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LEGENDRE DID NOT BREAK THE
RECORD IN BROAD JUMP.
preston News service)

preston News Service)
. NEW YORK, July 24.-Robert Le-
Gendre, who, it is reported, establish
ed new worlds record in the broad
jump at the Olympics in Colonies,
France, failed to leap Is feet, inches,
A further check revealed the fact, it
is claimed, that LeGendre leaped "a
feet, six inches. The record of Ned
Gourdin, of Harvard, who leaped %
feet, inches, two years ago to new
worlds mark, still stands.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-07-26
HOLT ON PITTSBURGH GIANTS.
preston News Service)

(PreSt0n NEWS SerVlceJ
PITTSBURGH, PA, July 25.-The
Pittsburgh Giants have been strength
ened by the addition of Holt, formerly
with the original Pittsburgh Keystones
and then with Toledo, Meadville and
other clubs; and Hammond, who, dur.
ing the early part of this season, play
ed with the Cleveland Browns.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-07-26

Record Attendance Assured for Tiger
Flowers-Harry Greb Match. Pro-
moter Raymond Bronson Has Al
ready Received Enough Reservations
to Insure one of the Largest Attend
ances Ever Recorded in an OIi"
Match.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-07-26
ONE GOD, ONE AIM, ONE DESTINY
FELLOW MEN OF THE NEGRO
RACE GREETINGS.


The Universal Negro Improvement
Associations all over the world are
preparing to put over the greatest pro
gram in the history Of man; and we
the men and women Of Richmond can
not afford to let this, the greatest OPP
portunity pass unnoticed. We must d.
our bit. The Richmond division Of the
Universal Negro Improvement Associ.
alton has just opened its doors OF our
new home No. 2714 @ Street
Our meeting hours are on Sundays
from 4 to 6 P. NJ; Tuesdays from $3.50
to 1920 P. M. ALI men, women and
children are welcome.
s-|-~
Fraternally yours.
Universal Negro improvement Associ-
alton Richmond, 193rd Division.
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f0~ ~ =. a11RR5ka q
Hastings Court Part l.
City of Richmond, July 16, 1924.
FLORENCE BRAXTON, 49,. Plaintiff


FLORENCE BRAXToN, .....Plaintiff
VS..
JOSEPH H. BRAXTON, Defendant
The object Of this suit is to obtain
for the plaintiff an absolute divorce
from the defendant upon the grounds
of wilful and continuous desertion and
abandonment for more than three
years prior to the commencement OF
this suit
And an affidavit having been made
and flied that the defendant is not a
resident Of the State of Virginia, it Is
ordered that he do appear here within
ten days after the due publication OF
this order, once week for four success
sive weeks in the Richmond Planet
and do what may be necessary to pro-
tect his interest in this suit.
w. E. DUVAL, Clerk.
BY A. F. DUVAL D. G. =
c. MIMMS, p. q.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-07-26

WHEELING, w. VA, July 24.-ln a
12-round battle at Riverview Park, Bell
aire Ohio, Ray Bennett, Of New York
surprised fight fans by seaying the
limit with THE famous international
pug" Battling Sikh, of Paris, France
Bennett weighed in at 2O3 IL
pounds with reach fully ten inches
The Washington times., 1924-06-19

True, but don't forget wise old voltaires saying:
Chose tres mecesSnire lie SNperf which means "a thing
very necessary the SUPERFLUOUS
Often the superfluous UNNECESSARY is really the
very NECESSARY thing
In order that others may do thing moderately well it is
Aeces' airy for somebody to do EXTRAORDINARILY well
This little boy turning back somersau height from the
ground that shows extraordinary agility doing ANYTHING
extremely USEFUL but he demonstrating several things
He proves what would interest our Christian Science
friends the power Of mind NATTER The energy in
that boys BRAIN makes his body do whatever he wants
It to do
It Is not natural for human being leap up into the
air. turn completely around in the air land safely facing
the same way as when the backward somersaut began
Monkeys are ahead of in agility They can swing from
tree to tree and move quickly eyes can hardly follow
Tner ng better than But THEIR BODIES CONTROL
THEM whereas we human beings after million years of slow
evouron and struggle have reached the point where we our
brains CONTROL OUR BODIES.
Mind over matter Mrs Stetson would say is what
tn boy tumbler represents Therefore interests YOU
ny the way for average healthy person under twenty
years OF age it isn't hard to do back somersaut Of the
average kind although it difficult to do it as well az this
boy does it. The late Oliver Belmont learned to turn back
soersauts when he nearly forty years old lust to
demonstrate that he hadn't lost the agility strength built
up when ne was a cadet at Annapolis.
When you begin learning have strong belt or rope around
your waist with attached to each side Let friends hold
the rope on either side when you first practice somersaut
you turn over backward clap your hands against the back
OF your thighs smarty to add to your wh Before YOU
Know 1t you will be turning back somersaults and possess
neat accomplishment with which to your friends
The Washington times., 1924-06-19

