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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-29
GARRETTP. SERVISS EXPLAINS
FACTOR IN GRAVITY
Object Weighs More at Poles Than at Equator,
Due to Earths Rotation

twerlty-four hours, the centrifu-
gal force at the equator would
balance gravitation, and gray
ity'' at that point would become
nil. But at the poles there would
be no change, because no matter
how fast the earth rotated there
would be no centrifugal force at
the ends Of the axis.
The actual effect Of the earth's
gravitation upon objects resting
upon it varies for another rea
son. viz. the departure of its sur
face from the figure Of perfect
sphere. On the equator the dis
lance from the surface to the
center is greatest; at the poles
1t is least; between the two IL
gradually diminishes from the
equator toward the poles.
Gravity and Time.
This change Of distance from
the center of gravity implies q
corresponding change of the
weight of bodies, the attractive
force varying inversely with the
j square of the distance. All of
these things have to be carefully
taken into account in estimating
what force of gravity will be
at any particular place on the
earth.
But the maximum effect
amounts, when both centrifugal
force and the ob1ate form Of the
earth are considered, to only
about 1-190th; i. e., effective gray
ity, or weight is 1-190th greater
at the poles than at the equator.
In comparing the force of gray
ity at different points on the
earth. pendulum Of unavailable
length is employed to measure
the force by the increase or de-
crease of the time of vibration.
This shows itself in the running
OF a penduIuln-driven clock, ii the
change of place toward or from
the equator is great. Thus an
early earth-measurer, Richer, In
the days of Louis XIV. found
that his clock. which kept good
time at Paris, lost nearly two
and a half minutes day at Cay
enne in South America, which Is
five degrees from the equator.
while Paris is A degrees farther
north. This was due to the de-
crease of gravity, which, as be-
fore said, is least at the equator
and greatest at the poles.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-29

Il READER asksawhere he can
buy a book ION Newton's
4 Alaws OF gravity and gravita-
tion.''
There is small book by A.
Stanley Mackenzie on The Laws
of Gravitation,'' which will prob
ably serve his purpose. Any book
store should be able to get 1t for
him.
But / wonder whether this read
err clearly understands the dis
tinction between gravity" and
.'eravitation." Most persons treat
the words as synonyms, and use
one or the other as 1t happens to
come to their lips. The two terms
are sometimes employed as II
..gravitation'' means abstractly the
force. or the law of the force,
that acts like an attraction be-
tween all bodies-as for instance
between the earth and stone sus-
pended above it, or between the
sun Tor the NOON and the eartn'
while gravity means the speclllc
effect, or result. of the force Oh
gravitation, for example the TAN Oh
q. stone. or the weight of a BODY
held up above, or pressing upon,
the earth.
Terms Defined.
The most useful distinction
seems to be that which Professor
Young stated. as follows:
Gravity is not simply graVlta-
tion-the attraction of the earth
Tor a body upon its surface-but
1t is the resultant of this at
traction combined with the CEN
trifugal force at the point of OBJ
servation."
Because the centrifugal force
of the earths rotation opposes
the earth's gravitation, the effect
of the latter is diminished, but
not equally so everywhere on the
earth. At the equator the CEN
trifugal force is greatest: from
the equator toward the poles 1T
gradually diminishes until at the
actual poles it vanishes, leaving
gravitation to act without OPPOSE
ton.
If the earth's speed of rotation
were increased about seventeen
times, that is to say, if it turned
on it's axis once in about. an hour
and ,two-thirds instead of once In
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-29

