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The Washington times., 1925-08-24

AIO. Christmas dinner in the
~ royal castle of England
would be true to form unless 1t
began with the ceremony called
bringing in the boar's head. No
body knows exactly the origin
of this custom. although there
are several explanations offered,
but the fact that it is observed
remains.
The ceremony Is very elaborate.
Trumpeters and musicians enter
the hall in state, to prepare the
way for the entrance OF the
master cook. He carries the
tremendous boar's head decorated
and garnished lavishly and bear
ing lemon-the emblem OF
plenty-in it's mouth. The COOK,
in turn, is followed by huntsmen.
This ceremony is observed In
almost every institution of Eng
land. oxford makes a great point
of it, And private families. too,
observe 1t.
1t is said that the Druids, thou
sands of years ago, killed boar
at the time of the winter solst1ce
and offered it's head as a sacri-
flee to Freya, the goddess or
peace and plenty. The head was
gilded because this goddess was
supposed to ride on boar with
golden bristles. Even in Chris
tian times. this habit of gliding
the head was retained. Now an
The Washington times., 1925-08-24
THE HISTORY OF THE BOAR
HEAD FEAST

apple or an orange is sometimes
substituted for the lemon.
During all of Queen Victoria's
reign the Christmas dinner con-
sisted of a baron of beef and
woodcock pie and the. bringing in
of the boar's head preceded the
historic dishes.
At Queens College, Oxford,
where this is one of the great
ceremonies of the year, there is
an explanation offered for the
origin of the custom. The story
goes that some five hundred
years ago, a student of the col
lege was walking through the
woods, deep in a study of Arts
totle. He was attacked suddenly
by a wild boar. and, having no
other weapon with him, he thrust
the book down the animals throat.
The boar was choked and the
student brought home the head in
triumph.
There is probably no accurate
explanation of the origin of the
custom. 1t is just one of those
traditions for which England is
famous, and the English love
their traditions and honor them.
For that reason, the boar's head
will very probably, continue to
be brought in before every state
Christmas dinner until the end
Of time.
The Washington times., 1925-08-24
SAP AND
SALT
BY BERT MOSES.

By BERT MOSES.
A girls love isn't blind so far
as recognizing which admirer
owns the finest car.
A large sum of money supplies
a man with a large opportunity to
make a fool of himself.
If you watch your competitors
game too closely, you are apt TO
forget to play your own.
Hez Heck says: 1.-THE reason
why modesty ain't held in more
favor is because it amt in style.
The paradoxical thing about bad
news is that it is always good
for the newspapers.
When prices of materials
slump, building takes boom.
Did you ever see a real hand
some man doing real hard work?
"A
as much as she loves to be loved.
Prohibition of onions would get
the vote of every dentist in the
world.
If you believe more than you
know, your intelligence will get
very little exercise.
man has in refrom is the
money it means to him.
Hez Heck says: "Nothin' will
increase your list o. friends more
than buyin' a new seven-passen-
ger car"
Hez Heck says: MEN wants
more money; wimmin wants less
hips"
Passing resolutions never yet
stopped an evil.
Being mice" is not quite so
praiseworthy as being useful.
The law of gravitation , is all
that keeps the makers of garters
in business.
Enjoying poor health is the only
pleasure a lot of folks seem to
get out Of life.
Love contains several ingre-
dents, but the principal thing in
it seems to be curiosity.
When you can see much harm
and evil where but little exists,
you are fully qualified to become
q reformer.
Hez Heck says: when the
father is able to supaprt a son
in-law, the daught& has no
tsOUhlA in sittin' Sfdusband.
The Washington times., 1925-08-24
By ELSIE ROBINSON


copyrighted old Married Smile
and begin to tell me how you
dote on each other even after
ten flawless years of married life.
There are plenty of times you'll
have to pull that line, dearie.
Yes, I know you love George
or Geraldine. But the Old Thing
DOES bore you. just as ones law
fully welded mate has always
bored the other half.
You may say: Its inevitable
marriage is always like that.
But is it inevitable? Need
marriage always be like that!
Couldn't some plan be devised
whereby our personalities would
stay fresh and mysterious and
alluring to each other?
HeAe is a letter which tells the
story of two young people who
are working on such plan. II
is a true letter. I know the
husband. 1 asked him to write
this for you. If, after reading
this letter, you wish to- tell him
what you think of it, and will
send me the letter l will forward
1t to him.
Dear Elsie:
1 thought the gang might be
interested in an experiment my
girl and I are making. She Is
an artist and potentially, at
any ratel a writer, and she
LIKES to WORK. I for my
part have a lot of work that
ought to do evenings in connec-
ton with my function of bring
ing home the bacon" slipping
it. to the landlord" etc. We'll,
we've been married more than a
year now, and we're just as In
fatuated as ever =. It's lots or
fun and all that. but 1t also
means, as Mansfield would say,
mo new stones laid where the
trackWay ends"
So after mature consideration,
prayer and fasting, etc., etc, we
decided to put into operation a,
plan we had agreed on before
getting spliced, namely, separate
establishments. Sounds expen-
sive doesn't it? And believe me
we can't go in for expenses. But
I'll tell you how we manage 1t.
got a room with closet and
running water and enough space
The Washington times., 1925-08-24

