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The Washington times., 1924-03-05
ONE of the most curious as
well as Interesting charac.

0NE Of the most curious as
well as interesting charac.
ters in all the history Of
femininity-from psychological
standpoint-is the gifted German
writer, Bettina Won Arnim.
From the time when she was
but sixteen until she was thirty
three she lavished an affection
that amounted almost to idolatry
upon a man of sixty, described as
such confirmed egotist as to
have been untouched by any quail
ity in the girls love save that
Of its sheer flattery.
However, the letters she wrote
to Goethe during the seventeen
years of her life have come down
as a marvellous contribution to
literature. They are published as
the Correspondents of Goethe
with a Child" though, according
to Mrs. Hale, the writer, the let
tiers seem more like the rawlings
Of an opium eater than the feel
ings Of female SOUL"
Bettina was the daughter of
General Brentano, who died of
wounds in the Prussian service.
She became the favorite of
Goethe's mother, who resided in
Frankfort and whose love for her
talented son influenced the view
point Of the girl.
THE remarkable Platonio affeo-
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Those French Air BattleShipS
They Have a Warning for Us.

The British Prime Minister tells Poncare that he
understand the military preparations Of France especially the
Ramsay Macdonald understands it QUITE well.
The French military machine and the fighting air fleet
especially say to the British Empire, mind YOUR business
Don't interfere with U.S. You rule the WE NOW RULE
THE AIR. and that gives the real power in this world
I'm Napoleon day that little channel kept you safe In
this day air fleet from its great base Mount Saint
Michel could strike and destroy London including the royal
palaces within six hours of declaration of war;
Macdonald like every Englshman understands well the
meaning Of the French air fleet Will the of THIS
country understand and begin to show signs Of interest
in it?
Today everybody knows that arshp sent from Paris
could bomb London Berlin that afternoon long
will it be before such airshp will be within striking dis
lance Of Washington? We have royal palaces but
have royal banks and considerable populations suffer
through foolish waiting
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HEROINES OF HISTORY
Girl Who Was Under Spell of Great Poet
By MARK STUYVESANT

ton between the great poetical
artist and the child is Of a char
acter which could never have
happened but in Germany, where
philosophy is half sister to ro-
NANCE" Mrs. Hale wrote.
"Yet we cannot read the burn
ing expressions of Bettina with
out sadness when rejecting that
q maiden of sixteen thus lavished
the rich treasures of her affec-
ton on a man sixty years old,
whose head had been indurated
by such a long course of gross
sensuality as must have made
him impenetrable in his selfish
egotism to any real sympathy
with her enthusiasm"
Goethe. of course, was married
during these years - having
united himself in matrimony with
his housekeeper.
Eventually, however, Bettina
came out from under his spell.
She then married Ludwig Won
Arnim, poet and novelist.
They found happiness together.
Upon their removal to Berlin
they entertained endlessly, and
Bettina became a star in the
social as we'll as In the literary
world.
After the death of her husband,
Bettina divided her time between
her writing and her charities.
Copyright, 1924, by Newspaper Feature
Service, Incl
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DIR. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
By DIR. FRANK CRANE.
The Meaning of Rooms.

