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The Washington times., 1924-07-04
DR. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
we CHIN
b. DR.. FRANK CRANE.

Il MARRIED couple who fan out drift apart and come
into or less hostility, apt both partiea Is
- - be too egccentric.
The wife thinks Of her outraged feelings her bruised self
respect rights which have been cruelty ignored her due
Of love and homage which has been denied.
Her friends fan the flame Of her resentment Often her
mother quick to champion her child cause urges her on
to separation divorce
The husband works himself up into like evaporation
So the quarrel rolls like SNOWFALL growing larger
rolls.
Permit me IN all politeness to ask-s'What Of iti''
Also, Who are youi"
Suppose your heart smashed and your dream shattered
and this and that other tragcaI consequence at hand
speaking for Destiny, Nature Mankind il general
For Nature is through with you anyway. what Nature
intended
The Child.
The only she knded the fires in you, the only
she threw you both the gmor Of romance and
filled you with al those roseate visions,
The Child.
And instead OF walking and down the stage and hun-
derng about your rights and wrongs il mounting Trades
suppose You stop and bit upon the vital
and determining factor il this which you To have
forgotten
The Child Let him have the spotlight
You've had your fling, and if you have made IL
il take your medicine But what about the little Being you
brought into the Worldi
Has he right to mothers care fathers protection
and the environment Of concord between the twof
you have not succeeded in working ont your own hap
rness how would it do to give your Child chancef
every divorce suit there should be three lawyers
for the plaintiff for the defendant and third for
the only party the that really matters the Child
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GARRETT P. SERVISS ON LOST
CONTINENT OF ATLANTIS
Existence of Ancient Land Near Azores Indi-
Gated by Substances Dredged from Sea.

~ LATO lift the bullseye Of the,
human imagination squares
~ in the center with his
story Of Atlantis, the wonderful
continent, filled with al the splen.
doris OF q high civilization, that
was, in one dreadful night, sunk
to the bottom Of the Atlantic
ocean: where now gay summer
tourists from the New world sail
unwfttingiy over the submits Of
its once loud.piercing peaks, ana
above the drowned valleys, haunt
ed BY sea monsters. which, before
the cataclygLn, were brilliant with
the temples and the homes Of q
vanished race Of men.
s'On that night the Abyss opened
and swallowed me,
And the ElemertA danced upOu
my breastE'
Plato got his story from Egypt,
the source OF all that il deep and
mysterious. The early legends
about Atlantis locate IL in the
Atlantic off the pillars Of Hercu-
les" There il no question as TO
where they were: they have al
ways stood where they are now
found, one on either side Of the
Straits Of Gibraltar, Atlantis,
then, II as large a. Plato, or his
informat1ts, described Il, must
have covered all that part Of the
ocean which Il sparsely dotted
today by the groups Of islands
called the Azores, the CAnaries
and the Cape de Verbs.
The ingenious astronomer Of
Bourgeg. the able Til. Moreux,
has Just published q little book:
Atlantis: Did II Exist7' He
brings together PlatOss relation,
as developed "a the ssTinaeus'i
and the "Critiaa," quotes many
legends, poems and scientific facts
and theories, and states his own
opinion, which IL favorable tO
b6hef in the underlying reality
Of the Atlantis myth. But MOTH
ing In his book 10 % interesting
or convincing ~ this quotation
which he makes from the geolo-
gist, p. Terzmier q condense some
parts Of III:
''In the summer Of 1898 q ship
was employed IN laying the sub
marine cable between Brest and
Cape Cod. The cable had been
broken, and they tried to fish Il
up with graphing irons. It was
In latitude a. degrees 0 minutes
north, and longitude degrees
20 minutes west OF Paris, about
500 miles north Of the Azores.
The mean depth Was ten thou
sand feet.
s'Tho raising Of the cable pre-
scented great difficulties. and for
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Japan Is Agitated
But She II Get Over It.

