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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-24
It Makes Her Sore to See Beautiful
Volumes with Uncut Leaves Just
Used to Decorate Rooms.

opened IL very carefully, and
then was when encountered
vast disappointment.
/ couldn't open anything but
the cover. The leaves hadn't
been cut!
Then I took down another
swell b00k and that was the
same! It turned out that there
wasn't book in the place that
had the leaves cut.
!. How could people have beauti.
full books like that all bound up
swell and by the biggest authors
and never take 'en down to read
'em.
Over on the table was an ivory
paper cutter and my hands were
just itching to sit down and have
q grand time cuttin' all the
leaves, and reading snatches
here and there, and goodness
knows 1 might have been
tempted beyond control II a foot
step hadn't stopped me. / showed
the book back on the shelf and
struck q pose of utter indiffer-
enee to my beautiful surround.
ings and held IL until the lady
came i'm.
GETS SOMETHING ANYWAY.
almost forgot all the nice
things she was saying about her
pet charity for thinking of those
lovely neglected books.
Not long ago / visited another
very beautiful house and 1 didn't
see very many books around. In
fact, missed them. But in one
room i found number of beauti.
fully bound books i'm a cOupIa
books ends.
couldn't keep my hands off
'em Of course and was terribly
surprised to find when / opened
them that they weren't classics
at all, but just books that boys
like about the Wild West stage
coach hOld-ups, and stuff like that
written along i'm a thrifty racy
sort of way!
But they had been bound up
swell to match the furnishings,
and were thumb marked and
much read!
And II you ask me, I'll say
that the rich guy who puts swell
bindings on the kinds Of books
he likes and reads 'em gets more,
outta his library than those who
line the walls of a room with
classics and never look at 'em!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-24
Physician Explains Who
Should Take Nuxated Iron
Practical Advice on How To Help Build Up
Great Strength, Energy and Endurance

Lack OF iron in the blood not only
makes q man a physical and mental
weakling, nervous. irritable, easily
fatigued, but it utterly robs him Of
that virile force, that stamina and
strength Of will which are SO neces-
sarY toSsuccess and power in every
walk OF liie,~ says Dr. Emile Saper.
1T may also transform. q beautiful,
sweet-tempered woman into one who
ie cross, nervous and irritable. / have
strongly emphasized the great neces-
SitY OF physicians making blood ex-
aminations Of their weak, anaemic,
rundown patients. Thousands Of per-
sons go on year after year suffering
from physical weakness and q highly
nervous condition due to lack of suffi-
cient iron intheir red blood corpuscles
without ever realizing the real cause
OF their trouble. Without iron in your
blood your food merely passes through
the body something like corn through
an old mill with rollers so wide apart
that the mill can't grind.
For want OF iron you may be an old
man at thirty, dull Of intellect, poor
in memory, nervous, irritable and all
run down. while at so or go with
plenty OF iron In your blood you may
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-24
PAY INCREASES
FOR COURTS
URGED
Employees Are Denied Bonus
Under Redistribution
Measure.

Salary increases for employees OF
District courts were advocated yes
terday by judges and officials of the
courts and the Department of Jus.
tice at a hearing before the House
Judiciary Committee.
The committee has under con.
sideration bill to revise the
salaries Of employees of the District
Supreme Court. the District Court
of Appeals, Court of Claims, and
the Court Of Customs Appeals.
Denied Bonus.
Under the Reconsideration act
these employees were denied the $240
bonus which they have been re-
ceiving, but were not allowed ad.
ditiOnal compensation to make up
for the less.
The bill under consideration would
provide for an increase of basic
salary to equal the former salary
and bonus.
The measure has been approved
by the Department of Justice and
the Bureau of the Budget.
Justices Are Heard.
Among the witnesses before the
committee, all of whom approved
the bill, were Justices Robb, of the
Court of Appeals: Mccoy, of the
District Supreme Court; Martin, of
the Court of Customs Appeals:
Campbell, chief justice of the Court
OF Claims, and Booth, of the Court
of Claims, and Chief Clerk George
r.. Strong of the Department Of
Justice.
The committee will take final
action on the bill early next week.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-24

Five years Of exile have not been
able to make him forget all about
a costly wedding present made to
him nineteen years ago by 400
Prussian cities.
Frederick William has filed a
suit against the Prusian state to
have the gift-a table service con.
sisting of about 1900 pieces Of
heavy silver, china and crystal,
which was not complete at the
time Of the. wedding handed over
to hiHnI While Frederick William
was at Wieringen the table plate
had been completed and deposited
In the safes Of the Raichsbank.
1.-THE present state Of my finan.
ces does not permit me to with.
draw my claims" runs a passage
Of the letter he addressed to the
Prussian supreme court.
The mayors Of the Prussian cities
will convene rhoftly to discuss the
claim.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-24
FEARING THIEVES he
NAILS FURNITURE DOWN

