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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-02

OES know the many, many sides
derfu complex nature Of the Woman Surely,
he could hope for because to she person.
others she is entirely dfferennever the ALL
Perhaps to the employer bad-she
most wonderful secretary in the world.
Then at the beach to all who her she in the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-02
MEDITATIONS
MARRIED WOMAN
BY Helen Rowland
And Still We Love Them.

NAN may long and deeply for dead lovebut he
IA makes lot Of fuss over q dead engine.
What with her fad for reuvenang in Vienna reuperatg at
Hot Springs, and re-vamping Paris,
keep his wife in repair nowadays keep his repair
Judging by way keep on marrying apparently
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-08
DR.. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
InpdteHce
RY DR. FRANK CRANE.

YNm quality that best marks soldier Of the ideal
is patience.
Of course he needs vision, he needs courage he
needs persistence but all Of these easily be spoiled
less he has patience.
Rabindranath Tagore says The Of muscle or cf
money has opportunities Of immediate satisfaction, but the
power Of an ideal must have infinite patience"
The who enlsts under the banner Of the ideal sha
victory For ideaism there victory, only
betterment.
Because ideals come to fruition BY growth.
The God Of this world gardener. He Is not an arc
tect
The ldealist has become Gods partner, for he has
gmpsed great truth, and every truth programme q
Deity
God has been said does pay every Saturday night
Hence there is no reward for the 1deas no goal No
hour of triumph.
The only reward he have the joy Of his efforts the
thrill OF segivng the angels JOY Of knowing that the
thing he champions is eternal and cannot fail.
BE does not set his satisfaction from arriving but in
travelling His is the pleasure Of going " Tennyson
says.
He is member Of army that shall one day be vic
torous there in ideaism for the army symbol
For army exists for the purpose Of gaining territory
destroying opponents accomplishing end Of State;
while ideals exist only for the benefit Of the people who
hold them. The soldiers Of army take city, reckless
Of Of life among the armys best men the hosts Of
the ideal seek city, only to make better host.
Almost all great causes are stained by impatience
(copyight 1894 BY the Mcclure Newspaper
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-08

you what to dot With yells, my dearWITH YELLS And
in the first place I'm going to perfectly brutal thing
YOU'RE GETTING EXACTLY WHAT YOU'VE
EARNED, BETTY.
Yes you are You've taken fine woman with keen
BRAIN with charm and wit and pep and you've turned that
wonderful human machine into worm. You've thrown
your and pride and dignity and spunk into
the mud and then you wonder why husband walks
them and why he treats you than he would treat
faithful dog he walks them, Betty because YOU PER
NIT THEM TO BE WALKED ON.
No. I'm not upholding your husband. Were he mine,
that baby would do his kicking and slappng hospital
cot for the six months But I'm going this
space for roasting him, either for it wouldn't help you
particle did After ALL the basic fault in this tragedy
ism T hs-ITS YOURS.
Respect yourself and he will respect you. How shall
you begni Build up your ruined government again Call
back your girl friends whether he likes them Assert
your right to your property Under the law Of the
State where you reside OnehaH Of all property accumulated
since marriage is YOURS That automobile and business
and real estate are not HIS HALF Of them belongs to
YOU and he knows it. You want his love and respects
THEN ACT AS If YOU WANTED THEME FIGHT FOR
THEMl There are lawyers and courts to help you-the
whole government is backing You if you'll stand up and de-
mand recognition American woman. BUT EVERY
HUMAN BEINGS HEEL WILL BE ON YOUR NECK IF
YOU TREAT YOURSELF AS WORM
sysdIcat.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-08
Carrying Money in the Mouth
Is Not Fashionable, Anyway
BY BILL PRICE.