A HUMAN being secretes its Room crustaceau its
"A she'll
Your Room, like any other forthputting indicates
your soul.
There is something that betrays you in the photographs
your dresser in the motto the WALL in the hang the
curtains and in the way you turn the piano.
The amount OF money spent adornment makes little
difference room may be interesting though poor, and
abominable though rich, just with folks.
Among Rooms have all met, let there be noted l)
the Homebodys Room where every article of furniture be-
speaks love in purchase and comfort in The minute
you that old sofa you know it not bought at
store but either handed down by Aunt Maria picked
out auction secondhand shop. 1t not bought
because it needed but because one fell in love
with it. There is bird cat flower in the Home
bodys Room because the occupant loves home ties and
routine duties
Just the opposite is (2) the Hoteish Room Everything
in is for anybody hence attractive to nobody No matter
how deep the cushonng Of the armchars and how eabo
rate the carving Of the table legs how pretty the
clock and how the framed prints it all sms you
heartless painted woman 1t is about personal
a carrier and as honey as mausoeum.
The Room (3) with geranium blooming in the window
tells Of certain kind Of For there be for
whom plant will grow.
The az Cluttered Room fits the tousled soul. Wall
covered with infinite pictures cards. ornaments; bureau
thick with toilet implements and rcabrac that
it looks like department store counter; chairs, tables
lamp stands crowded in curiosity shop. What jungle
personality to enjoy living in close a tange!
The (5 Bare Room, severe, ostentatousy nude
furnishings: some one with program lives there.
The 6) Tidy Room, everything sweepable swept every
thing polshabe polished everything scrubabe scrubbed
everything Unstable busted You know her. too, who feels
dirt sin, the feline SOUL goveted to conventions
whom morality conformity.
The 7) Booky Room where book the pieces Of
resistance and books everywhere on Shelves scat
tered stands, piled heaped srewn 1t the nest Of the
reading gourmand, the voracious Of letters, the
literary larva. You to the occupant, standing
with book in his hand under each arm, another held
between his knees dozen swarmed about his feet.
May be listed also () the Room cheap and gaudy 9)
the Room expensive where each piece shreks it's high
price, (O) the Room that invites ease caressng you to
comfort and W the Room SNOWY radiatng stiffness and
formay also (12) Mans Room with things handy and
smells ppy and (3) the Womans Room, with things deli
cate and fral perfumes.
Add to these Jaily Rooms Hospitality Rooms, Officey
ROOMS Boarding Housey Rooms Rooms Paatal and Rooms
Snug; does the Human Creature build his lair.
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vivify the narrative, God is never
represented as personally. and
with His hands," creating any
thing whatever.
In verses IL and IL Of the first
chapter Of Genesis we are told
that God said: Let the earth
bring forth grass" etc, and "the
earth brought forth grass" ETC.,
and God saw that it was good"
Could there be a palmer state
ment that God worked by law,
1. e., by evolution, and not by dis.
continuous performances with His
"own hands?" He implanted the
principle, or the seeds of life in
the earth itself, and when the
earth had obeyed the law and
drought forth" living things God
examined the product and found
that it was all right, and that the
principle of evolution by which
he intended to develop the earth
and its creatures was sound and
suitable for His purposes. Can
you interpret what Genesis says
in any more evident sense than
that?
But this Is not all. Go on. and
from verse 20 forward. zee how
God called upon first the waters
and then the land to bring forth
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"HREE New York judges, Of
supreme court and appellate
u court rank, gave a unani.
nous decision the other night in
favor Of the negative at the close
Of a. debate between two clergy.
men on the formal proposition:
Resolved, That the earth and
man came by evolution"
But this may not be as bad as
1t looks, for probably the decision
was based, not on the merits Of
the case itself, but on the merits
Of the presentation of the re-
spective sides. DR.. Straton, the
successful debater. shrewdly in.
trenched himself behind the 'bur-
den of proof" convention, which
he would have found very awk-
ward thing to deal with IL his
opponent had got behind It first.
The latter seems to have bowed
to the right Of the first taker,
and DR.. Straton kept his ad.
vantage.
The winner Of the debate is re.
ported to have made such asser.
tons as that. without the story Of
creation told in the Book Of
Genesis. there IL no way to &C.
count for the beginning Of the
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abundantly." To be sure, In later
verses it is said that "God ere.
ated" or God made" these things,
but the context shows plainly
that these subordinate statements
are only figurative repetitions of
the general truth already told,
and are intended for simple minds
as we write fables with only a
heart Of fact, to suit the mentality
Of children.
And then we come to verses
1928, in which the creation Of
man is described; but, while the
phrase about bringing forth" is
not again repeated, but God is
only said to have created" them,
yet Is 1t possible to assume any
fundamental distinction in the
method? He made man "in His
own image" Surely that does
not apply simply to the human
form, which is only a special case
OF the vertebrate mammalian
form as a circle is a special case
OF the ellipse. What is distinctive
of man Is brain development, and
IL there is anything whatever that
science has proved It il the grad.
ual evolution of the brain from
the reptilian up to the human
stage.
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WORDS OF WISE MEN