ATLANTIC CITY, April "a
John Hart. proprietor Of q restau
rant. purchased five pounds Of forty
penny nails and spiked to the floor
the linoleum ana tables.
Explaining his action Hart said
TWO weeks ago thieves entered my
place and stole all the table fur.
nishinss. told the police about
1t, but nothing was done. They
came again, and this time took
twenty chairs. They got in through,
side window. The linoleum ana
tables are all have left. I havs
nailed them to the floor,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-24
By FAY KING,

never Tampa swell set Of
books I'm levant bindings that /
don't harR back to the time when
/ was first busting into the news.
paper game. and didn't own any.
thing but a dictionary and a Il.
braIy card myself!
They sent me out to see q
swell society dame who was busy
with JsOme pet charity.
was dated up to be at her
house at three.thirty and, being
q prompt sort Of person, had to
hOOf IL around the block D cOupla
times so as not to be there too
soon.
Ringing the door bell, was ush.
cred in by a maid that didn't
look much like the maids / had
seen in musical comedies. She
took me to the library and told
me that Madame would be a little
late but i was to snuggIe i'm and
make myself at home around the
books until the lady hove in,
We'll, that was all to the merry
with me!
Gee! to find myself loose among
all those swell books was q treat
i hadn't expected.
After looking around like q thief
in a crook play and finding that
the maid had disappeared / took
a chance ON stepping over and
taking down a volume.
VAST DISAPPOINTMENT.
1t was tough trying to decide
which end Of the shelf to start on
but / didll't want to take any
chances being caught at what
maybe 1 shouldn't be doing, SO /
reached in and lugged out the
first book could get at, and Just
holding it was a thrill to me!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-24
ATLANTA SCHOOL PLANS.
UNIQUE THEATRICAL IDEA

ATLANTA, Ga, April 24.-Un-
precedented in entertainment an
nails of this city is series of
amateur theatrical performances ar.
ranged under the joint auspices of
the North Boulevard Park Civic
League and the ent-Teacher AS
ISOLATION of a local school.
The first performance is to be
staged with the "daddies" of the
children of the school the lone par
Elephants. The second performance
will be participated in exclusively
by the mothers" The third per-
Torrance will be staged by the
children themselves and the young
men and women above school age.
Proceeds Of the entertainments go
for a new school auditorium.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-24
TRAVEL FAVORED FOR =
COMMERCIAL STUDENTS

Student travel in foreign coun-
tries will be the topic of discussion
at the second annual conference of
the National Council on Foreign
Service Training to be held at
Hotel Brunswick, Boston, June 4,
in conjunction with the Eleventh
National Foreign Trade Convention.
AS an adjunct in foreign service
preparation supervised student
travel has been neglected in the
United States. The National
Council on Foreign Service Train.
ing has appointed a subcommittee
to study this important question
and recommend a program for CO.
ordinating all organized effort Of
this character.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-24

still be young in feeling, full Of life,
your whole being trimming over with
"But be sure the iron you take is or
ganic iron-Nuxated IronLand not me-
talllc iron which people usually take.
Organic iron-Nuxated Iron-is like
the iron in your blood and like the iron
in spinach, lentils and apples, while
metallic iron is iron Just as it comes
from. the action OF strong acids ON
small pieces OF iron filings and is
therefore an entirely different thing
from Nuxated Iron. Nuxated Iron rep
resents organic iron in such a highly
concentrqted, form that one dose is,
estimated to bs approximately equiv
alent Tin organic iron content) to eat
ing one-half quart of spinach, one
quart Of green vegetables or. half q
dozen baked apples. It is like tax.
ing extracts Of beef instead Of eating
Over 900 people annuar" are using Mug
ated Iron. II quickly helps maEe rich red blood,
revitalize wornout exhausted nerves and give in
creased strength and energy. Your money win be
refunded by the manufacturers II It does not
produce satisfactory results.
For sale BY Peoples IS Drug Stores and all
other druggists.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-24
GROWN PRINCE.
IS SUINGFOR
GIT I.
T
Brings Action For Wedding
Present Made To Him
~ Years Ago.

by international News Service.
BERLIN. April 24.-The ex.
Crown Prince has q good memory.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-02
KEEN
FOR COOLIDGE

