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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-05-12

has been divorced, but the faith
in which 1 was brought up does
not recognize divorce under any
circumstances. My parents are
very fond of Dick and are per-
fectly willing that we marry II
the church will give its consent
(which 1t will not. and. there
fore, they feel that should give
him up.
Now, Miss Robinson, that is
impossible, as love Dick to death
and he loves me the same way.
We simply could not get along
without each other. The question
of religion does not in any way
influence me and 1 would marry
him tomorrow II 1t were not for
my parents. It would break their
hearts for me to marry outside
of my faith, or their faith rather.
I have come to look upon religion
as not being any certain creed but
that it is really a matter of being
good and enjoying the beautiful
things that God has given us. l
cannot make myself believe that
bigotry Is religion or that any one
certain church is the right one.
They are all right, 1t seems to
me. as we all worship the same
God and it surely does not mat
ter through which church we do
So"
(Then follows an account which
is too long to print here Of the
reasons for Dicks divorce
briefly the elopment Of his wife
with another mani
II want to please my parents,
she continues, but l feel that 1t
is most unfair for them to insist
that l give Dick up if we can
not be married in their faith. l
am twenty-five and not a child.
I do not believe in divorce as it is
practiced today-promiscuou
but there are times when it is
justified, and in Dicks case l feel
that il was, and In cases like
that - cases of adultery - any
church should ba broadminded
enough and kind enough to recog-
nize that a divorce was inevitable.
Parents cling to the old ideas re-
earding religion, but do you think
that they should insist that their
children do, when they no longer
feel in their hearts that that
religion is right
do you feel that I have the
right to marry Dick even If 1t Is
outside my own church; or should
I give up all of that happiness
ond resoeCt the wishes of nv
parents? INA"
Well put aside any discussion
as to the rights or wrongs of
your parents religious beliefs.
Ina. That's their affairs-not
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-05-12
Why Do Parents
Interfere?

BE UNHAPPY FOR THEIR
CHILDREN BECAUSE THEY
HAVE FOUND BY BITTER Elk
PERIENCE THAT THEY. THEM
SELVES, WOULD HAVE TO
BEAR THE BURDEN OF SUCH
MARRIAGES.
We will take your own case
as an example. Your parents
feel that by marrying Dick you
will be violating a creed and
going against a church which is
vital to your temporal happiness
and eternal salvation. They feel
that you will be restless, con
science stricken, lonely, deserted
by your friends and ultimately
tragically unhappy in such a mar,
rage. And, naturally, they be.
lieve you will involve your whole
family in unhappiness. They have
logical grounds for that belief,
for the young woman is rare
indeed who doesn't come weeping
riage goes smash. That's why
your parents oppose your mar
riage, and from their knowledge
of you it may prove very sound
reasoning for all l know.
On the other hand, you MAY
be that rare exception who is
capable of paying for her own
mistakes without whimpering.
Are you? Are you willing to
face this on your own, without
h g..
their approval, asking for their
advice?
Somehow, I doubt 1t. I've q
bunch that this wouldn't prove a
very happy marriage for you. Is
it because the church has for
hidden such unions? No-many
couples live quite happily with
out the blessings of any church.
Is it because your parents heart
will break?" No, for parents
hearts don't break like that. IT'S
BECA S E YOU, YOURSELF,
YOUR LOVE FOR DICK COMES
BEFORE EVERYTHING ELSE.
You want to have your cake and
eat it both. You want to marry
divorced Dick. but you want
your parents ana friends to APP
prove OF that union. You even
want the church to realize how
foolish it is in taking that atti-
tude And If you marry Dick in
such a state Of mind, your whole
union will be twisted and spoiled
by your conflicting desires.
That's my bunch about you. Ina.
And it's exactly that fact which
has made society and the church
doubt the wisdom of rebelIioAS
marriages. For we're we
creatures and not one in a mill
of us is able to stand on his 0V
hind legs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-05-12
1000 Before Columbus