The other day. in Japan at all the Shnto Snes there
were great prayer meetings.
The divine beings Of the snes urged to aid the peo
pie lin these troublesome times when the Japanse Is
suited Asatc exclusion from the United States meant
Some Japanese take seriously what they imagine to be
their RIGHT to cooze the United States What all the
remarkable they will under any circumstances
permit the Chinese to Coonze any part Of Japans territory
Japanese urged never to forget the ntoleabe insult
inflicted upon Japan by America They told That they
must prepare to avenge the honor Of the faheand whom
the occasion comes"
Too bad they feel badly about IT, but you can't wonder
Thousands Of them have California and would like to
possess it. After awhile they viii TO realize that it IL
natural for hundred and twelve million people In the
United States whose descendants will number two
three hundred millions to keep for those descendants what
their fathers cleared and civilized.
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several days It was necessary 10
drag the grapples about over the
bottom. They remarked this:
the. bottom Of the SEA In thoo0
parts, presents the characters Ce
q mountainous land, with loeGy
summits,, steep slopes. and pro
found valleys. The SUBMITS are
rocky and mud u found only IN
the hOIIoWs OF the valleys.
THE grapple In sliding over this
very Irregular surface. WAS con-
tfnuaIly caught among, sharp.
pointed hard rocks ana steep
ridges. Almost always It came
up twisted, or with its point
broken. On several 0cca1iong they
found between the teeth Of the
grapple small mineral splintere,
having the appearance Of frag-
ments recently broken OF. All
these splinters belonged TO. the
same kind of rock.
''It was the unanimous opinion
Of those who did the graphing
and dragging that the Fragments
In question had been detached
from bare rock. The spilntorU
consist of vitreOus lava, having
the chemical composition Of ba-
salt. and called BY photographer,
tachlyite. Such lava could only
have been formed under atn1os-
pheric pressure.
THE ground which constitutes
the bottom Of the Atlantic, 900
lKilOmetera north Of the Azores,
was, then, covered with lava
flows while it was 0till above
sea-leyel. Consequently, Il must
have been eneulfed, sinking to Q
depth Of 5000 meters; and since
the surface Of its rocks has 70.
tanned the irregularities, the e.
peritieg. the steep ridges of re-
cent lava flows, it, engulfxnont
must have followed close after
the outpour Of the lava, and have
been very sudden ConcluAioSl
inevitable: q whole region north
Of the Azores, and comprising,
perhaps, the Azores themselves,
which isles would then b. only
the visible ruins. has Quita re-
Gently foundered. probably within
the epoch that geologtsts call the
latest. and which for M, now
living. seems but yesterday"
The significance Of this 10 that
Il strikingly accorda with the
legends which assert that AZ.
lantis was first overwhelmed WITH
. volcanic outbur6t. and then
Immediately swallowed mp By the
sea. So the ancient and hidden,
but not altogether forgotten,
tragedies Of our Mother Earth
are gradually unfolded 20 M, her
children.
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Enjoy the Fourth
fS TI1 Include { Little THINKING.

Today, the Fourth d July around, \ ire slowly
revolving year.
% others fireworks and Toe cream.
To some men It nothing except chance 70 do no
work for one day 10 many Of does mean any real
thinking about self government abOut the people who took
over this country from Engand because they had time
think about real liberty and courage e fight Tor IL
one man III thousand more probably one man ii ten
thousand win think for half hour shout the changes
that have occurred since that hot day II Philadelphia 14S
years ago when Franklin Jefferson ana few others slap
old fashioned long stocng signed the Declaration q Indie
pendenCe.
II sounds rather old fashioned now, that Declaration and
wen it may Il said that Thomas jefferson who wrote II
borrowed the magnificent swinging Of from famous Greek
r Jefferson really did take his literary inspiration from
that old Greek it fortunate inspiration. Tor was $50
Those men gathered IN Phadephs were convinced deeply
and earnestly within themselves Therefore they able
g convince other. here that they were entitled 70 liberty
thing for him to do 70 get out Of the United States
leaving il to the people that lived here.
e there need Of another Declaration Of Independence now?
Yes much need there was IN 177e The people Of this
Of them There are hundred and twelve million nhab-
Of the United States instead Of four millions The In
Of the nation is at least fifty thousand million dollars
year. infinitely than the whole country was worth
The richest man in George waahington1 tms was George
Washington Many salaried employees Of today could buy
everything he had and really rich could buy
him day every and still have enough left to live
comfortably.
This country protested and announced is own independ
ence because it was taxed by the Englh without repre-
sentation That is to say the British parliament IN which
these colonies not represented and in which they had
nothing say, put taxes Americans They would not
stand that, they fought the British and beat them
Well, fellow citizens many taxes put on today
without representation It isn't done in British Parlia
men but In the private office Of the oil who decide how
much they are going to tax rs for gasoline Il i done IN the
private offices Of the coal who decide to add something
to the price Of coal and done by electric light men, gas
and others.
II, however, the Fourth Of July can't be anything
than holiday chance 70 get sunburned breathe the air
and go to the country, that's SOMETHING.
May you enjoy the day however you spend It.
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All Right, Perhaps
Who Knows,