OF interest to people Of Ell Cen
tro of whatever political lal1ing
is the statement made in Los An
geIcs today by Meyer 'Lissner, one
of the two commissioners from the
Pacific Coast on the United States
Shipping Board, Lissner 5 state
ment conclusively disposes of any
possibility that he may have Il
tendency to lean toward La Fol
lctte, whose local adherents have
sought to imply that their eandi-
date has inherited the political
mantle aud policy of former Pres
: ident Roosevelt.
i L;ssnqr cmphatical,y endorses the
presidency OF President Coolidge
and prophesied his success in tht
! Forthcoming election.
~ am for Coolidge, he is quot
ed as saying, declining to elabor
ate upon other candidates, stating
that as a member of non-partisan
board it in a certain sense withheld
him from the political field.
Lissner' s attitude in the present
,.hree-cornered presidential race is
regarded with much interest, rs he
has always been known as one OF
the strongest advocates of Theodore
Roosevelt and the old Progressive
party.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-02
PARENTAL DELINQUENCY

After much harsh criticism of present-day high
school children, their msdeeds their disregard of
authority and their responsibility the tide seems to
be turning, If not in their favor at least in their de-
fense
Judges, east and west, the National Probation AS
ISOLATION and various other organizations whose men,
bers ought to know much about the subject, say
ing quite frankly that delinquent parents the
chief cause of delinquent children. Parents allow
their minor childen too free of motor par
ents do not know how their children spend their leisure
who are their companions where they go after
school in the evening Parental negligence is at the
root of much juvenile wrong-doing, say these author
tiles.
And to a very large extent it is true Seedlings for
their shortcomings and denial of all outings not
the solutions. Many over-indugent parents frequently
nag and scold their children for the very faults
couraged by that indulgence And many parents who
uniustly strict in limiting their .childrens pleas
activities drive the boys and girls to sneak out to
forbidden fun.
genuine and lively interest in the chdrens pas
times and friends, frank cooperation III promoting
their legitimate good times, definite understanding
as to the performance of certain tasks and the main
tenance of sound discipline are necessary if Johnny
and Mary to be protected from dangers which they
too young and inexperienced to cope with alone.
Teachers and probation officers can't do this sort of
thing for the rising generation 1t up to the parents
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-02
Bedtime Stories
By HOWARD E. GkRIS
Copyright, 1923, oy Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WTGGILY'S CLEAN
HANDKERCHIEF

"Now, if I skip on ahead You
won I be late, will YOU, Wiggv =
asked Nurse Jane Fuzzy WuzzY
one evening when she was all
ready to 60 to the moving pic
lures and the rabbit gentleman
WASH t quite ready.
"Oh, goodness. no! II not be
late-I wouldn't miss the news
reel for anything!' said Mr.. Long
ears, land you know they show
the news reel first, always, at the
! movies.
"Wel don be late, whatever
else YOU do, - begged Nurse Jane.
ON call for Mrs. Twistytail and
she and | will meet you at the door.
And be sure and bring the money
for our tickets. -
"Im do thus!" promised the
bunny, II guess I'd better bay two
tickets FOR Mrs. Twistytail, hala t
Io'
"'No. Why?" asked Miss Fuz-
" Wuzzv, puzzled like,
because that pig lady is so fat
she always sits on two sea's at
once, laughed Uncle Wi.9ily.
"But il ism I anything TO me. Skip
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-02
ROYAL OLD CLOTHES

Now that the Prince of Wales has come and gone,
things about him coming to light which were
overlooked covered up while that agreeable young
disporting himself with the smart set Long
Island One that contrary to expectation, and to
the horror of the Long Island fashonables, he fire.
quently old clothes.
That remarks New York correspondent with
marked approval lis commonplace for an English
man. of course who believes that good suit is good
suit if it hasn't got two buttons just where the
newest suits buttoned."
On the other hand one of the "style scouts set
watch the Prince and pick up valuable hints of the very
latest and niftest thing in clothes, growls: Hes all
right a But a leader of fashion he's wash
out I've quit .-s-- r.
Women may say what they willard despite their
liking for H R. H.. they may say good deal-but men
generally will hold with the approving correspondent.
The Prince wore two suits than any Others both
obviously past their best days. blue and the other
gray He wore them because he liked them because
they were comfortable because he had got used to
them and they had to have pleasant, friendly
feel He knew himself when he wore them. He felt
at home in them Any man can understand that. But
woman can.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-02

