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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-22
Japan's 500 Airplanes a Month
John R. Coady writes from Elko, Nevada:
She May Not Need So Many

John R. COady writes from Elko, Nevada:
'Of course, have read Yusuke Tsurumi's article
Mr. Tsurum SAYS Japan's ambition contribute to
the social heritage of mankind and through her unique
gift enrich the accumulated civilization of humanity.
"Do you think it purpose she is turning out
500 fighting airplanes month She must think it will
quire very large fleet of fighting aircraft to bring about
West"
Men and nations as a rule MEAN WELL. There good
and bad in nation there are good and bad
The Japanese undoubtedly wish to take their place. high
place possible among the nations Of the world And in
that ambition the United States wishes them well The
they succeed the better shall like it.
It is true that the Japanese nation is building flying ma
the best types of flying machines all kinds from
nations Of Europe She hires the best er to train her young
She has right to do all this What she means to DO
many fighting arpanes that she is building she alone
knows.
business have what need in this country to
protect ourselves lack adequate protection shall
the bill, and very big bin it win be-
We not ready the LAST tme it looks as though we
shall also fail in readiness NEXT time
Meanwhile criticize ourselves, NOT THE JAPANESE
They have intelligence enough to keep up with the times
They came into the class of modern nations Late they
have travelled FAST since coming in.
Whatever others have they have and they go at it more
We should ADMIRE the japanese rather than criticize
them.
At present. because we object colonization
country Japanese nave pter
get that.
not, what win happen, WILL HAPPEN
IF our Congress and Government refuse TO spend few
hundred millions give this country adequate protection in
the air. may later pay over great many thousand mil
Lions make up for the stupid blunder.
There doubt that 80 per cent Of the people Of this
country want and they knew how to express themselves
WOULD DEMAND adequate air force
But one queer thing about democracy is this The
people have something to say on ELECIlON day and after
that NOTHING TO SAY.
In the last they put into without being CON
suited billions of their money taken from them to
lend Europe without their being consulted.
left defenseless and when officer Colonel
Mitchell protests and tells the truth, he is degraded
TT LOOKS AS THOUGH JAPAN WOULD NOT NEED
HALF THE AIRPLANES SHE IS MAKING IF THIS Is THE
COUNTRY SHE HAS IN MIND
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-22

but that was silly. A great big
woman like that was no child.
Then she began to talk and one
was surer than ever that here
was lost child.
II hardly know how to begin"
she faltered, picking at a little
ruffled bag with fluttering fingers.
Il suppose youll think I'm ter
rtbly stupid
Her voice was apologetic-she
tried to laugh. But behind the
laugh there stood a Fear. A
hideous, naked Fear that would
not bulge. And presently her
reserve broke and she let me see
it clearly.
SHE WAS AFRAID SHE WAS
GOING TO STARVE.
Just that.
/ thought she was Joking
surely 1t was one Of those foolish
manias that sometimes beset well
fed, middle-aged women. But it
wasn't. 1t was the truth, and
she had every reason to fear it.
She had actually eighteen dollars
between life and-that. And not
friend or relation within Il
thousand miles. She had come
10 the CITY with her husband to
take up a new business. They
had tiny capital-just enough
to see them started. Then he'd
fallen ill-there had been a long
sickness. And now he was dead
and here she was.
Yes, she'd been looking for
work. She would like to work,
although she had never done so
outside her home. No. she didn't
"know how to do anything in
particular. Her mother had
reared her ito be just a lady"
But she hadn't thought that
would matter. Surely there must
be demands for a healthy, SEN
sible, active woman of forty. She
had been quite suer that she'd find
work easily. But everywhere she
went they asked the same ter
rible question
WHAT EXPERIENCE HAVE
YOU HAD?"
And Of course she had none.
How can you start getting
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-22

