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The Washington times., 1925-06-03
HATS OFF IN
ELEVATOR
Mrs. Cornelius Beeckmanl

nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ Is 1t q strict rule for q
gentleman in this country to re-
move his hat when he enters :
an elevator, either in an apart
ment house or a hotel, or any
other quasi-public place?
I'm a foreigner and have been
only a short time in this coun-
try. F. s.
TN this country 1t is demanded
Il that a gentleman remove his
hat when he enters an elevator
in an apartment house, club or
hotel. That is, of course. when
there are ladies in the elevator.
Indeed, this is a very strict rule
and is always respected by gentle
men.
Many gentlemen take over this
rule to elevators in department
stores, but this is not by any
means so generally done.
An elevator In a professional
or business building is considered
in a different light. since there
IL no element Of the social in it.
Therefore, most men do not take
off their hats in business eleva-
tor Which Is probably just as
well-since there il usually no
place for his hat but on his head!
(Please write me whenever you
think that I can be of help.
am specially interested in ques-
tions that indicate differences OF
customs between this country and
foreign countries. And every
question opens up a wealth Of
thought-doesn't it? Do come
again to my column0
nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ What js the correct time to
present a bride 4 wedding pres
ent? Is 1t on the day before she
gets married or is 1t on the very
day?
2. Where should pin the
flowers I want to wear. on the
right or left? M. r.
TNHE wedding present is sent
4 to the bride at any time be-
fore the wedding, but it is far
better to send it about two weeks
before. Even three weeks before
is correct. Invitations to the we'd
ding are sent out three weeks he
fore the wedding, and usually the
gifts are sent directly after that.
1t Is, Of course, much more con-
venient for the bride II the gifts
are sent fairly early, so that she
can get her acknowledgements
written before she goes away on
the trip. Kind-thoughted people
make it a point to send presents
early; procrastihating people put
off sending the present until they
suddenly wake up to the fact that
they must send it on that day"
do your wedding-present shop
ping early"
2. Either is correct, but think
that the flower is more often put
on the right shoulder.
Mrs. Beeckman will be glad to
answer questions on etiquette
submitted by readers.
The Washington times., 1925-06-03
ROSE COLORED
HOUSES

THE traveller looks to the East
II to provide him with mystery
and romance and color. These
are the things that. the East has
come to stand for in our minds.
And whether The mystery and
romance are real or not, the color
certainly is.
For the East is a riot OF bril-.
liant colors from it's largest cities
to it's smallest hamIets. For
Asiatics have no inhibitions in
regard to the brilliance Of their
costumes. Their only aim Is to
wear colors that blend. Just so
long as the whole picture is
pleasant in it's effect, the Asiatic
cares little for. the particular
color that he happens to be wear
ing at the moment.
But saffron, rose, pink. car.
mine, green, violet, orange and
brown are the favorite colors of
men and women alike in the
Orient. There Is no differentia-
ton Of sex as far as color goes.
The sober blacks and dark blues
and drab colors that most Of us
adopt for everyday wear are un-
known In the East.
Even the houses in the town Of
Jaipur, India, reflect the colorful
tastes Of their owners. They
are the uniform dull rose color.
In the evening light they glow
} like the delicate colors Of some
old tapestry. They have the
luStre Of old age. It may seem
strange that they should all be
this same delicate, lovely color,
but one finds out, upon inquiry,
that this is the result Of a royal
decree.
For the maharajah, several
generations ago, sharing the
taste Of his subjects in the matter
Of tasteful color combinations.
decided that the houses Of his
realm should provide a lovely,
uniform background for the color
pictures that his subjects pro.
vided as they strolled along the
street. So he issued a COM
mand, providing that all the
houses Of his dominion should be
washed with a certain mulberry.
rose calcimine.
The Washington times., 1925-06-03

