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The Washington times., 1925-05-11
GARRETT P. SERVISS ON USE OF
SMALL TELESCOPE
Advises Amateur Astronomer Against IndulgingI
in Expensive instruments to Study What's
Going On in Heavens

; The components of this beautiful
double are of magnitude 3 and 4,
respectively, and their distance
apart is about Is seconds of arc.
We have made a good start.
Now look south of the center of
the Dipper's handles, and at dis
lance about equal to its length
you notice a lonely third magni-
tude star. 1t is Carroll In the
Hunting Dogs" Another delight
full surprise for the eye; the tele-
scope separates it into two stars
of third and sixth magnitude, the
larger white and the smaller a
brilliant blue. Distance between
them 20 seconds of arc.
Wait a little for the star dome
to turn more westward, bringing
the stars in the east up higher,
and then notice the flashing
beauty Of the first magnitude
star, Vega, in the Harp" 1t is
at the upper edge of the Milky
Way, which streams along above
the eastern horizon. In the tele-
scope the splendor, Vegas white
rays. flushed with the most daz-
zling blue, is Understandable.
Close by this magnificent star,
toward the east, are two little
stars, between fourth and fifth
magnitude, making a perfect lit
tie triangle with their great
neighbor. The northern one Is
Epsilon. the southern Zeta. Your
opera-glass splits Epsilon into
two stars, looking like a pair
of white cherries in the sun
shine. Now, turn the telescope
on them with it's highest power,
say 100 diameters. You will see
each OF the pairs split into two
stars almost touching one an
other. This object is the famous
''dOuble-doub!e'' in Lyra. The
other star, Zeta, is a wide double
in the telescope.
Fish for 1t.
Next, look a few degrees south
Of Vega, where there are two
third magnitude stars not far
apart-Beta and Gamma Lyrae.
About onethird of the way from
the northern to the southern Of
these stars lies the ring nebula.
You will have to fish for it, as
1t is very faint, out If you catch
sight of it you will say it is the
most delicate thing you ever saw.
One of the most amazing of all
celestial objects, the great glob-
ular star cluster in Hercules, lies
within reach of your glass. Her
cules is the constellation with a
uuadrilateral figure, west of
Lvra. The cluster is half way
between the two stars on the
west side of the quadrilateral.
You need a star atlas to find
some Of these things. In my book,
pleasures of the Telescope" I
have drawn maps purposely for
the amateur. I wish l had space
to continue here with this ac-
count Of what a small telescope
will show For lack Of it l have
had to leave out the peerless AL
bireo, Gamma LeOnis, with its
military yellow and green, and
many other objects that we may
find room for another time.
The Washington times., 1925-05-11

: thing themselves, to make rec
ord by investigating and interior
ing with their neighbors. At last
the spotlight was theirs, at no
cost whatever to themselves.
Meddling was the business Of the
day and Society, State and Church
blessed their nosy efforts. Nat
urally they hoped right to such
a congenial task.
They've been hopping to It ever
since. The war has ceased, but
the Fixit Habit persists. Having
acquired q toehold on the other
chaps affairs, we aren't going to
let any silly peace jar US loose.
Are we not our brothers
keeper? You bet we are. And
wild horses aren't going to dcag
US off the job.
For without that job where
would we be? Unless We can
acquire merit by butting into
someone else's business. how're
we going to get any? Fame was
mighty stingy with her attentions
in those dull, dead days when a
man had to hew out his fortune
by MS own prOW0SS. - IN
FINITELY EASIER TO COL
LECT A SALARY FOR TELL
ING THE OTHER FELLOW
HOW TO DO IT THAN TO DO
1T YOURSELF. And you attract
much more attention as Censor
than as a mere citizen.
So meddling goes merrily on.
Every day in every way we find
new ways of Fostering our neigh.
bors. No function Of life is safe
from our interference. And
what's the result? Rudyard Kip.
ling says that in England the
result is disorder and discomfort,
that nothing is being we'll done
because everyone is minding some
one else's business instead of his
own. Our industrial plight is not
as grave as that of England, but
we are in much the same condi-
ton spiritually. We have more
money and less satisfaction than
at any time in our history. We
have more power, but less respect
for that power, less genuine affec-
ton for our country that ever
before. We're in a rash of irrita-
ton at things in general like a
household of naggers. Which in
truth is exactly what we have
become.
The Washington times., 1925-05-11

