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The Washington times., 1925-07-30
ENGAGEMENT
.WELLBROK..E!|!N
BY Beatrice Fairfax;

TEAR MISS FAIRT Ak
~ I viii be twenty-five next
month. / have been going about
with q man seven years my
senior for two and half years
an dhave been engaged to him
two years. I have broken my
engagement.
This young man earned $50 z
week when / started to go with
him. Now he earns SIS q week.
/ tried to help him secure better
positions during -olIF courtship.
But every time he was about to
get better job he would make
some excuse for not taking It.
For instance, he would say tie
work was too hard for him.
When we became engaged
said 1 would marry him a. soon
as he earned enough money, but
not before. To this he agreed,
but now he wants to marry me
and have me work in an office
and help him to pay for a course
of study that will enable him to
make more money later on.
I decided that the best thing
to do was to break off befors it
was too late. Am right in
this decision?
A young man at my place Of
business has taken an interest
In me. He is bashful. WouES
you think 1t forward of me to
give q little birthday. party hext
month and ask him? What
should I say in inviting him?
IONESOME A.
The Washington times., 1925-07-30
Here and There

The United States supplies four
fifths Of China's cigarettes.
Prussian custom forbids candi-
date from casting q ballot.
Articles inlaid in pearl shell are
found in the ruins of Pompeii.
An English employee has been on
time to his work for fifty years.
Insects have to rise to great
heights to drift with the wind.
The United States Steel Cor
poration has quit making horse
shoes.
Longfellow permitted children
interrupt his writing at any time.
Thirty-five cubic feet of aver
age sea water contains one long
ton.
More than half the roads OF
Brazil are suitable to automobile,
traffic, -,--.-
The Washington times., 1925-07-30
GIVES UP HER VACATION
TO TAKE ELOPEMENT

= PHILADELPHIA. July 3d.
When "a grl refuses to accept a
vacation at the shore--aIl expenses
paid-it's time to ltok toward Elk
ton.
So Mrs. M. BowcAs decided when
she treturned to hGr home and found
note from her daughter. Lille,
saying: Have gone to Elkton."
Lille two days b"fore had refused
the shore trip. saying she's rather
stay in Philadelphia and work.
When she gets back home she will
be Mrs. Thomas SedCIgram,
The Washington times., 1925-07-30
EXTRACTION REFUSED
MOTHER WHO TOOK GIRL

COLUMBUS, Ohio, July SO. -
Governor "A. V. Donahey today re-
fused to agrant extradition papers
requested by Governor Groesbecl,
of Michigan, for the return of a
mother charged with kidnapping her
own child, committed by court or
der to the care of a grandmother
in 1929.
Michigan officials asked the re-
turn of Amy Robinson, wanted at
Benton Harbor, Mich, on COM
plant charging she kidnapped her
daughter while the child was on
her way to Sunday school June 20.
The woman is held at Toledo.
The Washington times., 1925-07-30
SMALL BOY IS BADLY
STUNG BY HORNETS

LITTLE FALLS, N. j., July 3d.
Bruce Bedding, three-year-old son
of James Bedding, was playing in a
vacant lot in the rear of his home
here with several other boys, all
barefoot, when he stepped into a
small hole and was stung so badly
by yellowjackets that his mother.
who heard his screams, had to roll
him on the ground while she beat
off the hornets with her apron. She
was stung several times. The boy
was treated by physician and will
recover.
The Washington times., 1925-07-30
)NALD LOWRIE'S STORY Back = F9ie9=whz7"
ICE WATER ABUSES
Should Be slipped and Never Gulped
With View Of Speedily Quenching Thirst
- n HE neigl1boring or

