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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-27

ashamed OF her mother. She gets
red and fidgets. whenever mother
drops in to help her entertain
company. She ducks every in.
Vitation to go out with mother.
She suIks and nags at mother in
private and then cries herself to
sleep at night with remorse. For
the odd thing Is that Mildred
loves her mother passionately,
with a great, aching hunger,
and vet is so ashamed of her that
every sight of that mother
maddens her.
No. Mildred isn't mental
case" She hasn't one OF those
obscure, horrid. completes which
end in hideous tragedy. Sha's .
perfectly normal. very pretty.
popular American girl Of sixteen
years. And her mother il q
kind, just. hard working. intelli-
gent. devoted woman. who Is re-
spected and loved wherever she
goes. Then what's the matter?
Hear the two stories and decide
for yourself what's the matter.
If YOU are fearful Turnip you'll
probably want to massacre Mil.
dred. IL not
II DO love MOTHER cries
Mildred with the furious. baffled
protest of q youngster. She
thinks it's because don't love
her, but it ISN'T. Why I think
she's the best mother in all the
world and I'd just DIE II any
thing happened to her. Only-oh,
/ know 1t sounds horrid-hut she
DOES look so funny when she
goes out. You know. she's got
ten so fat these last two years
and she keeps on wearing the
same clothes she used TO have
and she doesn't seem to care the
least little bit how she looks.
And the other girls mothers look
so laAsy~-SometimeS ] Just wish
I could 20 through the ground
when l see them looking at
mother. 1t isn't because we're
poorer, either. Dad would get
her just piles of dresses If she
wanted them. But she wears
that same old purple silk dress
wherever we go. It's five wears
old now. and all out of style and
doesn't fit her anywhere and
Gee. she looks Just AWFUL! :
And her hair-Dad said she had
the prettiest curly red hair when
thew were married. It's gray
now and there's lots and lots of
1t and she just wads 1t in a big
knob on the back OF her head.
I've told her EUNDREDS of
times that NO ONE wears their
hair that way any more. with
their ears showing and everything.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-27
POTENT LURE
OF CARDS

GONE diamondr' "on4 heart!"
" "one spade"' "One TO
trump echoes the cry Of the
bridge player. And throughout
the land wives and maids,
mothers and fathers. parents and
children follow with eager inter
est the change and exchange OF
those fascinating little bits OF
colored pasteboard called CARDS.
Once more they attest TO the
potent lure OF cards which caused
st. Bernadino of Siepa to preach
a celebrated sermon as far back
as the year 1923, in which he de-
cIared that they were the inven
ton of the devil.
The first mention OF the exist
ence of playing cards In Europe
In found in the account books of
Johanna, Duchess OF Brabant.
and her husband, the Duke of
Luxembourg. 1t is dated the l4th
of May, 1879, and reads as fol-
lows: Given to Monsieur and
Madame four peters. two norinA,
value eight and a half sheep.
wherewith 10 buy q pack OF
cards" And a few years later n
similar memorandum is found In
the sccount-books OF Chariot
Poupart. treasurer OF the house
hold of Charles VI of France:
Given TO Jacquemin Gringon-
neur, painter, fifty-six pieces of
gold for three packs OF cards,
ornamented In gold and colors
and of various designs. which he
devised for his majesty the
King"
But the origin OF playing cards
goes back much farther than TIE
fourteenth century-iust how far,
nobody knows. The Chinese claim
this invention and set the date
at 1920 A. D., when they declare
cards were invented for the
amusement of the Emperor's ia.
vored women. Just when and
by whom cards were introduced
into Europe are matters also
open to dispute. It is thought
that they made their way into
Europe by way of Arabia, aid
that the Crusaders. always In,
Veterate gamblers, were the in
struments Of their introduction.
Be that as it may. by the end
OF the fourteenth century they
had become so common that an
edict was passed in Paris pro-
hibittng working people from
playing cards on working days.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-27
EATING JELLY
WITH FORK