little tricks if she pay her bills And that
the decent honest girls who only want what due
them
and if you aren working, you don't last long if
you innocent like Mrs Dodge wants you be- We could
tell her few things about those precious of hers that
would open her eyes No. don't that they not nice
fellows They But they're and, believe
young fellow nowadays, keep girl guessing Mothers
don realize how clever have to train look out for
ourselves She says girl may not be hard she
but how's know? Well, that goes just well
the may not be as hard he seems, but
how's girl to know?
''And for classy clothes and jazzy linesay
Elsie just how often does the girl asked who doesn
have any line and can't step? How much attention would
girl get that acted the Mrs Dodge says she acted
when she eghteen She'd be sitting home making faces
the walpaperthats where she ID be- And the of
the Mrs Dodges would be stepping the other girl out
Think of all that Pal the next time you start to criticize
the Modern Girl.
The polar bear grows heavy fur protect himself from
the Artic cold The lizard horny hide to protect
himself from the ropc heat And the little Fapper of 1925
has hard and acquired penetrating wisdom
protect herself against the dangers of chaotic world in
which and women meet each other in perious give
and take Look beyond her hardness and beneath it. before
you criticize.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-29

TN an effort to determine how
l. prisoners may be kept at work
without becoming a disturbing
competitive factor in certain lines
Of industry, the department OF
manufacture of the Chamber or
Commerce of the United States
has embarked upon study OF the
problem of prison labor, which has
gone unsolved for forty years.
The board of directors OF the
national chamber, in directing the
continuation of this study. said:
prison idleness is unthinkable.
but we believe care and study can
devise some proper measure, both
of educational training and prison
employment, the production of
which shall be devoted primarily
to State use and not for general
sale"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-29

II believe cOeducatlon, athletics
girls, in girls working. / that will make
better wives they have such broadening educational and
industrial contacts before marriage. But why there
be this dreadful sophscation Sometimes wonder if there
is such a thing in life 'grsh innocence When I was
young, girls innocence considered greater
than her beauty talents But nowadays the young
girls sophisticated club don they
really hard and experienced they
a young to know whether they mott
"a girl is helped by knowing certain few elemental
and these her mother should tell But
y, nothing is gained by this flood of worldly knowledge
which girls possess nowadays 1t robs girls of all
the who would marry them, and it certainly
destroy all illusions for the girl herself Ism
way in which guard girls closely that
they will preserve those old, sweet ilusions?"
Sounds like dear, motherly speech doesnt it, Well
it might we'll have been manifesto of war; Judging by
uproar it started For of course, all the of
girls Immediately wanted to know if Mrs. Dodge
THEIR daughters And when that had been satisfactorily
settled the girls themselves took the tale Five them
last night and this is the gst of their
remarks:
Say, I'd like to take Mrs Dodge around for week and
show her few things I'll bet she wouldn't be wondering
why there isn't any grsh innocence any more. What'd
happen girls if innocent, anyway? Sail
right for her to be innocent when she sixteen All
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-29
PRISONER A BUSINESS
PROPOSITION

This plan has already been
adopted in some States. None OF
the prison production is sold IN
the open market, and. conse-
quently,. does not come into com.
petition with private investment
or free labor.
TOO often, says the depart
ment of manufacture, "manufac-
turing has been used simply as an
expedient to prevent unemploy'
ment. While it is agreed that the
prisoner should not be permitted
to exist in idleness, a plan should
be worked out whereby his &C
tivities should be so directed as TO
result in Improvement in his phys
ical, mental, and moral condition.
It should be the chief objective
rather than the utilization or the
prisoner to defray the cost OF his
maintenance"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-29
Game Sanctuary

TIME setting apart of about $50
l. square miles of territory in the
Lake Rossienol district as u wild
game sanctuary is under con-
sideration by the forest and game
commissioner of Nova Scotia. In
the sanctuary district itself fish
ing would be permitted, but no
trapping O.. shooting. Other SAM
tuaries are likely to follow. pos
sibly in the saltwater district,
Guysboro county and Cape Bre-
ton.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-29
Elk AS Regular
AS Milknan

