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The Washington times., 1925-01-05
DIR. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
Women iYI Pc Litics
REMARKABLE feature of the recent

REMARKABLE feature of the recent elections, both
IN England and the United States has been the mum
- Der Of women thai were chosen to office.
n England Lady Astor the Duchess OF Athol and Mrs
Hilton Philipson were returned to office.
m the United States Ma" Ferguson elected Gov
ernor of Texas another chosen Governor Of
wyoming and Mrs. Knapp returned to the office Of
Secretary Of State in New York.
The influence Of in politics is good Women
are conservative but with tendency towards progression
Lady says that it alarming that the election in
England swept reactOnary Conservatives into Par
lament. aReactionary Conservatives she says, or,
many Conservatives have been returned that am hoping
they will be able to help against the Reactionares
Women are naturally Conservatives They do not have
the adventurous spirit Of men, and inclined to
conserve what have than to 60 after things that
have not When woman becomes Communist, Social
st Anarchist, she is usually violent than
The trouble is that such things not in accordance with
her nature. 8@
The business Of law making and governing rapidly pass
ng the hands Of They adapted for the dis
charge Of such du!ies Government IN the last analysis
but species Of housekeeping and woman the natural
housekeeper.
Far from looking upon the advent of politics
as revolutionary thing is rather to be viewed evo
eminent until finally the Of Government shall pass
their hands.
Women will never succeed in business the creative
arts for those things that require initiative and adj
venture; but for governing and lawmakng she is ad
mirably adapted.
The perfect Government should have perfect balance
between Conservatism and Liberalism And that balance
is maintained better BY women than BY men,
lcspyrisht y
The Washington times., 1925-01-05

"HE total eclipse Of the sun
on January "a VIII have an
effect like the opening Of a
curtain for about two minutes, re-
vea1ing the starry sky Of summer
in the midst Of winter. For some
observers, II the eclipse Is 9 dark
one and the atmosphere clear
this sudden revelation win be one
OF the most sensational features
Of the phenomenon. One Of its
most striking details win be the
exposure OF the three bright
planets, Mercury, Venus and
Jupiter, assembled In q close
group some twenty-five degrees
west ito the right Of the
aclinaad atln.
No one who witnesses the
eclipse can fail to see them, and
our little sketch will enable any
one to recognize them individual
". They are surrounded by the
stars Of Saggittarius. Venus IL
by far the brightest; Jupiter ranks
next in brightness, and Mercury
last. This meeting Of the three
planets il q rather unusual one.
All are, Of course, In relative mo-
ton. and on January u Venus
and Jupiter win have been in
quite close conjunction. and about
The Washington times., 1925-01-05


pretty with heart that eager for love- Yet Anne has
never had beau
81 suppose it's because insist keeping my self
spec she says with bitter little sniff 81 just won't
be flapper if die old maid It's easy enough to
get admiration if plaster face with dozen kinds
powder and dress turns and looks
and you smoke and drink an pet an to cabare That's
the only kind of girl that noticed any decent
girl might just well be dead far concerned
"What do you by "a decent girl, Anne9''
"Why-why girl that's natural Not all painted and
doed up catch mans eye. girl that is modest
and ladyke and doesnt do things to attract attention
"NaturalG SO you think nature didn't mean for girls
to do the courtingY"
"I should say MOTT"
Whereupon grinned, and this is what said to little
Anne. Anne, did you consider an apple blossom?
When it comes right down to naturalness and purity
apple blossom doesn't need to take back seat for any
thing earth It's the Original Sweet Old Fashioned
Girl
YET THERE ISN'T A TRICK OR DEVICE WHICH
NATURE COULD DEVISE WHICH HADN'T BEEN
LAVISHED ON THAT MODEST LITTLE FLOWER TO
HELP TT WIN THE ATTENTION OF THE BEES!
It decatey tinted petals of pink and white, and
perfumed heart of gold It fluttsEs md shmmers in the
The Washington times., 1925-01-05
Galliher Is the Right Man in
the Right Place

