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The Washington times., 1925-08-31
NAMED TO ARRANGE
STATE DINNER TO BENSON

Appointment of George e. Hamil-
ton as chairman Of the reception
committee for the testimonial din.
ner to Admiral William s. Benson
September 10 in the Mayflower Ho-
tel was announced today
Martin Conboy, of New York, is
chairman of the committee on ar
rangements. Peter A. Drury and
Edward J. O'Connor are treasurer
and secretary. Former Secretary
of War Newton d. Baker will be
a speaker. a.
The Washington times., 1925-08-31
4 NERVOUS WRECK
NOW FEELS fine
Charles F. Freys, Indian
apoIis, Ind, Architect,
Says His Whole System
Was Bettered By Todd's
Tonic.

ct find that Todd's Tonic con-
tains the merits and properties
Of the medicine have been looking
for and needing for years. was
nervous and rundown, and my APP
petite was very poor, which left
me- with q nervous temperament.
Reading in the newspaper some of
the Todd's Tonic testimonials, IL
seemed as IL they touched my own
condition, so I tried q bottle and
found It d wonderful and meritori.
Gus preparation. My whole system
has been built up, my nervousness
relieved and my appetite restored
I now feel fine and enjoy life as
1 should. ! owe all this to Todds
Tonie."-CHARLES r. FREYS,
Seminole Hotel, Indianapolis, Ind.
Todd's Tonic can be had at PEG.
pies Drug Store, No. /, 7th and K
SITS. N. W.. Washington, d. c.,
whore Mr.. T. @. White. q trained
representative, will be glad to ex-
plain the merits OF this remarkable
remedy. Todd's Tonic IL on sale
at all Peoples Drug Stores.
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By Beatrice Fairfax,
Who Occupies . Unique Place in
the Writing World as an
Authority ON Love

=
M They've been the best of
pals all through their course In
the university, Jim has asked
Madge to marry him.
Madge would gladly accept
Jim's proposal except for one
obstacle. which she fears may
affect their happiness in later
years. This one flaw in Madge's
happiness Is her age; she Is three
years older than Jim. When they
were graduated last June Madge
was twenty.four, Jim twenty-one.
Jim learns quickly. has an
active mind and was one Of the
youngest in his class. He and
Madge are so congenial that
Madge didn't realize she was
older never thought about it. m
fact until they happened to COM
pare ages not long ago.
Jim laughs at Madge's worry
over what he calls a trifIe. But
Madse insists that there may be
some logical reason back Of the
fact that man marries woman
younger than himself. She
doesn't Know. whether It's wise to
defy such general rule.
In feudal ages, when much was
made of the idea Of the superior
strength and wisdom of man and
the helplessness and inferiority
OF women. a man felt doubIy
strong and protective il he mar.
ried girl much younger than
he. Her youth flattered his sense
of superior wisdom and power and
made It more natural for his wife
to turn to her husband as final
authority on all subjects.
Today, the relation between
man and wife Is less that Of
superior and inferior. protector
and helpless dependent than it is
one Of frank comradeship and
equality. So there's no reason
nowadays why a husband should
be the elder IL there is not too
much difference in ages to admit
Of congenial companionship.
have known Of lastinelv
happy and successful marriages
where the wife was as much %
six years the senior Of the hus.
band. All depends on how thor
oughly congenial your twenty.
three and his twenty-one are. how
charming his thirty finds your
twenty.
A generation, however. is too,
much disparity of ages between
man and the woman he mar.
ries. News in the paper not long
ago OF the marriage of woman
OF forty-five to a youth of six.
teen brought much unfavorable
comment. Such union cannot
possibly prove lastingly happy.
Grabbed age and youth cannot
live together" The constant com.
partnership of marriage calls for
similar outlook on life between
husband and wife.
Very young men often form at.
tachments for much older wo-
men. But these attachments rare.
" prove more than fleeing and
do not lead to happy marriages.
The teens are years for light
hearted friendships and good
times of girls and boys together.
Few girls and boys are sufficient
ly grown up at that time OF life
to choose a life partner wisely.
The twenties are a glorious
time for marriage both for
young woman and young man.
The years stretch ahead then for
enjoyment of life together. Both
are old enough to realize what
their tastes and interests in life
are going to be yet young enough
to react happily to the constant
readjustments that are inevitable
during the first years of mar
riage.
The early thirties are also a
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DONALD LOWRIE'S STORY Back IN
FOXY
GRANDPA

