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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-12
EVOLUTION
EXCLUDED

Editor of Washington Times.
TWO questions are suggested by
i the case Of The People vs..
Teacher Scopes. namely: 1. Has
the State of Tennessee the right
to forbid the teaching in its
public schools OF the theory of
evolution? And 2. Is that
theory true?
The right Of the State in the
matter seems to me unquestion-
able. A majority of the people
of Tennessee might conclude that
the State out Of economy or from
other sufficient motive, should
not teach in its public schools
astronomy. or geology, or min
era1ogy, or music, or pharmacy.
That conclusion would not at
tack the truth or value of those
sciences. 1t would not destroy
the right of any one to study
those subjects by himself or in
private schools. 1t would not
limit the freedom of the press,
or of speech, or of education.
1t would only provide that these
studies should not be taught, at
the taxpayers expense. in it's
public schools.
The State, having, by a law
within the scope of it's authority,
forbidden the teaching of evolu-
ton in its public schools, and
Teacher Scopes having, as he
admits, violated that law, there
is no case.
The State has not forbidden be-
lief in the theory. nor prohibited
the circulation of books advocat-
ing it. nor stopped the making
Of speeches in favor of it. 1t has
solely excluded the subject from
the course of studies in its own
schools.
Why has the State taken this
action? Because the school books
issued by most publishers teach
evolution not as an unproven
theory, in the way of which are
many difficulties, but as an es-
tablished fact of Science, WITH a
big S.
Is the theory true? So far as
the lower forms of life are con-
cerned, there does not appear to
be any grave objection to it, but
so far as it attempts to explain
the origin of man, there is no
conclusive proof that it is tr lie
and there are serious obstacles
to it's acceptance. There is no
scientist more authoritative in
anthropology than Professor Ru-
dolph Virchow. He states posi-
lively: MAN has not descended
from the ape nor has any ape
man existed
The arguments against evolu-
ton are too numerous to be set
forth here. Some of them are
stated in the books God or
Gorilla" by Alfred Watterson
McCann; 1.-THE Old Riddle and
the Newest Answer" by J. Ger
ard; 1.-THE Theory of Evolution In
the Light of Facts" by K.
Frank; 1.-The Church and Science"
by Sir Bertram G. A. Windlc, and
1.-THE Case Against Evolution"
by George Barry O'Toole.
LOUIS w. REILLY.
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in that box-Sleeping so nard ne
wouldn't answer, though she
called and called him. But when
they put him into the ground
and shoveled the dirt on top OF
him she went half mad with
horror. What were they doing
to Daddy? Why did Mama let
them do that terrible thing to
Daddy? They mustn't - THEL
MUSTN'T! Then suddenly the
tiny body went mercifully limp
and she knew nothing more I'M
til she woke IN grandma's bed
where she now lies, moaning In
fever.
Poor Eta does not moan. She
is in still. white collapse that
is even more dangerous. she
was brave until the funeral. She
and Fred had watched death COM
ing for so long. BY some miracle,
faith had been born in those
dark, waiting hours and she had
come to feel the futile trickery
of the thing we call death. Fred
was going away, but only little
way-of that she was sure, she
had nerved herself to meet the
change and silence and though
it was terrible when it came, she
was not without hope. Sitting
beside Fred in the darkened,
flower-heaped room, she had been
slowly wrapped in new peace
had, for fleeing instants, felt
that he was nearer than he had
ever been before. IL only she
could hold on to that surety!
She had held onto it until the
morning of the funeral. Even
in that terrible moment when she
and Fred were alone for the last
time, the new peace had not
left her. But when she stood be-
side that gaping hole, everything
but her terror and loneliness was
bIotted out. FREQ was going into
that hole-F'red who had been
the wall about her life. Thoughts
leaped on her like foul beasts
from the grave itself. Thoughts
of what was going to happen to
that dear, deaS body-the
thought of what would become OF
her and little Rose, now that
clods were barring her forever
from the protection Of his arms.
At that she went down scream
ing trying to reach him-calling
on him to come and rescue her
from the horror
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-12
Should Woven and Chi
dren Attend Funerals?

