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The Washington times., 1925-12-17
DIR. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
n nocToR FRANK cRANE
By I. E. Powers
4 Childhood Tragedy

YHyHE maternal instinct generations il il little girls
This instinct leads them 70 play with dolls 70
child the doll takes the same Importance that the
child herself takes>on Ia her mother
The keen pain that through mothers heart when
her child injured counterpart in the tragedy that
fills the child s heart when her doll IS broken
To the material mind Of the grownup, hardened and
tempered by experience and problems by disappointment
and loss, broken doll IS trivial matter
But childish mind the loss Of fortune the destruc
ton of city world IS IN no wise 50 Woefu as the
broken head Of cherished doll that to untimey
end.
Whatever contributes to the happiness Of children i
worth while.
And SO the work Of the American doll manufacturers
reapng reward only in financial gain, but il the
greater spread of the Of childish happiness.
Although there many foreign dolls found in most toy
shops these are but small percentage Of the total number
This because the ingenious American have
produced dolls of wonderfully felke modelling dressed
them in the last word in fashion and made them indie
structibe by contrast the breakable bisque head
The manufacture the nnbreakabe doll in America be-
gan in tile century and has developed greatly that
it now amounts than twenty five million dollars
nuallv
Studying child psychology the American doll manufac-
has made his dolls with soft and Welding body
something child can mother and cudde Groom over
And since chubby and healthy dolls are dearer to
child heart than the thin and gawky Ones American
dolls wider and plumper than those mothered BY
the children OF a generation ago.
The evolution of the doll resulted in the sleeping doll
of onng construction brought forth
the walking doll and ingenious little drumshaped affair
in which used to produce the desired sound resulted
in the talking doll and the crying infant dear to tiny
feminine hearts.
Besides this close attention is devoted the garments
of the doll Lelong Patou design dress in Paris
will surely adopt adapt it for American doll manu-
acturer High prices paid to these designers and
silk or lace costly to be used for doly's clothes
Last year crippled living IN an attic in Green
witch Village in New York. conceived design for a doll
Her royalties to date lave been over ten thousand dollars
and she is now enjoying extended trip to Europe.
New ideas welcomed, eagerly sought for and literally
paid for
Whatever contributes to the happiness of the child is
worth while, and it carries with it rich reward
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many branches of scientific re-.
search and study for exchange of
views, consultation. and personal
acquaintance. 1t is a great gath
ering of the clans from the high
lands and the lowlands Of science.
LiasOn is Esta bIisFed
Famous investigators come out
OF their laboratories, their observ.
atories. their scientific workshops,
to tell ore another what they have
been doing, what new things they
have discovered. what better
methods they have devised dur
ing the past year. 1t Is a great
general Headquarters consultation
at which the chiefs Of division OF
the vast army rvof science make
their reports, which together. fur
nish brds-eye view of the en-
tire line OF battle. Thus liason
is established over the whole field.
and the work OF specialists Is
stimulated by consciousness Of an
underlying unity.
The second object served is the
furnishing of authoritative trust
worthy, up-to.date, information
for the public. This offers a
standard of scientific judgment for
general use. One does not have
to he long in touch with inquiring
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Mr.. BIanton, the Police Court
and the Traffic Director
By BILL PRICE