only dime.
So much for my expenses.
AS for the girl. did you ever
know a woman who could cook
deliberately for herself alone? II
you did III bet dollars to dew
laps she wasn't an artist
And the result? get in
five or six hours of solid work
in the evening and am happier
than for years. The girl, she
turns in early in the evening
(when she doesn't go to the
theater-she always did prefer
going alonel and gets up early.
and, being alone gets half again
as much work done as formerly.
/ spend the weekend att home,
to get a bath. etc., and-do we
like it? Say! It's adventure
and romance and We talk till 2
a. m. every night we're together.
Sincerely yours,
EXPOSTUI4ATOR.
Well-what do you think
: "That isn't love!" some of
YOU cry. IF they really loved
each other they couldn't
stay apart like that. Why
Henry and haven't been apart
from each other single night
since we were married eight
years ago
Maybe so, but that may or
may not be a compliment to you
and Henry. dearie. A mole
doesn't come out Of his burrow
very often, but you could hardly
call him one of the moving
spirits of the community. You
and Henry have burrowed into
love. But have you made love
a living, beautiful flame to light
your life?
Think it over. Be honest with
yourself. How much of ad-
venture is left in YOUR mar
ried life? How much curiosity
have you about each other?
How much delight and inspir-
alton do you give each other?
Has marriage become a hack
neyed habit? Would something
like this bring back its glamor?
Or are you. like so many, drift
ing into divorce?
The Washington times., 1925-08-24
TIME miserere Of a Mere Woman,
Il which is Mrs. Solomon's.

TIME miserere Of Mere Woman,
l. which is Mrs. Solomon's.
Lord. Lord. why hast thou
made the heart of a woman so
weak, and her will so vacillating,
that she can be happy neither with
nor without a man?
For, 10, all the days of her
life are spent in struggling to
get along with him, or struggling
to get RID of one. And there
is no peace IN her!
She that is married saith.
what a burden and a trial and
n distraction is a man around
the house"
And she that is not married
saith, What boredom and emp
tiness is life without man
around the house! Alas, it is
banker than a flapper's mind,
duller than last years lawn
mower and more colorless than
last summers bathing suit!'
She that possesseth a husband
is forever waiting upon him-and
she that posseSseth not hus-
band is forever waiting FOR one.
She that loveth a man dwelleth
continually in the fear that the
Lord or some WOMAN may take
him away from her-and she
that loveth not man dwelleth
continually in loneliness and bore
dom.
One woman hearkeneth with
The Washington times., 1925-08-24
ONCE-OVERS
FREE sPENDERs AND RAINY DAYS


Tho free snender SCOTS at the person who careful of
his money. :, -. ),
Often he makes the statement Il would not i've as that
fellow lives for all the money in the world
Perhaps you have said words to this effect
There are some persons go far in the matter of
nndnp money and there others who far in the
saving of money the free spender found in greater
proportion. :. .
Now if you have never had severe financial setback
Won nrohahlv do not know what suddenly to realize
that YOU owe considerable money which cannot pay
IF YOU ever had experience you found disagree
able enough to make you not wish it again.
What would your financial condition be tomorrow mis-
fortune or expensive illness should overtake you?
It is not necessary to be mser, but it is wise to lay
aside part of your The rainy day comes to az
some
The Washington times., 1925-08-24

4 MOVEMENT is in Fletcher, n q, close 70 Asne-
~ yie to dedicate, monument to the name ana lame
e nil Nuo There viii be appropriate exercises and
The Washington times., 1925-08-24
LISTEN, WORLD!

for a table and
chair and couch
for 81 b month.
/ don't need any
more furniture.
except q can OF
heat and pan to
heat water, q tea
pot, 81 cup, Al
plate and q bowl.
AS I never go in
for gornandiz
ing, I make ont
quite wei with
" b ole VIII at
bread, he ese e.
raisins, etc. and
If 1 get tired and
a feed be-
tween Sundays I
can always get q
good French or
Italian dinner Tor
half a dollar, and
howl OF nush in
the morning for
The Washington times., 1925-08-24
RE you GET.
II TING TIRED

