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The Washington times., 1924-02-07
Brief Bits Of
Furniture HisfOry

"a SerieS)
The southern countries
OF Europe such as Italy,
Greece, Spain and others
may be said. in most in
stances, to be the first to
show improvement in fur.
niture ana furnishings.
The furniture Of the
Southern countries Is gem
orally lighter in design
and moro deliberately dec
grated. This may be q
tribute to the fact that
civilization had progressed
much more rapidly in these
countries than in the
northern group. In the
Gothic type Of furniture
used in Italy you will find
q lighter construction and
the carvings Of q much high.
or type than that in the
northern countries.
In France, England and
Germany the Robber Bar
onS ruled the country and
as they were constantly at
war with each other, did
not have time to devote
their attention to other
than the bare needs Of life.
Consequently their furni.
ture shows this being built
for sturdiness rather than
beauty-due to the fact
that at any minute they
were subject to attack and
IL defeated, would have to
take their belongings with
them. hurriedly and leave
the heavier articles behind.
To Be Continued.
Evening star., 1924-06-13

up toward his nest. Something is
wrong. l wonder what it can be He
hasn't any babies yet or ] would
think one Of them was in trouble. He
is staying right in that tree. | be-
lieve TIL go over there and see what
it is all about. 1t is funny | do not
hear Mrs. Robin. / wonder if it can
be that something has happened to
her. The way to find out is to go
and see.
Black Pussy looked all about to
make sure that no one was watching
her. Then with her long black tail
twitching she began to sneak through
the grass toward the tree where Wei
come Robin was chirping so mourn
fully. She sneaked along. doing her
best to keep from being seen. She
crouched close to the ground. She
would sneak u few feet, then stop,
lift her head and glare eagerly up in
that tree. Presently she made out
Welcome Robin. There seemed TO be
nothing the matter with him. She
was sure of il when she saw him fly
over to another branch.
He is all right, or else my eyes
are all wrong" grumbled Black
Pussy. Il don't see why he keeps up
that everlasting chirpins"
Just then Black Pussy caught a
glimpse of something huttering. Her
yellow eyes fairly blazed with eager
ness. She quiVcred all over with ex-
citement. Then. still crouching as
fiat she could. she ran swiftly over
TO the foot of that tree and glared up.
At once she saw Mrs. Robin swinging
hy one leg from that piece of string.
How she happened to be there Black
Pussy didn't know, and she cared less
1t was enough for her that Mrs Robin
was in trouble and helpless. She
would have a Robin dinner or Sha
would know the reason why.
lust then Mrs. Robin spied her and
was tilled with new terror 1t gave
Evening star., 1924-06-13
BEDTIME STORIES R' sr s1sssss 1HSasSo'

her new strength. She began to beat
frantically with her wings and to
scream. Welcome Robin fiuttered
down close to her anxiously. Then
he, too, saw Black Pussy. He
sounded the alarm, and darted at
Black Pussy Just as she dug her
claws into the bark of the tree trunk
and started to climb up. AT the
sound of that alarm all the other
birds came hurrying over. They had
understood 1t. Such a racket as they
all made, The boldest of them kept
at Black Pussy and threaten
ing to peck her. But this time Black
Pussy didn't intend TO be driven away.
She meant to have Mrs. Robin.
Copyright, 1924. by T. ". Burgess
Evening star., 1924-06-13

Italy. And 1t still does a considerable
export business.
In one respect the Malaga woman
has long exercised a modern privilege.
When she marries she retains her full
maiden name, simply aff1xing that of
her husband. which procedure makes
her complete married name" so long
that she continues to be known and
referred to informally by her maiden
name.
Theoretically Malaga marriage, as
in other regions of southern Spain, is
a mother -in-law arrangement The
mother of the suitor asks the mother
of the sweetheart for the hand of
her daughter.
Malaga's women folk are notably
pretty and high-spirited. After the
Evening star., 1924-06-13
Black Pussy Decides to In
vestiuate.
The troubles of another may
Turn an opening your way.