II That active and virie Texas TOM BLANToN
finds the police building of Washington to be public
disgrace and so bending his energies toward
preparation for police court building
This Congressman is pushing legislation to broaden
the powers Of Director Of Traffic and to give that official
more direct control traffic policemen
going back Texas last and putting in
his time back shaping applesaucing his constituents
Mr. Blanton remained in Washington to study District mat
ters He took seriously his job member Of the House
District Committee. He wanted know first hand about
municipal affairs and conditions and he has really learned
things that may interest Congress.
Mr. Blanton has the wrong slant District problems
but he square enough change his he concludes
he is wrong Washington people do not always agree with
him. but in this police matter and in comforting wider
authority the Director Of Traffic he is right.
The police building is unfit for human beings be
in under the congested conditions prevailing there It is dark
poorly ventilated lacking In space for prisoners defendants
witnesses, judges and court officials
Down at the District dog pound the poor picked up
the streets thrown together in such
prisoners in the few police cells This aming
gether Of the good and people charged with
minor violations but lacking in money furnish bonds and
habtual criminals is travesty upon the word Justice
Railways and sairways jamed with ali sorts Of
most Of miserable and shortage Of prosecuting
court officials makes condition probably duplicated nowhere
the United states-a condition which exist in
the Capital Of the United States.
Traffic regulations and their enforcement here are under
constant attack though broadnde6 people realize that the
position Of Traffic Director dgs Is not an enviable
one Public opinion responsible everything but
his latitude in enforcement Of laws and regulations
- should be- he must do practically everything through the
Superintendent Of Police and the District Commissioner he
- subordinate to both in traffic enforcement matters The
red tape involved not conducive to law enforcement
good work ssss $3.50
It is quite fair At head Of an Official
who blamed for everything and gets credit nothing yet
who is frequently unable to turn hand without official
approval $50 49, 49, -
Give the Director Of Traffic- Edridge or any other
holding this obbroader powers that he may quick
" and decvey and better results should follow they
90 not then the Director VIII have to answer TO RESPONSE
be that his and which divided among Others
at present 49,
Any traffic legislation by Congress should by all means
give the Director Of Traffic broad authority drivers
permits that he may quickly and effectua reach that class
deliberate violators responsible
for the rapidly mounting list Of traffic deaths and casualties
Mr. Eldrdge estimates that there 1000 women
IN this city who should be deprived Of drivers permits but
who be reached He is wrong the number
IL is nearer 5000.
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when they see It. Many such are
victimized by takers.
The American Association, with
its meetings and Its reports, can
!, not but be strong corrective for
this tendency to accept and
nurture error and pretense by
mistake for scientific truth.
One of the most admirable and
useful features of this association
il its open door toward the public.
There is no obstacle thrown in
the way of any intelligent person
becoming member; on the con-
trary. new members are welcomed.
At the annual meeting the general
sessions are open and free to the
public, and special lectures are
given for all who wish to attend.
In a word, the association recog
nizes the fact that it is not
enough to accumulate scientific
knowledge. for 1t is equally inn
portant that such knowledge
should be authoritatively dissem-
mated. Thus furnished, it comes
from its true sources. and stimH
lates intellectual culture.
The Washington times., 1925-12-17
| NEGOTIATIONS
| OF A WIFE
Rowland
BY Helen

What Makes a Woman Love a
WHAT makes a woman love a
w MANI" writes a masculine
correspondent.
Now 1 call that modest-com
ing from a man! Most men APP
pear to think that just being
MAN Is a fatal fascination. in
itself-like being a blonde br a
rich widow or a prize Pekingese
or a new baby.
And yet, every woman wonders
what some other woman sees in
that man.
Nobody can tell what makes a
woman love man-not even the
woman herself
No woman loves man just be-
cause he is good or handsome or
successful-or even because he is
in love with her.
She will cling to a villain who
beats her-and scorn devoted
man who would cheerfully slave
for her.
She does not love a man be-
cause he Is brilliant or wise or
capable--nor because he is foolish
and weak and stupid. She loves
him Just BECAUSE
One woman loves tyrannical,
pompous. self-assertive egotist.
because he Is strong and won
derful to lean upon.i
And another woman loves a
worthless weakling because he
needs her" and let's her mother
him and coddle him and slave
for him and feed him cough-syrup
with a spoon.
One woman falls for a mans
straight profile, no matter how
crooked his morals or his charac-
ter-and another passes UP an
adoring Adonis in order to marry
shrimp. who takes her for
granted and treats her like the
proverbial ham sandwich at a
banquet.
Devotion Is the trump card to
play, with some women-flattery.
solicitude and all those tender
thoughtful little ways that remind
you az professional movie-sheik.
And with Others nothing IL eff
fe"tiNe except cold Indifference
and The treat EN- rough meth.
nd. Thev WANT ~ man ~ make
them suffer,
Money aud generosity VIII make
ans man look Just llke Prince
Ihhlminn ~ nnp Rurt uf girl 10
another SORT " airl there n some
ihlnH pnsitlVely irresistible about
q ptnF Youna bohemian whu hOr'
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minds to find out that they are
continually led astray through
lack of means to distinguish be-
tween what is sound and what
il sophistical, between what is
veritable and what is deIusive in
the growing miscellany presented
under the name OF science. Even
things which have a genuine
scientific basis may be. in their
present state only hypothetical, or
speculative. and consequently
should not, by any means, be ac-
oepted as established scientific
fact. or settled scientific theory
But there is an unfortunate ten
dency to take a guess for truth,
If in any way the name Of science
can be associated with 1t.
Intellectual Culture
Unlimited creduIity is curious
resultant product in some minds
Of the astonishing advances OF
practical science. Say Science"
and pass! All the pseudo sciences
profits enormously from this.
Many persons who are not ignor.
ant. or lacking in keen Judgment
about other things, cannot tell
false science from real science
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IN WHAT
ORDER?
Mrs. Cornelius Beeckman-
Wedding Etiquette

