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!. horizontally Ii only half sec.
Ofld. But that means Il velocity
Of twenty miles 3 second. which,
as said, exceeds the velocity Of
the earth la its orbit. for the
earth travels only eighteen and u
half miles 4 second
IL we assume some practicable
velocity for the prOjectile, say
2, 900 or 5000 feet per second,
then II would 80 only 200 or
800 feet In the half second that
the dropped bullet was falling to-
the ground
If the gun ID pointed upward
from the horizontal It's range ii.
increased, the reason for the IN.
crease being that the upward
trajectory keeps the proiectiIc
longer time in the air, for II win
fall sixteen feet In the first sec-
Ond, sfxty-foir feet lii the second
second and 80 on ii proportion 70.
the square of the time. Just the
same whether II Ii fired Iiori.
zontally o. on an upward slope.
Resistance Of Air
IN All this We are, 81 course,
disregarding the effects 81 the
resistance OF the ain. IN the art
Of gI1nnery the resistance OF the
air must be taken into account
For this purpose elaborate expert
m6nts have been made BY ma
tiOnal military authorities. from
which complicated formulate and
tables have been deduced by
means OF which the range 81 RI1ne
Of various powers and caIibers
may be calculated. So many III.
duenceg enter into this problem,
such as variation ii the density
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BY ELSIE ROBINSON

basement! Cluttered up the
whole place to make a contraI,-
ton that no one on earth can
? run.
Sometimes 1t just doesn't seem
as II that boy would ever amount
to anything. Wasting his money
for foolishness like that messing
around when he ought to be
studying. Makes you almost
ashamed that you're his parent,
doesn't it?
Look how your sisters young.
sters have gone ahead in school.
Toms whole year younger
than your Eddie and yet he's a
year ahead of him in High.
Esther is taking one prize after
another In her English course,
Even little Bert; who's only four
teen, is starting the commercial
course and can talk business
like veteran.
Bui Eddie! All Eddie cares
about is to mess with machinery.
There's row every day to get
him to go to school. He flunks
In every SUBJECTIVE teachers
are always calling you in for a
conference. You get so dis.
couraged you could just GIVE
UP, don't you?
But wait a minute, Pal--don't
throw up the job yet. Maybe
Eddie ism such a flat tire after
all. Perhaps he's just as bright
or even brighter than Tommy
and Esther and little Bert. Only
it's another kind of Brightness
a kind of brightness neither you
nor the schools have been pre-.
pared to cope with
Maybe Eddie is "HAND-MIND-
ED" instead of BOOK. MIND
ED"
Never heard that expression
before. did you? It's a new ex-
preston and a new idea in edu.
cational circles.
Education hasn't had much to
do In the past with "hand-mind-
ed" people those practical souls
who must find expression through
their fingers. There were tech
meal courses in the universities
for those of engineering bent, IL
that bent survived the dry classi-
cal drilling of the grades and the
high schools. But for the boy
orr girl who wanted to mess
with machinery" work in wood.
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Nepal, the Land Of No Worries

IN the independent state Of
Nepal, which is situated on
the northeastern frontier Of In
dia, there are very few OF the
advantages Of civilization, and
by the same token the inhabitants
are free from its disadvantage;
Imagine q country where
freight trains are never delayed,
g land where street cars never
jump the track, a place where
automobile tires never go fiat,
and a State where there are no
railroad strikes. Such Is Nepal.
For the very good reason that
strong, brown Monaghan men
and women come from the foot
hills of Thibet to carry the bur-
dens on their backs or in baskets
at the end Of a pole.
Over the mountain passes.
down dangerous descents, up the
rockiest OF narrow paths these
burden bearers go with their
tremendous loads.
Without any evidence OF Weari-
ness or Of bad humor. the coolies
go all day long Transporting loads
of a hundreds pounds and more.
After the long journey they seem
entirely satisfied when they re-
ceive fifty or sixty cents in the.
coin Of India.
Food supplies, bundles Of cloth
ing, furniture and even pianos
are carried by these coolies.
One might surrnise that all the
inhabitants OF Nepal are engaged
In the task OF carrying freight
across the hills. But in the val
ley OF Nepal, where every small
est spot is in cultivation, the
men. women and children plant,
cultivate and harvest the rice
crops as well as other grains,
vegetables and fruit. IT would
seem that the rest OF the peasant
class are engaged in soldering.
Anyway, 1t takes very little Of
this worlds goods to supply the
simple needs Of these Gurkhas,
Newars and Rhutians.
The government although q
monarchy, Is just one. The PEG.
nile are chez folks with soft
=
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Il KID

