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one mile per hour the pressure is
1908 pound.
Now, compare with that the
normal pressure of the atmos-
phere. which amounts to 14.7
pounds per square inch, or more
than a ton per square foot That
is the pressure that would be
brought to bear upon the walls
of building the interior of
which was entirely exhausted of
air. OF course, a building could
be constructed capable of with
perhaps most well-built build
ings. strongly braced within, ac-
tua1ly would withstand it. al
though their windows and doors
would be crushed in.
Perpetual Mystery.
IF the vacuum were created
outside instead of inside the
building, which many think prac-
ticaIly occurs at the center Of a
tornado. the resisting power OF
most structures would be less
effective than against force
pressing inward. There are re-
ports of buildings having their
walls blown out by the pressure
of the contained air as the core
of the storm passed over. In
such cases it is not likely that
there was complete vacuum
created outside. even for n
moment, for diminution of the
pressure to the extent of one
half or three-quarters would no
doubt suffice to cause the mis-
chief.
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By ELSIE ROBINSON


and again that the story of
Genesis is poem; that science
and religion are in harmony.
Bigotry and encouragement OF
ignorance are not in harmony
with true faith"
There are two accounts of the
creation of the world in Genesis
one in the first chapter,
another in the second. In
Genesis, first chapter, twenty
seventh verse, it is said:
$50 God created man in his
own image, in the image of God
created He him, male and female
created He them"
Then, in the second chapter,
there is the account. obviously Of
another age, in which 1t is said:
And the Lord God formed man
in the dust Of the ground and
breathed into his nostrils the
breath of life; and the man be-
came a living soul"
There is the story which the
Jews declare is and always has
been poem. Mr.. Darwin also
said 1t was a poem-a poem
which in no way conflicted with
his theory that man has evolved
slowly through an infinite space
of time and with changes. Mr..
Bryan, and the other funda-
mentalists. however. declare that
Mr.. Darwin's theory DOES con-
flict and that the science of
biology, which is based on that
theory is therefore wrong. Does
this seem an unimportant SQUAD.
bile? 1t has been important
enough to influence legislation in
many States. For more than two
years it has been impossible to
teach the evolution theory in
oklahoma In Florida and Ten
nessee it is also illegal. and prac-
tically impossible IN Texas.
Kentucky is almost sofidly lined
up against the teaching of evo-
luton in schools. North Caro-
lima will employ no teachers who
believe in 1t, and bills on this
subject are pending in Mis-
sissippi, Georgia, West Virginia,
Arkansas, Iowa, Illinois. North
Dakota, Minnesota, Oregon and
Arizona. The fight for such a
bill Is already under way in Cali
fornia and Kansas.
There are the facts of the
case, Bill. SO / almost think it
would pay to dig up a dollar,
buy a Bible and decide which
side youth take.
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ed into the lime light.
Dear Elsie:
l wish you'd tell me privately
just what this Scopes fellow is
being tried for. What are they
making fuss about? never
read the Bible, and all l know
about Darwin is that he was a
high.hat. 1t makes a fellow feel
goofy to be caught in one of
these evolution arguments when
you don't know whether Genesis
was race horse or a kind of
breakfast food. What does it
say, anyway? Bill.
Wen, Bill, you MIGHT take a
risk and buy a Bible for your
self. 1t has been considered a
good investment by a number
Of our leading citizens. But since,
/ suppose, 1t would interfere with
paying the next installment on
the car, III try to oblige with
a little secondhand information.
What is Genesis? Genesis. the
first book in the Old Testament.
is antedating the Christian era
by many centuries. 1t was assem-
bled from many sources and was
the product of various periods in
human history. Part of 1t came
from written records, part of 1t
from mouth-to.lnouth tradition.
Wise and holy men wrote some
of it7-and some of it is the
record of people who were prac-
tically savages.
Genesis was written by
Hebrews, about Hebrews, for
Hebrews and in a Hebraic liter
airy style. This is true of all
the Old. Testament, which is a
record older by many centuries
than the New Testament, which
was written after Christ.
Most orthodox Christians claim
that Genesis contains a true de-
tailed description OF the creation
of man and his first wanderings.
The Hebrews, whose fathers COM
piled the book, and from whose
racial records and tradition 1t is
taken, say it is not a scientific
record. They say that Genesis
is a poem picture which conveys
great truth. They say that
the story of mans birth was
handed down, generation AFTER
generation, in the form of
tribal story, by uneducated men,
and finally embodied in this
form by some man, or men,
who had no scientific knowl-
edge but great spiritual vision.
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INTELLIGENCE
TESTS