N RROR is a hardy plant- flourshes in every soil
- Good and soft words have brought many
difficult thing to pass.
When feels the apprehension Of friend seconded
in his heart he is easily heated into resentment.
We built statues Of snow and weep to them melt
Sefcontemplation is invariably the symptom of disease
be it or be it not the
repentance.
An unruy patient makes harsh physician.
He who has chosen a subject according to his power
will want neither suitable language nor lucid arrangement
When the people have other tyran their public
opinion becomes one
Whatever is popular deserves attention.
Worth is by worth in every rank admired
Copyright 1884, By
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earth! And that, unless the
Bible account Of the creation of
man Is true, we know absolutely
nothing about the way in which
man appeared upon this planet!
The gap between dead matter
and sentient life has never been
oridged except by guesses!"
After that read the Genesis &C.
count itself. Does 1t say, any
where. that 1t Is THE word Of
God? 1t makes dogmatic state.
ments as to what God did, but 1t
bears no verification stamp and
offers no evidence, either in sup.
port OF its specific assertions or
concerning its right to be re.
garded as a presentation of the
only and the full truth.
On the contrary, it bears on it's
race the marks of what DR..
Straton, IL he were on the other
side In the controversy, would de-
nominate guessing" 1t is
theory OF cosmogony, suited to the
time OF its composition. But what
Is most remarkable about IL is it's
evolution!
Except here and there. where
tiSurauve expression IL used 70
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Various Things

General Persng reaches the retirement age sxtyour
next September but Senator Wadsworh has introduced
bill to retain him in active service General Pershing is in
his prime and national asset but army officers may
applaud his retention his retirement would advance
ment for all In time Of peace officers rise in single f
like people an escalator.
In all countries the relatives Of criminals suffer more than
the criminals All the electric chairs scafods in America
combined gave their victims the agony which
dured by the mother Of one who is executed.
It like call from another age to speak of wild
horses in the age Of gasoline engines but up in British
Columbia the untamed animals have damaged ranches and
grazing lands and enced domestic animals
away from their orderly lives So there's to be spring
roundup and the wild ones will be sold for five dollars
head
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Once-Overs
Copyright 1894 by International Feature Service Incl
Do Away With School Girl Vamps.


Look here little girl you of the long rings patent
leather eyebrows with dab Of red paint your cheeks
and your slit OF mouth, you must array yourself like
an Apache, keep it out of school.
School is no place for the little wouldbe vamps
Ii you could have your choice would you be moth with
only few hours to live would be real wholesome
and whoesouled girl.
Do you know that you have only few years in which
to get an education.
Ii your mind the Of your eye the cut
Of your head covering much that useful and
will stick in later life. n.
Trouble is that you do not believe all the things mother
and teacher in denouncng sensees adornment of
actress type when 1t comes to wearing it in everyday e
SO you continue to spoil your complexion and cheaper
yourself with tawdry ewey and appear in public-a sight
1t IS not sin to deck yourself like Indian Fiji
Islander IN your own home if you want to do it, but
the public and of all things be respectable looking
to and from school
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gentlebred old English
told of the rule which held in her home If guest by
any chance committed blunder mispronounced word
and necessary for Of the household repeat the
act word the guests presence THE ERROR MUST BE
REPEATED IN ORDER TO SAVE THE GUEST NORTH
FICATION. That truly fine breeding Etiquette
such that laid the foundation for beautiful enduring
relationships But the etiquette which merely
ssts in perfnctory gestures without the backing of kind
intelligence, is merely monkey mimicry.
Faures
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From which you may rightly gather that I'm strong
for books Of etiquette But I'm strong for the stund
which often made of these very useful volumes Side
by side with the advertisements should go this warming
LEARN HOW TO USE YOUR HEART
AS WE'LL AS YOUR HEAD OR ALI,
THESE INSTRUCTIONS ARE IN VAIN
Social culture is very fine thing if as your Breed
ing increases your Brotherness doesn't decrease It's
most valuable to know how the right fork voursef
CopyriRh III
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By ELSIE ROBINSON

but it's even more valuable to keep a proper
appreciation of the fellow who doesn't use
the right fork. Some Of the greatest char
acters in history have had mongrel manners.
We err greatly if we judge human value by
surface gestures, and we make our own
claim to breeding ridiculous if we snub
another because of his ignorance.
THE GREATEST RULE OF Ell
QUETTE, THE ONLY RULE
WHICH CHANGES NOT WITH
TIME OR CLINE, IS THE RULE
OF KINDNESS IF YOU'RE
NOT KIND YOU'RE A BOAR
THOUGH YOUR MANNERS BE
THE CHOICEST CLOISONNE.
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LISTEN, WORLD!