It is announced that dealers in fraudulent stocks bucket
shops etc. take THOUSAND MILLION DOLLARS q year
out Of foolish people That sounds like great deal Of money
Yet it quite probable that the education WORTH what
it costs.
And what's most important although 1t may seem cruel
TO suggest it. it is probably good thing for the country that
many lose their savings and back to work. instead
living in idleness. Providence works mysteriously
The whole wealth Of the nation is in it's WORKING inhabi
tants. The spirit Of adventure Of foolish investing Of
gambling keeps many able poor, and therefore, keeps
them working.
That be the plan Of wise Providence to keep ability
from wasting time III idleness No avngs9 BACK TO WORK
The Washington times., 1924-07-04
ONCE-OV Frs
CULTIVATE A GIT or BEING A GOOD LIsTENrR.

Do not seek impress wise with wise you are;
listen to him that you may become more wise.
Is it not fact that you talk too much anyway
It is exceptional opportunity be able to listen to
man from whom you learn something, why waste
the time with your own talkf
It is all that you give yourself very little time to
learn from others because you do much talking yourself
You prate along without thought and consequently say
self.
In you have talked much without thinking
express yourself nicely and ntelligenty when in the
society OF those who think first and speak after.
You sloyeny way Of allowing your sentences to
run together remain unfinished with result that
when you make short speech when you try to carry
conversation with learned people you are duh and
interesting, though you try to be the
It d gift that anyone have, to be good listener.
CCopyighL Intsrnatsna Feature
The Washington times., 1924-07-04

Everybody who has the least sensibilty or imagination
derives certain pleasure from pictures.
No mans knowledge can go beyond his experience
Friendship is the only thing in the world concerning
the usefulness Of which all mankind are agreed.
He who thinks he find in himself the means Of do
ing without others is much mistaken but he who thinks
Others cannot do without him is still more mistaken
is good divine that follows his Instructions
dOce disposition viii, with application, surmount
every difficulty. ST
The Washington times., 1924-07-04
WORDS FROM THE LIPS OF WISE MEN
EAR first and speak afterwards.

TT EAR first and speak afterwards
- Subdue the bitterness Of the heart There is no
good result when hatred Is returned for hatred
dwarf is small even il he stands on mountain; a
colossus keeps his height, even he stands in we'll
Courage consists not in blndy overlooking danger but
in seeing it. and conquering it.
Forbear to distribute among all the guilt Of few.
Seize opportunity when it is offered.
Life has been awfuy injured when II looks only back
The Washington times., 1924-07-04

goat for something over which it has controli
we only understood this before marriage what deal
Of tragedy would be averted For instance here's this
business Of being understood That's the very first thing
expect Of What marry. The poor boob may grade
about nine per minus in all intelligence tests and
be the worlds poorest bet private detective yet
pect him her TO perform this stupendous and altogether
impossible feat of understanding another human being with
out the slightest difficulty. And he she doesn't
burst into tears end right home to the club
That's sample Of tho sort Of thing expect Of marriage
Our other demands equally reasonable. We expect that
marriage going to still all the aching hunger and resent
in all probability equally hungry resentful and bewdered
We just sit down and hold out hands for the Miracle
And when the Miracle doesnt arrive blame it the
other chap and get divorce.
But suppose we didn't expect miraclesi Suppose we
taught children the truth about marriagehat two souls
ARE NOT MADE ONE; that marriage may help but it
cannot solve the puzzle Of life; that fully
understand each other; that all service will be nper-
feet and that will always be little lonely Woudn we
appreciate fully the beauty which does lie arriagef
Wouldn't that beauty have better chance to persists
gyndn Inol
The Washington times., 1924-07-04
Untermyer's $500 Tooth
"a Reasonable Price, Perhaps.