President CooLIDGE's selection Of WILLIAM T. GAL
LINER chairman Of the inaugural committee will be
pleasing to all citizens He is typical Washingtonian and
will make big of his undertaking. The time is
mighty short for the thousands of things be DONE but
Mr. Gaher will be aided by able, active citizens the
various committees and all of them will take the greatest
pride in giving their time and energies successful out
Washington people always eager that the citizens Of
this great republic shall their National Capital and the
who will preside for another four the denies
Of the nation They WILL therefore leave nothing undone
that will make the inaugural ceremonies attractive that
loyal Americans will here the thousands
and witness the stirring events.
Every citizen will put himself at the service Of the chair
of the inaugural committee and give all that is in him
called upon, to make the coming 4th Of March compare
with any other upon which President inaugurated.
The Washington times., 1925-01-05

twenty.four hours later q wider
conjunction will have occurred be-
tween Mercury and Jupiter.
Mercury and Venus are both
moving sunward with reference
to Jupiter, but Mercury's motion
ia swifter than that of Venus,
so that on February 8 it will
overtake Venus and they In their
turn will be in conjunction.
For the two brief minutes that
totality lasts, at the center of
the shadow track, not only will
these lowering planets be dis.
closed but the most beauteouS Of
the midsummer nights stars and
consultations will shine out in
the suddenly darkened heavens
with a brilliance depending, as
before said, upon the darkness
of the eclipse, which varies In
The Washington times., 1925-01-05
ELSIE ROBINSON

breeze, it sends its lure of scent and sheen
far and wide until its lovers come.
''But its petals and perfume are part OF
the apple blossom, !" snorts Anne. 1t doesn't
buy them in the drug store and display
them in a cabaret"
It gets those petals and perfumes from the
most powerful chemist on earth, Annette
mighty shop of old Mama Nature. And it
displays them in the giddiest cabaret in ex-
istence, the great mating market of sun and
moon, earth and sky, where there is no law
save the law of Love. The tinted petals
and calling perfume are simply servants OF
that law The life of the apple is not per-
petuated through the petals and perfume.
The body Of the plant lies hidden behind all
that as the body of humanity lies hidden
under it's fuss and frills, The petals are
simply Come-On signals and the perfume is
The Washington times., 1925-01-05

the southern horizon west or the
meridian will be seen the Scor-
pion bearing the fiery-hued
Antares.
But the visibility of these things
will be too brief to enable even
an observer familiar with the
starry heavens to inspect all OF
them, although even the tyro. by
being forewarned, may be enabled
to glimpse many of them.
The chief attention must, OF
course. be given to the eclipsed
sun itself together with the ap-
pearance of the corona surround
ing it. But one may easily spare
a few seconds to glance at the
three planets already described;
But Mars is too far east and
Saturn too far west of the sun to
be of interest on this occasion.
The Washington times., 1925-01-05
Ermine of Rabbit Skin

law suit in Leipc revealed the distressing the
royal erine used line many cloas Of kings was only
plain white rabbit skin One expert testified rabbit skin
makes the best ermine.''
kaisers only human rabbits And human rabbits often
make the best kings At least they last longer The English
king is still the of the whereas his
first cousin, who WASH satsd to be rabbit isn't anything
The Washington times., 1925-01-05

A NNE wants to know why she has
~ never had beau. Maybe you think
4 that's frivolous subject for editorial
space If so, guess again. This paper today
is filled with spectacular news and weighty
topics-politics, crime, international negotia-
alton, the movement Of world spread on
printed page But of all that is here re-
corded, nothing surpasses in Importance
Anne's Beau If Anne gets that beau and
makes him happy after she gets him, the race
is going to increase and prosper. If she
doesn't understand him or doesn't get him,
this hunka mud will soon be as silent as the
moon For Anne is biology, although she d
Indignantly deny such an unladyike pro-
fession. With which view in mind, let's go.
Anne wants to know why she has never
had beau Anne is free, white and twenty,
LooI+bu nd, UirtuouS sufficiently
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1925-01-24