RE YOU GET
II TING TIRED
or YOUR WIFE.
I s Y o u r
HUSBAND B F.
GINNING TO
GET ON YOUR
NERVES2
DO YOU KNOW
q x Al G T i X
w H A T II z s
GOING TO SAY
SIXTY SECONDS
3 = FO r e HIS
TONGU E B E.
GINS TO WAC
GLE?
DO HER ONCE
d LIG HIT FIJI L
LITTLE WAYS
LIE AV e GU
COLD A s A
S r r A. N d e d
SQUID?
No, you needn t
w,k E11A 100G
The Washington times., 1925-08-24

The part time marriage. in
which husband and wife live
separately and meet only by ap-
pointment, is just a sweet fig
ment of the literary Imagination;
marriage is SEVEN BREAK.
FASTS a week-take 1t or leave
1t alone!
The Washington times., 1925-08-24

It Is the solid attractions that
count! Given a good disposition,
a good cook, a good figure and a
good bank accountant a widow
of fifty can culinary all she
sirens and vamps of history
Forebearance is beautiful; but
there comes a point, when the
man who closes his ears to his
wife's nagging, or the woman
who shuts her eyes to her hus-
bands indiscretions, ceases to be
a diplomat-and becomes a door
mat.
Money is the magic which
softens a sharp elbow, brightens
q dull wit and turns plain Nul.
garity into charming eccentricity.
All the words in the dictionary
never impressed man so much
as Woman's stony silence.
Even a man has enough intui-
ton to know that her love is
dead, when a woman is too in
different to ANSWER back"
If men showed no more origi.
nality in business, science, or art,
than they display in love-making,
the world would still be IN a state
of barbarism.
The path to Paradise or to
Purgatory is strewn with cut
flowers, rice and old shoes.
Copyright. 1925, by King Features
Syndicate, gInc.)
The Washington times., 1925-08-24
NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE
Helen Rowland
Peppermints

Peppermints
A WOMAN is not a real philoso-
= pher until she can enjoy the
luxury of just being in love, with
out stopping to wonder how it
will turn OUT.
Sometimes, it takes second
sight and a pair of bi-foculs Tor
a woman to discover what all the
other women SEE in her nus
band. to find him worth flirting
with
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-25
10 every Washington
automotive dealer

Every honest automobile or supply
dealer, whether he sells oil or not, should
be interested in this campaign to sup
press substitution. The stability of his
business is threatened if consumers can
not depend on the honest delivery OF
goods asked for. So we ask you to put the
weight of your influence behind this
campaign by attacking substitution your
self wherever you find it.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-25

4 RECENT investigation has re-
"A vealcd serious situation. We
have determined to take action to
safeguard the motorists and protect
our reputation.
Ever since the advent Of the auto
mobile, the chief concern of the
Vacuum Oil Company has been
to provide-efective, safe and scien-
tifc fabrication for automobile
engines.
To this end We manufacture line
ofautomotive oils known as Gargoyle
Mobiloil, under the designations of
Mobiloil E, = Arctic, GA" "B" and
abb"
These oils, due to their suitability
for engine use and their high char
acter, have attained nationwide
distribution and general acceptance
from the public.
We have placed the distribution
of Mobiloil in the hands of thousands
of dealers, depending on them to
supply motorists with the genuine
oils when requested. But We have
found, through investigation, that not
all dealers supply genuine Mobilol
when asked for.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-25
In fairness
to honest dealers

In all fairness we must state that when
called on, some dealers made no effort to
substitute. When asked for Mobiloil
they frankly said that they did not have
anyon hand, but Unexpectedly straight
forward effort to sell another brand. The
idea of undetermined substitution never
occurred to them.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-25
We discovered open
substitution