~(NNNApAA9
NEAR MRS. BEEcKMAN:
IL At a church wedding there
are to be maid of honor, four
bridesmaids. a ring bearer. best
man. and four ushers. In what
order do they walk to the altar?
~ On which side of the church
do the relatives of the bride sit?
Please answer right or left, as II
facing the altar.
(3I Does the bride enter on the
left or the right arm of her father:
a. Upon reaching the altar, on,
which side do the bridesmaids
stand?
(5l On which side do the groom
and best man await the bride?
l6) When leaving the altar, on
which side of the groom does
the bride walk?
C7) Is ii proper for the usher
to ask the guests whether they
are friends of the bride or the
groom. so as to seat them on
their respective sides?
F.. l.. X.
THIRST. two ushers; next, two
ushers: next. two bridesmaids.
next. two bridesmaids; next, the
ring bearer; next. the maid of
honor, and. last, the bride with
whoever is to present her in maj
rage. The best man enters with
the groom he ore the proceSsionai
starts and waits with him at the
chancel for the aprocessjonal.
(2) The brides side" Of the
church Is the left side and the
groom side" is the right side.
And the reason for this is inter
esting: the groom's family and
friends are the guests Of the
bride and therefore sit on IN"
side assigned TO the guest 0f
honor. the right side.
49, There Is no definite rule
for this, but the custom used To
he the right arm. and this Is still
usually done.
AZ Usually half Of the brides.
maids stand on the brides side
and half on the groom's side
They stand in front of the ushcrS
The grouping ~ the wedding party
depends on the number - -
tendnnts aud the size and lay.
out ~ the church.
co. 4 s,ially go the right ~ the
channel
go t'suail, on the righ
80 Yor and N ihs usher du ID
NOT ask thsm " ~ ,ott''i fu
them ~ tril him go whhh sltl
thoN wish ~ ~ tlut q WOii
Trained ushrI asks
Mrs lleprhmnn Mn he ulnd 10
onameT ul9alInns an Vlluuellr
auhNllllra ~ Feairfa
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rows her cigarettes and lets her
pay for his dinners.
When it comes to falling In love
there is no accounting for tastes.
And. by that same token. there
is no telling why or when a
woman will fall OUT Of love with
a man and lose her taste for
him."
A man may neglect a woman
lie to her, starve her or beat her
and she may go right on loving
him--and then, some morning,
she may wake up and discover
that the way he wrinkles his
nose or bites radish IL more
than she can boar AM hnS killed
hef love forever
WumnnH hove o. - combination
IT maternal tenderness, chlldlike
Inconsistency. sublime unselfish
ness tlreriHh iealnuFy ana sweet
rhpfire and whu ian analyao .
mikturo liko thatf
The Washington times., 1925-12-17
By ELSIE ROBINSON