Tn. Wreck contemplated her for .
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few seconds. He wondered just how
she was going to take the news.
Hes good liar; he piled It. on.
And he. pulled all the old stuff about
influence. and how much taxes ne
pays. and all the New York dope He
made me thank God came from
Pittsburg." ssI53
r "could you get any idea ofswhats
being done about it?' askeds Sally.
with the practical aspects uppe"most
in her thoughts.
"oh, there's a posse getting on the
Job" said the Wreck, YEARLY.
"A posse" unused Sally, nodding.
Yves; I'd imagine that. Who did he
have on the phone?"
HE was talking 10 the sheriff"
1.-THE sheriff. Uh-huh. Well. that
means"
Sally stopped and stared at the
Wreck. Something had startled her,
What county are we in?" she de-
manded.
He shrugged. He never tried to
keep track Of counties and he did
not know. But she read something
in his eyes that caused her to clutch
at his arm.
Henry Williams! He wasn't talk
ing to-"
Yes. he was. That's exactly who
he was talking to-"
She walked back to the chair by
the window and sat down. suddenly
limp. For half a minute the Wreck
was Unable TO figure just what sort OF
reaction she was having. 1t seemed
to him that every possible emotion
flashed into her face. one succeeding
the other so rapidly that all was a
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1925-01-24
teachers later. Let children siops.
at least part of the time.

teachers later. Let children siops.
at least part of the time.
Sugar companies, oil and rail-
road companies are organising
great mergers, bigger and bigger
Industrial units are coming. ~
the end, perhaps, single units VIII
include entire industries.
No need to worry about 1t. The
bigger the better, II the public
gets it's share of the savings, y
the public is not intelligent enough
to watch and regulate one big con-
Germ, it won't be able to weteh
and control the secret inside deals
of q dozen little concerns.
Very expensive Ia the overhead
in wastetul competition, and ths
public pays the entire bill always,
Insz Hardin, the MississippA
girl chosen a. the hsalthieet girl
In the country, is described - .
bundle Of sunshine Health and
sunshine 60 together.
The young girl u . bundle q
common sense also, and says III
marry when I'm thirty. Not IN
til then" Some healthy boy may
change her mind, but che would
b wise to stick TO Ssx plan.
Healthy mothers have tAeaS lss$
babies after thirty, and n ~
AFTER sAtyty-hve. piaAe mew Il
more than 200 years -.
We know hat Amayiea rules ~
world In satosAobils ~ and ~
duet5eu, having more astenoSCe4
Aaa III The rsst q the vsgid
seubtasd With milAsos Of ne-
ehhss . spare. How much do
w ridst
This country in 1914 manufss-
tured Is million tires. Allowing
an average mileage Of 5000 miles,
which II low, and dividing BY four,
you And that tires enough were
made In one year for moro than
sixty-ssven and q half billion
miles travsl-twenty-ssven hun
dred thousand times around the
earth.
One scientist tells others that
the potato vine is deadly to TO-
bacco and tomato plants, to both
of which the potato is related. The
sap from the ordinary potato plant
will kill the two other plants.
Combat and destruction extend,
you see, from proud man at the
top of creation all the way down
to the abode of the potato bug.
Tobacco men rejoice, saying,
"You have abused our tobacco, and
now it's your highly moral potato
that does the poisoning"
The potato farmer answers, "Po-
tatoes may destroy tobacco plants.
But remember that pigs destroy
rattlesnakes, yet pigs are less pol
sonous than rattlesnakes."
The interesting thing is the
proof that in the vegetable world
there are fights as bitter as IN
the world of what we are pleased
to call Intelligent thought"
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1924 low @. Howard Watt