and piano works and music
dramas are built. After him all
methods Of constructing music
that had been in use previously
were discarded. BY the study Of
his works, Beethoven and the rest
found out how to get harmonic
and polyphonic effects that were
never believed possible.
When you hear a large orches.
ira playing a symphony, and real.
lie the marvellous cooperation Of
all the instruments, think of Bach.
When orchestras occasionally re.
vive an ancient work with its
tinkling little tune and its hum.
drum accompaniment, remember
that 1t was Bach who found out
how to make an orchestra tell the
thrilling, passionate, moving and
glorious stories 1t narrates today.
This very great man lived In
comparative poverty and gStned
little recognition as a great corn.
poser. He died at the age OF
The Washington times., 1924-06-19
DIR. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
By DR.. FRANK CRANE.
HERE is little doubt that great part of crime caused
by Youth.
Crime and Youth.

ERE little doubt that great part of crime is caused
By Youth,
Some minds grow up.
There large portion Of the crime of the country that's
committed by the young This is easily explained, TIE
characteristics Of young mindedness adventure reckless
and thoughessnes which also the characteristics
of the criminal mind.
No read the life story Of the bodied bandit
she gives herself any Of dozen others, with
out seeing that crime the natural result of msspent or
wronged youth.
The ultimate for crime therefore, lies In school
houses and the proper environment that throw about
the young.
There is hardly family that does not contain black
sheep which usually member supplied with the
the will s success, and under supplied with moral nhibi-
TONS
The result may be easily foreseen. With the development
of life there development Of the desires and less and
less of the will power which is to keep them control The
result is crime.
No wish have all of the youth Of any country
prig to have the moral nhhtons strengthened to
leave open the spirit of adventure. But
certain balance necessary and the unbalanced mind rebels
against the conventions and the restraints which society
places upon all Of US.
Obeyng the in itself little different than obeying
the conventions keeping the rules Of the game and those who
succeed in the long those who operate within
the law To step outside of these conventions is to bring
upon the wrath of that community in which live.
behooves everyone of to be- to certain degree mob
minded
just what that degree may be for the youth himself to
determine.
There has been any method for keeping youth In
check nor any other criterion than the youth himself
Every moral problem is in the end problem Of eugenics
Of getting babies well born and equipping them sufficiently
to live in that community where they destined.
Copyright 1924 by The Mcclure Newspaper syndiea&)
The Washington times., 1924-06-19

out liar. The nagigng rasp that
she hears every day and all dav
has disturbed her ear.drun1s nm.
til she Is willing to saw or do
anything for the sake OF peace,
she is convinced that she Is
thoroughly bad. She has been
told so often that they cant do
q thing with her" that she be.
lieves it-and lives up to it as
best she can.
Her movements are furtive.
She Is as nearly nervous wreck
as a child Of fourteen can be.
She lives in deadly fear of the
reform school" with which she
is daily threatened.
Poor little kid, she doesn't know
that she couldn't break into ere.
form school" II she did her best,
or worst.
When she goes to high school
parties, she meets her escort on
the corner, and sneaks horne
alone to save suspicion, accuse.
ton. naRging.
The other girl invites the BOYS
and girls Of her class to visit her.
II couldn't have her going here
and there" the mother told me.
80 ! spent a hundred and fifty
dollars for a radio and told her
to bring her 'sheiks' home. And
she does. Their eternal Jazz and
dancing almost drives me crazy.
But at least she Is home and we
owe her something"
I'm wondering what the future
will bring the two lovely little
girls Of fourteen and who will be
responsible?
Copyright, 1924, by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.S
The Washington times., 1924-06-19