Samuel Untermyer, very able lawyer made more than
one million dollars out Of single case and has made many
millions out Of many cases He Is sued by dentist because
he Untermye refuses pay $500 for the care dovoed b
the dentist to ore single Untermyer tooth.
Untermyer b right more power to him But LAWYER
has the right to decide that giving opinion with experence
back Of it is worth quarter Of million why hash dentist
the right to decide that taking Of one tooth il crecea
enamel pyorrhea roots abscesSss etc1 4 worth s6OOP
The Washington times., 1924-07-04

4 MARRIED couple who fan out, drift apart and come
into less hostility, opt, both partiss, -
~ - he t0o aOncantric
The Washington times., 1924-07-04
!! : By ELSIE ROBINSON

As children we're hardly conscious Of these
secret impulses, but with the years their
urgency increases. Along shout the time
we're ready to marry, they've become an
obsession. And since humanity has never
established any sane tradition about mar
riage, we're positive that this new delicious
madness is going to heal and answer all the
other Weaknesses that beset us. BUT IT
ISN'T. No matter how much we love, no
matter how ideal the conditions under
which we marry, we're going to stay lonely
and rebellious, hungry and restless, bored
aud bothered. We're going to continue in
this condition just as we're going to con-
tinue growing toe nails, lungs, stomach
aches and dandruff.. That's the penalty Of
heinr human Why mako marriage the
The Washington times., 1924-07-04


to be wonderful and wasn't ALL and we kept blan
ing each other OF course there 10 lots more to the story
than that but won't bother you with it. Only wish
YOU would tell whether you honestly believe that mar
rage ever does turn out happily do people just decide
No. there isn't "lots more to the story little eirl
You've hit the Of the trouble when you say, We
thought it going to BE wonderful and WASH at
all and we kept blaming each other" Most marriages
break not because Of the things they DO to the man and
woman, but because Of the things they DON'T DO We
which union Of archanges couldn't perform and when
naturally fails turn against the whole institution Is
this not sensible. Yes it il not.
there such thing perfectly happy marriagei"
NO, THERE is NOT. Nor is there such thing q per-
fectly happy life Of any Sort married or unmarried Even
fifty cent happy life this earth seventyive
cent positively unique and anyone claiming one hun
dred cent handed nice set Of padded walls gratis
So who expects condition Of marriage that simply can't
BET
We're all born with . lot Of hungers and tches that
cant be cured by eating scratching We're full Of fevers
and unrest loneliness and rebellion dreams and desires
~ ing
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LISTEN, WORLD!

TT ERES another Marriage Failure
letter. Such letters are no new
IL event in this department. Hundreds
Of them arrive every week, blaming the
failure on everything from biscuits to big
amy. But somehow I've bunch that little
Ruth's letter sums up what ais 'em all.
dear Elsie Robinson:
Is there such thing as perfectly
happy marriagei am not going to tell
You my story. It is long one and it has
just ended in divorce. But il ever two
people had chance to be happy together,
ed and ! did. Two years ago we were
madly in love with each other. Then we
married, and ever since that it has been
just one disappointment after another.
Maybe il we hadn't expected so much we
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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

will OF Rory O'Connor was found
few days later it left all to his friend
O'Higgins.
So I went to Dublin TO find the
hero of this story.
He is a young man in his middle
thirties. He has coal black hair and
Irish blue eyes. His face tells the
story Of determination, iron will and
self-control He has mild and
pleasing voice. In the Dali he has
the reputation Of being sardonic. But
that is because he is truthful and
frank. He says what he thinks re
gardless of the hurt.
lie asks but one question on any
problem: rs 1t right"
And yet he is humorous in true
Irish way, and has a great fund Of
stories and humor.
But when I asked him about the
OConnor story he swiftly lodged
the role Of hero
You know as well as I that this
dear land has always been a place
where legends and fairy stories grow
in abundance" he smiled. yes. it's
a great story-it's a fine story. Only
his death warrant came before the
whole cabinet and we acted jointly.
II I had to vote for the death of
my friend in this instance there were
other cabinet ministers who have
had to do likewise. This tragic pc
Rod. you must remember, divided
even families"
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however, that O'Huggins was far too
modest. The sentence, they said,
was the result of joint cabinet ac-
ton, but O'Huggins was center of at
traction and the vote of the others
had depended on his TO a great ex-
tent. If he voted AYE" then, they
decided, there must be a very strong
case.
So he lodges the hero role and
turns the subject.
Lets talk about serious things"
he suggests" Now there's the bouu-
dairy question:
But there are those who will tell
as long as there are listeners, the
tale Of how OHusgins collapsed on
the morning they brought the news
of O'Connor's execution.
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SIGNS WARRANT
THAT SENDS HIS
PAL TO GALLONS
Result of Irish Civil Strife
Signer Refuses Hero
Role.
BY MILTON BRONNER