F" Amazon river down in
Brazil and when you go
up that river you are really ex-
ploring. Every foot of the way,
almost, affords interest.
1t was getting dark and our
native guide suggested that we
might land on the bank. make
camp and turn in for the night.
So we followed his suggestion,
moored our boat to an overhang-
ing branch OF a tree and went
ashore.
After supper we sat on the
river bank and soon 1 saw that
Bobby was a very sleepy little
boy. so said:
Bobby, don't you think It's
time to turn in?"
Yes, Foxy Grandpa" said
Bobby, yawning, and covering his
mouth with his hand.
Take your blanket over there
under that tree and roll your
self up," 1 said.
Yes. SIR said Bobby. "I1l
gather some grass for . pillow
first
Bobby walked over under the
tree. dragging his blanket after
him. He stood still for q mo-
ment and then said:
why here's a pillow already.
1t looks just like a pile Of hay.
That's fine! It will save me
gathering the grass"
Spreading his blanket on the
ground. Bobby stretched out and,
was just about to lay his little
head on the. part of the blanket
which he intended to use for a
pillow, when the pillow rose up
and right there before our very
eyes walked of!
oh" gasped Bobby. standing
as stockstill AZ cigar store In
dian.
Then We watched. It walked
of under a tree and sat down.
It wasn't entirely awake and we
had q good chance to study 1t.
1t was about three feet by
three feet. with q long snout and
q, long bushy tail. When 1t was
asleep 1t had been cirTed up in
a, ball with its. tell over 1T like
q blanket. No wonder bobby
had thought 1t was loose bunch
Of dried grass.
Then something happened. Bob
by came close to me and we
watched this peculiar animal.
IT'S got q worm in it's mouth,
Foxy Grandpa" whispered Bobby.
And I must admit it was hav-
ing a hard time with the long
worm-Ike thing which kept shoot
ing in and out Of It's long snout
Cant seem to swallow it..
Foxy Grandpa" said Bobby. And
I thought so myself.
Hope 1t won't choke on 1t.
Where ts Bunny, wonder? He
might help 1t out. I'm afraid IL
we go near it we will scare 1t
away"
At that moment Bunny hoped
up. He had been scurrying around
in the forest to see II he could
find any Of his South American
relations. And when he saw
what we were watching so in
tently, he stood up on his hind
feet and watched with us.
Look, Bunny" said Bobby.
do you see that long red worm
In it's mouth? He's been trying
to swallow 1t for a long ti,no.
I do believe 1t will choke him.
Don't you think you could pull
it out for him."
Bunny just doubled UP at this
and held his sides as he smoth.
cred his laughs. Then finally he
came close to Bobby and said:
How would you like me to
pull your tongue out?"
What do you mean7" asked
Bobby.
II mean" said Bunny, that
that long thing you think lie n red
worm IL that ant-eater's tongue.
And every time he shoots 1t out
he is catching an ant on the end
of 1t. He's just having his sup.
per. that's all"
Must take him a long time
to get a SOU are meal" said
Bobby, opening his eyes very
wide.
Copyright, 1928. by the Mcknight
Syndicate. Incl
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realized what fool 1 had been.
Suppose the bartender had not In
terfered and there had been a
free for all fight, with arrests.
The newspapers would have had
It: ''Osborne's secretary in
Drunken saloon Brawl," etc. But
that half-drunken accusation had
been too much. 1t implied inn
mortality. the last thing on earth
that Osborne was capable Of.
OF course. I should not have
entered that saloon, so close to
the prison. knew that. At the
same time I was glad it had hap
pen6d. I looked at my knuckles,
which had swollen from the i'm
pact Of the blow, and wished
might have had chance to use
the other hand also.
Before the train reached New
York I was desperate for another
drink, and I got off at the One
Hundred and Twenty.fifth street
station. I did 80 for three rea-
sons: First. BECAUSE couldn't
wait any longer for whiskey: sec
ond, because I KNEW I was go
ing Ia for = soaking spree and
I wanted to locate in . part OF
the city where I was practically
unknown and unlikely to meet
any az osborns's or my friends
Or aeauaintances; third, Ruth had
lived near there. The florists
shop owned by the mother Of her
vaudeville partner was on One
Hundred and Twenty-fifth street,
and she had lived . block farther
horth.
CRAVING for Alcohol
70. admit that I knew before
hand that I was going to indulge
n excessive drinking doubtless
wslf put me into the wiIlfully SIN
AuI class IN the minds OF some
Rsrs6ns. Yet that wasn't it at
an The wear and tear and strain
ae eang Sing had lowered my
vatzaatyS wreclCed my resistance
ana SaaAe me q nervous deficient.
NxcAnAvs cagArefte smoking also
haa done tts deadly part
Ny body craved lots Of alcohol.
aot q few drinks, and I knew or
eeJt Saak the only way to over
come Ghia chemical demand was
by sak1sfytng It a. quickly as pos
sibIs and getting it over with.
Aftsrwauds, knew, I would Be
sGck. Then would come q period
OF several days. perhaps several
weeks, when I would feel vigorous
and rafreshed. my mind clear and
ALERT, and abso1l1tsIyTfras from de-
sire for the stuff
I Ai6. mot call It 'Achenntcai de-
unand's than. didn't know a.
the time therewas anything chem
leal about Il. I became convinced
Of that much laters
As soon ~ I goe down On the
street I enteesd the firgt saloon
and poured sQ& nearly . giassful
OF Wtislcsys
HarSenArGWaEuang
Frekty 1Os for drinks that
AaE~~waxneG& the bartender. "Bet-
tor Keep OuG cf 4aa0 Gun Il you're
hlt4tng Nsm up that high"
Evidently he could So that I
had already BEEN drinking that
morning
paid no heed 70 <h1s remark,
md after standing at the doorway
q, few minutes I went back to the
6ar and drank again had noted
that there were hotel rooms above
ta1e saloon, ana I went up. had
Q valiss and my Corona with me.
Ny trunk had gone on 10 the
Grand Central terminal told
the clerk I wanted an outside
room with bath.
mo rooms with bath" he in
6orunsd me, but I can locate you
RlEht near one. the corner room
On the third floor"
The Washington times., 1925-08-31
WHEN DID IT
HAPPEN?