This picture Is not overdrawn.
It is, indeed. too mildly stated.
Society has never seen a more
tragic plight than that Of the
unframed older woman of the
present period. Fifteen years
ago there was still a place for
her. She could DO practical nurs-
ing, various kinds of clerical work,
plain sewing and other tasks
which were the natural extension
of her own domestic interests.
But now these fields are all filled
by experts, or by freshly trained
girl graduates from business col
leges or polytechnic schools.
What work is open to the re-
fined, unframed woman over
thirty?
Unless she Is fortunate enough
to have friends who will create a
situation for her no position is
open save that of waitress, JAM
tress, bundle wrapper in some
basement or a similar mental
task.
She may be bright. willing and
industlious-but it will avail her
nothing unless she has definite
training to offer. FOR the world
is too busy, too hard pushed, to
take time to train middle-aged
women to work when young
trained workers are to be had
by the thousand.
All Of which cries the warning
DON'T REAR YOUR GIRL
TO BE a LADY! Give her some
definite, serviceable training along
a marked line. 1t is not enough
to send her through High School
or even College. The average
A. b. degree buys no jobs in the
ranks of industry. She must be
thoroughly fitted for some craft
before she is safe. \
And the same applies to YOU,
Friend Wife. What would hap
pen to YOU tomorrow if your
husband passed out of your life
and the income ceased? Are YOU
fitted for anything save the posi-
ton Of lady? If not, isn't 1t time
you began taking a correspond
ence course or a business training
In some practical work.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-22
NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY. Helen Rowland


A CLEVER man is known by
"A the things he can do--a clever
woman is known by the things
she can do WITHOUT.
Whatever a man does, from
cooking a dinner to washing a
dog, he must have all the tools.
fixings, settings and mechanical
appurtenances with which to do
it. Every man Is plumber at
heart!
But all a woman needs, in an
emergency, is her own ingenuity
and any implement at hand.
A mans clothes must be taller
ed by a professional, fitted, press
ed and fastened together with all
sorts of devices - but a woman
can take a few yards of chiffon
and a paper of pins and appear
in half an hour charmingly and
fully clothed in evening dress.
A mans hat must be a HAT,
properly cut, blocked, shaped,
sewed and exactly the right size,
but a woman can wind a silk
handkerchief around an old wire
lampshade and make a snappy
little hat in five minutes.
A man will walk miles in or
der to have his hair cut and trim
med by an expert-but almost any
woman can cut her own hair with
the manicure scissors.
a OF IN a Z q
a garden, he must have a spade,
a hoe, a rake and a book of rules
but woman can take an old
tin spoon and dig you a beautiful
nasturtium bed-and the thing
will GROW!
When man fixes a lock or
hangs a picture, it takes the whole
family to wait on him. He calls
for screwdrivers. nails, hammers
and a ladder-but a woman can
hang a picture with a piece of
string and a few thum-tacks, or
make a lock work with a bent
hairpin and an old buttonhook.
A mans idea of making a home
Is to build house and fill 1t with
plumbing, furnaces, electric wires
and furniture-but a woman can
take an old army tent or a back
hall bedroom and string a few
draperies and photographs around
it and make a home" Of it.
When a man makes a rarebit
or a cup of coffee, there isn't a
clean dish or pot or pan or spoon
left in the kitchen, and the place
looks like a battlefield-but a
woman can cook a five-course din.
ner on chatting dish.
Men have invented all the mod
ern Implements and ingenious
mechanical devices for making
labor easier-but that's because
man NEEDED them in order to
do the simplest things.
Woman can do WITHOUT
almost anything-except of course,
loye, clothes. romance, converse
ton, and flattery. And most of
tohse the first woman invented,
way back in he Garden Of Eden.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-22

WHY SHOULD YOU KICK?

cussing the fates because your financial con-
dition not better.
Instead you should be having thankful SIGH that you
have as much you possess.
You have been rolling along with great self-denal
You associate with those, however, who did make self
denals all through youth and they riding
Easy Street.
These wise men did pursue nip and tuck method
with their early incomes
They saved consistently certain per cent OF their pit
lance when their youth called loudly yours for
good time.
by thoughtful investment they have built solid
financial backing and they go and they
like.
If you had been really economical you might had
nest egg.
You Lave spent and entertained and returned treats
which you never should have accepted with your frai
financial basis and you have had what you after
"a darn good time"
Well, why should youskck-it I'D to xouf
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-22
UNMARRIED
CHAPERON
By Mrs. Cornelius Beeckman,