ach and in the neighboring or
gans
This contraction Of the blood
vecsels in the stomach and neigh
boring organs drives the blood
from the interior to the s,lrfase
OF the body. This gives Us the
feeling Of heat in the skin and
an increase OF perspiration gen,
orally proportionate to the Quan,
ttty Of iced water that we have
taken.
In q minute or two. however.
this feeling Of heat on the sur
face and this excess Of perspira-
ton passes away. This il because
the secondary effect OF the cold
in the stomach is really to dilate
the capiIlaries and thus invite the
blood back from the surface y
the interior.
with this secondary effect from
the cold, namely, the dilation Of
the capilIaries, there Is q CORE.
spending stimulation Of tho secrer
tory functions with a correspond
ing increase OF the digestive ca.
pacity or power Of the stomach.
1t can thus be seen that the
use OF iced water IN normal guam
THY becomes a promotive Of di.
gestion.
on the other hand, It Is to be
remembered that an excess Of
iced water, as OF any other fluid.
tends to interfere with digestion
BY unduIy dilxting, and thus
weakening, the digestive juices Cf
the stomach. 1t is for this rea-
son that certain people ought
never to drink any fluids at all
at meals point to be determined
BY careful examination by ply.
sician.
a part OF the evtl consequences
OF gulping large quantities OF iced
water consists in imposing 20
much weight at one time upon
hollow organ, such as the stom-
ach, thus increasing its tendency
to permanent downward displace-
n1ent.
Another bad effect consists OF
the shock to the nervous system
BY the presence IN the stomach
Of such d volume Of cold that too
much heat Is abstracted ii the
physical process OF neutraIizing it,.
The proper use Of iced water.
therefore. Is to sip 1t and never
at one time endeavor to quench
your thirst like a fire department
attempts to quench fire.
1t is to be remembered. too.
that water in the human body,
unlike water running down hill.
does not stop when it gets to the
bottom. 1t is absorbed and Is car
ried through the system, again to
be thrown off through the skin,
the kidneys and the lungs.
There are times when excessive
quantities Of water: but not iced
water, should Be taken for the
very purpose Of flushing These Or
gins. In the absence Of special
Indications, however, the taking
of excessive quantities Of water
simply imposes an extra, unnec-
essary and sometimes mischievous
burden upon these useful waste
ways of the system.
The Washington times., 1925-07-30
YOU were quite Justified in

YOU were quite justified in
i breaking the engagement,
since your fiance has not shown
any keen desire to advance in his
work and earn a larger salary so
that he can support q wife, and
especially since he is willing and
eager to accept money from a
woman. Such a. marriage would
have but little chance for hap
piness.
BY all means, ask your friend
from the office to your party.
Simply tell him you are giving a
party and would like very much
to have him come.
The Washington times., 1925-07-30
MECHANICS ORDER PLANS
LAWN SOCIAL AND FAIR

Tho Junior Order of American
Mechanics will hold a lawn social
and fair for the benefit of the
Junior Order Band, next Saturday,
MONDAY, Tuesday and Wednesday
NIGHTS from $50 to 1890 o'clock at
Ninth street and Pennsylvania ave-
nce southeast.
There will be a concert by the
band each evening Of the faiC. The
public is invited.
The Washington times., 1925-07-30
FOXY
GRANDPA
STORY

DOBBY has eyes like a hawk.
I'D He sees everything and II
1t were not for him would
miss many things which are
peculiar to the many countries
where we visit.
We had hardly walked into our
room in Singapore on the Malay
Peninsula when Bobby's sharp
eyes spotted something unusual
about the bed.
Now what do you sect"
laughed as / saw him scrutiniz-
ing the four feet or the bed.
1.-THE beds soaking It's feet,
declared Bobby.
Sure enough, each leg of the
bed was standing in a bowl OF
water. That was. a new idea.
Not satisfied with simply look
ing at the water, Bobby was
promptly down on his knees to
see Just whak kind Of water 1t
was and as his Ntt1e nose was
lowered ne ed, turned It up
and said:
kerosene ID that water, Foxy
Grandpa"
And Bunny, who was making
an examination also, wigg1ed his
whiskers and announced:
And ants in the kerosene, too.
This was too much--a bed
with its legs in kerosene water
and ants in the water!
We had just finished settling
ourselves when a gentleman call
ed on us-a young Englishn1an
who was in the banking business.
He was very polite to us and Inn
mediately invited us to go to the
bank with him and meet his
friends.
1t was sonly natural for Bobby
to want to see the big vault
where the money was kept. That
is always an interesting thing to
little boys and girls-in fact It
is to. me. So the gentleman took
us down to the big vault where
thousands Of pounds-you know
a poung is like five dollars to us
were kept. There were silver
coins and gold coins and piles and
piles of paper bills.
Just look at all that paper
money! / exclaimed.
but we've had rather an awful
time with it." said the young
banker.
as that SOP / asked and won
dered what he meant.
YES" he continued. Do you
know that we had hundreds and
hundreds Of thousands Of pounds
OF paper currency eaten up?"
Eaten up?" l repeated in az
tonisnment.
Eaten up" echoed the young
Englishman.
"And pray WHO has such an
expensive appetizer" laughed,
land how under the sun did they
get in? Did they blast?" o
"I'll tell YOU" said our friend.
I'VE noticed that tiny little
holes were appearing in the bank
notes. At first We thought they
were rotting and examined the
vault to see il it was entirely dry.
It was. and yet very Ditch the
banknotes crumpied to powder
when they were brought OUT In
the air.
This was very pulling and we
instituted a search to find out what
was doing this damage. And you
will never believe what was caus-
ing, this strange thing to happen"
What was it?" I asked.
ANTS" replied the banker.
But how under the sun did
they get In? Why these walls are
made of armor plate and the
door is almost a foot thick and
looks alright" gasped in. amaze
ment
"They tunneled in-or at least
followed dark, winding tunnel"
explained the young man. Those
little wretches wound their way
around the thread Of the screw
like bolt of this great lock-"
might not be a bad idea to put
the money on table and put
the legs of the table in kerosene
water like Foxy Grandpa's bed"
whispered Bunny to Bobby as we
turned to go upstairs.
The Washington times., 1925-07-30
New and Amazing Serial Describes Ont
Mans Long But Losing Battle
for Freedom

