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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-21
new HOMES ARE
BUILT in LYON
VILLAGE
Fourteen Houses Now Stand
Ing on Property and
Others Planned

That progress is being made in
Lyon Village development is shown
by the fact that there are now
fourteen houses now standing on
the property and many others
planned for early construction.
Lyon and Fitch, Inc, the owners
and developers of the subdivision
are building a number Of homes
for sale and are identifying each
one by landscaping.
The Homestead House, built by
the company, is quite a show place
and is well known as a Better
Home" This house, on a 120.foot
front lot was selected several weeks
ago as an ideal place for the better
home demonstration and was COM
pletely furnished for the occasion.
II Is q representative type OF home
that the company are building on
the property.
Lyon and Fitch. Inc, state that
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-21
Tells HOW To
PICK OUT
TOOLS

The non-set panel saw is not used
as much as 1t might be. Men do
not carry a heavy and expensive
miter-box and saw to their outside
work, and this non-set saw has some
striking advantages over the COM
mon panel saw. It's teeth are harder
in temper and stay sharp longer,
they form a much smoother cut than
a saw that Is set and may therefore
be chosen several points coarser,
which are easier to file. When a
board is cut off flush with the flat
surface of second board, the nou-
set saw does not score that fiat sur
face more than a very little and It
forms a smoother cut too. It saves
the use of the plane. In the wooden
inter box II Is an excellent saw.
Plane irons and chisels that have
simply been blunted by honing can
be ground flat and true very quickly
on an eightinch coarse grit stone.
but a medium grit or a six-inch is
slower. The blue stones cut fast
ana wear down through the VIII oIe
stone, while the brown stones are
hard in bond and keep their surface
nat. Somewhere about the shop or
the mems homes there is a hand
turned geared bench grinder.
Inc wheel works best when RIM
at nigh speed. but the grinding OF
edged tools should not be forcad
nence the grinder should not turn
lOi the measuring instruments
USED oy the house carpenter, the
snolng blade combination square
should be remodeled to have COARSE
gradations In use when the SQUARE
IS neld In the left hand, and the
numbers should begin at the hirh
nand END, top or bottom, but not
at the left end. The steel tame
should have a stick pin to saw
pulling out the hammer to drive n
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-21
FAIR ADVOCATE.
READS PALMS
OF JUNIORS
Is Valuable Index to Character
Says Girl Aid to Attorney
General
BY ROLAND KREBS,
international News Service.

II ever the weak sister, all
prosecutors dread slips into Jury
trying a case Miss Mabel Walker
Willebrandt, Assistant Attorney Gen,
eral, is fighting, 1t will be because
he wears gloves in court.
Miss Willebrandt, who is in
charge of prohibition enforcement
cases for the Department of Justice,
is q palmist of expert ability.
Not only can she pore over a
persons palm, reading detail after
detail out of the fine lines therein,
but she can snatch up clear no.
ton Of the subjects general char
acter by a hasty glance at the
whole palm.
Believes IL q Science.
Some of us when we receive q
visitor, study his features. Others
of US Judge him by his clothes.
Still others form an opinion by
mannerisms or gestures.
Miss Willebrandt instinctively
studies the palms Of her visitors
and finds that they tell her more
than the media relied upon by you
or me.
"At first / became Interested IN
palmistry as an amusement" she
said. Then, when 1t fascinated me,
discovered it to be q science Of
Importance exceeding amusement.
At took it up as a serious study
/ find now that I can form a fairly
accurate mental picture Of a per
sons character by studying his
palm, The lines of the hand and
their meanings are unmistakable
"Palmistry has been much ma
ligned. The average persons con.
ception of 1t is that it is a form
of fake magic practiced by gypsies
and witch doctors. They fancy that
the future may be discerned by
studying the palm. / find nothing
to Justify such exaggerated notions
But as an index to character ant
personality it cannot be overesti
mated.
The Lines Change.
Miss willebrandt was asked If a
person of bad habits or weak char
acter in youth, who subsequently
reformed, would be compelled to go
through life with the negative
markings in the palm.
"No,' she said, ''the lines of the
palm change with each change OF
the subject, and the benefits OF
changed environment are easily
seen."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-21