CST CANNOT conceive of any
thing more futile. more fatal
in education than this idiot-con-
firming, moron making process
called the intelligence test. 1t Is
also a setting up of intellectual
prigs. We are all off the normal
above or below, or las with most
of the educators ] chance to
know on both levels all of the
tirhe-the one non existent in
.dividual among US being that
mythical perfect person. the So
called average man. There is no
such animal-nor child or man.
And these intelligence testers, by
what authority do they test, and
how would they behave if tested?
] can scarcely remember a more
moronic talk than that on the
test in English by an adenoidal
dean. dallas Lore Sharp in
Harper's. -.-~... 49,
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Who Said 1t

"Kings are like stars-they rise
and set, they have
The worship of the world, but no
TepOse."
Shelley, in "Hellas," pities the
lot of kings
"a murd'rOus guilt shows not it.
self more soon.
Than love that would seem hid:
loves night is nOOn."
Love cannot be hidden, Shakes
peare declares in Twelfth Night"
Ambition should be made OF
sterner stuff"
Inc ambitious person must not
be easily discouraged, Shake
speare writes in Julius Caesar"
Our life is frittered away by
detail. Simplicity, simplicity, sim
plicity."
Thoreau declares for simplicity
and the avoidance of detail in one
OF his Letters"
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Life, believe. Is not a dreama
So dark as sages say;
Oft a little morning rain
Foretells a pleasant day.
Charlotte Bronte.
The best part of beauty Is that
which a picture cannot express.
Bacon.
Blessings on him who invented
sleep, the mantle that covers all
human Thoughts.
To run the world back to its
first original, and view nature in
its cradle, to trace the outgo:ngS
of the ancient of days in the first
instance of his creative power,
is a research too great for mortal
nquiry.-South.
Crimes are the actions of physi-
cal beings with an evil intention
abusing their physical powers
against justice and to the detri.
nlent Of society.-Burke.
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COULD THE AIR CRUSH A BUILDING

because there is lessened weight
of air above. At q height Of
about four and half miles you
would find the atmospheric pres
sure only half as great as at the
surface. If you go up very slow
" the pressures in the body
progressively adjust themselves
to the decreasing pressure with
out. But If you should shoot up
in a second or two to a height
OF five miles the consequences
might be mortal. Your expert
ence would then resemble that of
some gof the deep-sea fishes, ac-
custofned to dwell where the
pressure is excessively high and
which, when brought to the sur
face, explode
Liquid water and gaseous air
are very different in many Of
their physical properties, hut
they are alike in that with both
the pressure increases with depth
and is distributed equally in all
directions. A balloon is support
ed by the same law of buoyancy
that floats ship.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-11
Much Mileage

In May this nation used S5200oO00 gallons gasoline
record for all time
Only few years ago gasoline unimportant by
product oil industry newspapers bought for five
six cents gallon wash ink from type.
Finding oil the ground and knowing how get
refine it has made great change.
What will happen when human beings learn to
use the millions of nitrogen in the air above
heads? Think that ONE IDEA worked out, could
make you times rich as Rockefeller and ten times
unhappy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-11
ONCE-OVERS
MEN WHO ARE wELL-DREssED.

Il never feel dressed anymore; and when get with
who welldressed feel uneasyt that
they look upon a failure. =
This is the statement of who fooishly spends
than it would him to dress WELL and spends foolish
Every should dress well his circumstances
permit
Dress should be relative to work and finances.
1t would be ridiculous for ditch digger dress
suit for ditch digging although he should dress suit
at the time other of his acquaintance put theirs
Dress according your work is the rule
Successful foppsh dressers but their clothes
fit WELL of good material and kept proper cond
ton.
slovenly poorly dressed would have hard time
others that he that he would be
able to handle large affairs. =
The account of dress damaging than
the clothes that poor must
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They also claim
that it in no
way con fIicts
w | I h Darwin's
scientific theory
of the creation
of man.
] n a re C e n t
sermon, r a b b |
Louis I. New
man, of Temple
Emanuel, S a n
Francisco, said:
I'VE OF the
j e w / s h IA 1t b
whose forefath-
ers wrote the
Bible protest the
perversion a n d
abasement of the
Old Testament
by using 1t as a
weapon against
I h g truths of
s C | e n C e. w e
I>VA 1850 @ -,
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SAYINGS OF WISE MEN

