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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-19
DIR. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
Thought BY Radio

anyone will large piece Of mince pie and plenty Of
welsh rareb and go to sleep and dream his level best
he can hardly conceive of anything that will be wilder
than the present exploits Of radio. <
They talking in London and being heard in New York
They making speeches the steps of the White House
to which the Inhabitants of Kalamazoo Mich listening in
citizen OF Des Moines, Iowa. will put his fixngs
evening and be entertained by taking place in
Los Angeles and Atlanta. F
The other day Of black birds while flying over
farm in Burlington County, New jersey turned up their
toes uttered few faint squawks Of surprise and fell to the
ground dead doornailS. ~
Some say they had got in the way of powerful radio
Professor Morecrof Of Columbia University said
that explanation would be that another effort Of
Mars to communicate with In that the Martans
must have been using some very strong language
But the most striking thing in this connection state
ment which is published the of Luther Burbank
in the March number of the Scientific Christian"
The gist Of is that Mr. Burbank declares that he
been sending and receiving thought messages by eepahy
And not only he but his sister beside him and his mother
before him
He says:
II inherited my mothers ability to send and receive COM
municatons So did of my sisters. In tests before
Of the University Of California she was able
times out of ten to receive messages her
telepathicaly" He declares that he, in California has
received messages from he knew Massachusetts,
and that these messages afterwards confirmed in
writing.
He asserts that while few years ago such incidents
supernatural he believes that there persons
send to particular by being able direct
their thought where they wish them to 90. The
greater part Of humanity simply broadcasts
Thoughts ne adds, unquestionaby produced by dis
charges Of electrical energy Radio by
discharges of electrical energy The two things are alike
except that the human machine wonderful
artificial
At the present rate at which gaopng along
will not be long before is his radio station
and every man his Houdini
Just we have to be very careful what say but
before long we will have to be nightly careful what
think.
Copyright 1924. Newspaper syndioat.o
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-19

and begged and punished and and talked
to the Minister the Priest and the Teacher and all the
neighbors about haven't youi
BUT HAVE YOU EVER TRIED BOXING GLOVES,
OR INDIAN CLUBS2
OR A FOOTBALL TEAM
OR A SWIMMING POOLH
Have you tried to fix that old attic into den or
the back part of the basement into billiard roomY Have
you rugged travelling rings and parallel bars in the
back yards How many books on woodcraft have Won
bought this last year for that boyf To how any Real
Boy magazines do you subscriber
No. these not pretty theories by idealist They
are the Straight Dope from man who knows every degree
Of Boy Badness, from the brand that ends on mamas
knees to the brand that ends in the electric chair Chief Of
Police OBren in speaking of Bad Boys and Girls saws this
"PLAYGROUNDS WITH ALL THE GAMES AND
CONTESTS ARE THE MOST FORMIDABLE ENE
MES TO JUVENILE DELINQUENCY.
Spend your money for recreation and sports for bovs
and girls instead of building reform schools and similar
institutions says this who has seen so manv bovs
Ego over" "Don breed criminals darkened aIcvs and
crowded. quarresome courts and then expect to mend mat
ers by putting them in Jail! he cries. "Stop crime at it's
source Give the youngsters place to play Give them
contests and exercises which will develop their moral and
copyright by King
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-19

Scientific Topics Of Popular Interest
water that sheers the lighter gulf
stream off toward the British
Isles.
fog, by serving as nuclei around
which the moisture begins it's con.
densation. Most Of this matter IN
the lower part Of the air consists
OF dust and smoke, but at higher
elevations are found other par.
ticles. extremely minute, that
may be gaseous molecules.
Frost being an effect Of low air
temperature, can hardly be said
to either rise" or fall" Cold
air normally descends, and the
greatest cold is apt to occur near
the ground, and in the bottoms of
valleys. It has been observed,
says c. F. Talman that fruit on
the lower branches Of a tree ID
killed by frost when that on
higher branches escape injury. But
there Is a wise old adage affirm.
ing that circumstances alter
cases."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-19
GARRETT P. SERVISS EXPLAINS
THE WHY AND WAY OF FOGS
Are Formed When Moistened Air Near Ground
Is Suddenly Chilled by Colder Air.
By GARRETT P. SERVISS.