You know and we know that the
majority of dealers selling automo-
tive oils in the District of Columbia
are honest men, striving to give
honest service. You know and we
know that the majority of these
dealers do not overcharge, do not
misrepresent, do not substitute.
However, in checking up recently,
to see if motorists really were getting
Mobiloil when they asked for it in
all cases, we discovered an amount
of open substitution that gives US
serious concern.
While we found that many honest
dealers were supplying exactly what
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-25
What our investigating car
found out

x CCOMPANIED by representative
Il of the National Better Business
Bureau who could attest the CONVERSE
tons and legally identify the samples,
we drove up to so retail outlets and
asked for Mobiloil, procuring samples
from many. Eve will continue from
time to time to so collect and examine
samples.)
The car we used was equipped with
a special mechanical device. This device
was so arranged that oil which was pre-
sumably poured into the crankcase, as
usual, was actually led off into an empty
can. On driving away from the Service
Station, the can was removed and sealed
and later given to authoritative, dis
interested chemists for examination and
analysis.
When examined later a surprising
number of these samples proved to be
substitutions
In one case the oil supplied
was used oil which had been
drained from crankcases of
other cars and then treated.
However, it is but fair to state that
many of the dealers called on refused
to supply any but the brands they rep
resented, and made no attempt to
substitute.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-25
To you 1886 Washington motorists

was asked for, without misreprescnta-
ton, We did discover that quite
few were substituting inferior oils
for Mobiloil.
This is what sometimes happens
A motorist drives up and asks for
the grade of Mobiloil recommended
for his car. He is sometimes sup
piled with substitute. He drives
away, believing he will receive the
servicehe has always had from Mobil-
oil. If trouble results, It reflects not
only on us as manufacturers Of
Mobiloil but upon the thousands Of
dealers who sell genuine Mobiloil.
We are determined to stop this
practice and prosecute the offenders.
We propose to continue the
campaign against substitution
AS We explain on this page, We have
already collected and examined q
number Of oil samples secured from
Washington dealers.
We will continue to collect and ex-
anime samples Of oil sold as Mobiloil.
We will institute proceedings in the
courts against proven substitutors.
In the meantime, protect yourself
by asking for Mobiloil BY the full
name -. Mobiloil &C. Mobiloil
Arctic, Mobiloil CA Mobiloil "B''
orMobiloil"BB,' 'asspecihed foryour
car on the Chart of Recommends
tons which hasbeen published by this
Company for nineteen years. The
safest way to make sure that the oil
you get is what you ask for, is to
observe the drum, or can from which
it is drawn. See that this drum or
can is marked in red with our Gar
goyle trademark as printed at the
bottom of this page.
If you suspect substitution notify
us so that we can investigate. Call
Main 1864 and ask for Mr.. H.
Donaldson. We can blot out the
substitution evil if you will help US.
Evening star., 1925-11-08

Dame Fashion
DEGREES that the
woven S c arf of
many colors shall
be orn t his
Autumn and Win
ter. Here we have
Miss D orot h y
Brown, appearing
in a Broadway pro-
duction, wearing
one of the newest
ScarfS.
Underwood x Underwood.
Evening star., 1925-11-08

The Washington Heights
Presbyterian Sunday school
now provides bus for children
who attend the Sunday morn
ing services. The officers of
the Sunday school are William
La Roe, jr., superintendent; ].
F. Eshelman, assistant super
intendent; Mary Henderson,
secretary. and H. c. Allen,
treasurer
The Washington times., 1925-10-01
STARTS
IN BOSTON
TO-DAY

BOSTON, Oct. Harry Kelley,
former star of. the New Orleans
Pelicans, will start today's game
for the world champions against
the Red Sox, unless extreme cold
or snow prevents the contest al
together. Winter has landed here
with both feet and the athletes
are far from overjoyed on that
account. Fred Wingfield or Paul
Zahniser will toll on the hill for
the Fenway Parkers.
Except for Sam Rice, not one re-
gular player performed throughout
the first game here for the Cham
pions. Roger Peckinpaugh was In
charge of the Griffmen and he re-
NAMED on the bench, letting Buddy
Myer, another star from New
Orleans, hustle around the short
field to keep himself warm. Myer
had little to do.
Charlie Ruffing toyed with the
Washington batsmen and won his
game, to 4, the Champions max
ing a determined effort in the
later innings to overcome the Red
Sox lead.
Spencer Adams had a chance in
the ninth to put his team in front.
Myer and Tate had hammered
singles to left, advancing on
Leibold's sacrifice. Rice's long fly
brought Myer across but Tate was
left when Adams rolled to Herrera.
The Washington times., 1925-10-01

..............n n.-..l,..............
propriat

/ was working for a gents
furnishing store out in Cleve-
land which had some sort or
other of a baseball team in the
commercial league. We used to
get away early on certain after
moons and l tried to make the
team just as much to get away
from the store as for the fun
Of playing baseball.
l was sailing along pretty
well when the Gliddne Varnish
Works made me an offer to
come to work for them. /
didn't have to do any work
there-alI 1 had to do was play
baseball out at Euclid ball park.
The first thing | knew l had a
pretty fair offer from the Col
linswood semi-professionals of
Cleveland which grabbed like
a bum taking a hand-out.
The Indians signed me in 1910
and the first year sent me to
The Washington times., 1925-10-01
RULES KILL OFF
CONTEST FOR
MARYLAND