Things worthless singly are USE
full collectively.
When we desire anything, our
minds run wholly on the good cir
cumstances of it: when it's OBJ
tanned, our minds run wholly on
the bad ones.-SwiSt.
Though we travel the world over
to find the beautiful, we must
carry it with US, or we find it
not.-Emerson
There is not one grain in the
universe to be spared, nor so much
es any one particle of it that man
kind may not be the better or
the worse for, according as it's
applied. 'Estrange.
Modesty is a kind of shame or
bashfulness proceeding from the
sense a man has of his own de-
fects compared with the perfec-
tons of him whom he comes be-
fore.-South.
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TO WEAR AT
WEDDING
Mrs. Cornelius Beeckman

NEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
- At 5 o'clock wedding
are the cutaway coat and striped
trousers the proper dress?
90 When having maid OF
honor and a matron Of honor,
which one walks Immediately in
front of the bride?
CD Is it necessary to have
ushers when the men in the
bridal party wear formal dress?
(4) To whom does the brids
hand Mer flowers at the altar,
the bridesmaid of matron OF
honor? A READER
i (2) Usually the maid Of honor
walks in front of the bride How
ever, there is no definite rule
for this order, since the honor
place in front of the, bride Is
often given to the one who Is
nearer to the bride in relation
ship or friendship.
(3) The ushers are part of the
DTlQdl party, dHu ChC AAOSS VI
the other gentlemen does not
. determine whether or not one
has ushers. The thing that de-
termines having ushers is con-
venience. They seat the guests,
and, at a formal wedding, f:re
practically indispensable.
ca The bride hands her flowers
to her chief attendant, the maid
Of honor or matron of honor,
asho stands at her left ready to
Sbe of service.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-11
By Garrett P. Serviss,
Noted Astronomer and Writer on
Scientific Topics of Popular

rScientific Topics OF Popular
Interest.
AN acquaintance asked me
this question: If the air was
extracted entirely from build
ing, would it collapse? He ap-
parently does not understand
the functions of force and mat
ter. Will you oblige with your
opinion?--M. F. M, Detroit"
Ut would depend upon the
strength of the walls and
II upon the structure of the
building as to form, bracing, etc.
| doubt il many realize the enor-
nous force of air pressure. The
force of the greatest hurricane is
small in comparison. About the
highest pressure calculated for
storm winds is fifty pounds to
the square foot, and that, too,
for ian immense hurrican."
Some authorities consider this
exaggerated, and cut the figures
down to from ten to fourteen
pounds for winds of sixty miles
an hour. The pressure varies as
the square of the velocity. At
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-11
War Does Not Pay

Germanys population is 625ooooo In 1908 it 6SOoo,
000 But for the German population would be
rs 100000 at The killed 2750000 Low birth
during the war fathers 'front.' 2500000 The
saies Peace chopped 100000 Germans away from the
Fatherland.
War doesn't pay. However population will back In
modern war still children by blockade and other
WISE but they don't enslave and lead kill the
- they used to do
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-11

THE whole ma
Il ton is talk
ing about the
Evolution rum
pus d o W n in
d a VI o n, Ten.
n e s s e e. A n d
nine-tenths of the
nation hasn't the
least idea what
it's about. We're
a good natured,
kin d : h e arte d,
h ard hittin
bunch, we Amer.
leans, but our
literary ground
ing is full OF
holes. Here, for
example, Is q
typical letter out
of the scores of
similar ones re-
ceived in this de-
partment s n C g
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-11

DEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ One of my boy friends sent
me an announcement of his
graduation from high school. [
should like to thank him for his
kind remembrance Of me. AS
this friend does not live near me,
cannot thank him personally.
Will you kindly give me the cor
rect form? NJ
NNHERE is no set form for a
congratulatory letter for grad
uation, since usually there are
little personal wishes that one
wants to express in such letter.
Use your very best letter-paper,
and assure this friend of YOUR
congratulations on his being grad
uated and of your best wishes. for
his success in whatever work he
has chosen to do. Your letter
need not be long, but 1t should be
cordial and friendly.
Mrs. BeeCEman Will be glad to
answer questions on etiquette
submitted by readers.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-11
Chinese Jazz