Black Pussy the Cat, having been
driven out of the Old Orchard by the
birds, had gone into the barn to get
out of their sight and away from their
noisy tongues. There she had re-
manned for couple of hours. When
she came out none of the birds was in
sight. But right away she caught the
sound OF Welcome Robins mournful
voice.
Black Pussy pricked up her ears
and listened. 1t didn't take her long
TO discover that that mournful sound
came from A certain tree in the Old
Orchard. She knew Welcome Robins
voice. She knew that when he
chirped that way something was
wrong
What can be the matter now"
wondered Black Pussy. Welcome
Robin is chirping just the way have
heard him when | have been climbing
Evening star., 1924-06-13
Bottled Sunlight" Upheld.

NEW YORK, June 13-Former
Supreme Court Justice Newburger. as
referee, yesterday dismissed the appl
cation of Attorney General Sherman
for a permanent injunction restraining
the TomadeHi Electronic Corporation
from selling stock in its Bottled Sun
light" project.
The state failed to prove allegations
of fraud upon which the action was
based the referee said. adding that
the money the company had obtained
from stock sales had been used
legitimately. The attorney general an
nounCed he would appeal
Evening star., 1924-06-13
To Mend Cracked Boilers.

For mending small cracks in steam
boilers of house-heating plants
good cement can be made from two
parts of finely powdered litharSe, one
part very fine sand. and one part of
through exposure to the air, says the
Popular Science Magazine. Just be-
fore being used. this mixture is
mOIStened with boiled linseed oil to
paSte-like consistency.
Evening star., 1924-06-13
MOTHERS-IN-LAW MAKE
MARRIAGES IN MALAGA
Woman Retains Full Maiden
Name, Simply Afixing That
of Her Husband.

From National Geographical Bulletin.
The ancient and famous seaport of
Malaga in southern Spain Is not re-
mote--t won prestige in earlier
times by the frequent sailings from
it's harbors to England. France and
Evening star., 1924-06-13

mander C1aud A. Jones, in the bureau
Of engineering, Navy Department, has
been detailed as assistant naval at
tache, United States embassy, London
England "
Evening star., 1924-06-13

naval fnteffigenoe, Navy Department
Commander William +. HaIsey. ir
naval attache at the United States
embassy, Berlin, Germany, has been
assigned to the u. S. S. Pittsburgh
now in the Mediterranean. Com
Evening star., 1924-06-13

age of sixteen IL a suitor's attentions
are dfstasteful to a girls parents she
may--and frequently does--.appeal to
court for a deposit sort of in
junction proceeding against. parental
interference in affairs of the heart.
Evening star., 1924-06-13
Two Naval Attaches Transferred.

Capt. Frank b. Upham, naval at
tache at the United States embassy.
Paris, France, has been ordered to
this city for duty in the Office Of
The Washington times., 1924-01-18
What Is the Cheapest Labor in
the World?

What is the cheapest labor in the wold9 Not the tribes
mans who carries pack in Africa the coolies who shoves
sampan the Chinese rivers. No. but the wife's and
mothers in the home
No who $50 week and gives his wife SIS Of it
but thinks he is model husband supporting her and the
family And then descends upon her the municipal govern
men which insists that she get her children school clean
and possible neat the welfare workers. who tell her how
she must keep her premises sanitary and her cldrens food
nourhing and varied the landlord the shopkeepers and
her old man himself who thinks he has right to little bit
Of comfort and relaxation at home.
She fool She may not be formally educated but she
fool Inefciency goes under in the struggle she has to
go through She knows all about the eighhour day. she
works two of them in every twenty hours She knows
all about the theory of recreation from change of type of
work. she has half dozen types of work. all steady jobs
She knows all about fatigue points too from constant
tical experience.
Why does she seldom strike? Partly because the
human tendency stay in rut habit what William James
called the great fywheel Of society," Partly from pride
most Of would rather go smash than be ped by
neghbors Partly from the persistence of that traitor to
seneres the maternal instinct she goes year after
year. racg her body with hard labor and her brain with
worry every often facing suffering and death give
another life to the world recognizing the grmness her
lot but accepting it often with hardly complaint
Surely she ought have paragraph to herself in the
stuton of every labor organization For the rights of
any soft of labor under any sort Of conditions deserve
recognized. /.
The Washington times., 1924-01-18
DIR. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
By DIR. FRANK CRANE.
E0rth'S Unused Spaces.