hideous ritual which attends the
disposal OF our dead. We can
start a new social convention
which will permit women am
children to stay in the home
during the funeral-and relieve
them Of this abominable strain on
their emotions.
There is neither Christianity nor
decency in the custom which re-
quires the attendance of women
and children at a funeral. Such
attendance is not a proof OF love
for those who have gone. Love
seeks seclusion in its black hour,
not publicity. That publicity is
the survival Of the savage process
sions of our primitive days. 1t
is as brutal and archaic as the
jungle rites Of the voodoo
worshipers, and as strongly op.
posed to Christian philosophy or
civilized decorum.
The whole idea Of the elaborate
funeral procession is revolving
and the presence Of women and
children ia the procession is the
very refinement Of cruelty. The
nervous constitution of women
and children makes such Ipartic-
ipation agonizing beyond words
and often does lasting injury to
their mental health. Society
should not require their attend
ance at funerals, but rather
should frown on such attend
ance.
This is not a new thought.
The older countries have long
recognized the unseemliness Of
feminine and juvenile attendance
at funerals. In the British Isles
and on the Continent, women
rarely attend funerals. This is
also true of Mexico, Central
America and the South Amer.
lean countries. Women are
not forbidden to attend funerals
in these countries, but they are
not expected to do 50, and in the
more refined circles such attend
ance excites unfavorable COM
ment.
Is it not strange that America.
which has done so much to
render the domestic relations fine
and beautiful, should have done
nothing to free loves saddeSt
hour from barbaric cruelty?
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AGIFTFOR
THE BABY
MRS. Cornelius BeeckmanI
a tuxedo at a Wedding.
nEA.. Ups REECKMANr.

a uxe00 at wedding.
nEA-. IRIS. BEECKMAN:
~ Is a Tuxedo proper for
a groom to wear at a wedding
to. be held at o'clock?
2. Do ushers, groom and best
man wear the same color flow
ers?
3. How should the invitation
the house and church. and should
AILEEN.
MO. The correct attire for the
IN groom at o'clock we'd
ding is formal day clothes; cuta-
way coat and dark striped trou-
sers. After 6 o'clock the correct
attire for the groom and all the
other gentlemen at the wedding
is full dress. A Tuxedo is only
an informal-most informal-sub-
stitute. If you will send me an
addressed envelope / shall be
happy to send you leaflets on
what the groom, best man. ushers
and gentlemen guests should
wear at day wedding and at an
evening wedding.
2. Yes. Usually the bouton-
Mere Of the groom is q very elab-
crate one made Of flowers taken
from the bouquet of the bride.
The ushers usually wear one
white flower, usually a white
carnation.
8. The invitation to the wed
ding at the church is engraved
on the double sheet Of paper and
the invitation to the reception is
engraved on a card inclosed with
the invitation to the church.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-12
GARRETT P. SERVISS ON
HISTORY IN PICTURES .
Mosaic Depicting Killing of Archimedes Has
Lesson for Modern World.