If the proprietor of the Boston chop suey paror who
fused to stop jazz while they digging door
victims of the building collapse is at all curious to
know of the for the Chinese exclusion act
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-11
DR.. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
b. DoCToR FRANK CRANE.
By 7. E. Powers
Americas influence Hl the World

HERE is always conflict, effort to balance in
the minds of men their duty toward themselves and
their duty to other people.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-14
Children's Bow Legs
Due, Sayant Ayers,
to Wrong Food

Children become bowlegged
and knock kneed because they
do not get enough calcium and
phosphorus in their food, and
not because they are allowed 20
walk too early in life.
Scientists of the Department
of Agriculture today announced
this conclusion after an in
tensive study. They further
asserted that the right food
during the growing period will
help. children to develop
straight, sturdy bodies and
alert minds.
A pint of milk a day will
provide three-fourths of the
calcium and half the phos-
phorus, according to the ex-
perts. Vegetables come second
in Importance. If rightly
chosen they will furnish Z per
cent of the calcium and 10 per
cent of the phosphorus needed
by child. Fruits are listed
as important sources Of these
minerals.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-14
CONDEM|NATIO ION
To GET LAND
FORSCH0GL
Commissioners Unable to Buy
Site for Western High
Athletic Field

Condemnation proceedings to ac-
quire two squares near Western
High school for an athletic field
will be instituted by the District
Commissioners, Engineer Commits
sioner J. Franklin Bell announced
today.
The property Is bounded by
Reservoir and S streets, Thirty
eighth and Thirty-ninth streets
northwest and is two blocks from
the school.
Colonel Bell says owners of the
property, local real estate firm
which is building IN the neighbor-
hood, have notified the Commission
ers they have no desire to sell.
Commissioner Bell said that the
Commissioners had two other pieces
of property under consideration,
closer to the school. One is the
property of the House of the Good
Shepherd and the other is property
owned by the Georgetown Visitation
Convent. Negotiations for the pur-
chase of this land have so far been
unsuccessful, he said.
I'VE would, OF course, like to
have the athletic field nearer the
school," he said, land If we can
see our way clear to do so we
will stop proceedings for the other
property and get rand closer by. p"
There is an appropriation Of
1925 900 available for the purchase
of land. The property dedicated
by Mrs. Anne Archibald for park
purposes is close to the land to
be obtained by condemnation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-14
Buy Playground Sites at Once Says Bell
Rare Plant In D.C.Has
Blossom Shaped
Like Pelican

The Aristolochia, or pelican
Flower" rare West Indian
plant, is now in bloom at the
conservatory of the United
States Botanical Gardens.
The pelican flower rarely
blooms, and when it is in bloom
the beauty is only retained for
a short time. It is one of the
queerest, most interesting and
prettiest plants in the gardens,
according to George w. Hess,
director.
The same plant bloomed about
two weeks ago, and many
people who had been waiting to
see it missed it then. The pub
lis is invited to see it this
time, according to the director,
though the bloom will not last
long.
The plant is called the pelican
flower because its blossoms
take the shape of a pelican,
making an almost perfect re-
production Of that bird.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-14
PRESBYTER|ANS
PLAN WORK
HERE
Much New Building Needed to
Care for Growth in City,
Meeting Is Told

