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The Washington times., 1925-06-13
GARRETT P. SERVES EXPLAINS
EFFECT OF DISTANCE
Tells How Space Destroys Size of Planets Seen
in Astrological Observations.

"Inasmuef as there are stars
having diometers OF 50,000.OO
10000, 900 and 200, 900, 900 miles.
why is it that these huge stars
don't obscure most OF the stars
we see? A star Of 200,00O,00O
miles diameter should hide very
many stars.-R. J. F.. New
York.
VOU forget the effect OF dis
u lance. That effect, philo-
sophically considered. Is indeed
marvellous, for distance seems
capable of destroying size. At in
finite distance the largest conceiv-
able body would have no apparent
dimensions.
The brilliant red star Antares.
which during the coming summer
nights you will see luridly glaring
above the Southern horizon. on
the back of the crawling constel-
lation scorpio. has a calculated
. which is about 460 times the di-
annette Of the sun. Yet to our
eyes the sun appears more than
half a degree in diameter. while
the apparent diameter of Antares
is only GOA (one-twenty-fifth) of a
second of arc. That is to say, al
though the real diameter If the
sun is $50 times less than that Of
Antares, it's apparent diameter, as
we see it, is $4,000 times greater.
This surprising result arises
simply from the vastly greater
distance of Antares. which is $50
light-years, or, say, 1000 million
million miles from us. while the
distance from the sun is only 49,.
100000 miles, or 21,000.000 times
smaller than the distance of An
tares. So distance swallows up
magnitude.
But while any body that we
can think of. having any size
that we choose to assign to it,
would similarly shrink to a mere
point If removed to a sufficient
distance. yet what we call space
itself is not subject to this law,
for, no matter how great dis
lance we may assign to the dome
of the heavens against which as
background we see the stars
and other celestial bodies, it does
not shrink, but on the contrary
seems to expand in proportion to
the increasing distance.
- This is something on which
you can sharpen your mental
teeth. But without gnawing at it
further. let us return to the giant
stars. 1t Is possible that there
are some still larger than An
tares, but up to dote the red
monster in Scorpio holds the
palm. The wonderful variable
called Mira in the constella ton
Whale stands next with a di.
ameter of 250,O00,000 miles.
Third is Betelegeuse in Orion,
with 215,000,000 miles. Then
comes Scheat, star at the north
western corner of the Great
Square of Pegasus with a di-
ameter of 5000, 900 miles. Next
we drop down to AIdebaran with
only 30,00O,00O, and Arcturus
with 20,000,000 miles of diameter.
Yet each Of these is brighter to
The Washington times., 1925-06-13

our eyes than Scheat. And all
of them, with thousands like
them, could hide behind the gun.
Only a few years ago many as
tronomers would have scoffed at
the suggestion that there could
be stars (suns) of dimensions so
stupendous. But a revolution of
ideas on that subject has been
brought about by the new con.
ception of the evolutionary his
tory Of the stars, which l have
once or twice briefly sketched in
these articles.
For our present purpose It is
sufficient to recall that astron-
omers now believe that the class
of stars sometimes spoken of as
''the red giants" are in a vastly
expanded gaseous state, so that
their density must be. excessively
rare. They are on the youthful
slope of stellar life, increasing in
temperature and decreasing in
volume. The reddish color which
is q general characteristic, some
times strongly acentuated as in
Antares, gradually fades and
changes through yellow to white,
while the temperature increases,
recalling the way in which a
heated poker becomes first red
and then yellow, and finally
white, although the resemblance
cannot be pushed too far, since
the poker is solid and the stars
are gaseous.
After passing the white heat,
or. perhaps, blue-hot climax, the
stars resume their former colors
in the reverse order. while the
temperature declines; and the
last stage finds them as red
dwarfs," on the point of extinc-
ton. Our sun is in the yellow
leaf" and probably on the down
ward course, but with millions,
perhaps billions, Of good years in
him yet.
The Washington times., 1925-06-13

