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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-20
GARRETT P. SERVISS OUTLINES
STORY OF MANS ASCENT
By GARRETT P. SERVISS.
Psychology Shows Humans Share Their Three
Primary Reactions With Lower Animals.

A BOUT the most succinct and
"A clearest summary that
IA have ever seen Of mans
wonderful ascent by evolution from
animal forms lower than the
jointed worms and the jellyfish
Ito say nothing of primitive apes
is contained in an address to the
American Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science, by Prof.
Hervey w. Sinner, Of the Mas
sachusetts Institute Of Technology.
First he sketches the evidence
from embryology, which Is the
science that deals with the devel-
opment, growth, and heredity of
living creatures. He follows that
up with the evidence given by the
chemistry Of the blood; by the
succession of the various forms in
time, as proved by the fossil con-
tents of the rocky strata of the
globe: and, finally, by psychology,
whch shows the derivation of hui
man impulses and instincts from
ancestors reaching back to "the
earliest protoplasm, at the very
beginning of earth history"
Embryological relationship to
kIO SlAllPACS1 cAAAAetAo 80
'corroborated by the individual
Guiding man. Each begins life as
minute protozoan-like cell. which
develops into the ground plan Of
a jellyfish (the gastrule), and this
into an elongated form basically
similar to the jointed worm.
Thence the development proceeds
through a form with gillarches,
etc., characteristic of the fish,
and thus by innumerable steps, to
man as he appears at birth. The
brain Of man shows during it's de-
velopment a similar relationship
to lower vertebrates. In a very
young human embryo 1t basically
resembles the brain Of an adult
fish, later Of such a primitive
mammal as the marsupial. and
still later of such higher mammals
as the lemurs."
Evidence of Chemistry.
The lemurs. once scattered over
the globe but now extinct except
in Madagascar and a few tropical
regions, are a primitive form of
monkey. The embryological chain
thus sketched is so plain that it
would seem one must be wilfully
blind not to perceive its signifi-
canoe.
Next let us take the testimony
of chemistry as applied to the
blood, says Prof. Sinner, in
statement so compact that 1t can
not be shortened:
"a chemical test has long been
used in law courts in murder
cases. In this test the amount Of
precipitin formed indicates the
animal whose blood is used, and
the amount of precipitin formed
is less and less according to the
decreasing degree of relationship.
Chimpanzee blood gives 90 per
cent as much as man himself, the
lower monkeys one.fourth or one
third as much, the lower mammals
much less and thus downward IN
the scale. The same relationship
IL shown by the crystals formed
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-20
The luxury of the rich gives bread to the poor

The luxury of the rich gives bread to the poor.
He whom is allowed than is reasonable desires
than is allowable.
Losses to which we are accustomed affect us less.
They condemn who do not understand.
He who has begun has half done.
Words are thorns to grief
The best Of men are but men at the best.
There is no worse robber than bad book.
I will not NEEDLE with that cannot mend
If you pay nothing don't grumble about the score.
Woudrous indeed is the virtue of good book.
%tcOpyrght Newspaper ssrvtOA
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-20

, from oxhemoglobin present in
arterial blood"
The evidence from geological
history shows that the rising
forms follow the order Of depoSi.
ton Of the strata. Protozoan,
1elly-fish, and worm were present
upon earth during the very an
cient Proterozoic time, the fish
appeared first during the lower
Paleozoic, the amphibian in the
middle and the reptile during the
upper Paleozoic. The earliest
mammal made it's appearance in
the early Mesozoic, and man in
the later Cenozoic."
Mans Primal Instincts.
Coming to psychology as still
Gus march of evolution, Prof.
Sinner remarks that the three
primary reactionS-self preserva-
ton, nutrition, and reproduction
without which impulses no form
Of life could perpetuate itself, are
shared by man in common with
all the lower animals. "These
alone, of the impulses to DO con.
Sldereu, were present In the
protozoan, jelly.fish, and worm.
When the parental instinct, the
next Of the prominent social
forces to be evolved, first made
its appearance is impossible to
say. 1t was without much doubt
present in the higher fish Of the
middle Mesozoic, and also in rep.
tiles and mammals Of the same
time"
The story then goes on to the
development of the ''herd instinct"
leading all members Of the herd
to have the same fixed mental
reactions to all ordinary happen
ings. And today, through in.
heritance, we find these reactions
impressed upon man. To this in.
herited herd instinct man owes
his tendency to agree with the
majority, to be fearful OF solitude,
to follow leaders, and to be Sub.
ject to the passions Of the pack"
This is not the end Of the
story, but here we must stop.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-20
EdisOn'S Chance Was Zero
That s the Best Chance.