Did you read about the drought in Arizona lowering the
of Roosevelt Lake. and uncoveng what was five
thousand years ago. the biggest city in America?
More than forty centuries before Columbus sailed
country had from ages before
built that city in the hollow
In that ancient city they found single apartment
bigger than dreamed of thus far in America with
length of 5z3 feet
More than forty before Columbus came here
Americans of different kind, with high cheek bones
dark skim building the great ancient city in Arizona
covered usually by the waters of the lake The city
built of stone and its houses contained apartments bigger
those IN any modern apartment house.
Men have been long while here struggling experimenting
fighting thinking inventng gradually rising upward through
the process of evolution It is comforting realize that
have at least hundred million years in which reach
something worth WHILE
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RAZZING THE
CHORUS
DELE LIVINGSTONE, one of

DELE LIVINGSTONE, one Of
- the early stars whose name
added splendor to Broadway, be
ginning the story Of her career in
the June Hearst's International
Cosmopolitan. tells of her begin
ming in the chorus:
THE cue for the chorus eventu-
ally came, and down the center
stepped the drum corps, with my
self In the lead. i was wearing
the immortal pancake hat and
shoulder of mutton sleeves and
the spacious bag with which l
had made by debut in New York.
"'Gee whiZ" snapped Hoyt, look
ing straight at me as he jumped
up and called for the orchestra
to stop. Where in blankety
blankety blank did you find this?
Who did it? The drinks are on
me. If anyone had told me they
had found anything as comic as
this in old New York, I'd have
stayed up in New Hampshire and
written another comedy around
her
How they must have loved
you, to bring you up" was Hoyt's
parting shot when we were dis
missed for the day"
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ASKING PRICE
OF CLOTHES
Mrs. Cornelius BeeckmanI

nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ Is 1t proper to ask per-
sonal friends where they get
their clothes and how much they
paid for them.
l hope you will answer as
soon as possible, as it will break
what l think Is a bad habit.
E. w.
MO; this is always the worst
IN kind of form. Such informa-
ton can only be volunteered
it can never be asked for, no
matter how much one wishes to
know. And We are never given
the right to ask-no matter how
close the friend. Anything that
savors Of misapplied and unpleas-
ant curiosity or inquisitiveness-
and such questions certainly do
is never in good taste. We
should respect the right of our
friends to tell us only what they
wish TO tell us. Only a Frying
Polly" asks personal questions OF
this kind. And from the rest of
your letter l judge that you thor
oughly agree with me. Isn't that
true?
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WORDS FROM
WISE MEN

The wind In ones face makes
one wise-George Herbert.
He is a gentleman because his
nature is kind and affable to
every Creature.-Barnfiel
When quality meets. compli-
ments pass.-PrOv.
The concessions of the weak are
the concessions of fear-Edmund
Burke.
The surest way to be taken in
is to think yourself cleverer than
others-La Rochefoucauld.
Who keeps ones end in view
makes all things serve.-Browning
Gentle blood will gentle man
ners breed.-Spenser.
Conduct is three-fourths of
our life and its largest concern.
M. Arnold.
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is A GIFT NECESSARY?

nEAR MRS. BEECkMAN:
~ My nephew is going to
marry, but l will not receive an
invitation. as the wedding is
small: only the sisters, brothers
and parents Of both sides to be
present. But they will send an
nouncements. Is it necessary to
send a wedding gift?
MRS. M. K.
A WEDDING announcement
"A does not require" a wedding
present in the sense that a wed
ding invitation more or less takes
one for granted. But, as a mat
ter of fact, the sending OF any
kind Of present should depend
on only one thing-our wish to
give the present. Also, in the
wedding that you describe, the
announcements are much more of
the value of an invitation, since
the wedding is so small. A nep-
heW is a very near relation.
and probably you would feel that
you wished to send some gift,
even a small one Nowadays there
are so many delightful and useful
detail presents that the choice fits
every pocketbOOk.
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HERE'S a let
II ter t h a t
touches the vital
problems Of life
at a dozen points.
You may not
agre e with the
writer, nor with
me, but, whatever
your belief, you'll
profit by consider
ing these two
1iv es. Do you
know what YOU,
yourself, t h / n k
about marriage,
religion, individual
freedom and filial
duty? This let
ter will make you
do some tall won
dering.
DEAR ELSIE:
IT am cry
anxious to marry
a. Young man who
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LISTEN, WORLD!