h. Il
twentv-two years of married life
with the same man and brought
up eight children to be a credit
to their country. That's a
record. In a case like that, MRS.
means more than married lady. :
It's a title of honor-as fine az
General. or President" or
admiral When MRS. Malone
sails next week, the country
should be doing her proud with
at least a coupla brass bands.
AND YET THE NATIONAL
WOMEN'S PARTY SAY THAT
THE VERY SIGNING OF THAT
TITLE MRS" TO HER PASS
PORT IS THE WORST DIS
HONOR THE COUNTRY COULD
PUT UPON HER.
The National Women's Party
doesn't believe that Mrs. ranks
with Admiral" It's badge
OF shame according to these en-
Iightened ladies. mo self-re-
specting woman should be forced
to sign her husbands name,s
they say. LET her go forth.
bold and free, and sign herself
by her maiden name. The use OF
a. husbands name is the sign or
ignoble servitude."
Accordingly. they have filed a
brief with Secretary kellogg in
support of their contention that
a married woman has a legal
right to a passport issued in her
maiden name This brief is to
be presented to the President and
would revise the present rule
whereby the appearance Of hus-
bands name is required on a
married woman's passport.
For the luv o. the saints
gasps Mary. What kind Of a
woman are you taking me for?
Signing myself Miss Mary Magurie,
and me living twenty-five years
with a man and having eight
children by him? Are you TAX
ing me for a common trollop?
TIL have you know I'm a decent
married woman!"
There, in Mary's indignant re-
ply, you have the conservative
response to the National Women's
Party agitation for maiden names
for married ladies'. The Conserva-
tive Response of country does
not always stand for justice or
progress. But in this case com.
nonsense would seem to be lined
UP solidly behind Mary.
What does Mrs. stand for?
To the fevered sensibilities of the
National Women's Party it stands
for SERVITUDE. To the vast
ma iority of us, however, it stands
for a certain highly honorable
domestic and civic job. 1t con-
fers a definite status upon the
woman bearing It. 1t says, in
effect:
The Washington times., 1925-06-13
CHINESE WIFE
RULES HOME

TlEIE Chinese matron knows
4 nothing OF women's rights in
the political world, and she will
tell you quite frankly that she
cares less about them. She is too
busy within the confines of her
home to seek for outside duties.
For the Chinese woman rules
her home and she finds that an
engrossing task. Officially and
theoretically, the man is head OF
the family and supreme in all
matters. Actually, however, he is
nothing of the sort. The mother
decided upon all important ques-
tions such as when and whom her
children shall marry, or whether
they should go to school. She man
ages the household according TO
her own lights, and she is usually
efficient in her management.
In spite of the fact that women
are such excellent managers, girl
children are not made very well
como in China. Tee continual
prayer OF fathers and mothers
son for this is probably the fact
that boys can make themselves
more useful at an earlier age than
girls. They can help on the
farms and can be trained in the
occupation of the father.
Little girls, on the other hand,
are free to run about and play as
they will until they are about
eight years old. Then they must
consent to sit quietly and sedately
within the house, with their little
bound feet constructed to the sound
less motions that are permitted
Chinese ladies' They must help
mother in her tasks, as far as it
lies in their power to do so. and
they must spend their spare time
sitting quietly at the door or win
dow looking out over the fields,
perhaps.
Little girls rarely go to school
or learn to read and write. 1t is
considered unnecessary for girls
to acquire any sort of formal edu-
cation. They must know how to
cook and sew and make their
shoes. They must embroider well
and they must know the days of
the sacrifices to gods of the
kitchen. These are the essential
points of her education, and when
she has mastered them she viii!
be amply equipped for the duties
of her life.
She must be able to cope with
any situation that arises and deal
with it effectively. She hIaFfaIly
the mistress of the house and none
will dispute her rights.
The Washington times., 1925-06-13
BY ELSIE ROBINSON