Thomas Edisons grandson has just celebrated his eighth
birthday neloong boy, wellshaped head-everything
about him is satisfactory The only drawback his start
life, TOO GOOD start. He has EVERYTHING; his grand.
father had NOTHING
The original Thomas A. Edison plus nothing in the way of
nurses governesSeS parties etc. amounts great deal The
modern small boy with everything to start with often finds
hard to amount to anything
Nothing difficult than succeed in spite of wealth
Success in spite of poverty is easy.
When you're poor you MUST.
When you're rich, you NEEDN'T
And, rule, when you needn't, you don't
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-20
SAP AND SALT
BERT MOSES

Soap has probably done as much
to civilize us as science.
Anyone can supply a demand,
but genius is required to create
one.
Strict honesty is not SO COM
mendable as honesty that runs
over q bit.
When Nature starts anything,
she finishes it; never yet has she
laid down on q Job.
Millions have tried 1t, but no
man ever made conspicuous sue
cess of being a hypocrite.
Hez Heck says: "Anyone who
desires to make fool of himself
will find few obstacles in the
way"
Copyright. 1924, by Premier
Syndicate. Incl
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-20
Show the Books
Good Candidates Won't Object.

Mr. Rockwell chairman Of the McAdoo President Com
mtee wants every candidate to tell how he his living
each to show his books
Politics pretty low level and perhaps suggestion
is all right, although not complimentary to candidates.
Many candidates would not object La Toilette for
stance lives his salary heaven knows how His daughter
talented young woman glad to find work in New York
taking of young child He could easily have put
the public payroll But that is not his way.
Mr. Coolidge would object Before he inherited Pres
dent Hardg salary and before he became Vice President he
probably had ten thousand dollars any his e
Hiram johnson hasn't tot anything much in the way Of
finance, except worries.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-20

plenty of money for that purpose in her own pocket
She expects that he will his hat to her the
street. give her precedence through door, uncover in an
elevator
She expects that he will condone her tardness forgive
her bs overlook her extravagance adore her Stiffness and
ake the bame for her mistakes he happens to be her
husband.
These of the great and small reasons why
do not their hearts, grant equality although it be
written on the statute books And long insist
on these courteses concessions and exemptions they
will grant her that equality.
If truly believe themselves to be the equals of
men they should ask nothing of which does
not ask of another. Think this statement over sisters
It's a large order.
Ino)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-20

What Margaret Ashford is true. Every business
woman, and most domestic women know that it is true
But why? I think this is the reason: MEN WON'T
GRANT WOMAN EQUALITY BECAUSE SHE ISN'T
READY HERSELF TO ACCEPT THE TERMS OF
EQUALITY. She still demands the thousand and one
couresies concessions and exemptions which given
her IN RECOGNITION OF HER WEAKNESS in the days
when neither she the dreamed Of equality For
instance:
When she murders she expects and gets life imprison-
ment, much shorter term where the would get
capital punishment. But why3 she is mans spiritual
and intellectual equal she should be held equally respon-
sbe for her acts Why then, should she not hang well
as the mani
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-20
LISTEN, WORLD! = By ELSIE ROBINSON

When she is divorced, she expects and
usually receives alimony, even if she be
young and strong and without children.
Why's This new Equality has given her
equal rights and opportunities with man in
the work field If she is healthy and child
less she is as well able to earn a living az
her ex-husband. Why then claim his sup
port when she is no longer his wifeH
Or, exploring the world of Little Acts
which have quite as much to do with public
opinion as the Big Decisions consider these
facts:
She claims to be mans equal yet she
expects that he will give her his seat in a
crowded street car.
She expects that he will pay for theater
tickats and dinner checks even If she has
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-20

NM Y work brings me in touch with many
. professional women. They are nearly
always bright, efficient, hard-work-
ing women. They are earning as much as
men and, in their various Positions con-
tributing quite as much to the worlds needs
as men would contribute They are su-
premely useful citizens, worthy of respect.
Yet sometimes in their more confidential
moment; they tell me that respect is exactly
what they do NOT get from their male asso-
ciates in the working world.
"They Nike U.s." Margaret Ashford says,
"and they often envy us and pay us the
honor of fierce competition. Most of them
are helpful and considerate. Yet always
one is conscious of their lurking contempt
for woman intelligence-their deep-seated
conviction that woman is not man equal"
The Washington times., 1924-01-07
USES WRONG WORD
IN GIVING A TIMELY ALARM

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. Fire!
Fire" sQuawked q parrot in the
kitchen Of William Schaffert, sixty
three years old, Of Camden. Mem.
bers of the family elsewhere In the
house did not pay much attention
to the bird until they smelled gas.
Then they visited the kitchen and
found the parrot flying about its
cage with two canaries nearby
dead and Schaffert sitting back in
a chair unconscious.
Gas flowed from the oven in
which the man apparently had
placed his feet to get warm. He
is believed to have fallen asleep
and accidentally turned on the gas.
He Was taken TO Cooper Hospital
unconscious, his condition being re.
Rarded as serious.
The Washington times., 1924-01-07
LOUISIANA,
I ABOARD,
LOST
u. S. Vessels Unable to Find
Trace of BattIeship That
Vanished in Gale.