If you live where there ia no
such society you can dispose Of
an unwanted cat by following
carefully the directions given be.
low. Never allow this to be done
by children or allow them to SEQ
1t done. It should always be dore
by grown person who will
follow directions carefully,
Directions. It Is well to feed a
cat first, as then the chlororOrm
is more quickly fatal. Place the
food In a saucer on an old CARPET
or newspaper on the floor. While
the cat Is eating, a tub or box a
little larger than the cat should
be placed over her. Inside this
box about six inches from tha
floor should be fastened a sponge
or old cloth saturated with two or
three ounces Of chloroform, all IT
1t to be used at once. It Is
better not to have the sponge
near enough to touch the Eat.
Be sure to place at once a heavy
weight on the box, otherwise
the cat will get out. Do not dis.
turb the box for an hour or
more. AS an additional precau.
ton against the cat reviving, il
should afterwards be placed head
downward in pail Of water for
half an hour or more. Be sure
to give enough chloroform and
see that it is good quality, then Il
will be surely effective.
The Washington times., 1924-06-19

Palestrina's is sung well only in
the Sistine Chapel in Rome,
though the Roman Church in re-
cent years has worked hard to
revive this traditional church
music. Bach gave a means OF ex-
preston to composers who fol-
lowed him that Is directly respon-
sible for the symphony and the
music drama. Music drama, by
the way, is as different from the
old.fashioned Italian opera as
MONDAY is from twilight.
During his life this remarkable
man married twice and had TWEEN
ty children, of whom two became
famous musicians. He had been
dead q quarter of a century be.
fore the public was willing to
listen to his compositions, and 1t
was a half century before his
greatness was generally acknowl-
edged, though all composers had
admitted the profit they found in
studying his works.
The Washington times., 1924-06-19

" HEY are two lovely little girls
OF fourteen and they live
- across garden and through
a lilac hedge from each other.
Only yesterday 1t seems, they
were babies in rompers, learning
to walk and talk.
Then, while nobody thought to
watch one day, they grew up.
One Of them is tall and graceful
and bobbed-haired and blonde.
The other is tall and graceful
and bobbed-haired and brunette.
And both are SO day-after.to-
morrowish that they keep their
parents eternally gasping.
They're such a problem" both
mothers confided to me. One Of
the mothers confided in high,
nagging monotone while her little
daughter looked on with sullen
eyes.
The other whispered her con.
tidence while we were alone. And
though there was little tremor
about her lips she smiled.
The whole story Of the life of
the girls, the fourteen years past
and the years to come on, was
told in those condolences.
Both youngsters are willful. as
fourteen Is apt to he. The dark
girl is the most willful--and the
most easily managed.
Il never argue or scold,,! l.sr
mother-the one who whispered,
said. 1--WE taught her as soon as
she was able to understand that
once telling meant always. We
were careful to explain things:
to tell her why Sho never was
spanked. We let her know that
The Washington times., 1924-06-19
GARRETT P. SERVISS TELLS OF
POETS TRIBUTES TO STARS
Though Verses Ignore Astronomical Facts They
Reflect Appeal of Celestial Objects.

; The four opening lines Of an
old poem by Mickle on the
tragedy of Amy Robsart have al
ways haunted my memory be-
cause of the beautiful description
of a moon-gilded night:
"The dews Of Summer night did
fall;
The moon, sweet regent Of the
sky.
SiIvered the walls of Gunner Hall
And many an oak that grew
thereby"
And how thrillingly light IL the
touch Of Wordsworth describing
the canoe-like crescent Of the
new moon riding the sunset sky:
up goes my boat among the
stars,
Through many a GREATNESS
field Of light,
Through many long. blue field
Of ether.
Leaving ten thousand stars be-
meath her,
Up goes my little boat 80
bright!'
Nursery Memories.
Again Wordsworth:
1.-THE aspiring mountains and the
winding streams,
Empress of Night, are gladdened
by thy beams"
like, too, Joseph Addison's:
"Soon as the evening shades pre-.
vail.
The moon takes up the wondrous
tale,
And nightly to the listening earth
Repeats the story Of her birth"
Says Shelley:
THAT orbed maiden, with white
fire laden,
Whom mcrtalS call the moon"
And Keats:
"The moon put forth a little dia.
mond peak,
No bigger than an unobserved
star,
Or tiny point of fairy scimitar."
Everybody has seen a bright
tip Of the new moon appear like
that, projecting above the edge
Of a cloud.
And shall I ever forget my
sister singing to mel think I
could not have been far this side
OF the cradle then
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How wonder what you are,
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky
The Washington times., 1924-06-19
Poor Finance, Poor Militarisn
War Is Now Dangerous.