yours or mine.
But we will dis
cuss what lies be-
hind their feeling
that they have
the right to die
tate to you In
your marriage.
Most parents feel
that way. Society
at large feels that
way. On what Is
that feeling based?
Is it based mere
ly on parental
stubborness a n d
bossiness? No, 1t
isn't. It's based
on cry ood
logic. SINCE THE
BEGINNING OF
TINE PARENTS
HAVE RESIST
ED MARRIAGES
w HIGH THEY
FELT WOULD
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-05-12
" on may not have noticed
the word "phenology.

the word 'phenology.
should never have noticed
1t myself but for the charms of
the subject to which 1t relates.
In fact, 1t seems one Of those I'M
necessary words under which our
already overloaded language is
grooming, and whose invention Is
mainly due to the craze for in
flicting learned-looking scientific
terms on things that were pre-
viously innocent Of all mystery.
The time seems to be approach.
ing when one OF the main occupa-
tions OF students OF science will
be consulting dictionaries.
1t is all the greater pity when,
as in this particular case, the in.
vented word does nothing to
make the branch OF science" to
which it is applied any clearer.
One might as well construct from
remote Greek roots. puzzle
word for going in swimming. But
the delightful subject made to
masquerade under a term that re-
calls phenol disinfectants is quite
another thing.
Birds Build Nests.
1t relates to those phenomena
Of plant and animal life that are
controlled by climate or the
weather. Spring arrives pheno-
logically as we'll as astronomi-
cally. The astronomical spring
begins when the sun crosses the
equator, and when the constella-
ton of the Fishes appears in the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-05-12

HERES a let
IL ter t h a t
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-05-12
The "At Home" Gard.

nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ l have received an lat
home" written on a calling card.
Is this considered a formal invi-
tation, and is a reply necessary?
If so, how should 1t be worded?
BOB.
UNLESS on the card there is
u please reply" or an "R. s.
V. p" or some other request for
an answer, no reply is expected.
The acknowledgment Of the invi.
tation is made on the day of the
reception: if you attend, you
leave your cards when you do go;
and il you are not planning to
attend, you send your cards,
either by mail or messenger. so
that they arrive on the day of
the reception.
Mrs. Beeckman will be glad to
answer questions on etiquette
submitted by readers.l
The Washington times., 1925-06-01

here as the guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Blair. Among the guests will be
Doctor and Mrs. Chester ID. Brown.
of Connecticut, who are visiting
Doctor Work, and Senator Richard
Ernst
Mr.. and Mrs. Blair were hosts
at luncheon yesterday at the Con
gressional Country Club when tneiI
guests included Mr.. and Mrs
Howell, Judge and Mrs. William
Bailey Lamar and their guest
Mrs. Roge Toy and Mrs. Book
over Toy of Atlanta, and group
Of six ch ldren-Julian Carr and
Mary Anne Carr, the children OF
Mrs. Howell by former mar iage
Julian Howell, the son Of Mr.
Howell by a former marriage, Anna
Wyan daughter of Congressman
and Mrs. Adam Wyant, Marjorie
Ringing and Bobbie Payne. the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. G.. Logat'
Payne.
Miss Adelaide Dougla, the daugh.
ter of Mrs. Blair, who has been In
New York since the close of the
term at Sweetbriar College, where
she is a student, will return to
Washington tomorrow morning
With her will be her classmate al
Sweetbriar. Miss Laura Graham OF
Rome, Ga. The two girls will
leave Washington on Thursday to
attend series of college finals al
Washington and Lee University,
the University OF North Carolina
and the University of Georgia.
HOUSE PARTY BREAKING
UP; DINNER FOR ENVOY.
Mrs. Rogers B. Toy, who has been
visiting Judge and Mrs. William
Bailey Lamar, is leaving town to-
morrow for Atlanta, but Mrs. Book
over Toy, also a guest of the La
mars, will remain until the last of
this week, going then to Philade1-
phia to visit Mr.. and Mrs. Percy
Smedley Darlington.
AT the dinner which they gave on
Saturday night in honor of the Am
bassador of Japan and Mime. Mat
sudaira, Judge and Mrs. Lamar's
guests were the minister Of the
Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, Doctor
Pavichich; Brigadier General and
Mrs. Charles G. Treat; the military
attache of the Japanese embassy,
Colonel Morita: Mr.. and Mrs. Rob
ert Lansing, Mr.. and Mrs. Perry
Belmont, Mrs. Thomas f. Walsh,
Mrs. Cecil Poole, of Virginia; Mrs.
Rogers B. Toy and Mrs. Bockover
Toy, of Atlanta; Count d'Adhemar
and Charles Noble Gregory.
X y
The counselloi. of the Netherlands
legation, Doctor H. van Asch var
Wyck, will sail for America June
%, after short vacation at home
+
The military attache Of the
French embassy, General George A
IL Dumont, is in New Orleans ovel
Sunday, and is expected to return
to Washington Sunday, June z, Of
the following day. General Dumon1
has been absent some weeks, max
ing a tour of Southern army posts
and also attending the inauguration
of President Machada, in Havana
Cuba.
\ 4
Invitations have been issued fol
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8
PRESERVATION OF PLAY
TO MARK TEA PARTY.