NORFOLK, Va, Jan. THE
old battleship Louisiana was toss
ing about in the Atlantic ocean
somewhere off the Virginia capes
sas,is morning. having been swept
70 sea insa gale while in tow from
Philadelpllia to Baltimore with
seven civilian employees OF ., junk
company aboard.
Believed to BE Safe.
Marine men here expressed the
belief that the Louisiana is still
afloat, though no word has been re-
ceived here from the coast guard
cutters. and naval ships which are
securing the cost for the derelict.
The Louisiana, a $1,000 ton ves-
sci, out of commission since 1890,
and on her way to Baltimore to be
scrapped at the yards of the Boston
Iron and Metal Company, under the
terms Of the Washington naval
treaty, was in tow Of two
tow-bOats owned by the
Wood Towing Corpora ton. of this
city.
When the northwest gale kicked
up q heavy sea late Saturday and
broke the tow line, the 0attlsship
was anchored and the tugs sought
shelter in an inlet south OF
Returning to the scene Sunday,
the tugs discovered that the
had either been swept to
sea or had foundered. s. o. S.Nca,,s
to the coast guard at Norfolk, 100
miles away, sent the cutters Mas
coutin and Manning and the u. s.
s. Owl, out into the storm tossed
sea in search Of the old warship.
Sighted Last BY Tanker.
The tanker Herbert j.. Pratt
sighted the Louisiana adrift at the
mercy of the sea Sunday forenoon.
Since that time no report has been
received of her.
. Officials of the Wood Towing
Corporation stated today that they
believe the Louisiana IL still afloSt,
such vessels being as seawortny az
as1ightship.
The Washington times., 1924-01-07
INSURGENTS SEEK BIG CUT IN
TAXES ON MODERATE INCOMES
THE TIMES
NEW
RADIO PAGE

The Washington Times
today presents to Wash
ington its first regular
radio page.
Every effort has been
made to make this new
department of utmost
value and convenience.
Advice of radio experts
and radio users has de-
termined the matter pub
lished, but readers of the
paper will have the final
say as to its con-
tents.
The Times urges radio
fans to read this page to-
day; study it, and write
suggestions for its i'm
provement to The Radio
Editor.
We hope to make and
maintain it the best radio
page in the country.
Times readers, it's your
page. Tell us what you
think of it.
The Washington times., 1924-01-07
ASKS WIFE
| 0 + RE
Spouse,
CLAIM
Told of Love for Chauffeur
and Pied With Woman to
Sue for Divorce.
Bx Coamopolltan Now servlce.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Jan. Z.
According to Mrs. Ellsworth
Bassett today, Nina Wilcox Put
nam, whose divorce from Robert
J. Sanderson was vacated last
week by a Providence. judge,
begged her to give up her hus-
band, Ellsworth Bassett, chauf-
feur for the novelist and short
story writer.
Separated After Appeal.
Mrs. Bassett lives on a Madison,
Conn, farm with her three-year,
old son, Adrian. She separated
from her husband last summer,
after Mrs, Sanderson's strange re-
quest. she said today, and has
since supported herself and her son
by working in the postoffice and
the library In Madison. She ex,
planned:
Mrs. Sanderson ana Ellsworth
came to me the first time last sum
mer. Mrs. Sanderson talked to me
q long time. She said she was, In
love with Ellsworth, and he was in
love with her.
Admitted Love.
II asked him IL he was, and he
said yes. 1t was great shock to
me. They begged me to get di-
vorce from Ellsworth. 1 said 1t
wasn't fair to his son for him to
act that way; that it was immoral.
He said it was no use arguing
about it.
She begged me again to let him
60. refused to divorce him, but
felt / couldn't live with him any
more. However, he packed up his
things and left me, and went over
to live at her home. He is still
her chauffeur.
In Florida Now.
He is still working for her, and
understand they are now in
FLORIDA. am living with my mother
and my son. am firmly determined
that l will not give him his free.
DOM
The Washington times., 1924-01-07
WOMAN MoToRlST RUNS
OVER TWINS; KILLS BOTH

