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The Washington times., 1925-07-01

my friend insists that we
are only worms crawling around
on this earth, and things we do
don't mean much one way or
the other-i.e., right or wrong.
But feel we are intelligent hu-
man beings. believe some
people abuse the laws of ma
ture and their intelligence, but
there are millions left that
make an effort to live a normal
and intelligent life wisely. We
would appreciate an article on
this subject.-G. and B., New
York"
VOU are right and your friends
Il thought Is morally and
mentally unwholesome. Such
drifting notions undermine char
acter. Can you imagine George
Washington or Abraham Lincoln
entertaining them for an instant?
No man or woman who accom-
plishes anything in this world for
the benefit and happiness of self
or of others ever thinks of hu.
man beings as only crawling
worms whose acts are Of no
consequence one way or the
other.
Human nature, with all its
faults and failings, Is to be
admired. And, upon the whole,
it improves. Consider what man
has risen from. A hundred thou
sand years ago, or more, his in
telligence was low, even though
then far above the brute level.
BY exercising 1T, by feeling 1t to
be an essential part of himself,
he has raised his intelligence to
a higher power. He has helped
in his own evolution-and he is
the only creature on the earth
which has done that.
The splendors and wonders of
civilization are dazzling evidences
of the constant utilization by
man of his superior intelligence.
"Crawling worms" indeed! Could
creatures whose actions one way
or the other meant nothing have
built the pyramids or developed
Egyptian civilization or Greek
philosophy and poetry or Roman
law and world rule?
What is it that has given to
the world today the airship, the
earth-encircling voice, the con-
quest (almosU Of the atoms Sc
cret and the primal sources OF
universal energy? Man himself
has done 1t by the use and de-
velopment of his Unborn intelli-
gence. No demi-god has stopped
down to help him. No demi.god
would venture to call him a
crawling worm" If the fire had
not been burning in man.; own
soul it would never have kindled
into this great blaze.
Whoever lookes meanly upon
essential human nature is unwor-
thy of his birthright. He is un-
dermininR his own house. And he
undermines it even faster if he
contemns its morality as we'll as
it's Intelligence. Doing right or
doing wrong is all pretty much
the same thing-dOes your friend
say? 1t is folly run mad. Per-
haps he has been infected with
the false philosophy that would
make enlightened self.interest"
The Washington times., 1925-07-01
COWARDICE,
WHAT is IT?

8 there such a thing as cow
L ardice, and, If so, what is It?
The questions were discussed
in the British House of Commons
during a debate on an amendment
moved to the army annual bill by
Mr.. Thurtle. the Socialist son-in-
law of Mr.. George Lansbury, who
served as private soldier in
France, to abolish capital punish
ment except for deliberate treacn.
cry.
The debate was made interest
ing by the personal "reminiscences
OF many ex -service M. P's.
Mr.. Thurtle laid it down that
no real and valid distinction could
be drawn between what the army
called cowa rdice and what medical
officers called nervous breakdown.
His most effective point, perhaps,
was that during the war over
thirty executions were of lads
under twenty-one whose nerves,
so he argued, failed them.
The argument that Mr.. Thurt'e
stressed most was that during the
war the Australian government
prohibited the death sentence on
Australian troops.
The outstanding reply to this
and all speakers paid a tribute to
;he fighting qualities of the Aus
tralians-came from. Lieutenant
Colonel Dalrymple White. In the
Australian camps, he said, 999 out
Of every 1000 Australians were
magnificent, but there was q resi-
Of fY~oV O.
Cling, nervous lads-who were
constant deserters.
"They were great. burly fell
lows" he said, gamblers playing
at crown and anchor with re-
volvers. There were two cases
in which Australians were MUIR
openly boosted in their camps that
it was a better game to gamo'e
there than he in the line"
Mr.. Morrison, a Socialist. who
served as a private soldier, de-
fined coward as one who was
afraid Of danger. The biggest
supposed coward he ever met,
he said, was an officer who won
the V. c. for gallantry. He was
sent to "Blighty," and afterward,
because Of his terrifying expert
ence-rightly rewarded with the
V. Che was "all of a tremble"
il a shell dropped half a mile
away.
No one. he added, would really
suggest that that was a coward
and he declared that there was
no such thing as cowardlce un-
connected with physical or mental
breakdown.
The Washington times., 1925-07-01
DIR. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
What to Think About
BY DOCTOR FRANK CRANE.

