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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-16

corresponding hours indicated by
your standard time watch. But
If you live half way between
two meridians there will be a
discrepancy Of at least as much
as half an hour, true midnight
following standard midnight or
preceding it, according as you
take your time from the meri.
dian next west or the one next
east of the place that you occupy.
And when you use daylight saw.
ing time you are thrown a whole
hour, in addition, away from the
true moment Of midnight or OF
noon. About the time of the
summer solstice, June 81, the
length of night, from sunset to
sunrise, in the middle ATTITUDES
of the United States, may be
called nine hours.
BY true local time, midnight
then occurs four and one-half
hours after sunset. and an exactly
equal time before sunrise. At
that moment the sun Is on the
meridian under the horizon oppo-
site to his position on the meri-
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; ing to say that darkness breeds
wrong-doing. At pest it sets up
a depressed, unwholesome state
Of mind that kills all the Joy Of
life!''
Was he right? I'll say he was!
If you happen to live in a city
where hundreds carry on the bust
ness Of life in dark rooms and
narrow streets that lie always in
shadow, you'll knowl
And it isn't always poverty
that's at the bottom Of the NOR.
bid outlook Of these hole.in-the-
wall dwellers. It's the notion that
they just can't exist in the sub.
urbs or the nearby country or
anywhere but their brick and steel
Sardine-cans!
Professional crooks seldom ven
ture into the sunlight. During the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-16

kkT IGI1T is your soul baron.
cter. II 1t registers low
pressure you'd better in.
vestigate!'
Startling? Yes, I thought so
too when a young man made the
statement the other day. He ex-
planned:
Have you ever thought that
most wrong things happen at
night? Few murders, robberies.
crimes of any sort are carried
out or even planned in broad day
light. ~
"Of course darkness covers out
law operations-makes the get
away easier, and all that. But
that isn't what I mean. I'm try.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-16

day they hang about places that
are either dark or softly lighted
tea dances, hotel Hobbies, thea
ters. When they go on the street
they usually travel in taxicabs or
in the private motors Of those
they plan to victimize.
Even when they have no need
Of darkness as cover they seek
1t because instinctively they hate
the ali'revealing light. I suppose
It makes them feel as IL thew
were being exposed.
But 1t is the rank and file Of
our folks, the honest, self.respect.
ing crowd, that suffers from lack
Of light. Some of them are forced
to live in semi.darkness, Thew
don't seek 1t purposely; they lust
are unfortunate.
1t seems to me. however, that
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: so per cent Of our city dwellers
might move out Of their dinxy
tenements and mouse.hole apart.
ments to the suburbs where sun.
light and fresh air and good health
OF body and mind are free.
Rents are cheaper there, and
what's a half hour more or less
on the train?
IF light registers low pressure,
you'd better investigate" said the
young man.
Yes, I agree. II you find yolc.
self disliking the light, you'd bet.
ter examine your mind to find
what images Of darkness have
taken hold Of It.
Envy, greed. malice-all Of these
are bred in the dark. Get out In
the sunshine and shake them off!
Copyright, 1924, by King Features
Syndicate, Incl
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-16

I'M HE instability of tastes is the occasion of the ir
regularity of our lives.
To hearing babber is the surest way to make him
hold his tongue
Science when well dgested is nothing but good sense and
reason.
Women know not the whole Of their coQuetry.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-16

The passions of youth are scarcely opposed to safety
than the lukewarmness Of old age.
To be great man know how to profit by the
whole cf ones fortune.
1love we often doubt what we most believe.
Opportunities make known to Others still more to our
selves
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UNDOUBTEDLY there is suf-
ficient ambiguity of defini-
~ ton and variety of usage
in regard to the most common
and convenient subdivisions of
the hours of daylight and dark
ness to warrant your inquiries.
Midnight as shown by clocks
and watches no longer CORE
spends, as the first users of the
term naturally intended that it
should do, with the exact middle
Of the night. Under the system
Of standard time now in use, the
variation Of real midnight from
the midnight hour shown by a
time piece depends upon the OBJ
servers location with reference
to the nearest standard meridian.
If you live exactly on meridian.
true noon and true midnight will
usually occur quite close to the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-16
PLAYING WITH TIME By GARRETT P. SERVISS \

Il. When is the middle of the
night? Kindly express the hour.
"2. When does evening begin,
and when does it end?
''3. When does day begin?
"E. E. M. S."
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1924-02-28
Kan Marshes unn..L..