whang home to conditions In
these United States Of America?
Was there ever a time in
human history when one-half of
humanity was more intent on
bossing the other half than now?
NO, THERE WASN'T.
On every hand we meet r. K. s
"damnable streak" operating on
all six with the muffler off. We
have 1,573.9S5 Bizzy Icy Organi-
cations, meeting weekly and con-
Stunning an unreasonable yardage
ot chicken salad, whose sole pur-
pose Is To Put the Rest of the
World to Rights. Some of them
can't find time or opportunity
enough in an eight-hour working
day to put over their disturbing
program, but have to get up at
night and, CARRIED in bedsheets,
tell the boot owls how to do it.
Nor are the Organizations the
only meddlesome agencies. Each
one of us does his bit. Time was
Wnen we were SuppOScd " hSCp
our personal convictions to our
selves. They were held to be init
mate, affairs, like our false teeth
and nighties. Maybe we didn't
admire the other fellows .aste.
Maybe he didn't admire ours. But
we kept our handt off, to. our
mutual benefit Our frontier
forebears had simple but effective
methods Of discouraging too med
dlesome inquiry. They carried
them on their hips: 1t was q
crude but effective form of
repartee.
Then along came the war. And
all of us who didn't raise Cain
Over There draped ourselves in
some sort of a uniform and raised
it Over Here. Winding the Other
Fellows Business was the order
Of the day. We acquired the
Fixit Habit with a vengeance.
Nothing and nobody was immune.
You could put anything over, as
long as you quoted the Bible or
the Constitution while you were
doing it. While the boys "|ere
digging into the bloody earth Of
the Argonne, we were digging
into the personal affairs of Tom,
Dick, Harry, Jane, Mary and
Kate. And giving ourselves
The Washington times., 1925-05-11
STRAW HAT
AND TUXEDO
Mrs. Cornelius Beeckman

Choosing Bridesn0id
nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
- Will you kindly solve
the following:
A is going to be married. She
has a very close friend, girl
whom she has known since child
hood, or about twenty years.
Now A has a sister, who is two
and one-half years younger. In
choosing her maid Of honor, A
says that she will choose her
girl friend.
Though it is really the brides
right to choose her maid Of
honor according to her own
wishes, her sister feels that she,
at AS nearest Of kin, should
as AS nearest of kin, should
claims that were she a young
girl about nineteen then 1t would
be perfectly proper for A to
choose her nearest friend, but as
long as she is a few years older
the privilege should be granted
to her.
S. G.
1t is customary for the bride
to choose her sister for her maid
of honor, and if were AS sister
l should feel as she does, that
the place of honor should be
given to her. I should think that
the fact that the bride chooses
her friend instead of her sister
might cause very unpleasant
comment. 1 am for having the
sister chosen.
NEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ Will you please inform
me if it is proper to wear q
straw hat with a tuxedo?
F. l.. B.
1t is proper.
Mrs. Beekman will be glad to
answer questions on etiquette
submitted by readers.)
The Washington times., 1925-05-11
WORDS OF
WISE MEN

The habit of agreeing seems to
be dangerous and slippery
Cicero.
1t is always a silly thing to
give advice, but to give good ad-
vice is absolutely fatal.-Oscar
Wilde.
A woman seldom asks advice
before she has bought her we'd
ding clothes.-Addison.
In the days of prosperity be
joyful, but in the days of adver-
sity consider. -Ecclesiastes.
Confidence placed in another
often compels confidence in re.
turn .-Livy.
A fault confessed is "A new Vir-
tue added to o man. s.
Knowles.
The Washington times., 1925-05-11
DIR. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
LIZ HAnrfmRaf

Leaving the Unin1pOrtGnt

eca or an inspiration to get up into higher plane
Of living thinking and feeling that which ne has been
The Washington times., 1925-05-11
LISTEN, WORLD!

lunches an d
medals for do
ing it. Short
of sc alp ing
each other or
eating human
fricasse there
were none OF
the joys of
primitive saw
agery w hi CHI
we denied our
selves under
the exalt q i
alibi Of Patri-
otism.
Here was an
u mp ar alleled
chance for the
S t upid, the
Peevish. the
w Q a k, the
M e d d. esome,
who had never
been able to
achieve q n y
The Washington times., 1925-05-11
DU y Y A RID
~ KIPLING

DU y Y A RID
~ KIPLING
made a speech
the other day
and in 1t he
u nloo sed an
1 m m o TT q l
truth. Speak
ing Of the rest
lessneSS a n d
discomfort of
these postwar
days, he re-
ferred to:
"Th0t damn
able streak in
g a. oh Of US
which leads US
to stop our QUA
work aud talk
about the duties
of others"
oh, B oy-
isn't that a
bull's-eye? And
Aonon -
The Washington times., 1925-05-11
MOthers-in-Law