Military ambition and financial greed have been RESPONSE
BILE for great wars Mtam and finance ought to do serious
thinking seeing the former Kaiser exed in Holland and read
ing OF the meeting about to take place Heo the Socialist
Prime Minister Of France and Macdonald the
Prime Minister Of England to decide Europes destiny
No war ever made many violent changes as the last
great war; Australia whitfield down to little province her
royalty driven out the German Emperor kicked ont the Rus
sian Emperor murdered Italy in hands of dictator Spain
managed by imitation dictator and the long line of
Gladstone Palmerson Disrae Salisbury making room in
England for the workman Macdonald And socialism in its
various forms, the ruling power in Europe.
War has been blessing to the human Kings to get
money have gradually and grudgng made concession to the
classes below Now the bottom Of the heap labor in France
and England, takes the helm.
Militarsm and finance perhaps will think hard before
starting the hext big war.
The Washington times., 1924-06-19
ABANDONED PETS A MENACE

n F. you are planning a change
Of residence. or planning for
Il your summer vacation and
cannot take your dog or cat
with you, do not forget to make
some plan whereby your pet will
be well cared for during your alb
sence. Do not wait until the last
minute and trust the animal to
some irresponsible person, to chit
dren, or to chance: this will mean
its being fed sometimes by neigh.
bors, but in a short time it will
become a STRAY" unwanted, un-
cared for, homeless. friendless.
starving animal.
1t is not possible for any
animal that has been fed regular
ly and has had good place to
sleep, to take care Of itself,
especially in city. A cat which
has not been accustomed to find
ing it's own food will soon starve
to death. In these days Of we'll
covered garbage pals 1t Is al.
most impossible for an animal to
obtain food and water. ~.
There is a law against cruelty
in every form, this includes ahan.
doning animals. If you cannot
provide an animal with a good
home, notify the nearest Humane
Society or Animal Rescue League
and either society will send an
agent to humanely destroy the
animal. or help find 1t a home.
The Washington times., 1924-06-19

r was Johann Sebastian Bach
who may be said to have in.
Il vented modern music. They
call him the Father Of Music"
although songs and dramatic
works and instrumental pieces
had been composed for thousands
Of years before him, because
music as we know it today dates
from the time of Bach.
Nearly all the great masters Of
music lived in the eighteenth
and early nineteenth centuries.
Beethoven, Handel. Haydn, Mo.
Fart, Verdi, Wagner, Schumann,
Schubert, Chopin, Mendelssohn--
these composers produced the
great works that are the founda-
ton Of the music of today. Every
one of them owes an enormous
debt to Bach, who was a contem.
porary of Handel and Haydn and
preceded the others by only a
few years.
1t was Bach who laid the forms
upon which great orchestra, organ
The Washington times., 1924-06-19

sitxy.five after being totally
blind for several years. He was
mourned as a wonderful organist.
People of his time didn't under.
stand his compositions. They
much preferred the simple, tinlS-
ling musical offerings Of tho
period.
Bach first saw the light in
Germany in 1856. He was an In.
FAINT prodigy, the son Of a must.
cal family. He was left an or.
phan at the age Of ten end was
taught to play the organ by his,
brother, Joseph. As an orgHnlst
he soon became well known, and
his fame grew until he was hon.
ored by Frederick the Great. He
found as music In the churches.
only the polyphonic chants OF
which those Of Palestrina were
the finest. Because he was not
content to follow those styles, he
was accused Of degrading church
music.
Today music Of the type Of
The Washington times., 1924-06-19

r HAVE lately been reading
some ''sky rhymes" as a
u friend facetiously calls them;
various attempts to express in
verse the impressions Of gran
deur, beauty, or wonder that the
starry heavens, the moon, the
planets, and other celestial OBJ
jects make upon the contempla-
tive mind The result convinces
me of the truth Of what I have
long been inclined to believe, viz.
that atronomy, though making
Of all the sciences the most pow
erful appeal to the imagination,
offers but a stumbling footing
for poets. Astronomical facts and
laws do not furnish good poetic
lines.
And yet, when approached by
suggestion, allusIon, and from the
human side only, these Hottest
physical objects Of mans Thoughts
have supplied some of the most
exquisite things in English poetry.
Shelley. watching the moon
ascend among the stars, paints a
picture that fixes the scene for
the eyes Of generations to come:
Art thou pale for WEAKNESS.
OF climbing heaven and gazing
on the earth,
Wandering companionless
Among the stars that have a
different birth,
i. And ever changing, like a joyless
eye
That finds no object worth its
constancy?"
Thomas Campbell, addressing
Venus in her respondent robes
Of evening star, writes:
Gem of the crimson-colored
Even,
Companion of retiring Day,
Why at the cloing gates of
heaven
LOngfellOw on Mars.
Beloved star. dost thou delay?"
Many years ago, on another &C.
casion when the planet Mars ap-
peared in all the red splendor Of
an Opposition" like that of this
summer, Longfellow, standing out
in the cool starlight and gazing
at the wonderful planet, wrote:
There is no light in earth or
heaven
But the cold light Of stars,
And the first watch of night IL
given
To the red planet Mars"
The Washington times., 1924-06-19
They Puzzle La Toilette
Telling His Deep Thoughts.