nEAR MRS. BEEcKMAN:
~ Recently / attended . party
and fruit jelly was served with
forks. I thought this was wrong.
(2) On which side OF his girl
friend does = gentleman sit at
the table? Between dances in
q ballroom?
(3) When Q gentleman happens
to meet his friend with a woman
friend and is introduced to the
girl I presume 1t IL proper for
him to keep his hat Off. during
the entire conversation. Does
the gentleman escort also keep
his hat off during the whole
time?
~ Am l correct in understand
ing that a gentleman always
keeps his hat eff in conversing
with a lady he happens to meet
or more than one lady, OF mixed
mixed couples? 3. e. 8.
TT really was good form, dear
8. e. s. Yonr delightful com.
meDt in the you-and-me-pArt OF
your letter shows me that you
are distinctly the kind OF Young
lady who wishes to progress and
to know what's what. One of
the WAYS to grow in tho line Of
eating is to progress from the
Spoon Age to the Fork Age. And
even II fruit jello il a bit wisgly
and uncertain, let's brayely eat
1T with whatever weapon" is pro-
Vided. Anyway, I thing that q
fork il a much more "ciVilized"
utensil than q, spoon-dOn't your
~ II there Ia any choice 1t ID
ION the right" OF a gentleman
that a lady should sit. Some
gentlemen--and all foreign gentle
men--are very punctilious about
this, for in many countries a
lady ION the left II NOT lady.
~ Yes.
az Yes. If they are indoors,
OF course he keeps his hat off,
and II they are out-of-doors, he
. keeps his hat off until one Of the
ladies says. please PUT on your
hat. 1t IL very cold" or some
thing OF the kind. Some gentle
men are so gallant and polite
that they do not even accept this
invitation to put heir hats on.
Mrs. Beecl<nan win he glad to
answer question on etiquette sub
nlitted BY readers.l
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BY Ell SIZE ROBINSON
on Her job

to hear Peg Anderg0nS m0kner
taik-it'g 4 kick. And she's the
LOVELIEST thing to look II
But mother won't 50 anywhere
or take an intereat In . single
thing, except the house. Why
she doesn't even read the news
paper, except the serial stories
or the recipes Actually. the
other day she asked who Amund-
sen was-right in front OF every.
onei Oh. / coulda DIED!
That's Mildred's story. Hsres
her mothers.
.I'm sure don't know what's
come over MilIy lately. She Ism
3 bit like herself. If she wasn't
NV own daughter I'd think she
hated me. wouldn't dare let
her father know the way sne
talks to mel truly believe hsd
turn her out of the house. sup
pose it's the times. I'm sure IN
my day young girls didn { act
that way to their mothers. why.
I'd no more have cared say the
things TO my mother that she
says to me!
would you believe II. she flew
into a temper last night because
l wore my purple silk to Nellie :
reception. OF course. it's an OLD
dress, but it's perfectly good yet
II paid So q yard for that silk
and / can't be bothered to keep
up with every fool style. And
the way she expects me to fly
around to clubs and things-may
be when she's married twenty
three years and has raised three
children, she'll like to take little
rest herself! / tell you the chill
dren of TODAY haven't the least
idea of gratitude. When ! think
of all I've done for that girl
There you have one Of the COM
monest domestic situations.
Who's TO blame? Is Mildred
cruel and ungratefuI? Youth is
always cruel and ungrateful--n
1t weren't the race would short
ly cease. But there's much
justice in her resentment at
down on her job? Would her
past record exempt her from
present effort. IL she were work
ing in an office? Gould she
slump If she were in a big manu-
featuring business and vet ex-
pect consideration and DIVIDENDS!
No. In any other Job on earth
she'd have to keep herself fit
and attractive and in good condi-
ton In any other business she q
have to face criticism and meet
competition. Why shouldn't she
face it in the biggest JOB on
earth-the job of mothering!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-27
They Never Hurry in Persia

and shrill as they are here, are
muted and harmonious. The
donkey.d drive their animals
along with a strange minor.
crescendo cry.
All Persian life IL leisurely.
There is no spirit of hurry or
hustle. Things move alonR,
sereneIy, quietly. There Is no
sense of the passage of time.
One forgets that clocks exist.
No business appointment could
possibly be cut shorter than an
hour. Tea must be served.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-27

DERSIA, the very name, sounds
4 romantic in the ears of the
WAsterner. 1t makes US think of
soft, dull, rich colors, miraculous
ly blended.
And Persia In prominently the
land of softness. soft colors. soft
sounds, soft breezes. The very
noises of the rtseets. dulled by
the thick layers of dust that
cover everything, sound soft and
melodious. The criers of the
street. instead Of being raucous
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-27

uERHe . tale
IL that would
bring tears to
the eyes Of o.
turnIp. But I'm
not 4 turnip. So
I shall resolutely
refuse to weep q
single wip - and
thereby get my
self in dutch al
around. However.
it won't be the
first time. and
Trouble - my
middle name. So
here goes.
Nil dr. . d In
ashamed Of her
mother. I'd like
to cloak that fact
in more tender
phraseolOgy. but
it can't be done.
There's the bald
So NRavA-nI a.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-27
LISTEN, WORLD!