the love and ambition that AMI
mated them while they lived?" |
asked. What of those stupen-
dous visions which no human
mind could have generated? Do
they perish too? Had they no
meaning"
'.They are only dreams" she
answered. They are simply i'm
pulses and urges which promote
the physical scheme as hunger
and thirst and the passion to mate
promote 1t. There's. no spiritual
significance to them. Even honor
and self sacrifice are instincts Tor
the preservation of the race"
IL that what YOU think?
Are we a collection of chem
icals, producing definite reactions
within a certain time, and then
reverting to our original form?
Do you sense no higher purpose
than that in it all?
Or are you like my other friend
who believes that we enter real
heaven or an actual hell after
our probation on earth? Good
ness isn't Living Principle to
this friend. You don't behave
Yourself for the joy Of it. You
do it to get a reward. Righteous
ness. in fact, is a most lugubrious
process to this friend. If it isn't
lugubrious-if you're really enjoy
ing it-there must be something
wrong about it. And evil, on
the contrary, is a most delightful
and tempting process. But you
get a halo if you're good and a
griddle if you're bad. And after
death your status is decided for
keeps. You stop right there-as
Won were. when they closed the
casket. You draw either seat
in the heavenly dress circle or a
souirming place on the red not
Is that YOUR idea OF life after
death? Would you go through
lifetime of irritating righteousness
inst to sit still and wear halo
for eternity? Darndif l would.
There's a play touring the
limited States which, to me offers
the most satisfactory plan for
life after death. I'm not saying
this ia what will happen. But
personally l hope it does. The
nlav il called outward Bound.
It opens in the smoking room OF
a steamer. Seven people enter
this room in various states of
haste and excitement incident to
their arrival on board ship. They
are an oddly assorted crowd. A
bad tempered, shrewd, Materials
tic business man. A hard-heart-
ed, mercenary, affected society
woman. A lovable, drunken,
weak, ne'er do well. An ond, gen
tie working woman. Two lovers
The Washington times., 1925-06-03

Through their shrill discussion
sound the dim, sinister taps Of the
funeral drums beating the dead
march over their graves. DEAD!
Yet there they sit, drinking, gos-
siping, squabbling sneering, fly
ing into tempers each according
to his code. DEAD. Yet the
husked soul goes on as though 1t
were still housed in it's body!
Over the dark waters sails the
ship and comes at last to that
place which is either heaven or
hell, according to the nature OF
the soul which must inhabit it.
And these seven souls, still bound
by their earth-born Ideas, are
caught in an agony of suspense
and make preparation for the
judgement which the steward of
the ship says awaits them. But
behold, when the dread Examiner
comes on board he is no angel
with a flaming sword but a jovial
laughing man who understands
the souls of men and is not to
be betrayed by either his pity or
his scorn.
So there in that conventional
smoking room, in the common
words which one human uses to
another in an ordinary converse
tion, they reveal their souls and
receive their judgments. Which
is simply ,this-TO LIVE ON,
BOUND BY THEIR OWN
WEAKNESS UNTIL THE SEEDS
OF STRENGTH AND GOODNESS
AWAKE IN THEM AND THEY
ARE FREED, TO STILL LIVE
ON THROUGH BIGGER, FINER
SERVICE.
/ hope death will be like that.
If I've done any little good I
don't want a reward. I'd be bored
to death with a reward. I'd raise
Cain if l had to sit still and look
Redeemed Soul. / WANT A
CHANCE TO MAKE GOOD. Even
at the best, the good I've done
isn't a pin prick to the good |
HAVEN'T done---tne opportuni-
ties I've wasted-the chances I've
spoiled-the service I've scamped.
the downright devilment I've per-
petrated AND I WANT A
CHANCE TO MAKE. A BETTER
RECORD. / have a chance now
and I'm doing my darndest with
it, but it isn't enough of a chance.
Even though l live to be hum
dred, / won't touch the fringes
OF the job. l don't care how hard
I'll have to work If they'll only
let me work. But l simply can't
hear the thought that the Great
Power will think so little of me
that He'll shelve me on pedestal
in heaven or a pit in hell. ILL
PASS UP ALL THE HALOS IF
HE'LL, ONLY LET ME- STICK
AROUND AND HELP HIM ON
THE JOB
The Washington times., 1925-06-03
THE EVILS OF
PUBLICOFFICE|

Running for public office in
America is the most debaaing of
human pursuits. To achieve a
job dependent upon the pleasure
of the voters requires serViIe
fawning, supreme hypocrisy and
the suppression of all the instincts
of self-respect. But even more
pernicious are the effects upon
the soul OF the unfortunate after
he has been invested with his
honors and emOluments. To take
seriously the theory that one has
acquired thereby a sacred mis-
sion to regulate the lives OF ones
fellow sinners-this will quickly
warp and poison all the sweet
reasonableness that should endoW
every honest man."
The Washington times., 1925-06-03
Take Your Radio Along