TVHERE are all sorts of great problems, but one of
the greatest is the problem of getting the people
away from the crowds and out into the open
spaces.
When Lloyd George. was making his trip through
the American Continent, his tour led through Canada
through region but little removed from the primitive
wilderness.
Passing on his special train to the north of Lake
Superior, he made few stops at isolated points where
the log house is still used, and where big game is
plentiful. At Hudson Bay Company points Indians
conspicuous, drawn up in silent lines beside the
train.
The former Premier enjoyed his experience to the
FULL with its fascinating scenery of woods and quiet
lakes. Hisscomment was:
It like passing through endless picture gallery
by first-cass artist Why there should be sums in
know"
thing that puzzles all of Why should people live
in dirt and ugliness bad smells and angry contention
when they might live out where there is beauty and
One reason, perhaps, is that the multitudes
cowardly and lazy In cities they easily out and
get good food, done up in attractive packages at
grocery store In the country they have to hustle for
thenseves-raise their own grain, and kill their own
meat.
Mr. Van Loon, in his interesting Story of the Bible,
suggests that this was why the Jews hated to leave
them out into the Wilderness and to the Promised
Land. They had been so long city dwellers in Egypt
that they had become soft and spiritlessthat, not
wthstandng that their condition of distressing
slavery they had acquired the spirit of the slaveand
it took good deal of encouragement to buck them
to the point where they willing to start out for
themselves
Mr.. Wells, in that amazing story "Men Like Gods"
describes the condition of what he magnes the world
will be some twenty-five thousand years from now.
And one of the points he makes is that there will be
no more great cities and no more living in vast crowds
The people will have progressed far enough in
civilization, and will have developed transportation,
especially by air. to such an extent that they will have
utilized the great spaces, and the population will be
much more generally spread throughout the surface
of the earth
One cannot ride Lloyd George did, throughout
the vast American Continent and not wonder why the
people do not make of it, why the vast plains,
beautiful valleys, and lovely woodlands are so vacant
and why the smoky and stuffy cities packed.
DOUBTLESS, as time goes and intelligence and nven
ton increase the day will come when chidrens
children will know deal better than know how to
make use of this pleasant earth
Copyright by the News syndicate1
The Washington times., 1924-01-18
POETIC ERROR ABOUT THE
VARIOUS STARS
By Garrett p. Serviss,


r 7 is perhaps something like
looking in gift horses
mouth" to complain of what
poet offers when his verses stray
away from the facts of nature;
but, on the other hand, it is not
fair to the uninformed to allow
them to be misled, or confirmed
in error, by the glamor of a poet.
ic idea.
One Of the most persistent and
widely spread errors concerning
the stars is the popular belief, or
suppoSition, that some of them
occasionally fall" or shoot"
and so disappear. Nothing could
be farther from the truth, or better
calculated to inspire utterly wrong
ideas about the starry universe.
Yet ! find copied in an astronomi.
cal periodical of great influence
over the popular mind, some verses
about shooting stars" which.
notwithstanding their beauty and
attractiveness, and the fine lesson
they convey, are chargeable with
encouraging the very error men,
toned above.
The poet sets out to show the
folly of exaggerated ideas about
our personal importance in the
world, and he says:
"If you feel this way, just step
out some night
Into the clear, cool air.
And gaze aloft at the myriad
stars
That nightly shine up there.
And if you watch a while, ere
long you'll see
One shoot across the sky,
Leaving a beautiful, brilliant
trail,
Soon to fade and die.
But the world goes on and the
stars shine forth
Into the dark Of night,
And we never miss, in that
great expanse,
The star that ceased to light.
So sometimes think in this
worlds big plan,
That maybe you and
Are very much like those
shooting.tars
You watched up in the sky"
The fact that the same idea
has previously been employed
and sometimes more profoundly
by other poets. should not de-
prive these verses of their need
of praise. And in the mind of
the person who knows the truth,
they are extremely effective in
their poetic significance. But,
alas! l know only too we'll that
there are many thousands who
take such references to stars
shooting. from their spheres" as
assertions Of literal fact. IT is
one Of the mistaken notions that
those who seek to spread correct
knowledge Of astronomy are con.
tinually forced TO combat.
1ha ARxoz n hg no means CON
The Washington times., 1924-01-18

; fined to "uneducated" persons.
have met graduates Of high
schools who did not know the dis.
tinction between meteors and
stars, and who perceived no alb
surdity in the idea Of a star
shooting across the sky, leaving
a train of light, and finally fad.
ing and dying"
The poet lives in a mental won.
derland where material things
are only symbols Of subjective
moods and thoughts. His mind.
ordinarily. is anything but criti,
cal. To him things are what they
seem. not what they are. His
eye,
in a fine frenzy roll.
ing,
Doth glance from heaven to
earth, from earth to heaven;
And as imagination bodies forth
The forms of things unknown,
the poets pen
Turns them to shape and gives
to airy nothing
A local habitation and a name"
Yet once in a while a poet such
as Alfred Tennyson has suffici
ent critical instinct and love of
exact knowledge to avoid the er-
rors into which so many care
lessly fall, and the avoidance is
without any loss of poetic beauty
and force. A magnificent exam
pie of description of celestial OBJ
jects adorning the facts with a
fitting garment of poetic expires.
sion will occur to all readers of
Tennyson:
Many a night from yonder ivied
easement ere went to rest,
Did 1 look on great Orion sfop.
ing slowly to the west.
Many a night l saw the Pleiades,
rising through the mellow
shade,
Glitter like swarm of fireflies
tangled in a silver braid
The Washington times., 1924-01-18

should be practced We should hold the highest account
those who know the instead of those who know the
least.
Law is the embodiment of the moral sentiment of the
people.
Love has way of cheating itself consciously like child
who plays at solitary hde-andseek It is pleased with
assurances that it all the while dsbeeves
Every man is in historical production The
ideas which form his life have him through the
poHee Of deyelopment in which he moYes.
The Washington times., 1924-01-18
That Tariff Law

Editor The Washington Times:
IN The Times recently there ap-
L peared this statement in an
EDITORIAL
This country, it's workers an6
Industrial leaders are lucky to
have the tariff wall Of protection
between them and Europe"
Yes, the industrial leaders are
lucky" but the rest of the coun.
try is not The tariff law is the
cause Of all the high prices, and
gives the American manufacturers
a chance to exploit the American
public with impunity. Despite
the tariff foreign goods are sold
in this country. Why? Because
due to tho exorbitant prices asked,
foreigners can pay the high tariff
and still undersell domestic nanu-
6actHanA CYRIL GIiE1GEcaa
The Washington times., 1924-01-18

O say that thing good in itself is bad because some
times abused is as absurd say that the beautiful
- Ohio river evil because at times overfows it's
banks
. -. ."
Success in life is matter so much of talent mr. on
portunity as OF concentration and perseverance,
we must De as courteous to man as are a pic
ture, which are willing TO give the advantage Of good
light.
We forgive men and women of great inteectualitv
thousand times easier than ordinary people ye tha opposite
The Washington times., 1924-01-18

the soul like wine
don think shall forget what learned this afternoon
1t has revised my whole viewpoint Of sanctty realize that
have hitherto despsed that delecabe condition because
smeled largely of seshness and seghteousness Doubt
less grateful the nostr of the Saved to know they
saved but that kind of odor of sancy much
the dngy highways of life But the kind hope
full fragrance of that simple, garnhed room-there truly
sanctty that heals all who may
How fine would be could radate the fragrance of
such clean and simple servce could make the odor of
sanctity brang the wind among the pnes home
like as warm sunshine fresh mopped oor-nstead of
smelling if We d laid ourselves away in camphor balls!
Syndica Inc)
The Washington times., 1924-01-18

1t was IN cheap house IN part of The room
BARE but wonderfully clean have never seen barer
cleaner An old man was polishing the last
window entered He showed his work to me with pride
The poor fawed glass shone like segment of crystal The
rough pine floor was moist and redoent The sunshine
drew the fragrance from Like sap. All around the walls
stood trees-pme and spruce and hemock Someone had
donated his leftover Christmas stock The shabby room
was like cleared space In the forest There such
fine tang in the air that could almost see rough ruddv
hills between the reddish trunks The cold air was spicy
with the ean fresh of green growth and the mel
lowness of old timber with a sound sweet core
For moment my body enjoyed it without thinking
10 KnRFe
The Washington times., 1924-01-18
: By ELSIE ROBINSON

as our bodies enjoy all fine sensations
clear light, brisk winds, clean water Then
suddenly my mind saw the people who
had filled that room, and the purpose it
served. The hurt, sick, desperate people.
The dreadful people who trod those clean
boards. And suddenly it seemed to me the
holiest place | had ever entered. No church,
however beloved, has ever given me such
sense of conservation. Everything about it
partook of that quality. It's baroness and
it's cleanness and the vigorous fragrance of
the massed green trees 1t was like the out
breaking of some healthy soul.
THE odor of sanctity!'
The phrase fitted at last-made music
at last. There was an Odor to this sanctity,
rare and heady perfume that could clear
The Washington times., 1924-01-18
LISTEN, WORLD!