T DO not regard that formidable
il creature, the mother-in-law, as
any altogether vicious person. I
have found in many instances
that she is simply jealous. But
in any event, remember this:
Once an in-law enters the home
Of the newly-weds there is grave
danger of domestic unheaVal.-
Judge Joseph SABBATH, in HearSt's
international c Cosmopolitan.
The Washington times., 1925-05-11
WHAD D'YOU
KNOW?
HOW TO CATCH AN ALL
GATOR: An Orange, Tex, dis
patch to the Galveston News:

UAIOt: An orange, TEX, as
patch to the Galveston News:
What was considered the largest
alligator ever captured in this sec
ton of the country was brought
to Orange yesterday by Eugene Willis.
Q. D. Hebert and Bud Davis. three
Orange men.
The big saurian measured twelve
feet in length and was larger IN
proportion to his length than the
The unusual catch was made by an
arrangement of two hooks, with the
boards setting in opposite directions
Two red-winged blackbirds fixed on
the end Of a pole about ten inches
above the water near the bank were
used for bait. When the powerful
Jaws came down on the bait and
hooA the prey attempted to turn
their work in hanging in the ALI
gators mouth. He then rolled him
self up in the long line to which
the huge fishhooks had been attached
and when his captors came upon
done.
The trio of men who perfected this
capture are confident that they will
catch another alligator that measures
fourteen feet or more in length.
UNUSUAL: We will have Wis.
ibde darkness next. The Invent
or's Digest, Vol. l., No. 1. says:
INDIAN SCIENTIST INVENTS
INVISIBLE LIGHT" MACHINE
Sir Jagadis Chandra Bose, called the
most distinguished scientist India has
yet produced, has given a demonstra-
ticG of an instrument called the
'Superretina," which renders opaque
s objects transparent by invisible
light" This news was conveyed here
in a dispatch from Calcutta, which
adds that the demonstration was
made before a group of scientists
there.
Sir JagadIs who is the founder and
director Of the Bose Research Insti-
tute at Calcutta, declared he perfect
ed his instrument after thirty years
of experimenting. In his demonstra-
ton he proved that a heavy book
can be made transparent by the ac-
ton of the invisible light
This so-called invisible light con-
sists of short electric waves having
the same properties as a beam OF
light. These waves are selectively
absorbed by different substances Coal
tar pitch is among the objects which
1T renders transparent, while water.
the other hand. is made Opaque
Sir Jagadis asserts that plants can
perceive these invisible beams, though
human beings cannot
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-20

CYNTHIA GREY.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-20

Dear ''iirnkrnhrartnd''.
used 10 be la tho same boat
you are, I'm ns FAR a. I can
sec by your letter. my husband
had identlcally the same dis
position a. yours.
Hut Tor All II that, did
what la Gods ewes was right,
My hubby threatened 60 leave
me, too, hut he never did lie
kept this up until our baby
was eight or nine months old,
Then he gradually stopped
grumhling and began 10 take
IN interest in our child,
When she was three years
old. She was taken 10 a hospital
and laid az deaths door for two
months. Since then he simply
worShips the ground she walks
on. She Is nov five and shr
certainly rules her fathers
heart
he guided by your mother Ia.
stnct, \ man that Is man
j. too proud to let the world
know lac Il 80 selfish. They're
MI alike when Il comes 10 that.
have had not only my own
case to judge by. but two or
three Others besides. hope
Your life turns out rs we'll ~
mine has, H. X. 4.
Dear Brpken.hsartrd's This !
not a problem: only an example q
\ type OF man some women blind
Or wilfuIly marry thinking he WI
change his ideas as the years go or
or course, there IL somcthin
In a man. That's what on
gets when one puts or what al
world calls the greatest thing d
life"
My husband thinks Just tho OF
pnsitc to that % "Broken.hearted
We have four pretty children an
the raising OF them is left eutircl
TO me.
II would require n book 10 sho'
this noble minded woman. how niue
K hurts us women who hear chi
ircn every year on nothing, wit
q husband out Of work What IA
world needs lg modification O
our birth rate and not tho tncreaa'
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-20

liam Mcintyre and Mrs. Alice Peters,
They wero arrested recently after
Mrs. Peters had bought a fur cont
with a check stolen in the KapowsIn
robbery.
Bonds for each Of the men have
been SGT at $500 and have not been
raised. Mrs, Peters bond OF 1000
has been deposited by her father and
she has been released,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-20
BUREAU OF
MISSING
RELATIVES