This will radio sets equipped span CONT
nen with loop and batteries in suit weighing less than
20 pounds
take your radio into the wds and lose
touch with home You get the music the the ball
games in the woods the mountains out the
something happens that you should know it may
to you through the air.
young man from Boston his vacation to the
lonely extremity of Long Island last He had
tube portable radio SET He out in boat when the
mother has been stricken This is Station WNAC Boston
BE got home in time to cheer her into ralying back
health
The Washington times., 1925-06-03
GARRETT P. SERVISS TRACES
ANCESTRY OF MAN
One Scientist Fixes Origin as Dating Back
25OOOO Years.

pretty much guSsswork any
way
And in this there Ia consider
able sting because there is con.
siderable truth. In fact, the pro-
cess by which geological time eSti-
mates are made resemble the
method Of the botanist when he
estimates the age Of an ancient
tree by counting the rings Of
growth in its trunk. He is able
to correlate these with definite
lapees of time, because observation
has convinced him that in each
period Of a year q certain aver
age addition is made to the di-
ameter OF the tree stem.
Time Estimated.
The geologist follows a similar
method when he estimates time
by the thickness Of deposits made
per year or per century BY known
agencies, which may be In one
, case the accumulation of alluvi-
UNI on river lake or ocean beds,
and in another case the growth
OF sheets Of stalagmitic material,
such az calcium carbonate, on the
floors Of caverns.
But the data which the geolo-
gist or paleontoloEist has to use
are often very uncertain and un-
reliable. Even the time gauge
furnished by the yearly rate of
retreat Of the rocky verge OF Nj
agara Falls has not been found
entirely trustworthy.
When all allowances are made,
however, and when too much
atrnSS ia NOT laid unon tha nur,,
ber Of centuries involved, we may
feel sure that. on the whole, we
are safe in attributing to our race
an antiquity Of at least a quar-
ter of a million years, counting
from the appearance Of the first
distinctively human attributes.
The Washington times., 1925-06-03
Human Beings;
They Are Not So Bad.

Coils Huntington left his collection paintings worth
$260000o to his wife and in for the public His
wife dead the generously gives up his rights The paint
of the public.
In Los Angeles Coils Huntingtons nephew and prn-
cpal heir spent millions gathering magnificent paintings
and Of books equaed only by the British
and the Boben Library These with his magnificent estate
he has given to the State of California.
when it them take pride giving the
the results of their hard work It such bad
race with all its faults and always getting
The Washington times., 1925-06-03
ONCE-OVERS
ARE YOU A JOY KILLER?

Are you of those Indifferent "Oh Just as soon
sort of joy killers?
If you have interest in matters than is indicated
by your half reluctant, Il just soon you might at
least pretend interest
aid asked put undertaking over and you
repy-"I just soon.''
What does that mean?
1t that everything looks favorable at the time
that your services required and you find anv
thing better to do, you might condescend to help.
Of course you do like have your thoughts read so
accurately
Neither do your friends admire your tame acquescience
when you say ooh, just as soon
Well then, if you have anything than an indif-
ferent attitude toward your popularity, do try to put
little pep into your reply. Your hearty acceptance will
warm the hearts of those friends who trying please
1su.
The Washington times., 1925-06-03
LISTEN, WORLD!

a rector. busily
nc t Gus and
. righteous Sc
cretly unclean.
The c on v e n
ito al smoking
room on the usual
liAAr. Ordinary
people with the
customary atti-
tude-with one ex-
ception. Strange
~ enough no one
Of them seems
quite sure how
he got there or
where he Is go
ing.
AND GRAD
u AL Y 1T
d A w II S ON
THEM TIL A T
TIL e Y A r e
DEAD.
TIL E 7 ARE
OIYITE DEAD
The Washington times., 1925-06-03
WORDS FROM
WISE MEN

When the mind has brought IT.
self to attention, 1t will be able
to cope with difficulties and
master them, and then 1t may go
on smoothly.
Love IL master of all arts.
And puts 1t into human hearts
The strangest things to say
and do.
-Longfellow.
Being all fashioned OF the self
same dust,
Let us be merciful as well as
just.
-Longfellow.
federation is good for all, or it
is good for none.
Early and provident fear Is the
mother of safety.
A thing may look specious In
theory and yet be ruinous In
practice; a thing may look evil
in theory and yet be good in
practice.
The Washington times., 1925-06-03

HTHAT'S your
wv idea of heav-
en-?
Or do you be-
lieve there is q
heaven?
What do you
think happens to
you after yeu die ?
i talked with q
Young w o m a n
yesterday. S h e
says she believes
death IL the end.
"Our bodies cr-um-
ble-ko back into
the earth from
" hich t h 9 v
came" she said.
They've served
their urp o 8 .
which was simply
to carry on the
life Of the spe-,
cies. "
aDnk Nwwhot NJ
The Washington times., 1925-06-03