ny MIS-. cornelius Beeckman,
nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN.
~ Several friends are having
an argument and we would like
to"have you settle it for us. Two
couples. unmarried but engaged,
are going on a camping trip for
two days. There is a girl of TWEEN
ty going along. Is this sufficient
chaperon? Two Of the girls say
that any unmarried girl lmay be
chaperon. and one of the girls
says that a chaperon must be
married. Which is correct?
PUZZLED.
N unmarried girl of twenty
"A may not be considered
chaperon. 1t is not necessary that
chaperon should be married. but
II she is unmarried, she should be
an older woman. A chaperon
should be either young married
woman or an older unmarried
woman.
Should Sister Give Shower?
nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ Do you think it is proper
for a girl, who is to be married.
or should some one outside OF
the family do this? Or does the
maid of honor take care of that?
A READER.
THERE are no rules of etiquette
Il governing showers, who
should give them or how they
should be given. But there is Il
distinct feeling that shower
should not be given by a relative,
either of the bride or the groom.
Indeed. this does seem a bit
"forced''-doesn't it?-tnis giving
of a shower by a brides relatives.
Nowadays, since showers have
become so much of gimme"
parties, they can be. muc;l over
done and a bride should be very
careful that her showers. do not
seem too carefully planned for
their returns"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-22

bf the atmosphere in the dark
hour before sunrise, which the
same planets hardly ever attain
when shining through the evening
twilight. In your pellucid Dakota
skies their appearance should be
especially splendid and inspiring.
Three Conspicuous Stars
Unfortunately, however, there
is but one morning planet to be
seen this autumn. It is Mars,
which passed out Of the evening
sky in September after having
for weeks been too near the set
ting sun to be noticed. / can
not, on the small scale available,
make a satisfactory drawing to
show the relative location of the
planets with regard to the stars in
general.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-22
LISTEN, WORLD!
By ELSIE ROBINSON

experience unless
some one gi v e s
you a chance?
But no one would
give her a chance.
She told them
how willing she
was and h o w
quick to pick up
new thin gs. But
it seems t h a t
such willingness
didn't amount to
anything unless
you had had spe-
cia,l training or
experience"
So h ere she
was, still young
and vigorous. in
the midst of a
rich and busy
world. yet facing
S t arV a ton be-
cause she had
only been trained
ito be a, LADY,"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-22

The three most conspicuous
stellar objects in view in the
eastern sky about November Is
will be the brilliant, snowy white
Spica, the chief star of the con-
.stellation Virgo; the red planet
Mars to the left or east Of Spica,
and the brilliant yellow Arcturus,
the chief star of the constellation
Bootes, and greatly celebrated
because its name appears in one
of the imposing sentences which
the Almighty is represented as
pronouncing In the Book Of Job.
At the same time, high overhead
toward the north, you will see the
Great Dipper," or Great Bear"
The autumn evenings this year
are favored by the presence OF
both the greatest and the bright
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-22

CHE sat down
~ very precisely
on the edge of
the chair and
apologized for in
truding. She had
a lace jabot at
her throat and,
above it, the soft,
withered skin was
notified with pink
blotches of ner-
VouSneSs. T h e
nervousness was
filming her eyes,
100 those help
less blue eyes
that made her
seem sixteen in.
stead of forty. In
spite Of her flesh
and the sagging
line Of profile,
there was a queer
illusion of girlish-
ness about her.
Like a lost child
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-22
BY Garrett P. serviss )
Noted Astronomer and Writer ON
Scientific Topics Of Popular
interest

Interest
ST would like to have you
show me how to find the morn
ing and evening stars (planetO
by drawing some of the noted
stars in the heavens and put
ting the planets with them
Melvin Tuohino. Bryant. s. D.
II AM glad you ask about the
i morning planets, for they have
beauty probably derived from the
greater clearness and brilliance
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-06
PAVING TO REDUCE
FLOOD MENACE

In addition to lowering Blanco road
one and one-half feet for a distance
of several blocks, it will be necessary
to pave Elsmere street for n distance
Of three blocks in order to improve
drainage conditions in Beacon Hill
Terrace, Paul Steffler, street commits.
sioner, announced Saturday.
After rains, water runs in from
North Haven addition and settles un.
der the houses and in garages.
Elsmere will be paved three blocks
east from Blanco road and a rock base
will be laid where a mud underpath
now runs off Fulton avenue under the
Intcrnational-Great Northern railway
tracks, Mr.. Steffler said.
The mayor has promised financial
aid.
The work will cost several thou.
sand dollars.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-06
RAID EXPLAINS
MYSTERIOUS ODOR