Oklahoma City. Okla.-Ths KNIGHTS
Of the Nu Klux Khan q Oklahoma
and several surrounding states staecd
a mammoth parade on the downtown
s,reess here Friday. the uarchers be
INK unmasked. Khan leaders said
this was the first public demonstra.
tion in the history Of the order In
which the members appeared with
their faces revealed. The marcherS
however. were attired in the custom
arg RIDES and hoods OF the order.
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1924-02-28

inaomnla victims have found strange
cures. such - counting imaginary
sheep passing through a gate. but an
ian keeper IN Europe. when she dis.
covers one u her guests has not slept
sell. turns hia bed % u viii face In
another direction. She maintains from
her long experience 10 catering 10 the
comfort of travellers that some are
East and wesfers." while others are
North and southers.7 or west and
kasiern." when h comes 10 sleeping
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1924-02-28
A Tale of the Flatwoods
By DAVID ANDERSON
Author q The Blue Moon"
Copyright By The Bobbs- Merrill Co.

past-the past with rs dlsappoint
ments. IL Misunderstanding It's
/ tragedy.
In bold hand that wayered slight
iy-unmlstakably the hand OF an Old
man-the big envelope was addressed
euriously enough. 10 Jack Warhope,
with the legend-"Not 70 be opened
until his twenty FIRST birthday"
After a moment the old man FUN
bied some legal-iooking papers out Of
the envelope: read them through with
great care; replaced them; sealed the
envelope and put II IN his pocket. Then
he walked 10 the safe; dropped the
empty locket behind some papers at
the very back Of IL: closed the door
locked II and strayed aimlessly out 10
the porch again.
The shadows Of the fine old trees Ia
the yard were creeping well eastward.
The preacher stu a truant from his
studies, was with Texie at the spring.
Just over the brink Of the decline
where the yard dipped 10 the park
ike orchard. be could see them-the
girl on the rustic seat. the tall form
OF the young minister Iounging against
a fork OF the huge maple.
The drone OF their voices carried M
10 the lonesome old man. at a loss how
% spend the hours OF his enforced
dleness, and the splintered ruins Of
What had once been smile for a mo-
nent chased the WEAKNESS from his
raggy old battlement of face. He
ragged a chair TO a sunny spot of 4
he porch and sat down. Il
The girl. hearing the scrape OF the }
hair, sprang up. 0
Father !" she cried. Hes ND"
springing over the gnarled exposed (
pots OF the great maple, abe hurried 4
p the yard half laughing back over "
er shoulder at tho preachers mine
x steps as he followed
She iew 10 the porch. and In a mo-
ent her arms we're around the weary
'ay figure In the chair. Ia
"Frgiye me. father-I didn't know n
u was up r I'd a. come sooner"
Jaw, that's all right" he drawled.
ant expect young folks T. waste e
err time on old ones" az
mo. mol Not waste" She smoothed ia
hair. I'm so sorry rrgot-your
cd day at home. too" at
The old man patted her face and re ba
'ured her, In a voice that the people wi
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1924-02-28

who borrowed his money had never
heard.
wy. child. | got up only a little
BIT ago. an thought Ia Us, set out on
the porch a while It's kinda--lone-
some in the house"
"And DO yu feel better after y'ur
napf" the giri asked glowingly happy
az his endcarments-en dcarments that
had been all too rare.
oceans" was his answer. with a
grimace az the Idea OF the nap-a
grimaee that he suppressed Just In
time 20 keep her FROM seeing Good
as new. I bon wonderln' why YIN
never tuck Nfr Hopkins hossback
ridin' Y'u sint even showed I'm y'ur
new saddle hoss, have y'ur
~nrownlet F'r wonder. I haint.
Hut this Is the first time he's ever
ben here. except az nlght-and he's
travelled = much and knows = much
that didnt Tow he'd care about
hesses We've ilst ben taking about
Ken
The old banker bent his head and
nmhied with a lcosened screw o. TIE
.hairarrn The girl CARED cut acroSs
he wide bottoms 70 the river The
'rcacher took cut bis handkerchief:
iervcusly brushed away speck q
lust from bis coat sleeve: put & back.
~Brownlc.~ the xiri repeated after a
line. her eyes turning back from tho
liver g. the pieu<ly psaSive face "
he preacher would yu earv = see
err
III would give me the greatest pleas
re- was bis answer. In the studied
nd fauitlcss though somewhat stilted
ictlon % the period.
Il could talk y'u q death about err
4 should die happy he answered
The giri was - srtless and un-
peiied that the nstfsry. uits a. Il
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1924-02-28