WHEN was the first Protestant
w Episcopal bishop in the
United States chosen?
When was the Transandine
Tunnel connecting Chile and Ar
gentina opened?
3-when was the u. S. naval
station at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
begun?
4-When was the Russian Eng
lish agreement on Persia made?
5--When was the Lowell OBJ
servatory at Flagstaff, Arizona,
established?
Answers to These Queries Will
Be Printed Tomorrow
ANSWERS,
To Saturdays Queries
1.-The Americans destroyed
the Onondaga settlements in 1879.
2-Prudentius. early Christian
poet. lived in the fourth century.
3-Bleriot crossed the English
channel in a monopiane July 25,
1909.
Richard Harding Davis wrote
1.-The Bar Sinister" in 1903.
5-Edward Everett Hale was
appointed chaplain of the United
States Senate in 1908.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-23

//YWVHE reward of virtue says Emerson, 10 VHVue'
This sentence is like toast The longer You enc"
- on it the more you get from it
The idea that being good being rich or famous OF
healthy is erroneous It does not necessarily follow
person with beautiful moral character ofentmes SUI
fers continual i'll health.
We say it does not right that such dear, gooos
kind person should be afflicted with poor health.
forget that goodness will not change the Jaws OF
nature No how good person u.s. he doesn't ear
right kind of food and get exercise and follow
the laws Of hygiene he will be sick And all the goodness
in the world won't save him.
The reward being good and living sweets and pas
tries is virtue-and i'll health.
You have to go to dairy for quart OF milk and TO
drug eyedropper Because you for and get
quart Of milk the dairy does not mean that you get
the eye-dropper, too.
go somewhere else and for it and get It,
living your life you have three different kinds or things
look after at the time They the moral the
mental and the physical
Although they overlap each requires individual attention
Deserving in does not deserving in all three.
Developing the moral side alone won't result IN strong
mind healthy body matter Of course 1t certainly
will help, but it won't do it ALL
Life is complex You have to attend to than one
thing at a time.
doing well will bring you the rewards of that but
not of the others.
And while virtue the most worthwhile thing in life it is
well remember that its possessor does not necessarily
the rewards that from toll In the other sides
of life.
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GARRETT. SERVISS EXPLAINS
MOONS OF JUPITER
With Small Telescope Keep Watch of Transits
Of Jupiters Satellites.