HEAVY SHOWS have brought
Ii the elk and deer into the
main part of Banff, Alberta. and
a parade by these animals on
Banff avenue is no uncommon
sight. They make the rounds OF
the houses and nose around the
kitchen doors, looking for tidblts
which are not denied them. One
big elk, with a magnificent SET OF
antlers, is as regular on his scnoo'
ME of calls as is the millZman.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-29
ELSIE ROBINSON

had to do was to grew up in nice, pretty
home and go to nice, pretty finishing
school, and then get married to Harry Dodge
in nice, pretty wedding. But, look at us !
We've got to get out and get jobs Believe
me, your illusions stop illusioning just about
the first day you start looking for job. All
those sweet things you heard about the gal
lantry of men and the uplifting touch of a
woman 8 gentle hand-say, you lose those
fairy tales SO fast it makes you dizzy.
''And after you get the job-well, you
know, Elsie, how long you can stay trusting
and unsophisticated after you get job, if
you expect to eat. Just how much can you
lean on your boss in girlish confidence with
out him either trying to date you up or kid
you into working for half of what you ought
10 get9 Believe me, girl has to keep her
oro clrinnod these DAVIS and know all the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-29
Actors Recognized

clergyman talks of actors praises them says they are
as good doctors and bank presidents they are and
better, sometimes
But clergymen did not always think Not long ago
they would have nothing do with burying an actor or
actress and neither could be buried in the churchyard
Some insisted that the be buried hole at
crossroads with stake driven through the heart
We do improve and that includes the clergy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-29
LISTEN, WORLD!

r AM about to relate neighborhood row.
Properly analysed, neighborhood row
n may tell you as much about the way the
world wags as the battle of Waterloo.
1t began with talk Mrs. Martha Dodge
gave at the last Parent Teachers Association
meeting. Mrs. Dodge is a very popular
mother of four sons, two of them in high
school, one in college, one just starting in
husiness-all unmarried. Naturally the
world revolves around those four boys for
their adoring mother, and, as it revolves, she
finds many things which might be changed
for their profit For instance, the Modern
Girl. Mrs. Dodge does not think the Modern
Girl is at all worthy Of her four sons. It
was on that theme that she held forth to the
Parent Teachers Association.
I'm not one of those old-fashioned people
who disapprove of this new freedom for
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-16
SOCIAL SERVICE
To Be CLUB s
TOPIC
Newspapermen to Talk on
Public Cooperation in
Charity Activity

Formation OF public sentiment
and its enlistment in sympathetic.
intelligent cooperation With social
service work. are to be discussed
by the Monday Evening Club. in
the Grace Dodge Hotel. tonight at
9 o'clock.
The purpose of educating the
public at this time in the aims of
such activity is to gain the widest
possible support for pending vel
fare legislation. which win come
before the next session of Con-
gress for action.
Three newspaper executives will
address the club on methods by
which TO obtain a better under
standing OF the work by the pub
lie. The speakers are Gideon A.
Lyon, OF the Evening Star; j. B.
Mcdonnell. of the Washington
Post, and Avery G. Marks, jr.,
managing editor Of The Washing
ton Times.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-16
ANNUAL BAZAAR
To CONT NUE
8 DAYS
Community House of Catholic
Daughters of America to
Be Scene of Fete

The annual three-day bazaar Of
the Catholic Daughters OF America
viii open tonight at the organiza-
tion's community house, COL E
street northwest. Supper viii be
served each evening from to
o'clock Dancing will be In order
from $3.50 to 1870 each night.
Tonight has been designated IS
Parrish Night" Tomorrow will be
"Fraternal Night" and Wednesday
Family Night.
Wednesday,, members OF the
order win attend the bazaar OF ST.
Vincent's Orphanage. They will
act as patronesses for st. Joseph 8
Orphange ball November U.s.
Committee chairmen in charge or
the various bazaar activities are
Miss Lulu Fitzpatrick, executive:
Miss Mary Oliphant, hope chest;
Mrs. Rose McAuliffe, supper; Miss
Nell Calnan, dance; Mrs. Sadie
Trap. aprons; Mrs. Mary. Kirby,
novelties; A1rs. Alphonse Rodgers,
fancy table: Mrs. Anna Holmes,
lemonade: Mrs. Amelia sSimms, ice
cream and cake: Miss Helen Nc
Mahon, candy; Miss Marie Easily.
Smith. post cards: Miss Ann Dunn,
grab bag; Miss Helen Carroll. books
and magazines: Mrs. Gertrude Cot
ter. decorations: Miss kathryn
Furey. Bingo: Miss Anne Doyle. In
v1tations, and Miss Rose McCawley,
publicity.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-16
BUSINESS HIGH ALUMNI
PLAN 1925 VAUDEVILLE