Unable to place creditable team
on the field, Western Maryland has
cancelled its contest scheduled with
the University of Maryland for next
Saturday in Baltimore. Western
Maryland would have been unable
to use freshmen or transfers in the
contest under Southern conference
rules, and its team was thus weak
ened to the point where it was felt
that the game would not be worth
playing.
Instead of playing a game the
Maryland gridders will use The
weekend for strenuous practice.
The Old Liners have been working
with the All-Marines from Quantico
who will meet Carroll University in
Cleveland Saturday.
Jack McQuade, former Maryland
backfield star, has been a shining
light in practice and against his
old school he was particularly bright
in scrimmage.
The Washington times., 1925-10-01
HOKUM IS seen
IN new FIGHT
MOVE

CHICAGO, Oct. Local boxing
followers are speculating today on
the reports that Promoter Floyd
Fltzsimmons, who obtained the
signatures of Jnck Dempsey and
Harry Wills to contracts calling for
title bout next year will sell
his contract. In this event the bout
would not be held at Michigan City,
Ind, as has been supposed.
Skeptics are Inclined to believe
that Dempsey's own money is back
of the deal and, that the bout will
be taken to New York or some
other spot where a larger gate
would be assured.
Members of the South Bend, Ind.
group said to be backing the affair
are not known to the boxing
fraternity, and this fact, +. 1t is
argued, gives strength to the theory
that the Indiana angle is hokum.
The Washington times., 1925-10-01
PAHTHERS BEAT
GRACKERSFOR
DIXIE TITLE
Fort Worth Wins Deciding
Game Of Baseball Series
by I to o

ATLANTA, Ca, Oct. 1.-The
Fort Worth Panthers, Texas League
baseball champions, today were en-
route home with the freshly lifted
scalp OF the Atlanta Crackersdangi-
Ing to their fifth Dixie seriess
championship belt, won here yester-
day when they took the sixth and
deciding game Of the 1925 Dixie
series, / to 0.
The final game was q spectacular
pitchers battle between Joe Pate,
Fort Worth left-hander, and Hollis
Mclaughlin, with honors about
even.A
An error by Brock, substitute
first baseman, let in the only
Panther score, while Fort Worth
fieIded well behind Pate, who kept
the Atlanta sluggers' few hits well
distributed.
A crowd of $4,000 fans saw the
final game.
The Washington times., 1925-10-01

This year the first game is
booked for Pittsburgh and / shall
be able to dodge the crowds on the
eve OF the game. There won't be
any great hullaballoo about me at
the game itself, either, no presenta-
tions of motor cars and floral
horse shoes. I admit I like to get
them both, but they did have dis
turbing influence on me year ago.
"AlI you'll have to do" says
Buckys Harris, who has no nerves
at all, sis to go in there and show
you stuff Wen do the rest behind
you"
That's about the way it looks to
me. If / have my stuff, as base
ball players say, everything will be
all right with me. am confident
of having all my stuff, which really
means speed. Mixing that with my
curve ball and control. l should be
able to give a good account Of my
self, even though the Pirates are
said to feast on my style OF de-
livery. Come to think Of it, the
Pirates have never faced me in
competition. That may become i'm
1ortant in that first game.
Copyright. 1925. by the Christy
Walsh Syndicate)
The Washington times., 1925-10-01
.CRUN HOPEFUL
Of RATCHET
VICTORY
George Washington Faces
Juniata College Here
Saturday

Maud cruBl, George WASHINGTON
football c0aes, today expressed 0p,
tin1fsrn In face n next Saturdays
CLASH with JHniatA Coaasge, Which
dsfeated his team 9ss5 Year, 4 ~ q.
crun0 II hopeful despite the weak
ened condition ~ severed regulars
who are injured
crum points ~ TIE SBlaDA1a ssessE<
lr1g his teasn naaAe sp 0FefwTna plasay
Bite Ridge last Saturday. Hf gssn4~
sta d unat1e ~ break 40 Ids for,
ward DaASsBe G9pabans s9ns 9aaa1
worked 50 eff8e5ensay against KsIsse
Ridge. Cgr1a believes his teen VII
revenge TIRE Ne6ea9 o6 last gaaF
which, after 80. m.a& Aue to a e1eak
IN fortune. a Jsanasaa player
picked Up b tumble aud ran sitxty
yards Tor the only aoaaezndomn.