Just how much danger turks IN the careless handling Of
money especially putting into the mouth do not
know but Capital Traction street conductor has placed
the matter before in this interesting communication
have often read your editorials The Times and have
found them quite interesting and instructive have been e d
s'ss 3 * gsSs
a tokens has come e my attention o ra morn no f o NC
sass ssa. 4 e e.
s on ss % ssr w saliva that their
AS these things change hands often how diseases
S sn:gss
landing shsf al tn
The Public Health Service has, in years. answered
number Of inquiries to the communication disease
germs through the handling Of paper money but there does
not to have been prolonged investigation this
subject that Of the Of the mouth change purse
The opinion Of medical experts generally be that
money is not an important factor the spread Of disease
although it is admitted that there many circumstances
under which it might become such.
Some investigation has been made as to public library
books medium Of dissemination Of infectious
tagous diseases but it agreed that these too
dangerous as many people may think
The question at least interesting enough to deserve
greater attention the hands Of the Public Health Service
Of medical organizations and experts generally In Wash
gton have less dirty paper money than in other parts
kept circulation until quite uninvitng and it were
carrier Of germs would be literally filled with them When
Is counted in the Department where sp com D
has ever been made a. to spreading disease among Treasury
counters.
The opinion Of medical experts to be that disease
germs do not live long after leaving the body Of their hosts
and this may account for the reasonable safety dirty
paper money Yet it is surprising that serious results not
follow the careless handling Of People handle money
before and after eating without thought to the places it
may have been before it reached them
Carrying silver money tokens in the mouth is
least not fashionable and comparatively few It.
indicate that is net only unclean but dangerous kiss
ing conveyor Of disease doubtless s then using
the mouth change purse times dangerous
particularly to the person who does it, although seems
probable that tuberculosis might be conveyed in this manner
with saliva
You'll quite often thonghless parents permit their
little to put pennies and other small coins in their mouths
when the money may be full Of germs unclean as
bar such things certain that there were no
germs present.
Gar tokens are such measley little things it appears as if
frugal old do not wish chances carrying
them in their purses hand bags Anyhow that
conductors have troubles we never knew about
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-08

demonstrate IL proved by that
very fact to be physical and not
metaphysical in its nature. When
so-called scientific investigations
Of the phenomena Of spiritual.
ISM are undertaken, e usually,
IL not invariably. happens that
the most elementary precautions
and safeguards by which the
scientific investigator surrounds
his ordinary work are set aside
or forgotten. On the contrary,
he permits himself to be deprived
of the most obvious means Of
self.protection against the decop-
lions Of his own senses, decep-
tons Of whose existence and sub.
tlety he IL nevertheless perfectly.
aware from daily experience. Amy
'.metapsychic" phenomena which
he may perceive In such ctrcum~
stances can have no claim 20 be-
ing established by scientific oh.
servation and test.
It II often affirmed that Sir
william Croolees tested the n
nous medium" D. D. Home
scientifically, and failed TO do
tect any fraud In. Homes Ox'
traordinary proceedings. Butread
the facts In the case, ~ Tar ~
they have been reported. and seo
r. you can find evidence that
either Sir william Crookes, Or
any other Of the moro or IesB
acknowledgements persons con-
nected with the Home case, MADE
any reliable test whatever.
There are some exceedingly IN.
teresting statements on this mat.
ter. and on other celebrated cases
Of q like kind, in Houdini's book.
called "a Magician Among the
Spirits" Houdini's thirty years
of experience in investigating the
mediums and reproducing and
outdoing their tricks, seems quite
to justify the following statement
recently published by Dr.. j. j.
Logre, In LIE Temps:
"Trickery in metapsychics EN-,
ploys above everything else pres
tidigitation. Having attended q
number Of seances, we ought 70
make this avowal: All that We
saw appeared to us to be far b.
meath the marvels that are cur.
rently performed by professional
prestidigitatOrs. And these lat.
ter do not employ darkness q
an accomplice, nor give them.
selves out as messengers from
beyond"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-08
GARRETT P. SERVISS SCORES
CLAIMS OF ''SPIRTTISM'
Science Lends No Support to Tales Of E
That Have No Physical Basis.

