicinity. to
keep order for them. ~
1t Is stated Moore fired upon
them twice. He was wounded ana
died the next day. ~
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-11
BOoKKEEPER IS HELD
IN THEFT FROM BANK

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 11.-Her'
bert H. Phillips is held without
bail here awaiting requisition pa
pers from Haverhill, Mass, where
he Is wanted for larceny Of $4,000
from the Haverhill Trust Company
where he was employed as book
keeper.
Phillips was living with his wife
and two children at SOFA Arch
street. when arrested. The names
OF the Boston people, given when
ne sought work as a craftsman,
led to his detection.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-11

completion Of the crypt. deserving
the main part Of the shrine until
after the gathering. With the next
few weeks a number Of affairs will
be erected, SO that several masses
may be said simultaneously begin.
ming in the early hours Of the
morning.
The large chapel Of Caldwell Hall,
principal structure OF the univers-
ity, will be utilized and several re-
liSious study houses in the neigh.
borhood of the university are to Dc
open for this purpose. A survey
of facilities is to be made today
by Patrick J. Haltigan, and other
members Of the committee on ar
ra nRementg.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-11
MASSES
To NUMBER
HUNDREDS
Will Be Celebrated BY Priests
and PreIates at Holy
Name Farley Here

Hundreds of masses will be said
daily in the crypt of the national
shrine Of the Immaculate Concep.
ton at Catholic University, durine
the Holy Name Society convention,
September Is to 21.
Six hundred visiting priests and
higher dignitaries of the church
are to be housed at the university
during the conclave. and all chapels
and churches of the vicinity ara
TO be used for the daily masses OF
each clergyman.
Workmen are concentrating on
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-11

follows: Tuesday, Washington circle.
Pennsylvania avenue and Twenty.
third street northwest, Navy Band;
Thursday, Chevy Chase circle, Con-
necticut avenue and Thirty-ninth
street northwest, Army Band. and
at Dupont circle. Nineteenth and
+ streets northwest. Marine Band:
Friday, Arkansas avenue, Thir-
tenth and Emerson streets, Com
munity Center Band. and Satur-
day, Ellipse on White Lot, Army
Bond.
All concerts will be from 1880
to p. M, excepting the Saturday
concert which will be from to
$50 p. m.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-11
ARRESTED ON CHARGE
OF LAND DEAL FRAUD

KALAMAZOO, Mich, Aug. III
w. Gillespie, forty-one, OF Los An
geles. was under arrest today on a
charge of using the mails to defraud
His arrest followed a chase across
the continent.
Gillespie was indicted by Federal
grand Jury in Cheyenne, Wyo.. on a
charge Of sending false and fraudu'
lent advertising matter through the
mails to induce persons to purchase
Indian lands.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-11
BAND CONCERTS
FOR WEEK
LISTED
Army and Marine Musicians
Both Will Be Heard
Tonight

Seven park concerts will be
given this week, according to an.
nouncement today by Lieutenant.
Colonel c. o. Sheriff., officer in
charge Of public buildings and
grounds.
Two concerts will be given today.
one by the Army Band at Frank
lin Park, Fourteenth and K streets
northwest; the other by the Ma
rine Band at the Sylvan Theater in
the Monument grounds.
Other concerts will be given as
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-11

SEWING Machines-sinRera stord,rd
New Home, $12, SIS, SIS. Electric
frank. S77s. Capitol Sewing Machine
exchange, 80 H st. N. W.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-11

ST. N. w.. 917-2 outside rooms:
KIT. bath; q. m. l.: southern exposure:
shower bath: near car lines; phone:
adults.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-11

CALVERT ST., lsBO--Ideal s-room ana
bath apt, complete and beautifully
furnished: near Rock Creek Park.
Permanent; adults.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-29
SOCIETY PLANS
RAGE ADVANCE
PROGRAM
Opening Meeting Of Associa-
ton VIII Be Held First
Week in October

The Washington branch OF the
National Association for the Adj
vancement Of Colored People an
nounces through It's secretary.
Shelby j. Davidson. that q commit
tee Of the local body is laboring
zealously to perfect what it ex-
poets to be the most significant
program since the establishment OF
the association here.
The opening meeting Of the fall
and winter session win be held the
first week in October. The pro-
gram calls for monthly meetings
to be held in the new headquarters
in the Colored Y. NJ. G. A., Twelfth
street between r and s streets
northwest, every second Wednesday.
There win be the largest mum.
Der Of out-of-town speakers, both
white and coIored, who viii visit
us during the coming session that
have ever come to us in any one
year. Our musical recitals to be
held this winter are also being
looked forward to with a great deal
Of interest" said Mr.. Davidson.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-29
vAcRANT WITH FAKE
BANDACE IS ARRESTED

With his hand swathed in an
enormous bandage on which was
poured red ink to give the appear
ance Of blood, Amebole Morle, fifty.
five, giving his residence as 24S
Twelfth street northwest, was ar
rested yesterday while going from
door to door begging on Pennsyl.
wanna avenue northwest, and ar
raigned In court today on charge
OF vagrancy. 4 He also pleaded
guilty to having a razor in his
possession.
The attention Cf the police was
called by the numerous complaints
Of merchants along the avenue. who
said that whan refused money.
Morle. who is an Austrian, vigorous.
ly complained In foreign languar e.
Morle declared he did not under.
stand the allegations OF the corn-
planning witnesses and said the
razor was for shaving purposes.
Owing to the mans meager com
mand Of English. Judge McMaho1
continued the case for inventiwa,
tion By the probation officer.