Mrs. GoIdie Dressler Hutchins.
Miss Edna Dean James, Miss Ma
dine Lane Gallagher, Miss BertIe
Capps Dales, Mortimer Moorehouse
and Mrs A. b. Manly will be the
guests OF honor at the tea this after
noon from A to 6 o'clock at the club
house, 1922 street. Mrs. Hutchins,
contralto soloist at the First Con.
tgregational Church, win sing two
Igroups of songs and her accompanist
will be Miss James.
The dramatic section of the
| Woman's City Club will put on a
play under the direction of Mrs. A..
B. Manly. Rosa" by Caleb w.
O'Connor, given with the authors
permission. Rosa" an Italian pris-
I Gallagher; "Minnie," a hard-boiled
cook, played by xBertie Capps Dale,
and Captain Murphy" of the
Metropolitan Police, played by Nor.
timer Moorehous" The scene is
laid in Captain Murphy's" office.
J Mrs william E. Chamberlain will
] be hostess at the tea. Mrs. Harvey
Wiley will preside at the tea table,
assisted by Mrs. Frank Pyle, Miss
MARY L. Kelly and Miss Grosvenor
Jones.
| - -
! The wedding OF Miss Hattie B.
Stultz, daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
1J. B. Stultz, Of Bassett, Va, and
William w. Weaver, jr., of this
city took place on Friday with the
|Reverend John E. Briggs officiat-
ling. The ceremony was performed
lin the presence Of members of the
two families and "A few intimate
friends. Mr.. and Mrs. Weaver will
make their home at 1927 Pennsyl-
vania avenue southeast.
Major and Mrs. Samuel Burleigh
Milton have closed their home in
sixteenth street and have opened
their country place on the Chesa
| peake bay for the summer. Mrs.
Milton's son, Seymour Mcconnell,
is visiting in New York for a few
weeks, but will return to his home
about June 10.
The board of managers of the
Children's Country Home will re-
ceive at a tea to be given at the
home on Thursday afternoon from
4 to o'clock.
John T. Barnett, former attorney
general of Colorado and now a
member of the Democratic national
committee from that State, is at
the Willard for a few days.
The Washington times., 1925-06-01
BUILDING CODE
OFFICE FORCE
TOO SMALL
Regulations in Effect After
July I Mean increased
Personnel

An increase in personnel of the
building inspectors office will be
needed on July /, when the new
building code, requiring closer and
more inspection of buildings under
construction, becomes effective, Col
onel John w. oehmann, building in
spector declared today.
my present force is now made
quate," oehmann declared, "but it
win be more so after July / when
additional inspection will be neces-
sary.",
The new code, becoming effective
after more than a years prepara-
ton, Is divided into nine sections
and will be made public in q series
0f seven pamphlets.
Fire Towers Provided.
One Of the important changes Is
the provision providing that fire
towers or enclosed fire escapes be
I'm every theater. hospital and school
building erected in the future.
Another provision is a change in
regulation affecting the use of re-
enforced concrete and steel. After
July 1, the working stress on con-
crete will be 500 pounds per square
inch as coshpared with 900; on steel,
$4,000 pounds, instead Of $4,000
pounds per square inch.
Most of the changes, it was said
today, are technical, providing more
definite rules for architects in de-
signing buildings.
A new provision in the code GOV.
ers skylight construction.
More stringent rules for elevator
construction and Inspections are
provided in the new code.
New Code Sections.
Colonel oehmann pointed out that
! he now has ten field inspectors and
four general inspectors. This force
win have to be materially increased,
he said, and he is recommending
TO the Commissioners that he be
given additional men.
The new code is divided into nine
sections as follows: ~ Laws and
regulations, (2l administration, (3l
precautions and safeguards, "a pro-
5ections on public property, (5l ven.
tilation requirements, (6) means. of
egress and special requirements foI
occupancy, ca fire prevention, and
protection regulations, (8) structural
engineering regulations, and go
elevators and dumb walters
The Washington times., 1925-06-01
TARIFF COMMISSION
TO MAKE q REPORTS