careers of their own and had de-
veloped strong, interesting charac.
ters. Yet a year after they were
married you could hardly recoS'
nize them. They Ware either blot
ted out or made so bossy or bitter
that they were inSufferable. Why
Is it?''
Margaret Kennedy tells why it
is in her book The Constant
Nymph." Florence Churchill has
married Lewis Dodd. Florence is
bright, attractive. gOod-natured.
efficient Englishwoman Of twenty
eight with strong ideas and
talents of her own. Rather, she
was these things until marriage
threw her into absorbing contact
with the man she loved. Then
gradually "a new uncertainty, a
sensation of never knowing her
own mind about anything came
upon her.
She fought against this urcer'
tainty. She tried To preserve
that separate and individual o1''
look on life which even Wife
should have and which often gI,w
shadOwy in their unreal. happy
hours together.
only that was difficult when
he had su completely mastered
her Imagination Always he was
in hcr mind. bui MI ratipniily;
the h.n 81 him had grown -"
larg.o that y hluttrd uut very
thiAE olsr. Tcfur' they Ner'
mttitcd .hr remembered thIE .nc
used o. think uhuu' him q ruui
deal she had seen him l'i'iN
thuitgh mistakenly Sine tlcn,
be- had changed into quite an"ih"r
psrsan and she him clearly NJ
mnrs Thsif lntimar, bad hroushl
ni,aut . rerrStiails want ~ fo'uH
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crumble away and remain serene.
But in her hours alone, she
would search, rather frightened,
for~a new self. Once she could
say very confidently why she
loved him. Now she was hardly
sure of anything about him, or
about herself"
This problem of saving ones
identity in marriage Is the NOS
fundamental and difficult problem
in marriage 1t Is an adjustment
which rarely bOthers zen. The
very conditions under which men
live. the daily detachment from
the home and the wife, he con-
slant contact and competition
with outside forces, preserves a
mans individuality. But thA
wife is not so fortunate. All ner
interests have become mel ged
with her husbands. All her work
is an extension of his life. And
her own emotional nature Graves
the very merging which is so
disastrous.
For that merging Is disastrous.
1t cOops up life and causes stag.
nation. II is not necessary that
a wife should become either bOssy,
i'm an effort to conquer the mans
personality. nor bitter in her re-.
sentiment because he has "on.
Quercd hers. But she must lie
herself if she II going To maze
the most ~ her wifehond
The odd idea OF two souls With
hut single thong M" was sillv
idea, II brought upHrTlngr o." %
dtcarN pass aud devliulizsd lo, .
what We need - unrrinR, ~ IVA
sulilH with u constant flpni uf
nov ihnunhiF and Hll NJ them
dlfferoni fhen marriage an be-
the lnVigofatias a1Vonturs u
Shuuid be-
The Washington times., 1925-12-17
BY Garrett P. Serviss
Noted Astronomer and Writer on
Scientific Topics of POpu.
lar Interest

+ Z
ANE or the great needs Of our
" age il a popular standard of
scientific judgment. There is 50
much guess-work science, pre-
tended science, and even faxed
science in circulation that not
only the general reading and
listening public, but even special
lists absorbed by their work. are
often deceived or confused by
the medley.
Fortunately. the needed stand
ard is furnished for those who.
will need 1t. by great scientific
societies, on congresses, now
existing In several Of the leading
countries OF the, world, and in
our puntry under the name Of
the American Association for the,
Advancement OF Science This
association, whose proceedings are
of Importance to every thinking
man and woman, is to hold its
annual meeting in Kansas City at
the end OF December and the be-
ginning of January.
There are two objects served
by these meetings. First. they
bring together the leaders in the
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LISTEN. WORLD:

Her old values
were lost, her
sense of proper
ton submerged by
the C a t C C Iysnic
new things that
had happened to
her. and she would
have liked ideas
of some sort tn
follow upon this
process. But SHE
had none. It was
as if he had
picked her up and
carried her off to
some stra n & Q
place where there
were no standa rds
by which to judge
him. Nor did
she rebel against
this when they
were together; in
his arms she could
see her Ioat world
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SAP AID SALT
BY Bert Moses

Happiness: Being in love with
your wife and your job at the
same time.
Curiosity: Something that men
are better able to hide than
women.
Old Age: Noticing how much
quicker tomorrow comes than Il
used tn.
Efficiency: Getting more mile.
age out NJ dollar than u con.
tains.
llez Heck says; when men
cant reform their own morals
Nature comes along ln Old aNe
ana dee u automatlnoIlI go
EN-"
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YTyIE maternal instinct Of generations little girls
This instinct leads them to play with dolls To 9
chill taxes
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M Y r TIE is
M very much in