WHERE'S big sale Of books on etiquette
these days. That's a good sign. We
Il could do well with few hints on
politeness. AS nation we're far too given
to nudging, showing, shouting, grabbing and
ramping around generally. We mean we'll,
but we often act like heck.
We would save ourselves much embar-
rassment and contribute greatly to the public
comfort If wee invest in these books and
memorlze few OF the chapters. Etiquette
is simply a compilation of trail rules,
whereby one may do the common deed in
the most graceful and considerate manner
So, a knowledge Of etiquette not only
adds personal polish but it increases the
comfort of all those whom one meets
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The TeeIning Times
By TINY TESSIE.

Turn spades OF soil toward the sun
And plant your seeding hay,
Place flowers gay at friendships
Today's the first of May.
In days when fairies lived and
Queen Nab on milk white moth
Rode swiftly to each Seeding plant
With magic fairy cloth.
While fairies watched for mortal
tread.
Nab busted off each flower,
And to this day, the first of May.
Gives seeds their growing power
Judge Klecka seems to know lot
About official stations,
And like a homing bird can spot
Where each man keeps his
rations.
Whine guilty drys Quaksd in their
And wished they were not wet,
Judge Klecka gr1nned because ne
He'll catch them at it yet.
Ma johnson has the real idea
OF life's most useful living;
She's sent a plea to Pa, / hear,
To use the time he's giving
To come back home. where pigs is
pigs
And happen on in litters,
Where gentle cows at milking time
Moo softly at the sitters.
IT'S said that Ma Just couldn't stand
The social customs here,
But piggies cute, with sntffy snoot'
Beat aLy social band.
They do not talk behind your back,
And II some etiquette they lack,
Whate'er they get, they think IL
And do not criticise their, food.
The cowlets with their brown eyes
big
> Are even more fun than a pig;
They chew your dress with fond
And as veal chops take no re-
dress.
I think Ma has the right idea
To say that Life's not halcyon
here;
Intoxicating politics
Is not good food for glorious
hicks.
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BUCHOLZ AIDS
!. CHILD RELIEF
FUND
Hotel Man Gives $500 to
Boost Total for Ger
man Children.

A contribution of $500 from Gus
Bucholz, proprietor of the Occi.
dental Hotel and restaurant, today
boosted the fund being collected by
the Washington division of the
American committee for the Relief
of German Children.
The committee announced today
that students in the Washington
high schools, business colleges, com.
mercial and private schools are
actively aiding the movement by
voluntarily tipping letters and ad.
dressing envelopes carrying appeals
for aid which are being sent to
thousands Of Washfngtonians.
The following institutions are par
ticipating in this work: Eastern
High, Central High, Columbia Jr.
High, Washington School for Secre-
taries, Stewards Business College,
Columbia Business School, Boyd 8
Business College, Washington Bust
ness College, Woods Commercial
College, Temple School, st. Roses
Technical School, st. Patrick's Ac-
ademy and Immaculate Conception
Academy.
The gratitude of German school
children for the food sent them by
the American Relief Committee is
revealed in a communication re-
ceiVed by General Henry T. Allen.
national chairman, from Helene viii
lig, a school teacher of Homberg.
who stated that girls of her class
on their own initiative wrote letters
Of thanks.
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Ed. ROOSEVELT
SPURS SMITH
BOOM
Odds on NY. Governor Shorten
as Former Navy Official
Works for Him.
BY international News Service.

NEW YORK, May Franklin
d. Roosevelt, former Assistant Sec.
rotary of the Navy. and Democratic
candidate for Vice President in 1920,
who has been designated by Gov.
Alfred e. Smith to head the cit!-
zens' committee which will press
Smiths campaign for the nOmina-
ton for President on the Demo-
cratic ticket, began today organic
ing the committee, Political lead.
ers in various parts OF the State
will be represented on the commit
tee.
Immediately on announcement
that Roosevelt had been selected to
continue the pre-cOnventton organi'
cation labor temporarily halted BY
the death Of Charles F. Murphy,
betting odds on Smiths chances to
receive the nomination shortened.
One brokerage firm offered $4,000
at to IN Smith would win the
nomination and another $4,000 at
1 to 6h he would be elected Presi-
dent. The last quoted odds were
1 to 8 on the nomination and / to
Z on the election.
Roosevelt declared his committee
would be named within a week and
would number anywhere from
80 to 300."
He asserted the unit rule. against
tho adoption of which he led the
fight at the convention in San
Francisco four years ago, will con-
tinue to be obsolete.
1--WE want no unit rule in the
coming convention" ne said. "and
we don't need 1t to nominate Gov
ernOr Smith. 1t IL un-American
and a thing Of the past"
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BERL|NERS IN
HEL|COP TER
CONTEST
Father and Son Seeking
British Prize for YER
teal Flying Plane.