Copyright, 1924. by u. HOWARD "a''
1t to the limit. I don't want him
loafing on the job. He knows who
am. II he doesn't It won't take him
long to fnd out"
He made another dive at the ONE
lette.
Says he'll get posse on the road
at once. Well. he'd better. A posse!
What they need out here is FEW
| New York policemen"
The Wreck, seeing no immediate
need OF his services. disappeared
through the pantry In the direction
Of the kitchen He had queer look :
as much a look of triumph as any
thing else.
Sally jumped up from chair by
the window and shot glance OF In
curry at him
where are ny spettacies'' ht
oeman!~i Ny eyes hurt.
srs found them ard the Wreck be
x.n to look Ike himself again.
Now tell me everything. an
order.d.
Hes bean at the t.lspoons. rsi'
,as the county Against :our dss
peradoes." sa!d tho Wreck. He
made q regular yarn Of Il BY THU
time. I guess they'll! hans 10 10
sure. Sally"
They'd better wait Til they catc'
US"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1925-01-24

Uncle John

That our swesthearts must b
looked Ut ID , mandate mighty
true, bot when she has gab
oshss on-wal, ! dunno E. ..
do you? ! seldom look at an
klsi, bsiH prudspA-mors q
isss-bu3 when ws're $oec3d 70
~ 'sn, then we amt 10 heauA'
! hats to ~ q tailored ~
~ out upon 1 trip, @so
tksrs'S svss1 tnd3ssHen that hse
maps has LOOT their Ftpf-
thoasA salosAss might b
s1s>s2sl-evsn carry IN ~
Ssal 4 ~ didn't sfs dsvh,
oypsey-lIkA and Loaf around
IL kse3. I 1ou1 enjoy ny
| Driveieee a sstj1 ldss . M.
| Vhsn I nd - elevate NJ @,
and lst fetls ks1eA ny ga
And sei1l there's yrssas No.
| seas vbasA ssa.anA : 1eoNs
yjSv-liks ~ haeesaA s44yoe.
"a I, Q sens,y lsAss' sAsA
I esul1At tAink q lotA IN taat
lppsovss ~ ssaEsean' 1hd
~ naassaI d tAs tsa4hs9 g
q nsNo woUsa-kinAj end xAde
tAsss's lsNs q eoaa4crt hat ~
lsrtly dnss tosQs&, I nsye
HID galoshss, and| wssAaH
l K..> = a~k&
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1925-01-24
HORIZONTAL

/ A male member Of the family.
3 Not the truth.
s Egyptian Sun God.
6 A mineral.
8 To perform.
10 Name of shrubbery.
IL Governess of the family.
13 One that pays the bills.
IA Genius. !, Il &a
Is A number.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1925-01-24

was scornful. she was angry. she
was incredulous, she was alarmfd-
all these and other moods took pos
session OF her. one giving way to
another. only to come back and r.
peat itself after while. so that IN"
final result was to leave her in ve'I
uncertain state Of mind ~
It did not help i.tr that the VIZ
lseemed to be singularly unmoved
Fthe news. He treated it as II It W:
matter Of small consequence b
Sally was not in the habit OF steads
ing herself by leaning on Henry WI
liams: she could only account for M
calmness by attributing It to far
ure to realize the situation He d"
not know what II meant 10 have
Montana sheriff and posse hard %
his heels. but Sally did
Even at that. she did not belie"'
they would be caught Surely. sS'
told herself. there would be a way o."
! OF things II was not pursuit az"
possible capture that disturbed "''
and awakened every absurdly CO."
fiicting emotion that lay within he
II was the fact that Bob Wells 49,
the instrument OF the law. T's'
tarred her In q most illogical -
effective fashion Any other she -
might do his duty without pro'er'
from Sally but Bob Wells-why -
he 60 and run for sheriff. any
He had plenty OF other thing; +"
keep him busy II he had not hustled
around and got himself elected
sheriff. he could have ridden over to
the railroad with her and she would
have been on the train long ago. Ii
was a fool trick for him to get Into
politics. thought Sally.
TO Be Continued
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1925-01-24
A WHITE HOUSE BREAKFAST,
HEALTY AND WISE.
AMERICA ON WHEELS.
THE VEGETABLE FIGHT.
BY Arthur Brisbane