And just recently, while visiting
at Auburn prison ten years later,
Osborne found an aged Italian,
a lifer. who proudly exhibited his
box OF Tom Brown cigarettes,
still unopened, declaring that he
had kept them as a memento
Of the first happy Christmas
he had ever known in prison.
This man had been transferred
from Sing Sing to Auburn, and
had carried that box of cigarettes
along with his other pftiful treas
ures from one prison to the other.
1t was impressions like this,
which knew were being made
upon the prisoners, that rave
me some measure Of encourage
ment to keep on at my work. I
went to my room early Christ
mas morning after we had fin
ished trimming a surprise Christ
mas. tree for the warden. whom
we expected back early that day
feeling pretty well tagged; nor
did I resist taking several drinks
before retiring for few hours
sleep.
CHAPTER XXXVu
Osborne motored up to Sing
Sing from New York, after a
night trip from Boston, early
Christmas morning. and was given
his first surprise of the day when
we of the household led him to
the double doors Of the back par
lor where tom Brown" tree,
gorgeously ablaze with lights,
stood to welcome him for his first
prison Christmas.
The prisoners employed in the
residence had outdone themselves
In decorating that tree. and I
heard Andy" the little Irish
table man. say he would be willing
to do an extra year IL his kids
could be there to /see it."
Andy was what is known as
"a card" most OF the time. max
ing delightful plumbers in his
zeal to wait on table correctly,
and otherwise affording all of
us considerable amusement, but
frequently pathetic when found
gazing at, his pocket photographs
Of wife and youngsters. Every
body liked Andy.
In mid-n1orning the company OF
players who were to precent Sin
ners' for the first time on any
stage arrived, and within a short
time the curtain had risen on
the first act. The play told the
story of country girl discouraged
in her efforts to earn a living
In the big metropolis. Meeting
q girlhood friend from her home
village, who has succunbed in a
similar struggle and Allen among
evil associates she herself. is
about to join the group in an
automobile tour, understanding
the price to be paid.
Prisoners Applaud.
A Telegram advises that her
mother is about to die and she
returns home. Those with evil
S5a~fon. s,fbsa S,,iaY1fIxy onnaar Lad
by her former girl chum, but
the lure no longer exists for
the notherless girl. She sue
ceeds in retaining her way
ward friend, and finally marries
the man of her choice. The pro-
duction was enthusiastically re-
ceived, an almost breathless hush
falling over the convict audi
ence when it looked as if the
heroine was about to fail, and
The Washington times., 1925-07-30

You have
also doubtless
8 ncou ntered
others OF the
lea rned. or
near learned,
w h o never
take anything
but warm or
hot drinks
B0th classes
OF these adj
visers are ex-
trerfaists, mere
faddists. whose
The Washington times., 1925-07-30
Patron Saint of
ShOemakers

Cyl. CRIsPIN, the patron saint
~ of shoemakers, was a mem
Der of a noble Roman family who
fled to France and took up the
trade of shoemaker to help the
poor. He was beheaded about 2S7.
The Washington times., 1925-07-30
PSEUDONYM

THOMAS LITTLE was facetious
\ name for Thomas Moore be-
cause OF his small stature. He
was the first to apply it to him.
self when he used it as a pseudo
nym for a volume of amatory
poems.
The Washington times., 1925-07-30
By Chas. A. L. Reed, MD.
Former President Of the Anieri
can Medical Association.