: do not seek to live beyond this
generation. This woman has
enlisted to serve the future, She
is contributing to the institution
which protects children and
other women and Is the best
foundation for organized society
which we have as yet achieved.
The title she wears is honorable,
because it tells the world that
she is part OF that institution
and enables the world to judge
her standing. Therefore, that
title should be honored.
Moreover, the use OF this title
should be insisted upon because
it is convenient. Legal matters
are complicated enough, without
muddling them further simply
because q woman who shares
her husbands bed. board and
billfold refuses to share his name.
The family is best served by
regarding it as unit. Then, In
the name OF commonsense. let
the various members of that unit
respond to the same name.
So, when Mary signs herself
Mrs. Pat Malone" on the pass
port, it does not mean that she
is the material property or Pat
Malone. It means that she and
Pat have gone into partnership
to serve an ancient and worthy
cause, and are hereby announc-
ing that partnership that there
may be no confusion in the
public mind. If that be servitude,
then every act Of common con-
sideration for strangers, or re-
spect for organized society, is
the gesture OF the slave.
And now as female and a
voter and hardworking laborer,
I'd like to address few remarks
to the National Woman'S Party.
I don't Nike your stuff. girls.
Since you have chosen such a
wide and noisy name let me In
form you that some of the rest
of us National Women feel that
you're doing the feminist cause
a lot OF harm. For a good many
centuries men have labored under
the impression that women are a
bunch of hySterical nit-wits with
no comprehension of civic re-
sponsibility-emot individual
lists who can't see beyond their
noses. Such stunts as This
Maiden Name agitation OF yours
are not helping to remove that
impression. They are, instead.
strengthening it. If you really
want to place your mark on the
national record get down and DO
SOMETHING. IL It's only the
humble task of producing twins.
But don't expect to achieve fame
for feminists by undeiHg the few
crude conveniences which civil.
ization has been able to produce.
The Washington times., 1925-06-13
TWELVE RULES
FOR HEALTH

/. Do some setting-up exercises
daily.
2. Play some adult athletic
game three times each week.
3. Spend one afternoon in the
open each week.
4. Walk a brisk mile or two
daily.
s. Breathe deeply several times
daily.
6. Sleep with windows open
eight hours daily.
Z. Eat some fruit and coarse
vegetables daily.
s. Chew all food we'll before
swallowing.
3. Drink two quarts of water
daily.
10. Have a bowel movement
once or twice daily.
IL. Take a bath or a vigorous
rub daily.
IL. Celebrate your birthday by
having a health examination by
a competent physician.
The Washington times., 1925-06-13
This De Luxe Bus Line PrOpO.
sitiOn Is Perplexing
By BILL PRICE.

The public utilities Commission faces something new to
Washington in this line proposition to supply the
desires or needs of Chevy Chase citizens.
It all sounds quite exclusive and brings out suggestions that
other sections of thee city may want to try Of this
de la creme stuff in transportation.
serious proposition involved whether the commission
viii be justified in giving the field to the Capital Traction
Company which will charge % cents against the application
of the Washington Rapid Transit Company which offers
virtually duplicate the service of the other at 10 cents cover
ing about the route
The commission knows best probably whether should
establish competitive Capital Traction street rail
way territory and thus weaken of the street railway
of Washington De luxe busses 10 cents might be in
much demand for awhile although just how they could
main select and exclusive at 10 cents when fares just
little less do not fully understand It is tempting
proposition to this de luxe stuff at 10 From
psychological viewpoint 2cent service would because
of the higher price, have it all the 10cent brand and
when you get excluveness you ought to be willing to pay
for it.
advantage of de luxy bus service is that you
guaranteed seat with rough neck standing beside you
joe you your dignity If the Washington Rapid Transit
Company give all that for 10 there hope that
cents the riding mutitudes will day be
able get present prices As it they fight for
standing cents six tokens for 40 cents In the
of the day Washington probably people
. stand than able to get seats
this business may lead in the traction
field Of the District don't know results in fewer
street car riders then railway companies viii complain
bitterly about the falling off in the number of passengers
hauled and in gross and net people in other
sections of the District take notion that they want taste of
transportation there's trouble for the railway
companies for undenaby the people who travel de luxe
the fewer who viii appreciate the sardne styles long in
vogue.
The Public Utilities Commission has really serious
things the precedents created in de-
nyng all competition with the street railways but at the same
time allowing the street railways to experiment with buses in
their own territories These experiments going cost
something While it is understood that the financial end Of
viii be kept separate from street railway finances there
are they must be met by the street railways which
financed by the public.
interesting phase of the subject that will be
watching Is the de luxe proposition effort to mini
of private automobiles and thereby build up
street railway revenues? 1t has been apparent for time
that severely restrictive parking regulations in business and
other of Washington dscouragng to of
machines Will the latest in modern busses with seat for
each passenger down the Of privately owned automo
bes? but natural and evidence Of good business
railway managers to of attraction
TO divert business their way
The Washington times., 1925-06-13
Silly Allied Demands

The Germans it is said will reject the allies demand for
complete German disarmament The allies say the German
police 175000 men well armed constitutes real army
They that force cut down. and they young
mans to be forbidden all military exercises
Such demands diotic. You can't keep from
learning stand straight obey ORDERS turn the left
right, and handle gun.
What's the point, the moment invasion starts
the East invasons have started thousand
times in the past when the Russian bear numbering
Westward some Monaghan horde comes flying through the
Europe the allies of today will be begging the Germans to
get armed and ready in hurto protect European civiza
ton.
those European nations could decide stop HATING
each other and work together brothers. instead armng
against each other cuthroat enemies you would an
end Of Europe's troubles
The Washington times., 1925-06-13
LISTEN, WORLD!