OF lumber and structural steel ma
terials. manifested itself during the
month. In certain markets, notably
New York and Boston. sand and
gravel receded from the prices es-
tablished during the previous
month, but in Chicago there was
an upward turn. Prices continued
firm in other materials. Variations
in starting material prices were
relatively small, while the recess
sions in lumber and structural
steel were more marked.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-21
Russian Field Mice Are
Friends Of u. S.
Farmer
y Uniyeraal eervice.

Russian field mice are doing
their bit to help the American
farmer, according to reports re-
ceived at the State Department
yesterday from Moscow.
The department was informed
that field mice have practically
devastated the Russian wheat
crop for this year and that they.
have been aided in their efforts
by both drought and rain.
Indications are that with Rus
sian competition thus eliminated,
the price Of American wheat is
due Tor rise.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-21

campaign Of curtailment and post
ponement. Plans filed for the five
months ended May 81, 1924. were
u per cent ahead Of the same
period in 1922,
It is within the range of posi-.
bilities that 1924 will pass into his
tory as New York's first billion.
dollar building year, inasmuch as
the figures for the first half year
OF the period will be well In excess
or the half-billion dollar mark.
further softening in the prices
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-21
Kinds of Doctors

There are beauty doctors, corn
doctors, hair doctors. dog doctors
and brake doctors. The wise motor
list does not let any Quacks doctor
his brakes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-21
Ebert a Grandfather

BERLIN, June 81. President
Albert became q grandfather early
yesterday with the arrival Of a lit
tie daughter at the home Of Frau
Wilhelm Jaenecke, who was Amalie
Ebert.
The Glenwood post., 1924-01-10
SMALL FAMILIES THE RULE
Two Wives and Two Children Seem to
Be the Limit Of tho Pyomys
Ambition.

A pygmy family rarely il ever com
prises more than four to five persons.
A husband usually has only one wife,
and never more than two, while two
children is the average number, three
being considered too big a family to
rear. The babies are interesting little
creatures, but to me they seemed to
compare very favorably with white
babies. says World Wide Magazine
writer.
The pygmy makes a good husband
and father, though he is not averse to
giving his wife a sound beating when
her behavior seems to him to merit
drastic punishment. Particularly no
ticeable is the low opinion which most
Of the tribes outside the forest zone
have of these queer little people whose
thieving propensities have earned fol
them classification with pests like the
hyena and the jackal. One native
spoke Of them in my hearing as wood
rats" and spat contemptuously a. he
did 30.
The Glenwood post., 1924-01-10
ELLIS PARKER BUTLER
EDITORIALLY SPEAKING

1 do not believe there are many
people In this country who need
An Introduction to Ellis Parker
Butler, whose hrst fame arrived
with . little story called Pigs Is
Pigs" That fame has been grow-
ing steadily ever since with his
many books, short stories and
moving pictures.
He has lectured, too. in ali parts
of the United States and Is, per-
haps, best known as one Of our
most popular humorists. though
he writes fiction of a serious and
interesting nature. also. He says
he is one of the few American
writer's who did not begin his liter
ary training on q newspaper.
He was born in Muscatine. Ia,
and went East about rs years ago.
He is very modest about himself.
It Is difficult to get him to tell you
anything. but finally did extract
that he Is married-and thus fully
qualified to write for the Star Au-
thor Series of Matrimonial Adven-
tures-has four children, two of
whom are twins; and that when he
is not writing he would like to be
fishing; and that he is much inter-
ested In the cultivation of tulips.
You have an understanding when
you are talking to him of the great
popularity of his work, for he sees
the little. kindly, human points of
life in humorous way that never
hurts-and with such amazing in
sight, too. He Is constructively
entertaining.
1.-The Tenth Mrs. Tulkjngton" ia
a humorous story-yes. but hasn't
1t serious side?
MARY STEWART CUTTING. JR.
The Glenwood post., 1924-01-10
eritaIn,. Debt to "seaIa~.o...