YyHERE passage of Holy Writ that exhorts US that
there be any good things, such love- virtue, truth
and on, ought to think of these things.
The fact that underle this exhoration that We
become what we think about.
It is certainly that you find out what man eats
you will find out what kind of body he has No man can
be fat unless he takes the ingredients that make fat IN
through his mouth More and the Importance OF diet
is impressing itself upon the medical profession
diet for the mind is fully important diet Tor the
body.
The texture and fiber Of our minds determined by
what think about quite much the texture and fiber
of our body determined by what eat
If peace, poise and healthy optimism we must
think pleasant, agreeable and healthful subjects.
If we enjoy bright and hopeful view of things we shall
dwell upon our merces and not upon our miserles.
Whoever thinks long and continuously upon dsagreeaDe
subjects gradually acquires fretfulness and unrest.
The habit of criticism renders the mind CRITICAL
and the habit Of constantly looking for the best OF things
renders the mind sound and hopeful
OF there good deal of misfortune that happens
to all of u.s. and there many things lives unpleas
ant to think about there such thing dwelling
upon such subjects unnecessarily and there such thing
as turning away from them
It behooves every to keep his face to the light as
much as possible There plenty of sunlight in the world
as well as plenty of mud and darkness 1t all depends on
which way you going. ].
Faith at bottom is nothing but way you are facing
We saw we believe mud and darkness simply because
are going that and attention directed to filthy
and obscure things
We say we believe in light and sweetness because we are
headed in the direction Of sky and faces always
open toward the sunlight.
Faith is a matter of attitude, very largely.
The Washington times., 1925-07-01
The Teeth of Connie Mack's
Athletics
By BILL PRICE.

Sporting writer's tell us that Connie Macks Athletics who
have been in midst battling with Washngons champion
baseball team undergoing careful examination of their
teeth old Connie standing ready to compel treat
ment extraction where necessary.
It may like within the part Of the owner Of the
Athletics far important than the general public
might think Last winter Mack compelled number Of his
best players have their tonss removed and has followed
by determination that poor teeth shall not detract from
the fitness Of his fastmoving team
The tons breeders Of trouble and poison to the human
system when not in perfect condition. and diseased teeth are
absolute good health There is longer any
theory about the dangers of poisonneced teeth though
possible that sometimes laid the dangers
than is called for
Pus forming at the of diseased teeth is scattered
through the system and brings about condition that material
~ lessons the efficiency Of the most energetic active people
the producing teeth not removed the
The modern physician dentist oculist or opcan who
patient the symptoms Of teeth prompt
~ requires Xray examination which shows
tons the teeth generally spots which may be
causing trouble With the extraction
further discharge Of the dangerous pus
The eyes are often materially affected by diseased teeth
The athlete who thus suffers without knowing the cause
loses much Of bis efficiency The baseball player must have
become impaired from bad teeth Just how
nos s 0s 6 nus
in this direction In baseball parlance he is insisting upon
the highest possible percentage Of health and efficiency among
his players and making sure that some Of the elements that
may lessen pep" and courage are removed.
Even in the minor ailments Of the teeth is best that pain
baseball player isn't likely give the best in him when he is
tortured by aching teeth The loss Of nights sleep may
unfit him for his duties.
Periodical dental treatment for school children Is
recognized Of the utmost Importance pupils make
the best Of their opportunities Congress- composed of in
tegent men, has failed to give sufficient appropriations for
this important work in Wasngtons public schools Dental
clinics dpensares should be available every school
pupil of this city without charge to those unable to The
and daughters of wealthy and weodo citizens are
properly looked after by their parents but thousands Of chill
den of the poor receive mighty little attention How many
school pupils sit at their desks with aching teeth trying to
solve the difficult problems before them yet utterly unable to
concentrate upon their studies?
Teachers parents and all others interested in the future Of
the bright boys and girls of public schools should bring
possible pressure bear Congress for sufficient
preparations insure the safeguarding Of health through
dental examinations and treatment at the time
campaign Of enlightenment that will young people
to take better Of their teeth.
The Washington times., 1925-07-01