This woman
has enrolled with
the home build
ers Of humanity
She may in her
self be stupid
and weak. but
she has entered
an honorable pro
fession and 81
thereby entitled
to serious con-
siderat ton. s h q
should not be
confused wit h
predatory prOwl-
ers who cannot
be counted upon
to uphold I h .
traditions OF civ
iIized society or
shoulder its re-
sponsibilities. Nor
is she any longer
OF the ranks OF
- q
The Washington times., 1925-06-13
,hs moral of that tedious narrative is this:

The moral of that tedious narrative is this:
If you must steal from the Government don't steal
sticks of rubGrb steal naval oil reserve and Drag about
being aUorth millions. Then the real legal bLooI
hounds CU be yor side and aOu be safe child
an its cradle.
The Washington times., 1925-06-13
THANKING
A BOY
Mrs. Cornelius BeeckmanI
The Sister as Maid of Honor.

The Sister as Maid of Honor.
DEAR MRS. BEEcKMAN:
y have been best of friends"
with a young lady for about
eighteen years, and we have prac-
tically been brought up together.
Somehow, we have always taken
it for granted that when either
of us marTies the other will be
maid of honor. / also have a
sister Of twenty-five who says I
have no consideration for her,
if my girl friend is maid Of honor.
Will you kindly advise me what
to do, as 1 have tried to reason
with both of them, but each one
feels offended. We have, there
fore, decided to leave this matter
to your judgment. l. r. G.
II AM on your sisters side.
n think that she should feel Of
Tended if you do not invite ler
to be your maid of honor. Ac-
cording to all tradition. she, as
your sister, is entitled to the
place of maid of honor. 1t is
customary for the bride to ask
her sister to be her chief at
tendant.
OF course you could compro-
mise and ask them both to be
maids Of honor, but this would be
a compromise, and in sharing the
honor. neither would have the
"chief place" Are you going to
have bridesmaids? If so. the log
zeal place for the "best friend" is
as bridesmaid.
Yours very sincerely,
The Washington times., 1925-06-13
M 4 LONE NJ y.
- AAA ~~s

LO4NE has
been mar
ried for twenty
I w D y . a r 8.
There's q large
circular clluckle
where her waist
line used to be
and frost through
her rugby Irish
hair. But little
does that matter
to Mary! She's
going abroad to
see her first
grandbaby a n &
she and Pat and
all their eight
children are fizz-
ing oyer with joy
at the prospect.
You've a right
to fiz over with
joy when you've
The Washington times., 1925-06-13
Who Said 1t

"DO not look at Iife's long sOr-
row;
See how small each moments
pain;
God will help thee, for tomorrow
Every day begins again."
Let every day take care Of it's
own troubles, Adelaide Proctor
urges in "One by One"
The Washington times., 1925-06-13
SAP AND SALT
BY Bert Moses

When you eat onions. 1t Is a
sign that company is coming
Some marry and repent at
leisure, others repent at the end,
of a year, while some get the
reaction the. next day.
Hez Heck says: There's more
money in suhdividin' farms into
film stations than into town
lots"
The Washington times., 1925-06-13

Thanking a Boy.
nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN'
~ Should a girl thank the boy
who has taken her to the theater?
Should she say. Il had a very
enjoyable evening" or something
like that?
(2) When with a young man
and walking towards door
should she wait for him to open
the door? JANE
YVES. A girl should make it her
Il habit 20 thank anyone who
has had a generous thought for
her happiness. The boy has
planned pleasant evening for
you. hoping that you will enjoy it.
IT is the only gracious thing for
YOU to do to- tel. him that you APP
nreciate his kindness and that
YOU had a pleasant time.
az Yes.
(NIrs. Beekman will be glad to
answer questions on etiquette
submitted by readers.)
The Washington times., 1925-06-13
If You Must Steal