Tho star invites its renders 10 use this
department as an aid In finding missing
relatives or friends. Ths department 10
10 help In rounitinE those whs have been
separated. Those uhose relatives or
friends arr missing arc invited 10 report
tho disappoarnnoe directly to The star.
Headers who may know tho whereabouts
Of persons mentioned In this column ~
missing se requested also TO report 10
Tho Star. Other newspapers arr Invited
In reproduce suoh itsms 80 win interest
their readers.
MRS. JANE BROWN Is sought
by j. c. RUNYAN Of Toppcnish,
Wash She was in Seattle the last
he heard Of hcr.
Deputy Sheriff william =. COT
fey hns been asked TO locate MRS
MAY SCUDDElt formerly Of Seat
tlo, who ig Interested IN an estate
10 have left horN In 1904 or 1905
in 0raford, TcKns sho is believed
4aasaaassasaazssaaaaa4
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-20

az SOME wcIlmsanInF college dean
advocate. l wouldn't give amy OF
my children 90 tho richest woman.
they are here 90 stay. hut the Hibis
has taught me Go hr moderate in
all th0ngs.' so | am honestly dodg
Ing a calamity ana tryiu. to lead
my children 20 the light" that is
only Just dawnluE on this beautiful
world, and light" Is that woman
was not created hy God 10 servo as
an incubator TO satisfy nations. and
mans greed.
Necessity makes Of man Grim.
lnsL n d man has a family, and r.
out Of work aHa che children need
bread and he can't get II. tho first
thing he thinks Of ia. stealing il.
II he H honest, hr.il Htarye with
them and not until tho whole fam.
ily is on tho verge Of starvation
viii anyone coma 70 their rescue
when such a situation could have
been rrmsdlsd. But who wants
chnrityT We need work! Next 10
woman, work Is tho most essential
need in life.
However, this Is beautiful eoun.
try, but there are not enough
houses 90 shelter the woman with "A
family Of little children. So She
is Obliged TO SHIFT from place 90
plar" and a rolling stone gathers no
moss. nor can such a shifting piece
ot humanity make a reliable eiu.
gen.
There arc many ways to make up
TO- tho lack OF babies: help some,
ono who las them all. or adopt
one from birth and mold +, TO your
likes and disllkea. and always think
that u la your own. must con.
rlude that motherhood IL inspiring
and thrilling. but too often the
poor mother goes thru married life
with very different view. II he.
comes distorted. SO help to straight
Ell things out ApEt.A,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-20
Woman and Four
to Be Arraigned

Final hearing before United states
Commissioner Elliott or five persons
accused in the recent Kapowsln post.
office robbery has been set for octo.
her 49, Tho five arc Percy c. Tyce,
Kent Hinton, Nolg A. Hallcson. VII.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-20
CYNTHIA GREY---
Ma2oy Letters Sent to
Broken HeUrted'
Should Be Guided by Mother Instinct,
Advises One Woman
BY CYNTHIA GREY

Many and varied the letters of advice and comment
sent to Broken Hearted"
For the benefit of those who did not read her letter
printed in these columns last Friday will say that she is
a young wife p years old. She married for love and
children Her husband threatens TO leave if she be-
mother atho he is well able to afford to for
three four Riddles They have nice home and two
and plenty Of money but for all of that this wife life is
empty and her heart is slowly being eaten away.
Here of the letters sent 70 her:
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-20
SMUGGLE WIVES
INTO AMERICA
Forelgn-BOrn Citizens Here
Want Native as Spouse
AGENCIES BRING THEM IN
immigration Laws Repeat
eddy Violated
AGENCIES BRING THEM IN

CLEVELAND. oct e0..The de-
sire 10 taugisU born Americans ta set
wives from native lands Is swelling
The tide ~ HnuEElea auen- into thts
,ounuy according Go stephen SuIu-
van. ~ YOUNGSTOWN who was ass
signed 70 rhr immigration depart.
mcut here 10 give special attention
10 the alien smuggling problem
''Womeu are brought into the
United states bv men of foreign birth
working IN good positions here who
want wives from their native land.
sullivan said,
sin some cases passports are
forged. in others. riro women are
brought into the United states with
nut passports"
Durlug the last ne months. Suuu-
van said. De detected at least 30 OF
these arrangements made by foreign
ors tn and about Cleveland
In fact. the demand 10y men % for
eign birth for women ~ thrir own
land is SO great that agencies have
sprung mp which advertise 10 supply
the women and get them into this
country. These agencies advertise IN
foreign countries, featuring the earn.
ing power Of the men IN America
the clients,
They get large fees from the men
for whom they get wives ana also
large fees from The girl or her par,
Cnts.
other practices % smuggling alien
women include the aliens return TO
hts native country with the wife no
married without violation OF the i'm
migration laws. dlyovcinE her and
marrying another with whom he 70.
turns on his first wlfe's passport,
When smuEEled women are appre.
hended they are Immediately sent
back and the man responsible is
prosecuted for immigration law vio-
lation.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-20
Argus Attends
q Lecture