THINKS he needs Is a wife.
And he's picked on Lola.
Lola is a beautiful female phe-
nomena mounted on two OF the
niftiest shin bones on the Ameri-
can continent. She plays golf,
tennis. NAH jong and the phono-
graph. She is vivid and sparkling
and irresistible and maddening
and generally calculated to drive
a lover to madness. AND she
knows 1t. Moreover, that is all
she wants to know. Life, to Lola.
is a simple thing. Have a good
time. Wear pretty clothes.
mirers-all the admirers possible.
In short. life to Lola is--just
Lola.
No, she is not stupid or unl<ind
or Insincere, nor particularly
selfish. She is, indeed. a very
bright girl, and she can talk or
listen with unusual intelligence
on any subject. Moreover, she
is friendly and sympathetic,
honest and generous. She radiates
a great deal Of cheer and fine
comradeliness. She's a good sport.
But the object of all this warm.
attractive functioning is. Lola.
To make life fuller and richer for
Lola. To make friends as a
treasure for Lola.
In short, there's just about as
much of the maternal spirit in
Lola as there's hair on an egg.
Nor Is she to blame. She's made
that way and she's doing very
we'll with the material in hand.
But she can't be something or do
something that isn't in her. And
no sane person would expect her
to.
Wilson isn't expecting her to
yet. At present he's far too in
fatuated to speculate on her pos
sible reactions. He simply wants
Lola and there's no room for any
other thought in his mind. Does
Lola love him? Is there any
chance OF winning her? He'll go
mad if he doesn't win her-so he
declares. She has become an
animated challenge. He's stalking
all his wit and pride on getting
her. BUT NEVER ONCE DOES
1T OCCURS TO HIM TO CUES
TION WHAT HE'LL DO WITH
HER AFTER HE DOES GET HER.
AS a matter of fact, If Lola does
marry Wilson. she'll be just
The Washington times., 1925-07-01
Where Canada
Leads

A N Alberta newspaper points
"A out some Of the ways in
which Canada is one of the most
wonderful countries in the world.
Quebec has 80 per cent of all
the worlds asbestos, Ontario 90
per cent Of all the worlds nickel.
Alberta alone has Is per cent Of
all the worlds coal. We have
coal and iron at tide-water east
and west, an asset that occurs in
but few places in the world, and
one that largely contributed to
Great Britain's greatness. We
are third gold producers of the
world and going rapidly towards
first place. We have silver, cop.
per, lead, zinc, cobalt, quartz,
gypsum, mica, cement, clay. lime,
sand and gravel, stone, arsenic,
salt, oil, natural gas and twenty
five other minerals. We have
timber, furs, fisheries, great
agricultural areas, 1880 900,
horsepower in our waterways.
We have great routes on which
to carry our trade, and a VIrile
manhood second to none"
The Washington times., 1925-07-01
Don't Judge Harshly
Trinity Might Be Richer

Wall Street. with fine old Trinity Church at end and
the East River at other very conveniently situated
YOU win you can walk WEST the quiet church and thank
Providence that you winning LOSE you can walk
to the EAST and Jump into the river.
Trinity Church is worthy of its fine location. It has
annual income $56756 according official
you criticize the very rich church for not taking all
has and giving to the poor you must be told this
Around the church there great graveyard and Trinity
could than DOUBLE its income it would
move very old bones nce quiet country place
ge land for building lots But Trinity says they shall
be moved and thus sacrifices millions.
The Washington times., 1925-07-01

most thrilling part OF n1arriage.
we've T1,lhhed it by the civilized
name of Romance. But in reau!y
there's nothing civilized about y.
IT'S pagan madness WnAcn
fennporarily swamps our reason
ing mowers. On both sides there
lia a taunt and a challenge. the
woman is on her mettle to con-
ouer the man; the man Is on MS
mettle to conquer the woman.
And Mama Nature sits chuckllng
I'D her sleeve.
Does Mama Nature care
whether Lola will help Wilson
in his career after she marrles
him? Does she worry over VIII
SONS obvious need Of mothering
and lead him to the nice, COM
Portable, unselfish person that
will fill that need? Not she! One
need only appeals to Mama
Nature-the need of babies-and
on that need did she construct
the hase-and.capture instinct
which now we call Romance.
Obviously that's too tumultuous
and brief a phase to serve as
basis for permanent, civilized
homes. So, with great pains and
no vast amount of success, Man
has constructed another ideal
the ideal of loving service between
husband and wives. Which looks
very pretty in print, but is ex-
tremely hard to live. There are
few thrills to loving service and
scant is the spectacular display.
1t isn't a job that the Lolas APP
preciate or fill efficiently. But
the Wilson's of the world usually
find that out too late.
What the answer to the riddle?
Here's the answer-LOOK BE-
FORE YOU LEAP AFTER HER.
Horrid as this fact may seem to
our moon-mazed SWANS, THE
PERSON WE LOVE ISN'T AL
WAYS THE PERSON WE
OUGHT TO MARRY. Put ice on
your imagination and a check
on your desire. Size up your
need while you size up the girl
or the man. Do they mix? If
they don't for the luvva Mike,
don't try to fool yourself. Love
will not-cannot-chang human 4
material. The Lola will stay a =
Lola to the end. be she ever so
infatuated. So. If she doesn't fit
into the need in your life. BEAT
1T WHILE THE BEATING IS
GOOD.
The Washington times., 1925-07-01
GARRETT P. SERVISS TELLS OF
SUPERIORITY OF MAN
Says Whoever Looks Meanly Upon Human
Nature Is Unworthy of His Birthright.