Famous Astronomer and Writer on
"why is fog? And why does it
exist only in the morning? Does
frost rise or fall?-D. M. W.,
Roby, Ind"
n ERHAPS where you live
fog exists only in the morn.
Il ing, but in many places fogs
occur at night. and at various
times of the day. Off the banks
of Newfoundland. fogs sometimes
continue for days, almost without
much smoke is poured into the
atmosphere are often buried in
fog for hours on end.
These facts indicate that the
!. causes Of fogs are various and
! often complicated.
Their fundamental cause Is fall
Of temperature in moisture-laden
air. The morning fogs, which are
common in many parts of the
country, usually begin after sun
rise, when the upper air is clear.
allowing the suns rays to strike
hot upon the ground, thus start.
ing vigorous evaporation wher-
ever the soil and grass are par
ticuIarly moist. The cold air, chill.
ed by the night radiation, lies
near the ground and Immediately
condenses the invisible vapor into
fog.
II the preceding night has been
.cloudless. with rapid radiation
of heat and consequent deposit
Of dew, the conditions are so
much the better for the forma.
ton of fog at or after sunrise.
Because the air is clear at no
great height above the ground,
fog Of this kind ordinarily dis
solves quickly as the morning
progresses, leaving the sun beam.
ing holly from an exquisitely blue
sky.
Such fogs are apt to form in
hollows Of the land and along low
river and lake banks, because the
night-chilled air flows down from
the higher ground, and the valleys
of streams become favoring chan.
nels for 1t. Where long brooks
run through hollows in the fields,
or where there are lines of under.
ground water in low places, the
fog wreaths often mark out their
courses very beautifully. Fog is
good detector OF the water. In
billy country full Of deep glens
and depressions, have seen fogs
illuminated by the light Of the
full moon that looked like silvcrv
lakes and streams, almost too
beautiful for the earth.
Town fogs, in which smoke and
dust particles play a most i'm.
portant role as nuclei OF condensa.
tion,' possess more Of the charms
of the softer and fleecier fogs of
country origin. But for city fogs.
too, the requisite Of exiStenc ia
moistened air near the ground.
suddenly chilled by the invasion
Of colder air.
The dangerous fogs covering
the steamship lanes near the
Newfoundland banks are due to
currents Of warm air attending
the Gulf Stream drift which On.
counter the cold air that be.
shrouds the giant icebergs and
scattered fields Of ice which come
down from the shores of Green.
land. borne by current OF cold
The existence of clouds ond
fogs proves that the air Is never
entirely free from excessively
minute particles OF extraneous
matter. Such particles seem to
be essential to the formation Of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-19

physical backbones. That's the only way
to really cure crime-cure it before it
starts!"
There's Big Wisdom in that. It's lot
easier and pleasanter to keep young Bill
from going wrong than it is to make him go
right after he has once started on the other
track. Have you ever realized, Pal, that the
impulses which make for Badness in a boy
are exactly the same impulses which make
for Goodness-that the difference in result
is simply a matter of direction?
The same courage and love of adven-
ture which makes soldier or explorer Of
one boy makes desperate Of another. The
same romantic nature and hot emotionalism
which makes gallant knight of one young
Ster turns another into a rake or a deOen.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-19
Good Politics, Perhaps
But Maybe Not So Good.

The President having vetoed the soldiers bonus the House
passed again the Presidents veto Clever Republic.
an politicians think they have mapped master stroke
First Republican President vEToEs the That makes
rich men that hate taxes grateful They will vote the Re-
publican ticket
Then Republican House PASSES the bonus over the
Presidents Veto That makes soldiers and their friends quite
happy and they will the Republican ticket because Re-
publican Congress passed the bonus
But it may not work out that way.
The that don't like taxes may say Coolidge knew the
thing would be passed his veto SO really doesn mean
anything"
The soldiers and their friends may say I'VE will vote
against Coolidge anyhow although did get the bonus but
with thanks to him"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-19

"AVE you Bad Boy in your home,
PalH Yes any kind of Bad Boy. A
Just-beginning Bad Boy who only
plays hockey from school or tells little fibs
about going swimming, or a Middling Bad
Boy who starts fires and swipes water
melons and busts windows and noses, or an
Observation-Disclosures Of a Bad
Boy who goes joy-riding in somebody else's
car and comes home tipsy and plays craps
and gets in horrible brawls and is breaking
your heart as fast as he can. Have you
Boy of any kind or degree of badnessf If
you have boy at all, it's safe to bet that
he fits in somewhere along that schedule.
Well, what have you done about itf I
think can tell you some Of the things
you've done. You've scolded and cried and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-19
Sap and Salt,
BY Bert Moses

One-armed men must applaud
with their feet. i
The smaller the family, the
fewer skeletons in the closet.
Faults Of others are not so con.
spicious when we think Of our
own.
To give gifts is easy: to re.
ceive them graciously IL twice
as hard.
Farmers working eighteen
hours day are subject % few
temptations.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-19

Famous AstrOnomer and Writer Scientific Tonnes Of Po
Evening star., 1924-10-12
ARMSTRONG SCHOOL
STUDENT A winner
Herman Burgess Gets Honorable
Mention at Radio Fair for Finger
Ring Receiving Set.