The mystery of a musty odor, that
for long has puzzled residents in the
vicinity of the 1000 block Of West
Commerce street, has been solved.
A combination brewery and distil'
lery in small house in an alley be-
hind the block was the explanation.
Prohibition agents who visited the
place late Friday found 625 bottles OF
home brew, 100 gallons of beer mash,
3 IL gallons of whiskcy, $50 gallons OF
whiskey mash and 50-gallon still, hot
from a recent running,
Two men. one of whom was found
asleep in an automobile outside the
house, were arrested in connection
with the raid.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-06
NAME JACK BURKE
CHEST DIRECTOR

Jack r. Burke was elected d.
rector of the Community Chest to fill
the vacancy caused by the death Of W.
X. Ewing. at a meeting Of the board
Of directors, Friday.
Dick o. Terrell, r. Clarence Jones
and Miss Hannah Hirschberg were
named members Of a committee to
draw up resolutions on the death OF
Mr.. Ewing.
The executive committee Of the
Community Chest will meet next Tues.
day to complete arrangements for the
fall campaign to raise funds for char
ity and social service work in San
Antonio next year. A campaign chair.
man, campaign committee and chair.
man of ten soliciting committees will
be appointed.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-06
MODERN DAVID FAILS
TO VANQU|SH GOLIATH

David failed to vsnduish Goliath
Saturday afternoon and now he's in
the county Jail musins over the
Biblical story.
He was II years old and carried a
"nigger-shootcr." With a well aimed
shot he bit Eluterio Chnpa in the
eye. Then he began abusing him.
About this time PatrOlman Mike
1.-Two, n Goliath in size. appeared. The
youth turned his attentions to him.
But 1.-Two took the youthful David
by the ear and escorted him 20 jail,
there to answer to a delinquent charge.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-06
TEXAS EXPERT MADE
TAXPAYERS AGENT

AUSTIN, Sept. 5.-Adviccs were
received Saturday by John T. Smith,
member of the Thirty.ninth Legisla-
ture, from Travis county, that he
had been elected representative in
Texas OF the Western Taxpayers Con-
ference, which held its annual meet
ing recently at Portland. Ore. Smith
is an expert on tax matters. and is
editor of the Texas Tax Journal, pub
lIshed at Austin.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-06
EXPERT SAYS DANCING MAKES ONE YOUNG
The Charleston ORIGINATED BY CoIored Fok Here to Stay
COTTON SHIPPING
RATES ANNOUNCED

AUSTIN, Sept. 5. - The Railroad
Commission Saturday authorized O
rate of 35 cents per bale on cotton
and cotton linters from all stations on
the Dayton-Goose Creek Railway. cx,
cept Baytown, TO Houston, and A
cents per bale to Galveston. On cot
ton to be compressed at cost of car
rier, the rate TO Galveston, including
compression. shall be 90 cents.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-06
GIRLS At 7 AIN
GRACE BY NEW
DANCE STEP
Bessie Love Explains the
Importance Of Late
Dance.
By LOUELLA o. PARSONS
Universal Service Movie Editor)

NEW YORK. SeIt. 5.--If you
were to take Webster's unabridged
dictionary or any other hand book
with correct definitions OF English
speaking words, / am sure you could
not find the Charleston among them.
The Charleston is so new that not
many folk outside of a limited circle
of dance devotees know what signifi.
canoe the word carries and what heart
burnings to those who have not yet
mastered its technique.
Tell me-" asked Bessie Love
who came to pay me a visit, "What
do you think OF this new dance that
has intrigued all of Hollywood"
Bessie. ! forgot to add. Is consid.
cred one Of the best dancers Of the
Charleston in film circles and no
party is complete without her giving
a demonstration Of the steps invented
by the colored folk of South Carolina.
CHARLESTON TO STAY.
II think, like bobbed hair, it is one
Of the most effective creations Of the
twentieth century and IL is here TO
stay" replied Bessie. at teaches O
girl grace, ease and gives her GER
tain assurance. explained Bessie.
Bessie In a trim tan colored tailored
suit with natty pink blouse could
have easily passed for some school
girl. In fact, my office boy. coming
in to announce her said: There is
a little girl outside named Love.
Guess she wants to get into the
movies"
Bessie laughed when I told her
she had been taken for a school girl.
Il am not telling my age" she
said. what difference does it make
when one can cheat ones public"
DANCING rs A TONIC.
What keeps you so young?" l
asked her. The Charleston" she re:
Piled. Dancing is the best tonic l
know
Then she went on to tell me that
Marion Davies had learned the
Charleston and could dance it as well
as any one in Los Angeles.
Where do you girls learn TO
Bessie laughing said: Il learned
from Richard Rowland's assistant
butler. have never seen anyone who
could step as lively as he could.
sew aim dancing and / never stopped
until he had taught me all Of his
steps" $780,,
10 the tune Of the ukulele she brought
with her TO barn dance given In Cali
fornia, Mack sennett sitting next to
me said:
That girl is a wonder. She can
dance, she can sing, she can act, she
can do everything. And, do you know,
there has never been the least breath
of scandal against her. I do not be-
lieve she has ever been in love"
When are you going TO stop dane.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-06