along. jamie, III be with you as
soon as ! have shaved.
"As if anybody would So" hat
you hadu Z shaved, in the darkness
Of the movics.' laughed the musk
rat lady.
But no matter. Uncle Wiggiy had
10 shave. and soon he was taklng
the soapy lathcr and some Of his
whiSkcrS off with razor. And
when be had washed his face and
was amopt ready TO meet Nurse
Jane and Mrs. Twistytsii at the
pictures the bunny looked in the
bureau drawer and saw that he had
no clean handkerchief.
"Oh, wouldn T dare 90 TO the
movies without clean haadk'r-
chief, said Mr.. Lougears 10 him
self 4" However, il will take me
only few minutes to wash one Our
and iron if. Then / can squirt
little Of Nurse Jane S pcrfumo on,
since she isn't here, and J. III be all
right for the pictures. -
t'nle Wiggily washed out a
handkerchief in The hand basin Of
thc bath room. He put the clean,
wet handkerchief out ON the ,mc
to dry in the evening breeze and
Willie he was waiting he put Il Flat
iron on the gas stove 10 heat while
the ''haudozniteb, as Baby Bun
| ~ ralcd it, was drying
Cnelc WiggiIy was quite smart
rabbit gentleman, and soon he WAS
ironing bis clcan handkerchief as
nicely, almost, as Nurse Jane could
have done.
"Aud now for some perfume.
be laughed, as be went up 70 his
muskrat lady housekeeper > room.
l"I'n spray bit on my hankie, aud
60 10 the movies Yes. now FOR
| ihe perfumcl =
| e., aud nov Tor your sara!
suddenly howled ulost unpleasant
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-02
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
October 2. 1909

William C. SikIoa has come from
Redlands with his household goods
and ranching outfit, to locate on
land in District No. 8.
James Crane, of San Diego, has
been looking after his ranch pro
perty near Brawley, the past week.
The Brawley Chamber of Com
merce at its annual meeting last
week elected Officers for the en-
suing year as follows: President, r..
Malan; Vice-President, DIR. j. H.
Cooke; Secretary, c. }. Park
Treasurer, w. r. Dunn. These four
Officers with w. p. Mansfield and
Harrv Baum form the board of di-
rectorS.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-02
New York Given
Highest Honor at
US. Dairy Show
ry United Press Leased Wire

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Oct. 2
New York state was awarded the
grand championship and the senior
championship in pure bred Guernsey
cow exhibits at the National Dairy
show here with Wisconsin winning
the Junior championship honors.
Mister Mary Princess of Emma
dine Farms, Hopewell Junction, n.
". was named grand champion and
senior champion. Proud Princess
! Bernie, owned by L. p. Martiny
I chippewa Falls, was awarded first
prize for Guernsey heifers from ont
wear to s months old.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-02

voice, and the Fuzzy Fox came
creeping up the stairs.
"Go awaN you bad chap call
cd Uncle Wiggily bfaycly.
." Not until / have nibblcd "Our
cars,' sualicd the Fox.
The bunny was just squeezing the
rubber bail ON Nurse Jane 5 per
fume atonizcr, spraying some of
thc sweet smelling stuff on his hand.
kcrchicf, but all Of "A sudden, the
Fox made "a jump for the rabbit.
" lla. l II spray YOU bcfoce
spray my handkerchief" cried the
rabbit, and he shot some of the
perfume in the eyes Of the bad
chap. Now though perfume y,1olIs
very nice, it ism I good to gct N
the eyes. And the eyes Of the
bad Fox began to smart him, very
much, indeed.
"Ob, gurra! Gurra!" lie howlcd.
"Oh, what "a fanny feeling oh, |
can Z scc!' aud the bad Old Fox
stumbled down stairs and buripcd
bis nose and then he ran AWAY.
And it served him right, ;hnk.
ola! Hal" laughed the bunny.
Then he sprayed perfume ON his
clean handkerchief and hopped to
the movies 10 meet Nurse Jane and
Mrs. Twistytail And no one in
the whole theatcr smelled amy
sweeter than the rabbit gentleman.
Every one said 50.
Aud now -if our eat viii wear
rubber boots TIE next time She goes
skatipg with the goldfish. I'm toll
Jou tomorrow about Uncle Wlgs.ly
and tue butter.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-02
Former Head of
Legion Is Now
Living In LA
BY United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, Oct. John r.
Quinn, retired national commander
Of the American Legion, sat down
behind new desk here today III
the office of a recently opened bank
and took over the duties of vice
president.
After saying a few nice words
about the city, Quinn lauded James
A. Drain, of Washington, d. c.,
who succeeded him as head of the
legior, then pushed several baskets
ot flowers onto the floor and went
to work.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-02
CORN CROP is
BADLY HIT BY
RECENT FROST
by United Press Leased Wire