a life or toll. That was the
school plan we transplanted 10
America, although we had pre-
sumably discarded the caste sys-
tenn.
Naturally, that transplanted
school plan didn't fit very well.
How are you going to train
young humans to live the lives
OF scholarly gentlemen" in a
country chat doesn't provide
caste Of serfs to wait upon said
gentlemen? And what are you
going to do with that vast ma
jority Of youngsters who wouldn't
be so.called gentlemen" on a
bet, but greatly prefer to be
plumbers or bricklayers or limo
type operators with nice, fat jobs
and a swell little car In the
garage?
At last we're beginning to
adopt education to the need of
that majority. We're framing
courses and buying school equip
ment for "hand-minded" Eddies
Of America. And the plan is
going over BIG.
They have a new Junior High
School in San Francisco in which
they're installing $4,000 worth
of equipment to be used by such
youngsters. There will be courses
in wood work, cabinet making,
sheet metal work, electrical de-
vices, automobile designing and
facilities for making tools of all
sorts. With such equipment a
boy may Find himself" and de-
termine for what work he is
best fitted instead of cutting
away from all Of the educational
life, as so many youngsters have
been doing, or drifting aimlessly
through 10 meaningless grad
uation.
Expensive?
Yes, but not thousandth part
as expensive as the human mis-
fits which Anticipated methods of
education produced.
So don't get discouraged about
Eddie, Pal, just because he
doesn't show the marks of an
embryo Bernard Shaw or Rookie
teller or a Mayo. He may yet be
the worlds best auto mechanic
il you'l give him a chance and
a lot more useful to his i'm.
mediate community than q dozen
geniusea.
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MEDITATIONS
OF a WIFE
By Helen Rowland

AIihf Artists
CoMEWHERE iii the Book Of
~ Judgment, Saint Peter must
have whole section reserved FOR
the Alibi Artists there are 20
many Of them.
We used to call them Cheerful
liars;' but now we are more POI
ite-and there Is no doubt that
they make the world q sweeter
and more interesting place to.
live In.
You know who they areI
The woman who says she bobbed
her hair for COMFORT
The man who says he never
even THOUGHT he loved another
girl!
The girl who says she wouldn't
give UP her beautiful economic in
dependence to marry the best
man living.
The man who says there IL
nothing he enjoys Like dancing
with his wife-and the woman
who says she loves to play bridge
with her husband.
The woman who says that she
gets no kick" from Valentines
love-making and all these sex
plays. and only goes to the movies
for the newsreel and the mental
rest.
The man who says he didn't
couldn't help it--you tempted him
so:
The mother who signs that she
Is so glad that her only son is
going to marry that sweet girl.
and settle down.
The man who springs his
line"-and then adds impressive
ly. IT never said that to another
woman!"
The man who alibis himself for
everything, from a drink to a
Irritation, because his wife
doesn't understand him."
The henna-blonde, who says that
was the natural color" of her
hair before it began to turn gray.
The woman who says that she
is getting her divorce just in or
der to clean up the slate, and has
no idea OF remarrying.
The man who says that he'll
take another" just to be a good
sport and not spoil the party.
Oh, there is no doubt that they
make the world a sweeter and
brighter place-all these charm
ing alibi artists!
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of the air. the shape and diam.
eter of the propectiles and 30 on,
that It's accurate solution tor any
particular case IS q matter of
considerable difficulty and the
fOrrnulae cannot be described
here.
But the results obtained by
the simple formula which oTr1fts
the atmospheric resistance reveal
the fundamental principles gov
erning the motion be prOjectile
III q gravitatiCnal field, which Is
all that rs needed for showing
that the horizontal motion does
not affect the regular fall under
gravity; IN other words that no
matter how far Il may so, the
projectiIe win always drop at the
same rate as il Il were falling
vertically, with no projectile
force.
In the same way when we say
that all bodies fall at the same
rate, the absence of atmospheric
resistance 81 assumed In q
vacuum B feather and 8 ball Of
lead keep step iii falling. which
proves the law, although u the
experiment. IS tried III the air,
the feather win be retarded. a.
compared with the ball.
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voices and i love for color ana
harmony.
The relation with other c0un-
tries Is rather friendly. notwith-
standing the fact that there are
some portions Of Nepal which are
not open to outsiders, and spesI
cial permits must be secured BE-
fore journeys can be made into
the interior.
In the city there are evidences
Of ancient and modern civiliza-
ton. During the festivals which
are part OF Nepal metropolitan
life, the displays approach gran
deur, and the militia Isl always
given an opportunity to parade III
full regalia
Even the coolies join in the fes-
tivities and disport themselves Is
though there were no burdens
waiting to be borne across the
mountain passes.
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learn plunbing /.
weave, carve, run
q printing press
mo provision
was made. Such
work was for
ARTISANS. not
for scholars.
The schools
were primarily
int 9 n d ed for
SCHOLARS. This
was the out
growth OF those
early days when
learnt 6 was
only for the rich
for the man
who need never
use his hands.
That was the
school plan OF
the Old World
where the caste
+, system gave one
man q life of
ease and another
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-09
Eucalyptus Logs