Dear Miss Grey: Prompted by a
friend. attended a lecture. and
am jttst back from II. eager to
register kick"
This was not the first ono I at.
tended. but II may DO tho last. I
am also possessed Of that sIcep.
tioual American characteristic: nj.
trapatienco with our public lsctur.
srs. But II seems everything has
its limit.
am being lsctursd right and
left: in public and private halls.
pulpits. street corners. even thru
tho ether: everybody seems 10 IN
bent on reforming me. OF lifting
mo up morally. Of saving my soul.
Of reconctlinE me with my God I
have come to believe that / must
be tho deuce Of sinner,
But since cannot offer yer.
hal comeback" I avail myself or
this opportunity 10 tell tho world
this:
have read that the Bay Of
F'undy is going 60 be hafnrsscd for
human betterment, and that the
tides OF our oceans arc going TO be
used for productive purposes. I mp.
peal hereby 10 our inventive gen.
iusns thruout tho land, 10 devise
some ways and means whereby this
evidently abundant energy
which Ia being shouted out by ut
least % per cent OF our lecturers.
could be effectively harncssed, tho
not a married man. / assume the
right to pledge the eternal gratitude
Of our devoted and patient house.
wives 10 such God.sent inventor. for
tho energy which f. now being
wasted by these lecturers could be
beneficially employed and It would
richly suffice to sweep and mop oil
tho floors, clean the windows and
wash tho pans and dishes OF our
humble American homes. Fellow.
sufferingly yours,
ARGUS.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-20

Cynthia Grey all receive
callers a. hrs office In The
star building. 1909 Seventh
ave. from / 10 2 q, m. every
day except Saturday aud holl.
DAYS.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-20
Girl Wants
Employment

4 young girl who has a mother
and small brother 20 help support
cannot get work She Ia experienced
in candy wrapping and clcrklnr. but
is willing 70 DO any kind Of work
which win bring her sl5 per week
She cannot work for less. Have
any OF my readers work for herr
II so. rhs can ba reached thru
suuse,-7212.
F+tsNssrtff. F.r,rr,s
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-20

A magazine written and edited by
lunatics has been started In England
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-20
Champion Pear Is
Grown in Seattle

Fruit growers OF California and
other lands OF tropic cline are being
hard pushed by the gardeners OF
The Charmed Land. Recently a large
shipment Of grapes were sent 10 Cal.
ifornia. the home Of this dclicacy,
Now II. j Hazen. OF 422s 42ud ave
:. is displaying q nutmeg pear which
measures Il inches IN circumference
Mr.. Hagen Is willing to match the
product Of his tree with any pear
grown in a community.
Tomorrow. nj Boldt's, i1t4 Third
nve.. Combination Vegetable Salad.
1'te and Coffee, 25e-- Advertisement.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-27
City Items

Kanimierz and Wiktoryia Kozlov- ski sold through the Camp Real Es- tate Company a lot at the corner of Burrtt and Broad street to Joseph LaRoCco
 Nictrolas and piano. al Morans'.- adv.
 There will he a meeting of the executive committee and officers of the Junior Achievement foundation. on Thursday evening, July 30, 7;3o o'clock, daylight in room 1o7, Gen. tral Junior high school Gnlbransen player pianos at Morans' --Hdvt.
 Clarence J Callahan of 75S Arch street has been discharged from New Britain General hospital where he underwent an operation four weeks ago. He is recuperating at the home of his wife's parents MT. and Mrs. Philip Bardecll, of Mountain Grove.
 Home cooked lunches. Crowell's -adNt.
 Andrew Antipas. former head waiter at the Burritt hotel and re- gently manager Of the coffee shop, has resigned his position to take effect. the latter part of this week. Mir. Antipas plans to so to New York.
 Joe Apsro, through Judge B. r. Gaffney, has brought suit for s1,0o0 against Berson Bros.
 A son has been born to Mir. and Mrs. Maurice Kalberg of Boston, Mass.