Herman Burgess, student at Arm
strong Manual Training School, re-
ceived honorable mention at the recent
world radio fair in New York for a
finger ring radio receiving set he
placed on exhibition Burgess plans
to exhibit the ring at the forthcom-
ing radio exposition In Baltimore.
Fire Prevention was observed at
Armstrong last week. At an assembly
of boys Capt. Archut c. Newman. prin-
cipal, spoke on Fire Prevention" and
urged the students to cooperate with
District authorities to prevent unnec-
esSary blazes.
Cadet examinations have been held
and results are now being anxiously
awaited by the aspirants for commits
sions. Capt. Malcolm Daniels, Capt
Thomas Chase, jr.; Lieut.. jeremiah
Green and Sergt. Charles Baltimore
are among Armstrong; entries in the
regimental staff exam, which is an
inter-school contest.
Miss Cora ID. Weaver, the newly ap-
pointed assistant principal and dean
of girls. announces the schedule of
activities among girls, as follows:
Seniors. Mrs. II. B. Allen. French: Miss
Lee. SPANISH Miss V. Crawford, civicS;
Miss Denny, poetry: Miss Hall. debat-
ing; MIR. Thomas, short story; Miss
Davidson, freshmen dra1naticS; Miss h
F. Crawford. art; Mr.. DpdSon, photog-
raphy; Mr.. Webster. radio: Mr. Havens.
styles; Mrs. Burrell. Junior girls: Mrs.
Howard, home makers; Miss III. ID.
Brown. glee club: Mr.. Amos, honor: !:
Miss Galloway. hiking: Miss West.
basket ball; Mrs. Wilbur. rifle practice.
Mrs. c. c. Brown, indoor base ball,
and Miss Williams dancing. Miss
Weaver prepared at Troy H. s. and
is an a. B. of the New York State
College Prior to coming to Armstrong,
three years ago as a teacher of Eng
lish. Miss Weaver taught in Balti-
more high school.
Miss Charlottee Cecilia West and
Miss Mary Virginia Crawford are
among the new teachers this year, the
former teaching history, and the latter
Spanish. Miss West is a native of
Washington and prepared at Dunbar
High School from which she entered
the Woman's College of Brown Uni
wersity. graduating with the degree of
A. r. in 1924 Miss Crawford is an
a.lumnus of Howard University and
the Girls English High of Boston and
Ina pursued graduate work in lang
uageS at Radcliffe.
Evening star., 1924-10-12
D. J. O'BRIEN ELECTED
HEAD OF SENIOR CLASS
Wins at National University in
Close Contest With George
Spalding.

d. ]. O'Brien was elected president
of the senior and postgraduate
classes at National University Law
School at the annual elections held
Friday night. and Harold r. Stephen
son was elected president OF the
second year class. The freshman
class will elect officers next week
George Spalding, commander of
National University, Chapter No. T.
Disabled American Veterans OF the
World War, and Il member Of Phi
Beta Gamma Legal Fraternity was
defeated by O'Brien for the senior
year presidency by only one vote
Miss Elizabeth 5. Emmons was
elected vice president of the senior
class; Miss Edith NJ. Cooper, secre-
tary, Lee +. Denton treasurer,
George r. Martin Sergeant alarms,
and Mrs. Sarah Wheeler Segrest his
torian.
No vice president was elected in
the second year class, neither Fred
erick l. Flynn, Albert Vault nor
Michael J. McDermott obtaining a
majority, and John w. Roberts, Fran
els w. Trapp and j. Hammond
Brewer, jr.. failed to obtain a ma
jority for class treasurer. ELECTIONS
to fill these places will be held Mon
day night. Miss Ester L. Martin
and Bertha +. Richardson were
elected secretary and historian. re-
specttvely and Francis T. O'Reilly
sergeant alarms.
Evening star., 1924-10-12
WOMAN LEADERS TOPIC
AT DUNBAR ASSEMBLY
Lives of Lucy Stone, Frances Will
lard and Susan B. Anthony Dis
cussed by Miss Williams.