A campaign to expand Presby-
terrain Church work in this city
and neighboring Maryland and Vir-
ginia towns was earnestly discussed
today at the final gathering of the
presbytery Of Washington at the
Western Presbyterian Church, Nine
teenth and H streets northwest.
Prediction was made at the gather
ing today tEat the population Of
Washington within twenty years
will be in the neighborhod of
/ 100000 people, and the presbyterv
leaders declared it was their bust
ness to find out where the largest
settlements will be and provide for
spiritual needs.
Doctor A. W. Barrows made a
report to the Presbytery on debts
building needs and extension Of pro-
grams. He reported that twelve of
the twenty-five Presbyterian church
es in the city are in debt in the
sum of $243,500 He said the debts
that in all cases he believed the
churches would be able to handle
them.
DulIuIHS Ne0uS heaVy.
He further stated that fourteen
of the churches here in the city
have urgent building needs. He
said that it would cost $2,132, 500
to provide needed building.
1t was suggested the $500 900 of
this amount could be raised, that
100000 could be obtained through
salvage. leaving balance of
81 ,432, 500.
There is also crying need in
Washington for paid church work
ers to enable the expansion of
church programs, 1t was reported.
At present there are only five out
Of the twenty-five churches here
which have paid workers looking
out for church matters throughout
the week.
II believe 1t would take many
thousand dollars annually to meet
this ISSUE" Doctor Barrows said.
Election to Assembly.
The election Of three ministers
as commissioners to the general as
sembly, was one Of the features of
today's final session. Doctor George
Cummings, Anacostia Presbyterian
Church; Doctor Charles A. Wood
Church OF the Covenant, and Doctor
Q. A. Gillingham, of Germantown,
Md, were elected The following
alternates were elected: Doctor
Bernard Braskamp, GuntOn Temple;
Doctor Henry w. Tolson, West
| minister; Doctor ]. II. Durham,
Western Presbyterian Church.
Later this afternoon the Presby.
terry will elect three laymen as cid
~ L. .fS,yN
ers to the general assembly,
The Reverend Freeley Rohrer, the
Reverend John c. Palmer, Judge
Raymond LorenZ, J. II. Wurdeman
and A. l.. Baldwin, members of a
committee on extension work in
the District who have served for
the past three years. were re elected.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-14

Engineer Commissioner Starts
Movement to Acquire
More Tracts

A movement to acquire prop
erty in every section of Washing
ton for Fairgrounds has been
started by Engineer Commissioner
j. Franklin Bell.
"Unless we act quick, it will
soon be necessary to purchase
property on which buildings are
now located and tear them down"
he said.
Sites Growing Scarce.
Washington X is growing fast.
Park and Playground properties are
getting few and far between. I
believe that some action should be
taken Immediately to acquire
vacant land to assure the city Of a
sufficient number of Fairgrounds"
Commissioner Bell said the Ma
tional Capital Park Commission was
interested in the development OF
Fairgrounds and indicated that in
the near future a survey would be
taken and efforts made to purchase
property in, every part OF Washing
ton.
Subdivisions are appearing all
over the city," he said. Fields
which would be ideal for play
grounds are now being covered with
blocks of houses. The children
must have play space they should
not be forced into the streets. /
am hoping that we will soon ac-
quire sufficient playground prop
erty to meet the city's needs"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-14
sAMBO no GET A RADIO.

(ContYibs and readers seem
much Interested IN the idea that
EVERETT'S famous SGnabO,
created for this column, is to
get a. radio and broadcast some
good things. AnyhO10, EUerett
describes the good things said
IN the verse beLosO about Sam
boz:
I SEQ I'm Heard and Seen that SambO'S
getting up-tO-date,
That the purchase OF q radio he
seems prone to contemplate.
Go to It, SambO, for then the ma
lions far
Can enrich their store Of knowledge,
though you stay here where You
are.
Your bright edicts Of wisdom when
they strike the ether wave
VIII this sOrrOWful orb engfrdlO and
the bPOken-hearted save.
You make many people happy and
I'm not selfish In the least,
So let your rehearsal be universal, let
the world I'm on the treat.
L look for SambO every night and
take no chance In missing him.
So internationalize your comics, but
don't let wiley listen In.
It's my fOndest expectation Mr.. Ever
EFT will c0ndescend
To present Mrs. SambO TO his readers,
tho she may your views amend.
Three cents nightly I spend 3u1s
to see you roast" your shrew.
But I'D willingly give ten dollars just
to get her line on yOu.
OLD MITTEN.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-14
SUMNER CLASSES ARE
PLANNED FOR JR. HIGHS

Walter b. Patterson, director of
night and special schools, Is con
sidering a plan to open two junior
high schools in connection with va
cation classes this summer.
Director Patterson today indicated
that officials believe there is a need
Tor providing junior high school
classes for summer students. Many
pupils fail and should be given the
same opportunities for making up
work as senior high school students.
he said.
The mcfarland and jefferson jul
nior high schools are being con-
sidered as the two to be opened.