shadow may both be seen at the
same time, moving slowly across
Jupiter's broad golden face, pass
ing over or between the great
belts which lie parallel with his
drops Of ink, while the satellites
are heartily distinguishable from
the disk of the planet, except
when they are above a dark belt.
1t is interesting to recall the
fact that wherever the shadow
of a satellite appears on the disk
of Jupiter, there is a total eclipse
of the sun. Seeing how small
the shadows are in comparison
with the vast disk Of the planet
over which they move. one can
better understand how our earth
ly astronomers often have to
travel long distances, and visit
far-off quarters Of the world, IN
order to observe a total eclipse
of the sun produced by the
shadow of our moon.
1 have remarked above that
Jupiter is about twenty-five times
as great in diameter as his larg-
est satellite. That satellite itself
is about three-fifths greater in
diameter than our moon, the re-
spective figures in miles being
$500 and 2,160. Even the small
est Of Jupiter's four principal
moons is of almost exactly the
same size as our moon. These
four moons of Jupiter, except the
most distant, which sometimes
escapes, undergo an eclipse every
time they go around the planet,
and in revenge each of them also
produces an eclipse on Jupiter
at each passage between him
and the sun. If there are as
tronomers in the Jovian world
they must have far more
perfect knowledge of eclipses
than we have. They are of
almost daily occurrence, for
Jupiter's satellites make their cir
cults very rapidly, On account of
the speed impaired to them by
the gigantic force of Jupiter's
gravitation, which Is, intrinsical-
ly. about a thousandth of the
suns, while the earth's Is only a
0,000th. Jupiter's nearest, or
first, moon goes around in forty
two hours, and his fourth, al
though it is about five times as
Jar away from him as our moon
is from the earth, takes only Is %
days.
The eclipses Of Jupiter's moons
in his enormous shadow offer an
even more fascinating study for
a small telescope than the
transits. When they enter the in
visible shadow they seem to be
snuffed out, with no apparent rea-
son, and their temperance, when
they have reached the other edge
of the shadow is equally sudden
and startling. 1t was by observa-
tion of the varying intervals be-
tween these eclipses that Roe
mer, the Danish astronomer of
the seventeenth century, took the
first step toward the discovery of
the velocity of light.
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NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE
, Helen Rowland
These Charming Men


A PLATONIC lover is one who
"A always keeps his fingers
crossed, his hand on his pulse, MS
tongue in his cheek, and his alibi
ready.
Somehow, whenever a man for
gets to shave, his wife can't help
thinking wistfully of all the nice
looking men she might have
married"
In lovemaking, the average man
has a dent where his bump of in
tuition ought to be. He always
overlooks an ideal opportunity for
the first kiss-and then. later.
wakes up and bungles around try
ing to set the stage for it.
A man never can understand
why a woman will tell him the
honest truth about her faults. her
weaknesses. and all her past love-
affairs and then lie to him about
a little thing like the number OF
her shoe or the date Of her birth.
It's awfully hard to believe that
your sweet, naive, unsophisticated
mother is the same wild. head
strong girl who was upsetting all
parents gray with anxiety, just
twenty years ago.
The sudden blossoming Of mus
taches and whiskers on the mascu-
line face is merely mans last des-
perate effort to prove that he is
very Heish-like the brave ges-
ture of the small boy who whistles
in the dark to keep up his cour-
age.
Petting is like any other sort Of
dope-a little Of it may be stimu-
lating; but too much is deadly,
and a steady diet soon ceases to
have any effect whatever, beyond
making you yawn.
A man always loves where he
pleases to love-and then is aston
ished to wake up and find himself
married where he never intended
to marry.
A summer love -affair, like a
summer cold, sometimes hangs on
and on and on-until half the
winter is gone before a man Is
able to shake it Off
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By Garrett p. Serviss,
Noted Astronomer and Writer on
Scientific Topics of Popular
Interest.

Noted Astronomer and Writer on
Scientific Topics of Popular
Interest.
Did one Of Jupiter's moons
make a transit this evening Aug.
81 about 9:45? There did not ap-
pear to be any clouds anywhere,
yet his light dimmed very notice
ably.-E. S., Detroit.
VIZ THER there was a
w transit Of one of Jupiter's
moons at the time you mention
you can ascertain by consulting
the American Ephemeris, publish
ed annually by the Naval Observ-
atory, Washington. I have not a
copy at hand where l as just now
writing in France. There may
have been transit, visible at
Detroit, but if there was 1t had
nothing to do with the dimming
Of the planets light which you
describe. That was probably
caused by some Temporarily at
mospheric obscurity not notice
able as a cloud.
In fact a transit of one Of Jupi-
ter's moons across his disk could
not be expected to cause any gen
eral darkening Of the planets
light because the moon (satellite)
itself would appear as bright as
the portion of the disk that it
covered.
Even if it was a transit Of the
shadow of a satellite, the proper
ton of Jupiter's light cut off
would be too slight to be notice
able-less than one six-hundredth
part. Jupiter is about twenty
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-23
By ELSIE ROBINSON