The fifth annual vaudeville and
dance of Washington Business
High School Alumni will be held
three nights. beginning Thursday.
The school orchestra Of thirty
pieces will furnish music, and a
wide selection of acts will be given.
A skit by the 1925 June class,
which helped to bring to the school
the Interscholastic Dramatic Cup,
has been arranged, together with a
one-act play by Booth Harrington,
"The Ghost Story" The gIee club
In to offer selections and solos.
Alfred A. McGaraghy, chairman
OF the arrangements committee, Is
assisted by the Misses OutWater,
Bradshaw, Brochardt, Doctor Butts
and Doctor Howard. of the faculty;
Marguerite 7. McDonough, Mary
Sherman. Ethel Ginberg. Doris
Schultz, Amy Norton, Margaret Nc
Closlxy, Franc Schreiner, Richard
Hart, Jerome Kaufman, II. Clay
Espey, William j. Sullivan, Joseph
G. McGarraghy, c. Thomas DuFief,
John A Reilly. Henry Schweinhaut
and Leroy McCarty. Of the alumni.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-16
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-11-16

Dresses that are inspired By Paris
il eUerv detail, lDith OiOid Or richly
subdued hnrn1onies Of color.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-23

tut tut" returned her spouse.
where Bella Donna is put, she stays.
That's her strong point"
1t was an afternoon Of much badi-
mage we spent at Jake's, but under
the surface there were evidences that
our former land guide regarded his
wife with sort of awe which he
tried to obscure from public view by
a smoke screen of raillery. Bella, ii
was apparent, was a woman of char
acter, and although Jake could scarce
ly be described as plastic in her
hands, his recasting was only the
harder on him on that account. He
was in the mills of the gods, and they
proposed to make job Of it.
Il don't know whether she'll make
me a good wife or not" he confided
in me, "but l reckon she's set on
maxim me a. good husband"
But Bella's house was clean, and
Bella's table was well set, as pioneer
tables go, and Bella was a living con-
centration of energy such as Jake
needed to spur him into purposeful
activity. 1t was Jake's weakness that
he would drop a job any day to per-
petrate a joke.
'He thinks he's a JOKER" said Bella,
acidly, anent this characteristic Of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-23
Busy Man Learned
Much From Youth

When Jimmie Collins father was
killed in the mine disaster at Sullivan,
Ind, Jimmies ''pardner," Billie Hays,
son of the motion picture magnate,
wrote Jimmie letter of sympathy
which promises to become famous.
Ray Long, editor of Hearst's Inter
national Cosmopolitan, who reproduced
the letter in facsimile in his magazine,
declares it to be one of the finest ex-
pressions of sympathy he ever read.
The editor comments on the stilted,
conven ional expression of sympathy
that busy men often send. BUSY men,
That's the trouble" says he. "We're
busy, we're hurried, we're worried.
But boy of nine has inspired me to
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-23
HoU Times HcUe CHANGED