DES MONIES, Iowa, Oct, p
Estimate Of the recent frost dam
agc to corn cannot be madc unit;
husking time, according to the Iowa
weather and crop bulletin today. 1t
is believed, however, that 35 per
cent Of the crop escaped destruction.
Until Il succession of frosts came
ON thc 18th, 10Th and seth, corn
made good progress toward matur-
ity. The warm smSliny afternoons
proved beneficial, the report says.
The crap WAS 40 to 30 per cent
safe in TIE northwest district when
killing frosts came. Heavy to kill
ing frost on the 30th hit the east
cru and south central sections
where the crop is most backward
aud where only 80 to 40 per cent
was safe. Tho greatest damage
occurred III these district.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-02
Motor Income
Is Bigger Than
Estimates Made
by United Press Leased Wire

SACRAMENTO, Oct. 2.-Total
collections of the state division of
motor vehicles for highway. main
tenance during the past biennium
are $2l, 100000, Will II. Marsh, chief
of the division announced today.
This is $3,000,000 in excess of the
estimates made by the last legisla-
ture. Itemized collections are as
follows:
Gasoline tax $14,O00,0O0; motor
vehicle fee $7,160,0o0; motor car
riers tax 100000.
" -.--
Worst secondstory men are those
who tell the same story twice.
Trv DrnSs Want Ado
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-02
Looking Backward
what the Press Files Tell OF
Imperial Valley for This Date
In Past Ycars
NINETEEN YEARS AGO
October 2, 1905


~ r. E. ,Toomey returned from {
month s trip to Los Angeles and has
resumed his place at the desk il
the Imperial Grain and Milling
Company office.
Julius Conrad and wife return
ed last Sunday from two months
trip to their old home in the east
While away they visited in Nebras-
ka, Iowa and Wisconsin and had a
most enjoyable time but are glad to
get back to Imperial Valley and
home.
w. A. Edgar returned Monday
from a three weeks camping trip
with his family in the mountains
near Julian. He reports having a
fine time and looks greatly improv-
ed in health.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-02
THE AIR NUISANCE

An Engshman whose nome is near a big alrdrome
complains to the government behalf of himself ana
his neghbors about an airplane nuisance. Planes are
always arriving departing lndulglng IN test
flights The noise, he says is ntolerable The people
in the vicinity cannot sleep rest day or night Inc
vibration from planes flying the roof shakes
every brick in the house. he declares.
He wants the arplane engines muffled. The air
ministry tells him that do anything about the
matter but that he might try civil action against the
airdrome people.
had little experience, but which is destined to become
important as flying increases. The most noticeable
thing about an arpane is the from its exhaust
Flyng planes sound like machine guns squadron
of them suggests battlefield. Muffiers not used
on arplane engines because they would cause loss of
power and the planes want all the power they can get
The same argument was once used regarding auto
mobiles and motor boats, and today they are almost
universally nuffled. The detonations of gas engine
are not so bad when far overhead they on the
land or water close by. Yet the time rapidly coming
when there will be thousands of citizens instead Of one
protesting that they cannot endure the racket Air
nlanes then will have to muffers and alrplane
neople might as we'll get used to the idea.
It would doubtless hasten the popular use Of the
airplane if they would start it Immediately That may
call for more powerful engines or more efficient
nIanes but surely the problem is not beyond the pow
ers of aviation engineers
Explorer MACMILLAN reports the existence of rich
l donosits within 10 degrees of the North Poie and
we can't think of any place where it's needed more
n the natural course of contrarietes, may
, hovs soon to let their hair grow long, and possibly
adont skirts so they will not be mistaken for girls
If is not true that labor this year Is demanding
full pocket flask
rn feminine waist line in it's periodic peregrina-
49, hataen The neck and the knees seems to be moving
north again.
,,lifornia has its volcano belching mud but from
,,;aonsin exas and various other volcanic eenters'
here flows od-fashoned lava
,,,a. ,5tb common sense common honesty, etc,
~. " Gaming 20 be an unconlmonly common cam
paign.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-02
TEN YEARS AGO
O,%obor . 1914

C. S. Allen of Pasadena is visit
ing his two sons here of the real
estate firm of Allen and Allen.
Clark. Booher is home from Los
Angeles, where he remained for a
few days with Mrs. tBooher and
their baby.