The newspapers still running La Toilette independently
for the Presidency telling what HE thinks who is to
for Vice President with him. One railroad man. whose con-
versatlon does credit to his imagination says La Toilette is
not only trying to ruin the railroads Of the United States but
to make all property COMMON property That will surprise
La Toilette VINO thought he only trying make of rail
roads the servants of the people instead Of having the people,
as they just at present. the Of the railroads
TO say that La Toilette wants to seize all private property
because he would regulate railroads like saying that
policeman wants to put everybody in Jail because he looks up
q couple Of burglars
The Washington times., 1924-06-19
ONCE-OVERS


YOU.
Why should you think that the girl waitress is anxious
to make your acquaintance-that she is waiting for
chance to make an engagement with youi
In other words why do you not treat the girl in such
position with respect and courtesy
You may be the kind of who makes suggestive re-
marks to girls in positions Of this sortf
Or you may be the type of who treats girl holding
sucn job as one to whom you may vent any ilemper
which possesses you.
Why should you not give deserved respect to the girl
who serves youf
She is earning honorable living in the way for which
she may be best fitted because conditions are such that
she has to take such position until proficient in
another.
1t matters not what the job it is entitled to respect and
the person who conducts herself properly should be able to
command respect in her job.
Copyright 1884 Service Incl
The Washington times., 1924-06-19
TWO MOTHERS

we believed in her good judgment :
and good intent"
On rare occasions when she
disobeyed, this girl goes to her
parents, not always right away
The Washington times., 1924-06-19
By LUCY LOWELL

but eventually, and confesses and
is sincerely sorry. She gives
them her complete confidence and
they never abuse It.
The other girl IL an out.and.
The Washington times., 1924-06-19
Not Important, But Mighty
Interesting
No Mnnla,r Conld nn This

Among those
contending for
honors in the
Olympic games
the spectators
will see this
young acrobat.
Just at present
he is turning q
back som err
sault, seixing
his legs with
his hands to
pull him self
over. One Sec
ond after this
photograph was
snapped. he had
landed on his
feet, smiling.
He can do this
twenty Tim 9 8
and not lose his
breath.
You may say,
an d truly,
What Of It?
Human beings
don't NEED to
turn back SOM
ersaults. To do
this stunt q
The Washington times., 1924-06-19
No Monkey Could Do This.

thousand times wouldn't be useful planting one hill Of
beans, radish
Evening star., 1924-05-14
FORT M'HENRY BILL
FAVORED IN REPORT
House Gets Preservation Measure
Indorsed by Committee on
Military Affairs.
IS SITE OF KEY MONUMENT
Representatives Linthicum and
Hill Urge Passage of Proposal.

Favorable report from the military
affairs committee was made to the
House yesterday on the bill by Rep
resentative J. Charles Linthucum of
Maryland providing for the preserva-
ton of Fort McHenry.
In this report. made by Represent
ative John Philip Hill of MARYLAND,
necessary to enlarge upon the his
toric significance of Fort McHenry
nor to deal at length with the imme-
diate necessity of restoring it to its
original condition as far as possible
and of preserving that historic spot,
where The Star Spangled Banner had
its origin"
The committee held full hearings
upon the bill, at which Charles +.
Cody, formerly a representative from
Maryiand, and a number of represent
atives of patriotic societies of ma
tional Importance, and others inter
eSted in preservation of historic
shrines dedicated to American his
tory were present.
Dedicated by Harding.
1t appeared in the hearings that
President Harding had dedicated at
Fort McHenry the Key Monument, the
preservation of which is in danger
by the present condition of Fort Nc
Henry.
This fort always will stand in the
hearts of the American people as
great shrine of history and liberties.
The committe recommends the 1mme-
diate passage of this legislation.
There can be no hesitation in the
minds of the House." said Repre-
sentative Hill. that the spot which
is sacred to the origin of The Star
Spangled Banner should be preserved
in perpetuity. No man who has heard
The Star Spangled Banner ring across
battlefields where America has stood
for her freedom can fail to respond to
the demand of the patriotic men and
women that Fort McHenry be thus
perpetuated."