EUcALYPTUs logs have never
had q market hero. excepting
as fuel. For fuel they have 10.
be cut. split and piled to season
or else they do not burn wen.
Dry eucalyptus il me III an open
crate. The great difficulty Is,
that most people IN the towns
now cook with gas and heat with
gas. The well-to-do who have
open CRATES buy eucalyptus wood.
but the market is not very active.
The logs have never yet been
used as telephone poles. think
large reason for this il the
fact that d dry eucalyptus II
very hard and the linemen would
experience difficulty III using
spurs
A few pilings OF this kind used
by bridge and pier builder
when he thought he could cheat
a little, proved to be fnw more
enduring than the Ordinar4 pill
ins.@@.
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Go the kids
~ been 1T it
again! Took the
birthday money
Uncle Bert gave
him for b new
school suit and
beat 1t for the
second hand yard.
Bought the worst
mess of old junk
You ever sawa
G h q 5 sis that
looks as IL II
had been through
q dozen earth.
quakes, an en-.
CINE that's got
every known dis
ease peculiar to
scrap iron. some
sick loo k In e
wheels and a
cOupla w orm :
eaten planks.
And he's built a
machine In fhn
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-09
Who Said It

Life is long enough for him who
knows how to use II. Working
and thinking extend it's limits"
Voltaire, in his Philosophical
Dictionary" thus answers the
complaint that life is too short.
when fortune favOrs, none but
fools will daily"
Dryden, in one of his "Epis.
ties" declares that only the fool
ish allow an opportunity to pasO
unaccepted.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-09
By Garrett 2. Serviss
Mated Astronomer and Writer 81
Scientific Topics 81 Popular


Scientific Topics 81 Popular
Interest.
Suppose d gun carries ten
miles. and IS fired at height
OF four feet from the ground,
and q bullet Of the same cali
Der ID dropped from the hand,
four feet from the ground, as
the gun Is fired. # claims
that the two bullets win strike
the ground ct the same time.
one travelling ten miles, the
other four feet. e says no.
kindly write something on this
subject IL. HI, stevens
High School, Claremont. N. II. 8
THE form that you have given
to an old puzzIer refreshes
Il by requiring new point Of
View You assume that q gun
could have b horizontal range Of
ten miles when fired at an eIeva.
ton Of only four feet. But It
would have to be most won.
derfuI gun. It would have to
fire its projectile with 3 mean
speed exceeding the velocity Of
the earth III It's orbit around
the s1nl
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-09
Business Gone to Pot

burglar who worked long ard hard open safe the
other day rewarded by just centsl
The burglar business isn't what it used to be- By the
the landlord and other hjackers get through with
banro there isn't much left for the burglar operate
One prominent yegg who has spent years in the sudy
metagy yesterday said he going quit the business
altogether.
And buy traction stock
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-09

This q hon Uncle Sam looks TO the British, now
called upon 20 pay pat Of whdt they boyroaOed
There y another UieD.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-09

nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
- Would you kindly advise
me which is the proper way TO
address a letter to a woman
whose husband is still alive. and
also to widow. F.. s.
IVES, Ma'am, am delighted to
i answer this question, for I
am most anxious to have every
letter addressed properly. /
think that q well-addressed and
correctly addressed envelope Is
one of the most important de.
tails of etiquette. A letter to q
married woman with her formal
name, the name that she uses on
her visiting-card: Mrs. Theodore
Mann. And the envelope adj
dressed to a widow should be ad-
dressed in the same way: Mrs.
Theodore Mann.
The Order of the Wedding Pro
ceSsiOn
NEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ What Is the proper attire
lOE Lie 6IOOIH anu DTlQesS IaCnGr
at a church wedding to be held
at 5 o'clock2
(2l When having a maid OF
honor and one bridesmaid should
one of the ushers walk down
the aisle with the bridesmaid?
(3) In what order does the
wedding procession walk down
the aisle? Are the ushers In.
cluded in the procession?
BRIDE-TO-BE.
TUTAWAY coat and dark
~ striped trousers.
(2) No. it is not good form for
the ushegs and bridesmaid to
walk together, either in the pro-
cessfonal or occasional.
90 First come the nshers,
walking together, two by two.
If you have one bridesmaid. she
walks next, alone. Following her
comes the maid of honor, also
walking alone. Then come the
bride and her father. or whoever
is 10 give the bride in marriage.
Mrs. Beeclxman will be glad to
answer questions on etiquette
submitted bx Eeadegsl
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a SECOND
HELPING
. Cornelius B ecIkllan