UoU doubtless drink iced water.
You likewise doubtless are
occasionally reproached py the
learned. or the near learned. for
thus perpetrating an outrage
upon your stomach.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-06
TAX AGREEMENT
CUTS MILLIONS
FROM ROLLS
Exemptions Are Raised and
Rates Reduced by
Committee.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.-P)-
More than 5000, 900 of the annual
burden Of 100000 federal incomC
taxpayers would be removed under in
come rate revisions voted by the House
ways and means committee in prepar-
ing new revenue Dill.
The committee yesterday voted O
reduction in the maximum surtax rate
from 40 TO 20 per cent, pared down
the normal rates and increased the
personal exemptions.
By increasing the exemptions from
$1,000 to $500 for single persons and
from $500 to $500 for married per
sons, the committee relieved more than
100000 persons In the small income
class from the necessity of paying any
tax as well as reducing the burden
of all others in the federal tax rolls.
In deciding also to retain present
provisions of the law, allowing a 20
per cent reduction on earned IN
comes, the committee reserved de-
cision on the question of increasing
the present income limit Of $4,000 to
which such reduction applies.
The normal rates voted by the com
miftee would reduce from . per cent
10 ] IL per cent the rate on the first
$4,000 of taxable income, cut from 4
per cent to per cent the rate on the
next $4,000, with a 6 per cent levy
instead of the present per cent APP
plying on taxable income in excess
of 5000.
While no votes of the committee
On any of the changes were announced
by Chairman Green, it is understood
party lines disappeared and COMPARE
rive harmony prevailed throughout
consideration of the income schedules.
considered as the heart Of the revenue
law with a similar accord in prospect
in disposing of other features Of the
bill.
) The maximum surtaI rate approved
by the committee, is that proposed
by Secretary Mellon and the normal
rates taken with retention of the
earned income provisions, are along
the lines suggested by the Treasury,
although it favors removal of the lat
ter provision because of difficulty in
its administration. On the other
hand, Mr.. Mellon disapproved Of the
proposed increase in personal exemp-
tons which Representative Garner of
Texas, ranking Democrat on the COM
mittee, had urged on even a greater
scale.
In absorbing more than 5000, 000, 900
Of the 100000 900 surplus available
for reducing taxes, the committee is
believed TO have shut the door to any
Recommendation for repeal of the es-
tate or inheritance tax. which would
mean loss Of more than S100,000,000
annually.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-06
PHILOMATHEANS WIN
ROGERS DEBATING CUP

Philomathean Debating Society s
team, of Main Avenue High school,
cinched its claim 10 the silver cup
donated by Harry Rogers for the best
debating team in that school. by win
ming the eight straight debates We'd
nCSday. The Jeffersonians, Congress
and Haynes teams were the other CON
tcs;a1 Is in The inter-society debating
contests.
The questions debated: "Should the
Child Lalcr Amendment to the Con-
stitution Pass" and. SHOULD Capital
Punishment BE Abolishcd?"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-06
SPECIAL KATY TRAIN
FOR PRESS DELEGATES

Special trains to bring delegates
to the annual Texas Press Association
to be held at San Antonio next June,
will be put on by the NJ h. and 7.
railway.
This information was given out to
the chamber of commerce by w. G.
Crush. passenger traffic manager of
the railroad with offices at Dallas.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-06
RIB .iT onion " sui.. $l.l5

Values to $3.50 Of fine cotton;
come in different weight; light,
medium and heavy. by all means
see these garments.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-06
Sample and c1
Other Shirts Y4

This offering means
that there will be active
shirt buying tomorrow.
Why, few men will con-
slider less than two-at
n price like this, and
when English broadcloths
are in the lot.
The Washington times., 1925-04-29
brings joy to you and
YOUR friends.

livery man, woman and child
T. wants to have strength and
correct weight. its,meaTfs the JOY
OF living. To be minus strength
and underweight often proves low
fighting power in the body. IL
often means you are minus nerve.
power, minus red cells In your
blood, minus health, minus vitality.
It is serious to be minus but the
moment you increase the number
OF your red-blood-cells. you begin
to become plus. That's why S.S.S.,
since 1926, has meant to thousands
Of underweight, men and women q
plus in their strength. Your body
fills to the point of power. your
flesh becomes firmer, the age lines
that come from thinness disappear.
You look younger, firmer, happier,
and you feel it, too. all over your
body.
More red.blood-cells! SIS. aids
Nature in building them by the
million! There are no unproven
theories about S.S.S.. the scientific
results Of each of its purely vege-
table medicinal ingredients are adj
mitted by authorities. Begin tax
ing S.S.S. today. It will give you
more energy, vitality and vigor and
a more UP and going appearance.
n SIS. 8. is cold at all good drug
stores in two sizes. The IaSesF
size 10 more ecOnomicai
The Washington times., 1925-04-29

quarter-pint of the most wonderful
skin whitener. softener and beau.
tifier.
Massage this sweetly fragrant
lemon bleach into the face, neck,
arms and hands. 1t can not irri-
tate. Famous stage beauties use
it to bring that clear, youthful skin
and rosy-wl1ite' complexion; also as
freckle. sunburn and tan bleach.
You must mix this remarkable To-
ton yourself. 1t can not be
bought ready to use because it
acts best Immediately after it is
9prepared.
The Washington times., 1925-04-29
Lemon Juice
WhitenS Skin