When anybody steals this Government let him beware
Bloodhounds Of the will track him and tear him down.
possible
Look at Max Rope for twenty-five years mail clerk He
was taking nine stalks of rhubarb from parcel
post package.
The rhubarb worth perhaps four cents but it the
principle of the thing The Government according
report has spent $4,000 the effort to put Max Rope in JAIL
It removed him from office time since, and although
now acquitted lack of convincing
probable he will not be renstated In any dis
missal has him his seniority standing.
Putnam patriot., 1925-01-09

ease IS everywhere prevalent and is killing merchantablo pine, but it has not become SO general in this part of Connecticut.
 This is largely because wild cur rant and goosepcrry are not abundant in our woods. and the blister-rust can not spread from pine to pine but must pass certain intermediate stages upon wild or cultivated currant or goose berry.
 This disease is just as serious in the harm it does and in the rapidity of it's spread, as Is the chestnut blight. but unlike the chestnut blight, the pine blister-rust can be controlled. The fact that this disease must spend part of it's life on eurrant or gooseberry, gives us the means of control. By re- moving and destroying all wild or cultivated currant or gooseberry bushes m any pine growing section and within al least 300 feet of any soft or five needle pines. which variety 1t alone attacks. We protect the pine and prevent it's infection. To make cer- tain the thorough control of this dis ease all egrrant and gooseberry in pine growing sections should be erad. icated.
 The dsFeasc is not generally prev alent in nlAahasA county 4A4 t aete.
Putnam patriot., 1925-01-09
PROF. FLOWER AND
 WIFE ARRESTED
Man Who Staged Balloon As cension In Woodstock In
 Serious Trouble
Boy Carried Aloft. Killed On Fair
 Grounds

When raiders from a Boston Back Bay police station. Sunday. uncover. ed what the police declare Co be an apartment devoted to illegal surgery on wholesale scale, they arrested a doctor and also Theodore H. Flower. 6i years old. balloon aeronaut. and his wife. charging them with being accessories
 Flower will be remembered in Put nam as Professor Flower. who had charge of balloon ascension at Woodstock fair grounds. September Is. 1913. Flower took the contract of staging an ascension with para chute jumps on two days of the fair. under the name of the Boston Balloon Company.
 It was late in the afternoon of the 1sth when Harold Gates of Sewbury- port. Mass. working with Flower. cave the signnl ta 'T ct her gn" and the big bag filled with hot air rose swiftly
 As the balloon arose the large crowd of spectators were mortified at seeing small boy dangling at the end of one of the guy ropes. After UtiHE dtVlN feet the boy let go his hold and fell to the ground inside the race track inclosure and was instantly killed.
 The lad was George c. Bernier. Jr.. son of Nr. and Mrs. George Bernier of Mechanicsville. Just before the balloon took the air the boy was heard to say that he was going to rido u~ 9 way and drop of T. WIS believed that he became frightened and forgot to let 20 his hold when the balloon rose rapidly. or else that he became entaneled in the rope.
 The bows parents broueht civil suit against the fair association and Flower was one of the chief witness es in the case The matter was car ried to the supreme court. Ii was decided that Flower was an indenen- dent contractor and that he was lia- ble. if anyone. for the boys death and that the fair association was not liable.
 + v,a- learned tiet FlnW.er was aot financially resuonsible and no action was ever instituted aeainst him. Since his anuearance in the superior court in Putnnra he had been unheard of hereabout until tho story of his ar-I vest appeared in Boston newspapers Monday.
Putnam patriot., 1925-01-09

not become so. The writer urges all pine owners and all interested in the welfare Of the county to cooperate with him in controlling the blister rust.
 There is much cultivated currant and gooseberry in the county. and con siderable infection on this. and there Tore the writer asks the cooperation of owners la locating infections and re- moving infected stock"
 Examination of pine lots, and cur rant and gooseberry bushes Is made without charge.
Putnam patriot., 1925-01-09

All of you listeners-in on PATS weekly matinee "They Say" program are requested to send telegrams (pre- paid) and letters addressed to PAT, the City of n Thousand Advantages, as soon as possible and tell us how you do. CT don't. enjoy these weekly broad castings We do not accept gifts be- cause We never have the chance. Sta tion PAT signing off at D. m, east of the Quinebaug standard time. Good afternoon. B-z-z-z-r-whistle- Silence.
Putnam patriot., 1925-01-09

The author of the song, "The Side walks of New York" 70 years old and blind, is going back on the stage to sing the song he wrote 25 years ago. The song has become very popular once more in New York City and there is a demand for the authors reappearance.