What chance Of success in life had
James Cook. who is honored through.
out the English-speaking world a. e1.
plorer navigator If he were In his
native village today we can imagine
him being picked out by some earnest
reformer us an example OF the hope.
less state to which boys ION the land
are condemned. Before he was in his
teens he was employed in soaring
crows, and when twelve years Of age
he was apprenticed to a shop-keeper in
little fishing village near Whitby.
He was evidently rather '.scallywag''
the British empire owes much to itl
scallywags-andh his master cancelled
his indentures.-London Daily Tele-
graph.
The Glenwood post., 1924-01-10

Susan in hay lamp shade and .
wreath of red petuniasl
hardly dared turn my eyes toward
trunk Number II. dared not raise
the lid; could think Of nothing but
Eve-Eve in the Garden Of Eden.
lifted the trunk by the handle and
shook 1t. Nothingl There was alb
solutely nothing in that trunkl And
beyond 1t stood trunk Number IL.
And beyond that stood trunk Num-
ber 13i
Invent down the stairs slowly. Five
times 1 stopped and stood. trying to
overcome the trembling Of my limbs;
trying to regain my usual composure
This unseemIy business had gone far
enough; trunk Number 10 might do
for a Lady Mercedes, but for re-
spectacle American wife-nol The
tenth Mrs. Tulkington might please
Lord Algy but as for pleasing Angus
tus Tulkington-nol met Susan in
the hall. grasped her arm firmly.
Susan" said, II have had enough
Of thisI have had plenty Of Susans."
Augustus !" she cried, and threw
her arms around me. Augustus, l
have had more Augustuses than
could bear. want just my old Angus
tusl want my plain old Augustus |"
"And l." said briskly, want moth
ing but my same old Susan. This
whole business has been nothing but
idiocy. We can vary the monotony Of
our married existence without commit
ting imitation bigamy by retail and
Wholesale"
was tremendously relieved, for I
admit now that I had been tremen-
dously frightened. The tenth Mrs.
Tulkington had upset me.
Susan" 1 whispered firmly, for l
was not going to let her come under
the influence of Amelia Tithers anoth-
er moment, "go up to your room and
prepare for journey-a Journey with
your own husband. You are going to
Palm Beach with your Augustus, re-
spectacle banker and married man.
In five minutes the car will be at the
door. Hurry-for we have no time to
waste. But Susanl" / added as she
turned to hurry up the stairs. "Su-
san! viii you tell me one thing?
What was in the eleventh trunk?"
Nothing, Augustus" she said, her
hand on the rail.
"And in the twelfth trunk ?" I asked
with a deep breath.
LESS than nothing, Augustus" said
Susan.
l shuddered to think of what wife
may be capable when driven to 1t by
deadly routine.
"And in the thirteenth trunk. Su-
SAM" I asked hoarsely.
"Why, you old silly, my own
clothes," said Susan with a laugh !;
'the clothes I was wearing when
Amelia and George came"
"Ohv l said stupidity. "Ohl Well.
you've no time to pack anything !;
you'll take the thirteenth trunk"
From Palm Beach 1 sent large
check to George Tithers, and he and
Amelia were gone when we returned.
That was several years ago, but I can
not persuade Susan to allow me to
have those twelve trunks thrown out
of the storeroom in the attic.
mo, Augustus dear" she always
syas, II know now that monotony is
the one great curse Of married life
and love you so dearly. Augustus
that 1 want always to have a few OF
dear Amelia's trunks to windward."
The Glenwood post., 1924-01-10
Most Remarkable Bird.