ideal representations Of the death
of Archimedes. Most Of them are
purely imaginary In their details
and completely contradictory. I
have two old prints, in one of
which Archimedes is pictured as
an old man, with scanty locks,
kneeling as he pores over the
geometricaI figures drawn in the
sand with which the floor Is
strewn, while the maurauding
Roman soldier VINO has climbed
through the open window, stands
unrecognized behind him with his
heavy sword unflung to strike
off his head.
Another Picture.
The other picture represents
Archimedes as a handsome man
not yet in middle life, sitting at
a table, with the figures before
him, and turning to look over
his shoulder at the approaching
enemy who is rushing upon him
with sword drawn, Archimedes
protestingly indicates with his
hands the task upon which he is
working.
1t is evident that this repre-
sentatton is more idealiZed than
the other, and probably less true
to the facts, for Livy says moth
ing of any protest against his
fate on the part of Archimedes,
and, indeed, such an attitude is
inconsistent with the historians
statement that the soldier did,
not know who it was that he was
killing.
However, the mosaic from Her.
culaneum, described by Professor
Cajori. also represents A-chi.
modes seated before the figures,
which are drawn on sand and
strewn upon a table top. And he
has his "hands raised as if to
protect the figures
This picture was not recently
discovered in Herculaneum, but
since 1850 1t has been in private
ownership in Wiesbaden, having
once belonged to Jerome Bona
parte.
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nROFESSOR FLORIAN CA
JORI, the historian of >mathe-
mates, describes in a letter to
science a picture in mosaic re.
Gently brought to public no'ice
in Germany, and said to have
been found in the buried city OF
Herculaneum, which represents
the killing of Archimedes by q
Roman soldier after the capture
of Syracuse by Marcellus, In the
year 212 B. c.
Such a story as that of Archi
modes occasionally serves as
corrective for the state of mind
into which almost any of us may
fall, when all the really great
achievements of man seem to
belong to our own time.
1t took Marcellus-who had
been the first general to show
that Hannibal could be beaten.
two years, aided by a Roman
fleet and army, to capt are SYRIA
cuse, although, says the Roman
historian Livy, he would have
taken it with the first rush, but
for the fact that there was in
Syracuse at that time one man,
named Archimedes, without 4
rival as a spectator Of the stars
of heaven, and even more won
derful as an inventor and con-
structor Of engines and works OF
war, with which, as easily as
playing, he overthrow in a mo-
ment the mightiest machines Of
the enemy" Read all of that
story, in it's compact Latin, in
destructible as granite monu-
ment, in Livy's Twenty-fourth
Book, Chapter XXXIV, and
Twenty-fifth Book. Chapter
XIII, and following:
Philosophers Wish. ...
After Archimedes had beaten
off and crushed the enemy-shiDs
and soldiers alike-for two long
years, a foreign traitor in SYRIA
cuse last introduced the Roman
soldiers inside the walls by night,
and the customary massacre be-
gan. Then Livy again:
Amidst all the dreadful deeds
inspired by angry pansions and
the desire for booty, it is said
that Archimedes, intent, despite
the tumult and terror, upon the
figures that he had drawn in the
sand, was slain by soldier who
did not know who he was lin.
tentum formis quas in pulvere
descripserat, alb ignaro milite gus
esset interfectum)."
Marcellus buried him with
honor, and paid complimentary
attentions to his surviving rela-
fiOnR Nearly two hundred wears
later Cicero, when Roman gov
ernor of Sicily, discovered the
tomb of Archimedes, overgrown
with briars, but still surmounted
with the sphere inscribed in a
cylinder, which it had been the
great philosophers wish to have
placed over his grave. 1t was
not his victorious engines of war
that he deemed to be his true
title to remembrance, but one OF
his mathematical discoveries.
Through all the succeeding CEN
turtles artists have made many
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-12
WORDS FROM
WISE MEN

TRUTH is the object of our
: understanding, as good is to
the will.
Pride makes us esteem ourselves,
vanity makes us desire the esteera
of others.
The determination of the will is
following the direction of that
guide, and he that has a power
to act or not to act, according as
such determination directs, is free.
Opinion is ultimately determined
by the feelings, and not by the
intellect.
No one can be perfectly free till
all are free. No one can be per-
fectly moral till all are moral. No
one. can be perfectly happy till all
are happy
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-12
A Gift for the Baby.

NEAR AIRS. BEECKMAN:
~ am invited to the house of
a friend whose wife 1 have never
met. They have 4 baby about a
year old. 1 have never seen the
child either. Would it be proper
for me to bring something for the
baby or for the mother? ELLA.
IT would be a very gracious and
i generous thing for you to
bring a gift for the baby. am
sure that the mother will appre-
ciate this more than she will
something for herself-for such
is the way of mothers.
Mrs. Beeckman will be glad
to answer questions on etiquette
submitted by readers.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-12
SAP AND SALT
BY Bert Moses

All women who cook are not
cooks.
When a tenant becomes land
lord he raises the rent.
Doing more than is expected
of you is the best known way to
draw down more salary.
How it must enTbarrass a
daughter to come in suddenly and
find mother smoking cigarettes!
Hez Heck says: "A fine garage
don't take no knocks out O. the
engine"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-12
TH E Y r. e
III Wing a
n

"H = YR y
iha wing a
Dire a d I u !
time at the Will
cox's to n / & h I.
Eta B urn e Y,
who was a VIII
cox, buried her
h u 3 b a n d this
morning. After
the funeral she
and little Rose
came. back to
live with her par
ents. Rather,
they were Drought
back, in a state
Of collapse.
Little Rose was
hysterical w ] t h
fright at the
sight OF this, her
first funeral. It
was Dire a d I u |
enough to see
naI1p oI0AninO
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LISTEN, WORLD!