Rubber balls dropped to the ground
Hattsn almost into hemisphere al
the moment OF impact. but do Il 50
quickly the eye cannot go Il
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1924-02-28

Carrier pigeons rcrmaiiy nv AZ the
rate Of about thirty 70 thirty SIX miles
an hour. but when ~homlng~ they can
reach a speed Of sixty miles an hour
or more.
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1924-02-28

Charles. do you love me as well a.
fou fhoughi you would before We we're
marfisdf"
4 didn't think before We were mar
red IL dinner Feadyr
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1924-02-28

/ When state legislature diea,
7 there are usually no flowers
I The average man will 20 out
I. OF his way TO meet temptation.
1 A crank is a nuisance uatl
I he becomes rich. Then he Is an
eccentric.
II is all right to say what Won
: think If your think-cap is all
right and your thoughts are 10
: the right channel.
The man who marries the
wrong girl may console himself
with the thought that the right
one would not have him.
There were some pretty hot
days during the summer, bur :
nothing compared 10 sitting as
a judge In a baby show. I
- !
The fellow who has been /
raised in an impure atmosphere I
often takes offense at the rose /
scented life Of his neighbor. I
- 1
Home often is merely a place I
where you get your mail. /
= +
Never marry for money until I
you are sure Of getting It. +
GO. 1924. Western Newspaper Union.) 7
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1924-02-28

Nothing better than Cuticura Soap
daily and Ointment HOW and then as
Needed 70 make tho complexion clear.
scalp clean and hands soft and white.
Add 10 this the fascinating, fragrant
cuticura Taicufn. and you have the
cuucura Toilet io.--Advertisement
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1924-02-28

FOR all local aches and palms due 10
taking cold o. over eaertion II an
Aileork'a iiasfer--Adv.
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1924-02-28

When ! It's man . remembers IT,
when ! itH a man . don't. Pear.
sons Weekly.
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1924-02-28

what does a tightwad do during
lhrift week? Squeeze the eagle a
little more firmly.
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1924-02-28

Homes are cleaner now than they
were generation ago, claims a writer
Sure, they're used less.
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1924-02-28

Many parents think it is called
higher education because of the book
prices.
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1924-02-28

Grandfather carried hot water to the
pump; his grandson carries it to the
radiator.
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1924-02-28

Explains How to Avoid Road
Bumps The simplest method would
be TO detour.
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1924-02-28

One Of Europes leading industries
since the war is photographing new
cabinets.
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1924-02-28

A smart fool Il dangerous and an TX.
noFant one Ia more 90.
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1924-02-28

It's an awful" thing for a child to
be hungry, German or other nation
atty.
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1924-02-28


Slicsrx. Coios-~@I was sick Tor two
yvzfs. could not regain my Old time
strength after motherhood. had mo-
APPETITE and was 80 nervous | could
see sie<p. lost hlteen pounds Ia
wight Ny UtrrrSis ~. thought 1
bad hung trooble. | got So thin and
p<k. An the medicine the doctors
esv~ sne taiied 60 help me. One day
! fvAd about Dr. Piefee's Goldea
hed<zi Discovery and decided % try
= | got . bottle right away and after
tAs hfsi lew doses | began 10 feel
h~tisf. | took four bottles aud Il
e<ftzlniy did woaiers lof me. cant
50 toe much foe this Medical Dis
sossfy aud always recommend Il 10
spy irssndss Mira A. A. White.
Whsa fun-doun ycu can quickly
p<sk 40 snd frSsla vim. vixor. vitality
ky ebsasninx thls Medical Discovery
~ IN, Fsses's az your aesrrst drug
pore 10 tablets ~ hQulf. % srad iOc
~ ussi psE 10 Df, fssssrs Invalid
Hotel ba14le. N. X.
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1924-02-28

Life has its ups and downs, but
the price Of gasoline has mostly ups.
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1924-02-28

Knit ties should be the prevailing
style for European diplomats.
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1924-02-28

When a fool has nothing to say ne
Is never satisfied until he says it.
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1924-02-28
SAID IN EARNEST