when Asking Second HELPING
nEAR MRS. BEECIxMAN:
when passing the plate Tor
second selping should the knife
and fork be left on the plate. or
removed and placed on the table
cloth2 n. a.
NlHE knife and fork should be
be left on the plate placed TO-
gether. parallel. with the tips On
the lower edge Of the rim, SO that
they win not easily be pushed of,
The handles should be pointed .
bit to the right, 30 that the
server will have more room for
the placing of the food. After
the knife and fork have once
been used, thy should never be
allowed to touch the table cloth.
even with the handles. This
is q most important and useful
rule to keep in mind. The only
exception to it Is in the indi-
vidual butter knife. the handle
Of which must rest on the table.
cloth when it is used with the
small individual butter dishes.
And thank Heaven9 these small
butter-dishes are almost gone out
of fashion In favor OF the more
roomy bread-and-butter dishes
which will support the handle of
the knife.
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By ]. 3. Power
RNts and Specld lzatl07l
n DOCTOR FRANK AM

Z first sight there 4 not much difference betW
"a specialization and rut.
Evening star., 1925-02-16
CHAMBER BANQUET |.
PLANS COMPLETED
Opening Dinner Also Ar
ranged at Mayflower Be-
/, fore Formal inaugural. II

All arrangements have been com
pleted for the first annual Midwinter
dinner of the Washington Chamber
of Commerce and formal opening OF
the Mayfiower Hotel, which will take
place at the hotel Wedn esday nigh;
at o'clock, it was announced today
Practically all of the $50 ticket;
for the dinner have been sold and,
according to A. Z. Seymour. secre-
tary of the chamber, he has been
swamped by last-minute requests.
Only Three to Speak.
While there will be no extended
speeches, three of the prominent
guests will make brief talks, limited
to 10 minutes each. Those who Will
speak are: Rev. DIR. Peter Guilday of
the Catholic University, E. j. Hen
ming, Assistant Secretary of Labor,
and Rev. Dr. Jason Noble Pierce,
pastor of tie First Congreg tional
Church. James T. Lloyd, president
of the Board of Education and also
of the Chamber of Commerce. Will be
the POSTMASTER. Officers cf the
chamber, former presidents and the
speakers of the evening Will be the
guests of honor.
Among those who have signif1ed
their intention of attending the din
tor Carter Glass, Representative Fred
N Zihlman and Representative Addi-
son T. Smith. Following the dinner
the entertainment program Will be
given. For this purpose the. specially
constructed telescopic stage. which is
a feature in the ballroom of the hotei
will be used. Vincent Lopez will lead
the orchestra.
Pre-Opening Dinner.
Guests have been requested to enter
the hotel by the Seventeenth street
entrance Lists will be supplied CIV
Ing the names and numbers of tables
in alphabetical order.
Tomorrow night pre-opening din
ner has been arranged by the man
agement of the hotel. and will be at
tended by approximately 500 invited
persons. Each department OF the
Government will be represented, Sec
retary of Labor Davis representing
the executive department., Senator
King of. Utah representing the Sen
ate, Representative S. F. Reed chair
man of the House District committee,
representing the House of Repre-
sentatives: Justice Stafford represent.
ing the District Supreme. Court, Cuno
H. Rudolph, president of the board OF
District Commissioners, representing
the District government. Frank j
Hogan will mako a short address and
w. l. Browning, assistant secretary
treasurer of the hotel, will preside. An
entertainment has been arranged.
Evening star., 1925-02-16
GIRL CALLS Staying
OF BOY ACCIDENTAL
Says Pistol, Hidden in Sleeve, Was
Discharged When Father
Struck at Her.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February 16.-Doro-
thy Perkins, IT, charged with killing
suitor, Thomas Templeton of Jersey
City, n. j., at a party at her home
yesterday. was held without bail in
Jefferson Market Court for eXamina-
tion in Homicide Court.
The girl told police the shooting
was an accident caused primarily by
the attempts of her parents to make
her marry Templeton and their op-
position to her friendship with an
other man.
At the party. Templeton upbraided
her for her attentions to his rival
and during the argument her father
entered the room and tried to strike
her, she said He hit a revolver con-
cealed in her sleeve, she asserted, and
discharged it. The bullet entered
Templeton's heart.
Evening star., 1925-02-16

tablished a furniture store In Baltt-
more and when his sons, Meyer G.
Hecht, Albert s. Hecht, Alexander
Hecht and Moses 8. Hecht reached
their majority he. took them into
partnership.
With the father the sons later
formed a copartnership under which
developed in succeeding years the
Arm of The Hecht Co. of this
city, Hecht Brothers and Company
of Baltimore and Hecht Brothers OF
New York, and also The Hub OF
Baltimore.
Emanuel Hecht played an important
part in all of these developments, be-
ing an adviser to members OF the firm
Due to his superstition. the business
OF The Hub In Baltimore remained
uninterrupted by the Baltimore fire
which burned the old establishment.
Company IncOrpO rated.
Five years ago the activities of Mr..
Hecht and his brothers were incor-
porated, Mr.. Emanuel Hecht becomin g
the secretary and treasurer of the
new corporation. He held these
positions until the time of his death.
He married Miss Mamie Sycle of
Richmond 39 years ago.
He rs survived by his wife, five
sons, Morton r.. Hecht, Howard s.
Hecht, Julian s. Hecht. Robert e.
Evening star., 1925-02-16
EMANUEL HECHT, c.,
I DIES OF APOPLEXY
Prominent Merchant and Phi.
lanthropist of Washington
and Baltimore Expires.

Emanuel Hecht, IS years old. for
many years prominent merchant CT
Washington and Baltimore and well
known philanthropist, died at the
Phoenix Club in Baltimore yesterday
Death was due to apopleXy.
After luncheon at his home in
Baltimore, he left for the club to
join his brother. Alexander Hecht
Soon after his arrival at the club
Mr.. Hecht fell to the Goor and DR..
Louis p. Hamburger, who was sum-
moned Immediately, pronounced him
dead. NJ. Hecht attended grand
opera Saturday night and was in
jovial spirits when he left his home
for the club. He resided at 1873
Eutaw place, Baltimore.
Native OF Baltimore.
Born in Baltimore, MIR. Hecht was
educated in the public schools of that
city. He was the son OF the late
Samuel Hecht. jr., and Mrs. Babette
Hochbe-eer Hecht. The father es-
Evening star., 1925-02-16
Deaths Reported.

The following deaths have been reported tn
the Health Department In the las "a hours:
William n: o.Neill. %, 1895 18th ct.
Mary J. Simmons. II, 010 Pa. ave. sc.
George w. Hayes, 80, walter Reed Hozpital
katherine o. d. Tiffany. "a, 4S7 Irving ct
Hospital.
Charles B. Miller. 81, sibley Hospital.
Suey Ken, months, 1i1b 18th ct.
George Moore, 26, Tuberculosis Hospital.
Frank n. Enels, Al. 200 18th vt. ne.
Evening star., 1925-02-16
SERIES OF CONCERTS
WILL OPEN TONIGHT

The February March series of six
concerts begins tonight at o'clock,
at the First Congregational Church.
Tenth and g streets, with a popular
program by the Crawford Adams
Company. This organization consists
Of Crawford Adams, violinist; Helen
Lesher Adams, humorous lmperson-
ator and dramatic reader, and Ruth
Zim, soprano and pianist.
The other Ave numbers in the
series will be as follows: February
23-Zimmer Harp Trio and Cappelli
Nellie thinner. harp soloist; Mario
Evening star., 1925-02-16
Gounod's 'Gallia' Program Feature

The choir of the Epworth Metho-
dist Episcopal Church South. Thirteenth
street and North Carolina avenue
northeast, will give Gounod's "Gallia,"
with soprano solo by. Gretchen Hood
and accompaniment of string quar-
tet, trumpet and organ, tomorrow at
SIS pm. Other. features of the pro-
gram will include selections by the
Columbian Male Quartet. violin solos
by Herman Hoffman, organ solos by
Edwin Moore and Louis Potter, under
whose direction the program is given.
Evening star., 1925-02-16

Hecht and Stewart e. Hecht; six
daughters, Mrs. A. L. Lowenstein;
.rs. Ralph Nattans, Mrs. Lee 8.
Meyer, Mrs. Lawrence Lockwood, Miss
Beatrice Hecht and Miss Dorothy
Hecht. He also is survived by six
nephews, seven nieces and fifteen
grandchildren.