DUBLIN, Ireland. Nov. Al had
come 70 Dublin TO see the hero Of
one OF the greatest stories ever
told. and found a very busy young
man trying 10 do hard days work
and anxious 10 avoid the spotlight
You may not recall his name:
Kelvin O'Higgins. minister of law
and justice or the Irish Free State.
But surely You VIII remember the
story, for il Is one Of the great dra-
matte situations Of all time. Every
Civil War has produced il: Families
divide. brothers often night brothers
and friends strike death to friends.
though their harris be breaking.
And so It was with Kelvin O'HiE-
sgins AMI Rory O'Connor.
The winter SHOWS will soon paint
white the black sod that covers the
crave - the valiant hearted
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To Save Organ

PARIS. Nov. l4.-The famous or
gan of Notre Dame Cathedral Is in
danger Of being irremediably dam
aged through lack of repair. A cam
paign for funds to repair the old or
gan will be started among musicians
throughout the world. it has been
announced. The instrument is oper-
ated by NJ. Vierne, blind musician.
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today to the biennial convention
here Of the United Lutheran Church
in America.
Lutheran members of the advisory
hoard Of the Bible Society announced
that the largest circulation Of the
Bible outside Of the United States
was in China, which last year re
ceived more than 100000 copies Of
the book. an increase of more than
100000 over the previous year. The
distribution Of the Book in Japan
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Against Insurance

Compulsory automobile insurance
was opposed at the convention of
the National Association of Insur-
ance Agents in Milwaukee. The op.
position was aimed against the
movement in sixteen States where
such legislation is under consider
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had taken place at daybreak. Rory
O'Connor, his best friend, had been
killed
Then O'Hfggtns collapsed,
And. If this be not sufficiently dra-
matte. there is a sequel; when the
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BIBLE is BEST SELLER


DIT JUITtU FTtbN
CHICAGO, Nov. 1.-the Bible
continues to be the worlds best sell
Ter, with an annual distribution of
more than 100000 copies issued by
the American Bible Society. This
was attested in a report submitted
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-14

Dr. Rudolph Matas. professor Of
surgery at the medical school Of
Tulane University in Louisiana,
is the new president of the Amer
Jean College of Surgeons. He will
he installed at next years con
Eress.
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FEMALE REMEDIES

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COO Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
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Effort to Save Rory

Pressure was being brought from
every side to save Rory.
But O'Higgins signed the paper,
II is related that the minister did
not leave his desk throughout the
night
At s o'clock in the morning news
was brought him that the execution
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Rory. And the good folk will gather
about the fires and recount the oft
repeated tale, first told by J. II.
Thomas. colonial secretary in the
late labor cabinet.
Were InseparabIe Friends
This was the story: In all Ireland
there were no better friends than
Kelvin OH5gsins and Rory O'Con-
nor. In the long years of fighting
between the Sim Fem and England
they were united. In each burned
the same fires of struggle. When
O'His5ins married it was O'Connor.
:, no was his best man. But when
the treaty with England was signed
there came a parting Of the ways
O'HiECins vent with the new
Free state and became its first sec
rnta,v. O'Conpor could see no
middle course and followed the De
Valera group Still they remained
frIer6s.
When the 'irregulars" held the
-Four Courts in Dublin it was O'Con-
nor who led them. The place was
besiesed by Free State troops and
O'Connor was captured. "A a rebel
he was sentenced to death. And as
minister of law and justice the death
warrant came before OHiggins to
sign.
There IS lay upon his desk: tho
death warrant Of his best friend.