E. Il. Gary, head of the big
gest industrial organization in the
world, and John ID. Rockefeller,
Jr., representing what is probably
still the biggest fortune in the
world, had breakfast With Presi-
dent Coolidge ut the White HouEa.
They discussed Law enforcement
and the findings Of citiseos' com
mittee Of one thousand.
Those three men nah, an h-
teresSing breakfast ssaSinatton.
Cary became bead a Ne great
steel concern When b was past
fifty; Rockefeller, Jr., kesn 70 svn
and manage the worlds greatest
fortnns, 10 removed By only one
generation from q little farm in
the hills along the Hudson, and
Calvin Coolidge In one generation
is promoted from . farm IN Yer
mont to the White House.
Apparently, Careers are ssui
open to talent" ~ Napoleon put
it, here In America.
:
A curiosity interesting to women
is thus announced, Twins Born
in different Years" One, Thorn
as Daniel, was born in 1924, his
brother, James, was born in 1925,
two hours and fifty-five minutes
after his older brother.
There is a new plan for teach
ing little boys how to grow up,
This is the "Knighthood" plan,
to teach little boys chivalry and
guide them away from evil.
It's a good plan, presumably
but IL is possible to overdO schemes
and plans for showing boys how
to act and think.
They need some time in which
to think exactly in their own way
1t is the thinking that boy does
ON his own account and OF M;
own free will that counts.
Little Newton, called dull boy
was th'rking out the law of gravi
tatioyl. y ,apoleon. called sulk!
boy at his military school, was
making plans that surprised hi
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o.sh,ssd blur. And then. With ~
he'd tosssd back and her eyes w
With msrriment. she began - Aaet'
son. she capped. "Oh. Herr. d.
YOU ever hear OF such . JOKE ~
Wells: Bob-out With '"sse-
catch me" g.
"In admi, lie q joke" ;a'i tn
Wreck. cheerfuily.
why. rs q perfect scream
might have known we were In th'
same county = It's SO terribly big 81
I never even thought about It. Ar
nov he's got the shertf-Boo "e''
Che passed into another spasri ="
laughter while the Wreck wate
ANY time they wanted to laugh asnr
Bob Wells the Wreck was wl''n'
listener ..Qs
~ start$1ut for a trousseau. and
get turned into hold.up man. ar:
I'm chased-by Boil Wells.
IT'S great" he affirmed. so!emniy
Then he saw that another chang
was coming She was getting con
, troll or neTSeIl anu 'i' W.
| fading There was a questioning
look in her eyes chewing OF her
under lip
HIN. It's rather emoarrasS:''
at that" she said slowly Il de-
/ know mat It's go funny. after all :;
! coSnr;.ca.es things Bob Wells Is -
awfully good sheriff When he g' :
.ner p.opla he perfect hlr''
hound. lie got murderer last y~~'
tha, nobody .,.t dreamed he CIR
yet. And Il hs should ever n''
us"
She proke on and plunged into ~
otnsr 1erio. Of reflection Prese -
she ~as fcownlng. and the "."r
saw ,ha: she was clenching her hF-;
"Nenry williams" she said. sta":
,ns a, ana facing him. Il don't ''x
q I don't ike It one bit Bob w.
hasn't got any business to be chas'"'
me-.
The Wreck had never been able e
make anything out OF women an
now No knew that he never would
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1925-01-24
Try Your Luck With This Deep One