the only rule of morality. Or he
may have heard and believed
that there is no moral faculty i'm
planted in man.
Don't allow any such notion to
find Judgment in your thoughts.
Man is as surely q moral as he
Is an intelligent being. Low
morality brings failure and down
fall even more surely than low
intelligence. Theologists have
had too much influence in deter
mining definitions of morality.
Mans own inner consciousness
unerringly defines what is moral
and what is immoral, and never
makes a mistake, no more than
the sense of vision confuses light
with darkness
In every home OF man, under
every cline, whether amidst civil
ICED or unciVilized conditions, the
underlying distinction between
right and wrong is fully recog-
niZed. Differences in particular
practices, due to variation Of cir
Cumstances, Of education, OF his
tory, make no difference in the
nature of the moral law itself.
That law gives rise to the sense
Of dutyy.
"Stern daughter Of the voice of
God"
Yes, and the browning glory Of
humanity.
What we call "character''-a
thing not easily to be defined
Is based on the moral nature, and
lifts man even higher than his
brilliant mental endowment can
bear him. A most striking his
toric proof IS seen in the way this
quality has covered the name
Washington, though his mental
gifts were not very remarkable,
with a respondent fame which
outshines the renown of that in
tellectual miracle called Napoleon.
The Washington times., 1925-07-01
Necessary and Important

Get an automobile you The difference between an
eagle and turtle is speed. DON'T BE TURTLE. There
automobiles for all purses If you can't keep in
CITY into the country and keep there
is important than city lne car is house
wheels, and takes you anywhere
GET CAR. If you can't afford it alone, club with
or three friends, a jointly.
automobile.
The Washington times., 1925-07-01
ONCE-OVERS


''Will you not write something about having fair
in their homes; of having place to call their
own where their things be left where they be
found when wanted"
This request and similar have in during
the spring cleaning
Every has a right to expect that in Of
his home he may find things he has left hem for his
own personal convenience
Usually husbands ask than favorite place for
Heir reading chair and for personal belongings
The rest of the house they quite willing to give
to whatsoever and arrangement their wives desire
fair request for unmoested spot is right which
should be respected husband is justified in Directing
denied such a privilege.
! Men do not like to hunt for things
In office shop they have certain place for each thing
Z Why not the privilege at homei
The Washington times., 1925-07-01
Who Said It

knowledge, in truth, is the
great sun in the armament. Life
and power are scattered In its
BEAM"
knowledge is life and power,
Webster declared in his Address
at Bunker Hill" in 1925.
"Only when genius is married
to science can the highest results
be produced"
Talent and knowledge produce
the most lasting results, Herbert
Spencer declares.
The Washington times., 1925-07-01

minds, the end and aim Of weak
ones. -Crolton.
It is by imitation, far more
than by precept, that we learn.
everything, and what we learn
thus we acquire not only NOR
effectually, but more pleasantly
Burke.
Nothing can bring you peac
blu. yourself Nothing can brin
you peace but the triumph o.
principle. Emerson.
The Washington times., 1925-07-01
WHEN TO SAY
"HELLO"
Mrs. Cornelius Beeckman
nEAR MRS. BEEcKMAN:

nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
- Is it correct to say when
meeting the following: Hello"
Good afternoon" or How do
you do" /. My school teacher.
2. Slight acquaintance. 8. Min
lister of my church. 4. Parents
and sister and brother. 5. A hoy
acquaintance. s. A sincere friend.
A. H.
ITO your school teacher say
II either How do you do, Miss
Allen" Do not say Hello" 2. To
a slight acquaintance, say either.
"How do you do, Mr.. AllenT' or
Good afternoon, Mr.. Allen" Do
not say Hello" 8. To your min
lister, say How do you do. Mr..
Francis? or Doctor Francis If he
has this title) or Good afternoon.
Mr.. Francis. A. If your parents
are of a rather formal kind, you
would say, Good morning, mother,
or Good afternoon, mother" and
the same form for your father.
But the informal Hello, mother"
would probably be more natural.
The Hello, Bob" and Hello,
Belle" would certainly be natural
for your brother and sister. E. The
informal Hello, Tom,' would also
be natural for a boy OF your own
age. 6. For a friend OF your
own age, you would also use the
informal Hello, Grace. If the
friend Is older, you would use the
more formal greeting form, How
do you do, Miss Brown, or Good
afternoon. Miss Brown"
How do you do" is always cor
rect, although a bit formal for
acquaintance of your own wage
whom you know very well. Good
morning" and Good afternoon"
are good. too. Hello" because
Of its casualness and extreme In.
formality, needs watching; it
should not be used by a younger
person to an older one.
Wearing Engagement Ring.
nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ Is it correct to wear the
engagement ring on the right hand
during the marriage ceremony?
am wearing a three-p piece suit
of navy blue Lorcheen trimmed
in gray squirrel. Will you please
tell me what to do with my gloves
during the ceremony? H.
YES, this Is usually done. Some
L. brides leave the engagement
ring at home during the cere.
mOny.
! advise you not to wear gloves.
Mrs. Beecl<man will be glad to
answer questions on etiquette sub.
mitted by readers).
The Washington times., 1925-07-01
SAYINGS OF WISE MEN

COME men are 30 covetous. as
y If they were 30 live forever,
and others so profuse as if they
were to die the next moment.
Aristotle.
A good pear or apple costs no
more time or pains to rear than
a poor one; 80 I would have no
work of art, no speech or action
or friend but the best.
Emerson.
Applause Is the spur OF noble
The Washington times., 1925-07-01
LISTEN, WORLD!
By ELSIE ROBINSON

about as useful 10
him as a ring
tailed baboon or
an albino arnnadil-
10. Both their
lives win be
wrecked.
Doesn't such a
situation precede
most Of our un-
happy marriages?
There are two
phases to human
mating - and it's
aI
hard to make
them harmonic.
First there's
the old brutal
c hase-and-c capture
D h a 8 q. FOX
G r e AT NUN
BEERS OF US
THIS IS ALL
THERE IS TO
MARRIAGE. For
- ost of ua Ia the
The Washington times., 1925-07-01
The Law of Life

The Law Of Life is replenish-
ment; we must put back day by
day into the blood stream what
the life-cells take from it in the
process we call living. Only
through the food we eat com.
bined with air and water can
this be accomplished.
The Washington times., 1925-07-01
MY friend VIII
N1 son has fall

MY friend VII
M SON has fal-
len In love. Will
son IL a writer,
He il q silent,
abse n t : minded,
careless, lovable
hunk OF inteni-
gence. He can
do just one thing
in the world
write. Outside OF
that he's as help
less as q new
born pup. What
w Ills o n really
needs is a guard
ian, ! a trained
nurse, a filing
clerk, a house
keeper, q private
detective and q
coupla cops to
ride herd on him
night and day.
Dat whof "ilaNn
The Bismarck tribune., 1925-11-27
COULTER PLANS
FOR ENLARCINC
WILLlST0N WORK

Fargo, N. d., Nov. 27.-LR)-If
plans of DR.. John Lee Coulter, presi-
dent of the North Dakota Agricul-
tural college; DR.. p. +. Trowbridge,
director of the North Dakota expert
ment farm and the state board Of
administration, are carried out, work
ia the Williston, n. d., experiment
station will not be abandoned, but
will be greatly enlarged.
That was the declaration today of
DR.. Coulter in explaining why he
believed the state is entitled to and
should demand refund of $9l ,G66
from the federal government as the
result Of the abandonment of the
Williston irrigation project.
IF the farm experimentation
work which has been carried on ut
Williston is abandoned, it will leave
all of that northwest quarter Of the
state without any farm experimental
work" DR.. Coulter declared. "Why
should we abandon experiment work
there, merely because the federal
government has abandoned its ir-
rigation project?
1T strikes me that this is all more
reason why we should continue our
work there, and enlarge it, and that
is what we propose to do, if it can
be done.
"The southwest corner of the state
has three projects. at Mandan, at
Dickinson and at Hettinger; really
four, if you count the work which
we are doing at Nex-Saaem.
"The southeast corner has two sta
tions, at Edgeley and Mcleod, in ad-
.dition to the main station at Fargo.