"The old days are gone" said the
philosopher. "We're not the men our
grandfathers were"
you are right" assented the bust
ness man; "men had endurance in
those days"
After which he took his train, went
to his office, transacted 100000 worth
of business, held six conferences,
smoked eight cigars, ate lunch of
which the only thing digestible was the
water, and, as that was in the finger
bowls, he didn't drink it, played a
round of golf, drank three highballs,
ate an eight-course dinner. consumed
six more highballs, went TO show,
danced afterward until two, imbibed
another bathtubful of liquor, ate some
more, went to bed, and was up again
at six to get in a round of golf before
going to Chicago.-Life.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-23
PAYING VISITS

SYNOPSIS-Lured by his four
year-old playmate, Jean Lane,
Frank Hall, aged six. ventures
on the forbidden wall of dam,
in small Ontario town. He falls
into the water and is saved from
possible death by clinging to
Jeans outstretched arms. Next
day Jean informs him that be-
cause of their adventure of the
day before he is in duty bound
TO marry her. He agrees when
they are "grownups." With Jeans
brother, John, also aged six.
Frank begins school. Two years
later they are joined by Jean and
Franks sister, Marjorie. A little
later Jean confides to Frank, in
verse, her hope of some day be;
coming Mrs. Hall" He accepts
the proposal" Frank is four
teen when his mother dies. The
boys are eighteen when Johns
father is killed in an accident.
Two years later Franks father
and Johns mother are married.
Dissatisfied with conditions, and
ambitious, the two boys make
plans to go to Manitoba and
homestead" the girls agreeing
to go with them. They set out.
At Regina they meet Jake" who
agrees to find them satisfactory
homesteads. He does so. and the
two friends file claims on Sec
tons Fourteen and Twenty-Five.
Jake sagely advises the adven-
turers in the purchase of sup
plies, and in a wagon drawn by
a yoke of oxen, and with COW,
the four arrive at their future
homes. Construction of "shacks"
and the making of garden are
their first occupations. A young
Englishman of the name of
Spool is a neighbor. They call
on Spool. who is living in tent.
Spool, on his return visit, dis
closes himself as a man of varied
social attachments. Franks jeal- /.
ousy is aroused Marjorie dis
covers that they have a new
neighbor. He" turns out to be
a Mrs. Alton. a widowed English
woman, who, with her three
year-old son Gerald, has taken up
a claim. Frank and John leave
the homesteads for a time to do
harvest work for wages on
onger-established farm. They en-
counter Jake, who tells them of
his adventure into matrimony.
After two months absence they
return to their homes. Jeans en-
Frank.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-23
A CONVICTION, KY, WOMAN
Makes Remarkable Recovery
Mrs. Harry Ashcroft Tells How Lydia E. Pnkhan's
Vegetable Compound Relieved Her Of
Severe Illness and Pain

Pinkham's Blood Medicine for poor
blood. / was cold all the time.
would be so cold could hardly sit
still and in the palms of my hands
there would be drops of sweat. |
also used the Sanative Wash and |
recommend it also. You may pub
lish this letter and I will gladly an
swer letters from women and advise
nv neighbors about these medicines"
Mrs. HARRY ASHCROFT, 632 Beech
Avenue, Covington, Kentucky.
Mrs. Boyer Also Found Help
Gilman City, Missouri was in
such condition that could not eat
nor sleep to do me any good and /
felt draggy all the time. My head
ached, my right side and back would
almost kill me at times, and | could
be on my feet only short while at a
time. ! was irregular and so nervous,
irritable and Respondent that thought
| could not stand the strain much
longer. Ihad been this way more or
less for ten years, but the last two
years was just terrible. took medi-
cines, but got little relief until l be-
gan to take the Vegetable Compound.
/ took three bottles before | could
see any change at all have taken
seven in all and am improving right
along. have used Lydia E. Pink
hams Sanative Wash and take the
Liver Pills. / can do most of my work
now, and live on farm and there
is lots of it to do. / wash, iron, hoe
the garden, raise chickens and tend
to the milk. - Mrs. T. M. BOYER,
Gilman City, Missouri