Better a wise enemy than a fool
friend.
/ Not so much watch and pray" as
work and pray.
Men sometimes marry their ideals
If they have money.
There is good in every man If you
really care for him.
The man who does his best seldom
has TO look for a job.
An argument is used to promote I'M
necessary conversation.
Unconventional people can be as
tiresome as the conventional brand.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-03-04
Bangor Hoop Five
| Are Entered for
~. of NJ. Tourney

Bangor March 3-The manage
ment of the Bangor high school
basketball team has filed application
for entrance to the University of
Maine interscholastic basketbaii
tournament that starts at Orono
Thursday, March 6, and continues
throughout the week. and there is
no doubt but what the Crimson VIII
he among the teams in action at the
tourney, although no notice has been
received ut the high school office ol
the acceptance of the application as
vet, but it is expected daily.
The Bangor team has won its four
straight games defeating all except
Deering on foreign courts. DcerinS
was figured n tough nut for the
Crimson to handle. but the Crimson
had little DIFFICULTY with the flack
crew. Then the Crimson went oft
on n real rampage and defeated
South Portland and Maine central
Institute in their own baliwicks. al
though il took them two overtime
periods to lick NJ. &. |. and then ac-
Complished the seemingly Impossible
by licking Portland high $50 in
the Portland high school gymnasium
Saturday night. upsetting the dope
nail and taking a great deal OF con-
ceit out of the Wanted Blue.
After reviewing the work of the
Crimson in the last few games u
seems reasonable to place them as
Tho favoritcs for the coming school
boy meet and II they survive the
tourney they can be really classed as
the champs of the state, an honor
that they won last season and have
defended this year with "A fair de-
gree OF success. At the Bates tour
ney Portland. Rumford. Morse m@n
and Edward Little have been select
ed to compete. Bangor holds verdicts
over all except Edward Little, not
having met the Eddies this winter,
and have lost to Rumford and Morse
on their own courts. But on neu-
trail court followers OF the Crimson
feel cotindent that the Crimson can
take them all.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-03-04
COLBY HOCkEYMEN
ARE AWARDED &c"
BY ATHLETIC ASSN.
Especial to Kennebec JournaD

Waterville, March Eight players
an coach and manager OF hockey at
Colby College were awarded the minor
&c" by the Colby Athletic Association
tonight at a meeting held in Savings
Bank building. The men to receive
their letters in hockey are as follows:
Captain Grenville e. +. Vale, "a. Glen
cove, n. Y: John A. MCGOWAN. Jr.. '2S.
of Cambridge. Mass: Henry Meurs, 's6,
Of North Vassalboro: Ellsworth W. Mil
lett, %. OF Whitman, Mass: Lewis r.
McBay. rs. OF New Bedford, Mass;
William +. Fagerstrom. &c. OF Wor-
cester, Mass: Richard J. Pike. "a, OF
winthrop. Mass; and Harland +. Rad
cliffe. '2S. OF Melrose Highland, Mass.
Coach Euclid Healy and Manager Jo-
seph P. Gorham, '25. of Houlton were
also awarded letters.
A single honor was given to Rad
cliffe. who was graduated from college
last June. He was awarded the Colby
&C" for promoting hockey and doing
so much for the sport before ii was
recognized by the athletic association.
Radcliffe played left wing on the Col
by team for three years. Pike was
also awarded letter for the service
all the four years he has been in col
lege.
John a. Barnes. "a. is to make a
trip to Sanford this week 10 confer
with Coach Freddie Parent about base
ball prospects and the exact date the
Colby diamond mentor will arrive at
Waterville.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-03-04
Capital City Rifle
Pair Issue State
Wide Challenge Shoot

During the past year Mrs. Lee
ana l have tried with no success to
md man and woman In New Eng
Iland capable Of giving us some COM
petition with rifle, pistol and shot
gun.
!. We have broadcasted our chal-
'IengeS IN magazines. newspapers and
WhtrMiso-evcn going so far as to
IVuer 500 in cash to any mixed team
'N0o could defeat us with the three
weapons.
Claiming the title Of Mixed Team
, hampsons Of New England-we
10" issue the following challenge,
hoping that we can stir up interest
lm NE shooting game locally:
=, We wish to meet any two men IN
Maine Who care TO compete. on the
following terms:
hiiie 10 shots offhand, so IT. tar
set' IN shots sitting. so TT. target:
~ shots prone. so IT. target.
KITE 10 shots at apples tossed in
, Shotgun, IS clay birds. hand trap.
tistol, 10 shots at clay birds sta
uonary 30 #.
Pistol, 10 shots at clay birds tossed
Ain air.
-, The above match to be for the ALL
tnound Firearms Championship Of
maine Nobody barred.
(Signed) KENNETH F. LEE,
ETHEL w. LEE.
New England Mixed Team
ChampionsS
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-03-04