THERE is phrase which ! have always
detested-" the odor of sanctity' The
odor of most of the sanctity have met
smelled to me like mixture of moth balls,
carbolic and formaldehyde. Antiseptic but
aggravating, as it were 1t realized the
necessity of sanctity. 1t was obviously an
exclusive and highly profitable condition,
and didn't blame people for being com
placent about it. Nevertheless | wish they
wouldn't publish it under my nose quite so
extensively. 1t made my own lack all too
apparent So, as / started to say, that
phrase, "the odor of sanctity," awoke no
music in my soul. Until this afternoon.
And then
This afternoon / took an old coat down
to a certain Salvation Army Haadnuartars
New Britain herald., 1924-03-21
DRINK WATER IF KIDNEYS HURT
Take | tablespoonful Of salts ir Back
 Pains UT Bladder Bothcrs.

Too much meat may produce uric acid, says a well known authority, who warns us 10 be constantly on guard against kidney trouble.
 The kidneys do their utmost to free the blood of this irritating acid, but become weak from the overwork; they get sluggish: the eliminative tis- sues clog and thus the waste is re- taincd in the blood to poison the en- tire system.
 When your kidneys ache and feel like Jumps of lead, and you have singing pains in the back. or the urine is cloudy. full Of sediment. or the bladder is irritable. obliging you to seek relief during the night: when you have severe headaches, nervous and dizzy spells. sleepiessness. acid stomach or rheumatism in bad wealth. CT, get from your pharmacist about four ounces of lad Salts: take a ta- blespoons in glass of water before breakfast each morning, and in few days your kidneys may act fine. This famous salts is made from the acid Of grapes and lemon juice. combined with lithia, and has been used for genera tions to flush and stimulate clogged kidneys, to help neutralize the acids in urine so 1t is no longer a source of irrii ation. thus often ending urinary and bladder disorders.
 lad Salts Is inexpensive and cannot injure: makes a delightful efferyes- cent lithia water drink, and nobody can make e mistake by taking little occasionally to help to keep the kid- neys clean and active. Drink plenty Of water at all times.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-21
Me eAayentures5 RagysayApn A Ra99eAyAnly X dsssfs !y 1shHy Sru<'e e6

"Nope!" the mean old Magician said, "I shall not tell you what l did with the Magical Burning Stick, nor what 1 did with the Wild GazOok's Granma nor anything more!''
 This made the Wild Gazook yery, very sad and he cried uDin Mrs. Hoo lygooly's shoulder. And all of his friends cried too though they stin held the mean old Magician upon the ground.
 Finally Raggcdy Ann wiped every ones eyes with her pretty white apron and said 10 the moan old Magician. How would you like it if some very mean person should come into your house and take something which be- 1onged 10 you and besides that, take away your nice Granma foo. How would you like that?" T wouldn't care, even a speck!" the mean old Magician growIed.
 oh! Be careful." 1iaggcdy Ann cautioned. "Remcmbcr that yoH promised that you would not teii any iibs! If you tell nib. your Mama would feel sadt"
 "Wcll. Of course I would carc." the mean old Magician said. But that is just w hat you did, You went into my house and took some Of my magic nit diuine."
 Indeed we did." Eaggedy Ann agreed. "t was becausC you had done snch wicked things 10 Harry T1o0iygOOIy and the Wild Gazook and intended doing wicked things 10 us as we chased you. IT I had not taken the Magic medicine you would long aro have changed all Of us into some kind or animals,"
 And am sorry thai l Bidn1." the mean old Magician said.
 My gracions," Mrs HOolygOoiy cried. "Ipid you ever see such a dis agreeable mean person in ali yonr Gfg?"
 "I never did." Harry Hooiygooiy replied. 'gt make me want tO give him a hard thump!"
 'Tu tsfI you whst." fine Wild Ga zs0k said -Just you let the mean old Magici8n up and [ w5il bump him aIi around this place until he tells us uha. he di1 nth my nice Granma! ]