i've begged and
BEGGED her 70
come with me-
and ret = mar.
eel but shs Just
laughs and makes
jokes about an
old woman like
her getting mar.
cells. Gosh Its
no Joke to me-
And she isn't
old, either. She8
only forty-nya
I don't call fhat
old. But honest,
she acts lately a.
If she was ninety.
"It isn't only
her looks. either.
All the other
girls mothers do
thingsali sorts
Of things with
clubs and parties.
Whw Won ought
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-27
Who Said 1t

Men the most infamous are fond
Of famA.
And those who fear not quit yet
start at shame"
The love Of fame is universal,
Churchill observes in The An,
thor"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-27
SAP AND SALT
BY Bert Moses

by Bert MOseS--
No girl. perhaps. can supply so
sweet g. kiss as the girl who lisps.
Workers should think more and
thinkers should work more II
1t is desirable to distribute wealth
more evenly, .-.---...-....
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-27
GARRETT P. SERVISS TELLS OF
EINSTEIN'S FAMOUS THEORY

Says If You Want to Know Scientists Formulas
You Must Study His Works.
The Washington times., 1925-06-08
DAYLIGHT THIEF
IA, TA'S' WITH
S107 LOOT
A. & p. Store Manager Loses
Out to First Customer Who
Wanted Cakes

Wilbur Doyle, manager or the
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
store at 1909 III street northeast,
busted off a pile of tomato cans
In preparation for the usual Mon
day morning rush.
A colored man, coatless and
wearing a dirty light cap, entered
the store.
"Gimme some o. them cakes" F."
the negro said.
Turning to- fill the order. Doyle
was surprised when he heard:
Stick 'em up! And be quick
about itv'
With mis- hands elevated in the
air. the negro bandit backed the
store manager against the wall,
mencing him all the time with a
pistol.
Helpless. Wilbur watched the
bandit loot the cash register.
"Ta. ta!' said the bandit, as he
left the store, taking with him
$107 in bills.
The bandit disappeared down the
street, with Wilbur in hot pursuit.
The thief, however, disappeared
in a crowd Of early morning shop
pers.
When Wilbur reported the robbery
to the officer on the beat, Detective
Benjamin Kuehling, of the Ninth
precinct station house, was assigned
to the case.
Wilbur furnished the police with
q minute description of the bandit.
Although scores of persons were
passing the grocery store at the
time of the robbery, none were
aware Of the holdup, the police said
The Washington times., 1925-06-08
Stokes to Ask Court
To Quash Evolution
Indictment Shortly
BY International News Service.

DAYTON, Tenn. June S.-While
John T. Scopes. Tennessee school
teacher under indictment for viola-
tion Of the State anti-evolution law.
is in New York conferring with his
counsel for the coming trial. 1t was
announced today that motion will
be made in the near future by the
defense to quash the indictment.
The motion is to be made on the
basis of the law being unconstttu-
tional, claiming 1t violates several
sections of the State az well az the
Federal Constitution.
The tentative draft OF the motion
states:
Estate Of Tennessee versus John
r. Scopes. The defendant moves
the court to Quash the indictment
in this case for the following rea.
sons: 4
the basis Of the Indictment and
which the defendant is charged with
violating is unconstitutionaI and
void in that it violates Section
XVII, Article 2, Of the constitution
of Tennessee; section IL, section 81
section 10, section and section
of the State constitution. 5
Second, that the indictment iS
so vague as not to inform desena
dants of the nature and Gauss
of the accusations against him.
"Third, that the statute upon
which the indictment Is based is
subject to the same infirmity be.
cause it is as indefinite as not to
enable the defendant to know what
is forbidden and. therefore. amounts
The Washington times., 1925-06-08
TRAI|VDESTROYS
ONE Of RAGING
BALLOONS
British Elsie" Drops on
Track-Americans Land
Safely in France
BY international News Service.

BRUSSELS. Belgium. June g.
Narrow escapes and safe landings
of the Gordon cup balloon racers
were reported today as each hour
added to word of the eighteen en-.
trants which cast off from here
Sunday afternoon.
Lieutenants Flood and McCor
mick, of st. Louis, brought one OF
the two American entries to earth
safely at Treport, France.
A train destroyed the English
Balloon ELSIE" when 1t landed
near Boulogne, France. A message
TO Ernest Allan, owner of the
Elsie" from it's pilots read:
I'm order to avoid being driven
out to sea we came down on rail
road tracks. We were not hurt
a train"
CAPTAIN JOHNSON,
MAJOR BOOTHBY."
The Italian balloon piloted by
Senior Liari landed safely last night
at Cape Lavi, France. Two oi
the three Spanish balloons wee
reported safely down at CayeGS
and Phiennes and the French bal
loon Marco" was down without
mishap at Boux La Basse.
The Spanish balloon, Jesus
Duro." landed safely at CayouA
Sur.Mor, in northern France. al
lis this morning.
American sailor saved the crew
of the Spanish balloon "Esperio'
from drowning when it fell into
the sea off the French coast ac
cording to wireless message te
the Aero club.
The crew of the steamer Sacan
daga rescued pilot Rocha and his
/ aide LobeZ when the balloon fell in
| to the ocean.
Rocha reported their escape from
death in a wireless message from
| the Sacandaga.
The second Spanish balloon
''Riveras," landed safely at Fienncs
| France, due to a broken valve.
The French balloon, "Montjon. u
| landed safely at Boux La Basse
| France.
The Washington times., 1925-06-08
PAIRING
new FIRE
FL ANS
Commissioner Fenning Finds.
ReaIignment Needed to
Shorten Runs

A reorganization Of the fire de-
partnnent III the interest Of eff
cheney Is planned by Commissioner
Frederick A. Fenning, he an
nounced today after conference
with George S. Watson. fire chief.
"The changes contemplated will
not affect the personnel" he said.
"The present plans call for the
reassi0nment of deputy and bait
talon chiefs to increase fire pro-
ection, particularly in the down.
town sections" +"
Commissioner Fenning sa--- h.
will announce the changes in a few
days. Chief Watson is preparing
recommendations.
VIII Shorten Runs.
The fire chief has had several
changes in mind for the past sew
.eraF months. Ele recently made a
study of the frie runs of the vari-
Gus chiefs, concluding that some
of them have such great distances
to cover that a change in assign
ment is necessary.
These changes will enable chiefs
to reach fire boxes quicker than
heretofore. Some of the chiefs. it
was@pointed out today, have ter
ritory which runs from near the
downtown section to the District
Line.
Several chiefs will be moved
closer into the congested sections
while others will move farther out
toward the edge of the suburbs.
"These changes will increase the
efficiency Of an already efficient
fire department, Fenning said.
Commissioner Fenning said today
he was continuing his inspections of
police and fire houses.
Seeks Use for Rooms.
I'm the Fourth and Tenth police
stations, I observed several vacant
rooms. formerly used for reserve
squads" he said. I'm the interest
of economy. / think these rooms
should be put to some use. What
use, ! do not know at this time.
81 have asked the Acting Super
Of Police, Inspector Evans.
to ask the men Of the force for
s suggestions. / am confident that If
1 200 men get to thinking about this
they can advance some
feasible plan for use Of these rooms.
They should not go to waste.
In line with the policy of the Direc-
tor OF Budget and the President to
economize. hope that this space
can be put into use."
Commissioner Fenning Is planning
tomorrow or Wednesday
with Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes. super
visor Of Fairgrounds: Doctor Will
lam G, Fowler. health officer: and
George s. Roberts superintendent of
weights and measures.
The Washington times., 1925-06-08

Threats OF Neighbors
Cause Screen Star
To Quit
By International News servioe.


TOKYO, June S.-Mrs. Yumiko
Ikeda has decided that it is bet
ter to have a home, a husband
and children than to climb the
heights of stardom in the
movies.
Mrs. Ikeda is the beautiful,
twenty-four-year-old wife of an
engineer. She has one child.
Not long ago she tired of house
hold affairs and announced that
she intended to fulfill her OBJ
vious destiny and embark upon
a movie career. Her husband
consented and she Joined q
motion picture company. She
showed marked ability and was
on the way to stardom.
But the idea of wife leav-
ing her home and children to
act in the movies did not appeal
to the neighbors surrounding the
Ikeda home.
They wrote many letters to
Mrs. Ikeda, threatening her
with dire disgrace if she did
not forsal1e the silver screen.
Mrs. Ikeda needed the warning
and has returned to her home,
leaving stardon just around
the corner.
The Washington times., 1925-06-08
PERRYGO must
SERVE 20
YEARS
Killed Woman to Obtain
Money to Marry in 1920.
Pleads Guilty

Pleading guilty to second degree
murder, Edgar Randolph Perrygo,
indicted for murder In the first
degree in connection with the death
in February. 1920, of Mrs. Emily
Faithful. fifty-three, he was SEN
fenced by Chief Justic Mccoy in
Criminal Court No. 2 to twenty
years in the penitentiary.
Uerrygo at the time of the crime
was eighteen years old and warten
to marry young girl, but had no
money. He knew that Mrs. Faith
full, an old friend of the family,
had considerable money secreted.
He went to her house at Congress
Heights and hit her over the head
with a piece of iron pipe.
Perrygo was convicted in the
Criminal Court. but the Court of
Appeals ordered a new trial on the
ground that his confession had
been obtained by third degree
methods.
The Washington times., 1925-06-08
SAVAN d
DEDICATE
WORK 70
FIN
Youthful Professor Lionlzed n
New York for Stand on
Evolution
By DAVID SENTNER,
InfernafinnaI Nawa serrice.

NEW YORK, June S.-Joln
Thomas Scopes, Tennessee's youth
full proponent Of the theory Of
evolution, who is going to be tried
on July 10 for teaching this the
ory in the public schools, found
himself lionized in New York to-
day. Offers of assistance in his
trial are pouring in on him from
many sources.
The young scientist is the focal
point of interest for many distins
guished scientists. Doctor Henry
Fairfield Osborn, head Of the
Museum of Natural History, has
singled out the youthful professor
for a signal honor. ITO John
Thomas Scopes will be the dedi-
catory preface to a collection Of
scientific articles shortly to be,
published by Doctor Osborn, twas,
announced today.
Confers With Backers.
Today Scopes engaged in series
OF conferences with his hackers
here over defense plans. He con-
ferred with Forrest Bailey. formerly
OF Los Angeles, now acting director
of the, civil liberties union, which
has volunteered too provide Scopes
with the ammunition for his de-
fense. Also in the conference was
George w. Rappelyea, former New
York newsboy, now a chemical
engineer Of Dayton, who instigated
his friends arrest on a charge OF
violating the Tennessee law pre-
hibiting the teaching of evolution
in the public schools.
The Washington times., 1925-06-08
BE | GIIJ NJ
SPEEDS Up
()VD|EBT
Commission to Be Sent Here
in July to Make Funding
Arrangements
By H. B. REYNOLDS,

Negotiations for the funding Of
The $4sO, 900 900 Belgian debt to
the United States viii get under
way in Washington in July, it
was announced at the State De-
partment today.
Official notification has been
received from the government of
Belgium that a debt commission,
will come to the United States
headed by former Premier Theunis,
within the next two months, the
State Department said. Theunis
is now in Italy and exact date of
the arrival of the commission in
Washington will be fixed as soon
as he returns to Brussels.
Sooner than Expected.
Previous reports from Belgium
had been to the effect that the debt
negotiations here would NOT start
until September
While the Belgian debt is small
compared with the $4,000, 100000
owed by France and the $4,000. .000,.
900 debt of Italy, Government off
cials here look upon the opening o.
negotiations with Belgium as def.
mite break in the ranks Of rhe
debtor nations.
Belgium was one of the princi.
pal debtors upon which demand
was made for settlement several
weeks ago. No formal reply has
been made thus far by the Brus-
sells Government to the note trans.
mitted by the American Minister,
but Baron Cartier de Marchienne,
the Belgian Ambassador, in a con-
ference with Secretary of the
Treasury Mellon, chairman Of TIE
American Debt Commission, ad-
vised him officially of the desire of
Belgium to initiate debt negoti.
ations at once.
May Press France and Italy.
The slowness which has marked
the activities of France and Italy
in taking steps to hquidate their
wartime obligations to the United
States has been a source of keen
disappointment to President Cool
idge and members of the Cabinet
with the result that more and more
consideration Is being given to the
suggestion that formal demand
for payment-more curt than the
first representations - should be
served on all the debtors.
This is one of the questions
which will be taken up by the
Cabinet upon the return Of the
President and Secretary of State
Kellogg to Washington from Min
neSota.