MOUNT HOLLY. N. j., Jan r.
Run over by au automobile driven
by Mrs. Harry Turner, Of this place.
and their skulls fractured, Charles
and Edward Swain. ten years, twin
sons of Charles Swain, Pine street,
this place, wero killed.
The victims were in an express
wagon being pushed by a companion
near their home. When Mrs. Turner
attempted to pass another car the
express wagon was pushed directly
IN her path and, Eho could nee avoid
the fatal accident
The Washington times., 1924-01-07
CORN AND BUNIoN TO BE
THINGS OF THE PAST

NEW YORK, Jan. Chemistry
applied to the treatment Of leather,
IL doing away with corns and
bunions, John Arthur Wilson, Of Mil
waukee, said In an address before
the New York section Of the Ameri-
can Chemical Society.
Heavy protein and acid content in
leather. he stated, made It subject to
great shrinICage and cxpangicn under
varying humidities. Applied chem
istry has resulted in reducing the
protein and eliminating the acid COM
pletely. thus bringing about pliable
but constant leather. with the result
that foot ilnperfeotieAB go disap-
peaxapg eyNAuaIlzs
The Washington times., 1924-01-07

Congressman Newton Asks
Why Action Has Been
Delayed.

A pointed inquiry as to the
reasons for the delay in prosecut-
ing conspiracy charges against
Washington coal Dealers, alleged
to have -pFeRteered in fuel during
the war, was made Of District
Attorney Peyton G. Gordon to-
day by Congressman Walter H.
Newton Of Minnesota.
Asks Delay Reason.
II am not planning an investi-
CATION Of the District Attorneys
office unless the facts In the case
warrant it, Congressman Newton
stated. II merely want to know
why these cases have been delayed.
Having been a prosecuting at
torney in Minneapolis, know the
problems which confront the Dis
trict attorney. do not know that
Mr.. Gordon Is responsible. for the
delay. The reasons may be per
fectly iustikable.
''If the District attorneys office
is unable to carry on its work be-
cause, Of lack of personnel / want
to know that and want Congress
to know 1t. II the delay is I'M
warranted through the negligence
or failure Of the officials to per-
form their duties, / want to know
that too.
Refuses to Give Text.
Congressman Newton made his in.
quiry in a letter sent to the Dis.
trict attorney. He refused to give
the text of this letter, stating that
this should come from he District
attorney.
Congressman Newton stated that
his making the inquiry was the re-
suit OF several delays which have
occurred recently in prosecuting law
violations in Washington. The first
Of these was the Knickerbocker
disaster, the probe into which he
stated was undtily delayed. He also
stated that he had been aroused by
the mystery surrounding the rum
list.
II understand that these coal
prosecutions have been put off from
time to time during a period Of
nearly four years." the Congress.
man said. IF this Is the case.
something should certainly be done.
want to know whether delays of
this sort are the custom in wash
ington, or whether these are excep-
tional instances"
The Washington times., 1924-01-07
WIFE Of KE|MAL
WOUNDED BY
GRENADE
WouId-be Assassin Escapes
After Attack on Turkish
Rulers Spouse.

ATHENS, Jan. THE wife Of
Mustapha Renal Pasha, head of
the Turkish government, was
wounded at Smyrna today when a
would-be assassin threw a hand gre.
made, said a dispatch from that
city.
Mustapha Kemal Pasha went to
Smyrna from Angora fortnight
ago, to take a two months rest
cure. He was accompanied by his
wife.
First reports received here did
not mention Renal, so Il was as
sumed he had escaped injury. The
culprit escaped.
Kemaps wife In the daughter Of
a rich merchant in Smyrna.
The Washington times., 1924-01-07
is Degrees Above
Zero On Kiosk

Sixteen degrees above zero
registered at 6 o'clock this
morning was the coolest tenn
peratsIre shown ON tho kiosk
ut Thirteenth street and Penn.
Sylvania avenue during the
past twenty-fOur hours.
The following were the read.
ingS slice 10 o'clock yesterday
morning: 10 q. M, Is; IL mon,
n; 2 q. M, rs; 4ep. m, "a; 6
p. M "a; 8 p. M, 10; 10sM. M.
-; midnight, l8;R q. r., 49,
"A .. ms III; Q ms, rs; 8
~ Ills ~: 40 N, 30; Is
noon, Al.
The Washington times., 1924-01-07
CHINA PIRATES
KILL CAP TAIN
Of j. s. SHIP
Tragedy Seen in Dream by
Wife Comes True-NatiVe
Dead, Several Hurt.