Emile Berliner, 1853 Columbia
road northwest, and, his son, Henry,
WIN have conducted successful tests
with their helicopters At College
Park over period Of two years,
are among the sixteen contestants
Tor the British air ministry's $780,
900 prize for planes that ascend
vertically. The Ber1iners have been
experimenting on helicopters for
the past sixteen years. Recently
Henry Berliner has been carrying
on alone the experimental work be.
gun by his father.
A cable from London received to-
0ay disclosed that the list for
entrants closed yesterday. Most Of
the other entrants are non-British.
It has been reported for some time
that the Berliners had invented
hetcopter easy to control and one
IN which oscillation had been over
come. Air Service officials have
been interestedly following the Col
lege Park tests. This is the first
time the Berliners have entered the
British contest.
Mr.. Berliner built his latest ma
chine at his own expense. The mat
ter then was taken up with the
United States Air Service here.
Lieut.. Harold r. Harris. said to be
one Of the best American authorities
on helicopters, was detailed to co.
operate in the College Park tests.
Following the successful tests,
Lieut.. Harris and Mr.. Berliner con-
1erred at McCook Field, Dayton,
Ohio.
The elder Berliner invented the
loose contact telephone tIansmitter
In 1877, the gramophene in 1887
and perfected the present method
OF duplicating disc records.
1t is said in official and civilian
circles in London there is little
belief that any Of the entrants in
the air ministry contest will be
able to fulfill the extremely severe
tests required. These requirements
specify that helicopters must carry
during the tests a pilot, sufficient
fuel for an hours flight and $50
pounds OF military load. The vari-
Gus test flights required must be
carried out in ground wind Of
NOT less than five or more than
twenty miles an hour.
The machines must make a YER
teal flight of 1000 feet altitude, re-
naming at that height for @ half
hour over prescribed area. Then,
In another test, the 1900 feet alti.
tude must be attained by vertical
flight, after which the machine
must fly horizontally over given
ground points, and finally descend
vertically from q height of not less
than 500 feet with the engine not
running, the landing to take place
within a 100-foot radius of a given
ground point. In each case the con-
testing machines must land without
damage to themselves.
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U.S.|S URGED To
JOIN WORLD
COURT |
Senate Committee Continues
Hearing With Advocates
Giving Opinions.
By international News Service.


Continuing its hearings on the
world court. the Senate Foreign Re-
lations Committee today heard Theoy
dore Marburg. Of Baltimore. former
ambassador to Belgium. Prof. Man
ley o. Hudson, Of Harvard Univer
sity, and Dean John H. Latane, Of
Johnson Hopkins University.
AS a 'former officer of the Ameri-
can Society for the Judicial Settles
ment Of International Disputes.
Marburg urged adherence to the
Permanent Court Of international
Justice because It could perform
for nations the tmmeaurable service
which ordinary courts give to in.
dividuals."
Prof. Hudson said that the
League Of Nations Coutr had been
called in England replica Of the.
Supreme Court of the United
States" and declared that 1t repre-
scented the logical development of a.
movement underway for a genera
ton.
Prof. Latane said: ''It is not a.
new problem in international reia-t
tionship; IT il wholly a question Of
accepting an established institution,
Of high character, and making ef-'
fectiVe all the fine things which
have been said by US in favor Of.
such an agency Of advanced civil3
iZafion."
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KELLER PLANS
NEW WELFARE
MEASURE
Congressman Indicates No
Action Will Be Taken
This Session.

There il scant hope for consld-
Grafton of local. welfare legislation
by Congress during the present
session, It was indicated today by
Congressman Oscar e. Keller, Of
Minnesota, chairman Of the welfare
subcommittee Of the House District
Committee.
A determined lobby against the
department of public welfare bill
now before the committee has re-
suited in q decision on the part
of Congressman Keller to discard
the measure and prepare one of
his own which WIN satisfy the OBJ
jections. This bill he expects to
Introduce In the House soon.
It Is believed that tho Keller bin
viii eliminate the welfare board of
nine members, proposed by the well
fare commission and substitute a
director. This change has been
asked by opponents OF the present
bill.