s h 3 ha s mt
KIN o W n anyone
for the last three
hours. Doesn' I
move or notice.
1t seems as IL
the viii to live
had been par
alyzed In that
limp body.
A horrible pic.
ture? Yes but
a true one. Daily,
scenes like this
are being enacted
all over the coun-
try. And it is
all so cruel and
needless.
But you cant
stop death!'' you
cry.
We can't stop
death, but we
can stop this
The Winslow mail., 1925-05-29
London Children Welcome
Squirrels From America

Gray squirrels. imported from
the United States several years ago.
have made themselves perfectly at
home in the London climate and.
like the English sparrows sent to
the United States from the British
Isles several generations back, have
begun to scatter about the country.
The first squirrels of this vari-
ETY. were given their freedom in
Regents park, London, and already
they have been found in forests as
far as twenty-five miles north of
the British capital. The squirrels
have made friends in the parks
there among the visitors, and take
food from the hands of children
The saucy little fellows have be-
come very popular indeed, Lon
don paper says, but it has been so
long since they had a peanut, pea
nuts not being SO common there as
in America, that they have nearly
forgotten what one tastes like.
The Winslow mail., 1925-05-29
MORMON LAKE
BY JACK O'BRIEN,
(F'or The Winslow Mail.)


Forgotten are troubles and worries
here
Forgotten, grind of the mills;
On the. messy banks of Mormon
lake
Enjoying the sport that thrills.
With rod and reel, and barbs of
steel,
Where the speckled beauties PLAY,
The magic pull of far-flung line
AS you swing the bass away.
No thund'rous roar, no restless
waves,
Nor shifting sand in the wake,
IT'S water pure and fishing lure
OF this charming, placid lake.
Joy of the lakes in mountain land,
And peaceful, happy times,
Ever new, enchanting view,
And the shade of giant pines.
Charm of the woods campfire lure,
AS the length'ning shadows
creep;
A piIion bed, and stars o'rhead,
On the trail to real nights
sleep.
The Winslow mail., 1925-05-29
Lucky Airmen Form
Exclusive Society

One of the most exclusive clubs
in the world exists in American
army circles. 1t is known as the
Caterpillar club, and it's member
ship is confined to airmen who
have recently had a brush with
death and come out winner.
While slow landing speed for
an airplane is considered of impor-
lance in an emergency, enabling
the machine to come down in a
small field, the parachute, army air
service officers say, is still the ace
in life-saving devices for birdmen.
Through use of the parachute ten
army filters since the war have been
enabled to escape sudden death.
They make up the Caterpillar club,
which is so dubbed because the
larva of the caterpillar comes float
ing down the air on a thin, silken
thread.
Safety devices in aircraft, Off
GERS think, will increase the mem
bership of the Caterpillar club.
They point to the fact that while in
1921 army aviators flew 144,240
miles to each fatal accident, this
figure jumped to POI, 0SO in 1923,
the latest year for which figures
are available.
The Winslow mail., 1925-05-29
Will Turn u. S. Board
Vessels Into Lizzies

Henry Ford will purchase the
400 vessels of the United States
Shipping board if the government
will fix what he considers a fair
price, according to an announce
ment made recently by Mr.. Ford
O'Connor, chairman of the shipping
board.
>O'Connor is quoted as asking
Mr.. Ford to take the 200 ships in
his original suggestion. However
when Ford informed him that he
would only buy the ships to scrap
them for Junk, Mr. O'Connor sug
gested that he buy all 400, as it
would not cost much more to con-
struct dismantling apparatus to
handle the 400 ships than it would
the lesser number.
Mr.. Ford agreed to this, saying
he might retain ten to thirty of the
ships for use in the Ford indus
tries. Despite the tentative agree
ment, the mater of the sale of the
ships to Ford will not be cleared up
for several months, it is estimated.
The shipping board has been wary
of making any agreement hereto
fore as it felt that if the ships were
sold abroad to be scrapped promises
might be broken and the ships
might reappear under foreign flags
n competition with American ships.
The Winslow mail., 1925-05-29
Chandler Chamber Launches Plan
For Formation of Society to Preserve
Arizona Landmarks and Monuments

of Commerce is sponsoring the
known as the Arizona Preservation
Society, and is inviting all public
spirited citizens to become enrolled
as members.
'It is very desirable that large
number of our citizens participate
in this movement, hence the mem
bership fee is placed at the nominal
sum of 81 per year.
"The management of the Arizona
Preservation Society shall be vest
ed in a board of twenty directors
who shall select five of their num-
Der to serve as members of the
executive committee in direct
charge of its business affairs. The
directors shall be residents of Ari-
IONA. No officer or director shall
receive any compensation for his
services in his official capacity.
Knowing of your interest in
Arizona and of your sympathy with
the purpose of the proposed organ
ization, we respectfully solicit your
cooperation and assistance, and re-
quest you to serve as a member OF
the first board of directors of the
Arizona Preservation Society.
can early reply will be greatly
appreciated.
Sincerely yours,
chandler Chamber of Commerce.
"By Sam G. Bailie, Manager"
The Winslow mail., 1925-05-29
fastener Flourishes
Six-Shooter; Jailed