SHANGHAI, Jan. Chinese riv-
er pirates attacked the Dollar
Steamship Company steamer Tzdusi
an American vessel, while 1t was
anchored for the night near Fung
Tschien between Chuckiang and
Ichang and killed Capt. F. j.
Brandt and one Chinese.
Several Chinese passengers were
wounded by the robbers.
The bodies of Captain Brandt and
the Chinese victim of the attack
were thrown overheard into the
river by the bandits. Captain
Brandt was British.
Mrs. Brandt, residing here, when
informed of the death of her hus.
band, said she already knew it,
having dreamed Saturday night of
seeing the captain on the bridge
struggling in the midst of a crowd
Oh OulneSe.
The Washington times., 1924-01-07
ORDER sIoNBoARDs OFF
COUNTY ROADS NOVA

WATERLOO, Iowa, Jan. Tho
county board of supervisors here
has ordered the removal Of all adj
vertising signs along county roads
which Obstruct the view at danger
Gus intersections and railroad cross.
ingg.
The supervisors are acting under
a law passed by the last General
Assembly, and the action Is pre-.
cipitated by several accidents on
roads into this city for which signs
obstructing the view have been
blamed.
The Washington times., 1924-01-07
MONKEY BORN IN N. Y. zoo
FIRST TIME IN Is YEARS

NEW YORK, Jan. IA baby
monkey, the first in sixteen years
and the second In thirty.seven, ar
rived at tho Central Park Zoo. Nat
,rally it has created a stir.
Mother and child are doing quite
well, but father II not 90 well. They
took him away from the maternal
cage Immediately. and now he walks
the floor all night with q bundle OF
straw In his arms. Keeper Jim
Ccyle calls this instinct, ana has
been converted to Darwinism.
The monkey house has been closed
for the time on account OF the
inportant event. This rave rise
Yesterday - q report that there was
an spiesnie n the SaenksH LhN.
The Washington times., 1924-01-07
LEFT FAMILY OF FIVE
FOR GIRL, "a. IS CHARGE

DETROIT, Mich. Jan. John
Fox, thirty-etght, is held by police
today on a charge Of violating the
Mann act.
According to police Fox admitted
deserving his wife and five children
In Harrisburg, Pa,, about two
months ago and coming here with
Margaret Carpenter, fourteen.
The Washington times., 1924-01-07
: CHILDREN DIE WHEN
FLAMES DESTROY HOME

MIDDLETOwN, Conn, Jan. o.
Four children ranging in age from
five to thirteen years, died from
suffccatiOn today when fire burned
their home, Firemen rescued their
parents and three other children.
The dead were children OF Mr..
and. Mrs, gebaatino Giant,
Three bodies were found hudAled
IAemaaNh g hoA
The Washington times., 1924-01-07
KENTUCKY PLANS FOR
GREAT HOMECOMING

LOUISVILLE, KY, Jan. More
than 100000 former Kentuckians
live In Ohio, 1t Is estimated by
those in charge of plans for q
homecoming celebration in the Blue
Grass State next June.
The celebration is expected to be
the greatest Of it's kind the State
ever has held and is expected to
surpass a similar affair held In
1905, when more than 10000 Ken
tucldans and their descendants
from all parts of the world re-
turned home" for q fortnight's
visit.
The Washington times., 1924-01-07
PERKY YOUNG cocKNEYs
SMARTER THAN N. Y. KIDS

LONDON, Jan. 7-''London chill
dren, we have found after exhaus-
tive tests, are actually one year
older than children of the same
age in New York" says a London
education authority.
Our children are more regular
In their school attendance, and, we
believe, in the natural aptitude of
thu perky young Cockney."
The Washington times., 1924-01-07
17,626,761 in Korea.

GEUL, Korea, Jan. 1.-THE total
population OF Korea, az registered at
the end OF last year, amounted to
l7.e2e,7e1. according to announce
mont just made, OF these 17,2Os, 1850
ware Koreans. 9se.ASe Japanoso and
92,f0e noRUimmoRn.
The Washington times., 1924-01-07
Bandits Capture Town.

LONDON, Jan. Z. - Chinese
bandits have captured the town OF
Batann. but assured the American
missionaries living there that they
would not be molested. said a Gis.
patch from Picking today.
The Washington times., 1924-01-07
u Dead In west.


CHICAGO, Jan. Comparatively
mild temperatures with jumps a.
high az 70 degrees today soothed
the Northwest and Midwest In ;
sudden relaxation OF the wintry
grip which sent the Thermometer
20 to 40 degrees below zero and
claimed moro than score OF lives
IN the Midwest aiOne.
MlGhtesn disd IN Chlcagn. Ayp an