The only harm.
less way to bleach
the skin white is
to mix the juice
of two lemons
with three ounces
of Orchard White,
which any drug
gist will supply
Cor a few cents.
shake we'll in a.
@,ottle, and you
-. u
The Washington times., 1925-04-29

For years my skin would break out
every once in q while-and ointmentS
did very little to help me.
read doctors article stating that
pimply skin usually comes from the
stomach-and bowels MOI getting rid
Of the poisons.
tried Carriers Little Liver Pills for
o few days-and since that time nv
skin Is smooth and clear. Now ] tell
my friends the right way nj getting
rid of q broken out skin-and also oi
steering clear Of upset stomach anil
sick headache. Carriers are all you
claim for them
CARRIERS LITTLE
LIVER PILLS
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-09-09
Dangerous Job

News photographers are accustomed
to working In dangerous places, but
Q. A. Shoemaker of the army air serv-
ice Is said to be the only one who
risks his life regularly by falling In
order to take pictures, says Popular
Science Monthly.
With three small motion picture
cameras strapped to his belt and a
parachute on his back, this daring
photographer, senior instructor in
parachute jumping, leaps from the
wing of Martin bomber.
AS he falls. he looks about him
calmly, taking photographs of bits Of
scenery or other objects of interest.
II the parachute opens properly and
he lands safely, he then has for sale
several photographs that are of I'M
usual value and interest. Washingtoa
Star.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-09-09
REMARKABLE GROWTH OF
AGRICULTURAL FAIRS IN THE
UNITED STATES.

In 1910. one fair; IN 1925, two
! thousand fairs.
/ In 1910, an attendance Of about
five thousand: in 1925 an estimated
attendance Of approximately twenty
five million.
These figures, in a nut shell, tell
the story Of the marvellous growth of
the American fair from the humblest
beginning to its present-day status as
an important factor in agricultural
education. They are of especial int
crest here in view Of the approaching
Hagerstown and Frederick. Nd. fairs
in October, and Morgan's Grove Fair
being held this week.
While the fair idea has been taken
hold Of tremendously in the United
States. it is not native to this coun-
Try. Fairs run back to ancient DAYS,
but in the olden times they were
more after the manner of bazaar or
market. only held with less freuuen-
cy, very much like the fairs in vogue
in Germany and other European
countries today. The American fair
traces its ancestry back only to about
the middle of the eighteenth century,
when group of progressive farmers
in the Tees River valley in north
eastern Britain Joined to bring their
livestock together for comparison. II
has been termed the first agricul-
tural fair and was the model after
which were patterned the hundreds
of country fairs both here and in
England.
The appealing thing about the
county fair is the opportunity it Of
fers the farmer TO compare his own
work with that of his neighbors and
so inspires in him healthy ambition
to improve himself and his work.
states Mr.. Guard. Within easy dis
lance of his home. he can examine
the best animals, grains, fruits and
vegetables, poultry and honey and
determine where he falls short of the
mark. Likewise his wife can pit her
needlework. her baking and pastry.
her canned fruits and vegetables
against those of other farm women
and enjoy the thrill and reward that
comes of victory. Altogether the
country fair stimulates friendly COM
petition that has been responsible for
much of the farm progress in the past
century, he says.
The educational value of the farm
implement and equipment displays
that are part of all the better fairs
is one of the most commendable fea-
lures, according to Mr.. Guard.
State and federal government exhib-
its bring home to the farmer lessons
in growing his products more eco
nomicallv and efficiently, and house
hold furnishings and labor saving
devices on view work directly for the
Improvement of country life.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-09-09
Electric Dredrss

The channels Of New York hsrboz
cannot b dredged by the ordinary
dredge because u the subway tunnels
that run under II and at places come
comparatively near the door Of the
harbor. An ordinary dredge might dip
too deep and break through the wall
Of one Of these tunnels.
So the United States government,
which has charge Of all navtgable wa
tiers, has had large electric dredges
built These dredges lower 4 great
sieve and tube to the harbor bottom
and then powerful electrically driven
suction pumps draw up the silt which
II ciogging a channel without running
the risk Of damaging the Transports
ton tunnels built below the harbor
bottom.