Tuck time
minutes There
only words and not hard or
dictionary
wrnk1 and think Bit Equip
the RECORD
eff under the time marx
yourself puwhich better than inc average
in five minutes instead OF
the allowed seven your On mark
tset. week.
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CHAPTER x
The Wreck Fghts

cALLY DID not get her emo''c'A
= sor,ed su, and classified In -
orderly manner for the rest o
the da,. They insisted on m'xl7s
themselves up. they refused 10 si.;
wnsr, she tried 10 pu, them Ord
nAr.ly she was OF a Temperance"
cutie serene and obsdisrt 10 her WI
sscsp, OF course. whom the Wreck
charged into II Ike q frisky steal
Even on those occasions her depar.
tvrs from . normal calm was or'ef
and largely superficial. But the n'NTs
tAAs Sheriff Bob Wells was going ;vt.
M . pssre upset her poise' .
serssk deeper. and affected her In ="
sany different ways that she seem -
to be spinning like weather vsns
In a whirlwind.
She laughed. she was serious sns
/
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I16 A point of the compass. Cab. {.
10 The owner Of Spark Plug.
| 20 A fattening product.
t22 Exclamation.
I24 To enlarge.
25 Verb.
26 Something that lives In water.
I27 To keep from starving.
VERTICAL.
1 Bleet.
Q Long ago.
| 8 A metal.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1925-01-24

AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-13
HUMANE SOCIETY MAY
TAKE STEPS TO BAR
End DIVISION RODEO

A national movement among hu
name societies in the United States to
abolish rodeos may result in the local
organization taking steps to prevent a
rodeo being staged at Fort Sam Hous'
ton in November, Miss Lucy G. Smith
ers, executive secretary, announced
Saturday.
The matter will be taken up at a
meeting of the directors of the society
Tuesday, Miss Smithers said.
ave may not be able to prevent
the show, but at any rate commit
tee headed by Animal Agent Z. A
He'll will be present to see that the
animals are not mistreated any more
than is absolutely necessary" she de-
clared.
And after all there is no real amuse'
ment in a rodeo, Miss Smithers says.
The rodeo is being planned by the
Second Division, and will be held in
the Army Stadium November s.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-13
"Y" GIRLS TO HEAR
CONFERENCE REPORT

The Business Girls Club of the Y.
w. q A. International Institute, in
Guiding girls of seven nationalities,
will hold its annual fall rally Mon
day evening at the institute building,
Lakeview Avenue. .....
Supper will be served at Z 80 p. m.
following which reports will be read
of the June conference at Camp Idle
wilde and the August conference held
at Estes Park, Colo, by delegates who
attended both conferences. These re-
ports will be illustrated by radiop-
ticon pictures of the various activities
in which the delegates took part. The
picture will include a SNOWFALL fight
on the Continental Divide and sun
rise from the top of Pixies Peak.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-13
HARVEST MOON FESTIVAL
FUNDS AID CHURCH SCHOOL

Like a glimpse of another country
was a trip to Mexico Chiquito," lit
tie Mexico, for the Harvest Moon Fes-
tival of the Church of the Immaculate
Heart of Mary, South San Saba and
San Luis streets Saturday night.
Music by the Mexican band, under
the direction of Professor Carlos F,
Ayala, enlivened the evening and many
musical numbers were presented, in
Guiding several Mexican airs by Mrs,
Tulsa Bononcini de Sanchez.
Ladies of the Society of the I'm
maculate Heart served enchiladas and
the Sodality of the Blessed Sacrament
and Divine Providence served hot ia
males. The New Fiesta Restaurant
was in charge of Miss Martina Ga
Undo and ice cream was served by the
Children of Mary. Soda and cold
drinks were served by the Dramatic
Club and Misses Mary and Anita Mol
tent dispensed cakes and candies.
THE Miraculous Draught o.
Fishes" was presented by the Leagu'
of the Sacred Heart. The Rainbow