stead. he let the Earth work out
the plan. He only helped. So IN
nv garden the Earth has had Its
chance. And come to flower.
That's what it's like. Not or
dered beds and labored orna-
ments. But free, well nourished
Earth come into flower.
Zinnias, stocks and roses, pan
sizes in every chink. Tall lark
spur and bright spikes Of scarlet
sage. Gay dahlias and old-fash-
toned pin cushions" A little
pool where water lilies open and
ferns uncurl.
A fragrant, buzzing plot Of
flowers, all tumbled hit or miss,
between the tall hill and my
house. The hill is red-the trees
that bend above are bluish-green
with leaves that drip with light.
And in between the sky's as blue
as TURQUOISE matrix. My house
is gray and binding the gray
house and the red hill there lies
that band of lavender and gold,
blue, scarlet, coral, apricot and
mauve, with fragrances as vivid
as the color.
Wnon evening COIneS INC SNO
is like a syrup settling down. IL
perfumes all my house.
l waited for my garden many
years. Hard years when often
was forced to choose between a
meal or marigolds. I often chose
the meal. But often, too, / chose
the marigolds. And some day $50
I promised, year by year, some
day I'll have them BOTH"
So maybe that small garden
means a little more to me than it
would to those people who have
always had flowers in their lives.
That is the reason why I come to
L. -.ic-h& Of ,,n1rSnlf nd
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Shrine.
A stone wall holds the hill from
sliding down. It runs across the
back and turns the corner Tor q
little way. There, in one corner,
is the shrine. There are red tiles
above it and a cup Of rock be.
meath it filled with ferns ana
little Towering vines. A statuS
Of some saint-a marble Christ!
No. A simple plaque OF porcelain
wreathed round with painted
fruit, whereupon sweet girl
Mother holds a little Child.
An day the Mother and the
BABY watch my flowers while I'm
at work. All day the larkspurs
reach to kiss their hands, ana
bees go buzzing by Her gentle race.
And when night comes, She's
waiting for me there and His
small hands are reaching toward
my pain.
know no saints. -
I'VE worked so long with SIN
ners, and sinned so much myself
that I've frogotten what my re-
ligion used to be.
I have no time to kneel ana
Wv about my soul or Wonoer
whether it will land in heaven or
he'll. / find that as the years
90 on I care very little whether
I am saved or not. AS long as
somehow I can manage to play
square while on my job.
But there is something about
that slender Mother and her Child
that brings me peace. think It
has put a soul into my home.
wonder if any house Is
worthy to be called a home un-
less it stands for-Mothering?
wonder if any life can find
,ts way to peace unless in some
ouiet, Swallowed place It holds
eI,y.ino2
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-23
ONCE-OVERS
YOUR ATTITUDE TOWARD OTHERS

Sometimes YOU may wonder why you have so many
enemies. -
You friends but what have you ever Done 10 Og
you a strong friendship.
Are you ever careful hold your tongue when you want
TO express an adverse criticism?
It Others that feel SO many against
you. -,
It is YOUR own attitude toward your associates which
makes for friends for enemies.
Are YOU urcompromising in getting your own wayY
Are you sneerngly intolerant of others oplmonsF
Are you malicious in your conversational
10 Won trv TO exact attentions where nothing is due
you?
Do you try to swing in anothers glory where your
own effort has been void?
You can these qualities known to your &C
quaintances
real friend self sacrificing and cheerful about It,
If you give freely wo yourself and your time and feel
kindly Others your enemies will be minor quantity
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-23
WISE SAYINGS

The greatest men have been
those who have cut their way to
success through difficulties.
Robertson.
Matter. power, spirit - each
points to the other and each finds
in the other its furfillment.
-Schenkel.
A good and true woman is said
to resemble a Cremona fiddle
age but increases its worth and
sWeetens it's tone. Holmes.
The only way in which to fit a
people for self-government is to
entrust them with self-govern-
ment. -Macauley.
Logic Is the anatomy OF
thought. Locke.
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five times as great in diameter
as his largest satellite, and the
relative area of a disk is proper
tional to the square Of the
diameter.
If you have a small telescope
you ought by all means to keep
watch of the transits of Jupiter's
satellites and of their shadows,
as we'll as of the eclipses of the
satellites by the shadow Of Jupi-
ter. These most interesting phe-
nomena will continue to be Wis
ible through September and Oc-
tober, and the Ephemeris gives
the dates and hours in standard
time, as we'll as the means for
identifying the particular satel'
lites concerned.
Sometimes satellite and its