The hoactzin Of British Guiana u
one of the most remarkable birds In
the world. Almost as soon az 1t u
Matched the young hoactxin ,crawls
out of the nest by using its wings a.
forefeet. The thumb" and "forefln-
ger" of the wings have claws with
which the young bird climbs about the
branches. AZ soon a. the wings grow
strong enough to support the bird In
the air the claws disappear. The New
York Geological park has Just got the
nrst specimens ever to be held b
captivity.-Youth's Companion.
The Glenwood post., 1924-01-10

My only excuse for throwing George
Tithers into the lily-pool at midnight
is that | thought he was my wife
Susan. AS president of bank and
highly respected and weighty citi-
zen / most seriously object to being
called "Baldy," and 1 particularly OBJ
ject to being slapped gaily on the top
of my head with an open hand. Or
any other kind of hand. And be-
lieved this Tithers person-my wifes
brother, I'm ashamed to say-was in
Europe. Naturally, then, when I had
been dreaming that my wife was
standing above me In a divorce court,
denouncing me to the Judge, and de-
claring that even the sight of my bald
head had come to be nauseating to
her, my first thought-when felt the
slap on the head and heard, "What
no, Baldy v'-was that Susan was at
tacking me- In an instant I had
'leaped from the marble bench and had
grappled with my attacker. George
Tithers cried out moment too late.
for had already given mighty heave
and had thrown him full length into
the lily-pond. AS my mistake became
apparent to me as I saw George
Tithers coming out Of the lily-pond
on his hands and knees, apologized
frankly.
'T beg your pardon" said; II
thought You were my wife"
"Rather! should think sol"
y nb l.
himself like a dog. "But It's not a
nice way to treat lady, Tulky; is 1t,
now? Wife drowning isn't done in the
best circles any more, you know. But,
I say: Has 1t come to this, really
The little gray home in the West must
be Off Its feed, whatr'
Now, my home IL not gray and It ID
not in the West; 1t is white marble
and on Long Island; but I let that
pass. George Tithers had-in his silly
way-put his finger on the exact fact ;
our home was "off its feed" as he
chose to say, and entirely Off its feed.
I made George remain where he was
while I explained the matter fully and
to its least detail. Toward the end OF
the first half hour, as the night grew
chilly, his teeth began to chatter and
a little later he sneezed many times,
with gradually increasing violence
but he listened patiently. This deep.
ened my thought that George and his
precious wife must be dead broke
again, but was glad to have even a
dead-broke brother-in-law hear the
truth about Susan and myself. That
truth was that after twenty years Of
married life we hated each other. Al
q matter Of fact the reason was on
the marble bench by the lily-pool al
midnight was because had told
Susan would never again spend an
hour under the same roof with her
and that tomorrow we would begin
secmly but Immediate preparations
for a separation and divorce. had
meant to spend the night on that mar.
bic bench.
II sayi" George exclaimed between
sneezes, when I had concluded. "The
little old trouble has become quite a
suorter, what1 Jolly full time the doc.
tor was called. yes7 Arrived in the
nick Of time, didn't l, Tulky7 And,
say. do you mind II I ensconce myself
In the pool bitf The water seems
bit warmer than the air."
The idiot, I do believe. would have
gone back into the pool. but that pre-
cious wife Of his came out looking for
him. She seemed to take his llly-pool
The Glenwood post., 1924-01-10
Need Of Prayer.

Deeper than the need Of men. deep
er than the need Of money. aye. deep
down within this spiritless life Of ours
10 the need Of worldwide prsvailins
trayer.-Robsrt q. Speer.
The Glenwood post., 1924-01-10
oteadIfauf.

What men may think or say q DO
cannot silence him who 10 nllsd with
the grace Of Gods. J. Patton.
The Glenwood post., 1924-01-10

A Means - Gseaps.
4 ~ 10 always the cowardss way
out Of dificnlty. Christian Cynosure.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-02-02
n medico frances descubre un
preventive seguro contra las
Intermediates venereas.