AVA Wei y AlluNn AAA
love and wants
to get married.
But she's afraid
of maria ge.
at does snch
dreadful things TO
women" she cries.
Look at the fas-
cinating girls who
b e co m e wishy-
washy wives with
out an idea of
their own u 8 (
feeble echoes of
I h e ir husbands.
And the S W e q t
women who turn
into nagging hor-
rors. Time and
again this has
happened to my
en- d s. They
were not ignorant,
spineless girl 9.
Most of them had
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A Good Revolution

The Ford Motor Company sending 10000 tractors to
russia the land of revolution With 10000 plows attached
the tractors Russia will stage revolution and
that will do for the country than all the armies it has
known Turning the earth is much better than
turning governments 49,
Evening star., 1925-09-13
The Man in the Box.

a VETERAN railway expressren n
tells a thrilling story of a time
when a certain messenger was alone in
an express car and the train was MAX
ing fast time about 200 miles outside of
san francisco. At the last stop the
messenger had been sorry to see an
ordinary rough box loaded from the
truck; the experience was common
enough, but 1t always depressed him
a little.
Having set things to rights, he sat
down near his little writing desk and
dropped into a doZe. sudden
lurch of the train reused him. and as
he stretched himself awake. what was
his CONSERVATION at seeing that the
lid OF the box was lifted about three
inches.
daily expectation Of train robbers. and
the thought flashed through his mind
in the twinkling Of an eye that one
OF those gentry was in the box. AS
he got up from the chair he was re-
lieved to see the lid quietly drop into
its place. However. he knew that the
bandit was no doubt watching his
every movement from a hole bored In
the side of the box and that what he
did he must do cautiously
Moving out OF the hidden mans
vision, he got his hands on a few
nails and a hammer. Then he slowly
worked his way through the lofty pile
Of packages which he pretended to be
rearranging, suddenly threw a heavy
trunk on the lid of the rough box.
jumped astride of it and nailed down
the lid securely. The imprisoned
robber roared and struggled, but to
no avail.
The messenger rushed to the rear of
hi
coaches. He could see the mans con-
federates going through the pas
sengers, who held their hands aloft
while member of the gang covered"
them. The express car carried a val
liable shipment and the messenger de-
ter1nined to save 1t.
Grasping the lever that operated
the automatic coupler he put every
ounce Of strength he possessed into
one terrific jerk. The drawheads
parted and a gap almost instantly
opened between the express car and
the coaches. Running back through
his car. barring the door as he went.
he reached the 'front.' door and shouted
to the engineer to open his throttle.
The engine and the express car
leaped forward, but not a minute too
soon.
The bandits. emerging from the
coaches, were insane with rage when
they saw themselves foiled. and
poured volley after volley from their
rifles into the fast-f1eeing car.
From the next station a coach and
engine, with posse armed to the
teeth, went back to the relief of the
stalled train, from which the ban
dts had long since fed. The ex-
press car and engine, under a heavy
police guard. proceeded to San Fran
cisco. The bandit was unboxed at
the police station. He got sentence
Of 20 years in the penitentiary. The
messenger was rewarded with sub
Stantlal promotion,
Evening star., 1925-09-13

''All right" I grins, tell me some
of the nice things Shat happened at
the Skiff1e outing
I'VE got a lot of nice fresh air,
didn't we?" she demands.
You can climb up on the roof here
and get 1t just as fresh laid" ] an
swers, with the exception that il
won't be cluttered up with gnats and
sand-f1ies. That stuff about the fine
air in the country Is the bunk. The
airs just as good at Forty-second and
Broadway as il is at Joblotts Corners.
The only reason that you're always
hearing about the lovely air out i'll the
sticks is because that's all they have
to talk about. You maybe don't know
it, but kids grow up stronger down in
the East Side than they do out in
Kansas, and T. B. Is commoner in
Iowa than it is in the heart of Chi
cago. Country air is an exaggerated
institution, just like country sausage.
Maybe" admits the misses. but
you have to go out in the country for
a quiet day, don't you?'
It's not so darn noisy in the city
on Sunday" ] tells her. There s
less noise on the main stem of any
big town on Sunday than there is in
the middle of the Sahara desert. But,
go on" J invites, "and tell me some
more of them grand benefits we
grabbed off at the Skiff1e picnic
For one thing" says Kate, you
were sober all afternoon"
81 could be that way In the city,
I assures her Drinking Is only an
incident with me-"