"HE Empire Trust Company Of New York has recently
issued pamphlet in which it gives dozen rules in
- regard to checks
The Washington times., 1925-06-03

Roy Chapman Andrews who goes to the Cobb Desert hunt
ing dinosaur eggs farmer boy goes to the coop
predicts MORE fighting in China The average viii
wonder how there COULD be fighting than M
Fighting is the thing that China hasn got else
but How much good would it do if Senator idea
of making illegal should through. Would that stop
fighting in China, keep the Riffs from attacking the
French?
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Why San Francisco's Old China Town Is
 Quiet In Tong Wars

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 19. P- While several large cities were scense of sanguinary tong wars, resulting in scores of Chinese being deported, San Francisco's China town, the largest in the country, remained at peace, despite the fact that one of the warning tongs, the Hip Sing, has headquarters here.
 Detective Sergeant John J. Manion, head of the Chinatown police squad, explained why.
 Keep out gambling houses. Pre- vent traffic in slave girls and in narcotics and you'll have no tong wars. With the cooperation of the peaceful elements-the merchant class and the Christians-we have largely eliminated those causes of trouble. Watch for highbinders, or gunmen, and try to keep them out of China town"
Seward daily gateway., 1925-11-19
URGES TEACHING OF CHESS AS STEADINC
 EFFECT ON WOMEN

LONDON, Nov. IS. (P)-Chess as a steadying influence for girls who seek the excitement of a hectic life is urged by Mrs. Arthur Rawson, president of the Imperial Chess club, in furthering her contention that teaching of the game should not alone be confined to boys
 Many English secondary schools are teaching boys to play chess on the ground that it is a splendid ex- ercise in logic and mental training.
 Chess develops the power of con- centration, ordered thinking and foresight, and above all, trains the mind to work logically" said Mrs. Rawson, who believes that with char acter thus developed there would be less dissipation among men and wo- men.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-11-19
Desert That Baffled Cortez Is Conquered
 By U. 5. Engineers

MEXICALI, Lower Cal, Nov. 19 (R-Four hundred years after the desert south of here and surrounding the head of the Gulf of California had defeated the undaunted Fernan- do Cortez, an American railroad is being built across those sands that promises to wrest unes timated wealth from the waste which baked the Spanish conquistador.
 The line, ITO miles long, which will connect this town on the California. Mexico border with San Felipe, the nearest point on the Gulf of Califor. nia where a deep water harbor is available, must be completed, accord. ing to contract, in 1927.
 Residents of the desert domain look to the railroad to spin the wheeI of progress with three great chang es:
 Connect the lower Colorado river basin with tidewater
 Provide a new system of defense thru levees on which the road will travel, against the floods of the Col orado.
 Open the way for reclamation O 25O,OO0 acres of fertile delta land.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-11-19
MAXIMILLIAN'S DESK
 USED BY GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA DAILY

BATON ROUGE, La., Nov. 19. (P) The desk at which the governor ot Louisiana sits daily is a handsome piece of furniture made of Circas- sian walnut, curved and carved with matchless skill, and once served Maximillian while he occupied the throne as Emperor of Mexico.
 Legends say that, after the execu- tion of MaXimillian, the desk and two other pieces of furniture from the illfated emperor's office were brought to Louisiana and placed in the executive offices.
 In the reception room is mirror approximately 15 feet high and three feet wide, framed in the finest of walnut, that once was part of the furnishing of the St. Louis Hotel at New Orleans, which was famous in the early history of the city and state.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-11-19
As Pioneer In Many
 Fields, Equals Test

CHICAGO, Nov. 19. (P)-A typical pioneer is the 1OO-pound bit of femi- mnity, Mabel Gilmore Reinecke, who presides as collector of internal rev. enue for the Chicago district.
 Five hundred employed in her of flee, neardy 200 field employees, and collections of approximately $20O,- taxpayers, leave her unruffled oi temper, and never groping for com mand of the situation.
 First woman to" is an expression found frequently in a sketch of hel 14 years in public life, which started we'll before she had attained hel majority.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-11-19
Henry Ford Leads Class In Revival of Old Dance Steps