s.S.S. will rid you of boils, pimples,
blackheads and skin eruptions!
~ ONT CLOSE your eyes to the
- warning which Nature gives
when angry, painful boils appear
on your neck, face or other parts
of your body. Boils, pimples and
so.called skin disorders are the re-
suit Of an impoverished condition
OF the blood and are not to be
trifled with.
It is nothing more than folly to
expect to get absolute relief from
the use of local treatments, such
as ointments, salves, etc. SUCH
remedies may afford temporary re.
lief but you want more than re
lief; you want a remedy which
will rid you forever Of the tortur.
ing disorders. And the one remedy
which has no equal is SIS.
S.S.S. stops boils and keeps them
from coming. SIS. builds blood
power! That is what makes fight.
ing blood. Fighting blood destroys
impurities. II fights boils. It fights
skin eruptions-pimples, black
heads, eczemai II always winsl
SIS. has been known since 1895
as one OF the greatest blood build
ers, blood cleansers and system
strengtheners ever produced.
There are no unproven theories
about S.S.S., the scientific results
Of each of its purely vegetable
medicinal ingredients are admitted
by authorities. Begin taking SIS.
today and clear your skin OF those
blood disordersl
S. s. s. 10 sold at all good
drug stores In two sizes. The
A larger siEe Is more economical
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-06

ing the Charleston long enough to say
yes to some MANI" / asked Bessie"
Never she said. Il couldn't be
in love with any man long enough to
marry him."
Then you have been in love?"
WILL ANSWER QUESTIONS.
"Of course" she said. Every girl
fancies herself in love at one time or
another, and / am no exception. i
have never had a serious romance
partly because J. have always managed
to get cured before the wedding ring
finally happened"
Bessie, who is here TO play an i'm
portant role in Adolphe Menjou's next
picture, THE King on Main Street"
used to play curly haired ingenues.
Now she goes In for the sophisticated
bodied haired young woman and she
likes it.
As for the Charleston, Bessie prom
Uses to answer all questions on how it's
done II my readers will send her a
self-addressed stamped envelope. The
line forms to the right.
The Embassy. Broadway's newest
theater, features tai motion picture
and foregoes the ballots and song mum.
beers. In short. Metro.Goldwyn is ex-
perimenting with a new kind Of pic
turo house, a thester where there Is
nothing to interfere with the enjoy
ment OF the silent drama.
NEW KIND OF THEATER.
This little house cozy and with o
warmth that is personal and pleasing,
seats only GOO. There are no loges. no
gallery and no climbing over feet TO
get to ones seat. This theater. is de.
signed for people who are willing to
paw for their entertainment. The prices
are 1920, S1.65 and S1.10, with only
two performances a day.
With Gloria Gould as managing d.
rector a sort Of glorified hostess role,
the Embassy hopes to get the limou.
sine patrons. Heretofore the debu'
tantes have patronized the Plaza at
Fifty.ninth street and Madison avenue
for their movies. but Metro-G oldwyn
believe that in the future the limou'
sine will be parked at Forty-sixth
street and Broadway and / am in
clined to believe il there are moe
pictures like "The Merry Widow" the
theater will be a paying proposition.
What a picture is this Eric Won
Stroheim feature. And what acting
Mae Murray does. She and the tenn
peramental Won Stroheim can clas1
all they want IL the result brings forth
another merry Widow" 1t is Mae at
her best and Won stroheim as he was
when the movie world suddenly fea:
tured him as the Columbus Of original
film ideas.
Sessue Hayakawa and his japanese
wife are planning TO make kiy Will.
the sun shines. They will in othcr
words kill two birds with one stone by
appearing in n Broadway production
and a motion picture mt the same
time. The motion picture will bt
Mr.. W." that mysterious Oriental
melodrama written by Mathison Lang
tho English actor. Associated First
National is the company involved, ana
the picture will DO made here in New
York.