The lives of Lucy Stone, Frances
Willard and Susan B. Anthony were
recounted by Miss Frances Williams,
travelling stud.nt organizer of the
Young Women's Christian Associa-
ton. at a general assembly Monday
OF the Dunbar High School student
body.
Members of the senior class were
addressed Wednesday by Mr.. Smith on
the ideals which he held for the
seniors and of what he expected
from each member of the class.
The department of business prac-
tees held 4 regular meeting Thursday
afternoon.
Organization of various clubs is
getting under way and announcement
soon will be made of the personnel of
the clubs and their sponsors.
The Dunbar night school opened
Monday night with an unusually
large enrolment. A number of
changes have been made in the fac
ulty.
Miss Carolyn Thornton. Dunbar.
1924, "A student at the Howard Uni
versity Conservatory of Music, Is one
of a number of candidates chosen
throughout the country to take a
competitive examination to be given
in New York City next week. This
examination is held by the Juillard
Foundation for musical education and
the successful student will win a
scholarship of $1,000. The basis for
the award will be upon performances
and composition.
The English teachers Of the senior
and junior high schools will hold their
first meeting at Dunbar Monday after
noon. The program includes a round
table discussion, The English Reci-
tation," led by Miss Cromwell and
Current Publications" by Miss Mari
eta Bonner of Armstrong Technical
High School. Mr.. Edward Lawson
Randall Junior High School, is chair
man. DR.. Eva b. Dykes. Dunbar, sec
retary.
Evening star., 1924-10-12

/, with the largest number of pupils
ever registered for the various branches
OF art study at this school
The demand for commercial artists Is
increasing SO rapidly, due to the recogni-
tion by the business world OF the value
OF artistic or display advertising. that
the National School of Fine and Applied
Art has been unable to furnish in for
mer years a sufficient number of COM
mercial artists to meet the demand.
The method Of instruction at this
school in the various art courses is so
simplified that even one with only an
appreciation Of the beauty in art, with
out any special talent, may in the re-
markably short period of eight months
qualify to fill position such as that re-
quired In the preparation of drawings
and cuts for newspaper advertising.
Newspaper and Magazine advertising
In all its branches is thoroughly taught,
and many of the former pupils of the
National School of Fine and Applied
Art have found employment in the jour
nalistic world.
Evening star., 1924-10-12

not actually be President and that
there would be nothing to prevent
the selection of the President by the
new House, which could be called in
extra session as soon after March 4
as might seem desirable.
The Constitution does not make
the procedure clear and possibly the
Supreme Court would have to in
terpret the meaning of the rather
complicated provisions that would
apply in case there is no election this
Fall. DR.. Putney felt, however. that
the new House probably would have
the power to elect a President.
Tuesday, November 4, the electo-
rate will have its opportunity to make
a choice, and should 1t fail to do so
the subsequent procedure probably
will clear up the problem of an
election by the House in such a way
that henceforth the uncertainty will
be removed.
Following the lecture DR.. Putney
went to Chicago, where he will re-
main for several weeks, inasmuch as
he had charge of the summer school
sessions this year and conseuuentIy
has not yet had an opportunity for
vacation.
Work in all departments OF the
Evening star., 1924-10-12
CHOICE OF PRESIDENT
BY CONGRESS, TOPIC
DR.. A. a. Putney, at American
University, Discusses Possibil-
ity Of Deadlock.

DR.. Albert H. Putney, discussing
1.-THE Election OF a President by the
House of Representatives" in the first
general lecture of the year at Ameri-
can University, expressed the view
that there was small likelihood that
Gen. Dawes. Gov. Bryan or Senator
Wheeler would be the next President
of the United States in case the
present House failed to make a
choice before March 4.
In the event of deadlock. 1t has
been held. the Senate would elect a
Vice President who would promptly
assume the duties of the Presidency.
DR.. Putney contended, however, that
the Vice President thus chosen would
Evening star., 1924-10-12

ington. The collection is regarded as
exceptionally good in literature and
art With the gift of the books came
also from Mrs. McVay a fire engrav-
ing of the most celebrated of the
paintings of the master Franz Halls.
It will be placed in the library on
the latter's completion.
Mrs James w. Dunphy of Boston
has presented to the National Shrine
of the Immaculate Conception, in
memory of her husband. a magnifi
cent chalice Of solid gold, ornament
cd with diamonds and a large opal
of perfect fire. 1t stands five inches
high and is copy of the exquisite
Gothic chalice discovered at Nuttel
combe. England, fifty years ago. 1t
is said to be one of the finest ex-
ampIes of the goldsmith's art in
recent times
Evening star., 1924-10-12
DR. LIMA HONORED
BY POPE Plus x|
Catholic University Professor
Has Order of St. Gregory
? Conferred on Him.