at n Bangor hotel as man and wife
last Friday.
White and Gray were partners in a
pulpwood operation in Orland and mad
lately sold off their camp. horses and
other property. They were last seen
together last Thursday, when they
came to Bangor to sell some horses.
leaving here in company for their
camp in Orlatd. y man who called at
the camp on Friday to see Gray was
tcld by White that Gray had gone TO
Ellsworth. but the sheriff finds that
tits was untrue. On the same day
White and his sister, Mrs. Gray. came
to Bangor. posing rs man and wlfe
and on Saturday left. saving they
were going TO WaterviIle. Since then
no trace of them has been discovered.
Grav's mother was here tonight and
saws that when she last saw him on
Thursday he had about $500 in cash.
On Tuesday the sheriff will search
the camp and the surrounding woods
and drag Long Pond, nearby. White
is about 81: weighs 20: and is very
powerful Gray's age is given as 30,
his vifes as is.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-03-04
Mrs. Harris Tells
Life Story in Fight
Against Annulment

New York, Mar. 3-Mrs. Eleanor
Elaine Harris, who is fighting a
marriage annulmefft suit brought by
her banker husband, Beverly ID. Har-
ris. took the witness stand this af-
ternoon to deny charges that she was
Cnce a notorious character of the
Memphis, Tenn. underworld.
Mrs. Harris told a detailed story
Of her life from girlhood. as far as
she remembered it, bearing out in
almost every detail the testimony of
her aunt. Mrs. Alice Pace, given by
deposition last week and by her ED
er sister. Mrs. Rocha Corder, who
preceded Mrs. Harris on the stand.
She said she had discovered she
was born out of wedlock about the
time Raynor took her to a private
school, near Pasadena, Cal, in 1908.
She said before the wedding she had
told this to Harris. adding that she
had every reason to believe Raynor
was her father. Asked what the
banker had said. size replied:
He told me he loved unusual
children. He said Alexander Hamil-
ton was q love child and told me OF
several other famous people who
were the same"
Asked IL she ever had improper re-
lations with Raynor, she replied:
Il never did and no one knows
that better than the plaintiff"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-03-04
CRUCIAL CLASHES
between FRAT HOOP
TEAMS TODAY
Special to The Kennebec JournaD

Especial to The kennebec JournaI)
Waterville. Mar. 3.-Tomorrow
afternoon will witness the crucial
clash between the fraternity basket
ball teams at Colby college in the
intermurai league when the Delta
Epsilon and Alpha Tau Omega ag-
gregations will face each other on
the court to decide who will meet
the non-fraternity team in the final
play-off for the trophy.
The winner of the game tomor-
row afternoon will be tied with the
fast non-fraternity aggregation for
staged in the college gymnasium
sometime next week. probably some
evening. after which there will be
a dance. These two games should
bring out a large crowd of fans as
both have all the promises of being
of the highest calibre.
The game tomorrow will be toss
up between the two teams with an
equal chance of either winning it,
The Delta Epsilon five have cleaned
up every game to date with the lone
exception of the non-fraternity bat
tie two weeks ago. This game was
lost to the Delta u aggregation by
only. few points and as a result
of over-confidence and lack of prac-
tice. The superior team work of
the mountaineering five upset all the
dope and slid the Delta Us into sec
ond place. The Alpha Tau Omega
basketeers have also cleaned up this
season with the lone exception of the
Phi Delta Theta contest. in which
they were outclassed but lost only
by a small margin. The Alpha Tau
Omega five upset the non-fraternity
aggregation ear lier in the season.
AS a preliminary game before the
big battle. the Phi Delta Theta and
lambda Chi Alphas will clash on
the court. 1t should be an easy win
for the Phi Delta Theta crew as the
Lambda Chi team has been losing
regularly. Coach Ray Haines of CO.
burn Classical Institute has been Sc
lected to officiate at the game to-
morrow afternoon so that there will
be no Partially in the decisions.
The standing of the fraternity
teams in the league to date is as
follows: