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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-08
By Garrett p. Serviss,
Noted Astronomer and Writer on
Scientific Topics Of Popular
Interest.

CLOUDS are not only useful
for giving rain, snow, shade,
and protection from cold on chilly
nights, and for gratifying the
love of beauty by their colors,
their shapes. and their shadows,
but in certain circumstances they
are ilIuminators, capable of bright
ening the landscape and cunning
a gloomy day into a cheerful one.
This power they owe to their
high degree of reflectivity for
light. There IS hardly anything
tr nature whittier than a sun
iliumined cloud. When the skies
of the earth are usually cloudy
on the sunward side, at the time
when the new moon shows It's
slender crescent soon after sun
set. the light poured out into
space from the upper surface OF
the sunlit clouds extends across
the gap of nearly quarter of
million miles from the earth to
the moon, in such abundance that
II floods the side of the moon not
reached by the sun and makes 1t
plainly visible to us like one OF
our own landscapes lying in
bright moonlight.
This beautiful phenomenon Is
we'll called 1.-The old moon in the
new moons arms" 1t shows
what clouds can do in the way OF
rejecting and distributing light,
for if new moon occurs a. time
when the sunward side of the
earth is arched by almost totally
clear skies, the dark side of the
moon remains hidden from us.
through lack of light reflected
from the earth's clouds to make
it visible.
But the light of clouds which,
of course IS never original but
always reflected light-plays
great part, often. on the earth it.
self Scientific observation has
shown that when the sky is filled
with clouds on the side opposite
to the sun they may reflect
enough light to make the total
radiation falling upon that part
of the earth which is reached at
the same time by direct sunlight
from one direction and by cloud
light from the other, greater than
it would be if the sky were en-
tirely cloudless. This means that
If the clouds were away the
light which they send back to the
earth would be dissipated in open
space.
said that the light of clouds
is wholly reflected, but the state
ment should perhaps be qualified
to certain extent, because
luminous" or self shining"
night clouds have been reported
by some obsei Vers.
The warming effects of clouds,
due to their power to intercept
the radiation Of heat from the
ground at night, Is very much
greater thar most persons sup.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-08
No Sick Leave Where 1t Is
Most Needed


The Bureau of Engraving and Printing to begin speeding
up the production Of money to take care Of supposed
shortage and to build up . reserve
That spells increased pressure employees of that big
institution during months and to call
attention to unfair discrimination in the matter of
sick leave
The Bureau is one among several Government establish
mes the Government Printing Office being another where
sick granted employees, despite the general
vision for annual and sick leave for Government employees
in all other branches Of the service
The discrimination is peculiarly unfair in this institution
which turns out the paper money and bonds Of the Govern
ments The hours labor there from to p M.
contrasted with to $3.50 in departments and bureaus
mostly occupied with clerical work
In the mechanical branches Of the Bureau half hour is
granted for luncheon but employees not allowed to leave
the building They remain in their respective divisions
There hundreds engaged In this mechanical
They handle and safeguard Uncle Sans freshly
printed money There be efficiency honesty and in
tegy among them is mighty that temptation gets
the better Of these workers Only in years
As known. .... -. ss-#.
These great caution their
work continuous and taxing Their jobs easy phy
caly mentally yet they permitted sick they
fall sick the time from their annual leave there
prolonged sickness they go without pay and of
them overpad Nervous breakdowns frequent due
to the exacting and responsible duties.
This where the regulations affecting
sick and annual leave should be standardized
ment given The discrimination sick leave this
presumed 70 come from the fact that Bureau employees
the mechanical divisions paid overtime for
while in clerical work for Uncle Sam there overtime pay
and employees be kept often far beyond
the regular hours
The Assistant Secretary of the Treasury who has charge
OF the Bureau Of Engraving has an opportunity to inve
gate himself whether il IS right that women EMPLOYEES sub
jected to unusual strain and to longer hours than
women workers for the Government shall be deprived
reasonable leave in addition to annual leave
where may be necessary to help those who may have been
seriously ILL.,
wonderfully interesting the general public to read
about the methods employed in turning out the paper money
of the country That interest would probably be coupled
with asonishment the country knew that the who
take part the processes Of printing sizing counting
money paid wceuly small and deprived Of sick
leave in their hard work undemnes their health physical
" nervously
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-08
GARRETT P. SERVISS ON LIGHT
FROM CLOUDS