Por todo el mundo Y por largo
riempo, los hombres de ciencia ha-
5ian procurado hallar un profilacti-
% ideal que pudiera prevenir, en- el
contacto. las Intermediates sexua-
les, comunmente conocidas como 60
norrea Stills, con sus terribles
ruinosas consecuencias sobre la sa-
Iud fislca y moral de los individuos
Y sus infortunadas manifestaciones
hereditarias, infligidas consciente Q
'nconscientemente.
Innumerables, ocultos dramas do
mesticos atestigpan sus participant
tes la indiferencia o ignorancia en-
aplicacion de propias fnedidas pre-
,entivas contra la infection de esas
Intermediates sociales. Por 10 tanto,
1iendo mas economico usar preven.
ivas y no cur&tivas medidAs, apli-
'andoIas habitualmente, su descuido
IS criminal; de modo que, esta nece-
idad social sc impone a1n al mas
sofista de los criterios, particular
mente 81 se> toma en- consideration
tas consequences eliminacicnes de
agonias ffsica y mentales, el alto
costo del tratamiento curacion, y
las perdidas por interruption de em
oleo. retro de los negocios, cansa-
dos por la enfermedad.
LIE TOGO al DR.. PL. Chapelle--de
Parfs-despues de un largo estudio,
ofrecerle a la humanidad, reciente-
hlente un ideal preservatfvo que sc
llama "San- -Y-Kit" contenfdo en- IN
solo tubo sanitario, el cual ofrece,
sin manchar irritar. ell mas discre-
j, inofenslvo, y eticaz preventive,
,roporcionando a quienes 10 usen una
azonabie protection contra la in
fecci6n de todas las Intermediates
>senereas, cuando sea propiamente
aplicado.
The Porto Rican Drug Trade. ha-
,iendose apercibido de esta nueva y
valuable contribution al bienestaI
humane ha cooperado ardientemen-
ae con los manufacturers del San
I-Kit' del Dr. Ph. Chamelle y este
.reservativo puede ooceuerse ahora
IN cuaiquiera farmacia de primera
lase it la ls.a, en- paquetes de un
ADO . Ell esruches de bolsillo, de
4atru tubos. Tola persona de buen
pslo debe aprovecharse de este nue.
,to~cubrilnIentO.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-02-02
sIaze csads~ aza 60 eaauses tss 6ze0guias
4sty4 eoSisa Lo1ad diasia11eod qsakay g4et.

Ell empIeo del Aiquran Gyo oaec en- fodss las comidas
"a doss de una cucharadia de cafe
tvamen para hacer desaparecer epo mas
peraas Ia mas inyeerada ncuso corsg
moolnar curar la tsis ben decara
deiene decomposition de pu6n
microbes noclvos causantes de esta decomposition.
En- nteres de los enfermo deaconEe de ca
9qer poduco que Sc les quera vender ugar del verddro
AquFan SsuyOt Para obtener
catarro Antiques resfriados descuidados
si es indispensable pedr todas las verdadero
Alqutran G1yol HE saaE,t -ss s17E171
Con obec de eytar todo mrad etique del yerdado
Aqurn eFuyOt nea eI nombre de gr6esos
caracteres su rma bes coore vioeia
propo que Ia direction NAnison Erere 50
~ traamento vene a costar cenmOs al dis: no
obStante go
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-02-02
POINCARE Sc OPoNE A QUE
Ell ASUNTO DEL PALATINADO
SEA LLEVADO A LA LIGA DE
NACIONES

PARIS, febrero 1. Omitted Press)
M. Pertinax ha declarado hoy que
ell Primer Ministro Poincare Sc opo-
ne decididamente a la proposition ne
cha por la Gran Bretana en- el sen
lido de que la question del Palatina-
do aleman sea referida a la conside-
racion de la Liga de las Naciones.
Asegura que la oposicion de M
Poincare Sc basa en- ell deseo del Pre-
nier de no dejar sentado ese prece-
dente sobre ell cual mas adelante la
Liga puede disponer de las cuestio-
nes del Rhur ell Rhin.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-02-02
ATENAS. febrero l. (Unir

ATENAS, febrero 1. Omitted
Press). Los encontrados pareceres
de los mas signifcados lfderes po-
liticos de Grecia, hacen de todo pun
to impossible ell arreglo de la diffcil
situacion por que atraviesa el go
bierno griego con motive de la renun-
cia del Ministro Eluterio Venizelos.
Este recomienda la formation del
nuevo gabinete bajo la presidencia de
Cafantaris, a quien Roussous Sc
compromete a apoyar con la condi-
cion de que el primero acepte la des-
titucion defnitiva de los Glucksburgs.
Entire tanto, todos los esfuerzos
realizados para hacer popular Y acep-
table el gabinete de coalici6n en- el
que participarian los partidos radi-
cal y republican,, han fracasado.
Evening star., 1924-01-03
INSTALLS NEW OFFICERS. |
Presidents own Garrison to Hold
Meeting Tonight

The annual installation of the Off
GERS of the Presidents Own Garrison.
Army and Navy Union, L. S. A., will
be held tonight in G. 4. r. Hall Miss
Margaret Naylor, national aide of the
headquarters staff. will conduct the
ceremonies. Miss Naylor, who was
yeoman CD during the world war
has been a member of the national
council of administration for two
terms.
TIE officers to be installed are: ::
Commander. Arthur Hogan; senior
vice commander. Miss Naylor; junior
vice commander, Miss Mary A. Bana-
gan: paymaster. A J. Renoe; chaplain
E W. Hoban, blind Indian war vet
eran. entering upon his third. term as
chaplain and serving. his second year
as national corps chaplain of the
union: officer of the day, George
Kastner reelected: officer of the
guard, William d. Benson; officer of
the watch, George Dyson. Comrades
elevated to the executive council, pre-
sided over by Miss Naylor. ex officio.
al senior vice commander, include the
retiring commander. J. F. Mc1lree:
Mai. w. L. Peake, superintendent of
the District Jail and president of the
Kansas State Republican Club. Ma
tional League of State Republican
Clubs of the District of Columbia: T..
H. Harris. veteran Marine Corps
sergeant. and f. C. r. Humphries,
patriotic instructor
A large class of service and eX-
service men will be admitted to the
garrison tonight.
Evening star., 1924-01-03
POLICE HOLD YOUTH
AS BOGUS GAS MAN
Walter C. Oliver Treats Arrest as
Joke, Following Trip Into
Virginia.
JEWELRY Is RECOVERED
JEWELRY IS RECOVERED
Seven Houses Robbed in D. C. Dur
ing Last Month.

Walter Carlisle oliver. eighteen
year-old electrician of Capitol
Heights. Md, confessed yesterday. the
police say. to being the bogus gas in
spector who visited seven houses in
this city the past month and stole
jewelry valued at several hundred
dollars and a small sum of money.
following his capture at Sudler. Lou
doun county, Va, near the foot of
Bull Run mountain. by Detectives
Fowler and Flaherty.
Oliver was visiting at the home of
Miss Ada Testiment, and had just re-
turned from a cunning trip in the
mountains when the detectives reach
ed the Testiment home, after walk
of about seven miles through mud
that was deep enough to make auto
mobiling impossible. When detec-
tives and prisoner had walked more
to the state road oliver regretted not
having presented the sleuths with
rabbits he had bagged.
Takes Arrest as joke.
, On reaching police headquarters the
prisoner took the matter much as a
joke and had a number of hearty
laughs about it. Part of the stolen
jewelry, it is said. was found in Oil
ver's possession and most of the re-
mainder of the loot was recovered.
Many of the alleged thefts We're
committed in homes of colored per
sons. 1t developed that oliver pur-
chased second-ha automobile
shortly before taking his Virginia
trip and made one payment on 1t.
Because of the bad condition of the
road in the vicinity of Sudler, how
ever, the automobile could not be
driven back to the city.