~ ONE two thousand five hun.
~ bred years ago metaphysics
~ was born, az q science OF
things beyond the movable,
that il beyond what can be cog.
mixed and proved by material
senses and physical ordeals.
Aristotle was the putativc father
of metaphysics. But Aristotle
was also the tutor Of Alexander
the Great, one Of the clearest-
headed geniuses that history has
known. Alexander was very
fond Of his tutor. but We may be
sure that It was not Ari2totle'e
IDEAS about metaphysics that
aroused the enthusiasm OF the
nnscent conqueror Of the world.
For Alexander, Aristotle dealt
with the practical and the tangi.
BILE.
Today we have a new form Of
science" Of the unl1nowable,
which outsteps metaphysics. It
IL called ''metapsychics." As
metaphysics professed to surpass
physics. 80 metapsychics claims
t0 90 beyond physiology. or more
exactly, beyond "psycho.p hysiol.
ogy," which il in substance the
physics Of mental action.
Metapsychics has been seized
by the teachers of ''spiritism," or
"spiritualism,'' whichever you
may choose to call It. as q god
send to furnish them with q
scientific basis. But their op.
ponents challenge, to start with,
the claim Of either metaphysics,
or metapsychics. to a place among
the sciences. They say there can
be no science Of the unprovable,
and they call unprovable every.
thing which cannot be tested by
means Of the physical senses. AZ
the same time they recognize that
those senses are subject to In.
Vulnerable errors and hallucina.
tons which need to be eliminated
and corrected by means Of re.
peated examination and by the
application Of reasoning.
On the other hand, 1t should be
clearly understood that science,
In the sense just indicated for It,
does not deny that there may
exist things, or phenomena, that
lie beyond its range, in q world
to which tests depending upon
the physical senses do not apply.
But It does deny that the exis-
tence Of such things can be dem.
onstrated by scientific methods,
for whatever such methods do
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-08
THE FAR-OFF ISLES OF BANDA

ands II only about sixteen miles,
there Is q mountain, known q
Fire Mountain. which rises 2,2O0
feet above sea level. This volcano
is classed among the active ones.
though its last eruption was In
1852.
The original !. inhabitants Of
Banda are extinct, having bo0n
massacred by the Dutch In q
very business-like way when they
first took possession. The labor
Is done by Malays and Chinese,
who were imported q century or
two ago and now figure a. q
native population Of about 1000.
There are about 1000 Dutch
colonials.
The beauty Of the islands u
said to surpass any Of the East
Indies, intensive cultivation hav.
ing been unable to affect the wild
and imposing character Of its
hills.
Copyright. 1894. by Newspaper
Feature Service, Incl
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-08
Useful Advertising
Metropolitan Life Does It.

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Of any year up 70 The statistics cover fifteen million
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Longer life better health depend knowledge Much Of
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panes Is devoted to intelligent health propaganda The Metro
especially good work. using almost every Of its advertise
ents to carry health information its millions Of policy
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-08
Puzzling to Best Minds
A Socialist Booms Stocks.

This will be difficult for Of best financial minds
10 understand Poincare Prime Minister official repre-
sentative Of the big corporations that he had previously worke
with out Of office, and he kicked out
Herot extremely radical Socialist came in exercising
the great powers Of French Prime Minister And up went the
price Of the French franc and stock exchange values The
big money men Of France decided that Socialist Prime
Minister would be better for the country than the
tive Of the big corporations had DONE
What capital needs Of all better conditions for the
little man. When he Is prosperous organized capital has
fatter pcngswhether the prosperity be due to young
radicalism, old conservation
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-08

~ ANDA, the capital Of the
Banda Islands, lies among
- the Dutch East Indies, q
quaint little Dutch village in .
strange and exotic environment.
The Dutch were q great nation
In the seventeenth and eighteenth
centriues. They colonized almost
as heavily as England. In the
east they secured a vast empire
which, in the future, win be OF
infinitely more Importance than
the tiny country in Europe 20
which 1t belongs.
Fairly PopulOus With Dutchmen.
The town of Banda was built
in the early seventeenth century
and was developed and improved
through the eighteenth. It was
fairly populous with SNUG Dutch
men and their plump wives and
children. They built along Dutch
lines, and their streets were as
clean and their houses as neat a.
in their own Holland.
For nearly a hundred years
Banda has been losing population.
The Dutch inhabitants have been
dying off, and the natives, of
course, have not been permitted
to occupy the European dwell.
ings. Accordingly, here is a town
in which two-thirds of the houses
are uninhabited. The Dutch adj
ministration has been able to
keep the town in good snaps, de-
spite its lack Of inhabitants, and
an Occidental who wished to take
up a residence there could secure
a comfortable HON for a few dol.
lars a year.
Banda Is the home Of the nut.
meg. 1t Is indigenous to the isl.
ands, and something like 1000, 900
pounds are exported annually. Al
though the total area Of the isl.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-08

your heart bleed for Betty when she you that her hus
band kicked heri Or have you strong though sneakng
desire to kick her yourseff
"Dear Elsie:
May come to you with my troubles or what think
toublesf want you to tell just what you think Of
me- good or bad
have been married less than years and have lost
my husbands love and broken my heart yet am at
loss to understand how all happened At first we were
very poor but happy We both worked and went $3.50
everything. As made the most money naturally
bought all the little extras bought my husband new
suit and did without myself until he had everything he
needed.
Then an uncle started my husband up in business He
has been successful and has been able to buy an expensive
and real estate continued buying his clothes
and mine and what little furniture have AT last de-
cided to quit work Now Elsie why is it when they have
you they don't want youH stay at home every hour and
my husband did not like my girl friends have dropped
them all But he out every night in his car stays until
midnight and sometimes until morning and never even tells
when he leaving Tuesday night when he came home
at O'Clock went into his to ask him where he had
been. He kicked me and slapped me on the mouth
Elsie, love him, will always love and trust him. and
even though care, wouldn't say anything about him go
ing out hed only give kind word and act like he
loves me instead of being indifferent always.
CcopyiEht 1874 BY King
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-08
TIE coMMuNITYs SORROW.

The heartfelt sympathy of The Dkos nation wiH 20
Presidsnt Mrs. Coolidge the death Of eksiv prosns
CaDin CoOdgs, IL WashinstOnans ko hold the Chief
ExecutOe and his charming fs IN the Mghest uH
uitk the afflicted fathsr and mother.
Death under the sad and checking circumstances Involved
in the taking aDay Of this sharply affscts
ALL We realise the poignant grief of the fuiIy which
has unexpectedly been Oisited BY the Grim Reaper.
There probably nothing ths community Dc
the grief Of those Dko bear the and ksaOy burden
caused BY the msy taking qf bsIoOsd but
sisfseken hearts and Which kesny feel neighboTs
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By ELSIE ROBINSON

This story is no more onersided than
any other story. I have a lot Of faults.
/ am considered good looking and |
used to know it. Sometimes I cry. am
crying now. When he is unkind to me
can't keep from crying, and then he hates
me. Also, was very i'll and ! haven't en-
tirely gotten over it yet, and sometimes,
when the pain comes back, I'm cross.
"Please, Elsie, tell me what I can do to
get him back again SO he viii let me ride in
his car and once in a while take me some
where, and SO he won't yell at me or leave
me standing alone all the while. BETTY"
I'm almost crying myself as type your
letter, Betty, but believe me, those tears
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-08
Sap and Salt
BY Bert Moses

High finance consists Of low
tricks.
Our best education comes from
making mistakes, and admitting
them.
You can't keep q young man
away from church II his girl'sings
In the choir.
Hez Heck says: "They amt no
better way to crawl out o. q tight
hole than by QuOtin' the Scrip
ture9.-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-08
LISTEN, WORLD!

" Never thought Of it, did yous
Never considered worms much
from any angle save to use them as fish
bait. Most Of us don't. Come to think Of
it, Fate gave the worm raw deal when
she Topped off most Of its profile and
planted it underfoot. Yet, somehow, the
tear absolutely refuses to well or the throat
to choke when confronted by that length
Of crawling goo. And the same thing goes
when a perfectly good Human Being de-
cides to adopt the state of the lowly worm
You ought to bust loose with sympathy and
indignation when you see a heel implanted
on that lovely neck-but you don't.
Here's "Bettv.n for instance. Does
The Washington times., 1924-08-27
NEW HONE FOR.
THE WEBSTER
SCHOOL
Miss Florence Mccracken, Of
University Of Chicago, Joins
Expression Department

One Of the youngest presidents
of an institution Of learning hi
America Is Miss Marjorie r. Web.
ster Of the Marjorie Webster School
Of Expression and Physical Educa.
ton now established in its new
home, No. 1401.1409 Massachusetts
avenue northwest. The phenom.
email growth of Miss Webster'S
school since it's founding four years
ago made necessary this change.
The acquisition of these beautiful
houses followed. They have been
entirely refurbished and redecorated
throughout and all newly equipped.
Also, new dormitory under con-
struction. will contain the finest
private gymnasium in Washington.
These new features combined with
the splendid reputation and high
standard Of the school, ranking as
1t does with the foremost select
schools for young ladies in the
country, make the Marjorie Web
ster School the Iiost desirable in
the District Of Columbia.
Miss Webster has been exception.
ally fortunate in securing a new
member for the faculty. Miss Flor.
ence McCracken Of the University
Of Chicago comes to the. expression
department with the enviable repu.
tation OF being one of the best
teachers Of expression in the coun.
try.
Another notable addition to Miss
The Washington times., 1924-08-27
HIGH
RANK AMONG
COLLEGES
FreIinghuysen, for coIorsd
Students, Makes Record In
Educating Both Sexes

The Frelinghuysen University. 1900
Vermont avenue, was established
primarily for the higher and better
education Of colored Americans. II
is co-educational and non-sectarian,
and is featuring courses for persons
who; for one cause or another,
were deprived Of the opportunity
Of obtaining an education In their
early days.
Finding that q trained leader
ship Is essential to the successful
operation of social service work
the university IL making o speciality
OF courses in social service, eco
nomics, psychology, stenography,
typewriting and journalism, and
home economies.
In order to overcome the present
tendency to the drug habit" among
young people. a college of Chiro
practic and Allied Sciences, includ
ing physiotherapy, electrotherapy
ETC., was inaugurated At the univer
sity about four years ago. under
the supervision Of DR.. Joe Shelby
Riley
The National Sociological Society
chartered in 1908, has its head.
quarters at the Frelinghuysen Uni
versity, and 10 cooperating with
The Washington times., 1924-08-27

the university authorities IN re-
search work along the lines Of the
causes and remedies for racial fric.
ton, criminology, social psychology.
governmental policy. AmeEicaniza-
ton, and the history OF civilization.
The curriculum Is 50 arranged and
the instruction Is given with view
to making the students. as far -
possible, think IN rnagnitudes, and
80 work az to accomplish the maxi
mum Of results With the expendi-
ture Of minimum Of labor, and
vital energy.
A drive win be inaugurated on
September ~, under the auspices
OF the National Sociological eoclety,
for the purpose Of raising the sum
Of $4,000 for tho immediate u6o u
the institution.
The Washington times., 1924-08-27
Falls Four Stories But
Is Forced To Pay
Damages

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 27.-Ray
Branford, who dove from the
fourth floor of the Title Trust
building through a skylight into
the store of Goldstone Brothers,
escaping with only a few cuts
and bruises, had his bankroll
considerably reduced when he
was fined 300, forced to pay for
the skylight, and planked down
SIS for damage done to two
suitcases when his body landed
on them.
Branford, following his hear
ing, stated that he could not un-
derstand just how it all came
about. He had the fall, risked
his life, was slightly hurt and
yet had to pay for it. He was
unable to give any cause for
his plunge.