Pope Plus Nj has conferred on DR..
Manuel de Oliviera Lima, member of
the faculty of Catholic University,
the order of st. Gergory the Great,
with the title of knight commander,
according to word received last week
by Bishop Shahan, rector of the uni
versity.
Dr. Lima is n former member of
the Brazilian diplomatic corps and
associate professor of international
law and diplomacy at the university.
DIR. Lima also is the donor OF the
Ibero-American library at the uni
versity which consists of 10000
volumes, manuals and pamphlets, the
most valuable collection. of 1bero-
Americana in North America.
The university counts AS graduate
and undergraduate lay students re
siding. With the addition of several
new affiliated religious houses about
the university, the number of c!er-
ical students should be greatly in
creased. so that that total Of lay and
ecclesiastical students this year
should run we'll beyond the 1000
mark.
New Houses EStabIi>hs.d.
The new houses establish ed this
year a.re: The Benedictine Order, st.
Anselm's Priory, Sargent road north
east, " blil Ntly itN. v
Moore, .. S. b., NJ. D., Phi. D.. pro-
fessor ot psychology at Catholic
University, prior; the Mary'knoll
Fathers, Who will be located at 3202
Seventh yet northeast; the Foreign
Mission The illogical Seminary Of the
Congregatiorl of the Holy Cross who
will have as superior Very Rev. C..
A. Mathis, C. S. c., and the Salesian
Fathers, who are of the Order of st.
10 CO Of inc no
and who will have as superior Very
Rev. Walter s. Knight. 0. S. f. S.
Prof. Leo Be hrendt. director and
founder of the Glee Club, held try
outs for the year at meeting last
Tuesday evening in Gibbons Hall
Forty new men were present striving
for place. Dr.. Behrendt expressed
himself as well satisfied with the
new material. Officers Of the club
are: George Bassett, Memphis, Tenn.
president: John J. Mcmahon, Hart
ford. Conn. secretary treasurer; Dom
aid McCune, Bridgeport. Conn; Ii
brarian; Thomas s. Hawley. Brad
ford, Pa, fast pianist, and John F.
Skelly. Philadelphia, Pa, second
pianist
Senior Class Election.
Tuesday at 1:15 o'clock in the re-
ception room of Gibbons Hall the
senior academic class will meet for
the first time aud elect officers for
the year.
There will be II members of the
disciplinary board at the university
this year. They are: Rev. Frank 2.
Cassidy, dean, president Of Gibbons
Hall; Rev. Timothy MacCarthy. vice
president of Albert Hall; Rev. Henry
r. Dugan. vice president of St.
Thomas Hall: Rev. Arthur McRae.
vice president of st. Johns Hall;
Rev. Thomas G. Ring, Rev Thomas
P. ORourke, Rev. John Conlon. Rev.
j. Alphonse Rooney, Rev. Graham
Reynolds, Rev. William NJ. Sullivan
and Rev. Joseph Honningford.
In connection with the plans for
the Mullen Library. Bishop Shahan
announced last week the receipt of
gift of a special library of 2S5
volumes on art, literature and travel
from Mrs. George j. McNay of Wash
Evening star., 1924-10-12

though the time of meeting Of some
courses may be changed
A rather unusual number are sched-
uled for the late evening this term,
and where 1t is practicable to change
the time some of these are being
scheduled for earlier hours
John Marshall Chapter, Chi Psi
Omega graduate fraternity and the
graduate sorority at American Uni
versity, are planning an active season
this year Their programs are now
being worked out.
Evening star., 1924-10-12
very Day Fourteen Passenger

Every Day Fourteen Passenger
trains leave Washington for the prin-
cipal cities and resorts of the South.
Convenient schedules Excellent din
ing car service. Through Pullman
sleeping cars Handsome uptown
ticket office, 1910 II Street NV.
Phones Main $3.50 and 1908. Southern
Railway System. Double track ed
trunk line between Washington, D.
c, and Atlanta, Ga.-Advertiseme ment.
Evening star., 1924-10-12

The Icelanders will not burn ash
for frewood, because they believe
that those who sit about such a fire
will become enemies
Evening star., 1924-10-12
FINE AND APPLIED ART
SCHOOL BEGINS TERM
Largest Number Of Pupils Since
Institution Was Founded at
Ninth Year Opening.

The National School of Fine and Ap-
piled Art began it's ninth year October