pose. One CT the results of this
arrest OF terrestrial radiation Is
prevention OF the formation OF
dew.
But even in the absence of
clouds the atmosphere exerts a
wonderful influence over the sun
light. 1t il estimated that even
when the sun is shining directly
down from the zenith, as it may
do at places situated between the
tropics, nearly One-quarter (22 per
cent? of it's radiation is arrested
during it's course through the
atmosphere. But this is a mini.
mum, for ordinarily, when the
sun is high In the sky, not less
than half it's radiation is lost
before reaching the ground. And
near the horizon, where the rays
have to pass through a far great.
er thickness of air, the loss is
largely increased.
Yet, as in the case OF the
clouds, the loss Is not entire. for
the air scatters much of the light
arrested by 1t and thus contributes
to the general illumination. 1t
Is the radiation near the red end
OF the spectrum which is the
least affected by atmospheric
absorption and scattering. while
that at the blue end is very
largely scattered, producing the
appearance of a blue dome over
arching the earth at a great, but
indefinite height.
The whitish look Of the sky
around the sun and near the hori-
ION is due to the presence of dust
particles. AS the bulletin of the
American Meteorological Society
explains 1t, when one looks to-
ward the sun he sees much white
light, which has been reflected
by the dust particles near the
line Of sight. added to the blue,
go that 1t becomes whitish and
pale"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-08
Wasting Men
1t Also Proves Lack of Intelligence.

England worries well she may about her unemployment
Of every TEN wormen ONE is idle and means great
deal than 100000 doing nothing and fed by
"doles' from the taxpayers
The British government free from provincial fear of
paternalism, bad enough men IDLE
and that it would be desperately dangerous 90
hungry.
The dole system, weekly payments unemployed has
bad side 1t professiona idle preferrinR
life bare minimum to any kind of hard work.
Since the British pay their idle it is strange that they
cannot in some way enable them to EARN THEIR KEEP
The farmer manages keep his all year help busy
IN the Winter somehow endng fences clearing ground
nation nothing but great farm and every intelligent
nation should find way productivity every pair
hand
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-08
SAYINGS OF
MRS. SOLOMON
.-By Helen Rowland
Man Has His Troubles.

NA0H AA0S AAAo AAOAUAOSe
CONSIDER, my Daughter, the
~ hard, hard, life of man!
For a woman cometh into the
world with intuition and subtility,
a genius for wearing clothes and
the gift Of making herself beau
tiful.
But 2 man must LEARN these
things by study and hard labor.
Behold. in his time man must
acquire the skill:
To tie a four-in.hand cravat.
To keep his top-hair from stick
ipg up as shorn wheat field.
To shave his chin without cut
ting himself and mutilating his
flesh.
To prevent his evening tie from
slipping it's mooring and veering
around beneath his left ear.
To conquer his boiled shirt and
to persuade it from bullying up
into his chin.
To keep his trousers In place
WITH the dIu OIL a SIGnueE DGII ana
NO WAISTLINE.
To hold a monocle in his eye
and to carry a cane without trip
ping over it.
TO know at glance the
FRONT of his hat from the back
thereof.
To distinguish his own hat from
a multitude OF others. which diff
fol fN~nrN int
upon thu hat rack in the restaur-
ant.
To wear an evening coat with
out looking as though he were
trying to back the theory of Oar
win against the arguments of
William Jennings Bryan.
To appear natural and not TOO
self -complacent in his golf knick-
erS.
To wear White flannel trousers
without spotting them within the
first half hour and to hide his
surferings when the passing motor
car splaSheth those darlings of
his heart with mud.
To carry his hands and feet as
though the Lord had bestowed
them upon him, rather than as
though they had been borrowed
for the occasion.
To appear human in a bathing
suit and to regard the knots upon
his unClothed knees without
blushing.
To keep his socks from falling
down and prevent his trousers
from wrinkling when he seeketh
to be d&shing and effective.
TO guard the tails of his coat.
lest he stitch thereon.
To preserve his waistline and
to plaster the hair across his bald
spot with the waxing of his
years.
To LOOK as though he had
been made lin the image of the
Lord" even as he claimeth!
SELAH.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-08
By ELSIE ROBINSON

. nride or vanity ana 10y tha
al save these emotions put ~ -
norr1al individual keeps cneck ,,, u
.Lar nv constant contact VIZ
s s The Hester Browns can =
e. Al that. The contact -
NO. case Is out of order. ~
sat;ons begin to dominate,
nod ~ being balanced py Ia
s1,1dGance Decisions. spring
tiSaous mental fungus. 1se
q NAV take the FORM -
.Saos If prosecutions as tne ~, az Nv
this particular case. nes
an ;1naqine that one person VI
may Sro,,n of people are plotli.n ms
a;ast them. or they may IN, IN.
ag;na that they are OF ea ~
as 49, Caesar, N
11lp Cleopatra - even
Christ. o,,r
r.is condition does not occur
suddenly. 1t is graouai s.nraer.
At first there is niue
ness a supersensltiyeness,
tendency to suspect hldoen i
ings in innocent reInarks -
glances. This grows slowly anu
insidiously. 1t spreads It's
sinister roots through ali -
tbs mental workings until II
seems a logical part of life. inaI
= whv Hettie Brown is sucn q
fluent and convincing taiAe
WHY she almost makes re-
friends believe her preposterous
charges.
"But well people believe silly
things and tell lies too. ROW
then can one tell the dltteremce
between sane and insane yes:
Yes, the well man tells lies.
But the insane man LIVES iies.
they are part of his actual NE
No amount of reasoning OF r.ul-
cuIe or punishment can dislodge
them from the warp and Wooi Oh
his being. They have grown INTO
his mental life as great cancer
might grow into his body.
So far science offers little hope
for such sufferers. They should
he given a thorough mental ex-
animation. Irritating influences
should be removed and they
should be placed in surroundings
where they can be sheltered, as
much as possible from expert
ences which aggravate their NAL
adv. But above all their condt-
tions should never be taken light
ly or peevishly as is so frequent
ly the case at present.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-08

THE silliest ideas about people
plotting against her.. As il there
was any one in Greenville that
would waste their time plotting!
She's even picked on the min
ister-think's he's trying to drive
her out of town! And once she
limited to me that the doctor was
trying to poison heri"
Have you had a mental ex-
animation"
''Oh. Hettie doesn't need any
thing like that. She's real bright
there's no one brighter in
Greenville than Hettie Brown, IL
I do say it about my own child.
You ought to see the books she's
read. And she's a wonderful
talker. Always leads all the de-
bates in her classes at school.
WHY she's such a good talker
that she almost makes you be-
lieve these crazy stories she
tells"
what are you doing about it?"
"Weu her brother Will says
we ought to laugh her out or 1t.
He leases her something terrible
every time they meet, but / can't
see IL uO6S d bIt VI esOO0'
only makes her madden and more
suspicious. And Clara says we
ought to scold her. Clara always
did Relieve in speaking her mind
and she gives Hettie the worst
talking to, but that doesn't DO
much good either. I think my
self, she's just one of those sensi-
tive. high-strung girls and we'd
better not notice it. 1t will wear
off,"
Grandma Brown is wrong.
There's hardly one chance In
MANY millions that poor Hester's
oddness will wear off, for she Is
in the grip of something far
worse than sensitiveness. She Is
showing strong symptoms OF
mental sickness which can
neither be laughed nor scolded
away.
In thousands of homes and
offices there are Hester Browns.
They are hard workers, and
seemingly logical thinkers. Yet
they move in an atmosphere OF
fear. suspicion and hate which
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-08
Taking a Boys Arm.

nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ Is it proper for a girl Of
fourteen to take a boys arm when
on the street? He is sixteen.
2. When going on picnic how
should a boy ask a girl for the
day or part of it? Her family 10
going in a party.
If he goes with the girl should
he take her with his family? Or
should he go with hers?
PUZZLED SUBSCRIBER.
MO! That IS, unless she needs
IN assistance. To see a young
girl Tor an old one eitherD hang
ing on to- the arm Of a boy or
man is very unpleasant. 1t gives
them the appearance of taking
part in thick" vaudeville act.
2. This is a very difficult IN
vitation to give. il both of their
families are attending the picnic.
Unless it g done very carefully,
either family is bound to be hurt.
Why not suggest that you two Iii
vide the day, and spend par: Of 1t
with your family and part with
hers? However you arrange 1t,
have it clearly understood before
the picnic, so that both families
will be satisfied.
Mrs. Beeckman will be glad to
answer questions OH etiquette sub
mitted by readers.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-08

Contented with your lot, you
will live Wisely.-Horace.
The innocence of the intention
shates nothing of the mischief oi
the example.-Han.
Many a crown covers bald fore
heads.-E. B. Browning.
There is in souls a sympathy
with sounds;
And as the mind is pitched the
ear is pleased
With melting airs. or martial
brisk or grave:
Some chord in unison with what
we hear
Is touched within us, and the
heart replies. -Cowper.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-08
A LESSON IN
KINDNESS
MRS. Cornelius Beeckman|
nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:

NEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ A girl friend sent me an
invitation to her wedding. We are
not on speaking terms. Is it
proper for me to send her a pres
emit? am not going to the wed.
ding.
HERE is fine opportunity for
- you to show a fine spirit,
and / urge you to be great hearted
and do it. This unplea santness
has caused a shadow on the hor-
lion of the bride-to-be, and you
must generously try to turn that
shadow into brightness. Evidently
the girl Isl anxious TO be friends
with you again, and she has made
a real gesture in that direction.
Why not cast out this unworthy
thought of unfriendliness, accept
the Invitation, send your accept
ancc, plan to send her A present
that you know she will enjoy, and
see If you don't feel like the
queen of the Golden river"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-08
SAP AND SALT
BY Bert Moses

When a girl has so much mod
esty that it spills over, she has
no modesty at all.
The dullest character in Il
novel or a newspaper is a goo.
husband.
Prosecutors gain fame by put
ting bad men in Jail, and lawyers
by getting them out.
Most women can see through
man, but only few are wise
enough not to let him know it.
Drinking bootleg liquor occ't-
sionally is good thing. for it
teaches YOU how much better. yru
feel if you leave it alone.
Hez Heck says: "Reforo accu.
mulatin' dollars in the han6, you
have to first accumulate sense IN
the, head"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-08
SAYINGS OF WISE MEN

.Cowards die many times before
their deaths;
The valiant never taste or death
but once. Shakespeare.
Happiness consists in activity,
sucn is the constitution OF our
nature: it is a running stream
and not a stagnant pool.
Book of Nature.
Swift kindnesseS aRe best; a
IJng delay in kindness takes the
kinoness away.
Greek Anthology.
True joy is a serene and sober
motion, and they are miserably
out that take laughing for re-
joicing; the seat Of it is within
Seneca.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-08
Who Said 1t

"A decent bOIdness ever meets
with friends
The daring always make
friends. Homer says in his "Odys-
sew" Pope's translate
Mans conscience Us the oracle
of God"
God speaks to man through his
conscience, Byron asserts in
Island"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-08
LISTEN, WORLD!

gradually thick
ems until frenzy
or crime leaps
from its muggy
shade. Usually
these people are
sim ply called
"queer." They
are laughed at.
ignored. punished
or humored, &C
cording to oui
mood. But only
rarely is their
trouble under
stood. we SnUuIu
understand it for
il is frequently
met and always
dangerous to the
victim and his or
her associates.
= These sick De
lusions root N
the emotions OF
fear suspicion,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-08
TT E S. r q r
III BROWN is

~
getting to be a
nuisance. Even
her family is
growing tired of
her Yagaries.
We're at our
wits ends!" signs
Grandma Brown.
You'd think that
at thirty five
Hettie ought ] to
h a v e a little
sense. but T. do
believe she'Smore
trouble than q
six-year-old. Al
ways imagining
that people are
picking on her
and ped dim 8
tales around from
one to another
making trouble.
What kind of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-08
Swat the MOSQUITO

Reports from Long Island and Jersey shores indicate
bumper mosquito crop Now is the time pour
In the puddes Mosquitoes may be this than
last But scientists aver the lure of pink stockings will
make them seehT worse
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-08
DIR. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
] BY DOCTOR FRANK CRANE
Social Virtues and Heroic O.

IT sometimes happens in this world that the hero s co
PEELED to do act that is against the law ana orln
disaster and even death upon himself
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-27
A THREE DAYS.
COUGH IS YOUR
DANGER SIGNAL

Chronic coughs and persistent
rolds lead 20 serious lung trouble.
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-27
AUTHOR PRAISES
SEATTLE CAMP
Tells Of Hospitality He Re-
Ceived as Tourist

scat,lr's "onc % the cities where
they pampcr the camper" says Mel.
vile r. Ferguson. managing editor
Of tho Philadelphia Record. in Mo
tor Camping on Western Trails, just
published by tho Century. New York
Mr. Ferguson took year of. his
car In hand. his wife and family In
the car. and his chances with the
other tourists, and had splendid
time ~ II. he writes
Scattir's tourist camp especially
appealed to him Ito writes about u:
1T occupied tho whole Of large
city park. on the shores Of sub
urban lake. There was abundance
OF shade. water was plped all over
tho grounds Gu; fircwood was avail.
able. and In addition there was a big
community kitchen .. At one side
Of the park was recreation building
rrontcd by IA comfortably furnished
ycfanda, where a great log fire blhR
cd An inner room was fitted W az
a lounge In n country club. Here the
young folks danced on hardwood
floor .. All this. with electric
lights. police protection and "a spirit
81 hospitality thrown in. for a dollar
and half a week. and In the after
moons civic and social organizations
took turns IN providing entertain
mcnt and serving tea
The Fcrgusons found Mount Raj.
nier delightful. says the author. tell.
inE how they packed their own fire
wood up 10 Paradise In their car. only
10 find plenty OF ., AZ tho inn
The book Is profuscly illustrated,
takes the reader all thru the West.
over to Honolulu and the islands and
back again
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-27

his time TO roasts. another TO en-.
trees. third TO soups and the fourth
TO pastry.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-27
Main Street

II. H. Rice, manufacture ~
C'ndlilacs. Detroit. staying az The
olympic I, J, Ferguson. cash,
Ter SO poa,offiee. lraying post
office building W. u, Addy. Gas
Co. wearing spring hat on
Union ~ Fred Catlett. lawyer
displaying spring hat on Third
ave NUrIuli Wilson. banker.
walking 10 work on Pike -. II.
I. Ernst, plumber displaying
spring hat on Fourth ave y.
Grimsl~y. retired. travelling south
on Second ave. :. A. Wright,
lawyer. going down on Madison
-, L. VI. Portland, rrnitor.
showing now hat on Third ave,
T. y. Jones. sheet metal worker.
going 20 Labor Temple -. y.
Miller. Eas station. filllug 'cm up
NJ Fourth aud University, v. q.
AlmErreu. metal worker. stand.
ing ntnl on sixth ave Charles
smith. builder. enjoying smoke
on University -.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-27
GOOD SHOWING
IN PRIMARY

II had been predicted that his open
and active support OF the city man.
aEer measure would cost him thou.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-27
COMING MEN

The first few years Of child's
life, how il is nouriShcd and
strengthened and with what,
often foreshadows the degree of
stamina and endurance in the
coming man.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-27
Erickson Has Enviable
Record in City Service
Political Enemies Concede His Hon
esty in Municipal. Affairs

This l. the second OF series
that .. "a. Justir~ viii " rite, tell
tnE fou ahout the candidates
- ho viii be Notsd on az thc rlrr-
ttsn LA March. Ecu viii recall
Justices Political stories la the
past a. bvinE Instructive, snai-
nrntiy uuhiaard and fair. The
second u on oih 80 a, Erickson.
who was srcond la the list of
candidates for council la the
marirss-t'dttars note.