Before President Coolidge leaves
Washington for the summer. June
25, he will have. before him four re-
ports from the United States
Tariff Commission, it was indicated
today by Thomas o. Marvin, chair
man of the commission, following a
conference at the White House.
The commodities upon which the
commission will report are butter,
straw hats, gold leaf, and cotton
warp-net fabric, from which. gloves
are made The maximum increase
of so Der cent, as provided in the
flexible \provisions Of the tariff act,
has been asked in the present
duties on all four.
The Washington times., 1925-06-01

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ELIOT'S SOCIETY NEWS

the wedding OF Miss Lily Jane
Axton, daughter of Chaplain ana
Mrs. John Thomas Axton, to Lieu
tenant Frederick Robert Pitts, y.
s. A., on Friday evening, June IL,
at $50 o'clock at the Cleveland
Park Congregational Church.
Congressman and Mrs John
Philip Hill and Mr.. and Mrs. Nc
Ceney Werlich are passing the
weekend at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward T. Stosesbury, in
Philadelphia, as the guests of Mrs.
Douglas Macarthur. Mr.. and Mrs.
Stotesbury entertained at dinner
last night.
The Director of the Bureau
of Efficiency and Mrs. Herbert d.
Brown gave a dinner and dance at
tie Congressional Country Club
Thursday evening. yin compliment
to Mrs. Edward Han Walter, who
is visiting her parents. Professor
and Mrs. Arnold Werner Spanhoofd'
for the first time since her mar
riage, year ago, to Lleutenant
Walter, engineer corps, y. 5. A.
Other guests were Mr.. and Mrs.
Theodore Chandlee, OF Roland Park,
Md: Miss Minia Niemann, Miss
Alice Padgett, Miss Constance Con.
nor Brown, Doctor Emil Wiehl, OF
the German. embassy; Doctor Her
mann H. G. Jansen, Of the Mixeo
Claims Commission; Lieutenant Ell.
ruer Ellsworth Duvan, U. 8. N, AMI
Henry Kilburn.
Mrs. William Belden Noble has
taken q box for the bohemian
Girl'' to be presented by the Wash
ington Opera Company in, the Wash
ington Auditorium, on June 10.
#KR 4
TO WED OFFICER
STATIONED AT FIT. MYER.
Mrs. Mary Moorman Murray an.
nounces the engagement of her
daughter, Miss Mildred Moorman
Murray, to Lieutenant James Agnus
Watson, u. s.. A. The wedding will
take place in September Miss Muir
ray is q daughter of the late Cen
eral David r. Murray, Of Kentucky
and has been studying law at George
Washington University. Lieutenant
Watson is the son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Agnus Watson, of Silver
Spring. He was graduated from
the Military Academy in 1924 and
is stationed at Fort Myer.
~ =
The Countess du Villanova, the
wife of the first secretary of the
italian embassy, win go to Europe
next month for the summer.
Nine Weidel, wife Of the com
mercial counselor Of the Swedish
legation, who now is acting consul
general in New York, will close
their house on Twenty-first street
the middle of June and join Mr..
Weidel in New York. They will
spend the summer near there, and
expect to return to Washington in
the autumn.
| Doctor and Mrs. Macpherson
Crichton have gone by motor to New
/ York and the\ North Shore.
i So
The new secretary Of the Belgian
embassy, Baron Joseph van der
Elst, has arrived in Washington
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Major and Mrs. Parker West will
entertain a company of sixty at a
buffet supper this evening in their
quarters at Soldiers Home in ceie'
bration of their wedding anniver-
Sary.
The Washington times., 1925-06-01

Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph H. Himes.
who have been at Wardman Park
Hotel for several weeks since their
return from a trip to the Medi-
terranean, have left town for their
summer home in the Thousand
Islands.
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