Attempting to follow out Nick
Carter methods in the wild and
woolly west" led James w. McWil-
liams, native of Massachusetts, to
the Prescott city jail, where he
was given a hearing before Judge
Sweeney and fined $25 for carrying
a gun.
Perhaps he would not have been
taken up on charge of carrying
a gun had he not taken a notion to
display the implement to the world
as he started for a trip out on the
Senator road, out of Prescott, to do
a little target shooting.
On the way out he pointed his
gun at the open door of the Totten
home on South Vernon avenue. He
walked on to the Swetman home
and there repeated the flourish of
his gun. Noting two women across
the street, he aimed the gun at
them and finally stopped a third
woman with the gun and the excla-
nation "Stay, cowboy" in real
wild west, fashion.
Sheriff We'll was notified and two
officers arrested the Massachusetts
man, who offered no resistance.
When fined he gave his gun to the
sheriff and his extra change to the
prisoners in the Jail.
The Winslow mail., 1925-05-29
Better
by Miles
Ten Gallons
VIII Tell!

You will find economy in
the first ten gallons Of Union
Gasoline. But your real gain
will be at the end Of 10000
miles. Then your motor will
testify.
The Winslow mail., 1925-05-29

AN ASSOCIATION for the pres
N ervation of the landmarks, mis-
sions, and historical and natural
monuments in Arizona is urged by
the Chandler Chamber of Commerce
in a letter which is being mailed tC
number of prominent people Of
the state.
The letter points out that Ari-
IONA is rich in monuments, both
natural and historical, such as the
Casa Grande Ruins, the homes OF
the Cliff Dwellers, and the mis-
sions, which, unless preserved, will
be destroyed and lost forever. In
order to save them for posterity,
the Chandler chamber is sponsoring
the formation of the Arizona Pres
ervation Society
The letter in full is as follows:
''The preservation of our national
monuments throughout the United
States is accomplished in a very
large measure by societies of pub
lic-spirited citizens who have COM
bined their efforts for that specific
purpose. Thus, they have pre-
served our national treasures and
shrines, saving them for the pres
ent and future generations to enjoy.
The restoration of the California
missions, which has given added
charm to that state, is the work
of such an organization.
ARIZONA is fortunate in being
rich in monuments, both natural
and historical. Her missions are
much older and more beautiful
than are the California missions.
No state possesses more interesting
ruins builded by prehistoric races.
Unfortunately, the hand of time,
assisted by the agencies of nature
and of civilization, unless prevent
ed, will soon destroy many of them
and they will be lost forever.
'The Casa Grande Ruins, the
homes of the Cliff Dwellers, and
the missions belong not to any
particular locality, but to the whole
people. They are valuable assets
of our state Hence, it is a privi-
lege and public duty to assist in
their preservation. The necessity
for immediate action is exemplified
by the fast disappearing irrigating
canal system of the Casa Grande
A partial survey of this system has
been made; unless it is completed
at once it will be too late The
reclamation of this area means
utter obliteration of this prehistoric
canal system. Prompt action alone
will preserve the work already
done and save it for posterity
Therefore, the purpose of assisting
public interest in the preservation
Of the monuments and landmarks
Of Arizona, the Chandler Chamber
The Winslow mail., 1925-05-29
All Worthy of Tribute

AS we lay our tributes of graft
tude and devotion upon the graves
of those who gave their all, let
there be no distinction made be-
tween them. Let us honor equally
those who, as President Coolidge
so aptly and so beautifully phrased
it at a Confederate memorial serv-
ice, those who made their sacrifice
in one way, and those who made
their sacrifice in another way"
1t is sufficient to know that all
were Americans and believed in
America, and that America claims
them all; her flag floats above
them and they all rest in the same
divine peace. Houston Post.
The Winslow mail., 1925-05-29

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