DETROIT, Nov. 19. (P)-St. Pauls Cathedral hall, which has seen the election of two bishops and the set clement of many weighty diocesan problems of the Methodist Episcopal church, has become Mecca for those who believe, with Henry Ford, in the revival of the old-fashioned dances.
 With the hearty endorsement of Bishop Herman Page, the hall is be- ing used twice monthly for classes of instruction in the almost forgot ten steps; and there is being aroused an enthusiasm which MT. Ford is hopeful will return the waltz, the ga- votte, the schottische and even the homely, boisterous quadriMe to a parity with; the Charleston.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-11-19
Two Living Buddhas of Tibet Make Split
 Threatening Warfare

TATSIENLU, Province of Szech- wan, Nov. 19. (P)-The two Living Buddhas" of Tibet are at outs. One had fled the country, and strife now threatens.
 Intrigues, political rivalries, and the superstitions of the Tibetian peo- pie are woven into the fabric of the troublesome situation. The unrest is not apparent on the surface of things, for Tibet is ruled by the ''lamas" or priests of Duddha, but there are signs of dissention among the lamas themselves
Seward daily gateway., 1925-11-19
Noxious Plant Found To Be Productive In
 Way of Paper Pulp

HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 19. (P)- The Chinese tree of heaven" will produce paper pulp of good fibre length. Whereas it was about to De condemned as a noxious plant, it may in later years help to solve the problem of wood shortage for paper manufacturing purposes.
 The trees paper pulp possibilities were discovered in experiments con- ducted by the Pennsylvania depart ment of forests and waters, cooperat- ing with the forest products labora- tories at Madison, Wis. As a re- suit, the department will plant thou sands of ailanthus (tree of heaven) seeds which in 25 years should pro- duce 43.2 cords of wood to the acre.
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The Washington times., 1925-06-04
5 TAX
REPORT LEADS
--.,..-.
COUNTY
Rockville Board Issues State
ment Showing Divisions
by Districts

ROCKVILLE, Nd, June 4.-That
Bethesda and Wheaton districts
pay considerably more State and
county taxes than the other eleven
districts OF the county combined, Is
shown by statement just pre-
pared by Berry e. Clark, clerk to
the board Of county commissioners.
The taxable basis of the county
on real and personal properly is
now $50,207, ,395. OF this, SIC. .104,-
sos is against property in Bethesda
district and $10,685,1S0 against
Wheaton district property, or $26,
1885, ,795 against the two districts, as
against $23,421 800 in the other
eleven districts. The county's total
assessment on securities is $6.505,-
by residents Of Bethesda district
citizens, or $3,S61 $40 for the two
as compared to $2,643,165 for the
other eleven districts.
. Districts Listed.
The assessments against all three
classes Of property in the various
districts is az follows:
Laytonsville-Real, 81 ,377 $50; per-
scnal, $214.4s0; total, 1854, $50.
Securities, $49, $50.
C1arksburg-Real, $1,215,2s5: per.
sonal, $1s7.22O: total, $1.412,5o6
Securities, $24,S50. f
Poolesville Real, $1,S11,645: per-
sonal, $194,945; total, $1,7o6,590
Securities, $143 ,035.
Rockville-Real, $4,650, $50; per-
scnal, $45s, ,S05; total, $5,109. 1855
Securities, 1926, $50.
Colesville-Real, 81 1873, 500: per-
sonal, $215, OBS; total, $1,744,535.
Securities, $193, 500.
Darnestown--ReaI, 81 ,859 $50; per-
sonal, $1s0.255: total, $1.54S. .ss5.
Securities, $5s.425.
Real. SIS. 5.1a7 roo: per-
sonal 1916 ,906; total. SO, 6,1n4, sos.
Securities, $3,21S.4 .4s5.
Olney-Real, $1.961 ,245; personal,
IT'S: total, $2,234,02O. Securi-
ties, $54s, ,535.
Gaithersburg Real, $3.50, ,405;
personal, 1927 1876; total, So, ,008, ,230.
Securities, $222,2Os.
. Potomac-Rea $685., IFS; per-
sonal, $123.5s0; total, $2.121 ,3O5.
Securities, $1,910.
Barnesville Real, 81, 1,417.245: per-
sonal. $193, 1885; total, $1,616,030.
Securities, $164,595.
Damascus Real, $1,132,0 per-
sonal, $191 1865; total. $1,323,415.
Securities, nothing.
Wheaton-Real, $10,14s,245; per.
sonal, $685. ,945; total, $10,6S5, 100.
Securities, $642, ,4S5.
Totals-Real, SAC, ,955; person